DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. IT'S MIDDAY, AND WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE HAS ROCKED JAPAN, TRIGGERING A TSUNAMI WARNING ALONG THE COUNTRY'S COAST. THE 6.9 SHAKE HIT NEAR FUKUSHIMA AT A DEPTH OF 10KM. IT'S THE SAME PLACE WHERE A 2011 EARTHQUAKE CAUSED A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT MELTDOWN. RESIDENTS THERE ARE BEING TOLD TO EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY. JESSICA MUTCH IS LIVE FROM OUR AUCKLAND NEWSROOM WITH DETAILS. JESS, TSUMANI WAVES ARE ALREADY REACHING THE COASTLINE? THAT IS RIGHT. THE WARNING SIRE IS ON IN Fukushima. It could be 3 m at the moment. NHK is sending a message out. IF YOU ARE LIVING CLOSE TO THE SHORE IN FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, PLEASE EVACUATE RIGHT NOW TO HIGHER GROUNDS. A TSUNAMI WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE EXPECTED TSUNAMI HEIGHT IS 3M. As well as the 3 m quake, they have been smaller quakes coming in. They are warning people don't go back home until you get the all clear. This has all been caused by a large earthquake. Cory Jane is in Japan at the moment. He said his room was wiggling. JESS IS THERE IMMEDIATE DANGER AT THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT? This will be fresh in people's minds. The huge devastation from the 2011 earthquake. Officials are going through and checking the nuclear plant for any damage. JESS, IS THERE ANY TSUNAMI THREAT TO NZ? There is no threat to New Zealand. There is unlikely flow on effect for us. This is a developing situation. JOINING US NOW FROM THE CAPITAL IS GNS SEISMOLOGIST JOHN RISTAU. JOHN, THIS SITUATION IS STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO 2011. WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT TODAY'S QUAKE? In 2011, we had the 6.2 earthquakeoutside Christchurch. That was followed by the 9.0 earthquake in Japan. That was a coincidence. The Japan quake was 3000 times larger than the Christchurch one. Of course we have had the Kaikoura earthquake, and then this one now. There is no likely connection between them. They are not unusual there. JOHN, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY DAMAGE YET, BUT IS THE DEPTH AND LOCATION OF THIS QUAKE LIKELY TO HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS? It is possible. They have revised it to 6.9. It is shallow. It is quite far offshore, so that would take a lot of the damage. It is possible near the epicentre there is light damage on the coast. BACK HERE, AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACING QUAKE-RAVAGED KAIKOURA RIGHT NOW IS A RUINED SEWER SYSTEM THAT'S STRUGGLING TO COPE. SOME LOCALS HAVE IGNORED THE WARNINGS NOT TO FLUSH THEIR TOILETS, SENDING RAW HUMAN SEWAGE FLOODING ONTO OTHER RESIDENTS' PROPERTIES. LISA DAVIES HAS MORE. WITH A BACKYARD THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS, IT'S NO WONDER DEMELZA SWEENEY THOUGHT THINGS COULDN'T GET ANY WORSE. HOW WRONG SHE WAS. YOU CAN SEE THE FIBRES OF TOILET PAPER, THERE WERE BITS OF POO FLOATING PAST AND GOING OUT THE OTHER SIDE. HER WHOLE BACK YARD AWASH WITH RAW SEWAGE THAT JUST KEPT POURING IN. ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIED. ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIED. AND IT ABSOLUTELY STINKS. IT CAN BE REALLY QUITE HORRENDOUS, ESPECIALLY IF THE BREEZE IS BLOWING. THE PROBLEM ` PEOPLE FLUSHING THEIR TOILETS WHEN THEY SHOULDN'T. THE SEWAGE FLOWED RIGHT THROUGH THIS GARAGE, BUT THAT'S ALMOST THE LEAST OF THEIR WORRIES IN THAT RESPECT, BECAUSE THE WHOLE THING HAS DROPPED BY A METRE AND A HALF. THE FOUNDATION USED TO SIT UP HERE. DOWN THE ROAD, NOT AS DRAMATIC, BUT JUST AS DISGUSTING. JANA MILLIGAN'S HUSBAND IS SEETHING AT THE PEOPLE CAUSING THIS. HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO SEND SOMETHING BACK TO THEM. SEWAGE SEEPING ONTO THE YOUNG FAMILY'S LAWN. IT'S NOT VERY PLEASANT, AND IT'S SMELLY, AND IT'S DANGEROUS FOR THE CHILDREN, SO THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY IN THE GARDEN. THEY'VE MADE THEIR OWN TOILET, AND REALLY WISH OTHERS WOULD FOLLOW SUIT. THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR FIXING THE SHATTERED SEWAGE SYSTEM LIES ON THIS MAN'S SHOULDERS. IT STINKS. THERE'S AN UNPLEASANT ODOUR. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. (LAUGHS) THIS OXIDATION POND EMPTIED BY THE QUAKE. THE POND LINER HAS A BIG TEAR RIGHT TO THE BOTTOM, AND ALL THE WASTEWATER'S JUST COME OUT OF THERE. IT'S JUST ONE PROBLEM ON A VERY LONG LIST. MOST OF THE DAMAGE AND SHATTERED PIPES UNDERGROUND, BUT HERE YOU CAN SEE THE SEWAGE PIPE HAS BEEN PUSHED UP A WHOLE METRE. IT USED TO LIE FLAT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATE OF THE BRIDGE, THERE'S NO WONDER THE INFRASTRUCTURE CROSSING THAT HAS BEEN SEVERELY DAMAGED. HE'S HOPING TO GET TOILETS FLUSHING AGAIN BY THE END OF THE WEEK, BUT UNTIL THEN... IT'S JUST REMINDING PEOPLE, YES. YOU MAY HAVE WATER, OR YOU'RE FLUSHING YOUR TOILETS, BUT IT STILL FLOWS SOMEWHERE. IT FLOWS HERE. LITTLE DID THEY KNOW WHEN THEY PUT THE 'LADIES' SIGN ON THE GARAGE, IT WOULD BE SO APT. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. WORKERS HAVE BEGUN TURNING OFF THE POWER AT 61 MOLESWORTH STREET IN WELLINGTON IN PREPARATION FOR THE BUILDING BEING TORN DOWN. IT COMES AS REPORTS SURFACE THE BUILDING IS PLAGUED WITH ASBESTOS. BRIAR WELLS IS THERE, BRIAR WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ITS DEMOLITION? I spoke to the council earlier this morning. They say they don't believe the discovery of asbestos will have impact on the destruction progress. Specialist contractors are used to working with the material. They were involved with the destruction of many buildings in the Christchurch quake. They use equipment so the abestos fibres will not spread. The building was built in the 1960s, and asbestos was common. We were expecting demolition to get underway yesterday. It is now unlikely to start until Friday. There is because crews are still turning off the gas and power supplies. Once it does get underway, it will be two weeks for the building to come down. AND THOSE WELLINGTON RESIDENTS DISPLACED FOLLOWING THE QUAKES SAY THEY'RE STILL STRUGGLING TO FIND PLACES TO LIVE. APARTMENTS AROUND THE READING CINEMAS AND JAMES SMITH CAR PARK HAD TO BE EVACUATED AFTER THE QUAKE, AND QUEENSGATE SHOPPING CENTRE REMAINS CLOSED WITH DAMAGE TO ITS CAR PARK. ONE APARTMENT DWELLER IN COURTENAY CENTRAL SAYS HE'S RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS. I'M CAMPED AT A FRIEND'S PLACE WHO'S BEEN GENEROUS AND KIND ENOUGH TO LET US TAKE OVER HER APARTMENT. THAT'S ONLY GONNA BE UNTIL THE END OF THIS WEEK, AND THEN WE NEED TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO LIVE, BUT, OF COURSE, SHORT TO MEDIUM TERM ACCOMMODATION IN WELLINGTON, AS YOU CAN APPRECIATE, IS NOT A HAPPENING THING. THE CAR PARK BESIDE MR MACDONALD'S APARTMENT WILL BE STABILISED BEFORE EVENTUALLY BEING DEMOLISHED. STEVEN JOYCE IS IN KAIKOURA TODAY, MEETING WITH BUSINESSES NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SUPPORT THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT'S BUSINESS PACKAGE FOLLOWING THE QUAKE. THERE ARE FIVE COMPANIES WITH MORE THAN 20 EMPLOYEES WHO MISS OUT ON THE ASSISTANCE ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK. STEVEN JOYCE INTENDS TO VISIT THEM ALL TO FIND OUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO GET THINGS UP AND RUNNING. A POLICE OPERATION IS UNDERWAY IN EAST AUCKLAND INVOLVING ARMED OFFICERS AND THE EAGLE HELICOPTER. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE REPORTED SEEING A LARGE NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS IN GLEN INNES. POLICE ARE MAKING ENQUIRIES BUT SAY THEY'RE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS WHILE THE OPERATION'S UNDERWAY. THE BODIES OF TWO TRAMPERS FOUND ON A TRACK IN THE WAIRARAPA ARE BEING TAKEN TO PALMERSTON NORTH FOR A POST-MORTEM TOMORROW. THE MEN, AGED 39 AND 32, FAILED TO RETURN FROM AN OVERNIGHT TRAMP IN THE TARARUA FOREST PARK ON SATURDAY. POLICE SAY THEIR BODIES WERE FOUND A SHORT DISTANCE APART, AND WITHIN A KILOMETRE FROM THE ALPHA HUT. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE GENERALLY GOOD OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT A CORONER WILL CARRY OUT A FULL INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF DEATHS. ARBORISTS ARE RUN OFF THEIR FEET WITH REQUESTS TO CHECK THE SAFETY OF TREES AT KINDERGARTENS IN THE WAKE OF AN ACCIDENT AT A CENTRAL AUCKLAND PRESCHOOL EARLIER THIS MONTH, WHICH LEFT FOUR CHILDREN INJURED. AN INCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND ALSO SAW FOUR CARS CRUSHED AT A POPULAR AUCKLAND PARK. EXPERTS SAY KEEPING AN EYE ON TREES IS IMPORTANT, AND IF YOU'RE IN DOUBT, CALL A PROFESSIONAL. I GOT INUNDATED THIS WEEK. I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT DAY-CARE CENTRES EVERY DAY. HALF-A-DOZEN-ODD DAY-CARE CENTRES EVERY DAY, AND GIVING THEM MY ADVICE ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND PRETTY MUCH GETTING APPROVED STRAIGHT AWAY, COS MONEY'S NOT IMPORTANT AS PEOPLE'S LIVES. ARBORISTS SAY SOME TREES THEY'VE ASSESSED NEED URGENT ATTENTION. THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION SAYS ANTI-SEMITIC SPEECHES MADE BY AN AUCKLAND MAN HAVE NO PLACE IN NZ. VIDEOS HAVE SURFACED ONLINE SHOWING AN IMAM AT A MOSQUE IN MANUKAU OPENLY EXPRESSING HATRED FOR JEWISH PEOPLE. DAME SUSAN DEVOY URGES KIWIS TO RECOGNISE THESE ARE THE VIEWS OF A SINGLE PERSON. JEWS ARE USING EVERYBODY BECAUSE THEIR ENTIRE PROTOCOL IS TO RULE THE ENTIRE WORLD. THE ISLAMIC WOMEN'S COUNCIL OF NZ SAYS THEY DON'T STAND BY VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE IMAM. A NEW PUBLIC PRIVATE PRISON IS ON ITS WAY. THE GOVERNMENT'S APPROVED A NEW 1500 BED FACILITY AT WAIKERIA PRISON, SOUTH OF TE AWAMUTU. IT'LL BE BUILT IN A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, AND, LIKE AUCKLAND'S MOUNT EDEN PRISON IT'LL BE RUN BY A PRIVATE OPERATOR. CORRECTIONS ENDED UP TAKING BACK CONTROL OF MOUNT EDEN PRISON FROM SERCO AFTER A FIGHT CLUB SCANDAL. THE NEW WAIKERIA PRISON'S EXPECTED TO OPEN IN 2021. A MASS BRAWL HAS BROKEN OUT AT SCHOOLIES CELEBRATIONS ON THE GOLD COAST AFTER AN AUSTRALIAN MAN MOCKINGLY DANCED THROUGH A GROUP OF NZERS PERFORMING A HAKA. FOOTAGE CAPTURES HOW QUICKLY THE FIGHT ESCALATED AFTER TWO MEN CAME TO BLOWS OUTSIDE CAVILL MALL IN SURFERS PARADISE. NEARBY POLICE HAD TO TACKLE SOME OF THE MEN TO THE GROUND, LEAVING MANY INNOCENT BYSTANDERS WHO WERE CAUGHT UP IN THE VIOLENCE SHAKEN. ALSO IN AUSTRALIA, A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF A SYDNEY SCHOOL GIRL 18 YEARS AFTER SHE WENT MISSING. QUANNE DIEC DISAPPEARED IN 1998 WHILE ON HER WAY TO SCHOOL. SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME. VINCENT TARANTINO (49), WHO APPEARED IN COURT YESTERDAY, HAS BEEN A CHIEF SUSPECT SINCE THE GIRL WENT MISSING. IT'S BELIEVED SHE WAS ORIGINALLY KIDNAPPED FOR A RANSOM BUT WAS LATER KILLED. DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND MANY MORE INJURED AFTER A SUICIDE BOMBER SET OFF EXPLOSIVES AT A MOSQUE IN AFGHANISTAN. AT LEAST 27 PEOPLE DIED IN THE BOMBING IN THE CAPITAL KABUL. WITNESSES SAY AROUND 400 SHIA MUSLIMS WERE WRAPPING UP THEIR SERVICE WHEN THE ATTACK HAPPENED. ISIS HAVE CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY. ANTI-TERRORISM POLICE IN FRANCE HAVE ARRESTED SEVEN PEOPLE WHO'VE ALLEGEDLY BEEN PLANNING A TERROR PLOT FOR MONTHS. THEY WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN STRASBOURG AND MARSEILLE. POLICE SAY SIX OF THE SUSPECTS WERE NOT KNOWN TO INTELLIGENCE SERVICES. IT COMES JUST FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE GRAND OPENING OF THE CHRISTMAS MARKET IN STRASBOURG THAT ATTRACTS MANY TOURISTS AROUND EUROPE. THE POPE HAS EXTENDED THE POWER TO CATHOLIC PRIESTS AROUND THE WORLD TO FORGIVE WOMEN FOR WHAT HE CALLS THE 'GRAVE SIN' OF ABORTION. POPE FRANCIS ORIGINALLY GRANTED THE PERMISSION TO FORGIVE DURING THE HOLY YEAR OF MERCY, WHICH ENDED ON SUNDAY. HE'S NOW EXTENDED THAT FORGIVENESS INDEFINITELY. THE CHURCH'S STANCE ON ABORTION HASN'T CHANGED ` IT'S STILL VIEWED AS A SERIOUS SIN ` BUT THIS GIVES LENIENCY FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE TO MAKE A PAINFUL AND AGONISING DECISION. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD TRUMP GOES INTO AN UNPRECEDENTED MEETING WITH TOP JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA EXECUTIVES FROM FIVE OF AMERICA'S LARGEST NETWORKS. WHY EVERYTHING WAS 'OFF THE RECORD'. AND NOT THE WELCOME THEY WERE EXPECTING ` WHY THE SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET TEAM IS LASHING OUT AT AUSSIE MEDIA. A 6.9 magnitude earthquake has struck in Fukushima. Tsunami waves have already began heading the coastline. Tsunami warnings remain in place and could reach 3 m. No reports of damage or injury. THERE'S BEEN NO SHORTAGE OF WEAPONS USED BY ISIS AGAINST IRAQI FORCES IN THE BATTLE FOR MOSUL. AN INVESTIGATION HAS FOUND SOME OF THE AMMUNITION THE TERROR GROUP USES COMES FROM WESTERN SUPPLIES DIVERTED INTO MILITANT HANDS. THE BBC'S GORDON CORERRA REPORTS. A STACK OF MORTARS LAY READY TO FIRE. THIS WAS A POSITION USED BY SO-CALLED ISLAMIC STATE IN A FAMILY GARDEN IN MOSUL. JAMES BEVAN AND HIS TEAM FROM THE GROUP CONFLICT ARMAMENT RESEARCH CAREFULLY DOCUMENT THE WEAPONS, NOW MADE SAFE, TO ESTABLISH THEIR ORIGIN. AND THERE'S A LOT OF BLOOD AROUND. WE ENTER A HOUSE RECENTLY OCCUPIED BY IS FIGHTERS. IN THE FRONT ROOM ARE SUICIDE VESTS. SO THESE ARE ANTI-PERSONNEL ROCKETS. AND IN THE BACK ROOMS, THE TEAM FINDS WHAT THEY'RE REALLY AFTER. RIGHT, THIS ONE. BOXES THAT ONCE STORED AMMUNITION WITH MARKINGS THEY CAN TRACE. OK, ALL RIGHT, THIS IS EASTERN EUROPEAN. I NEED YOUR LIGHT. THE TEAM HAS CARRIED OUT PAINSTAKING RESEARCH CATALOGUING SERIAL NUMBERS AND TRACING THE ROUTES. THEY FOUND CRATES OF AMMUNITION AND ROCKETS MANUFACTURED IN FACTORIES IN EASTERN EUROPE. THESE WERE BOUGHT BY THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE US AND SAUDI ARABIA. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SHIPPED THROUGH TURKEY TO REBEL GROUPS THE US AND SAUDI ARABIA SUPPORTS IN SYRIA, BUT SOMETIMES AS QUICK AS TWO MONTHS FROM MANUFACTURE, THESE FELL INTO THE HANDS OF IS AND ARE NOW BEING USED TO KILL US-BACKED IRAQI FORCES. WEAPONS AND THE EVIDENCE OF THE DESTRUCTION THEY LEAVE LIES EVERYWHERE. SO-CALLED ISLAMIC STATE HAS HAD NO PROBLEM ARMING ITSELF. AND IN THE CHAOS OF THE REGION, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THANKS TO WEAPONS SUPPLIED BY THOSE TRYING TO DEFEAT IT. AN UNPRECEDENTED MEETING HAS TAKEN PLACE AT TRUMP TOWER IN NEW YORK TODAY BETWEEN THE MEDIA AND PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP. TOP EXECUTIVES AND NEWS ANCHORS FROM NETWORKS HE ONCE LABELLED AS 'DISHONEST' WERE SEEN ENTERING THE MANHATTAN BUILDING EARLIER TODAY. THE MEETING WAS OFF THE RECORD, MEANING REPORTERS AREN'T ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS DISCUSSED. THE SIT DOWN WAS ORGANISED BY HIS CAMPAIGN MANAGER KELLYANNE CONWAY, NOW A SENIOR ADVISOR TO TRUMP, WHO SAID IT WAS VERY 'CORDIAL', 'CANDID' AND 'HONEST'. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE HIT THE GYM IN PARIS, NOT LOOKING TOO WORSE FOR WEAR AFTER THEIR PHYSICAL VICTORY OVER IRELAND. WHILE THERE ARE INJURY CONCERNS AND OBVIOUSLY SOME DISCIPLINARY ISSUES AHEAD OF THE AB'S FINAL CLASH OF THE YEAR AGAINST FRANCE IN PARIS, THE LADS WERE IN GOOD SHAPE DESPITE 2007 HAUNTING THE MINDS FOR SOME PLAYERS. I THINK THAT'S IN THE BACK OF EVERY NZ RUGBY PERSON'S MIND, OBVIOUSLY. AT THE QUARTER FINAL OF THE WORLD CUP, IT WAS ALL EVERYBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT, PREVIOUS HISTORY. SO THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN CUT ANY CORNERS THIS WEEK. THAT FINAL GAME IS AT 9AM NZT ON SUNDAY MORNING. THE PAKISTAN CRICKET TEAM HAS BEEN FINED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COMMITTEE FOR MAINTAINING A SLOW OVER-RATE DURING THE BLACK CAPS' EIGHT-WICKET VICTORY IN CHRISTCHURCH. THE TEAM'S CAPTAIN MISBAH-UL-HAQ HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FOR ONE TEST AND FINED 40% OF HIS MATCH FEE, WHILE HIS TEAMMATES HAVE BEEN FINED 20% OF THEIRS. THE ICC IMPOSED THE PENALTIES ON PAKISTAN, WHO WERE RULED TO BE TWO OVERS SHORT OF THE TARGET 103 OVERS AFTER TIME ALLOWANCES WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. MISBAH WOULD HAVE MISSED THIS FRIDAY'S TEST IN HAMILTON BECAUSE HE'S TRAVELLED HOME AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER-IN-LAW. HIS SUSPENSION WILL BE CONSIDERED SERVED. THERE ARE CALLS FOR A SECURITY GUARD TRAVELING WITH SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET TEAM TO BE SENT HOME AFTER HE MANHANDLED AN AUSTRALIAN REPORTER AT ADELAIDE AIRPORT. TENSIONS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMP HAVE BEEN RUNNING HIGH SINCE CAPTAIN FAF DU PLESSIS WAS CHARGED WITH BALL TAMPERING. HERE'S CHANNEL NINE. IT WAS THE MOMENT THE SUMMER OF CRICKET GOT UGLY. SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM SECURITY OFFICER ZUNAID WADEE, OVERLY PROTECTIVE OF UNDER-SIEGE SKIPPER FAF DU PLESSIS, SMASHES NINE REPORTER WILL CROUCH INTO A GLASS DOOR. DU PLESSIS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH BALL TAMPERING FOR ALLEGEDLY USING A MINT IN HOBART TO ALTER THE BALL FOR REVERSE SWING AND FACES A BAN. HE NONCHALANTLY STRODE THROUGH ADELAIDE AIRPORT, HEADPHONES ON, CHEWING AWAY WITH A SMILE AND THUMBS UP FOR THE MEDIA. THINGS TURNED WHEN REPORTERS TRIED TO QUESTION HIM. WADEE SIGNALLED HIS INTENTIONS EARLY WITH A PUSH-AND-SHOVE DISPLAY BEFORE THE FINAL ACT. IT WAS A SUPERCHARGED REPEAT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN MELBOURNE ON SATURDAY. IT COMES FOLLOWING A DEFIANT PRESS CONFERENCE WHEN SURROUNDED BY HIS TEAM, HASHIM AMLA MOCKED THE ICC'S INVESTIGATION. FOR US, IT'S BASICALLY A JOKE. INJURED PACEMAN DALE STEYN JUMPED ON TWITTER AND BLAMED THE AUSSIES. SAYING... THE AUSTRALIANS ARE FURIOUS ABOUT BEING DRAGGED IN TO IT. THEY MADE NO COMPLAINT WHATSOEVER ABOUT DU PLESSIS' ACTIONS. THE ICC INVESTIGATION IS SIMPLY A RESULT OF FOOTAGE AIRED ON CHANNEL NINE'S COVERAGE. WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT AT ALL, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S UP TO THE ICC TO DETERMINE IT. AND FINALLY, A SPORT THAT'S TAKING THINGS TO NEW HEIGHTS. AMERICAN NOAH BAHNSON WAS CROWNED THIS YEAR'S WINGSUIT RACING CHAMPION WHEN HE PLUNGED OUT OF A PLANE AT 8000FT AND TOUCHED DOWN FIRST IN THE ARIZONA DESERT. IT WAS REDEMPTION FOR BAHNSON WHO'S FINISHED RUNNER UP TWICE IN THE COMPETITION. 40 ATHLETES FROM 18 COUNTRIES TOOK PART IN THE EVENT, WHICH SAW THEM SOAR AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 260KM/H. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. PLUS ` AN UPDATE ON THE POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE THAT'S STRUCK OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN, TRIGGERING TSUNAMI WARNINGS. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S RETURN TO OUR TOP STORY ` RESIDENTS OF FUKUSHIMA IN JAPAN ARE EVACUATING THEIR HOMES AFTER A 6.9 SHAKE SPARKED A TSUNAMI WARNING. WAVES HAVE ALREADY BEGUN HITTING THE NORTH EASTERN COASTLINE, SO FAR THEY ARE MEASURING UP TO A METRE HIGH. 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