IT'S MIDDAY. HEALTH FEARS FOR AN ALLEGED KIWI DRUG MULE AS HIS LAWYER TAKES ON ANOTHER HIGH-PROFILE CASE. MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE LATEST AMERICAN POLICE OFFICER TO SHOOT AN UNARMED BLACK MAN. AND CRICKET COMMENTATOR RICHIE BENAUD HAS DIED. WE LOOK BACK ON HIS INIMITABLE STYLE. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THERE ARE FEARS FOR THE HEALTH OF A NZ MAN HELD IN A BALINESE PRISON, WITH HIS FAMILY WORRIED HE'S NOT GETTING PROPER MEDICAL CARE. LAST NIGHT, ALLEGED DRUG SMUGGLER ANTONY DE MALMANCHE COLLAPSED DURING A COURT APPEARANCE AND WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL BEFORE BEING RETURNED TO KEROBOKAN PRISON. IT'S BELIEVED HE'S SUFFERING FROM ANGINA. HIS FAMILY IS HEADED TO BALI TO SEE THE 52-YEAR-OLD TODAY, AND HOPE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET DE MALMANCHE REASSESSED. WE HOPE TO VISIT HIM TOMORROW. FAMILY ARE VERY KEEN TO HAVE HIM REASSESSED. THAT DECISION LIES ENTIRELY WITH THE PROSECUTOR IN BALI. HIS SON SEAN SPOKEN TO ANTONY BRIEFLY LAST NIGHT WHILE HE WAS IN THE PUBLIC HOSPITAL IN DENPASAR. HE WAS, AT THAT POINT, IN QUITE A BIT OF DISCOMFORT. HE DOESN'T REMEMBER A LOT ABOUT WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THE COURT. THE WHANGANUI-BORN MAN WAS ARRESTED IN DECEMBER AFTER ALLEGEDLY SMUGGLING 1.7KG OF METHAMPHETAMINE INTO INDONESIA. AND DE MALMANCHE'S CASE ISN'T THE ONLY ONE MR TUCK'S NOW FIGHTING FOR. HE'S TAKEN ON THE CASE OF BRITISH GRANDMOTHER LINDSAY SANDIFORD, WHO'S ON DEATH ROW IN BALI FOR DRUG SMUGGLING. SAM KELWAY REPORTS. PARADED IN FRONT OF THE MEDIA, LINDSAY SANDIFORD ADMITTED SMUGGLING AROUND $3M OF COCAINE INTO BALI IN 2012. THIS WAS FILMED MOMENTS AFTER SHE LEARNED FATE ` DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD. NOW A NZ HUMAN-RIGHTS LAWYER IS TAKING ON THE 58-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER'S CASE. CRAIG TUCKER'S PART OF A LEGAL TEAM STANDING FIRMLY BEHIND SANDIFORD. WELL, I GUESS IT'S ABOUT A FAIR GO FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE. HE'S GETTING TO KNOW THE INDONESIAN SYSTEM WELL, REPRESENTING ALLEGED KIWI DRUG SMUGGLER ANTONY DE MALMANCHE. IN SANDIFORD'S CASE... THIS WILL BE HER FINAL APPEAL, AND WE WILL BE PUTTING IN FRONT OF THE COURT ALL THE FACTORS THAT PRECEDED WHAT OCCURRED WITH HER BRINGING COCAINE INTO BALI. HER LAWYERS CLAIM THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS ABANDONED HER. TO SIT AND WATCH SOMEBODY STRUGGLE AS A LITIGANT IN PERSON IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY IS JUST, FRANKLY, APPALLING, NOT LEAST BECAUSE THERE'S THE RECENT ALLEGATIONS IN RELATION TO JULIAN PONDER AND THE VICE-COUNSEL. THOSE ALLEGATIONS THAT A BRITISH DIPLOMAT ADVOCATING FOR SANDIFORD HAD A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH THE VERY PERSON SANDIFORD SMUGGLED THE DRUGS FOR. THERE WERE CERTAINLY SOME SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS BEING MADE IN THE PRESS THAT, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, WOULD TRIGGER AN INVESTIGATION. SANDIFORD HAS A FINAL APPEAL LOOMING. THAT DATE'S YET TO BE ANNOUNCED. FOR HER, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. SAM KELWAY WITH THAT REPORT. THE VOICE OF INTERNATIONAL CRICKET FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES, COMMENTATOR RICHIE BENAUD, HAS DIED. AFTER DOMINATING ON THE FIELD, HE TOOK HIS SKILLS TO THE COMMENTARY BOX, WHERE HE CARVED OUT A CAREER IN A STYLE THAT COULD ONLY BE CALLED HIS OWN. STEVE MARSHALL REPORTS. WELCOME TO THE HIGHLIGHTS OF GAME 10... WE KNEW HIM AS THE VOICE OF WORLD CRICKET WITH A FONDNESS FOR BEIGE SUITS. MAN OUT AT LONG-ON, BUT HE NEEDS TO BE 25 SEATS BACK. BENAUD'S WRY COMMENTARY GAVE BIRTH TO RICHIE IMPERSONATIONS FROM LEGIONS OF FANS AND COMEDIANS. I THINK IT HELPS TO PUT ON A CREAM, BONE, WHITE, AN OFF-WHITE, I THINK IT HELPS TO PUT ON A CREAM, BONE, WHITE, AN OFF-WHITE, AN IVORY OR A BEIGE JACKET. THAT CERTAIN HELPS PUT YOU IN THE MOOD. THE HARD-HITTING BATSMAN AND CUNNING LEG-SPINNER WAS A FORMER ASHES-WINNING CAPTAIN AND A WISE HEAD, SOUGHT BY MEDIA MOGUL KERRY PACKER AS THE FACE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WORLD SERIES CRICKET COMPETITION IN THE LATE '70S. I DON'T EXPECT ANYONE TO AGREE WITH ME. BENAUD'S COMMON-SENSICAL AND DIRECT APPROACH ENDURED FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES. HE RETIRED FROM OVERSEAS COMMENTARY WORK ON THE 2005 ASHES TOUR WHEN HE WAS 74. APPLAUSE MAN: RICHIE, OUR THANKS AND BEST WISHES. AS HE GREW OLDER, BENAUD SCALED BACK HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH CHANNEL 9. HIS HEALTH WAS DEALT A BLOW IN 2013, CRACKING TWO VERTEBRA IN A CAR CRASH. A YEAR LATER, BENAUD SPOKE PUBLICLY ABOUT HIS BATTLE WITH SKIN CANCER, SAYING HE SHOULD HAVE WORN A HAT WHEN HE WAS PLAYING. 84-YEAR-OLDS DON'T SEEM TO MEND AS WELL AS THEY USED TO. A FORENSIC CHRONICLER OF THE GAME WITH AN INNATE SENSE OF THEATRE, RICHIE BENAUD WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AS THE UNDISPUTED CAPTAIN OF CRICKET'S COMMENTARY TEAM. ONE OF THE WORSE THINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN DONE ON A CRICKET FIELD. GOODNIGHT. A RUPTURED GAS MAIN FORCED EVACUATIONS IN TAURANGA THIS MORNING. THE FIRE SERVICE WERE CALLED TO THE SUBURB OF GREERTON AFTER A DIGGER OUTSIDE THE COUNTDOWN SUPERMARKET RUPTURED THE LINE. THE FIRE SERVICE CORDONED OFF THE AREA AND EVACUATED SHOPS BEFORE GETTING THE GAS CLAMPED OFF. A VERY BUSY ROAD TO CLOSE DOWN, BUT SAFETY FIRST MEANT THAT THE ROAD HAD TO BE CLOSED STRAIGHT AWAY, WHICH WE DID. AND POLICE DID A GREAT JOB WITH SETTING UP CORDONS AROUND THE AREA. AND THE GAS AUTHORITIES DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF GETTING HERE WITH A LARGE TEAM TO RESTRICT THE GAS PRETTY QUICKLY FOR US. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND THE LEAK IS NOW UNDER CONTROL. OVERSEAS NOW, AND IN THE US, FRESH DETAILS HAVE EMERGED ABOUT PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS MADE ABOUT A WHITE POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOT AN UNARMED MAN. A BYSTANDER, WHO SAYS HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT HIS OWN SAFETY, RECORDED THE INCIDENT. THE ABC'S ALEEM MAQBOOL REPORTS. WALTER SCOTT (50) WAS SHOT DEAD AFTER BEING STOPPED, APPARENTLY BECAUSE HIS CAR'S REAR LIGHT WAS FAULTY. THE OFFICER SAID HE WAS BEING THREATENED. THE PASSER-BY WHOSE MOBILE PHONE VIDEO SEEMS TO DISPROVE THAT IS DESCRIBED BY THE SCOTT FAMILY AS A HERO. AFTER, UM, MR SCOTT WENT TO THE GROUND, I... APPROACHED TO THE... TO WHAT HAPPENED, TO THE VICTIM, AND THE POLICE SAW ME OVER THERE. AND THEN THE BACK-UP CAME. AND THEY` THEY REALLY KNEW THEN THAT I WAS THERE. HE SAID HE'D CONSIDERED ERASING THE FOOTAGE, FEELING HIS LIFE WAS IN DANGER BECAUSE OF WHAT IT SHOWED. OFFICER MICHAEL SLAGER'S NOW BEEN FIRED AND CHARGED WITH MURDER. BUT A COMPLAINT WAS MADE AGAINST HIM IN THE PAST OF EXCESSIVE USE OF A TASER GUN AGAINST A MAN IN HIS HOME ` A COMPLAINT THE POLICE NOW SAY THEY'RE LOOKING INTO AGAIN. THERE ARE MANY WHO FEEL THE ONLY REASON AN OFFICER WAS CHARGED FOR WHAT HAPPENED HERE TO WALTER SCOTT, WHERE OFFICERS HAVEN'T BEEN CHARGED IN SO MANY OTHER SIMILAR CASES ACROSS AMERICA, IS SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THAT MOBILE PHONE FOOTAGE. AND THEY FEEL THERE'S NOTHING TO STOP IT HAPPENING AGAIN. BUT THIS AREA'S SENATOR'S TABLED A BILL CALLING FOR ALL POLICE OFFICERS IN THIS STATE TO WEAR BODY CAMERAS. PEOPLE ARE TREATED DIFFERENTLY BASED ON COLOUR. SO ONCE WE RECOGNISE THAT, WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. BODY CAMERAS GO A LONG WAY TO TRANSPARENCY, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY RESULT IN JUSTICE BEING SERVED SO THERE'S GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY. SHOW THEM WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE! CAMERAS, THOUGH, ARE NO SOLUTION TO THE UNDERLYING RACIAL TENSIONS THAT KEEP BEING EXPOSED HERE EVERY TIME A BLACK MAN IS SHOT DEAD BY A WHITE OFFICER. GUNMEN DRESSED IN MILITARY UNIFORMS HAVE STORMED GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN AFGHANISTAN, KILLING AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE. FOUR ATTACKERS WERE SEEN GOING INTO THE OFFICE BEFORE HEAVY GUNFIRE BEGAN. FIVE SECURITY OFFICERS, INCLUDING A POLICE CHIEF, ARE AMONG THE DEAD, AND AT LEAST 65 PEOPLE ARE INJURED. THE TALIBAN HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK. A SAUDI-LED COALITION HAS CARRIED OUT MORE AIR STRIKES ON YEMEN. PLUMES OF SMOKE HAVE BEEN SEEN OVER THE CAPITAL, SANAA, AS THE COALITION ATTEMPTS TO STOP A POWER GRAB BY SHIITE REBELS. BATTLES HAVE NOW BEEN RAGING IN THE CITY FOR TWO WEEKS, AND THERE'S GROWING CONCERN THAT THE POWER STRUGGLE WILL RESULT IN A FULL-BLOWN SECTARIAN CONFLICT SIMILAR TO THOSE RAGING IN SYRIA AND IRAQ. IN IRAQ, 63 BODIES HAVE BEEN RECOVERED SO FAR FROM A MASS GRAVE IN THE CITY OF TIKRIT. THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT SAYS THE GRAVE CONTAINS THE REMAINS OF HUNDREDS OF SOLDIERS KILLED BY ISIS MILITANTS. ISIS TOOK THE CITY LAST YEAR AND CAPTURED AROUND 1700 GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS WHO'D BEEN TRYING TO FLEE A FORMER US AIR BASE. THE RETAKING OF TIKRIT AFTER WEEKS OF FIGHTING WAS SUBSEQUENTLY SEEN AS A KEY VICTORY AGAINST ISIS. A MAN ON TRIAL IN AN ITALIAN COURT HAS OPENED FIRE, KILLING HIS LAWYER, A CO-DEFENDANT AND A JUDGE. CLAUDIO GIARDIELLO WAS IN THE COURT FOR A BANKRUPTCY HEARING WHEN HE FIRED 13 SHOTS, MOVING FROM A COURTROOM TO A HALLWAY, THEN TO A JUDGE'S CHAMBERS DOWNSTAIRS. HE HAD TWO SPARE CARTRIDGES AND A LOADED PISTOL WHEN HE WAS APPREHENDED. IN FRANCE, THE GOVERNMENT'S HOLDING URGENT MEETINGS WITH MEDIA GROUPS AFTER A TV NETWORK WAS HACKED BY PEOPLE CLAIMING TO REPRESENT THE MILITANT GROUP ISIS. BROADCASTS WERE BLOCKED, AND THE NETWORK'S WEBSITE WAS TAKEN OVER. THE ATTACK'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS A NEW LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATION FOR ISIS AND ITS BIGGEST SUCCESSFUL HACK ATTACK SO FAR. PROSECUTORS HAVE OPENED A TERRORISM INVESTIGATION INTO THE ATTACK. A BRONZE STATUE OF A BRITISH COLONIALIST HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM A SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITY AFTER PROTESTS THAT IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE POST-APARTHEID ERA. THE DECADES-OLD STATUE OF CECIL JOHN RHODES WAS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN TO CHEERS FROM PROTESTERS, WHO DESCRIBE HIM AS A MASS MURDERER WHO STOLE INDIGENOUS LAND. THE MOVEMENT HAS SPARKED A WAVE OF SIMILAR PROTESTS IN WHICH APARTHEID-ERA STATUES HAVE BEEN VANDALISED. THERE ARE ONGOING CONCERNS OVER THE PROPOSED RESTRUCTURE OF KIWI PRISONS. THE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT PARTS OF THREE NORTH ISLAND PRISONS WILL CLOSE MEANS THE LOSS OF 260 JOBS, WITH MANY OF THE INMATES HEADING TO A NEW PRIVATELY RUN JAIL IN AUCKLAND. LABOUR CORRECTIONS SPOKESPERSON KELVIN DAVIS SAYS IT'S A TERRIBLE USE OF MONEY. 260 JOBS ARE BEING LOST. $900M TO PAY FOR THIS PRISON. SO SERCO'S GETTING THE PLANT SUPPLIED BY THE TAXPAYER, THEY'RE GETTING THEIR CORRECTIONS OFFICERS TRAINED BY THE TAXPAYER, AND THEY'RE GETTING A FREE SUPPLY OF WORK. SERCO ARE LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK. HE SAYS IT'S A KICK IN THE TEETH FOR SMALL REGIONS, WHO ARE LOSING OUT TO AUCKLAND ONCE AGAIN. ENGINEERS SAY STATE HIGHWAY 3 THROUGH THE MANAWATU GORGE IS LIKELY TO REMAIN CLOSED FOR UP TO TWO WEEKS WITH A SLIP TOO UNSTABLE FOR CONTRACTORS TO IMMEDIATELY CLEAR. THE GORGE ROAD WAS CLOSED YESTERDAY FOLLOWING A MAJOR ROCK FALL, AND ENGINEERS SAY ABSEILORS WILL NEED TO DO STABILISATION WORK BY HAND BEFORE THE SLIP CAN BE CLEARED. DETOURS REMAIN IN PLACE. IN 2011 THE SAME STRETCH OF ROAD WAS CLOSED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER A MASSIVE SLIP. THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED APPLE WATCH IS SET TO BE LAUNCHED. BUT ALREADY REPLICAS OF THE SOUGHT-AFTER GADGET HAVE HIT THE MARKET. THE WATCH DOESN'T GO ON SALE IN CHINA UNTIL LATER THIS MONTH, BUT FAKE VERSIONS ARE ALREADY ON DISPLAY IN THE CITY OF SHENZHEN. SELLING FOR AROUND NZ$70, THEY VARY IN QUALITY, AND NEW APPS CAN'T BE DOWNLOADED. THE BASIC APPLE PHONE WILL SELL IN THE STATES FOR $460. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` DETAILS OF ACTRESS SANDRA BULLOCK'S SCARY ENCOUTER WITH A STALKER. AND CONCUSSION PUTS A TOP CHIEFS PLAYER OUT OF THE GAME. OSCAR-WINNING ACTRESS SANDRA BULLOCK WAS FORCED TO LOCK HERSELF IN A CLOSET AS AN ACCUSED STALKER ROAMED THROUGH HER HOUSE. DETAILS HAVE BEEN REVEALED TODAY AS A JUDGE COMMITTED A MAN FOR TRIAL OVER THE INCIDENT. ABC'S CANDICE GIBSON REPORTS. SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED STARS IN HOLLYWOOD ` A CHARISMATIC OSCAR WINNER. BUT IN THIS FRANTIC 1AM CALL TO POLICE, SANDRA BULLOCK SOUNDS TERRIFIED. AN INTRUDER IN HER BEL-AIR HOME. THE TERRIFIED ACTRESS HIDES IN A BEDROOM CLOSET. FOR 15 MINUTES, BULLOCK REMAINS ON THE PHONE EVEN AS SHE HEARS THE MAN OUTSIDE. SHE STAYS IN THAT CLOSET, BEGGING POLICE TO HURRY. POLICE FINALLY CAPTURED THIS MAN ` BULLOCK'S ACCUSED STALKER, JOSHUA CORBETT (39). THEY SAY HE MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE HOUSE FOR FIVE HOURS AND WAS HOLDING A TWO-PAGE LETTER TO THE ACTRESS ` A DECLARATION OF LOVE. US PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE CUBAN PRESIDENT, RAUL CASTRO, ARE TO MAKE THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE TOGETHER SINCE THEY ANNOUNCED PLANS TO NORMALISE RELATIONS AFTER 50 YEARS OF COLD WAR TENSION. THEY'LL MEET AT A SUMMIT IN PANAMA CITY, OPENING A NEW CHAPTER. THE BBC'S JON SOPEL HAS THE LATEST ON HOW CUBANS ARE VIEWING THEIR PROSPECTS. IT IS TODAY A LITTLE PIECE OF PARADISE. IT'S ALSO WHERE AMERICAN-CUBAN RELATIONS WENT HORRIBLY WRONG. THIS IS THE BAY OF PIGS. GREGORIO WAS IN THE TRENCHES, SUCCESSFULLY FIGHTING OFF THE CIA-BACKED REBELS. 54 YEARS ON, HE AND HIS FRIENDS ONLY WANT FRIENDSHIP WITH BARACK OBAMA AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 'I WILL TELL ALL AMERICANS WHEN THEY COME THAT WE WILL RECEIVE THEM, 'WITH OPEN ARMS.' AND THE AMERICANS ARE COMING THANKS TO THE EASING OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS. THESE CALIFORNIAN CAR ENTHUSIASTS ARE HERE TO MARVEL AT THE LIVING MOTOR MUSEUM THAT IS HAVANA. 1950S CHEVYS, BUICKS AND STUDEBAKERS EVERYWHERE YOU GO. TODAY THE AMERICANS ARE HERE TO LOOK. BUT HOW MUCH LONGER BEFORE IT'S TO BUY? BUT FROM THIS FORMER PALACE SEIZED BY CASTRO IS CUBA'S MAIN WEAPON IN THE BATTLE FOR EXPORTS ` TORPEDOES OF THE CIGAR VARIETY. POST-REVOLUTION, THIS BECAME A FACTORY WHERE, EVEN TODAY, EVERY CIGAR IS HAND-ROLLED. PHARRELL WILLIAMS' 'HAPPY' PLAYS ON RADIO AND FROM WHERE THEY'LL BE DELIGHTED TO CONQUER THE $3B-A-YEAR AMERICAN MARKET THAT'S BEEN SHUT OFF TO THEM FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY. ECONOMIC PROGRESS, THOUGH, MAY COME AT A PRICE. IT'S LIKELY THAT THESE FABULOUS BITS OF 1950S AMERICANA WILL BE SHIPPED BACK TO THE STATES. BUT WHAT IF THEY'RE REPLACED BY THE AMERICAN BRANDS OF THE 21ST CENTURY? THE STARBUCKS, THE MCDONALDS AND THE HOTEL CHAINS? YES, CUBA MAY HAVE GOT RICHER, BUT WILL IT HAVE LOST SOME OF ITS INDIVIDUALITY, SOME OF ITS SOUL? WHAT'S CLEAR IS THAT CUBA NEEDS INVESTMENT, AND BADLY. ITS INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRUMBLING. 90 MILES SEPARATES THIS FISHERMAN'S LINE FROM THE AMERICAN COAST. THE UNBRIDGEABLE DIVIDE FOR CUBANS IS ALMOST NO MORE. 2014 GOLF MASTERS RUNNER-UP JORDAN SPIETH'S OPENING ROUND AT AUGUSTA HAS LEFT HIM AT THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD AND JUST ONE SHOT OFF TYING THE COURSE RECORD. THE AMERICAN (21) WAS FOUR-UNDER THROUGH THE TURN, CONTINUING THE IMPRESSIVE FORM THAT'S SEEN HIM WITH A WIN AND TWO RUNNER-UP FINISHES IN HIS LAST THREE TOURNAMENTS. SPEITH MADE EVEN THE TOUGH SHOTS LOOK EASY. HIT A BRANCH WHAT AN EFFORT HE FINISHED WITH A FLOURISH. A BIRDIE ON THE 18TH LEFT SPEITH WITH A ROUND OF EIGHT-UNDER PAR 64, THE FIRST PLAYER WITH NINE BIRDIES IN A MASTERS ROUND SINCE TIGER WOODS IN 2011. WOODS, MEANWHILE, WAS NOT IN THAT KIND OF FORM TODAY. A MIXED OUTING SAW HIM EVEN CALLING HIMSELF NAMES. OH TIGER. DUMBASS WOODS FINISHED UP ONE-OVER PAR 73, TIED FOR 41ST. JUST OVER A YEAR AGO, CHIEFS PROP BEN AFEAKI WAS IN THE RUNNING FOR A WORLD CUP SPOT WITH THE ALL BLACKS. TODAY HE HAS CONFIRMED HE WILL RETIRE FROM ALL RUGBY. THE 27-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY SYMPTOMS AFTER SUFFERING A SEVERE CONCUSSION LAST FEBRUARY, HIS THIRD IN THE SPACE OF THREE YEARS. YOU KNOW, IT'S A MASSIVE CHAPTER IN MY LIFE AND, UM... BUT I THINK THE DECISION WAS BASED AROUND MY HEALTH IN THE FUTURE, AND THAT'S A LOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN A COUPLE MORE YEARS OF FOOTY, YEAH. A SELF-IMPOSED DEADLINE TO RETURN TO TRAINING IN ROUND SIX OF THE SUPER RUGBY COMPETITION HAS PASSED. AFEAKI IS INSTEAD HANGING UP HIS BOOTS AFTER FIVE SEASONS WITH THE CHIEFS. HE ALSO REPRESENTED THE NZ MAORI TEAM. HIS ALL BLACK CAREER WAS CUT SHORT AT JUST ONE TEST APPEARANCE AGAINST FRANCE IN 2013. BRENDON MCCULLUM'S CHENNAI SUPER KINGS HAVE KICKED OFF THEIR INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE CAMPAIGN WITH A THRILLING WIN OVER THE DELHI DAREDEVILS. MCCULLUM WAS VERY NEARLY GONE FIRST BALL, BUT HE WASN'T SO LUCKY ON HIS SECOND. MAN: IT'S DOWN THE TRACK. IT'S OVER THERE. CIRCLING UNDERNEATH IT, AND THE CATCH IS TAKEN. THE SUPER KINGS SET DELHI 151 TO WIN. ALBIE MORKEL'S UNBEATEN 69 VERY NEARLY GOT THE DAREDEVILS HOME, BUT CHENNAI HELD ON FOR A ONE-RUN WIN. WE MAY BE HEADING FOR A STRONGER DOLLAR, BUT AUSTRALIA CAN CLAIM BRAGGING RIGHTS IN HOCKEY WE MAY BE HEADING FOR A STRONGER DOLLAR, BUT AUSTRALIA CAN CLAIM BRAGGING RIGHTS IN HOCKEY AFTER THEY DISMISSED THE MEN'S BLACK STICKS AT THE SULTAN AZLAN SHAH CUP IN MALAYSIA. THE NUMBER-ONE RANKED AUSTRALIANS WENT ON A FIRST-HALF BLITZ. MAN: COMES ACROSS. IT WILL BE THE OPENING GOAL, AND YOU WON'T GET AN EASIER FINISH THAN THAT. BEALE. GOOD BALL TO GO. IT'S ACROSS THE D, AND IT'S ANOTHER GOAL FOR JAMIE DWYER. SO SIMPLE. COMES TO HAYWARD, AND SIMPSON DROPS BACK. IT'S A THIRD GOAL FOR AUSTRALIA. NZ PULLED ONE BACK IN THE SECOND HALF THROUGH ANDY HAYWARD, BUT THE FINAL SCORE WAS 3-1. THE BLACK STICKS NEXT PLAY KOREA TOMORROW NIGHT. CHINA COULD EMERGE AS A DOMINANT POWER IN WORLD FOOTBALL IF THE PEOPLE BEHIND ONE CHINESE PRIMARY SCHOOL'S LESSONS HAVE THEIR WAY. THE SCHOOL BASES ITS DAILY EXERCISE AROUND FOOTBALL ROUTINES AND INCLUDES SKILLS LIKE PASSING, DRIBBLING AND CONTROLLING THE BALL. EACH STUDENT HAS THEIR OWN FOOTBALL, AND THE SCHOOL HOLDS ITS OWN TOURNAMENTS REGULARLY. GERMANY AND BRAZIL, LOOK OUT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND DO YOU HAVE A PAIR OF THESE RATTLING ROUND IN A DRAWER? WE HAVE A BRAND NEW USE FOR THEM. Mother Nature loves food that's free from artificial colours, flavours and preservatives, and so do I. That's why my Uncle Ben's Express Rice is made with delicious rice, vegetables and herbs and spices. Ready in just two minutes. Begin with Ben and get to wholesome meals fast. WEATHER IS NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES. THE FAMILY OF ACCUSED DRUG SMUGGLER ANTONY DE MALMANCHE IS CONCERNED HE'S NOT GETTING THE MEDICAL CARE HE NEEDS AFTER HE COLLAPSED IN COURT LAST NIGHT. NEW DETAILS ARE EMERGING ABOUT THE WHITE POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF A BLACK MAN IN SOUTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING DETAILS OF A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT ABOUT EXCESSIVE FORCE. AND THE FAMILY OF THE LEGENDARY AUSTRALIAN COMMENTATOR RICHIE BENAUD HAS BEEN OFFERED A STATE FUNERAL BY AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER TONY ABBOTT FOLLOWING NEWS OF HIS DEATH AGED 84. NOW TO THE WEATHER. A MESSY, BUSY PICTURE TODAY. A BROAD SLOW-MOVING TROUGH LIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BRINGING A WARM FEED OF MOISTURE, CLOUD AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN FROM THE TASMAN. MEANWHILE, A COLD FRONT'S APPROACHING THE SOUTH OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FINALLY AT MIDDAY, REMEMBER THE 90'S AS-SEEN-ON-TV PHENOMENON CALLED BLUBLOCKERS? WELL, NOW THE UNSTYLISH EYEWEAR IS HAVING A RESURGENCE ` AS A WAY OF GETTING A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. THE ABC'S BRANDI HITT EXPLAINS. USING YOUR CELLPHONE, COMPUTER OR EVEN WATCHING TV BEFORE BED MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM. SOME SCIENTISTS NOW SUGGEST IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE PLUGGED IN BEFORE YOU SLEEP, TRY POPPING ON THESE WHILE YOU STREAM ` ORANGE-TINTED GLASSES. RAPS: # EVERYTHING IS CLEAR. THEY BLOCK OUT THE SUN. # OH YEAH, I GOTTA GET ME SOME. # PUTTING THOSE OLD-SCHOOL BLUBLOCKERS BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT. BUT INSTEAD OF THE SUN, BLOCKING THE BLUE LIGHT THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR ELECTRONICS. BLUE LIGHT DURING THE DAY KEEPS YOU AWAKE. THAT SAME BLUE LIGHT DURING THE NIGHT IS DISRUPTIVE, AND IS INTERFERING WITH THE BODY'S ABILITY TO SLEEP. FOR SOME PEOPLE IT MIGHT BE ODD SITTING IN YOUR LIVING ROOM WATCHING TV WITH A PAIR OF THESE ON. I KNOW A NUMBER OF GAMERS THAT SWEAR BY THIS. A RECENT STUDY FOLLOWED 13 TEENAGE BOYS FOR ONE WEEK, FINDING THAT THE TEENS WORE THE BLUE-LIGHT-BLOCKING LENSES WHILE WATCHING LED SCREENS BEFORE BED FELT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE SLEEPY THAN THOSE WEARING CLEAR GLASSES. WE'RE REGULATING YOUR MELATONIN CYCLE. THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS YOUR BODY TO WAKE UP NATURALLY AND GO TO SLEEP NATURALLY. DOCTORS SAY THE GLASSES DON'T HAVE TO BE ORANGE. THE KEY IS MAKING SURE THE LENS HAS BLUE-LIGHT-BLOCKING TECHNOLOGY. BENDING THE RULES OF FASHION ALL IN THE HOPES OF GETTING A BETTER NIGHT'S SLEEP. THANKS FOR JOINING US. NGA MIHI KI A KOUTOU KATOA. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JOHN LING AND TRACEY DAWSON.