TONIGHT ON ONE NEWS, HAVE YOU FILLED IN THE CENSUS YET? ON THE EVE OF THE OFFICIAL COUNT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN NEW ZEALAND, CONCERNS ABOUT THE 5-YEARLY POPULATION TALLY. THE GLITZ AND GLAMOUR AND THE WINNERS AND LOSERS AT THE OSCARS, INCLUDING A BIG PERFORMANCE FROM THE BIG-VOICED SINGER WITH A KIWI CONNECTION. # WE ARE WARRIORS. # YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BECOME. HE MADE HISTORY CONQUERING THE EVEREST OF ATHLETICS, AND HE RAN A MILE TO DO IT. WE LOOK BACK AT THE AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT AND LIFE OF SIR ROGER BANNISTER. CAPTIONS BY CHELSEA BRADY & CAMERON GRIGG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. IT'S DESCRIBED AS A SNAPSHOT OF NEW ZEALAND'S PEOPLE. BUT ON THE EVE OF THE CENSUS, IT'S CLAIMED THE NEW SYSTEM IS ISOLATING PEOPLE WHO AREN'T COMPUTER SAVVY, LIKE THE ELDERLY. AGE CONCERN SAYS IT'S SIMPLY TOO SOON TO DITCH DOOR TO DOOR DELIVERY, AND THE ONLINE SYSTEM WON'T GIVE A FAITHFUL REPRESENTATION OF OUR POPULATION. LISA DAVIES HAS THE STORY. DOING THE CENSUS ONLINE, BUT DOES IT TICK ALL THE BOXES? SEAMLESS. STRAIGHT FORWARD. ALL DONE AND DUSTED. IT'S PROBABLY EASIER FOR ME TO DO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EASIER FOR EVERYONE TO DO, THAT'S ALL. AND THAT'S THE BIG WORRY FOR AGE CONCERN, WHICH SAYS THIS YEAR'S PUSH TO COMPLETE THE CENSUS ONLINE IS ALIENATING THE ELDERLY. I THINK IT'S REALLY POOR THAT SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS THIS HAS BEEN MANAGED IN A WAY THAT REALLY PUTS A BARRIER UP AND ISOLATES A GROUP WHO WE SHOULD NOT BE ISOLATING. THE ORGANISATION'S BEEN FLOODED WITH CALLS FROM OLDER PEOPLE CONFUSED BY THE NEW APPROACH. WE WON'T HAVE AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF WHAT THAT OLDER POPULATION IS AND IS GOING TO BE. HE BELIEVES THE FORMER PROCESS WAS A BETTER WAY TO ENSURE MORE PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED. I'M JUST HERE TO DELIVER FORMS FOR THE CENSUS. AGE CONCERN THINKS THE ONLINE SYSTEM SHOULD'VE BEEN PHASED IN MORE SLOWLY. SO FAR UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM, 96% OF ACCESS CODES HAVE BEEN SENT OUT, AND THE FORMS HAVE BEEN FILLED OUT BY 1.2 MILLION NEW ZEALANDERS. THAT'S 24 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION. I'M REALLY HAPPY. I THINK THE DISCUSSION THAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE SHOWS THAT THERE'S A HIGH LEVEL OF AWARENESS OF THE CENSUS AND THAT'S REALLY GREAT. KAIKOURA IS BEING GIVEN SPECIAL TREATMENT AFTER EX-CYCLONE GITA. WE WILL BE VISITING PEOPLE IN KAIKOURA, AND THAT'S A RECOGNITION OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH AND THE STATE OF THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE. AND IF YOU FORGET TO FILL YOURS OUT, OR HAVEN'T YET GOT YOUR CODE, YOU'LL GET A REMINDER, AND YOU STILL COMPLETE IT AFTER THE SIXTH OF MARCH. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. A MAJOR PRIVACY BREACH BY A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT HAS LEFT AN AUCKLAND WOMAN FEARING FOR HER LIFE. SHE'D REPORTED CONCERNS ABOUT A NEIGHBOUR TO THE MINISTRY FOR CHILDREN, BUT BECAUSE OF A BLUNDER, THE NEIGHBOUR'S BEEN ABLE TO LEARN HER IDENTITY. JESSICA MUTCH REPORTS. WORRIED ABOUT A NEIGHBOUR'S CHILDREN NOT ATTENDING SCHOOL, A WOMAN WE'LL CALL FRAN COMPLAINED TO ORANGA TAMARIKI, THE MINISTRY FOR CHILDREN. BUT A LETTER DETAILING HER COMPLAINT WAS THEN SENT TO THE NEIGHBOUR BY MISTAKE. HOW DO YOU MUCK UP COMPLAINEE AND COMPLAINER? IT'S` IT'S UNREAL. THE NEIGHBOUR HAS GANG CONNECTIONS AND HAS MADE THREATS. NOW FRAN IS TOO SCARED FOR HER CHILDREN, AGED 10 AND 8, TO PLAY OUTSIDE. I CAN'T GO FROM MY FRONT DOOR TO THE GARAGE TO TAKE THE LAUNDRY OUT WITHOUT FEELING LIKE I SHOULD HAVE EYES IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD, AND SHE'S GOING TO COME UP BEHIND ME WITH A BASEBALL BAT. SO YOU'RE SCARED FOR YOUR LIFE? YES. THIS WAS A MAJOR PRIVACY BREACH, SO WE ASKED ORANGA TAMARIKI TO PLEASE EXPLAIN. IT'S JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH. PERSONALLY, I'M DEVASTATED BY IT. HOWEVER, THE SITUATION HAS HAPPENED, I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT, AND WE NEED TO RESOLVE IT. THE CALL CENTRE BOSS SAYS A CASE WORKER WROTE THE WRONG ADDRESS, AND NO ONE CHECKED IT BEFORE SENDING IT OUT. HE'S PROMISING IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN AND HOPES PEOPLE WILL STILL STEP UP. WE WILL TREAT THEIR INFORMATION WITH RESPECT AND THAT'S MY COMMITMENT. HOW CAN YOU COMMIT TO THAT NOW? WHAT'S CHANGED? WHAT WE WILL CHANGE, AS I SAID, WE'LL ENSURE THERE'S A PROPER LEVEL OF CHECKING AROUND THAT AS WELL. 43 YEAR OLD FRAN IS RENTING, AND SAYS SHE'S DESPERATE TO MOVE OUT OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. I HAVE CERTAINLY MADE MY LIFE A LIVING HELL NOW, BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE HAVE PUT ME IN IT. THE MINISTRY HAS AGREED TO HELP HER FIND A NEW HOME, AND WILL MEET WITH HER THIS WEEK. POLICE ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS. GUNS IN SCHOOLS IS A BIG ISSUE IN AMERICA, NOW IT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION HERE. THIS INCLUDES STUDENTS BEING BANNED FROM HANDLING WEAPONS DURING VISITS BY THE MILITARY. THE GOVERNMENT'S SEEKING FEEDBACK ON A NEW SET OF GUIDELINES AIMED AT CLARIFYING THE RULES AROUND FIREARMS IN SCHOOLS. STAFF, STUDENTS AND PARENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE SUBMISSIONS BEFORE THEY CLOSE IN A MONTH'S TIME. THE GLOBAL MEDIA SPOTLIGHT'S BACK ON CARDINAL GEORGE PELL AS HE RETURNED TO COURT IN MELBOURNE. TODAY'S HEARING WAS THE FIRST CHANCE FOR COMPLAINANTS TO GIVE EVIDENCE AGAINST THE HIGHEST RANKING CATHOLIC OFFICIAL TO BE CHARGED WITH SEX OFFENCES. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP CATHOLICS EMERGING TO A SEA OF POLICE AND A SWARM OF THE WORLD'S MEDIA. CARDINAL GEORGE PELL PHYSICALLY PROTECTED ON HIS RETURN TO COURT IN MELBOURNE, BUT UNABLE TO ESCAPE A VERBAL BARRAGE. WOMAN: YOU GO TO HELL! GO TO HELL! THIS THE FIRST DAY OF AN EXPECTED FOUR WEEK-LONG HEARING. IT'LL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE VATICAN TREASURER WILL STAND TRIAL ON MULTIPLE CHARGES OF HISTORICAL SEX OFFENCES. I AM INNOCENT OF THESE CHARGES. THEY ARE FALSE. THE WHOLE IDEA OF SEXUAL ABUSE IS ABHORRENT TO ME. FROM THE MEDIA FRENZY TO THE PROTESTORS GATHERED OUTSIDE, TODAY'S SCENES SIMILAR TO THOSE OF HIS TWO PREVIOUS APPEARANCES IN COURT SINCE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS BEGAN LAST YEAR. COME ON, GUYS. KEEP MOVING. KEEP WALKING, GUYS. A MARK OF THE IMMENSE INTERNATIONAL INTEREST IN THE MOST SENIOR CATHOLIC TO FACE SEX OFFENCE CHARGES. AROUND 50 WITNESSES COULD GIVE EVIDENCE DURING THE HEARING, BUT MUCH OF IT WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AND MEDIA WHILE THE 76-YEAR-OLD'S ACCUSERS GIVE EVIDENCE. CARDINAL PELL'S LAWYERS TODAY ARGUED VICTORIA POLICE PRESUMED THEIR CLIENT GUILTY DURING INVESTIGATIONS. JUST THE BEGINNING, AS THEY FIGHT TO KEEP ONE OF THE POPE'S RIGHT-HAND MEN FROM FACING A CRIMINAL TRIAL. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS, SYDNEY. PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN'S BEEN SPLASHING THE CASH ON HER FIRST PACIFIC MISSION, HANDING SAMOA NEARLY $10M IN AID. $3M TOWARDS CYCLONE GITA RECOVERY AND $6.5M TO HELP WOMEN AND YOUTH IN BUSINESS. BUT IT'S NOT ALL GOING PERFECTLY. OUR PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER'S IN SAMOA. A NEW PRIME MINISTER, A CHANGE OF DIRECTION, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DEVIATE FROM A TOUGH IMMIGRATION POLICY THAT'S IRRITATED SAMOA FOR YEARS. WE EXCHANGED IDEAS ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. CERTAINLY, THIS IS A CHALLENGE. SAMOA RARELY FILLS ITS ANNUAL 1100 BALLOT PLACES AS THOSE ACCEPTED IN THE QUOTA OFTEN STRUGGLE TO FIND BEFORE THEY GET TO NEW ZEALAND. WE ARE ASKING NEW ZEALAND TO RE-EXAMINE THAT AREA BOTH OF US AGREE THAT THERE ARE THESE COMPETING INTERESTS ` THE VALUE OF REMITTANCES, THE VALUE OF HAVING THOSE SKILLS EXCHANGED, BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT THERE IS THE RETENTION AND RETURN OF SKILLS BACK TO SAMOA. JACINDA ARDERN'S FIRST PACIFIC TRIP AS LEADER IS ABOUT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN A REGION THAT'S SPENT THE LAST NINE YEARS FORGING TIES WITH A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. POLITICALLY, IF BODY LANGUAGE IS ANYTHING TO GO BY, SHE HAS SOME WAY TO GO. BUT AT GRASSROOTS LEVEL, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. YOU WILL BE A MEMBER OF THIS VILLAGE, BECAUSE YOU COME HERE IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS. FOR SAMOA, THAT CRISIS STEMS FROM THE INCREASING NUMBER OF CYCLONES AND THEIR DEVASTATING IMPACTS. THERESA FA'AVAE LOST HER HOME AND ALSO A FAMILY MEMBER DURING CYCLONE EVAN IN 2012. SHE'S ONE OF 290 FAMILIES TO RECEIVE A NEW ONE WITH THE HELP OF SEVERAL AID PARTNERS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. BUT AS FOR ME, IT'S MY HOME. MORE THAN 1000 FAMILIES HERE APPLIED FOR ONE. CLEARLY, THE DEMAND IS HUGE, AND I KNOW YOU WOULD WANT OTHER FAMILIES TO BENEFIT TOO. MY HOPE, AS WELL, IS THAT IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN SUPPORT YOU TO DO THAT. NEW ZEALAND'S ANNOUNCED A $3M AID PACKAGE TO HELP SAMOA WITH ITS RECOVERY FROM CYCLONE GITA AND ALSO TO HELP PROTECT THE PEOPLE HERE FROM FUTURE STORMS. JACINDA ARDERN HAS WEATHERED HER FIRST TEST IN THE PACIFIC ` A REGION THAT WILL CONTINUE TO COUNT ON NEW ZEALAND'S SUPPORT IN TIMES OF NEED. BARBARA DREAVER, 1 NEWS. AND BARBARA JOINS US NOW FROM APIA. SO A WARM WELCOME FOR THE PRIME MINISTER TODAY, BARB. IS THAT LIKELY TO LAST? She certainly got off on the right foot. The people here have responded really well to her warmth on a personal level. Especially in villages. She visited today. There is a lot of pride because two of the ministers travelling with her are Pacific Islanders. Like anything new, there is some uncertainty about policies going ahead. But New Zealand and Samoa have always had a rocksolid relationship and that will not change any time soon. MOVES TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR WOMEN TO LODGE PAY EQUITY CLAIMS ARE BEING WELCOMED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE MINISTER FOR WOMEN SAYS IT'S CRUCIAL THE PROCESS IS MADE AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE. JULIE ANNE GENTER SAYS WHILE CHANGING THE LAW ISN'T A SILVER BULLET, IT'S A GOOD START. IF WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE GENDER PAY GAP AND GET FAIR PAY FOR WOMEN, WE HAVE TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO TAKE THESE PAY EQUITY CLAIMS. CABINET WILL SOON CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PLANS TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. HASTINGS POLICE ARE YET TO REVEAL THE IDENTITY OF A MAN WHO DIED FROM SERIOUS INJURIES IN A FLAXMERE PUB CARPARK LAST NIGHT. A LARGE CORDON'S BEEN SET UP AFTER ITEMS OF INTEREST WERE FOUND. THE MAN IN HIS FORTIES DIED AT THE SCENE. POLICE ARE ASKING THE COMMUNITY FOR INFORMATION AS THE MAN WAS KNOWN LOCALLY. HOLLYWOOD'S NIGHT OF NIGHTS HAS JUST WRAPPED UP IN LA, WITH THE 'TIME'S UP' AND 'ME TOO' MOVEMENT GETTING PLENTY OF ATTENTION. THIS FOLLOWS A TUMULTUOUS YEAR FOR TINSELTOWN. OUR U.S CORRESPONDENT REBECCA WRIGHT IS AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. The Oscars red carpet was a sea of colour. Hollywood's leading ladies hung up their black protest dress. THE 90TH OSCARS KICKED OFF WITH A GLAMOROUS RED CARPET FILLED WITH FASHION THAT WAS FIERCE AND FUN. BUT THE SERIOUS MESSAGE OF THE 'ME TOO' AND 'TIME'S UP' MOVEMENT WASN'T FORGOTTEN. WE ARE GOING FORWARD UNTIL WE HAVE AN EQUITABLE WORLD FOR WOMEN. INSIDE, HOST JIMMY KIMMEL CAUGHT THE MOOD. WE CAN'T LET BAD BEHAVIOUR SLIDE ANY MORE. THE WORLD IS WATCHING. WE NEED TO SET AN EXAMPLE, IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL HERE, IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO STOP SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE, WOMEN WILL ONLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH HARASSMENT ALL THE TIME IN EVERY OTHER PLACE THEY GO. BUT, MOSTLY, THIS WAS A NIGHT TO CELEBRATE THE MOVIES. WHEN I WAS 8 YEARS OLD, I WAS CALLED INTO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, AND DAD SAID, 'WE GOTTA GO. IT'S GRANDMA.' IN THE CAR, I SAID, 'WHAT'S WRONG WITH GRANDMA?' AND HE SAID, 'NOTHING. WE'RE GOING TO THE MOVIES.' I DID IT ALL MYSELF. (LAUGHTER) YOU ARE LIVE ON THE OSCARS RIGHT NOW. JIMMY KIMMEL TOOK A DELEGATION OF STARS TO A NEARBY THEATRE TO MEET THE ORDINARY MOVIEGOERS, WHERE THEY FEASTED ON HOT DOGS, SUBS AND ENJOYED OSCAR GLORY. PLEASE WELCOME TIFFANY HADDISH AND MAYA RUDOLPH. THERE WAS KIWI GLORY TOO. (SINGS 'THIS IS ME') KEALA SETTLE IS OF MAORI HERITAGE, WITH A MUM FROM LEVIN, SHE GOT A-LISTERS ON THEIR FEET WITH HER PERFORMANCE OF 'THIS IS ME' FROM 'THE GREATEST SHOWMAN'. IT WAS A NIGHT WHEN ACTIVISTS WERE CELEBRATED. PEOPLE IN THEIR HEARTS ARE THREATENED OR SCARED, BUT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO BE SCARED OF. IT'S JUST EQUALITY. AND THE BIG NAMES OF MOVIES REWARDED. Thank you to my mother for your love and support. Put the kettle on. All the female nominees in every category. Stand with me in this room tonight. BEST DIRECTOR WENT TO GUILLERMO DEL TORO, WHOSE FILM 'THE SHAPE OF WATER' HAD A HUGE 13 NOMINATIONS. AND WHILE IT DIDN'T SWEEP THE BOARD, IT TOOK HOME THE BIGGEST PRIZE. AND WITH THAT, HOLLYWOOD DRAWS THE CURTAIN ON IT'S 90TH YEAR. SO, REBECCA, PLENTY OF POLITICS IN THE LEAD-UP TO THE OSCARS, BUT IN THE END, IT DIDN'T DOMINATE THE AWARDS? Right from the opening, Jimmy Kimmel struck the right tone. Addressing the issues around sexual harassment in Hollywood, but not going over the top. Now the stars are beginning to leave behind me. It is time for them to party. I am told the hottest ticket in town Is a bash hosted by Beyonce. XERO CHIEF EXECUTIVE ROD DRURY IS STEPPING DOWN AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE AT THE HELM. IT COMES FOUR MONTHS AFTER HE SOLD ALMOST $95 MILLION WORTH OF SHARES IN THE COMPANY. THE FIFTY ONE YEAR OLD FOUNDED XERO IN 2006. HE'LL BE REPLACED BY AUSTRALIAN STEVE VAMOS NEXT MONTH. MR DRURY WILL STAY ON AS A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. STILL TO COME, IT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS "BEYOND CRITICAL" NO FOOD, NO WATER, THEY'RE BEING BOMBED, DESPERATE RESIDENTS FLEE ATTACKS ON EASTERN GHOUTA. PLUS, HE MADE ATHLETICS HISTORY IN UNDER FOUR MINUTES, BUT FOR SIR ROGER BANNISTER, HIS RECORD BREAKING RUN WAS NOT HIS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON HIS REMARKABLE LIFE. AND DISAPPOINTMENT FOR KIWI RUNNER NICK WILLIS. THE TWO TIME OLYMPIC MEDALLIST FORCED TO MISS THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES ON THE GOLD COAST. WORK IS UNDERWAY TO RESTORE THE NAPIER TO WAIROA RAILWAY AFTER A $5M CASH INJECTION INTO THE PROJECT FROM THE GOVERNMENT. THE LINE WILL BE MAINLY USED TO FREIGHT WOOD FROM SEVERAL HECTARES OF FORESTS SET TO BE HARVESTED IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. BUT, AS SEAN HOGAN REPORTS, OTHER INDUSTRIES ALSO WANT TO GET ON BOARD. CLEARING THE WAY TO GET THE TRAINS BACK ON TRACK ON THE NAPIER TO WAIROA RAILINE. THERE'S A COUPLE OF BRIDGES THAT WE'LL NEED TO RESLEEPER AS WELL. SO THERE IS AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. THE TRACK WAS MOTHBALLED SIX YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF STORM DAMAGE. AT THE TIME, KIWIRAIL DEEMED IT NOT WORTH REPAIRING, BUT SOON IT'LL BE NEEDED AGAIN. IT'S FORESTRY THAT WAS PLANTED IN THE 1990s, AND IT IS NOW READY TO HARVEST, SO THE TIMING IS RIGHT FOR THIS. IT DOES MAKE IT MORE VIABLE THAN HISTORICALLY WAS THE CASE. 11,000HA OF FOREST FROM THE WAIROA REGION IS READY TO HARVEST, AND THE TOWN OF WAIROA, AT THE START OF THE LINE, WILL BENEFIT. THERE WILL BE JOBS THERE AROUND MANAGING THAT LOG VOLUME THERE. AND, ULTIMATELY, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS A WOOD PROCESSING SECTOR DEVELOP IN WAIROA. RE-OPENING THIS RAILWAY LINE WILL TAKE ABOUT 5000 TRUCKS OFF THE ROAD FROM NAPIER TO WAIROA. THAT WILL REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS. IT WILL ALSO EASE PRESSURE ON THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY STRUGGLING TO FIND ENOUGH DRIVERS. TWO TRIPS WILL RUN TO NAPIER PORT ON WEEKENDS. BUT THE TOURISM INDUSTRY ALSO WANTS TO CAPITALISE ON THE RE-OPENED ROUTE. WE'VE HAD APPROACHES FROM MANY COMPANIES WHO WANT TO USE THE TRAIL TO GET PEOPLE UP TO WAIROA, WHICH IS PRETTY EXCITING. AS OF RIGHT NOW, FORESTRY IS THE THING THAT IS HEADING TOWARDS US, AND WE'VE GOT TO GET PREPARED FOR THAT, AND THEN WE WILL START TO LOOK AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FROM THERE. WITH THE WALL OF WOOD WELL ON THE WAY, THE FIRST TRAINS WILL START RUNNING BY CHRISTMAS. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. WELLINGTON FREE AMBULANCE SAYS IT'S CONTINUING TO TALK WITH STAFF OVER PAY NEGOTIATIONS. THE NEGOTIATIONS COME AS IT WAS REVEALED ITS PATIENT TRANSFER SERVICE WAS RUNNING AT A LOSS OF $300,000, BUT IT EXPECTED TO BREAK EVEN IN THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR DUE TO INCREASED FUNDING FROM DHBs IN THE WELLINGTON AREA. THE SERVICE SAYS IT'S NOW LOOKING AT BECOMING MORE EFFICIENT AND SAYS TALKS OVER PAY ARE POSITIVE, WITH NO TALK OF STRIKE ACTION. RESIDENTS OF WAR-TORN EASTERN GHOUTA, JUST OUTSIDE DAMASCUS, HAVE BEEN FLEEING THE AREA AMID A SYRIAN GOVERNMENT ADVANCE. ITS FORCES ARE NOW SAID TO HOLD A QUARTER OF THE TERRITORY, WITH THE SITUATION THERE DESCRIBED AS "BEYOND CRITICAL". THE BBC'S JEREMY BOWEN REPORTS FROM DAMASCUS. THESE PEOPLE SAID THEIR ENTIRE VILLAGE WAS MOVING BECAUSE THE SYRIAN ARMY HAD ARRIVED. ONE MAN CURSED THE RUSSIANS AND IRANIANS, KEY ALLIES OF THE REGIME. AIR STRIKES, HE SAID, INCLUDING BANNED CLUSTER BOMBS, HAD NOT STOPPED. TRANSLATOR: IT'S BEEN FOUR DAYS NOW. NO FUEL, NO BREAD, NO FOOD, NO WATER. WHERE'S THE WAR? WHERE'S THE HUMAN RIGHTS? WE ARE HUMANS, NOT ANIMALS. 400,000 PEOPLE LIVE IN EASTERN GHOUTA, AN AREA OF FIELDS AND SMALL TOWNS ABOUT THE SIZE OF MANCHESTER. MOST OF THEM ARE CIVILIANS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ESCAPE THE WAR. FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T GET AWAY IN TIME, THE RISK IS DEATH. (MEN CHANT IN ARABIC) SYRIA'S WAR CREATES RIVERS OF TEARS, AND KILLS WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION OR HESITATION. WESTERN COUNTRIES AND OTHERS HAVE CONDEMNED ATTACKS THAT KILL AND INJURE CIVILIANS. (CRIES) THE U.N. HUMANITARIAN CHIEF CALLED IT 'COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT.' PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD SAID THE CONDEMNATION WAS A RIDICULOUS LIE. (SPEAKS ARABIC) SYRIA, HE SAID, WAS FIGHTING TERRORISM. THE AIR STRIKES HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED BY GROUND TROOPS WHO ARE MAKING RAPID ADVANCES. THE STRATEGY SEEMS TO BE TO CUT EASTERN GHOUTA IN HALF. NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE REBEL GROUPS AND THE RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME. IT'S NOT CLEAR IF THE OBJECTIVE IS A CEASEFIRE OR THE EFFECTIVE SURRENDER OF THE REBELS. THE BIGGEST REBEL GROUP, JAYSH AL-ISLAM, SAYS IT'S REGROUPING AFTER A RETREAT. THE FIGHTING IS STILL GOING ON. FOR THE REGIME, THE PRIZE IS THE END OF THE LAST MAJOR REBEL ENCLAVE AROUND DAMASCUS. FOR THE REBELS, THESE ARE DESPERATE MOMENTS. AND THE SITUATION BECOMING EVEN MORE DESPERATE AFTER A UN AID CONVOY WAS UNABLE TO ENTER THE ENCLAVE. IT'S MORE BAD NEWS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, AS ITALY HEADS FOR A HUNG PARLIAMENT TONIGHT. ELECTION EXIT POLLS ARE SUGGESTING VOTERS BACKED RIGHT-LEANING ANTI IMMIGRATION, ANTI E.U. PARTIES. A CENTRE-RIGHT COALITION RUN BY FORMER PRIME MINISTER SILVIO BERLUSCONI IS SET TO WIN THE MOST SEATS, BUT NOT A MAJORITY. HOWEVER, THE 81 YEAR OLD CAN'T HOLD OFFICE UNTIL NEXT YEAR, WHEN HIS TAX FRAUD CONVICTION RUNS OUT. BERLUSCONI WAS AMBUSHED BY A FEMINIST ACTIVIST WHEN CASTING HIS VOTE. WEATHER TIME NOW. DAN IS HERE. LOTS OF FINE AND WARM WEATHER AROUND TODAY. You take a look and see what I mean by a higher temperatures. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ Mild for some of us, but we start to see changes in some spots over the next couple days. MUCH MORE TO COME, INCLUDING THE LAST OFFICER OF THE MAORI BATTALION RECEIVES A STIRRING SEND OFF AS HE IS LAID TO REST IN THE CHATHAM ISLANDS. IT WAS A GREAT SURPRISE TO ME TO BE ABLE TO DO IT TODAY, AND I THINK I WAS VERY LUCKY. THE REMARKABLE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE MAN WHO CRACKED THE WORLD'S FIRST SUB FOUR MINUTE MILE. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES, THERE ARE CONCERNS THE PUSH FOR THE LATEST CENSUS TO BE FILLED OUT ONLINE IS ALIENATING THE ELDERLY. AGE CONCERN SAYS ITS BEEN FLOODED WITH CALLS FROM OLDER PEOPLE CONFUSED BY THE NEW APPROACH. AND A PRIVACY BREACH FROM A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT HAS LEFT A WOMAN FEARING FOR HER LIFE. THE AUCKLAND WOMAN EXPRESSED CONCERNS TO ORANGA TAMARIKI, THE MINISTRY FOR CHILDREN, ABOUT HER NEIGHBOURS CHILDREN NOT ATTENDING SCHOOL. THE MINISTRY OF CHILDREN THEN SENT HER DETAILS TO THE NEIGHBOUR BY MISTAKE. THE LAST OFFICER OF THE MAORI BATTALION HAS BEEN LAID TO REST IN THE CHATHAM ISLANDS. ALFRED 'BUNTY' PREECE SERVED IN D COMPANY DURING WORLD WAR II, BUT RETURNED TO THE ISLAND TO SERVE AT HOME TOO. MAORI AFFAIRS REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA WITH THE STORY. IT SEEMED LIKE THE WHOLE OF THE CHATHAMS TURNED OUT TO FAREWELL BUNTY PREECE. LIKE MANY OF HIS GENERATION, LT PREECE TRAVELLED FROM HIS ISOLATED RURAL HOME TO SERVE IN THE ARMY, BUT FEW CAME FURTHER THAN BUNTY. THE CHATHAM ISLANDS ARE ABOUT AS FAR AWAY FROM THE HORRORS OF EUROPE AND THE WAR IN EUROPE AS YOU COULD'VE IMAGINED. HIS LOYALTY CAME AT A PERSONAL COST. ITALY WAS WHERE HE TRULY BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE AFRAID. WE'VE SUFFERED SOME OF THE TRIBULATIONS OF THE WAR. THERE HAS BEEN SOME NIGHTMARES. HE WAS INJURED DURING THE BLOOD-SOAKED BATTLE FOR MONTE CASSINO. THE ONLY ITALIAN ON THE ISLAND PAYING TRIBUTE TO HIS SACRIFICE. HIS HISTORY IS MY HISTORY. (MAN SINGS) AT 96, LOCALS WERE ALSO FAREWELLING A LIVING LINK TO MORIORI ELDERS BUNTY GREW UP WITH. OTHERS REMEMBERED THAT HE WAS A MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED FIGHTING. HE WAS MAYOR OF THE ISLAND AND CLASHED WITH WELLINGTON FOR A FAIR SHARE OF RESOURCES. WE'RE ASKING GOVERNMENT FOR A FAIR GO. AND IN LATER LIFE, HE KEPT HIS FAMILY ON THEIR TOES WITH ONE MEMORABLE TRIP TO THE US. HE RANG ME TWO WEEKS LATER TO SAY, 'I'M GETTING MARRIED.' (LAUGHTER) I THOUGHT, 'WHAT THE HELL'S THIS?' WE WERE KIND OF SHOCKED. (GUNS FIRE) AS THE BATTALION'S NUMBERS DWINDLE, THE DEFENCE MINISTER PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE WIDER FORCE. I DON'T THINK BUNTY AND THE MEN OF THE BATTALION REALISED HOW HIGH THEY SET THE BAR FOR THOSE OF US THAT FOLLOWED. LT ALFRED BUNTY PREECE SENT TO HIS FINAL REST BY THE ARMY HE SO LOVED. E MOE TE RANGATIRA... YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. HE MADE ATHLETIC HISTORY BY BECOMING THE FIRST MAN TO RUN A MILE IN UNDER FOUR MINUTES. IT WAS A MARK MANY HAD THOUGHT WAS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT SIR ROGER BANNISTER PROVED OTHERWISE ON A TRACK IN OXFORD, ENGLAND IN 1954. AFTER RETIRING FROM ATHLETICS, HE BECAME A DISTINGUISHED DOCTOR AND NEUROLOGIST. THE BBC'S JOE WILSON LOOKS BACK AT A REMARKABLE LIFE. COMMENTATOR: ROGER BANNISTER (25), THIRD FROM THE LEFT. THERE ARE SOME MOMENTS OF SPORTING HISTORY WHICH BECOME PART OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY. HE'S DECIDED THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT MOMENT. WHAT ROGER BANNISTER ACHIEVED IN 1954 WAS LIKE A LUNAR LANDING FOR 20TH CENTURY SPORT. BANNISTER'S OLD FRIEND AND RIVAL, CHRIS CHATAWAY, IS IN THIRD PLACE, WAITING HIS TIME TO TAKE OVER AS PACER. TO RUN A MILE AND STOP THE CLOCK BEFORE IT REACHED FOUR MINUTES ` IN 1954, THIS WAS A MAGICAL NUMBER ` A BARRIER OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT, A FEAT THAT WOULD REDEFINE WHAT WAS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. AND IT WOULD FALL TO A YOUNG MEDICAL STUDENT TO ACHIEVE IT. GIVES WAY TO CHATAWAY. BANNISTER, A SUPERB TACTICIAN, HAS SUFFERED SOME CRITICISM IN THE PAST FOR ADOPTING HIS OWN RATHER UNORTHODOX TRAINING METHOD, BUT THEY'RE PAYING DIVIDENDS NOW. AT THIS POINT, IT BECOMES QUITE PAINFUL. I OVERTAKE CHRIS CHATAWAY AND BEGIN THE FINISH. AND HERE HE COMES. BANNISTER GOES STREAKING FORWARD WITH ABOUT 250 YARDS TO THE TAPES. EVERY STRIDE COUNTED. THE TAPE BROKE AT 3 MINUTES, 59.4 SECONDS. (CHEERING) AND BANNISTER HAS DONE IT. HIS COACH AND TEAM MANAGER TELL HIM HE'S ACHIEVED HIS AMBITION. IT MIGHT HAVE FELT LIKE THE WORLD STOPPED WHEN THAT CLOCK STOPPED. FOUR-MINUTE MILE WAS A SPORTING CATCHPHRASE EVERYONE RECOGNISED. ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT I'M ABSOLUTELY OVERWHELMED AND DELIGHTED. IT WAS A GREAT SURPRISE TO ME TO BE ABLE TO DO IT TODAY, AND I THINK I WAS VERY LUCKY. THERE WAS CERTAINLY A FEELING OF IT BEING A NATIONAL EVENT AND SOMETHING OF A LANDMARK FOR THE COUNTRY. SIR ROGER BANNISTER WAS KNIGHTED IN 1975. ATHLETICS WAS ONLY A SMALL PART OF HIS LIFE. HE REGARDED HIS WORK AS A NEUROLOGIST AS MORE SIGNIFICANT. WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE, HE DESCRIBED THE GENTLE IRONY THAT A NEUROLOGIST SHOULD FIND HIMSELF WITH A NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION. TRAINING, FOR ROGER BANNISTER, IN ATHLETICS HAD BEEN HALF AN HOUR A DAY ON A CINDER TRACK. THE WORLD'S FIRST FOUR-MINUTE MILER WAS ALSO PERHAPS SPORT'S LAST GREAT AMATEUR. AND THE FIRST NEW ZEALANDER TO BREAK THE SUB-FOUR-MINUTE MILE WAS MURRAY HALBERG IN 1958. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND ONE OF ROGER BANNISTER'S MANY FOLLOWERS IS GONE FROM THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. ANOTHER LEADING MEDAL CONTENDER IS GONE AS WELL, MORE ON THE LATEST WITHDRAWAL NEXT. ALSO TONIGHT, WHY THIS DOUGHNUT ACTION IS SO IMPORTANT FOR FLYING KIWI SHANE VAN GISBERGEN. PLUS, THE CRUSADERS GET READY TO ROLL WITH A NEW CHALLENGE. THIS BLOKE, JUST YET. AND HAVE THE AUSSIE CRICKETERS GONE TOO FAR... AGAIN? A MAJOR BLOW FOR THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES ATHLETICS TEAM, WITH MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNER NICK WILLIS PULLING OUT OF THE GOLD COAST EVENT INJURED. WILLIS HAS BEEN IN DOUBT FOR SOME TIME WITH A LEG INJURY, BUT HAS MADE THE TOUGH CALL TODAY TO WITHDRAW. THE GAMES TEAM WILL BE MISSING ONE OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL AND EXPERIENCED TRACK ATHLETES. WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES, NICK WILLIS HAS DONE IT ALL. THREE MEDALS FROM THREE MEETS, INCLUDING THAT MAGICAL GOLD BACK IN 2006 AT THE MCG IN MELBOURNE. AND WILLIS IN THE NICK OF TIME WINS THE GOLD MEDAL. IT'S PROBABLY THE BEST EXECUTED RACE I'VE EVER RUN. UNFORTUNATELY, NOW HE WON'T GET THE CHANCE TO GO FOR GOLD AGAIN IN AUSTRALIA. WE'VE KNOWN THIS WAS SORT OF A POSSIBILITY FOR THREE WEEKS, WE'VE BEEN TO-ING AND FRO-ING, AND HE GAVE HIMSELF EVERY CHANCE TO BE THERE. WILLIS SUFFERED A STRESS REACTION IN A FIBULA, DIAGNOSED FIVE WEEKS AGO. HE THOUGHT HE'D MAKE THE CUT, BUT HAS SIMPLY RUN OUT OF TIME TO START RUNNING AGAIN. WE REALLY WANTED TO HAVE HIM THERE FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, NOT JUST HIS PERFORMANCE, BUT HIS PRESENCE IN THE TEAM. YOU CAN SEE WHY. IN THE PAST 14 YEARS, WILLIS HAS ATTENDED THREE COMMONWEALTH GAMES AND FOUR OLYMPICS, MEDALLING AT MOST OF THEM. HE'S PROBABLY BEEN DISADVANTAGED, WHERE SOME ATHLETES THERE HAVE PROBABLY STILL USED EPO AGAINST HIM. AT THE OTHER END OF THE EXPERIENCE SPECTRUM, YOUNG SHOT-PUTTER, JACKO GILL. HIS LATE BID TO MAKE THE GOLD COAST IS OVER. EVEN IF HE GOT THE CLEARANCE TO RETURN TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, COS HE GETS A SCAN NEXT WEEK, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GRADUAL RETURN. HE'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GO STRAIGHT IN TO FULL TRAINING. GILL, AT JUST 23, HAS TIME ON HIS SIDE TO GET OVER HIS HEART CONDITION, WITH A VIEW TO COMPETING AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. AND THE CONSOLATION FOR NICK WILLIS? HE'S MADE IT CLEAR, FITNESS PERMITTING, HE'S AIMING AT TOKYO 2020 FOR HIS GAMES SWANSONG. ALSO MISSING OUT ON THE GOLD COAST IS NATIONAL ROAD CYCLING CHAMPION JASON CHRISTIE. THE TASMAN RIDER'S APPEAL TO REPLACE A MEMBER OF THE COMMONWEALTH ROAD RACING TEAM HAS BEEN REJECTED BY THE SPORTS TRIBUNAL. JASON CHRISTIE, OUR CHAMPION FOR 2018. IT'S UNDERSTOOD THE SALUTE DIDN'T HAVE AN IMPACT ON HIS SELECTION. IT'S DO OR DIE FOR THE BREAKERS TONIGHT AS THEY TAKE ON MELBOURNE IN THE SECOND GAME OF THE NBL PLAYOFFS. IT'S A SIMPLE EQUATION. AT SPARK ARENA IN AUCKLAND IS REPORTER MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE. IT'S A CRUCIAL GAME FOR THE BREAKERS TONIGHT, WITH THEIR SEASON ON THE LINE IT COULD BE KIRK PENNEY'S LAST RUN OUT IN THE SINGLET THEY WILL HAVE TO SHUT DOWN STAR NBA IMPORT CASPER WEIR THE BREAKERS WILL NEED THE HOME CROWD TO GET THEM OVER THE LINE SEATS ARE FILLING WITH HALF AN HOUR LEFT THANKS, MICHELLE. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE AT SPARK ARENA IN AUCKLAND. WHILE THE CHIEFS HAVE CONFIRMED THEY'VE LOST ALL BLACKS PROP NEPO LAUALA FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, THE CRUSADERS ARE PLANNING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WITHOUT FIRST FIVE RICHIE MO'UNGA, WHO HAS UNDERGONE SURGERY ON A BROKEN JAW. MO'UNGA JOINS SIX OF HIS INTERNATIONAL TEAM MATES ON THE SIDELINES. MATT HALL-SMITH REPORTS. THE CRUSADERS COACHING STAFF PONDERING WHAT COULD BE A TESTING TWO MONTHS WITHOUT FIRST FIVE RICHIE MO'UNGA. THE CRUSADERS NEED TO KEEP ROLLING, AND WE HAVE FAITH IN THE GUYS THAT ARE COMING IN. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THEY HAVE A SOUND PLAN-B FOR MO'UNGA'S LENGTHY ABSENCE. MITCHELL HUNT'S KNACK OF RISING TO THE BIG OCCASIONS SAW HIM BLOSSOM WHEN STEPPING IN FOR MO'UNGA IN THE PAST. IT'S OVER! MITCH HUNT WILL BE GETTING PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES LIKE HE DID LAST YEAR. HE BRINGS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT TO THE BACKLINE AND HE'S JUST A GREAT PLAYER TO BE AROUND IN THE BACKLINE, AND HIS COMMENTATING ON THE FIELD IS GOOD. SO WHILE THERE'S A QUICK FIX FOR MO'UNGA, RONAN O'GARA'S WARY THAT THE REAL CHALLENGE OF THE HURRICANES IN WELLINGTON AWAITS, AND BEAUDEN BARRETT. HE'S AN EXCEPTIONAL TALENT, AND HE'S NEARLY REDEFINED NO.10 PLAY. MEANWHILE, THE HIGHLANDERS COME BACK FROM THEIR EARLY SEASON BYE WITH FORMER ALL BLACK ELLIOT DIXON RELEGATED TO A BENCH ROLE AS HE WEIGHS UP HIS FUTURE. I'M WANTING TO HAVE A GOOD CAMPAIGN WITH THE HIGHLANDERS, AND IF THAT OPENS DOORS IN NEW ZEALAND OR IF THAT OPENS DOORS OVERSEAS, THEN I'LL LET THAT HAPPEN. BUT OFF THE BENCH, SECOND FIVE TEI WALDEN IS LOOKING TO ADD TO HIS MERE TEN HIGHLANDERS CAPS IN THREE YEARS. I'VE LEARNT A LOT OFF PLAYERS LIKE MALAKAI FEKITOA. THEY'VE MOVED ON, SO YEAH, IT'S GIVEN ME AN OPPORTUNITY. AFTER HIS TWO TRY OUTING AGAINST THE BLUES IN ROUND ONE, EXPECT HIM TO TAKE HIS CHANCES AGAIN ON FRIDAY AGAINST THE STORMERS. MATT HALL-SMITH, 1 NEWS. NEW ZEALAND HAS FINISHED FIFTH AT LAS VEGAS SEVENS AFTER WINNING THEIR CONSOLATION MATCHES ON THE FINAL DAY. THE KIWIS WERE TAKEN TO EXTRA TIME BY AUSTRALIA IN THE FIFTH PLACE PLAY-OFF. SIONE MOLIA STUNNED THE AUSSIES WITH THIS WINNING EFFORT. THAT WAS ALMOST AS GOOD AS THIS EFFORT FROM AMERICAN SPEEDSTER PERRY BAKER, WHO SCAMPERED WELL OVER 125M TO KNOCK OUT FIJI AND REACH THE VEGAS FINAL FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND BAKER BACKED THAT UP IN THE ALL-AMERICAS FINAL AS THE USA RAN AWAY TO BEAT ARGENTINA 28-0. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE USA'S WON THEIR HOME EVENT IN ITS 15-YEAR HISTORY. THE UGLY SIDE OF AUSTRALIAN CRICKETER DAVID WARNER HAS RE-EMERGED DURING THE FIRST CRICKET TEST AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA. WARNER RAN OUT PROTEAS STAR A.B. DE VILLERS WITH THE HELP OF SPINNER NATHAN LYON LYON THEN APPEARED TO DELIBERATELY DROP THE BALL ON DE VILLIERS. THE TOURISTS WHOOPED WITH DELIGHT AT CLAIMING THE PRIZED SCALP. DAVID WARNER'S SUPERB. ISN'T HE PUMPED UP(?) WARNER WAS STILL PUMPED UP AT THE END OF THE FOURTH DAY, MOUTHING OFF TO WICKET KEEPER QUENTIN DE KOCK BEFORE TEAMMATES AND CAPTAIN STEVE SMITH EVENTUALLY PULLED HIM AWAY. THE AUSSIES HAVE ALL OF THE LAST DAY TO CLAIM THE FINAL SOUTH AFRICAN WICKET TO COMFORTABLY TAKE OUT THE OPENING TEST MATCH AT KINGSMEAD IN DURBAN. IT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS THE KIWI INVASION OF ADELAIDE. THERE COULD BE MORE TO COME IN MELBOURNE IN THREE WEEKS. V8 SUPERCARS ACE SHANE VAN GISBERGEN HAS NOW WON FOUR STRAIGHT RACES ON THE STREETS OF ADELAIDE, DOMINATING THE OPENING WEEKEND OF THE NEW SEASON. HERE'S MATT MANUKIA. HE'S THE MAYOR OF ADELAIDE, BECAUSE HE'S ABSOLUTELY OWNED THE PLACE FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS. THE PERFECT START TO THE SEASON FOR SHANE VAN GISBERGEN. CAREER WIN 26. FOUR ON THE TROT IN ADELAIDE. MAN, I LOVE ADELAIDE. WHOO! THE PERFECT DEBUT FOR THE NEW HOLDEN ZB COMMODORE, WHICH OCCUPIED ALL PODIUM SPOTS. THE ORDER OF WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT IF IT WEREN'T FOR A COSTLY MISTAKE BY RUNNER-UP DAVID REYNOLDS. HERE HE COMES, HERE COMES VAN GISBERGEN. NO! HE MAKES THE BIG LUNGE DOWN THE INSIDE AND HE'S GONNA PARK IT THERE. HE'S GOT IT DONE. HE'S GONNA RUE THE DAY THAT HE DIDN'T MOVE IT OVER TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND STOP VAN GISBERGEN GETTING DOWN THERE. I COULDN'T BELIEVE HE LEFT IT OPEN! OH YEAH, I'M KILLING MYSELF. NOT A BAD RESULT CONSIDERING VAN GISBERGEN, THE RACE ONE WINNER ON SATURDAY, STRUGGLED WITH HIS CAR CONFIGURATION ALL RACE. SO WE'LL WATCH FROM MCGLAUGHLIN'S POINT OF VIEW HERE, YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE THE CAR SLIDING AROUND. SCOTTY MCGLAUGHLIN'S GOT THE CROSSHAIRS ON SHANE VAN GISBERGEN. THAT WAS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. OH HE'S GOT A PROBLEM, HE'S GOT A PUNCTURE. HE'S GOT A PROBLEM. WE POPPED A TYRE. I THINK IT WAS A BOLT OR SOMETHING ON THE TRACK THAT WE UNFORTUNATELY HIT. BUT YEAH, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS. THEN VAN GISBERGEN'S RED BULL TEAMMATE WENT DOWN. SO WHINCUP'S GOT A DRAMA NOW AS WELL. THERE GOES HIS LEAD. NOW VAN GISBERGEN'S GOT CONTROL. JAMIE WHINCUP'S BLOWN GEARBOX PAVING THE WAY FOR VAN GISBERGEN TO TRIUMPH IN FRONT OF A RECORD 90,000 FANS. I'VE BEEN TRAINING MY BUTT OFF, AND I HAVEN'T DRUNK FOR A WHILE. SO I'LL BE HAVING A VODKA RED BULL TONIGHT, THAT'S FOR SURE. AND THERE'LL BE PLENTY MORE OF THIS WHEN HE MAKES HIS RETURN TO DRIFTING IN TIMARU NEXT WEEK. MATT MANUKIA, 1 NEWS. MANCHESTER CITY'S JUST FOUR WINS AWAY FROM ANOTHER PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE AFTER EDGING CHELSEA 1-0. WITH THE SCORES DEADLOCKED HEADING INTO THE SECOND HALF, IT ONLY TOOK 30 SECONDS FOR BERNADO SILVER TO FIND THE BACK OF THE NET. THAT'S SILVER, AND AT THE FAR POST, CERTAINLY NOT THE MOST SCINTILLATING OR PLEASING ON THE EYE OF THE MANY GOALS THAT MANCHESTER CITY HAS PRODUCED THIS SEASON, BUT IN THIS RUN-IN, THEY'LL TAKE WHAT THEY CAN GET. THE WIN TAKES CITY 18 POINTS CLEAR AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE WITH NINE GAMES LEFT. FOR ARSENAL, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE HEADACHES KEEP COMING, AS BRIGHTON BEAT THE GUNNERS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 36 YEARS. LOOKING FOR MURRAY, HE'S PEELED AWAY! THAT MAKES IT 2-0! AND THE TORMENT DEEPENS FOR ARSENE WENGER AND FOR ARSENAL. HAPPIER TIMES IN SPAIN, LIONEL MESSI SCORED HIS 600TH CAREER GOAL FOR BARCELONA IN THEIR WIN AGAINST ATHLETICO MADRID. PLENTY MORE STILL TO COME COMING UP ON THE SHOW, THE FORMER HEAD OF THE SPCA GETS HIS CLAWS OUT. WHY HE'S FED UP WITH WHAT HE CALLS ANTI-FELINE FAKE SCIENCE. CATS ARE A MARVELLOUS ASSET, A BEAUTIFUL COMPANION ANIMAL AND A GREAT ASSET. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH HAVING CATS CRUISING AROUND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT SUICIDE. WE TALK ABOUT THE INNER CRITIC. MIKE KING SHARES THE STORY OF HIS INNER CRITIC AND HOW IT ALMOST BROKE HIM. WE'RE THERE AS HE SETS OFF ON HIS NATIONWIDE TOUR. AND THE OSCARS HAVE BEEN WON AND RUN. WE'LL GO BEHIND THE SCENES FOR THE GOSS THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE NEWS. ALL THAT AND MORE AT 7. It's only a little bit over, mate. It's always just a little bit... until you're on the receiving end. One times gold-coloured necklace and pendant. She was alive when I got there. Maybe they'll find a few less K's would've saved her. Imagine having that on your shoulders. (ALARM BEEPS) Everyone thinks they drive well. (HELICOPTER WHIRRS OVERHEAD, INDISTINCT POLICE COMMS) But I've never seen anyone crash well. (WOMAN CRIES) FEMALE OFFICER: Is there anyone we can call for you, Mrs Woolford? (SOBS) MAN: Well, this speed's fine along here. I know these roads. I know these roads pretty well too. And I'm doing everything in my power to stop you from seeing the things I've seen on them. Can I see your driver's licence, thank you? THIS PAST SUMMER HAS BEEN WARMEST ON RECORD THE WARMER SEAS WILL IMPACT OUR WEATHER IT WILL TURN WET IN THE NORTH THE SOUTHERN OCEAN BEGINS TO FEED IN THAT COOLER AIR SOME SHOWERS AHEAD OF THESE FRONTS CONVERGING WINDS CAUSING SOME RAINS IN THE NORTH ISLAND FRONT MOVES NORTH, MEETS THE WARMER SEAS, COULD BRING HEAVY RAINS SLIGHTLY COOLER FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND LATER IN THE WEEK LATER SOUTHERLY CHANGE BRINGS SHOWERS TO WELLINGTON WET WEATHER TO START OFF TOMORROW IN THE SOUTH IMPROVING TO SOUTHERN PARTS LATER IN THE DAY WET WEATHER HERE, BRIGHTENING UP BY THE END OF THE DAY FOR MANY CLOUD, THEN WET WEATHER UP TO NELSON SECOND SOUTHERLY COMES THROUGH IN THE AFTERNOON CONVERGING WINDS SET OFF SOME SHOWERS IN THE RANGES NOT TTO BAD, JUST SOME CLLOUD IN TZRANAKI IN THE EVENING, SOME SHOWERS STARTING OFF FINE, A FEW ODD AFTERNOON SHOWERS A FINE LOOKING START, MAYBE SOME THUNDER TO FINISH THERE'S YOU RWET WEATHER SLIDING THROUGH A FEW SHOWERS TO WELLINGTON JUST THE ODD SHOWER TO HAMILTON TAURANGA LOOKING PRETTY GOOD SAME FOR AUCKLAND, SOME CLOUD WET WEATHER LINGERING UP NORTH THE LOW LINGERS, BRINGING SOME HEAVY SPELLS STILL WET TO EASTERN APRTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND