TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` THE KILLING OF TEENAGER CHRISTIE MARCEAU; IT CAUSED SHOCK AND ANGER. NOW MORE CHANGES ARE ON THE WAY TO PROTECT VICTIMS ` A JUST RELEASED REPORT REVEALS RECOMMENDATIONS. INFLUENTIAL NATIONAL PARTY VETERAN STEVEN JOYCE QUITS. WITH BILL ENGLISH ALSO GONE, WAS IT SIMPLY A BRIDGE TOO FAR AFTER JOYCE'S UNSUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP BID? AND REAL-LIFE DRAMA AFTER SHE WINS THE 'BEST ACTRESS' OSCAR ` THIS GUY PUTS ON A SHOW-STEALING PERFORMANCE, SWIPING THE GOLDEN STATUETTE, BUT GETS CAUGHT IN THE ACT. CAPTIONS BY SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM AND JOHN GIBBS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. A DAMNING REPORT OUT IN JUST THE PAST HOUR ON A TEENAGER'S KILLING THAT SPARKED OUTRAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAS OUTLINED WIDESPREAD RECOMMENDATIONS. CHRISTIE MARCEAU (18) WAS STABBED TO DEATH IN HER AUCKLAND HOME IN NOVEMBER 2011. HER KILLER ` FORMER SCHOOLMATE AKSHAY CHAND. IT EMERGED THE ATTACK HAPPENED WHILE CHAND WAS ON BAIL FOR KIDNAPPING AND ASSAULTING MARCEAU A MONTH EARLIER. HE'D BEEN RELEASED TO AN ADDRESS WITHIN A KILOMETRE FROM THE VICTIM'S HOME, DESPITE STRONG OPPOSITION FROM POLICE AND THE MARCEAU FAMILY. THE CASE LED TO A HIGH-PROFILE CAMPAIGN FOR WHAT'S DUBBED 'CHRISTIE'S LAW' ` TOUGHER BAIL CONDITIONS FOR SERIOUS CRIME. HERE'S JESSICA MUTCH WITH MORE DETAILS FROM THE REPORT AND THE CORONER'S RECOMMENDATIONS. CHRISTIE MARCEAU'S KILLING SPARKED OUTRAGE. CHANTING: CHRISTIE'S LAW! SIGN THE PETITION. NOW IT'S SPARKING CHANGES FOR OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM, POLICE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. FOR 7 YEARS THE FAMILY HAS FOUGHT FOR AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY. TODAY IT'S BEEN RELEASED. THE FAMILY'S OF A VIEW THAT THERE WERE MANY HANDS ON THE KNIFE THAT DAY. THE CORONER MAKES TEN RECOMMENDATIONS, INCLUDING ` BETTER SHARING OF INFORMATION IN THE COURT SYSTEM, GIVING VICTIMS A STRONGER VOICE IN COURT PROCEEDINGS, AND MORE RULES AROUND SUPERVISING SOMEONE ON BAIL AND COMMUNICATING THAT TO THE FAMILY. IT NEEDS AN OVERHAUL, IT'S WELL OVERDUE. IT NEEDS AN OVERHAUL; IT'S WELL OVERDUE. WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH CHRISTIES PARENTS BRIAN AND TRACEY, WHO ARE NOW LIVING IN AUSTRALIA. THEY SAY THE INQUEST SHOWS THE SYSTEM IS DYSFUNCTIONAL AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED. THEY'RE APPEALING TO THE GOVERNMENT TO ACT SO OTHER FAMILIES DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT THEY DID. WE PUT THAT TO THE MINISTER. WHERE THERE HAVE TO BE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE CORONER IS SAYING THERE HAS TO BE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. IN 2011 THE SYSTEM FAILED CHRISTIE MARCEAU. COURT INFORMATION WAS NOT SHARED PROPERLY SO AKSHAY CHAND WAS BAILED TO A HOUSE JUST A SHORT WALK FROM CHRISTIE'S HOME. AKSHAY'S MOTHER SAYS THE 24-HOUR CURFEW AND SUPERVISION RULES WERE NOT CLEAR, AND HE WASN'T MONITORED ELECTRONICALLY. THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THIS WAS AN ABSOLUTE CATASTROPHE. THE FAMILY KEPT UP THE FIGHT FOR CHANGE, IN JUNE LAST YEAR. IT GAVE COMFORT THAT CHRISTIE HAS BEEN HEARD;SHE'S GOT A VOICE. IT GAVE COMFORT THAT CHRISTIE HAS BEEN HEARD; SHE'S GOT A VOICE. CHRISTIE HAS ALREADY PROMPTED CHANGE. AFTER LOBBYING FROM HER PARENTS, LEGISLATION DUBBED 'CHRISTIE'S LAW' STRENGTHENED THE BAIL LAWS. HER FAMILY HOPE THERE'LL BE MORE CHANGE FROM THIS REPORT. JESSICA MUTCH, 1 NEWS. THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A DUNEDIN TEENAGER WILL KEEP HIS IDENTITY SECRET FOR NOW. THE 30-YEAR-OLD PLEADED NOT GUILTY TODAY TO MURDERING AMBER-ROSE RUSH (16) LAST MONTH. SHE WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER CORSTORPHINE HOME. POLICE SAY SHE KNEW HER ALLEGED ATTACKER. THE ACCUSED ALSO DENIED CHARGES OF THREATENING TO KILL AND WILL APPEAR IN COURT AGAIN LATER THIS MONTH. THE JUDGE LIFTED NAME SUPPRESSION, BUT HIS LAWYER APPEALED THE DECISION, KEEPING IT IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS. NATIONAL PARTY HEAVYWEIGHT STEVEN JOYCE IS QUITTING POLITICS JUST A WEEK AFTER LOSING A LEADERSHIP BID, BUT THE FORMER FINANCE MINISTER INSISTS IT'S NOT SOUR GRAPES. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD TAKES A LOOK AT HIS SOMETIMES CONTROVERSIAL CAREER. I THINK IT'S, UM, PRETTY LEGAL. TAKEN ON BY RAP SUPERSTAR EMINEM TAKEN ON BY RAP SUPERSTAR EMINEM... (THUD!) OOH! ...AND BY A FLYING SEX TOY. I'VE HAD TO STRIVE VERY HARD TO GET AN INTERNATIONAL PROFILE. A HIGHER PROFILE IN HIS PARTY WAS HIS GOAL LAST WEEK. POLITICS FOR GOOD, BUT HE INSISTS HE HAS CONFIDENCE IN NEW LEADER SIMON BRIDGES. I THINK IF I WAS IN A PETULANT MOOD, I'D PROBABLY GO TO THE BACK BENCHES, GROW A BEARD AND SIT THERE FUMING FOR A WHILE. THE FORMER FINANCE MINISTER HAD BEEN TOLD HE'D RETAIN A FRONT-BENCH POSITION IN MR BRIDGES' RESHUFFLE BUT WOULDN'T BE GETTING THE PLUM FINANCE PORTFOLIO. NO, HE DIDN'T OFFER ME FINANCE, AND THAT'S ALL RIGHT. NO, HE DIDN'T OFFER ME FINANCE, AND THAT'S ALL RIGHT. AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF I'D HAD FINANCE, I WOULD HAVE STAYED THE FULL TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS. I HAVE NO DOUBT IF STEVEN HAD DECIDED TO STAY, HE WOULD'VE MADE A VERY STRONG CONTRIBUTION. MR JOYCE WAS NATIONAL'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR FIVE ELECTIONS AND A CENTRAL PART OF THE 'SIR JOHN KEY-BILL ENGLISH' TRIO. STEVEN'S A REAL LOSS. AND AS A FRIEND OF HIS, AS A COLLEAGUE OF HIS, I'M SAD TO SEE HIM GO. THE WHOLE THING'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE BLAST AND AN ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE. AS FOR REGRETS, THE LIST MP SAYS THERE'RE ALWAYS A FEW. HE'S BEEN CRITICISED FOR LOSING THE 2016 NORTHLAND BY-ELECTION AND OVER HIS ALLEGATIONS OF AN $11B HOLE IN LABOUR'S BUDGET. AND AS FOR CHOOSING THE SONG 'EMINEM ESQUE' FOR NATIONAL'S 2014 ELECTION CAMPAIGN... DO YOU STILL THINK IT'S PRETTY LEGAL? KATIE, I'M JUST NOT GOING TO GO THERE TODAY. HE'S LIKELY TO BE REPLACED BY WELLINGTON UP-AND-COMER NICOLA WILLIS. NICOLA IS A REAL TALENT IN TERMS OF DEEP EXPERIENCE IN THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR BUT ALSO IN POLITICS, HAVING BEEN AN ADVISOR FOR JOHN KEY. BUT ALSO IN POLITICS, HAVING BEEN AN ADVISOR FOR JOHN KEY. THE FATHER OF TWO WANTS TO GO BACK TO THE COMMERCIAL WORLD. I LIKE TO GET ON AND GET THINGS DONE. CHEERS. AND LIKE HIS MATES SIR JOHN AND BILL ENGLISH, HE PLANS TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS FAMILY. AND KATIE JOINS US NOW FROM PARLIAMENT. SO CAN WE EXPECT MORE RETIREMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL PARTY? I think there will be a few more of this old guard contemplating their futures as well. Chris Finlayson, David Carter and probably Gerry Brownlee And next myth as well. Once Steven Joyce lost that leadership bid and finance portfolio, I think it was inevitable he was going to go. He said that he will stick around And help with the campaigns if they want him to. As for Simon Bridges, there is a space therefore his reshuffle. It means he can think about how he wants national to go forward and new strategies for the party and so forth. I am sure you can expect some more funny moments from seven Joyce, as he will continue to be in Parliament for a while. No Eminem lyrics, though. A WORLD-CLASS KAYAKER FROM NZ WHO DIED AFTER AN ACCIDENT IN A NORTH CAROLINA RIVER IS BEING PRAISED AS AN INSPIRATIONAL FIGURE IN THE PADDLING COMMUNITY. MOTHER-OF-TWO MARIA NOAKES (50) HAD BEEN KAYAKING ON THE CHEOAH RIVER WITH THREE OTHER EXPERT PADDLERS, INCLUDING HER YOUNGEST SON. WATER LEVELS AT THE TIME WERE NORMAL. NOAKES HAS REPRESENTED NZ AT THE WORLD CHAMPS. SHE'S BEEN LIVING IN THE U.S. FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. DEALERS SAY THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF IMPORTED VEHICLES AS BUG-INFESTED CARGO SHIPS ARE BEING SENT BACK TO JAPAN. THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES IS WAGING WAR ON THE BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN FOUND ON FOUR SHIPS. CHRIS CHANG REPORTS. THIS COMPLIANCE CENTRE'S USUALLY FULL OF IMPORTED CARS AND HEAVING WITH ACTIVITY. BUT TODAY IT'S ALL BUT EMPTY. IT'S A HUGE EFFECT ON US. BUT IT'S MORE SO THE GUYS WHO RELY ON US FOR THE VEHICLES. SO, OUR GROOMERS, PANEL BEATERS, WORKSHOPS. YEAH, THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE DOWN THE CHAIN YEAH, THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE DOWN THE CHAIN WHO HAVE SUFFERED MUCH WORSE. THE DEALER USUALLY RECEIVES UP TO 250 IMPORTED CARS A MONTH. BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR WEEKS HE'S GOT ANY, AFTER FOUR SHIPS CARRYING VEHICLES FROM JAPAN WERE TURNED AROUND. IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF MPI'S MOST WANTED PEST ` THE MARMORATED STINK BUG. WE FOUND SIGNIFICANT TRACES OF STINKBUG ON THE FIRST VESSEL, AND STOPPED ITS DISCHARGE, SEALED THE VESSEL, AND INSECTICIDED THE VESSEL ITSELF. THE SAP-SUCKING INSECT IS PROLIFIC. IT'LL FEED ON ALMOST ANYTHING, LEAVING MOST COMMERCIAL PLANTS UNSALEABLE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOSSES IN THE REALM OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOSSES IN THE REALM OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HIT MOST ASPECTS OF OUR HORTICULTURE. IT CAUSES PRIMARILY COSMETIC DAMAGE, BUT IN ORDER TO CONTROL IT, YOU NEED SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INSECTICIDE. CARGO SHIPS CAN CARRY UP TO 4000 CARS AT A TIME. ROUGHLY 10,000 HAVE RETURNED TO JAPAN BECAUSE OF THE INFESTATION. WITH OVER 30 SHIPS DUE TO ARRIVE HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, WITH OVER 30 SHIPS DUE TO ARRIVE HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, MPI'S LOOKING AT WAYS OF MAKING THE PROCESS MORE EFFICIENT ` THINGS LIKE TREATING THE SHIPS BEFORE THEY LEAVE JAPAN, AND CARRYING OUT INSECTICIDE TREATMENTS WHILE IN TRANSIT TO NEW ZEALAND. WE'VE HAD ALMOST A MONTH NOW WITH NO STOCK COMING THROUGH, AND THAT'S A BIG OVERHEAD FOR BUSINESSES TO CARRY, SO IT'S PUTTING A LOT OF BUSINESSES AT RISK. THOSE BUSINESSES NOW BRACING FOR THE BACKLOG OF ARRIVALS, IF THEY CAN GET THROUGH A BORDER PATROL HELL-BENT ON TACKLING THIS INVASIVE PEST. CHRIS CHANG, 1 NEWS. A FORMER RUSSIAN SPY IS IN A CRITICAL CONDITION IN A UK HOSPITAL AFTER HE AND A FRIEND WERE EXPOSED TO AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE. INTRIGUE SURROUNDS THE CASE AMID SPECULATION HE COULD'VE BEEN TARGETED BY RUSSIA. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT JOY REID REPORTS FROM SALISBURY IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND. CREWS WEARING FULL HAZARD PROTECTION GEAR DECONTAMINATED THE PLACE WHERE SERGEI SKRIPAL AND A FEMALE (33) WERE FOUND SLUMPED IN A SALISBURY SHOPPING CENTRE. INVESTIGATORS DON'T YET KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THE PAIR ARE NOW FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES. THEY'RE CURRENTLY BEING TREATED FOR SUSPECTED EXPOSURE TO AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE. BOTH ARE CURRENTLY IN A CRITICAL CONDITION IN INTENSIVE CARE. WITNESSES SAW THEM ON A BENCH SEAT IN A DELIRIOUS STATE. THERE WAS A COUPLE ` AN OLDER GUY AND A YOUNGER GIRL. SHE WAS SORT OF LEANT IN ON HIM; IT LOOKED LIKE SHE'D PASSED OUT, MAYBE. HE WAS DOING SOME STRANGE HAND MOVEMENTS, LOOKING UP TO THE SKY. WHEN POLICE WERE CALLED IN, A MAJOR INCIDENT WAS DECLARED, PERHAPS BECAUSE OF THE IDENTITY OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS, RUSSIAN NATIVE SERGEI SKRIPAL. IN 2006 HE WAS JAILED IN MOSCOW, FOUND GUILTY OF SPYING FOR BRITAIN AND HANDING OVER STATE SECRETS, BUT IN 2010 HE WAS SENT TO ENGLAND AS PART OF A SPY SWAP INVOLVING THE U.S. AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, POLICE REFUSED TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY HE COULD'VE BEEN TARGETED BY RUSSIA. THIS HAS NOT BEEN DECLARED AS A COUNTER-TERRORISM INCIDENT, AND WE WOULD URGE PEOPLE NOT TO SPECULATE. HOWEVER, I MUST EMPHASISE THAT WE RETAIN AN OPEN MIND AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO REVIEW THIS POSITION. IT BEARS STRIKING PARALLELS TO THE KILLING OF ALEXANDER LITVINENKO IN 2006. THE FORMER RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER DIED FROM POLONIUM-210 RADIATION POISONING. A BRITISH INVESTIGATION FOUND IT WAS LIKELY CARRIED OUT WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN'S PERSONAL APPROVAL. BUT IN SALISBURY TONIGHT, THERE'S POLICE PRESENCE OUTSIDE SERGEI SKRIPAL'S HOME, AND A RESTAURANT HAS BEEN CLOSED AS A PRECAUTION. POLICE HAVE REASSURED THE PUBLIC TONIGHT THAT THERE IS NO KNOWN HEALTH RISK AND THEY HAVE DECONTAMINATED THE A & E DEPARTMENT, BUT AS THEY TRY AND WORK OUT WHAT'S HAPPENED AND WHETHER A CRIME'S BEEN COMMITTED, THE PAIR REMAIN IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. JOY REID, 1 NEWS, SALISBURY, ENGLAND. THE PRIME MINISTER'S HAD A LONG-AWAITED FAMILY GET-TOGETHER, ARRIVING IN NIUE ON HER WEEK-LONG TOUR OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. JACINDA ARDERN'S FATHER HAS A STRONG CONNECTION WITH NIUE, THE PAIR ANNOUNCING MORE FUNDING FOR THE TINY ISLAND. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER IS THERE. JACINDA ARDERN MAY BE HIS DAUGHTER, BUT HIGH COMMISSIONER TO NIUE, ROSS ARDERN, WELCOMED HIS PRIME MINISTER TO THE ISLAND HE CALLS HOME. BUT TO ONE YOUNG GIRL THERE WAS ONLY ONE TITLE THAT MATTERED - AUNTIE. FOR THE ARDERNS, IT'S A FAMILY REUNION. JUST SPEAKING FROM A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVEN'T ALL BEEN TOGETHER FOR FOUR YEARS, WE HAVEN'T ALL BEEN TOGETHER FOR FOUR YEARS, SO IT WAS REALLY NICE TO DO THAT HERE IN NIUE. THE LOCALS HERE HAVE DUBBED JACINDA ARDERN AS ONE OF THEIR OWN. I KNOW SHE WASN'T BORN HERE. BUT SHE HAS HER DAD WORKING HERE FOR US. BUT SHE HAS HER DAD WORKING HERE FOR US. WITH ONLY A FEW HOURS ON THE GROUND, IT WAS QUICKLY DOWN TO BUSINESS ` NEW ZEALAND ANNOUNCING A $5M PACKAGE TO DEVELOP SOLAR ENERGY. THIS MEANS LESS DEPENDENCY ON THIS POWER STATION, SAVING NIUE AROUND A $1M YEAR. SAVING NIUE AROUND $1M A YEAR. BY 2025 THE ISLAND HOPES TO BE 80% RENEWABLE ENERGY-BASED. NEW ZEALAND GIVES NIUE AROUND $14M A YEAR. BUT THE ISLAND NATION IS PUSHING HARD TO DEVELOP BUSINESS TO MAKE IT MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT. AID IS A SUBSTITUTE NOW FOR INVESTMENT. I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR US. 1700 PEOPLE ARE LIVING HERE. BUT AS THEY'RE ALSO NEW ZEALAND CITIZENS, IT'S ABOUT KEEPING THEM HERE. SOMETIMES IT DOES FEEL WE ARE PREPARING OUR KIDS FOR LIFE IN NEW ZEALAND. MY QUESTION IS ` IF YOU ARE TO ENCOURAGE NIEUANS IN NEW ZEALAND TO RETURN, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM? MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S REALLY GREAT JOBS, REALLY INTERESTING JOBS. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I KNOW THAT YOUR PREMIER IS DOING LOTS OF WORK ON THAT. NIUE'S CLEARLY LOOKING TO ITS FUTURE, NIUE'S CLEARLY LOOKING TO ITS FUTURE AND COUNTING ON NEW ZEALAND TO HELP IT GET THERE AND COUNTING ON NEW ZEALAND TO HELP IT GET THERE. BARBARA DREAVER, 1 NEWS, NIEUE. IT'S OFFICIALLY CENSUS DAY, AND SO FAR TWO MILLION KIWIS HAVE FILLED IN THEIR FORMS ONLINE. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE FIVE-YEARLY SURVEY'S BEEN PRIMARILY CONDUCTED ON THE INTERNET, PROMPTING CRITICISM THAT IT'S ISOLATING THOSE WHO AREN'T COMPUTER-SAVVY, SUCH AS THE ELDERLY. AFTER TODAY, ANY HOUSEHOLD THAT HASN'T COMPLETED THE FORMS WILL BE CONTACTED AGAIN BY LETTER BEFORE BEING VISITED BY FIELD TEAMS. THE COST OF CLEANING UP THOUSANDS OF TONS OF TOXIC WASTE FROM THE TIWAI ALUMINIUM SMELTER WILL BE PARTIALLY PAID FOR BY TAXPAYERS. SOUTHLAND RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN CAMPAIGNING FOR THE MATERIAL, STORED AT VARIOUS SITES, TO BE SHIPPED OVERSEAS. JOHN MCKENZIE REPORTS. FROM THE OUTSIDE, THE MATAURA PAPER MILL LOOKS HARMLESS. INSIDE, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. THESE BAGS ARE FULL OF OUVEA PREMIX, A CLASS-SIX HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, WHICH, IF WET, CAN PRODUCE AMMONIA GAS. LOCALS WANT IT GONE. IN THE HUMID AND DAMP WEATHER, THEY CAN SMELL THE TOXIC FUMES, IN THE HUMID AND DAMP WEATHER, THEY CAN SMELL THE TOXIC FUMES, AND THEY'RE GETTING HEADACHES AND BRONCHIAL PROBLEMS. AND THEY'RE GETTING HEADACHES AND BRONCHIAL PROBLEMS. THE MIX IS A WASTE BY-PRODUCT OF THE ALUMINIUM-MAKING PROCESS AT THE TIWAI SMELTER IN BLUFF. THE COMPANY RESPONSIBLE FOR DEALING WITH IT WENT IN TO LIQUIDATION, LEAVING A BIG MESS FOR THE BUILDING OWNERS, COUNCIL AND GOVERNMENT. ALL PARTIES ARE UPSET; ALL PARTIES FEEL LIKE PUNCHING SOMEONE, BUT INSTEAD, ALL THEY DO IS PUNCH THIN AIR, BECAUSE THE REAL CULPRIT HERE IS THAT HAS DISAPPEARED. THIS MATAURA MILL IS SAID TO HOLD MORE THAN 10,000 TONS OF THE OUVEA PREMIX. THAT'S THE LARGEST OF ANY SITE THROUGHOUT SOUTHLAND. ALL UP, THERE'S SAID TO BE 22,000 TONS OF THE PREMIX STORED THROUGHOUT SEVERAL SITES IN THE REGION. THE LANDLORDS MET WITH COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT IN GORE THIS AFTERNOON, A TWO-HOUR MEETING FINALLY YIELDING SOME POSITIVE NEWS. WE'RE APPROXIMATELY 85% TO 90% CONFIRMED IN SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS, SO WE'RE CLOSE TO A SOLUTION. IT WILL COST AROUND $4M TO SHIP THE WASTE OFFSHORE. THE GOVERNMENT WON'T PAY IT ALL, AND THE LANDLORDS INVOLVED HAVE BEEN ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE. IN ONE CASE, ONE OF THESE GUYS, IT'S HIS RETIREMENT FUND THAT'S BEING CHEWED INTO, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. IT'S HOPED THE SITUATION CAN BE RESOLVED IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. AHEAD ` CHINA'S MOST SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE'S CONGRESS IN A GENERATION IS EXPECTED TO RUBBER-STAMP A PROPOSAL THAT WILL GIVE ONE MAN THE CHANCE TO RULE FOR LIFE. PLUS ` WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE 'BEST ACTRESS' OSCAR WAS STOLEN. DETAILS OF THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS AND BRAZEN OSCARS' NIGHT PERFORMANCE. AND ONE CITY'S MOVE TO GET BEGGARS OFF THE STREET, BUT WILL THEIR STRATEGY WORK WITH THOSE FOR WHOM THE STREET IS A HOME? A U.N. CONVOY DELIVERING URGENTLY NEEDED AID TO EASTERN GHOUTA IN SYRIA HAS BEEN FORCED TO CUT SHORT ITS MISSION AFTER BEING CAUGHT IN AIR STRIKES. THE U.N. TRUCKS MANAGED TO DELIVER SOME AID TO THE TOWN OF DOUMA, BUT 10 COULDN'T BE EMPTIED, BECAUSE OF SHELLING. ACTIVISTS SAID DOZENS OF PEOPLE DIED IN AIR STRIKES ON MONDAY DESPITE A SUPPOSED FIVE-HOUR TRUCE. THIS IS AS THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT BLOCKED THE DELIVERY OF 70% OF VITAL MEDICAL SUPPLIES FROM THE CONVOY. ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL GATHERINGS FOR A GENERATION HAS GOT UNDERWAY IN CHINA. THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS IS CONSIDERING A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD KEEP PRESIDENT XI JINPING IN POST INDEFINITELY. THE BBC'S ROBIN BRANT REPORTS FROM BEIJING. MARCHING MUSIC AND A CLAPPING CROWD ` THIS IS THE ANNUAL PARLIAMENT GATHERING IN A COUNTRY WHERE ONE PARTY CONTROLS EVERYTHING AND ALMOST NO ONE GETS TO VOTE. THIS YEAR, THOUGH, BIG CHANGE IS BREWING ` BECAUSE PRESIDENT XI JINPING WANTS TO STAY ON AND ON. NO ONE INSIDE THE HALL WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS PLAN TO ABOLISH TERM LIMITS. THESE ARE HEAVILY CHOREOGRAPHED EVENTS. BUT OUTSIDE ` NOTHING SHORT OF JOY. (SPEAKS MANDARIN) (SPEAKS MANDARIN) THAT VIEW IS HARDLY SURPRISING ` THEY'RE LOYAL DEPUTIES. THEY'LL VOTE ON THE CHANGE AT THE WEEKEND. SOME MAY DISAGREE IN PRIVATE. BUT IT'S ALMOST CERTAIN THEY'LL FALL OVERWHELMINGLY INTO LINE. THIS ANNUAL EVENT IS SET TO LAST JUST OVER TWO WEEKS THIS YEAR ` A LITTLE LONGER THAN USUAL. SO FAR, THERE'S BEEN MENTION OF TAX REFORM, THE INTERNET, THE MILITARY. BUT IT'S UNLIKELY WE'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT THE BIG, BIG ISSUE ` THE CHANGE THAT COULD SEE XI JINPING SERVE FOR, WELL, AS LONG AS HE WANTS. BEFORE THAT, THOUGH, THERE IS OTHER IMPORTANT BUSINESS TO BE DONE. DAY ONE KICKED OFF WITH CHINA'S ECONOMY ` KEY TO WORLD GROWTH. (SPEAKS MANDARIN) 6.5% GROWTH IS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. A BIGGER BOOST IN MILITARY SPENDING WAS UNVEILED AS WELL, ANNOUNCED TO A CROWD THAT REPRESENTS ALL OF THIS VAST NATION. BUT PEOPLE LIKE HU JIA ARE NOT WELCOME IN XI JINPING'S CHINA. A LONG-TIME HUMAN-RIGHTS ACTIVIST, HE'S BEEN SENT AWAY FROM HIS BEIJING HOME, WITH GOVERNMENT MINDERS, WHILE THE POLITICIANS MEET. DETAINING OR REMOVING PEOPLE LIKE HIM HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY COMMON UNDER THIS PRESIDENT. THE PROSPECT OF AN INDEFINITE REIGN FOR XI JINPING FILLS HIM WITH DREAD. AND CHINA HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED A MILITARY BUDGET OF MORE THAN $241B FOR THE COMING YEAR ` UP 8% ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR. OSCARS NIGHT TOOK A DARK TURN FOR BEST ACTRESS WINNER FRANCES MCDORMAND FOR BEST ACTRESS WINNER FRANCES MCDORMAND WHEN HER OSCAR WAS STOLEN AT AN AFTER-PARTY IN HOLLYWOOD. THE THIEF TAKING TO FACEBOOK TO BOAST OF HIS GOLDEN HAUL. ABC'S MATT GUTMAN HAS THE STORY. AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... IT WAS THE MOMENT OF THE NIGHT. FRANCES MCDORMAND. (APPLAUSE) ...FRANCES MCDORMAND. (APPLAUSE) FRANCES MCDORMAND SETTING THE OSCAR DOWN AND ASKING WOMEN TO STAND UP. IF I MAY BE SO HONOURED TO HAVE ALL THE FEMALE NOMINEES IN EVERY CATEGORY STAND WITH ME IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT. THE ACTORS ` MERYL, IF YOU DO IT, EVERYBODY ELSE WILL. BUT IF ONLY THERE WAS AN OSCAR FOR 'MOST OUTRAGEOUS PERFORMANCE' I GOT THIS TONIGHT. THIS IS MINE. THAT'S TERRY BRYANT ` WHO POLICE CONFIRMED SHOT THIS VIDEO AND POSTED IT TO HIS FACEBOOK PAGE. GOVERNORS BALL, BABY. ONLY THING IS, POLICE SAY THAT'S NOT HIS OSCAR ` ONLY THING IS, POLICE SAY THAT'S NOT HIS OSCAR ` IT'S ACTUALLY BELONGS TO MCDORMAND. SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOW, SHE GOT IT ENGRAVED. BUT EVEN WITH HER NAME ETCHED IN GOLD... WHERE'S THE JIMMY KIMMEL PARTY AT? ...POLICE SAY THAT DIDN'T STOP BYRANT FROM SWOOPING IN WHEN MCDORMAND LEFT THE STATUE OUT OF HER SIGHT. BRYANT SHOWING OFF TO UNSUSPECTING PARTYGOERS, APPARENTLY HOLDING THE STATUE AS HIS VERY OWN GOLDEN TICKET. THAT'S YOUR TICKET TO ANYTHING YOU WANNA GO TO! CHEF WOLFGANG PUCK'S PHOTOGRAPHER COULDN'T BELIEVE IT EITHER, POLICE SAY HE FOLLOWED BRYANT ` WHO HAS A LONG RAP SHEET ` DIDN'T RESIST. HE WAS EVENTUALLY ARRESTED ` AND MCDORMAND WAS EVENTUALLY REUNITED WITH HER LITTLE GUY. NOW QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED HOW TERRY BRYANT NOW QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED HOW TERRY BRYANT OBTAINED A LEGITIMATE TICKET TO THE GOVERNOR'S BALL. WEATHER TIME NOW. DAN IS HERE, AND WARM AGAIN UP NORTH, BUT A COOLER DAY DOWN SOUTH. EXACTLY RIGHT. They felt that southerly down south. You can have a look at the temperatures and you will see what I mean. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ. It is still humid and warm for the night. More wet weather and more rain to come with a low developing. It could be raincoat time for some of us tomorrow. More details later. STILL TO COME ` A PLAN TO RID THE STREETS OF THE CAPITAL OF BEGGARS. BUT WILL ITS 'SOFTLY, SOFTLY' APPROACH WORK? AND A NIGHT-TIME REVIVAL SPARKS CALLS FOR A WOULD-BE QUEEN OR KING OF THE NIGHTLIFE TO STEP UP FOR THE ROLE OF NIGHT MAYOR. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` KILLING OF CHRISTIE MARCEAU HAS SPARKED A RAFT OF RECOMMENDATIONS, INCLUDING GIVING VICTIMS A STRONGER VOICE IN COURT PROCEEDINGS. THE 18-YEAR-OLD WAS STABBED TO DEATH IN HER AUCKLAND HOME IN 2011 BY AKSHAY CHAND, WHO WAS ON BAIL FOR KIDNAPPING AND ASSAULTING HER A MONTH BEFORE. NATIONAL PARTY HEAVYWEIGHT STEVEN JOYCE IS QUITTING POLITICS JUST A WEEK AFTER LOSING A LEADERSHIP BID. THE FORMER FINANCE MINISTER HAD BEEN TOLD HE'D RETAIN A FRONT-BENCH POSITION IN MR BRIDGES' RESHUFFLE BUT WOULDN'T BE GETTING THE PLUM FINANCE PORTFOLIO. THE WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO INVEST $1M OVER THE NEXT DECADE TO TRY AND GET BEGGARS OFF THE STREETS. THE NEW INITIATIVE WILL BE VOTED ON BY COUNCILLORS TOMORROW. EMILY COOPER HAS MORE. SOLOMON MASON IS A FAMILIAR FACE ON WELLINGTON'S LAMBTON QUAY. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS AND I'VE MADE UP TO $40 A DAY. HE SAYS THAT'S GOOD MONEY. SO THERE'S NO REASON HE'D LEAVE. THEY'RE MORE GENEROUS IN WELLINGTON, THEY'RE MORE OUTGOING, THEY'RE MORE PATIENT. BUT THE COUNCIL WANTS PEOPLE LIKE SOLOMON TO FIND OTHER THINGS TO DO DURING THE DAY. ALL THE RESEARCH SHOWS US INTERNATIONALLY THAT THINGS LIKE BEGGING BANS AND BY-LAWS ` THEY JUST DON'T WORK. ALL IT DOES IT FORCE THE PROBLEM SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND ALSO, I MEAN, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO SAY TO PEOPLE, 'WE'RE GONNA TREAT YOU LIKE HUMAN BEINGS, 'RATHER THAN JUST LIKE A PROBLEM.' UNDER THE PLAN, AGENCIES CAN APPLY FOR FUNDING TO PROVIDE WHAT THE COUNCIL DESCRIBES AS 'MORE MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES', SUCH AS WORKING IN SOUP KITCHENS, COMMUNITY GARDENS, AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT WORK. BUT IT WOULDN'T BE MANDATORY, AND HE ADMITS IT'S THAT'S NOT AN OPTION FOR EVERYONE. WE KNOW THAT ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, A WHOLE VARIETY OF COMPLEX PROBLEMS ARE INVOLVED. AND SO ` SOME OF THESE GUYS ` FINDING A JOB'S NOT ON THE CARDS. THE IDEA'S BEEN DISCUSSED BY COUNCILLORS TODAY. AND TOMORROW THEY'LL VOTE ON IT - BRIAN DAWSON'S CONFIDENT IT'LL PASS. IT'LL THEN GO OUT FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION. AND FUNDING COULD BE AVAILABLE LATER THIS YEAR. WHILE SOLOMON MASON DOESN'T SEE IT AS AN OPTION FOR HIM, HE STILL THINKS IT COULD BE EFFECTIVE. I THINK IF THEY'VE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE, WITH THE RIGHT DECISION, WITH THE RIGHT AIM, WITH THE RIGHT PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO HELP BEGGARS ` AND WHERE BOTH PARTIES BENEFITTING FROM IT ` THEN I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD IDEA. IF AGREED, IT COULD BE A LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO SOLVE ONE OF THE CITY'S GROWING ISSUES. EMILY COOPER, 1 NEWS. IT'S BEEN YEARS IN THE REBUILD, BUT CHRISTCHURCH'S NIGHTLIFE IS MAKING A COMEBACK. A FRESH WAVE OF BARS AND RESTAURANTS OPENING THIS MONTH HAS SOME ASKING WHAT MORE CAN BE DONE TO PROMOTE BUSINESS AFTER DARK, INCLUDING FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF SOME OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST PARTY CITIES. SAM CLARKE REPORTS. IT'S CHRISTCHURCH'S NEXT BIG CHALLENGE ` HOW TO TURN A DORMANT CITY INTO ONE THAT NEVER SLEEPS. IT'S NOT TOO BAD. THERE COULD BE A FEW MORE CLUBS, I RECKON. IT'S KIND OF SPREAD OUT. IT COULD BE BETTER. THERE'S DEFINITELY ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. IT'S NOT TOO BAD, BUT PROBABLY AFTER THE EARTHQUAKES ` IT'S GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT WORSE. BUT IT IS ON THE RISE ` TWO NEW BARS HAVE JUST OPENED ON THE ONCE POPULAR TERRACE, WITH MORE NEW VENUES SET TO FOLLOW IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. IT'S GONNA BE THE HUB OF HOSPITALITY IN CHRISTCHURCH. THIS IS WHERE IT'LL REALLY HAPPEN. NIGHTLIFE AND HOSPITALITY IS A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. BUT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, CHRISTCHURCH HAS BEEN MISSING OUT. NOW WITH THE ADVENT OF 17 NEW BARS OPENING HEAR ON THE TERRACE. THIS COULD BE THE BOOST THE CITY NEEDS TO BRING ITS NIGHT BACK TO LIFE. OH, IT'S CRITICAL ` ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. AND IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULDN'T UNDERESTIMATE. HEY, WE ALL LIKE TO PARTY. IT HAS SOME CALLING FOR A SO-CALLED 'NIGHT MAYOR', A ROLE ESTABLISHED IN MAJOR CITIES LIKE AMSTERDAM AND NEW YORK TO PROMOTE AND MANAGE THEIR NIGHTLIFE. THERE'S THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE NIGHT-TIME ECONOMY AND THE RESIDENTIAL ELEMENT, WHICH IS TRYING TO SLEEP, AND TRYING TO GET IT TO THE POINT WHERE ONE ACTUALLY WORKS WITH THE OTHER TO FIND THE BEST OUTCOME FOR THE CITY. LARGER CITIES LIKE SYDNEY AND AUCKLAND ARE ALREADY GRAPPLING WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF A NIGHTLIFE THAT'S ALMOST BEEN TOO POPULAR. IT'S A CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC, THE WHOLE LIQUOR LICENSING, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ALL BAD. I THINK, RATHER THAN, SORT OF, A NIGHTMARE, IT COULD BE A PLEASANT DREAM. PLANNING AHEAD COULD HELP MAKE THAT DREAM COME TRUE. SAM CLARKE, 1 NEWS. Andrew joins us for sport now now including wives and gilfriends. THE FALLOUT CONTINUES AFTER THAT SPITEFUL TEST MATCH IN SOUTH AFRICA. ALSO TONIGHT ` CYCLING GREAT SIR BRADLEY WIGGINS IS IN THE GUN AGAIN. THIS IS SOMEONE TRYIN' TO SMEAR ME. HE TRIES TO CLARIFY THE CONFUSION AROUND WHAT HE TOOK WHILE CYCLING AND WINNING. PLUS ` THE CANES RETURN HOME, READY TO MARK A SPECIAL OCCASION AGAINST OLD RIVALS, THE CRUSADERS. AND AN EMOTIONAL FAREWELL FOR A KIWI BASKETBALL GREAT AS THE BREAKERS' SEASON COMES DOWN TO JUST HALF A SECOND. AN UGLY WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN CURRENT AND FORMER CRICKETERS HAS COME TO THE SURFACE AS THE ISSUE OF SLEDGING AGAIN SPARKS DEBATE. AUSTRALIA WON THE OPENING TEST MATCH AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA IN DURBAN, BUT IT'S THE SPAT BETWEEN DAVID WARNER AND SOUTH AFRICAN QUINTON DE KOCK WHICH IS STILL GRABBING ATTENTION. GUY HEVELDT HAS THE LATEST. THESE ARE THE SCENES THAT HAVE IGNITED DEBATE IN CRICKET AGAIN. IS THERE A PLACE FOR SLEDGING IN THE GAME? I THINK THOSE THINGS ARE NOT ON FROM BOTH SIDES. YOU KNOW, GETTING PERSONAL ON THE FIELD'S NOT ON, AND THAT'S CROSSING THE LINE, IN MY OPINION. BRASH AUSTRALIAN BATSMAN DAVID WARNER AND PROTEAS WICKET-KEEPER QUINTON DE KOCK AT THE FOREFRONT ` EACH PLAYER ALLEGEDLY MADE DEROGATORY COMMENTS ABOUT THE OTHER'S FAMILY MEMBERS. THE TEAMS' CAPTAINS AGREE IT CROSSED A LINE BUT WITH DIFFERING VIEWS TO WHO SPARKED IT. GOT QUITE PERSONAL AND PROVOKED AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE FROM DAVEY. I THINK BOTH PARTIES ` FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, THERE WAS A LOT OF PERSONAL STUFF. THE ICC AND KIWI MATCH REFEREE JEFF CROWE ARE LOOKING INTO THE INCIDENT THAT SPILLED OUT INTO THE CHANGING ROOMS. AUSSIE SPINNER NATHAN LYON HAS ALREADY BEEN FINED 15% OF HIS MATCH FEE FOR BREACHING THE CODE OF CONDUCT. CHARGES AGAINST WARNER AND DE KOCK APPEAR LIKELY. IF IT WAS HAPPENING ON THE FIELD, IT PROBABLY SHOULD'VE BEEN NIPPED IN THE BUD ON THE FIELD ALREADY. FORMER PLAYERS FROM BOTH SIDES HAVE WEIGHED INTO THE ISSUE, ONE OF THEM LABELLING WARNER A BULLY. A PROTEAS GREAT CALLED FOR MORE ON-FIELD CONTROL. I THINK UMPIRES, THE WAY THEY MANAGE THE SITUATION OUT THERE, BEING AWARE, YOU KNOW, I THINK, IS A CRUCIAL PART TO IT. THERE ARE THREE TESTS STILL REMAINING IN THE SERIES, PROMPTING MANY TO WONDER HOW MUCH TENSION WILL SIMMER, BUT IN A RARITY, THE AUSSIES ARE PROMISING TO TONE DOWN THEIR APPROACH. AT TIMES, WE NEED TO PULL THINGS BACK AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE PLAYING WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME. DEBATE IS SURE TO CONTINUE AS THE SERIES IGNITES FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS. MEANWHILE, BACK HERE, ROSS TAYLOR WILL RETURN FROM A THIGH INJURY FOR THE BLACK CAPS IN THEIR MUST-WIN FOURTH ODI AGAINST ENGLAND IN DUNEDIN TOMORROW. IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING WEEK, I SUPPOSE, AFTER THE WIN IN HAMILTON, AND THEN TO HAVE THE NIGGLE DURING THE GAME. BUT IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO PLAY. AND HOPEFULLY I CAN MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TOMORROW. TAYLOR MISSED THE THIRD GAME LOSS IN WELLINGTON AND WILL SLOT BACK IN AT NUMBER FOUR, BOLSTERING A MIS-FIRING MIDDLE ORDER. FORMER BLACKCAPS ALL-ROUNDER JACOB ORAM HAS ACCEPTED AN 18-MONTH CONTRACT AS THE NEW WHITE FERNS WOMEN'S BOWLING COACH. ORAM, A VETERAN OF OVER 200 ONE DAY INTERNATIONALS, WAS STRAIGHT INTO WORK WITH THE TEAM TODAY. YEAH, I MEAN, THE RATE AT WHICH WOMENS CRICKET IS GROWING IS HUGE AROUND THE GLOBE. I MEAN THEY HAVE, OBVIOUSLY, WOMENS BIG BASH, KIAS SUPER LEGUE OVER IN ENGLAND. AND IM SURE THERES A WOMENS IPL AROUND THE CORNER SOMEWHERE. LATER IN THE YEAR, CAPTAIN SUZIE BATES HAS BEEN RELISHING THE CHANCE TO PICK ORAM'S BRAINS ON THE SHORTER GAME. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT EXCITING ` IS THAT 20/20 CRICKET` I THINK BOWLING COACHES ARE HAVING TO LEARN AS THEY GO, AS WELL. THERE'S MORE AND MORE VARIATIONS COMING OUT, AND BEING ABLE TO TEACH BOWLERS DIFFERENT OPTIONS... THE WHITE FERNS WILL PLAY TWO MORE ONE DAYERS AGAINST THE WEST INDIES IN CHRISTCHURCH, BEFORE BEGINNING A FIVE MATCH T20 SERIES NEXT WEEK. A BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY REPORT INTO CORRUPTION AND DRUG USE IN SPORT HAS CAST DOUBT AGAIN ON SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN SPORT. AT THE CENTRE OF THE REPORT ` TOUR DE FRANCE AND OLYMPIC CHAMPION, CYCLIST SIR BRADLEY WIGGINS. THE FINDINGS ACCUSE WIGGINS OF OVERUSING DRUGS WHICH HAD BEEN PRESCRIBED FOR HEALTH REASONS. HERE'S THE BBC'S DAN ROAN WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. HE'S BRITAIN'S MOST DECORATED OLYMPIAN, BUT TODAY SIR BRADLEY WIGGINS WAS EFFECTIVELY ACCUSED OF CHEATING, MPs ALLEGING THE COUNTRY'S FIRST TOUR DE FRANCE WINNER USED ASTHMA DRUGS TO BOOST PERFORMANCE AND NOT JUST FOR MEDICAL NEEDS. BUT TODAY IN HIS FIRST INTERVIEW FOR 18 MONTHS, WIGGINS CAME OUT FIGHTING, TELLING ME HE'D DONE NOTHING WRONG. THE REPORT BY THE DCMS SELECT COMMITTEE SAYS THAT YOU CROSSED THE ETHICAL LINE. IS THAT FAIR? DID YOU? NO, I DIDN'T. NOT AT ANY TIME DURING MY CAREER DID WE CROSS THE ETHICAL LINE. THAT'S NOT WHAT YOUR FORMER COACH, SHANE SUTTON, SAYS. HE SAYS THAT YOUR USE OF THAT DRUG WAS 'UNETHICAL'. YEAH, THAT HURTS ME, ACTUALLY. SHANE KNOWS... AROUND THAT TIME EXACTLY WHAT AND WHY I WAS TAKIN' THAT MEDICATION. THE REVELATION THAT WIGGINS USED MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS, OR T.U.Es, FOR A POWERFUL BANNED STEROID CALLED TRIAMCINOLONE BEFORE THREE MAJOR RACES TRIGGERED THIS SAGA, MPs TODAY SUGGESTING HE CAME TO RELY ON IT TO SHED WEIGHT WITHOUT LOSING POWER. SO ONLY ONE OTHER TIME DID YOU USE TRIAMCINOLONE OTHER THE THREE T.U.Es WE KNOW ABOUT. YES. BUT THE REPORT SAYS` THEY SUGGEST YOU MAY HAVE TAKEN IT NINE TIMES IN FOUR YEARS. YEAH. YEAH, NOW, THIS, I DUNNO WHERE THAT'S COME FROM. DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S WRONG, THOUGH. YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS A LIE. ABSOLUTELY. I REFUTE THAT 100%. THIS IS... THIS IS MALICIOUS, THIS. (STAMMERS) THIS IS A DIRECT... THIS IS` THIS IS SOMEONE TRYIN' TO SMEAR ME. SO SITTING HERE NOW, SIR BRAD, YOU CAN CATEGORICALLY SAY THAT YOU DIDN'T CHEAT. 100%. YOU DIDN'T ABUSE THE T.U.E SYSTEM. NEVER THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, NO. SO HOW MUCH OF A TOLL HAS ALL THIS TAKEN ON WIGGINS? I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA PICK THE PIECES UP WITH THE KIDS AND STUFF, AND I'M LEFT TO DO THAT, AS WELL AS TRY AND, YOU KNOW, SALVAGE MY REPUTATION FROM THIS. I MEAN, IT'S JUST... I WOULDN'T WISH IT UPON ANYONE. (CHEERING) BUT THE MPs' REPORT IS FELT WAY BEYOND CYCLING. POOR RECORD-KEEPING REGARDING AN INJECTION OF A LEGAL SUBSTANCE GIVEN TO SIR MO FARAH SEES UK ATHLETICS CRITICISED. THE MOST POWERFUL FIGURE IN TRACK AND FIELD, LORD COE, IS ACCUSED OF MISLEADING PARLIAMENT ABOUT WHEN HE FIRST KNEW ABOUT CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS ` A CLAIM HE DENIES. THIS IS A CHASTENING DAY FOR SOME OF BRITISH SPORT'S BIGGEST REPUTATIONS. UNLIKE MOST OF THE OTHER SUPER-RUGBY TEAMS, THE HURRICANES HAVE ARRIVED HOME FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND ARGENTINA RELATIVELY INJURY-FREE, ALTHOUGH THAT COULD CHANGE, GIVEN THIS WEEKEND THEY PLAY THEIR FIRST LOCAL DERBY OF THE SEASON AGAINST THE CRUSADERS. THE INJURIES HAVE COME FROM MOST OF THE NEW ZEALAND DERBIES. AND, AS WATCHING ON THE TELLY, THEY LOOK A LOT MORE FAST, PHYSICAL, AND GUYS ARE JUST PUTTING THEIR BODIES ON THE LINE. BROTHER BEAUDEN WILL MAKE HIS 100TH APPEARANCE FOR THE CANES THIS WEEKEND AS THE THEY TRY TO REPEAT THEIR UPSET WIN OVER THE CRUSADERS FROM LAST YEAR. WE WANNA GIVE THEM A BIT LESS TIME THAN WHAT THEY'VE HAD, AND PUT THEM UNDER A BIT MORE PRESSURE, WITH BALL IN HAND. THE CANES WILL HAVE THE USE OF YOUNG POWERHOUSE HOOKER ASAFO AUMUA THIS SATURDAY NIGHT ` HIS FIRST FULL RUN OF THE NEW SEASON. SILVER FERNS CAPTAIN KATRINA GRANT IS FEELING NOSTALGIC AHEAD OF THE UPCOMING TAINI JAMISON TROPHY CONTEST, WHICH IS JUST TWO WEEKS SHY OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. FOUR TEST MATCHES IN THE SPACE OF FOUR DAYS PROVIDES A PERFECT RUN IN TO THE GAMES FOR THE FERNS, WHO TRAINED TODAY IN DUNEDIN. SKIPPER GRANT DOESN'T KNOW HOW SHE WILL TOP THE FINAL GAME IN LAST YEAR'S SEPTEMBER SERIES. THAT IS GONNA BE HARD TO BEAT. AND THAT WAS A GREAT SERIES RUSH AGAINST ENGLAND; IT WAS PRETTY EPIC. AND GETTING 100 TEST MATCHES FOR YOUR COUNTRY IS... OH, LIKE, PRETTY... MASSIVE FOR ME. THE FERNS HOPE TO IMPROVE THEIR WINNING RECORD ` JUST ONE OUT OF SEVEN SINCE LAST YEAR'S SERIES. THEY CONTEST THE TROPHY WITH JAMAICA, MALAWI AND FIJI IN TWO WEEKS TIME. IN HIS LAST-EVER PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCE, KIWI BASKETBALL GREAT KIRK PENNEY MADE SURE THE BREAKERS DIDN'T BOW OUT OF THE NBL PLAY-OFFS WITHOUT A FIGHT. MELBOURNE TRIUMPHED THANKS TO A MIRACULOUS BUZZER BEATER, BUT THE BIGGEST CHEERS OF THE NIGHT WERE FOR THE NOW-RETIRED 37-YEAR-OLD. HERE'S MATT MANUKIA. (TEAM PERFORMS HAKA) COACHES, TEAMMATES AND EVEN MELBOURNE JOINED IN TO FAREWELL A LEGEND. TEAM: HI! (APPLAUSE, CHEERING) NOT THE WAY HE WANTED TO BOW OUT, BUT PENNEY LEFT KNOWING HE GAVE IT HIS ALL. OH MAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THIS SEASON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OVER MY CAREER AND SO MANY OF US HERE. WHAT IS HE, 37? YOU KNOW, TO STILL BE PLAYING THAT HIGH LEVEL OF BASKETBALL AT THAT AGE, IT'S AMAZING, AND CREDIT TO HIM. ONE OF NZ'S GREATEST EVER, WITHOUT A DOUBT. THEN TRIBUTES ROLLED IN FROM AROUND THE WORLD, THIS PIECE BY THE 'WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL' LOOKING BACK AT PENNEY'S COLLEGE CAREER AND STINTS IN THE NBA ` TIMES HE REMINDED US OF AT SPARK ARENA. PENNEY NAILS IT! (CROWD ROARS) PENNEY FOR 3! (CROWD ROARS) (WHISTLE TRILLS) OHHHHH! (CHEERING DROWNS OUT SPEECH) ROB LOE CARRIED THE BREAKERS THROUGH TO OVERTIME, THEN ` HEARTBREAK. BOON CURLS, JUGGLES IT! ANNOUNCERS: OHHH! TOM ABERCROMBIE! OH, BOON GETS THE PUTBACK! AND MELBOURNE GO TO THE GRAND FINAL SERIES. FOR ME TO BOW OUT, IT'S TOUGH. IT'S TOUGH TO GO OUT LIKE THAT. BUT IT WON'T TAKE AWAY FROM ONE OF THE BEST CAREERS KIWI BASKETBALL HAS EVER SEEN. MATT MANUKIA, 1 NEWS. MANCHESTER UNITED HAVE RETAINED SECOND PLACE IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE, BUT ONLY AFTER A MASSIVE FRIGHT AGAINST LOWLY CRYSTAL PALACE. SOMEHOW FINDING THEMSELVES DOWN 2-0, UNITED IN THE CURIOUS GREY COLOUR STRUCK BACK WITH TWO GOALS IN THE SECOND HALF, CHANCES OF A MASSIVE UPSET. OH, WHAT A GOAL! NEMANJA MATIC! HE'S WON IT FOR MANCHESTER UNITED WITH HIS FIRST GOAL FOR THE CLUB. THE SERB'S ONLY SCORED FOUR OTHERS IN OVER 150 GAMES IN ENGLAND FOR CHELSEA AND UNITED. THEY PLAY LIVERPOOL THIS WEEKEND, IN A CRUCIAL MATCH TO DECIDE THE TOP FOUR PLACES BEHIND MANCHESTER CITY. IT'S BEHIND MANCHESTER CITY WHO'LL BE SECOND IN LINE? SPURS AGAIN NO VESTED INTEREST THEN TONIGHT ON THE SHOW ` WE PAY A VISIT TO MARTA AND THE WALL SHE BUILT TO PROTECT HERSELF FROM CELL-PHONE TOWERS. I HATE IT. IT'S SCARY. DOES THE IRON FENCE ACTUALLY STOP THE RADIATION? WHY TAKING THE 'SHE'LL BE RIGHT' ATTITUDE WITH YOUR BUNDLES OF JOY ISN'T NECESSARILY THE RIGHT THING TO DO. PLUS, WE'RE AT THE AUCKLAND ART FESTIVAL WHERE WE'RE SHOWING YOU I'm hearing things that I can't remember the last time I heard. Healthy hearing is now more affordable with... Call us or visit... So, who wants Nova's great-value energy? Heaps of people. I knocked at Dr Knox and Jock the Lock's. Doc ` check. Jock ` check. Checked the Chuck's Charcoal Chicken? Uh, checked Chuck's Charcoal Chicken Tuesday. Chook ` check. BOTH: Choice. Hey, did you ring at Kings'? Uh, yep. Kings; Keatings; Kipling's Couplings; Werring's Herrings. Rang at Huang's? I rang Huang and the gang. Met Fang. (GROWLS, YAPS) Dang. Let's nip to Nick's Taranaki Knick-Knacks next. (KNOCKS) Knock-knock, Nick. No Nick? Ah! 'Back in a tick.' It's Greg Grover from Nova. CHUCKLES: Oh, don't start that all over. SOME CONTRASTING WEATHER FURTHER NORTH, GRAB YOUR RAINCOATS FURTHER SOUTH IT IS IMPROVING THAT LUMP OF COLOUR THERE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE MODERATE TO HIGH CHANCE OF DEVELOPING TO A CYCLONE THIS IS THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY KICKING THE BACK OF THE CLOUD WE'VE GOT A LOW FORMING HEADS UP FOR HASTINGS OF NAPIER THOSE ARE DRIFTING THEIR WAY EAST I'VE MENTIONED THE LOW, MUCH OF THE EAST, WATCH THE LOW FORMING THERE IT IS FORMING WATCH HOW THE COLOUR CHANGES THROUGH THE DAY IT'S THE DEEPENING LOW THAT SIGNIFICANT RAIN TURNING HEAVY WHEREAS DOWNSOUTH, THE CLOUDS BUILDING YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN ANBOUT THE COLOUR IT WILL BE A WET DAY IN MANY PLACES IT IS MORE THUNDERY FURTHER NORTH AND WEST A STRENGTHENING SOUTHEASTER AN IMPROVING DAY FOR SOUTH LITTLE TROUGH, SKINNY BLOKE HE JUST SLIDES A CROWD SKINNY BLOKE WE'LL START OFF OK, COOL AFIELD A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS INVERCARGILL EVERYWHERE IMPROVING GOODLOOKING DAY FOR THE WEST COAST FEW SPOTS OF RAIN MAY STILL KEEP SOME CLOUD ALL THE WAY UP TO KAIKOURA DIFFERENT STORY TO THE EAST SPELLS OF RAIN WORKING THEIR WAY BECOMING MORE PERSISTENT AND HEAVY PATCHY RAIN AND SHOWERS RAINCOAT DAY FOR SURE SOME OF IT TURNING HEAVY IN TARANAKI HERE IT IS MORE SHOWERY THUNDER PARTICULARLY IN NORTHLAND THORUGH WAIKATO CLOUD, OTHERWISE PRETTY GOOD WEEK TROUGH SLIDES THROUGH REVERSE FOR CHRISTCHURCH MORNING CLOUD ROLLS THROUGH THE BIG FOR WELLINGTON IS THE SOUTH EASTER NORTH THAN THAT, I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN RAINCOAT DAY SHOWERS HEAVY, PERHAPS THUNDERY BY END OF DAY SIMILAR FOR TAURANGA AND AUCKLAND WE GET TO THURSDAY - LOW IS STILL THERE FRIDAY IT IS THERE SI IS PRETTY GOOD CLEAR THAT AWAY