A cold south-west flow continued to push showers over northern and western districts today, and gusts over around 100km/h blasted parts of Stewart Island and Cape Reina. A deep low is rearing up out of the Southern Ocean this evening. And later in the news hour, I'll tell you where you'll be rugging up again against icy gales and snow flurries. Right now, it's 6 o'clock. Due to the live nature of ONE News we apologise for the lack of captions for some items. This is ONE News, with Simon Dallow and Wendy Petrie. An eviction threatens to turn nasty tonight as the shifters move in ` will Housing NZ need to use force to get tenants out? The messages the ACC Minister's getting on another mistake ` an update on the ONE News exclusive. The boasting of the Butcher of Bosnia ` his reaction as the war crimes tribunal hears evidence of his killing spree. And take note mums and dads ` how your helping hands could detect if your baby has autism. We begin tonight with people being forced from their homes, but not going easily. Today's the deadline for 131 Housing NZ tenants to move out of a Wellington apartment building. At the same time, people close to the capital's airport were finding out when time's up on their homes. We've that story shortly. But first Rebecca Edwards joins us with the latest on the central-city dispute. Rebecca. IT'S BEEN AN EMOTIONAL WEEK FOR THE TENANTS EARLY TODAY, 3 PEOPLE WERE REFUSING TO MOVE BUT TWO HAVE NOW ACCEPTED ALTERNATIVAE ACCOMMODATION With the deadline to leave today, the stress is beginning to take its toll. I've only just this minute found out, and apparently they're moving me at 9 o'clock. I've just gotten a phone call to say that the place they said I could have I can't have, and they're now trying to send me to the outskirts of Wellington. Housing NZ gave them seven days notices to leave after an engineer's report found the building's concrete facades require urgent repair. But the corporation now admits it can't meet its own deadline. Fewer than a quarter of building's 131 residents have moved. We're moving as fast as we can. We're hampered a bit by the site itself ` slow lifts, difficult access ` but we've started on a roll now. But one tenant is refusing to go. I think, if regardless of whether people try to barricade themselves in or not, I think the plan is for everyone to be gone. Legally, the tenancy ends, and so we will face that situation if and when it arises at the end. < But there is the potential that they may need to be physically removed < if they don't move themselves? That's right. Housing NZ has been under fire over the speed of the departure. It's promised to find everyone a new home, but not all will be where they want to live. They told me I have to go to Karori, and I broke down in tears and I said, 'No, I'm not going. I want city central.' For others, though, the move is being welcomed. It's a safety issue, eh. People can get upset, but they'll be more upset if something happens to them, and Housing NZ are only trying their best. Housing NZ hopes the remaining tenants will reach the same conclusion. OK, Rebecca, what happens if this tenant refuses to budge? THE TENANCY WOULD HAVE ENDED, SO THEY'D BE BREAKING THE LAW Rebecca Edwards reporting from Wellington. People in 25 houses near Wellington Airport will soon be shifted. They're among many more affected by plans to protect homes from the harsh noise of planes. Daniel Faitaua explains. For more than half a century, this home's been owned by the Parbhu's family. Been brought up here all my years, you know? All my kids, grandkids. Now they've been given six months' notice to live elsewhere. Big surprise when I got the letter yesterday. You know, bit upsetting at the moment. And this is why. The airport company says it wants to relocate 44 houses along Bridge St. A further 700 homes on the other side of the runway are to be assessed over the next two years for insulation or relocation. This study isn't anything to do with the expansion of the airport. This study is looking at managing noise that we're allowed to generate within permitted limits. That limit is 65 decibels over a 90-day period. To put it in perspective, the noise level from a baby crying is around 110 decibels; a chainsaw is 125. When it comes to an aircraft, the noise level you're exposed to can reach up to around 140 decibels. Doesn't worry me. 13 years I've lived here and you get used to it. It's like living next to a railway station. The house he rents is owned by the Airport Company. Dave is reluctant to go. Why not leave the houses here unless they're falling down and let us stay in here and pay revenue? It's revenue to them and it's handy for us. But the airport says it's a health and safety issue, and the first houses will be removed in a few weeks' time. Daniel Faitaua, ONE News. There's new backing for an end to the demolition of Christchurch Cathedral, despite the Government and church ruling out a last-minute reprieve. It's come from the city council, after the latest call for more consultation. I'm deeply pleased the people of Christchurch can now see that their elected representatives, the great majority of them, support a pause of the demolition of the cathedral. The council says it'll write to the Anglican diocese, CERA and the Government. More pressure's going on ACC after ONE News revelations of the latest privacy breach. The corporation's boss is the prime target because of how he reacted when confronted on client details going to the wrong people. Simon Bradwell with developments. ACC clients took to website forums to vent their anger at news the corporation has committed another email error. In particular, it's this admission by ACC boss Ralph Stewart that's hit a raw nerve. Would you have ever gone public on this and acknowledged it > if we hadn't come to you and asked the question? > No. ACC was in the process of contacting clients directly affected by the breach. But it had no plans to publically acknowledge that 118 overdue accounts were mixed up and sent to other clients by mistake. They have something of a sick culture in that he was prepared to admit that he wouldn't have gone public and told the country that they'd made another mistake if the media hadn't exposed it. Exposed by ONE News after we obtained an email Ralph Stewart sent to staff, blaming human error for the blunder. I don't blame NZers for being very concerned that this agency is failing them. They need to hold both the chair and the minister responsible for this. ACC says it processed 130,000 claims in April alone and it's that sheer volume of correspondence which is affecting their target of total privacy security. We are working actively towards it, very actively in fact, and I believe we are going to get there. Sadly, this is a bump in the road. The Privacy Commissioner told ONE News that bosses here at ACC told her about privacy breach soon after it was discovered, and believes that action is being taken to fix the problem. ACC minister Judith Collins isn't commenting on the breach. She says ACC's already under investigation. Simon Bradwell, ONE News. Police want to hear from anyone who saw anything suspicious after an elderly man was found dead in a Wanganui home. Residents have told ONE News police were alerted this morning after a neighbour noticed the front door left wide open. The house has been cordoned off while the scene's examined. And a teenager's admitted murdering retired Opotiki school teacher John Rowe four days before she was set for a retrial. Lori-lea Waiora Te Wini was 14 when she and cousin Courtney Churchwood killed the 79-year-old in 2008. They beat him with his walking stick as he lay in bed. Te Wini will be sentenced in July. An expert's told a High Court murder trial that a 10-year-old orphan's injuries can be put down to complications with HIV. George Gwaze is on trial for killing and sexually violating his Zimbabwean niece. Joy Reid was in court. In a rare move, the Crown case against George Gwaze has been interrupted to allow defence witness Professor Sebastian Lucas to share his opinion on how Charlene Makaza died. The evidence you give shall be the truth... The British HIV expert has studied more than 1000 HIV victims' tissue samples. He also examined Charlene's. That's actually Charlene's lung. He says her lungs show the most severe case of HIV infestation he's ever seen. This lung disease as we see in Charlene, per say, of itself could be sufficient to cause death. He says HIV was littered throughout some of her other organs, and he believes Charlene's injuries to her bottom and genital area can also be explained by HIV. Everything is medically explicable on the basis of chronic overwhemling untreated HIV disease. In cross-examination, the professor conceded that he could not rule out sexual abuse, as he isn't a sexual abuse expert. Do you accept, then, that it might be blunt force trauma? Yes, I never said otherwise. Earlier in the day, in another rare move, the Crown's HIV expert from South Africa was re-called to clarify confusing evidence she gave the court. Yesterday, Professor Lorna Martin said she had seen the same injuries Charlene Makaza on a dead child in South Africa that were caused by HIV. Today she apologised for unintentionally misleading the court and corrected herself. No, I have never seen injuries like this that are due to HIV. The jury will have to decide whether Charlene Makaza died of or with HIV when they retire in week or so. Joy Reid, ONE News. The woman charged in the case of the 'accidental millionaires' told police her partner acted strangely and was yahooing after he found $10m in his Westpac account. A video of Kara Hurring's police interview's been shown in court in Rotorua. She's denying 30 charges of theft, money laundering and dishonesty. Ruth Wynn-Williams has the latest. I'm a bit upset about that bit, actually. Kara Hurring breaks her composure in a police interview, arrested after two years on the run. He didn't want me to go with him. I wasn't allowed to go with him and stuff, and I just kept on begging to go with him. Her partner, Leo Gao, left for China, little more than a week after a Westpac banking mistake saw a $10m overdraft loaded onto the account for his business, this BP petrol station in Rotorua. Hurring tells police about the moment an excited Gao found the money in his account in April 2009. Yeah, he was still acting really weird saying things like he'd won Lotto. But she says she didn't know Leo Gao had received the money in error until long after it had happened, when he'd finally allowed her to join him in China. Hurring refused to answer when police asked her about four days she'd spent in Auckland before she travelled to China. It's alleged she was spending thousands of dollars of stolen money that had been transferred into one of Gao's personal accounts. Police also asked her whether she had been involved in gambling in Macau. To that she said, 'No comment.' The court heard that while Leo Gao locked up his business and the couple travelled to China one way, Kara Hurring claimed it was meant to be a short trip. I thought I was coming back. I wouldn't go and park the ute at the bloody airport if I wasn't coming back. In court, Hurring offered no comment again and despite facing 30 charges, her defence called no witnesses. But the prosecution dismissed the 33-year-old's evidence. Her claim to the police is manifestly and patently untrue. The jury will retire to decide whether it believes her tomorrow. Ruth Wynn-Williams, ONE News. It's something else. Sketchers in America has been ordered to pay more than $65m because the shoe's health benefits were exaggerated. The Shape-ups were advertised as being able to tone muscles, increase weight loss and improve cardiovascular health. The Commerce Commission says it hasn't yet investigated if customers in NZ have been misled. A simple test you can perform on your baby could help in the battle against autism. Early detection's crucial for the development disorder, and now there's a way to find out when they're as young as six months. ABC's Richard Besser explains. Babies can tell you a lot without speaking a word. Benjamin's 6 months old. I'm going to do the head-lag test. Watch his head as I pull his arms up. It comes right up with his body. That's normal for his age. I want you to pull yourself up. But this is head-lag. Here we go. And today the startling news ` at 6 months, it could be the earliest possible sign of autism. That's Ben Chasen in research video. Look again. See how his head stays back? Paediatricians have known head-lag like this can be a sign of developmental delays. But today's study is the first to connect it to autism. Dr Rebecca Lander tested a group of babies who had an autistic sibling ` babies at high risk. 75% of babies with head-lag ` like Ben ` ended up diagnosed with autism at age 2. And without that clue, Ben's parents would never have suspected it. I would have told you going into that day that everything was normal. When we see those kinds of indicators that development is disrupted so early in life, we really have a huge advantage to help children's brain connect themselves in a healthier fashion. Families can start therapy sooner. That's what happened with Ben, with intensive speech and occupational therapy. Here he is today. I'm going to blow your house down. I have a very loud, boisterous, wonderful 3�-year-old son. Ben is now considered only border-line delayed. It says, 'Yellow flowers.' An amazing glimpse of what early intervention can do, beginning with a simple test. An estimated 40,000 NZers are thought to be affected by autism, including many undiagnosed adults. Still to come on one news ` Ministry of Foreign Affairs cuts back on its cut backs. Evidence tonight in the trial of Bosnian-Serb Ratko Mladic is expected to add to the trauma victims of his alleged atrocities have already suffered. Find out how this paralysed woman controls a robot with her thoughts. And meet the Happy Feet sequel, Katrina. Just how lost did this Fiordland bird get? Then at 7, do you have an appetite for destruction? The Kiwi adventure business letting you play with some big boys toys. Big job cuts were promised to help make big savings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. But it seems the ministry's bowed to unprecedented diplomatic pressure, confirming that fewer than 100 people are being laid off. Political reporter Jessica Mutch questioned the head of MFAT about the turnaround. A diplomatic back-down after a backlash from staff. 80 people are losing their jobs. There's more staff cuts to come. We're not celebrating today. 79 jobs are set to go from MFAT. That includes 56 corporate or administration staff and 23 foreign policy staff. That's a third of the original job cuts. This is how it played out. In February, MFAT announced a restructure, saying 304 jobs were set to go. At the beginning of the month, a cabinet document leaked to Labour's Phil Goff showed 146 jobs would be cut. Today we got the final figure. No, I don't believe it's been a major backtrack at all. The purpose of this process is to get feedback. MFAT's CEO, John Allen, also won't concede it's been handled badly. I think the process has gone very well. I think there has been some noise around it, and there has obviously been some intensity around it. No, I disagree with that. I think the process has been a really difficult one. It's been shambolic at times, and the saving grace of late is that John and his team have remembered they can talk to staff. Warren Fraser works at MFAT and represents some of the staff. Staff morale is very low. We've already lost through the process some experienced and skilled people. These job cuts, along with other changes like embassy closures, are all about saving $24m over the next 12 months. But Labour says that comes at a price. Amongst those 79 are some of the most valuable diplomats we've got doing our trade deals and making sure that our exports can get to the right places. Those deals will now have to be done with fewer staff. Jessica Mutch, ONE News. The British trial of the man charged with murdering kiwi Emily Longley is drawing to a close, with the prosecution and defence summing up their cases. Elliot Turner's accused of strangling his girlfriend (17) last year, but the defence says there's no clear cause of death. Europe correspondent Garth Bray reports from Winchester. After 16 days of evidence, Emily Longley's father, mother, sister and friends came to court with a host of others to hear the prosecutor offer a pithy summary of Elliot Turner. Turner's parents are defending charges for allegedly destroying evidence and interfering with the crime scene. Mr Mousely says the father... All along, the prosecutor has been using the defendants' own voices to help make his case and today, to close that case, he used a nine-minute excerpt of the police covert surveillance tape. As it played and the jury listened, one of them glanced at the dock, only Leigh Turner glanced back; his wife, Anita Turner, had her head back, eyes shut, and their son, Elliot Turner, was facing the floor. Both sides question Elliot Turner's truthfulness. The prosecution says he's inconsistent. His own defence counsel called Turner... On the basis, Anthony Donne argued the covert tapes need to be read not as a private and accurate confession, but... The pathologist who examined Emily Longley's body couldn't ascertain what killed her and wouldn't rule out natural causes or strangulation. Drawing on that expert's evidence, Donne also raised the possibility Turner did kill Emily Longley without intent. That may leave open self-defence or a manslaughter verdict. The judge will give the jury the law on that tomorrow. Garth Bray, ONE News, Winchester. The former commander of the Bosnian-Serb Army has dismissed charges against him at a war crimes trial as 'monstrous'. On the opening day, Ratko Mladic drew his finger across his throat in a gesture towards a Bosnian woman in the gallery. The BBC's Allan Little reports from the Hague in the Netherlands. The living, on behalf of the dead, came to the Hague seeking justice. Theirs has been a long wait. Please be seated. There was something of the old Ratko Mladic in court today ` defiant, proud, unbowed. He didn't speak, but he listened, focusing closely throughout. Mladic commanded the Bosnian-Serb Army as it drove hundreds of thousands from their homes. Countless non-Serbs, the prosecution said, were casually murdered, citing one case. They were loaded in groups of five into a bus. The bus was driven to a field, and as the men were forced off the bus, they could see the bodies of those killed before them. They were murdered as they left the bus. The prosecutor said he was also responsible for the 44-month siege of Sarajevo. GUNFIRE, EXPLOSIONS The shelling was indiscriminate. The court heard a recording from 1994 � I come by Sarajevo, I kill someone in passing. 'I kick the hell out of the Turks.' At this, General Mladic appeared to suppress a laugh. We can expect, when it comes, a vigorous defence of his own actions, and, no doubt, of the honour, as he sees it, of the Serbs themselves. There is some support for Ratko Mladic during his trial at the Hague. In Bosnia-Herzegovina the proceedings are being keenly watched by Bosnian Serbs who are still staunch supporters of the former general. They claim the international community's leading anti-Serb politics. Some even describe Mladic as a hero. Greece has sworn in a caretaker prime minister for just one month amid worrying signs for the debt-crippled country's banking system. Panagiotis Pikramenos' government has no mandate to make any binding commitments until a new election on June the 17th. Meanwhile, Greeks fearing a eurozone exit have withdrawn more than $1b since the election 10 days ago. A scientific breakthrough in the United States could help restore some independence to those who've lost the use of their limbs. A patient paralysed from the neck down is able to control a robotic arm after having a microchip implanted in her brain. The BBC's Fergus Walsh explains. You're watching something extraordinary. Cathy Hutchinson is controlling a robotic arm with her thoughts. Notice the box which is screwed on to her head. That's linked directly to a sensor in her brain. Paralysed from the neck down, this is the furthest time in nearly 15 years she has served herself a drink. APPLAUSE She can't talk, but was able to communicate this message... The key to the technology is this tiny sensor, dwarfed even by a five-pence piece. It's implanted on the surface of the brain in an area known as the motor cortex. When the patient thinks about moving their arm, neurons in the brain are activated, and these electrical signals are picked up by the sensor and sent to a computer, which turns them into commands. And these are what those signals from the brain look like when directing the drink to the patient's lips. There was a moment of true joy; true happiness. I mean, it was` beyond the fact that it was an accomplishment, I think, an important advance in the entire field of brain-computer interfaces. The scientists, writing in the journal Nature, hope to use the sensor to reconnect the brain direct to paralysed limbs and restore function. That is a distant dream, but this is a milestone on a long journey. The brain translation technology's called 'brain gate' and the research is being funded by the US government. The Department of Conservation says a native Fiordland penguin found in Australia should be released from where it was found. Katrina was washed up south of Adelaide after a 3000km journey. An Australian wildlife expert says the bird needs to be brought back here. Getting demands from the South Australian Government, uh, national parks, to have her shipped to Taronga Zoo and/or Adelaide Zoo immediately, which will ultimately kill this bird, considering the state that she's in at the moment. Katrina still has to recover from surgery before she can be released. Weather time now, and some more snow on the way for some places, Karen? Yeah, got a low rearing up out of the southern ocean. There's a road snowfall warning in place for the Milford Rd tonight. Up to 3cm likely around the tunnel. Also there's a watch in place for gales in the far south. Maybe some severe gale gusts. For weather, see tvnz.co.nz I'll have your Friday forecast after sport and the outlook for the weekend. Still to come on ONE News ` find out the sentence handed down to a high-profile business woman guilty of multimillion-dollar tax evasion. And why is the Australian Government making it more expensive for us to visit the country? Tonight ` it was the plan to make housing affordable. Would you have been able to get into this home if it wasn't for the Gateway scheme? Probably not so easily. So why did the government pull the pin? Plus, do you have an appetite for destruction? LAUGHTER The Kiwi who's created a very different adult playground in Vegas. Close Up at 7, TV ONE. 1 A Tauranga businesswoman honoured by the Queen has admitted tax fraud on a huge scale. Rae Beverley Adlam today pleaded guilty to tax evasion totalling more than $400,000. Amy Kelley reports. Now 65 years old and battling cancer, Beverley Adlam is pleased to put her financial fight behind her, telling our reporter, 'I'm relieved it's over.' At the height of her success, Beverley Adlam had championed Maori enterprise. Her work in Kawerau attracting new businesses and creating new jobs made her businesswoman of the year in 1986. She also helped iwi negotiate the purchase of geothermal assets. We can be proud of what we have achieved so far. But in 2008 Adlam admitted money from Bay of Plenty Energy for use of those assets was paid into her personal bank account. Then came charges of tax evasion ` 64 counts in all, including filing false income tax and GST returns. She vowed to fight the charges, but today she pleaded guilty to 24 of the 64. Your pleas of guilty for counts two, four, six... Adlam's already paid back what she owed the IRD, and the judge decided a financial sentence was fair. Recognising the background factors of your ill health, your immense loss of mana involved in this case. She's been ordered to pay the IRD 133,000 in reparations, plus a $75,000 fine. Amy Kelley, ONE News. There's concern on both sides of the Tasman that an increase in the travel tax imposed by Australia will force people to stay home. Here's why the market's so important. In the year to March, more than a million Australians visited NZ, five times the number from Britain. In the same timeframe, the lucky country's been the destination for nearly a million Kiwis. Nicole Bremner has more. If visiting each other's countries was a sport, Kiwis and Aussies would be tied. Each is the most popular destination for the other, though there's concern that's about to change. The message from the Australian Government to Kiwis is really simple ` 'We're going to charge you more and more and maybe you won't just come.' We have to remember that in NZ, tourism is our second-largest export market and any potential impact on that is significant to the economy. This show of trans-Tasman solidarity comes in the wake of Australia's decision to raise a tax on passengers to A$55 from July 1st, with more increases to follow. It wouldn't stop me going home. I don't care what I have to pay to get there. I don't see why I'm giving Australia an extra $8. I'm already giving them flight money. All visitors to Australia will have to pay the increased tax, but the concern here is that with a fiercely competitive trans-Tasman market, $55 is a big add-on to a ticket that may only have cost a couple of hundred dollars. With the tax converting to $71 Kiwi dollars, it's feared low-budget travellers will be hit hardest. The lower end is certainly the most price-conscious, so every dollar counts, and every dollar helps make a decision for them about where they go, how long they're going to stay. I appear today as a very proud Australian, but I'm very embarrassed by my government. Our own government isn't happy either ` the Prime Minister's writing to Julia Gillard and plans to discuss the tax with her at their next meeting. Nicole Bremner, ONE News. A private memorial service for three American students that were killed in a car crash near Turangi will be held on Saturday. The Boston University students died when their van rolled at the weekend. Five others were injured. The service will be held at Auckland University's chapel. Looking at our top stories tonight ` Looking at our top stories tonight ` the deadline for 131 Housing NZ tenants to move out of a block of flats in Wellington ends later tonight. The corporation admits less than a quarter of the tenants have moved so far. A report on the premises found it unsafe with concrete facades requiring urgent repair. ACC clients are venting their frustrations online at the corporation's latest privacy breach of sending private financial details of more than 100 clients to the wrong people. The corporation's boss is the prime target of anger after he revealed he wouldn't have owned up to the blunder if it wasn't discovered by a ONE News investigation. Andrew's here with sport, and Dan told us so on Tuesday night. So will Carter goal-kick this Saturday against the Blues? So will Carter goal-kick this Saturday against the Blues? Speaking of which, we have the details of the ultimatum laid down by the All Blacks to Piri Weepu. Plus, after seven months the magic legs are back. And our leading jockey eyes up one of the world's great races. The nation can breathe a sigh of relief ` Dan Carter is back at first five for the Crusaders. Carter starts at 10 against the Blues this weekend in Christchurch. His timing couldn't be better for the Crusaders after their shock loss to the Rebels, but is he going to goal-kick? Here's Blair Norton. It's all smiles at Crusaders training ` Dan Carter's back at first five. It didn't take long at all. I quite enjoyed getting back in there and directing the boys around the park. Carter's returned to his favoured spot for the first time since the Crusaders' round-seven loss to the Bulls. He's trained really well this week, you know. He's slotted back into 10 well. I forgot just how well he takes it to the line and just how well he controls the guys outside him. Carter's groin injury, suffered during last year's World Cup, has stopped him kicking goals. The pivot revealed to us that he's finally able to kick without feeling pain afterwards. I haven't really pushed myself too far in terms of distance and things like that. I realise I've lost a little bit of power. But at the stadium tomorrow I'll have a bit of a feel to see roughly how far I can kick. It's probably come at a pivotal time in a game that he needs to get in there and control, so it's a win-win. It's been a tough week for the Crusaders, with Richie McCaw forced to play number eight after Kieran Read's pelvic injury. That on top of what Blackadder's described as the team's worst performance in four years. Wallowing in the crap's not going to help you get out of it. It's what we need to do to go forward, and this week has been about going forward and making sure we do the things we need to do to win this game. The inclusion of the world's best first five can't hurt. Blair Norton, ONE News. Carter's long-time Test teammate Piri Weepu is in a race against time to make the cut for the All Blacks. Weepu has to reach a goal weight before the end of next week or else miss the Tests against Ireland. You wouldn't know that Piri Weepu's under pressure, but he's confirmed today he has an All Blacks deadline after direct words from new coach Steve Hansen. 'We need you to get to a certain target and, uh, 'if you get to that certain target, we'll definitely consider you for, um, selections.' ONE News understands Weepu weighed in today at 99.7kg, after arriving for the Blues season at 106kg. However, the All Blacks want him at his playing weight of 96kg by the end of next week ` another loss of over 3kg. Oh, I'm not far off it. Hopefully next week I won't have a lot to drop. So the question is, why didn't he get into condition earlier? Can you understand how people look at it that way? Yeah, I can. I guess I've definitely learned from that one and, you know, make sure that` looking forward, I'm not in that same sort of predicament. Another veteran Blues All Black is shrugging off more selection debate after 10 years of polarising fans. You know, you're gonna cop it, you know, one way the another. You know, you're never gonna win. Cos there's only three coaches, right? Uh, but there's, what, four million people in NZ, and four million people have opinions on who should be in the team. And an opinion on Weepu. His mate has gone from Cup hero to Blues villain in seven months. < How do you handle that? Oh, I just don't worry about it, really. I just` I mean, I don't really care what people say. The most important people, rugby-wise ` the All Blacks coaches ` will soon have the final say. This season's leading Australian side, the Brumbies, have slipped into the capital with one of their greatest ever players adamant he won't make a shock comeback. First five, now coach, Stephen Larkham, 38 this month, says injuries won't prompt him out of retirement against the Hurricanes tomorrow. Yeah, I think every ex-player wants to get back out there and play again. But realistically, you know, I'm not in condition to play at the moment, and I'd be more of a burden on the team. And it's official ` there's now one reason to take an interest in the Reds-Lions match this weekend. I'll play as much as I can and, you know, hopefully just get out there and play some good footy. It's not about how long I can play. The Wallabies' Kiwi playmaker is back, seven months after a serious knee injury in the World Cup bronze play-off match. Wigan manager Roberto Martinez is the front runner to replace Liverpool Kenny Dalglish Also unwanted is England centre-back Rio Ferdinand. Capped 81 times ` but only once in the past 12 months ` Ferdinand has been left out of England's 2012 Euro squad. But management insists the move isn't sinister. Here's the BBC's Dan Roan. Ferdinand is surplus to requirements after recent injuries, but many believe there's more to it than that. Terry's been charged with racially abusing Ferdinand's younger brother Anton, an allegation the Chelsea captain denies. So has Ferdinand been left out to diffuse tension? I can only hope that Rio can accept my decision and understand that it is based purely on football and nothing else. So what of the rest of Hodgson's squad? Alongside Terry, there's the wildcard selection of Arsenal teenage Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, while Liverpool striker Andy Carroll is rewarded for late-season form. But along with Ferdinand, Manchester City's Micah Richards and Stoke's Peter Crouch can count themselves unlucky to miss out. The skipper's armband, meanwhile, has been handed to Liverpool's Stephen Gerard. So how will this squad fair next month? I've not met anyone or spoke to anyone who thinks that England can with this tournament, which might just work in their favour. He's got plenty of time. And he's smashed it home. England tend to disappoint in major tournaments. This time a nation expects little, and this latest squad will hope they can spring a surprise. Wigan manager Roberto Martinez is the front runner to replace Liverpool Kenny Dalglish as new Liverpool manager. The popular manager, known to fans as King Kenny, has been dethroned after serving just 16 months of a three-year contract. The 61-year-old is being blamed for Liverpool's eighth-place finish in the Premier League ` the team's worst in 18 years. So Liverpool looking for its fourth manager in as many seasons. The pressure's mounting on NZ racing's biggest star to relocate offshore. Record breaking jockey James Macdonald is being courted by Hong Kong and Australia but is eyeing even greater international challenges. Stephen Stuart caught up with him. International airports have become a way of life for jet-set James McDonald. While battling jockeys were slogging it out in Taranaki today, mid-week winter meetings here are history for McDonald, who's off to ride in Australia and Singapore this weekend. His last appearance was in Hong Kong, where he won rave reviews for his victory aboard Xtension in the Champions Mile. If we see James McDonald riding here in the Hong Kong again in the near future, it would certainly be to Hong Kong's benefit. But the 20-year-old's ruled out a permanent shift there. At this stage it will be definitely Sydney if I do go. Um, I enjoy living there. This horse is now his ticket to ride, well, virtually everywhere. It's probably put me on the map, so to speak, and, um, it's opened so many doors for overseas travel. The Cambridge rider has already had a taste of Ireland, but Xtension could take him to Japan, Royal Ascot and maybe even the Breeders Cup in Los Angeles. I couldn't recall anyone going over there and riding the Breeders Cup. McDonald's not worried about burnout, which has got to previous Kiwi high-fliers, but weight is already an issue as he struggles to get below 54kg. If you have a night out it just goes right up, so that's probably the biggest thing. And racing's biggest thing is too sharp to see his career go belly up. Stephen Stuart, ONE News. The Oklahoma Thunder have snatched a 2-0 lead over the LA Lakers after game two of NBA basketball's western conference semi-finals. The Lakers, who were embarrassed by 29 points in game one, looked to have the game sewn up, leading by seven with two minutes to play. The Thunder came storming back to win 77-75. CHEERING And a 27-point effort from Kevin Garnett has helped the Boston Celtics to a 107-91 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. They now lead the series 2-1. Canterbury earthquake officials have joined forces with the Tactix netball team today, giving away 500 free tickets to their game this weekend. The players have been helping hand out the tickets to schools affected by the earthquake. Today it was South Brighton Primary. The students and the whole school and the community are so strong together and it's just awesome to see that they're so resilient. Oh, it's real amazing. I can't wait to go to the game. Yeah. I'm so excited. Yeah, like, I've never been offered anything for free and stuff, so, like, and I love netball and stuff. Yeah. It's really cool. The bottom-of-the-table Tactix are searching for their second win of the season against the Magic on Saturday. Finally tonight in sport, we've heard over the past week that it'll take a donation of at least $10,000 for Blues lock Ali Williams to shave his head for charity on Sunday. Former Manly star and Bulldogs coach Des Hasler has arguably the most famous locks in league. He shaved his mane to help raise $100,000 for kids with cancer. It's been 25 years since I've had a haircut. What do you think of that? Hasler (51) doesn't plan to get another haircut for another 25 years. 25 YEARS WITHOUT A HAIRCUT! I'D HATE TO SEE MYSELF AFTER THAT Thanks, Andrew. After the break ` Karen has snow flurries and icy gales in the forecast. Tonight ` it was a scene to provide low-cost housing, so why did the Government pull the pin? Would you have been able to get into this home if it wasn't for the gateway scheme? Probably not so easily. The conservation group who want to curb our love of cats; and the Kiwi adventure business letting you play with some big boys' toys. Put it this way ` it's a new way to get dirty in Las Vegas. Close Up's here next, TV One. Hello, again. Very windy at both ends of the country today. Parts of Stewart Island and Cape Reinga exposed to the south-westerly flow, copping gusts around the 100-K mark. There's some wintry stuff on the way. There's a road snowfall warning in place for the Milford Rd tonight ` Also there's a watch in place for gales in the far south, maybe some severe gale gusts. For weather, see tvnz.co.nz That's all from me. Have a good night. Stay warm in the south. And that's ONE News this Thursday. 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