KIA ORA. SHOWERS AND WIND ACROSS LARGE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TODAY, WITH SOME PLACES EXPERIENCING GUSTS OF WELL OVER 100KM/H. WE'VE GOT SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES IN FORCE FOR SUNDAY. ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR. 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. CRYING OUT OVER SPILT MILK. FARMERS QUESTION WHY IT'S TAKING SO LONG FOR KAIKOURA'S INLAND ROAD TO BE FULLY UP AND RUNNING. I'M JUST TOTALLY OVERWHELMED. AND FORMER PLAYERS BREAK YEARS OF SILENCE AS ENGLISH FOOTBALL'S ROCKED BY A GROWING CHILD SEX ABUSE SCANDAL. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. IN BREAKING NEWS, POLICE AND COASTGUARD HAVE BEEN COORDINATING A MAJOR SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION OFF THE COAST IN THE KAIPARA HARBOUR NORTH OF AUCKLAND. REBECCA WRIGHT'S IN OUR AUCKLAND NEWSROOM. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US, REBECCA? It is believed that 11 people are in the water after the boat into difficulty going into the harbour. Emergency services were called at 415 so there been in the water for quite some time. The Westpac helicopter is assisting police. Conditions are difficult with large wind gusts and the water is choppy. This is a serious condition. THANKS, REBECCA. AND WE'LL BRING YOU MORE DETAILS WHEN WE CAN. A CONVOY MAY'VE TRAVELLED OUT OF KAIKOURA YESTERDAY ON THE INLAND ROAD, BUT IT'S NOW CLOSED AGAIN, CAUSING MORE FRUSTRATION. QUAKE-STRICKEN FARMERS SAY IF PETROL TANKERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE THE ROAD, THEN MILK TANKERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO. JESSICA MUTCH JOINS US LIVE FROM KAIKOURA. JESS. The status of this road remains closed except for emergency services. It was open for two hours yesterday and that felt like a pressure valve being released. But for those who are still here, it feels like they are cut off and that is frustrating. EARTHQUAKE OR NO EARTHQUAKE, 900 COWS STILL HAVE TO BE MILKED DAILY AT THE MACKELS' FARM IN KAIKOURA. GOOD GIRL, LET'S GO. BUT INSTEAD OF THE MILK BEING LOADED ON TO A TANKER, IT GETS DUMPED INTO THE EFFLUENT POND AND SPREAD OVER THE PADDOCKS. YOU DO ALL THAT WORK AT MILKING AND THEN YOU TURN THE TAP ON, SO IT IS A BIT GUT-WRENCHING. BUT WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE TO DO IT. THEY HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE MILK TANKERS CAN'T GET INTO KAIKOURA ON THE INLAND ROAD. IN-BOUND TRAFFIC IS RESTRICTED TO EMERGENCY SERVICES. IF THEY CAN GET FUEL TANKERS IN, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO AT LEAST GET MILK TRUCKS IN BECAUSE THEY ARE THE SAME WEIGHT, SAME CONFIGURATION. SIMON MACKEL IS INSURED, BUT SAYS IT'S FRUSTRATING NOT TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO BUSINESS. THE HEALTH AND SAFETY ASPECT IN NZ, I THINK, HAS GONE OVER THE TOP AND WE'RE SEEING THIS WITH THIS ROAD. CIVIL DEFENCE SAYS THE INLAND ROAD JUST ISN'T READY TO BE OPENED UP COMPLETELY. WE'VE GOT THE ARMY CONVOYS, WE'VE GOT THE CIVILIAN CONTRACTORS GETTING FUEL AND THINGS LIKE THAT UP THERE, AND WE'VE GOT SOME STOCK TRUCKS GOING UP TODAY, SO THEY'RE ALL CREATING, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ROAD. AND LOCALS HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE'S NO PLANS AT THE MOMENT FOR ANOTHER CONVOY OF CARS. AT THIS STAGE WE'RE NOT PLANNING ANOTHER CIVILIAN EVACUATION LIKE WE DID YESTERDAY. WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT TOWARDS NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER. BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE, MOST OF THE TRAFFIC CAME THROUGH HERE ON STATE HIGHWAY 1. CHRISTCHURCH IS 180KM THAT WAY. BUT BECAUSE OF THE LANDSLIPS BLOCKING THE ROAD SOUTH AND NORTH, THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON THE INLAND ROAD. SO WHILE REPAIRS ON BOTH STATE HIGHWAY 1 AND THE INLAND ROAD CONTINUE, KAIKOURA REMAINS CUT OFF FOR NOW. BUT THERE'S NEWS TODAY OF SOME PROGRESS, JESS? Yes. The army convoy came through today bringing supplies to the supermarket. But was in hot demand. Butter schools might open this week. Things are starting to slowly improved. THANKS, JESS. WITH PARTS OF STATE HIGHWAY 1 NOT EXPECTED TO OPEN FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS, BUSINESSES RELYING ON PASSING TRAFFIC ARE WONDERING HOW THEY'LL SURVIVE. ALI PUGH'S BEEN IN CHEVIOT IN NORTH CANTERBURY, WHICH TOWNSPEOPLE ARE DESCRIBING AS A GHOST TOWN. CARS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN ON THE ONLY ROAD INTO CHEVIOT. WITH STATE HIGHWAY 1 CUT OFF JUST NORTH OF HERE, THIS IS NOW THE END OF THE LINE. TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO, THIS WAS A BUSY LITTLE TOWN. THERE'S TRUCKS. THERE'S PEOPLE STOPPING, COMING IN FOR COFFEE AND FOOD AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF. NOW IT'S A GHOST TOWN TO WHAT IT WAS TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO. HERE ON CHEVIOT'S MAIN STREET, FORMERLY A BUSTLING STATE HIGHWAY, YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC IS VIRTUALLY NOW NON-EXISTENT. AND IN A PLACE PROPPED UP BY THROUGH TRAFFIC, THE LOSS OF THE HIGHWAY'S BEEN DEVASTATING. ABSOLUTELY. 80%. 40% PASSING. 40% TOURISTS. SO I'VE LOST 80% OF MY TRADE OVERNIGHT. THE WORST SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY COULD TAKE SIX MONTHS OR MORE TO RE-OPEN. LYN TURNER'S WORKED AT THE TEA ROOMS FOR 35 YEARS. SHE'S SEEN FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES CLOSE THE HIGHWAY IN THE PAST, BUT NOTHING OF THIS SCALE. WHAT THE PROBLEM IS NOW IS, THERE'S NOT AN END IN SIGHT. WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT BEFORE. THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN AN END IN SIGHT. AND THIS TIME WE'VE JUST GOT TO PLAY IT COS WE DON'T KNOW. THE GOVERNMENT'S EIGHT-WEEK RELIEF PACKAGE HAS HELPED THESE BUSINESSES RETAIN THEIR STAFF, BUT SOME ARE WONDERING HOW THE TOWN WILL SURVIVE WITHOUT ITS SUMMER TRADE. WE RELY ON THAT PERIOD TO GET MONEY BEHIND US TO GET US THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A BIT HARD. DEFINITELY HURTING. THERE ARE BUSINESSES HERE IN CHEVIOT THAT ARE STRUGGLING. AND IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE. IT'S NOT GOING TO GET BETTER. THOSE HERE ARE HOPING VISITORS FROM THE SOUTH AND LOCALS WILL HELP THEM ON THE LONG ROAD AHEAD. THE FESTIVE SEASON'S LOOKING GLOOMY FOR WELLINGTON BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY THE RECENT QUAKE. DOZENS HAVE HAD TO SHUT UP SHOP AND LAY OFF STAFF BECAUSE OF DAMAGE TO THEIR BUILDINGS OR NEIGHBOURING BUILDINGS. AS RYAN BOSWELL REPORTS, THEY'RE NOW PLEADING FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S HELP. GLEN PITCAITHLY'S COFFEE SHOP HAS GROUND TO HALT. THE RECENT QUAKE FORCED HIM TO PACK UP WHILE ENGINEERS CARRY OUT A SIX-WEEK ASSESSMENT OF THE BUILDING. NOW HE HAS NO INCOME AND IS STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. AFTER WEEK ONE, I HAD TO LET ONE STAFF MEMBER GO. NOW I'M TRYING TO KEEP THE OTHER TWO STAFF MEMBERS AFLOAT WORKING FOR FRIENDS. ON COURTNEY PLACE MANY BARS AND CLUBS ARE ALSO OFF-LIMITS BECAUSE OF THIS NEARBY CAR PARK. ENGINEERS FEAR IT COULD COME DOWN IN ANOTHER SHAKE. BAR OWNER GREG WILSON ESTIMATES HE'S DOWN $60,000. JUST POURED A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND INTO THIS NEW BUSINESS THAT WE'RE BUILDING, AND WE'RE ONLY A WEEK AWAY FROM OPENING. AND OUR OTHER BUSINESS, 'VINYL BAR', IT'S BEEN CATASTROPHIC. AND, OF COURSE, IT'S THE FESTIVE SEASON; THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE HOSPITALITY OWNERS CAN EARN HALF OF THEIR ANNUAL REVENUE. YEAH, WE'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE HAD TO FACE CLOSURES, SUPPORT FOR THEIR STAFF, AND THE POTENTIAL LOSSES THAT THEY'VE INCURRED, ESPECIALLY OVER THE BUSIEST TIME OF THE YEAR. THE WELLINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ESTIMATES THERE ARE 50 BUSINESSES OUT OF THEIR BUILDINGS BECAUSE OF QUAKE DAMAGE. IT'S NOW SURVEYING THOSE IMPACTED AND WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TO PUT FORWARD A CASE TO THE GOVERNMENT. IN OUR EXPERIENCE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK TO GOVERNMENT OR IF YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT PEOPLE'S CASES, YOU'VE GOT TO PRESENT THE DETAIL, AND IT'S GOT TO BE ACCURATE SO THAT PROPER ASSESSMENTS CAN BE MADE. KAIKOURA HAS BEEN THE PRIORITY AND MUST CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIORITY. THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STEP UP AND PROVIDE AN ASSISTANCE PACKAGE TO THOSE BUSINESSES AFFECTED IN WELLINGTON. THE MINISTER IN CHARGE, STEVEN JOYCE, SAYS HE'S OPENED-MINDED ABOUT EXTENDING THE PACKAGE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO KAIKOURA BUSINESSES TO OTHERS WHO'VE SUFFERED SIMILAR HARDSHIP. HE'S NOW PLANNING TO MEET WITH WELLINGTON MAYOR JUSTIN LESTER NEXT WEEK. AND SURVEYS BEGIN TOMORROW TO SEE HOW BADLY KAIKOURA'S FAMOUS CRAYFISH STOCKS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE EARTHQUAKE. LOBSTER POTS WILL BE PLACED TOMORROW WITH THE FIRST ONES RETRIEVED ON TUESDAY. AFTER THE NUMBER AND CONDITION OF THE CRAYFISH IS ASSESSED, THEY'LL BE RELEASED BACK INTO THE SEA. HABITATS HAVE BEEN RAISED UP TO 4M IN SOME PLACES, EXPOSING CRAYFISH TO THE SUN WHERE THEY CAN'T SURVIVE. THEIR FISHING IS BANNED FOR ONE MONTH WHILE THE SURVEY TAKES PLACE. A SUSPICIOUS FIRE OVERNIGHT AT A HOUSE IN WEST AUCKLAND HAS NEIGHBOURS SPECULATING THAT THE MOTIVE COULD BE RETALIATION. IT FOLLOWS THE DEATH OF A WOMAN AT THE TE ATATU PROPERTY A FEW WEEKS AGO. YVONNE TAHANA REPORTS. JUST A MONTH AGO, THIS HOUSE WAS THE SCENE OF A HOMICIDE. TODAY EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE BACK. NO ONE WAS IN THE SCHOOL ROAD PROPERTY WHEN IT WAS SET ALIGHT EARLY THIS MORNING WITH FIREWORKS AND ACCELERANT. WHEN I SAW THE POLICE IN THE MORNING I THOUGHT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS INCIDENT, BUT WITH THE FIRE THING HAPPENING` BECAUSE WE JUST MOVED INTO THIS PLACE, SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF WORRIED. THE FRONT AND CENTRE OF THE DWELLING SUFFERED MOST OF THE DAMAGE. POLICE AND FIRE INVESTIGATORS PICKING OVER THE CHARRED REMAINS. THE FIRESERVICE SAY WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT 5AM, THERE WERE SEVERAL FIRES BURNING WITHIN THE HOUSE, WHICH MADE IT IMMEDIATELY SUSPICIOUS. IN MID OCTOBER, MOTHER OF TWO CARLY STEWART (36) WAS FATALLY STABBED HERE WHILE ATTENDING A WOMEN'S PAMPERING SESSION. ANNA BROWN'S FACING A MURDER CHARGE OVER THE DEATH. NEIGHBOURS SPECULATING TODAY OVER A POSSIBLE LINK. I HAVE A FEELING IT MAY BE A RETALIATION AGAINST WHAT HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS AGO ` THE STABBING. THE PREVIOUS TENANTS MOVED OUT OF THE HOUSE AFTER THE STABBING. I THINK IT JUST MAKES EVERYBODY NERVOUS, AND IT'S JUST AWFUL HOW IT'S JUST LITERALLY IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD. POLICE ARE TREATING IT AS A CRIME SCENE. THEIR INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONTINUING. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. A BOY (7) HAS BEEN CRITICALLY INJURED AT THE AUCKLAND BOTANIC GARDENS. THE BOY WAS STRUCK BY AN ELECTRIC GATE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE GARDENS IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. POLICE SAY HE WAS TAKEN TO THE KIDZ FIRST CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. A FULL SCENE EXAMINATION IS UNDERWAY. A DECISION ON THE MANDATORY LABELLING OF PALM OIL PRODUCTS IN NZ AND AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN DELAYED. FOOD SAFETY MINISTERS HAVE BEEN MEETING IN BRISBANE TO DISCUSS THE OIL, WHICH IS LINKED TO MASS DEFORESTATION AND THE SHRINKING OF HABITATS FOR SOME ENDANGERED SPECIES. IT'S BEEN DECIDED MORE RESEARCH IS NECESSARY BEFORE THE ISSUE CAN BE PUT UP FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION. PALM OIL DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SHOWN IN INGREDIENTS LISTED HERE OR IN AUSTRALIA, BUT IS CLEARLY LABELLED ON PRODUCTS IN EUROPE AND AMERICA. A PIECE OF ANTARCTIC HISTORY HAS BEEN SAVED FROM THE RAVAGES OF TIME BY A HUGE PUBLIC FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN. A TOP UP FROM THE GOVERNMENT MEANS SIR EDMUND HILLARY'S HUT AT SCOTT BASE CAN NOW BE RESTORED. THE URGENT REPAIRS TO BEGIN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE HAS EXCLUSIVE DETAILS. SIR ED HILLARY SET OFF FROM THIS ANTARCTICA HUT ON A HELL-BENT DASH' TO REACH THE SOUTH POLE. THIS IS THE HUTT THAT ED BUILT IN THE SUMMER OF 1957. NOW FUNDRAISERS HELL-BENT ON SAVING THE HUT ARE CELEBRATING AFTER HITTING THEIR FUNDRAISING TARGET OF ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS. THEY GOT A LAST-MINUTE TOP-UP FROM THE GOVERNMENT. ANYTHING TO DO WITH SIR ED HAS LEGENDARY STATUS IN NZ, AS YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT SITE IN THE SENSE THAT IT WAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCOTT BASE. CONSERVATION MINISTER MAGGIE BARRY MADE THE TRIP SOUTH THIS WEEK TO SEE THE RUNDOWN SHACK. IT'S LEAKING, MELTED ICE IS POOLING UNDER THE FLOOR BOARDS, AND ASBESTOS NEEDS REMOVING. IT'S IN DIRE NEED OF RESTORATION. THE ANTARCTICA HERITAGE TRUST RAISED NEARLY $800,000. THOUSANDS OF NZERS GAVE A LOT OF MONEY VERY GENEROUSLY ` $784,000 ` BUT IT IS NOT QUITE ENOUGH. SO THE GOVERNMENT HAS STEPPED IN, ADDING ANOTHER $180,000. OH, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY ECSTATIC. THE CASH INJECTION MEANS URGENT REPAIRS CAN BE CARRIED OUT AT THE HUT OVER THE NEXT SIX WEEKS. IT ALSO MEANS THAT VALUABLE ARTEFACTS IN THE HUT CAN BE PRESERVED AND PHOTOGRAPHED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. IT IS NOT AN EASY ENVIRONMENT TO WORK IN DOWN THERE. WE'VE CURRENTLY GOT EIGHT CONSERVATORS DOWN ON THE ICE DOING THIS AND OTHER PROJECTS. TO ENSURE THAT THE RESTORATION OF THIS FIRST HUT OF OUR SCOTT BASE ` ED'S HUT ` CAN BE RESTORED IN TIME FOR THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY ON THE 20TH OF JANUARY NEXT YEAR. FREEZING AN HISTORIC LANDMARK IN TIME. ANDREA VANCE, ONE NEWS. A TOBACCO GIANT IS TRYING TO REGISTER A NICOTINE DEVICE AS A MEDICINE IN NZ. THE APPLICATION BY BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO'S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND HERE. BUT AS YVONNE TAHANA REPORTS, SOME SAY IT'S A CYNICAL MOVE TO PROP UP PROFITS AS THE NUMBER OF SMOKERS FALLS. IT'S BEEN PEDDLING CIGARETTES FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY. NOW BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO IS STRIKING OUT. ITS SUBSIDIARY NICOVATIONS NZ HAS ASKED MEDSAFE TO REGISTER ITS METERED DOSE NICOTINE INHALER AS A LOWER RISK MEDICINE. 80% OF PEOPLE THAT SMOKE ARE DESPERATE TO STOP, SO I THINK THEY'LL BE QUITE A LOT OF TAKERS. IT'S CALLED VOKE, AND WHILE IT LOOKS LIKE A CIGARETTE, IT WORKS EXACTLY LIKE AN ASTHMA INHALER ` TO DELIVER NICOTINE DIRECTLY TO THE LUNGS WITHOUT CANCER CAUSING CHEMICALS. THE RATE OF SMOKING'S BEEN ON A STEADY DECLINE. 20 YEARS AGO, A QUARTER OF THE POPULATION SMOKED. THAT'S DOWN TO 16%. WHILE VOKE WOULD ADD TO THE ARRAY OF SAFER PRODUCTS AVAILABLE TO THOSE ADDICTED TO NICOTINE, HEALTH ADVOCATES SAY IT'S A CYNICAL MOVE BY THE TOBACCO COMPANY TO FIND NEW CUSTOMERS. WE KNOW THIS IS A MASSIVE MOVE TO SECURE THEIR PLACE IN THE WORLD, TO CONTINUE TO PEDDLING A PRODUCT THAT KILLS US, SO, YEAH, WE'RE ANGRY. MEDSAFE ASSESSED VOKE IN JUNE, BUT RAISED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS SAFETY, THE QUALITY OF ITS MEDICINE AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A PRODUCT ALREADY REGISTERED IN THE UK. NEITHER NICOVATIONS NOR BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO WOULD BE INTERVIEWED, BUT IN A STATEMENT ACKNOWLEDGED THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE. THE COMPANY'S STOLEN A MARCH ON KIWI RESEARCHERS WHO'RE PLANNING TO REGISTER THEIR OWN NICOTINE INHALERS. MY BUSINESS IS IN TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE STOP SMOKING. I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT, TO SOME EXTENT, OUR END GOALS MAY BE DIFFERENT. AND THAT COULD BE REFLECTED IN PRICING. IT'S NOT KNOWN HOW MUCH VOKE WILL SELL FOR, BUT IT'S ESTIMATED THE KIWI VERSION COULD BE MANUFACTURED FOR AS LITTLE AS A COUPLE OF DOLLARS EACH. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. A CHILD SEX ABUSE SCANDAL'S ROCKING BRITISH FOOTBALL. NEXT ` HOW ONE FORMER PLAYER'S BRAVERY IN SPEAKING OUT HAS UNLEASHED A WAVE OF ACCUSATIONS AGAINST COACHES AT ENGLISH CLUBS. TWO TRAINS PACKED WITH PASSENGERS COLLIDE AND BURST INTO FLAMES IN IRAN. SO WHAT'S HAMPERING RESCUE EFFORTS? AND POLICE HUNT FOR THE ARSONISTS BEHIND DOZENS OF WILDFIRES BURNING ACROSS ISRAEL, AS THE COUNTRY'S PRIME MINISTER IS ACCUSED OF STOKING ANGER AGAINST PALESTINIANS. MORE BRITISH FOOTBALLERS ARE COMING FORWARD TO ALLEGE THEY WERE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY COACHES AS CHILDREN. MULTIPLE POLICE INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED A WEEK AFTER THE FIRST PLAYER CAME FORWARD. JUST A WARNING ` THERE ARE DISTURBING DETAILS IN THIS REPORT FROM THE BBC'S NATALIE PERKS. I THOUGHT, 'I'VE GOT TO COME FORWARD. 'GOT TO COME FORWARD, AND HELP EVERYBODY.' CHRIS UNSWORTH HAD NEVER TOLD HIS STORY BEFORE, NOT TO A SINGLE SOUL. BUT TODAY HE FINALLY TOLD THE HARROWING TALE HE TRIED TO BURY. THE STORY, HE SAYS, OF HOW SERIAL PAEDOPHILE COACH BARRY BENNELL HAD STARTED RAPING HIM AT THE AGE OF 9. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, TO BE FAIR. I JUST... I KNEW WHERE I WANTED TO GET, AND I THOUGHT, 'THIS HAS OBVIOUSLY WHAT I'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH.' YESTERDAY POLICE WERE AT BARRY BENNELL'S HOUSE IN MILTON KEYNES REMOVING PROPERTY AND HIS DOG. SO JUST WHO IS BARRY BENNELL? HE MADE HIS NAME AS A COACH AND TALENT SCOUT AT CREWE ALEXANDRA, WITH LINKS TO MANCHESTER CITY AND STOKE IN THE 1980S, BUT CREWE SUDDENLY SACKED HIM IN 1992. THE REASON NEVER MADE PUBLIC. HE'S SINCE BEEN JAILED THREE TIMES FOR CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE. IN 1994, HE SERVED TWO YEARS IN AMERICA FOR RAPING A BRITISH BOY AT A FOOTBALL CAMP IN FLORIDA. IN 1998, HE GOT NINE YEARS HERE AFTER ADMITTING 23 CHARGES OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, AND LAST MAY HE WAS JAILED FOR TWO YEARS FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING A BOY (12) IN 1980. HE'S NOW OUT ON LICENCE. SINCE ANDY WOODWARD WAIVED HIS ANONYMITY LAST WEEK TO REVEAL THE ABUSE HE'S SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF BENNELL, SIX OTHER PLAYERS HAVE COME FORWARD TO TELL THEIR STORIES, INCLUDING AN UNNAMED PLAYER IN THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER TODAY, WHO CLAIMS HE WAS ABUSED BY CONVICTED PAEDOPHILE YOUTH COACH GEORGE ORMOND WHILE HE WAS AT NEWCASTLE UNITED. IT SHOWS THE STORY IS WIDER SPREAD THAN JUST ONE COACH, WIDER THAN JUST ONE AREA. FOR THE MAN WHO'S STORY STARTED THIS ` ANDY WOODWARD ` SOME SENSE OF RELIEF. LAST WEEK, I WAS ON MY OWN, AND I WAS SO SCARED, BUT I KNEW THERE WERE... HONEST TO GOD, VICTORIA, I CAN'T... I CAN'T THANK THE PUBLIC ENOUGH AND THE MEDIA AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THE LADS FOR BACKING ME UP. I'M JUST TOTALLY OVERWHELMED. ONE MAN'S HEARTBREAK LEADING OTHERS TO FINALLY FEEL ABLE TO SHARE THEIR TORMENT. AND IN THE PAST FEW HOURS, THE TELEGRAPH'S REPORTED TOP CLUBS MADE SECRET PAYMENTS TO KEEP VICTIMS QUIET. THE ELECTION RESULT IN A STATE NARROWLY WON BY U.S. PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD TRUMP IS BEING CONTESTED. GREEN PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JILL STEIN IS BEHIND ONE OF TWO REQUESTS TO RECOUNT THE VOTES IN WISCONSIN AFTER RAISING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PAY FOR IT. THE PARTY SAYS IT WANTS TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED VOTE TAMPERING. THERE IS ENOUGH PERIPHERAL EVIDENCE TO WARRANT THAT OUR SYSTEM SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. DONALD TRUMP WON THE SWING STATE BY JUST 22,000 VOTES. REQUESTS FOR RECOUNTS IN MICHIGAN AND PENNSYLVANIA ARE ALSO BEING PROMISED. TWO PASSENGER TRAINS HAVE COLLIDED HEAD ON IN IRAN KILLING MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE AND INJURING 100. FOUR CARRIAGES DERAILED AND TWO BURST INTO FLAMES AFTER A BROKEN-DOWN TRAIN WAS STRUCK BY A MOVING TRAIN EAST OF THE CAPITAL TEHRAN. SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES AND THE REMOTENESS OF THE SITE ARE HAMPERING RESCUE EFFORTS. POLICE IN ISRAEL HAVE ARRESTED 12 PEOPLE FOR ARSON AFTER DOZENS OF OUT OF CONTROL WILDFIRES FORCED NEARLY 100,000 PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES. THE ALLEGED ARSONS ARE FANNING TENSIONS BETWEEN JEWISH AND ARAB ISRAELIS. THE BBC'S YOLANDE KNELL EXPLAINS. ANOTHER NIGHT-TIME EMERGENCY, BUT EVEN THE CREW IN THIS FIRE ENGINE EXPRESSES SHOCK. DRIVING INTO A VILLAGE WEST OF JERUSALEM. AND THE DRAMATIC VIEW FROM THE SKY IS OVER THE NORTHERN CITY OF HAIFA, WHERE SEVERAL HUGE BLAZES WERE RAGING OUT OF CONTROL. FIRE-FIGHTING PLANES HAVE BEEN SENT FROM SOUTHERN EUROPE, TURKEY, RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES. AND NOW MANY OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO FLED ARE RETURNING TO THEIR HOMES ` OR WHAT'S LEFT OF THEM. WE CAME BACK, AND WE SAW ALL THIS MESS. ALL THE ALBUMS HERE. THAT'S THE MEMORY OF MY PARENTS BURNT OUT. ACROSS ISRAEL, THERE'S BEEN DRY WEATHER, AND STRONG WINDS ARE FANNING THE FIRES. OFFICIALS BELIEVE HALF THE FIRES OVER THE PAST FOUR DAYS WERE DELIBERATE, AND SOME POLITICIANS IMPLICATING PALESTINIANS AND THE COUNTRY'S ARAB MINORITY. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS ARSONISTS ARE TERRORISTS. TRANSLATION: THE INSTRUCTION IS TO BRING TO JUSTICE EVERYONE THAT COMMITTED SUCH AN OFFENCE, THAT THOSE THAT TRIED TO BURN THE STATE OF ISRAEL WOULD BE PUNISHED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT. BUT IN HAIFA, SOME UNEXPECTED ASSISTANCE. THESE PALESTINIAN FIRE-FIGHTERS CAME FROM THE WEST BANK TO WORK WITH ISRAELIS. WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ENCOURAGING SIGNS, THERE ARE FEARS THE FIRES WILL CONTINUE, WITH NO RAIN FORECAST FOR DAYS. DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HOSPITALISED FOR SMOKE INHALATION, BUT NO DEATHS OR SERIOUS INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. DREAMWORLD COULD BE BACK OPEN BEFORE CHRISTMAS ACCORDING TO THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT. A SAFETY AUDIT'S BEEN RELEASED A MONTH AFTER FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED ON THE THUNDER RIVER RAPIDS RIDE, INCLUDING KIWI CINDY LOW. IT RAISES CONCERNS WITH FOUR ATTRACTIONS AT THE GOLD COAST THEME PARK. THE WORST ` THE BUZZ SAW, WHICH FAILED ON A NUMBER OF MAINTENANCE AND STAFFING ISSUES. TWO TEENAGE BOYS ARE STILL ON THE RUN AFTER LEADING AUSTRALIAN POLICE ON A 130KM CHASE THROUGH MELBOURNE'S NORTHERN SUBURBS. THE GREY BMW WAS SEEN SPEEDING UP TO 150KM/H ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NARROWLY MISSING PEDESTRIANS. THE DRIVER EVEN STOPPED THREE TIMES TO REFUEL. TWO TEENAGE GIRLS, WHO WERE BELIEVED TO BE PASSENGERS, WERE ARRESTED AFTER THEY RAN FROM THE CAR. POLICE ABANDONED THE CHASE DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. CHRIS IS HERE WITH TODAY'S WEATHER NOW, AND WET AND WINDY AROUND THE COUNTRY TODAY? YES. WE EVEN HAD THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING WESTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. LIGHTNING THERE AS WELL. NOT QUITE SO BAD AT THE BEACH IN MT MAUNGANUI TODAY. ONE NEWS CAMERAMAN CLINT IN ACTION WITH THE SURF LIFESAVING TEAM. RAIN THROUGH THE SOUTH ISLAND HERE. A SEVERE WEATHER WATCH FOR HEAVY RAIN IS IN PLACE FOR THE WEST COAST. BUT IT'S BEEN MORE ABOUT THE WIND TODAY. GUSTS IN BANKS PENINSULA, COASTAL WAIRARAPA AND PARTS OF WELLINGTON HIT WELL OVER 100KM/H. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S TODAY'S WEATHER. THERE'S A SEVERE WIND WARNING IN PLACE FOR WELLINGTON AND WAIRARAPA SO WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT AFTER SPORT. NEXT ` SHE WAS TV'S FAVOURITE MUM. WE LOOK BACK ON THE CAREER OF BRADY BUNCH ACTRESS FLORENCE HENDERSON. AND GETTING STUCK IN. THE BUDDING BAKERS WHO AREN'T LETTING A DISABILITY GET IN THEIR WAY. AN UPDATE NOW ON THE MAJOR SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION OFF THE COAST IN THE KAIPARA HARBOUR NORTH OF AUCKLAND. REBECCA WRIGHT'S IN OUR AUCKLAND NEWSROOM. IT'S VERY SERIOUS IN THE HARBOUR NORTH OF AUCKLAND. POLICE HAVJE CONFIRMED A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE DIED WHEN THEIR BOAT GOT INTO DIFFICULTY AIRCRAFT SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS SOME HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM THE WATER. THE HELIDCOPTER SAYS THE CONDITIONS ARE DIFFICULT WITH WIND AND CHOP POLICE CAN'T SAY HOW MANY THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT. FRUSTRATED DAIRY FARMERS IN KAIKOURA ARE DUMPING MILK INTO EFFLUENT PONDS AND ACROSS PADDOCKS BECAUSE MILK TANKERS AREN'T BEING ALLOWED IN. THE INLAND ROAD REMAINED SHUT TODAY EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND LOCALS HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE ARE NO PLANS AT THE MOMENT TO LET ANOTHER CONVOY OF CARS OUT. ROTORUA HAS A NEW TOURIST ATTRACTION ` AN INDOOR FAMILY FUN PARK ` WHICH OPENED ITS DOORS TODAY. ITS OWNERS SAY MOTION ENTERTAINMENT HAS THE BIGGEST RANGE OF ACTIVITIES UNDER ONE ROOF IN THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING LASER STRIKE, MINI-GOLF, AND TENPIN BOWLING. SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE TURNED OUT TO THE OPENING, WHICH INCLUDED AN APPEARANCE BY ACTOR JULIAN DENNISTON. FOR A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY, THIS WOULD BE HIS DREAM TO JUST LIVE HERE, SO, I DUNNO, BUT I'D JUST LOVE TO GET OUT THERE AND START HAVING FUN. THE CENTRE'S OPERATOR HOPES IT'LL ATTRACT BOTH INTERNATIONAL VISITORS AND LOCAL FAMILIES. ACTRESS FLORENCE HENDERSON, THE CHEERFUL MOTHER FROM THE TV SHOW 'THE BRADY BUNCH' HAS DIED AGED 82. THE ABC'S NICK WATT LOOKS BACK AT HER RISE FROM BROADWAY STAR TO HOUSEHOLD NAME. # HERE'S THE STORY OF A LOVELY LADY # WHO WAS BRINGING UP THREE VERY LOVELY GIRLS. SHE WAS AMERICA'S FAVOURITE TV MOM ` CAROL BRADY, MATRIARCH OF THAT ICONIC BUNCH. # THE BRADY BUNCH. # THE BRADY BUNCH. # THE LEGENDARY SITCOM, A STAPLE OF AMERICA'S SMALL SCREENS FOR DECADES. FOR HENDERSON, IT WAS THE PINNACLE OF A CAREER THAT STARTED ON THE BROADWAY STAGE... (SINGS MUSICAL SONG) ...AND INSTANTLY TURNED HER INTO A HOUSEHOLD NAME. THE HIT CHEERFUL MOTHER SHE ONCE DESCRIBED AS... RECENTLY, HENDERSON ENJOYED A PUBLIC RESURGENCE, TANGOING HER WAY THROUGH SEASON 11 OF 'DANCING WITH THE STARS'. I'VE LOVED THE SHOW SINCE IT BEGAN. I THINK IT'S A TREMENDOUS SHOW, AND I HOPE I HAVE INSPIRED PEOPLE TO GET UP OFF THEIR BEHINDS AND MOVE AND DANCE AND LIVE AND ENJOY LIFE. EVEN RETURNING TO THE BALLROOM JUST DAYS AGO DURING THE SEASON 23 FINALE. THE FINAL PUBLIC APPEARANCE FOR A BELOVED ICON. HOW WOULD SHE LIKE US TO REMEMBER HER? I THINK AS PROBABLY SOMEONE WHO SURVIVED A LONG TIME IN A VERY TOUGH BUSINESS AND HOPEFULLY MANAGED TO RETAIN A SENSE OF HUMANITY. THAT'S HOW I'D LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED. # THAT'S THE WAY WE BECAME THE BRADY BUNCH. # THE ACTRESS DIED AT A MEDICAL CENTRE IN LOS ANGELES A DAY AFTER SHE WAS HOSPITALISED FOR A HEART ATTACK. A GROUP OF BUDDING AUCKLAND BAKERS IS OVERCOMING PERSONAL CHALLENGES TO COOK UP A SCHEME TO RUN THEIR OWN BAKERY. AND AS SAM KELWAY EXPLAINS, THEIR PASSION FOR THE JOB IS ONLY RISING. IT'S LIKE ANY OTHER BUSY BAKERY, EXCEPT IT'S NOT. WE'RE GOING TO BAKE BIRTHDAY CAKE AND EVERYTHING. THIS LOT LIKE TO PARTY WHILE RUNNING A BUSINESS. I'VE GOT A CARD BUT I FORGOT TO BRING IT TODAY. SORRY. DESPITE BEING INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED, THEY HAVE BIG DREAMS. EVERYBODY WANTS A JOB. EVERYBODY WANTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY. YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO HAVE A MEANING FOR THEIR LIVES. MORE THAN 30,000 NZERS HAVE AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T WORK. THESE BUDDING BAKERS FROM HOHEPA MAKE BREAD WEEKLY BUT HAVE OUTGROWN THEIR SMALL SPACE AND PRODUCTION. THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR HIRING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SO WE THOUGHT WE'LL START OUR OWN BUSINESS. THE GOAL WOULD BE TO COME OFF THE BENEFIT, HAVE A JOB AND GO TO WORK EVERY DAY. THE FIRST BATCH OF BREAD HAS JUST COME OUT OF THE OVEN AND IT SMELLS DELICIOUS. THE SECOND BATCH HAS GONE IN WHILE THE TEAM PREPARE FOR THEIR THIRD. AFTER THAT... THERE'S PLENTY OF FLOUR TO GO AROUND BUT NOT A LOT OF MONEY. STARTING TO MAKE A PROFIT TURNS IT INTO A BUSINESS WHICH MEANS THESE GUYS HAVE A JOB AND BUSINESS AND OFFER MORE JOBS TO MORE PEOPLE. THEIR GOAL IS TO RAISE ENOUGH DOUGH THROUGH PUBLIC DONATIONS THAT THEY CAN WORK EVERY DAY. IT'S PRETTY AWESOME. THAT'S GOOD? IT'S GOOD. ARE YOU SURE? YEAH. A HANDS-ON APPROACH AND A WAY TO GET AHEAD. ABBY'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND A GOOD DAY FOR THE BLACKCAPS? TIM SOUTHEE WITH THREE WICKETS. FROM THE AWKWARD TO THE DOWNRIGHT BRILLIANT. KIMBERLEE DOWNS WRAPS ALL THE ACTION NEXT. PLUS THE ALL BLACKS CALL IN THEIR PYSCHOLOGIST AHEAD OF THE FINAL TEST OF THE YEAR. AND THE KIWIS ARE PROVING SO GOOD AT THE GOLFING WORLD CUP THAT THE AUSSIE COMMENTATORS AREN'T HAPPY. KIA ORA. WELCOME TO SPORT. THE BLACKCAPS ARE WELL ON TOP AFTER STUMPS ON DAY TWO OF THEIR SECOND TEST AGAINST PAKISTAN IN HAMILTON. NZ SETTING A RESPECTABLE FIRST INNINGS SCORE BEFORE THEIR BOWLERS PUT THE VISITING BATSMEN TO THE SWORD. KIMBERLEE DOWNS WATCHED THE DAY'S ACTION. HERE'S THE GOOD FROM PAKISTAN ` OH, ANOTHER GOODIE, AND TAYLOR GOES. HERE'S THE BAD ` EDGED AND THIS TIME PUT DOWN. JEET RAVAL DROPPED FOR A SECOND TIME THIS TEST, BOTH BY SAMI ASLAM, BOTH OFF MOHAMMAD AMIR. HE'D GO ON TO SCORE HIS SECOND HALF CENTURY IN AS MANY TESTS BEFORE A CHANGE IN THE SLIPS HELPED AID HIS UNDOING. AND WITH HENRY NICHOLLS DISMISSED CHEAPLY, COLIN DE GRANDHOMME TOOK ON THE SCORING DUTIES. A CLASSIC SHOT. MAGNIFICENT, THAT IS JUST A SPARKLING DRIVE OFF THE BACK FOOT. GRANTED, NOT ALL OF HIS SHOTS WERE QUITE SO MAGNIFICENT. POINTS FOR CREATIVITY, THOUGH. YOU'RE UNLIKELY TO FIND THIS IN MANY CRICKETING HOW-TO GUIDES. BUT DE GRANDHOMME'S INNINGS WAS BROUGHT TO AN ABRUPT END THE FIRST BALL AFTER LUNCH. IN FACT, GOOD STARTS BUT AN INABILITY TO GO ON BECAME A THEME. GOOD CATCH. THAT IS SMART. BJ WATLING THE EXCEPTION AND THE ANCHOR AT HIS HOME GROUND, AS THE LOWER ORDER COMPILED SOME VALUABLE RUNS. EVERY NOW AND THEN, HE'S GONNA NAIL ONE. YOU HAD TO FEEL FOR HIM, STRANDED ON 49, AS NZ WAS DISMISSED FOR 271. A DECENT SCORE WHICH LOOKED EVEN BETTER AS TIM SOUTHEE WENT ABOUT RIPPING APART PAKISTAN'S TOP ORDER. EDGED AND TAKEN TWO IN AN OVER. SOUTHEE ADDING THE OUT-OF-FORM YOUNIS KHAN TO HIS TALLY TO REDUCE THE VISITORS TO 12 FOR 3. THEN, JUST WHEN PAKISTAN STARTED TO SETTLE,... OH, CHOPPED IT ON. NEIL WAGNER DECIDED TO GET IN ON THE ACT. THIS WAS THE VERY NEXT BALL. STRAIGHT AWAY IN THE AIR. GONE! A GOLDEN DUCK ON DEBUT. ON ANOTHER DAY, PAKISTAN'S BATSMEN WILL WANT TO FORGET. SO PAKISTAN 76 FOR FIVE AT STUMPS. THEY TRAIL NZ BY 195 RUNS. 13 WICKETS FALLING ON THE SECOND DAY. DESPITE THE WEATHER, THIS TEST MIGHT ALSO BE DESTINED FOR AN EARLY FINISH. ACROSS THE TASMAN, AUSTRALIA ESTABLISHED A FIRST INNINGS LEAD OF 124 ON DAY THREE OF THE DAY-NIGHT THIRD TEST AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA. OPENER USMAN KHAWAJA FINALLY FELL FOR 145 BUT MITCHELL STARC SWUNG FREELY ON HIS WAY TO A HALF CENTURY. DOES IT WELL. I THINK HE WAS EXPECTING IT TO GO AERIAL THERE. BUT AFTER STARC THREW HIS WICKET AWAY FOR 53, THE TAIL FOLDED TO BE ALL OUT FOR 383, BUT HE'S ALREADY GRABBED A QUICK SOUTH AFRICAN WICKET. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE HISTORY ON THEIR SIDE HEADING INTO THE FINAL TEST OF THE YEAR AGAINST FRANCE. THEY HAVEN'T LOST IN PARIS IN 43 YEARS, BUT SKIPPER KIERAN READ REMAINS WEARY OF THE FRENCH THREAT AFTER LOSING IN HIS FIRST HOME TEST AGAINST THEM IN 2009. HERE'S EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING. THE FINAL TRAINING OF THE YEAR, BUT NOT THE FINAL BIG PUSH, AS THE ALL BLACKS PREPARE FOR A TITANIC BATTLE WITH A FRENCH PACK WEIGHING AROUND 950 KILOS. EMPHASIS ON THEIR SCRUM IS HUGE, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET OUR ATTITUDE RIGHT, AS A WHOLE. DON'T THINK WE CAN GO AS INDIVIDUALS. IT'S ANOTHER TEST OF KIERAN READ'S CAPTAINCY AS HE STRIVES TO MAKE IT HIS OWN AFTER RICHIE MCCAW'S DEPARTURE. HE'S TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD WITH HIS OWN STYLE, AND HE'S VERY INCLUSIVE AND DONE GOOD JOB. HE'LL GET BETTER. AND THERE'S NOTHING LIKE AN OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE TO HEIGHTEN THE RUGBY SENSES. BEING OVERSEAS ON TOUR, AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU GET A BIT MORE TIME WITH THE LADS AND MORE TIME TO WORK ON CERTAIN ASPECTS OF YOUR LEADERSHIP, SO I FEEL I'M IN A PRETTY GOOD SPACE RIGHT NOW. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE TAKEN IT A LITTLE EASIER THIS WEEK AFTER THEIR BRUISING IRISH WIN. JUST ONE MORE TEST, AND THEY'LL HAVE HIT 14 FOR THE YEAR. THE ALL BLACKS DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE CAPTAIN'S RUN AT THE STADIUM. AND WITH TRAVELLING TIMES TO THE STADE DE FRANCE OF OVER AN HOUR, THEY FEEL THEY HAVE BETTER USE OF THEIR TIME RIGHT HERE AT THIS TRAINING GROUND. TEAM PSYCHOLOGIST GILBERT ENOKA WAS CLOSE BY TODAY. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE SWITCHED OFF FOR THE FINAL GAME BEFORE, AND THE FRENCH ARE WELL VERSED IN TAKING THEM BY SURPRISE. A LOT OF GUYS IN OUR GROUP HAVEN'T BEEN TO PARIS BEFORE AND HAVEN'T PLAYED THE FRENCH, SO GOT A BUNCH OF YOUNG MEN PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THE CHALLENGE. THE TEST WILL BE TO KEEP THAT ALIVE AND ARRIVE AS FRESH AS THEY CAN FOR THE LATE KICK OFF. KIWI GOLFERS RYAN FOX AND DANNY LEE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CAPITALISE ON AN IMPRESSIVE BIRDIE RUN AT THE WORLD CUP OF GOLF, FINISHING THE DAY TIED FOR EIGHTH. THE DUO MAKING THEIR MOVE AFTER THE TURN, A BIRDIE ON THE PAR-FOUR 10TH, FOLLOWED QUICKLY BY ANOTHER TWO. LEE MAKING IT THREE IN FOUR HOLES WITH HIS PUTT ON THE 13TH MUCH TO THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMMENTATORS. OH, THE AUSTRALIANS ARE LANGUISHING. THE KIWIS... DON'T RUB IT IN. I'M NOT. DANNY LEE MIGHT. APPLAUSE THAT TOOK THE KIWIS TO A TIE FOR THIRD. BUT THREE BOGEYS SENT THEM BACK EVEN FOR THE ROUND. THE DANES ARE WELL IN CONTROL. THEY EXTENDED THEIR LEAD TO SIT FIVE SHOTS CLEAR. THE 40TH ANNUAL LAKE TAUPO CYCLE CHALLENGE HAS TURNED INTO AN OLYMPIC BENEFIT. THE MEN'S 160KM BIG RACE ATTRACTED A LARGE FIELD BUT THE ELITE RIDERS QUICKLY SORTED THEMSELVES OUT. LAST YEAR'S RUNNER-UP, AARON GATE, WAS LOOKING TO GO ONE BETTER AND ADD TAUPO TO HIS TOUR OF SOUTHLAND TITLE FROM EARLIER THIS MONTH. OLYMPIC TEAMMATE REGAN GOUGH MADE HIM WORK HARD BUT GATE CLEARED AWAY TO WIN BY OVER 30 SECONDS. IT DEFINITELY WASN'T EASY THAT LAST K AND A HALF. IT FELT LIKE THE LONGEST K AND A HALF THAT I'VE EVER DONE, BUT I JUST MANAGED TO TIME IT WELL AND GET THE JUMP ON THEM AND HOLD ON TO THE LINE, SO I'M PRETTY HAPPY. AND ANOTHER OLYMPIC TRACK CYCLIST, RACQUEL SHEATH, RETAINED HER WOMEN'S TITLE IN A THRILLING FINISH TO THE 100KM RACE. PETER BURLING AND BLAIR TUKE HAVE BECOME THE FIRST CREW TO BE NAMED SAILORS OF THE YEAR FOUR CONSECUTIVE TIMES. THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLISTS WERE AWARDED THE SIR BERNARD FERGUSSON TROPHY AT YACHTING NZ'S ANNUAL AWARDS. BUT THE BIG TALKING POINT WAS THEIR FUTURE WITH TEAM NZ AND THE OPPOSITION SPIES THEY'RE DEALING WITH AS THEY WORK TO MAKE THE BOAT GO FASTER. I THINK EVERYONE HERE, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, WILL BE PRETTY BLOWN AWAY BY THE SPEED. I'M SURE OUR SPY OVER THERE IN THE CORNER WILL BE ABLE TO FILL YOU IN ON WHAT IT'S PROBABLY SUPPOSED TO. THE SPY, A WELL-KNOWN FIGURE IN KIWI YACHTING CIRCLES. AND HE'S NOT THE FIRST. THE OPPOSITION ALSO WATCHING WHEN THE TEST BOAT WAS LAUNCHED IN JUNE. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE, THERE'S A STRONG KIWI PROSPECT IN NEXT MONTH'S SYDNEY-HOBART YACHT RACE. A UNIQUE AND RADICAL SUPERYACHT CREATED IN NZ WILL BE COMPETING FOR LINE HONOURS IN THE OCEAN RACING CLASSIC. MARTIN TASKER HAS THE STORY. THIS IS THE SUPERMAXI CQA CARVING THROUGH THE FLEET AT THE START OF THIS WEEKEND'S WHITE ISLAND RACE, AND THIS IS WHAT IT USED TO LOOK LIKE. THE 2004 SYDNEY HOBART WINNER NICORETTE ALSO SKIPPERED BY LUDDE INGVALL ` THE MAN WHO LED THE PROJECT THAT'S SEEN HIS OLD BOAT TRANSFORMED BY A KIWI DESIGNER AND THE SOUTHERN OCEAN MARINE BOATYARD IN TAURANGA. THERE'S A LOGIC TO EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE, AND I SAID TO BRETT BAKEWELL WHITE, OUR DESIGNER, LET'S JUST THROW AWAY WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BRING TOGETHER INTO A NEW CONCEPT. IN HIS AUCKLAND STUDIO, BRETT BAKEWELL WHITE KEPT THE DECK LAY OUT AND RIG OF THE OLD BOAT BUT PUT ON A NEW DREADNOUGHT BOW WITH A HUGE BOWSPRIT. WE'VE INCREASED THE POWER OF THE BOAT. WE'VE INCREASED THE LENGTH OF THE BOAT, AND WE'VE INCREASED THE SAIL AREA, AND THEY ALL MAKE IT GO FASTER. HE THEN MARRIED A CANTING KEEL TO A FOILING SYSTEM THAT EFFECTIVELY LIFTS THE BOAT IN THE WATER. IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY NICE AT TO SAIL, AN EASY BOAT TO SAIL, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY FOILS DOING ALL THE WORK FOR YOU, SO AS A HELMSMAN IT'S A BIT LIKE BEING A PILOT ON A MODERN AEROPLANE. IT'S ACTUALLY VERY EASY, BECAUSE THEY ALMOST FLY THEMSELVES. THE IRONY OF THE PROJECT IS THAT IN WINNING THE 2004 RACE, LUDDE INGWALL'S NICORETTE BEAT THE KIWI BUILT SUPERMAXI KONICA MINOLTA, DESIGNED BY BAKEWELL WHITE, WHICH WAS LEADING UNTIL FORCED TO RETIRE WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN HEAVY SEAS. BEING REMINDED THAT HE'D WON THAT RACE WAS SLIGHTLY GRATING TO BEGIN WITH, BUT I'VE GOT USED TO IT. (CHUCKLES) CONSOLATION WOULD OF COURSE BE A LINE HONOURS WIN IN HOBART, AND APPARENTLY THE AUSSIES ARE WORRIED. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, A COUPLE OF BOATS HAVE GONE INTO A BIT OF A FRENZY OF MAKING SMALL MODIFICATIONS THEMSELVES. THE ICONIC RACE STARTS ON BOXING DAY. CHRIS IS HERE NEXT, AND WE'VE GOT SEVERE GALES FOR SOME TONIGHT? TOMORROW ON Q+A ` BILL ENGLISH ON TAX CUTS, IMMIGRATION AND INTEREST RATES ` A WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW WITH THE FINANCE MINISTER. WHENA OWEN IS WITH THE CANDIDATES IN THE MT ROSKILL BY-ELECTION AS THEY ENTER THEIR FINAL WEEK. AND THE FINANCIAL MARKETS WATCHDOG ON NEW REGULATIONS TO WEED OUT DODGY OPERATORS. ALL THAT AND MUCH MORE TOMORROW MORNING AT 9 HERE ON 1. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK. A COUPLE OF SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS IN PLACE FOR TOMORROW. FIRSTLY IN WELLINGTON. SEVERE NOR'WEST GALES DURING SUNDAY MORNING. AND IN WAIRARAPA TOO A BIT LATER ON. WE'VE ALSO GOT A HEAVY RAIN WATCH. THAT'S FOR WESTERN PARTS OF NZ ` WESTLAND AND NORTHERN FIORDLAND. AND SOME SIGNIFICANT SPILLOVER INTO THE HEADWATERS OF CANTERUBRY, OTAGO. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF WEAK FRONTAL BANDS MOVING UP THE COUNTRY. AND A LARGER MORE ORGANISED FRONT APPROACHING THE SOUTH. MORE FRONTAL CLOUD EAST CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY. AND A MIX OF CLEAR SKY AND SHOWER CLOUD OVER MUCH OF AOTEAROA. A BROAD TROUGH AFFECTS US FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH AN EMBEDDED FRONT MOVING UP TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. STRONG WEST TO NOR'WEST WINDS TEND MORE SOU'WEST LATER TOMORROW. WE'VE GOT A FRONTAL RAIN BAND SPREADING UP THE NORTH ISLAND DURING THE DAY, THEN IT CLEARS THE NORTH-EAST AT NIGHT, BEHIND THE FRONT. RAIN EASES TO SHOWERS FROM THE AFTERNOON AND BECOMES FINE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE ISLAND. DOWN SOUTH, RAIN IN THE NORTH AND ALL UP ALONG THAT WEST COAST. HEAVY, THUNDERY FALLS POSSIBLE AND SNOW ABOVE 500M ABOUT FIORDLAND. RAIN CLEARS IN NORTH, BECOMING FINE BY THE EVENING. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ WINDY, RAINY. NOT QUITE THE SAME AS THE WEEK JUST GONE. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SATURDAY. FROM THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANTONY VLUG AND ANNE LANGFORD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.