GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THE WEEKEND IS OFF TO A WET START, WITH RAIN FOR MOST AREAS AT SOME STAGE TODAY, THANKS TO A COMPLEX TROUGH MOVING ACROSS NZ. A DISTURBED SOUTH-WESTERLY FLOW MOVES IN FROM SUNDAY, DELIVERING UNSETTLED CONDITIONS THROUGH TO MONDAY. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. when I was a 17-year-old solo mum Didn't think I would end up as a Deputy Prime Minister PAULA BENNETT GETS THE NOD AFTER CHALLENGER SIMON BRIDGES CONCEDES HE DOESN'T HAVE THE NUMBERS. POLICE HUNT FOR AS MANY AS FOUR MEN SEEN FLEEING AN UPPER HUTT HOUSE WHERE A WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD EARLY TODAY. AND THE DAY OF RECKONING IS FINALLY HERE. WHICH ONE WILL BE A HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD TONIGHT? KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. THE LAST PIECE IN THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW LEADERSHIP PUZZLE IS IN PLACE. PAULA BENNETT WILL BE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. THIS AFTER SIMON BRIDGES CONCEDED TODAY HE DIDN'T HAVE THE NUMBERS. SO COME MONDAY MORNING'S SPECIAL CAUCUS, ALL NATIONAL MPS HAVE LEFT TO DO IS RUBBER STAMP THE APPOINTMENT OF BILL ENGLISH AS PRIME MINISTER, MRS BENNETT AS HIS DEPUTY, AND THEN WAIT FOR A CABINET RESHUFFLE. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE RECAPS AN EVENTFUL FEW DAYS. MY DECISION TO STEP DOWN AS LEADER OF THE NATIONAL PARTY AND AS PRIME MINISTER. THEY SAY A WEEK IS A LONG TIME IN POLITICS. NO, I'VE CHANGED MY MIND. NO, I DON'T I'M ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT I WILL. BE PUTTING MY NAME FORWARD. BILL ENGLISH, JUDITH COLLINS AND JONATHAN COLEMAN SLUGGED IT OUT TO BE THE NEXT PRIME MINSTER. HE HAS WON. THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER OF NZ, BILL ENGLISH. THEN, THE RACE TO BE BILL ENGLISH'S DEPUTY. I'M QUIETLY CONFIDENT. LOOK, IT'S GONNA BE A TOUGH CONTEST. TODAY, SIMON BRIDGES WAS ON HIS BIKE, CONCEDING TO PAULA BENNETT. I HAD OVER A THIRD OF THE SUPPORT, BUT I CAN COUNT ` A THIRD AIN'T HALF. HE WAS ABSOLUTELY A CONTENDER. THE CONTESTS WERE SPARKED BECAUSE NATIONAL'S BACK-BENCH MPS FELT MINISTERS HAD TOO MUCH POWER. THEY WANTED NEW FACES IN CABINET AND MORE OF A SAY IN POLICY DECISIONS. WE CAN'T JUST BE ANOTHER JOHN KEY GOVERNMENT WITHOUT JOHN KEY. IN THE END, MRS BENNETT WON THEM OVER. WE NEED TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT HOW WE WORK WITH THE BACK BENCH. A FORMER TEENAGE MUM, MRS BENNETT ENTERED PARLIAMENT IN 2005. SHE WAS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER BEFORE TAKING OVER THE SOCIAL HOUSING PORTFOLIO. WHEN I WAS A 17-YEAR-OLD SOLO MUM HOLDING A BABY BY MYSELF, I DIDN'T REALLY QUITE THINK THAT I WOULD END UP AS THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. SHE'LL BE SWORN IN ON MONDAY ALONGSIDE BILL ENGLISH, BUT SHE'S TAKING NOTHING FOR GRANTED. I SUPPOSE I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF MYSELF, YOU KNOW? THE CAUCUS MAKES ITS DECISION ON MONDAY. IN A STATEMENT, HER NEW BOSS SAID THIS... IT'S BEEN AN EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER, THAT'S FOR SURE. AND IT HAS BEEN A LONG WEEK. AND ANOTHER BIG WEEK IN POLITICS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK, WHEN THE PARTY HAS TO FALL IN BEHIND THE NEW LEADERSHIP. ANDREA JOINS US NOW FROM WELLINGTON. SO THE QUESTION IS WILL ALL THOSE BACK BENCHERS INDEED GET IN BEHIND? National Mps are pragmatic. They know they must show a united front to the voters, The media and the opposition party before the election next year. But not everything is rosy. Paula Bennett was judged the best candidate And is one of the best communicators in parliament, But there are lingering doubt among the backbenchers About whether those people are listening to what they have to say. Next week when he reshuffles, Bill English will have to shake things up, Promote some Mps up through the ranks, Instead of moving everyone up one place. On Monday when Paula Bennett and Bill English are anointed by the caucus, It'll be all smiles for the camera, But still talking behind-the-scenes to be done. UPPER HUTT POLICE HAVE APPEALED TO A GROUP OF MEN SEEN FLEEING A HOUSE WHERE A WOMAN'S BODY WAS FOUND TO CONTACT THEM. A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED AFTER A 30-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS KILLED INSIDE HER HOME ON WARD ST LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY SCREAMS WERE HEARD JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THREE OR FOUR MEN WERE SEEN RUNNING FROM THE PROPERTY SOON AFTER. THE TEAM OF 20 INVESTIGATORS HAVE RECOVERED A WEAPON THAT IS NOT A FIREARM. WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING WELFARE AND SUPPORT TO THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIM IN THIS TOUGH TIME. IT'S CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS, AND THEY'VE LOST A LOVED ONE, AND WE'RE DETERMINED TO EFFECTIVELY RESOLVE THIS FOR THEM. THE VICTIM'S NAME IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED TOMORROW AFTER HER FAMILY HAS BEEN CONTACTED OVERSEAS. A MAN (19) HAS DIED AFTER GETTING INTO DIFFICULTIES WHILE SWIMMING IN THE KAWARAU RIVER IN THE SOUTH ISLAND THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER PERSON, WHO WAS ALSO IN DIFFICULTY, MADE IT SAFELY TO SHORE. THE AREA OFF CAIRNMUIR RD, NEAR CROMWELL, IS POPULAR FOR SWIMMING. WEATHER CONDITIONS DON'T APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN A FACTOR. SIX WEEKS AFTER FOUR PEOPLE DIED AT DREAMWORLD, THE GOLD COAST THEME PARK HAS REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC. NZER CINDY LOW WAS ONE OF THOSE KILLED IN THE HORRIFIC ACCIDENT, WHICH LEFT THE FUTURE OF THE TOURIST ATTRACTION IN DOUBT. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS REPORTS. WITH THE OPENING OF THE GATES, DREAMWORLD BOSSES CLAIMED TODAY WAS ABOUT SHOWING THE LOVE. JUST AWESOME! WE LOVE THE PLACE! DREAM WORLD'S THE BEST. THE MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTION'S BEEN PART OF THE FABRIC OF THE GOLD COAST COMMUNITY FOR 35 YEARS ` THE BIGGEST THEME PARK IN AUSTRALIA. WE'VE GOT PHOTOS OF WHEN I WAS, I DUNNO, TEN, COMING HERE FROM NZ. WE LOVE IT. WE'RE HERE ALL THE TIME. THIS IS OUR SECOND HOME. TODAY THE SMILES OF DREAMWORLD STAFF SIT ATOP HEAVY HEARTS. WE'RE PLEASED TO BE REOPENING OUR DOORS, BUT OUR HEARTS AND THOUGHTS REMAIN FIRMLY WITH THE FAMILIES WHO LOST LOVED ONES IN THE TRAGIC ACCIDENT ON THE 25TH OF OCTOBER. MORE THAN SIX WEEKS AGO, SYDNEY-BASED NZER CINDY LOW WAS ONE OF FOUR ADULTS SHOCKINGLY KILLED WHEN THE 'FAMILY FRIENDLY' THUNDER RIVER RAPIDS RIDE SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED. THAT RIDES BEEN PERMANENTLY DECOMMISSIONED. AND WITH SAFETY INSPECTIONS ONGOING, AT LEAST TWELVE ATTRACTIONS REMAIN CLOSED. BUT AS THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AND TOURIST SEASON LOOM, THE WHITE-WATER WORLD AND THE WILDLIFE PARK ARE BACK. EVERY SINGLE ATTRACTION OPEN TODAY HAS BEEN PASSED BY AN UNPRECEDENTED MULTILEVEL SAFETY REVIEW. DREAMWORLD PARENT COMPANY 'ARDENT LEISURE' IS FACING FIERCE CRITICISM OVER ITS HANDLING OF THE TRAGEDY. AND AS MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE, IT COULD STILL BE HELD CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE. THE PARK ATTRACTS NEARLY 2 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR, BUT AS IT HIT RESTART, NUMBERS WERE NOTICEABLY LOW. AND TODAY ARDENT LEISURE'S CEO, DEB THOMAS, WAS ON THE FRONT LINE, WELCOMING PEOPLE BACK. GET BEHIND THEM, GOLD COAST, AND COME AND SEE DREAMWORLD. SUPPORT YOUR LOCALS. DREAMWORLD SAYS ALL MONEY MADE THIS WEEKEND WILL GO TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THE TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT THE ICONIC PARK. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, 1 NEWS, SYDNEY. A NZ WOMAN HAS BEEN KILLED AND TWO OTHERS SERIOUSLY INJURED ON A CONTIKI TOUR IN INDONESIA. THEIR VAN WENT OVER A CLIFF ON THE ISLAND OF LOMBOK, ROLLING SEVERAL TIMES. AMONG THE INJURED ` ABBEY MOORE (29) WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS, BREAKING SEVERAL BONES. THE NAME OF THE VICTIM, REPORTED TO BE A CONTIKI EMPLOYEE, IS YET TO BE RELEASED. AN APPLICATION IN TO THE ENVIRONMENT COURT IS PUTTING A FOCUS ON INTENSIFIED FARMING IN THE SPECTACULAR MACKENZIE COUNTRY OF THE CENTRAL SOUTH ISLAND. IT COMES AMID CLAIMS DEVELOPERS ARE RUSHING APPLICATIONS THROUGH TO AVOID TIGHTER RULES IN THE PIPELINE. MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. GLIDER PILOT GAVIN WILLS HAS HAD A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF CHANGES TO THE MACKENZIE COUNTRY LANDSCAPE IN RECENT YEARS. AT GROUND LEVEL, HE'S ALSO NOTICING NEW THINGS. HE SAYS THE OMARAMA STREAM WAS ONCE GIN CLEAR, BUT NOW IT'S DISCOLOURED. AND HE'S SEEING FOAM HE THINKS IS LINKED TO INCREASES IN NITRATES AND PHOSPHATES FROM INTENSIFIED FARMING. THIS STREAM IS ONE OF THE LAST IN CANTERBURY THAT'S A FREE FLOWING STREAM, AND MAY WELL BECOME ANOTHER AGRICULTURAL DRAIN. HE SUPPORTS AN APPLICATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT COURT, FILED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY, QUESTIONING THE ISSUING OF CONSENTS. A FORMER DISTRICT MAYOR BELIEVES A NINE-YEAR BUREAUCRATIC BACK-AND-FORTH OVER CHANGES TO THE DISTRICT PLAN IS AFFECTING THE CONSENT PROCESS. OPPONENTS CLAIM DEVELOPERS ARE RUSHING THROUGH CONSENTS BEFORE ANY SERIOUS RESTRICTIONS COME INTO EFFECT. IT HAS CREATED A BIT OF A LOOPHOLE, AND, JUST FROM MY OWN OBSERVATIONS, I SEE IN THE BASIN OVER THE LAST, I'D SAY, TWO YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE UTILISED THAT WEE LOOPHOLE. FARMERS WE SPOKE TO SAY THEY RISK GOING BROKE IF THEY DON'T INTENSIFY. WITHOUT IRRIGATION, THIS LAND IS REALLY PRONE TO EROSION. AND AT THE MOMENT IT'S JUST GROWING HERACIUM, WHICH IS A WEED. BUT ADD WATER AND THE LAND BECOMES PRODUCTIVE AND VIABLE FOR FARMERS TO LIVE OFF. ONE FARMER TOLD US IRRIGATED LAND SUPPORTS MORE THAN 10 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF STOCK NON-IRRIGATED LAND CAN COPE WITH. BUT GAVIN WILLS WONDERS WHETHER THAT COMES AT AN IRREVERSIBLE COST TO OTHERS WHO VALUE NZ'S CLEAN, GREEN IMAGE. IT'S LIKE THE HORSE HAS BOLTED, AND NOW WE'RE SEEING THE CHANGES IN THE RIVER WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING WHERE IT'S GONNA END UP. THE MACKENZIE DISTRICT COUNCIL DECLINED TO COMMENT WITH THE MATTER BEING BEFORE THE COURT. HEARINGS BEGIN NEXT WEEK. MARK HATHAWAY, 1 NEWS. JOSEPH PARKER'S BIG MOMENT IS FINALLY AT HAND. AFTER A LONG BUILD-UP, THE HEAVYWEIGHT'S SHOT AT A WORLD TITLE IS HERE. ANDREW SAVILLE JOINS US NOW FROM AUCKLAND'S VECTOR ARENA, WHERE PARKER WILL TAKE ON MEXICAN ANDY RUIZ. I suppose we could say this is the relative calm before the heavyweight storm tonight. A lot of corporate guests are here on the floor. The general public are in the upper tiers here at Victor Arena. The majority of the 10,000 strong crowd are here to support Joseph Parker And possibly see a slice of New Zealand sporting history. Sue Graham Henry is here, outgoing Prime Minister John Key, current All Blacks Sevens current Warriors players. Everyone is here for the boxing tonight. Joseph Parker was hit in the arena earlier today to go through his ring walk Accompanied by the Phil Collins classic in the air tonight. more on the boxing coming your way in sport. THE RECENT EARTHQUAKES HAVE HAD A MARKED IMPACT ON WELLINGTON SHOPPERS WITH MANY RELUCTANT TO HEAD INTO TOWN, SO THE CITY MADE A SPECIAL EFFORT THIS WEEKEND TO PULL IN THE CROWDS AND GET THE VITAL CHRISTMAS RUSH GOING. AS RYAN BOSWELL REPORTS, RETAILERS ARE HOPING THINGS ARE NOW BACK ON TRACK. THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS SPILLING OUT ON TO WELLINGTON'S LAMBTON QUAY, ALL HOPING TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE BIG GUY IN RED. UM, SANTA. AH, SANTA. SANTA CLAUS. THOUSANDS CAUGHT UP IN THE EXCITEMENT, EVEN THIS FAMOUS FACE. IT'S JUST WHAT MANY IN RETAIL WERE HOPING FOR AFTER THE RECENT SHAKE LEFT PARTS OF CITY SHUT AND KEPT SHOPPERS AWAY. OBVIOUSLY THE EARTHQUAKE IN NZ HAS AFFECTED WELLINGTON BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITIES. FOR SOME SHOPS, THE FOUR WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS CAN BRING IN UP TO 80% OF THEIR ANNUAL REVENUE. THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'VE DECIDED TO CLOSE OFF LAMBTON QUAY. WE'LL SEE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY CHECKING OUT THE STORES. KIDS LIKE THE IDEA,... CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. ...BUT FOR SOME PARENTS... SO, WE'VE GOT FOUR KIDS, (LAUGHS) SO WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE. YOU MUST START EARLY. OH, YEP, OCTOBER. (LAUGHS) PARTS OF THE CENTRAL CITY REMAIN OFF LIMITS. FOR THOSE BUSINESSES THAT AREN'T, THEY WANT SANTA'S HELPERS TO KNOW THEY'RE OPEN AND READY FOR THE FESTIVE CHEER. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. HE'S KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD FOR HIS OVERNIGHT GRAFFITI, HIS POLITICAL VIEWS AND HIS CLEVERLY CONCEALED IDENTITY. SO WHEN WORKS APPARENTLY SIGNED BY BANKSY STARTED SHOWING UP IN TAURANGA, WE SENT SAM KELWAY TO INVESTIGATE. WE JUST DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'VE COME FROM. AN ART MYSTERY AND A SEARCH FOR A STREET ARTIST WHO'S DANCED IN THE SHADOWS FOR DECADES. HE'S A MYSTERIOUS MAN, ISN'T HE? THE ARTWORKS APPEARED OVERNIGHT. AND ALTHOUGH NO ONE'S CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM YET, THEY HAVE CAUSED QUITE A STIR IN THE CITY. I THINK EVERYONE'S BEEN WONDERING, 'WHERE'S BANKSY?' HEAPS ARE TALKING ABOUT IT. WE'VE HAD ` I'M NOT EVEN JOKING ` ABOUT 50 PEOPLE JUST COMING DOWN LOOKING AT IT ALL THE TIME. THERE ARE AT LEAST FIVE PIECES SOME LOCALS BELIEVE ARE BANKSY'S, BUT NO ONE SAW ANYTHING. NO ONE HEARD ANYTHING. NO ONE KNOWS HOW THEY GOT THERE. THERE WERE TWO PIECES OF ARTWORK THAT WENT ROUND THE CORNER ON MY BUILDING. THERE ARE SOME SUSPECTS. ALL OUR CUSTOMERS ARE SUSPICIOUS-LOOKING (LAUGHS) LAUGHTER JUST JOKING. ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL STREET ARTISTS IN THE WORLD, BANKSY'S ALSO A POLITICAL ACTIVIST AND FILM DIRECTOR. AN EXHIBITION FEATURING THE ARTIST WILL BE HELD IN TAURANGA NEXT YEAR. THE COUNCIL HAS NOT COMMISSIONED THIS ARTWORK, BUT IT IS WONDERFUL. A REPRESENTATIVE HAS REPORTEDLY TOLD THE COUNCIL BANKSY ISN'T IN THE COUNTRY. BUT IF THE ARTIST IS IN TOWN ON HOLIDAY AND WANTS TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US ANONYMOUSLY, WE'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THAT ARTIST. WHETHER IT'S A HOAX OR NOT, IT'S CERTAINLY CAPTURED THE CITY'S ATTENTION. REGARDLESS, I MEAN, IF THEY'RE PROVIDING DECENT ARTWORK TO TAURANGA, THEN BRING IT ON. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. COMING UP ` THE TRUE EXTENT OF RUSSIA'S OLYMPIC DOPING SCANDAL HAS BEEN REVEALED, WITH CLAIMS THE GOVERNMENT HELPED COVER UP 1000 DRUG CHEATS FROM THIRTY SPORTS. SO HOW'S RUSSIA RESPONDED TODAY? WE'LL TAKE YOU INSIDE THE REVOLUTIONARY BRAIN SURGERY WITH A KEY DIFFERENCE ` THERE'S NOT A SINGLE SURGEON OR SCALPEL INVOLVED. THAT'S COMING UP. AND THE STEELY-EYED STAR OF THE SILVER SCREEN REACHES A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE. WE LOOK BACK AT THE CAREER OF KIRK DOUGLAS. RUSSIA HAS DISMISSED A REPORT INTO ITS LARGE-SCALE, STATE-SPONSORED DOPING OF OLYMPIC ATHLETES AS LIES AND RUMOUR. AN INVESTIGATION BY THE WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY FOUND MORE THAN 1000 RUSSIANS AT THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS AND THE 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS IN SOCHI HAD DRUG SAMPLE RESULTS COVERED UP. THE BBC'S DAN ROAN HAS MORE. WE KNEW IT WAS BAD; TODAY WE FOUND OUT JUST HOW BAD. LAID BARE HOW RUSSIA CHEATED AT SPORT, FROM LONDON 2012 THROUGH TO SOCHI 2014 AND BEYOND. BOTH SUMMER AND WINTER SPORTS CORRUPTED ACROSS A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD. CANADIAN LAW PROFESSOR RICHARD MCLAREN TODAY REVEALED THE FULL DAMNING FINDINGS OF HIS INVESTIGATION INTO AN AUDACIOUS, STATE-SPONSORED DOPING PROGRAMME OF BREATHTAKING PROPORTIONS. THE CONSPIRACY WAS PERPETRATED FROM AT LEAST 2011 TO 2015. OVER 1000 RUSSIAN ATHLETES COMPETING IN SUMMER, WINTER AND PARALYMPIC SPORT CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS BEING INVOLVED IN OR BENEFITTING FROM MANIPULATION TO CONCEAL POSITIVE DOPING TESTS. THE SCANDAL BEGAN IN MAY WITH THE SHOCK REVELATIONS OF THIS MAN, GRIGORY RODCHENKOV, THE FORMER HEAD OF MOSCOW'S ANTI-DOPING LAB TURNED WHISTLE-BLOWER. TODAY CAME MORE GRIM DETAILS OF THE PLOT, BACKED UP BY A VAST DATABASE OF EVIDENCE ` SCRATCHES ON THE CAPS OF SAMPLE BOTTLES FROM A THIN STRIP OF METAL USED TO OPEN THEM; AND FURTHER PROOF OF TAMPERING ` INSTANT COFFEE GRANULES ADDED TO CLEAN URINE SAMPLES; SALT LEVELS DESCRIBED AS PHYSIOLOGICALLY IMPOSSIBLE; AND TWO FEMALE ICE HOCKEY PLAYERS WITH MALE DNA IN THEIR SAMPLES. SOME CRITICS WILL NOW WANT RUSSIA BANNED FROM THE NEXT WINTER GAMES, OR FOR THEM TO BE STRIPPED OF HOSTING FOOTBALL'S NEXT WORLD CUP. HERE AT THIS ICE HOCKEY MATCH IN MOSCOW TODAY, HOWEVER, THE MOOD WAS DEFIANT. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) TRANSLATOR: SOME PEOPLE TAKE BANNED SUBSTANCES LEGALLY, AND THEY'RE NOT PUNISHED. OTHERS ARE STRIPPED OF THEIR MEDALS EVEN IF WHAT THEY ARE ACCUSED OF HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO OR HAS NEVER BEEN PROVED. IT'S ALL POLITICAL. THE RUSSIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE'S ANNUAL BALL IN MOSCOW THIS WEEK, A DISPLAY OF STRENGTH AND OF PRIDE. TONIGHT, HOWEVER, THE COUNTRY RISKS SPORTING ISOLATION LIKE NEVER BEFORE. THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE SAYS IT WILL RE-TEST EVERY RUSSIAN SAMPLE FROM THE SOCHI GAMES. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS ORDERED AN INVESTIGATION INTO A SERIES OF CYBER ATTACKS DURING THE US ELECTION CAMPAIGN. 17 US INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES BLAMED RUSSIA FOR THE HACKS, WHICH TARGETED EMAILS FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN. PRESIDENT OBAMA WANTS THE REPORT BEFORE HE LEAVES OFFICE. PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP SAID THIS WEEK HE DOESN'T BELIEVE RUSSIA INTERFERED IN THE US ELECTION. THE FULL SCALE OF THE INQUIRY INTO CHILD ABUSE AT BRITISH FOOTBALL CLUBS IS BEING REVEALED, WITH 83 SUSPECTS AT 98 CLUBS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION. IN LESS THAN THREE WEEKS SINCE THE FIRST CLAIMS WERE MADE, POLICE SAY OF THE 350 ALLEGED VICTIMS WHO HAVE COME FORWARD, 98% ARE MALE. THE INVESTIGATION SPANS ALL LEVELS OF THE SPORT IN THE UK, FROM THE TOP FLIGHT THROUGH TO AMATEUR TEAMS. DOCTORS IN LONDON HAVE PERFORMED BRAIN SURGERY WITHOUT SCALPELS. INSTEAD THEY'VE BEEN USING JUST SOUND WAVES. THE PIONEERING TREATMENT ON A PATIENT WITH UNCONTROLLABLE TREMORS COULD BE USED TO HELP THOSE WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE. THE BBC'S FERGUS WALSH HAS MORE. OVER THE PAST 17 YEARS, IT'S JUST GOT WORSE AND WORSE. SELWYN LUCAS IS A PAINTER AND DECORATOR, BUT HIS JOB IS BEING MADE INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT BY THIS ` AN UNCONTROLLABLE TREMOR IN HIS RIGHT HAND. THE SHAKING IS CAUSED BY A MIS-TIMING OF THE ELECTRICAL SIGNALS, THE COMMANDS, SENT FROM THE BRAIN TO THE MUSCLES IN THE HAND. EARLY MORNING AT ST MARY'S HOSPITAL IN LONDON, AND SELWYN IS BEING PREPARED FOR DEEP BRAIN SURGERY. BUT THIS RAZOR IS THE ONLY BLADE THAT WILL BE USED TODAY. THIS FRAME WILL ENSURE HIS HEAD IS KEPT COMPLETELY STILL DURING SURGERY ONCE IT IS PLACED INSIDE THIS MACHINE ` THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE UK ` WHICH OPERATES USING SOUND WAVES. IT WORKS LIKE THIS. THE DEVICE HAS MORE THAN 1000 ULTRASOUND BEAMS. WHEN FOCUSED ON A SINGLE POINT, THEY GENERATE ENOUGH HEAT TO DESTROY TISSUE. THE TARGET IS A TINY POINT AT THE BASE OF THE BRAIN WHICH IS CAUSING THE FAULTY SIGNALS WHICH TRIGGER THE TREMORS. AND THE RESULT ` REMARKABLE. THE TREMORS HAVE GONE. HIS RIGHT HAND IS STEADY, AND THIS IS A PERMANENT FIX. DOCTORS BELIEVE ULTRASOUND SURGERY COULD TREAT OTHER CONDITIONS. IT COULD HELP INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS IN PARKINSON'S, AND IT COULD HELP TREMOR IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, AS WELL AS OTHER NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EMANATING FROM THE BRAIN. SEVEN, SIX, FIVE... THIS WAS SELWYN BEFORE TREATMENT. AND AFTER. SELWYN'S TREATMENT IS PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL TRIAL. ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED NEXT YEAR, THERE'S LIKELY TO BE HUGE DEMAND FOR THIS PIONEERING SURGERY. THE TREATMENT CAN BE PERFORMED IN A HOSPITAL'S IMAGING DEPARTMENT RATHER THAN AN OPERATING THEATRE, AND DOESN'T INVOLVE SURGEONS. ONE OF THE LAST SURVIVING STARS OF HOLLYWOOD'S GOLDEN AGE, ACTOR KIRK DOUGLAS, HAS TURNED 100. APPEARING IN MORE THAN 90 FILMS IN A CAREER SPANNING SEVEN DECADES, HE'S PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE IN SPARTACUS. I'M SPARTACUS! I'M SPARTACUS! THE STAR SAYS HIS LOVE FOR HIS WIFE OF 62 YEARS, ANNE, IS THE SECRET TO HIS LONGEVITY. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAYS WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS, AND WET BUT NOT COLD TODAY? YES PETE, TEMPERATURES WERE BETWEEN TENS AND HIGH TWENTIES PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE TODAY, SO ALTHOUGH IT WAS RAINING, AT LEAST IT WASN'T COLD AS WELL. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND I'LL BE BACK WITH SHOWERS FOR MANY ON SUNDAY RIGHT AFTER SPORT. SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ` NEXT UP ` PRINCE ANDREW'S RARE MOVE TO SPEAK OUT AFTER ALLEGATIONS OF A RIFT IN THE ROYAL FAMILY. AND THESE INMATES ARE ON THE RUN, BUT IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK. HOW A SPECIAL DELIVERY'S MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE FOR PRISONERS GETTING BACK ON TRACK. Your reward points can be a passport to travel, but when you try to use them, you may find they don't all go the distance. For example, the same number of membership rewards points from American Express that will get you to a ball game in LA... ..may only gets you part way with other cards. Just part of the altogether more rewarding service we deliver daily. American Express. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` PAULA BENNETT WILL BE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AFTER RIVAL SIMON BRIDGES DROPPED OUT OF THE CONTEST. SHE'LL BE SWORN IN ON MONDAY ALONGSIDE NEW PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH. POLICE WANT TO HEAR FROM THREE OR FOUR MEN WHO WERE SEEN RUNNING FROM AN UPPER HUTT HOME WHERE A WOMAN WAS KILLED. THE 30-YEAR-OLD'S NAME IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED TOMORROW AFTER HER OVERSEAS FAMILY HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PRINCE ANDREW HAS DENIED THERE'S A RIFT IN THE ROYAL FAMILY OVER THE FUTURE ROLES OF HIS DAUGHTERS, PRINCESSES EUGENIE AND BEATRICE. THE DUKE OF YORK PUT OUT A RARE STATEMENT SAYING NEWSPAPER REPORTS THAT HE WANTED THE FUTURE HUSBANDS OF THE PRINCESSES TO HAVE THE TITLE OF EARL WERE A 'COMPLETE FABRICATION'. THERE'VE BEEN CLAIMS OF TENSION BETWEEN PRINCE ANDREW AND PRINCE CHARLES OVER HIS REPORTED WISH FOR HIS DAUGHTERS TO BE GIVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT ROLES IN THE ROYAL FAMILY. RUPERT MURDOCH'S COMPANY 21ST CENTURY FOX HAS MADE A TAKEOVER BID FOR BRITISH BROADCASTER SKY FIVE YEARS AFTER A POLITICAL SCANDAL WRECKED A PREVIOUS DEAL. ONE OF THE MEDIA TYCOON'S PAPERS, 'NEWS OF THE WORLD', WAS AT THE CENTRE OF PHONE-HACKING REVELATIONS BACK IN 2011, FORCING MURDOCH TO ABANDON THE BID. TODAY 21ST CENTURY FOX OWNS 39% OF SKY, BUT HAS OFFERED TO PAY MORE THAN $19B FOR THE REST OF THE COMPANY. BACK IN OCTOBER WE WENT BEHIND BARS IN CHRISTCHURCH TO MEET YOUNG PRISONERS STRIVING FOR A BRONZE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD ` A PROGRAMME THAT INCLUDES MANY PHYSICAL CHALLENGES. BUT WHEN 1 NEWS VIEWERS NOTICED THE TEENS WERE RUNNING IN JANDALS, HUNDREDS OF PAIRS WERE DONATED, AS LISA DAVIES REPORTS. THEY NEVER THOUGHT THIS WOULD HAPPEN... RIGHTY-O, LADS. THE SHOES HAVE ARRIVED. ...BECAUSE THINGS LIKE THIS DON'T TEND TO HAPPEN IN PRISON. DO YOU WANT THE BLACK ONES? YUP. WELL OVER 100 PAIRS FLOODING IN SO SOME OF THE PRISONERS WORKING TOWARDS THEIR DUKE OF ED DON'T HAVE TO RUN IN JANDALS ANY MORE. THE SHOES HAVE HELPED BIG TIME, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DONATING THE SHOES. IT'S WELL DESIRED. COME ON, LADS. ARE WE OFF? YEAH. TIME TO TRY THEM OUT. THE SPEED MACHINE. JUST SO I CAN KEEP UP WITH THEM. THEY'RE ONLY TEENAGERS. DON'T YOU RUN? (LAUGHS) WHY NOT, ANDY? COS I'VE GOT THAT KIND OF FIGURE THAT'S, UH, TOO FAST. LAUGHTER SINCE THE SHOES ARRIVED,... # I'M A WORKING LAD FROM LANCASHIRE, AND I NEED A CHIPPY TEA. # ...EVEN MORE PRISONERS ARE GETTING OUT, RUNNING BENEATH THE RAZOR WIRE. YOU'VE BROKEN A RECORD IN HERE, I UNDERSTAND? UH, COMPLETING 11 LAPS, WHICH IS 24.2 K. ON A LONG LIST OF DRUGS LIKE CRACK AND METH SINCE HE WAS 10, THESE SHOES SENT IN ESPECIALLY FOR HIM HAVE MOTIVATED THE TEENAGER TO CHANGE EVEN MORE. I'D LIKE TO THANK SUE FOR DONATING THESE` I GOT SOME ASICS AND ALL THAT. I REALLY THANK HER. SOME PEOPLE, WHEN THEY SAW OUR STORY, SAID THAT GUYS ON THE INSIDE DON'T DESERVE TO BE GIVEN SHOES. BUT WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? NAH, I THINK THAT'S WRONG, YOU KNOW? SOME OF US BOYS ARE TRYING TO CHANGE. HE'S ALMOST COMPLETED HIS SILVER AWARD NOW. WHEN I GO BACK OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND I'M ALL SORTED OFF MY PAROLE, I'M GONNA GO FOR MY GOLD. A LOT OF LADS COME FROM A BACKGROUND THAT WE CAN'T RELATE TO. THEY'RE NOT HERE TO BE PUNISHED. PUNISHMENT IS BEING HERE. SO THAT'S THE WAY HE KINDA WORK, AND WE'RE JUST TRYNA MAKE THEM BETTER PEOPLE. IT'S PROOF THAT PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE CARING... SEE, THEY'VE SEEN THIS, THEY MIGHT EVEN SEND IN CHIPS. (LAUGHS) ...CAN MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE HERE ON THE INSIDE. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. JENNY-MAY'S NEXT WITH SPORT. JOSEPH PARKER'S TIME IS NEAR. YES, ALL OF THE PRE-HYPE BUILD-UP IS OVER. NOW IT'S DOWN TO BUSINESS. JO INVITES YOU INTO THIS MORNING'S VENUE INSPECTION AT VECTOR ARENA. # I CAN FEEL IT JUST QUIETLY, HE'S FEELING GOOD AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S WORLD TITLE FIGHT. EXPOSED AGAIN. THE BLACK CAPS MIDDLE ORDER CRUMBLE AGAINST AUS IN THE THIRD ODI. STEVIE STUART HAS THE MELBOURNE MELTDOWN NEXT. BUT IT'S OK ` STEVEN ADAMS IS FLYING THE KIWI FLAG, LANDING A CAREER HIGH IN THE NBA. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. JOSEPH PARKER IS JUST HOURS AWAY FROM THE BIGGEST FIGHT OF HIS YOUNG PROFESSIONAL BOXING CAREER. THE UNDEFEATED 24-YEAR-OLD FROM SOUTH AUCKLAND TAKES ON AMERICAN-MEXICAN ANDY RUIZ, JR FOR THE VACANT WBO WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE. IN AMONGST IT ALL AT VECTOR ARENA ` ANDREW SAVILLE. AS FAR AS ATMOSPHERE IS CONCERNED, YOU CAN'T GO PAST AN ALL BLACKS TEST NEXT DOOR, THE VENUE IS ONLY � TO 1/3 FULL AT THE MOMENT. FOUR OR FIVE HOURS UNTIL THEY STEP INTO THE RING. THERE'S ALSO AN EDGINESS WHEN IT COMES TO BOXING. THERE'S A LOT ON THE LINE TONIGHT. JOSEPH PARKER WAS IN AN EMPTY VECTOR ARENA EARLIER TODAY GIVING US AN INSIGHT INTO TONIGHT'S RING WALK. # I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT FOR ALL MY LIFE. # IMAGINE THE GOOSEBUMPS IT'LL GIVE EVERYONE ELSE TONIGHT. IT'S GONNE BE ELECTRIC, IT'S GONNA BE ON FIRE; IT'S READY TO GO. FOR PARKER, IT'S A CULMINATION OF 20 YEARS IN THE GAME, FROM A BABY-FACED JUNIOR CHAMPION FILLING OUT TO A MAN ON THE VERGE OF THE TOP ECHELON OF HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING. FOR HIS TRAINER, IT'S A LONG COMEBACK AFTER THE DAVID TUA FALLOUT OVER A DECADE AGO. WE CAN FEEL THE ENERGY FROM THE CROWD WHEN THIS PLACE IS FULL WITH 10,000 PEOPLE; IT'S GONNA BE UPLIFTING. FOR JOSEPH PARKER'S PROMOTERS, IT'S ALL ON THE LINE TONIGHT AS WELL. LOOK, WE SAT DOWN, ME AND HIM THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, AND SAID, 'HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD.' THREE AND HALF YEARS LATER, WE'RE HERE. THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. YES, VERY RELAXED, WE'RE USED TO IT, NOT OUR FIRST RODEO. SO, HOW WILL THE KIWI WIN TONIGHT? A MAN WHO'S BEEN AROUND BOXING ALL OF HIS LIFE IS NELSON'S BARRY GALBRAITH, A SIX-TIME NZ CHAMPION. I THINK JOSEPH NEEDS TO FIGHT FROM THE OUTSIDE. I THINK HE'S GOT A REACH AND HEIGHT ADVANTAGE, AND RUIZ IS GONNA MAKE THE FIGHT. HE'S GONNA COME INTO JOE, SO, YOU KNOW, JOE HOPEFULLY CAN COUNTER AND CATCH HIM ON THE WAY IN. GALBRAITH FOUGHT FOR NZ UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF OLYMPIC COACH THE LATE KEVIN BARRY SENIOR, WHOSE SON TONIGHT WILL HAVE A MAJOR INFLUENCE. THEY BOTH HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOTIVATE YOU TO WANNA GO RUN THROUGH A BRICK WALL. I'VE NEVER SEEN A HEAVYWEIGHT, EVER, GO FROM A NOVICE FIGHT IN FOURS YEARS TO FIGHTING FOR THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD, SO IT'S, YEAH, AMAZING. ALL THE BUILD-UP AND TALK IS OVER; IT'S NOW DOWN TO JUST TWO MEN IN THE RING. IT'S NOT OFTEN WE GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO A CELEBRITY CLIFF CURTIS IS JOINING US. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR YOU TO SUPPORT PARKER? HE'S A LOVELY YOUNG MAN. I'VE MET HIM. HIM AND HIS BROTHER HAVE GREAT ATTRIBUTES. THIS IS A FIRST-TIME EVENT. YOU'VE BEEN TO GLAMOROUS EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD. WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT BOXING AND A BOXING CROWD? I'VE BEEN TO A FEW EVENTS, AND THEY WEREN'T AS CLASSY AS THIS. IT'S IMPRESSIVE. CREDIT TO THE ORGANISERS. THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. IF YOU'RE ABLE TO GIVE JOSEPH ONE PIECE OF ADVICE TONIGHT, WHAT WOULD IT BE? THINK OF YOUR FAMILY. YOU'RE ALREADY A CHAMPION. I'VE GOT GREAT FAITH IN HIM HE'S GOT EVERYTHING IT TAKES. THANKS. CLIFF CURTIS WITH US HERE. THANKS, ANDREW SAVILLE. WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN IN FIVE MINUTES. AND FROM ONE KIWI ON THE VERGE OF REALISING HIS DREAM TO ANOTHER LIVING HIS ` NBA STAR STEVEN ADAMS HAS HAD HIS BEST GAME YET FOR OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER. ADAMS WITH A CAREER HIGH 24 POINTS, COMBINING WITH SUPERSTAR TEAMMATE RUSSELL WESTBROOKE. ADAMS ON THE LOB, AND A GREAT FINISH. WESTBROOKE, ANOTHER LOB. BOY, THEY DID THE REMIX. PART 2 FOR STEVEN ADAMS. BIZARRELY, ADAMS WAS THEN BENCHED FOR ALL BUT A FEW SECONDS IN THE FINAL QUARTER. WESTBROOKE DID HIS BEST AND ALMOST MANAGED TO WIN THE GAME FOR OKC. FINAL SCORE 102-99 TO HOUSTON, SNAPPING THUNDER'S SIX-GAME WINNING STREAK. NOT SUCH A GOOD DAY FOR ANOTHER OF ROTORUA'S INTERNATIONAL SPORTING STARS ` DYLAN HARTLEY. RETURNING FROM A TRIUMPHANT ENGLAND CAMPAIGN, THE NORTHAMPTON HOOKER ONLY LASTED SIX MINUTES OFF THE BENCH FOR HIS CLUB SIDE, AFTER CLOBBERING LEINSTER LOOSE FORWARD SEAN O'BRIEN WITH A SWINGING ARM. DYLAN HARTLEY. ...THAT MAKES THE TACKLE. THAT MIGHT BE A RED CARD. THE 30-YEAR-OLD HAS ALREADY ACCUMULATED 54 WEEKS OF BANS. AND, GIVEN THAT, HISTORY MUST BE IN DOUBT FOR THE START OF THE SIX NATIONS. LOOK AT EDDIE JONES. I THINK THAT'S JUST MADE HIS CHRISTMAS. HARTLEY MISSED THE 2013 LIONS TOUR OF AUSTRALIA AFTER ONE OF HIS LENGTHY SUSPENSIONS. AUSTRALIAN CRICKET HAS ITS SWAGGER BACK AFTER CONSIGNING THE BLACKCAPS TO THE BIGGEST LOSS OF THE ONE-DAY SERIES ACROSS THE TASMAN. THE KIWIS WERE LOOKING TO SALVAGE SOMETHING IN THE DEAD RUBBER, BUT INSTEAD THEIR INEPT MIDDLE ORDER BATTING WAS AGAIN HORRIBLY EXPOSED. HERE'S STEPHEN STUART WITH THE MELBOURNE MELTDOWN. OH! AND WHAT A WAY TO FINISH! ALSO IN AUSTRALIANS HANDS, THE CHAPPELL-HADLEE TROPHY ` SOME COMEBACK AFTER THEY WERE FLOGGED 5-0 IN THE RECENT ONE-DAY SERIES IN SOUTH AFRICA. NZ BOWLED MUCH BETTER IN MELBOURNE LAST NIGHT, WELL, EXCEPT TO DAVE WARNER, WHO POSTED HIS FIRST ONE-DAY TON AT MCG ON HIS WAY TO SCORING MORE RUNS THAN THE BLACKCAPS COMBINED. MIND YOU, HE DID BAT THE WHOLE INNINGS. AND HE DOES SO. LOOK, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE WICKETS THAT IT WAS TOO PACED. IT WAS HARD TO GET USED TO AT THE START. STILL, 265 LOOKED POSSIBLE THE WAY TOM LATHAM AND MARTIN GUPTILL STARTED, HOPING TO ERASE MEMORIES OF THE 2015 WORLD CUP FINAL TROUNCING AT THIS GROUND. BUT LOSING GUPTILL TO A PART-TIME SPINNER SLOWED THE MOMENTUM. THREE WICKETS FOR JUST NINE RUNS, PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON A MIDDLE ORDER THAT SIMPLY HAD NO ANSWER TO AUSTRALIA. BJ WATLING, THE TWO COLINS ` DE GRANDHOMME AND MUNRO ` AND MITCHELL SANTNER ONLY AMASSED 157 RUNS IN THE SERIES; THAT'S JUST ONE MORE THAN WARNER WALLOPED LAST NIGHT ALONE. YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE WERE TOO SMART WITH THE BAT TODAY, WHICH WAS QUITE DISAPPOINTING. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT WASN'T AN EASY SURFACE. FOR THE THIRD MATCH IN A ROW, THEY FAILED TO BAT OUT THE OVERS, WITH THE AUSSIES WINNING WITH 83 BALLS TO SPARE. THERE'S SOME PLAYERS IN THAT TEAM WHO SIMPLY AREN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR INTERNATIONAL CRICKET, SO THEY NEED TO GO BACK TO NZ AND FIND` DESPERATELY FIND THREE OR FOUR PLAYERS WHO ARE GONNA TAKE THEIR PLACES AND GIVE THEM A SHOUT AT WINNING THAT TROPHY BACK. THEY'LL BE HOPING TO SHAKE THE 'SLACK CAPS' TAG WHEN THEY HEAD HOME AND FACE MORE SUITABLE OPPOSITION ` BANGLADESH. STEPHEN STUART, 1 NEWS. EQUESTRIAN EVENTER CLARK JOHNSTONE WAS OUR BEST PERFORMER AT RIO'S OLYMPICS, BUT AN ACCIDENT HAS KEPT HIM OFF HIS HORSE SINCE THEN. THIS WEEKEND HE'S AT PUHINUI HORSE TRIALS, HELPING INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION AND SHOWING THEM THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE HOME TO DO WELL. ABBY WILSON REPORTS. CLARKE JOHNSTONE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RIDE THIS WATER JUMP, BUT HE'S MAKING SURE JACKSON BOVILL (20) KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT. FIRST COMPETITION AFTER I GOT HOME, I UNFORTUNATELY HAD QUITE A NASTY CROSS COUNTRY ACCIDENT AND BROKE MY ANKLE AND MY SHOULDER, SO I'VE BEEN UP TO VERY LITTLE SINCE THEN. THAT'S LEFT THE OLYMPIAN PLENTY OF TIME FOR COACHING. BUT IT'S NOT JUST KNOWLEDGE THE 2014 PUHINUI CHAMPION IS IMPARTING TO HIS YOUNG STUDENTS. CLARKE'S DEFINITELY A BIG ROLE MODEL FOR ME. AND SEEING HIM GO TO THE OLYMPICS AND DO SO WELL, BEING BASED FROM NZ, WAS REALLY INSPIRATIONAL TO WATCH. JOHNSTONE THE FIRST RIDER IN OVER A DECADE TO DO MOST OF HIS OLYMPIC PREPARATION AT HOME. HE USED LOCAL THREE-STAR EVENTS LIKE PUHINUI, AS WELL AS ADELAIDE'S FOUR-STAR. THE 29-YEAR-OLD FINISHED THE BEST OF THE KIWIS AT 6TH OVERALL. I FELT REALLY WELL PREPARED WHEN I GOT THERE. I WASN'T THINKING I WISH I'D DONE A BIT MORE IN EUROPE. I FELT VERY PREPARED. WHILE THERE'S NOT AN INTERNATIONAL FIELD HERE, THE SCORING IS THE SAME AROUND THE WORLD, MEANING YOU CAN TAKE YOUR MARKS AND COMPARE YOURSELF TO RIDERS INTERNATIONALLY. HAVING ELITE RIDERS HERE, THOUGH, IS EVEN BETTER. JOCK PAGET HAS ALSO JUST RELOCATED HOME, GIVING DEVELOPMENT RIDERS LIKE BOVILL MORE REASON TO STAY. IT'S REALLY INSPIRATIONAL FOR US NZ-BASED RIDERS TO THINK THAT WE CAN MAKE IT ON THE WORLD STAGE STAYING IN NZ FOR A LONGER TIME. DESPITE HIS COACH'S ADVICE, BOVILL'S WATER JUMP DIDN'T GO TO PLAN. HE WAS EVENTUALLY FORCED TO RETIRE IN THE WET CONDITIONS. PLENTY STILL TO LEARN, BUT SOME OF THE BEST FINALLY AT HOME TO LEARN IT FROM. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS. NOW BACK TO OUR BOXING MAN. ANDREW SAVILLE WITH ONE OF KEY FIGURES IN TONIGHT'S HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT. JOINING US BEFORE WE LEAVE IS KEVIN BARRY, JOSEPH'S TRAINER. HOW HAS JOSEPH BEEN TODAY? BUSINESS AS USUAL. WE HAD A TEAM BREAKFAST, WENT ROUND ALBERT PARK. HE VISUALISED THE ARENA. HE SAID HOW THE POWER OF THE CROWD WOULD BE UPLIFTING FOR HIM. FOUR OR FIVE HOURS BEFORE YOU STEP IN THE RING. WHAT'S THE PROCESS FROM HERE? WE'VE GOT MEET AND GREETS, THEN START GETTING READY., WHAT'S YOUR FINAL MESSAGE TO JOSEPH TONIGHT? I LOVE THE MAN, I'LL TELL HIM THIS IS GREAT HISTORY. WHAT WOULD YOUR DEARLY DEPARTED FATHER SAY TONIGHT? I HAD A LITTLE PRAYER BEFORE I CAME HERE TONIGHT. I PROMISED MY DAD I WOULD COACH A WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT WINNER. KEVIN BARRY WITH US HERE AT VECTOR ARENA. A MASSIVE NIGHT AHEAD, THAT'S A GIVEN. THANKS, ANDREW SAVILLE IN VECTOR ARENA. I'LL BE WATCHING THE FIGHT TONIGHT TOO. RENEE'S HERE NEXT, AND SHOWERS FOR SUNDAY? YES, THE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED FRONTS WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST AS A DISTURBED SOU'WESTERLY FLOW TAKES CENTRE STAGE FOR SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. DETAILS FOR YOU NEXT. TOMORROW ON Q+A, NZ WILL HAVE A NEW PRIME MINISTER. ON MONDAY, WE'LL HAVE IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS AND ANALYSIS ON WHAT A BILL ENGLISH-LEAD GOVERNMENT WILL DO AND HOW THE LANDSCAPE OF NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION WILL CHANGE. ALL THAT AND MUCH MORE TOMORROW MORNING AT NINE, HERE ON 1. HELLO AGAIN. DRIZZLE, SHOWERS OR RAIN FALLING OVER MOST AREAS AT SOME STAGE TODAY. A RIBBON OF CLOUD STRETCHING FROM NORTHERN QUEENSLAND ACROSS THE TASMAN AND NZ DOWN INTO THE SOUTHERN OCEAN MARKS A COMPLEX TROUGH WITH EMBEDDED LOWS AND FRONTAL FEATURES. SPECKLED SHOWER CLOUD LIES OVER THE CENTRAL TASMAN SEA. A LONG, CLEAR PATCH OF SKY LIES TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF NZ THAT IS DUE TO A NARROW RIDGE. SO, THE TROUGH OVER NZ AND ASSOCIATED FRONTS WILL GET A MOVE ON OFF TO THE EAST TOMORROW AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A DISTURBED SOUTH-WESTERLY FLOW THROUGH TO MONDAY. FINE OR BECOMING FINE IN THE NORTH. RAIN CLEARING TO FINE SPELLS ABOUT CANTERBURY AND CHRISTCHURCH. SHOWERS ACROSS THE SOUTH OF THE ISLAND EASE FOR A TIME, THEN BECOME MORE FREQUENT AND HEAVY AFTER LUNCH. SOUTH-WESTERLIES STRONG IN PLACES. SHOWERS EASING THEN CLEARING TO FINE SPELLS SOUTH OF AUCKLAND FROM AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE IN THE EAST FINE SPELLS INCREASING, ALTHOUGH THERE COULD BE THE ODD AFTERNOON SHOWER WITH A SOUTHERLY CHANGE. SOUTH-WESTERLIES FRESH TO STRONG IN PLACES. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ SO UNSETTLED SKIES AHEAD. HAVE A GREAT SATURDAY NIGHT. AND THAT'S 1 NEWS THIS SATURDAY. REMEMBER, YOU CAN KEEP RIGHT UP-TO-DATE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENTS ON OUR STORIES TONIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE... FROM US, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JESSICA BOELL AND MADISON BATTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.