DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. 19 FIREFIGHTERS DIE BATTLING A MASSIVE BLAZE IN ARIZONA. DOES THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL NEED TO STOP ISSUING BUILDING CONSENTS OR FACE LEGAL ACTION? AND HIGH-SPEED DRAMA ON LAND AND ON SEA. THE 'TOP GEAR' EPISODE SHOT IN NZ AIRS IN THE UK. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT, AND PITA SHARPLES IS TO RESIGN AS CO-LEADER OF THE MAORI PARTY. FOR MORE DETAILS WE'RE JOINED BY OUR REPORTER IN WELLINGTON, RYAN BOSWELL. RYAN, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? IT'S CONFIRMED PITA SHARPLES WILL STAND DOWN TOMORROW MORNING. HE WILL STAY AS MAORI AFFAIRS MINISTER UNTIL THE ELECTION. THE IKAROA-RAWHITI BYELECTION SEEMS TO BE THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK. TE URUROA FLAVELL IS EXPECTED TO TAKE OVER AS CO-LEADER. TARIANA TURIA WILL ALSO LEAVE AT THE NEXT ELECTION. THANKS, RYAN BOSWELL IN WELLINGTON. TO THE NIGHT'S OTHER NEWS ` 19 FIREFIGHTERS HAVE DIED BATTLING A MASSIVE BLAZE THAT'S BURNING OUT OF CONTROL THROUGH THE AMERICAN STATE OF ARIZONA. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S LED THE TRIBUTES TO THE MEN WHO DIED IN HIS COUNTRY'S DEADLIEST WILDFIRES FOR DECADES. CHANNEL NINE'S DENHAM HITCHCOCK REPORTS. THE FIRE THEY WERE BATTLING WAS STARTED BY A LIGHTNING STRIKE, AND FOR THREE DAYS IT HAS RACED THROUGH THE DRY BUSHLAND OF ARIZONA, FUELLED BY RECORD TEMPERATURES. TODAY, THEY WERE WORKING IN 45-DEGREE HEAT. THIS IS SAID TO BE THE SAME FIREFIGHTING TEAM ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO AT ANOTHER BLAZE, CREATING A FIREBREAK AND HELPING TO EVACUATE HOMES. ALL 19 FIREFIGHTERS WERE FROM THE SAME STATION ` A SO-CALLED 'HOT SHOT' CREW, THE BEST AND THE FITTEST WHO HIKE INTO THE FRONTLINES WITHOUT TRUCKS, WITHOUT SUPPORT. WHEN YOU HAVE THAT MUCH FUEL, AND THAT DRY CONDITION, AND THOSE KIND OF WIND CONDITIONS, IT CAN BECOME EXTREMELY UNPREDICTABLE. BUSHFIRES HAVE BEEN RAVAGING PARTS OF THE STATE FOR MORE THAN TWO WEEKS, AND THE TEAM WAS BATTLING THE YARNELL HILL FIRE, WHICH HAS DEVASTATED THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST. HOSPITALS IN THE AREA WERE TOLD TO PREPARE FOR PATIENTS WITH BURNS, BUT NO ONE EXPECTED SUCH CATASTROPHIC NEWS. NOT SINCE THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER HAVE SO MANY FIREFIGHTERS LOST THEIR LIVES IN ONE INCIDENT. WE'RE DEVASTATED. WE JUST LOST 19 OF SOME OF THE FINEST PEOPLE YOU'LL EVER MEET. ONE MEMBER OF THE FIREFIGHTING TEAM SURVIVED. ONE OUT OF 20 MEN. LABOUR MP LIANNE DALZIEL IS WARNING CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL TO STOP ISSUING BUILDING CONSENTS OR RISK LEGAL ACTION. TODAY, THE COUNCIL BECAME THE FIRST-EVER AUTHORITY TO BE STRIPPED OF ITS ACCREDITATION. RYAN BOSWELL HAS THE STORY. THE COUNCIL THAT'S CHARGED WITH REBUILDING CHRISTCHURCH CAN NO LONGER ISSUE BUILDING CONSENTS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT IANZ HAS EVER REVOKED ACCREDITATION FOR A BUILDING CONSENT AUTHORITY. IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR, THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL WAS WARNED TO LIFT ITS GAME AND SPEED UP THE ISSUING OF CONSENTS TO DESPERATE HOME AND BUSINESS OWNERS. IF THEY'VE LOST THEIR ACCREDITATION, THEN THE PEOPLE OF CHRISTCHURCH REALLY CAN'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE SERVICE THAT THEY'RE GETTING. BUT THAT WON'T STOP THE MAYOR. HE SAYS THE COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME CONSENT WORK THAT IT'S ALWAYS DONE. WELL, I'M NOT SURE WHAT CHANGES BETWEEN 5 O'CLOCK ON FRIDAY AND 9 O'CLOCK ON MONDAY MORNING. I'M NOT PRIVY TO WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE DOORS IN WELLINGTON. THE WOMAN WHO'S CHALLENGING HIM IN OCTOBER'S MAYORAL ELECTION SAYS THAT IS DANGEROUS. THE REASON IS THAT IT COULD EXPOSE THE COUNCIL TO SIGNIFICANT RISK IN TERMS OF THE LIABILITY THAT THEY MAY FACE IF CONSENTS ARE FOUND TO BE WANTING. ON WEDNESDAY, QUAKE RECOVERY MINISTER GERRY BROWNLEE AND CIVIL DEFENCE MINISTER CHRIS TREMAIN WILL MEET COUNCILLORS TO WORK OUT A WAY FORWARD. WHAT IS CLEAR IS THAT CONSENTING IS ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES. IF WE CAN'T SPEED UP THE CONSENTING, WE CAN'T SPEED UP THE REBUILD. THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT AFFORD FOR THE REBUILD TO GO OFF THE RAILS. A GOVERNMENT OBSERVER COULD BE APPOINTED THAT MEETS WITH THE COUNCIL ON A REGULAR BASIS. BUT BOB PARKER INSISTS HIS STAFF ARE ALREADY DOING EVERYTHING THEY'VE BEEN ASKED. IT'S A BIG SLAP IN THE FACE FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT COMES OVER OUR COUNTER WITHIN THE APPROVED TIMELINES OF 20 DAYS. THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING RE-APPLYING FOR ITS ACCREDITATION, BUT IANZ IS DESCRIBING THAT AS AMBITIOUS. LIANNE DALZIEL SUGGESTS ANOTHER AUTHORITY TO TAKE OVER IN THE INTERIM, TO ENSURE THERE IS NO DELAY TO THE REBUILD. RYAN BOSWELL ONE NEWS. THERE ARE WARNINGS PETROL PRICES COULD GO EVEN HIGHER. GOVERNMENT FUEL TAXES HAVE PUSHED UP THE PRICE TO AN ALMOST RECORD HIGH, AND AS WILL HINE EXPLAINS, OTHER PRESSURES COULD MAKE PRICES RISE AGAIN SOON. FILLING UP AT THE PUMP JUST GOT MORE PAINFUL. EXCISE TAX ON PETROL ROSE 3c OVERNIGHT. THE MONEY IS EARMARKED FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS LIKE THESE ` THE NATIONAL ROADS OF SIGNIFICANCE. EVERYWHERE YOU GO, YOU USE UP $20, YOU KNOW? SO, YEAH, DEFINITELY NOTICE IT. IT'S A BIT DEPRESSING BECAUSE, NO, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE GOING DOWN. THE INCREASE TAKES GOVERNMENT FUEL TAXES TO ABOUT 65C A LITRE, OR 30% OF THE PRICE YOU PAY AT THE PUMP. THE OTHER 70% IS MADE UP OF THE IMPORTED COST OF PETROL, THE AMOUNT THAT GOES TO THE FUEL RETAILER IN NZ, AND GST. THE PRICE OF 91 OCTANE FUEL IS NOW JUST SHY OF THE RECORD PRICE, 222.9. A RETURN TO THOSE LEVELS BECKONS IF OIL PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE AND THE KIWI DOLLAR KEEPS SLIDING. IT'S NOW DOWN 8c IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS. IT'S NOT A GOOD TREND. UH, REALLY, FROM A MOTORIST'S POINT OF VIEW, FINGERS CROSSED, THE EXCHANGE RATE DOESN'T FALL ANY FURTHER AND MAYBE HOPEFULLY THE COMMODITY PRICES MIGHT FALL RATHER THAN RISE. EVERY INCREASE HITS PEOPLE LIKE REBA POTTINGER, A HOME-SUPPORT NURSE IN SOUTHLAND, IN THE POCKET. SHE SAYS HER MILEAGE ALLOWANCE LAGS BEHIND THE TRUE COST OF FUEL. IT'S VERY TOUGH, AND I THINK AT THE MOMENT, UM, THE WAY PETROL INCREASES ARE, WHEN IT GOES UP, THERE WILL BE A BIG RATE OF PEOPLE GIVING UP THEIR JOBS, BECAUSE IT JUST WON'T BE SUSTAINABLE ANY MORE FOR THEM TO DO THEIR JOBS. AUCKLAND RESIDENTS MIGHT SOON HAVE EVEN MORE TO PAY THROUGH A REGIONAL FUEL TAX. SUCH TAXES AREN'T CURRENTLY ALLOWED FOR BY LAW, BUT A COUNCIL ADVISORY GROUP IS LOOKING AT WHETHER TO PUSH FOR ONE AS A WAY TO HELP PAY FOR THE CITY'S TRANSPORT PROJECTS. AND WITH EXCISE TAX STILL TO RISE ANOTHER 6c IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THESE PRICES MAY BE HEADING JUST ONE WAY. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. MANA PARTY MP HONE HARAWIRA HAS BEEN SLAMMED BY THE PARENTS OF A BOY WHO WAS ATTACKED BY HIS NEPHEW. IT FOLLOWS THE JAILING OF MAU HARAWIRA FOR THREE YEARS FOR ASSAULTING AND ROBBING THE 12-YEAR-OLD IN A HOME INVASION. THE BOY'S PARENTS SPOKE TO HELEN CASTLES. MAU HARAWIRA IS 30 YEARS OLD. HE AND HIS CO-OFFENDER WERE DRUNK WHEN THEY FOLLOWED A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY INTO HIS HOME AND BEAT HIM UP IN HIS BEDROOM. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE GUTLESS AND COWARDLY OFFENDING. THEY STOLE THE BOY'S PLAYSTATION, SOME GAMES AND A BASEBALL CAP, LEAVING HIM BRUISED AND BATTERED. THEY RAPED THE WAIROA OF MY SON. WE CAN'T IDENTIFY THE VICTIM, HIS MUM OR HER PARTNER, BUT THEY WANTED TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE IMPACT THIS HAS HAD ON THEIR WHANAU. THE EMOTIONAL DAMAGE THAT IT'S HAD ON OUR SON HAS BEEN HORRENDOUS. UM, ALL OF A SUDDEN, A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY HAS HAD TO GROW UP. MAU HARAWIRA IS THE NEPHEW OF MP HONE HARAWIRA, AND THE SON OF ANTI-VIOLENCE ACTIVIST HINEWHARE HARAWIRA. HIS GRANDMOTHER, TITEWHAI HARAWIRA, CONTACTED THE VICTIM'S FAMILY. IT WAS GOOD THAT TITEWHAI RANG UP AND TRIED TO BROKER PEACE, BUT IT WAS BULLSHIT WHAT HONE SAID. HONE HARAWIRA TOLD MEDIA, WHEN THE CASE WAS FIRST PUBLICISED, THAT HE WANTED TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE MATTER WITH THE FAMILY. BUT THE BOY'S PARENTS SAY HE DIDN'T DO IT. IF HE REALLY WANTED TO DO IT, HE COULD HAVE GOT HOLD OF US, AND HE COULD HAVE SAID, 'HOW CAN I HELP?' BUT HE DIDN'T. FROM MY OPINION, IT'S PROBABLY MORE POLITICAL POSTURING AND GRANDSTANDING OTHER THAN SINCERITY. MAU HARAWIRA HAD ASKED FOR A SENTENCE OF HOME DETENTION. HIS LAWYER SAID THAT HE'D COME TO THE REALISATION HE'D WASTED 30 YEARS OF HIS LIFE. HE'S ABOUT TO BECOME A FATHER AND WAS TRYING TO TURN HIS LIFE AROUND. JUDGE HARVEY, THOUGH, SAID THE PUNISHMENT NEEDED TO ACT AS A DETERRENT, AND HE SENTENCED HIM TO THREE YEARS JAIL. HIS VICTIM'S WHANAU SAY THEY NEVER WANTED HIM TO GO TO JAIL. JUST ANOTHER MAORI GOING INTO PRISON, AND DOES THAT MAKE ME HAPPY? NO, IT DOESN'T. BUT JAIL IS A REALITY FOR MAU HARAWIRA, WHO WILL NOW HAVE TO WORK ON TURNING HIS LIFE AROUND FROM BEHIND BARS. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. IF YOU'RE A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER AND THINKING OF BUYING A HOME FOR LESS THAN HALF A MILLION YOU COULD BE IN LUCK. ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS THE GOVERNMENT'S PUSHING HARD FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM TOUGH NEW RESERVE BANK LENDING RESTRICTIONS. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN REPORTS. DESPITE WORKING TWO JOBS AND LOOKING FOR NEARLY A YEAR, JESS EDWARDS REEVES CAN'T FIND A FIRST HOME SHE CAN AFFORD. I'M LOOKING FOR A LITTLE TWO-BEDROOM HOUSE FOR MYSELF AND MY DAUGHTER, AND IT'S VERY HARD DUE TO THE BANKS ONLY BEING ABLE TO GIVE YOU SUCH A SMALL LOAN. NOW, IF THE THE RESERVE BANK HAS ITS WAY, IT COULD GET EVEN HARDER. IT WANTS TO COOL OFF THE HOT HOUSING MARKET BY FORCING BANKS TO RATION LOW-DEPOSIT LOANS FAVOURED BY FIRST-HOME BUYERS LIKE JESS. THE RESERVE BANK POLICY WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON LOW-INCOME, FIRST-HOME BUYERS. IT WILL LOCK THEM OUT OF THE MARKET. THE GOVERNMENT AGREED TO THE NEW TOOL AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO HIKING INTEREST RATES. BUT ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW PUSHING THE BANK TO WATER DOWN THE RESTRICTIONS AND EXEMPT HOMES UNDER $500,000, ARGUING THAT LOW-DEPOSIT LOANS UNDER THIS PRICE ARE LESS RISKY. BUT THE RESERVE BANK MAY NOT PLAY BALL. WHEN ASKED FOR COMMENT, IT REFERED ME TO THIS LINE IN A SPEECH BY ITS DEPUTY GOVERNOR LAST WEEK. BUT IT'S NOT JUST GOVERNMENT THAT WANTS FIRST-HOME BUYER EXEMPTIONS. YOU CAN'T EXEMPT EVERYONE, BUT, UH, OTHER, UH, SIMILAR REGIMES IN OTHER COUNTRIES DO FOCUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON HIGH-VALUE HOUSES. THE GOVERNMENT CAN PUSH ALL IT LIKES FOR THE BANK TO CONSIDER FIRST-HOME BUYERS,... I THINK THEY SHOULD GIVE A... A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T AFFORD A HOUSE. ...BUT IN THE END, THE DECISION IS THE RESERVE BANK'S TO MAKE. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. THERE HAVE BEEN ALMOST 2000 SUBMISSIONS ON TOUGH NEW DRINKING LAWS IN CENTRAL CHRISTCHURCH. MOSTLY THEY'RE AGAINST EARLIER CLOSING HOURS, AND BAR OWNERS SAY THE CHANGES COULD CRIPPLE THEM. DONNA-MARIE LEVER HAS MORE. ARMED WITH A BILLBOARD AND BOXES OF SIGNATURES, THESE BAR-HOPPERS ARE OUT TO SAVE THE CITY NIGHTLIFE. WE'VE BEEN GOING PARTYING FOR YEARS AND, UM, WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD TIMES, AND A LOT OF THOSE GOOD TIMES HAPPENED AFTER 1 O'CLOCK. BUT UNDER PROPOSED COUNCIL CHANGES ORDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT, BARS AND CLUBS IN THE CITY COULD END UP WITH A ONE-WAY DOOR POLICY AT 1AM AND CLOSED BY 3. IT WILL MAKE THINGS VERY DIFFICULT AND KILL WHAT WAS IN CHRISTCHURCH A VERY VIBRANT NIGHTLIFE. BAR OWNERS AGREE, AND SAY MOST OF THEIR MONEY COMES IN BETWEEN 2AM AND 3AM. THEY'VE INVESTED SIGNIFICANTLY IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE A THIRD OF THEIR TRADE, THEY WILL QUICKLY GO OUT OF BUSINESS. THE PROPOSED CHANGES WOULD ALSO AFFECT THE SALE OF ALCOHOL AT ALL OFF-LICENCES IN CHRISTCHURCH, INCLUDING AT SUPERMARKETS. IT MEANS YOU COULD ONLY SELL BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9AM AND 9PM. POLICE SAY THAT WOULD STOP PEOPLE PRE-LOADING. THEY SUPPORT BARS CLOSING EARLIER AND SAY IT WOULD BECOME THE SINGLE BIGGEST CRIME PREVENTION TOOL FOR THIS GENERATION. EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT STAFF BACK POLICE, SAYING THE WEE HOURS BECOME RUSH HOUR HERE FOR THE INTOXICATED AND UNCONSCIOUS. AND THEN THEY WAKE UP FIVE, SIX, SEVEN HOURS LATER, HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEY ARE. DISORIENTATED, CONFUSED. STAFF CERTAINLY EXPERIENCE ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR AIMED AT THE STAFF. BAR OWNERS SAY A COMPROMISE MUST BE REACHED TO AVOID THE CITY NIGHTLIFE FROM FLATLINING. WE WOULDN'T SEE TOURISTS. WE WOULDN'T GET STUDENTS COMING BACK TO OUR UNIVERSITIES AND OUR POLYTECHS. THEY'LL GO TO CITIES THAT CAN SEE THE LIGHT. SUBMISSIONS WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MONTH. DONNA-MARIE LEVER, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` ANTI-GOVERNMENT VIOLENCE ESCALATES IN EGYPT. AND A SPECIAL MEETING COULD DECIDE SIR OWEN GLENN'S BID TO BE AN AMBASSADOR FOR AN ANTI-VIOLENCE CHARITY. . ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS HAVE STORMED THE HEADQUARTERS OF EGYPT'S GOVERNING MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, LEAVING AT LEAST ONE PERSON DEAD. MILLIONS HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATING, LIVE SHOT FROM TAHRIR SQUARE. DEMANDING THE RESIGNATION OF MORSI. TAHRIR SQUARE, THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE UPRISING THAT TOPPLED HOSNI MUBARAK, ECHOED ONCE MORE WITH DEMANDS FOR CHANGE. FROM ACROSS CAIRO AND MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THEY STREAMED IN, SECULARISTS, LIBERALS, AND SUPPORTERS OF THE OLD REGIME UNITED WITH ONE GOAL ` THE RESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIST PRESIDENT, MOHAMED MORSI. TRANSLATOR: I HAVE COME FOR ONE REASON ONLY. ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, MORSI WILL FALL. MANY HAVE OPPOSED MR MORSI SINCE HE WAS ELECTED A YEAR AGO. OTHERS HAVE BEEN ALIENATED BY HIS DETERMINATION TO PURSUE AN ISLAMIST AGENDA AND PUT MEMBERS OF HIS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD BASE IN POWERFUL POSITIONS. HIS CALL FOR DIALOGUE HAS BEEN REJECTED. TRANSLATOR: IF HE DOESN'T RESPOND TO OUR DEMANDS, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING UNTIL HE LEAVES. JUST LIKE THE ONE BEFORE HIM. CROWD: MORSI! MORSI! BUT ACROSS TOWN, MOHAMED MORSI'S SUPPORTERS PUT ON THEIR OWN SHOW OF STRENGTH. TRANSLATOR: IF THEIR DREAMS COME TRUE, MORSI FALLS AND THEY ELECT ANOTHER PRESIDENT. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE MILLIONS STANDING BEHIND ME WOULD DO? THEY'LL PROTEST IN THE STREETS, AND IT'LL JUST KEEP GOING IN CIRCLES. MOHAMED MORSI WAS ELECTED WITH JUST OVER HALF THE VOTE, BUT IN THE PAST YEAR HE'S FAILED TO BRING THE REST OF EGYPT WITH HIM AND THE NATION IS NOW ENTERING A NEW PHASE THREATENING CHAOS AND EVEN WIDESPREAD VIOLENCE. BACK HERE, AND NEW INFORMATION HAS COME TO LIGHT ABOUT THE MURDER OF PROSTITUTE JANE FURLONG 20 YEARS AGO. THE INQUIRY TEAM AGAIN SEARCHED THE PLACE WHERE JANE USED TO LIVE IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF ONEHUNGA. THEY'RE SCOURING A SPECIFIC PART OF THE FLAT AFTER A TIP-OFF. JANE FURLONG'S REMAINS WERE FOUND BURIED AT PORT WAIKATO LAST YEAR. HER BOYFRIEND AT THE TIME OF HER DISAPPEARANCE IS STILL REFUSING TO SPEAK TO POLICE. A SPECIAL MEETING'S BEING HELD TOMORROW TO DECIDE ON MILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMAN SIR OWEN GLENN'S APPLICATION TO BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR AN ANTI-VIOLENCE CHARITY. BUT HIS CHANCES ARE HANGING IN THE BALANCE AFTER REVELATIONS HE ONCE FACED ABUSE CHARGES IN THE UNITED STATES. LISA OWEN REPORTS. WOMEN: FAMILY VIOLENCE... MEN: ...NOT OK. THE MESSAGE FROM THE WHITE RIBBON CAMPAIGN IS CLEAR. NOT SO STRAIGHTFORWARD IS OWEN GLENN'S APPLICATION TO BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE ANTI-VIOLENCE GROUP. THIS WHOLE REGRETTABLE DEBACLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD WE KNOWN MORE. WHITE RIBBON AMBASSADORS PLEDGE NEVER TO COMMIT, CONDONE OR REMAIN SILENT ABOUT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. THE APPLICATION FORM'S STRAIGHTFORWARD. THEY MUST SIGN A STATEMENT THAT NOTHING IN THEIR PERSONAL LIFE WOULD DAMAGE THE CREDIBILITY OF THE CAMPAIGN, AND THERE'S A SECTION TO DISCLOSE OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR PAST. THERE WAS NO INFORMATION DISCLOSED IN RELATION TO THE HAWAII INCIDENT. WE ONLY GOT TO KNOW ABOUT IT THROUGH DISCLOSURES THROUGH THE MEDIA. IN 2002, THE WEALTHY BUSINESSMAN WAS ARRESTED IN HONOLULU AND CHARGED WITH PHYSICALLY ABUSING A YOUNG WOMAN. HE PLEADED NO CONTEST, MEANING HE DIDN'T PLEAD EITHER WAY, AND THE CHARGE WAS DISMISSED IN 2004. SIR OWEN SAYS HE DID NOTHING WRONG, BUT DIDN'T FIGHT THE MATTER DUE TO HIGH LEGAL COSTS. EVEN SO, WHITE RIBBON SAYS IT ABSOLUTELY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DECLARED, AND THE COMMITTEE WILL URGENTLY REVIEW SIR OWEN'S APPLICATION. I'M NOT HAPPY AT THE MOMENT. THE COMMITTEE MAY FEEL UNHAPPIER THAN I AM PRESENTLY FEELING. SO IT'S NOT LOOKING THAT STRONG, IS IT? ANOTHER HIGH PROFILE WHITE RIBBON AMBASSADOR SAYS SIR OWEN SHOULD JUST BOW OUT NOW. HE HASN'T BEEN OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND, UH, NO MATTER HOW INNOCENT HE IS, UM, AND HE SHOULD STEP ASIDE IN THE INTERESTS OF THE CAMPAIGN. BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN OVER HOW THE LATEST REVELATIONS WILL AFFECT THE CREDIBILITY OF THE GLENN INQUIRY. LISA OWEN, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD, TOMORROW'S WEATHER. AND A CRASH COURSE IN NZ SCENERY. TOP GEAR SHOWS OFF DOWN UNDER. AROUND 5 MILLION BRITONS HAVE HAD AN AMAZING CLOSE-UP VIEW AT THE NORTHLAND COASTLINE, THANKS TO 'TOP GEAR'. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER WHEN THE SHOW'S PRESENTERS WERE HERE EARLIER THIS YEAR, RACING TO CAPE REINGA BY CAR AND BOAT. HERE'S PAUL HOBBS. WELCOME TO NZ. TELEVISION JUGGERNAUT 'TOP GEAR' ACCELERATING INTO ITS 20TH SEASON WITH A RACE TO THE TOP OF NZ. I ONLY HAVE TO COVER 220 MILES. JEREMY HAS TO COVER 410. HORN BLASTS JAMES MAY ON AN AMERICA'S CUP YACHT; OK, WE'RE RACING. SPEED! JEREMY CLARKSON DRIVING A RENTED TOYOTA. WIND IS JUST ANNOYING. INTERNAL COMBUSTION IS GOOD. ENDORSEMENTS OF NZ? PRICELESS. JUST FEEL SO SORRY FOR JAMES. HE'S NOT GOING TO SEE ANYTHING OF NZ. THE PRETTIEST COUNTRY IN THE` WHOA...! CRUNCH! I HIT SOMETHING. BACK IN MARCH, THE PROGRAMME PRODUCERS THOUGHT THEY'D HIT A HURDLE, BUT AN AGREEMENT WITH MAORI TO FILM ON NINETY MILE BEACH WAS QUICKLY FOUND. FINDING CLARKSON AND HIS CREW UP THERE WAS A DIFFERENT MATTER. MAYBE MEET THEM IF WE'RE LUCKY. NO CHANCE. A BUSINESS OPERATOR CATCHING A FLEETING GLIMPSE. JUST GOT THE TAIL LIGHT OF THEIR VEHICLES. THEY` THEY, UH, THEY WERE GOING ALONG QUITE QUICKLY. OUR CAMERAS CAPTURED THE CREW FILMING PICK-UP SHOTS. THIS IS WHAT THEY GOT. CLARKSON GOING COASTAL. THIS IS CALLED NINETY MILE BEACH BECAUSE IT IS EXACTLY 55 MILES LONG. AROUND 5 MILLION BRITISH VIEWERS HAVE WATCHED THE RACE TO SPIRITS BAY. POTENTIALLY, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER 300 MILLION VIEWERS WORLDWIDE. < GO FOR IT, JAMES. A GLOBAL SPLASH FOR MOST EVEN IF CRITICS SAY THE SHOW'S TIRED AND CONTRIVED. NO, NO! NZERS WILL GET THE CHANCE TO SEE WHO WON THE RACE... HA...! ...LATER IN THE YEAR. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. NOW TO THE WEATHER. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTH ISLAND GRADUALLY DRIFTS EASTWARDS DURING THE DAY. THE TIGHTLY PACKED ISOBARS OVER THE SOUTHERN OCEAN SPREAD OVER THE SOUTH. FOR WAIHOPAI ` MORNING RAIN. STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST. A HIGH OF 14. AND IN TAHUNA THE RAIN SHOULD CLEAR BY LATE MORNING. PIOPIOTAHI ` HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG NORTH-WESTERLIES. HOKITIKIA AND MAWHERA ` RAIN WITH NORTHERLIES AND 15. TE TIHI-O-MARU UP TO OTAUTAHI ` HIGH CLOUD, STRONG GUSTY NORTH-WESTERLIES THAT SHOULD EASE IN THE MORNING. WAIRAU SHOULD REACH 15 DEGREES. TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA ` FINE WITH HIGH CLOUD. WATCH OUT FOR STRONG NORTH-WESTERLIES. NGAMOTU ` CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND A HIGH OF 15. WHAKA-ORIORI ` IT'S FINE, BUT AGAIN, A BLUSTERY NOR'WESTER, ITS FINE IN ROTORUA AND IN WHAKATANE AND TAURANGA THE SUN'S ALSO OUT. A HIGH OF 16 IN THE BAY. THE WESTERLIES SHOULD DIE OUT IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU, AND UP THE FAR NORTH, IT'S MAINLY FINE WITH LIGHT WINDS. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. AND A QUICK REMINDER OF OUR TOP STORY. THE MAORI PARTY CO-LEADER PITA SHARPLES IS STEPPING DOWN. WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THAT ON BREAKFAST AND ON OUR WEBSITE. THANKS FOR WATCHING. POMARIE. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY SAM BRADFORD AND ANNE LANGFORD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013