DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. AUCKLAND LAWYER DAVINA MURRAY'S FOUND GUILTY OF SMUGGLING ITEMS TO A CONVICTED RAPIST AND MURDERER. WILL ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE (89) HANG ON TO POWER? AND POP STAR RIHANNA WINS HER CASE AGAINST AN ENGLISH CHAIN STORE. LAWYER DAVINA MURRAY HAS THIS MORNING BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF SMUGGLING CONTRABAND ITEMS TO CONVICTED MURDERER AND RAPIST LIAM REID IN AUCKLAND PRISON. NEWS REPORTER MATT MCLEAN WAS IN COURT AS THE VERDICT CAME IN AND JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM AUCKLAND. MATT. OPPOSITION PARTIES ARE WELCOMING AN OFFICIAL INQUIRY INTO THE JOURNALIST PHONE RECORDS SCANDAL THAT'S ROCKED PARLIAMENT. THE INQUIRY FOLLOWS THE REVELATION THAT A PARLIAMENTARY JOURNALIST'S PHONE RECORDS WERE HANDED OVER TO A PRIME MINISTERIAL INQUIRY WITHOUT HER PERMISSION. ANDREA VANCE, THE JOURNALIST INVOLVED, SAYS IN A COLUMN POSTED ONLINE THIS MORNING THAT SHE'S 'MAD AS HELL' AND 'REELING' FROM THE PRIVACY INVASION. THE TOP-LEVEL INQUIRY BY PARLIAMENT'S POWERFUL PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE WILL GET UNDERWAY ON AUGUST 21. THE GEOGRAPHIC BOARD WILL RECOMMEND BOTH MAORI AND ENGLISH NAMES BE FORMALLY ADOPTED FOR OUR TWO MAIN ISLANDS. THE BOARD ANNOUNCED ITS DECISION AFTER CONSIDERING MORE THAN 2500 SUBMISSIONS, MOSTLY IN FAVOUR OF DUAL NAMES. IF LAND INFORMATION MINISTER MAURICE WILLIAMSON AGREES, THE NORTH ISLAND CAN ALSO BE CALLED TE IKA-A-MAUI AND THE SOUTH ISLAND TE WAIPOUNAMU. MR WILLIAMSON'S DECISION IS NOT EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER STRONG EARTHQUAKE IN THE CENTRE OF THE COUNTRY. ONLY JUST UNDER AN HOUR AGO, A SHAKE WITH A MAGNITUDE OF 4.9 HIT 30 K'S EAST OF SEDDON. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE. LAWYER DAVINA MURRAY HAS THIS MORNING BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF SMUGGLING CONTRABAND ITEMS TO CONVICTED MURDERER AND RAPIST LIAM REID IN AUCKLAND PRISON. NEWS REPORTER MATT MCLEAN WAS IN COURT AS THE VERDICT CAME IN AND JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM AUCKLAND. MATT. GOOD AFTERNOON WRITTEN DECISION BY JUDGE COLLINS HER DEFENCE CLAIMS THAT IT WAS CORRECTIONS OFFICERS WHO PLANTED EVIDENCE BUT THE PROSECUTION SAYS IT'S NOT PLAUSIBLE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM NOT THE NORMAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAWYER AND CLIENT IT WAS A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP, EXPRESSED THROUGH TEXTS SHE HAS BEEN REMANDED ON BAIL UNTIL NEXT MONTH THE REPORT ON A COSTLY DOCUMENTATION MIX-UP THAT AFFECTED NZ MEAT EXPORTS EARLIER THIS YEAR IS BEING RELEASED TODAY BY THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES. SHIPMENTS OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS OF NZ BEEF AND LAMB WERE BLOCKED AT CHINESE PORTS IN MAY. ONE NEWS REPORTER RENEE GRAHAM JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM WELLINGTON. RENEE. GOOD AFTERNOON. THREE HOURS' TIME, THE MINISTRY WILL RELEASE ITS FINDINGS BEEF AND SHEEP PRODUCTS STRANDED IN CHINESE PORTS MIXTURE IN IMPORTATION DOCUMENTS TODAY'S RELEASE OF REPORT WILL SHED MORE LIGHT ON THE ISSUE THANKS, RENEE GRAHAM, LIVE FROM WELLINGTON. AND STAYING WITH MEAT, FROM TODAY, ALL OVERSEAS BEEF AND LAMB PRODUCTS SOLD HERE WILL HAVE TO BE CLEARLY LABELLED. BEEF AND LAMB NZ SAYS CUSTOMERS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHERE THEIR MEAT COMES FROM. CONSUMER ADVOCATE SUE CHETWIN SAYS THE LABELLING WILL HELP KIWIS MAKE BETTER DECISIONS AT THE SUPERMARKET. I THINK IT'S ALL ABOUT CONSUMER CHOICE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO CHOOSE TO EAT NZ PRODUCT OR YOU WANT TO, UM, EAT OVERSEAS PRODUCT, THEN YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE. AND THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF FEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE FOOD THAT WE HAVE, AND SO IF YOU KNOW WHERE IT'S BEEN PRODUCED, THEN YOU CAN MAKE A PROPER CHOICE. SHE SAYS ONLY 5% OF BEEF AND LAMB IS IMPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA. THE DRIVER INVOLVED IN THE HEAD-ON CAR COLLISION THAT KILLED TIMARU BUSINESSMAN ALLAN HUBBARD HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF CARELESS DRIVING CAUSING DEATH. ANDREW EARL (41) WAS FOUND TO HAVE CAUSED THE CRASH BECAUSE HE WAS DROWSY OR HAD FALLEN ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL AND THEN CROSSED THE CENTRE LINE. ALLAN HUBBARD DIED SOON AFTER THE ACCIDENT ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO AS HE WAS BEING FLOWN TO DUNEDIN HOSPITAL. HIS WIFE, JEAN, ESCAPED SERIOUS INJURY. SHE SAYS SHE RESPECTS THE COURT'S DECISION AND BEARS NO ILL WILL TOWARDS MR EARL. HE'LL BE SENTENCED NEXT WEEK. JANE AND MARTIN WEEKES, WHO TRAGICALLY LOST THEIR TRIPLETS IN A DOHA MALL FIRE, ARE NOW THE PROUD PARENTS OF TWINS. POPPY AND PARKER WEEKES, BORN IN AUCKLAND, TAKE PART OF THEIR NAMES FROM THE TRIPLET SIBLINGS WHO DIED. FOR ME, IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY EMOTIONAL MOMENT, AND, UM... I HAD A BIT OF TIME, JUST MYSELF, WITH POPPY AND PARKER, ALONE IN HER ROOM, BEFORE SHE CAME OUT OF RECOVERY. AND... IT WAS ACTUALLY, REALLY, JUST... JUST THINKING THAT LILLIE, JACKSON AND WILLSHER WOULD, UH, NOT GET TO MEET THEM. BUT VERY HAPPY AT THE SAME TIME ` HOLDING SUCH WONDERFUL LITTLE PEOPLE. ZIMBABWE'S GENERAL ELECTION RESULT WON'T BE KNOWN TILL NEXT WEEK, WITH THE BIG QUESTION THE FUTURE OF LONG-TIME PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE. THE 89-YEAR OLD'S BEEN ACCUSED OF VOTE RIGGING IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP HIS HOLD ON POWER. THE BBC'S NOMSA MASEKU REPORTS. A BITTERLY COLD MORNING IN THE HARARE TOWNSHIP OF MBARE. CRISIS-WORRIED ZIMBABWEANS QUEUED QUIETLY IN THE DARK HOURS BEFORE SUNRISE TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS. IT'S BEEN AN UNUSUAL ELECTION BY ZIMBABWEAN STANDARDS ` FREE OF VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION. BUT IT'S NOT FREE OF ACCUSATIONS OF FOUL PLAY. PRIME MINISTER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, BOTH PARTNER AND RIVAL TO PRESIDENT MUGABE IN A DIFFICULT COALITION, BELIEVES THE STATE IS INVOLVED IN A MASSIVE RIGGING EXERCISE AGAINST HIM. THANK YOU. FOR 33 YEARS, ZIMBABWE HAS ONLY EVER KNOWN ONE LEADER, AND PRESIDENT MUGABE IS SEEKING A FURTHER FIVE-YEAR MANDATE FROM HIS PEOPLE AT THE AGE OF 89. HE SAYS IF HE LOSES THIS TIME, HE'LL STEP DOWN. THE PROCESS IS GOING WELL. UH, PEOPLE ARE VOTING VERY FREELY. WE ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. REGIONAL OBSERVERS MAY HOLD THE KEY TO THIS ELECTION. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO WILL ULTIMATELY DECIDE WHETHER IT IS FREE, FAIR AND CREDIBLE. THE DAYS AHEAD WILL BE TENSE ONES FOR ZIMBABWE AS POLLS CLOSE AND THE COUNTING BEGINS. THE QUESTIONS ZIMBABWEANS WILL BE ASKING IS WHETHER THE RESULT WILL HERALD THE END OF AN ERA AND CHANGE OR DELIVER YET ANOTHER MESSY AND DISPUTED OUTCOME. THOUSANDS OF EGYPTIANS ARE DEFYING THE ARMY'S ORDERS AGAINST PROTESTING ON THE STREETS. THERE HAVE BEEN GROWING NUMBERS OF PROTESTERS SINCE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT MOHAMED MORSI WAS DEPOSED IN A MILITARY COUP. THIS FROM THE ABC'S PHILLIP WILLIAMS. ALL CHANT THE GOVERNMENT WANTS THEM OFF THE STREETS, AND THIS IS THEIR ANSWER. INSTEAD OF GOING HOME, THEY'RE TAKING THE PROTEST DIRECTLY TO THE ARMY. IN A SERIES OF MARCHES, THEY'RE DOING PRECISELY WHAT THE AUTHORITIES TOLD THEM NOT TO DO. WE ARE HERE FOR OUR DIGNITY, FOR OUR FREEDOM, FOR OUR DEMOCRACY ` NOTHING MORE. IF WE DIE FOR DEMOCRACY, IF WE DIE FOR FREEDOM, WE ARE WELCOME TO DIE FOR THAT. WE JUST HAVE ONLY ONE IDEA. WE ARE LOOKING FOR DEMOCRACY. ONLY DEMO` WE NEED DEMOCRACY. THAT'S IT. THEY DON'T ACCEPT DEMOCRACY. MAN CHANTS PRAYER 8 IT IS WILLING TO NEGOTIATE, BUT ONLY AFTER MOHAMED MORSI IS RESTORED AS PRESIDENT ` SOMETHING THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT WILL NEVER ACCEPT. ANY INITIATIVE THAT MEANS TO SANCTION OR APPROVE THE MILITARY COUP IS REFUSED FROM START. THE PRO-MORSI COALITION SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO CONFRONT THE ARMY UNTIL IT STOPS SUPPORTING THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT. BUT IT'S FEARED THE MILITARY'S PATIENCE WILL RUN OUT. MANY HERE BELIEVE THIS IS A BRIEF RESPITE AND ARE CERTAIN THERE IS MORE VIOLENCE TO COME. A LEADING FISHING EXPERT HAS SPOKEN OUT AGAINST PROPOSED STRICTER LIMITS ON RECREATIONAL FISHING. THE MINISTRY OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES 8 SNAPPER-CATCH QUOTAS FROM NINE TO THREE PER PERSON. THE BASIC ISSUE IS SUSTAINABILITY. YOU KNOW, THE RESOURCE... AND SUSTAINABILITY'S AN IN-INTERESTING WORD, AND WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT YOU WANT TO LEAVE ENOUGH SNAPPER IN THE WATER TO ENSURE THAT THEY NOT ONLY SURVIVE BUT THRIVE. NOW, WE KNOW THE FISHERY IS IMPROVING. WE JUST HEARD THAT, UH, PRIMARY INDUSTRY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. UH, BUT NOT AT A RATE THAT THEY THINK IS FAST ENOUGH. NOW, TO CUT OUR RECREATIONAL QUOTA FROM NINE TO THREE, BY TWO-THIRDS, TO ME, IS NONSENSICAL. THE LAST TIME THE QUOTAS WERE CUT, THEY WERE CUT JOINTLY, AND WE HAVE WHAT I BELIEVE IS A SHARED FISHERY. SO WE HAVE RECREATIONAL, COMMERCIAL AND IWI ALL SHARING THIS FISHERY. FISHING EXPERT GRAEME SINCLAIR. THE FULL LINE-UP FOR NEXT YEAR'S BIG DAY OUT IN AUCKLAND HAS BEEN REVEALED THIS MORNING. THE HEADLINE ACTS INCLUDE VETERAN AMERICAN ROCKERS PEARL JAM, ENGLISH BAND BLUR AND RAPPER-TURNED-REGGAE ARTIST SNOOP DOGG, AKA SNOOP LION. RETURNING AFTER A ONE-YEAR ABSENCE, NEXT YEAR'S EVENT WILL BE HELD AT WESTERN SPRINGS, HAVING PREVIOUSLY BEEN AT MT SMART STADIUM. OTHER ACTS INCLUDE ARCADE FIRE, MAJOR LAZER AND TAME IMPALA, PLUS MULTIPLE KIWI BANDS. SINGER RIHANNA HAS WON A LEGAL BATTLE AGAINST THE UK CHAIN STORE TOP SHOP AFTER THE CLOTHING STORE SOLD A RANGE OF T-SHIRTS WITH HER PICTURE WITHOUT HER PERMISSION. HERE'S THE BBC'S LIZO MZIMBA. # WE FOUND LOVE IN A HOPELESS PLACE. SHE'S ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN MUSIC STARS ON THE PLANET, WITH A STRING OF NUMBER-ONE HITS TO HER NAME, INCLUDING 'WE FOUND LOVE'. # WE FOUND LOVE IN A HOPELESS PLACE. # WHEN SHE SHOT THE VIDEO FOR THE SONG IN NORTHERN IRELAND, FANS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS WERE OUT IN FORCE AND THOUSANDS OF PHOTOS WERE TAKEN. ONE OF THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS ENDED UP ON A LINE OF T-SHIRTS BEING SOLD HERE IN TOP SHOP. SHOPPERS BOUGHT MORE THAN 10,000 OF THEM. RIHANNA, THOUGH, TOOK LEGAL ACTION, BECAUSE SHE SAID THAT WHAT TOP SHOP HAD DONE SUGGESTED THAT THIS WAS A PRODUCT THAT SHE'D OFFICIALLY APPROVED. SHE HADN'T, AND TODAY SHE WON HER CASE. THE HIGH COURT SAID THAT USING A PHOTOGRAPH OF A CELEBRITY DIDN'T NECESSARILY BREACH THE PERSON'S RIGHTS, BUT, IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE THE IMAGE APPEARED TO SHOW HER IN ONE OF HER OFFICIAL VIDEOS, MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BELIEVED THEY WERE BUYING AN OFFICIAL RIHANNA PRODUCT. ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE SHE'S MORE THAN A SINGER; SHE'S A GLOBAL BRAND. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT VICTORY FOR RIHANNA. SHE'S NOT THE FIRST CELEBRITY TO USE THE LAW TO PROTECT HER IMAGE, AND SHE WON'T BE THE LAST. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. AND IN SPORT ` CAN AUSTRALIA FIGHT BACK IN THE THIRD ASHES TEST AGAINST ENGLAND? 1 WITH ME NOW IS ROGER COULTER FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. GOOD AFTERNOON, ROGER. AN INTERESTING TIME IN THE US OVERNIGHT? THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. QUIET DAY IN NZ MARKET GDP FOR THE YEAR TO DATE IN THE USA CAME UP BETTER THAN EXPECT 1.7% GROWTH THERE EMPLOYMENT AHEAD OF EXPECTATIONS FEDERAL RESERVED IS INDICATING THEY WILL MAINTAIN LOOSE MONETARY POLICY THEY WANT TO STIMULATE MORE INFLATION; MORE MONEY PRINTING DOW'S FALLEN AWAY IN THE US? WASN'T IS SUPPOSED TO CLIMB? THE MARKET DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF THE MOVES FROM THE FED TO MIDDAY SPORT. ENGLAND IS ONCE AGAIN FAVOURITE TO WIN THE THIRD ASHES TEST, STARTING TONIGHT, AND WRAP UP THE SERIES AGAINST AUSTRALIA. THIS FROM THE BBC'S JOE WILSON. AT OLD TRAFFORD TODAY, ENGLAND WERE FORCED INSIDE ` SCRUTINISING KEVIN PIETERSEN AND HIS STRAPPED SORE CALF. ENGLAND HOPE HE WILL PLAY, BUT THERE WILL BE NO SPECIAL ALLOWANCES, EVEN FOR HIM. YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO WIN WITH 11 PLAYERS, LET ALONE 10, YOU KNOW, IF ONE'S NOT FIT. SO YOU'RE EITHER FIT OR YOU'RE NOT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE. 20 YEARS AGO, SHANE WARNE TURNED CRICKET ON HIS HEAD WHEN HE MADE HIS ASHES DEBUT HERE. SLEEKLY DRESSED IN BLACK, HE WAS PART OF AUSTRALIA'S PRACTICE TODAY ` PURELY AS A COACH. HE CAN ADVISE; THE CAPTAIN IS LEFT TRYING TO CONVINCE THE WORLD. I HONESTLY BELIEVE WE CAN WIN THIS SERIES, YEAH. AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT WILL LAUGH AT ME SAYING THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY IF I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS TEAM WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO HAVE SUCCESS. 'GET STUCK IN.' THIS IS ONE MANCHESTER VENUE AUSTRALIA'S PLAYERS MAY BE AVOIDING ` THE WALKABOUT BAR. YOU MAY RECALL THE BIRMINGHAM BRANCH WAS WHERE AUSTRALIA'S BATSMAN DAVID WARNER DISGRACED HIMSELF WITH A PUNCH AT AN ENGLAND PLAYER. HE'S SERVED HIS SUSPENSION AND WILL PROBABLY PLAY IN THIS MATCH. AUSTRALIA KNOW THEY CAN'T JUST WAIT FOR IT TO RAIN FOR FIVE DAYS. THEY HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE. THEY HAVE TO SHOW FIGHTING SPIRIT ` IN THE RIGHT WAY. JAMES ANDERSON COULD WELL BECOME ENGLAND'S SECOND-HIGHEST WICKET-TAKER OF ALL TIME IN THIS TEST. HE NEEDS SIX MORE VICTIMS. AUSTRALIA, HE'S LOOKING AT YOU. CRICKET AUSTRALIA HAS REACHED AN OUT-OF-COURT SETTLEMENT WITH FORMER COACH MICKEY ARTHUR. ARTHUR WAS SACKED AS NATIONAL COACH TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE START OF THE ASHES. HE TOOK HIS FORMER EMPLOYER TO COURT, CLAIMING OVER $4M IN COMPENSATION OR HIS JOB BACK. IT'S UNDERSTOOD ARTHUR WILL RECEIVE AT LEAST $1M IN A CONFIDENTIAL DEAL THRASHED OUT IN 13 HOURS OF TALKS. GOLF ` LYDIA KO'S MOTHER HAS OPENED DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE KIWI TEEN PLAYING ON THE WOMEN'S LPGA TOUR FULL-TIME. TINA KO HAS SPOKEN WITH SENIOR OFFICIALS ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR GETTING A DISPENSATION FOR THE 16-YEAR-OLD AMATEUR. UNDER CURRENT RULES, PLAYERS MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD TO JOIN THE TOUR. IT COMES AS KO COMPLETES PREPARATION FOR THE BRITISH OPEN, WHICH GETS UNDERWAY AT ST ANDREWS IN SCOTLAND TONIGHT. I FEEL MUCH BETTER THAN I DID, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. AND, LIKE, OUT HERE, THERE'S A YOUNGER GIRL THAN ME, I THINK, SO, YOU KNOW, NOW I'M NOT THE YOUNGEST IN THE FIELD, SO THAT KIND OF MAKES IT BETTER AS WELL. THE WORLD NUMBER ONE AMATEUR IS YET TO MISS A CUT IN 22 PROFESSIONAL EVENTS AND IS CURRENTLY RANKED 17TH OVERALL. I THINK SHE'S PRETTY HAPPY WITH HER WHOLE SET-UP, AND GOT A GOOD STRATEGY FOR EACH HOLE. BUT, AGAIN, THE CONDITIONS CAN CHANGE DRASTICALLY HERE. KO TEES OFF SHORTLY BEFORE 6.30 TONIGHT. YET ANOTHER SPORTS DOPING SCANDAL IS UNFOLDING ` THIS TIME IN AMERICA, WITH SOME OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL'S BIGGEST STARS IN THE SPOTLIGHT. AS MANY AS 24 PLAYERS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ACCUSED OF USING PERFORMENCE-ENHANCING DRUGS, WITH THE GAME'S BIGGEST NAME AND HIGHEST-PAID PLAYER, ALEX RODRIGUEZ, TOPPING THE LIST. BASEBALL IS TRYING TO DROP THE HAMMER AS HARD AS IT CAN. IT'S UNDERSTOOD THE SPORT'S PLAYERS UNION HAS BEEN GIVEN A BLACKLIST OF GUILTY PLAYERS, AND SUSPENSIONS COULD COME BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE TRIED OUT RUGBY'S NEW SCRUM ENGAGEMENT RULES AT TRAINING TODAY IN AUCKLAND. FORWARDS COACH MIKE CRON PUT THE TIGHT FORWARDS THROUGH THE NEW TECHNIQUES, WHICH WILL BE USED AGAINST THE WALLABIES IN A FORTNIGHT. OBVIOUSLY THE HIT'S NOT AS HARD, BUT... GETTING IN THERE, THE EYES WERE STILL WATERING, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE WHOLE WEIGHT ON. SO IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHO COMES UP WITH WAYS TO... TO USE IT BEST. A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING? DEFINITELY INTERESTING. (CHUCKLES) IF YOU'RE IN THE SECOND ROW, AND THERE'S PRESSURE IN THE FRONT ROW AS WELL, THERE ARE TIMES IT'LL GET TOUGH IN THERE. RICHIE MCCAW, DAN CARTER AND MA'A NONU ALL SAT OUT TRAINING TODAY, BUT ARE EXPECTED TO PLAY IN NEXT FRIDAY'S WARM UP GAME IN WELLINGTON. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. WEATHER TIME NOW, AND THERE'S LOTS OF HIGH CLOUD OVER THE NORTH ISLAND AND LOWER SOUTH ISLAND.. EXPECT INCREASING MOIST EAST TO NORTH-EAST FLOW OVER THE COUNTRY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES IN. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND FOR MORE ON THE WEATHER IN YOUR AREA, GO TO ONE NEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'WEATHER'. A METSERVICE METEROLOGIST IS WARNING THAT DESPITE WARMER JULY TEMPERATURES, WINTER IS NOT OVER YET. TEMPERATURE-WISE, AS YOU SAID, FOR MANY OF US, WE HAVEN'T HAD THE PARKAS ON FOR MANY WEEKS. IT'S BEEN LIKELY ALMOST SHIRT SLEEVES, BECAUSE WHERE THE AIR HAS COME FROM, WE HAVEN'T HAD AS MANY OF THOSE SOUTHERLIES, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE SECOND HALF OF JULY. BUT WATCH OUT THROUGH THE REST OF AUGUST BECAUSE THE AIR WILL BE MILD FOR THE FIRST, LET'S SAY, THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THE RISK FOR A BRIEF LITTLE, UH, COOL BLAST AS WE WORK THROUGH AUGUST AND THEN FINALLY GET TO SEPTEMBER, WHERE WE CAN SAY, 'WARM COAT, BACK IN THE CUPBOARD, PLEASE,' AT LEAST AND THEN WE CAN WELCOME SPRING IN FOR GOOD. THAT'S THE METSERVICE'S DAN CORBETT. TWO WOMEN WHO'VE BEEN PEN PALS FOR 74 YEARS HAVE FINALLY MET FOR THE FIRST TIME. KITTY FRATI (87), IN THE YELLOW, IS FROM TEXAS. SHE WAS 13 WHEN SHE STARTED WRITING TO AUSTRALIAN AUDREY SIMS AS PART OF A SCHOOL PROJECT. THE WOMEN FOUND THEIR LIVES HAD A LOT IN COMMON. WE'VE GOT PARALLEL, UM, FAMILIES. WE'RE BOTH MARRIED, DIVORCED, AND THEN MARRIED AND HAD CHILDREN. ALMOST THE SAME, HASN'T IT? LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE LOVE FLOWERS. OH YES. WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT GARDENS. BOTH CHUCKLE KITTY FRATI SAYS WHEN THEY FIRST BECAME PEN PALS, SHE COULDN'T EVEN FIND AUSTRALIA ON THE MAP. THE PEN PALS SAY THEY'RE FEELING A LITTLE OVERWHELMED, BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME TIME TOGETHER. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JOHN LING AND RICHARD EDMUNDS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013