DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. TONIGHT ` THE 18-YEAR-OLDS ARE HAPPY, BUT IS THE DECISION OVER THE DRINKING AGE A MISSED OPPORTUNITY? A BIG JAIL SENTENCE FOR A WELLINGTON TEACHER WHO SEXUALLY ABUSED BOYS. AND HE MADE HIS DAY ` MITT ROMNEY'S RUN FOR THE WHITEHOUSE GETS SOME BACKING FROM A HOLLYWOOD HEAVYWEIGHT TWO TONGAN POLICEMAN KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. MP'S DECISION TO LEAVE THE DRINKING AGE AT 18 HAS BEEN CALLED A MISSED OPPORTUNITY. CRITICS SAY NEW ALCOHOL LEGISLATION NOW LACKS THE TEETH TO PROPERLY TACKLE THE TEENAGE BINGE-DRINKING PROBLEM. GEORGINA BALL HAS MORE. MANY PEOPLE ARE ALREADY KICKING OFF WEEKEND FESTIVITIES. BUT FOR OTHERS WHO'D HOPED THE DRINKING AGE WOULD JUMP TO 20, THERE'S A DAMPER ON CELEBRATIONS. THE REAL PROBLEM IS THE KIDS ` THERE'S 18-YEAR-OLDS, EVEN YOUNGER, 17-YEAR-OLDS ON THE STREET, ON THE PAVEMENTS, EVERYWHERE, AND YOU KIND OF THINK, 'IS THIS RIGHT?' I THINK THEY STILL CAN'T HANDLE ALCOHOL AT THAT AGE. WITH THE FIGHT TO RAISE THE DRINKING AGE LOST, CAMPAIGNERS ARE NOW TURNING THEIR ATTENTION TO OTHER PARTS OF THE ALCOHOL REFORM BILL. THE MAORI PARTY'S CALLING FOR THE BILL TO INCLUDE A BAN ON ALL ALCOHOL SPONSORSHIP AND ADVERTISING, BUT THE PRIME MINISTER'S NOT KEEN. PARLIAMENT CAN ALWAYS REVISIT THIS ISSUE IN YEARS TO COME. AND LABOUR'S APPALLED THAT THE NEW LAW WON'T LIMIT THE ALCOHOL STRENGTH OF PRE-MIX DRINKS. WE FELT THAT THAT WAS REALLY PUTTING THE FOX IN CHARGE OF THE HEN HOUSE. THOSE SORTS OF DRINKS ARE WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE GET COMPLETELY WASTED ON. BUT THE PRIME MINISTER ARGUES THE BILL DOES HAVE ENOUGH BITE. IT WILL LIMIT LIQUOR STORE TRADING HOURS, MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO PROMOTE ALCOHOL IN A WAY THAT APPEALS TO MINORS, AND GIVE COMMUNITIES MORE SAY ON LIQUOR STORE LOCATIONS. THAT LAST MEASURE IS WELCOME IN ONE OF THE AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF BOTTLE STORES. THE COMMUNITY BEING ABLE TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON THE NUMBER OF LIQUOR STORES, HOW LONG THEY'RE OPEN FOR. THE YOUTH COUNCIL WANTED THE DRINKING AGE BOOSTED TO 20 TO REDUCE PROBLEM DRINKING. NOW IT HAS TO TRY AND INFLUENCE THE ALCOHOL REFORM BILL, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO PASS LATER THIS YEAR. GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS. TWO TONGAN POLICEMAN HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MANSLAUGHTER OF A NZ CONSTABLE WHO WAS KILLED IN TONGA. FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED IN AUCKLAND TODAY TO FAREWELL KALI FUNGAVAKA, WHO DIED FROM SERIOUS HEAD INJURIES AFTER BEING ASSAULTED WHILE IN TONGAN POLICE CUSTODY. LISA OWEN REPORTS. A FORTNIGHT AGO, CONSTABLE KALI FUNGAVAKA BURIED HIS GRANDFATHER IN TONGA AND WONDERED ALOUD IF PEOPLE WOULD COME TO HIS FUNERAL. TODAY HUNDREDS DID. HE WAS HELD HIGH ON THE SHOULDERS OF HIS FELLOW OFFICERS AND EVEN HIGHER IN THEIR REGARD. BAGPIPES PLAY DURING THE SERVICE, KALI FUNGAVAKA WAS DESCRIBED AS A SELFLESS, BIG-HEARTED MAN WHO WAS A NATURAL LEADER. ONE FRIEND SAID HE WOULD WILLINGLY PLACE HIMSELF IN DANGER TO PROTECT OTHERS AND THAT HE ASPIRED TO BE THE KIND OF MAN THAT KALI FUNGAVAKA WAS. MR FUNGAVAKA'S WIDOW WALKED BESIDE HIM CARRYING THE NZ FLAG THAT HAD BEEN DRAPED ON HIS CASKET. KALI'S MOTHER CLUTCHED A PHOTO OF HER SON. HIS CHILDREN WERE THERE TOO. HE WILL ALWAYS BE LOVED BY THEM, AND HOPEFULLY HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE ON THROUGH THEM. WHILE CONSTABLE FUNGAVAKA'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY WERE AT HIS FUNERAL, TONGAN POLICE REVEALED, AS A RESULT OF NEW FORENSIC EVIDENCE, THE OFFICERS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING HIM WILL NOW FACE MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES. WE WILL UNCOVER THE TRUTH OF THIS MATTER. IT MAY TAKE US MORE THAN A FEW WEEKS, IT MAY TAKE US A FEW MONTHS. BUT WE WILL GET THERE. BUT TONGAN POLICE KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE TOO AFRAID OF THEM TO COME FORWARD. THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT SHOULD FEAR US ARE THE VERY SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CRIMINALS. AND THEY SHOULD FEAR US BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM TO COURT AND PROSECUTE THEM. BUT HERE IT WAS ABOUT REMEMBERING A DECENT MAN, HUSBAND, FATHER AND COP. 'THIS WAS NOT GOODBYE,' THEY SAY. 'IT WAS SEE YOU LATER.' LISA OWEN, ONE NEWS. US SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON HAS ARRIVED IN THE COOK ISLANDS TO MEET PACIFIC LEADERS FOLLOWING THEIR FORUM MEETING. SHE RECEIVED A HUGE WELCOME WHEN SHE TOUCHED DOWN IN RAROTONGA. HER TRIP IS WIDELY ASSUMED TO BE DESIGNED TO COUNTER HEAVY CHINESE INFLUENCE IN THE REGION. AND HER ARRIVAL COINCIDED WITH A MAJOR PRESS CONFERENCE BEING HELD BY THE CHINESE DELEGATION. TOMORROW HILLARY CLINTON WILL TALK INFORMALLY WITH COOK ISLAND LEADERS OVER BREAKFAST, BEFORE MEETING OUR PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY. BUT BEFORE THE HIGH-PROFILE VISIT, PACIFIC LEADERS AGAIN TOOK A HARD STANCE ON FIJI. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER IS COVERING THE SUMMIT. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN WORK TO BE DONE, BUT THE LEADERS' RETREAT ON AITUTAKI GUARANTEED IT WOULD BE AS PLEASANT AS POSSIBLE. COOK ISLAND DRUMMING BUT NOT EVERYTHING ON THE AGENDA WAS EASY. FIJI WAS AGAIN ISOLATED FROM THE FORUM FAMILY. WE CAN'T JUST TAKE ALL THE BRAKES OFF AND BE COMPLETELY TRUSTING HERE, BUT WE DO UNFORTUNATELY OR FORTUNATELY HAVE TO PUT A BIT OF TRUST IN THE SYSTEM AND SEE HOW AND WHERE IT TAKES US. LEADERS ACKNOWLEDGED MILITARY-LED FIJI IS MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS ELECTIONS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT THEY WANT TO SEE MORE EVIDENCE. THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE IS HAVE ELECTIONS. BUT IN THE END, THE DECISION WAS UNANIMOUS. THE OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE PACIFIC ARE TAKING THEIR LEAD FROM WHAT AUSTRALIA AND NZ ARE DOING, PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF RE-ENGAGING WITH FIJI AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ISLAND STATES REMAINS STRONG. BUT OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS, THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT BUILDING TIES WITH THE US. THE UNITED STATES IS CONCERNED AT CHINA'S GROWING INFLUENCE IN THE REGION, PARTICULARLY MILITARY TIES WITH FIJI. SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON IS EXPECTED TO DISCUSS THIS. OBVIOUSLY, WE WILL BE SITTING DOWN WITH HILLARY CLINTON TOMORROW, SO WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT GENERALLY, MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT THEY'VE TAKEN THEIR LEAD FROM NZ. THE US SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT HERE HAS SHOWN PACIFIC LEADERS THEIR FORUM IS GROWING IN INFLUENCE. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS, RAROTONGA. WE CAN NOW REVEAL THE IDENTITY OF A FORMER WELLINGTON TEACHER WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF TEN BOYS. GRAEME ANDREW JOBLIN (56) HAS BEEN JAILED FOR 20 YEARS. MIKE THORPE WAS AT THE CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SENTENCING. GRAEME JOBLIN PREYED ON YOUNG MEN WHO WERE VULNERABLE. THESE YOUNG MEN WERE NOT YOUNG MEN WHO WERE GOING TO GO AND CALL THE POLICE OR RUN OFF TO THEIR PARENTS. THESE WERE DISENFRANCHISED YOUNG MEN WHO WERE DISENFRANCHISED NOT ONLY FROM THEIR FAMILIES ` AND IN SOME CASES YOU ENCOURAGED THAT ` BUT THEY WERE DISENFRANCHISED FROM THE SYSTEM. HIS OFFENDING BEGAN WHILE TEACHING, ABUSING TWO YOUNG STUDENTS AT A WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL IN THE LATE '70S. HE THEN MOVED TO CHRISTCHURCH, WHERE HE'D OFTEN BUSK IN THE SQUARE, BEFRIENDING YOUNG RUNAWAYS. HERE THERE WAS GROOMING IN RELATION TO PLYING THESE YOUNG MEN WITH ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUGS, AND IT COULD BE SEEN AS PREDATORY BEHAVIOUR ON YOUR BEHALF. JOBLIN WAS TRANSIENT, BUT AS MUCH AS HE MOVED FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE, THE BOYS HE ASSOCIATED WITH FOLLOWED HIM TO THE POINT THAT HE ACHIEVED AN ALMOST PARENTAL LEVEL OF TRUST. YOUR HOME WAS USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF BAIL CONDITIONS FOR THESE YOUNG MEN. AT TIMES YOU EVEN PRESENTED AT COURT WHEN SOME OF THESE YOUNG MEN WERE ATTENDING, BECAUSE THEY WERE PART OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND YOU ABUSED THAT TRUST SIGNIFICANTLY. JOBLIN CAN'T BE CONSIDERED FOR PAROLE UNTIL HE'S SERVED AT LEAST NINE YEARS OF HIS 20-YEAR SENTENCE ` A SENTENCE JUDGE FARISH SAID THERE WAS NO PRECEDENT FOR, BECAUSE OF THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF THE OFFENDING. THANK YOU. YOU MAY STAND DOWN. MIKE THORPE, ONE NEWS. A WOMAN HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER HER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A SHOP IN AUCKLAND CITY THIS EVENING. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE CORNER OF POINT CHEVALIER RD AND RAYMOND ST JUST AFTER 8 O'CLOCK. THE FEMALE DRIVER WAS TRAPPED FOR SOMETIME, AND SHE'S NOW IN AUCKLAND HOSPITAL, IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. POLICE SAY THE CAR WAS TRAVELLING AT HIGH SPEED BEFORE THE CRASH AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A WIDE TURN. IN AUSTRALIA, DETAILS HAVE BEEN REVEALED ABOUT A KILLER WHO LURED HIS VICTIM TO HER DEATH THROUGH MESSAGES ON FACEBOOK. THE MAN OFFERED AN 18-YEAR-OLD A JOB WORKING WITH WILDLIFE, BEFORE KILLING HER IN SYDNEY BUSHLAND. CHANNEL NINE'S LIZZIE PEARL REPORTS. TRYING TO COVER HIS FACE, CHRIS DANNEVIG, THE CUNNING AND CALCULATED FACEBOOK KILLER. HIS BRUTAL CRIME LEFT A FAMILY SHATTERED. IT IS VERY HARD HE'S ALIVE. MY NIECE IS DEAD. IN MAY 2010, DANNEVIG CREATED A FAKE FACEBOOK PROFILE. POSING AS A WILDLIFE RESCUE VOLUNTEER, HE LURED ANIMAL LOVER NONA BELOMESOFF TO REMOTE BUSHLAND AT LEUMEAH IN SYDNEY'S WEST. HE PUSHED THE 18-YEAR-OLD, CRACKING HER HEAD ON SOME ROCKS, BEFORE HOLDING HER UNDERWATER. IT IS A LONG WAR FOR THE FAMILY. IT IS EXTREMELY HARD. IT WAS HERE AT LEUMEAH TRAIN STATION WHERE DETECTIVES MADE THEIR BREAKTHROUGH ` BANK RECORDS SHOWED NONA'S ACCOUNT WAS CLEARED OUT FROM AN AT NEAR HERE THE DAY SHE WENT MISSING, WHILE CHRIS DANNEVIG WAS SEEN HERE IN PLAIN VIEW ON CCTV, AND POLICE HAD THEIR SUSPECT. TRUSTING CHRIS DANNEVIG, NONA TOLD HIM HER PIN. ONCE HE KILLED HER, HE USED IT TO STEAL $170. IT WAS ALL SHE HAD. DANNEVIG CLAIMED HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW NONA DIED UNTIL UNDERCOVER POLICE POSING AS PRISONERS AT LONG BAY JAIL GOT HIM TO TALK. ALTHOUGH I'M A POLICE OFFICER, I'M ALSO A FATHER OF FOUR DAUGHTERS. THIS WAS A PARTICULARLY PLEASING CASE TO SOLVE. VERY GRATEFUL TO THE INVESTIGATION TEAM. THE BELOMESOFF FAMILY WILL SPEND FATHER'S DAY VISITING NONA'S GRAVE. CHRIS DONOVIC WAS SENTENCED TO 21 YEARS IN PRISON. HE'S THE MAN THE REPUBLICANS HAVE ANOINTED TO TAKE ON BARACK OBAMA IN THE US ELECTION. BUT IT'S THE VOTERS MITT ROMNEY HAS TO PERSUADE, AND TODAY, IN THE BIGGEST SPEECH OF HIS LIFE, HE LAID OUT HIS PLANS, WITH HELP FROM A HOLLYWOOD GREAT. CRAIG MCMURTRIE FROM AUSTRALIA'S ABC REPORTS. PUTTING THE BITTERNESS AND IN-FIGHTING OF A LONG PRIMARY BEHIND THEM. CHEERING REPUBLICANS ACKNOWLEDGED THE MAN WHO OUTSPENT AND OUTLASTED THEM ALL. I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. CHEERING THE WARM-UP ACT WAS HARD-BITTEN HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY. GO AHEAD,... CROWD: ...MADE MY DAY. THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN WANTED TO ANSWER WEEKS OF ATTACK ADS PORTRAYING HIM AS A COLD CORPORATE RAIDER. SO THERE WAS PERSONAL TESTIMONIES FROM PEOPLE LIKE TED AND PAT OPAROWSKI FROM VERMONT. MITT ROMNEY STRUCK UP A FRIENDSHIP WITH THEIR CANCER-RIDDEN SON. HE WANTED MITT TO PRONOUNCE HIS EULOGY. AND MITT WAS THERE TO HONOUR THAT REQUEST. AND THE 65-YEAR-OLD TOLD HIS OWN STORY TO RECONNECT WITH VOTERS ` OF BEING MORMON, GROWING UP IN MICHIGAN, HIS LOVE OF CARS, HIS PARENTS, HOW HIS FATHER LEFT HIS MOTHER A FLOWER EVERY DAY. MY MOM AND DAD WERE TRUE PARTNERS ` A LIFE LESSON THAT SHAPED ME BY EVERYDAY EXAMPLE. HE DIDN'T BASH BARACK OBAMA. HE SIMPLY ACCUSED HIM OF LETTING AMERICA DOWN, OF DISAPPOINTING. YOU KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE KIND OF JOB HE'S DONE AS PRESIDENT WHEN THE BEST FEELING YOU HAD WAS THE DAY YOU VOTED FOR HIM. HE DIDN'T OFFER NEW POLICIES OR LAVISH POLICIES. PRESIDENT OBAMA PROMISED TO BEGIN TO SLOW THE RISE OF THE OCEANS. MY PROMISE IS TO HELP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THE REPUBLICAN FAITHFUL CAME HERE TO PARTY, BUT ALSO TO BE INSPIRED. THE CAMPAIGN HOPES THIS NIGHT WILL HELP UNDECIDED VOTERS TO FIVE MITT ROMNEY A SECOND LOOK. HIS ARGUMENTS IS THAT AMERICANS SHOULDN'T FEEL BAD ABOUT VOTING OUT THE COUNTRY'S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT, THAT IT'S TIME TO TURN THE PAGE. THIS TIME NEXT WEEK, THE MASTER ORATOR BARACK OBAMA WILL GIVE HIS CONVENTION SPEECH. JUST AHEAD ` GOLD FOR NZ AT THE PARALYMPICS. AND THE BLACKCAPS' SKIPPER NOTCHES UP A CENTURY IN BANGALORE. 1 THE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS FROM THE BOAT THAT SANK OFF THE COAST OF INDONESIA TWO DAYS AGO HAS BEEN CALLED OFF. MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE, SOME SERIOUSLY INJURED, WERE RESCUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND OTHER MERCHANT SHIPS. BUT AROUND 100 ASYLUM SEEKERS REMAIN MISSING. THE SURVIVORS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE PORT OF MERAK IN WESTERN JAVA. DESPITE PLEAS TO BE SENT TO AUSTRALIA, THE ASYLUM SEEKERS NOW FACE THE PROSPECT OF IMMIGRATION DETENTION IN INDONESIA. THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SHIFT THE BLAME AFTER 270 MINERS WERE ARRESTED FOR THE MURDER OF THEIR WORKMATES. THEY'VE BEEN CHARGED UNDER A LAW THAT'S NOT OFTEN USED. THOSE ARRESTED WERE AMONG A CROWD OF STRIKERS THAT CLASHED WITH POLICE. 34 MINERS WERE SHOT DEAD BY POLICE, WHO CLAIMED THEY WERE BEING ATTACKED AT THE TIME. TORRENTIAL RAIN DUMPED BY HURRICANE ISAAC HAS BROUGHT A NEW THREAT TO THE AMERICAN STATE OF LOUISIANA. STORM DAMAGE TO A DAM IN NEIGHBOURING MISSISSIPPI HAS FORCED THE EVACUATION OF 60,000 PEOPLE LIVING DOWNSTREAM. LARGE PARTS OF THE GULF COAST REMAIN FLOODED. AROUND 700,000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER IN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. JUST DAYS AFTER ANNOUNCING UP TO ONE-THIRD OF ITS WORKFORCE COULD BE LAID OFF, SOLID ENERGY HAS REPORTED A SIGNIFICANT AFTER-TAX LOSS. SARAH BRADLEY'S BEEN LOOKING AT INTO THE RESULT. EXECUTIVES AND THE CHAIRMAN TODAY ANNOUNCED THE DECLINING HEALTH OF THEIR ONCE-BOOMING COMPANY. IT REMAINS CLEARLY SUBJECT TO THE COMMODITY COAL CYCLE THAT WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, AND THAT IS IN DIFFICULT TIMES. SOLID ENERGY'S MADE AN AFTER-TAX LOSS OF JUST OVER $40M. HOWEVER, THE COMPANY'S ANNOUNCED EARNINGS OF ALMOST $100M. THAT'S UP 16% ON LAST YEAR. THE LOSS WAS CAUSED BY A MASSIVE WRITE-DOWN OF ASSETS, INCLUDING ITS BIODIESEL BUSINESS; LOSSES IN VALUE FROM ITS SPRING CREEK COAL MINE; AND THE REDUCTION IN WORK AT ITS HUNTLY EAST SITE. IT HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY VOLATILE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. BUT IN EARLY JULY, IT TOOK A MASSIVE DIVE OFF A CLIFF. THAT DIVE INCLUDED A DROP IN THE COAL COMMODITY PRICE AND SOFTENING DEMAND FROM CHINA. SOLID ENERGY IS PLANNING TO CUT ITS CAPITAL EXPENDITURE BY $100M OVER THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR. THAT'S IN ADDITION TO DEALING WITH WHAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT REDUNDANCIES. SOLID ENERGY SAYS THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE MEANS HUNDREDS OF JOBS COULD GO, BUT NO FINAL DECISION'S BEEN MADE. NOBODY EXCEPT YOURSELVES FEELS THE PAIN OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH MORE THAN THE PEOPLE WHO SIT AROUND THE BOARD TABLE IN THE MANAGEMENT TEAM OF SOLID ENERGY. THE MINERS' UNION SAYS SOLID ENERGY IS BEING SHORT-SIGHTED AND FOCUSED ON THE PARTIAL SALE OF STATE ASSETS. IT'S DESIGNED TO PLEASE THE ASSET SALE FLOAT, RATHER THAN THE LONG-TERM PROSPECTS OF THE COMPANY AND PARTICULARLY THE JOB PROSPECTS OF WORKING NZERS. SOLID ENERGY DESCRIBES CURRENT CONDITIONS AS WORSE THAN THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS. SARAH BRADLEY, ONE NEWS. TRAMPERS WILL SOON BE ABLE TO CROSS PARTS OF MOUNT TONGARIRO AGAIN, THREE WEEKS AFTER THE ERUPTION. THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION'S REOPENING TWO MORE SECTIONS OF THE TRACK UP TO THE RED CRATER AND OTURERE HUT. BUT THERE'S STILL A NO-GO ZONE. THE AREA WITHIN 3KM OF THE OLD VENT, WE THINK, COULD STILL BE DANGEROUS IF THERE WAS ANOTHER ERUPTION OR HIGH DANGER, AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE KEEPING THAT ARE CLOSED. SCIENTISTS ARE STILL MONITORING THE VOLCANO AND SAY ACTIVITY IS DYING DOWN. A GOLD MEDAL, A WORLD RECORD AND A MASSIVE GAP BACK TO THE REST OF THE FIELD. KIWI SWIMMER SOPHIE PASCOE COULDN'T HAVE HOPED FOR A BETTER WAY TO FIRE UP NZ'S PRESENCE AT THE PARALYMPICS IN LONDON. DONNA-MARIE LEVER HAS MORE. HERE SHE IS, SOPHIE PASCOE. THERE WERE HIGH HOPES FOR SOPHIE PASCOE FROM THE START, AND THE AMPUTEE WASTED NO TIME SHOWING WHY SHE'S THE WORLD'S BEST. NO ONE ELSE EVEN GOT CLOSE. SHE HAS REALLY LAID DOWN THE GAUNTLET IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THIS EVENT. SHE EASILY TOOK THE S10 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY A WHOPPING SIX SECONDS AHEAD OF HER COMPETITION... SHE'LL WIN IT BY ABOUT 10M. d SOPHIE PASCOE OF NZ WINS T 8 GOLD AT THE LONDON PARALYM ...AND SMASHING HER OWN WORLD RECORD, WHICH SHE SET EARLIER IN THE DAY. IT'S A GOOD START. IT'S WHAT I WANTED TO DO. I WANTED TO GO AND FEEL NICE AND CALM. YOU KNOW, I CAME OVER HERE AS THE HUNTED, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL DONE THE WORK. BACK HOME IN CHRISTCHURCH, HER FRIENDS ARE CELEBRATING HER HUGE WIN. UP TO THE RACE, SHE WAS NERVOUS. IT'S BEEN A RANGE OF EMOTIONS FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS. EVERY DAY, SHE'LL RING ME AND SAY, 'TODAY I'M FEELING NERVOUS.' 'TODAY I'M EXCITED.' PASCOE LOST PART OF HER LEFT LEG IN A LAWNMOWER ACCIDENT AS A CHILD, BUT WENT ON TO BECOME A HIGH ACHIEVER AT SCHOOL, WHERE SHE REMAINS AN INSPIRATION. DEFINITELY HUMBLE AND REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE FOR HER AND VERY WILLING TO GIVE BACK, AS WELL. THE GOLD MEDAL IS HER FOURTH. THE OTHERS ARE FROM BEIJING, WHERE SHE GRACED THE WORLD STAGE AT JUST 15. NOW, IN LONDON, SHE'S GOT FIVE MORE RACES TO GO. LOOKING FORWARD TO HER WINNING MANY MORE MEDALS, BECAUSE I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT'S WHAT SHE'S GOING TO ACHIEVE. PASCOE WILL BE BACK IN THE WATER FOR HER FREESTYLE FINAL IN THE EARLY HOURS OF TOMORROW MORNING. DONNA-MARIE LEVER, ONE NEWS. A SHORT TIME AGO, SOPHIE PASCOE WON HER HEAT IN THE WOMEN'S 50M FREESTYLE. SHE WAS THE SECOND-FASTEST QUALIFIER AND WILL RACE IN THE FINAL EARLY TOMORROW MORNING, NZ TIME. AND NORTHLAND CYCLIST FIONA SOUTHORN WON BRONZE IN THE C5 WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT. IT'S THE 44-YEAR-OLD'S THIRD PARALYMPICS AND HER FIRST MEDAL. AFTER THE RACE, SOUTHORN SAID SHE SEEMS TO BE GETTING FASTER WITH AGE. SHE PLANS CELEBRATING WITH A HOT CHOCOLATE BEFORE REFOCUSING ON HER NEXT EVENT, THE 500M. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR WEATHER. AND WELLINGTON SAYS GOODBYE TO WINTER WITH A FESTIVAL OF LIGHT. IT WAS AN INNINGS CRYING OUT FOR A CAPTAIN'S KNOCK, AND FORTUNATELY FOR THE BLACKCAPS, COMETH THE HOUR, COMETH THE MAN IN THE SECOND TEST AGAINST INDIA IN BANGALORE. THE NZERS WERE STRUGGLING AT 108 FOR THREE AT LUNCH, WITH BRENDAN MCCULLUM FALLING IN JUST THE SECOND OVER. BUT SKIPPER ROSS TAYLOR STEADIED THE NZ BATTING EFFORT. AND HE'S GONNA MOVE ON TO 101 AFTER THAT SHOT. TAYLOR MAKING THE MUCH NEEDED CENTURY OFF 99 BALLS. BAD LIGHT, THOUGH, HAS STOPPED PLAY. THE NZERS 328-6. TO THE WEATHER NOW. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ SHE'S KNOWN FOR HER LOVE OF PARTYING, AND NOW PIPPA MIDDLETON, SISTER OF THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE, HAS WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT IT. 'CELEBRATE' IS A GUIDE TO ENTERTAINING AT HOME AND WILL BE ON SALE IN OCTOBER. AND MORE DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED ABOUT HER OLDER SISTER KATE'S TOUR OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC NEXT MONTH. THE DUCHESS WILL MAKE HER FIRST PUBLIC SPEECH OVERSEAS, IN MALAYSIA. NOW TO THE MOST VIEWED STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE TODAY. PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY IS DISAPPOINTED THAT A SPLIT-PURCHASE AGE FOR ALCOHOL WAS THROWN OUT BY MPS. KIWI MODEL CHARLOTTE DAWSON HAS GIVEN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, HOURS AFTER BEING ADMITTED TO A PSYCHIATRIC UNIT FOLLOWING ABUSE ON TWITTER. AND KIWIRAIL WILL POUR HOUSEHOLD BLEACH ON ROTTING RAILWAY SLEEPERS, AFTER TESTS INDICATED FUNGUS ON SOME OF THEM IS NEW TO NZ. THAT'S ALMOST IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE YOU NOW WITH IMAGES FROM WELLINGTON'S LIGHT FESTIVAL, WHICH OFFICIALLY OPENS TOMORROW. THANKS FOR WATCHING GOODNIGHT. ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC MUSIC CONTINUES 1 CAPTIONS BY ANGELA ALICE AND GLENNA CASALME. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2012