DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. SPYING'S ON THE AGENDA, WITH THE GCSB BILL SET TO PASS AND AN INVESTIGATION INTO A PRIVACY BREACH. LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT FOR INVOKING TERROR LAWS AGAINST A JOURNALIST'S PARTNER. AND ONE DIRECTION MANIA ` THREE YEARS FROM OBSCURITY, THREE HIT ALBUMS AND A MOVIE PREMIERE. THE CONTROVERSIAL GCSB AMENDMENT BILL IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO PASS FOLLOWING ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WERE HEATED DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT LAST NIGHT, WITH THE PRIVACY OF NZERS' EMAIL ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES. THE OPPOSITION'S PUSHING FOR THE RIGHTS OF NZERS WHEN IT COMES TO SENDING EMAILS TO BE SPELLED OUT IN THE NEW GCSB LAW, BUT JOHN KEY DISAGREES. I DON'T THINK YOU NEED THAT. WHAT IS CLEAR IS THE LAW SPELLS THAT OUT. I DON'T THINK YOU NEED THAT. WHAT IS CLEAR IS THE LAW SPELLS THAT OUT. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE'LL RESIGN IF THERE ARE ANY MAJOR MISTAKES. AND THE HEAD OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE LEAK OF A REPORT ON ILLEGAL GCSB SPYING HAS BEEN RAKED OVER THE COALS TODAY AS PART OF A PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE HEARING INTO THE BOTCHED RELEASE OF A JOURNALIST'S PHONE RECORDS AND EMAILS. WITH MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN LIVE FROM PARLIAMENT. FORMER TOP CIVIL SERVANT DAVID HENRY HAS APPEARED TO GIVE HIS SIDE OF THIS STORY THIS MORNING INTO HOW HE ENDED UP WITH EMAIL AND PHONE RECORDS OF JOURNALIST ANDREA VANCE MR HENRY IS BLAMING PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES FOR THE PRIVACY BREACH. HE SAYS HE ASSUMED IT WOULD WITHHOLD ANY INFORMATION HE SHOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO. WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT, PERHAPS I SHOULD HAVE GONE AND TALKED TO THE SPEAKER ABOUT IT, BUT AT THE TIME, IT SEEMED COMPLETELY REASONABLE TO BE DEALING WITH THE EXPERTS IN THAT AREA, THE PEOPLE THAT HELD INFORMATION. AND IF THE SPEAKER NEEDED TO BE CONSULTED, THEN I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED MR THORN TO DO THAT. NOW, THE HEAD OF PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES HAS ALREADY RESIGNED OVER THIS, BUT HE HAS ALSO GIVEN A SUBMISSION THIS MORNING. HE SAYS THE SERVICE WAS COMPROMISED BY MR HENRY, WHO WAS APPROACHING JUNIOR STAFF FOR THE INFORMATION. IT WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN INVESTIGATION THAT LACKED CLARITY. JOHN KEY WON'T BE APPEARING THIS MORNING DESPITE THE INVESTIGATION BEING LAUNCHED IN HIS NAME, BUT THE CAVALIER WAY IN WHICH IT WAS CARRIED OUT WILL CERTAINLY BE AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR HIM. THANKS, POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN LIVE FROM PARLIAMENT. POLICE HAVE LAID THE FIRST CHARGES UNDER THE NEW PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES LEGISLATION. A HAMILTON RETAILER WAS FOUND WITH MORE THAN 1200 PACKETS OF SYNTHETIC CANNABIS PRODUCTS IN A RAID. THE 36-YEAR-OLD MAN IS FACING CHARGES OF BOTH POSSESSION AND SELLING A NON-APPROVED PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE. AN ENVIRONMENTAL WATCHDOG SAYS LARGE TRACTS OF CONSERVATION LAND ARE POORLY MANAGED AND OPEN TO DEVELOPMENT AND PRIVATISATION. THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT HAS REVIEWED THE STATUS OF STEWARDSHIP LAND, WHICH MAKES UP AROUND 10% OF THE COUNTRY. SHE SAYS IMPORTANT AREAS LIKE THE REMARKABLES AND GREAT BARRIER ISLAND ARE POORLY PROTECTED AGAINST DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THEIR CONSERVATION VALUE HASN'T BEEN RECOGNISED IN LAW. WE ARE AT RISK OF SOME HIGH-VALUE AREAS OF LAND THAT HAVE A HIGHER CONSERVATION VALUE BEING LOST TO THE CONSERVATION ESTATE. SHE'S CALLING ON THE CONSERVATION MINISTER TO FORCE DOC TO RECLASSIFY SOME AREAS. THERE'S DISAGREEMENT AMONG ECONOMISTS WHETHER CHANGES TO BORROWING RULES WILL MAKE A DENT IN THE HOUSING MARKET. FROM OCTOBER, LOANS ISSUED TO BORROWERS WITH LESS THAN A 20% DEPOSIT WILL BE RESTRICTED TO JUST 10% OF ALL NEW LENDING ` LESS THAN HALF CURRENT LEVELS. THAT'S LIKELY TO HIT FIRST-HOME BUYERS THE HARDEST. ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT WE HAD RESTRICTIONS OF THIS SORT IN THE '70S AND '80S. AND AT THAT TIME, A BUNCH OF FINANCE COMPANIES EMERGED OFFERING TOP-UP LOANS, OBVIOUSLY AT HIGHER INTEREST RATES. AND WE HAD THINGS LIKE SOLICITORS NOMINEE COMPANIES AND OTHERS. SO THERE WILL BE WAYS AROUND THESE RULES, AND, OF COURSE, THE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS WHO CAN AFFORD TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN GET INTO A FIRST HOME WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. BUT LOOK, YEAH, LOOK, THERE WILL BE MORE COMPETITION. BUT, I MEAN, KIWIBANK WAS VERY FAST OUT OF THE BLOCKS YESTERDAY IN SAYING THAT THEY WILL PRIORITISE FIRST-HOME BUYERS OVER PROPERTY INVESTORS, AND THERE'S NOTHING TO STOP OTHER BANKS DOING THAT AS WELL. THAT'S GARETH VAUGHAN FROM INTEREST.CO.NZ BUSINESS AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE MAY BE UP, BUT THE MAJORITY OF WORKERS DON'T THINK IT'LL TRICKLE DOWN INTO THEIR PAY PACKETS. A SURVEY OF KIWI EMPLOYEES SHOWS MORE THAN 60% OF THEM DON'T THINK THEY'LL GET A PAY-RISE IN THE NEXT YEAR. IT ALSO FOUND MORE THAN A THIRD HAD NOT SEEN A PAY-RISE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, DESPITE THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY. CONTRACTORS ARE WORKING TO REPAIR A LARGE SINKHOLE THAT'S OPENED UP IN CENTRAL WELLINGTON. A SECTION OF HOBSON ST IS EXPECTED TO BE CORDONED OFF UNTIL AT LEAST MONDAY. THE WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL SAYS A BROKEN STORM-WATER PIPE CAUSED THE 3M-DEEP HOLE, BUT THAT FRIDAY'S 6.6 EARTHQUAKE MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE. A NELSON ARCHITECT HAS CREATED THE WINNING DESIGN FOR WHAT COULD BE MANY OF CHRISTCHURCH'S NEW EARTHQUAKE REBUILD HOMES. DUBBED THE CANTABRIAN, IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE TC3 ZONES ` THE AREAS WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RISK OF FOUNDATION DAMAGE DUE TO EARTHQUAKES. IT'S BEEN GIVEN A NATIONAL CONSENT ACCREDITATION, WHICH FAST-TRACKS THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. THE EMPHASIS ON LIGHT AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ATTRACTED THE JUDGES. AND LET'S WORK WITH WINDOWS AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ABSOLUTELY IN THE RIGHT POSITION, BECAUSE IF YOU GET THOSE IN THE RIGHT POSITION, YOU'LL GET A WARM HOUSE, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT. THE DESIGN WON FROM A FIELD OF NEARLY 50 ENTRIES. SCIENTISTS ARE CLOSELY MONITORING WHITE ISLAND IN THE BAY OF PLENTY AFTER FURTHER VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. A VOLCANOLOGIST SAYS THE 4KM-HIGH PLUME OF STEAM FROM WHITE ISLAND HAS SUBSIDED, BUT THE EVENT ADDS TO THE VOLCANO'S INCREASED ACTIVITY. THE VOLCANO HAS BEEN AT UNREST SINCE JUNE/JULY LAST YEAR, AND MAGMA CAME TO THE SURFACE. WE HAD VOLCANIC ASH EMISSIONS IN AUGUST. LATER, IN NOVEMBER, WE HAD ACTUALLY A SMALL LAVA DOME GROW, SO LAVA REACHED THE SURFACE THEN. AND IT'S JUST CONTINUED SWITCHING ON AND OFF IN AN UNREST ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, SINCE JULY LAST YEAR. AND THIS IS JUST PART OF THE PROCESS. THAT'S GNS VOLCANOLOGIST BRAD SCOTT. FIRED-UP RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN HAVE GRILLED POLITICIANS AND COMMERCIAL FISHING COMPANIES AT A PUBLIC MEETING IN AUCKLAND. THERE'S JUST A FEW MORE DAYS FOR PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS ABOUT CONTROVERSIAL CHANGES TO SNAPPER CATCH LIMITS, BUT THE OPPOSITION SAYS THE CURRENT PROPOSALS SHOULD BE THROWN OUT. DANIELLE STANBURY WAS AT THE MEETING. THE BATTLE TO PROTECT OUR BIGGEST SNAPPER FISHERY HAD ALREADY TURNED POLITICAL. DOES HE THINK IT'S FAIR THAT A COMMERCIAL FISHER CAN CATCH A SNAPPER AS SMALL AS 25CM, BUT A RECREATIONAL FISHER HAS TO GO TO 36? IS THAT FAIR? I SEEK LEAVE FOR THE MEMBER TO TABLE THE 36-INCH FISH SO I CAN HAVE IT FOR DINNER. ORDER. THE HUNDREDS THAT GATHERED AT AUCKLAND WEREN'T SO QUICK TO LAUGH. THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GOT BOATS AND VOTE NATIONAL, THEY WON'T BE DOING THAT IF THEY DO THIS. SNAPPER STOCKS ON THE EAST COAST FROM NORTHLAND TO THE BAY OF PLENTY HAVE BEEN RECOVERING, BUT OFFICIALS SAY NOT QUICKLY ENOUGH TO BE SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM. THE PUBLIC ARE FAIRLY AWARE THAT THEIR FUTURE MEANINGFUL FISHING EXPERIENCE IS ON THE BLOCK RIGHT NOW. WITH THE POSSIBILITY THEY'LL BE LIMITED TO AS FEW AS THREE SNAPPER A DAY, THESE FISHERMEN SAY THE INDUSTRY SHOULD SHARE THE PAIN. IT'S NOT GONNA BE WORTHWHILE, US GOING FISHING OR HAVING A BOAT, TO GO OUT AND CATCH THREE FISH. I THINK THE THREE PROPOSALS ARE VERY VERY UNFAIR. THEY DISADVANTAGE THE RECREATIONAL FISHERS. IGNORING THE BOOS FROM THE CROWD, THE FEDERATION OF COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN ARGUED EVERYONE WAS WORKING TOGETHER TO PRESERVE STOCK NUMBERS. NOT REALLY HERE TO ARGUE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING RIGHT OR WRONG. I'M HERE TO TRY AND FIND A WAY OF GOING FORWARD AND IMPROVING THE WAY WE HARVEST FISH. LABOUR SAYS IT'S RECEIVED MORE THAN 30,000 EMAILS ABOUT THE CUTBACKS AND IS URGING EVERYONE TO HAVE THEIR SAY BEFORE PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS CLOSE ON FRIDAY. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS. THE DESERT ROAD THROUGH THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND REMAINS CLOSED THIS LUNCHTIME AFTER A LARGE TRUCK AND TRAILER CRASH EARLIER THIS MORNING. DIVERSIONS ARE IN PLACE. THE ROAD'S EXPECTED TO REOPEN THIS AFTERNOON. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS DEFENDED THE USE OF TERRORISM LAWS TO DETAIN THE PARTNER OF A JOURNALIST WHO'D BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLISHING SPYING SECRETS. IT WAS THOUGHT DAVID MIRANDA COULD BE CARRYING INFORMATION FROM SELF-DESCRIBED WHISTLEBLOWER EDWARD SNOWDEN. AS THE BBC'S GORDON CORERRA REPORTS, HE'S NOW TAKING LEGAL ACTION. AT THE ROOT OF THIS ROW IS THE DISCLOSURE OF SECRET INFORMATION RELATING TO BOTH THE US NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, OR NSA, AND ITS BRITISH COUNTERPART, GCHQ. THE FORMER NSA CONTRACTOR EDWARD SNOWDON LEAKED THOUSANDS OF CONFIDENTIAL FILES TO THE GUARDIAN. HE'S NOW IN RUSSIA, A FUGITIVE FROM THE US. WHEN DAVID MIRANDA ` THE PARTNER OF THE GUARDIAN JOURNALIST WHO WORKED ON THE STORY ` WENT THROUGH HEATHROW ON SUNDAY, THE POLICE USED THEIR COUNTERTERRORISM POWERS TO STOP HIM, ALSO SEIZING ALL HIS ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT. I THINK IT'S RIGHT, GIVEN THAT IT'S THE FIRST DUTY OF THE GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC, THAT IF POLICE BELIEVE SOMEBODY HAS IN THEIR POSSESSION HIGHLY SENSITIVE STOLEN INFORMATION WHICH COULD HELP TERRORISTS, WHICH COULD LEAD TO A LOSS OF LIVES, THEN IT IS RIGHT THAT THE POLICE ACT. AND THAT'S WHAT THE LAW ENABLES THEM TO DO. DAVID MIRANDA'S LAWYERS HAVE DEMANDED THAT HIS ELECTRONIC MATERIAL IS RETURNED UNTOUCHED, AND SAY THEY WILL CHALLENGE THE LAWFULNESS OF HIS DETENTION UNDER COUNTERTERRORISM POWERS. INTERPRETER: THEY ASKED ME WHAT WAS MY ROLE IN THIS NSA DOCUMENT STORY. I EXPLAINED I DON'T HAVE ANY DIRECT INVOLVEMENT WITH THESE DOCUMENTS. I DO NOT WORK WITH THEM. THE GUARDIAN SAYS FOR WEEKS THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN PUSHING IT TO HAND OVER SNOWDON'S DOCUMENTS, AND THAT IT EVEN ENDED UP DESTROYING COMPUTERS HOLDING THEM. A LEGAL BATTLE OVER DAVID MIRANDA'S NINE-HOUR DETENTION IS NOW SET TO BEGIN. AT THE HEART OF THAT BATTLE WILL BE THE QUESTION OF WHETHER IT WAS A LEGITIMATE MOVE TO PROTECT GOVERNMENT SECRETS OR WHETHER IT WENT TOO FAR IN PREVENTING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM. ZIMBABWE'S HIGHEST COURT HAS REJECTED A LEGAL CHALLENGE AGAINST THE RESULTS OF JULY'S ELECTIONS. PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE WON THE ELECTION AMID ALLEGATIONS OF VOTE RIGGING. DESPITE PROTESTS BY THE OPPOSITION, THE HEAD OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULED THE ELECTIONS HAD BEEN FREE AND FAIR. THE OPERATOR OF JAPAN'S CRIPPLED FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT HAS APOLOGISED AFTER A MASSIVE LEAK OF HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE WATER. 300 TONS OF THE CONTAMINATED WATER LEAKED FROM A STORAGE TANK INTO THE SEA. THE WATER IS USED TO COOL THE NUCLEAR REACTORS FOLLOWING THE MELTDOWNS AT THE PLANT AFTER THE 2011 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI. A BRITISH MAN WHO SOLD FAKE BOMB DETECTORS AROUND THE WORLD HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS' JAIL. GARY BOLTON (47) SOLD THE HOMEMADE DEVICES FOR UP TO $20,000 IN PLACES LIKE THAILAND. BUT THEY WERE LITTLE MORE THAN PLASTIC HANDLES WITH AERIALS ATTACHED AND ONLY COST $10 TO MAKE. EARLIER THIS YEAR JIM MCCORMACK WAS JAILED FOR 10 YEARS FOR SELLING SIMILAR DEVICES. TWO YOUNG BRITISH WOMEN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SMUGGLE $3M OF COCAINE OUT OF PERU ARE DUE TO APPEAR IN COURT. MICHAELLA MCCOLLUM CONNOLLY, FROM NORTHERN IRELAND, AND MELISSA REID, FROM SCOTLAND, ARE EXPECTED TO BE FORMALLY CHARGED AFTER BEING HELD FOR TWO WEEKS. THEY CLAIM THEY WERE FORCED TO CARRY THE DRUGS BY AN ARMED GANG. THEY WERE UNDER A THREAT, AND THEY WERE UNDER A CONTINUING THREAT. AND WHEN THEY WEREN'T ACTUALLY UNDER THE PHYSICAL CONTROL OF THE MEN INVOLVED, THEY WERE UNDER THE CONTROL THROUGH TELEPHONE EXCHANGE AND ALSO THREATS THAT PEOPLE WERE WATCHING THEM. CCTV PICTURES EMERGED THIS WEEK ALLEGEDLY SHOWING ONE OF THE WOMEN IN LIMA CARRYING A LARGE BAG. A QUICK-THINKING NEW YORK CITY PLUMBER IS BEING PRAISED FOR SAVING THE LIFE OF A TOURIST INVOLVED IN A FREAK ACCIDENT. A TAXI SLAMMED INTO THE YOUNG BRITISH WOMAN AS SHE SAT AT A FOUNTAIN NEAR THE ROCKEFELLER CENTRE, SEVERING HER LEG BELOW THE KNEE. THE MAN QUICKLY APPLIED A TOURNIQUET TO STOP HER BLEEDING OUT. THE CAB DRIVER WAS SUPPOSEDLY JUST RAN OFF THE ROAD BY A BICYCLIST, AND HE HAD NO CHANCE TO STEP ON THE BRAKE. AND HE HIT THE GIRL; SHE FLEW UP IN THE AIR. HER LEG WAS SEVERED RIGHT OFF. THE OTHER WAS MANGLED. SO I JUST GRABBED MY BELT, WENT OVER, LIFTED HER UP, PUT IT ON, HELD IT. SURGEON AND TV HOST DOCTOR OZ ALSO RUSHED TO THE SCENE AFTER HE WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT. THREE TEENAGE BOYS IN OKLAHOMA HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER ALLEGEDLY KILLING AN AUSTRALIAN STUDENT BECAUSE THEY WERE BORED. CHRISTOPHER LANE FROM MELBOURNE WAS SHOT IN THE BACK WHILE HE WAS JOGGING. HE WAS ON A BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIP AT AN OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY. THE THREE BOYS CHARGED ARE AGED 15, 16 AND 17. ONE ALLEGEDLY TOLD POLICE OF THE SHOCKING MOTIVE. THEY ASKED HIM WHY, AND HE SAID, 'WE WERE BORED, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO AND WE WANTED TO KILL SOMEBODY.' THAT'S WHAT HE SAID. THE BOYS COULD FACE LIFE IN PRISON OR THE DEATH PENALTY IF THEY ARE TRIED AS ADULTS. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FANS OF THE BOY BAND ONE DIRECTION HAVE PACKED LONDON'S LEICESTER SQUARE FOR THE PREMIERE OF THEIR NEW MOVIE. HARRY, ZAYN, NIALL, LOUIS AND LIAM WALKED THE RED CARPET AS THEY PROMOTED THEIR DOCUMENTARY 'THIS IS US'. THE BAND'S HAD A METEORIC RISE SINCE THEY WERE FORMED ON UK X FACTOR THREE YEARS AGO, AND THANKED THE FANS FOR THEIR HUGE SUCCESS. THEY'VE ALWAYS SURPRISED US, GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND JUST` NOW THEY'VE JUST DONE IT AGAIN TODAY, AND IT'S AMAZING. THEY'RE SO PASSIONATE AND SO DEDICATED, AND WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE 'EM. THE 3-D FILM, BY 'SUPERSIZE ME' DIRECTOR MORGAN SPURLOCK, TAKES VIEWERS BACKSTAGE DURING ONE DIRECTION'S WORLD TOUR. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS, INCLUDING THE FULL-YEAR RESULT FROM OUR BIGGEST LISTED COMPANY. AND IN SPORT, A NEW AUSTRALIAN FACE FOR THE FINAL ASHES TEST STARTING TONIGHT. S WITH ME NOW IS ANNE HARE FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. FLETCHER BUILDING. $326 million the net profit for Fletcher building, up from last year's result, prior to adjustments of the previous year. The share price went up 4% this morning, around 857. AUCKLAND AIRPORT. Hundred and 78 million net profit, 25% up from the previous year. Expecting hundred and 60 to 170 million next year. TRADE ME. The intention is to reinvest back into the business. The share price opened at 466 and settled at 455. They have announced an online insurance Web page. THANK YOU, ANNE HARE FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. IN MIDDAY SPORT, THE WALLABIES ARE DUE TO ARRIVE IN WELLINGTON THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF SATURDAY'S SECOND BLEDISLOE CUP TEST. DESPITE THEIR COMPREHENSIVE VICTORY IN GAME ONE, THE ALL BLACKS ARE EXPECTING A STEP UP IN INTENSITY AND ACCURACY FROM THE AUSTRALIANS. I THINK THEY MADE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF UNFORCED ERRORS, AND IF THEY GET THAT OUT OF THEIR GAME, THEN THEY'RE RIGHT IN THE PERFORMANCE. SO WE HAVE TO IMPROVE OUR GAME TO MATCH THAT. BOTH SIDES WILL BE NAMED TOMORROW. THE BIG QUESTIONS ` WHO WILL PLAY AT FIRST FIVE IN BOTH TEAMS? THE MUCH MALIGNED QUADE COOPER IS TIPPED FOR THE WALLABIES, PROBABLY AGAINST NZ'S FOURTH CHOICE, COLIN SLADE. AND THREE MORE PLAYERS FROM THE CURRENT ALL BLACK SQUAD ` LIAM MESSAM, SAM CANE AND TAWERA KERR-BARLOW ` HAVE RE-SIGNED WITH NZ RUGBY TILL THE END OF 2015. RUGBY 'S NEW COLLECTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT GUARANTEES PLAYERS WILL SHARE MORE THAN $120M OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. PLAYERS WILL BE PAID OVER 36% OF NZ RUGBY'S PLAYER-GENERATED REVENUE ` $121.2M. THERE'LL BE MORE MONEY FOR SEVENS AND WOMEN PLAYERS. AND PROVINCIAL UNIONS WILL BE HELPED FIRST BY A REDUCTION IN THEIR SALARY CAP AND THEN WITH CENTRALISED PAYMENTS TO SUPER RUGBY PLAYERS FOR PROVINCIAL COMMITMENTS. CHAMPION ROWER MAHE DRYSDALE IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING KNOCKED OFF HIS BIKE WHILE TRAINING IN SOUTH KOREA. THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST IS THERE PREPARING FOR NEXT WEEK'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE WAS OUT ON A TRAINING RIDE ABOUT 2KM FROM HIS HOTEL WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A TRUCK. HE SUFFERED GRAZES AND WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. HE IS A LITTLE BIT SORE AND A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT HE'S DOING TRAINING. HE'S BACK IN THE BOAT AND HE'S BACK ON THE BIKE IN THE AFTERNOON ON THE WIND TRAINER. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME DRYSDALE HAS COME OFF HIS BIKE. HE HAD A CRASH IN GERMANY BEFORE LAST YEAR'S OLYMPIC GAMES AND ANOTHER ACCIDENT IN 2011. ENGLAND HAS ALREADY WON THE ASHES CRICKET SERIES AGAINST AUSTRALIA. THE FINAL TEST OF THE SERIES STARTS AT THE OVAL IN LONDON TONIGHT, AND ENGLAND NOW HAVE THE CHANCE TO MAKE HISTORY. HERE'S THE BBC'S JOE WILSON. ENGLAND'S SAFETY NET IS WELL ESTABLISHED. THEY CANNOT LOSE THE ASHES. WHAT THEY CAN DO, OF COURSE, IS MAKE HISTORY. TO WIN THIS SERIES 4-0 WOULD BE EMPHATIC ` IN FACT, UNPRECEDENTED. EVERY TIME YOU BEAT AUSTRALIA, IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD FEELING. FOR AUSTRALIA THERE IS A SENSE OF IMPENDING DOOM LINGERING OVER THE TEST. AFTER A SERIES OF COLLAPSES, SELECTORS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR PLAYERS ARE PLAYING FOR THEIR FUTURES. SO THROW THE NAMES AROUND AGAIN, SEE WHERE THEY LAND, AND WHAT DO YOU GET? WELL, HERE'S A NEW AUTOGRAPH IN THE BOOK. JAMES FAULKNER, A 23-YEAR-OLD ALL-ROUNDER, WILL MAKE HIS DEBUT IN THIS MATCH. WHY NOT? VIRTUALLY EVERYONE ELSE HAS HAD A GO. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN MERV HUGHES WOULD DEFEAT ENGLISHMEN BY WILLPOWER ALONE. NOW HE HAS TO CONCEDE THAT ENGLAND ARE ACTUALLY, WELL, QUITE GOOD. IT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE YOUR MOUSTACHE TURN GREY. AND THAT IS IT. ENGLAND HAVE SHOWN WHAT A QUALITY SIDE THEY HAVE. THEY'RE A WELL-SETTLED SIDE. THEY'VE GOT EXPERIENCED PLAYERS THAT ARE PLAYING PRETTY GOOD CRICKET. IAN BELL'S BEEN OUTSTANDING. WHEN BELL MISSES OUT AT OLD TRAFFORD, KEVIN PIETERSEN STANDS UP. THEIR BOWLERS HAVE BEEN BRILLIANT. SO ACROSS THE BOARD, THEY'VE PLAYED THE BETTER CRICKET. VERY FAIR. AND HERE IS A RAY OF SUNSHINE. AUSTRALIA'S WOMEN BEAT ENGLAND IN THEIR FIRST ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL TODAY AFTER DRAWING THEIR TEST MATCH. IT ALL COUNTS TOWARDS THE WOMEN'S ASHES, A SERIES AUSTRALIA CAN STILL WIN. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND BEATING THE COMPETITION ` A KIWI PIPE BAND SHOWS THE SCOTTISH HOW IT'S DONE. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FINALLY AT MIDDAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER A NZ GROUP HAS SCOOPED TOP HONOUR AT THE WORLD PIPE BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE STUDENTS, FROM CHRISTCHURCH'S ST ANDREWS COLLEGE, TOOK OUT THE EVENT AT THE ANCESTRAL HOME OF BAGPIPES IN GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. BAGPIPES PLAY, ALL SING THE WORLD CHAMPIONS LAND IN CHRISTCHURCH THIS AFTERNOON. 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.