THE WEATHER GODS PUT ON A LIGHTNING SHOW TODAY, AS A CHARGED-UP FRONT MOVED ON TO THE NORTH ISLAND. AND DESPITE MOST OF LAST NIGHT'S WARNINGS BEING THROWN ON TO THE SCRAPHEAP, WE HAVE NEW AREAS TO KEEP OUR WEATHER EYE ON. NZ, BRACE YOURSELF FOR STRONG WINDS, SNOW AND TODAY'S NEWS, BECAUSE 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. FIERY CRASH LANDING ` A PLANE CARRYING HUNDREDS OF PASSENGERS BURSTS INTO FLAMES IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE CROSS LIVE FOR THE LATEST. HUGE EXPLOSIONS IN THE NIGHT ` DOZENS ARE MISSING AFTER A TRAIN CARRYING OIL DERAILS AND SMASHES INTO A SMALL TOWN. THE AILING FLYING DOCTORS ` THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE NOW FIGHTING FOR ITS OWN SURVIVAL. AND A LEAP OF FAITH ` AGE IS NO BARRIER FOR THE COMPETITIVE SENIOR CITIZENS STILL SHOOTING TO THE TOP. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND EIGHT OTHERS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER A PLANE CRASH-LANDED AND BURST INTO FLAMES IN SAN FRANCISCO. IT'S BELIEVED THE AIRCRAFT, CARRYING MORE THAN 300 PASSENGERS, CAME IN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, CAUSING ITS TAIL TO HIT A SEAWALL. THE FBI'S RULED OUT ANY TERRORIST OR CRIMINAL ACTS FOR CAUSING THE CRASH AT SAN FRANCISCO'S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. MARTIN TASKER JOINS US LIVE SHORTLY. FIRST, HIS REPORT. FROM THE AIR THE DAMAGE IS CLEARLY SEEN. A BIG BURNT-OUT HOLE RIGHT ACROSS THE TOP OF THE CRIPPLED PLANE. THE AIRCRAFT SURROUNDED BY FIRE-RETARDANT FOAM AS FIREFIGHTERS CHECKED OUT THE WRECKAGE. DEBRIS SCATTERED ALONG THE RUNWAY AFTER A ROUTINE LANDING WENT HORRIBLY WRONG. DID YOU SEE FIRE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? FIRE STARTED... THE TOP JUST TOTALLY, LIKE, COLLAPSED ON A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE INJURED. IT WAS A TERRIFYING DESCENT FOR THE 307 PEOPLE ON BOARD THE FLIGHT, WHICH HAD LEFT SOUTH KOREA ALMOST 11 HOURS EARLIER. EYEWITNESSES SAID THE PLANE'S TAIL HIT THE RUNWAY AND SNAPPED OFF, BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF DOWN THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A HALT. THEN, AS RESCUERS WERE TRYING TO EVACUATE PASSENGERS, THE PLANE CAUGHT FIRE AND BURST INTO FLAMES. THESE PICTURES WERE SHOT JUST MOMENTS AFTER THAT. WOMAN: THE TAIL WAS VERY LOW, AND WHEN IT HIT, SPARKS FLEW. THIS WING HIT AND SPUN IT AROUND, AND THEN THERE WAS A BIG EXPLOSION. IT WAS WAY TOO LOW, WAY TOO SLOW, AND THE WHEELS CAUGHT AND THE TAIL OF THE PLANE CAUGHT. SMOKE FROM THE AIRCRAFT COULD BE SEEN FOR KILOMETRES AS RUNWAY CREWS STRUGGLED TO PUT OUT THE FLAMES. OUR AIRCRAFT RESCUE FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT WENT TO WORK RIGHT AWAY, APPLIED FOAM AND WATER TO THE FUSELAGE. FRIGHTENED PASSENGERS WERE EITHER TRANSPORTED TO NEARBY HOSPITALS OR KEPT UNDER CLOSE WATCH INSIDE THE AIRPORT. I WAS SITTING NEXT TO, LIKE, THIS BIG HOLE... EXCUSE ME, WERE YOU ON THE PLANE? YES, I WAS. JUST NEED TO TALK TO YOU FOR ONE MOMENT. SOME OF THE FAMILIES, THEY ARE REALLY FREEZING INSIDE BECAUSE THEY WERE SO SCARED. SO WE ARE PROVIDING SOME OF THE BLANKETS. OF THE 181 PASSENGERS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL, 49 HAVE SERIOUS INJURIES. THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH REMAINS UNKNOWN, BUT OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY. THERE IS CURRENTLY AND CONTINUES TO BE NO INDICATION THAT TERRORISM OR ANY CRIMINAL ACTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCIDENT. TEAMS FROM BOTH AMERICA AND SOUTH KOREA WILL WORK TOGETHER ON DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. AND MARTIN IS WITH US NOW LIVE FROM SAN FRANCISCO. MARTIN, THE AIRPORT IS ABOUT 20 MINUTES SOUTH OF THE AMERICA'S CUP BASE, BUT THIS CRASH MUST HAVE A REAL IMPACT IN THE CITY ITSELF? THE PLANE WENT DOWN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND PEOPLE DID GRUESOME SIGHTSEEING. YOU HAD A CLEAR VIEW OF THE WRECKED PLANE ACROSS THE WATER. LOTS OF SPECULATION. NZ GOVERNMENT SAYS NO KIWIS ON BOARD. PLANE INTO SAN FRANCISCO WAS NZ8 - LOTS OF KIWIS ONBOARD. DIVERTED TO LA. IT'S BEEN THE HOT TOPIC HERE TODAY. EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT WENT WRONG. THE AIRCRAFT IS SEVEN YEARS OLD AND NO ONE HAS EVER DIED IN A BOEING 777 ACCIDENT BEFORE. THE ABC'S DAVID KERLEY WITH A MOMENT-BY-MOMENT DESCRIPTION OF EVENTS BEFORE IMPACT. FLIGHT 214, ALL THE WAY FROM SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, APPARENTLY WAS JUST FEET SHORT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO RUNWAY. THE ASIANA 777, MISSING ITS TAIL, ENDED UP OFF THE RUNWAY. THE MAD DASH WAS ON TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT ` 291 PASSENGERS AND AT LEAST 16 CREW MEMBERS ONBOARD. THE FLIGHT HAD STARTED IN SEOUL ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 4.30 THEIR TIME. IT WAS NEARLY 10� HOURS LATER, 11.28 PACIFIC TIME, THAT THE PILOT RADIOED HE WAS READY TO LAND. THE PILOT HAD THE RUNWAY IN SIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO, BUT WITNESSES AND OTHERS SAY THE NOSE WAS UP. EXPERTS BELIEVE THE JET WAS COMING UP SHORT, AND APPARENTLY HIT THE BREAKWATER BARRIER WITH ITS TAIL. WITHIN SECONDS OF THE CRASH, THE PILOT RADIOS THE TOWER, WHICH ALREADY KNOWS THERE IS TROUBLE. WITH THE EVACUATION UNDERWAY, THE PILOT STAYS IN THE COCKPIT AND A MINUTE LATER CALLS THE TOWER AGAIN. THE 777 WAS ONLY CERTIFIED AFTER BOEING WAS ABLE TO PROVE THAT IT COULD BE EVACUATED WITHIN 90 SECONDS, EVEN WITH SOME OF ITS EXITS BLOCKED. JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, I SPENT TWO DAYS IN A 777 SIMULATOR AS PART OF A STUDY. IT IS A TECHNICALLY ADVANCED AIRCRAFT WHICH COULD BE LANDED ON AUTOPILOT. AND A SOUTH KOREA NEWS AGENCY IS REPORTING THAT THE TWO PEOPLE KILLED IN THE CRASH WERE CHINESE CITIZENS. IN CANADA, THE DEATH TOLL'S EXPECTED TO RISE AFTER AN UNMANNED TRAIN CARRYING OIL DERAILED, CAUSING A HUGE EXPLOSION IN THE CENTRE OF A SMALL TOWN. THE TRAIN'S DRIVER HAD LEFT IT PARKED FOR THE NIGHT. POLICE STILL WON'T CONFIRM LOCAL REPORTS SAYING ABOUT 60 PEOPLE ARE MISSING. THE BLAST DESTROYED DOZENS OF BUILDINGS AND FORCED THE EVACUATION OF 1000 RESIDENTS IN LAC MEGANTIC, JUST ACROSS THE U.S BORDER. OUR U.S CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME HAS MORE. AT NIGHT, RAGING FIRE LIT THE AIR. BOOM! MAN: WE SAW THE APOCALYPSE. BURNING FUEL EXPLODING CARRIAGES, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A SMALL FRENCH CANADIAN TOWN. TRANSLATOR: THERE WERE BIG BALLS OF FIRE ABOVE THE CAFE. WE JUMPED OVER THE RAILING, WE CROSSED THE STREET, AND JUST IN THE TIME IT TOOK TO CROSS THE STREET THE STREET WAS FILLED WITH FIRE. IT WAS A RIVER OF FIRE. BY DAY, THE FIRE STILL BURNED. MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE REMAINED EVACUATED AND DAZED. AND WHILE AUTHORITIES WORKED TO QUELL THE FLAMES, THEY COULDN'T CONFIRM HOW MANY PEOPLE MIGHT BE MISSING OR DEAD. THE TRAIN HAD 73 CARRIAGES. 70 WERE LOADED WITH CRUDE OIL. REPORTS SUGGEST ITS ENGINEER HAD PARKED IT AND LEFT FOR THE NIGHT WHEN SOMEHOW THE TRAIN SLIPPED INTO MOTION, CAREERING INTO THE TOWNSHIP, DERAILING AND EXPLODING INTO FLAMES. TRANSLATOR: IT WAS INCREDIBLE. I SAW A CARRIAGE LIFT UP. THERE WERE SOME SPARKS, AND THE CARRIAGE LIFTED. THEN IT CAME TO LIE ON ITS SIDE IN FRONT OF ME. TODAY, MOST CONCERN WAS FOR A BAR IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN WHERE DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAD BEEN DRINKING. WE CAN'T REALLY GET IN THERE AT THIS POINT, SO IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL. FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN CALLED IN FROM ACROSS THE NEARBY US BORDER. THE TOWN'S MAYOR SAYS THE CENTRE OF TOWN IS AS GOOD AS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, NEW YORK. THE COMPANY THAT RUNS THE DERAILED TRAIN IS HEADED BY AN AMERICAN RAILWAY VETERAN WITH STRONG LINKS TO NZ. EDWARD BURKHARDT LED THE PRIVATISATION OF THE RAIL AND FERRY NETWORK HERE, AND SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF TRANZ RAIL HOLDINGS IN THE 1990s. ANOTHER LEADERSHIP BATTLE'S FUELLING MORE ANGER IN THE DEEPENING CRISIS IN EGYPT. AS SUPPORTERS OF OUSTED PRESIDENT MOHAMMED MORSI BURIED THOSE KILLED IN CLASHES, THE EXPECTED NAMING OF ONE OF HIS MAIN RIVALS AS PRIME MINISTER IS SET TO DIVIDE THE COUNTRY EVEN FURTHER. ABC'S ALEX MARQUARDT IS IN CAIRO. SADNESS AND RAGE AS THOUSANDS GATHERED FOR THE FUNERAL OF FOUR MOHAMED MORSI SUPPORTERS KILLED ON THIS SPOT. ABSOLUTE OUTRAGE AT THE SOLDIERS WHO THEY ACCUSE OF KILLING THE MEN IN THESE COFFINS, NOW BEING PARADED IN FRONT OF THE SOLDIERS TO REMIND THEM WHAT THEY'VE DONE. SHOUTING AT LEAST 35 EGYPTIANS WERE KILLED YESTERDAY IN THE WORST VIOLENCE SINCE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED MORSI WAS OUSTED BY THE MILITARY. HIS REMOVAL CAME AFTER MILLIONS TOOK TO THE STREETS AGAINST HIM ACCUSING HIS PARTY, THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, OF TRYING TO CONTROL THE COUNTRY. TONIGHT, ONE OF THE BROTHERHOOD'S BIGGEST FOES, FORMER UN NUCLEAR CHIEF MOHAMED AL-BARADEI, WAS REPORTED TO BE IN THE RUNNING FOR INTERIM PRIME MINISTER. IT WOULD BE SALT IN THE WOUNDS OF MORSI'S ISLAMIST SUPPORTERS, WHO ARE NOW WONDERING WHAT THEIR VOTE MEANS AT ALL. WHY I WILL SHARE IN THE NEW SYSTEM IF MY VOTE LATER ON WON'T BE RESPECTED? THE FEAR IS THAT DISENCHANTED ISLAMISTS WILL RADICALISE AND TURN TO VIOLENCE, LIKE FELLOW EGYPTIAN AHMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI, THE HEAD OF AL QAEDA. 'I'M NOT CALLING FOR THIS', A TOP MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD OFFICAL TOLD US, 'BUT VIOLENCE WOULD BE AN OBVIOUS RESPONSE.' EGYPTIANS LIVING IN NZ ARE WATCHING DEVELOPMENTS CLOSELY. WE HEAR THEIR CONCERNS LATER IN THE BULLETIN. OUR DEFENCE FORCE IS INVESTIGATING HOW UNEDITED FOOTAGE OF THE GUN BATTLE IN AFGHANISTAN WHICH KILLED TWO KIWI SOLDIERS WAS LEAKED ONLINE. THE ARMY RELEASED A SHORTER, EDITED VERSION OF THE FIREFIGHT TO NEWS MEDIA LAST MONTH. BUT THE ONE NOW ON THE INTERNET IS FULL OF EXPLETIVES. AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE <BLEEP>, YES! THAT WAS A <BLEEP>ING CANNON! LANCE CORPORALS RORY MALONE AND PRALLI DURRER WERE KILLED IN THE FIREFIGHT. $100M OF TAXPAYER MONEY COULD BE USED TO PROP UP STRUGGLING STATE-OWNED COMPANY SOLID ENERGY. ONE NEWS HAS LEARNT THAT CASH RAISED FROM THE SALE OF MIGHTY RIVER POWER HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR A POSSIBLE BAILOUT. TO EXPLAIN, HERE'S OUR POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY THAT COAL MINE WAS ON BRINK OF COLLAPSE WITH 400 MILLION IN DEBT. SINCE THEN COMPANY HAS SOLD ASSETS AND ENTERED NEGOTIATIONS WITH BANKS OVER DEBT, WHICH ARE BELIEVED TO STILL BE GOING. IT'S NOW BEEN REVEALED THAT GOVERNMENT TOOK MONEY FROM MRP SALE AND EFFECTIVELY GAVE IT TO SOLID ENERGY AS A OVERDRAFT FACILITY SHOULD IT NOT BE ABLE TO TRADE DURING ITS NEGOTIATIONS WITH BANKS. LABOUR SAYS IT'S A SHOCKING REVELATION AND PUBLIC HAD NO IDEA THE FUTURE FUND WAS BEING USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST 100 MILLION. WE KNOW THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE. THERE COULD BE OTHER MONIES COMING OUT THROUGH THE CONSOLIDATED FUND. BUT WHAT THIS ALSO SHOWS IS THIS IS BEING SLIPPED OUT THROUGH NEGLIGENCE AT THE SAME TIME AS THESE GUYS ARE NEGOTIATING A DEAL WITH THE BANK. NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR THE GOVERNMENT. 90 HOMES IN CANTERBURY REMAIN WITHOUT POWER TONIGHT AFTER FIERCE WINDS LASHED THE REGION YESTERDAY FELLING TREES AND POWERLINES. 10,000 HOUSES LOST ELECTRICITY IN THE STORM. THE BLACKOUT'S STILL AFFECTING RURAL PROPERTIES IN SELWYN, LEESTON AND SPRINGSTON. SMALL POCKETS IN SUBURBAN CHRISTCHURCH ARE ALSO STILL IN THE DARK. LINES COMPANY ORION HOPES TO HAVE MOST HOMES RECONNECTED LATER TONIGHT. COMING UP ON ONE NEWS ` THE FUTURE OF OUR FLYING DOCTORS COULD BE TOUCH AND GO AS WESTPAC HELICOPTER TRUST FACES FUNDING CUTS. TIME'S RUNNING OUT FOR AN ISLAND COMMUNITY UNDER THREAT FROM RAPIDLY RISING SEA TIDES. AND MEET THE GOLDEN OLDIES PROVING AGE REALLY IS JUST A NUMBER WHEN IT COMES TO SPORTING SUCCESS. TINKLING MUSIC Have you heard the buzz about fibre and wonder what it means for you? Well, this is fibre-optic cable, and it's going to bring us ultrafast broadband, or, as the techies like to call it, UFB. It means good things for your home broadband, like faster picture uploads and movie and music download speeds, and a smoother experience overall, especially for people who share the same connection. These days it's not uncommon for the whole household to be online at the same time, because the fancier our devices get, the more that they can do. How great is it watching TV On Demand or video-chatting with friends? It'll all be more enjoyable with ultrafast broadband, and we'll be future-proof for technology we haven't even dreamed of yet. Fibre is being rolled out over the next seven years to deliver ultrafast broadband, and some areas already have it. Learn more about the exciting possibilities fibre will bring to NZ at techinasec.co.nz THEY SAY THEY CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, BUT THE FUTURE OF AUCKLAND'S FLYING DOCTORS DEPENDS ON CRUCIAL FUNDING. AFTER TWO YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE, THE HELICOPTER EMERGENCY DOCTOR TRIAL IS COMING TO AN END AND NEEDS A MAJOR CASH INJECTION TO CONTINUE. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS HAS THE STORY. IT'S AN EMERGENCY THAT'S ABOUT AS KIWI AS IT GETS. A QUAD BIKE, A REMOTE LOCATION, THE DRIVER CRUSHED. THERE IS A BIG CLIFF ALONG THE SIDE THAT MADE ACCESS TO HER VERY DIFFICULT. A LIFE-THREATENING HEAD INJURY, AND THE NEAREST EMERGENCY ROOM IS AT LEAST AN HOUR AWAY. WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE HER INITIAL AIRWAY MANAGEMENT, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE SPECIAL MEDICATION. URGENT MEDICAL CARE ON THE ROADSIDE. DOCTORS HAVE BEEN IN THE AIR ALONGSIDE PARAMEDICS FOR AROUND TWO YEARS, BUT THAT TRIAL PERIOD IS ABOUT TO END. NOW, AS WELL AS THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IT COSTS TO RUN THE ORIGINAL SERVICE, THE RESCUE HELICOPTER AND THE DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD ESTIMATE THEY'LL HAVE TO FIND AT LEAST ANOTHER $100,000 TO KEEP DOCTORS IN FLIGHT. CERTAINLY IN AUSTRALIA THERE'S A REVIEW THAT'S RECENTLY COME OUT TO SAY THEY'RE EMBRACING THE DOCTOR/PARAMEDIC MODEL IN ALL RESCUE SERVICES NOW, AND IT'S BEING SEEN AS A NECESSARY SERVICE. I THINK IT'S EVEN, IN SOME WAYS, MORE IMPORTANT IN NZ BECAUSE OF GEOGRAPHY. THE HELICOPTER TAKES OFF ON AROUND 700 MISSIONS A YEAR. EMERGENCY DOCTORS SAY THEY'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE ON AT LEAST HALF OF THEM. THEY DO HAVE PUBLIC SUPPORT. THE GIRLS AT AUCKLAND'S ST CUTHBERT'S COLLEGE MANAGED TO RAISE ABOUT $12,000. BUT AUCKLAND AMENITIES FUNDING BOARD HAS INDICATED IT'S SET TO SLASH ITS SUPPORT BY $300,000. THE HELICOPTER TRUST CLAIMS THAT CUT IS UNPRECEDENTED. WE ARE THE ONLY AMENITY THAT'S EVER BEEN REDUCED IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THE REGIONAL AMENITY FUNDING BOARD. THE TRUST SAYS IT'S FIGHTING TO MAKE BACK THAT DEFICIT IN FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THIS VOLUNTEER SERVICE STAYS ALIVE. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, ONE NEWS. A LOW-LYING ISLAND IN TONGA IS FACING A GRIM FUTURE DUE TO RAPIDLY RISING SEA LEVELS. THE FATE OF LIFUKA, AND THE 7500 PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, WILL BE THE FOCUS AT A PACIFIC LEADERS MEETING TOMORROW. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER WITH THE STORY. TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR THE PEOPLE OF LIFUKA. WE WERE WALKING 10M-20M FROM OUR HOUSE TO THE BEACH, YEAH. BUT TODAY WE JUST` MAYBE IT'S ONLY 3M OR 4M NOW. FOR TEVITA SISITOUTAI, IT'S EVEN WORSE. SEAWATER HAS FLOODED HIS FAMILY HOME, DESTROYING THE FOUNDATIONS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. HE'S TAKEN THE ONLY OPTION AVAILABLE ` MOVE INLAND. TRANSLATOR: I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE MOVED HERE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN. THE WESTERN SIDE OF LIFUKA, WHICH INCLUDES THE HOSPITAL, HAS BEEN OVERRUN BY THE SEA. MOST OF THOSE HOUSES WERE BUILT ON THE LAND, BUT NOW ONE QUARTER OR HALF... OF THOSE HOUSES... UH, STANDS IN THE SEA. UH, STANDS IN THE SEA. LIFUKA LIES IN ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ACTIVE EARTHQUAKE AREAS. THAT'S CAUSED SUBSIDENCE, WHERE THE EARTH HAS SHIFTED DOWNWARDS. THAT, COMBINED WITH RISING SEA LEVELS, HAS BEEN DISASTROUS. IT'S LIKE THE SEA LEVEL HAS COME UP REALLY QUICKLY. AND SO THERE ARE PRESSING ISSUES OF COASTAL VULNERABILITY. THE SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY HAS POOLED ITS DATA TOGETHER. ITS FOUND OVER THE NEXT FEW DECADES, THE COASTLINE WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE, AFFECTING FOOD AND WATER SUPPLIES. SOPAC'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY SO IT CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO RELOCATE. IT'S VERY HARD TO MOVE PEOPLE AWAY. THERE'LL BE SOME THAT WILL STILL INSIST THEY'LL STAY ON. MOST OF THE RESIDENTS PREFER THE MORE EXPENSIVE OPTION OF A SEAWALL AND FORESHORE PROTECTION. THIS IS THE BEST OPTION,... NOT ONLY FOR PROTECTION BUT... TO SAVE OUR LAND AS IT IS NOW. THEIR WAY OF LIFE DEPENDS ON WHETHER IT'S ENOUGH TO HOLD BACK NATURE. THE COMMUNITY WORRIES MORE ABOUT THE CLIMATE CHANGES. THEY HAVE EVERY REASON TO, AS THEY MAKE THEIR DECISION IN THE COMING MONTHS. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS. FORMER ADVERTISING GURU CHARLES SAATCHI'S TOLD A BRITISH NEWSPAPER HE'S DIVORCING HIS WIFE, CELEBRITY CHEF NIGELLA LAWSON. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES JUST FOUR WEEKS AFTER THE MULTI-MILLIONAIRE WAS SNAPPED GRABBING HIS WIFE'S NECK AT A LONDON RESTAURANT. THE 70-YEAR-OLD SAYS HE MADE THE DECISION TO SEPARATE BECAUSE THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY DISAPPOINTED EACH OTHER. THE COUPLE'S BEEN MARRIED FOR 10 YEARS. BINGO, BRIDGE, BOWLS AND BASKETBALL? SOME SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE SLAPPING DOWN THE STEREOTYPES, TAKING ON FAST-PACED, HIGH-IMPACT SPORTS IN A BID TO BE OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS. THE ABC'S LINSEY JANIS CATCHES UP WITH A GROUP OF AGE-DEFYING ATHLETES. HUNGRY? WHO'S HUNGRY? MAVIS ALBIN (76) LOVES SERVING UP HER FAMOUS STRAWBERRY FLOAT CAKE TO HER GRANDCHILDREN. BUT SHE'S ALSO USING RETIREMENT TO PURSUE HER FIRST LOVE ` BASKETBALL. WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY AFTER I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE WERE NO WOMEN'S TEAMS AND NO WNBA. NOW MAVIS AND HER TEAMMATES 'THE TIGERETTES' ARE SHOOTING FOR THEIR EIGHTH GOLD MEDAL IN AMERICA'S SENIOR OLYMPICS. WE WANNA WIN! WE WANNA CALL HOME AND SAY, 'WE WON AGAIN. WE WON AGAIN.' IN AN UPCOMING PBS DOCUMENTARY 'AGE OF CHAMPIONS' THE GRANDMAS DIVE, BLOCK AND ELBOW THEIR WAY TO ONE OF THOSE VICTORIES. CHEERING SHOWING THAT A COMPETITIVE SPIRIT DOESN'T DIMINISH WITH AGE. I DO PRETTY GOOD WITH MY SERVE. 'COURSE, IT'S NOT AS POWERFUL AS IT USED TO BE. TENNIS CHAMP ROGER GENTILHOMME BATTLED ARTHRITIS AND CANCER TO KEEP COMPETING... I SURPRISE 'EM SOMETIMES. ...EVEN AT 100. AND POLE VAULTER ADOLF HOFFMAN (86) IS STILL STRIVING FOR A WORLD RECORD. THE TIGERETTES ARE PROUD OF HOW OLD THEY ARE. 73. 68. 69. 69. 66. 76. THIS WEEK WE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM IN BATON ROUGE DOING DRILLS, DRIBBLING AND SHOOTING IN PREPARATION FOR THE SENIOR GAMES IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, LATER THIS MONTH. WEATHER TIME NOW WITH SAM, AND HARDLY WINTER ON THE EAST COAST TODAY. SUMMERY HIGHS, NAPIER LEADING THE WAY WITH 20 DEGREES. THE WAIRARAPA GOT THE WIND TREATMENT AGAIN, CAPE TURNAGAIN GUSTING TO 156KM/H. THE COOK STRAIT WAS UP THERE TOO, GUSTING OVER 100KM/H. IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY IN THE SOUTH. MUCH COOLER ` SNOW FLURRIES FOR THE SOUTHERN HILLS. BUT THE STAR OF TODAY'S WEATHER? LIGHTNING. THIS TIME FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, PUTTING ON QUITE A SHOW. MANUWATU, WANGANUI, HUNDREDS OF STRIKES RECORDED. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND THE PHOTO OF THE DAY, TRISH BAILEY WITH A PHOTO SHE HAS CALLED 'FIRE RAIN'. STUNNING. SEE YOU AFTER SPORT WITH TOMORROW'S FORECAST. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` WHY TE REO IS ON THE INCREASE IN SOUTH ISLAND HOMES. WE TALK TO EGYPTIANS HERE ABOUT THEIR FEARS FOR LOVED ONES LIVING OVER THERE. AND LATER, WE HITCH A RIDE WITH THE GOOD SORT WHO'S BEEN DRIVING PINT-SIZED PASSENGERS FOR ALMOST THREE DECADES. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SPEAKING TE REO IN THE SOUTH ISLAND IS GROWING, AND SOME THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF WORK BEING DONE AT HOME. NGAI TAHU HOPE TO HAVE A THOUSAND HOMES SPEAKING MAORI BY 2025 ` A BIG GOAL CONSIDERING 20 YEARS AGO THERE WAS ONLY A HANDFUL. LACEY WILSON REPORTS. GETTING READY FOR THE DAY. (SPEAKS MAORI) AE. BUT IT'S NOT QUITE WHAT YOU'D HEAR IN EVERY HOUSEHOLD. WE HAD DECIDED THAT BEFORE THESE GUYS WERE BORN THAT WE WANTED OUR KIDS TO BE FULLY BILINGUAL. AND SPEAKING TE REO IN THE HOME IS SOMETHING THE LOCAL IWI NGAI TAHU HAVE BEEN PROMOTING. IF YOU WANT A LANGUAGE TO SURVIVE, IT NEEDS TO BE SPOKEN AS A LANGUAGE OF INTER-GENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION. NGAI TAHU HAVE A MAORI LANGUAGE STRATEGY WHICH HAS EVOLVED OVER THE PAST 13 YEARS CALLED KOTAHI MANO KAIKA, MEANING '1000 HOMES'. THEY HOPE TO HAVE 1000 HOUSEHOLDS SPEAKING TE REO MAORI BY 2025. AND IT'S REALLY TAKING OFF, WITH AT LEAST 40 CHILDREN NOW HAVING TE REO AS THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE. NOT AS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE TO FIGHT FOR; NOT AS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE TO STRUGGLE TO LEARN; BUT THAT'S JUST A NATURAL PART OF WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY'RE DEVELOPING. THAT HAS BEEN A REAL SUCCESS. HANA O'REGAN BELIEVES THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF HOMES IN THE SOUTH ISLAND NOW ACTIVELY SPEAKING TE REO, BUT SHE ADMITS THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO SAVE THE LANGUAGE. IT'S ALMOST TOO BIG A TASK JUST TO DO IN ONE GENERATION. IT'S TOO BIG A TASK TO DO IN THREE GENERATIONS. YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO PRIORITISE. AND AT THE MOMENT, THAT MEANS GETTING IT INTO THE HOME, WHICH WAS IMPORTANT TO HAYLEY MAY TOO. YOU KNOW, IT NORMALISES IT AND TAKES IT OUT OF THE SCHOOL AND INTO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. WITH THE HOPE IT'LL BE MORE WIDESPREAD IN THE COMMUNITY SOON. LACEY WILSON, ONE NEWS. A 97-YEAR-OLD BUILDING THAT SURVIVED THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY RE-OPENED. THE ARTS CENTRE'S "THE REGISTRY" IS THE FIRST OF 23 HISTORIC BUILDINGS TO OPEN ITS DOORS AFTER IT SUFFERED SERIOUS DAMAGE IN THE EARTHQUAKES. TODAY THE PUBLIC HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THE $3M DOLLAR RESTORATION BEFORE THE NEW TENANTS MOVE IN. CHRISTCHURCH HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE SMALL THINGS THAT WE AT THE ARTS CENTRE CAN DO TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT WE ARE GETTING ON WITH THINGS AND THAT WE WILL HAVE THE ARTS CENTRE BACK ` COS EVERYONE LOVES IT. THE REST OF THE CENTRE'S EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY 2019 AT A COST OF $290M DOLLARS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES ` INVESTIGATORS FROM AMERICA AND SOUTH KOREA WILL WORK TOGETHER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PLANE CRASH IN SAN FRANCISO THAT KILLED TWO PEOPLE AND INJURED MORE THAN 100. IT'S BELIEVED THE AIRCRAFT, CARRYING MORE THAN 300 PASSENGERS, CAME IN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, CAUSING ITS TAIL TO HIT A SEAWALL. THE DEATH TOLL'S EXPECTED TO RISE IN THE SMALL CANADIAN TOWN OF LAC MEGANTIC AFTER AN UNMANNED TRAIN CARRYING OIL DERAILED, CAUSING A SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS. AT LEAST ONE PERSON'S DEAD, BUT MANY MORE ARE STILL MISSING. A NEW LEADERSHIP BATTLE IS FUELING ANGER IN EGYPT'S DEEPENING POLITICAL CRISIS. ONE OF THE OUSTED PRESIDENT'S MAIN RIVALS IS EXPECTED TO BE NAMED AS THE COUNTRY'S PRIME MINISTER, FURTHER DIVIDING THE COUNTRY. THE ESCALATING CRISIS IN EGYPT MAY SEEM LIKE A WORLD AWAY, BUT FOR AN EGYPTIAN FAMILY LIVING HERE, THE EXPLOSIVE SITUATION IS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO HOME. KRISTEN HALL REPORTS. GUNFIRE IT'S SCENES LIKE THIS GUNFIRE THAT HAS OSAMA AL-BETAGI FEARING FOR HIS FAMILY'S LIVES. I WAS EXTREMELY SCARED ABOUT THEM. THAT'S WHY WE WERE CALLING WITH THEM EVERY TIME. WE KNOW MOST OF THEM WERE IN THE STREETS TO SUPPORT THE NEW MOVEMENT. THE WORSENING CRISIS IN HIS FORMER HOMELAND FELT ALL THE WAY HERE, IN NZ. THE 58-YEAR-OLD'S LIVED IN AUCKLAND WITH HIS FAMILY FOR NINE YEARS, BUT HIS SIX BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND THEIR CHILDREN, ARE STILL IN CAIRO. SO THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SUPPORTER RUN IN THE STREET THREATENING PEOPLE, BEATING PEOPLE. ALSO SCARED, KIWI STUDENT DANIEL MACKISACK, WHO LIVES IN GIZA, EGYPT'S THIRD-LARGEST CITY. HE FEARS THE DEADLY VIOLENCE COULD SPREAD. EVERYBODY'S PRETTY TERRIFIED REALLY. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY EXPECTED IT TO GO QUITE THIS FAR. TRAVEL AGENTS SAY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WANTING TO TRAVEL TO EGYPT HAS BEEN STEADILY DROPPING OVER THE PAST YEAR. THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE IS WARNING PEOPLE NOT TO GO THERE UNLESS IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. MR EL-BETAGI IS POSITIVE. HE SAYS NOW MOHAMED MORSI HAS BEEN OUSTED, EGYPT IS HEADING TOWARDS A NEW ERA. OUR FAMILY HAVE A HOPE THAT WE ARE GOING TO ENJOY A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY. BUT WITH FEARS OF A CIVIL WAR, THE WORST COULD BE YET TO COME. I FEEL THAT IT WILL GET A LITTLE BIT WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER. MR EL-BETAGI'S HOPING TO TRAVEL TO EGYPT TO SEE HIS FAMILY IN PERSON IN DECEMBER, BUT THE PHOTOS AND MEMORIES WILL DO FOR NOW. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND WARREN GATLAND IS THE TOAST OF RUGBY. ON THE FLIP SIDE, WILL ROBBIE DEANS SEE OUT THE NEXT WEEK IN AUSTRALIA? HALFPENNEY PROVES HE'S ALL GOLD IN THE ROMP OVER THE FRACTURED WALLABIES. WHERE DOES THIS VICTORY RATE FOR COACH GATLAND? WILL AUSTRALIA BOUNCE BACK FOR THE ALL BLACKS IN JUST SIX WEEKS? PLUS, THE BIG QUESTION IN YACHTING ` IF A BOAT RACES ITSELF AND WINS, IS THAT ACTUALLY A RACE? AND IT'S BEEN A CAREER BREAKTHROUGH IN LONDON FOR A LITTLE FRENCH CHAMPION. SO WHAT'S HER KIWI LINK? FIRST UP TONIGHT TO INTERNATIONAL RUGBY, AND THIS REMARKABLE LIONS WIN OVER THE WALLABIES IN SYDNEY. THE ONE-SIDED 41-16 VICTORY WAS EXTRA SPECIAL FOR COACH WARREN GATLAND, WHILE HIS OPPOSITE ROBBIE DEANS IS NOW FACING THE AXE. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL WAS AT THE LIONS' FEEDING FRENZY IN SYDNEY. FOR WARREN GATLAND, THIS WAS A BITTERSWEET MOMENT. VICTORY, YES ` BUT HE'S TAKING NO PLEASURE IN BEING VINDICATED IN HIS DECISION TO DROP IRISH STAR BRIAN O'DRISCOLL. ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED, IT WAS VITRIOLIC ALMOST IN TERMS OF THE CRITICISM. MAYBE IN A WEEK OR TWO I MIGHT GET SOME PLEASURE OUT OF TONIGHT, BUT AT THE MOMENT THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF PLEASURE OUT OF FEELING VINDICATED BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF CRITICISM THAT HAS BEEN PERSONALLY PLACED ON ME. A DEFLATED ROBBIE DEANS KNOWS THE FEELING. HE'S FAILED TO WIN ANY OF WORLD RUGBY'S BIG THREE ` THE WORLD AND BLEDISLOE CUPS, AND NOW A LIONS SERIES. DEANS CONCEDING HIS FUTURE AS WALLABIES COACH IS OUT OF HIS HANDS DESPITE BEING CONTRACTED TILL THE END OF THE YEAR. YOU DON'T PRESUME ANYTHING IN THIS INDUSTRY. LIKE I SAID, THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE BY OTHERS. IF IT IS DEANS' LAST GAME IN CHARGE, IT WAS ONE TO FORGET. THE WALLABIES CONCEDED A FIRST MINUTE TRY AND NEVER RECOVERED IN FRONT OF A RECORD CROWD OF ALMOST 84,000. THE WALLABIES' SCRUM WAS MOONWALKED AND PENALISED WITH EMBARRASSING REGULARITY, ALLOWING LEIGH HALFPENNY TO FILL HIS BOOTS. DEANS' PERSISTENCE WITH JAMES O'CONNOR AT FIRST-FIVE DID PAY DIVIDENDS ON THE STROKE OF HALFTIME, AND THE WALLABIES CLAWED TO WITHIN THREE AFTER THE BREAK. BUT A 12-MINUTE, THREE-TRY BURST BY THE VISITORS STUNNED THE HOME SIDE. HALFPENNY DUMMIES, AND THERE IS SEXTON! HALFPENNY SHOWED AN EXCITING SIDE TO HIS GAME. LEIGH HALFPENNY, UNBELIEVABLE. HAS TO BE PLAYER OF THIS TEST SERIES. AND THE ROBUST JAMIE ROBERTS SEALED THE SERIES, TWO OF THE THREE SCORES INVOLVING THE WELSH CENTRE PAIRING THAT O'DRISCOLL MADE WAY FOR. YOU ARE PUT IN A POSITION TO PUT YOUR BALLS ON THE LINE, AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE GOT TO BE PREPARED TO DO THAT. DEANS' TROOPS SIMPLY MISFIRED IN THE MOST IMPORTANT BATTLE OF ALL. HE'S A GREAT COACH. NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT. WE WILL REVIEW EVERYTHING AT THE END. THAT REVIEW COULD COME WITHIN DAYS. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WARREN GATLAND'S RISE TO THE TOP ` THE ONLY MAN TO HAVE PLAYED AGAINST THE LIONS AND NOW COACHED THEM TO A SERIES WIN. THE 49-YEAR-OLD TRAINED TEACHER PLAYED 140 GAMES FOR WAIKATO AND 17 TOUR MATCHES FOR THE ALL BLACKS. GATLAND STARTED OFF COACHING HERE IN THE MID-'90S, BUT THEN HEADED TO CLUB RUGBY IN IRELAND AND THE IRISH NATIONAL JOB FOR FOUR YEARS, BEFORE BEING CONTROVERSIALLY SACKED IN 2001. HE TOOK WASPS IN LONDON TO THREE CONSECUTIVE ENGLISH CLUB TITLES AND THE EUROPEAN CROWN IN 2004. GATLAND HEADED HOME TO FAMILY IN THE WAIKATO, COACHING THE MOOLOOS IN 2005 AND '06, WITH A TITLE IN HIS SECOND YEAR, BEFORE HIS CURRENT SPELL WITH WALES, WHERE HE'S COACHED THEM TO THREE SIX NATIONS TITLES IN FIVE SEASONS. THE LIONS SERIES WIN WILL SIT AT THE TOP OF THE MANTLE FOR THE TIME BEING. IN SUPER RUGBY, SIR JOHN KIRWAN'S BLUES HAVE NOW LOST FIVE MATCHES IN A ROW AND MISSED OUT ON THE PLAYOFFS, WITH FORWARD ISSUES COMING BACK TO BITE THEM AGAIN. THEY'VE BEEN BEATEN 34-13 BY THE CHEETAHS, RAISING QUESTIONS OVER WHO THEY'LL RETAIN FOR NEXT YEAR. LIKE THE BLUES' SEASON, THEY SHOWED A TON OF PROMISE EARLY ON. IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD ONE! THE INITIAL TRY, HOWEVER, WAS THE ONLY TIME THE BLUES HAD THEIR NOSES IN FRONT. THE CHEETAHS' ABRASIVE PACK WAS FAR TOO STRONG. THE FIRST TRY CAME FROM A RARE TIGHTHEAD. VAN DER WALT PICKS UP AT THE BASE. BEATS ONE, AND THE SECOND, AND REACHES! THE SCRUM ISSUES CONTINUED. IN THE END, BALL RETENTION FELL OFF AS WELL, THE CHEETAHS' PRESSURE TELLING AS THEY SCORED TWO LATE TRIES. THE CHEETAHS WON 34-13, FROM 10TH LAST YEAR NOW INTO THE TOP SIX. AFTER A STRONG START TO THE SEASON. AND THEY GET A PENALTY! FOR THE HIGHLANDERS IN WELLINGTON, IT WAS LIKE WINNING THE TITLE. IT'S JUST BEEN ONE OF THOSE SEASONS. WE'VE BEEN LOSING THOSE GAMES ALL SEASON. HOW DIFFERENT WAS THE START? ROARING OUT TO A 32-13 LEAD, THE HIGHLANDERS HAD THE BONUS POINT, AND IT LOOKED LIKE THE GAME, BY HALFTIME. THE HIGHLANDERS SHOWED MORE DAZZLE IN ONE GAME THAN THE WHOLE SEASON PUT TOGETHER. LOOKS TO GET ON THE OUTSIDE, KADE POKI. OH, AND WHAT A TRY! BELYING THEIR TABLE POSITION, THE HURRICANES BREEZED BACK IN, SCORING TWO TRIES IN THREE MINUTES, FINDING THEMSELVES JUST EIGHT POINTS ADRIFT. BUT IN A BARBARIANS-STYLE MATCH WHERE TACKLING WAS SECONDARY, THE HIGHLANDERS SHOWED MORE FLASHES OF CAREFREE CLASS. IT'S A ONE-ON-ONE. AND IT'S DONE THE JOB. DESPITE BEING UP BY A STAGGERING 49-27, THE HIGHLANDERS HAD A NERVOUS LAST 10 MINUTES FACING ANOTHER CLOSE LOSS. BUT THEY HUNG ON FOR THEIR FIRST AWAY WIN, 49-44, LIFTING OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE. AT THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, THE BULLS HAVE GONE TOP AFTER A 20-19 WIN OVER THE SHARKS, SO THE TOP SIX HAS BEEN DECIDED WITH ONE ROUND LEFT, BUT THE FINISHING ORDER IS STILL UP IN THE AIR. THE CHEETAHS HAVE THE BYE NEXT WEEK, GUARANTEED FOUR POINTS, SO THEY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR EIGHT-YEAR HISTORY. TEAM NZ'S AMERICA'S CUP CAMPAIGN IS OFF TO A WINNING START, ITALIANS LUNA ROSSA CONFIRMING TODAY THEY WILL NOT COMPETE IN THE OPENING RACE OF THE LOUIS VUITTION SERIES. THE REGATTA ORGANISERS ARE BRACING FOR A BACKLASH. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS FROM SAN FRANCISCO. LUNA ROSSA RETURNIGN FROM TRAINING TODAY, STILL ANGRY AT THE INTERNATIONAL JURY'S REFUSAL TO HEAR THEIR CAUSE OVER CONTROVERSIAL RULE CHANGES BEFORE THE FIRST RACE. TEAM NZ HAVE ONLY TO SAIL THE COURSE TO PICK UP POINTS. FOR US, IT'S ACTUALLY ` IT'S FINE. WE'RE OUT THERE TRAINING ANYWAY. IT'S NOT LIKE ` IF THERE WASN'T AN OPPOSITION TO LINE UP AGAINST WE'D BE OUT THERE TRAINING ON OUR OWN ANYWAY. LIKE LUNA ROSSA, TEAM NZ IS ALSO PROTESTING, SAYING THE REGATTA DIRECTOR HAS OVERSTEPPED HIS AUTHORITY IN TRYING TO BRING IN RULE CHANGES UNDER SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THE INTERNATIONAL JURY WILL HEAR BOTH CASES THE DAY AFTER RACE ONE. JOHN BERTRAND, AUSTRALIA II'S LEGENDARY CUP-WINNING SKIPPER IN 1983, EXPECTS THE KIWIS TO STICK TO THEIR GUNS. IF THERE'S ANY SENSE THAT THEY CAN LOSE 1/10TH OF 1% ADVANTAGE BASED ON RULES BEING CHANGED, THEY'LL FIGHT ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND SO THEY SHOULD. THE FATAL CAPSIZE OF ARTEMIS LEAD TO THE SUGGESTED RULE CHANGE, AND NOW THE SWEDISH SYNDICATE IS SAYING IF THE ITALIANS AND KIWIS GET WHAT THEY WANT FROM THE JURY, ARTEMIS WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE COMPETITION BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T COMPLY. WHAT A MESS, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT THIS MIGHT MEAN FOR THE SUMMER OF SAILING HERE. THE PARTY'S READY, THE PLACES ARE SET, AND ONLY ONE GUEST LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO TURN UP. NOW THE BLAME GAME BEGINS, AND THIS BEING AMERICA, THE LAWYERS WILL BE RUBBING THEIR HANDS. AND AS TEAM NZ SAILS SOLO, THE REGATTA ORGANISERS WILL BE WRINGING THEIRS. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS, SAN FRANCISCO. OLYMPIC SHOT PUT CHAMPION VALERIE ADAMS HAS CONTINUED HER DOMINATION OF THE SPORT, COMFORTABLY WINNING THE LATEST DIAMOND LEAGUE EVENT IN PARIS. ADAMS' THROW OF 20.62 METRES BEAT WORLD NUMBER TWO AMERICAN MICHELLE CARTER BY MORE THAN A METRE, EXTENDING THE KIWI'S UNBEATEN STREAK TO 36 COMPETITIONS. ANOTHER ATHLETE USED TO DOMINATING IS OLYMPIC SPRINT CHAMPION USAIN BOLT, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE DID IN THE 200 METRES. THE JAMAICAN'S TIME OF 19.73 THE FASTEST THIS YEAR, BOLT HITTING TOP SPEED JUST A MONTH OUT FROM THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MOSCOW. SEVEN YEARS AFTER WINNING HER FIRST PROFESSIONAL TENNIS TITLE IN AUCKLAND, MARION BARTOLI HAS BEEN CROWNED WIMBLEDON CHAMPION. THE FRENCH VETERAN WITH THE UNIQUE STYLE WAS TOO POLISHED FOR GERMANY'S SABINE LISICKI IN THE WOMEN'S FINAL. MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. THE FINAL FEW WOULD HAVE PREDICTED SAW 15TH SEED MARION BARTOLI COME UP AGAINST THE TOURNAMENT DARLING, SABINE LISICKI. THE SMILING GERMAN 23RD SEED WHOSE PROGRESS THROUGH THE ROUNDS HAD BEEN FILLED WITH ELATION QUICKLY FOUND THE FRENCH RESISTANCE FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NET NEAR-IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERCOME. TERRIFIC PLAY. BARTOLI'S ECCENTRIC ON-COURT DISPLAYS COMPLEMENT HER BACKGROUND. SAID TO HAVE AN IQ OF 175, THE 28-YEAR-OLD, WHO LOVES TO PAINT, IN CONSTANT GEE-UP MODE ON COURT. AND IT ONLY TOOK 30 MINUTES BEFORE HER POWER-FILLED DOUBLE-HANDED SHOTS FOUND HER A SET UP. LISICKI TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE COURT AND FRESHEN UP ` ON RETURN IT BECAME OBVIOUS SHE WAS BREAKING DOWN. WITH HER SERVICE GAME SUFFERING FROM STAGE FRIGHT, THE EMOTIONS TOOK OVER IN THE SECOND. BUT AS IF THE REALISATION BARTOLI WAS SIMPLY TOO STRONG LIFTED WEIGHT OFF HER SHOULDERS, SHE PEELED BACK A 5-1 DEFICIT TO ONLY BE DOWN 5-4. BUT THE FRENCHWOMAN THEY CALL 'THE GENIUS' HAD ALL THE ANSWERS, WINNING 6-1, 6-4, THE WIN EXORCISING THE DEMONS OF HER GRAND FINAL DEFEAT HERE TO VENUS WILLIAMS SIX YEARS AGO, WRAPPING UP A VERY WEIRD WIMBLEDON IN THE WOMENS' DRAW. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. THERE WERE 16 TRIES IN THE NRL LAST NIGHT, AS THE ROOSTERS RECLAIMED SECOND PLACE AND PENRITH CLIMBED INTO THE TOP EIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON. ORIGIN STAR JAMES MALONEY SCORED INSIDE 3 MINUTES AS THE ROOSTERS RACED TO AN 18-0 HALFTIME LEAD OVER THE DRAGONS. AND DESPITE LOSING SONNY BILL WILLIAMS TO A HAMSTRING TWINGE, THEY DOUBLED THEIR TALLY IN THE SECOND SPELL. HERE HE IS ON THE RIGHT. PUTS THE FOOT DOWN. THAT WAS TOO EASY FOR THE ROOSTERS. FINAL SCORE 36-0, THE DRAGONS SCORELESS IN BACK TO BACK GAMES. IN DARWIN, A JAMES ROBERTS HATTRICK HELPED THE PANTHERS TROUNCE THE TITANS 40-18 AS PENRITH MOVED ABOVE GOLD COAST TO 6TH ON THE LADDER. THE RACE FAVOURITE HAS CLAIMED THE YELLOW JERSEY IN EMPHATIC STYLE FOLLOWING THE FIRST MOUNTAIN STAGE ON THE TOUR DE FRANCE. AFTER TEAM SKY HUNTED DOWN THE EARLY LEADER, BRITAIN'S CHRIS FROOME, RODE AWAY FROM THE FIELD IN THE FINAL CLIMB. HE'S NOT JUST RIDING TO WIN THE STAGE, HE HAS BEEN ITCHING FOR THIS FIRST MOVE OF THE TOUR DE FRANCE, HE'S BEEN SITTING IN THE PACK FOR THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS OF THE RACE WAITING FOR THE MOUNTAINS TO ARRIVE. FROOME NOW HAS A 51 SECOND OVERALL LEAD. HE'S WELL AND TRULY THE ONE TO BEAT OVER THE NEXT 13 STAGES AND 2000-ODD KILOMETRES OF RACING. AFTER THE BREAK, SAM'S HERE WITH YOUR WEATHER FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK. AND THIS WEEK'S GOODSORT GIVES UP HER PRECIOUS TIME TO TRANSPORT SOME VERY PRECIOUS CARGO. TYRES SQUEAL MOURNFUL STRINGS MUSIC If you're speeding and you crash, the car stops, but everything inside keeps moving. MOURNFUL MUSIC CONTINUES It's the same inside your body. MOURNFUL MUSIC CONTINUES SNAP! HORNS HONK UPBEAT GUITAR MUSIC If only more things in life were this simple, like our new $5 Cafestyle breakfast deal. Get two different menu items from our selected breakfast range for only $5. Breakfast at Wild Bean Cafe ` now being served. HELLO, AGAIN. THE MAJORITY OF THE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN LIFTED. AND THERE'S MORE FOR THE SCRAPHEAP AS WINDS EASE ` SOUTHLAND, MARLBOROUGH, WELLINGTON AND WAIRARAPA. THE MAIN AREA OF INTEREST IS UP THE NORTH-EAST COASTLINE, TARARUA AND INTO HAWKE'S BAY AS WINDS BUILD. AS THE WIND SWINGS TO THE SOUTH-WEST, THERE'S A ROAD SNOW WARNING IN THE SOUTH. UP TO 20CM EXPECTED ON THE MILFORD ROAD. NZ SITS MOSTLY IN THE CLEAR. A THIN FRONT CROSSES THE COOK STRAIT. SHOWER CLOUD UP THE WEST COAST, AND THE FRONT PUSHING OVER SOUTHLAND. THE WIND FLOW TILTS SOUTH-WEST. IN COMES THE COLD AIR. FRONTS ROLL IN LIKE WAVES TONIGHT. THE HEART OF THE MONSTER REACHES FIORDLAND LATER TOMORROW. SNOW ABOVE 700M IN THE FAR SOUTH. THE NORTH-WEST SECTION GETS A SPLASH OR TOO. LOVELY IN THE EAST. HEAVY FALLS PUSH IN THE FIORDS IN THE AFTERNOON/EVENING, SPREADING INTO THE SOUTH-EAST CORNER. MOSTLY FINE IN THE NORTH ISLAND. A FEW SHOWERS UP THE KAPITI COAST AND PUSHING UP THE WESTERN COASTLINE. FINE FROM WELLINGTON TO COROMANDEL. JUST SOME COASTAL SHOWERS IN THE EAST AND A COOL SOUTH-WEST FLOW. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ JIM'S BACK TOMORROW NIGHT. ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR EVENING. SEE YOU AT 6 ON BREAKFAST. THIS WEEK'S GOOD SORT'S BEEN MAKING SURE HER PUKEKOHE PASSENGERS GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL ON TIME, EVERY TIME, FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS. NOW JUDY SHUTT'S HANDING OVER THE BUS KEYS, BUT BEFORE SHE DOES, HAYDN JONES HITCHED A RIDE. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD'S 'PREACHER MAN' AT PUKEKOHE EAST SCHOOL, NO ONE IS GETTING MARRIED, BUT THIS IS STILL A SPECIAL DAY. SEE YA. ALL THE BEST AT SCHOOL. SEE YA. OK. DO YOUR BEST. THE HUGGING GIVES IT AWAY. JUDY SHUTT IS TAKING HER LAST TRIP AS BUS DRIVER. SHE LIKES SINGING SONGS WITH US AND HONKING THE HORN. # THE HORN ON THE BUS GOES BEEP, BEEP, BEEP. NOW, JUDY IS AN IMPORT. OH, ENGLAND, YORKSHIRE. 1984, I STARTED. MY YOUNGEST WAS 2 YEARS OLD, AND HE CAME ON THE BUS. COS SHE'S DRIVEN OUR BUS FOR 30 YEARS. AND 30 YEARS AGO ` LONG, LONG, LONG TIME ` AND THAT IS IMPRESSIVE TO DRIVE ONE BUS. TWICE A DAY SHE GETS 40 KIDS SAFELY HOME. < BYE, JACKSON. HER CUSTOMERS HAVE BECOME HER FRIENDS. HI, BEN. HELLO. HI, ASHLEY. I KNOW ALL THEIR NAMES. LOVE THEM ALL. SO, HERE AT PUKEKOHE EAST SCHOOL, YOU CAN'T REALLY WALK OR BIKE TO SCHOOL COS THIS ROAD IS WAY TOO DANGEROUS. AND THE MINISTRY WON'T PAY IF YOU'RE TOO CLOSE TO SCHOOL; THEY WON'T PUT ON A BUS FOR YOU, SO THEY HAD TO GET THEIR OWN BUS. SO THEY HAVE. THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS. NOW, THIS IS NO ORDINARY BUS SERVICE. I BELIEVE WE'RE THE ONLY SUCH SOCIETY STILL GOING. IT STARTED IN 1946 WITH THE BEDFORD VAN, AND IS 100% COMMUNITY FUNDED. A BIT OF USER PAYS AND A LOT OF FUNDRAISING. MORE AS A COMMUNITY THING; THAT'S WHAT THE KIDS LOVE. IT'S THEIR BUS. AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HUG-ATHON IS JENNY WALTER. SHE NOMINATED JUDY. I COULDN'T HAVE MANAGED THE FIRST FEW YEARS WITHOUT THE BUS, BECAUSE I HAD TWO LITTLE GUYS UNDER 5. THEY HAVE SO MUCH FUN ON THE BUS. HORN HONKS SOMETIMES YOU DO MOVE ON. AND THIS IS MOVING ON FOR ME. BYE. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. BYE, BELLA. I'LL MISS THIS PLACE TERRIBLY. (TEARFULLY) I REALLY WILL. THE SHUTTS ARE RETIRING TO TAUPO, WHERE MR SHUTT SAYS HE'LL FISH EVERY DAY. MRS SHUTT SAYS SHE'LL USE HER HEAVY TRAFFIC LICENCE TO HELP HER NEW COMMUNITY. WE WILL MISS YOU VERY MUCH, MRS SHUTT. HAYDN JONES,... ...ONE NEWS. < PRETTY GOOD. AND IF YOU WANT TO NOMINATE SOMEONE TO BE A GOODSORT, GO TO OUR WEBSITE: AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SUNDAY. SUNDAY'S HERE WITH THE INSPIRATIONAL TALE ABOUT NAUGHTY SCHOOL, LAST-CHANCE HOTEL AND THE ANGEL PERFORMING MIRACLES ON TROUBLED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. FROM US, AND ALL THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JESSICA BOELL AND SAM BRADFORD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.