DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. ALLEGATIONS OF MISSPENDING WITHIN THE KOHANGA REO TRUST ` WE'LL HEAR WHAT JOHN KEY HAS TO SAY. A DRAMATIC EARLY MORNING RESCUE AS A CYCLIST'S SWEPT INTO A SWOLLEN RIVER. AND SIX YEARS ON, COULD THIS MADELEINE MCCANN TV SPECIAL REALLY FIND WHO TOOK HER? QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED OVER ALLEGATIONS OF CREDIT CARD MISSPENDING BY A MANAGER OF A KOHANGA REO NATIONAL TRUST SUBSIDIARY. TE PATAKA OHANGA GENERAL MANAGER LYNDA TAWHIWHIRANGI HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF USING WORK CREDIT CARDS FOR PRIVATE PURCHASES. THEY INCLUDE A TRELISE COOPER DRESS, A WEDDING DRESS, PRESENTS AND A CASH WITHDRAWWAL. THE KOHANGA REO TRUST BOARD IS INVESTIGATING AND SAYS IT WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ONCE IT CONCLUDES. AND THE GOVERNMENT'S CALLED THE BOARD OF THE KOHANGA REO NATIONAL TRUST IN FOR AN URGENT MEETING IN THE WAKE OF THE SPENDING ALLEGATIONS. ONE NEWS POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM OUR WELLINGTON NEWSROOM. A please explain meeting for the board sometime this week. The $80 million budget given to the trust is all above board. other concerns about the spending allegation that they have seen. THEY WILL BE CALLING IN THE BOARD THIS WEEK TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT, AND THERE WILL BE FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE. IF THERE ARE IRREGULARITIES, THEN I'D EXPECT THE FULL FORCE OF THE LAW TO BE APPLIED. Opposition parties are ramping up the pressure here. The Labour Party has been saying the spending practices look to lose. THE EXTREME WINDS THAT BATTERED WELLINGTON YESTERDAY HAVE DIED DOWN, BUT MOTORISTS ARE STILL BEING URGED TO BE CAREFUL AND WATCH OUT FOR FALLEN TREES AND DEBRIS ON ROADS. POWER REMAINS OFF TO MORE THAN 3000 CUSTOMERS, AND THERE'VE BEEN EMERGENCY CALLOUTS FROM WELLINGTON TO GISBORNE. ONE NEWS REPORTER KRISTIN HALL JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM WELLINGTON. It is raining here in Wellington but the wind seems to have died down. The focus now is on the clean-up. As you can see, pedastrians are now allow through here. Power companies say they are up to around 3000 customers without power in the Wairarapa region. It is expected the power to be returned to most customers today. Long nights are expected at the airport today. YESTERDAY AT HALF PAST 8 IN THE MORNING I CAME HERE, AND ROUGHLY IT WAS MEANT TO BE AT HALF 10. AND IN THE END, IT WAS MEANT TO BE AGAIN AT 1, 2, 4 AND 7 TONIGHT. (CHUCKLES) BY THE WESTPAC RESCUE HELICOPTER TEAM. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IT'S QUITE TRICKY, COS HE'S IN A FLOODED RIVER WITH A LOT OF WATER FORCE, AND HE WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT HE MANAGED TO REALLY CLING ON TO THE ONLY BRANCH THAT WAS IN HIS PATH. SO HE WAS A VERY LUCKY GUY. A TRUCK DRIVING NORTH CROSSED THE CENTRE LINE ON THE OLD WAIMAKARIRI BRIDGE, HITTING THE BARRIER, FORCING THE MOTORCYCLIST OVER THE EDGE AND INTO THE SWOLLEN RIVER. SO LUCK WAS WITH HIM. > ABSOLUTELY. LUCKY HE DIDN'T GET HURT IN THE ACCIDENT, AND LUCKY HE DIDN'T DROWN IN THE AFTERMATH. AND THE LUCK DOESN'T END THERE. JUST DAYS AGO, THE MAN WOULD HAVE ALMOST CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER LANDING ON A DRY RIVERBED. INSTEAD, HE'S BEEN TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES IN CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL. HOLLY CARRAN, ONE NEWS. STATISTICS NZ SAYS LATEST CENSUS FIGURES SHOW CANTABRIANS ARE STAYING LOYAL TO THE REGION, WITH THE POPULATION GROWING JUST OVER 3%. WHILE CHRISTCHURCH CITY'S POPULATION DROPPED AROUND 2%, SURROUNDING DISTRICTS SAW RAPID GROWTH, INCLUDING SELWYN, WHOSE POPULATION IS THE FASTEST GROWING OF ANY TERRITORIAL AUTHORITY, UP NEARLY A THIRD TO 44,500 PEOPLE. POPULATION FIGURES IN THE AUCKLAND REGION WERE ALSO UP ` AROUND 8%. A HEARING'S UNDERWAY OVER WHETHER ACT LEADER JOHN BANKS WILL STAND TRIAL FOR ELECTORAL FRAUD. IN A PRIVATE PROSECUTION, RETIRED ACCOUNTANT GRAHAM McCREADY ALLEGES MR BANKS KNEW $65,000 WORTH OF CONTRIBUTIONS WERE FROM INTERNET ENTREPRENEUR KIM DOTCOM AND SKYCITY, BUT RECORDED THEM AS BEING FROM ANONYMOUS DONORS. THIS MORNING KIM DOTCOM TOLD THE HEARING HE DIDN'T MIND PEOPLE KNOWING ABOUT HIS DONATION, BUT MR BANKS SAID IT WAS BETTER PEOPLE WEREN'T TOLD. LAST YEAR THE POLICE DECIDED THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE FOR A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. WITHIN THE PAST FEW HOURS, THE PARENTS OF MISSING BRITISH GIRL MADELEINE MCCANN HAVE MADE AN APPEAL ON LIVE TELEVISION. IT COMES AS POLICE RELEASE COMPUTER-GENERATED IMAGES OF A MAN WITNESSES SPOTTED ON THE NIGHT. THE MCCANN'S ARE PLEADING FOR ANYONE WITH NEW INFORMATION. PLEASE, PLEASE HAVE THE COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE TO COME FORWARD NOW AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH US, AND YOU COULD UNLOCK THIS WHOLE CASE. SO, PLEASE, I MEAN, THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC, BUT, PLEASE, STAY WITH US AND COME FORWARD. FOR MORE ON THIS STORY, THE BBC REPORTS FROM THE PORTUGUESE REPORT TOWN OF PRAIA DA LUZ. IS THIS THE MAN WHO HOLDS THE KEY TO THE MADELEINE MCCANN CASE? TWO DIFFERENT E-FITS OF THE SAME MAN. THE POLICE SAY HE WAS SEEN CARRYING A GIRL TOWARDS THE BEACH ON THE NIGHT MADELEINE MCCANN DISAPPEARED. MAN: HE WAS A WHITE MAN WITH BROWN HAIR, AND THE CHILD HE HAD IN HIS ARMS WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING ABOUT 3 TO 4 YEARS OF AGE WITH BLONDE HAIR, POSSIBLY WEARING PYJAMAS. THIS COULD BE THE MAN THAT TOOK MADELEINE. THE SIGHTING WAS AT THIS JUNCTION, ABOUT 500M FROM THE APARTMENT THE MCCANNS WERE STAYING IN. IT WAS MADE BY AN IRISH FAMILY. BUT AT 10PM, IT CHANGES THE TIMELINE OF THAT NIGHT. AND THAT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF A SIGNIFICANT BREAKTHROUGH. THIS WAS ALWAYS BELIEVED TO BE THE PERSON INVOLVED IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MADELEINE MCCANN, SEEN BY A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY CARRYING A CHILD AWAY FROM THE APARTMENT AT 9.15. BUT POLICE HAVE TRACKED THIS MAN DOWN AND RULED HIM OUT. I WOULD SAY IT WAS A REVELATION MOMENT WHEN HAVING DISCUSSED WITH THEM WHAT THEY WERE DOING ON THE NIGHT, WE'RE ALMOST CERTAIN NOW THAT THIS SIGHTING IS NOT THE ABDUCTOR. BUT VERY IMPORTANTLY, WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT FROM 9.15, WE'RE ABLE TO ALLOW THE CLOCK TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND IT MEANS THE NEW SIGHTING WAS HAPPENING AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS KATE MCCANN WAS CHECKING THE APARTMENT. THERE ARE NEW E-FITS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE SEEN LURKING SUSPICIOUSLY AROUND THE MCCANNS' APARTMENT. SO HOW HAS ALL THIS NEW INFORMATION BEEN RECEIVED LOCALLY? WELL, THE MAIN NEW PERSON OF INTEREST STARES FROM PORTUGUESE TELEVISIONS AND FROM NEWSPAPERS. BUT THIS IS NOT A LOCAL STORY. SIX YEARS ON, AND THE WORLD STILL CARES. NEW APPEALS WILL BE SHOWN IN THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY AND IRELAND. IT IS GENERATING HEADLINES ACROSS EUROPE. A NZ GREENPEACE ACTIVIST DETAINED IN RUSSIA HAS BEEN DENIED BAIL. DAVID HAUSSMANN (49) IS AMONG 30 ENVIRONMENTALISTS BEING HELD ON PIRACY CHARGES. THEY WERE ARRESTED LAST MONTH AFTER A PROTEST WHERE SOME OF THE ACTIVISTS TRIED TO SCALE A RUSSIAN OIL RIG IN ARCTIC WATERS. THERE'S HOPE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE CLOSE TO AGREEING ON A PLAN TO EXTEND AMERICA'S BORROWING AND AVOID A DEFAULT THIS WEEK. SENATE HAS AGREED ON A TENTATIVE DEAL, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A DONE DEAL, BECAUSE CONGRESS ALSO HAS TO SIGN OFF ON IT. THE ABC'S JONATHAN KARL. IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THESE GUYS WOULD LIKE WHAT THEY SEE, BUT AT LEAST MT RUSHMORE REOPENED TODAY. THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA IS FOOTING THE BILL UNTIL POLITICIANS GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER IN WASHINGTON WHERE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS ARE STILL CLOSED AND TRASH IS PILING UP. THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS NOW IN WEEK THREE. AFTER A FURIOUS DAY OF CLOSED-DOOR MEETINGS ON CAPITOL HILL, A TENTATIVE DEAL IS AT HAND. IT WOULD REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT ` BUT ONLY UNTIL JANUARY 15TH ` AND AVOID DEFAULT, BUT JUST FOR NOW EXTENDING THE GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO BORROW MONEY UNTIL MID-FEBRUARY. THE FIRST SHINE OF HOPE CAME THIS AFTERNOON WHEN THE TOP DEMOCRAT AND THE TOP REPUBLICAN IN THE SENATE STOPPED CALLING EACH OTHER NAMES. WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS TO HAVE SOME VERY CONSTRUCTIVE, UM, EXCHANGES. I DEEPLY APPRECIATE MY FRIEND, THE MINORITY LEADER, FOR HIS DILIGENT EFFORT TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT. EARLIER IN THE DAY, IT LOOKED LIKE WASHINGTON WAS ON THE BRINK OF TOTAL BREAKDOWN. A WEEKEND OF TALKS HAD PRODUCED NOTHING, AND THIS MORNING, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THE PRESIDENT WOULD BE SUMMONING CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO THE WHITE HOUSE. IF REPUBLICANS AREN'T WILLING TO SET ASIDE SOME OF THEIR PARTISAN CONCERNS IN ORDER TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE COUNTRY, WE STAND A GOOD CHANCE OF DEFAULTING. FROM DAY ONE OF THE SHUTDOWN, MOST OF THE PUBLIC HAS BLAMED REPUBLICANS. AND IT'S GOTTEN WORSE FOR THE GOP. IN THE LATEST ABC NEWS-WASHINGTON POST POLL, 74% BLAMED REPUBLICANS. BUT REPUBLICANS ` OR AT LEAST THEIR LEADERS IN THE SENATE ` APPEAR TO HAVE BACKED DOWN. THE DEAL INCLUDES NO MAJOR CHANGES TO OBAMACARE ` THE REPUBLICAN DEMAND THAT STARTED THE CRISIS IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE INVESTIGATION INTO LATE BRITISH ENTERTAINER JIMMY SAVILLE HAS BEEN EXTENDED AFTER REPORTS OF ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE AT UP TO 30 HOSPITALS. SO FAR ONLY THREE HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN THE FOCUS OF INVESTIGATIONS. SAVILLE HAD AN OFFICIAL ROLE AND THE KEYS TO ONE HOSPITAL, WHERE PATIENTS ALLEGE HE SEXUALLY ABUSED THEM. ANOTHER BOATLOAD OF REFUGEES TRYING TO GET TO EUROPE HAS BEEN RESCUED OFF THE ITALIAN COAST. THE COASTGUARD CAME TO AID OF 92 PEOPLE, THOUGHT TO BE FROM LIBYA, AFTER THEY USED A SATELLITE PHONE TO CALL FOR HELP. IN THE PAST WEEK OR SO, TWO MIGRANT BOATS HAVE GONE DOWN IN THE AREA, KILLING HUNDREDS. A BUSHFIRE IN NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES WHICH WAS THOUGHT TO BE UNDER CONTROL HAS FLARED UP AGAIN, DESTROYING MORE HOMES. FIREFIGHTERS HAD NO CHANCE OF SAVING THIS TIMBER COTTAGE. RESIDENTS IN THE SMALL TOWN OF SALT ASH WERE EVACUATED YESTERDAY. AROUND HALF A DOZEN HOMES AND BUSINESSES HAVE BURNT DOWN. NZ'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS SONGWRITING AWARDS, THE SILVER SCROLLS, WILL BE HELD TONIGHT. # AND BABY, I'LL RULE. # I'LL RULE. I'LL RULE. I'LL RULE. # LET ME LIVE THAT FANTASY. # OH. OH, OH. # IT PROBABLY WON'T COME AS A SURPRISE THAT LORDE'S 'ROYALS' HAS MADE THE SHORTLIST AFTER ITS METEORIC RISE OVERSEAS. SHE'S UP AGAINST ANNA CODDINGTON'S BIRD IN HAND, CY WINSTANLEY'S COMPLICATED MAN, THE PHOENIX FOUNDATIONS' THAMES SOUP AND AARADHNA'S WAKE UP. DAVE DOBBYN WILL ALSO BE INDUCTED INTO THE NZ MUSIC HALL OF FAME. THE SMALL NORTH ISLAND TOWN OF RAETIHI NOW HAS WATER AGAIN FOLLOWING THE CONTAMINATION BY A DIESEL SPILL EARLIER THIS MONTH, BUT IT SHOULD ONLY BE USED FOR FLUSHING TOILETS. SO ROOMS FOUR AND 10 AT RAETIHI SCHOOL ARE TRYING TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD ` DON'T USE THE WATER FOR ANYTHING ELSE. ALL: # OH, THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WATER. # PLEASE DON'T USE THE WATER. # OH, THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WATER. # PLEASE DON'T HAVE A SHOWER. # STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. AND A DRUG INVESTIGATION AND LOSING TO THE KIWIS LAST TIME HAUNTS THE KANGAROOS HEADING INTO LEAGUE'S WORLD CUP. THE FRAUD TRIAL FOR A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF CLOTHING MANUFACTURER LANE WALKER RUDKIN IS UNDERWAY. YESTERDAY THE COMPANY'S FORMER BOSS PLEADED GUILTY TO FRAUD CHARGES. KEN ANDERSON ADMITTED DISHONESTLY USING DOCUMENTS AND FABRICATING FINANCIAL RECORDS. THE CRIME WAS ONLY DISCOVERED WHEN LWR WENT INTO RECEIVERSHIP FOUR YEARS AGO. KEN ANDERSON'S BEEN RELEASED ON BAIL UNTIL SENTENCING NEXT MONTH AND FACES UP TO SEVEN YEARS IN JAIL. TODAY'S TRIAL FOR THE SECOND PERSON, WHOSE NAME'S BEEN SUPPRESSED BY THE COURT, IS SET DOWN FOR TWO WEEKS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK NOW AT TODAY'S MARKETS. WITH ME NOW IS CHRIS TIMMS FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHRIS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. A VERY CHEAP AIRPORT SALE BY INFRATIL. They today announce it has sold Kent airports for grand sum of 1 pound. There's 50,000 pounds tied up in repayments. They also announced Glasgow Prestwick is on sale. Good news for Xero. They had a mediocre rise in the last couple days. The managed raise the US $150 million. GENERALLY A HOLDING PATTERN ON MARKETS HERE, THOUGH, AS WE AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE US. The market is still treading water. Hopefully getting closer to a result within the week. THANK YOU, CHRIS TIMMS FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THE SILVER FERNS NAME THEIR TEAM TO FACE MALAWI IN THE UPCOMING THREE-TEST SERIES IN ABOUT HALF AN HOUR. AND AFTER SEVERAL SUB-PAR PERFORMANCES AGAINST AUSTRALIA, COACH WAIMARAMA TAUMAUNU SAYS FRESH BLOOD WILL BE BROUGHT INTO THE SQUAD. THE FERNS RETURNED FROM AUSTRALIA WINLESS AND BRUISED AFTER SUFFERING THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT LOSS TO THE DIAMONDS, AND CHANGES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE MALAWI SERIES, WHICH STARTS IN WELLINGTON NEXT WEEK. WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS TRY AND ROTATE THROUGH THAT MIDDLE, THROUGH A COUPLE OF POSITIONS, JUST SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT REP. AND WE MAY SEE, YOU KNOW, ONE, PERHAPS TWO NEW NAMES COMING INTO THAT MIDDLE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T TAKEN THE COURT YET, BUT THEY'RE FROM THE NZ SQUAD. TAUMAUNU SAYS THE DEFENSIVE END IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE THE FERNS ROOKIES SHOULD SEE GAME TIME AGAINST MALAWI. NZ HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER JOSEPH PARKER WILL NOT RETURN TO THE RING UNTIL MARCH NEXT YEAR. THE 21-YEAR-OLD'S NEXT BOUT WILL BE WITH SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPION GEORGE ARIAS. PARKER WAS MEANT TO FIGHT ARIAS (39) NEXT MONTH, BUT THE BOUT WAS POSTPONED AFTER HE SUFFERED A MAJOR CUT IN LAST WEEK. AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE PLAYERS ARE PREPARING FOR THE WORLD CUP WITH THE KIWIS' WIN LAST TIME STILL STINGING. CHANNEL NINE'S DANNY WEIDLER REPORTS. AT THE END OF A LONG YEAR, THE GAME'S BEST PLAYERS WERE PREPARING FOR ANOTHER TOUR OF DUTY, THE WORLD CUP THE ULTIMATE PRIZE. COACH TIM SHEENS IS IN AWE OF THE SIDE HE HAS TO WORK WITH, BUT COMPLACENCY IS A DANGER. THE THING THAT AUSTRALIA HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT IS TO REMEMBER THAT YOU'VE GOTTA DO THE HARD WORK TO WIN A GAME. THE KANGAROOS MANAGED ONE LAST SESSION IN THE SURF, CLEARING THEIR HEADS. BILLY SLATER WANTS TO FORGET ABOUT A RARE MOMENT OF MADNESS THAT HANDED THE KIWIS THE LAST WORLD CUP. HOW MUCH IS NOT HAVING THE WORLD CUP BURNING FOR YOU PERSONALLY? THAT DOESN'T REALLY BURN AT ME. IT'S PROBABLY MORE THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN ONE NOW. SLATER WAS IN HIS FIRST SEASON AS AN AUSTRALIAN PLAYER. HE SAYS HE'S PUT IT BEHIND HIM. YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES, AND YEAH, HOPEFULLY, YEAH, I'M PROBABLY MORE OF A PERSON WHO LOOKS FORWARD RATHER THAN BACK, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS THERE. THE ASADA INVESTIGATION IS WHAT REALLY WORRIES THE AUSTRALIANS. TODAY OFFICIALS FROM THE DRUG AGENCY WERE HOVERING AROUND THE PLAYERS. NOT THAT THEY WANTED TO BE SEEN. THEY ACCOMPANIED ROOKIE JOSH PAPALII TO A STRETCHING SESSION. THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO PEPTIDE USE COULD IMPACT THE ENTIRE WORLD CUP. HOW ARE YOU PREPARING FOR THAT? OH, LOOK, DANNY, MY ATTITUDE ` I'M COACHING THE SIDE. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA WORRY ABOUT WHAT MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT HAPPEN THERE; JUST DEAL WITH WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU. NOT MUCH FAZES THE KIWIS, BUT A SNAKE HAD SONNY BILL WILLIAMS SHOWING A TURN OF FOOT HE USUALLY RESERVES FOR THE FIELD. LAUGHTER STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND WOULD YOU HAVE PARTED WITH $60 FOR ONE OF THESE? VALUABLE ARTWORKS MASQUERADING AS ROADSIDE KNOCKOFFS. Are your savings gathering dust? DING! Then give them a chance to really grow, because there's a new millionaire created every month. Visit bonusbonds.co.nz to invest now. NOW TO THE WEATHER, AND IT'S A STORY OF TWO HALVES ` FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FINALLY, A NZER WAS AMONG JUST A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT PAINTINGS FROM A NEW YORK STREET STALL YESTERDAY, NOT KNOWING THEY WERE BY FAMOUS GRAFFITI ARTIST BANKSY. THEY WERE ON OFFER FOR US$60 EACH, THE BBC'S NICK BRYANT REPORTS. ALL THIS MONTH, HIS GRAFFITI HAS BEEN THE TALK OF TOWN AND THE FOCUS OF COUNTLESS SMARTPHONES. BUT WHEN BANKSY SET UP A STALL AT NEW YORK'S CENTRAL PARK SELLING HIS WORKS FOR JUST $60, FEW PAID THEM ANY ATTENTION. THESE BARGAIN BASEMENT BANKSYS ARE WORTH UP TO $20,000. THAT'S OVER �12,000. BUT IT TOOK OVER FOUR HOURS TO MAKE THE FIRST SALE. AND THEN, THE WOMAN MANAGED TO NEGOTIATE A 50% DISCOUNT. THIS MAN FROM CHICAGO BOUGHT FOUR, SAYING HE NEEDED SOMETHING TO FILL THE WALL SPACE IN HIS NEW HOME. HE WALKED AWAY WITH A FORTUNE. BUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY, JUST EIGHT WORKS WERE SOLD, PRODUCING MOURNING AFTER AGONY FOR THIS ART-LOVING CITY. AND YESTERDAY, YOU COULD HAVE GOT A BANKSY FOR $60. (LAUGHS) TOO BAD I WASN'T OVER THERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE DON'T REALISE` THEY DIDN'T REALISE WHAT IT WAS, THOUGH. THE IRONY IS THAT SOME NEW YORKERS WERE ALREADY TRYING TO CASH IN ON BANKSY'S MONTH-LONG SHOW. HERE, THEY HAD EVEN GONE AS FAR AS RIPPING OUT THE DOORS OF THIS GRAFFITI-STREWN CAR. BUT THE CHANCE TO EARN AN HONEST BUCK HAS GONE A BEGGING. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY AMY PARK AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.