TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` FIGHTING A LOSING A BATTLE AGAINST MYCOPLASMA BOVIS. A SHOCKING NEW DEVELOPMENT PUTS PLANS TO ERADICATE THE COW DISEASE IN DOUBT. CENTRAL CITY EMERGENCY ` DOZENS OF PEOPLE GET URGENT HEALTH CHECKS AFTER MYSTERY FUMES FORCE THE EVACUATION OF AN OFFICE BUILDING, AND THE BOMB SQUAD IS CALLED IN. AND FEROCIOUS ATTACK ` AN AMAZING STORY OF SURVIVAL AND DETERMINATION. THE BRIDE WHO GOT MARRIED JUST FIVE DAYS AFTER HER ARM WAS BITTEN OFF BY A CROCODILE. CAPTIONS BY CHELSEA BRADY AND MADISON BATTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 THE BATTLE TO STOP THE SPREAD OF COW DISEASE MYCOPLASMA BOVIS MIGHT BE A LOST CAUSE AFTER A DRAMATIC SPIKE IN CASES. 38 FARMS ARE NOW CONFIRMED INFECTED, TWO OF THEM ADDED TODAY, BUT ON TOP OF THAT, 40 PROPERTIES ARE TAGGED HIGHLY LIKELY TO BECOME INFECTED. BUT HERE'S THE BIG SHOCK ` 129 PROPERTIES WERE UNDER REGULATORY CONTROL LAST FRIDAY, THAT NUMBER SHOOTING UP TO 299 THIS MORNING. THESE FARMS ARE EITHER ALREADY INFECTED OR AT RISK OF SPREADING THE DISEASE, SO FARMERS NEED PERMISSION TO MOVE STOCK. 11,000 ANIMALS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CULLED WITH THAT NUMBER EXPECTED TO DOUBLE. BUT IT IS ALL TOO LATE? HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. THESE COWS ARE SET TO BE CULLED. FRANK PETERS' ASHBURTON FARM HAS BEEN LABELLED INFECTED, SO HIS 1400 COWS HAVE TO GO. THIS LITTLE FELLOW IS GOING TO END UP DYING FOR A CAUSE THAT HE DIDN'T NEED TO, SO IT'S JUST NOT FAIR. TODAY MORE FARMS LIKE HIS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED. THE LIST OF FARMS AT RISK HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN THE LAST SIX DAYS, AND THERE ARE FEARS THAT COULD GO UP AGAIN. WE'VE BEEN TRACKING AS WE'D EXPECT ` A NICE, PRETTY SLOWLY GROWING AS WE FIND MORE FARMS, AND WE TRACK AND TRACE, TRACK AND TRACE, TRACK AND TRACE. AND THEN, LAST WEEK, IT WENT... UP. IT'S NOW BEEN REVEALED MYCOPLASMA BOVIS WAS FIRST IN NEW ZEALAND AT THE END OF 2015, BUT EXPERTS STILL DON'T KNOW HOW. PLANS FOR ERADICATING THE DISEASE ARE NOW IN DOUBT. WE HOPE THAT ERADICATION IS STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE LONG-TERM. CLEARLY, NOT POSSIBLE IN THE SHORT-TERM. WE CAN ALWAYS ERADICATE. IF I HAVE PERMISSION TO KILL 6 MILLION COWS, I CAN ERADICATE. YOU GIVE ME PERMISSION TO CLOSE DOWN THE DAIRY INDUSTRY, I CAN ERADICATE. THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES HAS ALREADY ORDERED 11,000 COWS BE DESTROYED, AND THERE ARE 11,000 TO GO, BUT FARMERS ARE NOW QUESTIONING WHETHER THAT'S NECESSARY IF THE GOVERNMENT RULES THAT THE DISEASE BE MANAGED RATHER THAN ERADICATED COMPLETELY. EASILY, BUT STOP KILLING THE COWS. IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. IT'S JUST NOT FAIR. FARMERS ARE SET TO GET COMPENSATION. COMPENSATION HAS BEEN TOO SLOW, AND FARMERS ARE REALLY STARTING TO HURT NOW. THE BANKS ARE CIRCLING. AND THERE IS, OF COURSE, THE MENTAL SIDE OF IT; IF THEY ARE AFFECTED ` THE THREAT OF LOSING THEIR COWS AND SO FORTH ` THERE'S A LOT OF ANGST AND WORRY OUT THERE. OF COURSE THERE IS. THE NEXT WEEK IS CRITICAL. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND PEOPLE'S LIVES. WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WHATEVER RECOMMENDATION WE MAKE IS BASED ON SCIENCE AND LOGIC. HEY, GIRLS. RECOMMENDATIONS MANY FARMERS WILL BE HANGING OUT FOR. JESSICA MUTCH, 1 NEWS. IT'S STILL A MYSTERY TONIGHT WHAT CAUSED 12 WORKERS AT A CENTRAL AUCKLAND BUILDING TO BE HOSPITALISED AND 50 OTHERS TREATED AT THE SCENE. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE SOME SORT OF TOXIC GAS MAY'VE ENTERED THE 16-STOREY TOWER'S AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. SHORT OF BREATH ` THIS WOMAN A VICTIM OF A MYSTERY GAS LEAK. IT EVOLVED FROM ONE PATIENT HAVING SYMPTOMS TO WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW. FIVE FLOORS OF THIS CENTRAL AUCKLAND OFFICE BUILDING WERE EVACUATED LATE MORNING AFTER WORKERS REPORTED A STRANGE SMELL AND BEGAN TO FEEL SICK. THE SMELL WAS ORIGINATED ON LEVEL 8, AND THAT WAS THE FIRST FLOOR THAT WAS EVACUATED. 12 PEOPLE WERE SENT TO HOSPITAL WITH VOMITING, NAUSEA, AND HEADACHES. ALL WERE CONSCIOUS AND ALERT AND IN A STABLE CONDITION. AROUND 50 MORE WERE TREATED AT THE SCENE AS A PRECAUTION. IT'S UNDERSTOOD BUILDING MANAGEMENT ALERTED TENANTS THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING. IT WAS QUICKLY TURNED OFF. FIREFIGHTERS SAY BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED, THE SMELL HAD DISSIPATED. WE'VE RUN OUR GAS DETECTORS THROUGH THE WHOLE BUILDING, HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING. THE BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT HAS BEEN CALLED IN. SOPHISTICATED THAN THE FIRE SERVICE, AND THEY'LL WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH EACH OF THE AFFECTED FLOORS. BUT THEY TOO CAME UP WITH NOTHING. THE SOURCE OF THE SMELL IS UNIDENTIFIED. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'VE GOT. AFTER ABOUT TWO HOURS, THE BUILDING WAS DEEMED SAFE ENOUGH TO RE-ENTER. WORKSAFE NEW ZEALAND AND PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS WILL INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT. PAUL HOBBS, 1 NEWS. COMMUTERS' DELAYS ARE LIKELY TO ROLL INTO TOMORROW MORNING IN AUCKLAND AS EFFORTS CONTINUE TO RIGHT A DERAILED TRAIN. SOME TRAIN SERVICES WERE ALLOWED BACK INTO BRITOMART STATION TODAY AFTER IT WAS SHUT DOWN YESTERDAY. ENGINEERS RIGHTED ONE CARRIAGE LAST NIGHT BUT PLAN TO FINISH THE JOB LATE TONIGHT WHEN THEY CAN TURN OFF OVERHEAD ELECTRICITY. SO WE'RE CONFIDENT TONIGHT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THE OTHER END OF THAT TRAIN BACK ON THE TRACK. INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT CONTINUES. SHOCKING FINDINGS IN A NEW STUDY SHOW YOUNG CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS SMOKE CAN HAVE NICOTINE LEVELS SO HIGH, THEY MAY AS WELL BE SMOKING THEMSELVES. DOCTORS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO, CHRISTCHURCH, ANALYSED HAIR SAMPLES FROM HUNDREDS OF YOUNG CHILDREN ELIMINATING THE RELIANCE ON PARENTS ACCURATELY REPORTING HOW MUCH THEY SMOKE. LISA DAVIES HAS MORE. HIDDEN IN THE SMALLEST STRANDS OF HAIR, IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE THAT PASSIVE SMOKING HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON CHILDREN. THE FAMILIES WHO SMOKED, THE NICOTINE LEVELS IN THE CHILDREN'S HAIR WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER, SOME OF THEM UP AS HIGH AS ADULTS WHO SMOKED. THAT'S RIGHT. SOME 15-MONTH-OLD CHILDREN IN A CHRISTCHURCH STUDY OF 500 SHOWED THE SAME NICOTINE LEVELS AS ADULTS WHO SMOKE. I THINK A LOT OF PARENTS, IF THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO THEIR CHILDREN AS A RESULT OF THE SMOKE, WOULDN'T WANT A BAR OF IT. I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WOULD BE THE CASE. 20% OF MUMS IN THE STUDY SMOKED DURING PREGNANCY, AND HALF OF THOSE SMOKED THROUGH THEIR ENTIRE PREGNANCY. WITH ONE IN THREE CHILDREN IN THE STUDY BREATHING IN CIGARETTE SMOKE IN THEIR HOMES. CHILDREN WITH HIGH NICOTINE READINGS TWICE AS LIKELY TO HAVE WHEEZING OR ASTHMA. WHEN SHE WAS FOUR MONTHS PREGNANT. THERE YOU GO. IT WASN'T EASY TO STOP, BUT THESE FINDINGS MAKE HER EVEN MORE CONVINCED IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR HER DAUGHTER'S RESPIRATORY HEALTH. IF SHE DID EVER HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE, IT WOULD DEFINITELY MAKE ME FEEL GUILTY. SHE'S ENCOURAGING OTHER MUMS TO DO THE SAME. WHEN THEY'RE HERE, YOU SORT OF LOOK AT THEM AND THINK, 'HOW COULD YOU, REALLY?' YOU KNOW? HOW COULD YOU REALLY DO THAT TO THEM? THE STUDY, FUNDED BY THE CANTERBURY MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, IS BEING WELCOMED BY EXPERTS IN THE FIELD. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STUDY, AND IT REINFORCES WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT SMOKING. IF YOU LIKE, IT'S FIRMER SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT SMOKING HAS A BIG IMPACT ON RESPIRATORY ILLNESS IN KIDS. IT'S HOPED THIS EVIDENCE WILL INCREASE FUNDING TO HELP PARENTS STOP SMOKING. WE DESPERATELY WANT TO HELP THEM TO HELP THEIR KIDS STAY WELL. KIDS LIKE BABY AALIYAH, WHO WILL NOW GROW UP SMOKE-FREE. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. THE NEW RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR'S KEPT THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE AT 1.75% AMID UNPRECEDENTED EMPLOYMENT GROWTH. ADRIAN ORR SAYS DESPITE STRONG ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ADDING 79,000 NEW JOBS OVER THE LAST YEAR, INFLATION IS STILL SUBDUED BUT IS EXPECTED TO RISE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. HE SAYS HOUSE PRICE GROWTH SHOULD LEVEL OUT. WE'VE SEEN THAT TAILING OFF ` THE GROWTH RATE IN HOUSE PRICES ` AND WE SEE THAT AS A POSITIVE THING BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY STRETCHED RELATIVE TO AFFORDABILITY LEVELS, INCOME EARNINGS. ADRIAN ORR ALSO PREDICTS THE CASH RATE WILL RISE IN DECEMBER NEXT YEAR, SIX MONTHS LATER THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST. THREE AMERICANS HELD HOSTAGE IN NORTH KOREA HAVE JUST TOUCHED DOWN BACK ON U.S. SOIL. THE MEN WHO'D BEEN JAILED FOR ANTI-STATE ACTIVITIES WERE FREED AS PART OF A GOODWILL GESTURE THEIR PLANE TOUCHED DOWN AT ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MARYLAND CORRECTION: their plane is due to touchdown shortly. WITH MORE ON HOW THE AMERICANS' RELEASE UNFOLDED, HERE'S ABC'S JONATHAN KARL. THE PRESIDENT MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT HIMSELF, CALLING THE RELEASE OF THE AMERICAN PRISONERS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR THE COUNTRY. RIGHT NOW, FLYING BACK ARE THREE ` WHAT THEY WERE CALLING ` HOSTAGES. WE CALL THEM FINE PEOPLE. THREE REALLY FINE PEOPLE. SEEM TO BE HEALTHY. THEY WILL BE LANDING AT 2 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AT ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, AND I'LL BE THERE TO GREET THEM. SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO TRAVELLED TO NORTH KOREA TO SECURE THEIR RELEASE, MEETING FOR A SECOND TIME WITH KIM JONG-UN. THE THREE FORMER PRISONERS ARE KOREAN-AMERICAN ` TWO OF THEM DETAINED LAST YEAR, THE THIRD IMPRISONED SINCE 2015. AND I APPRECIATE KIM JONG-UN DOING THIS AND ALLOWING THEM TO GO. THE PRESIDENT IS NOW FOCUSED ON MEETING KIM HIMSELF. MR PRESIDENT, WHERE IS THE SUMMIT GONNA TAKE PLACE? WE'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE THAT WITHIN THREE DAYS. WILL IT BE THE DMZ? IT WILL NOT BE THERE. THE LOCATION IS STILL A MYSTERY. KIM SELDOM TRAVELS, THOUGH NORTH KOREA TODAY RELEASED THIS PICTURE OF THE NORTH KOREAN DICTATOR ON HIS PLANE IN CHINA. THE PRESIDENT IS ALREADY ENVISIONING MAKING HISTORY. EVERYONE THINKS SO, BUT I WOULD NEVER SAY IT. (LAUGHTER) YOU KNOW WHAT I WANNA DO? I WANNA GET IT FINISHED. THE PRIZE I WANT IS VICTORY FOR THE WORLD. BUT EVEN AS HE PURSUES ONE NUCLEAR DEAL, HE IS FACING GLOBAL BLOW BACK FOR PULLING OUT OF ANOTHER. IN IRAN TODAY, ANTI-AMERICAN PROTESTS, INCLUDING THE BURNING OF AMERICAN FLAGS AND PHOTOS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. LAWMAKERS THERE ARE QUESTIONING THE PRESIDENT'S 'MENTAL CAPACITY', AND THREATENING TO RESTART ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAMME. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO IF IRAN STARTS UP THEIR NUCLEAR PROGRAMME AGAIN? IRAN WILL FIND OUT. IF THEY DO, THERE WILL BE VERY SEVERE CONSEQUENCE. AMID REPORTS OF ESCALATING MIDDLE EAST TENSIONS, ISRAEL SAYS IT'S COME UNDER MISSILE FIRE FROM IRANIAN FORCES IN SYRIA. ISRAEL SAYS IT INTERCEPTED SOME, BUT NOT ALL, OF THE APPROXIMATELY 20 MISSILES FIRED AT THE GOLAN HEIGHTS. THERE ARE NO REPORTED CASUALTIES. IF CONFIRMED, IT'D BE THE FIRST TIME IRAN'S FIRED ROCKETS DIRECTLY AT ISRAELI FORCES. ISRAEL SAYS IT RETALIATED WITH STRIKES ON IRANIAN FACILITIES IN SYRIA, HITTING DOZENS OF TARGETS. A KIWI WHO USES HER SPECIALIST MEDICAL SKILLS TO FIGHT CANCER IS BEING BOOTED OUT OF BRITAIN. IT'S BECAUSE THE COUNTRY HAS TIGHTENED RULES ON ALL OVERSEAS WORKERS. BUT AS OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT, JOY REID, REPORTS, THAT'S LEAVING VITAL SERVICES, LIKE HEALTH, IN THE LURCH. STEPH BURCHER'S LEFT LONDON AND HEADED BACK TO NEW ZEALAND, BUT IT'S NOT OF HER CHOOSING. I REALLY ENJOY WORKING HERE, AND REALLY ENJOY MY JOB AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE DOING IT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T WITHOUT A VISA. THAT'S DESPITE THE FACT SHE HELPS SAVE LIVES. SHE'S A GENETIC COUNSELLOR ` A SPECIALISED POSITION WHICH IDENTIFIES PEOPLE AT RISK OF DEVELOPING HEREDITARY CANCERS ` A VITAL ROLE IN CANCER PREVENTION. BUT AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS ON A YOUNG PERSON'S VISA, HER APPLICATION TO BE SPONSORED AND STAY ON WAS DENIED. IT WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTING TO GET CONFIRMATION. THERE'S A CAP ON THE NUMBER OF SKILLED WORKERS FROM OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION ALLOWED TO LIVE AND WORK IN BRITAIN. THE RULES WERE TIGHTENED EVEN MORE LAST DECEMBER. THE CAP COVERS ALL SKILLED INDUSTRIES, WITH PRIORITY GIVEN TO HARD-TO-STAFF MEDICAL PROFESSIONS BUT NOT GENETIC COUNSELLORS, DESPITE EXPERTS SAYING THERE IS A WORKFORCE SHORTAGE. WAITS ARE GETTING LONGER. IT VARIES DEPENDING ON HOSPITAL TRUST AND WHERE YOU ARE IN THE UK, BUT WE ARE AWARE NOW OF AT LEAST ONE TRUST THAT IS ABOUT TO HAVE THREE EMPTY POSITIONS. AND DOCTORS SAY THAT'S PUTTING LIVES AT RISK. THERE WILL BE WOMEN WHO ARE AT RISK WHO COULD POTENTIALLY BE PREVENTED FROM GETTING CANCER. STEPH BURCHER'S CASE IS NOT AN ISOLATED ONE; A RECENT REPORT WARNED THAT ONE IN EVERY 11 POSTS IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE WAS VACANT. IN THE PERIOD SINCE DECEMBER, AT LEAST 400 DOCTORS COME AND WORK IN THE NHS IN ENGLAND HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ENTER THE COUNTRY AND TAKE UP POSTS. MEANWHILE, STEPH BURCHER'S BOSSES HAVE LEFT HER JOB OPEN FOR NOW, HOPING HER SECOND ATTEMPT AT A VISA WILL RETURN HER LIFE-SAVING SKILLS TO BRITAIN. JOY REID, 1 NEWS, LONDON. CORONATION STREET FANS WHO'VE BEEN AVOIDING SPOILERS FOR YEARS ARE ABOUT TO GET A BIG ONE. TVNZ'S ANNOUNCED CORO EPISODES WILL JUMP FORWARDS 18 MONTHS, FINALLY BRINGING THEM IN LINE WITH BRITAIN. IT'S THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN 50 YEARS, SPARKING A MIXED RESPONSE FROM FANS, AS RYAN BOSWELL REPORTS. ('CORONATION STREET' THEME) CORO'S APPOINTMENT VIEWING IN THIS AUCKLAND RETIREMENT VILLAGE. I JUST LOVE IT. I DON'T MISS IT, IF I CAN HELP IT. IF I'M GOING OUT, I RECORD IT. I THINK THAT'S WHY WE BOUGHT A TELEVISION IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE BRITISH SOAP'S BEEN AROUND SINCE 1960. WE HAD TO WAIT ANOTHER FOUR YEARS BEFORE THE FAMOUS CORO COBBLES APPEARED ON OUR SCREENS. YOU DO MAKE ME FEEL PHYSICALLY SICK, AND I WANT YOU GONE. NOW TVNZ WANTS TO FAST-FORWARD 18 MONTHS SO THAT WE'RE IN SYNC WITH BRITAIN. WE'VE ENGAGED WITH VIEWERS A LOT, AND, OVERWHELMINGLY, PEOPLE WANT TO BE UP-TO-DATE. IN A MONTH'S TIME, VIEWERS WILL BE GIVEN A SPECIAL TWO-HOUR EPISODE. IT WILL FILL IN EVERY KEY MOMENT THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN ORDER TO CATCH UP. IT'LL HAVE TO CRAM IN 18 MONTHS OF ACTION ` 10 DEATHS, THREE BIRTHS, FIVE WEDDING CEREMONIES ` AND THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE AFFAIRS. ON BEHALF OF MY GRANDMOTHER, I WILL SAY THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO WORK FOR SOME PEOPLE. I THINK IT WILL BE TOO MUCH OVERLOAD. THEY WOULDN'T DO THAT TO ANY OTHER PROGRAMME. CORO REACHES 420,000 EACH EPISODE BUT HAS SLOWLY BEEN LOSING VIEWERS. OH, SUGAR! SORRY. YOU ALL RIGHT? TVNZ HOPING THIS LATEST MOVE LOCKS IN A NEW, YOUNGER AUDIENCE WITH MORE UP-TO-DATE STORYLINES. THIS IS ABOUT SECURING A LONG-TERM AND REALLY HEALTHY FUTURE FOR THE SHOW. WHAT'S ARISTOTLE GOT TO DO WITH KATE? WHAT HASN'T HE GOT TO DO WITH KATE? THOSE WHO DO WANT TO WATCH THE MISSING 18 MONTHS WILL BE ABLE TO BINGE ON DEMAND OR ON WEEKDAYS AT 1 O'CLOCK. THE CHARACTERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO STRONG THAT EVEN IF YOU DON'T WATCH FOR A FEW WEEKS OR A FEW MONTHS, YOU CAN STILL PICK THE STORYLINES UP. THAT'LL BE PUT TO THE TEST ON JUNE THE 11TH. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. MUCH MORE TO COME ON 1 NEWS, INCLUDING COUNTING DOWN TO A ROYAL WEDDING. IT'S NOT JUST POMP AND CEREMONY; THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY MOUNTED REGIMENT IS PREPARING TO PROTECT ONE OF ITS OWN. AND EVEN A CROCODILE ATTACK COULDN'T STOP A WEDDING. SHE LOST HER ARM AND ALMOST HER LIFE, BUT THE SHOW WENT ON FOR THIS DETERMINED BRIDE. AND A STICKY SITUATION WHEN TONS OF LIQUID CHOCOLATE IS SMEARED ALL OVER A HIGHWAY. ROAD WORKERS HAVE TO CLEAN UP A BIG MESS. POLITICIANS ARE CONSIDERING WHETHER TO MAKE THE REHOMING OF LAB-TESTED ANIMALS MANDATORY TO SAVE THEM FROM BEING PUT DOWN. CAMPAIGNERS SAY THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS ARE NEEDLESSLY KILLED EVERY YEAR, BUT EXPERT ADVICE DOESN'T SUPPORT THE MOVE. ARRUN SOMA EXPLAINS. A BEAGLE WITH A BONE. THIS IS DIGBY'S HAPPY PLACE. ONCE A LAB ANIMAL, HE BECAME BEST FRIEND TO KERRIE-LYNN KERR SIX YEARS AGO. WHETHER IT BE CAT, DOG, THE MICE, THE RATS, THE COWS ` WHATEVER THEY'RE TESTING ON, THEY ALL NEED A CHANCE. AT THE MOMENT, THE REHOMING OF FORMER RESEARCH ANIMALS, LIKE DIGBY, IS LEFT TO ETHICS COMMITTEES, BUT ADVOCATES NOW WANT TO MAKE IT MANDATORY. THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS ARE BEING KILLED EVERY YEAR NEEDLESSLY AFTER THEY'RE DEEMED AS NO LONGER USEFUL BY THE INDUSTRY. IN 2015, MORE THAN 225,000 ANIMALS WERE USED IN RESEARCH IN NEW ZEALAND. 88,000 OF THEM DIED, BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW MANY WERE EUTHANISED. THE REST LIVED AND WERE EITHER KEPT BY INSTITUTES, GIVEN TO HOMES, OR RELEASED INTO THE WILD. THE ISSUE HAS PUBLIC SUPPORT, AND MPs HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING IT TODAY BUT ARE YET TO MAKE PUBLIC THEIR RECOMMENDATION. THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES SAYS IT LIKES THE IDEA BUT DOES NOT SUPPORT A MANDATORY POLICY, SAYING THE PETITION DOESN'T ADDRESS THE PRACTICALITIES INVOLVED. THE DIFFICULTY IS YOU WOULD NEED A LOT OF LAND TO REHOME ALL OF THESE ANIMALS THAT ARE USED FOR TESTING, AND THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU CAN SHUT DOWN ALL THE TESTING, BECAUSE IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE PRIMARY SECTOR AND HUMAN HEALTH. EXPERTS ALSO SAY THE VAST MAJORITY OF ANIMALS USED FOR TESTING ARE RABBITS AND RODENTS. MOST OF THOSE HAVE BEEN BRED SPECIFICALLY FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES, AND IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE WELL SUITED TO LEADING HAPPY, HEALTHY LIVES IN PEOPLE'S HOMES. POLITICIANS WILL REPORT BACK ON THE ISSUE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ARRUN SOMA, 1 NEWS. TO THE VOLCANO EMERGENCY ON HAWAII'S BIG ISLAND, AND THERE ARE WARNINGS TONIGHT ABOUT MORE POTENTIALLY VIOLENT ERUPTIONS FROM THE KILAUEA VOLCANO. THESE PICTURES SHOW THE VOLCANO'S LAVA LAKE. LAVA FLOWS HAVE SO FAR DESTROYED AT LEAST 36 HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. SOME 2000 RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. SOLDIERS FROM PRINCE HARRY'S FORMER REGIMENT HAVE VOICED THEIR PRIDE AT PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN HIS UPCOMING WEDDING. HARRY FOUGHT WITH THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY IN AFGHANISTAN. IN JUST OVER A WEEK, THEY'LL BE PROTECTING THE PRINCE AND HIS BRIDE IN WINDSOR. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT JOY REID REPORTS. LAST-MINUTE TOUCHES TO THE UNIFORMS, POLISHING THE SILVERWARE AND SHINING THE SHOES. NOT EVEN THE FURRY KIND ESCAPE THE SPRUCE-UP. THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY MOUNTED REGIMENT ARE TAKING ITS UPCOMING ROLE VERY SERIOUSLY. TO ME, THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CEREMONIAL PARADE I'VE BEEN ON, SO IT'S GONNA BE A HUGE HONOUR. SOLDIERS FROM THE UNIT, FAMED FOR THEIR PLUMED HATS, WILL PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE ROYAL COUPLE'S BIG DAY, LINING ST GEORGE'S CHAPEL STEPS WHERE THE BRIDE AND GROOM WILL LEAVE AS A MARRIED COUPLE. THE NEWLYWEDS WILL EMERGE AS MAN AND WIFE OUT THE DOORS HERE AND DOWN THESE STEPS TO A GUARD OF HONOUR TO THE WAITING CROWD OF AROUND 2,500 SPECIALLY-CHOSEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAVE INVITED TO WITNESS THEIR SPECIAL DAY. AS THEY DO, THE TRUMPETS WILL SOUND. (MEN PLAY MOMENTOUS TUNE) AND THE MOUNTED REGIMENT WILL THEN ESCORT THE COUPLE IN THEIR CARRIAGE PROCESSION THROUGH WINDSOR AND CROWDS TENS-OF-THOUSANDS STRONG. OF COURSE, IT'S A WORRY. YOU KNOW, WITH THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE THERE IN THE CROWD, THE FLAGS BEING WAVED, ALL THESE THINGS CAN UPSET HORSES. IT'S ALSO WHERE THE NEWLYWEDS ARE AT THEIR MOST VULNERABLE FROM ATTACK. BUT PRINCE HARRY HAS ALREADY PLACED TRUST IN THESE MEN. HE SERVED 10 YEARS WITH THE REGIMENT IN THE BLUES AND ROYALS UNDERTAKING TWO TOURS OF AFGHANISTAN, RISING TO THE RANK OF CAPTAIN. ROGER. ORANGE SMOKE NOW. SOME TAKING PART ON HIS WEDDING DAY ARE FORMER COMRADES IN ARMS. LANCE CORPORAL OF HORSE FRANKIE O'LEARY WAS PRINCE HARRY'S DRIVER ON OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN IN 2007, AND HE'LL BE PART OF THE MOUNTED ESCORT. ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, COURAGEOUS, HONOURABLE YOUNG MAN, WHEN I KNEW HIM. AND NOW HE'S A COURAGEOUS, HONOURABLE, MIDDLE-AGED MAN, SOON TO GO INTO A MARRIAGE. BUT THERE'S STILL SOME WORK TO DO BEFORE THE EYES OF THEIR FORMER COLLEAGUE, HIS NEW WIFE AND THE WORLD ARE ON THEM. DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH. IT COULD CAUSE A FEW PRE-MATCH NERVES. NOT NEARLY AS MANY, THOUGH, YOU'D THINK, AS THE BRIDE AND GROOM. JOY REID, 1 NEWS, LONDON. BEFORE THE BIG DAY, THOUGH, MEGHAN MARKEL IS ALREADY BEING GIVEN THE ROYAL TREATMENT. THE ACTRESS HAS BEEN IMMORTALISED IN WAX AT MADAME TUSSAUDS IN LONDON. THE FIGURE GOES ON PUBLIC DISPLAY ON MAY 19TH, THE WEDDING DAY. PRINCE HARRY'S WAXWORK HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH THE ADDITION OF THE BEARD. A TRUCK HAS OVERTURNED ON A POLISH MOTORWAY, ACROSS SIX LANES OF TRAFFIC. ROAD WORKERS SAY THE CHOCOLATE WAS SOLIDIFYING AS IT COOLED ON THE MAIN HIGHWAY BETWEEN WARSAW AND BERLIN OF HOT WATER TO CLEAR IT AWAY. REMOVING THE SMEARED CHOCOLATE IS A TIME CONSUMING JOB FOR THE CLEAN-UP CREW. THE LOCAL FIRE BRIGADE SAYS THE STICKY MESS WAS 'MUCH WORSE THAN SNOW'. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. IT'S NOT YET KNOWN WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. WEATHER TIME NOW, AND A CLOUDIER AND EVEN FOGGY DAY FOR SOME TODAY. MORE CHANGES TO COME, DAN? We are talking about the cloud and the fog. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ There are going to be changes over the course of the week. But it is Mother's Day weekend. You might not be impressed with some of those changes. STILL TO COME ` IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH ` THE BRIDE-TO-BE ATTACKED BY A CROCODILE. BUT IT DIDN'T STOP HER FROM GETTING MARRIED JUST FIVE DAYS AFTER THE ATTACK. AND A FORMER BLUES STAR CHANGES HIS COLOURS. MORE ON HIS CAREER SWITCH COMING UP. RECAPPING OUR TOP STORIES, THERE'S BEEN A DRAMATIC SPIKE IN THE NUMBER OF FARMS AFFECTED BY THE SPREAD OF COW DISEASE MYCOPLASMA BOVIS. NEARLY 300 PROPERTIES ARE NOW UNDER REGULATORY CONTROL, EITHER ALREADY INFECTED OR AT RISK OF SPREADING THE DISEASE. AND A MYSTERIOUS GAS LEAK FORCED THE EVACUATION OF AN OFFICE BLOCK IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND THIS MORNING. 12 PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALISED AND MANY MORE TREATED FOR NAUSEA AFTER THE GAS INFILTRATED THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM OF THE 16-STOREY BUILDING. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN NEW ZEALAND IS A STEP CLOSER TO RECOGNISING SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS AFTER A CLEAR MAJORITY OF BISHOPS VOTED TO ALLOW BLESSINGS FOR COUPLES. SOME SAY IT'S A STEP TOWARDS GREATER INCLUSION, BUT THE RULING WON'T EXTEND TO ALLOWING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. SOME PEOPLE SEE IT AS BEING CRUMBS AT THE TABLE, BUT I GUESS THE PRAGMATICS AMONGST US ALSO SEE THAT IT'S A FIRST STEP, SO WE'VE GOT TO WORK WITH IT ` BUT BEING VERY CLEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON WORKING TOWARDS MARRIAGE. NOT EVERYONE IN THE CHURCH AGREED WITH THE CHANGE. TWO MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL SYNOD HAVE RESIGNED OVER THE VOTE. A BRIDE-TO-BE WHO WAS ATTACKED BY A CROCODILE IN ZIMBABWE JUST DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING SAYS SHE'S LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. THE 25-YEAR-OLD WAS IN AN INFLATABLE CANOE WITH HER FIANCE WHEN THE CROCODILE TORE OFF HER ARM. THE BBC'S SHINGAI NYOKA HAS THE STORY. ZANELE NDLOVU ON HER BIG DAY. BUT IT WASN'T THE WEDDING SHE HAD IN MIND. THE TWO HAD PLANNED TO MARRY ON MAY 5 PRE-WEDDING HONEYMOON. ZANELE TOOK THIS PICTURE BEFORE THEY JUMPED ON THE DINGHY. IT TOOK US AT LEAST... A COUPLE OF SECONDS TO REALISE THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY A REAL CROCODILE. THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING, YEAH. WE BOTH GOT INTO THE WATER WHEN THE BOAT DEFLATED. THEN IT GRABBED MY ARM, AND IT PULLED ME DOWN. THEN, WHEN I WAS GETTING LOOSE, IT WOULD GRAB MY ARM AGAIN AND PULL ME DOWN. SO IT BIT ME AT LEAST THREE TIMES ON THIS ARM. SO, MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS I WAS GONNA DIE, COS THE WATER WAS NOW BLOODY. BUT THEN, AFTER A WHILE, I JUST THOUGHT, 'NO. LET ME JUST FIGHT.' SO I JUST KIND OF HUNG IN THERE UNTIL THE TOUR GUIDES WERE ABLE TO SAVE ME AND GET ME ON TO THEIR CANOE. SHE WAS AIR-LIFTED TO A PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN BULAWAYO. HER RIGHT ARM WAS AMPUTATED. HER LEFT ARM, SHE WOULD DISCOVER, WAS BROKEN TOO. BUT FIVE DAYS LATER, THEY PUSHED AHEAD WITH THEIR WEDDING. SHE DRESSED UP IN THE HOSPITAL WARD AND WAS WHEELED TO THE CHAPEL. THE TWO ARE MAKING PLANS TO MOVE ZANELE TO BRITAIN TO LIVE WITH JAMIE, A VOLUNTEER WITH THE NATIONAL CITIZEN SERVICE. THE ATTACK HAS GIVEN THEM A NEW APPRECIATION OF LIFE. I COULD HAVE SO EASILY DIED IN THERE, AND IT'S NOT EVERY DAY PEOPLE SURVIVE CROCODILE ATTACKS. SO I THINK I'M JUST GRATEFUL. EVERY DAY, I WAKE UP AND I'M HAPPY BECAUSE I'M ALIVE. I'VE JUST BEEN GRATEFUL. AND THE CROCODILE WAS HUNTED AND KILLED BY WILDLIFE OFFICIALS WHO WERE WORRIED IT MIGHT DEVELOP A TASTE FOR HUMAN FLESH. AFTER YEARS OF WAITING, BOTH LANES OF QUEENSTOWN'S NEW KAWARAU FALLS BRIDGE ARE OPEN. CONSTRUCTION OF THE $22M BRIDGE BEGAN IN JANUARY 2016. IT CONNECTS A MAJOR STATE HIGHWAY BETWEEN QUEENSTOWN AND SOUTHLAND. FOR YEARS, COMMUTERS WERE USING THE HISTORIC ONE-LANE BRIDGE BUILT DURING THE GOLD RUSH, AND IT'S BEEN AT THE CENTRE OF THE RESORT TOWN'S TRAFFIC WOES. THE OLD HISTORIC BRIDGE WILL REMAIN FOR CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND BRAD SHIELDS IS FREE TO PLAY FOR ENGLAND. ALSO TONIGHT ` IT'S BEEN A DAY FOR INTRIGUING COACHING APPOINTMENTS FROM THE SIGNPOSTED KIWIS LEAGUE JOB TO THIS BLOKE IN BLACK AND GOLD. YEAH, I KNEW THAT QUESTION WOULD POP UP SOONER OR LATER. WHO HAS THE TOUGHER CHALLENGE ` CARLOS WINNING OVER CANES FANS OR AN AUSSIE COACHING THE KIWIS? PLUS ` SPORTING LUMINAIRES AND FORMER STARS GATHER TO SALUTE RUGBY'S NEW KNIGHT. AND THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO STAY UP IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL'S PREMIER LEAGUE. SUNDAY ON Q+A ` THE GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING A RAFT OF EMPLOYMENT LAW CHANGES, SO WILL IT RESTORE THE POWER OF UNIONS AND BOOST YOUR WAGES, OR WILL IT HURT BUSINESS AND THE WIDER ECONOMY? I'LL SPEAK WITH THE WORKPLACE RELATIONS MINISTER, IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY. THAT'S SUNDAY, 9AM, TVNZ1. FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO THE CURIOUS CASE OF HURRICANES LOOSE FORWARD BRAD SHIELDS, WHO WANTS TO PLAY FOR ENGLAND, STARTING NEXT MONTH. NEW ZEALAND RUGBY HAS AGREED TO LET HIM GO. SHIELDS, WHOSE PARENTS ARE ENGLISH, IS UNDER CONTRACT HERE UNTIL THE END OF SUPER RUGBY IN AUGUST, BUT OFFICIALS ARE MAKING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION. ALTHOUGH, THEY'VE FIRED A SHOT AT ENGLAND. BRAD HASN'T YET PLAYED ANY RUGBY IN THE ENGLISH JURISDICTION, AND IT SEEMS HIGHLY UNUSUAL THAT THEY CAN'T FIND PLAYERS FROM WITHIN THEIR OWN COUNTRY TO PICK. BUT, AGAIN, COMING BACK TO THE MAN HIMSELF, WHO'S A UNIQUE PROPOSITION FOR US. BRAD'S A VERY SPECIAL PLAYER HELD IN REALLY HIGH REGARD. AND, IN THE END, IT'S THEIR DECISION. IF SELECTED BY ENGLAND, SHIELDS WILL RETURN FOR THE HURRICANES AFTER HIS TEST COMMITMENTS. EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE HURRICANES APPOINTED FORMER BLUES STAR CARLOS SPENCER TO THEIR COACHING SET-UP FOR NEXT YEAR. SURPRISING IT'S THE CANES, AND SURPRISING THE ANNOUNCEMENT'S BEEN MADE MIDWAY THROUGH THE CURRENT SEASON. DEWI PREECE HAS MORE. BLUES FANS MAY WANT TO LOOK AWAY, BECAUSE, YES, THAT'S CARLOS SPENCER IN A HURRICANES JERSEY. BEING EX-BLUES, AND, I SUPPOSE, THAT WAS ALWAYS MY GOAL ` TO RETURN THERE ONE DAY. SO, I PROBABLY THOUGHT I'D END UP THERE BEFORE I'D END UP IN THE HURRICANES. THE FORMER FIRST FIVE HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS ASSISTANT COACH FOR THE WELLINGTON FRANCHISE FOR 2019, FILLING THE VOID LEFT BY CHRIS BOYD'S MOVE TO ENGLISH CLUB, NORTHAMPTON. SPENCER WILL SEE OUT THE FINAL YEAR OF HIS CONTRACT IN JAPAN, BUT AS A BOY WHO GREW UP IN HOROWHENUA, HE SAYS A HOMECOMING WAS ALWAYS ON THE CARDS. THE PLAN WAS ALWAYS TO COME BACK TO NEW ZEALAND ONE DAY, AND I'VE BEEN GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED BY IT. HOPEFULLY, I CAN BRING SOME FRESH IDEAS, MAYBE A BIT OF STUFF OUTSIDE THE BOX, A BIT OF FREAKY STUFF, WHO KNOWS. IT ALL DEPENDS WHAT THIS GUY'S GONNA ALLOW ME TO DO, YOU KNOW? (LAUGHS) SPENCER LINKS UP WITH 2019 HEAD COACH JOHN PLUMTREE, WHO HE WORKED WITH AT THE SHARKS IN 2013. AND WHILE THE HURRICANES ARE TRUCKING ALONG NICELY THIS SEASON ON EIGHT STRAIGHT WINS, PLUMTREE KNOWS NEW SEASONS WILL ALWAYS BRING NEW CHALLENGES. WHAT WORKS FOR US THIS YEAR MIGHT NOT WORK FOR US NEXT YEAR. WE'LL BE ALWAYS LOOKING TO GET BETTER, AND GETTING A GUY LIKE CARLOS ON BOARD IS GOING TO HELP WITH THAT. HE MAY NOT BE STARTING UNTIL THE NEW YEAR, BUT SPENCER HAS ALREADY BEEN PUT ON THE SPOT IN HIS NEW ROLE. AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND, YOU'VE NOW GOT A FOOT IN BOTH CAMPS, WITH THE HURRICANES TAKING ON THE BLUES. I MEAN, JUST A WORD ON HOW YOU SEE THAT ONE GOING? (CHUCKLES) YEAH, I KNEW THAT QUESTION WOULD POP UP SOONER OR LATER. IN TERMS OF FRIDAY NIGHT, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO PUT MY HURRICANES HAT ON NOW AND SAY, 'LET'S GO HURRICANES.' IT'S HARD TO ARGUE CHRIS BOYD WON'T BE LEAVING THE SIDE IN A BETTER POSITION THAN WHEN HE TOOK OVER. AND NOW KING CARLOS WILL HAVE A SAY IN HOW THE CANES WRITE THEIR NEXT CHAPTER. DEWI PREECE, 1 NEWS. A FORMER HURRICANES ASSISTANT COACH, SIR BRYAN WILLIAMS, HAS BEEN HONOURED AGAIN, THIS TIME AT HIS OLD STOMPING GROUND, EDEN PARK. A WHO'S WHO OF RUGBY GATHERED TODAY TO CELEBRATE HIS KNIGHTHOOD. GUY HEVELDT WAS THERE. WHETHER THEY'RE RUGBY IDENTITIES OR FANS, SIR BRYAN WILLIAMS DRAWS QUITE THE CROWD. ANY EXCUSE IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR A PARTY, ISN'T IT? (LAUGHS) I'M HAPPY TO BE THE EXCUSE. JUST OVER A WEEK AFTER OFFICIALLY BECOMING 'SIR B.G.', THE FORMER ALL BLACKS WING AND NEW ZEALAND RUGBY PRESIDENT WAS THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION AGAIN. A LUNCH ORGANISED BY THE NEW ZEALAND RUGBY BARBARIANS, OF WHICH HE'S A PATRON ` A CHANCE TO REMINISCE AND TOAST EVERYTHING HE'S ACHIEVED, AND THERE'S A BIT. IF ANYBODY HAS DONE MORE FOR RUGBY IN THIS COUNTRY THAN B.G., I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS. THOSE HE PLAYED ALONGSIDE WITH FOND MEMORIES OF LEARNING OFF HIM. YOU JUST SOAKED IT UP FROM HIM, EH. THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS WANTED TO GO AND SIT WITH HIM FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER AND JUST KEEP PROBING, ` COS HE HAD ALL THIS WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD. OTHERS ON THE RECEIVING END. B.G. WILLIAMS ` WHAT A HERO. ALWAYS BEAT US WHEN WE WORE THE RED. B.G.'S LEGS ` JUST INCREDIBLE. THE MAN WAS A MONSTER! MANY OF THEM WILL GATHER AT THE SAME VENUE AGAIN TOMORROW WHEN THE BLUES PLAY THE HURRICANES. THE STRUGGLES OF AUCKLAND RUGBY ` A TOPIC TO DISCUSS. IT'S LITTERED WITH A HUGE AMOUNT OF SUCCESS, AND THEY'RE NOT HAPPENING NOW. SO IT IS CAUSE FOR GREAT CONCERN, AND UNFORTUNATELY I'M TOO OLD TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. JUDGING BY WHAT HE'S ACHIEVED, SIR BRYAN WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT WHATEVER AGE. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS. ALL BLACKS PROP JOE MOODY IS FINALLY SET TO MAKE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE FOR THE CRUSADERS THIS SEASON ` AGAINST THE WARATAHS THIS WEEKEND. THE 31-TEST LOOSE HEAD INJURED HIS SHOULDER IN THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP NINE MONTHS AGO AND THEN BROKE HIS FINGER IN HIS CLUB COMEBACK LAST MONTH. YEAH, EXACTLY RIGHT. I THOUGHT I WAS BACK IN THE MIXER, AND THEN I ONLY LASTED ABOUT TWO MINUTES AT CLUB FOOTY, SO (CHUCKLES) YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK AGAIN THIS TIME. MEANWHILE, THE HIGHLANDERS ARE RESTING AARON SMITH, ON ALL BLACKS LEAVE FOR THE MATCH AGAINST THE LIONS IN DUNEDIN ON SATURDAY, WITH KAYNE HAMMINGTON TAKING HIS PLACE IN THE STARTING LINE-UP. THE KIWIS HAVE SECURED AN ELITE COACH TO LEAD THEM INTO NEXT MONTH'S TEST AGAINST ENGLAND IN THE U.S., BUT THE QUESTION REMAINS ` WHO WILL ACTUALLY PLAY? TONGA HAVE CONFIRMED TO 1 NEWS JASON TAUMALOLO IS STICKING WITH THEIR SIDE WHILE NEW ZEALAND LEAGUE FACES A BATTLE TO HAVE OTHER PLAYERS RELEASED BY NRL CLUBS. MATT MANUKIA REPORTS. IN TERMS OF COACHING APPOINTMENTS, THIS IS A MAJOR COUP ` THE FIRST NRL PREMIERSHIP-WINNING COACH EVER TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE KIWIS. TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A WHOLE COUNTRY AND THAT JERSEY TO THE PLACES WE WANT TO GO ` AND THAT'S THE HIGHEST OF THE HIGHS ` AND BEING THE NUMBER ONE TEAM OF RUGBY LEAGUE. AND THE FIERY 44-YEAR-OLD'S GOT A FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT TO DO THAT AFTER WINNING EVERYTHING THERE IS TO WIN AT CLUB LEVEL ` A UK SUPER LEAGUE TITLE AND CHALLENGE CUP WITH WIGAN. HE THEN TOOK SOUTH SYDNEY TO AN NRL PREMIERSHIP, A WORLD CLUB CHALLENGE, AND THE NRL NINES TITLE. BUT IT WAS HIS BIG PLANS FOR THE GAME HERE THAT REALLY IMPRESSED THE SELECTION PANEL. HE WASN'T ACTUALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT COACHING THE TEAM TO SUCCESS. HE WAS THINKING ABOUT WHERE'S THE SUCCESSION PLANNING. HE WANTS TO START 16S AND 18S CAMPS IN AUSTRALIA. THAT VISION IS IN SUCH HIGH DEMAND, THE NZRL HAS BEEN FORCED TO ALLOW MAGUIRE TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT OTHER COACHING OFFERS. SINCE LEAVING THE RABBITOHS, HE'S BEEN LINKED TO AT LEAST FIVE JOBS, INCLUDING THE RECENTLY-FILLED NEW SOUTH WALES ORIGIN ROLE. WHAT CAN YOU SAY TO PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE THINKING, 'WELL, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER JOB FOR MICHAEL; 'HE'S NOT ACTUALLY THAT COMMITTED'? I'M EXTREMELY COMMITTED. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M EXTREMELY PASSIONATE ABOUT. HE GETS AN OFFER, IT HAS TO WORK AROUND THIS JOB FIRST, OTHERWISE HE'S NOT GONNA TAKE IT. THE FIRST CHALLENGE IS ASSEMBLING A SQUAD TO PLAY ENGLAND IN DENVER IN SIX WEEKS. JESSE BROMWICH AND KEVIN PROCTOR ARE WELCOMED BACK, AS ARE JASON TAUMALOLO AND DAVID FUSITU'A, BUT BOTH ARE STILL PICKING TONGA. THE NZRL'S ALSO BEEN FIGHTING TO GET OTHER TOP PLAYERS RELEASED FROM NRL CLUBS. AT THE OUTSET, THERE WAS A LOT OF NEGATIVE FROM THE NRL. WE HAD OUR CHAIRMAN AND ONE OTHER DIRECTOR ADDRESS ALL THE NRL CEOs A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND, FRANKLY, WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE TURNED A CORNER. MAGUIRE GETS A CHANCE TO CONVINCE THE WARRIORS THIS WEEKEND WITH PLANS TO CATCH UP WITH COACH STEPHEN KEARNEY AT THEIR CLASH WITH THE ROOSTERS. MATT MANUKIA, 1 NEWS. KIWI CYCLIST GEORGE BENNETT HAS MOVED INTO THE TOP 20 AT THE GIRO D'ITALIA AFTER FINISHING WITH THE MAIN GROUP ON STAGE FIVE. THE 153KM RIDE STARTING OUT ALONG THE SOUTH-WEST COAST OF SICILY. BENNETT'S LOTTO-JUMBO TEAMMATE, ENRICO BATTAGLIN, FIRST ACROSS THE LINE. THE KIWI'S IN 20TH PLACE ` 56 SECONDS BEHIND AUSTRALIAN LEADER ROHAN DENNIS. MITCHELL MCCLENAGHAN HAS BROKEN INTO THE TOP 10 WICKET TAKERS FOR THE IPL SEASON AS HIS MUMBAI INDIANS MOVED INTO THE TOP FOUR. MCCLENAGHAN'S FIRST BALL WAS CLUBBED AS THE KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS WENT AFTER 211, BUT THE KIWI SPEARHEAD STRUCK BACK IMMEDIATELY WITH HIS 12TH WICKET OF THE CAMPAIGN. BRAND-NEW BALL. ROCK-HARD BALL. USE THE EXTRA PACE IN THE SURFACE. GO SHORT. GET HIM TO PLAY A CROSS BACK SHOT. THE RIGHT LINE AS WELL THAT CRAMPS HIM. HE HAS TO STEP AWAY. GETS HIGH ON THE BAT. KOLKATA NEVER RECOVERED, LOSING BY 102 RUNS TO DROP OUT OF THE TOP FOUR. THE CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE IN YORKSHIRE TONIGHT WITH THE UNLIKELY HUDDERSFIELD TOWN STAYING UP IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL'S PREMIER LEAGUE. ON A BIG TREK TO LONDON, THE TERRIERS STAY SAFE IN THEIR FIRST SEASON IN THE EPL WITH A SHOCK 1-1 DRAW AGAINST CHELSEA. AND DEPOITRE WITH A CHANCE. OH, AND HE'S SCORED! LAURENT DEPOITRE FOR HUDDERSFIELD TOWN! CHELSEA RESPONDED THROUGH A BIZARRE ALMOST OWN GOAL, OFFICIALLY SCORED BY MARCUS ALONSO. A LATE GOAL MOUTH SCRAMBLE SUMMED UP HUDDERSFIELD'S FIGHT. CHRISTENSEN GOING IN NOW. AZPILICUETA TOO. AND RUDIGER. IT'S AN ALMIGHTY SCRAMBLE. CHRISTENSEN! OH, WHAT A SAVE OFF THE POST TOO! AND AWAY BY MOOY. HUDDERSFIELD'S PLAYERS CANCELLED THEIR PLANE RIDE HOME FROM LONDON, INSTEAD TAKING A FOUR-HOUR BUS RIDE SO THEY COULD CELEBRATE. HUDDERSFIELD STAYS UP, WITH STOKE, WEST BROM, AND SWANSEA ALL SET TO DROP DOWN. THEY MAY NOT BE THE FAVOURITES, BUT ALL EYES WILL BE ON THE GROUPING OF PHIL MICKELSON AND TIGER WOODS AT THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP IN FLORIDA, STARTING LATER TONIGHT. WOODS HAS WON TWICE AT SAWGRASS, MOST RECENTLY IN 2013. THE DUO WERE PLAYING TOGETHER IN 2001 WHEN TIGER HOLED THIS UNBELIEVABLE BIRDIE PUTT ON THE 17TH'S ISLAND GREEN. HE WENT ON TO WIN THE VERY NEXT DAY. MY LEVEL PLAY THEN WAS SOMETHING THAT, ON HINDSIGHT, LOOKING BACK ON IT, WAS PRETTY HIGH. BUT I HELD IT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. MICKELSON WON THE PLAYER'S IN 2007. EVEN HE LOOKS BACK FONDLY ON TIGER'S GLORY DAYS OF THE EARLY 2000S. IT WAS THE MOST REMARKABLE GOLF IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME ` AND I THINK UNREPEATABLE. I THINK IT WAS THAT GOOD. RICKIE FOWLER COMPLETES THEIR GROUPING. THE FIRST ROUND BEGINS TONIGHT. WOULDNT BET AGAINST TIGER. JUST SAYING. THANKS, ANDREW. WISH IT WAS EARLY 2000S. OVER TO SEVEN SHARP. TONIGHT ON SEVEN SHARP ` THE CLEANING WIPE THAT'S CAUSING A MASSIVE STINK. OUR CITY ALONE SPENDS $100,000 A YEAR CLEANING UP THIS MESS. IS IT TIME TO DITCH THE WET WIPE FOR GOOD? PLUS ` DIALLING UP GOOGLE'S NEW DIGITAL ASSISTANT. WOULD YOU EVEN KNOW YOU WERE TALKING TO A ROBOT? PLUS ` THE DUNEDIN MAN WHO FOUND HIMSELF IN A HOLE LOT OF TROUBLE. THE SINKING PROPERTY THAT GAVE HIM THE FRIGHT OF HIS LIFE. SEE YOU AT 7 SHARP. HELLO. IF YOU'RE STARTING TO PUT YOUR EYES ON THE WEEKEND, YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK OF PLAN B. THE TASMAN SEA WILL SEND IN A PIPELINE OF RAIN. THE CENTRE OF THE HIGH MOVED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. A PERFECT RECIPE FOR FOG. SOME HAD A GORGEOUS DAY. THE MID- AND HIGH-LEVEL CLOUDS CHANGED. TWO DIFFERENT DISTINCT WEATHER SYSTEMS. THE FIRST WILL BRING A SPELL OF RAIN. THAT'S ALREADY SLIDING AHEAD OF THE MAIN FRONT., THAT IS A LUMP OF NASTINESS. HAIL, THUNDER, EVEN SNOW FOR THE HILLS. THAT WILL GRAB MOISTURE FROM THE TROPICS AND COME OUR WAY. THAT'S THE ONE COMING IN TOMORROW. THAT'S GONNA PILE IN, BUT THE RAIN WILL BE PATCHY. THE FURTHER EAST YOU ARE, THE DAY WON'T BE TOO BAD. OTHERWISE WATCH FOR STRONGER WINDS. LET'S GET INTO THIS FIRST ONE. TIGHT ISOBARS ` STRONG WINDS ` BARRELLING INTO THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. PUSH THAT THING THROUGH, AND THERE'S THE OTHER SYSTEM, STARTING TO GATHER ITS WAGONS AROUND THE CAMPFIRE. SATURDAY'S NOT BAD DOWN SOUTH. THE PLAN B FOR SUNDAY ` INDOORS. ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT ` RAINFALL. THE DARKER BLUES AND YELLOWS, THAT'S 50 TO 100MM NORTHERN TO WESTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. COULD BE A WET END TO THE WEEKEND. TOMORROW FOR THE NORTH ISLAND ` DRY FURTHER EAST THEN A BAND OF RAIN BY THE END OF THE DAY. ALL OF US NEEDING THE RAINCOAT BY THE END OF THE DAY RAIN HEAVY ABOUT THE WEST COAST TOO. IT DOES STAGGER, DRYING OUT TO THE NORTH-EAST. PATCHY RAIN. THOSE WINDS PICKING UP AS WELL AS THE LOW COMES THROUGH. WEST COAST ` RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES. SCATTERED IN PLACES LIKE NELSON. FOR THE EASTER COAST, A BAND OF RAIN IN THE MORNING. PRETTY MILD DAY. SOME GUSTY WINDS BUT DRYING OUT. YOU'RE FINE HERE. FEW SHOWERS COMING THROUGH LATE MORNING. SHELTER FROM THE RAIN JUST WEST. SPITS AND SPOTS IN THE MORNING. SPELLS OF RAIN COMING THROUGH IN THE AFTERNOON. HERE, FEW SPOTS OF RAIN TRYING TO COME IN THROUGH THE MORNING, MORE THAN LIKELY INTO THE AFTERNOON. FROM WAIKATAO TO NORTHLAND, YOU'LL NEED THAT RAINCOAT. DUNEDIN, WE WILL SEE THAT RISK FOR RIAN. AND CERTAINLY THERE IN CHRISTCHURCH, BUT JUST IN THE MORNING. OCCASIONAL RAIN FOR THE AFTERNOON. SPOTS IN THE FIRST PART. PRETTY SIMILAR FOR THE BAY ` RISK FOR RAIN. AND FOR AUCKLAND, SPOTS OF RIAN. SATURDAY DOWN SOUTH ` NOT AS BAD. WET SUNDAY SLOWLY CLEARING AWAY. THAT'S HOW WE'RE LOOKING.