It has been quite an interesting day weatherwise across the country. A warm northerly ahead of the front. A caller southerly. More settled weather coming in. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. JUST WHO'S DRIVING OUR TRUCKS? WHY THERE'S BEEN A MORE THAN TENFOLD INCREASE IN DRIVERS FROM JUST ONE COUNTRY ` A ONE NEWS EXCLUSIVE. PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA'S JUMPED, AS WE REVEAL GOOD NEWS FOR ADVOCATES. SO, I WOULD EXPECT THAT THE RESULTS OF THOSE WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN A YEAR OR TWO. AND EXCLUSIVE DETAILS ON HOW LITTLE LAND THE GOVERNMENT'S BOUGHT TO EASE HOUSING PRESSURE AS PRICES AROUND THE COUNTRY KEEP ON CLIMBING. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. THE FAKE TRUCK DRIVERS LICENCE SCANDAL UNCOVERED BY ONE NEWS COULD BE MUCH BIGGER THAN FIRST THOUGHT, WITH THE MINISTER SAYING HIS CONCERN IS OFF THE SCALE. A TENFOLD INCREASE IN LICENCES CONVERTED FROM INDIA IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT, AS POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS AN EAST AUCKLAND AGENT WAS SELLING FAKE LICENCES. REBECCA WRIGHT BROKE THIS STORY. JUST WHO IS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE HEAVY TRUCKS OUT ON OUR ROADS? IT'S A QUESTION VEXING MULTIPLE AGENCIES INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS TRUCK LICENCES HAVE BEEN SOLD ILLEGALLY OUT OF THE AA IN EAST AUCKLAND FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE SAYS HE'S TAKING IT VERY SERIOUSLY. ON A SCALE OF ONE TO 10 ` 10�. NOW ONE NEWS HAS THE NZTA FIGURES THAT REVEAL A SPIKE IN CLASS 5 TRUCK LICENCE CONVERSIONS FROM INDIA, WHICH IS TROUBLING OFFICIALS. IN 2013, JUST 70 INDIAN TRUCK LICENCES WERE CONVERTED TO THE KIWI EQUIVALENT. IN 2014, THAT FIGURE MORE THAN DOUBLED. THEN IN 2015, 772 TRUCK LICENCES WERE CONVERTED FROM INDIA. THAT'S A 349% INCREASE, AND ONE OUT OF ALL PROPORTION WITH IMMIGRATION. REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER THE MIGRATION NUMBERS ARE, TO GO FROM DOUBLE DIGITS TO TRIPLE DIGITS ` UP ABOUT 700 ` IT IS CONCERNING, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING PART OF THIS REVIEW. IT IS QUITE, QUITE CONCERNING. CELIA PATRICK IS THE NZTA OFFICIAL ASSISTING POLICE WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION. WHAT THE POLICE ARE DOING IS GETTING INFORMATION FROM US TO HELP THEIR INQUIRY. THE INQUIRY IS FOCUSED ON A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND OUTLETS, AND THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY AT THIS STAGE. AND IT'S FOCUSED ON THIS MAN ` LOVEPREET BRAR. ONE NEWS HAS SEEN EVIDENCE THAT HE OFFERED A HEAVY TRUCK LICENCE FOR SALE, BUT BRAR DENIES ANY INVOLVEMENT. HE AND THREE OTHER PEOPLE ARE UNDER POLICE INVESTIGATION, ONE OF THEM A DRIVER TESTING OFFICER FROM THE VTNZ. WE JUST CANNOT CONDONE THAT LEVEL OF CORRUPTION AND FRAUD IN THIS COUNTRY. THE INDUSTRY IS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE FOUR OFFICIAL INVESTIGATIONS. WE WELCOME OVERSEAS DRIVERS, BUT THEY MUST HAVE THE RIGHT QUALIFICATIONS, AND OUR AUTHORITIES HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE LICENSES ARE VALID. THE INTEGRITY OF THE ENTIRE LICENCING SYSTEM IS AT STAKE. REBECCA'S WITH US NOW. REBECCA, WHEN MIGHT WE SEE SOME CHARGES ON THIS? It could be months. The police have a huge job ahead of them. They have to check and cross reference hundreds of licenses. We do know now that the serious fraud office is taking an interest. It is aware of the potential corruption angles in their assisting police with this investigation. THANKS, REBECCA. NOW TO THE PANAMA PAPERS SAGA AND AN EMBARRASSING REVELATION FOR JOHN KEY THIS AFTERNOON. LET'S GET STRAIGHT TO POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN FOR THE DETAILS. CORIN. This afternoon Parliament released its annual register of Mps interests. There was a new entry for John Key for the Antipodes trust. His lawyer works for that firm. They work for the foreign trust that are at the centre of this global Panama paper scandal. SO, CORIN, DOES THAT MEAN JOHN KEY HAS INTERESTS IN A FOREIGN TRUST? He insists that he does not. He is adamant that this is changing nothing. But it is around the perceptions and the timing. SO WHAT'S JOHN KEY SAYING TONIGHT? Ken Whitney has been the Prime Minister's lawyer for a long time. The difference between this year's pecuniary interests and the last years is that he has changed law firms. This comes right on the day when Andrew Little was challenging the Prime Minister to releases tax details in Parliament. There are no such rumours that I have benefited from tax havens. This foreign trust industry is a legitimate business that has been operating in New Zealand for many years. There is no evidence that the Prime Minister has done anything wrong. It is about perception. KIWIS COULD FIND IT EASIER TO GET A BROAD RANGE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA PRODUCTS WITHIN TWO YEARS. THE GOVERNMENT'S CONFIRMED IT'S LOOKING AT OPTIONS AS A ONE NEWS COLMAR BRUNTON POLL SHOWS OVERWHELMING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR EASIER ACCESS. RYAN BOSWELL EXPLAINS. LIVING WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, ASTHMA AND ARTHRITIS, HUHANA HICKEY'S IN CONSTANT PAIN; PAIN SHE MANAGES WITH MEDICAL MARIJUANA. YOU DON'T END UP IN A FOG ALL THE TIME WHERE YOUR BRAIN ISN'T ALWAYS FEELING LIKE IT CAN'T THINK, CAN'T FUNCTION, CAN'T COORDINATE. DR HICKEY'S ONE OF 100 KIWIS WHO USE THE ONLY READILY AVAILABLE PRODUCT, SATIVEX, BUT IT'S NOT SUITABLE FOR EVERYONE. PETER DUNNE WANTS TO MAKE MORE PRODUCTS AVAILABLE, BUT ONLY IF THEY'RE PROVEN TO BE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. HE'S NOW LOOKING AT RESEARCH BEING DONE IN AUSTRALIA. SO I WOULD EXPECT THE RESULTS OF THOSE WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN A YEAR OR TWO, AND THAT'S THE POINT AT WHICH WE CAN THEN SEE IF THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED IN AUSTRALIA AND LOOK TO DO LIKEWISE HERE. THE LATEST ONE NEWS COLMAR BRUNTON POLL SHOWS MOST KIWIS ARE ON SIDE. WE ASKED... NEARLY THREE-QUARTERS OF PEOPLE WERE IN FAVOUR, JUST OVER 20% AGAINST. I THINK THAT'S ABOUT WHERE I THINK PUBLIC OPINION IS AT. IN FACT, I'D HAVE VOTED YES IN THE POLL TOO. PAUL HOLMES AND MARTIN CROWE USED CANNABIS TO MANAGE THEIR PAIN FROM CANCER TREATMENT. HELEN KELLY'S DOING THE SAME. LABOUR'S DAMIEN O'CONNOR SAYS SICK PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE FORCED TO BREAK THE LAW. MY BILL GOES BEYOND PHARMACEUTICAL GRADE; IT DOES ALLOW THE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS THEMSELVES TO INVESTIGATE WHAT WOULD BE A SAFE PRODUCT FOR PRESCRIBING. PETER DUNNE ARGUES HE COULD MOVE SOONER IF CLINICAL TRIALS WERE DONE HERE, BUT NO ONE'S OFFERED, AND HE SAYS THERE'S ONLY FOUR PHARMACEUTICAL GRADE CANNABIS PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE, ONE BEING SATIVEX. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE DYING OUT THERE, AND WE NEED THIS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. A TWO-YEAR WAIT JUST TOO LONG FOR SOME. RYAN BOSWELL, ONE NEWS. NEW FIGURES SHOW HOUSE PRICES ARE REACHING NEW RECORD HIGHS, AND NOT JUST IN AUCKLAND'S OVERHEATED MARKET. THE REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE SAYS THE AUCKLAND MARKET IS CAUSING A HALO AFFECT FOR SURROUNDING AREAS. JESSICA MUTCH HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THE FIGURES. JESS. RECENT FEARS THAT THE AUCKLAND MARKET IS COOLING OFF WERE OVERSTATED, ACCORDING TO TODAY'S FIGURES. THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A HOUSE IN AUCKLAND IS NOW $820,000 ` THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IT'S GONE OVER $800,000. ACROSS NZ, NEARLY 10,000 HOUSES WERE SOLD IN MARCH ALONE ` THAT'S THE HIGHEST FIGURE SINCE 2007. AND THE NUMBER OF HOUSES SOLD FOR OVER A MILLION HAS ALSO GONE UP. 1300 HOUSES HAVE SOLD FOR MORE THAN $1M ` THAT'S 30% MORE THAN LAST YEAR. IT'S NOT JUST IN AUCKLAND; THE BAY OF PLENTY, WELLINGTON, MARLBOROUGH AND CANTERBURY HAVE ALL SET NEW RECORDS, AND THERE'S BEEN EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH IN CENTRAL OTAGO LAKES. THAT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT'S CALLED THE HALO EFFECT. HERE'S HOW THE REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE EXPLAINS IT. SO, THE HALO EFFECT IS WHERE WE SAW STRONG SALES THROUGHOUT AUCKLAND, AND THEN WITH SOME OF THE REGULATORY CHANGES WE SAW THAT INVESTORS AND FIRST-HOME BUYERS BEGAN TO MOVE OUT TO THE REGIONS. IT STARTED IN NORTHLAND, MOVED DOWN THROUGH TO HAMILTON AND NOW WE'RE SEEING IT IN WELLINGTON, RIGHT DOWN TO SOUTH ISLAND. ANOTHER POINT ` THE NUMBER OF HOUSES BEING SOLD AT AUCTION HAS GONE UP DRAMATICALLY THIS YEAR. NOW ALMOST A QUARTER OF HOMES SOLD IN NZ ARE SOLD AT AUCTION. ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S BIG PROMISES TO HELP COOL AUCKLAND PROPERTY PRICES WAS TO FREE UP SOME 500HA OF LAND TO MEET THE SHORTAGE OF SUPPLY. BUT ONE NEWS CAN CONFIRM THAT THE PLAN IS MOVING INCREDIBLY SLOWLY AND HAS ALREADY COST TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD HAS EXCLUSIVE DETAILS. GOVERNMENT HOUSE, MANGERE CEMETERY AND POWER SUBSTATIONS ` ALL ON AN OFFICIAL LIST OF LAND IN AUCKLAND WHICH OFFICIALS SUGGESTED COULD BE USED FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS LIST. ALL OF THE PROPERTIES I'VE LOOKED AT ARE SENSIBLE AND ARE GOING TO BE USED. THE IDEA FROM THE OPPOSITION THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S GONNA HAVE HOUSING BUILT ON CEMETERIES, BUILT ON POWERSTATIONS, BUILT ON GOVERNMENT HOUSE, IS SIMPLY MISCHIEF MAKING. AND NICK SMITH SAYS THE LIST IS OLD ` FROM 2007. LABOUR CAN'T BELIEVE HE NEVER SAW IT. HIS OFFICIALS RELEASED THIS LIST, SAYING IT WAS THE LIST THAT WAS USED AS THE BASIS OF NICK SMITH'S ANNOUNCEMENT. PHIL TWYFORD SAYS IT SHOWS LAST YEAR'S ANNOUNCEMENT ` MADE IN TIME TO BID FOR BUDGET FUNDING ` WAS RUSHED. WELL, THIS IS CLASSIC NICK SMITH ` IT'S HALF-BAKED, SCRAMBLED TOGETHER. HE HASN'T DONE HIS HOMEWORK. IT'S A FARCE. THE CROWN LAND BUY-BACK'S CERTAINLY SLOW ` AND EXPENSIVE ` GIVEN THE MINISTER'S CONFIRMED THAT OF THE 500HA PROMISED, ONLY 25HA HAVE BEEN SECURED, USING UP ALL HIS $54M BUDGET. I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO 500HA WITH THE EXISTING BUDGET OF $54M. WELL, THIS WOULD BE FUNNY IF IT WASN'T SO TRAGIC. AUCKLANDERS DESPERATELY NEED HOUSES TO LIVE IN. DR SMITH SAYS 1000 HOMES WILL BE BUILT ON THAT 25HA. SO WORK HAS BEGUN ON JUST 5% OF THIS PROJECT, LEAVING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE TO FIND, AND FUND, THE REMAINDER OF THAT 500HA. NICK SMITH SAYS HE'S ASKED FOR MORE MONEY IN NEXT MONTH'S BUDGET. WELL, YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. NICK SMITH'S STILL PROMISING WE'LL SEE 500HA OF DEVELOPMENT. HE JUST CAN'T SAY WHEN. KATIE BRADFORD, ONE NEWS. CRITICISM'S MOUNTING OVER AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S DECISION TO BUY AN INNER CITY BUILDING DESPITE PRE-PURCHASE REPORTS WARNING OF POTENTIALLY COSTLY PROBLEMS. ALL THE GRANITE CLADDING ON THE COUNCIL'S NEW HEADQUARTERS MUST NOW BE REPLACED AT A COST OF TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND EVEN SOME COUNCILLORS ARE FURIOUS CONCERNS WEREN'T MORE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED AND RATEPAYERS WILL PAY FOR THE SUBSTANTIAL REPAIRS. I THINK WE OWE AN APOLOGY TO RATEPAYERS. THIS HAPPENED ON THE WATCH OF THE COUNCIL OF 2010 TO 2013. I WASN'T PART OF THAT FIRST COUNCIL, BUT I AM NOW, AND I AM NOT CONVINCED AT ALL THAT THERE WAS GOOD OVERSIGHT FROM A GOVERNANCE LEVEL. SCAFFOLDING'S GOING UP AROUND THE BUILDING IN CASE ANY GRANITE COMES LOOSE WHILE A LONG-TERM SOLUTION IS WORKED OUT. NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN PHOTOS OF DOUBLE WINZ KILLER RUSSELL TULLY'S FATAL SHOOTING SPREE HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC. JUST A WARNING ` SOME MIGHT FIND THE IMAGES DISTRESSING. THE STILL IMAGES, WHICH SHOW THE DOUBLE MURDERER WEARING A BLACK BALACLAVA, HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF THE 61-SECOND SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE OF HIS VIOLENT RAMPAGE. WINZ OPPOSED THE RELEASE OF THE PHOTOS, BUT THE JUDGE RULED THEY SHOULD BE MADE PUBLIC TO ALLOW COMPLETE REPORTING OF TULLY'S OFFENDING. A PROMINENT NZER'S WEPT IN COURT IN WHANGAREI AFTER BEING FOUND NOT GUILTY OF A DOZEN SEX CHARGES AGAINST TWO SCHOOLGIRLS. THE MAN, WHO WAS UP FOR INDECENT ASSAULT, HAS FOUGHT FOR MORE THAN A YEAR TO KEEP HIS NAME SECRET. THE DEFENCE ARGUED THE GIRLS WERE TELLING LIES, AND THAT ONCE THEY STARTED LYING THEY COULDN'T TURN BACK. THE CROWN ARGUED THE MAN'S OFFENDING WAS OPPORTUNISTIC AND BECAUSE OF HIS STATUS THE GIRLS WERE TOO SCARED TO TELL HIM TO STOP. A MAN DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S WORST SEX OFFENDERS HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO NEARLY 20 YEARS IN PRISON. ROBERT BURRETT ABUSED YOUNG GIRLS, SOME OF THEM DISABLED, OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD WHILE HE WORKED AS CARETAKER AT A CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOL AND AS A BUS DRIVER. KIM SAVAGE REPORTS. THE COURT HAS RULED WE CAN'T SHOW RECENT IMAGES OF ROBERT BURRETT. AT 64, HE'S NOW MUCH OLDER THAN IN THIS PHOTO, AND FOR TWO YEARS, HE'S SEXUALLY ABUSED SCHOOLGIRLS, SOME AS YOUNG AS 5 YEARS OLD. MOST OF THIS OFFENDING OCCURRED IN THE CARETAKER'S SHED IN THE SCHOOL GROUNDS WHERE YOU WORKED AS A CARETAKER. YOU HAD FITTED THIS SHED WITH CURTAINS AND A LOCK. THE REST TOOK PLACE WHILE HE WAS A BUS DRIVER, TRANSPORTING SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. YOU GROOMED AND MANIPULATED CHILDREN. IN FEBRUARY, BURRETT ADMITTED 21 CHARGES, INCLUDING RAPE AND SEVERAL FORMS INDECENT ASSAULT, RELATING TO 12 GIRLS BETWEEN 2013 AND 2015. HIS LAWYER TODAY TOLD THE COURT OF HIS CLIENT'S REMORSE. I HAVE WATCHED MR BURRETT SLOWLY COME TO GRIPS WITH THE GRAVITY OF HIS OFFENDING. THAT HARM OUTLINED BY ONE OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE VICTIMS, NONE OF WHOM CAN BE IDENTIFIED. MEDIA WEREN'T ALLOWED TO FILM BURRETT IN COURT DURING TODAY'S SENTENCING, TO PROTECT HIS VICTIMS' IDENTITIES. AS THE 19�-YEAR SENTENCE WAS HANDED DOWN, BURRETT STOOD CALMLY IN THE DOCK WITH HIS ARMS FOLDED, LISTENING INTENTLY TO WHAT THE JUDGE HAD TO SAY. BURRETT ALSO WORKED AT OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE PAST. THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SAYS IT'S FOUND NOTHING IN ITS RECORDS WHICH FORESHADOWED HIS BEHAVIOUR. BUT, NOW, IF SCHOOLS ARE AWARE OF SOMETHING UNTOWARD, THEY MUST COME FORWARD. THEY MUST REPORT TO THE EDUCATION COUNCIL, AND IF THEY DON'T, IT IS NOW AGAINST THE LAW, AND THEY CAN RECEIVE A SEVERE FINE FOR NOT DOING SO. BURRETT THE ONE TODAY RECEIVING PUNISHMENT FOR HIS CRIMES. WITH CREDIT FOR THE TIME YOU'VE ALREADY SPENT IN PRISON ON REMAND, IT IS UNLIKELY YOU WOULD BE RELEASED UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 2034, WHEN YOU WILL BE ABOUT 83 YEARS OF AGE. STAND DOWN IN CUSTODY. WITH 10 YEARS TO PASS BEFORE BURRETT CAN EVEN BE CONSIDERED FOR PAROLE. KIM SAVAGE, ONE NEWS. CHANGE COULD BE COMING ON WHO DECIDES ABOUT FLUORIDE IN YOUR WATER. IT'S A VEXED ISSUE THAT ALWAYS SPARKS PLENTY OF DEBATE, SO WILL TAKING IT AWAY FROM COUNCILS AND PUTTING DHBS IN CHARGE HELP? WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE NUMBER OF WILD TIGERS? WHY THEIR POPULATION'S FINALLY ON THE RISE AFTER A CENTURY IN DECLINE. AND AS THE BREAKERS LOCK IN NEXT SEASON'S ROSTER, SHARPSHOOTER KIRK PENNEY'S HAPPY TO BE BACK IN HIS HOMETOWN TEAM. Did you realise that the average NZ home produces around 8 litres of moisture a day? Over a year, it's the equivalent of two of these. Damp homes are harder to heat and they're bad for our health, so reduce moisture by opening windows and doors regularly to let fresh air circulate; use externally vented fans in kitchens, bathrooms and laundries; dry your clothes outside when you can. Reducing moisture improves your warmth, comfort and health. UPBEAT MUSIC WHISPERS: Just going... WHISPERS: Just going... PRINTER WHIRRS MUSIC CONTINUES With helpful staff and our handy guides, you'll get the right advice at Mitre 10 MEGA. THE CONTROVERSIAL QUESTION OF WHETHER TO FLUORIDATE THE WATER SUPPLY OR NOT IS SET TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE HANDS OF LOCAL COUNCILS. A GOVERNMENT MOVE TO GIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS MEANS MANY MORE NZERS ARE LIKELY TO HAVE THE TOOTH DECAY PREVENTER ADDED TO THEIR WATER. WILL HINE REPORTS. SICK MOUTHS, PAINFUL TEETH AND A PROBLEM THE GOVERNMENT SAYS CAN BE ADDRESSED BY FLUORIDATION. 40% OF UNDER-FIVES IN NZ HAVE HAD A ROTTEN TOOTH. THAT'S UP TO 60% IN MAORI. THE BEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR COMBATTING THAT IS FLUORIDATION OF THE WATER SUPPLY. UNTIL NOW, LOCAL BODIES HAVE DECIDED WHETHER TO FLUORIDATE, BUT THAT'S LED TO COSTLY REFERENDUMS AND COURT BATTLES FOR COUNCILS LIKE SOUTH TARANAKI, HAMILTON AND WHAKATANE. WE'RE LAY PEOPLE. WE'RE THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO DO THE BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND AT TIMES WE GET OVERWHELMED WITH TECHNICAL ASPECTS FOR OR AGAINST FLUORIDE. SO THE PLAN IS TO HAND DECISION MAKING TO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS. LIKE COUNCILS, THEY HAVE ELECTED MEMBERS, BUT COME WITH MORE HEALTH EXPERTISE. THERE'S STILL CHOICE AROUND FLUORIDATION, BUT THE DHBS WILL BE MAKING THAT DECISION. BUT, YES, I WANT TO SEE MORE FLUORIDE IN NZ WATER SUPPLIES. THE IDEA LIKELY TO FACE RESISTANCE AT SELECT COMMITTEE STAGE. IT WOULD MEAN THAT WE WERE ONE OF ONLY THREE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD WITH MANDATORY FLUORIDATION. IT'S HUGELY BACKWARDS. BUT THAT VIEW GOES AGAINST ESTABLISHED THINKING. ORGANISATIONS HERE AND OVERSEAS ENDORSE FLUORIDATION AS A WAY TO IMPROVE DENTAL HEALTH. IF WE CAN GET MORE FLUORIDE IN THE WATER, THEY TELL ME THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DECREASE TOOTH DECAY BY 40% IN CHILDREN, UP TO 30% IN ADULTS, AND THAT CAN ONLY BE A GOOD THING. A PROMISE OF CHANGE FOR AROUND HALF THE COUNTRY CURRENTLY WITHOUT ADDED FLUORIDE IN THE WATER. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. ONE OF THE TEENAGERS ACCUSED OF MURDERING IHAIA GILLMAN-HARRIS AT THE ASCOT EPSOM MOTEL IN DECEMBER 2014 HAS GIVEN EVIDENCE AT THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND. THE DEFENCE OPENED ITS CASE SAYING LEONARD NATTRASS-BERQUIST WAS SHOWN PORNOGRAPHY BEFORE BEING SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY THE 54-YEAR-OLD. CHRIS CHANG WAS IN COURT. LEONARD NATTRASS-BERQUIST STANDS ACCUSED OF MURDER. IN COURT, HE DESCRIBED EVENTS LEADING TO THE ALLEGED ATTACK ON IHAIA GILLMAN-HARRIS. HE SAYS IT STARTED WHEN THE OLDER MAN PULLED OUT A LAPTOP IN THE MOTEL ROOM. HE SAID, 'DO YOU LIKE THIS?' WHEN I LOOKED OVER, HE SPUN THE LAPTOP AROUND TO ME AND I COULD SEE THEM PRETTY PLAIN. THE IMAGE` I COULD SEE PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES. NATTRASS-BERQUIST SLAMMED THE LAPTOP SHUT. I PUSHED MYSELF BACK FROM HIM ASKED HIM WHAT THE <BLEEP> THAT WAS ABOUT, TO WHICH HE REPLIED THAT WE HAD BEEN DICKING HIM AROUND FOR TOO LONG AND WE NEEDED TO START PAYING WHAT WE OWED TO HIM. THE DEFENCE SAYS THE 54-YEAR-OLD THEN SHOVED THE TEENAGER ON TO THE BED. HE HELD ONE HAND ON HIS THROAT AND HE PLACED THE OTHER HAND ON HIS PENIS. BEAUEN WALLACE-LORETZ RETURNED FROM THE BATHROOM TO FIND GILLMAN-HARRIS ON TOP OF HIS FRIEND. A FIGHT BEGAN. WALLACE-LORETZ EVENTUALLY SMASHED THE BACK OF THE VICTIM'S HEAD WITH A BOTTLE. THE LAW, QUITE APPROPRIATELY, SAYS THAT YOU'RE ENTITLED TO DEFEND YOURSELF OR ACT IN THE DEFENCE OF ANOTHER. THE ACCUSED SAID HE ONLY FOUND OUT GILLMAN-HARRIS HAD DIED THE FOLLOWING DAY. I FELT TERRIBLE. NO MATTER WHAT, NO ONE DESERVES THAT. WHILE THE CROWN SAYS TEXT MESSAGES BETWEEN THE PAIR SHOW MURDEROUS INTENT, THE ACCUSED SAY THEY WERE JUST TALKING TOUGH. THE DEFENCE CASE CONTINUES TOMORROW. CHRIS CHANG, ONE NEWS. A SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK HAS KILLED AT LEAST 12 YOUNG ARMY RECRUITS IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN. DOZENS MORE WERE WOUNDED WHEN THEIR ARMY SHUTTLE BUS WAS DESTROYED BY AN ATTACKER ON A MOTORBIKE LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVES. THE TALIBAN HAVE CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK. MEANWHILE, IN KABUL A ROADSIDE BOMB BLEW UP A BUS CARRYING GOVERNMENT WORKERS TO THEIR OFFICES, KILLING AT LEAST TWO. AND IN SOMALIA, ISLAMIST MILITANT GROUP AL SHABAAB HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR A CAR BOMB ATTACK THAT KILLED AT LEAST FIVE IN THE CAPITAL, MOGADISHU. MOST OF THE DEAD WERE IN A PACKED RESTAURANT, CLOSE TO A LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING. A WOMAN AND A CHILD HAVE BEEN PULLED ALIVE FROM RUBBLE AFTER A THREE-STORY BUILDING COLLAPSED IN CHINA. CCTV CAUGHT THE MOMENT OF COLLAPSE, DEBRIS CRASHING ONTO CARS AND PEDESTRIANS BELOW. ILLEGAL RENOVATION OF A GROUND FLOOR SHOP MAY HAVE TRIGGERED THE COLLAPSE, WITH REPORTS A SHOP OWNER DEMOLISHED A LOAD-BEARING WALL. RAIN SWEEPS UP THE COUNTRY BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES. The front smooth the way up the country, the cooler air coming behind. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ JUST AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` THEY'VE BEEN ACCUSED OF SHIRKING THEIR ROYAL OBLIGATIONS, BUT THERE'S NO LET UP FOR THE YOUNG ROYALS ON THEIR VERY BUSY TOUR OF INDIA. AND FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN MALAYSIA UNEARTHED THIS TRULY MONTY PYTHON. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` ONE NEWS HAS OBTAINED FIGURES SUGGESTING THE PROBLEM OF FAKE TRUCK DRIVING LICENSES COULD BE MUCH BIGGER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. THEY SHOW A TENFOLD INCREASE IN INDIAN TRUCK LICENSES CONVERTED TO THE KIWI EQUIVALENT. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS LICENCES HAVE BEEN SOLD ILLEGALLY. JOHN KEY HAS DECLARED A FINANCIAL LINK TO A COMPANY SPECIALISING IN FOREIGN TRUSTS, AND MR KEY'S LAWYER IS A DIRECTOR. BUT THE PRIME MINISTER'S ADAMANT HE DOESN'T USE FOREIGN TRUSTS HIMSELF, AND WILL NOT BE FOLLOWING ANDREW LITTLE'S LEAD AND RELEASING HIS TAX DETAILS. PRINCE WILLIAM HAS PAID TRIBUTE TO THE QUEEN AHEAD OF HER 90TH BIRTHDAY NEXT WEEK, SAYING SHE'S A WONDERFUL GREAT-GRANDMOTHER TO HIS CHILDREN. WILLIAM AND KATE WERE IN NEW DELHI ON THE SECOND DAY OF THEIR TOUR OF INDIA AND BHUTAN. THIS FROM BBC ROYAL CORRESPONDENT NICHOLAS WITCHELL. BAND PLAYS 'GOD SAVE THE QUEEN' IT WAS A GRANDSON'S PERSONAL TRIBUTE. AT A RECEPTION AT THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER'S RESIDENCE IN DELHI, WILLIAM SPOKE OF THE MONARCH ` HIS GRANDMOTHER ` WHO, ON THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK, WILL CELEBRATE HER 90TH BIRTHDAY. I'M INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE MY GRANDMOTHER IN MY LIFE. AS SHE TURNS 90, SHE'S A REMARKABLY ENERGETIC AND DEDICATED GUIDING FORCE FOR HER FAMILY. GEORGE AND CHARLOTTE, TOO, WILL DISCOVER HOW LUCKY THEY ARE TO HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL GREAT-GRANDMOTHER ` A ROLE MODEL FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. AND AS A ROLE MODEL FOR HER FAMILY, THE QUEEN HAS SET A VERY HIGH BENCHMARK. THE QUALITY MOST PEOPLE WOULD ASSOCIATE WITH THE QUEEN IS DEVOTION TO DUTY, AND THAT HAS BECOME A SLIGHTLY SENSITIVE ISSUE FOR WILLIAM RECENTLY BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS COMMITMENT TO ROYAL DUTY. SO THIS VISIT IS A CHANCE TO DISPEL THOSE DOUBTS. THERE'S CERTAINLY BEEN NO LACK OF ENTHUSIASM. THIS WAS WILLIAM TRYING A RACING CAR SIMULATOR IN MUMBAI. CATHERINE, YOU GO ON AHEAD. I'LL CATCH UP. AND IN THE SERIOUS MOMENTS ` AT THE HOME OF MAHATMA GANDHI, AND LAYING A WREATH TO INDIA'S WAR DEAD ` WILLIAM LOOKS WHAT HE IS ` A FUTURE KING SHAPING HIS OWN PERSONALITY TO THE ROLE FROM WHICH HE KNOWS HE CANNOT ESCAPE. AND THE PRINCE MADE IT CLEAR HE'S IN INDIA AS THE QUEEN'S REPRESENTATIVE, SAYING SHE MAY BE HIS GRANDMOTHER, BUT SHE'S ALSO 'VERY MUCH THE BOSS'. THE NUMBER OF TIGERS LIVING IN THE WILD COULD HAVE GONE UP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A CENTURY. A FRESH ESTIMATE SUGGESTS THERE ARE 700 MORE TIGERS THAN THERE WERE SIX YEARS AGO. THE BBC'S DAVID SHUKMAN HAS BEEN LOOKING AT REASONS FOR THE TURNAROUND. TIGERS ARE AMONG THE MOST SPECTACULAR CREATURES IN THE NATURAL WORLD, BUT FOR ALL THEIR POWER, FOR ALL THE FEAR THEY INSPIRE, THEY'RE INCREDIBLY VULNERABLE. A FEW YEARS AGO, I JOINED A PATROL IN THAILAND, TRYING TO PROTECT TIGERS. IT FELT LIKE A MILITARY OPERATION. THE BIG THREAT IS FROM WELL-ARMED POACHERS, AND THE GUARDS ARE OFTEN OUTGUNNED. IN THE MARKETS OF ASIA, TIGER PARTS FETCH VERY HIGH PRICES, SO DEMAND FOR THE ANIMALS IS RELENTLESS. TIGERS HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE FOR DECADES. THE RED AREAS ON THIS MAP SHOW WHERE THEY WERE FOUND A CENTURY AGO. BUT NOW THE FAR SMALLER ORANGE AREAS ARE ALL THEY'VE GOT. AND THE NUMBERS TELL THE SAME STORY. THERE WERE ABOUT 100,000 TIGERS A HUNDRED YEARS BACK. THAT COLLAPSED TO 3200 BY 2010. NOW THERE ARE WELCOME SIGNS OF A SLIGHT RISE TO NEARLY 4000. IT'S A FANTASTIC PIECE OF NEWS, AND IT'S BEEN A RESULT OF MANY, MANY DECADES OF HARD WORK. BUT IS THE THREAT OVER? THE THREAT IS FAR FROM OVER, AND THE FUTURE OF TIGERS STILL HANGS BY A THREAD. SO EVERY DAY THE PATROLS NEED TO KEEP WATCH, PLANNING HOW TO BEAT THE POACHERS. AND WHERE THE GUARD DO WELL, THE NUMBERS OF TIGERS STARTS TO RISE. BUT WITHOUT THIS EFFORT, THEIR ONLY SANCTUARY WOULD BE A PLACE LIKE THIS ` ZSL, LONDON ZOO. ONLY IN 13 COUNTRIES DO TIGERS ROAM FREE. IN A HANDFUL OF THEM, NUMBERS ARE RISING. BUT IN MANY OF THE REST, EXTINCTION REMAINS A REAL POSSIBILITY. HALF THE WORLD'S TIGERS LIVE IN INDIA, BUT NUMBERS IN INDONESIA HAVE FALLEN DRAMATICALLY, AND THE BIG CATS ARE EFFECTIVELY EXTINCT IN CAMBODIA. IF YOU HAVE A SNAKE PHOBIA, THIS STORY'S NOT FOR YOU. WORKERS ON A MALAYSIAN BUILDING SITE FOUND WHAT MAY BE THE WORLD'S LONGEST SNAKE IN PENANG. ESTIMATED TO BE 8M LONG, THE RETICULATED PYTHON WEIGHED 250KG. UNFORTUNATELY, THE MUCH HANDLED SNAKE DIED BEFORE IT COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO A WILDLIFE REFUGE. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE PRODIGAL SON RETURNS. PENNEY'S LAST STAND WILL BE HERE. PENNEY'S LAST STAND WILL BE HERE. HE TELLS US WHAT THE OTHER BIG PULL TOWARDS HOME IS NEXT. ALSO TONIGHT, FOOTBALL OFFICIALS REACT AFTER A VICIOUS GAME IN THE OCEANIA LEAGUE IN AUCKLAND. PLUS, RUGBY WINDS BACK THE CLOCK TO A SPECIAL 20TH ANNIVERSARY. SO, DID THE CURRENT-DAY SUPER RUGBY OFFICIALS MAKE SOME WRONG CALLS? AND HOW DID BRENDON MCCULLUM GO IN HIS BIG RETURN TO CRICKET? ONE OF OUR BEST EVER BASKETBALL EXPORTS IS COMING HOME... AGAIN. KIRK PENNEY HAS SIGNED A THREE-YEAR DEAL WITH THE BREAKERS, RETURNING AFTER FIVE YEARS AWAY. SINCE THEN HE'S BEEN AROUND THE GLOBE, BUT IN THE END, PENNEY WANTED TO RETURN HOME FOR HIS LAST HURRAH. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. A NAME THAT GRACES THE BREAKERS' HONOUR BOARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN. NOW, HALF A DECADE AFTER KIRK PENNEY LEFT FOLLOWING THEIR FIRST-EVER CHAMPIONSHIP, THE 35-YEAR-OLD'S COMING BACK FOR ONE MORE GO. WE WANNA GIVE HIM THAT FREEDOM TO BE ABLE TO COMFORTABLY CLOSE OUT HIS CAREER IN A SKYCITY BREAKERS UNIFORM. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS HARD TO SAY NO TO. A LOT OF PLAYERS, IF THEY'RE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, WOULD TAKE IT. ONE OF THOSE WHO HELPED SWAY THE SWINGMAN WAS TRAINING AT THEIR AUCKLAND GYM TODAY. SKIPPER MIKA VUKONA'S SELLING POINT ` WE CAN BE OLD FARTS TOGETHER, HAVING FUN WITH THE YOUNG BOYS. BUT IT WAS FAMILY THAT PROVED A MAJOR FACTOR. MY DAD HASN'T BEEN IN THE GREATEST SHAPE EITHER, SO REALLY REALLY COOL TO BE CLOSE TO HIM, AND IN A LOT OF WAYS MY PARENTS PROBABLY TIPPED THE SCALES. AS DID HIS NEW COACH AND GENERAL MANAGER, BOTH TEAMMATES IN THAT 2011 SIDE, AND CONFIDENT IN THEIR AGING STAR'S ABILITIES. HE'S JUST FOREVER EVOLVING HIS GAME, AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE WITH A GUY AT THIS STAGE OF HIS CAREER. PENNEY AVERAGED 20 POINTS FOR ILLAWARRA LAST SEASON, BUT WILL HAVE TO SHARE THE MAIN SHOOTING DUTIES WITH COREY WEBSTER AND TOM ABERCROMBIE. THE THREE WESTLKAKE OLD BOYS EFFECTIVELY FIT INTO TWO STARTING POSITIONS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SPOKEN ABOUT A LOT ` ABOUT WHO STARTS ` BUT FOR ME, IT'S A 40-MINUTE GAME, AND ALL THREE GUYS ARE GONNA GET THE LION'S SHARE OF MINUTES. BUT AS ONE STAR RETURNS, COULD ANOTHER BE LEAVING? THE RUMOUR MILL IS IN OVERDRIVE AROUND POINT GUARD CEDRIC JACKSON BEING COURTED BY MELBOURNE. THEY PROBABLY CAN GO AHEAD AND PAY CEDRIC A LOT OF MONEY, AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH THAT. BUT WE HOPE THAT THE CULTURE OF THIS CLUB, WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT AS A CLUB, WILL BE A BIG CARROT TO BRING HIM BACK. IT'S CERTAINLY A THEORY THAT'S WORKED ALREADY. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. FROM ONE KIWI BASKETBALLER TO ANOTHER, AND BIG MAN STEVEN ADAMS HAS PLAYED A PART IN SOME NBA HISTORY THIS AFTERNOON, THE OKC CENTRE GETTING THE HONOUR OF PLAYING IN LEGEND KOBE BRYANT'S LAST GAME ON THE ROAD FOR THE L.A. LAKERS. KOBE QUICKLY DOUSED ANY TALK HE'D BE TAKING THE EASY ROAD INTO RETIREMENT. KOBE LETS IT GO, AND HE SWITCHES IT THROUGH. LOOKS LIKE HE HAS IT IF HE CAN TURN IT OVER. IT'S ON IT WAY, AND IT GOES! KOBE AGAIN FOR THREE. KOBE, DOING WORK ` BASELINE. HE'S GOT IT. BRYANT HAS 13. ALL HIS 13 POINTS WERE SCORED IN THE FIRST QUARTER, GIVING ADAMS EVEN MORE REASON TO REMEMBER THE GAME ` HE NOTCHED UP 13 AS WELL. THE THUNDER RAN AWAY WITH THE VICTORY, 112-79. BRYANT'S LAST GAME IS IN L.A. ON THURSDAY. AN INQUIRY IS UNDERWAY INTO AN OCEANIA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH AT NORTH HARBOUR WHICH TURNED INTO A FOOTBALL FARCE, WITH SIX PLAYERS SENT OFF. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. THE EARLY ACTION WAS A FINE DISPLAY OF FLOWING FOOTBALL, SAMOA'S KIWI FC IN BLUE MOVING INTO A 3-1 LEAD OVER FAVOURITES NANDI FROM FIJI; THE BEAUTIFUL GAME LIVING UP TO ITS NAME BEFORE TURNING UGLY. THE FIRST TWO GIVEN THEIR MARCHING ORDERS FOR SCRAPPING, ONE FROM EACH SIDE. IT'S GOING TO HURT THOSE TEAMS, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE` THE PLAYERS WILL GET SUSPENDED. OBVIOUSLY, THEY WON'T BE AVAILABLE FOR THE NEXT GAME. AND IT GETS WORSE ` MUCH WORSE. THIS WAS THE FLASHPOINT IN THE GAME, THESE PLAYERS BANGING AWAY AT EACH OTHER. IT HAD ALL DIED DOWN WHEN THE GOALKEEPER CAME ACROSS AND DECIDED TO TAKE MATTERS INTO HIS OWN HANDS, AND, QUITE CORRECTLY, HE RECEIVED A RED CARD FOR THAT. THE YELLOW CARDS KEPT ON COMING ` A TOTAL OF 11 ` A NUMBER CONVERTED TO RED FOR A SECOND OFFENCE. AND THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE HERE WITH A PLACE IN THE FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP, PRIZE MONEY AT STAKE, SO THEY ARE NOT DOING THEMSELVES JUSTICE, OR THEIR TEAMS OR THEIR COUNTRY. IN BETWEEN THE FLURRY OF CARDS, NANDI HAD DRAWN LEVEL WITH THE SAMOANS OF KIWI FC. THE DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES TOOK THE GAME INTO NINE MINUTES OF EXTRA TIME. LACK OF DISCIPLINE HAS COST KIWI, AND IT MIGHT COST THEM HERE. THERE IT IS! NANDI HAVE WON THE GAME. THERE IT IS! NANDI HAVE WON THE GAME. CELEBRATIONS ARE LIKELY TO BE MUTED AS THE JUDICIARY STEPS UP. THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF SANCTIONS AVAILABLE UNDER THE DISCIPLINARY CODE, AND IT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM A WARNING THROUGH TO FINES, SUSPENSIONS. AND THE OFFENDING DIDN'T END WITH THE SCORING,... OH, HERE WE GO... ...THE FINAL YELLOW CARD COMING IN THE 99TH MINUTE. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. IN A MUCH CLEANER OFC CUP AFFAIR, TEAM WELLINGTON HAVE SEEN OFF NEW CALEDONIAN SIDE A.S. LOSSI 2-1. THE NZ SIDE FOUND THEMSELVES A GOAL DOWN AT HALF TIME, BUT THEY CAME BACK AFTER THE BREAK. CUTS IT BACK. LOSSI HAVING TO DEAL WITH AN ISSUE, BUT IT'S ENDED UP IN THE BACK OF THE NET. THAT'S MARIO BARCIA. TEAM WELLINGTON HAVE THE LEAD. IT WASN'T QUITE A SIX-RED-CARD MATCH, BUT THERE WERE SOME TACKLES STEVE HANSEN WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED BY. IT APPEARS SUPER RUGBY OFFICIALS MADE A COUPLE OF CRUCIAL GAFFES IN LAST FRIDAY NIGHT'S CHIEFS-BLUES MATCH IN HAMILTON. ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS COMPETITION BOSSES HAVE ADMITTED ERRORS WERE MADE. ONE LED TO A TRY. EARLY STAGES IN THE MATCH, AND IT APPEARS CHIEFS HALFBACK BRAD WEBBER WAS DRAGGED INTO TOUCH. WELL, I THINK IT MIGHT BE CLOSE THERE. WEBBER WENT ON TO PASS ON THE INSIDE AND HELP SET UP THE CHIEFS' FIRST TRY. THE CORRECT RULING WAS NO TRY. THE BLUES SIDE MIGHT BE DUE SOME LUCKY BREAKS, WHICH THE TEAM IN 1996 DIDN'T NEED. THIS WEEKEND THE BLUES-SHARKS GAME AT EDEN PARK WILL HELP MARK THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY SINCE THE FIRST SUPER 12 FINAL ` A BARNSTORMING BLUES VICTORY OVER NATAL. THE TEAM WAS PACKED FULL OF SUPERSTARS ` JONAH, 14 ALL BLACKS OUT OF THE STARTING 15, UNDER ZINZAN BROOKE AND STILL THEN HEADMASTER GRAHAM HENRY. WOULD YOU BACK THE '96 TEAM TO BEAT THE BEST OF TODAY? OH, YES. I MEAN, THE GAME IS A MUCH FASTER, THE RULES HAVE CHANGED, IT'S QUITE DIFFERENT, SO... BUT THE PLAYERS FROM YESTERYEAR WOULD'VE BEEN THE STARS OF TODAY. THE CURRENT CAPTAIN AGREES. HE WAS IN HIS EARLY TEENS WATCHING IN THE MID-'90S, WANTING TO BE FIRST FIVE CARLOS SPENCER. DO YOU THINK THAT '96 TEAM WOULD FOOT IT TODAY? EASILY. YOU LOOK BACK THEN, THEY WERE STILL QUITE INNOVATIVE WITH THE WAY THEY PLAYED. THE BLUES REPEATED IN 1997, BUT APART FROM ANOTHER TITLE IN 2003, THE FRANCHISE HAS UNDERACHIEVED. KINDA FRUSTRATING TO KNOW THAT THE PLATFORM THAT HAD BEEN LAID HADN'T BEEN CARRIED ON, BUT, YOU KNOW, I USE IT AS MOTIVATION. MAYBE THE MEMOIRES OF '96 WILL STIR THE MOTIVATION AND OLD MAGIC THIS WEEKEND AND BEYOND. ENGLISH GOLFER DANNY WILLETT IS LAPPING UP THE SPOILS THAT COME WITH BEING CROWNED MASTERS CHAMPION, SPENDING THE NIGHT PARTYING WITH SOME OF THE U.K'S BIGGEST SPORTING CELEBRITIES. WILLETT CERTAINLY GETTING INVOLVED IN THE POST-MATCH, WHICH INCLUDED FORMER FOOTBALL STAR ALAN SHEARER, AS WELL AS A RATHER CHEEKY EX-MANCHESTER UNITED BOSS SIR ALEX FERGUSON. LAUGHTER WE SUSPECT SIR ALEX WON'T MISS THAT �8000 TOO MUCH, JUST AS LONG AS HE DIDN'T PUT ANY MORE ON HIS FORMER TEAM WINNING THE PREMIER LEAGUE THIS SEASON. FORMER ALL BLACKS DOCTOR JOHN MAYHEW HAS HAD HIS CONTRIBUTION TO SPORTS MEDICINE RECOGNISED THIS AFTERNOON IN WELLINGTON, RECEIVING THE NZ ORDER OF MERIT. MAYHEW SPENT 13 YEARS WORKING WITH THE ALL BLACKS UP UNTIL 2004, TREATING THE LIKES OF A YOUNG RICHIE MCCAW AND DAN CARTER, AS WELL AS FORMING A VERY STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LATE JONAH LOMU. JONAH WAS A HUGE PART OF MY LIFE, AND I SORTA KNEW HIM AND TREATED HIM FOR 20 YEARS, AND I STILL FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT HE'S GONE AT THE AGE OF 40. AND IT'S HIS 41ST BIRTHDAY COMING UP ON THE 12TH OF MAY, SO THAT'LL BE A SIGNIFICANT DAY AS WELL. MAYHEW'S CURRENTLY WORKING WITH WARRIORS LEAGUE TEAM. JUST TWO ROUNDS INTO THE TRANS-TASMAN NETBALL COMPETITION AND IT'S THE USUAL SCENARIO ` AUSTRALIAN TEAMS DESTROYING THEIR KIWI COUNTERPARTS. THE BIG TALKING POINT IN THE NORTHERN MYSTICS' GAME AGAINST THE WEST COAST FEVER WAS THE NETBALL DEBUT OF FORMER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL STAR MEGAN CRAIG. OH, IT'S NO GOAL. SHE'S BEEN CALLED FOR FOOTWORK. DESPITE THE 2.03M GOALSHOOT TAKING ALMOST 10 MINUTES TO SCORE HER FIRST GOAL, THE MYSTICS LED AT HALF-TIME AGAINST THE AUSTRALIAN SIDE THEY'VE HAD THE MOST SUCCESS AGAINST. BUT THEY WERE BLOWN AWAY IN THE FINAL QUARTER, LOSING 54-44 TO THE PERTH OUTFIT. IN BRISBANE, THE PULSE'S TEENAGE SHOOTER MAIA WILSON EMERGED WITH CREDIT AGAINST THE TOUGH FIREBIRDS' DEFENCE. HOWEVER, THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS CLEARED OUT 61-45 TO MAKE IT 9 AND 0 AGAINST THE WELLINGTON TEAM. CAPTAIN BRENDON MCCULLUM HAS MADE A LOW KEY RETURN TO CRICKET'S IPL IN INDIA, SEVEN WEEKS AFTER HIS FINAL APPEARANCE FOR THE BLACKCAPS. HE LOOKED A LITTLE RUSTY AS HE MADE HIS WAY TO BAT FOR HIS NEW FRANCHISE, THE GUJARAT LIONS. HE ONLY LASTED TWO BALLS. THERE HE COMES. DOWN. GONE. BEAUTIFUL BOWLING. SANDEEP SHARMA. FORTUNATELY, HIS FELLOW OPENER, AARON FINCH, TORMENTED THE KINGS 11 AS THE LIONS CHASED DOWN 162. WHILE HE WAS MAN OF THE MATCH, WEST INDIAN DWAYNE BRAVO MUST HAVE GONE CLOSE AFTER REMOVING T20 WORLD CUP PLAYERS GLENN MAXWELL AND DAVID MILLER IN THE SPACE OF THREE DELIVERIES. CHAMPION STUFF. IT'S ONE OF THOSE 'WOULDN'T IT BE COOL IF...' MOMENTS. THREE SKATEBOARDERS HAVE TORN UP A WATERPARK IN DUBAI, WHILE THE PARK WAS UNDERGOING MAINTENANCE. THE DRY SLIDES BECAME PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE SKATERS. CAESARS' 'JERK IT OUT' # WIND ME UP, PUT ME DOWN, START ME OFF AND WATCH ME GO. # I'LL BE RUNNING CIRCLES AROUND YOU SOONER THAN YOU KNOW. # CAESARS' 'JERK IT OUT' CONTINUES THE LADS TEARING IT UP. I MIGHT TEAR UP ON MY WAY HOME TONIGHT. THANKS, ANDREW. YOU'VE GOT NZ'S BEST TOILET REVEAL. COMING UP TONIGHT ` WE'RE OUT AND PROUD... OR ARE WE? SOME PRINCIPALS SAY THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO CATER FOR GAY STUDENTS, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY. THAT'S JUST WRONG. AND YOU'D BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING SHE'S A MOVIE STAR. I GOT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HER DVDS AND JUST WATCH THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN. BUT JODI FOUND FAME A AND FORTUNE THROUGH SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT. SEE YOU AT 7. A sleeping bag keeps you warm and comfortable by trapping heat in. Insulation in your home works the same way. Winter living before insulation is very different from winter living after insulation. I hadn't needed to use my electric blanket at all this winter. Go to energywise.govt.nz to see how insulation could benefit your home. It'll improve the quality of your life. You'll be so much more comfortable and so much warmer. You'll be pleased you did it. THIS NEXT SPELL OF COOLER AIR WILL HAVE US DIGGING OUT EXTRA LAYERS. COOL NIGHTS AND FROSTY NIGHTS FOR THE INLAND FAR SOUTH. THERE'S OUR MAIN FRONT, EASING NORTH. THAT IS THE WET WEATHER COVERING THE NORTH TONIGHT. NOTICE SOME CLOUD IN THE FAR NORTH OF THE TASMAN. SOME OF THAT WILL COME OVER THE WEEKEND. COOLER AIR COMING IN. A COUPLE OF WEAK FRONTS TOMORROW. OVERALL IT'S BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE. STRONGER WILDS CLIPPING THE WEST. BANDS OF RAIN OVER THE FAR NORTH WILL EASE. BANDS OF RAIN OVER THE NIGHT. SHOWERS UP THE EAST COAST. LATER ON TOMORROW NIGHT WILL BE A FEW SHOWERS. EVERYWHERE ELSE WILL BE FINE. MORNING CLOUD THEN A GOOD DAY IIN THE SOUTH. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ The main front there churns its way over Northland. You still keep a bit of moisture North. Friday it is looking pretty good. Keep an eye on that system. It drags some of that moisture. By the weekend, you might see more moisture to the far North. The high goes East. It is autumn the weather is up and down. Thank you, Dan. It said two Seven Sharp.