IT'S MIDDAY. A TREE OR A HOUSE? THE BATTLE OVER A 500-YEAR-OLD KAURI. A BAIL-BREACHING TEEN ACCUSED OF MURDER REAPPEARS IN COURT. AND ENGLAND'S OUT. SO HOW WILL THE BLACKCAPS NOW FARE AGAINST BANGLADESH? DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. BUT FIRST, IN NEWS JUST IN, DEAN BARKER HAS DECIDED NOT TO ACCEPT A COACHING ROLE WITH TEAM NZ AFTER BEING DUMPED AS SKIPPER FOR THE 2016 AMERICA'S CUP. EMIRATES TEAM NZ CONFIRMED THE NEWS A SHORT TIME AGO AFTER WEEKS OF SPECULATION. ONE NEWS REPORTER MARTIN TASKER JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM OUR NEWSROOM. MARTIN, LITTLE SURPRISE THAT BARKER'S TURNED TEAM NZ DOWN? I think there is little surprise. I don't see how we could come back after the shenanigans of the last few weeks. He was a disappointed man, felt he had been hard done by. The statement came right from the chairman of the board, Keith Turner. "Dean has made it clear throughout the restructure process "that he would be best as skipper". It's a two-page statement. It recognises the fall out that happened over the last few weeks. "we unreservedly apologise for the impact "that any failing on our part had on Dean and his family, "and the team". SO, MARTIN, DO WE KNOW WHAT DEAN BARKER WILL BE DOING? MORE WORK WITH THE RUSSIANS? The idea that he was signing on for the Russians was slightly misleading last week. But he could be doing that. Here's a sailor of the highest calibre. He is one of the best sailors in the world. He would be much in demand in any kind of big sailing where he has great experience. THANKS. MARTIN TASKER, LIVE FROM THE AUCKLAND NEWSROOM. WHAT STARTED AS A LOCAL DISPUTE HAS STRETCHED ALL THE WAY TO PARLIAMENT. CONSERVATION MINISTER MAGGIE BARRY HAS ADDED HER VOICE TO THE CONTROVERSY OVER A 500-YEAR-OLD KAURI TREE SET TO BE REMOVED FROM A PROPERTY IN THE WEST AUCKLAND SUBURB OF TITIRANGI. ONE PROTESTER'S SPENT A NIGHT UP THE TREE, AND HE'S VOWING TO STAY AS LONG AS IT TAKES. CHRIS CHANG REPORTS. ADJUSTING TO LIFE IN THE TREE TOPS. MICHAEL TAVARES IS IN NO HURRY TO COME BACK DOWN TO EARTH. THIS TREE'S BEEN UP HERE FOR 500 YEARS. IT'S GOT THE TIME ON ITS HANDS, AND I'VE GOT THE TIME TO MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS, THAT IT DOESN'T FELL. CROWD CHEERS IT'S NOW BEEN OVER 24 HOURS SINCE THE KAURI-SAVING MISSION BEGAN. AROUND 100 PEOPLE HAVE TURNED UP IN TITIRANGI TODAY. THE ONLINE PETITION TO SAVE THE KAURI TREE NOW HAS OVER 10,000 SIGNATURES. THE CAUSE IS GAINING MOMENTUM. WE NEED THE MAYOR TO TAKE A STAND ON THIS AS WELL. WE'VE ASKED HIM TO COME HERE. I THINK OUR COMMUNITY IS REALLY ANGRY THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. WE NEED TO RETAIN THIS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. BUT AUCKLAND COUNCIL IS STANDING BY THE ORIGINAL DECISION TO GRANT CONSENT. THE CONSERVATION MINISTER'S NOW CLIMBING INTO THE DEBATE. AS A GENERAL RULE, I DON'T WANT TO SEE KAURI CUT DOWN; WE WANT TO SAVE THEM. KAURI DIEBACK IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE, AND THAT'S THE VERY STRONG PRIORITY THAT WE HAVE. THE PROTESTORS ARE PREPARED FOR THE FIGHT TO DRAG ON,... THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT'S GOING TO HANG AROUND OVER AUCKLAND COUNCIL UNTIL THEY SORT IT. ...MEANING THIS LOFTY PROTEST COULD CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME YET. CHRIS CHANG, ONE NEWS. AND THE KAURI CONTROVERSY CONTINUES TO GROW, WITH LABOUR MP DAVID CUNLIFFE OFFERING TO CLIMB THE KAURI HIMSELF IF IT HELPS TO PROTECT IT. OF COURSE IT SHOULD BE SAVED. IT'S AN ICONIC 500-YEAR-OLD TREE, ONE OF THE MOST ESTABLISHED IN THE TITIRANGI AREA. AND WE'VE GOT A 300-YEAR-OLD FEMALE RIMU ALSO DUE TO BE FELLED. MEANWHILE, AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S PARKS AND RESERVES COMMITTEE HAS DISCUSSED THE TREE AS AN EXTRAORDINARY AGENDA ITEM IN A MEETING TODAY. A TEENAGER ACCUSED OF MURDER WHO SKIPPED BAIL HAS BEEN REMANDED IN CUSTODY AFTER APPEARING IN THE HIGH COURT AT AUCKLAND TODAY. BEAUEN WALLACE-LORETZ WAS FOUND BY POLICE YESTERDAY FOLLOWING A FOUR-DAY MANHUNT AFTER HE REMOVED HIS ELECTRONIC MONITORING BRACELET AND FLED HIS BAIL ADDRESS. THE 17-YEAR-OLD AND ANOTHER TEENAGER ARE ACCUSED OF KILLING IHAIA GILMAN-HARRIS IN AN EPSOM MOTEL LATE LAST YEAR. HE'LL REMAIN IN CUSTODY UNTIL THE TRIAL IN NOVEMBER. A TAIWANESE DRIVER WHO KILLED HER OWN FATHER IN A CAR CRASH HAS BEEN ORDERED TO PAY $2000 FOR EMOTIONAL HARM TO THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE SHE HIT. CHIA-FANG CHU (39) WAS DRIVING WITH SIX FAMILY MEMBERS IN A RENTED PEOPLE MOVER WHEN SHE WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN AT A TEMPLETON INTERSECTION LAST MONTH, CRASHING INTO ANOTHER CAR. CHU HAD BEEN VISITING THE COUNTRY IN AN ATTEMPT TO RECOVER FROM THE DEATH OF HER PARTNER IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH BACK IN TAIWAN. THE FAMILY HAD BEEN EN ROUTE TO THE AIRPORT TO FLY HOME WHEN THE CRASH HAPPENED. THE PROPOSAL FOR A WELLINGTON SUPER CITY HAS BEEN SLAMMED AT A HEARING IN LOWER HUTT THIS MORNING. THE FIRST DAY OF PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS, THE HUTT CITY COUNCIL HAS EXPRESSED OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED MERGER AND CRITICISED THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION. LOWER HUTT MAYOR RAY WALLACE SAYS POLLS SHOW 80% OF THE COMMUNITY OPPOSES THE SUPER CITY PROPOSAL. MIRAMAR TO MASTERTON. REALLY? WE FIND THIS QUITE RIDICULOUS. THE HEARINGS FOR PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND IN WELLINGTON TOMORROW. THE SUPERCITY PLAN WOULD SEE THE NINE COUNCIL'S IN THE REGION BECOME ONE, STRETCHING FROM WELLINGTON CITY THROUGH TO THE KAPITI COAST AND THE WAIRARAPA. THE UNITED STATES PATHOLOGIST WHO HELPED POLICE ANALYSE FORENSIC EVIDENCE FROM MARK LUNDY'S POLO SHIRT IS GIVING EVIDENCE IN THE MURDER RE-TRIAL. VIA VIDEO LINK, DR RODNEY MILLER, A FORENSICS PATHOLOGIST IN DALLAS, TEXAS, TOLD THE COURT HE USED SCIENTIFIC TESTING CALLED IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY TO ASSESS WHAT APPEARED TO BE BRAIN MATTER ON THE SHIRT PERSONALLY DELIVERED TO HIM IN 2001 BY THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE ORIGINAL HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. WHEN HE INITIALLY CONTACTED ME, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THERE WAS A SINGLE SLIDE THAT HAD SOME CELLS ON IT. THE CROWN CLAIM IT WAS LUNDY'S WIFE'S BRAIN MATTER ON THE SHIRT, LINKING HIM TO THE MURDERS OF HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER. LUNDY DENIES THE CHARGES. ARMED IRAQI TROOPS HAVE RETAKEN CONTROL OF A STRATEGIC VILLAGE CLOSE TO THE CITY OF TIKRIT. ISIS MILITANTS TOOK CONTROL OF THE VILLAGE LAST SUMMER, WHEN THEY SEIZED LARGE SWATHES OF TERRITORY IN THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE COUNTRY. IRAQI FORCES HAVE VOWED TO CONTINUE FIGHTING UNTIL THEY RECLAIM THE AREAS THEY'VE LOST. ISIS CURRENTLY CONTROLS ABOUT A THIRD OF IRAQ AND SYRIA. THERE ARE CLAIMS THAT A PRIZE-WINNING IRISH SETTER WAS MALICIOUSLY POISONED. THE DOG COLLAPSED AND DIED JUST HOURS AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM BRITAIN'S PRESTIGIOUS CRUFTS DOG SHOW. A POST-MORTEM'S REVEALED THAT THE DOG HAD POISONED MEAT IN HIS STOMACH. THE BBC'S JOHN BRAIN REPORTS. A PRIZE-WINNING IRISH SETTER IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF AN EXTRAORDINARY WHODUNNIT. THE 3-YEAR-OLD DIED ALLEGEDLY AFTER EATING BEEF CUBES WHICH HAD BEEN LACED WITH POISON. THE PREVIOUS DAY, JAGGER HAD COMPETED AT CRUFTS. COULD HE POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF A JEALOUS OWNER OF A RIVAL DOG? AT THEIR HOME IN LEICESTERSHIRE TODAY, JAGGER'S CO-OWNERS DISMISSED THAT NOTION AS PREPOSTEROUS. READS: I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT OUR DOG SHOWS, THE PLACES WE WORK SO HARD TO GET TO, BECOME A GROUND OF FINGER-POINTING AND SUSPICION. I THEREFORE NEED YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT WE CAN'T AND WE WON'T THINK THIS WAS THE ACT OF ANOTHER EXHIBITOR. IF WE THOUGHT THIS, WE COULDN'T GO ON. READS: THIS ONE ISOLATED INCIDENT WILL NOT SPOIL OUR ENJOYMENT TO SHOW AND COMPETE WITH OUR LOVELY DOGS. PLEASE NOW LET US GRIEVE THE LOSS OF OUR LOVELY JAGGER. THIS WOMAN, WHO BREEDS HUSKIES, FEARS THERE ARE SOME COMPETITORS WHO GO TO ANY LENGTHS TO WIN. I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S DOG, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT NOBODY WOULD DO IT TO MY DOGS, SO IT'S A MINORITY OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY DO THAT, BUT THERE ARE SOME MEAN PEOPLE IN THE SHOW WORLD. A TOXICOLOGY REPORT DUE LATER THIS WEEK MAY SHED MORE LIGHT ON JAGGER'S DEATH. THE KENNEL CLUB WHICH RUNS CRUFTS SAYS IT'S DEEPLY SHOCKED AND SADDENED BY WHAT'S HAPPENED. ONE OF THE CREATORS OF THE LANDMARK ANIMATED SERIES 'THE SIMPSONS' HAS DIED AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. NINE-TIME EMMY AWARD WINNER SAM SIMON DEVELOPED THE POPULAR LONG-RUNNING SHOW WITH MATT GROENING AND JAMES L BROOKS IN 1989. HE LEFT THE SHOW IN 1993 BUT RETAINED HIS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TITLE. HE WAS A COMMITTED PHILANTHROPIST AND HUMANITARIAN, AND AFTER HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH COLON CANCER HE STARTED BUYING ZOOS AND CIRCUSES TO FREE ANIMALS. SAM SIMON WAS 59. A RECORD-BREAKING ATTEMPT TO FLY AROUND THE WORLD IN A SOLAR-POWERED PLANE HAS COMPLETED ITS FIRST LEG. THE AIRCRAFT, SOLAR IMPULSE 2, HAS TOUCHED DOWN IN OMAN AFTER A 12-HOUR FLIGHT FROM ABU DHABI. THE PLANE, POWERED ENTIRELY BY SOLAR CELLS EMBEDDED IN ITS WINGS, CAN ` IN THEORY ` FLY FOR FIVE DAYS AND FIVE NIGHTS. OVER THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS, IT'LL SKIP FROM CONTINENT TO CONTINENT, CROSSING BOTH THE PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC OCEANS. THE PILOTS SAY THE PLAN IS TO STOP AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE FOR MAINTENANCE AND TO SPREAD A MESSAGE ABOUT CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` BILL COSBY'S MESSAGE TO FANS. YES, I'M GONNA BE IN WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, CAPITOL MUSIC HALL. BUT WHAT DID HE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS THAT REFUSE TO GO AWAY? AND IN SPORT ` AS ENGLAND LICKS ITS WOUNDS AFTER ITS LOSS TO BANGLADESH, THE BLACKCAPS VOW TO TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED. UNDER-FIRE AMERICAN COMEDIAN BILL COSBY HAS SPOKEN OUT IN HIS FIRST VIDEO MESSAGE TO FANS SINCE MULTIPLE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT CAME TO LIGHT. HERE'S THE ABC'S LINSEY DAVIS. YES, I'M GONNA BE IN WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, CAPITOL MUSIC HALL. THIS MORNING CAME NEW VIDEO OF EMBATTLED COMEDIAN BILL COSBY, ATTEMPTING TO WIN BACK FANS WITH LAUGHTER. 8 O'CLOCK SHOW. THAT'S RIGHT. IN HIS FIRST VIDEO MESSAGE SINCE A BARRAGE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS, THERE IS NO MENTION OF THE MORE THAN TWO DOZEN WOMEN OR THEIR ACCUSATIONS; JUST AN UPBEAT, ENERGETIC COSBY PROMOTING HIS UPCOMING COMEDY PERFORMANCE IN SEVERAL CITIES. AND YOU KNOW I'LL BE HILARIOUS. CAN'T WAIT. WHILE SOME SAY THIS IS THE FIRST STEP REPUTATION REHAB, OTHERS ARGUE IT MAY BE TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. BILL COSBY CAN GO PLAY A FEW CLUBS. OTHERS ARGUE IT MAY BE TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. BILL COSBY CAN GO PLAY A FEW CLUBS. HE CAN PUT HIS TOE INTO SOCIAL MEDIA. HE WAS A ONCE-GREAT COMEDIAN, FULL OF HUMAN FOIBLES. MORE THAN 20 WOMEN HAVE COME FORWARD WITH ALLEGATIONS AGAINST COSBY. HIS SIDE HAS ISSUED A NUMBER OF DENIALS. THREE OF THOSE WOMEN HAVE FILED A DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST HIM, WHICH COSBY IS TRYING TO DISMISS. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE 10-SECOND VIDEO WAS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY THIS MESSAGE FROM COSBY ` THE GOVERNING BODY OF WORLD CYCLING HAS BEEN HEAVILY CRITICISED IN A REPORT WHICH SUGGESTS IT TURNED A BLIND EYE TO THE EXTENT OF DOPING IN THE SPORT. INVESTIGATORS SAY DISGRACED AMERICAN STAR LANCE ARMSTRONG WAS GIVEN PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT AND THAT A CULTURE OF DOPING STILL EXISTS IN CYCLING TODAY. THE BBC'S DAN ROAN REPORTS. A DEVASTATING NEW REPORT HAS SHED LIGHT ON THE DECADE OF ENDEMIC DOPING LED BY SEVEN-TIME TOUR DE FRANCE WINNER LANCE ARMSTRONG. THE DRUGS CHEAT, IT CONCLUDES, HAD RULES WAIVED FOR HIM BY THE FORMER LEADERSHIP OF GOVERNING BODY THE UCI. I WAS QUITE SHOCKED BY THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE UCI ASSISTED HIM IN COMPLICITY, IN HELPING COVER UP AND SO ON, AND THAT THE UCI REALLY TOOK THE ATTITUDE THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS TO DEFEND THE SO-CALLED REPUTATION OF THE SPORT AND THE BUSINESS OF THE SPORT RATHER THAN TO LOOK AFTER ITS INTEGRITY AND HEALTH. THE DAMNING REPORT, COMMISSIONED BY COOKSON, SAYS THAT THE UCI UNDERMINED ANTI-DOPING EFFORTS AND CONSISTENTLY FAILED TO APPLY ITS OWN ANTI-DOPING RULES. IT CONCLUDES... BUT IT'S NOT JUST PAST SINS THAT ARE BEING LAID BARE HERE AT THE UCI'S SWISS HEADQUARTERS. ONE UNNAMED BUT RESPECTED FIGURE IN THE SPORT TOLD THE COMMISSION THAT 90% OF ELITE RIDERS ARE STILL DOPING. CYCLING, IT SEEMS, STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO. DOPING AND CHEATING IN SPORT, AN IN OUR SPORT, WILL ALWAYS BE THERE. AND OUR JOB IS TO TRY TO KEEP IT TO AN ABSOLUTE MINIMUM AND NOT TO COVER IT UP WHEN WE FIND IT, AND THAT'S A GUARANTEE THAT I WILL GIVE TO OUR SPORT. THE HOPE IS THAT TODAY'S REPORT WILL HELP CYCLING DRAW A LINE UNDER ITS TROUBLED PAST. IF SO, IT WILL HAVE BEEN OF VALUE TO THIS SPORT AND PERHAPS MANY OTHERS. ENGLAND'S WORLD CUP CRICKET TEAM IS LICKING ITS WOUNDS TODAY, AFTER LAST NIGHT'S DEFEAT AT THE HANDS OF BANGLADESH OUSTED THEM FROM THE CRICKET WORLD CUP. IT LEAVES THE TEAM LEADERSHIP UP IN THE AIR, AFTER ENGLAND CAME INTO THE TOURNAMENT WITH SUCH HIGH HOPES. HERE'S THE BBC'S JOE WILSON. SO, SUM UP WHAT HAPPENED IN ADELAIDE. CROWD ROARS THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT ` IT WAS ONLY BANGLADESH. IT WAS ONLY 276 FOR VICTORY. IT WAS ALL TOO MUCH. THAT WAS CAPTAIN EOIN MORGAN OUT FOR ANOTHER DUCK. 84 NEEDED FROM THE LAST FOUR OVERS, JOS BUTTLER WAS GIVING ENGLAND HOPE WITH CONFIDENCE AT THE CREASE. BUTLER ON 65, JUST A FAINT TOUCH ` CAUGHT, GONE. HE KNEW THE CONSEQUENCES. BOWLED HIM! 60 NEEDED FROM THE LAST TWO OVERS, BUT ENGLAND LOST THEIR LAST TWO WICKETS; ALL OUT FOR 260. THERE COULD BE NO DISPUTING BANGLADESH'S SKILL AND DETERMINATION. AND SO MANY TEAMS IN THE WORLD NOW SEE ENGLAND AS A SOFT TARGET. WELL, REMEMBER ENGLAND HAD CLEARED THEIR SCHEDULE JUST TO PREPARE FOR THIS TOURNAMENT, SAYING IT GAVE THEM THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN THE WORLD CUP. SO WHO PAYS THE PRICE FOR THE FAILURE? WELL, HERE AT THE ADELAIDE OVAL, I ASKED COACH PETER MORSE IF HE HAD A FUTURE. DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE GIVEN TIME TO MOVE ON FROM HERE WITH ENGLAND IN YOUR ROLE? CERTAINLY NOT MY DECISION. I HOPE SO. OVER IN LONDON AT LORD'S, DECISIONS WILL BE MADE. SO IS MORSE STILL IN? HE WILL STAY. WE WILL SIT AND REVIEW EVERYTHING WHEN WE GET BACK. AS FOR DEVELOPMENT... WELL, THE WORLD CUP IS WHERE THE WORLD WATCHES. ENGLAND HAVE LOST FOUR MATCHES. THEIR STATUS AS A SERIOUS GLOBAL PLAYER DEPENDED ON WHAT HAPPENED HERE. THE WORLD IS MOVING ON ` WITHOUT THEM. AND THE BLACKCAPS ARE TAKING NOTHING FOR GRANTED AHEAD OF THEIR FINAL CRICKET WORLD CUP POOL MATCH AGAINST BANGLADESH IN HAMILTON ON FRIDAY. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE ALREADY SEALED TOP SPOT IN THEIR GROUP, BUT THEY ARE UNDERSTANDABLY WARY OF A BANGLADESHI SIDE WHICH HAVE WON THE LAST SEVEN COMPLETED ONE-DAYERS AGAINST NZ. We struggled a bit when we were touring there. They are a quality side. CRUCIALLY BANGLADESH HAVE NEVER BEATEN THE BLACKCAPS IN NZ, BUT THEIR CONFIDENCE WILL BE SKY-HIGH AFTER LAST NIGHT'S HISTORIC WIN. MANCHESTER UNITED WILL END ANOTHER ENGLISH FOOTBALL SEASON WITHOUT A TROPHY, AFTER ARSENAL WON A PULSATING FA CUP QUARTER-FINAL AT OLD TRAFFORD. THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS OPENED THE SCORING THROUGH DEFENDER NACHO MONREAL BEFORE UNITED RESPONDED MINUTES LATER, THANKS TO THIS ANGEL DI MARIA CROSS; WAYNE ROONEY THE BENEFACTOR. BUT THEIR JOY WOULDN'T LAST FOR LONG. OH, AND NOW... DE GEA LEFT SHORT. IT'S AN OPEN GOAL FOR DANNY WELBECK, WHO COMES BACK TO OLD TRAFFORD AND PUTS ARSENAL IN FRONT AGAINST MANCHESTER UNITED. YES, THE UNWANTED DANNY WELBECK CAME BACK TO HAUNT HIS FORMER CLUB. DI MARIA'S SECOND YELLOW CARD FOR PUSHING THE REF COMPOUNDED UNITED'S WOES. FINAL SCORE 2-1. ARSENAL WILL NOW MEET EITHER READING OR BRADFORD IN THE SEMI-FINALS. THE MELBOURNE STORM HAVE OPENED THEIR NRL SEASON WITH A TOUGH WIN OVER THE ST GEORGE DRAGONS IN SYDNEY. THE STORM SCORED THE ONLY TRY OF THE FIRST HALF THROUGH THIS COOPER CRONK KICK BEFORE BENJI MARSHALL RESPONDED WITH HIS OWN MAGIC. SCREAMING ACROSS THE FACE OF THE MELBOURNE STORM DEFENCE. THE KICK FOR NABULI. ETO NABULI! BUT IT WASN'T TO BE FOR THE DRAGONS. THIS TRY TO WILL CHAMBERS SEALED THE 12-4 WIN FOR THE STORM WHILE AN ANKLE INJURY TO STAR FULLBACK JOSH DUGAN FURTHER SOURED THE DRAGONS' NIGHT. THE WAIKATO BAY OF PLENTY MAGIC HAVE COMPLETED NZ'S HORROR ROUND IN THE TRANS-TASMAN NETBALL COMPETITION BY LOSING IN MT MAUNGANUI LAST NIGHT. MAGIC SHOOTER JO HARTEN COPPED A SHOULDER FROM HER OWN TEAMMATE BEFORE THE NEW SOUTH WALES SWIFTS FOUGHT BACK FROM A TWO-GOAL DEFICIT IN THE FINAL QUARTER TO RUN AWAY WITH THE WIN. OH, SCRAMBLE! AND THE SWIFTS RUN AWAY WITH IT. THIS IS WHERE LAYTON IS SO STRONG. SHE'S A HUSTLER ON THE GROUND. PICKS UP THE CRUMBS. AND THE SWIFTS COME AWAY WITH A GOAL. NEW SOUTH WALES WON 48-43 TO COMPLETE A CLEAN SWEEP FOR AUSSIE TEAMS OVER THEIR NZ COUNTERPARTS IN THE SECOND ROUND. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND WATCH THIS ` APPLE'S LATEST GADGET IS UNVEILED. BUT WILL CONSUMERS PAY THOUSANDS FOR THE SMARTWATCH? YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. THE FIGHT TO SAVE A 500-YEAR-OLD KAURI TREE IN WEST AUCKLAND HAS REACHED PARLIAMENT, WITH CONSERVATION MINISTER MAGGIE BARRY SAYING SHE'S LOOKING IN TO WHY THE COUNCIL GRANTED CONSENT FOR THE TREE TO BE FELLED. FORMER SKIPPER DEAN BARKER HAS DECIDED NOT TO ACCEPT A COACHING ROLE WITH TEAM NZ AFTER WEEKS OF SPECULATION AND CRITICISM FROM BARKER OVER THE TEAM'S RESTRUCTURING FOR THE 2016 AMERICA'S CUP. THE LEADERSHIP OF ENGLAND'S CRICKET TEAM IS UP IN THE AIR TODAY AFTER A DEVASTATING DEFEAT BY BANGLADESH AT THE WORLD CUP LAST NIGHT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK NOW AT YOUR WEATHER PROSPECTS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FINALLY AT MIDDAY, 'THE MOST ADVANCED TIMEPIECE EVER CREATED'. THAT'S HOW APPLE'S DESCRIBING IT'S MUCH-ANTICIPATED 'APPLE WATCH'. BUT WILL IT REALLY BE A GAME-CHANGER? HERE'S THE BBC'S RORY CELLAN-JONES. THIS LATE-EDITED ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. The Apple watch. It's already the world's most valuable company. Now Apple hopes this new gadget will Earn it even more money. The company bets it has invented something people didn't know they wanted. It has to be connected to an iPhone to work. The watch can be used as a mobile wallet. Only in the United States for now. Apple is rarely first with new technology the iPad wasn't the first tablet, but it has sold well. There are plenty of smart watches on the market. There are a clutch of them unveiled at Barcelona's world Congress. I think the opportunity is massive. But lots of younger people just don't wear watches any more. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. 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