DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. CLAIMS OF HUNDREDS DEAD IN A SYRIAN GAS ATTACK, BUT THE U.N. CALLS FOR CLARITY. IT'S NOW LAW, BUT OPPOSITION PARTIES SAY THEY'LL GET RID OF THE CONTROVERSIAL SPY BILL. AND A SKY-HIGH CHALLENGE FOR TWO BRAVE 9-YEAR-OLDS. THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL HAS CALLED FOR 'CLARITY' FOLLOWING CLAIMS OF A DEADLY GAS ATTACK IN SYRIA. OPPOSITION GROUPS HAVE ACCUSED SYRIA'S GOVERNMENT OF KILLING AS MANY AS 1000 PEOPLE, AND UNVERIFIED PICTURES SHOW NUMEROUS CASUALTIES, INCLUDING CHILDREN. A WARNING ` THIS REPORT FROM THE ABC'S MARTHA RADDATZ CONTAINS SOME UPSETTING IMAGES. THE PICTURES ARE GUT-WRENCHING. THE REBELS FIGHTING THE REGIME SAY THESE ARE MOTHERS, FATHERS, CHILDREN KILLED WHILE THEY SLEPT IN THEIR HOMES IN A DAMASCUS SUBURB. THEY SAY THE SYRIAN REGIME FIRED ROCKETS ON ITS OWN PEOPLE ` ROCKETS CARRYING POISONOUS GAS ` LEAVING THE INNOCENT CONVULSING, FOAMING AT THE MOUTH, SUFFOCATING. I'D BE VERY SURPRISED IF IT TURNED OUT TO BE A FAKE. THE IMAGES ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO VERIFY FOR CERTAIN, AND THE ASSAD REGIME DENIES THE ATTACK, SAYING THE ALLEGATIONS ARE BASELESS. BUT WE SHOWED THE PICTURES TO A WEAPONS EXPERT. THE ONLY EXPLANATION I CAN REALLY SEE TO THIS IS THIS LOOKS LIKE THIS FELLOW'S NERVES ARE BRING DESTROYED POTENTIALLY BY SOMETHING LIKE SARIN. THE WHITE HOUSE SAID TODAY IT IS DEEPLY CONCERNED, BUT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS SAID THAT BEFORE. ALMOST A YEAR TO THE DAY, PRESIDENT OBAMA WARNING SYRIA ABOUT CROSSING A RED LINE. WE HAVE COMMUNICATED IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS WITH EVERY PLAYER IN THE REGION THAT THAT'S A RED LINE FOR US. BUT TWO MONTHS AGO, WHEN THE WHITE HOUSE SAID IT WAS CONVINCED ASSAD HAD CARRIED OUT A SMALL-SCALE CHEMICAL ATTACK, THE RED LINE SEEMED TO BLUR. LITTLE WAS DONE IN RESPONSE. PARLIAMENT'S FORMER TOP ADMINISTRATOR IS REFUSING TO SAY WHETHER HE WAS PUSHED OR RESIGNED OVER AN INVESTIGATION INTO A LEAKED SPYING DOCUMENT. GEOFF THORN STEPPED DOWN AFTER MISTAKES WERE MADE IN AN INQUIRY LOOKING AT WHO LEAKED A GCSB REPORT TO A JOURNALIST. HE DENIES HE'S A SCAPEGOAT, BUT REFUSED TO SAY IF HE WAS PUSHED. I FELT I HAD LET MYSELF AND THE SPEAKER DOWN BY NOT PUTTING IN PLACE THE PROCESSES THAT WOULD HAVE NORMALLY BEEN APPROPRIATE, SO I OFFERED MY RESIGNATION. LABOUR SAYS IT'S PRETTY TELLING THAT HE REFUSED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. OPPOSITION PARTIES ARE ALREADY PROMISING TO REPEAL THE CONTROVERSIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE GCSB ACT THAT ALLOW THE BUREAU TO SPY ON NZERS. THE CHANGES SCRAPED INTO LAW LAST NIGHT, BUT THE GREENS AND LABOUR ARE PROMISING TO SCRAP THEM IF THEY GET INTO POWER NEXT YEAR. JOSH MARTIN REPORTS. THE LEGISLATION TO EXPAND THE GCSB'S POWERS, WHICH HAS DOGGED THE PRIME MINISTER, HAS FINALLY PASSED INTO LAW. APPLAUSE BUT THE GROWING OPPOSITION ISN'T CHEERING. DEPUTY LABOUR LEADER GRANT ROBERTSON SAYS IF THEY GET INTO POWER NEXT YEAR, THE LAW WILL BE REVIEWED. ID BE VERY SURPRISED IF THERE WEREN'T SOME QUITE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AS A RESULT OF THIS REVIEW, BUT THE MAIN THING IS THAT NZERS NEED TO BE LISTENED TO HERE. JOHN KEY'S JUST DISMISSED OUT OF HAND THESE CONCERNS. I THINK HE'S LOST TOUCH A BIT. THE GREENS CO-LEADER TOOK A HARDER LINE, WARNING THE SPYING AGENCY NOT TO GET TOO COMFORTABLE WITH ITS EXPANDED POWERS. I'D SAY TO THE GCSB, YOU BETTER WATCH YOURSELF; DON'T GET INVOLVED IN MASS SURVEILLANCE; BECAUSE ONCE THE NEW GOVERNMENT COMES INTO PLACE, WE'RE GONNA REVOKE THIS LAW. PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY LAST NIGHT MADE IT CLEAR THE CHANGES INCLUDE THE GCSB HELPING OTHER AGENCIES GET COMMUNICATION RECORDS AND A FOCUS ON PREVENTING CYBER ATTACKS. BUT DETRACTORS SAY IT'S A BLOW TO DEMOCRACY. IT VIOLATES THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE THAT ALL NZERS HAVE AS BEDROCKS AS DEMOCRATIC CITIZENS, BECAUSE, LET'S BE HONEST, IF THEY'RE LOOKING AT YOUR THINGS WITHOUT JUST CAUSE ` WHICH IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO ` THEN THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY VIOLATING YOUR RIGHT TO PRIVACY, BECAUSE THOSE ARE YOUR COMMUNICATIONS. THE LEGISLATIVE BATTLE'S OVER, BUT THE POLITICAL FALLOUT'S SET TO CONTINUE. JOSH MARTIN, ONE NEWS. FORMER U.S. SOLDIER BRADLEY MANNING HAS BEEN GIVEN A 35-YEAR JAIL TERM, BUT WIKILEAKS IS CALLING THE SENTENCE A 'SIGNIFICANT STRATEGIC VICTORY'. THE ANTI-SECRECY WEBSITE SAYS MANNING COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IN 11 YEARS. THE BBC'S MARK MARDELL REPORTS. BRADLEY MANNING WAS A VERY JUNIOR SOLDIER, BUT ONE WHO EXPOSED AMERICA'S SECRETS FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE, EMBARRASSING U.S. DIPLOMATS ALL OVER THE GLOBE AND SENDING A SHIVER OF FEAR THROUGH ITS INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES. THE JUDGE'S STATEMENT WAS CRISP, SENTENCING HIM TO 35 YEARS IN PRISON AND A DISHONOURABLE DISCHARGE. NOT A FLICKER OF EMOTION CROSSED HIS FACE, BUT HIS FAMILY IN WALES HAVE BEEN WATCHING WITH TREPIDATION. IN MY HONEST OPINION, HE SHOULDN'T HAVE GOT ANY TIME AT ALL. COS IN MY EYES, HE'S A HERO. HE DESERVES A MEDAL. THIS IS THE FOOTAGE THAT MANNING'S LAWYERS SAY MADE HIM DETERMINED TO TELL THE WORLD WHAT WAS HAPPENING ` A U.S. HELICOPTER ATTACK IN IRAQ. IT KILLED IRAQI CIVILIANS AND TWO REUTERS JOURNALISTS. IT WAS THE LEAK OF 250,000 DIPLOMATIC CABLES THAT REALLY EMBARRASSED AMERICA WITH THEIR DECIDEDLY UNDIPLOMATIC FRANKNESS. U.S. OFFICIALS CALLED FRENCH PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY... AMERICAN DIPLOMATS CALLED ITALY'S SILVIO BERLUSCONI... AND KEY U.S. ALLY AFGHANISTAN PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI WAS DESCRIBED AS WEAK AND DRIVEN BY PARANOIA. ALL: FREE! FREE! FREE BRADLEY MANNING! DEMONSTRATORS OUTSIDE THE BASE BELIEVE SUCH INFORMATION SHOULD BE PUBLIC. DURING THE TRIAL, MANNING CAME ACROSS AS A MAN BESET WITH DOUBTS ABOUT HIS OWN GENDER AND HIS PLACE IN LIFE. HE TOLD THE COURT HE WANTED TO CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER, BUT HE WAS SORRY HE'D HURT HIS COUNTRY. THERE'LL BE AN AUTOMATIC APPEAL AGAINST THE SENTENCE. IN AMERICA'S CUP NEWS, TEAM NZ HAS ASSERTED ITS DOMINANCE IN THE LOUIS VUITTON CHALLENGER SERIES, TAKING OUT BOTH THIS MORNING'S RACES IN SAN FRANCISCO. TODAY WAS THE FIRST TIME TWO RACES WERE COMPLETED ON THE SAME DAY. THE KIWIS CLEANED UP THE FIRST RACE, FINISHING TWO MINUTES AND 18 SECONDS AHEAD OF LUNA ROSSA, WITH A LEAD OF NEARLY A MINUTE AND A HALF IN THE SECOND. MAN: THIS IS A BETTER RACE BY LUNA ROSSA, BUT THEY JUST DO NOT HAVE... MAN: THEY HAVEN'T GOT THE RAW SPEED. SO TEAM NZ NOW UP FOUR RACES TO ONE. REMEMBER, IT'S THE BEST OF 13 ` FIRST TO SEVEN ` SO IF ALL GOES WELL, THE KIWIS COULD WIN THE SERIES BY SUNDAY. THE COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS SAYS PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE EMPLOYMENT LAWS WILL HIT MANY WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS IN THE POCKET. A PARLIAMENTARY SELECT COMMITTEE IS CURRENTLY HEARING SUBMISSIONS ON THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AMENDMENT BILL. THE CTU SAYS THE LEGISLATION IS UNFAIR BECAUSE IT'LL GIVE EMPLOYERS THE POWER TO REFUSE TO REACH A COLLECTIVE PAY AGREEMENT. ITS PRESIDENT SAYS IT WILL ALSO HAVE AN IMPACT ON WORK BREAKS. WE BELIEVE, UH, WILL HUMILIATE THEM IN THE WORK THEY DO. THERE'S NO WAY OF SPINNING GETTING RID OF TEA BREAKS AND LUNCH BREAKS. IT'S LEGISLATING FOR BAD EMPLOYERS. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THE CHANGES ARE ABOUT CREATING FLEXIBILITY IN WORKPLACES AND BOOSTING PRODUCTIVITY. FONTERRA WILL BE UNDER PRESSURE TODAY TO RESPOND TO YET ANOTHER MILK-QUALITY ISSUE. IT'S BEEN REVEALED THAT 42 TONS OF MILK POWDER WERE QUARANTINED IN CHINA BACK IN MAY AFTER TESTS THERE FOUND RAISED NITRATE LEVELS. FONTERRA SAYS ITS OWN TESTING SHOWED THE PRODUCT MET NZ SPECIFICATIONS, BUT IT CHOSE TO ACCEPT THE CHINESE LAB RESULTS. THE DEMOLITION OF A DANGEROUS LIFT SHAFT IN WELLINGTON IS ALMOST COMPLETE. STRONG SHAKES IN THE CAPITAL SAW THE OLD LIFT SHAFT DEEMED UNSAFE, PROMPTING THE EVACUATION OF SOME BUSINESSES AND A NEARBY APARTMENT BUILDING. THE COUNCIL SAYS SOME RESIDENTS MAY BE ABLE TO MOVE BACK IN TONIGHT, BUT THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY MINISTRY MAY NOT BE BACK IN ITS BUILDING FOR UP TO A WEEK. OUSTED EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK WILL BE RELEASED ON BAIL AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS IN DETENTION. MUBARAK HAS BEEN IN PRISON SINCE HIS OVERTHROW IN EGYPT'S 2011 UPRISING. THE 85-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND GUILTY LAST YEAR OF KILLING 900 PRISONERS IN THE REVOLUTION, BUT HIS SENTENCE WAS OVERTURNED. HIS RETRIAL BEGINS LATER THIS MONTH. MUBARAK ALSO FACES SEVERAL CORRUPTION CHARGES. TONGAN OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO GET INTERNATIONAL SAFETY CERTIFICATION FOR THE ISLAND NATION'S CONTROVERSIAL NEW MA60 PLANE. NZ HAS SUSPENDED MILLIONS IN TOURISM AID AND ISSUED A TRAVEL ADVISORY OVER CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY CERTIFICATIONS ISSUED BY TONGAN AUTHORITIES. THE PLANE HAS ALREADY BEEN FLYING FOR NEARLY A FORTNIGHT. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAMIU VAIPULU SAYS THE PLANE IS SAFE AND HAS ACCUSED NZ OF USING BULLYING TACTICS. A BUS IN MALAYSIA HAS PLUNGED INTO A RAVINE, KILLING AS MANY AS 32 PEOPLE. IT WAS TRAVELLING FROM THE HILLTOP GAMBLING RESORT OF GENTING HIGHLANDS TO THE CAPITAL, KUALA LUMPUR, WHEN IT PLUNGED 60M INTO A RAVINE. RESCUE WORKERS HAD TAKEN 17 SURVIVORS TO HOSPITAL, BUT SAID 32 PASSENGERS WERE STILL IN THE WRECKAGE. THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTION'S HEATING UP, WITH PRIME MINISTER KEVIN RUDD AND THE COALITION'S TONY ABBOTT SQUARING OFF IN BRISBANE LAST NIGHT IN THE SECOND OF THREE DEBATES. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL HAS THE OUTCOME. IT WAS MICROPHONES AT FOUR PACES, AND KEVIN RUDD FIRED THE FIRST SHOT, ACCUSING TONY ABBOTT OF PLANNING MASSIVE PUBLIC SERVICE CUTS SHOULD HE BECOME PRIME MINISTER. WHERE ARE YOU GONNA CUT? WHICH JOBS? WHICH SERVICES? WHICH SCHOOLS ARE GONNA BE CUT BY YOU? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE COMMITTED TO. AS THE HOUR-LONG DEBATE WORE ON, THE PRIME MINISTER GREW MORE VERBOSE. HIS IN-YOUR-FACE STRATEGY DRAWING A SHARP RESPONSE FROM MR ABBOTT WHEN HE TOOK AIM AT THE COALITION'S PROPOSED PAID PARENTAL LEAVE POLICY. I'VE JUST ONE FINAL POINT. < VERY QUICKLY. DOES THIS GUY EVER SHUT UP? AUDIENCE LAUGHS BOTH MEN BUTTED HEADS OVER GAY MARRIAGE, BUT IT WAS CLIMATE CHANGE THAT RUFFLED RUDD'S FEATHERS. YOU WALKED AWAY FROM A PRICE ON CARBON. IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU LOST THE` TONY, YOU VOTED IT DOWN TWICE IN THE SENATE. THAT'S WHY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. AND YOU DUMPED IT. YOU VOTED IT DOWN TWICE IN THE SENATE. IT WAS GONE. AFTER TWO WEEKS OF STAGED MANAGED EVENTS, BOTH LEADERS FINALLY HAD A CRACK, WHICH IS WHAT THE NEWLY FORMED WIKILEAKS PARTY IS DOING. MAN: THIS TASTY, NUTRITIOUS REMEDY. GATHER SOME FRESH LEAKS, DICE FINELY AND DISTRIBUTE. WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE, WHO IS HOLED UP IN THE ECUADORIAN EMBASSY IN LONDON, IS THE PARTY'S NUMBER ONE SENATE CANDIDATE. BUT IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR JUST HOW HE'LL BE SWORN IN IF HE'S SUCCESSFUL. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY. THE HEROIC POLICE DOG GAGE, WHO DIED PROTECTING HIS HANDLER, IS BEING HONOURED IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY. THE UK VETERINARY CHARITY PDSA HAS HONOURED GAGE WITH THE ORGANISATION'S GOLD MEDAL ` ITS ULTIMATE INTERNATIONAL BRAVERY AWARD. THE POLICE DOG LOST HIS LIFE IN 2010 WHEN HE LEAPT INTO THE PATH OF A BULLET INTENDED FOR HIS HANDLER DURING WHAT SHOULD'VE BEEN A ROUTINE DRUGS SEARCH. KEEPERS AT LONDON ZOO HAVE BEGUN THE LONG PROCESS OF MEASURING AND WEIGHING EVERY CREATURE TO FIND OUT WHICH ANIMALS HAVE BEEN EATING TOO MUCH OR NOT GETTING ENOUGH EXERCISE. IT WAS EASY GETTING SOME OF THE ANIMALS ON TO THE SCALES ` THIS AFRICAN BULL FROG SITTING SEDATELY IN THE BOWL, WHILE THIS TINY BRIGHT GREEN WAXY MONKEY FROG HAD TO SIT IN A SMALL SPOON TO BE WEIGHED. BUT IT WAS NO SMALL TASK WHEN IT CAME TO THE TIGER ENCLOSURE, WITH MORSELS OF RAW MEAT USED AS AN INCENTIVE TO GET THIS SUMATRAN TIGER TO STAND UP AGAINST A GIANT MEASURING TAPE. THE INFORMATION GOES INTO A GLOBAL DATABASE TO ALLOW ZOOS AROUND THE WORLD TO MONITOR ANIMALS' HEALTH. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE SHARE MARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. PLUS IN SPORT ` SATURDAY'S ALL BLACK TEAM'S NAMED. AND WEIGHED DOWN BY GOLD ` OUR PARALYMPIC SWIMMERS RETURN. 1 WITH ME NOW IS BELINDA STANLEY FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. GOOD AFTERNOON, BELINDA. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. TO RESULTS, AND SKELLERUP ` PROFIT DOWN, SHARE PRICE UP. WHY? AND THE PORT OF TAURANGA. Small turnover. $77.2m net for the year. THE DOLLAR IS DOWN SHARPLY. WHAT'S DRIVING IT DOWN? The Federal reserve minutes came out from their last meeting, and it showed a lot of those members support the tapering off of the quantitative easing. THANK YOU, BELINDA STANLEY, FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. AUSTRALIAN COMPANY WOOLWORTHS HAS ANNOUNCED IT'S BUYING CATALOGUE COMPANY EZIBUY IN A DEAL WORTH $350M. WOOLWORTHS, THE PARENT COMPANY OF NZ'S PROGRESSIVE ENTERPRISES, SAYS IT'S KEEN TO INVEST IN THE NEXT PHASE OF EZIBUY'S GROWTH. EZIBUY HAD SALES OF $200M IN THE PAST YEAR, AND 68% OF ITS SALES ARE TO THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET. THE DEAL IS STILL SUBJECT TO OVERSEAS INVESTMENT OFFICE APPROVAL. TO MIDDAY SPORT. THE ALL BLACKS SIDE FOR THIS WEEKEND'S BLEDISLOE CUP TEST IN WELLINGTON HAS BEEN NAMED WITH A SURPRISE AT FIRST FIVE. THE CRUSADERS' TOM TAYLOR REPLACES THE INJURED AARON CRUDEN, BEATING OUT COLIN SLADE FOR THE NUMBER 10 SPOT. THE STARTING 15 FEATURES ONE OTHER INJURY-ENFORCED CHANGE, WITH LOCK BRODIE RETALLICK COMING IN FOR LUKE ROMANO. ON THE BENCH, DANE COLES IS OVER HIS INJURY TROUBLES AND COMES IN FOR KEVEN MEALAMU. COLIN SLADE AND CHARLIE PIUTAU ARE SET TO GET GAME TIME. TAYLOR WILL PULL ON HIS OWN ALL BLACKS JUMPER FOR THE FIRST TIME ON SATURDAY, BUT HE'S WORN MANY BEFORE. HIS UNCLE MURRAY AND FATHER WARWICK WON 31 CAPS BETWEEN THEM. TOM'S THE THIRD FAMILY MEMBER TO REPRESENT NZ. I DON'T THINK DAD ACTUALLY KNOWS YET. HE'S ON A SKI TRIP ` A SCHOOL SKI TRIP ` SO I THINK HE GETS BACK FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BUT I WAS TALKING TO MUM LAST NIGHT, AND SHE'S SENT HIM A LETTER THROUGH ONE OF THE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS AT SCHOOL. COACH STEVE HANSEN IS CONFIDENT THE 24-YEAR-OLD WILL STEP UP DESPITE NOT PLAYING A SINGLE GAME AT FIRST FIVE FOR THE CRUSADERS THIS YEAR. HE'S GOT THE SKILL SET TO PLAY THERE, AND HE'S PLAYED THERE QUITE A BIT BEFORE, SO... HE UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH OUR PATTERNS. HE'S JUST COME IN SEAMLESSLY. TOM AND WARWICK TAYLOR BECOME THE 18TH FATHER-SON COMBINATION TO PLAY FOR THE ALL BLACKS. VICTORY ON SATURDAY WOULD BE NZ'S 101ST OVER THE WALLABIES. OUR PARALYMPIC SWIMMERS HAVE RETURNED FROM THEIR MOST SUCCESSFUL WORLD CHAMPS EVER. THE KIWIS BROUGHT HOME AN IMPRESSIVE 12 GOLD MEDALS, AND WHILE REGULAR PERFORMERS SOPHIE PASCOE AND MARY FISHER GOT THE LION'S SHARE, A 14-YEAR-OLD ALSO BURST INTO THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE. ABBY SCOTT REPORTS. BACK ON HOME SOIL BUT STILL ON TOP OF THE WORLD. I DIDN'T EXPECT TO COME HOME WITH TWO MEDALS WRAPPED AROUND MY NECK I DIDN'T EXPECT TO COME HOME WITH TWO MEDALS WRAPPED AROUND MY NECK LIKE I WAS A WORLD CHAMPION OR ANYTHING, BUT NOW I AM, IT FEELS GREAT. A GOLD AND A BRONZE FOR NIKITA HOWARTH AT JUST HER SECOND WORLD-CLASS MEET. THE 14-YEAR-OLD'S WIN IN THE 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY IS A HUGE STEP UP FROM HER SIXTH PLACING AT THE LONDON PARALYMPICS. WHEN I GOT IT, I'M, LIKE, 'OH MY GOSH, I ACTUALLY WON,' AND I WAS JUST, LIKE, 'WHAT? IT'S CRAZY.' EVERYONE'S, LIKE, 'NOW YOU'RE A WORLD CHAMPION.' I'M, LIKE, 'OH, I AM.' SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE. MARY FISHER WON MEDALS IN ALL SIX OF HER EVENTS, FIVE OF THEM GOLD. I REALLY HAD NO EXPECTATIONS OF MEDALS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. YOU ALWAYS GO INTO COMPETITION JUST WANTING TO BETTER YOUR PERSONAL BEST. THESE ARE JUST TWO OF THE 15 MEDALS THAT NZ BROUGHT HOME FROM MONTREAL. THEY WERE FOURTH ON THE OVERALL MEDAL TABLE, AHEAD OF AUSTRALIA AND THE US. PROBABLY MY HIGHLIGHT OF THE WHOLE TRIP IS FOR THE TEAM TO COME FOURTH. NZ WON 12 GOLDS; SOPHIE PASCOE FIVE OF THEM, BREAKING THREE WORLD RECORDS IN THE PROCESS. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE CLOCK. IT'S UNDER THE 28 SECOND MARK ` A NEW WORLD RECORD. BUT SHE'S ALREADY FOCUSED ON HER NEXT GOAL ` GETTING HER 100M FREESTYLE TIME UNDER A MINUTE. SHE WAS JUST 0.15 OF A SECOND OFF IN MONTREAL. THERE WAS JUST ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN ALL AREAS ` THE TURNS, THE START ` AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE RACE ANALYSTS COME OVER WITH US FOR. SHE'LL GET BACK TO WORK IN THE POOL ON MONDAY. ABBY SCOTT, ONE NEWS. TO CRICKET. SHANE WATSON HAS SALVAGED SOME PRIDE FOR AUSTRALIA ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FINAL ASHES TEST. THE SERIES MAY BE GONE FOR THE AUSSIES, BUT THAT DIDN'T DETER WATSON, WHO BLASTED HIS WAY TO 176 RUNS BEFORE HE WAS CAUGHT. TAKEN! TERRIFIC CATCH. KEVIN PIETERSEN BANGED IN. SHANE WATSON GOES FOR IT. AUSTRALIA FINISHING THE FIRST DAY ON 307/4. ENGLAND HAVE ALREADY RETAINED THE ASHES, GOING INTO THE MATCH WITH A 3-0 LEAD IN THE BEST-OF-FIVE SERIES. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND A PAIR OF 9-YEAR-OLDS BREAKING A RECORD TO HELP A FRIEND. INQUISITIVE MUSIC INQUISITIVE MUSIC CONTINUES MUSIC SLOWS MUSIC QUICKENS When inspiration strikes, talk to an ANZ home-loan specialist. We have more local experts in more places to help bring your thinking to life. NOW TO THE WEATHER. SKIES CLEAR BEHIND THE WET FRONT MOVING OVER THE COUNTRY. ISOBARS AHEAD OF THE FRONT BRING A NOR'WESTERLY. A FEW SMALL LOWS LINGER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ IT'S NOT A SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY THAT WOULD APPEAL TO MANY PARENTS, BUT TWO BRITISH GIRLS (9) ARE SPENDING THEIR SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ATOP TWO WAR PLANES GOING MORE THAN 160KM/H. THE BBC'S JOHN KAY EXPLAINS. THE COUSINS (9) ARE ABOUT TO FLY INTO THE RECORD BOOKS WINGWALKING NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER ON A PAIR OF 1940S BIPLANES. I'M FEELING REALLY EXCITED BUT A TEENY BIT NERVOUS. THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES, BECAUSE AT THE CONTROLS IS THEIR GRANDAD, WHO FLIES FOR A LIVING BUT DOESN'T NORMALLY TAKE YOUNG CHILDREN. THEY'RE IN A SPECIAL LITTLE SEAT UP THERE. THEY'RE WELL STRAPPED IN WITH A FIVE-POINT HARNESS. I THINK THEY'LL BE FINE. IT WAS THE GIRLS WHO PERSUADED THEIR GRANDAD TO LET THEM DO IT. THEY WANTED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, A DISEASE THAT AFFECTS ONE OF THEIR FRIENDS, CIRCLING THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTRYSIDE AT CLOSE TO 100MPH. THEY WERE TOLD TO SIGNAL IF THEY WANTED TO COME DOWN, BUT THERE'S NO SIGN OF THAT. INSTEAD, THEY STRIKE POSES LIKE WONDER WOMAN. 500FT ABOVE MUM AND DAD. THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY HAVING THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES, AND THEY'LL GO UP LITTLE GIRLS AND COME DOWN BIG GIRLS. (CHUCKLES) 10 MINUTES AND A LOT OF ADRENALIN LATER, THEY ALL SEEM RATHER RELIEVED. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? IT WAS AMAZING. IT WAS REALLY COOL. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. FROM THE MIDDAY TEAM, HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND DESNEY SHAW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.