GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER, AND IT'S BEEN A SUNNY ONE FOR MOST, BUT A LIGHT EASTERLY FLOW IS DRAGGING LOW CLOUD AND PATCHES INTO NORTH OTAGO AND CANTERBURY. ALSO DRIZZLE AND RAIN WITH EASTERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND. THIS DOMINANT HIGH IS A BIT ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES, BRINGING A MIXED BAG AS WE WIND UP THE WORKING WEEK. PLUS, WHAT TO EXPECT FOR THE FINAL MONTH OF THE YEAR. 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. CORRECTIONS LAUNCHES A REVIEW AFTER WE REVEAL A CHILD SEX OFFENDER'S BEEN WORKING UNSUPERVISED CLOSE TO A SCHOOL. TENS OF THOUSANDS CRAM A COLOMBIAN FOOTBALL STADIUM TO BID FAREWELL TO THE TEAM THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLAYING THERE. AND WE GO ON PUSHBIKE PATROL AS THE COPS TRIAL A NOT-SO-NEW STEALTH APPROACH TO ROAD POLICING. THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING A FULL CASE REVIEW OF A CHILD SEX OFFENDER AFTER A 1 NEWS INVESTIGATION REVEALED HE'S BEEN WORKING UNSUPERVISED CLOSE TO A SOUTH AUCKLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL. THE MAN'S ONE OF AT LEAST TWO OFFENDERS HIRED AS CHEAP LABOUR BY FORMER NATIONAL MP AND EX AUCKLAND COUNCILLOR ARTHUR ANAE. CORRECTIONS NOW CONCEDES HE'S BEEN WORKING THERE FOR A YEAR. PAUL HOBBS HAS THE LATEST. LAST NIGHT WE SHOWED YOU THESE IMAGES OF TWO CHILD SEX OFFENDERS WORKING UNSUPERVISED AT A BOARDING HOUSE OWNED BY FORMER MP ARTHUR ANAE. IT'S LESS THAN 200M FROM A PRIMARY SCHOOL. WE ASKED CORRECTIONS TO EXPLAIN HOW A CHILD-SEX OFFENDER ` WHO'S ELECTRONICALLY MONITORED AND WITH 16 BREACHES OF HIS SUPERVISION ORDER ` COULD GET AWAY WITH THAT. WITHIN 200M OF A SCHOOL, YOU MIGHT NOT SET OFF THE EXCLUSION ZONE. IF YOU GO CLOSER, THEN YOU WILL, AND THAT'S WHEN WE'D STEP IN, CALL THE POLICE AND HAVE HIM ARRESTED. THE THING IS, HE CYCLES RIGHT PAST THE SCHOOL GATE EACH DAY, AND NO ALARM WAS TRIGGERED. I DON'T HAVE DETAILS OF THAT EXCLUSION ZONE, BUT IF HE BREACHED THE EXCLUSION ZONE, THEN WE'D DEFINITELY KNOW ABOUT IT. THESE RECORDS SHOW ONE OF THE SEX OFFENDERS HAS BEEN WORKING FOR MR ANAE AS FAR BACK AS NOVEMBER 2015; WORKED 26 HOURS ONE WEEK IN MARCH. WELL, I'M NOT AWARE OF THE DETAILS OF THAT. AND MANY OF OUR QUESTIONS RESULTED IN A SIMILAR ANSWER. BUT LATE THIS AFTERNOON, A DRAMATIC U-TURN FROM CORRECTIONS. THEY NOW CONCEDE, AFTER WE FIRST PUT IT TO THEM ON MONDAY, THAT THE SEX OFFENDER IN QUESTION MAY HAVE WORKED FOR MR ANAE OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS. OUR INVESTIGATION EXPOSED AN 'UNDER THE TABLE' CASH-FOR-WORK SCHEME ARTHUR ANAE HAS BEEN OPERATING, USING BENEFICIARIES TO DO MAINTENANCE ON HIS PROPERTIES. IT'S PREYING ON PEOPLE, USING US TO BUILD HIM AN EMPIRE. THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS HAS NOW ORDERED THE MEN TO STOP WORKING UNTIL MR ANAE SETS UP FORMAL WORK CONTRACTS. WE DO EXPECT THAT EMPLOYERS SHOULD FOLLOW NZ'S LAWS. MR ANAE WASN'T RETURNING OUR CALLS TODAY, THE IRD NOT WANTING TO COMMENT EITHER. THE CORRECTIONS MINISTER FAR FROM IMPRESSED WITH HER DEPARTMENT'S HANDLING OF THE MATTER. THIS DID SEEM, I THOUGHT, UNUSUAL. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S CURRENTLY OVERSEAS AT THE MOMENT, BUT HE WILL BE BACK VERY SOON AND NO DOUBT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IT. CORERECTIONS SAYS ITS GOOD FOR EX-PRISONERS TO WORK IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT SOME SAY THIS EXAMPLE IS FAR FROM TEXTBOOK. PAUL HOBBS, 1 NEWS. PEOPLE LIVING NEAR THE RAVENSDOWN FERTILISER FACTORY IN AWATOTO, NAPIER, HAVE BEEN WARNED TO CLOSE WINDOWS AND DOORS AND TURN OFF AIR CONDITIONING AS A LARGE FIRE SPEWS HAZARDOUS FUMES INTO THE AIR. A STORAGE SHED WITH 1000 TONS OF SULPHUR CAUGHT FIRE THIS AFTERNOON. POLICE CLOSED STATE HIGHWAY TWO BETWEEN NAPIER AND HASTINGS BECAUSE OF THE TOXIC SMOKE. IT'S PARTICULARLY NASTY WHEN YOU PUT WATER ON IT, BECAUSE IT CREATES SOME POISONOUS GASES THAT COME OFF IT. WE'VE EVACUATED THE NEAREST HOUSES AND THE ROADS BEHIND THIS PREMISES. FIRE CREWS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT THE SCENE FOR SOME TIME. POLICE BELIEVE AN INTERNATIONAL HOAX IS BEHIND A THREATENING CALL WHICH FORCED THE EVACUATION OF SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY. STAFF AND STUDENTS HAD TO LEAVE THEIR CLASSROOMS AFTER A THREAT WAS PHONED IN TO MORE THAN 10 SCHOOLS, INCLUDING LOGAN PARK HIGH SCHOOL IN DUNEDIN. POLICE NOW BELIEVE THE CALL DIDN'T COME FROM NZ AND NO ONE WAS IN ANY REAL DANGER. IN COLUMBIA, TEN OF THOUSANDS OF FOOTBALL FANS HAVE PAID A POWERFUL TRIBUTE TO THE BRAZILIAN FOOTBALL TEAM AND OTHER VICTIMS OF THIS WEEK'S PLANE CRASH. CROWD CHEERS 40,000 PACKED THE MEDELLIN STADIUM THAT WAS TO HOST THE SOUTH AMERICAN CUP FINAL FOR A MEMORIAL SERVICE INSTEAD. EARLIER, NEW DETAILS EMERGED FROM THE FINAL MOMENTS OF THE ILL-FATED FLIGHT. THIS FROM THE BBC'S ALEEM MAQBOOL. MAN SPEAKS SPANISH A PILOT IN TROUBLE. 'LAMIA 933 IS IN TOTAL FAILURE,' HE SAYS, 'TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE ` NO FUEL.' THERE FOLLOWS A PANICKED BACK-AND-FORTH OVER NAVIGATION. MAN SPEAKS SPANISH 'VECTORS, VECTORS,' THE PILOT SHOUTS, PLEADING FOR DIRECTIONS. BUT IT'S TOO LATE. THE CONTROL TOWER DESPERATELY ASKS FOR THE PLANE'S LOCATION, BUT THERE'S NO RESPONSE. THE PLANE HAD CRASHED JUST EIGHT MILES FROM THE RUNWAY. ALL BUT SIX OF THE 77 PEOPLE ON BOARD, INCLUDING MOST OF THE CHAPECOENSE FOOTBALL TEAM, WIPED OUT IN AN INSTANT. ALL 71 BODIES HAVE NOW BEEN RECOVERED. PEOPLE CHANT IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL, THE VERY STADIUM WHERE OVER RECENT SEASONS THEY'VE WATCHED THE STUNNING RISE OF THEIR SPORTING IDOLS HAS NOW BECOME A PLACE TO GRIEVE TOGETHER. EVEN THE FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED ARE HERE. LIKE ROSANGELA LOUREIRO, WIDOW OF CHAPECOENSE PLAYER CLEBER. (SPEAKS PORTUGUESE) 'I'VE BEEN COMING HERE SINCE THE ACCIDENT 'BECAUSE STAYING HOME IS WORSE,' SHE SAYS, 'WE DIDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT. 'WE JUST CAN'T SLEEP. THE TWO OF US WERE TOGETHER 'SINCE I WAS 14 YEARS OLD.' DURING THE DAY, SOME HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND SOLACE JUST BY BEING IN THE PLACE WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THEIR HEROES WILL NOW LIVE ON. TONIGHT THERE'S DUE TO BE A FAR LARGER GATHERING REMEMBERING THE DEAD BEFORE THEIR BODIES START TO ARRIVE HOME IN THE COMING DAYS. BACK HERE, THE SEARCH FOR A FISHERMAN MISSING AFTER THE KAIPARA HARBOUR DISASTER ON SATURDAY HAS BEEN CALLED OFF. TAULAGI AFAMASAGA IS ONE OF EIGHT MEN WHO DIED IN THE CAPSIZE OF THE CHARTER VESSEL THE "FRANCIE". POLICE SAY THEY STILL HOPE TO RETURN HIM TO HIS FAMILY. THEY BELIEVE THEY'VE NARROWED DOWN THE LOCATION OF THE CAPSIZE AND ARE STILL TRYING TO FIND THE FRANCIE. VISITORS TO WELLINGTON ARE WANTING TO KNOW IF THE CITY'S HOTELS ARE STRUCTURALLY SOUND IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT QUAKE. DEMAND FOR ENGINEERS TO CHECK ACCOMMODATION BUILDINGS IS HIGH. BUT AS RYAN BOSWELL REPORTS, SOME PROVIDERS DON'T BELIEVE THEY NEED AN ASSESSMENT. THE BOLTON HOTEL IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. IT'S BEEN OVER TWO WEEKS SINCE THE BIG QUAKE STRUCK, AND AN ENGINEER SAYS THIS HIGH-RISE TOWER'S SAFE TO OCCUPY. I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, AND ALSO TO BE ABLE TO REASSURE OUR CUSTOMERS THAT EVERYTHING WAS WELL, AND IT IS. THERE'S NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO GET A CHECK, BUT THE MAYOR SAYS IT MAKES SENSE. I WOULD EXPECT ANY RESPONSIBLE BUILDING OWNER SHOULD BE GETTING AN ENGINEER CHECK. SO WE WENT ON THE WORLD'S LARGEST TRAVEL WEBSITE ` TRIP ADVISER ` AND ASKED THE FIRST 30 IF AN ENGINEER HAD CHECKED THE BUILDING'S STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY, AND FOR THE REPORT OR WRITTEN CONFIRMATION FROM THE ENGINEER THAT THEIR BUILDING WAS SAFE TO OCCUPY. 22 PROVIDED THE INFORMATION. ALL WERE GIVEN SIGN OFF. THREE ACCOMMODATION PROVIDERS SAID THEY WERE STILL WAITING TO GET AN ENGINEER IN, WHILE TWO CLAIMED THEIR BUILDING HAD BEEN CHECKED AND WAS SAFE TO OCCUPY, BUT DID NOT PROVIDE ANY CONFIRMATION FROM THE ENGINEER. IT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE FOR A TENANT IN A BUILDING TO BE TOLD BY AN OWNER EVERYTHING IS SAFE BUT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE THE ASSESSMENT. THE REMAINING THREE ACCOMMODATION PROVIDERS DID NOT GET AN ENGINEER'S ASSESSMENT. THEY ARGUE IT WASN'T NECESSARY AS THERE WAS NO SIGN OF DAMAGE, THEY'RE NOT HIGH-RISE AND THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY CENTRE. THIS WEEK THE GOVERNMENT INTRODUCED A NEW LAW WHICH GIVES COUNCILS THE POWER TO FORCE BUILDING OWNERS TO CARRY OUT ENGINEER ASSESSMENTS. BUT THE MINISTER EXPECTS LANDLORDS TO MAKE THEIR BUILDINGS SAFE OF THEIR OWN ACCORD. THERE IS A DUTY ON LANDLORDS UNDER THE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLACE THAT THEY ARE INVITING PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC INTO ARE SAFE, AND THERE ARE PRETTY STIFF PENALTIES FPR NOT COMPLYING WITH THAT. THE RESPONSIBILITY FALLING BACK ON HOTEL GUESTS TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO WALK AWAY IF THEY'RE NOT SATISFIED. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. THE DEMOLITION OF THE QUAKE-DAMAGED MOLESWORTH STREET BUILDING CONTINUED IN WELLINGTON TODAY. IT'S A DRAMATIC SIGHT IN THE INNER CITY AS A HIGH-REACH EXCAVATOR CLAWS THE CONDEMNED OFFICE BUILDING DOWN. A WATER HOSE IS BEING USED TO HELP CONTAIN DUST AND ASBESTOS. THE DEMOLITION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE AROUND TWO WEEKS TO COMPLETE. MEANWHILE, AS MORE KAIKOURA BUSINESSES REOPEN AFTER THE QUAKE, THEY'RE FACING QUIET TIMES AS DAMAGED ROADS AND FACILITIES KEEP THE TOURISTS AWAY. BUT AMONG THE MANY HELPING HANDS, ONE FAMILY'S ON TO A FUNDRAISING WINNER. LISA DAVIES HAS THE STORY. LAUGHTER, CHATTER WEARING T-SHIRTS DESIGNED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IT'S THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN PEOPLE SHOULD BE KIND TO EACH OTHER. WE FIRST MET THIS COUPLE THE DAY AFTER THE QUAKE HIT, FEEDING THE TRAPPED TOURISTS. IT'S NOT HARD TO BE KIND, EH? HIS SON SAW OUR STORY... YOU HAVE BEEN THE MASTER FOLDER, ACTUALLY. ...AND DECIDED TO USE HIS DAD'S HEARTFELT WORDS TO RAISE MONEY. I THINK IT'S A GREAT PHRASE THAT DAD CAME UP WITH. HE SAYS QUITE A FEW PEOPLE LIKED THE PHRASE. SOME PEOPLE HAVE MADE THE CONNECTION FROM THE NEWS STORY ` THE ORIGINAL NEWS STORY. AROUND 400,000 VIEWS AROUND THE WORLD, SO THERE'VE BEEN PLENTY OF KIWIS THAT HAVE GONE, 'OH, YEAH, YEP, IT'S NOT HARD TO BE KIND.' LOVING IT. ALL THE ATTENTION'S A BIT UNEXPECTED. IT'S HELPED THE COMMUNITY A WEE BIT. I'VE GOT A BIT OF FEEDBACK, BIT OF GIPPING AND STUFF FROM PEOPLE, BUT, YEAH, IT IS WHAT IT IS. BUT IT'S GOT THE ORDERS ROLLING IN ON FACEBOOK. WE'VE SOLD OUT ON A LOT OF SIZES AND VARIOUS THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH HAS BEEN GREAT. THE KAIKOURA INFORMATION CENTRE CAN'T KEEP UP. WALKING OUT THE DOOR, ESPECIALLY TO THE ARMED SERVICES. T-SHIRT SALES RAISING MORE THAN $6000 SO FAR FOR BUSINESSES HERE. EVERYTHING CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT THE MOMENT. WE NEED WHAT WE CAN GET. ONLY A THIRD OF THE TOURISM BUSINESSES ARE UP AND RUNNING AGAIN. JUST HALF THE ACCOMMODATION HAS REOPENED. THE MAIN STREET IS CERTAINLY A LOT LIVELIER NOW, WITH THREE-QUARTERS OF THE RETAIL AND HOSPITALITY BUSINESSES OPENING UP. OF COURSE, THE PROBLEM THEY HAVE ` THERE REALLY AREN'T MANY CUSTOMERS. THIS SURF SHOP NOW A WRITE OFF. IT'S JUST A BOMBSITE. AM I IN A BETTER OR A WORSE POSITION THAN THE GUY OVER THE ROAD? HE'S OPEN, BUT NO CUSTOMERS. THAT'S WHY PROCEEDS FROM EVERY T-SHIRT WILL GO TO THE PEOPLE HERE. AS I SAY, IT'S NOT HARD TO BE KIND, EH? HE HOPES OTHERS FOLLOW SUIT AND HELP. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS AIRLINE PILOTS ARE APPLAUDING THE IMPRISONMENT OF A MAN WHO POINTED A LASER AT PLANES COMING IN TO LAND AT CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT. TANE HEMOPO WAS SENTENCED TO TWO AND A HALF MONTHS IN JAIL AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO TWO CHARGES OF CAUSING UNNECESSARY DANGER TO AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT CREW OF ONE PLANE HAD BEEN DAZZLED BY THE 39-YEAR-OLD'S LASER. A FRONTLINE POLICE OFFICER HAS CRITICISED THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO HAVE EVERY BURGLARY RESPONDED TO, SAYING IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE WITH CURRENT STAFF NUMBERS. HE SAYS TEAMS ARE BEING RESHUFFLED TO COVER THE WORKLOAD, OFTEN AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER JOBS. BRIAR WELLS REPORTS. HAVING AN OFFICER ATTEND EVERY BURGLARY WAS A GUARANTEE THE GOVERNMENT HOPED WOULD HELP BRING RATES DOWN. BUT THOSE ON THE FRONTLINE SAY IT'S PUTTING PRESSURE ON ALREADY STRETCHED RESOURCES. IN AN ANONYMOUS COLUMN, THE OFFICER CLAIMS A POLICE SQUAD TARGETING ORGANISED CRIME HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN. IT NOW FOCUSES PURELY ON BURGLARIES INSTEAD. SIRENS WAIL YOU MOVE OFFICERS FROM ORGANISED CRIME, IE FIGHTING P, INTO BURGLARIES. SO WHAT HAPPENS? THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BRINGING IT IN ` THE BAD GUYS BRINGING IN P ` THEY GET A FREE RIDE. THE POLICE MINISTER WAS DISMISSIVE OF THE ARTICLE. RIGHT. ANONYMOUS. THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH ANONYMOUS LETTERS, IS THAT WITHOUT ANY DETAIL, IT'S HARD TO ANSWER THEM. BUT I CAN CERTAINLY SAY THE POLICE COMMISSIONER TAKES BURGLARIES VERY SERIOUSLY. CRIME STATISTICS OUT YESTERDAY SHOWED THE NUMBER OF BURGLARIES HAVE GONE DOWN SLIGHTLY MONTH ON MONTH. HOWEVER, YEAR ON YEAR BREAK INS ARE STILL ON THE RISE. LOOK, BURGLARIES ARE NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT CRIMES TO SOLVE, BUT YOU CAN DO A LOT BETTER WITH SOLVING THEM IF YOU ACTUALLY TURN UP. BUT TURNING UP TO ALL BURGLARIES IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE, THE ANONYMOUS OFFICER SAYS, AND THE ONLY SOLUTION IS MORE COPS ON THE BEAT. JUDITH COLLINS HAS ACKNOWLEDGED POLICE WILL NEED MORE RESOURCES IN THE FUTURE. SHE SAYS SHE'S BEEN TALKING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER ABOUT THIS, AND PROGRESS IS BEING MADE. HOPING THEY GET A BIGGER SLICE OF THE PIE AND MORE ATTENTION COME THE ELECTION NEXT YEAR. BRIAR WELLS, 1 NEWS THE FAMILIES OF THE MINERS KILLED AT PIKE RIVER HAVE RETURNED TO THE PICKET LINE TODAY AFTER A MEETING WITH SOLID ENERGY ENDED IN A STALEMATE. PROTESTORS ATTEMPTED TO BLOCK THE ONE ROAD LEADING INTO THE MINE IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP IT BEING SEALED. THEY WERE EVENTUALLY MOVED ON BY POLICE, BUT THE FAMILIES FEEL THEY'RE NOT BEING HEARD. I'M SAYING TO JOHN KEY HE NEEDS TO SIT ROUND WITH US, HE NEEDS TO SIT WITH AROUND WITH OUR EXPERTS AND HEAR OUR SIDE OF IT, AND NOT LET SOLID ENERGY WALK ALL OVER US. AND WE'RE NOT GONNA LET IT HAPPEN. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE'S CONSIDERING THE INVITATION. PUSHBIKES ARE MAKING A COMEBACK IN CHRISTCHURCH FOR TRAFFIC POLICE. OFFICERS SAY THEY CAN GET MORE DONE AND CATCH DRIVERS USING THEIR PHONES RED-HANDED. ALI PUGH HIT THE ROAD WITH THE MAN WHO CAME UP WITH THE CONCEPT. ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE CONSTABLE CHRIS BUCKLEY'S SIMPLY CYCLING TO WORK, HE IS IN FACT ON PUSHBIKE PATROL. AND IF YOU'RE A CHRISTCHURCH DRIVER, HE'S COMING TO A CAR WINDOW NEAR YOU. THERE'LL BE A TICKET FOR NO SEATBELT, UNFORTUNATELY. YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE IT ON. THIS UNSUSPECTING DRIVER FINED FOR NOT BUCKLING UP. IN A CAR, YOU'RE LIMITED TO THE VEHICLE THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU OR BEHIND YOU, REALLY. WHEREAS ON THE BIKE YOU CAN, ON THE INSIDE ON THE CYCLE LANE, HAVE LOOK IN EVERY VEHICLE. CONSTABLE BUCKLEY THOUGHT LAST MONTH THAT POLICING OF THE CITY CENTRE MADE MORE SENSE BY CYCLE. IF I CYCLE UP NEXT TO SOMEONE WHO'S STUCK IN TRAFFIC, NO SEATBELT OR TEXTING ON THE PHONE, I JUST TAP ON THE WINDOW RIGHT NEXT TO THEM, AND THEY'RE KIND OF TEXTING OR ON THE PHONE. THEY CAN'T REALLY DENY IT. YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY CATCHING THEM RED-HANDED. YEAH. WHICH IS JUST WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS CAMERA-SHY DRIVER USING HIS PHONE TO SEARCH GOOGLE MAPS. CAN'T USE IT. IT'S ON THE PHONE. LOOKING AT GOOGLE MAPS IS NO DIFFERENT TO LOOKING AT TEXTS, IS IT? IT'S A DISTRACTION THING. POLICE SAY BIKES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE STATION FOR COPS ON THE BEAT, BUT THIS INITIATIVE IS A FIRST IN THAT IT'S FOCUSED SOLELY ON ROAD POLICING. POLICE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THEIR STAFF TO THINK LATERALLY AND TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO IDENTIFIED ISSUES, AND CHRIS DID THAT. IN HIS FIRST TWO HOURS ON THE BIKE, HE ISSUED 14 TICKETS, FROM CELL PHONE USE TO CYCLISTS WITH NO HELMETS. GO ON, THEN. STRAIGHT ON. THE ROAD POLICING TEAM'S EXPECTING MORE OFFICERS TO HIT THE STREETS ON TWO WHEELS WHEN THE WEATHER HEATS UP,... WE'RE AWAY. ...PEDDLING THEIR MESSAGE OF SAFETY FIRST TO ALL ROAD USERS. ALI PUGH, 1 NEWS A PLAN TO HELP SOLVE THE HOUSING CRISIS ` THAT'S COMING UP. A DEVELOPMENT OF MORE THAN A THOUSAND HOMES IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, AND IT'S A CHINESE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY BEHIND THE PROJECT. AND MAPPING WHAT LIES ON THE VOLCANIC LAKE FLOOR. AS LAKE ROTORUA REVEALS NEW GEYSER ACTIVITY, THE NAVY HAS ANOTHER MISSION ON THE WATER. AND A HALLOWED RUGBY GROUND BECOMES A PETROLHEAD PARADISE. IT'S FAST AND FURIOUS WHEN UNDERCOVER DRIFTING COMES TO DUNEDIN. CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN ON A GIANT HOUSING ESTATE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, WHICH WILL DELIVER MORE THAN 1000 HOMES OVER FIVE TO EIGHT YEARS. THE SPECIAL HOUSING AREA'S BEING DEVELOPED BY A CHINESE COMPANY, CHANGDA CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS INVESTING HEAVILY IN NZ. REBECCA WRIGHT WITH MORE. HAVE YOUR LOVELY SMILING FACE POSING FOR THE PHOTO PLEASE. YES, IT WAS ALL SMILES AS 11 PEOPLE LINED UP TO CUT A RIBBON ON THE PACIFIC GARDENS DEVELOPMENT. APPLAUSE THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. EVEN THE RED CARPET WAS ROLLED OUT, AS MAYOR PHIL GOFF WELCOMED CHANGDA CORPORATION TO AUCKLAND. AND ITS PLANS ARE GRAND. 1100 HOMES WILL BE BUILT NEXT TO THE VODAFONE EVENTS CENTRE IN WIRI. ARE THE HIGH PROPERTY PRICES ATTRACTIVE TO YOUR COMPANY? (SPEAKS MANDARIN) TRANSLATOR: NO, NOT THE PRICE. THE MAIN REASON WE INVEST HERE WE FIND IS A LACK OF HOUSING. AND ALSO THERE ARE A LOT OF OLD HOUSES WHICH IS NOT SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN. APPARENTLY OUR OLD HOUSES AREN'T UP TO SCRATCH, SO CHANGDA CORPORATION HAS SECURED DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS TO THIS SPECIAL HOUSING AREA. 10% MUST BE AFFORDABLE OR PRICED BELOW $600,000. TRANSLATOR: WE'RE DEFINITELY WITHIN THE PRICE, AND WE'LL BE IN THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO CREATE A HOME FOR PEOPLE TO` AFFORDABLE. A 45M2 STUDIO APARTMENT WILL COST AROUND $450,000. AND LARGER HOMES ARE EXPECTED TO COST NEARLY DOUBLE THAT. THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A HOUSE IN AUCKLAND IS A MILLION. 'AFFORDABLE' IS CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN THAT. BUT STILL A REAL STRAIN FOR YOUNG FAMILIES. LIVELY MUSIC PLAYS CHANGDA CORPORATION HAS DEEP POCKETS. THIS $700M INVESTMENT IS ALREADY FULLY FUNDED. ARE THEY CASHING IN ON THE HOUSING CRISIS? OH, LOOK, I HOPE MORE PEOPLE COME TO HELP US DEAL WITH THE HOUSING CRISIS. THE ONLY THING MISSING FROM TODAY'S EVENT WAS A GOVERNMENT PRESENCE. WE'RE TOLD THE PRIME MINISTER MET PRIVATELY WITH THE CHAIRMAN, AND THE GOVERNMENT'S ABSENCE HERE WAS NOT A SNUB OF THE PROJECT. REBECCA WRIGHT, ONE NEWS. ANOTHER CHANGDA CORPORATION DEVELOPMENT WILL BE LAUNCHED IN OREWA TOMORROW FOR 570 HOUSES. A WARNING ` THE IMAGES IN THIS NEXT ITEM ARE DISTRESSING. A UN ENVOY IS WARNING SYRIA'S ALEPPO IS FAST BECOMING 'ONE GIANT GRAVEYARD', AND HAS APPEALED TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO BREAK THE SIEGE OF THE CITY. AT LEAST 34 PEOPLE DIED IN THE LATEST SHELLING IN EAST ALEPPO. SINCE THE WEEKEND SYRIAN TROOPS AND MILITIA MEN HAVE RETAKEN MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE REBEL-HELD EASTERN PART OF THE CITY. AROUND 25,000 PEOPLE HAVE FLED THE FIGHTING, BUT THERE ARE ALSO REPORTS MANY CIVILIANS ARE BEING PREVENTED FROM ESCAPING. US PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP IS VOWING TO SEPARATE HIS BUSINESS AFFAIRS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND PUT HIS CHILDREN IN CHARGE. BUT THAT HASN'T SATISFIED CRITICS WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT CONTINUING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. ABC'S DAVID WRIGHT WITH THIS. TONIGHT DONALD TRUMP IS VOWING TO QUIT THE TRUMP ORGANISATION... RECENTLY HE SUGGESTED HE COULD DO BOTH. TODAY TRUMP TWEETED ` HE NOW SAYS HE IS LEAVING HIS BUSINESS IN TOTAL, BUT HAVING HIS CHILDREN TAKE OVER THE BUSINESS MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO AVOID CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. ONE PIECE OF AMERICA'S BUSINESS TRUMP CLAIMS TO HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED ` KEEPING CLOSE TO 1000 JOBS AT THIS CARRIER FACTORY IN INDIANAPOLIS. CANDIDATE TRUMP THREATENED TO CALL THE CEO PERSONALLY. IT'S NOT PRESIDENTIAL FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO CALL UP THE HEAD OF CARRIER. 'HELLO. THIS IS THE PRESIDENT.' BUT I DON'T CARE. IT'S SO MUCH FUN FOR ME. I LOVE DOING IT. PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP DID CALL AND WORKED OUT SOME SORT OF DEAL. THE DETAILS STILL AREN'T CLEAR, BUT THE WORKERS ARE THRILLED. THIS IS A VICTORY FOR US LITTLE PEOPLE. TRUMP PLANS TO CELEBRATE WITH THEM TOMORROW. THE PRESIDENT-ELECT IS NOT YET READY TO CELEBRATE HIS CHOICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE. LAST NIGHT, A SECOND AUDITION FOR MITT ROMNEY OVER FROGS' LEGS AT A FANCY RESTAURANT AT ONE OF TRUMP'S HOTELS. HE DID SOMETHING I TRIED TO DO AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN ACCOMPLISHING ` HE WON THE GENERAL ELECTIONS. NEVER MIND WHAT ROMNEY SAID BACK IN THE PRIMARIES. DONALD TRUMP IS A PHONEY, A FRAUD. BUT EVEN AFTER THESE TWO VERY PUBLIC GETTING-TO-KNOW-YOU SESSIONS, NO DEAL YET. AND FORMER GOVERNOR OF ALASKA AND ONE-TIME VICE-PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL SARAH PALIN COULD BE UP FOR A NEW JOB, REPORTEDLY BEING CONSIDERED FOR SECRETARY OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS. GOLD COAST THEME PARK DREAMWORLD WILL REOPEN NEXT WEEKEND, SIX WEEKS AFTER THE DEATHS OF FOUR PEOPLE ON A POPULAR RIDE. PROCEEDS OF THE OPENING WEEKEND WILL GO TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THE OCTOBER 25 ACCIDENT. DREAMWORLD ORIGINALLY WANTED TO REOPEN JUST THREE DAYS AFTER THE TRAGEDY, BUT POLICE SHUT DOWN THE PLAN BECAUSE THE PARK WAS STILL A CRIME SCENE. THE THUNDER RIVER RAPIDS RIDE HAS BEEN DECOMMISSIONED AND WILL BE DEMOLISHED. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS, AND NOVEMBER WAS PRETTY WET FOR MOST. YES, LOW PRESSURES PRODUCED A VERY WET MONTH FOR MOST REGIONS. IT WAS THE WETTEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD FOR WELLINGTON AND THE THIRD WETTEST ON RECORD FOR DUNEDIN. BUT THE EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR FORECAST FOR FRIDAY RIGHT AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME ` OUR NAVY'S INVOLVED IN A NEW STUDY OF ROTORUA'S LAKE FLOOR. THERE'S BEEN GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITY ABOVE GROUND, SO WHAT'S GOING ON BELOW THE SURFACE? PLUS SHE BOUGHT A BUSINESS, AND JUST A WEEK LATER THE KAIKOURA QUAKE HAPPENED. WE LIVE IN A LAND WHERE THAT HAPPENS, SO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING A REVIEW OF A CHILD SEX OFFENDER AFTER A 1 NEWS INVESTIGATION REVEALED HE'S BEEN WORKING UNSUPERVISED CLOSE TO A SOUTH AUCKLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL. THE MAN'S ONE OF AT LEAST TWO OFFENDERS HIRED AS CHEAP LABOUR BY FORMER NATIONAL MP AND EX AUCKLAND COUNCILLOR ARTHUR ANAE. THE PLANE WHICH CRASHED INTO A COLOMBIAN MOUNTAINSIDE, KILLING 71 PEOPLE HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL AND SUFFERED AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE, ACCORDING TO A LEAKED AUDIO RECORDING. MANY OF THE DEAD WERE MEMBERS OF A BRAZILIAN FOOTBALL TEAM, AND FANS HAVE BEEN PAYING TRIBUTE AT A VIGIL FOR THOSE WHO DIED. A BURST OF GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITY ON LAKE ROTORUA THIS WEEK HAS COINCIDED WITH A NEW STUDY OF THE VOLCANIC LAKE FLOOR. THE DETAILED MAPPING IS BEING DONE BY THE NAVY FOR USE BY RESEARCHERS AT GNS SCIENCE. WILL HINE EXPLAINS. IT'S NOT JUST THIS GEYSER MAKING WAVES ON LAKE ROTORUA. FOR THE LAST MONTH, THE NAVY'S BEEN CAUSING RIPPLES OF ITS OWN, MAPPING THE GEOTHERMALLY ACTIVE LAKE FLOOR IN MINUTE DETAIL. FOR ME, IT'S THE FIRST TIME SURVEYING ON A LAKE IN ALMOST 15 YEARS WITH THE NAVY, SO IT'S DEFINITELY A RARE OCCASION FOR US. IT'S A CUTTING EDGE TAKE ON PLUMBING THE DEPTHS. MAPS ARE THE BASIS OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, SO IF WE DON'T HAVE A DECENT MAP, WE DON'T HAVE A FRAMEWORK IN WHICH TO HANG OTHER THINGS OFF. THE BOAT TRAWLS UP AND DOWN THE LAKE; EQUIPMENT ON BOARD CAPTURING ALL THE DETAIL BELOW. WE'RE PROJECTING SONAR OR SOUNDWAVES, IF YOU LIKE, DOWN ON TO THE LAKE FLOOR, AND THEY'LL HIT THE LAKE FLOOR AND BOUNCE BACK. YOU CAN SEE THINGS LIKE THERMAL VENTS, GAS, UPWELLING AND THINGS. TECHNICIANS ARE PROCESSING THE RESULTS BIT BY BIT AND HELPING TO IDENTIFY WHERE FUTURE RESEARCH COULD BE FOCUSSED. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THE LAKE FLOOR HAS BEEN SURVEYED. BUT THIS OPERATION IS THE MOST EXTENSIVE; THE MAPPING THE MOST DETAILED. WE CAN SEE BUBBLE STREAMS COMING THROUGH THE WATER COLUMN, BUT WE'LL COME BACK AT A LATER DATE, AND WE'LL PUT HEAT PROBES DOWN THERE TO TRY TO DETERMINE THE FLUX OF THE HEAT THROUGH THE LAKE FLOOR. THIS WEEK'S ERUPTIONS ARE THOUGHT TO BE PART OF A NATURAL CYCLE, WITH NO OBVIOUS LINK TO THE RECENT EARTHQUAKES. BUT THE LAKE ITSELF COULD BE A TIME BOMB OF SORTS. IT OCCUPIES PART OF A CALDERA, OR GIANT VOLCANIC CAULDRON, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO ERUPT ONE DAY DOWN THE TRACK. IT COULD BE SOME SMALL CONE THAT POPS UP ANYWHERE. IF YOU HAD ANY ERUPTION UNDERNEATH THE LAKE, THAT WOULD BE QUITE DEVASTATING BECAUSE MAGMA AND WATER DON'T MIX VERY WELL, AND IT WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC. BUT THE ODDS ON THIS HAPPENING ANY TIME SOON ARE VERY REMOTE. THIS PROJECT IS ANOTHER STEP IN BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE FORCES BENEATH. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. AS WE REPORTED EARLIER, ONLY A THIRD OF KAIKOURA'S TOURISM BUSINESSES ARE BACK UP AND RUNNING. LISA DAVIES MET ONE OWNER WHO BOUGHT A HOSPITALITY BUSINESS JUST A WEEK BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE AND IS DETERMINED TO STAY COMMITTED TO THE TOWN. THIS MUST HAVE FELT LIKE THE LONGEST FLIGHT EVER FOR DIANNE MCNEIL. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING IN, BUT I'M A BIT APPREHENSIVE ABOUT WHAT I FIND. SHE BOUGHT A CAFE IN THE COASTAL TOWN JUST A WEEK BEFORE THE QUAKE HIT. ON THE MONDAY WE WERE JUST STUNNED MULLETS. DIDN'T HAVE A REAL CRY UNTIL WE GOT A LETTER FROM THE AGENT SAYING HOW MUCH THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO US ARRIVING TO THEIR WEE VILLAGE, AND THAT BROKE ME UP. SHE WAS LEFT WITH LITTLE CHOICE BUT TO RACE HERE FROM HER BASE IN DARWIN TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE. SAD FOR KAIKOURA, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN A LAND WHERE THIS HAPPENS, SO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. THE VERDICT ON HER PROPERTY, THE WHY NOT CAFE? IT WILL BE BUSINESS AS USUAL. IT LOOKS OK. IT'S FINE AND THE BACK AREA IS PERFECT. THERE'S NO CRACKS. MUCH TO HER RELIEF WHEN DIANNE GOT HERE, SHE FOUND OUT THE BUSINESS IS IN PRETTY GOOD NICK. IN FACT, IT'S GOING TO OPEN ON SATURDAY. I THINK GOOD THINGS WILL COME FROM THIS. YOUR RETIREMENT DREAM? MY RETIREMENT DREAM. (LAUGHS) HER PLAN NOW ` TO MOVE HERE PERMANENTLY IN JANUARY. HEY! HELLO. BUT SHE'S BEEN TOLD RENTAL ACCOMMODATION IS AT A PREMIUM. IF WE HAVE TO HAVE A CARAVAN, WE HAVE TO HAVE A CARAVAN. BECAUSE EARTHQUAKE OR NOT... WE CHOSE KAIKOURA, BECAUSE WE FELL IN LOVE WITH IT. AND ALTHOUGH IT'S TESTING HER NOW, SHE'S STILL COMMITTED TO THIS PLACE. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE BREAKERS FRONT UP. YES, PLAYERS AND MANAGEMENT ARE NOT HAPPY WITH WEBSTER. MORE ON THE BASKETBALL ISSUE NEXT. ALSO TONIGHT, FROM THE BAHAMAS TO THE GOLD COAST ` TIGER'S BACK, WHILE THE FOX'S GREAT SUMMER CARRIES ON. PLUS, WE'RE TRAINING WITH JOSEPH PARKER. GIVE ME THE MOVEMENT AFTEWARDS. DON'T JUST BE STANDING THERE ADMIRING YOUR WORK. WINSTON REID GOES ONE ROUND WITH WAYNE ROONEY IN ENGLAND. AND SMOKING INSIDE ` A DRIFTING DREAM BECOMES REALITY IN DUNEDIN. BREAKERS AND TALL BLACKS BASKETBALL STAR COREY WEBSTER HAS BEEN STOOD DOWN FOR ONE GAME IN THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL LEAGUE AS HE AWAITS COURT PROCEEDINGS. BUT THE BREAKERS ARE STANDING BY THEIR MAN AFTER WEBSTER WAS ARRESTED ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. KIMBERLEE DOWNS HAS THE LATEST. IT'S NOT HARD TO PINPOINT THE VALUES THE BREAKERS PRIDE THEMSELVES ON ` THEY'RE SPLASHED ALL OVER THE SIDE OF THEIR GYM. AND IT'S THOSE VALUES THE BREAKERS SAY COREY WEBSTER BREACHED WHEN HE WENT OUT TO THIS BAR ON HIS BIRTHDAY ON TUESDAY, WHERE HE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. YOU'VE KNOWN AND PLAYED ALONGSIDE HIM A LONG TIME. DID IT SURPRISE YOU? UM, LIKE I SAID, I WAS DISAPPOINTED. THAT WAS MY INITIAL REACTION. HE SHOULDN'T HAVE PUT HIMSELF IN THAT POSITION TO BEGIN WITH. WEBSTER'S TOLD THE CLUB HE'S INNOCENT. THEY SAY THEY'LL SUPPORT HIM AS HE DEFENDS THE CHARGE. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE SUSPENDED HIM FOR TOMORROW'S GAME, IN PART BECAUSE HE WITHELD DETAILS FROM THEM. HE SKIPPED TRAINING YESTERDAY, CITING ONLY 'PERSONAL REASONS'. WE EXPECT TO KNOW EVERYTHING OUR PLAYERS ARE DOING, AND HE WAS PROBABLY IN BREACH OF THAT BY NOT BEING COMPLETELY CLEAR WHAT HAD HAPPENED. IT'S A TIMELY REMINDER NOT ONLY FOR US BUT YOUNG PEOPLE IN SPORT, ALL PEOPLE IN PROFESSIONAL SPORT. THE GUARD WASN'T AT TRAINING TODAY EITHER, BUT APOLOGISED TO THE TEAM THIS MORNING. EVERYONE WHO COMES INTO THIS CLUB KNOWS WHAT THE VALUES ARE, AND AS SOON AS YOU CROSS THAT LINE NOT MUCH NEEDS TO BE SAID. BUT IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME WEBSTER'S CROSSED THE LINE. IN FACT DILLON BOUCHER VOUCHED FOR HIM ON HIS RETURN FROM A SUSPENSION FOR DRUG USE FOUR YEARS AGO. I'M HUMAN LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE AND IVE GOT A HEART AND I WAS VERY VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT I HAD TO BE STANDING HERE FRONTING YOU GUYS. IN ANOTHER TWIST, WEBSTER'S ALSO BEEN FINED $500 AFTER BEING CITED FOR THIS INCIDENT IN THEIR LAST GAME. HE'LL BE AVAILABLE TO PLAY IN MEBOURNE ON SUNDAY BEFORE HIS APPEARANCE IN THE NORTH SHORE DISTRICT COURT ON MONDAY. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS. TIGER WOODS SURE KNOWS HOW TO BUILD ANTICIPATION AND EXPECTATION AHEAD OF HIS COMPETITIVE COMEBACK IN THE BAHAMAS. THE FORMER SUPERSTAR OF THE GAME FIRED IN TWO EAGLES TODAY IN THE WARM-UP PRO-AM. SPECULATION IS GROWING OVER HOW HE'LL GO TOMORROW. ABBY WILSON REPORTS. THE BAHAMAS BREEZE ENSURED IT WASN'T QUITE A PERFECT DAY AT ALBANY GOLF CLUB, BUT FOR TIGER WOODS, IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE. I FELT GOOD WITH PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. I WAS ABLE TO HIT ALL THE SHOTS I NEEDED TO HIT. HE'S BEEN WAITING OVER A YEAR TO GET TO THIS POINT, AND AS IF TO CELEBRATE HIS IMPENDING RETURN TO COMPETITIVE GOLF, HE EVEN EAGLED BOTH PAR-FIVES ON THE FRONT NINE. FOR A NICE CHANGE IT WASN'T HIS BODY LETTING HIM DOWN. IT WAS HIS PUTTER ON THE SLOW GREENS. MY SPEED'S OFF. I DID SOME WORK TWO AND THREE DAYS AGO, BUT THEY WERE DOUBLE CUT AND NOT` THEY'RE SINGLE CUT, DIFFERENT SPEED, AND MOST OF MY PUTTS I LEFT SHORT. BUT AFTER 281 WEEKS AS THE WORLD NUMBER ONE, IT'S HARDLY A PROBLEM HE CAN'T FIX. IF THERE'S SOMEONE THAT CAN JUMP RIGHT BACK UP AND PLAY SOME GREAT GOLF AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE HIM. HE'S GOT ALL THE EXPERIENCE. WHILE THE SCORE DIDN'T MATTER IN THE PRO-AM, TOMORROW EVERY SHOT WILL. WOODS IS ALREADY PLANNING SOME LAST MINUTE TIME ON THE PRACTICE GREEN. I'M WORKING ON PUTTING THIS AFTERNOON, AND I'VE GOT OUR WELCOME DINNER TONIGHT, SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO TONIGHT, AND I'LL BE READY FOR TOMORROW. EVERYONE, EVEN THE OTHER PLAYERS, READY FOR WHAT'S BEEN A LONG-ANTICIPATED COMEBACK. WHEN HE WAS AT HIS PEAK, HE WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE, SO IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF HE GOT BACK TO... I DON'T KNOW ABOUT QUITE THAT CALIBRE, BUT, I MEAN, WHO KNOWS? WE'LL GET OUR FIRST INDICATION WHEN HE TEES OFF EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS RYAN FOX HAS CONTINUED HIS IMPRESSIVE FORM ACROSS THE TASMAN, SHOOTING A FIVE UNDER PAR 67 TO LEAD FOR MUCH OF THE OPENING ROUND OF THE AUSTRALIAN PGA CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE GOLD COAST. FOX WAS IN THE FIRST GROUP TO TEE OFF AT 6 THIS MORNING, MAKING THE MOST OF THE CONDITIONS FOR THE OPENING EVENT OF THE EUROPEAN TOUR. THE GOLF COURSE IS REALLY GOOD AT THE MOMENT. IT'S PLAYING A LITTLE SOFTER THAN LAST YEAR AND THE GREENS ARE ROLLING A LITTLE BETTER, AND IT'S NICE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. FOX WAS PASSED LATE IN THE DAY TO TRAIL QUEENSLANDER ANDREW DOTE BY TWO STROKES. JOSEPH PARKER HAS BEEN LIKENED TO A PRIMAL ANIMAL WHO'S READY TO STRIKE. PARKER'S IMPRESSED TODAY IN HIS ONLY OPEN TRAINING SESSION BEFORE NEXT WEEK'S WBO WORLD TITLE FIGHT IN AUCKLAND. HE WORKED THE ROOM, THEN WORKED THE RING, MAKING IT CLEAR HE'S READY FOR THE STEP UP. BOOM. BOOM. SHOWING THE TRADEMARK SPEED AND POWER. BANG. BANG. GOOD. JOSEPH PARKER AND HIS TRAINER GAVE SOMETHING OF AN INSIGHT TODAY INTO HOW THE YOUNG MAN TICKS, LIKE GOING FROM GENIAL BIG MAN TO A FIGHTER. IT COMES OUT WHEN IT FIGHTS, WHEN IT MATTERS. IT DOESN'T MATTER BEATING UP ON HIS POOR OLD COACH. IT CLICKS IN DURING OUR TRAINING SESSIONS. YOU KNOW, WE PRACTISE IT, AND WHEN IT'S TIME TO PULL IT OUT ON FIGHT DAY, WE KNOW IT'S THERE. BAM! BAM! SO EVERYONE BETTER BE CAREFUL. PARKER'S FRIENDLY NATURE OUTSIDE THE RING WILL EXTEND TO MEXICAN OPPONENT ANDY RUIZ ONCE HE ARRIVES NEXT MONDAY. THE KIWI SAYS HE DOESN'T NEED TO FOLLOW THE SUIT OF OTHER BOXERS LIKE BRIT DAVID HAYE, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN A PRESS CONFERENCE STOUSH JUST LAST NIGHT IN THE UK. ALL SHOUT BOXING IS A SPORT WHEN YOU HAVE TO SHOW YOUR CLASS OUTSIDE OF THE RING. WHILE PARKER HAS HIS FAMILIAR TEAM AND FAMILY AROUND HIM, ONE PIECE IS MISSING ` POLISH HEAVYWEIGHT IZU UGONOH. HE'S SIGNED WITH AMERICAN PROMOTERS, BACKERS OF FLOYD MAYWEATHER, BUT WILL STILL BE TRAINED BY KEVIN BARRY AND LIVE WITH BARRY AND PARKER IN LAS VEGAS. I GUESS HE'S TAKING A DIFFERENT PATH NOW, AND HE'S` AS LONG AS HE'S HAPPY, THEN WE'RE ALL HAPPY. GIVE ME THE MOVEMENT AFTERWARDS. DON'T JUST BE STANDING THERE ADMIRING YOUR WORK. LIMBERED UP AND LOOSE IN HIS USUAL ROUTINE BEFORE THE COUNTDOWN RAMPS UP. BUT THERE'S ALWAYS TIME FOR HIS SOFTER SIDE. ALL WHITES STAR WINSTON REID HAS MADE A DRAMATIC RETURN FROM SUSPENSION IN THE ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP, CLOBBERING HIS OPPOSING CAPTAIN. FRUSTRATED AS HIS WEST HAM UNITED SIDE WAS TRAILING MANCHESTER UNITED 3-1, REID COLLECTED HIS COUNTERPART WITH HIS BOOT. ROONEY WAS GUSHING BLOOD AND SPITTING TACKS. ...TO THE HEAD FOR WAYNE ROONEY, WHO IS LOSING BLOOD AND IN DANGER OF LOSING HIS HEAD. HE HAS ALREADY BEEN CARDED. THE HAMMERS DEFENDER WASN'T PUNISHED, BUT HIS TEAM SURE WAS, GOING DOWN AND OUT 4-1 IN THEIR QUARTER FINAL AT OLD TRAFFORD. BLACK CAP COLIN DE GRANDHOMME MIGHT HAVE BEEN A SURPRISE PACKAGE AGAINST PAKISTAN, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE AUSSIES HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO HIM AHEAD OF THE FIRST CHAPPELL-HADLEE ONE-DAYER ON SUNDAY. ALL-ROUNDER GLENN MAXWELL HAS BEEN RECALLED TO THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM AFTER SIX MONTHS, BUT HE'S ALREADY AWARE OF THE KIWIS' NEW NOT-SO-SECRET WEAPON. I THINK I PLAYED AN EMERGING PLAYERS TOURNAMENT AGAINST DE GRANDHOMME. HE WAS MORE OF A BATTER BACK THEN. THEN I TURNED ON THE TV AND HE HAD THIS BIG MOUSTACHE, BOWLING QUICK, SO HE'S NOT QUITE THE BLOKE I REMEMBER. DESPITE AUSTRALIA'S EMBARRASSING SERIES AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA, BLACK CAPS COACH MIKE HESSON EXPECTS THE ONE-DAY SIDE TO BE AS CONSISTENT AND TOUGH TO BEAT AS EVER. AN IMPRESSIVE MILESTONE FOR OUR TOP FEMALE LAWN BOWLER JO EDWARDS AT THE WORLD CHAMPS IN CHRISTCHURCH. EDWARDS MADE HER INTERNATIONAL DEBUT 16 YEARS AGO, TODAY NOTCHING A STAGGERING 500TH APPEARANCE FOR THE BLACK JACKS. THE 46-YEAR-OLD LED HER SINGLES SECTION GOING INTO DAY THREE AT THE BURNSIDE CLUB, BUT WENT DOWN 21-16 TO DUTCH PLAYER SASKIA SCHAFT. JUST WANNA KEEP SEEING IF YOU CAN GET BETTER ALL THE TIME. YOU DO IT ONCE OR TWICE. YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE A FLUKE. YOU STRIVE TO BE BETTER AND COME OUT AND WIN ANOTHER WON. THE DOUBLE COMMONWEALTH GAMES GOLD MEDALLIST WAS PRESENTED WITH A SPECIAL CAP AND DOUBLE CELEBRATIONS AS SHE EDGED THE DEFENDING WORLD CHAMPION KAREN MURPHY FROM AUSTRALIA 21-20 THIS AFTERNOON. TO MOTORSPORT, AND THE CARS HAVE HAD THEIR FIRST PRACTICE LAPS AROUND THE MAKESHIFT DRIFTING TRACK INSIDE DUNEDIN'S FORSYTH BARR STADIUM. OUR REPORTER MARK HATHAWAY GOT A TASTE OF THE SPEED, SMOKE AND NOISE AS DRIFTING ` LEGAL DRIFTING, THAT IS ` MAKES A RARE APPEARANCE IN THE SOUTH. IT'S USUALLY THE LIKES OF BEN SMITH AND WAISAKE NAHOLO SPEEDING UP THE SIDE OF FORSYTH BARR STADIUM. ENGINE REVS TODAY IT'S WHANGAREI'S 'FANGA DAN', TAKING HIS FIRST LAP AROUND DRIFTING'S NEW HOME FOR THE WEEKEND. IT FEELS FAST FOR A DRIVER BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO JAM-PACKED. THE D1NZ DRIFTING CHAMPS BEGIN TOMORROW NIGHT, BRINGING DRIFTING TO AN INDOOR STADIUM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. WHEN YOU COME FLYING INTO A PLACE LIKE THIS ON A SHORT RUGBY FIELD LIKE THAT, MOST PROBABLY 120 K, I'D SAY, SO THAT'S PRETTY FAST. AND WHILE THERE'S PLENTY OF SPEED, THE REAL POINTS ARE SCORED BY PUTTING THE CAR WHERE JUDGES TELL THEM TO. THEY FLY IN TO THAT FIRST CORNER AT 120 K'S AN HOUR. THEY'VE GOT TO GET THAT REAR BUMPER 500 MIL OFF THAT CONCRETE WALL AT 90 DEGREES, WHILE ANOTHER DRIVER IS CHASING THEM, SO IT'S VERY INTENSE, VERY BUSY, AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT, OF COURSE. THAT I WAS, IN FANGA DAN'S VF HOLDEN COMMODORE. SO ASIDE FROM THE ODD BIT OF PADDOCK-WORK WHEN I WAS A FARMHAND DOWN SOUTH, I HAVEN'T BEEN SIDEWAYS IN A VEHICLE ALL THAT OFTEN, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT DRIFTING IS ALL ABOUT. THE 360M TRACK TAKES AROUND A MINUTE TO COMPLETE. DURING PRACTISE, THE CARS ARE ON THEIR OWN, BUT IN COMPETITION THE SKILL IS IN DRIFTING WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE SMOKE, THE SPEED, THE SOUND, THERE'S PLENTY OF IT ALL. AND PLENTY FOR THE FANS TO SEE, WITH 70 OF THE COUNTRIES TOP DRIFTERS DOING BATTLE THIS WEEKEND FOR THE D1NZ'S FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND. WHOO! AWESOME. MARK HATHAWAY ONE NEWS GIVEN MARK'S FROM DUNNERS, I DOUBT THAT'S THE FIRST TIME. CORPORATES ARE CASHING IN ON CHRISTMAS. ARE NZ WOMEN CLOSER TO SMASHING THE GLASS CIELING? WOMEN ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO GET INTO THE C SUITE AND AND BE CEO ISN'T REALLY THE COOL CONVERSATION AT THE MOMENT. PLUS, HOW DO YOU GET BUY IN FOR THE DREADED SCHOOL FUNDRAISER? YOU UP THE STAKES. THIS IS THE WAY THEY PAY THEIR SCHOOL FEES, IS BY PITCHING IN. AND SENDING KIDS INTO A FRENZY. NOT IN MY FIVE YEARS OF BUYING TOYS. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. HOW MUCH ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY FOR A HATCHIMAL? SEE YOU IN 10. HELLO AGAIN. THERE'S A FRONT WITH LOW AND MIDDLE CLOUD OVER THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND. SOME THUNDERSTORMS AT ITS WESTERN EDGE MARKS A SHALLOW LOW. AND THERE'S MORE THUNDERSTORMS OVER BY AUSTRALIA WITH A WEAK TROUGH. OTHERWISE JUST THE SHEETS OF LOW CLOUD IN OUR VICINITY, TRAPPED BENEATH THE HIGH PRESSURE. AND THE HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO LIE ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND, WHILE THE WEAK FRONT IS SLOW-MOVING OVER THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND. A LOW DEVELOPING ON THIS FRONT OVER HAWKES BAY AND DRIFTS SLOWLY EASTWARDS. THERE'S SEVERAL HIGH CENTRES WITHIN THE RIDGE, WHICH HELPS WITH AN ONSHORE FLOW AND FURTHER LOW CLOUD AND LIGHT RAIN TO THE EAST OF BOTH ISLANDS. CLOUD AND SCATTERED DRIZZLE OR RAIN IN THE EAST EASING AND FINE SPELLS DEVELOPING THERE IN THE AFTERNOON. FINE ELSEWHERE, JUST THE SOME MORNING CLOUD AND THEN THE ODD SHOWER FOR THE NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT WINDS. CLOUDY PERIODS AND THE ODD SHOWER IN THE NORTHEAST, AND CLOUD WITH LIGHT RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST. A FEW SHOWERS FOR GISBORNE, WHILE THE REST OF THE ISLAND SOAKS UP SOME SUMMER SUNSHINE. LIGHT WINDS, THOUGH SOUTH-EASTERLIES PICK UP IN WAIRARAPA AND HAWKE'S BAY. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE LIES OVER MOST OF NZ ON SATURDAY, WHILE A TROUGH BEGINS TO MOVE OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. SO FINE FOR MOST, BUT SCATTERED RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE WEST AND SOUTH. THE TROUGH WEAKENS AND BECOMES SLOW-MOVING OVER THE UPPER SOUTH ISLAND ON SUNDAY, WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS, MAINLY AFTER LUNCH FOR THE NORTH ISLAND. A FRONT APPROACHES THE COUNTRY FROM THE TASMAN SEA ON MONDAY, AND THANKS TO GEORGE, WHO NORMALLY SENDS US THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER SHOTS AND TONIGHT IS MIXING IT UP FOR CAR LOVERS TOO. LOOK AT THE SCENERY OR CAR ` SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. Thank you, Rene.