WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THE CONTROVERSY AND CONTRADICTIONS CONTINUE. EXACTLY WHO REQUESTED THE PHONE RECORDS OF A FAIRFAX JOURNALIST? THOUSANDS TAKE TO THE STREETS TO PROTEST AGAINST THE TESTING OF LEGAL HIGHS ON ANIMALS. AND IS THIS THE FUTURE OF GOLFING? THE NEW HOVERCRAFT GOLF-CART. HOW A BUBBA WATSON STUNT TURNED SERIOUS. CONTRADICTIONS ARE EMERGING TONIGHT OVER WHO REQUESTED THE PHONE RECORDS OF A FAIRFAX JOURNALIST. THREE MONTHS OF DATA WAS HANDED TO A MINISTERIAL INQUIRY WITHOUT JOURNALIST ANDREA VANCE'S PERMISSION. AND THAT'S RAISING CONCERNS OVER JUST HOW FREE REPORTERS ARE TO DO THEIR JOB IN PARLIAMENT. RYAN BOSWELL REPORTS. DAVID HENRY WAS CHARGED WITH FINDING OUT WHO LEAKED THE REPORT INTO THE GCSB. HE CONTACTED PETER DUNNE FOR HIS PHONE RECORDS AND THE OHARIU MP CLAIMS HE INDICATED HE'D BE DOING THE SAME WITH ANDREA VANCE. WHAT I WAS TOLD VERY CLEARLY WAS IT WAS FOR A 10 TO 12 DAY PERIOD, NOT THREE MONTHS. THAT CONTRADICTS DAVID HENRY, WHO SAYS HE NEVER REQUESTED OR USED THE INFORMATION. THE PRIME MINISTER AGREES MR DUNNE IS SIMPLY MISTAKEN. PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES HAS FRANKLY JUST GOT IT WRONG AND LET ITSELF DOWN. AND WHILE THE BODY THAT RUNS PARLIAMENT ADMITS IT MADE A MISTAKE, PETER DUNNE SAYS IT RAISES MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS INFORMATION APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FAIRLY READILY, AND ONE CAN DRAW FROM THAT A CONCLUSION THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN OTHER INSTANCES. AND OTHERS AGREE. BUT I ALSO I 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? JOHN KEY DENIES HIS OFFICE HAD ANY INVOLVEMENT. WE HAVE ENORMOUS RESPECT FOR THE FOURTH ESTATE. WE THINK JOURNALISTS HAVE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND WE DON'T THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO SURVEILLANCE, AND THEY'RE NOT. PARLIAMENT'S SPEAKER IS PROMISING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. WHILE FAIRFAX MEDIA IS AWAITING THE OUTCOME OF A SELECT COMMITTEE INQUIRY BEFFORE DECIDING WHAT ACTION IT MIGHT TAKE. RYAN BOSWELL, ONE NEWS. THE FIGHT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT'S GCSB BILL IS ESCALATING, WITH THE POWERFUL GLOBAL HACKING GROUP 'ANONYMOUS' JOINING THE BATTLE. IT'S DISABLED A NUMBER OF NATIONAL PARTY WEBSITES, INCLUDING THE PRIME MINISTER'S. BUT AS JOANNA HUNKIN REPORTS, ONE OF THE BILL'S HARSHEST CRITICS IS CALLING FOR THE CYBER ATTACKS TO STOP. THE OPPOSITION'S BEEN LOUD AND CLEAR. ALL CHANT: PEOPLE POWER! 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. ELECTRONIC VOICE: 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 THE 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. THE FIGHT TO STOP LEGAL HIGHS BEING TESTED ON ANIMALS HAS STEPPED UP, WITH THOUSANDS MARCHING AGAINST THE MOVE. 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. I MEAN, WHAT`? FOR A PARTY PILL? IT'S JUST DISGUSTING. BENJI'S ONE OF 30 BEAGLES THAT CAMPAIGNERS RESCUED FROM AN ANIMAL TESTING CENTRE IN HAWKES BAY. PROTESTERS HERE TODAY WORRY THAT DOGS LIKE HIM WILL SUFFER EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY IF DRUG TESTING GOES AHEAD. CROWD: JUSTICE FOR ANIMALS... (BARKS) ...NOW! I JUST THINK THEY SHOULD BE TESTED ON ALL THE RAPISTS AND EVERYTHING IN THE PRISONS. 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 NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. 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 IT IS TO LOOK AFTER 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. OVERSEAS, TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER A SERIES OF LARGE EXPLOSIONS AT A GAS PLANT IN FLORIDA. WORKERS RAN FOR THEIR LIVES WHEN THE BLASTS BEGAN, PROMPTING FEARS EVEN MORE COULD HAVE BEEN HURT. CHANNEL NINE'S DENHAM HITCHCOCK REPORTS. DISTANT EXPLOSIONS THE FACTORY WAS STACKED WITH MORE THAN 53,000 GAS CYLINDERS. FIREFIGHTERS COULD ONLY STAND BACK AND WATCH. THE FIRST EXPLOSION WAS AT 11PM LOCAL TIME. WHAT FOLLOWED SOUNDED LIKE A BARRAGE OF ARTILLERY FIRE, SHAKING HOMES 16KM AWAY AS THOUSANDS OF PROPANE TANKS TURNED INTO MISSILES. THEY LANDED ON ROOFS AND IN BACKYARDS ACROSS THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. WELL, I HEARD A BIG THUMP ON THE ROOF, AND THE CAT RAN LIKE HELL, COS IT THOUGHT I WAS GONNA BLAME IT FOR SOMETHING, AND WENT OUT THE BACKYARD, AND THE SKY WAS JUST LIT UP RED. UP TO 24 PEOPLE WERE WORKING THE NIGHT SHIFT. SOME OF THE INJURED WERE BADLY BURNT. I KNOW OF SEVEN THAT WERE TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS. RESIDENTS WITHIN A 2KM RADIUS WERE EVACUATED. EMERGENCY SERVICES NOW WAITING FOR THE BLAZE TO BURN ITSELF OUT. AT THIS POINT, THERE IS NO INDICATION WHATSOEVER. ALL THAT'S STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. A MASS FUNERAL'S BEEN HELD FOR THE 38 VICTIMS OF A BUS CRASH IN SOUTHERN ITALY. ITALY'S PRIME MINISTER JOINED RELATIVES AT THE CEREMONY HELD NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE. PROSECUTORS HAVE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION INTO WHY THE BUS SKIDDED OFF THE ROAD AND PLUNGED 30M INTO A RAVINE. SOLID ENERGY HAS BEEN FINED $71,000 AFTER A MINER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AT ITS SPRING CREEK MINE LAST YEAR. PAUL BURTON WAS LEFT WITH SERIOUS SPINAL INJURIES AFTER A LARGE BLOCK OF COAL FELL ON HIM. SOLID ENERGY WAS ALSO ORDERED TO PAY $46,000 IN REPARATION. THE ENGINEERING, PRINTING AND MANUFACTURING UNION SAYS IT HOPES SOLID ENERGY HAS LEARNT FROM ITS FAILINGS. CHRISTCHURCH HAS 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 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 THE EXPOSURE FOR OUR CITY, WHEN MANY PEOPLE LAST SAW IT, 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. TRIBUTES ARE BEING PAID TO AN ACCLAIMED KIWI MOUNTAINEER WHO'S BEEN KILLED WHILE CLIMBING A NOTRIOUSLY TREACHEROUS MOUNTAIN. MARTY SCHMIDT AND HIS SON DENALI WENT MISSING ON K2, THE SECOND-HIGHEST PEAK IN THE WORLD. HELEN CASTLES HAS THE STORY. KNOWN AS SAVAGE MOUNTAIN, IT'S THE WORLD'S SECOND-HIGHEST PEAK, AND IT'S CLAIMED THE LIVES OF KIWI CLIMBER MARTY SCHMIDT AND HIS SON DENALI (25). 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 24TH WITH SHERPA GUIDES, BUT WITH POOR WEATHER CLOSING IN, EVERYONE TURNED BACK, EXCEPT FOR THE TWO NZERS. THEY CONTINUED ON TO CAMP 3. A RADIO CALL BACK TO BASE THAT EVENING WAS THE LAST ANYONE HAS HEARD OF MARTY SCHMIDT AND HIS SON. AN AVALANCHE BURYING THE CAMP A SHORT TIME LATER. THEY SOUNDED TIRED. IT HAD TAKEN THEM A LOT LONGER TO GET TO CAMP 3 THAN ANTICIPATED. IN THE MORNING, THEY'D HAVE A THINK ABOUT THINGS AND IN THE MORNING, THEY'D DECIDE WHAT TO DO. THAT, FOR MARTY, WAS A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL. PROBABLY THEY WERE RESIGNED, YES, THE CONDITIONS WERE BAD. A SHERPA MADE IT UP TO THE WRECKED CAMP TWO DAYS AGO, CONFIRMING THE SCHMIDT FAMILY'S WORST FEARS. PEOPLE SAY, 'WAS IT AN IRRATIONAL DECISION?' NO, I DON'T THINK SO. EXTREMELY COMPETENT MOUNTAIN GUYS. THEY WANTED TO GO UP THERE. HE'S BEEN WELL USED TO THIS, AND WITH THE PROMISE OF GOOD WEATHER COMING, THAT WAS WHY I THINK HE MADE THE DECISION TO GO UP. THE SEARCH FOR THEIR BODIES HAS BEEN CALLED OFF. MARTY SCHMIDT (53) WAS BORN IN THE US BUT MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY 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. VERY GOOD AT ENCOURAGING PEOPLE OF LESSER ABILITY TO EXTEND THEMSELVES. IN 2011, IN ALASKA, HE ATTEMPTED HIS FIRST MAJOR CLIMB WITH DENALI. TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT WITH YOUR OWN FATHER IS SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL. THAT SHARED PASSION NOW TRAGICALLY CLAIMING BOTH LIVES. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD, THE POPE SPRINGS A SURPRISE WITH HIS COMMENTS ON THE GAY COMMUNITY. AND WHY TAKING THE PLUNGE IN SOME OF OUR SWIMMING HOLES COULD BE BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH. TALIBAN MILITANTS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE FREED MORE THAN 240 PRISONERS IN A MASS JAILBREAK IN PAKISTAN. FOR AT LEAST THREE HOURS AGAINST THE MILITANTS. AMONG THOSE WHO ESCAPED WERE 30 MILITANTS JAILED FOR THEIR ROLE IN MAJOR ATTACKS. 14 HAVE BEEN REARRESTED AND THE TOWN REMAINS ON LOCKDOWN AS THE SEARCH FOR OTHERS CONTINUES. THE POPE'S SHOCKED SOME WITH HIS COMMENTS THAT GAY PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE MARGINALISED. BUT HE'S ALSO RESTATED THE CHURCH'S STAND ` THAT HOMOSEXUAL ACTS ARE A SIN. THE BBC'S ROBERT PIGOTT REPORTS. 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,... ...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 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 EUROPEAN UNION'S FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF HAS MET EGYPT'S OUSTED PRESIDENT MOHAMMED MORSI. CATHERINE ASHTON WAS IN EGYPT FOR TALKS WITH THE COUNTRY'S CURRENT LEADERS, BUT HELD WHAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS 'IN-DEPTH' DISCUSSIONS WITH MR MORSI. BARONESS ASHTON IS THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL OFFICIAL TO MEET THE FORMER PRESIDENT, WHO HASN'T BEEN SEEN PUBLICALLY SINCE HIS DETENTION EARLIER THIS MONTH. SCORES OF MR MORSI'S SUPPORTERS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN CLASHES WITH SECURITY FORCES SINCE HE WAS REMOVED FROM OFFICE. TALKS AIMED AT FINDING PEACE BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS HAVE STARTED AGAIN AFTER THREE YEARS. THE TALKS ARE BEING BROKERED BY THE UNITED STATES AFTER A SERIES OF CONCESSIONS BY BOTH SIDES. THE LAST NEGOTIATIONS BROKE DOWN IN SEPTEMBER 2010 OVER THE VEXED ISSUE OF LAND SETTLEMENTS. THE PALESTINIANS HAVE HAD TO DROP SOME PRECONDITIONS, NOTABLY THE DEMAND FOR A FREEZE ON SETTLEMENTS BEFORE THEY STARTED TALKING. THE ISRAELI'S HAVE AGREED TO RELEASE 100 PALESTINIAN PRISONERS, WHICH MANY IN THAT COUNTRY REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO DO. BUT NOBODY'S PRETENDING THERE'S SUDDENLY A NEW MAGIC SOLUTION TO THE BIG, SEEMINGLY INTRACTABLE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE DOGGED NEGOTIATIONS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. THE THINGS LIKE THE POSSIBLE FUTURE BOUNDARIES OF A PALESTINIAN STATE, LIKE WHAT HAPPENS TO REFUGEES AND THE SETTLEMENTS THEMSELVES. A US DIPLOMAT'S BEEN HIRED TO ENSURE NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT NINE MONTHS. THE REAL COST OF A SHINY NEW SMARTPHONE COULD BE MUCH HIGHER THAN YOU THINK. QUESTIONS ARE NOW BEING RAISED ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF CHINESE WORKERS WHO MAKE THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE TECH GADGETS. AND AS THE ABC'S JAKE STURMA EXPLAINS, UNLESS COMPANIES START TAKING THEIR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES SERIOUSLY, CUSTOMER'S COULD TURN OFF THEM. STANDING FOR UP TO 11 HOURS A DAY. THESE ARE THE WORKERS MAKING SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR GADGETS. THIS HIDDEN CAMERA FOOTAGE IS PART OF AN INVESTIGATION BY A LABOUR RIGHTS GROUP WHICH CLAIMS STAFF AT THESE PEGATRON FACTORIES HAVE BEEN FORCED TO WORK, UNPAID OVERTIME AND LIVE IN SQUALOR CONDITIONS ONSITE. PEGATRON IS APPLE'S KEY SUPPLIER, AND CHINA LABOUR WATCH SAYS THE COMPANY VIOLATED DOZENS OF INTERNATIONAL AND CHINESE LAWS AND STANDARDS RELATING TO UNDERAGE LABOURS AND CONTRACT VIOLATIONS. PEGATRON REALLY ARE RACING TO THE BOTTOM WHEN IT COMES TO LABOUR CONDITIONS. THEY GOT THIS ORDER FROM APPLE BECAUSE THEY COULD OFFER THAT LOWER PRICE, AND THEY COULD OFFER THAT LOWER PRICE SUPPRESSING OR SQUEEZING THEIR WORKERS. AN IPHONE RETAILS IN AUSTRALIA FOR AS MUCH AS $999AUS. ACCORDING TO CHINA LABOUR WATCH, WORKERS USUALLY EARN AROUND HALF THAT IN AN ENTIRE MONTH. IT DOES CONCERN ME, BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW I CAN MAKE BETTER CHOICES. IT'S MORAL CONFUSION THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON. LEEORA BLACK, WHO ADVISES MAJOR COMPANIES ON CORPORATE-SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, FEEL ETHICS ARE NOW STARTING TO EFFECT PURCHASES. CONSUMERS ARE PROBABLY NOT LIKELY TO THINK TOO DEEP AND HARD ABOUT SOME PRACTICE THAT THEY DON'T LIKE. THEY WILL JUST STOP BUYING. AND FOR COMPONENT SUPPLIERS WITH WAFER-THIN MARGINS, THAT'S AN OUTCOME THEY'RE KEEN TO AVOID. PEGATRON SAYS IT'S INVESTIGATING THE ALLEGATIONS AND APPLE SAYS IT'S COMMITTED TO PROVIDING SAFE AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT ITS SUPPLY CHAIN. 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. DANIEL FAITAUA HAS MORE. 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 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 ALSO IN` 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. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD, WE'LL HAVE TOMORROW'S WEATHER FOR YOU, AND COULD THIS BE GOLF'S NEXT MUST-HAVE ACCESSORY? At OPSM, we use precision technology to look deep in the eye, helping us better detect eye disease such as glaucoma ` just one of the ways we look deeper. Talk to OPSM about an eye-health check-up today. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FLAT LOW CLOUD IS SUPRESSED BY THE DOMINANT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE, WHICH STICKS AROUND FOR ANOTHER DAY. A COLD FRONT MOVES ONTO THE FAR SOUTH OF THE SOUTH ISLAND IN THE AFTERNOON. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ 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 JOY RIDE. 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. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. POMARIE, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.