IN THE WEATHER TODAY. WHERE YOU HAD THE CLOUD AND THE DRIZZLE, YOU ONLY GOT TO 16 DEGREES, BUT IN THE SUNSHINE, FURTHER WEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLATEAU OF THE NORTH ISLAND 26 IN THE SUNSHINE. HIGH PRESSURE'S BUILDING IN OVER THE NEXT, WELL` PRETTY MUCH FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. THAT BRINGS SETTLED WEATHER, BUT JUST SOME LEFTOVER WRINKLES ` SOME CLOUD, ODD TROUGH, HERE ARE THERE. ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. CAPTIONS BY ANTONY VLUG AND JOHN GIBBS, CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017 THE PIKE RIVER MINE TRAGEDY ` THE GOVERNMENT NAMES A DATE A RECOVERY MISSION SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY, BUT WILL IT HAPPEN AT ALL? GET OUT OF THE CAR. I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS JOKING, YOU KNOW. THE NEXT SECOND, YOU KNOW, ALL I'M SEEING IS BOOM. A TAXI DRIVER SHOT AFTER A FARE DISPUTE TELLS 1 NEWS ABOUT THE TERROR HE FACED AS THE HUNT CONTINUES FOR THE GUNMAN. STILL CLINGING ON TO POWER. SURPRISE AND SHOCK IN ZIMBABWE AS A DEFIANT ROBERT MUGABE REFUSES TO STEP DOWN. I THINK THE WHOLE NATION WAS EXPECTING HIM TO RESIGN. PLUS AN OCEAN MYSTERY ` WHERE CAN IT BE? THE INTERNATIONAL SEARCH FOR A MISSING SUBMARINE BRINGS MANY COUNTRIES TOGETHER. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. GOING INTO THE PIKE RIVER MINE SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN 16 MONTHS. THE GOVERNMENT A SHORT TIME AGO REVEALED A GOAL OF RE-ENTRY BY MARCH 2019. IT'S ALSO COMMITTED UP TO $23M TOWARDS THE OPERATION TO RETRIEVE THE BODIES OF THE 29 MEN KILLED SEVEN YEARS AGO. THE MOVE IS A KEY PART OF THE LABOUR-NEW ZEALAND FIRST COALITION AGREEMENT. FOR MORE, LET'S GO NOW LIVE TO POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN AT PARLIAMENT. Yes, that $23 million over three years will go to the establishment Of the Pike River recovery agency, a standalone agency, That will be set up in January next year with the aim of getting and by March 2019. The government did say they can't give a guarantee they will get back into the mine Because if new safety concerns were to arise they would have to take those into consideration. National is saying that is then winding back earlier promises About the commitment to go one. But Jacinda Ardern insisting there was no backing away of promise. WE'RE GIVING THEM THE COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR POWER TO TRY, AND THAT'S ALL THEY'VE EVER ASKED OF US. OF COURSE, THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD COMPETING EVIDENCE AGAINST WHAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE LAST GOVERNMENT, THAT TOLD THEM THAT AN ENTRY WAS POSSIBLE. WE'VE COMMITTED TO ESTABLISHING AN AGENCY TO SEE THAT THROUGH, BUT WHAT WE'VE BOTH COMMITTED TO TOGETHER IS THAT SAFETY IS A PRIORITY. Who makes the final decision? There will be a chief executive of this new agency, And no suspension of health and safety laws as was suggested by labour and opposition. Andrew little will be the minister responsible. He has to collect a lot of information and data to make the big call on what to do. IN THE END, THE DECISION WILL COME BACK TO ME AS MINISTER. I'LL HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE ADVICE FROM THE AGENCY. THEIR ADVICE WILL HAVE BEEN PEER-REVIEWED, AND I WILL HAVE AN INDEPENDENT ADVISER TO ME AS WELL AS MINISTER SO THAT ALL OF THOSE CHECKS AND BALANCES ARE PROVIDED. What about the Pike River families, what was the reaction? They are very pleased about this decision and the urgency That it has been part of 100 days of action. They are pleased about the transparency and their involvement in the establishment of the agency And any decision-making around whether it is safe to go one. The government is adamant that the families will be consulted and breached during the process. JUST IN THE PAST HOUR, WELLINGTON POLICE NAMED A 26-YEAR-OLD MAN THEY WANT TO TALK TO IN RELATION TO THE SHOOTING OF A TAXI DRIVER IN THE WEEKEND. DYLAN NUKU IS BELIEVED TO BE ARMED AND DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT BE APPROACHED. THE VICTIM TOLD 1 NEWS ABOUT THE FEAR HE FACED AND HOW HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO DIE. EMILY COOPER HAS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. ALEM TESSEMA IS RECOVERING AT HOME TONIGHT AFTER BEING SHOT FOR DOING HIS JOB. HE SAYS HE FEARED FOR HIS LIFE. I SURVIVED, REALLY. I STILL DON'T BELIEVE I'M ALIVE, REALLY. THIS IS THE MAN POLICE BELIEVE SHOT HIM ` 26-YEAR-OLD DYLAN NUKU. POLICE SAY HE'S ARMED AND DANGEROUS. THE WOMAN HAS STILL NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. POLICE WOULDN'T APPEAR ON CAMERA TODAY, BUT SAID IN A STATEMENT. COURTENAY PLACE IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST SPOTS FOR TAXI DRIVERS IN THE CAPITAL. BUT AFTER THE PICK-UP FROM COURTNEY PLACE NEARLY TURNED DEADLY FOR ALEM, DRIVERS 1 NEWS SPOKE TO TODAY SAY THEY'RE SCARED. OH, I DON'T DRIVE AT NIGHTS, NEVER. JUST BECAUSE OF THIS SITUATION, I DON'T DRIVE EVER AT NIGHTS. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE PICKING UP PEOPLE FROM COURTENAY PLACE. DRUNKS ESPECIALLY. I ONLY WORK IN THE DAYTIME. YEAH, NOT WORKING AT NIGHT. YOU DON'T WORK AT NIGHT? NO, NO, NO. IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO HIT US, JUST SIMPLE THING, THEY CAN BREAK THE CAMERA AND THROW IT. AND THEY CAN HIT US. THE CAMERA CAN'T SAVE US! THE CAMERA IS JUST BUGGER ALL! THOSE TAXI DRIVERS SAY THERE SHOULD BE BETTER PROTECTION FOR DRIVERS, BUT LAST YEAR THE GOVERNMENT SCRAPPED COMPULSORY PANIC ALARMS. WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL IN CASES LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT GIVES THE DRIVER THE ABILITY TO SUMMON HELP INSTANTLY. HIS OPERATIONS ROOM CAN TELL WHEREABOUTS HE IS AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CAR. AND THE NEXT SECOND, I PUT MY HAND, AND THERE'S BLOOD COMING. I REALISE I'M SHOT, I HAVE BLOOD. THERE'S A LOT OF BLOOD COMING, SO THE BEST WAY TO DO` I CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE HOSPITAL. AN UNPROVOKED SHOOTING, ALEM TESSEMA SAYS HE HOPES NO OTHER DRIVER HAS TO EXPERIENCE. I'M VERY LUCKY. EVEN MY DAUGHTER SAYS I SHOULD TRY LOTTO. EMILY COOPER, 1 NEWS. ANGER AND CONFUSION REIGN IN ZIMBABWE TONIGHT AFTER LONG-TIME LEADER ROBERT MUGABE REFUSED TO RESIGN. HIS ADDRESS TO THE NATION CAME AFTER HIS OWN PARTY SACKED HIM AND THOUSANDS CELEBRATED A DYING DICTATORSHIP. THE BBC'S FERGAL KEANE REPORTS ON THE MOMENT MUGABE ONCE AGAIN SHOCKED HIS PEOPLE AND THE WORLD. (LIGHT, CHEERFUL MUSIC) THE VERY MUSIC SEEMED DESIGNED TO DRAIN ANY DRAMA OUT OF THE MOMENT, AND PERHAPS THE GENIALITY OF THE ENCOUNTER WAS A GIVEAWAY. ROBERT MUGABE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A MAN ABOUT TO WALK INTO THE WILDERNESS, AND HIS WORDS, DELIVERED 15 MINUTES INTO A RAMBLING ADDRESS, CONFIRMED THAT HE INTENDED TO STAY AS LEADER OF THE COUNTRY AND PARTY AT LEAST UNTIL THE PARTY CONGRESS IN DECEMBER. I WILL PRESIDE OVER ITS PROCESSES, WHICH MUST NOT BE PREPOSSESSED BY ANY ACTS CALCULATED... TO UNDERMINE IT OR TO COMPROMISE THE OUTCOMES IN THE EYES OF THE PUBLIC. THIS APPEARANCE HAS SHOCKED ZIMBABWEANS, WHO WERE PREPARING TO WITNESS HIS RESIGNATION. I THINK WE'RE BEIN' PLAYED. WE ARE BEIN' PLAYED. I FELT LET DOWN. I THINK BY NOW WE SHOULD'VE PRODUCED SOME SORT OF RESULT, BUT WE HAVE NOTHING. (CHUCKLING) IT'S LIKE WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE. I THINK THE WHOLE NATION WAS EXPECTING HIM TO RESIGN. I THINK WE'RE ALL SHOCKED. I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE DEPRESSED, CONFUSED. PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT I DO THINK WE'RE IN A POST-MUGABE ERA. TONIGHT, TOMORROW, THE NEXT DAY, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. THIS IS MUGABE PLAYING THE LAST CARD THAT HE'S GOT ` WHICH IS THE REFUSAL TO CONFER LEGITIMACY ON HIS SUCCESSOR AND TRYING TO COMPEL A SITUATION WHERE HE IS ACTUALLY FORCED FROM OFFICE. AND THEN HE CAN REMOVE ANY CLAIMS THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING IS NOT A COUP. AND ONCE IT'S CLEAR THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING IS A COUP, THEN HE HOPES TO GET SOME REGIONAL SUPPORT AND SUPPORT FROM THE AFRICAN UNION ON HIS SIDE (CHEERING, CLAPPING) TONIGHT'S NON-RESIGNATION DOESN'T CHANGE THE FEELING OF THE PARTY, AND IT DOESN'T REMOVE THE BITTERNESS AGAINST HIS WIFE, GRACE, AND HER FRIENDS. LOOK AT MY BACK. (LOUD CHATTER) THIS IS THE MOMENT WHEN ROBERT MUGABE LOST POWER IN HIS OWN PARTY, THE PARTY HE DOMINATED FOR SO LONG, AND HAS NOW BEEN REPLACED AS PARTY LEADER BY A MAN WHO WAS ONE OF HIS CLOSEST ALLIES FOR DECADES. A CROCODILE. THE NEW LEADER, EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, IS KNOWN AS 'THE CROCODILE', CELEBRATED HERE FOR HIS RUTHLESS CUNNING. BUT WHEN IT GETS ITS PREY... (GROWLING) (CHOMPS) (CHUCKLING) HE MAY HAVE AGREED TO PAUSE, BUT HE'S UNLIKELY TO STOP UNTIL HE OUSTS HIS OLD COMRADE. MUGABE'S VOWED TO PRESIDE OVER HIS PARTY'S CONFERENCE NEXT MONTH. IT'S UNCLEAR IF THE PARTY WILL PROCEED WITH PLANS TO IMPEACH HIM IF HE DOESN'T RESIGN BY LATE TONIGHT. BAD WEATHER IS HAMPERING THE SEARCH FOR AN ARGENTINE NAVAL SUBMARINE, WHICH HAS BEEN MISSING FOR FOUR DAYS. THE SAN JUAN HAS 44 CREW ON BOARD. CONTACT WAS LOST AS IT RETURNED FROM A ROUTINE MISSION NEAR THE SOUTHERN-MOST TIP OF SOUTH AMERICA. THE BBC'S DAN JOHNSON REPORTS. THIS IS A VESSEL DESIGNED TO PLAY HIDE AND SEEK IN THE DEEPEST DEPTHS, SO FINDING THE SAN JUAN, ITS CREW AND THE 22 TORPEDOES IT CARRIES IS A REAL CHALLENGE. FRESH SATELLITE SIGNALS ` ALBEIT WEAK ONES ` HAVE REVIVED HOPES OF RESCUE. (SPEAKS SPANISH) SEVEN CALL ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, SAYS THE NAVY SPOKESMAN, BUT THEY WERE INCOMPLETE AND NEED TO BE CHECKED TO PINPOINT THE LOCATION. HE STRESSED THEY'RE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO FIND THE SUBMARINE, SEARCHING THE OPEN OCEAN AND THE SEABED. THIS IS NOW AN INTERNATIONAL EFFORT. U.S. NAVY HAS FLOWN IN DEEP-SEA RESCUE EQUIPMENT, AND HMS PROTECTOR, THE ROYAL NAVY'S ANTARCTIC PATROL SHIP, HAS BEEN DIVERTED TO HELP SCAN BENEATH THE WAVES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE SAN JUAN LEFT THE SOUTHERN PORT OF USHUAIA LAST MONDAY AFTER A ROUTINE MISSION. IT WAS MAKING THE 2000-MILE JOURNEY BACK TO ITS BASE IN MAR DEL PLATA, NOT FAR FROM ARGENTINA'S CAPITAL. THE SEARCH IS FOCUSED AROUND HALFWAY, IN THE SAN JORGE GULF, WHERE THE SUBMARINE LAST MADE CONTACT ON WEDNESDAY. ONE OF THE 44 CREW MEMBERS IS ARGENTINA'S FIRST FEMALE SUBMARINER. THE BEST HOPE OF FINDING HER AND HER CREW MATES ALIVE IS THAT A POWER FAILURE KNOCKED OUT THE SUBMARINE'S COMMUNICATIONS. SIX COUNTRIES ARE NOW HUNTING FOR THE SAN JUAN, BUT IT'S LOST IN A HUGE AREA OF OCEAN, AND BAD WEATHER IS MAKING A DIFFICULT JOB EVEN HARDER. THE SUBMARINE IS POWERED BY ONE ELECTRIC AND FOUR DIESEL ENGINES, AND HAS ENOUGH OXYGEN, FOOD AND WATER TO LAST AT LEAST TWO WEEKS. THE ROLE OF TIKANGA MAORI CULTURAL PRACTICE WITHIN POLICE STRATEGIES CAME UNDER SCRUTINY AT THE TRIAL OF TWO OFFICERS ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING A TEENAGER. THEIR DEFENCE TEAM OPENED AND CLOSED THEIR CASES IN THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND TODAY. MAORI AFFAIRS REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA WAS THERE. A DEFENCE OF CHARACTER FOR INSPECTOR HURIMOANA DENNIS, AN AUCKLAND COP FACING TWO KIDNAPPING CHARGES. THIS MAN IS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. AN INNOCENT MAN. HE IS TUTURU MAORI, WHICH MEANS 'AUTHENTIC, REAL'. HE'S IN COURT WITH CO-ACCUSED VAUGHAN PERRY AFTER A 2015 COMPLAINT FROM A TEENAGE BOY. IT'S ALLEGED THE YOUTH WAS UNLAWFULLY DETAINED IN A POLICE CELL BEFORE BEING SENT TO AUSTRALIA. DENNIS KNOWS THE TEENAGER'S WHANAU AND BECAME INVOLVED AFTER THEY RAISED CONCERNS AT WHETHER A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WAS OCCURRING WITH THE BOY'S 15-YEAR-OLD GIRLFRIEND. THIS CASE IS ABOUT A YOUNG MAN WHO AT 17 YEARS OF OLD` 17 YEARS OF AGE, WAS BY HIS OWN ADMISSION TO HIS WHANAU, COMMITTING A CRIME. THE CRIME OF UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 16. BUT THE ROLE OF AROHA IN A POLICE STRATEGY, KNOWN AS TURNING THE TIDE, HAS COME UNDER SCRUTINY. THE POLICY AIMS TO REDUCE OFFENDING BY INVITING OFFICERS TO DEAL WITH MAORI WITHOUT RESORTING TO FORMAL CHARGES. KIM WORKMAN TOLD THE COURT EFFECTIVE POLICING COULD BE CREATIVE. DEALING WITH A SITUATION EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN 'BY THE BOOK'. THE CROWN PROSECUTOR CHALLENGED THE IDEA THAT LOCKING A 17-YEAR-OLD MAORI BOY IN A POLICE CELL WHO WASN'T UNDER ARREST WAS CONSISTENT WITH EITHER TIKANGA OR BROADER POLICE STRATEGY. JUSTICE WYLIE IS EXPECTED TO SUM UP ON WEDNESDAY, BEFORE THE JURY RETIRES TO CONSIDER ITS VERDICT. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. BUTTER MAY BUTTER BETTER AS THE SAYING GOES, BUT THE COST OF THE KITCHEN STAPLE CONTINUES TO SPREAD UPWARDS TO RECORD HIGH LEVELS. OFFICIAL FIGURES OUT TODAY SHOW $5.67 WAS THE AVERAGE PRICE OF THE CHEAPEST BLOCK LAST MONTH ` UP 62% FROM THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, WHEN THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $3.50, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS NEW ZEALAND. RISING DAIRY PRICES FOR THINGS LIKE BUTTER, MILK AND CHEESE HAVE PUSHED OVERALL FOOD PRICES UP 2.7% IN THE PAST YEAR. THEY ALSO HAVE A KNOCK-EFFECT ON THE PRICE OF THINGS LIKE BISCUITS, BAKERY ITEMS AND COFFEE. A LEADING DENTAL EXPERT SAYS HALF OF THE COUNTRY'S ADULTS ARE PUTTING OFF GOING TO THE DENTIST BECAUSE IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE. DR JONATHAN BROADBENT'S BEEN JOINED BY FORMER PRIME MINISTER HELEN CLARK IN CALLING FOR MORE FUNDING TO MAKE VISITING A DENTIST MORE AFFORDABLE. PAUL HOBBS REPORTS IT'S NO FUN SEEING THE DENTIST BUT FOR MANY, THE BIGGEST PAIN IS TRYING TO PAY FOR IT ABOUT HALF OF NEW ZEALAND'S POPULATION HAD PUT OFF DENTAL TREATMENT THAT THEY KNEW THEY NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE COST. AFGHAN REFUGEE SHEA HAS BEEN IN NEW ZEALAND FOR FIVE YEARS AND COULDN'T AFFORD TO SEE DENTIST UNTIL NOW. I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF BAD TEETH THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. THIS IS WHAT HIS TEETH USED TO LOOK LIKE. NOW THANKS TO CHARITY DENTIST 'REVIVE A SMILE,' HE'S HAD $850 WORTH OF TREATMENT FOR FREE. IT'S LIKE HELP I GET FOR FREE. AND IT'S A GREAT JOB THESE GUYS ARE DOING WE SEE REALLY THIRD WORLD TYPE PROBLEMS. WE SEE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FOR MANY MANY YEARS THAT HAVEN'T HAD ANY ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE ACCORDING TO OTAGO UNIVERSITY, THE AVERAGE HOURLY RATE FOR A DENTIST IS $460 SOMEONE ON THE MINIMUM WAGE WOULD NEED A WEEK'S EARNINGS TO GET AN HOUR WITH A DENTIST. DECORATED RESEARCHER, JONATHAN BROADBENT, SAYS IT'S TIME TO STOP TREATING ADULT DENTAL CARE LIKE A LUXURY. DENTAL PROBLEMS CAUSE PAIN EMBARRASSMENT, WORRY. JUST LIKE OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS. YET WE SET DENTISTRY APART FROM OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS HEAVYWEIGHT BACKING CAME WHEN FORMER PRIME MINISTER HELEN CLARK GOT ON TWITTER SHE WENT ON TO SAY` BUT THE CURRENT PRIME MINISTER CONCEDING EVEN A SUGAR TAX WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH TO EXTEND OR SUBSIDISE FREE ADULT CARE. UNDER 18s IS ALREADY FREE AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE TAKING UP. BUT AT THE MOMENT OUR ABILITY TO FUND IT BEYOND THAT IS PRETTY CONSTRAINED. MEANING LOW INCOME EARNERS LIKE SHEA MAY STILL NEED TO LOOK TO CHARITIES FOR A SMILE LIKE THIS. PAUL HOBBS 1 NEWS THE SMALL TOWN IN THE SOUTH ISLAND THAT'S BEEN OVERRUN BY A PLAGUE OF RABBITS. THEY MAY LOOK CUTE, BUT WE FIND OUT WHY THESE BUNNIES DAYS ARE NUMBERED. AND THE WORLD'S FASTEST MAN IS PUTTING AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS THROUGH THEIR PACES, SO WHAT'S HIS ADVICE FOR A FASTER RUN RATE? PLUS ` (PINK SINGS 'BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA') AND TAKEN TO NEW HEIGHTS ` POP STAR PINK'S GRAVITY-DEFYING PERFORMANCE AT THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS ON THE SIDE OF A HOTEL. AT THIS TIME OF YEAR THE COASTAL OTAGO TOWN OF MOERAKI IS USUALLY GEARING UP FOR AN INFLUX OF SUMMER TOURISTS, BUT THERE ARE WAVES OF RABBITS INFESTING THE TOWN. NOW THERE ARE CALLS FOR THE APPROVAL OF A NEW VIRUS TO PUT A DENT IN THE NUMBERS. MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. A BUMPER BREEDING SEASON HAS PROVIDED PLENTY OF RABBITS TO MAKE THE TOURISTS GUSH IN MOERAKI. I THINK THEY'RE CUTE AS YOU WALK BY, AND THEY'RE KIND OF NESTLING IN THEIR OWN HABITATS. AND THEY'RE NOT CAUSING ANY HARM. ARE THEY A PROBLEM? NO, WE LOVE RABBITS. BUT THE RESIDENTS AREN'T SO IMPRESSED. MARK BRADY'S LAWN MOWING BUSINESS CUT DOWN TO MOWING DAISIES AND THISTLES. THERE'S JUST NO GRASS THERE BECAUSE OF THE RABBITS. SO AN EXPECTED RELEASE OF A NEW KOREAN STRAIN OF THE RABBIT CALICI VIRUS IS BEING WELCOMED. WE CAN'T SHOOT, COS WE'RE IN A TOWN. WE CAN'T POISON COS OF DOGS, SO WE'RE STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, REALLY. THE KOREAN OR 'K5' STRAIN IS CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED BY THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES, AFTER ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY SOUGHT APPROVAL TO USE IT. IF GRANTED, THE NEW STRAIN WILL BE RELEASED NATIONALLY AS REQUIRED, AND THERE ARE IMPLICATIONS FOR OWNERS OF PET RABBITS. ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY SAYS THE NEW VIRUS CAUSES A FATAL HAEMORRHAGING DISEASE PLUS CHRONIC ORGAN FAILURE IN INFECTED RABBITS. THANKFULLY, THOUGH, FOR PET RABBITS, LIKE THIS ONE, THERE IS A VACCINE AVAILABLE. CALICI VIRUS WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1997, ILLEGALLY IMPORTED INTO CENTRAL OTAGO BY FARMERS. WHEN WE FIRST CAME HERE, THE VIRUS MUST HAVE GONE THROUGH, SO WE HARDLY HAD ANY RABBITS AROUND THE PLACE, BUT AS I SAID, NOW I THINK IT'S STARTING TO BECOME A MAJOR PROBLEM. ECAN BELIEVE THE NEW STRAIN MAY HELP OVERCOME RESISTANCE TO THE OLD VIRUS, SO IF APPROVED, THE RABBITS OF MOERAKI'S DAYS LOOK NUMBERED. MARK HATHAWAY, 1 NEWS. THERE'VE BEEN ANGRY PROTESTS OVER LIBYAN SLAVE TRADE REVELATIONS THAT FEATURED ON 1 NEWS LAST WEEK. HUNDREDS GATHERED OUTSIDE THE LIBYAN EMBASSY IN PARIS CALLING FOR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO TAKE ACTION. DURING AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION, CNN FILMED A DOZEN NIGERIAN MIGRANTS BEING AUCTIONED OFF NEAR TRIPOLI. THE BROADCASTER WAS TOLD OF NINE SLAVE AUCTION LOCATIONS, BUT THERE ARE BELIEVED TO BE MANY MORE. THEY WANTED FASTER INTERNET ON THEIR FARMS AND WERE FED UP WITH THE HIGH COST OF BROADBAND. THEIR SOLUTION ` TO DO IT THEMSELVES. CHANNEL NINE'S MICHAEL BEST HAS THE STORY OF SOME RURAL INTERNET PIONEERS WHO ARE ALL ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY. THEIR VALLEY IS FAR MORE GREEN AND SILICON, BUT HERE AMONG THE FARMS AND VILLAGES OF NORTH-WEST ENGLAND AN UNLIKELY TECH HUB IS FUELLING AN INTERNET REVOLUTION. IT STARTED OUT OF DESPERATION BECAUSE WE KNEW NOTHING WOULD EVER BE DONE TO HELP THE RURAL PEOPLE. THERE WAS NO BROADBAND HERE UNTIL CHRIS CONDER AND HER MATES CAME UP WITH A PLAN. THEY'D MAKE THEIR OWN FIBRE NETWORK. DIG THEIR OWN TRENCHES AND RUN THEIR OWN CABLES THROUGH THE MUDDY FIELDS. SIX YEARS IN, THERE'S MORE THAN 4000 CUSTOMERS, MORE THAN 4000KM OF FIBRE OPTIC CABLE. AND THE INTERNET IS LIGHTNING FAST. IT'S A THOUSAND MEGABITS A SECOND SYMMETRICAL. IT'S A GIGABIT SYMMETRICAL. THAT MEANS YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AN HD MOVIE IN JUST A FEW SECONDS. IT'S TRULY THE FASTEST SPEEDS THAT YOU CAN GET MORE OR LESS GET ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. IT'S CALLED BARN, A COMMUNITY-RUN COMPANY THAT NOW HAS 23 STAFF, THAT HAS BEEN BUILT LARGELY ON THE LABOUR AND LOVE OF VOLUNTEERS. PEOPLE LIKE RETIRED ENGINEER MARTIN WELCH. I THINK THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATES IT. PEOPLE WHEN I'M DRIVING ALONG THE ROAD NOW, THE PEOPLE COMING THE OTHER WAY ARE WAVING AT ME, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO SOME OF THEM ARE. THE VOLUNTEER LABOUR AND LOCAL FARMERS ALLOWING CABLES TO CROSS THEIR LAND KEEP OVERHEADS DOWN. UNLIMITED HYPER FAST BROADBAND COSTS HOUSEHOLDS $50 A MONTH. IN A SET OF PEOPLE YOU'VE GOT ALL THE SKILLS. YOU'VE GOT ENGINEERS; YOU'VE GOT ACCOUNTANTS; YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO CAN DIG. YOU'VE GOT A BIG SKILLSET IN YOUR COMMUNITY ALREADY. YOU JUST TAP INTO THAT AND WORK TOGETHER, AND YOU CAN DO IT. OF COURSE, YOU STILL NEED DRIVE AND DETERMINATION. SOMETHING CHRIS AND HER COLLEAGUES HAVE IN SPADES. AND ALL OF THE NETWORKS PROFITS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE NEARBY COMMUNITY. BACK HERE, IT WAS WEATHER OF TWO HALVES TODAY. SUNNY AND DRY FOR SOME BUT GREY AND DAMP FOR OTHERS. IT CERTAINLY WAS. You did well if you had sunshine. Looking at the cloud, the southerly moving up the country. Quite the contrast temperature wise. Warmer in the orange. Cooler on the coast. Similar on the North Island. And look to the north of the central plateau. The warm spot in the middle. A good day for Auckland. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ High pressure this week. THE INNER CITY BUILDING GETTING A GREEN MAKEOVER. FROM WORMS IN THE BASEMENT TO RECYCLED FLOORING ` JUST SOME OF THE ECO CREDENTIALS THAT HAVE EARNED THIS COUNCIL BUILDING A SIX-STAR RATING. ALSO ` (PINK SINGS 'BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA') TAKING HER PERFORMANCE TO AN EVEN MORE SPECTACULAR LEVEL. THE FEARLESS HIGH-WIRE AWARDS PERFORMANCE FROM PINK. (PINK SINGS 'BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA') LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT ` THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITTING UP TO $23M TOWARD AN OPERATION TO RE-ENTER THE PIKE RIVER MINE AND RECOVER THE BODIES OF THE 29 MEN KILLED THERE SEVEN YEARS AGO. THE GOAL OF RE-ENTRY BY MARCH 2019 IS A KEY PART OF THE LABOUR-NEW ZEALAND FIRST COALITION AGREEMENT. A CENTRAL AUCKLAND HIGH-RISE IS WINNING PRAISE AS A WORLD LEADER IN SUSTAINABILITY. EVEN WITH WORMS IN THE BASEMENT AND OLD TYRES IN THE KITCHEN. AUCKLAND COUNCIL HAS UNDERTAKEN AN ECO REFIT OF ITS BUILDING. SAVING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR IN ENERGY BILLS. JENNY SUO'S BEEN FOR A LOOK AROUND. IT'S HARD TO TELL, BUT IN THE CENTRE OF AUCKLAND'S CONCRETE JUNGLE, SOMETHING VERY GREEN HAS SPROUTED UP. THE 31-STOREY AUCKLAND COUNCIL BUILDING ACTUALLY HOUSES UP TO 2 MILLION STAFF IF YOU COUNT THESE GUYS. ON EVERY LEVEL WHERE WE HAVE THE KITCHEN, WE HAVE A SPECIAL BIN WHERE WE PUT ALL OUR LEFTOVERS. IT'S A BIT LIKE WHAT WE DO AT HOME. AND SO IT'S THAT FEELING WHERE YOU'RE NOT THROWING EVERYTHING OUT. THERE ARE 78 WORM FARMS IN THE BASEMENT. THEY CONSUME 19 TONNES OF FOOD WASTE PER YEAR, PRODUCING PLANT FOOD FOR EMPLOYEES LIKE CLAES SANDSTROM TO PUT IN HIS GARDEN. AND THE BUILDING'S GREEN FEATURES EXTEND BEYOND COMPOSTING. WE'RE ACTUALLY WALKING ON RECYCLED TYRES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE INTO THIS FLOORING. THAT'S RECYCLED CARPET. YOU DON'T KNOW THAT STORY WHEN YOU'RE JUST LOOKING DOWN TRYING TO GET A COFFEE. YOU GO AND FILL UP A GLASS OF WATER AND THE WATER COMES THROUGH A LOW-FLOW TAP. AND THE TAP IS ACTUALLY REDUCING OUR ENERGY AND WATER USE AT THE SAME TIME. THE $53M REFIT ALSO INCLUDES LED LIGHTS WITH MOTION DETECTORS. WE SAVE ABOUT $300,000 A YEAR. ABOUT 40% OF OUR ENERGY COSTS. THAT'S PRETTY MASSIVE FOR ONE BUILDING. MASSIVE ENOUGH TO EARN A 6 GREEN STAR AWARD FROM THE GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL. SO 6 STARS MEANS ITS UP THERE AS A WORLD CLASS FIT-OUT OF A BUILDING. THERE'S LESS THAN FIVE OF THOSE IN NEW ZEALAND. THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL'S CIVIC CENTRE AND AUCKLAND'S GEYSER BUILDING ALSO HAVE 6 STAR RATINGS. BUT THE AUCKLAND COUNCIL BUILDING IS UNIQUE, BECAUSE IT WASN'T A NEW BUILD. THE HIGH-RISE USED TO BE A BANK, PROVING A SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DOESN'T NEED TO BE BUILT FROM SCRATCH. THE SETUP OF THE OFFICE ACTUALLY WORKS FOR PEOPLE. IT KEEPS PEOPLE HAPPY, KEEPS PEOPLE PRODUCTIVE, AND YOU SEE THAT IN THINGS LIKE WORKPLACE RETENTION. YOU SEE THAT IN TERMS OF DECREASED SICK DAYS AND ABSENTEE DAYS. IT'S GOOD FOR BOTH THE FOLKS THAT WORK HERE, BUT ALSO GOOD FOR RATEPAYERS. IT'S HOPED OTHERS WILL SEE THE BENEFITS AND FOLLOW SUIT TO CREATE MORE WORKING ENVIRONMENTS THAT BENEFIT THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. JENNY SUO, 1 NEWS POP PRINCESS PINK HAS GIVEN A DEATH-DEFYING PERFORMANCE AT THE US MUSIC AWARDS IN LA, LITERALLY SCALING NEW HEIGHTS ON THE SIDE OF A HOTEL. SHE'S USED TO SOARING IN THE CHARTS AND BEING A BIT OFF-THE-WALL, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING NEW FOR THE MULTI-AWARD WINNER. # IT WAS YOU. THE PILL I KEPT TAKING. # THE NIGHTMARE I'M WAKING. # THERE'S NOTHING, NO NOTHING. # NOTHING BUT YOU. OTHERS WERE MORE KEEN TO KEEP THEIR FEET FIRMLY ON THE STAGE, INCLUDING DIANA ROSS WHO WAS GIVEN A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ` THE BIGGEST AWARD OF THE NIGHT. THE LEGACY OF A MUCH-LOVED SPORTS STADIUM SHATTERED BY THE CANTERBURY QUAKES IS LIVING ON IN RURAL BAY OF PLENTY. A SMALL COMMUNITY HAS MANAGED TO GRAB 400 OF LANCASTER PARK'S OLD SEATS FOR ITS OWN SPORTS FANS. AND AS SAM KELWAY EXPLAINS, IT'S TAKEN A HUGE DOSE OF GENEROSITY TO GET THEM THERE. LANCASTER PARK ` A STALWART OF THE SOUTH. AND BACK COMES CANTERBURY... BUT EVEN ITS STAUNCH AND IMPOSING STANDS WERE NO MATCH FOR THE FORCE OF CANTERBURY'S QUAKES, LEAVING THIS ONCE PROUD STADIUM SHATTERED. BUT NOW 400 GREY SEATS FROM LANCASTER PARK HAVE MADE THEIR WAY TO TE PUKE, WHERE SUPPORTERS IN YELLOW WILL CHERISH THEM. IT'S A PART OF HISTORY AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH DOWN THERE. NONE OF US CAN EVER IMAGINE WHAT IT WAS LIKE. WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO PRESERVE SOME HISTORY AND BUILD ON IT. MORE THAN 20,000 OF THE STADIUM'S OLD SEATS WERE UP FOR AUCTION, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BEYOND THE REACH OF THE PIRATES WITHOUT A LITTLE HELP. BIG COMPANIES STEPPED IN, WAIVING SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT COSTS FROM LYTTLETON TO THE PORT OF TAURANGA. WOULD'VE BEEN CLOSE TO $70,000, AND THAT'S SOMETHING RUGBY CLUBS SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD. AND WHAT HAS IT COST YOU? $3500. THE CHRISTCHURCH COUNCIL ALSO CAME TO THE PARTY, THROWING IN AN EXTRA 50 SEATS. AND AFTER A 1000 KILOMETRE JOURNEY, THIS WILL BE NEW HOME FOR THE OLD LANCASTER PARK SEATS. THE PROUD TE PUKE PIRATES PLAN TO BUILD THE NEW STADIUM IN TIME FOR THE 2019 RUGBY SEASON. OH WELL, IT WILL MEAN THEY WON'T GET WET ON A WET DAY AND GET THEIR UMBRELLAS BLOWN AWAY. THE SEATS WILL NOW BE STORED AT A SECURE LOCATION. YES, VERY COMFORTABLE. (LAUGHS) AND BACK ON THE TRUCK FOR THE FINAL TIME, BEFORE THEY ARRIVE AT THEIR NEW HOME. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND OUR CYCLISTS SET THE BENCHMARK AGAIN. CAMBRIDGE THE VENUE FOR THE WORLD CHAMPS, WHO HAVE JUST SENT OUT ANOTHER MAJOR WARNING TO THE REST OF THE CYCLING WORLD. PLUS IS LEAGUE SET FOR A BIG CLEAN OUT? THE PLANNING IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. SO THE REVIEW WILL KICK OFF IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. THE NEW NZRL CHAIRMAN FRONTS AS THE NATIONAL BODY READIES ITSELF TO LOSE A MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE WORLD CUP. AND A BOLT FROM THE BLUE. LOOK WHO'S HELPING PREPARE THE AUSSIES FOR THE ASHES. IN FIVE MONTHS TIME THEY'LL BE ON AUSTRALIAN TURF AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES BUT THIS AFTERNOON THE KIWI MEN'S SPRINT CYCLING TEAM HAS FIRED AN EARLY SHOT AT THE AUSSIES. THE TRIO'S IMPRESSIVE EARLY SEASON FORM AT THE OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CAMBRIDGE SURELY CONFIRMING THEIR FAVOURITISM FOR THE GOLD COAST. ABBY WILSON REPORTS. SEVEN MONTHS AGO WHEN THESE THREE LAST RACED TOGETHER. THEY WON A WORLD TITLE. AND BACK ON HOME SOIL, THEY HAVE THE RAINBOW JERSEYS TO PROVE IT. BUT TODAY EDDIE DAWKINS, ETHAN MITCHEL AND SAM WEBSTER WERE AFTER AN OCEANIA CROWN. GETTING ONE OVER THE AUSSIES ON HOME SOIL IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING. AS WELL AS PRIDE, THE VISITING AUSTRALIANS WERE ALSO RIDING FOR SPOTS AT NEXT YEAR'S COMMONWEALTH GAMES, WITH THE EVENT ACTING AS THEIR TRIALS. BUT THE KIWIS WERE MORE THAN HALF A SECOND FASTER IN QUALIFYING. AND WITH MITCHELL BACK IN THE STARTER'S ROLE THEY HAD A BLISTERING OPENING LAP IN THE GOLD MEDAL RACE. I THINK YOU GET GOOSEBUMPS EVERY TIME YOU'RE ON THE LINE, LET ALONE IN FRONT OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY. SO, REALLY HAPPY THE TRIO'S TIME APART HARDLY AFFECTING THEM AS THEY BLITZED HOME IN 42.853 SECONDS, A NEW ALL COMERS RECORD. AND JUST THREE-TENTHS OF A SECOND OFF THE NATIONAL RECORD THEY SET WHEN WINNING OLYMPIC SILVER IN RIO. IT'S A UNIQUE THING WHEN WE CAN COME BACK WE'VE ONLY DONE TWO EFFORTS IN TRAINING TOGETHER. AND WE MADE IT CLICK, AND PRODUCED SOME REALLY GOOD TIMES HERE TODAY. IT'S A GREAT START TO A HECTIC 5 MONTHS THAT INCLUDES FEBRUARY'S WORLD CHAMPS IN THE NETHERLANDS AND THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES ON THE GOLD COAST, WHERE COMPETITION IS EXPECTED TO BE TOUGHER THAN EVER. BOTH ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND NOW HAVE REALLY COMPETITIVE TEAMS. AUSTRALIA STEPPED UP IN A BIG WAY FROM THE QUALIFYING TO FINAL. AND THEN ALSO CANADA HAVE GOT A NEW SPRINT COACH. SO IT'S GOING BE REALLY EXCITING AS IS TODAY'S PERFORMANCE, SO EARLY IN THE SEASON. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS RUGBY LEAGUE'S RULES STIPULATING A NEW ZEALANDER NEEDS TO COACH THE KIWIS, WILL COME UNDER REVIEW, AS THE SPORT ITSELF UNDERTAKES AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE WORLD CUP FAILURE. THE NZRL CHAIRMAN HAS CONFIRMED TO 1 NEWS THE COACHING RULE IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF ISSUES WHICH WILL BE LOOKED AT. AFTER THE BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT AND SHOCK COMES TIME FOR CHANGE. I AGREE THERE SHOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW. I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE KIWIS. I THINK IT SHOULD BE OF THE WHOLE ORGANISATION. DAVID KIDWELL AND THE KIWI TEAM ARE PART OF A WIDER PROBLEM. THE FORMER TEST PLAYER AND COACH MIGHT HAVE HIS WISH GRANTED. NEW ZEALAND LEAGUE AND THEIR NEW CHAIRMAN CONFIRMING THE WHEELS ARE ALREADY TURNING. THE PLANNING IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW, SO THE REVIEW WILL KICK OFF IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS THAT WILL INCLUDE A REVIEW OF THE NZRL'S ADMINISTRATION. CHANGE COULD HAPPEN SWIFTLY. A SIDE ISSUE ` THE NATIONAL BODY'S ABOUT TO LOSE A MILLION DOLLARS. ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN BUDGETED FOR IN A FOUR-YEAR WORLD CUP CYCLE. UNLIKE OTHER MAJOR SPORTS, THE RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP PROFITS ARE NOT DISTRIBUTED TO THE NATIONS. SOURCES TODAY INDICATED THERE HAVE BEEN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE KIWIS OFF THE FIELD, COMPARED TO THE ATMOSPHERE IN CANBERRA EARLIER THIS YEAR. BUT QUESTION MARKS REMAIN OVER THE KIWIS' PUBLIC MOTIVATION TO APPARENTLY PROVE PEOPLE WRONG. NO ONE WANTED THEM TO WIN. THAT'S WHAT THE MESSAGE WAS, AND THAT'S TOTALLY WRONG. I THINK IT WAS THE WRONG DECISION TO, I GUESS, COMMENT. TAXPAYER-FUNDED, HIGH-PERFORMANCE SPORT NZ HAS HANDED OUT WELL OVER A MILLION DOLLARS DURING THE LAST FEW YEARS TO RUGBY LEAGUE. THEY SAY THAT'S FOR DEVELOPMENT. ALTHOUGH LAST DECEMBER, IN THEIR OWN WORDS, AN INCREASE HAD BEEN MADE TO SUPPORT THE KIWIS' WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS. SPORT NZ WILL BE PART OF THE LEAGUE REVIEW. I KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE SAYING THEY PLAY TOO BIG A ROLE, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT OUR VIEW AS A BOARD. WE ARE REALLY DISAPPOINTED. THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR THAT RESULT. AS THE LEAGUE'S SHOP WINDOW TAKES ANOTHER HIT, THE SPORT WILL BE HOPING CHANGE ISN'T TOO LATE. THE ENGLAND LEAGUE SIDE ARRIVES IN AUCKLAND LATER TONIGHT AFTER CRUSHING PAPUA NEW GUINEA 36-6 IN MELBOURNE. WHILE THE OUTCOME WAS NEVER IN DOUBT, THE ENGLISH WERE DISAPPOINTED WITH THEIR DISCIPLINE AND THE LACK OF VIDEO REPLAY FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO MEDICAL STAFF. THAT DELAYED THE TESTING OF PLAYMAKER KEVIN BROWN, WHO WAS INTERVIEWED AT HALFTIME AFTER A HEAD KNOCK. THEY'RE PLAYING HARD, AND WE EXPECTED IT. WHAT BROWN DIDN'T EXPECT WAS THEN TO BE TESTED AND RULED OUT OF THE REST OF THE MATCH. THE KIWIS' EMBARRASSING WORLD CUP EXIT HAS EVEN REACHED THE SHORES OF THE UNITED STATES, WITH STEVEN ADAMS FLOODED BY REACTION TO THE FIJIAN DEFEAT. THE OKLAHOMA THUNDER CENTRE'S SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY HIS MATES WHO ARE FURIOUS WITH THE KIWIS' LOSS. PRETTY BIG NEWS. I MEAN, ALL MY MATES FROM NEW ZEALAND JUST GOING HAM ON FACEBOOK, LIKE, ABOUT THIS TEAM. I'M LIKE UGH. BUT ADAMS BELIEVES MORE WINS ARE COMING FOR THE THUNDER, WHO HAVE A SEVEN WIN, EIGHT LOSS NBA RECORD THIS SEASON. WE JUST HAVE TO IRON OUT A FEW THINGS, AND, YEAH, I MEAN, IT SHOULD BE PRETTY GOOD. WE'VE COME A LONG WAY FROM THE START OF THE SEASON, PUT IT THAT WAY. ADAMS WON'T BE TURNING OUT FOR THE TALL BLACKS THIS WEEK. THEY FACE SOUTH KOREA IN THE FIRST LEG OF WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION ON WEDNESDAY. THE BATTERED ALL BLACKS HAVE ARRIVED IN CARDIFF AHEAD OF THEIR MOST ANTICIPATED MATCH OF THE END OF YEAR TOUR. IT LOOKS LIKE SETA TAMANIVALU WILL BE THE SEVENTH TEST WINGER USED THIS SEASON AFTER STAR TURN REIKO IOANE WAS RULED OUT OF THE WALES TEST. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT JOY REID HAS THE LATEST FROM THE ALL BLACKS CAMP. GINGERLY SHAKING HANDS WITH HIS 'GOOD SIDE' AFTER A STELLAR SEASON, IT'S NOT THE WAY THE DOUBLE WORLD RUGBY AWARDS NOMINEE WANTED HIS SEASON TO END. BUT IT APPEARS LEFT WINGER RIEKO IOANE SUSTAINED A SHOULDER INJURY DURING THE GAME AGAINST THE SCOTTISH. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE'S GONNA BE RIGHT FOR SATURDAY. HE'S DONE A ROTOR CUFF AND IT'S QUITE WEAK. SO HE'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE AVAILABLE. THAT LEAVES THE DOOR OPEN FOR SETA TAMANIVALU AS THE LIKELY REPLACEMENT FOR THE ALL BLACKS' LAST GAME OF THE YEAR THE WORLD NUMBER ONES MIGHT'VE LEFT EDINBURGH TO A FAN-FLOODED SEND-OFF BUT THEY ADMIT THEY'RE DISAPPOINTED WITH THEIR PERFORMANCE HERE INCLUDING PROP WYATT CROCKETT WHO WAS SIN-BINNED I SHOULD BE BETTER THAN THAT. BEEN AROUND FOR LONG ENOUGH. IT'S BEEN A LONG SEASON COACHING STAFF HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PROTECT PLAYERS BY RESTING THEM FOR CERTAIN GAMES THIS SEASON. AND JUST WHETHER THAT STRATEGY'S WORKED, WE'LL FIND OUT THIS WEEKEND. NO ONE'S THINKING ABOUT IT BEING THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR. THEY'RE THINKING MORE ABOUT THE CHALLENGE WE'VE GOT AHEAD OF US. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WEEK IN WALES ` THE HOME OF BRITISH AND IRISH LION'S COACH WARREN GATLAND, ALTHOUGH STEVE HANSEN WAS TODAY SHUTTING DOWN ANY RIVALRY TALK, FOLLOWING COMMENTS MADE IN GATLAND'S NEW BOOK. DON'T GO THERE. HE'S HOPING INSTEAD TO SETTLE THE SCORE ON THE FIELD. JOY REID, 1 NEWS, EDINBURGH THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS HAVE BEEN PUT THROUGH THEIR PACES IN MELBOURNE, AHEAD OF THE START OF THE ASHES SERIES ON THURSDAY. BUT THESE PREPARATIONS HAVE BEEN DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT, RUN BY USAIN BOLT. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. WHEN USAIN BOLT WANTS TO GIVE YOU TIPS ABOUT ANYTHING SPORTING, YOU LISTEN. WHEN USAIN BOLT WANTS TO GIVE YOU TIPS ABOUT ANYTHING SPORTING, YOU LISTEN. KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL. EVEN IF THEY'RE CRICKET TIPS, AND LIKE PETER HANDSCOMB, YOU HAVE A TEST AVERAGE OF 53. IN TERMS OF BATTING, HE JUST SAID, 'SMACK IT AND SMACK IT HARD,' SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE TRYING TO DO, I GUESS. BOLT ACTUALLY AT THE FAMOUS MCG TO INTRODUCE A NEW GIMMICK TO THE AUSTRALIAN SUMMER. A MEASURE OF THE FASTEST INDIVIDUAL RUN SPEED BETWEEN WICKETS. IT WAS REALLY BAD. I DON'T THINK THEY WERE FULLY WARM. BUT THERE'S A MORE PERSONAL LINK TOO. THE EIGHT-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST LOVES CRICKET. IN FACT, THE WORLD'S MOST EXPLOSIVE RUNNER ONCE BOWLED ITS MOST EXPLOSIVE BATSMAN ` HIS GREAT MATE FROM THE WEST INDIES CHRIS GAYLE. (LAUGHS) THAT'S MY CLAIM TO FAME. FOR ME, IT WAS BRILLIANT. IT WAS A GREAT FEELING. JUST WATCH THE SEND-OFF FOR PROOF HE ENJOYED IT. FOR SURE, IF I DIDN'T PICK UP TRACK AND FIELD, I DEFINITELY WOULD'VE BEEN A CRICKETER, BECAUSE I WAS PRETTY GOOD GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? HE RECKONS HE'D HAVE BEEN A DECENT BOWLER, BUT IS HAPPY ENOUGH DISSECTING CRICKETERS' RUNNING ABILITIES INSTEAD. I'VE WATCHED THEM OVER THE YEARS, AND THEY TAKE OFF REALLY SLOW. IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING THAT FIRST STEP AND EXPLOSION THAT REALLY WORKS. IT'S SOME TIMELY ADVICE FOR THE AUSSIES AHEAD OF THEIR ASHES OPENER IN BRISBANE THIS WEEK. THEY'LL BE HOPING TO HAVE RACED TO VICTORY WELL BEFORE THE SERIES WRAPS UP HERE AT THE SCG IN JANUARY. AND PERHAPS KEEP THEIR TOUGHEST CRITICS HAPPY. YOU STILL CAN IMPROVE, BUT THAT WAS MUCH BETTER. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS. ALL WHITES CAPTAIN WINSTON REID HAD TO PUT HIS WORLD CUP FOOTBALL DISAPPOINTMENT ASIDE AS HE RETURNED TO THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE. BUT HIS WEST HAM CLUB IS REALLY STRUGGLING WITH PRESSURE ON REID TO TRY TO WARD OFF WATFORD. THIS WAS THE INCIDENT WITH GRAY AND REID, AND GRAY CAUGHT HIM WITH HIS ARM. IT WAS CAUGHT BY REID'S ARM, I SHOULD SAY. THE HORNETS WINNING 2-0 TO KEEP THE HAMMERS STILL THIRD LAST ON THE TABLE. IT'S THE END OF AN ERA FOR THE FALLON NAME IN NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL. TODAY ALL WHITES STRIKER RORY FALLON CALLED TIME ON HIS FOOTBALL CAREER, POSTING A PHOTO ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF HIS LAST EVER PLAYING SHIRT WORN IN LIMA LAST WEEK. FALLON SAYS HE'LL BE STEPPING AWAY FROM ALL LEVELS WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT. FELT IT WAS A GREAT LEVEL TO FINISH ON. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T GET BETTER THAN THE LAST GAME OF QUALIFYING AT A WORLD CUP QUALIFIER, AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT'S THE PERFECT TIME FOR ME TO BOW OUT. THE 35-YEAR-OLD JOINED HIS FATHER, KEVIN FALLON, IN NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL'S WORLD CUP HISTORY BOOKS WHEN HE FAMOUSLY SCORED THE WINNING GOAL AGAINST BAHRAIN, PROPELLING THE ALL WHITES INTO THE 2010 WORLD CUP. GREAT BLOKE DOWN TO EARTH NOW RUNS A COUPLE OF GELATO OUTLETS IN ENGLAND WITH HIS WIFE DREAM RETIREMENT IT WILL HELP YOU IN YOUR SPURS LOSS SEVEN SHARP STANDING BY WHO IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF CHERRY RIPE I AM ALSO TONIGHT ` WE'RE ON THE HUNT FOR MARIJUANA SEEDS BEING IMPORTED THROUGH AUCKLAND AIRPORT. THERE'S NO WAY THIS IS LEGAL. THEY'RE NOT BEING BROUGHT IN JUST TO GROW FOR HOBBIES. CULTIVATION OF CANNABIS IS AN ILLEGAL ACT WITHIN NEW ZEALAND. THE AMOUNT OF WEED SEEDS BEING BROUGHT INTO THE COUNTRY MAY SURPRISE YOU. HOW DO YOU TURN A TOWN ON THE ROCKS INTO A PLACE OF DESIRE? THROW IN POVERTY, THROW IN UNEMPLOYMENT, THROW IN DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. BUT THEN TO BALANCE THAT YOU HAVE ALL THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WE MEET THE FLAXMERE MAN CHANGING ATTITUDES THROUGH A CALENDAR. THE RADIO DJS STILL OWNING THE AIRWAVES WELL INTO RETIREMENT. I STARTED A WAY BACK, 60-ODD YEARS AGO. WE'LL SEE YOU AT SEVEN. A BIG HIGH GETTING READY TO TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY FOR MOST OF US IT WILL BE SUNGLASSES NOT RAINCOATS BUT IF YOU WANT DECENT RAIN WE COULD GO TO THE END OF THE MONTH, 10% OF WHERE WE WOULD NORMALLY BE. WE HAD CLOUD AT EASTERN AREAS WE HAD A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE WEEKEND. THAT TROUGH THERE AND A BIG LUMP OF CLOUD AND SHOWERS, IT WILL TRACK UP THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE SOUTH ISLAND OVER THE MORNING THAT HIGH BUILDS IN IT REALLY DOES IT'S TAKING A BIG HOSE OF AIR AND STICKING IT IN THERE TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO MID TO UPPER 20S THERE'S A FEW SPOTS OF RAIN ONLY CONVERGING WINDS SETTING OFF THE ODD SHOWER BUT NOT THE OOMPH IN THE ATMOSPHERE SOME DRIZZLE IN SOUTHLAND WEST COAST EARLY CLOUD AND THEN FINE FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ