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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 10 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
  • Peter Williams (Presenter)
DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. FREEDOM FOR MPS TO MAKE UP THEIR OWN MINDS ON THE SKYCITY CONVENTION CENTRE CONTROVERSY ` THERE'LL BE A CONSCIENCE VOTE. THEY'RE CALLING HIM CAPTAIN COWARD ` THE TRIAL BEGINS FOR THE CAPTAIN OF THE COSTA CONCORDIA. AND ANOTHER POINT FOR TEAM NZ IN A RACE WITH JUST ONE BOAT. SUPPORT FOR THE CONTROVERSIAL SKYCITY CONVENTION CENTRE FOR POKIES LEGISLATION IS SET TO BE TESTED. THE SPEAKER HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL BE A CONSCIENCE VOTE, WHICH MEANS MPS DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW PARTY LINES. WITH MORE, HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. This Bill will allow them to increase the number of pokey machines they have. The interesting thing will be the Greens and Labour putting pressure on across the board to see the public really get in behind and believe their local MP and justifying why they are voting a particular way. AND CORIN, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE LABOUR LEADERSHIP RUMOURS? David Shearer said it was bizarre and he wasn't given a fair go by the media. ABSOLUTE CRAP, AND I SUGGEST THAT YOU ASK ONE, IF NOT TWO, FELLOW JOURNALISTS IN OTHER PLACES AS TO WHY THEY MADE IT UP LAST NIGHT. SO THERE'S NO COUP? ABSOLUTE CRAP. NOTHING TO IT? > NOTHING TO IT. NO, NONSENSE. NOTHING TO IT? > NOTHING TO IT. The problem for David Shearer is there is some dissatisfaction in the wider party about his leadership. He needs to figure out a way to shut these rumours down. We can say the word of David Shearer and the Mps here is no coup underway. THANKS, CORIN DANN LIVE FROM PARLIAMENT. THE DESERT ROAD IN THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND HAS REOPENED AFTER BEING CLOSED BY OVERNIGHT SNOW. LAST NIGHT WAS THE SECOND TIME IN A MONTH THE STATE HIGHWAY'S BEEN SHUT BECAUSE OF SNOW. AND THERE'S A WARNING OF POSSIBLE FURTHER DISRUPTION OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. METSERVICE IS FORECASTING MORE SNOW FROM ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCILLORS ARE MEETING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS TODAY TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE TONY MARRYATT. HE'S CURRENTLY ON LEAVE AFTER BEING BLAMED FOR FAILING TO PASS ON CRUCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUILDING CONSENT CRISIS. ONE NEWS REPORTER LISA DAVIES IS ACROSS DEVELOPMENTS AND JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM CHRISTCHURCH. LISA. What they are looking at is a report that the model for monitoring his employment. We're sitting down with our legal counsel and working through the issues that we have and working out how to move forward from here. Tony is no stranger to controversy. When he was up for a pay rise, people protested on the streets of Christchurch. THANKS, LISA DAVIES LIVE FROM CHRISTCHURCH. THE NZ BREAKERS COACH, DEAN VICKERMAN, HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A DRAMATIC RESCUE WHILE ON HOLIDAY IN SAMOA. THE COACH BRAVED RISING FLOODWATERS AS HE RESCUED PASSENGERS ON THIS BUS CAUGHT IN FLASH FLOODING ON THE ISLAND OF SAVAII ON FRIDAY. WE JUST RAN TO HELP AND JUMPED IN THE WATER. WE WERE JUST GRABBING PEOPLE, AND AT FIRST, WE WERE TRYING TO FIGHT AGAINST THE CURRENT, BUT WE COULDN'T ` WE WERE GETTING PUSHED OUT OURSELVES. ONCE YOU ACTUALLY GOT INTO THE WATER, IT'S, LIKE, NO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO HELP. AND SO CERTAINLY, YOU DO GO THROUGH THAT MOMENT ABOUT ARE YOU PUTTING YOUR OWN LIFE AT RISK? DESPITE HIS EFFORTS, TWO CHILDREN DIED IN THE INCIDENT. A NUMBER OF OTHERS SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE THREE WOMEN HELD CAPTIVE IN A HOUSE IN THE US CITY OF CLEVELAND FOR A DECADE HAVE RELEASED A VIDEO STATEMENT TO THANK PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED AND SUPPORTED THEM. THEIR ALLEGED CAPTOR IS AWAITING TRIAL ON CHARGES OF RAPE AND ABDUCTION. THIS REPORT'S FROM THE BBC. IT WAS IN THIS HOUSE THAT THREE YOUNG WOMEN, PRESUMED DEAD BY MANY, WERE HELD CAPTIVE FOR A DECADE. AND IT WAS FROM HERE THAT THEY MADE THEIR STUNNING ESCAPE IN MAY THIS YEAR. AMANDA BERRY, WHO WAS ALMOST 17 WHEN SHE WAS KIDNAPPED, WAS THE FIRST TO RAISE THE ALARM. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME SHE SPOKE OF BEING HOME AGAIN. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW HOW HAPPY I AM TO BE HOME WITH MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS. IT'S BEEN UNBELIEVABLE. I WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED ME AND MY FAMILY THROUGH THIS ENTIRE ORDEAL. GINA DEJESUS WAS JUST 14 WHEN SHE WAS ABDUCTED ON HER WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL IN 2004. SHE SPOKE BRIEFLY, WANTING TO THANK THOSE WHO HAVE DONATED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS SINCE THEIR RELEASE. I WOULD SAY THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT. FINALLY, THERE WAS A MESSAGE FROM MICHELLE KNIGHT, THE WOMAN IMPRISONED FOR THE LONGEST TIME. I MAY HAVE BEEN THROUGH HELL AND BACK, BUT I AM STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK THROUGH HELL WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE AND WITH MY HEAD HELD HIGH. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MY BRAND NEW LIFE. A MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL'S BEGUN IN ITALY FOR THE CAPTAIN OF THE CAPSIZED COSTA CONCORDIA CRUISE LINER, BUT WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF A LAWYERS' STRIKE. CAPTAIN FRANCESCO SCHETTINO LEFT THE STRICKEN SHIP BEFORE ALL ITS CREW AND PASSENGERS HAD BEEN RESCUED AND FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES OF MANSLAUGHTER. 32 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE DISASTER. THE BBC'S CHRISTIAN FRASER REPORTS. THE ITALIAN CAPTAIN, FRANCESCO SCHETTINO, STRIDING INTO COURT THIS MORNING WITH THAT SAME CONFIDENT SWAGGER HE'D DISPLAYED ABOARD HIS SHIP. HE'D SAILED THE ENORMOUS COSTA CONCORDIA WITHIN 100M OF A JAGGED COASTLINE, AND ON ITS ILL-FATED APPROACH TO THE ISLAND OF GIGLIO, HE WAS BUSY TALKING, SAY PROSECUTORS, ON HIS MOBILE PHONE. TODAY THE WRECK IS SURROUNDED BY PULLEYS AND CRANES, THE BIGGEST SALVAGE OPERATION EVER MOUNTED. IN EVIDENCE, THEY'LL PLAY THE BLACK-BOX RECORDINGS, WHICH INCLUDE THE CAPTAIN'S CONFLICTING ORDERS TO THE BRIDGE AND THE CHAOS THAT THEN FOLLOWED. THE SHIP HAD LEFT ITS PLANNED ROUTE, STEERING TOWARDS GIGLIO FOR A SAIL-BY. THE CAPTAIN DID SPOT THE ROCK, BUT TOO LATE. THE TURN RIPPED A GAPING HOLE IN THE STERN. WATER EXPLODING INTO THE HULL, THE POWER FAILED. ONLY BY LUCK, SAY PROSECUTORS, DID THE SHIP DRIFT BACK TO THE REEF, WHERE IT TIPPED VIOLENTLY TO STARBOARD. IT TOOK SCHETTINO 45 MINUTES TO ISSUE THE EMERGENCY. WITH NO WAY TO LOWER THE PORT-SIDE LIFEBOATS, THOSE STRANDED WERE NOW ON THEIR OWN. SCHETTINO STILL MAINTAINS HE TRIPPED AND FELL ON TO ONE OF THE STARBOARD LIFEBOATS. COASTGUARD GREGORIO DE FALCO NEVER REALLY BELIEVED IT. MAN SPEAKS ITALIAN 32 PASSENGERS WOULD NOT ESCAPE. THE ONLY SOLACE FOR THEIR FAMILIES IS THAT CAPTAIN COWARD, AS HE'S NOW DUBBED BY THE ITALIAN MEDIA, FACES UP TO 20 YEARS IN JAIL. THE TRIAL IS SET TO RESUME IN A WEEK. CANADIAN INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO THE DERAILMENT AND EXPLOSION OF A RUNAWAY TRAIN SAY THE SECTION OF TRACK HAD NO SIGNALLING SYSTEM TO WARN CONTROLLERS. THE TRAIN, LADEN WITH CRUDE OIL, EXPLODED INTO A FIREBALL, DEVASTATING A QUEBEC TOWN AND KILLING AT LEAST 13 PEOPLE, WITH ANOTHER 40 FEARED DEAD. THE TRACKS THROUGH THE TOWN WERE LACKING A CENTRALISED CONTROL THAT COULD HAVE SEEN THE ALARM RAISED. MEANWHILE, SOME OF THE 2000 PEOPLE EVACUATED HAVE BEEN CLEARED TO GO HOME. WE HAVE GOOD NEWS ` THE FIRE'S UNDER CONTROL, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CAN GO BACK TO THEIR HOUSES. MORE THAN 60% OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RIGHT NOW OVER THERE WILL BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THEIR HOUSES. THE DERAILMENT HAS RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF CANADA'S GROWING PRACTICE OF TRANSPORTING OIL BY TRAIN. THERE ARE FRESH REVELATIONS TODAY ABOUT THE BOEING 777 THAT CRASH-LANDED AT SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT. NOT ONLY WAS THE PILOT-IN-CHARGE LANDING THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A BOEING TRIPLE 777, BUT THE PILOT TRAINING HIM WAS SERVING AS AN INSTRUCTOR FOR THE FIRST TIME. HERE'S THE ABC'S DAVID MUIR. TONIGHT AS THAT PILOT-IN-TRAINING IS QUESTIONED BY THE NTSB, A RARE VIEW FROM INSIDE THE COCKPIT OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LAND OVER THE BAY AT SAN FRANCISCO'S AIRPORT, SEEN IN A VIDEO POSTED TO YOUTUBE BY A KLM AIRLINES PILOT. YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE COCKPIT WINDOW THE DESCENT OVER THE BAY, THE ANGLE FOR A SAFE LANDING ON A CLEAR BLUE DAY MUCH LIKE THE ONE WE SAW OVER THE WEEKEND. BUT PILOTS ARE CLEARED FOR A VISUAL APPROACH. BUT SO MANY QUESTIONS TONIGHT ABOUT ASIANA AIRLINES FLIGHT 214. INSIDE THE COCKPIT, THE PILOT-IN-TRAINING SITTING IN THE LEFT SEAT, THE CAPTAIN TRAINING HIM ON THE RIGHT. AND WE KNOW THAT THE PILOT BEING TRAINED, LEE GANG-GUK, HAD LOGGED JUST 43 HOURS ON THE 777. THE PILOT NEXT TO HIM, LEE JEONG-MIN, DID HAVE EXPERIENCE. WOMAN: THEY'RE RUNNING OUT. INVESTIGATORS WANT TO KNOW WHAT DID THAT PILOT WITH MORE EXPERIENCE ADVISE THE TRAINEE TO DO. AND THEY'RE ASKING ABOUT THE 72 HOURS LEADING UP TO THAT FLIGHT. DID THEY HAVE ENOUGH SLEEP? WHAT DID THEY EAT AND DRINK? HAD ANYTHING HAPPENED IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES? LATE TODAY THE CEO OF ASIANA AIRLINES, ARRIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO, WAS OVERWHELMED BY THE CAMERAS, TURNING BACK, LEAVING THE AIRPORT THROUGH A SIDE ENTRANCE. AND TONIGHT MORE SURVIVORS FROM THAT CRASH-LANDING ARE GOING HOME. SO MANY OF THEIR INJURIES MIRRORED ONE ANOTHER. WE SAW A LOT OF WHAT WE CALL COMPRESSION FRACTURES, WHERE THE SPINAL COLUMN GETS COMPRESSED. DOCTORS TELL US THAT THOSE INJURIES ARE CONSISTENT WITH CATASTROPHIC MOVEMENT SIDE TO SIDE, THE ARM RESTS JAMMING INTO PASSENGERS' SIDES, BREAKING RIBS. AND MANY PASSENGERS' SPINES STRETCHED AND THEN COMPRESSED AS THEY WERE WHIPPED FORWARD AND BACKWARD. BRITISH BOOKMAKERS ARE BANKING ON THE IMMINENT ARRIVAL OF A ROYAL BABY AS A BOOST TO THEIR BUSINESS. THE RISING TRADE IN BETS ON NAMES, BIRTHDATES, EVEN HAIR COLOUR IS ONE SIGN OF THE INTEREST. BUT JUST HOW KEYED UP ARE THE BRITS? EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY HIT THE STREETS. IN LONDON THERE'S JUST ONE THING ON MOST MINDS. THE HEATWAVE. AND THE ROYAL BABY. IT'S BEEN RAINING FOR YEARS, SO THE SUN'S GOOD. I HAVEN'T FELT THE SUN ON MY SKIN FOR SO LONG. BUT THE BABY? DEFINITELY ANDY MURRAY. I'M SO HAPPY AND SO PROUD. A 77-YEAR DROUGHT BROKEN AND TEMPERATURES PUSHING 30 DEGREES MIGHT BE GRABBING THEIR ATTENTION NOW. JUST UP THE ROAD, A SMALL ARMY IS STAKING ITS PLACE FOR THE NEXT BIG THING, A FOREST OF TRIPODS TRAINED ON THE HOSPITAL WHERE CATHERINE, DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE, WILL DELIVER HER CHILD ` ENOUGH STEPLADDERS TO START A HARDWARE STORE WHILE THEY WAIT AND WAIT. HAVEN'T REALLY FOLLOWED UP ON THE STORY ABOUT KATE AND THE BABY, TO BE HONEST. I'VE BEEN STUDYING. NO ONE'S HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND SOMEONE ALWAYS HAS TO BE THE LAST TO LEARN. THEY'RE PREGNANT, INNIT? WHO? KATE... OH, SERIOUS? YEAH. YOU HADN'T HEARD? NO, I DIDN'T... I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW. YOU CAN BET IT'S ALL THEY'LL BE HEARING ABOUT VERY SOON. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, LONDON. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE SHARE MARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS, INCLUDING THE ISSUE PRICE FOR SYNLAIT MILK IS SET. THEN IN SPORT ` A NZER'S IN THE MIX AT THE TOUR DE FRANCE. AND TEAM NZ LOOKING GOOD ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY ` A PITY THERE'S NO OPPOSITION. S WITH ME NOW IS BELINDA STANLEY FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. SYNLAIT MILK GETTING CLOSER TO LISTING. THE PRICE FOR THE IPO HAS BEEN SET? TheY announced the price setting today. It's been raised for a book build. The price has been set at $2.20. That values the company at $322m. It's number 43 on the New Zealand index. TWO MONTHS TODAY SINCE THE BIGGEST IPO OF THE YEAR SO FAR ` MIGHTY RIVER POWER. SOME NEWS FROM OFFSHORE MARKETS, AND THE US LOOKING STRONG? THANK YOU, BELINDA STANLEY FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. MIDDAY SPORT. TEAM NZ HAVE CLAIMED A SECOND POINT IN THE AMERICA'S CUP CHALLENGER SERIES AFTER COMPLETING ANOTHER SOLO RACE ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY. WITH SWEDISH SYNDICATE ARTEMIS STILL STRUGGLING TO GET A REPLACEMENT BOAT READY, THE KIWIS AGAIN SAILED THE COURSE ON THEIR OWN, MAKING A NEAR PERFECT START. THERE'S THE GUN, AND EMIRATES TEAM NZ IS OFF. EVENTUALLY HITTING A TOP SPEED OF 42 KNOTS. BOY, OH BOY, THEY ARE OFF. LOOK AT THAT SPEED. AMAZING. JUST A LITTLE UNSTABLE ON THEIR FOILS, JUST HOBBYHORSING SLIGHTLY. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE NOT USED TO SEEING FROM EMIRATES TEAM NZ. USUALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE AS STABLE AS A TRACTOR AROUND THE RACE COURSE. TEAM NZ FINISHED THE COURSE ABOUT A MINUTE FASTER THAN THEIR FIRST EFFORT ON MONDAY. THEY PUT ON QUITE A SHOW FOR THE FANS HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO AS EMIRATES TEAM NZ, DEAN BARKER AT THE HELM, CROSS THE FINISH LINE HERE IN RACE NUMBER TWO. 30 KNOTS, AND THEY CROSS THE LINE 0.02 HERE THEY GO, DOWN TOWARDS THE FINISH. 30 KNOTS, AND THEY CROSS THE LINE 0.02 FOR EMIRATES TEAM NZ. IT WAS GOOD. YOU KNOW, THE GUYS WENT WELL ON THE BOAT TODAY. IT WAS TOUGH CONDITIONS AGAIN. THERE'S NO EASY DAYS OUT THERE. A VERDICT IS EXPECTED TOMORROW OR FRIDAY OVER A DESIGN CHANGE CONTROVERSY THAT WILL DECIDE WHETHER TEAM NZ WILL HAVE ITS FIRST COMPETITIVE RACE AGAINST LUNA ROSSA THIS WEEKEND. NZER STEVEN ADAMS HAS BEEN BACK ON THE COURT WITH THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER IN THE NBA'S SUMMER LEAGUE, THE 19-YEAR-OLD FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK SHOOTING 80% IN HIS 32 MINUTES OF GAME TIME AGAINST DETROIT. MAN: LAYING AND ONE ` 11 POINTS. 6-3 DOWN TO WIN THE GAME ` A NICE EFFORT. BUT HIS TEAMMATE REGGIE JACKSON SCORED AN IMPRESSIVE 35 POINTS ` A SUMMER-LEAGUE RECORD IN ORLANDO. 23 OF THOSE POINTS CAME IN THE FINAL QUARTER, TO HELP OKLAHOMA CITY SEAL THE WIN OVER THE DETROIT PISTONS 79-75. NZER GREG HENDERSON PLAYED A PROMINENT ROLE AT THE FINISH OF STAGE 10 IN THE TOUR DE FRANCE THIS MORNING. HENDERSON LED OUT HIS TEAM'S TOP RIDER, ANDRE GREIPEL, INSIDE THE LAST FEW HUNDRED METRES TO TRY TO SET UP GREIPEL FOR ANOTHER STAGE WIN. SO THE BIG LEAD OUT COMING BY GREG HENDERSON NOW FOR ANDRE GREIPEL. IS GREIPEL GONNA MAKE THIS A SECOND STAGE WITH HIM AS CAVENDISH'S FOURTH WHEEL? AS THERE'S A RUSH UP THE RIGHT OF THE ROAD NOW, BUT AT LAST THEY GO TOWARDS THE LINE. THERE'S A CRASH RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE THERE, AND THAT'S KITTEL WHO'S GONE DOWN, I THINK. NO, IT MAY HAVE BEEN TINKOFF THAT'S COME OFF THE LINE. THIS IS GREIPEL NOW WHO'S CHALLENGED BY MARCEL KITTEL AS THEY ROUND THAT BEND. IT'S GONE TO THE PHOTO. AND THE REPLAY SHOWED THAT THE OTHER GERMAN RIDER, MARCEL KITTEL, SQUEEZED PAST GREIPEL ON THE LINE TO CLAIM THE WIN IN THE TOWN OF SAINT-MALO. HENDERSON WAS ACROSS THE LINE 12TH. ENGLAND'S CHRIS FROOME REMAINS THE TOUR LEADER. IT'S BEEN A GOLDEN PERIOD FOR BRITISH SPORT IN RECENT MONTHS. ANDY MURRAY'S WON WIMBLEDON, THE LIONS WERE TRIUMPHANT IN AUSTRALIA AND JUSTIN ROSE TOOK OUT THE US GOLF OPEN. NOW IT'S THE TURN OF THE ENGLAND CRICKET TEAM, HOT FAVOURITES TO BEAT AUSTRALIA IN THE FIVE-TEST ASHES SERIES WHICH STARTS IN NOTTINGHAM TONIGHT. EVEN AUSTRALIANS THINK IT MIGHT BE AN ENGLISH VICTORY. HERE'S THE BBC'S JOE WILSON. ENGLAND VERSUS AUSTRALIA. IT'S THE CRICKET SERIES WHICH SELLS ITSELF, AND SELLS OUT GROUNDS. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T ADD HYPE. GODS AMONG TITANS. AND YOU THOUGHT IT WAS MERE BATSMEN VERSUS BOWLERS. ONE OF THE BIG DIFFERENCES IN THE SERIES AGAINST AUSTRALIA, AS COMPARED TO ANY OTHER NATION, IS THE GENERAL INTEREST IN THE SERIES. OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE'VE HAD` I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE, A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHEN YOU'VE BEEN IN THE STREET, JUST COMING UP, SAYING, 'GOOD LUCK FOR THE ASHES. HOPE YOU WIN.' AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD, THERE IS JUST AS MUCH INTEREST, IF LESS OPTIMISM. THESE CLUB CRICKETERS IN SYDNEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ASHES IN ENGLAND, BUT PERHAPS BECAUSE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SLEEP THROUGH MOST OF IT. I THINK THE POMS'LL ARE FAVES. THEY DESERVE TO BE. THEY'VE GOT THE FORM ON THE BOARD. WE'VE STRUGGLED. IT'LL BE CLOSER THAN PEOPLE MIGHT BELIEVE. HOWEVER, I STILL THINK IT'LL GO ENGLAND'S WAY. WELL, COMPARING THE TWO SIDES, ENGLAND HAVE SOLIDITY. ANDY FLOWER'S ALREADY WON THE ASHES TWICE. DARREN LEHMANN ONLY TOOK OVER LAST MONTH WHEN AUSTRALIA'S LAST COACH WAS SACKED. ALASTAIR COOK LEADS FROM THE FRONT WITH THE ENGLISH RECORD FOR HUNDREDS. AUSTRALIA DEPEND ON MICHAEL CLARKE ` GREAT RECORD, SUSPECT BACK. JAMES ANDERSON LEADS ENGLAND'S ATTACK, SEEMS TO BE IN HIS PRIME. NOW TO THE WEATHER. THE LOW AND ITS ASSOCIATED FRONTS SETTLE OVER THE NORTH ISLAND, WHILE A STRONG EASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS OVER THE LOWER NORTH. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND TRACEY DAWSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013