IT'S MIDDAY. AN INQUIRY'S UNDERWAY AFTER A MAN DIES WHILE RESISTING ARREST. TROPICAL STORM PAM BEARS DOWN, BUT IS VANUATU PREPARED? AND A DOCTORATE FOR THE DAME. KIRI TE KANAWA'S AWARDED ANOTHER HONOUR. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A MAN HAS DIED IN NAPIER AFTER HE RESISTED ARREST IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING, AND POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED THEY USED TASERS, PEPPER SPRAY AND DOGS TO SUBDUE HIM. AUTHORITIES FOUND THE 53-YEAR-OLD IN A CAR AT WESTSHORE BEACH, FOLLOWING REPORTS OF AN ATTACK ON THE MAN'S PARENTS IN THEIR HASTINGS HOME. POLICE TRIED REMOVING THE MAN FROM THE CAR FIRST BY SPEAKING WITH HIM. THEY THEN SMASHED TWO WINDOWS. WHILST HE WAS BEING RESTRAINED BY THE OFFICER, AS THEY REMOVED HIM FROM THE VEHICLE, THEY NOTICED THAT HE WAS STRUGGLING TO BREATHE, AND COLOUR CHANGE. THE INCIDENT'S BEEN REPORTED TO THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY. SOME GOOD NEWS THIS MORNING FOR A GROUP OF CHRISTCHURCH RESIDENTS BATTLING DECISIONS OVER THEIR QUAKE-HIT LAND. THE SUPREME COURT SAYS THAT DECISIONS ON UNINSURED AND UNINSURABLE LAND AND PROPERTY WERE NOT LAWFUL. IT FOLLOWS A LENGTHY CASE THAT'S BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL COURTS. A GROUP CALLING ITSELF 'THE QUAKE OUTCASTS' TOOK THE GOVERNMENT TO COURT AFTER IT INITIALLY OFFERED NO PAYOUT AND LATER OFFERED 50% OF THE PROPERTIES 2007 LAND VALUES. THE OUTCASTS THEN WENT TO THE HIGH COURT, A JUDICIAL REVIEW AND THE APPEAL COURT. TODAY'S JUDGEMENT SAYS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF CERA SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO RECONSIDER THE OFFERS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. BOTH THE EARTHQUAKE MINISTER AND CERA SAY THEY ARE STILL REVIEWING THE DECISION. AN AUCKLAND TAXI DRIVER WHO KILLED HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO AT LEAST 18 YEARS AND SIX MONTHS BEHIND BARS. ISHRAT MALIK (56) STABBED HIS WIFE 35 TIMES AND HIS 18-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER 21 TIMES WITH A KITCHEN KNIFE AS THEY TRIED TO ESCAPE THEIR RANUI HOME IN MAY LAST YEAR. JUSTICE SIMON MOORE GAVE MALIK A LIFE SENTENCE AT THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND THIS MORNING, DESCRIBING HIS ACTIONS AS 'EXTREME VIOLENCE'. A CATEGORY 5 SUPERSTORM ` ONE OF THE WORST PACIFIC CYCLONES ON RECORD ` IS ABOUT TO HIT VANUATU. DISASTER RESPONSE TEAMS ARE READYING FOR CYCLONE PAM, WHICH IS SET TO MAKE LANDFALL AT PORT VILA, ENDANGERING OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE. UNICEF SAID EARLIER TODAY MANY RESIDENTS WON'T BE PREPARED FOR WHAT'S ABOUT TO HIT THE ISLANDS. CONDITIONS ARE GETTING WILDER BY THE MINUTE. THERE'S BEEN INCREASE IN RAIN, INCREASE IN WIND. PORT VILLA'S BEEN PRETTY MUCH LOCKED DOWN. THE TOWN CENTRE'S EMPTY. EVERYTHING'S BOARDED UP. TRADITIONAL HOMES IN VANUATU ARE REALLY PRETTY MUCH EXCLUSIVELY FROM TRADITIONAL MATERIAL, AND SO THEY'RE REALLY GONNA HAVE A HARD TIME SURVIVING A CYCLONE LIKE THIS. EMERGENCY SUPPLIES ARE ALREADY IN PLACE AS AGENCIES SCRAMBLE TO PREPARE FOR THE FALLOUT OF THE STORM. THERE ARE THREE CYCLONES ON THE MAP RIGHT NOW, BUT PAM IS BY FAR THE BIGGEST. TROPICAL CYCLONE PAM IS CURRENTLY EAST OF NORTHERN VANUATU AND MOVING SOUTH. IT'S EXPECTED TO WEAKEN A LITTLE AS IT TRACKS TOWARDS NZ. BUT ON SUNDAY THE EAST COAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND COULD BE IN FOR A HAMMERING. GISBORNE AND NORTHERN HAWKES BAY WILL COP THE WORST ON MONDAY WITH HEAVY RAIN, GALE FORCE SOUTH-EASTERLIES AND BIG SEA SWELLS EXPECTED. AND THE VOLVO OCEAN RACE HAS BEEN POSTPONED ONCE AGAIN THANKS TO CYCLONE PAM. SAILORS ARE FACING THE MOST DANGEROUS LEG OF THE WORLD'S LONGEST BOAT RACE AND PAM IS IN THEIR PATH. THE SUPERSTORM HAD ALREADY DELAYED THE START OF THE RACE, BUT NOW IT'S BEEN UPGRADED TO A CATEGORY FIVE, AND ORGANISER'S SAY IT'S JUST TOO RISKY RIGHT NOW. WHEN DRASTIC AND DRAMATIC CONDITIONS HAPPEN VERY CLOSE TO THE COAST, AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO LEAVE, IT DOESN'T LEAVE YOU VERY MUCH ROOM OR SPACE TO MAKE DECISIONS OR TO AVOID. SO IN THIS CASE, IT'S CLEARLY A VERY SERIOUS WEATHER SYSTEM. IT HAS SOME SERIOUS PREDICTIONS, ALTHOUGH THOSE PREDICTIONS DON'T ALWAYS HAPPEN 100%. AT THIS STAGE THE RACE HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING FROM AUCKLAND. THE GREEN PARTY'S NEWEST MP WANTS TO BE ITS MALE CO-LEADER. JAMES SHAW CAMPAIGNED IN THE WELLINGTON CENTRAL ELECTORATE AT LAST YEAR'S ELECTION, AND CAME INTO PARLIAMENT ON THE PARTY'S LIST. THE 41-YEAR-OLD HAS A BUSINESS BACKGROUND, INCLUDING WORKING FOR HSBC AND PWC. MR SHAW WILL RUN AGAINST WEST COAST MP KEVIN HAGUE, FELLOW WELLINGTONIAN GARETH HUGHES AND WAITEMATA LOCAL BOARD MEMBER VERNON TAVA. RUSSEL NORMAN WILL STEP DOWN FROM THE CO-LEADERSHIP IN MAY. POLICE ARE FOLLOWING UP SEVERAL HISTORIC THEFTS OF 1080 AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO A BLACKMAIL THREAT TO CONTAMINATE INFANT MILK FORMULA WITH THE POISON. INVESTIGATORS SAY IDENTIFYING THE SOURCES OF 1080 IN THE COUNTRY, AS WELL AS ITS MOVEMENT, IS A PRIMARY FOCUS. WE ARE EXPLORING SOME REPORTS OF 1080 THAT'S EITHER NOT ACCOUNTED FOR OR ALLEGEDLY STOLEN. BUT ONCE AGAIN THAT'S NOT A SIMPLE PROCESS, BUT CERTAINLY IT'S A MAJOR PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. POLICE SAY THEY'VE NOW RECEIVED AROUND 60 CALLS FROM THE PUBLIC TO A SPECIAL HOTLINE, AND THEY'RE WORKING TO ASSESS AND PRIORITISE THAT INFORMATION. ONE NEWS CAN NOW NAME THE MAN CHARGED WITH DANGEROUS DRIVING AFTER THE DEATH OF A GIRL (5) AT MOERAKI LAST MONTH. HE IS JING CAO (32) FROM CHINA. HE'S CHARGED WITH CAUSING THIS ACCIDENT, WHICH RESULTED IN 5-YEAR-OLD RUBY MARRIS' DEATH AND PUT THE REST OF HER FAMILY IN HOSPITAL. IT'S EXTREMELY UNLIKELY THAT CAUSATION OF THE ACCIDENT WILL BE DISPUTED, BUT THERE ARE LEGAL ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED. CAO HAS BEEN REMANDED WITHOUT PLEA UNTIL APRIL. HE HAS SURRENDERED HIS PASSPORT AND IS NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE. IN RUSSIA, FIVE PEOPLE ARE NOW DEAD AND 25 OTHERS ARE MISSING, PRESUMED DEAD, AFTER A MASSIVE FIRE AT A SHOPPING CENTRE IN RUSSIA. THE BLAZE RIPPED THROUGH BUILDINGS IN THE TOWN OF KAZAN, EAST OF MOSCOW, INJURING AT LEAST 40. FIREMEN AND RESCUE WORKERS HAVE BEEN CLEARING DEBRIS IN THEIR HUNT FOR BODIES. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HASN'T BEEN ESTABLISHED. AT LEAST FOUR WORKERS ARE DEAD AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF A FIVE-STOREY FACTORY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN BANGLADESH. IT'S THOUGHT AT LEAST 40 OTHERS ARE TRAPPED IN THE DEBRIS. FACTORY CONSTRUCTION IN BANGLADESH HAS BEEN CRITICISED FOR VIOLATING BUILDING CODES BY USING SUBSTANDARD MATERIALS AND ADDING EXTRA FLOORS THAT FOUNDATIONS CAN'T SUPPORT. IRAQI SECURITY FORCES HAVE CLASHED WITH ISIS MILITANTS A DAY AFTER SWEEPING INTO THE SUNNI CITY OF TIKRIT, NORTH OF BAGHDAD. RECAPTURING TIKRIT IS SEEN AS A KEY STEP TOWARDS ROLLING BACK THE EXTREMIST GROUP, WHICH HAS SEIZED MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN IRAQ AND A THIRD OF SYRIA. TIKRIT IS THE HOMETOWN OF FORMER DICTATOR SADDAM HUSSEIN, AND HIS SUPPORTERS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE SEIZURE OF THE CITY BY ISIS LAST YEAR. A BRITISH MILITARY HEALTH WORKER INFECTED WITH EBOLA HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK TO THE UK FROM SIERRA LEONE. THE WOMAN HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO A SPECIALIST UNIT AT A HOSPITAL IN LONDON FOR TREATMENT. TWO OTHER WORKERS WERE ALSO TAKEN HOME ON THE SAME MILITARY PLANE AFTER BEING IN CONTACT WITH HER. AROUND 700 UK MILITARY HEALTHCARE WORKERS ARE BASED IN SIERRA LEONE AS PART OF EFFORTS TO TACKLE THE LARGEST EVER OUTBREAK OF EBOLA. THE AMERICAN STATE OF UTAH IS POISED TO RESUME THE USE OF FIRING SQUADS TO CARRY OUT THE DEATH PENALTY. UTAH AND SEVERAL OTHER STATES ARE LOOKING AT HOW THEY CARRY OUT THE DEATH PENALTY AFTER A BOTCHED LETHAL INJECTION IN ARIZONA LAST YEAR SAW A CONDEMNED MAN TAKE NEARLY TWO HOURS TO DIE. THE BILL BEFORE THE STATE PARLIAMENT WOULD ALLOW THE USE OF FIRING SQUADS AS A BACKUP METHOD MORE THAN A DECADE AFTER UTAH ABANDONED THE PRACTICE. RACIAL TENSION IN THE US TOWN OF FERGUSON, MISSOURI HAS ESCALATED AGAIN, WITH TWO POLICE OFFICERS BEING SHOT BY DEMONSTRATORS. THE SHOOTING CAME JUST HOURS AFTER THE RESIGNATION OF THE FERGUSON POLICE CHIEF IN THE WAKE OF A DAMNING REPORT INTO A SYSTEM OF RACIALLY BIASED ABUSE. BOTH OFFICERS ARE IN HOSPITAL BUT HAVE AVOIDED ANY LONG TERM INJURIES. THE TOWN HAS BECOME A CENTRE FOR RACIAL CLASHES FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING OF AN UNARMED BLACK MAN BY A WHITE OFFICER IN AUGUST LAST YEAR. THE BRITISH AUTHOR SIR TERRY PRATCHETT HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 66. HE WAS A PROLIFIC WRITER WHO SOLD MORE THAN 70 MILLION NOVELS WORLDWIDE. BUT SEVEN YEARS AGO HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH EARLY-ONSET ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND BECAME A HIGH-PROFILE CAMPAIGNER FOR THE RIGHT TO DIE. THE BBC'S NICK HIGHAM REPORTS. DRIFTING ONWARDS THROUGH SPACE, ATOP THE SHELL OF THE GREAT TURTLE, ARE FOUR GIANT ELEPHANTS, UPON WHOSE BROAD SHOULDERS RESTS THE DISCWORLD. TERRY PRATCHETT'S THE DISCWORLD WAS A MAGNIFICENT COMIC CREATION WHICH FILLED 50 BOOKS. IT STARTED AS AN AFFECTIONATE PARODY OF FANTASY NOVELS, AND BECAME A VAST SATIRE ON MODERN LIFE AND THE HUMAN RACE. A SORT OF MIDDLE EARTH 500 YEARS AFTER THE LORD OF THE RINGS. IN THE 1990S, HE WAS THE UK'S BEST-SELLING FICTION WRITER. HE WROTE A BOOK EVERY SIX MONTHS AND SOLD THREE MILLION COPIES A YEAR. HE WAS A PRESS OFFICER FOR THE CENTRAL ELECTRICITY GENERATING BOARD WHEN HE WROTE THE FIRST DISCWORLD BOOK. THE SERIES' POPULARITY MEANT HE COULD BECOME A FULL-TIME WRITER, ENJOYING THE CONSIDERABLE FRUITS OF SUCCESS. UNTIL IN 2007, HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE FORM OF ALZHEIMER'S. HE BECAME A CAMPAIGNER FOR MORE SPENDING ON RESEARCH INTO ALZHEIMER'S, MAKING A TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HIS OWN SEARCH FOR TREATMENT. YOU'LL EXCUSE ME FOR HOPING THAT WHEN MY MEMORY EVENTUALLY GO, THEY'LL TAKE ME WITH THEM. IN ANOTHER DOCUMENTARY, HE VISITED DIGNITAS IN SWITZERLAND, WHERE THE TERMINALLY ILL ARE HELPED TO DIE. HE WANTED THE LAW ON ASSISTED SUICIDE CHANGED. IN ONE OF HIS LAST INTERVIEWS, HE SAID HE HAD ARRANGEMENTS FOR HIS OWN DEATH IN HAND. THAT'S LOVELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A STRICKEN PERSON SHOULD BE ALLOWED... TO... GO TO THEIR... DEATH IN COMFORT. IN FACT, HIS PUBLISHERS TODAY SAID HE DIED, UNASSISTED, OF NATURAL CAUSES ` IN BED, SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY. ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS GRADUALLY LOSE THEIR SENSE OF THEMSELVES. IN TERRY PRATCHETT, THE LIGHT DIED SLOWLY AND VERY PUBLICLY. AN ESPECIAL TRAGEDY IN A MAN WHO WAS ONCE SO BRILLIANT. NZ'S MOST ACCOMPLISHED SINGER DAME KIRI TE KANAWA HAS JUST ADDED ANOTHER HONOUR TO HER NAME. THE LEGENDARY OPERA SINGER HAS BEEN GIVEN AN HONORARY DOCTORATE AT A CEREMONY AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC. JESSICA MUTCH WAS AT THE EVENT IN LONDON. CEREMONIAL MUSIC BLARES ROYAL POMP AND CEREMONY FIT FOR A PRINCE AND THE QUEEN OF OPERA. ALL SING DAME KIRI TE KANAWA IS NOW A DOCTOR OF MUSIC. YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS, I PRESENT DAME KIRI TE KANAWA. APPLAUSE I DIDN'T EARN IT, BUT I'M ALLOWED TO USE IT AFTER MY NAME, WHICH IS NICE. THE FAMOUS SOPRANO WAS GIVEN THE AWARD FOR HER SERVICES TO THE MUSIC WORLD, AS WELL AS BEING A MENTOR AND FUNDRAISER FOR THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC. DAME KIRI TE KANAWA HAS A LONG-STANDING AND SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC ` A FITTING PLACE FOR HER TO RECEIVE THIS HONOUR. INCREDIBLY SPECIAL, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY MORE PEOPLE DESERVING. BUT THEY DECIDED I WOULD HAPPEN TO BE ONE OF THEM, SO I'M ACCEPTING IT IN THE FULLEST THAT I CAN. CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK HER PORTRAIT IS SET TO HANG IN THE HALLS OF THE COLLEGE AS AN INSPIRATION TO STUDENTS. SHE'S SEEING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. I LIKE IT VERY VERY MUCH. THERE'S AN ARTIST, HER STYLE IS LIKE THIS. IT'S NOT A SMILEY ONE. IT LOOK SLIGHTLY STERN, BUT I SUPPOSE, YOU KNOW, IF THE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO INSPIRED, THEY'D NEED A BIT OF STERNNESS TOO. PERHAPS THAT STERNNESS IS KEY TO AN OPERA CAREER THAT SPANNED FIVE DECADES. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS, LONDON. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` A CONTROVERSIAL COOKBOOK GETS PUT ON HOLD. AND IN SPORT, THE BLACKCAPS PREPARE FOR TODAY'S FINAL POOL MATCH AGAINST BANGLADESH IN HAMILTON AT THE CRICKET WORLD CUP. THERE'S BEEN A DELAY IN THE RELEASE OF A MUCH-ANTICIPATED CELEBRITY CHEF'S COOKBOOK. AN AUSSIE CHEF WHO SWEARS BY THE PALEO DIET IS IN HOT WATER, WITH HEALTH AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING WHETHER SOME OF HIS RECIPES FOR BABIES AND TODDLERS COULD BE DANGEROUS. CHANNEL NINE'S GABRIELLA ROGERS REPORTS. BEYOND HIS TV COMMITMENTS, PETE EVANS IS CREATING A MONSTER OF A BRAND IN HIS BELIEF IN THE HIGH-PROTEIN, HIGH-FAT DIET. WITH PALEO, IT'S ALL ABOUT EATING AND USING THE MOST NATURAL FATS POSSIBLE. WHILE HIS VIEWS HAVE GENERATED CRITICISM, THE CHEF'S LATEST PUBLISHING VENTURE TARGETING BABIES AND TODDLERS HAS CREATED AN EVEN BIGGER STORM. WHEN YOU APPLY IT TO BABIES, THEN YOU HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM. WHEN YOU APPLY IT TO BABIES, THEN YOU HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM. ANYONE GIVING NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION PARTICULARLY TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN HAS TO BE QUALIFIED, OR YOU WOULD ARGUE THAT IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE AND THERE'S DIRE CONSEQUENCES AS A RESULT. THE YET TO BE RELEASED BOOK HAS A DO-IT-YOURSELF BABY FORMULA RECIPE. IT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL INGREDIENTS, INCLUDING... THE CONCERN IS PARTICULARLY FOR INFANTS UNDER THE AGE OF 12 MONTHS, WHERE THERE'S A NUMBER OF IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSUMING FOOD THAT'S PERHAPS RAW, NOT COOKED THE RIGHT WAY, NOT WITH THE RIGHT NUTRITIONAL INTAKE. PUBLISHER PAN MACMILLAN DENIES THE BOOK HAS BEEN RECALLED; RATHER, THERE'S A DELAY IN RELEASE. BOOKSTORES WE'VE SPOKEN TO SAY IT WAS DUE TO BE PRINTED TOMORROW. IF PEOPLE REALLY WANT PROPER INFORMATION, YOU LOOK AT THE GUIDE TO HEALTHY EATING THAT'S BEEN PREPARED ON EVIDENCE. THE BOOK REMAINS IN LIMBO FOR NOW. BLACKCAPS CAPTAIN BRENDON MCCULLUM ISN'T WORRIED ABOUT THE TOSS IN TODAY'S FINAL POOL MATCH AGAINST BANGLADESH IN HAMILTON. NZ HAVEN'T BATTED FIRST SINCE THE OPENING GAME AGAINST SRI LANKA FOUR WEEKS AGO, LEAVING SOME OF MCCULLUM'S MIDDLE ORDER OUT OF PRACTICE. THERE'S NO FORMULA THAT SAYS THAT EVERY GAME, OR AT SOME POINT DURING THE TOURNAMENT, YOU'RE GONNA COME UP AGAINST A TIGHT SITUATION OR A HIGH-SCORING THRILLER. AUSTRALIAN DAVID WARNER HAS CERTAINLY CHANGED HIS TUNE, NOW CLAIMING THE BLACKCAPS ARE TOURNAMENT FAVOURITES. LOOK, WHEN THE BALL'S SWINGING, AND YOU'RE BRENDON MCCULLUM, GOING OFF THE TOP OF THE ORDER IN NZ, THEY DON'T NEED TO CHANGE. THEY'VE WON EVERY GAME. THREE OF THEIR BOWLERS ARE IN THE TOP FIVE LEADING WICKET TAKERS. THE BLACKCAPS ARE SET TO MAKE ONE CHANGE TO THEIR BOWLING LINE-UP TODAY, WITH THE INJURED ADAM MILNE SET TO BE REPLACED BY MITCHELL MCCLENAGHAN OR KYLE MILLS. THE MATCH STARTS AT 2PM. AND SOUTH AFRICA CRUSHED THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES IN THEIR FINAL POOL GAME AT THE CRICKET WORLD CUP IN WELLINGTON LAST NIGHT. CAPTAIN AB DE VILLIERS WAS ONCE AGAIN THE STANDOUT PLAYER, SCORING 99 WITH THE BAT TO LEAD SOUTH AFRICA TO 341/6. THE PROTEAS THEN SHOWED OFF THEIR SKILLS IN THE FIELD. OH, THAT'S GOOD. OH GOODNESS! WHAT A CATCH! CROWD CHEERS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT THERE FROM RILEE ROUSSOUW. GETTING WICKETS. DIFFERENT VARIATION, AND THIS COULD BE OUT. YES, IT IS! IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S LATCHED ON IT. RILEE ROUSSOUW ONCE MORE. ROSSOUW ENDED WITH THREE CATCHES AND DE VILLIERS TWO WICKETS AS THE UAE WERE DISMISSED FOR 195. THE PROTEAS ARE NOW SET FOR A QUARTER-FINAL AGAINST SRI LANKA NEXT WEEK. NORTHERN MYSTICS NETBALL IMPORT SERENA GUTHRIE CAN RELATE TO THE YACHTIES. CONQUERING THE WAVES WAS ONE OF FIRST THINGS THE ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL HAS TICKED OFF ON HER BUCKET LIST. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS DID HER BEST TO KEEP UP WITH THE ADRENALINE JUNKIE. BY NOW WE'RE RACING. FAST-TALKING... COME ON! ...BUT MYSTICS' HIRED GUN SERENA GUTHRIE COULDN'T BEAT MOTHER NATURE. DID THAT INTENSE SAIL MEET UP TO YOUR EXPECTATION? IT WAS GREAT FUN. IT WASN'T AS INTENSE AS I WAS HOPING. IT WAS BIT LOW ON THE WINDS TODAY. OH, WE'RE PICKING UP! WE'RE PICKING UP! OPTIMISTIC, BUT STILL WATERS ASIDE, THE COMPETITION ON WAITEMATA HARBOUR WAS FIERCE. ENGLISH IMPORT SERENA GUTHRIE CALLED THIS... WHAT'S UP? TAKING A PICTURE! ...A WIN OVER ONE OF NETBALL'S FASTEST ` MYSTICS TEAMMATE KAYLA CULLEN. I WAS PRETTY CONFIDENT COMING IN, BUT NO, NOT ANY MORE. < STICK TO YOUR DAY JOB? YEP. I'M STICKING TO NETBALL. PROBABLY A GOOD CHOICE, CONSIDERING GUTHRIE'S PLANS. I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO RIGHT UP NORTH TO A PLACE CALLED 90 MILE BEACH. I WANT TO DRIVE DOWN THERE. SAW IT ON 'TOP GEAR'. I WANT TO SKYDIVE OVER TAUPO. THE DAREDEVIL WING DEFENCE IS KNOWN FOR HER BOLD MOVES ON COURT, AND SHE'S NOT MUCKING AROUND, ALREADY ADDING SURFING AT MURIWAI TO THE MEMORY BOOK. WHOO-HOO-HOO! BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE. THE 25-YEAR-OLD WHO MADE THE ENGLISH TEAM AT JUST 17 IS A DEEP HOUSE DJ, TOO. YOU COULD BE, LIKE, PRE-MATCH ENTERTAINMENT. YEAH, I'M NOT SURE HOW THE COACH WOULD FEEL ABOUT THAT. (LAUGHS) POSSIBLY HAPPIER ABOUT THE NEXT THING ON GUTHRIE'S BUCKET LIST. YOU KNOW, IT'S A TOUGH LEAGUE, AND IT TAKES NO PRISONERS. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. SHE MIGHT NEED TO LOOK A BIT HARDER FOR HER SEA LEGS. SPLASH! BUT NOW SHE'S ON BOARD WITH THE MYSTICS. SERENA GUTHRIE'S PROMISING THIS SEASON THEY'LL MAKE A SPLASH. MOTOR REVS RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, ONE NEWS. THE CANTERBURY SPORTS COMMUNITY IS CELEBRATING A CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL DECISION TO GO AHEAD WITH A NEW MAJOR COMBINED SPORTS FACILITY, CALLING IT THE FIRST REAL STEP TOWARD REBUILDING SPORT IN THE REGION. TENNIS, HOCKEY, AND ATHLETICS, WHICH WERE ALL BADLY AFFECTED IN THE QUAKES, ARE TO GET A NEW HOME AT THE 32HA NGA PUNA WAI SPORTS HUB. FOR US AS A SECTOR CHALLENGING LAST FOUR YEARS. IT'S A STEP TO MAKING THE CITY TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE. THE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PROJECT WILL BE BUILT IN STAGES OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS, STARTING WITH THE COUNCIL COMMITTING NEARLY $7M DOLLARS TO AN ATHLETICS TRACK. HIS RUGBY LEAGUE CAREER MAY BE IN LIMBO, BUT KEVIN LOCKE COULD CONSIDER A NEW VOCATION AFTER THIS VIDEO OF THE FORMER WARRIOR DANCING DURING A BARCELONA PROTEST WENT VIRAL. HIS SUPER LEAGUE CLUB SALFORD AREN'T TOO HAPPY WITH THE FOOTAGE, THOUGH, AND WILL DEAL WITH THE MATTER INTERNALLY NEXT WEEK. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND THE DUCHESS VISITS DOWNTON. KATE AND HER BUMP ON THE SET. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER A MAN DIED IN NAPIER THIS MORNING AFTER POLICE USED TASERS, PEPPER SPRAY AND DOGS TO ARREST HIM. EMERGENCY AGENCIES IN VANUATU ARE IN DISASTER MODE, AS CATEGORY-FIVE SUPERSTORM CYCLONE PAM BEARS DOWN ON PORT VILA. AND INJURED BLACKCAP ADAM MILNE IS SET TO BE REPLACED BY MITCHELL MCCLENAGHAN OR KYLE MILLS FOR TODAY'S FINAL POOL MATCH AGAINST BANGLADESH IN HAMILTON. NOW TO THE WEATHER. IT'S CLEAR ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY UNDER A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. HOWEVER, A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH OVER THE LOWER SOUTH ISLAND. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE HAS VISITED THE SET OF THE POPULAR BRITISH DRAMA DOWNTON ABBEY. SHE MET THE CAST AND CREW AT EALING STUDIOS IN WEST LONDON ON WHAT'S LIKELY TO BE ONE OF HER LAST PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE BIRTH OF HER SECOND CHILD. THE BBC'S NICHOLAS WITCHELL REPORTS. IT'S BECOME ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TV DRAMAS IN THE WORLD, WITH VIEWERS IN MORE THAN 250 MILLION TERRITORIES FOLLOWING THE ENTANGLEMENTS OF THE ARISTOCRATIC CRAWLEY FAMILY AND THEIR SERVANTS. NEVER COMPLAIN. NEVER EXPLAIN. YOU DON'T USUALLY HAVE MUCH TROUBLE COMPLAINING. QUIRKY MUSIC TODAY A GENUINE DUCHESS CAME TO CALL AT DOWNTON ` OR MORE ACCURATELY AT THE WEST LONDON STUDIOS WHERE MUCH OF THE DRAMA IS MADE. THERE IN THE WARDROBE DEPARTMENT WAS DOWNTON'S BUTLER, MR CARSON; THE ACTOR JIM CARTER. HAVE YOU SEEN DOWN HERE? AND THEN ON TO THE STUDIO FLOOR, AND FIRST TO THE UPSTAIRS WORLD AND LADY MARY CRAWLEY'S BEDROOM. AND DOWNSTAIRS TO THE SERVANTS HALL, WHERE MR BATES WAS LURKING. AT EVERY POINT, IT WAS CLEAR THIS WAS A VISITOR WHO KNEW WHO WAS WHO. SHE WAS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC AND KNEW ALL ABOUT IT, WHICH WAS GREAT. SO IT MADE, UH... HOPEFULLY IT MADE IT FUN FOR HER` AS MUCH FUN FOR HER AS IT WAS FOR US. SO, WAS THIS REALLY JUST AN EXCUSE TO INDULGE A WISH AND MEET SOME FAVOURITE TV CHARACTERS? NOT SO, SAY ROYAL OFFICIALS. THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS, KENSINGTON PALACE SAYS, HAS NOT BEEN TO GIVE KATE A SNEAK PREVIEW OF WHAT'S IN SERIES 6 BUT TO CELEBRATE THE HUGE INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS OF THE SHOW. THE DOWNTON COOK MRS PATMORE PRESENTED CATHERINE WITH A CAKE. THE VISIT HAD OVERRUN; THE GUEST HAD CLEARLY ENJOYED IT, EVEN IF SHE DID LEAVE WITHOUT THOSE CLUES ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. NGA MIHI O TE WA KI A KOUTOU KATOA. HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY AMY PARK AND GLENNA CASALME. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015