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The nation's leading team of journalists brings viewers the latest news and sport, plus the most comprehensive weather report.

Primary Title
  • One News Tonight
Date Broadcast
  • Wednesday 31 July 2013
Start Time
  • 22 : 30
Finish Time
  • 23 : 00
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • The nation's leading team of journalists brings viewers the latest news and sport, plus the most comprehensive weather report.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • News
Hosts
  • Miriama Kamo (Host)
DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. JOHN KEY IS GRILLED, AND AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION IS LAUNCHED INTO HOW A JOURNALIST'S PHONE RECORDS WERE RELEASED WITHOUT HER PERMISSION. WHAT'S IN A NAME? A LOT OF DEBATE. WILL THE NORTH AND SOUTH ISLANDS BE RENAMED? AND NO MORE PARALLEL PARKING PROBLEMS. THE STUDENT-DESIGNED CAR THAT'S GOT THE MOTORING WORLD IN A SPIN. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. THERE'LL NOW BE AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION INTO A PARLIAMENTARY PHONE RECORDS SCANDAL. IT COMES AFTER JOHN KEY WAS GRILLED OVER HOW DETAILS OF A JOURNALIST'S CALLS WERE HANDED TO A PRIME MINISTERIAL INQUIRY WITHOUT HER PERMISSION. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN HAS THE STORY. WITH SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS... THE PAPER TRAIL` MAN YELLS: BULLY. WELL, ACTUALLY, FUNNILY ENOUGH, BUGALUGS, I'M NOT, BUT ANYWAY... JOHN KEY WAS ALWAYS GONNA COP IT IN THE HOUSE TODAY. HE WILL NOT COME CLEAN, SIR. HE KEEPS ON SAYING THAT HE GIVES THE ANSWER, AND THEN WE FIND THERE'S ANOTHER ANSWER BEHIND THAT ONE, AND THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE AND SOMETHING ELSE. OPPOSITION MPS REFUSING TO ACCEPT THE OFFICIAL LINE THAT FAIRFAX JOURNALIST ANDREA VANCE'S PHONE RECORDS FROM HER PRESS GALLERY OFFICE WERE HANDED OVER TO THE PRIME MINISTER'S GCSB LEAK INQUIRY ` KNOWN AS THE HENRY INQUIRY ` INADVERTENTLY. MR KEY READ FROM AN EMAIL SENT BY THE HENRY INQUIRY TEAM AFTER IT RECEIVED THOSE RECORDS. READS: 'MANY THANKS FOR THIS. LET'S BE CLEAR,' QUOTE, 'WE DID NOT REQUEST THE SECOND REPORT YOU'VE ATTACHED HERE, 'IE THE ONE SHOWING ALL CALLS TO AND FROM THE NUMBERS OF INTEREST. 'WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THAT.' BUT LABOUR AND THE GREENS ARE DEEPLY SCEPTICAL. DOES HE, THEREFORE, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FACT THAT HENRY ENDED UP WITH VANCE'S PHONE LOGS? THERE IS NO WAY THAT THOSE PHONE RECORDS SHOULD'VE BEEN SENT. IT HAS EMERGED THAT THE PRIME MINISTER'S CHIEF OF STAFF DID INTERVENE IN THE INQUIRY PROCESS. UNDER WHAT AUTHORITY WAS WAYNE EAGLESON OPERATING WHEN HE CONTACTED PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES ASKING FOR PHONE AND EMAIL RECORDS TO BE RELEASED? ON THE 9TH OF MAY, HE EMAILED GEOFF THORN AT PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES TO CONFIRM THAT I WISHED THAT HE WOULD MAKE AVAILABLE THE INQUIRY RECORDS IN RELATIONS TO MINISTERS AND THEIR STAFF. AT NO POINT DID HE ASK FOR INFORMATION ABOUT JOURNALISTS. ONE KEY PLAYER MISSING TODAY WAS PETER DUNNE, BUT DESPITE HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE PHONE RECORD SAGA, ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS HE HAS NO INTENTION OF PULLING SUPPORT FOR THE CONTROVERSIAL GCSB SPYING BILL. SPEAKING OF THE GCSB, A SOFTWARE GIANT FEARS THE SPY AGENCY COULD GET EVEN MORE ACCESS TO YOUR ONLINE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BANKING, SHOPPING AND GAMING. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN EXPLAINS. IT'S A NAME WE ALL RECOGNISE. ALMOST EVERYONE WOULD USE SOME MICROSOFT PRODUCT SOMEHOW EVERYDAY. AND IT'S ALL THESE USERS THAT MAY BE SUBJECT TO GCSB SPYING IF A GOVERNMENT LAW CHANGE IS SUCCESSFUL. THE PROPOSED LAW WILL INCLUDE POWERS TO EXTEND TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTION CAPABILITY OBLIGATIONS TO EVERY PROVIDER OF ANY GOOD OR SERVICE THAT ENABLES OR FACILITATES VIRTUALLY ANY CONVEYANCE OF ANY INFORMATION FROM ONE DEVICE TO ANOTHER. I'LL JUST PAUSE THERE FOR A SECOND. THAT'S EXTREMELY BROAD, AND I'M NOT MAKING IT UP. MICROSOFT SAYS ONLINE SHOPPING, GAMING, BANKING AND OTHER TEXT AND VIDEO SERVICES LIKE SKYPE THAT AREN'T RUN BY THE TRADITIONAL TELCOS WILL, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE MINISTER, HAVE TO OPEN THEMSELVES UP TO THE GCSB. THAT'S A DRAMATIC CHANGE TO THE LAW. IT'S FAR FROM CLEAR WHY THIS IS NECESSARY. AND IT COMES AS LEGISLATION IS ABOUT TO GO THROUGH ITS NEXT PARLIAMENTARY STAGE, WHICH GRANTS THE GCSB NEW POWERS TO SPY ON NZERS. THE BILLS MUST BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER, BECAUSE THEIR COMBINATION WILL PRODUCE A CONSIDERABLE AND NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE PRIVACY OF INTERNET USERS. I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT ANY MINISTER EXERCISING THOSE SORTS OF POWERS WILL BE SUBJECT TO INTENSE SCRUTINY, VERY CLEAR GUIDELINES OR CONTROLS, AS IS APPROPRIATE. NO ONE AT TODAY'S SELECT COMMITTEE DISPUTED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES NEED ACCESS TO COMMUNICATION SERVICES. BUT THE LIKES OF GOOGLE AND MICROSOFT DID ARGUE THAT THE BROAD LAW-CHANGE BEING PROPOSED MAY KEEP NEW INNOVATIVE SERVICES OUT OF NZ, BECAUSE ENGINEERING THEM TO MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS WOULDN'T BE COST-EFFECTIVE. THE SELECT COMMITTEE HAS UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER TO ALTER THE BILL. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. A MAN IS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE AFTER A STABBING IN THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND TOWN OF TAIHAPE. POLICE SAY A FIGHT BROKE OUT AT A SHEARER'S QUARTERS AND THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED. ALL THREE WERE FLOWN TO HOSPITAL, WITH ONE OF THE INJURED SUFFERING LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. POLICE SAY THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANYONE ELSE IN RELATION TO THE INCIDENT. THE BIGGEST NAME CHANGE IN OUR HISTORY IS A STEP CLOSER TONIGHT. FORGET THE 'H' IN WANGANUI. THERE'S MORE DEBATE OVER ALTERING THE NAMES OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH ISLANDS. SIMON BRADWELL REPORTS. GRAND MUSIC OUR TWO MAIN ISLANDS MAY BE BEAUTIFUL, BUT THE SAME CAN'T BE SAID ABOUT THEIR NAMES. IN FACT, NORTH AND SOUTH ARE ONLY NICKNAMES ` THE NAMES HAVE NEVER BEEN FORMALLY AND OFFICIALLY ADOPTED. WHAT WE'RE SIMPLY DOING IS ALLOWING WHAT HAS BEEN A TRADITION TO CONTINUE ON. THERE'S FOUR OPTIONS ON THE TABLE FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC BOARD ` ADOPTING THE TWO ENGLISH NAMES OR BOTH THE ENGLISH AND THE MAORI NAMES. I THINK THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL NAMES, SO I GUESS I WOULD CALL THEM BY THE MAORI NAMES. TE WAI-POO-NA-MOO? I GUESS FOR THE FOREIGNERS COMING IN, IT MIGHT GET A BIT CONFUSING, BUT I'M SURE WE CAN EDUCATE THEM. 2600 SUBMISSIONS WERE MADE ON THE ISSUE. THAT'S THREE TIMES MORE THAN THE NUMBER MADE DURING THE DEBATE OVER ADDING AN 'H' TO WANGANUI. THIS IS THE BUILDING WHERE THE ALL-DAY MEETING'S BEEN TAKING PLACE. THE BOARD WAS EXPECTED TO DECIDE ON A RECOMMENDATION TODAY, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS. AROUND 700 OF THE SUBMISSIONS OPPOSE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOUR OPTIONS. SO WHAT DO PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY THINK? I THINK IT WOULD BE AN ELEGANT SOLUTION IF WE HAD BOTH NAMES, BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH IN USE AT THE MOMENT. I'M HAPPY WITH NORTH AND SOUTH. YOU DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD BE CALLED THEIR MAORI NAMES? (MOUTHS) DO YOU THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE AN OFFICIAL NAME FOR THE NORTH AND SOUTH ISLAND? NOT REALLY. NO, NO. NOT REALLY. ONCE THE BOARD'S MADE ITS RECOMMENDATION, IT'LL BE UP TO LAND INFORMATION MINISTER MAURICE WILLIAMSON TO MAKE THE FINAL CALL, LIKELY TO BE AT LEAST WEEKS AWAY. SIMON BRADWELL, ONE NEWS. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TRYING TO BRING IN RADICAL NEW SNAPPER LIMITS RECEIVED A FIERY WELCOME IN AUCKLAND THIS EVENING. THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES ORGANISED A MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE RECREATIONAL FISHING COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSALS WHICH THEY SAY WILL RESTOCK OUR WATERS. HELEN CASTLES HAS THE STORY. IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT COMMERCIAL, LOOKING AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THE SIZE OF THEIR CATCH. THESE RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN ARE FURIOUS AT THE PROSPECT OF HAVING TO CUT BACK ON THE NUMBER OF FISH THEY CAN BRING HOME FOR DINNER. I THINK WE'VE DONE OUT BIT. I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR TO STUMP UP AND DO THINGS A LOT BETTER. THE GOVERNMENT DESCRIBES SNAPPER NUMBERS IN ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST IMPORTANT FISHERIES AS ALARMING. THEY'RE JUST HALF THE TARGET LEVEL FOR LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE FISHING. SO IT'S LOOKING AT SEVERAL OPTIONS TO MANAGE FISHING LEVELS, AND THAT INCLUDES CUTTING THE SNAPPER LIMIT FROM NINE TO THREE PER PERSON. IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM FAIR TO ME. AND A PICKET OUTSIDE THE MEETING REINFORCED THAT. CHANTS: LEAVE OUR FISH ALONE. BUT THE MINISTRY ARGUES THEY'RE CONSIDERING A RANGE OF SCENARIOS. WE'VE GOT A FULL RANGE OF OPTIONS AND THAT INCLUDES OPTIONS THAT AFFECT RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN. IT ALSO INCLUDES OPTIONS THAT INCLUDE COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN. BUT THE RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN FEEL THE PROPOSAL TARGETS THEM. YEAR AFTER YEAR WE'VE BEEN CONSERVING FISH. IS THERE ANY RECOGNITION, ANY VALUE, ANY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THAT EFFORT? NO WAY. SO EVERY FISH WE LEAVE IN THE WATER IS BEING LINED UP TO BE ALLOCATED TO COMMERCIAL INTERESTS. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS RECREATIONAL FISHING NUMBERS OVER-EXCEEDED THE MINISTRY'S EXPECTATIONS. THE MINISTRY ALLOWS FOR 10% OF THE POPULATION TO GO FISHING, BUT 20% ARE. THEIR ALLOWANCE FOR SNAPPER IS 3500 TONS, BUT AN ADDITIONAL 800 TONS ARE BEING CAUGHT. THE PUBLIC HAS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS LEFT TO MAKE SUBMISSIONS... THEY'VE TICKED THAT BOX. THEY'RE LISTENING. WHAT COMES OUT OF IT... I'M` I'M SCEPTICAL. ...BEFORE MINISTER NATHAN GUY MAKES HIS FINAL DECISION IN OCTOBER. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. OVERSEAS AND THE FOUNDER OF THE ANTI-SECRECY ORGANISATION WIKILEAKS HAS SLAMMED THE CONVICTION OF AN AMERICAN ARMY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER ON SPYING CHARGES. JULIAN ASSANGE SAID THE GUILTY VERDICT AGAINST PVT BRADLEY MANNING SET A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT. THE BBC'S MARK MARDELL HAS THE STORY. THIS SLIGHT YOUNG SOLDIER DIDN'T JUST LEAK. HE TORE A HOLE IN HIS COUNTRY'S INTELLIGENCE NETWORK. AND FORCED SECRETS TO GUSH OUT FOR THE WORLD TO SEE. EXPOSING DIPLOMATS AND, SOME SAY, PUTTING LIVES AT RISK. HE WAS JUST A JUNIOR INTELLIGENCE ANALYST WORKING FROM A MAKESHIFT CAMP IN IRAQ BUT USED HIS COMPUTER TO MINE DATA FROM AROUND THE WORLD. HE SAID THIS IS WHAT MADE HIM DETERMINED TO ACT. A US HELICOPTER IN IRAQ, FIRING ON A CROWD, KILLING IRAQI CIVILIANS AND TWO REUTERS JOURNALISTS. HE SAID IT SHOWED A BLOODLUST. BUT IT WAS THE LEAK OF A QUARTER OF A MILLION DIPLOMATIC CABLES THAT REALLY EMBARRASSED AMERICA, WITH THEIR DECIDEDLY UNDIPLOMATIC FRANKNESS. US OFFICIALS CALLED FRENCH PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY... ...AND KEY US ALLY, AFGHANISTAN PRESIDENT, HAMID KARZAI, WAS DESCRIBED AS... HE HAS REVEALED INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT; THAT MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO CARRY OUT EFFECTIVE DIPLOMACY. AND DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY AND DIPLOMACY IS PART OF OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. BRADLEY MANNING WAS ORDERED TO STAND TO HEAR THE VERDICT. THE MILITARY JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY REJECTED THE PROSECUTION'S ARGUMENT THAT BECAUSE AL QAEDA COULD READ THE LEAKS ON THE INTERNET, MANNING HAD AIDED THE ENEMY. BUT SHE FOUND HIM GUILTY OF 19 OTHER CHARGES INCLUDING ESPIONAGE, THEFT AND COMPUTER FRAUD. NOT EVEN HIS SUPPORTERS DOUBT THAT HE BROKE THE LAW, BUT WHILE MANY IN AMERICA SEE HIM AS A TRAITOR, TO THEM HE'S A HERO. WE BELIEVE THAT BRADLEY MANNING ISN'T GUILTY OF ANYTHING AND THAT HE'S ACTUALLY VERY HEROIC FOR DEMANDING GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THE JUDGE'S DECISION TO FIND BRADLEY MANNING NOT GUILTY OF AIDING THE ENEMY IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. IF IT HADN'T GONE THAT WAY, IT WOULD HAVE SUGGESTED ANYBODY WHO PUBLISHED SECRETS ON THE INTERNET OR INDEED ON TELEVISION OR IN THE NEWSPAPER COULD BE GUILTY OF TREASON. THERE'S NO DOUBT SOME WANT MANNING TO BE PUNISHED IN A WAY THAT SENDS A MESSAGE TO OTHER POTENTIAL LEAKERS. HE FACES A SENTENCE LONGER THAN LIFE ` 136 YEARS MAXIMUM. ZIMBABWEANS HAVE BEGUN VOTING IN FIERCELY CONTESTED PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. THE TURNOUT IS EXPECTED TO BE HIGH BUT ALREADY THE POLLS HAVE BEEN HIT BY FRAUD ALLEGATIONS. ROBERT MUGABE (89) IS SEEKING TO EXTEND HIS 33-YEAR RULE, ALTHOUGH HE'S PROMISED TO RETIRE IF HE'S DEFEATED. MR TSVANGIRAI HOPES TO BECOME PRESIDENT AFTER THREE FAILED ATTEMPTS. NOW, IF YOU FIND PARKING A CAR A PROBLEM, YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT A REVOLUTIONARY NEW VEHICLE. THE ELECTRIC MODEL'S A WORLD FIRST AND IS THE BRAINCHILD OF NZ AND CHINESE ENGINEERS. THIS FROM MAX BANIA. PARALLEL PARKING IS MANY MOTORISTS' WORST NIGHTMARE. SO JUST IMAGINE HAVING A CAR THAT COULD DO THIS. SHORTLY, WE CAN MAKE IT AUTOMATIC PARKING, SO YOU JUST NEED TO PUSH A BUTTON, AND THEN ALL THE PROCEDURE WILL BE COMPLETED AUTOMATICALLY. THIS WORLD-FIRST ELECTRIC CAR WITH MOTORS ON EACH WHEEL IS A JOINT PROJECT BETWEEN STUDENTS IN DUNEDIN, CHINA AND TAIWAN. IT CAN HIT 100KM/H AND WITH A GOOD BATTERY COULD RUN ABOUT TOWN FOR A MONTH AT A TIME. IT MIGHT BE A BIT ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES, BUT YOU GET THE BASICS, AND THEN YOU REFINE IT FROM THERE AND KEEP GOING FORWARD. YOU COME TO POLYTECH AND THE OPPORTUNITY IS OBVIOUSLY QUITE BROAD, AND, YEAH, IT'S QUITE COOL JUST TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THIS IS JUST THE LATEST PIECE OF KIWI CAR INGENUITY. REMEMBER THIS PIONEERING ELECTRIC CAR FROM THE '70S AND TERRY ROYCROFT'S INFAMOUS AMPHIBIOUS CRAFT IN THE '90S? IT'S CLASSIC KIWI STUFF, REALLY. WE COME UP WITH THE CONCEPT AND AN IDEA, AND YOU JUST MAKE IT HAPPEN; YEAH, DO WHATEVER IT TAKES. I REALLY DON'T WANNA BE THE GUY WHO CRASHES IT. (LAUGHS) BUT HOW IS IT TO DRIVE? SO ON THE OPEN ROAD, I CAN JUST USE THE STEERING WHEEL LIKE ANY NORMAL CAR, BUT SAY I'VE GOT MYSELF TRAPPED DOWN A NARROW STREET AND I NEED TO TURN AROUND, I CAN JUST PRESS THE U-TURN BUTTON. HERE WE GO. (BEEPS CAR HORN) OUT OF MY WAY. (LAUGHS) THE CAR IS EXPECTED TO SELL FOR AROUND $10,000, NOT INCLUDING THE BATTERY, WHICH CAN COST MANY THOUSANDS MORE. IT WON'T BE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE FOR AT LEAST TWO MORE YEARS, BUT IT'S ALREADY GOT THE MOTORING WORLD IN A SPIN. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` AFTER BATTLING THE WORST DROUGHT IN DECADES, DAIRY FARMERS GET A BIG BOOST. A NEW GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR PEACE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS. AND A STUDENT IS AWARDED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AFTER BEING ABANDONED IN A PRISON CELL. 1 THERE'S A BIG BOOST FOR DAIRY FARMERS WHO'VE BATTLED THROUGH THE WORST DROUGHT IN 70 YEARS. FONTERRA'S ANNOUNCED ITS THIRD-BIGGEST PAYOUT FOR MILK SOLIDS. AND THAT'LL HAVE A HUGE FLOW-ON EFFECT FOR OUR ECONOMY, AS MATT MCLEAN EXPLAINS. FOR JOHN SCRIMGEOUR, THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN A STRUGGLE. THE PAYOUT WAS LOWER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN RECENT YEARS, AND SO THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO. AND THEN THE DROUGHT WENT ON AND ON AND ON. THAT RECORD DROUGHT HIT HIM HARD, PARTICULARLY IN THE POCKET. IT PROBABLY TOOK ABOUT $200,000 OFF OUR BOTTOM LINE. SO IT'S A PRETTY SEVERE BLOW. BUT TODAY, BETTER NEWS FROM FONTERRA ` A NEAR RECORD PAYOUT OF $7.50 FOR MILK SOLIDS. IT REALLY DOES EVEN THE LEDGER. AND IT'LL BOOST FARMERS, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PAY OFF THEIR OVERDRAFTS, IT'S ESTIMATED FARM DEBT IS TWICE TODAY WHAT IT WAS A DECADE AGO. PLUS, THE GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES THE DROUGHT COST THE ECONOMY $2B. BUT WITH TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT, ECONOMISTS SAY THAT'LL BE WIPED OUT, AND INSTEAD WE SHOULD SEE CLOSE TO $3.4B PUMPED INTO THE ECONOMY. BASICALLY, FARMERS WILL BE SPENDING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND INVESTING. THAT EQUATES TO AROUND 1.6% OF GDP. WHEN YOU ADD UP THE INCREASE IN PRICE AND THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN VOLUME, THE $3.5B IS A GOOD INJECTION INTO THE ECONOMY. BUT TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT COMES WITH A WARNING FROM FEDERATED FARMERS AND THE GOVERNMENT. THEY SAY FARMERS NEED TO BANK THESE GAINS AND RUN A PRUDENT OPERATION, BECAUSE, THEY SAY, IF ANOTHER DEVASTATING DROUGHT SEASON HITS, FARMERS NEED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES. FOR NOW, THOUGH, IT'S PUT A SMILE BACK ON FARMERS' FACES. IT MAKES US VERY HAPPY, AND A SPRING IN OUR STEP AS WELL. WELCOME RELIEF AFTER THE TOUGHEST SEASON IN 70 YEARS. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS. THE PROSPECTS FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ARE LOOKING UP, WITH ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATORS AIMING TO REACH AN AGREEMENT OVER THE NEXT NINE MONTHS. BOTH SIDES ADMITTED RESOLVING THE BITTER CONFLICT WOULDN'T BE EASY, AS THE BBC'S JONNY DYMOND REPORTS. TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME ` BARACK OBAMA, ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATORS. BUT CAN THIS TIME REALLY BE DIFFERENT? AFTER TWO ROUNDS OF TALKS, SOMETHING HAD CLEARLY GONE WELL. IN NINE MONTHS, SAID AMERICA'S SECRETARY OF STATE, HE EXPECTED A DEAL AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE UP FOR DISCUSSION. THE PARTIES HAVE AGREED HERE TODAY THAT ALL OF THE FINAL STATUS ISSUES, ALL OF THE CORE ISSUES AND ALL OTHER ISSUES ARE ALL ON THE TABLE FOR NEGOTIATION. BUT THERE ARE MAJOR STUMBLING BLOCKS ` THERE'S THE STATUS OF JERUSALEM; WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS ON PALESTINIAN TERRITORY; WHERE ANY NEW ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN BORDER SHOULD BE AND THE FUTURE OF MILLIONS OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEES. ISRAEL'S JUSTICE MINISTER SAID THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY COULD NOT BE WASTED. WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY; IT'S GOING TO BE HARD WITH UPS AND DOWNS. BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THESE NEGOTIATIONS IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS IT'S NOT OUR INTENTION TO ARGUE ABOUT THE PAST. BOTH PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS ARE CRITICAL OF THEIR LEADERS FOR TALKING TO EACH OTHER. THE PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATOR TRIED TO ADDRESS THAT. PALESTINIANS HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH. AND NO ONE BENEFITS MORE FROM THE SUCCESS OF THIS ENDEAVOUR MORE THAN PALESTINIANS. NINE MONTHS OF TALKING TO DEAL WITH SIX DECADES OF CONFLICT WOULD ALWAYS BE AN AMBITIOUS TARGET. IT'S EVEN TOUGHER GIVEN THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE SO LITTLE COMMON GROUND. BUT THE TALKS DO AT LEAST HOLD OUT SOME PROMISE OF PROGRESS. FIVE WORKERS WHO SURVIVED AN EXPLOSION AT A GAS PLANT IN AMERICA ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES IN HOSPITAL. FIREFIGHTERS WERE FORCED TO RETREAT AFTER GAS CANISTERS TURNED INTO FIERY ROCKETS. THE FLAMES WERE SO HOT, CARS MELTED. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE FLORIDA FIRE WAS AN ACCIDENT. THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT HAS PAID A UNIVERSITY STUDENT MORE THAN $5M AFTER HE WAS ABANDONED IN A PRISON CELL FOR MORE THAN FOUR DAYS. DANIEL CHONG WAS GIVEN NO FOOD OR WATER. HE SAYS HE WAS FORCED TO DRINK HIS OWN URINE AND STARTED TO HALLUCINATE. I DIDN'T SIT THERE QUIETLY. I WAS KICKING THE DOOR, YELLING. I EVEN PUT SOME SHOELACES THROUGH THE CRACK IN THE DOOR FOR VISUAL SIGNS. I DIDN'T STAY STILL, NO. I WAS SCREAMING. MR CHONG WAS ARRESTED AFTER A DRUG RAID IN 2012 BUT WAS TOLD HE WOULDN'T BE CHARGED. SO FAR, NO ONE HAS BEEN HELD TO ACCOUNT FOR THE INCIDENT. HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO USE THE MONEY TO BUY HIS PARENTS A HOUSE. JUST AHEAD ` TOMORROW'S WEATHER OUTLOOK. AND HOW HAVING YOUR DOG AT WORK COULD BE GOOD FOR BUSINESS. NOW TO THE WEATHER. THE HIGH CONTINUES TO DRIFT EASTWARDS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SINKS INTO THE NORTH TASMAN SEA. STRENGTHENING EASTERLIES OVER THE NORTH OF THE NORTH ISLAND. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ ANYONE WHO HAS A DOG KNOWS THAT SLOPPY WELCOME HOME CAN WIPE AWAY EVEN THE WORST DAY AT WORK. IN THE US, SOME BIG EMPLOYERS ARE LETTING WORKERS BRING THEIR DOGS INTO THE WORKPLACE. AND AS THE ABC'S DAN HARRIS DISCOVERED, IT'S NOT ONLY GOOD FOR EMPLOYEES, IT COULD ALSO BE GOOD FOR BUSINESS. (YAPS) (BARKS) THIS IS WHAT LUNCH BREAK LOOKS LIKE AT THE CORPORATE OFFICES OF URBN, AN APPAREL COMPANY IN PHILADELPHIA. AND THIS IS WHAT NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE TIME LOOKS LIKE INSIDE AT THE DESK OF EMILY NETTER, WHO WORKS IN BRIDAL ALONGSIDE HER BRITTANY SPANIEL, RILEY. LIKE, THE CUTEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN. I KNOW. IT'S KINDA NICE JUST THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO PEAK DOWN AND THAT'S WHAT I SEE ` RILEY BEING CUTE. URBN HAS A POLICY ALLOWING ITS EMPLOYEES TO BRING THEIR DOGS TO WORK. IT CHANGES THE TONE OF THE WORKPLACE? IT DEFINITELY CHANGES THE TONE OF THE WORKPLACE. I MEAN, YOU CAN BE HAVING A VERY SERIOUS MEETING, AND THEN A MUPPET APPEARS. ACCORDING TO AT LEAST ONE SMALL SCIENTIFIC STUDY, HAVING YOUR DOG AT THE OFFICE CAN REDUCE STRESS AND BOOST EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION. MORE EMPLOYERS ARE EMPLOYING DOG-FRIENDLY POLICIES ` AMAZON, BEN & JERRY'S, GOOGLE, EVEN CONGRESS. THERE ARE RULES. KEEP THEM ON THEIR LEASH; NO BARKING; OBVIOUSLY, THE OUTSIDE AREA'S FOR PLAYING AND POTTYING AND ALL OF THAT. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN WALKING ANYWHERE IN THE BUILDING AND IN A HURRY AND YOU STEPPED IN DOG POOP? (LAUGHS) NO, I'VE NEVER SEEN DOG POOP INSIDE. KATHRYN SCHUTT BRINGS FRITZ HERE TO EVERY MEETING AND SWEARS HE IS NOT A DISTRACTION. I'M NOT SURE I AGREE. IF YOU HAVE THIS FOR FIVE MINUTES A DAY, YOUR DAY WOULD BE VASTLY IMPROVED. YEAH. YOU HAVE THIS ALL DAY. IT DEFINITELY MAKES THE DAY BETTER EVERY DAY. AN ENORMOUS EMPLOYEE MORALE PROGRAMME, SHE SAYS, AND IT IS TOTALLY FREE. ARE YOU A GOOD BOY? THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. POMARIE, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND HUGO SNELL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013