TONIGHT ` A FALL FROM GRACE ENDS AT THE PORIRUA POLICE STATION. RAP STAR SCRIBE HANDS HIMSELF IN AFTER AN INTENSE MAN HUNT. THE ROUGH REALITY OF SOME NORTHLAND SCHOOLS IS REVEALED. PRINCIPALS SAY THE SITUATION IS DIRE. INSTEAD OF CALMING WATERS, HE FANS THE FLAMES. DONALD TRUMP MISTEPS AGAIN OVER A RACE RIOT. RAPPER SCRIBE WILL 'STAND UP' IN COURT TOMORROW, HANDING HIMSELF IN THIS AFTERNOON, ACCUSED OF DRUGS AND ARMS CHARGES. POLICE CALLED FOR THE CHART-TOPPING HIP-HOP STAR'S CAPTURE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ANGERING HIS FANS AND FAMILY. HIS BATTLE WITH ADDITION'S NEVER BEEN A SECRET, AS SAM CLARKE REPORTS. # HOW MANY DUDES YOU KNOW ROLL LIKE THIS? # HOW MANY DUDES YOU KNOW FLOW LIKE THIS? HE WAS THE CHART-TOPPING RAPPER FROM CANTERBURY. SONGS LIKE 'NOT MANY' AND 'STAND UP' CATAPULTED SCRIBE ` REAL NAME, MALO LUAFUTU ` TO STARDOM IN THE EARLY 2000S. THAT FAME HAS NOW TURNED TO INFAMY. CANTERBURY POLICE ISSUING A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST ON FACEBOOK ON SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING POSSESSION OF A WEAPON AND DRUGS. THE ONCE CHART-TOPPING ARTIST WAS MEANT TO APPEAR HERE IN THE CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT LATE LAST MONTH ON THOSE CHARGES. HE FAILED TO SHOW AND POLICE APPEALED TO SOCIAL MEDIA FOR INFORMATION. THE POLICE FACEBOOK POST DELETED WITHIN A FEW HOURS AFTER A SEVERE BACKLASH. 1 NEWS SPOKE WITH THE RAPPER'S UNCLE TODAY. HE SAID THEY'RE DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THE WAY THE WARRANT WAS PRESENTED BUT SAY HE HASN'T LOST THEIR SUPPORT. THE STRUGGLES ARE NOTHING NEW FOR THE 38-YEAR-OLD. HE'S SPOKEN AT LENGTH ABOUT HIS BATTLE WITH ADDICTION AND MENTAL ILLNESS, EVEN DETAILING IT IN A 2015 PLAY, THE WHITE GUITAR. DRUG ADDICTION, ALCOHOLISM, GAMBLING ` ALL THESE ESCAPES BECAUSE MY REALITY WAS SO UNBEARABLE. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH SEVEN SHARP, SCRIBE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. I FELT RESENTFUL TOWARDS MY SUCCESS. I WAS TRYING TO JUGGLE HAVING A CAREER, BEING A DAD AND TRYING TO BE ME ` OR FIND WHO I WAS ` AT THE SAME TIME. AFTER HANDING HIMSELF IN LATE THIS AFTERNOON, THE TROUBLED RAPPER IS DUE TO APPEAR IN THE PORIRUA DISTRICT COURT TOMORROW. SAM CLARKE, 1 NEWS. AND THE MAN HIMSELF HAS RESPONDED ON FACEBOOK TONIGHT, CLAIMING THERE ARE VALID REASONS WHY HE MISSED HIS COURT DATE. SCRIBE SAYS HE DOESN'T MANUFACTURE, SELL OR PROMOTE DRUGS AND SUGGESTS THERE ARE MORE DANGEROUS CRIMINALS WHO DESERVE THE ATTENTION FROM POLICE. HE ADMITS HE'S MADE MISTAKES AND WHILE HE'S WILLING TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES, HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT HOW HIS CHILDREN WILL BE AFFECTED. FINALLY HE ASKS POLICE WHY THEY NEED ASSISTANCE FINDING HIM, WRITING, 'WHERE AM I GONNA HIDE? I'M SCRIBE.' POLICE HAVE ESCALATED THE HUNT FOR A MAN ALLEGED TO HAVE SHOT AT OFFICERS NEAR MORRNISVILLE TO A NATIONWIDE SEARCH. POLICE CAME UNDER FIRE AFTER STOPPING A CAR NEAR THE WAIKATO TOWN. THEY SAY ROLLIE HEKE (36) THEN MANAGED TO ESCAPE FROM THE SCENE. POLICE RAIDED A HOUSE IN THE TOWN ON MONDAY NIGHT BUT FAILED TO FIND HIM. THEY SAY HEKE HAS GANG CONNECTIONS AND HAS BEEN ON THE RUN FROM POLICE SINCE SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR. THEY NOW BELIEVE HE HAS LEFT THE AREA. ROLLIE IS VERY WELL KNOWN IN CRIMINAL CIRCLES AND HAS A WIDE CRIMINAL NETWORK. OUR SENSE IS THAT ROLLIE IS NO LONGER IN THE MORRINSVILLE AREA, AND THIS IS WHAT CAUSES US TO ESCALATE THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. POLICE SAY HEKE IS ARMED AND SHOULDN'T BE APPROACHED. 'IT WOULD BE A MIRACLE IF THEY WERE FOUND ALIVE.' THAT'S THE BLEAK VIEW FROM POLICE SEARCHING FOR TWO MEN IN A CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND FOREST. THE ARMY TODAY JOINED RESCUE CREWS AND FAMILY MEMBERS WHO'VE BEEN COMBING THROUGH DENSE BUSH FOR A FOURTH DAY. SEAN HOGAN WAS THERE. FRIENDS AND FAMILY... AS WELL AS VOLUNTEERS ALL LOOKING FOR TWO MEN NOW IN DEEP TROUBLE. IT WOULD BE AN EXTREMELY UNLIKELY EVENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND THEM ALIVE. TO BE BRUTALLY HONEST, IT WOULD NEED A SIGNIFICANT MIRACLE. VINCENT TAURIMA AND HAKOPO NGARONAO HAVE BEEN IN THE INHOSPITABLE TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK SINCE SATURDAY AFTER FLEEING POLICE. THIS MORNING, THE SEARCH PARTY GREW WITH WHANAU OF THE MISSING MEN AND ARMY PERSONNEL DRAFTED IN, SPURRED ON BY LAST NIGHT'S DISCOVERY OF THE MEN'S BELONGINGS, INCLUDING A PHONE CASE, A GAS CANISTER USED TO LIGHT TWO CAMPSITES, BUT ALSO THE MEN'S CLOTHING. GIVEN THE MINDSET THAT THEY ARE LIKELY TO HAVE BEING SEVERELY HYPOTHERMIC AND NOT MAKING RATIONAL DECISIONS, WHAT DIRECTION THEY WALKED IN IS PRETTY RANDOM, REALLY. THE DISCOVERY OF THOSE ITEMS MEAN THEY ARE LOOKING IN THE RIGHT PLACE WITH OVER 60 PERSONNEL SEARCHING THAT AREA. BUT POLICE SAY IF THEY DON'T FIND THEM TODAY, THEY'LL HAVE TO CHANGE TACTICS. THE FAMILY SAYS THEY'LL CONTINUE TO SEARCH THEMSELVES. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEM WITH THE ILLUSION THAT EVERYTHING IS ROSY, NOR DO I WANT TO EXTINGUISH ALL HOPE, BUT IN ALL REALITY, IT IS UNLIKELY THERE WILL BE A GOOD OUTCOME TO THIS SEARCH. THIS RESCUE MISSION HAS APPEARED TO TURN INTO ONE OF RECOVERY. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. PUNCH UPS IN CLASS, STABBING ATTEMPTS AND FURNITURE THROWING ` SOME OF THE FRIGHTENING BEHAVIOUR CHALLENGING SCHOOLS IN NORTHLAND. THE TAI TOKERAU PRINCIPALS' ASSOCIATION SAYS TEACHERS ARE IN DIRE STRAITS BATTLING TO COPE. IT'S RELEASED DETAILS TO 1 NEWS OF A SURVEY SHOWING MORE THAN 1000 STUDENTS ARE SUFFERING SEVERE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS. HELEN CASTLES REPORTS. KAIKOHE EAST SCHOOL IS STRUGGLING. NEARLY HALF ITS CHILDREN HAVE BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS. 20% NEED PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP. WE HAVE LITTLE BITS OF BULLYING; WE HAVE BIG BITS OF BULLYING; WE HAVE FIGHTING. FULL-ON FIGHTS. ADULTS HAVE TO INTERVENE AND PULL KIDS APART. THE CHILDREN WILL PICK UP CHAIRS AND THROW CHAIRS. AND HER SCHOOL'S NOT THE ONLY ONE STRUGGLING. A SURVEY OF 110 NORTHLAND SCHOOLS HAS FOUND 1078 STUDENTS NEEDING IN-DEPTH PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT. THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF 10 STUDENTS PER SCHOOL. PAT NEWMAN CARRIED OUT THE SURVEY AND WASN'T SURPRISED BY THE RESULTS. WHEN WE'VE GOT CHILD MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN NORTHLAND THAT ARE THAT RUN DOWN THAT IT TAKES A YEAR TO GET A FOETAL ALCOHOL ASSESSMENT DONE. KAIKOHE EAST'S PRINCIPAL SAYS THE SCHOOL ONLY GETS ENOUGH FUNDING TO HELP 10% OF THOSE WITH BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS. I'M ALWAYS CRYING FOR HELP. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT EVERY SERVICE THAT I RING ROLL THEIR EYES WHEN THEY HEAR THAT IT'S ME, SAYING, 'COME ON. WE NEED YOUR HELP. 'WE MADE THIS REFERRAL IN NOVEMBER. IT'S NOW JUNE.' NORTHLAND PRINCIPALS SAY THEY'RE SEEING NEW ENTRANTS PRESENTING WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. WE'VE HAD CHILDREN TRYING TO STAB A TEACHER IN HERE. WE'VE HAD MORE THAN ONE OF THOSE. AND THERE ARE ISSUES AROUND SUICIDE AND SELF HARM. A LOT OF THESE CHILDREN HAVE COME FROM HOMES WHERE THEY'VE HAD ABUSE ` PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SEXUAL. SOMETIMES IT'S DRUGS QUITE OFTEN, OR P. THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SAYS FUNDING FOR TEACHER AIDES DEALING WITH BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES IN NORTHLAND HAS BEEN INCREASED BY 20%. BUT PRINCIPALS SAY THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. WE NEED MORE HELP. WE NEED MORE RESOURCING. SO THEY CAN GET ON WITH THE REAL WORK OF TEACHING. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. NATIONAL'S PICKED A REPLACEMENT FOR DISGRACED MP TODD BARCLAY'S CLUTHA-SOUTHLAND SEAT. HAMISH WALKER WILL STAND IN THE ELECTORATE THIS SEPTEMBER AFTER MR BARCLAY DECIDED TO STEP DOWN FOLLOWING THE SCANDAL OVER ALLEGATIONS HE SECRETLY RECORDED STAFFERS. THE LOCAL COMMITTEE MADE ITS FINAL DECISION TONIGHT AFTER A SERIES OF MEETINGS. THE SEAT IS A CONSIDERED A SAFE BET FOR NATIONAL. IT WAS ONCE HELD BY THE PRIME MINISTER. NEW ZEALAND POST IS SCRAPPING ITS FAST POST SERVICE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, SAYING IT'S COSTING TOO MUCH. ONLY 1% OF ALL MAIL WAS SENT USING 'FAST POST' DURING THE LAST YEAR, WHICH AIMED TO DELIVER WITHIN ONE BUSINESS DAY. CUSTOMERS WILL NOW HAVE TO USE COURIER SERVICES FOR PRIORITY MAIL. STANDARD POST IS UNAFFECTED. TEMPERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TASMAN HAVE COOLED AFTER THE FALLOUT FROM AUSTRALIA'S CITIZENSHIP SAGA. AUSTRALIAN POLITICIANS HAVE NOW TURNED THEIR FIRE ON EACH OTHER, WHILE OUR PRIME MINISTER LOOKS TO MEND THE RELATIONSHIP. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE HAS MORE. AUSTRALIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER JULIE BISHOP STILL FIRED UP OVER A DUAL CITIZENSHIP CRISIS. THAT IS UNPRECEDENTED TO USE THE NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT TO TRY AND UNDERMINE THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA. YESTERDAY, SHE IGNITED A DIPLOMATIC ROW, BLAMING THE NEW ZEALAND LABOUR PARTY FOR OUTING BARNABY JOYCE AS A SECRET KIWI. I WOULD FIND IT VERY HARD TO BUILD TRUST WITH THOSE INVOLVED. NOW MS BISHOP'S BLAMING THIS MAN FOR THE ROW ` KIWI AND EX-HELEN CLARK STAFFER MARCUS GANLEY. HE NOW WORKS FOR AUSTRALIAN LABOUR'S PENNY WONG. HE'S ALSO FRIENDS WITH LABOUR MP CHRIS HIPKINS, AND HE WAS FISHING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT OUR CITIZENSHIP. HER CLOSEST, MOST TRUSTED ADVISOR. HER CHIEF OF STAFF, WHO, IT SEEMS, WAS A CHIEF OF STAFF IN NEW ZEALAND, IS CONTACTING A SITTING LABOUR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT IN NEW ZEALAND. MR HIPKINS USED THE NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS. PENNY WONG SAYS THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE. IT WAS UNWISE FOR HIM TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, AND HE KNOWS THAT. LABOUR LEADER JACINDA ARDERN HASN'T CHANGED HER POSITION. I'VE ABSOLUTELY MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. AND NOW PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH IS TRYING TO COOL TENSIONS. WE WOULDN'T WANT TO LET THOSE COMMENTS GET IN THE WAY OF A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP, I DON'T THINK. THEY ARE A MEASURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP. POLITICIANS IN BOTH COUNTRIES, THOUGH, STILL EAGER TO SCORE POINTS FROM WHAT HAS BEEN A BIZARRE TRANS-TASMAN BUST-UP. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS. TRUMP DONALD TRUMP'S BEING ACCUSED OF FANNING THE FLAMES OF RACE HATE IN THE US AFTER A CHAOTIC AND COMBATIVE NEWS CONFERENCE. THE PRESIDENT FLIP-FLOPPED ON LAYING BLAME FOR THE CHARLOTTESVILLE RACE RALLY AGAIN, NOW SAYING IT WAS NOT JUST THE FAULT OF THE WHITE SUPREMACISTS BUT ALSO THE ANTI-RACISM PROTESTORS. CHANNEL NINE'S LIZZIE PEARL HAS MORE. HE WAS OFF SCRIPT AND ON THE ATTACK. WAIT A MINUTE. I'M NOT FINISHED. I'M NOT FINISHED, FAKE NEWS. NO NOTES, NO AUTO-CUE. THIS TIME, THE PRESIDENT WAS SAYING WHAT HE REALLY THOUGHT. I THINK THERE'S BLAME ON BOTH SIDES. 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, BUT I'LL SAY IT RIGHT NOW. IN AN UNPLANNED PRESS CONFERENCE, DONALD TRUMP HAD A THIRD ATTEMPT TO HIT THE RIGHT NOTE ON THE RACE WAR WHICH ERUPTED IN CHARLOTTESVILLE OVER THE WEEKEND. HUNDREDS OF KKK, NEO-NAZIS AND WHITE SUPREMACISTS DESCENDED ON TO THE CITY TO PROTEST THE REMOVAL OF THE ROBERT E LEE CONFEDERATE STATUE. IT BEGAN WITH TORCHES AND RACIAL SLURS. CHANTING: YOU WILL NOT SUPPRESS US. IT ENDED WITH THE DEATH OF COUNTER-PROTESTER HEATHER HEYER, RUN DOWN IN A CAR ATTACK BY A REPORTED 'NAZI SYMPATHISER'. THE PRESIDENT TODAY SAID BLAME IS ON BOTH SIDES, EQUATING THE WHITE SUPREMACISTS' PLANNED RALLY WITH ANTI-RACISM PROTESTERS. YOU HAD A GROUP ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT CAME CHARGING IN WITHOUT A PERMIT AND THEY WERE VERY, VERY VIOLENT. I'VE CONDEMNED MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS, BUT NOT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE NEO-NAZIS, BELIEVE ME. THE PRESIDENT'S OFF-THE-RAILS PRESS CONFERENCE LEFT HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS AND MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY STUNNED. CRITICISM WAS INSTANT AND IT WAS HEAVY. BUT, DISTURBINGLY, THERE WAS ONE SIGNIFICANT VOICE WITH NOTHING BUT PRAISE. DAVID DUKE, THE FORMER LEADER OF THE KU KLUX KLAN TWEETING... AND AS TRUMP PRESSED REWIND ON ANY GOOD WILL HE EARNED WITH YESTERDAY'S CONDEMNATION OF THE KKK AND NEO-NAZIS, STANDING OF TO THE SIDE WAS HIS NEW CHIEF OF STAFF, ARMS FOLDED, HEAD DOWN, AS HIS BOSS IGNITED A BRAND NEW FIRESTORM. TWO BIG CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ` THE AUCKLAND CONVENTION CENTRE AND CHRISTCHURCH'S JUSTICE PRECINCT ` ARE CONTRIBUTING TO A MASSIVE FALL IN PROFIT FOR OUR LARGEST CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. THIS TIME LAST YEAR FLETCHER MADE A PROFIT OF $682M. THIS YEAR IT'S DOWN TO $525M, A DROP OF 23%. THE INSTABILITY HAS SEEN MANAGERS REPLACED WHILE THE COMPANY'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE ALSO STEPPED ASIDE. FOUR MOTELS TO HOUSE PEOPLE IN TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION HAVE BEEN BOUGHT BY THE GOVERNMENT. LABOUR REVEALED THE COST OF THOSE MOTELS IN AUCKLAND, GISBORNE, HASTINGS AND NAPIER, WAS JUST UNDER $8.5M. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S ALL PART OF ITS $34M SPEND ON EMERGENCY HOUSING AIMED AT GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS AND INTO HOMES. SOCIAL HOUSING MINISTER AMY ADAMS SAYS THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO BUY AT LEAST TWO MORE MOTELS. JUST AHEAD ` IT WENT MISSING OVER THREE YEARS AGO. NOW EXPERTS SAY THESE IMAGES SHOW ALMOST CERTAINLY WHERE FLIGHT MH370 IS. AND WHO IS IN LINE TO TAKE OVER THE BELEAGUERED WARRIORS BECOMES A LITTLE CLEARER. A NEW REPORT MAY HAVE PINPOINTED THE LOCATION OF MISSING FLIGHT MH370 THREE YEARS AFTER IT DISAPPEARED. AUSTRALIA'S MAIN SCIENTIFIC AGENCY SAYS WITH 'UNPRECEDENTED PRECISION AND CERTAINTY' THE MISSING AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE SEA NORTHEAST OF AN AREA ALREADY SCOURED. IT'S BASED ON SATELLITE PICTURES TAKEN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE FLIGHT VANISHED IN MARCH 2014 WHICH HAVE JUST EMERGED. THE SEARCH WAS CALLED OFF IN JANUARY. AT LEAST 600 PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING IN THE MUDSLIDE THAT'S LEFT PARTS OF SIERRA LEONE'S CAPITAL IN RUINS. THE CONFIRMED DEATH TOLL NOW STANDS AT NEARLY 400 AND THE RED CROSS HAS WARNED IT'S A RACE AGAINST TIME TO FIND SURVIVORS. THE ABC'S ANNE BARKER HAS MORE. LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED, THE WORST-HIT NOW A RIVER OF MUD WITH FLOODWATERS FLOWING THROUGH THE STREETS. DOZENS OF HOMES WERE SUBMERGED WHEN A HILLSIDE COLLAPSED IN TORRENTIAL RAIN. ENTIRE FAMILIES DROWNED AS THEY SLEPT OR WERE WASHED AWAY. ONLY THE LUCKY ONES ESCAPED. TRANSLATOR: WHEN I LOOKED BACK ALL THE BUILDINGS WERE COVERED WITH MUD, SO NOBODY SURVIVED FROM THAT PART OF THE HILL. RESCUE WORKERS HAVE RECOVERED HUNDREDS OF BODIES WITH ANOTHER 600 STILL MISSING. FREETOWN'S MORGUES ARE OVERFLOWING. THIS IS A DISASTER WHICH, EVEN BY THE RECKONING OF THE HEAD OF THIS MORTUARY, WHO'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR DECADES, IS ABSOLUTELY UNPRECEDENTED. SURVIVORS ARE STRUGGLING TO DEAL WITH THE SCALE OF THEIR LOSS. THIS MAN LOST EIGHT MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY. TRANSLATOR: I FIRST SAW THE BODY OF MY SISTER AND CALLED ON PEOPLE TO HELP ME AND WE LAID HER BODY ON THE FLOOR. THEN I STARTED HEARING OTHER PEOPLE NEARBY CRYING. THE RESCUE OPERATION CONTINUES IN THE DWINDLING HOPE MORE SURVIVORS WILL BE FOUND. THEY'RE USING EXCAVATORS TO LIFT THE MUD AND RUBBLE. SIERRA LEONE IS NO STRANGER TO CATASTROPHE. CIVIL WAR AND EBOLA HAVE KILLED THOUSANDS BEFORE. BUT THIS IS ONE OF ITS WORST. A PLEA FOR HELP AFTER THE KILLING OF MORE THAN 50 PROTECTED NATIVE LIZARDS. THE REPTILES WERE FOUND DEAD IN A LUNCHBOX IN CENTRAL CHRISTCHURCH, THOUGHT TO BE THE VICTIMS OF A BOTCHED SMUGGLING ATTEMPT. HERE'S ALI PUGH. THESE SKINKS HAVE ESCAPED A HORRIBLE DEATH, THE ONLY FOUR SURVIVORS OF A RAID ON CANTERBURY'S LIZARD POPULATION THAT'S LEFT 54 OTHERS DEAD. IT'S THE PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST HORRENDOUS DAYS I'VE HAD AT WORK. YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO FATHOM HOW SOMEBODY COULD DO THIS TO THEM. THAT SOMEBODY HUNTED AND THEN STUFFED NEARLY 60 LIZARDS IN A LUNCHBOX WITH NO ROOM TO MOVE. TOURISTS FOUND THEM DUMPED IN THE BOTANIC GARDENS. IT WOULD'VE JUST BEEN PRETTY ATROCIOUS. FOUR DIFFERENT SPECIES OF GECKOS AND SKINKS WERE KILLED ` ALL SUFFERING DECLINING NUMBERS ALREADY. TAKING EVEN AN INDIVIDUAL OUT OF A LOCAL POPULATION CAN HAVE REALLY DEVASTATING IMPACTS FURTHER DOWN THE LINE. DOC SAYS IT COULD HAVE BEEN A CASE OF ATTEMPTED SMUGGLING ON THE INTERNATIONAL BLACK MARKET. JUST TWO YEARS AGO, THIS JEWELLED GECKO WAS REPATRIATED TO DUNEDIN. INVESTIGATORS FOUND IT FOR SALE IN GERMANY AFTER IT WAS POACHED FROM THE OTAGO PENINSULA. WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS IN THE PAST WITH PEOPLE SMUGGLING GECKOS OUT OF THE COUNTRY OR ATTEMPTING TO. SO WE'LL BE EXTREMELY VIGILANT WITH OUR COMPLIANCE ON THIS. THE DEPARTMENT'S RECENTLY UPPED THE ANTE ON CHASING PROSECUTIONS, AND IT'S HOPING THE PUBLIC CAN COME FORWARD WITH ANY INFORMATION OR SIGHTINGS FROM THE REGION WHICH COULD HELP IDENTIFY THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. ALI PUGH, 1 NEWS. WARRIORS MORE DETAILS ARE COMING TO LIGHT ABOUT THE BACKERS OF THE TAKEOVER OF THE WARRIORS. IT LOOKS LIKE ONE OF LEAGUE'S LONG TIME SUPPORTERS IS ON BOARD. AT THE SAME TIME, THE FUTURE FOR PLAYERS AND COACHES COMES UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT. ANDREW SAVILLE HAS MORE. OFF CONTRACT AND OFTEN UNDER-UTILISED, ANOTHER WARRIORS FORWARD IS ON HIS WAY OUT. DESPITE MOVING ON FROM HIS MATES, CHARLIE GUBB HAS FEW REGRETS. PROBABLY WITH THE WAY THINGS PANNED OUT, NAH, I'M HAPPY I'M GOING. GUBB HAS BEEN LOOKING AROUND FOR SOME TIME, CONSIDERING SEVERAL OFFERS FROM THE UK AND AUSTRALIA. BUT NOW OTHER PLAYERS MIGHT WELL FOLLOW. THE CONSENSUS AMONG FORMER WARRIORS BACKERS AND STAFFERS SPOKEN TO TODAY IS THE CLUB NEEDS TO BE GUTTED, INCLUDING THE CEO AND COACH. I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP AS YET. SOME BELIEVE STEPHEN KEARNEY NEEDS MORE TIME, BUT OTHERS POINT TO HIS WINNING PERCENTAGE AS A HEAD COACH ` JUST 25% ACROSS THREE SEASONS WITH TWO TEAMS. WHAT I'VE GOT CONTROL OVER IS WE HAVE TRAINING TODAY, AND WE'VE GOT A GAME ON FRIDAY. SO THAT'S ALL I FOCUS ON. SOURCES HAVE ALSO TODAY SUGGESTED ONE OF LEAGUE'S LONG-TERM SUPPORTERS IS ALSO BEHIND THE TAKEOVER WITH BUSINESSMAN PAUL DAVYS. GLOBAL KIWI COMPANY 'AUTEX' AND CEO MARK ROBINSON ARE UNDERSTOOD TO BE STUMPING UP SOME OF THE $15M-PLUS PRICE TAG. THE CLUB'S ORIGINAL OWNERS, AUCKLAND RUGBY LEAGUE, WANTS BACK IN LONG-TERM, WITH DEVELOPMENT TO BE TOP OF THE NEW AGENDA. THERE IS TALENT IN NEW ZEALAND. IT'S HOW WE DEVELOP IT THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND I FEEL THAT'S WHERE WE'VE REALLY MISSED THE BOAT A BIT. AUCKLAND LEAGUE EVEN WENT TO THE NRL IN SYDNEY IN JUNE TO HELP FUND A NEW NATIONAL COMPETITION AS THEY BLEED PLAYERS. THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE LOST SOMETHING LIKE 500 PLAYERS A YEAR OUT OF AUCKLAND. ONE FORMER WARRIORS EXECUTIVE USED THE LINE TODAY, 'OWNING A LEAGUE CLUB, YOU BECOME A DONOR, NOT AN OWNER'. BUT IT'S CLEAR SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE. WHITE FERN SUZIE BATES HAS MADE HISTORY WITH A SUPERB ALL-ROUND EFFORT IN THE UK'S T-20 SUPER LEAGUE. SMASHING 119 RUNS OFF 72 BALLS FOR HER SOUTHERN VIPERS TEAM, BATES BECAME THE FIRST PLAYER TO MAKE A CENTURY IN THE COMPETITION, SCORING MORE THAN HALF HER TEAM'S TOTAL OF 180. JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT SHE'D DONE IT ALL, BATES WAS AT IT WITH THE BALL, TAKING THREE WICKETS AND A STUNNING CATCH. IT'S HIT PRETTY WELL, BUT NOT QUITE ENOUGH. WHAT A CATCH! A LITTLE JUGGLE. SUZIE BATES, TAKE A BOW. THE KIWI'S VIPERS BEATING THE LIGHTNING BY 46 RUNS. JUST AHEAD, AN ENTHRALLING WEATHER FORECAST BECAUSE YOU'RE WORTH IT. AND THESE TWO SHOW HOW NOT TO ROB A MCDONALDS OR ANYWHERE WITH A DOOR. IT WAS A LATE-NIGHT MACCAS RUN BUT THE MEN DIDN'T WANT TO PAY, SO THEY GRABBED A GUN. UNFORTUNATELY FOR THESE TWO AUSTRALIAN THIEVES, TURNS OUT THE THREATENING FIREARM WAS JAMMED, RESORTING TO AN ILL-ADVISED USE OF THE WEAPON. DESPITE A FEW ATTEMPTS, THE ROBBERS WERE UNABLE TO SMASH THROUGH THE GLASS. PERHAPS REALISING THEIR PLAN WASN'T WORKING, THE PAIR FLED WITHOUT EVEN A CHICKEN NUGGET. THEY'RE STILL ON THE RUN. NOW TO TOMORROWS WEATHER WITH JACK WHITE. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR AND CATHERINE DE CHALAIN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.