It was a cloudy day for parts of the North Island down south it was autumn sunshine for much of the South island. Some chilly nights and that cold air spreads north all the details coming up. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. ANOTHER VICIOUS DOG ATTACK LEAVES A PREGNANT WOMAN IN HOSPITAL. SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT STEP IN TO HELP TRAIN DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS? JOBS ON THE LINE AS A CARPET MAKING ICON PULLS THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER ITS WORKERS. AND COULD A ROCKET SMALLER THAN YOUR THUMB BE THE FUTURE OF BOLDLY GOING WHERE WE NEVER HAVE BEFORE? A PREGNANT CHRISTCHURCH WOMAN REMAINS IN HOSPITAL AFTER A VISCIOUS ATTACK BY A STAFFORDSHIRE CROSS. IT'S THE LATEST IN A STRING OF ATTACKS IN THE PAST WEEK, PROMPTING CALLED FOR OWNER EDUCATION TO BE GOVERNMENT-SUBSIDISED. KIM SAVAGE REPORTS. A QUIET AVONDALE STREET, THE SILENCE BROKEN JUST AFTER 8 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT BY BLOOD-CURDLING SCREAMS FROM BEHIND THIS FENCE, PULLING NEIGHBOURS LIKE CORY WHYTE AWAY FROM THEIR TVS AND OUTSIDE FOR A LOOK. THE 36-YEAR-OLD WITNESSED THE STAFFORDSHIRE CROSS ATTACK BUT WOULDN'T BE INTERVIEWED ON CAMERA. HE EXPLAINED TO ONE NEWS HOW HE INTERVENED, BANGING HARD ON THE FENCE TO DISTRACT THE DOG, GIVING THE WOMAN ` HIS NEIGHBOUR'S FLATMATE ` A CHANCE TO ESCAPE INSIDE. THE 23-YEAR-OLD IS NOW IN A STABLE CONDITION IN CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL WITH BITES TO HER ARMS AND LEGS. LAST NIGHT'S ATTACK IS THE LATEST IN A SPATE IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, TWO OF THEM IN CHRISTCHURCH, AND LAST SATURDAY IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, DARNELL MINARAPA-BROWN WAS MAULED BY A PIT BULL, HIS FACIAL INJURIES REQUIRING MORE THAN 100 STITCHES. THE RECENT BITES REIGNITING CALLS FOR SOME BREEDS OF DOG TO BE BANNED ALTOGETHER. GOOD DOG. THAT'S A CLEVER DOG. BUT A VISITING UK EXPERT RECKONS LABELLING BIGGER BREEDS 'DANGEROUS' IS UNHELPFUL. YOU COULD ARGUE THAT LITTLE CHIHUAHUAS ARE PRONE TO AGGRESSION. IT'S JUST THE PROPENSITY FOR DAMAGE. JOHN ROGERSON SAYS TRAINING NOT JUST DOGS, BUT THEIR OWNERS, IS KEY. MAKE IT GOVERNMENT-FUNDED. LET'S PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF DOGS, INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOW BAD THEY ALL ARE. AS FAR AS THIS LATEST ATTACK GOES, CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS HAVE TAKEN AWAY THE TWO DOGS FOUND AT THE PROPERTY LAST NIGHT, ALTHOUGH EYE WITNESSES SUGGEST THAT ONLY ONE OF THE DOGS MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ATTACK. THE COUNCIL IS STILL INVESTIGATING AND EXPECTS TO KNOW MORE ONCE IT'S TALKED TO THE VICTIM. KIM SAVAGE, ONE NEWS. 41 PEOPLE, INCLUDING GANG MEMBERS, HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN A MAJOR METH BUST STRETCHING FROM AUCKLAND TO GISBORNE. WILL HINE'S HERE WITH DETAILS. YES, IT FOLLOWS AN EIGHT-MONTH INVESTIGATION INTO THE METHAMPHETAMINE TRADE IN THE EAST COAST REGION. POLICE CONFISCATED MORE THAN A KILOGRAM OF P AND $3.8M WORTH OF PROPERTY. THE SEIZURES INCLUDED EIGHT RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, VEHICLES, JET SKIS, FIREARMS AND CASH. THESE ITEMS ARE DESCRIBED BY POLICE AS ALL THE USUAL TRAPPINGS OF MAJOR METH DEALING. THOSE ARRESTED INCLUDED BLACK POWER AND MONGREL MOB MEMBERS AS WELL AS FOUR SINGAPOREAN NATIONALS. ALL UP 245 CHARGES HAVE BEEN LAID. POLICE SAY THEY'RE APPALLED THAT CHILDREN WERE PRESENT IN SOME OF THE HOUSES TARGETED IN THE STING. THEY'VE BEEN REFERRED TO CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY. THANKS, WILL. 65 JOBS ARE ON THE LINE AS CARPET MAKING COMPANY CAVALIER BREMWORTH SHAKES UP ITS OPERATION. LET'S GET TO MICHAEL PARKIN IN CHRISTCHURCH. CAVALIER SAYS AROUND 140 PEOPLE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS RESTRUCTURE THAT WILL ULTIMATELY SEE AROUND 65 JOBS GO. 36 JOBS SET TO GO HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH WHEN THIS PLANT CLOSES AND THE OPERATION IS MOVED TO WHANGANUI, BUT PART OF THE EXISTING OPERATION IN WANGANUI WILL BE SHIFTED TO NAPIER. IT'S A BIG BLOW FOR WANGANUI, BECAUSE CAVALIER IS THE THIRD BIGGEST EMPLOYER THERE. BUT THE PROBLEM IS PEOPLE ARE BUYING SYNTHETIC NOT WOOLLEN CARPETS. IT'S NOT FUN PLAYING GOD WITH PEOPLES LIVES, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME UNHAPPY PEOPLE, BUT LOOK, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TO DO THIS TO MAKE US CONTINUE TO MAKE PROFITS IN THE FUTURE. THIS FACTORY IS SET TO CLOSE AND THAT WILL SEE 36 JOBS GONE HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH. THE REDUNDANCIES WILL BE CONFIRMED ON MAY 2, AND THE CEO SAYS AT THIS STAGE NO FURTHER CUTS ARE PLANNED THE GOVERNMENT'S WORRIED ABOUT HOW MUCH IT'S COSTING TO PAY ITS SHARE OF THE RENT FOR STRUGGLING TENANTS. RISING PROPERTY PRICES ARE PUSHING UP RENTS, MEANING THE GOVERNMENT'S HAVING TO PAY MORE IN RENTAL SUBSIDIES. AS POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD EXPLAINS, THERE ARE SIGNS NEXT MONTH'S BUDGET MIGHT ADDRESS THAT. PAYING THE RENT IS A STRUGGLE FOR MANY, AND THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT ALSO NEEDS TO FIND A WAY TO DEAL WITH ITS EVER-INCREASING RENTAL BILL. WE ARE WORKING ON WHAT THE ONGOING COSTS ARE, PARTICULARLY WITH INCOME-RELATED RENT. RENTS ARE GOING UP, PARTICULARLY IN AUCKLAND, SO IN NEXT MONTH'S BUDGET, THE FINANCE MINISTER IS LAYING OUT PLANS TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM. YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IN THE BUDGET. THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE VERY SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH HOUSING NZ, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE RESPONDING TO DEMAND. THE GOVERNMENT SPENDS $2B A YEAR ON ACCOMMODATION SUPPLEMENTS. 60% OF ALL RENTALS ARE SUBSIDISED BY THE GOVERNMENT. ONE IN EVERY 16 AUCKLAND HOUSES ARE GOVERNMENT-OWNED. WHILE THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF A SUPPLY OF HOUSING, THEN IT'S INEVITABLE THE DEMAND FOR THE HOUSING SUPPLEMENT IS GOING TO CONTINUE. BUT THE FINANCE MINISTER'S WEIGHING UP ANY EXTRA SPENDING ON HOUSING SUPPLEMENTS AGAINST WHAT THE GOVERNMENT'S ALREADY SPENDING ON HOUSING INITIATIVES. THERE'S THE SOCIAL HOUSING REFORM PROCESS, MINIMUM STANDARDS THAT ARE COMING IN, INSULATION AND SMOKE ALARMS. THERE'S A FAIR BIT COMING IN THAT'S GOING ON. THAT'S ALL GOING TO COST MONEY. PHILIPPA HOWDEN-CHAPMAN SAYS LANDLORDS SHOULD ONLY GET THE GOVERNMENT'S SUPPLEMENT IF THEIR HOUSING'S UP TO SCRATCH. ONE THING'S CERTAIN ` COME BUDGET DAY, THE ACCOMMODATION SUPPLEMENT WON'T DECREASE. I'VE LOOKED AT THAT MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, AS TO ANY INCREASE... YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. THE TAX SCANDAL SURROUNDING THE PANAMA PAPERS KEEPS DOGGING JOHN KEY AS HE TRIED TO SHIFT THE FOCUS ONTO NEW RULES MAKING LIFE EASIER FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. BUT AS POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN EXPLAINS, MR KEY'S POLITICAL OPPONENTS HAD OTHER IDEAS. THE LAW FIRM AT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST TAX SCANDAL IS NOW AT THE CENTRE OF A POLICE INVESTIGATION. MOSSACK FONSECA'S DEALINGS WITH FOREIGN TRUSTS AND SHELL COMPANIES HAVE CREATED POLITICAL HEADACHES AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING NZ. SO WHEN JOHN KEY WAS LUNCHING WITH BUSINESS PEOPLE IN WELLINGTON TODAY AND ANNOUNCING PLANS TO DUMP PROVISIONAL TAX FOR SMALL BUSINESS,... WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR LIFE MORE SIMPLE. ...HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS HAD OTHER IDEAS. CAN HE GIVE NZERS A CAST-IRON ASSURANCE, IN RELATION TO HIS CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, THAT THE MONEY HE HAS WITH ANTIPODES IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY VEHICLE DESIGNED TO AVOID TAX. I'VE MADE IT QUITE CLEAR IT'S MONEY HELD IN MY NAME WITH NZ TRADING BANK. MR KEY SAYS ANTIPODES TRUST GROUP HASN'T DEALT WITH MOSSACK FONSECA, AND HIS DEALINGS WITH ANTIPODES IS BECAUSE HIS LONG-TIME, PERSONAL LAWYER WORKS THERE AND HANDLES HIS FAMILY TRUST MATTERS. HE'S BEEN MY LAWYER FOR 20 YEARS. I DON'T DEAL WITH PEOPLE UNLESS THEY ARE HIGHLY ETHICAL LABOUR THEN ATTACKED THE APPOINTMENT OF TAX EXPERT JOHN SHEWAN TO REVIEW RULES AROUND FOREIGN TRUSTS HERE. IT CLAIMS MR SHEWAN'S UNSUITABLE AND POINTED TO A 2014 MEDIA REPORT FROM THE BAHAMAS. CAN HE CONFIRM THAT JOHN SHEWAN AND DON BRASH ADVISED THE BAHAMAS THAT ITS FINANCIAL SERVICES BE ZERO RATED FOR VAT TO PROTECT OFFSHORE SERVICES INDUSTRY OF THAT COUNTRY. THEY WENT TO GO AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT GST. JOHN SHEWAN CONFIRMS THAT, BUT REJECTS MR LITTLE'S CLAIMS, SAYING HE SIMPLY ADVISED OFFICIALS IN THE BAHAMAS TO FOLLOW NZ'S GST POLICY, WHICH DOESN'T APPLY THE TAX TO FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ` IN LINE WITH MOST TAX JURISDICTIONS. DOZENS OF WORLD LEADERS ARE NAMED IN MOSSACK FONSECA'S PANAMA PAPERS LEAK. JOHN KEY'S ADAMANT HE'S NOT ONE OF THEM. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY TOOK A 64-YEAR-OLD HOSTAGE AT GUNPOINT AND LED POLICE ON A CHASE THAT STRETCHED MORE THAN 100KM HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO ALL CHARGES. POLICE SAY A 27-YEAR-OLD BROKE INTO A HOME IN BOMBAY LAST MONTH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. HE FACES 10 CHARGES, INCLUDING AGGRAVATED BURGLARY, THREATENING TO KILL, POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND A FIREARM CHARGE. POLICE LAID SPIKES IN THE ROAD, AND HE WAS EVENTUALLY STOPPED WHEN A TRUCK AND TRAILER ACCIDENTALLY BLOCKED THE MOTORWAY NEAR HAMILTON. AND WE CAN NOW SHOW YOU THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING AND SEXUALLY VIOLATING A 69-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN WEST AUCKLAND. APPEARING IN COURT TODAY, JADEN LEE STROOBANT (20) PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO ONE CHARGE OF MURDER AND TWO CHARGES OF SEXUAL VIOLATION. CUN XIU TIAN WAS KILLED IN HER TE ATATU HOME IN JANUARY. HER FAMILY DISCOVERED HER BODY AFTER THEY RETURNED FROM WORK. STROOBANT WILL STAND TRIAL IN NOVEMBER. OVERLOADING'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE CAUSE OF THE BALCONY COLLAPSE AT A DUNEDIN STUDENT FLAT LAST MONTH. A GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION SAYS NEARLY TWICE THE RECOMMENDED NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE ON THE BALCONY, MANY OF THEM GROUPED AT ONE END. IF YOU'VE GOT A BALCONY, THINK ABOUT TWO PEOPLE PER SQUARE METRE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SAFELY DESIGNED FOR, AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHY THAT ACCIDENT OCCURRED AND THOSE 18 PEOPLE WERE INJURED. THE CITY COUNCIL AND UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO ARE REVIEWING THE EVENT WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED TO DETERMINE HOW SIMILAR EVENTS COULD BE HELD MORE SAFELY. A CHRISTCHURCH PROPERTY MANAGER IS FACING A MISCONDUCT HEARING, ACCUSED OF FAILING TO TELL TENANTS THAT THE BUILDING THEY WERE RENTING HAD BEEN DEEMED UNSAFE BY ENGINEERS. THE SITE IS ONE OF FOUR FATAL BUILDING COLLAPSES THAT POLICE ARE ALSO STILL INVESTIGATING. LISA DAVIES HAS THE STORY. A TATTOO PARLOUR REDUCED TO RUBBLE, KILLING MATT MCEACHEN INSTANTLY, BREAKING THE BACK OF HIS COWORKER. ONE WALL STAYED UP ON THAT WHOLE BUILDING. BONNIE AND MATTY WENT OUT THE FRONT JUST AS A WALL CAME DOWN. I'D RATHER NOT SAY WHEN I KNEW, BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY GRIM. PARLOUR OWNER MATT PARKIN HAD BEEN WORRIED ABOUT THE BUILDING AFTER THE SEPTEMBER EARTHQUAKES, BUT SAYS HE WAS ASSURED IT WAS STILL SAFE BY THIS MAN, CHRISTOPHER CHAPMAN. I ASKED A COUPLE OF TIMES, MAYBE THREE, BUT I NEVER GOT TOLD, NO, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN THE BUILDING. THAT PROMPTED FATHER BRUCE MCEACHEN TO LAY A COMPLAINT WITH THE REAL ESTATE AGENTS AUTHORITY ABOUT CHRISTOPHER CHAPMAN'S CONDUCT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. HE SUBMITTED MORE THAN 300 PAGES OF PAPERWORK, LISTING HIS CONCERNS. IN THIS CASE, THE EVIDENCE IS SO LOUD THAT IT SCREAMS FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE A LOOK AT IT. THE CHARGE, FOR SERIOUS NEGLIGENCE TO THE POINT OF DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT, WAS LAID LAST APRIL. BUT CHRIS CHAPMAN'S LAWYER SAYS HE AND NAI HARCOURTS, DENY ANY BREACH OF PROPER PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. CHRISTOPHER CHAPMAN DENIES THAT HE WAS MANAGING THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME OF THE COLLAPSE AND SAYS HE WAS ONLY HELPING THE LANDLORD DEAL WITH BUILDING ISSUES AFTER THE SEPTEMBER QUAKE. HE STILL BELIEVES HE DID NOTHING WRONG; IT WASN'T HIS FAULT. THIS PORTRAIT, BY HIS SON'S BOSS, MATT PARKIN... HE STARTED THE SAME DAY MATTHEW DIED. HE DID IT THAT NIGHT. ...A CONSTANT REMINDER OF WHAT HE'S LOST. IT'S THE MOST REMARKABLE PAINTING I'VE EVER SEEN. NOW HE WANTS SOMEONE HELD TO ACCOUNT FOR HIS LOSS. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. TWO KIWI SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN HONOURED FOR THEIR BRAVERY DURING A MASSIVE FIREFIGHT IN AFGHANISTAN. BOTH MEN RISKED THEIR OWN LIVES TO SAVE OTHERS DURING THE DEADLY BATTLE OF BAGHAK. DANIEL FAITAUA WITH THIS. GUNFIRE KIWI SOLDIERS UNDER ATTACK NEAR THE AFGHAN VILLAGE OF BAGHAK. CAPTURED ON HELMET CAM, THE BIGGEST FIREFIGHT FOR OUR TROOPS SINCE THE VIETNAM WAR. I JUST NEED YOU TO SCAN THAT GROUND...! UNDER ENEMY FIRE, LANCE CORPORAL JOHN LUAMANU TWICE CARRIED AN INJURED COLLEAGUE OVER OPEN GROUND TO KEEP HIM SAFE. FOUR YEARS ON AND THE INCIDENT STILL HAUNTS HIM. UM, NAH, IT'S A BIT MUCH` NAH. HIS ACT OF BRAVERY ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS GALLANTRY MEDAL AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE. LIKE ANY OTHER SOLDIER, WE'RE ALL MODEST. WE DON'T WANNA ACCEPT AWARDS. WE JUST DO WHAT WE DO. A VIEW SHARED BY HIS COLLEAGUE. SGT DAVID DUNCAN RECEIVED THE GALLANTRY DECORATION FOR SAVING THE LIFE OF ANOTHER SERIOUSLY WOUNDED SOLDIER, DESPITE BEING SHOT HIMSELF. I SEE IT AS RECOGNITION FOR ALL OUR EFFORTS ` NOT AS INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION ` FOR THE GUYS THAT WERE IN AFGHANISTAN WITH ME, INCLUDING THOSE THAT LOST THEIR LIVES. LANCE CORPORAL RORY MALONE WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST AND KILLED AFTER DRAGGING HIS COMMANDING OFFICER TO SAFETY, THE BATTLE ALSO CLAIMING THE LIFE OF LANCE CORPORAL PRALLI DURRER. BACK AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, WORDS OF COMFORT FROM ONE SERVICEMAN TO THE ANOTHER. JUST KEEP GOING, YOU KNOW. DO WHAT YOU DO. JUST BE PROUD OF IT. PRIDE EVERY NZER CAN SHARE. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. COMING UP ON ONE NEWS ` HER SON WAS GUNNED DOWN BY GANG MEMBERS 20 YEARS AGO. FIND OUT WHY A PAROLE BOARD RULING'S GOT SOME SAYING THE SYSTEM'S TOTALLY UNFAIR FOR VICTIMS. THE AMATEURISH, MADE-FOR-TV CHILD RECOVERY THAT WENT UTTERLY PEAR SHAPED. NOW THEY'VE ALL BEEN CHARGED AND COULD FACE YEARS IN A MIDDLE EASTERN JAIL. AND THE NANO SPACESHIP BACKED BY LEADING BRAINS FOR A MIND-BOGGLING MISSION. COULD TINY CHIP-SIZED SATELLITES REACH DISTANT SOLAR SYSTEMS, TRILLIONS OF MILES AWAY? Two almost identical fridge-freezers, so what's the difference? The Smiths chose a fridge-freezer that's Energy Star qualified. That means it uses up to 40% less energy. Next time you need a new appliance, look for one displaying the Energy Star. THE MOTHER OF A CROWN WITNESS EXECUTED BY GANG MEMBERS IS DISMAYED ONE OF THE KILLERS, RELEASED FROM JAIL LAST YEAR, IS NOW ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THE REGION WHERE SHE LIVES. IN HER FIRST TV INTERVIEW SINCE CHRISTOPHER CREAN'S KILLERS WERE JAILED 19 YEARS AGO, LIZ CREAN SAYS A PAROLE BOARD DECISION IS 'SOFT' AND DISEMPOWERING. RENEE GRAHAM MET WITH HER. DEAR MRS CREAN... A LETTER OPENING UP OLD WOUNDS. IT'S JUST BRINGING IT UP AGAIN. 20 YEARS AFTER FATHER-OF-FOUR CHRISTOPHER CREAN WAS GUNNED DOWN BY BLACK POWER MEMBERS AT HIS FRONT DOOR IN NEW PLYMOUTH, HIS MOTHER'S RECEIVED A LETTER SAYING ONE OF HIS KILLERS CAN GET SPECIAL PERMISSION TO RETURN TO TARANAKI TO ATTEND FUNERALS. I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT HIM WANTING TO BE WITH HIS FAMILY AND ATTEND TANGIS. I'M NOT GOING TO BE SOFT WITH HIM. NAH, GET STUFFED. NO. HE CAN GO TO BLOODY HELL. THE LETTER REVERSES AN EARLIER PAROLE CONDITION BANNING BROWNIE MANE, WHO'S NOW 45 YEARS OLD, FROM ENTERING THE REGION. LIZ CREAN SAYS THE FAMILY WAS NEVER CONSULTED. MY NEPHEW CHRISTOPHER, HE COULDN'T ATTEND HIS BROTHER'S FUNERAL. HE COULDN'T ATTEND HIS OWN SON'S FUNERAL BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY DID. MANE WAS ONE OF FOUR SENIOR BLACK POWER MEMBERS JAILED FOR KILLING CHRISTOPHER CREAN. CHRISTOPHER WITNESSED A GANG STABBING AND BECAME A CROWN WITNESS. POLICE CONSIDERED HIM A HERO FOR STANDING UP TO THE GANGS. THE SENSIBLE SENTENCING TRUST WANTS A REVIEW OF THE PAROLE BOARD DECISION AND THE LAWS THAT GOVERN IT. THE PAROLE SYSTEM, WE FEEL, IS EXTREMELY UNBALANCED. IT IS OFFENDER-FRIENDLY, DISCRIMINATIVE AND INCONSISTENT FOR THE VICTIMS. THE CORRECTIONS MINISTER WOULDN'T COMMENT. IT WOULD BE UNWISE AND, I THINK, CONSTITUTIONALLY UNSOUND FOR US TO DO SO. THE PAROLE BOARD WOULDN'T GO ON CAMERA BUT SENT AN EMAIL, SAYING IT ONLY RELEASES AN OFFENDER ON PAROLE WHEN IT'S SATISFIED THERE IS NO 'UNDUE RISK' TO THE COMMUNITY. CORRECTIONS BACKS THIS. IT SAYS MANE'S BEHAVIOUR HAS BEEN EXCELLENT, POLICE HAVE NO CONCERNS, AND HE SHOWS HE'S COMMITTED TO BE A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF SOCIETY. I'VE GOT GRANDCHILDREN HERE TOO. THEY LIVE HERE. WE'VE GOT FAMILIES. STATEMENTS OFFERING LITTLE COMFORT FOR THIS GRIEVING FAMILY. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. THE CROSS-EXAMINATION OF ONE OF THE TEENAGERS ACCUSED OF MURDERING IHAIA GILLMAN-HARRIS CONTINUED TODAY. LEONARD NATTRASS-BERQUIST AND BEAUEN WALLACE-LORETZ ARE ON TRIAL FOLLOWING AN ATTACK IN AN EPSOM MOTEL IN DECEMBER 2014. TODAY AT THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND, THE CROWN ALLEGED THE PAIR WERE CONCEALING A WEAPON AS THEY ENTERED THE MOTEL. WHAT HE WAS DOING WAS BRINGING A WEAPON INTO THE MOTEL ROOM. NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE. WELL, HE CERTAINLY WAS NOT BRINGING THIS BOTTLE THAT YOU TALK ABOUT INTO THE MOTEL ROOM, WAS HE? NO. HE WAS BRINGING A BAT IN. HE WASN'T BRINGING ANYTHING INTO THE MOTEL ROOM. EARLIER IN THE TRIAL, THE COURT HEARD THAT A BOTTLE WAS SMASHED OVER MR GILLMAN-HARRIS'S HEAD AS HE ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED ONE OF THE BOYS. AN AUSTRALIAN MOTHER AND FOUR MEMBERS OF A TV NEWS CREW COULD FACE UP TO 20 YEARS' HARD LABOUR IN A LEBANESE JAIL AFTER THEY WERE CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING. THE GROUP'S EXPECTED TO APPEAR BEFORE A BEIRUT JUDGE AGAIN LATER TONIGHT. HERE'S AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS. AS TWO AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN WERE ROUGHLY SNATCHED FROM A BEIRUT STREET, LEBANESE AUTHORITIES ALLEGE THOSE INVOLVED COMMITTED ASSAULT. AND IN BRISBANE, A CHILD RECOVERY SPECIALIST SAYS THAT'S NO SURPRISE. VERY AMATEURISH. LOOK, I'M NOT HAVING A GO AT THESE GUYS, BUT THAT FIRM, THEY'VE BEEN ARRESTED THREE TIMES IN TWO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. THEY'RE KNOWN FOR VIOLENT RECOVERIES. THEY'VE BEEN JAILED. NOW THE OPERATION MASTERMINDS, CHILD ABDUCTION RECOVERY INTERNATIONAL, JOURNALIST TARA BROWN AND THREE OTHER MEMBERS OF A '60 MINUTES' CURRENT AFFAIRS CREW, ALONG WITH AUSTRALIAN MOTHER SALLY FAULKNER, ARE ALL CHARGED WITH HIDING INFORMATION, FORMING A CRIMINAL ASSOCIATION, KIDNAPPING AND ASSAULT. ALL THE ACCUSED HAVE APPEARED IN COURT. THE CHARGES THEY'RE FACING CARRY A RANGE OF SENTENCES, FROM THREE TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON. HERE IN AUSTRALIA, THE NINE NETWORK HAS REITERATING ITS RESPECT FOR LEBANESE LAW. SALLY FAULKNER WAS REPORTEDLY EMOTIONAL AS SHE WAS QUESTIONED BY THE JUDGE. SHE APPEARED IN COURT MOMENTS BEFORE HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND, ALI ELAMINE. HE TOOK THE COUPLE'S CHILDREN TO LEBANON FOR A HOLIDAY AND REFUSED TO RETURN THEM TO AUSTRALIA. NOW LAHELA (6) AND NOAH (4) ARE BACK IN HIS CARE. THEIR FIRST THING IS, 'WHY IS MUMMY'S FRIENDS SO MEAN TO GRANDMA?' THAT'S THE FIRST THING NOAH AND LAHELA ASKED ME. I'M JUST HOPING THAT THIS ALL PANS OUT SMOOTH AND EASY FOR SAL. BUT THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS '60 MINUTES' PAID MORE THAN $120,000 TO FUND THE FAILED OPERATION AND THAT THE CHILDREN'S GRANDMOTHER WAS PISTOL WHIPPED AND KNOCKED TO THE GROUND. IT COULD BE DAYS BEFORE THE ACCUSED GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO LODGE THEIR DEFENCE AND MUCH LONGER BEFORE NOAH AND LAHELA CAN BE REUNITED WITH THEIR MUM. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY. AND IN HIS ONLY NZ INTERVIEW, CHILD RESCUE EXPERT COLIN CHAPMAN TELLS SEVEN SHARP HE'S STILL IN CONTACT WITH SALLY FAULKNER WHILE SHE'S IN JAIL. MORE ON THAT AT 7. CALM SPRING WEATHER HAS SEEN MORE MIGRANTS ATTEMPT THE PERILOUS JOURNEY FROM NORTH AFRICA TO ITALY. THE ITALIAN COASTGUARD HAS RESCUED MORE THAN 1800 MIGRANTS IN TROUBLE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN IN THE PAST FEW DAYS. EUROPE'S BEEN MOVING TO BLOCK THE LESS DANGEROUS ROUTE FROM TURKEY TO GREECE, DEPORTING THOSE ARRIVING BY SEA. HUMANITY'S QUEST FOR THE STARS MAY BE ABOUT TO TAKE ANOTHER GIANT LEAP. LEADING PHYSICISTS, INCLUDING PROFESSOR STEPHEN HAWKING, ARE BACKING AN AMBITIOUS PLAN TO SEND A TINY SPACE CRAFT LITERALLY TRILLIONS OF MILES TO A NEW SOLAR SYSTEM. HERE'S THE BBC'S PALLAB GHOSH. FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE DREAMT OF ONE DAY TRAVELLING TO DISTANT STARS. THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS SCIENTIST STEPHEN HAWKING THINKS THAT THAT DAY WILL COME VERY SOON. ASTRONOMERS BELIEVE THERE IS A REASONABLE CHANCE OF AN EARTH-LIKE PLANET ORBITING ONE OF THE STARS IN THE ALPHA CENTAURI SYSTEM. SO WHAT ARE THE SORT OF DISTANCES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? ALREADY A PROBE HAS BEEN SENT TO PLUTO. THAT'S 7.5 BILLION MILES AWAY. AND VOYAGER 1 HAS REACHED THE EDGE OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. THAT'S 18 BILLION MILES AWAY. THE PLAN IS TO SEND SPACE CRAFT TO A STAR IN ANOTHER SOLAR SYSTEM. THAT'S A STAGGERING 25 TRILLION MILES FROM EARTH. USING CURRENT TECHNOLOGY, IT WOULD TAKE A SPACE CRAFT 30,000 YEARS TO GET TO OUR CLOSEST STAR. BUT BY MAKING THEM SMALLER, IT COULD TAKE JUST 30 YEARS. OVER THE YEARS, THE SIZE OF SPACE CRAFT HAS SHRUNK DRAMATICALLY. IN THE 1980S, THIS MICRO-SATELLITE WAS USED FOR EARTH OBSERVATION. IN THE 1990S, THIS NANO-SATELLITE WAS LAUNCHED FOR COMMUNICATIONS. THE ULTIMATE AIM OF THE NEW RESEARCH PROGRAMME IS TO MAKE THEM EVEN SMALLER, TO CRAM ALL THE CAMERAS AND INSTRUMENTS YOU HAVE IN THESE ON TO A SINGLE CHIP. HERE IN SURREY, WHERE THEY PIONEERED THE DEVELOPMENT OF MINI-SATELLITES 30 YEARS' AGO, SCIENTISTS BELIEVE IT WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS IS CURRENTLY A WACKY-SOUNDING IDEA, BUT TECHNOLOGIES HAVE MOVED ON, AND NOW IT'S NOT JUST WACKY ` IT'S JUST DIFFICULT. WHAT WAS ONCE A DISTANT DREAM COULD VERY SOON BECOME REALITY. SCIENTISTS PLAN TO LAUNCH THE MINI SATELLITES USING POWERFUL LASERS AND POWER THEM WITH SAILS SET TO CATCH SOLAR WINDS. MEANWHILE, DOWN HERE ON EARTH, WINDS HAVE BEEN A LOT TAMER TODAY. A lot tamer compared yesterday. It has been a grey day in some places and in others autumn sunshine. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ JUST AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` BRAZIL'S BATTLING A DEVASTATING ZIKA OUTBREAK. NOW FRESH RESEARCH IS POINTING TO A POSSIBLE SOURCE. COULD IT HAVE BEEN THESE PACIFIC ISLAND PADDLERS? AND HOW THE RSA'S EXTENDING A HELPING PAW SO RETURNED SOLDIERS CAN DEAL WITH BATTLEFIELD TRAUMA. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` A PREGNANT CHRISTCHURCH WOMAN IS THE LATEST DOG-ATTACK VICTIM. THE 23-YEAR-OLD HOSPITALISED WITH BITES TO HER ARMS AND LEGS FROM A STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER. TWO DOGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY. THE COUNCIL IS INVESTIGATING. FALLING DEMAND FOR WOOL CARPET IS BEHIND A PLAN BY CAVALIER BREMWORTH TO DOWNSIZE OPERATIONS, WITH THE EXPECTED LOSS OF 65 JOBS. THE COMPANY WILL CLOSE ITS CHRISTCHURCH PLANT, BUT THE MAJORITY OF JOB LOSSES WILL BE FROM WHANGANUI, WHEN YARN SPINNING SHIFTS TO NAPIER. BRAZIL'S ZIKA VIRUS OUTBREAK IS LIKELY TO HAVE COME FROM THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY. COMPETITORS FROM FOUR ISLAND NATIONS WITH ZIKA PADDLED IN CANOE SPRINT CHAMPS IN RIO TWO YEARS AGO. BUT AS PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER REPORTS, THE THEORY ALREADY HAS ITS DOUBTERS. FAST AND FURIOUS ON THE WATER, BUT IT'S CLAIMED THESE PADDLERS BROUGHT MORE THAN JUST THEIR 'A' GAME TO BRAZIL. NEW RESEARCH POINTS TO COMPETITORS FROM FOUR PACIFIC COUNTRIES WITH THE ZIKA VIRUS CARRYING IT TO THE 2014 WORLD CANOE SPRINTS IN RIO. I THINK IT'S QUITE PLAUSIBLE, BECAUSE IT WAS VERY ACTIVE TRANSMISSION IN THE PACIFIC JUST BEFOREHAND, AND THE VIRUS TYPE FOUND IN BRAZIL, PARTICULARLY IN RIO, MATCHES THAT WHICH WAS BEING TRANSMITTED IN THE PACIFIC. BRAZIL'S DEVASTATING OUTBREAK HAS RESULTED IN THOUSANDS OF BABIES BORN WITH MICROCEPHALY ` SMALL HEADS WITH UNDERDEVELOPED BRAINS. ZIKA IS SPREAD BY THE AEDES AEGYPTI MOSQUITO BITING ONE INFECTED PERSON AND THEN TRANSMITTING IT TO OTHERS. THIS WHOLE EPISODE REMINDS US HOW EASILY THESE VIRUSES CAN HITCHHIKE AROUND THE PLANET. BUT THE COOK ISLANDS, WHICH HAS BEEN FREE OF ZIKA FOR TWO YEARS, SAY THE BRAZIL OUTBREAK COULDN'T HAVE COME FROM ITS RIO TEAM OF SEVEN. THE CHANCE OF IT BEING FROM THE COOK ISLANDS IS EXTREMELY REMOTE, CONSIDERING THAT THE ZIKA WAS WELL PLOTTED HERE, WELL RECORDED, AND IT WAS COMPLETELY OVER TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE CANOE OUTBREAK. NONE OF THOSE COMPETITORS WERE ILL AT THE TIME THEY WENT OR WHEN THEY CAME BACK. OTHER EVIDENCE SHOWS BRAZIL HAD THE VIRUS BEFORE THE CANOE CHAMPS. SINCE JANUARY, 82 ZIKA CASES HAVE BEEN PICKED UP HERE IN NZ ` MOSTLY PEOPLE WHO CAUGHT IT IN TONGA AND SAMOA. BUT AS THE VIRUS DECREASES IN THE ISLANDS, SO ARE CASES HERE, NOW JUST ONE OR TWO CONFIRMED A WEEK. BUT IN BRAZIL, IT SHOWS NO SIGNS OF SLOWING, WITH CONCERN THE UPCOMING OLYMPIC GAMES WILL BE THE CATALYST FOR ZIKA TO SPREAD TO EVEN MORE COUNTRIES. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS. WELLINGTON CITY COUNCILLORS HAVE BACKED DOWN ON A PLAN TO BAN BEGGING FROM THE CITY CENTRE, SOME CALLING THE PROPOSAL MEAN-SPIRITED. IT FOLLOWS A REPORT SAYING BEGGARS ARE FLOCKING TO THE CAPITAL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOCAL GENEROSITY. THE REPORT SUGGESTED A BAN ON BEGGING IN THE CBD, OR ISSUING PERMITS. BUT MOST COUNCILLORS OPTED FOR A SOFTER APPROACH, WORKING WITH SOCIAL AGENCIES TO GET BEGGARS OFF THE STREETS. YOU'VE HEARD OF BLIND DOGS AND COMPANION DOGS HELPING PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY. WELL, NOW WE'RE TRIALLING A MILITARY VERSION ` CALMING CANINES TO HELP MILITARY VETERANS COPE WITH THE HORRORS OF WAR. ANDREW MORRISON HAS THE STORY. HELLO, RICA. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A DOG THAT CAN MELT A GROWN MAN'S HEART. SHE'S BEAUTIFUL. SHE LOOKED INTO MY SOUL, AND I THOUGHT, YEAH, I'D LIKE A DOG LIKE THAT. RICA IS SPECIALLY TRAINED TO SOOTHE WOUNDED SOULS. I HAVE LITERALLY BEEN THROUGH SOME BATTLES AND CURRENTLY STILL AM GOING THROUGH SOME BATTLES, HEALTH-WISE, EMOTIONALLY-WISE. IT WAS THE 2012 BATTLE AT BAGHAK, AFGHANISTAN, WHEN DION WAS SHOT BY AN INSURGENT SNIPER AND LOST TWO OF HIS FRIENDS HE STILL SUFFERS CHRONIC LEG PAIN, BUT THE MENTAL SCARS RUN DEEPER. THE GRIEF THAT I WAS FEELING CONSTANTLY AND THE BECOMING SO INDIFFERENT AND UNSOCIABLE. DIAGNOSED WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, DION'S FIRST IN LINE FOR A SERVICE DOG, USED BY OVERSEAS VETERANS TO EASE ANXIETY AND CALL FOR HELP. THE OTHER THE THING THEY CAN DO IS WAKE PEOPLE FROM NIGHTMARES. THEY CAN BE TRAINED TO TURN ON THE LIGHTS AND TO GIVE THE PERSON A KISS AND A CUDDLE. WHEN HE HAS A DOG, WE CAN GET BACK TO BEING A FAMILY AND BEING HUSBAND AND WIFE, RATHER THAN PATIENT AND CARER. YEAH. ASSISTANCE DOGS LIKE RICA ARE VALUED AT AROUND $50,000 AND CAN TAKE UP TO TWO YEARS TO TRAIN, SO THE RSA WILL USE THIS WEEK'S POPPY APPEAL TO RAISE MONEY FOR DION'S DOG. IT'S HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND AND DEAL WITH A WOUND THAT'S INVISIBLE. WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVERSEAS IS A REALLY GREAT RESPONSE. LAUGHTER IT'S GONNA BE A GAME CHANGER. AND IF THE TRIAL IS A SUCCESS, MORE VETERANS LIKE DION COULD RECEIVE THEIR OWN CALMING CANINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANDREW MORRISON, ONE NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT. AND OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND. BUT HE'S BACK. MORE ON DAGG'S CONFIRMED RETURN NEXT, AS ANOTHER CRUSADER BIDS FAREWELL, WITH A VIEW TO PLAYING FOR WALES. ALSO TONIGHT, LEGEND LARRY HOLMES WANTS TO COME HERE TO WATCH JOSEPH PARKER BOX IN MAY. WHY IS HE BACKING THE NEWLY MUSCLED KIWI? PLUS, A FAMILY THAT SHOOTS TOGETHER CELEBRATES TOGETHER. IT'S NORMAL! WHAT, YOU DON'T HAVE THIS MANY GUNS? (LAUGHS) WE CATCH UP WITH OUR GROUND-BREAKING OLYMPIAN. AND IF YOU'RE A MANCHESTER UNITED FAN, IT JUST GETS WORSE. CITY MAKES THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. THE NZ OLYMPIC TEAM FOR RIO HAS BEEN BOOSTED BY THREE. AFTER SENDING JUST ONE SHOOTER TO LONDON FOUR YEARS AGO, THE SPORT WILL NOW SEND A TRIO TO BRAZIL, WITH THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE TEAM, CHLOE TIPPLE, MAKING HISTORY IN THE SKEET. GEORGE BERRY REPORTS. GUNS, GUNS AND MORE GUNS, AND IN AMONGST ALL THOSE GUNS IS SOMEONE WHO'S MORE THAN A GUN. CHLOE TIPPLE'S NZ'S FIRST-EVER FEMALE OLYMPIC SKEET SHOOTER. I THINK IT'S EXCITING. I FEEL SO PRIVILEGED TO BE REPRESENTING THE SPORT, NOT ONLY AS A SHOOTER AND A CLAY TARGET SHOOTER, BUT AS A FEMALE. TODAY'S SELECTION CAME AS NO REAL SURPRISE, NOT ONLY TO HER FAMILY-RUN GUN SHOP CUSTOMERS... GREAT STUFF. THANK YOU. ...BUT HER TEAM OF SUPPORTERS. GO, CHLOE! WE'RE JUST AT A BUZZ. I'M COVERED IN GOOSE BUMPS ALL THE TIME THINKING ABOUT IT. THE COMMENTS WE'VE RECEIVED BY TEXT AND EMAIL ` THEY BRING ME TO TEARS. HER FAMILY ACTUALLY BOOKED THEIR OWN FLIGHTS TO RIO TWO MONTHS AGO. I WAS ALWAYS CONFIDENT THAT SHE WOULD MAKE IT. THIS IS A WISE CHOICE FOR THE NZ OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. THE 24-YEAR-OLD MADE HER OWN CHOICE TO COMMIT TO THE MALE-DOMINATED SPORT NEARLY TWO DECADES AGO. I THINK THERE'S PHOTOS OF ME IN THE DUCK SHOOTING MAI MAI WITH` I WAS MOST EXCITED ABOUT THE CAMO PAINT FROM PROBABLY 3-4 YEARS OLD, 5 YEARS OLD WITH A GUN, BUT I WAS ALWAYS SHOOTING. ALTHOUGH, WITH FIVE OTHER SIBLINGS, ALL WITH A LIFETIME SPENT AROUND GUNS, THE REAL SURPRISE IS THAT CHLOE'S THE FIRST TIPPLE TO BE SELECTED. THERE'S SOME THAT WOULD ARGUE THEY WERE BETTER SHOTS THAN CHLOE. TODAY'S BACKING, THOUGH, GIVING HER THE CHANGE TO PROVE SHE'S NOT ONLY THE BEST IN THE FAMILY BUT THE BEST IN THE WORLD. GEORGE BERRY, ONE NEWS. IT'S CONFIRMED ` ALL BLACK ISRAEL DAGG WILL MAKE HIS LONG-AWAITED RETURN TO TOP-CLASS RUGBY THIS FRIDAY NIGHT IN CHRISTCHURCH, NAMED TO START AT FULLBACK FOR THE CRUSADERS AGAINST THE VISITING JAGUARES. COACH TODD BLACKADDER RESISTED THE URGE TO START DAGG FROM THE BENCH, SIX MONTHS AFTER SUSTAINING A SERIOUS SHOULDER INJURY PLAYING FOR HAWKE'S BAY. NO, WE FELT IT WAS PROBABLY JUST BEST TO TAKE ALL THE ANXIETY AWAY, AND JUST THROW HIM OUT THERE AND GET HIM INTO IT. AND HE'S READY TO GO. HE HAD A GREAT WEEK TRAINING LAST WEEK WITH US, AND HE'S GONNA GET THE START, WHICH IS GREAT. THIS WEEK'S GAME ALSO MARKS A SPECIAL OCCASION FOR ALL BLACKS MID-FIELDER RYAN CROTTY, WHO'LL BE PLAYING IN HIS 100TH MATCH FOR THE CRUSADERS. THERE WAS A GOAL I SET A FEW YEARS AGO TO TRY AND REACH THIS MILESTONE, AND I'M PRETTY PROUD AND PRETTY FORTUNATE IT'S COME ALONG. WING JOHNNY MCNICHOLL HAS CONFIRMED HE'S OFF TO PLAY FOR LLANELLI IN WALES, WITH THE LONG-TERM PROSPECT OF GAINING A SPOT IN THE WELSH NATIONAL SIDE. FORMER BLUES PLAYER KURTIS HAIU HAS LOST A LONG BATTLE WITH A RARE FORM OF CANCER. HAIU WAS DIAGNOSED WITH EWINGS SARCOMA IN A RIB IN 2011. HE TRIED SEVERAL DIFFERENT TREATMENTS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, BUT DIED TODAY AGED 31. KURTIS HAIU PLAYED 53 MATCHES FOR THE BLUES AND 72 FOR AUCKLAND IN PROVINCIAL RUGBY. BLUES PLAYERS LIKE KEVEN MEALAMU AND JEROME KAINO HAVE LED TRIBUTES, SAYING HAIU WAS A TOUGH PLAYER AND A GREAT FAMILY MAN. ONE OF THE GREATEST HEAVYWEIGHT BOXERS IN HISTORY IS BACKING JOSEPH PARKER TO GAIN AN EVENTUAL WORLD TITLE SHOT AND BEAT ENGLISHMAN ANTHONY JOSHUA. IN FACT, FORMER WORLD CHAMP LARRY HOLMES WANTS TO HEAD TO AUCKLAND TO WATCH PARKER TAKE ON FRENCHMAN CARLOS TAKAM IN THEIR ELIMINATION BOUT IN MAY. HOLMES BELIEVES THE KIWI IS A 'CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK'. A NEWLY MUSCLED JOSEPH PARKER IN FULL-ON TRAINING FOR HIS MAY 21ST BOUT IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, WITH HIS SPEED EVIDENT. PARKER'S TECHNIQUE HAS ENAMOURED LARRY HOLMES. THEY MET IN PHILADELPHIA BACK IN 2014. HOLMES NOW WANTS TO SEE THE CONTENDER FIGHT IN THE FLESH. I'D LIKE TO COME TO SEE JOSEPH PARKER, BECAUSE HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE SIMILAR TO ME. HE'S BIGGER THAN ME. IF HE'S SIMILAR TO ME, HE HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF BEING HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD. HOLMES' ATTENDANCE IN MAY IS EXPECTED TO BE SIGNED OFF SOON. THE 66-YEAR-OLD IS KNOWN FOR HIS HAMMER JAB. THAT PUNCH AND POWER TOOK HIM TO A WORLD TITLE IN 1978 OVER AMERICAN KEN NORTON, 17 TITLE DEFENCES, INCLUDING ONE OVER AN AGEING MUHAMMAD ALI IN 1980. HOLMES JABBED ALI INTO SUBMISSION. SLAP HIM WITH THE JAB. SLAP IT, SLAP IT. WHEN IT'S A GOOD TIME TO THROW THAT JAB WITH A PUNCH AND KNOCK HIM DOWN, YOU CLOSE THE HANDS REAL TIGHT, AND YOU DO IT. HE SAYS NEW IBF CHAMPION ANTHONY JOSHUA, IN THE WHITE, DOESN'T HAVE THE JAB SPEED OF PARKER. HOLMES' SUPPORT IS A BIG BOOST. HE BEAT A LOT OF TOP FIGHTERS IN HIS ERA. HE HAD ONE OF THE BEST JABS IN THE BUSINESS, WHICH MOTIVATES ME TO WORK ON MY JAB. IT'S ONE OF THE KEY WEAPONS IN THE SPORT. WHEN A MAN WHO FOUGHT NORTON, ALI, TYSON AND HOLYFIELD TALKS, THE BOXING WORLD LISTENS. THOUGHTS OF A DISAPPOINTING PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON FOR BIG SPENDERS MANCHESTER CITY HAVE FADED INTO THE BACKGROUND IN JUST 90 MINUTES. CITY'S BEATEN A FRENCH GLAMOUR TEAM TO MAKE THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOR THE FIRST TIME. MARTIN TASKER WITH THE ACTION FROM MANCHESTER. A HUGE NIGHT FOR MAN CITY IN UNCHARTERED TERRITORY, BUT WITH FANS CONVINCED PRE-KICK-OFF THEY CAN GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FINAL AT SAN SIRO IN MILAN. CHANTS: SAN SIRO, SAN SIRO, WE ARE COMING, WE ARE COMING, AT THE END OF THE DAY, CITY, CITY. THE SAME YOUNG FAN RECKONED SERGIO AGUERO WOULD BE ONE OF THE SCORERS, AND HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AFTER BEING FELLED IN THE BOX FOR A PENALTY WHICH HE TOOK HIMSELF. HE MISSED IT. HE HAS MISSED IT. A MORE ACCURATE PRE-MATCH PREDICTION HAD CITY KEEPER JOE HART PLAYING A VITAL ROLE, AND HE DOES. THIS EFFORT FROM A ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC FREE-KICK ` THE FIRST OF A STRING OF MATCH SAVERS. AND IT NEEDED SAVING. THE SWEDISH STRIKER TESTING HART AGAIN EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF. 39 GOALS HE'S SCORED ALREADY THIS SEASON, AND BUT FOR HART IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 40. PARIS ST GERMAN'S SUPERIOR POSSESSION AND ACCURACY STRETCHING CITY FANS' NERVES. THE MAN OF THE MATCH SOOTHING THEM. AWAY! AWAY IS THE CRY, AND IT'S AWAY BY HART. CITY'S DEFENCE HOLDS ONCE MORE AND FINALLY THE ATTACK FINDS ITS TARGET. DE BRUYNE AGAIN. TRIES TO WHIP IT IN, AND HE DOES! CROWD CHEERS SUPERBLY DONE BY DE BRUYNE. CITY ARE IN THE SEMIS FOR THE FIRST TIME. BLUE MOON DEFINITELY RISING. KNACKERED, BUT EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTED, BUT HAPPY. SO, TOO, REAL MADRID FANS. CRISTIANO RONALDO SINGLE-HANDEDLY NEGATING WOLFSBURG'S 2-0 ADVANTAGE. IT'S THE MIRACULOUS RONALDO! HAT TRICK. THE DRAW FOR THE SEMIS IS ON FRIDAY. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. THE PRESSURE AND THE ERRORS ARE MOUNTING FOR THE WARRIORS. AFTER BEING THUMPED AT HOME BY MANLY, THE NRL BATTLERS NOW FACE THE IN-FORM BULLDOGS IN WELLINGTON THIS WEEKEND. DIG A BIT DEEPER, THOUGH, AND THE WARRIORS HAVE BECOME THEIR OWN WORST ENEMY. MATT MANUKIA REPORTS. BASIC ERRORS LETTING THE WARRIORS DOWN AGAIN. NOW, ALL TEAMS MAKE MISTAKES, BUT NOT THIS OFTEN. DOWN 6-0, ROGER TUIVASA SHECK FAILS TO TAKE THIS BOMB. MANLY GET ANOTHER SET AND BREEZE THROUGH THE MIDDLE. STARLING. JOSH STARLING! NOW, THIS IS BASIC ` A ONE-OFF RUNNER, NO OPTIONS INSIDE OR OUT. BUT FOR SOME REASON CHARLIE GUBB OVERRUNS HIS MAN, AND IT'S GOODNIGHT. HERE'S HIS COACH'S TAKE ON THAT. THERE'S JUST TIMES WHEN WE JUST NEED TO BE MORE DESPERATE TO GET THAT FOOTBALL FIRST, YOU KNOW. THERE'S A LOT OF LOOSE BALLS ON THE GROUND THAT THEY SEEM TO GET TO, SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT. 10 TO GO, AND THE GAME'S STILL ON A KNIFE EDGE. BUT A CLUMSY OFFLOAD GIVES THE BALL STRAIGHT BACK TO MANLY. NOW BACK ON THE GOAL LINE, THE WARRIORS FAIL AGAIN IN BASIC DEFENCE, STEVE MATAI THROUGH ON AN INSIDE PASS. BUT THE BIGGEST LAPSE IN CONCENTRATION CAME AT THE END OF THE GAME. CHARLIE GUBB LOOKS LIKE HE'S ABOUT TO TRADE BLOWS, AND LOOK AT THIS AS SAM LISONE AND ISSAC LUKE RUN IN, THE CHANNEL THEY WERE DEFENDING LEFT WIDE OPEN, AND IT'S TRY TIME AGAIN. HERE'S LUKE. WELL, YOU LOOK AT IT, AND YOU GO, 'OH MAN, WHY'D I DO THAT?' BUT IN SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, GUBBY DONE A GREAT TACKLE. IT JUST ENDED UP FLARING UP, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT. UGLY STUFF, AND IT'S FORCED CHANGES. THIS WEEK, TUI LOLOHEA COMES OFF THE WING AND INTO THE HALVES, PUTTING THE BALL IN HIS HANDS MORE OFTEN ` NOT A BAD IDEA. A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THE WARRIORS' ATTACK, BUT IT'S DEFENCE WHERE THEY CLEARLY NEED MORE WORK. OUR WORLD CHAMPION SKIFF SAILORS ARE CONTINUING TO SET THE PACE AT THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS OFF BARCELONA. RIO-BOUND PETER BURLING AND BLAIR TUKE LEAD THE 72-STRONG FLEET OF 49ERS WITH FOUR WINS IN THEIR SEVEN RACES, HELPING INSPIRE FELLOW KIWIS ALEX MALONEY AND MOLLY MEECH, WHO'VE LIFTED TO THIRD. I THINK THE WHOLE NZ SAILING TEAM, INCLUDING THE 49ER BOYS AND OUR 470 GIRLS, IS A REALLY GREAT GROUP, AND THE TEAM ATMOSPHERE IS REALLY NICE, AND, YEAH, IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL TO BE PART OF THE TEAM RIGHT NOW. THE MEDALS WILL BE DECIDED AT THE WEEKEND. THERE'S BEEN AN IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY OF SPORTSMANSHIP FROM THE MEN'S BLACK STICKS HOCKEY TEAM IN THEIR 1-0 LOSS TO AUSTRALIA AT THE SULTAN AZLAN SHAH CUP IN MALAYSIA. IN SWELTERING 36-DEGREE HEAT, NZ LOOKED TO HAVE MADE THE EARLY BREAKTHROUGH AGAINST THE AUSSIES, BUT BLACK STICKS CAPTAIN SIMON CHILD STEPPED IN, LABELLING IT OUTSIDE THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME. SIMON CHILD, I CAN TELL YOU, HAS SAID, 'LISTEN, UMPIRE, WE DON'T WANT TO ACCEPT THIS.' THE BALL WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PASSED TO KNOWLES FOR A FREE-HIT. NOTHING WRONG WITH AUSTRALIA'S GOAL THOUGH. THE BLACK STICKS NOW FACE A MUST-WIN MATCH AGAINST INDIA TONIGHT. IT'S AN IPL CRICKET TEAM YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BET AGAINST, AND THE STARS OF THE ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE HAVE QUICKLY SHOWN WHY. THE SUNRISERS HYDERABAD DISMISSED CHRIS GAYLE, BUT THEY THEN HAD TO DEAL WITH TWO OF THE WORLD'S BEST BATSMEN, VIRAT KOHLI AND AB DE VILLIERS. BAT'S AWAY. THIS IS EVEN BIGGER. HITS THE ROOF OF THE STADIUM. OH, LOOK AT THIS! IT'S GONE INTO ORBIT. THE PAIR'S HUGE 157-RUN STAND THE PLATFORM FOR BANGALORE'S 227-RUN TOTAL. KIWI ADAM MILNE TAKING ONE WICKET AS THE SUNRISERS, MINUS KANE WILLIAMSON AND TRENT BOULT, FELL 46 RUNS SHORT. THANKS, ANDREW. LED ZEPPLIN'S IN COURT OVER COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. COMING UP ` A NZ EXCLUSIVE WITH THE FIRM WHO WAS MEANT TO CARRY OUT THIS BOTCHED KIDNAPPING. THEY SPEAK TO US ABOUT HOW IT WAS HANDLED. WOULDN'T HAVE THROWN GRANDMA ROUND LIKE A SACK OF POTATOES, TAPPED HER ON THE HEAD. PLUS, THEY'RE RICH, THEY'RE POWERFUL AND THEY'VE SET THEIR SIGHTS ON US. I THINK THEY LIKE DEALING WITH KIWIS. AND MEET THE ONE-OF-A-KIND KIWI SHOWING LA SKATERS A TRICK OR TWO. IT'S NOT THAT FUN OR COOL FOR ME TO PURSUE DOING SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS ALREADY MASTERED. STAY TUNED FOR SEVEN SHARP. HELLO. HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS MOST OF THE COUNTRY TOMORROW. WILL NEED AN EXTRA LAYER TOMORROW. THIS TROUGH HAS BEEN STREAMING THIS HIGHER CLOUD IN. A SKINNY FRONT DOWN HERE WILL JUST GRAZE THE COUNTRY, BROADLY, IT IS HIGH PRESSURE. EARLY CLOUD. EVERYWHERE ELSE, FINE. IN THE SOUTH, A FRONT WITH MOISTURE ON THE WEST COAST. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ Very typical autumn weather. Mother nature has a few bits in her bag. That is ONE News this Wednesday.