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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
  • Thursday 1 August 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
  • Daniel Faitaua (Presenter)
DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A CONTROVERSIAL SPYING BILL PASSES ITS LATEST HURDLE IN PARLIAMENT, BUT ONLY JUST. OVER THE PASSING OF A JOURNALIST'S PHONE RECORDS TO A MINISTERIAL INQUIRY. AND WHAT TEENAGERS REALLY THINK ABOUT THEIR PARENTS ` A SURPRISE RESULT FROM A MAJOR SURVEY. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. CONTROVERSIAL SPY LAWS HAVE PASSED THEIR LATEST HURDLE IN PARLIAMENT. THE BILL SCRAPED THROUGH ITS SECOND READING BY TWO VOTES, AND IF PASSED, WOULD ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT'S SPY AGENCY THE GCSB TO LEGALLY GATHER INFORMATION ON NZERS. AND IT COMES AS JOHN KEY WARNS THERE ARE AL QAEDA TERRORISTS WITHIN NEW ZEALAND. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. JOHN KEY ONCE AGAIN RAISED THE SPECTRE OF TERROR TODAY TO JUSTIFY POWERS IN HIS CONTROVERSIAL GCSB SPYING BILL ` THIS TIME KIWIS GOING TO AL-QAEDA TRAINING CAMPS IN YEMEN. PEOPLE HAVE TRAINED IN NZ AND GONE OFF TO THOSE CAMPS. AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY THINGS ARE. I MEAN, WE LIVE IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE ARE REAL THREATS, AND THAT'S THE POINT WE MAKE WITH THE GCSB LEGISLATION. IN JUNE, JOHN KEY CITED THE RISK OF A BOSTON-BOMBING-STYLE ATTACK HERE TO DEFEND THE BILL. I THINK IT IS ANOTHER CYNICAL USE OF PRIVILEGED SECURITY INFORMATION BY THE PRIME MINISTER, AND IF HE WAS GENUINE ABOUT PROTECTING THE SECURITY OF NZ, HE WOULD DO IT IN NATIONAL INTEREST INSTEAD OF HIS OWN SECTARIAN POLITICAL INTEREST. THERE ARE WARRANTS ON PEOPLE THAT I HAVE SIGNED WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN YEMEN. WHEN PRESSED FURTHER, MR KEY REFUSED TO GIVE SPECIFICS. OBVIOUSLY SMALL NUMBERS, UM, BUT THERE ARE SMALL NUMBERS OF RADICALISED NZERS WHO HAVE EITHER GONE INTO THOSE ENVIRONMENTS OR RETURNED, UM, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S TERRIBLY NEW. I SUSPECT HELEN CLARK WOULD HAVE SIGNED WARRANTS AS WELL. TO ME IT'S JUST A SIGN OF DESPERATION ON HIS PART BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SERIOUS TERRORIST THREAT IN NZ. IT'S INCREDIBLY STUPID. WHY DON'T YOU SEND A POSTCARD TO PEOPLE THAT ARE THREATENING US AND SAY, 'WE ARE SPYING ON YOU'? IT'S INCREDIBLY DUMB! THIS IS NOT BOYS' OWN. CROWD CHANT THE INFORMATION DROP FROM JOHN KEY COMES AMIDST RISING OPPOSITION TO THE BILL. THIS AFTERNOON IT RETURNED TO THE HOUSE FOR ITS SECOND OF THREE VOTES. JOHN KEY WAS ABSENT, LEAVING OTHERS TO LEAD THE DEBATE. IT IS NOT A CASE OF EXPANDING THE BORDERS OF SOME INTELLIGENCE EMPIRE. THIS IS ABOUT FIXING LEGISLATION THAT, AT ITS BEST, IS NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE AND AT WORST, IS BROKEN. WE HAVE A ONE-VOTE MAJORITY IN THIS HOUSE THAT INTENDS TO DEGRADE SOME OF THOSE BASIC RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, IN PARTICULAR THE RIGHT TO LIVE FREE FROM MASS SURVEILLANCE BY THE STATE. SINCE THE INFAMOUS DOTCOM SELECT COMMITTEE HEARING ON THE BILL, EXTRA OVERSIGHT AND MANDATORY REVIEWS HAVE BEEN ADDED. BUT WITH JOHN KEY'S MAJORITY SO SHAKY, MORE CHANGES COULD YET BE NEEDED. AND WHILE THE PRIME MINISTER ARGUES FOR BROADER SURVEILLANCE POWERS FOR THE GCSB, AMERICAN SPIES COULD ALREADY BE ACTIVE ON OUR SHORES. THAT'S THE LATEST REVELATION FROM WHISTLE-BLOWER EDWARD SNOWDEN. SARAH BRADLEY HAS MORE. ONE RED DOT ON A MAP PLACES NZ IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LATEST EDWARD SNOWDEN SPYING SCANDAL. IT SUGGESTS A FAR-REACHING INTERNET SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME CALLED X-KEYSCORE IS USED HERE. WELL, I DON'T TALK ABOUT OUR CAPABILITY, BUT I CAN HONESTLY SAY I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HEARD OF THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAMME. BEFORE FLEEING TO HIS CURRENT LOCATION AT A TRANSIT LOUNGE IN A RUSSIAN AIRPORT, MR SNOWDON CLAIMED HIS WORK FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY AFFORDED HIM GREAT SPYING POWERS. I, SITTING AT MY DESK, CERTAINLY HAD THE AUTHORITIES TO WIRETAP ANYONE, FROM YOU OR YOUR ACCOUNTANT, TO A FEDERAL JUDGE, TO EVEN THE PRESIDENT, IF I HAD A PERSONAL EMAIL. X-KEYSCORE REPORTEDLY ALLOWS SPIES TO MONITOR 'NEARLY EVERYTHING A TYPICAL USER DOES ON THE INTERNET' WITH LITTLE JUSTIFICATION FOR DOING SO. THAT INCLUDES NOT JUST EMAILS AND SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT SEARCH HISTORIES, SUCH AS LOCATIONS LOOKED AT ON THE LIKES OF GOOGLE EARTH. LABOUR SAYS MORE DETAILS ARE NEEDED. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE ARE RAISING WITH ME IS THE FACT THAT THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE DEGREE IN WHICH THEIR INFORMATION IS BEING SHARED. WE CAN ONLY FIND THOSE ISSUES OUT IF WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY. THE NSA HAS NOW ACKNOWLEDGED THE EXISTENCE OF X-KEYSCORE, CALLING ITS USE 'LAWFUL'. SARAH BRADLEY, ONE NEWS. THE SPY LEAK SCANDAL'S CLAIMED A BIG SCALP. THE HEAD OF PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES HAS QUIT IN THE WAKE OF REVELATIONS ABOUT THE PHONE RECORDS OF JOURNALIST ANDREA VANCE. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN HAS THE LATEST. GEOFF THORN HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF PARLIAMENT'S DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS SINCE 2008. BUT WHEN A CONTRACTOR HANDED OVER THE PHONE RECORDS OF FAIRFAX JOURNALIST ANDREA VANCE TO THE GCSB LEAK INQUIRY, THOSE DAYS WERE NUMBERED. THE GENERAL MANAGER OF PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES OFFERED HIS RESIGNATION TO THE SPEAKER THIS MORNING. TODAY ANDREA VANCE VENTED IN DISGUST AND DISTRESS AT THE REVELATION HER PHONE RECORDS WERE HANDED OVER TO THE LEAK INVESTIGATOR DAVID HENRY BY PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES, UNDERMINING HER ROLE AS A JOURNALIST. I WANTED TO EXPLAIN WHY AN IMPORTANT LINE WAS CROSSED BY THE HENRY INQUIRY AT A TIME WHEN PRIVACY ISSUES ARE BEING HOTLY DEBATED ACROSS THE WORLD. A 'MAD AS HELL' MS VANCE SAID SHE DOESN'T WANT AN APOLOGY. I'VE HAD MY SAY, AND IT'S FOR HENRY AND OTHERS NOW TO EXPLAIN THEIR ACTIONS. OF COURSE IT'S MY INQUIRY IN MY NAME, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR A CONTRACTOR WORKING FOR PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES, WHICH IS AN AGENCY THAT DOESN'T REPORT TO ME, MAKING A GENUINE MISTAKE. THIS INQUIRY HAS ALREADY COST PETER DUNNE HIS MINISTERIAL POST, AND GEOFF THORN'S RESIGNATION TODAY HAS ONLY HAS TURNED THE OPPOSITION PARTIES' ATTENTIONS TO JOHN KEY'S CHIEF OF STAFF. I THINK THE QUESTION NOW HAS TO GO TO MR EAGLESON AS TO WHAT HE SHOULD DO IN HIS NEXT STEP. WHAT WAS HIS INVOLVEMENT IN PRESSURING PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES? AND I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME INFORMATION TO COME OUT THERE, BUT CLEARLY HE WAS INVOLVED IN IT. GEOFF THORN WILL HAVE HIS LAST DAY TOMORROW AND WILL RECEIVE THREE MONTHS' SALARY ON THE WAY OUT THE DOORS HE ONCE CONTROLLED. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. A LAWYER'S WAITING TO FIND OUT HER PUNISHMENT AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY OF SMUGGLING GOODS TO A MURDERER. TEXT MESSAGES READ OUT DURING THE TRIAL ALSO REVEALED DAVINA MURRAY WAS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH LIAM REID. MATT McLEAN WAS IN COURT. IT WAS EARLY OCTOBER IN 2011 WHEN LAWYER DAVINA MURRAY WENT TO VISIT HER CLIENT LIAM REID IN PRISON. THAT SAME DAY REID WAS FOUND WITH AN IPHONE, CIGARETTES AND A LIGHTER. MURRAY'S TRIAL LASTED SEVEN DAYS. SHE REPRESENTED HERSELF. HER DEFENCE RESTED ON CLAIMS IT WAS CORRECTIONS OFFICERS WHO PLANTED THE ITEMS ON LIAM REID ` A CLAIM BACKED UP BY REID HIMSELF. A LOT OF THE CASE HAS FOCUSSED ON WHY ` WHY WOULD DAVINA MURRAY SMUGGLE THE ITEMS TO A CONVICTED MURDERER AND RAPIST? THE PROSECUTION CLAIMED THEY HAD THE ANSWER, SAYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PAIR WAS FAR BEYOND THAT OF LAWYER AND CLIENT. IN FACT, IT WAS REVEALED DAVINA MURRAY HAD VISITED LIAM REID IN PRISON CLOSE TO 50 TIMES IN A THREE-MONTH PERIOD. JUDGE COLLINS CALLED THAT 'EXTRAORDINARY'. REID IS SERVING TIME FOR THE RAPE AND MURDER OF DEAF CHRISTCHURCH WOMAN EMMA AGNEW. IN COURT WE HEARD SOME OF THOSE TEXT MESSAGES. ONE REFERRED TO REID AS 'THE BEST KISSER I'VE EVER KISSED'. IN ANOTHER SHE TOLD A FRIEND, 'I HATE THAT I'M IN LOVE WITH HIM, 'BUT I'M SCARED TO LOSE HIM.' THAT LOVE HAS PROVED TO BE THE DOWNFALL OF THE FORMER MAORI PARTY CANDIDATE. SHE'S NOW EXPECTED TO SEEK A DISCHARGE WITHOUT CONVICTION ` SOMETHING HER CAREER MIGHT DEPEND ON ` AND WILL BE BACK IN COURT NEXT MONTH FOR THAT APPLICATION TO BE HEARD. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS. THE PRISONS BOSS HAS ADMITTED CORRECTIONS FAILED IN ITS HANDLING OF RSA TRIPLE-KILLER WILLIAM BELL. NEARLY 12 YEARS ON, THE HUSBAND OF ONE OF THE WOMEN MURDERED HAS RECEIVED $60,000 AND AN APOLOGY. PAUL HOBBS HAS MORE. THIS IS TAI HOBSON, WHOSE LIVING ROOM WALL REMAINS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF HIS WIFE, MARY. MARY HOBSON WAS ONE OF THREE PANMURE RSA MEMBERS MURDERED BY WILLIAM BELL IN A BOTCHED ROBBERY IN 2001. SOON AFTER THE MURDERS IT WAS REVEALED BELL WAS ON PAROLE AT THE TIME. NOW MR HOBSON, WHO DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK TO THE MEDIA TODAY, HAS A $60,000 CHEQUE AND AN APOLOGY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT ACKNOWLEDGED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND THE FACT THAT DEPARTMENT COULD HAVE PERFORMED BETTER. SIX YEARS AGO THE COURT OF APPEAL SHUT DOWN MR HOBSON'S BATTLE FOR COMPENSATION. d BUT LAST YEAR, SUE COUCH, THE 8 SOLE SURVIVOR OF THE RSA ATTAC GOT A $300,000 EX GRATIA PAYMENT FROM CORRECTIONS, PAVING THE WAY FOR TAI HOBSON'S PAYOUT. I THINK THE HONOURABLE THING TO DO WAS TO STEP FORWARD AND MAKE SOME RECOMPENSE. BUT TAI HOBSON'S LAWYER SAYS IT'S SMALL CHANGE. WHILE IT WAS NEVER ABOUT THE MONEY, THE MINISTER OF CORRECTIONS HAD IT IN HER POWER TO HAND OVER $75,000 AND CHOSE NOT TO. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE MINISTER HAS CHOSEN TO BE NIGGARDLY AND SAVE $15,000. BOTH CROWN LAW AND CORRECTIONS GAVE ME ADVICE ALONG THE LINES OF SOME OTHER PAYMENTS. THERE'S NOT MANY OF THEM, BUT SOME OTHER EX GRATIA PAYMENTS FOR SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. CORRECTIONS BOSS RAY SMITH NOW WANTS TO MEET WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE TWO OTHER MURDER VICTIMS ` BILL ABSOLUM AND WAYNE JOHNSON. NO ONE FROM CORRECTIONS HAS EVER BEEN TO THEIR HOUSE AND SAID SORRY, AND THAT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO THEM. THAT MEETING SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE NEXT FORTNIGHT. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. THE DRIVER INVOLVED IN THE COLLISION THAT KILLED BUSINESSMAN ALLAN HUBBARD TWO YEARS AGO HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF CARELESS DRIVING CAUSING DEATH. ANDREW EARL DROVE HIS UTE ACROSS THE CENTRE LINE, HITTING ALLAN AND JEAN HUBBARD. MRS HUBBARD SUFFERED SEVERAL BROKEN BONES. EARL WILL BE SENTENCED NEXT WEEK. HE COULD BE JAILED FOR UP TO THREE MONTHS. A NEW SURVEY SAYS MANY TEENAGERS FEEL THEY DON'T SPEND ENOUGH TIME WITH THEIR PARENTS. THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT BY AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS IS THE THIRD IN A SERIES SPANNING 13 YEARS. SHARON FERGUSSON HAS THE FINDINGS. THEY JUST WANT AN ADULT WHO HAS EXPERIENCE. THESE 15- AND 16-YEAR-OLDS ARE WELL AWARE OF ADULT RESPONSIBILITIES. I DO REALLY WANT TO FIND A PART-TIME JOB BECAUSE I JUST WANNA RELIEVE THE STRESS FOR MY PARENTS, RATHER THAN DEPENDING ON THEM FOR MONEY. NOW A STUDY BY AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY'S ADOLESCENT HEALTH RESEARCH GROUP GIVES A GLIMPSE OF THEIR OTHER CONCERNS. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CHILDREN SPEND TIME WITH BOTH PARENTS AT THE SAME TIME, RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALLY SO THAT THEIR FAMILIES ARE ACTUALLY MORE CONNECTED. A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE 8500 SECONDARY STUDENTS SURVEYED SAID THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY SPEND ENOUGH TIME WITH THEIR PARENTS, AND THE REPORT SHOWS AN INCREASING AWARENESS OF FAMILY FINANCES. HALF OF NZ TEENAGERS OF THAT AGE GROUP SAY THEIR PARENTS ARE SOMETIMES WORRIED ABOUT MONEY FOR FOOD. THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING THAT PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE OF AND THINK ABOUT. IS THAT THE KIND OF SOCIETY WE WANT? THERE ARE SOME TELLING RESULTS AROUND DEPRIVATION TOO. 22% OF STUDENTS IN DEPRIVED NEIGHBOURHOODS WEREN'T ABLE TO READILY ACCESS HEALTH CARE, COMPARED WITH 16% IN WEALTHIER AREAS. 35% IN POOR SUBURBS LOOK AFTER THEIR SIBLINGS FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR A DAY, COMPARED TO 16% OF KIDS WHO ARE BETTER OFF. ON THE UPSIDE, SINCE THE LAST SURVEY IN 2007, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME IMPRESSIVE IMPROVEMENTS. CIGARETTES, ALCOHOL, MARIJUANA, RISKY DRIVING, VIOLENCE ` THOSE ARE MARKED IMPROVEMENTS. YOU KNOW, 20%, 40%, 50% DROPS. THAT'S A BIG DEAL. THAT'S GOING TO MEAN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE LESS AFFECTED BY KIDS DYING. BUT WITH THE STUDY SHOWING NO IMPROVEMENT IN DEPRESSION, BULLYING AND OBESITY, THERE'S STILL SOME WAY TO GO. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. THE FATHER OF TRIPLETS KILLED IN A SHOPPING MALL FIRE HAS NOW DESCRIBED THE JOY OF WELCOMING NEWBORN TWINS. PARKER AND POPPY WEEKES ARRIVED YESTERDAY BY CAESAREAN SECTION AT AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL. WHEN I WAS ON MY OWN WAITING FOR JANE'S RECOVERY WITH POPPY AND PARKER, I WAS BASICALLY JUST CRYING. I WISHED THAT LILLIE, JACKSON AND WILL COULD HAVE MET THEIR YOUNGER BROTHER AND SISTER. THE 2-YEAR-OLD TRIPLETS DIED 15 MONTHS AGO IN THE BLAZE IN THE QATARI CAPITAL OF DOHA. JUST AHEAD ` SEXUAL-ABUSE CARE PROVIDERS STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET. JOB LOSSES ON THE WEST COAST AS A MAJOR CEMENT PLANT CLOSES. AND AN AUSTRALIAN MASS MURDERER IS SENTENCED. 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. HORNS HONK 1 WELCOME BACK. PROVIDERS OF SEXUAL ABUSE CARE ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET AS THE GOVERNMENT REVIEWS WHERE TO PUT ITS FUNDING. CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY ARE PRIORITISING CHILDREN AND PARENTS OVER OTHER VICTIMS, AND THAT'S PUTTING A STRAIN ON RESOURCES. RYAN BOSWELL REPORTS. FOR YEARS, COLIN ELLIOTT TRIED TO FORGET HE WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED. HE GOT ON WITH LIFE. BUT NOW HE NEEDS HELP, THE 58-YEAR-OLD HAS DECIDED TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR GOVERNMENT SUPPORT. IT IS PRETTY DIFFICULT AND ESPECIALLY FOR MALES, I THINK, BECAUSE IT'S THE HIDDEN ISSUE. TREASURY ESTIMATES SEXUAL ABUSE COSTS THE COUNTRY $1.2B A YEAR. THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDES JUST OVER $26M IN VICTIM SUPPORT. WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO COVER THE GAP BETWEEN THE SMALL AMOUNT THE GOVERNMENT FUNDS US ` IT'S AROUND A THIRD OF OUR BUDGET ` AND WHAT IT ACTUALLY COSTS TO DELIVER OUR SERVICES. SHE SAYS THAT'S BEEN MADE EVEN HARDER NOW CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY IS PROVIDING FUNDING FOR CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AHEAD OF OTHER VICTIMS, ESPECIALLY AS DEMAND INCREASES; IN WELLINGTON ALONE, IT'S ALMOST TRIPLED IN THREE YEARS. WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICES THAT WE ARE. PAULA BENNETT AGREES MORE MONEY IS NEEDED AND YESTERDAY SET ASIDE MORE THAN $1M FOR AN AUCKLAND HELPLINE. JUST REALLY PROVES THAT WE ARE REALLY READY TO STEP UP AND PUT MORE MONEY IN, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT ON AN AD-HOC BASIS. CURRENTLY THE MINISTER IS CARRYING OUT A REVIEW OF THE SECTOR WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT THE GREENS SAY FOR THE ONE IN FOUR GIRLS AND ONE IN EIGHT BOYS WHO ARE ABUSED, THEY CAN'T WAIT. THE ONLY CAVEAT I HAVE ON THAT IS SHE NEEDS TO PROTECT THE EXISTING SERVICES IN THE INTERIM UNTIL THE OUTCOME OF THE REVIEW. AND EVEN FOR COLIN ELLIOTT, THAT SERVICE IS DOING LITTLE TO HELP HIM. RYAN BOSWELL, ONE NEWS. A MAJOR CEMENT PLANT IS DUE TO CLOSE ON THE WEST COAST WITH THE LOSS OF 120 JOBS. HOLCIM SAYS ITS WESTPORT MANUFACTURING PLANT WILL CLOSE WITHIN TWO TO THREE YEARS ` A BIG BLOW FOR THE REGION. IT'S ALSO HALTED PLANS FOR A $500M FACTORY IN WESTON, NEAR OAMARU. INSTEAD, HOLCIM WILL DEVELOP THE MEANS TO IMPORT CEMENT. OVERSEAS, THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR A DEVASTATING FIRE AT A SYDNEY NURSING HOME WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS WITH NO CHANCE OF PAROLE. REGISTERED NURSE ROGER DEAN KILLED 11 PEOPLE WHEN HE STARTED THE FIRE IN 2011. CHANNEL NINE'S SIMON BOUDA REPORTS. THESE ARE THE FACES OF THE LIVES THAT WERE LOST. TODAY, WITH THE FAMILIES OF HIS VICTIMS STARING HIM DOWN, ROGER DEAN WAS UNEMOTIONAL AS HE WAS SENT TO JAIL FOR LIFE. SHE DIED A TERRIBLE,... TERRIBLE DEATH. ...TERRIBLE DEATH, AND I THINK SHE DESERVED BETTER. EVERY TIME WE PICTURE OUR NANA, WE WONDER WHETHER SHE WAS IN PAIN OR IF SHE WAS SCARED OR SCREAMING OR NEEDING HELP, AND HE WALKED STRAIGHT PAST HER AND DIDN'T HELP. JUDGE MEGAN LATHAM PUT IT THIS WAY... HIS MOTIVE ` TO COVER UP HIS THEFT OF DRUGS FROM A STOREROOM. HE TOLD US HE TRIED TO SAVE LIVES. I'M ROGER, ONE OF THE NURSES, AND, JUST, THERE WAS A FIRE, AND I JUST QUICKLY JUST DID WHAT I CAN, GET EVERYONE OUT. DEAN LATER TOLD DETECTIVES THE DEVIL MADE HIM DO IT. I HOPE HE SUFFERS IN MUCH IN JAIL AS MY MOTHER SUFFERED THE LAST FOUR DAYS OF HER LIFE, WHICH WAS HORRENDOUS. I HOPE YOU ROT. I DO HOPE YOU ROT. HE GOT A LIFE SENTENCE, AND SO DID WE. AND NOW IT'S ALL OVER, A CHANCE TO SHARE MEMORIES OF LOVED ONES LOST. AUSTRALIAN SCHAPELLE CORBY IS EDGING CLOSER TO BEING RELEASED FROM A BALI JAIL. IT'S BEEN REVEALED HER SENTENCE IS EXPECTED TO BE CUT BY ANOTHER SIX MONTHS. THIS MEANS CORBY WILL BE RELEASED FROM JAIL IN AUGUST 2015 AT THE LATEST, BUT IT COULD BE SOONER IF SHE'S GRANTED PAROLE. CORBY WAS CONVICTED FOR IMPORTING DRUGS IN 2005 AND WAS ORIGINALLY GIVEN A 20-YEAR SENTENCE. COUNTING IS UNDERWAY IN ZIMBABWE'S ELECTION BATTLE BETWEEN PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE AND HIS RIVAL MORGAN TSVANGIRAI. POLLS HAD TO STAY OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT AS VOTERS TURNED OUT IN HIGH NUMBERS. THE PEACEFUL ELECTION HAS BEEN MARRED BY CLAIMS OF VOTE RIGGING. THE RESULT IS EXPECTED TO BE ANNOUNCED NEXT WEEK. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW. PLUS ` A MAJOR DRUGS SCANDAL LOOKS SET TO ENGULF AMERICAN BASEBALL. TO SPORT NOW, AND A DRUGS SCANDAL IS ENGULFING MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IN AMERICA. EVIDENCE IS EXPECTED TO BE REVEALED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, WITH POTENTIAL TO DESTROY THE CAREERS OF SOME OF THE GAME'S BIGGEST STARS. MARK HATHAWAY HAS THE DETAILS. d IN THE WEEK BASEBALL'S SAN FRAN SCO 8 GIANTS WERE HONOURED FOR A SECOND WORLD SERIES WIN IN THREE YEARS,... THEY'RE MAKING THIS A HABIT. ...AMERICA'S FAVOURITE PASTIME IS ALSO IN THE SPOTLIGHT FOR THE WRONG REASONS. DETAILS ARE EMERGING THAT MAJOR LEAGUE OFFICIALS HAVE A BLACKLIST OF AT LEAST A DOZEN PLAYERS GUILTY OF DOPING. BASEBALL IS TRYING TO DROP THE HAMMER AS HARD AS IT CAN. TOPPING THE LIST IS ALEX RODRIGUEZ OF THE NEW YORK YANKEES, THE HIGHEST-PAID PLAYER IN BASEBALL HISTORY. REPORTS SUGGEST EVIDENCE EXISTS TO SLAM RODRIGUEZ, THOUGH THERE ARE DOUBTS OVER THE LEAGUE'S ABILITY TO EJECT HIM FROM THE GAME FOR GOOD. WELL, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS GOING TO TRY TO BAN ALEX RODRIGUEZ FOR LIFE, BUT IF THEY DO, THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET IN AN INCREDIBLE FIGHT WITH THE UNION. RODRIGUEZ EARNS A STAGGERING $35M DOLLARS A SEASON. THE FATHER OF TWO TOLD SPORTS ILLUSTRATED HE WANTS TO CONTINUE BEING A ROLE MODEL AS HIS LEGAL TEAM PREPARES FOR BATTLE. FORMER LEAGUE MVP RYAN BRAUN HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN DOWN, SUSPENDED FOR 65 GAMES, AND FURTHER NAMES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED IN COMING DAYS. AND WHILE THE YANKEES' IMAGE WILL BE TARNISHED IF RODRIGUEZ IS GUILTY, THE CLUB COULD WIN BIG, WITH THE 38-YEAR-OLD INJURY-PRONE A-ROD'S $125M CONTRACT AT RISK OF BEING TORN UP. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. AND BEFORE WE LOOK AT TOMORROW'S WEATHER, SOME OF THE BIGGEST BANDS OF THE 1990S WILL HEADLINE NEXT YEAR'S BIG DAY OUT FESTIVAL. # SHE LIES AND SAYS SHE'S IN LOVE WITH HIM # CAN'T FIND A BETTER MAN. # SHE DREAMS IN COLOUR. SHE DREAMS IN RED. # AMERICAN ROCKERS PEARL JAM TOP THE FESTIVAL BILL, ALONG WITH BRIT POP HEROES, BLUR. RAPPER SNOOP DOGG, NOW KNOWN AS SNOOP LION, WILL ALSO PERFORM. ORGANISERS ARE HOPING THE LINE-UP AND MOVE TO AUCKLAND'S WESTERN SPRINGS STADIUM WILL REINVIGORATE THE FESTIVAL, WHICH DIDN'T TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR AFTER LOSING MORE THAN $1.5M. NOW TO YOUR WEATHER. A STALLED FRONT OVER THE LOWER SOUTH ISLAND WEAKENS, ALLOWING A NORTH-EAST FLOW OVER THE NORTH ISLAND. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM THE TEAM HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JESSICA BOELL AND DESNEY SHAW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013