IT'S MIDDAY. NATIONAL AND NZ FIRST PUSH POLICY IN NORTHLAND AS THE BY-ELECTION LOOMS. PEOPLE POWER FRONTING UP TO CHAINSAWS, THREATENING A 500-YEAR-OLD KAURI TREE. AND A MYSTERY SICKNESS FORCES CHANGES TO THE BLACKCAPS LINE-UP AHEAD OF THEIR FINAL POOL MATCH. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THE NORTHLAND BY-ELECTION IS HEATING UP, WITH BOTH NATIONAL AND NZ FIRST MAKING MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING. BOTH PARTIES ARE CAMPAIGNING FOR THE SEAT LEFT VACANT BY MIKE SABIN, WHO RESIGNED IN JANUARY. NATIONAL'S UNVEILED PLANS FOR NEW BRIDGES, AND WINSTON PETERS HAS JUST MADE WHAT HE DESCRIBES AS A 'CRUCIAL' POLICY STATEMENT. ONE NEWS POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM PARLIAMENT. National really start to pull the big guns by promising to update one lane bridges to two-lane bridges. It will come from the land transfer fund. $750 million spent in the last seven years by this national government 40% more than what the last LaboUr government spent. $250 million across all national road networks. SO, CORIN, BIG MOVE BY NATIONAL ON ROADS TODAY. HOW IS WINSTON PETERS COUNTERING THAT TODAY? Winston Peters is in Whangarei. I won't be surprised if it is about roads as well. It is a major issue in Northland. The candidates tonight will meet tonight. They'll be interesting to watch. The labor leader has Subtly given a message to give vote to Winston. THANKS. CORIN DANN, LIVE FROM PARLIAMENT. PLANS TO CUT DOWN A 500-YEAR-OLD YEAR OLD KAURI TREE HAVE RALLIED RESIDENTS OF THE WEST AUCKLAND SUBURB OF TITIRANGI THIS MORNING. RECENT DISTRICT PLAN CHANGES PUT IN PLACE BY THE AUCKLAND COUNCIL HAVE MEANT OLD TREES DON'T HAVE AUTOMATIC PROTECTION, AND PROTESTERS SAY THEY'RE HORRIFIED THAT CENTURIES-OLD TREES CAN BE REMOVED BY DEVELOPERS. ONE NEWS REPORTER ALI VENTURA JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM TITIRANGI. Just a few minutes ago, a trespass order was issued. The man was here since seven this morning and he is going to stay until someone agreed to talk to protesters. A local resident Says there's been a two-year battle trying to talk to Auckland Council to stop this from happening. They're all here, about 100 this morning. They say they will be here every day until Auckland Council agrees to talk with them. The developer has said he doesn't want to make any comments but he is legally entitled to be here. THANKS, ALI VENTURA, LIVE FROM TITIRANGI. A PAN-AFRICAN FORCE OF AS MANY AS 10,000 SOLDIERS IS BEING ASSEMBLED TO FIGHT ISLAMIC EXTREMIST GROUP BOKO HARAM, WHICH HAS BEEN TRYING TO CREATE AN ISLAMIC STATE IN NIGERIA FOR SIX YEARS. BOKO HARAM HAS RECENTLY SWORN ITS ALLEGIANCE TO ISIS, BUT SOME BELIEVE THAT'S A CRY FOR HELP FROM A GROUP LOSING STEAM. DITA DE BONI WITH THIS. BOKO HARAM HAS BEEN TERRORISING THE NORTH-EASTERN CORNER OF NIGERIA FOR SIX YEARS, KILLING THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS IN VIOLENT, RANDOM ATTACKS IN ITS EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH AN ISLAMIC STATE. IT'S ALSO STAGED RAIDS INSIDE CAMEROON AND NIGER, AND IN THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY COMMITTED ITS FIRST ATTACK IN NEIGHBOURING CHAD. CRYING 'GOD IS GREATEST', MILITANTS OPENED FIRE INDISCRIMINATELY IN THE TOWN OF N'GOUBOUA AND BURNED DOWN SCORES OF HOUSES USING PETROL. AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE DIED. TRANSLATOR: NOW WHEN THEY ATTACK A VILLAGE, IT IS TO CHASE THE POPULATION AWAY AND STEAL THE FOOD. IT IS TO CHASE THE POPULATION AWAY AND STEAL THE FOOD. MORE THAN 6000 REFUGEES FROM THE VIOLENCE IN NORTH-EAST NIGERIA ARE NOW LIVING IN CHAD. BUT NIGERIA WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO TRY AND KEEP BOKO HARAM AT BAY BY ITSELF, WITH A PAN-AFRICAN FORCE ASSEMBLING TO DRIVE THE MILITANTS BACK. HERE, TROOPS FROM CHAD TRAIN WITH NIGERIAN FORCES IN ADVANCE OF JOINT OPERATIONS. THE MOVE HAS COME AFTER BOKO HARAM PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO ISIS THROUGH ITS LEADER ABU-BAKAR SHEKAU. SOME SAY IT'S A SIGN THE GROUP IS LOSING POWER, HAVING BEEN DRIVEN FROM NIGERIA TOWNS AND CITIES. EITHER WAY, MANY NIGERIANS ARE RELIEVED. I THINK IT IS TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA TO NOW MOP UP MUCH OF POWER TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT AGAINST THE BOKO HARAM PEOPLE. SO WHILE JIHADI GROUPS FLOCK TO THE MESSAGE OF ISLAMIC STATE, AFRICAN CIVILIANS ARE EQUALLY AS DETERMINED TO BE FREE OF THEIR UNCOMPROMISING CREED. DITA DE BONI, ONE NEWS. AN INTERIM REPORT INTO MISSING MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT MH370 HAS BEEN PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF ITS DISAPPEARANCE. BUT IT'S GIVEN NO NEW CLUES AS TO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PLANE. THE JET WAS FLYING FROM KUALA LUMPUR TO BEIJING WHEN IT VANISHED, WITH 239 PASSENGERS AN CREW ON BOARD. THE BBC'S JONATHAN HEAD REPORTS. CHOKING BACK HER EMOTIONS, GRACE NATHAN PAID TRIBUTE TO HER MOTHER TODAY AT A GATHERING OF FAMILIES OF THOSE ON BOARD THE MISSING AIRLINER. UNABLE TO GRIEVE, UNABLE TO GIVE UP HOPE HOWEVER SLIM, THIS HAS BEEN AN UNIMAGINABLE ORDEAL. THIS HAS BEEN A DAY OF SUBDUED CEREMONIES. NOT SO MUCH MEMORIALS, IT SHOWS THE FRUSTRATION BY FRIENDS AND FAMILIES WHO STILL CAN'T BELIEVE HOW LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO FLIGHT MH370. THE BOEING 777 WAS ON A SCHEDULED FLIGHT TO BEIJING WITH 237 PEOPLE ON BOARD WHEN ALL CONTACT WAS LOST. MILITARY RADAR TRACKED IT TURNING BACK ON ITSELF, CROSSING MALAYSIA AGAIN AND DISAPPEARING OVER THE INDIAN OCEAN. AN OFFICIAL ACCIDENT REPORT RELEASED TODAY GIVES MANY MORE DETAILS OF THE FLIGHT, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT A BATTERY ON THE LOCATING BEACON OF ONE OF THE TWO FLIGHT RECORDERS HAD EXPIRED. THAT MIGHT HAMPER THE SEARCH, WHICH CONTINUED IN THE REMOTE SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN. BUT THE REPORT TELLS US NOTHING MORE ABOUT WHERE THE PLANE ENDED UP. SO THE FAMILIES STILL CAN'T ACCEPT THE OFFICIAL VIEW THAT THE AIRCRAFT IS MOST LIKELY TO HAVE CRASHED INTO THE SEA. NOT A TRACE OF IT HAS BEEN FOUND, EVEN AFTER A YEAR OF SEARCHING. AND THEY CANNOT STOP HOPING. SOME OF THE FIVE MEN APPEARING IN A MOSCOW COURT OVER THE MURDER OF OPPOSITION POLITICIAN BORIS NEMTSOV ARE THOUGHT TO BE FROM CHECHNYA. OTHER THAN THAT, FEW DETAILS ABOUT EITHER THE MEN OR THEIR CHARGES ARE KNOWN, ALTHOUGH ONE HAS ADMITTED BEING INVOLVED. NEMTSOV, PREVIOUSLY DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, WAS SHOT FOUR TIMES IN THE BACK AS HE WAS WALKING ON THE STREET. SEVERAL OTHER HIGH-PROFILE KILLINGS IN RUSSIA HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO GUNMEN FROM THE CHECHEN REGION, BUT THOSE BEHIND THE CRIMES ARE RARELY IDENTIFIED. AUSTRALIAN COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICE HAVE ARRESTED TWO SYDNEY TEENAGERS AT THE AIRPORT. IT'S BELIEVED THE BOYS WERE ON THEIR WAY TO A CONFLICT ZONE, EITHER SYRIA OR IRAQ. CHANNEL NINE'S KERRIE YAXLEY WITH THIS. FROM THIS GRAINY IMAGE, THEY LOOK LIKE NORMAL TEENAGE BOYS. THE BROTHERS WERE AT SYDNEY AIRPORT ON FRIDAY EVENING, INTENDING TO TRAVEL TO THE MIDDLE EAST WITH RETURN TICKETS. BUT BORDER AUTHORITIES SENSED SOMETHING SINISTER, AND AFTER SEARCHING THEIR BAGS, THE BOYS WERE ARRESTED BY COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICE, WHO BELIEVE THEY WERE HEADING TO A CONFLICT ZONE. THESE TWO YOUNG MEN, AGED 16 AND 17, ARE KIDS, NOT KILLERS. AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO GO TO A FOREIGN LAND TO FIGHT AND COME BACK TO OUR SHORES EVENTUALLY MORE RADICALISED. THE BOYS, FROM SYDNEY'S SOUTH-WEST, WERE RELEASED BEFORE BEING TAKEN HOME BY THEIR MUM. THE FEDERAL POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. THEIR PARENTS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WERE AS SHOCKED AS ANY OF US WOULD BE. THESE WERE TWO MISGUIDED YOUNG AUSTRALIANS ` AUSTRALIANS BORN AND BRED. IT SEEMS THEY HAD SUCCUMBED TO THE LURE OF THE DEATH CULT. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS PRAISED THE OFFICERS WHO RAISED THE ALARM, CONVINCED THEY SAVED THE BOYS' LIVES. AND IT'S CLAIMING THIS INCIDENT HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR THE STRONGER COUNTER-TERROR LAWS BROUGHT IN LAST YEAR. PEOPLE PROTEST IT'S BELIEVED AROUND 100 AUSTRALIANS ARE NOW FIGHTING ALONGSIDE ISIL IN SYRIA AND IRAQ. AT HOME, SECURITY AGENCIES ARE MONITORING AROUND 400 PEOPLE. MY MESSAGE TO ANYONE WHO IS LISTENING TO THE DEATH CULT IS, 'BLOCK YOUR EARS. DON'T EVEN BEGIN TO THINK THAT YOU CAN LEAVE. 'WE WILL STOP YOU AT THE BORDER.' A BRITISH SCIENTIST IS THE LATEST WITNESS IN THE MARK LUNDY MURDER RETRIAL TO GIVE EVIDENCE ABOUT FORENSIC TESTS CONDUCTED ON THE ACCUSED'S CLOTHING. MARK LUNDY HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE, CHRISTINE, AND DAUGHTER, AMBER, IN THEIR HOME IN AUGUST 2000. PROFESSOR STEPHEN BUSTIN IS A BRITISH EXPERT ON MOLECULAR MEDICINE WHO HAS BEEN CALLED AS A WITNESS FOR THE DEFENCE. HE WAS ASKED TO REVIEW TESTS BY A DUTCH FORENSIC INSTITUTE LAST YEAR ON A STAINED POLO SHIRT BELONGING TO LUNDY. THE TESTS FOUND TRACES OF BRAIN MATTER, WHICH THE CROWN CLAIMS CAME FROM CHRISTINE LUNDY. KIWIRAIL IS REVIEWING ITS SECURITY MEASURES AND CCTV FOOTAGE AFTER TWO YOUNG MEN WERE FILMED 'TRAIN SURFING' IN UPPER HUTT. THE PAIR WERE CAUGHT ON VIDEO HANGING OFF THIS SPEEDING TRAIN, SUSPECTED TO BE TRAVELLING AT MORE THAN 80KM/H. POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE PAIR, WHO COULD YET FACE CHARGES OF TRESPASSING. They not only their own lives at risk But ran the risk of traumatizing everyone on the train. People need to understand that railroad should be treated the same way as roads. MORE THAN 400 RAILROAD TRESPASSING INCIDENTS WERE REPORTED LAST YEAR. IT'S BELIEVED THE PAIR BROKE THROUGH FENCING. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` CHINA PLEDGES TO CLEAN UP ITS SKIES, SO WHY IS IT CLEANING UP EVIDENCE OF THE EXTENT OF THE POLLUTION? AND IN SPORT, WHAT'S THE MYSTERY ILLNESS PLAGUING THE BLACKCAPS? THERE HAVE BEEN PROTESTS IN THE US TOWN OF MADISON, WISCONSIN, AFTER ANOTHER DEADLY SHOOTING OF AN UNARMED YOUNG BLACK MAN BY A WHITE POLICE OFFICER. HERE'S THE ABC'S LINZI JANIS. IT'S TIME FOR THE POLICE TO STOP. OVERNIGHT, TENSIONS RAN HIGH IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WHERE TONY TERRELL ROBINSON (19) WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE FRIDAY NIGHT. NO WEAPON. ABSOLUTELY NONE. NEIGHBOURS GATHERED IN FRONT OF THE HOME WHERE HE DIED; PARENTS FEELING ANGRY AND SCARED. I WORRY ABOUT MY KIDS EVEN WALKING DOWN THE STREET. ROBINSON'S FRIENDS, TOO. US BEING TEENAGERS, AND, YOU KNOW, AFRICAN-AMERICAN TEENAGERS, IT CAN HAPPEN TO US. EARLIER IN THE DAY, POLICE CHIEF MIKE KOVAL IDENTIFIED MATT KENNY (45) AS THE OFFICER WHO SHOT ROBINSON AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE TEEN WAS UNARMED. I WANT TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT ` HE WAS UNARMED. ROBINSON'S MOTHER IS IN SHOCK. MY SON HAS NEVER BEEN A VIOLENT PERSON. NEVER. AND TO DIE IN SUCH A VIOLENT, VIOLENT WAY, IT BAFFLES ME. COURT RECORDS OBTAINED BY ABC NEWS REVEAL ROBINSON AND A GROUP OF FRIENDS PLEADED GUILTY TO CHARGES OF BEING A PARTY TO AN ARMED ROBBERY IN APRIL 2014. AND ROBINSON WAS UNDER SUPERVISION WHEN POLICE RESPONDED TO A COMPLAINT ABOUT HIM ON FRIDAY EVENING. KENNY, THE FIRST OFFICER AT THE SCENE, CAN BE HEARD IN THESE POLICE RADIO TRANSMISSIONS... ...BEFORE FORCING HIS WAY IN. POLICE SAY OFFICER KENNY OPENED FIRE AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY ROBINSON. JUST DAYS AFTER CHINA VOWED TO CLEAR UP THE POLLUTION CHOKING ITS CITIES, THOUGHT TO BE KILLING AS MANY AS 500,000 PEOPLE EACH YEAR, GOVERNMENT CENSORS HAVE REMOVED AN ONLINE DOCUMENTARY ON THE NATION'S SMOG CRISIS. THE ABC'S WEI FU TEI REPORTS. CHINA HAS DECLARED A WAR ON SMOG. BUT THE FIRST CASUALTY APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN THE MESSENGER ` A VIDEO DETAILING HOW BAD THE SITUATION IS. ITS NEW MINSTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, CHEN JINING, ACKNOWLEDGED THE SEVERITY OF POLLUTION IN HIS COUNTRY WHEN HE FACED THE WORLD'S MEDIA JUST DAYS AFTER THE OPENING OF THE NATION'S ANNUAL PARLIAMENTARY SESSION. (SPEAKS MANDARIN) TRANSLATOR: EVER SINCE JOINING THE MINISTRY, THE FIRST I DO EVERY MORNING IS TO CHECK THE COLOUR OF THE SKY. I DARE NOT BE COMPLACENT IF THE SKY IS BLUE. I FEEL VERY UNEASY IF IT'S SMOGGY LIKE TODAY. TRANSLATING UNEASE INTO ACTION COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE FORMER ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST AND UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT PROMISED MORE SCRUTINY AND TRANSPARENCY TO ENSURE GREEN LAWS WOULD BE EFFECTIVE. TRANSLATOR: WE WILL MAKE BUSINESSES UNDERSTAND THAT OBEYING THE LAW IS THE NEW NORMAL. WE MUST REFORM AND INNOVATE. WE MUST MAINTAIN A HIGH-PRESSURE ENVIRONMENT. THERE WAS LITTLE DETAIL ON WHAT ELSE WOULD BE DONE UNDER HIS WATCH TO REVERSE THE DAMAGE THAT'S BEEN DONE TO CHINA'S SKIES, WATER AND SOIL OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES. HERE FROM THE ABC'S OFFICE IN BEIJING, MUCH OF THE SKYLINE BEHIND ME IS COVERED IN SMOG THAT REACHED HAZARDOUS LEVELS ON THIS DAY. BUT POLLUTION REMAINS A TOUCHY SUBJECT IN CHINA, AS A RECENTLY RELEASED DOCUMENTARY CRITICAL OF THE ISSUE WAS QUIETLY REMOVED FROM MAJOR VIDEO-SHARING WEBSITES IN THE COUNTRY. IT HAD BEEN SEEN MORE THAN 100 MILLION TIMES BY THAT STAGE. SICKNESS IN THE BLACKCAPS CAMP MAY FORCE THE SIDE TO MAKE CHANGES FOR THEIR FINAL WORLD CUP POOL GAME AGAINST BANGLADESH ON FRIDAY. COACH MIKE HESSON WASN'T NAMING THE PLAYERS OR THEIR ILLNESS BUT SAYS THEY'RE AT LEAST TWO OR THREE MEN DOWN. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE PLAYED ALL FIVE OF THEIR GAMES SO FAR WITH THE SAME 11. A FEW OF THE GUYS HAVE BEEN ILL TODAY, SO HOPEFULLY THEY RECOVER IN TIME, BUT, UM... LOOK... YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A WORLD CUP. IT'S NOT A MATTER OF THINKING ABOUT TOMORROW. IT'S A MATTER OF MAKING SURE THEY DON'T DROP THE BALL AND YOU KEEP PUTTING IN GOOD PERFORMANCES, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE DOING. HESSON ALSO SAYS FAST BOWLER ADAM MILNE'S SHOULDER NIGGLE AFTER THIS DIVING CATCH IS 'NOTHING MAJOR'. GLENN MAXWELL HAS DELIVERED A CRICKET WORLD CUP MASTERCLASS IN AUSTRALIA'S CRUCIAL WIN OVER SRI LANKA AT THE SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND LAST NIGHT. THE 'BIG SHOW' LIVING UP TO HIS NICKNAME, SMASHING A 51-BALL CENTURY TO LEAD AUSTRALIA TO 376/9. AND THERE'S GLENN MAXELL. CHEERING GO TO 101 ` HIS FIRST ONE-DAY HUNDRED FOR AUSTRALIA. YES, PUNCH THE AIR. YOU DESERVE IT, GLENN MAXELL. THAT'S A SUPERB INNINGS. IN REPLY, KUMAR SANGAKKARA BECAME THE FIRST PLAYER IN HISTORY TO SCORE THREE WORLD CUP CENTURIES IN A ROW, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH ` AUSTRALIA WINNING BY 64 RUNS AND SRI LANKA NOW LIKELY TO PLAY SOUTH AFRICA IN THE QUARTER-FINALS. BREAKERS STAR EKENE IBEKWE IS STILL COMING TO TERMS WITH MAKING THAT CHAMPIONSHIP-WINNING SHOT IN GAME TWO OF THE NBL GRAND FINAL SERIES AGAINST THE CAIRNS TAIPANS. IF YOU DIDN'T SEE IT LAST NIGHT, THE BIG CENTRE CAME UP WITH THIS WITH BARELY A SECOND LEFT ON THE CLOCK. IBEKWE... FOR THE WIN! BUZZER RINGS CROWD CHEERS WILDLY PANDEMONIUM! ABSOLUTE SCENES! AT FIRST, I WAS JUST SO OVERWHELMED. YOU KNOW, MY TEAMMATES JUST RUSHED TO ME. AND AFTER THAT I WAS, 'WOW, WE REALLY ARE CHAMPIONS NOW.' IT'S CRAZY. JUST A CRAZY FEELING RIGHT NOW. YES, THAT SHOT DELIVERED THE BREAKERS THEIR FOURTH TITLE IN FIVE SEASONS. 83-81. WORLD NUMBER ONE LYDIA KO HAS JUST FALLEN SHORT OF CLINCHING HER THIRD TITLE IN THREE WEEKS AT THE LPGA EVENT IN SINGAPORE. THE 17-YEAR-OLD HAS COME SECOND, TWO SHOTS BEHIND WORLD NUMBER TWO INBEE PARK. THREE BOGEYS IN KO'S FINAL ROUND HURTING HER CHANCES. OOH, NO. AND LYDIA KO LETS ANOTHER PUTT SLIP BY. PARK, ON THE OTHER HAND, COMPLETED THE TOURNAMENT WITHOUT RECORDING A SINGLE BOGEY. NORMAL ORDER HAS RESUMED IN THE TRANS-TASMAN NETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP, WITH THE NZ TEAMS STRUGGLING TO MATCH THEIR AUSTRALIAN COUNTERPARTS. THE WEST COAST FEVER HAS PROVED FAR TOO STRONG FOR THE NORTHERN MYSTICS IN PERTH, WINNING 67-51. THAT WAS OBSTRUCTION, WING DEFENCE! GREAT VISION FROM ASH BRAZEL THERE. AND IN THE LATER MATCH, THE CENTRAL PULSE BATTLED HARD, BUT THE QUEENSLAND FIREBIRDS CAME OUT ON TOP ` 52-46 IN PORIRUA. NZ RUGBY LEAGUE'S NEXT BIG THING, DALLIN WATENE ZELEZNIAK, HAS MADE A STUNNING NRL RETURN AFTER A FOOT INJURY RULED HIM OUT OF THE FOUR NATIONS LAST YEAR. THE 19-YEAR-OLD HAMILTON-BORN WINGER SCORED TWO TRIES, GIVING HIM 11 IN JUST 12 CAREER GAMES, AS THE PENRITH PANTHERS BEAT THE BULLDOGS 24-18 IN THEIR SEASON OPENER. AND HE'S GONNA MAKE THE LINE! AND SOMEHOW HE SWIVELS HIS WAY THROUGH, GET A BALANCE AND PULLS OUT OF A COUPLE OF TACKLES. AND THE WARRIORS WILL BE HOPING THEY DON'T HAVE TO FACE OUTSTANDING CANBERRA FULLBACK JACK WIGHTON THIS WEEKEND. HIS LENGTH OF THE FIELD SOLO TRY GOT THE RAIDERS OFF TO A FLYER @ IN CRONULLA, BUT HE COULD BE SUSPENDED AFTER PUSH TURNED TO PUNCH ON KIWI WINGER SOSAIA FEKI. WIGHTON RETURNED FROM THE SIN BIN TO PULL OFF A TRY-SAVING TACKLE AS THE RAIDERS BEAT THE SHARKS 24-20. AND RETURNING BRIEFLY TO THE NORTHLAND BY-ELECTION ` WE'VE JUST HEARD THAT WINSTON PETERS HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO DEVELOP THE PORT OF WHANGAREI, ALTHOUGH THERE'S NO PROPOSED DOLLAR FIGURE AT THIS STAGE. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON OUR WEBSITE AT ONENEWS.CO.NZ STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. YOUR WEATHER IN A MOMENT, BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAYS TOP STORIES. THE NORTHLAND BY-ELECTION'S HOTTING UP, WITH THE TWO PARTIES SEEN AS FRONTRUNNERS, NZ FIRST AND NATIONAL, BOTH MAKING POLICY ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING. AND SICKNESS IN THE BLACKCAPS CAMP MAY FORCE CHANGES FOR THE FINAL WORLD CUP POOL GAME AGAINST BANGLADESH ON FRIDAY. COACH MIKE HESSON SAYS AT LEAST TWO OR THREE PLAYERS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. LET'S CHECK OUT YOUR AFTERNOON WEATHER NOW. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY AMY PARK AND JUNE YEOW CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015