DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. LEN BROWN REMAINS TIGHT-LIPPED OVER HIS FUTURE AS THE PRIME MINISTER PAYS A VISIT. THOUSANDS FLEE AS OUT-OF-CONTROL BUSH FIRES RAVAGE NEW SOUTH WALES. AND THE ALL BLACKS SUFFER A BIG LOSS AHEAD OF THEIR BLEDISLOE CUP CLASH. DOZENS OF FIRES ARE STILL RAGING OUT OF CONTROL ACROSS NEW SOUTH WALES AS AUTHORITIES SEARCH BURNT-OUT HOMES FOR ANY CASUALTIES. ONE PERSON HAS JUST BEEN CONFIRMED DEAD. IN A MOMENT WE'LL CROSS LIVE TO OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL, WHO'S IN THE ONE OF THE WORST-HIT AREAS IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. BUT FIRST, BRIAR WELLS, WITH A NIGHT OF TERROR FOR THOSE FLEEING THE FIRES. THEY SAY IT'S AS BAD AS IT GETS. MORE THAN 2000 FIREFIGHTERS ACROSS NEW SOUTH WALES BATTLING OVERNIGHT TO CONTAIN BLAZES AND SAVE PROPERTIES. QUITE A FEW HOUSES DESTROYED, YEAH. AND SOME STILL STANDING. SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LUCKY. AND UNFORTUNATELY, SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE IN... ITS JUST SADDENING. WALLS OF FIRE ARE TURNING HOMES INTO PILES OF CHARRED RUBBLE. IF WE COME OUT OF THIS WITH LESS THAN A COUPLE OF HUNDRED, THEN I'LL THINK WE WILL HAVE COME OUT OF IT LIGHTLY. BUT THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT AREAS, PARTICULARLY IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, WHERE WHOLE STREETS HAVE BEEN RAZED. RESIDENTS WERE FORCED TO GRAB WHAT THEY COULD AND FLEE. IT WAS VERY SCARY. ALL I WAS WORRIED ABOUT WAS THE DOGS. I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE HOUSE; I JUST WANTED THE DOGS OUT. THANKFULLY, OUR HOUSE IS SAFE, AND THE DOGS ARE SAFE TOO. THIS IS AS INTENSE AS IT CAN BE, I'M PRETTY SURE. WE'RE JUST HAPPY THE HOUSE IS STILL THERE AND THE DOGS ARE OK. THOUSANDS SPENT THE NIGHT IN EVACUATION CENTRES. IT WAS NERVE-RACKING. IT WAS REALLY STRESSFUL. OVERNIGHT IT'S BEEN DISTRESSING, ITS BEEN BEWILDERING, AND FOR SOME ITS BEEN TERRIFYING FOR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. AND DON'T KNOW THE STATE OF THEIR PROPERTIES. AND WHILE COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BRING A WELCOME CHANGE FOR FIREFIGHTERS,... THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYTHING IS SAFE AND WE'VE GOT THE ALL-CLEAR. ... THEY STILL HAVE A MOMENTOUS BATTLE AHEAD. BRIAR WELLS, ONE NEWS. ONE NEWS AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM SPRINGWOOD IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. STEVE, DESCRIBE THE SCENE WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW. If you ever wondered what the aftermath of a bushfire in a suburban street looks like, take a look at this. House after house gutted by flames. It's simply amazing, the destruction that was felt herE. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE FIRES CAN DO. A lifetime of memories gone in the blink of an eye. One person has been confirmed dead in these bushfires, north of Sydney. A 63-year-old man died protecting his time. CORRECTION: home. AND WHAT ARE CONDITIONS LIKE FOR FIREFIGHTERS TODAY? That is the blessing today. It's not as hot as it was yesterday. The trees are still. There were huge winDs yesterday. Thankfully, the conditions have eased. It gives these firefighters a chance to battle the bushfires. There are concerned residents around. Thankfully, no lives lost on this street. THANKS, STEVE MARSHALL, LIVE FROM SPRINGWOOD IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY SAYS HE DIDN'T DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF LEN BROWN RESIGNING AT HIS MONTHLY MEETING WITH THE AUCKLAND MAYOR THIS MORNING. MR BROWN ARRIVED AT WORK ON DAY FOUR OF THE SCANDAL THAT'S ENGULFED HIM SINCE HE ADMITTED TO HAVING A TWO-YEAR AFFAIR WITH BEVAN CHUANG. WOULD THERE BE ANY COMMENT TODAY? IT IS A LOVELY DAY. ALLEGATIONS THAT MR BROWN WAS OFFERED FREE ROOMS ABOUT HIS SUPPORT OF THE SKY CITY CONVENTION CENTRE. THE PRIME MINISTER SAID THE SCANDAL SURROUNDING MR BROWN'S AFFAIR WAS NOT DISCUSSED IN THEIR MEETING. A MAN (28) HAS PLEADED GUILTY IN THE NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH COURT TO THE HIT-AND-RUN MURDER OF A FEMALE JOGGER. MATTHEW KINGHORN ADMITTED TO KILLING ANNE MCCULLOUGH AS SHE JOGGED ON A COUNTRY ROAD ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF NEW PLYMOUTH LAST YEAR. THE BODY OF THE MOTHER-OF-TWO WAS DISCOVERED IN THE BACK SEAT OF HIS CAR PARKED IN A RESERVE SEVERAL KILOMETRES AWAY. KINGHORN WILL BE SENTENCED IN DECEMBER. A 16-YEAR-OLD HAS ADMITTED MURDERING AND SEXUALLY VIOLATING A YOUNG ASHBURTON MOTHER LAST YEAR, FOLLOWING A SURPRISE APPEARANCE AT THE HIGH COURT IN CHRISTCHURCH THIS MORNING. SINA SOLOMONA (22) WAS FOUND BEATEN IN THE DOORWAY OF HER ASHBURTON HOME IN DECEMBER 2012. THE 16-YEAR-OLD HAS NAME SUPPRESSION AND WILL BE SENTENCED IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR. FINAL SUBMISSIONS HAVE BEGUN IN THE DEFAMATION CASE INVOLVING JOE KARAM. MR KARAM, A LONG-TERM DAVID BAIN SUPPORTER, CLAIMS DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS WERE MADE ABOUT HIM ONLINE DURING MR BAIN'S 2009 RETRIAL BY MEMBERS OF THE 'JUSTICE FOR ROBIN BAIN' GROUP. KURT PARKER, ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS, IS REPRESENTING HIMSELF IN COURT. HE'S ARGUED THE COMMENTS MADE ON A ON A PUBLIC FACEBOOK FORUM ARE PROTECTED BY THE DEFENCE OF TRUTH AND HONEST OPINION. NEW VIDEO HAS EMERGED FROM LAST MONTH'S DEADLY TERROR ATTACK ON A KENYAN SHOPPING MALL, REVEALING MORE OF WHAT WENT ON DURING THE FOUR-DAY SIEGE. MORE DETAILS HAVE ALSO SURFACED ABOUT ONE OF THE GUNMEN, A SOMALI-BORN NORWEGIAN WHO FLED MOGADISHU AS A CHILD. THE BBC'S GABRIEL GATEHOUSE REPORTS. UNTIL NOW, HE'S BEEN KNOWN SIMPLY AS 'BLACK SHIRT'. BUT INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THIS MAN, SHOWN HERE FIRING A KALASHNIKOV RIFLE INSIDE THE SHOPPING CENTRE, IS HASSAN ABDI DHUHULOW, A 23-YEAR-OLD NORWEGIAN CITIZEN. TONIGHT, NEW PICTURES EMERGED OF THE MOMENT ATTACKS STRUCK THE WESTGATE MALL. INITIALLY, KENYAN OFFICIALS SAID THERE WERE UP TO 15 ATTACKERS. BUT CCTV FOOTAGE HAS CONSISTENTLY SHOWN ONLY FOUR GUNMEN, OF WHICH MR DHUHULOW IS BELIEVED TO BE ONE. THEY'RE SEEN HERE WANDERING CALMLY AROUND THE STORE. LATER, SOME OF THE MEN TAKE TIME TO PRAY. IN NAIROBI, INVESTIGATORS KNOW LITTLE MORE THAN THE COLOUR OF THEIR CLOTHES. THEY DUBBED THEM 'BLACK SHIRT', 'WHITE SHIRT', 'BLUE SHIRT' AND 'PINK SHIRT'. THE SLEEPY TOWN OF LARVIK SEEMS ABOUT AS REMOTE AS POSSIBLY IMAGINABLE FROM THE RAVAGES OF SOMALIA'S TWO-DECADE-LONG CONFLICT. YET, IT IS HERE ON NORWAY'S SOUTHERN COAST THAT MR DHUHULOW SPENT HIS FORMATIVE YEARS. HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HASSAN DHUHULOW ` IN 1999, HE FLED MOGADISHU WITH HIS FAMILY. HE RETURNED TO SOMALIA 10 YEARS LATER, HOPING TO BUILD A LIFE FOR HIMSELF. SINCE THEN, A FAMILY MEMBER TOLD US HE KEPT IN SPORADIC CONTACT, CALLING INFREQUENTLY AND ALWAYS FROM DIFFERENT SOMALI MOBILE NUMBERS. HIS LAST CALL WAS MADE THIS SUMMER. HE WAS IN TROUBLE, HE SAID, AND WANTED TO COME HOME. BUT THIS IS A COMMUNITY UNDER PRESSURE. POLICE HAD, WE UNDERSTAND, BEEN KEEPING TABS ON HASSAN DHUHULOW FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WE SHOWED THE CCTV FOOTAGE TO HIS RELATIVE, WHO DIDN'T WANT TO APPEAR ON CAMERA. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I FEEL OR THINK, THEY SAID. IF IT'S HIM, HE MUST HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED. THE BARRICADES HAVE COME DOWN AND THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IS BACK IN BUSINESS AFTER 16 DAYS OF BEING SHUT DOWN. NOW THAT POLITICIANS HAVE STRUCK A DEAL TO AVOID THE COUNTRY DEFAULTING ON ITS DEBT, CHEQUES CAN ONCE AGAIN BE WRITTEN AND WORKERS PAID. THE ABC'S LANA ZAK REPORTS. APPLAUSE VICE-PRESIDENT BIDEN SURPRISED RETURNING GOVERNMENT WORKERS WITH MUFFINS AT THE EPA. I'M HAPPY IT'S ENDED. IT WAS UNNECESSARY TO BEGIN WITH. AS THE GOVERNMENT REOPENS TODAY AFTER 16 DAYS OF SHUTDOWN, THERE IS A SENSE OF RELIEF THAT IT'S OVER. I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE GOING BACK. (LAUGHS) BUT WITH ESTIMATES THAT THE SHUTDOWN COST AS MUCH AS $24B, FEDERAL EMPLOYEES COMMUTING TO WORK THIS MORNING WONDERED WHAT IT REALLY ACCOMPLISHED. WE'VE GOT PEOPLE IN OFFICE WHO'S FORGOT ABOUT THE PEOPLE. THEY SAID THIS WAS NOT POLITICAL AT ANY TIME. THIS WAS ALL PERSONAL. IT WAS A PERSONAL TAX ON THE PRESIDENT. IT WAS A PERSONAL ATTACKS ON OUR COUNTRY. AND BEYOND WASHINGTON, WORKERS WERE ANXIOUS TO GET BACK TO THEIR JOBS, REMOVING THESE SIGNS AT THE CHARLESTON NAVY YARD OUTSIDE OF BOSTON. AND AT YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, THEY BEGAN MAKING PREPARATIONS IMMEDIATELY TO TAKE DOWN THEIR 'CLOSED' SIGNS AND WELCOME BACK 700 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND 1100 PRIVATE EMPLOYEES, WHO WERE BARRED FROM WORKING WHILE THE GOVERNMENT WAS SHUT DOWN. WE'RE JUST REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WELCOMING EVERYONE BACK. SO MANY AMERICANS WERE ANXIOUS FOR THE SHUTDOWN TO BE BEHIND THEM. WHEN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK REOPENED, CARS LINED UP. AUTHORITIES IN LAOS ARE CLEARING AWAY WRECKAGE AFTER A PLANE CRASHED INTO THE MEKONG RIVER. ALL 44 PEOPLE ON BOARD, INCLUDING SIX AUSTRALIANS, WERE KILLED AS THE PLANE WAS ON APPROACH TO PAKSE AIRPORT AFTER THE HOUR-LONG FLIGHT FROM THE CAPITAL, VIENTIANE. AMONG THE DEAD WERE A SYDNEY COUPLE AND THEIR TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AND A FATHER AND SON FROM NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE HAS PRESIDED OVER HIS FIRST INVESTITURE CEREMONY AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. STANDING IN FOR HIS GRANDMOTHER THE QUEEN, PRINCE WILLIAM PRESENTED AWARDS TO SEVERAL RECIPIENTS. THE BBC'S PETER HUNT WAS THERE. 'GOD SAVE THE QUEEN' PLAYS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IN THE BUCKINGHAM PALACE BALLROOM IN HONOUR OF PRINCE WILLIAM'S GRANDMOTHER. ONE DAY IT WILL BE PLAYED FOR HIM. BEFORE THEN, HE CONTINUES TO LEARN THE ROPES. THIS INVESTITURE CEREMONY IS THE LATEST STAGE OF HIS ROYAL EDUCATION. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE BE SEATED. MAN: KNIGHT BACHELOR... HAVING PRACTISED IN PRIVATE, THIS WAS FOR REAL, SAFELY WIELDING A CEREMONIAL SWORD WHICH HAD BELONGED TO KING GEORGE VI ON A HEAD TEACHER AND NEW KNIGHT. THOSE HONOURED INCLUDED SOME FAMILIAR FACES. MR ANDREW MURRAY FOR SERVICES TO TENNIS. THE WIMBLEDON CHAMPION WAS NEARLY LATE COLLECTING HIS OBE AFTER OFFICIALS ARRIVED AT HIS HOUSE TO CONDUCT A RANDOM DRUGS TEST. DRAMA OVER, HE CHATTED WITH WILLIAM ABOUT HIS RECENT BACK OPERATION. I THOUGHT HE SEEMED VERY CONFIDENT. HE SPENT QUITE A LONG TIME CHATTING WITH EVERYONE. I GOT TOLD` IT WAS JUST OVER A MINUTE THAT I SPOKE TO HIM FOR, AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS GONNA ONLY BE 15, 20 SECONDS. SO HE SEEMED LIKE HE GAVE EVERYONE A LOT OF TIME. WITH WILLIAM'S DAYS OF SAVING LIVES AS AN RAF SEARCH AND RESCUE PILOT AT AN END, HE'S LOOKING FOR ANOTHER FULL-TIME ROLE. WHILE HE DOES, HE'LL CONTINUE TO UNDERTAKE SOME ROYAL DUTIES. FOR THE MOMENT, THOUGH, IT'S THE PRESENT, NOT THE FUTURE, ON THE MINDS OF THE CAMBRIDGES. PRINCE GEORGE, WHO'S NOW 3 MONTHS OLD, WILL BE CHRISTENED NEXT WEEK. MEANWHILE, YOUNGER BROTHER PRINCE HARRY'S DUTIES TODAY WERE CONSIDERABLY LESS FORMAL. THE 29-YEAR-OLD DONNED AN ENGLAND RUGBY KIT AND WAS PUT THROUGH HIS PACES AT TWICKENHAM. THE FOURTH-IN-LINE TO THE BRITISH THRONE JOINED A TRAINING SESSION PUT ON BY THE RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION, OF WHICH THE PRINCE IS A PATRON. HE ALSO MET WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN TAKING PART IN THE UNION'S SCHOOLS PROGRAMME. WOMEN'S MAGAZINES OFTEN COME UNDER FIRE FOR COVERS OF SCANTILY-CLAD WOMEN. BUT NOW THE LATEST EDITION OF ELLE, FEATURING MELISSA MCCARTHY, IS GETTING CRITICISM FOR THE OPPOSITE REASON. THE MAGAZINE'S BEEN ACCUSED OF COVERING UP THE AMERICAN COMEDIENNE BECAUSE SHE'S NOT THIN ENOUGH. THE ABC'S LINZIE DAVIS REPORTS. A TRENCHCOAT ON A MAGAZINE COVER HAS LIKELY NEVER BEEN SO ENTRENCHED IN CONTROVERSY. ELLE MAGAZINE IS GETTING SLAMMED, MANY SAYING ACTRESS MELISSA MCCARTHY IS TOO COVERED-UP ON THE COVER OF ITS ANNUAL 'WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD' ISSUE. SARAH MARIA IS A BODY-IMAGE EXPERT. THE REAL MESSAGE IS IF YOU ARE LARGE, KEEP YOURSELF COVERED UP. SOME ACCUSE ELLE OF DRAPING HER IN THE LARGEST COAT POSSIBLE. OTHERS CALL THE COVER... ON ALTERNATE COVERS OF THE NOVEMBER ISSUE, REESE WITHERSPOON IS IN THIS SLINKY BLACK DRESS, SHAILENE WOODLEY IN A STRAPPY SWIMSUIT. BUT ON THE VIEW TODAY, CO-HOST JENNIE MCCARTHY DEFENDED MELISSA MCCARTHY, WHO HAPPENS TO BE HER COUSIN. THE THING THAT DRIVES ME NUTS IS THAT PEOPLE ARE UP IN ARMS SAYING, 'ELLE, HOW DARE YOU?' MCCARTHY GIRLS, NO ONE'S GONNA MAKE US WEAR ANYTHING WE DON'T WANNA WEAR. SIMILARLY, ELLE IS MAKING NO APOLOGIES, TELLING ABC NEWS... WHEN MCCARTHY APPEARED ON THIS COVER OF GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, HER BODY WAS OBSCURED BY A PRESENT. ON THE COVERS OF MORE, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER AND LADIES HOME JOURNAL, HER BODY IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. AS FOR THIS COVER, MCCARTHY REPORTEDLY LOVES IT. THE MEAT INDUSTRY IS TURNING TO SCIENCE TO HELP FIND THE PERFECT BEEF STEAK. A PROJECT INVOLVING UNIVERSITIES IN NZ AND THE UNITED STATES HAS DEVELOPED THE WORLD'S FIRST RED MEAT GRADING SYSTEM BASED ON TASTE. MEGAN MARTIN REPORTS. WHEN IT COMES TO SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS... SIZZLING ...IF YOU LOVE MEAT,... WE WILL HAVE A RANGE OF DIFFERENT CUTS. ...THEN THIS IS ONE FOR YOU. WE'LL HAVE SOME FROM THE ROUND, SOME FROM THE LOIN, THE CUBE ROLL, CHUCK, A WIDE VARIETY OF CUTS. THESE VOLUNTEERS ARE PART OF THE LARGEST TASTE-TESTING TRIAL OF RED MEAT IN THE WORLD, ALL DRIVEN BY A DESIRE TO IMPROVE PRODUCT QUALITY. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS GUARANTEE TO CONSUMERS THAT SILVER FERN FARM BEEF IS GUARANTEED TO BE TENDER, TASTY AND JUICY. 14,000 PEOPLE FROM 17 CITIES ACROSS THE US AND NZ HAVE TRIED 97,000 SAMPLES IN THIS TRIAL. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR EVERYTHING FROM JUICINESS AND TENDERNESS TO STRAIGHT-OUT FLAVOUR. EACH CUT IS COOKED EXACTLY THE SAME. WE WANNA GET RID OF THAT VARIATION IN COOKING, HOW DIFFERENT DEGREES OF COOKING WILL AFFECT PEOPLE'S LIKING. VOLUNTEERS ARE ASKED TO GRADE HOW MUCH THEY LIKE THE MEAT. EACH ONE HAD TO BE LABELLED AND TRACKED BACK TO INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS, AND THEN TRACKED BACK TO INDIVIDUAL CONSUMERS, PUT IN A BIG COMPUTER MODEL, TO COME UP WITH THIS EQ GRADING SYSTEM. THAT MEANS CATTLE BEASTS CAN NOW BE GRADED BASED ON TASTE, PROVIDING VALUABLE INFORMATION TO FARMERS. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THEY'LL BE GETTING VERY DETAILED MARKET SIGNALS BACK ON WHICH OF THEIR ANIMALS ARE THE VERY BEST QUALITY. AND THAT WILL HELP WITH BREEDING DECISIONS TO ENSURE THESE SIZZLING SIRLOINS TASTE AS GOOD AS THEY LOOK. MEGAN MARTIN, ONE NEWS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` IN BUSINESS NEW, XERO HITS YET ANOTHER RECORD-HIGH AS ITS FOUNDER TAKES HOME TOP HONOURS. AND IN SPORT, INJURY PROBLEMS IN THE ALL BLACKS CAMP AHEAD OF THEIR BLEDISLOE CUP CLASH. 1 THE GREENS ARE TARGETING SKY CITY ON THE DAY OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. THEY'RE ANNOUNCING A NUMBER OF MEASURES TO COMBAT PROBLEM GAMBLING, SHOULD THEY MAKE IT INTO A FUTURE GOVERNMENT. CARDBOARD POKIE MACHINES WERE PLACED OUTSIDE THE CASINO, AND CO-LEADER METIRIA TUREI HAS A MESSAGE FOR THOSE AT THE AGM. I THINK THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT OUR POLICY WILL BE, SHOULD WE BE IN GOVERNMENT ` FAIR WARNING. BUT THEY INVEST IN AN INDUSTRY THAT THEY KNOW CAUSES HARM. AND SO THEY KNOW THERE WILL BE REGULATION. IT'S THE RIGHT OF A GOVERNMENT TO PUT IN PLACE PUBLIC HEALTH LAWS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL DO WHEN WE ARE IN GOVERNMENT. XERO CHIEF EXECUTIVE ROD DRURY HAS BEEN NAMED THE EY ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AT A CEREMONY IN AUCKLAND. THE 47-YEAR-OLD LAUNCHED THE ONLINE ACCOUNTING FIRM IN 2006. IT'S NOW WORTH MORE THAN $3B. MR DRURY SAYS XERO IS NOW A WORLD LEADER IN ITS FIELD. IN THE SAME WAY WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE XERO IF GEOFF ROSS DIDN'T DO 42 BELOW, I THINK WE'RE PAVING THE WAY FOR OTHER SOFTWARE COMPANIES TO FOLLOW US. SHARES IN THE COMPANY HAVE INCREASED MORE THAN 390% IN THE PAST YEAR. WITH ME NOW IS PETER MCINTYRE FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. XERO ` NOT ONLY PHENOMENAL YEAR BUT WEEK FOR XERO? Absolutely, Nadine. The price has risen close to 50% over the last week. Investors want to get in before they miss out. Interesting to see the growth profile. It's bigger than Sky City, Ports of Tauranga. It's a focus for the market at the moment. Interesting to see where it leads. SKY CITY AGM'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT CONVENTION CENTRE DEAL. HOW CRUCIAL IS THIS FOR THEM? They are quite optimistic about the future. The build gives them access to international visitors, and greater foot traffic through the casino. They see it as important for Auckland and New Zealand. They are also looking to invest further into Queenstown. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE BEEN HIT WITH LATE INJURY WITHDRAWALS ON THE EVE OF THEIR BLEDISLOE CUP CLASH AGAINST THE WALLABIES IN DUNEDIN. WING CORY JANE AND CAPTAIN RICHIE MCCAW ARE BOTH OUT OF THE TEST. AFTER MAKING HIS COMEBACK FROM A KNEE INJURY AGAINST THE SPRINGBOKS IN JOHANNESBURG, MCCAW HAS BEEN RULED OUT WITH A TIGHT CALF. MCCAW WILL BE REPLACED BY SAM CANE, WITH KIERAN READ TAKING OVER THE CAPTAINCY. WE ALWAYS MISS THE SKIP WHEN HE'S NOT OUT THERE, BUT I MUST SAY, READO'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB IN LEADING THE TEAM OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF GAMES. AND I THINK JUST WITH HIS LEADERSHIP, HOPEFULLY WE WON'T MISS A BEAT. THE GUYS THAT HAVE COME IN HAVE PREPARED TO PLAY THERE ALL WEEK, SO IT DOESN'T REALLY ADJUST TOO MUCH. AFTER MISSING MOST OF THE YEAR WITH A SERIOUS KNEE INJURY, JANE WAS SCHEDULED TO MAKE HIS LONG AWAITED RETURN TO THE BLACK JERSEY. BUT A HAMSTRING STRAIN WILL KEEP HIM ON THE SIDELINES FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER WEEK. THE BLUES FULLBACK CHARLES PIUTAU WILL NOW START ON THE RIGHT WING. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. 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. A WEAK FRONT MOVES UP THE SOUTH ISLAND BEFORE CREEPING ONTO THE NORTH ISLAND LATER TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW THIS FRONT, COVERING MOST OF THE COUNTRY BY TOMORROW NIGHT. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ TO THE TOP STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE. MYSTERY SURROUNDS THE DEATHS OF AN ELDERLY COUPLE IN A NAPIER MOTEL ROOM ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MAN (27) HAS TODAY PLEADED GUILTY TO THE MURDER OF ANNE MCCULLOUGH AS SHE JOGGED ON A COUNTRY ROAD ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF NEW PLYMOUTH. AND SINGING SUPERSTAR BEYONCE AND HER DAUGHTER BLUE IVY HAVE BEEN SNAPPED STANDING IN THE SURF AT WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN AUCKLAND BEACH. THE LARGEST FLEET OF TALL SHIPS NORTHLAND HAS SEEN IN MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS HAS CROSSED THE FINISH LINE NORTH OF THE BAY OF ISLANDS. THE DUTCH SHIP EUROPA WAS FIRST TO FINISH OUT OF THE FIVE-STRONG FLEET THAT LEFT SYDNEY A WEEK AGO. OUR OWN 'SPIRIT OF NZ' WILL SPOIL A CLEANSWEEP FOR THE DUTCH ` IT'S DUE TO FINISH THIRD THIS AFTERNOON. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY TRACEY DAWSON AND AMY PARK. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013