TONIGHT ` A BODY IS FOUND IN THE SEARCH FOR TWO FISHERMEN MISSING NORTH OF AUCKLAND. WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST. IS JAIL THE RIGHT PUNISHMENT FOR OSCAR PISTORIUS? WE'RE BACK AT HIS SENTENCING HEARING. AND FROM A MILLION-DOLLAR CONTRACT INTO THE UNKNOWN. JARRYD HAYNE SHOCKS THE RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. BUT FIRST TONIGHT ` HEALTH OFFICIALS IN TEXAS SAY A SECOND HEALTHCARE WORKER HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR EBOLA. THAT'S AS THE UN WARNS THE WORLD IS FALLING BEHIND IN THE RACE TO CONTAIN THE DEADLY VIRUS. FROM A CURRENT RATE OF ABOUT A THOUSAND NEW CASES A WEEK, EXPERTS NOW SAY THERE COULD BE UP TO 10,000 A WEEK BY EARLY DECEMBER. ANOTHER WORRYING SIGN ` THE DEATH RATE FROM THE VIRUS HAS BEEN LIFTED TO 70% FROM AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF 50%. THE DEATH TOLL'S ALSO RISEN TO NEARLY 4500. DESPERATE TO FIND A CURE, DOCTORS IN THE US ARE USING ANTIBODIES FROM A SURVIVOR TO TREAT A NURSE INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS. ABC'S TOM LLAMAS HAS MORE. TONIGHT NINA PHAM (26) LISTED IN GOOD CONDITION. THE NURSE BATTLING EBOLA SPOKE OUT... THE CDC TODAY FLEW IN TOP DISEASE EXPERTS TO CARE FOR PHAM, AND SHE'S GETTING A POTENTIALLY LIFE-SAVING GIFT FROM AMERICAN EBOLA SURVIVOR DR KENT BRANTLY, THE MISSIONARY DOCTOR. IN LIBERIA, HIS CONDITION WORSENING, BRANTLY WAS GIVEN THE BLOOD OF A 14-YEAR-OLD EBOLA SURVIVOR. THE BELIEF IS THAT BLOOD CONTAINS ANTIBODIES THAT CAN HELP FIGHT THE VIRUS. WHEN BRANTLY GOT WELL, HE IN TURN DONATED THOSE SAME LIFE-SAVING ANTIBODIES FROM HIS BLOOD TO EBOLA PATIENTS HERE IN THE US ` DR RICK SACRA, WHO SURVIVED; JOURNALIST ASHOKA MUKPO, WHO'S IMPROVING; AND NOW NURSE NINA PHAM. PHAM'S CLOSE FRIENDS TOLD US TONIGHT SHE'S EQUALLY DEVOTED TO HER OWN PATIENTS. I THINK THAT WITH EVERY PATIENT SHE CAME INTO CONTACT TO, SHE REALLY TRIED TO TREAT THEM LIKE SHE WOULD HER OWN FAMILY. AND TODAY AN EXTRAORDINARY ADMISSION FROM THE CDC, SAYING THEY SHOULD HAVE SENT MORE HELP TO DALLAS WHEN DUNCAN WAS DIAGNOSED. I WISH WE HAD PUT A TEAM LIKE THIS ON THE GROUND THE DAY THE FIRST PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED. THAT MIGHT HAVE PREVENTED THIS INFECTION. AND TONIGHT THIS IMAGE ` PHAM'S BELOVED DOG BENTLEY REMOVED FROM HER APARTMENT BY A HAZMAT TEAM IN FULL PROTECTIVE GEAR. HE'S NOW BEING MONITORED. THE CITY OF DALLAS IS SAYING BENTLEY IS A HAPPY CAMPER WITH COMFORTABLE BEDDING AND TOYS. AND THE IDENTITY OF THE SECOND HEALTH WORKER IN TEXAS WHO'S TESTED POSITIVE HASN'T YET BEEN REVEALED, BUT THEY DID CARE FOR THE MAN WHO DIED OF EBOLA LAST WEEK. BACK HERE ` FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING, POLICE TEAMS WILL RESUME THE SEARCH FOR TWO MISSING FISHERMEN. ONE MAN'S BODY WAS FOUND THIS AFTERNOON. POLICE WON'T CONFIRM HIS IDENTITY. ANOTHER IS STILL MISSING. THE BIG SEARCH OPERATION IS CENTRED IN THE WATERS OFF SNELLS BEACH NEAR WARKWORTH AND ABOUT AN HOUR'S DRIVE FROM AUCKLAND. DANIELLE STANBURY REPORTS. WITH CONDITIONS LIKE THESE, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE HOW AN EVENING FISHING TRIP COULD TURN INTO A TRAGEDY. FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THE TWO MISSING BOATIES HOVERED NEAR THE WATER'S EDGE, ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR ANY NEWS. WE'RE TRYING TO BE HOPEFUL, AND FOR THE FAMILY, WE'RE SUPPORTING THEM, AND IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT TIME. THERE'S TWO FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. THE WARKWORTH LOCALS ` ONE IN HIS 20S, THE OTHER IN HIS 30S ` LEFT MARTINS BAY AROUND DUSK LAST NIGHT. THEY SAID THEY WOULDN'T BE LONG, SO WHEN MORNING ROLLED AROUND WITH NO SIGN OF THEM, FAMILY MEMBERS RAISED THE ALARM. THEY KNOW THE AREA WELL. THEY DO FISH FROM HERE QUITE A BIT. IN A HUGE SEARCH OPERATION, THE NAVY, COASTGUARD, POLICE AND LOCALS SPENT THE DAY SCOURING THE WATER NEAR KAWAU ISLAND. WE'RE CONDUCTING BOTH SEA, LAND AND AIR SEARCH. THIS MORNING THEY FOUND ITEMS FROM THE FIBREGLASS DINGHY, AND LATER THIS AFTERNOON, THEY RECOVERED A MAN'S BODY. OUR SEARCHERS HAVE FOUND THE BODY OF A PERSON, OF A MALE. WHILE WE HAVEN'T CONFIRMED ID YET, WE'RE STILL CONTINUING SEARCH IN THE HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND THE REMAINING PARTIES. HOPE THE PAIR'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE DESPERATELY CLINGING TO. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS. A FORMER POLICEMAN FACES A LONG STAY BEHIND BARS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO A RAFT OF CRIMES HE COMMITTED WHILE ON THE JOB. PETER PAKAU'S ADMITTED SUPPLYING P AND USING THE POLICE COMPUTER TO WARN GANG MEMBERS ABOUT DRUG RAIDS. PAUL HOBBS WAS IN COURT. COMPOSED, MAYBE, BUT IT WAS ALMOST CERTAINLY PETER PAKAU'S LAST WALK AS A FREE MAN AS HE ENTERED COURT WITH HIS LAWYER. THE TEARS WELLED UP, AND WITH NOT MUCH MORE THAN A WHISPER, THE ONE-TIME AWARD-WINNING CONSTABLE TRUSTED TO UPHOLD THE LAW ADMITTED 14 TIMES TO BREAKING IT. GUILTY. GUILTY. GUILTY. I CAN ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT WE TAKE THESE MATTERS EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. WE INVESTIGATE THEM THOROUGHLY, AND WHERE APPROPRIATE, WE'LL PUT THEM BEFORE THE COURTS. A TIP-OFF IN 2012 THAT PAKAU WAS CROOKED LED POLICE TO MOUNT A SURVEILLANCE OPERATION ON ONE OF THEIR OWN. THEY SOON DISCOVERED THAT PAKAU WAS COLLUDING WITH HEADHUNTER GANG MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES, ACCESSING THE POLICE COMPUTER, TIPPING THEM OFF, HELPING THEM TO COMMIT CRIMES. SMASH! FROM BURGLARIES AND CAR THEFTS, PAKAU AND HIS GANG ASSOCIATES MOVED INTO THE METHAMPHETAMINE TRADE ` THE MANUFACTURE AND SUPPLY OF THE CLASS-A DRUG. PAKAU BECAME SO BRAZEN IN HIS CRIMINAL WORK, IN MAY LAST YEAR, HE TURNED UP HERE IN A MARKED POLICE CAR, PICKED UP HIS LATEST BATCH OF COOKED UP METH, DROVE A SHORT DISTANCE AND DROPPED IT OFF TO HIS DEALER. PAKAU RESIGNED FROM THE POLICE FORCE SOON AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED IN MAY LAST YEAR. HIS WIFE, WHO PROCLAIMED HIS INNOCENCE AT THE TIME, WAS IN COURT TODAY. YOU WERE OUTSPOKEN AND SAID HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT EARLIER. WHAT'S YOUR FEELINGS NOW, NOW THAT HE'S PLEADED GUILTY? SHE'S PLEADED GUILTY TO RECEIVING MONEY OBTAINED IN ONE OF HER HUSBAND'S DRUG DEALS. NO COMMENT. LET'S GO. AT LEAST THREE OTHER WEST AUCKLAND OFFICERS HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF CRIMES IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS. PAKAU IS NOW BEHIND BARS. HE'LL BE SENTENCED AT THE END OF NOVEMBER. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. TWO MEN HAVE PLEADED GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER OVER THE DEATH OF A CHRISTCHURCH MAN WHO SUFFERED BURNS TO 30% OF HIS BODY. SHAY WEBSTER (22) AND JASON BARR (44) WERE DUE TO FACE TRIAL NEXT MONTH FOR THE MURDER OF TERRANCE SMITH BUT TODAY PLEADED GUILTY TO THE LESSER CHARGE. THE 55-YEAR-OLD VICTIM WAS RUSHED TO MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL AFTER THE INCIDENT ON ANZAC DAY LAST YEAR BUT DIED THREE WEEKS LATER. ONE OF HIS ATTACKERS HAS REQUESTED TO MEET WITH THE FAMILY. MY INSTRUCTIONS FROM MR BARR ARE THAT HE VERY MUCH WANTS TO MEET WITH THEM IF THAT IS THEIR WISH. THAT HE VERY MUCH WANTS TO MEET WITH THEM IF THAT IS THEIR WISH. MR SMITH'S FAMILY IS CONSIDERING THE OFFER. THEY'LL BE BACK IN COURT TO SEE THE MEN SENTENCED IN DECEMBER. SHOULD OSCAR PISTORIUS BE SENT TO JAIL FOR KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND? THAT'S THE ISSUE AT STAKE IN A SOUTH AFRICAN COURT TONIGHT. THE ATHLETE'S SENTENCING HEARING HAS NOW ENTERED ITS THIRD DAY AS DEFENCE LAWYERS PUSH FOR PISTORIUS TO STAY OUT OF PRISON WHILE THE PROSECUTION TRIES TO SHOW IT'S THE MOST FITTING PUNISHMENT. IN THE PAST HOUR, A DEFENCE WITNESS HAS BEEN DEFENDING HER VIEW THAT PISTORIUS SHOULD BE PLACED UNDER HOUSE ARREST. YOU SAID IT. HE COULD BE ALLOWED TO PURSUE HIS ATHLETICS, HE COULD GO TRAIN, OR HE COULD FIND A JOB AND GO WORK. < THAT IS PART OF THE CONDITIONS OF CORRECTIONAL, SO THAT THE PERSON < HAS FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT AS THEY ARE < NOT PERCEIVED SUCH A DANGER THAT THEY SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF < THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PURSUE A CAREER. < WHICH I THINK IF WE TALK CONCERNING THESE SPECIFIC ACCUSED < HERE, THE RUNNING OR THE SPORTS WOULD MEAN PART OF THE CAREER. OVERNIGHT, CLAIMS OF BLOOD MONEY OFFERED BY THE ATHLETE TO THE STEENKAMP FAMILY CREATED RIPPLES OF SHOCK IN THE COURTROOM. CHANNEL NINE'S TOM STEINFORT IS IN PRETORIA. WITH THE PUNISHMENT FOR OSCAR PISTORIUS UP FOR DEBATE, ONE MAN OUTSIDE COURT MADE OBVIOUS WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A SUITABLE SENTENCE. YEAH, IT'S JUST A SYMBOL. INSIDE, THOUGH, THE COURT WAS AGAIN HEARING ABOUT HOW REMORSEFUL THE FALLEN HERO IS. IT WAS REVEALED PISTORIUS OFFERED REEVA STEENKAMP'S FAMILY $37,000 CASH AS COMPENSATION FOR KILLING THE YOUNG MODEL. BUT REEVA'S MUM, JUNE, APPARENTLY KNOCKED IT BACK, DESCRIBING IT AS 'BLOODSTAINED MONEY'. THE SHOCK ON REEVA'S COUSIN'S FACE WAS OBVIOUS, THOUGH, WHEN THE COURT HEARD THE STEENKAMPS HAD ACCEPTED MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF MORE THAN $600 FROM PISTORIUS ` MONEY THEY SAY THEY WILL NOW BE PAYING BACK. IF OSCAR PISTORIUS IS SENT TO JAIL, HE'LL END UP AT THIS PRISON IN PRETORIA. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST FEARED FACILITIES IN ALL OF SOUTH AFRICA, AND THE COURT HEARD THAT IF THE BLADE RUNNER'S LOCKED UP HERE, HE'LL BE EXPOSED TO GANG RAPES AND BASHINGS AND MOST LIKELY HAVE HIS PROSTHETIC LEGS STOLEN. A SENTENCE IS EXPECTED AT THE END OF THIS WEEK. PISTORIUS FACES UP TO 15 YEARS IN JAIL, ALTHOUGH JUDGE MASIPA MAY SUSPEND THE SENTENCE OR IMPOSE A FINE. HAS JOHN KEY ALREADY COMMITTED NZ TO THE FIGHT AGAINST ISIS? THAT'S THE QUESTION BEING ASKED AFTER REVELATIONS OUR DEFENCE BOSS WENT TO A MEETING IN WASHINGTON ADDRESSED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA. POLITICAL REPORTER CORIN DANN HAS THE STORY. WHEN IT COMES TO THE FIGHT AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE, THE UNITED STATES WANTS ALL THE HELP IT CAN GET. ARAB NATIONS, TURKEY, NATO ALLIES AND PARTNERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. SO THIS AN OPERATION THAT INVOLVES THE WORLD AGAINST ISIL. PRESIDENT OBAMA TODAY CONVENED A MEETING ON ISIS AT A WASHINGTON AIRBASE. THE TOP BRASS FROM 21 COUNTRIES WERE THERE, INCLUDING NZ'S CHIEF OF DEFENCE, TIM KEATING. OUR COALITION IS UNITED BEHIND THIS LONG-TERM EFFORT. HOWEVER, UNLIKE THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS, NZ HASN'T ACTUALLY JOINED THE 'COALITION OF THE WILLING' FIGHTING ISIS. YOU'RE NOT AT THAT MEETING UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION. I THINK THAT JOHN KEY HAS PRE-EMPTED ANY CONSULTATION. JOHN KEY SAYS NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE. HE SAYS THE DEFENCE FORCE TOLD HIM THE SUMMIT WAS A ROUTINE MEETING OF GENERALS. I WAS PRETTY CLEAR WITH THE DEFENCE FORCE, 'IS THERE ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS?' BUT HE SAYS DEFENCE DIDN'T TELL HIM ABOUT THE PRESIDENT. I THINK THE FACT THAT MR OBAMA, AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, WENT TO THE MEETING IS SIGNIFICANT, AND THE FACT THAT IT'S A MEETING ABOUT ISIS IS SIGNIFICANT. THAT'S THE PART THAT CHANGES THE GAME. TODAY'S SUMMIT FOCUSED ON WHAT MILITARY RESOURCES EACH COUNTRY COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE FIGHT AGAINST ISIS. AND JOHN KEY ADMITS THE DISCUSSION WILL HELP WITH DECISION-MAKING HERE. A WARNING FOR NZ, THOUGH, THAT IF IT DOES MAKE A MILITARY CONTRIBUTION,... THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES INVOLVED. ...IT'LL NEED TO BE IN THERE FOR THE LONG HAUL. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. AND JOHN KEY'S ALSO DENYING THAT ISIS HAS INFLUENCED HIS CHANGE OF HEART ON WHICH NZ FLAG HE PREFERS. TODAY HE REVEALED MORE DETAILS OF HOW THE COUNTRY WILL CHOOSE A REPLACEMENT. TO START WITH, A CROSS-PARTY GROUP OF MPS WILL LOOK AT ALL THE OPTIONS AND PICK BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE FINALISTS. VOTERS WILL THEN GET TO CHOOSE WHICH ONE THEY LIKE IN A REFERENDUM HELD BEFORE THE END OF 2015. THAT CHOICE WILL THEN GO HEAD TO HEAD WITH THE CURRENT FLAG IN ANOTHER REFERENDUM IN APRIL, 2016. IT'S GONNA BE A VERY LONG, HARD CAMPAIGN, AND NOT NECESSARILY AN EASY ONE TO WIN. JOHN KEY ORIGINALLY PREFERRED THE BLACK BACKGROUND WITH A SILVER FERN, BUT NOW SAYS HE'S KEENER ON A FLAG WITH THE TRADITIONAL BLUE AND RED COLOURS. A LIST OF FOODS WHICH COULD BE BEHIND THE GASTRO BUG THAT'S MADE MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE SICK WILL BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC TOMORROW. THE MOVE COMES AFTER THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES COPPED CRITICISM FOR NOT RELEASING THE REPORT, WHICH WAS COMPLETED LAST WEEK, SOONER. SUPERMARKET GIANT FOODSTUFFS HAS REVEALED TWO OF ITS PAM'S LETTUCE PRODUCTS WERE IDENTIFIED AS A SOURCE OF THE BUG. MORE THAN 120 PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN ILL WITH YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS, WHICH CAUSES STOMACH PAIN, FEVER AND SOMETIMES DIARRHOEA. A LEGEND OF OUR WAR MARITIME PAST, CON THODE WAS ONE OF JUST TWO NZERS EVER TO BE A SUBMARINE COMMANDER. AND THE ONLY KIWI VOLUNTEER TO RISE TO THAT RANK. TODAY THE RETIRED NAVY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WAS FAREWELLED WITH A FULL NAVAL FUNERAL. HE JOINED THE WAR EFFORT AFTER THE LIVERPOOL RESTAURANT HE WAS DINING IN GOT BOMBED BY THE GERMANS. YOU DIDN'T THINK OF YOUR DAD TOO MUCH AS A HERO AT THAT AGE, BUT AS TIME WENT ON, AND AS YOU GOT OLDER, YOU LOOKED AT THAT, AND YOU THOUGHT, 'THAT'S AN AMAZING THING TO HAVE DONE IN YOUR LIFE ` 'TO HAVE HAD THOSE EXPERIENCES.' THREE GENERATIONS OF THE THODE FAMILY AND MORE THAN 200 GUESTS ATTENDED THE 103-YEAR-OLD'S FUNERAL. JUST AHEAD ` COULD THIS BE THE TURNING POINT IN THE MADELINE MCCANN CASE? WHY THIS YEAR'S MAN BOOKER WINNER SAYS HE'S ASHAMED TO BE AUSTRALIAN. AND A SENSIBLE IDEA OR PLAYING GOD? TWO TECH GIANTS' UNIQUE OFFER TO FEMALE EMPLOYEES. 'A LITERARY MASTERPIECE'. THAT'S HOW THE MAN BOOKER JUDGES ARE DESCRIBING AUSTRALIAN RICHARD FLANAGAN'S WINNING BOOK. AND WHILE THE AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER MIGHT BE PROUD OF THE WIN, IT SEEMS THE AUTHOR ISN'T QUITE SO COMPLIMENTARY IN RETURN. ABC'S PHILIP WILLIAMS EXPLAINS. THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH, BY RICHARD FLANAGAN. APPLAUSE A STOLEN KISS WITH THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL; THE WORLD'S LITERARY EYES UPON HIM. ASSURED FAME AND BOOK SALES. BUT FOR RICHARD FLANAGAN, THIS BOOK MEANS SO MUCH MORE. THE NOVELS WE LOVE THAT MATTER TO US MATTER TO US PRECISELY BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF OUR LIFE. THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NOVEL HIS FATHER, WHO SURVIVED THE UTTER BRUTALITY OF THE THAI-BURMA RAILWAY AS A PRISONER OF THE JAPANESE, JUST LIKE THE MAIN CHARACTER IN HIS BOOK. IT MATTERED TO HIM THAT WHAT PEOPLE TOOK FROM ALL THESE TERRIBLE THINGS WASN'T HATRED BUT A SENSE OF NEVER EVER THINKING ANY HUMAN BEING IS LESS THAN ANY OTHER HUMAN BEING. FOR THE FIRST TIME THE COMPETITION WAS OPEN TO ALL, NOT JUST AUTHORS FROM THE COMMONWEALTH. THE PRIZE A CAREER-SUSTAINING $90,000 AND, ACCORDING TO THE JUDGES, A PRICELESS ADDITION TO MODERN LITERATURE. WHEN YOU HAVE A NOVEL AS GREAT AS THIS, AND IT REALLY IS A MASTERPIECE. IT'S A WORD I DON'T USE LIGHTLY AT ALL, AND ESPECIALLY AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF SUCH A VERY VERY STRONG FIELD THIS YEAR. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS CONGRATULATED RICHARD FLANAGAN ON HIS WIN, BUT THE AUTHOR'S NOT SO HAPPY WITH TONY ABBOTT'S RECORD ON THE ENVIRONMENT, CRITICISING HIS POLICIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE BBC. TO BE FRANK, I'M ASHAMED TO BE AUSTRALIAN WHEN YOU BRING THIS UP. THE COMMENTS SPARKED CONTROVERSY AT HOME, BUT IN THE LITERARY WORLD THERE'S NO ARGUMENT ABOUT HIS ACHIEVEMENT. THERE'S BEEN A DEVELOPMENT IN THE MADELEINE MCCANN CASE, WITH THE EXTRADITION OF CONVICTED PAEDOPHILE RODERICK MACDONALD TO BRITAIN. BRITISH POLICE WANT TO SPEAK TO MACDONALD ABOUT PAEDOPHILE GANGS OPERATING IN THE ALGARVE IN 2007 WHEN 3-YEAR-OLD MADELEINE VANISHED FROM HER FAMILY'S APARTMENT IN PRAIA DA LUZ. MACDONALD, WHO NOW LIVES IN MALTA, WAS IN PORTUGAL AROUND THE TIME SHE VANISHED. TECH GIANTS APPLE AND FACEBOOK HAVE CONFIRMED THEY'LL PICK UP THE TAB FOR FEMALE EMPLOYEES WHO WANT TO DELAY CHILD-BEARING BY FREEZING THEIR EGGS. BOTH COMPANIES PLAN TO GIVE WORKERS UP TO $20,000 FOR EGG-FREEZING AS AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT. FANS OF THE MOVE SAY IT'LL HELP WOMEN CLOSE THE GENDER PAY GAP IN THE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT OF SILICON VALLEY, WHILE CRITICS BELIEVE IT SENDS THE MESSAGE THAT WORK COMES FIRST AND FAMILIES CAN WAIT. NOW TO THE SHOCK NEWS FROM RUGBY LEAGUE ` NRL SUPERSTAR JARRYD HAYNE HAS ANNOUNCED HE'S TURNING HIS BACK ON LEAGUE TO TRY AND MAKE IT IN AMERICAN FOOTBALL. HAYNE HAS NEVER PLAYED THE SPORT AT A HIGH LEVEL; HE'S UNSIGNED, AND RISKING A MILLION-DOLLAR CONTRACT WITH RUGBY LEAGUE TO START AFRESH. THE 26-YEAR-OLD BEEN A STAR FOR PARRAMATTA AND NEW SOUTH WALES FOR NEARLY A DECADE. THIS IS THE HARDEST DECISION THAT I'VE EVER HAD TO MAKE IN MY LIFE. GOTTA FOLLOW YOUR HEART, MATE. AND IF PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT THAT, IF PEOPLE WANNA, YOU KNOW, CRITICISE ME FOR THAT, THEN SO BE IT. THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM, NOT MINE. HAYNE SAYS HE'S GOING TO LA TO TRAIN FOR AMERICAN FOOTBALL FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND IS AIMING TO PLAY IN 2015. WELL, YOU CAN'T SAY THE SILVER FERNS DIDN'T TRY THEIR DARNDEST. YES, AUSTRALIA HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PULLED OFF THEIR FIRST EVER CONSTELLATION SERIES SWEEP. BUT ON THE PLUS SIDE, THE KIWIS LED FOR ALL BUT SIX MINUTES OF TONIGHT'S FOURTH AND FINAL TEST. KRISTIN HALL WITH THE ACTION. AFTER A POOR START AND EVEN WORSE FINISH IN SYDNEY LAST WEEK,... COMMENTATOR: THIS IS REALLY TOUGH TO WATCH. ...THE FERNS WERE DETERMINED TO DOMINATE FROM THE OUTSET. NZ IN FRONT... FOR WHAT I THINK IS MORE THAN LIKELY THE FIRST TIME IN THIS ENTIRE SERIES. STRONG DEFENCE THANKS TO LAURA LANGMAN. AND THE THIRD INTERCEPT OF THE GAME. AND NEWCOMER TEMALISI FAKAHOKOTAU KEPT THE DIAMONDS LARGELY AT BAY. FAKAHOKOTAU! AND BY HALF-TIME, NZ LED BY A WHISKER. AUSTRALIA RESPONDED BY REVERTING TO THEIR NORMAL STARTING LINE-UP, INCLUDING NOT-SO-SECRET WEAPON CAITLIN BASSETT. NICE WORK FROM BASSETT. BAILEY MES HAD A SHAKY START WITH SHOOTING ACCURACY BUT MORE THAN MADE UP FOR IT IN THE THIRD QUARTER. MES HAS GOT IT ALL OVER. WHISTLE BLOWS BUT DESPITE A BURST OF GOALS FROM THE FERNS,.. MES. CROWD CHEERS SHE CAN TAKE IT. ...A LAST-MINUTE HEART-BREAKING SURGE FROM THE OPPOSITION ENDED THE HOPES OF A LONG-AWAITED KIWI WIN. WE WERE COMING OUT HERE, WANTED TO DO IT FOR CASEY, AND JUST TO, YOU KNOW, KINDA GET SOME PRIDE BACK. LOTS OF GLIMPSES OF GOOD STUFF, YOU KNOW. WE'VE IMPROVED AND BUILT ON EVERY TEST SO FAR. AND, YEAH, THAT WAS DEFINITELY PROBABLY OUR BETTER ONE. SO TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE FOR THE CONSTELLATION SERIES, BUT WITH A FACE-OFF AGAINST ENGLAND A FORTNIGHT AWAY, AT LEAST THINGS ARE NO LONGER LOOKING QUITE SO GRIM. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` IT BEGINS WITH W AND ENDS IN EATHER. I'LL HAVE PICTURES AND MUSIC SHORTLY. BEING HERE, ALL THE PEOPLE MAKE IT SO EASY JUST TO TRY AND LIVE NORMALLY. AND A MILESTONE FOR A HOUSE WHICH HAS BECOME AN ABSOLUTE BLESSING. FOR ANY PARENT OF A SERIOUSLY SICK CHILD IT IS, QUITE SIMPLY, A GODSEND. RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE IS WHERE PARENTS AND CHILDREN CAN STAY, EAT AND RELAX DURING SPECIALIST HOSPITAL TREATMENT. AS CHRIS CHANG REPORTS, TODAY RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE MARKED A MILESTONE. AND WE'VE DONE IT! YAY! OPENING THE DOORS TO A HOME AWAY FROM HOME. 20 YEARS ON, ANTOINETTE BERRY STILL REMEMBERS GETTING PICKED FOR THE STARRING ROLE. I HAD TUBES COMING OUT OF EVERYWHERE, AND EVERYONE SORT OF MELTED THEIR HEARTS, SO THAT'S HOW I WAS CHOSEN TO OPEN THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE. TODAY IN AUCKLAND THEY PULLED UP THEIR RONALD SOCKS AND GOT STUCK IN, AS THEY DO EVERY DAY. WE STARTED OFF WITH 10 ROOMS 20 YEARS AGO. WE'VE NOW 80 ROOMS ACROSS THREE SITES. AND IT'S JUST A CELEBRATION OF ALL THE FAMILIES THAT WE SUPPORT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. IT'S ALSO THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VERY FIRST RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE, CO-FOUNDED BY PHILADELPHIA EAGLES FOOTBALL PLAYER FRED HILL, WHOSE DAUGHTER SUFFERED FROM LEUKAEMIA. NOW THERE ARE OVER 350 HOUSES WORLDWIDE, HELPING OUT FAMILIES AT THE TOUGHEST TIMES. BEING HERE, ALL THE PEOPLE MAKE IT SO EASY TO TRY AND LIVE NORMALLY. FOR THE LIKES OF 13-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM, THEIR JOURNEY HERE IS JUST BEGINNING. ME AND MUM, WE'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MONTHS NOW. LEAVING HOME WAS FAR FROM EASY. NOT BEING THERE WITH THE REST OF MY FAMILY. (SIGHS) YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME CRY. BUT AFTER TWO DECADES OF SERVING 15,000 KIWI FAMILIES, THIS HOUSE KNOWS TO LOOK AFTER ITS GUESTS. JUST TO KNOW YOU CAN COME BACK DOWN FROM THE HOSPITAL. YOU DON'T HAVE TO THEN COOK SOMETHING YOURSELF WHEN THEY'VE DONE IT ` IT'S JUST FANTASTIC. AND IT'S SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN. EVERY DAY STILL GOING ` MORE HOUSES, MORE FAMILIES, MORE ROOMS. AND INTENDING TO BE HERE FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS AT LEAST. CHRIS CHANG, ONE NEWS. NOW TO THE WEATHER. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE'S 'ROCK YOUR BODY' FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ