DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. TEINA PORA WILL STAY BEHIND BARS ` THE PAROLE BOARD SAYS HE'S STILL A RISK A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN NEW SOUTH WALES, WITH BUSHFIRES RAGING OUT OF CONTROL. AND WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE RAPPER ` EMINEM OR DOLLY PARTON? WE'VE GOT 'EM BOTH. THE PAROLE BOARD HAS RELEASED ITS DECISION THIS MORNING AFTER A HEARING A WEEK AGO AND SAYS CONVICTED MURDERER TEINA PORA MUST STAY BEHIND BARS BECAUSE HE'S STILL A RISK TO THE COMMUNITY. ONE NEWS REPORTER LISA OWEN HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE CASE AND JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM AUCKLAND. LISA, WHY'S TEINA PORA STILL SEEN AS A RISK? The main problem for the parole board is what they describe as his inability to follow rules. He's had nine home leaves into the community to help him adjust to life on the outside. He can't associate with known criminals or gang members. He must always be in the company of his sponsor. He travelled into Auckland city and had sex with a prostitute. He has not been denied parole because he had sex with a prostitute; he breached his conditions. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME TEINA PORA HAS BREACHED THE RULES IN PRISON, THOUGH, IS IT? When he last appeared before the parole board, it was raised that he had banned items. That included a lighter, a screw driver and objectionable material. HE IS STILL MAINTAINING HIS INNOCENCE. HAS THAT PLAYED A FACTOR IN HIM BEING DENIED PAROLE AGAIN? The parole board say it is not their job to decide guilt. Two juries have found this man guilty. It doesn't give them a pass out if he were to admit guilt. He has been going to counselling and continueS to go to counselling. He's been in prison 20 years and is 38 years old. THANKS, LISA OWEN LIVE FROM THE AUCKLAND NEWSROOM. A MONTH-LONG STATE OF EMERGENCY'S BEEN IMPOSED IN NEW SOUTH WALES AS BUSH FIRES CONTINUE TO CHOKE THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. WITH HOT, WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALL WEEK, THE FIRES ARE BEING DESCRIBED AS THE STATE'S WORST IN 45 YEARS. THE BBC'S JON DONNISON REPORTS. NEW SOUTH WALES IS STILL BURNING, AND THE STATE'S MOST DEVASTATING BUSH FIRES IN A DECADE COULD BE ABOUT TO GET WORSE. THE COOLER WEATHER OF THE LAST FEW DAYS HAS COME TO AN END. THE FORECAST FOR THIS WEEK IS HOT, WINDY AND WITH LITTLE PROSPECT OF RAIN. IT'S LED THE AUTHORITIES TO DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY, GIVING THEM NEW POWERS. THESE POWERS INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO ORDER THE PUBLIC TO LEAVE OR TO ENTER AN AREA; THE RIGHT TO SHORE UP OR TO DEMOLISH A BUILDING; AND OF COURSE, IT ALSO PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM DISOBEYING AN ORDER GIVEN UNDER THESE POWERS. THE BIGGEST FIRES ARE RAGING IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, TO THE WEST OF SYDNEY. FIREFIGHTERS ARE BATTLING ON THE GROUND AND ALSO FROM THE AIR. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY LOST THEIR HOMES. TODAY MANY MORE HAVE BEEN TOLD TO FLEE, TAKING WITH THEM WHAT THEY CAN. THERE ARE EVEN REPORTS OF PEOPLE LOOTING SOME OF THE EMPTY HOMES. HOW CAN PEOPLE DO THIS WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH ENOUGH WITHOUT THAT AS WELL? THEY'RE JUST A WASTE OF OXYGEN. THEY REALLY ARE. HERE IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, THESE KIND OF SMALL SPOT FIRES ARE FLARING UP ALL THE TIME. AFTER MONTHS WITH LITTLE RAIN, THE BUSH IS TINDER-DRY. JUST BEHIND ME THERE ARE HOUSES JUST A FEW YARDS AWAY. MOST OF THE COMMUNITIES ROUND HERE HAVE EVACUATED. THE FIRES HAVE COME UNUSUALLY EARLY IN THE SEASON AND FOLLOW AUSTRALIA'S HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD. AND AS FOR THIS WEEK, AS ONE SENIOR FIREFIGHTER SAID TODAY, EVEN THE BEST-CASE SCENARIO IS BAD. AND ONE NEWS AUSTRALIAN CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL HAS BEEN IN THE THICK OF IT AND JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM NEW SOUTH WALES RURAL FIRE HEADQUARTERS. STEVE, WHAT'S THE LATEST? I'm at the raw fire service headquarters, where the mood is quite positive. They light smaller fires to get rid of the vegetation at the front of the bushfires. They had some success overnight. Today is supposed to be the hottest day over the next three days, but Wednesday is going to be the big day. A number of schools are closed today. There are no mass evacuations planned at this stage. It's a holding pattern. THANKS, STEVE MARSHALL LIVE FROM NEW SOUTH WALES RURAL FIRE HQ. WORK GOT UNDERWAY THIS MORNING IN PREPARATION FOR RE-ENTERING THE PIKE RIVER MINE, WHICH CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 29 WORKERS NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO. AN AIR-FORCE CHOPPER'S HELPING REMOVE EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING FAN DUCTS AND GENERATORS, FROM THE TOP OF THE MINE'S VENTILATION SHAFT. THE SHAFT WILL THEN BE SEALED, ALLOWING HARMFUL GAS TO BE PUMPED FROM THE MINE. FAMILIES OF THE MEN KILLED IN THE MINE EXPLOSION HOPE THEY'LL FINALLY GET SOME ANSWERS. IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT RETRIEVING ANYONE THAT COULD BE IN THE DRIFT; IT'S ANSWERING QUESTIONS OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED DOWN THERE. AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ROUND THE WORLD THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO, EXPERTS THERE, THEY WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENED DOWN THERE. SO IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT START TO ALL OF THAT. IT'S HOPED RECOVERY WORKERS WILL BE ABLE TO RE-ENTER THE MINE EARLY NEXT YEAR. THE NZ WOMAN JAILED IN ARGENTINA TWO YEARS AGO FOR DRUG SMUGGLING HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON AND IS BACK HOME IN TARANAKI. SHARON ARMSTRONG, THE FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MAORI LANGUAGE COMMISSION, WAS ARRESTED IN 2011 AFTER 5KG OF COCAINE WAS FOUND IN HER BAG AT A BUENOS AIRES AIRPORT. ARMSTRONG HAS ALWAYS DENIED KNOWING THE CLASS-A DRUG WAS HIDDEN IN HER BAG. SHE SAYS SHE WAS TRICKED INTO CARRYING IT BY A MAN SHE HAD MET ONLINE. A MEETING'S BEING HELD THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE POSSIBLE LOSS OF 130 JOBS AT A ROTORUA SAWMILL. THE RECEIVERS FOR TACHIKAWA FOREST PRODUCTS TOLD WORKERS NOT TO SHOW UP TODAY, WITH THE PLANT CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THEY SAY THEY'LL DECIDE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WHETHER THE PLANT CAN BE RESTARTED. AUCKLAND MAYOR LEN BROWN IS MAINTAINING A LOW PROFILE TODAY. HE WAS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR THIS MORNING AT AN AUCKLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL AS PART OF THE 'MILK FOR SCHOOLS' ROLLOUT, BUT CANCELLED THE APPEARANCE. IT MEANS MR BROWN'S FIRST PUBLIC OUTING SINCE NEWS OF HIS LONG-RUNNING AFFAIR BROKE LAST WEEK WILL BE AT A HOUSING PROJECT THIS AFTERNOON. A SENIOR NAVAL OFFICER FOUND GUILTY OF HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HIS SUBORDINATE WILL BE SENTENCED BY COURT MARTIAL TODAY. COMMODORE KEVIN KEAT WAS FOUND GUILTY ON FIVE CHARGES, INCLUDING FAILING TO DISCLOSE THE RELATIONSHIP, HIDING IT FROM SUPERIORS AND THREATENING THE WOMAN INVOLVED. EACH CHARGE CARRIES A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF TWO YEARS AND COULD SEE COMMODORE KEAT DEMOTED OR DISMISSED. OVERSEAS, NINE LEBANESE CITIZENS WHO WERE KIDNAPPED BY SYRIAN REBELS NEARLY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO HAVE SAFELY ARRIVED HOME. THEY WERE MET BY JUBILANT SCENES AS FAMILY MEMBERS AND POLITICIANS GATHERED AT THE AIRPORT AND OUTSIDE THE MEN'S HOMES. TWO KIDNAPPED TURKISH PILOTS WHO WERE BEING HELD IN LEBANON WERE ALSO RELEASED AS PART OF A COMPLEX SWAP. A MASSIVE SUICIDE TRUCK BOMB HAS KILLED 30 PEOPLE IN CENTRAL SYRIA AFTER IT RAMMED INTO A GOVERNMENT CHECKPOINT ON A BUSY ROAD. THE EXPLOSION IN THE CITY OF HAMA WAS BELIEVED TO TARGET SOLDIERS, BUT MOST OF THE DEAD WERE CIVILIANS. THE TRUCK WAS LADEN WITH MORE THAN A TON OF EXPLOSIVES, WHICH SET ABLAZE A NEARBY PETROL TANKER, INCREASING THE DAMAGE AND CASUALTIES. AN AL-QAEDA-LINKED GROUP IS THOUGHT TO HAVE CARRIED OUT THE ATTACK. IN EGYPT, SECURITY FORCES HAVE FIRED TEAR GAS TO DISPERSE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS STAGING AN ANTI-MILITARY PROTEST AT A UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO. THE STUDENTS HAD BLOCKED THE MAIN ROAD LEADING TO AL-AZHAR UNIVERSITY AND THREW ROCKS AS SECURITY FORCES CAME CLOSER. SUPPORTERS OF FORMER PRESIDENT MOHAMMED MORSI HAVE STAGED REGULAR ANTI-ARMY PROTESTS SINCE HE WAS OUSTED IN JULY. THE CHARITY LOOKING AFTER A LITTLE BLONDE GIRL PLUCKED FROM THE ROMA COMMUNITY IN ATHENS SAYS IT'S RECEIVED 8000 PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. NOW POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THE GIRL, DUBBED BY GREEK PRESS AS 'THE BLONDE ANGEL', REALLY IS. THE BBC'S MARK LOWEN REPORTS. THE APPARENT GRIEF OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY INTO WHICH MARIA (4) MAY HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED. THE PALE BLONDE GIRL WAS FOUND BY POLICE WITH A COUPLE WHO PRODUCED FALSE PAPERS AND SPURIOUS CLAIMS. DNA TESTS SHOWED THEY WERE NOT HER PARENTS. THEY ARE NOW IN CUSTODY. PICTURES RELEASED TODAY APPEAR TO SHOW MARIA DANCING IN THE SETTLEMENT IN CENTRAL GREECE WHERE SHE WAS SPOTTED. THERE, LOCALS HAVE RALLIED AROUND THE ACCUSED, DENYING THE ALLEGATIONS. COSTAS CLAIMS TO BE THE BROTHER OF THE ARRESTED MAN. 'WE RAISED MARIA WELL,' HE SAYS. 'SHE HAD PROBLEMS WITH HER EYES, AND WE CARED FOR HER WITH DOCTORS. 'WE DIDN'T TAKE THE GIRL TO SELL HER. WE LOVED HER SO MUCH.' ROMA SPECIALISTS SAY THE COMMUNITY IS OFTEN INVOLVED IN ILLICIT ACTIVITY, BUT THIS CASE HAS EVEN SURPRISED THEM. IT'S VERY UNUSUAL. UP TO NOW IN GREECE WE HAVE SEEN SCORES OF ROMA FAMILIES SELLING NEWLY BORN CHILDREN TO GREEK FAMILIES THAT DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN AND CANNOT ADOPT BECAUSE OF GREEK LAW. AND THOSE ROMA FAMILIES, IN FACT, CAME FROM BULGARIA AND ROMANIA, MOST OF THEM. THIS IS THE FIRST CASE THAT WE KNOW WHERE A CHILD ENDS UP AND LIVES FOR YEARS IN A ROMA FAMILY. IT IS FRONT-PAGE NEWS HERE, AS AN INTERNATIONAL APPEAL FOR INFORMATION GATHERS PACE TO FIND OUT FROM WHERE MARIA CAME AND WHO SHE REALLY IS. AMERICAN RAPPER EMINEM HAS ANNOUNCED HIS FIRST-EVER NZ CONCERT. THE 13-TIME GRAMMY WINNER WILL PERFORM A ONE-OFF SHOW AT AUCKLAND'S WESTERN SPRINGS STADIUM ON THE 15TH OF FEBRUARY. HAVING SOLD 80 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE, EMINEM REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CHART ACTS IN NZ, WITH ALL BUT ONE OF HIS EIGHT ALBUMS RELEASED HERE GOING TO NUMBER ONE. RAPS: # NOW, I'M GONNA MAKE YOU DANCE. IT'S YOUR CHANCE. # YEAH, BOY, SHAKE THAT THANG. WHOOPS, I MEAN GIRL. # GIRL, GIRL, GIRL, YOU KNOW YOU'RE MY WORLD. ALL RIGHT, NOW LOSE IT. # OH, OH, OH, OH! JUST LOSE IT. OH, OH, OH, OH! # GO CRAZY. OH, OH, OH, OH! OH BABY. OH BABY, BABY. # TICKETS GO ON SALE NEXT WEEK, WITH KIWI HIP-HOP ARTIST DAVID DALLAS SET TO PERFORM AS AN OPENING ACT. COUNTRY SINGING SUPERSTAR DOLLY PARTON'S PROVED SHE'S KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES BY DIPPING HER TOES INTO THE WORLD OF RAP MUSIC. DONNING A BLONDE AFRO WIG AND GOLD CHAINS, THE 67-YEAR-OLD PERFORMED A THREE-MINUTE RAP ON QUEEN LATIFAH'S TALK SHOW. # HEY, I'M TWEAKING! # I'M WORKING, I'M TWERKING. # HEY, MILEY, I GOT YOUR WRECKING BALLS RIGHT HERE. # THE PERFORMANCE AIRS IN THE US TONIGHT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. AND SO NEAR YET SO FAR ` HEARTACHE FOR THE JUNIOR ALL WHITES IN THEIR WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN. A WITH ME NOW IS JAMES PORTEOUS FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. INFRATIL DEFERRED ITS SHARE BUY-BACK. They made some good money earlier this year. They paid some bank debt down and returned the money to the shareholders. They have announced today that they have withdrawn that because they have found something else to invest in. Market hasn't moved a lot. MERIDIAN FINISHED PHASE ONE OF THEIR CAPITAL RAISING, SO WHAT NOW? On Friday the retail offering closed. The rumour seems to be the demand was strong. We'll have to see what the institution wholesale bidding is all about. The government will see what everyone is bidding. The retail sector will pay a maximum of 160. THANK YOU, JAMES PORTEOUS FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. OTAGO CRICKET ARE HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS OF COLOURFUL BATSMAN JESSE RYDER, WHO'S JOINED UP WITH THE SQUAD AFTER FINISHING HIS SIX-MONTH SUSPENSION FOR TAKING A BANNED DRUG. A TRIMMED-DOWN RYDER WAS OFF LIMITS TO MEDIA TODAY, BUT APPEARED IN GOOD SPIRITS AS HE HAD HIS FIRST PRACTICE SESSION WITH HIS NEW VOLTS TEAMMATES. HE'S JUST LIKE ANOTHER PLAYER. THERE'S NO SEPARATE RULES FOR JESS. JESS KNOWS WHAT OUR CULTURE IS. AND A LOT OF THE PLAYERS WILL SHOW HIM WHAT IT IS, AND I'M SURE HE'LL FIT IN. OTAGO'S FIRST FOUR-DAY GAME STARTS ON SUNDAY IN WELLINGTON. A DECISION HASN'T YET BEEN MADE ON WHETHER RYDER WILL PLAY. IT'S BEEN A LONG WAIT, BUT SCOTT DIXON HAS FINALLY CLAIMED HIS THIRD INDYCAR CHAMPIONSHIP CROWN, BEATING RIVAL HELIO CASTRONEVES. IT WAS A DRAMA-FILLED RACE IN FONTANA, AND DIXON SAYS IT'S BEEN HIS TOUGHEST WIN SO FAR. IT WAS SUCH A STRANGE YEAR. YOU KNOW, MID-YEAR WE WERE, I THINK, SEVENTH OR EIGHTH FOR POINTS, AND I PRETTY MUCH THOUGHT WE WERE OUT OF THE RUNNING FOR IT. AND WE MADE A LATE CHARGE ` MID-SEASON CHARGE. I THINK WE WON THREE RACES IN A ROW AND IT POPPED US RIGHT BACK INTO A COMPETITIVE POSITION. YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE HAD, SORT OF, TWO UP-AND-DOWN RACES AGAIN WITH SONOMA AND BALTIMORE, WHERE WE DIDN'T REALLY SCORE TOO MANY POINTS WHEN WE WERE ACTUALLY RUNNING REALLY WELL. WE GOT TAKEN OUT IN ONE, AND THEN HAD THE PENALTY AT SONOMA. SO WHEN I'VE BEEN IN CHAMPIONSHIP HUNTS BEFORE, YOU GET INTO A BIT OF A FLOW AND IT KINDA, YOU KNOW, TRICKLES ALONG AND YOU STAY IN THOSE POSITIONS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR WAS VERY ERRATIC, YOU KNOW, WITH A VERY SLOW START TO THE SEASON. BUT WE FINISHED STRONG AND JUST HAD ENOUGH TO HOLD ON TO IT. SO DEFINITELY ONE OF THE CRAZIER ONES OF MY CAREER. THE KIWIS HAVE THUMPED THE COOK ISLANDS 50-0 IN THEIR FIRST HIT-OUT AHEAD OF THE DEFENCE OF THE RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP. NZ LED 24-0 AT THE BREAK AND QUICKLY BROKE AWAY IN THE SECOND HALF. 28 POINTS TO 24. HE'S AWAY. GOODWIN'S GONNA GO THE DISTANCE... AND SCORES HIS SECOND TRY OF THE AFTERNOON. SO 50-0 THE FINAL SCORE. THE JUNIOR ALL WHITES HAVE MISSED A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE LEAD AGAINST ITALY AT THE UNDER-17 WORLD CUP IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. NZ WERE THUMPED 6-0 IN THEIR OPENING GAME BUT HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE AMENDS EARLY ON WHEN STUART HOLTHUSEN WAS BROUGHT DOWN IN THE BOX. HERE HE GOES, THEN. MONTY PATTERSON. SAVED! CAN HE GET TO THE REBOUND? NO. CORNER. SO 0-0 THE SCORE THERE AT HALF TIME. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR HAVE CRUISED TO A 2-0 VICTORY AGAINST ASTON VILLA IN THEIR ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE CLASH THIS MORNING. SPURS BROKE THE DEADLOCK ON THE HALF-HOUR MARK. INSTEAD IT'S TOWNSEND. AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY IN! THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN TOUCH. ALL THE CONGRATULATIONS FOR ANDROS TOWNSEND. THE MATCH WAS HELD UP WHEN A SMOKE BOMB WAS THROWN FROM THE CROWD, HITTING A LINESMAN. ROBERTO SOLDADO DOUBLED THE SCORE IN THE SECOND HALF TO MAKE IT 2-0 TO SPURS. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX HAVE CLAIMED THEIR FIRST POINT OF THE A-LEAGUE SEASON, EARNING A 1-1 DRAW AGAINST WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS. THE PHOENIX FELL BEHIND WITHIN 15 MINUTES WHEN JEROME POLENZ'S VOLLEY SOMEHOW FOUND ITS WAY THROUGH A CROWDED PENALTY BOX. BUT WELLINGTON RESPONDED IN THE SECOND HALF. IFILL. CLEVER, TO GET AWAY FROM D'APUZZO. GOES EARLY! BROCKIE! THE PHOENIX HAVE SQUARED IT UP! IT'S BEEN COMING, AND JEREMY BROCKIE, WHO COULDN'T STOP SCORING LAST SEASON, OPENS HIS ACCOUNT IN ROUND TWO. THE WANDERERS HAD A CHANCE TO SNATCH IT WITH THIS EFFORT FROM BRENDON SANTALAB. BUT IT REMAINED 1-1. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND THE BOY SCOUT LEADERS IN BIG TROUBLE FOR WRECKING THIS JURASSIC ROCK. 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. IN CHINA, CCTV CAPTURED SOME REMARKABLE PICTURES OF A TRUCK CROSSING A BRIDGE IN EASTERN CHINA. THE VEHICLE DRIFTED FROM SIDE TO SIDE AFTER THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL WHEN HE OVERCORRECTED, BASHING INTO THE SIDE BARRIERS BEFORE EVENTUALLY TIPPING OVER. REMARKABLY, NOBODY GOT MORE THAN A SCRATCH. NOW TO THE WEATHER. CLEAR SKIES OVER THE TASMAN SEA. THE NORTH ISLAND'S UNDER A LARGE HIGH CELL. LOTS OF HIGH CLOUD ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND STREAKING ACROSS TO THE CHATHAMS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ IN THE US A PAIR OF BOY SCOUT LEADERS ARE FACING FELONY CHARGES FOR DELIBERATELY TOPPLING A ROCK FORMATION IN A NATIONAL PARK THAT DATES BACK TO THE JURASSIC ERA. HERE'S THE ABC'S ADITI ROY. # WIGGLE IT... JUST A LITTLE BIT. # THIS VIDEO IS NOW THE CENTRE OF A FIRESTORM. IT SHOWS A UTAH MAN KNOCKING OVER A ROCK AND HIS COHORTS ERUPTING IN GLEE. DESPITE NATIONWIDE OUTRAGE, HE SAYS HE'D DO IT AGAIN. THE TOPPLED ROCK IS A JURASSIC-ERA RELIC CALLED A GOBLIN. FAR FROM A LAUGHING MATTER, THE VIDEO PROMPTED A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND THE OUTRAGE OF THE BOY SCOUTS ORGANISATION, WHICH SAID IN A STATEMENT: HEY, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE HERE FOR. THIS IS THE GUY WHO PUSHED THE BOULDER. GLENN TAYLOR, HIS 21-YEAR-OLD SON AND A PAL, ALL BOY SCOUT LEADERS, SAY DESPITE THE ANTICS IN THE VIDEO, THEIR MISSION WAS SAFETY ` WORRIED THE ROCK WAS LOOSE AND MIGHT FALL. ANY SANE PERSON WOULD HAVE WALKED BY AND SAID, 'THIS IS COMING DOWN.' PARK RANGER JEFF RASMUSSEN DOESN'T BUY THAT. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OF THESE ROCK FORMATIONS EVER TOPPLING OVER ON ANYBODY. TAYLOR DOESN'T REGRET WHAT HE DID, BUT SAYS HE SHOULD HAVE FOUND A PARK RANGER. THE BOY SCOUTS DIDN'T TEACH ME TO DO THIS THIS WAY. ONE TIP CAUSING AN AVALANCHE OF CONTROVERSY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND JESSICA BOELL.