HELLO. IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD-LOOKING DAY OVER MOST OF THE COUNTRY. SOME EARLY CLOUD CLEARED AWAY FROM THE FAR NORTH, AND FOR MOST OF US, WITH HIGH PRESSURE, IT WAS DECENT SUNSHINE. EVEN THE ICE SCRAPERS, IN A FEW PLACES, THEY CAME OUT WITH THE CARS, WITH A FROSTY START HERE AND THERE. SAME SORT OF THING TOMORROW, BUT AS WE HEAD TO THE WEEKEND, WE BRING IN SOME MORE MOISTURE. THAT SPELLS SOME RAIN FOR YOUR OUTDOOR PLANS. ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP. 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. NAILED OVER GUARANTEES WHICH SIMPLY DIDN'T EXIST. WHAT YOU NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR IF YOU'RE BUILDING OR RENOVATING. WEIGHING UP THE OPTIONS TO DEAL WITH DIABETES. WHY THIS NEW CLINIC'S A GAME CHANGER FOR HEALTHCARE. AND ADDING A FRESH FACE TO OUR MOST ELITE CLUB. RICHIE MCCAW RECEIVES THIS COUNTRY'S HIGHEST HONOUR. A WARNING TONIGHT FOR ANYONE BUILDING OR RENOVATING. IF YOU THINK YOU'RE PROTECTED BY A GUARANTEE, THEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK THE FINE PRINT. A CHRISTCHURCH BUILDER'S PLEADED GUILTY TO TAKING MONEY FOR GUARANTEES WHICH NEVER EXISTED, PROMPTING CALLS TO TAKE THE CONTROL OF GUARANTEES AWAY FROM BUILDERS. FAIR GO'S GORDON HARCOURT EXPLAINS. CHRISTCHURCH BUILDER GERRY THOMPSON HAD LITTLE TO SAY FOR HIMSELF OUTSIDE COURT. HE'D EARLIER PLEADED GUILTY TO THREE CHARGES. HE TOOK MONEY FOR THREE BUILDING GUARANTEES WHICH NEVER EXISTED. ONE OF THE HOMES BELONGED TO STEPHANIE DAVIDSON. SO THE STAIRS GO UP THERE. THEY SHOULD BE GOING UP HERE. THOMSON'S COMPANY MADE A MESS OF STEPHANIE'S JOB, AS FEATURED ON FAIR GO TWO YEARS AGO. THERE WAS NO CERTIFIED BUILDERS GUARANTEE TO CLAIM ON. I WAS CRUSHED. I WAS REALLY COUNTING ON IT. WITH THE CB AND RIVAL MASTER BUILD PRODUCTS, YOU PAY THE BUILDER FOR YOUR GUARANTEE. WELL, IT'S FARCICAL, REALLY, BECAUSE IT ENDS UP CREATING ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS DOWNSTREAM, WHERE THE BUILDERS DON'T PASS ON THE MONEY AND REGISTER THE WARRANTY. GETTING A GUARANTEE IS NOW MANDATORY ON CB JOBS. THAT WILL HELP US ELIMINATE THIS TYPE OF RISK FOR BUILDERS WHO MAY NOT LODGE THE PAYMENT. MASTER BUILDERS SAY IF THE HOMEOWNER CAN SHOW THEY PAID, THEY WILL HONOUR THE GUARANTEE. AND IT'S NOT JUST HOW THE GUARANTEES ARE PAID FOR THAT ANGERS HOBANZ. IT'S HOW CLAIMS ON THOSE GUARANTEES ARE DECIDED. OH, IT'S LIKE SWIMMING IN GLUE. UP IN NAPIER, A MASTER BUILDER MADE A MESS OF THE BUILDING WRAP ON THE KIZILAYS' HOUSE, BUT THE MASTER BUILD GUARANTEE COMPANY BACKED THE BUILDER, NOT THE KIZILAYS. THEY HAVE FOUGHT US ALL THE WAY. AFTER A THREE-YEAR FIGHT, THE KIZILAYS HAVE RECENTLY ACCEPTED A PAYOUT FROM THE MASTER BUILD GUARANTEE COMPANY. MASTER BUILD SAY THEY SETTLED EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO VALID CLAIM, ACCORDING TO AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT. IT'S FAR TOO CLOSE. CONSUMERS NEED TO HAVE A SYSTEM THEY CAN RELY ON THAT IS INDEPENDENT OF THE BUILDERS. WITH THE GUARANTEE THAT WE'VE RECENTLY LAUNCHED, IT IS MANAGED BY AN INDEPENDENT PARTY, SO THERE'S NO CONFLICT WHEN THERE ARE CLAIMS LIKELY TO COME THROUGH. MEANWHILE, BUILDER GERRY THOMSON'S SENTENCING WAS ADJOURNED TODAY. THERE WILL BE SOME SATISFACTION, SOME CLOSURE ONCE SENTENCE IS HANDED DOWN. HE'S NO LONGER A MEMBER OF CERTIFIED BUILDERS. SO GORDON, WHAT CAN PEOPLE LOOK OUT FOR TO MAKE SURE THEIR HOME IS SAFE? FIRST THING IS IF YOU BUY A GUARANTEE, MAKE SURE IT ACTUALLY EXISTS. THIS CHRISTCHURCH EPISODE IS NOT A ONE-OFF. AND CHOOSE YOUR GUARANTEE CAREFULLY, IF YOU CAN CHOOSE. THERE ARE THREE PRODUCTS I KNOW OF ` CB, MB, AND STAMFORD ` RECOMMENDED BY HOBANZ, THE HOMEOWNERS LOBBY GROUP. CB AND STAMFORD PRODUCTS ARE BACKED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES. MB PRODUCT IS NOT. IT'S EFFECTIVELY RUN IN HOUSE BY MB, VIA A SEPARATE COMPANY. MB SAY THAT'S A STRENGTH, AS IT GIVES LEVERAGE OVER THEIR BUILDERS AND FLEXIBILITY TO OFFER SETTLEMENTS. THE PEOPLE IN THE VARIOUS DISPUTES I'VE COVERED WOULD VERY VERY STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH MB. THANKS, GORDON DEMAND FOR DIALYSIS TO TREAT KIDNEY DISEASE IS OUTSTRIPPING SUPPLY AS OBESITY AND TYPE II DIABETES RATES SKYROCKET IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. THAT'S NOW LED THE DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD TO OPEN THE FIRST PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP UNIT IN THE COUNTRY. HEALTH REPORTER LORELEI MASON WAS THERE FOR THE OPENING. ITS CALLED DIAVERUM TOTO ORA, AND IT'S OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN MANGERE, SOUTH AUCKLAND,... AWESOME. I LOVE THIS NEW PLACE. BIG SPACES. NICE PEOPLE. ...DELIVERING LIFE-SAVING DIALYSIS FOR COUNTIES MANUKAU PATIENTS SUFFERING KIDNEY FAILURE ` FOR MOST, A RESULT OF OBESITY-RELATED TYPE II DIABETES. FROM DAY ONE, IT'S FLAT OUT. WE HAVE A TOTAL NUMBER OF 635 DIALYSIS PATIENTS, SO WE NEED THE BUILDING. THAT NEED A GREAT ONE. IN RECENT YEARS THE DHB'S BEEN FORCED TO RUN NIGHT SHIFTS AT ITS OLD CLINIC AT MIDDLEMORE TO COPE WITH A 6% RISE IN DEMAND PER ANNUM. SO IN A NOVEL SOLUTION THE DHB'S PARTNERED WITH INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE DIALYSIS PROVIDER DIAVERUM,... NZ IS OUR TWENTIETH COUNTRY. ...TAKING THE PRESSURE OFF THE DHB TO BUILD ITS OWN NEW UNIT. WE PROVIDE, I SUPPOSE, THE BUILDING, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE MACHINES AND THE STAFFING AND ALL THE CONSUMABLES. COSTING DIAVERUM AROUND $3M. WHAT IS MEANS IS WE CAN HAVE AN AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE, LONG-TERM SOLUTION WHICH GETS THE SERVICES THAT DIALYSIS PATIENTS NEED. 96 PATIENTS ARE ALREADY RECEIVING DIALYSIS AT THIS NEW UNIT, 24 COME IN THE MORNING, 24 IN THE AFTERNOONS, SIX DAYS A WEEK. EACH PATIENT COMES THREE TIMES WEEKLY. THEY'RE HERE FOR FOUR TO FIVE HOURS EACH TIME. IT'S A GRUELLING REGIME BUT ESSENTIAL TO CLEANSE THEIR BLOOD AND KEEP THEM ALIVE. THE HARDEST THING? IT'S THE NEEDLES. WE DO HAVE DIABETES AT THE AGE OF 20S NOW, AGE 30S, AND IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DISEASE IN HOW AGGRESSIVE IT IS. THAT AGGRESSION MEANS PATIENT NUMBERS ARE SET TO SPIRAL FURTHER, WITH THE PREDICTION THIS UNIT MAY BE THE FIRST OF MANY NATIONWIDE. LORELEI MASON, ONE NEWS. APPARENTLY SOME OF OUR NAVY'S SHIPS ARE TOO HARD TO USE. THAT'S EMERGED IN FIERY PARLIAMENTARY EXCHANGES AFTER DEFENCE FORCE FIGURES SHOWED HALF THE SHIPS HAVEN'T BEEN USED THIS YEAR AND SOME HAVEN'T LEFT PORT FOR YEARS. HELEN CASTLES REPORTS. ALL TIED UP AND NOT GOING ANYWHERE. OF THE NAVY'S FOUR INSHORE PATROL BOATS, AND THAT'S LED TO QUESTIONS FROM NZ FIRST. DO YOU BELIEVE OUR NAVY IS SUFFICIENTLY RESOURCED TO PROTECT OUR FISHERIES? I'M ACTUALLY SURPRISED THAT WITH MR MARK'S DEFENCE EXPERIENCE AS AN ARMY COOK, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER ASKING ABOUT DHB. RON MARK, WHO SAYS HE WAS NEVER A COOK, SAW HE WASN'T MAKING ANY HEADWAY. YOUR BEHAVIOUR HAS BEEN TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE. WE'VE HAD ENOUGH. AND WITH THAT, HE AND OTHER NZ FIRST MPS WALKED OUT. OUTSIDE THE HOUSE, TAUPO HASN'T LEFT PORT SINCE 2015. PUKEKE HASN'T LEFT FOR A LONG TIME. THE MINISTER'S BEING DISHONEST IN SAYING THEY DON'T NEED THOSE SHIPS. EVERY YEAR THE SELECT COMMITTEE IS TOLD THAT THE NAVY CAN'T PUT THE VESSELS TO SEA BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SKILLED STAFF TO CREW THEM. THAT'S THE TRUTH. IN 2012 THE NAVY LOST A QUARTER OF IT'S CREW, SELLING THE PATROL BOATS WON'T BE EASY. AND THESE BOATS ARE FAIRLY BASIC, AND TO FIND A BUYER UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS IS GOING TO BE TOUGH. SO WHILE THEY MAKE FOR AN IMPRESSIVE PICTURE, THAT'S ALL IT SEEMS THEY'LL BE GOOD FOR ` IN NZ, ANYWAY HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. AMID THAT STORM, THE AIR FORCE HAS GIVEN ONE NEWS ACCESS TO THE FIRST FLIGHTS OF ITS BRAND NEW AIRCRAFT. THE T6 TEXANS WERE A MAJOR ` AND CONTROVERSIAL ` PURCHASE. JAMES RANSLEY MET WITH THE FIRST ROUND OF PILOTS WHO'LL FLY THEM. TAKING TO THE SKIES OVER OHAKEA, OUR NEW T-6 TEXANS SHOWING WHAT THEY'RE MADE OF. IT'S VERY ROBUST. IT CAN TAKE A HARD LANDING. AN EXCELLENT ENGINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. THE FLEET ARRIVED LAST YEAR. THE AIR FORCE STARTED TRAINING ITS FIRST PILOT RECRUITS RECENTLY. WE LOOKED AT ENGINE COMPONENTS, AVIONIC SYSTEMS, HOW ALL THE INSTRUMENTS LIKE THAT WORK. TRAINEE COREY FOTHERGILL HASN'T PILOTED A TX YET, BUT HE'S BEEN A PASSENGER. THE TEXANS ARE AN AMAZING. I'M STILL FIZZING FROM IT, AND THAT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO. THEY'LL SPEND THE YEAR TRAINING IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON STATE-OF-THE-ART SIMULATORS. THE AIR FORCE IS LOOKING FOR TOP CANDIDATES TO TRAIN ON THE AIRCRAFT. DRIVEN, MOTIVATED, LIKES A CHALLENGE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY THEY TAKE ONE LOOK AT THAT AIRPLANE AND JUST GET EXCITED. TVNZ ONE OF THE FIRST NEWS ORGANISATIONS TO FLY ON THE TRAINER AIRCRAFT. AT NEARLY 3 TONNES, THE TEXANS HAVE A MAXIMUM SPEED OF 580KM/H. THESE PILOTS MUST HAVE GUTS OF STEEL. WE JUST PULLED OF A VICTORY TURN. TWO G'S OF FORCE PULSATING THROUGH YOUR BODY, AND TO BE HONEST, I JUST FEEL SICK. THE GOVERNMENT PURCHASED THE 11 TEXANS FOR $154M, REPLACING THE AIR FORCE'S OLD CT-4 AIR TRAINERS, WHICH HAD BEEN IN SERVICE FOR 30 YEARS. IT'S A MASSIVE STEP FORWARDS. THE CAPABILITY THAT THE TEXANS ARE GOING TO GIVE US IS PRETTY HUGE, AND THE QUALITY OF PILOTS WE CAN TRAIN WITH IT IS PRETTY HIGH. COREY SAYS THE TRAINING'S DEMANDING. THE TEXAN'S AEROBATIC FORMATION TEAM WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE OHAKEA AIR SHOW NEXT YEAR. JAMES RANSLEY, ONE NEWS. TWO MORE ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN RELATION TO A VIOLENT ALCOHOL-FUELLED BRAWL IN AUCKLAND LATE LAST MONTH. A 22-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FIGHTING IN PUBLIC WHILE A 25-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO INJURE. THE FIGHT WAS FILMED IN AUCKLAND'S FORT ST AND WIDELY SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT THE TIME. TWO TEENAGERS ACCUSED OF FATALLY BASHING IHAIA GILLMAN-HARRIS AT THE ASCOT EPSOM MOTEL IN AUCKLAND WENT TO A PARTY AFTER THE ALLEGED ATTACK, THE HIGH COURT HAS HEARD. LEONARD NATTRASS-BERQUIST CONFIRMED THERE HAD BEEN A VIOLENT ASSAULT IN THE MOTEL, BUT DENIED HE HAD PLANNED THE ROBBERY WITH HIS CO-ACCUSED, BEAUEN WALLACE-LORETZ. SO AFTER LEAVING MR GILLMAN-HARRIS IN THE MOTEL ROOM, TAKING HIS $400, THAT NIGHT YOU WENT OUT TO A PARTY? YES. DID YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME? NO. NATTRASS-BERQUIST TOLD THE COURT HE WAS JUST 'PUTTING A FACE ON' AT THE PARTY. HE MAY BE RETIRED, BUT THE ACCOLADES KEEPING COMING FOR RICHIE MCCAW ` THE FORMER ALL BLACKS CAPTAIN TODAY JOINING AN ELITE GROUP IN THE ORDER OF NZ. ANDREW MORRISON WAS AT THE CEREMONY IN WELLINGTON. HE'S ALREADY RUGBY ROYALTY. BUT TODAY RICHIE MCCAW RECEIVED NZ'S HIGHEST HONOUR FOR SERVICE TO QUEEN AND COUNTRY. AUDIENCE APPLAUDS IT MEANS A LOT. IT'S A HUGE HONOUR, OBVIOUSLY, AND A PRIVILEGE. LIKE, WHEN YOU PLAY RUGBY OR REPRESENT YOUR COUNTRY, YOU DON'T EXPECT TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS BESTOWED UPON YOU. MCCAW TURNED DOWN A KNIGHTHOOD AFTER GUIDING THE ALL BLACKS TO WORLD CUP GLORY IN 2011, HIS FAMILY AND FIANCEE THERE TO SEE HIM ACCEPT HIS PLACE IN A PRESTIGIOUS GROUP, AWARDED TO JUST 20 LIVING NZERS. THE FACT THAT IT DIDN'T COME WITH A TITLE OF SIR ACTUALLY SAT WITH ME A LOT MORE COMFORTABLY. AT JUST 35 YEARS OF AGE, RICHIE MCCAW IS THE YOUNGEST TO JOIN THE RANKS, TAILING 66-YEAR-OLD FORMER PRIME MINSTER HELEN CLARK. YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT EMBARRASSING THAT, ISN'T IT? SO, YEAH, I DID` I HAVE HAD SOME FRIENDS POINT THAT OUT TO ME. HIS RUGBY RECORD IS UNPARALLED ` THE MOST CAPPED PLAYER OF ALL TIME. 110 OF THOSE TESTS AS CAPTAIN. HE'S JUST AN ORDINARY BLOKE FROM KUROW, BUT BY GOD HE CAN DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS. THE FIRST PLAYER TO LEAD A COUNTRY TO BACK-TO-BACK TO WORLD CUPS. WHERE DOES THIS SIT? THIS WILL BE RIGHT UP THE TOP. YOU CAN'T GET ANY BIGGER THAN THIS. ALL BLACKS MENTAL SKILLS COACH GILBERT ENOKA'S BEEN A BIG PART OF THAT SUCCESS. ALSO HONOURED TODAY. HE'S WATCHED MCCAW DEVELOP INTO ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST RESPECTED SPORTSMEN. HE'S JUST A REALLY DECENT HUMAN BEING. I THINK HE'S GROWN INTO THE ROLE. HE'S GROWN TO UNDERSTAND HIMSELF REALLY REALLY WELL. I THINK THE BIG THING ABOUT NZ IS IT'S GREAT THAT PEOPLE GET RECOGNISED FOR THESE THINGS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE JUST AN ORDINARY KIWI, REALLY, AND PEOPLE EXPECT YOU TO BEHAVE LIKE THAT. FOR MCCAW, THAT'S BACK TO COMMERCIAL FLYING, FOR A MAN THAT'S PILOTED NZ TO SOME OF ITS PROUDEST MOMENTS. ANDREW MORRISON, ONE NEWS. RICHIE'S JOINING AN ESTEEMED GROUP OF PEOPLE. AS WE SAID, ONLY 20 LIVING PEOPLE CAN BE WHAT ARE CALLED 'ORDINARY' MEMBERS. AS YOU'D EXPECT, THERE'S SEVERAL POLITICIANS AMONG THEM, INCLUDING FORMER PRIME MINISTERS JIM BOLGER, MIKE MOORE AND HELEN CLARK. OPERA SINGER DAME KIRI TE KANAWA IS A MEMBER, AS IS SCIENTIST SIR PETER GLUCKMAN. AND THERE ARE NOW THREE SPORTSPEOPLE AMONG THEM, RICHIE JOINING SIR MURRAY HALBERG AND SIR BOB CHARLES. THERE IS ONE SPACE STILL AVAILABLE IN THE ORDER. NO WORD YET ON WHO MIGHT BE IN LINE TO FILL THAT VACANCY. THE PRIME MINISTER'S FAREWELLED THE STAFF AT CERA, WHO'VE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING CHRISTCHURCH BACK ON ITS FEET AFTER THE EARTHQUAKES. COME MONDAY, THE CANTERBURY EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY AUTHORITY WILL BE NO MORE AND WILL HAND RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAJOR PROJECTS AND THE RESIDENTIAL RED ZONE OVER TO NEW CROWN AND COUNCIL AGENCIES. AND CHRISTCHURCH'S REDCLIFFS SCHOOL HAS DELIVERED A 6000-SIGNATURE PETITION TO PARLIAMENT IN A BID REOPEN ITS ORIGINAL SITE. THE SCHOOL WAS FORCED OFF ITS GROUNDS OVER FEARS OF ROCK FALL AFTER A BIG AFTERSHOCK IN JUNE 2011, MOVING IN WITH A NEARBY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. EDUCATION MINISTER HEKIA PARATA HAS COMMITTED TO MAKING A FINAL DECISION ON THE SCHOOL'S FUTURE BY THE END OF JUNE. BIGGER PLANES WILL NOW BE ABLE TO FLY TO OUR SOUTHERNMOST CITY AFTER INVERCARGILL OPENED A NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL. THE NEW $13M REDEVELOPMENT, BUILT OVER TWO YEARS, BOASTS NEW CHECK-IN FACILITIES, BAGGAGE-CLAIM AREA, LOUNGES, OFFICES, CAR PARKS AND ROADING, ALL CATERING TO THE 275,000 PASSENGERS USING THE AIRPORT EACH YEAR. THE AIRPORT'S NEW APRON LAYOUT HAS ALSO BEEN EXTENDED TO ACCOMMODATE BIGGER AIRCRAFT. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE GOT ON DISPLAY HERE. WE WANTED A TERMINAL THAT WAS NOT ONLY FUNCTIONAL BUT REPRESENTED THE REGION WELL AND WAS A GREAT GATEWAY TO THE CITY. THE INVERCARGILL CITY COUNCIL'S HOLDING COMPANY HOLDCO, BORROWED THE MONEY TO FUND THE RE-DEVELOPMENT. $220M SPENT ON MAORI LANGUAGE INITIATIVES WILL NOW BE DISHED OUT DIFFERENTLY. A NEW BILL ESTABLISHING A BODY TO BRING ALL THE INTERESTED PARTIES TOGETHER HAS JUST BEEN MADE LAW, AND AS MAORI AFFAIRS REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA EXPLAINS, IT'S HOPED IT'LL ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE. THIS TE REO-SPEAKING WHANAU HOPES THE GOVERNMENT'S NEWEST INTIATIVE GETS THE LANGUAGE ON A ROLL. AS A PARENT OF BILINGUAL CHILDREN, YOU HAVE TO WORK REALLY HARD TO FIND THE WAY THAT IT'S GOING TO WORK FOR YOUR WHANAU. THE MORRISONS ARE PART OF A DECLINING GROUP ` MAORI WHO CAN SPEAK MAORI. THEY'RE HOPING TE URUROA FLAVELL'S NEW REO BILL GIVES ALL NZ CHILDREN WIDER CHOICES. IT'S STILL NOT EASY TO FIND THE EDUCATION THAT YOU WANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PEOPLE TRAVELLING OUT OF ZONE. AND THEN THERE'S FUNDING ISSUES. THE NEW LAW ESTABLISHES TE MATAWAI, AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY MADE UP OF IWI, STAKEHOLDERS AND CROWN REPRESENTATIVES, WHICH IS NOW RESPONSIBLE, WITH THE CROWN, FOR DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT REO REVITALISATION. MY HOPE IS THAT WITH THIS BILL THAT WE WILL DRIVE THAT DEMAND, BOTH` NOT JUST AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL BUT AT THE ADULT LEVEL. IN THE 1980S, THE KOHANGA REO LED THE REVITALISATION MOVEMENT. IN THE 1980S, THE KOHANGA REO LED THE REVITALISATION MOVEMENT. PARENTS SAY IT'S STILL KEY TO REVERSING THE FALLING NUMBER OF MAORI SPEAKERS. IF WE DON'T CONTINUE TO TEACH OUR TAMARIKI IN KOHANGA REOS, THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY THAT OUR LANGUAGE WILL BE LOST. NO MATTER WHAT STRATEGY OR WHAT PIECE OF PAPER YOU MIGHT PUT IN LAW, IT ACTUALLY COMES DOWN TO YOUR HEART AND HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR LANGUAGE. KIA RARANGI KI TE MATAPIHI. TE REO'S FUTURE'S FINELY BALANCED, BUT EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH. YVONNE TAHAHA, ONE NEWS. THE BRUTALITY OF THE MIGRANT HUNTERS IS NEXT ON ONE NEWS. THERE'S NO WELCOME MAT OUT IN BULGARIA. AND THE HARSH TREATMENT BY VIGILANTE GROUPS ROUNDING UP MIGRANTS BRINGS AN OUTCRY AND AN INQUIRY. PLUS, A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH ` HOW A COMPUTER CHIP IN THE BRAIN MEANS THIS PARALYSED MAN CAN PLAY THE GUITAR JUST BY THINKING ABOUT IT. AND EXCITEMENT ABOUT THIS MYSTERIOUS IMAGE FROM SCOTLAND'S LOCH NESS. IS IT THE FAMOUS MONSTER, OR DOES THIS OLD MOVIE HOLD THE ANSWER TO THE PUZZLE? THE PARENTS AT THE CENTRE OF A BITTER CUSTODY DISPUTE THAT'S LANDED FIVE AUSTRALIANS IN A LEBANESE JAIL ARE BEING URGED TO REACH AN AGREEMENT. ALL OF THE ACCUSED HAVE MADE A SECOND APPEARANCE IN COURT IN BEIRUT. IT'S UNDERSTOOD THE JUDGE DOES NOT VIEW THE INCIDENT AS 'KIDNAPPING', BUT RATHER AS A MOTHER TRYING TO REUNITE WITH HER TWO CHILDREN. SO A COMPROMISE WITH HER FORMER HUSBAND COULD SEE SALLY FAULKNER RELEASED. BUT THE FOUR MEMBERS OF A 60 MINUTES FILM CREW HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE'S LITTLE CHANCE THE CHARGES AGAINST THEM WILL BE DROPPED. HANDCUFFED, FORCED TO THE GROUND AND VERBALLY ABUSED. A VIDEO OF VIGILANTE GROUPS ROUNDING UP MIGRANTS IN BULGARIA HAS SPARKED INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGE. AFTER INITIALLY WELCOMING THE HELP OF THE VIGILANTES, THE BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT'S NOW BEEN FORCED TO OPEN AN INVESTIGATION. THE BBC'S JENNY HILL REPORTS. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SECLUSION OF A BULGARIAN FOREST HAS NOW BEEN SEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD. THE MEN ON THE GROUND ARE THOUGHT TO BE AFGHAN REFUGEES. THE MESSAGE FROM THEIR ASSAILANTS COULDN'T BE CLEARER. NO BULGARIA FOR YOU. NO BULGARIA. NO BULGARIA. NO BULGARIA. NO. GO TO TURKEY IMMEDIATELY. THE VIDEO EMERGED AT AROUND THE SAME TIME AS THE BULGARIAN PRIME MINISTER PUBLICLY THANKED CITIZENS WHO ROUND UP MIGRANTS. THE FOOTAGE WAS TAKEN JUST OUTSIDE THIS VILLAGE. IT'S CLOSE TO THE TURKISH BORDER. WE SAW DOZENS OF POLICE AND SOLDIERS HERE. EVEN SO, THIS MAN TELLS US, 90% OF THE MIGRANTS WHO GET CAUGHT HERE ARE PICKED UP BY LOCAL PEOPLE. WE HAND THEM OVER TO THE POLICE. EVERYONE WE MET HERE CONDEMNED THE VIDEO. BUT IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME BULGARIANS HAVE TAKEN THE LAW INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. TAKE DINKO VALEV, A SELF-STYLED MIGRANT HUNTER, WHO RECENTLY RESTRAINED A GROUP OF SYRIAN REFUGEES. NATIONAL TELEVISION CALLED HIM A SUPERHERO. BULGARIA HAS OPENLY ADOPTED ONE OF THE TOUGHEST STANCES ON MIGRANTS IN THE WHOLE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. ITS GOVERNMENT SAYS IT HAS TO TO PROTECT THE EU'S EXTERNAL BORDERS. BUT IT DOES SO, CRITICS SAY, AT THE EXPENSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS. A MAN'S BEEN ARRESTED OVER THE VIDEO, AND THE GOVERNMENT'S PROMISED A CRACKDOWN ON VIGILANTES. BUT STILL, MANY HERE WONDER HOW FAR SOME WILL GO TO PROTECT THEIR BORDERS. AND BULGARIA HAS ALREADY USED RAZOR WIRE TO SEAL OFF ABOUT A THIRD OF ITS BORDER WITH TURKEY. A CHAOTIC PARLIAMENTARY SESSION IN IRAQ IS RAISING FEARS OF MORE INSTABILITY. KURDISH AND SHIITE MPS COULDN'T AGREE ON A CABINET RESHUFFLE AS PART OF AN ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE. A SIT-IN PROTEST LED TO AN ALL-OUT BRAWL. NOW PARLIAMENT'S SPEAKER SAYS HE'S LOOKING AT DISSOLVING THE ASSEMBLY, WHICH WOULD MEAN AN EARLY ELECTION. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, A COMPLETELY PARALYSED PERSON HAS BEEN ABLE TO REGAIN MOVEMENT JUST BY THINKING ABOUT IT. GROUNDBREAKING COMPUTER SOFTWARE IS ALLOWING AN AMERICAN QUADRIPLEGIC TO GRASP OBJECTS AND EVEN PLAY VIDEO GAMES. BBC MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT FERGUS WALSH EXPLAINS. IAN BURKHART IS PLAYING A GUITAR VIDEO GAME USING THE POWER OF THOUGHT. HIS PARALYSED FINGERS CAN MOVE AS A RESULT OF COMMANDS FROM HIS BRAIN FED INTO A COMPUTER, WHICH THEN STIMULATES HIS MUSCLES VIA THESE SENSORS ON HIS ARM. IAN WAS PARALYSED BELOW THE ELBOWS IN A DIVING ACCIDENT SIX YEARS AGO BUT IS SLOWLY RELEARNING TO USE HIS FINGERS. NOW IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S SO FLUID, IT'S JUST KINDA LIKE IT WAS BEFORE I HAD MY INJURY, WHERE I JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT I WANNA DO, AND NOW I CAN DO IT. THE KEY TO THIS TECHNOLOGY IS A TINY COMPUTER CHIP WHICH SURGEONS IMPLANTED ON THE AREA OF THE BRAIN ` THE MOTOR CORTEX ` WHICH CONTROLS MOVEMENT. WHEN HE THINKS ABOUT MOVING HIS FINGERS AND HAND, THOSE MESSAGES CAN'T TRAVEL DOWN HIS INJURED SPINAL CORD, SO INSTEAD THEY BYPASS THE INJURY. THE COMPUTER INTERPRETS THE SIGNALS AND THEN SENDS IMPULSES TO THE SENSORS ON HIS WRIST. IAN'S MOVEMENTS ARE STILL SLOW AND DELIBERATE, BUT HIS DEXTERITY IS IMPROVING ALL THE TIME. HE CAN DEMONSTRATE PRACTICAL TASKS, LIKE SWIPING A BANK CARD. THE BIGGEST DREAM WOULD BE TO GET FULL FUNCTION OF MY HAND BACK ` BOTH MY HANDS ` YOU KNOW, COS THEN THAT ALLOWS YOU TO BE A LOT MORE INDEPENDENT. SEVERAL MORE PATIENTS ARE LINED UP TO RECEIVE THE DEVICE IN OHIO. THIS REALLY PROVIDES HOPE, WE BELIEVE, FOR MANY PATIENTS IN THE FUTURE, AS THE TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES AND MATURES. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS DEVELOPING FAST. FOUR YEARS AGO, A PARALYSED WOMAN CONTROLLED A ROBOTIC ARM USING HER THOUGHTS. BUT THE TEAM IN OHIO HOPE THE TECHNOLOGY WILL EVENTUALLY BE WIRELESS AND ALLOW PATIENTS GREATER INDEPENDENCE. IT'S HOPED THE RESEARCH COULD ALSO BENEFIT STROKE PATIENTS AND PEOPLE WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES. WEATHER TIME NOW. A FINE DAY, BUT ANOTHER CHILLY, EVEN FROSTY, START FOR MANY. A CLASSIC AUTUMN DAY, DAN? YES. THERE'S MORE TO COME. A FEW SPOTS IN THE SOUTH, AND FURTHER NORTH. SEE THE BLUE. A FINE-LOOKING DAY. CLOUD, WET WEATHER FURTHER NORTH. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ A MONSTER'S BEEN FOUND IN LOCH NESS. THAT STORY AFTER THE BREAK. PLUS, FEEDING TIME WITH WILLIAM AND KATE. DOING THEIR BIT FOR INDIA'S ENDANGERED ANIMALS. OUR CITY, THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL ` IT'S TAKING AGES TO GET IT BACK UP AND RUNNING AGAIN. AND MEET THE YOUNG DANCER SENDING HER POST-QUAKE MESSAGE ROUND AND ROUND THE WORLD. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THE MAN WE SHOWED AT THE TOP OF ONE NEWS THIS EVENING WAS NOT THE BUILDER WHO HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO TAKING MONEY FOR GUARANTEES WHICH NEVER EXISTED. THE MAN WHO PLEADED GUILTY WAS CHRISTCHURCH BUILDER GERRY THOMPSON. AND DEFENCE FORCE FIGURES SHOW HALF OUR NAVY SHIPS HAVEN'T BEEN TO SEA THIS YEAR, WITH ONE IN-SHORE PATROL BOAT NOT LEAVING PORT FOR THREE YEARS. DEFENCE MINISTER GERRY BROWNLEE SAYS SOME OF THE SHIPS AREN'T FIT FOR PURPOSE AND WILL PROBABLY BE SOLD. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE HAVE BEEN ON SAFARI IN INDIA AS PART OF THEIR SOUTH ASIAN TOUR. THEY VISITED KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK IN ASSAM, HOPING TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE PLIGHT OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS. AFTER SPOTTING A RARE ONE-HORNED RHINOCEROS, THEY POPPED INTO A CONSERVATION CENTRE TO FEED BABY ELEPHANTS AND RHINOS, SOME ORPHANED BY POACHERS. THE REMAINS OF A MONSTER HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE MYSTERIOUS DARK WATERS OF SCOTLAND'S LOCH NESS. IT'S NOT THE FABLED NESSIE, BUT IT IS ALMOST 50 YEARS OLD. THE BBC'S KEVIN KEANE REVEALS ALL. NO, IT'S NOT A CREATURE FROM THE DEEP. IT'S THE DEVICE THAT'S SEARCHING FOR IT, �1M WORTH OF SCANNING TECHNOLOGY MAPPING THE DEPTHS OF LOCH NESS. ON THE BOAT IS A REAL-TIME VIEW OF WHAT IT'S CAPTURING, WITH THE OCCASIONAL SURPRISE. NESSIE FINALLY CAUGHT ON CAMERA. YES, YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT. NOT THE FLESH AND BLOOD VERSION, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT A 30FT-LONG FILM PROP WHICH SANK BACK IN 1969. ONE STORY IS THAT THE FILM DIRECTOR, BILLY WILDER, ASKED THAT THE HUMPS BE REMOVED, AND THE STORY GOES THAT THEY WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUOYANCY, AND, WELL, THE INEVITABLE HAPPENED, AND DOWN SHE WENT. HOLMES, I SAW IT! (GASPS) THE MONSTER! HER UNDERSTUDY CONTINUED WITH THE FILMING IN THIS SHERLOCK HOLMES SPOOF ABOUT THE MONSTER. SCREAMING AND NESSIE IS BIG BUSINESS HERE, WORTH AN ESTIMATED �60M TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. SO WHAT'S THE ATTRACTION? OH, I LOVE THE IDEA. IT'S A VERY MYSTERIOUS PLACE, AND I'M SURE THERE'S SOMETHING. NOW WITH ALL THE SIGHTINGS AND ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHS ` I THINK THERE IS ACTUALLY ONE OUT THERE. SO, NO SIGN OF NESSIE HERSELF ON THIS OCCASION, BUT THIS IS A VAST STRETCH OF WATER, AND SO THE SEARCH CONTINUES. IT'S LONG EXISTED IN SCOTTISH FOLKLORE, BUT NESSIE DIDN'T GAIN FAME UNTIL THE 1930'S WHEN TWO PHOTOGRAPHERS ATTRACTED WORLDWIDE PUBLICITY. A TINY DANCER'S TAKING THE WORLD ON A TOUR OF POST-QUAKE CHRISTCHURCH. 10-YEAR-OLD MOLLY BROWN'S YOUTUBE VIDEO'S A GLOBAL HIT, AS SHE PIROUETTES HER WAY THROUGH THE CITY, SHOWCASING WHAT'S NEW AND WHAT'S BEEN LOST. LISA DAVIES, WITH HER STORY. THEY'RE UNLIKELY LOCATIONS FOR PIROUETTES,... NO, I NEVER GET DIZZY! ...BUT THIS LITTLE DANCER HAS A MESSAGE FOR THE WORLD. JUST TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT OUR CITY ACTUALLY ISN'T PERFECT AND WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH. SHE'S HIT THE HEADLINES OVERSEAS WITH THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO. TWIRLING HER HEART OUT AMONGST THE CITY'S RUINS. SHE SAYS EVEN KIDS FIND THE BROKEN BUILDINGS A BIT DEPRESSING. OUR CITY, WHICH WAS SO BEAUTIFUL, IS, LIKE, GONE. IT'S TAKING AGES TO GET IT BACK UP AND RUNNING AGAIN, BUT I'M LOVING ALL THE NEW THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. SHE PRACTISES DANCE 20 HOURS A WEEK AT LEAST. DOES THAT HURT? NOT REALLY. CRACK! OH! ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? YEAH! (LAUGHS) I'VE HEARD THAT YOU CAN PIROUETTE QUITE A FEW TIMES. I CAN DO 36! WHOA! BOTH LAUGH SHE'S BEEN DANCING SINCE SHE WAS 3, AND WITH HER IMPRESSIVE 26,000 INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS, WAS A NATURAL CHOICE AS A TURNBOARD AMBASSADOR ` ONE OF 16 IN THE WORLD. HER DANCER TEACHER CAN SEE WHY THEY PICKED HER. IT IS PRETTY SPECIAL WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE LIKE HER. DANCE MUSIC PLAYS SHE'S JUST A COOL KID. YEAH. HER VIDEO, SHOT IN JUST ONE DAY, HAS ATTRACTED THOUSANDS OF VIEWS. SO YOU THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT KIDS CAN LOOK FORWARD TO ABOUT THE CITY? OH, DEFINITELY. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SUCH A FUN CITY, ONCE WE'VE GOT IT UP AND RUNNING AGAIN. PERHAPS THAT SHOULD BE 'UP AND DANCING AGAIN'. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT. A DAY OF CELEBRATION FOR RICHIE MCCAW, BUT ALSO KANE WILLIAMSON. SO WHERE DOES THIS PUT WILLIAMSON IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME? SPEAKING OF HISTORY, A RECORD-BREAKING DAY IN THE NBA, A NEW SUPERSTAR TAKES THE MANTLE AS ONE OF THE GREATS BOWS OUT, AFTER 20 YEARS WITH THE SAME TEAM. PLUS, A MAN WHOSE DEATH-DEFYING FEATS OFTEN GO UNNOTICED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'VE WORN A SUIT. (CHUCKLES) A FLYING KIWI SLOWS DOWN FOR HIS HONOURS INDUCTION. AND 20 YEARS AFTER HIS GOLDEN GAMES, BLYTH TAIT IS BACK. HE MAPS OUT HIS RUN TO RIO WITH A FEW MATES. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 130 YEARS, NZERS HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED IN THE FAMOUS WISDEN ALMANACK'S CRICKETER OF THE YEAR AWARDS. KANE WILLIAMSON HAS BEEN GIVEN THE TOP HONOUR, WHILE WHITE FERNS CAPTAIN SUZIE BATES HAS ALSO BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE LEADER IN THE WOMEN'S GAME. ABBY WILSON HAS THIS WATERSHED DAY FOR KIWI CRICKET. WHEN YOU'RE DESCRIBED AS 'ONE OF THE TALENTS OF A GENERATION',... OH, MAGNIFICENT. HE'S DONE IT AGAIN. ...A BATSMAN WHO BRINGS 'MEASURED BRILLIANCE 'TO EVERY FORMAT OF THE GAME',... OH, THAT'S BEAUTIFULLY TIMED. ...'CONSISTENCY PERSONIFIED' AND 'BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH', IT'S UNSURPRISING THAT YOU'RE ALSO CONSIDERED WISDEN'S LEADING CRICKETER IN THE WORLD. I THINK HE SCORED THE THIRD MOST RUNS EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME IN 12 MONTHS, SO IT'S PRETTY HARD TO IGNORE, I GUESS. KANE WILLIAMSON SINGLED OUT AS THE BEST OF THE FIVE CRICKETERS OF THE YEAR, CHOSEN OVER BRENDON MCCULLUM, AUSTRALIA'S STEVE SMITH AND ENGLAND'S JONNY BAIRSTOW AND BEN STOKES. THE TOP AWARD HAS ONLY OFFICIALLY BEEN HANDED OUT SINCE 2004, BUT THE LATE MARTIN CROWE WAS RETROSPECTIVELY GIVEN THE HONOUR FOR 1987. IN THE NINE-ODD DECADES THAT NZ'S BEEN PLAYING TESTS, ONLY 15 KIWIS HAVE BEEN RECOGNISED IN THE TOP FIVE BY THE 'BIBLE OF CRICKET', MOST RECENTLY JEETAN PATEL IN 2015. NEVER BEFORE HAVE TWO BLACKCAPS FEATURED. OUR PERCENTAGE IS THE HIGHEST IT'S EVER BEEN IN WHITE-FORM CRICKET, AND TO SEE BRENDON AND KANE BEING RECOGNISED IN THIS WAY IS JUST ANOTHER ACCOLADE, I GUESS, FOR THAT. BUT IT ALSO SHOWS THE TEAM'S PERFORMING PRETTY WELL. THE WOMEN'S GAME HERE ALSO PERFORMING ` WHITE FERNS CAPTAIN SUZIE BATES NAMED THE WORLD'S LEADING FEMALE CRICKETER. BEING A CRICKET FAN AND A BIT OF A CRICKET NERD, IT WAS PRETTY SPECIAL TO BE NAMED IN THE WISDEN, COS I'VE ALWAYS HEARD ABOUT IT GROWING UP. AN HISTORIC DAY FOR NZ CRICKET AND THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO REWRITE THE RECORD BOOKS. ABBY WILSON, ONE NEWS. THE IPL'S MOST KIWI-HEAVY TEAM HAS ADDED ANOTHER NZER TO THE MIX, BATSMAN MARTIN GUPTILL FINALLY GETTING THE CALL UP FOR THE MUMBAI INDIANS, TO REPLACE INJURED OPENER LENDL SIMMONS. HE'LL JOIN COREY ANDERSON, TIM SOUTHEE AND MITCHELL MCCLENAGHAN IN THE SIDE. MCCLENAGHAN STARRING IN THEIR WIN OVER THE KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS, TAKING TWO FOR 25 TO HELP RESTRICT THEM TO 187, BEFORE BEING PROMOTED TO NUMBER FOUR IN THE BATTING ORDER. I'M LOVING THE KIWI INVASION, BUT THIS ONE IS A LITTLE PERPLEXING. YES, THAT KIWI INVASION DID EXTEND TO THE COMMENTARY BOX, MUMBAI'S SURPRISING DECISION PROVING A STROKE OF GENIUS. I THINK IT'S A TOUGH ASK TO WALK OUT AND TO ATTACK LEG SPINNERS AS A GENUINE TAILENDER. CHEERING OR NOT. MCCLENGHAN'S QUICK-FIRE 20 OFF JUST EIGHT DELIVERIES HELPING MUMBAI REGAIN MOMENTUM, TO REGISTER THEIR FIRST WIN WITH FIVE BALLS TO SPARE. THE NBA RECORD MANY THOUGHT WAS UNTOUCHABLE HAS FALLEN. THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS FROM SAN FRANCISCO HAVE CREATED HISTORY IN THEIR FINAL GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON, THRASHING MEMPHIS AT HOME FOR A NEW WINNING BENCHMARK OF 73 VICTORIES AND JUST NINE LOSSES ACROSS THE WHOLE SEASON. KIMBERLEE DOWNS WATCHED TODAY'S CLINCHER UNFOLD. AFTER 82 GAMES, SIX AND HALF MONTHS, NEARLY 4000 MINUTES OF BASKETBALL, THE GREATEST REGULAR SEASON IN NBA HISTORY NOW BELONGS TO THE 2016 GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS! HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE HOW IT FEELS TO DREAM OF ONE OF SPORT'S MOST ICONIC RECORDS, ACTIVELY PURSUE IT AND DEFY THE ODDS, THE EXPERTS, THE PRESSURE TO SURPASS IT WITH GLEEFUL ABANDON? THAT'S EVERYTHING FOR US. WE HAVE SO MANY GUYS THAT SACRIFICE. FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, MICHAEL JORDAN'S '95 TO '96 CHICAGO BULLS AND THEIR 72-WIN RECORD HAVE BEEN THE PINNACLE, REVERED AS THE BEST TEAM EVER. TODAY EVEN ONE OF THEIR GREATS TIPPED HIS HAT TO THE WARRIORS AS THEY POSTED THE 21-POINT WIN. AS FOR HIS FORMER TEAMMATE TURNED WARRIORS COACH STEVE KERR ` IT FEELS DIFFERENT AS A COACH THAN IT DID AS A PLAYER, BUT IN TERMS OF THE WAY THE RESPECTIVE SEASONS WENT, IT'S ALMOST IDENTICAL. AND WITH BOTH GREAT TEAMS COME OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS. AS A CHILD, STEPH CURRY WATCHED HIS DAD PLAY MICHAEL JORDAN. NOW THEIR NAMES WILL BE LINKED FOREVER. CURRY AGAIN! CHEERING LAST YEAR THE REIGNING MVP SET A NEW RECORD OF 286 THREES IN A SEASON. WITH HIS EIGHTH TRIPLE TODAY, HE BECAME THE FIRST PLAYER TO REACH 400. HE JUST HAD ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING SEASONS THAT ANYBODY HAS EVER HAD. AND WHILE THEY'LL QUICKLY REFOCUS ON DEFENDING THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP, FOR NOW, GOLDEN STATE CAN CELEBRATE AN ACHIEVEMENT THAT MAY NOT BE SEEN AGAIN. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. IN ONE OF THE BIGGEST NIGHT'S IN NBA HISTORY, THE GREAT KOBE BRYANT HAS BOWED OUT. AND THE SCRIPT WRITERS GOT IT RIGHT, AFTER 20 YEARS WITH THE FAMOUS LA LAKERS. PLAYING IN LA TODAY AGAINST THE UTAH JAZZ, AVERAGE TICKET PRICES AROUND $5000, PEAKING AT 45 GRAND. IN A STAR-STUDDED, HOLLYWOOD FINISH KOBE ENDED UP SCORING 17 POINTS IN A ROW. ON THE MOVE ` PUTS IT IN! OH MY! KOBE FINISHED WITH A STAGGERING 60 POINTS IN TOTAL IN HIS LAST GAME, THE LAKERS WINNING 101-96. THE THING THAT HAD ME CRACKING UP ALL NIGHT LONG WAS THE FACT THAT I GO THROUGH 20 YEARS OF EVERYBODY SCREAMING TO PASS THE BALL, BUT LAST NIGHT, THEY'RE LIKE, 'DON'T PASS IT!' (LAUGHS) OVERALL, HE SCORED NEARLY 33,500 POINTS, THIRD ON THE NBA ALL-TIME LIST. KOBE BRYANT PLAYED 1346 GAMES. BRUCE ANSTEY WOULD HAVE TO BE ONE OF OUR MOST FEARLESS SPORTSMEN. TRY FLYING AROUND THE ISLE OF MAN COURSE IN A MOTORBIKE RACE THAT'S CLAIMED 200 LIVES. AFTER 20 YEARS AT BREAKNECK SPEED, ANSTEY SLOWED DOWN TODAY TO RECEIVE SOME WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION IN WELLINGTON. JOHN MCKENZIE REPORTS. IT'S INSANE THE SPEED THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH HERE. FOR A MAN WHO RACES AT SPEEDS CLOSE TO 300KM/H,... SO, SO FAST, THOUGH. ...YOU'D THINK IT WOULD TAKE A LOT TO TAKE BRUCE ANSTEY OUT OF HIS COMFORT ZONE. TURNS OUT, ALL IT TOOK WAS A SUIT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'VE WORN A SUIT. (CHUCKLES) THE 46-YEAR-OLD WOULD RATHER BE IN FULL RACING KIT, PUSHING HIS BIKE AROUND THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST CIRCUIT ON THE ISLE OF MAN. WHAT'S IT LIKE RIDING A BIKE AT 300KM/H DOWN A STREET THAT NARROW? IT'S JUST SO HARD TO EXPLAIN. THERE'S NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT IN THE WORLD, REALLY. YOU'VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT ON THESE LITTLE NARROW STREETS, GOING THROUGH THESE LITTLE VILLAGES AT 200 MILES AN HOUR. THERE'S JUST NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT IN THE WORLD. DO YOU JUST HAVE NO FEAR? AT THE START LINE, YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT THOSE JITTERS. THE JITTERS NEVER GO AWAY AT THE START LINE. BUT ONCE I RELEASE THE CLUTCH AND HEAD DOWN, IT'S JUST` I JUST ENJOY IT. ENJOY IT HE HAS ` A 10-TIME WINNER OF THE PRESTIGIOUS RACE,... ENGINE ROARS ...HIS FIRST IN THE FAMED SUPERBIKE CATEGORY JUST LAST YEAR. THAT MAKES HIM A BIT OF A CELEBRITY IN THE UK. RACING'S BIG OVER THERE. LIKE, ISLE OF MAN, IT'S JUST REALLY BIG, AND SO I, YEAH, DO` I DO GET RECOGNISED QUITE A BIT OVER THERE. COME BACK TO NZ AND NOBODY KNOWS WHO I AM. TODAY, THOUGH, HE GOT THE RECOGNITION HE DESERVES, BEING MADE A MEMBER OF THE NZ ORDER OF MERIT. APPLAUSE A BIT OF A PRIVILEGE, REALLY, TO BE HONOURED FOR WHAT I'VE ACHIEVED OVER THE YEARS IN A SPORT THAT'S NOT REALLY SHOWN MUCH OVER HERE. NOW, I'VE HEARD YOU LIKE YOUR SLEEP? (LAUGHS) A LITTLE BIT. HE DIDN'T GET UP TILL MIDDAY. HE'S HAPPY. YEAH, HE LIKES A LIE-IN, DOES BRUCE. THE RUMOURS ARE TRUE. NOT TOO MUCH TIME FOR SLEEP-INS, THOUGH, DURING HIS FIRST VISIT HERE IN 12 YEARS. HE'S ALREADY RACING OFF TO JAPAN THIS WEEKEND. (LAUGHS) GET THIS TIE OFF QUICK. (LAUGHS) JOHN MCKENZIE, ONE NEWS. BARCELONA'S QUEST TO BE THE FIRST CLUB TO SUCCESSFULLY DEFEND THE EUROPEAN CUP IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ERA HAS COME TO AN END IN THE QUARTER-FINALS. THE CATALAN GIANTS HAD A 2-1 LEAD GOING INTO THE SECOND LEG AGAINST AN ATLETICO MADRID SIDE ON THE RISE. SAUL. GREAT CROSS! CHEERING GOAL, ATLETICO! ANTOINE GRIEZMANN NETS AGAIN. BARCELONA STRETCHED AT THE BACK WITH FIVE MINUTES LEFT AND DESPERATE TO DEFEND, GRIEZMANN GETTING HIS SECOND FROM THE SPOT. ATLETICO THROUGH 3-2 ON AGGREGATE. BAYERN MUNICH COMPLETE THE SEMI-FINAL LINE-UP WITH A 3-2 AGGREGATE WIN OVER BENFICA. THEY'RE TWO OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL OLYMPIANS, SO COULD SIR MARK TODD AND BLYTH TAIT COMPETE AGAIN AT RIO? TAIT IS COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT TO HAVE ANOTHER SHOT IN A SQUAD WHERE THE COMPETITION FOR PLACES IS ALREADY FIERCE. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING SPENT AN EVENING WITH OUR EQUESTRIANS IN LONDON. JUST ANOTHER KIWI CATCH-UP IN LONDON WITH A KNIGHT OF THE REALM AND A FEW OLYMPIC MEDALLISTS. SHALL WE HAVE A MORE RELAXED ONE? COS WE SORTA GET ON QUITE WELL. THEY'RE ALSO EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE, WHICH BODES WELL FOR RIO. THERE'S PROBABLY SEVEN OR EIGHT POSSIBLES FOR THE OLYMPICS THIS YEAR, WHICH IS MORE THAN WE'VE HAD FOR A NUMBER FOR YEARS, SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING. TO ADD SPICE, ATLANTA GOLD MEDALLIST BLYTH TAIT HAS COME OUT OF RETIREMENT TO TRY AND MAKE THE FINAL TEAM OF FOUR. GREAT TO HAVE THE OLD BOY BACK. (LAUGHS) HE IS LIKE THE, UH... MORE LIKE AN UNCLE. I WOULDN'T SAY A GRANDFATHER. BUT THE 54-YEAR-OLD HAS SOME CATCHING UP TO DO. ALTHOUGH HE ASSURES ME HE'S IN TOP SHAPE. I NEED TO PERFORM WELL BETWEEN NOW AND RIO, BUT I FEEL IF I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO, THESE HORSES COULD DO THE JOB AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE BACK IN THE KIWI TEAM. TONIGHT THE KIWI SQUAD HAS GATHERED AT THE NZ HIGH COMMISSION IN LONDON AT A KEA INSPIRE EVENT WHICH CONNECTS KIWIS. AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE INSPIRING OR GROUNDED THAN SIR MARK TODD. LOSE MY, UH, UNDERGROUND TICKET TO GO HOME AGAIN. LAUGHTER HE'S ALSO IN GREAT FORM AND GOING FOR HIS SEVENTH OLYMPICS. WE'VE' STILL GOT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS TO GO BEFORE THE FINAL SELECTION, AND WITH HORSES, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. LONDON BRONZE MEDALLIST JONELLE PRICE MIGHT LOVE HUSBAND TIM, BUT THIS IS THE OLYMPICS. I WANT HIM TO BE THERE AS MUCH AS ANYTHING. I DON'T WANT HIM TO HAVE MY SPOT, SO WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT FIGHTING FOR NUMBER FOUR, AND, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULDN'T BE. THE BATTLE WILL CONTINUE IN KENTUCKY AND BADMINTON BEFORE THE OLYMPIC TEAM WILL BE NAMED. EMMA KEELING, ONE NEWS, LONDON. THE BULLDOGS LEAGUE TEAM HAS DESCENDED ON ITS NEW HOME, WELLINGTON, BEFORE HOSTING THE WARRIORS AT WESTPAC STADIUM ON SATURDAY NIGHT. THE KIWI-FILLED DOGS SEEM MORE EXCITED ABOUT SEEING A FORMER ALL BLACK CAPTAIN AT THEIR HOTEL. DID YOU HEAR RICHIE MCCAW'S STAYING HERE? HUH? RICHIE MCCAW'S STAYING HERE. YEAH, HE'S OVER THERE. IT'S GOOD. WE GOT FAMILY COMING DOWN BY THE BUSLOAD, SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CATCHING UP WITH THEM, AND, YEAH, LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE PUT ON A GOOD SHOW WITH THE WEATHER FOR US, SO WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. THE BULLDOGS HAVE MADE A STRONG START TO THE SEASON ` FOUR WINS, TWO DEFEATS, BEATING THE MELBOURNE STORM ON MONDAY NIGHT. WARRIORS A CHANCE? ALWAYS A CHANCE. WHAT ARE THE ODDS? THANKS, ANDREW. AN IMPORTANT ANNIVERSARY? 104TH TITANIC. THEY RECREATE THE LUNCH ALSO TONIGHT ` OUR RUGBY-MAD WOODCHOPPERS GET A SPECIAL VISIT FROM SOMEONE WITH A KEEN EYE FOR FRESH TALENT. DID YOU LIKE THE LOOK OF ANYONE? I CERTAINLY DIDN'T LIKE THE LOOK OF YOU WHILE YOU WERE CATCHING THE BALL EARLIER. PLUS, NAPIER'S MAKING INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES RIGHT NOW, ALL BECAUSE OF AN UNUSUAL ESCAPEE. STAY TUNED FOR "EXCLUSIVE" PICTURES. AND EVER HEARD OF A 'TROLLEY-OLOGIST'? I CAN GO A LOT FASTER THAN THIS, BUT THIS IS QUITE SLOW FOR ME. WE THINK WE'VE FOUND THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY. SEE YOU AT SEVEN. WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD LOOKING END TO THE WORK WEEK LITTLE AREAS OF MOISTURE WORK THEIR WAY IN THIS TRAIL OF CLOUD IS CLEARING THIS LUMP OF CLOUD IS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW A BIT OF A WOBBLY SHAPED HIGH, BUT IT WILL DO A LITTLE BEND OF CLOUD COMING THE HIGH SITS IN PLACE ` THIS IS A DECENT DAY, FINE OVERALL A BIT OF A WAVE. SATURDAY IS DAMP. A BIG HIGH ` GOOD FOR YOUR OUTDOOR PLANS AN OVERNIGHT FROST A BIT OF CLOUD TO THE FAR NORTH SOUTHERN TARANAKI - A BIT OF RAIN EVERYWHERE ELSE, A DECENT DAY OVERALL A FEW SHOWERS DOWN SOUTH FURTHER NORTH AND EAST, YOU ARE FINE FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ That's good to hear. Billy Crystal. A bit of excitement.