DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. SERIAL SEX OFFENDER STUART MURRAY WILSON IS BACK BEHIND BARS. WE TELL YOU WHY. AS OSCAR PISTORIUS ARGUES FOR BAIL, IT'S REVEALED THE LEAD DETECTIVE ON HIS CASE IS FACING ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES. AND RAISING THE RED LANTERN ` THE ALLURING LOVELY LIGHTS OF CHINA, HERE IN AUCKLAND. MYSTICAL CHINESE MUSIC THE SERIAL SEX OFFENDER DUBBED 'THE BEAST OF BLENHEIM' IS BACK BEHIND BARS TONIGHT AFTER ALLEGEDLY BREAKING HIS PAROLE CONDITIONS. STUART MURRAY WILSON HAS BEEN LIVING UNDER CLOSE SURVEILLANCE IN WANGANUI SINCE HIS CONTROVERSIAL RELEASE FROM JAIL JUST SEVEN MONTHS AGO. HE'D SPENT THE PREVIOUS 18 YEARS IN JAIL FOR 22 SEX CONVICTIONS AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN. GEORGINA BALL WITH THE LATEST. THIS WAS THE PLACE ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S WORST SEX OFFENDERS CALLED HOME SINCE AUGUST LAST YEAR, BUT HIS TASTE OF FREEDOM HAS BEEN SHORT LIVED. STUART MURRAY WILSON'S BEEN RECALLED TO PRISON AFTER ALLEGATIONS HE PHONED A PERSON HE'S BEEN BANNED FROM CONTACTING. NOBODY EVER WANTS TO HAVE A PERSON LIKE MISTER WILSON IN YOUR BACK YARD, AND THERE'S ALWAYS THAT FEAR WITH YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR CHILDREN AND THAT SORT OF THING, SO IT'S BETTER IF HE'S BEHIND BARS. THE 65-YEAR-OLD WAS LIVING UNDER STRICT RELEASE CONDITIONS, INCLUDING NOT CONTACTING HIS VICTIMS OR ANYONE UNDER 16 YEARS OLD WITHOUT PERMISSION. THOSE WHO LEAD THE CAMPAIGN TO KEEP HIM BEHIND BARS IN THE FIRST PLACE SAY THE FRESH ALLEGATIONS PROVE HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN LET OUT. WE SAID HE CAN'T BE TRUSTED. THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE IN A LOT OF WAYS, BECAUSE NO ONE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT. I MEAN, HE WAS ALWAYS GOING TO REOFFEND. THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT WON'T SAY WHO WILSON'S ACCUSED OF CALLING BUT SAYS IT'S BEEN CLOSELY MONITORING HIS BEHAVIOUR AND TOOK ACTION AS SOON AS IT FOUND OUT HE MAY HAVE BROKEN HIS PAROLE CONDITIONS. BUT WILSON'S LAWYER SAYS EVEN IF HIS CLIENT DID MAKE THE PHONE CALL, THAT DOESN'T MAKE HIM A DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY. EVEN IF HE CONTACTED SOMEONE HE WASN'T MEANT TO, WHAT HARM COULD EVER COME OF THAT? HE CAN'T GO AND VISIT THE PERSON. HE CAN'T HAVE THE PERSON COME TO SEE HIM, SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE WHAT THE HARM COULD BE OR WHAT DISADVANTAGE OR RISK TO THE COMMUNITY IT COULD POSE. NOW IT'S UP TO THE PAROLE BOARD TO DECIDE WHETHER TO EXTEND WILSON'S INTERIM RECALL TO PRISON. THEY'LL DO THAT AT A HEARING BEFORE THE END OF MARCH. MEANWHILE, CORRECTIONS SAYS IT PLANS TO PURSUE ACTION THROUGH THE COURT OVER WILSON'S ALLEGED BREACH. GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS. NOW TO THE LATEST DRAMATIC TWIST IN THE OSCAR PISTORIUS CASE ` IT'S EMERGED THE LEAD DETECTIVE INVESTIGATING THE MURDER IS HIMSELF FACING SEVEN CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. THE CHARGES DATE BACK TO 2011, WHEN DETECTIVE HILTON BOTHA WAS ALLEGEDLY DRUNK AND FIRED HIS GUN AT A MINIBUS TAXI LOADED WITH PASSENGERS. HE HAS TO FACE THOSE CHARGES IN MAY. MEANWHILE, HIS EVIDENCE AT THE BAIL HEARING IN THE PISTORIUS CASE WAS HEAVILY CRITICISED. CHANNEL NINE'S PETER STEFANOVIC REPORTS FROM PRETORIA. OSCAR PISTORIUS HAS SPENT A LIFETIME OVERCOMING HARDSHIP, BUT THIS HAS BEEN HIS TOUGHEST WEEK YET, AND FOR A WHILE TODAY, IT GOT WORSE. A WITNESS CLAIMS SHE HEARD SCREAMS AND LOUD ARGUMENTS COMING FROM HIS HOME IN THE HOUR BEFORE SHOTS WERE FIRED. A SECOND WITNESS SAYS HE HEARD TWO SEPARATE BURSTS OF GUNFIRE WITH 17 MINUTES OF SILENCE IN BETWEEN. STRONG EVIDENCE, AND PISTORIUS WEPT. HE'S GRIEVING, AND I DON'T EXPECT HIM TO GET OVER IT. BUT THE BALANCE BEGAN TO SHIFT WITH DETECTIVE HILTON BOTHA, THE FIRST OFFICER AT THE CRIME SCENE. HE SAID HE FOUND TWO BOXES OF TESTOSTERONE AND NEEDLES IN PISTORIUS' ROOM, BUT DEFENCE LAWYERS ARGUED IT WAS HERBAL REMEDY, NOT A BANNED SUBSTANCE, AND BOTHA'S EVIDENCE WAS UNDERMINED. THEN HE WAS FORCED TO CONCEDE HIS WITNESSES WEREN'T CLOSE; THEY LIVED 300M AWAY FROM THE TRACK STAR'S HOME. HIS FATHER LEFT COURT AND MUST HAVE SENSED BAIL MAY BE GRANTED. NO COMMENT. THANK YOU. G ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES THAT POLICE AND COURT OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH AT THE MOMENT IS THE INTENSE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THIS CASE. THERE'S NEVER BEEN ONE LIKE IT BEFORE INVOLVING SOMEONE SO FAMOUS HERE. A FLOOR PLAN OF PISTORIUS' APARTMENT WAS SHOWN TO THE COURT. DETECTIVE BOTHA BELIEVES PISTORIUS KNEW HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS IN THE BATHROOM WHEN HE FIRED HIS GUN, d BECAUSE THE BULLETS WERE S T 8 IN A DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY, PROVING PISTORIUS HAD HIS LEGS ON WHEN HE SAID THEY WERE OFF. BUT BOTHA DID AGREE WITH A POST-MORTEM REPORT ON REEVA STEENKAMP'S BODY, WHICH SHOWED NO SIGNS OF ASSAULT OR DEFENCE WOUNDS. THE BAIL HEARING IS UNDERWAY IN PRETORIA RIGHT NOW, AND THE JUDGE HAS JUST SUMMONED THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER HILTON BOTHA TO APPEAR. WE'LL BRING YOU ANY DEVELOPMENTS DURING OUR BULLETIN. THE MAN CLEARED OF MURDERING HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, SCOTT GUY, IS TONIGHT IN A NEW JAIL IN CHRISTCHURCH. KYLEE GUY'S FAMILY IS UPSET THEY WEREN'T ALERTED ABOUT EWEN MACDONALD'S MOVE. THERE ARE ALSO FRESH CLAIMS THAT POLICE FAILED TO INVESTIGATE THE CASE PROPERLY. SIMON BRADWELL WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE. EWEN MACDONALD'S BEEN IN JAIL ALMOST TWO YEARS ` EVER SINCE HE WAS CHARGED WITH GUNNING DOWN HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW SCOTT GUY. HE'S SPENT THAT TIME AT MANAWATU PRISON. WE ATTENDED HIS PAROLE HEARING HERE IN DECEMBER. BUT TONIGHT EWEN MACDONALD IS HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH PRISON, AND NO ONE IS SAYING WHY. EWEN MACDONALD SPENT LAST NIGHT HERE AT RIMUTAKA PRISON BEFORE BEING MOVED TO CHRISTCHURCH TODAY. WE'VE ASKED BOTH HIS FAMILY AND THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO EXPLAIN WHY. THEY'VE REFUSED TO SAY. BUT WE'VE LEARNED MACDONALD WAS MOVED AS PART OF HIS REHABILITATION FOR RELEASE, WHICH COULD INCLUDE PSYCHIATRIC COUNSELLING OR EVEN SUPERVISED OUTINGS. NOT EVEN SCOTT GUY'S WIDOW, KYLEE ` MACDONALD'S ONLY REGISTERED VICTIM ` WAS TOLD HE WAS BEING MOVED. IN FACT, HAVING HEARD RUMOURS, HER FAMILY ASKED ONE NEWS TO INVESTIGATE, AND IT WAS ONLY AFTER OUR OWN PRISON SOURCES CONFIRMED THE MOVE THAT THE FAMILY KNEW FOR SURE. MACDONALD WAS JAILED FOR DESTROYING A DUCK-SHOOTER'S HUT AND KILLING 19 CALVES DURING REVENGE ATTACKS ON FARMERS WHO'D CAUGHT HIM POACHING DEER. HE ALSO ADMITTED VANDALISING A HOUSE BELONGING TO SCOTT AND KYLEE GUY BUT WAS ACQUITTED OF SCOTT GUY'S MURDER. BUT PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS REVIEWING THE CASE FOR KYLEE GUY'S FAMILY WANT ANSWERS. THEY'VE ASKED POLICE WHY EFFLUENT PONDS ON THE GUY FARM WEREN'T SEARCHED IN THE HUNT FOR A PAIR OF DIVE BOOTS POLICE SAY THE KILLER WORE. PG 8 POLICE STAND BY THEIR INVES THE PONDS HAVE BEEN DRAINED A NUMBER OF TIMES SINCE THE HOMICIDE. POLICE HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT ANY ITEM OF INTEREST WOULD BE CAPTURED WITHIN THE EQUIPMENT USED TO DRAIN THE PONDS. NO SUCH ITEMS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE EQUIPMENT IT'S NOT KNOWN HOW LONG MACDONALD WILL BE IN CHRISTCHURCH. HE'S NEXT ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SIMON BRADWELL, ONE NEWS. TALKS ARE UNDERWAY TO TRY AND PREVENT THE COLLAPSE OF STATE-OWNED SOLID ENERGY. THE COMPANY, WHICH EMPLOYS ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE, IS IN TALKS WITH BANKS OVER ITS MOUNTING DEBT. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN'S BEEN QUESTIONING THE FINANCE MINISTER. IN 2011 SOLID ENERGY WAS A JEWEL IN THE GOVERNMENT'S ASSET SALES PROGRAMME. TWO YEARS ON, AND ITS SHARE FLOAT PLANS ARE IN TATTERS. LOSSES ARE PROJECTED TO CONTINUE, WHICH IS WHY THE COMPANY IS IN DISCUSSION WITH THE BANKS AND WITH TREASURY. A BIG SLIDE IN WORLD COAL PRICES COMBINED WITH A HIGH DOLLAR BROUGHT A $40M LOSS LAST YEAR. JOBS WERE AXED, AND SPRING CREEK MINE WAS MOTHBALLED. NOT SURPRISINGLY, QUESTIONS ARE NOW BEING ASKED ABOUT HOW MUCH THE GOVERNMENT COULD EVER GET FOR THE COMPANY. IN 2011 TREASURY PUT SOLID ENERGY'S TRUE VALUE AT $1.7B. IT NOW SAYS THERE IS EVERY REASON TO EXPECT A 'CONSIDERABLE' FALL IN VALUE, NOTING AUSTRALIAN COAL COMPANIES HAVE SEEN VALUES SLIDE 60% RECENTLY. SO COULD THERE BE A GOVERNMENT BAILOUT? WE WOULDN'T RULE ANYTHING IN OR ANYTHING OUT AT THE MOMENT. THE COMPANY'S UNDER FINANCIAL DISTRESS, AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET THE COMPANY GO, BUT WE DO` AND WE CAN WORK CONSTRUCTIVELY AND ARE WORKING CONSTRUCTIVELY WITH THE BANKS. WITH $250M IN NEW DEBT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, LABOUR'S QUESTIONING THE GOVERNMENT'S OVERSIGHT. FOUR YEARS AGO, THIS WAS AN EXPORT AWARD-WINNING COMPANY, AND THE NATIONAL PARTY HAVE RUN IT INTO THE GROUND. THEY'VE MISMANAGED IT. THEY HAVEN'T MONITORED IT. TALKS WITH BANKS AND TREASURY RIGHT NOW AIM TO PREVENT A COLLAPSE, BUT BILL ENGLISH CAN'T RULE OUT JOB LOSSES OR MINE CLOSURES. THE BEST GUARANTEE OF JOBS IS A VIABLE, STABLE COMPANY. AND AT THE MOMENT, THAT'S NOT THE CASE. EARLIER THIS YEAR, LONG-SERVING CEO DON ELDER STEPPED DOWN. MR ENGLISH TODAY REFUSED TO BE DRAWN ON WHETHER MR ELDER HAD DONE A GOOD JOB RUNNING THE COMPANY. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. FIREFIGHTERS ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR ANY POTENTIAL FLARE-UPS TONIGHT AFTER A BLAZE WHICH FORCED PEOPLE TO FLEE THEIR HOMES IN WELLINGTON. THE FIRE, WHICH CUT THROUGH AROUND 40HA OF SCRUB ALONG HAPPY VALLEY, IS NOW BEING TREATED AS SUSPICIOUS. DANIEL FAITAUA HAS MORE. SMOKE BILLOWS FROM THE OWHIRO HILLSIDES AS CREWS CONTINUE TO DAMPEN HOTSPOTS. LOOKING AT THE` YEAH, THE DEVASTATION, REALLY, IT'S` IT'S A LOT WORSE THAN WHAT IT WAS EARLIER THIS MORNING. THIS WAS THE SPECTACULAR FIERY THREAT CLOSE TO HOMES, AS 5M-HIGH FLAMES LICKED THROUGH 40HA OF SCRUB. IN THOSE EARLY HOURS, MIKE TAYLOR ALERTED NEARBY NEIGHBOURS. JUMPED IN THE VAN, WENT UP THE BACK, BEEPING THE HORN, TELLING... KNOCKING ON THE NEIGHBOURS' DOORS, SAYING` TELLING THEM TO GET OUT. AND THEY DID. POLICE BLOCKED OFF SECTIONS OF HAPPY VALLEY ROAD AS EVACUATED FAMILIES TOOK SHELTER AT A NEARBY SCHOOL. I JUST GOT SUCH A SHOCK, I COULDN'T EVEN THINK OF WHAT TO DO, WHAT CLOTHES TO PUT ON TO BE WARM OR ANYTHING. HOURS LATER, RESIDENTS RETURNED HOME UNSCATHED. THROUGHOUT THE DAY, 50 PERSONNEL FROM THE GREATER WELLINGTON AREA JOINED FORCES TO BATTLE THE FLAMES ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR. AS CREWS CHANGED SHIFTS AT CAMP BASE, THOSE IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATION WOULDN'T RULE OUT ARSON. ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE, SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE FIRE INVESTIGATOR TO TURN UP AND HAVE A LOOK AND SEE. FOR NOW THE FIRE IS UNDER CONTROL, BUT THERE ARE FEARS IT COULD REIGNITE. WITH THE WIND CHANGE, UM, IT'S GONNA CHANGE WHAT IS, UH, A FLANK FIRE INTO A HEAD FIRE. SO WHAT WAS ON A SLOW-MOVING FRONT COULD TURN INTO A BIG ACTIVE FRONT AGAIN. WE'RE JUST REALLY HAPPY THAT NOBODY WAS HURT AND WE STILL HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD. A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP WOULD BE A BONUS. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. AT LEAST 25 FIREFIGHTERS ARE ALSO STILL BATTLING A BLAZE NORTH OF AUCKLAND. IT WAS THOUGHT THE FIRE AT KAIPARA HARBOUR HAD DIED DOWN, BUT AN AREA ACROSS 90HA FLARED UP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. WE, UM, THOUGHT WE'D HAD IT PRETTY MUCH CONTAINED, UM, BUT FIRE'S UNPREDICTABLE, ESPECIALLY VEGETATION FIRE, AND, UH, WE HAD AN UNEXPECTED WIND CHANGE, AND IT TURNED TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW. THE BLAZE IS MAINLY ACROSS SCRUB AND PINE. AT LEAST SIX VOLUNTEER CREWS AND A HELICOPTER ARE AT THE SCENE. TOMORROW MARKS THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF CHRISTCHURCH'S DEADLY QUAKE. JULIE HIBBS' MUM WAS AMONG THE 185 PEOPLE WHO DIED THAT DAY. WITH HER STORY, HERE'S LISA DAVIES. TWO YEARS ON... I JUST MISS HER. WE ALL MISS HER. THE CTV COLLAPSE TOOK HER MOTHER HEATHER MEADOW'S LIFE. THESE ARE THE FLOWERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TO THE FENCE. JULIE'S DETERMINED TO MAKE THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF HER MUM'S DEATH SPECIAL, DESPITE THE MOST TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES. THREE WEEKS AGO SHE WAS FORCED TO MOVE INTO THIS BUS... IT'S A BIT OF A MISSION. ...WHEN THE FLAT SHE RENTED WAS SOLD. WHAT THERE IS FOR LOW RENT, UM, I WOULDN'T EVEN LET MY DOG OR MY CAT LIVE IN IT. IT'S MADE A TOUGH TWO YEARS EVEN TOUGHER. YOU'RE TRYING TO MOVE ON, BUT IN A WAY YOU CAN'T. IT JUST MAKES LIFE HARDER. THAT'S WHY SHE WOULDN'T MISS TOMORROW'S SERVICE HERE IN LATIMER SQUARE FOR THE WORLD AND A CHANCE TO SHARE HER GRIEF WITH OTHERS. KNOWING THAT THEY CARE, THEY DO CARE, THE PUBLIC CARE ABOUT WHAT WE GO THROUGH. A TEMPORARY MEMORIAL HAS BEEN SET UP SO WREATHS CAN BE LAID HERE TOMORROW. TO REMEMBER WHAT WE DID FOR ONE ANOTHER ON THAT PARTICULARLY DARK DAY TWO YEARS AGO AND TO TAKE HEART. FLOWERS AND SPECIAL TRIBUTES ARE ALREADY ACCUMULATING HERE AT THE CTV SITE, WHERE 115 LOST THEIR LIVES. IT'S JUST METRES FROM WHERE TOMORROW'S MEMORIAL WILL BE HELD. THERE HAS TO BE A DAY IN THE YEAR, AND I THINK FOR MANY MANY YEARS TO COME, WHEN WE STOP AND REMEMBER THAT MOMENT OF TERROR WHEN WE LOST SO MANY PEOPLE. JULIE WILL BE KEEPING HER MOTHER CLOSE TOMORROW. AND SHE'LL ALWAYS, ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART. HER MUM, AND ALL OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON FEBRUARY 22ND d WILL BE IN THE HEARTS 8 OF AN ENTIRE CITY. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` A WE PAY TRIBUTE TO A RARE BREED, A MAN WHOSE BEEN HELPING SAVE LIVES FOR 45 YEARS. # ONLY GOT 20 DOLLARS IN MY POCKET. # I'M` I'M` I'M HUNTING. # THE BIGGEST NAME IN HIP HOP HITS CHRISTCHURCH, THRILLING 4000 STUDENTS AT ORIENTATION WEEK. a HE'S LONG BEEN KNOWN FOR HIS STRING OF GAFFES, AND NOW PRINCE PHILIP HAS PUT HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH AGAIN. THE ROYAL WAS VISITING A HOSPITAL IN THE UK WHEN HE PUT THIS QUESTION TO A NURSE. BACK IN 2002 THE PRINCE FAMOUSLY ASKED A GROUP OF INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS IF THEY STILL THROW SPEARS AT EACH OTHER. THE NZ BLOOD SERVICE IS SAYING FAREWELL TONIGHT TO ITS BIGGEST DONOR. EVERY FORTNIGHT FOR 45 YEARS, GRAEME THOMAS HAS GIVEN BLOOD, AND ALONG THE WAY SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES. TODAY WAS HIS LAST DONATION. SAM KELWAY REPORTS. GRAEME THOMAS (72) HAS BEEN ON A MISSION TO SAVE LIVES FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE. AND IT'S ALL THANKS TO A RARE ANTIBODY IN HIS PLASMA. THEY, SORT OF, CALLED ME A HERO AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS. EVERY FORTNIGHT FOR THE LAST 45 YEARS HE'S MADE THE LONG TREK ACROSS AUCKLAND. GRAEME IS DEFINITELY A LEGEND. TO HAVE ACHIEVE WHAT HE'S ACHIEVED IN HIS LIFETIME IS JUST PHENOMENAL. PHENOMENAL CONTRIBUTION. THE BLOOD SERVICE SAYS HE'S THEIR NUMBER-ONE PLASMA DONOR. GRAEME IS AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE DONOR BECAUSE HE DONATES SOMETHING CALLED ANTI-D. WE MAKE A PRODUCT OUT OF THAT THAT'S GIVEN TO PREGNANT WOMEN WHEN THEY HAVE A BABY, AND THAT PROTECTS THE HEALTH OF BABIES FOR FURTHER PREGNANCIES. HIS BLOOD IN HIGH DEMAND; HE'S ONE OF ONLY TWO MALES IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE ANTIBODY. OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS HE'S GIVEN AROUND 385L OF PLASMA, SAVING COUNTLESS CHILDREN. I WAS BROUGHT UP TO BE CONSIDERATE TO OTHER PEOPLE AND DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE. BUT TODAY IS HIS LAST; DOCTORS SAY 550 DONATIONS IS ENOUGH. GRAEME'S DONATING JOURNEY HAS COME TO AN END. HE'S REACHED HIS 550TH MILESTONE, FILLING OVER 5000 OF THESE ANTI-D VIALS. IT FELT A BIT STRANGE SUDDENLY REALISING THAT IT IS GOING TO BE THE LAST TIME. THE BLOOD SERVICE NOW HOPING SOMEONE WILL STEP UP TO REPLACE HIM. SAM KELWAY, ONE NEWS. NOW TO AN ACT RIDING HIGH IN THE AMERICAN CHARTS. LAST NIGHT MACKLEMORE TREATED MORE THAN 4000 CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO AN ORIENTATION GIG THEY'LL NEVER FORGET. MIKE THORPE WAS THERE. YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH HIS NAME. MACKLE-MORE. THE MACKLE-MORES. THE MACKLE-MORE-BA. MACKLE-MORE. HOW DO YOU SAY HIS NAME? MACK-LEMORE. BUT YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THE TUNE. A CHART TOPPER IN SEVEN COUNTRIES, HIS VIDEO HAS BEEN VIEWED MORE THAN 100 MILLION TIMES ON YOU TUBE. # I'M GONNA POP SOME TAGS, YEAH. # GOT $20 IN MY POCKET. # MACKLEMORE IS AWESOME. LOVE HIM. LOVE HIM! SO HOW DID ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC ARRIVE IN CHRISTCHURCH TO HEADLINE A STUDENT-ONLY PARTY? IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS TEAM EMAILED US A LINK TO A VIDEO AND SAID, 'HERE'S THIS GUY. WHAT DO YOU THINK?' AND ALL OF THE EXECUTIVE SAID, 'WE THINK HE'S AWESOME.' HE THEN WENT FROM THIS BIG TO THIS BIG. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY GOT LUCKY AND SIGNED THE STAR BEFORE HE ROSE. PRETTY STOKED, BECAUSE YOU NEVER GET ANYBODY THAT MASSIVE HERE, SO IT'S REALLY COOL THAT IT'S A STUDENT EVENT. THE RESULT ` UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH THE NUMBER-ONE ARTIST IN NZ AND IN THE STATES. < HOW CLOSE TO THE FRONT DID YOU GET? PRETTY CLOSE. PRETTY HOT. AND HE SAID, 'LIKE, THIS IS NOT A '90S ROCK PARTY. STOP PUSHING.' THE SUCCESS OF LAST NIGHT'S GIG DOES HAVE ITS DRAWBACKS, THOUGH. THAT MAKES 2014 PRETTY HARD TO TOP 2013, DOESN'T IT? EVERY YEAR WE SAY THIS IS THE BEST ORIENTATION LINE-UP. THIS YEAR IT GENUINELY JUST IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. NEXT YEAR'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A TOUGH GET. I HAD AN AMAZING TIME. IT WAS FANTASTIC. TOP TWO NIGHTS OF MY LIFE. PROBABLY NUMBER ONE. THEY'VE GOT 12 MONTHS TO SCALE THOSE HEIGHTS AGAIN. MIKE THORPE, ONE NEWS. EMELI SANDE, ADELE AND MUMFORD AND SONS ARE THE BIG WINNERS AT THIS YEAR'S BRIT AWARDS. ADELE WON BEST SINGLE FOR HER JAMES BOND THEME SONG 'SKYFALL', WHILE FOLK BAND MUMFORD AND SONS TOOK HOME THE BEST BRITISH GROUP TROPHY. POP STAR EMELI SANDE TRIUMPHED IN TWO CATEGORIES, WINNING BEST BRITISH FEMALE AND BEST BRITISH ALBUM. # SOMETHING'S GONE INSIDE ME. # AND I CAN'T GET IT BACK. # OH, HEAVEN. OH, HEAVEN. # SINGER-SONGWRITER BEN HOWARD WAS THE SURPRISE WINNER OF BEST BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH, BEATING THE ODDS AND THE BOOKIES' FAVOURITE RITA ORA. JUST AHEAD ` RENEE HAS YOUR WEATHER. AND WE'RE AT THE LANTERN FESTIVAL, AS AUCKLAND'S ALBERT PARK LIGHTS UP INTO A WONDERLAND. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THE PRE-FRONTAL SOUTH-TO-SOUTH-EAST CHANGE, MARKED BY THIS DASHED LINE, SPREADS OVER THE NORTH ISLAND OVERNIGHT AND IN THE MORNING. THE WESTERN PORTION OF OUR FRONT DISSOLVES, AND THE EASTERN PART CONTINUES NORTH, DELIVERING A FEW SHOWERS TO EASTERN AREAS. THE LOW NEAR AUSTRALIA DEEPENS AND TRACKS SOUTH-EAST. NO HELP TO US, BUT EASTERN NEW SOUTH WALES CAN EXPECT SOME HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND THAT'S YOUR WEATHER. ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR EVENING. NZ GOLF SENSATION LYDIA KO HAS PUT HERSELF IN CONTENTION AT THE THAILAND OPEN TONIGHT. KO HAS OPENED WITH A THREE-UNDER 69 TO BE TIED FOR 12TH, BUT IS SIX SHOTS BEHIND OUTRIGHT LEADER, STACEY LEWIS OF THE US. AFTER THIS TOURNAMENT THE 15-YEAR-OLD WILL RETURN TO NZ, WHERE HER SCHOOL YEAR BECKONS. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN ` THE HUGELY POPULAR CHINESE LANTERN FESTIVAL IS BACK. AFTER 14 YEARS OF LIGHTING UP AUCKLAND FOR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR, ITS OPENED WITH A SPECIAL LANTERN-ONLY NIGHT. BRIAR WELLS WENT TO CHECK IT OUT. MYSTICAL CHINESE MUSIC THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF CHINA WITH A TOUCH OF KIWI INSPIRATION... SHEEP BLEAT ALBERT PARK WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A SHIMMERING SPARKLING WONDERLAND. YOU DON'T EXPECT IT IN THE MIDDLE OF A PARK, MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, COS YOU'RE BANG IN THE MIDDLE OF A BIG CITY AS WELL, SO IT SUDDENLY COMES OUT AT YA. IT'S FANTASTIC. THE DUMPLINGS AREN'T QUITE READY, AND THE DRAGON DANCERS HAVEN'T ARRIVED. FOR NOW, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE LANTERNS. I THOUGHT, 'LET'S JUST EXTEND IT BY ONE DAY. 'HAVE THE LANTERNS ONLY UP, AND PEOPLE CAN WANDER THROUGH 'WITHOUT THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE 100 FOOD STALLS 'AND THE MULTIPLE BANDS AND CULTURAL PERFORMANCES ON.' LIGHTING UP THIS YEARS FESTIVAL IS THE LADY WHITE SNAKE, A NEW LANTERN BROUGHT IN TO CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE ` A SYMBOL OF GREAT WISDOM AND INTUITION. BRINGING TOGETHER AUCKLAND'S MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY. I THINK LIGHT HAS A UNIVERSAL APPEAL, AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND LANTERNS. THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE SAW THAT. WE HAVE TRAVELLED AROUND THE WORLD, BUT ITS THE FIRST TIME WE SAW THAT. FANTASTIC. YOU THINK ITS PRETTY COOL? YEAH, FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN HERE, AND I WILL COME BACK AGAIN. JOINING THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS EXPECTED TO ATTEND OVER THE WEEKEND,... MYSTICAL CHINESE MUSIC ENJOYING A TRULY DAZZLING FESTIVAL. BRIAR WELLS, ONE NEWS. 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. POMARIE. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JESSICA BOELL AND FINN SCOTT-KELLY. WWW.TVNZ.CO.NZ/ACCESS-SERVICES COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013