DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. TONIGHT ` CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION TO TACKLE THE SHARP SPIKE IN UNEMPLOYMENT. DEMANDS FOR A TONGAN CHURCH LEADER EMBROILED IN A FAILED INVESTMENT SCHEME TO RESIGN. AND IT'S BACK TO REALITY FOR BARACK OBAMA AND A LOOMING ECONOMIC CRISIS. THERE ARE CALLS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE URGENT ACTION TO REVERSE THE GROWING JOBLESS RATE. UNEMPLOYMENT HAS SURGED TO ITS HIGHEST LEVEL IN 13 YEARS. DESPITE THAT, THE PRIME MINISTER'S INSISTING HIS ECONOMIC POLICIES ARE STILL WORKING. GEORGINA BALL REPORTS. THEY'RE THE LATEST VICTIMS OF NZ'S GROWING JOB CRISIS. UP TO 60 CHRISTCHURCH ELECTRONICS WORKERS COULD SOON BE OUT OF WORK. A FEW PEOPLE WERE PRETTY STUNNED AND REALLY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE IT JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS. THEY'LL JOIN 8000 OTHER WORKERS WHO'VE LOST THEIR JOBS IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS, PUSHING THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UP BY .5% TO 7.3%. THAT'S 170,000 PEOPLE OFFICIALLY UNEMPLOYED, THOUGH THE OPPOSITION SAYS THE TRUE FIGURE'S MUCH HIGHER. ONE WORD ` FAILURE. THIS GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED. IT HAS FAILED OUR CHILDREN; IT'S FAILED OUR WORKERS; IT'S FAILED OUR ECONOMY. NOW THERE ARE CALLS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO START CREATING JOBS. THERE'S NO JOB CREATION PROGRAMME. THERE'S NO GOVERNMENT RESULT AREA THAT SAYS IT'S A PRIORITY TO GET NZERS IN JOBS. INSTEAD, THE FOCUS JUST SEEMS TO BE ON CUTTING JOBS. SOME CRITICS SAY A RADICAL ECONOMIC POLICY CHANGE IS NEEDED. THE PROBLEM THAT WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW IS A GOVERNMENT THAT SEEMS UNABLE TO LISTEN TO ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS. AND A WORD OF WARNING IF ACTION'S NOT TAKEN. IT'S A BLEAK PICTURE, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE LEFT HIGH AND DRY WITH EVERY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD MANIPULATING THEIR EXCHANGE RATES DOWN; MANIPULATING THEIR POSITIONS TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE BIG, NASTY, CRUEL WORLD OUT THERE. BUT THE PRIME MINISTER'S REFUSING TO BUDGE ON HIS ECONOMIC POLICY AND IS QUESTIONING IF HIS OWN STATISTICIANS HAVE GOT THE NUMBERS RIGHT. LOOK, I'M JUST SAYING IT'S VERY MUCH AT ODDS WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE SEE. RIGHT OR WRONG, THERE'S NO DENYING THERE'S A TOUGH ROAD AHEAD FOR THOUSANDS JOINING THE DOLE QUEUE. GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE AT THE SCENE OF A HELICOPTER CRASH IN OTAGO. THE FIRE SERVICE RECEIVED A CALL JUST AFTER 8.30, WITH REPORTS OF A HELICOPTER CRASH AT SPOTBURN STATION IN CARDRONA, JUST NORTH OF QUEENSTOWN. POLICE, FIRE SERVICE AND AMBULANCE CREWS ARE THERE. A BODY BELIEVED TO BE THE TRUCK DRIVER WHO CRASHED INTO A STREAM ON THE DESERT ROAD HAS BEEN FOUND. IT WAS DISCOVERED AS THE TRUCK WAS BEING REMOVED FROM THE WAIHOHONU STREAM. THE TRUCK WAS CARRYING HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS, BUT CLEAN-UP CREWS SAY NO TOXINS APPEAR TO HAVE LEAKED INTO THE WATERWAY. THE DESERT ROAD BETWEEN WAIOURU AND TURANGI HAS NOW RE-OPENED. THERE ARE DEMANDS FOR A TONGAN CHURCH PRESIDENT TO RESIGN AFTER HE PUT CHURCH FUNDS INTO A FAILED INVESTMENT SCHEME. BUT HE'S REFUSING TO GET THE CHURCH ACCOUNTS AUDITED AND HAS TOLD HIS AUCKLAND CONGREGATION TO RAISE $100,000 A MONTH. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER REPORTS. DR LIUFAU SAULALA ENJOYS A POSITION OF POWER AT THE TOKAIKOLO CHURCH. AS PRESIDENT, HE'S TREATED LIKE ROYALTY. BUT QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT HOW MUCH CHURCH MONEY HAS BEEN PUT INTO A FAILED INVESTMENT SCHEME. THE WAY THE PRESIDENT RUN THE CHURCH ` HE IS NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO ANYBODY. TONGA'S AUDITOR GENERAL, WHO'S ALSO A LAY PREACHER, SAYS THE PRESIDENT CONTROLS EVERYTHING AND WON'T GET THE CHURCH ACCOUNTS INDEPENDENTLY AUDITED. WORSHIPPERS WERE TOLD BY DR SAULALA TO RAISE MORE THAN $1M TO INVEST IN A SCHEME RUN BY NELSON MAN DAVID JOHN HOBBS. ONE NEWS HAS OBTAINED AUDIO RECORDING OF THE CHURCH PRESIDENT SELLING HOBBS' SCHEME TO THE AUCKLAND CONGREGATION. MAN SPEAKS TONGAN TRANSLATOR: 'DR HOBBS IS PART OF THIS THROUGH GOD, 'AND I'M REALLY HAPPY 'BECAUSE HE GIVES ALL HIS ENERGY TO THE CHURCH.' IT IS STILL UNCLEAR HOW MUCH CHURCH MONEY ENDED UP IN HOBBS' SCHEME. AN AUSTRALIAN COURT HAS JUST RULED AGAINST HOBBS FOR MASTERMINDING PYRAMID SCHEMES USING MORE THAN $50M OF INVESTORS' MONEY. I DID TOLD THE PRESIDENT THAT I DID NOT TRUST THE SCHEME. TO ME IT WAS A PONZI SCHEME ` A PYRAMID SCHEME. THE CHURCH IS TRYING TO GET MONEY FROM THE LIQUIDATOR OF THE FAILED HOBBS SCHEME. BUT ON TOP OF THAT, THE MANGERE CHURCH ALSO OWES ITS NZ BANK $1.8M. THE CONGREGATION HERE IN AUCKLAND HAS TO COME UP WITH $100,000 EVERY MONTH. THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS THROUGH DONATIONS AND FUNDRAISING, HITTING THIS STRUGGLING COMMUNITY HARD. THEY HAVE LOST THEIR MORTGAGE. THEY HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS. ONE NEWS HAS REPEATEDLY TRIED TO INTERVIEW DR SAULALA, BUT HE'S REFUSED. IN A LAWYER'S STATEMENT, HE SAYS THE BOARD HAS APPOINTED AN INTERNAL AUDITOR, AND CURRENT FUNDRAISING GOES TOWARDS A CHURCH SCHOOL, MORTGAGE REPAYMENTS AND OTHER COSTS. I BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT SHOULD STEP ASIDE. FOR NOW, AT LEAST, HE STILL HAS THE SUPPORT OF MOST OF HIS CONGREGATION. BUT THE TIDE IS TURNING, WITH FOUR MINISTERS LEAVING THE CHURCH. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS. AFTER THE ELECTION VICTORY CELEBRATIONS IT WAS BACK TO REALITY FOR BARACK OBAMA. HE FACES A LOOMING ECONOMIC CRISIS AND NEEDS TO WORK OUT A DEAL WITH THE REPUBLICANS TO SORT OUT THE MESS. HERE'S THE ABC'S LISA MILLAR. BARACK OBAMA BEGAN THE JOURNEY BACK TO WASHINGTON ASSURED OF ANOTHER FOUR YEARS IN POWER. BUT THERE'S NO TIME TO SAVOUR THE VICTORY. THE STORM CLOUDS ARE GATHERING IN WASHINGTON, AND EVEN HIS SUPPORTERS WORRY ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT. WE KNOW THAT WE NEED EVERYBODY TO COORDINATE AND WORK TOGETHER TO GET THINGS DONE, AND I THINK EVERYONE'S CONCERNED THAT THERE'S STILL GONNA BE SOME RELUCTANCE TO WORK TOGETHER. HE MUST BALANCE THE BUDGET. THAT'S VERY, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. HIS SECOND TERM STARTS WITH LOOMING SHOWDOWNS OVER THE ECONOMY AND THE SO-CALLED FISCAL CLIFF. THAT'S WHEN AUTOMATIC TAX INCREASES AND SPENDING CUTS KICK IN, UNLESS THE PRESIDENT OR CONGRESS CAN AGREE TO STOP THEM. I KNOW HOW TO FIGHT. I KNOW HOW TO DANCE. I DON'T DANCE AS WELL AS I FIGHT. BUT I'D MUCH RATHER DANCE ANY TIME. AND I STILL FEEL THAT WAY. BUT REPUBLICANS SAY THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN A MANDATE AS WELL ` KEEPING THEIR POWER IN THE HOUSE. WE AREN'T SEEKING TO IMPOSE OUR WILL ON THE PRESIDENT. WE'RE ASKING HIM TO MAKE GOOD ON HIS BALANCED APPROACH. JOHN BOEHNER'S SUGGESTING A SHORT-TERM COMPROMISE TO AVOID AN IMMEDIATE CRISIS. IT'S THE FIRST SIGN OF AN OLIVE BRANCH. WHAT WE CAN DO IS AVERT THE CLIFF IN A MANNER THAT SERVES AS A DOWN PAYMENT ON, AND A CATALYST FOR, MAJOR SOLUTIONS ENACTED IN 2013 TO BEGIN TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE PRESIDENT MAY FEEL EMBOLDENED BY HIS VICTORY, AS HE BEGINS TO NEGOTIATE WITH REPUBLICANS. BOTH SIDES STRESS THAT THEY NEED TO WORK TOGETHER IN WASHINGTON. BUT SO FAR THAT'S PROVEN EASIER TO SAY THAN DO. REPORTER: MR PRESIDENT, DO YOU HAVE A MANDATE FOR SECOND TERM? > THEY HAVE LESS THAN TWO MONTHS TO FIND THE ANSWER. BUGGED PHONE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN BABY JJ'S MOTHER AND THE MAN ACCUSED OF HIS MURDER HAVE BEEN PLAYED IN COURT. IN THE TAPES RECORDED LAST YEAR, JOEL LOFFLEY TOLD JOSEPHINE LAWRENCE HE FELT RESPONSIBLE AND GUILTY BUT DIDN'T KILL THE BOY. DONNA-MARIE LEVER REPORTS. POLICE WERE SECRETLY LISTENING TO JOEL LOFFLEY AND OTHERS IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS AFTER LITTLE JJ LAWRENCE WAS VIOLENTLY KILLED. LOFFLEY OFTEN TALKED TO THE BOY'S MOTHER,JOSEPHINE LAWRENCE, ABOUT WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE. THE TODDLER WAS STRUCK WITH SUCH FORCE SEVERAL OF HIS VITAL ORGANS SPLIT IN TWO, BUT LOFFLEY HAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED THE 2�-YEAR-OLD FELL OFF THE BED. POLICE LISTENED TO MORE THAN 4000 PHONE CALLS AS PART OF THEIR INVESTIGATION ` MOST OF THEM BETWEEN THE ACCUSED AND JJ'S MUM. THE CROWN THEN SELECTED 19 TO BE PLAYED TO THE JURY. IN ONE CALL, JOSEPHINE LAWRENCE TALKS ABOUT HOW LOFFLEY WAS VIOLENT AND ABUSIVE TO HER. THE PAIR ALSO DISCUSS THE KAHUI CASE. LOFFLEY SAID IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT NO ONE WAS CHARGED IN THAT INVESTIGATION AND POLICE HAD STUFFED IT UP. BUT HE SAID THIS CASE WAS AN ACCIDENT, AND ANYTHING THEY TRIED TO PIN ON HIM WASN'T FAIR. THE CROWN CASE IS NOW NEARING AN END AND IS EXPECTED TO WRAP UP NEXT WEEK. DONNA-MARIE LEVER, ONE NEWS. A SENIOR FIRE OFFICER HAS COME UNDER ATTACK AT THE CTV INQUEST OVER WHY HE DIDN'T TAKE CONTROL OF THE SITE ON THE NIGHT OF THE FEBRUARY QUAKE. LISA DAVIES HAS MORE. A BARRAGE OF QUESTIONS FOR FIRE SERVICE TOP BRASS TODAY ABOUT CONFUSION OVER WHO WAS RUNNING THE CTV SITE. WHEN YOU GET BACK THESE TWO EXECUTIVE OFFICERS YOU DISPATCH TO DO THIS VERY THING AND THEY COME BACK AND SAY THE POLICE ARE IN CHARGE, WHAT THE BLUE BLAZES DO YOU DO? THERE WERE TWO EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OVERSEEING THE PGC SITE, BUT NONE AT CTV. ANOTHER OFFICER ASKED IF HE MADE THE ENORMITY OF THE SITUATION CLEAR TO MANAGEMENT. DID YOU SAY TO HIM THAT THE CTV SITE WAS A FAR WORSE SITE > THAN THE PGC SITE? > I CAN'T RECALL. WELL, SURELY THAT WAS IMPORTANT, WASN'T IT, > TO REPORT BACK AS TO YOUR OBSERVATIONS OF THE TWO SITES? > YES. I JUST SIMPLY CAN'T RECALL, SIR. TREVOR BROWN TOLD THE CORONER HE FELT THE SITE WAS UNDER CONTROL WITH A STATION OFFICER IN CHARGE. SO INSTEAD OF WHICH YOU LEAVE A POOR SSO THERE BY HIMSELF UNSUPPORTED. IS THAT RIGHT? < NO, HE GAVE ME ASSURANCE THAT HE WAS COMFORTABLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. HOWEVER, HE DID SAY IN HINDSIGHT HE REGRETTED HOW HIS DECISION HAS AFFECTED STAFF. I CONSIDERED THAT IF I'D TAKEN THE LEAD AS THE, UM, COMMANDER AT THE CTV, I'D HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DEFLECT, UM, A LOT OF THE CRITICISM THAT MY FIREFIGHTERS FEEL IS DIRECTED AT THEM. DESPITE REPEATED CRITICISM ABOUT A LACK OF COMMAND AT THE CTV SITE, HE STANDS BY THE DECISIONS MADE ON THAT DAY, AS DID THE OFFICER WHO DISPATCHED HIM. BUT THE LONGER GAME WAS UTMOST IN MY MIND. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WILL RESONATE WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE PEOPLE > WHO DIED. > IT'S BELIEVED SOME OF THESE SURVIVORS LIVED THROUGH THE FIRST 12 HOURS AFTER THE COLLAPSE BEFORE THEY PERISHED IN THE RUBBLE. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. THE GOVERNMENT'S BEING ACCUSED OF BACKING DOWN OVER UNPOPULAR PROPOSALS TO MERGE FOUR OF CHRISTCHURCH'S BIGGEST SINGLE-SEX SCHOOLS. LORELEI MASON HAS MORE. ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOL VISIT FOR HEKIA PARATA. MAI WHITI. KIA ORA. BUT THE CITY'S FOUR BIGGEST SINGLE-SEX SCHOOLS CAN AT LEAST NOW RULE OUT ONE OPTION ` THAT THEY MIGHT MERGE INTO TWO. THE BOLD PRINT IN SEPTEMBER'S GOVERNMENT EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENT MADE IT CLEAR MERGING SHIRLEY BOYS' HIGH WITH CHRISTCHURCH BOYS' HIGH AND AVONSIDE GIRLS' WITH CHRISTCHURCH GIRLS' HIGH WAS ONE OPTION BEING CONSIDERED. BUT THE MINISTER SAYS THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT WAS ACTUALLY A PROPOSAL. I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROPOSAL FOR MERGER BETWEEN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF SHIRLEY BOYS' AND CHRISTCHURCH BOYS', AND AVONSIDE AND CHRISTCHURCH GIRLS'. AND IT WAS LISTED AS A RANGE OF OPTIONS IN SOME OF THE EARLY DOCUMENTATIONS. BUT WHAT I WAS HAPPY TO DO YESTERDAY WAS TO CLARIFY THERE IS NO PROPOSAL, AND I HAVE RULED THAT OUT AS AN OPTION. CRITICS ARE CALLING IT A FLIP-FLOP. THIS IS DAMAGE CONTROL. THIS IS ABOUT CHRISTCHURCH IN AN UPROAR ABOUT THEIR SCHOOLS CLOSING, ABOUT BEING GIVEN INFORMATION JUST DUMPED ON THEM, AND NOW SHE'S HAVING TO GO DOWN THERE AND TURN THINGS AROUND. THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES SAY IT'S A RELIEF. IT'S REALLY GOOD TO HAVE THE MINISTER CLARIFY THAT FOR US THAT IT'S OFF THE TABLE SO IT REMOVES ANY DOUBT. THE MINISTER HAS ONE MORE DAY ON THE GROUND HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH, MEETING WITH AND CONSULTING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES POTENTIALLY AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED CHANGES. BY THE TIME SHE FLIES BACK TO WELLINGTON, SHE WILL HAVE MET 35 OF THE 39 SCHOOLS CONCERNED BY THE PROPOSALS. UNCERTAINTY REMAINS, THOUGH, FOR THREE YET TO SEE HER ` AVONSIDE GIRLS', SHIRLEY BOYS' AND CHRISTCHURCH GIRLS' HIGH ARE STILL AWAITING GEO-TECH REPORTS ON THE FUTURE OF THEIR LAND. LORELEI MASON, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` QANTAS ANNOUNCES HUNDREDS OF JOB CUTS. A ONCE-IN-A-DECADE CHANGE OF POWER IN CHINA. WHAT DO CHINESE HERE THINK? AND A DEADLY EARTHQUAKE ROCKS GUATEMALA. A JUST UPDATING OUR EARLIER STORY ON THAT HELICOPTER CRASH IN OTAGO THIS EVENING. THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY SAYS THE PILOT, A WOMAN, HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD AT THE SCENE. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS IN THE HELICOPTER, WHICH CRASHED AT SPOTBURN STATION IN CARDRONA, JUST NORTH OF QUEENSTOWN. ACROSS THE TASMAN, QANTAS HAS ANNOUNCED HUNDREDS OF JOB CUTS IN THE LEAD UP TO CHRISTMAS. 450 MAINTENANCE JOBS WILL GO FROM AIRPORTS IN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE. UNIONS CLAIM THE LOSS OF MORE WORKERS IS PUTTING SAFETY AT RISK. BUT QANTAS SAYS MANY OF THEIR PLANES ARE VERY NEW AND REQUIRE LESS MAINTENANCE. A 'ONCE IN A DECADE' CHANGE OF POWER IS UNDERWAY IN CHINA. THE COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS HAS OPENED IN BEIJING, WHERE A TEAM OF LEADERS WILL BE CHOSEN TO RULE OVER A QUARTER OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION. THE ABC'S STEPHEN MCDONNELL REPORTS. THEY POURED ACROSS TIANANMEN SQUARE, HEADING FOR THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE. 2268 DELEGATES WILL USHER IN A 'ONCE IN A DECADE' LEADERSHIP CHANGE. THIS IS A LARGELY CEREMONIAL MEETING TO EVENTUALLY REVEAL A TEAM OF SEVEN THAT'S ALREADY BEEN CHOSEN ` A POLITBURO STANDING COMMITTEE THAT'LL SOON RUN THIS COUNTRY. INSIDE THE CAVERNOUS GREAT HALL, OUTGOING PRESIDENT HU JINTAO OPENED PROCEEDINGS. TRANSLATOR: WE ARE FACED WITH UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS RISKS AND CHALLENGES WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THIS IS PRESIDENT HU JINTAO'S CHANCE TO MARK HIS PLACE IN HISTORY BEFORE A NEW GENERATION TAKES CONTROL. HE SAID CHINA'S BEEN SHIFTING ITS ECONOMY AWAY FROM EXPORTS, AND IN THE YEARS TO COME, IT'LL PAY OFF. BUT IT'S BEEN QUITE A BUMPY RIDE IN THE RUN-UP TO THIS GATHERING. THE STRUGGLES THAT HAVE GONE ON BEHIND THE SCENES BY VARIOUS FACTIONS WANTING TO PUT THEIR PEOPLE INTO THE POLITBURO STANDING COMMITTEE WILL NOT BE VISIBLE HERE AT THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. THIS MEETING, AS FAR AS WE'RE ABLE TO SEE IT, WILL BE AN IMAGE OF PARTY UNITY AND A MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF CHINA THAT IN THIS TIME OF GREAT CHANGE, THEIR COUNTRY IS IN GOOD HANDS. ALL APPLAUD IN THE END, PRESIDENT HU WARNED THAT UNLESS IT TACKLES CORRUPTION, HIS PARTY COULD WELL LOSE CONTROL OF CHINA. HE'LL SOON JOIN THE RANKS OF FORMER PRESIDENTS CAUSING PLENTY OF TROUBLE IN THE BACK ROOMS. AND MANY IN THE CHINESE COMMUNITY IN NZ ARE WATCHING WHAT'S GOING ON IN BEIJING WITH INTEREST. HELEN CASTLES REPORTS. THERE MAY BE PROMISES IN BEIJING OF POLITICAL REFORM, BUT THERE'S SCEPTICISM AMONG SOME MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNITY HERE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, IN TERMS OF THE DIRECTION IN WHICH CHINA HAS BEEN MOVING, AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER COUNTRIES WITHIN THE WORLD ` I DON'T THINK THAT HAS CHANGED. BUT THE DIRECTION TAKEN BY THE NEW LEADERSHIP WILL HAVE AN ECONOMIC AS WELL AS POLITICAL IMPACT. THE NEXT 10 YEARS COULD SEE CHINA OVERTAKE THE UNITED STATES TO BECOME THE WORLD'S LARGEST ECONOMY. BOTH THE LEADERS HAVE BEEN OUT TO NZ; BOTH OF THE PROSPECTIVE LEADERS HAVE BEEN OUT TO NZ; BOTH THE INCUMBENTS HAVE BEEN OUT TO NZ, SO THEY WILL CONTINUE TO VISIT. UNDER CHINA'S OUTGOING GOVERNMENT, THE COUNTRY HAS GROWN SIX TIMES WEALTHIER. BUT THERE'S BEEN NO CORRESPONDING GROWTH IN PERSONAL FREEDOM, AND ANTI-GOVERNMENT GROUPS HERE AREN'T HOLDING THEIR BREATH. WHAT'S OF REAL IMPORTANCE AND WHAT IS OFTEN, UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ADDRESSED IS THE LACK OF RESPECT FOR FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS. KERRY GORE IS A HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER AND HAS REPRESENTED A NUMBER OF PERSECUTED CHINESE REFUGEES. IT NEEDS TO MAKE A DECISIVE BREAK WITH THE PAST, AND IT NEEDS TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE, THAT THE CHINESE CONSTITUTION ITSELF IS ACTUALLY RESPECTED AND ACTUALLY HAS SOME MEANING. CHINA IS EXPECTED TO REVEAL ITS NEW LEADERS NEXT THURSDAY, AND PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY IS DUE TO VISIT EARLY NEXT YEAR. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE HAS KILLED AT LEAST 50 PEOPLE IN GUATEMALA. THE 7.4 MAGNITUDE QUAKE TOPPLED THICK ADOBE WALLS, CAUSED LANDSLIDES AND SENT TERRIFIED RESIDENTS INTO THE STREETS. AT LEAST 100 PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING AND HUNDREDS MORE INJURED. THE EARTHQUAKE WAS THE STRONGEST TO HIT GUATEMALA SINCE A HUGE TREMOR IN 1976 THAT LEFT 23,000 DEAD. RESIDENTS ON AMERICA'S NORTH-EAST COAST ARE FACING MORE WEATHER PROBLEMS, WITH ANOTHER WINTER STORM ARRIVING HOT ON THE HEELS OF SANDY. THE NOR'EASTER STORM HAS WHIPPED THROUGH THE REGION, BRINGING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WINDS TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, MANY OF WHOSE HOMES WERE DESTROYED LAST WEEK. IT'S NOT IMPROVING THINGS, BUT HOPEFULLY IT'LL REMOVE SOME OF THE SAND AND IT DOESN'T FLOOD US AGAIN. EVERYTHING IS JUST CRAZY HERE, ALTHOUGH EVERYONE IS BEING SUPER, SUPER HELPFUL. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF ORGANISATIONS ` THE COPS ARE DOING AWESOME, SO WE'RE JUST PRAYING FOR THE BEST. OFFICIALS HAVE WARNED THE NEW STORM WILL DELAY EFFORTS TO RESTORE POWER TO THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF HOUSES STILL IN THE DARK. JUST AHEAD ` TOMORROW'S WEATHER. AND IT'S FAREWELL TO ONE OF THE LAST TROOPERS IN DAD'S ARMY. THE BRITISH TV ACTOR CLIVE DUNN HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 92. CLIVE DUNN WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS LANCE CORPORAL JONES IN 'DAD'S ARMY' AND FOR A COUPLE OF VERY MEMORABLE CATCHPHRASES. THE BBC'S NICK HIGHAM LOOKS BACK AT HIS LIFE. HE WHO PUTS FEAR INTO THE HEART OF THE BOCHE. THEY DON'T LIKE IT, SIR. THEY DON'T LIKE IT. ESPECIALLY... HE WAS IRRITATING, BUT HE WAS ENDEARING. AND HE ALWAYS ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO SPEAK. CLIVE DUNN'S CORPORAL JONES WAS A STALWART IN ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS COMEDIES THE BBC'S EVER PRODUCED ` FAMOUS FOR CATCHPHRASES THE ACTOR ORIGINALLY WASN'T SURE ABOUT. I THOUGHT THE AUDIENCE MIGHT FIND IT A BIT OFFENSIVE, YOU SEE. THEY DON'T LIKE IT, HAPPEN. BUT THEY LOVED IT. OF COURSE. THEY LOVE ANYTHING THAT'S A BIT RUDE, DON'T THEY? GOD BLESS THEM. WORKING ALWAYS WAS FUN. NOT NECESSARILY HYSTERICAL, BUT JUST FUN, BECAUSE A WORD THAT CLIVE USED AN AWFUL LOT WAS 'NICE'. 'I HAD A VERY NICE TIME. THANK YOU.' CLIVE DUNN HAD BEEN A SOLDIER HIMSELF WHEN HE WAS YOUNG, AND HE WAS YOUNG ONCE. HE SPENT YEARS IN THIS BUILDING IN AUSTRIA AS A PRISONER OF WAR. JONESY, HE SAID, WAS HIS REVENGE. HE SPECIALISED IN OLD MEN, AND IN THE 1970S THERE WAS AN UNEXPECTED BONUS ` A NUMBER ONE HIT. # GRANDAD. GRANDAD, YOU'RE LOVELY. # LATER, THE GRANDAD CHARACTER WAS TURNED INTO A TV SERIES FOR CHILDREN. BUT IT WAS FOR HIS COOLNESS UNDER PRESSURE IN THE HOME GUARD FOR WHICH HE'LL BE BEST REMEMBERED. DON'T PANIC. DON'T PANIC. I'LL TELL THEM TO START THE FIRING ON THE PHONE. ONLY, DON'T PANIC. DON'T PANIC! AUDIENCE LAUGH NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT TOMORROW'S WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND LOOKING AHEAD TO THE WEEKEND ` SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY ON SATURDAY. RAIN WILL DEVELOP IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND THERE'S RAIN OR SHOWERS FOR MOST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND ON SUNDAY. RAIN TOO FOR THE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE NORTH ISLAND. THE REST OF THE NORTH SHOULD BE MAINLY FINE. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND JESSICA BOELL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2012