HANG ON TO YOUR HATS AND UMBRELLAS. MORE WIND IS ON THE WAY. WARNINGS ARE OUT FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND AND THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND/ GUSTING TO 130 K, AS ISOBARS TIGHTEN UP OVER NZ. CHECK THE MOORING AND FLIP THE TRAP, AND BRACE YOURSELF, COS 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. THE HARROWING RULING FOR A JUDGE AS SHE PUTS A PRICE ON PIKE RIVER LIVES. WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM? THE LAVISH SHOW TO LAUNCH THE AMERICA'S CUP. FAST PERCUSSION MUSIC BUT WILL OUR SAILORS EVEN RACE? THE LATEST FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT. THE BUSINESSMAN AT THE CENTRE OF A FRAUD CASE WORTH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS. SEE WHAT HAPPENED AT COURT. AND RIGHT ON THE EDGE ` THE TOUCH-AND-GO MISSION TO SAVE A HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE. THERE'S BEEN APPLAUSE AS A JUDGE AWARDED $110,000 TO EACH OF THE FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE PIKE RIVER DISASTER. THE MONEY WILL GO TO THOSE CLOSEST TO THE 29 MINERS WHO DIED AS WELL AS TWO SURVIVORS. SHORTLY, WE EXAMINE WHO'LL PAY WHEN PIKE RIVER COAL IS BROKE. BUT FIRST, LISA DAVIES JOINS US AGAIN FROM GREYMOUTH. LISA. THE NAMES OF THE 29 MEN WHO PERISHED AT PIKE RIVER ARE ETCHED ON THIS MEMORIAL TO ALL MINERS. TODAY WAS ABOUT THEM AND THE TWO MEN WHO SURVIVED AND HELPING THEIR FAMILIES MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME FINANCIAL HELP FOR THE HORRORS THEY HAVE HAD TO ENDURE. SOME ACCOUNTABILITY TOO. IN A CASE WHERE 29 MEN DIED, EMOTION IS UNAVOIDABLE. WE SAT THROUGH YESTERDAY A VERY TOUGH MORNING IT IS CLEAR THAT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT PHYSIOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL TRAUMA THAT IS ONGOING FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE MINERS THAT WERE KILLED AND ALSO FOR THE TWO MEN WHO SURVIVED. FAMILY MEMBERS SOBBED OUT LOUD AS SHE SPOKE. THE JUDGE SAID PIKE RIVER COAL LTD HAS SHOWN NO REMORSE FOR THE GRAVE HEALTH-AND-SAFETY FAILINGS THAT CAUSED THE DEATH OF THE MINERS. A WORSE CASE IS HARD TO IMAGINE AND IT'S UNLIKELY TO EVER EVENTUATE. I WOULD VERY MUCH HOPE THAT IS THE CASE. BECAUSE OF THAT, SHE CAME DOWN HARD ON THE NOW DEFUNCT COMPANY, IMPOSING REPARATIONS OF $110,000 FOR EACH FAMILY AND THE TWO SURVIVORS ` A TOTAL OF $3.4M. SHE ALSO FINED PRCL $760,000 ON THE NINE CHARGES. I THINK JUDGE FARISH PUT THE STAKE IN THE GROUND FOR ANY FURTHER COMPANIES TO DO WHAT THE COMPANY'S DONE TO OUR FAMILIES. THE DIFFICULTY OF THE DECISION ACKNOWLEDGED. THE JUDGE CONFIDENT THE FAILED COMPANY HAS THE FUNDS, DESPITE ITS DENIALS TO DATE. THE SENTENCING ALSO INCLUDED A STRONG MESSAGE ABOUT THE FAMILIES' NEED TO BRING THEIR MEN OUT OF THE MINE ONE DAY. THE VICTIM IMPACT REPORTS WERE HARROWING. AND IT'S ONLY WHEN YOU READ THEM IN FULL AND YOU HAVE THEIR COLLECTIVE SORROW THAT ONE CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW IMPERATIVE IT IS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BURY THEIR BROTHERS, HUSBANDS OR PARTNERS, SONS. FOR HER TO, EXCUSE ME BY SAYING THIS, BUT TO` TO HAVE THE GUTS TO DO WHAT SHE'S DONE TODAY, I WAS IMPRESSED. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT IT. HE WASN'T ALONE. THANK YOU. APPLAUSE THOUGH FOR SOME, THE SENTENCING INTENSIFIED THE SENSE OF LOSS. IT DOESN'T GO AWAY. IT NEVER GOES AWAY. IT'S WITH YOU EVERY DAY. THE FACT THAT THEY LOST THEIR MEN BECAUSE OF A COMPANY'S LACK OF CARE WITH THEIR LIVES. LISA, HAS THEIR BEEN ANY REACTION FROM THE PIKE RIVER COAL DIRECTORS? LATE TODAY THREE OF THE DIRECTORS ` STUART NATTRASS, RAY MEYER AND FORMER CHAIR JOHN DOW ` ISSUED A STATEMENT REFUTING THE CLAIM THE COMPANY WALKED AWAY AFTER THE EXPLOSION. THEY SAY THEY PROVIDED A MILLION DOLLARS, AND SUPPORT, AND TODAY OFFER THEIR CONDOLENCES LISA DAVIES REPORTING FROM GREYMOUTH. SO WHERE WILL MORE THAN $3M COME FROM IF PIKE RIVER COAL CAN'T PAY? THE LAWYER FOR THE TWO SURVIVORS ` DANIEL ROCKHOUSE AND RUSSELL SMITH ` SAYS THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STEP UP WITH TAXPAYER MONEY. THIS FROM SIMON BRADWELL. TWO MEN SURVIVED THE PIKE RIVER TRAGEDY. NOW THEIR LAWYER SAYS IT'S TIME THEY WERE COMPENSATED. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULDN'T BE DRAGGING FAMILIES AND OUR SURVIVORS THROUGH A LONG COMPLICATED COURT CASE. THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH HELL ALREADY. GRANT CAMERON ACTED FOR FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE CAVE CREEK DISASTER, WHO RECEIVED JUST UNDER $2.7M IN COMPENSATION. NOW HE'S LOOKING AT A RAFT OF ACTIONS AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR WHO HE SAYS FAILED IN THEIR DUTIES. NERVOUS SHOCK CLAIMS IN TORT, BREACH OF STATUTORY DUTY, EVEN PRIVATE PROSECTIONS FOR THAT MATTER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY CLOSE LOOK AT THE NZ BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE BREACH OF THE RIGHT TO LIFE. PIKE RIVER HAS BEEN ORDERED TO PAY AROUND $110,000 TO THE SURVIVORS AND FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS. BUT THE RECEIVER SAYS THE COMPANY CAN ONLY PAY EACH FAMILY AROUND $5000. THAT'S THE COLD HARD COMMERCIAL REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMPANY CAN'T PAY. EVEN THOUGH THE JUDGE SAID SHE BELIEVED IT CAN. I'M NOT SURE HOW SHE DREW THAT CONCLUSION. IT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE REALITY. SUGGESTIONS THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD STEP UP DREW A LUKEWARM RESPONSE. THE FAMILIES WILL HAVE HAD ASSISTANCE FROM THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION AS WELL. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT ANY CLAIMS THEY MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT BRING AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. THE JOURNEY TO COMPENSATION CAN BE A LONG ONE AS RSA MASSACRE SURVIVOR SUSAN COUCH KNOWS. IT TOOK 11 YEARS AND A RULING BY THE JUDGES HERE AT THE SUPREME COURT FOR SUSAN COUCH TO RECEIVE $300,000 COMPENSATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR HER HORRIFIC INJURIES. GRANT CAMERON SAYS HE HAS A FIGURE IN MIND FOR THE PIKE RIVER VICTIMS BUT WON'T REVEAL THAT PUBLICLY. SIMON BRADWELL, ONE NEWS. RACING'S DUE TO BEGIN ON MONDAY MORNING IN THE AMERICA'S CUP, BUT THERE'S DOUBT WHETHER OUR YACHTIES WILL EVEN GET ON THE WATER. TEAM NZ'S SET TO SAIL AGAINST LUNA ROSSA IN THE FIRST CLASH OF THE CHALLENGER SERIES. WITH THE LATEST ON WHETHER THE ITALIAN SYNDICATE WILL SHOW UP, OUR CORRESPONDENT MARTIN TASKER IS STANDING BY IN SAN FRANCISCO. MARTIN. THE CASE IS SIMPLE THERE'S AN UNDERCURRENT. LR IS UPSET AT HAVING TO RACE BEFORE RULE CHANGES BUT WHEN I SPOKE TO ITALIAN SKIPPER MAX SIRENA, HE WAS IN SOME DOUBT AS TO WHETHER THEY'D SHOW. THIS ON A DAY WHEN PRADA LITERALLY SHUT-UP SHOP HERE. LET THE RACING BEGIN. BUT WHO AGAINST? A SPECTACULAR FINALE TO THE OPENING CEREMONY UNABLE TO DISGUISE THE DISQUIET OVER LUNA ROSSA'S POTENTIAL NO-SHOW. I REALLY DO HOPE THEY DO TURN UP. IT'S IMPORTANT, REALLY, TO KICK THE EVENT OFF PROPERLY. EARLIER, THE AMERICA'S CUP PARK OPENED TO THE PUBLIC. ALL MANNER OF FREE ENTERTAINMENT LAID ON, ALONG WITH THE MERCHANDISING STANDS. TEAM NZ BUSY, WHILE OPPOSITE, THE LUNA ROSSA STORE, BACKED BY PRADA, WAS EMPTY, STAFF HAVING CLEARED THE SHELVES AFTER A MERCHANDISING DISPUTE WITH EVENT ORGANISERS. GO, LUNA ROSSA! OUTSIDE, LUNA ROSSA SUPPORTERS WERE BEING KITTED OUT WITH TEAM GEAR FROM TRESTLE TABLES AHEAD OF THE OPENING CEREMONY, WHERE THE NEXT ITALIAN NO-SHOW WENT OVER MOST HEADS. FOUR-TIME WINNER OF THE AMERICA'S CUP, FROM NZ, RUSSELL COUTTS. APPLAUSE, CHEERING 30 YEARS OF THE LOUIS VUITTON CUP MARKED WITH A PARADE OF THE WINNING SKIPPERS ` ALL ON STAGE EXCEPT THE ITALIANS, WHO TOOK OUT THE CHALLENGER SERIES IN AUCKLAND 13 YEARS AGO. AND ANOTHER HEART-STOPPER FOR THE SHOW ORGANISERS. A LONG DELAY BEFORE THE TEAM FINALLY EMERGED AFTER BEING CALLED UP. THE SKIPPER LESS THAN CONVINCING. A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO. IT'S A NEW CHALLENGE FOR US. AND WE ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE IN THIS SUMMER OF RACING HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND WE HOPEFULLY WILL GO TO THE END. ARE YOU READY? WE ARE ALMOST READY. WE WANT TO HAVE A GOOD SHOW AND GET OUT THERE AND HAVE SOME RACING. SO WE ARE HERE TO RACE. BE NICE TO HAVE ANOTHER BOAT TO RACE WITH. THE SHENANIGANS SEEN AS NO SURPRISE BY THE CUP CHIEF. WHAT WE ARE SEEING WITH REGARD TO THE RULES AND WHAT'S BEEN SAID ABOUT EACH OTHER AND THAT SORT OF STUFF IS JUST ABSOLUTELY PAR FOR THE COURSE AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME. TWO DAYS OUT FROM THE FIRST RACE. SO, MARTIN, IS THIS JUST MORE AMERICA'S CUP BRINKMANSHIP OR IS LUNA ROSSA SERIOUSLY AT RISK OF PULLING OUT? THEY'VE FACED A DILEMMA ARE THEY GONNA LOSE FACE OR BE SEEN TO BE IF THEY CAVE INTO THE DEMANDS WITHOUT HAVING THEIR CASE HEARD? OR DO THEY LOSE FAITH FROM THEIR SUPPORTERS BY NOT TURNING UP? I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN THE GUN GOES OFF ON MONDAY FOR THE FIRST RACE. YACHTING CORRESPONDENT MARTIN TASKER. AND MARTIN HAS MORE OF THE SHOWBIZ-STYLE OPENING CEREMONY LATER IN SPORT. WE CAN NOW SHOW YOU THE BUSINESSMAN ACCUSED OF STEALING MILLIONS IN WHAT'S CLAIMED TO BE ONE OF NZ'S BIGGEST FRAUDS. DAVID ROSS HAS APPEARED IN COURT IN WELLINGTON AND ALSO CAME FACE TO FACE WITH INVESTORS. DAVID ROSS HAS BEEN A HARD MAN TO FIND SINCE HIS WELLINGTON COMPANIES COLLAPSED LAST YEAR. I JUST WANT TO STARE HIM IN THE EYE AND, MM,... LET HIM KNOW THERE'S SOME ANGRY PEOPLE OUT HERE. BUT TODAY HE HAD TO FRONT UP ON CHARGES RELATED TO ALLEGEDLY RUNNING A $400M PONZI SCHEME. < MAN: WHERE'S THE MONEY, MR ROSS? WHERE'S THE MONEY? EXCUSE ME, ROSS HAS NOTHING TO SAY. WHERE'S THE MONEY, MR ROSS? THE DIRECTOR OF ROSS ASSET MANAGEMENT ENTERED NO PLEA WHEN HE APPEARED ON EIGHT FRAUD-RELATED CHARGES, INCLUDING NEW ALLEGATIONS HE MISLED THE FINANCIAL MARKETS AUTHORITY. IT'S TRAGIC WHAT THIS HAS DONE, PARTICULARLY TO ELDERLY PEOPLE. DAVID ROSS FACES YEARS IN JAIL IF FOUND GUILTY. FOR NOW, HE'LL STAY ON BAIL IN HIS $1M-PLUS LOWER HUTT HOME. IT'S ABSOLUTELY INFURIATING. I'M BEING APPROACHED BY ANY NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TELLING ME THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO SELL THEIR HOMES, THEY'RE HAVING TO COMPLETELY DOWNGRADE THEIR LIFESTYLE. MEANWHILE, INVESTORS SAY THEY'RE GETTING MORE WORRIED THEY'LL GET ALMOST NOTHING BACK. LIQUIDATORS HAVE FOUND ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE MISSING FUNDS. BUT THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON GETTING MONEY BACK FROM INVESTORS WHO PROFITED, AND THEY'VE STARTED SELLING DAVID ROSS' ASSETS, INCLUDING EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS. DAVID ROSS HAD A SMALL SHOWING OF SUPPORT AT COURT, BUT INVESTORS SAY HE'S GETTING NO SYMPATHY FROM THEM. THEY SAY THEY'LL BE BACK TO LOOK HIM IN THE EYE AGAIN WHEN HE NEXT APPEARS IN AUGUST. GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS. A NEW LEADER'S BEEN SWORN IN JUST A DAY AFTER THE MILITARY GOT RID OF EGYPT'S FIRST DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT. A JUDGE WILL BE PRESIDENT UNTIL FRESH ELECTIONS ARE HELD. BUT AS OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS STILL PROTEST ON THE STREETS, THERE ARE FEARS THE COUNTRY'S ON THE BRINK OF CIVIL WAR. ABC'S ALEX MARQUARDT REPORTS FROM CAIRO. A HEART DRAWN IN THE SKY. A MESSAGE FROM EGYPT'S MILITARY TO THEIR SUPPORTERS ON THE SQUARE BELOW I'M SO, SO, SO, SO HAPPY. I'M SO HAPPY. I'M SO PROUD AT THE SAME TIME. 24 HOURS AFTER THE MILITARY DEPOSED A PRESIDENT ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE, SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS, HE'S BEING HELD WITH HIS FAMILY IN A PRESIDENTIAL GUESTHOUSE. TOP OFFICIALS FROM THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ` MORSI'S PARTY ` HAVE ALSO BEEN ROUNDED UP. 300 ARREST WARRANTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THEIR MEMBERS. SINCE SUNDAY, CLASHES BETWEEN MORSI'S SUPPORTERS AND OPPONENTS HAVE LEFT AROUND 50 PEOPLE DEAD. TODAY THE MILITARY INSTALLED A NEW, VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN PRESIDENT, EGYPT'S TOP CONSTITUTIONAL JUDGE. DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE NEW PRESIDENT? UM,... NOW, NO. THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE ARMY'S HISTORIC AND TREMENDOUS POWER. EGYPT'S PRESIDENTS HAVE ALL BEEN MILITARY MEN. ITS FIRST CIVILIAN PRESIDENT, MORSI, LASTED JUST A YEAR. IN EGYPT, THE MILITARY HAS FAR MORE THAN THE TRADITIONAL ROLE. THEY CONTROL A HUGE PART OF THE EGYPTIAN ECONOMY ` SOME ESTIMATES GO AS HIGH AS 40%. THEY BUILD ROADS AND BRIDGES AND HAVE THEIR OWN BRANDS OF OLIVE OIL AND WATER. AT THE CORE OF THE US-EGYPT FRIENDSHIP ARE THE COUNTRIES' MILITARIES. EGYPT RECEIVES $1.6B A YEAR FROM THE US. WASHINGTON IS HOPING THAT CASH CAN HELP AVOID AN ALL-OUT CIVIL WAR. TODAY DEFENSE SECRETARY HAGEL CALLED THIS MAN, EGYPT'S MILITARY CHIEF, GENERAL AL-SISI. FOR NOW, EGYPT IS LOOKING TO THE PAST ` A STRONG MAN IN CONTROL OF THE COUNTRY. NOT THE NEW PRESIDENT, BUT THE HEAD OF THE ARMY. AND RESIDENTS OF CAIRO ARE BRACED FOR MORE CHAOS AFTER THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CALLED FOR A MASS STREET PROTEST AGAINST THE MILITARY LATER THIS EVENING. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` THE LATEST ON THE 8-YEAR-OLD RUNAWAY. HOLDING OUT HOPE, BUT CONFUSION SURROUNDS THE HEALTH OF NELSON MANDELA WITH REPORTS HE'S IN A VEGETATIVE STATE. SHE COULD STILL BE ALIVE. POLICE LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MADELEINE MCCANN AS NEW EVIDENCE EMERGES. AND EXTREME AND PUSHING THE LIMITS OF HUMAN ENDEAVOUR. THE FILM FESTIVAL PUTTING THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE ADVENTUROUS. THE FAMILY OF A BOY (8) WHO RAN AWAY FOR FIVE DAYS IS KNOWN TO THE POLICE AND SOCIAL SERVICES. MAKAI KEEGAN WAS FOUND BY OFFICERS AT A SOUTH AUCKLAND HOUSE THIS MORNING, AFTER A TIP-OFF FROM THE PUBLIC. HE WAS LAST SEEN BY HIS FAMILY AT THEIR MANUREWA HOME AND REPORTED MISSING THE NEXT DAY. THEY WERE RELIEVED TO BE NOTIFIED THAT HE HAD BEEN FOUND AND WERE OBVIOUSLY HAPPY HE WAS SAFE AND WELL. CHILD YOUTH AND FAMILY WOULDN'T COMMENT ON ITS DEALINGS WITH MAKAI BECAUSE OF PRIVACY ISSUES, BUT SAYS IT'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE FAMILY FOR SOME TIME. CONFLICTING REPORTS ON THE STATE OF NELSON MANDELA'S HEALTH HAVE EXPOSED ANOTHER UGLY FEUD WITHIN THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S FAMILY. THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT'S DENIED HE'S IN A VEGETATIVE STATE. THE OTHER FAMILY BATTLE'S SEEN MR MANDELA'S GRANDSON ACCUSING OTHER RELATIVES OF BEING VENGEFUL. THE BBC'S ANDREW HARDING REPORTS. A GLOOMY STAGE FOR THE NEXT ACT IN A VENOMOUS FAMILY FEUD. THREE OF NELSON MANDELA'S CHILDREN WERE REBURIED HERE TODAY, BROUGHT BACK TO THE PRIVATE CEMETERY WHERE THE FORMER PRESIDENT WOULD ONE DAY BE LAID TO REST. THE GRAVES HAVE BEEN MOVED BY ONE OF MANDELA'S GRANDSONS, PROMPTING OTHER RELATIVES TO GO TO COURT, AND, YESTERDAY, THE POLICE TO BREAK INTO THE GRANDSON'S HOME TO EXHUME THE BODIES. TODAY THE SAME GRANDSON BITTERLY CONDEMNED HIS RELATIVES. INDIVIDUALS HAVE ABANDONED THEIR OWN FAMILIES AND HERITAGE, AND DECIDED TO JUMP ON THE MANDELA WAGON. WELL-WISHERS OUTSIDE MANDELA'S HOSPITAL TODAY, BUT THE INFIGHTING HAS REACHED HERE TOO. RELATIVES HAVE CLAIMED IN COURT DOCUMENTS THAT THE 94-YEAR-OLD IS IN A VEGETATIVE STATE. AND A CLOSE FRIEND WHO'S SEEN HIM TOLD US TODAY THAT SIMPLY WASN'T TRUE. HE WASN'T SPEAKING. HE HAS A TUBE DOWN INTO HIS LUNGS, SO HE CAN'T SPEAK. BUT HE'S MOVING HIS MOUTH AS THOUGH HE'S TRYING TO SPEAK. AND TODAY, NELSON MANDELA'S WIFE WAS ALSO SOUNDING RELATIVELY UPBEAT. ALTHOUGH MADIBA MAY BE SOMETIMES UNCOMFORTABLE, VERY FEW TIMES HE IS IN PAIN. BUT HE IS FINE. I THINK THE BEST GIFT WHICH HE HAS GIVEN TO THIS NATION AGAIN IS THE GIFT OF UNITY. AND SO TONIGHT ANOTHER CANDLELIT VIGIL HERE FOR THE MAN IN EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS. FORMER ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU WHO COINED THE TERM 'RAINBOW NATION' TO DESCRIBE SOUTH AFRICA HAS APPEALED TO THE MANDELA FAMILY TO OVERCOME THEIR DIFFERENCES. A GRANDMOTHER IN CHINA'S DIED WHILE STOPPING HER YOUNG GRANDDAUGHTER FROM BEING CRUSHED BY A LANDSLIDE. THE 1-YEAR-OLD WAS PULLED FROM THE WRECKAGE OF HER COLLAPSED HOME WHERE SHE WAS FOUND NESTLED BENEATH HER GRANDMOTHER'S ARM. THE GESTURE CREATED ENOUGH BREATHING SPACE FOR THE GIRL TO SURVIVE FOR SEVEN HOURS BEFORE RESCUERS HEARD HER CRIES. HER GRANDMOTHER DIED FROM HEAD INJURIES. THE CHILD IS NOW RECOVERING IN HOSPITAL. A FRESH INVESTIGATION'S BEEN LAUNCHED INTO THE MISSING PERSONS CASE THAT'S MADE HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD. BRITISH POLICE SAY THEY HAVE NEW EVIDENCE AND LEADS INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MADELEINE MCCANN. ON THE LEFT THERE'S A PICTURE OF THE 3-YEAR-OLD BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED IN PORTUGAL SIX YEARS AGO. ON THE RIGHT, WHAT SHE MIGHT LOOK LIKE NOW. AS THE BBC'S RICHARD BILTON REPORTS, POLICE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING 38 PEOPLE OF INTEREST. IT IS A GRIM MYSTERY THAT STILL HOLDS A NATION ` WHAT HAPPENED TO MADELEINE MCCANN? SINCE THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED MORE THAN SIX YEARS AGO, THERE HAVE BEEN PRECIOUS FEW CLUES. BUT A BRITISH POLICE REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE THINKS THERE'S A CHANCE TO SOLVE THE CASE. MADELEINE MCCANN WAS NEARLY 4 WHEN SHE VANISHED FROM A HOLIDAY APARTMENT IN PRAIA DA LUZ IN PORTUGAL IN MAY 2007. FOUR MONTHS AFTER SHE DISAPPEARED, HER PARENTS, KATE AND GERRY MCCANN, WERE NAMED AS SUSPECTS, OR ARGUIDOS. THAT STATUS WAS LATER DROPPED, AND PORTUGUESE PROSECUTORS SAID THEY HAD NO CASE TO ANSWER. THE FAMILY CAMPAIGNED FOR A BRITISH REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE. AND IN 2011, THE PRIME MINISTER, DAVID CAMERON, ASKED THE METROPOLITAN POLICE TO GET INVOLVED. THE REVIEW HAS INVOLVED 37 OFFICERS FOR TWO YEARS. IT'S GENERATED NEARLY 4000 NEW LINES OF INQUIRY, AND CRUCIALLY HAS IDENTIFIED 38 SO-CALLED 'PERSONS OF INTEREST'. THIS IS AN UNUSUAL AND CONTROVERSIAL INVESTIGATION PROMPTED BY THE PRIME MINISTER, COSTING MILLIONS ALREADY AND FUNDED DIRECTLY BY THE HOME OFFICE. TODAY, MADELEINE MCCANN'S PARENTS SAID THEY WELCOMED THE SHIFT FROM REVIEW TO INVESTIGATION, WHICH THEY HOPED WOULD BE A BIG STEP TOWARDS JUSTICE. THE START OF AN INVESTIGATION IS A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT, BUT THIS INVOLVES POLICE FORCES FROM ACROSS EUROPE, AND THERE IS A LONG WAY TO GO YET IN THE CASE OF MADELEINE MCCANN. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTED SIGHTINGS OF MADELINE SINCE SHE DISAPPEARED, INCLUDING ONE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY IN QUEENSTOWN EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS DISMISSED AFTER A DNA TEST. WEATHER TIME NOW. SAM, THE FOEHN WIND WORKING ITS MAGIC IN THE SOUTH ISLAND AGAIN? OTAGO AND CANTERBURY CHARGING TOWARDS 20 DEGREES, AND IT'S WINTER! SO LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS. TODAYS HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: TODAY'S HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: AND THE RADAR MATCHING BEAUTIFULLY TO LAST NIGHT'S WARNINGS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL HAVE THE FULL FORECAST AFTER SPORT. COMING UP ` PSYCHOMETRIC TESTS. HOW DO THEY WORK AND CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THEY'RE USED. THE FLYING MISSION TO SAVE AN HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE FACES A CHALLENGING TIME. IS THE LONG INNINGS OVER FOR DANIEL VETTORI? ANOTHER HIT FOR ONE OF OUR GREATEST CRICKETERS. 1 IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A JOB THESE DAYS, YOU'RE LIKELY TO FACE A PSYCHOMETRIC TEST. BUT THERE ARE NOW CONCERNS ABOUT HOW SOME GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE USING THE PERSONALITY PART OF THE TESTS AS PART OF RESTRUCTURING AND REDUNDANCIES. DANIEL FAITAUA EXPLAINS. DO YOU LIKE FAST CARS? DO YOU LIKE OPERA? AND DO YOUR FRIENDS LIKE TO PARTY? JUST SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU'LL FACE UNDERGOING A PSYCHOMETRIC TEST. PEOPLE SHOULDN'T GET JOBS BASED ON THEIR PERSONALITY. IT'S OK, BECAUSE IT HELPS GIVE YOU A BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE PERSON THAT'S BEING TESTED. THEY'RE A BIT BIZARRE. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ANSWER TO GIVE. IT'S THESE PAGES... AND PAGES OF MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS EMPLOYERS USE TO TEST YOUR IQ, SKILLS, PERSONALITY AND EMOTION. BUT ONE UNION SAYS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT JUST USING THE TEST FOR RECRUITMENT BUT REDUNDANCIES. ESSENTIALLY, WE THINK IT IS A TOOL THAT IS INVASIVE, INTRUSIVE AND ISN'T GOING TO PROVIDE THE ANSWERS THAT PEOPLE NEED WHEN THEY'RE MAKING APPOINTMENTS OR RESTRUCTURING PEOPLE. 320 MANAGERS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WERE TESTED AT A COST OF $80,000, RESULTING IN 70 JOB LOSSES. DOC SAYS THE ASSESSMENT INCLUDES AN INTERVIEW AND WORK HISTORY. AT THE MINISTRY OF BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTORS TOOK THE TEST AS PART OF A RESTRUCTURE IN FEBRUARY. IT SAYS THE TEST WAS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT. THESE ARE COPIES OF THE THREE TESTS HEALTH INSPECTORS UNDERTOOK. EACH TEST HAS OVER 200 TRUE OF FALSE QUESTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE THIS ONE ASKS, 'TRUE OF FALSE? I WOULD LIKE TO BE A DEEP-SEA DIVER'. THIS ONE HERE ASKS, 'IF IT FEELS GOOD, DO IT.' PEOPLE MIGHT DEPEND ON A PSYCHOMETRIC TEST AS A PANACEA FOR ALL ANSWERS. THEY REALLY SHOULD BE USED IN CONCERT WITH A LOT OF OTHER TECHNIQUES. LIKE IT OR LUMP IT, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SAY THEY'RE HERE TO STAY. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT A PSYCHOMETRIC TEST IS LIKE ON OUR WEBSITE, ONENEWS.CO.NZ A TOP HORSE TRAINER'S BEEN CONVICTED OF ILLEGALLY POSSESSING AND ATTEMPTING TO IMPORT AGRICULTURAL COMPOUNDS FOR HORSES, BUT SHE WON'T BE PUNISHED. NICOLA CHILCOTT ADMITTED ALL FIVE CHARGES, BUT MAINTAINS SHE HAD NO IDEA SHE WAS BREAKING THE LAW. THE JUDGE CONVICTED THE CAMBRIDGE HARNESS RACING TRAINER BUT IMPOSED NO PENALTY, SAYING THE CONVICTION ALONE SERVES AS A WARNING TO OTHERS WHO MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO ENGAGE IN SIMILAR ACTIVITY. AN OPERATION TO SAVE AN HISTORIC CANTERBURY LIGHTHOUSE FROM LITERALLY GOING OVER THE EDGE MET A FEW CHALLENGES TODAY. THE GODLEY HEAD LIGHTHOUSE HAS BEEN TEETERING SINCE THE EARTHQUAKES, BUT THE PLAN TO MOVE IT DIDN'T QUITE GO TO PLAN. LACEY WILSON WAS THERE. LIVING ON THE EDGE, THE GODLEY HEAD LIGHTHOUSE HAS BEEN 'LIVING' HERE SINCE WWII, BUT AFTER SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE, IT WAS TIME TO MOVE. THE UNKNOWN FOR US IS THE WEIGHT OF IT. ABSEILERS REMOVED THE COPPER DOME AND GLASS HOUSING, WITH THE PLAN BEING THE HELICOPTER WOULD LIFT IT TO SAFETY. BUT IT DIDN'T QUITE WORK OUT THAT WAY. WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS? WHAT'S YOUR NEXT PLANS? (RT) MAN: WE'D NEED TO TAKE A BIT OF WEIGHT OFF, I WOULD'VE THOUGHT. A NEW PLAN WAS QUICKLY IN PLACE. BUT IS THE GLASS EXPENDABLE FOR THE INTEREST OF THIS OPERATION? OH, ABSOLUTELY. IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO IT WITH A HAMMER AND DO IT NOW, THAT'S FINE. SO AFTER REMOVING THE WINDOW GLASS, IT WAS TIME TO TRY AGAIN. BUT DESPITE BEING THE CHOPPER BEING ABLE TO LIFT 1.4 TONS, IT WAS STILL TOO HEAVY. IT WAS CERTAINLY MOVING AROUND A LOT MORE, AND FROM WHAT THE BOYS WERE TELLING ME ON THE GROUND, WE WERE GETTING IT JUST TAKING THE WEIGHT, BUT IT'S STILL JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO HEAVY. PLAN B IS GOING TO BE I'LL TAKE THE TOP PART OF THE DOME OFF NOW, SO PUT IT OFF TILL MONDAY. SO AFTER LIVING HERE FOR OVER 80 YEARS, THE GODLEY HEAD LIGHTHOUSE WILL REMAIN AMONG THE ROCKS FOR A FEW DAYS MORE. LACEY WILSON, ONE NEWS. THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST FAMOUS LANDMARKS, OPENED TO THE PUBLIC AGAIN JUST IN TIME FOR US INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS. CROWDS FLOCKED TO THE NEW YORK MONUMENT WHICH SHUT DOWN NEARLY NINE MONTHS AGO AFTER SUPER-STORM SANDY SWAMPED THE ISLAND SHE STANDS ON. THE COLOSSAL TORCH-BEARING STATUE, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS LADY LIBERTY, IS A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM. IT WAS A GIVEN AS A GIFT TO THE US FROM THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE IN 1886. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES ` COMPENSATION FOR THE PIKE RIVER FAMILIES COULD END UP COMING FROM TAXPAYERS. THE MINING COMPANY'S BEEN ORDERED TO PAY MORE THAN $3M REPARATION. THIS AMOUNTS TO JUST OVER $100,000 FOR THE FAMILIES OF EACH VICTIM AND THE TWO SURVIVORS. BUT THE COMPANY'S GOT NO MONEY. A LAWYER FOR SOME OF THE FAMILIES IS LOOKING AT TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT. THE MAN ACCUSED OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST FRAUDS IS TONIGHT OUT ON BAIL. DAVID ROSS FACED ANGRY INVESTORS AS HE APPEARED IN COURT ON CHARGES RELATED TO A HUGE PONZI SCHEME. HE'S THE SOLE DIRECTOR OF ROSS ASSET MANAGEMENT, WHICH COLLAPSED, OWING INVESTORS $450M. THE AMERICA'S CUP HAS OFFICIALLY OPENED, AND RACING'S DUE TO START ON MONDAY. BUT THERE'S DOUBT WHETHER TEAM NZ WILL SET SAIL AGAINST LUNA ROSSA IN THE FIRST OF THE CHALLENGER SERIES. THE ITALIAN SYNDICATE'S THREATENING TO PULL OUT BECAUSE ITS PROTEST AGAINST DESIGN CHANGES IS YET TO BE HEARD. JENNY-MAY'S HERE WITH SPORT NEXT. IS IT THE END FOR BLACKCAPS BOWLER DANIEL VETTORI? IT'S BEEN A HARD SEASON FOR HIM ONLY THREE MATCHES WILL HE BE BACK? THE MAN HIMSELF TELLS US AFTER THE BREAK. PLUS ` WE HEAD TO THE WAIKATO, WHERE THE MAGIC HAVE NAMED THEIR NEW 'AUSSIE' COACH. AND THE CHIEFS LOOK TO GOOSE-STEP THE CRUSADERS TONIGHT. NO SCREAMERS. YES, A PLEASANT CHANGE FOR THE WOMEN'S FINALISTS AT WIMBLEDON. AND DESPITE ALL THE DRAMA, THERE'S CHEERS AND TEARS AT THE AMERICA'S CUP OPENING CEREMONY. MAN: Now, tell me what you see in this image. MAN: Now, tell me what you see in this image. WOMAN: Um,... my new shoes? OK. And this? My... tickets to Fiji. Right, OK. This? This? My phone bill. This? My phone bill. Hmm. If your credit card balance is playing on your mind, switch it to an ANZ low-rate MasterCard and enjoy 2.99% per annum for a whole year. Call us today. NAU MAI HOKI MAI ANO. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. JUST DAYS BEFORE NZ CRICKET ANNOUNCES ITS CONTRACTED PLAYERS FOR NEXT SEASON, VETERAN BOWLER DANIEL VETTORI HAS MADE HIMSELF UNAVAILABLE. THE 34-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN BATTLING INJURY AND SAYS IT'S A MATTER OF IF RATHER THAN WHEN HE'LL BE BACK. ABBY SCOTT EXPLAINS. IT'S BEEN THE SEASON OF STRUGGLE FOR DANIEL VETTORI. (GRUNTS) THE VETERAN SPINNER PLAYING JUST THREE INTERNATIONALS THIS YEAR. IT'S FRUSTRATING, IT'S DEBILITATING, AND ANYONE WHO'S HAD AN ACHILLES INJURY KNOWS HOW HARD IT IS TO DEAL WITH, SO THIS HAS BEEN UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH IN THE PAST. BUT TO TRY AND MAKE SITTING SIDELINE A THING OF THE PAST VETTORI HAS GONE UNDER THE KNIFE ` ACHILLES SURGERY IN JUNE AND NOW THREE TO SIX MONTHS OF REHABILITATION. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HE WAS A TEENAGER, VETTORI DECIDING NOT TO SEEK A NEW CONTRACT. I JUST WANT TO HAVE NOTHING HANGING OVER ME AND BE ABLE TO REHAB IT AND GET IT RIGHT AND THEN IF IT DOES COME RIGHT, THEN TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND PLAY. BUT IT'S A BIG IF. VETTORI SAYS WHILE HE'S NOT RETIRING, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE HE'LL BE BACK. BUT NZ CRICKET ISN'T PREPARED TO SAY GOODBYE TO ITS SECOND-HIGHEST TEST WICKET TAKER. WE'RE REASONABLY CONFIDENT WE'RE GOING TO SEE DANIEL VETTORI BACK PLAYING FOR NZ AGAIN. VETTORI LEAVES A GAP IN THE 20 CONTRACTED PLAYERS THAT'LL BE NAMED ON MONDAY. ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS ALL-ROUNDER JAMES FRANKLIN WILL LOSE HIS CONTRACT AND AUSTRALIAN WICKETKEEPER BATSMAN LUKE RONCHI WON'T BE OFFERED ONE. THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF CHANGES, YES. AND AS FOR THE BIG CHANGE FOR THIS MAN, WHAT WILL FILL HIS CRICKET-FREE DAYS? THREE KIDS. MAYBE GET A FOURTH ON THE WAY? > THREE'S ENOUGH. WELL, ENOUGH TO FILL THE BACKSEAT, ANYWAY. ABBY SCOTT, ONE NEWS. FORMER NEW SOUTH WALES SWIFTS NETBALL COACH AND DIAMONDS ASSISTANT JULIE FITZGERALD HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED AS THE NEW MAGIC MENTOR. FITZGERALD HAS SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS IN CHARGE OF THE NETBALL PROGRAMME AT THE INSTITUTE OF SPORT. THE FOUR-TIME AUSTRALIAN COACH OF THE YEAR SAYS SHE DOESN'T INTEND TO MAKE SWEEPING CHANGES AT HER NEW FRANCHISE. I THINK IT'S UNREALISTIC NOT TO SUGGEST THAT SOME OF MY STYLE WILL TRANSFER ON TO ANY TEAM THAT I COACH, BUT I'M ALSO VERY RESPECTFUL OF HOW THE MAGIC PLAY AND THAT THEY HAVE HAD ENORMOUS SUCCESS WITH THEIR STYLE. FITZGERALD LED THE SWIFTS TO THE INAUGURAL ANZ CHAMPS TITLE IN 2008. HER FIRST ASSIGNMENT ` RE-SIGN THE BIG THREE: SILVER FERNS CASEY KOPUA, LAURA LANGMAN AND EVERGREEN SHOOTER IRENE VAN DYK. I THINK SHE'S THE BEST SHOOTER IN THE WORLD AT THE MOMENT, AND I WOULDN'T CARE IF SHE WAS 50. I THINK AS LONG AS SHE'S PLAYING AS WELL AS SHE IS, THEN SHE SHOULD KEEP PLAYING. FITZGERALD HAS BEEN SIGNED TO A TWO-YEAR DEAL AND WILL MOVE TO HAMILTON AT THE END OF THE YEAR. IT'S A GOOD THING THE CHIEFS ONLY NEED ONE COMPETITION POINT AGAINST THE CRUSADERS TONIGHT TO CLINCH THE NZ SUPER 15 CONFERENCE. THE WAIKATO OUTFIT HAS ONLY ONE WIN IN CHRISTCHURCH IN ITS 18 YEAR HISTORY. HERE'S STEPHEN STUART. DESPITE BEATING THE CRUSADERS THREE OF THE LAST FOUR TIMES THEY'VE PLAYED, COMPLACENCY ISN'T IN THE CHIEFS' PSYCHE. THEY'LL PROBABLY BE A LOT MORE HUNGRY THAN THEY WERE AFTER WE BEAT THEM AT HOME. THEY'RE COMING OFF A GOOD PERFORMANCE AGAINST THE HIGHLANDERS ALSO. THERE WAS NOTHING FLUKE-Y ABOUT CLARKE'S CHARGE-DOWN TRY IN THEIR 28-19 WIN TWO MONTHS AGO. PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON THE CRUSADERS' KICKING GAME. JUST SOME GOOD KICK PRESSURE THAT WE'VE WORKED HARD ON. BUT THE SKIPPER'S SECOND-ROW PARTNER KNOWS IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN HIS KICKING GAME TO BEAT THE CRUSADERS IN CHRISTCHURCH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS. THERE'S A REAL RIVALRY THERE. IT'S THE CRUSADERS, YOU KNOW ` THEY SET THE BENCHMARK FOR A LOT OF YEARS NEW TO THAT RIVALRY IS MATT VANT LEVEN, WHO STARTED THE SEASON IN THE WIDER TRAINING GROUP EFFECTIVELY THE FIFTH-RANKED NUMBER EIGHT. NORMALLY I GET TO THE 60-MINUTE MARK AND SUBSTITUTION NUMBERS COME UP, AND IT'S NORMALLY MY NUMBER, BUT, YEAH, GETTING TO 80 MINUTES HAS BEEN AWESOME. NEAT FOR MATTY, AND THERE'S NO DOUBT WE HAVE PLANS FOR HIM FOR THE FUTURE THE BEST PLANNERS IN THE GAME LOOKING FOR THEIR SEVENTH STRAIGHT WIN THIS SEASON AGAINST NZ OPPOSITION. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. WELL, WE'VE HEARD FROM THE CHIEFS' LOCKS. NOW LET'S GO LIVE TO REPORTER MIKE THORPE IN CHRISTCHURCH WITH A WINGED BIRD. WE'RE SET FOR A SELL-OUT HERE ONE MAN WHO WON'T BE HERE IS DOMINIC BIRD THE TALLEST MAN IN RUGBY REHABS' GOING WELL. IT'S SO AND BASIC BUT WILL INCREASE AS WEEKS GO ON HOPING TO BE BACK AT END OF ITM THE CHIEFS HAVE HAD THE WOOD ON CRUSADERES THE CHIEFS ARE PHYSICAL WE'LL BE IGNORING THE NIGGLE THEY GIVE HOPEFULLY HOME CROWD CAN BOOST US AND HELP ON THE WAY THE PACK HAS TAKEN SOME HITS LIAM MESSAM RULED OUT THANKS. MIKE THORPE LIVE FROM AMI STADIUM IN CHRISTCHURCH. TOMORROW NIGHT'S RUGBY DECIDER BETWEEN THE WALLABIES AND THE LIONS WON'T JUST PIT PLAYER AGAINST PLAYER BUT ALSO FAN AGAINST FAN. MUCH WAS MADE ABOUT THE FANATICAL LIONS FANS AHEAD OF THE TOUR, AND AS AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL REPORTS, THEY'VE LIVED UP TO EXPECTATIONS. ALL CHANT: LIONS! LIONS! LIONS! A RED SEA DOWN UNDER. ONE OF THE MANY LEGIONS OF LIONS FANS ON FOREIGN SOIL AND ON THE MARCH TO STADIUM AUSTRALIA. ALL CONTINUING CHANTING AFTER CAPACITY CROWDS IN BRISBANE AND MELBOURNE, MORE THAN 83,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED HERE FOR THE DECIDER, MAKING IT THREE RECORD CROWDS IN A ROW FOR THE TEST SERIES. THEY DOMINATED GRANDSTANDS HERE IN 2001. BUT AT LEAST THIS TIME THERE'S BEEN MORE THAN A HINT OF GOLD AMONG THE ARMY OF RED. TO THE CREDIT OF THE AUSSIE FANS, THEY'VE TURNED UP IN THEIR NUMBERS, ACTUALLY, AT THE STADIUM, AND I HOPE TOMORROW WILL BE THE SAME. WHICH IS WHERE IRISH INSPIRATION BRIAN O'DRISCOLL WILL BE WATCHING FROM. COACH WARREN GATLAND'S BEEN SLAMMED FOR AXING THE LIONS VETERAN, WHO'S BEEN A PRO UNTIL THE VERY END, ACCORDING TO HIS REPLACEMENT. HE CAME UP AND CONGRATULATED ME AND, YOU KNOW, GOT ON WITH TRAINING. THIS TIME OF YEAR, THE WALLABIES WOULD NORMALLY BE PREPARING FOR THE UPBEAT TEMPO OF THE ALL BLACKS. BUT THIS IS THE LIONS, AFTER ALL. THEY'RE PROBABLY MASTERS OF SET-PIECE. THEY LIKE TO PLAY THAT SORT OF STOP-START TYPE OF GAME WHERE THEY GET TO THE SET-PIECE, THEY GET ASCENDANCY AND LOOK TO TAKE THREE POINTS WHENEVER THEY CAN. JUDGING BY THE FIRST TWO TESTS, A THREE-POINTER MIGHT BE ALL IT TAKES FOR EITHER SIDE TO CLINCH THE SERIES. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY. THE WOMEN'S TENNIS FINALISTS HAVE BEEN FOUND AT WIMBLEDON, AND YOU'LL BE PLEASED TO KNOW NEITHER ARE SCREAMERS OR GRUNTERS. 23RD-SEED SABINE LISCIKI, IN THE NEAR COURT, OVERCAME A ROCKY SECOND AND THIRD SET TO REACH HER FIRST WIMBLEDON FINAL. UPSETTING THE LAST OF THE BIG NAMES AGNIESKA RADWANSKA 6-4, 2-6, 9-7. CROWD EXCLAIMS CROWD CHEERS OH, NOT QUITE. CROWD CHEERS GAME, SET AND MATCH ` MISS LISICKI. LISICKI WILL FACE 15TH-SEED MARION BARTOLI, THE 2006 AUCKLAND ASB CHAMPION. THE FRENCH WOMAN, WHO MANAGED A 20-MINUTE POWER NAP BEFORE HER MATCH, CRUISED PAST KIRSTEN FLIPKENS IN STRAIGHT SETS. KIWI CYCLIST GREG HENDERSON'S LATEST RIDE IN THE TOUR DE FRANCE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS 'STUNNING', GETTING LOTTO-BELISOL TEAMMATE ANDRE GREIPEL FIRST ACROSS THE LINE ON STAGE SIX. HENDERSON RODE THE PERFECT RACE, HITTING 74KM/H IN THE LAST KILOMETRE, SETTING UP GREIPEL IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THE 176.5KM RIDE. THE 36-YEAR-OLD FROM DUNEDIN JOINING IN ON THE CELEBRATIONS. AND GREG HENDERSON THERE, THROWING HIS ARMS UP IN THE AIR. HE KNEW AT THIS POINT THAT HIS TEAMMATE GREIPEL GETS HIMSELF THAT WIN. YESTERDAY'S STAGE WINNER, MARK CAVENDISH, CAME CRASHING BACK TO REALITY, LITERALLY, INVOLVED IN A PILE-UP JUST 33KM FROM THE END. DARYL IMPEY CLAIMING THE OVERALL LEAD, THE FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN TO WEAR THE RACE LEADER'S YELLOW JERSEY. WHILE UNCERTAINTY STILL CLOUDS THE AMERICA'S CUP, THE REGATTA'S OPENING CEREMONY WAS HELD IN SAN FRANCISCO TODAY. LAVISH, OVER THE TOP. WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU EXPECT ON INDEPENDENCE DAY?! YACHTING CORRESPONDENT MARTIN TASKER WAS THERE. MUCH LIKE THE BUILD-UP TO THIS AMERICA'S CUP, AN OPENING CEREMONY WITH PLENTY OF SHOWBIZ STYLE SUBSTITUTING FOR SOME LACK OF SUBSTANCE, WITH JUST THREE CHALLENGING TEAMS RAISING THEIR FLAGS ALONG WITH THE AMERICAN DEFENDER. THAT SAID, THE VOCAL VERSION OF THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER BY AN 8-YEAR-OLD KICKED OFF THE TWO-HOUR EVENT WITH THE FIRST SHOW-STOPPER. (SINGS MELLIFLUOUSLY) AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AN ALL-AMERICAN AFFAIR ON AN ALL-AMERICAN HOLIDAY, IT WAS THE KIWIS WHO PROVIDED THE SECOND STEALER. (CHANTS IN MAORI) NZ MAORI GROUP TE WAKA HUIA PROVING A HUGE HIT WITH A VERY PRO-KIWI CROWD. WE ARE HERE IN THE US ON INDEPENDENCE DAY. YOU WOULD EXPECT THE AMERICAN TEAM TO PROBABLY GET THE BIGGEST CHEER, BUT IT WAS INCREDIBLE THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THAT WE HAD HERE. SO, VERY VERY SPECIAL. FOR MANY, CHEERS TURNED TO TEARS DURING A MOVING TRIBUTE TO ARTEMIS SAILOR ANDREW SIMPSON WHO DIED IN A TRAINING ACCIDENT TWO MONTHS AGO. A SOMBRE MOMENT IN AN OTHERWISE SPECTACULAR SHOW. THE PROPER GAMES CAN NOW BEGIN. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS, SAN FRANCISCO. RUGBY LEAGUE DRAMAS CONTINUE. IN THE NRL, SEVEN CLUBS HAVE BEEN FINED FOR SALARY-CAP BREACHES FOR 2012 ` CRONULLA, CANBERRA, NEWCASTLE, MANLY, GOLD COAST, ROOSTERS AND PARAMATTA. NOT THE WARRIORS AFTER THE BREAK ` SAM'S HERE WITH YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER. AND MORE BROLLY-BUSTING WARNINGS IN THE FORECAST. AND TAKING A WALK ON THE WILDSIDE. EXTREME ADVENTURE CAPTURED ON FILMS ABOUT TO HIT THE BIG SCREEN. HELLO AGAIN. HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS AND YOUR BROLLIES. IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER WINDY ONE. WARNINGS INCLUDE SOUTHLAND, UP THE EAST COAST, TOP OF THE SOUTH BOTTOM OF THE NORTH. AND WET TOO. RAIN WARNINGS CONTINUE IN THE SOUTH-WEST CORNER. WARNING EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. THE NORTH ISLAND'S LOW MOVES FURTHER AWAY, LEAVING THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY RELATIVELY CLEAR. CLOUDY IN THE FAR SOUTH FROM A PASSING FRONT ONCE AGAIN. ISOBARS ARE SQUEEZED TIGHT. LOOK AT THE ANGLE. A NORTH-WEST FLOW. LET THE ACTION UNFOLD. FRONTS RUN US DOWN REACHING COOK STRAIT AROUND LUNCH AND THE NORTH ISLAND LATER THIS EVENING. SO WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? WITH RAIN ON THE WEST COAST; ONLY SCATTERED FALLS PUSHING OVER THE MAIN DIVIDE. AND THEN CLEARING IN THE SOUTH AND EAST. STRONG GUSTY NORTH-WEST WINDS. LOOKING GOOD IN THE EAST AT FIRST. JUST THE ODD PATCH OF DRIZZLE. WATCH THE FRONT ROLL IN, SWEEPING UP THE WEST COAST. PREFRONTAL CLOUD BARGING ITS WAY ON TO NORTHLAND. GALE-FORCE WINDS IN THE SOUTH GUSTING 130 K. WELLINGTON, WAIRARAPA. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND IT'S NOT A 6PM WEATHER WITHOUT AN AVIATION REPORT DEDICATED TO JIM. THAT'S IT FROM ME. I'VE GOT TO FLY! BEFORE WE GO, PICTURES THAT'LL REALLY PEAK YOUR INTEREST. THEY'RE FEATURING AT THIS YEAR'S MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL, AS MAX BANIA EXPLAINS. PUSHING THE LIMITS OF HUMAN ENDEAVOUR. I'M SCARED. SO MANY THINGS HERE ARE TRYING TO KILL ME. THE AWE-INSPIRING SIGHTS AND STORIES OF THE MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL RETURNING TO WANAKA AND QUEENSTOWN, AND ORGANISERS SAY IT'S BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER. THE SHOTS OF THE MOUNTAINS OR THE OCEANS OR NATURE ARE REALLY STUNNING, SO THEY TAKE YOU TO A PLACE AND TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING TO GO THERE. TRYING TO REALLY GET YOUR EMOTIONS GOING, MAKE YOU WANNA DO SOMETHING OR ACT ON SOMETHING. FUNKY MUSIC THIS YEAR A RECORD 143 ENTRIES HAVE BEEN WHITTLED DOWN TO 58. THE BEST KIWI FILM 'FLOW HUNTERS' DOCUMENTING AN 8000KM KAYAK DOWN 17 OF OUR RIVERS. THERE IS A LOT OF TOURISTS COMING TO THE FESTIVAL, AND IT SHOWS THEM WHAT WE HAVE IN NZ AND WHAT WE CAN DO AROUND WANAKA AND QUEENSTOWN ESPECIALLY. THERE'S SO MANY GREAT MOUNTAINS HERE AND RIVERS AND LAKES. FESTIVAL BOSS MARK SEDON IS A VETERAN MOUNTAINEER ` THE 26TH KIWI UP EVEREST. WE'RE JUST HANGING UP OUR NEPALI PRAYER FLAGS. NOW HE'S ESTABLISHED THE DECADE-OLD FESTIVAL AS A CHARITABLE TRUST. WE RAISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THINGS LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN-UPS. WE ALSO TRY AND RAISE MONEY TO PUT YOUNG SCHOOL LEAVERS THROUGH OUTDOORS COURSES AND FILM COURSES. HOPING TO INSPIRE YOUNG KIWIS WITH SCENES LIKE THIS OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKENDS. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR FRIDAY. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.