THE EAST CAPE COPPED A DRENCHING TODAY, BUT IT WASN'T ALL BAD NEWS FOR SATURDAY SPORT. CLEAR SKY OPENED UP FROM AUCKLAND TO THE KAPITI COAST, AND IT'S ALL GOOD NEWS ON THE WEATHER FRONT FOR AN IMPORTANT GAME OF RUGBY IN THE WAIKATO TONIGHT. A PITCH REPORT AND TODAY'S NEWS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. WARNINGS OVER THE INFANT FORMULA LINKED TO TAINTED FONTERRA PRODUCTS THAT COULD CAUSE DEADLY FOOD POISONING. GLOBAL TRAVEL ALERT ` THE US ISSUES AN EXTRAORDINARY WARNING OF AN IMPENDING TERRORIST ATTACK. AL BROWN COOKS UP A STORM AS HE DISHES OUT KIWI TUCKER IN SAN FRANCISCO. WHAT DO LOCAL FOODIES THINK? AND SHOWING THEIR TRUE COLOURS ` RUGBY FEVER IN MOOLOO COUNTRY AS THE CHAMPION CHIEFS DEFEND THEIR SUPER RUGBY TITLE. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. PARENTS ARE BEING ADVISED NOT TO USE 'KARICARE FOLLOW-ON' MILK FORMULA FOR CHILDREN FROM SIX MONTHS OLD BECAUSE OF CONCERNS IT COULD BE TAINTED WITH A POTENTIALLY DEADLY BACTERIA. THE GOVERNMENT'S IDENTIFIED THE FORMULA AS ONE WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED BY CONTAMINATED RAW PRODUCTS FROM FONTERRA. THE DAIRY GIANT'S REFUSING TO NAME OTHER BRANDS INVOLVED OR WHICH COUNTRIES THEY'RE SOLD IN, BUT IT HAS CONFIRMED INFANT FORMULA AND SPORTS DRINKS ARE PRODUCTS THAT COULD BE TAINTED BY THE BACTERIA, WHICH CAN CAUSE FATAL FOOD POISONING. SHARON FERGUSSON HAS MORE. THIS IS ONE OF THE PRODUCTS THAT MIGHT BE AFFECTED BY CONTAMINATED WHEY SUPPLIED BY FONTERRA. IT'S NOT YET CONFIRMED. THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES HAS SENT A TEAM TO NUTRICIA'S AUCKLAND WAREHOUSE TO CHECK. UNTIL THEN, IT ADVISES PARENTS NOT TO USE THE KARICARE FOLLOW-ON FORMULA FOR CHILDREN FROM 6 MONTHS OLD. A DIRTY PIPE AT FONTERRA'S HAUTAPU PLANT IN WAIKATO HAS POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED PRODUCTS LIKE BABY FORMULA AND SPORTS DRINKS WITH A DANGEROUS BACTERIA. USUALLY, IT BEGINS WITH PARALYSIS OF THE MUSCLES AROUND THE FACE AND THE NECK SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING AND DIFFICULTY SPEAKING, UH, DIFFICULTY BREATHING. THE NZ INFANT FORMULA EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION SAYS THERE'S A REMOTE POSSIBILITY THE CONTAMINATED RAW PRODUCT COULD BE IN SOME IMPORTED FORMULA, LIKE THE KARICARE FOLLOW-ON FORMULA, BUT THAT TYPE OF WHEY IS NOT USED IN ANY INFANT FORMULA PRODUCED IN NZ. BRANDS COMING FROM NZ WHICH DO INCORPORATE FONTERRA INGREDIENTS IN THEIR PRODUCTION PROCESS ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THIS. IT'S DISCONCERTING THAT FONTERRA HASN'T IDENTIFIED CLEARLY WHAT BRANDS ARE AFFECTED. FONTERRA MANUFACTURES 2.5 MILLION TONS OF PRODUCT A YEAR. IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, 38 TONS OF IT WAS CONTAMINATED. TESTS AT THE TIME WERE CLEAR, SO IT WAS SOLD TO EIGHT CUSTOMERS. BUT FONTERRA KEPT SOME FOR ITS OWN PRODUCTS. THAT WAS TESTED IN MARCH AND FOUND TO HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF A BACTERIA THAT'S USUALLY HARMLESS. JUST TO MAKE SURE, FONTERRA SENT THE PRODUCT FOR MORE TESTING AND THIS WEEK GOT THE RESULTS ` POSITIVE FOR CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM. RIGHT UNTIL THE VERY END, THIS WAS A SURPRISE FOR US AND OUR TECHNICAL STAFF. FONTERRA THEN TOLD THE EIGHT CUSTOMERS IT HAD SOLD THE PROTEIN CONCENTRATE TO, AND NOW THEY'RE CHECKING TO SEE IF ANY OF THE CONTAMINATED PRODUCT MADE IT ON TO THE SHELVES. IF IT HAS, THERE'LL BE RECALLS. BUT FONTERRA WON'T SAY WHO THOSE COMPANIES ARE OR WHERE THEY'RE FROM. UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T DO THAT AT THIS POINT. IT REALLY IS UP TO THOSE AFFECTED CUSTOMERS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REGULATORY AUTHORITIES, TO MAKE STATEMENTS, IF APPROPRIATE. BUT FONTERRA CEO THEO SPIERINGS WENT TO CHINA FOR MEETINGS TODAY. HE WILL BE TALKING WHILE HE'S IN CHINA ABOUT THE ISSUE, YES. BACK HERE, FRESH PRODUCTS LIKE MILK AND CHEESE ARE NOT AFFECTED. THE IRONY IS, ANYTHING FONTERRA BRANDED IS NOT AFFECTED. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. NO KNOWN CASES OF INFANT BOTULISM HAVE OCCURRED IN NZ IN THE PAST 20 YEARS. BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS THE LATEST SCARE COULD THREATEN THE DAIRY GIANT'S REPUTATION BOTH HERE AND OVERSEAS, AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE RAMIFICATIONS FOR OTHER EXPORTERS. BRIAR WELLS REPORTS. FONTERRA IS THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST COMPANY, WITH ANNUAL REVENUE OF AROUND $20B. BUT THIS LATEST SCARE HAS SOME WORRIED IT COULD BE ANOTHER BLEMISH ON ITS RECORD. PROBABLY GOING TO DAMAGE THEIR BRAND IMAGE. I MEAN, I GUESS THE MAIN PROBLEM IS IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME IT'S HAPPENED. IN 2008, A CHINESE COMPANY FONTERRA WAS ASSOCIATED WITH CONTAMINATED INFANT FORMULA WITH A TOXIN CALLED MELAMINE, KILLING SIX BABIES AND MAKING THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN SICK. AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, SMALL TRACES OF THE TOXIC AGRICULTURAL SUBSTANCE DCD WAS DISCOVERED IN SOME OF ITS MILK PRODUCTS. WHILE IT WASN'T HARMFUL, IT HAD INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS QUESTIONING HEALTH STANDARDS. I THINK ALL OF US HAVE TO BE CONCERNED THAT THERE MIGHT BE IMPACT ON FONTERRA, WHICH IS OUR SINGLE BIGGEST COMPANY AND OUR BIGGEST BRAND, BUT THEY'LL BE WORKING VERY HARD TO MINIMISE THAT. FONTERRA WAS QUICK TO BRUSH ASIDE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMPANY'S IMAGE TODAY, SAYING THE FOCUS FOR NOW IS ON HUMAN HEALTH. I'D RATHER TALK ABOUT PEOPLE RATHER THAN BRANDS. THE LATEST CONTAMINATION HAS HIT INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES. MARKETING EXPERTS ARE CONCERNED THIS COULD HAVE A DOMINO EFFECT ON OTHER KIWI EXPORTERS. THEY BASICALLY REPRESENT NZ'S DAIRY INDUSTRY, AND SO YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE PEOPLE STARTING TO MAYBE DOUBT NZ'S CLEAN, GREEN IMAGE. THEY'LL HAVE TO WORK HARD TO REASSURE THE CUSTOMERS THAT THEY HAVE THE GOOD SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO PREVENT THIS HAPPENING AGAIN. AND TO SAVE AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION. BRIAR WELLS, ONE NEWS. SO WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT FOOD-BORNE BOTULISM? IT'S VERY RARE, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE MOST LETHAL FORMS OF FOOD POISONING. IT'S USUALLY CAUSED BY EATING PRESERVED AND CANNED FOODS, THE LACK OF OXYGEN PROVIDING THE RIGHT CONDITIONS FOR THE BACTERIA TO MULTIPLY. SYMPTOMS OCCUR BETWEEN 12 AND 36 HOURS LATER, WITH NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHOEA, THEN BLURRED VISION AND DROOPING EYELIDS AND SLURRED SPEECH. BOTULISM IN BABIES CAN SOMETIMES LEAD TO DEATH BUT IS USUALLY LESS SEVERE IN ADULTS. AND TRADE MINISTER TIM GROSER WILL BE ON Q + A TOMORROW WITH MORE ON HOW THE FONTERRA CONTAMINATION COULD HIT OUR INTERNATIONAL TRADE. IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, THE POLICE ASSOCIATION HAS THROWN ITS WEIGHT BEHIND CALLS FOR AN INQUIRY INTO THE CONVICTION OF TEINA PORA. THE FORMER MONGREL MOB PROSPECT HAS ALREADY SPENT 20 YEARS IN JAIL FOR THE RAPE AND MURDER OF AUCKLAND WOMAN SUSAN BURDETT. GEORGINA BALL REPORTS. TEINA PORA HAS SPENT MORE THAN TWO DECADES BEHIND BARS FOR A RAPE AND MURDER HE SAYS HE DIDN'T COMMIT. NOW THE POLICE UNION HAS BROKEN RANKS AND IS DEMANDING AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE CASE SUFFICIENT NUMBERS OF SENIOR POLICE AND POLICE WITH A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF THIS CASE ARE CONCERNED THAT TEINA PORA MAY HAVE BEEN WRONGLY CONVICTED. PORA WAS JUST 19 WHEN HE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR THE RAPE AND MURDER OF SUSAN BURDETT IN HER SOUTH AUCKLAND HOME. SINCE THEN, PORA'S BEEN FOUND GUILTY A SECOND TIME AT RE-TRIAL. BUT HIS LEGAL TEAM SAYS IT HAS FRESH EVIDENCE THE JURY NEVER HEARD, AND IT'S SEEKING AN APPEAL AT THE PRIVY COUNCIL. IT'S ALSO BACKING THE CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW. IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY STEP BY THE POLICE ASSOCIATION. I THINK IT DEMONSTRATES A REAL LEVEL OF CONCERN BY POLICE, OR SOME POLICE OFFICERS, AT TEINA'S CONVICTION THE MOVE IS A RARE ONE. IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN AT LEAST 16 YEARS THE POLICE ASSOCIATION HAS CALLED FOR A REVIEW. IT WANTS THE JUSTICE MINISTER, JUDITH COLLINS, TO STEP IN AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. BUT BOTH THE JUSTICE MINISTER AND POLICE BOSSES ARE REFUSING TO COMMENT ON THE CASE. THEY SAY BECAUSE PORA'S TEAM'S CONSIDERING GOING TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL, IT'D BE INAPPROPRIATE TO COMMENT OR INTERFERE IN THE COURT PROCESS. BUT PORA'S LEGAL TEAM SAYS THE APPEAL HASN'T STARTED. IT'D WELCOME AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW INSTEAD OF THE COSTLY APPEAL PROCESS. ALL IT WANTS IS FOR TEINA PORA TO BE PARDONED. GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS. A PRIVACY LAWYER WARNS PETER DUNNE'S THREATS OF LEGAL ACTION OVER THE EMAIL SCANDAL WON'T GIVE HIM ANY REMEDIES. MR DUNNE MAY TAKE ACTION AFTER EMAILS BETWEEN HIM AND JOURNALIST ANDREA VANCE WERE RELEASED TO THE GCSB LEAK INQUIRY. THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE EMAILS COULD NOT BE OPENED. YOU USE THE ANALOGY OF A SEALED ENVELOPE WITH DOCUMENTS INSIDE IT. YOU MIGHT RECEIVE IT, BUT IF YOU DON'T OPEN IT AND LOOK AT THE DOCUMENTS INSIDE, THERE HAS BEEN NO DISCLOSURE, AND IT'S THAT DISCLOSURE WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO ACCESSING ANY LEGAL REMEDY. OPPOSTION PARTIES ARE CALLING FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S CHIEF OF STAFF, WAYNE EAGLESON, TO STAND ASIDE, AFTER IT WAS DISCOVERED HE PRESSURED PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES TO RELEASE THE INFORMATION. THERE ARE REPORTS COMING OUT OF AMERICA TONIGHT THAT AL QAEDA IS GETTING READY FOR A MAJOR TERRORIST STRIKE. IN RESPONSE, THE US STATE DEPARTMENT IS PREPARING TO SHUT DOWN MORE THAN 20 EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES AROUND THE WORLD, AND AMERICANS OVERSEAS ARE BEING WARNED THAT A PLOT IS UNDERWAY. THE ABC'S MARTHA RADDATZ HAS MORE. THE WORLDWIDE WARNING IS ALARMING AND UNUSUALLY BROAD. IT COVERS TRAVEL FOR AMERICANS ACROSS THE GLOBE AND CAUTIONS TRAVELLERS TO BE ESPECIALLY WARY OF TOURIST SITES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. ALSO UNUSUAL ` THE WARNING WILL STAY IN EFFECT UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST. THE BULLETIN SAYS... WE SPOKE TODAY EXCLUSIVELY TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS FOR ABC'S 'THIS WEEK'. IT IS AN AL QAEDA` AN AFFILIATED THREAT, YEAH, SO IT IS OF THE AL QAEDA BRANCH. IS THE THREAT TO BLOW UP AN EMBASSY, A CONSULATE OR SOMETHING ELSE? THAT PART OF IT IS UNSPECIFIED, BUT THE INTENT SEEMS CLEAR. AND THE INTENT IS TO WHAT? THE INTENT IS TO ATTACK WESTERN, NOT JUST US, INTERESTS. A SENIOR US OFFICIAL TOLD ABC NEWS THAT THIS IS AN ACTIVE PLOT COMING FROM YEMEN, WHERE THE SO-CALLED UNDERWEAR BOMBER GOT HIS TRAINING AND WHERE RADICAL AMERICAN CLERIC ANWAR AL-AWLAKI DIRECTED TERRORIST ATTACKS UNTIL HE WAS KILLED IN A DRONE STRIKE TWO YEARS AGO. BUT THERE IS A NEW BOSS NOW, NASIR AL-WUHAYSHI, NOW THE COORDINATOR OF WORLDWIDE ATTACK PLANNING. INTELLIGENCE SHOWED HIS LATEST PLOT COULD INVOLVE MULTIPLE TARGETS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE YEMEN, THUS THE LONG LIST OF EMBASSY CLOSURES ACROSS THE MUSLIM WORLD. THIS AFTER BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SECURITY MEASURES THAT CAN STOP A TRUCK AND PROTECT FROM BLAST. AND OUR GOVERNMENT'S ADVISING NZERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA TO EXERCISE A HIGH DEGREE OF SECURITY AWARENESS IN PUBLIC PLACES AND TO AVOID PROTESTS AND POLITICAL RALLIES. LOUD, PAROCHIAL AND PASSIONATE ` A RATHER LARGE WAIKATO CROWD WILL BURST INTO MANY LIVING ROOMS IN JUST OVER AN HOUR AS THE CHIEFS CHASE BACK-TO-BACK SUPER RUGBY TITLES. ABBY SCOTT'S SPENT THE DAY IN THE TRON AND HAD A TASTE OF FINALS FEVER WAIKATO-STYLE. THIS IS A SOUND YOU'LL BE FAMILIAR WITH. IT'S A COWBELL. PLENTY OF THOSE ARE HERE AT THE STADIUM. THE CHEIFS IS ABOUT MORE THAN WAIKATO. 25,000 FANS ARE EXPECTED. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT HERE. SALLY JOHNSON'S A CHIEFS SUPPORTER FROM HEAD TO TOE. I GO TO EVERY HOME GAME. I'LL GO TO PUKEKOHE, UP TO EDEN PARK, OVER TO THE MOUNT. AND SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE. IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR IN THE JOHNSON HOUSEHOLD. ALL CHEER: CHIEFS! THE GRANDKIDS HAVE WAIKATO COLOURS IN THEIR BLOOD. I PUT IT ON EVERY TIME THERE'S A GAME, AND YESTERDAY I ALSO WORE IT TO SUPPORT THE CHIEFS. THE 64-YEAR-OLD GRAN'S BEEN A SEASON REGULAR FOR TWO DECADES ` SO FAMILIAR THAT MANY OF THE PLAYERS KNOW HER, EVEN HER FAVOURITE, RICHARD KAHUI. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN FRIENDLY ` ALWAYS COMES AND SAYS HELLO TO ME, GIVES ME A HUG OR KISS, YOU KNOW. 'HELLO, AUNTY' (LAUGHS) CAITLIN (8) IS MORE AN AARON CRUDEN FAN. HE IS THE BEST KICKER, FOR ME, AND I THINK HE'S HANDSOME. THE FAMILY WILL JOIN THE SELL-OUT CROWD EXPECTED AT WAIKATO STADIUM TONIGHT. COME UP FROM OTOROHANGA. CARLOADS ARE COMING UP FROM ROTORUA, WELLINGTON. FRIENDS FROM GISBORNE ARE COMING UP, SO... IT'S GONNA TO BE A HUGE NIGHT. BRUMBIES FANS MAY HAVE HAD FURTHER TO TRAVEL, BUT THAT HASN'T STOPPED THEM COMING. PERHAPS THE MOST DEDICATED CAME FROM LOS ANGELES. I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF THEY WEREN'T IN THE FINAL. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE ` TO CHEER THEM ON AND GIVE THEM SUPPORT. EMOTIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH. I WILL CRY... AND CAN CRY. EVEN IF THEY WIN, HE WILL CRY. AS FOR THE WOMAN THE PLAYERS CALL AUNTY, SHE'S SURE HER TEAM CAN SECURE THE WIN. ONE POINT'S ENOUGH, LIKE LAST WEEKEND. MORE THAN ENOUGH TO GIVE THE MIGHTY CHIEFS TWO CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIP WINS. AND ABBY, NOT JUST A BIG NIGHT FOR THE FANS, BUT IN PARTICULAR A FEW OF THE CHIEFS PLAYERS WHO ARE MOVING ON. YES. FIVE PLAYERS WILL BE TAKING OVERSEAS CONTRACTS AFTER TONIGHT'S GAME. RICHARD KAHUI'S OFF TO JAPAN. THE TEAM HOPE THEY CAN GIVE THEM A SEND-OFF. AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` A SCHOOL BLOCK IS WRECKED BY ARSON, JUST DAYS AWAY FROM OPENING NEW CLASSROOMS. THE KIWI BANKER TAKING ON THE JOB OF REVIVING ONE OF BRITAIN'S BIGGEST BUSINESSES, THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND. AND AN AIRBORNE SEMI-TRAILER COMES TO A CRASHING HALT ON AN AMERICAN HIGHWAY. FOR FOUR YEARS, AN AUCKLAND SCHOOL HAS DOUBLED AS A CONSTRUCTION SITE. NOW JUST DAYS AWAY FROM OPENING BRAND NEW CLASSROOMS, POINT CHEVALIER PRIMARY HAS BEEN HIT BY ARSON. AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WAS DESTROYED EARLY TODAY, BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DAMAGE COULD HAVE BEEN FAR WORSE. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS REPORTS. IT DIDN'T TAKE FIRE CREWS LONG TO WORK OUT THIS WAS A CRIME SCENE. A FEW THINGS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED WHICH HAVE BEEN PRETTY DISTURBING. 4 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AND AN ARSONIST HAS ATTACKED THE ADMINISTRATION BLOCK AT AUCKLAND'S POINT CHEVALIER SCHOOL. WE FOUND A MULTIPLE NUMBER OF SEEDS OF FIRE, WELL AWAY FROM THE BLAZE OF THE BUILDING, BEHIND US. THAT'S LEFT STAFF DEVASTATED... UM... SORRY. ...AND SPARKED A POLICE INVESTIGATION. AFTER A MASSIVE FOUR-YEAR BUILDING EFFORT, THE SCHOOL WAS SET TO OPEN NEW CLASSROOMS ON MONDAY. THOSE BUILDINGS WERE SPARED. IT STILL MEANS THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE TO DEAL WITH MORE CONSTRUCTION, AND WE WERE HOPING THAT WOULD END FOR THEM. THE ROLL HERE IS GROWING ALL THE TIME, AND YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION HAVE CONTROLLED WHERE THE CHILDREN CAN AND CAN'T GO. NOW THERE'S A CORDON RIGHT AT THE HEART OF THE SCHOOL, AND IT BADLY NEEDS THE SPACE. WORK TO SECURE THE SITE BEGAN TODAY, AND DESPITE THE DRAMA, THE SCHOOL SAYS CLASSES ARE LIKELY TO GO AHEAD. I THINK A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE BUILDINGS, AND THEY'LL GO, 'YES, I WANT TO BE A BUILDER', 'I WANT TO BE AN ENGINEER', 'I WANNA BE A DESIGNER', OR THEY'LL GO, 'I NEVER WANT TO SEE ANOTHER BUILDER IN ALL MY LIFE'. INSPIRATION FOR SOME, BUT A REALITY THEY'LL HAVE TO PUT UP WITH FOR SOME TIME YET. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, ONE NEWS. 11 HAVE DIED IN CUBA AFTER A MASS POISONING FROM BLACK-MARKET RUM. ANOTHER 59 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HOSPITALISED AFTER DRINKING THE POISONOUS LIQUOR. THE LIQUOR TURNED OUT TO BE MADE FROM STOLEN METHYL ALCOHOL. METHYL ALCOHOL IS COMMONLY USED AS A SOLVENT IN MEDICAL LABORATORIES AND AS A FUEL OR ANTIFREEZE. ZIMBABWE'S MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE SAYS IT COULD BE FORCED TO CHALLENGE THE COUNTRY'S ELECTION RESULT ON THE STREETS. THE CLAIMED VICTORY OF PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE (89) IS BEING DISMISSED AS A 'SHAM' BY HIS POLITICAL RIVAL MORGAN TSVANGIRAI. THIS FROM ZIMBABWE. THE BBC'S NOMSA MASEKO REPORTS. IT WAS BUSINESS AS USUAL ON THE STREETS OF HARARE TODAY, BUT FOR THE CAPITAL AND THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE, THERE IS UNEASINESS TOO. FINAL RESULTS FROM THE ELECTION AREN'T IN YET, BUT ROBERT MUGABE'S ZANU-PF PARTY LOOKS TO HAVE WON BY A LARGE MARGIN. AFRICAN OBSERVER MISSIONS HAVE GIVEN THEIR CAUTIOUS APPROVAL FOR THE POLL. IT IS IN THE RURAL HEARTLAND OF THIS COUNTRY THAT THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE ALLEGED THE RIGGING STARTED, WITH VILLAGE ELDERS BEING USED TO INTIMIDATE VILLAGERS INTO VOTING FOR ZANU-PF. ONE MDC CANDIDATE SHOWED ME EVIDENCE OF WHAT HE SAID WERE IRREGULARITIES. REPORTS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAND OVER, UH, TO OBSERVERS, BUT THEY WERE NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. AND THESE HAVE NEVER BEEN COLLECTED? NEVER, NEVER. NOT AT ALL. AS THE WEEK DRAWS TO A CLOSE, THERE IS CONCERN HERE ON THE STREETS OF HARARE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THESE ELECTIONS WERE FREE AND FAIR. I SPOKE TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ` SOME WHO WERE ABLE TO VOTE; OTHERS WERE SIMPLY TURNED AWAY FROM POLLING STATIONS BECAUSE THEIR NAMES WERE NOT ON THE VOTER'S ROLL. I WANT TO VOTE, BUT I COULDN'T, FOR MY NAME WAS NOT THERE. WERE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? YES, I DID. THEY COULDN'T FIND MY NAME. AND AS A RESULT, WERE YOU TURNED AWAY AT THE POLLING STATION? YES. WE PUT THESE ALLEGATIONS TO ZANU-PF. THIS ELECTION HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY THE AU, BY THE OBSERVER MISSION TEAMS, AS AN ELECTION THAT HAS BEEN FREE, THAT HAS BEEN PEACEFUL, THAT HAS BEEN CREDIBLE. AND SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE COMING FROM. DESPITE THE OPPOSITION CLAIMS, ZANU-PF AND ITS VETERAN LEADER LOOK SET TO EMERGE FROM ANOTHER ELECTION WITH MORE POWER THAN THEY'VE HAD IN YEARS. UNDER ZIMBABWEAN LAW, ANY LEGAL CHALLENGE TO THE ELECTION RESULT MUST BE MADE IN SEVEN DAYS. RUSSIA'S BACKED DOWN OVER ITS THREAT THAT GAY ATHLETES COMPETING AT NEXT YEAR'S WINTER OLYMPICS COULD FACE PUNISHMENT. THE GOVERNMENT HAD WARNED THAT COMPETITORS AND SPECTATORS WHO OPENLY FLAUNT THEIR SEXUALITY MAY FACE FINES, ARREST AND DEPORTATION. BUT NOW IT SAYS THE COUNTRY'S STRINGENT ANTI-GAY LAWS WILL NOT APPLY DURING THE OLYMPICS, ONE OFFICIAL SAYING THEY NEED TO BE AS POLITE AND TOLERANT AS POSSIBLE. A BABY ELEPHANT IN A TEXAS ZOO TOOK A BREAK FROM THE HOT SUMMER HEAT FOR A DIP IN A BABY POOL. BELLE, WHO'S ONLY THREE WEEKS OLD AND WEIGHED A 150 KILOS AT BIRTH, IS ONLY THE SECOND ASIAN ELEPHANT TO BE BORN AT THE ZOO IN ITS 104-YEAR HISTORY. ZOOKEEPERS PUT THE INFLATABLE POOL IN HER ENCLOSURE ESPECIALLY FOR HER ENJOYMENT. ASIAN ELEPHANTS ARE LISTED AS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES. WINTER WEATHER NOW. ARE YOU PUTTING OUT FALSE ALARMS, SAM? THANKS, BERNIE. DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER. THERE WERE SOME UNEXPECTED CLEAR SKIES FROM WELLINGTON UP THE LENGTH OF THE WEST COAST, INTO SOUTH AUCKLAND. A PLEASANT SURPRISE. BETTER THAN THE OTHER WAY ROUND. TODAY'S HIGH WAS 18 DEGREES IN PORT TAHAROA IN RAGLAN. AND MORE GOOD NEWS TO COME. IT'S LOOKING GOOD FOR THE FOOTY TONIGHT ` IT'S CLEAR AND WARM. WHAT WE DID GET RIGHT ` RAIN IN THE EAST, AND I CAN PROVE THAT WITH THE RADAR. 70MM FEEDING ONTO THE EAST CAPE, AND THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE WELL INTO TOMORROW. A WARNING REMAINS IN PLACE. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ PHOTO OF THE DAY ` MEET BEAR, THE LABRADOR, SOAKING UP A STUNNING SUNSET ON LAKE TE ANAU AFTER AN AFTERNOON OF TROUT FISHING. SEE YOU AFTER SPORT WITH A SOGGY-LOOKING FORECAST. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` THE KIWI BANKER TAKING ON THE JOB OF HEADING ONE OF BRITAIN'S BIGGEST BUSINESSES. CAUGHT ON CAMERA, A RUNAWAY TRUCK GETS AIRBORNE BEFORE CRASHING AND EXPLODING. AND THE KIWI CHEF DISHING UP A TASTE OF NZ AT THE AMERICA'S CUP. & A NZER'S SET TO TAKE UP ONE OF THE BIGGEST JOBS IN BRITISH BUSINESS - RUNNING ITS MOST TROUBLED BANK. FORMER ASB BANK EXECUTIVE ROSS MCEWAN HAS BECOME THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND'S GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY HAS MORE. ROSS MCEWAN IS CREATING HUGE ATTENTION AS THE CUT-PRICE KIWI BANKER COMING TO GET THE RBS READY FOR SALE. AT $1.9M DOLLARS A YEAR, HE'LL BE PAID ABOUT HALF WHAT THE BANK GIVES ANDY MURRAY EACH YEAR UNDER A LONG-RUNNING SPONSORSHIP OF THE WIMBLEDON WINNER THE LEGS FEEL GOOD RIGHT NOW... ROSS MCEWAN'S MORE OF A CYCLING FAN. THIS IS FROM A FUNDRAISER WHILE HE WAS HEAD OF RETAIL BANKING AT AUSTRALIA'S COMMONWEALTH BANK. HE MOVED THERE FROM ASB, WHERE HE WAS DEFENDER OF 100% HOME LOANS, ARGUING PEOPLE WOULD SUFFER IF THE RESERVE BANK STOPPED THEM. THE WEALTHY WILL CONTINUE TO GET VERY WEALTHY OUT OF THAT SORT OF MOVE, AND THOSE ON THE LOWER INCOMES WILL NEVER GET A FOOTHOLD INTO A HOME. THAT WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO, BEFORE THE SUBPRIME LENDING COLLAPSE. THANKS TO EXACTLY THAT KIND OF RISKY LENDING BY RBS AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, THE BANK NEARLY COLLAPSED, WRITING OFF 1.4 TRILLION DOLLARS IN BAD DEBTS SINCE 2008. BRITISH TAXPAYERS NOW OWN OVER 80% OF RBS AFTER A $90B BAILOUT, SOMETHING THE NEWCOMER WAS KEEN TO STRESS HE UNDERSTANDS IN REMARKS THE BANK RELEASED TODAY. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE UK ECONOMY TO HAVE THIS BANK BACK UP AND RUNNING AND DOING WHAT BANKS SHOULD BE DOING ` LOOKING AFTER CUSTOMERS, PROVIDING FINANCES TO INDIVIDUALS, SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES. AS A GESTURE IN AUSTERE TIMES, ROSS MCEWAN'S BASE SALARY IS 400,000 LESS THAN THE MAN HE REPLACES, AND HE'S TURNING DOWN ANY BONUSES FOR 15 MONTHS. HERE AT 11 DOWNING STREET, ROSS MCEWAN'S APPOINTMENT IS WELCOME. CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER GEORGE OSBORNE SEEMS TO LIKE THAT HE COMES FROM THE SIDE OF BANKING THAT MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ` HOME LOANS AND BUSINESS LENDING. IT FITS WITH THEIR PLANS TO GET RBS LENDING TO HELP SPUR AN ECONOMY THAT'S ALMOST FLAT LINING. THE OTHER BIG CHALLENGE FOR ROSS MCEWAN IS RETURNING THAT TAXPAYER BAILOUT. THAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT YEAR. SUCCESS WILL MEAN THE CUT-PRICE KIWI CAN HOPE FOR MUCH RICHER REWARDS. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, LONDON. IN THE US, A TRUCK DRIVER AND HIS SON (7) HAVE HAD A REMARKABLE ESCAPE FROM A FIERY CRASH. WATCH WHAT HAPPENS ON THIS DASH-CAM VISION FROM ANOTHER MOTORIST ` THE SEMI-TRUCK GETS AIRBORNE, ERUPTING INTO A FIREBALL. MAN: HOLY <BLEEP>. THE TRUCK DRIVER AND HIS SON SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES. THE FATHER NOW SAYS HE SWERVED TO AVOID ANOTHER CAR THAT HAD DRIFTED INTO HIS LANE. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE CRASH. CELEBRITY CHEF AL BROWN, THE STAR OF 'HUNGER FOR THE WILD' AND 'DISHING UP AUSTRALIA', IS NOW PROMOTING NZ CUISINE TO AMERICANS. THE VERDICT? WELL, IT'S ALL ABOUT 'A FRONT-LOAD OF FLAVOUR'. MARTIN TASKER EXPLAINS. AL BROWN, PREPARING LUNCH FOR 100 INFLUENTIAL FOLK FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO FOOD TRADE. LETS GET A NICE LITTLE` SPREAD OUT BUT RANDOM. SO IT LOOKS LIKE A CAMPFIRE, YEAH? WINE FROM 16 VINEYARDS, BEER, OLIVE OIL, AVOCADO OIL, BUTTER, CHEESE, MEAT, FISH, EVEN SEAWEED ` A SHOWCASE OF NZ NOSH. THE MENU AND THE FOODS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DEMONSTRATE TODAY IS ALL ABOUT NZ. OBVIOUSLY IT'S ABOUT, I GUESS, FRESH. FOOD BUYERS, CHEFS, RESTAURATEURS, DISTRIBUTORS ` ALL LEARNING ABOUT THE DIVERSITY AND AVAILABILITY OF KIWI PRODUCE IN AMERICA'S CULINARY MECCA. THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. WITH THE AMERICA'S CUP ON THE WATER HERE, WE ARE ABLE TELL A STORY TO A CITY WHICH NORMALLY BUYS LOCAL THAT THEY CAN BUY FROM NZ. GET THIS ` CLOUDY BAY CLAMS, SALMON AND KINGFISH SASHIMI, WAGYU BEEF SALAD, LAMB SHOULDER AND BACK STRAPS. MAKES ME FEEL HOMESICK. KEEP THE SALAD UP HIGH. SUCH NZ CUISINE IS A NOVEL EXPERIENCE HERE. FRANCE, ITALY ` THOSE GO WAY BACK. NZ IS REALLY A NEW THING FOR US. A CERTAIN AROMA WAFTS THROUGH THE DEMO ROOM AS AL BROWN DEMONSTRATES HOW HE COOKED WHAT THEY'VE JUST EATEN. YOU KNOW, WALKING DOWN THE DRIVE FROM SCHOOL OR WHATEVER, TO SMELL A ROAST LAMB COOKING... ANOTHER NEW EXPERIENCE. I THINK I READ THAT AMERICANS EAT A QUARTER POUND OF LAMB A YEAR. WE EAT THAT NEARLY A DAY. THE LOCALS SWAYED. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS PRETTY PURE AND REAL OVER THERE. I REALLY WANT TO GO DOWN THERE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS TODAY. THE FEEDBACK? OH, YEAH, AMAZING. I MEAN, THE PRODUCT DOES ALL THE TALKING. FRONT-LOADED WITH FLAVOUR INDEED. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS, SAN FRANCISCO. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` DIARY GIANT FONTERRA IS EMBROILED IN ANOTHER CONTAMINATION SCARE TONIGHT OVER WHEY PROTEIN THAT MAY HAVE BEEN TAINTED BY BOTULISM. PARENTS ARE BEING ADVISED NOT TO USE KARICARE FOLLOW-ON MILK FORMULA FOR CHILDREN FROM SIX MONTHS OLD BECAUSE OF CONCERNS IT COULD BE TAINTED WITH THE POTENTIALLY DEADLY BACTERIA. A TRAVEL WARNING IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE WORLD TONIGHT BECAUSE OF AN UNSPECIFIED AL QAEDA THREAT AGAINST THE UNITED STATES. THE US IS TEMPORARILY SHUTTING NEARLY TWO DOZEN EMBASSIES, AND OFFICIALS ARE URGING AMERICAN CITIZENS ABROAD TO BE EXTRA VIGILANT. JENNY-MAY JOINS US FOR SPORT FROM WAIKATO STADIUM AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S SUPER 15 RUGBY FINAL. MASSIVE EXCITEMENT HERE TONIGHT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. FIVE CHIEFS PLAYERS WILL SAY FAREWELL. WALLABIES AND BRUMBIES LEGEND GEORGE SMITH BIDS FAREWELL TO THE GAME. AND, ODDLY, IT'LL BE THE FIRST TIME THESE TWO TEAMS MEET THIS SEASON. SO PLENTY OF EMOTION AND INTRIGUE AWAITS. PLUS ` A HUGE DAY AT MT SMART STADIUM. CAN THE WARRIORS KICK OFF SUPER SPORT SATURDAY WITH A WIN AGAINST THE SHARKS? AUSTRALIA FINALLY MAKE A FIST OF THINGS IN THE THIRD ASHES TEST, MUCH TO ENGLAND'S DISPLEASURE. AND THE WOUNDS OF WAR AS A RUSSIAN BOXER ARRIVES TO TAKE ON DAVID TUA. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO SUPER SPORT SATURDAY. I'M JOINING YOU FROM WAIKATO STADIUM IN HAMILTON AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S SUPER RUGBY FINAL, THE CHIEFS HOSTING CANBERRA'S BRUMBIES. IT'S REMARKABLE TO THINK THESE SIDES HAVE NOT MET THIS SEASON DUE TO AN ANOMALY IN THE DRAW, BUT THEY BOAST ENVIABLE RECORDS GOING IN TO TONIGHT'S MATCH ` THE CHIEFS LOSING JUST ONE GAME AT HOME AND THE BRUMBIES WITH A FIVE-WIN- AND THREE-LOSS RECORD ON THE ROAD. JOINING ME NOW IS FORMER CHIEFS SKIPPER DEON MUIR. WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT THE UNFASHIONABLE CHIEFS WOULD BE TRYING TO GO BACK TO BACK? BIT DIFFERENT FROM YOUR DAY. It didn't happen in our day. Dave Rennie has built a good culture off the field and transferred that on to the field. THE BRUMBIES ARE GOOD ON THE ROAD. YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE HERE TONIGHT, DESPITE THE CHIEFS' HOME RECORD. I think the travel factor and the time factor will come into play. I think they will put on a good fight into half-time but the Chiefs boys will run ragged. THESE SIDES ARE SIMILAR. EXPECT THE FORWARDS TO CANCEL EACH OTHER OUT. THE BACKS LOVE THE BALL IN HAND. SO WHAT WILL BE THE DECIDING FACTOR? They're both formidable forward packs. I think the difference will be discipline and accuracy. It will come down to the little things. Discipline, accuracy and I think our team will have to direct the game well. BUT THE BRUMBIES HAVE THE IMPRESSIVE GEORGE SMITH RETIRING. THAT IS SURELY GOING TO ADD ENTHUSIASM. It will do. But no one man will change the game. The chiefs will have identified that. I think they will take another the game. If they do that and dominate, things will open up in the second half. DEON MUIR, FORMER CHIEFS SKIPPER. SO WE KNOW THE BRUMBIES WILL BE TRYING TO SEND OUT GEORGE SMITH WITH A THIRD SUPER RUGBY TITLE. THE 111 TEST FLANKER HAS BEEN AROUND EVEN LONGER THAN RICHIE MCCAW AND PROVIDES THE LINK BETWEEN THE CHAMPION BRUMBIES OF THE PAST AND THE CURRENT CROP. STEPHEN STUART CAUGHT UP WITH THE LEGEND ON LOAN FROM JAPAN. ACTUALLY, THE AUSSIE MEDIA DID THEIR BEST TO KEEP GEORGE SMITH ALL TO THEMSELVES. REMEMBER THE DREADLOCKED FLIER WHO SCORED FOR THE BRUMBIES IN THE 2000 FINAL? THE FEAR OF DREAD WAS STILL THERE NEXT YEAR AS THE CANBERRA OUTFIT CLAIMED ITS FIRST TITLE. AND SURE ENOUGH, SMITH HAD A BIG HAND IN THEIR SECOND IN 2004. GET AN OPEN PLAY. LOOK AT HIM GO. NOW HE HANDS IT OFF AGAIN TO SMITH. KICK AND CHASE. AND... WE'RE NOT DWELLING ON THE FACT THAT TEAMS OF BRUMBIES IN THE PAST WON CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2004 AND 2001. IT'S ALL ABOUT THIS GROUP AND WHAT THIS GROUP CAN ACHIEVE. THE BRUMBIES CATCH CRY IS 'BACK TO THE FUTURE'. CUE SMITH, WHOSE TRY-SAVING EFFORT ON HIS WAY TO THE MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD AGAINST THE BULLS LAST WEEK HELPED GET THEM BACK INTO THE BIG TIME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NINE YEARS, GIVING THE VETERAN THE CHANCE TO JOIN IMMORTALS GEORGE GREGAN AND STEPHEN LARKHAM WITH FIVE FINALS APPEARANCES. HE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE WAY WE'VE PLAYED THIS YEAR AND JUST ADDS A LEVEL OF COMPOSURE AND GIVES THE GUYS AROUND HIM A FAIR BIT OF CONFIDENCE. AND STILL HAS HIS RIVALS IN AWE. YEAH, I REMEMBER WATCHING GEORGE IN HIS FIRST GAME. YOU KNOW, HE HAD THE DREADS AND THAT. AND I THOUGHT THAT HE WAS THE MAN THEN, AND HE STILL IS THE MAN. YEAH, THE MAN'S 30-ODD, AND` < 33. 33, AND HE STILL RIPS UP. HE INSISTS HIS 142ND SUPER RUGBY GAME TONIGHT WILL BE HIS LAST, BEFORE RETURNING TO JAPAN. TO LEAVE THIS ORGANISATION WITH A WIN IN A FINAL WOULD BE FANTASTIC. BY GEORGE, A FITTING SEND-OFF FOR ONE OF RUGBY'S GOOD GUYS. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. AND ONE OF THE FORM PLAYERS OF THE SUPER RUGBY SEASON HAS MADE HIMSELF UNAVAILABLE FOR THE ALL BLACKS AHEAD OF THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP. RENE RANGER'S BEEN NAMED TO CAPTAIN NORTHLAND FOR THE ITM CUP BEFORE HE HEADS TO FRENCH CLUB MONTPELLIER INSTEAD. NORTHLAND COACH DERREN WITCOMBE SAYS THE 26-YEAR-OLD, WHO'S PLAYED SIX TESTS FOR THE ALL BLACKS, MADE THE DECISION FOR 'PERSONAL REASONS'. RANGER WAS EXPECTED TO BE NAMED IN THE ALL BLACKS SQUAD TOMORROW. ANOTHER SUPERB DAY FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS AS THEY TOOK CONTROL OF THEIR MUST-WIN THIRD ASHES TEST IN MANCHESTER. THE VISITORS RESUMED ON 303/3 ON DAY TWO, WHICH SAW HEROES, VILLAINS AND, OF COURSE, THE CONTROVERSIAL DECISION REVIEW SYSTEM ALL COME INTO PLAY. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. ENGLAND NOT WANTING TO SHOW ANY SIGN OF WEAKNESS. FAIR ENOUGH WHEN THEIR BOWLERS WERE ALREADY LOOKING VULNERABLE. THAT'S A LOVELY SHOT. MICHAEL CLARKE RODE HIS TALENT AND, YES, ON OCCASION HIS LUCK. SEE HIM STANDING THERE. 'WHERE IS IT? WHERE IS IT.? OH, IT'S GONE OVER ME' STEVE SMITH WAS NOT SO FORTUNATE. HIS HARD GRAFT WAS UNDONE WHEN HE GIFTED HIS WICKET TO GRAEME SWANN JUST SHY OF A CENTURY. SMITH WAS UNDERSTANDABLY FURIOUS. THE CROWD REACTION WOULD'VE DONE LITTLE TO IMPROVE HIS MOOD. CROWD BOOS DON'T WORRY. THE JEERS WEREN'T FOR HIM; RATHER, FOR HIS REPLACEMENT, ENGLAND'S FAVOURITE CRICKETING VILLAIN. PUNCHY SORT OF PLAYER. LOVES A SCRAP. DAVID WARNER ONLY SURVIVED FOR A FEW OBLIGATORY GAGS, THOUGH. HIS EXIT ON 5 INCITED THE CROWD EVEN MORE. OH MY GOODNESS ME. HE'S REVIEWED IT. HE'S GONE. CROWD BOOS DOWN THE OTHER END, CLARKE'S CAPTAIN'S KNOCK CONTINUED. THAT'S THE 150 FOR MICHAEL CLARKE. THE SKIPPER EVENTUALLY DEPARTED FOR 187. A DOUBLE BONUS FOR STUART BROAD. CLARKE WAS HIS 200TH TEST WICKET. SWANN THEN SNARED A FIVE-FOR WHEN PETER SIDDLE WENT CHEAPLY. BUT ANY HINT OF COLLAPSE WAS BROUGHT TO A HALT BY BRAD HADDIN AND MITCHELL STARC. PULLED AWAY. BEAUTIFUL SHOT. WHAT A WAY TO GO TO 50! THE PAIR PUT ON 97 BEFORE AUSTRALIA DECLARED. RECORD SPINNER NATHAN LYON CAUSED SOME TROUBLE AS ENGLAND DUG IN. REMEMBER, THEY ONLY NEED A DRAW TO RETAIN THE URN. EVENTUALLY, THOUGH, IT WAS PETER SIDDLE WHO BROKE THROUGH. AND I THINK HE HAS EDGED IT. YES, GONE. SIDDLE FOOLED THE NIGHTWATCHMAN TOO. TIM BRESNAN DECIDED HIS WICKET WASN'T WORTHY OF A REVIEW. TOO BAD. HE WASN'T OUT. IT WAS AUSTRALIA'S DAY AGAIN, LEAVING ENGLAND'S FANS TO TAKE ALL THE COMFORT THEY COULD GET. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. SO STEVE SMITH AND MICHAEL CLARKE'S 214-RUN PARTNERSHIP WAS THE KEY FOR AUSTRALIA, THE CAPTAIN'S 187 HIS HIGHEST TEST KNOCK OVERSEAS. ENGLAND RESUMES TONIGHT ON 52/2 TRAILING BY 475. THE WARRIORS HAD THE CHANCE TO STORM IN TO RUGBY LEAGUE'S TOP EIGHT WHEN THEY HOSTED THE CRONULLA SHARKS AT MT SMART TONIGHT. THE SHARKS BATTERED THEM IN AUCKLAND LAST YEAR, BUT A BIG WIN COULD TAKE THE WARRIORS PAST THE SHARKS AND AS HIGH AS SIXTH. HERE'S STEPHEN STUART. THE SHARKS HAVE BEATEN THE WARRIORS IN THEIR LAST THREE MATCHES AND WERE SWARMING AGAIN EARLY. BIG DEFENCE THEN THWARTED THE HOME SIDE. AND WHEN THEY TURNED THE BALL OVER AGAIN, RETURNING CAPTAIN PAUL GALLEN'S OFFLOAD PUT BIG CENTRE BEN POMEROY AWAY FOR A SOFT AND RARE TRY. HOWEVER, WHEN THE BALL DID STICK, MANU VATUVEI FOUND HIS WAY THROUGH THE SHARKS' NET. THERE IS VATUVEI. BUT FORGETTING THE RULES DENIED HIM A DOUBLE. PLEASE. MANU. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. PLEASE. MANU. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF, POMEROY PASSED AGAIN AND MANAGED TO SLIP A PASS. PICKED UP BY STAPLETON. BUT THE CENTRE CRASHED HEAVILY AND WAS FORCED FROM THE FIELD. IT'S A TOUGH, TOUGH GAME. HIS WARRIORS COUNTERPART THEN SCORED, TO SET UP A TIGHT FINISH. LAST NIGHT, THE ROOSTERS PUMMELLED PENRITH 42-6 TO POWER TO THE TOP OF THE TABLE. JUST GONE THROUGH A YAWNING GAP. THE KIWI CONNECTION COMBINED FOR A ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK STUNNER. THERE GOES TUIVASA-SHECK. HE WAS THERE; THEN HE'S NOT THERE. AND IN NEWCASTLE, A LATE KNIGHTS TRY DREW THEM LEVEL WITH THE BRISBANE BRONCOS. AND OUT THE BACK. CRAIG GOWER'S GROUND-GRUBBER THEN ENSURED THE MATCH WOULD GO TO GOLDEN POINT, WHERE KNIGHTS CAPTAIN JARROD MULLEN MANAGED TO MISS FOUR FIELD GOALS. IT FINISHED 18-18, MUCH TO EVERYONE'S RELIEF. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. HE MIGHT NOT BE FIRING IN THE MAJORS, BUT TIGER WOODS WAS THE TIGER OF OLD AT THE BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL, SHOOTING A CAREER-BEST-EQUALLING 61 IN THE SECOND ROUND. WOODS STARTED THE DAY FOUR UNDER THE CARD AND WAS IMMEDIATELY IN BIRDIE FORM. HE FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH THIS PUTT FOR EAGLE ON THE SECOND. FOUR BIRDIES ON THE TROT TO START THE BACK NINE. WOODS JUST NEEDED TO GO TWO-UNDER ON THE FINAL FIVE HOLES TO POST HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL SUB-60 ROUND. BUT IT WAS PAR GOLF TO THE END. THIS 9M EFFORT ON THE 18TH WAS A CLASSIC WOODS PUTT. OH, HO, HO! I FEEL REALLY GOOD. I HAD IT GOING TODAY. IT WAS A NICE START. FOUR-UNDER FOR THREE IS ALWAYS A NICE THING TO HAVE, AND I JUST LET THE ROUND JUST BUILD FROM THERE. WOODS SITS AT 13-UNDER, SEVEN SHOTS CLEAR OF THE FIELD, WITH TWO ROUNDS TO PLAY. GIANT BELARUSIAN BOXER ALEXANDER USTINOV HAS ARRIVED IN NZ FOUR WEEKS AHEAD OF HIS FIGHT WITH DAVID TUA. THE 36-YEAR-OLD STILL BEARS THE SCARS FROM HIS FORMER KICK-BOXING CAREER, WHICH BROUGHT HIM TO NZ IN 2007. SINCE SWITCHING TO BOXING, HE'S ONLY HAD THE ONE LOSS AFTER BEING HIT IN THE EAR LAST YEAR AND TAKING A KNEE. THE FORMER SOLDIER SHOWED HIS DRY SENSE OF HUMOUR WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS DISGRACED COUNTRYWOMAN NADZEYA OSTAPCHUK. (SPEAKS BELARUSIAN) NO, HE SAID, I'D RATHER SAY THAT` MALICIOUS GOSSIP? > NO. (SPEAKS BELARUSIAN) THE 2.2M BOXER WILL TRAVEL THE COUNTRY PROMOTING THE HAMILTON BOUT. A DAY AFTER BIDDING FAREWELL TO THEIR BEST PLAYER, CEDRIC JACKSON, THE NZ BREAKERS ARE ON THE SEARCH TO FIND TALENT OF THE FUTURE. 30 YOUNGSTERS ARE TRIALLING THIS WEEKEND FOR HIGHLY-PRIZED DEVELOPMENT PLAYER CONTRACTS WITH THE TEAM, AMONG THEM AN AMERICAN WITH A KIWI CONNECTION. PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. THEY'VE COME FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, SHOOTING FOR A SPOT ON THE BREAKERS' ROSTER. IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE KIDS COMING HERE TODAY IS WORKING TOWARDS. WE HAD TO TURN, UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE AWAY. IT'S A GREAT TURNOUT, AND I THINK THERE'LL BE A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR THOSE SPOTS. IT MIGHT MEAN SPENDING TIME ON THE END OF THE BREAKERS' BENCH, BUT LANDING A DEVELOPMENT PLAYER CONTRACT WITH THE THREE-PEAT NBL CHAMPIONS CAN BE A TICKET TO THE BIG TIME. BREAKERS STARS LIKE TOM ABERCROMBIE, MIKA VUKONA AND ALEX PLEDGER WERE ALL ONCE DEVELOPMENT PLAYERS. YOU GET TO LEARN FROM SOME OF THE BEST PLAYERS NZ'S EVER PRODUCED. WHILE THE PATTERN FOR MANY TALENTED KIWI YOUNGSTERS IS TO LOOK STATESIDE TO BOOST THEIR BASKETBALL CREDENTIALS ` NBA PICK STEVEN ADAMS IS THE SHINING EXAMPLE OF THAT ` ONE AMERICAN-BORN PLAYER WITH DUAL CITIZENSHIP THANKS TO HIS KIWI MUM IS COMING HERE TO FURTHER HIS CAREER. IT'S CLICHE, BUT IT WOULD BE LIVING MY DREAM TO PLAY PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL, AND I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER PLACE TO DO IT THAN NZ, WHICH IS WHERE MY MUM'S FAMILY'S FROM. OH WAS THE STAR POINT GUARD FOR HIS WASHINGTON DC HIGH SCHOOL TEAM, GOING ON TO PLAY DIVISION-THREE COLLEGE BALL. HE TURNED UP, HE'S DEAD KEEN TO GIVE IT A CRACK, AND HE'S BEEN WORKING IT OUT AND WORKING OUT. HE HAS A GREAT CHANCE. SCHOOLBOY AND TALL BLACK JACK SALT (17) IS ALREADY GUARANTEED A DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT. CURRENT COACHES AND BREAKERS STARS MAY EVEN HAVE SOME INPUT FROM FORMER COACH ANDREJ LEMANIS, WHO WAS COURTSIDE, BEFORE ANNOUNCING THE THREE LUCKY SQUAD MEMBERS IN ABOUT A WEEK. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE WARRIORS HAVE GONE DOWN TO THE SHARKS, 18-14. AFTER THE BREAK, SAM'S GOT THE WEATHER FOR YOUR PLACE, AND THERE'S A WET START TO SUNDAY FOR SOME. TOMORROW ON Q+A ` THE LATEST POLL ON LEADERSHIP. HAS THE SPY SCANDAL HURT THE PM? HELEN CLARK ON TERRORISM AND SMASHING THE GLASS CEILING AND THE WAREHOUSE ON PAYING A LIVING WAGE. DO JOIN ME TOMORROW MORNING AT THE EARLIER TIME OF 8.50 HERE ON ONE. HELLO AGAIN. A LOVELY DAY IF YOU'RE A WESTSIDER. BUT THE RAIN CONTINUES IN GISBORNE TONIGHT. A WARNING REMAINS IN PLACE. IT'S EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THERE'S ALSO A WATCH FOR GALE-FORCE WINDS FOR THE BAY OF PLENTY. HIGH ON THE PRIORITY LIST ` DRY RUGBY IN HAMILTON TONIGHT. A LIGHT SOUTHERLY BREEZE AND 13 DEGREES AT KICK-OFF. A LOOK FROM THE SATELLITE ` THE LOW SPIRALS AWAY TO THE NORTH-EAST. HERE'S THE WINDOW OF CLEAR SKIES THAT OPENED UP IN AUCKLAND AND DOWN OVER CENTRAL NZ TODAY. CLOUD TO THE WEST MARKS A WET FRONT, AND THERE'S ANOTHER BLUE LINE RUNNING TRAIN ON THAT. SO, TOMORROW, THE LOW SLIDES EAST. THE MOIST EASTERLY FLOW CONTINUES TO FEED SHOWERS INTO THE EAST. THE FRONT PARKS UP ON THE WEST COAST. THE COLD CARRIAGE SWEEPS LOW AND BRUSHES THE FAR SOUTH. AND THERE'S PLENTY MORE IN THE CONVOY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SO ITS A WET START IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. RAIN IN THE WEST AND SOUTH. PATCHY DRIZZLE IN THE EAST. NELSON IS CLOUDY, BUT SHOULD REMAIN DRY. THINGS CLEAR UP IN THE FAR SOUTH TOWARDS THE AFTERNOON. NORTH-EASTERLY WINDS, EASING ON THE COAST. TO THE NORTH ISLAND ` THE RAIN IS IN THE EAST. HEAVY IN THE GISBORNE RANGES. A FEW SHOWERS IN THE NORTH. JUST HIGH CLOUD IN THE WEST TO WELLINGTON. WESTERLIES IN THE NORTH. EASTERLIES FOR THE REST OF US. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM ME. THERE'S A LITTLE MORRINSVILLE IN MY BLOOD, SO GO THE MIGHTY CHIEFS, AND I'LL CATCH YOU TOMORROW.. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SATURDAY. FROM US AND ALL THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY FINN SCOTT-KELLY AND CONOR WHITTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.