IT'S MIDDAY. A POLICE SEARCH FOR WANTED KIWI RAP ICON. SEVERAL ARREST WARRANTS FOR MALO LUAFUTU, ALSO KNOWN AS SCRIBE. WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE WARRANTS ARE FOR. TEACHERS IN NORTHLAND SAY THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH WHAT THEY ARE CALLING 'FERAL' KIDS AND WANT HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT. AND THE TICKET GIRL TURNED OPERA SINGER. WE BRING YOU THE FAIRY-TALE STORY OF ONE YOUNG PERFORMER'S BIG BREAK. AHI AHI MARIE. GOOD AFTERNOON. FIRST ON MIDDAY ` HE USED TO BE THE HERO OF THE NEW ZEALAND HIP HOP SCENE. BUT NOW KIWI RAPPER SCRIBE IS WANTED BY POLICE ON DRUGS CHARGES. LET'S CROSS LIVE TO ONE NEWS REPORTER SAM CLARKE IN CHRISTCHURCH. SAM, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? IT'S A FALL FROM GRACE FOR SCRIBE CANTERBURY POLICE MADE A FACEBOOK APPEAL THIS MORNING. POLICE WANT ANY INFORMATION ON THE 38-YEAR-OLD'S LOCATION. HE WAS MEANT TO APPEAR IN COURT LAST MONTH FOR CHARGES OF WEAPON POSSESSION HIS REAL NAME IS MALO LUAFUTU. POLICE SAY HE HAS LINKS TO BOTH CANTERBURY AND WELLINGTON. POLICE URGE THE PUBLIC NOT TO APPROACH HIM. RESIDENTS IN PARTS OF DUNEDIN REMAIN UNDER INSTRUCTION TO BOIL THEIR WATER UNTIL THE CITY CAN BE SURE ITS WATER SUPPLY IS NOT CONTAMINATED. IT COMES AFTER UNTREATED WATER FROM THE ROSS CREEK RESERVOIR ACCIDENTALLY ENTERED THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY. ONE NEWS REPORTER MARK HATHAWAY FILED THIS REPORT A SHORT TIME AGO. YEAH, WELL, DAY TWO, AND WE'VE GOT TANKERS LIKE THIS SET UP AROUND THE NORTH END IN THE CBD OF DUNEDIN CITY. THERE'S BEEN A BIT OF A STEADY STREAM OF PEOPLE COMING TO USE IT TODAY, ONE MESSAGE TAKEN OUT FROM THE DCC WAS IF YOU'VE GOT NEIGHBOURS THAT PERHAPS MAY NOT KNOW THE NEWS ABOUT THE WATER, BUT WE NEED TO WAIT AROUND THREE DAYS BEFORE WE CAN BE ALL CLEAR AND THE BOILED WATER NOTICE CAN BE TAKEN AWAY. IN THE MEANTIME. TODAY AROUND 1700 RESIDENTS AND 800 BUSINESSES HAVE A BIT OF AN ISSUE, BASICALLY ` BOILING WATER OR COMING TO USE TANKERS LIKE THIS AROUND DUNEDIN. DANIEL. THE SEARCH HAS RESUMED FOR TWO MEN ON THE RUN IN TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK, BUT EXPERTS SAY THE CHANCE OF A POSITIVE OUTCOME IS DIMINISHING AS THE MEN WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THE BUSH. THE PAIR, IN THEIR 20s, WENT MISSING ON SATURDAY AFTER POLICE TRIED TO STOP THEM DRIVING OFF WITH A STOLEN CAR THAT WAS LATER FOUND ABANDONED ON THE DESERT ROAD. THERE HAVE BEEN NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT IN THE AREA, AND POLICE SAY THEY EXPECT THE MEN WILL BE SUFFERING FROM HYPOTHERMIA. FORMER PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY IS OFFICIALLY A 'SIR' AFTER BEING KNIGHTED IN AUCKLAND THIS MORNING. HE WAS MADE A KNIGHT OF THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT FOR SERVICES TO THE STATE AT AN INVESTITURE CEREMONY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE. SIR JOHN'S FAMILY AND FORMER RIGHT-HAND MAN, PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH, WERE ALSO IN ATTENDANCE. IT'S A SPECIAL DAY I SEE IT AS RECOGNITION FOR MY FAMILY PEOPLE HAVE TEXTED ME TO SAY 'ENJOY THE MOMENT' WHEN YOU'RE PM, YOU'RE NOT FOCUSED ON HISTORY' NORTHLAND PRINCIPALS SAY THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WITH SEVERE BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS AND BELIEVE THEIR CRIES FOR HELP ARE GOING UNNOTICED BY THE GOVERNMENT. A SURVEY OF 110 NORTHLAND SCHOOLS FOUND OVER 1000 CHILDREN WERE CLASSIFIED AS NEEDING MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT. THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF 10 STUDENTS FOR EVERY SCHOOL. WE'VE HAD CHILDREN TRY TO STAB A TEACHER PAT NEWMAN SAYS THE CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOUR IS OFTEN CAUSED BY ABUSE, NEGLECT AND POVERTY. MEANWHILE, LABOUR HAS PROMISED 80 MENTAL-HEALTH SUPPORT WORKERS FOR CHILDREN IN CHRISTCHURCH. LEADER JACINDA ARDERN SAYS THE WORKERS WILL BE IN PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS ACROSS THE REGION TO HELP YOUNGSTERS OVERCOME THE TRAUMA OF THE EARTHQUAKES. THE PLAN IS EXPECTED TO COST $10M A YEAR AND WOULD BE IN PLACE IN LABOUR'S FIRST YEAR OF GOVERNMENT. THE LABOUR PARTY WILL BE LOOKING TO SMOOTH ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH AUSTRALIA'S GOVERNMENT AFTER IT WAS ACCUSED OF COLLUDING WITH THE OPPOSITION ACROSS THE DITCH OVER THE BARNABY JOYCE SCANDAL. THE AUSTRALIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER HAS RENOUNCED HIS DUAL CITIZENSHIP WITH NEW ZEALAND, AFTER HIS PLACE IN PARLIAMENT WAS QUESTIONED. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT KIMBERLEE DOWNS SAYS THE ISSUE COMES FROM A CONTENTIOUS RULE IN THE COUNTRY'S 116-YEAR-OLD CONSTITUTION. THE CONSTITUTION IS NOT ACTUALLY EASY TO CHANGE OVER HERE. IT HAS TO BE A BILL THAT GOES THROUGH PARLIAMENT TO THEN TRIGGER A REFERENDUM, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. IT DOES SEEM SOMEWHAT FARCICAL, BECAUSE THIS RULE COMES UNDER A PART OF THE CONSTITUTION THAT EFFECTIVELY WAS PUT IN PLACE TO STOP GOVERNMENT MP'S FROM BEING BEHOLDEN TO A FOREIGN POWER. NEW ZEALAND POST HAS ANNOUNCED IT'S CUTTING ITS FAST POST SERVICE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. THE SERVICE HAD A DELIVERY TARGET OF 'THE NEXT WORKING DAY', BUT IT'S NOW COSTING TOO MUCH. THE VOLUME OF MAIL HAS REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST YEAR. CUSTOMERS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE COURIER SERVICE FOR PRIORITY MAIL, AND STANDARD POST REMAINS UNAFFECTED. AS THE NEED FOR HIP AND KNEE REPLACEMENTS INCREASES, DOCTORS ARE WARNING THE LACK OF ORTHOPAEDICS SPELLS A LOOMING CRISIS. THE NEW ZEALAND ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION IS CALLING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE A NATIONAL VIEW ON FUTURE PLANNING OF SURGERIES. BY 2026 HIP AND KNEE REPLACEMENTS ARE PREDICTED TO DOUBLE. CURRENTLY UP TO 12 ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS ARE TRAINED EACH YEAR, BUT WITH THE CURRENT TREND, AT LEAST 25 A YEAR WILL BE NEEDED. WITHOUT INTERVENTION, THERE ARE FEARS THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, FLETCHER BUILDING, HAS ANNOUNCED A 23% DROP IN UNDERLYING PROFIT. IT FALLS IN LINE WITH ITS WARNING LAST MONTH WHEN THE COMPANY FIRED THE HEAD OF THE FIRM. INTERIM CEO FRANCISCO IRAZUSTA SAYS THE RESULTS WERE DISAPPOINTING. HE SAYS LOSSES ARE MAINLY DUE TO TWO PROJECTS ` THE SKY CITY CONVENTION CENTRE AND THE JUSTICE PRECINCT IN CHRISTCHURCH. OVERSEAS, AND SIERRA LEONE'S PRESIDENT SAYS HIS COUNTRY NEEDS 'URGENT SUPPORT' AFTER THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED BY A MUDSLIDE THAT WIPED OUT ENTIRE COMMUNITIES. THE DEATH TOLL HAS NOW RISEN TO NEARLY 400 PEOPLE. THE BBC'S UMARU FOFANA REPORTS. ON THE DAY AFTER, EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE STILL STRETCHED. (SIREN WAILS) INSIDE THE CENTRAL MORTUARY OF THE MAIN CONNAUGHT HOSPITAL, THERE ARE PILES OF BODIES. THEY ARE LYING ON THE FLOOR IN THE OPEN BECAUSE THERE IS NO MORE SPACE. NEARLY 100 BODIES WERE BROUGHT IN ON TUESDAY MORNING, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER TO NEARLY 400, SOME OF THEM LIMBLESS. THE HEAD OF THE MORTUARY SAYS THEY ARE COMPLETELY OVERSTRETCHED, AND THAT IS NOT ALL. AS THEY WERE CLEANING UP THE PLACE, TRYING TO SORT THE CORPSES OUT, MORE CORPSES ARE BEING BROUGHT IN FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY. EVEN THE RESCUE EFFORT HERE IS CHALLENGED. PEOPLE ARE BELIEVED TO STILL BE ALIVE UNDERNEATH THIS SPOT. EVEN IF THEY ARE, IT WILL BE A MIRACLE TO FIND THEM BREATHING. THE GOVERNMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS HAVE NOW SET UP A RESPONSE CENTRE, REGISTERING THOSE LEFT BEHIND BY THE DISASTER. RELIEF SUPPLIES ARE, HOWEVER, SLOW IN COMING. BUT THE TESTIMONIES FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN BADLY HIT BY THIS DISASTER ARE IN NO SHORT SUPPLY. TRANSLATOR: I FIRST SAW THE BODY OF MY SISTER AND CALLED ON PEOPLE TO HELP ME, AND WE LAID HER ON THE FLOOR. THEN I STARTED HEARING OTHER PEOPLE NEARBY CRYING. I'VE LOST ALL OF MY FAMILY. MONDAY'S MUDSLIDES AND FLASH FLOODS HAVE SHAKEN THIS COUNTRY. EVEN FOR A COUNTRY THAT HAS KNOWN A BLOODY CIVIL WAR AND A DESTABILISING EBOLA OUTBREAK, THIS IS UNBEARABLE. IT SEEMS IT'S BACK TO SQUARE ONE FOR DONALD TRUMP. JUST A DAY AFTER CONDEMNING WHITE SUPREMACISTS FOR THE VIOLENCE IN VIRGINIA, DONALD TRUMP HAS HAS BLAMED 'BOTH SIDES' FOR THE EVENTS THAT UNFOLDED ON THE WEEKEND. THE ABC'S MARY BRUCE REPORTS. PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY DEFIANT AND DOUBLING DOWN, DEFENDING HIS DECISION TO WAIT 48 HOURS AFTER THE HATE-FUELLED VIOLENCE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE TO CALL OUT THE WHITE SUPREMACISTS BY NAME. I DIDN'T WAIT LONG. I DIDN'T WAIT LONG. I DIDN'T WAIT LONG. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UNLIKE MOST POLITICIANS, THAT WHAT I SAID WAS CORRECT, NOT MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT. THE STATEMENT I MADE ON SATURDAY ` THE FIRST STATEMENT ` WAS A FINE STATEMENT. BUT YOU DON'T MAKE STATEMENTS THAT DIRECT UNLESS YOU KNOW THE FACT. WITH THE BACKLASH GROWING, THE PRESIDENT DID NOT ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THE FIRST LADY, HIS DAUGHTER IVANKA TRUMP, AND THE VICE-PRESIDENT ALL CONDEMNED THE RACISM BEFORE HE DID. THREE DAYS AFTER WHITE SUPREMACISTS MARCHED IN THE STREETS, THE PRESIDENT IS NOW BACK TO SQUARE ONE, AGAIN BLAMING ALL SIDES. WHAT ABOUT THE ALT-LEFT THAT CAME CHARGING AT THE ` AS YOU SAY ` THE ALT-RIGHT? DO THEY HAVE ANY SEMBLANCE OF GUILT? WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THEY CAME CHARGING, THAT THEY CAME CHARGING, SWINGING, WITH CLUBS IN THEIR HANDS? DO THEY HAVE ANY PROBLEM? I THINK THEY DO. I WATCHED THIS VERY CLOSELY. MUCH MORE CLOSELY THAN YOU PEOPLE WATCHED IT. AND YOU HAVE... YOU HAD A GROUP ON ONE SIDE THAT WAS BAD AND YOU HAD A GROUP ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT WAS ALSO VERY VIOLENT. AND NOBODY WANTS TO SAY THAT. AND WHAT ABOUT THAT INITIAL GROUP THAT TOOK TO THE STREETS ON FRIDAY NIGHT? THE PRESIDENT DEFENDED SOME OF THEM TOO. BUT NOT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE NEO-NAZIS; BELIEVE ME. NOT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE WHITE SUPREMACISTS. ARE YOU PUTTING WHAT YOU CALL THE ALT-LEFT AND WHITE SUPREMACISTS ON THE SAME MORAL PLANE? I'M NOT PUTTING ANYBODY ON A MORAL PLANE. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS ` YOU HAD A GROUP ON ONE SIDE AND YOU HAD A GROUP ON THE OTHER. AND THEY CAME AT EACH OTHER WITH CLUBS AND IT WAS VICIOUS AND IT WAS HORRIBLE. AND IT WAS A HORRIBLE THING TO WATCH. BUT THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE. THERE WAS A GROUP ON THIS SIDE ` YOU CAN CALL THEM THE LEFT; YOU'VE JUST CALLED THEM THE LEFT ` THAT CAME VIOLENTLY ATTACKING THE OTHER GROUP. SO YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. I DO THINK THERE'S BLAME` YES, I THINK THERE'S BLAME ON BOTH SIDES. THE PRESIDENT STANDING FIRM BY HIS RESPONSE AND HIS LEADERSHIP. IRAN'S PRESIDENT HASSAN ROUHANNI HAS THREATENED TO ABANDON ITS NUCLEAR DEAL WITHIN HOURS IF AMERICA IMPOSED ANY MORE SANCTIONS ON THE COUNTRY. IRAN CLAIMS NEW SANCTIONS PUT IN PLACE EARLIER THIS MONTH VIOLATED ITS 2015 TREATY. THE UN SAID IRAN'S BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST EARLY THIS YEAR BREACHED THE RESOLUTION, BUT TEHRAN INSISTS THEY ARE NOT DESIGNED TO CARRY NUCLEAR WARHEADS. INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER, NARENDRA MODI, HAS LED HIS NATION IN MARKING THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNTRY'S INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN. THE DIVISION OF COLONIAL INDIA IN 1947 INTO INDIA AND PAKISTAN LED TO VIOLENCE BETWEEN HINDUS AND MUSLIMS. BUT AS THE BBC'S JUSTIN ROWLATT FINDS OUT, SEVEN DECADES LATER, THERE IS STILL DIVISION BETWEEN THE TWO RELIGIONS IN INDIA. (MAN SHOUTS) THIS IS A DAY OF CELEBRATION FOR INDIA. THE INDIAN PRIME MINISTER, NARENDRA MODI, TALKED OF THE COUNTRY'S SUCCESSES ` ITS GROWING ECONOMY, ITS EFFORTS TO TACKLE CORRUPTION AND HIS VISION FOR A SECURE, DEVELOPED NATION WITH EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL. HE KNOWS THAT THERE ARE CHALLENGES. HE MADE A POINT OF SPEAKING OUT AGAINST HATE CRIMES. (SPEAKS HINDI) TRANSLATOR: IN THE NAME OF RELIGION, SOME PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY COMMIT CRIMES. THIS IS THE LAND OF GHANDI AND BUDDHA, AND VIOLENCE IN THE NAME OF FAITH WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. HE IS TALKING ABOUT INDIA'S TINY MINORITY OF HINDU EXTREMISTS ` PEOPLE LIKE THIS MAN. (YELLS IN HINDI) MODI IS A HINDU NATIONALIST, AND TENSIONS HAVE BEEN GROWING BETWEEN THE COUNTRY'S HINDU MAJORITY AND ITS LARGE MUSLIM MINORITY. AT THE CENTRE OF THE CONTROVERSY IS THE SLAUGHTER OF COWS FOR MEAT. MUSLIMS EAT BEEF, BUT THE COW IS A SACRED ANIMAL IN HINDUISM, REGARDED AS A MOTHER FIGURE. (SPEAKS HINDI) TRANSLATOR: IF I FIND SOMEONE KILLING MY MOTHER COW, I WON'T HESITATE TO KILL HIM. AVOIDING COMMUNAL CONFLICT IS CRUCIAL FOR INDIA. THIS NEW BRIDGE IS JUST ONE OF SCORES OF MAJOR NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. THE COUNTRY'S DOING WELL ` THE FASTEST-GROWING LARGE ECONOMY IN THE WORLD. SO HERE IS THE GOVERNMENT'S DILEMMA. (SINGS IN HINDI) IT WANTS TO KEEP ITS HARDLINE HINDU SUPPORTERS ON SIDE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME KNOWS ECONOMIC SUCCESS DEPENDS ON THE COUNTRY REMAINING PEACEFUL. IT'S MADE IN INDIA? MADE IN INDIA! WITH TENSIONS BETWEEN HINDUS AND MUSLIMS RIDING HIGH, THAT COULD BE QUITE A CHALLENGE. IMAGINE GOING FROM ATTENDING THE CLOAKROOM AT A FAMOUS CONCERT HALL TO ALL OF A SUDDEN TAKING CENTRE STAGE. A YOUNG MUSIC STUDENT (23) HAS DONE JUST THAT AFTER ONE OF THE SOPRANOS IN THE OPERA FELL ILL. THE BBC'S CHI CHI IZUNDU HAS MORE. (SINGS ARIA) IT'S THE STUFF MADE OF DREAMS. MILLY'S NORMALLY BACK HERE TAKING COATS AND BAGS A COUPLE OF NIGHTS A WEEK, AND SOMETIMES SHE EVEN GETS TO PAGE-TURN A COUPLE OF NIGHTS A WEEK, AND SOMETIMES SHE EVEN GETS TO PAGE-TURN DURING A LIVE CONCERT. BUT NOT FOR THIS SEASON'S CLOSING NIGHT. AND THAT'S BECAUSE ONE OF THE PERFORMERS WAS TAKEN ILL AND MILLY WAS ASKED TO STEP IN. AND SHE SAYS SHE WAS SHOCKED TO BE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY. REALLY EXCITED, REALLY SCARED, REALLY, REALLY NERVOUS. BUT WHEN I HAD A GOOD LOOK AT THE MUSIC AND REALISED IT WAS DOABLE ` I MADE SURE THAT I HAD LEARNT IT IN TIME, AND THAT WAS A BIT OF A RELIEF. ONE CRITIC DUBBED HER BREATH-TAKING, EVEN THOUGH, AT 23, HER VOICE IS STILL NOT MATURE ENOUGH TO GO INTO THE PROFESSION FULL-TIME. A FEW PEOPLE WHO I TRUST HAD SAID, 'HAVE A LOOK AT THIS GIRL.' AND SHE'S VERY YOUNG, SO WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF HER AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T DO THINGS TOO QUICKLY, BUT THERE IS A QUALITY TO THE VOICE AND TO HER INTERPRETATION THAT CAME OUT VERY MUCH TOWARDS THE END OF THE AUDITION, ACTUALLY. (SINGS ARIA) MILLY'S HEADING TO THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC FOR HER POST-GRAND IN SEPTEMBER, BUT HAS ALREADY BEEN BOOKED TO PERFORM AT THE HALL AGAIN. MAYBE MUM AND DAD WILL CATCH THAT ONE. I RANG THEM, AND I SAID, 'MUMMY, I'M GOING TO BE... 'STEPPING IN AT THE WIGMORE HALL.' SHE WENT, 'I REALLY WISH WE COULD GO, BUT WE'RE GOING OUT FOR DINNER.' AND THEN MY DAD CALLED ME AND SAID, 'I'M SO SORRY, TRICIA. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FORGIVE MAMA FOR THIS ONE.' AND NEXT MONTH SHE'LL BE BACK TAKING COATS AND BAGS IN THAT CLOAK ROOM. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` SETTING OFF INTO UNCHARTERED WATERS. A PAIR OF YACHTS SAIL TO THE NORTH POLE IN A WORLD FIRST. A TEAM OF BRITISH EXPLORERS IS SETTING SAIL FOR THE NORTH POLE IN 50FT YACHTS IN A WORLD-FIRST ATTEMPT. BUT THE JOURNEY HAS ONLY BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE MELTING SEA ICE. THE BBC'S REBECCA MORELLE REPORTS. SETTING OFF INTO UNCHARTERED ARCTIC WATERS. A PAIR OF YACHTS ATTEMPTING A FIRST, SAILING ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH POLE. A CREW OF TEN AND DOG FUKIMI HAVE JUST DEPARTED FROM ALASKA. LED BY BRITISH EXPLORER PEN HADOW, THEY HAVE A 3500-MILE VOYAGE AHEAD. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY, POSSIBLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 130,000 YEARS, IT IS NOW POSSIBLE TO SAIL SHIPS INTO THIS SEA AREA. IT'S RAPID WARMING THAT'S MADE THIS EXPEDITION EVEN POSSIBLE. THIS SHOWS HOW SEA ICE HAS MELTED OVER TIME. THE SMALLER THE CIRCLE, THE LESS ICE THAT YEAR. THERE'S STILL DATA TO COME FOR 2017, BUT ALREADY IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. SINCE THE 1970S, IT'S ESTIMATED THAT HALF OF THE VOLUME OF SEA ICE HAS BEEN LOST. IT MEANS THAT ONCE INACCESSIBLE WATERS ARE OPENING UP, AND RESEARCHERS SAY THAT THIS COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, ESPECIALLY FOR COMMERCIAL SHIPPING ROUTES. THE NORTH POLE IS HERE, AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THIS MAP... AT READING UNIVERSITY, SCIENTISTS SAY THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO SAIL AROUND THE FROZEN POLE, SHIPS WILL HAVE A NEW SHORTCUT. AT THE MOMENT, WE'RE SEEING A FEW EXPERIMENTAL VOYAGES THROUGH THE ARCTIC. IN THE FUTURE, AS THE ICE CONTINUES TO MELT, THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING MORE COMMERCIAL SHIPS TRAVELLING THROUGH THE REGION WILL ONLY INCREASE. AND ICE-STRENGTHENED SHIPS MAY WELL BE ABLE TO GO RIGHT OVER THE POLE BY THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTURY. THE TEAM DO NOT KNOW HOW FAR NORTH THEY'LL GET. BUT THIS EXPEDITION INTO THE UNKNOWN MAY BE THE START OF A NEW ERA OF ARCTIC VOYAGES. THE CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP SAGA CONTINUES FOR THE WARRIORS, WITH COACH STEVE KEARNEY UNAWARE IF A DEAL HAS EVEN BEEN STRUCK. IT'S BEEN ANOTHER WOEFUL SEASON FOR THE AUCKLAND CLUB, MISSING OUT ON THE FINALS FOR A SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW. BUT A CHANGE OF HAND HAS BEEN RUMOURED TO BE FINALISED NEXT WEEK, AND IT COULD THREATEN KEARNEY'S ROLE AS COACH NEXT SEASON. I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP THE WARRIORS WILL BE LOOKING TO BREAK A SIX-GAME LOSING STREAK WHEN THEY FACE THE RABBITOHS IN SYDNEY THIS FRIDAY. KIERAN FORAN HAS BEEN NAMED IN THE STARTING LINEUP, RETURNING FROM SHOULDER INJURY. WHITE FERN SUZIE BATES HAS MADE HISTORY WITH A SUPERB ALL ROUND EFFORT IN THE UK'S SUPER LEAGUE. THE 29-YEAR-OLD SMASHING 119 RUNS IN THE FIRST INNINGS FOR HER VIPERS, BECOMING THE FIRST PLAYER TO MAKE A TON IN THE COMPETITION WHILE SCORING MORE THAN HALF HER TEAM'S 180-RUN TOTAL. AND JUST WHEN YOU THOUGH SHE'D DONE IT ALL, BATES WAS AT IT WITH THE BALL, TAKING THREE WICKETS AND THIS STUNNING CATCH ON THE BOUNDARY. IT'S HIT... PRETTY WELL BUT NOT ENOUGH. WHAT A CATCH. A LITTLE JUGGLE. SUZIE BATES, TAKE A BOW. THE KIWI VIPERS TAKING THE MATCH OVER LIGHTNING BY 46 RUNS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` WHAT THE WEATHER HAS IN STORE FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. AND WE SALUTE THE KING OF ROCK 40 YEARS ON. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THANKS FOR YOUR COMPANY. WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH A TRIBUTE TO ELVIS PRESLEY, THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL WHO ON THIS DAY 40 YEARS AGO, DIED. HIS SOUND, HIS LOOKS, EVEN HIS MOVES PROPELLED HIM AS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL ICONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. FROM THE TEAM BEHIND MIDDAY NEWS, GOOD AFTERNOON. # ROCK, ROCK # RETURN TO SENDER # ADDRESS UNKNOWN I THOUGHT THIS WAS GONNA BE STRICTLY BUSINESS # IF YOUR BABY LEAVES # YOU GOT A TALE TO TELL # YOU'LL BE SO LONELY # YOU'LL BE SO LONELY YOU COULD DIE # WE'RE CAUGHT IN A TRAP # I CAN'T WALK OUT # BECAUSE I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH BABY # WHY CAN'T YOU SEE # WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO ME # WHEN YOU DON'T BELEIVE A WORD I SAY CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND JUNE YEOW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.