TONIGHT, THE BODIES FOUND BURIED UNDER A BRIDGE. WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FOR A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER TO EVEN BE REPORTED MISSING? HE GOT THE KICK, NOW HE'S GOT THE BOOT. SO WHO'S TAKING HERO COLIN SLADE'S PLACE ON THE ALL BLACKS TOUR? AND THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS HARLEY IS NOW ALSO THE MOST EXPENSIVE. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. BUT, FIRST, WE HAVE PICTURES JUST IN OF THE AFTERMATH OF AN EXPLOSION IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, IN WHAT POLICE ARE DESCRIBING AS A SERIOUS 'HUFFING' INCIDENT. TWO PEOPLE ARE IN HOSPITAL AFTER THE GAS BOTTLE BLAST IN PAPAKURA. POLICE SAY UP TO SEVEN PEOPLE WERE HUFFING GAS IN A BACK SHED. NEIGHBOURS HAVE TOLD ONE NEWS THEY HEARD A WHOOSHING SOUND AND THEN SAW FLAMES COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. WE'VE COME TO THE ADDRESS AND FOUND A PREMISES WHICH THERE'S, UM, ALL THE SIGNS OF POTENTIALLY A HUFFING INCIDENT THAT'S KIND OF GONE WRONG. IT'S THE SECOND SERIOUS GAS BLAST IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. LAST MONTH, THREE TEENAGERS WERE SERIOUSLY BURNED IN MANGERE. POLICE WILL BE BACK AT THE SCENE OF A GRUESOME DISCOVERY TOMORROW, HUNTING FOR MORE CLUES ON THE BODIES FOUND NEAR AUCKLAND'S NORTHERN MOTORWAY. IT'S BELIEVED THE MOTHER AND HER DAUGHTER (3) HAVE BEEN BURIED THERE FOR ALMOST EIGHT YEARS. TWO MEN HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN RELATION TO THE DEATHS. THE BODIES POLICE BELIEVE ARE AUCKLAND WOMAN PAKEEZA FAIZAL AND HER DAUGHTER JOJO (3). THEY'VE BEEN FOUND BURIED A METRE DEEP IN THICK MUD AT THIS OVERBRIDGE AFTER GOING MISSING ALMOST EIGHT YEARS AGO. WE BELIEVE THAT THE TWO WERE ACTUALLY KILLED LATE 2006, EARLY 2007. POLICE DISCOVERED THE BODIES AFTER A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION, BUT THEY WERE ONLY ALERTED LAST YEAR THAT THE PAIR WERE MISSING. DUE TO THAT, IT HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT INVESTIGATION AND A LOT OF THE AVENUES WE'D NORMALLY FOLLOW WEREN'T AVAILABLE. JOJO'S FATHER HIRED A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR TO LOOK INTO THEIR DISAPPEARANCE BEFORE THE YOUNG GIRL'S GRANDMOTHER EVENTUALLY APPROACHED POLICE. IT WAS PAKEEZA'S MOTHER WHO CAME TO THE OTAHUHU POLICE STATION LAST YEAR AND ASKED FOR SOME HELP TO FIND BOTH PAKEEZA AND JOJO. POLICE BELIEVE THEY WERE KILLED IN THE EAST AUCKLAND SUBURB OF HOWICK BEFORE BEING BURIED IN TAKAPUNA ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE. BUT THEY'RE KEEPING QUIET ON WHAT LED THEM TO THE SITE AND TWO MEN BEING CHARGED. POLICE SAY THE CAR MECHANIC (41) ACCUSED OF THEIR MURDERS WAS KNOWN TO HIS ALLEGED VICTIMS. A 64-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ACCESSORY TO THE FACT. AND WHILE POLICE AREN'T SEARCHING FOR A MURDER WEAPON, IT'S UNCLEAR IF THEY'LL DISCOVER JUST HOW THEY DIED. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER PATHOLOGICALLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH. WHILE BOTH BODIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SITE, SCENE EXAMINATIONS ARE FAR FROM OVER. POLICE WILL BE BACK OUT IN FORCE HERE TOMORROW TO PIECE TOGETHER ANY FURTHER CLUES IN THE THICK GLUG OF MUD IN WHAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS METICULOUS AND SLOW WORK. THE DISCOVERY UPSET PEOPLE IN THE AREA. PRETTY AWFUL HAVING IT ON YOUR DOORSTEP UNSETTLING, SHOCKING AND TERRIBLY SAD. PRETTY AWFUL HAVING IT ON YOUR DOORSTEP AND JUST KNOWING THAT SORT OF THING IS STILL AROUND, STILL EXISTS. THE TWO ACCUSED WILL REAPPEAR IN COURT NEXT MONTH. FOR NOW, THOUGH, THERE'S RELIEF AND CLOSURE FOR THE FAMILY OF THIS MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, FINALLY ABLE TO HAVE A DIGNIFIED SEND-OFF. WE CAN NOW NAME A FAR NORTH MAORI ACTIVIST WITH POLITICAL TIES WHO'S FACING CHILD SEX CHARGES. HE'S MANGU AWARUA, ALSO KNOWN AS PATRICK RIVERS. HELEN CASTLES HAS THE DETAILS. HERE'S THE ACCUSED, MANGU AWARAU, ON ELECTION NIGHT WITH THE MANA PARTY. (SPEAKS MAORI) HE WAS OUT ON BAIL AT THE TIME. TWO DAYS EARLIER HE HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH RAPING AND INDECENTLY ASSAULTING A YOUNG GIRL. THE COURT'S RECORDED NOT GUILTY PLEAS AND LIFTED HIS NAME SUPPRESSION. AWARAU HAS TIES TO THE MANA PARTY AND IS A FRIEND OF LEADER AND FORMER TE TAI TOKERAU MP HONE HARAWIRA. MR HARAWIRA IS REFUSING TO COMMENT ON THE CASE OR SAY WHETHER HE WAS AWARE OF THE CHARGES AWARAU WAS FACING WHEN HE TURNED UP AT THE MANA PARTY EVENT ON ELECTION NIGHT. THESE NEW ALLEGATIONS COME AS ANOTHER BLOW FOR KAITAIA. THE TOWN'S BEEN BATTLING A NUMBER OF HIGH-PROFILE SEX CASES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, INCLUDING CHILD SEX OFFENDER DANIEL TAYLOR AND JAMES PARKER. AND RECENTLY THE TOWN'S MADE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES WITH BACKPACKER LODGE OWNER MICHAEL HARRIS CHARGED WITH DRUGGING AND ASSAULTING TOURISTS. THERE'S A LOT OF VULNERABILITIES IN KAITAITA, YOU KNOW. IT'S A LOW SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLACE, AND ALSO THEY LACK ACCESS TO REALLY GOOD RESOURCES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SEX OFFENDERS. NEW MP KELVIN DAVIS CAMPAIGNED TO STAMP OUT ABUSE IN THE LEAD-UP TO ELECTIONS. WE'VE GOT TO STEP UP NOW AND PROTECT WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND MEN AS WELL FROM ALL SORTS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WE CAN'T JUST SIT BACK AND LET THIS HAPPEN. MANGU AWARAU IS OUT ON BAIL AND BACK IN COURT IN DECEMBER. THE NAME OF A DRIVER INVOLVED IN AN ALLEGED HIT AND RUN IN AUCKLAND HAS BEEN SUPPRESSED. HE'S APPEARED IN COURT AFTER THE INCIDENT OUTSIDE A KARAOKE BAR IN HOWICK. THE MAN'S CHARGED WITH BEING BEHIND THE WHEEL WHILE FORBIDDEN AND THREE UNRELATED FRAUD CHARGES. RICHARD SAMUELS (41) WAS KILLED ON SATURDAY AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR WHILE CELEBRATING HIS WIFE'S BIRTHDAY. AUTHORITIES IN EARTHQUAKE-HIT CHRISTCHURCH ARE APPEALING FOR INFORMATION ON THE THEFT OF UP TO $70,000 WORTH OF CIVIL DEFENCE EQUIPMENT. THE ITEMS TAKEN FROM THE SOCKBURN CIVIL DEFENCE FACILITY INCLUDE GEAR DONATED BY BUSINESSES AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WAKE OF THE FEBRUARY 2011 QUAKE. THE CITY COUNCIL SAYS ABOUT 540 BLANKETS, 20 GENERATORS AND SEVERAL LARGE TOOL BOXES WERE ALSO STOLEN. SMALL AVALANCHES ARE HAMPERING THE SEARCH FOR PEOPLE MISSING AFTER NEPAL'S WORST TREKKING DISASTER. THE DEATH TOLL'S REACHED 40 AS RESCUE CREWS SCALE BACK THE HUNT FOR SURVIVORS AND FOCUS ON RECOVERING BODIES. THE BBC'S ANDREW NORTH IS IN KATHMANDU. FIVE DAYS ON, THERE'S NO HOPE OF FINDING ANY MORE SURVIVORS FROM NEPAL'S WORST-EVER MOUNTAIN DISASTER. INSTEAD THEY'VE BEEN RECOVERING BODIES BURIED BY AVALANCHES. AMONG THEM, NINE NEPALESE GUIDES AND PORTERS. THE SWISS TREKKERS WHO HIRED THEM SURVIVED, AND THEY'RE NOW BEING TREATED IN A KATHMANDU HOSPITAL. HANS LERCH'S LEG WAS BROKEN. THE AVALANCHE WAS SO POWERFUL, HE TELLS ME, IT SHOT HIM OUT OF THE TENT. BEFORE THE AVALANCHE CAME, I WAS INSIDE THE TENT, AND AFTER IT, I WAS OUTSIDE WITH MY BROTHER AND KUMAR. IT MUST HAVE BEEN FROM THE FORCE. BUT THEIR SHERPA GUIDE, LAKPA, HAD BEEN KILLED, SOMEONE HANS HAD TREKKED WITH IN NEPAL MANY TIMES BEFORE. I WOULD CONSIDER HIM AS A VERY GOOD FRIEND. YOU KNOW, IT'S` IT'S VERY TRAGIC. ONE YOUNGER GUIDE SURVIVED ` LAKPA'S NEPHEW. HE'S IN THE SAME HOSPITAL, BEING TREATED FOR FROSTBITE, BUT REELING FROM THE DEATH OF HIS FRIENDS AND HIS UNCLE. ACTUALLY, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT HIM. I'M FEELING SO BAD. I'M SO SAD. EVER SINCE PEOPLE FIRST TRIED TO CLIMB THESE MOUNTAINS, THERE HAVE BEEN TERRIBLE ACCIDENTS HERE. BUT IF ANYTHING, EACH NEW TRAGEDY ONLY ATTRACTS MORE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO EXPERIENCE THE HIMALAYAS FOR THEMSELVES. FOR NOW THE ANNAPURNA TRAIL, WHERE SO MANY DIED, IS CLOSED, BUT HUNDREDS OF TREKKERS HERE ARE ALREADY PREPARING TO DO THE SAME ROUTE AS SOON AS IT'S OPEN AGAIN. NEARLY 600 PEOPLE HAVE NOW BEEN RESCUED SINCE THE SNOWSTORM STRUCK THE WORLD'S 10TH HIGHEST MOUNTAIN. THE RACE IS ON TO FIND A VACCINE FOR THE DEADLY EBOLA VIRUS. CANADA'S ANNOUNCED IT'LL SHARE 800 VIALS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL NEW DRUG WITH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION WHICH WILL START CLINICAL TRIALS THIS MONTH. AND IN AMERICA, RESEARCHERS ARE ALSO DEVELOPING A VACCINE AS THE BBC'S ALISTAIR LEITHEAD REPORTS. THE RACE IS ON TO FIND A CURE AND A VACCINE FOR EBOLA. HERE IN SAN DIEGO, THEY'RE TAKING BLOOD FROM SURVIVORS OF THE VIRUS AND BUILDING TREATMENTS AROUND THE ANTIBODIES THEY'VE DEVELOPED. THIS IS A SURFACE MOLECULE OF EBOLA VIRUS. SO THE BLUE SUB-UNITS ARE WHAT ATTACH TO THE HUMAN CELL. THIS RESEARCH LED TO ZMAPP ` ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE DRUGS USED SO FAR BUT GROWN IN TOBACCO, AND SO NOT AVAILABLE IN LARGE QUANTITIES. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE HAVE SURVIVED; WHAT IMMUNE RESPONSE THEY HAVE MOUNTED; WHERE ON THE VIRUS OUR ANTIBODIES ATTACK; AND WHAT AN EFFECTIVE HUMAN RESPONSE LOOKS LIKE. ENTER NANCY WRITEBOL, INFECTED WHILE HELPING EBOLA PATIENTS IN LIBERIA. I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER I WAS GOING TO LIVE OR WHETHER I WOULD DIE, BUT I DID HAVE THE PEACE AND THE ASSURANCE. SHE RECOVERED, AND HER BLOOD IS NOW VERY VALUABLE. WHETHER IT'S THROUGH JUST BEING A VOICE; WHETHER IT'S BEING ABLE TO GIVE MY BLOOD FOR A STUDY; I'M VERY GRATEFUL AND PRAY THAT GOD'LL USE THAT IN A WAY THAT CAN HELP IN A SERUM OR HELP IN THE VACCINATIONS. VACCINES DISCOVERED YEARS AGO AND DEVELOPED POST-9/11 OVER FEARS OF BIOLOGICAL ATTACK COULD BE READY NEXT YEAR, ONCE THEY'VE BEEN TESTED ON UNINFECTED HUMANS FOR SIDE EFFECTS. NO ONE WANTS TO PUT SOMETHING THAT IS UNSAFE INTO HUMANS. AND WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM THESE NON-HUMAN PRIMATE STUDIES AND ANIMAL STUDIES THAT WE DO HERE AND HAVE BEEN DONE AT OTHER BLS4 LABORATORIES, BUT THERE'S STILL A JUMP FROM THOSE STUDIES TO HUMANS. THE ATTENTION AND FEAR PROMPTED BY AMERICA'S FIRST EBOLA CASE AT THIS HOSPITAL AND THE INFECTION OF NURSES THAT FOLLOWED HAS REALLY FOCUSED PEOPLE'S ATTENTION HERE ON THE DESPERATE NEED TO STOP THE VIRUS IN AFRICA. TREATMENTS AND VACCINES ARE A LONG-TERM HOPE, BUT IT'S GOOD HEALTH PROTOCOL NOW THAT'S A PRIORITY. AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENED THERE THIS WEEK SHOWS HOW HARD THAT IS, EVEN IN AMERICA. A CRUISE SHIP CARRYING A LAB WORKER WHO'D HANDLED BLOOD SAMPLES FROM AN EBOLA VICTIM IS BACK IN AMERICA AFTER BEING REFUSED ENTRY TO PORTS IN MEXICO AND BELIZE. THE HOSPITAL WORKER WAS QUARANTINED IN HER CABIN DURING THE VOYAGE, AND A BLOOD TEST HAS CLEARED HER HAVING THE VIRUS. THE PATIENT WHOSE BLOOD SAMPLES SHE HANDLED DIED IN A DALLAS HOSPITAL. MEANWHILE, AN INFECTED NURSE IN SPAIN IS NOW CLEAR OF ALL TRACES OF THE VIRUS TWO WEEKS AFTER SHE WAS HOSPITALISED. SHE CONTRACTED THE DISEASE AFTER TREATING A PATIENT FROM LIBERIA. THE DOOR'S NOT YET COMPLETELY SHUT ON THE HERO OF THE ALL BLACKS' LATEST GREAT RUGBY ESCAPE. COLIN SLADE KICKED THE WINNING POINTS AGAINST AUSTRALIA BUT GOT THE BOOT TODAY FROM THE 34-STRONG SQUAD TO TOUR AMERICA AND BRITAIN NEXT MONTH. HE MAKES WAY AT FIRST-FIVE FOR DAN CARTER, WHO'S STILL TO PROVE HIS FITNESS AFTER A LONG-TERM LAY-OFF. WE'LL MONITOR DC THIS WEEK. GET A GOOD IDEA WHERE HE'S LIKELY TO BE, AND IF DC CAN'T MAKE THE TRIP BECAUSE OF HIS LEG, THEN COLIN SLADE WILL COME BACK IN. THE OTHER BIG TALKING POINT IS VICTOR VITO BACK IN THE LOOSE FORWARD MIX, AHEAD OF STEVEN LUATUA. A TEACHER'S BIG HIT AT A CHRISTCHURCH PRIMARY SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. HE ENTERED A WORLDWIDE COMPETITION, AND AS A RESULT, 77 STUDENTS HAVE RECEIVED A FREE COMPUTER. JOY REID WITH THE STORY. FINALLY, OUR CHROMEBOOKS ARE HERE. ALL CHEER WELCOME NEWS ON A MONDAY MORNING. IT WAS LIKE SANTA HAD COME EARLY. THANK YOU! AND LITERALLY WITHIN A MINUTE OF THESE PRECIOUS GIFTS BEING HANDED OUT TO THE 11-, 12- AND 13-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS, THEY WERE OUT OF THEIR PACKAGING AND ONLINE. WOW, I'M SO HAPPY. OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD. IT ALL CAME ABOUT WHEN TEACHER SHANE BARR ENTERED A GLOBAL COMPETITION TO GET CHROMEBOOKS FOR HIS STUDENTS FROM AN IT COMPANY ASSOCIATED WITH GOOGLE FOR EDUCATION. YOU FILL THESE THINGS OUT LOTS OF TIMES, AND IT NEVER HAPPENS, BUT THIS TIME IT DID. HE BEAT HUNDREDS OF APPLICANTS FROM 20 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES TO SECURE ONE OF 12 GRANTS WORLDWIDE BECAUSE HE TOLD THEM ABOUT HIS DREAM FOR A MODERN CLASSROOM. WE WERE USING GOOGLE APPS ALREADY. EVERY CHILD HAS AN INDIVIDUAL EMAIL. AND TAKE OUR WRITING ` WE DON'T DRAFT IN THE BOOKS ANY MORE; WE SHARE A DOCUMENT. THEY SHARE IT WITH ME, AND I CAN GIVE THEM THEIR FEEDBACK ONLINE. THESE STUDENTS ALL HAVE BLOGS, AND WHILE THEY WERE ENCOURAGED TO BRING DEVICES TO SCHOOL, MANY WERE OLD, OR THEY DIDN'T HAVE ONE. WHEN SHANE BARR FIRST APPLIED FOR THE GRANT, HE HAD JUST 30 STUDENTS. BUT SINCE THEN THE TEACHING STYLE'S CHANGED AT MERRIN SCHOOL, AND THERE ARE THREE TEACHERS FOR 77 KIDS. SO HE WENT BACK AND ASKED FOR SOME MORE COMPUTERS, AND AMAZINGLY 77 WERE SUPPLIED. WE DO IXL, WHICH IS A MATHS WEBSITE, SPELLING CITY, WHICH IS SPELLING. THERE'S GRAMMAR, HANDWRITING. AND DOING IT ONLINE APPEARS TO PAY OFF. THEIR ENGAGEMENT HAS JUST SHOT MASSIVELY SKY-HIGH. SO TOO HAS HIS STUDENT'S APPRECIATION FOR THEIR GO-GETTER TEACHER. ALL: HIP HIP HOORAY! JOY REID, ONE NEWS. WINSTON PETERS' PARTY TRIES TO MAKE A MARK IN PARLIAMENT. WHY IT LEFT THEM A LITTLE RED-FACED IS JUST AHEAD. ALSO, HOW CUTTING THE RED TAPE COULD CUT COUNCILS OUT OF YOUR QUEST TO BUILD A NEW HOME. A ONE NEWS EXCLUSIVE. PLUS ` BRAD PITT'S WAR STORY. SEE HOW HE'S IMPRESSED BATTLE-HARDENED VETERANS IN HIS LATEST MOVIE. LIGHT MUSIC If you're looking for a low home-loan rate, you'll find it at BNZ. And for a limited time, you could get a $3000 cash bonus. BNZ ` be good with money. ONE NEWS HAS LEARNED YOU COULD SOON BE ABLE TO SIDESTEP THE COUNCIL TO GET PERMISSION TO BUILD A NEW HOME. THE GOVERNMENT'S CONSIDERING LETTING OTHER ORGANISATIONS ISSUE RESOURCE CONSENTS AS PART OF A PUSH TO CUT RED TAPE AND MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE STORY. FOR ARCHITECTS, IT CAN BE TOUGH TO MEASURE UP TO COUNCIL REQUIREMENTS. IT'S DIFFICULT GETTING RESOURCE CONSENT, COS THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLEX ISSUES INVOLVED IN EVERY RESOURCE CONSENT. AND THEY WILL VERY CAREFULLY CONSIDER. THEY DO TAKE TIME AND MONEY. IT'S FRUSTRATING TOO FOR A GOVERNMENT THAT BLAMES COUNCIL RED TAPE FOR A LACK OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. SO IT'S NOW MAKING REFORM OF THE LAW GOVERNING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSENTS A TOP PRIORITY. WE NEED TO ACTUALLY GET INTO THE MECHANICS OF THE RMA AND MAKE IT WORK MORE EFFECTIVELY SO THAT THE YOUNG KIWI FAMILY CAN GET ACCESS TO A SECTION AND A HOUSE THAT'S REASONABLY AFFORDABLE. WHEN IT COMES TO LAND USE, LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUING RESOURCE CONSENTS, BUT A RADICAL NEW IDEA BEING CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT COULD SEE COUNCILS COMPETE WITH OUTSIDE PROVIDERS OR EVEN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR THE RIGHT TO ISSUE CONSENTS. THERE WON'T BE ANY SINGLE QUICK FIX TO THE RMA. IT'S A VERY COMPLEX LAW. IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE CHANGES IN A NUMBER OF AREAS. I'M LOOKING AT ALL OPTIONS. IF COMPETITION WAS PART OF THE SOLUTION, WE'D CERTAINLY BE UP FOR LOOKING AT THAT AND GIVING CONSIDERATION TO IT. COUNCILS SAY SUCH A HUGE SHIFT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE CAREFULLY. WE DO ACCEPT AND DO UNDERSTAND PARTICULARLY THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ISSUE IN AUCKLAND. AND IF THERE ARE PARTS OF NZ THAT REQUIRE A DIFFERENT APPROACH OR A DIFFERENT REGIME THAT'S REQUIRED, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO CONSIDER. WHILE BREAKING THE COUNCIL'S MONOPOLY OVER ISSUING CONSENTS HASN'T GOT THE GO-AHEAD, IT FITS WITH GOVERNMENT'S THINKING. NATIONAL IS SHOWING AN INCREASED WILLINGNESS TO INVOLVE THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN AREAS LIKE STATE HOUSING IN A BID TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY. THIS IS ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT SCAPEGOATING THE COUNCILS FOR GOVERNMENT'S FAILED HOUSING POLICY. DR SMITH IS NOT EXPECTED TO PRESENT HIS NEW RMA LAW CHANGES TO PARLIAMENT UNTIL EARLY NEXT YEAR. HIS BLUEPRINT FOR CHANGE IS SURE TO SPARK DEBATE. THERE'S BEEN A AWKWARD MOMENT FOR NZ FIRST AS IT PUSHED FOR ONE OF ITS OWN TO BE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IN PARLIAMENT. LEADER WINSTON PETERS NOMINATED RETURNING MP AND FORMER CARTERTON MAYOR RON MARK, BUT NOT EVERYONE IN THE PARTY COULD REMEMBER HIS NAME. I WISH TO NOMINATE SOMEONE EXPERIENCED, INDEPENDENT AND NEUTRAL ` RON MARK, MP. MADAM CLERK, I WISH TO SECOND THE NOMINATION OF RON CLARK, MP. THE BID FAILED WITH NATIONAL'S DAVID CARTER RETAINING THE JOB. AND OUR GOVERNMENT WILL DECIDE WITHIN A MONTH IF IT'LL JOIN AUSTRALIA IN SENDING SPECIAL-FORCES TROOPS TO HELP THE FIGHT AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS. PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY SAYS HE'S TALKED TO HIS AUSTRALIAN COUNTERPART, TONY ABBOTT, ABOUT GETTING INVOLVED. HE DIDN'T ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE OR DISCOURAGE US, BUT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING THAT I THINK AUSTRALIA, AS OUR CLOSEST NEIGHBOUR, WOULD... YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WOULD WELCOME THE INVOLVEMENT FROM NZ. BUT THAT WOULD ALSO BE TRUE OF A GREAT MANY COUNTRIES. AUSTRALIA IS SENDING 200 SPECIAL-FORCES PERSONNEL TO ADVISE AND ASSIST IRAQI TROOPS. STUDENT LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE SET TO HOLD TALKS TOMORROW ON DEMOCRATIC REFORMS AS PROTESTS RAGE ON IN HONG KONG. DEMONSTRATORS FIRST TOOK TO THE STREETS THREE WEEKS AGO IN OPPOSITION TO THE CHINESE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO SCREEN CANDIDATES RUNNING IN THE TERRITORY'S FIRST DIRECT ELECTIONS IN 2017. THE CITY'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE CLAIMS 'EXTERNAL FORCES' ARE INVOLVED IN THEIR PROTESTS BUT REFUSES TO REVEAL FROM WHICH COUNTRIES THEY'RE COMING FROM. BRAD PITT AND HIS WIFE, ANGELINA JOLIE, ARE NOW SHARING WAR EXPERIENCES. WHILE SHE WAS DIRECTING A FORTHCOMING FILM ABOUT THE SECOND WORLD WAR, HE'S BEEN PLAYING A TANK COMMANDER IN HIS LATEST MOVIE, FURY, AND HE SAYS IT'S BROUGHT HOME THE HORRORS AND SUFFERING SOLDIERS GO THROUGH. HE SPOKE WITH THE BBC'S LIZO MZIMBA. HARD PIVOT! ON ONE! A GRITTY, UNCOMPROMISING OF BATTLE THROUGH THE EYES OF A TANK COMMANDER. NOW! FURY IS LESS ABOUT WAR AS ENTERTAINMENT; MORE A TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND THE CONDITIONS THEY ENDURED, ACCORDING TO ITS STAR. AGAIN! ON ONE! ANY VETS I HAD THE FORTUNATE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO ALWAYS PAINTED THIS PICTURE OF COMPLETE AND UTTER EXHAUSTION. UH, YEARS OF EXHAUSTION. UH, MENTAL FATIGUE. THE WITNESSING OF HORRORS ON A DAILY BASIS AND PARTAKING IN HORRORS. BRAD PITT'S WIFE, ANGELINA JOLIE, IS, OF COURSE, A PROMINENT VOICE, SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF WAR. YOUR WIFE IS PROBABLY THE WORLD'S MOST HIGH-PROFILE CAMPAIGNER AGAINST SO MANY ASPECTS OF WAR. WAS THERE EVER A WORRY THAT YOU WERE DOING A MOVIE THAT GLORIFIES SOME ASPECTS OF WARFARE? NO, THAT WASN'T THE INTENT. WHEN THE FILM STARTS, YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, THE DENT IN THEIR PSYCHES. YOU FEEL THE WEARINESS AND THE EXHAUSTION, AND, UM, THE BEST REVIEWS I'VE RECEIVED IS FROM THE SOLDIERS THEMSELVES WHO RECOGNISE SOMETHING IN THAT. RAPID GUNFIRE HELPING AUDIENCES TO RECOGNISE THE EXPERIENCE THAT VETERANS WENT THROUGH IS WHAT PITT SAYS FURY TRIES TO PUT ACROSS. WAR IS HELL. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A POLITICAL MESSAGE. IT'S NOT A... A MOVIE ABOUT SIDES OR WHO'S WINNING THE WAR. IT'S TRULY A DISSECTION OF THE ACCUMULATIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA THAT OUR SOLDIERS ENDURE. BOOM! PITT'S STAR POWER AT THE BOX OFFICE IS CERTAIN TO HELP THAT MESSAGE TO BE HEARD. FURY IS ON IN NZ CINEMAS FROM THURSDAY. WHAT YOU'LL BE WAKING UP TO, WEATHER-WISE, IS NEXT. PLUS ` REVVING IT UP. THE PRICE, THAT IS. THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS HARLEY IS NOW ALSO THE MOST EXPENSIVE. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ STEPPENWOLF'S 'BORN TO BE WILD' NOW WE'LL KEEP YOU HUMMNG WITH 'BORN TO BE WILD' FOR A LITTLE LONGER BECAUSE THE HARLEY PETER FONDA RODE IN THE 1969 MOVIE 'EASY RIDER' HAS SOLD AT AUCTION IN AMERICA. THE BIDDING REVVED UP TO A COOL $1.7 MILLION. THERE'S SOME DISPUTE WHETHER THE BIKE'S AUTHENTIC, BUT IT IS SIGNED BY FONDA HIMSELF. THAT'S IT FROM THE ONE NEWS TONIGHT TEAM. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANNE LANGFORD AND JOHN LING CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.