GOOD EVENING. FINE WEATHER AND LIGHT WINDS FOR MOST PLACES TODAY AS OUR FADING RIDGE HELD FIRM FOR ANOTHER DAY. BUT NOW THAT RIDGE IS UNDER PRESSURE AS SOME FRONTS BARGE IN FROM THE TASMAN. LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR, I'LL TELL YOU WHO STAYS FINE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND AND WHERE YOU MAY NEED THE BROLLY. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. DAVID ROSS, THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST FINANCIAL FRAUDSTER, IS SENTENCED, BUT THE PEOPLE HE SWINDLED REACT ANGRILY. 27 YEARS IN JAIL, AND HE'S STILL A RISK ` A NOTORIOUS CHILD KILLER NOW SET TO BE OUR LONGEST-SERVING PRISONER. COOK STRAIT DELAYS ` THE WARNINGS OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE BOAT DOESN'T COME IN. AND MEET THE STUDENTS WHOSE SNAPCHAT APP CAN'T BE BOUGHT FOR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. DAVID ROSS IS TONIGHT BEGINNING A 10-YEAR, 10-MONTH JAIL SENTENCE FOR CARRYING OUT THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST EVER FRAUD. THE LOWER HUTT MAN STOLE MORE THAN $100M FROM INVESTORS OVER A PERIOD OF 12 YEARS. HE FACED THE PEOPLE HE SWINDLED OUT OF THEIR LIFE SAVINGS IN COURT TODAY. GEORGINA BALL WAS THERE. THIS MAN FLEECED INVESTORS OF TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. TODAY, HE WAS JAILED FOR 10 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS FOR WHAT THE JUDGE SAID WAS THE WORST FRAUD OF ITS KIND EVER COMMITTED IN THIS COUNTRY. YOUR HUBRIS HAS WROUGHT INCALCULABLE HARM TO THE LIVES OF MANY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE TRUSTING AND VULNERABLE AND ARE NOW DEVASTATED. THE FORMER FINANCIAL ADVISOR PLEADED GUILTY IN AUGUST TO A RAFT OF FRAUD CHARGES IN RELATION TO THE COLLAPSE OF ROSS ASSET MANAGEMENT ABOUT A YEAR AGO. HE DISGUISED HIS PONZI SCHEME FOR MORE THAN A DECADE BY MAKING UP FALSE INVESTMENTS AND EVEN A FAKE BROKER TO STEAL MORE THAN $100M FROM INVESTORS WHILE LIVING IN THIS $2M-PLUS MANSION. WE COULDN'T FILM THE VICTIMS GIVING STATEMENTS IN COURT, BUT WE CAN TELL YOU WHAT THEY SAID. SOME VICTIMS CRIED. OTHERS HAD TO BE HELD UP AS THEY TOLD OF THE PAIN HE'D CAUSED. ONE INVESTOR SAID HE WAS SUICIDAL. ANOTHER TOLD ROSS TO HAVE SOME GUTS AND LOOK HIM IN THE EYE AS HE TOLD HIM TO ROT IN HELL. THE JUDGE SAID ROSS WAS A LIAR AND A THIEF MOTIVATED BY A TWISTED FORM OF VANITY AS HE CREATED A COMPLEX WEB OF DECEIT. THROUGH HIS LAWYER, ROSS APOLOGISED, SAYING HE WISHED HE COULD TURN BACK THE CLOCK. I AM SO SORRY FOR THE LOSSES YOU HAVE INCURRED BECAUSE OF MY ACTIONS AND THE WINDING UP OF THE ROSS ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP. ROSS'LL SERVE AT LEAST FIVE AND A HALF YEARS BEFORE BEING ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE. IT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT SENTENCE, BUT IT'S COLD COMFORT, OF COURSE, TO INVESTORS WHO'VE LOST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THE SENTENCE IS SIMPLY TOO LIGHT. IN THE CASE OF BERNIE MADOFF, WHO COMMITTED A SIMILAR PONZI IN AMERICA, HE GOT 150 YEARS. THE JUDGE ACKNOWLEDGED TODAY THAT ANY REPARATIONS WILL BE ONLY A DROP IN THE BUCKET, AND NO SENTENCE WOULD HELP INVESTORS. GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS. ONE NEWS CAN TONIGHT REVEAL ONE OF OUR MOST NOTORIOUS KILLERS HAS HAD HIS JAIL SENTENCE EXTENDED TO AT LEAST 30 YEARS. THE PAROLE BOARD HAS TAKEN THE RARE STEP BECAUSE IT BELIEVES PETER HOLDEM, WHO MURDERED CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOLGIRL LOUISA DAMODRAN, IS STILL A HIGH RISK. LOUISA'S MOTHER SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO SIMON BRADWELL. THIS IS AYNSLEY HARWOOD'S FAVOURITE KEEPSAKE OF HER DAUGHTER, LOUISA DAMODRAN. WHEN I LOOK AT HER PHOTO, OFTEN HER EYES ARE SPARKLING, LIKE SHE'S HAPPY. YEAH. LOUISA WAS JUST 6 WHEN PETER HOLDEM ABDUCTED HER AS SHE WALKED HOME FROM SCHOOL, MURDERED HER AND DUMPED HER BODY IN A RIVER. THE MURDER SO INCENSED THE CHRISTCHURCH COMMUNITY THAT POLICE HAD TO KEEP GUARD OUTSIDE COURT AT HOLDEM'S TRIAL. BEHIND BARS SINCE HIS ARREST IN 1986, THE PAROLE BOARD HAS NOW ENSURED HOLDEM WILL BE IN JAIL FOR AT LEAST 30 YEARS, BELIEVED TO BE LONGER THAN ANY OTHER KILLER. I'M REALLY REALLY GLAD, AND I HOPE THEY CONTINUE TO KEEP HIM IN. AYNSLEY HARWOOD BELIEVES HOLDEM WILL KILL AGAIN, AND WE CAN REVEAL THAT A PSYCHOLOGIST WHO SPENT 34 ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS WITH HIM CONCLUDED... THE PAROLE BOARD HAS RULED THAT HOLDEM IS SUCH A HIGH RISK THAT HE NOT EVEN BE CONSIDERED FOR RELEASE FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS. AND, IN ITS DECISION, THE PAROLE BOARD SAYS THAT AS WELL AS LOUISA'S MURDER, HOLDEM HAS 66 OTHER CONVICTIONS, INCLUDING ATTEMPTED RAPE AND THE ATTEMPTED SEXUAL VIOLATION OF A GIRL (6). EARLIER THIS YEAR, ONE NEWS WAS THE ONLY MEDIA ALLOWED TO ATTEND HOLDEM'S PAROLE HEARING AT SPRING HILL PRISON. AT THE HEARING, THE BOARD SAID PICTURES OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN HAD BEEN FOUND IN HIS CELL, BUT HOLDEM SAID THEY'D BEEN PLANTED THERE. I WONDER IF HE KNOWS HOW FAR HE HAS TO GO IN HIS JOURNEY TO RECOVERY TO BE A NORMAL PERSON. AYNSLEY HARWOOD'S BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW. SHE DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TO CELEBRATE BUT SAYS THE PAROLE BOARD'S GIVEN HER AN EARLY GIFT. SIMON BRADWELL, ONE NEWS. FREIGHT OPERATORS SAY THEY'RE LOOKING AT EVERY OPTION TO KEEP GOODS MOVING, FOLLOWING THE GROUNDING OF ONE INTERISLANDER FERRY. THE BROKEN-DOWN ARATERE WILL BE OUT OF ACTION DURING THE SUMMER BREAK, CUTTING FREIGHT AND PASSENGER CAPACITY BY ALMOST HALF. RYAN BOSWELL REPORTS. GETTING FREIGHT AND TOURISTS TO THE OTHER SIDE HAS BECOME A LOT MORE DIFFICULT NOW THE ARATERE'S OUT FOR REPAIRS. THE PROSPECT OF BEING 45% DOWN IN CAPACITY FOR A LONG DURATION OF SOME SIX MONTHS, UH, THAT'S NOT A NICE SITUATION. SUMMER IS THE BUSIEST TIME OF YEAR FOR THE INTERISLANDER, WITH FREIGHT DEMAND INCREASING BY 20% AND THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS CROSSING THE COOK STRAIT FOR THE SUMMER BREAK. WE'RE TURNING OVER ALL STONES. WE'RE GOING AFTER IT TO, UH, PUT THE BEST OPTIONS POSSIBLE IN PLACE IN THIS VERY UNFORTUNATE TIME. THE ARATERE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE UP TO SIX MONTHS TO REPAIR, AND KIWIRAIL ISN'T TAKING ANY NEW BOOKINGS FOR PASSENGE' VEHICLES. AT THIS STAGE, TOURISM OPERATORS ARE UNSURE OF ANY ECONOMIC IMPACT BUT SAY THEY'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS. UH, A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT, ON THE FACE OF IT, LOOK PRETTY SERIOUS TODAY ARE ABLE TO BE MITIGATED, UH, AS TIME GOES BY. THE COMPETITION BLUE BRIDGE WOULDN'T COMMENT TODAY, BUT, ALONG WITH AIR NZ, ONE NEWS HAS BEEN TOLD IT'S IN TALKS WITH THE TOURIST OPERATORS TO PICK UP ANY SLACK. CAMPERS ARE URGED TO BE PATIENT. IF THEY CAN MAKE OTHER ARRANGEMENTS, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING FOR THEM. DELAYS ARE INEVITABLE FOR FREIGHT. SOME COMPANIES ARE CONSIDERING USING DIRECT COASTAL SHIPPING FROM AUCKLAND TO CHRISTCHURCH. A LEASED VESSEL IS BEING CONSIDERED TO HELP FILL THE GAP, BUT THAT WONT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MID-JANUARY. IF WE COULD GET ONE HERE FASTER, THAT'S SENSIBLE, WE WOULD DO IT. INTERISLANDER HOPES THIS INCIDENT WON'T AFFECT ITS BUSINESS LONG-TERM. RYAN BOSWELL, ONE NEWS. POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN (27) IN RELATION TO THE ATTACK AND SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A WOMAN (87) IN HASTINGS LAST WEEK. THE ELDERLY WOMAN WAS CHECKING HER MAILBOX AT HER IKANUI ROAD HOME LAST THURSDAY WHEN SHE WAS DRAGGED INSIDE AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. THE MAN'S BEEN CHARGED WITH BURGLARY, WOUNDING WITH INTENT TO CAUSE GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM AND UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONNECTION. CLAIMS OF A LINK BETWEEN A GLOBAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY RING AND NZ HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED BY POLICE. ALMOST 350 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED WORLDWIDE AFTER A THREE-YEAR INVESTIGATION BY CANADIAN POLICE LED TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST BUSTS OF ITS KIND. PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. IT HID BEHIND THE GUISE OF NATURIST VIDEOS, BUT INVESTIGATIONS INTO AZOVFILMS REVEALED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF IMAGES OF HORRIFIC SEXUAL ABUSE, SOME OF THE WORST CANADIAN POLICE HAVE EVER SEEN. THEY'RE CLEARLY CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. CLEARLY CHILDREN BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED AND/OR EXPLOITED. TEACHERS, DOCTORS, SPORTS COACHES, PRIESTS ` JUST SOME OF THE PROFESSIONS OF THE CLOSE ON 350 PEOPLE ARRESTED WORLDWIDE IN THE OPERATION. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT ` IS THAT THESE KINDS OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE MONSTER STAMPED ON THEIR FOREHEAD. CANADIAN POLICE SAY THEIR STING CENTRED ON A TORONTO MAN WHO WAS BUYING AND DISTRIBUTING THE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ONLINE. A SEARCH WARRANT AT HIS PROPERTY RECOVERED MORE THAN 45 TERABYTES OF DIGITAL FILES. THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT TO A STACK OF PAPER AS TALL AS 1500 CN TOWERS. THAT'S 1500 TIMES THE HEIGHT OF THE 550M TOWER YOU CAN SEE HERE ON TORONTO'S SKYLINE. MOST OF THE VIDEOS WERE MADE IN UKRAINE AND ROMANIA, INVOLVING BOYS AGED UNDER 5. THEY WERE FILMED IN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S APARTMENTS, DINGY SAUNAS. SOMETIMES THEY SET UP IN BACKYARDS. POLICE SAY CLOSE ON 400 YOUNG CHILDREN HAVE BEEN RESCUED FROM EXPLOITATION AS A RESULT OF THE OPERATION. CANADIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE TOLD ONE NEWS THAT THE GLOBAL INVESTIGATION HAD LINKS TO NZ. POLICE HERE SAY THEY LIAISED WITH AUSTRALIAN POLICE, AND NO KIWI OFFENDERS OR KIWI VICTIMS WERE IDENTIFIED. BUT, ACROSS THE TASMAN, SEARCH WARRANTS LED TO 65 ARRESTS. ONCE WE EXECUTED THOSE SEARCH WARRANTS, WHAT WE FOUND WAS ABHORRENT AND DISGUSTING IN RELATION TO THE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL THAT THESE PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAD. MORE ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. THE ARRIVAL OF THE US MILITARY HAS FINALLY KICKED THE AID EFFORT TO HELP MILLIONS OF FILIPPINOS HIT BY TYPHOON HAIYAN INTO GEAR. BUT THE HELP CAN'T ARRIVE SOON ENOUGH, WITH AID AGENCIES DESCRIBING THE SITUATION AS BLEAK. THE DEATH TOLL IS REPORTEDLY NOW OVER 4000. THAT ESTIMATE DOUBLED OVERNIGHT. THE BBC'S RUPERT WINGFIELD-HAYES IS IN TACLOBAN. IT HAS TAKEN NEARLY A WEEK, BUT TODAY THE MIGHT OF THE US MARINE CORPS FINALLY ARRIVED IN TACLOBAN IN FORCE. AND NOT JUST THE AMERICANS, BUT FROM FRANCE AND BELGIUM, MALAYSIA AND AUSTRALIA. BUT IT IS THE AMERICANS WHO HAVE, IN THE END, HAD TO TAKE CONTROL HERE. IT WAS OBVIOUS WHEN WE GOT HERE THAT NOT A LOT WAS HAPPENING. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE EVERYBODY WAS STILL RECOVERING FROM THE SHOCK OF IT, BUT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY AND POLICE ARE REALLY GETTING ORGANISED; THEY'RE GETTING ON WITH ORGANISING CIVILIANS SO WE CAN GET 'EM OUT OF HERE. ON THE STREETS BEYOND THE AIRPORT, THERE HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC CHANGE TODAY TOO. AFTER A WEEK OF LYING IN THE OPEN, THE DEAD ARE NOW BEING COUNTED, BAGGED AND REMOVED FOR BURIAL. MY FATHER, WHEN HIT BY THE WOOD. THEN MY BABY... GONE. I CANNOT HOLD HER. THEN THE BABY DROWN. IN THIS ONE DISTRICT ALONE THIS MORNING, POLICE REGISTERED MORE THAN 100 DEAD BODIES. THIS AFTERNOON, WE TURNED TO A DEVASTATED NEIGHBOURHOOD DOWN BY THE SEA. EVEN HERE, SOME PROGRESS IS BEING MADE. WHEN I CAME DOWN HERE ON MONDAY, THIS ROAD WAS TOTALLY IMPASSABLE, PILED HIGH WITH DEBRIS AND FALLEN TREES. WE HAD TO CLAMBER OVER TO GET IN HERE. TODAY, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S BEEN CLEARED. TRAFFIC IS FLOWING AGAIN. AND NOT ONLY THAT. THIS BUILDING OVER HERE BEHIND ME WAS BEING USED AS A MORGUE AND WAS PILED WITH DEAD BODIES. THOSE TOO HAVE NOW GONE. BUT IT'S NOT ONLY THE DEAD WHO HAVE GONE. EVERY DAY, MORE AND MORE OF THE LIVING ARE LEAVING TOO. A GHOST TOWN NOW. HOWEVER MUCH INTERNATIONAL HELP NOW ARRIVES, FOR SOME HERE, IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERCOME THE AGONY AND LOSS OF THE LAST FEW DAYS. JOHN KEY'S ARRIVED IN SRI LANKA FOR THE COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING, PROMISING TO TALK ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS WHEN HE MEETS THE PRIME MINISTER. THE HOST COUNTRY IS UNDER FIRE FOR ITS 2009 MILITARY ACTION AGAINST TAMIL REBELS IN THE NORTH TO END THE CIVIL WAR. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN REPORTS FROM COLOMBO. TO SOME, HE'S A SAVIOUR; TO OTHERS, A WAR CRIMINAL. BUT A FAILURE TO INDEPENDENTLY INVESTIGATE ALLEGED WAR CRIMES HAS DOGGED PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA SINCE HIS MILITARY FORCES CRUSHED TAMIL TIGER REBELS IN NORTHERN SRI LANKA FOUR YEARS AGO. TO FINISH THAT WAR, THAT MENACE, IS SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE APPRECIATING. THAT MENACE, IS SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE APPRECIATING. AS HOST OF A MEETING OF COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES, HE WANTED TALK TO BE OF THAT, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN. PEOPLE ARE GETTING KILLED FOR 30 YEARS. AT LEAST AFTER 2009, WE HAVE STOPPING. WE HAVE STOPPING NOW. THERE IS NO KILLING. FOR THREE DECADES, TAMIL TIGERS WAGED A VIOLENT CAMPAIGN FOR INDEPENDENCE, BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED A HEAVY MILITARY OFFENSIVE. THE UN SAYS BOTH SIDES COMMITTED ATROCITIES AGAINST CIVILIANS IN THE FINAL, BLOODY PHASES OF THE CONFLICT. ON THE COUNTRY, WE'RE SEEING CONSTANT LIES COMING FROM THE GOVERNMENT. I THINK THAT'S A POINT WHERE THERE NEED TO BE VERY TOUGH WORDS TO BE HEARD. I CONVEYED NZ'S STRONG INTEREST IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AND, OF COURSE, IN RECONCILIATION AND DEVOLUTION. BUT AT A PRO-GOVERNMENT PROTEST THIS WEEK, SUPPORTERS CLAIM THE PRESIDENT IS A HERO TO SRI LANKANS AND HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG. ALL SHOUT CRITICS, HOWEVER, ARGUE THE PRESIDENT MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THIS SEEMS LIKE A COMIC TRAGEDY THAT THE COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT CAN COME AND MEET IN THIS PLACE, ALL PROFESSING TO UPHOLD BASIC VALUES AND PRINCIPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH. THESE ARE SOME OF THE FACES OF THE TAMIL VICTIMS ` UNTIL THERE IS AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF WAR CRIMES, HE MAY FIND IT HARD TO STOP THE CRITICS. ONE OF THE LARGEST EVER MILITARY EXERCISES TO BE HELD ON OUR SHORES IS UNDERWAY IN SOUTH CANTERBURY. THE THREE-WEEK OPERATION, INVOLVING NINE OTHER COUNTRIES AND ALL THREE BRANCHES OF OUR MILITARY, AIMS TO TEST OUR READINESS TO DEPLOY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. MAX BANIA REPORTS. TESTING OUR TROOPS' CAPABILITIES. STAY IN THE VEHICLE. WEAPON! WEAPON! ON THE GROUND! THIS SIMULATED STAND-OFF IS PART OF THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS MILITARY EXERCISE EVER HELD ON OUR SHORES UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF DEFENCE MINISTER JONATHAN COLEMAN. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 2000 TROOPS ON THE GROUND HERE IN MAINLANDIA, WHICH IS A FICTITIOUS SOUTH-WESTERN PACIFIC ISLAND, AND WE'RE HERE TO RESTORE LAW AND ORDER. TROOPS FROM NINE FOREIGN COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE US, UK AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA ARE HERE, HELPING TEST OUR READINESS FOR DEPLOYMENT IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. IT'S TO ASCERTAIN WHAT CAPABILITY WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE READY TO DO OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE TWO-YEARLY EXERCISE HAS BEEN HELD. IT HAD BEEN DUE TO BE HELD IN 2011, BEFORE THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE FORCED THE MILITARY TO BE REDEPLOYED. THE AIR FORCE'S AGEING FLEET OF IROQUOIS HELICOPTERS DUE FOR REPLACEMENT BY BRAND NEW NH90S LIKE THIS ONE. THE DEFENCE MINISTER AMONG THE FIRST TO GET A RIDE. THE WHOLE IDEA OF AN EXERCISE IS THAT YOU IDENTIFY WHAT THE GAPS ARE, AND YOU TAKE AWAY THE LESSONS LEARNT, AND YOU GO AWAY AND CORRECT THOSE, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE REAL THING, YOU'RE READY. AND THE GOVERNMENT'S READY TO HELP, PLANNING TO BOOST MILITARY SPENDING OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` A LONG-RUNNING MURDER TRIAL POINTS UP THE DANGERS OF DEALING IN DRUGS. FIND OUT WHAT SNAPCHAT'S GOT THAT FACEBOOK WANTS AND HOW MUCH MARK ZUCKERBERG'S WILLING TO PAY. NEIGHBOURS ARE FORCED TO LEAVE HOME AS FLORIDA'S INFAMOUS SINKHOLE BELT CLAIMS TWO MORE PROPERTIES. AND IT COULD BE HIS LAST INNINGS, BUT THIS SPORTING LEGEND'S MUM IS WATCHING LIVE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. TONIGHT ON SEVEN SHARP ` WE'RE GOING TO MAKE YOU VERY VERY ANGRY. WE TELL YOU WHY FRUIT AND VEGETABLES DON'T TASTE AS GOOD AS THEY USED TO. THE MURDER OF RAE PORTMAN ILLUSTRATES THE DANGERS OF DRUG DEALING, ACCORDING TO THE CROWN SOLICITOR WHO HAS STARTED SUMMING UP THE CASE. THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND ALSO HEARD FROM THE FINAL DEFENCE WITNESS, WHO TRIED TO DEFLECT SOME AGGRESSIVE QUESTIONS. SHARON FERGUSSON WAS THERE. THIS STORY OF DRUGS, KIDNAPPING AND MURDER HAS A SIMPLE MORAL. WHAT THIS CASE TELLS YOU IS NOT JUST THE DANGERS OF TAKING DRUGS BUT THE DANGERS YOU GET INTO WHEN YOU START TRADING IN THEM, AND RAE PORTMAN IS A VERY SHARP LESSON IN THAT. THE CROWN SAYS DEAN ADDISON ORDERED THE KIDNAPPING OF RAE PORTMAN BECAUSE OF A BAD DRUG DEAL. FRIDAY TE AWA IS ALLEGED TO HAVE KIDNAPPED AND STRANGLED THE PREGNANT 33-YEAR-OLD. FRIDAY'S THE MUSCLE FOR DEAN. THE CROWN SUMMARY HAS BEEN LONG AND PAINSTAKINGLY DETAILED. THREE LEGAL TEAMS HAVE SPENT THREE WEEKS PRESENTING THEIR CASES. THE JURY'S HEARD FROM MORE THAN 80 WITNESSES. THEY'VE HAD TO LEARN ABOUT THE ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE IN MINUTE DETAIL AND LISTEN TO HARROWING DESCRIPTIONS OF A TERRIFYING CRIME. BUT, FOR MUCH OF TODAY, CELL SITES, PHONE CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES DOMINATED ` PAGES AND MIND-NUMBING PAGES OF THEM. YOU'LL SEE FROM THE CELL-PHONE TRAFFIC ON PAGE 18, PAGE 19... EARLIER, THERE WERE FIERY EXCHANGES AS A FRIEND OF THE ADDISONS WAS CHALLENGED ON HER KNOWLEDGE OF THE ALLEGED DRUG DEALING. TELL THE TRUTH. > I AM. THAT'S NONSENSE, ISN'T IT? > NOT AT ALL. SHE WAS ALSO ASKED ABOUT A CONVERSATION WITH LEE RIGBY, WHO'S SERVING TIME FOR THE KIDNAP AND SAYS HE WITNESSED RAE PORTMAN'S MURDER. SHE IS DEAD? > YES. AND WRAPPED IN SHEETS? > YES. HER BODY WAS LEFT IN THE ASTINA AT SOME HOUSE? > YES. THE DEFENCE WILL START ITS SUMMARY ON MONDAY. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. A PARAGLIDER PILOT IS IN CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES AFTER CRASHING NEAR A SOUTH ISLAND SKI FIELD. THE PARAGLIDING ACCIDENT HAPPENED NEAR MT CHEESMAN SKI FIELD IN INLAND CANTERBURY, POSING SOME SPECIAL CHALLENGES FOR THE WESTPAC RESCUE CHOPPER TEAM. A GROUP FROM THE SKI FIELD HAD GONE TO THE PILOT'S AID AS RESCUE SERVICES WERE ALERTED. AN ALPINE RESCUE TEAM GOT THE INJURED MAN OFF THE STEEP TERRAIN AFTER AN 80M WINCH LIFT. AND, IN FLORIDA, SOME FAMILIES GOT A SURPRISE WAKE-UP CALL WHEN A HUGE SINKHOLE OPENED UP. MEASURING 20M WIDE AND 15M DEEP, THE HOLE SWALLOWED PART OF TWO HOUSES, WHILE SEVERAL MORE HAD TO BE VACATED. IT LOOKED LIKE A METEORITE HIT IT OR THE EARTH JUST OPENED UP. SINKHOLES HAPPEN ALL OVER THE US, BUT FLORIDA IS PARTICULARLY PRONE TO THEM. WHILE THE HEIR TO THE BRITISH THRONE IS NOW OFFICIALLY AT PENSIONABLE AGE, HE'S SHOWING NO SIGN OF SLOWING DOWN. IN FACT, PRINCE CHARLES HAD A NEW JOB ON HIS 65TH BIRTHDAY ` STANDING IN FOR HIS MOTHER AT THE COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING IN SRI LANKA. HE WAS TREATED TO A SMALL PARTY COMPLETE WITH CAKE. THE QUEEN, WHO'S 87, IS CUTTING BACK ON INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. TWO YEARS AGO, A COUPLE OF STANFORD STUDENTS DREAMED UP AN APP FOR SENDING INSTANT MESSAGES THAT SELF-DESTRUCT IN ABOUT 10 SECONDS. TODAY THE FOUNDERS OF THE NOW HUGELY POPULAR SNAPCHAT ARE SAID TO HAVE TURNED DOWN FACEBOOK'S OFFER TO BUY THEIR BUSINESS FOR $3.5B. ABC'S LINZEY JANIS WITH THE STORY. EVAN SPIEGEL (23) AND BOBBY MURPHY (25) BUILT SNAPCHAT OUT OF A VENICE BEACH BUNGALOW, MAXING OUT THEIR CARDS TO FUND THE BUSINESS. TWO YEARS LATER, THE STANFORD FRATERNITY BROTHERS ARE REPORTEDLY TURNING DOWN $3B IN CASH FROM FACEBOOK'S MARK ZUCKERBERG, EVEN THOUGH THEIR COMPANY MAKES NO MONEY. THEY'RE HOLDING OUT FOR MORE MONEY. SO WHAT DOES SNAPCHAT HAVE THAT FACEBOOK WANTS? YOUNG PEOPLE. NOW, IF FACEBOOK WANTS TO CONTINUE TO GROW, THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY GET EVERYBODY. THE IDEA FOR SNAPCHAT STARTED WHEN ONE OF SPIEGEL AND MURHPHY'S FRIENDS SENT A PICTURE AND LATER REGRETTED IT. SNAPCHAT ALLOWS ITS USES TO SEND INSTANT PHOTOS AND MESSAGES, BUT UNLIKE OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA APPS, THEY SELF-DESTRUCT, DISAPPEARING WITHIN 10 SECONDS OF BEING VIEWED. IT'S SOMETHING SOME PARENTS HAVE COMPLAINED ENCOURAGES TEENS TO SEND INAPPROPRIATE PHOTOS. BUT THE COMPANY ARGUES YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BEING SMART. THEY DON'T WANT EVERY PHOTO AND OFF-THE-CUFF REMARK TO LIVE ON THE INTERNET INDEFINITELY. SPIEGEL AND MURPHY CLEARLY BELIEVE THEY'VE HIT ON SOMETHING HUGE. IF THEY'RE RIGHT, THEY COULD END UP BETTER OFF, LIKE FACEBOOK, THE COMPANY THAT'S TRYING TO BUY THEM. IT TURNED DOWN A BILLION-DOLLAR OFFER FROM YAHOO, AND IT'S NOW WORTH THAN $100B. BUT IF SNAPCHAT'S YOUNG FOUNDERS ARE WRONG, TURNING DOWN $3B WILL LIKELY BE THE WORST DECISION THEY'VE EVER MADE. A PAINTING BY ANDY WARHOL HAS JUST SET A NEW RECORD PRICE FOR THE POP ARTIST, GOING FOR $126M. 'SILVER CAR CRASH (DOUBLE DISASTER)' CAPTURES THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF AN ACCIDENT. IT'S ONLY BEEN SEEN IN PUBLIC ONCE IN THE PAST 26 YEARS. THE RECORD-SETTING WARHOL PRICE TAG COMES THE SAME WEEK A FRANCIS BACON PAINTING BECAME THE MOST EXPENSIVE ARTWORK EVER SOLD AT AUCTION, GOING FOR $172M. WEATHER TIME NOW, AND HOPEFULLY, KAREN, THIS FINE WEATHER IS GOING TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND? FOR MOST PLACES, IT WILL. DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN OR DRIZZLE IN THE FORECAST, BUT THERE'S DEFINATELY MORE SUN THAN RAIN OVER THE TWO DAYS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'VE GOT YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST FOR YOU AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME ` THE GOVERNMENT PICKS AN AUDIT FIRM TO EXAMINE CHORUS'S BOOKS. THE LOCAL APP THAT SHOWS YOU TO MEASURE YOUR RISK OF HAVING A STROKE AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO LOWER IT. ALSO ` HOW TO BEAT THE BLOKES ROUND THE BLOCK. CROWDS FLOCK TO CANTERBURY'S BIG DAY OFF. AUSTRALIAN FIRM ERNST AND YOUNG HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO EXAMINE THE FINANCES OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY CHORUS. THE TELCO SAYS A COMMERCE COMMISSION RULING THAT IT MUST LOWER THE PRICE OF ACCESS TO ITS COPPER NETWORK WILL LEAVE IT UNABLE TO COMPLETE THE ULTRA-FAST BROADBAND ROLLOUT. THE REVIEW WILL INVESTIGATE THAT CLAIM AND WHETHER ANY OF CHORUS'S OWN STRATEGIES COULD CONTRIBUTE TO FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES. THE REVIEW IS DUE OUT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. DEVELOPERS OF A NEW PHONE APPLICATION THAT ASSESSES YOUR RISK OF HAVING A STROKE SAY IT WILL HELP SAVE LIVES. SPECIALISTS FROM AUT ARE THE BRAINS BEHIND THE APP, WHICH HAS BEEN ENDORSED ON THE WORLD STAGE. REBECCA EDWARDS EXPLAINS. AT 30 YEARS OLD, TILLY REDSTONE SEEMS LIKE ANY OTHER HEALTHY ADULT, BUT WITH A FAMILY HISTORY OF STROKES, IT'S A POTENTIAL RISK SHE NEEDS TO MONITOR. NOW A NEW SMARTPHONE APPLICATION'S MAKING THAT AS SIMPLE AS A FEW CLICKS. THERE'S DEFINITELY THINGS I CAN BE DOING AT MY AGE THAT CAN BE REDUCING THE RISK NOW AND ALMOST SETTING UP GOOD HABITS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. THE APP'S BEEN DEVELOPED BY STROKE EXPERTS AT AUT AND COMES IN THE WAKE OF FIGURES SHOWING STROKE RATES AMONG MAORI AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS HAVE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS. THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE WITH MILDLY ELEVATED RISK OF STROKES. AND IT'S AS SIMPLE AS ENTERING DETAILS LIKE YOUR AGE, YOUR BLOOD-PRESSURE READING AND YOUR DIETARY HABITS TO CALCULATE YOUR RISK. EXPERTS SAY UP TO 90% OF STROKES ARE PREVENTABLE IF THE RISKS ARE MANAGED. IT PUTS YOU, ACTUALLY, IN THE DRIVING SEAT OF CONTROLLING YOUR HEALTH, AND YOU HAVE A VERY POWERFUL FEEDBACK OF HOW YOU'RE PROGRESSING. ENDORSED BY THE WORLD STROKE ORGANISATION, DEVELOPERS ARE EXPECTING PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO EMBRACE THE NEW TECHNOLOGY. THE MAJORITY OF STROKES DON'T HAVE TO HAPPEN, AND HERE WE'VE GOT A RESOURCE THAT'S, UM, VERY AVAILABLE THAT'S GOING TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR RISKS ARE AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND WITH MORE THAN 9000 KIWIS SUFFERING A STROKE EVERY YEAR, IT'S A FREE RESOURCE EXPERTS SAY EVERY NZ ADULT SHOULD BE DOWNLOADING. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. PEOPLE WANTING TO GO TO GALLIPOLI FOR THE CENTENARY ANZAC DAY COMMEMORATIONS IN 2015 WILL HAVE TO APPLY IN A SPECIAL BALLOT. JUST 2000 PLACES ARE SET ASIDE FOR KIWIS AND 8000 FOR AUSTRALIANS. VETERANS' AFFAIRS MINISTER MICHAEL WOODHOUSE SAYS THE SPOTS WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN WAR VETERANS AND THEIR DIRECT DESCENDANTS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND SPECIAL-INTEREST GROUPS. WE'RE EXPECTING THERE TO BE FAR MORE REGISTRATIONS THAN TICKETS AVAILABLE; POSSIBLY AS MANY AS FOUR-TO-ONE. UH, BUT THAT REALLY REFLECTS THE INTEREST THAT PEOPLE HAVE, UH, AND I THINK, UM, THIS IS THE FAIREST WAY WE CAN DO IT. DETAILS OF HOW TO REGISTER CAN BE FOUND ON ONENEWS.CO.NZ THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO BUILD A NEW HIGHWAY NORTH OF AUCKLAND IS TO BE SCRUTINISED BY AN INDEPENDENT BOARD OF INQUIRY. THE IDEA IS TO EXTEND STATE HIGHWAY ONE BETWEEN PUHOI AND WARKWORTH. BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITY SAYS IT'S LIKELY THE PROJECT WILL SEE CONSIDERABLE USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE ENVIROMENT. THE BOARD'S DECISION ON THE PROJECT IS DUE MID-2014. CANTABRIANS HAVE MADE THE MOST OF THEIR ANNIVERSARY HOLIDAY, ARRIVING EN MASSE AT THE A&P SHOW'S BIGGEST DAY. ALL TOLD, MORE THAN 100,000 ATTENDED THE THREE-DAY EVENT. ALI PUGH JOINED THE THRONG. IT DOESN'T GET MUCH CUTER THAN MINI-PEOPLE RACING MINI-PONIES. THE FINAL LAP AS THE THREE-DAY FRENZY OF FARMING, FAST FOOD AND FUN AT THE SHOW WRAPS UP. CANTERBURY CROWDS LAPPED UP ALL THE ANIMALS AND ACTION ON THEIR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. I CAN SEE NOW THERE'S LOADS OF PEOPLE WALKING UP AND DOWN THE STREET. THE SUN'S POKING ITS HEAD THROUGH THE CLOUDS. IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL SHOW. WONDERFUL TOO FOR WOOD-CHOPPING WONDER ASHLEIGH HEATH (20). DEEMED SO GOOD, SHE COMPETED AGAINST THE MEN. WHAT'S THE SECRET? > TECHNIQUE. EVERYONE THINKS IT'S BIG GUNS. BUT IT'S NOT. (CHUCKLES) THIS PONY, AMBERLEIGH GOLD TOUCH, LIVED UP TO ITS NAME, BEATING OUT THOUSANDS OF TOUGH CONTENDERS TO TAKE THE SUPREME CHAMPION AWARD. AND WHILE OTHERS GOT THEIR ADRENALIN FIX ON THE RIDES, IT WAS THE LIVESTOCK THAT KEPT THE WEE ONES ENRAPTURED. COW MOOS AND I SAW SOME HORSES JUMPING OVER THE THING. WHAT ABOUT YOU? MINE IS SHEEPS. SHEEPS. I SAW, UH, I SAW BABY SHEEPS. AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE FLUFFY ANIMALS. THE A & P SHOW CREATES A DIRECT SPEND OF AROUND $17M. AND WITH NEARLY A THIRD OF SHOW VISITORS FROM OUT OF TOWN, IT'S A WELCOME ECONOMIC BONUS FOR A CANTERBURY TRADITION THAT'S ONLY GETTING STRONGER. ALI PUGH, ONE NEWS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT. DAVID ROSS, THE WELLINGTON BUSINESSMAN WHO MASTERMINDED THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST PONZI SCHEME, HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS JAIL AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO A RAFT OF FRAUD CHARGES. SOME OF THE INVESTORS WHO BETWEEN THEM LOST MORE THAN $100M SAY ROSS'S JAIL SENTENCE ISN'T LONG ENOUGH. ONE OF NZ'S MOST NOTORIOUS KILLERS HAS HAD HIS JAIL SENTENCE EXTENDED TO AT LEAST 30 YEARS. THE PAROLE BOARD HAS TAKEN THIS RARE STEP BECAUSE IT BELIEVES PETER HOLDEM, WHO MURDERED CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOLGIRL LOUISA DAMODRAN IN 1986, IS STILL A HIGH RISK. JENNY-MAY WITH SPORT, A SHAKE-UP COMING FOR FOOTBALL NZ? SO WHAT DOES THE PHOENIX CO-OWNER INTEND TO DO? SO WHAT DOES THE PHOENIX CO-OWNER INTEND TO DO? STICK AROUND. GARETH MORGAN IS WITH US STRAIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. PLUS ` OH, A GREAT JOB OF BRINGING IN ABOUT INTO HIS LAST TEST INNINGS. COULD THE LITTLE MASTER PULL OFF A FAIRY-TALE END TO HIS ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER. WE TAKE YOU TO THE UK FOR A CHAT WITH ONE OF THE ALL BLACK STARS. THEN WE HEAD TO THE US, WHERE THE NBA'S BRIGHTEST PUT THEIR TWIST ON A CLASSIC CHRISTMAS SONG. AND D-DAY LOOMS FOR DAVID TUA. AND I AM GOING TO PREDICT RIGHT NOW ON TV ONE ` DAVID TUA WILL KNOCK OUT THE GIANT. DAVID WILL SLAY GOLIATH. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. FIRST UP TONIGHT ` TO THE ALL WHITES AND THEIR SEEMINGLY DOOMED WORLD CUP FOOTBALL CAMPAIGN. CRITICISM'S MOUNTING OVER THE TEAM'S BUILD-UP. IS IT TIME THE GAME HAD AN OVERHAUL HERE TOO? ONE MAN NOT AFRAID TO SHAKE THINGS UP IN THE SPORT IS WELLINGTON PHOENIX CO-OWNER GARETH MORGAN, WHO'S WITH MARK HATHAWAY IN THE CAPITAL. THANKS, JENNY-MAY. GARETH, WHAT CONCERNS YOU ABOUT THE ALL WHITES AT THE MOMENT? TWO, REALLY. ON THE FIELD AND OFF WE NEED TO PUSH THE RESET BUTTON WE DIDN'T GO TO MEXICO TO PLAY. WE WENT TO STOP THE MEXICANS. IT WAS A DEFEATIST GAME WHAT CAN WE DO TO FIX THAT? WE HAVE TO COMPETE POSSESSION BASED FOOTBALL NOT KICK AND HOPE ARE YOU WILLING TO WRITE A CHEQUE? MORE MONEY? NO, IT'S NOT MONEY. IT'S ABOUT FOLLOWING THROUGH OUR PLAYING HAS BEEN ATROCIOUS NZ FOOTBALL HAS TO IMPROVE AT THE TOP WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET INVOLVED IN NZ FOOTBALL LIKE THE PHOENIX? ONLY A PROFESSIONAL TEAM CAN WORK THANKS. MARK HATHAWAY, LIVE FROM WELLINGTON. ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ADMIRED SPORTSMEN HAS TODAY BEEN TRYING TO FINISH HIS CAREER IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. CRICKETER SACHIN TENDULKAR WAS HOPING TO HIT A CENTURY IN HIS FINAL TEST, BEING PLAYED RIGHT NOW IN INDIA. HERE'S BLAIR NORTON. IN A COUNTRY OF MASSIVE DIVERSITY, A CRICKETER HAS FOR ALMOST A QUARTER OF A CENTURY HAD THE ABILITY TO UNITE MORE THAN A BILLION PEOPLE. IF YOU SCORE 100 CENTURIES, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE BEAT; YOU ARE GOING TO BE GOD. FANS OF SACHIN TENDULKAR CAME FROM FAR AND WIDE FOR THE LITTLE MAESTRO'S FINAL TEST. THE 32,000-CAPACITY WANKHEDE STADIUM DELIRIOUS AS TENDULKAR STRODE OUT TO BAT FOR WHAT COULD BE THE LAST TIME. THE RESPECT FOR THE 24-YEAR TEST VETERAN WAS UNIVERSAL. A GUARD OF HONOUR GIVEN TO THE MASTER AS HE WALKED IN TO BAT. WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL GESTURE, THAT. HIS MOTHER MAKING A SPECIAL GESTURE TOO, WATCHING HER BOY BAT LIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME AS HE SHOWED THE CLASS WHICH HAS DELIVERED 51 TEST CENTURIES. WOW. LOOK AT THAT FOR SHEER BRILLIANCE. THE 40-YEAR-OLD LOOKING ASSURED, MOVING THROUGH TO 38 NOT OUT AT THE END OF DAY ONE. OH, WHAT A SHOT. HUGE EXPECTATION TO START DAY TWO FOR A MEMORABLE CENTURY. THEY'RE SCREAMING FOR THEIR FAVOURITE, THE LITTLE MASTER. TENDULKAR OBLIGED, GETTING UNDERWAY QUICKLY. OH, HE'S PLAYED THAT VERY FINE. HE'S PLAYING WITH THE FIELD A LITTLE BIT HERE. THE CROWD GIVEN A FEW FLUTTERS BEFORE YET ANOTHER MILESTONE. OH, GREAT SHOT TO BRING UP THE HALF CENTURY IN HIS LAST TEST INNINGS. HIS 69TH TEST 50 WAS WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED. LEWIS HAMILTON. HE'S A CRICKET LOVER TOO, LEWIS HAMILTON. CONGRATS, HE SAYS, A TRUE SPORTING LEGEND AND ACHIEVED SO MUCH IN HIS INCREDIBLE CAREER. THE FAIRY TALE WAS BROUGHT TO AN END WITH A HUSH ON 74. BUT CRICKET LOVERS EVERYWHERE WILL SURELY ECHO THESE WORDS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BLAIR NORTON, ONE NEWS. THE WEST INDIES NEXT HEAD TO CHRISTCHURCH, WHERE THEY'LL FACE A REJUVENATED JESSE RYDER IN A THREE-DAY MATCH AGAINST A NZ 11. RYDER'S INCLUSION THE LATEST SIGNAL HIS RETURN TO THE BLACK CAPS WILL COME THIS SUMMER, EIGHT MONTHS AFTER BEING BRUTALLY ATTACKED OUTSIDE A CHRISTCHURCH BAR. AND, IN A BIZZARE TWIST, RYDER'S OTAGO TEAMMATE AARON REDMOND AND AUCKLAND'S JEET RAVAL WILL OPEN THE BATTING FOR THE VISITORS, DUE TO SOME OF THEIR SQUAD STILL BEING IN ACTION IN INDIA. ALL BLACKS WINGER JULIAN SAVEA HAS REVEALED HE SPENT A NIGHT IN HOSPITAL IN PARIS BATTLING A BUG HE PICKED UP ON THE WAY TO FRANCE. SAVEA'S BACK FOR SUNDAY'S TEST AT TWICKENHAM AS THE TEAM PREPARES TO TRY AND WIPE AWAY THE DEFEAT THERE LAST YEAR. EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY REPORTS. THIS TIME LAST WEEK, JULIAN SAVEA WAS CLOSE TO WATCHING THE TEST AGAINST FRANCE NOT FROM THE STADIUM, BUT FROM A HOSPITAL BED. I THINK I GOT A FLU, BUT THEN WITH MY ASTHMA AND STUFF, UM, MY LUNGS GOT INFECTED, SO I ENDED UP GOING TO THE HOSPITAL. SAVEA WAS ONE OF THE FEW ALL BLACKS TO AVOID THE NOROVIRUS THAT LEVELLED THE SQUAD WHEN THEY WERE HERE LAST YEAR. IF STEVE HANSEN IS QUEASY NOW, IT'S DUE TO THE TACTICS OF AN ENGLISH JOURNALIST, WHO REVEALED SOME OF THE ALL BLACKS' MENTAL PREPARATION. THIS WEEK. IT'S PART OF OUR PROBLEM FOR LETTING THEM IN HERE, WASN'T IT? STEVE HANSEN SAYS THE MOTIVATIONAL SLOGANS, LIKE THE ONE LABELLING THE ALL BLACKS THE MOST DOMINANT TEAM IN WORLD HISTORY, HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT. I'VE READ THIS WEEK THAT ENGLAND WANT TO BE NUMBER TWO IN THE WORLD. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STRIVING TO BE BETTER THAN THEY ARE. WHAT WE'RE STRIVING TO BE IS BETTER THAN WHO WE ARE AT THE MOMENT, WHICH IS NUMBER ONE. ENGLAND WILL FACE THE SAME ALL BLACK TEAM THAT RAN ON LAST YEAR WITH TWO EXCEPTIONS ` BEN SMITH AND CHARLES PIUTAU. BUT ROBBED OF KEY FORWARDS LIKE ALEX CORBISIERO AND MAKO VUNIPOLA, MUCH WILL BE ASKED OF PLAYERS LIKE NZ-BORN DYLAN HARTLEY, WHO ONCE PLAYED IN A FIRST 15 CAPTAINED BY LIAM MESSAM. YEAH, THEY DAY BEFORE I LEFT TO GET ON THE PLANE, HE SAID, 'OH, MAKE SURE YOU TAKE YOUR OPPORTUNITIES OVER THERE.' AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, 11 YEARS LATER, HOPEFULLY I'LL CATCH HIS EYE IN THE HAKA AT SOME STAGE. HARTLEY WILL PLAY HIS 50TH TEST WITH A RED ROSE ON HIS CHEST AGAINST AN ALL BLACKS SIDE WITH FOUR PLAYERS WHO'VE CLOCKED UP CENTURIES, WATCHED BY FAMILIES AND SUPPORTERS KEEN TO SEE THEM ASSERT THAT DOMINANCE THEY CLAIM. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, LONDON. WORRYING TALK AT THE WEIGH-IN TODAY ABOUT LIVES BEING ON THE LINE IN THE BIG HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT TOMORROW BETWEEN DAVID TUA AND RUSSIAN GOLIATH ALEXANDER USTINOV. MARTIN TASKER HAS MORE. FOR ONCE IN BOXING, THE DAVID AND GOLIATH BANTER IS NOT JUST HYPE. TUA WEIGHED IN AT 107.5, GIVING AWAY MORE THAN 25 KILOS TO THE GIANT RUSSIAN. THE 40-YEAR-OLD IS IN GREAT SHAPE AHEAD OF HIS 59TH PROFESSIONAL BOUT, AND HE NEEDS TO BE FOR WHAT'S BEING CALLED THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE. I'VE GOT A TALL ORDER. HE'S A BIG RUSSIAN, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME, WHY I GOT IN SHAPE, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO DIE, SO... WHAT YOU SAY? I DON'T WANT TO DIE. DID YOU HEAR THAT, FOLKS? AND THAT'S NO JOKE BECAUSE, REMEMBER, I BROADCAST FIVE FIGHTS IN WHICH ONE OF THE OPPONENTS DIED. VETERAN COMMENTATOR COLONEL BOB SHERIDAN FANNED THE FLAMES AS EXPECTED. TUA'S TRAINER GAVE SOME PERSPECTIVE. LOOK, THAT'S FIGHTING TALK. WHAT DAVID'S ALLUDING TO IS TWO THINGS. ONE IS HE WANTED TO GET HIS HEALTH BACK BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO DIE. BUT, TWO, THESE GUYS DO HIT HARD. THE COLONEL CONFIDENT TUA'S CONDITIONING WILL BE HIS SAVIOUR. AND I AM GOING TO PREDICT RIGHT NOW, ON TV ONE, DAVID TUA WILL KNOCK OUT THE GIANT. DAVID WILL SLAY GOLIATH. DANGLING THE BIG PRIZE FOR THE WINNER, ALEXANDER KRASSYUK, BILLED AS THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN WORLD BOXING, WITH THE EAR OF THE WORLD CHAMPION KLITSCHKO BROTHERS. WHAT COULD A WIN MEAN FOR DAVID? BESIDE HIS COMEBACK, HIS RETURN, TO BIG BOXING, THAT WOULD MEAN THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT FOR THE WORLD TITLE. TUA FIGHTING FOR HIS FUTURE. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. THE UNDERPERFORMING BREAKERS WILL ATTEMPT TO TURN THEIR SEASON AROUND AGAIN TONIGHT WHEN THEY TAKE ON ADELAIDE IN AUCKLAND. JUST UP THE HILL FROM THE BREAKERS' NORTH SHORE HOME IS A HIGH SCHOOL QUICKLY ESTABLISHING A BASKETBALL DYNASTY. SEVERAL OF ITS RECENT STUDENTS PLAY FOR THE CLUB, NOT TO MENTION THE TALL BLACKS. HERE'S KIMBERLEE DOWNS. THEY'RE NOT WESTLAKE BOYS JUST YET, BUT THESE STUDENTS ARE ALREADY TRYING TO EMULATE THE SCHOOL'S MORE FAMOUS ALUMNI. IT'S REALLY GOOD WHEN YOU GO OUT AND SEE THE NATIONAL TEAM TAKE COURT, AND YOU THINK, 'OH, I CAN REMEMBER THAT BOY 'AS A YEAR NINE STUDENT AT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL.' MARK JACKSON MUST GET THAT A LOT. ONE CURRENT AND SIX FORMER WESTLAKE BOYS ARE NOW TALL BLACKS. GUYS GROWING UP, THEY WANT TO GO TO WESTLAKE AND PLAY BASKETBALL, BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT'S A FANTASTIC SCHOOL, AND THEY KNOW THEY'RE GONNA GET BETTER. THEY KNOW THEY'RE GONNA GET GREAT COACHING. THEY'LL ALSO BE PART OF A PROVEN SYSTEM. THE CHOSEN FEW FROM THIS GROUP WILL BE ALLOWED THREE PERIODS OF BASKETBALL DEVELOPMENT EACH WEEK; ALL HOPING TO FOLLOW IN SIZABLE FOOTSTEPS THE LIKES OF THE PREMIER TEAM'S CURRENT CAPTAIN, A 17-YEAR-OLD TALL BLACK. I REMEMBER I CAME IN HERE PROBABLY SIX YEARS AGO, ABOUT A FOOT SHORTER. A LITTLE BIT` I WAS NERVOUS WHEN I CAME IN, BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE THESE GUYS GOING HARD AT IT. JACK SALT'S TEAM IS ONE OF 36 AT WESTLAKE BOYS. JUST LAST MONTH, THEY WON THE SCHOOL'S FIFTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 2005. WHAT DO YOU PUT THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAMME DOWN TO? > THE DETERMINATION OF THE BOYS TO WANT TO MAKE THEMSELVES BETTER BASKETBALL PLAYERS. IT'S IN LARGE PART TO JACKSON TOO. HE'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE PROGRAMME SINCE 1999, THOUGH IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT BASKETBALL. HE HELPED ME OUT OFF THE COURT AS WELL, YOU KNOW, JUST WITH MY SCHOOL AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO HE PLAYED A BIG PART IN OFF THE COURT AND ON THE COURT JUST TO KEEP ME READY AND KEEP ME FOCUSED. A FORMULA THAT'S ALREADY CREATED A PROUD HISTORY AND BODES WELL FOR THE FUTURE. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. OK, SO I'M PICKING THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO HEAR IS THE SOUND OF 'JINGLE BELLS', WHICH MEANS, YES, CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST UPON US. BUT YOU GOT TO LOVE THIS. HERE IT IS WITH A SPORTING TWIST. PUT SOME OF THE BEST BASKETBALLERS ON ONE COURT, PUT SOME BELLS ON THE HOOP, AND LET THE MAGIC BEGIN. BALLS CREATE 'JINGLE BELL' RHYTHM THAT'S IT, MAN. LET'S GO. BALLS CREATE 'JINGLE BELL' RHYTHM THAT'S IT. HEY! AND THAT'S HOW YOU PLAY 'JINGLE BELLS'! RIDICULOUSLY GOOD AFTER THE BREAK ` KAREN HAS A GOOD DOSE OF FINE WEATHER LINED UP FOR THE WEEKEND. HELLO AGAIN. WE'VE HAD A RUN OF MOSTLY SETTLED WEATHER THIS WEEK. OUR FRIENDLY HIGH IS TRYING TO HANG IN THERE FOR THE WEEKEND, BUT IT IS COMING UNDER PRESSURE FROM SOME INCOMING FRONTS. HERE'S THE VIEW FROM OUR WEATHER SATELLITE. THE INCOMING FRONTAL CLOUD STANDS OUT AS THE MAIN FEATURE. THAT CLOUD PUSHES ONTO THE SOUTH ISLAND. THE NORTH ISLAND IS STILL MAINLY FINE UNDER THE RIDGE. THE LEADING FRONTS TOUCH DOWN IN THE WEST AND FAR SOUTH OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TONIGHT. THIS COLD FRONT FOLLOWS TOMORROW. THE HIGH WRIGGLES NORTHWARDS AS THE FRONTS CLAW THEIR WAY NORTH. THEN WE'VE GOT ANOTHER HIGH PUSHING INTO THE TASMAN FROM THE AUSTRALIAN BIGHT. FRONTAL RAIN SPREADS UP THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, REACHING NELSON IN THE AFTERNOON. A FEW SPITS OF RAIN IN THE SOUTH. BUT MAINLY FINE, WITH HIGH CLOUD ELSEWHERE. NOT MUCH WIND, BUT A SOUTH-WESTERLY GRADUALLY PUSHING NORTH DURING THE DAY. CLOUDY IN THE WEST, WITH A FEW DRIZZLY PATCHES MAINLY AROUND THE HUTT VALLEY AND HIGH COUNTRY AREAS. MOSTLY FINE OVER THE REST OF THE ISLAND. JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD DRIFTING OVER EASTERN DISTRICTS LATER IN THE DAY. LIGHT WINDS. BUT A NORTHERLY SQUEEZING THROUGH COOK STRAIT. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ PREPARATIONS CONTINUE AT MIMI SCHOOL IN NORTH TARANAKI. A GALA DAY TOMORROW UNDER SUNNY SKIES. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR FRIDAY.