TONIGHT ` ANOTHER HEARTBREAKING NIGHT FOR THE FAMILY OF THE 5-YEAR-OLD SWEPT OFF ROCKS AT MT MAUNGANUI. FORMER NZ CRICKETER CHRIS CAIRNS MAKES ANOTHER COURT APPEARANCE IN LONDON. THE BIG PAYBACK OR MORE DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THE SILVER FERNS IN THEIR TRANS-TASMAN NETBALL CLASH? DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A SEARCH FOR A BOY (5) MISSING IN ROUGH SEAS OFF MT MAUNGANUI IS EXPECTED TO RESUME TOMORROW. JACK DIXON WAS SWEPT OUT TO SEA BY A FREAK WAVE. NOW THE PARENTS OF THE LITTLE BOY WHO LOVED RUGBY, BIKES AND LEGO JUST WANT HIM HOME. SHARON FERGUSSON REPORTS FROM MT MAUNGANUI. WAVES ROAR TROUBLED WATERS THAT HAVEN'T YET GIVEN UP THE BODY OF JACK DIXON (5), BUT SEARCHERS ARE RESOLUTE. HARD TASK, EH? > IT IS, ESPECIALLY SINCE HE'S ONLY 5. WE'VE ALL GOT GRANDCHILDREN. THE LEGO- AND RUGBY-LOVING BOY WAS WASHED INTO MASSIVE SEAS BY A ROGUE WAVE YESTERDAY. A SEARCH WAS UNDERWAY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. AT FIRST LIGHT THIS MORNING, IT CONTINUED, WITH A DIVE TEAM JOINING DOZENS OF POLICE AND VOLUNTEER SURF LIFESAVERS WORKING SHIFTS ON LAND AND IN THE WATER. THE WORK ON THE ROCKS IS PRETTY ARDUOUS, AND THE WATER IS QUITE COLD. THESE ARE THE SORT OF CHALLENGES THAT SEARCHERS ARE DEALING WITH ` INACCESSIBLE ROCKY OUTCROPS, BIG SEAS AND LOTS OF WHITE FOAM, SPOTTING ANYTHING IN THE WATER IS VERY DIFFICULT. IN A STATEMENT, JACK'S PARENTS THANKED THE LARGE TEAM OF POLICE AND SEARCHERS AND TOLD OF THEIR GRIEF, SAYING THEY ARE SHOCKED, UPSET AND LOST, AND THEY JUST WANT JACK TO COME HOME. THE SUNSHINE ATTRACTED MANY TO THE BEACH, BUT THERE WAS LITTLE JOY TO BE FOUND. MOST SAT AND WAITED AND HOPED. WE WILL GO AS LONG AS IT TAKES. AT 6PM, A FINAL PUSH ` ALL HANDS ON DECK, MAKING THE MOST OF THE LOW TIDE AND THE LAST LIGHT OF THE DAY, WHILE FAMILY WAIT FOR NEWS. IT'D BE SAFE TO SAY THAT THEY ARE REALLY STRUGGLING WITH WHAT'S HAPPENED TODAY. UH, AND, UH, YEAH, IT'S A DIFFICULT TIME FOR THEM. A LARGE DEPLOYMENT WAS SENT OUT AT LOW TIDE. THEY'RE RETURNING NOW EMPTY-HANDED, AND THE SEARCH HAS BEEN CALLED OFF FOR THE NIGHT. JACK'S FAMILY ARE PREPARING TO SPEND A SECOND NIGHT AT THE SURF CLUB, AND POLICE AND VOLUNTEERS ARE COMMITTED TO AN INTENSIVE SEARCH FOR THE THIRD DAY TOMORROW. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. AN 18-YEAR-OLD MAN WILL APPEAR IN A HAMILTON COURT TOMORROW CHARGED WITH MURDER, AFTER A MAN DIED FOLLOWING A BRAWL. RESIDENTS TOLD ONE NEWS THEY FEARED RETALIATION AFTER GANG-RELATED TENSIONS SPARKED A FIGHT INVOLVING DOZENS OF PEOPLE IN HUNTLY. HELEN CASTLES HAS THE DETAILS. A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AS ARMED POLICE GUARD THE SCENE WHERE KEVIN RIMAHA WAS STABBED TO DEATH. THE 32-YEAR-OLD DIED FOLLOWING A LARGE FIGHT INVOLVING DOZENS OF PEOPLE ON JAMES HENRY CRESCENT IN HUNTLY, A STREET WITH A NUMBER OF GANG AFFILIATIONS, INCLUDING THE BLOODS. MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE POURED INTO THE STREET ARMED WITH SPADES, HAMMERS AND OTHER MAKESHIFT WEAPONS. A WHOLE HEAP OF PEOPLE CAME TO MY SON'S HOUSE YESTERDAY WHEN WE WERE ALL HAVING OUR OWN FAMILY TIME, THEN THEY STARTED TRYING TO ATTACK MY SON AND HIS FRIENDS, SMASHING HIS HOUSE. BOTTLES WERE THROWN, WINDOWS SMASHED, AND THEN KEVIN RIMAHA WAS KILLED. RESIDENTS SAY FROM A STAB WOUND TO THE CHEST. RESIDENTS SAY LAST NIGHT'S FATAL BRAWL WAS THE TIPPING POINT FOR MANY WHO'VE BEEN ON THE RECEIVING END OF ONGOING GANG HARASSMENT. IT'S BELIEVED THE FIGHT WAS SPARKED AFTER A YOUNG MAN, AND SEVERAL YOUNG WOMEN WERE ALLEGEDLY THREATENED BY BLOOD GANG MEMBERS. OUR INQUIRIES WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WITH COMMUNITY HELP WE'LL UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE REASONING BEHIND WHAT SEEMS TO BE A SENSELESS LOSS OF LIFE. LOCALS ARE WARNING OF RETALIATION. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF ANGRY PEOPLE, BUT, I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ANGRY PEOPLE. HOW WOULD THEY FEEL IF THEY WERE SITTING AT HOME WITH THEIR GRANDKIDS AND EVERYTHING'S GETTING SMASHED, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE MY SON AS WELL AS HIS FRIENDS? OFFICERS WILL PATROL THE SCENE OVERNIGHT, SEEKING TO DAMPEN TENSIONS. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS AS WE GO TO AIR, FORMER KIWI INTERNATIONAL CHRIS CAIRNS IS APPEARING IN A LONDON COURT TO FACE A PERJURY CHARGE. THE CHARGE STEMS FROM A 2012 DEFAMATION CASE INVOLVING INDIAN CRICKET LEAGUE CHAIRMAN LALIT MODI, WHO ACCUSED CAIRNS OF MATCH-FIXING. CAIRNS HAS ALWAYS STRENUOUSLY DENIED MATCH-FIXING. IF FOUND GUILTY OF PERJURY, HE FACES A MAXIMUM OF SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON. A NZ CITIZEN HAS APPEARED IN A MELBOURNE COURT CHARGED WITH TRYING TO JOIN JIHADISTS FIGHTING IN SYRIA. AMIN MOHAMED WAS ARRESTED IN DECEMBER WHEN TRYING TO BOARD A FLIGHT IN BRISBANE. IT'S ALLEGED HE USED A FALSE NAME TO GET A NZ PASSPORT TO TRAVEL TO SYRIA TO FIGHT AGAINST BASHAR AL-ASSAD. IT'S BELIEVED MOHAMED WAS IN AUSTRALIA ON A TEMPORARY WORK VISA WHEN ARRESTED. THERE ARE FEARS EBOLA COULD BE SPREADING IN THE UNITED STATES AFTER A PATIENT SUSPECTED OF HAVING THE VIRUS WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL IN HAWAII. ANOTHER MAN REMAINS IN A SERIOUS CONDITION IN TEXAS AMID CONCERNS HE MAY HAVE PASSED THE DISEASE ON TO YOUNG CHILDREN. CHANNEL NINE'S CHRISTINE AHERN REPORTS. THIS IS THOMAS ERIC DUNCAN, A 40-YEAR-OLD FROM MONROVIA AND NOW THE FIRST-EVER DIAGNOSED CASE OF EBOLA IN AMERICA. THIS IS ALL HANDS ON DECK. THE CITY OF DALLAS IS ON HIGH ALERT. SO FAR, AT LEAST A DOZEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BEING IN CONTACT WITH MR DUNCAN DURING HIS INFECTIOUS PERIOD, INCLUDING HIS GIRLFRIEND'S FIVE CHILDREN. THE SCHOOLS THEY ATTEND HAVE NOW BEEN SCRUBBED CLEAN. I KNOW PARENTS ARE BEING EXTREMELY CONCERNED, UH, ABOUT THAT DEVELOPMENT. UH, BUT LET ME ASSURE THESE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND THEY ARE BEING MONITORED. THE APARTMENT BLOCK MR DUNCAN STAYED IN HAS ALSO BEEN IDENTIFIED, WITH NEIGHBOURS ON EDGE. ALTHOUGH IT'S ONE PERSON, I MEAN, THAT AFFECTS SO MANY PEOPLE. IT'S NOW BEEN REVEALED MR DUNCAN FLEW FROM LIBERIA TO BRUSSELS, THEN CHANGED TO A UNITED PLANE FLYING BRUSSELS TO WASHINGTON, THEN CHANGED PLANES AGAIN, TRAVELLING TO HIS FINAL DESTINATION: DALLAS. DESPITE THE LONG JOURNEY, HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THERE'S ZERO RISK TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE HE WASN'T SHOWING SIGNS AT THE TIME. THERE ARE ALSO SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HOSPITAL'S CONDUCT. IT'S BEEN REVEALED A NURSE DID NOT PASS ON MR DUNCAN'S TRAVEL HISTORY WHEN HE FIRST SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION, AND HE WAS SENT HOME WITH JUST SOME ANTIBIOTICS. HE RETURNED TO HOSPITAL TWO DAYS LATER IN AN AMBULANCE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT WEST AFRICA. THIS IS A VERY SOPHISTICATED CITY. UH, A VERY SOPHISTICATED HOSPITAL. MR DUNCAN REMAINED IN HOSPITAL IN A SERIOUS CONDITION. PROTESTERS IN HONG KONG HAVE THREATENED TO OCCUPY GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IF THE CITY'S LEADER DOESN'T STAND ASIDE BY MIDNIGHT. THESE LIVE PICTURES SHOW THE SCENE THERE NOW. DEMONSTRATORS HAVE NOW BLOCKED THE STREETS FOR ALMOST A WEEK. THE CITY'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE IS STANDING FIRM. THE ABC'S STEPHEN MCDONNELL REPORTS FROM HONG KONG. ANOTHER MORNING IN HONG KONG; ANOTHER DAY OF OCCUPATION. AS WELL AS THE FINANCE DISTRICT, PROTESTERS ARE ALSO TYING UP RETAIL AREAS. MAINLAND CHINESE WHO'VE COME TO EMPTY THEIR WALLETS HAVE BEEN GENUINELY CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. SOME ARE FRUSTRATED THAT THEIR SHOPPING BLITZ IS BEING SLOWED. TRANSLATOR: IT'S A BIT CHAOTIC. THE ROAD'S BLOCKED. IT'S NOT CONVENIENT. OTHERS LIKE WHAT THEY SEE. TRANSLATOR: THEY SHOULD HAVE MORE DEMOCRACY. WE WISH THE MAINLAND WOULD HAVE MORE DEMOCRACY. CHINA'S STATE-RUN TRAVEL AGENCIES ARE FREEZING NEW TOURS TO HONG KONG FOR THE MOMENT TO SLOW PEOPLE'S EXPOSURE TO THE PROTEST MOVEMENT. AS WELL AS DEMANDING A DIRECT ELECTION FOR THE HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE, THE STUDENTS SAY THEY'VE GIVEN CURRENT LEADER CY LEUNG TILL THE END OF TODAY TO RESIGN. OTHERWISE THEY'RE THREATENING TO OCCUPY GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. ALL CHANT TONIGHT, AS WITH EVERY NIGHT, PROTESTER NUMBERS BUILD IN THE STREETS, MAKING IT EVEN HARDER FOR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO FIND A WAY OF CLEARING THEM OUT. BEIJING WOULD ALSO BE LOOKING AT THIS CROWD AND WONDERING, 'WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT?' THEY DON'T WANT THIS SORT OF SENTIMENT TO SPREAD TO THE MAINLAND, AND THEY'VE SOMEHOW GOT TO CONVINCE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO GO ALONG WITH THEIR PLAN FOR HOW THIS PLACE SHOULD BE GOVERNED. THE AUTHORITIES WILL BE HOPING THAT THE NUMBERS START TO DIE DOWN IN ORDER TO BRING THIS CITY BACK TO NORMAL. THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY HAS FOUND CHRISTCHURCH POLICE SHOULD HAVE PULLED OUT OF A PURSUIT MUCH SOONER. A 15-YEAR-OLD PASSENGER WAS KILLED WHEN A STOLEN CAR CRASHED LAST YEAR AFTER REACHING SPEEDS OF 150 KM/H. THE OFFICER PURSUING DRIVER FABIAN MIKA WAS TWICE TOLD TO ABANDON THE CHASE. HE SAID HE DIDN'T HEAR THE RADIO COMMANDS. THE OFFICER STOPPED ON THE THIRD ORDER. AT THE END OF THE DAY MR MIKA HAS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. HE CAUSED THE DEATH OF A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY, WHICH IS TRAGIC AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEIR FAMILIES. BUT HE CHOSE NOT TO STOP, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT CAUSE AND EFFECT WE TOTALLY ACCEPT WHAT THE IPCA IS SAYING ` MR MIKA CAUSED HIS DEATH. THE IPCA IS RECOMMENDING A REVISION OF THE RULES AROUND POLICE PURSUITS. POLICE IN CHRISTCHURCH ARE APPEALING FOR A WOMAN WHO'S JUST LOST HER BABY TO COME FORWARD AFTER A FOETUS WAS DISCOVERED IN THE CITY'S WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT YESTERDAY. POLICE ESTIMATE THE FOETUS WAS 20 TO 30 WEEKS DEVELOPED AND ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MOTHER. AT THIS STAGE WE ARE CONCERNED WITH HER HEALTH AND WELLBEING TO BE HONEST. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OCCURRED WITH THIS FOETUS, AND WE'D URGE HER TO GET MEDICAL TREATMENT. A POST MORTEM WILL BE CARRIED OUT ON MONDAY. LABOUR SAYS IT WILL ELECT ITS LEADER BY THE 18TH OF NOVEMBER. EMBATTLED FORMER LEADER DAVID CUNLIFFE AND GRANT ROBERTSON ARE THE ONLY CONTENDERS TO PUT UP THEIR HANDS SO FAR. NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON OCTOBER 14TH. DURING A MONTH-LONG CONTEST, CANDIDATES FOR THE TOP JOB WILL HIT THE ROAD FOR A SERIES OF MEETINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE SILVER FERNS FACED OFF AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN TONIGHT'S OPENING CONSTELLATION CUP GAME IN INVERCARGILL. THE NEW-LOOK SQUAD UNDER PRESSURE TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER THE DEFEAT TWO MONTHS AGO IN THE GOLD MEDAL FINAL AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. KRISTIN HALL REPORTS. WITH THE MEMORY OF A BRUTAL 18-POINT COMMONWEALTH GAMES DEFEAT STILL FRESH IN THE MINDS OF THE FERNS AND FACING THEIR SIXTH LOSS, THIS WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT GAME. WOMAN: THAT'S LOOKING OMINOUS FROM THE AUSTRALIANS. AUSTRALIA CAME IN STRONG IN THE FIRST QUARTER. MISTAKES AND A LACK OF POSSESSION COST THE KIWI SIDE. DEFENSIVELY, I THINK, WE NEED TO TIGHTEN UP. THE PRESSURE WAS ON CAPTAIN CASEY KOPUA, WHO PROVED NO MATCH FOR THE DIAMONDS' 1.9M WEAPON, CAITLIN BASSETT. OH, LOVELY SHOT. LONG SHOT FOR BASSETT. THE SCORING MACHINE JUST MOTORS ON. A ROWDY FULL HOUSE AT STADIUM SOUTHLAND. PROVIDED A SECOND WIND IN THE THIRD QUARTER. OH, GOOD HUSTLE. KATRINA GRANT. AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT, I THINK WE'VE JUST HEARD THE CROWD. BUT BY THE FOURTH, THE KIWIS WERE LAGGING BY AS MUCH AS 20 POINTS. A STRONG PERFORMANCE BY THE LIKES OF BAILEY MES AND CATHERINE LATU WAS NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE UP THE DEFICIT RIGHT, GOT IT. PASS THERE FROM BAILEY MES. THE 59-42 LOSS WAS ONLY ONE POINT LESS THAN THE SIDE'S DEFEAT IN GLASGOW, BUT KOPUA'S NOT TAKING IT TO HEART. IT CERTAINLY WAS INTENSE. I HAD A GOOD WAKE-UP CALL. UH, I DIDN'T THINK IT COULD GET ANY WORSE THAN, UH, AT COMM GAMES, BUT I THINK, FOR US, WE STARTED A BIT SLOWLY, BUT I THINK WE CAN ONLY GO UP FROM HERE. THE FERNS GET JUST SIX DAYS BEFORE THEIR NEXT SHOT AT REDEMPTION IN MELBOURNE. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. THERE IS A POOL IN WEST AUCKLAND WHERE JUST ONE STROKE IS USED. BACKSTROKE, FREESTYLE OR BUTTERFLY WON'T MAKE AN APPEARANCE NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU WAIT. THAT'S BECAUSE ALL THE SWIMMERS ARE PREPARING FOR THE SUMMER AND FRANKLY ONLY KNOW ONE WAY TO PROPEL THEMSELVES IN THE WATER. DANIELLE STANBURY EXPLAINS. ROXY... (BARKS) ...IS REALLY EXCITED FOR SUMMER. AND WITH THE SUNNY SEASON FAST APPROACHING, KIWIS WILL SOON BE FLOCKING TO THE BEACH WITH THEIR FURRY FRIENDS. SO THESE EAGER PUPS ARE GETTING IN A FEW PRACTICE LAPS. TOY SQUEAKS THEY HAVEN'T HIJACKED THE LOCAL POOL. WATER WOOFS IN WEST AUCKLAND IS JUST FOR DOGS. OH, YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE A GREAT TIME. (CHUCKLES) AND, YEAH, IT'S HARD NOT TO SMILE WHEN YOU SEE THAT. AFTER HALF AN HOUR OF FETCHING, SPLASHING AND MORE FETCHING, THE PUPPY DAY-CARE FIELD TRIP IS OVER UNLESS YOU'RE ROXY, WHO WAITS UNTIL AFTER HER BLOW DRY TO SNEAK BACK THROUGH THE GATE AND GO FOR ONE LAST DIP. < COME ON! BUT IT'S NOT ALL FUN AND GAMES. LESS HAPPY TO BE HERE IS SAM THE WHIPPET. THE EX-RACING DOG IS GOING THROUGH REHAB AFTER AN INJURY ON THE TRACK LEFT HIM PARALYSED. WE HAVE GOT HIM UP ON TO ALL FOUR FEET, AND WE'RE STARTING TO WALK HIM IN THE CORRECT MANNER. WITH THE HELP OF TWICE-WEEKLY LASER THERAPY AND WATER WOOF'S UNDERWATER TREADMILL, SAMMY IS SLOWLY RECOVERING. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO RE-EDUCATE HIM HOW TO WALK, ESSENTIALLY. SO JUST HELPS HIS GAIT PATTERNING AND WHERE HE PLACES HIS FEET. HE IS THE CHEEKIEST NAUGHTY LITTLE BOY, GIVEN ALL ACCOUNTS. HE WON'T QUITE BE CHASING THE WAVES WITH THE OTHERS THIS SUMMER, BUT HOPEFULLY SOON. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` IT USED TO BE BLACK AND WHITE. NOW IT'S CLEAR AS COLOUR AS THE FAMILY LOUNGE IS FILLED WITH MULTIPLE SCREENS. AND IF YOUR LAWN GETS PARCHED DURING THOSE DRY SUMMER MONTHS, THERE IS A NEW WAY OF RESTORING THAT FRESH GREEN LOOK. RESCUERS HAVE RECOVERED A FURTHER 12 BODIES FROM JAPAN'S SECOND-LARGEST VOLCANO, BRINGING THE DEATH TOLL TO 47. MT ONTAKE ERUPTED ON SATURDAY, WITHOUT WARNING, CATCHING HUNDREDS OF HIKERS UNAWARE. TEAMS ON THE GROUND AND IN HELICOPTERS ARE SCOURING THE AREA, LOOKING FOR MORE VICTIMS AMID CONCERNS OF ANOTHER ERUPTION. TWIN CAR BOMBINGS NEAR A SCHOOL IN SYRIA HAVE KILLED 45 PEOPLE, INCLUDING AT LEAST 41 CHILDREN, ACCORDING TO A HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP. THE FIRST BLAST IN A GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED AREA OF HOMS WENT OFF AS CHILDREN WERE LEAVING SCHOOL. THE SECOND VEHICLE EXPLODED AS ADULTS FRANTICALLY SEARCHED FOR THEIR CHILDREN IN THE AFTERMATH. NO ONE HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY. ACROSS THE TASMAN, MUSLIM WOMEN WHO WEAR THE BURKA IN AUSTRALIA'S FEDERAL PARLIAMENT WILL BE SEGREGATED FROM THE REST OF THE PUBLIC AND FORCED TO SIT BEHIND GLASS. IT COMES AMID FURIOUS DEBATE OVER ISLAMIC VEILS, WITH CRITICS CALLING THE MOVE 'RELIGIOUS APARTHEID'. THIS FROM CHANNEL NINE'S KERRIE YAXLEY. TONY ABBOTT DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BURKA TODAY. IT'S HARDLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FACING OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. BUT YESTERDAY, WHEN HE DESCRIBED IT AS CONFRONTING, HE LIFTED THE VEIL ON A SENSITIVE, DIVISIVE ISSUE. A TRUE LEADER CANNOT UNITE OUR NATION WHILE URGING DIVISION. I'D PREFER IT IF TONY ABBOTT DIDN'T GET ABOUT IN HIS SPEEDOS, BUT IT'S A FREE COUNTRY. I PERSONALLY FIND THE BURKA RATHER MEDIEVAL. I THINK IT IS DEMEANING TO WOMEN. FOR MANY MUSLIM WOMEN, THE DEBATE IS DISAPPOINTING AT A TIME WHEN TONY ABBOTT IS CALLING FOR UNITY. THERE'S MORE FEAR, MORE ANXIETY. WE WERE HOPING THAT HE WOULD STAND UP AND SUPPORT WOMEN'S CHOICES. SENATOR JACQUI LAMBIE HAS PREVIOUSLY CALLED THE PRIME MINISTER A POLITICAL PSYCHOPATH, BUT THINKS THIS TIME HE GOT IT RIGHT. I THINK IT WAS VERY BRAVE OF TONY ABBOTT TO SPEAK OUT. SHE WANTS THE BURKA OUTLAWED IN PUBLIC PLACES, CLAIMING IT'S A SECURITY THREAT. THE SPEAKER IS CONSIDERING RESTRICTIONS INSIDE PARLIAMENT HOUSE. IT'S ALREADY BEEN DECIDED ANYONE WHO COVERS THEIR FACE WON'T BE ALLOWED TO WATCH PARLIAMENT FROM THE OPEN PUBLIC GALLERIES. INSTEAD THEY'LL BE FORCED TO WATCH FROM BEHIND GLASS IN AREAS USUALLY RESERVED FOR GROUPS IF SCHOOLCHILDREN. TO ENTER A PRIVATE AREA OF THE BUILDING, YOU NOW HAVE TO SHOW YOUR FACE TO PROVE IDENTITY. NO ONE SHOULD BE TREATED AS A SECOND-CLASS CITIZEN IN OUR PARLIAMENT. THEY'RE INTERIM RULES WHILE THE SPEAKER WAITS FOR ADVICE FROM SECURITY AGENCIES. WE'RE AT RISK OF CREATING SOME FORM OF MUSLIM APARTHEID RIGHT NOW. TURNS OUT MULTI-TASKING ISN'T JUST THE DOMAIN OF WOMEN WHEN IT COMES TO WATCHING THINGS ON SCREENS. A NEW SURVEY HAS REVEALED NZERS ARE MORE AND MORE LIKELY TO BE WATCHING MORE AND MORE THINGS AT THE SAME TIME. ERIN CONROY HAS MORE. # THEY JUST SIT AROUND GAWKING AT TELEVISION. # ONCE UPON A TIME WE, AS A NATION, SAT DOWN WITH THE FAMILY TO WATCH THE TELLY, AND WATCH IT WE DID. WELL, NOT ANY MORE. WHETHER AT WORK OR HOME, IT'S NOT JUST THE TV SCREEN ANY MORE ` IT'S ONE, TWO, THREE... IT'S A MULTI-SCREEN LIFESTYLE WE'VE ADOPTED. SERIOUSLY? IS THIS HOW YOU WATCH TV? YEAH, IT IS. YOU'RE ALL TOGETHER, BUT YOU'RE ALL COMPLETELY SEPARATE. THEY MIGHT BE WATCHING THE SAME TV SHOW, BUT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT ON THEIR OTHER SCREENS DIFFERS. HE'S LOOKING FOR EXTRA INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HE'S WATCHING ` THAT'S CALLED MESHING ` WHEREAS SHE'S LOOKING AT COMPLETELY UNRELATED SITES. SHE'S A STACKER. AND THEY BACK UP THE RESULTS OF THE COLMAR BRUNTON RESEARCH: MEN ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BE MESHERS AND WOMEN STACK. WHEN I'M WITH MY FRIENDS AND WE PUT A MOVIE ON, EVERYONE'S ACTUALLY ON THEIR PHONES, TEXTING OR ON INSTAGRAM OR FACEBOOK. BUT DOES THIS MEAN THAT WE'RE ALL LOSING INTEREST IN WATCHING TV? WELL, NOT NECESSARILY. YOU'LL OFTEN FIND WRITERS FOR TV SHOWS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON TWITTER TALKING ABOUT THE SHOW THAT YOU'RE WATCHING WHILE YOU'RE WATCHING IT, SO YOU'VE GOT THAT WHOLE DOUBLE EXPERIENCE, ALMOST LIKE THAT DIRECTORS' COMMENTARY ON THE DVDS, BUT IT'S HAPPENING IN REAL TIME. RECENTLY, VIEWERS WERE SHOCKED BY THE DEATH OF ONE OF OUR FAVES ON SHORTIE STREET. SARAH. AS THE SCENE AIRED, THE SHOWMAKERS LAUNCHED A WEBSITE FOR TRIBUTES TO DR POTTS, AND 65,000 OF US FLOCKED TO THAT SITE. IT'S CERTAINLY A TREND THAT YOU CAN'T IGNORE. BUT ALL THIS MULTI-SCREEN TIME COMES WITH A WARNING ` OTHER RESEARCH POINTS TO SHORTER ATTENTION SPANS AND IT EVEN CHANGING THE STRUCTURE OF OUR BRAIN. IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I GOT SO DISTRACTED, I HAD TO SELL ONE OF MY DEVICES. SO HE MIGHT HAVE GONE FROM FOUR DOWN TO THREE SCREENS, BUT HE'S STILL A MULTI-SCREEN USER. ERIN CONROY, ONE NEWS. HARD CORE MOVIE FANS WILL GET THE CHANCE TO BAG A KEEPSAKE FROM THEIR FAVOURITE FLICK AT A LONDON AUCTION NEXT MONTH. PROPS INCLUDE MARTY MCFLY'S HOVERBOARD FROM BACK TO THE FUTURE, PART 2 AND A GOLDEN TICKET FROM WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. THERE'S EVEN SOMETHING FOR AVID STAR WARS FANS, LIKE THESE GLOVES WHICH BELONGED TO C3PO. AND CHECK THIS OUT ` A BATTLE-DAMAGED BATSUIT WORN BY MICHAEL KEATON IN 1989. 400 ITEMS WORTH MORE THAN $1M ARE GOING UNDER THE HAMMER. NOW TO DRASTIC DROUGHT MEASURES IN CALIFORNIA, WHERE PARCHED LAWNS ARE BEING GIVEN A HOLLYWOOD MAKEOVER. YEP, WHEN YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, FAKE IT. HOMEOWNERS ARE KEEPING THEIR LAWS GREEN WITH SPRAY-PAINT. 100% NON-TOXIC AND WATER-SAVING, THE GREEN LUSTRE APPARENTLY LASTS SIX MONTHS. WHEN IT DRIES, IT'S WATER-RESISTANT, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING, 'CAN I STILL WATER MY GRASS?' ABSOLUTELY. WE JUST TELL PEOPLE TO CUT IT DOWN TO ABOUT ONCE A WEEK. COS YOU STILL WANT YOUR GRASS TO STAY ALIVE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE GREEN PART. THE PLANT BASED SPRAY-PAINT IS ALSO SAID TO HELP THE LAWN HOLD MOISTURE AND PROTECT IT FROM UV RAYS. JUST AHEAD ` TOMORROWS WEATHER, AND IT'S PARIS FASHION WEEK. WE TAKE A LOOK AT SOME CATWALK CREATIONS BY DESIGNER LABEL LOUIS VUITTON. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S ALMOST IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE YOU NOW WITH IMAGES FROM PARIS FASHION WEEK AND THE DESIGNER LABEL LOUIS VUITTON. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY IMOGEN STAINES AND JOHN LING. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014