IT'S MIDDAY. MORE THAN THREE YEARS AFTER HE WAS MURDERED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, GEORGE TAIAROA'S KILLER IS SENTENCED. TOO CLOSE TO CALL. EVEN BILL ENGLISH WON'T SAY WHO HIS PICK FOR DEPUTY WILL BE. AND THE SHIRTS ARE OFF; THE GLOVES ARE ON. WILL THE NUMBERS ON THE SCALES HELP OR HINDER JOSEPH PARKER? AHIAHI MARIE. GOOD AFTERNOON. THE MAN WHO MURDERED ROAD WORKER GEORGE TAIAROA AT A STOP-GO POINT NEAR ATIAMURI IN 2013 HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON. QUINTON WINDERS WILL SERVE AT LEAST 17 YEARS. CHRIS CHANG WAS IN COURT AND JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM ROTORUA. This is a hefty sentence. 17 years minimum non-parole period. It was described by witnesses as a cold, callous murder. It was a cold-blooded execution. When the victim impact statement was read, it was from his eldest daughter. THE LOVE AND THE LIGHT OF OUR FAMILY. HE WAS THE GLUE THAT HELD OUR FAMILY TOGETHER. WE'RE ADRIFT AT THE MOMENT. AND WE CAN ALL FEEL IT. Through his lawyer, Quintin Winters maintained he has nothing to do with the killings. The lawyer said there has been a miscarriage of justice. THANKS, CHRIS. AUTHORITIES IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS HAVE STARTED ASSESSING THE DAMAGE FOLLOWING A POWERFUL 7.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE JUST AFTER 6.30AM NZ TIME. NZ CIVIL DEFENCE HAD ISSUED A MARINE AND BEACH TSUNAMI THREAT BUT LATER CANCELLED IT. TSUNAMI WARNINGS FOR OTHER PACIFIC NATIONS WERE ALSO CANCELLED. THE MASSIVE UNDERSEA QUAKE WAS CLOSE TO THE ISLAND OF MAKIRA, WHERE SOME VILLAGES HAVE REPORTED DAMAGE ALREADY, ALTHOUGH NO CASUALTIES HAVE BEEN MENTIONED. A MASSIVE FIRE'S BROKEN OUT AT HUTT VALLEY HIGH'S TECHNOLOGY BLOCK. REPORTER KAITLIN RUDDOCK IS OUTSIDE THE SECONDARY SCHOOL IN WELLINGTON AND JOINS US NOW. KAITLIN, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? You can see here that the fire crews are dousing down this building now. At its height, this fire has been described as ferocious. It tore through half the building complex. They managed to save the other half and the roof as well. Students are thought to be inside at the time but they have been evacuated safely. They're all at the school field. It doesn't look like they'll be going to class. It's now down to dampening down the hotspots. THANKS, KAITLIN. THE TRIAL OF A WELL-KNOWN ACTOR ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING FOUR OF HIS STUDENTS HAS BEEN TERMINATED AFTER JUST TWO DAYS OF EVIDENCE. THE ACTOR, WHO HAS NAME SUPPRESSION, HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO 10 CHARGES OF INDECENT ASSAULT AND TWO OF SEXUAL VIOLATION. THE TRIAL BEFORE A JURY IN THE AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT WAS STOPPED THIS MORNING. THE REASONS FOR THE TERMINATION ARE SUPPRESSED. PRIME MINISTER-IN-WAITING BILL ENGLISH SAYS HE CAN WORK WITH EITHER PAULA BENNETT OR SIMON BRIDGES AS HIS DEPUTY. NATIONAL'S CAUCUS WILL VOTE MR ENGLISH IN AS LEADER ON MONDAY AND AT THIS STAGE HAVE THE CHOICE OF MR BRIDGES OR MS BENNETT AS HIS SECOND IN CHARGE. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE IS IN WELLINGTON. ANDREA, BILL ENGLISH IS ONLY ONE VOTE OUT OF 59 IN PICKING THE DEPUTY. ANY SIGNS ON WHO IT MIGHT BE? That's a big question here today. The 1st of 30 is the winner. Paula Bennett is edging towards 20 declarations of public support. Simon Bridges is trailing back up there with have that support but he is getting some momentum. It is a secret ballot. YEAH, BUT I'VE GOT SOME GREAT SUPPORT. NUK KARAKO'S ALREADY COME OUT IN SUPPORT. JONO NAYLOR, AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS. SO I DON'T` I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO SORT OF POSITION IT, PERHAPS THAT THEY'VE GOT THE BACK BENCH, BUT THAT BACK BENCH CAN SEE THAT I'VE CERTAINLY GOT SOMETHING TO ADD AS WELL. BUT I'M PLAYING TO WIN. I THINK I'VE GOT A GREAT STORY TO TELL. I THINK I BRING SOME REAL ATTRIBUTES TO THIS THAT THE CAUCUS WANT TO SEE. AND SO I'M FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT. THERE'LL ALSO BE A MASSIVE CABINET RESHUFFLE NEXT WEEK. HOW WILL MR ENGLISH BE ASSESSING WHO NEEDS TO BE MOVED WHERE? That change has got to be significant to reflect the current caucus. But that is where the quandary is. He also needs to reflect stability. Ministers are nervously awaiting their fate. We are starting to see brought back emerged from national. Exciting weekend ahead. THANKS, ANDREA. SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF ILLEGALLY LIVE-STREAMING JOSEPH PARKER'S JULY FIGHT AGAINST SOLOMON HAUMONO, AND EIGHT MORE ARE AWAITING COURT DATES. SKY TV AND PARKER'S PROMOTER, DUCO EVENTS, VOWED TO CRACK DOWN ON PEOPLE OFFERING FREE STREAMS OF THEIR PAY-TO-VIEW FIGHTS ONLINE AFTER SEVERAL FACEBOOK STREAMS ATTRACTED TENS OF THOUSAND OF VIEWERS. THE SEVEN CONVICTED HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO PAY COSTS OF MORE THAN $2500 DOLLARS EACH. THAT WAS PRETTY IMPORTANT LANDMARK FOR US, BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS JUST STAKE A CLAIM TO SAY, 'THIS IS OUR PROPERTY. YOU TAKE IT, AND YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF IN COURT,' AND NOW THE COURT HAS SAID, 'IF THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS, 'THEN YOU'RE GONNA FIND YOURSELF LIABLE TO DUCO AND SKY FOR DAMAGES.' AND JOSEPH PARKER AND HIS OPPONENT ANTHONY RUIZ ARE JUST ABOUT TO WEIGH IN FOR TONIGHT'S HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT. ZAC FLEMING IS THERE IN AUCKLAND'S CBD. ZAC WHAT HAS RUIZ COME IN AT? They have actually just weighed in. Both came in a little bit overweight. Ruiz was 116, expected to be 113. His weight was a talking point. He has dropped his weight a lot for this fight. A lot of interest in this fight. This bar is packed standing room only. As you've heard before with the streaming, Duke over saying not only are they going to prosecute they are setting up a team to search out for those streams. THANKS, ZAC. QUAKE-AFFECTED BUSINESSES IN KAIKOURA WILL BE GIVEN AN EXTRA EIGHT WEEKS OF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO HELP PAY EMPLOYEES' WAGES. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER STEVEN JOYCE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN KAIKOURA THIS MORNING, WITH THE SUPPORT PACKAGE BEING EXTENDED TO HELP AFFECTED BUSINESSES IN HANMER SPRINGS AND THE WIDER HURUNUI DISTRICT. A HEALTH SUPPORT PACKAGE OF NEARLY $4M WAS ALSO ANNOUNCED TODAY, GIVING PEOPLE IN THE QUAKE-ZONE FREE DOCTOR'S VISITS TILL MAY AS PART OF A PLAN TO GIVE PEOPLE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. AMERICAN ASTRONAUT JOHN GLENN HAS PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 95. HE WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN TO ORBIT THE EARTH IN 1962. THE ABC'S KAREN TRAVERS HAS THE STORY. AS A STATESMAN, FIGHTER PILOT AND ASTRONAUT, JOHN GLENN HAD THE KNACK FOR BEING AT THE RIGHT PLACE, AT THE RIGHT TIME, WITH THE RIGHT STUFF. I GUESS, I'VE LOOKED AT MY WHOLE LIFE AS BEING SERVICE TO MY COUNTRY. THE SON OF A PLUMBER AND SCHOOL TEACHER, GLENN WAS BORN AND RAISED IN OHIO, WHERE HE MET AND MARRIED HIS CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART, ANNIE. AFTER YEARS AS A TEST PILOT, GLENN WAS SELECTED IN 1959 TO BE ONE OF NASA'S ORIGINAL SEVEN MERCURY ASTRONAUTS. HE BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN TO ORBIT THE EARTH. OH, THAT VIEW IS TREMENDOUS. DESPITE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS ON BOARD FRIENDSHIP 7, GLENN MADE THREE ORBITS AND LANDED SAFELY. AN APPEARANCE BEFORE CONGRESS AND A TICKER TAPE PARADE FOLLOWED. HE BECAME, QUITE SIMPLY, AN AMERICAN HERO. I'M CERTAINLY GLAD TO SEE THAT PRIDE IN OUR COUNTRY AND THAT THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE NOT A THING OF THE PAST. IN 1964, GLENN LEFT THE SPACE PROGRAMME FOR POLITICS. AFTER TWO FAILED US SENATE BIDS, HE WON A SEAT IN 1974. AFTER 24 YEARS IN WASHINGTON, HE LEFT THE SENATE, BUT NOT THE SPOTLIGHT. AND LIFT-OFF OF DISCOVERY WITH A CREW OF SIX ASTRONAUT HEROES AND ONE AMERICAN LEGEND. IN 1998, THE 77-YEAR-OLD GLENN RETURNED TO SPACE AFTER 36 YEARS. CRITICISED BY SOME AS A NASA PR STUNT, GLENN'S NINE-DAY MISSION ABOARD THE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY STUDIED THE EFFECTS OF WEIGHTLESSNESS ON AGING. ONE THING I PROMISED ANNIE THE DAY WE WERE MARRIED, IN ADDITION TO OUR WEDDING VOWS OF COURSE, WAS THAT I COULD DO EVERYTHING I COULD TO KEEP LIFE FROM BEING BORING. HE'LL BE REMEMBERED AS A PIONEER, A LEADER AND A MAN WHO SEEMED HAPPIEST WHEN WE WAS SERVING HIS COUNTRY. RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER HAS ANNOUNCED THE SYRIAN ARMY HAS SUSPENDED COMBAT OPERATIONS IN EASTERN ALEPPO. THE MOVE IS TO ALLOW FOR THE EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS TRAPPED IN THE BATTLE ZONE. SOME 8000 PEOPLE WILL BE TAKEN OUT. GOVERNMENT FORCES HAVE BEEN BOMBARDING THE AREA FOR THE LAST THREE WEEKS, RETAKING 75% OF AREAS THAT HAD BEEN CONTROLLED BY REBELS FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. IRAQI TROOPS ARE BEING HELPED BY MOSUL RESIDENTS AS THEY HUNT FOR ISIS COLLABORATORS IN AREAS RETAKEN BY GOVERNMENT FORCES. WHILE MANY RESIDENTS HAVE LEFT FOLLOWING HEAVY FIGHTING, OTHERS REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES AND HAVE TURNED IN NEIGHBOURS THEY SUSPECT OF SUPPORTING ISIS. 10 SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY WITH THE HELP OF LOCALS. THE FIGHT FOR THE CITY CONTINUES IN MANY AREAS OF THE CITY, AS ISIS MILITANTS PUSH BACK AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OFFENSIVE. MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER THE DEVASTATING COLOMBIA PLANE CRASH, ONE OF THE SIX SURVIVORS HAS BEEN FILMED TAKING HIS FIRST STEPS TOWARDS RECOVERY. BRAZILIAN FOOTBALLER ALAN RUSCHEL GAVE A THUMBS UP BEFORE THANKING LOVED ONES AND FANS FOR THEIR SUPPORT. THE DEFENDER (27) WAS THE FIRST TO BE PULLED FROM THE WRECKAGE LAST WEEK. HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE FRACTURES, BUT IS NOW RECOVERING WELL. 71 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE CRASH, INCLUDING 19 MEMBERS OF A BRAZILIAN SOCCER TEAM. IT'S BEEN REVEALED THE PILOT OF A FLIGHT THAT CRASHED IN PAKISTAN MADE A MAYDAY CALL JUST BEFORE LOSING CONTACT. HE ALSO TOLD FLIGHT CONTROLLERS OF AN ENGINE PROBLEM. ALL 47 PEOPLE ON BOARD THE PLANE FLYING TO ISLAMABAD WERE KILLED. A FLIGHT DATA RECORDER HAS BEEN FOUND AND AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING, BUT THE AIRLINE INSISTS STRICT CHECKS LEFT 'NO ROOM FOR ANY TECHNICAL ERROR'. RESCUERS ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS IN INDONESIA'S ACEH PROVINCE A DAY AFTER A POWERFUL QUAKE KILLED MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE. THE 6.5 TREMOR TOPPLED MORE THAN 200 BUILDINGS AND MANY ARE STILL FEARED UNDER RUBBLE. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR HOMES ARE TAKING REFUGE IN SHELTERS. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS DISTANCED ITSELF FROM FOREIGN SECRETARY BORIS JOHNSON, SAYING HIS COMMENTS ON SAUDI ARABIA DON'T REFLECT ITS POSITION. FOOTAGE HAS EMERGED FROM AN EVENT LAST WEEK WHERE JOHNSON SAID BRITISH ALLY SAUDI ARABIA WAS ENGAGING IN 'PROXY WARS' IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE PRIME MINISTER'S SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY ARE JOHNSON'S PERSONAL VIEWS. MICK JAGGER HAS ONCE AGAIN PROVED AGE IS NO BARRIER, BECOMING A FATHER AT THE AGE OF 73 TO HIS EIGHTH CHILD, A BABY BOY. THE ROLLING STONE FRONTMAN WAS WITH AMERICAN BALLERINA MELANIE HAMRICK (29) WHEN SHE GAVE BIRTH TO THE AS YET UNNAMED BABY BOY IN NEW YORK. JAGGER ALREADY HAS SEVEN CHILDREN TO FIVE DIFFERENT WOMEN. HIS OFFSPRING RANGE IN AGE FROM 46 TO 17. HE ALSO HAS FIVE GRANDCHILDREN AND A 2�-YEAR-OLD GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` A NEW STUDY SHOWS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LONELY IS RISING. MEET A GROUP OF WOMEN WHO SAY THEY HAVE A SOLUTION TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM. AND THE BREAKERS SNAP THEIR FOUR-GAME LOSING STREAK IN A GRITTY WIN OVER THE BULLETS. A NEW STUDY SHOWS THAT NINE MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UK SAY THEY ARE ALWAYS OR OFTEN LONELY. MANY OF THOSE ARE OLDER AND RETIRED, BUT NOW A GROUP OF WOMEN MAY HAVE FOUND A POSSIBLE SOLUTION ` BY BUILDING THEIR OWN COMMUNITY TO LIVE TOGETHER. THE BBC'S SOPHIE LONG HAS MORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANGELA IS ONE OF 26 WOMEN... WELCOME, ANGELA! ...WHO AREN'T JUST MOVING, THEY'RE MAKING HISTORY. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE. GO BACK THAT WAY. AND AT 83, THAT'S QUITE GOOD. I THINK THERE'S A TERRIFIC SENSE OF COMMUNITY ALREADY. THE OLDER WOMEN'S CO-HOUSING GROUP WAS FORMED NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO. THEY WANTED TO CREATE A COMMUNITY OF WOMEN WHO'D SUPPORT EACH OTHER, PRACTICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, RATHER THAN RELYING ON THEIR FAMILIES OR ON SOCIAL SERVICES. PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ALONE, REALLY LONELY AND ISOLATED, THEIR HEALTH GOES DOWN, DOWN, DOWN; THEY END UP IN THE HEALTH SERVICE. HERE THEY WILL BE LOOKED AFTER. THEY WILL SUPPORT EACH OTHER. THEY'LL STAY HAPPY, ACTIVE AND HEALTHY. AT 86�, SHIRLEY IS THE OLDEST AND ONLY SURVIVING FOUNDING MEMBER. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A PATHETIC, OLD CREATURE; YOU CAN BE STRONG, AND THERE'S LIFE BEYOND RETIREMENT. SO NEVER AT ANY POINT DO WE GIVE UP HOPE THAT IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN. IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, AND IT HAS HAPPENED. AND HERE IT IS. THEY'VE NAMED IT 'NEW GROUND'. THE FIRST OLDER, ALL-FEMALE COMMUNITY. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO JOIN A GROUP LIKE THIS, BECAUSE I KNEW THAT THERE WOULD BE A TENDENCY FOR MEN OF MY GENERATION TO SAY, 'NO, DEAR, NO, NO, NO. LEAVE IT TO US.' HERE WE'RE RUNNING THE SITE OURSELVES. OLDER WOMEN VERY HAPPY TO BE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES AND HOPING TO HELP OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. HE WAS THE KING OF SCOTS WHO SUCCESSFULLY LED A WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AGAINST ENGLAND, BUT NOBODY HAS EVER BEEN CERTAIN OF WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE. NOW, USING A CAST OF HIS SKULL, SCIENTISTS AND HISTORIANS HAVE REVEALED THE FACE OF ROBERT THE BRUCE, ALMOST 700 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH. THE BBC'S LORNA GORDON REPORTS. HE WAS ONE OF SCOTLAND'S MOST FAMOUS MEDIEVAL KINGS, WHO USED THE SWORD TO ACHIEVE HIS ENDS. A MAN OF MYTH AND LEGEND. A TEAM DRAWING ON ART, SCIENCE, HISTORY, CREATING WHAT COULD BE THE MOST ACCURATE DEPICTION SO FAR OF ROBERT THE BRUCE, KING OF SCOTS. I THINK THAT HE WAS A CHARISMATIC LEADER. I THINK HE WAS A MAN WHO POSSESSED HUMOUR, COMPASSION, INTEGRITY, A GREAT FIRMNESS OF WILL. ALL OF THESE THINGS, I THINK` I LIKE TO THINK I CAN EXPERIENCE NOW MORE READILY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT I CAN GAZE INTO HIS EYES. POWERFUL COMPUTERS WERE USED TO CREATE THE IMAGES OF THE KING. THERE WERE NO PORTRAITS FROM THE TIME, NO WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF HIS APPEARANCE, SO THEY WERE BASED ON A CAST OF HIS SKULL, GIVING A HUMAN FACE TO HISTORY HAS TAKEN TWO YEARS. HE FEELS LIKE A MEMBER OF MY FAMILY NOW BECAUSE I HAVE LIVED WITH HIS FACE AND BUILT IT UP FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, SO I'M REALLY FAMILIAR WITH HIM. BUT I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING QUITE MOVING ABOUT LOOKING AT HIM WITH THE CHANGES IN OUR ABILITY TO USE THE TECHNOLOGY TO GIVE US INFORMATION. WE CAN BE MORE AND MORE ACCURATE IN OUR INTERPRETATIONS. ADDING, THEY HOPE, TO THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ONE OF SCOTLAND'S MOST ICONIC AND HEROIC HISTORICAL FIGURES. ROBERT THE BRUCE WAS A WARRIOR KING. HERE AT BANNOCKBURN, HE LED HIS ARMY FROM THE FRONT. HE FOUGHT WITHOUT MERCY ALONGSIDE HIS MEN AND DEFEATED A MUCH LARGER ENGLISH ARMY IN WHAT WAS ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT BATTLE IN SCOTTISH HISTORY. BRUCE'S PLACE IN SCOTLAND'S PAST HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNISED. NOW AT LAST, HIS FACE IS KNOWN TOO. IN A MAJOR COUP FOR NEXT YEAR'S MASTERS GAMES, THE ORGANISERS HAVE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT OLYMPIC LEGEND SIR PETER SNELL IS COMING TO COMPETE IN AUCKLAND, BUT NOT ON THE TRACK. THE 77-YEAR-OLD SPORTS CHAMPION OF THE 20TH CENTURY IS GOING TO BE PLAYING TABLE TENNIS, WHICH HE TOOK UP SIX YEARS AGO. MY WIFE MIKI AND I HAVE BEEN PRACTISING AND PLAYING FOR TWO TO THREE HOURS FOUR TIMES A WEEK TO IMPROVE OUR PERFORMANCE IN THE AUCKLAND GAMES, AND WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING THERE. SIR PETER'S TRAINING REGIME NO SURPRISE TO HIS FELLOW KNIGHT AND OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST. BIG COUP FOR THE GAMES, BECAUSE PETER HAS BEEN SECRETLY TRAINING BACK IN CALIFORNIA TO COME DOWN HERE AND DO HIS DAMNEDEST, AND I MEAN HE WILL. SIR PETER ONE OF AN ESTIMATED 25,000 COMPETITORS ARE EXPECTED AT THE GAMES IN APRIL. AUCKLAND CITY'S EIGHTH TRIP TO THE FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP IN JAPAN HAS ENDED IN DISAPPOINTMENT. FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, NZ'S DOMINANT CLUB SIDE, THE NAVY BLUES, STRUCK THE J-LEAGUE CHAMPIONS IN THEIR OPENING MATCH. AUCKLAND LEAD! AUCKLAND CITY HAVE HIT THE FRONT HERE WITH THE FIRST GOAL OF THE FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP OF 2016. HE COMES RACING IN, AND A FULL FOREHEAD FROM KIM DAEWOOK HAS PUT AUCKLAND INTO DREAMLAND. BUT THE KASHIMA ANTLERS EQUALISED, AND THE 100TH MATCH IN THE COMPETITION'S HISTORY LOOKED HEADED FOR EXTRA TIME IN YOKOHAMA. HOWEVER THE JAPANESE CHAMPIONS STRUCK AGAIN TO WIN 2-1 AND ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROUND. THE BREAKERS ARE OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE NBL BASKETBALL LADDER AFTER SNAPPING THEIR FOUR-MATCH LOSING STREAK. THE HOME SIDE WASN'T CONVINCING AGAINST THE SECOND-PLACED BRISBANE BULLETS AFTER TWICE GETTING OUT TO BIG LEADS AND THEN BEING CAUGHT. HE CAN'T GET THE ROLL. PUT BACK BY KICKERT, AND IT COUNTS. HOWEVER THE BREAKERS DOMINATED THE FINAL MINUTES, TO CLOSE THE MATCH OUT 82-75 AND MOVE TO SIXTH OF THE EIGHT TEAMS. THE ENGLAND CRICKET TEAM'S NEW OPENER, KEATON JENNINGS, HAD A DAY TO REMEMBER ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FOURTH TEST AGAINST INDIA. THE SOUTH AFRICAN-BORN BATSMAN WAS DROPPED BEFORE SCORING AT ALL BUT WENT ON TO MAKE A REMARKABLE CENTURY IN HIS MAIDEN INNINGS. THE BBC'S PATRICK GEARING REPORTS. KEATON JENNINGS HAS COME A LONG WAY TO GET HERE, FROM CAPTAINING SOUTH AFRICA'S UNDER-19S, TO OPENING FOR ENGLAND. SO HE KNOWS AS WELL AS ANYONE CRICKET'S A GAME OF CHANCE. THIS WAS HIS. DROPPED ON ZERO. ON THE OTHER END, AN ENGLISH INSTITUTION ALISTAIR COOK, SCORE OF MORE THAN 10,000 TEST RUNS. EVEN HE MAKES MISTAKES. YELLING OH, HE'S GOT IT AGAIN! JENNINGS, TO QUALIFY FOR ENGLAND WHILE PLAYING FOR DURHAM, PLOUGHED ON WITHOUT HIS CAPTAIN. OTHERS CAME AND WENT; JENNINGS ONLY GREW IN CONFIDENCE, EVEN DOING TRICK SHOTS. A CENTURY IN HIS FIRST DAY ON THE JOB. BY THE TIME HE WAS OUT, HE'D SCORED 112 RUNS. JUST AN END TO A BEGINNING. IT'S BEEN A SURREAL EIGHT MONTHS. AND TO TOP IT OFF THE WAY IT HAS WITH A TEST CAP AND A TEST HUNDRED ON TOP, IT'S KIND OF THE BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT I CAN GET, REALLY. THE ACCENT'S NOT CAUGHT UP YET, BUT THEY BOY FROM JOHANNESBURG SAYS ENGLISH. ENOUGH FOR SOME, IF NOT ALL. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ENGLAND WHERE YOU'RE BORN AND BRED. IF YOU'RE NOT BORN HERE, AT LEAST YOU'RE BRED HERE. YOU KNOW, HE'S IN THE SELECTION PROCESS. THE SELECTORS ARE THERE TO PICK WHO THEY THINK ARE THE BEST PLAYERS, AND I THINK THEY'VE GOT THIS ONE SPOT ON. THE FOCUS FOR NOW IS MORE ON JENNINGS' SCORE CARD THAN HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` NOW TO THE WEATHER. SOUTH ISLAND IS THE PLACE TO BE BECAUSE IT'S DULL IN THE NORTH. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE 1 NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND ANTONY VLUG CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.