IT'S MIDDAY. COULD THE KIWI DOLLAR ECLIPSE ITS AUSTRALIAN COUNTERPART TODAY? THE JURY'S OUT ON THE ACCUSED BOSTON BOMBER. WILL HE FACE THE DEATH PENALTY? AND ASKING UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LIVES ON WITHOUT YOU. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. BUSINESSES AND HOLIDAYMAKERS ALIKE WILL BE KEEPING A KEEN EYE ON THE KIWI DOLLAR THIS AFTERNOON, WITH PREDICTIONS IT COULD REACH PARITY WITH THE AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR. IT'S CURRENTLY TRADING AT ABOUT AU$0.993. AUSTRALIA'S RESERVE BANK IS EXPECTED TO CUT INTEREST RATES TO 2% THIS AFTERNOON, WHICH COULD PUSH THE KIWI DOLLAR ABOVE THE AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR. WE JUST HAVE TWO ECONOMIES THAT ARE ON SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT COURSES AT THE MOMENT. THAT'S THE REAL REASON WHY WE HAVE THAT STRONG EXCHANGE RATE AGAINST AUSTRALIA. OUR ECONOMY IS DOING REASONABLY WELL. AUSTRALIA'S SOFTENING A LITTLE BIT, AND A LOT OF ANXIETY ABOUT THE OUTLOOK AS WELL. NICK TUFFLEY SAYS THE DIFFERING PROSPECTS FOR THE TWO ECONOMIES MEANS THE DOLLAR IS LIKELY TO STAY AROUND THESE LEVELS FOR SOME TIME. 40 CREW MEMBERS FROM A SINKING SHIP HAVE BEEN RESCUED BY THEIR STAUNCH OPPONENTS IN THE CONSERVATION GROUP SEA SHEPHERD OFF THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. THE SEA SHEPHERD VESSEL HAD BEEN TRACKING THE OTHER SHIP, BELIEVING IT TO BE INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL TOOTH FISHING. THE SEA SHEPHERD VESSEL 'BOB BARKER', RECEIVED A DISTRESS CALL FROM THE 'THUNDER'LATE LAST NIGHT, WHICH THE CONSERVATION GROUP HAD BEEN TAILING FOR MONTHS. CAPTAIN PETER HAMMARSTEDT SAYS THE SEA SHEPHERD CREW WERE CONCERNED ABOUT TAKING THEIR FOES ON BOARD FOR FEARS THEY MIGHT BE VIOLENT, BUT THEY HAD LITTLE CHOICE. WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS INTERNATIONALLY WANTED POACHING VESSEL FOR THE PAST 110 DAYS, EVER SINCE WE FOUND THEM FISHING ILLEGALLY FOR A TOOTH FISH ON THE 17TH OF DECEMBER. THEY'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY VIOLENT TOWARDS US, VERY AGGRESSIVE TOWARDS US DURING THAT TIME, SO IT'S A VERY UNUSUAL RESCUE SITUATION. I THINK SOME OF THE CREW ARE RELIEVED TO BE OFF THAT SHIP AND SOME OF THE CREW ARE NOT HAPPY THAT WE'RE THE RESCUER. HE BELIEVES THE OTHER SHIP WAS DELIBERATELY SUNK IN AN ATTEMPT TO BURY THE EVIDENCE OF ILLEGAL FISHING BEFORE THEY WERE CAUGHT. POLICE SAY THE LOW EASTER ROAD TOLL IS EVIDENCE THAT HOLIDAYMAKERS ARE MAKING BETTER DECISIONS ON THE ROADS. THE EASTER ROAD TOLL PERIOD FINISHED THIS MORNING, WITH ONE FATALITY RECORDED SINCE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE ARE PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME AND ATTRIBUTE PART OF THE SUCCESS TO THE CONTINUED SPEED TOLERANCE RESTRICTIONS. THE MAIN THING IS I THINK PEOPLE ARE GETTING IT OVERALL, SO IT'S` SPEED'S ONE FACTOR, BUT IT'S ALSO HAVE THEY GOT THEIR SEAT BELT ON, ARE THEY IMPAIRED, ARE THEY FATIGUED? MOST PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO COMMIT AN OFFENCE, AND I THINK WE'RE SEEING THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE ACCEPTING THAT EXCESS SPEED IS SOMETHING THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING. IT'S LIKE THE DRINK-DRIVING ARGUMENT YEARS AGO, WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE USED TO DRINK AND DRIVE, AND NOW IT'S NOT SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE. I THINK SPEED IS GOING THAT WAY AS WELL. THE LOWEST EASTER ROAD TOLL ON RECORD WAS 2012, WHEN NO LIVES WERE LOST. OVERSEAS, AND TO THE US, THE FATE OF THE ACCUSED BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE JURY. IT WAS A DRAMATIC FINAL DAY IN COURT AS CLOSING ARGUMENTS WERE DELIVERED. THE ABC'S TOM LLAMMAS REPORTS. EXPLOSION THESE ARE THE IMAGES THE PROSECUTION WANTS THE JURY TO REMEMBER. THE HORROR IN THE MOMENTS AFTER THE MARATHON BOMBING, WHAT THEY CALL DZHOKAR TSARNAEV'S PLAN TO PUNISH AMERICA. IN THEIR CLOSING ARGUMENTS TODAY SHOWING THIS IMAGE ` THE RICHARDS FAMILY ` STANDING ON THE SIDELINES ` MARTIN (8), HIS SMILING MOTHER, AND JUST BEHIND THAT TREE, TSARNAEV, WAITING TO PLANT THE BOMB THAT WOULD END MARTIN'S LIFE. THE JURY ALSO SAW THIS PICTURE ` DZHOKAR TSARNAEV IN FRONT OF A JIHADI FLAG. PROSECUTORS PLAYING THIS SO-CALLED JIHADI MUSIC, INSISTING THE TSARNAEV BROTHERS FELT THEY WERE SOLDIERS. DZHOKAR , THEY SAY, WAS A FULL PARTNER IN THE PLOT, POINTING TO HIS CASUAL BEHAVIOUR ` BUYING MILK MOMENTS AFTER THE ATTACK AND TO THE WORDS CARVED INSIDE THE BOAT WHERE HE HID. TSARNAEV'S ATTORNEY TODAY WALKING THE FINE LINE SHE HAD THROUGHOUT THE TRIAL ` TRYING TO SAVE HER CLIENT FROM THE DEATH PENALTY WHILE FREELY ADMITTING HE TOOK PART IN THE BOMBINGS... ...BUT TRYING TO CONVINCE THE JURY IT WAS TAMERLAN TSARNAEV'S PLAN ALL ALONG, NOTING THAT HIS FINGERPRINTS, NOT HIS YOUNGER BROTHER'S, WERE FOUND ON SUPPOSED BOMB-MAKING MATERIALS AND THIS PRESSURE-COOKER LID. KENYA HAS CARRIED OUT BOMBING RAIDS ACROSS THE BORDER IN SOMALIA IN RESPONSE TO THE AL-SHABAB ATTACK IN GARISSA. ALMOST 150 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN GUNMEN OPENED FIRE AT A UNIVERSITY LAST WEEK. A MILITARY SPOKESMAN SAYS TWO AL-SHABAB BASES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. IN YEMEN, MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE HAVE BENE KILLED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS, AS FIGHTING CONTINUES BETWEEN REBELS AND GOVERNMENT FORCES, BACKED UP BY AIRSTRIKES FROM A SAUDI-LED COALITION. THE UNITED NATIONS IS WARNING THAT THE COUNTRY'S HEADING TOWARDS A HUMANITARIAN DISASTER. THE BBC'S ORLA GEURIN REPORTS FROM NEIGHBOURING DJIBOUTI. AN INDIAN WAR SHIP COMING INTO PORT AFTER A RESCUE MISSION IN THE GULF OF ADEN. ON BOARD ` SOME OF THE LATEST TO FLEE THE FIGHTING IN YEMEN. MOST HERE WERE INDIAN NATIONALS, TRAPPED FOR DAYS AS THE COUNTRY PLUNGED DEEPER INTO CHAOS. THE NEW ARRIVALS ARE PUTTING A STRAIN ON THIS TINY, POOR NATION. OFFICIALS SAY THEY URGENTLY NEED INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE. SOME HERE TOLD US THEY WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE REBELS AND THE AIR STRIKES. WE DON'T KNOW FROM WHERE THEY ARE SHOOTING. MAYBE YOU'RE WALKING IN THE STREET AND SOMETHING COMING FROM YOUR BACK. AND YOU'RE` MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE ` THEY DIED OR SHOOTED IN THEIR HEAD WITHOUT ANY REASON. AND THIS IS WHAT HE LEFT BEHIND. AN INTENSE BOMBING CAMPAIGN AIMED AT STOPPING THE HOUTHI REBELS. BUT ALMOST TWO WEEKS OF AIR STRIKES HAVE NOT FORCED THEM INTO RETREAT. THIS IS SOME OF THE LATEST FIGHTING IN THE SOUTHERN PORT OF ADEN. ALL TALK TOGETHER THIS GROUP OF YEMENI FISHERMEN FLED IN THEIR OWN BOATS. THE AIR STRIKES MADE THEM REFUGEES. BUT MOST HERE TOLD US THEY WANT THEM TO CONTINUE. 'YES, YES, YES,' THEY SAID. MUHAMMAD TOLD US THE SAUDIS SHOULD KEEP BOMBING THE REBELS SO PEACE CAN BE RESTORED TO YEMEN. BUT SOME FEAR THE AIR STRIKES COULD SPARK A WIDER CONFLICT ACROSS THE WATER, BRINGING NEW DANGERS TO THE REGION. IN GERMANY, SEVERAL THOUSAND ANTI-ISLAMIC PROTESTERS ARE DEMANDING THE GOVERNMENT DEPORT ISLAMIC IMMIGRANTS WHO DON'T 'ASSIMILATE' THEMSELVES INTO GERMAN CULTURE. MARCHERS WAVING FLAGS AND ANTI-ISLAMIC BANNERS CALLED ON THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT TO DEPORT PEOPLE WHO THEY SAY ARE ABUSING THE COUNTRY'S ASYLUM SYSTEM. OTHERS CARRIED SIGNS AGAINST ISLAM AND THE EU. MEANWHILE, THERE ARE GROWING FEARS IN THE US AND BRITAIN THAT ISIS RECRUITERS ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE SUCCESSFUL IN RECRUITING WESTERN CITIZENS TO FIGHT FOR THEIR CAUSE. THIS FROM THE ABC'S BRIAN ROSS. THIS MORNING, THE FAMILY OF THIS NEW YORK WOMAN, NOELLE VELENTZAS, IS CRYING FOUL ABOUT HER ARREST AS A TERRORIST. HER HUSBAND, ABU BAKR, TOLD LOCAL STATION NEW YORK 1 THAT HIS WIFE, THE MOTHER OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, WAS ENTRAPPED BY A FEMALE UNDERCOVER AGENT POSING AS A TERRORIST. THEY CAME EVERY SUNDAY; THEY WENT OUT TO A RESTAURANT ONCE A WEEK. BUT FEDERAL PROSECUTOR SAY THE WOMAN AND SO MANY MORE, INCLUDING ONE OF HER FRIENDS IN NEW YORK, AND A THIRD WOMAN IN PHILADELPHIA, WERE SEDUCED BY ONLINE ISIS PROPAGANDA VIDEOS LIKE THIS ONE, WHICH INCREASINGLY FEATURED CHILDREN AT THE SCENES OF EXECUTIONS, ALL IN SERVICE OF A UTOPIAN ISLAMIC STATE. FAR FROM REPELLING ITS RECRUITS, THE OFTEN GRUESOME VIDEOS SOMEHOW RESONATE IN WAYS THAT COUNTERTERRORISM AUTHORITIES ARE AT A LOSS TO EXPLAIN. THIS MESSAGING THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE IS HAVING THE IMPACT OF ACTUALLY RECRUITING PEOPLE WHO ARE POTENTIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THOSE MESSAGES. A BOY (14) AND GIRL (16) WERE BOTH ARRESTED BY BRITISH POLICE LAST WEEK ON SUSPICION THEY WERE PREPARING TO CARRY OUT TERROR ATTACKS. A MASSIVE CHEMICAL FIRE IN BRAZIL HAS NOW BEEN BURNING FOR FOUR DAYS. MORE THAN 100 FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN BATTLING THE BLAZE IN TANKS AT ONE OF BRAZIL'S LARGEST BULK STORAGE COMPANIES. FUEL, CHEMICALS, VEGETABLE OIL AND CORROSIVE PRODUCTS ARE ALL STORED AT THE SITE. SIX TANKS HAVE GONE UP IN FLAMES SINCE THE BLAZE STARTED. DOLPHIN EXPERTS ARE FRUSTRATED ANOTHER HECTOR'S DOLPHIN HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD IN AKAROA HARBOUR. THE 123CM MALE DOLPHIN WAS FOUND WASHED UP ON A BEACH YESTERDAY, AND ITS INJURIES SHOW THE ANIMAL DIED IN A SET-NET. THE INNER AKAROA HARBOUR IS A MARINE RESERVE, BUT SET-NET FISHING IS ALLOWED AT THE ENTRANCE BETWEEN APRIL AND SEPTEMBER. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS CONFIRMED NZERS CAN EXPECT TO SEE A RETURN TO 10-YEAR PASSPORTS. JOHN KEY IS CONFIDENT CABINET WILL VOTE DURING THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO EXTEND THE PASSPORT VALIDITY PERIOD, WHICH WAS REDUCED TO FIVE YEARS IN THE EARLY 2000S IN RESPONSE TO SECURITY CONCERNS FOLLOWING THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN AMERICA. BACK IN 2005, HELEN CLARK, IN FAIRNESS, WAS FOLLOWING WHAT SHE THOUGHT WOULD BE THE INTERNATIONAL TREND TO FIVE-YEAR PASSPORTS. WE BROUGHT THEM IN IN '05. NO OTHER LIKE-MINDED COUNTRY FOLLOWED US, AND SO WE'RE SIMPLY SAYING, 'YES, WHILE THE OFFICIALS WOULD BELIEVE' ` AND THEY DEFINITELY STILL DO BELIEVE ` 'FIVE YEARS IS SAFER THAN 10,' WHAT WE WOULD SAY IS IT'S NOT THAT MATERIAL. WE THINK THE SAFETY FEATURES BUILT INTO A 10-YEAR WILL BE JUST AS GOOD. THE 10-YEAR PASSPORT IS EXPECTED TO COST MORE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` WHAT YOU SHOULD DO ABOUT YOUR DIGITAL LIFE AFTER YOUR DEATH. AND IN SPORT, ANOTHER BLUES PLAYER LURED AWAY BY AN IRISH DEAL. THE WELL-KNOWN MAGAZINE ROLLING STONE HAS COME IN FOR SCATHING CRITICISM AND NOW FACES LEGAL ACTION OVER AN EXPLOSIVE ARTICLE ABOUT AN AMERICAN COLLEGE. THE STORY CARRIED CLAIMS FROM A YOUNG WOMAN THAT SHE WAS THE VICTIM OF SERIOUS ASSAULT AT A UNIVERISTY FRATERNITY THAT THE MAGAZINE CALLED A 'HOUSE OF HORRORS'. THE ABC'S DAVID WRIGHT REPORTS. PHI KAPPA PSI, WHERE JACKIE, A UVA STUDENT ATTENDING A PARTY, WAS GANG-RAPED BY A BUNCH OF FRAT BOYS ` OR SO SHE CLAIMED. WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THOSE ASSERTIONS. TODAY, ROLLING STONE RETRACTED THE STORY. THE REPORTER APOLOGISED TO READERS, TO UVA AND TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ` BUT NOT TO PHI KAPPA PSI, WHO ARE NOW THREATENING TO SUE, SAYING... TODAY, COLUMBIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL RELEASED A BLISTERING INVESTIGATION COMMISSIONED BY ROLLING STONE. IT DETAILS A SERIES OF FAILURES ` AMONG THEM, THE MAGAZINE FAILED TO CONTACT JACKIE'S ALLEGED ATTACKERS OR SOME OF HER FRIENDS WHO ARE CITED IN THE STORY. THOSE FRIENDS LATER SPOKE TO ABC NEWS. THE WHOLE CONVERSATION AS DESCRIBED IN THE ARTICLE ABSOLUTELY NEVER HAPPENED. POLICE AREN'T RULING OUT SOMETHING AWFUL MAY HAVE HAPPENED TO JACKIE. STILL ROLLING STONE IS NOT FIRING THE REPORTER OR HER EDITORS. INSTEAD, PUBLISHER JANN WENNER APPEARED TO BLAME JACKIE, CALLING HER... BUT COLUMBIA'S DEAN DISAGREES. WE DO DISAGREE WITH ANY SUGGESTION THAT THIS WAS JACKIE'S FAULT. SO WHOSE FAULT IS IT, ULTIMATELY? THE REPORTER, HER EDITOR, THE EDITOR'S BOSS AND THE FACT-CHECKING DEPARTMENT ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THIS FAILURE. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO YOUR DIGITAL ARCHIVE AFTER YOUR DEATH? RESEARCH OUT TODAY REVEALS AN ALARMING LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE STATUS OF OUR SO-CALLED DIGITAL ESTATES ` EVERYTHING FROM SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES TO STORED BANK DETAILS TO AIRPOINTS. THE BBC'S CLIVE COLEMAN REPORTS. LOUISE PALMER'S DAUGHTER BECKY LOVED SHARING HER LIFE ON FACEBOOK. WHEN SHE FELL TERMINALLY ILL WITH A BRAIN TUMOUR AND LOST SPEECH AND MOVEMENT, LOUISE WOULD LOG IN WITH BECKY TO HELP HER STAY IN TOUCH WITH HER FRIENDS. BECKY DIED IN 2010, BUT LOUISE CONTINUED TO ACCESS HER ACCOUNT TO STAY CLOSE. SO TO BE ABLE TO GO ON THERE AND READ NOT ONLY WHAT PEOPLE HAVE PUT ON HER WALL BUT PRIVATE MESSAGES THAT PEOPLE HAD SENT AS WELL, IT WAS REASSURING ME THAT SHE WASN'T GOING TO BE FORGOTTEN. BUT THEN FACEBOOK LOCKED THE ACCOUNT. TODAY'S RESEARCH HAS REVEALED AN ALARMING LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. 36% OF PEOPLE BELIEVE FACEBOOK OWNED YOUR ONLINE CONTENT AFTER DEATH. 20% THOUGHT NEXT OF KIN INHERIT IT. AND ONE IN FOUR DIDN'T KNOW WHO OWNED IT. IN THE OLD DAYS, OUR TREASURED MEMORIES WERE STORED IN THE PHOTO ALBUM OR THE PAPER DIARY ` PHYSICAL THINGS THAT CAN BE PASSED ON IN A WILL. BUT IN TODAY'S VIRTUAL WORLD, THEY'RE STORED IN FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, WHATSAPP. AND IT'S MUCH LESS CERTAIN WHO OWNS WHAT. IT IS A LEGAL MINEFIELD. I MEAN, IT'S THE NEW FRONTIER, AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY NOT READING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS AN INCREASE IN DISPUTES BETWEEN COMPETING FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE SERVICE PROVIDERS. IN FEBRUARY, FACEBOOK OFFERED CUSTOMERS IN AMERICA THE OPTION OF DELETING AN ACCOUNT WHEN THEY DIE OR APPOINTING A FRIEND OR RELATIVE TO TAKE CONTROL OF SOME PARTS OF IT. IN A STATEMENT, THEY SAID... BUT THAT DOESN'T ALLOW LOUISE PALMER TO ACCESS PRIVATE MESSAGES ON BECKY'S SITE. WITH MANY CHERISHED MEMORIES OF HER DAUGHTER LOCKED UP ONLINE, LOUISE RELIES INCREASINGLY ON A FEW HOME VIDEOS FOR COMFORT. IN SPORT, IT WASN'T A HAPPY EASTER MONDAY FOR THE WARRIORS IN THEIR NRL MATCH AGAINST THE STORM IN MELBOURNE LAST NIGHT. CENTRE KONRAD HURRELL WAS A LATE INCLUSION, BUT HE AND HIS TEAMMATES WERE GUILTY OF A NUMBER OF HANDLING ERRORS. HURRELL HOLDS ACROSS. LOOKING FOR AN OPENING. TRYING TO PUSH THE PASS AND LOSING IT FORWARD. THIS IS THE STORY OF THEIR NIGHT. LOOSE CARRY FROM MATULINO. LOOKS TO OFFLOAD, ALMOST PASS THE BALL. INSTEAD HE'S COME UP WITH ANOTHER DROP. THE WARRIORS COMPLETED JUST 23 OF 35 SETS. THE STORM MADE THEM PAY. FIJIAN FLYER MARIKA KOROIBETE WITH TWO TRIES AS MELBOURNE RAN OUT 30-14 WINNERS. AND IN THE LATER MATCH, JONATHAN THURSTON HAS INSPIRED THE COWBOYS TO A 30-10 WIN OVER THE PANTHERS. A NOTABLE RECORD HAS TUMBLED IN THE TRAN-TASMAN NETBALL LEAGUE IN CHRISTCHURCH. THE SOUTHERN STEEL HAS BROKEN THE RECORD FOR THE MOST GOALS SCORED IN A MATCH AGAINST THE HAPLESS TACTIX. JAMAICAN JHANIELE FOWLER-REID SINKING 58 GOALS IN THE 84-58 DRUBBING. NO, I WASN'T AWARE OF IT. I WASN'T PLAYING TO BEAT ANY RECORD. I WAS JUST PLAYING TO BEAT THIS TEAM BECAUSE I KNOW THEY WILL COME OUT GOOD AT US. SO WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE A GOOD START AND FINISH WELL. THE TACTIX ARE STILL WITHOUT A WIN AFTER FIVE MATCHES. THE STEEL ARE THIRD IN THE NZ CONFERENCE. THE BLACK STICKS REMAIN UNDEFEATED AT THE SULTAN CUP IN MALAYSIA AFTER A GOALLESS FIRST HALF. SIMON CHILD GOT NZ OFF THE MARK BEFORE INDIA RESPONDED WITH THIS EQUALISER. THE BLACK STICKS SCORING THE WINNER JUST FIVE MINUTES FROM TIME. COMES TO HAYWARD. SWEEPS TOWARDS GOAL. HE'S FOUND THE BACK OF THE NET TO THE LEFT OF SREEJESH. NZ BACK IN FRONT, TWO GOALS TO ONE. AND THAT'S THE WAY IT ENDED. NZ NOW HAVE A REST DAY BEFORE PLAYING CANADA TOMORROW. LAST WEEK IT WAS CHARLES PIUTAU, AND NOW ANOTHER PROMISING YOUNG ALL BLACK IS DITCHING NZ RUGBY FOR IRELAND. BLUES CENTRE FRANCIS SAILI, WHO WAS CAPPED TWICE FOR THE ALL BLACKS IN 2013, HAS SIGNED A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT WITH MUNSTER. THE 24-YEAR-OLD WILL HEAD NORTH AFTER THE CURRENT SUPER RUGBY SEASON. TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIRST COMMERCIAL PROMOTING THE MUCH ANTICIPATED BOXING FIGHT BETWEEN FLOYD MAYWEATHER AND MANNY PACQUIAO. DRAMATIC MUSIC ALL ROADS END HERE. YES, THE RICHEST FIGHT IN HISTORY IS HAPPENING ON MAY 3RD NZ TIME. A TERRIFYING MOMENT CAUGHT ON CAMERA FOR AN AMERICAN SNOWMOBILER AFTER HE WAS BURIED BY AN AVALANCHE. THE ABC'S GIO BENITEZ REPORTS. WATCH THE TERRIFYING MOMENT SNOWMOBILER CURTIS JOHNSON IS COMPLETELY SWALLOWED UP BY THIS AVALANCHE,... THUDDING ...NEARLY KILLING HIM. YOU CAN SEE IT ALL UNFOLD ON HIS GOPRO CAMERA MOUNTED TO HIS HELMET. FOR TWO MINUTES, HIS FRIENDS DESPERATELY TRIED TO DIG HIM OUT, BURIED BENEATH NEARLY 3FT OF SNOW. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CAMERA HIS VISIBILITY WAS NOTHING BUT A BLINDING WHITE. AND THEN ARE YOU OK? USING THEIR HANDS AND SHOVELS, THEY WERE MIRACULOUSLY ABLE TO REACH HIM. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH HIS HEAD WHEN HE WAS BURIED UNDER THERE. THAT TWO MINUTES MUST'VE FELT LIKE TWO HOURS. RUMBLING EVERY YEAR, MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE DIE IN AVALANCHES WORLDWIDE. RUMBLING LUCKILY FOR CURTIS, HIS QUICK-THINKING FRIENDS HAD THE TOOLS TO RESCUE HIM. EVERYONE IN THE BACK COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE A SHOVEL AND A BEACON. OH NO. IN WYOMING JUST TWO MONTHS AGO, A SIMILAR INCIDENT WAS CAPTURED ON CAMERA WHEN SAM ROBINSON WAS SNOWMOBILING AND TRIGGERED AN AVALANCHE THAT ALMOST TOOK HIS LIFE. IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO PUSH THE EXTREME FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME. BUT IT'S SCARY WHEN THE EXTREME PUSHES BACK. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND HOW ONE LETTER EARNT A YOUNG GIRL A DATE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. WEATHER IS UP NEXT. BUT FIRST SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES. THE KIWI DOLLAR'S HOVERING CLOSER TO PARITY WITH THE AUSTRALIAN, BUT WHAT'S GOOD FOR HOLIDAYMAKERS MAY NOT BE GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY. THE JURY'S RETIRED IN THE CASE OF THE BOSTON BOMBING ACCUSED. DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV FACES LIFE IN PRISON OR THE DEATH PENALTY IF HE'S CONVICTED. AND ANOTHER PROMISING YOUNG ALL BLACK IS DITCHING NZ RUGBY FOR IRELAND. BLUES CENTRE FRANCIS SAILI, WHO WAS CAPPED TWICE FOR THE ALL BLACKS IN 2013, HAS SIGNED A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT WITH MUNSTER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. AND A COMPLEX TROUGH MOVES OVER CENTRAL NZ LYING WEST OF NEW PLYMOUTH AND THROUGH COOK STRAIT WHILE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE LIES TO THE NOR-EAST AND SOU-WEST OF THE COUNTRY. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FINALLY THIS MIDDAY, A YOUNG AMERICAN GIRL WHO EARNT HERSELF A DATE WITH BARACK OBAMA, THANKS TO A PLUCKY LETTER SHE WROTE TO THE PRESIDENT. THIS FROM THE ABC'S DAVID MUIR. THE PRESIDENT WAS READING 'WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE'. THEY WERE SCREAMING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE. CHILDREN SHRIEK OH NO! IT'S A BEE! 'OH, IT'S A BEE,' THE PRESIDENT SAID, BUT KEPT GOING, EVEN LOOKING TO HIS TEAM. BUT SOMEWHERE IN THAT CROWD WAS SOMEONE ELSE ` BRAVING THE BEES AND BRAVE ENOUGH TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. THE REASON SHE WAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE WAS THIS LETTER. SOFIA (9) FROM MASSACHUSETTS. 'DEAR MR PRESIDENT, I'M WRITING TO KNOW WHY THERE AREN'T MANY WOMEN 'ON THE DOLLARS, COINS FOR THE UNITED STATES. 'I THINK THERE SHOULD BE MORE WOMEN 'ON THE DOLLAR COIN FOR THE UNITED STATES, 'BECAUSE IF THERE WERE NO WOMEN, THERE ALSO WOULDN'T BE MEN.' SHE GOES ON TO SAY, 'PLEASE WRITE BACK ` SOFIA.' SHE EVEN PROVIDED A LIST. AMONG THE NAMES ` SHE HEARD BACK. 'DEAR SOFIA, THE WOMEN YOU LISTED AND DREW 'MAKE UP AN IMPRESSIVE GROUP. 'AND I MUST SAY YOU'RE PRETTY IMPRESSIVE TOO. 'SINCERELY, BARACK OBAMA.' AND WHAT DID SHE GET? AN INVITATION TO THE EASTER EGG ROLL. AND REPORTING IN TODAY WITH HER BROTHER,... HI, DAVID. I'M SOFIA, AND THIS IS MY BROTHER. I'M SO PROUD OF MY SISTER. ...SOFIA IS STILL WAITING,... I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN GET A WOMAN ON THE $20 BILL. ...HOPING TO GET A WOMAN ON THE $20 BILL. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND JUNE YEOW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015