HELLO. ANOTHER ACTIVE FRONT HAS BROUGHT STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS TO PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, BUT NOW IT'S SLOWLY WEAKENING AS IT MOVES ITS WAY UP ACROSS CENTRAL PARTS OF NZ. WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ` THINGS ARE GONNA QUIETEN DOWN. ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. CRASHING THE DANGERS OF FALLING DEBRIS DURING AN EARTHQUAKE ` A DEADLINE'S ISSUED TO STRENGTHEN UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS. THE SOUND OF MONEY GOING DOWN THE DRAIN. WHY ARE KIWIS LOSING SO MUCH ON THE POKIES WHEN THE NUMBER OF MACHINES AND VENUES HAS DECLINED? WITH OUR RUBBISH HOLIDAY WEATHER, HOW ABOUT MOVING THE SUMMER BREAK? WE LOOK AT HOW REALISTIC THAT WOULD BE. # CLIMB THESE HILLS. I'M REACHING FOR THE HEIGHTS... # AND WILL THE OSCARS GO LA LA OVER LA LA LAND? THE NOMINATIONS ARE OUT. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. FIX IT WITHIN A YEAR OR FACE PROSECUTION ` THAT'S THE NEW ULTIMATUM FOR THE OWNERS OF OLDER BUILDINGS IN THE REGION HIT BY THE KAIKOURA EARTHQUAKE. HUNDREDS OF BUILDINGS WITH REINFORCED MASONRY, MAINLY IN WELLINGTON, WILL NOW HAVE TO BE STRENGTHENED IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. IT'S BEEN PROMPTED BY FEARS PEOPLE COULD BE KILLED IF ANOTHER BIG SHAKE HITS THE CENTRE OF THE COUNTRY. KIM SAVAGE JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM WELLINGTON'S CUBA ST. The council has moved to address some concerns. Those are the more modern midrise buildings. Now it shifting attention to older style buildings With masonry they could come down in an earthquake. The government is offering some support for those owners. 39 DEAD, VICTIMS OF FALLING MASONRY IN THE 2011 CANTERBURY QUAKE. CENTRAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY TO AVOID A REPEAT IN LIGHT OF A QUAKE RISK DEEMED EIGHT TIMES THE NORM AFTER NOVEMBER'S 7.8 SHAKE. THE GOVERNMENT IS GIVING NOTICE TODAY THAT IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE ABOUT 300 HIGH-RISK UNREINFORCED MASONRY, PARAPETS, FACADES IN WELLINGTON IN LOWER HUTT, MARLBOROUGH AND HURUNUI TO BE UPGRADED WITHIN A YEAR. OF THOSE 300 BUILDINGS IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING MASONRY REINFORCED, THE BULK ` 250 ` ARE IN WELLINGTON CITY, 50 IN LOWER HUTT AND 10 IN HURUNUI AND MARLBOROUGH. AS ENGINEERS, WE BECAME CONCERNED THAT IF WE GOT AN EARTHQUAKE OF A DIFFERENT NATURE, WE'D HAVE HAD A LOT MORE ENERGY IN THAT HIGH FREQUENCY, WHICH AFFECTS THOSE BUILDINGS. WE COULD SEE A REPEAT OF THE CHRISTCHURCH EXPERIENCE. THIS IS A SENSIBLE PRECAUTION. WE'VE SAID CONSISTENTLY HERE IN WELLINGTON WE WANT TO SEE THEY CITY SAFE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WELLINGTONIANS FEEL SAFE, AND THIS IS ONE ASPECT OF THE ENVIRONMENT WE CAN IMPROVE. THE 12-MONTH DEADLINE COMES WITH A SWEETENER ` 50% OF THE WORK'S COST WILL BE SUBSIDED; TWO-THIRDS BY TAXPAYERS, A THIRD BY LOCAL RATEPAYERS. THIS WORK IS EXPECTED TO COST AROUND $30,000 PER BUILDING. WE'LL EXEMPT THAT WORK FROM REQUIRING CONSENT WELLINGTON'S INNER CITY BUSINESSES AND DWELLERS HAVE LONG BEEN FIGHTING FOR FINANCIAL HELP WITH STRENGTHENING, THE GOVERNMENT HOPING IT WON'T COME TO THAT OR TO THIS. WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES FOR BUILDING OWNERS WHO FAIL TO COMPLY? PROPERTY OWNER COULD FACE A FINE OF UP TO $2000, AND THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE POWER TO JUST GET ON AND DO THE WORK. WITH MANY OF BUILDINGS IF NOT HERITAGE, OLDER, THERE IS EVERY POSSIBILITY THIS WILL REIGNITE DEBATE ABOUT WHAT TO SAVE AND WHAT NOT. GOVERNMENT SAID IT'S OF A VIEW THAT NOT EVERY BUILDING SHOULD BE SAVED, WARNED WELLINGTON HAS SOME DIFFICULT CHOICES AHEAD. THANKS, KIM. OPPOSITION MPS ARE DEMANDING TO KNOW WHY AN AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE AND TRUMP SUPPORTER WAS GRANTED NZ CITIZENSHIP FIVE YEARS AGO. GERMAN-BORN CO-FOUNDER OF PAYPAL, PETER THIEL, IS REPORTED TO HAVE BOUGHT AT LEAST THREE PROPERTIES HERE, INCLUDING A 200HA FARM NEAR WANAKA. SUCH A LARGE PURCHASE BY FOREIGN NATIONALS REQUIRES OVERSEAS INVESTMENT OFFICE APPROVAL. BUT THAT WASN'T NECESSARY SINCE THIEL WAS MADE A CITIZEN IN 2011. THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS WON'T REVEAL THE GROUNDS FOR ITS CITIZENSHIP DECISION. THIEL HAS INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN NZ TECH COMPANY XERO. IF YOU'VE GOT A CAR, CHECK YOUR TYRES, BECAUSE THEY COULD BE PUTTING YOU AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD AT RISK. THE AA BELIEVES LONGER TIMES BETWEEN GETTING A WARRANT OF FITNESS MEANS MANY MOTORISTS ARE DRIVING ON DANGEROUSLY WORN-OUT TYRES. ANDREW MORRISON EXPLAINS. AT THIS BUSY WELLINGTON TYRE SHOP, THEY SAY ALMOST ONE IN THREE TYRES THEY CHECK ARE UNSAFE AND END UP ON THE SCRAPHEAP. YOU CAN JUST SEE EXAMPLES HERE ` LIKE, THIS HERE IS QUITE CONCERNING. THIS IS OFF A HIGH-END-VALUED CAR. THE LEGAL TYRE TREAD IN NZ IS 1.5MM, BUT THERE'S CONCERNS MANY MOTORISTS ARE AT RISK AFTER PASSING A WARRANT WITH THEIR TYRES VERY CLOSE TO THE LIMIT AND NO CHECK REQUIRED FOR ANOTHER YEAR ON CARS REGISTERED AFTER 2000. SO JUST OVER 1 MIL. TO ME, THAT TYRE SHOULD'VE COME OFF AT THE LAST WARRANT OF FITNESS. YEAH, WE'VE GOTTA SELL TYRES TO SURVIVE, BUT WE WANT OUR CUSTOMERS TO STAY ALIVE TOO. PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO THINK, 'DO YOU REALLY WANT THAT DRIVING TOWARDS YOU 'OR YOUR WIFE OR DAUGHTER OR SON?' MOTORING GROUPS ARE PARTICULARLY WORRIED ABOUT NEW CARS DOING HIGH MILEAGE, BECAUSE THEIR FIRST WARRANT ISN'T REQUIRED FOR THREE YEARS UNDER CHANGES INTRODUCED IN 2014. WHEN TYRES ARE WORN OUT, YOUR BRAKING CAPABILITIES AND ROAD-HANDLING CAPABILITIES ARE SEVERELY REDUCED. IF YOU'RE TRAVELLING 100KM/HR ON NEW TYRES ON A WET DAY LIKE THIS, IT WILL TAKE AROUND 50M TO STOP. THAT'S THE FIRST CONE. NOW, COMPARE THAT TO WORN TYRES, WHICH CAN TAKE DOUBLE THAT ` THAT'S THE FAR CONE ` THE LENGTH OF AN ENTIRE FOOTBALL FIELD. WE HAD A WEATHER BOMB COME IN, AND WE'VE GOT VEHICLES TRAVELLING AROUND THE ROAD THAT THEIR TYRES THAT PROBABLY CAN'T COPE WITH THE RAIN THAT WE'VE GOT. BUT THE GOVERNMENT IS DEFENDING THE CURRENT RULES. THE APPROACH WE'VE TAKEN IS A PRAGMATIC ONE, TAKING INTO THE ACCOUNT THE NATURE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THOSE VEHICLES, BUT ALSO THE SERVICING. BUT ALSO DRIVERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MAKING SURE THEY ARE DRIVING IN A SAFE VEHICLE. AND DAVID BENNETT SAYS THERE'S NO PLANS TO REVIEW THE ISSUE. ANDREW MORRISON, 1 NEWS. GAMBLERS ARE PAYING DEARLY AT THE POKIES. LATEST FIGURES SHOW WHILE FEWER PEOPLE ARE HITTING POKIES IN PUBS AND CLUBS, THEY SPENT SUBSTANTIALLY MORE ON THEM LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S GOT THE MINISTER IN CHARGE CONCERNED. KIWIS SPENT MORE THAN $800M ON NON-CASINO GAMING MACHINES IN BARS AND CLUBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY LAST YEAR. THAT'S UP NEARLY 4%, OR $30M MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE INCREASE COMES DESPITE THE NUMBER OF LICENCE HOLDERS, GAMBLING VENUES AND POKIES ALL DECREASING IN 2016 COMPARED WITH 12 MONTHS EARLIER. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, 32 FEWER VENUES WITH POKIES, AND THE NUMBER OF GAMING MACHINES FALLING TO 16,148 IN THAT PERIOD. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD HAS MORE DETAILS. DELIA'S A PROBLEM GAMBLER. SHE DOESN'T WANT US USING HER LAST NAME. SHE STARTED PLAYING THE POKIES AFTER HER PARTNER'S DEATH. I HAD A BIG WIN THE FIRST TIME I WENT, AND, OF COURSE, THAT WAS THE START OF IT. SHE WAS ADDICTED. I ACTUALLY LIKED PUTTING THE MONEY IN, FEELING THE KNOBS, FEELING THE BUTTONS. I ACTUALLY THOUGHT I COULD READ THE MACHINES. SHE WAS WRONG. ONCE I HAD THIS RAGING HABIT, I COULDN'T JUST STOP IT. SHE LOST MILLIONS AND SPENT NINE YEARS IN PRISON FOR DRUG DEALING TO FEED HER GAMBLING HABIT. EVERYTHING I DID WAS SO I COULD GAMBLE. IT WAS JUST ABOUT BEING IN FRONT OF A POKIE MACHINE, THE MUSIC ON THE MACHINE WITH THE FREE SPINS, THE LIGHTS FLICKERING. DELIA'S AN EXTREME CASE, BUT LATEST NUMBERS SHOW THAT WHILE THERE WERE FEWER MACHINES AND FEWER PEOPLE PLAYING THEM LAST YEAR, THEY WERE SPENDING MORE. THIS IS A SMALL BUT SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, SO I DID ASK OFFICIALS WHETHER THERE ARE ANY PARTICULAR REASONS BEHIND IT. THE PROBLEM GAMBLING FOUNDATION WANTS ANSWERS TOO. WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING IS A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY IN COMMUNITIES BEING PUT INTO THOSE MACHINES THAT CAN'T ACTUALLY AFFORD IT. IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE INCREASED TOURISTS COMING TO THE COUNTRY, VISITING GAMBLING FACILITIES, MAY BE A PARTIAL EXPLANATION, A BIT MORE DISPOSABLE INCOME. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW REVIEWING THE SECTION OF THE GAMBLING LAW THAT GOVERNS PUBS AND CLUBS. PETER DUNNE SAYS THAT MAY LEAD TO TOUGHER LAWS ON POKIES LATER THIS YEAR. THE PROBLEM GAMBLING FOUNDATION WANTS FEWER MACHINES AND TECHNOLOGY TO PROTECT PLAYERS. WE'VE ALWAYS CALLED FOR POKIES TO BE MADE SAFER THROUGH PRE-COMMITMENT OR PLAYER TRACKING, WHERE A PERSON CAN ACTUALLY DECIDE BEFORE THEY START GAMBLING HOW MUCH THEY WANT TO SPEND ON POKIES. DELIA KNOWS HOW ADDICTIVE POKIES CAN BE. SOME DAYS WHEN I'M STRUGGLING WITH MY GAMBLING ADDICTION, SEEING THOSE SIGNS IS A HUGE PULL. BUT NOT WORTH THE GAMBLE FOR HER. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. POLICE HAVE ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR THE KIWI YACHTIE ACCUSED OF FLEEING NZ WITH HIS DAUGHTER (6). ALAN LANGDON FAILED TO APPEAR IN TE AWAMUTU DISTRICT COURT TODAY AFTER HE WAS CHARGED WITH TAKING A CHILD OUT OF THE COUNTRY. THE 49-YEAR-OLD AND HIS DAUGHTER LEFT ON A CATAMARAN FROM KAWHIA AND TRAVELLED TO AUSTRALIA ON A 27-DAY JOURNEY. SHE'S SINCE RETURNED TO NZ WITH HER MOTHER, WHILE POLICE BELIEVE LANGDON IS STILL IN AUSTRALIA. PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND THEIR DEPUTIES ARE STRUGGLING WITH EXCESSIVE WORKLOADS AND HIGH LEVELS OF STRESS, ACCORDING TO AN INDEPENDENT SURVEY. IT WAS COMMISSIONED BY THEIR PROFESSIONAL BODY, THE NEW ZEALAND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE, WHICH DESCRIBES THE FINDINGS AS WORRYING. SAM KELWAY REPORTS. MALCOLM MILNER'S BACK AT WORK. THE NEW YEAR HAS BROUGHT NEW CHALLENGES, AND TERM ONE HASN'T EVEN BEGUN. THE PROPERTY ISSUES, YOU KNOW, THE LEAKY BUILDINGS AND ROLL GROWTH, YOU KNOW, NOVOPAY. PAYROLL'S JUST ONE OF MANY PROBLEMS PLAGUING PRINCIPALS AS THEY TRY TO DELIVER THE CURRICULUM AND MANAGE FINANCES. A REPORT HAS REVEALED HIGH LEVELS OF STRESS, BURNOUT, EXCESSIVE WORKLOADS AND A LACK OF PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCHOOL BOARDS. IT'S HAVING AN AFFECT ON THEIR WORK AND FAMILY LIFE. SO THE FAMILY BALANCE IS OUT OF KILTER. 2.2 TIMES WITH WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE AVERAGE POPULATION. THE SURVEY FOUND APPROXIMATELY 72% OF SCHOOL LEADERS WORK MORE THAN 51 HOURS A WEEK DURING TERM. A QUARTER WORK MORE THAN 61 HOURS A WEEK. I DO UP TO 60-HOUR WEEKS. CAN BE HERE UNTIL 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, BACK AT WORK AT 7.30 IN THE MORNING. NZEI SAYS BUREAUCRACY AND PAPERWORK IS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL AND PRINCIPALS IN ISOLATED AREAS ARE MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER BURNOUT. THE MAIN CAUSE OF STRESS WAS THE QUANTITY OF WORK, FOLLOWED BY A LACK OF TIME TO FOCUS ON TEACHING, AND LIMITED RESOURCES. MANY OF US ARE IN STRESSFUL JOBS. THEY'RE JOBS OF OUR CHOICE, AND WE WORK ACCORDING TO WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THOSE JOBS. I DON'T APOLOGISE FOR HAVING HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF PRINCIPALS. THERE'S ALWAYS PRESSURES ON SCHOOLS, BUT, I THINK, WHEN YOU HAVE A REFORM-MINDED GOVERNMENT THAT DOESN'T ENGAGE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE SECTOR, IT DOES CREATE POLICY WHICH, I THINK, MAYBE IS NOT ALL THAT WELL THOUGHT THROUGH. BUT THE MINISTER INSISTS IT'S NOT ABOUT COUNTING HOURS, BUT ENSURING ALL STUDENTS HAVE A GREAT EDUCATION. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. AND WITH THE LAST WEEK OF THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS COMING TO AN END, MANY ARE FEELING CHEATED BY THE WEATHER. BUT WHAT IF THE OFFICIAL HOLIDAY BREAK WAS MOVED INTO FEBRUARY AND MARCH, WHEN THE WEATHER'S MUCH BETTER? IT WOULD BE A RADICAL SHIFT, BUT THE MINISTER IN CHARGE IS LOOKING INTO IT. PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. FOREVER HOPEFUL, BUT TANNING MAY HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER DAY. AND THE SWIMMING IS QUITE FRANKLY... ALL: COLD. FOR GOODNESS SAKE, EVEN THE FISH AREN'T BITING. IT'S NOT VERY NICE AT ALL. SUMMER COMES A MONTH LATER. WE GET THAT GOLDEN WEATHER, SO IN A WAY, THE SECOND HALF OF THE SUMMER, A LOT OF TIMES, TENDS TO BE MORE SETTLED. WELL, IT'S 1 O'CLOCK, JUST 19 DEGREES AND EVEN A HINT OF DRIZZLE IN THE AIR. SORRY, GISBORNE AND NORTHLAND, BUT FOR MOST OF US, RATHER THAN A STUNNER, IT'S BEEN A BIT OF A BUMMER OF A SUMMER. SO HOW FEASIBLE WOULD IT BE TO MOVE THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS BACK TO FEBRUARY, EVEN MARCH? I THINK WHAT IT INVOLVES IS JUST SOME CHANGES OF THINKING, BUT THAT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE. THE SCHOOL CALENDAR WOULD NATURALLY REQUIRE THE BIGGEST SHAKEUP, SCHEDULING EXAMS AFTER A CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR BREAK JUST ONE CONCERN. IT'S THAT CONTINUITY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR WHICH IS REALLY ESSENTIAL. WE DON'T WANNA LOSE THAT. BUT THIS FORMER HIGH-SCHOOL TEACHER AND NOW GRANDMOTHER SAYS FEBRUARY IN THE CLASSROOM IS HOT AND HARD WORK. IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THEIR LEARNING, SO THEY'D BE MUCH BETTER OFF OUT IN THE SUNSHINE AND THE FRESH AIR. TOURISM BOSSES ARE WORRIED THAT FAMILY HOLIDAYS IN FEBRUARY COULD CAUSE A CRUSH. WE'RE GONNA PILE ALL THE LOCAL TRAVELLERS ON TOP OF OUR PEAK SEASON FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS, AND THAT'S GONNA CAUSE BIG PROBLEMS. THESE CAMPGROUND SCENES FROM SUMMER'S PAST AREN'T EASILY FORGOTTEN. AND IN WELLINGTON TODAY,... IT'S CRAP! ...NO ONE NEEDED MUCH CONVINCING ON MOVING OUR SUMMER HOLIDAYS TO WHEN IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE SUMMER. I THINK FEBRUARY'S A MUCH BETTER TIME TO HAVE TIME OFF. THE BUSINESS SECTOR SEEMS RELAXED, NOT SEEING ANY GREAT COSTS IN CHANGING. WHERE IT'S POSSIBLE, PEOPLE ARE ALREADY TAKING THEIR HOLIDAYS AT VARIOUS TIMES DURING THE YEAR. PETER DUNNE SAYS IF THE PUBLIC LIKE THE IDEA OF MORE OF THIS IN OUR SUMMER BREAK... YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD, MATE. ...THAN THIS, HE'LL TAKE IT TO GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER. PAUL HOBBS, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ON 1 NEWS ` PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER, REVIVING TWO CONTROVERSIAL OIL PIPELINES THAT SPARKED MASSIVE OPPOSITION FROM GREENIES AND NATIVE AMERICANS. COULD THE DAKOTA PIPELINE PROTESTERS BE FORCED BACK ON THE BARRICADES? PLUS, TRUCK VERSUS TRAIN ` THE COLLISION ON THE TRACKS AND THE WARNING SYSTEM THAT FAILED. THE DRAMATIC DASHCAM VIDEO THAT CAPTURED IT ALL. AND DANCING ALL THE WAY INTO THE RECORD BOOKS. THE MOVIE THAT'S LEADING THE FIELD IN THIS YEAR'S OSCARS, AND WE'LL HAVE THE OTHER CONTENDERS ON TINSELTOWN'S BIGGEST NIGHT. US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS INFURIATED ENVIRONMENTALISTS BY SIGNING EXECUTIVE ORDERS SUPPORTING TWO CONTROVERSIAL OIL PIPELINES. THE NEW REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT BACKED THE KEYSTONE XL AND DAKOTA ACCESS PROJECTS, PROVIDED AMERICAN STEEL IS USED. WITH MORE HERE'S THE BBC'S JON SOPEL. I AM, TO A LARGE EXTENT, AN ENVIRONMENTALIST. I BELIEVE IN IT. BUT IT'S OUT OF CONTROL. THE KEYWORD THERE SEEMS TO BE 'BUT', AS ANOTHER DAY BRINGS ANOTHER SET OF EXECUTIVE ACTIONS THAT AREN'T EXACTLY MUSIC TO THE EARS OF THE GREEN LOBBY. FROM NOW ON, WE'RE GOING TO START MAKING PIPELINE IN THE UNITED STATES. WE BUILD IT IN THE UNITED STATES, WE BUILD THE PIPELINES; WE WANNA BUILD THE PIPE. GONNA PUT A LOT OF WORKERS, A LOT OF SKILLED WORKERS, BACK TO WORK. AND FROM FORMER VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SARAH PALIN, THIS TWEET: THESE TWO PIPELINES WILL EACH STRETCH OVER 1000 MILES, ONE GOING FROM CANADA IN THE NORTH DOWN TO THE GULF COAST IN THE SOUTH. THE OTHER WOULD STRETCH ACROSS FOUR STATES TO ILLINOIS AND WILL CREATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS ALONG THE WAY AND BE A MAJOR BOON FOR THE OIL INDUSTRY. WHEN BARACK OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT, THERE WAS A HUGE AMOUNT OF PREVARICATION AND HAND-WRINGING OVER WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE. THE PRESIDENT THEN TRYING TO BALANCE HIS GREEN CREDENTIALS WITH HIS DESIRE TO PROVIDE JOBS. FOR DONALD TRUMP, IN HIS SECOND DAY IN OFFICE, NO SUCH QUALMS. FOR HIM, EVERYTHING IS ABOUT PUTTING AMERICANS BACK TO WORK. BUT CRITICISM HAS BEEN SWIFT. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DECISION TODAY TO GREENLIGHT THESE DIRTY OIL PIPELINES PROVES ONE THING ` THAT OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, HE WILL SIDE WITH THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY OVER PUBLIC HEALTH, THE ENVIRONMENT AND EVERYDAY AMERICANS. AND THE MOVE IS CERTAIN TO UPSET NATIVE AMERICANS, WHOSE OPPOSITION TO THE DAKOTA PIPELINE WAS STRENUOUS AND ULTIMATELY SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR. THEY OBJECT TO IT, SAYING IT WILL CONTAMINATE WATER SUPPLIES AND WILL DISTURB ANCIENT BURIAL GROUNDS. ALTHOUGH THIS EXECUTIVE ACTION HAS BEEN SIGNED, THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO END UP IN THE COURTS. AND SO IN THE SHORT-TERM, THIS MOVE IS LIKELY TO CREATE MORE JOBS FOR LAWYERS THAN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. AND THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE, WHOSE LAND IS NEXT TO THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE, IS CALLING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DECISION A VIOLATION OF LAW AND TRIBAL TREATIES. JUST DAYS AFTER DONALD TRUMP WAS SWORN INTO OFFICE, ISRAEL HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BUILD 2500 HOMES IN JEWISH SETTLEMENTS IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK. THE PLANS FOLLOW AN AGREEMENT TO BUILD HOMES IN OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM, MADE TWO DAYS AGO. MR TRUMP IS FAR MORE SYMPATHETIC TO SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION THAN HIS PREDECESSOR BARACK OBAMA. PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS SAY THE PLANS FOR THE WEST BANK UNDERMINED PEACE HOPES BY BUILDING ON LAND THEY WANT FOR A FUTURE STATE. IN AN HISTORIC JUDGEMENT, THE BRITISH SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT PARLIAMENT, NOT THE GOVERNMENT, HAS THE AUTHORITY TO START THE PROCESS OF TAKING THE UK OUT OF THE EU. SO WHAT IMPACT WILL THE BREXIT PROCESS HAVE ON NZ'S FREE TRADE DEAL WITH THE UK? EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING REPORTS FROM LONDON. THE WORLD'S MEDIA WAITED AS THE SUPREME COURT ANNOUNCED WHO HAD THE POWER TO PUSH THE BREXIT BUTTON. TODAY BY A MAJORITY OF EIGHT TO THREE, THE SUPREME COURT RULES THAT THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT TRIGGER ARTICLE 50 WITHOUT AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT AUTHORISING IT TO DO SO. THE SUPREME COURT SAID LEAVING THE EU WOULD CHANGE UK LAW AND THE RIGHTS OF UK CITIZENS, WHICH MEANS PARLIAMENT MUST BE CONSULTED. OF COURSE THE GOVERNMENT IS DISAPPOINTED WITH THE OUTCOME. BUT WE HAVE THE GOOD FORTUNE TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE EVERYONE, EVERY INDIVIDUAL, EVERY ORGANISATION, EVEN GOVERNMENT, IS SUBJECT TO THE RULE OF LAW. IT WAS A LONELY FIGHT FOR GINA MILLER, THE BUSINESSWOMAN WHO TOOK THE FIGHT TO THE SUPREME COURT. NO PRIME MINISTER, NO GOVERNMENT CAN EXPECT TO BE UNANSWERABLE OR UNCHALLENGED. PARLIAMENT ALONE IS SOVEREIGN. DESPITE THE RULING, THE GOVERNMENT WARNED IT WAS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO STOP BREXIT. SO THERE CAN BE NO GOING BACK. THE POINT OF NO RETURN WAS PASSED ON JUNE 23RD LAST YEAR. LEGISLATION WILL BE TABLED WITHIN DAYS, AND OPPOSITION PARTIES ARE PLANNING AMENDMENTS, BUT THE GOVERNMENT IS STILL CONFIDENT IT WILL MAKE ITS MARCH 31ST DEADLINE, HELPED BY THE FACT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GIVE THE SCOTTISH, NORTHERN IRISH OR WELSH ADMINISTRATIONS A VOTE. THE DECISION IS LOOMING FOR SCOTLAND. ARE WE PREPARED TO ALLOW OUR FUTURE TO BE DICTATED BY A WESTMINSTER GOVERNMENT THAT'S GONE DOWN A PATH I THINK THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN SCOTLAND DO NOT WANT TO GO DOWN. IF SCOTLAND TAKES ITS FUTURE INTO ITS OWN HANDS, A SECOND INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM COULD BECOME A REALITY. A COMPLICATED KNOT HAS NOW BECOME A POLITICAL BIRD'S NEST. JUST HOW MUCH WILL THIS DRAG OUT WHAT WAS ALREADY AN ACRIMONIOUS DIVORCE, AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN NOW FOR NZ'S FREE TRADE DEAL WITH THE UK? NZ CAN'T MOVE UNTIL THE UK-EU DEAL IS DONE. IT COULD BE A LONG WAIT. EMMA KEELING, 1 NEWS, LONDON. POLICE IN THE US STATE OF UTAH ARE INVESTIGATING WHY BARRIER ARMS AND ALARMS FAILED TO OPERATE BEFORE A TRUCK AND TRAIN COLLIDED. DASHCAM FOOTAGE SHOWS TWO TRUCKS CROSSING THE RAIL LINES BEFORE THE DOUBLE-DECKER TRAIN SMASHES INTO ONE OF THEIR TRAILERS. THERE WERE 82 PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE TRAIN AND TWO IN THE TRUCK, BUT MIRACULOUSLY, NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. TO ANOTHER COLLISION, AND A MOTORCYCLIST SLAMMING INTO THE BACK OF A CAR THAT SLOWED DOWN, THE BIKER LANDING ON THE TOP OF THE CAR'S TRUNK, HIS HELMET CAM SHOWING THE MOMENT OF IMPACT. THE BIKER WASN'T HURT, BUT THE MOTORIST WAS CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING. WEATHER TIME NOW. DAN IS HERE, AND ANOTHER BATTERING OF WIND AND RAIN FOR SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TODAY. ANY MORE ON THE WAY? It's also easing away.. real battering across southern parts of the country. It's all slowly easing back as the front weakens. What was a good banD of rain is now a few showers working their way through parts of Auckland. For weather, see tvnz.co.NZ how do we look tomorrow? Pretty good for a lot of us. A few niggles to iron out. STILL TO COME ` GOING GAGA OVER 'LA LA LAND', THE MOVIE THAT'S ALREADY LEADING THE PACK AT THIS YEAR'S OSCARS. ALL: # CLIMB THESE HILLS, I'M REACHING FOR THE HEIGHTS # AND CHASING ALL THE LIGHTS THAT SHINE. # AND WHEN THEY LET YOU DOWN, YOU'LL GET UP OFF THE GROUND. # AND AN EMOTIONAL WIN AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN FOR A PLAYER WHO OVERCAME YEARS OF ABUSE. I NEVER COULD DREAM ABOUT BEING HERE AGAIN, AND THIS IS JUST... CHEERING, APPLAUSE LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` BUILDING OWNERS OF OLDER, QUAKE-PRONE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN GIVEN A YEAR TO FIX THEM OR FACE PROSECUTION. THE GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE PUTTING THE HEAT ON OWNERS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR FACADES OVER FEARS OF FALLING MASONRY IN ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE. LATEST FIGURES SHOW WHILE FEWER PEOPLE ARE HITTING POKIES IN PUBS AND CLUBS, THEY SPENT SUBSTANTIALLY MORE ON THEM LAST YEAR, KIWIS SPENDING MORE THAN $800M ON NON-CASINO GAMING MACHINES IN BARS AND CLUBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE TONGAN GOVERNMENT'S MOVED QUICKLY TODAY TO SHUT DOWN A PLANNED CASINO OPERATION IN THE KINGDOM. IT FOLLOWS YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT BY AN AMERICAN GROUP THAT IT'S BEEN GRANTED THE COUNTRY'S FIRST GAMING LICENCE, BUT AS PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER REPORTS, IT'S NOT THE END OF THE RELATIONSHIP. RED WARRIOR ENTERTAINMENT AND ITS AMERICAN INDIAN OWNER, RONALD PATE, OFFER RELIGION, GAMBLING AND FILMMAKING, PROMISING MUCH,... WE WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A SLATE OF 12 INDIAN FILMS. ...BUT DELIVERING LITTLE. THERE'S SPARSE INFORMATION ABOUT HIS SELF-PROCLAIMED MULTINATIONAL COMPANY. WE TRIED TO RING RONALD PATE, BUT THE NUMBERS PROVIDED GO TO A MESSAGE SERVICE. FOR A COMPANY WHICH WORKS AROUND THE WORLD IN A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES, IT'S SURPRISINGLY HARD TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ANYONE. I THINK IT'S VERY DUBIOUS. UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER ORGANISATIONS WITH THE SAME NAME THAT I COULDN'T FIND, I THINK IT WOULD LEAD ONE TO BE SUSPICIOUS. THE COMPANY YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED THE TONGAN CABINET HAD GIVEN IT A NATIONAL MASTER GAMING LICENCE, EVEN QUOTING THE CABINET DECISION NUMBER. BUT TODAY THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S REJECTED THE REQUEST FOR A GAMING SYSTEM, AS IT'S ILLEGAL IN TONGA. GOVERNMENT IN TONGA HAS SAID THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN THEM PERMISSION TO SET UP A CASINO, SO IT'S A LITTLE AMBIGUOUS AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT IT APPEARS THE GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN RED WARRIOR ENTERTAINMENT APPROVAL FOR A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES BUILDING HOTELS. TONGA'S CHURCHES ARE CONDEMNING ANY PROSPECT OF GAMBLING BEING PART OF THAT. (SPEAKS TONGAN) TRANSLATOR: THE CHURCH DOES NOT SUPPORT CASINO AND GAMBLING. THAT'S NOT OUR CHRISTIAN BELIEF. WE WILL HAVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS SEEN WITH PEOPLE OVERSEAS. IRONICALLY, RONALD PATE RUNS HIS OWN CHURCH, ASKING FOR DONATIONS ON HIS WEBSITE. MY JOB RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SERVE THE BODY OF CHRIST AND TRAIN UP AS MANY PEOPLE INTO MATURITY AS I CAN. HE CLAIMS HE'S TRAINED OVER 10,000 LEADERS AND 200,000 PEOPLE IN 14 DIFFERENT NATIONS. IT LOOKS LIKE TONGA IS NEXT ON HIS LIST. BARBARA DREAVER, 1 NEWS. NZ NOW RANKS AS THE LEAST CORRUPT COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, ALONGSIDE DENMARK. THE NEW TOP RANKING COMES OFF THE BACK OF LAW CHANGES IN THE WAKE OF THE PANAMA PAPERS' LEAK QUESTIONING NZ'S FOREIGN TAX LAWS. TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL'S LATEST CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX PUTS NZ FIRST EQUAL WITH DENMARK AS HAVING THE LEAST CORRUPT PUBLIC SECTOR IN THE WORLD. WE LAST TOPPED THE RANKINGS FROM 2006 TO 2013. A MOVIE THAT'S A LOVE LETTER TO HOLLYWOOD IS LEADING THE CHARGE FOR THE OSCARS. 'LA LA LAND' HAS RECEIVED A RECORD-EQUALLING 14 NOMINATIONS, BUT SOME CRITICS HAVE DESCRIBED THE MOVIE AS OVERRATED WILL HINE REPORTS. IT'S THE MOVIE TINSELTOWN'S MAKING A SONG AND DANCE OVER, EMMA STONE AND RYAN GOSLING'S 'LA LA LAND' UP FOR 14 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, DIRECTOR ACTOR AND ACTRESS. THE FILM JOINS 'ALL ABOUT EVE' AND 'TITANIC' AS THE MOST NOMINATED MOVIES OF ALL TIME, BEATING THE LIKES OF FORREST GUMP, WHICH HAD 13 NOMINATIONS, AND SCHINDLER'S LIST WITH ITS 12. RETURN OF THE KING WAS NOMINATED FOR 11, BUT PETER JACKSON'S EPIC HAS THE DISTINCTION OF WINNING EVERY ONE. THAT'S A FEAT 'LA LA LAND' WILL DO WELL TO REPEAT, WITH SOME CRITICS AND VIEWERS FINDING LA LA TO BE A BIT BLAH BLAH. SO IS IT OVERRATED? WE PUT THAT TO CINEMAGOERS TODAY. IT'S AMAZING. YOU JUST LEAVE THE CINEMA LIKE 'WOW'. I CERTAINLY DIDN'T FEEL 'WOW.' I CERTAINLY CAN'T SEE WHY IT'S BEEN NOMINATED 14 TIMES. I REALLY LOVED IT, REALLY LOVED IT. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT LIVED UP COMPLETELY TO THE HYPE. AS FOR THE REST OF THE FIELD, THE SCI FI FLICK ARRIVAL'S UP FOR EIGHT OSCARS. I'M HUMAN. AS IS THE DRAMA MOONLIGHT. AND WHO IS YOU? NOBODY. AND PREVIOUS CRITICISM THAT THE OSCARS LACK DIVERSITY SEEMS TO HAVE HAD AN EFFECT,... DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT'S IT'S LIKE, KNOWING YOUR REAL BROTHER? ...WITH SEVEN NON-WHITE STARS UP FOR AN ACTING AWARD. HELL, I KNOW IT'S COS OF ME. PERENNIAL FAVOURITE MERYL STREEP IS IN THE RUNNING AGAIN,... (SINGS OFF-KEY NOTE) ...NOMINATED FOR A RECORD 20TH TIME. THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON FEBRUARY THE 27TH. WILL HINE, 1 NEWS. JENNY-MAY WITH SPORT. GREAT NEWS FOR HURRICANES AND ALL BLACKS FANS. NEHE HAS SIGNED FOR THREE YEARS. A 26-YEAR-OLD HAS ALSO BEEN CONFIRMED FOR THE TROUBLED BRISBANE TENS NEXT MONTH. NO ISSUES FOR TENNIS SUPERSTAR SERENA WILLIAMS THIS AFTERNOON IN MELBOURNE, THOUGH,... CHEERING ON TRACK FOR HER 23RD GRAND SLAM TITLE. WHAT HAMSTRING INJURY? BLACKCAP MARTIN GUPTILL'S BACK FROM A THREE-WEEK LAY OFF AND SMASHING IT FOR AUCKLAND TODAY. AND WE LOVE TO HATE HIM, BUT LET'S BE FAIR ` AUSSIE FAST BOWLER MITCHELL JOHNSON IS PRETTY GOOD. CHEERING GONE. THREE FOR NONE, MITCHELL JOHNSON. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. HE HASN'T PLAYED A GAME OF RUGBY IN NEARLY 12 MONTHS, BUT DESPITE THE INJURY LAYOFF, HURRICANES BACK NEHE MILNER SKUDDER HAS SIGNED ON WITH NZ RUGBY FOR THREE MORE YEARS. HE'S DECLARED HIMSELF 100% FIT AND GUARANTEED HE'LL SUIT UP IN NEXT MONTHS BRISBANE TENS TOURNAMENT, DESPITE SEVERAL OTHER BIG NAMES MADE UNAVAILABLE. JOHN MCKENZIE REPORTS. SIGNING ON WITH NZ RUGBY FOR THREE MORE YEARS ` THAT'S AN EASY DECISION. OH, I LOVE IT HERE. IT WAS PRETTY MUCH A NO-BRAINER. PICKING A SIDE FOR NEXT MONTH'S BRISBANE TENS TOURNAMENT ` NOT SO STRAIGHTFORWARD. WITH TOP ALL BLACKS PLAYERS UNAVAILABLE, HURRICANES COACH CHRIS BOYD HAS STILL SOMEHOW MANAGED TO WRANGLE UP A PRETTY HANDY SIDE. OTHER COUPLE OF GUYS WHO WENT ON THE END-OF-YEAR TOUR ARE JORDIE BARRETT AND VAEA ARE BOTH ELIGIBLE FOR SELECTION FOR THE HURRICANE AND THE TENS. AND THE OTHERS UNDER THE PLAYERS COLLECTIVE ARRANGEMENT POTENTIALLY ARE NOT, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE TAKING NEHE, AND THE OTHER TWO ARE AVAILABLE. THEY'LL ALSO BE TAKING FORMER AB CORY JANE. THAT'S DESPITE HIM ARRIVING BACK FROM PLAYING IN JAPAN JUST LAST WEEK. YEAH, NO, COREY WILL PLAY, YEP. AND YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN ANOTHER GUY WANDERING AROUND THE BUILDING HERE TODAY. TOMAS WALDROM IS BACK FROM EXETER, AND WE'RE TRYING TO TALK HIM INTO BEING OUR WILDCARD. FOR THE RECORD, HE'S JOKING. BIG 'THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE' WALDROM WON'T BE PULLING ON A HURRICANES JERSEY ANY TIME SOON. MILNER SKUDDER, ON THE OTHER HAND, CAN'T WAIT TO PUT ON HIS. YEAH, YEAH, THE BODY'S FEELING PRETTY GOOD, AND I'M, KIND OF, JUMPING OUT OF MY SKIN JUST TO, YOU KNOW, GET BACK OUT THERE WITH THE BOYS. IN CASE YOU COULDN'T TELL, HIS SHOULDER IS NOW BACK TO 100% ` SUCH IS HIS COMMITMENT TO NZ RUGBY. NAH, I WAS PRETTY MUCH LOOKING AROUND AT THE FOUR WALLS AROUND HERE AND SEEING THE BLACK AND YELLOW AND THE GREEN AND WHITE HOOPS OF MANAWATU, AND THAT BLACK JERSEY'S A BIG CHARACTER TO, SORT OF, AIM TOWARDS. THE BRISBANE TENS PERHAPS THE FIRST REAL CHANCE TO START THAT PUSH FOR THIS YEAR'S LIONS SERIES. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. DOWN SOUTH, AND THE CRUSADERS ARE GETTING THEIR PRE-SEASON WORKOUT BY LENDING THEIR MANPOWER TO EARTHQUAKE-RAVAGED KAIKOURA. TAKING PART IN WORKING BEES AT LOCAL SCHOOLS, THE CANTERBURY MEN FLEXED THEIR MUSCLES ON THEIR OWN CRUSADE, FIRST FIVE RICHIE MO'UNGA SYMPATHETIC WITH THOSE AFFECTED. TO REACH OUT TO A COMMUNITY AND A REGION THAT HAS BEEN HIT PRETTY HARD BY AN EARTHQUAKE, AND WE REALISE EVERYTHING KAIKOURA HAS BEEN THROUGH, IT'S BEEN PRETTY TOUGH. AND WE ARE HERE JUST AS A TEAM TO HELP OUT WHERE WE CAN. THE LOCAL SCHOOLKIDS WILL CERTAINLY HAVE A TIDY CLASSROOM BACK ON DAY ONE. THE AUSSIE OPEN IS SURE BECOMING A TOURNAMENT FOR THE AGES, COMPARATIVELY OLD AGES, WITH THREE OF THE FOUR WOMAN SEMI-FINALISTS IN THEIR MID-30S. AND WHILE SERENA WILLIAMS WAS EXPECTED TO CRUISE THROUGH, HER SEMI-FINAL OPPONENT'S JOURNEY HAS EVOLVED INTO A TEARFUL TRIUMPH. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. RETURNING FROM A MEDICAL BREAK HEAVILY BANDAGED, UNSEEDED MIRJANA LUCIC BARONI (34) IS 3-4 DOWN IN THE DECIDING SET. 15-LOVE. HER OPPONENT IS THE FAVOURED FIFTH SEED KAROLINA PLISKOVA FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA. 30-LOVE. THE CROATIAN BATTLING BACK IN AN EMOTIONALLY-CHARGED THREE-SETTER. IT'S JUST BEEN A ROLLER COASTER, HASN'T IT, OF MOMENTUM SWINGS. THE WORLD NUMBER 79 REELING IN AN OPPONENT 10 YEARS YOUNGER. SIX POINTS IN A ROW FOR LUCIC BARONI. AND AFTER BREAKING PLISKOVA AGAIN, SHE'S SERVING FOR THE MATCH. IT'S BEEN 18 YEARS SINCE MLB MADE A MAJOR SEMI-FINAL. 18 YEARS. TWO MATCH POINTS. LET THE FAIRY-TALE CONTINUE. THE FLOOD GATES OPENING. THE YEARS OF TURMOIL FOR THIS SURVIVOR OF AN ABUSIVE FATHER NOW CULMINATING IN A CAREER RECLAIMED. I NEVER COULD DREAM ABOUT BEING HERE AGAIN. THIS HAS TRULY MADE MY LIFE AND EVERYTHING BAD THAT HAPPENED. IT HAS MADE IT OK, AND JUST THE FACT I WAS THIS STRONG AND IT WAS WORTH FIGHTING THIS HARD IS REALLY INCREDIBLE. BUT SHE'LL NEED TO FIGHT EVEN HARDER TO GET PAST SERENA WILLIAMS, THE WORLD NUMBER TWO DEMOLISHING BRITAIN'S JO KONTA. THAT IS A WRECKING BALL OF A FOREHAND. THE NINTH SEED NO MATCH FOR THE VETERAN (35). BIG TIME PLAYERS MAKE BIG TIME PLAYS ON BIG TIME POINTS. WILLIAMS JOINING OLDER SISTER VENUS IN THE SEMIS WITH A STRAIGHT SETS WIN. WHAT A PERFORMANCE FROM THE SIX-TIME CHAMPION. IN THE MEN'S QUARTER-FINALS, FOUR-TIME AUSSIE CHAMPION ROGER FEDERER SWEPT ASIDE GERMANY'S MISCHA ZVEREV IN STRAIGHT SETS. THIS THE POINT OF THE MATCH, WITH THE 35 YEAR OLD DISPLAYING ALL HIS SILKY SKILLS BEFORE LOBBING UP ONE OF HIS 65 WINNERS. COME ON. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? FEDERER TAKING JUST AN HOUR AND A HALF TO COMPLETE HIS DEMOLITION JOB ON THE MAN WHO KNOCKED OUT ANDY MURRAY. WHAT A CLASSY PERFORMANCE FROM FEDERER! SETTING UP AN ALL-SWISS SEMI WITH STAN WARWINKA. MARTIN TASKER, 1 NEWS. BLACKCAPS DASHER MARTIN GUPTILL HAS MADE THE BEST POSSIBLE RETURN FROM HIS HAMSTRING INJURY. GUPTILL RETURNED TO DOMESTIC CRICKET FOR AUCKLAND TODAY ALMOST FOUR WEEKS AFTER HIS ODI CAMPAIGN WAS CUT SHORT. AND HE RELISHED THE SHORT BOUNDARIES ON EDEN PARK NUMBER TWO, TOP SCORING WITH 112. HE HIT THREE SIXES AND 15 FOURS OFF 95 BALLS, AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, GOT MORE THAN TWO HOURS IN THE MIDDLE. APPLAUSE AND SO MUCH FOR A DAY OFF FOR HIS PROVINCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL TEAMMATE COLIN DE GRANDHOMME, WHO DROPPED IN ON SCHOOLKIDS AT THE JUNIOR WORLD CUP EVENT IN DEVONPORT. THE HARD-HITTING ALL-ROUNDER IS HOPING TO REPEAT HIS BANGLADESH TEST FORM AGAINST THE AUSTRALIANS. YEAH, WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING. THEY'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE TOUGH. WE'VE JUST GOTTA TRY AND DO OUR BASICS WELL AND GO HARD. HIS RETURN TO FORM ON MONDAY WAS TIMELY, GIVEN COMPETITION FOR PLACES IN THE ODI SIDE. TO THE BIG BASH NOW, WHERE VETERAN MITCHELL JOHNSON HAS RETURNED THE STINGIEST BOWLING FIGURES IN THE HISTORY OF THE COMPETITION. THE ABRASIVE LEFT ARMER'S OUTSTANDING OPENING SPELL ENSURED HIS PERTH SIDE WOULD SCORCH THE MELBOURNE STARS. HERE'S STEPHEN STUART. WHEN MITCHELL JOHNSON'S FIRST BALL, NOT A VERY GOOD ONE, GRABBED THE OPENING WICKET, THE ALARM BELLS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RINGING FOR MELBOURNE STARS, WHICH HAS A TERRIBLE SEMIFINALS RECORD. JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, JOHNSON HAD BEEN INEFFECTUAL AS THEY LOST TO THE STARS AT THE WACA, BUT LAST NIGHT THE 35-YEAR-OLD WAS DINING OUT ON ENGLISH IMPORTS, TWO FOR NOUGHT ` MAKE THAT THREE FOR NOUGHT AS KEVEIN PIETERSERN FAILED TOO. JOHNSON BOWLED OUT HIS FOUR OVER SPELL, FINISHING WITH TWO MAIDENS THREE FOR THREE. HIS NAMESAKE WAS IMPRESSED, WHILE THE BLACKCAPS ARE PROBABLY JUST RELIEVED HE'S NOT COMING HERE WITH THE AUSTRALIAN ODI SQUAD LATER THIS WEEK. I DON'T FEEL THE PRESSURE. THE STARS STAGGED TO 136 OFF THEIR 20 OVERS, AND SHAUN MARSH CELEBRATED HIS AUSTRALIAN RECALL WITH A BOUNDARY LADEN UNBEATEN 56, HIS SECOND CONSECTIVE HALF CENTURY, THE SCORCHERS CRUSING HOME BY SEVEN WICKETS AND IMAGE OF PROSPECT OF JOHNSON THUNDERING IN AT BRENDON MCCULLUM AT THE SAME VENUE ON SATURDAY IF THE BRISBANE HEAT WINS ITS SEMI TONIGHT. STEPHEN STUART, 1 NEWS. RIDERS HAVE BATTLED WET AND WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY ON THE FOURTH STAGE OF THE NZ CLASSIC IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICTS. THE 143KM RUN FROM MASTERTON TO MARTINBOROUGH TESTED THE INTERNATIONAL FIELD, WITH CHAMPION ROWER-TURNED-CYCLIST HAMISH BOND MANAGING TO SNEAK INTO THE TOP FIVE. THE STAGE WAS TAKEN OUT BY JONATHAN MOULD FROM BRITAIN IN A THREE-MAN SPRINT TO THE LINE, KIWI RIDER JOSEPH COOPER CLOSE UP THIRD AFTER MAKING HIS MOVE LATE IN THE RACE. WE MADE UP A PLAN, AND, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS, YOU KNOW, THE WIND WAS AT OUR SIDE, YOU KNOW, WE SET ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PUTTING OUR PLAN INTO MOTION. COOPER'S THIRD PLACE MEANS HE CLAIMED THE YELLOW JERSEY GOING INTO THE FINAL DAY TOMORROW. CREDITED FOR CREATING ONE OF THE LARGEST EVENTS IN WORLD SPORT, FORMULA 1 BOSS BERNIE ECCLESTONE IS NOW NO LONGER IN CHARGE. THE NEW MAN TAKING OVER IS CHASE CAREY, HIS MISSION ` REVITALISE THE SPORT. THIS FROM THE BBC'S DAN ROAN. ARCHIVE: THERE'S BERNIE ECCLESTONE, THE TSAR OF FORMULA 1. HE'S BEEN A DRIVING FORCE LIKE NO OTHER. ENGINES ROAR HAVING RULED FORMULA 1 WITH AN IRON GRIP FOR DECADES, BERNIE ECCLESTONE TRANSFORMED IT INTO A GLOBAL COMMERCIAL PHENOMENON. OH MY GOODNESS! THIS IS FANTASTIC! AT TIMES, IT SEEMED AS IF HE'D GO ON FOREVER. BUT WITH A MULTI-BILLION-POUND AMERICAN TAKEOVER CAME A SUDDEN CHANGE IN DIRECTION. AND TODAY, F1'S NEW BOSS TOLD ME WHY IT WAS THE END OF THE ROAD FOR THE MAN HE'S REPLACED. I WOULD EXPECT THIS IS DIFFICULT FOR BERNIE. IT'S A BIG CHANGE FOR HIM. I MEAN, HE'S RUN THIS SPORT` HE'S A ONE-MAN` HE CALLS HIMSELF A DICTATOR. HE'S` HE'S RUN IT AS A ONE-MAN DICTATOR FOR A LONG TIME. I THINK THE SPORT NEEDS A FRESH PERSPECTIVE. GOODNESS! THIS IS FANTASTIC! OH! RECENTLY, THE SPORT HAS LACKED SOME OF THE THRILLS OF THE PAST, AND AMID DRAMATICALLY DECLINING TV AUDIENCES, ONE TEAM BOSS TOLD ME F1 NOW NEEDS A REVAMP. PERHAPS DE-COMPLICATING THE CARS A LITTLE AND GOING BACK TO MAN AND MACHINE BEING THE ABSOLUTE LIMIT. FOR A LONG TIME NOW, FORMULA 1 HAS BEEN ABLE TO DEPEND ON ITS UNIQUE MIX OF SPEED, GLAMOUR AND TECHNOLOGY TO GUARANTEE TRUE GLOBAL APPEAL. BUT THERE'S A SENSE FROM WITHIN THE SPORT THAT IN AN ULTRA-COMPETITIVE AND SHIFTING SPORTS MARKET, IT NOW NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. WE NEED TO USE ALL THE PLATFORMS, ADDITIONAL PLATFORMS AVAILABLE, HAVE A MARKETING CAPABILITY TO TELL THE STORIES OF THE RIVALRIES, OF THE STARS. THIS IS A SEISMIC MOMENT FOR F1. ECCLESTONE'S BEEN OFFERED AN ADVISORY ROLE. BUT A MAN SO USED TO BEING THE PUPPETMASTER, HE'S NO LONGER PULLING THE STRINGS. THE WORLD OF SPORT WILL SURELY NEVER SEE HIS LIKE AGAIN. HE MIGHT BE OUT OF A JOB, BUT HE'S WORTH ABOUT US$3B, SO HE'S DOING OK. HE'LL BE OK. . All right, so, this is Tim. 34-year-old male. RTC. Multi-vehicle... VOICES OVERLAP I think about the car crash a lot. I know he caused it and I reacted the best way possible. But it's hard to let it go. SOMBRE MUSIC When I asked what had happened to him, the doctors said he really wore the impact ` any more and things would've been much worse. They said he was lucky ` lucky I wasn't going any faster. Thank you. SOMBRE MUSIC CONTINUES It's OK. MUSIC CONTINUES It's OK. HELLO. A NICE SPELL IS SITTING ON THE DOORSTEP. LOOKING AT THE CLOUD, LOOK AT THIS LOW WORKING AWAY. THAT CLEAR SLOT IS THE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN. WE'LL STILL HAVE A DAY OR SO FOR THE SOUTH. ANOTHER WARNING. THEN WE CAN SETTLE DOWN. THERE'S STRONG WINDS EASING. THAT'S THE FIRST WIGGLE OF A SYSTEM. THE GRADIENT WILL KEEP IT WINDY WITH SHOWERS. ORANGE IS GOOD WEATHER. WATCH WHEN THE SYSTEM GOES. THE HIGH SPREADS IN. THAT'S DECENT PRESSURE. HERE'S TOMORROW. THE FRONT GOES. ODD SPOT OF RAIN IN THE CENTRAL PLATEAU. FIRST PIECE OF THE FRONT GOES THROUGH. THIS CLUSTER IS SHOWERS AND THUNDER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THESE SYSTEMS ARE WIGGLING THROUGH. FINE DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND. BEACH DAY. FIORDLAND SEEING RAIN. THE ATMOSPHERE IS GETTING SETTLED THAT FRONT WILL FADE AWAY. WE ARE ALMOST THERE. SUMMER'S COMING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.