IT'S MIDDAY, MONDAY THE 29TH OF FEBRUARY. DRAMATIC CCTV FOOTAGE SHOWS THE MOMENT A LIQUOR STORE OWNER MAORI ACADEMIC, WRITER AND NZER OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE RANGINUI WALKER DIES. AND WE'RE ON THE RED CARPET AS THE OSCAR NOMINEES BEGIN TO ARRIVE, AND CURIOSITY BUILDS OVER THE HOST'S CRYPTIC TWEET. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. KIA ORA, GOOD AFTERNOON. A SOUTH AUCKLAND LIQUOR STORE OWNER HAS BEEN HOSPITALISED WITH STAB WOUNDS AFTER A LATE-NIGHT ATTACK IN MANUREWA. DRAMATIC CCTV FOOTAGE SHOWS JUST HOW VICIOUS THE ATTACK WAS WHEN THE MAN WAS CONFRONTED BY A GROUP TRYING TO ROB HIM. SAM KELWAY REPORTS. A SHEER MOMENT OF HORROR FOR THIS MANUREWA SHOP OWNER. JUST BEFORE 10 LAST NIGHT, THREE MEN APPEAR TO CONFRONT HIM OUTSIDE HIS BUSINESS, LEAVING THIS SMALL COMMUNITY IN SHOCK. EVERYONE HERE IS PRETTY FRIENDLY. WE KNOW ALL THE LOCALS. EVERYONE HERE IS PRETTY FRIENDLY. WE KNOW ALL THE LOCALS. SO DO THE LIQUOR STORE OWNERS. WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE WITH THEM. IT'S A BIT SAD. THIS CCTV FOOTAGE CAPTURED THE ACTION, AND THIS MORNING, EVIDENCE WAS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE CAR PARK. THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY KNIFE USED. THIS MORNING I'VE HAD A LOOK AT MY CAMERAS, AND THEY DID HAVE A GO AT HIM AS WELL, AND IT'S THANKS TO THE GUYS WHO LIVE ACROSS THE ROAD. POLICE SAY IF IT WASN'T FOR QUICK-THINKING NEIGHBOURS SHOWN HERE LEAPING OVER THEIR FENCE, THINGS MIGHT'VE BEEN WORSE. A MAN (19) WAS ARRESTED AND HAS APPEARED IN THE MANUKAU DISTRICT COURT. TWO OTHERS ARE STILL BEING SOUGHT. MEANWHILE, THOSE AT WORK TODAY ARE DETERMINED TO CARRY ON. IT'S ON THE BACK OF YOUR MIND. LIFE DOES GO ON. YOU CAN'T STOP AND LET THEM IN. POLICE SAY A SMALL AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL WAS TAKEN AND ARE ENCOURAGING ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD. THE SHOP OWNER IS IN A STABLE CONDITION RECOVERING IN HOSPITAL. SAM KELWAY, ONE NEWS. ACADEMIC AND WRITER DR RANGINUI WALKER HAS DIED. THE 83-YEAR-OLD WAS THE FOUNDER OF MAORI RIGHTS ACTIVIST GROUP NGA TAMATOA IN THE EARLY '70S. HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE GROUP LED TO THE FAMED MAORI LAND MARCH LED BY DAME WHINA COOPER. DR WALKER WAS ALSO NOMINATED FOR THIS YEAR'S NZER OF THE YEAR. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS DEATH COMES A DAY BEFORE HIS 84TH BIRTHDAY. INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY TO HELP WORKERS AT THE LOWEST END OF THE PAY SCALE. THOSE BACKING AN INCREASE IN WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE LIVING WAGE ARE MEETING IN WELLINGTON TO DISCUSS HOW MUCH THAT SHOULD GO UP. AND WE CAN CONFIRM THERE'LL BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY FROM GOVERNMENT ON AN INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD BROKE THE NEWS A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT THE MINIMUM WAGE WILL HIT AT LEAST $15 AN HOUR. SHE'S WITH US NOW. KATIE, ANY MORE DETAILS? Workplace relations Minister Michael Woodhouse is taking it to Cabinet. It's likely to be around be $15 mark the Prime Minister was announced at about four o'clock. It will come into force on April 1. It goes with that trend that we've seen in recent years of the minimum wage increasing by $.25-$.50 an hour. AND WHAT ABOUT THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING REGARDING THE LIVING WAGE ` WHAT'S LIKELY TO HAPPEN THERE? The living wages it higher than the minimum wage. The living wage is $19.25. It was introduced as a concept in 2013. It should go up to close to $20 an hour. The reason they have the living wage is that the minimum wage is not enough people to live on. THE RATIONALE IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORKERS, SOME 400,000-ODD WORKERS, WHO ARE ON LESS THAN THE LIVING WAGE. I DON'T THINK ON $14.25 AN HOUR OR $14.75 AN HOUR, YOU CAN SURVIVE AND PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY, AND WE SEE A LOT OF WORKERS WHO TALK ABOUT THE MASSIVE TRANSFORMATION IN THEIR LIVES THAT HAPPENS WHEN JUST THAT INCREASE OF SOME 30% HAPPENS ON A VERY LOW WAGE. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE PUT THE RATE OUT THERE, AND A LOT OF EMPLOYERS ARE COMING ON BOARD. There are employers who are coming on board with that living wage. We won't see the government minimum wage go anywhere near that rate. Labour have a policy of paying core sector workers that living wage, but wouldn't increase the minimum wage to that amount. WINZ DOUBLE-MURDER ACCUSED RUSSELL JOHN TULLY HAS ONCE AGAIN BEEN REMOVED FROM THE HIGH COURT IN CHRISTCHURCH FOLLOWING A SECOND OUTBURST THIS MORNING. AT THE START OF DAY FOUR, WITH MR TULLY IN COURT FOR THE SECOND TIME, HE SHOUTED REPEATEDLY OVER PROCEEDINGS ABOUT TRIAL FIXING. EXCUSE ME. YOUR HONOUR. I'VE ASKED TO SEE A DOCTOR. I ASK YOU TO REMAIN QUIET FOR MR MCRAE TO CALL HIS FIRST WITNESS. TRIAL FIXING BY JUDGE MANDER. CORRECTIONS STAFF, CAN YOU REMOVE MR TULLY? THANK YOU, YOUR HONOUR. THE JURY WAS THEN INSTRUCTED BY JUSTICE MANDER TO IGNORE WHAT THEY HAD JUST WITNESSED. MR TULLY DENIES ALL SEVEN CHARGES HE'S FACING IN RELATION TO THE SHOOTING AT ASHBURTON'S WORK AND INCOME OFFICE IN 2014, INCLUDING TWO OF MURDER AND TWO OF MANSLAUGHTER. CHRISTCHURCH RESIDENTS HAVE HAD A NERVE-RACKING START TO THE WEEK INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY AFTER AN HISTORIC TARANAKI HOTEL BURNT TO THE GROUND OVERNIGHT. THE WAIMATE HOTEL AND PUB IN THE TOWN OF MANAIA CAUGHT FIRE JUST AFTER 4 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. 14 FIRE TRUCKS WERE UNABLE TO SAVE THE TWO-STOREY BUILDING, WHICH WAS WELL ENGULFED WHEN THEY ARRIVED. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT STARTED THIS FIRE. NO GUESTS WERE HURT IN THE BLAZE, AND CREWS ARE NOW DAMPENING DOWN HOTSPOTS. IRONICALLY, THE HOTEL WAS BUILT IN 1906 AFTER THE ORIGINAL BUILDING BURNT DOWN IN 1881. CHRISTCHURCH RESIDENTS HAVE HAD A NERVE-RACKING START TO THE WEEK AFTER BEING SHAKEN AWAKE BY A SHARP MAGNITUDE-4.3 JOLT. THE 3.30AM EARTHQUAKE WAS CENTRED 5KM SOUTH OF THE CBD AND WAS SHALLOW AT JUST 5KM DEEP. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF INJURIES OR DAMAGE. ISSUES WITH OUT-OF-SYNC TRAFFIC LIGHTS CAUSED DELAYS FOR MOTORISTS THIS MORNING, BUT IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED IT WASN'T RELATED TO THE QUAKE. CANTABRIANS HAVE TAKEN TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO VENT THEIR FRUSTRATION AT THE EARLY MORNING WAKE-UP CALL. THERE'S CONCERN RUSSIAN AIR STRIKES COULD DERAIL A FRAGILE CEASEFIRE IN SYRIA. THE TRUCE IS IN ITS SECOND DAY AND APPEARS TO BE LARGELY INTACT, BUT THE BATTLE AGAINST ISIS CONTINUES. THE BBC'S QUENTIN SOMMERVILLE REPORTS. THE TRUCE IS ON IN SYRIA, BUT SO TOO STILL IS THE FIGHT AGAINST THE SO-CALLED ISLAMIC STATE. AIR STRIKES AND THE KURDS DROVE OUT I.S. HERE ON THESE STREETS, THE MILITANTS ONCE HELD A SLAVE MARKET FOR ISRAELI GIRLS. EXPLOSIONS, GUNFIRE BUT ISLAMIC STATE CAN STILL SURPRISE. AMERICAN JETS HELPED REPEL AN ATTACK. THIS TOWN WAS TAKEN MONTHS AGO BY THE KURDS, BUT I.S. SNIPERS AND COMMANDOS ATTACKED IN DROVES AN HOUR BEFORE THE TRUCE. SO THE KURDS HAVE CONTROL HERE, BUT IT ISN'T ABSOLUTE. AND, OF COURSE, THERE IS NO TRUCE WITH THE ISLAMIC STATE. BUT ELSEWHERE THE CEASEFIRE OF SORTS IS MOSTLY HOLDING. IT'S NOT A RETURN TO NORMAL LIFE, BUT IT'S A START. (SPEAKS ARABIC) 'TODAY THE JETS FLEW OVER, BUT THEY DIDN'T BOMB US. 'WE HOPE THAT THEY STICK TO THEIR WORD 'AND THAT CALM WILL CONTINUE TO PREVAIL, 'AND WE WANT THEM TO STOP THE REGIME.' BACK HERE, IT'S A DEFEAT, NOT A CEASEFIRE, THAT'S MAKING THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE. THE ISLAMIC STATE HAS GONE, BUT THEIR MARKINGS ON SHOPFRONTS REMAIN. THE MEN WITH GUNS WON'T BE DISAPPEARING HERE. A TRUCE ISN'T PEACE, BUT IT'S A MOMENT OF CALM. AND FOR SYRIA RIGHT NOW, THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH. OVERSEAS NOW, THE DEATH TOLL FROM TWIN SUICIDE BLASTS IN EASTERN BAGHDAD HAS RISEN TO 70, WITH MORE THAN 100 OTHERS WOUNDED. THE BLASTS HAPPENED IN A SHIA DISTRICT AND HAS BEEN CLAIMED BY ISIS, WHICH HAS ALSO THREATENED MORE ATTACKS. THE MAINLY SUNNI GROUP MILITANTS USED DOUBLE BOMBINGS TO MAXIMISE CASUALTIES, DETONATING A SECOND DEVICE AS PEOPLE FLEE OR EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVE. POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE US HAVE PAID TRIBUTE TO A COLLEAGUE WHO WAS FATALLY SHOT ON HER FIRST DAY ON THE JOB. THREE VIRGINIA POLICE OFFICERS WERE FIRED ON WHEN THEY RESPONDED TO A DOMESTIC INCIDENT. OFFICER ASHLEY GUINDON LATER DIED OF HER INJURIES. IT WAS HER FIRST SHIFT AFTER HAVING BEEN SWORN IN. POLICE OFFICERS SALUTED A MOTORCADE CARRYING THE SLAIN OFFICER'S BODY AS IT WAS DRIVEN AROUND THE TOWN OF WOODBRIDGE. HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST NIGHT BEGINS IN A FEW HOURS, WITH THIS YEARS ACADEMY AWARDS RED CARPET ALREADY UNDERWAY. THE FAMOUS FACES LOOKING TO TAKE AN OSCAR HOME HAVEN'T TURNED UP YET, BUT OUR U.S. CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME IS THERE AND SENT THIS REPORT. RIGHT. THE CEREMONY DOESN'T START FOR A FEW HOURS YET, BUT THE FIRST FEW NOMINEES ARE STARTING TO ARRIVE AT THE RED CARPET, TO MAKE THEIR WAY ALONG, SIGN A FEW AUTOGRAPHS, TAKE A FEW PHOTOGRAPHS AND EVENTUALLY MAKE THEIR WAY UP THE STAIRS INTO THE THEATRE. FROM PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, I CAN TELL YOU THE BEST MOVIE STARS, THE LEONARDO DICAPRIOS OF THE WORLD, THEY WON'T BE HERE UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE THE CEREMONY STARTS. YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE GOING PAST ALL THE PRESS, THE 300 ASSEMBLED JOURNALISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE ALL GOING, 'LEO! LEO! STOP AND DO AN INTERVIEW!' AND THEY'LL GO, 'RIGHT. I'M SORRY, GUYS. 'I'VE GOT THREE MINUTES BEFORE THIS THING KICKS OFF, 'AND I'VE GOTTA GET INSIDE.' IN TERMS OF FAVOURITES THIS YEAR, LEONARDO DICAPRIO'S ABSOLUTELY THE FAVOURITE TO PICK UP A BEST-ACTOR GONG FOR HIS PERFORMANCE IN 'THE REVENANT'. ON THE FEMALE SIDE OF THE EQUATION, WE CAN EXPECT THE BEST ACTRESS, A LIKELY FAVOURITE BEING BRIE LARSON FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN 'ROOM'. HOWEVER, BEST FILM THIS YEAR IS KIND OF ANYONE'S GUESS. OF COURSE, ALL EYES WILL BE ON HOST CHRIS ROCK AND HOW HE WILL DEAL WITH THE DIVERSITY DEBATE THAT HAS MARRED THIS YEAR'S OSCARS ALREADY. NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE, OF COURSE, VOWED TO SIT OUT THIS YEAR'S OSCARS AS A PROTEST TO THE LACK OF DIVERSITY IN THIS YEAR'S AWARDS. BUT CHRIS ROCK HAS BEEN UNUSUALLY QUIET FOR CHRIS ROCK IN THE LEAD UP TO THE OSCARS, EXCEPT FOR A CRYPTIC TWEET IN WHICH HE SAID, 'FANS SHOULD BE LOOKING FORWARD TO AN OSCARS BLACKOUT.' SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HE MEANS BY THAT IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS. OWNING AN ELECTRIC CAR JUST GOT A LITTLE EASIER IN DUNEDIN WITH THE UNVEILING OF THE SOUTH ISLAND'S FIRST RAPID CHARGER. IT TAKES UP TO HALF AN HOUR TO POWER THE CAR TO 80%. STANDARD ELECTRIC CAR CHARGERS TAKE ABOUT SIX HOURS. IN NZ, WE'RE 80% RENEWABLE ENERGY, AND SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY START THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND GET PEOPLE ENGAGED. AND SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY START THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND GET PEOPLE ENGAGED. AND YOU LOOK AROUND HERE, THERE'S 10 OR 11 LITTLE ELECTRIC VEHICLES PARKED HERE. THE CHARGER IS FREE FOR THE NEXT YEAR, THEN IT WILL COST ABOUT $5 PER CHARGE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` WHY THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS REACHING GREECE COULD TRIPLE WHY THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS REACHING GREECE COULD TRIPLE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH. AND IN SPORT ` A NEW TEENAGE STAR EMERGES AS MANCHESTER UNITED WIN IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE. 1 UPLIFTING MUSIC The people of New Zealand have a unique opportunity to decide the future of our flag. In the final referendum, your vote counts. Help decide which flag we stand for and how we're represented to the world. It's time to decide, New Zealand. GREECE HAS WARNED THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES IN THE COUNTRY COULD TRIPLE IN THE NEXT MONTH BECAUSE OF THE CAPS BEING IMPOSED AT BORDER CROSSINGS IN THE BALKANS. 22,000 MIGRANT MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE ALREADY IN GREECE, MANY STUCK AT A MAKESHIFT CAMP IN MACEDONIA. THE BBC'S DANNY SAVAGE REPORTS. FOR DAYS NOW, JUST A TRICKLE OF PEOPLE HAVE MOVED NORTH OUT OF GREECE ON THE MIGRANT TRAIL. SO AT THE BORDER, THEY SLEEP ROUGH. (CRIES) THE LUCKY ONES HAVE TENTS. ALL CHANT: OPEN THE BORDER! OPEN THE BORDER! THE CROSSING TO MACEDONIA HAS REMAINED CLOSED FOR MOST OF THE TIME, AND THE 6000 PEOPLE HERE ARE GROWING RESTLESS AND LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES. WE WILL TRY TO CROSS THE BORDER NOT FROM THIS GATES; FROM ALL THIS WAY. THEY TRIED TO CROSS IT ANYWAY. HUNDREDS OF MILES SOUTH IN ATHENS, THE FERRIES FROM THE GREEK ISLANDS HAVE ALL BUT STOPPED BRINGING MIGRANTS TO THE MAINLAND. THAT'S BECAUSE THE CAMPS AND HOLDING CENTRES ARE FILLING UP FAST. THERE'S A REAL FEELING OF 'NO MORE ROOM AT THE INN' HERE. SO THE GOVERNMENT IS SCRAMBLING TO BUILD NEW CAMPS TO HOUSE THE BACKLOG OF PEOPLE. THE ARMY IS MOVING IN TO PUT TENTS UP ON NEW SITES, BUT NOT WITHOUT RESISTANCE. ALL SPEAK GREEK AT ONE PROPOSED CAMP, LOCALS BLOCKED THE GATES IN PROTEST. THEY SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO BE OUTNUMBERED BY MIGRANTS. THIS AFTERNOON, MIGRANTS MANAGED TO BLOCK THE RAILWAY LINE NEXT TO THE BORDER AGAIN. THIS WEEK IS A CRUNCH POINT FOR THIS CHAOTIC SITUATION, WITH POLITICIANS PLANNING MORE EUROPE-WIDE TALKS. A TINY MINORITY ARE GETTING OUT OF GREECE. THE 1-MONTH-OLD TWINS WE FOUND LAST WEEK WERE TWO OF THE FEW TO CROSS THIS WEEKEND. BORN ON THE ROAD; STILL ON THE ROAD. AND HUNGARY'S PRIME MINISTER HAS ORDERED MINISTERS TO BEGIN PREPARING DEFENCES ALONG ITS BORDER TO PREVENT MIGRANTS FROM ENTERING. VIKTOR ORBAN'S WARNED THAT HUNGARY'S PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATIONAL CULTURE WERE "IN DANGER" FROM THE REFUGEES. HE'S ORDERED A HEIGHTENED POLICE PRESENCE IN TOWNS IN THE EAST AND FOR MINISTERS TO PREPARE TO BUILD "DEFENCE LINES". LAST YEAR HUNGARY BUILT FENCES ON ITS BORDERS WITH SERBIA AND CROATIA TO DIVERT THE MIGRANT FLOW. TO SPORT, AND IN A SQUAD OF FOOTBALL SUPERSTARS, IT WAS ONE OF MANCHESTER CITY'S MOST UNHERALDED PLAYERS WHO STEPPED UP IN THE LEAGUE CUP FINAL AGAINST LIVERPOOL AT WEMBLEY WITH A PENALTY SHOOT-OUT REQUIRED TO BREAK THE 1-1 DEADLOCK. CROWD ROARS AND CABALLERO MAKE A FINE STOP! LALANA. BRILLIANT! WHAT A SAVE THIS IS, BECAUSE HE DOES GO AT IT WITH POWER. MATCH POINT, MANCHESTER CITY! YAYA TOURE SEALED THE 3-1 PENALTY SHOOT-OUT WIN. CITY WON THE LEAGUE CUP FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE YEARS. AND A MANCHESTER UNITED TEENAGER IS ALL THE RAGE AFTER HE PUT A MAJOR DENT IN ARSENAL'S PREMIER LEAGUE HOPES. THE BBC'S PATRICK GEARY REPORTS. OLD TRAFFORD RESERVES A SPECIAL JOY FOR THE LOCAL LAD MADE GOOD. THIS IS MARCUS RASHFORD (18), SCORER OF TWO GOALS ON HIS DEBUT IN THE WEEK. HE WAS TRUSTED TO TAKE ON ARSENAL TODAY, AND TAKE THEM ON HE DID. HALF AN HOUR IN, THIS IS THE FINISH AND CELEBRATION OF A MAN FOR WHO FOOTBALL IS PLEASURE NOT PRESSURE. ARSENAL WERE FAVOURITES FOR THIS, BUT RASHFORD HAS NO REGARD FOR REPUTATION. THREE MINUTES LATER, INSTINCT TOOK OVER AGAIN. THE GUNNERS WERE 2-0 TO A TEENAGER FEW HAD HEARD OF A WEEK AGO. THEY GOT ONE BACK THANKS TO ANOTHER YOUNG MANCUNIAN STRIKER. DANNY WELBECK, ONCE OF UNITED AND JUNIOR TEAM FLETCHER MOSS, THE SAME CLUB THAT PRODUCED RASHFORD. THAT MIGHT HAVE MADE THE SECOND HALF NERVY FOR UNITED. NOT FOR RASHFORD. THIS TIME HE CUED UP ANDER HERRERA. 3-1. NOW ARSENAL WERE SHAKING. NEEDING POINTS TO SUSTAIN THEIR TITLE CHARGE, THEY SURGED. NERVES RETURNED. HIS REIGN HAS RARELY SEEN SUCH DRAMA. HE MUST FEEL THE SAME. FOR ALL THEIR SPENDING ON GLOBAL TALENT, IT'S TAKEN A BOY FROM DOWN THE ROAD TO GIVE UNITED TO RUGBY, AND CRUSADERS CAPTAIN SAM WHITELOCK IS IN DOUBT FOR FRIDAY'S BIG SUPER RUGBY CLASH AGAINST BLUES AT AMI STADIUM. THE LOCK WAS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THIS BOOT TO FACE BY HIS ALL BLACKS TEAMMATE TAWERA KERR-BARLOW. WHILE KERR-BARLOW ESCAPED ANY PUNISHMENT, WHITELOCK HAS BEEN LEFT TO NURSE A HEAVY FACIAL WOUND. THE CHIEFS WON THE CLASH 27-21. THE BLUES HAVE STARTED THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT'S SHOWDOWN AGAINST THE CRUSADERS, TRAINING THIS MORNING IN TORRENTIAL RAIN. ONE OF THE EARLY STANDOUTS IS TRYING TO STAY GROUNDED AFTER THE BLUES FIRST-UP WIN. 20-YEAR-OLD GIBSON HAS EARNED THE NICKNAME 'THE NEW BEGEE' HE'S FROM THE FAMOUS PONSONBY CLUB IN AUCKLAND, HAS THE B.G. INITIALS AND THE GREAT ALL BLACK WING WOULD'VE BEEN PROUD OF THIS RUN. THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM WILL HEAD TO THE 2020 WORLD CUP AS THE BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD IN THE OTHER TWO FORMATS, BUT WELL AWARE THEY HAVE NEVER MET THEIR POTENTIAL IN THE SHORTEST FORMAT IN PAST TOURNAMENTS. CHANNEL NINE'S ERIN MOLAN REPORTS. THIS LATE-EDITED ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. Steve Smith doesn't think two out of three is good enough. Next month city 20 title would complete. It would be great to be able to win the trophy. Smith says the key to its success in India would be a combination of adapting, starting well and solid partnerships. Steve takes the catch. Hopefully we can keep it up. Feilding is a big part of success. Australia will play South Africa over their. Hopefully that kind to us. Hopefully they have spinning conditions. The Aussies will trial different combinations. HOW'S THIS FOR A FINISH IN THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NBA SHOWDOWN BETWEEN OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER AND THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS? STEPH CURRY AGAIN SHOWED WHY HE'S THE LEAGUE'S BEST PLAYER. CURRY LIMPED OFF INJURED IN THE THIRD QUARTER, ONLY TO COME BACK AND SCORE 46 POINTS ON THE ROAD WITH THIS STUNNING LONG-RANGE SHOT WINNING THE GAME IN OVERTIME. OH, WHAT A SHOT! CURRY EQUALLED THE NBA RECORD FOR SUCCESFUL THREE-POINTERS IN ONE GAME WITH 12, AS THE WARRIORS EXTENDED THEIR CURRENT WINNING STREAK TO FIVE MATCHES, WINNING 121-118. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND ELTON JOHN'S SURPRISE PRE-OSCAR'S GIG BRINGS PARTS OF HOLLYWOOD TO A STANDSTILL. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. DRAMATIC CCTV FOOTAGE HAS BEEN RELEASED OF THE MOMENT A SOUTH AUCKLAND LIQUOR STORE OWNER WAS STABBED IN THE BACK FOLLOWING AN AGGRAVATED ROBBERY IN MANUREWA LAST NIGHT. MAORI ACADEMIC, ACTIVIST AND WRITER RANGINUI WALKER HAS DIED. HE PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY EVENING SURROUNDED BY FAMILY IN HIS AUCKLAND HOME. NOW TO THE WEATHER, AND A MUGGY NORTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND, WHILE THE SPECKLED CLOUD OF A COOLER SOUTHERLY FLOW IS SPREADING OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. A CLEAR SLOT OF SKY LIES IN BETWEEN. A COLD FRONT MOVES NORTHWARDS OVER THE CENTRE OF THE COUNTRY. IT'S FOLLOWED BY A RIDGE OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ ELTON JOHN'S GIVEN WEST HOLLYWOOD A PRE-OSCARS TREAT, PERFORMING A FREE CONCERT ON THE EVE OF THE ACADEMY AWARDS. THE SINGER WAS JOINED BY OSCAR NOMINEE LADY GAGA, WHO'S SET TO PERFORM AT TODAY'S AWARDS. ELTON JOHN SHUT DOWN SEVERAL BLOCKS ON THE SUNSET STRIP FOR THE HOUR-LONG SHOW. # COS LOSING EVERYTHING # IS LIKE THE SUN GOING DOWN ON ME. # GAGA! HE DEDICATED THE PERFORMANCE TO THE CITY FOR ITS SUPPORT OF THE ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND VIRGINIA PHILP. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016