TONIGHT ` SHE SMACKED, SHE WASHED MOUTHS WITH SOAP, AND SHE FORCE-FED. DAYCARE TEACHER LYNN ABRAHAM IS FOUND GUILTY ON CHARGES OF ASSAULTING YOUNG CHILDREN IN HER CARE. BACK IN TROUBLE OFF THE FIELD. THE FORMER KIWI LEAGUE STAR ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY BUYING COCAINE. JOSEPH PARKER TIPS THE SCALES CONSIDERABLY LIGHTER THAN HIS LAST-MINUTE OPPONENT FOR TOMORROW'S HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT. AN AUCKLAND CHILDCARE TEACHER'S BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF TEN CHARGES OF ASSAULTING PRE-SCHOOLERS IN HER CARE. A JURY TOOK JUST UNDER FIVE HOURS TO FIND LYNN ABRAHAM (59) HAD SMACKED AND FORCE-FED CHILDREN AS WELL AS WASHING A CHILD'S MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP. BUT AS WILL HINE REPORTS, THERE'S EVIDENCE THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION WAS WARNED OF SUCH OFFENDING 18 MONTHS BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS ARRESTED. LYNN ABRAHAM WASN'T TAKING QUESTIONS AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY OF HITTING PRESCHOOLERS. SHE'S YET TO EXPLAIN WHY SHE ASSAULTED THE CHILDREN IN HER CARE ` AMONG THEM, THIS MAN'S SON, WHO SHE SMACKED ON THE HAND. WE DON'T HIT OUR CHILDREN. YOU DON'T EXPECT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO HIT THEM WHEN THEY'RE MEANT TO BE IN A SAFE PLACE. ABRAHAM WAS FOUND GUILTY OF 10 OUT OF 11 CHARGES AFTER A DAY-CARE ASSISTANT DOBBED HER IN LAST YEAR. BUT COULD AUTHORITIES HAVE INTERVENED EARLIER? THIS FATHER SAYS HE HEARD ABRAHAM THREATENING VIOLENCE IN 2014. I APPROACHED THE DOOR AND COULD HEAR LYNNIE SHOUTING, THREATENING TO SMACK A CHILD, I'M ASSUMING, A CHILD. DISTURBED, THE FAMILY TOOK DAUGHTER BELLE OUT OF THE CENTRE AND EMAILED THEIR CONCERNS TO THE EDUCATION MINISTRY. CHECKING IN SIX MONTHS LATER ON THE STATUS OF THE COMPLAINT, THEY WERE TOLD... WHEN 1 NEWS APPROACHED THE MINISTRY TO ASK HOW THE COMPLAINT HAD BEEN DEALT WITH, WE WERE TOLD, 'NO COMMENT UNTIL AFTER SENTENCING.' MEANWHILE, ANOTHER FAMILY RAISED THE SAME CONCERNS WITH THE DAY-CARE CENTRE MANAGEMENT ` AGAIN IN 2014. THE REPLY ` IT'S AN ORGANISATION FAILURE, REALLY. ABRAHAM ADMITTED POSSIBLY SMACKING SOME CHILDREN ON THE HAND BUT DENIED USING ANY OTHER SORT OF FORCE. SHE ABUSED THE CHILDREN. SHE NEEDS TO ANSWER WHY SHE DID THAT. WAS THE JOB TOO STRESSFUL? WAS IT... TOO MUCH TO HANDLE? AND WHY DIDN'T YOU LEAVE AND PUT YOURSELF IN ANOTHER JOB? QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE ANSWERED AT SENTENCING IN JULY. WILL HINE, 1 NEWS LEAGUE STAR SHAUN KENNY-DOWALL HAS TAKEN THE UNUSUAL STEP OF HAVING A BLOOD TEST TO PROVE THERE WAS NO COCAINE IN HIS SYSTEM AT THE TIME OF HIS ARREST. THE 29-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH POSSESSION AFTER HE WAS CAUGHT WITH THE DRUG OUTSIDE A SYDNEY NIGHT CLUB EARLY THIS MORNING. EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN REPORTS. ANOTHER COKE BUST FROM ANOTHER WELL-KNOWN KIWI SPORTSMAN. SYDNEY ROOSTERS STAR AND FORMER NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL SHAUN KENNY-DOWALL ARRESTED FOR DRUG POSSESSION. AND IT COULDN'T HAVE COME AT A WORSE TIME ` AND IT COULDN'T HAVE COME AT A WORSE TIME ` JUST AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S ANZAC TEST MATCH AGAINST THE KANGAROOS IN CANBERRA. THE INCIDENT HAS A CERTAIN AIR OF DEJA VU. BACK IN FEBRUARY, FORMER ALL BLACK ALI WILLIAMS WAS ARRESTED OUTSIDE A PARIS NIGHTCLUB FOR THE SAME REASONS. WILLIAMS WAS FINED 1500 EUROS AND LOOKS LIKELY TO LOSE HIS CONTRACT WITH FRENCH CLUB RACING 92. KENNY-DOWALL'S ARREST ALSO CASTING UNCERTAINTY ON HIS SPORTING FUTURE. HIS CONTRACT WITH THE ROOSTERS ENDS THIS SEASON, BUT THE STAR HAD BEEN SEEN DINING WITH THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS COACH, NATHAN BROWN. THE KNIGHTS NOT READY TO SPECULATE ON WHAT HIS ARREST COULD MEAN. THAT ONLY CAME TO LIGHT THIS MORNING. THAT HASN'T REALLY BEEN A FOCUS FOR US TODAY. HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT TOO SERIOUS. IT'S THE SECOND RUN-IN WITH THE COURT FOR THE KIWI. LAST YEAR HE WAS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND AND PUTTING HER IN A HEADLOCK. HE WAS EVENTUALLY CLEARED OF ALL CHARGES. THE ROOSTERS CLUB RELEASED A STATEMENT EARLIER TODAY CONFIRMING THEY HAD BEEN ADVISED OF AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED OVERNIGHT INVOLVING SHAUN KENNY-DOWALL. THEY SAY THEY'VE COMMENCED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MATTER AND THAT THE NRL INTEGRITY UNIT HAS BEEN ADVISED. KENNY-DOWALL LIKELY TO REMAIN ON THE SIDELINES UNTIL HE APPEARS IN COURT NEXT MONTH. EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN, 1 NEWS. PIKE RIVER FAMILIES ARE UPSET NOT ALL MINE VISION WAS RELEASED BY POLICE TODAY. THE FAMILIES ONLY RECEIVED 13 OF THE MORE THAN 30 HOURS OF FOOTAGE AND SAY THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT POLICE ARE HIDING. LISA DAVIES HAS THE STORY. THEY WERE PROMISED OVER 30 HOURS OF FOOTAGE. IT WAS A BIT DISAPPOINTING. SORT OF LIKE AN ANTICLIMAX, REALLY. THEY GOT JUST 13. WHAT ARE THEY COVERING UP? THAT FACT DISAPPOINTS THE PIKE FAMILIES AFTER THEY WERE PROMISED EVERYTHING ON TUESDAY. I'M ADVISED BY THE POLICE THAT ALL THE VIDEO WILL BE AVAILABLE AGAIN BY THE END OF THE WEEK. WHAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN IS THIS ROBOT FOOTAGE THAT WAS LEAKED AT THE START OF THE WEEK. BUT WHAT THEY WANT IS FOOTAGE TAKEN DOWN BOREHOLES TO THE MINE ITSELF. THAT'S WHERE OUR LOVED ONES ARE. THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO US THAN SEEING WHAT THE DRIFT IS LIKE. POLICE SAY THE VOLUME OF VIDEO, PRIVACY ISSUES AND SUPPRESSIONS HAVE SLOWED THE PROCESS DOWN, BUT THEY STILL MAINTAIN, DESPITE STRONG FAMILY DENIALS, THE 24 FAMILY MEMBERS WERE SHOWN THE ROBOT VIDEO ` IN FACT, EIGHT HOURS OF IT ` BACK IN JULY 2011. I'M... BAFFLED BY THAT. I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY ARE SAYING THAT. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ISSUED AN APOLOGY BUT IS NOT BACKING DOWN. IN HINDSIGHT NOW, SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN LEFT SHORT OF SEEING EVERYTHING THAT WAS AVAILABLE. AND IF THAT'S THEIR FEELING, THEN ALL I CAN DO IS APOLOGISE. THE FAMILIES SAY THEY ALREADY HAVE A PREVIEW OF WHAT'S YET TO BE REVEALED OFFICIALLY. WE ALREADY HAVE LEAKED INFORMATION AND FOOTAGE OF WHAT'S TO COME, BUT THE POLICE ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, KEEN FOR THE FAMILIES, OBVIOUSLY, TO SEE THAT AS YET. ALTHOUGH, POLICE PROMISE TO RELEASE MORE VIDEO NEXT WEEK. POLICE SAY MAY 22ND IS THE FINAL DEADLINE FOR ALL OF THE VIDEO TO BE MADE PUBLIC. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. CUSTOMER REACTION'S BEEN SWIFT AND ANGRY AFTER REVELATIONS SKY TV IS CUTTING ITS DAILY AND WEEKLY FAN PASS SERVICE WHICH ALLOWS CUSTOMERS TO STREAM LIVE SPORT WITHOUT SIGNING UP TO ITS FULL SATELLITE PACKAGE. IN AN EMAIL TO CUSTOMERS, SKY SAYS SPORTS RIGHTS AREN'T CHEAP AND THEY'RE NOT MAKING MONEY. IT ENCOURAGES CUSTOMERS TO SIGN UP TO A SKY SUBSCRIPTION INSTEAD. THOSE WHO USE THE FAN PASS SERVICE SAY IT'S A CHEAPER, MORE FLEXIBLE WAY OF WATCHING THE SPORT. THERE ARE HOPES A POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS OUTBREAK OF MYRTLE RUST HAS BEEN CONTAINED TO A KERIKERI NURSERY. SO FAR, NO NEW CASES OF THE YELLOW FUNGUS HAVE BEEN FOUND SINCE THE NURSERY WAS PLACED IN LOCKDOWN YESTERDAY. BIOSECURITY EXPERTS ARE SEARCHING AROUND 800 UPPER NORTH ISLAND SITES BUT ARE YET TO FIND ANY FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THE DISEASE. MYRTLE RUST HAS THE POTENTIAL TO WIPE OUT OUR MANUKA HONEY INDUSTRY AS WELL AS DESTROY A NUMBER OF NATIVE SPECIES. SLOWLY, BUT SURELY, THERE'S A CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. ROYAL EXPERTS SAY YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT PRINCE PHILIP WOULD RETIRE FROM PUBLIC DUTIES IS INDICATIVE OF A GRADUAL BUT IMPORTANT SHIFT IN THE BRITISH MONARCHY. THE BBC'S NICHOLAS WITCHELL HAS MORE. IT'S AN IMAGE TO WHICH THE NATION HAS BECOME ACCUSTOMED OVER A GOOD MANY DECADES. THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, SIDE BY SIDE ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS. INSIDE, MEETING MEMBERS OF THE ORDER MERIT, SWAPPING STORIES ABOUT HEARING AIDS,... (CHUCKLES) ...AND JOKING ABOUT RETIREMENT. YOU'RE STANDING DOWN? "NEVER MIND STANDING DOWN, I HAVE TROUBLE STANDING UP," HE SAID. AFTER NEARLY 70 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, THE DUKE HAS DECIDED A FEW WEEKS SHORT OF HIS 96TH BIRTHDAY, THAT IT'S FINALLY TIME TO STEP BACK FROM PUBLIC DUTIES. THE PALACE SAYS THE DECISION HAS NOT BEEN PROMPTED BY ANY PARTICULAR CONCERNS ABOUT HIS HEALTH. HIS MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION HAS BEEN THE SUPPORT HE'S GIVEN TO HIS WIFE, THE QUEEN. AS SHE'S BECOME THE LONGEST-REIGNING MONARCH IN BRITISH HISTORY, HE'S BECOME THE LONGEST-SERVING CONSORT. AND ON THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, THE QUEEN SPOKE ABOUT HOW MUCH HER HUSBAND MEANT TO HER. HE HAS, QUITE SIMPLY, BEEN MY STRENGTH AND STAY ALL THESE YEARS. AND I, AND HIS WHOLE FAMILY ` AND THIS, AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES ` OWE HIM A DEBT GREATER THAN HE WOULD EVER CLAIM. THE PALACE STATEMENT SAID ` SLOWLY BUT SURELY, THERE IS A GENERATIONAL SHIFT TAKING PLACE AT THE PALACE. OFFICIALS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE QUEEN WILL CONTINUE WITH HER PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS, BUT AT THE AGE OF 91 NOW, HER LOAD IS BEING LIGHTENED. AS MONARCH, SHE IS STILL THE CENTRAL FIGURE, BUT AS TODAY HAS UNDERLINED, THERE IS STARTING TO BE TANGIBLE EVIDENCE OF TRANSITION. TOMORROW MARKS A MONTH SINCE FLOODING IN EDGECUMBE CAUSED WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION. AN UPDATE ON THE INDEPENDENT REPORT INTO THE BREACHING OF THE STOPBANKS IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK, BUT FOR THOSE LEFT CLEANING UP THE MESS, PATIENCE IS WEARING THIN. CHRIS CHANG REPORTS. A DUSTY, NEAR EMPTY STREET ` ONE OF MANY IN EDGECUMBE. LARGELY DRIED OUT NOW, FOUR WEEKS AFTER FLOODS DEVASTATED THE TOWN. (CHILDREN LAUGH, CHATTER) THIS WEEK, RELIEF FOR MANY RETURNING TO SCHOOL. SCHOOLS ARE THE HUB OF A COMMUNITY, AND CERTAINLY IN EDGECUMBE THE PRIMARY SCHOOL AND THE COLLEGE ARE REAL PLACES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME TO. AND A PLACE FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT. 90% OF THE SCHOOL ROLL WAS AFFECTED BY THE FLOODS. WE HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE A FEW CHINKS IN THE ARMOUR. WE HAVE NOTICED THAT SOME OF OUR CHILDREN ARE SHOWING THOSE SIGNS OF TRAUMA. AROUND THE CORNER, THIS MAN'S THE ONLY ONE IN THE STREET ALLOWED BACK IN HIS HOUSE. IT FEELS REAL STRANGE, EH. IT'S A BIT OF A GHOST TOWN? HA! IS IT EVER! YEAH. THERE ARE STILL PILES OF RUBBISH AND DEBRIS ON THE SIDE OF THE STREETS. BUT BY AND LARGE, RESIDENTS ARE PRETTY HAPPY WITH HOW EFFICIENT THE CLEAN-UP HAS BEEN. IT'S THE REBUILD OF DAMAGED PROPERTIES THAT IS GOING TO TAKE MUCH LONGER. COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, YOU COULDN'T COME DOWN THIS STREET BECAUSE OF AND WHILE AN UPDATE ON THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW INTO THE BREACHING OF THE STOPBANK HERE IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK, RESIDENTS ARE LOSING PATIENCE. OH, THEY'RE PISSED OFF, MAN. I KNOW QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ARE PISSED OFF. SOME ARE GOING OK AND THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD. BUT THERE ARE A PORTION, AND I SEEM TO BE EXPOSED TO THOSE, THAT ARE REALLY STRUGGLING. THIS WEEK THE COUNCIL ANNOUNCED PLANS TO ENSURE 100 FLOOD-DAMAGED HOMES CAN BE MADE LIVEABLE BY CHRISTMAS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE INSURED. AND THAT'LL GIVE THE MORALE TO EVERYBODY ELSE THAT THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD. BUT THE FORWARD MOMENTUM APPEARS SLOW. THIS IS YOUR MARATHON; THIS IS NOT A SPRINT. AN ENDURANCE RACE WITH NO SIGN YET OF THE FINISH LINE. CHRIS CHANG, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` IT'S ALL SMILES AND UNITY AS 'THAT' PHONE CALL IS WAVED AWAY IN THE BIG APPLE. DONALD TRUMP AND AUSTRALIAN PM MALCOLM TURNBULL PLAY NICE IN THE US, BUT TURNBULL IS STILL MADE TO WAIT. HE'S BEEN CALLED EVERYTHING FROM A PIONEER TO PURVEYOR OF SOFT PORN. THE FOUNDING FATHER OF PLAYBOY IS NOW GRAVELY ILL. DONALD TRUMP'S DISMISSED HIS REPORTEDLY "FIERY" PHONE CALL WITH AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER MALCOLM TURNBULL AS 'FAKE NEWS'. THE TWO MET IN NEW YORK TODAY, BUT THEIR FIRST FACE-TO-FACE WAS DELAYED SO TRUMP COULD CELEBRATE THE PASSING OF HIS HEALTHCARE REFORM BILL. CHANNEL 9'S ROBERT PENFOLD WAS THERE. DONALD TRUMP HAS TURNED POLITICS AND THE PRESIDENCY UPSIDE DOWN, SO, PERHAPS, MALCOLM TURNBULL SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SURPRISED THAT THE BILATERAL MEETING THAT BROUGHT HIM FROM AUSTRALIA FOR BARELY A DAY AND A BIT, CAME VERY LATE, AND ` MORE WORRYINGLY ` IT RAN SHORT. TRUMP CALLED TO SAY HE WAS HELD UP IN WASHINGTON WHILE THEY VOTED IN FAVOUR OF THE HEALTHCARE BILL. IMPORTANT TO HIM BECAUSE IT WAS A MAJOR REASON HE WON THE ELECTION. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR VOTE TODAY. THE PM EVENTUALLY HAD ABOUT HALF AN HOUR WITH TRUMP. BUT AS THEY MET ABOARD 'THE INTREPID' IN THE HUDSON RIVER, THE PAIR INSISTED IT WAS ALL SMOOTH SAILING. I LOVE AUSTRALIA. WE HAVE A FANTASTIC RELATIONSHIP. BUT I LOVE AUSTRALIA, ALWAYS HAVE. TRUMP HAPPILY DISMISSED THAT SO-CALLED 'ANGRY PHONE CALL' THE TWO HAD SOON AFTER HE WAS ELECTED OVER A REFUGEE RE-SETTLEMENT DEAL MADE UNDER THE OBAMA GOVERNMENT. WE HAD A GREAT CALL. YOU GUYS EXAGGERATED THAT CALL. THAT WAS A BIG EXAGGERATION. WE HAD A GREAT CALL. I MEAN, WE'RE NOT BABIES, BUT WE HAD A GREAT CALL, RIGHT? YOUNG AT HEART. YOUNG AT HEART. WE HAD A VERY, VERY GOOD CALL. THAT WAS, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF FAKE NEWS. BUT THEN, OUT ON STAGE FOR AN EVENT CELEBRATING THE VETERANS OF THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA 75 YEARS ON, TRUMP DID HIS USUAL ABOUT-FACE. LOOKING DOWN AT TURNBULL AND ADMITTING, ALMOST BOASTING, ABOUT THAT SAME CALL. GOT A LITTLE BIT TESTY, BUT THAT'S OK. THE AUSTRALIANS WERE EXPECTING A LOT MORE THAN THIS DRASTICALLY SHORTENED MEETING. BUT MALCOLM TURNBULL, LIKE SO MANY OTHER LEADERS COMING HERE TO 'TRUMP LAND' THESE DAYS, HAS DISCOVERED THAT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES EMMANUEL MACRON AND MARINE LE PEN ARE MAKING A LAST-MINUTE PUSH FOR VOTES ON THE FINAL DAY OF CAMPAIGNING AHEAD OF SUNDAY'S ELECTIONS. IT WASN'T ALL SMOOTH SAILING FOR LE PEN. THE FAR-RIGHT CANDIDATE PELTED WITH EGGS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. MR MACRON RECEIVED A MORE POSITIVE RESPONSE, BUT ANNOUNCED HE'S FILED A LAWSUIT OVER RUMOURS HE HAS A SECRET OFFSHORE ACCOUNT ` INFORMATION LA PEN USED AGAINST HIM IN THURSDAY'S HEATED DEBATE. PLAYBOY FOUNDER HUGH HEFNER HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN TOLD HE HAS JUST WEEKS TO LIVE. IT'S BEING REPORTED THE 91-YEAR-OLD IS SUFFERING FROM CANCER AND IS DETERIORATING RAPIDLY. SOURCES SAY HE HAS BEEN HIDING THE DISEASE FOR SOME TIME. HEFNER WAS NOTICEABLY ABSENT AT THE LAST PLAYBOY PARTY. HIS SON COOPER IS NEXT IN LINE TO TAKE OVER THE PLAYBOY MANSION. A KIWIS SIDE THAT PROMISED SO MUCH IS DELIVERING VERY LITTLE IN THE ANZAC TEST IN CANBERRA. JUST 12 MINUTES IN, JOSH DUGAN LEAPT OVER THE KIWIS DEFENCE WITH THIS NBA DUNK STYLE TRY. THE KIWIS LOOKED READY TO RESPOND, BUT THE KANGAROOS HAD OTHER IDEAS. OH, INTERCEPTED. PUT AWAY YOUR GLASSES. FERGUSON'S VERY, VERY QUICK. CHASING IS TUIVASA-SHECK. 20 TO GO. HE'LL MAKE IT, I FEEL. NEW ZEALAND'S DEFENCE IN DISSARAY. THE SECOND HALF HAS JUST GOT UNDERWAY. THE KANGAROOS LEADING 24-0. IN ABOUT 24 HOURS, JOSEPH PARKER WILL SQUARE OFF WITH RAZVAN COJANU IN PARKER'S FIRST WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE DEFENCE. PARKER AND COJANU WEIGHED IN TONIGHT WITH THE CHALLENGER BOASTING A BIG WEIGHT ADVANTAGE OVER THE KIWI. BUT AS SEAN HOGAN FOUND, THE SATURDAY MATCHUP HASN'T EXACTLY CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF THE PUBLIC. JOSEPH PARKER PRIMED TO THROW HIS FIRST PUNCH IN FIVE MONTHS. 111.5KG FOR JOSEPH PARKER, THE HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD. HIS LAST MINUTE, AND MUCH LOWER-RANKED OPPONENT, TIPPING THE SCALES 13KG HEAVIER THAN THE KIWI. 124.6KG. RAZVAN COJANU. WEIGHT ASIDE, THE ROMANIAN ` WHO REPLACED BRIT HUGHIE FURY ` REMAINS RELATIVELY UNKNOWN. UH, JOSEPH PARKER AND HIS COOL OPPONENT. DO YOU KNOW WHO'S FIGHTING? ALL: NO. (ALL LAUGH) IT'S A WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CLASH. OH OK. I DID NOT KNOW THAT. I KNOW HE WAS HIS OLD SPARRING PARTNER. THIS IS THE FIRST I'M HEARING ABOUT IT. DESPITE HIS VIRTUAL ANONYMITY, COJANU IS BACKING HIMSELF I'M GOING TO HIT HIM. 100% TIMES MORE THAN IN SPARRING. TODAY THE WBO CHAMPION WAS SEEMINGLY MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE ARRIVAL OF FIGHTING OUTFIT, FEATURING SNAKE SKIN AND ENCRUSTED WITH CRYSTALS. IT WAS HELD UP BY NZ CUSTOMS, COSTING A COOL $10,000. LOOK GOOD. FEEL GOOD. FIGHT GOOD. (GRUNTS) BUT PUNTERS ARE AT ODDS AT THE COST OF THE DOWNGRADED BOUT, WITH SKY CHARGING THE FULL $50. NO? NO. SPEND $50 IN THE PUB INSTEAD. IN AMERICA AND UFC FIGHTS, IT'S A LOT MORE BROADCAST ACROSS THE WORLD. SO IT KIND OF BRINGS THE COST OF THINGS DOWN. THE PARKER CAMP HOPING FANS DON'T GET THEIR MONEY'S WORTH, AS A QUICK KNOCKOUT WILL SHOW THE 25-YEAR-OLD IS NOW READY FOR THE WORLD STAGE. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. DESPITE SOME STUNNING PLAY FROM THE BARRETT BROTHERS, THE HURRICANES HAVE BEEN GIVEN A REAL SCARE BY THE STORMERS IN THEIR SUPER RUGBY CLASH IN WELLINGTON TONIGHT. FIRST FIVE BEAUDEN BARRETT WAS THE STAR OF THE SHOW AS THE CANES RAN IN FOUR FIRST-HALF TRIES. HERE COMES THE CROSS KICK AGAIN. AND COREY` NO, IT'S BEAUDEN. NO, IT'S JORDIE. OH, BLIMEY. BUT POOR DISCIPLINE ALLOWED THE SOUTH AFRICAN SIDE TO KICK FIVE PENALTY GOALS AND DRAW LEVEL AT 22-22 EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF. BUT THE CANES CAME GOOD AGAIN WITH TWO LATE TRIES. UNBELIEVABLE. LAUMAPE'S DOUBLE TAKING THE HURRICANES TO A 41-22 WIN ` THEIR EIGHTH OF THE SEASON AND MOVING THEM UP TO SECOND PLACE IN THE NEW ZEALAND CONFERENCE. JUST AHEAD ` WE'LL DUST OFF THE TRUSTY WEATHER OUIJA BOARD. AND YESTERDAY PRINCE PHILLIP STEPPED DOWN. WE LOOK BACK AT THE PROXIMITY OF HIS FOOT AND MOUTH OVER DECADES OF ROYAL VISITS. GIRL: One day, my mum went looking for something. She didn't have a map or anything. She said she was following her heart. It led her to strange lands. It took her up mountains and down into dark caves. She even looked for it in her sleep. She went further and further. Then one day, my mum, she found it. If she can find it, so can you. 30 HOURS AGO, THE WORLD FEARED THE WORST ABOUT THE ROYALS. BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE LESS EARTH-SHATTERING, WITH OFFICIALS ANNOUNCING PRINCE PHILIP IS TO STEP DOWN FROM HIS ROYAL DUTIES. SO IT SEEMS A GOOD TIME AS ANY TO REFLECT ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS HE HAS MADE OVER THE YEARS WHICH MADE SOME GASP, SOME LAUGH AND SOME JUST SHAKE THEIR HEAD IN DISBELIEF. HE FAMOUSLY TOLD THE SCOTTISH WOMEN'S INSTITUTE IN 1966. ...HE ASKED TOM JONES AFTER A ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE. WATCHING SIR ELTON JOHN AT ANOTHER VARIETY BASH... NO ESCAPE FOR HIS FAMILY EITHER. ...HE ONCE SAID OF HIS DAUGHTER, PRINCESS ANNE. ...HE YELLED FROM THE DECK OF THE ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA TO THE QUEEN AS SHE CHATTED WITH OTHERS. ...AS THE DUKE DISMISSED CLAIMS THOSE WHO SELL SLAUGHTERED MEAT HAVE GREATER MORAL AUTHORITY THAN BLOOD SPORTS PARTICIPANTS. ...THE STRAIGHT-TALKING DUKE SAID ABOUT THE STANDARD CUISINE AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. ...WHEN ASKED IF HE WANTED TO STROKE A KOALA BEAR DURING A 1992 VISIT TO AUSTRALIA. ...HE TOLD THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA, WHO WAS DRESSED IN TRADITIONAL ROBES. ...WAS HIS QUIP AS HE WATCHED TWO ROBOTS BUMP INTO EACH OTHER AT A SCIENCE MUSEUM. AT LEAST HE KNOWS IT. A GOOD ADMISSION AFTER SO MANY RIGHT ROYAL CLANGERS THROUGH THE AGES. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH POWDERFINGER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON 'TONIGHT'. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY CHELSEA THORESEN AND DESNEY SHAW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.