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The nation's leading team of journalists brings viewers the latest news and sport, plus the most comprehensive weather report on One News at Midday.

Primary Title
  • One News at Midday
Date Broadcast
  • Wednesday 3 July 2013
Start Time
  • 12 : 00
Finish Time
  • 12 : 30
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • The nation's leading team of journalists brings viewers the latest news and sport, plus the most comprehensive weather report on One News at Midday.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • News
Hosts
  • Nadine Chalmers-Ross (Presenter)
DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. KIM DOTCOM AND JOHN KEY SET TO COME FACE TO FACE AT THE NEW SPY LEGISLATION HEARINGS. 50 YEARS ON, OUR WORST INTERNAL AIR DISASTER IS REMEMBERED. ANOTHER ACTION-PACKED DAY AT WIMBLEDON, WITH THE WOMEN'S QUARTER-FINALS. BUT FIRST, EMOTIONS RAN HIGH AT THE HIGH COURT IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY AS CONVICTED MURDERER NIKKI ROPER WAS GIVEN A LIFE SENTENCE FOR KILLING A YOUNG MOTHER. THE JUDGE ORDERED HE SPEND AT LEAST 14.5 YEARS IN JAIL BEFORE PAROLE'S CONSIDERED. ALEXSIS TOVIZI WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER LINWOOD HOME IN 2010. AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH, ALEXSIS TOVIZI HAD A PROTECTION ORDER IN PLACE AGAINST ROPER, WHO'D ALREADY SERVED TIME FOR ASSAULTING THE 21-YEAR-OLD. OUTSIDE THE HIGH COURT IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY, ALEXSIS TOVIZI'S MOTHER TOLD REPORTERS THE CRY FOR JUSTICE HAS BEEN ANSWERED. NO TERM WILL EVER BE ENOUGH, AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, HE'S IN PRISON FOR LIFE. WHAT IS GOOD IS THAT HE WILL NEVER, IN THE NEXT 14.5 YEARS, BE ABLE TO ATTACK OTHER WOMEN. JUSTICE FORREST MILLER TOLD THE COURT ROPER HAD A HIGH RISK OF RE-OFFENDING AND WARNED HIM THE PAROLE BOARD MAY NEVER RELEASE HIM FROM PRISON. INTERNET MOGUL KIM DOTCOM WILL COME FACE TO FACE WITH PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY THIS AFTERNOON AT THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE HEARING INTO THE CONTROVERSIAL NEW SPYING LEGISLATION. THE MOVE TO WIDEN THE POWERS OF THE GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY BUREAU FOLLOWS THE DOTCOM CASE, WHEN KIM DOTCOM WAS THE TARGET OF ILLEGAL SPYING. ONE NEWS POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM PARLIAMENT. CORIN, ARE WE EXPECTING FIREWORKS THIS AFTERNOON? It is possible when you got Kim DotCom coming. KIM DOTCOM HAS BEEN TWEETING THAT'S IT'S 'ON'. HE ONLY HAS 20 MINUTES TO SAY HIS PIECE. The government says it's merely a Bill to clean up the mess created by the illegal spying on Kim DotCom. They will look to push DotCom to try and embarrass John key and see if he can give any new information about his spying case. It's an extraordinary lineup and it will be fascinating viewing. He will appear around five o'clock this evening. THANKS, CORIN DANN LIVE FROM PARLIAMENT. NZ'S WORST INTERNAL AIR DISASTER IS BEING REMEMBERED TODAY, 50 YEARS AFTER THE EVENT. THE NATIONAL AIRWAYS DC-3 CRASHED INTO THE KAIMAI RANGES ON A FLIGHT TO TAURANGA, KILLING ALL 23 PEOPLE ON BOARD. ONE NEWS REPORTER MATT MCLEAN HAS BEEN AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE IN MATAMATA. THE CALMNESS OF TODAY COULDN'T BE MORE DIFFERENT FROM THE 3RD OF JULY 50 YEARS AGO. THE TERRIBLE WEATHER AND STRONG WINDS MEANT THE PLANE WAS CAUGHT IN A DOWN DRAUGHT AND JUST COULDN'T RECOVER ALTITUDE. IT CRASHED INTO THE KAIMAI RANGES BEHIND ME. 20 PASSENGERS AND THREE CREW MEMBERS LOST THEIR LIVES THAT DAY, AND TODAY A COMMEMORATIVE SERVICE WAS HELD TO REMEMBER. FAMILY MEMBERS AND COLLEAGUES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WERE HERE TODAY, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE ORIGINAL RESCUERS WHO SPENT TWO DAYS SEARCHING FOR THE WRECKAGE. THIS PLAQUE REMAINS AS A MEMORIAL FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES, AND AROUND 250 PEOPLE TURNED OUT TODAY TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. IT REMAINS THIS COUNTRY'S WORST INTERNAL AIR DISASTER. TWO CABINET MINISTERS WILL MEET WITH THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL TODAY TO TRY TO SORT OUT THE SITUATION AFTER THE COUNCIL'S LOSS OF ACCREDITATION TO ISSUE BUILDING APPLICATION CONSENTS. THE MEETING FOLLOWS CLAIMS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE ISSUED CONSENTS THAT DO NOT MEET SOME BUILDING CODES. ONE NEWS REPORTER MIKE THORPE JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM CHRISTCHURCH. MIKE. It seems to get murkier by the day. The body that revoked the councils accreditation on Monday admitted consents have already been issued. They agree this could endanger the safety of people and property. FOR US TO FIND CONSENTS ISSUED THAT DON'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS IS REALLY EVIDENCE FOR US THAT THE COUNCIL HASN'T GOT A ROBUST PROCESS IN PLACE. WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT LOOKING TO FIND THAT TYPE OF INCIDENT; WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR THEM TO PROVE TO US THAT THEY DO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF ACCREDITATION. It's highly likely that this meeting will simply be to finalise proceedings. THANKS, MIKE THORPE LIVE FROM CHRISTCHURCH. WITH THE FINAL SUBMISSIONS FOR FOUR CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOLS CLOSING TODAY, ONE PRINCIPAL IS WELCOMING THE PLAN. THE PROPOSAL IS FOR ARANUI HIGH SCHOOL, WAINONI PRIMARY, ARANUI PRIMARY AND AVONDALE PRIMARY TO MERGE INTO ONE SCHOOL. ARANUI HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL JOHN ROHS SAYS A SUPER SCHOOL IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. I THINK THE SCHOOL IS A REALLY GREAT IDEA BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY, IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A WHOLE NEW FUTURE FOR THE SHAPE OF EDUCATION IN THE EAST. IT'S A ONCE-IN-MANY-DECADES OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT'S FRESH, INNOVATIVE, THAT CHALLENGES THE BOUNDARIES OF CONVENTIONAL EDUCATION AND ALSO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A POWERFUL FORCE IN COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION. ARANUI HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL JOHN ROHS. EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MOHAMED MORSI HAS PLEDGED TO KEEP CARRYING OUT HIS DEMOCRATIC DUTIES. RESPONDING TO A MILITARY ULTIMATUM TO SHARE POWER WITH HIS OPPONENTS, HE SAID HE WAS A MAINSTAY OF THE NATION. THIS AS MASS DEMONSTRATIONS BY BOTH PRESIDENTIAL OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS CONTINUE, WITH VIOLENCE ESCALATING. THE BBC'S JEREMY BOWEN REPORTS FROM CAIRO. CROWD CHEERS THESE ARE TRUE BELIEVERS IN THE PRESIDENT, IN THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND IN THE PROTECTION OF GOD. CROWD CHANTS THE BROTHERHOOD CAN TURN OUT BIG CROWDS TOO. MILLIONS IN THE STREETS. THE ARMY CANNOT SHOOT THESE PEOPLE. HE MUST LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF THE SUPPORTERS, AS HE LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF THE OPPONENTS. CROWD CHANTS PRESIDENT MORSI NEEDS THESE SUPPORTERS. HE NEEDS ALL THE HELP HE CAN GET. HIS GOVERNMENT IS CRUMBLING. AT LEAST SIX MINISTERS HAVE RESIGNED, WITH RUMOURS OF MORE LEAVING BEFORE THE ARMY ULTIMATUM EXPIRES. EVEN HIS SPOKESMEN HAVE GONE. IN GOVERNMENT, THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD HAS BEEN INEXPERIENCED, AND AT TIMES, INCOMPETENT. BUT HERE ON THE STREETS, IT IS A WELL ORGANISED AND TENACIOUS MOVEMENT. REMOVING HIM FROM POWER IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY, WHOEVER WANTS TO DO IT. PROTESTS WERE EVERYWHERE IN CAIRO TODAY, AND THE ARMED FORCES RELEASED PICTURES OF ANTI-MORSI CROWDS IN SUNDAY'S HUGE MARCHES, TAKEN FROM ITS HELICOPTERS. THESE IMAGES MUST HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE GENERAL'S DECISION TO INTERVENE. TAHRIR SQUARE WAS FULL AGAIN WITH ANTI-MORSI PROTESTERS. THEY KNOW THE ARMY'S TALKING TO THE GOVERNMENT, BUT THEY'RE DETERMINED HOWEVER IT HAPPENS, MORSI MUST GO. THERE WERE ARMED CLASHES IN PARTS OF CAIRO. A MORSI SUPPORTER SAID HE WAS HIT BY SHOTGUN PELLETS. THIS COUNTRY IS DEEP IN A DANGEROUS CRISIS, AND VIOLENCE SEEMS TO BE SPREADING. THEY NEED A POLITICAL DEAL BADLY, OR EVEN HARDER TIMES COULD BE COMING. US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS JOINED FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH AT A MEMORIAL CEREMONY IN TANZANIA. THE FORMER POLITICAL RIVALS STOOD IN SILENCE IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE 1998 TERRORIST BOMBINGS AT THE US EMBASSY. 11 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE AL-QAEDA ATTACK. MR OBAMA WAS THEN FAREWELLED FROM DAR ES SALAAM, ENDING HIS TOUR OF AFRICA. THE INFERNO THAT KILLED 19 FIREFIGHTERS IN ARIZONA CONTINUES TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL. MORE INFORMATION ON THE SOLE SURVIVOR HAS BEEN REVEALED, INCLUDING HOW HE MANAGED TO ESCAPE DEATH. THE ABC'S DAVID WRIGHT REPORTS FROM ARIZONA. TODAY IN ARIZONA, A PITCHED BATTLE TO GET THIS DEADLY BLAZE UNDER CONTROL ` MORE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, MORE PLANES IN THE AIR. BUT EVEN AS FIREFIGHTERS STRUGGLE TO GAIN THE UPPER HAND, MOTHER NATURE SEEMS TO BE CONSPIRING AGAINST THEM ` TODAY'S FORECAST CALLING FOR HURRICANE-STRENGTH WINDS, 80MPH. I EXPECT TO SEE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOUR, RAPID RATES OF SPREAD, LONG FLAME LENGTHS. THAT APPEARS TO BE WHAT HAPPENED SUNDAY, AS SEARING DESERT TEMPERATURES FORCED COLUMNS OF AIR INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, PLUMES OF HOT AIR AND CINDERS IN SOME CASES 4 MILES HIGH ` THE LARGEST ONE EXPERT HAD EVER SEEN. A SUDDEN SHIFT IN AIR PRESSURE DURING AN AFTERNOON RAINSTORM, AND THOSE COLUMNS COME CRASHING DOWN, SPREADING FIRE FASTER THAN A HUMAN CAN SPRINT. TODAY WE LEARNED NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE FINAL MOMENTS OF THOSE 19 FIREFIGHTERS, INCLUDING THE LAST PHOTO OF THE TEAM. ONE OF THE MEN TEXTED IT TO HIS WIFE. ALSO, A MYSTERY SOLVED ` THE IDENTITY OF THE LONE SURVIVOR. HE WAS ON A HILLSIDE WITHIN A MILE OR TWO OF THE CREW, SO THAT HE'S NOT ONLY IN RADIO CONTACT, BUT VISUAL CONTACT. BRENDON MCDONOUGH, POSTED AS LOOKOUT, SAW THAT THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CHANGING AND RADIOED BACK TO THE TEAM. SO HE SAW THAT THEY WERE IN DANGER, AND HE WARNED THEM. AND HE WARNED THEM. MCDONOUGH, WHO BARELY MANAGED TO ESCAPE HIMSELF, IS SAID TO BE GRIEF-STRICKEN. A 6.1-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HAS STRUCK ACEH PROVINCE IN INDONESIA, KILLING AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE. THERE ARE REPORTS OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGE, INCLUDING A COLLAPSED MOSQUE WHERE AT LEAST 16 PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED. POLICE IN CANADA HAVE ARRESTED A MAN AND A WOMAN ON TERRORISM CHARGES AFTER UNCOVERING PRESSURE-COOKER BOMBS HIDDEN OUTSIDE A GOVERNMENT BUILDING. THE EXPLOSIVES WERE DISCOVERED JUST HOURS BEFORE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE DUE TO ARRIVE FOR CANADA DAY CELEBRATIONS. POLICE SAY THERE'S NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THE ATTACK IS IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO THE BOSTON BOMBINGS, AND THE SUSPECTS DON'T HAVE ANY INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM LINKS. IN SOUTH AFRICA, AS THE NATION WAITS NERVOUSLY FOR NEWS ON NELSON MANDELA'S HEALTH, A ROW WITHIN THE MANDELA FAMILY HAS GROWN DEEPER. NOW FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE MADE A FORMAL CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST NELSON MANDELA'S GRANDSON, MANDLA MANDELA, ACCUSING HIM OF GRAVE ROBBING. THE BBC'S ANDREW HARDING REPORTS. NELSON MANDELA WAS BORN IN THESE HILLS AND WILL BE BURIED HERE TOO. BUT WHERE EXACTLY? HE'S ALWAYS INSISTED HIS GRAVE SHOULD BE HERE IN QUNU, THE VILLAGE HE GREW UP IN AND WHERE HE RETIRED TO UNTIL HIS HEALTH CRUMBLED. BUT NOW HIS GRANDSON, MANDLA, IS CAUSING PROFOUND TENSIONS IN AN ALREADY FRACTIOUS FAMILY. HE RECENTLY EXHUMED THE BODIES OF THREE OF NELSON MANDELA'S CHILDREN AND MOVE THEM FROM QUNU TO THIS NEARBY VILLAGE, MVEZO. MANDLA IS NOW CHIEF HERE. HE'S BUILT THIS HUGE COMPLEX IN HONOUR OF HIS GRANDFATHER, AND THE SUSPICION IS HE WANTS HIS GRAVE HERE TOO IN ORDER TO ATTRACT MORE TOURISTS. BUT OPPOSITION IS GROWING. WITH NELSON MANDELA IN HOSPITAL, THE REST OF HIS FAMILY SENT LAWYERS TODAY TO TRY AND FORCE MANDLA TO RETURN THE GRAVES. THEN THE POLICE OPENED A CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST HIM. SOME WORRY THAT THE ROW IS AFFECTING NELSON MANDELA'S OWN CONDITION. TOWARDS THE END OF A GRAND, DIGNIFIED LIFE, AN UNSEEMLY QUARREL OF A TRADITION, FAMILY AND POWER. FAIRFAX NEWSPAPERS IN AUSTRALIA HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO INTRODUCE A PAYWALL FOR ONLINE CONTENT. THE COMPANY, WHICH OWNS MAJOR NEWSPAPERS LIKE THE AGE AND THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, IS NOW IN LINE WITH RIVAL COMPANY NEWSCORP, WHICH ALREADY CHARGES READERS TO ACCESS NEWS ONLINE, A MOVE CONSIDERED UNAVOIDABLE BY SOME ANALYSTS. THEY HAVE TO DO THIS, OR THEY'RE OUT OF BUSINESS. ANY NEWSPAPER ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD THAT DOES NOT CHARGE FOR DIGITAL COPY WILL NOT BE IN BUSINESS IN THE FUTURE. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. THERE'S BEEN NO ANNOUNCEMENT FROM FAIRFAX NEWSPAPERS IN NZ. A NEW INVENTION IN THE UNITED STATES HOPES TO SAVE HUNDREDS OF LIVES FROM DROWNING A YEAR. THE SWIM ALARM DETECTS WHEN A CHILD SLIPS UNDER THE WATER AND ACTIVATES A POOL ALARM TO ALERT THOSE NEARBY. THIS FROM THE ABC'S LINDSAY DAVIS. KEEP AN EYE ON THE LITTLE BOY IN BLUE. WATCH AS HE SLIPS UNDER THE SURFACE WITHOUT WARNING, VANISHING IMMEDIATELY ` A PARENT'S NIGHTMARE. BUT NOW PICTURE THIS ` A DEVICE THAT CAN ACTUALLY WARN YOU WHEN YOUR CHILD'S IN TROUBLE. THIS IS WAHOO SWIM BAND. IT'S WORN OVER THE FOREHEAD, AND WHEN SUBMERGED FOR 20 SECONDS, IT SENDS OUT A SIGNAL. THESE LIGHTS START FLASHING YELLOW. AFTER 30 SECONDS, IT SOUNDS THE SIREN. SIREN BLARES FOR KIDS, IT'S JUST LIKE PUTTING ON A PAIR OF GOGGLES. SO, HOW DID THAT FEEL SWIMMING, HAVING THAT ON? > IT DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT HOW YOU SWIM. YEAH. IT'S JUST THERE. WATCH, EVEN IN A CLEAR SWIMMING POOL, HOW THE MOVEMENT BLURS THE PRESENCE OF A SWIMMER. IN MURKY WATER LIKE A POND, IT'S EVEN MORE DRAMATIC. LOOK HOW THIS BRIGHT YELLOW DUMMY JUST VANISHES. FOR DECADES, THE BEST WAY TO FIND A LOST SWIMMER WAS TO FORM A RESCUE LINE, SWEEPING THE AREA STEP BY STEP. BUT NOW LIFEGUARDS CAN PINPOINT A SWIMMER WITH THIS LOCATOR. SAFETY EXPERTS CALL THIS DEVICE A GAME-CHANGER. IT GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO LEARN VERY QUICKLY THAT YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN TROUBLE, AND IT GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO LOCATE THEM VERY QUICKLY. TECHNOLOGY THAT NOT ONLY SAVES TIME, BUT COULD SAVE LIVES. DROWNING IS CONSISTENTLY THE THIRD-HIGHEST CAUSE OF UNINTENTIONAL DEATH IN NZ, BEHIND CAR CRASHES AND ACCIDENTAL FALLS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` IN MARKET NEWS ` WHY ARE OIL PRICES SOARING? AND IN SPORT, NZ'S THIRD-HIGHEST TEST WICKET-TAKER PULLS STUMPS AND CALLS IT A DAY. 1 WITH ME NOW IS ROSS CUTHBERT FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. GOOD AFTERNOON, ROSS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. OIL PRICES RISING ` HIGHEST POINT IN 14 MONTHS. WHY? It's Egypt this time. West Texas intermediate rose to close $200 a barrel.That's the highest it's traded in 14 months. The reason for the upward movement is this armrest that is brewing in Egypt. The other issue is the Suez Canal, which Egypt controls. I think there's sometimes a connection between world events such as the tapering of interest rates in the US will be more significant. THANK YOU. ROSS CUTHBERT FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. MIDDAY SPORT ` IT'S BEEN ANOTHER EXCITING DAY AT WIMBLEDON, WITH THE WOMEN IN ACTION TODAY IN THE QUARTER-FINALS, DESPITE THE RAIN DOING ITS BEST TO INTERRUPT PLAY. HERE'S THE BBC'S ANDY SWISS. IT WASN'T SO MUCH OF A 'WHO'S WHO' OF WOMEN'S TENNIS AS A 'WHO'S THAT?' RARELY HAVE THE WIMBLEDON QUARTER-FINALS LOOKED SO UNFAMILIAR. INSTEAD OF SERENA OR MARIA, FOR EXAMPLE, MEET KAIA KANEPI AND SABINE LISICKI ` THE GIANTS REPLACED BY THE GIANT-KILLERS. OH, WELL PLAYED. CROWD APPLAUDS SO, WHO ARE THEY? WELL, LISICKI BEAT SERENA WILLIAMS YESTERDAY, WHILE KANEPI IS MOST FAMOUS SPORTSWOMAN IN ESTONIA, A TITLE WHICH TODAY WASN'T QUITE ENOUGH. CROWD CHEERS GAME, SET, MATCH. MISS LISICKI. A STRAIGHT-SETS WIN FOR LISICKI, ONCE AGAIN, THE HAPPIEST WOMAN IN WIMBLEDON. FOR ME, IT'S STILL A GAME THAT I LOVE SO MUCH. AND I WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING OUT THERE FOR EVERY SINGLE MATCH TO WIN IT, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. SO, WHO ELSE? WELL, LAST YEAR'S RUNNER-UP, AGNIESZKA RADWANKSA, EDGED OUT LI NA OF CHINA, BUT ONLY AFTER WASTING SEVEN MATCH POINTS. RARELY HAS RELIEF BEEN QUITE SO OBVIOUS. THE OTHER WIMBLEDON SEMI-FINAL WILL PIT FRANCE'S MARION BARTOLI AGAINST KIRSTEN FLIPKENS OF BELGIUM. MEANWHILE, MARINA ERAKOVIC'S WIMBLEDON CAMPAIGN IS OFFICIALLY OVER. THE KIWI, PARTNERING CROATIAN IVAN DODIG, LOST HER SECOND-ROUND MIXED-DOUBLES MATCH IN THREE SETS. BLACKCAPS PACE BOWLER CHRIS MARTIN HAS RETIRED FROM ALL CRICKET, PULLING STUMPS ON A 13-YEAR CAREER IN WHICH HE PLAYED 71 TESTS, 20 ONE-DAYERS AND SIX T20S. THE 38-YEAR-OLD IS NZ'S THIRD HIGHEST TEST WICKET TAKER WITH 233. A CULT HERO, THE LANKY BOWLER IS AS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS FAILURES WITH THE BAT AS MUCH AS HIS PROWESS WITH THE BALL. HE'S MADE MORE TEST DUCKS THAN ANY OTHER NZER WITH 36 AND HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST DUCKS IN BOTH INNINGS IN TEST HISTORY. IN THE TOUR DE FRANCE, AUSTRALIAN SIMON GERRANS HAS TAKEN THE YELLOW JERSEY AFTER LEADING HIS TEAM TO VICTORY IN TODAY'S FOURTH STAGE IN NICE. GERRANS ORICA-GREENEDGE TEAM BEAT OMEGA PHARMA QUICK-STEP OF BELGIUM AND BRITAIN'S SKY TO WIN THE TEAM TRIAL. GERRANS WILL DEFEND THE YELLOW JERSEY ON TOMORROW'S STAGE FIVE TO MARSEILLE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ TO THE TOP STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE ` A RESTRAINED NIKKI ROPER ROLLED HIS EYES AS A JUDGE SENTENCED HIM TO A MINIMUM OF 14 YEARS IN JAIL FOR THE MURDER OF ALEXSIS TOVIZI. INTERNET MOGUL KIM DOTCOM IS SET TO VOICE HIS OPPOSITION TO THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTROVERSIAL SPY LEGISLATION AT A PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE HEARING THIS AFTERNOON. AND A CZECH WOMAN HAS BEATEN THE ODDS IN THE PRAGUE UNDERGROUND AFTER FALLING UNDER AN ONCOMING TRAIN, BUT THEN CRAWLING OUT FROM BETWEEN CARRIAGES UNSCATHED. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND AMY PARK. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.