HELLO. IT WAS A PRETTY POTENT UPPER LOW THAT BROUGHT ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS A GOOD PART OF THE COUNTRY TODAY. THAT IS SLOWLY DRIFTING ITS' WAY EAST. IN ANOTHER FEW HOURS, THERE'S SOME THUNDERSTORMS HERE AND THERE. THEN THINGS QUIETEN DOWN. A DRIER, BETTER-LOOKING DAY TOMORROW. ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF 1 NEWS, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. HOLIDAY HORROR ON THE GOLD COAST. A NZ WOMAN'S AMONG FOUR PEOPLE KILLED ON A THEME RIDE AT DREAMWORLD AS HER SON WATCHED ON. COULD THIS BE THE END OF THE LINE FOR KIWI RETAILER PUMPKIN PATCH? RECEIVERSHIP'S CONFIRMED WITH STORE CLOSURES LIKELY. AND A BIG JUMP IN TRAMPOLINE PARKS IS MIRRORED BY BIG JUMP IN INJURIES. WHAT YOU NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR TO KEEP YOUR CHILDREN SAFE. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. THE FAMILY OF A NZ WOMAN KILLED AT GOLD COAST'S DREAMWORLD ARE RALLYING BEHIND HER HUSBAND AND TWO CHILDREN. CINDY LOW WAS AMONG FOUR PEOPLE WHO DIED AFTER AN AMUSEMENT RIDE MALFUNCTIONED AT THE POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION. IT'S CLOSED INDEFINITELY AS MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS TAKE PLACE. THE TRAGEDY'S LEFT A COMMUNITY THAT RELIES HEAVILY ON TOURISM SHOCKED AND REELING. OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT RUTH WYNN WILLIAMS IS THERE. We have just seen a very emotional. Dreamworld CEO and his team come down and join those who have been leaving flowers behind me throughout the day. This theme park is not only an Australian icon that has now become a focal point for a community there is dumbstruck with grief. While many may not want to relive what happened yesterday, and the last hour, police have made a public appeal for eyewitness accounts. WHAT FIRST RESPONDERS FOUND AT AUSTRALIA'S DREAMWORLD WAS SO HORRIFYING, THERE WAS LITTLE THEY COULD DO BUT MASK THE SCENE. ON A SUNNY GOLD-COAST AFTERNOON, AS DOZENS LOOKED ON, QUEENSLAND POLICE SAY THE 'THUNDER RIVER RAPIDS' RIDE FATALLY 'MALFUNCTIONED'. THE THING FLIPPED, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE KIDS ON BOARD SCREAMING WHILE THEIR MUM WAS TRAPPED UNDER, AND, YEAH. I'D RATHER NOT TALK ABOUT WHAT I SAW. SHE CAME OUT HYSTERICALLY CRYING. AND THEN TWO PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE TOOK HER AWAY AND THE LITTLE BABIES. FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED ALMOST INSTANTLY ` NZER CINDY LOW (42), WHO LIVES IN SYDNEY, AND THREE AUSTRALIANS ON HOLIDAY FROM CANBERRA ` KATE GOODCHILD, BROTHER LUKE DORSETT AND HIS PARTNER, ROOZI ARAGHI. NEAR THE END OF THE RIDE, THE CIRCULAR RAFT HOLDING THE FOUR ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN SLAMMED INTO AN EMPTY RAFT, CAUSING THEIRS TO FLIP BACKWARDS. TWO ADULTS WERE THROWN FROM THE VESSEL, AND THE REMAINING TWO WERE TRAPPED UNDERNEATH ON THE RIDE'S CONVEYOR BELT. THE TWO CHILDREN, A GIRL (12) AND A BOY (10), BELIEVED TO BE CINDY LOW'S SON, WERE ALSO THROWN OUT. IN TERMS OF HOW THEY ESCAPED, MAYBE THROUGH THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD OR SOMEBODY, BUT IT SEEMS, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, ALMOST A MIRACLE THAT ANYBODY CAME OUT OF THAT. IF WE ARE GOING TO BE THANKFUL OF ANYTHING, I AM THANKFUL OF THAT. DISTRAUGHT RELATIVES WERE WATCHING, AND WITNESSES FLED IN TEARS. STUNNED PARK-GOERS CLAIM THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE RIDE EARLIER THAT DAY. WE WERE WAITING THERE FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR, AND THE ENGINEERS HAD TO COME. THEY DRAINED ALL THE WATER OUT AND THEN HAD TO REFILL IT BACK UP, AND THEN WE'RE ALLOWED TO GO. THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS AT DREAMWORLD BEFORE, AND AN INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDERWAY. WE OWE IT. WE OWE IT TO THE DECEASED AND THEIR FAMILIES; WE OWE IT TO THE COMMUNITY OF QUEENSLAND TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT CAUSED THIS, TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE ANY PERSON THAT NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS OCCURRING, IF THAT IS THE CASE, BUT MOST PARTICULARLY, ENSURING THAT THIS CAN NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. AMBULANCE WORKERS, POLICE AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE ALL BEEN LEFT BADLY SHAKEN BY WHAT THEY SAW. THE TWO CHILDREN INVOLVED WERE ADMITTED TO GOLD COAST HOSPITAL AND ARE RECEIVING SUPPORT. THE PARK IS CLOSED, BUT LOCALS SAY THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO GO... OH, JUST HAVING FUN, AND THEN AN ACCIDENT HAPPENED, AND SO JUST FEEL A LITTLE BIT EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT. YEAH. IT'S VERY SAD, WHAT'S HAPPENED. AND REST IN PEACE. YEAH. ...AFTER A VISIT TO ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST ATTRACTIONS TURNED DEADLY. RUTH, WHAT HAVE WE HEARD FROM CINDY LOW'S FAMILY? we spoke to the father-in-law her husband is struggling with her death. Matt spent last night at the Gold Coast Hospital with his son. Bruce and his other family had gathered on the gold coast to help THE GOLD COAST IS A TOP HOLIDAY SPOT FOR KIWIS. OVER 200,000 VISITED LAST YEAR. BUT THE TRAGIC ACCIDENT'S NOW PUTTING THE THEME PARKS THAT ATTRACT SO MANY UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT. HERE'S REBECCA WRIGHT. A DAY AT DREAMWORLD HAS TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE FOR THE FAMILIES OF FOUR TOURISTS KILLED ON WHAT'S DESCRIBED AS A FAMILY RIDE, AND IT'S PUTTING THE GOLD COAST AMUSEMENT PARK'S SAFETY RECORD UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. I JUST WOULDN'T GO. WHY NOT? BECAUSE YOU THINK, 'HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?' I WOULDN'T RISK IT. JUST WOULDN'T. IT CERTAINLY MAKES YOU THINK TWICE. DREAMWORLD IS AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST THEME PARK, AND IT OPENED IN 1981. IT'S 35-YEAR HISTORY IS LITTERED WITH A SERIES OF INCIDENTS WHICH HAVE LEFT THRILL-SEEKERS INJURED OR STRANDED. THE MOST RECENT WAS SIX MONTHS AGO WHEN A MAN ALMOST DROWNED AFTER BEING THROWN FROM THE ROCKY HOLLOW LOG RIDE. LAST YEAR, THE BUZZ SAW ROLLERCOASTER WAS ALSO SHUT DOWN AFTER A PROBLEM WITH A SAFETY HARNESS. IN 2000, THRILL-SEEKERS ON THE WIPEOUT RIDE WERE LEFT HANGING WHEN THE GEARBOX SEIZED. AND DREAMWORLD ISN'T THE ONLY THEME PARK ON THE GOLD COAST TO HAVE HAD ISSUES. LAST MONTH, A ROLLERCOASTER AT SEA WORLD STALLED MID-RIDE, AND A GROUP OF TEENAGERS WERE FORCED TO SCRAMBLE TO SAFETY. BUT TODAY THERE WERE PLENTY OF KIWI TOURISTS CARRYING ON WITH THEIR HOLIDAY. YEAH, THE KIDS ARE AWARE ABOUT IT AND THEY'RE INTERESTED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, AND I GUESS IT'S ALL ABOUT JUST BEING WARY ABOUT EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW. SO IT'S JUST ABOUT UNDERSTANDING AND THINKING ABOUT THAT POOR FAMILY, YOU KNOW. IT'S SUCH A TRAGEDY THEY WENT THROUGH. THE FAMILIES HERE ARE VERY MINDFUL OF THE TRAGEDY BUT NOT DETERRED BY IT. REBECCA WRIGHT, 1 NEWS. THERE WILL BE CLOSURES AND JOB LOSSES AFTER CONFIRMATION TODAY THAT WELL-KNOWN CHILDREN'S RETAILER PUMPKIN PATCH IS GOING INTO RECEIVERSHIP. THE NZ CLOTHING COMPANY'S BEEN IN TROUBLE FOR MANY YEARS. FOR MORE DETAILS, LET'S GO LIVE TO JESSICA MUTCH. That is right. THIS broke this afternoon. There is uncertainty over what stores will remain open. It is difficult for staff. 600 staff Work for pumpkin patch across New Zealand. And Australia, there are 1000 staff. Because pumpkin patch is a publicly listed company, at means that the staff were not allowed to have been told About the situation because that is commercially sensitive. That means a loss of them had to find out about it through the media. This afternoon. The message we have been getting is that job losses are likely. DIFFICULT TIMES, AND WE FRONT-FOOTED TODAY THAT THERE ARE LIKELY TO BE SOME STORE CLOSURES, BUT WE WILL BE WILL WORKING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO GIVE THEM SOME CERTAINTY. JESS, WHAT ABOUT VOUCHER? CAN PEOPLE STILL USE THEM? tjhey are valuable and you still will be able to use them. You have to match them with the same amount of cash ` you can use a $20 voucher of your purchases more than $40. Receivers are still looking for a buyer but there is a lot of uncertainty tonight. THE JUDGE WHO DISCHARGED STAR RUGBY PLAYER LOSI FILIPO WITHOUT CONVICTION ON ASSAULT CHARGES HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF GLOSSING OVER THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ATTACK. POLICE CHALLENGED THE SENTENCE AT THE HIGH COURT IN WELLINGTON, WHERE NEW CLAIMS EMERGED ABOUT WHAT CAUSED THE 17 YEAR OLD TO LASH OUT. ANDREW MORRISON REPORTS. JUST ONE OF THE FOUR VICTIMS OF LOSI FILIPO'S ATTACK SHOWED UP AT COURT AS POLICE CHALLENGED A DECISION TO DISCHARGE HIM WITHOUT CONVICTION. BY NOT RECOGNIZING THOSE AGGRAVATING FEATURES, HE DIDN'T FULLY RECOGNISE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE OFFENDING. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF FILIPO AT COURT. BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'VE HEARD HIS ACCOUNT OF THE INCIDENT LAST OCTOBER. SENTENCING NOTES SHOWS THE JUDGE WAS UNCLEAR ABOUT HOW IT ALL STARTED, BUT FILIPO TOLD POLICE IT WAS ONE OF THE VICTIMS THAT THREW THE FIRST PUNCH. MR FILIPO IS SAYING, 'I WAS PUNCHED FIRST. 'I DIDN'T START THIS. I RETALIATED.' BUT THOSE CLAIMS WEREN'T INCLUDED IN THE SUMMARY OF FACTS FOR SENTENCING. THE CROWN SAYS IF TRUE THERE SHOULD'VE BEEN A DISPUTED FACTS HEARING. BUT FILIPO'S DEFENCE LAWYER SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THE VICTIMS THROUGH MORE DISTRESS UNDER CROSS-EXAMINATION. THE CROWN ARGUES THE JUDGE PUT TOO MUCH WEIGHT ON THE CONSEQUENCES A CONVICTION WOULD HAVE ON FILIPO'S RUGBY CAREER, BUT FILIPO'S DEFENCE LAWYER SAID HE SHOWED REMORSE, AND RUGBY WAS HIS SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND 'WAY OUT' FROM A DISADVANTAGED UPBRINGING IN A GANG AREA OF PORIRUA. THE JUDGE RECOGNISED THAT BECAUSE OF THE INFORMATION THAT HE HAD AND MADE A CONSIDERED, CORRECT AND COMPASSIONATE DECISION. BUT THE CROWN SAYS LOSI SHOULD'VE BEEN SENT TO JAIL, FOCUSING ON THE FACT HE STOMPED ON ONE OF THE VICTIMS' HEADS SEVERAL TIMES AND ASSAULTED TWO WOMEN. THAT WAS A CLEAR MINIMISATION IN RELATION TO THE OFFENDING, IN RELATION TO BOTH THOSE YOUNG LADIES, ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO MS ODELL, WHO WAS KNOCKED TO THE FLOOR. THE DEFENCE SAYS THE WOMEN WERN'T DELIBERATELY HIT; THEY WERE PUSHED AND SHOVED; WHILE TRYING TO BREAK UP THE FIGHT, AND THE JUDGE'S DECISION WAS RIGHT. IF THAT CAN BE OVERTURNED BECAUSE OF OUTCRY IN CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE MEDIA, WHICH MAY OR MAY OR NOT BE BASED ON ACCURATE FACTS, WE HAVE A VERY REAL PROBLEM. THE JUDGE HAS RESERVED HIS DECISION. ANDREW MORRISON, 1 NEWS. NEW HIDDEN CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWING THE MISTREATMENT OF BOBBY CALVES HAS PROMPTED A GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION. THE VIDEO, WHICH SOME VIEWERS WILL FIND DISTURBING, WAS FILMED IN AUGUST. THAT'S THE SAME MONTH NEW REGULATIONS WERE INTRODUCED, PROMISING GREATER PROTECTION FOR THE CALVES. PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. DOWN ON THE FARM, IT SEEMS NOTHING MUCH HAS CHANGED ` MORE DRAGGING, MORE DROPPING AND MORE THROWING OF BOBBY CALVES JUST DAYS OLD. JUST SO UNACCEPTABLE. WHY WOULDN'T PEOPLE NOT GET THAT PICTURE? LAST YEAR FARMWATCH CAPTURED ABUSES UP CLOSE, RESULTING IN THE SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION OF THIS MAN ` NOEL ERICKSON. OTHER CASES ARE BEFORE THE COURTS. THE FOOTAGE PROMPTED OUTRAGE AND A NEW RAFT OF REGULATIONS INTRODUCED IN AUGUST. THEY INCLUDED, CALVES MUST BE AT LEAST 4 DAYS OLD BEFORE BEING TRANSPORTED AND A PROHIBITION ON KILLING CALVES BY BLUNT FORCE TO THE HEAD. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THE REGULATIONS WERE A WHITEWASH. FARMWATCH SAYS IT FILMED AT 10 FARMS IN TARANAKI AND WAIKATO AFTER THE NEW REGULATIONS TOOK EFFECT, AND MISTREATMENT CONTINUES. EVERY INCIDENCE OF HANDLING OF LOADING ON TO TRUCKS, BAR ONE THAT I OBSERVED, INVOLVED ABUSE. YOU START TO WONDER WITH THAT MUCH FOOTAGE THAT'S COMING THROUGH WHETHER IT'S A BIT OF AN ENDEMIC PROBLEM ACROSS NZ FARMING. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S WIDESPREAD. THE MINISTER FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES SAYS THE NEW REGULATIONS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. MPI ARE MONITORING ALL THE CALVES THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED AT FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS AROUND NZ, AND WE KNOW THEY ARE ARRIVING IN BETTER SHAPE THIS BOBBY-CALF SEASON THAN WHAT THEY WERE LAST SEASON. THE FOOTAGE WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR JUST DOESN'T COMPARE TO LAST YEAR. THAT WAS ABHORRENT, SOME OF THAT PRACTICES WE SAW THERE, AND I THINK WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS FROM THERE. NEXT AUGUST LOADING RAMPS OR RAISED PENS WILL BECOME COMPULSORY, BUT FARMWATCH WANTS MORE. THEY COULD HAVE INTRODUCED CAMERAS ON TO TRUCKS; THEY COULD HAVE INTRODUCED RANDOM INSPECTIONS OR AUDITS; THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. WITH THE REPUTATION OF A $20B EXPORT INDUSTRY AT STAKE, FARMWATCH SAYS THIS SORT OF ABUSE MUST STOP. PAUL HOBBS, 1 NEWS POLICE HAVE COME UNDER FIRE FOR THE TACTICS USED TO GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT A GROUP OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED A PRO-EUTHANASIA MEETING IN LOWER HUTT. THEY'VE ADMITTED THEY SET UP A CHECKPOINT TO IDENTIFY ATTENDEES, BUT SOME ARE QUESTIONING IF IT'S EVEN LEGAL. BRIAR WELLS REPORTS. RIGHT-TO-DIE ADVOCATE WILHELMINA IRVING WAS SURPRISED TO FIND POLICE ON HER DOORSTEP EARLIER THIS MONTH, JUST DAYS AFTER SHE HAD BEEN AT A EUTHANASIA MEETING. HE WAS SORTA TALKING THAT WE WERE ALL ON THE POINT OF COMMITTING SUICIDE ` WHICH WAS A LOAD OF RUBBISH. SHE SAYS OTHER MEMBERS WERE STOPPED AT A POLICE CHECKPOINT AFTER LEAVING THE MEETING AND ASKED FOR THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES. THEY TOO HAD POLICE VISITS IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING. I WASN'T WORRIED, BECAUSE I HADN'T DONE ANYTHING ILLEGAL. POLICE HAVE TODAY ISSUED A STATEMENT ADMITTING THE BREATH-TESTING CHECKPOINT WAS SET UP TO IDENTIFY THOSE ATTENDING THE MEETING IT ALSO SAYS THE ACTIONS OF POLICE WERE CARRIED OUT IN GOOD FAITH. BUT THOSE ACTIONS HAVE BEEN SLAMMED AS A POSSIBLE BREACH OF RIGHTS. THIS SEEMS TO BE MISUSE OF POWER BUT ALSO A WASTE OF RESOURCES. SOME KIND OF MORAL CRUSADE BY SOMEONE HIGH UP. PATSY MCGRATH WAS ALSO AT THE MEETING. POLICE LATER SEIZED A HELIUM BALLOON KIT FROM HER HOUSE. THE TIMING HAS BEEN QUESTIONED, GIVEN A RIGHT-TO-DIE PETITION IS CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED BY PARLIAMENT'S HEALTH SELECT COMMITTEE. WE VERY MUCH FEAR THAT THE POLICE PROCESS WAS DESIGNED TO INTIMIDATE OUR MEMBERS AND STOP THEM GOING TO GIVE EVIDENCE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, AND ONE WONDERS WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS. I THINK IT'S A WASTE OF POLICE TIME TO CONCENTRATE ON LITTLE OLD LADIES WHO MAY WANT TO KILL THEMSELVES. BUT IF THEY DO, THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS. VOWING NOT THE LET THE EVENTS SWAY HER BELIEFS. BRIAR WELLS, 1 NEWS DONALD TRUMP IS BACK IN BUSINESS MODE, PROMOTING ONE OF HIS RESORTS AND ASKING EMPLOYEES WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT WORKING FOR TRUMP. FOR THOSE WHO THINK HIS RACE IS OVER, HE SAYS WATCH OUT FOR A BREXIT-STYLE SUPRISE. AND THE RISE OF THE INDOOR TRAMPOLINE PARK HAS COME WITH A LEAP IN INJURIES. SO WHAT CAN MORE CAN BE DONE TO KEEP USERS SAFE? THERE ARE CALLS FOR GREATER SCRUTINY. AND IT'S A STAR SISTER ACT FOR THE 2017 ASB CLASSIC. SERENA WILLIAMS WILL BE JOINED BY VENUS WILLIAMS FOR THE TOURNAMENT, AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER BIG NAMES IN CONTENTION. GUILTY OF AN HISTORIC BRUTAL RAPE. CHRISTCHURCH SEXUAL PREDATOR DEVON BOND WILL BE LOCKED AWAY FOR 13 YEARS AFTER BEING SENTENCED IN THE CHRISTCHURCH HIGH COURT TODAY. THE RAPIST, A FORMER COMMONWEALTH GAMES WRESTLER WAS CAUGHT 20 YEARS AFTER COMMITTING THE CRIME, WHEN HIS DNA WAS MATCHED TO THE COLD CASE. LISA DAVIES WAS IN COURT. VIOLENT RAPIST DEVON BOND IN THE DOCK. IN 1994, WHILE HE WAS A COMMONWEALTH WRESTLER, HE CUT THE POWER TO A WOMAN'S HOME BEFORE THREATENING HER WITH A KNIFE, TYING HER UP AND RAPING HER. TODAY, THE CROWN READ HIS VICTIM'S STATEMENT. YOU ARE A NASTY AND EVIL MAN WHO NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OFF THE STREETS FOR THE LONGEST POSSIBLE TIME. IT TOOK DNA EVIDENCE TO PIN THIS BRUTAL CRIME ON HIM AFTER A BLOOD SAMPLE TAKEN AFTER HE ASSAULTED A POLICE OFFICER IN 2014 MATCHED THE DNA IN THE COLD CASE. HIS VICTIM WELCOMING THIS NEWS. EVER SINCE THEN IT HAS BOTHERED ME JUST HOW SMUG YOU MUST HAVE FELT AND THAT YOU MUST HAVE THOUGHT THAT YOU HAD GOT AWAY WITH IT. THE CROWN URGED THE JUDGE TO IMPOSE PREVENTIVE DETENTION, HIGHLIGHTING THAT HE REOFFENDED JUST A YEAR LATER, SPARKING A MANHUNT. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS HAPPENING. UM... I KEPT FIGHTING AND SCREAMING. HE STALKED HIS SECOND VICTIM BEFORE PUNCHING HER IN THE FACE AND LOCKING HER IN HIS BOOT. I KNEW I HAD TO GET OUT OR ELSE THAT WAS THE FINISH. HE WAS JAILED FOR SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS AT THE TIME. BOND'S DEFENCE LAWYER TONY GREIG TOLD THE COURT HIS CLIENT DOESN'T REMEMBER THE RAPE. THE JUDGE WAS SCEPTICAL, WARNING BOND TO FACE UP TO HIS OFFENCES IN JAIL. PARTICULARLY YOUR ATTITUDE TO WOMEN AND ENTITLEMENT SEXUAL GRATIFICATION ON YOUR TERMS THAT MEAN YOU COULD COMMIT SERIOUS OFFENCES AGAIN. BOND, WHOSE PARTNER AND WORKMATES WERE IN COURT TO SUPPORT HIM, IS TO SERVE A MINIMUM OF EIGHT YEARS BEHIND BARS. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. A NURSE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDERING EIGHT RESIDENTS OF AN OLD-PEOPLES HOME IN CANADA. ELIZABETH WETTLAUGER (49) IS ACCUSED OF KILLING 5 WOMEN AND THREE MEN BY ADMINISTERING A DRUG. THE DEAD RANGED IN AGE FROM 75 TO 96 AND WERE RESIDENTS OF TWO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES WHERE THE ACCUSED WORKED BETWEEN 2007 AND 2014. TO THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RACE, AND WITH JUST 14 DAYS TO GO, BOTH CANDIDATES ARE NOW BECOMING INCREASINGLY FOCUSED ON THE CRUCIAL SWING STATE OF FLORIDA. DONALD TRUMP IS WIDELY SEEN AS NEEDING TO WIN THERE TO GET TO THE WHITE HOUSE. VOTING IS UNDERWAY IN 36 STATES, INCLUDING THE KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE, FLORIDA, WITH NEARLY 9 MILLION VOTES ALREADY CAST NATIONWIDE. THESE COME MAINLY FROM ABSENTEE VOTES ` PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY, THOSE WHO CAN'T VOTE IN PERSON ON ELECTION DAY OR VOTES RECEIVED BY MAIL. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN WILL BE WITH THE TRUMP CAMP DURING AND IN THE LEAD-UP TO VOTING DAY AND HAS THE LATEST FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. DONALD TRUMP ON HOME TURF TODAY, VISITING HIS FLORIDA GOLF RESORT AND MINGLING WITH HIS EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE OVER 1000 EMPLOYEES, WELL OVER 1000 EMPLOYEES HERE. 80% OF THEM ARE HISPANIC. THE FORMER APPRENTICE STAR EVEN SEEKING SOME EMPLOYER FEEDBACK. ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WORKING FOR TRUMP? ANYBODY? AND COME FORWARD THEY DID, ALTHOUGH NOT WITHOUT A WARNING. BETTER SAY GOOD, OR I SAY, 'YOU'RE FIRED.' I SAY, 'WHO IS THAT GUY? YOU'RE...' SOFT LAUGHTER I SUPPORT THIS MAN HERE. I LOVE IT. I'M A LATINO, AND I SUPPORT THIS MAN. BUT IT WASN'T JUST SUPPORTERS GIVING DONALD TRUMP A BOOST. THERE WAS ALSO THE NEWS THAT HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS UNDER THE CONTROVERSIAL 'OBAMACARE' SCHEME ARE SET TO RISE 25%. OBAMACARE IS A DISASTER. TRUMP WAS QUICK TO SAY HOW MUCH WORSE IT WILL BE UNDER HILLARY CLINTON. THAT'S SUCH A PHONY NUMBER. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 60%, 70%, 80%. DONALD TRUMP MUST WIN FLORIDA IF HE IS TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF WINNING. SO NO SURPRISE THAT HILLARY CLINTON IS ALSO CAMPAIGNING HARD THERE THIS WEEK. I FEEL GOOD, BUT BOY, I'M NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR GRANTED. YES, WHILST THE CLINTON CAMP MIGHT BE AHEAD IN FLORIDA, IT CAN'T AFFORD ITS VOTERS TO BE COMPLACENT AND NOT TURN OUT TO VOTE. LET'S GO VOTE. LET'S GO VOTE. HELPING HER CAUSE TODAY, AN ENDORSEMENT FROM FORMER GENERAL COLIN POWELL. IT ADDS TO THE SENSE THAT THIS ELECTION IS HILLARY'S TO LOSE. ALTHOUGH DONALD TRUMP KEEN TO REMIND VOTERS THAT LIKE WITH THE RECENT VOTE IN THE UK ON EU MEMBERSHIP, POLLS CAN BE WRONG. THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF BREXIT HAPPENING IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. A LOT OF BREXIT. CHEERING REMEMBER THAT EVERYONE WENT TO BED AND SAID IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. AND I SAID IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. SO WHILE HE MIGHT BE TRAILING, THERE'S NO SIGN OF TRUMP'S TRADEMARK CONFIDENCE TAKING A HIT. CORIN DANN, 1 NEWS. AFTER DECADES OF DEBATE, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN THE GO-AHEAD FOR THE $30B CONSTRUCTION OF A THIRD RUNWAY AT LONDON'S HEATHROW AIRPORT. THE CHOICE FAVOURING HEATHROW OVER GATWICK IS BEING WELCOMED BY BUSINESSES, BUT THE DECISION IS FAR FROM FINAL, WITH PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HURDLES TO BE OVERCOME. I THINK IT'S VERY LIKELY IT WILL BE STOPPED, AND I JUST REMIND YOU THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE UK GOVERNMENT HAS PUBLICLY DECIDED IN FAVOUR OF A RUNWAY AT HEATHROW. YOU WILL RECALL IT WAS THE BLAIR GOVERNMENT WHO DID EXACTLY THE SAME. IF THE THIRD RUNWAY PLAN DOES SUCCEED, IT'S EXPECTED TO BE A DECADE BEFORE PLANES ARE ON THE TARMAC. WEATHER TIME NOW. SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORMS, ANOTHER SPRING SMORGASBORD, DAN? A bit of everything from wind and thunderstorm last night two storms erupting this afternoon. Look at that cloud. Running its way through, you can see across central parts of the country The big swirls of cloud and a cluster here sliding East. This will slowly ease back. Quite a contrast temperature wise toO. For weather, see tvnz.co.NZ THEY'RE SPRINGING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT HOW SAFE IS YOUR LOCAL TRAMPOLINE PARK? THERE'S BEEN A BIG JUMP IN INJURIES. COMING UP, HOW YOU CAN REDUCE THE RISK. AND AN HISTORIC WIN FOR THE AUTHOR TAKING HOME ONE OF THE LITERARY WORLD'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS PRIZES. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT, AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AND THE GOLD COAST AMUSEMENT PARK DREAMWORLD REMAINS CLOSED AFTER FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED ON A RIVER RAPIDS RIDE. AMONG THE DEAD NZER CINDY LOW (42), WHO LIVES IN SYDNEY. TWO ADULTS WERE CRUSHED TO DEATH, AND THE OTHER TWO DIED AFTER BEING TRAPPED UNDER THE RAFT AFTER THE RIDE MALFUNCTIONED. AFTER A FALSE START, IT'S STRAIGHT DOWN TO BUSINESS FOR THE PRIME MINISTER IN INDIA TODAY. IN UNDER AN HOUR, HE'LL SIT DOWN WITH HIS INDIAN COUNTERPART IN A MEETING THAT COULD MAKE OR BREAK A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR TRADE DEAL. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD WITH THIS FROM NEW DELHI. A TRUE INDIAN WELCOME ON A TRIP THAT'S ALL ABOUT THE SYMBOLISM THAT COMES WITH AN OFFICIAL STATE VISIT. THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT FREQUENT AND HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL MEETINGS ALWAYS HELP PUSH ALONG WHATEVER ISSUES YOU ARE DEBATING. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE THE LEADER OF A SMALL NATION PUSHING FOR A FREE-TRADE DEAL WITH WHAT WILL SOON BE THE WORLD'S MOST POPULOUS NATION. IT NEEDS THAT PUSH FROM THE TOP TO GIVE IT A REASON FOR THE NEGOTIATORS TO PUT THEIR SHOULDERS TO THE WHEEL. HE ARRIVED 24 HOURS LATE, BUT NOW THE PRIME MINISTER'S FLYING VISIT KICKS INTO GEAR. A ONE-ON-ONE MEETING WITH HIS COUNTERPART NARENDRA MODI IS HAPPENING SHORTLY. SPECIAL TRADE ENVOY MIKE PETERSON IS CONFIDENT THE LEADERS SITTING DOWN TOGETHER WILL HELP JUMP-START STALLED TRADE TALKS. I THINK THERE'S SOME SENSITIVITY AROUND FARMING. BUT THEN THAT'S NOT DIFFERENT TO OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. AND THERE'S ALWAYS A FEAR MORE IMPORTS WILL PUT DOMESTIC FARMERS OUT OF BUSINESSES. NZ PRODUCES ABOUT 3% OF THE INDIAN DAIRY MARKET, AND JOHN KEY'S KEEN TO SEND THE MESSAGE INDIAN BUSINESSES AND FARMERS NEED NOT FEAR OUR DAIRY INDUSTRY. WE'RE NOT HERE TO PUT ANYONE'S FARMERS OUT OF BUSINESS. WHAT WE CAN DO IS STRENGTHEN AND IMPROVE THEIR CAPACITY TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN FOOD. TWO-WAY TRADE BETWEEN OUR COUNTRIES IS ALREADY WORTH $2.5B. A FREE-TRADE DEAL WOULD MEAN BILLIONS MORE. THE PRIME MINISTER HOPES THE INVITE ALONE SHOWS INDIA IS SERIOUS ABOUT PROGRESS IN THE FREE-TRADE DEAL, BUT IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN POLITICAL GOODWILL TO GET SOMETHING DOWN ON PAPER. SO A BIG POLITICAL DAY AHEAD, WITH SOME SOMBRE AND CEREMONIAL MOMENTS TOUCHING ON JUST HOW IMPORTANT THIS RELATIONSHIP IS. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. INDOOR TRAMPOLINE PARKS ARE UNDER SCRUTINY FOLLOWING A BIG JUMP IN INJURIES. THE CENTRES HAVE EXPLODED IN POPULARITY SINCE LAUNCHING THREE YEARS AGO, WITH MORE THAN 30 NOW UP AND RUNNING. WILL HINE REPORTS. IT'S THE ACTIVITY SPRINGING INTO LIFE ACROSS NZ ` YOUNG AND OLD HAVING A BALL. THESE GUYS HAVE A GREAT TIME. BUT THERE'VE ALSO BEEN A FEW TEARS. INJURY FIGURES, WHICH ALSO COVER BACKYARD TRAMPOLINES, WERE FLAT UNTIL THE PARKS STARTED OPENING. THEY'VE NOW RISEN TO MORE THAN 10,000 A YEAR. WE'VE SEEN CASES OF KIDS HAVING SOME BROKEN BONES, SOME SPRAINS, AND THOSE INJURIES, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT. WORKSAFE'S INVESTIGATING ONE CHRISTCHURCH PARK AFTER AN INJURY LAST MONTH. AND FROM THIS WEEK, IT'S VISITING ALL TRAMPOLINE PARKS TO CHECK HOW SAFE THEY ARE. THIS CHAIN, JUMP, IS WELCOMING THE MOVE. SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK WE'RE THE FIN POLICE, SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK WE'RE THE FUN POLICE, BUT WE'RE THE SAFETY POLICE, YOU KNOW. IT VOLUNTARILY MEETS AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD THAT COVERS DESIGN, INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF TRAMPOLINES. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO ENSURE ` THAT ALL THESE NZ PARKS COMPLY WITH THESE STANDARDS TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE FOR ALL OUR CUSTOMERS. BUT EVERYONE AGREES THE ODD INJURY WILL OCCUR. HE'S ALWAYS JUMPING OFF THE COUCH AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THE SAME THING COULD HAPPEN AT HOME IN 'THE SAFETY OF OUR HOME', THAT COULD HAPPEN HERE. THE NORMAL SCRAPES AND BUMPS AND BRUISES THAT YOU GET FROM DOING FUN ACTIVITIES ARE FINE; WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT ARE THE SERIOUS HARMS THAT ARISE. JUMP SAYS PEOPLE CAN HELP KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE BY FOLLOWING THE RULES. IF SOMEONE'S IN THE FOAM PIT, WAIT FOR THEM TO COME OUT BEFORE YOU GO IN. AND OTHER INJURIES HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE OVERESTIMATE THEIR ABILITIES. NOT EVERYONE CAN DO A BACKDDROP. WORKSAFE'S ADVICE TO PARENTS ` LOOK FOR A PARK WITH GOOD PROTECTION FOR JUMPERS AND CLOSE SUPERVISION BY STAFF. WILL HINE, 1 NEWS. THE PRESTIGIOUS MAN BOOKER LITERARY PRIZE HAS BEEN WON BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR FOR THE FIRST TIME. 'THE SELLOUT' IS PAUL BEATTY'S FOURTH NOVEL. IT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS A PROVOCATIVE AND SCATHING SATIRE ABOUT RACE RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. IT'S JUST ME QUESTIONING MYSELF, REALLY. WHAT I THINK, HOW I SEE THE WORLD. UM, WHAT HISTORY MEANS TO ME; WHAT PROGRESS MEANS TO ME. THE $85,000 BRITISH AWARD OPENED TO WRITERS OF ALL NATIONALITIES JUST TWO YEARS AGO. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND A MAJOR COUP FOR TENNIS OFFICIALS. In just 8 weeks. The Williams sisters will be here WE HEAR FROM THE CLASSIC BOSS NEXT. HOW DID HE SIGN ARGUABLY THE GREATEST SISTER ACT IN SPORTS HISTORY? AND THERE'S MORE TO COME. PLUS, JARRYD HAYNE CONFIRMS FOR EDEN PARK THIS SUMMER. WE ASK HIM WHICH ALL BLACK WOULD MAKE IT IN THE NFL? AND OFTEN THE LAUGHING STOCK OF AMERICA, THE WORLD SPORTING SPOTLIGHT DESCENDS ON CLEVELAND. ROBERT PEREZ, WHO SWINGS THE BALL TO DEEP LEFT, AND GONE! FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 20 YEARS THE WILLIAMS SISTERS WILL PLAY IN A LOWER-TIER TENNIS TOURNAMENT TOGETHER, AND THAT TOURNAMENT WILL BE HERE IN NZ. TODAY, VENUS WILLIAMS WAS CONFIRMED TO JOIN YOUNGER SISTER SERENA AT THIS SUMMER'S ASB CLASSIC. ABBY WILSON REPORTS. IT'S HARD TO BEAT THE PULLING POWER OF THESE TWO IN THE TENNIS WORLD, AND NOW AUCKLAND HAS THEM BOTH. THEY HAVEN'T PLAYED A TOURNAMENT OF OUR TIER TOGETHER SINCE 1998, SO WHILE I WAS ALWAYS OPTIMISTIC, I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD COME OFF, AND WHEN CARLOS GAVE ME THE WORD 48 HOURS AGO, I WAS A VERY HAPPY BOY. IT'LL BE VENUS'S FOURTH TRIP HERE. SHE'S THE 2015 CHAMPION. BUT WHILE SERENA WAS LOCKED IN FOR NEXT YEAR, IT WAS BY NO MEANS A PACKAGE DEAL. I ALWAYS MAKE A POINT OF, WHEN I'M TALKING TO VENUS, IT'S ABOUT VENUS, AND WHEN I'M TALKING TO SERENA, IT'S ABOUT SERENA. YOU WANT TO RESPECT THEM AS INDIVIDUAL ATHLETES. THE SISTER HAVE 29 GRAND-SLAM TITLES BETWEEN THEM. WITH BOTH SERENA AND VENUS NOW CONFIRMED TO PLAY HERE IN AUCKLAND, YOU HAVE TO WONDER ` DOES IT MAKE RECRUITING OTHER PLAYERS MORE DIFFICULT? YOU'LL GET SOME GOING, 'BUGGER THAT. I'M GONNA GO ELSEWHERE 'AND MAYBE HAVE A SLIGHTLY EASIER START TO THE YEAR.' OTHERS WILL SIT BACK AND GO, 'RIGHT, 'IF I'M GOING TO WIN THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN, 'I NEED TO BEAT THE WILLIAMS SISTERS. 'I MAY AS WELL 'GET MATCH-HARDENED AT THE START OF THE YEAR 'AND GO TO MELBOURNE KNOWING I POSSIBLY CAN.' KARL BUDGE SAYS TALK OF FORMER WORLD NUMBER ONES CAROLINE WOZNIACKI AND ANA IVANOVIC ALSO COMMITTING FOR NEXT YEAR IS PREMATURE. I CAN CATEGORICALLY SAY WE HAVEN'T SIGNED THEM. THERE'S NO CONTRACT IN PLACE WITH THOSE PLAYERS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE WON'T KEEP TRYING TO ADD TO THE ALREADY IMPRESSIVE LINE-UP. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS. IT DIDN'T QUITE WORK OUT, BUT JARRYD HAYNE WANTED TO BECOME THE FIRST ACTIVE AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE AT THE NRL AUCKLAND NINES. THE CODE-HOPPING STAR WAS CONFIRMED TO HEADLINE THE TOURNAMENT TODAY, WHERE HE ALSO REVEALED WHICH ALL BLACK WOULD MAKE IT BIG IN THE NFL. MATT MANUKIA HAS MORE. JARRYD HAYNE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE PART OF THE NINES, AND HE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT PLAYING WHILE HE WAS WITH THE 49ERS. TOURNAMENT ORGANISERS TRIED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN DURING A SMALL POST-SEASON WINDOW. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COOL TO SEE AN ACTIVE NFL PLAYER IN THE NINES. YEAH, DEFINITELY. LIKE I SAID, IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO BE A PART OF. EYEING HIS FOURTH CODE IN FIVE MONTHS, HAYNE'S STINT WITH FIJI SEVENS SHOULD HELP THE TRANSITION, WHILE HE'S ALSO PLAYED A RUGBY LEAGUE VERSION OF SEVENS. THAT WAS SEVENS. SO, OBVIOUSLY THEY ADAPTED, SO THEY STILL HAD TO PLAY THE BALL. YOU HAD TO GET BACK 10M. IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS I'VE EVER DONE. WITH OTHER BIG NAMES ALREADY ON BOARD, THE THIRD EDITION OF THE AUCKLAND NINES IS SHAPING TO BE THE BEST YET. WITH OTHER BIG NAMES ALREADY ON BOARD, THE fourth EDITION OF THE AUCKLAND NINES IS SHAPING TO BE THE BEST YET. SOMETHING THAT WILL HOPEFULLY CONVINCE THE NRL TO KEEP IT HERE BEYOND 2018. IT'S LAIDBACK; IT'S FUN; IT'S CHILLED AND SOMETHING THAT` OBVIOUSLY IT'D BE GREAT IF IT STAYS HERE. ONE OF HAYNE'S CHILDHOOD MATES COULD ALSO BE EYEING A LONG-TERM STAY IN AUCKLAND. ISRAEL FOLAU HAS ALREADY SOUGHT HIS ADVICE ON WHETHER TO CROSS THE DITCH TO BE CLOSER TO NEW FIANCEE MARIA TUTAIA. WE WERE IN BRIZZY AND WE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT IT. WE WERE JUST HAVING A JOKE ABOUT IT. SAID, 'YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO GO ON DOWN THE LINE. 'YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO.' YEAH, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'VE GOT TO SORT OUT WHEREVER THEY GO. FOLAU WAS PART OF SATURDAY'S THRASHING AT EDEN PARK, WHERE ONE ALL BLACK CAUGHT HAYNE'S EYE AS AN NFL POSSIBILITY. WHO WAS THAT GUY WHO SCORED THAT TRY ON THE WEEKEND? HE RAN OVER ABOUT TWO- < JULIAN SAVEA! YEAH, SAVEA. I THINK HE'D BE GREAT AT RUNNING BACK. THE HAYNE PLANE PROMISING TO DO SIMILAR DAMAGE WHEN HE TOUCHES DOWN AT EDEN PARK IN FEBRUARY. MATT MANUKIA, 1 NEWS. THIS WEEKEND MARKS THE CULMINATION OF THE LOCAL RUGBY SEASON WITH TWO PROVINCIAL FINALS, ONE IN DUNEDIN, ONE IN CHRISTCHURCH. CANTERBURY'S AIMING FOR THEIR SEVENTH TITLE IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, WHILE OTAGO AND NORTH HARBOUR ARE BOTH TRYING TO BREAK BACK INTO THE TOP DIVISION. LET'S GO LIVE TO AMI STADIUM IN CHRISTCHURCH, WHERE THE TEAMS ARE HAVING A GET TOGETHER, AND GEORGE BERRY. No punches have been thrown yet. We have the trophy here tonight. How did you end up here? We have Shane Christie in Tasmania the moment. He got me there a couple of years ago. It's been very good. You are an officer at that point. Talk me through the world when. For a couple of years for rugby union. I got to play for them. It has been a bit of a whirlwind. I hope we held up a trophy. It could possibly be a think for me personally. I don't feel that, but we are excited. We have the team to do the job. He is doubling up as the captain this weekend. It was the Bay of plenty that got it 40 years ago. THANKS GEORGE. GERRY BERRY, LIVE FROM AMI STADIUM IN CHRISTCHURCH. THE NORTH HARBOUR SQUAD IS ON ITS WAY TO DUNEDIN AND ITS FIRST RUGBY FINAL OF ANY KIND IN 22 YEARS. IF THE PLAYERS ARE FEELING ANY PRESSURE, THERE WAS NO SIGN OF IT AT TRAINING THIS AFTERNOON. HERE'S STEPHEN STUART. THEY'VE PROVED AN UNLIKELY HIT THIS SEASON WITH SIX WINS, MATCHING THEIR COMBINED TOTAL FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS. THAT'S TAKEN NORTH HARBOUR TO A FINAL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THAT LEGENDARY STOUSH WITH BIG BROTHER AUCKLAND IN 1994. MICHAEL LITTLE WAS AT THAT BATTLE OF THE BRIDGE, WATCHING HIS FATHER, WALTER. 1� YEARS OLD, RUNNING AROUND, I THINK, AT THAT TIME. STILL RUNNING AROUND, BUT HE AND HIS MIDFIELD PARTNER MATT VAEGA AREN'T WANTED BACK BY THE BLUES. COR, THAT IS A VERY GOOD TRY! WELL, AT THE MOMENT IT'S MORE JUST FOCUSING ON THE FINAL. I KNOW THE GUYS ARE EXCITED. THEIR INSPIRATIONAL STAND-IN SKIPPER CHRIS VUI IS PLAYING FOR HIS FUTURE AS WELL. THERE'S HUGE FAITH IN THIS TEAM, AND BELIEF, AND WE'RE JUST GOING THERE TO SHOWCASE OUR TALENTS. FIVE HARBOUR PLAYERS ARE ON THE BLUES BOOKS, WHILE THE HARD WORKING PACK'S EXPECTED TO BE REWARDED WITH MORE CONTRACTS NEXT WEEK. CERTAINLY THEIR BLUES-BOUND COACH IS PUSHING THEIR CAUSE. LOOK, WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS AROUND SOME OF THE GUYS. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SPOTS AVAILABLE IN THE WIDER TRAINING GROUP. AND AS FOR ANDREW HORE'S POSSIBLE OTAGO COMEBACK, HARBOUR CONSTANT 'SPY' KELLY HAD THE OBVIOUS COUNTER. WE'LL JUST BRING TONY WOODCOCK BACK. (LAUGHS) ALL SING, CHEER AND EXPECT THEM TO TOP THESE CELEBRATIONS FROM LAST WEEK IF THE UNDERDOGS REVERSE THEIR ROUND ROBIN LOSS TO OTAGO AND WIN PROMOTION BACK TO THE PROVINCIAL BIG TIME. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. THE BLACK FERNS WOMEN'S TEAM HAS BEATEN AUSTRALIA AGAIN, THIS TIME AT NORTH HARBOUR STADIUM. AFTER BEING THRASHED AT THE WEEKEND, THE AUSSIES DIDN'T START WELL. GONNA HAVE TO FRONT UP. IF SHE MAKES SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN, THE COLOUR OF THE CARD IS GONNA CHANGE. (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) SHE'S VERY LUCKY IT'S YELLOW. I WILL NOT SAY IT ON CAMERA. A YELLOW CARD FOR ABUSE, THE BLACK FERNS LED 17-3 AT THE BREAK, SCORING TWO MORE TRIES IN THE SECOND HALF, WINNING 29-3. FULLBACK SELICA WINIATA WAS ONE OF THE STARS AGAIN. THE SIXTH TEAM FOR NEXT YEAR'S NEW DOMESTIC NETBALL COMPETITION HAS BEEN REVEALED AS THE NORTHERN STARS. THEY'LL BE BASED IN PAPAKURA, IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. A FEW FAMILIAR FACES ` SILVER FERN KAYLA CULLEN MAKING THE SWITCH FROM THE MYSTICS, WHILE LEANA DE BRUIN MOVES FROM THE MAGIC. AUSSIE COACH JULIE HOORNWEG WAS THE MELBOURNE VIXENS FOUNDATION COACH. THERE'S BEEN A MAJOR UPSET TO START OFF THE NEW NBA SEASON. SAN ANTONIO THRASHING THE EARLY SEASON FAVOURITES AND STAR-LADEN WARRIORS BY 29 POINTS IN GOLDEN STATE. HERE IT GOES. OH, WHAT A PLAY! SIMMONS, WHAT HUSTLE! FOR SOME PERSPECTIVE, THE WARRIORS DIDN'T LOSE AT HOME UNTIL APRIL LAST SEASON. AND IN CLEVELAND LEBRON JAMES AND THE CAVS CELEBRATED THE START OF THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP DEFENCE WITH A BLOWOUT WIN OVER THE KNICKS. TO THE RIGHT! CHEERS, APPLAUSE PA BOOMS VICIOUS STUFF! EARLIER THEY MARKED THEIR HISTORIC SUCCESS LAST SEASON WHEN THEY BROKE THE SO-CALLED 'CLEVELAND CURSE', TO BECOME THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL TEAM FROM THE CITY TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS. AND WHILE THEY CELEBRATED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE STADIUM, RIGHT NEXT DOOR, THEIR BASEBALL TEAM WAS BUSY TAKING THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS ENDING A TITLE DROUGHT OF THEIR OWN. SWING AND A DRIVE TO LEFT FIELD, AND THAT ONE IS GONE! HAVE A NIGHT, ROBERTO PEREZ! THAT THREE-RUN HOMER TOPPING OFF A DOMINANT 6-0 WIN FOR THE INDIANS OVER THE CHICAGO CUBS IN GAME ONE OF THE SEVEN-GAME WORLD SERIES, WHICH CLEVELAND HASN'T WON SINCE 1948. WELLINGTON CRICKET HAS CONFIRMED A BUMPER DOUBLE-HEADER FOR EARLY DECEMBER. THE MELBOURNE STARS MEN'S AND WOMEN'S T20 TEAMS WILL PLAY WELLINGTON AT THE BASIN RESERVE ON DECEMBER 7TH. TO BE ABLE TO SHOW OFF THIS TEAM AND HAVE THEM SEE WELLINGTON HOPEFULLY AT ITS FINEST WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. IT'D BE A GREAT WEEK. THE CRICKET WILL BE OUTSTANDING, THE BIG BASH ABSOLUTELY GROWING DAY BY DAY. STEPHEN FLEMING COACHED THE STARS TO THE FINAL IN LAST SEASON'S BIG BASH IN AUSTRALIA. ALL WHITES STRIKER CHRIS WOOD HAS HELPED LEEDS UNITED MAKE THE QUARTER-FINALS OF ENGLISH FOOTBALL'S LEAGUE CUP. NEARLY 20 MINUTES INTO EXTRA TIME AGAINST NORWICH, WOOD POUNCED. AND WHEN HE COULDN'T GET IT CLEAR OF THE PENALTY AREA, HE PUSHED IT STRAIGHT INTO THE NZER'S PATH. IT'S WOOD'S NINTH GOAL OF THE NEW SEASON. THE GAME WENT TO PENALTIES. WOOD NAILED THE FIRST UP KICK FOR LEEDS, THEY ENDED UP WINNING 3-2. THEIR GOALIE SAVED THREE OF NORWICH'S KICKS. IT'S JUST THE SECOND TIME IN THE PAST 20 YEARS LEEDS HAVE MADE THE CUP QUARTER-FINALS. ARSENAL AND LIVERPOOL HAVE ALSO MADE THE LAST EIGHT, ARSENAL BEATING READING 2-0, LIVERPOOL OVER SPURS 2-1. MANCHESTER UNITED AND MAN CITY PLAY TOMORROW MORNING. Come on, city. What happened to Spurs? It's only the premier league I care about. Valerie Adams is surprising schoolkids. WE CAN TAKE YOU WHERE FEW DARE TO GO, AND IT'S ALL THANKS TO A BIT OF KIWI INGENUITY. BY LOOKING LIKE A CROCODILE, WE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A LITTLE BIT SAFER AND MIGHT ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GET CLOSER TO THE CROCODILE. WE'RE CATCHING UP WITH LEGENDARY NZ ENTERTAINERS OSCAR KIGHTLEY AND DAVID FANE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THEIR WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENTS SO FAR AND THEIR NEW PROJECT. AND IT'S OFFICIAL. TARANAKI IS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN THE WORLD TO VISIT. THAT LITTLE TRACT OF WATER THERE CONNECTS US DIRECTLY WITH THE SYDNEY HARBOUR AND BONDI BEACH. COSMOPOLITAN. JIM HICKEY SHOWS US WHY AT 7. For a lot of us tomorrow, it isn't a bad day. Typical ups and downs for spring weather. We are doing fine. That big swirl of cloud is the upper low easing away. This is what's coming in. Even that has pieces of cloud. That is going to be working in by the end of the week. You can see the remaining troughs easing themselves away. That works across most of the country going across into Friday. That haze of blue is colder air. They will be dropping away as we go towards the weekend. Take your spot, really. There might be just one or 2 showers. Good as well over most of the south island that is a good-looking day to many areas. Some showers popping up in the later afternoon or evening. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ Let's make the most of it. That is one news for Wednesday. Well done (!) A very excited Toni.