IT'S MIDDAY. INVESTIGATORS ARE BACK AT THE SCENE OF A PLANE CRASH THAT'S KILLED A FAMILY OF FOUR. EX-CYCLONE PAM SWEEPS ACROSS THE CHATHAM ISLANDS. AND ELTON JOHN'S ALL FIRED UP OVER COMMENTS MADE BY AN ITALIAN FASHION DESIGNER. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. INVESTIGATORS HAVE THIS MORNING BEEN COMBING THE SCENE OF A PLANE CRASH NEAR WANAKA THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF A CHRISTCHURCH COUPLE AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN. THE CESSNA 185 CRASHED INTO A ROCK BLUFF IN THE MOTATAPU RIVER AREA YESTERDAY. POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT CANTERBURY COUPLE PAUL AND KATE MACDONALD WERE ON BOARD WITH THEIR TWO CHILDREN, GEORGIE (7) AND BEN (5). BOTH PAUL AND KATE MACDONALD WERE EXPERIENCED PILOTS AND INSTRUCTORS. PAUL SPOKE TO ONE NEWS IN 2006 ABOUT ANOTHER CESSNA CRASH OFF THE COAST OF LEITHFIELD BEACH IN CANTERBURY THAT CLAIMED TWO LIVES. You want to go from point a to point B you set off regardless of the weather. You just cannot do that. THE TWO CHILDREN ATTENDED COTSWOLD SCHOOL IN CHRISTCHURCH. THE SCHOOL HAS ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THE FAMILY WILL BE DEARLY MISSED. ONE NEWS REPORTER MARK HATHAWAY HAS BEEN SPEAKING WITH POLICE IN NEARBY QUEENSTOWN. SO, MARK, WHAT'S THE LATEST FROM THEM? Police have sorted out their side. It's in the hands of the civil aviation authority. It's in a difficult position. The investigation will be hampered by that. The bodies were discovered last night. The death has been referred to the coroner. ARE THERE ANY THOUGHTS ON WHY THE CRASH HAPPENED? That's the question we all want to answer. It is a mystery at this stage. It is for the Civil Aviation Authority to answer. They were such experienced pilots and highly respected in the aviation community. It is a mystery at this stage as to how the plane ended up in the state that it is and the sequence of events that led to the crash. THANKS, MARK HATHAWAY, LIVE FROM FROM QUEENSTOWN. THE CHATHAM ISLANDS ARE BEING BATTERED BY THE EX-CYCLONE PAM AS WE GO TO AIR, WITH SEVERE GALES, HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH SEAS. A CIVIL DEFENCE EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AHEAD OF THE STORM, WITH LOW-LYING AREAS EVACUATED AND SCHOOLS CLOSED. THE SITUATION IS EXPECTED TO GET WORSE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. HERE IS THE LATEST FROM CHATHAM ISLANDS MAYOR ALFRED PREECE. THE STORM'S REALLY RAMPED UP IN THE LAST HOUR OR TWO. AND CERTAINLY NOW THE WINDS HAVE INTENSIFIED, THE RAIN IS JUST POURING DOWN. AND WE'RE STARTING TO GET REPORTS OF SOME DAMAGE. WE'VE GOT A WHARF OUT AT KAINGAROA THAT'S LOOKING A BIT BATTERED AT THE MOMENT. AND WE'VE GOT ROADS CLOSED, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF TREES DOWN. NO REPORTED INJURIES, THANK GOD, AND JUST WATCHING OUT THE OFFICE WINDOW HERE, THERE'S NOT MANY VEHICLES GOING AROUND, SO EVERYONE'S ADHERING TO THAT CAUTION TO STAY HOME AND HUNKER DOWN. I JUST GOT A REPORT A FEW MINUTES AGO TO EXPECT THAT PEAK TO BE AT 3 THIS AFTERNOON. SO RIGHT AT THE MOMENT IT'S PRETTY RUGGED OUT THERE, AND IF IT'S GONNA GET ANY HIGHER THAN THIS, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS. THE WINDS TO INTENSIFY AND OBVIOUSLY WITH THAT, IF IT COINCIDES WITH HIGH TIDE STORM SURGE, THERE'S POTENTIAL THERE TO TAKE OUT SOME CULVERTS AND SOME ROADS THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE SEA. THIS IS AS BAD AS I'VE EXPERIENCED HERE, SO I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WINDS GETTING HIGHER THAN THEY CURRENTLY ARE. RESIDENTS AND CONTRACTORS HAVE BEEN OUT IN FORCE THIS MORNING, CLEANING UP DEBRIS IN THE GISBORNE REGION. BEACH COMMUNITIES WERE HARDEST HIT IN YESTERDAY'S STORM, WITH DEBRIS SCATTERED ACROSS ROADS AND PROPERTIES AND 150 HOMES STILL WITHOUT POWER. THE ROUGH WEATHER IS CONTINUING TO CAUSE PROBLEMS IN THE HAWKE'S BAY, WITH THE HIGH TIDE FLOODING SOME PROPERTIES IN HAUMOANA, INCLUDING THE CLIFTON MOTOR CAMP. AUTHORITIES WILL MONITOR THE NEXT HIGH TIDE AT 3 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE OFFICIAL DEATH TOLL AT 24 AND THE POTENTIAL TO CLIMB FURTHER, AID AGENCIES SAY CONDITIONS IN CYCLONE-RAVAGED VANUATU ARE AMONG THE WORST THEY'VE EVER FACED. THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT SAYS VANUATU WILL HAVE TO START AGAIN. THE BBC'S JOHN DONISEN REPORTS. THREE DAYS AFTER CYCLONE PAM, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS VANUATU ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN. HOMELESS, ALL THAT THEY OWN LAID OUT IN FRONT OF THEM. THIS WOMAN IS CLEANING UP AFTER THE WORST STORM SHE'S EVER KNOWN. IN THE HILLS AROUND PORT VILA, BARELY A BUILDING IS UNTOUCHED. AND IMAGINE THE FORCE NEEDED TO UPROOT A TREE LIKE THIS. THIS GREEN TARPAULIN MARKS WHERE THE VILLAGE WELL USED TO BE IN THIS TINY COMMUNITY. NOW THE WATER'S ONLY GOOD TO WASH IN. PEOPLE CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS FOR LONG. AND HELP IS ARRIVING, BUT THE AID OPERATION IS NOT YET IN FULL SWING. IN THE VILLAGES AROUND THE CAPITAL, REMARKABLY AND THANKFULLY, MOST PEOPLE GOT AWAY WITH THEIR LIVES, BUT THE DAMAGE IS MASSIVE. IT'S GONNA TAKE MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS, TO REBUILD, AND WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS THE SITUATION ON VANUATU'S MORE REMOTE ISLANDS, MANY OF WHICH REMAIN UNREACHABLE. PEOPLE HERE ARE SHOWING REMARKABLE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE, BUT THE FULL IMPACT OF CYCLONE PAM MAY NOT BE KNOWN FOR SEVERAL DAYS, AND RECOVERY WILL BE A MUCH LONGER ROAD. TO THE MARK LUNDY MURDER RETRIAL, WHERE A CROWN EXPERT WITNESS SAYS HE HAS INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED TESTS THAT FOUND BRAIN MATTER ON MURDER ACCUSED'S MARK LUNDY'S POLO SHIRT. DANIEL DU PLESSIS SPECIALISES IN NEUROPATHOLOGY AT SALFORD ROYAL HOSPITAL IN MANCHESTER. THE COURT HEARD IN 2013 HE REVIEWED THE FINDINGS OF A PREVIOUS CROWN WITNESS DR RODNEY MILLER AND TOLD THE COURT HE HAD NO QUIBBLES WITH THE QUALITY OF HIS RESULTS. THE CROWN CLAIMS THAT BRAIN MATTER BELONGED TO CHRISTINE LUNDY, THEREFORE LINKING LUNDY TO THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER. MARK LUNDY DENIES THE MURDER CHARGES. ANTI-BULLYING GROUPS SAY A RECENT CASE OF ABUSE BY A PAIR OF TV TALENT SHOW JUDGES HIGHLIGHTS A TOXIC PROBLEM IN NZ'S SCHOOLS AND WORKPLACES. X FACTOR JUDGES NATALIA KILLS AND WILLY MOON WERE FIRED FROM THE SHOW YESTERDAY AFTER THEY SLAMMED A CONTESTANT WITH CRUEL REMARKS ABOUT HIS IMAGE. THE OUTBURST SPARKED PUBLIC BACKLASH, WITH PETITIONS DEMANDING THE PAIR BE SACKED. BULLYING, BE IT IN THE CLASSROOM OR IN THE WORKPLACE, IS A SERIOUSLY TOXIC PROBLEM. IT'S NOT A BIT OF FUN. IT'S NOT BEING TOUGH. IT'S PAIN. MEDIAWORKS CEO MARK WELDON SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT TV3 WOULD NOT TOLERATE SUCH DESTRUCTIVE TIRADES. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS REAPPEARED. THERE'S BEEN MUCH SPECULATION ABOUT THE 62-YEAR-OLD'S HEALTH AFTER A 10-DAY ABSENCE FROM THE PUBLIC EYE. HE'S MET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF KYRGYZSTAN IN PETERSBURG. PUTIN WAS LAST SEEN IN PUBLIC ON 5TH MARCH, AND HIS DECISION TO POSTPONE A TRIP TO KAZAKHSTAN FUELLED RUMOURS THAT HE WAS UNWELL. POLICE AND PROTESTERS HAVE CLASHED IN PAKISTAN A DAY AFTER TALIBAN SUICIDE BOMBERS KILLED 17 PEOPLE IN ATTACKS ON TWO CHURCHES. POLICE FIRED TEAR GAS AS PROTESTERS BLOCKED A HIGHWAY, AND PARAMILITARY TROOPS WERE CALLED IN TO HELP RESTORE ORDER. THE PROTESTERS SAY THEY'LL CONTINUE TO HOLD RALLIES UNTIL THE PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT BRINGS THE BOMBERS TO JUSTICE. PROTESTERS HAVE HELD A PRAYER SERVICE IN NEW DELHI FOR A NUN WHO WAS GANG-RAPED IN THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL. POLICE SAY THE NUN, IN HER 70S, WAS ATTACKED WHEN SHE TRIED TO PREVENT A GROUP OF MEN FROM ROBBING A CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY SCHOOL. MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTIAN, MUSLIM, HINDU AND SIKH COMMUNITIES HELD A CANDLE-LIGHT VIGIL AND SANG HYMNS TO CONDEMN THE RAPE. POLICE SAY THEY'RE SPEAKING TO 10 PEOPLE OVER THE INCIDENT. THERE'S BEEN A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR IRAQ IN THE WAKE OF ATTACKS BY ISIS ON HISTORIC SITES AROUND THE COUNTRY. FOREIGN DIPLOMATS HAVE VISITED THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN BAGHDAD AS A PROTEST AGAINST THE DESTRUCTION OF ARTEFACTS AND RUINS. IT IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD COME TOGETHER, AND UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE UNESCO DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TO FORGO FURTHER DESTRUCTION AND LOOTING OF IRAQ'S CULTURAL HERITAGE. THE DIPLOMATS WERE TOLD ISIS MILITANTS HAVE BEGUN DEMOLISHING A WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN NORTHERN IRAQ AND HAVE LOOTED ARTEFACTS IN THE 3000-YEAR-OLD CITY OF NIMRUD. THE WORLDS OF MUSIC AND HIGH FASHION OFTEN MEET, BUT USUALLY IN A COLLABORATIVE WAY. BUT THERE'S NOT MUCH GOODWILL IN A BATTLE OF WORDS BETWEEN MUSIC STAR ELTON JOHN AND ITALIAN FASHION DESIGNERS DOLCE AND GABBANA. THE ABC'S REENA NINAN HAS THE STORY. # SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALL RIGHT FOR FIGHTING... # THIS MORING, FIGHTING WORDS BETWEEN ROCK ROYALTY AND THE DOMINATING DUO OF FASHION, WITH ELTON JOHN TAKING ON FASHION DESIGNERS DOLCE & GABBANA FOLLOWING DOMENICO DOLCE'S COMMENTS TO ITALIAN MAGAZINE PANORAMA. IN A STORY HEADLINED 'VIVA THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY', DOLCE'S QUOTED AS SAYING... HE TAKES AIM AT CHILDREN CONCEIVED VIA ALTERNATIVE METHODS LIKE SURROGACY, SAYING... DOLCE AND STEFANO GABBANO WERE ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED FOR OVER 20 YEARS. JOHN, WHO HAS TWO YOUNG KIDS BORN WITH THE HELP OF A SURROGATE, POSTED A PHOTO OF THE DESIGNERS ON INSTAGRAM, WRITING... JOHN AND HIS HUSBAND, DAVID FURNISH, HAVEN'T BEEN SHY ABOUT RAISING THEIR CHILDREN. I'M PROBABLY THE HAPPIEST GUY IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW. THEY'VE BROUGHT MORE JOY TO ME IN THE SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME WE'VE HAD THEM. AT FIRST, GABBANA WAS NOT BACKING DOWN. BUT SPEAKING OUT OVERNIGHT IN A STATEMENT TO ABC NEWS, DOLCE SAID... A FLASHY NEW BRITISH DRAMA SERIES ABOUT A FICTITIOUS ROYAL FAMILY HAS BEEN SLAMMED BY THE CRITICS AS POSSIBLY THE WORST SHOW IN THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION. THE PROGRAMME'S ABOUT TO AIR IN AMERICA, WITH ELIZABETH HURLEY PLAYING THE QUEEN AND JOAN COLLINS HER MOTHER. CHANNEL NINE'S CHRISTINE AHERN REPORTS. ONE IS DEFINITELY NOT AMUSED. WHAT IS ROYALTY? ROYALTY MEANS I GET TO DO WHAT I WANT. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S GONNA GO OVER WITH THE QUEEN. THE RAUNCHY ROYAL DRAMA DEBUTING ON AMERICAN TV TONIGHT STARS ELIZABETH HURLEY AS QUEEN HELENA, WHO PRESIDES OVER A DYSFUNCTIONAL BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY WITH A FEISTY QUEEN MUM PLAYED BY JOAN COLLINS. MOTHER. I SEE YOU'VE REDECORATED. I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHATEVER POSSESSED YOU TO CHOOSE VEGAS AS YOUR THEME. WITH ITS UNREGAL SCENES, THE ROYALS IS NOT EVERYONE'S IMAGE OF THE BRITISH. I THINK IT'S THE ACCENT THAT MAKES 'EM SOUND PROPER. BUT I THINK THEY'RE JUST AS DIRTY AND SEEDY AS THE US CITIZENS ARE. THE CRITICS HAVE BEEN RUTHLESS, ONE DESCRIBING IT AS 'TRASH TV 'THE EQUIVALENT OF THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE'. BUT HERE IN AMERICA, THOSE KINDS OF REVIEWS WILL LIKELY REEL IN THE VIEWERS. AND EVEN BEFORE THE SHOW HAS AIRED, IT'S ALREADY BEEN RENEWED FOR A SECOND SEASON. IT ALL COMES JUST 48 HOURS BEFORE CHARLES AND CAMILLA EMBARK ON A FOUR-DAY TOUR OF THE UNITED STATES. I HOPE THEY'RE GONNA WATCH IT. I HOPE THEY'RE GONNA LOVE IT. THEY'LL KNOW IT'S NOT ABOUT THEM WITHIN TWO SECONDS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` ELTON JOHN IN A CELEBRITY STOUSH WITH SOME FAMOUS DESIGNERS. AND IN SPORT ` THE TIGERS OFF TO THE BEST POSSIBLE START TO THE NRL SEASON. MIGHTY RIVER POWER CHAIRWOMAN JOAN WITHERS HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW CHAIR OF TVNZ. SHE'LL TAKE OVER FROM WAYNE WALDEN, WHO'S RETIRING AFTER FOUR YEARS IN THE JOB. BROADCASTING MINISTER AMY ADAMS SAYS JOAN WITHERS HAS THE INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO STEER TVNZ AT A TIME WHEN IT'S GROWING ITS ONLINE PRESENCE. JOAN WITHERS HAS BEEN DEPUTY CHAIR OF THE TVNZ BOARD SINCE 2009, PREVIOUSLY CHAIRED AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AND WAS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF FAIRFAX MEDIA. THERE'S CONTROVERSY IN THE US OVER HILLARY CLINTON'S EMAILS. HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE A NEW INVESTIGATION INTO HER EMAIL ACTIVITY DURING HER TIME AS SECRETARY OF STATE. ABC'S KAREN TRAVERS IS IN WASHINGTON WITH MORE. THE CONTROVERSY OVER HILLARY CLINTON'S EMAIL ACTIVITY IS JUST NOT DYING DOWN. TOP HOUSE REPUBLICANS TELL ABC NEWS THEY EXPECT SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER TO ANNOUNCE A NEW INVESTIGATION INTO CLINTON'S EMAIL PRACTICES WHEN SHE WAS SECRETARY OF STATE, INCLUDING HER ADMITTED DESTRUCTION OF ABOUT 30,000 EMAILS THAT SHE SAYS WERE PURELY PERSONAL. EMAILS ABOUT PLANNING CHELSEA'S WEDDING, OR MY MOTHER'S FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS, CONDOLENCE NOTES TO FRIENDS, AS WELL AS YOGA ROUTINES. UNDER STATE DEPARTMENT RULES WHILE SHE WAS SECRETARY, IF AN EMPLOYEE USED A PRIVATE EMAIL ACCOUNT FOR OFFICIAL BUSINESS, THE EMAIL WAS TO BE TURNED OVER AND ENTERED INTO GOVERNMENT COMPUTERS, BUT CLINTON DIDN'T TURN OVER ANY EMAILS UNTIL 22 MONTHS AFTER SHE LEFT OFFICE. RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO KNOW WHETHER WE HAVE ALL OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS THAT RIGHTFULLY BELONG TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. TODAY THE WHITE HOUSE SAID THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS ACKNOWLEDGED... THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO AUTOMATICALLY SAVE THE EMAILS. AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S NOW UPDATING THEIR SYSTEMS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. BUT A KEY QUESTION AS HILLARY READIES FOR A PRESIDENTIAL RUN ` DOES THIS EVEN MATTER TO VOTERS? IN THE POLLS SINCE THE CONTROVERSY BEGAN, ONLY 17% SAY THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE STORY CLOSELY, AND SHE STILL HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST APPROVAL RATINGS AMONG ALL LIKELY CANDIDATES ` 50%. THIS NEW INVESTIGATION MEANS IT'S LIKELY HILLARY CLINTON WILL BE ASKED TO TESTIFY TWICE BEFORE CONGRESS ` ONCE ABOUT HER EMAILS AND A SECOND TIME ABOUT THE BENGHAZI ATTACK. BIRDS PLAY A BIG PART IN THE IDENTITY OF A COUNTRY ` NZ HAS THE KIWI, AMERICA HAS THE BALD EAGLE. BUT BRITAIN DOESN'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL BIRD. WELL, NOW THE BRITISH PUBLIC IS BEING INVITED TO CHOOSE ONE. THE BBC'S JOHN KAY REPORTS. YOU COULD CALL IT 'THE EGGS-FACTOR.' THE RED KITE, THE KINGFISHER AND THE PUFFIN AMONG THE SINGERS IN THE FINAL, ALL RELYING ON THE PUBLIC VOTE. THIS IS LUNA. SHE'S A FEMALE BARN OWL. NO PRIZES FOR GUESSING VINCENT'S CHOICE. I THINK THE BIRD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. WE COULD SPEAK AND SPEAK AND SPEAK. BUT JUST LOOK AT THE BEAUTY OF THAT BIRD. AMAZING. IT WAS NATURALIST DAVID LINDO WHO SET UP THE VOTE FOR BRITAIN'S NATIONAL BIRD. HE DELIBERATELY TIMED IT TO RUN ALONGSIDE THE GENERAL ELECTION. TO GET THEM TO VOTE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY FUN AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'LL DRAW PEOPLE HOPEFULLY TO NATURE AS WELL AS THINK ABOUT BRITISHNESS. 10S OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY VOTED FOR THE SHORTLIST, WHICH INCLUDES ONE OF OUR SMALLEST BIRDS, THE WREN, AS WELL AS ONE OF OUR MOST THREATENED, THE HEN HARRIER. BUT THERE ARE SOME MORE FAMILIAR CONTENDERS. AND THIS COULD BE A ROYAL CHOICE, BECAUSE MUTE SWANS ARE SAID TO BE THE PROPERTY OF THE QUEEN. GARDEN BIRDS ARE AMONG THE EARLY FAVOURITES, WITH BLACKBIRDS AND BLUE TITS BOTH ON THE BALLOT PAPER. IN THE RED CORNER, JOHN HUNT WILL BE VOTING FOR THE ROBINS WHO VISIT HIS GARDEN IN GLOUCESTER. SO FRIENDLY. BUT ALSO CAN BE TERRITORIAL. AY OTHER ROBINS WHO GET IN THE GARDEN, THEY WILL ATTACK EACH OTHER UNTIL WHO COMES UP TOP BIRD, REALLY? IS THAT VERY BRITISH? I THINK SO, YES. THE ROBIN WON WHEN THERE WAS A SIMILAR VOTE BACK IN THE '60S. THIS TIME, IT'S SAID TO BE TOO CLOSE TO CALL. CYCLONE PAM MAY BE NEARLY OVER, BUT THE BLACKCAPS ARE PREPARING FOR ANOTHER 'GAYLE FORCE' IN THEIR WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL IN WELLINGTON ON SATURDAY. THE NZ TEAM WILL HEAD INTO THE KNOCKOUT MATCH AS UNDOUBTED FAVOURITES, BUT THEY ARE WARY OF WEST INDIES MASTER BLASTER CHRIS GAYLE. WELL, HE TAKES ANY TEAM DOWN IN THE WORLD. AND` STILL, THE NATURE OF CRICKET IS THAT IF YOU BOWL WELL, YOU CAN GET ANYONE OUT. GAYLE SAT OUT SUNDAY'S WIN OVER THE UAE WITH A BACK INJURY, BUT WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY PLAY THIS WEEKEND. IN FOOTBALL, A FLUKE GOAL FROM LIVERPOOL'S JORDAN HENDERSON HAS MOVED THE REDS TO WITHIN TWO POINTS OF A CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFICATION WITH A WIN AT SWANSEA. MEANWHILE, IN THE FA CUP, READING HAS ROCKETED INTO THE SEMI-FINALS, DISPATCHING LEAGUE ONE'S BRADFORD CITY 3-0 WITH EASE. THE GAME VIRTUALLY OVER WITH TWO GOALS IN THE FIRST EIGHT MINUTES. HE'S DEFLECTED IT IN! HE'LL BE CLAIMING IT, GARATH MCCLEARY. BEN WILLIAMS CLAWING AT THIN AIR THERE, THE GOALKEEPER, AS IT DIPPED UNDER HIS CROSSBAR. THEIR NEXT CHALLENGE IS UNLIKELY TO BE SO STRAIGHTFORWARD. READING WILL FACE HOLDERS ARSENAL IN THE SEMI-FINAL ` THOUGH THEY'LL FIRST NEED TO GET PAST THEIR ARMY OF FANS. THE WESTS TIGERS ARE SITTING PRETTY NEAR THE TOP OF THE NRL TABLE AFTER THEY DOWNED THE DRAGONS IN SYDNEY LAST NIGHT. IT WAS BENJI MARSHALL'S RETURN TO CAMPBELLTOWN, BUT YOUNG TIGERS FULLBACK JAMES TEDESCO STOLE THE SHOW IN THE FIRST 30 MINUTES. HERE'S A CHANCE. TEDESCO. TOO MUCH SPEED! AND HOW ABOUT THE PAS? ON THE LAST. BROOKS. TEDESCO IS THERE! HE'S EVERYWHERE. TEDESCO ALSO HAD A HAND IN THE TIGERS' FINAL TRY AS THEY RAN OUT 22-4 WINNERS. THE TIGERS ARE ONE OF ONLY FOUR UNBEATEN TEAMS AFTER TWO ROUNDS. AND STAR KIWI KIERAN FORAN HAS OPENED UP ABOUT RUGBY LEAGUE'S WORST KEPT SECRET. THE FIVE-EIGHTH HAS REVEALED HE IS DITCHING MANLY AND JOINING THE PARRAMATTA EELS NEXT SEASON. ARE MANLY SINKING? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. I DON'T THINK MANLY WILL EVER SINK. MANLY'S SUCH A GREAT CLUB IN TERMS OF ITS CULTURE AND WINNING CULTURE THAT MANLY WILL ALWAYS BE WINNERS. TEST STAR DALY CHERRY-EVANS IS ALSO OFF NEXT SEASON. HE IS LINKING UP WITH THE GOLD COAST TITANS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. WEATHER IS NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES. INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN AT THE SCENE OF A PLANE CRASH NEAR WANAKA THIS MORNING, WHICH CLAIMED THE LIVES OF CANTERBURY COUPLE PAUL AND KATE MACDONALD AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN, GEORGIE (7) AND BEN (5). THE REMAINING FORCE OF CYCLONE PAM IS BEARING DOWN ON THE CHATHAM ISLANDS, WHERE LOW-LYING AREAS HAVE ALREADY BEEN EVACUATED. NOW TO THE WEATHER. CYCLONE PAM'S DEEPENING AND TRACKING SOUTH-EASTWARDS, CLOSE TO THE CHATHAM ISLANDS AND OVER THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. A COLD FRONT'S MOVING SWIFTLY UP THE EAST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TO REACH HAWKE'S BAY THIS EVENING. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY IMOGEN STAINES AND TRACEY DAWSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.