Due to the live nature of Tonight, we apologise for the lack of captions for some items. TONIGHT ` THREE ARE DEAD, HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS. A POWERFUL TORNADO RIPS THROUGH PARTS OF AUCKLAND AND HEADS SOUTH. THE INQUEST INTO THE COLLAPSE OF THE CTV BUILDING COMES TO AN END, BUT NOT BEFORE A MESSAGE TO RESCUERS. AND FIRST MORNING SICKNESS, THEN AUSTRALIAN RADIO HOSTS ` THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE HAS ANOTHER REASON TO FEEL UNWELL IN HOSPITAL. HUNDRED OF NORTH SHORE RESIDENTS ARE TONIGHT BUNKING DOWN IN TEMPORARY ACCOMODATION AFTER A HUGE STORM BURST OVER HOBSONVILLE AND WHENUAPAI THIS AFTERNOON. THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND SEVEN OTHER HOSPITALISED WHEN THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN, TOPPLING WALLS, TEARING TREES FROM THE GROUND AND LIFTING ROOVES. BRIAR WELLS HAS THE STORY. THE TOLL OF A SUDDEN ACT OF NATURE ` A TRUCK FLATTENED AFTER A GIANT PIECE OF CONCRETE WAS BLOWN OVER BY EXTREME WINDS, CRUSHING THOSE INSIDE. RECOVERY TEAMS HAVE BEEN WORKING HERE, LIFTING THE SLABS OF CONCRETE PINNING THE TRUCK DOWN. A SHORT TIME AGO, A BODY WAS REMOVED ON A STRETCHER AND TAKEN AWAY IN A HEARSE. THE HUGE STORM AND THE TORNADO IT SPAWNED ROARED THROUGH A NORTH-WEST AUCKLAND NEIGHBOURHOOD JUST AFTER LUNCHTIME. WIND GUSTS OF WELL OVER 100KM/H RIPPED TREES FROM THE GROUND, TORE ROOFS FROM HOUSES, LEAVING A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION AND INJURING SEVEN. THE CAR STARTED TO TILT AND STARTED TO LIFT, AND THE WIND WAS JUST GOING NUTS AROUND US, AND TREES WERE FLYING AT US, AND BOTTLES WERE FLYING AT US. CHILDREN'S TOYS WERE TURNED INTO MISSILES... I WAS SCARED ONCE I HEARD THE TRAMP SMACK INTO THE WINDOW. COS I THOUGHT, 'OH MY GOD. THIS IS REALLY... 'HOW LONG IS IT GONNA LAST FOR? IT'S REALLY REALLY STRONG.' AND CAUSED CHAOS ON THE ROADS. OH, MATE. THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. AND WHEN THE WIND SUBSIDED, THE POWER OF THE STORM WAS OBVIOUS ` POWER LINES LEFT SPRAWLED ACROSS ROADS, HOMES REDUCED TO PILES OF WRECKAGE, RESIDENTS BECOMING REFUGEES OF MOTHER NATURE. I WAS PRETTY SCARED COS I HAD HIM WHO WAS CRYING. UM, CAN SEE THROUGH THE ROOF. YEAH, WE'VE PRETTY MUCH GOT NOTHING LEFT. SO IT'S QUITE` WELL, I'VE GOT THIS, BUT... IT'S PRETTY MUCH FULL OF CLOTHES. THE SUBURBS WORST HIT WERE IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OWN ELECTORATE. I WANT TO PASS MY SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCES TO THOSE FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES THAT HAVE LOST A MEMBER OF THEIR FAMILY TODAY. ALSO PASS MY SYMPATHY TO THE WORKMATES ON THE SITE AT HOBSONVILLE. ROADS AROUND THE SITE REMAIN CLOSED TONIGHT AS THE REGION-WIDE CLEANUP OPERATION PREPARES TO BEGIN IN EARNEST. BRIAR WELLS, ONE NEWS. MEANWHILE, THE SAME STORM SYSTEM ALSO SPAWNED ANOTHER TORNADO OVER ROTORUA THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERAL VEHICLES ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN THROWN IN THE AIR IN THE LAKESIDE COMMUNITY OF HAMURANA. A GROUP OF 37 CHILDREN AND SEVERAL ADULTS WERE AT A HORSE RIDING CLASS WHEN THE TORNADO STRUCK. THIS MAN SAYS HE AND THREE HORSES WERE THROWN ACROSS THE PADDOCK, BUT NONE WERE INJURED. IT WAS VERY LOUD, AND THEN WHEN IT PICKED ME UP, IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE JUST GAVE ME THE BIG BOOT IN THE CHEST. AND THAT'S WHEN I KNEW THAT I WASN'T EVEN ON THE GROUND ANY MORE. AND THEN WITHIN SECONDS, I WAS 200FT AWAY. THE STORM HAS BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN AND POWER OUTAGES IN THE AREA. AND THE TORNADO ALSO PLAYED HAVOC WITH FLIGHTS AT AUCKLAND'S AIRPORT. AIR NZ SAYS MOST OF ITS DELAYED FLIGHTS HAVE NOW RESUMED. HOWEVER, IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY EARLIER WHEN THE FEAR OF LIGHTENING STRIKES KEPT PLANES FULL OF PEOPLE STRANDED ON THE RUNWAY. WE WERE ON THE TARMAC FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AFTER WE LANDED. I THINK WE WERE QUITE LUCKY TO ACTUALLY LAND. DELAYS ARE ANNOYING, BUT, YEAH, PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE MORE IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY, SO WE DO WHAT WE CAN DO. ALL FLIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO RUN AS SCHEDULED TOMORROW. AND YOU CAN STAY ACROSS THE LATEST INFORMATION BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE ` ONENEWS.CO.NZ ` WHERE WE'VE ALSO GOT EXTRA PICTURES. IN OTHER NEWS, AN INQUEST INTO THE DEATHS OF EIGHT PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED THE CTV BUILDING COLLAPSE THEN DIED BEFORE THEY COULD BE RESCUED HAS JUST WRAPPED UP. THE CORONER'S FINDINGS ARE RESERVED, BUT THERE'VE BEEN SOME SPECIAL WORDS FOR RESCUERS AND THE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS. LISA DAVIES HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE HEARING. EVERY ASPECT OF THIS TRAGEDY HAS BEEN ANALYSED, EVERY DECISION CRITIQUED. TODAY WAS NO DIFFERENT. THEY RESPONDED COURAGEOUSLY IN VERY DANGEROUS CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS INTERNATIONAL DISASTER EXPERT SAYS THOSE FIRST TO REACH THE SITE LEFT THEIR HELMETS OUTSIDE THE SPACES THEY CRAWLED INTO TO CHECK FOR SURVIVORS SO IF THERE WAS ANOTHER COLLAPSE, THEY COULD BE FOUND. WHEN THE RISK IS TOO GREAT TO YOUR PERSONNEL, THEY'RE RIGHT AT THE RAGGED EDGE. I THINK THEY WENT BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, THAT'S FOR SURE. HOWEVER, HE SAYS THE USE OF CRANES INSTEAD OF DIGGERS TO LIFT RUBBLE AND AN EARLIER ARRIVAL OF THE NORTH ISLAND USAR TEAM WITH THEIR TOOLS COULD HAVE CHANGED THE OUTCOME FOR THE EIGHT WHO SURVIVED THE INITIAL COLLAPSE. THE CORRECT TOOLS AND MORE TEAMS OF MEN CUTTING MORE HOLES IN THE ABSENCE OF A CRANE MEANT A MUCH GREATER CHANCE OF REACHING SURVIVORS. AT THE END OF THE HEARING, ALEC CVETANOV STOOD AT THE BACK OF THE COURT FOR A SPECIAL ADDRESS FROM THE CORONER. MR CVETANOV, I WISH TO JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. THERE ARE SOME WHO MAY HAVE FEEL THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TOO MUCH OF AN AGGRAVATOR IN THIS. I DON'T BELIEVE SO. ALEC CVETANOV, WHO LOST HIS WIFE, AND TAKU HYUGA, WHO LOST HIS DAUGHTER, FINALLY FEEL THEIR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN HEARD. I FEEL A BIT RELIEVED, ALTHOUGH A FULL RELIEF WILL NEVER BE FOR ME, MY FAMILY AND, I BELIEVE, FOR THE OTHER FAMILIES THAT HAVE SUFFERED LOSS IN THE QUAKE. THE TWO MEN WHO LOST SO MUCH IN THE CTV BUILDING EMBRACED AT THE END OF A TOUGH THREE WEEKS. AN AUCKLAND WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A MILLION-DOLLAR STATE HOUSE HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO NINE MONTHS' HOME DETENTION AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF FRAUD. THE 47-YEAR-OLD CLAIMED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF BENEFITS SHE WASN'T ENTITLED TO OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. REBECCA EDWARDS REPORTS. MICHELLE HAWKE HAD A LARGE FAMILY CONTINGENT SUPPORTING HER AT AUCKLAND'S DISTRICT COURT TODAY. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE NEXT STEP FOR MICHELLE IS GOING TO TURN HER INTO A MEMBER OF SOCIETY THAT CONTRIBUTES. THE 47-YEAR-OLD WAS SENTENCED TO NINE MONTHS' HOME DETENTION AND 150 HOURS' COMMUNITY WORK AFTER BEING CONVICTED FOR BENEFIT FRAUD. OVER FIVE YEARS, SHE TOOK $82,000 IN OVERPAID BENEFITS WHILE SHE WAS LIVING IN THIS AUCKLAND HOUSE, AT THE TIME OWNED BY HOUSING NZ. HAWKE CONTINUED TO CLAIM HER DOMESTIC PURPOSES BENEFIT WHILE LIVING IN THE HOUSE WITH HER PARTNER, WHO WAS EARNING $900 A WEEK. THE RENT HERE WAS $90 A WEEK. THE HOUSE, VALUED AT MORE THAN $1M, IS NOW PRIVATELY OWNED. SHE'S VERY SHAMEFUL, REALLY. SHE'S CARRYING A TORCH THAT HAS BROUGHT A LITTLE BIT OF HURT AMONGST THE WHANAU ` NOT ONLY THE HAWKE FAMILY, BUT NGATI WHATUA AS A WHOLE. IN A STATEMENT, THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SAYS HAWKE AND HER FAMILY ARE NOW FACING THE CONSEQUENCES OF HER ACTIONS. IT SAYS SHE IS REPAYING THE MONEY SHE STOLE, AND IT'S VOWING TO PURSUE THAT MONEY FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES. WORK AND INCOME UNCOVERED $22.6M IN BENEFIT FRAUD LAST YEAR ALONE. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. AND NEW FIGURES SHOW 75 PEOPLE HAVE HAD THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR A STATE HOUSE SUSPENDED FOR A YEAR UNDER A TOUGH NEW POLICY IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR. IT APPLIES TO THE MOST SERIOUS BREACHES OF TENANCY AGREEMENTS, INCLUDING UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY. IT WILL GET TO A POINT WHERE THE MESSAGE HAS GOT ROUND THAT WE'RE NOT TOLERATING ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, VANDALISM OR FRAUD, SO I THINK THAT PROBABLY THE FIGURES WILL DROP. BUT HOUSING NZ ARE GOING TO MAINTAIN A HARD LINE, AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD. OF THE 75 TENANTS SUSPENDED, 64 WERE FOR FRAUD. IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING HEADING TO SYDNEY FOR NEW YEARS EVE TO HIT THE TOWN AND WATCH THE FIREWORKS, IT'S PROMISING TO BE BETTER THAN EVER. THE CHIEF PYROTECHNICIAN SAYS HE WILL BE SHOOTING ALL SORTS OF THINGS OFF THE HARBOUR BRIDGE, INCLUDING SOME NEVER SEEN BEFORE. CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN WITH THIS. EVERY YEAR, THEY PUT THE BANG IN OUR NEW YEAR'S EVE BASH. AC/DC'S 'BACK IN BLACK' AND EVERY YEAR, THEY'RE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION. HOW CAN YOU MAKE IT BETTER THAN LAST YEAR? WE HAVE BEEN BLOWN AWAY BY WATERFALLS, SHOOTING STARS, AND NOW... THE SHAPE OF A KOALA AND A BEE AND A BIRD. YES, HE SAID KOALAS. THROW IN AN EXPLODING OCTOPUS AND MORE. PEOPLE WILL GO AWAY SAYING, 'I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT BEFORE,' AND IT STICKS IN THEIR MEMORY. EMBRACE THE MOMENT. AND THAT'S PRECISELY THE THEME FOR THE END OF 2012. KYLIE IS THE PARTY PLANNER WITH BIG ASPIRATIONS. SO TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS NEW YEAR'S EVE THE MOST MEMORABLE NIGHT EVER. DANCE MUSIC AND IT WON'T JUST BE FIREWORKS BLAZING THE HARBOUR. A FREE SMARTPHONE APP WILL LIGHT UP PHONE SCREENS FOUR TIMES DURING THE EVENING. IT'LL BE A FABULOUS MOMENT WHERE PEOPLE WILL HOLD THEIR SMARTPHONES IN THE AIR AND BE ENCOURAGED TO DO SO, AND IT'LL JUST ADD TO THE COLOUR AND LIGHT OF THE EVENING. AS WELL, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEND TEXT MESSAGES WHICH WILL BE POSTED ON THE BRIDGE PYLONS. JUST AHEAD ` SUSAN COUCH FINALLY WINS HER BID FOR SETTLEMENT FROM THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT. THE PALACE IS LEFT RED-FACED AFTER AN AUSSIE RADIO STATION PRANK-CALLS DUCHESS CATHERINE. THE DEATH OF A JAZZ PIONEER ` HEAR HIS SIGNATURE TUNE AND HOW HE INSPIRED PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. SUSAN COUCH, THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF THE 2001 RSA MURDERS, HAS BEEN AWARDED A $300,000 PAYMENT BY THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT. SHE WAS LEFT WITH PARTIAL PARALYSIS AND BRAIN DAMAGE BY WILLIAM BELL, WHO WAS ON PROBATION AT THE TIME. MS COUCH ORIGINALLY SOUGHT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FROM CORRECTIONS, CLAIMING THE DEPARTMENT WAS NEGLIGENT IN ITS HANDLING OF BELL. WILLIAM BELL WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE UNTIL 2031. THE LONDON HOSPITAL CARING FOR THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE HAS APOLOGISED FOR AN EMBARRASSING SECURITY LAPSE THAT ALLOWED AN AUSTRALIAN RADIO SHOW TO CALL KATE'S NURSE AND DISCUSS HER CONDITION. SYDNEY'S 2DAY FM HAVE APOLOGIZED FOR POSING AS THE QUEEN AND PRINCE CHARLES BUT ONLY AFTER BROADCASTING THE CALL AFTER TAKING LEGAL ADVICE. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY REPORTS. 8 EDWARD VII HOSPITAL DAY AND NIGHT ENSURING THE PHYSICAL SAFETY OF KATE AND HER VISITORS, BUT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING LOCAL TIME, HOSPITAL STAFF WERE CAUGHT UNAWARES BY A CALLER, DESPITE THE UNCONVINCING ACCENT. (WOMAN) IMITATES QUEEN: OH, HELLO THERE. COULD I PLEASE SPEAK TO KATE, PLEASE ` MY GRANDDAUGHTER? WOMAN: OH, YES. JUST HOLD ON, MA'AM. THANK YOU. (MAN) WHISPERS: ARE THEY PUTTING US THROUGH? SYDNEY DRIVE TIME HOSTS MEL GRIEG AND MICHAEL CHRISTIAN RANG THE HOSPITAL AND WERE PUT THROUGH TO THE WARD WHERE THE DUTY NURSE GAVE THE ASTONISHED PAIR THE LATEST ON HER PATIENT. IMITATES PRINCE CHARLES: WHEN WILL IT BE ALL RIGHT TO COME DOWN AND SEE HER? I WOULD SUGGEST AT ANY TIME AFTER 9 O'CLOCK WOULD BE SUITABLE. I THINK THIS WAS A BREACH OF A PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY, WHICH I VERY MUCH REGRET. I THINK THIS WHOLE THING IS PRETTY DEPLORABLE. OUR NURSES ARE CARING, PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE TRAINED TO LOOK AFTER PATIENTS NOT TO COPE WITH JOURNALISTIC TRICKERY OF THIS SORT. NOT SO LONG AGO, A FAKE CALL SEARCHING FOR DETAILS OF THE LATEST ROYAL EXCLUSIVE WOULD BE THE KIND OF STUNT YOU'D EXPECT FROM A BRITISH TABLOID, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PHOTOGRAPHERS HERE DAY AND NIGHT. BUT THE BRITISH PRESS IN THIS COUNTRY IS FACING THE PROSPECT OF SOME STIFF REGULATIONS, SO THEY'RE ALL ON THEIR BEST BEHAVIOUR. BRITISH PAPERS ARE REPRINTING PARTS OF THE CONVERSATION, EDITING OUT SOME DETAILS IN A NOD TO PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY. IT WILL ANGER PRINCE WILLIAM, WHO JEALOUSLY GUARDS WHAT LITTLE PRIVACY THE COUPLE HAS. THE ROYAL FAMILY IS MORE FOCUSED, THOUGH, ON AN EXPECTANT MOTHER'S HEALTH. WE KNOW SOMEBODY WHO SUFFERED EXACTLY THE SAME, AND WE WOULDN'T WISH THAT ON ANYBODY AT ALL. KATE'S SISTER AND BROTHER CALLED FOR AN HOUR TODAY ` PERHAPS A SIGN HER STAY WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME DAYS YET, NO DOUBT WITH EVEN STRICTER SECURITY IN PLACE. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, LONDON. THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN EGYPT IS WORSENING. IN THE LAST HOUR, THE ARMY HAS MOBILISED DOZENS OF TANKS TO SECURE THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE AFTER DAYS OF VIOLENT CLASHES BETWEEN SUPPORTERS AND OPPONENTS OF EGYPTIAN LEADER MOHAMMED MORSI. RIVAL GROUPS HURLED FIREBOMBS AND ROCKS AT EACH OTHER AS THOUSANDS OF THE PRESIDENT'S FOLLOWERS CONFRONTED HIS OPPONENTS, WHO'D BEEN STAGING A SIT-IN OUTSIDE THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. CROWD SHOUTS MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE VIOLENCE. IT'S THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF PROTESTS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT AFTER HE'D GIVEN HIMSELF NEAR-ABSOLUTE POWER. MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND HUNDREDS OTHERS REMAIN MISSING AFTER SUPER TYPHOON BOPHA TORE THOUGH SOUTH-WEST PHILIPPINES, DECIMATING EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH. THE ABC'S ZOEY DANIEL REPORTS. THE SOUTHERN ISLAND OF MINDANAO RARELY FEELS THE BRUNT OF A STORM LIKE THIS. BUT SUPER TYPHOON BOPHA SHOCKED THE REGION WHEN IT BLEW IN FROM THE PACIFIC WITH BRUTAL FORCE EARLIER THIS WEEK. COMMUNICATIONS HAVE BEEN CUT TO MANY AREAS. BUT THE IMPACT OF FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES IS NOW BECOMING HORRIBLY CLEAR. (SPEAKS FILIPINO) TRANSLATOR: THE PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED BECAUSE IT HAPPENED FAST. THERE WAS A LOT OF DEBRIS ON THE ROAD. RESCUE WORKERS ARE RETRIEVING BODIES, PUSHING THE DEATH TOLL WELL INTO THE HUNDREDS. HUNDREDS MORE ARE STILL MISSING. TRAGICALLY, MANY WERE KILLED WHEN LANDSLIDES CRASHED DOWN ON BUILDINGS BEING USED AS EMERGENCY SHELTERS. (SPEAKS FILIPINO) TRANSLATOR: I'M HOPEFUL I'LL FIND MY SON. THAT'S WHY I'M STILL SEARCHING. THIS CHILD (3) IS ALIVE AFTER MORE THAN 24 HOURS BURIED IN THE MUD. (SPEAKS FILIPINO) TRANSLATOR: THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE RELOCATED TO THE SAFE AREAS, LIKE THE VILLAGE HALL AND THE HEALTH CENTRE. BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE FLOOD WATERS WERE COMING FROM NEARBY FARMLANDS. WE CANNOT EXPLAIN HOW IT HAPPENED. ABOUT 20 TYPHOONS HIT THE PHILIPPINES ANNUALLY. BUT THIS IS THE WORST STORM SINCE THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, WHEN TYPHOON WASHI KILLED 1500 PEOPLE. BOPHA HAS NOW MOVED ON INTO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, BUT ALONG WITH THE DESTRUCTION, IT'S LEFT 87,000 PEOPLE IN EMERGENCY SHELTERS AND MANY GRIEVING. BACK TO TODAY'S MAIN STORY, AND IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME A TORNADO'S STRUCK THE AUCKLAND REGION WITH FATAL RESULTS. JUST LAST YEAR, A TWISTER ON THE NORTH SHORE KILLED A FATHER OF TWO AND CAUSED HUGE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, INCLUDING A MAJOR SHOPPING CENTRE. AMY KELLEY ASKS WHETHER AUCKLAND'S PRONE TO THIS KIND OF WEATHER EVENT. THE 3RD OF MAY LAST YEAR. ANOTHER DEADLY DAY. IT SOUNDED LIKE A 747 FLYING OVERHEAD. IT WAS THAT NOISY. WOMAN: IT'S A TWISTER, HONESTLY. OFFICE WORKERS ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE CAPTURED THE TORNADO'S SLOW AND STEADY APPROACH. MAN: LOOK AT THAT! IT SLAMMED INTO ALBANY'S MEGA CENTRE, RIPPING A PATH OF DESTRUCTION THROUGH THE MALL'S ROOF, KILLING CONSTRUCTION WORKER AND FATHER-OF-TWO BENEDICT DACAYAN. HE WAS DEMOLISHING THIS OLD PLACEMAKERS BUILDING WHEN HE WAS LIFTED UP AND TOSSED INTO A CONCRETE WALL. WE'RE EXTRAORDINARILY LUCKY NOT TO HAVE SUFFERED MORE LOSS OF LIFE. THE FORCES OF NATURE THERE WERE EXTREME. TORNADOES ARE MOST COMMON IN TARANAKI AND THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST COAST. AUCKLAND AVERAGES ONLY TWO TORNADOES OR WATERSPOUTS A YEAR. BUT NIWA TOLD US THEY'VE GROWN IN INTENSITY DUE TO AN INCREASE IN WARMTH AND MOISTURE, LINKED TO THE RECENT LA NINA. IT IS FURTHER NORTH, YOU'RE CLOSER TO THE WARM, HUMID, SUBTROPICAL AIR, AND YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY GOT THE WATER ON EITHER SIDE. IT CAN BE THE TERRAIN RIGHT ON THE COAST d WHERE YOU CAN GET THE 8 EXTRA BIT OF NUDGE TO SOMETIMES ALLOW THESE THINGS TO FORM. UNTIL TODAY, THIS WAS NZ'S DEADLIEST TORNADO ` A TWISTER IN HAMILTON IN 1948, WHICH ALSO KILLED THREE PEOPLE. AS RESIDENTS OF HOBSONVILLE CHECK ON NEIGHBOURS AND LOVED ONES, MANY ARE HOPING THIS TORNADO'S DEATH TOLL WON'T GO ANY HIGHER. AMY KELLEY, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ON TONIGHT ` HE TOOK JAZZ TO THE MASSES. JAZZ LEGEND DAVE BRUBECK DIES. WE LOOK BACK AT HIS CAREER. AND I'LL BE BACK WITH MORE WET WEATHER FOR FRIDAY. 1 A TOWERING FIGURE IN MODERN JAZZ, PIANIST AND COMPOSER DAVE BRUBECK, HAS DIED AGED 91. HIS EXPERIMENTS WITH EXOTIC CHALLENGING RHYTHMS HELPED WIN MILLIONS OF NEW JAZZ FANS AROUND THE WORLD. THE BBC'S WILL GOMPERTZ WITH THIS TRIBUTE. BAND PLAYS SLOW, SMOOTH JAZZ THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET, WITH PAUL DESMOND ON SAX, EUGENE WRIGHT ON BASS, JOE MORELLO ON DRUMS AND THE LEGENDARY DAVE BRUBECK ON PIANO. HE FOUNDED THE BAND IN THE EARLY 1950S, WHICH, WITH ITS HIT TUNE 'TAKE FIVE', TOOK JAZZ FROM THE FRINGES OF URBAN AMERICA TO THE HEART OF POPULAR CULTURE. DENSELY CHORDED ARRANGEMENTS, EXPERIMENTAL IMPROVISATION AND TRICKY METERS WERE HIS SIGNATURE; STUBBORNNESS AND CHALLENGING CONVENTION HIS STYLE. ARE THERE ANY RULES FOR IMPROVISATION? > YOU BET YOUR LIFE THERE ARE. AND THE RULES IN JAZZ WOULD JUST SCARE YOU TO DEATH. THEY'RE SO STRICT, IT'S PITIFUL. BRUBECK'S MUSIC CAME FROM THE GHETTOS OF BLACK AMERICA ` A DEBT HE NEVER FORGOT, FIGHTING RACISM AND BIGOTRY AT HOME AND ABROAD. TIME MAGAZINE PUT HIM ON ITS COVER IN 1954. HIS MUSIC TOUCHED MILLIONS, FROM THE DRUNK ON THE SIDEWALK TO FUTURE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS. MY FIRST JAZZ CONCERT IN HONOLULU, HAWAII, IN 1971, AND IT WAS A DAVE BRUBECK CONCERT. AND... APPLAUSE AND I'VE BEEN A JAZZ FAN EVER SINCE. DAVE BRUBECK WAS RAISED ON A RANCH. HIS MOTHER WAS A MUSIC TEACHER. THE RADIO WAS BANNED. IF HE WANTED TO LISTEN TO MUSIC, SHE SAID, MAKE YOUR OWN. HE DID, AS A COMPOSER, A BAND LEADER AND A TRULY GREAT PIANIST. AND THE SONG 'TAKE FIVE', RECORDED IN 1959, BECAME ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING JAZZ TUNES OF ALL TIME. WEATHER TIME NOW WITH RENEE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. A BIG CHANGE OF AIR MASS AS THE COLD FRONT HEADS AWAY TO THE EAST BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, AND THE AIR BECOMES GRADUALLY COOLER AND RELATIVELY DRYER. A WELL ORGANISED BAND OF BEEFY SHOWERS, MARKED BY THE TROUGH LINE, CROSSES THE NORTH ISLAND OVERNIGHT. MEANWHILE, THE DEEPENING LOW ROLLS ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND, DIRECTING A STRONG COLD WET SOUTHERLY FLOW UP THE MAINLAND AS IT RETREATS SLOWLY AWAY. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THE WET WEATHER ARRIVES ON WEDNESDAY. AND THATS YOUR WEATHER. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE BY LOGGING ON TO OUR WEBSITE AT ONENEWS.CO.NZ. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT.