TONIGHT ` REMEMBERING PHILIP HUGHES. A HUGE TURNOUT AS THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETER IS FAREWELLED IN HIS HOME TOWN. WE REVEAL THE MASSIVE FAILURES BY THOSE RUNNING CASINOS AND POKIE MACHINES AT IDENTIFYING PROBLEM GAMBLERS. AND BEND IT LIKE ROCHE? THE UNKNOWN FOOTING IT WITH THE BEST. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. 'WE MUST DIG IN, AND WE MUST PLAY ON.' AUSTRALIA'S CRICKET CAPTAIN BROKE DOWN IN TEARS AS HE SAID THOSE WORDS TO FAREWELL HIS FRIEND AND TEAMMATE PHILLIP HUGHES. CRICKETING GREATS PAST AND PRESENT JOINED THOUSANDS OF MOURNERS AT THE 25-YEAR-OLD'S FUNERAL TODAY. CHANNEL NINE WAS IN MACKSVILLE FOR THE EMOTIONALLY CHARGED GOODBYE. # ...TO SAVE MYSELF FROM FALLING. # HE SLIPPED THROUGH OUR FINGERS, BUT TODAY PHILLIP HUGHES WAS IN SAFE HANDS, IN THE HEART OF HIS HOME TOWN AND IN THE ARMS OF HIS TWO FAMILIES ` FATHER GREG AND BROTHER JASON, BEST FRIEND MICHAEL CLARKE AND TEAMMATES AARON FINCH AND TOM COOPER, WHO WAS HIS LAST EVER BATTING PARTNER. # LET'S DANCE IN STYLE. LET'S DANCE FOR A WHILE. # ON THIS, THE MOST PAINFUL OF DAYS, HIS OLD SCHOOL HALL HAD BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A CHURCH. HIS LOSS HAS BEEN FELT BY MILLIONS WHO LOVED THE GAME BUT NONE MORE THAN THOSE WHO LOVED HIM MOST ` A BROKEN-HEARTED MOTHER, A BROTHER AND SISTER. THEY'VE COME FROM ACROSS AUSTRALIA FOR THIS SERVICE ` THE PRIME MINISTER, LEGENDS IN THE GAME, A CAVALCADE OF SPORTS STARS ` WHILE THE NEARBY OVAL RESEMBLED A DAY AT THE CRICKET, THE CHAIRS AND THE BIG SCREEN WATCHING THE SERVICE BEAMED AROUND THE GLOBE. THEY WITNESSED A CRICKET CAPTAIN STEEL HIMSELF ONCE AGAIN TO HONOUR NOT JUST A TEAMMATE BUT A BEST MATE. WE MUST DIG IN. (EXHALES) WE MUST DIG IN AND GET THROUGH TO TEA. (BREATHES HEAVILY) AND WE MUST PLAY ON. SO REST IN PEACE, MY LITTLE BROTHER. I'LL SEE YOU OUT IN THE MIDDLE. # IT'S ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE I SEE. # THEY THEN CARRIED PHILLIP OUT ON TO THE STREETS OF THE TOWN IN WHICH HE GREW UP TO BECOME A TEST CRICKETER, TEAMMATES, AS IF NOT WANTING TO LET GO, FOLLOWING THE PROCESSION AS THE TOWN EMPTIED ON TO THE STREETS. THEY CLAPPED. 'WELL DONE, PHILLIP HUGHES.' 63 NOT OUT. A FORMER SENIOR POLICE DETECTIVE WITH 20 YEARS ON THE JOB HAS BEEN JAILED FOR STEALING AND DEALING METHAMPHETAMINE. AT THE HIGH COURT IN WHANGAREI, MICHAEL BLOWERS WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS AND NINE MONTHS BEHIND BARS. THE FORMER DETECTIVE STOLE 34 GRAMS OF P, SEIZED FROM THIS WHANGAREI HOTEL IN 2011. OVER TIME HE GAVE IT TO A POLICE INFORMANT TO SELL. POLICE NOW ADMIT THERE WERE WARNING SIGNS WHEN BLOWERS WAS INVESTIGATED FOR HAVING AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP. UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ONGOING OVERSIGHT OF MR BLOWERS. IT WAS DEALT WITH AT A LOW-ISH LEVEL IN 2002, AND HIS BETRAYAL AND DECEPTION WENT ON OVER MANY MANY YEARS. BLOWERS ISN'T GOING TO APPEAL TODAY'S SENTENCE. MEANWHILE, TWO YOUNG NEW PLYMOUTH MEN HAVE BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY OF RAPING AND INDECENTLY ASSAULTING A YOUNG WOMAN. THE VERDICT COMES 13 MONTHS AFTER THE PAIR WERE ARRESTED, FOLLOWING A PARTY WHERE THEY HAD SEX WITH THE WOMAN ` THEN AGED 17. THE INCIDENT WAS FILMED AND POSTED ON FACEBOOK. SUPPRESSION ORDERS MEAN WE CAN'T SHOW YOU THE TWO 19-YEAR-OLD'S FACES OR NAME THEM. THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH 13 MONTHS OF HELL OVER THIS, AND THAT IS THE RIGHT VERDICT FROM THE JURY. THE ACCUSED WILL KEEP THEIR NAMES SECRET UNTIL A HEARING IN 10 DAYS. THE COMPLAINANT HAS LEFT NZ. A REFORMED GAMBLER SAYS HE'S SHOCKED AT NEW RESEARCH SHOWING MASSIVE FAILURES BY OUR PUBS, HOTELS AND CASINOS TO IDENTIFY PROBLEM GAMBLING. THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS SPENT MONTHS COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM UNDERCOVER GAMBLERS WHO WERE LEFT TO SPEND NEARLY $60,000 AT VENUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. KRISTIN HALL REPORTS. WE CAN'T SHOW YOU THIS MAN'S FACE OR USE HIS NAME, BUT WE CAN TELL YOU HIS STORY. I COULD END UP SPENDING HOURS ON END AT CASINOS OR PUBS OR CLUBS. HE STARTING GAMBLING WHEN HE WAS JUST 16. HE'S NOW 24 AND STILL NEEDS COUNSELLING TO HELP RECOVER FROM HIS ADDICTION, WHICH GOT SO BAD HE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. LOTS OF CASH WITHDRAWALS, CHANGING MONEY A NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF TIMES. I STILL REMEMBER A TIME THAT I EVEN ACTUALLY WET MY PANTS. THERE'S THAT THRILL OR HYPE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MISS OUT ON THE JACKPOT. IT'S BEHAVIOUR LIKE THAT GAMBLING OPERATORS, LIKE CASINOS AND SOME PUBS AND HOTELS, ARE MEANT TO BE IDENTIFYING AND STOPPING, BUT ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, THEY'RE NOT. THINGS, LIKE, 'DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE A BREAK? 'DO YOU THINK IT'S TIME YOU WENT HOME?' SIMPLE THINGS LIKE THAT WE FOUND WEREN'T HAPPENING. THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS SENT UNDERCOVER GAMBLERS TO MORE THAN A HUNDRED PUBS, HOTELS AND CASINOS BETWEEN MAY AND JULY. STAFF INTERVENED JUST THREE TIMES. IT'S EXTREMELY CONCERNING. THESE MYSTERY SHOPPERS WERE ABLE TO SIT AT THOSE POKIE MACHINES FOR 10 HOURS PLUS OR BETWEEN EIGHT AND 10 HOURS. IN A STATEMENT, THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST CASINO, SKYCITY, SAYS: BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS ISN'T SO SURE. BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS ISN'T SO SURE. NONE OF THE VENUES THAT WE WENT INTO PERFORMED WELL AT ALL, AND WE WENT INTO A NUMBER OF VENUES, INCLUDING SKYCITY. THE DIA SAYS IT'LL BE TAKING THE RESULTS BACK TO OPERATORS TO FIND OUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT THIS FORMER GAMBLER SAYS THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. I THINK THE SINKING LID POLICY NEEDS MORE EMPHASIS. LOCAL COUNCILS, AND THE GOVERNMENT NEED TO FOCUS HARD ON THAT. HE'S NOW WORKING ON REPAIRING HIS BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, SOMETHING HE SAYS HE MIGHT NOT BE FACING IF SOMEONE HAD REACHED OUT TO HELP. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. ANZ BANK HAS REACHED A $19M SETTLEMENT WITH THE COMMERCE COMMISSION OVER THE SALE OF SO-CALLED INTEREST RATE SWAPS TO FARMERS. AN INVESTIGATION FOUND THE BANK HAD MISLED CUSTOMERS AFTER 178 FARMERS COMPLAINED THAT THEY'D BEEN LOCKED INTO HIGHER-THAN-MARKET INTEREST RATES. ANZ SAYS IT DOESN'T ACCEPT THE COMMISSION'S CONCLUSIONS BUT IS MAKING THE SETTLEMENT IN ORDER TO AVOID YEARS OF COURT ACTION. ALMOST ALL THE SETTLEMENT MONEY WILL BE USED TO COMPENSATE FARMERS. THIS IS A GOOD OUTCOME FOR THE CONSUMERS TO GIVE THEM CONFIDENCE IN DEALING WITH THE BANKS. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION'S ALSO LOOKING AT WESTPAC AND ASB BANKS FOR SELLING INTEREST RATE SWAPS. THE SCHEME WAS PITCHED TO FARMERS AS A MEANS OF CONTROLLING BORROWING COSTS. THE OWNERS OF THE WRECKED RENA HAVE DECIDED NOT TO GO AHEAD WITH AN ENVIRONMENT COURT APPLICATION TO LEAVE THE REMAINDER OF THE SHIP ON THE ASTROLABE REEF. INSTEAD, THE PUBLIC WILL GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO MAKE SUBMISSIONS WHEN THE APPLICATION IS HEARD BY AN INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE EARLY NEXT YEAR. THE DECISION COMES ON THE SAME DAY THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL ANNOUNCED THAT MAORI WERE NOT PROPERLY CONSULTED IN THE PROCESS. LOCAL IWI ARE DEMANDING THE REMOVAL OF THE WRECK, SAYING THE REEF IS SACRED. THE AMERICA'S CUP MIGHT BE SAILING AWAY TO BERMUDA, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE COULD BE A SILVER LINING FOR NZ. HOWEVER, WHETHER MORE TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE THROWN AT THE NEXT BID FOR THE FAMOUS TROPHY IS STILL UP IN THE AIR. ONE NEWS YACHTING CORRESPONDENT MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. HOLLYWOOD A-LISTERS CATHERINE ZETA-JONES AND MICHAEL DOUGLAS CENTRE STAGE, TEAM NZ'S KEVIN SHOEBRIDGE TO HIS LEFT, AS THE ACTOR TALKED OF 400 YEARS OF FAMILY HISTORY IN BERMUDA, THE ISLAND WHERE HE SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD SUMMERS. CATH AND I LIVED THERE FOR OVER 10 YEARS RAISING OUR KIDS, SO THE ISLAND MEANS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT TO US. SOME MAYBE STAYING AT THE RESORT BEING DEVELOPED BY THE ACTOR, WHICH WILL BE MUCH IN DEMAND ON A SMALL ISLAND THAT'S HARDLY FLUSH WITH ACCOMMODATION BUT DOES MEET OTHER KEY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CUP ORGANISERS. WE WANTED A PLACE THAT HAS GREAT SAILING CONDITIONS SO RACING WOULD BE EXCITING FOR THE FANS TO WATCH AND CHALLENGING FOR THE SAILORS AS WELL. AND ALONG WITH A STATE-OF-THE-ART EVENT VILLAGE FOR THE TEAMS, BERMUDA HAS PRODUCED A COMPELLING COMMERCIAL CASE. I'VE SPOKEN TO THE SPONSORS, WHO ARE NOT PARTICULARLY VENUE-DEPENDENT BECAUSE OF THE TV REACH. PART OF THE ADVANTAGE OF BERMUDA IS ITS TIME ZONE. IT'S CLOSER TO THE EUROPEAN MARKET FROM A TV POINT OF VIEW, AND THERE'S MORE TEAMS, AND THEY'RE ALL EUROPEAN TEAMS, SO THAT'S GOOD BRAND EXPOSURE. THEN CAME A FURTHER POTENTIAL SWEETENER. AND WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED A SERIOUS PROPOSAL FROM TEAM NZ TO HOST A MAJOR EVENT. THAT COULD SEE THE CUP YACHTS RACING IN A QUALIFYING REGATTA OFF AUCKLAND IN THE BUILD-UP TO THE MAIN EVENT. IT'S EXCITING. I HOPE WE CAN PULL IT OFF. IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR NZ FOR THE INDUSTRY. TEAM NZ'S CASE FOR GOVERNMENT FUNDING IS NOW ON ITS WAY TO THE BEEHIVE. WE'LL RECEIVE THEIR PROPOSAL, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT IT, AND AS SOON AS WE CAN GET SOME DETAIL ON WHAT'S PROPOSED IN AUCKLAND, WE'LL MAKE THE CALL. THE LEVEL OF RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS THE KEY. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. WHY IS THE OLDEST TROPHY IN INTERNATIONAL SPORT GOING TO SUCH A SMALL BRITISH TERRITORY IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN? A QUICK GEOGRAPHY LESSON FIRST. BERMUDA SITS AT THE NORTHERN TIP OF THE SO-CALLED BERMUDA TRIANGLE ` THE MYTHICAL AREA WHERE PLANES AND SHIPS HAVE MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED. ZOOMING IN FOR A CLOSER LOOK, AT JUST 53KM2, IT'S SLIGHTLY BIGGER THAN HALF OF WAIHEKE ISLAND WITH A TINY POPULATION OF 65,000. CRYSTAL BLUE WATERS AND STUNNING SCENERY ` THE PICTURESQUE VENUE OFFERS NEAR-PERFECT SAILING CONDITIONS WITH A GREAT TROPICAL CLIMATE. IT LIES IN AN IDEAL TIME ZONE FOR GLOBAL TV VIEWERS, INCLUDING THE EUROPEAN MARKET. RACING WOULD BE EARLY BREAKFAST TIME ` 6AM ` IN NZ, AND YOU'D STILL BE ABLE TO GO TO WORK AFTER. SPECTATOR VIEWING ON-SITE WILL BE FIRST-RATE. CHECK OUT SOME OF THE PLANS ` PLENTY OF WATERFRONT SPACE TO BUILD AN AMERICA'S CUP VILLAGE AND TEAM BASES ALL OVERLOOKING THE RACE COURSE. SO FLASH SETTING AND, AS MARTIN MENTIONED, A VENUE SET TO ATTRACT THE RICH AND FAMOUS. NOT FAR AWAY, IN THE BAHAMAS, THERE'S BEEN DISAPPOINTMENT FOR NZ FREE-DIVER WILLIAM TRUBRIDGE. THE 34-YEAR-OLD'S FAILED IN HIS WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT. WHILE HE SUCCESSFULLY REACHED 102M ON A SINGLE BREATH, HE STRUCK TROUBLE COMING BACK UP. I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE TIGHT, AND THEN SOON AFTER THAT, I STARTED FEELING LIKE IT WAS GONNA BE A LITTLE TOO TIGHT. I KNEW AS SOON AS HE SHOOK HIS HEAD. THAT WAS HIS SIGN TO US TO SAY THAT, 'SORRY, I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA MAKE IT THIS TIME.' IF I'D HAVE KEPT ON SWIMMING, THEN I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BLACKED OUT UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE. GETTING HELP FROM HIS TEAM MEANT DISQUALIFICATION. DESPITE HIS FAILURE, THE FREE-DIVE CHAMPION'S CONFIDENT HIS PREPARATION WAS SPOT-ON AND BELIEVES HE CAN DO IT NEXT TIME, WHICH COULD BE IN APRIL. YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THIS, BUT TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY DAY, SO A GROUP OF CIRCUS PERFORMERS IN AUCKLAND DECIDED IT WAS THE PERFECT CHANCE TO CELEBRATE DIVERSITY. HERE'S DANIELLE STANBURY. SHE'S PUTTING ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER. HAVE YOU DONE THAT BEFORE? NO. WOW. LOOKS LIKE IT. TO BE DISABLED, ACCORDING TO THE DICTIONARY, MEANS HAVING A CONDITION THAT LIMITS A PERSON'S ABILITIES. WELL DONE. WELL DONE. BUT THAT DEFINITION DOESN'T APPLY TO THIS GROUP OF WANNABE ACROBATS. YOU SEE, WITH THE HELP OF CIRCUS PROMOTERS CIRCABILITY, THEY'RE OUT TO PROVE THERE ARE NO LIMITATIONS ON WHAT DISABLED PEOPLE CAN DO. QUITE OFTEN, THEY ARE IN THEIR GROUPS, WON'T HAVE ENOUGH OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. THIS WEEK, CIRCABILITY WANTS TO CHANGE THAT. THEY'RE HOLDING WORKSHOPS ON EVERYTHING CIRCUS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AUCKLAND'S BUSTLING VICTORIA PARK. IT'S QUITE AMAZING. YESTERDAY WE WERE JUST STARTING TO SET UP THE GAZEBO. PEOPLE STOPPED. 'WHAT IS HAPPENING?' THEY'RE GOOD, FUNNY... AND ENCOURAGE US. THEY ALSO ENCOURAGED ME TO GET INVOLVED... ARE YOU LEARNING TOO? MM-HM. YES. > GOOD LUCK. (LAUGHS) ...WITH MIXED RESULTS. WHAT I LIKED TODAY WAS THE PLAYFULNESS EVERYBODY HAD BUT ALSO WITH THAT THE HELPING OUT. SO MANY OF OUR PARTICIPANTS TODAY STRUGGLED TO DO THIS OR DO THAT, BUT THEN THE OTHER STUDENTS CAME IN AND WERE HELPING OUT EACH OTHER. THAT WAS MY FAVOURITE PART OF TODAY. HELPING ONE ANOTHER AND HELPING REDEFINE ABILITY. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS. BILL COSBY'S BACK IN THE HEADLINES AS MORE ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE EMERGE. THAT'S NEXT. PLUS ` CASE CLOSED. WHY SCIENTISTS SAY THERE'S NO DOUBT THIS IS AN ENGLISH MONARCH. AND U2 MINUS ONE ` AND QUITE AN IMPORTANT ONE, AT THAT. BILL COSBY'S BEING SUED BY A WOMAN WHO SAYS HE MOLESTED HER WHEN SHE WAS JUST 15 YEARS OLD. IT'S THE LATEST IN A STRING OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE 77-YEAR-OLD. MORE THAN A DOZEN WOMEN HAVE COME FORWARD, INCLUDING FORMER MODEL JANICE DICKINSON. CHANNEL NINE'S CHRISTINE AHERN REPORTS. JANICE DICKINSON'S STORY IS HORRIFICALLY FAMILIAR, CLAIMING SHE WAS DRUGGED AND THEN RAPPED BY THE ONCE-LOVEABLE TV DAD. OH, I REMEMBER BEING HUMILIATED, DISGUSTED. I HAD REVULSION TOWARDS COSBY, AND COSBY WAS A VERY POWERFUL MAN AND PROBABLY STILL IS. THE FORMER MODEL SAYS SHE MET BILL COSBY IN 1982 JUST AFTER SHE GOT OUT OF REHAB. SHE SAYS THE COMEDIAN GAVE HER A PILL FOR STOMACH CRAMPS, TAKING THESE SNAPS OF COSBY IN A ROBE BEFORE SHE STARTED TO FEEL UNWELL. THE LAST THING I REMEMBER, I BLACKED OUT, AND COSBY MOUNTING ME LIKE THE MONSTER THAT HE WAS, AND I WAS THINKING, 'WHAT THE HECK?' DICKINSON IS THE LATEST IN A STRING OF WOMEN TO CLAIM THEY'VE BEEN RAPED BY THE MAN KNOWN TO MANY AS 'DR HUXTABLE'. COSBY DENIES ALL THE ALLEGATIONS BUT WON'T PUBLICLY TALK ABOUT IT. THERE IS NO COMMENT ABOUT THAT. I DON'T TALK ABOUT IT. I WOULD LIKE COSBY TO COME OUT AND AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE IS A PIG, THAT HE IS A MONSTER, AND HE HAS RAPED ME. LIKE THE OTHER WOMEN, DICKINSON SAYS SHE WAS PREVIOUSLY SCARED TO TELL HER STORY BUT NOW WANTS THE WORLD TO KNOW. IT'S AFFECTING ME. (SOBS) AND IT'S PROBABLY AFFECTED THESE WOMEN. KENYA'S INTERIOR MINISTER HAS BEEN SACKED, AND THE COUNTRY'S POLICE CHIEF HAS QUIT FOLLOWING ANOTHER DEADLY ATTACK BY ISLAMIST MILITANTS. AS WE TOLD YOU LAST NIGHT, 36 NON-MUSLIM WORKERS WERE SHOT DEAD BY THE AL-SHABAB TERRORIST GROUP AT A QUARRY IN NORTHERN KENYA. PUBLIC PRESSURE HAS BEEN MOUNTING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO DO MORE TO COUNTER AL-SHABAB FOLLOWING SEVERAL RECENT ATTACKS ON NON-MUSLIMS. IN BRITAIN, A 500-YEAR-OLD COLD CASE CAN FINALLY BE CLOSED. SCIENTISTS SAY THERE'S NOW NO DOUBT THIS SKELETON DISCOVERED UNDER A CAR PARK IN LEICESTER TWO YEARS AGO IS THAT OF KING RICHARD III. AND USING DNA ANALYSIS, THE RESEARCHERS ALSO FOUND THAT CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, HE HAD BLONDE HAIR AND BLUE EYES. IT'S AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS SORT OF THING ON ANCIENT REMAINS, AND BECAUSE OF THIS AMBIGUITY ABOUT RICHARD'S HAIR AND EYE COLOUR, IT WAS JUST INTERESTING TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE GENETIC DATA TO THAT. THE LAST ENGLISH MONARCH TO DIE IN BATTLE, SCIENTISTS ARE ALMOST CERTAIN RICHARD WAS KILLED BY A BLOW TO THE HEAD. IT'S NORMALLY THE STUFF OF SCIENCE FICTION, BUT NOW ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT MINDS IS WARNING OF THE DANGERS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. AS HIGHLY CAPABLE ROBOTS GET RAPIDLY DEVELOPED, PROFESSOR STEPHEN HAWKING SAYS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COULD ULTIMATELY SPELL DISASTER FOR THE HUMAN RACE. I THINK THE DEVELOPMENT OF FULL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COULD SPELL THE END OF THE HUMAN RACE. ONCE HUMANS DEVELOP ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, IT WILL TAKE OFF ON ITS OWN AND REDESIGN ITSELF AT AN EVER-INCREASING RATE. BUT AI EXPERTS SAY IT'LL BE 100 YEARS OR SO BEFORE WE HAVE TO WORRY, BECAUSE FULL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS STILL SUCH A LONG WAY OFF. US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS BECOME THE FIRST HEAD OF STATE TO HAVE YOU MIGHT REMEMBER LAST WEEK WE TOLD YOU HOW U2 SINGER BONO HURT HIMSELF CYCLING IN NEW YORK. HIS ACCIDENT'S MEANT THE BAND'S BEEN FORCED TO RESCHEDULE LOTS OF PERFORMANCES. BUT AS THE ABC'S LARA SPENCER EXPLAINS, THERE WAS ONE SHOW THAT QUITE SIMPLY HAD TO GO ON. AT FIRST GLANCE, THE BAND ROCKING TIMES SQUARE WITH THIS IMPROMPTU CONCERT MAY LOOK LIKE U2... ...AND SOUND LIKE U2. BUT LISTEN CLOSELY,... # IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY. # ...BECAUSE ONE OF THESE IS NOT QUITE LIKE THE OTHER. THAT'S RIGHT, THAT IS NOT BONO. IT'S COLDPLAY'S CHRIS MARTIN ` JUST ONE OF THE MEGASTARS STEPPING IN FOR U2'S FAMOUS FRONTMAN. BONO ORGANISED THIS WORLD AIDS DAY CONCERT AND INTENDED TO BE THERE FRONT AND CENTRE, BUT THE SUPERSTAR WAS FORCED TO STAY BEHIND IN DUBLIN AS HE CONTINUES TO RECOVER FROM SERIOUS FACIAL AND SHOULDER INJURIES SUFFERED IN A BIKE ACCIDENT IN NEW YORK CITY LAST MONTH. SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW. THE BAND DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE UP ON A GOOD CAUSE, THOUGH ` RAISING AIDS AWARENESS ` SO THEY GOT BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THEIR FRIENDS. RAPS: # WE'RE LIVING IN THE 31ST CENTURY. # KANYE WEST JOINED IN. # YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. # CARRIE UNDERWOOD GOT INTO THE ACT WITH U2 GUITARIST THE EDGE. THE EVENT TOOK ON THE NAME 'U2 MINUS ONE', BUT WITH BRUCE... I'M SENDING THIS ONE OUT TO BONO IN IRELAND. ...AND CHRIS MARTIN WEARING A SHIRT WHICH READS 'SUBSTITUTE' AND THE THOUSANDS OF NEW YORKERS WHO FOUND EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. # ...HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. # THE WEATHER AT YOUR PLACE IS NEXT. AND. THE GOAL THAT'S PUT ITS SHOOTER UP AGAINST SOME VERY BIG NAMES. TO SPORT NOW, AND THE FINALISTS FOR THE WORLD FOOTBALL GOAL OF THE YEAR ARE IN. THREE PLAYERS ARE CONTENDING FOR THE TITLE ` TWO GLOBAL SUPERSTARS AND A YOUNG FEMALE PLAYER FROM A LITTLE-KNOWN CLUB IN IRELAND. HERE'S THE STORY OF STEPHANIE ROCHE FROM THE BBC'S NATALIE PERKS. COMMENTATOR: RODRIGUEZ. OH, MAGIC! THE FIRST IS A SUMPTUOUS VOLLEY THAT ANNOUNCED COLOMBIA'S JAMES RODRIGUEZ ON THE WORLD STAGE IN GRAND STYLE. THE SECOND, SEEN BY TENS OF MILLIONS, GIVES A WHOLE NEW MEANING TO THE TERM 'THE FLYING DUTCHMAN'. OH, WHAT A FANTASTIC GOAL. BUT THE THIRD STRIKE, NOMINATED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS PUSKAS AWARD, WAS WITNESSED BY JUST 95 PEOPLE, AND THE FOOTAGE IS FAR FROM HD. THE SKILL, THOUGH, IS SUBLIME. THE BALL NEVER TOUCHES THE GROUND BEFORE STEPHANIE ROCHE BEATS THE DEFENDER AND SENDS IT SOARING INTO THE TOP RIGHT CORNER. IT WAS PURE CHANCE THAT THIS MOMENT WAS CAPTURED. THREE MILLION HITS LATER, STEPHANIE IS ONE VOTE AWAY FROM HISTORY. APPLAUSE LIFE HAS CHANGED MASSIVELY SINCE THIS GOAL. SHE NOW PLAYS PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL IN FRANCE, AND SHE'S CLEARLY ENJOYING HER MOMENT. THIS OBVIOUSLY MAKES ME VERY PROUD, AND I'M JUST HAPPY, TO BE HONEST, JUST AS A FOOTBALLER, TO BE RECOGNISED, I THINK. MALE OR FEMALE, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WHO WOULD GUESS THAT THIS SORT OF RECOGNITION WAS APPRECIATED. SO I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE IN THERE AS A FOOTBALLER RATHER THAN JUST AS A WOMAN. FIFA DECIDED ON THE TOP THREE, BUT IT'S THE PUBLIC WHO VOTE ON THE WINNER. IF WAYNE ROONEY OR RONALDO DID SOMETHING, YOU'D BE TALKING ABOUT IT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. STEPHANIE'S BIG NIGHT IS IN JANUARY. WITH THE WORLD CUP LOOMING, 2015 COULD BE THE YEAR WOMEN'S FOOTBALL GRABS ALL THE HEADLINES. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ PALOMA FAITH'S 'ONLY LOVE CAN HURT LIKE THIS' # I TELL MYSELF YOU DON'T MEAN A THING, # AND WHAT WE GOT GOT NO HOLD ON ME. # BUT WHEN YOU'RE NOT THERE, # I JUST CRUMBLE. # I TELL MYSELF I DON'T CARE THAT MUCH, # BUT I FEEL LIKE I DIE TILL I FEEL YOUR TOUCH. # ONLY LOVE, ONLY LOVE CAN HURT LIKE THIS. # ONLY LOVE CAN HURT LIKE THIS. # MUST HAVE BEEN A DEADLY KISS. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT.