TONIGHT ` ACCUSATIONS THIS FORMER TOP COP DEALT DRUGS FROM THE WHANGAREI POLICE STATION. TWICE CONVICTED FOR MURDER AND NOW HEADING TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL. TEINA PORA AND HIS LEGAL TEAM ATTEMPT TO MAKE HISTORY. AND A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR THE ALL BLACKS ` VIRTUAL ANONYMITY ON THE STREETS OF AMERICA'S WINDY CITY. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014 HE'S ACCUSED OF NOT ONLY STEALING, SELLING AND SUPPLYING DRUGS, BUT OF USING A POLICE RESOURCES TO DO SO. IF FOUND GUILTY, FORMER TOP DETECTIVE MICHAEL BLOWERS FACES LIFE IN PRISON. HELEN CASTLES IS COVERING THE CASE IN WHANGAREI. FORMER DETECTIVE MICHAEL BLOWERS IS USED TO BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAW. AS THE HEAD OF NORTHLAND'S ORGANISED CRIME UNIT, HE WAS THE ONE LOCKING DRUG DEALERS UP. I'VE BEEN IN THE POLICE 20 YEARS, AND I'VE DONE YEARS AND YEARS OF DRUG OPERATIONS. TODAY HE'S THE ONE ON TRIAL FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING DRUGS SEIZED BY POLICE, WHILE EMPLOYED AS A SENIOR DETECTIVE AND PASSING THEM ON TO SELL ON HIS BEHALF. SO HERE WE HAVE EFFECTIVELY THE GENESIS OF AN ILLEGAL DRUG NETWORK THAT HAD BEGUN FROM THE POLICE STATION HERE IN WHANGAREI. IN 2011, BLOWERS WAS INVOLVED IN THE SEIZURE OF 58G OF METHAMPHETAMINE WORTH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM THIS WHANGAREI MOTEL. THE CROWN SAYS BLOWERS LATER STOLE IT FROM THE DRUG STORE THAT HE WAS IN CHARGE OF AT THE WHANGAREI POLICE STATION AND GAVE IT TO A WOMAN TO SELL. IT'S ALLEGED HE FILLED THE DRUG BAGS AT THE STATION UP WITH SALT SO THE THEFT WOULD GO UNNOTICED. IT LOOKED THE SAME, IT WEIGHED THE SAME, BUT IT WAS NOT THE SAME. SOMEONE HAD REMOVED THE DRUG AND TAKEN A SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITY OF METHAMPHETAMINE. THE CROWN ALLEGES HE STOLE AND SOLD CANNABIS TOO. BUT HIS DEFENCE TEAM SAYS THAT NEVER HAPPENED IT'S CERTAINLY NOT ACCEPTED IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM THAT THIS MAN SUPPLIED TO THIS WOMAN WHEN HE WAS A SERVING OFFICER METHAMPHETAMINE OR CANNABIS. BLOWERS RESIGNED FROM THE POLICE FORCE IN MARCH LAST YEAR AND WAS CHARGED TWO WEEKS LATER. HE'S CURRENTLY ON BAIL AND EVEN HAS A NEW JOB. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS THE COURT OF APPEAL'S RULED THAT CAREGIVER KRISTINE BARTLETT SHOULD EARN AS MUCH AS MEN WITH SIMILAR SKILLS. AND THAT'S A DECISION THAT COULD OPEN THE DOOR FOR WAGE EQUALITY FOR THOUSANDS IN SO-CALLED 'WOMEN'S WORK' ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HERE'S RYAN BOSWELL. NO, THE APPEAL IS DISMISSED. RELIEF FOR KRISTINE BARTLETT. AFTER YEARS OF FIGHTING TO BE PAID HER FAIR SHARE, TODAY, A BATTLE WON. IT'S GREAT, AND IT'S GREAT FOR ALL THE CAREGIVERS. THEY DESERVE THIS. THEY REALLY DO. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. THE HUTT VALLEY CAREGIVER WILL NOW BE ABLE TO USE THE EQUAL PAY ACT INTRODUCED 42 YEARS AGO TO ARGUE SHE WOULD BE PAID MORE THAN THE AVERAGE OF $15.30 IF SHE WASN'T WORKING IN A FEMALE-DOMINATED INDUSTRY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR WAGE AT THE END OF THE FORTNIGHT, A LOT OF THE GIRLS ARE NOT SURVIVING; THEY'RE STRUGGLING. THE COURT OF APPEAL DECIDED TO BACK AN EARLIER RULING BY THE EMPLOYMENT COURT. SAYING WHILE IT WAS A DIFFICULT CASE... WE HAD TO FIGHT THE DECISION. MARTIN TAYLOR REPRESENTS THE AGED-CARE SECTOR, WHICH FOUGHT THE DECISION. HE SAYS THE GOVERNMENT ALLOCATES FUNDING, AND WITHOUT MORE MONEY, THEY CAN'T PAY HIGHER RATES. IT WOULD SHUT DOWN THE AGED-CARE SECTOR IF WE HAD TO PAY $17.50 AN HOUR, WHICH IS WHAT DHBS PAY THEIR OWN CARE GIVERS. THE HEALTH MINISTER'S REFUSING TO BUDGE FOR NOW, SAYING THE SECTOR ALREADY GETS $1B A YEAR. IT'S A VICTORY FOR THE UNIONS AS THE GOVERNMENT PUSHES THROUGH ITS CONTROVERSIAL EMPLOYMENT LAWS. THEY SAY THE DECISION'S HISTORIC AND SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE. TO ACHIEVE EQUAL PAY, THEY NEED TO LOOK OUTSIDE THEIR OWN SECTOR, BECAUSE THOSE SECTORS COULD BE INFECTED BY DISCRIMINATION, SO IT'S A MAJOR HUMAN RIGHTS DECISION. BUT THAT DECISION IS JUST THE START. THERE ARE MORE LEGAL BATTLES AHEAD FOR KRISTINE BARTLETT BEFORE SHE'LL GET THAT RAISE. RYAN BOSWELL, ONE NEWS. WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT WAGE EQUALITY, SO WE HIT THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND TO FIND OUT. I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT MEN AND WOMEN GET PAID DIFFERENT IN THIS DAY AND AGE. I CAN'T SEE ANY REAL REASON FOR IT, OTHER THAN,... WELL, KIND OF, GENDER DISCRIMINATION. IT'S DEFINITELY UNFAIR THAT THE WAGE GAP'S SO LARGE. SHOULDN'T BE A GAP. SHOULD BE NO GAP FOR THE SAME WORK. ALL PRETTY MUCH DOING THE SAME WORK THESE DAYS, SO, YEAH, THERE SHOULD BE EQUAL PAY. WOMEN ARE` AS THEY'VE GAINED MORE RIGHTS, REALLY AND MORE PROMINENCE IN THE WORKPLACE, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE TREATED THE SAME, AND I THINK, AS WE GROW UP AS A SOCIETY, WE SHOULD SEE WHERE WE'RE AT FAULT AND CHANGE OUR WAYS. VERY UNFAIR. I MEAN, WE GET THE SAME DEGREE, THEREFORE WE SHOULD GET THE SAME PAY. WE ARE WORKING EQUALLY AS HARD. 2% TO 3%, MAXIMUM 5% IS UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT 14% IS ` WHEN IT GOES INTO THE DOUBLE-DIGITS, IT REALLY LOOKS VERY BIG. IF A WOMAN IS DOING THE JOB EQUAL TO THAT OF A MALE, THEN I WOULD EXPECT HER TO BE PAID EQUALLY. I THINK IT'S THE WRONG CENTURY FOR THAT TO BE HAPPENING. WE SHOULD BE EQUAL. NOW KRISTINE BARTLETT ISN'T THE FIRST WOMAN TO FIGHT FOR PAY EQUALITY. TENTATIVE STEPS WERE TAKEN MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO, WHEN THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN WAS SET UP AND PASSED ITS FIRST RESOLUTION SUPPORTING EQUAL PAY. THE CAMPAIGN GAINED MOMENTUM AFTER WWII, WHEN THE NUMBER OF WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM 169,000 TO ABOUT 380,000 BY 1971. AN EXAMPLE OF THE WAGE DIFFERENCE IN THE MID-1950s WAS IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY. THE MOST A MAN COULD EARN WAS �727 A YEAR. WOMEN PEAKED �450. THE GAP'S SINCE CLOSED, FOLLOWING TWO KEY PIECES OF EQUAL PAY LEGISLATION ` THE ACT FOR GOVERNMENT WORKERS IN 1960 AND THEN THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN 1972. SO A LOT HAS CHANGED, BUT WOMEN STILL EARN LESS ` AN AVERAGE OF 86% OF MEN. THE FORMER MALAYSIAN DIPLOMAT FACING CHARGES OF ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO RAPE AND BURGLARY HAS BEEN GRANTED BAIL AT A HEARING IN WELLINGTON DISTRICT COURT TODAY, BUT IT COMES WITH STRICT CONDITIONS. MUHAMMAD RIZALMAN HAS TO SURRENDER HIS PASSPORT, HE'S NOT ALLOWED OUT OVERNIGHT AND IS BANNED FROM BEING IN SOME PARTS OF THE CENTRAL CITY. WHILE ON BAIL, RIZALMAN WILL BE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE TWO MALAYSIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS WHO CAME TO NZ WITH HIM. HE'S EXPECTED TO ENTER A PLEA AT HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE AT THE END OF NOVEMBER. TWICE CONVICTED MURDERER TEINA PORA HAS FLOWN OUT TO LONDON FOR A HEARING BEFORE THE PRIVY COUNCIL. PORA WAS JAILED IN 1994 FOR THE MURDER OF AUCKLAND WOMAN SUSAN BURDETT, BUT HE HAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE. HIS ATTEMPTS TO HAVE HIS CONVICTION QUASHED WILL BE HISTORIC. IT'S PROBABLY NZ'S LAST EVER CASE BEFORE THE PRIVY COUNCIL. WE'VE DONE AS MUCH PREPARATION AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. IT ALL COMES DOWN TO TWO LEGAL ARGUMENTS NOW. WE'RE NOT RUNNING A JURY TRIAL, OR GOING THROUGH THE EVIDENCE, OR CROSS EXAMINING ANYBODY. IT'S LEGAL AND ARGUMENTS, AND WE'RE WELL PREPARED. IT'LL BE THE FIRST TIME IN FRONT OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL FOR ALL THREE OF PORA'S KIWI LEGAL TEAM. THE TWO-DAY HEARING BEGINS IN LONDON NEXT WEEK. A PILOT KILLED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH WHILE SPRAYING FARMLAND NEAR WHANGANUI HAS BEEN NAMED. THIS WAS THE SCENE OF THE SMASH ON A RURAL ROAD IN BRUNSWICK. WILLIAM ROBB (56) WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD. POLICE AND THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH. POLICE AND THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH. IF NECESSARY, NZ MAY CONSIDER FOLLOWING AUSTRALIA'S LEAD AND CANCEL VISAS FOR TRAVELLERS FROM COUNTRIES HIT BY EBOLA. THAT'S AS THE GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS THREE KIWI HEALTH WORKERS HAVE BEEN UNDER EBOLA WATCH AFTER RETURNING FROM WEST AFRICA. HEALTH MINISTER JONATHAN COLEMAN SAYS SINCE EARLY AUGUST, 74 PEOPLE HAVE COME HERE FROM COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY THE DEADLY VIRUS. OF THOSE, THREE HAVE BEEN PUT ON TEMPERATURE MONITORING, AND THEN THEY GET PHONED EVERY DAY BY A PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER, UNTIL THEY ARE THROUGH THAT 21 DAY PERIOD, SO WE THINK WE'VE GOT AN APPROPRIATE REGIME FOR NZ IN THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE SEEING COMING ACROSS OUR BORDERS. AS THE GOVERNMENT WORKS OUT HOW TO STOP EBOLA COMING HERE, ONE KIWI NURSE IS IN WEST AFRICA, FIGHTING THE DISEASE ON THE FRONT LINE. GURU DEV SINGH SPOKE TO EMMA KEELING. HIDDEN UNDER LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, A KIWI NURSE COMES FACE TO FACE WITH EBOLA. THEY'RE QUITE AWARE THAT IT TAKES ONLY ONE MISTAKE TO BE CONTAMINATED. ONE BIT OF UNCOVERED SKIN COULD COST GURU DEV SINGH HER LIFE. IT DOES PLAY ON MY MIND EVERY DAY, BUT I CAN'T LET THAT RULE MY WORK. IN LIBERIA, THE HEART OF THE EBOLA ZONE, GURU WORKS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK ON LITTLE SLEEP. IN THE BEGINNING, WHEN I FIRST STARTED MY WORK HERE, IT WAS REALLY HECTIC, AND WE WERE DEALING WITH SOMETHING LIKE 40 BODIES A DAY. THE MOST DIFFICULT PART FOR ME WAS THAT I REALLY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AT THE TIME. SHOUTING SHE'S ONE OF FOUR KIWI RED CROSS NURSES WORKING IN WEST AFRICA. WE ARE WORKING IN A HEALTH SYSTEM THAT CANNOT COPE WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS ILLNESS THAT WE HAVE. GURU AND HER COLLEAGUES ARE ATTEMPTING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AND CHANGE BEHAVIOURS ` NOT EASY WHEN PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED AND FRIGHTENED. THE DISEASE HAS CHANGED THE FACE OF THE SOCIETY, THE FABRIC OF SOCIETY, WHERE IT'S BECOME A VERY IMPERSONAL SITE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH ANYBODY, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HUG ANYBODY, AND I'VE ALMOST FORGOTTEN WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SHAKE HANDS ANY MORE. GURU WILL HEAD BACK HOME IN DECEMBER FOR A SHORT CHRISTMAS BREAK. SHE'LL STAY IN A NON-EBOLA ZONE FOR 21 DAYS BEFORE SHE LEAVES. IS THERE ANY CHANCE YOU MIGHT BRING THE VIRUS HOME? I AM NOT WORRIED THAT I WOULD BRING THE DISEASE HOME BECAUSE WE DO THE SELF-MONITORING PRECAUTION BEFORE I COME HOME. ARE YOU FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE? IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS AGAINST US, BUT IF YOU TAKE ONE BIT BY BIT, YOU KNOW, ONE HURDLE AFTER THE OTHER, AND I'M SURE WE WILL GET ON TOP OF THIS AT SOME POINT. BUT IF YOU TAKE ONE BIT BY BIT, YOU KNOW, ONE HURDLE AFTER THE OTHER, AND I'M SURE WE WILL GET ON TOP OF THIS AT SOME POINT. AND THE US HAS JUST ISSUED ITS NEW RULES FOR HEALTH WORKERS ARRIVING FROM EBOLA HOT SPOTS. IT'LL REQUIRE MOST WORKERS GET CHECKED FOR SYMPTOMS FOR 21 DAYS, BUT NOT AUTOMATICALLY PUT IN QUARANTINE. NZ COULD WALK AWAY FROM THE 12-NATION TRANS-PACIFIC TRADE DEAL IF MARKET ACCESS FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS IS EXCLUDED. THAT'S THE WARNING FROM TRADE MINISTER TIM GROSER, AMID FEARS NZ COULD BE SIDELINED FROM DECISIONS AROUND DAIRY TARIFFS BY AMERICA AND JAPAN. WE WOULD NEVER DO A DEAL THAT EXCLUDED OUR NUMBER ONE EXPORT. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CLEAR. LOOK, I DON'T WANT TO SAY WE'D` OF COURSE WE'D TRY AND FIND A COMPROMISE, BUT IT'S GOTTA BE A COMPROMISE THAT MAKES LONG-TERM SENSE FOR OUR NUMBER ONE INDUSTRY. TIM GROSER SAYS HE REMAINS OPTIMISTIC A DEAL CAN BE DONE. THE HEAD OF AN ELITE AUCKLAND PRIVATE SCHOOL SAYS HE'LL BE TAKING A HARD LINE AGAINST BULLYING AFTER A GROUP OF SENIOR BOARDERS HUMILIATED SOME YOUNGER STUDENTS. KING'S COLLEGE TODAY CONFIRMING THE YEAR NINE STUDENTS WERE FORCED TO MARCH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WITH PILLOWS ON THEIR HEADS AND HANDS BEHIND THEIR BACKS. I WAS PRETTY SURPRISED AND SHOCKED, TO BE HONEST. I THOUGHT THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN OUTDATED AND GONE 40 OR 50 YEARS AGO. SIX SENIOR STUDENTS WILL MEET WITH THE SCHOOL'S DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE THIS WEEK. A NEW MAGAZINE IS ABOUT TO BE LAUNCHED IN WELLINGTON, AND ALTHOUGH IT'S STILL IN THE DRAFT STAGES, IT'S FAIR TO SAY IT REALLY DOES HAVE A UNIQUE SELLING POINT. KRISTIN HALL EXPLAINS. IN A SMALL GALLERY ON WELLINGTON'S CUBA STREET, SOME MODELS PATIENTLY WAIT FOR THEIR CLOSE UP. YOU'RE A GOOD KITTY. YOU'RE THE WINNER. THESE ARE THE STARS OF BLACKCAT QUARTERLY, SELF-DESCRIBED AS WELLINGTON'S PREMIERE LIFESTYLE PUBLICATION FOR CATS. I JUST THINK THERE'S, LIKE, A HUGE LACK OF READING OPTIONS FOR CATS. AND, LIKE, THEY MAKE UP A HUGE PORTION OF THE MARKET, ESPECIALLY IN WELLINGTON, THERE'S A LOT OF CATS. THE MAGAZINE'S STILL IN THE DRAFT STAGES, BUT ITS CONTENTS ARE PRETTY MUCH LOCKED IN. THERE'LL BE EDITORIAL PHOTOSHOOTS, RECIPES, HOROSCOPES. WHAT ELSE? YEAH. THERE'LL BE COMICS AS WELL FROM LOCAL ARTISTS. EVERYTHING THAT'S, REALLY, CAT-RELATED. AND THEY'VE ALREADY SECURED A TELL-ALL PIECE WITH CELEBRITY CAT LIL BUB. AN EXTRAORDINARY, ONE-OF-A-KIND CAT, A MAGICAL SPACE FELINE. IT SEEMS THE CAT MODELLING WORLD IS LESS FICKLE THAN ITS HUMAN COUNTERPART, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SKINNY,... FAT CATS ARE PROBABLY THE BEST CATS. ...YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALL YOUR LIMBS,... SHE HAS THREE LEGS. ...OR EVEN TWO EYES. BUT THERE IS STILL PHOTOSHOPPING AND THAT DIVA ATTITUDE. AND WHEN IT COMES TO INTERVIEWS, WELL, THEY CAN BE JUST AS HIGH MAINTENANCE. CAN I ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS? WHAT` OOH! OOH, DOESN'T LIKE THAT. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON GARETH MORGAN? IS HE A GOOD GUY? LIKE THE NAOMI CAMPBELL OF CATS ` DIFFICULT, LITTLE BIT MOODY. NOW, IF YOU'RE WONDERING ABOUT THE READERSHIP... THERE'S DEFINITELY A PROBLEM WITH THE LITERACY RATE AMONG CATS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE HOPE OUR MAGAZINE WILL WORK TO COUNTER. THE FIRST ISSUE WILL BE RELEASED AT A LAUNCH PARTY IN DECEMBER, AND YES, YOU'LL HAVE THE CHANCE TO MEET THESE GUYS IN THE FUR. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. A LATEST CHILLING VIDEO FROM AN AUSTRALIAN DUBBED THE GINGER JIHADI. AUSTRALIAN'S DIAMONDS PROVED TOO MUCH, BUT COULD THE SILVER FERNS STOP ENGLAND? AND STREET STYLE BASKETBALL IS HEADING TO NZ WITH SOME HEAVYWEIGHT KIWI BACKING. THE RED-HEADED AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLBOY WHO'S BECOME A MOUTHPIECE FOR ISIS HAS MADE ANOTHER PROPAGANDA VIDEO. IT APPEARED ONLINE LAST NIGHT AND FEATURES ABDULLAH ELMIR (17), DUBBED THE GINGER JIHADIST, ALONGSIDE MILITANTS THREATENING TO STRIKE OUT AT INFIDEL AND ARAB COUNTRIES. IT'S ALL ABOUT ROMANTICISING THE TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT THEY SEE IN SYRIA, AND IT'S ABOUT TRYING TO RECRUIT YOUNG MEN FOR THE FIGHT. THE TEEN FRONTED ANOTHER ISIS VIDEO LAST WEEK. HE RAN AWAY FROM HIS SYDNEY HOME FOUR MONTHS AGO TO JOIN THE ISLAMIST REBELS. AND A SLICK NEW VIDEO'S ALSO BEEN RELEASED BY ISIS, USING A BRITISH HOSTAGE AS A TV NEWS REPORTER. IN IT PHOTO-JOURNALIST JOHN CANTLIE CLAIMS ISLAMIC MILITANTS ARE ABOUT TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE BESIEGED CITY OF KOBANE. THE CLIP CONTAINS IMAGES FILMED USING A DRONE WHICH, IF AUTHENTIC, SUGGEST CANTLIE IS KEPT CLOSE TO THE SYRIAN BORDER. FIREFIGHTERS OFTEN FIND THEMSELVES IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. BUT THERE WAS NO WAY TO PREPARE FOR THIS. THEY WERE PUTTING OUT A CAR FIRE IN RUSSIA WHEN THEY QUICKLY DISCOVERED THE DRIVER HAD NEGLECTED TO MENTION A GAS CYLINDER INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE FIREFIGHTERS APPEAR TO ESCAPE UNHARMED, AND, SEEMINGLY UNFAZED, CONTINUED EXTINGUISHING THE BLAZE. SOUTH AFRICAN PROSECUTORS SAY THEY'RE GOING TO APPEAL AGAINST THE CONVICTION AND SENTENCE GIVEN TO ATHLETE OSCAR PISTORIUS FOR KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND. PISTORIUS WAS ACQUITTED OF PREMEDITATED MURDER BUT CONVICTED ON THE LESSER CHARGE OF CULPABLE HOMICIDE. IT'S THIS DECISION THE STATE PLANS TO CHALLENGE. THE OLYMPIAN IS SERVING A FIVE-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE, BUT COULD BE OUT IN 10 MONTHS. OH, IT REALLY COULDN'T GET MUCH WORSE FOR THE SILVER FERNS. FRESH FROM BEING SCHOOLED BY AUSTRALIA, THEY'VE NOW BEEN DEALT A KILLER BLOW BY ENGLAND. NZ WAS DEFEATED 42-38 IN ROTORUA TONIGHT. AS MONIQUE FISCHER REPORTS, IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE LOST TO ENGLAND IN SIX YEARS. YOU'D STRUGGLE TO BELIEVE THE SILVER FERNS HOLD A WINNING STREAK 77-3 AGAINST ENGLAND. ANOTHER POOR PASS FROM NZ. THE BRITS QUICKLY THREW THAT STATISTIC OUT THE WINDOW. OHHHH! A SLUGGISH NZ WAS DOWN FIVE GOALS AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER, PUSHING NEWLY APPOINTED VICE CAPTAIN KATRINA GRANT TO STEP UP IN THE SECOND. A BEAUTIFUL FEED, AND THE LEAD IS DOWN TO ONE. BUT WITH JODI BROWN SITTING ON A 44% SHOOTING AVERAGE, ALL THE DEFENSIVE WORK IN THE WORLD COUNTED FOR NOTHING. THE GOAL ATTACK WAS REPLACED BY YOUNG HOPEFUL AMELIA-ANNE WELLS, AND MIDWAY THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER, THE FERNS FOUND ANOTHER GEAR. NICE BALL FROM HENRY. NZ LEVEL! BUT ENGLAND WERE QUICKLY BACK UP TO A FIVE-GOAL LEAD, DISPLAYING THE TYPE OF FEEDING THE KIWIS COULD LEARN FROM. WHAT A PLAY! THE COACH'S LOOK SAYS IT ALL, DESPITE A FOURTH-QUARTER COMEBACK EFFORT. BEAUTIFUL, MES. IT WAS ENGLAND MATCHING, THEN OVERTAKING. THE FERNS SLUMPED TO THEIR SIXTH STRAIGHT DEFEAT, NO DOUBT HOPING TO SALVAGE PRIDE IN THE SECOND TEST IN PALMERSTON NORTH ON FRIDAY. MONIQUE FISCHER, ONE NEWS. TALK ABOUT FLYING UNDER THE RADAR. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE ARRIVED IN CHICAGO TO WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS NO FANFARE WHATSOEVER. BUT DON'T WORRY. THEY'RE NOT TAKING IT PERSONALLY. I DON'T THINK WE COULD WALK DOWN A STREET IN MOST OF THE PLACES WE PLAY LIKE WE DID TODAY, AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE REFRESHING NATURE OF IT, I THINK. IT'S, SORT OF, YEAH. NO ONE KNOWS US. IN AN EFFORT TO DRUM UP SOME EXCITEMENT, THE PLAYERS LED A SKILLS AND DRILLS SESSION WITH SOME OF CHICAGO'S RUGBY FANS IN THE CITY'S GRAND UNION STATION. AMERICA'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST SPORTING NATIONS IN THE WORLD, AND IF WE CAN MAKE A LITTLE IMPACT IN THERE AND REALLY GO THE GAME, I THINK IT'D BE BENEFICIAL TO RUGBY IN GENERAL. AND IT'S OFF TO AN ALL RIGHT START. THEIR HISTORIC CLASH AGAINST THE UNITED STATES THIS WEEKEND IS OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT. WHILE THE ALL BLACKS SHOW OFF THEIR RUGBY SKILLS TO THE YANKS, KIWI NBA STAR STEVEN ADAMS IS BRINGING AN AMERICAN STREET STYLE VERSION OF BASKETBALL TO AUCKLAND. HE HOPES THE INITIATIVE WILL HELP BOOST THE SPORT IN NZ AND HELP KEEP KIWI KIDS OFF THE STREETS. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DO HERE IN OKC, AND JUST, LIKE, GETTING THE KIDS OFF THE STREETS AND ON THE COURT, YOU KNOW? JUST HAVING A TON OF FUN WITH IT. THE PLAN IS FOR FIVE UPGRADED COURTS TO BE SPREAD ACROSS AUCKLAND. EACH WILL INCLUDE TECHNOLOGY LIKE WI-FI HOTSPOTS AND WILL BE FREE TO USE. JUST AHEAD ` WHAT WILL THE WEATHER DO TOMORROW? WE'LL HAVE ANSWERS AND MUSIC SHORTLY. AND 'LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU,' YELPS ROBBIE WILLIAMS TO HIS PREGNANT WIFE. MIRACULOUSLY SHE DIDN'T SHOOT HIM. NOW THIS NEXT STORY IS A DOOZY. A COUPLE OF ALLEGED THIEVES IN THE US ACCIDENTALLY POCKET-DIALLED THE POLICE AND TOLD THEM ALL ABOUT THE CRIME. UNAWARE THE CALL WAS BEING RECORDED, THE ACCUSED PAIR DISCUSSED HOW SUCCESSFUL THEIR HEIST HAD BEEN. A CHAT THAT LASTED 45 MINUTES. YES, REALLY. POLICE NABBED THE PAIR AFTER TRACING THE CALL TO ONE OF THE SUSPECT'S PHONES. ONE OF THE ACCUSED NOW CLAIMS THE PHONE HAD PICKED UP THE CONVERSATION OF PEOPLE IN A NEIGHBOURING CAR WHO WERE JUST SPEAKING VERY LOUDLY. MOST DADS ARE REDUCED TO HELPING WITH BREATHING OR JUST STANDING THERE DURING CHILDBIRTH, BUT THEN MOST DADS AREN'T ROBBIE WILLIAMS. A FACT MOST MUMS ARE PROBABLY THANKFUL OF, GIVEN HIS LATEST SHOW. AT THE SIDE OF WIFE AYDA FOR THE BIRTH OF THEIR SECOND CHILD, WILLIAMS FILMED THE EVENT AND DECIDED MID-CONTRACTION WAS THE PERFECT TIME TO START SINGING AND GENERALLY BEHAVING LIKE A MAN BEGGING TO BE KICKED IN THE CROTCH. # the cold never bothered me... # STOP SINGING FROZEN! AYDA INITIALLY PLAYED ALONG BUT GREW UNDERSTANDABLY SICK OF IT, BUT IT ALL ENDED WELL WITH AYDA GIVING BIRTH TO A BOY TO JOIN THE COUPLE'S DAUGHTER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. IF YOU FANCY GETTING IN TOUCH, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU ON OUR FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES. ADDRESSES ARE RIGHT HERE. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL AND IMOGEN STAINES. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.