OSCAR PISTORIUS GETS JAIL TIME BUT HOW LONG WILL HE ACTUALLY SPEND BEHIND BARS? A GRIEF STRICKEN FATHER SPEAKS OUT AFTER HIS DAUGHTER AND EX-WIFE ARE FOUND DEAD WE FIND OUT WHY IT TOOK SO LONG FOR THEM TO BE REPORTED MISSING. TOP COSTUME, OR TOO SOON? THE CONTROVERSIAL HALLOWEEN OUTFIT THAT HAS SOME CRYING FOUL. OSCAR PISTORIUS IS GOING TO PRISON. TONIGHT THE PARALYMPIAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR SHOOTING HIS GIRLFRIEND, REEVA STEENKAMP, DEAD. THE FOLLOWING IS WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE A SENTENCE THAT IS FAIR AND JUST, BOTH TO SOCIETY AND TO THE ACCUSED. COUNT ONE ` CULPABLE HOMICIDE ` THE SENTENCE IMPOSED IS THE MAXIMUM IMPRISONMENT OF FIVE YEARS'. ON COUNT TWO ` THE CONTRAVENTION OF SECTION 120, SUBSECTION 3B OF THE FIREARMS CONTROL ACT ` THE SENTENCE IMPOSED IS THREE YEARS' IMPRISONMENT, WHOLLY SUSPENDED FOR FIVE YEARS ON CONDITION THAT WITHIN THE PERIOD OF SUSPENSION, THE ACCUSED IS NOT FOUND GUILTY OF A CRIME WHERE THERE IS NEGLIGENCE INVOLVING THE USE OF A FIREARM. PARAGRAPH THREE ` THE SENTENCE IN COUNT ONE AND THE SENTENCE ON COUNT TWO SHALL RUN CONCURRENTLY. WHEN HANDING DOWN HER SENTENCE FOR CULPABLE HOMICIDE, JUDGE MASIPA ACKNOWLEDGED HER DECISION WOULDN'T PLEASE EVERYONE. THE STEENKAMP FAMILY'S LAWYER, HOWEVER, SAYS JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED. OSCAR PISTORIUS HAS TO SERVE AT LEAST ONE SIXTH, OR 10 MONTHS, OF HIS SENTENCE BEFORE HE CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR PAROLE. AND EVEN THOUGH HIS SENTENCE HAS NOW BEEN HANDED DOWN, THIS CASE MAY NOT BE OVER. BOTH THE PROSECUTION AND THE DEFENCE HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPEAL AGAINST THE VERDICT. SO LET'S LOOK BACK AT THE WEEK-LONG SENTENCING HEARING THAT LED TO TONIGHT'S DECISION. HERE'S MONIQUE FISCHER WITH THE ARGUMENTS SURROUNDING THE PUNISHMENT FOR OSCAR PISTORIUS. IT'S BEEN CALLED ONE OF SPORTS' MOST PROLIFIC FALLS FROM GRACE. THE ACCUSED IS FOUND NOT GUILTY AND IS DISCHARGED. INSTEAD, HE IS FOUND GUILTY OF CULPABLE HOMICIDE. LAST MONTH, OSCAR PISTORIUS WAS ACQUITTED OF MURDERING HIS GIRLFRIEND, REEVA STEENKAMP, BUT FOUND GUILTY OF WHAT WE CALL MANSLAUGHTER ` A CHARGE THAT CARRIES NO MINIMUM SENTENCE. OVER THE PAST WEEK, THE PROSECUTION AND DEFENCE TEAMS HAVE ARGUED OVER AN APPROPRIATE PUNISHMENT FOR THE 27-YEAR-OLD. THE MINIMUM TERM THAT SOCIETY WILL BE HAPPY WITH WILL BE 10 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT SENTENCE. HOUSE ARREST. COMMUNITY SERVICE. THREE YEARS. ONLY THREE YEARS? THREE YEARS' CORRECTION SUPERVISION. AND YOU THINK THAT IS IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIETY, THAT SOMEBODY SHOULD BE SENT TO THREE YEARS' CORRECTION SUPERVISION FOR HAVING KILLED AN INNOCENT WOMAN IN HER HOME? PSYCHOLOGISTS, PRISON GUARDS AND EVEN THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT WEIGHED INTO THE ARGUMENT, CRITICISING PISTORIUS' DEFENCE TEAM FOR SUGGESTING THE PARALYMPIAN SHOULD BE SPARED PRISON BECAUSE HE'S DISABLED. THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE PRISONS ARE NEGATIVE, AND FACTORS SUCH AS OVER-POPULATION, VIOLENCE AND GANG-RELATED ACTIVITIES. BUT FOR REEVA STEENKAMP'S FAMILY, JUSTICE IS DEFINED AS BEHIND BARS. HE'S DONE THE CRIME, AND HE MUST PAY FOR THE CRIME. PISTORIUS' SIBLINGS SPEAKING OUT AS WELL, SAYING THE TRUTH HAS BEEN TWISTED AND MANIPULATED BY THE MEDIA. IT CAUSES HURT WHEN THINGS ARE ALSO REPORTED AS FACT WHEN THEY'RE NOT. SO 18 MONTHS AFTER SHOOTING HIS GIRLFRIEND DEAD, TONIGHT'S SENTENCING SEES OSCAR PISTORIUS FINALLY REACH THE FINISH LINE. BUT WITH BOTH LEGAL SIDES TALKING ABOUT APPEALS, IT SEEMS THIS RACE MIGHT NOT BE OVER YET. MONIQUE FISCHER, ONE NEWS. BACK HERE, THE FATHER OF THE YOUNG GIRL FOUND BURIED UNDER A BRIDGE IN AUCKLAND SAYS HE FAILED HER. HE BROKE DOWN TODAY AS HE EXPLAINED TO ONE NEWS WHY IT TOOK FIVE YEARS TO REPORT HIS EX WIFE AND DAUGHTER MISSING. A MAN'S NOW BEEN CHARGED WITH THEIR MURDERS. WILL HINE REPORTS. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER LAY BURIED HERE FOR SOME SEVEN YEARS. FAMILY, INCLUDING JOJO'S FATHER, VISITED THIS AFTERNOON, TRYING TO FIND SOME MEASURE OF COMFORT WITH PRAYER. THE LAST THING I REMEMBER MY LITTLE GIRL SAYING TO ME IS, 'YOU MAKE SURE YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AFTER ME'. THIS IS A 3-YEAR-OLD KID TELLING ME THIS. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A REASON. AND, YEAH, I FAILED, MATE. I KNOW I FAILED TO LOOK AFTER HER. MR KALIM EMPLOYED A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR TO LOOK FOR HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND DAUGHTER AFTER HE COULDN'T CONTACT THEM. I WAS ACTUALLY GENUINELY LOOKING FOR MY KID, AND I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. MR KALIM THOUGHT HIS LAWYER HAD ALSO RAISED THE DISAPPEARANCE WITH POLICE, BUT THEY SAY THAT WASN'T THE CASE. < DO YOU WISH YOU'D WALKED INTO THE POLICE STATION? I DO. I WISHED I WALKED INTO THE POLICE STATION OR EVEN WALKED INTO THE PARLIAMENT AND TRIED TO RAISE MY VOICE. HE SAYS THERE WERE SOME INDICATIONS THE PAIR WERE DOING OK. RUMOURS WENT AROUND THAT THEY'VE GONE TO AUSTRALIA. AND WHEN I WENT TO FIJI FOR MY SISTER'S WEDDING, PEOPLE TOLD ME THERE THAT THEY SAW HER WITH ANOTHER GUY AT ANOTHER WEDDING IN FIJI. PAKEEZA FAIZAL'S UNCLE SAYS SIMILAR INFORMATION WAS GOING AROUND ON HER SIDE OF THE FAMILY. WE WERE TOLD SHE WAS AWAY IN AUSTRALIA, LIVING A VERY GOOD LIFE WITH A PALAGI HUSBAND AND A VERY RICH MAN, AND SHE DIDN'T WANT ANY CONTACT WITH THE FAMILY MEMBERS. SO ON THAT BASIS, WE THOUGHT WE'LL LET HER LEAD A GOOD LIFE. HE AND OTHERS WERE UNPERTURBED BY THE DOUBLE DISAPPEARANCE. TILL SUCH TIME AS THE POLICE CAME KNOCKING AT OUR DOOR, IT WAS, LIKE, 'OH DEAR, WHAT'S HAPPENED?' AND THEN... BELLS STARTED RINGING. LIFE WAS GOING ON AS NORMAL, INCLUDING THE PAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT. I'VE NEVER STOPPED PAYING IT, MATE. I'VE JUST STOPPED PAYING IT THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, BECAUSE IN MY HEART I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE GRIM NATURE OF THEIR DEATHS IS NOW HITTING HOME. I DROVE OVER THAT BRIDGE, AND I NEVER KNEW THEY WERE THERE. PLENTY OF TIMES I'VE BEEN THROUGH THERE, AND THEY WERE JUST LYING UNDERNEATH MY FEET. THOUGHTS ARE NOW ON FINDING MOTHER AND DAUGHTER A PROPER RESTING PLACE. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. THE VICTIM OF A SEXUAL OFFENCE CARRIED OUT BY A HIGH-PROFILE NZER IS CALLING FOR HIM TO BE NAMED. LOUISE HEMSLEY HAS ALSO BEEN PUSHING TO HAVE HER AUTOMATIC NAME SUPPRESSION LIFTED. IDENTITIES ARE KEPT SECRET IN CASES OF A SEXUAL NATURE TO PROTECT VICTIMS. SHE'S SPOKEN TO THE SUNDAY PROGRAMME'S LIBBY MIDDLEBROOK. IT WAS AN OFFENCE THAT TOOK PLACE IN HER OWN HOME,... IT'S LIKE AN INVASION, ISN'T IT? IT'S AN INVASION OF YOUR PRIVACY. HE INVADED MY SPACE AND TOOK ADVANTAGE. ...COMMITTED BY A HIGH-PROFILE NZER IN NOVEMBER 2011. HE'S A PERSON THAT I SUPPOSE YOU WOULD LOOK UP TO WHO'S HAD A BRILLIANT CAREER. LOUISE HEMSLEY IS NOW ABLE TO SPEAK OUT, BUT STRICT SUPPRESSION ORDERS REMAIN AROUND THE OFFENDER. IT'S JUST SO SO WRONG. THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN THAT AT ALL. THE MAN WAS ORIGINALLY CHARGED WITH INDECENT ASSAULT, BUT IT WAS DOWNGRADED TO INDECENT ACT ` A CHARGE THE MAN AGREED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO. HE WAS CONVICTED, BUT THEN HE APPEALED. IN THE END, THE OFFENDER WAS GRANTED A DISCHARGE WITHOUT CONVICTION AND PERMANENT NAME SUPPRESSION. THE JUDGE SAID NAMING HIM WOULD CAUSE HIS FAMILY UNDUE HARDSHIP. IT'S ANGERED LOUISE AND VICTIMS' RIGHTS GROUPS. I THINK ANYBODY IN NZ WOULD BE COMPLETELY OUTRAGED. YOU THINK THAT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS GONNA LOOK AFTER YOU. THERE HAVE BEEN RECENT CHANGES TO SUPPRESSION LAW, GIVING VICTIMS MORE SAY, BUT RUTH MONEY IS CALLING FOR ANOTHER OVERHAUL. THE SUPPRESSION RULES NEED TO BE REVIEWED. YOU'RE INNOCENT TILL PROVEN GUILTY, BUT ONCE YOU HAVE BEEN PROVEN GUILTY, THEN WHY IS YOUR NAME SUPPRESSED? WHY IS YOUR NAME HIDDEN? QUESTIONS WHICH ARE STILL BEING ASKED BY LOUISE, FRUSTRATED THAT THE IDENTITY OF THE MAN WHO TOUCHED HER CAN NEVER BE MADE PUBLIC. LIBBY MIDDLEBROOK, ONE NEWS. AND YOU CAN SEE LOUISE HEMSLEY'S FULL INTERVIEW THIS SUNDAY NIGHT ON TV ONE'S SUNDAY PROGRAMME. OPPOSITION PARTIES ARE QUESTIONING HOW COMMITTED THE GOVERNMENT IS TO GETTING CROSS-PARTY SUPPORT BEFORE SENDING KIWI TROOPS TO THE FIGHT AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS. THE BATTLE AGAINST ISIS IN IRAQ WAS ONE OF THE KEY TOPICS AT THE STATE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT TODAY. LABOUR SAYS IT WANTS TO SEE HARD EVIDENCE THAT NZ'S INVOLVEMENT WILL HELP THE SITUATION BEFORE OUR SOLDIERS ARE COMMITTED. IT'S BEST IF YOU CAN HAVE GENUINE CONSULTATION ACROSS THE HOUSE. BUT IF HE'S MADE THE DECISION ALREADY, AS APPEARS TO BE THE CASE, THEN THAT MAKES A FARCE OF THE CONSULTATION PROCESS. JOHN KEY SAYS HE'LL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION WITH OPPOSITION PARTIES AND THAT HE HASN'T YET HAD ANY ADVICE FROM THE MILITARY. MEANWHILE, THE GREENS SAY THEY'RE KEEN TO DEVELOP A MORE COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND HAVE WRITTEN TO JOHN KEY TO DISCUSS THE IDEA. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE'S NOT RULING IT OUT, BUT HAS SOME RESERVATIONS. WE'LL TAKE THE LETTER, WE'LL GIVE IT SOME CONSIDERATION. WE DID WORK WITH THEM ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES. WHETHER WE'D HAVE A FORMAL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IS SOMETHING I'LL TAKE BACK TO MY COLLEAGUES, BUT, YOU KNOW, TO REALLY WANNA GO TO THAT STEP, WE'D HAVE TO BELIEVE THERE WAS SOMETHING A BIT FURTHER, I THINK, DOWN THE TRACK. THE GREENS SAY JOHN KEY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO WORK ACROSS POLITICAL BOUNDARIES WHEN IT BENEFITS NZERS. EXPERTS SAY IT'S EDUCATION, NOT LEGISLATION THAT'S NEEDED TO FIGHT HUFFING, DESPITE ANOTHER INCIDENT THAT'S LEFT THREE PEOPLE, INCLUDING A GIRL (16) IN HOSPITAL. THE TRIO ARE IN A STABLE CONDITION IN MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL AFTER AN EXPLOSION IN THIS SOUTH AUCKLAND HOUSE. DRUG EXPERTS SAY IT'S SO EASY TO GET ACCESS TO TOXIC CHEMICALS LIKE HAIRSPRAY, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BAN HUFFING. I THINK EDUCATION WOULD GO A LONG WAY, JUST DRUM IN THE HEADS OF THESE KIDS ` THESE AT-RISK KIDS ` THAT INHALING THIS STUFF IS LIKE RUSSIAN ROULETTE. YOU INCREASE RISK OF YOUR DEATH. HUFFING HAS KILLED 55 PEOPLE AGED UNDER 24 SINCE 2000. JUST MONTHS AFTER AN ACCIDENT IN THE US LEFT HIM PARALYSED, KIWI WAKEBOARDING CHAMPION BRAD SMEELE IS HOME. REPORTER ERIN CONROY WAS AMONG THE CROWDS WHO WELCOMED HIM BACK. THEY'VE WAITED THREE AND A HALF MONTHS FOR THIS MOMENT. WHO'S THAT? IT'LL BE GOOD TO BE BACK, BREATHE SOME FRESH NZ AIR. AND ON TO MY NEXT PHASE OF MY RECOVERY. BRAD SMEELE WAS AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME. THE CHAMPION WAKEBOARDER SPENT MUCH OF HIS TIME COMPETING IN AMERICA. AND IT'S THERE THAT AN ATTEMPT AT A TRICK NO ONE ELSE HAD EVER DONE WENT WRONG, LEAVING HIM A QUADRIPLEGIC. HOW ARE YOU DOING? > GOOD. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING ` A LONG, HARD ROAD. BUT I AM GETTING SLIGHT MOVEMENT BACK ` MORE THAN WHAT I WAS EXPECTED TO GET. JUST GOT TO KEEP POSITIVE, KEEP PUSHING AND GET BACK ON MY FEET, HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES. SEEING YOUR BEST FRIEND CHASING HIS DREAMS, AND THEN THEM BEING SHATTERED LIKE THAT, HE WAS SO CLOSE, SO CLOSE TO CRACKING IT. IT'S JUST HARD FOR ALL OF US. THE SPECIALIST TREATMENT HE RECEIVED IN THE STATES HAS HELPED HIM GET WELL ENOUGH TO COME HOME. WE DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GOING TO GET ON THE PLANE THE DAY BEFORE, COS SUDDENLY BRAD HAD AN INFECTION, BUT HE GOT RIGHT, CLEARED TO FLY. BUT I WAS A BIT NERVOUS ABOUT IT, BUT WE'RE HERE, AND IT'S AWESOME TO HAVE HIM HOME. HE'LL BE HEADING STRAIGHT TO HOSPITAL FOR CHECKS AND ON TO A SPINAL UNIT FOR REHABILITATION, BUT HIS MATES HAVE SOME BIG PLANS FOR HIM AS WELL. NOTHING'S GOING TO CHANGE. HE'S STILL MY BEST FRIEND. TAKE HIM OUT TO BARS. HE'S STILL GOING TO CRUSH IT WITH THE LADIES. IT'S BRAD, YOU KNOW. (LAUGHS) AND ALREADY ONE LITTLE LADY, HIS NIECE MAISEY, IS HAPPY HER UNCLE IS HOME. ERIN CONROY, ONE NEWS. IT'S ONE OF THE FEW COMFORTS OF WINTER, BUT IF THE AUCKLAND COUNCIL HAS ITS WAY, OPEN FIRES COULD SOON BE BANNED. THE COUNCIL VOTED TODAY TO ADOPT A DRAFT BYLAW THAT WOULD SEE OPEN FIRES AND WOOD BURNERS INSTALLED BEFORE 2005 BANNED. IT'S A MOVE THAT AFFECTS MORE THAN 80,000 HOMES IN THE AUCKLAND URBAN AREA. THE FULL BAN WOULDN'T COME INTO EFFECT UNTIL OCTOBER 2018, BUT PEOPLE WANTING TO SELL THEIR HOMES WOULD HAVE TO GET RID OF THEIR FIRES OR WOOD BURNERS FROM MAY NEXT YEAR. BREATH-TAKING SCENERY? TICK. ADVENTURE TOURISM? TICK. IT'S FAIR TO SAY NZ HAS A LOT OF THINGS PULLING IN THE TOURISTS. AND NOW WE CAN ADD ANOTHER. THE LONELY PLANET TRAVEL GUIDE HAS RANKED US IN THE TOP 10 DESTINATIONS FOR GAY AND LESBIAN VISITORS. MATT McLEAN EXPLAINS. EDWIN SANTIAGO'S ONLY BEEN IN THE COUNTRY FOR 24 HOURS, BUT HE'S ALREADY IN LOVE. FLYING IN YESTERDAY, I PEEKED THROUGH THE WINDOW, AND I WAS, LIKE, 'OH MY GOD.' THIS PLACE IS JUST STUNNING. HE'D KNOW. EDWIN'S A TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER AND BLOGGER. HE ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A GAY MAN ` SOMETHING HE'S PARTICULARLY OPEN ABOUT HERE IN NZ. IN AUCKLAND I FEEL SO SAFE. I FEEL LIKE I CAN BE MYSELF. AND AS A GAY PERSON, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. HE'S NOT ALONE. LONELY PLANET HAS PICKED US AS NUMBER TWO ON ITS LIST OF THE MOST GAY-FRIENDLY PLACES ON THE PLANET. THEY COME TO HAVE A GOOD TIME LIKE ANY OTHER TOURIST. WE'RE A LIBERAL SOCIETY, AND WHY WOULDN'T WE WELCOME PEOPLE WHO ARE GAY AND LESBIAN TO COME AND ENJOY NZ? BARBARA AND HELEN RUN A 'GAY-FRIENDLY' B & B ` AN ACCOMMODATION LABEL THAT ORIGINATED HERE IN NZ. PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE THERE ARE DIFFERENT POLITICAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS GAYNESS DO LOOK OUT FOR THAT. YES, LONELY PLANET IS PRETTY KEEN ON US AS A DESTINATION. LOOK, I'M NOT GONNA LIE. WE MISSED OUT ON SOME OF THE BIG ONES, GUYS. WE'RE NOT NAMED AS ONE OF THE BEST COUNTRIES, AND NONE OF OUR CITIES MADE THE TOP 10 LIST, EITHER. BUT WE KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT TO OFFER. FOR EXAMPLE, AUCKLAND'S COAST TO COAST WALKWAY THROUGH THE DOMAIN HERE WAS NAMED ONE OF THE TOP 10 WORKOUT SPOTS IN THE WORLD. WE ALSO SCORED A PLACE ON THE LIST OF MOST SHEEPISH ENCOUNTERS IN THE CHINESE YEAR OF THE SHEEP. A WIN'S A WIN, AS THEY SAY. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS. AHEAD ` WE FAREWELL OSCAR DE LA RENTA, THE DESIGNER WHO MADE STARS SHINE EVEN BRIGHTER. PLUS,... AND I DELIVER THIS MESSAGE TO YOU ESPECIALLY, THE PEOPLE OF AUSTRALIA. ...THE CHILLING VIDEO FEATURING ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S OWN FIGHTING FOR ISLAMIC STATE. AND IT WOULDN'T BE HALLOWEEN WITHOUT A COSTUME CONTROVERSY. BUT DOES THIS OUTFIT GO TOO FAR? AN AUSTRALIAN TEENAGER HAS APPEARED IN A DISTURBING NEW ISLAMIC STATE VIDEO PROMISING TO NEVER STOP FIGHTING THE WEST. THE 17-YEAR-OLD RAN AWAY FROM HIS SYDNEY HOME IN JUNE, ONLY TO RESURFACE IN THE PROPAGANDA VIDEO WITH A GROUP OF HEAVILY ARMED MILITANTS. THIS FROM CHANNEL NINE'S LIZZIE PEARL. WITH PALE SKIN AND COVERED GINGER HAIR, THE UNMISTAKABLE AUSTRALIAN ACCENT PREACHING A MESSAGE OF HATE. THIS MESSAGE I DELIVER TO YOU, THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA. I DELIVER THIS MESSAGE TO YOU, THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN. AND I DELIVER THIS MESSAGE TO YOU ESPECIALLY, THE PEOPLE OF AUSTRALIA. SURROUNDED BY ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS, HE CALLS HIMSELF ABU KHALED FROM AUSTRALIA. IDENTIFIED AS 17-YEAR-OLD ABDULLAH ELMIR, FROM BANKSTOWN. HE RAN AWAY FROM SYDNEY'S SOUTH WEST IN JUNE, TELLING HIS FAMILY HE WAS GOING FISHING. IN HIS CHILLING VIDEO, THE TEENAGER WARNS ISIL WON'T STOP UNTIL ITS BLACK FLAG IS FLYING OVER THE WHITE HOUSE AND BUCKINGHAM PALACE. HE SINGLED OUT WORLD LEADERS, INCLUDING OUR PRIME MINISTER. TO THE LEADERS ` TO OBAMA, TO TONY ABBOTT, I SAY THIS ` THESE WEAPONS THAT WE HAVE, THESE SOLDIERS ` WE WILL NOT STOP FIGHTING. WE WILL NOT PUT DOWN OUR WEAPONS UNTIL WE REACH YOUR ANDS; UNTIL WE TAKE THE HEAD OF EVERY TYRANT. UNTIL WE REACH YOUR LANDS; UNTIL WE TAKE THE HEAD OF EVERY TYRANT. HE SIGNED OFF HIS TIRADE OF TERROR BY CHANTING IN ARABIC. ABDULLAH'S FAMILY REPORTEDLY TRIED TO STOP HIM FROM ENTERING IRAQ AND BLAME THE GOVERNMENT FOR NOT ACTING ON INTELLIGENCE TO KEEP HIM HERE. THE ONLY AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER TO BE SACKED BY THE QUEEN'S REPRESENTATIVE HAS DIED. GOUGH WHITLAM'S LABOR GOVERNMENT LOST THE 1975 ELECTION FOLLOWING ITS DISMISSAL BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OVER A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS THAT SPLIT THE COUNTRY. WELL MAY WE SAY, 'GOD SAVE THE QUEEN',... CHEERING BECAUSE NOTHING WILL SAVE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. MR WHITLAM WAS PRIME MINISTER FOR ONLY THREE YEARS BUT IS STILL REGARDED AS ONE OF ITS MOST REVOLUTIONARY. IN THAT TIME, HE PULLED AUSTRALIAN TROOPS OUT OF THE VIETNAM WAR AND BANNED SPORTS TEAMS FROM APARTHEID-ERA SOUTH AFRICA. HE WAS 98. NIGERIA HAS BEEN DECLARED EBOLA-FREE BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION. THIS COMES AFTER SIX WEEKS OF NO NEW CASES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND AUTHORITIES SAY EFFORTS TO HALT THE SPREAD ARE WORKING. HOWEVER EBOLA IS STILL VERY CONCERNING IN NEARBY COUNTRIES LIKE SIERRA LEONE, GUINEA AND LIBERIA. AT LEAST 4500 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS. MEANWHILE, A COSTUME COMPANY IN CALIFORNIA IS COMING UNDER FIRE FOR ITS LATEST HALLOWEEN OUTFIT, AN 'EBOLA CONTAINMENT SUIT'. CRITICS SAY THE COSTUME IS INAPPROPRIATE, BUT THE COMPANY'S BOSS SAYS IT'S IN KEEPING WITH THE BEST SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAY. MY RESPONSE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THIS COSTUME'S IN POOR TASTE IS THAT WE COULD HAVE WENT ABOUT IT A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. WE COULD HAVE VERY WELL DONE AN EBOLA VICTIM COSTUME. WE COULD HAVE DONE BLOOD OR VOMIT OR OTHER VILE THINGS ON THE COSTUME. WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS HALLOWEEN TRENDS FOLLOW THE TRENDS OF TODAY IN THE MEDIA AND CURRENT EVENTS, SO THIS COSTUME'S NO DIFFERENT. HE SAYS THE COMPANY HAS ALREADY FILLED HUNDREDS OF ORDERS FOR THE OUTFIT AND EXPECTS TO SELL A LOT MORE AS HALLOWEEN APPROACHES. RIGHT, SO WE CAN TELL YOU THE NEW ROYAL BABY WILL BE BORN IN APRIL, BUT THERE'S STILL NO WORD ON AN EXACT DATE OR ITS GENDER. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE HAVE ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT 32-YEAR-OLD KATE'S SEVERE MORNING SICKNESS IS STEADILY IMPROVING. SHE'S EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN PUBLIC TOMORROW FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HER PREGNANCY WAS ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH. OSCAR DE LA RENTA, THE MAN WHO DESIGNED CLOTHES FOR STARS AND THEN BECAME ONE HIMSELF, HAS DIED AGED EIGHTY 82. AFTER LEARNING THE TRADE IN PARIS, HE ROSE TO FAME IN THE EARLY '60S, WHEN AMERICA'S FIRST LADY JACKIE KENNEDY WORE HIS DESIGNS. MORE RECENTLY, HIS CATWALK CREATIONS WERE PICKED UP BY HOLLYWOOD AND WORN BY ACTRESSES LIKE AMY ADAMS, SARAH JESSICA PARKER AND PENELOPE CRUZ. HIS LAST DRESS TO CLAIM THE SPOTLIGHT WAS AMAL ALAMUDDIN'S GOWN FOR HER VENICE WEDDING TO GEORGE CLOONEY. EIGHT YEARS AFTER FIRST BEING DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, MR DE LA RENTA DIED TODAY OF COMPLICATIONS FROM THE DISEASE. JUST AHEAD ` RAIN, SUN, WIND. THAT'S RIGHT. I'LL HAVE ALL THE INGREDIENTS FOR YOUR WEATHER FORECAST. PLUS, WHY LORDE'S ROYAL HIT HAS BEEN BANNED ON SAN FRANCISCO AIRWAVES. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT TOMORROW'S WEATHER NOW. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THE SAN FRANCISCO RADIO STATION THAT SPARKED AN OUTCRY AFTER DUMPING LORDE'S HIT SONG 'ROYALS' HAS DEFENDED ITS ACTIONS TO ONE NEWS. WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS PLAYING THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS IN BASEBALL'S WORLD SERIES, THE KIWI SINGER'S TUNE HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY BANNED. NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE WORD 'ROYALS', BUT ALSO BECAUSE LORDE APPARENTLY DREW INSPIRATION FROM THE KANSAS CITY TEAM WHEN SHE WROTE THE SONG. WE DIDN'T BAN LORDE. WE HAVE ANOTHER SONG IN ROTATION CALLED 'TEAM'. OUR SISTER STATION IN KANSAS CITY IS ACTUALLY SPINNING THE SONG EVERY HOUR LEADING UP TO THE WORLD SERIES. SO THERE YOU GO ` LORDE IS UNLIKELY TO LOSE ANY SLEEP OVER IT. WHAT SHE LOSES IN ROYALTIES IN SAN FRANCISCO SHE PICKS UP IN KANSAS, WHERE GAME ONE IS BEING PLAYED TOMORROW. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. IF YOU WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US, YOU CAN HERE. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL AND JUNE YEOW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.