GOOD EVENING. MESSY SKIES OVER THE NATION TODAY. LOTS OF CLOUD. ALSO SOME RAIN SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE FOR MANY AREAS. WINDS WERE LIGHT. SEA BREEZES AROUND THE EDGES. NOT A LOT OF CHANGE TOMORROW. I'LL TELL YOU WHERE THERE COULD BE SOME FOG OR LOW CLOUD AND WHICH AREAS WILL STAY DAMP. 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. A WOMAN DIES IN A CRASH AFTER A POLICE PURSUIT, BUT IT WASN'T HER FIRST RUN-IN WITH OFFICERS THAT NIGHT. FROM THE BOXING RING TO INTENSIVE CARE. A BRUTAL BOUT LEAVES A FIGHTER IN HOSPITAL. ANOTHER ASSET SET TO FLY OFF THE SHELF. THE AIR NZ SELL-OFF BEGINS. AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT AS ALL BLACKS GOLDEN BOOT NOTCHES UP HIS 100TH TEST. A WOMAN KILLED IN A CRASH FOLLOWING A POLICE PURSUIT HAD ALREADY BEEN STOPPED BY OFFICERS FOR DRINK-DRIVING EARLIER IN THE EVENING. THE DRIVER HAD HER KEYS CONFISCATED AND WAS BANNED FROM GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL FOR 12 HOURS. POLICE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING THE CRASH. SARAH BATLEY REPORTS FROM WANGANUI. THE SMASHED-UP REMAINS OF A CAR RIDE WITH A DEADLY ENDING. A 21-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS KILLED WHEN SHE CRASHED FOLLOWING A POLICE PURSUIT JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. GONVILLE RESIDENT SUSAN ORPIN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ON THE SCENE. ONE GUY WAS SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD. YOU COULD SMELL ALCOHOL FOR MILES. THERE WERE POLICE FOR MILES. TODAY FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS LAY FLOWERS AT THE SPOT WHERE THE YOUNG WOMAN DIED. THEY TOLD ONE NEWS THEY'RE DEVASTATED. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER WAS SUSPECTED OF BEING INTOXICATED AND FAILED TO STOP WHEN THEY TRIED TO PULL HER OVER. THE FASTEST IT WAS OBSERVED GOING WAS 90 KM/H, AND AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH IT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE DOING ABOUT 70 KM/H. THE WOMAN HAD ALREADY BEEN PROCESSED BY POLICE FOR SUSPECTED DRIVING DRUNK EARLIER IN THE EVENING. FORBIDDEN TO DRIVE FOR 12 HOURS, HER KEYS WERE TAKEN OFF HER. BUT POLICE BELIEVE SHE SOMEHOW ACCESSED ANOTHER SET. THIS SITUATION JUST SHOWS HOW DETERMINED SOME DRIVERS ARE TO KEEP GOING, DESPITE THE ATTENTIONS OF POLICE, DESPITE THE LOGIC OF STOPPING, AND WITH TRAGIC RESULTS. POLICE SAY THE PURSUIT LASTED JUST OVER 2 MINUTES IT WAS ON THIS BEND WHERE THE DRIVER IS BELIEVED TO HAVE LOST CONTROL BEFORE HITTING A TREE FURTHER DOWN THE STREET. IT'S MORE THE PARENTS THAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT. THAT PARENTS THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF HER CHOICE. THE WOMAN ONLY HELD A LEARNER'S LICENCE, AND AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH WAS TRAVELLING WITH SIX OTHER OCCUPANTS IN THE CAR. ALL SUFFERED MODERATE TO SERIOUS INJURIES AND WERE TAKEN TO WANGANUI HOSPITAL. FROM ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE, ALL CORRECT PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED. THE POLICE SERIOUS CRASH UNIT IS NOW INVESTIGATING. THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY HAS ALSO BEEN NOTIFIED. SARAH BATLEY, ONE NEWS. A PROFESSIONAL BOXER IS IN INTENSIVE CARE AFTER SUFFERING A BRAIN INJURY IN A BRUTAL BOUT IN HAMILTON LAST NIGHT. DANIEL MCKINNON WAS HOSPITALISED SOON AFTER LOSING TO ROBERT BERRIDGE. THEY SQUARED OFF IN THE MAIN UNDERCARD FIGHT AT THE DAVID TUA ` ALEXANDER USTINOV SHOWDOWN. WILL HINE REPORTS. IT WAS VIEWED BY MANY AS THE SPECTACLE OF THE NIGHT. LOOK AT THIS! HOW DO YOU LIKE IT? HOW DO YOU LIKE IT? A BATTERING ENCOUNTER BETWEEN DANIEL MCKINNON (30), IN THE SILVER TRUNKS, AND AN OPPONENT KNOWN AS 'THE BUTCHER'. MCKINNON'S OUT ON HIS FEET RIGHT NOW. AND THERE'S A LOT OF TIME. 39 SECONDS. THE REF IS GOING TO STOP IT. HE GOES DOWN THROUGH THE ROPES. NOBODY CAN HELP HIM. THE LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT WAS STOPPED SOON AFTER, MCKINNON APPEARING STILL LUCID. I WOULD SAY I'VE HAD HARDER FIGHTS, BUT HE GOT ME WITH A GOOD SHOT. BUT LESS THAN AN HOUR LATER HE WAS IN STRIFE, DROPPING TO HIS KNEES IN HIS CHANGING ROOM AND COMPLAINING OF A HEADACHE. THEY THREW HIM STRAIGHT ON A STRETCHER AND DANIEL WENT BY AMBULANCE TO WAIKATO HOSPITAL. IT WAS NO MORE THAN SEVEN OR EIGHT MINUTES AWAY. THERE HE UNDERWENT EMERGENCY SURGERY FOR A BRAIN BLEED. JUST WATCHING SOMEONE TAKING A BLOW TO THE HEAD, THE BRAIN ACTUALLY RATTLES AROUND OR SLOSHES AROUND WITHIN THE SKULL AND CAN SUSTAIN MULTIPLE MINOR INJURIES OR, AS IN THIS CASE, A POTENTIAL SERIOUS INJURY FROM A BLOW TO THE HEAD. THE PROMOTER SAYS MCKINNON IS NO SLOUCH IN THE RING. HE STARTED FIGHTING OR BOXING AT 9 YEARS OF AGE, AND HIS FATHER WAS THERE WITH HIM RIGHT BY HIS SIDE THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH. IT THIS WAS DANIEL'S 30TH PROFESSIONAL FIGHT, SO HE'S VERY EXPERIENCED. BUT IT COULD BE A CAREER THAT'S NOW AT AN END. I WOULD CERTAINLY NEVER RECOMMEND SOMEBODY WHO SUFFERED THIS SERIOUS AN INJURY TO PLACE THEMSELVES AGAIN IN THIS KIND OF RISKY POSITION. THAT DECISION WILL COME IN DUE COURSE, BUT FOR THE MOMENT DANIEL MCKINNON IS ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY ` THIS AFTERNOON HE WAS BACK AWAKE AND TALKING. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. JOHN KEY APPEARS TO HAVE WON OVER HIS SRI LANKAN HOSTS DURING THIS WEEKEND'S COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING, AND NZ'S BEING REWARDED WITH AN ELEPHANT. THE UNUSUAL GIFT IS BEING SIGNALLED AS A SYMBOL OF THE TWO COUNTRES' FRIENDSHIP. BASIL RAJAPAKSA, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER AND BROTHER OF THE PRESIDENT, SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO Q+A. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN JOINS US LIVE FROM COLOMBO. KEY IN BILATERAL WITH PRESIDENT FOR A SHORT TIME AGAIN. WILL RAISE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES. HAS BEEN SEEN AS SOFT ON SRI LANKA. MIGHT NOT BE TOO KEEN TO BE PORTRAYED AS CLOSE BUDDY. HOLDING COURT WITH FOREIGN MEDIA AND BATTING BACK GROWING CALLS FOR AN INDEPENDENT WAR CRIMES INQUIRY. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS ONLY ASKING FOR ONE SIDE, BUT EVEN THAT WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL INQUIRIES AND WE HAVE PUNISHED THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE VIOLATED SRI LANKAN LAWS. MR RAJAPAKSA PUSHING A RECONCILIATION MODEL LIKE THE ONE USED IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA AS THE BEST WAY TO MOVE ON FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S BLOODY 30-YEAR CIVIL WAR WITH TAMIL SEPARATISTS IN THE NORTH. GUNFIRE NZ, UNLIKE THE UK, ALSO NOT SEEING A NEED FOR AN INQUIRY. THERE'S ALWAYS GOT TO BE A DEGREE OF LOOKING BACK IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SUCCESSFUL RECONCILIATION, AND IT'S NOT THAT PEOPLE WHO UNDERTAKE WAR CRIMES SHOULDN'T BE HELD TO ACCOUNT ` THEY SHOULD, ACTUALLY ` BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF COIN, THIS WAS A VERY VERY BLOODY CIVIL WAR. I APPRECIATE THE NZ GOVERNMENT POSITION, AND ESPECIALLY THE PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER. RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES NOW SET TO BE MARKED IN A SPECIAL WAY. WE ARE TRYING TO SEND A SYMBOL, SO VERY SOON A SRI LANKAN ELEPHANT FOR ONE OF YOUR ZOOS. HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, HOWEVER, ARE UNLIKELY TO BE IMPRESSED BY THE GESTURE. THERE ARE APPALLING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES HAPPENING STILL TODAY. THESE ABUSES HAVE TO BE CONFRONTED. YES, THERE'S A DIPLOMATIC WAY TO DO THAT, BUT HE'S NOT EVEN DOING THAT. JUST LAST WEEK A NZ GREEN MP WAS BRIEFLY DETAINED IN SRI LANKA WHILST TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, THE INCIDENT WAS PUT DOWN TO A VISA ISSUE. IF SHE WANTS TO COME, SHE CAN COME IN A PROPER WAY, A LEGAL WAY. JOHN KEY ACCEPTS THAT EXPLANATION AND WASN'T PLANNING TO RAISE THE ISSUE AT TODAY'S MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS, COLOMBO. UNDERSTOOD ELEPHANT IS GOING TO AUCKLAND ZOO. GOVERNMENT CONTROLS ELEPHANT EXPORT, SO ONLY HAPPENING PRESUMABLY BECAUSE SIR LANKA PLEASED WITH NZ. NZ'S CHANCE TO LOBBY FOR UN COUNCIL SEAT. NZ DOES HAVE $200M DAIRY TRADE HERE. ALSO KEEN TO PUSH SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT. THANKS, CORIN DANN, LIVE FROM COLOMBO IN SRI LANKA. AND WE'VE REACTION TO THE ELEPHANT OFFER LATER IN THE BULLETIN. THE GOODWILL BETWEEN NZ AND SRI LANKA'S ALSO BEEN SEALED BY A NEW DAIRY COOPERATION DEAL. IT'LL SEE NZ OFFER ITS FARMING EXPERTISE IN THE COUNTRY IN RETURN FOR MARKET CERTAINTY. THE ARRANGEMENT FOLLOWS PROTESTS IN AUGUST WHEN SRI LANKA CLAIMED PRODUCTS PRODUCED IN FONTERRA'S COLOMBO PLANT WERE CONTAMINATED BY THE FERTILISER DCD. POLICE ARE IN THE GUN OVER THEIR HANDLING OF AN INCIDENT WHERE AN INNOCENT CIVILIAN WAS MAULED BY A POLICE DOG. THE VICTIM TOLD THE SUNDAY PROGRAMME HIS QUEST FOR ANSWERS HAS LARGELY GONE UNANSWERED, AND HE NOW WANTS MORE OVERSIGHT OF THE POLICE. WILL HINE REPORTS. IN 2010, AUCKLANDER HAMISH MCCOURTIE WAS ATTACKED AND BADLY MAULED BY A POLICE DOG IN HIS DRIVEWAY. ONE OF HIS LEGS WAS ON MY ARM AND HE JUST RIPPED IN AND HE WAS TURNING HIS HEAD AND I COULD JUST FEEL MY BICEP OPENING UP. HE WAS AN INNOCENT VICTIM ON HIS WAY TO HELP OUT WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS AN ACCIDENT. IT IS LINE OF SIGHT. IT WILL HIT WHAT'S IN FRONT OF IT, AND I WAS IN FRONT OF IT. AN INTERNAL POLICE INQUIRY FOUND THAT THE HANDLER HAD RELEASED HIS DOG WITHOUT SIGHTING THE OFFENDERS HE'D BEEN PURSUING, A BREACH OF POLICE POLICY. IT WAS A SERIOUS AND UNACCEPTABLE INCIDENT AND A TRAUMATIC EVENT FOR MR MCCOURTIE BY ANY ANALYSIS. AND SO IT WAS TAKEN SERIOUSLY FROM THE OUTSET. WHAT HAPPENED TO ME WAS JUST` THERE WAS NO ACCOUNTABILITY, NONE WHATSOEVER. FOR THREE YEARS MR MCCOURTIE HAS BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW THE DOG HANDLER HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO ACCOUNT. BUT HE'S BEEN THWARTED BY PRIVACY AND EMPLOYMENT LAWS. WELL, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THE DISCIPLINE WAS. BUT HE WAS FOUND TO BE AT FAULT. YOU SIT BACK AS A CITIZEN AND SORT OF LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF PROCESSES ARE IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS. UH, WHERE LIGHT DOESN'T SHINE, YOU GET ROT. HAMISH MCCOURTIE IS NOW CAMPAIGNING FOR MORE POWERS FOR THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY. IT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO MEANS TO EFFECT ANY TRUE OVERSIGHT OF THE POLICE. THE HEAD OF THE IPCA IS CALLING FOR CHANGE TOO, BUT SO FAR THE GOVERNMENT IS RESISTING GIVING THE POLICE'S POLICE MORE TEETH TO DO THE JOB. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. AND LATER AT 7, SUNDAY HAS SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE POLICE, INCLUDING WHY WAS TANK OFF THE LEASH AND WAS THE POLICE HANDLER PUNISHED? WE'VE SOME GRAPHIC PICTURES NOW OF AN ALLEGED HIT-AND-RUN INCIDENT THAT HORRIFIED ONLOOKERS IN HAMILTON. WAIKATO POLICE SAY WITNESSES SAW A 44-YEAR-OLD WOMAN RUN HER PARTNER OVER A NUMBER OF TIMES OUTSIDE SOME SHOPS. THE WOMAN ALLEGEDLY DROVE OFF AND OVER A BANK INTO THE WAIKATO RIVER. BOTH ARE NOW IN HOSPITAL. POLICE HAVE THANKED BYSTANDERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO INTERVENE. THE ALL BLACKS KEPT ALIVE THEIR WINNING STREAK IN 2013, BEATING ENGLAND 30-22 AT TWICKENHAM IN LONDON. THE MATCH MARKED DAN CARTER'S 100TH TEST APPEARANCE, AND HE STEPPED TO IT IN STYLE. THE NUMBER 10 LED THE TEAM OUT TO A STANDING OVATION, WEARING GOLDEN BOOTS WITH HIS SON'S NAME ETCHED INTO THE LEFT FOOT. HIS FATHER, NEVILLE, WATCHED IN THE STANDS, BUT THE SPECIAL OCCASION LASTED LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR. WELL, THAT REALLY IS A SHAME. BUT HE IS STRUGGLING, AS YOU CAN SEE. DAN CARTER LEFT WITH AN ACHILLES TENDON INJURY BUT WAS BACK AFTER THE ALL BLACKS' VICTORY TO BE PRESENTED WITH HIS SILVER CAP BY CAPTAIN RICHIE MCCAW. THE AIR FORCE IS ON A MISSION OF MERCY IN THE PHILIPPINES. THAT'S AFTER THE BREAK. PLUS, SOME HIGH-FLYING GOVERNMENT SHARES GO UP FOR SALE TOMORROW. WE HAVE THE DETAILS. THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT PHIL BUILT. WE TAKE A TOUR OF THE MASTER BUILDERS' HOUSE OF THE YEAR. AND SHAKING IT ALL ABOUT. PRINCE CHARLES DOES THE HOKEY-COKEY AND SHOWS HE'S A GOOD SPORT. UPBEAT MUSIC It's hard to believe how far mobile technology has come since the 1980s. Now, with so many people owning smartphones, how quickly we forget this was the first generation, or 1G. Now there's 4G. It's already arrived in parts of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. It'll roll out, over time, to more and more places, where it's being met by an ever-evolving range of amazing 4G devices. So, when it comes to music, you can download a song in seconds and albums in minutes. It lets you stream TV and video to your 4G device with less buffering time and with much better picture quality. It's also great for business. Faster speeds means sending big files on the go; getting those site pictures and videos back to the office quick smart. As 4G rolls out to more places, 3G will feel like the old days. For more about 4G, visit Telecom's techinasec.co.nz THE GOVERNMENT WILL START SELLING 20% OF ITS STAKE IN AIR NZ FROM TOMORROW. THIS IS BEFORE THE NON-BINDING REFERENDUM ON ASSET SALES. SARAH BRADLEY HAS MORE. AIR NZ'S SHARE PRICE IS SOARING, SO THE GOVERNMENT THINKS THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO REDUCE ITS STAKE IN THE NATIONAL CARRIER TO 53%. AIR NZ SHARES ARE AT A FIVE-YEAR HIGH AND ALL THE ADVICE WE ARE GETTING IS THAT THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR THE TAXPAYERS TO SELL THEIR 20%. THE SHARE SELL-DOWN IS EXPECTED TO TAKE TWO DAYS TO COMPLETE, AND IN SPITE OF AIR NZ'S CURRENT BUOYANT SHARE PRICE, THE GOVERNMENT IS CONFIDENT IT WILL ACHIEVE ITS GOAL OF 85% OF THE SHARES BEING BOUGHT BY KIWIS. OF COURSE, AFTERWARDS, THERE'S NO CONTROL OF WHO TRADES IN THE SHARES. BUT LABOUR DOESN'T BELIEVE THIS IS THE TIME TO SELL. THEY KNOW THAT THE REFERENDUM, WHICH OPENS IN NOT MORE THAN A WEEK, WILL GIVE THE THUMBS DOWB TO ASSET SALES. THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GET IN FIRST, EVEN THOUGH A WEEK OR SO AGO THEY SAID THEY HADN'T MADE A DECISION. DESPERATE, ARROGANT STUFF. AIR NZ WAS BAILED OUT BY THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT IN 2001 TO THE TUNE OF $885M AFTER THE CARRIER'S AUSTRALIA-BASED AIRLINE ANSETT COLLAPSED. ALTHOUGH AT FRIDAY'S PRICE THE SELL-DOWN SHOULD NET MORE THAN $350M, THE FIRST TWO PARTIAL ASSET SALES WERE AT A DISCOUNT TO THEIR LAST TRADING PRICES. THIS SALE SHOULDN'T BE PROCEEDING AT ALL. NZERS HAVE MADE CLEAR THEIR OPPOSITION TO ASSET SALES. THE FAULT FOR ANY LOSS TO ASSET VALUE BELONGS TO THE GOVERNMENT, NOT THE OPPOSITION. AIR NZ SHARES WERE TRADING AT $1.65 ON FRIDAY, UP 27% THIS YEAR. TRADING WILL STOP DURING THE SALE AND START AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. SARAH BRADLEY, ONE NEWS. OUR AIR FORCE IS NOW ON THE JOB IN THE PHILIPPINES, JOINING MILITARY AIRCRAFT FROM AROUND THE WORLD IN A TYPHOON AID MISSION. THE RNZAF'S HERCULES HAS ALREADY EVACUATED AROUND 240 SURVIVORS FROM BATTERED CITIES IN THE EAST. IT'S DELIVERED 30 TONNES OF FOOD, WATER, TOILETS AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND IS NOW FLYING TO DARWIN TO PICK UP MORE RELIEF SUPPLIES. THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS NEARLY 2M PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LEFT HOMELESS BY THE DISASTER. THE AID EFFORT'S BEEN PATCHY BUT IS NOW STARTING TO KICK INTO GEAR. THE BBC'S ALISTAIR LEITHEAD REPORTS FROM THE ISLAND OF CEBU. AID IS ON THE MOVE ACROSS THE PHILIPPINES. PEOPLE ARE BEING FLOWN OUT, AND FOOD AID IS BEING FLOWN IN AS THIS MASSIVE INTERNATIONAL OPERATION STARTS GATHERING MOMENTUM. SO MANY NATIONS HELPING A FILIPINO MILITARY UNPREPARED FOR MOVING AID TO MILLIONS. PERSONALLY, ALL I CAN SAY IS TWO WORDS ` UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FOOD AND WATER IS STARTING TO REACH THOSE DESPERATE FOR HELP, LEFT WONDERING WHY IT'S TAKING SO LONG FOR SUPPLIES TO REACH THEM. JOINING THE RELIEF EFFORT TODAY, ANOTHER BRITISH AID FLIGHT ` THE BIGGEST SO FAR ` BRINGING EARTH MOVERS, 4X4S AND MUCH-NEEDED MEDICAL SUPPLIES. THE EQUIPMENT WILL GO TO THE UN'S WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME TO HELP PREPARE INFRASTRUCTURE AND GET FOOD AID OUT TO THOSE MOST IN NEED. BEYOND THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT LIVELIHOODS AND REBUILDING SCHOOLS, GETTING PEOPLE TO REPLANT THEIR PLANTATIONS, FISHERMEN BACK TO WORK. THIS IS ACTUALLY ALMOST LIKE REBUILDING AN ENTIRE ECONOMY FROM SCRATCH. SEVERE FLOODING IN CENTRAL VIETNAM HAS KILLED AT LEAST 31 PEOPLE. 70,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO FLEE THEIR HOMES AFTER HEAVY RAIN TRIGGERED FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES. ACCORDING TO STATE MEDIA, A NUMBER OF HYDRO POWER PLANTS SIMULTANEOUSLY RELEASED WATER TO PROTECT DAMS, CAUSING A SUDDEN SURGE IN WATER LEVELS. RIVERS IN THE REGION ROSE TO THEIR HIGHEST LEVELS SINCE 1999. INDONESIA'S MT SINABUNG HAS ERUPTED AGAIN, FORCING THE MASS EXODUS OF MORE THAN 5000 PEOPLE. THE VOLCANO SPEWED ASH 7KM INTO THE SKY. SINABUNG IS ONE OF NEARLY 130 ACTIVE VOLCANOES STRADDLING THE PACIFIC 'RING OF FIRE' IN INDONESIA. IT WAS INACTIVE FOR FOUR CENTURIES BEFORE ERUPTING IN 2010. THE PRINCE OF WALES HAS SHOWN HE KNOWS HOW TO SHAKE IT ON THE DANCE FLOOR, JOINING A GROUP OF DISABLED CHILDREN AT A SRI LANKAN SCHOOL DOING THE HOKEY COKEY. # OH, THE HOKEY COKEY. # OH, THE HOKEY COKEY. # PRINCE CHARLES PUT HIS BEST FOOT FORWARD FOR SEVERAL VERSES, ONLY GIVING UP WHEN IT APPEARED THE CHILDREN MIGHT CARRY ON ALL AFTERNOON. WEATHER TIME NOW. THERE'S A FEW THUNDERSTORMS SPARKING UP THIS EVENING, KAREN. THE RADAR IS PICKING UP LIGHTNING FLASHES OVER NORTH-WEST NELSON. ALSO THE RANGES INLAND FROM GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY. METSERVICE HAS ISSUED A WATCH FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HAWKE'S BAY RANGES UNTIL AROUND 8PM. IT'S JUST A WATCH AT THIS STAGE. IT WAS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN. AFTER A FUN WARM-UP, WOMEN OF ALL AGES, SOME IN COLOURFUL FANCY DRESS, TOOK ON THE SCULPT WOMEN'S 6K RUN AND WALK AROUND CENTRAL AUCKLAND, STARTING AND FINISHING AT BRITOMART. PERFECT WEATHER FOR IT ` NOT TOO HOT OR COLD. LIGHT WINDS AND SOME GOOD CLOUD COVER. GREAT FUN. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ GORGEOUS SUNRISE IN GISBORNE THIS MORNING ` VERY ARTY SHOT. I'LL HAVE THE OUTLOOK FOR THE COMING WEEK RIGHT AFTER SPORT. UP NEXT, SOME HIGH-FLYING LIFESAVERS MARK A MILESTONE. WE REVEAL WHAT MAKES THIS CHRISTCHURCH HOUSE SO SPECIAL. AND COULD AUCKLAND ZOO'S LONELY ELEPHANT BE GETTING A FRIEND AT LAST? WE CHECK OUT SRI LANKA'S OFFER. VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT COULD FIND IT SLIGHTLY EASIER TO GIVE EVIDENCE AGAINST THEIR ATTACKER BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR. CHANGES ARE BEING PLANNED, INCLUDING ALLOWING A SUPPORT PERSON FOR YOUNG VICTIMS IN COURT, AND MAKING VICTIMS AWARE IF A LAWYER PLANS TO DISCUSS THEIR SEXUAL HISTORY. THE CHANGES ABOUT THE COURT PROCESSES ` THAT IS A DRAFT CABINET PAPER WITH ME AT THE MOMENT. AND THAT WILL GO TO CABINET HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR FOR THE LITTLE BIT OF TIME WE'VE GOT LEFT. AND THEN IT WILL PROCEED THROUGH NEXT YEAR. JUDITH COLLINS TOLD Q+A IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ANY CHANGES DO NOT INCREASE THE CHANCE OF SOMEONE BEING WRONGLY CONVICTED. THE COUNTRY'S FIRST COMMUNITY-OWNED RESCUE HELICOPTER IS CELEBRATING A BIG BIRTHDAY. THE NORTHLAND ELECTRICITY RESCUE HELICOPTER SERVICE HAS SAVED MANY LIVES OVER THE LAST QUARTER OF A CENTURY. HELEN CASTLES SPOKE WITH THEIR FIRST PATIENT. AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT FOR THESE TWO WOMEN, NOW GOOD FRIENDS. 25 YEARS AGO TODAY THE NORTHLAND ELECTRICITY RESCUE HELICOPTER LAUNCHED ITS FIRST MISSION, LANDING AT KAITAIA HOSPITAL TO PICK UP LYNDA TRACEY. THE THEN-31-YEAR-OLD WAS SUFFERING HEART FAILURE. ROBYN REVINGTON WAS HER DUTY NURSE. I WAS GOING DOWN VERY VERY FAST. LINDA WAS CLEARLY EXTREMELY UNWELL AND WAS BECOMING MORE UNWELL IN FRONT OF OUR EYES. AND SHE NEEDED TO BE` SHE NEEDED TO GO. SHE NEEDED TO BE OUT OF THERE. AND OUT SHE WENT, FLOWN TO WHANGAREI HOSPITAL WHERE SHE RECEIVED SPECIALISED CARDIAC TREATMENT. TODAY SHE'S A GRANDMOTHER, AND SHE BELIEVES SHE OWES HER LIFE TO THE RESCUE HELICOPTER SERVICE. PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE TODAY WITH YOU, AND WOULDN'T SEE MY CHILDREN GROW UP. OVER THE YEARS THE NORTHLAND ELECTRICITY RESCUE HELICOPTER SERVICE HAS FLOWN MORE THAN 16,000 PATIENTS AND SAVED SEVERAL THOUSAND LIVES. BUT DESPITE ITS SUCCESS RATE, THE SERVICE CAN'T SURVIVE WITHOUT DONATIONS. WE FLY PROBABLY MORE THAN ANY OTHER RESCUE HELICOPTER BASED IN NZ. SO WE ARE BUSY, BUT THE BUSIER WE GET, THE MORE WE HAVE TO FUNDRAISE. THE NORTHLAND SERVICE COVERS THE TOP THIRD OF THE NORTH ISLAND. IT HAS THREE SPECIALISED MEDICAL CHOPPERS ` EACH WORTH AROUND $15M. IT'S THE ONLY RESCUE HELICOPTER SERVICE IN THE COUNTRY THAT'S FULLY OPERATIONAL AROUND THE CLOCK. MOST OF THE TIME WE'RE FLYING INTO BLACK HOLES, IF YOU LIKE, BECAUSE OUR POPULATION IS SPARSELY SITUATED. OUR HOSPITALS, OUR SATELLITE HOSPITALS ARE A LONG WAY AWAY. A CRUCIAL LIFELINE FOR THOSE LIKE LYNDA TRACEY WHEN TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. INDOOR-OUTDOOR FLOW AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL HAVE HELPED A CHRISTCHURCH HOME TAKE OUT THE MASTER BUILDERS' HOUSE OF THE YEAR AWARD. THE MERIVALE PROPERTY TOOK TWO YEARS TO BUILD. LISA DAVIES WENT ALONG FOR A LOOK. WANT TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE HOUSE OF THE YEAR? COME ON IN AND FEAST YOUR EYES ON THE $2M WORTH OF HOUSE THAT PHIL BENTON BUILT. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE AT HOME WHEN YOU FIRST WALK INTO THE HOUSE, SO IT WAS A SPECIAL HOUSE RIGHT FROM THE OUTSET. AND AFTER THIS BIG WIN,... DRUM ROLL PHIL BENTON BUILDERS FOR THE PROPERTY IN CHRISTCHURCH. CHEERING ...THE HOUSE SEEMS EVEN MORE SPECIAL. IT TOOK TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE, BUT FOR PHIL IT'S WORTH EVERY MINUTE FOR THIS MOMENT OF GLORY. YOU'RE THE BEST OF THE BEST, WHICH MEANS A LOT. THE OWNER OF THIS HOME HAS NO DOUBTS AS TO WHY HE WON. HE'S A PERFECTIONIST. AND EVERYTHING HAD TO BE PERFECT, AND THAT'S WHY HE WON. EVERYONE WHO LIVES HERE IS VERY HAPPY WITH THE FINISHED RESULT. THIS IS PROBABLY MY FAVOURITE ROOM IN THE HOUSE. I COME IN HERE AND PLAY XBOX, SO IT'S ALL GOOD. (LAUGHS) I THINK MY FAVOURITE PARTS OF THE HOUSE PROBABLY DIFFER QUITE GREATLY FROM THAT OF THE JUDGES. THE JUDGES SAY THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL HOME BUILT WITH A VERY HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY BY AN EXCEPTIONAL BUILDER. INDOOR-OUTDOOR FLOW,... OOH, IT'S A BIT HEAVY. ...SUPREME STYLE AND NOW A NATIONAL AWARD THAT'S GOT THE BUILDING COMPANY'S PHONE RINGING OFF THE HOOK. PEOPLE DO START KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR. THEY DO WANT THE BEST, AND THIS YEAR WE ARE THE BEST, SO IT'S LUCKY. IT'S BEAUTIFUL, AND WE'RE JUST ENJOYING LIVING IN IT. PERFECT FOR PEOPLE AND PERFECT FOR CATS. AN AWARD-WINNING HOME THAT TICKS ALL THE BOXES. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` A WOMAN KILLED IN A CRASH FOLLOWING A POLICE PURSUIT IN WANGANUI HAD ALREADY BEEN STOPPED BY OFFICERS FOR DRINK-DRIVING EARLIER IN THE EVENING. SHE HAD HER KEYS CONFISCATED AND WAS BANNED FOR GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL FOR 12 HOURS. SIX OTHER PEOPLE SURVIVED THE CRASH. THE SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT HAS PRAISED PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY FOR HIS STANCE AT THE COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING AND HAS OFFERED TO SEND AN ELEPHANT AS A SYMBOL OF FRIENDSHIP. UNLIKE BRITAIN, NZ HASN'T DEMANDED AN INQUIRY INTO ALLEGED WAR CRIMES BY SRI LANKA. THE OFFER OF A COMPANION FOR AUCKLAND ZOO'S ONLY ELEPHANT, BURMA, WAS WELCOME NEWS THERE TODAY. BUT, AS MATT MCLEAN FOUND, IT WASN'T EXACTLY A SURPRISE. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THAT SHE WANTED TO WASH-UP AND LOOK GOOD, BECAUSE AFTER FOUR YEARS ALONE, BURMA THE ELEPHANT IS EXPECTING COMPANY. SHE'S ON HER OWN. AND ALTHOUGH WE LOVE HER VERY MUCH, AND SHE LOVES HER TEAM GREATLY, HER FUTURE IS WITH ELEPHANTS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AIMING TO SEE. YOU SEE, THE SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT IS LENDING A HAND. BUT AUCKLAND ZOO'S BEEN EXPECTING A TRUNK DELIVERY FOR A WHILE NOW. WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING WITH SRI LANKA FOR QUITE A LONG TIME IN A WHOLE RANGE OF WAYS BUT SPECIFICALLY IN THIS INSTANCE WITH ZOO OFFICIALS IN SRI LANKA, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN THE ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE. SO THIS IS A CULMINATION OF QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS' WORK. THIS ISN'T ABOUT FINDING BURMA A BOYFRIEND. SHE'S A BIT OLD FOR BREEDING. AND IN FACT, THE WOMEN ARE JUST HAPPY TO HANG OUT WITH THEMSELVES. THEY DON'T REALLY NEED MEN. SO THE ZOO IS HOPING TO ESTABLISH BURMA AS A STRONG MATRIARCH FOR A HERD OF YOUNGER FEMALES. IN THE LONG TERM, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR FEMALE ELEPHANTS TO HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF ELEPHANT COMPANIONSHIP AROUND THEM. A PROSPECT THAT'S EXCITING VISITORS. BECAUSE THEN SHE WON'T BE LONELY, AND SHE'LL HAVE A FRIEND TO PLAY WITH. THE ELEPHANTS ARE AWESOME. THEY'RE OUR FAVOURITE ANIMAL HERE, SO THE IDEA THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER ONE IS BRILLIANT. THERE'S STILL RED TAPE TO CUT, AND BIOSECURITY IS A MAJOR HOOP TO JUMP THROUGH. SO ZOO OFFICIALS SAY WE WON'T SEE ANY ELEPHANTS UNTIL AT LEAST THE END OF NEXT YEAR. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT. AND THE ALL BLACKS STRIKE BACK AGAINST ENGLAND. LARGE TASK AS WELL THEY NEEDED TO PLAY WELL A FEW SET BACKS WE'LL HAVE A FULL REVIEW OF WHAT WAS AN OUTSTANDING TEST MATCH. BUT MIXED EMOTIONS FOR DAN CARTER. TEST 100 LASTING LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR. WHEN WILL WE SEE HIM AGAIN? AS THE WORLD'S TOP DOGS SEE OFF THE NEW ENGLAND. PLUS, ONCE THE HEAVIEST HITTER, NOW IT'S ALL OVER FOR A FLAT DAVID TUA. I'M SAD TO SAY IT, BUT MY HEART ISN'T IN IT ANY MORE. HISTORY REPEATS IN HAMILTON. AND THE MEXICAN FOOTBALLERS ARRIVE INTO PHOENIX TERRITORY. CAN THEY EXPECT A CHALLENGE FROM THE RE-JIGGED ALL WHITES? Ears? Ears? Check. Ears? Check. Three, two, one. one. BOOM! BOTH LAUGH Get the latest latest and more for Christmas, like one of our latest latest smartphones for $0 on Red and only $129 per month on our Ultimate Smartphone package. Choose between the Nokia Lumia 925, the Sony Xperia Z1 or the Samsung Galaxy S4 Cat 4, all for $0. Do Christmas better with Vodafone. FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO THE ALL BLACKS, AND DANIEL CARTER'S SIX-MONTH BREAK FROM THE GAME HAS COME AT EXACTLY THE RIGHT TIME. AGAINST ENGLAND, IN HIS 100TH TEST, CARTER LEFT THE FIELD WITH ACHILLES' TENDON ISSUES, ANOTHER CONCERNING INJURY FOR THE VETERAN. AT THE SAME TIME, THE ALL BLACKS CONTINUED THEIR WINNING RUN FOR THE YEAR, BEATING ENGLAND 30-22, BUT THE ENGLISH SHOWED GLIMPSES OF THINGS TO COME NEXT YEAR AND BEYOND. HERE HE IS, AND WHAT A MAGNIFICENT ALL BLACK HE HAS BEEN. AND CLEARLY WELL RESPECTED ` A STANDING OVATION AT THE HOME OF ENGLISH RUGBY. HE WORE GOLDEN CENTURION BOOTS WITH SAN MARCO'S NAME ON THE LEFT FOOT, AND HIS DAD, NEVILLE, WAS IN THE CROWD TO WITNESS HISTORY. UNFORTUNATELY, CARTER ONLY LASTED 26 MINUTES, LEAVING WITH THAT INJURED ACHILLES' TENDON. BEFORE THEN, IT WAS HIS CANTERBURY MATE KIERAN READ STANDING OUT. LOW PASS, AND FLICKED BACK ON THE INSIDE. SAVEA! WHAT A START! READ AND HIS NOW SIGNATURE OFFLOAD THROUGH TO THE NOW FAMILIAR WIDE RUN TO SCORE. SLIPS THE PASS TO READ. HE'S IN AGAIN! AND AGAIN THE PSEUDO FIVE-EIGHTH BRODIE RETALLICK'S SLEIGHT OF HAND WAS IMPRESSIVE. UP 17-3, ENGLAND WERE TAKING HITS EVERYWHERE. BUT THIS ROSE HAS THORNS. IN THE SECOND AND THIRD QUARTERS, THE ENGLISH DOMINATED AS THE ALL BLACKS' SCRUM HAD MORE ISSUES. IT'S GONNA GET MESSY. IT DID GET MESSY. ENGLAND LOCK TOM LAUNCHBURY AWARDED A SUSPECT TRY. WITH CARTER AND OTHERS OFF AND THE ALL BLACKS INFRINGING, READ WAS YELLOW CARDED IN CONFUSING MANNER. ENGLAND FIRST-FIVE OWEN FARRELL LOOKED TO GIVE HIS SIDE AN UNLIKELY LEAD. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED. UP 22-20, FARRELL KICKING SIX FROM SIX. THE ALL BLACKS HAD DRIED UP, BEFORE SOME MA'A NONU MAGIC. NOW CRUDEN. NONU HAVING A GO. BEAUTIFUL PASS. WHAT A BALL! SAVEA! HAS HE GOT IT DOWN? I THINK HE HAS. YES, HE HAS. UNLIKE ENGLAND'S ATTACK, THE ALL BLACKS ONLY NEEDED A HALF CHANCE AND THEY POUNCED. AARON CRUDEN CAME GOOD FOR A VITAL KICK, PUTTING THEM OUT TO A 30-22 LEAD, AND THEY WERE NEVER HEADED. MIXED EMOTIONS FOR THE INJURED DAN CARTER, PRESENTED WITH HIS SILVER CAP BY RICHIE MCCAW. BUT THE WIN EXORCISED DEMONS FROM 2012. BRING ON THE ENGLISH NEXT YEAR AND THE WORLD CUP IN 2015. DAN CARTER WILL HAVE SCANS ON HIS ACHILLES LATER TONIGHT, BUT HE'S ALL BUT OUT OF THE LAST TEST OF THE YEAR AGAINST IRELAND NEXT WEEKEND. FOR CARTER, THE DAY IN LONDON ENDED UP AS A BITTERSWEET MOMENT. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY REPORTS. GRINNING BUT GUTTED. DAN CARTER IS GETTING USED TO WATCHING THE ALL BLACKS FINISH THE BIG ONES WITHOUT HIM. I'M JUST SO SO HAPPY, YOU KNOW, WE CAME AWAY WITH THE WIN THERE. JUST, I WAS SO NERVOUS SITTING ON THE SIDELINE. CARTER HAD MANY MESSAGES OF SUPPORT AHEAD OF HIS 100 GAMES, BUT THE MESSAGES FROM HIS BODY WERE CONSISTENT TOO. THIS HIS FOURTH INJURY OF THIS SEASON. I FELT MY ACHILLES, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO CONTACT, PUSHING OFF IT. YOU KNOW, I'VE SORT OF BEEN CARRYING IT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. TONY WOODCOCK JOINED HIM ON THE INJURED LIST; A HAMSTRING PULLED SECONDS BEFORE THE HALF HAS ENDED HIS TOUR. BUT A WEEK IN BED AND A NIGHT IN HOSPITAL WITH A LUNG INFECTION HAVE LEFT JULIAN SAVEA SLIMMER AND ONLOOKERS BREATHLESS. YOU KNOW, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN THIS POSITION, AND FINISH OFF THE OFFLOADS FROM THE TEAM. AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS PRETTY HAPPY TO JUST GET OUT THERE. ONCE AGAIN, THOUGH, THIS WEEK, THE ALL BLACKS STRUGGLED TO GET IT RIGHT AT THE BREAKDOWN. REFEREE CRAIG JOUBERT TOOK A STRICT LINE WITH TACKLE RELEASE. WE HAVE TO ADJUST, ADAPT AND STOP GIVING AWAY SILLY PENALTIES. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT KEPT ENGLAND IN THE GAME IN THE END. IT WAS BY NO MEANS PERFECT. DON'T GET ME WRONG ON THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, TEST MATCHES ` WHEN YOU'VE GOT 15 GUYS TRYING TO STOP YOU FROM PLAYING, IT'S ABOUT WINNING THE MOMENTS. THE ALL BLACK LINEOUT STEALS STOOD OUT, AS DID THE HALF CENTURY FOR THE SENIOR LOCK. HOPEFULLY ONE DAY IT'S ON A BOTTLE CAP, YOU KNOW. 'WHO PLAYED HIS 50TH GAME WHEN DAN CARTER PLAYED HIS 100TH?' THAT'D BE PRETTY COOL. CLEARLY THE PRESSURE ON THE ALL BLACKS HAS LIFTED AFTER WINNING THE BATTLE FOR REDEMPTION AT TWICKENHAM. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. THE ALL BLACKS CAN AFFORD TO REST A FEW OF THEIR SENIOR PLAYERS FOR THE TOUR ENDER AFTER IRELAND'S DISMAL 32-15 LOSS TO AUSTRALIA. THE WALLABIES RAN RIOT OUT WIDE, SCORING FOUR TRIES TO NIL. AS THEY COME BACK INSIDE. IT IS... AUSTRALIA ARE GONNA SCORE. TO MOORE. AND AUSTRALIA AGAIN ATTACK THAT IRISH DEFENSIVE LINE. AND THEY'RE ALMOST THROUGH AGAIN. THEY ARE THROUGH AGAIN! NO WONDER NEW COACH JOE SCHMIDT LOOKED ANXIOUS AS EVEN QUADE COOPER REDISCOVERED HIS RUNNING GAME. MAN OF THE MATCH MICHAEL HOOPER FINISHED WITH A DOUBLE, AND THE WALLABIES WITH ONLY 14 PLAYERS, AFTER TEVITA KURIDRANI WAS SENT OFF FOR THIS TIP TACKLE ON FLANKER PETER O'MAHONEY, WHO THEN LASHED OUT AT THE WRONG BLOKE. DAVID TUA'S STUTTERING HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CAREER IS OVER. 40-YEAR-OLD TUA'S LOST A UNANIMOUS POINTS DECISION TO THE GIANT BELARUSIAN ALEXANDER USTINOV IN A FLAT PERFORMANCE WHICH WAS VERY SIMILAR TO HIS WORLD TITLE FIGHT AGAINST LENNOX LEWIS 13 YEARS AGO. JOE PORTER HAS MORE. AFTER 21 YEARS, 59 FIGHTS AND 43 KNOCKOUTS, A HAPPY-FACED, BUT AN UNDERWHELMING END TO AN EXPLOSIVE CAREER. I'M SAD TO SAY IT, BUT MY HEART IS NOT IN IT ANY MORE. THINK IT'S TIME FOR ME TO TRY SOMETHING ELSE. TOLD HE HAD TO BEAT ALEXANDER USTINOV BY KNOCKOUT TO GET ANOTHER WORLD-TITLE SHOT, TUA NEVER LOOKED LIKE COMING CLOSE, DAVID COMFORTABLY BEATEN BY GOLIATH. FOR YOUR WINNER, BY UNANIMOUS DECISION, FIGHTING OUT OF THE BLUE CORNER, ALEXANDER 'THE GREAT' USTINOV! DESPITE THE TEPID EXIT,... AND THIS IS THE WAY IT WENT FOR MOST OF THE FIGHT. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, DAVID WOULD LAND THE LEFT HOOK BUT TOO FEW. ...THE BEATEN BRAWLER HAS NO REGRETS, EVEN THE FAILED WORLD-TITLE SHOT AGAINST LENNOX LEWIS, WHICH HE CONSIDERS ONE OF TWO CAREER HIGHLIGHTS. THE FIRST WOULD HAVE TO BE THE FIGHT THAT GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THE FINAL PAYMENT ON MY PARENTS' HOUSE; THE SECOND WOULD BE THE CHALLENGE FOR THE UNDISPUTED HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD TITLE. TUA HAS POLITICAL PLANS BUT WON'T REVEAL EXACTLY WHICH PARTY HE MIGHT PUMP FOR. HIS SCHEDULE FOR NOW, THOUGH, IS SORTED. I'M GONNA TAKE A SLEEP FOR A WEEK. LAUGHTER THAT'S WHAT I NEED, MAN. I'LL SLEEP FOR A WEEK. THE LACKLUSTRE FIGHT WOULD HAVE PUT MANY TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT. A DISAPPOINTING END TO A CAREER THAT PROMISED MUCH. USTINOV IS GONNA WIN. A UNANIMOUS DECISION. HOPEFULLY MORE REMEMBER THE THRILLS. ANOTHER BIG BOMB AND LUIS IS DOWN! NOT BAD FOR A DISHWASHER. DAVID TUA LEFT THE BUILDING TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOD BLESS. JOE PORTER, ONE NEWS. THE MEXICAN FOOTBALLERS HAVE INCREASED THEIR PSYCHOLOGICAL EDGE OVER THE ALL WHITES AHEAD OF WEDNESDAY'S SECOND WORLD CUP QUALIFIER. UNLIKE YESTERDAY'S BIZARRE NZ ARRIVAL SCENES, THE VISITORS, ESPECIALLY THEIR COACH MIGUEL HERRERA, APPEARED HAPPY TO BE IN THE CAPITAL AND RESPONDED TO WHAT COULD BE THE STERNEST CHALLENGE THEY'LL FACE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ALL SING IN SPANISH MEANWHILE, THE ALL WHITES WERE BACK ON THE TRAINING FIELD TODAY WITH MARCO ROJAS HOPEFUL OF GETTING A START. I CAN'T SEE WHY NOT. I'M SURE THE ADRENALIN ALONE WOULD PUSH ME ALONG, BUT OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT ENTIRELY MATCH FIT. STRIKER SHANE SMELTZ LOOKED TO BE OVER HIS GROIN PROBLEM AFTER NOT PLAYING IN MEXICO LAST THURSDAY. THE BLACK CAPS' HOPES OF SCORING A RARE ONE-DAY SERIES WIN AWAY AGAINST SRI LANKA HAVE BEEN DASHED BY RAIN AND THE CONTENTIOUS DUCKWORTH-LEWIS SYSTEM. ABBY SCOTT REPORTS. ONCE THE RAIN CLEARED, THE SRI LANKANS GOT TO WORK. AN OPENING PARTNERSHIP OF 91 OFF 86 BALLS BEFORE NATHAN MCCULLUM CLAIMED HIS FIRST WICKET. THIS MIGHT BE OUT. YES, IT IS. TILLAKARATNE DILSHAN EARNING MAN OF THE SERIES WITH HIS THIRD CONSECUTIVE HALF-CENTURY. AND IT'S 50. THE HOSTS POSTING A CHALLENGING 211/8 IN THE RAIN-REDUCED 33 OVERS. THE BLACK CAPS WENT INTO A TAILSPIN RIGHT OFF THE BAT. THAT IS A POOR SHOT. GOT 'EM! 63/6 IN JUST 19 OVERS. WITH TWO WICKETS A PIECE, MCCULLUM AND JAMES NEESHAM PRODUCED THE ONLY GLIMMER OF HOPE ` AN UNBROKEN STAND OF 63 OFF 36 BALLS. BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH. POOR LIGHT ENDING PLAY AFTER 25 OVERS, MUCH TO MCCULLUM'S DISGUST. THEIR 125/6 WAS NOT ENOUGH, LOSING UNDER THE DUCKWORTH-LEWIS SYSTEM. FIRST GAME BACK, YEAH. KANE WILLIAMSON WAS MEANT TO BE LEADING THE SIDE IN SRI LANKA, INSTEAD HE'S AT HOME PLAYING AGAINST SLIGHTLY EASIER OPPOSITION, STILL RECOVERING FROM A COMPOUND FRACTURE TO HIS THUMB. ALL THE JOINTS ARE FINE. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF A BIT OF HEALING TIME. WHEN I FIRST DID IT, THEY SAID SIX WEEKS, AND THAT'S KIND OF REMAINED. HE SAYS THE LATEST EXPERIENCE OFFSHORE WILL HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR THE YOUNG TEAM. I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A LOT OF LEARNING FROM PLAYING IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD IN THAT SHORT FORMAT. IT'S TOUGH, AND WE DO NEED TO IMPROVE. WILLIAMSON HOPING HIS THUMB HAS IMPROVED ENOUGH TO SEE HIM BACK FOR THE FIRST TEST AGAINST THE WEST INDIES NEXT MONTH. ABBY SCOTT, ONE NEWS. ENGLAND WILL FACE NZ IN THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP AFTER BEATING FRANCE 34-6 IN WIGAN TODAY. THE FRENCH ROCKED THE HOSTS EARLY WITH THE OPENING TRY, BUT AFTER THAT, WARRIOR-IN-WAITING SAM TOMPKINS TOOK CHARGE. IT'S A STRANGE DUMMY PASS, BUT IT WORKS WELL. TO RYAN HALL! WIDE IT GOES TO WATKINS. WATKINS HOLDS IT UP AND WHAT A FINISH FOR JOSH CHARNLEY. ENGLAND WILL NOW TAKE ON THE KIWIS AT WEMBLEY STADIUM IN LONDON NEXT SUNDAY MORNING. YOUNG KIWI GOLFER RYAN FOX IS JUST HOLDING ONTO A TOP-10 FINISH AT THE AUSTRALIAN MASTERS IN MELBOURNE. MEANWHILE, IT'S A TIGHT RACE FOR THE TITLE. ADAM SCOTT IS TRYING TO ADD A GOLD JACKET TO THE US MASTERS GREEN JACKET HE CLAIMED EARLIER IN THE YEAR. THE AUSTRALIAN WON THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP ACROSS THE DITCH LAST WEEK AND STARTED TODAY WITH A FOUR-SHOT LEAD. CROWD EXCLAIMS, GROANS OH. HOW MANY TIMES IN THE PAST TWO DAYS HAVE WE SEEN THAT? BUT AMERICAN MATT KUCHAR CHARGED THROUGH HIS OPENING NINE, CARDING FIVE BIRDIES TO DRAW LEVEL WITH SCOTT. WITH TWO HOLES TO PLAY, THE TWO ARE TIED AT 14-UNDER. OUR TOP OPEN-WATER SWIMMERS HAVE DOMINATED THE STATE HARBOUR CROSSING IN AUCKLAND TODAY. ALMOST 1700 SET OFF FROM BAYSWATER FOR THE 2.9KM SWIM AND ROTORUA'S KANE RADFORD WENT ON TO WIN THE RACE FOR THE FIFTH TIME, EDGING OUT DYLAN DUNLOP-BARRETT IN JUST UNDER 34 MINUTES. 17 MINUTES BACK, IN THE GREEN CAPS, BLUES COACH SIR JOHN KIRWAN AND HIS TRAINING PARTNER, FORMER TRIATHLON STAR RIC WELLS. BUCKET LIST. I'M A PROUD AUCKLANDER, SO TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SWIM THE HARBOUR THAT YOU'VE BEEN DRIVING AROUND AND LOOKING AT ALL YOUR LIFE IS A REAL ACHIEVEMENT. NEW PLYMOUTH'S CHARLOTTE WEBBY WENT ONE BETTER THAN LAST YEAR, TAKING OUT THE WOMEN'S SECTION BY MORE THAN HALF A MINUTE. GOOD ON SIR JOHN KIRWAN AFTER THE BREAK, KAREN HAS SOME LOW CLOUD, FOG AND HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST. AND WE MEET A PRINCIPAL INVESTING MORE THAN HIS TIME INTO A BAY OF PLENTY PRIMARY SCHOOL. Welcome to Uses for Credit Card Rewards You Never Use. Today, the rice cooker, a planter pot, a foot spa,... DING! ...a dog bowl, a helmet. Get a reward that's actually rewarding with an ANZ CashBack credit card ` the only credit card that rewards you with cash. Call us today to get this great offer. HI, EVERYONE. THE WEATHER RADAR HAS BEEN PICKING UP A FEW LIGHTNING FLASHES OVER THE EASTERN NORTH ISLAND RANGES. METSERVICE HAS ISSUED A WATCH FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HAWKE'S BAY RANGES UNTIL AROUND 8PM. JUST A WATCH AT THIS STAGE. MESSY SKIES OVER NZ. PLENTY OF BRIGHT, HIGH CLOUD AND LOWER STUFF UNDERNEATH. QUITE OFTEN WE CAN GET CLOUDY SKIES UNDER A HIGH. SOMETIMES WE CALL IT ANTICYCLONIC GLOOM ` MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE PRODUCING THE CLOUD, AND THEN THAT CLOUD BECOMES TRAPPED BY THE DESCENDING AIR WITHIN THE HIGH. ALSO GOT THESE WEAK FRONTAL FEATURES PRODUCING SOME RAIN AND DRIZZLE. NOT A LOT OF CHANGE TOMORROW. STILL COVERED BY A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. A TRIFECTA OF HIGH CENTRES ` NORTH, EAST AND WEST. THE UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER US CONTAINS MOISTURE, SO AFTERNOON HEATING AND CONVERGENCE IS SET TO TRIGGER MORE SHOWERS AND MAYBE SOME THUNDERSTORMS, LOW CLOUD AND FOG. JUST THE ONE ISOBAR AROUND US, SO THE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT. CLOUDY AREAS IN THE NORTH OF THE SOUTH ISLAND WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. THEN FROM AROUND LUNCHTIME, MORE SHOWERS DEVELOPING INLAND WITH SOME HEAVY FALLS. POSSIBLY SOME THUNDER AND HAIL AS WELL. MAINLY FINE WESTLAND AND IN THE SOUTH AFTER AREAS OF MORNING FOG OR LOW CLOUD CLEAR. WINDS ARE LIGHT. POCKETS OF LOW CLOUD OR FOG FIRST UP OVER THE NORTH ISLAND. ALSO A FEW SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH-WEST AND AROUND HAWKE'S BAY. SHOWERS THEN DEVELOPING SOUTH OF ROTORUA WITH HEAVY, POSSIBLY THUNDERY DOWNPOURS ABOUT THE RANGES. NORTHLAND ALSO GETS A FEW AFTERNOON SPLASHES. LIGHT WINDS OR SEA BREEZES. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S ALL FROM ME. JIM WILL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE WITH WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS FROM TOMORROW. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. OUR GOOD SORT TONIGHT IS ROGER REID, PRINCIPAL OF PUKEHINA PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE BAY OF PLENTY. IT'S A SMALL SCHOOL WITH AROUND 30 PUPILS, AND WHEN THEY NEEDED ANOTHER FULLTIME TEACHER, MR REID DID SOMETHING PRETTY SPECIAL TO HELP. HADYN JONES HAS MORE. GENTLE PIANO MUSIC ROGER REID DOES EVERYTHING A GOOD COUNTRY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DOES, INCLUDING BEING A GOOD LOSER AT DODGEBALL... (SHRIEKS) I CAME HERE FROM A BIGGER SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, AND THE CULTURE'S REALLY REALLY DIFFERENT HERE. ...AND FIXING THE ODD INJURY. HE'S PRETTY TOUGH. WE BREED THEM TOUGH OUT HERE. THERE'S NO TIME TO CHAT, THOUGH. THERE'S KAPA HAKA CLASS, BEFORE EDITING THE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER SEVERAL TIMES. 'PACKED LUNCH.' WHAT ELSE? ROGER REID HAS A UNIQUE WAY OF GETTING THINGS DONE. THE SCHOOL POOL GOT WATERBLASTED BY A COUPLE OF PARENTS. COS WE DON'T HAVE A CARETAKER. WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE TO CLEAN POOLS LIKE A BIG SCHOOL, SO... YOU GOTTA DELEGATE. (LAUGHS) AND JUDY IS ONLY PAID FOR 20 HOURS BUT WORKS 60. ROGER HAS HELPED ME OUT WHEN I'VE HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, SO HE'S MORE LIKE FAMILY TO ME THAN MOST, AND I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR HIM. SO IF YOU LOOK AROUND, YOU SEE THERE ARE PARENTS AND HELPERS EVERYWHERE IN PUKEHINA SCHOOL. THEY WANT TO BE INVOLVED, AND NOW THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH TAKING OVER. (LAUGHS) IT'S GREAT. SO YOU GET THAT IN COUNTRY SCHOOLS PRINCIPALS HAVE TO DO A LOT, RIGHT? THEY'RE KIND OF A JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES. WELL, MR REID DID SOMETHING, WELL, ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY. LAST YEAR THE SCHOOL ONLY HAD ONE AND A HALF TEACHERS. IT WAS ESSENTIAL. IF WE WANTED TO SURVIVE, WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING. WE UNFORTUNATELY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY, SO IT WAS... YEAH, IT WASN'T A PROBLEM. SO MR REID PAID FOR ANOTHER HALF TEACHER OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET. THESE PEOPLE ARE REALLY NOT WEALTHY, BUT THEY GIVE EVERYTHING TO THEIR SCHOOL. AND THEY SUPPORT ME, AND SO I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD BE SUPPORTING THEM AS WELL, SO IT WAS REALLY A NON-ISSUE, REALLY. AFTER SCHOOL MR REID PUTS A FEW STUDENTS TO WORK CLEANING, AND IN EXCHANGE HE DROPS THEM HOME IN TE PUKE, 20KM AWAY. I LOVE IT HERE. YOU GET ATTACHED. WE'VE GOT A LOVELY ENVIRONMENT. YOU KNOW, SUPPORTIVE PARENTS. UM, WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK FOR? IT'S FROWNED UPON FOR PRINCIPALS TO PAY TEACHERS OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET, BUT ROGER REID'S SCHOOL NEEDED HELP, AND HE DID WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS RIGHT. I THINK HE'S THE MOST AMAZING MAN IN THE WHOLE WORLD. ALL: THAT'S THE STORY OF MR REID. HADYN JONES, ONE NEWS. AND IF YOU WANT TO NOMINATE SOMEONE TO BE A GOOD SORT, GO TO OUR WEBSITE... AND THAT'S OUR BULLETIN TONIGHT. SUNDAY'S HERE NEXT WITH THE STORY OF A DISASTROUS ENCOUNTER BETWEEN A POLICE DOG AND AN INNOCENT CIVILIAN. BUT FROM ALL THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JESSICA BOELL AND INGRID LAUDER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013