IT'S MIDDAY. NO RETRIAL IS RECOMMENDED FOR TEINA PORA. IS THE FORMER PRISONER NOW TRULY FREE AFTER TWO DECADES OF JAIL? THE JUDGE SUMS UP IN ANOTHER HIGH-PROFILE HISTORIC CASE ` WE'RE LIVE AT THE LUNDY TRIAL. AND THE END OF THE ROAD FOR THE BLACKCAPS. THE WORLD CUP JUST WASN'T TO BE. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. TEINA PORA, THE MAN WHO SERVED TWO DECADES BEHIND BARS FOR A MURDER HE DIDN'T COMMIT, WILL NOT FACE A RETRIAL. THE ISSUE OF A RETRIAL REMAINED OPEN AFTER MR PORA'S SUCCESSFUL APPEAL TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL IN LONDON. ONE NEWS REPORTER PAUL HOBBS JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM OUR AUCKLAND NEWSROOM. PAUL, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? It means he is a free man and an innocent man. He was essentially an innocent man for weeks ago when the privy Council quashed his conviction for the 1992 murder. It was always open for a retrial as we have seen in the Mark Lundy case. They were given four weeks to make submissions back to this privy Council on that matter. It seemed there wasn't much of an appetite for a retrial. They have recommended it won't take place and he can start his life again as a free man. The only issue he must now confront is compensation. THANKS, PAUL HOBBS LIVE FROM OUR AUCKLAND NEWSROOM. THE JUDGE IN MARK LUNDY'S DOUBLE MURDER RE-TRIAL HAS TOLD JURORS THEY NEED TO PUT ASIDE ANY MORAL JUDGEMENT OVER THE ACCUSED HIRING A PROSTITUTE AROUND THE SAME TIME HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE MURDERED. THE JUDGE HAS BEEN SUMMING UP AFTER SEVEN WEEKS OF EVIDENCE. ONE NEWS REPORTER JAMES RANSLEY JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE HIGH COURT IN WELLINGTON. JAMES. He asked the jury to put aside anything they may have heard about the case before it started and anything they might have watch or read about the case before the trial. The court was packed with members of the accused's family and media. They brought up the issue of his relationship with his wife Christine and that he was with any escort. WHATEVER YOU THINK ABOUT IT FROM A MORAL VIEWPOINT DOESN'T MATTER TO YOUR TASK. YOU THINK IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP THAT IS RELEVANT TO YOUR VERDICT, TURNS OF MOTIVE OR LACK OF ONE, THEN THAT'S A MATTER FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. BUT DO NOT JUDGE HIM BECAUSE YOU DON'T APPROVE OF A MARRIED MAN USING A PROSTITUTE. SO, JAMES, WHAT HAPPENS NOW? He will continue his summing up. That is expected to end very shortly. The jury of seven men and five women will go into deliberating. THANKS JAMES, THAT'S JAMES RANSLEY LIVE FROM WELLINGTON. THE BLACKCAPS DREAM RUN AT CRICKET'S WORLD CUP CAME TO A CRASHING END LATE LAST NIGHT. CAPTAIN BRENDAN MCCULLUM SAYS THE TEAM HAS NO REGRETS AND THEY WALK AWAY FROM THE TOURNAMENT WITH THEIR HEADS HELD HIGH. BUT FROM THE START OF THE MATCH, THE BLACKCAPS WERE ON THE BACK FOOT. HERE'S HOW IT ALL ENDED. SMITH HEAVES IT AWAY. THAT'LL DO IT! STEVE SMITH FITTINGLY HITS THE WINNING RUNS. AND AUSTRALIA ARE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD. CROWD CHEERS WHAT A GREAT WIN IN FRONT OF A RECORD CROWD HERE AT THE MCG. AUSTRALIA BEAT NZ. THEY'VE BEEN THE TWO BEST TEAMS IN THE TOURNAMENT AND AUSTRALIA'S DEPTH AND CLASS COMES THROUGH. AUSTRALIA TAKING JUST 33 OVERS TO WIN WITH SEVEN WICKETS IN HAND. BUT JUST WAIT TILL THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM KIWIS TO AUSSIE FANS WHO GOT UP EARLY TO WATCH THE GAME IN LONDON. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT JESSICA MUTCH JOINED THEM. A FULL ENGLISH WAS ON THE MENU FOR THE KIWIS AND AUSSIES IN THIS WEST LONDON BAR. THE EARLY START MADE THE RESULTS EVEN HARDER TO SWALLOW. THIS WAS THE MOMENT IT WAS ALL OVER. CHEERING PROUD OF THE BOYS. I'M REALLY PROUD OF THEM. THEY'VE DONE WELL. DID AMAZING TO GET TO THE FINAL. PLAYED THEIR HEARTS OUT. LISTEN, A WIN'S A WIN, AND WE'LL TAKE IT, COS WE'RE THE BEST COUNTRY ON EARTH. IT'S BEEN A ROLLER-COASTER RIDE OF EMOTIONS HERE IN LONDON FOR THE NZ SUPPORTERS. THERE'S BEEN MOMENTS OF PURE JOY AND HOPE, BUT AS THE GAME HAS CONTINUED, THE NZ SUPPORTERS HAVE GOT QUIETER AND QUIETER. AUSSIE! AUSSIE! AUSSIE! CROWD: OI! OI! OI! IT GOT TOO MUCH FOR SOME, WHO HAD TO LEAVE THE PUB TO WATCH THE REST AT HOME. JUST GETTING A BIT OF A HEADACHE WITH ALL THE AUSSIE SUPPORTERS HERE. THERE WERE SPLIT LOYALTIES FOR THIS COUPLE. HE'S AUSTRALIAN; SHE'S FROM NZ. ARE THERE GOING TO BE ANY DOMESTIC ISSUES LATER ON, DEPENDING ON WHO WINS? NO, WE SHOULD BE ALL RIGHT. I MIGHT BE HOME LATE. I'M NOT AS SORE A LOSER AS HE IS, SO WE'LL SEE. BUT SOME FANS ARE VOWING NOT TO BE SAD FOR TOO LONG. THEY'RE ALL VERY SMUG HERE, BUT WAIT TILL THE WORLD CUP, THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. A NEW FOCUS FOR THESE EXHAUSTED BLACKCAPS FANS. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS, LONDON. AND FANS RETURNING HOME FROM MELBOURNE THIS MORNING WERE TIRED BUT PROUD OF THE BLACKCAP'S DESPITE THE RESULT. MANY LEFT EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING, WATCHED THE GAME LATE INTO THE NIGHT AND ARRIVED BACK IN THE COUNTRY IN TIME FOR WORK. FAMOUS SPORTSMEN WERE AMONG THE TRAVELLERS PRAISING THE BLACKCAPS' PERFORMANCE. THEY PLAYED REALLY, REALLY WELL THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMENT AND WE'RE PROUD OF WHAT THEY'VE ACHIEVED. I THINK THAT THEY KNOW THE COUNTRY WAS ALL BEHIND THEM AND GOING INTO THE GAME. THEY DIDN'T STOP FIGHTING. BUT YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME. UNFORTUNATELY, THE BOYS COULDN'T GET THERE IN THE END, EH. JUST A SHAME ABOUT THE RESULT, BUT THEY DID PRETTY WELL OVERALL. IT WAS A REALLY GOOD ATMOSPHERE. I'M STILL PLEASE I WENT, BUT BIT GUTTED THAT THEY COULDN'T GET OVER THE LINE, TO BE HONEST. THE TEAM IS SET TO ARRIVE HOME TOMORROW. WE'LL HAVE A FULL MATCH REPORT OF LAST NIGHT'S GAME LATER IN MIDDAY SPORT. THE PRIME MINISTER'S DOWNPLAYING THE GOVERNMENT'S LOSS OF THE NORTHLAND SEAT TO NZ FIRST'S WINSTON PETERS. MR PETERS CLAIMED THE NATIONAL STRONGHOLD IN SATURDAY'S BY-ELECTION, TAKING MORE THAN HALF OF THE VOTES. BUT JOHN KEY SAYS THE LOSS DOESN'T MEAN NORTHLAND'S REJECTED THE NATIONAL PARTY. NO. IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE NATIONAL VOTERS, THIS IS THE INTERESTING THING ` WE BLED A LITTLE BIT OF SUPPORT TO WINSTON PETERS, PROBABLY NOT AS MUCH AS PEOPLE THINK. SO WE LOST A LITTLE BIT. OUR VOTE ACTUALLY HELD UP. WE MOVED MARK OSBORNE. OUR FIRST POLL HAD HIM AT 30%, OUR INTERNAL POLL, AND WE GOT HIM TO 40%. MEANWHILE, WINSTON PETERS IS REFUSING TO GIVE A STRAIGHT ANSWER ON WHETHER HE'LL BRING ANOTHER MP FROM THE LIST INTO PARLIAMENT WITH HIM WHEN HE TAKES UP HIS NEW ELECTORATE SEAT. MR PETERS SAYS THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY HIS DECISION. THE BOARD WILL MAKE THIS DECISION WELL BEFORE IT BECOMES, IN EFFECT, UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS COUNTRY OR UNDER THE LAW OF THIS COUNTRY, A REQUIREMENT. WE WILL LOOK AT ALL THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS DECISION, NOT JUST GRAB HOLD OF THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO YOUR MIND AND MAKE A DECISION ON IT. THE REGION IS SET FOR AN INJECTION OF FUNDS THANKS TO PROMISES MADE DURING THE BY-ELECTION. INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO THE GERMANWINGS CRASH IN THE FRENCH ALPS SAY THAT DOZENS OF DIFFERENT STRANDS OF DNA HAVE BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE MOUNTAINSIDE THAT WILL HELP IDENTIFY THE VICTIMS REMAINS. THERE ARE MORE REPORTS EMERGING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON BOARD THE PLANE, INCLUDING CONVERSATIONS IN THE COCKPIT. THE BBC'S JENNY HILL REPORTS. AT THE CRASH SITE, GRIM WORK. INVESTIGATORS HAVE ISOLATED 78 SEPARATE DNA STRANDS FROM BODY PARTS. THEY'LL BE COMPARED WITH SAMPLES FROM RELATIVES OF THE VICTIMS. THERE'LL BE NO BODIES TO BURY. THEY'RE NOW BUILDING AN ACCESS ROAD HERE SO THEY CAN REMOVE PIECES OF THE PLANE. 150 LIVES WERE LOST, AND A COUNTRY ASKING WHY. THIS IS DUSSELDORF AIRPORT. FLIGHT 9525 SHOULD HAVE LANDED HERE ON TUESDAY. WHAT, GERMANY WONDERS, WAS ANDREAS LUBITZ THINKING? THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDED HAS YIELDED VALUABLE EVIDENCE, SOME OF IT APPARENTLY LEAKED TO A GERMAN TABLOID NEWSPAPER. IT CLAIMS THE 27-YEAR-OLD CAN BE HEARD REPEATEDLY URGING THE PILOT TO TAKE A TOILET BREAK, WHICH HE DOES. MINUTES LATER, HE'S HEARD HAMMERING ON THE COCKPIT DOOR. PASSENGERS ARE HEARD SCREAMING AND THE PILOT SHOUTS, 'FOR GOD'S SAKE, OPEN THE DAMN DOOR.' THIS IS WHERE MR LUBITZ LIVED IN DUSSELDORF. THEIR SPECULATION ` HE HAD PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS AND CONFIRMED REPORTS HE'D SOUGHT TREATMENT FOR AN EYE CONDITION. THERE ARE QUESTIONS TOO ` COULD HE HAVE BEEN STOPPED? AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND 25 INJURED IN A MUDSLIDE IN PERU, EAST OF THE CAPITAL, LIMA. THE LANDSLIDES BURIED HOMES AND CUT OFF ELECTRICITY AND WATER SUPPLIES. LANDSLIDES AND AVALANCHES IN PERU, MAINLY IN RURAL TOWNS, HAVE KILLED 28 PEOPLE AND DESTROYED MORE THAN A THOUSAND HOUSES SO FAR THIS YEAR ALONE. THE COUNT HAS BEGUN IN NIGERIA WITH FIRST RESULTS IN THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT. INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS SAY THE PROCESS HAS BEEN CREDIBLE AND FAIR BUT SECURITY HAS BEEN A KEY ISSUE WITH BOKO HARAM A CONTINUAL THREAT. THE BBC'S GABRIEL GATEHOUSE REPORTS. IN YOLA, THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE FELT LIKE A DELIVERANCE. LAST MONTH, BOKO HARAM WERE ADVANCING ON THIS PROVINCIAL CAPITAL. NOW THE ISLAMIST ARE ON THE RETREAT, AND SOME PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO RETURN HOME. THIS FAMILY HAS FOUND REFUGE IN A HALF-FINISHED BUILDING. THEY FLED THEIR HOME LAST SUMMER, WHEN BOKO HARAM CAME RAMPAGING THROUGH THEIR VILLAGE. THIS CHILD (9) SAW IT ALL WITH HIS OWN EYES ` (SPEAKS AFRICAN LANGUAGE) THE KILLINGS, BEHEADINGS, THE TORCHING OF HOUSES. FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS OFTEN APPEARED TO CARE LITTLE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTH-EAST AS THEY LIVED IN CONSTANT FEAR. BUT IN THE RUN-UP TO THE ELECTION, THE MILITARY SUDDENLY SWUNG INTO ACTION. IN A FEW SHORT WEEKS, BOKO HARAM HAS BEEN PUSHED INTO RETREAT. SO WHY DID THE GOVERNMENT NOT ACT SOONER? MANY LOCALS ANSWER SIMPLY, 'CORRUPTION.' IN THE NORTH-EAST, THERE'S A WIDESPREAD BELIEF THAT OFFICIALS HAVE DELIBERATELY ALLOWED THE INSURGENCY TO FLOURISH SO THEY COULD DIVERT FUNDS MEANT TO FIGHT BOKO HARAM INTO THEIR OWN POCKETS. BOTH CANDIDATES IN THE SELECTION HAVE PROMISED TO MAKE SECURITY A PRIORITY. THE QUESTION IS, WILL THE WINNER DELIVER ONCE THE VOTES ARE COUNTED? TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TUNISIANS HAVE MARCHED IN SOLIDARITY AGAINST ISLAMIC MILITANTS. THE MARCH CAME A DAY AFTER TUNISIAN FORCES KILLED MEMBERS OF A GROUP BLAMED FOR A DEADLY MUSEUM ATTACK TWO WEEKS AGO, IN WHICH 21 FOREIGN TOURISTS WERE GUNNED DOWN AS THEY VISITED THE BARDO MUSEUM. FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE AND ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER MATTEO RENZI JOINED CITIZENS AND MANY OTHER WORLD LEADERS TO DEMONSTRATE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` HOW THEY'RE GETTING ELEPHANTS OFF THE STREETS IN DELHI. AND IN SPORT ` WHY THE FERRARI TEAM IS PROVING IT COULD BE A CONTENDER IN THIS YEAR'S GRAND PRIX. PASSENGERS ABOARD AN AIR CANADA FLIGHT HAD A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE WHEN THEIR PLANE CRASH LANDED AT AN AIRPORT IN HALIFAX IN CANADA. THE ACCIDENT BADLY DAMAGED THE AIRCRAFT AND CUT POWER TO THE AIRPORT. HERE'S THE ABC'S DAVID KERLEY. OVERNIGHT, DIFFICULT CONDITIONS OVER HALIFAX AS THE PILOT OF THIS AIR CANADA A320 HITS THE RUNWAY HARD AND SLIDES OFF. OFFICIALS CALLED IT 'ABRUPT'. IT WAS WORSE THAN THAT FOR THE 133 PASSENGERS AND FIVE CREW ON BOARD. I JUST JUMPED OUT FROM UNDER THE WING AND WE STARTED RUNNING... AWAY FROM THE PLANE BECAUSE THERE WAS A LIQUID AND IT SMELLED LIKE KEROSENE. 23 OF THOSE ON-BOARD WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITALS FOR MINOR INJURIES. ALL THIS MADE EVEN WORSE BECAUSE THE POWER WENT OUT AT THE HALIFAX AIRPORT ` UNCLEAR IF IT WAS RELATED TO THE HARD LANDING, BUT PASSENGERS HUDDLED IN THE DARK IN BLANKETS, FINALLY ABLE TO TAKE SHELTER IN A HANGAR. HALIFAX HAD BEEN EXPECTING ABOUT 0.5FT OF SNOW, AND IT WOULD APPEAR THOSE CONDITIONS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS SMASHED AIRCRAFT AND INJURED PASSENGERS. THE SIGHT OF ELEPHANTS ON THE STREETS OF NEW DELHI MAY SOON COME TO AN END. AS THE CITY GROWS IT'S BECOMING HARDER FOR THEIR KEEPERS TO TAKE CARE OF THE ANIMALS. WILDLIFE ADVOCATES ARE INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ... AND NOW THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT IS REFUSING TO ISSUE NEW LICENSES. THE AUSTRALIAN ABC'S STEPHANIE MARCH WITH THIS. IT'S MID-MORNING IN DELHI AND RUPAH'S OWNERS ARE GETTING READY FOR A LONG DAY OF WORK. TRANSLATION: IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THEM IN THE CITY BECAUSE THEY ARE NEEDED FOR WEDDINGS, FAIRS AND PRIVATE FUNCTIONS. WE RENT THEM OUT FOR THESE FESTIVITIES AND EARN OUR LIVELIHOOD. ABDUL HASAN CHARGES ABOUT $300 FOR EACH FUNCTION WHERE RUPAH APPEARS. BUT LIFE IN THE CITY ISN'T AS EASY AS IT ONCE WAS FOR THE DOZENS OF ELEPHANTS WHO CALL IT HOME. THEY RISK THEIR LIVES WALKING FOR MILES ON HARD ROADS DODGING TRAFFIC TO GET TO EVENTS. THEIR HOME IS A CONCRETE JUNGLE. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE TORN BETWEEN TRADITION AND CONSERVATION. FAMILIES LIKE THE HASAANS HAVE BEEN KEEPING ELEPHANTS FOR GENERATIONS BUT IT'S BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO CATER FOR THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS IN THIS POLLUTED AND CROWDED CITY. THIS WILDLIFE CENTRE SEVERAL HOURS FROM THE CAPITAL IS HOME TO A DOZEN ELEPHANTS WHO'VE BEEN RESCUED FROM THE STREETS. PEOPLE WHO NEED TO EXPLOIT ELEPHANTS FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES TRY TO DISGUISE IT AS A CULTURE. BUT IT CERTAINLY ISN'T A CULTURE. YEARS OF WORKING ON THE STREETS HAS LEFT THEM WITH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SCARS, SOME OF WHICH MAY NEVER HEAL. BOLA (45) CAME TO THE CENTRE AFTER SHE'D BEEN HIT BY A TRUCK. SHE'S BLIND IN ONE EYE, MISSING BOTH HER TUSKS AND HER BODY IS COVERED IN SCARS. WE DO WORSHIP THE ELEPHANT GOD. WE BELIEVE IN ELEPHANTS. ELEPHANTS ARE REVERED BUT YET THEY GET ABUSE, SADLY, BECAUSE OF THAT. THE BLACKCAPS' WORLD CUP FAIRY TALE IS OVER AFTER A CRUSHING DEFEAT TO AUSTRALIA AT THE MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND. EARLY WICKETS LEFT THE BLACKCAPS RATTLED IN THEIR FIRST EVER WORLD CUP FINAL, AND THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO RECOVER. CHRIS CHANG REPORTS. FOR THE WIN. SMITH HEAVES IT AWAY. THAT'LL DO IT! STEVE SMITH FITTINGLY HITS THE WINNING RUN. SMASHING THEIR WAY TO A SEVEN-WICKET WIN, AUSTRALIA FINALLY ENDING THE BLACKCAPS' DREAM RUN. WE OBVIOUSLY WEREN'T ABLE TO LIFT THE TROPHY, BUT THE BRAND OF CRICKET AND THE ENTERTAINMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, I GUESS, GIVE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IS SOMETHING WE'RE IMMENSELY PROUD OF. THE CAPTAIN EARLIER LED HIS TROOPS INTO BATTLE. BUT THEY WEREN'T READY FOR A FIRST-ROUND KNOCK-OUT, NZ STRUGGLING EARLY ON, WITH THE TOP ORDER SOON IN A SPIN. ENTER SUPERMAN, GRANT ELLIOTT. IT'S UP IN THE AIR. THE SEMI-FINAL HERO PROVIDED SOME RESISTANCE, BUT THE WICKETS TUMBLED ALL AROUND HIM. ELLIOT WAS EVENTUALLY DISMISSED FOR 83. NZ'S INNINGS SUMMED UP BY TIM SOUTHEE'S RUN OUT. OH! THAT COULD BE OUT. DEFENDING 183, TRENT BOULT GAVE THE KIWIS HOPE. THAT'S WHAT NZ NEEDED! WHAT THEY DIDN'T NEED WAS A RESURGENT DAVID WARNER. THAT DAVIE WARNER, HE'S ABSOLUTELY SPANKED THAT ONE. THE AUSTRALIANS WERE HARDLY STRESSED OUT BY THE CHASE. CAPTAIN MICHAEL CLARK WITH A CLASSY 74. IT'S A REAL SHOT OF AUTHORITY FROM MICHAEL CLARK. STEVE SMITH COMPLETED THE SEVEN-WICKET WIN. THE BLACKCAPS' WILD RIDE IS NOW OVER, BUT THE CAPTAIN HAS NO REGRETS. PLAYED WITH A FREE SPIRIT AND PLENTY OF HEART ALL THE WAY ALONG. CHEERING AUSTRALIA LEFT TO BASK IN A FIFTH WORLD CUP TITLE. CHRIS CHANG, ONE NEWS. THE ALL BLACK SEVENS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DEFEND THEIR TITLE IN HONG KONG, GOING DOWN TO FIJI IN THE FINAL LAST NIGHT. FIJI TOOK ADVANTAGE OF SOME RARE INACCURACIES FROM NZ TO CHARGE OFF TO A 14-0 LEAD AFTER FOUR MINUTES. THEY EXTENDED THAT TO 21-0 UNTIL BEAUDIN WAAKA SCORED IN THE CORNER JUST BEFORE HALF-TIME. SCOTT CURRY. IT'S A TOUGH, TOUGH GAME. AND WAAKA IS IN AT THE CORNER. SO NZ GET ONE BACK JUST AT HALF-TIME. THE NZERS FOUGHT BACK BUT FIJI HAD AN ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING AND EVENTUALLY TOOK THE MATCH 33-19. IT'S CREATED A LOG-JAM ON THE OVERALL TABLE, WITH SOUTH AFRICA STILL NARROWLY LEADING FROM FIJI, WITH NZ ONE POINT BEHIND IN THIRD. THE NORTHERN MYSTICS HAVE MANAGED BACK-TO-BACK VICTORIES IN NETBALL'S TRANS-TASMAN CHAMPIONSHIP TO BEAT THE SOUTHERN STEEL 57-52 LAST NIGHT. PLAYING AT HOME, THE AUCKLAND FRANCHISE WERE FORCED TO PLAY CATCH-UP FOR MOST OF THE MATCH, ONLY ABLE TO GET HOLD OF THE GAME IN THE FOURTH AND FINAL QUARTER. CAPTAIN MARIA TUTAIA SHOOTING WITH CONFIDENCE AND LEADING FROM THE FRONT, NAILING 23 SHOTS OF HER 25 ATTEMPTS. THE VICTORY LIFTS THE MYSTICS TO THE TOP OF THE NZ STANDINGS FOR NOW, WITH THE MAGIC AND PULSE TO PLAY TONIGHT. SEBASTIAN VETTEL HAS SHOWN HE'S A GENUINE TITLE CONTENDER, WINNING THE MALAYSIAN FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX LAST NIGHT. MANY HAD PREDICTED MERCEDES TO CONTINUE TO DOMINATE WITH LEWIS HAMILTON STARTING ON POLE, BUT POOR TYRE SELECTION HURT THE CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER. IT MEANT VETTEL, IN HIS SECOND RACE FOR FERRARI, WAS ABLE TO STAMP HIS AUTHORITY ON THE FIELD IN JUST THE FOURTH LAP. HAMILTON FINISHED SECOND WITH TEAM-MATE NICO ROSBERG THIRD. IT WAS FERRARI'S FIRST VICTORY SINCE THE 2013 SPANISH GRAND PRIX. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND WHEN YOU NEED A SLUSHY, YOU NEED A SLUSHY. A LITTLE ADVENTURER TAKES MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST, LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. THE PRIVY COUNCIL IS SET TO OFFICIALLY RELEASE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THERE BE NO RETRIAL FOR TEINA PORA OVER THE 1992 MURDER OF SUSAN BURDETT AFTER HIS CONVICTIONS WERE QUASHED EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE JUDGE IN THE MARK LUNDY MURDER RETRIAL HAS SUMMED UP THIS MORNING AFTER SEVEN WEEKS OF EVIDENCE ON THE DEATHS OF AMBER AND CHRISTINE LUNDY AT THEIR HOME IN 2000. THE DREAM IS OVER FOR THE BLACKCAPS. AUSTRALIA DELIVERED A CRUSHING DEFEAT TO WIN THEIR FIFTH CRICKET WORLD CUP IN MELBOURNE LAST NIGHT, A FITTING EXIT TO ONE-DAYERS FOR CAPTAIN MICHAEL CLARKE. NOW TO THE WEATHER. YESTERDAY'S FRONTS MOVE OFF TO THE EAST AND ARE REPLACED BY A SOUTHWEST FLOW, BRINGING SHOWERS TO MUCH OF THE COUNTRY. BUT THE WINDS WILL EASE AS THE HIGH HOVERING IN THE TASMAN APPROACHES TOMORROW. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FINALLY AT MIDDAY ` A BUS DRIVER IN THE US GOT A BIT OF A SHOCK TO FIND A PINT-SIZED PASSENGER IN SEARCH OF A FROZEN TREAT ABOARD HIS BUS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THE GIRL (4) SLIPPED OUT OF HER HOUSE AND TREKKED THROUGH TORRENTIAL RAIN TO GET ON THE PHILADELPHIA BUS AT 3AM. 'ALL I WANT IS A SLUSHY.' (LAUGHS) THAT'S ALL SHE SAID. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWED THE PRESCHOOLER SITTING ON THE BUS, CHATTING TO OTHER PASSENGERS. THE DRIVER STOPPED THE BUS AND CALLED POLICE, AND THE GIRL WAS REUNITED WITH HER FLABBERGASTED PARENTS SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. THAT'S YOUR MIDDAY NEWS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT SIX. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD AND JAKE EBDALE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.