GOOD EVENING. IT'S BEEN A GOOD DAY FOR THE CLEAN UP IN NELSON AND PAIHIA, WITH CYCLONE LUSI BANISHED TO THE WIDE BLUE PACIFIC. A STANDARD WESTERLY FLOW IS CARESSING THE COUNTRY, ELEVATING NAPIER TO 29 DEGREES, BUT IT ALSO USHERS IN A COUPLE OF FRONTS. SO COMING UP ` DARKS CLOUDS FOR SOME; PICNIC TIME FOR MOST. 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. SECURITY CHECK ` THE LAST-KNOWN IMAGES OF THE MALAYSIAN AIRLINE PILOTS ARE REVEALED AS THEY COME UNDER INCREASING SCRUTINY. CRIMEA CELEBRATES A DISPUTED VOTE TO JOIN RUSSIA ` COULD A MAJOR UKRAINIAN CITY BE NEXT? FRENZY AS STAR TREK STAR CHRIS PINE APPEARS IN COURT TO FACE DRINK DRIVING CHARGES. AND STEPPING OUT TO MARK A SPECIAL DAY ` THE IRISH GO GREEN AT ST PADDY'S CELEBRATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER THEORY, BUT STILL NO CLOSER TO SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MALAYSIAN PLANE. AMERICAN MEDIA SAY SEARCHERS ARE NOW FOCUSSING ON A WIDE EXPANSE OF OCEAN WEST OF AUSTRALIA. PRIME MINISTER TONY ABBOTT'S JUST CONFIRMED AUSTRALIA IS TAKING CHARGE OF THE SEARCH IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. THIS DEVELOPMENT AS THE AIRCRAFT'S TWO PILOTS COME UNDER INCREASING SCRUTINY. KATE LYNCH HAS THE LATEST. CLEARING AIRPORT SECURITY IN KUALA LUMPUR BEFORE VANISHING INTO THIN AIR. THESE ARE THE LAST KNOWN IMAGES OF CAPTAIN ZAHARIE AHMAD SHAH AND HIS CO-PILOT, FARIQ ABDUL HAMID ` TWO MEN UNDER INTENSE SCRUTINY AFTER MALAYSIAN OFFICIALS REVEALED THE BOEING 777'S TRACKING SYSTEMS WERE DELIBERATELY DISABLED BY SOMEONE ON THE PLANE. IF YOU'RE INTENTIONALLY SHUTTING OFF THOSE SYSTEMS, ONE REASON IS TO BASICALLY VANISH OR MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND. AND THIS IS THE AREA MALAYSIAN OFFICIALS ARE NOW SEARCHING AFTER NEW SATELLITE INFORMATION REVEALED THE PLANE FLEW ALMOST SEVEN HOURS AFTER VEERING OFF COURSE ` ONE FLIGHT CORRIDOR TOWARDS NORTHERN IRAN, PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN; THE OTHER OVER INDONESIA AND DOWN THE WEST AUSTRALIAN COAST, AROUND 1000KM FROM LAND. AMERICAN MEDIA ARE REPORTING THAT IT'S THE SOUTHERN ROUTE THAT INVESTIGATORS ARE INTERESTED IN. TWO AUSTRALIAN ORIONS HAVE BEEN DIVERTED TO THAT AREA. Malaysia asked Australia take charge of the search. MEANWHILE, THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT SAYS THE DISAPPEARANCE IS LIKELY TO BE TERRORISM, AND IT'S WIDENING ITS LIST OF POSSIBLE SUSPECTS. THE MALAYSIAN AUTHORITIES ARE REFOCUSSING THE INVESTIGATIONS OF ALL CREW AND PASSENGERS ON BOARD MH370, AS WELL AS ALL GROUND STAFF HANDLING THE AIRCRAFT. WITH CAPTAIN ZAHARIE AHMAD SHAH UNDER SCRUTINY, HIS FAMILY TODAY RELEASED A TRIBUTE, SAYING THEY HOPE HE'LL BE HOME SOON ` A SENTIMENT ECHOED IN CHINA BY THE DISTRAUGHT FAMILIES OF THE PASSENGERS WANTING TO KNOW WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG FOR THE FACTS TO EMERGE. BUT THESE NEW FACTS OPEN UP A NEW SEARCH AREA OF MORE THAN 3 MILLION SQUARE KILOMETRES. FINDING THE PLANE MAY BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. KATE LYNCH, ONE NEWS. INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW DIGGING DEEP INTO THE BACKGROUNDS OF THE FLIGHT CREW AND PASSENGERS, WHILE ZEROING IN ON THE TWO PILOTS. ABC'S BOB WOODRUFF IS IN KUALA LUMPUR. WE'VE NOW LEARNED THAT THE PILOTS DIDN'T ASK FOR ANY EXTRA FUEL FOR THE FLIGHT AND MADE NO SPECIAL REQUEST TO FLY TOGETHER, MAKING THE IDEA OF A CONSPIRACY BETWEEN THEM LESS LIKELY. BUT MUCH IS STILL UNKNOWN. INVESTIGATORS IN UNMARKED CARS SPENT THE LAST TWO DAYS GOING IN AND OUT OF THE GATED NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE PILOT, CAPTAIN ZAHARIE AHMAD SHAH(53), FOUR SECURITY GUARDS KEEPING REPORTERS FROM GETTING IN. OK, SO YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED ANYBODY IN` ANY MEDIA IN? NO WAY? AUTHORITIES ARE TONIGHT CONCENTRATING ON THE FLIGHT SIMULATOR ZAHARIE PUT TOGETHER HIMSELF AND KEPT INSIDE HIS HOME. HI, EVERYONE. A FRIEND, PETER CHONG, TOLD ME ZAHARIE IS CONSIDERED A TECH GEEK WHO INVITED OTHER FRIENDS TO USE IT. TO BE ABLE TO BUY THINGS OFF THE COUNTER AND SET UP HIS OWN FLIGHT SIMULATOR. IT'S SOMETHING HE'S PROUD OF. THAT ENTIRE SIMULATOR HAS NOW BEEN TAKEN APART AND REASSEMBLED, LOOKING FOR ANY CLUES. TWO OF THE CAPTAIN'S LAPTOP COMPUTERS ARE ALSO BEING SCRUTINISED. IT IS ZAHARIE'S POLITICAL ACTIVIES THAT ARE RAISING QUESTIONS. ZAHARIE IS A MEMBER OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY IN MALAYSIA, WITH CLOSE TIES WITH THE PARTY'S LEADER ANWAR IBRAHIM, WHO WAS JAILED THE VERY SAME DAY OF THE FLIGHT ` MARCH 7TH. HIS FRIEND SAID THAT DESPITE ZAHARIE'S T-SHIRT DECLARING DEMOCRACY IS DEAD, THE PILOT IS NOT AN EXTREMIST. AS FOR THE CO-PILOT, FARIQ ABDUL HAMID, POLICE ALSO SEARCHED HIS HOME LOOKING FOR CLUES. BUT THE SCENE IS HARDLY SECURE. HOURS BEFORE INVESTIGATORS ARRIVED, WE WATCHED HIS TWO BROTHERS LEAVE THE HOUSE, CASUALLY CARRYING OUT BOXES OF NOODLE AND DRINKS. YOU MAY'VE RECOGNISED THE BACKGROUND IN A PHOTO OF CAPTAIN ZAHAIRIE AHMAD SHAH IN THAT STORY. IT'S TAKEN FROM A BOAT LOOKING BACK AT THE AUCKLAND CITYSCAPE WITH THE FERRY BUILDING BEHIND. IT WAS POSTED ON THE PILOT'S FACEBOOK PAGE IN 2012. OTHERS ON BOARD MAY HAVE KNOWN HOW TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE PLANE. THE BBC'S RUPERT WINGFIELD-HAYES DEMONSTRATES HOW EASY IT IS TO LEARN HOW TO DO IT. IN A SIMULATOR TODAY, IT TOOK ME JUST A FEW MINUTES TO LEARN HOW TO NAVIGATE AND TO CHANGE COURSE. O-M-L-I-N. PRESS WAY POINTS. PRESS WAY POINTS AND INSERT. AND NOW THE PLANE IS HEADING` YOU CAN SEE IT'S TURNING TOWARDS THE NEW WAY POINT. IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. I ALSO LEARNED JUST HOW EASY IT IS TO SWITCH OFF THE PLANE'S TRANSPONDERS. JUST TURN THIS OFF. SOME OF THE AMATEURS WHO HIRE THIS SIMULATOR ARE VERY SKILLED. WHEN IT COMES TO THESE PEOPLE, THEY CAN REALLY HANDLE THE AIRCRAFT LIKE A PRO. < REALLY? YEAH. BUT THEY'RE NOT QUALIFIED PILOTS? THEY'RE NOT QUALIFIED PILOTS. AND EXPERTS BELIEVE SHUTTING DOWN THE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM COULD ALSO BE LEARNED BY SOMEONE RESEARCHING THE PLANE ON THE INTERNET. CRIMEA IS TONIGHT A BIG STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING PART OF RUSSIA. THE RESULTS OF A REFERENDUM SHOW OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR THE UKRAINIAN REGION TO BREAK AWAY AND BECOME PART OF RUSSIA. BUT THE UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION ARE LABELLING THE VOTE ILLEGAL AND ILLEGITIMATE. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT JESSICA MUTCH HAS THE LATEST. JUBILANT SCENES IN CRIMEA. THIS IS NOW RUSSIA, AND THESE PEOPLE ARE NOW RUSSIAN. CHANTS: RUSSIYA! RUSSIYA! RUSSIYA! THE PRO-RUSSIAN PRESIDENT OF CRIMEA LED THE CELEBRATIONS IN LENIN SQUARE. ALL SING RUSSIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM THE FLAGS ON THE VOTING BOOTHS MAY LOOK LIKE RUSSIAN COLOURS, BUT THEY ARE CRIMEA'S COLOURS TOO. THERE WERE ONLY TWO CHOICES ON THE BALLOT PAPER ` THE FIRST, SIMPLY, 'DO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF RUSSIA?' THE OTHER A LITTLE MORE COMPLEX: 'DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE 1992 RELATIONSHIP WITH UKRAINE?' TO REMAIN THE SAME WAS NOT AN OPTION. BECAUSE THE BOXES WERE TRANSPARENT, IT WAS EASY TO SEE HOW PEOPLE VOTED. THERE WERE VERY FEW VOTES AGAINST JOINING RUSSIA. TRANSLATOR: EVERYTHING IS OK; CALM AND FRIENDLY. BUT THE WEST ISN'T CHEERING. THE VOTE'S BEEN DECLARED A CIRCUS BY THE US. IT WON'T BE RECOGNISING THE RESULT AND SAYS RUSSIA HAS BROKEN ITS DEAL TO PROTECT UKRAINE'S BORDERS. THE REFERENDUM'S ALSO BEEN CONDEMNED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. FOREIGN SECRETARY WILLIAM HAGUE SAYS IT WAS RUSHED THROUGH IN 10 DAYS. HE SAYS THERE WAS NO PROPER CAMPAIGN OR DEBATE, AND ALL WITH THE PRESENCE OF THOUSANDS OF TROOPS FROM A FOREIGN COUNTRY. HE'S LABELLED THIS A MOCKERY OF PROPER DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. THE NZ PRIME MINISTER HAS ALSO WADED IN. YOU CAN'T HAVE A SITUATION WHERE YOU... UNDER THE THREAT OF FORCE, COS THAT'S WHAT'S EFFECTIVELY HAPPENING NOW IN CRIMEA. FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE US ARE HEADING TO BRUSSELS TO TALK ABOUT CONSEQUENCES FOR RUSSIA. I BELIEVE EVERYBODY WOULD SUFFER IF WE GET INTO SANCTIONS, BUT THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN PREVENT THIS ARE THE RUSSIANS. THERE ARE SOME IN CRIMEA WHO AREN'T HAPPY WITH RUSSIAN CONTROL EITHER. THE MUSLIM MINORITY TATARS ONCE OWNED THE REGION BEFORE THEY WERE UPROOTED UNDER STALIN. TRANSLATOR: WE'RE NOT AFRAID. ONLY THE WOMEN ARE AFRAID FOR THE CHILDREN. THIS IS OUR LAND. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BECOME RUSSIANS. BUT, IN THE EYES OF THESE PEOPLE, IT'S NOW TOO LATE. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS, LONDON. AND TENSION'S MOUNTING IN THE EASTERN UKRAINIAN CITY OF DONETSK, WHERE PRO-RUSSIAN SUPPORTERS ARE DEMANDING THEIR OWN REFERENDUM. THEY'RE PROMISING MORE PROTEST ACTION AFTER SMASHING THEIR WAY INTO GOVERNMENT OFFICES. BBC CORRESPONDENT STEVE ROSENBERG IS THERE. IN EASTERN UKRAINE TODAY, IT LOOKED LIKE A RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. PRO-MOSCOW PROTESTERS BESIEGED THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IN DONETSK. SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS WERE INJURED. THE REST WERE SIMPLY OUTNUMBERED AND RETREATED. WHEN THE CROWD FINALLY GOT IN, IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE THE RUSSIAN FLAG REPLACED THE UKRAINIAN ONE. ALL CHANT PEOPLE HERE WERE DEMANDING THEIR OWN CRIMEA-STYLE REFERENDUM. THEY WANT GREATER AUTONOMY FROM KIEV, AND IT'S NO SECRET WHICH COUNTRY THEY'D LIKE CLOSER TIES WITH. EASTERN UKRAINE IS NOT VOTING TODAY ON WHETHER TO BREAK AWAY FROM KIEV. BUT HERE THEY'VE BEEN CHANTING VLADIMIR PUTIN'S NAME AND SHOUTING, 'DONETSK IS A RUSSIAN CITY.' LATER, THE SAME CROWD MARCHED TO THE LOCAL SECURITY SERVICES HEADQUARTERS. THEY DEMANDED THAT POLICE FREE A PROMINENT PRO-RUSSIA ACTIVIST AND THEN TRIED TO STORM THE BUILDING. KIEV SAYS THAT PROTESTS LIKE THIS ONE ARE BEING ORGANISED BY KREMLIN AGENTS TO DESTABILISE THE COUNTRY AND TO PROVIDE A PRETEXT FOR RUSSIAN MILITARY INTERVENTION IN EASTERN UKRAINE. WHICH IS WHY UKRAINE'S ARMY IS STRENGTHENING ITS DEFENCES. THESE UKRAINIAN ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS AND TANKS WERE ON THE MOVE NEAR DONETSK TODAY. RUSSIA SAYS IT DOESN'T WANT A WAR, BUT IT HAS VOWED TO PROTECT ITS COMPATRIOTS IN UKRAINE. AND THAT'S MAKING THE AUTHORITIES HERE VERY NERVOUS. AND EVEN MORE REASONS TO BE NERVOUS ` PRO-RUSSIAN SUPPORTERS ARE NOW REPORTEDLY BLOCKING TRAINS FROM DELIVERING MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO EASTERN UKRAINE REGIONS, INCLUDING DONETSK. THE STAR WHO PLAYS CAPTAIN KIRK IN THE LATEST 'STAR TREK' MOVIES CAME DOWN TO EARTH TODAY. CHRIS PINE APPEARD IN THE ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT TO PLEAD GUILTY TO DRINK-DRIVING. THE FAMOUS ACTOR'S UNLAWFUL ROLE SPARKED FRENZIED SCENES IN THE TOWN. MIKE THORPE WAS THERE. STAR TREATMENT FOR CHRIS PINE OUTSIDE ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT, BUT INSIDE HE RECEIVED NO FAVOURS. THE 33-YEAR-OLD, OF 'STAR TREK' FAME, PLEADED GUILTY TO A CHARGE OF LOWER-LEVEL DRINK DRIVING. BUT, THROUGH HIS LAWYER, HE ASKED TO BE DISCHARGED WITHOUT CONVICTION, ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT WOULD AFFECT HIS ABILITY TO WORK IN CANADA. BUT JUDGE JOANNA MAZE REFUSED THE APPLICATION, HANDING PINE A CONVICTION, SAYING HE WAS NO DIFFERENT TO OTHERS WHO NEEDED TO TRAVEL TO CANADA AND THAT THE ACTOR WON'T SUFFER CONSEQUENCES BEYOND THE GRAVITY OF THE OFFENCE. ALSO NOTED BY JUDGE MAZE, A SIGNIFICANT DONATION PINE MADE TO THE CHARITY CURE KIDS, DESCRIBED BY HER AS FOUR TIMES THE AMOUNT OF ANY FINE SHE WOULD HAVE IMPOSED. CHRIS PINE STOOD SILENTLY IN THE DOCK. IN FACT, HE SAID NOTHING THROUGHOUT HIS APPEARANCE. IT WAS AN APPEARANCE THAT LASTED 20 MINUTES, WHICH WAS HALF THE TIME THAT THE MEDIA WERE AFFORDED TO ARGUE THAT THEY HAD THE RIGHT TO A CAMERA IN COURT. IT WAS A REQUEST THAT WAS EVENTUALLY DENIED. BUT OUTSIDE WAS A DIFFERENT STORY. KIND OF A SURE-FIRE CHANCE TO SEE HIM. MEDIA AND FANS SWAMPED PINE, WHO OBLIGED AUTOGRAPH REQUESTS BEFORE LEAVING IN A WAITING CAR ` AS A PASSENGER. THE OFFENCE OCCURRED AFTER DRINKING AT THIS METHVEN BAR IN THE EARLY HOURS OF MARCH 1ST. KATIE LINWOOD WAS BEHIND THE BAR THAT NIGHT AND BELIEVES PINE MADE A SILLY MISTAKE. WE HAD COURTESY CARS. HE WAS MORE THAN WELCOME TO TAKE ONE OF THOSE, AND HE CHOSE NOT TO, AND HE'LL PAY THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT. THOSE CONSEQUENCES: DISQUALIFIED FROM DRIVING IN NZ FOR SIX MONTHS, AND A CONVICTION THAT WILL BE WITH HIM FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. MIKE THORPE, ONE NEWS. THE THREE PEOPLE CHARGED WITH SUPPLYING ALCOHOL TO A 9-YEAR-OLD HAMILTON BOY HAVE PLEADED NOT GUILTY. THE STORY MADE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES WHEN FOOTAGE OF THE BOY APPEARED ONLINE, SHOWING HIM STUMBLING AROUND, SLURRING HIS WORDS AND AT TIMES UNABLE TO STAND. LUCY SNOWDEN, MICHAEL KING, AND KALI TILOI, SEEN HERE, FACE MAXIMUM PENALTIES OF $2000. THE TRIO WILL GO ON TRIAL IN JUNE. LAWYERS FOR THREE MEN ON TRIAL OVER THE COLLAPSE OF SOUTH CANTERBURY FINANCE HAVE FAILED IN THEIR BID TO FORCE THE JUDGE TO STAND DOWN. THE CASE AGAINST FORMER DIRECTORS EDWARD SULLIVAN AND ROBERT WHITE AND FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE LACHIE MCLEOD WILL NOW CONTINUE. WITH THE LATEST, DONNA-MARIE LEVER IS IN TIMARU. Applications to have a judge stood down a very rare. The defence team made their bid for more. We first heard of it last week. Justice Heath will be the trial judge. He may be perceived as biased. The judge took a few minutes to reach his decision. I AM NOT PERSUADED THAT GROUNDS JUSTIFYING RECUSAL ON THE GROUNDS OF APPARENT BIAS HAVE BEEN MADE OUT. THE APPLICATION IS DISMISSED. I WILL GIVE FULL REASONS IN WRITING FOR THIS DECISION AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE. THE TRIAL WILL NOW CONTINUE. The defence team do have the option of appealing that decision, but in this case it's not allowed until the end of the trial. It could play out for 20 weeks. We're into week to now. The first witness will begin evidence tomorrow. THANKS, DONNA-MARIE LEVER, IN TIMARU. THOUSANDS OF XTRA CUSTOMERS FACED BEING LOCKED OUT OF THEIR EMAIL ACCOUNTS TODAY AS TELECOM AND YAHOO UNVEILED THEIR LATEST SECURITY PUSH. USERS HAD TO UPDATE THEIR XTRA EMAIL SECURITY SETTINGS FROM THIS AFTERNOON. THE ADDED ENCRYPTION IS DESIGNED TO MAKE THE EMAIL SERVICE MORE SECURE, PARTICULARLY ON PUBLIC WI-FI CONNECTIONS. IT COMES AFTER THE SERVICE WAS PLAGUED BY SPAMMERS LAST YEAR. COMING UP ON ONE NEWS ` COULD IT BECOME AN ELECTION ISSUE? WHY THE CHINESE ARE NOW ARE THE BIGGEST INVESTORS IN NZ REAL ESTATE. THE DEFENCE GOES ON THE ATTACK IN THE OSCAR PISTORIUS MURDER TRIAL. AND AN EMOTIONAL EMBRACE ` THE PACIFIC CASTAWAY FULFILS A PROMISE TO HIS DEAD COMPANION. UNDERAGE KIWIS HAVING A CRACK AT BUYING BOOZE. NOTHING NEW ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? WELL, WHAT MIGHT SHOCK YOU IS JUST HOW EASY IT IS TO DO. YES, TONIGHT OUR HIDDEN CAMERA TEST YES, TONIGHT OUR HIDDEN CAMERA TEST hopesREVEALS HOW THEY'RE GETTING AWAY WITH IT. PLUS, WOULD YOU TRUST JOHN KEY WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS THIS CLOSE TO YOUR HEAD? SOMEONE DID. FIND OUT MORE AT SEVEN SHARP. CHINESE BUYERS HAVE NOW OVERTAKEN AUSTRALIANS AS THE LARGEST FOREIGN GROUP PURCHASING PROPERTY HERE. AND A POPULAR CHINESE PROPERTY WEBSITE NOW SAYS NZ IS ITS FASTEST-GROWING MARKET. DAMIAN CHRISTIE HAS THE STORY. AT THIS REMUERA REAL ESTATE AGENT, BUYERS FROM CHINA ARE BIG BUSINESS. I'D SAY MY RATIO'S ABOUT FIVE TO ONE. IN FACT, WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS... WE'VE GOT A MANDARIN-SPEAKING AUCTIONEER WHO WORKS WITH ME, AND WE BASICALLY DUEL IT OUT DURING THE AUCTIONS. ERIC CHASE ADMITS IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHETHER THE CHINESE BUYERS HE SEES LIVE HERE OR NOT. ALL I CAN REALLY TELL YOU IS WHAT THEIR ETHNICITY IS. I CAN'T REALLY TELL YOU WHETHER THEY'VE BEEN IN THE COUNTRY FOR 20 YEARS OR FIVE MINUTES. BUT ADAM WANG SPEAKS TO MANY BUYING PURELY FOR INVESTMENT. THEY SEE THE HOUSING MARKET IS BOOMING AND THAT YOU HAVE A RATHER AMBIGUOUS STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO TAX GAIN ` CAPITAL TAX GAIN. NO OFFICIAL DATA IS COLLECTED ON WHO'S BUYING OUR HOMES. BUT THE BNZ'S LATEST FIGURES SHOW 6.4% OF HOUSES ARE SOLD TO OVERSEAS BUYERS. 25% OF THOSE ARE CHINESE, WITH CHINA NOW OVERTAKING AUSTRALIA AS THE SINGLE BIGGEST SOURCE OF FOREIGN BUYERS. A QUARTER OF 6% MIGHT NOT SOUND LIKE MUCH, BUT THE CHINESE INTEREST IS TARGETED. FIRST OF ALL AUCKLAND, WHERE THERE IS DEFINITELY MORE BUYING BY FOREIGNERS, AND CHINESE IN PARTICULAR UP HERE; AND ALSO SOME OF THOSE PRIME SCHOOL ZONES, LIKE EPSOM, REMUERA, ETC. A CHINESE-BASED WEBSITE PROMOTING OVERSEAS REAL ESTATE SAYS INTEREST IN NZ PROPERTIES IS GROWING FASTER THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY. SIX MONTHS AGO NZ DIDN'T EVEN FEATURE IN THE TOP 50 SEARCHES; NOW IT'S NUMBER 15, WITH AROUND 8000 KIWI HOMES LISTED. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT HAS NO PLANS TO RESTRICT HOME OWNERSHIP BY FOREIGN BUYERS. BUT ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS FINANCE MINISTER BILL ENGLISH HAS REQUESTED MORE INFORMATION ON SUCH SALES. AND, WITH LABOUR THE GREENS AND NZ FIRST ALL HAVING POLICIES RESTRICTING FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF NZ HOMES, IT COULD WELL BE AN ELECTION ISSUE. DAMIAN CHRISTIE, ONE NEWS. KIWIRAIL IS REASSURING STAFF THAT THE LEVEL OF ASBESTOS IN ITS FREIGHT TRAINS IS MINIMAL. TESTS HAVE FOUND THE POTENTIALLY DEADLY MATERIAL IS ONLY PRESENT IN FIVE TRAINS IN ITS FLEET. KIWIRAIL MAINTAINS THE RISK OF EXPOSURE TO ANY AIRBORNE FIBRES IS LOW, SO IT'LL BRING THE TRAINS BACK INTO SERVICE SOON. A STAMPEDE AT A RECRUITMENT DRIVE IN NIGERIA HAS LEFT AT LEAST 16 DEAD. MORE THAN 100,000 HOPEFULS TURNED UP TO A STADIUM FOR ONLY 5000 JOBS BEING ADVERTISED. THE CROWDS BROKE DOWN SECURITY GATES, TRAMPLING EACH OTHER AS THEY SWAMPED THE VENUE. THE OSCAR PISTORIUS MURDER TRIAL RESTARTS AGAIN IN A COUPLE OF HOURS AND IT'S EXPECTED HIS DEFENCE TEAM WILL CONTINUE THEIR ATTACKS ON THE POLICE INVESTIGATION. IT'S BEEN A DRAMATIC COUPLE OF WEEKS SO FAR, WITH PISTORIUS VIOLENTLY SICK WHEN PHOTOS OF HIS GIRLFRIEND REEVA STEENKAMP'S BODY WERE SHOWN IN COURT. ABC'S MATT GUTMAN IS IN PRETORIA. IT WAS A SHOCKING ADMISSION. OVER TWO DAYS OF BRUISING TESTIMONY, THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR IN OSCAR PISTORIUS' MURDER TRIAL SEEMED TO HAND PISTORIUS' TEAM AN EARLY VICTORY, CONCEDING THAT HIS MEN MAY HAVE CONTAMINATED THE MURDER SCENE, LIKE MANHANDLING THE GUN OSCAR USED TO KILL REEVA STEENKAMP. THERE WAS NO HAND GLOVES ON. AND THAT'S NOT ALL. THE POLICE COLONEL COULD NOT RULE OUT THAT HIS MEN HAD LOOTED PISTORIUS' HOME, TAKING AT LEAST ONE LUXURY WATCH. TEMPTING FAR ANY PERSON, BECAUSE THIS IS EXPENSIVE WATCHES. THE COLONEL ADMITTED TO THE DISAPPEARING OF A WATCH VALUED AT $5000 ` NEARLY THE SALARY OF A POLICE OFFICER. WE BODY-SEARCHED EVERYONE. BUT PISTORIUS' WATCH HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND ` ONE OF A MULTITUDE OF ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE CORRUPTION AND BUNGLING, INCLUDING THAT DOOR, THROUGH WHICH PISTORIUS SHOT HIS MODEL GIRLFRIEND REEVA STEENKAMP. POLICE ADMITTED PIECES OF IT WENT MISSING AND THAT COL VAN RENSBURG KEPT IT IN A BODY BAG IN HIS OFFICE FOR WEEKS. YET THE MAIN DRAMA PRODUCED BY THE MEN WRITHING IN THE FRONT BENCH. NEARLY EACH TIME FORENSIC PHOTOS OF HIS BLOOD-SMEARED BATHROOM WERE SHOWN, HE BECAME PHYSICALLY ILL. HEAVING IN HIS FRONT-ROW BENCH THURSDAY, DELIVERED THIS BUCKET ON MONDAY. PISTORIUS SITS IN A DOCK LIKE THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE TRIAL. NOW JUST INCHES FROM HIS FACE IS A MONITOR, BOMBARDING HIM WITH IMAGES SO VISCERAL HE ASKED THAT IT BE TURNED OFF. PISTORIUS, WHO IS EXPECTED TO TESTIFY, HAS COVERED HIS EYES WITH HIS HANDS ` EVEN WITH A SHEATH OF PAPERS. PISTORIUS, WHO IS EXPECTED TO TESTIFY, HAS COVERED HIS EYES WITH HIS HANDS ` EVEN WITH A SHEATH OF PAPERS. BUT ON FRIDAY STRIDING OUT OF COURT, HE SEEMED MUCH MORE CONFIDENT. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL APRIL 4TH, UNLESS BOTH SIDES COMPLETE WITNESS TESTIMONY BEFORE THEN. DRIVERS IN PARIS WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO USE THEIR VEHICLES EVERY OTHER DAY TO TRY TO REDUCE DANGEROUS LEVELS OF POLLUTION. THE RESTRICTIONS WERE INTRODUCED AFTER HEAVY SMOG MEASURED ABOVE SAFE HEALTH LEVELS FOR FIVE DAYS IN A ROW. PUBLIC TRANSPORT WAS FREE OVER THE WEEKEND TO ENCOURAGE PARISIANS TO LEAVE THEIR CARS AND MOTORBIKES AT HOME. THE FISHERMAN WHO CLAIMS HE SPENT MORE THAN A YEAR ADRIFT IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN HAS FULFILLED A PROMISE HE MADE TO HIS YOUNG FISHING COMPANION. JOSE SALVADOR ALVARENGA MET THE MOTHER OF EZEQUIEL CORDOBA, WHO DIED A MONTH INTO THE VOYAGE. THE PAIR WERE BLOWN OUT TO SEA OFF THE COAST OF MEXICO, AND ALVARENGA WASHED UP 10,000KM AWAY IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. THE 36-YEAR-OLD CASTAWAY SAID CORDOBA DIED BECAUSE HE COULDN'T STOMACH A DIET OF TURTLES, RAW FISH AND BIRDS. TIME TO CHECK WHAT OUR WEATHER'S DOING NOW. LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEHAVING NOW THAT LUSI'S DONE A RUNNER, JIM? THE SUN'S FOUGHT BACK. COUPLE OF STABILISING SUNNY RIDGES OUT THERE. BUT ALSO A PAIR OF MORE NORMAL-LOOKING FRONTS COMING, SO SOME RAIN ` MOST OF IT WELCOME. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FINALLY, WHILST LUSI, DIDN'T BRING DESPERATELY NEEDED RAIN FOR WAIKATO, TARANAKI AND MANAWATU, SHE DID HAVE AN IMPACT. FORECASTS AFTER ANDREW'S BROUGHT YOU THE DAY'S SPORT. 18 COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ` RESTORING A HISTORIC HAVEN FOR CASTAWAYS ON A REMOTE WINDSWEPT ISLAND. AND THE PUBS AND THE GLASSES ARE OVERFLOWING AS KIWIS CELEBRATE ALL THINGS IRISH. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THERE'S GROWING SUSPICION THAT ONE OR BOTH OF THE PILOTS OF THE MISSING MALAYSIA AIRLINES PASSENGER JET WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS DISAPPEARANCE. INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW TURNING THEIR ATTENTION TO THE INDIAN OCEAN AFTER IT WAS REVEALED THE BOEING 777 FLEW FOR SEVERAL HOURS FOLLOWING A DELIBERATE HARD LEFT TURN FROM ITS FLIGHT PATH. RESULTS OF THE WEEKEND REFERENDUM IN CRIMEA SHOW THERE'S OVERWHELMING SUPPORT TO BREAK AWAY FROM UKRAINE AND BECOME PART OF RUSSIA. BUT THE UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION ARE LABELLING THE VOTE ILLEGAL AND ILLEGITIMATE. AND HOLLYWOOD STAR CHRIS PINE HAS BEEN FINED AND DISQUALIFIED FROM DRIVING IN NZ AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO DRINK-DRIVING. FANS MOBBED PINE AFTER HE LEFT ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT. THE ACTOR (33), WHO PLAYS CAPTAIN KIRK IN THE STAR TREK REBOOT, WAS STOPPED AFTER CELEBRATING THE END OF FILMING HIS LATEST MOVIE, 'Z FOR ZACHARIAH'. A VESSEL BELONGING TO A MISSING BOATIE HAS BEEN FOUND A LONG WAY FROM WHERE IT WAS LAST SEEN. KERRY BLAIR LEFT THE MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS MORE THAN A WEEK AGO IN HIS N9M LAUNCH. A NAVY VESSEL IS ON ITS WAY TO RETRIEVE THE BOAT FROM ABOUT 200KM OFF THE TARANAKI COAST. IT'S NOT KNOWN IF MR BLAIR'S ON BOARD. AN HISTORIC BOAT SHED BUILT MORE THAN 100 YEAR AGO FOR CASTAWAYS STRANDED ON THE REMOTE SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS IS BEING RESTORED. THE INHOSPITABLE ISLANDS WERE ONCE A HOTSPOT FOR SAILING AND WHALING SHIPS, MANY MEETING THEIR END ON THE WILD AND STORMY COASTLINES. RENEE GRAHAM HAS THE STORY. CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT STAFF RESTORING THE HISTORIC SANDY BAY FINGERPOST. IT POINTS TO ONE OF THE FEW CASTAWAY BOAT SHEDS STILL STANDING ON AUCKLAND ISLAND. IT'S THOUGHT AT LEAST 13 SHIPS AND AROUND 150 VOYAGERS MET THEIR END HERE, OFF THE REMOTE AND RUGGED SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS. EVERY FORM OF TRANSPORT TAKES ITS TOLL, AND IN THOSE DAYS THEY WERE THE AIRLINERS OF THE DAY, I SUPPOSE, AND GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF SHIPPING, IT'S A MIRACLE, REALLY ` AND THE LOW TECHNOLOGY ` IT'S A MIRACLE THERE WEREN'T MORE LIVES LOST. BETWEEN 1830 AND 1907 DOZENS OF SHIPWRECK SURVIVORS MADE IT ASHORE AND, IF THEY DIDN'T STARVE, LIVED FOR MONTHS, SOMETIMES YEARS, ON THESE INHOSPITABLE ISLANDS. SOME TOOK SHELTER IN CAVES. OTHERS, LIKE THE AUCKLAND ISLAND 'GRAFTON' SURVIVORS, MADE THATCH HUTS AND CLOTHES OUT OF SEA LION SKINS. THEY EVEN WROTE IN SEAL BLOOD INK. SOME STORIES BECAME POPULAR ADVENTURE NOVELS. MOST OF OUR ANCESTORS CAME TO NZ BY SHIP, AND THESE WERE THE PERILS THEY FACED TO GET HERE, AND IT REALLY SPEAKS TO OUR IDENTITY ` OUR IDEA OF OURSELVES AS BEING RESOURCEFUL. IN THE 1860S THE NZ GOVERNMENT SET UP DOZENS OF EMERGENCY CASTAWAY DEPOTS ACROSS THE SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS. AT THIS PARTICULAR ONE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE PAIRS OF LEATHER BOOTS AND THICK WOOLLEN SUITS WITH A BOLD PATTERN DELIBERATELY DESIGNED TO PREVENT SEALERS STEALING THEM. ANOTHER LEGENDARY SHIPWRECK IS THE 'GENERAL GRANT', WHICH DIVERS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO RELOCATE. THE GENERAL GRANT IS FAMOUS NOT ONLY BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER GREAT STORY OF SURVIVAL, BUT ALSO BECAUSE SHE WENT DOWN WITH A LARGE CARGO OF GOLD. SHE HAD OVER 2300 OUNCES OF GOLD ABOARD. THE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT'S BUILT A FENCE TO PROTECT ONE OF THE ONLY SURVIVING DEPOTS SO VISITORS CAN REMEMBER THE DEATH OR HARDSHIP SUFFERED ON THESE RUGGED SHORES. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN WHEN PUBS AND PEOPLE GO GREEN IN CELEBRATION OF ALL THINGS IRISH. THOUSANDS OF REVELLERS UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN RAISING A GLASS OR FIVE TO MARK ST PATRICK'S DAY. HELEN CASTLES REPORTS. THE JIGS WERE PLAYING AND THE GUINNESS FLOWING, AND IT WAS BARELY MIDDAY. GOOD PEOPLE, GOOD BEER AND A GOOD CRAIC. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO COME OUT AND HAVE A DRINK AND GO BACK TO YOUR IRISH HERITAGE. A CELEBRATION OF ALL THINGS IRISH SET TO CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT THE IRISH ACCENT COULD TALK ME INTO BED ANY TIME. A GOOD REASON FOR A PARTY. IT'S A GOOD EXCUSE TO GO OUT AND HAVE A BIT OF FUN. YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO KNOW MUCH ABOUT SAINT PAT. WHO IS ST PATRICK? ST PATRICK? HE'S... UH... AN IRISHMAN. FOR SOME, IT WAS AN ESCAPE FROM THE OFFICE. THIS IS CORPORATE BONDING. YOU GET A LUNCH BREAK. FOR OTHERS, A CELEBRATION A LONG WAY FROM HOME. AH, IT'S BRILLIANT. NZ REALLY KNOWS HOW TO PUT IT ON. IN CHRISTCHURCH, PATRONS FLOCKED TO THE BOG. IT'S REOPENED TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE EARTHQUAKES. NOW PREDICTED TO BECOME A POPULAR DRINKING HOLE FOR THE SEVERAL THOUSAND IRISH FOLK WORKING ON THE REBUILD. FOR THEM TO HAVE THEIR OWN BAR TO CELEBRATE IN IS PRETTY COOL. THERE ARE AT LEAST 15,000 IRISH-BORN RESIDENTS LIVING HERE IN NZ PERMANENTLY. AND, WHILE YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IRISH TO CELEBRATE ST PADDY'S DAY, MORE THAN 18% OF ALL NZERS HAVE IRISH BLOOD. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MANY MANY YEARS. THERE'S A BIT OF IRISH IN ALL OF US. AND, WHILE THEY'RE GREEN TODAY, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THEY COULD ALSO BE GREEN TOMORROW. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND MORE HEART ISSUES FOR CHIEFS RUGBY PLAYER ROBBIE FRUEAN. UNFORTUNATELY, GREG. JUST COMING BACK FROM SURGERY NOW MORE ISSUES. CHIEFS COACH DAVE RENNIE EXPLAINS THE SITUATION. WE TALK TO A FORMER PLAYER WHO HAD THE SAME PROCEDURE. WHAT'S HIS TAKE ON ROBBIE FRUEAN'S FUTURE? PLUS, THE NEW WEIRD AND WONDERFUL SEASON OF FORMULA 1 IS UNDERWAY, AND ALREADY THERE'S SCANDAL. FROM COSTA RICAN KIWIS AT THE CUP TO A COLOURFUL COLLAPSE, WE GO AROUND THE FOOTBALL CONTINENTS NEXT. A SETBACK FOR THE IN-FORM CHIEFS SUPER RUGBY TEAM AND BLOCK-BUSTING CENTRE ROBBIE FRUEAN. FRUEAN HAS MORE HEART PROBLEMS AFTER AN IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT AFFECTED HIS PLAY IN HIS LAST TWO GAMES. THE 25-YEAR-OLD HAS ALREADY HAD TWO MAJOR SURGERIES TO REPLACE HEART VALVES AND WAS MAKING A COMEBACK. ROBBIE FRUEAN PROVED AGAIN HE'S MORE THAN A HANDFUL EARLY IN THE NEW SUPER SEASON. BUT FOR THE LAST TWO GAMES, FRUEAN HAS BEEN OFF. HIS HEART'S RACING A BIT, SO IT'S AT A STAGE WHERE HE'S BEST TO GET THE TREATMENT AND GET SORTED SO HE CAN PLAY AT 100. FRUEAN WAS REMOVED FROM THE FIELD LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, WITH TESTS PICKING UP AN ARRHYTHMIA OR ROGUE RHYTHM IN HIS HEART. THE PROCEDURE HE'LL UNDERGO ISN'T OPEN-HEART SURGERY, WHICH HE'S HAD TWICE, AFTER COMPLICATIONS FROM RHEUMATIC FEVER. THIS MAN HAD THE SAME ARRHYTHMIA TREATMENT, ALSO AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS RUGBY CAREER. BECAUSE THE HEART DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY, IT DOESN'T PUMP BLOOD AROUND THE BODY WELL ENOUGH FOR OXYGEN TO THE MUSCLES. IT'S A FATIGUE THING, REALLY. THE FORMER AUCKLAND AND NORTHLAND LOOSE FORWARD PLAYED FOR FIVE MORE YEARS AFTER HIS OPERATION. ONCE I MADE THE DECISION AND HAD THE OPERATION ` HAD THE RECOVERY TIME ` I BOUNCED BACK TO 100%. I HAD NO MORE ISSUES WITH THE HEART. FRUEAN WILL NEED TO GO ON BLOOD THINNING MEDICATION BEFORE AND AFTER THE OP, SO CONTACT IS OUT. OLYMPIC ROWING GREAT ROB WADDELL ALSO HAD THE SAME ISSUE THROUGH HIS CAREER. THE CHIEFS ARE CONFIDENT FRUEAN WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THERE'S PROBABLY BE A BIT OF FEAR AROUND THE PLACE THAT WE'LL PLAY HIM AND HE'LL KEEL OVER. HE'S SLIGHTLY MORE AT RISK THAN YOU OR ME HAVING A HEART ISSUE, BUT THE PROBLEM HE'S GOT IS NOT LIFE-THREATENING. HIS CHIEFS TEAMMATES AND FANS WILL BE HOPING FRUEAN'S BIG HEART AND TRADEMARK GRIN WILL BE BACK SOON. FORMULA 1 OFFICIALS ALWAYS SAID THE NEW SEASON WOULD BE AN EYE-CATCHER, WITH NEW-LOOK CARS AND HYBRID ENGINES. THE OPENING AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX TURNED INTO A PROCESSION ON TRACK, BUT OFF IT THERE'S BEEN A FLARE-UP INVOLVING THE CHAMPION RED BULL TEAM. MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. THE RACE MAY BE OVER, BUT IN HINDSIGHT, THIS IS A BIT LIKE WATCHING A CAR CRASH. FULL CREDIT OBVIOUSLY TO THE TEAM FOR AN UNBELIEVABLE TURNAROUND. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY DID IT, BUT THEY DID. IT TURNS OUT DANIEL RICCIARDO'S RED BULL TEAM WAS RUNNING AN ILLEGAL FUEL-FLOW SENSOR, ALLOWING HIS CAR TO EXCEED CONSUMPTION LIMITS ` BREACHING NEW LAWS BROUGHT IN THIS YEAR, WHICH EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT. AND ONE OF THE KEY ASPECTS OF THOSE RULES IS THE FUEL ECONOMY ASPECT. THE BUNGLE COST RICCIARDO HIS BEST-EVER RESULT AND THE FIRST PODIUM FINISH FOR AN AUSTRALIAN DRIVER AT HOME. IT'S CERTAINLY NO FAULT OF DANIEL'S. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S THE FAULT OF THE TEAM'S. I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE BEEN COMPLIANT WITH... WITH THE RULES. THE RED BULL TEAM'S EARLY SEASON JITTERS CONTINUED ` SEBASTIAN VETTEL OUT ON THE FIFTH LAP WITH MISFIRING CYLINDERS. CLEARLY SEBASTIAN VETTEL IS IN BIG TROUBLE HERE. THE SAME PROBLEM STRUCK LEWIS HAMILTON ON POLE. THE MERCEDES DRIVER SPLUTTERED OFF THE START LINE ` THOUGH HE DID SURVIVE THE FIRST CORNER AT LEAST. OFF GOES THE CATERHAM! AND... WHO ELSE? I THINK... JAPAN'S KAMUI KOBAYASHI'S KAMIKAZE RUN ALSO TOOK OUT FELIPE MASSA. THAT INCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. AND IT LEFT MERCEDES' NICO ROSBERG IN FRONT TILL THE END, FOLLOWED BY RICCIARDO. BUT LOOK AT THAT RESPONSE FROM THE CROWD AS DANIEL RICCIARDO EXITS THE LAST CORNER TO TAKE HIS FIRST-EVER PODIUM FINISH IN FORMULA 1. MAKING MATTERS WORSE FOR RICCIARDO, STEWARDS WARNED HIS TEAM OF THE BREACH MID-RACE, BUT THEY DID NOTHING. RED BULL SAYS IT WILL APPEAL THE DECISION. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. AS THE WARRIORS PIECE TOGETHER WHAT'S GONE WRONG IN THEIR FIRST TWO NRL GAMES, ONE OF THE COMPETITION'S UNFANCIED TEAMS HAS SHOWN HOW TO WIN ON THE ROAD. THE CANBERRA RAIDERS LOST STAR FORWARD JOSH PAPALII TO INJURY, BUT THEN STORMED HOME AGAINST THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS. MILFORD SCANS HIS WAY INTO A HOLE... HE HAS MEN INSIDE. AND WHAT A RUN IT IS. PAUL VAUGHAN. EDRICK LEE SEALED THE 26-20 WIN. NEWCASTLE JOINED THE WARRIORS AS THE ONLY TWO-LOSS TEAMS IN THE NRL. ROGER FEDERER HAS AGAIN PROVED HE ISN'T A SPENT FORCE, TAKING NOVAK DJOKOVIC TO THE BRINK AT THE INDIAN WELLS TENNIS MASTERS IN CALIFORNIA. FEDERER, WHO'S ALREADY BEATEN DJOKOVIC ONCE THIS YEAR, TOOK THE FIRST SET BEFORE THE WORLD NUMBER TWO CLAIMED THE SECOND. THE MATCH CAME DOWN TO A THIRD-SET TIE-BREAKER. CHEERING UMPIRE: GAME, SET AND MATCH, DJOKOVIC. DESPITE THE LOSS, FEDERER WILL CLIMB THREE SPOTS FROM EIGHTH TO FIFTH IN THE NEW WORLD RANKINGS, WHICH ARE OUT TOMORROW. IT'S ONE OF SPORT'S GREAT RIVALRIES, BUT TODAY LIVERPOOL MADE SURE ITS SHOWDOWN AGAINST MANCHESTER UNITED WAS ONE-SIDED. LIVERPOOL WON 3-0 ` AT OLD TRAFFORD, TOO. REDS CAPTAIN STEVEN GERRARD IS NOW LAUDING HIS SIDE AS GENUINE TITLE CONTENDERS. THE BBC'S DAVID ORNSTEIN REPORTS. A GAME MANY CALL THE BIGGEST IN BRITISH FOOTBALL. THIS TIME LIVERPOOL ARRIVE NOT ONLY PLAYING FOR NORTH-WEST PRIDE, BUT CHALLENGING FOR THE TITLE. THAT TITLE STILL BELONGS TO MANCHESTER UNITED. THEY WEREN'T LETTING GO WITHOUT A FIGHT. LIVERPOOL'S EARLY DOMINANCE WAS REWARDED WHEN RAFAEL HANDLED. STEVEN GERRARD DISPATCHED THE RESULTING PENALTY. WAYNE ROONEY LED THE UNITED RESPONSE. SIMON MIGNOLET TO THE VISITORS' RESCUE. THAT SAVE PROVED CRUCIAL AS LIVERPOOL DOUBLED THEIR LEAD WITH ANOTHER PENALTY JUST AFTER HALF-TIME. GERRARD AGAIN PICKED HIS CORNER. INCREDIBLY, LIVERPOOL WON A CONTROVERSIAL THIRD SPOT KICK. NEMANJA VIDIC SENT OFF IN THE PROCESS, BUT THIS TIME THE POST CAME TO UNITED'S RESCUE. A THOROUGHLY MISERABLE DAY FOR THE REIGNING CHAMPIONS WAS COMPLETE WHEN LUIS SUAREZ SEALED THE WIN. MORE WOE FOR DAVID MOYES; A FAMOUS VICTORY FOR LIVERPOOL. THE PRESSURE WAS NOW ON ARSENAL TO JUSTIFY THEIR OWN TITLE AMBITIONS. AND THEY STRUCK WITHIN TWO MINUTES OF THE NORTH LONDON DERBY. TOMAS ROSICKY STUNNED HUGO LLORIS IN THE TOTTENHAM GOAL. ALEX OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN RACED CLEAR, BUT WASTED A GLORIOUS CHANCE TO MAKE IT TWO. AND, EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF, ONLY THE DESPAIRING DIVE OF TWO ARSENAL DEFENDERS STOPPED NACER CHADLI FROM EQUALISING. AND ARSENAL HELD ON TO REJUVENATE THEIR PREMIER LEAGUE HOPES. MEANWHILE, THE PHOENIX REMAIN WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF THE A-LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS, DESPITE A CONTROVERSIAL DRAW IN MELBOURNE. AFTER ROY KRISHNA GAVE WELLINGTON AN EARLY LEAD, THE PHOENIX WERE THEN DENIED A CLEAR PENALTY. THAT'S HANDBALL. OH, IT'S HANDBALL. AND IT'S A RED CARD. THE MELBOURNE HEART THEN LEVELLED IT UP BEFORE IT WAS THE PHOENIX WHO WERE REDUCED TO 10 MEN. THEY'RE COMING TOGETHER AS WELL. SECOND YELLOW IN THE SPACE OF A MINUTE FOR BEN SIGMUND. REMARKABLY, TYLER BOYD STILL PUT WELLINGTON AHEAD IN THE SECOND SPELL BEFORE THE HEART STRUCK BACK TO MAKE IT 2-2. AND THE YOUNG FOOTBALL FERNS HAVE NEARLY PULLED OFF A BIG UPSET IN THEIR UNDER-17 WORLD CUP OPENER AGAINST PARAGUAY. CAPTAIN MARTINE PUKETAPU NEARLY SCORED. THEN DAISY CLEVERLEY'S RUN PUT NZ UP 1-0 WITH 20 MINUTES TO GO. HERE'S CLEVERLEY. OH, IT'S A MARVELLOUS GOAL! BRILLIANT STRIKE FROM DAISY CLEVERLEY! PARAGUAY MADE IT 1-1 WITH JUST SIX MINUTES TO GO. A 20-YEAR-OLD CYCLIST WITH A POINT TO PROVE HAS PUT HER HAND UP FOR COMMONWEALTH GAMES SELECTION AFTER A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE AT THE NATIONAL TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS. STEPH MCKENZIE, WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES AS A CHILD, WON THE TEAM SPRINT WITH NATASHA HANSEN TO PICK UP HER FOURTH NZ TITLE. MCKENZIE CREDITING THE CYCLISTS' NEW CAMBRIDGE BASE. I'VE ONLY JUST MOVED HERE, SO IT'S GONNA GROW, I'M GONNA GROW AS AN ATHLETE, AND I REALLY ENJOY IT, SO I THINK THE CENTRALISATION PROGRAMME'S GONNA BE A REALLY BIG HIT TO ALL CYCLISTS. AND EDDIE DAWKINS LED SOUTHLAND TO GOLD IN THE MEN'S 750M TEAM SPRINT, WITH NZ'S SOUTHERNMOST PROVINCE ALSO CLAIMING THE OVERALL POINTS SHIELD. IT'S A CASE OF BETTER BUT STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR NETBALL'S NORTHERN MYSTICS AFTER THEY SLUMPED TO 0 AND 3, WITH A LOSS TO THE CENTRAL PULSE IN AUCKLAND. THE STAR-STUDDED MYSTICS FINALLY FOUND THEIR SHOOTING RANGE, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO EDGE OUT THE FOURTH-PLACED PULSE. CENTRE JOLINE HENRY LED THE WAY. SHE IS SO CALM ` JOLINE HENRY ` ISN'T SHE? ON ATTACK SHE JUST... CAN PLACE THAT BALL. OH, THE HAND OF HENRY! THE PULSE WON 53-47. THE CANTERBURY TACTIX HAVE JOINED THE MYSTICS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE WITH A 79-43 LOSS TO THE WEST COAST FEVER IN PERTH. THE BREAKERS WILL LAUNCH A REVIEW INTO A DISAPPOINTING SEASON NEXT WEEK, AFTER NBL RESULTS OVER THE WEEKEND OFFICIALLY ENDED THEIR TITLE DEFENCE. THE CLUB TODAY CONFIRMED COACH DEAN VICKERMAN WON'T BE CUT AFTER THE TEAM FAILED TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS IN HIS FIRST SEASON IN CHARGE. THE REVIEW WILL BE IMPORTANT. WE'RE GONNA NEED HIM TO BE HONEST AND TELL US WHAT HE MIGHT HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY AND WHAT HE'S LEARNT. BUT AS IT WAS WITH ANDRE, IT'S A LEARNING PROCESS. ANY DECISIONS REGARDING ROSTER CHANGES WILL BE MADE AFTER THE REVIEW. THE CLUB'S ALSO BEEN KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH FORMER POINT GUARD CEDRIC JACKSON, THOUGH THERE'S BEEN NO ACTIVE RECRUITMENT. KIRK PENNEY MAY COME BACK AFTER THE BREAK, THE CYCLONE'S GONE, AND JIM'S FORECASTING SOME GOOD CLEAN-UP WEATHER. TONIGHT AT SEVEN SHARP ` UNDERAGE PLUS ONLINE EQUALS UNDER THE INFLUENCE? OUR HIDDEN CAMERA EXPERIMENT ON JUST HOW EASY IT IS TO GET BOOZE ON THE NET. KIDS, DON'T TRY THIS ONE AT HOME. PLUS, WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A PLANE DISAPPEAR? HOW IT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED ON FLIGHT 370. AND IS JOHN KEY SWAPPING THE BEEHIVE FOR THE BEAUTY SALON? SEE YOU AT 7. 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