Heavy rain has spread down over northern parts of the North Island. 40mm for Kaikohe and 70mm for parts of the Coromandel Ranges so far. And there's more heavy falls to come, as that rain band slides further south. Later in the news hour, I'll have the most up-to-date rain warnings for you. 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 Peter Williams and Bernadine Oliver-Kerby. Tonight ` John Key's message on state assets, as a heavy police presence keeps protesters away. Was it a case of overkill on security? A dangerous mission ` why many more people could have died at the home of the Batman movie shooter. And do they have the Magic touch? We're courtside as Casey and co battle for trans-Tasman glory. And we begin with the Magic women. In the past few minutes, it's been third time lucky for Laura Langman and the Waikato Bay of Plenty team in their third short at trans-Tasman netball glory. They've beaten the Melbourne Vixens to become the fifth team to win the title in as many years. Shortly we'll go to Nicole Bremner in Mt Maunganui with reaction from fans. But first, our Australia correspondent Steve Marshall who's been courtside in Melbourne. Steve. THE FANS HAVE EATEN THEIR FINGERNAILS! WHAT A NAILBITER. THE MAGIC ONLY LOOKED LIKE A CHANCE IN THE LAST QUARTER. THEY FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO ATTACK THE GOAL FOR MOST OF THE GAME. FINAL QUARTER THEY CAME THROUGH TO WIN THEIR FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP. 9500 FANS PRESENT FOR THE FIRST NZ VICTORY IN THE COMPETITION. THE HOODOO BROKEN. A WONDERFUL MOMENT FOR IRENE VAN DYK, WHO HAD A SUPERB GAME. SHE WILL NO DOUBT DEDICATE THIS MATCH TO HER LATE MOTHER. So a thriller for Magic players and their fans. Nicole Bremner's been among their most ardent supporters in Mt Maunganui and joins us now live. Nicole. THE FANS HAVE BEEN SPELLBOUND AND ARE SHOWING THEIR APPRECIATION NOW. THEY'VE BEEN CONFIDENT ALL ALONG. FAN GAYE IS STOKED. WE KNEW THEY COULD DO IT. THEY'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE. FABULOUS. PASSION IS RIFE. I PREDICT CELEBRATIONS INTO THE NIGHT. And we'll have more action and reaction from Melbourne later in Sport. We begin with John Key's latest sales pitch on state assets, against a backdrop of protests. The Prime Minister detailed to his own faithful followers how NZers will be at the front of the queue for shares. We've got the pictures from the protest front line shortly, but first political reporter Jessica Mutch at the National Party conference. PA: Will you please welcome our Prime Minister, John Key, and his wife Bronagh. The Prime Minister's on a mission to sell his asset sales policy. He's using the National Party's annual conference to give new details on how you'll buy shares. Our policy of partial share sales is a win-win and I stand totally behind it. APPLAUSE For Mighty River Power, the minimum amount you can spend on shares is $1000, but NZers will be guaranteed up to $2000 worth if they want it. There will be a loyalty scheme rewarding people with bonus shares if they keep them for three years. And the rationale behind that time is really just to build some sort of long-term ownership out of those direct investors, so that people aren't sort of seeing it as something they go and buy today and necessarily sell tomorrow. The announcement went down well with party faithful, but not everyone shares the Prime Minister's enthusiasm. The loyalty scheme simply is an admission of defeat by the Government. If these shares were so popular and going to be retained and not sold off to foreign interests, why would you need a loyalty scheme? The Prime Minister was keen to stress that he would make it as easy as possible for NZers to buy shares, particularly first-time investors. There will be a syndicate of 500 banks and sharebrokers to help first-time investors, an 0800 number for information, and people can still use a broker. John Key says the shares are affordable. Obviously not every NZer can, but what we are keen to do is to try and make it, um` pitch the offer at a place where it's affordable to many Nzers as possible. Mighty River Power shares are set to go on sale at the end of the year, the Prime Minister hoping that despite potential court action over Maori water rights the sales won't be delayed. Jessica Mutch, ONE News. The cost of keeping hundreds of National Party members safe from protests is now being questioned. Police on foot and in cars surrounded Auckland's SkyCity convention centre, at times outnumbering the activists. Police officers as far as the eye could see. ALL: Stand up, fight back. Shoulder to shoulder, the entire length of the Sky City Convention Centre... Five, six, seven, eight. ALL: Don't smash the welfare state. ...at times outnumbering the very protesters they were asked to contain. It's totally over the top. As you can see, there's` there's police everywhere, and, I'm sure, hiding in behind like they were yesterday as well. He's a disgrace to our government and he's a disgrace to our country. Shame on John Key. Dozens of demonstrators descended on the central city to confront Prime Minister John Key about poverty. My ancestors didn't come here in the 1860s in order to reproduce Victorian England. They came here to make a different kind of country. They fought for equality. Sue Bradford says security for the conference must have cost a fortune. Police won't say how much, but their boss says it's justified. We don't want anyone to get hurt on either side. Everyone has a right, a democratic right to their own political views. These guys have a right to be kept safe, just as the people who are in the National Party conference. ALL: Stop the war on the poor. Police say they expected more protesters, but the weather probably put them off. Kate Lynch, ONE News. More's being unmasked about the gunman who went on a Batman movie rampage in America, killing 12. Police say they're now picking up clues from James Holmes' booby-trapped apartment in the Denver suburb of Aurora, after a dangerous mission to make it safe. The ABC's David Muir explains. Tonight federal authorities have joined the local police here, trying to carefully break through the gunman's trap. Bomb squads carefully took apart the gunman's apartment, filled with booby traps. Today you could hear one of those explosives being disarmed. BOOM! As we found, police tape and patrols surrounding the neighbourhood for blocks, four apartment buildings evacuated as they carefully disarmed those trip wires. I just wanted to give you a sense of all this. This is the suspect's building right here. The third floor. You can see the fire ladder right up there over the building. The heavy, heavy police presence and federal authorities now here going in. They have police tape for several blocks, and you can see the media has been kept on the sidewalk here. We go inside this apartment, one of the gunman's neighbours, just as the power goes out. Authorities cut electricity as a precaution. This mother frightened for her children. (SPEAKS SPANISH) She tells me she is very anxious, that it is hard to find the words to explain it to her children. They have a clear view through their window of the suspect's apartment. That apartment is about 800ft2. We're told inside several of those trip wires rigged to trigger explosions. Scattered about the living room, 30 explosive devices, including jars with chemicals and 30 shells with explosive powder similar to large fireworks. The police chief here late today told us the suspect's intentions were clear. This apartment was designed, I say, based on everything I've seen, to kill whoever entered it. And as authorities delicately moved through that apartment, across town, the other extraordinarily careful work still underway. The efforts to save the critically wounded by the gunman's other trap inside the theatre. Almost 60 people were injured inside that cinema. Officials say nine are still fighting for their lives in hospital. Many of the survivors are struggling to make sense of the attack. I see life differently. How so? It's kinda shocking to see how fast you could die, and how fragile life is. Doctors say some will have long-term issues as they try to come to terms with such a traumatic experience. A 6-year-old who'd just learnt to swim is among the 12 who died. The oldest was 51. Most were in their 20s, many of them students. Stories of their courage are now being revealed, as the ABC's David Wright reports. There was a real-life villain inside that theatre, but real-life heroes too. CRYING, INAUDIBLE SPEECH People who saved their girlfriends' lives by sacrificing their own. Sailor John Larimer leapt over his seat to shield his girlfriend, then Larimer's sailor buddies dragged his body out of the theatre, not willing to leave a man behind. Alex Teeves jumped in front of his girlfriend, taking a bullet that would have hit her. And Target employee Matt McQuinn saved his girlfriend and co-worker Samantha Yowler the same way. She was injured, shot in the leg, but her family says McQuinn's quick actions saved her life. Last night the coroner broke the news to families, many of whom had been frantic for news all day about their missing loved ones. Tell me where he is, OK? Find my son, I don't know where he is. OK? Somebody find him and call us. Tell him to call us. His son never called. Yesterday was Alex Sullivan's birthday. Instead of celebrating, his father learned he's dead. And President Barack Obama's set to visit the families of shooting victims in Denver tomorrow. A flu outbreak is piling more pressure on front-line health services tonight. Now hospital staff are getting sick, and people with the virus are in isolation at a ward in Christchurch Hospital. As Ali Pugh reports, overcrowding and poor housing conditions could be spreading infection. The country's influenza outbreak is now reaching epidemic levels. Would you put it in that category? Yes, I would, yes. Certainly in Canterbury it is, yes. Christchurch's 24-hour surgery ` just one clinic that's feeling the strain. On the weekend at the moment we're seeing somewhere in the vicinity of around 280-300. And those healing the sick are not immune. GPS have become sick, some senior medical officers have also succumbed to influenza over the last week or two, so as well as extra patients there's less staff. Right now at Christchurch Hospital there's more than 50 patients staying here with influenza in a special isolated ward. Another five are in intensive care. And that influx of patients has seen some other surgeries called off. A few, not many, but a few elective procedures cancelled because of lack of availability of ICU beds. Some say the city's poor housing conditions are contributing to the spread of illness. We do need to sort our housing issues out here. Without a doubt, the situation in Christchurch is challenging and we are hearing stories of people struggling. The Auckland region's also been hit hard. It currently has the highest number of flu cases in the country, but it's a different strain. The South Island's H3N2 strain is more serious and hospitalises more people, Approaching what we had in the swine flu years, so it's a lot of people coming in. The health board says it's not too late to get vaccinated. Ali Pugh, ONE News. Still to come on ONE News ` desperate Syrian families try to escape but are blocked at the border, as battles rage in nearly every city in Syria. What's causing the deaths of hundreds of penguins on the South American coast? And the Southland high school with an impressive roll call of Olympians. If your dishwasher sometimes smells like a drain, imagine what lurks beneath. And you could be washing your dishes in all of this. For flawless results use Finish Dishwasher Cleaner, with its unique dual-layer formula. The blue layer targets grease, and the clear layer attacks limescale. And a cleaner dishwasher means cleaner dishes. Fierce battles continue to plague Syria, just a day after the UN extended its observer mission in the war-torn country. The violence has now spread to Syria's borders as thousands try to flee the country, prompting Turkey to close one of its crossings to avoid the chaos. The BBC's Wyre Davies reports from the Turkish-Syrian border. If this isn't a civil war, then it certainly looks like one. There's now fighting in almost every major Syrian city. EXPLOSION Homs, the city already in ruins, has again been blitzed by shelling and tank fire from government troops. GUNFIRE In the north Syria's second city, Aleppo, is also feeling the wrath of Bashar al-Assad's anger. After a week of setbacks for the regime, the city's residents scatter under heavy gunfire as the government hits back. And in the capital, captured rebel fighters are lined up after the al-Midan district was retaken by Assad's forces. Levels of violence that brought this response from the UN Secretary-General. The onus is above all on the parties, and with the Syrian government in the first place, who must stop the killing and the use of heavy weapons against population centres. All armed operations must end. After fighting spread to Syria's borders, Turkish officials today in effect closed one border crossing because of the chaos on the other side. Here in Turkey and in Syria's other neighbours, there's real concern that the longer President Assad clings to power, and the more force he's prepared to use against his own people, the greater the destabilising effect on the entire region will be. Not just in the sheer number of refugees crossing these borders, but how volatile and violent a post-Assad Syria might be. EXPLOSION A mudslide unleashed by torrential rain has torn through a tiny village in Austria, killing a man and destroying a number of buildings. It struck in the early hours while villagers were still asleep. They say they woke to a 6m wall of debris, followed by an avalanche of mud. The village has now been evacuated. Pollution is being blamed for the deaths of more than 700 penguins which have washed up along Brazil's coastline. Biologists say plastic bags and oil are the main culprits. Almost all of the birds are under a year old and were migrating from Argentina in search of food and warmer weather. A British football star who survived a near-death experience has carried the Olympic torch through the streets of London. Farbice Muamba's heart stopped for 78 minutes during an FA Cup match in March. He's since recovered enough to carry the flame, and was cheered on by supporters. I'm just grateful that I'm alive. I'm grateful that I'm still here, still breathing. A marathon runner (101) and five-time gold medal gymnast Nadia Comaneci were also among those escorting the troch during its final phases. High school bragging rights will be at stake over the next fortnight as students stay up into the small hours to cheer on their old classmates. Max Bania visited one Southland high school that boasts half a dozen athletes vying for Olympic glory. Jade Uru, Louise Ayling, Nathan Cohen, Storm Uru, Natalie Wiegersma, Eddie Dawkins. Most schools would be happy cheering on one Olympic hero. Remarkably, Invercargill's James Hargest College has six former students competing in London. What's going on? Has Shadbolt put something in the water again? (LAUGHS) Of course. It's Invercargill. We're just fantastic. And there's a lot of people here who support sport. The school's high performance unit bringing young people from the bottom of the country to the top of their sport. Oh, they're just hard workers. Dedicated, train hard, focus. They make the sacrifices they need to make to get where they want to go. I've had a lot to do with Natalie. She's an incredibly determined young lady and she would never let any male beat her at anything. And Jade was just a monkey. (LAUGHS) He was a monkey in and out of the pool. And bounced back every time. Already here the race for Rio 2016 is underway. PANTS: Now the general criteria for qualifying for the Olympics is a time of about 5 minutes 50 per 2km, so safe to say I've missed the boat, but take a look at this young lady on my left. At just 17 years of age, she's already just a handful of seconds off that qualifying time. We're usually on the water twice a day for six days a week, so not a lot of social time. (LAUGHS) But that's about to change. Students will soon be watching their Hargest heroes live on a big screen and spending school days hatching Olympic dreams of their own. Max Bania, ONE News. We've a snippet now of a movie on one of our sporting greats, Jonah Lomu. A promotional clip on the All Black who became the face of rugby after the 1995 World Cup has been posted on his website. It includes interviews with family and other stars. Yeah, I think I would have liked to play with Jonah a lot more. The documentary also covers his battle with kidney failure. There's no word yet on when the film will be released. Weather time now, and there's been some heavy rain for northern parts of the North Island today, Karen? Certainly has. A couple of fronts moving down over northern districts. Some big falls especially up in the ranges, and more to come. Here's that rain, showing up really well on the radar. Lots of red, a few bits of purple indicating the heaviest falls. That rain's moving south. Rain warnings are in place for these areas overnight and tomorrow, but that heavy rain could be more widespread. We have a watch in place for the north and east of the North Island. For weather, see onenews.co.NZ For weather, see onenews.co.NZ I'll be back after Sport with the forecast for the coming week. Coming up on ONE News ` has he finally had enough? Media giant Rupert Murdoch takes a step back from some of his media businesses. Disappearing in a puff of smoke ` from tomorrow, cigarettes are off the shelves. And it's a real-life game of battleships as NZ's air force searches for submarines in Hawaii. British media giant Rupert Murdoch has resigned as director of a number of boards controlling his scandal-hit newspapers. Murdoch (81) has been at the centre of Britain's hacking scandal, which forced the closure of his News of the World tabloid and led to an inquiry into British media ethics. His resignations follow an announcement from News International that the company is splitting its film and television holdings from its print operations. Mr Murdoch is expected to chair both operations but to be chief executive of the TV and film operations only. From tomorrow, tobacco products will disappear from sight in shops. It's part of the government's ambitious target of making NZ smoke-free by 2025. But as James Ransley reports, some retailers are concerned the ban poses a security risk. Scratching the surface of the smoke-free debate ` It's not easy. It doesn't want to come off. I think it's been up there for a while. Starting Monday, dairy owners like Kelly Patel are banned from displaying tobacco products in their shops. You can pretty much not see them now anyway, so going one step further is probably a good thing. I don't think it's going to stop people from smoking, or encourage them to smoke. It's kind of irrelevant. Retailers are also prohibited from telling customers which smokes are cheaper, and if asked, they have to show them this ` a menu. Failure to comply could end up with a fine of up to $10,000. While the tobacco companies are paying for these cabinets to be refitted, the association representing retailers aren't entirely convinced that they're practical. To find the product is a longer delay. That delay can mean that while they've got their back turned, someone else could be in the store reaching over the counter or could be walking out the door with some extra product. What is your number one concern with this setup? Security. Anti-smoking groups are rubbishing the claims. People who are involved in the tobacco industry, or with the tobacco industry, are going to find every excuse not to implement these types of strategies. Also proposed is a series of tax hikes on smokes and introducing plain packaging. Strategies like this do work. The government making smokes out of sight one step closer to the government's goal of a smoke-free NZ by 2025. James Ransley, ONE News. And we've more on the tobacco issue on Breakfast tomorrow with Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia. That's here on ONE from six in the morning. They're used to scouring the Pacific for missing people, and now a crew from the NZ air force is holding a search of a different kind off the coast of Hawaii. This time, the people they're searching for don't want to be found. Our US correspondent Jack Tame reports. BELLS CHIME At the Oahu Marine Corps Base, the traffic gives way to F18 jets. And on the tarmac, a NZ air force crew is preparing for a game of hide-and-seek. Yeah, today we are going out to do anti-submarine warfare. Back home in NZ, we don't have too many submarines kicking around, but this is one of the capabilities that the P3 Orion is required to be able to perform. Six sleek black rimpack submarines are lurking in the waters off Hawaii. They belong to other RIMPAC nations, and it's the Orion's job to find them. Sometimes we'll go out, and it'll just be us against the submarine. Other times we're be working with frigates and other warships. This team is used to finding things. Their main public function in NZ is search and rescue and fisheries monitoring. But hunting for submarines takes a bit more cunning and a full load of sonar canisters. So we can drop these out of the aircraft and they act like a big microphone in the ocean, listening to the sound of the submarine and radios it back up to us so we know where it is. Once they're in the air and dropping canisters, the Orion can monitor a submarine for hours. It might seem a minor point, but one of the features a NZ P3 has over the other aircraft working here is a full working kitchen. It's proved its worth in the past. The NZ P3 Orion has the record for the longest surveillance flight. With a full tank of gas, it can go for 22 hours. No need for that here, though. After days of playing cat and mouse with navy submarines, the P3 Orion has remained firmly on top. Jack Tame, ONE News, Honolulu, Hawaii. Looking at our top stories tonight, the Prime Minister is hoping the country will get behind asset sales, after outlining how Kiwis can buy shares in Mighty River Power. John Key's plan guarantees NZers up to $2000 worth of shares and a loyalty scheme. But critics say the scheme is an admission of defeat by the government. Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic fans are ecstatic after the Magic become the first Kiwi team to ever win the Trans-Tasman ANZ Netball Championship. The Magic trailed for much of the game, clawing the lead back in the final few minutes to win 41-38. Waikato player Laura Langman takes home double honours ` winning the Championship's 'most valuable player' title along with the Mystics' Temepara George. Andrew's here with sport ` and now the pressure's on the Chiefs. WHAT A WEEKEND TO BE A HAMILTON SPORTS FAN We cross live to Melbourne next as the dust settles and the celebrations begin. Also, how a Brisbane upset confirms a mouth-watering all-Kiwi Super Rugby semifinal. Plus ` look who's battling at the top of the Open leaderboard. We have a mad 24 hours in the world of NRL league as the unthinkable occurs. And special celebrations for Britain on the eve of their home Olympics. NZ Netball's five-year title drought in the Trans-Tasman Championship has ended. The Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic have upset the powerful Melbourne Vixens across in Melbourne, winning a super-tight grand final 41-38. They ended up winning 12 in a row, after losing the first four games of the season. Mark Hathaway watched the final unfold. Grand finals are all about pressure, and it was telling on both sides in the opening exchanges. So all sorts of errors in this first quarter. But as the dust settled, the Vixens pulled away, forcing the Magic to wake up. The Vixens' 8-7 up after the first quarter, execution still lacking from both sides. The Vixens ran away with the first half 22-18. The Vixens ran away with the first half 22-18. The home side's defence made every goal tough as the strain began to show. Vixens' defenders rattled the Magic. The nerves really showed as the Vixens prevented any tricks being pulled out of the hat. The Magic managed to keep the lead down to three, just, the defence from the home side like a foot on the throat keeping the score 31-28 at the end of the third. Then in the fourth, the Magics' defence stood up. The Magic have won 11 on the trot, and showed their pedigree in the fourth quarter. Nerve-wracking stuff in the final minutes as the lead chopped and changed. Then it was the Vixens' turn to get the nervous wobbles. And a huge goal up the other end. Could the elusive Kiwi win come for the Magic? The Vixens pushed the pass, the Magic got the win. A magic, and history-making moment for NZ netball. Mark Hathaway, ONE News. Let's go live now to the match venue, the Hisense Arena in Melbourne. Joining us now is Australia correspondent Steve Marshall. Steve. CELEBRATIONS ARE STILL GOING ON BEHIND ME. PRETTY WILD, SOME 3000 NZ SUPPORTERS WITH ME IS VICTORIOUS PLAYER CASEY WILLIAMS WHO HAD A BOUT OF BRONCHITIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE HAD TO WORK HARD THEY WEREN'T GOING TO ROLL OVER. I THOUGHT BUGGER THIS. WE'RE GONNA WIN THIS. PEOPLE GOT THEIR BUTT BACK THEIR AND WON IT BACK. IN THE LAST TWO MINTUES IT WAS THE CRUCIAL 5%ERS. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A LONG TIME. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF CELEBRATING.I IT WILL BE HUGE FOR NZ NETBALL. WITH IRENE'S MUM PASSING, WAS THAT TALKED ABOUT? WE HAVE THE TAPE ON OUR DRESS FOR IRENE'S MUM. GET BACK TO THE PARTY, A VICTORIOUS CASEY WILLIAMS THERE, To the Super Rugby playoffs, and an upset result in Brisbane has given the Crusaders a helping hand, travel-wise anyway. The Sharks' 30-17 win over Queensland means the Crusaders now head to Hamilton to play the Chiefs in the semi-finals, instead of the Stormers across in South Africa. It'll be something of a relief for the Red and Blacks, who completely shut out the Bulls last night. Blair Norton reports. With three playoff losses to the Bulls since 2007, the Crusaders knew what they had to do. You gotta win the contact. If you don't win the contact, you come second. That message firmly in place, whether at the tackle... Fruean. ...at the breakdown... He gets back to his feet. There's no ruck. He's entitled to play that. ...and in the mauls. He was just too high, and the Crusaders recognised that. The Red and Blacks turned the Bulls' own tactics against them, winning the physical battle and converting pressure into points, with six penalties from the boot of Dan Carter. And... yes. It wasn't the perfect game from the star pivot,... And it's been kicked out on the full. ...but Carter showed plenty of class, setting up the Crusaders' only try. Little shimmy puts Guildford into the gap. Out goes Zac Guildford for the opening try. He also scored what was, by his own reckoning, a career-first drop kick off his right foot. I thought it was going to hit the guy standing in front of me in the back of the head, but I managed to strike it well enough to go through. His opposite, Morne Steyn, had a night he'd rather forget. Well, he's just kicked the ground, didn't he? He did. I just think too many mistakes and penalties and in finals rugby that is going to cost you. Down 16-3 at half time, the Bulls rallied, scoring two second-half tries. Can he release it? Yes, he can. And he gets across and scores. But four Crusaders' second-half penalties ensured they were never really threatened, coming out on top 28-13. It's time for one to be in our favour. Um, but you gotta make that happen. A mantra they'll need to maintain against the Chiefs. Blair Norton, ONE News. In a sort of rugby-justice result, the Sharks have scored South Africa's second playoff win in history outside of Africa. 16 years after Natal beat Queensland, the 2012 Sharks dealt to the Reds 30-17. Many believed the Reds didn't deserve a home playoff. Queensland lost back-up 10 Ben Lucas early, with Will Genia shifting to first-five. It all turned sour soon after. And then he offloads and on the far side they're in the clear again. What a try! Unbelievable. Up 20-10 at the break, the second half saw the Sharks pounce early and then shut down any home threats for the 30-17 victory. It's just the 10th time an away team has won a playoff in 50 Super knock-out matches. Next Friday night in Hamilton it's the mouth-watering local derby. The Crusaders won their last meting just two weeks ago, but won't have star number eight Kieran Read this time around. The second semi sees the Stormers hosting the Sharks on Sunday morning our time. If the Sharks win that, the final will be in NZ. Australian golfer Adam Scott is poised to win his first Major, and there's no chance of his Kiwi bagman Steve Williams being distracted by his old boss. Just when it appeared Scott and Tiger Woods might be paired for the final round of the British Open, Tiger slipped off the pace. Here's Stephen Stuart. This is the last round we're doing today? Yep. Steve Williams-speak for just keeping in contention in the third round. And Adam Scott did just that, with his string of pars soon having him back in front as mid-way leader Brandt Snedeker lost the plot. Tiger Woods' challenge never really eventuated. The three-time Open champion needed great saves just to stay in contention. This monster birdie on six hinted at something special, briefly. Kind of wanders off, but... hello, hello, hello! But back-to-back birdies from the Australian (32) gave him a buffer. Look at this... Yes, got him two under for the round. Woods couldn't get anything going on the back nine. But on the charge was Irishman Graeme McDowell. The former US Open champion improved to second-equal to ensure he'd play with Scott on the final day. Left-to-right movement... down to five-under! Mind you, the way Scott's playing... Oh, you wouldn't. ...he must be a huge chance of his first victory, and his biggest, in almost a year. And then Williams will equal Woods' 14 Majors. Meanwhile the other Kiwi, Stephen Alker's 2-over-par 72 has kept him in the top 20. Stephen Stuart, ONE News. Scott's 2 under par 68 has given him a four-stroke lead over McDowell and Snedeker, with Woods a further shot back. Steve Alker is tied for 18th. South Africa's batsmen have ripped apart England on day three of the first cricket Test at the Oval in London. In reply to England's 385, Graeme Smith, in his 100th Test, and Hashim Amla both scored centuries. Smith and Amla put on 259 for the second wicket. England only took one wicket the whole day. Oh, there we go! Finally the breakthrough, and it's come from Tim Bresnan. Hashim Amla remains unbeaten on 183. England face a battle at both ends tonight, with Jacques Kallis resuming on 82. Even England captain Andrew Strauss' sunglasses weren't safe in an arduous day in the field. South Africa scored an impressive 403 for 2. Amla looking for his second double ton, Kallis his 43rd Test century, second only to Sachin Tendulkar on 51. It looks like another long day in the field for England. Just two days after the Warriors' league owners talked up the future of the club, the players have again shown little smarts on the field as they failed to break back in to the NRL's top eight. The home side raced to an 18-0 lead over Newcastle in as many minutes, but they were kept quiet in the second half as the Knights won 24-19, their first victory in Auckland in seven years. To Taylor. Under pressure. You better believe it. Under siege might be a way to describe it. He streaks away and will make it all the way. Across the Tasman, bottom-placed Parramatta sent coach Stephen Kearney out a winner, as they consigned Melbourne to a fourth-straight loss, 16-10. And South Sydney superstar Greg Inglis is in big trouble, after clobbering Dean Young and the Dragons 36-14. While they hardly set the world on fire, our men's Olympic triathlon team has at least come through the final race ahead of London unscathed. Dual Olympic medallist Bevan Docherty has finished 11th, in the latest round of the ITU Sprint Series in Hamburg, and Kris Gemmell, coming off altitude training, was 37th. There's Kris Gemmell saying, 'Hey, buddy, get outta my face.' Always a character. South African Richard Murray won easily. The weather wasn't so hot in Hockenheim, where slick tyres ended GP3 series leader Mitch Evans' race before it even started. The Auckland teenager had to pit straight away and did well to finish ninth. Evans did get lucky though, as a disqualification has lifted him to eighth and pole in the second race tonight before the German Formula 1 Grand Prix. After the break, Karen warns of heavy rain for parts of the North Island. And four generations of one family have been to this primary school. Meet the one who never left. What if cars didn't need keys? LOCKS CLICK If you could talk to them with this? What if you could go from nought to 100 in 2.8 seconds? ENGINE REVS If your transmission felt like it never changed gears? If your handbag didn't shoot off the seat when you braked? If old water bottles helped make new seats? And your car could give you a bird's-eye view? What if you never bought another litre of petrol? Can you imagine? Well, we have. Hello again. The heavy rain has arrived in the North, and is moving south. Heavy rain warning in place for the eastern hills of Northland overnight, and the Coromandel Peninsula and western Bay of Plenty tonight and tomorrow. But that heavy rain could be more widespread. We have a watch in place for the north and east of the North Island. For weather, see onenews.co.nz Hopefully that leads into a fine weekend. Enjoy your week. Jim's back with you tomorrow. Tonight's good sort is a man who's spent 40 years at primary, most of it helping the school running. Hadyn Jones went to Twyford in Hawke's Bay to catch up with Ron Parker. A right turn, then a left, and a long straight, and Ron Parker is at Twyford School. He knows the way well. Gidday, Ron. Every time Ron arrives, principal Ross McLeod is there. He's always got his clipboard. The irrigation hose needs to be taken into one of the pools sheds. We need Ron, cos we haven't got a caretaker. Twyford School says it doesn't have the money for a caretaker, so Ron from up the road does just about everything. Oh, I have a bit of a list. I'll come back tomorrow if I have to finish it. Even though Ron works for nothing, he's well-rewarded at morning tea. A fruit platter. Apricots balls, shortbread. A couple of sweet slices. It was Judy Matthews who wanted us to meet Ron Parker. She's known him 20 years. When I arrived here, my first two questions were, 'Where's the skip?' and 'who's the caretaker?' And the school said, 'Oh, we don't have a skip, and our school budget doesn't extend to a caretaker.' And then I met Ron. How's the padder tennis nets? All right? Now Ron isn't much of a sportsman, but he is a supporter. He builds sports gear that lasts generations. They've lasted forty years. There's been plenty of netting replacement at times. Um, Oliver and Ted. And Ron's lucky there's plenty of spare muscle around to give him a hand. I can do tae kwon do so I'm really strong. Phwoar. I do karate. I do karate too. Although sometimes the help can take some organising. Come on, one or two back here. What's the key to keeping them on track? I wouldn't know. I haven't learnt that yet. Everyone, lifting! Ron Parker's been at Twyford School 40 years, first as a student, now a volunteer. It's kind of ironic, given he can't read or write. If you give me time, I'll do it. Give me pictures and I'm better. Ron's dyslexia made school tough, but it didn't mean he couldn't have a full life. Couldn't read or write, but if you gave me a tractor to pull to pieces, I'd pull it to pieces and put it together. Ron, his father, his son, and now his grandson Justin have all been to Twyford School. It's just Ron has never left. He's stayed to help wherever he can. Hadyn Jones, ONE News. If you know someone you think is a good sort, contact Hadyn by going to our website ` onenews.co.nz/goodsorts Before we go, a note about the Sunday programme tonight, on two entrepreneurs and their plans for Fiordland. Yes, one wants to build a monorail, the other, a road tunnel. That's here on ONE from 7.30. ONE News is back from 6.00am. For now, good night. Captions by Sam Bradford and Diana Beeby.