ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR THE NATION'S SKIERS AND GOLFERS, BUT THE FOG WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY DISRUPTED FLIGHTS AND RUFFLED TRAVEL PLANS FROM AUCKLAND TO HAMILTON, WELLINGTON AND CHRISTCHURCH. NOW WE HAVE AN ARM WRESTLE BETWEEN OUR SUNNY HIGH AND A SOGGY VISITOR FROM THE TROPICS. CHANGE IS COMING, BUT NEWS ARE FORECASTS ARE RIGHT HERE. RIGHT NOW, IT'S SIX O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. KEEPING CHECKS ON THOSE IN POWER ` THE RELEASE OF A JOURNALIST'S PHONE RECORDS BY THE SPEAKER RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT MEDIA FREEDOM. HE LOVED THE CHALLENGE ` FRIENDS AND FAMILY TALK ABOUT THE ACCLAIMED KIWI MOUNTAINEER AND HIS SON KILLED ON K2. THOUSANDS HIT THE STREETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY PROTESTING AGINST LEGAL HIGHS BEING TESTED ON ANIMALS. AND A BIG OFFER'S REVEALED ` WHO'S TRYING TO STRIP THE WARRIORS OF THEIR STAR PLAYMAKER? ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR THE NATION'S SKIERS AND GOLFERS, THE FREEDOM OF THOSE WHO WORK TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION FROM THE CORRIDORS OF POWER IS BEING QUESTIONED TONIGHT. THIS FOLLOWS REVELATIONS A PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER'S PHONE RECORDS WERE GIVEN TO A MINISTERIAL INQUIRY WITHOUT HER PERMISSION. IT COMES JUST A DAY AFTER THE DEFENCE FORCE CONFIRMED IT HAD LUMPED SOME INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS TERRORISTS. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN JOINS US NOW. CONCERNS ABOUT FREEDOM OF JOURNALISTS AROUND PARLIAMENT HAVE BEEN BUILDING FOR SOME TIME - AFTER IT WAS REVEALED ANDREA VANCE'S SWIPE CARD ACCESS HAD BEEN MONITORED. BUT TODAY'S BOMBSHELL HAVE TAKEN IT TO WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF CONCERN. GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE WORRIED. THE ABILITY OF JOURNALISTS TO REPORT FREELY AND HOLD THE POWERFUL TO ACCOUNT IS CRITICAL TO OUR DEMOCRACY. BUT IN A STARTLING ADMISSION TODAY, PARLIAMENT'S SPEAKER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT FREEDOM COULD BE SEEN TO BE UNDER ATTACK. WE ALL HAVE A LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR PRESS GALLERY, BUT THEY ARE AN ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL PART TO THIS DEMOCRACY, AND THERE HAS BEEN A BREACH OF TRUST THAT HAS OCCURRED, AND I WILL DO ALL IN MY POWER TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. THE BODY THAT RUNS PARLIAMENT CONFIRMING IT HANDED OVER JOURNALIST ANDREA VANCE'S PHONE RECORDS TO THE GCSB SPY-LEAK INQUIRY WITHOUT HER AUTHORITY. THAT THREE MONTHS' WORTH OF PHONE RECORDS WERE HANDED OVER TO THE INQUIRY SEEMINGLY WITHOUT ANY AUTHORITY` WITHOUT THE INQUIRY HAVING ANY AUTHORITY TO ASK FOR THOSE IS QUITE STAGGERING. IN A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES, SPEAKER DAVID CARTER SAYS THE HANDING OVER OF THE PHONE RECORDS WAS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AND HE HAS APOLOGISED. HE STRESSED THE INFORMATION WAS NEVER REQUESTED BY THE HENRY INQUIRY AND NEVER USED. PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES HAS FRANKLY JUST GOT IT WRONG AND LET ITSELF DOWN. THE HENRY INQUIRY SET UP BY THE PRIME MINISTER INVESTIGATED THE LEAKING OF A TOP-LEVEL SPY REPORT TO ANDREA VANCE EARLIER THIS YEAR. REVENUE MINISTER PETER DUNNE RESIGNED FOLLOWING ITS RELEASE AFTER HE REFUSED TO HAND OVER EMAILS TO THE REPORT'S AUTHOR, DAVID HENRY, SOME OF WHICH WERE TO ANDREA VANCE. MR DUNNE NOW QUESTIONING MR HENRY'S ASSERTION HE DIDN'T SEEK THE JOURNALISTS PHONE RECORDS. I THINK IT'S VERY SERIOUS IF HE'S GONNA SAY THAT HE DIDN'T SEEK ACCESS TO THOSE RECORDS WHEN IN ACTUAL FACT HE TOLD ME, WHEN HE SOUGHT ACCESS TO MINE, THAT HE WANTED` THAT HE WAS SEEKING ACCESS TO BOTH. I ALSO THINK THAT THERE WAS ENORMOUS PRESSURE COMING FROM THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE ON TO PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION. IF THE HENRY INQUIRY DIDN'T ASK FOR THE PHONE RECORDS, WHICH THEY SAY THEY DIDN'T, THEN WHO DID? WE HAVE ENORMOUS RESPECT FOR THE FOURTH ESTATE. WE THINK JOURNALISTS HAVE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND WE DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO SURVEILLANCE, AND THEY ARE NOT. FAIRFAX MEDIA SAYS IT WILL AWAIT THE OUTCOME OF A SELECT COMMITTEE INQUIRY INTO THE MATTER BEFORE DECIDING WHAT ACTION IT MIGHT TAKE. SO CORIN, HOW DAMAGING IS THIS LIKELY TO BE FOR THE GOVERNMENT? KEY USING THE DEFENCE THAT THIS IS ONCE AGAIN COCK UP NOT CONSPRICACY. HE HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN TO THE SPEAKER. HE SAYS THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT PETER DUNNE. THERE IS A PROBLEM. HE IS TRYING TO PASS THE GCSB BILL, AND HERE HE IS FACING QUESTIONS ABOUT DEFENCE FORCE SPYING ON JOURNALISTS. PROTEST OVER THE CONTROVERSIAL GCSB BILL IS ESCALATING WITH INTERNATIONAL ONLINE ACTIVISTS ANONYMOUS JOINING THE CAUSE AND DISABLING A NUMBER OF NATIONAL PARTY WEBSITES, INCLUDING THE PRIME MINISTER'S. BUT IN A STRANGE TWIST, ONE OF THE BILL'S HARSHEST CRITICS IS CALLING FOR THE CYBER ATTACKS TO STOP. JOANNA HUNKIN HAS MORE. THE OPPOSITION'S BEEN LOUD AND CLEAR. CHANTING NOW THE NZ WING OF ONLINE GROUP ANONYMOUS HAS GONE A STEP FURTHER, DISABLING THE PRIME MINISTER'S WEBSITE, ALONG WITH A DOZEN NATIONAL PARTY SITES, TO PROTEST THE GOVERNMENT'S GCSB BILL. ALL WEBSITES ARE DOWN AND WILL NOT BE BACK UP UNTIL YOU CATCH YOUR WEB SERVER OR WITHDRAW THE BILL. PRETTY JUVENILE BEHAVIOUR IN MY VIEW. LOOK, THESE PEOPLE ARE OBVIOUSLY DOING SOMETHING THAT IS BOTH ILLEGAL AND INAPPROPRIATE, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR OWN POLITICAL POINT, BUT THEIR POINT'S WRONG. ANONYMOUS IS A LOOSE GLOBAL NETWORK OF ONLINE HACKERS. IT GAINED INTERNATIONAL NOTORIETY FOR HACKING THE LIKES OF MASTERCARD AND SONY IN THE US, AND LAST YEAR MADE TIME MAGAZINE'S LIST OF THE WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE. INTERNET EXPERTS SAY THE SITES WERE EASY TARGETS, WITH ONLY BASIC SECURITY. IT'S NOT A SOPHISTICATED ATTACK. IT'S ROUGHLY THE EQUIVALENT OF SOMEONE DUMPING A TON OF MANURE ON YOUR LAWN. BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT A FAIR BIT OF INTERNET CRIME HAS HAPPENED BEHIND THE SCENES, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO TAKE OVER A WHOLE BUNCH OF INTERNET COMPUTERS. THE GROUP'S ALSO DEMANDING AN APOLOGY TO KIM DOTCOM, BUT THE MEGAUPLOAD FOUNDER AND GCSB CRITIC HAS SHUNNED THE GROUP, TODAY TWEETING THE MOVE WOULD SIMPLY GIVE JOHN KEY ANOTHER EXCUSE TO PASS THE BILL. WHILE OTHERS WARNED THERE COULD BE WORSE TO COME. THE FACT THEY'VE TAKEN DOWN A MINISTERIAL WEBSITE DOESN'T MATTER THAT MUCH, BUT IF THESE PEOPLE DECIDED TO TAKE DOWN THE IRD WEBSITE OR WORK & INCOME WEBSITE, THAT WOULD LEAVE A LOT OF NZERS VULNERABLE. SEVERAL OF THE TARGETED SITES HAVE NOW BEEN RESTORED, BUT THERE'S NO TELLING IF OR WHEN ANONYMOUS COULD STRIKE AGAIN. JOANNA HUNKIN, ONE NEWS. TO A STORY THAT'S STILL UNFOLDING NOW, AND 15 PEOPLE ARE FEARED DEAD AFTER EXPLOSIONS HAVE ROCKED A PROPANE GAS PLANT IN FLORIDA. 25 STAFF WERE REPORTEDLY WORKING AT THE PLANT WHEN THE EXPLOSIONS BEGAN AROUND 11PM LOCAL TIME. WITNESSES SAY THE BLASTS AT THE BLUE RHINO PROPANE PLANT WERE HEARD UP TO 20KM AWAY. AUTHORITIES SAYS SEVEN WORKERS HAVE BEEN HOSPITALISED, AND NEARBY RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. THE INITIAL BLAST BLEW THE ROOF OFF THE PLANT. "THEY WERE BRAVE, AND PROUD NZERS" ` A GRIEVING DAUGHTER'S DESCRIPTION OF HER FATHER AND BROTHER KILLED ON ONE OF THE MOST UNFORGIVING MOUNTAINS ON THE PLANET. ACCLAIMED KIWI MOUNTAINEER MARTY SCHMIDT AND SON DENALI WENT MISSING WHILE CLIMBING K2, THE SECOND HIGHEST PEAK IN THE WORLD, LOCATED ALONG THE BORDER OF PAKISTAN AND CHINA. LORELEI MASON SPOKE TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY. THEIR DREAM WAS A LOFTY ONE ` TO BECOME THE FIRST FATHER-SON DUO TO SUMMIT THE WORLD'S SECOND-HIGHEST MOUNTAIN. BUT THAT DREAM IS NOW OVER FOR MARTY AND DENALI SCHMIDT, THEIR LIVES TAKEN BY THE NOTORIOUSLY UNFORGIVING K2. THE MOUNTAINS WERE MY FATHER'S CALLING, AND MOTHER NATURE, I GUESS, HAS A MIND OF HER OWN. 21 CLIMBERS LEFT BASE CAMP ON JULY 24 WITH SHERPA GUIDES. THEY MADE IT AS FAR AS CAMP 2 ON THE 26TH, BUT WITH BAD WEATHER CLOSING IN, ALL CLIMBERS EXCEPT MARTY AND DENALI SCHMIDT ABANDONED THE CLIMB. THE TWO NZERS ALONE PRESSED ON UP TO CAMP 3, RADIOING IN THEIR POSITION THAT EVENING. BUT THAT WAS THE LAST COMMUNICATION WITH THE PAIR, AN AVALANCHE BURYING THE CAMP SOMETIME DURING THE NIGHT. A SHERPA MADE IT UP TO THE WRECKED CAMP TWO DAYS AGO. HE FOUND SOME HARDWARE, SOME CRAMPONS AND AN ICE AXE, WHICH INDICATES THEY MUST HAVE BEEN ASLEEP IN THEIR TENT WHEN THE AVALANCHE HIT. THE SEARCH FOR THEIR BODIES HAS NOW BEEN CALLED OFF. MY FATHER AND BROTHER WERE TWO OF THE BRAVEST SOULS. THEY WERE SO PROUD OF NZ. MARTY SCHMIDT (53) WAS BORN IN THE US BUT MOVED WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN TO NZ IN 1988. HE WORKED AS AN EXPERIENCED FREELANCE GUIDE, SCALING MT COOK AT LEAST 25 TIMES. LOTS OF FUN TO BE WITH, VERY ENTHUSIASTIC, VERY POSITIVE. VERY GOOD AT ENCOURAGING PEOPLE OF LESSER ABILITY TO EXTEND THEMSELVES. EVERYBODY WHO CLIMBED WITH HIM ALWAYS PRAISED HIS DECISION-MAKING. GET THOSE HOOKS IN. HE WAS ALSO INTERVIEWED FOR A SOON-TO-AIR TV ONE DOCUMENTARY SERIES PRODUCED BY NATURAL HISTORY NZ CALLED 'WILD ABOUT NZ'. THERE SHE IS! AORAKI MT COOK. I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT. AND THE REASON ` IT HAS EVERYTHING HERE. AT 51 HE BECAME THE OLDEST NZER TO CLIMB MT EVEREST. LOVE YOU ALL BACK IN NZ, AND THE WORLD. IN 2011, IN ALASKA, HE ATTEMPTED HIS FIRST MAJOR CLIMB WITH SON DENALI (25). TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT WITH YOUR OWN FATHER IS SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL. THAT SHARED PASSION NOW TRAGICALLY CLAIMING BOTH LIVES. LORELEI MASON, ONE NEWS. K2 IS CONSIDERED BY MANY CLIMBERS THE MOST DANGEROUS MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD. IT STANDS AT JUST OVER 8500M, COMPARED TO MT EVEREST'S 8848M. THE SUMMIT WAS FIRST REACHED IN 1954, ONE OF THE GUIDES DYING DURING THE EXPEDITION. FOR EVERY FOUR PEOPLE WHO'VE MADE IT TO THE TOP, ONE HAS DIED ` HENCE IT'S NICKNAME 'SAVAGE MOUNTAIN' ` BECAUSE OF SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS. AN ESTIMATED 302 CLIMBERS HAVE REACHED THE SUMMIT, AND AT LEAST 80 KILLED ON THE MOUNTAIN. THE FIGHT TO STOP LEGAL HIGHS BEING TESTED ON ANIMALS STEPPED UP A NOTCH TODAY, WITH THOUSANDS MARCHING AGAINST THE MOVE. AND PROTESTERS ARE VOWING TO CONTINUE THEIR CAMPAIGN UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT DUMPS THE PLAN. GEORGINA BALL REPORTS. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND PETS GIVING A VOICE TO MAN'S BEST FRIEND. ALL CHANT: DON'T LET THEM DIE FOR LEGAL HIGHS. THE CROWD IN WELLINGTON SENDING A MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNMENT THAT ANIMALS SHOULDN'T SUFFER IN ORDER FOR NZERS TO GET LEGALLY HIGH. ANIMAL TESTING IS NOT NECESSARY IN THIS SORT OF FIELD. WHAT FOR? A PARTY PILL? IT'S JUST DISGUSTING. BENJI'S ONE OF 30 BEAGLES THAT CAMPAIGNERS RESCUED FROM AN ANIMAL TESTING CENTRE IN THE HAWKE'S BAY. PROTESTERS WORRY DOGS LIKE HIM WILL SUFFER EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY IF DRUG TESTING GOES AHEAD. JUSTICE FOR ANIMALS NOW. (BARKS) MORE THAN A THOUSAND IN AUCKLAND ADDED THEIR VOICE TO THE CALL FOR LAW CHANGE. PLEASE, GOVERNMENT, WE SAY NO TO PARTY PILL TESTING ON ANIMALS. WE SAY PLEASE FIND ALTERNATIVE TESTING. BUT WHILE SOME MPS TOOK THE CHANCE TO COURT THE CROWD,... WE LOVE ALL ANIMALS. CROWD CHEERS ...ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER TODD MCCLAY WAS A NO-SHOW. INSTEAD HE ISSUED A STATEMENT INDICATING HE IS LISTENING. PROTESTERS ARE VOWING TO KEEP PUSHING UNTIL THAT HAPPENS. THESE BEAUTIFUL GUYS DESERVE BETTER. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO LOOK AFTER ANIMALS THAN PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO MAKE THEMSELVES HIGH. IT'S COMPLETELY UNFAIR FOR INNOCENT ANIMALS. IT'S JUST SO WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS. IT'S DISTRESSING. THEY SAY THEY WON'T TAKE THE NEW LAW LYING DOWN. GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS. THE GREEN PARTY IS ACCUSING NATIONAL PARTY MPS OF CHANGING LEGISLATION TO BENEFIT POLITICAL DONORS FROM THE FISHING INDUSTRY. A SMALL FLEET OF JAPANESE-OWNED TUNA BOATS LOOK SET TO BE EXEMPTED FROM A NEW LAW REQUIRING ALL FOREIGN FISHING SHIPS TO REFLAG AS NZ VESSELS IN OUR WATERS. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN HAS THE EXCLUSIVE ON THIS. FORCING ALL FOREIGN CHARTER FISHING VESSELS TO REFLAG AS NZ SHIPS AND WORK TO KIWI STANDARDS IS SEEN AS THE BEST WAY TO ELIMINATE ABUSE, LIFT LOW WAGES AND IMPROVE LIVING CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WORKING IN OUR WATERS. BUT A CHANGE HAS JUST BEEN MADE TO THE BILL WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH PARLIAMENT THAT ALLOWS THE HEAD OF THE PRIMARY INDUSTRIES MINISTRY TO EXEMPT A SMALL FLEET OF JAPANESE-OWNED TUNA VESSELS FROM REFLAGGING ` VESSELS CHARTERED THROUGH A JOINT-VENTURE BETWEEN FISHING GIANTS SANFORD AND TALLEY'S, TWO COMPANIES WITH TIES TO NATIONAL. THIS EXEMPTION IS CLEARLY FOR A VESTED INTEREST. IT'S DISGRACEFUL, AND IT SMACKS OF CRONYISM. NATIONAL PARTY PRESIDENT PETER GOODFELLOW IS A SANFORD DIRECTOR, AND HIS FAMILY IS A MAJOR SHAREHOLDER. WELL, I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW THE DETAIL OF THAT, SO I GUESS THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION. I HAVEN'T EXERTED ANY INFLUENCE AT ALL. AND IN THE LEAD-UP TO THE LAST ELECTION, TALLEY'S DONATED $37,000 TO EIGHT NATIONAL PARTY MPS FOR THEIR CAMPAIGNS. FOUR OF THEM ARE NOW MINISTERS, AND TWO ARE MPS WHO SIT ON THE PRIMARY PRODUCTION SELECT COMMITTEE THAT'S CREATED THE EXEMPTION FOR THE JAPANESE TUNA VESSELS. < THEY ARE A PART OWNER OF THE NZ-JAPAN TUNA COMPANY. YEAH, WELL, I WAS TOTALLY UNAWARE OF THAT, SO... BUT, AGAIN, WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT ` AND LET'S FACE IT, WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THE NZ BRAND HERE AND THE INTEGRITY OF THAT ` SO I'M REALLY CONFIDENT THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY GONE FURTHER THAN MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT WE WOULD. < SO YOU DON'T THINK TALLEY'S HAVE RECEIVED ANY SPECIAL TREATMENT? I DEFINITELY DON'T. THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE, TO BE SO BLATANTLY LOOKING AFTER A VESTED INTEREST WITH AN EXEMPTION. THEY HAVE NEVER EVER LEANED ON ME FOR ANY PARTICULAR DIRECTION OR ANYTHING. THE TALLEY-SANFORD VENTURE THAT HIRES THE JAPANESE SHIPS HAS TOLD THE GOVERNMENT THAT ON AVERAGE THE FOUR TUNA FISHING VESSELS ARE IN NZ WATERS FOR JUST 40 DAYS A YEAR ` TOO LITTLE TIME TO REFLAG AS A NZ SHIP. IT SAYS WITHOUT THE EXEMPTION, IT WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP CATCHING THE LUCRATIVE BLUE-FIN TUNA. SO, IT MAY NOT BE SUPPORTED? > IT MAY, IT MAY NOT. LET'S WAIT AND SEE. THE LAW FORCING ALL OTHER FOREIGN CHARTER VESSELS TO FLY THE NZ FLAG WILL COME INTO EFFECT FROM 2016. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. CHRISTCHURCH'S BEEN NAMED TO HOST THE OPENING CEREMONY AND GAME OF THE 2015 CRICKET WORLD CUP. BUT THE CITY STILL DOESN'T KNOW IF IT CAN TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE. AS LACEY WILSON REPORTS, A PENDING ENVIRONMENT COURT RULING COULD BOWL THE MOVE. IT WAS THE NEWS MANY HAD BEEN WAITING FOR. THE FIRST OF THE SEVEN NZ CITIES FOR THE ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2015 IS CHRISTCHURCH. THE EARTHQUAKE-DAMAGED CITY NOT ONLY HOSTING THREE GAMES, BUT ALSO GETTING THE OPENING CEREMONY AND FIRST MATCH. THIS IS AMAZING. IT'S A MOMENTOUS DECISION FOR US, NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF CRICKET BUT IN TERMS OF THE CITY. BUT THERE'S A CATCH. THE HAGLEY OVAL HAS TO BE UPGRADED IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE WORLD CUP, AND THAT'S ALL DEPENDENT ON AN ENVIRONMENT COURT DECISION THAT'S YET TO BE RELEASED. WE'RE IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT, IN A PROCESS AT THE MOMENT, AND THE OUTCOME OF THAT PROCESS COULD IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO DO THAT OPENING GAME. SO OUR FINGERS ARE CROSSED. WE MISSED OUT ON THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. I WOULD HATE FOR OUR CITY TO MISS OUT ON THE CRICKET WORLD CUP. THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A PLAN B FOR CHRISTCHURCH IF THE ENVIRONMENT COURT DOESN'T APPROVE THE FULL DEVELOPMENT PLANNED HERE. THE WORLD CUP ORGANISERS TOLD ME THERE ARE NO OTHER GROUNDS IN CHRISTCHURCH WITH THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS REQUIRED. TODAY CHRISTCHURCH'S MAYOR WAS MORE INTERESTED IN TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE TOURNAMENT WOULD BRING THE CITY. TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR US, BOTH IN THE SHORT TERM, IN THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE THERE, BUT I THINK LONG TERM FOR THE EXPOSURE FOR OUR CITY, WHERE MANY PEOPLE LAST YEAR SAW IT WAS A CITY IN THE MIDST OF RUIN. THE PREVIOUS WORLD CUP HAD A TV AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN ONE BILLION. JUST HOW MUCH OF CHRISTCHURCH THE 2015 AUDIENCE WILL SEE IS STILL HANGING ON A COURT DECISION DUE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. LACEY WILSON, ONE NEWS. AND WE'LL TELL YOU WHICH NZ GROUND WILL HOST ONE OF THE BIG WORLD CUP FINALS GAMES LATER IN SPORT. WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON A DARING JEWELLERY HEIST COMING UP ON ONE NEWS. ALSO ` MORE MAYHEM FOR TRAVELLERS IN EUROPE. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LATEST TRAIN DISASTER? SHE'S BEEN DINING ALONE TOO LONG. NOW THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH PLANS TO GET BUDDIES FOR BURMA. 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So for step-by-step instructions on hooking up your device to your home Wi-Fi connection, just visit techinasec.co.nz A MAMMOTH MISSION TO FIND FRIENDS FOR A LONELY ELEPHANT HAS STRUCK A HITCH BECAUSE OF STRICT QUARANTINE CONDITIONS. THE BID TO BRING IN TWO ORPHANS FROM SRI LANKA TO JOIN 'BURMA' AT AUCKLAND ZOO COULD HINGE ON THE BACKING FROM PACIFIC NEIGHBOURS. OUR CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER EXPLAINS. BURMA HAS TROD A LONELY PATH AT AUCKLAND ZOO SINCE THE DEATH OF HER LONG-TERM PARTNER KASHIN FOUR YEARS AGO. WE ARE REALLY KEEN HERE FOR HER TO HAVE A FAMILY AT AUCKLAND ZOO. THIS IS HER HOME. THIS IS WHERE SHE IS MOST COMFORTABLE. IT'S HOPED TWO ELEPHANTS COULD COME FROM SRI LANKA, BUT BECAUSE THE COUNTRY HAS FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE, THE PAIR CAN'T COME HERE DIRECTLY. INSTEAD THEY MUST GO TO A THIRD COUNTRY, AND THE PACIFIC IS BEING EYED UP AS A LIKELY CANDIDATE, AS THERE'S NO ANIMAL EXPORT INDUSTRY AT STAKE. THE MINISTRY OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES SAYS THE BIOSECURITY RISK TO A THIRD COUNTRY IS MINIMAL BECAUSE THE ELEPHANTS WILL BE TESTED BEFORE THEY LEAVE SRI LANKA. BUT THE COOK ISLANDS DOESN'T AGREE AND HAS REFUSED TO HAVE THE ELEPHANTS QUARANTINED THERE FOR THREE MONTHS. THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THE ELEPHANT IS VERY VERY HIGH, MAINLY WITH THE FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE PRESENCE IN SRI LANKA. HOWEVER, NIUE IS MORE ENTHUSIASTIC, HAVING ONCE SUCCESSFULLY HOSTED AN ALPACA QUARANTINE STATION. IT'S SOMETHING WE SEE AS HAVING FAIRLY BROAD RANGE OF POSITIVE BENEFITS FOR BOTH PARTIES IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE SATISFIED THAT ANY RISKS ARE LOW FOR US. AUCKLAND ZOO SAYS IT WOULD ENSURE THE ELEPHANTS ARE CLEAN AND HEALTHY BEFORE THEY GOT TO NIUE. THEY'VE GOT A GOOD TRACK RECORD, THEY KNOW WHAT'S INVOLVED, AND THEY KNOW WHAT RISKS THERE ARE, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT RISKS THERE AREN'T. WHILE THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO, THERE'S HOPE BURMA COULD HAVE FRIENDS BY NEXT YEAR. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS. THE BODY OF A TRAIN DRIVER'S BEEN RECOVERED IN THE PAST FEW HOURS FROM RAIL WRECKAGE IN SWITZERLAND. POLICE SAY EMERGENCY WORKERS FOUND THE MAN AFTER SEPARATING THE TWO LOCOMOTIVES, WHICH COLLIDED HEAD-ON. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER TRAIN'S AMONG AT LEAST 35 INJURED. IT'S NOT YET KNOWN WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH WHICH COMES JUST DAYS AFTER 79 PEOPLE DIED IN A HIGH-SPEED DERAILMENT IN SPAIN. A DAY OF NATIONAL MOURNING'S BEEN DECLARED IN ITALY AFTER ITS WORST ROAD CRASH IN DECADES. THE DEATH TOLL'S RISEN TO 38 AFTER A BUS PLUNGED OFF A VIADUCT NEAR THE TOWN OF MONTEFORTE IRPINO. THE BBC'S ALAN JOHNSTON IS THERE. WAY UP THERE, ON THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWAY, THE PASSENGERS WOULD HAVE FELT THEIR BUS LAUNCH INTO MID-AIR. IT CRASHED DOWN THROUGH THE TREES AND POUNDED INTO THE EARTH 100 FEET BELOW. IN THE MANGLED MESS OF METAL, REMINDERS OF THOSE ONBOARD, AMONG THEM FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. THE SAFETY BARRIER ON THE HIGHWAY'S EDGE HAD FAILED TO KEEP THEM SAFE. TRANSLATOR: I WOULD THINK THE BARRIERS ON THE BRIDGES AND THE VIADUCT SHOULD PREVENT THIS KIND OF ACCIDENT, BUT IT SEEMS THE IMPACT WAS SO STRONG EVEN THE BARRIER GAVE WAY. THE BUS HAD BEEN BADLY OUT OF CONTROL. IT DIDN'T BRAKE AS IT APPROACHED SLOW-MOVING TRAFFIC AND RAMMED THROUGH A LINE OF CARS BEFORE IT CAREERED OFF THE ROAD. TRANSLATOR: ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HEARD SOME BANGS COMING FROM BEHIND US, THEN WE WERE CRASHED INTO, AND WE DIDN'T EVEN SEE THE COACH AT ALL. RESCUE CREWS WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS, TENDING TO THE INJURED, AND GATHERING UP THE MANY DEAD. IN A MAKESHIFT MORGUE IN A NEARBY TOWN, RELATIVES HAVE BEEN COMING TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THE DEAD, AND AS THE DAY DREW TO A CLOSE, THEY PRAYED FOR THOSE WHO THEY HAD LOST. THERE IS SHOCK AND GRIEF HERE, BUT QUESTIONS ARE ALSO BEING ASKED. WHAT CAUSED THIS CARNAGE? WAS THERE A FAILURE OF THE BUS' BRAKES PERHAPS OR WAS THE DRIVER TO BLAME? HE WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE WRECKAGE, AND THE ACTIONS HE TOOK IN THE LAST MOMENTS OF HIS LIFE WILL BE CLOSELY SCRUTINISED IN AN INVESTIGATION THAT'S ONLY JUST BEGUN. AT LEAST 60 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A WAVE OF CAR BOMBINGS IN IRAQ. IT'S BELIEVED THE 17 BLASTS WERE CO-ORDINATED TO HIT PREDOMINANTLY SHI'ITE AREAS OF TOWNS AND CITIES. BUSY STREETS AND MARKETS WERE TARGETED. SUNNI MILITANTS LINKED TO AL QAEDA ARE BEING BLAMED FOR THE ATTACKS. THE BRAZEN JEWELLERY HEIST ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA IS NOW THOUGHT TO BE THE BIGGEST IN HISTORY. THE VALUE OF THE STOLEN DIAMONDS AND OTHER GEMS HAS BEEN REVISED TO $170M, ALMOST THREE TIMES THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE. AN ARMED ROBBER SNATCHED THE JEWELS FROM AN EXHIBITION AT A CANNES HOTEL. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER IT'S THE WORK OF THE NOTORIOUS PINK PANTHER GANG. THERE'S LOTS HAPPENING ON OUR WEATHER FRONT. DISRUPTED FLIGHTS WITH FOG, AND A TROPICAL LOW HEADING OUR WAY. LOW BRINGS THE NORTHERN RAIN BY FRIDAY. BUT THIS MORNING THE FOG HUNG OVER LARGE TRACTS OF THE NORTH TILL MID MORNING. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND A FIRST FOR CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT THIS MORNING ` TWO OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST AIRLINERS WERE DIVERTED FROM AUCKLAND TO CHRISTCHURCH, AND THE MASSIVE A380 DOUBLE-DECKER SUPER PEOPLE MOVERS TOUCHED DOWN IN THE GARDEN CITY FOR THE FIRST TIME, GIVING LOCAL PLANE SPOTTERS THEIR SPECIAL MOMENT IN HISTORY. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL BE BACK WITH YOU AFTER SPORT, AS THE RESIDENT HIGH AND THE INCOMING LOW VIE FOR TOP BILLING. THE POPE FIRES UP THE GAY DEBATE. THAT STORY'S AHEAD ON ONE NEWS. ALSO ` COULD YOU GET INTO THE SWING OF THIS? THE NEW WAY TO GET AROUND THE GOLF COURSE. AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF GLIMPSE OF WHAT SOME OF OUR BLACK STICKS STARS HAVE BEEN UP TO. 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. If you think all home-loan rates are the same, check out ANZ's best-ever home-loan offer, with all the bells and whistles. 4.95% per annum one year fixed, plus $1000 cash on us. Conditions apply. A WARNING NOW BEFORE YOU THINK ABOUT HEADING TO YOUR FAVOURITE SWIMMING HOLE NEXT SUMMER. A NEW REPORT'S FOUND IT'D BE UNWISE TO DIVE INTO MORE THAN HALF OF OUR WATERWAYS. AND AN ECOLOGIST PREDICTS RIVER CONDITIONS WILL ONLY GET WORSE. THE DAYS OF TAKING THE PLUNGE IN OUR PRISTINE WATERS ON A HOT SUMMER'S DAY COULD SOON BE NUMBERED. A REPORT FROM THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT INTO THE QUALITY OF NZ'S WATERWAYS FOUND MANY UNSAFE FOR SWIMMING. EVEN THOSE SITES THAT REGISTER AS A POOR GRADE STILL ONLY INDICATES THAT THERE IS A 1% CHANCE THAT IF YOU SWAM THERE IN CERTAIN WEATHER CONDITIONS, YOU COULD BECOME UNWELL. DATA COLLECTED SHOWED OF THE 600 WATERWAYS MONITORED FEWER THAN HALF WERE SAFE FOR SWIMMING. THE RED DOTS SHOW 61% OF THE RIVERS ARE UNFIT FOR RECREATIONAL USE. SOME OF THE WORST AREAS ARE THE RUAMAHANGA RIVER IN THE WAIRARAPA, PARTS OF THE WHAKATANE AND MANAWATU RIVERS. ECOLOGIST MIKE JOY FROM MASSEY UNIVERSITY SAYS THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM IS THE INCREASE IN DAIRYING. IF YOU HAVE MORE COWS, YOU HAVE MORE POLLUTION OF OUR RIVERS, SO IT'S FAECAL CONTAMINATION THAT'S DOING IT. WE'RE UP TO SIX AND A HALF MILLION DAIRY COWS NOW, SO I'M NOT SURPRISED AT ALL THAT IT'S GETTING WORSE. THAT'S FRANKLY INCORRECT. WE'VE LOOKED AT THE RESULTS CLOSELY. LISTEN, DAIRY IS PART OF IT. OF COURSE IT IS, AS IS ALL FARMING, WE USE THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THERE IS AN IMPACT, BUT WE SEE A LOT OF THE MORE` MORE DISAPPOINTING SITES VERY CLEARLY IN URBAN CENTRES. A CLAIM THE ENVIRONMENT MINISTER AGREES WITH. I THINK ONE OF THE MESSAGES FROM THIS IS THAT ALL PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP FOR THEIR PART OF THE PROBLEM, AND WE HAVE TO RECOGNISE THAT SOME OF IT IS ALSO NATURALLY OCCURRING. AND WHILE THE GOVERNMENT ADMITS THERE IS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO, IT'S REASSURING KIWIS THAT THEY CAN STILL ENJOY COOLING OFF COME SUMMER. A BUSY LITTLE STREET IN CENTRAL WELLINGTON'S BACK IN BUSINESS AFTER WORK TO FIX A LIFT DAMAGED BY THE EARTHQUAKE. TENANTS EVACUATED FROM SURROUNDING BUILDINGS CAN NOW RETURN TO LUKES LANE. IT WAS CLOSED AFTER THE 6.5 JOLT 9 DAYS AGO, AMID FEARS THE EIGHT-STOREY LIFT SHAFT COULD TOPPLE IN AN AFTERSHOCK. THE POPE'S SHOCKED SOME PEOPLE WITH HIS COMMENTS ON A SUBJECT THAT DIVIDES CATHOLIC OPINION. ON A FLIGHT HOME FROM BRAZIL, HE'S SAID GAY PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE MARGINALISED. BUT HE'S ALSO RESTATED THE CHURCH'S STAND THAT HOMOSEXUAL ACTS ARE A SIN. AT 30,000FT A MORE INTIMATE CONVERSATION. THE POPE (76) STOOD FOR ALMOST AN HOUR AND A HALF ANSWERING EVERY QUESTION PUT TO HIM BY JOURNALISTS. ASKED ABOUT A HOMOSEXUAL LOBBY IN THE VATICAN,... UNA PERSONA GAY... ...POPE FRANCIS SAID THAT ALTHOUGH LOBBYING WAS BAD, A PERSON SHOULD NOT BE JUDGED ON THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. 'IF A PERSON IS GAY AND SEEKS GOD,' HE SAID, 'AND HAS GOODWILL, 'WHO AM I TO JUDGE HIM?' THE POPE DID SAY ACTIVE HOMOSEXUALITY WAS SINFUL, BUT THIS WAS A MARKEDLY MORE CONCILIATORY TONE THAN HIS PREDECESSORS AND ONE THAT'S DELIGHTED GAY CATHOLICS. I THINK IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I DON'T THINK IT'S QUITE ENOUGH, BECAUSE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS SEEN QUITE NEGATIVELY BOTH EXTERNALLY AND INTERNALLY. GAY CATHOLICS CHOOSE EITHER TO LEAVE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ENTIRELY OR TO MOVE TO ANOTHER DENOMINATION WHICH MAY BE A LOT MORE ACCEPTING AND LIBERAL. POPE FRANCIS' SIMPLE AND DIRECT MANNER HAS TOUCHED A CHORD AMONG ROMAN CATHOLICS. HE'S REFUSED TO LIVE IN THE GRAND PAPAL APARTMENT, SHUNS ELABORATE ROBES AND IS FERRIED AROUND ROME IN A FORD FOCUS. THE POPE'S POSITION IS VERY POWERFUL BECAUSE HE'S SO PROMINENT, HE CAN BE EASILY SEEN AND BECAUSE HE LEADS THE CHURCH. AND THE WAY HE'S BEEN LEADING THE CHURCH SINCE HE BECAME POPE IS BY VERY PERSONAL EXAMPLE. BACK HOME THIS EVENING, POPE FRANCIS PLACED A MEMENTO OF HIS TRIP REVERENTLY ON THE ALTAR OF A CHURCH IN ROME. HE UNDERSTANDS THE POWER OF GESTURE AND IS CLEARLY READY TO USE IT. THE POPE ALSO SAYS HIS WEEK-LONG TRIP TO BRAZIL LEFT HIM TIRED BUT DID HIM A LOT OF "SPIRITUAL GOOD". AN UPDATE NOW ON THE DEATHS OF MOUNTAINEER MARTY SCHMIDT AND HIS SON DENALI ON K2, THE WORLD'S SECOND-HIGHEST PEAK. WE'VE JUST HEARD FROM A BRITISH CLIMBER, ONE OF THE LAST TO SEE THE PAIR. THEY SAID IT TOOK THEM A LOT LONGER TO GET TO CAMP THREE THAN ANTICIPATED; THE SNOW WAS DEEP; AND THAT IN THE MORNING THEY'D HAVE A THINK ABOUT THINGS AND DECIDE WHAT TO DO. THAT FOR MARTY WAS A LITTLE UNUSUAL. THAT MEANT FOR US THAT PROBABLY THEY WERE RESIGNED TO THE FACT THAT CONDITIONS WERE BAD AND THEY WERE GOING TO COME DOWN. IN TONIGHT'S OTHER LEADING STORIES ` 15 PEOPLE ARE FEARED DEAD AFTER A SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS ROCKED A PROPANE GAS PLANT IN THE AMERICAN STATE OF FLORIDA. AUTHORITIES SAY SEVEN WORKERS ARE IN HOSPITAL AND NEARBY RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. AND THE GOVERNMENT'S UNDER FIRE AFTER REVELATIONS THE BODY THAT RUNS PARLIAMENT HANDED OVER FAIRFAX JOURNALIST ANDREA VANCE'S PHONE RECORDS TO A SPY LEAK INQUIRY WITHOUT HER AUTHORITY. SPEAKER DAVID CARTER HAS APOLOGISED ON BEHALF OF PARLIMENTARY SERVICES. AN IDEA FLOATED AS A BIT OF A JOKE BY A GOLFING CHAMPION IS BECOMING REALITY. A COURSE IN AMERICA'S TURNED THE COMMON CART INTO MORE OF A JOYRIDE. ABC'S DARREN ROVELL EXPLAINS. IT WAS THE JETSONS VISION OF THE FUTURE. BUT WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE FLYING CAR WOULD SOAR OVER A GOLF COURSE? IT ALL STARTED WHEN MASTERS CHAMPION BUBBA WATSON DREAMED UP A HOVERCRAFT GOLF CART. IT WAS MEANT TO BE A STUNT, GENERATING PUBLICITY FOR HIS SPONSOR OAKLEY. NOW MORE THAN EIGHT MILLION PEOPLE HAVE WATCHED WATSON ZIPPING OVER LAND AND WATER. AND WHO DOESN'T WANNA DO THAT? PEOPLE LOVE THE IDEA. PEOPLE LIKE PETE DUFFEY,... SO, HERE IT IS, HUH? THIS IS IT. ...THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF WINDY KNOLL GOLF COURSE IN SPRINGFIELD OHIO. HE SEIZED THE CHANCE TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TO HIS COURSE, TRACKING DOWN THE COMPANY THAT MADE BUBBA'S CART. YOU'VE GOT THE TRADITIONAL TOP, THE SAND AND SEED MIX BOTTLES, THE HOLDERS FOR THE BAGS BEHIND THE BACK BENCH. THE COURSE WILL CHARGE $175 FOR ONE ROUND WITH THE HOVERCRAFT AND A CADDY PILOT. NATURALLY, WE ASKED TO GIVE IT A TRY. I FELT LIKE I WAS ON A CARNIVAL RIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF A GOLF COURSE. THIS IS A NUTS EXPERIENCE. YES, IT IS. IT MAY NOT BE THE FUTURE OF GOLF EVERYWHERE, BUT GUARANTEES FUN, EVEN IF YOUR GOLF GAME STINKS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS HAVE A FAVOURABLE HOME DRAW FOR THE NEXT WORLD CUP. A FULL RUNDOWN ON THE GLOBAL EVENT NEXT. ALSO TONIGHT, THE BATTERED CHIEFS GEAR UP FOR ONE LAST HURRAH. THE ALL BLACKS GET READY FOR RUGBY'S NEW SCRUMS. SO WHAT WILL THE CHANGES MEAN? PLUS ` IS IT A BIRD, IS IT A PLANE? NO, IT'S SUPER DAVE. AND EVERYONE LOVES A WINNER ` THE WARRIORS STAR AND HIS $2M OFFER. FIRST UP TONIGHT ` TO CRICKET, AND AS WE REPORTED EARLIER, AT THIS STAGE CHRISTCHURCH WILL HOST THE OPENING GAME OF THE 2015 WORLD CUP. AND THE BLACKCAPS ALSO HAVE THE CHANCE TO RELIVE SOME OF THEIR GREATEST WORLD CUP MEMORIES AT EDEN PARK AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. MARK HATHAWAY HAS THE DETAILS OF THE SCHEDULE. LIFTING THE CRICKET WORLD CUP ISN'T EASY. BUT WITH NZ CO-HOSTING THE TOURNAMENT, THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO DO IT. WELL, I THINK EVEN YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST GAME OBVIOUSLY IN CHRISTCHURCH, HAGLEY OVAL, PLENTY OF PACE AND BOUNCE, AND BEING ABLE TO PLAY A SUBCONTINENT SIDE IN THOSE CONDITIONS, YOU KNOW, COULD BE HUGE FOR US. THE BLACKCAPS WILL MEET SRI LANKA ON FEBRUARY 14TH 2015. WHEN IT COMES TO TOURNAMENT OPENERS, IT'S HARD TO GO PAST NZ VS AUSTRALIA AT EDEN PARK IN '92. THE TWO COUNTRIES WILL PLAY THERE AGAIN IN POOL PLAY. WE MANAGED TO WIN THAT FIRST GAME AGAINST AUSSIE, AND IT WAS JUST THE CATALYST FOR A FANTASTIC SIX WEEKS OR SO. REPEATING THEIR POOL-PLAY HEROICS THIS TIME ROUND WILL TAKE SOME DOING. ENGLAND, AUSTRALIA AND SRI LANKA WILL BE THE MAJOR CONTENDERS IN NZ'S POOL. WHILE POOL B SEES THE WEST INDIES, SOUTH AFRICA AND FIERCE RIVALS INDIA AND PAKISTAN AS THE FORM SIDES THERE. WE'VE GOT A FANTASTIC SQUAD OF YOUNG PLAYERS. ANOTHER 18 MONTHS OF ONE-DAY CRICKET AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE THERE'S A TOURNAMENT THERE FOR THEM TO WIN. PAKISTAN WENT AWAY WINNERS IN '92, AND WHILE WAQAR YOUNIS WASN'T PLAYING IN THAT TOURNAMENT, THE LETHAL STRIKE BOWLER KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE JOB DONE ON OUR SLOWER PITCHES. CONDITIONS HERE IN NZ ARE A LITTLE FAVOURING TO THE BOWLERS WITH THE TWO NEW CRICKET BALLS, SO I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD BOWLING UNIT TO WIN THE 2015. PAKISTAN KNOCKED NZ OUT IN THE SEMI-FINAL STAGES 21 YEARS AGO. THE BLACKCAPS NOW HAVE 18 MONTHS TO PREPARE FOR A POSSIBLE REMATCH, AND A CHANCE TO NOT ONLY MAKE THE FINAL BUT LIFT THE CUP FOR THE FIRST TIME TOO. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. AUSTRALIAN CRICKET SPIN KING SHANE WARNE HAS BEEN CALLED ON BY THE NATIONAL SIDE AS THEY DESPERATELY TRY TO AVOID AN ASHES SERIES DEFEAT. WARNE'S BEEN ASKED BY COACH DARREN LEHMANN TO ADVISE SPINNERS ASHTON AGAR AND NATHON LYON AHEAD OF THE THIRD TEST AT OLD TRFFORD, STARTING ON THURSDAY NIGHT. AUSTRALIA TRAILS ENGLAND 2-0 IN THE FIVE-MATCH SERIES. TO SUPER RUGBY AND A BRUISING SEMI-FINAL WIN OVER THE CRUSADERS IS COMING BACK TO BITE THE CHIEFS. SEVERAL KEY PLAYERS WERE FORCED TO SIT OUT TRAINING TODAY AS PREPARATIONS PICK UP FOR THIS WEEKEND'S FINAL. HERE'S STEPHEN STUART. HE MIGHT LOOK ON HIS LAST LEGS, BUT TANERAU LATIMER INSISTS HE'LL FRONT UP FOR SATURDAY'S FINAL. HARD TO ARGUE WITH THAT AS NOT EVEN CONCUSSION COULD STOP HIM AGAINST THE CRUSADERS. LOOKING AT THE REPLAY... YEAH, I WAS DOWN FOR A BIT, SO YEAH. BUT WE DID THE CONCUSSION TEST AND WE WERE FINE. THE 27-YEAR-OLD PLAYED FIVE TESTS IN 2009 BUT RECKONS HE'S IN CAREER BEST FORM NOW AND WARRANTS KEEPING CURRENT TEST FLANKER SAM CANE ON THE BENCH. YEAH, DEFINITELY. HE'S THE INCUMBEBNT SEVEN, SO WE JUST LIKE TO KEEP A BIT OF PRESSURE ON EACH OTHER. JOINING LATIMER ON THE SIDELINES TODAY WAS ANOTHER INSPIRATIONAL FORWARD CRAIG CLARKE, THE CAPTAIN RESTING A NECK INJURY. ALSO STRAPPED UP WAS TRY-SAVING WINGER ASELI TIKOIROTUMA WHO REVEALED HE'D BEEN INJURED ON SATURDAY. I JUST GOT A KNOCK FROM THE WEEKEND IN THE FIRST HALF BUT THEN I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO TELL THE COACHES COS THEY MIGHT TAKE ME OFF OR SOMETHING. FOOD POISONING DIDN'T STOP HOOKER HIKA ELLIOT AT THE WEEKEND. HE'S PLAYING FOR A NEW ITM CUP CONTRACT AND MORE. AT THIS STAGTE I FEEL THAT I'VE STILL GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO OFFER NZ RUGBY IN TERMS OF I WANT TO BE BACK IN THE ALL BLACK JERSEY. THE CHIEFS HAVE STRUGGLED AGAINST AUSTRALIAN SIDES THIS YEAR ` LOSING AT HOME TO THE REDS AND ON THE ROAD TO THE WARATAHS. SO THEY PROBABLY DON'T MIND THAT THE JAKE WHITE COACHED BRUMBIES BRING MORE A SOUTH AFRICAN STYLE. THEY KICK A LOT. THEY'VE GOT A GOOD SET PIECE. THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS AROUND THAT. EVEN THE WALKING WOUNDED WERE HELPING OUT TODAY. DEDICATION THE CHIEFS HOPE WILL MAKE THEM JUST THE FOURTH SIDE TO WIN BACK TO BACK SUPER FINALS STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. THE BRUMBIES ARE TAKING A LESS-IS-MORE APPROACH AS THEY LOOK TO DEAL WITH THEIR HECTIC TRAVEL SCHEDULE AHEAD OF SATURDAY'S FINAL. TODAY IS THE ONLY FULL DAY THE TEAM HAS AT HOME IN CANBERRA. THEY ARRIVED BACK FROM SOUTH AFRICA LAST NIGHT, FLY TO SYDNEY TOMORROW, AND THEN TRAVEL TO HAMILTON ON THURSDAY. WE CAN ONLY GIVE IT OUR BEST SHOT, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT BY NOT GETTING OUR SLEEP PATTERNS RIGHT QUICKLY. THIS WEEK IS NOT SO MUCH HOW MUCH EXTRA WE DO, IT'S ABOUT HOW LITTLE WE DO, IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'VE GOTTA BE FRESH. THE BRUMBIES HAVE ONLY PLAYED THE CHIEFS ONCE IN THE LAST TWO SEASONS, WHICH RESULTED IN A 7 POINT LOSS FOR THE VISITORS IN TAURANGA. BLUES PROP CHARLIE FAUMUINA WILL RETURN TO THE ALL BLACKS FOLD WHEN THE SQUAD TO CONTEST THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP IS REVEALED THIS SUNDAY. FAUMUINA'S OVER A SERIOUS CALF MUSCLE INJURY, AND NOW FACES A NEW CHALLENGE AT THE ALL BLACKS TRAINING CAMP STARTING TOMORROW. EXTRA WEIGHT ON THE FACE, BUT OVERALL MINUS SEVERAL KILOS ` CHARLIE FAUMUINA IS HUNGRY FOR ACTION. THE AB COACHES ARE SHOWING A BIT OF FAITH IN ME AND WHAT I'M CAPABLE OF DOING, SO I APPRECIATE IT. BACK IN MARCH, THE SEVEN-TEST ALL BLACK WAS IN A CAST, HIS SIZABLE RIGHT CALF MUSCLE COMPLETELY TORN IN HALF. AFTER A LONG, SLOW, FOUR-MONTH RECOVERY, HE'S NOW PRIMED TO PLAY AGAINST THE WALLABIES IN UNDER THREE WEEKS. HE'S A BIG GUY NATURALLY, AND WHEN YOU CAN'T RUN IT'S VERY EASY TO PUT WEIGHT ON. BUT HE'S REALLY WORKED HARD, AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED FOR HIM. THE STREAMLINED FAUMUINA HEADS INTO THE ALL BLACKS CAMP TOMORROW HAVING TO CONTEND WITH THE NEW SCRUM ENGAGEMENT RULES, WHICH WILL BE USED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE UPCOMING ITM CUP AND TEST MATCHES. THE NEW 'CROUCH, BIND, SET' ENGAGEMENT BRINGS THE FRONT ROWS CLOSER TOGETHER. IT SHOULD MEAN FEWER RESETS; LESS WASTED TIME. WILL A GOOD SCRUM, LIKE THE ALL BLACK SCRUM, STILL DOMINATE? > YEAH, I THINK SO. I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL BIG, STRONG, POWERFUL BUGGERS. IT WON'T TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM THEIR SCRUM. IT MIGHT EVEN ENHANCE IT MORE. IT TAKES THE HIT RIGHT OUT OF THE SCRUM, SO IT'S MORE ABOUT TECHNIQUE AND GETTING A SYNC AND MORE STRENGTH. THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THE CHANGE SHOULD PUT THE SQUEEZE MORE ON WEAKER SCRUMMAGERS, LIKE THE WALLABIES. MUSIC TO THE EARS OF A PROP DESPERATE TO ENGAGE ON THE BIG STAGE ONCE AGAIN. THE NRL LEAGUE COMPETITION CONTINUES TO BUZZ WITH TALK OF THE WARRIORS STAGGERING U-TURN IN FORM. BUT THEIR RECENT RUN MEANS PLAYERS ARE NOW TARGETS FOR OTHER CLUBS. JOE PORTER SPENT THE DAY WITH SOME OF THE WARRIORS STARS, INCLUDING SHAUN JOHNSON. THE WINNING WARRIORS ARE IN HOT DEMAND ON AND OFF THE FIELD. REPORTS FLYING AROUND THAT YOU'VE BEEN OFFERED $1.8M OVER THREE YEARS TO GO AND PLAY FOR THE PANTHERS. ANY TRUTH TO THESE RUMOURS? NAH, NO TRUTH TO IT AT ALL, MAN. THAT'D BE GOOD, THOUGH, WOULDN'T IT? THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. SURPRISINGLY, THE WARRIORS HAVE YET TO ENSURE THEIR STAR PLAYMAKER STAYS OUT OF PENRITH COACH IVAN CLEARY'S CLUTCHES. JOHNSON SAYS HE'S YET TO DISCUSS A CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH THE AUCKLAND CLUB, DESPITE HIS CURRENT DEAL EXPIRING AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR. WE DON'T GET TO DO THIS FOR LONG, SO YOU GOTTA THINK ABOUT OTHER THINGS AS WELL, LIKE YOUR FAMILY AND THAT SORT OF THING, SO I'D CERTAINLY LOVE TO STAY HERE, BUT WHETHER THAT HAPPENS OR NOT, I'M NOT TOO SURE. THE WARRIORS NOT THE ONLY ATHLETES IN A REVEALING MOOD TODAY. THE BLACK STICKS WOMEN'S HOCKEY TEAM JOINING THE PROMO SHOOT IN A REAL BEAUTIES AND THE BEASTS MOMENT. YEAH, WE'RE REALLY DISAPPOINTED WITH KEVIN LOCKE AND SHAUN JOHNSON. WE'D PREFER, PROBABLY, RUSSELL PACKER. YEAH, WE WERE ALL HOPING FOR HIM. NO COMPLAINTS FROM THE WARRIORS ABOUT THEIR COUNTERPARTS. I'VE DONE A FEW UNDIE MODELLING SHOWS FOR BENDON OVER THE YEARS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SORT OF INTERACTED WITH OTHER FEMALES THAT ARE DOING IT, SO THE BOYS AND THAT ARE HYPING THEMSELVES UP. WHILE THE BOYS WERE KEEN TO IMPRESS... I THINK A FEW OF THE GIRLS WERE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE TOENAILS, BUT THEY'VE BEEN COVERED UP SO WE'RE QUITE HAPPY. FROM WHERE YOU'D RATHER BE, JOE PORTER, ONE NEWS. AN AMAZING ACROBATIC FEAT HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH TO SAVE BENJI MARSHALL'S WESTS TIGERS FROM ANOTHER NRL DEFEAT, THIS TIME AT THE HANDS OF MANLY. THE MOMENT OF THE MATCH CAME WHEN WINGER DAVID NOFOLUMA COLLECTED A MARSHALL KICK FOR THIS CONTENDER FOR TRY OF THE YEAR. HE FELL FROM THE SKY AND CAME DOWN TO PLANT IT DOWN. WELL THIS IS RIDICULOUS. LOOK AT HIM FLY THROUGH THE AIR AND PUT IT DOWN. THAT'S CRAZY STUFF. BUT IT WAS ALL DOWNHILL FROM THERE, SEA EAGLES SKIPPER JAMIE LYON SPRINTING THE LENGTH OF THE FIELD FOR THE FIRST OF HIS TWO TRIES, WHILE KIWI JUSTIN HORO PITCHED IN WITH A DOUBLE AS WELL. THE 36-18 VICTORY SEES MANLY LEAPFROG THE STORM INTO THIRD PLACE. THE ROOSTERS' SONNY BILL WILLIAMS HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FOR TWO WEEKS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO A CARELESS HIGH TACKLE ON WILLIE MASON. HE MIGHT BE FREE THEN TO WATCH THE CHIEFS IN HAMILTON. LAUREN BOYLE'S CONTINUING TO MAKE A SPLASH AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BARCELONA. THE 25-YEAR-OLD, WHO WON BRONZE IN THE 400M FREESTYLE YESTERDAY, HAS NOW CLOCKED A NEW NATIONAL RECORD IN THE 1500M FREE. BOYLE'S TAKEN 14 SECONDS OFF HER OWN RECORD TO POST A TIME OF 16.02.9. SHE'S QUALIFIED SIXTH FASTEST FOR TOMORROW'S FINAL. FELLOW KIWI GARETH KEAN HAS ALSO QUALIFIED FOR THE FINAL OF THE 100M BACKSTROKE. GOOD LUCK TO THEM BOYLE'S 800 STILL TO COME How's your day been? How's your day been? Uh, feeling a bit ragged today. I just started taking this prescription medication, and it's knocking me round a bit, but... (SIGHS) You all right? Yeah. Yeah, just a bit spaced out, eh. I'll just take a second to get myself focused, eh? Yeah. Yeah. Um... Oh dear. Um... You sure you're OK to drive? You sure you're OK to drive? Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine if I just take it slowly, eh? These things just zone you out, you know? It's like... (SIGHS) Did you want me to drive? Did you want me to drive? Um, yeah, yeah. I... Yeah, pull over. It's all right. I'll drive. You happy? You got your licence and everything? You happy? You got your licence and everything? Yeah, I've got a full licence, yep. Thanks for the offer. Thanks for the offer. That's all right. < You know how to deal with one of these things? It's one of these hand ones. In park there now. IT'S BEEN A GREAT DAY TO BE A SKIER! STUDENTS ARE BACK AT SCHOOL. THERE'S TONS OF ROOM AND SOME GOOD SNOW ABOUT AND THE WEATHER'S BEEN FAB! THIS IS THE REMARKABLES, AND THIS WANAKA'S TREBLE CONE. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ SUNDAY WE START TO PERK UP AGAIN. IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING WHERE YOUR SALES MANAGER WAS TODAY... AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS TUESDAY.