HELLO. THERE WERE STILL A FEW SHOWERS JUST LOITERING ABOUT TODAY, MOST OF THEM FADING AWAY, BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, THERE'S SOME ACTIVE WESTERLIES COMING OUR WAY, WHICH MEANS BLINK AND YOU MISS IT. THE WEATHER WILL BE CHANGING. IT'LL BE BLUSTERY; THERE'LL BE SOME SHOWERS ` VERY SPRINGLIKE. ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP; RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. YES, IT'S GOING. IT'S GOING. GONE AND SOLD TO YOU. (APPLAUSE) IT'S GONE DOWN, DOWN, DOWN. THE NUMBER OF HOUSE SALES PLUNGES RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? AND WILL IT MAKE BUYING A HOME MORE AFFORDABLE? THE MAN WHO SHOT FOUR ARMED POLICE OFFICERS IS SENTENCED AMID TIGHT SECURITY. WE HAVE REACTION FROM HIS MOTHER AND THE VICTIMS. AND THE OPPORTUNITIES PARTY SHOWS OFF ITS CANDIDATES. JACINDA ARDERN'S LEFT HOLDING THE BABY, WHILE BILL ENGLISH DIGS IN. 1 NEWS IS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. THE NUMBER OF HOUSES SOLD IN NZ HAS DROPPED DRAMATICALLY, SPARKING CALLS TO AXE TOUGH LENDING RULES INTRODUCED TO COOL THE RED-HOT HOUSING MARKET. HERE'S THE BIG PICTURE FIRST. SALES FELL 24.5% NATIONWIDE IN JULY, COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. TAKING A CLOSER LOOK, AUCKLAND SALES PLUMMETED MORE THAN 30% ` THE BIGGEST DROP IN YEARS. WAIKATO ` DOWN 15%. A SMALLER DROP IN BAY OF PLENTY. HAWKE'S BAY ` 11%, AND MORE THAN 21% IN WELLINGTON. MOVING DOWN SOUTH, IT'S THE SAME TREND. CANTERBURY SALES ` DOWN 14%, WITH SIMILAR NUMBERS IN OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND, BUT THERE ARE SOME PLACES BUCKING THE TREND, LIKE THE QUEENSTOWN DISTRICT. SAM CLARKE LOOKS AT WHY IT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THOSE LOOKING TO BUY. HOME AT LAST ` DEFINITELY HARD ` IT'S NOT AN EASY ROAD TO TAKE. WE'VE DEFINITELY HAD OUR UPS AND DOWNS. IT'S TAKEN US THREE YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT, TO HAVE A HOUSE. LOAN-TO-VALUE RESTRICTIONS WERE TOUGHENED UP LAST OCTOBER TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR INVESTORS BUT ALSO FOR FIRST TIME BUYERS OUTSIDE OF AUCKLAND, LIKE AMANDA. YOU COULDN'T GET AHEAD; YOU COULDN'T GET TO THAT 20%. WE WOULD BE QUITE OLD BEFORE WE GOT TO THAT 20%. HOUSE SALES IN CANTERBURY ARE DOWN 20% ON THIS TIME LAST YEAR, REFLECTING THE NATIONAL TREND. THAT'S WHY THE REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE WANTS LENDING RESTRICTIONS EASED. WHAT WE'RE CALLING FOR IS A REVIEW OF THE LVRs FOR FIRST-HOME BUYERS WHAT WE'RE CALLING FOR IS A REVIEW OF THE LVRs FOR FIRST-HOME BUYERS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR FIRST-HOME BUYERS TO GET ONTO THE MARKET. BUT ECONOMISTS SAY THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS AT PLAY. BUT ECONOMISTS SAY THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS AT PLAY. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THESE SORTS OF CONTROLS MAKE ONLY A RELATIVELY SLIGHT DIFFERENCE. MUCH MORE IMPORTANT ARE WHAT HAPPENS TO IMMIGRATION, SOME OF THE TAX THINGS AND WHAT HAPPENS TO INTEREST RATES. AND THE RESERVE BANK IS SHOWING NO SIGNS OF CHANGING ITS STANCE JUST YET. IN ITS LATEST POLICY STATEMENT, IT SAYS... WHILE THE NUMBER OF HOUSES BEING SOLD HAS FALLEN, THE AVERAGE PRICE OF THOSE SALES HAS STILL GONE UP OVERALL, WITH LARGE INCREASES IN THE PROVINCES MAKING UP FOR A SLIGHTLY LOWER RATE IN AUCKLAND. HOUSING PRICES GOING UP AREN'T HELPING ANY FIRST-HOME BUYERS. BUT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THINGS ARE RETURNING TO NORMAL. AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE START TO BELIEVE IT'S ACHIEVABLE TO GET INTO THEIR FIRST HOME RATHER THAN WORRYING THAT THEY'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO DO IT. A COMFORTING THOUGHT FOR THOSE LIKE AMANDA, DREAMING OF A PLACE OF THEIR OWN. SAM CLARKE, 1 NEWS. THE MAN WHO SHOT FOUR POLICE OFFICERS DURING AN ARMED RAID HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO PREVENTIVE DETENTION WITH A MINIMUM OF 10 YEARS BEHIND BARS. RHYS WARREN WAS ARRESTED AFTER A 22-HOUR SIEGE NEAR KAWERAU LAST YEAR. SAM KELWAY WAS IN THE TAURANGA COURT FOR THE SENTENCING. RHYS WARREN ARRIVED IN COURT WITH AN ARSENAL OF QUESTIONS FOR THE JUDGE. I JUST NEED TO CONFIRM A FEW THINGS. OH, NO. YOU'LL HAVE YOUR OPPORTUNITY SHORTLY. ANY CHANCE I CAN TAKE THESE CUFFS OFF? NOT FOR THE MOMENT. BUT IT WAS HIS WEAPON OF CHOICE, AN EX-ARMY 303 HUNTING RIFLE, WHICH PUT HIM IN THE DOCK AND VERY NEARLY ENDED THE LIVES OF THREE OFFICERS. IN SENTENCING, JUSTICE TIMOTHY BREWER RULED OUT ANY CLAIM OF SELF-DEFENCE. YOUR SILENCE, THE TEXT MESSAGES YOU SENT AFTER THE SHOOTING AND THE ATTEMPT TO KILL SGT MARSH, ALONG WITH YOUR ANGER AT THE POLICE CONVINCED ME OF THAT. OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE ONEPU ADDRESS IN 2016 AFTER A CANNABIS SPOTTER PLANE WAS ALLEGEDLY SHOT AT. WHILE INSIDE THE KAWERAU HOME, THEY WERE AMBUSHED. TODAY IN COURT THOSE OFFICERS READ FROM VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS. I AM IN NO DOUBT THAT MR WARREN INTENDED TO KILL AS MANY OF MY TEAM I AM IN NO DOUBT THAT MR WARREN INTENDED TO KILL AS MANY OF MY TEAM AS POSSIBLE THAT DAY. IN COURT WARREN ASKED FOR THE CHARGES TO BE DROPPED AND $10,000 IN COMPENSATION BE PAID FOR PERSONAL COSTS AND A BREACH OF HIS RIGHTS. WARREN WAS BUNDLED FROM THE DOCK WHEN HE WAS FOUND GUILTY THIS YEAR AND TODAY THE HIGH COURT HAD BEEFED UP ITS SECURITY, BUT INSTEAD OF BEING MANHANDLED OUT, WARREN DECIDED TO REMOVE HIMSELF AND WASN'T THERE TO HEAR HIS SENTENCE. MEANWHILE, WARREN'S WHANAU SAY THEY'LL APPEAL THE SENTENCE. THIS SYSTEM'S NOT FOR MAORI, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THE BLACKER YOU ARE IN THIS COUNTRY, THE WORSE OFF YOU ARE. THE 28-YEAR-OLD IS NO STRANGER TO PRISON. HE VICIOUSLY ASSAULTED AN ANIMAL-CONTROL OFFICER IN 2009 AND A POLICE OFFICER IN 2010. HE'S NOW HEADED BACK TO JAIL FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. FROM BABIES TO BIOPRODUCTS AND BLISS BALLS, HUGS AND HANDSHAKES WERE THE ORDER OF THE DAY TODAY AS THE CHARM OFFENSIVE CONTINUED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. FOR THE NEWEST POLITICAL PLAYER, IT WAS TIME TO SHOW OFF ITS CANDIDATES AT THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF ITS ELECTION CAMPAIGN. GARETH MORGAN'S 'THE OPPORTUNITIES PARTY' KICKED OFF WITH SOME BOLD PREDICTIONS. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD WAS THERE AND JOINS US NOW. Good evening. It has been an explosive couple of weeks and politics. While all the attention has been on labour and the Greens for the past couple of weeks, Today it was the turn of Gareth Morgan's Opportunities Party To launch its campaign. THE COUNTRY'S NEWEST PARTY IS PROMISING TO DELIVER A DIFFERENT TYPE OF POLITICS. THOSE WHO CAMPAIGN TO CHANGE FROM BLUE TO RED OR RIGHT TO LEFT ARE LIKE A BUNCH OF KIDS SCREAMING, 'DAD'S BURNT THE DINNER. LET'S GET THE DOG TO COOK.' (LAUGHS) GARETH MORGAN'S OPPORTUNITIES PARTY HAS ABOUT 4000 MEMBERS AND 15 KEY POLICIES RANGING FROM A UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME TO TENANCY REFORM. THE MILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMAN SAYS HE DOESN'T CARE WHO'S IN CHARGE. IT'S JUST AN AUCTION; WHOEVER GIVES US MOST OF THE 15 POLICIES, THEY GET THE NOD FROM US. THE LEADERS BIDDING TO BE THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER WERE OUT SHAKING HANDS, YOUNG AND OLD TODAY AND EQUALLY NONCOMMITTAL ABOUT WORKING WITH GARETH MORGAN. FOR US, IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, FOR US, IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, AND THEN WE'LL WORK WITH WHAT'S PRESENTED TO US. THEY'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO TO GET TO 5%. UNUSUALLY, NEITHER THE OPPORTUNITIES LEADER OR HIS DEPUTY WOULD ASK TO BE MINISTERS IF THEY DID HELP FORM A GOVERNMENT,... I DON'T WANT TO BE A MINISTER. GEOFF, DO YOU WANT TO BE A MINISTER? NO, THE WHOLE IDEA IS FOR US TO BE ON THE CROSSBENCHES. ...AND AS THE PARTY SHOWED OFF ITS 20 CANDIDATES,... ...MR MORGAN ANNOUNCED HE EXPECTS TO POLL 10% COME ELECTION DAY. THAT'D BRING IN APPROXIMATELY 12 MPs. AS TO WHERE THOSE VOTES WILL COME FROM, NZ FIRST AND THE GREENS ARE THE MAIN TARGETS. I THINK WE'LL JUST SKIM THE CREAM. MAYBE IT'S A PROTEST VOTE AGAINST THE GREENS AND LABOUR. MAYBE IT'S A PROTEST VOTE AGAINST THE GREENS AND LABOUR. I CAN'T SAY I'VE SAT DOWN AND ANALYSED ALL THE PREDICTIVE POLLING AROUND NEW PARTIES' CHANCES. THE OPPORTUNITIES PARTY IS ON THE RISE, UP TO AROUND 3%. SO A TASTE... I HAVE TO HAVE ONE. ...OF WHAT EACH LEADER COULD BE DEALING WITH POST-ELECTION... AS LONG AS IT'S NOT TEARS. I DECLARE OUR CAMPAIGN OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED. BUT SIX WEEKS IS A LONG TIME IN POLITICS. Certainly, some old predictions from him there That he can get to 10%. He has been going up in the polls. It is a big leap though to get into Parliament, To get the necessary 5%. I think he is serious about sitting on the crossbenches. with the campaign trail is on the weekend, You can expect announcements from the government Jacinda Arden will be at an equal pay rally tomorrow. The Greens will be relaunching their campaign on Saturday. It was only a few weeks ago that Metiria Turei came out with that bombshell. Now they are coming up with a new campaign slogan and billboards. THANKS, KATIE. DONALD TRUMP'S FIRING UP ONCE AGAIN ISSUING ANOTHER STERN WARNING TO NORTH KOREA. IT COMES AFTER THE REGIME RELEASED MORE DETAILS ABOUT ITS PLANNED MISSILE STRIKES AGAINST THE US TERRITORY OF GUAM. BUT THE US PRESIDENT SAYS IT'S NORTH KOREA THAT SHOULD BE QUOTE 'VERY, VERY NERVOUS'. THE BBC'S NICK BRYANT REPORTS. IT'S FROM HIS GOLF CLUB IN NEW JERSEY, DURING HIS WORKING VACATION, THAT DONALD TRUMP IS MANAGING THIS STANDOFF. AND THIS AFTERNOON HE WAS BACK IN HIS TRADEMARK SUIT AND TIE, AND USING HIS TRADEMARK TOUGH TALK IN RESPONSE TO THE LATEST THREATS FROM PYONGYANG. I WILL TELL YOU THIS ` IF NORTH KOREA DOES ANYTHING IN TERMS OF EVEN THINKING ABOUT ATTACK OF ANYBODY THAT WE LOVE OR WE REPRESENT OR ARE ALLIES OR US, THEY CAN BE VERY, VERY NERVOUS. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, AND THEY SHOULD BE VERY, VERY NERVOUS. BECAUSE THINGS WILL HAPPEN TO THEM LIKE THEY NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE. EARLIER THIS WEEK HE WARNED NORTH KOREA OF FIRE AND FURY, RAISING THE CHILLING SPECTOR OF A NUCLEAR CONFRONTATION. HIS ONLY REGRET ` MAYBE THAT STATEMENT WASN'T TOUGH ENOUGH. EARLIER, ON NEWS BULLETINS IN NORTH KOREA, AN UNUSUALLY SPECIFIC MILITARY THREAT. (SPEAKS IN KOREAN) THE HWASONG-12 ROCKET WILL BE LAUNCHED BY THE KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY AND WILL CROSS ABOVE THE SKY OF JAPAN AND FLY 3356KM FOR 1065 SECONDS BEFORE HITTING THE WATERS 30KM-40KM AWAY FROM GUAM. (CROWD CHEERS) THIS IS A HWASONG-12 MISSILE ON PARADE IN PYONGYANG THIS SPRING. KIM JONG-UN CAN BACK HIS FIERY WORDS WITH WEAPONRY. TODAY, ON THE TROPICAL ISLAND OF GUAM, IT WASN'T SO MUCH A CASE OF FIRE AND FURY, AS WET AND WILD. IT WASN'T SO MUCH A CASE OF FIRE AND FURY, AS WET AND WILD. THE NEWS CREWS CONVERGING THERE PRODUCING WHAT LOOK LIKE TOURIST ADVERTISEMENTS ` PEOPLE HEADING TO THE BEACH, RATHER THAN FLEEING. LOCALS NOT PARTICULARLY CONCERNED OF THE THREAT THAT NORTH KOREAN MISSILES MIGHT SOON COME RAINING IN. WE'RE KIND OF JUST USED TO THE WHOLE EBB AND FLOW OF HEARING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE BOMBED, AND THEN IT NOT HAPPENING, AND THEN HEARING ABOUT IT AGAIN, SO IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT'S NEW TO US. IT NEVER FOLLOWS THROUGH, SO I WASN'T REALLY CONCERNED. GUAM IS IN THE FIRING LINE BECAUSE IT'S AMERICAN TERRITORY THAT'S HOME TO TWO BIG US MILITARY BASES. AN ATTACK HERE WOULD BE AN ATTACK ON AMERICA. AND AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER MALCOLM TURNBULL SAYS IN THE EVENT OF AN ATTACK ON US SOIL AUSTRALIA WOULD SUPPORT ITS ALLY. OUR PRIME MINISTER, WHO'S FOCUSED ON A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION, SAYS NEW ZEALAND'S CONTRIBUTION TO ANY FUTURE US MILITARY ACTION WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED ON ITS MERITS. THE PIKE RIVER FAMILIES ARE HOLDING TWO MEETINGS TOMORROW TO VIEW NEW IMAGES THEY BELIEVE SHOW INTACT BODIES OF SEVERAL OF THEIR LOVED ONES IN THE MINE. THE MEETINGS COINCIDES WITH THE RELEASE OF MORE NEW VIDEO. THIS SHOWS A DRIFT RUNNER LEAVING THE MINE JUST TWO MINUTES BEFORE THE EXPLOSION WITH MEN ON BOARD WHO HAD FINISHED THEIR SHIFT. ANOTHER NEW CLIP SHOWS FIREFIGHTERS AND MINERS LOOKING INTO THE TUNNEL AFTER THE FATAL EXPLOSION. THEY'RE TOLD TO MOVE AWAY BY THE HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGER, NEVILLE ROCKHOUSE, WHO LOST HIS SON IN THE EXPLOSION. THE MEETINGS ARE BEING HELD IN CHRISTCHURCH TOMORROW MORNING AND GREYMOUTH IN THE EVENING. ROTORUA HAS BECOME NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST BILINGUAL CITY, OFFICIALLY RECOGNISING THE PLACE OF BOTH TE REO MAORI AND ENGLISH. THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND LOCAL IWI WILL SEE BOTH LANGUAGES USED ON STREET SIGNS. BUT MAORI AFFAIRS REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA SAYS THAT'S JUST THE START. TAHI, RUA, TORU, WHA. THIS GYM CLASS IS PART OF A WIDER LANGUAGE PUSH, PAI KARE, KEI TE HEKE TE WERAWERA. ...AS ROTORUA'S DECLARED THE COUNTRY'S FIRST BILINGUAL CITY. I'M ASTONISHED AT THE STREETVIEW. THERE'S A REAL, GENUINE EXCITEMENT OUT THERE ABOUT WHY DIDN'T WE DO THIS BEFORE? IT HOPEFULLY IT OPENS UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE. MAKING STREET SIGNS AVAILABLE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND MAORI WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST OBVIOUS CHANGES. NOT EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE FULLY TRANSLATED, IT'S SELECTIVE. BUT IN PLACES THAT ARE REAL VISIBLE, LIKE, YOU COME INTO ROTORUA, WHAT ABOUT A SIGN THAT SAYS ` 'ROTORUA NAUMAI HARAMAI KI ROTORUA REO RUA: THE BILINGUAL CITY'? HE SAYS IT'S ABOUT MOVING TE REO OUT FROM TOURIST LOCATIONS TO EVERYDAY SITUATIONS, ENHANCING THE EXPERIENCE OF VISITORS WHO CONTRIBUTE NEARLY $800M TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. FROM A TOURISM PERSPECTIVE, IT JUST RAISES THE BAR, IT RAISES THE LEVEL OF AUTHENTICITY ABOUT OUR CITY, IT'LL COST AN ESTIMATED $1M-$2M TO CHANGE STREET SIGNS, AND IT'S HOPED EXISTING LANGUAGE FUNDING WILL COVER THAT. SOME ROTORUA BUSINESSES ARE ALREADY INCORPORATING MORE TE REO MAORI IN THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES, THIS CAFE PROVIDING MAORI MENUS FOR CUSTOMERS TO ORDER. KIA ORA, HE KAWHE RATE MAAKU. YES. SUGAR WITH YOUR LATTE? A BILINGUAL ROTORUA'S HITTING THE MARK WITH LOCALS OH, AWESOME. ROTORUA'S THE HOME OF MAORIDOM, SO IT SEEMS PERFECTLY NATURAL. OH, HARIKOA TAKU NGAKAU. THE MAYOR SAYS SHE'LL WORK HARD TO BRING ALONG THOSE WHO'RE NERVOUS ABOUT THE CHANGES, HOPING THEY'LL SOON BE SINGING OFF THE SAME REO SONG SHEET. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. IT'S OFTEN SAID IT ALL COMES DOWN TO MARKETING, AND IN THE CASE OF MILK, THAT APPEARS TO BE TRUE. CONSUMER NZ HAS BLASTED FONTERRA'S MUCH-HYPED LIGHTPROOF MILK BOTTLES, SAYING THE MILK INSIDE IS NO DIFFERENT TO CHEAPER BRANDS. KIM SAVAGE HAS MORE. LAUNCHED FOUR YEARS AGO AS FONTERRA'S BIGGEST INNOVATION YET,... YOU CREATE A 100% LIGHTPROOF MILK BOTTLE, LOCKING IN THE GOODNESS AND KEEPING YOUR MILK TASTING FRESH AND DELICIOUS. ...THE DAIRY COMPANY CLAIMED ITS OPAQUE BOTTLES USED ON ITS ANCHOR BRAND PROTECT VITAMIN B2 AND VITAMIN A FROM SUN DAMAGE, OFFERING CUSTOMERS NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS. IT'S PROBABLY MISLEADING THAT FONTERRA HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS IT'S PROBABLY MISLEADING THAT FONTERRA HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS ABOUT THE ANCHOR BRAND. CONSUMER NZ TESTED THE FIVE TRIM-MILK BRANDS ` ANCHOR, HOMEBRAND, MEADOW FRESH, PAMS AND SIGNATURE RANGE. IT CAME AS SOME SURPRISE TO FIND THAT IN FACT THERE'S ALMOST NO DIFFERENCE IN THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE IN OPAQUE BOTTLES THAN ANY OTHER MILK THAT YOU MIGHT BE DRINKING. BUT FONTERRA SAYS CONSUMER NZ HAS GOT IT WRONG, AND IT STANDS BY ITS PRODUCT. SINCE WE'VE LAUNCHED, WE'VE NEVER CLAIMED THAT OUR MILK IS NUTRITIONALLY SUPERIOR TO OTHER MILKS. MOST OF THEM WHEN THEY'RE FILLED, THEY'RE PRETTY SIMILAR. WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE'LL PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR PRODUCT RIGHT THROUGHOUT ITS SHELF LIFE. CONSUMER NZ ALSO COMPARED PRODUCT PRICE. ANCHOR, WITH ITS LIGHTPROOF BOTTLE, AND MEADOW FRESH IN SEMI-OPAQUE CAME OUT AS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ` BOTH AROUND $4.40 FOR A 2-LITRE BOTTLE ` THAT COMPARES TO THE CHEAPEST, HOMEBRAND ` AROUND $3.40 IT'S THE ONLY PRODUCT ON THE MARKET THAT CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE MILK TASTES AS GOOD AS THE DAY WE FILLED IT THROUGHOUT ITS SHELF LIFE, AND WE BELIEVE THAT'S WORTH A PREMIUM. FONTERRA HAS NOW CHANGED ITS MARKETING TO REFLECT THE BOTTLE'S EFFECT ON FLAVOUR RATHER THAN MAKING NUTRITIONAL CLAIMS. WHETHER IT'S THE BETTER-TASTING BRAND, THAT'S UP TO MILK DRINKERS TO DECIDE. KIM SAVAGE, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ON 1 NEWS ` LONDON POLICE MAKE AN ARREST AFTER A TIP OFF LEADS THEM TO A SUSPECT LONDON POLICE MAKE AN ARREST AFTER A TIP OFF LEADS THEM TO A SUSPECT IN THE CASE OF THE JOGGER KNOCKDOWN. CAPTURED ON CCTV, THE WOMAN THROWN DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO AN ONCOMING BUS. AUSSIE RESEARCHERS TRACK DOWN A GENE MUTATION THAT SHOWS THEM THE WAY TO PREVENT MISCARRIAGES AND A RANGE OF BIRTH DEFECTS. COULD VEGEMITE BE THE ANSWER? AND A BLOOD SUCKING FISH FROM THE RIVER STYX, BUT THIS IS NO HORROR MOVIE. RATHER A PRICEY PLAN TO SAVE AN ANCIENT SPECIES RATHER A PRICEY PLAN TO SAVE AN ANCIENT SPECIES FROM A BOOMING SOUTH ISLAND SUBDIVISION. THE GOVERNMENT ADMITS IT IS USING INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY A CONTROVERSIAL PRIVATE INVESTIGATION FIRM THAT GREENPEACE IS TAKING TO COURT. THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP SAYS IT'S OUTRAGED THAT THE INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN TRACKING GREENPEACE STAFF AND PASSING THAT INFORMATION ON TO THE GOVERNMENT. HERE'S JESSICA MUTCH. WHEN RUSSEL NORMAN PROTESTED AGAINST OIL EXPLORATION SHIP AMAZON WARRIOR EARLIER THIS YEAR, HE FILMED HIMSELF. HE WAS ALSO BEING FILMED AND PHOTOGRAPHED ON BOARD THE SHIP BY PRIVATE INVESTIGATION FIRM THOMPSON & CLARK. THAT INFORMATION WAS THEN PASSED ON TO THE MINISTRY OF BUSINESS INNOVATION. I THINK IT IS COMPLETELY OUTRAGEOUS THAT A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT I THINK IT IS COMPLETELY OUTRAGEOUS THAT A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT IS RELYING ON INFORMATION PROVIDED FROM THOMPSON AND CLARK, A DISREPUTABLE INVESTIGATIONS AGENCY THAT IS FOLLOWING, OR HAS BEEN FOLLOWING MY STAFF HOME AT NIGHT. GREENPEACE IS TAKING THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS TO COURT AND SAYS THEY'RE BEING PAID BY OIL COMPANIES TO SPY ON ITS MEMBERS. THE MINISTRY REFUSED TO BE INTERVIEWED ON CAMERA, THE MINISTRY REFUSED TO BE INTERVIEWED ON CAMERA, BUT IN A STATEMENT SAYS IT GOT INFORMATION FROM THOMPSON AND CLARK AS PART OF ITS MONITORING OF THE OIL INDUSTRY, BUT STRESSES IT DIDN'T PAY THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS. MBIE ALSO SAYS IT RECEIVED GREENPEACE WANTS TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT TO STOP GETTING MATERIAL FROM THOMPSON AND CLARK WHILE THE CASE IS BEFORE THE COURTS. FROM THOMPSON AND CLARK WHILE THE CASE IS BEFORE THE COURTS. THOMPSON AND CLARK HAVE A RECORD OF PAYING INFORMANTS TO INFILTRATE PROTEST GROUPS, CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS. I JUST THINK THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT ENDORSE, SHOULD NOT WORK FOR, HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THOMPSON AND CLARK. WE PUT THAT TO THE PRIME MINISTER. LOOK, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST RUN AN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS. LOOK, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST RUN AN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS. IF PEOPLE LIKE GREENPEACE ARE PROTESTING ABOUT THINGS, THEY ARE FREE TO DO SO AND YOU CAN. THOMPSON AND CLARK TOLD 1 NEWS IT OPERATES WITHIN THE LAW. COMPANIES LIKE THEIRS ARE SUBJECT TO STRICT RULES. IN THEIR OWN CODE OF PRACTICE, THEY ARE PROHIBITED FROM SURVEILLING IN THEIR OWN CODE OF PRACTICE, THEY ARE PROHIBITED FROM SURVEILLING SOMEONE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, EVEN IF IT IS FROM PUBLIC PROPERTY BY MEANS OF SOME SURVEILLANCE DIVIDE. IT'LL NOW BE UP TO THE COURT TO DECIDE WHETHER THOSE RULES HAVE BEEN BROKEN. JESSICA MUTCH, 1 NEWS. LONDON POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A 50-YEAR-OLD MAN AFTER EARLIER RELEASING VIDEO SHOWING A JOGGER KNOCKING A WOMAN INTO THE PATH OF AN ONCOMING BUS. A TIP OFF FROM THE PUBLIC LED TO THE ARREST A TIP-OFF FROM THE PUBLIC LED TO THE ARREST AFTER THE WOMAN (33) WAS KNOCKED OVER, ONLY SURVIVING THANKS TO THE BUS DRIVER'S QUICK ACTION TO AVOID HER. THE MAN DETAINED WAS LATER RELEASED ON BAIL. AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF MISCARRIAGES AND BIRTH DEFECTS HAVE MADE A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH. THEY'VE DISCOVERED A PARTICULAR MOLECULE AT FAULT AND FOUND ALL THAT'S NEEDED TO FIX IT IS A VITAMIN. CHANNEL NINE'S GABRIELLA ROGERS EXPLAINS. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THIS HAPPY 2-YEAR-OLD HAD OPEN-HEART SURGERY THREE WEEKS AGO. CHARLOTTE SCAIFE WAS BORN WITH MULTIPLE HOLES IN HER HEART AND A LEAKY VALVE. TODAY'S DISCOVERY PROMISES TO PREVENT FAMILIES FROM GOING THROUGH SIMILAR PAIN. IT'S A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH. IF THAT CAN STOP ONE FAMILY, 10 FAMILIES, 100 FAMILIES GOING THROUGH THAT SAME EXPERIENCE. I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT IT. VERY EXCITED. 12 LONG YEARS OF COMPLEX RESEARCH BY VICTOR CHANG, SCIENTIST, HAS LED TO A SIMPLE SOLUTION. VITAMIN B3, OR NIACIN, COMMONLY FOUND IN MEAT, GREEN VEGETABLES AND VEGEMITE IS THE KEY TO CURING THE UNDERLYING CAUSE. WE MADE THESE DISCOVERIES THROUGH THE CLINIC, THROUGH STUDYING FAMILIES WHO HAVE HAD MULTIPLE MISCARRIAGES AND BIRTH DEFECTS. WE IDENTIFIED GENE MUTATIONS THAT TOLD US THAT THE METABOLIC PATHWAY WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. THEY FOUND THAT... ...IN THE WOMB. IN MICE EXPERIMENTS, BOOSTING THAT MOLECULE BY... ...THAT AFFECT THE... THE SCIENCE IS NOT SIMPLE AND IT TOOK 12 YEARS, BUT THE BEAUTY IS THE SIMPLICITY OF THE PREVENTION. THE 1980S DISCOVERY THAT INTRODUCING DIETARY FOLATE PREVENTED SPINA BIFIDA AND OTHER NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS CHANGED THE WAY PREGNANT WOMEN WERE CARED FOR. THIS IS LIKELY TO DO THE SAME. RESEARCHERS ADVISE THAT THOSE PLANNING A BABY OR IN EARLY PREGNANCY TAKE EXISTING PREGNANCY MULTIVITAMINS UNTIL THEY WORK OUT THE RECOMMENDED DOSE OF VITAMIN B3. SECURITY OFFICERS HAD TO SUBDUE A MAN WHO RUSHED THE STAGE NEAR THE END OF BRITNEY SPEARS' SHOW IN LAS VEGAS LAST NIGHT. A CONCERT-GOER POSTED FOOTAGE OF THE INCIDENT ` THE FRIGHTENED SINGER HEARD ASKING IF THE MAN HAD A GUN. THE 37-YEAR-OLD STAGE CRASHER, THE 37-YEAR-OLD STAGE-CRASHER, WHO'D EARLIER BEEN ASKED TO LEAVE THE CONCERT WAS BUNDLED OFF THE STAGE AND ARRESTED. BACK HERE. ANOTHER DAY OF SUNSHINE AND SHOWERS. A HINT OF WHAT'S IN STORE FOR THE WEEKEND, DAN? YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES. It is going to be very spring and blustery. Some mist and fog into a few spots. Things did come right. There were the showers. Most of them have died away. The next up is already working into the far south. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ As Long as it feels like spring, that's okay. STILL TO COME ` THE CHRISTCHURCH INTERSECTION GETTING A COSTLY MAKEOVER. COMING UP ` THE PRICE TAG $3M MORE TO PROTECT THE BREEDING GROUND OF A SLIMY, SUCKING NATIVE. PROMPTING A CALL FROM ESTATE AGENTS TO EASE LENDING RESTRICTIONS, BUT WITH THE RESERVE BANK STILL CONCERNED ABOUT RESURGENT HOUSE PRICES, THE BRAKES LOOK SET TO STAY ON FOR NOW. THE DISCOVERY OF AN ENDANGERED FISH SPECIES IN A CHRISTCHURCH DRAIN HAS SEEN THE CITY COUNCIL REDESIGN A ROADING PROJECT TO THE TUNE OF $3M. SCIENTISTS SAY THE LAMPREY POPULATION'S THE HEALTHIEST THEY'VE EVER SEEN IN AN URBAN WATERWAY. ALI PUGH REPORTS. KNOWN AS THE VAMPIRE OF THE SEAS, THE BLOODSUCKING LAMPREY FISH LOOKS THREATENING. HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE? YEAH. THEY'RE PRETTY UGLY. (CHUCKLES GENTLY) YEAH. BUT IT'S THE PREHISTORIC SPECIES ITSELF THAT'S NOW UNDER THREAT. THESE SPECIES HAVE BEEN THRIVING FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS, AND IT'S ONLY BEEN IN THE LAST 50 YEARS SINCE WE'VE COME ALONG AND CHANGED THEIR HABITAT THAT THEY'RE NOW THREATENED. BUT A THRIVING POPULATION OF THE NATIVE FISH WAS RECENTLY FOUND IN THIS URBAN STREAM NEAR CHRISTCHURCH'S STYX RIVER, AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL SET ABOUT UPGRADING THIS INTERSECTION FOR THE BOOMING PRESTON SUBDIVISION. WAS THAT A SURPRISE? CERTAINLY, NO ONE KNEW ABOUT IT. THERE'S ONLY TWO KNOWN SITES WE'RE AWARE OF, THE EXPERTS ARE AWARE OF. THIS SURPRISE DISCOVERY HAS MEANT THE COUNCIL'S HAD TO COMPLETELY RETHINK ITS DESIGN FOR THIS STRETCH OF ROAD. THIS BRIDGE, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL NOW ONLY BE BUILT OUT ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE WATERWAY ` ALL TO PROTECT THE VULNERABLE LAMPREY. THE NEW FISH-FRIENDLY DESIGN'S ALSO REQUIRED THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY IN ORDER TO PUSH THE UPGRADED INTERSECTION FURTHER FROM THE FISH'S SPAWNING GROUND ` A MOVE THAT'S SEEN THE PRICE TAG BALLOON FROM $7M TO $10M. IT IS A LOT OF MONEY. IT IS OBVIOUSLY CONSIDERED VERY SERIOUSLY BY COUNCIL. IT IS ENVIRONMENTALLY VERY SIGNIFICANT. IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT, ACCORDING TO SCIENTISTS, WITH THE POPULATION THE MOST PROLIFIC THEY'VE EVER SEEN IN A WATERWAY. THEY DO GET A BAD RAP, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LIKE VAMPIRES AT ALL. THEY'RE VERY CUTE AND FASCINATING CREATURES. THE CUTEST BLOOD-LEECHING PARASITES IN TOWN. ALI PUGH, 1 NEWS. OUR HOSPITALS NEED A LOT OF BLOOD DONATED EVERY YEAR, INCLUDING ABOUT 50 TONS OF PLASMA, AND ONE AUCKLANDER'S BEEN DOING MORE THAN HIS BIT TO FILL THE TANK. PAUL TOMLIN'S GIVEN BLOOD MORE THAN 550 TIMES ` A RECORD THEY CELEBRATED TODAY. MARY-JANE AGGETT WITH THE STORY. EVERY FORTNIGHT FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS PAUL TOMLIN'S MORNING'S GONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. MORNING PAUL, HOW ARE YA? IT'S JUST PART OF THE ROUTINE - LIKE GETTING OUT OF BED EVERYDAY EVERY TWO WEEKS I COME ALONG HERE. BUT TODAY'S VISIT'S SPECIAL ` (CHEERING, CLAPPING) HE'S CLOCKED UP A WHOPPING 551 DONATIONS. IT'S INCREDIBLE. HE'S AN ABSOLUTE INSPIRATION. A RECORD FOR NZ BLOOD AND A LANDMARK FOR PAUL. PLASMA PARTICULARLY... OVER THE COURSE OF HIS DONATIONS HE WILL HAVE SAVED OR ENHANCED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF NZers. IT TAKES 45 MINUTES FOR PAUL TO DONATE HIS PLASMA. PLASMA IS THE GOLD COLOURED LIQUID PART OF THE BLOOD THAT CARRIES BLOOD CELLS AROUND THE BODY. IT'S A KEY COMPONENT IN 13 DIFFERENT ESSENTIAL BLOOD PRODUCTS IT HELPS WITH BOOSTING IMMUNITY, BLOOD CLOTTING FOR PEOPLE WITH BLEEDING DISORDERS, TRAUMA CASES AND THE TREATMENT OF CANCER. THE NOW 60-YEAR-OLD STARTED DONATING WHEN HE WAS 18. I WAS WITH MY UNCLE, AND HE WAS GOING TO GIVE BLOOD, SO I WENT ALONG WITH HIM AND DECIDED TO START THEN. I THOUGHT, 'IF HE CAN DO IT, I CAN.' NOW HE'S PART OF THE FURNITURE HERE. IT'S LIKE FAMILY! YOU END UP BUILDING UP A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DONOR, PAUL'S A TECHNICIAN AT AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY. HIS WORKMATES ARE PROUD OF HIS EFFORTS, EVEN IF HE CAN'T RECRUIT THEM. WE'VE CERTAINLY HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DONATING BLOOD, AND OBVIOUSLY A FEW OF US AREN'T TOO KEEN ON NEEDLES. GIVE IT A GO. IT DOESN'T HURT, AND YOU GET NICE CHOCOLATE BISCUITS AT THE END OF IT. SO, IN A FORTNIGHT, PAUL WILL BE BACK IN THE RED CHAIR. GOT NO PLANS TO STOP IN A HURRY, NO. BUT HE WOULDN'T MIND A FEW MORE OF US JOINING HIM. MARY-JANE AGGETT, 1 NEWS. ALL BLACKS PRE-SEASON GETS UNDERWAY TONIGHT. WE'LL TAKE YOU LIVE TO THE GAME IN PUKEKOHE, WHERE MATT MANUKIA IS STANDING BY, PLUS ` A KIWI INTO THE SEMI FINALS AT THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPS, WHERE MATT MANUKIA IS STANDING BY, PLUS ` A KIWI INTO THE SEMI FINALS AT THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPS, NEXT IN SPORT, BUT THE BIG STORY ` TURKISH DELIGHT IN THE 200; A MASSIVE UPSET POSSIBLY BIGGER THAN USAIN BOLT'S 100 LOSS. AND STICKING WITH UPSETS, THE TALL BLACKS BABIES HUSH A HOSTILE HOMECROWD WHILE ANOTHER YOUNG KIWI IS PREPARING TO FIRE UP AT HOME. AND YOUR FRIDAY-YAY FIX ` THIS IS WHAT TEAM BUILDING SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND THEN SHOULDN'T. WHAT'S THAT ABOUT? THE NFL TEAMS THAT DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER THAT MUCH. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. THE ALL BLACKS ARE ABOUT TO CRANK UP THEIR RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP PREPARATIONS. THE ABs SQUAD IS IN PUKEKOHE FOR WHAT'S BECOMING AN ANNUAL DOUBLE-HEADER TRIAL AGAINST PROVINCIAL SIDES. LET'S GO TO MATT MANUKIA IN COUNTIES-MANUKAU COUNTRY. THE CROWD IS STILL FILING IN AROUND 12000 EXPECTED TO WATCH THE GAME OF THREE HALVES MANUKAU CURRENTLY LEADING ABS GETTING READY TO COME OUT THE ABS TAKE ON COUNTRY MANUKAU WHAT A CHANCE IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT COMBINATIONS THE ALL BLACKS THROW THE ALL BLACKS PRESENCE IN AUCKLAND CONTINUES TOMORROW IT WAS RAINING BUT IT'S JUST AS WELL THAT IT'S STOPPED NO UMBRELLAS ARE ALLOWED AT THE FIELD THANKS. MATT MANUKIA LIVE FROM PUKEKOHE. 54-TEST WINGER JULIAN SAVEA WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN IN PUKEKOHE TONIGHT, BUT INSTEAD, HE WAS BACK IN WELLINGTON FOR THE LIONS PROVINCIAL LAUNCH. SAVEA HAS ONLY PLAYED FOR THEM 22 TIMES IN THE PAST SEVEN SEASONS. OBVIOUSLY DISAPPINTING TIMES FOR JULES HE'S EXCITED ABOUT PLAYING FOR WGT THE UNDERACHIEVING WELLINGTON STARTS ITS PROVINCIAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST NEIGHBOURS MANAWATU ON SUNDAY WEEK. IF USAIN BOLT'S 100M LOSS WAS A SHOCK AT THE WORLD TRACK-AND-FIELD CHAMPS IN LONDON, HIS ATHLETICS HEIR APPARENT HAS GONE DOWN IN AN EVEN BIGGER UPSET. SOUTH AFRICAN WAYDE VAN NIEKERK WAS EXPECTED TO COMPLETE THE 200-400 DOUBLE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MICHAEL JOHNSON 22 YEARS AGO, BUT INSTEAD, IT WAS TURKISH DELIGHT. HERE'S STEPHEN STUART. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WAYDE VAN NIEKERK'S DAY,... THE NEW POSTER BOY OF WORLD ATHLETICS. ...EVEN THOUGH BOTSWANA'S ISAAC MAKWALA WAS THE CROWD FAVOURITE, GIVEN HIS STRUGGLES TO JUST GET TO THE 200M FINAL. WHEN VAN NIEKERK SURGED ALONG THE INNER, THE 400M CHAMPION LOOKED CERTAIN TO DO THE DOUBLE, BUT THE FOURTH-RANKED FINALIST, RAMIL GULIYEV ` BORN IN AZERBAIJAN BUT COMPETING FOR TURKEY ` GOT THE DIP IN ON THE LINE. IT'S VERY, VERY TIGHT THE RELAXED 27-YEAR-OLD, WHO WAS ONLY THE FOURTH FAVOURITE, HAD DENIED THE SOUTH AFRICAN HIS SHOT AT HISTORY. GIVEN TURKISH ATHLETICS' MURKY RECENT DRUG HISTORY, GULIYEV HAS EVEN BIGGER BATTLE ON HIS HANDS ` WINNING OVER THE DOUBTERS THAT HE'S CLEAN. EARLIER NICK WILLIS LINED UP IN THE 1500M HEATS AND FORTUNATELY WORKED OUT OF A POCKET TO AVOID TROUBLE IN THE RUN HOME. OOH, THERE'S A FALL THERE! ALTHOUGH FEELING SLUGGISH, THE 34-YEAR-OLD IS COMFORTABLY THROUGH TO THE NEXT ROUND, AND 800M RUNNER ANGIE PETTY LOOMED UP OUTSIDE CASTER SEMENYA IN HER HEAT. PETTY, THE NZ ATHLETE ` WORLD STUDENT GAMES CHAMPION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ` SITTING ON THE SHOULDER OF SEMENYA. AND NOW THE CANTABRIAN WISHED SHE HAD PRESSED ON, AS HER LATE SURGE INTO FOURTH BEHIND THE TWO-TIME CHAMPION WASN'T ENOUGH TO PROGRESS, JUST MISSING OUT. STEPHEN STUART, 1 NEWS. IT'S ONE OF THE BEST FEELINGS IN SPORT ` SILENCING A HOSTILE HOME CROWD WITH A WIN AGAINST THEIR BELOVED TEAM, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE TALL BLACKS HAVE DONE AT THE ASIA CUP. THE YOUTHFUL KIWI SIDE WERE IMPRESSIVE AGAINST A MUCH MORE EXPERIENCED LEBANON, SOAKING UP THE PRESSURE TO WIN 86-82. SHEA ILI LED THE WAY WITH 22 POINTS, REUBEN TE RANGI ADDING THE PUNCH. TE RANGI GOES RIGHT DOWN THE LANE FOR THE DUNK! (CHUCKLES) THAT WAS THE ONE YOU WANTED EARLIER IN THE GAME. THANK YOU. (CROWD BOOS) THANK YOU, REUBEN. I'VE SEEN IT ALL NOW. GOODNESS GRACIOUS! NZ, YOU GOTTA GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS! NEXT UP FOR THE TALL BLACKS ` KOREA IN THE EARLY HOURS OF SUNDAY MORNING. A WIN WOULD SECURE A QUARTER-FINAL SPOT. WHAT A ROLLERCOASTER DAY FOR KIWI GOLFER RYAN FOX AT THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP AT QUAIL HOLLOW IN NORTH CAROLINA. DESPITE BARELY FINDING A FAIRWAY, FOX WAS RIGHT IN THE FINAL MAJOR OF THE YEAR ` FOR A WHILE. MATT HALL-SMITH REPORTS. RYAN FOX ` HIS FIRST TIME IN THE BIG LEAGUE ON AMERICAN SOIL, STARTED ON THE BACK NINE AND BIRDIED THE 14TH AND 16TH HOLES. DAD ` A FAMOUS ALL BLACK. SO A GOOD START FOR FOX, THE LOCALS KNOWING HIS ROOTS, AND HE WAS TIED FOR SIXTH AT TWO-UNDER AT THE HALFWAY POINT BUT FELL IN A HEAP, COMING HOME WITH FOUR BOGIES AND A DOUBLE BOGEY TO SLUMP TO 75 AND A SHARE OF 80TH, BUT IT WAS FOX'S EUROPEAN TOUR COMPETITOR UPSTAGING THE AMERICANS. WORLD'S NUMBER 78 THORBJORN OLESEN TODAY EXPERIENCED HIS FIRST-EVER LEAD IN A MAJOR. (APPLAUSE) WELL DONE BY THE DANE, WHO NOW LIVES IN LONDON. RORY MCILROY WAS THE PRETOURNAMENT FAVOURITE, BUT THE IRISHMAN AND AMERICAN JORDAN SPIETH TRAIL THE LEADERS BY FIVE SHOTS, SPIETH NOT HELPING HIS BID TO BECOME THE YOUNGEST PLAYER TO WIN CAREER GRAND SLAMS, CARDING A ONE OVER 72. HOWEVER, IT WAS FELLOW AMERICAN KEVIN KISNER TAKING CHARGE, NAILING A 21FT PUTT AT THE 18TH TO SHARE THE LEAD WITH OLESEN,... (APPLAUSE, CHEERING) KEVIN KISNER ` WHAT A BIRDIE. ...AND WHILE OLESEN WAS THE STANDOUT FROM THE EUROPEANS, THERE WAS A DUTCHMAN WHO WAS HAVING A DAY TO REMEMBER. JOOST LUITEN HADN'T BIRDIED ALL DAY; STILL THE CASE, GIVEN HIS NEXT SHOT WAS AN ACE,... (CHEERING) OH! HOW ABOUT IT?! ...BUT THE DAY BELONGED TO THE DANE (21), WHO SHOT SIX BIRDIES TO GO FOUR-UNDER AFTER THE FIRST ROUND. AND WHAT A PUTT BY OLESEN, AND WHAT A WAY TO END THE DAY! HAVE TO STAY RELAXED THE NEXT FEW DAYS, STILL TRY TO KEEP THE BALL ON THE FAIRWAY, AND THEN I KNOW I CAN AND HIT IT CLOSE AND MAKE SOME BIRDIES. AND WITH FIVE PLAYERS JUST ONE SHOT OFF THE LEAD, THE GREAT DANE WILL NEED ALL THE BIRDIES OR ACES HE CAN GET. MATT HALL-SMITH, 1 NEWS. TEENAGE FREE-SKIING STAR NICO PORTEOUS HAS BECOME A POSTER BOY FOR THE WINTER GAMES IN CARDRONA, DOING THE PROMOTIONAL ROUNDS FOR THE EVENT, WHICH STARTS IN A FORTNIGHT. THERE'S HIGH HOPES FOR THE 15-YEAR-OLD, WHO'S ALREADY LANDED HIMSELF A QUALIFICATION IN THE HALFPIPE EVENT FOR NEXT YEAR'S WINTER OLYMPICS AND WAS BRIEFLY THE YOUNGEST TO LAND THIS TRICK ` A TRIPLE CORK 1440. STILL HAVE TO KICK MYSELF EVERY ONE IN A WHILE TO REMIND MYSELF THAT, DAMN, I'M REALLY, REALLY LUCKY TO BE HERE. WHILE VETERAN JOSSI WELLS IS STILL RECOVERING FROM KNEE SURGERY, HE WON'T BE RIDING THE SLOPES AT HIS HOME MOUNTAIN. INSTEAD, HE'LL BE BEHIND THE MIC. WITH THIS INJURY AND NOT BEIN' ABLE TO COMPETE IS DEFINITELY A BUMMER, BUT I'M STILL GONNA BE THERE AND MAKE THE MOST OF IT. THE 27-YEAR-OLD SAYS HIS KNEE SHOULD BE READY IN TIME FOR NEXT YEAR'S WINTER OLYMPICS, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, HE'S HAPPY TO BE ALONG FOR THE RIDE WITH NICO. (ENGINE ROARS) IT DOES TAKE KNOCKS AND TOLLS ON THE BODY, SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS A PRETTY YOUNG MAN'S GAME, BUT, YEAH, NICO'S DEFINITELY YOUNG, AND HE'S WELL ON HIS WAY. OVER 800 ATHLETES WILL DESCEND ON TO CARDRONA FOR THE TWO-WEEK-LONG EVENT. TO THE CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE WHERE KANE WILLIAMSON'S BARBADOS TRIDENTS HAVE BAGGED A SOGGY VICTORY OVER THE ST LUCIA STARS UNDER THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS SYSTEM. THE BLACK CAPS SKIPPER GOT OFF TO A POWERFUL START FOR THE TRIDENTS, FINDING GAPS IN THE FIELD ` ONE OF THEM PAST FELLOW KIWI JESSE RYDER. HIS TEAMMATES NOT SO LUCKY. RYDER GRABBING BACK TO BACK CATCHES FROM THEIR TOP ORDER, WHILE COMPATRIOT MITCH MCCLENAGHAN JOINED THE WICKET TAKING RUN DENYING WILLIAMSON A HALF CENTURY. TUCKED IT DOWN TO MIDWICKET. AND BRILLIANTLY TAKEN. THAT'S ONE FOR MCCLENEGHAN TO TELL HIS MATES. HE'S GOT RID OF HIS FELLOW COUNTRYMAN AND CAPTAIN, KANE WILLIAMSON, FOR 46. TRIDENTS CAPTAIN KIERON POLLARD WAS THEIR SAVIOUR SMASHING A POWERFUL 83. SETTING UP AN IMPOSING TARGET OF 196. BUT RAIN HAD THE FINAL SAY, THE TRIDENTS WINNING BY 21 RUNS. AMERICA'S CUP-WINNING SAILOR PETER BURLING'S TICKING OFF ANOTHER GOAL, JOINING BRUNEL IN THE VOLVO OCEAN RACE AROUND THE WORLD. THE TEAM NZ HELMSMAN IS HAVING TO GET USED TO SOME GRINDING AGAIN WITH HIS NEW TEAM TODAY, BUT HE WON'T BE TAKING PART IN THE COMPLETE RACE, MAKING ROOM TO CONTINUE TRAINING IN OTHER CLASSES. OH, I ONLY REALLY MY DECISION PRETTY RECENTLY, AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THIS RACE, BUT JUST MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WORKS AND I CAN KEEP DOING A BIT OF SMALLER TOURNAMENT STUFF AT THE SAME TIME. HE'S ALSO UP AGAINST FELLOW NZ TEAMMATE BLAIR TUKE ` WHO'S ON SPANISH TEAM MAPFRE ` CURRENTLY LEADING THE BRUNEL BOAT ON STAGE THREE OF LEG ZERO. IT'S ONLY PRE-SEASON, BUT THE GLOVES ARE ALREADY OFF BETWEEN L.A.'S TWO RIVAL AMERICAN FOOTBALL TEAMS. THE LONG-TIME SAN DIEGO CHARGERS HAVE MOVED UP THE FREEWAY TO LOS ANGELES THIS SEASON, AND THEIR SUPPOSEDLY FRIENDLY JOINT PRACTICE SESSION WITH THE L.A. RAMS IN IRVINE QUICKLY TURNED UGLY. THE COACHES RUSHED ON AND TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO SEPARATE THE BRAWLING PLAYERS. YOU KNOW, STARTIN' OUT WITH THE ONE-ON-ONES, GUYS ARE COMPETITORS; THAT'S WHAT MAKES 'EM GREAT, AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS WANNA BE SMART ABOUT IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, GOIN' BACK AND FORTH, IT'S HARD TO EXACTLY SAY WHAT HAD GONE ON. THE WARRING SIDES ARE DUE TO SQUARE OFF AGAIN IN A PRE-SEASON MATCH LATER THIS MONTH. AND DON'T EXPECT TO SEE THESE SORT OF MOVES FROM THE ALL BLACKS TONIGHT. OH, FOR GOD'S SAKE! THAT WAS SO CLOSE! (YELLS INDISTINCTLY) PRACTICE MADE PERFECT FOR LONDON CLUB SARACENS AT THEIR PRE-SEASON TRAINING CAMP IN BERMUDA. MIND YOU, THEY ARE THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS. AND THE WESTERN FORCE PLAYERS MIGHT AS WELL GO ON HOLIDAY. THE PERTH FRANCHISE HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN GIVEN THE BOOT BY THE AUSTRALIAN RUGBY UNION, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE MUCH BETTER THAN THE MELBOURNE REBELS. MORE TO COME ON THIS THANKS, JENNY-MAY. WE'RE TALKING SOCIAL MEDIA AND HOW MUCH IS SAYS ABOUT YOU ALSO COMING UP ` DO YOU PARK YOUR CAR IN THE SAFEST WAY POSSIBLE? IF I KNEW YOU WERE WATCHING, I PROBABLY WOULD'VE. WE REVEAL THE BEST WAY TO NAIL THAT PESKY PARK. PLUS THEY MAY NOT BE THE MAIN ATTRACTION BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY A BIG DRAWCARD. ONE...HUNDRED... AND EIGHTY! GO INSIDE THE FLAMBOYANT WORLD OF A DARTS REFEREE. AND DIETERS OFTEN AVOID POTATOES, BUT MAYBE THEY SHOULDN'T. IT HAS LESS CALORIES ` LIKE, SIGNIFICANTLY LESS CALORIES ` FILLS YOU UP FOR LONGER. MORE TIPS TO TAKE YOUR FRUIT AND VEGE TO THE NEXT LEVEL AT 7. THERE WILL BE SOME FINE WEATHER, BUT GET IN QUICK BEFORE YOU KNOW IT THERE WILL BE HEAVY SHOWERS QUITE A SPRING-BLUSTERY FEEL TO THE WEEKEND THE UPPER LEVEL WINDS HAVE SOME GOOD OOMPH TO THEM TOMORROW HAS SOME COLDER AIR IT'S ALL HEADING OUR WAY OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS BETWEEN THE TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, THERE WILL BE SPELLS OF HEAVY RAIN ESPECIALLY UP NORTH, WITH SOME WEATHER WARNINGS GOOD STRONG WESTERLIES GOING INTO TOMORROW ARFTERNOON IF YOU GET A DRY SPELL, MAKE THE MOST OF IT SOME KEEN OLD WINDS TOO A MILD WEEKEND MORNING SHOWERS TO THE PATCHY WEST A FEW SPOTS OF RAIN FURTHER EAST IN THE NORTH ISLAND MUCH OF THE EAST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND WITH CLOUD KEEP SOME SHOWERS TO THE FAR LEFT WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ