TONIGHT, OSCAR PISTORIUS IS BACK IN COURT, THIS TIME TO HEAR HIS SENTENCE. SO WILL HE FACE JAIL TIME? WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST. IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE. DAVID CUNLIFFE PULLS OUT OF THE LABOUR LEADER RACE. SO WHO'S HE BACKING INSTEAD? AND BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS. HOW AUCKLAND ART WEEK IS TAKING ART TO THE PEOPLE. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. RIGHT NOW OSCAR PISTORIUS BACK IN A SOUTH AFRICAN COURT TO LEARN HIS PUNISHMENT FOR KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND. JUST OVER A MONTH AGO, THE PARALYMPIAN WAS CLEARED OF MURDERING REEVA STEENKAMP. HE WAS, HOWEVER, FOUND GUILTY OF NEGLIGENT KILLING. AT THE SENTENCING HEARING, BOTH THE PROSECUTION AND THE DEFENCE TEAM CAN CALL WITNESSES. PISTORIUS' PERSONAL PSYCHOLOGIST WAS THE FIRST DEFENCE WITNESS TO SPEAK TONIGHT. SHE SPOKE ABOUT HOW THE TRIAL AFFECTED THE ATHLETE. MR PISTORIUS' FALL FROM BEING AN ICON IN WORLD ATHLETICS WHO WAS REVERED AND CELEBRATED TO BEING VILIFIED AND HUMILIATED IN SOME MEDIA REPORTS AND SOCIAL NETWORKS, HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON HIS IDENTIFY OF SELF. ALTHOUGH HE WAS AWARE AND APPRECIATIVE OF THE POSITIVE SUPPORT HE HAS ALSO RECEIVED, MR PISTORIUS EXPERIENCED HIMSELF AS UTTERLY WORTHLESS, DEVASTATED AND GUILT-RIDDEN. DR HARTZENBERG WENT ON TO SAY THAT PISTORIUS HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. PISTORIUS FACES UP TO 15 YEARS IN JAIL, ALTHOUGH JUDGE MASIPA MAY SUSPEND THE SENTENCE OR IMPOSE A FINE. HIS SENTENCING HEARING IS EXPECTED TO TAKE SEVERAL DAYS. NZ'S TERROR THREAT ALERT HAS GONE UP A NOTCH THIS EVENING FROM VERY LOW TO A LOW POSSIBILITY OF ATTACK. THE GROWING THREAT HAS ALSO PROMPTED CABINET TO CONSIDER AN URGENT NEW LAW ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS, INCLUDING GREATER SURVEILLANCE POWERS AND THE ABILITY TO STOP KIWIS LEAVING TO FIGHT IN FOREIGN CONFLICTS. WE HAVE TO ADAPT TO CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES. THERE'S NOW THIS NEW PHENOMEMON OF THE FOREIGN TERRORIST FIGHTER. JOHN KEY IS WRITING TO ALL PARTIES IN PARLIAMENT TO OFFER THEM A BRIEFING ON THE PROPOSED SECURITY REVIEW. WILL DAVID SHEARER JOIN THE RACE FOR LABOUR'S TOP JOB? THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION AFTER DAVID CUNLIFFE PULLED OUT OF THE RUNNING EARLIER TODAY. MR CUNLIFFE IS NOW BACKING ANDREW LITTLE FOR THE POST, LEAVING GRANT ROBERTSON AND DAVID PARKER TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD HAS MORE. GIVING UP THE FIGHT. ANOTHER PERSON IS BETTER ABLE TO UNITE THE CAUCUS AND LEAD THE PARTY FORWARD QUICKLY AT THIS TIME, AND I'M THEREFORE ACTING IN WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PARTY AS A WHOLE. DAVID CUNLIFFE WITHDRAWING FROM THE RACE AND THROWING HIS SUPPORT BEHIND ONE OF HIS OPPONENTS. I BELIEVE ANDREW LITTLE IS THE PERSON WHO IS BEST ABLE TO LEAD LABOUR AT THIS TIME. THAT'S SEEN AS BOOSTING THE FORMER UNION LEADER'S CHANCES. IN THE LAST LEADERSHIP RACE, THE MAJORITY OF AFFILIATED UNION VOTES WENT TO MR CUNLIFFE. THOSE VOTES ARE NOW LIKELY TO GO TO ANDREW LITTLE. I'M NOT COUNTING ANY CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH. AS I SAY, I THINK I'VE GOT PLENTY OF WORK AHEAD OF ME. HOWEVER, SOME ARGUE DAVID CUNLIFFE'S SUPPORT COULD BE A CURSE RATHER THAN A BLESSING. AFTER ALL, MR CUNLIFFE TOOK THE PARTY TO ITS SECOND-WORST ELECTION RESULT EVER. ENDORSEMENTS FROM ANYWHERE CAN CUT BOTH WAYS, WHICH IS WHY I SAY, 'LISTEN, NICE AS IT IS TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT, 'I'VE GOT MY WORK CUT OUT FOR ME.' OTHERS STILL IN THE RACE WOULD'VE WELCOMED THE BACKING. I WANT EVERY VOTE, COS I WANT TO WIN. OBVIOUSLY I WOULD HAVE LOVED DAVID'S ENDORSEMENT, BUT EACH PARTY MEMBER AND EACH MP IS ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN OPINION. ALL THREE CONTENDERS ARE IN AGREEMENT OVER DAVID CUNLIFFE'S DECISION. I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT DECISION FOR HIM AND OUR PARTY. IT IS THE RIGHT DECISION. THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT IT WOULD BE A TOUGH ONE FOR HIM TO MAKE. I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE PARTY. AND NONE OF THEM WOULD MAKE MR CUNLIFFE THEIR DEPUTY, OR EVEN PROMISE HIM A SENIOR ROLE. BACK TO THREE IN THE RING, BUT COULD THERE BE A FOURTH? DAVID SHEARER'S YET TO DECLARE HIS HAND NOW DAVID CUNLIFFE'S OUT. SO WHAT PROMPTED DAVID CUNLIFFE TO PULL OUT OF THE LEADERSHIP RACE? WE ASKED POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD FOR HER TAKE ON HIS DECISION. SO, YES, DAVID CUNLIFFE JUMPING OUT OF THE RING AFTER DAYS OF PEOPLE JUMPING INTO THIS LEADERSHIP RACE. LOOK, I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT DECISION CAME DOWN TO ANDREW LITTLE'S INCLUSION IN THE RACE TO BE THE NEXT LABOUR LEADER. DAVID CUNLIFFE KNOWS THAT ANDREW LITTLE WAS GOING TO GET A LOT OF THOSE UNION VOTES, THOSE VOTES HE RELIED UPON TO BECOME LEADER, AND I THINK HE JUST DECIDED THAT AFTER A LOT OF TALKING AND CONVINCING FROM OTHERS AS WELL, THAT HE SHOULD JUMP OUT OF THIS RACE. I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT DECISION TO MAKE. IT WON'T HAVE BEEN AN EASY ONE FOR HIM, AND NOW WE LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW WHERE ALL CANDIDATES HAVE TO BE ANNOUNCED BY 5PM. AND THERE WILL ALSO BE A VOTE AT CAUCUS TOMORROW ABOUT WHETHER THERE WILL BE AN ACTING, ACTING LEADER TO REPLACE DAVID PARKER, WHO IS ACTING LEADER. FROM PARLIAMENT, THAT'S POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD. A US NEIGHBOURHOOD IS IN LOCKDOWN AS POLICE TRY TO STOP THE SPREAD OF EBOLA. IT'S BELIEVED A MEDICAL MISTAKE LED TO A DALLAS NURSE CONTRACTING THE DISEASE FROM A PATIENT. NOW POLICE ARE TELLING HER NEIGHBOURS TO STAY AWAY AS HER APARTMENT IS EXAMINED AND THEY STEP UP THE SEARCH FOR ANYONE ELSE AT RISK. AS THE DEADLY DISEASE SPREADS IN THE US, THE PRESIDENT IS BRIEFED VIA A PHONE CALL IN THE OVAL OFFICE AND ORDERS IMMEDIATE ACTION. IT IS NOT NEWS THAT SHOULD BRING ABOUT PANIC. A NURSE TREATING DYING EBOLA PATIENT THOMAS ERIC DUNCAN IN THE HOSPITAL'S ISOLATION WARD IN DALLAS HAS NOW TESTED POSITIVE TO EBOLA HERSELF, DESPITE WEARING A FULL PROTECTIVE SUIT. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THERE'S BEEN AN OBVIOUS BREACH OF PROTOCOL. WE WILL UNDERTAKE A COMPLETE INVESTIGATION TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. ONE PERSON IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE NURSE HAS BEEN PUT IN ISOLATION. A HAZARDOUS-MATERIAL TEAM WAS SENT TO HER APARTMENT, POLICE DESPATCHED, PAMPHLETS HANDED OUT AND A MESSAGE ALERT SYSTEM ACTIVATED. UM, I MEAN, FREAKED OUT. AUTHORITIES WARN MORE CASES OF EBOLA COULD EMERGE IN THE COMING DAYS AS OTHERS TREATING THOMAS DUNCAN AT THE HOSPITAL COULD'VE BREACHED PROTOCOLS IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE INFECTED NURSE. AND ANOTHER SCARE, THIS TIME IN BOSTON. A MAN WHO RECENTLY TRAVELLED TO LIBERIA IS IN HOSPITAL WITH EBOLA-LIKE SYMPTOMS. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE TAKING NO CHANCES. MORE THAN 4000 PEOPLE HAVE SO FAR DIED IN THE EBOLA OUTBREAK. BACK HERE, A AUCKLAND MAN (28) HAS APPEARED IN COURT FACING 11 CHARGES, INCLUDING ATTEMPTED MURDER AND KIDNAPPING FOLLOWING TWO SEPARATE SHOOTING INCIDENTS YESTERDAY. WE CAN'T NAME THE MAN BUT HE ALLEGEDLY SHOT AT POLICE AT WAITAKERE HOSPITAL IN WEST AUCKLAND. HE'S ALSO ACCUSED OF EARLIER DISCHARGING A SHOTGUN ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN EITHER INCIDENT. THE MAN'S IN CUSTODY AND WILL UNDERGO A PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT. HE'LL REAPPEAR IN COURT AT THE END OF THE MONTH. SUPERMARKET GIANT FOODSTUFFS HAS ANNOUNCED TWO OF ITS PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN NAMED AS AMONG THE POSSIBLE SOURCES FOR A GASTRO BUG SWEEPING THROUGH THE COUNTRY. THE TWO PRODUCTS ARE PAM'S FRESH MESCLUN SALAD LETTUCE AND PAM'S FRESH EXPRESS LETTUCE. AUTHORITIES HAVE CONFIRMED 127 CASES OF YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; AN ILLNESS THAT CAUSES STOMACH PAIN, FEVER AND SOMETIMES DIARRHEOA. FOODSTUFFS SAYS BOTH THE PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF THE SHELVES. A WOMAN WILL APPEAR IN COURT TOMORROW AFTER ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTING TO SET A MANAWATU DISTRICT COUNCIL BUILDING ALIGHT. POLICE SAY SHE ENTERED THE FEILDING OFFICE WITH A LIGHTER AND A CAN OF PETROL, WHICH WAS POURED ON TO THE RECEPTION AREA AND A STAFF MEMBER. THE COUNCIL'S NOW BEEFING UP SECURITY. WE'RE SAD ABOUT IT BECAUSE AS A COUNCIL WE WANT TO BE THERE. WE WANT TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO OUR PEOPLE. WE DON'T WANT TO BE CREATING BARRIERS WITH OUR RATEPAYERS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE VERY SENSIBLE. THE ACCUSED WAS ISSUED A NO-TRESPASS NOTICE FOR THE BUILDING LAST WEEK. THE LOWER SOUTH ISLAND'S BEEN ROCKED BY A 6.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE. IT STRUCK JUST AFTER 6 THIS EVENING, 140KM WEST OF TUATAPERE. AT 10KM DEEP, IT WAS SEVERE ENOUGH TO BE FELT IN INVERCARGILL, TE ANAU AND WANAKA. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE. SOME CANTABRIANS ARE YET TO CASH IN EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION CHEQUES OF MORE THAN $100,000. THE EQC SAYS MORE THAN $20M IN CHEQUES STILL HAVEN'T BEEN BANKED. SO WHY ARE PEOPLE HOLDING OUT? LISA DAVIES WENT LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. BURIED DEEP IN A BIG PILE OF PAPERS,... (LAUGHS) FOUND IT. ...IT IS ONE OF CLOSE TO 4000 UNCASHED EQC CHEQUES ` THIS ONE FOR LAND DAMAGE. $128. SIZE OF THE LAND IS... 650M2, SO WORKS OUT TO ABOUT 2C A METRE. (CHUCKLES) AND IT'S EXPIRED, ALONG WITH OVER 2000 OTHERS. BRYAN STAPLES HAS SEEN MANY PEOPLE AT EARTHQUAKE SERVICES WORRIED THEIR CHEQUES FALL SHORT. WE DON'T WANNA CASH IT, BECAUSE WE DON'T THINK IT'S ENOUGH, AND SO WE TELL THEM STRAIGHT OUT, 'CASH THE CHEQUE.' AND THEN HE TELLS THEM TO EMAIL EQC SAYING THEY'VE ACCEPTED A 'PARTIAL' PAYMENT. THEY SHOULD CERTAINLY BANK THE CHEQUE, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A CHAT ABOUT WHAT IT IS THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. EQC SAYS THE OTHER REASON FOR UNBANKED CHEQUES COULD BE SIMPLY THAT PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED ADDRESS. EQC WILL NOW CONTACT ITS CUSTOMERS TO FIND OUT WHY THEY HAVEN'T PRESENTED THE CHEQUES. SOME ARE MADE OUT FOR OVER $100,000, THOUGH, THE AVERAGE IS AROUND 5000. IN THE CONTEXT OF NEARLY $5B PAID OUT IN CASH, IT'S VERY SMALL. BUT IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR QUAKE-HIT HOMEOWNERS. IT WOULD HAVE COST EQC A COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PRODUCE THIS DOCUMENT. THEY WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER OFF JUST NOT COMING. AND WHY DIDN'T HE FOLLOW HIS OWN ADVICE AND DEPOSIT IT? IT LOOKS BETTER FRAMED ON MY WALL. HE ALREADY HAS PLANS UNDERWAY TO PUSH FOR MORE. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. THE TWO WOMEN WHO WENT MISSING ON A DAY TRAMP IN THE KAIMAI RANGE NEAR TAURANGA, HAVE BEEN FOUND ALIVE, WELL AND CRACKING JOKES. CELIA STEVENSON (68) AND HER COMPANION (76) WERE FORCED TO SPEND AN UNCOMFORTABLE NIGHT IN THE BUSH AFTER TAKING THE WRONG TRACK. WE JUST KEPT EACH OTHER WARM, AND JUST SPOKE TO EACH OTHER ALL NIGHT SO THAT THERE WASN'T THE PROBLEM OF SOMEBODY GOING OFF TO SLEEP. POLICE HAVE PRAISED THE PAIR FOR KEEPING IN PHONE CONTACT WITH THEM AND FOR CARRYING THE RIGHT GEAR. THERE'S NO DOUBT ART CAN BE INTIMIDATING, JUST LIKE THE SILENCE IN GALLERIES CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE. SO THE ORGANISERS OF THIS YEAR'S AUCKLAND ART WEEK DECIDED TO TAKE ART TO THE PEOPLE, LITERALLY HITTING THE CITY'S STREETS WITH EXHIBITS. AN INNER-CITY ALLEY WAY, SPRAY CAN IN HAND. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THIS SIGHT WOULD HAVE CAUSED MORE THAN JUST A FEW SECOND GLANCES. THERE'S MORE ACCEPTANCE. THERE'S MORE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF STREET ART. NOT EVERYONE'S A CRIMINAL. IT'S NOT ALL ILLEGAL. YEAH, SO THERE'S A MATURING, I WOULD SAY, WITH THIS SCENE. STREET ARTIST BENJAMIN WORK IS TRANSFORMING THIS GREY WALL ON AUCKLAND'S FORT LANE INTO A PUBLIC MURAL AS PART OF THIS YEAR'S ART WEEK, AN EVENT AIMED AT ATTRACTING NEWBIES TO THE ART WORLD. I THINK OFTEN PEOPLE ARE A BIT NERVOUS WHEN THEY ENTER A GALLERY, BUT REALLY, THE CURATORS OR GALLERISTS ARE QUITE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE WORK AND FIND ANOTHER WAY FOR YOU TO ENGAGE WITH IT, RATHER THAN JUST STANDING THERE AND FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE. THESE KINDS OF EVENTS GIVES A LOT OF ACCESS TO THE ARTS, COS THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO ART. BECAUSE ALL GOOD THINGS TAKE TIME, BENJAMIN WILL FINISH THE PIECE TOMORROW NIGHT, WHEN THE EVENT SHOWS OFF THE EXHIBITS AFTER HOURS. YOU CAN JUST VIEW SOME LIVE PAINTING ` OUTDOOR PUBLIC ART. BUT IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO AL FRESCO EVENTS. WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN, AUCKLAND ART GALLERY WILL BE LIT UP WITH INTERNATIONAL LIGHT INSTALLATIONS. CHOIR SING IN NIUEAN AND THE EVENING WILL BE JUST AS PLEASING ON YOUR EARS AS IT IS ON YOUR EYES ` THIS NIUEAN CHOIR WILL BE AT BRITOMART, ACCOMPANYING A PERFORMANCE ABOUT THE MAORI CONTINGENT SERVING IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. WHILE IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE THERE'S A LOT TO SEE AND A LOT OF WALKING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, DON'T WORRY ` THEY'VE GOT YOU COVERED. THERE WILL BE SEVERAL OF THESE AVAILABLE TO FERRY YOU AROUND, GIVING YOU PLENTY OF TIME TO DECIDE WHAT'S BEEN YOUR HIGHLIGHT. WE HAVE ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS' LATEST DISTURBING MOVE. WHY AUSTRALIA AND RUSSIA DIPLOMACY IS GETTING HAIRY CHESTED. SLOW DOWN, LADY. AND SHE'S ALL SHAKEN UP ` HOW KIWI BEN MADE TAYLOR SWOON. IN A CHILLING CALL TO ARMS, ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS HAVE TOLD ITS FOLLOWERS TO CARRY OUT ATTACKS ON INFIDEL NATIONS, INCLUDING AUSTRALIA. THERE ARE FEARS TONIGHT THAT THE GROUP IS ABOUT CAPTURE ONE OF IRAQ'S LARGEST PROVINCES AS IT CONTINUES ITS ADVANCE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS FROM CHANNEL NINE'S PETER STEFANOVIC. MEN GRUNT TRAINING TO BE COLD-BLOODED KILLERS IN THE BATTLEFIELDS OF NORTHERN IRAQ. INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC THIS IS ISLAMIC STATE'S LATEST PROPAGANDA VIDEO ` A SLICK SIX-MINUTE FILM CALLED 'THE BLOOD OF JIHAD'. MEN CHANT SOME REASSEMBLE AK47S WHILE OTHERS ARE PROMISED THEY'LL LEAVE THE CAMP AS MARTYRS. IT'S A DISTURBING LOOK AT HOW EVERYDAY MEN ARE BRAINWASHED INTO BECOMING HARDENED KILLERS AND WHY THE COALITION IS SO DESPERATE TO STOP THEIR ADVANCE. INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC GUNSHOT IRAQ'S ANBAR PROVINCE IS NOW AT RISK OF BEING OVERRUN BY ISIL. THEY'VE ALREADY SEIZED 80% OF THE REGION, AND IF IT FALLS COMPLETELY, THE TERRORISTS WILL CONTROL A NEAR 600KM STRETCH OF LAND FROM RAQQA IN SYRIA TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF BAGHDAD. AMERICA IS REFUSING TO SEND IN GROUND TROOPS, INSTEAD HELPING FROM THE AIR WITH WEAPON AND FOOD DROPS AND BOMBS. EXPLOSION BOMBS THAT ARE ALSO HELPING WIN THE FIGHT FOR KOBANE, ON THE SYRIAN-TURKEY BORDER, WHERE KURDISH FORCES ARE SLOWLY PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE MIGHT OF ISIL. THE TERROR GROUP STILL KNOWS HOW TO HIT THE WEST WHERE IT HURTS ` VIDEOS SUCH AS THESE SHOW HOSTAGES SUCH AS JOHN CANTLIE, WHO HAD A NEW MESSAGE FROM HIS CAPTORS. ANYONE HOPING FOR A NICE, NEAT, SURGICAL OPERATION WITHOUT GETTING THEIR HANDS DIRTY IS IN FOR A HORRIBLE SURPRISE ONCE IT GETS UNDERWAY. CANTLIE KNOWS WHAT HIS FUTURE COULD HOLD. HIS VIDEO EMERGED AS THE FAMILY OF BEHEADING VICTIM ALAN HENNING REMEMBERED THEIR BRAVE FATHER AND HUSBAND IN BRITAIN, LIGHTING CANDLES AND WIPING AWAY TEARS FOR A MAN LOST IN THE MOST BRUTAL WAY. AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER IS PROMISING TO CONFRONT VLADIMIR PUTIN OVER THE MH17 DISASTER AFTER THE RUSSIAN LEADER CONFIRMED HE'S COMING TO NEXT MONTH'S G20 SUMMIT IN BRISBANE. IN SOME OF HIS TOUGHEST TALK YET, TONY ABBOTT SAYS HE'S READY TO 'SHIRT FRONT' PRESIDENT PUTIN. HE'S REFERRING TO THIS MOVE IN AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL. HE'S BEEN HIT WITH A FAIR SHIRT FRONT. MR ABBOTT SAYS HE'S GOING TO DEMAND PRESIDENT PUTIN COOPERATES WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MH17 INVESTIGATION. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF TOUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH RUSSIA, AND I SUSPECT THAT THE CONVERSATION THAT I HAVE WITH MR PUTIN WILL BE THE TOUGHEST CONVERSATION OF ALL. AUSTRALIA'S UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY IS ALREADY PLANNING MASS PROTESTS DURING THE SUMMIT. SCUFFLES HAVE BROKEN OUT IN HONG KONG AFTER HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OPPOSING THE PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTEST TRIED TO TEAR DOWN BARRICADES. POLICE WERE FORCED TO SEPARATE THE PROTESTERS FROM THE LARGE GROUP OF MASKED MEN, WHO SEEMED INTENT ON BREAKING UP THE THREE-WEEK OCCUPATION IN THE HEART OF THE CITY'S BUSINESS DISTRICT. THE TWO GROUPS SHOUTED AT EACH OTHER AS OFFICERS URGED THE CROWD TO STAY CALM. IN SPORT, SPECULATION IS RIFE ACROSS THE TASMAN THAT THE WALLABIES COACH COULD BE ABOUT TO GET HIS MARCHING ORDERS. THERE ARE REPORTS ACROSS THE TASMAN EWEN MCKENZIE COULD BE REPLACED BY THE WARRATAH'S SUPER RUGBY WINNING COACH MICHAEL CHIEKA. HOWEVER, THE WALLABIES' VICE CAPTAIN RECKONS MCKENZIE SHOULD STAY IN THE TOP JOB. I THINK SO. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THERE'S NOT TOO MANY CHANGES MADE. THE RUMOURS COME AS THE TEAM DEALS WITH THE FALLOUT FROM THE KURTLEY BEALE TEXT MESSAGE SAGA. MCKENZIE HAS HAD TO QUASH RUMOURS HE WAS ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED WITH FORMER WALLABIES BUSINESS MANAGER DI PATSTON, AND THAT HE KNEW ABOUT THE CRUDE TEXT MESSAGES BEALE SENT HER. NOW TO A KIWI TEACHER WHO'S PROVED A HIT WITH A SINGING SUPERSTAR AFTER HIS FLEETING APPEARANCE ON A BRITISH TV PROGRAMME. LET'S SET THE SCENE. BEN WOMBWELL IS IN THE RED CHAIR FOR THE FUNNY STORY SEGMENT OF THE 'GRAHAM NORTON SHOW'. AMONG THE GUESTS WATCHING ARE POP PRINCESS TAYLOR SWIFT AND CONTROVERSIAL CRICKETER KEVIN PIETERSON. HELLO, HOW WE DOING? WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? MY NAME IS BEN. 'BIN'? LAUGHTER BEN OVER HERE. OK. NO, NO, WAIT, WAIT, NO. KEVIN, PLAY NICE. THIS IS WHY YOU FALL OUT WITH PEOPLE. (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) WHERE ARE YOU FROM? I AM FROM NZ. HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM NZ CAN COME HERE? IS THERE ANYONE IN NZ? IT'S DESERTED. THEY'RE ALL HERE. DO YOU LIVE HERE? I DO LIVE HERE. AND WHAT DO YOU DO, 'BIN'? I AM... I'M A PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER. YOU'RE RAISING THE NATION? YES. YES, AT THE MOMENT, IF THAT'S OK. GOD HELP US. WHERE IS HE? WHERE CAN WE FIND HIM? CROWD HOOTS SLOW DOWN, LADY. I'M FINE. I'M FINE. WORST-CASE SCENARIO ` ANDREA'S HERE. I'VE GOT IT IN CHECK. GOT IT IN CHECK? OK. DEEP BREATHS. NO, IT'S GOOD NOW. I'M FINE. OK, ON YOU GO WITH YOUR STORY. OK. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I TOOK MY YEAR FOUR CLASS ON THE MUSEUM SLEEPOVER, AND ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES DURING THE NIGHT IS WE GO ON A MIDNIGHT SPOOKY WALK. SO WE ALL GET IN LINE WITH OUR HANDS ON OUR SHOULDERS, MAKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE PITCH BLACK. IT WAS ALL GREAT. WE WERE HAVING A GREAT TIME, AND AS WE WERE HEADING THROUGH A DOORWAY AND NEARING THE END, THE KIDS WERE SCREAMING ONE BY ONE. GREAT FUN. IT WAS ALL GOING WELL. WHAT WAS UNKNOWN TO ME ` WHY THEY WERE SCREAMING WAS ONE OF THE YOUNG GIRL MUSEUM STAFF WAS HIDDEN DOWN IN A DARK CORNER, AND SHE WAS CLUTCHING OUT AT THEM AS THEY PASSED, AND SHE WAS GRABBING THEIR STOMACHS. NOW, WHAT SHE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT AND SHE'D FORGOTTEN WAS I WAS ALSO IN THAT LINE. LAUGHTER VERY DIFFERENT PART OF THE BODY WHERE IT IS THERE. SO SUDDENLY I FELT THIS HAND CLUTCH OUT OF THE DARKNESS AND, YES, GRAB MY... LAUGHTER AND SHE WENT COMPLETELY RED. SHE COULDN'T LOOK AT ME FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT, AND, YEAH. THAT'S QUITE A CUTE STORY. SHOULD WE LET 'BIN' WALK? CHEERING, APPLAUSE IT'S BEEN LOVELY TALKING TO EVERYBODY TONIGHT. APPLAUSE COMING UP, WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT WEATHER-WISE, PLUS LOBSTER FROM CANADA AND VENISON FROM NZ. HOW THEY'RE PIMPING BURGERS IN A LONDON RESTAURANT. This is $156,000 in real shredded cash. 156,000 ` that's how much interest BNZ could help you shred off your mortgage with our tailored home loan. And you could pay it off over 11 years faster than a standard mortgage. Bring your home loan to BNZ and see how much you could shred. BNZ ` be good with money. NOW, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, THE HUMBLE BURGER IS MAKING A COMEBACK. SO IT MAKES SENSE A LONDON CHEF WOULD CREATE THE MOST EXPENSIVE HAMBURGER ON EARTH, FITTINGLY CALLED THE 'GLAMBURGER', AND IT'LL ONLY SET YOU BACK NZ$2000. HERE'S THE ABC'S HAMISH MCDONALD. 'PIMP YOUR BURGER' SAYS THE MENU, OR CREATE A MONSTER. NOW A LONDON CHEF, CHRIS LARGE, IS OFFERING WHAT'S CLAIMED TO BE THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE SINGLE SERVING OF BEEF ON BUN. THERE'S A LAYER OF FRENCH CHEESE, LOBSTER FLOWN IN FROM CANADA AND BRITISH BACON COATED IN CANADIAN MAPLE SYRUP. HOW MANY CALORIES IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS? UH, 2618, TO BE PRECISE. RIGHT, SO EXPENSIVE, AND INCREDIBLY HEALTHY (!) THERE'S VENISON FROM NZ, AND THE FINEST QUALITY KOBE BEEF, PAMPERED AND PLUMPED IN JAPAN. BUT THESE ARE THE REALLY BIG TICKET ITEMS ` IRANIAN SAFFRON AT ALMOST $25O AN OUNCE; WHITE TRUFFLE SHIPPED IN FROM ITALY AT $1500 A POUND; THE MOST EXPENSIVE INGREDIENT, BELUGA CAVIAR FROM RUSSIA. A POUND OF THIS STUFF IS WORTH MORE THAN $3000. ALL THIS IS TOPPED WITH 24-CARAT GOLD LEAF. THE BURGER TRULY IS FIT FOR A KING. MOMENTOUS MUSIC AND THERE WE HAVE THE GLAMBURGER. I'M KINDA SCARED OF THIS. IS THERE A NEAT WAY OF EATING THIS? < NO. I'VE GOT IT ALL OVER MY FACE AND ALL OVER MY HANDS. IT'S, LIKE, LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS OF STUFF ON MY FACE. NOW TO THE WEATHER, AND A SHOUT OUT TO DAVID CUNLIFFE. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ