Hello, everybody. Jack Frost is coming out swinging, with Waiouru and Taumarunui down to minus-4 tonight. But the dawn brings plenty of national sunshine. The catch is a couple of rogue shower bands are taking a run at us. Who gets the tap on the shoulder? Very soon. 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. Tonight ` a family's heartbreak as triplets are killed in a shopping mall fire. Hear what the grandparents say about their little miracles. Did the blaze start in the creche? We've pictures of what confronted rescue workers. All of you are smiling, and I'm smiling. George Gwaze's acquitted of killing his niece. Now we can reveal secrets about the case. Plus ` fascist fans. Would you go to a match where you'll confront a crowd like this? But first, news just coming in of teenagers missing while on a school camp. Police say they're searching the lower Kaimai Ranges in Bay of Plenty. With more, let's go to Donna-Marie Lever in our Auckland newsroom. DETAILS ARE SKETCHY AT THIS STAGE, BUT WE KNOW SEARCH TEAMS, A POLICE DOG AND A HELICOPTER ARE SCOURING THE AREA. POLICE WON'T SAY WHAT SCHOOL THE CHILDREN ARE FROM UNTIL FAMILIES HAVE BEEN ALERTED. BUT THEY SAY THEY'RE 10 YEAR 11 STUDENTS WHO FAILED TO RETURN FROM AN ORIENTEERING EXERCISE DURING THE SCHOOL CAMP. WE'LL UPDATE YOU IF WE GET ANY MORE DETAILS DURING THE NEWS HOUR. Now to the day's big story unfolding in the Middle East. Take a look at these faces. Triplets (2) ` NZers ` killed in a shopping mall in the Middle East. 16 others also died, trapped by a fire. Tonight, we've pictures of rescuers right in the thick of the blaze in the Qatari capital of Doha. And we go live to a NZ journalist who was at the scene. But first, the grandparents of the triplets, who are tonight rushing to Doha. At Auckland Airport is Paul Hobbs. IN THE PAST 45 MINUTES, THREE FLIGHTS HAVE DEPARTED FOR THE MIDDLE EAST NZ-BORN TRIPLETS ARE AMONG THE 19 DEAD FOLLOWING A FIRE THAT RIPPED THROUGH ONE OF QATAR'S MOST POPULAR SHOPPING MALLS. JACKSON, LILLIE AND WILLSHER WEEKES WERE IN THE MALL'S CRECHE, WHERE THE FIRE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED. WOMAN: Uh-oh. WATER COOLER CLATTERS WOMAN LAUGHS Mischievous they might have been, but their grandparents described triplets Jackson, Lillie and Willsher as 'magic, miracle children'. But now they're gone. SIREN WAILS Emergency services rushed to one of Qatar's swankiest and most popular shopping malls ` the Villagio ` just before lunchtime. Thick smoke could be seen pouring out of the building. It's thought the fire may have started in the creche, known as the Gympanzee, where the Weekes triplets were being cared for. It's Monday now, and all our kids is there. Inside, chaos and confusion as attempts were made to contain the blaze, an operation hampered by numerous failures. There was no floor plan available of the massive mall; many alarms and the centre's sprinkler system failed to work. There were no sprinklers, there was no water, nothing to stop the fire continuing. And the stairway collapsed because of the intensity of the fire and the thick black smoke, the heat, so they couldn't get out of the normal entranceway. Emergency workers were forced to rescue children from the creche through the roof. Just back from Doha, Mark Sinton's not surprised by the tragedy. He and his wife visited the creche. We couldn't see any fire exits or... Um, there was no staff that we could see. It was basically just 'throw your kids in there and let them go'. Mr Sinton says even riding the lift was precarious. Power went off. We were in there for about 20 minutes, banging on the door, pressing the buzzer. No one came to our aid. The glitzy mall opened in 2006, but this fire now means many safety questions will need answering. But it's all too late for the Weekes. The triplets' grandparents leaving Wellington Airport this afternoon say they're devastated, heading to Doha to comfort their daughter Jane and son-in-law Martin. Martin Weekes, the former CEO of the Eden Park Trust Board and his wife, Jane, had been in the Gulf state of Qatar for the past five years. They returned to Wellington to give birth to the triplets after they were conceived using IVF. Last month Lillie, Jackson and Willsher turned 2. On her Babycentre profile page, mother Jane says she was happiest when her children sat around 'laughing like loons at each other'. Winner of a 'Mother of March' competition, Jane Weekes said in her entry 'A mother's love is not divided amongst her children, but multiplied by each child.' WE WERE TOLD THAT THE TRIPLETS WERE LAST HERE IN FEBRUARY A WOMAN SAYS THE SPRINKLERS WEREN'T WORKING Paul Hobbs at Auckland International Airport. Another NZer, journalist Tarek Bazley was also in the shopping mall. He also says there was a lack of urgency. He joins us live in a moment, but first, what he witnessed. It was like a irritating doorbell sound, really, not terribly alarming. I asked the attendant, 'Is this something we should be worried about?' SIREN WAILS They said` Well, the guy said, 'No, it happens all the time. We had a fire alarm yesterday. 'Nothing to worry about.' A guy about 25 minutes later ran in and said, 'What are you guys doing here? You've gotta get out. 'This whole mall is on fire!' So I took the kids, bundled my little one ` she's 2� ` into the pram, my son, who is 5�, grabbed his hand. d door right where they were playin 8 so we ducked out the back. It was as if you had 30 steam trains pumping out the dirtiest, darkest smoke you can imagine, and that was engulfing half of this huge mall. Of course, we were to learn later that the emergency services were on the roof, breaking a hole in it to get down to where the creche was. You feel very thankful, firstly, that I happened to be in what turned out to be the right part of the building. But you also feel really very touched that it was` could well have been your children. It could have been my children that were caught in this blaze. It was only when my son came to go to bed later in the day that he started asking me about what happened to the people in the building. I said- I didn't want to tell me that there had been so many fatalities, and it's a very hard conversation to have with a 5 year old. And Tarek Bazley joins us now from Doha. Tarek, what's been happening in the aftermath of this tragedy? I WAS DOWN AT THE SITE THIS MORNING A VERY ACRID SMELL STILL COMING FROM THE BUILDING THERE WILL BE A CATHOLIC MASS FOR THE SPANISH WHO DIED THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR FAMILIES TO GET TOGETHER THEY HAVE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE LAST NIGHT THEY WILL LOOK AT THE RESPONSE OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICES IT WAS SUGGESTED IT WAS ELECTRICAL TWO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BUT THAT IS UNCONFIRMED And John Key says the government hasn't been briefed about any safety issues at the mall, but he expects a full investigation. It's a great tragedy. So obviously there's some very serious questions that need to be answered, but at the moment, we're really just trying to wrap around all the support we can for a family that will be grieving. Doha's such a magnet for NZ workers and other foreigners. We look at why later in the news hour. Police have now revealed a Czech tourist's one of the two bodies found in South Canterbury bush, and the dead man has a criminal past. They've also released more details of what happened in the lead-up to the discovery. Max Bania has the latest from Waimate. Dagmar Pytlickova (31) had been in NZ just five months. The Czech vineyard worker, also known as Dasha, died in remote bush, killed by Jason Frandi (43). Police say the Waimate man picked up the hitchhiker on Saturday afternoon. Driven her up into this area, and then he has probably walked her up to where she is, which is where the assault and murder has taken place. It's also been revealed Frandi was being investigated for child molestation and he was convicted 12 years ago for abducting an Oamaru girl (19) for sex. He was jailed for three and a half years. What's occurred in this situation seems to be very similar to what occurred back there in 2000. Police tracing the pair's last movements believe Miss Pytlickova left Cromwell on Saturday morning, heading for Timaru. She was picked up by another driver before getting into a car with Frandi between Omarama and Kurow. Police have scoured Frandi's home and found no evidence Miss Pytlickova was brought back here. Neighbours we've spoken to describe him as a quiet, polite man who kept to himself. He's very quiet and worked all week and spent practically every weekend working on his vehicle in his garage. Never heard anything from over there. He lived on his own. Does as this come as a shock to you? > Yes, it does. A surprise, anyway. Police are still at the scene piecing together how the pair died. Certainly up at the scene there was alcohol located up there ` bottles of alcohol that would indicate it was taken up there, I would say, by Frandi. They still want to speak to anyone who saw Miss Pytlickova in the hours before she died. Max Bania, ONE News George Gwaze's a free man tonight, finally cleared of murdering his niece five years ago. We can also now reveal details kept secret about the case. That story shortly. But first, Joy Reid with reaction to today's verdict in the High Court at Christchurch. Joy. THE JURY CERTAINLY TOOK THEIR TIME TO COME TO A DECISION, AND IN THE END, COULD ONLY MANAGE A MAJORITY VERDICT, OF 11 TO 1 ON TWO OF THE CHARGES. AS THEY DELIVERED THEIR VERDICT, GEORGE GWAZE STOOD CALMLY IN THE DOCK AND LET OUT A SMILE. IN THE PUBLIC GALLERY, HIS FAMILY WERE FAR MORE EMOTIVE. HIS WIFE BURST INTO TEARS. SHE TOLD ME THEY WERE TEARS OF JOY. George Gwaze walked out applauding his verdict. All of you are smiling, and I'm smiling. And I knew there was nothing that happened to our daughter. For five years, George Gwaze's had sexual violation and murder charges hanging over him. Today they disappeared. Do you find the accused guilty or not guilty? Not guilty. > APPLAUSE Now we can` we can sit down and remember our daughter. The Crown accused George Gwaze of harming his niece Charlene Makaza (10). She was also his adopted daughter. But HIS defence team argued she died of toxic shock associated with an HIV infection. Today's acquittal was also a welcome relief for George Gwaze's family. I'm so happy about it. It's, like, since 2007, right from day one, I knew what these people was saying was never truth. Just want to get on with life and just enjoy life the way we're supposed to, but most importantly to remember Charlene the way we wanted to remember her, and without any of this shroud of doubt. This case has been a landmark one for NZ and George Gwaze's legal team. It's been an extraordinarily long road. I don't think anybody else in NZ's legal history has stood on these steps or any other courtroom's steps having been acquitted twice. The Crown are not discussing the case. As for the Gwazes,... If I could go fishing tonight, I will. ...they're now off home to celebrate. Whoo-hoo! So, Joy, you say Crown lawyers aren't commenting. What about police? THE POLICE ARE NOT WANTING TO BE INTERVIEWED ON THE VERDICT, BUT STRAIGHT AFTER THE VERDICT THEY GAVE US THIS STATEMENT, WHICH ACKNOWLEDGED THE DIFFICULT TIME THE GWAZE FAMILY HAVE HAD, EXPRESSED THEIR CONDELENCES OVER THE LOSS OF CHARLENE, AND ALSO THANKED THE NUMBER OF MEDICAL STAFF WHO HELPED WITH THIS CASE. I HAVE ALSO OBTAINED SOME FIGURES TONIGHT ABOUT HOW MUCH THIS CASE HAS COST THE COUNTRY SO FAR. LEGAL AID BILLS FOR GEORGE GWAZE HAVE COME BACK AT WELL OVER 200,000 SO FAR, AND THAT BILL WILL RISE WHEN THE FINAL INVOICES ARE PAID OUT IN COMING WEEKS. Thank you, Joy Reid, reporting from Christchurch. We've been telling you the George Gwaze case was a re-trial. Until now, though, we haven't been able to say why. Joy Reid fills in those gaps. These were the scenes outside court almost four years ago to the day... WOMEN SING IN OWN LANGUAGE ...when George Gwaze was acquitted of murdering Charlene Makaza (10). Well, I'm a free man. I mean, justice has been done, as I said. That relief was short-lived, though. For the first time in this country's legal history, the Crown appealed the verdict, protesting that the trial judge had allowed hearsay evidence to be presented to the jury. In the evidence, the South African paediatric surgeon was quoted as saying, Charlene's symptoms were similar to those in AIDS victims. The appeal went all the way to the Supreme Court. It decided there was an error of law that led to a miscarriage of justice and ordered this month's retrial. Here I am. No surprise then that the retrial has centred heavily around whether HIV was responsible for Charlene's death. The defence case says it was. Charlene Makaza died from illness. She did not die from assault. Nobody murdered her. The Crown, though, argued that George Gwaze suffocated and sexually attacked his niece. She died with AIDS, not of AIDS. It can't be HIV. It can't be anything other than blunt force trauma. For the retrial, the defence called four new expert witnesses to say HIV could have killed the young orphan. Everything is medically explicable on the basis of chronic, overwhelming, untreated HIV disease. Also in the retrial, concession from the Crown's DNA expert, who found traces of Gwaze's semen on Charlene Makaza's underwear. Originally, she said it could not have been transferred in the wash. This time, she conceded it could. There is an opportunity for small numbers of sperm to transfer. The reason for this second trial was suppressed to let this jury make its decision without prejudice. Joy Reid, ONE News. The mum of a slain teenager's gone political with her call for tougher bail laws. Tracey Marceau is taking a petition with 58,000 signatures to parliament. It's been dubbed Christie's Law after her 18-year-old daughter was allegedly murdered on Auckland's North Shore by a man out on bail. TEARFULLY: The pain we endure every day cannot be described, and at times it is unbearable ` a true life sentence. Submissions will now be heard by the law and order select committee. And Close Up was with Christie's mum on the trip to Wellington ` her story tonight at 7. Hooligans with gang connections have been arrested by police in a crackdown ahead of Europe's big football showdown. And you're about to see striking, racist images of why fans going to next month's tournament in Poland and Ukraine should be alarmed. Here's the BBC's Chris Rogers. ALL CHANT IN UKRAINIAN In Ukraine, extreme right-wing politics and football go hand in hand. We filmed mass ranks of fans using this Nazi-style salute in stadiums across Ukraine. ALL CHANT IN UKRAINIAN This is how some supporters react to rival black players and fans. IMITATE PRIMATE CALL Anti-racism campaigners claim some extreme right-wing organisations are hijacking football. One such group is Patriots of Ukraine. They claim to recruit members from football terraces, educate them with their ideology and train them to fight. It's one of the last matches of the season at the Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv, which will host Euro 2012 matches. With no segregation, scuffles break out between rival fans. Suddenly, the hooligans spot a new target ` a small group of Asian students. It appears they are singled out because of the colour of their skin. European Football's governing body, UEFA, say they have zero tolerance of racism. Look at that. That is absolutely disgusting. We showed our footage to former England captain Sol Campbell. Would you recommend families to travel to Euro 2012? No chance. Stay at home and watch it on TV. Don't even risk it. You could end up coming back in a coffin. In Ukraine where some fans are searching for a national identity, questions remain over whether the safety of supporters can be guaranteed. Ukraine officials maintain fans will be safe, saying the incidents are isolated. Still to come on ONE News ` more kiwifruit growers are found to have injected their vines. It's punishment time for the RSA president who wore medals he wasn't entitled to. He just wants to go home. Dotcom's back in court, So what did the judge have to say? and Auckland welcomes the Dreamliner. The revolutionary plane makes a visit with our reporter on board. Then at 7 ` have you ever wanted to rough it like Bear Grylls? See how you can get a real taste of the wild life. The number of kiwifruit growers who wrongly used antibiotics on their vines is higher than originally thought. Questions from ONE News have revealed a total of 62 growers are being investigated by government officials. That's up from around 50. Some growers went as far as injecting their vines with streptomycin in a bid to save them from the bacteria PSA. A former president of the Returned Services Association has been fined $500 for wearing medals he wasn't entitled to. Don Moselen admitted wearing four Vietnam war medals when he was head of the Otaki RSA, despite never being in the armed services. The fine was the maximum the judge could impose, but it disappointed veterans at the Levin District Court. It's hopelessly out of date. It's just one example. I suppose you could say in the Ministry of Justice's favour that this is the first time this happened, so probably it's gone under the radar. But it needs adjustment. Moselen left without commenting on the sentence. He's pleaded not guilty to a charge of using an RSA cheque to have the medals mounted. Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is set to move back into his $30m Coatesville mansion after a judge allowed a further relaxation of his bail conditions. The electronic monitoring of Dotcom and his three co-accused has also been lifted because they're no longer considered a flight risk. The four men must surrender their passports, not obtain travel documents, and must regularly report to police. The alleged internet pirate's bail conditions were altered last week to allow him to spend more time recording a music album at an Auckland studio. The Syrian government's continuing to deny responsibility for the massacre at Houla that left more than 100 people dead. The United Nations has sent its special envoy Kofi Annan for urgent talks with the Syrian president, increasing international pressure to end the bloodshed. The BBC's James Robbins reports. These pictures of the dead from Houla have caused revulsion around the world. The smaller shrouds tell their own story ` the UN says 40 children were among the dead. Syria's government denies any involvement in house-to-house murders, but testimony from survivors describes whole families shot at very close range in their homes by soldiers and militia. (SPEAKS IN ARABIC) This young boy filmed by the opposition says he escaped by playing dead. He saw the bodies of his sisters and mother in his home. After the soldiers left, he escaped to his uncle's house. (SPEAKS IN ARABIC) Kofi Anan, the UN's peace envoy, flew to the Syrian capital. Tomorrow he sees President al-Assad. But his ceasefire plan has been comprehensively broken. Those responsible for these brutal crimes must be held to account. The Foreign Secretary in Moscow today is blunt and bleak in his assessment. The Anan ceasefire plan is the only hope for Syria. The alternatives are the Anan plan or ever-increasing chaos in Syria, and a descent closer and closer to all-out civil war and collapse. For now, the outside world relies on a small UN mission in Syria that is so far unable to prevent the slide in to more and more shocking violence. Kofi Annan will meet Syrian president Bashar al-Assad later tonight. Former British prime minister Tony Blair has had a rough time at the London inquiry into media ethics. He was heckled by a protestor who burst into the hearing and had eggs thrown at his car as he left. Earlier, Mr Blair denied there'd been any deal between his government and media mogul Rupert Murdoch. These concepts of cosiness is not quite the way I would put it. It's` It's that you were` you were in a position. I mean, it was a working relationship, but you were in a position where you were dealing with very powerful people. But he said he now believed he had attributed too much power to the media. The crisis at the Vatican is deepening with claims that at least one cardinal has been involved in leaking secret documents. The Pope's butler has been arrested over the scandal, and his lawyer says he will cooperate with investigators. Now an Italian newspaper claims a network of conspirators is involved, and that the butler is a scapegoat. But the Vatican says no cardinals are being investigated. Time for the day's weather now, and it looks like everybody felt the cold today. As expected the chilly southwester swallowed up the entire country today. Just 9 in Queenstown and Masterton. There are some squalls embedded in that southwester. For weather, see tvnz.co.nz If you're looking for the luckiest house in Porirua... Back with you after Andrew has brought you the day's sport. Up next on ONE News ` back to the drawing board. The row over class sizes has the government backtracking. And it's brought grief for a NZ family, but why do so many foreigners make Qatar their home? Tonight ` what classes will your kids be missing out on at school? It defies logic. It's beyond belief. Find out why the government says you shouldn't worry. Plus, ever wanted to rough it like Bear Grylls? Gordon Ramsay, eat your heart out. How you can get a real taste of the wild life. Just like having one of me mum's Sunday lunches. Close Up at 7, TV ONE. 1 Winston Peters is questioning the government's spending on Whanau Ora after it was revealed that $60,000 was given to a rugby club to help connect with the community. He NZ First leader asked if it's a good use of money in the economic environment. She gave $60,000 to a rugby and sports club to, quote, 'undertake whanau development research, to develop a range of outcomes which include resilience, whanau connectedness and community role models and leadership.' Rahui Rugby Club told ONE News the funding was used to host a community health day and says it was money well spent. The government's had to make a hasty backtrack on its overhaul of school funding. Some intermediates were to lose around six teachers, but now there's a promise that the most any school will lose is two. Political reporter Michael Parkin has the latest. For the kids, it's the fun part of the class. You may as well make a mess while you're here. But it's the Government that's now having to tidy up its education funding reforms. That will cap teacher numbers at around 52,000, increase some class sizes, particularly at intermediate schools, and cut specific funding for manual teachers. It defies logic. It's beyond belief. I cannot believe that any government would even contemplate such a measure. This principal says he would have had to lose three teachers and push class sizes above 31 students. It would be 38 if we disestablish three teaching positions, rather than three specialist technology positions. And they're certainly not buying into the Government's line here at Fergusson Intermediate. Tonight they'll send this newsletter to parents, which says neither teacher quality or student learning will be improved by bigger class sizes. And this backlash has forced the Government to today cap the number of teachers a school can lose at two over the next three years. We now have made a commitment that they will be protected against it being any greater than two. I think this will be great news for the vast majority of schools and parents. This is a smokescreen for the huge blunder they've made, which is making class sizes bigger. The Education Minister says the cap will eat into the projected savings of $43m a year, but she's not sure by how much. Mr Speaker, I don't have the exact figure to hand. MPS GROAN Labour says what it amounts to is back-pedalling. Michael Parkin, ONE News Boeing's much talked about daring new plane has just touched down in NZ on the final leg of its world tour. Airlines are eager to get their hands on the Dreamliner, but many like Air NZ have been forced to wait. Donna-Marie Lever was on board for the Dreamliner's first flight from Sydney to Auckland. It's being talked up as the breakthrough airplane of the 21st century. The Dreamliner's not the biggest, but it's lighter, quieter, and most importantly, cheaper to run than its rivals. That drove everything that we did. 20% efficiency is a huge increase. Overall, the capital costs are less, and the maintenance are significantly less over the life of the aircraft, so that will equate to cheaper fares in the long term. And now it's been fully fitted out, Boeing's taking the 787 to the world, hoping to impress. This is a great aircraft. I think it's taking us into the next evolution of aviation. And the technologies ` the carbon fibres, the new engine on this aircraft ` they are revolutionary. 52 airlines have ordered these planes, including our national carrier. It has 10 on backorder, but delays mean they'll be four years late. that's been enormously frustrating for us to not be able to take advantage of the economics of the aircraft. It looks now like the plan is very stable, so we're confident that we will have the airplane operating by mid-2014. The Dreamliner hasn't come without its own nightmares. A fire on a test flight in 2010 forced a grounding when the planes were being made. When we look at those problems and what's taken place, they are just normal testing problems. Some of the biggest changes you'll notice on board are the things you can't actually see, like better air quality, which means you should arrive at your destination more refreshed. The Dreamliner will now make a trip to Christchurch while it's here before ending its world tour next month in Abu Dhabi. Donna-Marie Lever, ONE News Donna-Marie Lever flew on the Dreamliner courtesy of Air NZ. Our top stories tonight ` search teams are scouring the lower Kaimai Ranges in Bay of Plenty for 10 teenagers overdue on an orienteering exercise. The year 11 students are on a school camp, but police haven't revealed the name of the school. One of the two bodies found in bush near Waimate in south Canterbury has been identified as a 31-year-old Czech tourist. Police say the hitchhiker was killed by Jason Frandi (41), whose body was also found. 12 years ago, Frandi was convicted of abducting a woman for sex. And the grandparents of NZ triplets killed in a shopping mall fire in the Qatari capital Doha are tonight rushing to get there. Jackson (2), Lillie(2) and Willsher Weekes (2) were in a creche when the blaze broke out, killing 19 people, including 13 children. The tiny country of Qatar is famous as the home base of the Arabic news channel, Al Jazeera. Lisa Davies backgrounds the country that's such a magnet for foreign workers. Qatar and its lofty towers ` it's been dubbed by some the New York of the Middle East. In just over 70 years, it's gone from a poor Arab outpost relying on fishing and pearl diving to incredible wealth based on massive gas and oil reserves. It's a country the size of the Coromandel Peninsula, and it's rated the most, um, you know, the richest country in the world. Qatar's average income per person says it all. Sitting at more than $100,000, the next richest, Luxembourg, lagging almost $20,000 behind. To put that in perspective, NZ's purchasing power comes in at 32nd. Qatar relies heavily on expatriates ` they make up 80% of its workforce, taking its current population to over 1.5 million. MFAT officially lists 357 NZers as living there. The tax-free money to be made there is the major attraction. People there with sort of, you know, good jobs but nothing amazing can afford European cars, they can afford seaview apartments, live-in nannies, and that's the drawcard. And yet the rapid growth has its drawbacks. It looks futuristic, it looks like a cosmopolitan city, but actually the infrastructure's not there, and so that's why this kind of thing is not surprising. Journalist Charlotte Whale says the close-knit expat NZ community will be left reeling at the loss of three of its own. Lisa Davies, ONE News Andrew's here with sport, and the All Blacks test 30 takes shape. LAST DAY OF THE CAMP IN WELLIINGTON. So will some under-pressure veterans make the team? And what about the band of 20-somethings as the new coach gets set to make the next cut? Plus, the forgotten warrior stuns in Sydney. Novak's on his way in Paris. And it's good luck, son, as the NBA's superstars shine in the conference finals. It's been D-Day today for several All Blacks Test hopefuls. The wider training group has completed its last outing together in Wellington before waiting for the Test squad to be announced on Sunday. One of the uncapped players likely to make it is a young man with an uncanny resemblance to the captain. Mark Hathaway reports. After using nearly a dozen other opensides during the reign of Richie McCaw, the next off the production line knows his place. Uh, pushing for a spot? He's, uh, the captain. And a massive influence on the 20-year-old. I've grown up watching Richie, and, yeah, definitely idolising his play and how he is, so to be running alongside him at training and chat to him is absolutely amazing. And then there's the comparisons. McCaw just 20 years old debuting in 2001. Cane banging on the door at the same age. McCaw bolting past incumbents to snare the 7 jersey. Cane snapped from the Chiefs bench into the All Blacks frame ahead of other challengers. And the similarities are set to continue on the field. We're just making sure we're doing the same things on the paddock, so when it comes out there we're` there's not too much difference. Cane is a young pup in the training squad, and old dog Andrew Hore says the All Blacks culture has become more encouraging. You know, it's changed, where you used to sit there and not tell anyone anything and keep everything a secret, but the whole thing in the All Blacks is that we help each other out, and if a young fella can come along and we can help him out, then we're doing our bit. Whether Piri Weepu's done enough to shrug off his excess baggage won't be known till the Test squad is named, but the hard yards are happening. I think he's going really well. He's working hard with the trainers out on the training paddock, doing everything he can. Weepu and other All Blacks uncertainties now with a nervous wait till the Test squad announcement on Sunday. Mark Hathaway, ONE News. Six of that All Blacks wider training group have come from last year's world champion under-20 side, so the pressure is on the current crop. It hasn't helped that two of last year's stars, Sam Cane and TJ Perenara. were made unavailable this time, and none of the 26 have even played at ITM Cup level. Oh, we're just hoping that we can do the jersey proud and really emulate what great teams have done in the past, so that's our expectations ` just to do the jersey really proud. The under-20's had a final hit out in Auckland last night before heading to South Africa to defend the title which NZ has won the past four years. Yeah, just shows the talent coming through this country is fantastic, isn't it? It will be Rob Penney's final NZ coaching role before heading to Ireland. The Warriors coach is not hiding behind the fact his team is underperforming and they need to buck up their ideas if they're to make the play-offs. Brian McClennan has named an unchanged line-up to face the top-of-the-table Storm on Sunday, with the injured Micheal Luck still unavailable. Here's Craig Stanaway. A third of the season is gone, so it's appropriate the Warriors were training at an Auckland secondary school today, with Brian McClennan issuing his report card. < Is it a pass mark for you so far? Uh, no. No, it isn't. So is the second third going to make or break the season, essentially? Second third normally does. That middle part of the season is the part where teams make their runs. The second third looks ominous. They play the top three sides in the comp. Four of the next six games are away from home. We come through those winning some games and performing well, that will put us in a real good spot. As would the return of Kevin Locke, back with the Vulcans this week ` his first match in two months after damaging his sternum. It just comes down to me performing now. You know, I'm feeling up to it, and we'll see how we go from there. McClennan's hinting he'll be back in first grade next week. Who knows, though, with Micheal Luck. It's now eight months since injuring his hand. Yeah, I'm getting a lot of strength back ` grip strength and push and pull strength ` so, yeah, I'm happy with it. Luck believes he'll be playing first grade again soon. The earliest he can be given the all clear, though, is two weeks away, and they really need him back for these next six games. Craig Stanaway, ONE News The rugby league enigma that is former Warrior Krisnan Inu has caught the eye in his first game for the Bulldogs. Also playing his 100th NRL game, Inu scored the Bulldogs' first try against the Sydney Roosters. But the winger's best was yet to come. Inu is in leaping for it! Back on the inside for Pritchard! Krisnan Inu! ...planted the ball before he was back on his feet... and then getting across the line, Inu! Inu capped a man-of-the-match performance with three goals from six attempts as the Bulldogs finished strongly for a 30-12 win. The remarkable Roger Federer has reached two more milestones in his tennis career on day two of the French Open. Federer appeared in his 50th grand slam tournament since making his debut way back in 1999. His straight-sets win over German Tobias Kamke today was his 233rd slam singles victory, equalling the record held by Jimmy Connors. ALL: Oh! AUDIENCE APPLAUDS He's had a pretty good run today. Men's top seed Novak Djokovic scored a straight-sets win over Italian veteran Potito Starace, but Novak needed a tie break to win the first set. Women's number one Victoria Azarenka had a three-set struggle over unseeded Italian Alberta Brianti. Azarenka closed it out 6-2 in the third. It's clear the ageing Boston Celtics will have their hands full in the NBA basketball's Eastern Conference finals. The Miami Heat have romped to a resounding 93-79 win in game one. The third quarter proved pivotal, with MVP Lebron James dominating at both ends as the Heat pulled away to a nine-point lead. The other half of the dynamic duo, Dwyane Wade, just as influential in the fourth quarter. Wade on the drive. Slips inside. Left-handed he puts it in. Add another to the list. Wade now with 20 to lead back up to 15. And the block! Dwayne Wade finishing the night with 22 points, beaten by James' game high 32. Game two is in Miami on Thursday. Former Southern Steel netball coach Robyn Broughton has returned to haunt the side that cut her loose. Broughton's made a triumphant trip south with her new side, the Central Pulse, which beat the Steel for a second time this season, 58-50. The Selby-Rickett sisters went head to head, but for a change it was the Pulse attack, rather than defence, which starred. The hard work starts to pay off, and, yeah, we're just happy with what's going on. It was a record-breaking fourth win for the Pulse, who posted their highest ever score. It's the first time the Wellington team has won consecutive games. Team NZ's given a sneak peek at their new AC72 catamaran for next year's America's Cup. But in true cup fashion, the peek has been minimal. The hulls and platform are being completed behind closed doors as is the giant wingsail under construction at the team base. Their caution is understandable after defenders Oracle revealed information transporting their wing across the Harbour Bridge. And the designers learned quite a bit from that. They think they could probably draw certain components of the boat from it. Any area where we think we can pin people down in their design space lets us align ourselves competitively against them. Challenger of record Artemis also revealed secrets with this video of its wing sail. And Team NZ's Volvo Ocean Race sailors are getting another battering as they close in on Portugal. Opposing winds and waves fighting against two knots of current caused a hull-slamming chop. Main concern is really the rig. I think the hull's all right . It's one of those times where, sure, you're making gains. It's risk and reward." Camper is currently in third place as the whole fleet approaches a windless wall off the Portuguese coast. QUITE NASTY, THOSE. WE GOT THERE IN THE END. Thanks, Andrew. After the break ` Jim's got on a frosty sunrise, but is the rest of the forecast fine? Tonight on Close Up ` the cuts that will cram more children in the classroom.... It's led to a very confusing situation. ...and why the government says size doesn't matter. She's taking her murdered daughter's ashes to the steps of Parliament ` the fight for tougher bail laws. And move over, Bear Grylls. It's YOU versus Wild. SHRIEKS Close Up's here next, TV One. Hello. We've still got a cold south-west flow over us, and clean skies mean a big temperature drop tonight. Taumarunui, minus-4. Not a huge amount of snow on the Remarkables after yesterday's front, but it sure looks beautiful. Besides, they're making the stuff. Here's today's secondary front flicking Hukanui Station with snow on its way north to Gisborne. for weather, see tvnz.co.nz