DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A TALIBAN WARLORD BLAMED FOR THE DEATHS OF FOUR NZ SOLDIERS IS KILLED. WHY WEREN'T THEIR FAMILIES TOLD? CLEAN UP OR COVER UP? ANGER THAT CRITICISM OF NZ'S PURE IMAGE COULD AMOUNT TO ECONOMIC TREASON. AND SPRINGLE RING DANCING IN THE CAPITAL AS DIEHARD HOBBIT FANS WARM UP FOR WEDNESDAY'S MUCH AWAITED PREMIERE. MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY A TALIBAN WARLORD BLAMED FOR THE DEATHS OF FOUR NZ SOLDIERS WAS PLANNING MORE ATACKS. ABDULLAH KALTA WAS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN ALONG WITH FOUR OTHERS. BUT BACK HERE, NOBODY TOLD THE FAMILIES OF THE DEAD NZ TROOPS. A ROADSIDE BOMB KILLED THIS MAN, CORPORAL LUKE TAMATEA, AND TWO OF HIS MATES IN AUGUST. NOW THE TALIBAN LEADER RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR DEATHS HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT. IT PUTS OUR TROOPS IN A SAFER POSITION. OUR TROOPS IN BAMIYAN PROVINCE AREN'T FAR FROM WHERE SENIOR TALIBAN INSURGENT ABDULLAH KALTA WAS KILLED. HE WAS SAID TO BE PLANNING ANOTHER ATTACK, THIS TIME, ON AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES. KALTA'S ALREADY BELIEVED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING FOUR K SOLDIERS ` LIEUTENANT TIM O'DONNELL TWO YEARS AGO, AND THE THREE OTHERS IN AUGUST THIS YEAR. OUR FORCES HAVE BEEN TRACKING KALTA AND LAST WEDNESDAY THEY HELPED LOCATE HIM IN A PLACE CALLED KARIMAK. THAT'S 90-ODD KILOMETRES BY ROAD FROM KBASE IN BAMIYAN. THE INFORMATION WAS PASSED ON TO COALITION FORCES, WHO CARRIED OUT AN AIR ASSAULT. SO ESSENTIALLY NZ BUILDS THE PICTURE OF WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE. IT BUILDS THE CASE THAT LEADS TO THE LEGAL SUPPORT, BUT THE ACTUAL OPERATIONS AND THE COMMANDING OF THOSE OPERATIONS ARE CARRIED OUT BY ISAF. AND ISAF, OR THE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE, CONSIDERS KALTA'S DEATH A COUP. HE WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT, ESPECIALLY IN ?BOGLIN? AND BAMIYAN PROVINCES, POSSIBLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF ATTACKS IN THOSE TWO PROVINCES. AN EXPERT IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD DESCRIBES ABDULLAH KULTA AS A SHREWD MILITARY LEADER. WELL, FROM WHAT WE CAN GATHER, QUITE A SENIOR FIGURE, AND ALSO SOMEONE WHO WAS RESOURCEFUL AND TENACIOUS. AND HE'S CONTINUED TO BE INVOLVED IN RECENT ATTACKS. SO THE KILLING OF ABDULLAH KULTA IS A BIG DEAL FOR THE COALITION FORCES, AND IT'S ALSO A BIG DEAL FOR OUR ARMY. BUT IT'S APPARENTLY NOT A BIG ENOUGH DEAL TO TELL THE FAMILIES OF THE SOLDIERS THAT HE KILLED. SOME ONLY FOUND OUT THROUGH MEDIA REPORTS, AND ONE FATHER ONLY FOUND OUT WHEN WE CALLED HIM. THE DEFENCE FORCE SAYS IT HAD MEANT TO TALK TO FAMILIES ONCE IT HAD FULL INFORMATION. CORPORAL LUKE TAMATEA'S MOTHER WAS WAITING FOR THIS NEWS. SHE SAYS SHE HAD EXPECTED TO FEEL RELIEF, BUT INSTEAD FEELS NOTHING. A GOVERNMENT MINISTER HAS LASHED OUT AT RECENT CRITICISM OF NZ's 100% PURE IMAGE. TIM GROSER SLAMMED THOSE DRAWING ATTENTION TO THE SLOGAN'S ACCURACY, SAYING IT COULD DAMAGE THE ECONOMY. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN HAS MORE. TOURISM NZ IS CASHING IN ON SCENES LIKE THIS VIA ITS 100% PURE MARKETING CAMPAIGN. # I WANT TO BE FOREVER YOUNG. # HOWEVER, THE CLIMATE CHANGE MINISTER THINKS THE SLOGAN IS CAUSING SOME PAIN. IT'S BEEN USED AS A STICK TO BEAT NZ OFF BY ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS. ENVIRONMENTALIST DR MIKE JOY FOUND HIMSELF IN THE GUN LAST WEEK AFTER QUESTIONING NZ'S WATER QUALITY IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. I'M NOT GONNA TELL LIES FOR ANYBODY. I'M GONNA SAY THE TRUTH. THAT'S MY BELIEF. ONE PR EXPERT LIKENING IT TO ECONOMIC TREASON. THAT'S ALWAYS A WORRY, IF YOU PICK OFF PEOPLE THAT SPEAK UP. THAT'LL MAKE OTHERS BE QUIET. MR GROSER SAYS CRITICS NEED TO BE REALISTIC AND SHOW SOME BALANCE, AS NZ COULD NEVER BE 100% PURE ENVIRONMENTALLY. WE'VE GOT TO MAINTAIN PROGRESS, BUT I THINK PEOPLE HAVE ALSO GOT TO REALISE THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO EARN A LIVING. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY DEEPLY UNHELPFUL WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO PROMOTE NZ. GREEN'S CO-LEADER RUSSEL NORMAN SAYS WHILE NO ONE EXPECTS US TO BE 100% PURE, TOURISTS DO EXPECT HONESTY. WHAT TIM GROSER IS SAYING IS THEY WANT A COVER-UP, RATHER THAN A CLEAN-UP. BRAND EXPERTS SAY IT WORKS EVEN THOUGH IT RELIES UPON A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF EXAGGERATION. IF WE SAID PARTIALLY PURE OR MOSTLY PURE, NOBODY WOULD PAY ATTENTION. HONESTLY, MOST PEOPLE DON'T EXPECT 100% PURITY. TOURISM MINISTER JOHN KEY, WHO WAS CHALLENGED OVER THE BRAND ISSUE IN THIS FAMOUS BBC INTERVIEW LAST YEAR, IS ALSO STANDING BY THE BRAND. I DON'T ACCEPT THAT FACT THAT IT'S NOT WORKING. I THINK YOU'VE HAD ONE OR TWO ACADEMICS IN NZ WHO HAVE PRESENTED A VIEW. WITH THE WORLD ABOUT TO WATCH NZ THIS WEEK FOR THE HOBBIT PREMIERE, THE SLOGAN WILL ONCE AGAIN BE PUT TO THE TEST. FORESTRY GIANT CARTER HOLT HARVEY IS SET TO CUT ABOUT 70 JOBS. 18 POSITIONS WILL GO FROM ITS TOKOROA PLYWOOD PLANT, WHILE ANOTHER 20 PERMANENT WORKERS AND 30 CONTRACTORS WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS IN ROTORUA. THE ENGINEERING, PRINTING AND MANUFACTURING UNION SAYS IT'S LIKELY AFFECTED STAFF WILL BE OUT OF WORK WITHIN EIGHT WEEKS. IT SAYS THE INDUSTRY IS STRUGGLING DUE TO FALLING DEMAND OVERSEAS. AND AUCKLAND-BASED SHIPPING COMPANY REEF GROUP LIMITED, HAS GONE INTO RECEIVERSHIP. REEF HAS 50 WORKERS AND 100 CONTRACTORS ACROSS THE SOUTH PACIFIC. FORMER ALL BLACK MICHAEL JONES IS AMONG THE SHAREHOLDERS. RECEIVERS PWC SAYS IT'S WORKING WITH SHAREHOLDERS ON A POSSIBLE SALE. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE WARNING OF THE DANGERS OF USING OUTSIDE APPLIANCES INDOORS AFTER FIVE FAMILY MEMBERS SUFFERED CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. THEY USED A GENERATOR FOLLOWING A DELAY IN THEIR POWER BEING CONNECTED BUT FAILED TO ALLOW VENTILATION. AT THIS HOME IN THE WEST AUCKLAND SUBURB OF MASSEY, THE POWER'S SO CLOSE YOU CAN HEAR IT. BUT A DELAY IN CONNECTING POWER TO THIS BRAND-NEW HOUSE MEANT THAT WHEN THE FAMILY WAS READY TO MOVE IN, THE POWER WASN'T. THE FAMILY HAD ARRANGED TO HAVE THE POWER CONNECTED ON WEDNESDAY. UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO A SLIPUP ON OUR PART, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, AND IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE WEEKEND THAT THAT WAS GONNA BE POSSIBLE. POWERSHOP SAYS IT OFFERED TO HELP WITH ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS, BUT THAT WASN'T TAKEN UP. SO WE RECOMMENDED THAT THE FAMILY GO AND STAY AT A LOCAL HOTEL OR MOTEL AND WE'D PAY THE BILL FOR THEM BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET THE POWER CONNECTED WHEN WE'D AGREED TO. INSTEAD, THE FAMILY TURNED TO NEIGHBOURS FOR HELP. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, HE ASKED ME IF HE COULD BORROW POWER, AND I SAID NO, PURELY FOR THE REASON IT'S ILLEGAL TO RUN POWER ACROSS THAT FAR, THAT DISTANCE. THE FAMILY DECIDED TO RUN A GENERATOR IN THE HOUSE'S INTERNAL GARAGE, BUT WITH NEARLY TRAGIC RESULTS. AND I HEARD A SCREAM, SO I CAME OUTSIDE AND JUST THOUGHT THEY WERE HAVING AN ARGUMENT. AND NEXT THING, THE STREET'S ALIVE WITH POLICE AND AMBULANCES. WHEN WE ARRIVED WE FOUND FIVE PEOPLE SEMI-CONSCIOUS, AND WE USED OXYGEN, AND THEN ALL THE PATIENTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. ALL FIVE ARE NOW LISTED AS STABLE, BUT IT COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN MORE SERIOUS. WE HAD A VERY SIMILAR ONE IN A CARAVAN A FEW YEARS AGO OUT AT MANUREWA. SAME THING ` THE GAS DISPLACED THE OXYGEN, AND THE PEOPLE DIED AS A RESULT OF ASPHYXIATION. A CLOSE CALL IN THIS CASE OFFERING A HARD-LEARNT LESSON FOR ALL THOSE INVOLVED. THE LABOUR PARTY'S BEEN TOLD TO DO ITS SUMS CAREFULLY IF IT'S TO PULL OFF AN AMBITIOUS HOME BUILDING SCHEME. THE PARTY SAYS IT WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH ECONOMIES OF SCALE. BUT THE JURY'S OUT ON JUST HOW MUCH IT'LL SAVE. WILL HINE REPORTS. DAVID SHEARER, POUNDING THE PAVEMENTS IN AUCKLAND... THE SIGN ON THE DOOR IS NOT A SWASTIKA ` IT'S AN INDIAN SIGN OF DIVINITY, IT'S A PART OF THE HINDU RELIGION. ...GETTING AN IDEA OF THE STATE OF THE HOUSING MARKET. AT THE START IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU DON'T THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT SOUNDED TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. YEAH, AND THEN IT WASN'T LITERALLY UNTIL THEY GIVE YOU THE KEYS AND YOU SIGN THE PAPERS THAT YOU'RE, LIKE, 'OH, IT'S REAL.' 'THIS IS FOR REAL. THIS IS OK. THANKS VERY MUCH.' YEAH. MR SHEARER WANTS TO OPEN MORE DOORS TO HOMEOWNERS, BUT HAS RUN INTO QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER HIS TARGET OF 100,000 NEW HOMES OVER 10 YEARS SELLING FOR AN AVERAGE OF $300,000 IS REALISTIC. IF WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD ON A LARGER SCALE, THE SAVINGS IN TERMS OF BULK BUYING ARE CONSIDERABLE. WE CAN DRIVE THE PRICES DOWN BY 25-30% IN TERMS OF THE PRICE OF MATERIALS ALONE. HIS CALCULATIONS ARE BEING QUESTIONED BY THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. IF THEY'RE TALKING 10,000 HOUSES A YEAR AND IT'S ALL BEEN PURCHASED THROUGH GOVERNMENT, IT WILL DEPEND A LOT ON HOW THEY PROCURE THOSE SERVICES. I THINK THE JURY'S STILL OUT ON WHETHER YOU CAN MAKE THOSE SORTS OF SAVINGS. BUT WITH HOUSE PRICES SOARING, ESPECIALLY IN AUCKLAND, LABOUR HAS AN ATTENTIVE AUDIENCE. WE'RE REALISING, MANY OF US, THAT THE MARKET ISN'T GONNA HELP US ON ITS OWN. THE MARKET MIGHT HELP YOU ONE DAY, STAB YOU IN THE BACK IN THE NEXT, AND SO WE NEED SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING. FLEDGLING HOMEOWNERS BACKING MR SHEARER, SUGGESTING HE MAY JUST HAVE A GOOD THING GROWING. THE MAORI COUNCIL IS PREPARING FOR A SECOND DAY OF ITS LEGAL CHALLENGE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OVER THE PARTIAL SALE OF STATE ASSETS. IT'S ARGUING THE SALE WOULD RESTRICT THE ABILITY OF MAORI TO SEEK REDRESS AND SAY IT COULD LEAD TO ANOTHER MAJOR BATTLE. CLAIMS ARE BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL, AND WITH RESPECT, SIR, STAGE TWO IS STILL ABOUT TO COMMENCE. HAPU SUCH AS POUAKANI HAVE THEIR CLAIMS BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. HELEN CULL SAYS THE CROWN HAS AN OBLIGATION TO ENGAGE WITH WAIKATO TRIBES OVER THE ASSET SALES. THE HEARING IS SET DOWN FOR FOUR DAYS. NZ'S ENVIRONMENTAL CREDENTIALS COULD BE IN FOR ANOTHER BATTERING AT THIS WEEK'S UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT. UNLIKE AUSTRALIA, NZ'S CONTROVERSIALLY DECIDED NOT TO SIGN UP TO AN EXTENSION OF THE UN TREATY BINDING COUNTRIES TO CUTS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. A PASSION FOR CURBING GLOBAL WARMING ON FULL DISPLAY AT THIS ELECTRIC-VEHICLE SUMMIT AT THE WEEKEND. BUT CAN THE SAME BE SAID ABOUT NATIONS GATHERING IN DOHA? HOW MANY WAKE UP CALLS DO WE NEED? YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENTS REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THIS SCIENCE AND THINK, 'WE NEED TO ACT, AND WE NEED TO START DOING IT SOON.' THERE ARE TWO KEY GOALS AT THIS MEETING ` FIRMING UP THE RULES FOR A NEW CLIMATE-CHANGE PACT PLANNED FOR 2020 AND... ...THE AGREEMENT THAT BINDS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, LIKE NZ, TO CUT EMISSIONS. THE CRITICAL PERIOD IS BETWEEN NOW, 2012 AND 2020. THAT'S THE TRANSITION PERIOD. AND THAT'S WHY YOU NEED LEGAL OBLIGATIONS UNDER KYOTO TOO. THE EUROPEAN UNION AND AUSTRALIA ARE KEEN, BUT CANADA AND NOW NZ WON'T SIGN UP AGAIN. I DON'T THINK THAT BINDING OURSELVES INTO A STRAIGHTJACKET THAT FUNDAMENTALLY ONLY AUSTRALIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION ARE IN WOULD MAKE SENSE. NZ'S ENVIRONMENTAL CREDENTIALS HAVE BEEN QUESTIONED IN INTERNATIONAL MEDIA OF LATE, AND THE DECISION TO OPT OUT OF BINDING EMISSIONS CUTS AT DOHA COULD DRAW MORE FLAK. NZ, RUSSIA ` THESE COUNTRIES HAVEN'T YET COMMITTED TO SIGNING UP TO CONTINUE WITH KYOTO. IT'S CRITICAL THEY DO, AND OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS THEY'RE GONNA HEAR A LOT FROM POOR COUNTRIES THAT ARE DESPERATE FOR CLIMATE ACTION. BUT WITH MANY BIG EMITTERS HAVING SNUBBED KYOTO YEARS AGO, OUR GOVERNMENT SEEMS UNCONCERNED ` ITS FOCUS NOW COMING UP WITH A VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS TARGET IN THE INTERIM. NZ'S GOT A LEGISLATIVE TARGET OF REDUCING EMISSIONS 50% BY 2050. THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY RESPECTABLE, BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH LATELY FROM THE GOVERNMENT AS TO THE EXTENT OF THE COMMITMENT TO GET THERE OR HOW NZ IS GETTING THERE. NZ'S EMISSIONS TARGET FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS WILL BE ANNOUNCED EARLY NEXT YEAR. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. TWO MOTORCYCLISTS HAVE BEEN KILLED AND TWO OTHERS ARE SERIOUSLY HURT AFTER A HEAD-ON CRASH NEAR LINDIS PASS. THE MEN WERE HIT BY A CAR ON STATE HIGHWAY 8. A FEMALE MOTORCYCLE PASSENGER HAS BEEN FLOWN TO DUNEDIN HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. A WOMAN IN THE CAR WAS ALSO BADLY HURT. JUST AHEAD ` THE AUSSIE PARENTS CHOOSING NOT TO VACCINATE, PROMPTING DIRE WARNINGS FROM MEDICAL EXPERTS. AND AN UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE BY THE MAIN WIZARD HIMSELF AT TONIGHT'S HOBBIT CELEBRATIONS. THE NUMBER OF AUSTRALIAN PARENTS CHOOSING NOT TO VACCINATE THEIR CHILDREN IS ON THE RISE, AND THAT HAS THE MEDICAL PROFESSION WORRIED. SCIENTISTS SAY IF IMMUNISTATION RATES DROP ANY FURTHER, THERE'LL BE A JUMP IN CASES OF DIPHTHERIA AND WHOOPING COUGH. ABC'S LIV CASBEN REPORTS. FOR SARAH SAUNDERS, THE DECISION TO IMMUNISE HER SECOND SON NICHOLAS WAS A STRAIGHTFORWARD ONE. IT WAS DEFINITELY ABOUT THE LONG-TERM HEALTH OF THE CHILDREN. THEY'RE AROUND SO MANY OTHER KIDS, IT JUST MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR PEACE OF MIND OVER THEIR WELL-BEING. BUT A GROWING NUMBER OF PARENTS ARE CONSCIENTIOUSLY OBJECTING TO HAVING THEIR CHILD VACCINATED. WASN'T THAT BAD, WAS IT? MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS BLAME THIS IN PART ON MISINFORMATION CIRCULATED ON THE INTERNET. THERE ARE MANY IRRATIONAL FEARS OUT THERE, AND THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS FEEDING THOSE IRRATIONAL FEARS. AND IT REALLY IS TO THE DETRIMENT OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. AS A FOUR-WEEK-OLD, TORI CHERRIE NEARLY DIED FROM WHOOPING COUGH. SHE WAS TOO YOUNG TO BE IMMUNISED. HER MUM WANTS PEOPLE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DANGERS OF NOT VACCINATING. IT IS HORRIFIC. THE DISEASE IS FEROCIOUS. IT IS SO AWFUL TO WATCH. AT THE MOMENT, THERE ARE 30,000 AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SEVEN WHOSE PARENTS HAVE CONSCIENTIOUSLY OBJECTED TO HAVING THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED. THAT'S A SIXFOLD INCREASE IN 13 YEARS. AND IT'S THAT INCREASE THAT'S PROMPTED A VERY STERN WARNING FROM HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. WE ARE GOING TO SEE DISEASES THAT HAVE NOT CIRCULATED IN AUSTRALIA FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. THESE PARENTS ARE NOT ONLY PUTTING THEIR OWN CHILDREN AT RISK, THEY'RE PUTTING OUR SOCIETY AS A WHOLE AT RISK. THE AMA HAS NOW JOINED WITH THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE TO TRY AND DISPEL SOME OF THE MISINFORMATION. I THINK THE VERY IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE BALANCE THE INFORMATION. AND WHAT THIS BOOKLET DOES IS PUT THE SCIENCE BEHIND IMMUNISATION. DIANNE CHERRIE BELIEVES IT'S EVERY PARENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK INTO HAVING THEIR CHILD IMMUNISED. SHE SAYS WITHOUT IT, THERE'LL BE MORE CASES LIKE HER DAUGHTER'S. WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS THE UK HAS KILLED TWO PEOPLE AND DAMAGED MORE THAN 800 HOMES. DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ENGLAND PROVED TOO MUCH FOR MANY FLOOD BARRIERS, WITH RESIDENTS FORCED TO USE BUCKETS TO SAVE THIS HOME. THIS IS EVEN WORSE THAN WEDNESDAY. IT'S ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS. THERE WAS NOTHING WE COULD DO. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. IT WAS COMING IN THIS DOOR, IT WAS COMING IN THE BACK DOOR, AND WE JUST COULDN'T STOP IT. MORE THAN 250 FLOOD WARNINGS ARE STILL IN PLACE. THE ROLLING STONES HAVE BEEN MAKING MUSIC FOR HALF A CENTURY AND THE LEGENDARY ROCKERS SHOW NO SIGN OF STOPPING. # I SAID, 'HEY,... ALL: # '...HEY, YOU, GET OFF OF MY CLOUD.' # IN THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE IN FIVE YEARS, THE STONES TOOK TO THE STAGE IN LONDON. IT'S THE FIRST OF FIVE CONCERTS, AND THE LINE-UP INCLUDES THE RETURN OF THE ORIGINAL BASS PLAYER, BILL WYMAN, AFTER A 20-YEAR ABSENCE. FORMER GUITARIST MICK TAYLOR WAS ALSO A GUEST. ALL THE TICKETS WERE SNAPPED UP WITHIN MINUTES WITH FANS PAYING A MINIMUM OF NEARLY $900. MANY WERE LATER RE-SOLD. THE ASKING PRICE FOR ONE TICKET WAS A STAGGERING $76,000. HUNDREDS OF DIEHARD HOBBIT FANS GOT LUCKY IN WELLINGTON TONIGHT. PETER JACKSON AND ELIJAH WOOD MADE A SUPRISE APPEARANCE AT A PRE-PREMIERE COSTUME PARTY. GEORGINA BALL WAS THERE. SOME SURPRISE GUESTS THESE MIDDLE-EARTH PARTYGOERS DIDN'T EXPECT ` PAYING TRIBUTE TO THEIR FANS. THEY'RE INCREDIBLY ENTHUSIASTIC AND PASSIONATE AND SUPPORTIVE AND WONDERFUL. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE PARTY WAS HAPPENING UNTIL EARLIER, AND PETER SAID, 'DO YOU WANT TO COME WITH ME?', AND ` YEAH. AND THE DIRECTOR HIMSELF MADE IT, FRESH FROM THE FINAL CUT OF THE FILM. I'VE JUST REALLY COME STRAIGHT FROM THE SOUND STUDIO WHERE WE'RE WORKING ON THE REST OF THE FILM. AND THE PREMIERE'S TOMORROW. VERY GOOD OF YOU. THE APPEARANCE GOT A WARM RESPONSE FROM HOBBIT FANS FROM 16 COUNTRIES WHO CONVERGED ON THIS PARTY. OH MY GOD! I LOVE IT, LOVE IT. YEAH, WE DIDN'T EXPECT HIM. IT WAS VERY BIG SURPRISE FOR US. SO COOL. BUT ALONG WITH A STAMPEDE TO GET SIGNATURES, THE HOBBIT WOULD-BES HIT THE DANCE FLOOR TOO. YOU MIGHT NOT RECOGNISE THESE MOVES. IT'S HOBBIT INSPIRED SPRINGLE RING DANCING. WE'RE HOBBITS, AND WE LOVE TO DANCE. OUR FEET WERE MADE FOR DANCING. TRANSFORMING INTO CHARACTERS FROM MIDDLE EARTH, COMPLETE WITH HOBBIT EARS, HAIRY FEET AND FELLOWSHIP CLOAKS, TOOK HOURS OF DEDICATION. AND THE PRICE TAG FOR A MAKEOVER LIKE THIS? SOMETHING THESE HOBBITS WOULD RATHER FORGET. I LOST COUNT. IN THE $2000 RANGE SOMEWHERE. I CAN'T REMEMBER. BUT THE ELABORATE COSTUMES GOT THE THUMBS UP FROM SOMEONE WHO SHOULD KNOW. THEY'RE GREAT. A HUGE AMOUNT OF LOVE AND CAER THESE FANS WILL BE JOINING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EXPECTED TO LINE WELLINGTON'S STREETS FOR THE WORLD PREMIERE ON WEDNESDAY. GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS JUST AHEAD, FACING A LIKELY SUSPENSION, ALL BLACK ANDREW HORE HAS A DATE WITH THE JUDICIARY FOR THIS. AND A FINE TUESDAY FOR MOST AFTER MORNING CLOUD BURNS OFF. DETAILS COMING UP. TO SPORT NOW, AND ANDREW HORE'S TOUR LOOKS TO BE OVER AFTER BEING CITED FOR HIS BLINDSIDE HIT ON WELSH LOCK BRADLEY DAVIS. HIS LIKELY SUSPENSION, ON TOP OF A MOUNTING CASUALTY LIST, POSES MORE CHALLENGES AS THE ALL BLACKS ARRIVED IN LONDON TO FACE ENGLAND. HERE'S EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY. IT'S THE MOMENT THAT'S PUT THE ALL BLACKS ON THE DEFENSIVE HEADING INTO THIS WEEKEND'S TEST AGAINST ENGLAND. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS EVERY TIME WE COME UP HERE. WE'RE ALWAYS IN... YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY THINK WE'RE THUGS OR SOMETHING. BUT WE DON'T PLAY ANY DIFFERENT TO ANYONE ELSE. HANSEN CAN'T INFLUENCE A JUDICIAL OFFICER ` NOR CAN BRITISH MEDIA ` BUT HE'S EXPECTING THEY WILL GIVE THE INCIDENT AGAINST BRADLEY DAVIES A HIGH PROFILE IN THE BUILD-UP TO THE TOUR FINALE. OH, LOOK, I THINK WE'VE SHOWN PLENTY OF TIMES OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS THAT WE'RE A DISCIPLINED SIDE. GO AND LOOK AT ALL THE INCIDENTS THAT HAVE SURROUNDED RICHIE, WHERE WE'VE NOT JUMPED IN AND MADE IT A BIG SCENE. THAT 12-MONTH SLOG IS NEARLY OVER, BUT THE LAST HALF AGAINST WALES SHOWED THE COACH AN ALL BLACKS SIDE APPROACHING ITS LIMITS. WE GOT A WEE SIGN OF IT TOO. LIKE, OUR LAST 20 MINUTES, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED TO STRUGGLE. AND THE TOLL OF THE YEAR'S PROBABLY KICKED IN A BIT. TOM TAYLOR'S BEEN IN LONDON LESS THAN 12 HOURS, SWITCHING PHUKET BEACHWEAR FOR BLACK AND SLOTTING INTO THE SQUAD. THE CRUSADERS FIRST FIVE HAS BEEN SUMMONED FROM A HOLIDAY AS DOUBTS LINGER ABOUT DAN CARTER'S ACHILLES TENDON. HE'S STILL 50/50, BUT, YOU KNOW, PART OF PARANOIA IS BEING PRODUCTIVE AND COMING UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO THINGS THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY GO WRONG, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH TOM TAYLOR. HIKA ELLIOT MUST FEEL A SENSE OF DEJA VU. THE MAORI ALL BLACKS AND CHIEFS' HOOKER PLAYED HIS FIRST MATCH FOR THE ALL BLACKS FOUR YEARS AGO THIS MONTH AGAINST MUNSTER AFTER A CALL-UP TO REPLACE AN INJURED ANDREW HORE, A SENIOR PLAYER HANSEN CAN NO LONGER COUNT ON FOR THE REST OF THIS TOUR. TRAINING TO FACE ENGLAND MAY BE LESS PHYSICAL AND MORE MENTAL THIS WEEK. I GUESS IT'S ALL ABOUT STRATEGY AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE'S FRESH AND READY TO GO. SPIRITS STILL LOOK HIGH AS THEY HEAD FOR A RECOVERY SESSION. WEATHER TIME NOW WITH RENEE. HI EVERYONE. TOMORROW LOOKS SETTLED FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY. JUST SOME DRIZZLE ABOUT FIORDLAND AND SOUTHERN WESTLAND. PERHAPS A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS FIRST THING TUESDAY OVER THE NORTH OF THE NORTH ISLAND. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S YOUR WEATHER, I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. POMARIE, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANNE LANGFORD AND SAM BRADFORD. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2012