22,000 COWS TO BE CULLED ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PREVENT SPREADING OF A DEVASTATING CATTLE DISEASE. FORMER PORN STAR STORMY DANIELS REVEALS DETAILS ABOUT HER AFFAIR WITH DONALD TRUMP, AND WHY HE COMPARED HER TO HIS DAUGHTER. WHILE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET IS FALLING DEEPER INTO A HOLE OF SHAME BY THE MINUTE, WE LOOK BACK IN SPORTING HISTORY TO BRING YOU THE TOP CHEATS. CAPTIONS BY AMELIA RUSHBROOK AND CATHERINE DE CHALAIN CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. MORE THAN 22,000CATTLE WILL BE SLAUGHTERED IN A DRAMATIC MOVE TO STOP THE SPREAD OF A DEVASTATING COW DISEASE. THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES TODAY ANNOUNCED CATTLE FROM ALL 28 PROPERTIES INFECTED BY MYCOPLASMA BOVIS WILL BE CULLED. IT'S THE BIGGEST CULL OF ITS TYPE IN NZ HISTORY. LISA DAVIES HAS THE STORY. THE DECISION TO SLAUGHTER OVER 22,000 COWS HASN'T BEEN AN EASY ONE. THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT CULL. IT'S THE FIRST TIME IT'S HAPPENED IN NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURE. WE HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN. ITS HOPED THE CULL WILL COMPLETELY ERADICATE THE DISEASE MYCOPLASMA BOVIS. MPI SAYS IT'S BEEN LEFT WITH LITTLE CHOICE, AFTER 113,000 TESTS SHOWED THE DISEASE WASN'T WIDESPREAD YET. IT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED ANY EARLIER, AS WE NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND HOW WIDESPREAD THE DISEASE WAS. IF IT WAS ENDEMIC IN NEW ZEALAND, WE'D BE LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS. SIX INFECTED PROPERTIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN CLEARED OF NEARLY 5000 STOCK AFTER THE DISEASE WAS IDENTIFIED IN JULY LAST YEAR. AND ALL FARMERS ON THE 22 REMAINING PROPERTIES, MAINLY IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, WILL BE COMPENSATED. THEY ARE COMPENSATED FOR ANY VERIFIABLE LOSS AS A RESULT OF MPI EXERCISING POWERS, AND CLEARLY WE'RE USING BIOSECURITY ACT POWERS TO ORDER THE CULL OF THE ANIMALS. DAIRY NEW ZEALAND WAS QUICK TO VOICE ITS SUPPORT FOR THE DECISION TO CULL AND SAYS THAT IT GIVES CERTAINTY FOR DAIRY FARMERS. IT ALSO SAID IT'S EXTREMELY POSITIVE THE DISEASE WASN'T WIDESPREAD. BUT AGRICULTURE AND BIOSECURITY MINISTER DAMIEN O'CONNOR SAYS THE FINANCIAL DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. WELL, THE POTENTIAL COST TO THE INDUSTRY EITHER WAY ` THAT IS IN CONTROLLING THIS OR ERADICATING OR LEAVING IT GO IS IN THE HUNDRED OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO IS TRY AND PREVENT THIS HAPPENING AGAIN HE SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE A MAJOR SHAKE-UP WHEN IT COMES TO FARM BIOSECURITY, WITH FARMERS NEEDING TO KEEP BETTER RECORDS WHEN STOCK IS MOVED. THIS WILL BE A WAKE UP CALL FOR EVERYONE AT EVERY LEVEL IN THE DAIRY AND LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY. NOBODY WANTS TO SEE A CULL OF THIS SCALE HAPPEN AGAIN. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. 27,000 NURSES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY COULD GO ON STRIKE NEXT MONTH AFTER VOTING AGAINST A PAY RISE OFFER FROM DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS. THEY SAID NO TO A TWO PERCENT SALARY INCREASE AND A $1050 LUMP SUM PAYMENT. THE UNION REPRESENTING THE NURSES SAY THERE ARE PLENTY OF REASONS TO ASK FOR MORE THAN WHAT DHB'S HAVE OFFERED SO FAR. INADEQUATE LEVELS OF STAFFING, UNHEALTHY SHIFT ROSTERING, AND UNDERVALUATION OF NURSES' WORK. THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING TODAY FOR OUR MEMBERS HAVE ARISEN FROM A DECADE OF SEVERE UNDER-FUNDING OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM. CRICKET FANS AROUND THE WORLD ARE BAYING FOR BLOOD FOLLOWING THE BALL TAMPERING SCANDAL WHICH HAS ROCKED THE SPORT TO ITS VERY CORE. CRITICS ARE CALLING FOR NOT ONLY THE SACKING OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPTAIN AND VICE CAPTAIN BUT ALSO A NUMBER OF SENIOR PLAYERS. IT COMES AS CRICKET AUSTRALIA BOSS JAMES SUTHERLAND HEADS TO SOUTH AFRICA TO DEAL WITH THE FALLOUT. CHANNEL NINE'S MARK BURROWS HAS MORE. STEVE SMITH STRIPPED OF THE CAPTAINCY BY CRICKET AUSTRALIA FOR THE DAY, BANNED FROM PLAYING IN THE NEXT TEST BY THE ICC. THE CAPE TOWN COLISEUM THEN POUNDED IN WITH THEIR VERDICT. LISTEN TO THE CROWD. (CROWD BOOS) WITH BOOING THAT ECHOED AROUND THE WORLD. STEVE SMITH IS TRAPPED IN A CYCLONE OF CRITICISM, ALL HIS OWN DOING AND WITH NO WAY OF ESCAPE. CAPTAIN SMITH, VICE CAPTAIN DAVID WARNER, THE TEAM'S MOST SENIOR PLAYERS WERE BOTH STOOD DOWN FROM THEIR LEADERSHIP ROLES ` ROLES THEY MAY NEVER HOLD AGAIN. IS STEVE SMITH'S POSITION TENABLE ANY MORE? AS CAPTAIN? PROBABLY NOT. AND HANGING IN THE BALANCE, CAMERON BANCROFT, THE EIGHT-MATCH NEWCOMER WHO ADMITTED TO BALL-TAMPERING WITH SOME IMPROVISED SANDPAPER THEN CAUGHT TRYING TO TROUSER THE EVIDENCE. FOR NOW STEVE SMITH REMAINS IN CAPE TOWN. CRICKET AUSTRALIA OFFICIALS HAVE ARRIVED TO INTERVIEW ALL THOSE INVOLVED, AND THEY WILL BE THE ONES WHO DETERMINE THE LONG-TERM PLAYING FUTURES OF BOTH SMITH AND WARNER. WHILE SMITH FESSED UP TO HATCHING A BALL-TAMPERING PLAN, QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT HIS LEADERSHIP ON THE DAY. AT THE START OF YESTERDAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE, IT WAS SMITH WHO PUSHED BANCROFT TO TALK FIRST. YOU WANNA EXPLAIN? AND WHEN HE DID SPEAK, SMITH SAID THE BALL-TAMPERING WAS THE DECISION OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES MITCHELL STARC, NATHAN LYON AND JOSH HAZLEWOOD. BUT ALL THREE ARE SAYING PRIVATELY THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. STEVE SMITH SAID IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THERE HAD BEEN A BALL-TAMPERING PLAN TO ACHIEVE REVERSE SWING. IN NEW ZEALAND, ENGLISH BOWLER STUART BROAD SEEMED TO QUESTION THAT, HINTING AUSTRALIA MAY HAVE BEEN GUILTY OF BALL-TAMPERING DURING THE RECENT ASHES SERIES. LOOK AT THE ASHES SERIES THAT WE'VE JUST PLAYED. YOU LOOK THROUGH VIRTUALLY ALL OF THOSE TEST MATCHES AND THEY REVERSE-SWING THE BALL IN SOMETIMES CONDITIONS THAT YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT THE BALL TO REVERSE. DOING THE ROUNDS OF SOCIAL MEDIA, A SHOT OF CAMERON BANCROFT SPOONING SUGAR INTO HIS POCKET BEFORE THE FIFTH TEST. THE IMPLICATION ` SUGAR COULD BE USED TO SCUFF UP THE BALL. AT THE TIME IT WAS EXPLAINED AWAY AS BANCROFT USING SUGAR FOR AN ENERGY BOOST. OVER THE NEWLANDS STADIUM TODAY, THE AUSSIE FLAG FLYING HIGH ` BUT NOT SO PROUD. A PORN STAR HAS GONE PUBLIC WITH DAMAGING CLAIMS ABOUT AN ALLEGED AFFAIR WITH DONALD TRUMP. STORMY DANIELS SAYS SHE WAS PHYSICALLY THREATENED WHEN SHE FIRST TRIED TO TALK ABOUT THE ENCOUNTER. CHANNEL NINE'S CHARLES CROUCHER REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON. GOING PUBLIC IN PRIME TIME. AND YOU HAD SEX WITH HIM? YES. STEPHANIE CLIFFORD, BETTER KNOWN AS ADULT FILM STAR STORMY DANIELS, BREAKING HER SILENCE ON THE AFFAIR SHE SAID SHE HAD WITH DONALD TRUMP. THE DETAILS SOMETIMES SORDID... YOU TOLD DONALD TRUMP TO TURN AROUND AND TAKE OFF HIS PANTS. YES. SO HE TURNED AROUND AND PULLED HIS PANTS DOWN. HE HAD UNDERWEAR ON AND STUFF, AND I JUST GAVE HIM A COUPLE OF SWATS. SOMETIMES STRANGE... HE WAS LIKE, 'WOW, YOU` YOU ARE SPECIAL. 'YOU REMIND ME OF MY DAUGHTER.' YOU KNOW, HE'S LIKE, 'YOU'RE SMART, BEAUTIFUL, 'AND A WOMAN TO BE RECKONED WITH.' 'I LIKE YOU. I LIKE YOU.' BUT SO FAR, SILENCE FROM THE PRESIDENT. HEY! ARE YOU GONNA WATCH 60 MINUTES? MS DANIELS WAS 27 AND DONALD TRUMP 60 WHEN SHE SAYS THE CONSENSUAL RELATIONSHIP OCCURRED IN 2006. FIVE YEARS LATER, MS DANIELS ALLEGES SHE WAS THREATENED AFTER ACCEPTING AN OFFER TO TELL HER STORY. A GUY WALKED UP ON ME AND SAID TO ME, 'LEAVE TRUMP ALONE, 'FORGET THIS STORY.' AND THEN HE LEANED AROUND AND LOOKED AT MY DAUGHTER AND SAID, 'A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL.' 'IT'D BE A SHAME IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HER MOM.' AND THEN HE WAS GONE. WHEN THE PRESIDENT RETURNED TO THE WHITE HOUSE THIS EVENING, HE RETURNED ALONE. THE FIRST LADY REMAINED IN FLORIDA. THE SCRUTINY ON AMERICA'S MOST SCRUTINISED COUPLE IS INTENSIFYING AND THERE'S LIKELY MORE TO COME. DESPITE A $130,000 NON-DISCLOSURE CONTRACT, STORMY DANIELS' ATTORNEY SAYS SHE HAS PROOF OF THE AFFAIR. THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOW CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION. IT IS THUGGISH BEHAVIOUR FROM PEOPLE IN POWER AND IT HAS NO PLACE IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. THE PRESIDENT WATCHES 60 MINUTES. IF HE'S WATCHING TONIGHT, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO HIM? HE KNOWS I'M TELLING THE TRUTH. BACK HERE, THE CROWN HAS BEEN ORDERED TO PAY $90,000 TO KIM DOTCOM. THE HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL'S RULED THE FORMER INTERNET MOGUL HAD HIS PRIVACY BREACHED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN 2015. DOTCOM HAD REQUESTED ALL HIS PERSONAL INFORMATION HELD BY THE GOVERNMENT BUT WAS DENIED, SOMETHING THE TRIBUNAL FOUND WAS 'UNLAWFUL'. KIM DOTCOM WAS AWARDED DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BENEFIT AND LOSS OF DIGNITY. DRAMATIC NEW PICTURES OF A ROAD COLLAPSING INTO A TORRENT OF WATER HAVE EMERGED DAYS AFTER THE WASHOUT CUT OFF ACCESS TO THE FAR NORTH. THE FIRST CONVOY OF TRAPPED RESIDENTS WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE TODAY, BUT THERE ARE STILL THOUSANDS ISOLATED. HELEN CASTLES REPORTS FROM PUKENUI, 40KM NORTH OF KAITAIA. STEP BACK! LOCALS TAKE A CASUAL LOOK AT THE ENORMOUS HOLE OPENING UP BEFORE THEM. MOVE BACK! THE WARNING COMES JUST IN TIME. AS THIS MAN STROLLS FROM THE EDGE, THE GROUND FALLS AWAY IN LARGE CHUNKS, SWALLOWED BY THE RAGING TORRENT. THAT MUST BE THE NEW NORTH ISLAND! ENORMOUS TREES ` 20M-HIGH TREES JUST RIPPING AND ROLLING AND PULLING EVERYTHING ELSE FROM` ALL THE BANKS ARE BEING PULLED IN. AND TURBULENT WATERS COMING UP OVER THE SIDE, UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU'D SEEN BEFORE. THOSE NORTH OF THE WASH-OUT HAVE BEEN CUT OFF SINCE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BUT THIS MORNING A POLICE-ESCORTED CONVOY TOOK 25 VEHICLES THROUGH THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE ROUTE ` A PRIVATE FORESTRY ROAD. THE ROAD UP THROUGH THE FOREST IS PRETTY BAD, AND THEY'RE ONLY OPENING IT FOR AN HOUR OR SO IN THE MORNINGS AND THEN AN HOUR IN THE EVENINGS. PRINCIPAL CAROLYN SMITH IS TRYING TO GET TO SCHOOL. I WENT ON THE ROAD YESTERDAY, AND IT'S PRETTY BAD. AND A LOT OF THE PARENTS MIGHT NOT HAVE A FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE, SO IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED, I DON'T THINK. THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IS ADVISING STUDENTS AFFECTED BY THE SLIP TO STAY HOME, BUT STARH POUTAI IS DETERMINED. IT'S AN IMPORTANT DAY TODAY AND TOMORROW BECAUSE SOME SCIENTISTS FROM AUCKLAND MUSEUM AND AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE COMING UP TO DO A BIOBLITZ, AND OUR SCHOOL'S A PART OF IT. THIS CONVENIENCE STORE IS THE ONLY SHOP FOR MILES. AND WITH STOCKS RUNNING LOW, TODAY CIVIL DEFENCE ARRANGED FOR A SPECIAL DELIVERY OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND FOOD. THE ROAD'S EXPECTED TO STAY CLOSED FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF DAYS. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS A SHOPPING CENTRE FIRE WITH A HORRENDOUS DEATH TOLL IN RUSSIA. 70 PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING WHY IS WEIGHT WATCHERS IN THE FIRING LINE OVER ITS LATEST OFFER OF FREE MEMBERSHIP? THE DEATH TOLL HAS CLIMBED TO 53 AFTER A BLAZE AT A SHOPPING CENTRE IN THE SIBERIAN TOWN OF KEMEROVO. A GRISLY SEARCH CONTINUES FOR ABOUT 70 PEOPLE STILL MISSING, INCLUDING 40 CHILDREN. PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. FLAMES RIPPING THROUGH THE ROOF OF THE WINTER CHERRY SHOPPING CENTRE. OUTSIDE IT WAS SNOWING AS MORE THAN 250 FIREFIGHTERS RUSH TO THE SCENE; PANICKED SHOPPERS FLEEING THE MALL. IT WOULD BE A HIGH-RISE, HIGH-RISK RESCUE. WE ARE TAKING ALL NECESSARY MEASURES TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE SHOPPING CENTRE HAS A VERY COMPLEX CONSTRUCTION. THERE ARE LOTS OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS. MANY TRAPPED INSIDE RESORTED TO JUMPING IN ORDER TO SAVE THEMSELVES. THE BLAZE IS THOUGHT TO HAVE STARTED AROUND 4 IN THE AFTERNOON ON THE FOURTH FLOOR ` THE MALL'S ENTERTAINMENT HUB AS WELL AS A CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA. INVESTIGATORS SAY IT ORIGINATED IN A HALLWAY OUTSIDE ONE OF THE CENTRE'S CINEMAS, CAUSING THE ROOF TO COLLAPSE IN TWO OF THE THEATRES. AUTHORITIES SAY 13 BODIES WERE RECOVERED FROM ONE CINEMA ALONE. DOZENS WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL SUFFERING BURNS AND CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE ARE IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. MANY MORE ARE STILL MISSING, INCLUDING NUMEROUS CHILDREN. SPECIALIST TEAMS FROM AROUND SIBERIA HAVE BEEN MOBILISED TO HELP IN THE ONGOING SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION. WE DECIDED TO SEND A GROUP OF 40 RESCUERS FOR CUTTING REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES. NEARLY THREE-QUARTERS OF THE 1500M2 COMPLEX IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. AS WELL AS CINEMAS AND SHOPS, THE MALL CONTAINS A BOWLING ALLEY, SAUNA AND A CHILDREN'S ZOO. OFFICIALS SAY THE SHOPPING CENTRE WAS PACKED AT THE TIME, BUT NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE INSIDE WHEN THE BLAZE TOOK HOLD. PAUL HOBBS, 1 NEWS IF YOU LIVE IN CHRISTCHURCH AND YOUR WATER'S STARTED TO TASTE A BIT FUNNY IT MIGHT BE THE CHLORINE THAT'S BEING ADDED TO YOUR DRINKING WATER FROM TODAY. THE CONTROVERSIAL DECISION WAS MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL EARLY THIS YEAR AFTER DISCOVERING WELL HEADS AROUND CHRISTCHURCH WERE NOT PROPERLY SEALED, POSING A RISK OF CONTAMINATION. CHLORINATION IS LIKELY TO BE IN PLACE FOR UP TO A YEAR. WEIGHT WATCHERS IS ONE OF THE MOST WELL-KNOWN DIET PROGRAMS IN THE WORLD, BUT A NEW PROMOTION HAS BACKFIRED. WEIGHT WATCHERS IS LOOKING TO OFFER FREE MEMBERSHIP TO TEENAGERS. IT SAYS IT'S TRYING TO PROMOTE HEALTH, NOT DIETING. BUT CRITICS HERE FEAR IT'LL DAMAGE ALREADY VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE. ARRUN SOMA HAS THE STORY. RILEY HEMSON BATTLED HER BODY AS A TEENAGER. I HATED WHAT I LOOKED LIKE, AND I WANTED TO LOSE THE WEIGHT SO THAT I WOULD LOVE WHAT I LOOKED LIKE. NOW THE 22-YEAR-OLD'S FAMOUS ON INSTAGRAM FOR PROMOTING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, AND SHE QUESTIONS WHETHER WEIGHT WATCHERS SHOULD TARGET TEENS. I JUST THINK THAT IF ANYTHING IS GOING TO BE BASED ON WEIGHT, IT'S A NO-NO FROM ME. THE NEW PROGRAMME FOR TEENAGERS STARTS MID-YEAR. 13- TO 17-YEAR-OLDS WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN FOR FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME BUT WILL NEED PARENTAL CONSENT. THE MOVE'S PROMPTED A BACKLASH OVERSEAS, CREATING THE HASHTAG 'WAKE UP WEIGHT WATCHERS'. IT SEEMS LIKE A TOTALLY UNETHICAL BUSINESS TO THEN EXTEND THAT TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY VULNERABLE IN TERMS OF THEIR BODY IMAGE. WHILE DIETING AND EATING DISORDERS SHOULDN'T BE CONFUSED, THOSE WORKING IN THE FIELD SAY THE PROGRAMME POSES A THREAT. EXPERTS TELL US THAT EATING DISORDERS ARE OFTEN PRECIPITATED BY A PERIOD OF RESTRICTION. WE'VE REPEATEDLY OFFERED WEIGHT WATCHERS A CHANCE TO ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC CONCERNS RAISED IN THIS STORY, BUT NO ONE FROM THE COMPANY WOULD FRONT FOR AN INTERVIEW. BUT IN A STATEMENT, IT SAID ` THIS MOVE BY WEIGHT WATCHERS IS THE CIGARETTE INDUSTRY PROVIDING CIGARETTES TO YOUNG PEOPLE. WEIGHT WATCHERS SAYS IT'S TRYING TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON A PROBLEM THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY BEING ADDRESSED. BUT RILEY HEMSON HAS A SIMPLE MESSAGE ` JUST STEP OFF THE SCALES AND FIND A HEALTHY BALANCE. ARRUN SOMA, 1 NEWS THE BLACKCAPS HAVE CLAIMED A HISTORIC PINK BALL TEST WIN OVER ENGLAND TONIGHT, WINNING BY AN INNINGS AND 49 RUNS AT EDEN PARK. NZ NEEDED THREE WICKETS IN THE FINAL SESSION TODAY AND GOT THE VISITORS OUT WITH PLENTY OF OVERS TO SPARE. COULD BE IN ` IT'S OUT! THAT'S IT. ANDERSON'S HIT IT TO MID-OFF. HE TAKES THE CATCH. ASTLE GETS THE WICKET. IT'S ONLY THE 10TH EVER TEST WIN OVER ENGLAND AND THE BLACK CAPS WILL WANT TO HOLD ON TO THAT WINNING FEELING. ENGLAND WILL BE LOOKING TO SQUARE OFF THE TWO-TEST SERIES WHEN IT STARTS ON FRIDAY AT CHRISTCHURCH'S HAGLEY OVAL. THE LOCATION OF THE 2021 AMERICA'S CUP IN AUCKLAND HAS BEEN AGREED UPON BY TEAM NEW ZEALAND, AUCKLAND COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT TONIGHT. THE PLAN WILL SEE AN EXTENSION OF HOBSON WHARF AND UP TO FIVE BASES WILL BE LOCATED ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF WYNYARD POINT. IT WILL COST ABOUT $212M TO BUILD THE BASES AND THE COSTS WILL BE SHARED BETWEEN AUCKLAND COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT. GLOBAL POP STAR ED SHEERAN'S ARRIVAL IN AUCKLAND HASN'T EXACTLY BEEN GREAT FOR THE WARRIORS. WAIT FOR THE CONNECTION ` THE SINGING SUPERSTAR'S PERFORMING AT THE NRL CLUB'S HOME STADIUM, MT SMART, WHICH IS USUALLY WHERE THE CLUB KEEPS ITS PLAYING GEAR SAFE ` EXCEPT LAST NIGHT. MATT MANUKIA EXPLAINS. WARRIORS VEHICLES STUCK OUTSIDE MT SMART STADIUM NOT REALLY AN ISSUE TODAY, BUT IT WAS LAST NIGHT AFTER THE TEAM RETURNED FROM CANBERRA. WE WOULD USUALLY BRING ALL THE EQUIPMENT BACK TO THE STADIUM, BUT GIVEN THE ED SHEERAN CONCERT, SECURITY DIDN'T ALLOW US TO DO THAT. SHAUN JOHNSON WAS AT THE CONCERT BUT HAD NO IDEA THE UNMARKED GEAR VAN WAS BLOCKED FROM COMING IN AND THEREFORE HAD TO BE PARKED AT A MANAGER'S HOUSE IN TORBAY. THE GEAR VAN WAS BROKEN INTO, AND AS A RESULT, A LOT OF OUR GEAR GOT TAKEN, AND WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH WHAT'S MISSING. PART OF THAT STUFF ` ALL 17 JERSEYS WORN IN SATURDAY'S HISTORIC WIN OVER THE RAIDERS. THIS IS ALL THAT'S LEFT OF THE CLUB'S AWAY STRIP ` THE SEVEN SPARES THAT DIDN'T TRAVEL TO CANBERRA. THE CLUB'S URGENTLY SEEKING REPLACEMENTS FROM SPONSORS, CANTERBURY, FOR SATURDAY'S AWAY GAME AGAINST THE ROOSTERS, OTHERWISE THEY'LL HAVE TO SEEK SPECIAL PERMISSION FROM THE NRL TO PLAY IN THEIR BLACK HOME STRIP. ALSO TAKEN WERE GPS UNITS WHICH MONITOR PLAYERS IN GAMES AND TRAINING. REPLACEMENTS HAVE TO COME FROM OVERSEAS. FOR US IT'S PROBABLY GOING BACK TO A BIT OF OLD-SCHOOL COACHING METHODS. RATHER THAN LOOKING AT THE DATA, JUST GO WITH YOUR GUT FEELING TO SEE WHETHER THE PLAYERS NEED A BREAK OR NOT. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. JUST FOUR MONTHS AFTER THEY RECOVERED A JERSEY TAKEN FROM WINGER CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD'S STOLEN CAR. IF ANYONE SEES ANY OF OUR GEAR FLOATING AROUND, WE JUST WANT IT BACK, AND WE'LL MOVE ON. EYES PEELED FOR A SPECIAL JERSEY THE WARRIORS HOPE WILL BE PART OF MORE HISTORY LATER THIS YEAR. MATT MANUKIA, 1 NEWS. SO MUCH WEATHER YOU'LL NEED A SIT DOWN. AND A BIT OF YELLOW TAPE HAS DEMONISED THE AUSTRALIA CRICKETERS WE LOOK AT A HISTORY OF CHEATS. IT'S SAFE TO SAY IT'S NOT A GREAT WEEK TO BE CRICKET AUSTRALIA. NOT ONLY DID THEY CHEAT, THEY GOT CAUGHT CHEATING, AND WHEN YOU REALLY BREAK IT DOWN, THEIR CHEATING EVEN STRUGGLES TO STACK UP AGAINST CHEATING'S BIGGEST CHEATS. LISETTE REYMER WITH THIS. SPY-GATE, DEFLATE-GATE, HAND-GATE AND RUSSIA-, UM, GATE. CHEATING AND SPORT GO TOGETHER LIKE 'PERFORMANCE' AND 'ENHANCING'. DID YOU EVER TAKE BANNED SUBSTANCES? YES. THE CHEATING GAME WHEN SHE WON THE BOSTON MARATHON AND MADE IT LOOK EASY. IN FACT THE LACK OF SWEAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE GIVEAWAY. YOUR IMPROVEMENT IN TIME IS IMPOSSIBLE. THE TRICK? DON'T RUN THE WHOLE THING. TAP OUT HALFWAY, TAKE THE SUBWAY AND REAPPEAR HALF A MILE FROM THE FINISH. THAT MAY BE A NEW AMERICAN RECORD. IF YOU THINK THAT'S A PRANK, HARLEQUINS RUGBY PLAYER TOM WILLIAMS ACTUALLY WENT TO A JOKE SHOP TO PULL OFF THIS 2009 FAKE BLOOD FIASCO. WHO PUNCHED TOM WILLIAMS IN THE MOUTH? TURNS OUT NO ONE. HE USED A BLOOD CAPSULE TO FAKE THE INJURY SO HIS TEAM COULD HAVE AN EXTRA SUBSTITUTION. ON FIRST ATTEMPT THE BLOOD CAPSULE FELL FROM MY MOUTH. WHILE SOME FAKE INJURIES, THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS WERE PAYING THEIR PLAYERS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO INFLICT THEM. EVEN THE LITTLE LEAGUERS CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES. THIS FILIPINO TEAM WON THE 1992 CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A TEAM OF OVER-AGE PLAYERS, WHILE THIS CHINESE GYMNAST, WHO WAS ONCE A 16-YEAR-OLD OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALLIST, WAS ACTUALLY 14 AND IS NO LONGER A BRONZE MEDALLIST. A VERY MEASURED SWING. BUT AMONG ALL CHEATS, THIS TEAM STAND OUT. LABELLED THE MOST UNSPORTING TEAM IN HISTORY. 10 FIT, HEALTHY, NON-HANDICAPPED SPANISH BASKETBALLERS WHO SPENT WEEKS FEIGNING STUPIDITY AS THEY COMPLETELY OBLITERATED THEIR OPPOSITION AT THE 'SPECIAL OLYMPICS'. SERIOUSLY. WHY?! BUT IN A WORLD WHERE THESE SPORTING SCANDALS ARE WORTHY OF OSCAR-WINNING FILM PLOTS... WHAT KIND OF FRIGGIN' PERSON BASHES IN THEIR FRIEND'S KNEE? IT KINDA DOES MAKES YOU WONDER, IF YOU'RE GONNA CHEAT ` AND LET'S BE CLEAR, IT'S ILL-ADVISED ` MAYBE TRY COME UP WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE EXCITING THAN PUTTING YELLOW SANDPAPER DOWN YOUR PANTS. LISETTE REYMER, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH USHER. (USHER'S 'U REMIND ME' PLAYS) THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING ` GOODNIGHT.