A VERY SPECIAL EFFECT ON FILM ` A UNIQUE, NEW BUT VERY OLD FORM OF CINEMA. AMBIENT MUSIC DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. NZ WILL NOW HAVE A SAY IN MAINTAINING INTERNATIONAL PEACE AFTER WINNING A COVETED SEAT ON THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL. NZ HEADED OFF TURKEY AND SPAIN TO RETURN TO THE COUNCIL AFTER 20 YEARS. OUR US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME IS IN NEW YORK. A DECADE'S CAMPAIGNING, A DECADE'S WORK,... NZ ` 145. ...A DECADE'S RELIEF. IN THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY HALL, NZ WON THE SUPPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS FOR A TWO-YEAR TENURE WITH THE UN'S MOST POWERFUL BODY. YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE, FUNDAMENTALLY, A PRETTY GOOD BRAND AND REPUTATION TO EVEN BE IN THE HUNT, AND ESPECIALLY AGAINST TWO BIG COUNTRIES THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD'VE SAID WERE UNSTOPPABLE BY A SMALL COUNTRY LIKE NZ, SO WE'VE REWRITTEN THE NARRATIVE A LITTLE BIT HERE TODAY, AND I'M THRILLED WITH THAT. INDEED, THE RESULT WAS EMPHATIC, COMPETING WITH TURKEY AND SPAIN FOR JUST TWO SEATS, NZ WON THE MOST SUPPORT, SCORING VOTES FROM THREE-QUARTERS OF THE UN'S MEMBERS. SO, WHAT WAS REALLY STUNNING ABOUT THE RESULT WASN'T JUST GETTING THERE BUT GETTING THERE ON THE FIRST BALLOT. BUT I SPOKE TO JIM MCLAY YESTERDAY AND MURRAY MCCULLY FOR THE LAST TIME, AND THE GENERAL FEELING WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ENOUGH TO GET THERE. THE SECURITY COUNCIL CAMPAIGN BEGAN UNDER THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT OF HELEN CLARK IN 2004. SINCE THEN, FOREIGN MINISTERS AND DIPLOMATS PUSHED OUR CASE WITH EVERY POSSIBLE COUNTRY, BUT FACING MUCH BETTER-RESOURCED COMPETITORS AND A SECRET BALLOT, THERE WAS STILL NO TELLING BY THE VOTE THIS MORNING IF THEY'D SECURED ENOUGH SUPPORT. SOME SEASONED CAMPAIGNERS PRESSED SOME LAST-MINUTE FLESH AND PLACED SOME LAST-MINUTE GOODIE BAGS. FOR THE DIPLOMATIC STAFF WHO WORKED ON NZ'S CAMPAIGN, THERE WON'T BE MUCH TIME TO CELEBRATE. ALTHOUGH NZ DOESN'T TAKE ITS SEAT UNTIL THE START OF NEXT YEAR, FROM THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER, NZ BECOMES AN OFFICIAL OBSERVER ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL. THE MAN SITTING NEXT TO MURRAY MCCULLY WILL MOST LIKELY FILL THAT SEAT. JIM MCLAY'S BEEN OUR AMBASSADOR TO THE UN FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. OBVIOUSLY, WE WANNA BE THE SORT OF COUNTRY THAT LISTENS TO THE COUNTRIES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. I THINK THERE'S BEEN A VIEW ABROAD THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. BUT OUR DIPLOMATS NEED ONLY CAST THEIR EYES ACROSS THE WORLD'S HEADLINES ` WEST AFRICA, SYRIA, IRAQ AND GAZA ` TO KNOW THAT GETTING ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL IS ONE THING; AFFECTING CHANGE IS QUITE ANOTHER. SO AGAIN NZ IS PUNCHING WAY ABOVE OUR WEIGHT IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAKE-UP OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND WHAT IT DOES. IT'S COMPOSED OF 15 MEMBERS. FIVE ARE PERMANENT ` CHINA, FRANCE, RUSSIA, BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. THE 10 NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS ARE ELECTED FOR TWO YEARS, WITH FIVE NEW ONES VOTED IN EACH YEAR. THE NEWBIES CONFIRMED ALONG WITH US ARE ANGOLA, MALAYSIA, VENEZUELA AND SPAIN, JOINING THE OTHER FIVE NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS WHICH STILL HAVE A YEAR TO SERVE. ITS POWERS INCLUDE IMPOSING SANCTIONS, PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS AND AUTHORISING MILITARY ACTION. EACH MEMBER HAS ONE VOTE, AND ALL 192 COUNTRIES IN THE UNITED NATIONS ARE OBLIGED TO COMPLY WITH SECURITY COUNCIL DECISIONS. RULINGS NEED THE VOTES OF NINE MEMBERS, BUT A NO VOTE OR VETO BY A PERMANENT MEMBER WILL STOP A PROPOSAL BEING ADOPTED, EVEN IF IT'S GOT THE NUMBERS. MORE GOOD NEWS FOR A WOMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER STEPPING IN TO STOP A TEEN TRYING TO SNATCH A BAG. HENDRIX HAUWAI (17) TODAY PLEADED GUILTY TO THE ATTACK, WHICH PUT LUCY KNIGHT IN HOSPITAL WITH A HEAD INJURY. PAUL HOBBS WAS IN COURT IN AUCKLAND. IT WAS TO BE JUST ANOTHER APPEARANCE IN THE COURT PROCESS, BUT THE BABY-FACED HENDRIX HAUWAI MANNED UP. MR HAUWAI PLEADS GUILTY TODAY. THE 17-YEAR-OLD ADMITTED ASSAULTING XIAO DONG WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STEAL HER BAG AND TO KNOCKING MOTHER-OF-SIX LUCY KNIGHT TO THE GROUND AS SHE INTERVENED IN THE ROBBERY AT THIS NORTHCOTE SHOPPING CENTRE. LUCY KNIGHT WAS HOSPITALISED WITH A FRACTURED SKULL AND BLEEDING ON THE BRAIN. I WAS COMPLETELY IN SHOCK. JUST HOW WELL SHE'D RECOVER WAS IN THE BALANCE. BUT THREE AND A HALF WEEKS ON, THE GOOD SAMARITAN'S HUSBAND SAYS THE PROGNOSIS IS GOOD, EVEN IF HER APPEARANCE IS A BIT RADICAL. SHE'S GOT A WICKED SORT OF PUNK HAIRCUT WITH THIS SIDE SHAVED OFF AND WITH THIS SIDE STILL QUITE LONG. SHE CAN MAKE THE ODD VISIT HOME BUT TIRES EASILY AS SHE UNDERGOES THERAPY AT A LIVE-IN REHAB CENTRE. SHE STILL CAN'T REMEMBER THE ATTACK, BUT HER MEMORY'S GOOD ENOUGH TO KEEP HER HUSBAND ON HIS TOES. FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ON MONDAY. I WAS READY TO SEND THE KIDS OFF TO SCHOOL, AND SHE REMINDED ME THAT IT WAS A TEACHER-ONLY DAY. I'D FORGOTTEN, BUT SHE REMEMBERED. SO THERE'S LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT WHICH JUST GIVE US GREAT COMFORT. IS SHE THE LUCY YOU REMEMBER PRE-23 SEPTEMBER? YEAH, I'M GONNA SAY ALMOST. I KNOW SHE'S GONNA KILL ME FOR THAT. I MEAN, THREE WEEKS AGO, I'D HAVE GIVEN ANYTHING TO GET HER TO THIS STAGE. LUCY KNIGHT SAID IN A STATEMENT THIS AFTERNOON THAT SHE'S RELIEVED HER ATTACKER HAS PLEADED GUILTY. SHE'S GRATEFUL TO THE POLICE BUT IS CONCENTRATING ON GETTING BETTER. SHE AND HER FAMILY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TOGETHER THIS WEEKEND TO CELEBRATE THEIR SON BENE'S 5TH BIRTHDAY. PETER THOMAS SAYS ALL GOING WELL, SHE'LL BE BACK HOME FOR GOOD IN A FEW WEEKS. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. TWO NURSES ARE IN AMERICAN HOSPITALS TONIGHT WITH EBOLA AFTER CATCHING IT FROM TREATING A DYING MAN IN A TEXAN HOSPITAL. NURSES IN DALLAS SAY THE HOSPITAL HAD SLOPPY EBOLA PROTOCOLS. SO HOW DO THE MEASURES AT NZ'S LEAD EBOLA RESPONSE UNIT STACK UP? HEALTH REPORTER LORELEI MASON INVESTIGATES. NEW HEALTH MINISTER JONATHAN COLEMAN ON A TOUR OF MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL'S BIO-CONTAINMENT UNIT ` ONE OF FOUR NATIONWIDE. WE ARE ABSOLUTELY WELL PREPARED. OF SPECIAL INTEREST IS PPE OR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE BEST THAT YOU CAN GET. DONNING THE GEAR IS A PROCESS STAFF HAVE SPENT WEEKS TRAINING TO MASTER. SHE'S GONNA START OFF BY PUTTING ON BOOT COVERS. A PROCESS WHICH TAKES 10 MINUTES. THE NEXT STEP IS THE COVERALL,... GOGGLES COME NEXT... ...WHICH HAS AN INTEGRATED HOOD. ...THEN THE MASK ON TOP. IT STOPS YOU FROM TOUCHING YOUR FACE. WE WERE INITIALLY WORRIED THAT THE TWO LAYERS OF PLASTIC WOULD HINDER VISIBILITY, BUT IT'S ABSOLUTELY FINE. THEN IT'S ON TO THE HANDS. NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE THUMB LOOPS TO PREVENT THE ARMS FROM RIDING UP ON THE GOWN, BUT THE GLOVES ARE TAPED IN PLACE. ENSURING ZERO RISK OF SKIN EXPOSURE. THEN ALL IS DOUBLE-CHECKED. CLEAR. STAFF WILL BE SIGNED IN AND ENTER THE BIO-CONTAINMENT UNIT HERE AT THE GREEN ZONE. ONCE THEY'RE GOWNED AND CHECKED, THEY'RE ALLOWED THROUGH THE ORANGE ZONE, AND FINALLY THEY GO THROUGH THE RED ZONE, AND THIS IS WHERE THE PATIENT WILL BE CARED FOR. ONCE INSIDE, EXTRA GEAR WILL STILL BE NEEDED. IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT RISKS BLOOD OR BODY FLUID EXPOSURE, YOU PUT ON ANOTHER LAYER OF PPE. PHONE RINGS HELLO, LIZ. HI, STEVE. I'M READY TO COME OUT. CAN YOU SEND ME A DOCTOR, PLEASE? WHEN EXITING THE RED ZONE,.. PROTOCOL IS CRUCIAL. AS THE GEAR IS UNROLLED OFF LIZ, TERRY ROLLS IT SO THAT IT'S INSIDE OUT. HANDS ARE WASHED, FRESH GLOVES DONNED, FACE GEAR THEN REMOVED, HANDS WASHED AGAIN, WITH NOTHING TOUCHING THE FLOOR. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH THE ASSURANCE THAT THEY'RE PROTECTED. MIDDLEMORE HAS ENOUGH PPE TO LOOK AFTER TWO PATIENTS FOR THREE WEEKS. REALLY, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT STOCK THAT SHOULD COVER US. AND WITH ONLY A 1:40,000 CHANCE OF AN EBOLA CASE HERE, THE ODDS OF RUNNING OUT ARE LOW. LORELEI MASON, ONE NEWS. IN THE FINAL DAY OF OSCAR PISTORIUS' SENTENCING HEARING, REEVA STEENKAMP'S FAMILY HAVE PLEADED WITH THE JUDGE TO SEND HIM TO JAIL FOR KILLING THEIR DAUGHTER. IN ANOTHER BIZARRE DAY IN COURT IT WAS PISTORIUS' SISTER WHO WAS LEFT IN TEARS WHILE A SELF-CONFESSED SOUTH AFRICAN HIT MAN ALLEGEDLY SWORE AND ABUSED HER IN A VERBAL ATTACK. CHANNEL 9'S TOM STEINFORT HAS MORE FROM PRETORIA. OSCAR PISTORIUS REACHED OUT TO A CAMERAMAN THAT FELL OVER OUTSIDE COURT. BUT THE STEENKAMPS CERTAINLY AREN'T EXTENDING AN OLIVE BRANCH TO THE BLADE RUNNER. REEVA STEENKAMP'S COUSIN, KIM MARTIN, WAS IN THE STAND, REEVA STEENKAMP'S COUSIN, KIM MARTIN, WAS IN THE STAND, PASSIONATELY PLEADING WITH THE JUDGE TO SEND PISTORIUS TO PRISON FOR KILLING THE YOUNG MODEL, DESCRIBING THE PROPOSED PENALTY OF HOME DETENTION AS AN INJUSTICE. IT WAS A DAY FULL OF TENSION, WITH THE BLADE RUNNER'S SISTER AIMEE REDUCED TO TEARS WHEN A HITMAN ALLEGEDLY THREATENED HER DURING THE LUNCH BREAK IN AN EXPLETIVE-LADEN ATTACK. THE MAN IS MIKEY SCHULTZ, A SELF CONFESSED KILLER, WHO DIDN'T RETURN FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY AFTER THE INTERVENTION OF POLICE AND SECURITY. LIKE SO MANY ELEMENTS IN THIS TRIAL, SENTENCING IS DELAYED AS WELL. INITIALLY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN EITHER TODAY OR TOMORROW, BUT NOW IT APPEARS THAT IT WON'T BE UNTIL NEXT WEEK, PERHAPS NEXT MONTH, THAT OSCAR PISTORIUS FINALLY LEARNS HIS FATE. A TRIAL ORIGINALLY SET DOWN FOR JUST THREE WEEKS NOW DRAGGING INTO ITS EIGHTH MONTH. THE SOUTH AFRICAN CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING HOME DETENTION FOR THE DISGRACED ATHLETE, BUT THE PROSECUTION IS ARGUING FOR A JAIL TERM. THE QUEEN AND DUKE OF EDINBURGH HAVE WANDERED THROUGH A SEA OF RED AT THE TOWER OF LONDON. IT'S PART OF A TRIBUTE TO MARK A CENTURY SINCE THE START OF WORLD WAR I. THE BBC'S NICHOLAS WITCHELL EXPLAINS. IT WAS HER PARENTS' GENERATION WHICH FOUGHT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR, AND THE QUEEN'S CHILDHOOD WILL HAVE BEEN SHARPLY AWARE OF THE DEVASTATING IMPACT THE WAR HAD ON BRITAIN AND SO MANY OTHER NATIONS. AND SO THIS WAS A THOUGHTFUL WALK THROUGH THE POPPY FIELDS ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND. PERHAPS SHE THOUGHT OF THE UNCLE SHE NEVER KNEW WHO WAS KILLED ON THE WESTERN FRONT ` JUST ONE OF THE MILLION OR SO LIVES LOST FROM BRITAIN AND THE COMMONWEALTH. THE QUEEN PAUSED, AND A WREATH WAS PLACED ON HER BEHALF. THE INSTALLATION OF THE POPPIES IS ALMOST COMPLETE. FROM THE AIR, THEY NOW ENCLOSE THE TOWER IN A COLLAR OF SCARLET. THEY ARE A SOBERING REMINDER OF THE HUMAN COST OF WAR ` FOR EACH CERAMIC POPPY, A LIFE. WHAT THIS INSTALLATION HAS DONE IS SHOWN THAT, ACTUALLY, WITH 888,246 POPPIES, THAT REPRESENTS 888,246 INDIVIDUALS ` PEOPLE WHO DIED. THEY WERE SOMEONE'S FATHER, SON, BROTHER, WIFE AND SISTER IN SOME CASES. IT BRINGS HOME THE INDIVIDUAL NATURE. 100 YEARS AGO, OF COURSE, NO ONE HAD ANY REAL IDEA OF THE SCALE OF THE CASUALTIES TO COME. THEN EAGER YOUNG MEN ASSEMBLED IN THE TOWER'S MOAT TO JOIN UP. THIS WAS THE SO-CALLED STOCKBROKERS' BATTALION FROM THE CITY OF LONDON. AFTER THEIR TRAINING, THEY MARCHED OFF FROM THE TOWER TO WAR, FULL OF HOPE. MANY, THOUGH, WOULD NEVER COME HOME. 100 YEARS LATER, THE POPPY FIELDS AT THE TOWER OF LONDON STAND IN THEIR MEMORY AND THAT OF SO MANY OTHERS. EACH POPPY HAS BEEN BOUGHT BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, RAISING MORE THAN $2M FOR CHARITY. BACK HERE ` A TAMPA REFUGEE FROM AFGHANISTAN IS HELPING MOTIVATE SOME TEENAGE SPELLERS. THEY'RE HEADING TO WELLINGTON FOR THE NATIONALS, WHERE THEY'LL FACE AN EXTRA CHALLENGE OF DECIPHERING WORDS FROM 16 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. KRISTIN HALL CAUGHT UP WITH THEIR MENTOR. 13 YEARS AGO, ABBAS NAZARI WAS ONE OF 438 AFGHAN REFUGEES CRAMMED ON TO THIS 20M FISHING BOAT STRANDED IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. AS A LITTLE KID, YOU DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION THAT YOU'RE IN, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK BACK ON IT, YOU DEFINITELY FEEL THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION. NOW AT 19, HE'S MENTORING KIDS ABOUT THE LANGUAGE HE DIDN'T LEARN UNTIL HE WAS 7. MY ENGLISH TEACHER SAID, 'HEY, THERE'S THIS LITTLE COMPETITION.' I DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH OF IT, BUT I ENTERED. ABBAS CAME THIRD IN THE NZ SPELLING BEE IN 2008. NOW HE'S STUDYING POLITICAL SCIENCE, HISTORY AND SPANISH AT CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY. I THINK WHEN WE THINK OF SPELLING BEES WE SEE THEM AS DRY, AND YOU'RE JUST ROTE-LEARNING WORDS, AND THEN YOU'RE UP THERE SPELLING THEM. BUT IT ACTUALLY TAKES QUITE A LOT OF SKILLS. THIS YEAR'S ASPIRING CHAMPS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WON'T JUST HAVE TO SPELL ENGLISH WORDS BUT RUSSIAN,... ...ARABIC,... ...AND EVEN YIDDISH. BACK IN 2008, IT WAS THE WORD 'SILHOUETTED' THAT LOST ABBAS THE GRAND TITLE. SO CAN HE CRACK IT NOW? YOU GOT IT? ARE YOU CHECKING? < UH, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. BOTH LAUGH THE 16 FINALISTS WILL FACE OFF HERE IN WELLINGTON TOMORROW, VYING FOR THE WINNER'S TROPHY AND A PRIZE OF $5000. THAT'S ENOUGH TO BUY A LIFETIME'S SUPPLY OF DICTIONARIES. PAPER CUT-OUTS, LIVE MUSIC, PUPPETEERS, A VIDEO CAMERA AND THE STORY OF HOMER'S ODYSSEY. COMBINE IT ALL AND YOU GET ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE CINEMA EXPERIENCES IN THE WORLD. MEGAN MARTIN MET WITH THE CREATORS OF LONDON'S PAPER CINEMA, WHICH IS IN DUNEDIN FOR THE CITY'S FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS. HOMER'S ODYSSEY LIKE IT'S NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE. IT'S LIKE A SILENT MOVIE, SO THERE'S NO SPOKEN WORDS. BECAUSE THIS IS THE JOURNEY OF ODYSSEUS AS TOLD BY PAPER CINEMA. IT'S ONE MAN'S ADVENTURE, HIS ATTEMPT TO GET HOME AFTER THE TROJAN WAR. IT'S ABOUT FAMILY, LOVE, AND A FEW MONSTERS THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURE. LIVE MUSIC, PUPPETS AND ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN IN REAL TIME IN FRONT OF A LIVE VIDEO CAMERA. IT'S A UNIQUE CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE. WE MAKE IT IN FRONT OF YOU, SO YOU GET TO SEE THE PROCESS OF THE FILM BEING MADE, AND ALSO ENJOY THE FILM. IT IS 360 INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS GOING. THERE HAVE TO BE ORDERED. IF YOU LOSE THINGS, WE CAN GO AROUND IT. WE'VE GOT A GOOD SORTING HEAD, BUT YOU CAN'T MISS A BEAT. THIS GROUP OF ARTISTS AND THEIR NEW FORM OF CINEMA HAVE BEEN WELL RECEIVED ALL OVER THE WORLD. THIS YEAR WE'VE BEEN TO BRAZIL, INDONESIA, FRANCE, GERMANY AND NOW NZ. AND CHINA AS WELL. DESPITE ITS HIGH-BROW TITLE, THE DIRECTOR SAYS EVERYONE CAN ENJOY THIS VERSION OF THE GREEK EPIC. WHETHER YOU DON'T KNOW THE STORY OR WHETHER YOU'RE AN ACADEMIC, BOTH PEOPLE CAN ENJOY THE SHOW. THE PAPER CINEMA GOES TO NELSON AND THEN AUCKLAND AFTER THEIR FINAL PERFORMANCE IN DUNEDIN TOMORROW. MEGAN MARTIN, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` JUST HOW JOAN RIVERS DIED IS REVEALED. SOME TIPS ON IMPROVING YOUR SELFIES FROM A BOOK FROM THE QUEEN OF POSING. THE WORLD BAITS ITS BREATH. Everybody knows someone that's ahead of the game. (BARKS) They seem to know what's around the corner, do things a little bit... smarter and grab opportunities when they pop up. You can get ahead of the game too with any new ANZ personal credit card. You'll pay 0% interest on your purchases for the first six months. Talk to us today. FORMER CRICKET INTERNATIONAL CHRIS CAIRNS WILL HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR BEFORE HE CAN DEFEND A PERJURY CHARGE. THE 44-YEAR-OLD APPEARED IN COURT BRIEFLY IN LONDON OVERNIGHT, AND HIS TRIAL'S BEEN SET DOWN FOR A MONTH STARTING NEXT OCTOBER. SOME OF THE KEY WITNESSES ARE PLAYING CRICKET AND ARE UNAVAILABLE UNTIL THEN. HIS FORMER LAWYER, ANDREW FITCH-HOLLAND, FACES ONE COUNT OF PERVERTING THE COURSE OF JUSTICE AND ALSO APPEARED. THE CLINIC WHERE JOAN RIVERS WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST DURING A THROAT EXAMINATION IS REFUSING TO COMMENT ON AN OFFICIAL REPORT INTO THE COMEDIAN'S DEATH. EXPERTS FOUND THE 81-YEAR-OLD DIED OF COMPLICATIONS. ABC'S MARA SCHIAVOCAMPO HAS MORE. TONIGHT IS THE LONG-AWAITED REPORT ON JOAN RIVERS' DEATH, SHOWING THE COMEDIAN DIED OF BRAIN DAMAGE CAUSED BY A LACK OF OXYGEN IN HER BLOOD. BUT THE REPORT DOESN'T EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED THAT DROP IN OXYGEN LEVELS. IT DOES SAY IT HAPPENED WHILE SHE WAS SEDATED FOR A ROUTINE PROCEDURE TO TREAT ACID REFLUX AND EXAMINE CHANGES IN HER VOICE. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT ALSO REVEALED RIVERS WAS SEDATED WITH PROPOFOL ` THE SAME POWERFUL ANAESTHETIC THAT LED TO MICHAEL JACKSON'S DEATH. RIVERS' DEATH WAS CITED AS A... MEANING DEATH WAS AN ACCEPTED POSSIBILITY OF THE PROCEDURE BUT SUGGESTED THERE WERE... WHEN THE BRAIN AND THE HEART ARE DEPRIVED OF OXYGEN FOR A MATTER OF MINUTES, YOU CAN START INTO AN IRREVERSIBLE SPIRAL THAT THEN WILL LEAD TO A CARDIAC ARREST. IN A STATEMENT, RIVERS' DAUGHTER, MELISSA, SAYS... SINCE RIVERS' DEATH THE CLINIC'S MEDICAL DIRECTOR HAS STEPPED DOWN, AND THE FACILITY'S BEING INVESTIGATED BY NEW YORK'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THE MAN DESCRIBED AS THE VISIONARY BEHIND LEGENDARY HARMONISERS THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER HAS DIED. # CHANSON # D'AMOUR. # RA, DA-DA, DA-DA. # TIM HAUSER, ON THE LEFT, FOUNDED THE AMERICAN GROUP MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO. HE WAS 72. HIS BANDMATES SAY IT'S 'INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO THINK OF THIS WORLD WITHOUT HIM'. AMONG MANHATTAN TRANSFER'S OTHER HITS ARE 'OPERATOR' AND 'THE BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY'. APPLE'S UNVEILED IT'S NEW IPAD BUT IT WASN'T A COMPLETE SURPRISE. THE COMPANY ACCIDENTALLY LEAKED PICTURES OF THE IPAD AIR 2 ONLINE A DAY BEFORE THE BIG REVEAL. NEVERTHELESS APPLE FANS WERE IMPRESSED WITH THE NEW THIN LOOK. THE TABLET ALSO HAS A BETTER CAMERA AND FASTER PROCESSOR. NOW TO THE SUPERMODEL SWITCH AT BENDON, AND WHO'S SLIPPING INTO THE UNDERWEAR OF ELLE MACPHERSON. THE AUSTRALIAN SUPERMODEL'S PARTING WAYS WITH THE LINGERIE GIANT AFTER 25 YEARS. IT'S 41 YEAR OLD GERMAN HEIDI KLUM WHO'LL NOW BE WEARING THE KNICKERS AND OTHER ITEMS IN THE INTIMATES RANGE. MACPHERSON HAS A NEW BRIEF ` THE 50 YEAR OLD SAYS SHE'LL CONTINUE TO MODEL UNDER HER OWN BRAND NAME. AND FROM A SUPERMODEL ON THE OUT TO ANOTHER ON THE UP ` CANADIAN BEAUTY COCO ROCHA HAS BEEN DUBBED THE QUEEN OF POSING, AND NOW SHE WANTS TO SHARE HER TALENT WITH A NEW BOOK ON 1000 POSES. DANIELLE STANBURY TAKES A LOOK. AFTER YEARS OF NAILING THE ANGLED SHOULDER AND DELIVERING THAT SMOULDERING SMIZE, INTERNATIONAL SUPERMODEL COCO ROCHA IS READY TO SHARE THE SECRET OF HER WAYS. IT'S DEFINITELY OK TO HAVE A PERSONALITY WHEN YOU TAKE PHOTOS, ESPECIALLY IN A TIME WHERE WE'RE DOCUMENTING EVERYTHING ` INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK. SHE'S TEAMED UP WITH PHOTOGRAPHER STEVEN SEBRING TO CAPTURE 1000 OF HER UNIQUELY QUIRKY POSES. I DEFINITELY TAKE MY JOB VERY SERIOUSLY, BUT WE'RE NOT CURING CANCER, SO BE GOOFY. BE CRAZY. GIVE THEM EVERYTHING. AND IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT, IT'S OK TO HEAR THE WORD NO. WHAT MADE COCO DIFFERENT ENDED UP MAKING HER A HUGE SUCCESS ` FOR THE MOST PART. THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME PEOPLE GOING, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THIS IS SO WRONG AND WEIRD.' SO IS IT FINALLY TIME TO RETIRE THE DUCK FACE AND TRY SOMETHING NEW? PROBABLY. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` WE LOOK AT JUST HOW RUBBISH TOMORROW'S WEATHER WILL BE. AND THE BREAKERS ARE AT HOME AND SAYING GOODBYE TO ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST NAMES. See this tablet? It's not a tablet; it's the digital flame to reignite the fire of your love ` 32 gigabytes of child-minding, tear-binding shh time just for you and your queen. This is no web surfboard, but 10,000 any time tickets to Silence Island, population ` you two. Pack your bags, my liberated lovers. This is gonna be the best damn child-free minutes of your life. Thank you, quad-core mummy-daddy-time-maker. LOUNGE MUSIC NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THE BREAKERS HAVE CONTINUED THEIR GOOD FORM IN THE AUSTRALIAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE, TAKING OUT THE ADELAIDE 36ER'S 101 TO 80 JUST A WEEK AFTER THEIR VICTORY AGAINST THE PERTH WILDCATS. THE BREAKERS LED FOR MOST OF THE HOME GAME IN AUCKLAND, TOM ABERCROMBIE OUT TO PROVE HIS RECENT HERNIA SURGERY ISN'T HOLDING HIM BACK. ABERCROMBIE WITH THE STEAL. ABERCROMBIE. BJ ANTHONY UP TO CHALLENGE HIM. HE RECKONS HE GOT ALL BALL. WHILE CEDRIC JACKSON SUNK AN IMPRESSIVE AMOUNT OF THREE POINTERS JACKSON TO THREE. THAT'S IN. JACKSON IS FEELING IT TONIGHT FROM DOWNTOWN. THE BREAKERS GET JUST TWO DAYS TO RECOVER BEFORE THEIR NEXT GAME AGAINST MELBOURNE. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY SHELLEY UPCHURCH AND TOM WILSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014