TONIGHT ` HOW A DOMESTIC DISPUTE LEAD TO A CAR CHASE, POLICE SHOOT-OUT AND A MAN LANDING IN HOSPITAL. COULD THERE BE YET ANOTHER TWIST IN THE OSCAR PISTORIUS CASE AS HE STARTS HIS FIVE-YEAR SENTENCE? AND HIS CONTORTED FACE AND DODGY DIGIT BECAME FAMOUS, BUT AUCKLAND'S SANTA MAYBE A NO-SHOW THIS CHRISTMAS. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THREE SEPERATE INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY TONIGHT TO WORK OUT EXACTLY WHAT LED TO A SHOOT-OUT WITH POLICE ON STATE HIGHWAY 2M NEAR KEREPEHI IN WAIKATO. A MAN (50) IS IN WAIKATO HOSPITAL WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS, WHILE HIS PARTNER'S BEING INTERVIEWED BY POLICE. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS WITH THE STORY. THE SHATTERING END TO A SPRINT FROM POLICE... IT WAS VERY, UH, VERY QUICK. ...AFTER A MAN MAKING A GETAWAY WITH HIS PARTNER AT GUNPOINT OPENED FIRE. WE ENGAGED WITH THE OFFENDER. HE WAS SHOT A NUMBER OF TIMES. SHOT AFTER BREAKING THROUGH A CORDON SET UP TO STOP HIM ON STATE HIGHWAY 2. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE QUIET WAIKATO TOWN OF KEREPEHI AT AROUND 9.50 LAST NIGHT, WHERE THEY SAY THE NOW INJURED MAN AND HIS PARTNER WERE ARGUING. WE HEARD A LARGE BANG COMING FROM OUTSIDE, AND THEN NOT LONG AFTER THAT, WE SEEN A HELICOPTER COMING IN. JUST ACROSS THE ROAD, SAMUEL NATHAN AND HIS FAMILY SAY THEY WERE SURPRISED BY THE TROUBLE. THE COUPLE KEPT TO THEMSELVES, BUT WERE OFTEN SEEN SMOKING AND DRINKING IN ONE SPOT. EVERY TIME YOU GO PAST, THEY'D BE SITTING AT THE FRONT DOORSTEP. IT'S PRETTY SCARY TO THINK MAYBE YOUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOUR IS... HOLDING FIREARMS, AND THEY'RE CAPABLE OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. JUST 500 PEOPLE LIVE IN THE SMALL TOWN, MANY WITH YOUNG FAMILIES. LOCALS SAY THE MAN AND HIS PARTNER HAVEN'T LIVED HERE LONG. NEIGHBOURS SAY ARMED OFFICERS WERE ALL AROUND THE HOUSE LAST NIGHT, BUT POLICE WON'T SAY AT WHAT POINT THE COUPLE MADE IT FROM THERE INTO THEIR CAR OR WHY. THREE INVESTIGATIONS ARE NOW UNDERWAY LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED, AND THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY IS ALSO INVOLVED. IT'S A DIFFICULT AND COMPLEX SITUATION. THE 50-YEAR-OLD GUNNED DOWN IS STABLE AFTER BEING AIRLIFTED TO WAIKATO HOSPITAL. HIS PARTNER IS SPEAKING WITH POLICE. A NEIGHBOUR TOLD ONE NEWS HE'D SEEN THE COUPLE HAVING A HEATED ARGUMENT BEFORE. TO KNOW THAT THIS SORT OF THING IS GOING ON, AND THEN YOU GO, 'WHAT THE HECK'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT?' THEY COULD HAVE COME THROUGH HERE AND HURT SOMEONE AROUND HERE ` NEIGHBOURS, KIDS. COS YOU ALWAYS GOT KIDS RUNNING AROUND OUT HERE. AN ANXIOUS COMMUNITY WHO WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY IT SPILLED OVER ON TO THEIR STREETS. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, ONE NEWS. AND THE POLICE ASSOCIATION BOSS HAS SEIZED ON THE SHOOTING TO RENEW HIS CALL TO ARM FRONT-LINE OFFICERS. GREG O'CONNOR TOLD A CONFERENCE IN WELLINGTON THAT ALL POLICE SHOULD CARRY GUNS BECAUSE OF THE INCREASING THREAT OF ARMED OFFENDERS. BUT THE NEW POLICE MINISTER ISN'T CONVINCED. I'M JUST OPEN TO THE DISCUSSION. THE POLICE ASSOCIATION WILL INEVITABLY RAISE IT WITH ME, AND I'LL LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY, BUT AT THIS STAGE, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS A CASE FOR CHANGE. MICHAEL WOODHOUSE IS ALSO WARNING THERE COULD BE LITTLE EXTRA MONEY FOR POLICE IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. A MAN IS DEAD AND HIS FRIEND INJURED AFTER A FIGHT AT A WEST AUCKLAND WAREHOUSE. POLICE SAY THE MEN LIVE IN THE BUILDING BUT WON'T BE DRAWN ON WHETHER THERE WAS A THIRD PERSON INVOLVED IN THE ATTACK. WE WANT ANYBODY THAT WAS IN THAT AREA LAST NIGHT THAT MAY HAVE SEEN OR HEARD SOMETHING TO GET IN CONTACT WITH US. THE MAN WAS GIVEN CPR FOR AROUND 20 MINUTES BUT DIED AT THE SCENE. AND A PASSENGER'S BEEN KILLED AFTER THE CAR HE WAS IN HIT A LIBRARY BOOK BUS IN TAURANGA. POLICE SAY THE 20-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS IN THE FRONT SEAT OF THE CAR WHEN ITS DRIVER LOST CONTROL ON A BLIND CORNER. THE DRIVER HAS MINOR INJURIES. THE EARLY INDICATOR IS THAT THE VEHICLE HAS CROSSED THE ROAD. UNKNOWN WHY AT THIS STAGE, AND POLICE ISSUE A REMINDER THAT ROAD SAFETY IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY AND TAKE CARE ON THE ROADS OUT THERE. NO PASSENGERS WERE ON THE BUS AT THE TIME, AND THE DRIVER WASN'T HURT. THE DIPLOMAT ACCUSED OF A SEX ASSAULT ON A WELLINGTON WOMAN WILL RETURN TO NZ IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MUHAMMAD RIZALMAN BIN ISMAIL WORKED AT THE MALAYSIAN HIGH COMMISSION. HE WAS CHARGED IN MAY WITH BURGLARY AND ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO RAPE BUT RETURNED HOME BEFORE ENTERING A PLEA. AN INQUIRY WAS ORDERED AFTER THE GOVERNMENT AND OFFICIALS CAME UNDER FIRE FOR THEIR HANDLING OF THE CASE. ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS THE DIPLOMAT IS EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN COURT ON SATURDAY. TALK ABOUT A NEVER-ENDING SAGA, JOHN KEY JUST CAN'T SEEM TO SHAKE OFF CLAIMS OF DIRTY POLITICS. EARLIER TODAY, POLITICAL RIVALS SEIZED ON THEIR FIRST CHANCE IN PARLIAMENT TO GRILL THE PRIME MINISTER ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH BLOGGER CAMERON SLATER. THIS FROM POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. 27" 35" 54" THE NEW PARLIAMENT'S FIRST QUESTION TIME HAS PUT THE PRIME MINISTER UNDER PRESSURE OVER 'DIRTY POLITICS' AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH BAD-BOY BLOGGER CAMERON SLATER. HOW MANY TIMES SINCE NOVEMBER 2008 HAS HE SPOKEN TO BLOGGER CAMERON SLATER ON THE PHONE? MR SPEAKER, NONE IN MY CAPACITY AS PRIME MINISTER. GROANING BEGGING THE QUESTION - WHEN IS JOHN KEY ACTING AS PRIME MINISTER, AND WHEN ISN'T HE? WHEN I RING MY DARLING WIFE, AND I PUT MY CAT OUT AT NIGHT, I DO THAT IN THE CAPACITY AS A HUSBAND, NOT PRIME MINISTER. THIS ISN'T ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS WIFE OR HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS CAT; HE WAS TALKING TO CAMERON SLATER AS PRIME MINISTER OF NZ. IT WAS ALL ABOUT PARTY POLITICS. MORE LIKE DIRTY POLITICS. AND OPPOSITION PARTIES CLEARLY FEEL JOHN KEY STILL HAS QUESTIONS TO ANSWER ON THE SUBJECT. I HAVE NEVER RUNG CAMERON SLATER IN MY CAPACITY AS PRIME MINISTER. I FIND SOMETHING PARTICULARLY DISTURBING ABOUT THE PRIME MINISTER'S ANSWER, BECAUSE IT WOULD APPEAR THAT ANY MINISTER CAN MAKE THIS CLAIM AND SAY 'NOT IN MY CAPACITY AS A MINISTER'. I THINK THIS GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN POISONED FROM THE TOP. THE PRIME MINISTER'S NOT TAKING ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HIS VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH CAMERON SLATER. JOHN KEY CLAIMS HIS PREDECESSOR, HELEN CLARK, USED THE EXCUSE THAT PRIME MINISTERS CAN WEAR MANY DIFFERENT HATS AND SAYS DEALING WITH BLOGGERS IS PART OF MODERN-DAY GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS. THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR RUSSEL NORMAN. IT'S SHAMEFUL WHAT THIS JOHN KEY'S UP TO. PARLIAMENT'S SPEAKER HAS PROMISED TO EXAMINE THE ISSUE. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. ITS BEEN LIKENED TO THE LABOUR PARTY'S VERSION OF X-FACTOR, AND ROUND ONE BEGAN TONIGHT IN FRONT OF A 500-STRONG CROWD IN A WELLINGTON HALL. ALL FOUR WOULD-BE LEADERS MADE IT CLEAR BIG CHANGES ARE NEEDED AFTER THE HUMILIATING ELECTION DEFEAT. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD WAS THERE. OVER 500 PEOPLE PACKED INTO A HALL IN WELLINGTON GIRLS' COLLEGE TONIGHT. LOOK, I THINK MORE PEOPLE THAN WERE AT THE SAME VENUE IN THE LAST LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGN. CLEARLY A LOT OF INTEREST BY LABOUR PARTY SUPPORTERS AND PERHAPS SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. OVERALL, THE SORT OF THEME FROM THE FOUR CANDIDATES WAS ABOUT UNITY AND ABOUT CHANGE AND ABOUT GETTING RID OF THE PAST AND REALLY GETTING OUT AND APPEALING TO THE PUBLIC. THERE WERE DEFINITELY SOME POPULAR MOMENTS FROM ALL FOUR CANDIDATES. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. AND I GIVE YOU THIS COMMITMENT ` A LABOUR GOVERNMENT I LEAD WILL LEGISLATE FOR FAIR WAGES, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND THE RIGHTS OF ALL WORKERS TO BE UPHELD. CHEERING, APPLAUSE MANY PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT THIS CONTEST AND WRITE ME OFF, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THE LABOUR PARTY IS HERE TO SAY, 'ANYONE IN OUR WHANAU CAN HAVE A GO 'BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THINGS CAN BE DIFFERENT.' I WANT AN ECONOMY THAT LIFTS ALL THE BOATS, NOT JUST THE SUPERYACHTS. WE HAVE NEVER HAD A MORE NIGGARDLY, NASTY NATIONAL GOVERNMENT THAN THE ONE WE'VE GOT NOW. APPLAUSE I THINK ALL FOUR CANDIDATES PERFORMED WELL TONIGHT. THERE WERE CLEARLY SOME NERVES THERE. THIS WAS, OF COURSE, THE FIRST BIG MEETING OF 15 MEETINGS. BUT ANDREW LITTLE AND GRANT ROBERTSON PROBABLY WERE THE STANDOUTS CANDIDATES. ANDREW LITTLE SPOKE A LOT ABOUT LABOUR LAWS, REALLY APPEALING TO THOSE TRADITIONAL LABOUR VALUES. GRANT ROBERTSON GIVEN PERHAPS A WIDER VISION ABOUT WHERE HE THINKS THE PARTY SHOULD GO AND PROBABLY GETTING THAT MESSAGE OUT THERE FOR CHANGE MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE, AND PROBABLY THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANTED TO HEAR. BUT OVERALL, PROBABLY THEY'LL ALL BE HAPPY WITH THE FIRST MEETING THAT WENT ON. FROM HERE, THEY'LL MOVE ON TO MEETINGS AROUND THE COUNTRY, WITH THE VOTE TO BE ANNOUNCED` THE WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED ON NOVEMBER THE 18TH. THAT'S POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD. PROSECUTORS IN THE OSCAR PISTORIUS CASE HAVE INDICATED THEY MAY LAUNCH AN APPEAL AGAINST THE ORIGINAL VERDICT IN HIS MURDER TRIAL. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AS THE PARALYMPIAN FOR THE CULPABLE MURDER OF HIS GIRLFRIEND. CHANNEL NINE'S TOM STEINFORT HAS MORE. CROWD YELLS, WHISTLE FROM PARALYMPIC HERO TO PRISONER. OSCAR PISTORIUS' REMARKABLE FALL FROM GRACE IS COMPLETED AS HE'S BUNDLED INTO A PRISON VAN TO COMPLETE A FIVE-YEAR JAIL TERM. THIS IS HIS NEW HOME ` THE ATHLETE IS NOW JUST ONE OF 7000 INMATES AT PRETORIA CENTRAL PRISON, WHERE OTHER CRIMINALS ARE ALREADY THREATENING TO BASH AND RAPE THE KILLER. DEFENCE LAWYERS HAD ARGUED DESPERATELY FOR PISTORIUS TO AVOID A JAIL TERM FOR SHOOTING DEAD HIS LOVER REEVA STEENKAMP. BUT THE PLEAS FELL ON DEAF EARS. THE TEARS ROLLING DOWN HIS CHEEKS, PISTORIUS LEARNT HIS PUNISHMENT. THE SENTENCE IMPOSED IS THE MAXIMUM IMPRISONMENT OF FIVE YEARS. WITH THAT, PISTORIUS WAS GIVEN A BRIEF MOMENT TO SAY GOODBYE TO HIS FAMILY, HOLDING HIS UNCLE'S HAND AS HE WAS LED TO THE CELLS BELOW COURT TO BEGIN HIS TIME IN CUSTODY. I HOPE OSCAR WILL START HIS OWN HEALING PROCESS AS HE WALKS DOWN THE PATH OF RESTORATION. THE PRISON TERM WAS WELCOMED BY REEVA STEENKAMP'S HEARTBROKEN PARENTS, WHO SAY THEY'RE RELIEVED THE DRAWN-OUT TRIAL IS NOW FINALLY OVER. HE'S GONNA PAY SOMETHING. DO YOU THINK JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED? YES. THE SENTENCE OF FIVE YEARS PERHAPS ISN'T ALL THAT IT SEEMS. IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE PENAL CODE STIPULATES YOU NEED TO ONLY SERVE ONE-SIXTH OF YOUR TERM BEHIND BARS. SO THAT MEANS THE BLADE RUNNER COULD BE FREE IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MONTHS' TIME. BUT JUST WHEN IT APPEARED THIS WHOLE SAGA MAY BE COMING TO AN END, THE PROSECUTION HAS INDICATED IT MAY NOW LAUNCH ITS OWN APPEAL AGAINST THE INITIAL VERDICT, PUSHING AGAIN FOR A MURDER CONVICTION. AND PROSECUTORS HAVE 14 DAYS TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY'LL APPEAL. SO WHAT WOULD PISTORIUS' FIRST NIGHT IN JAIL HAVE BEEN LIKE? LET'S GO BACK TO CHANNEL NINE'S TOM STEINFORT FOR THE DETAILS. WHEN HE ARRIVED, HE WAS FINGER-PRINTED AND THEN GIVEN PRISON-ISSUE ORANGE OVERALLS AND SENT TO A SOLITARY CELL FOR HIS OWN SAFETY. WE'RE TOLD HE IS BEING LOCKED IN THERE 23 HOURS A DAY. AND HE'S GOT PLENTY TO PONDER WHILE HE WAITS ` FIRST AND FOREMOST, THAT POTENTIAL PROSECUTION APPEAL. WE'RE TOLD THAT COULD BE LODGED WITHIN 14 DAYS. PARTICULARLY, PISTORIUS HAD ALWAYS SAID ALL ALONG HE WANTED TO RETURN TO THE PARALYMPICS AND THE OLYMPICS. THAT PRETTY MUCH IS NO CHANCE NOW BECAUSE HE'S BEEN BANNED BY THE GOVERNING BODY FROM INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR FIVE YEARS, SO EVEN IF HE DOES GET OUT ON PAROLE IN JUST 10 MONTHS' TIME, IT STILL MEANS HE COULDN'T COMPETE AGAIN UNTIL HE WAS 33 YEARS OF AGE, AND AT THAT AGE, FOR A TRACK ATHLETE, IT'S PRETTY MUCH CAREER OVER. AND PISTORIUS' DREAMS OF RETURNING TO BEING AN INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTAR ` WELL, THEY'RE NOW PRETTY MUCH ALL BUT DASHED. BACK HERE, THE TAURANGA COP WHO'S RECEIVED A TOP BRAVERY AWARD SAYS WHILE HE'S HONOURED BY THE GESTURE, ALL THE ATTENTION'S BEEN SOMEWHAT OVERWHELMING. SENIOR CONSTABLE DEANE O'CONNOR LEAPT 10M OFF TAURANGA'S MAUNGATAPU BRIDGE AFTER THIS VAN CRASHED INTO THE HARBOUR LAST YEAR, RESCUING THE SURVIVING PASSENGER. ASHLEY DONKERSLEY SAYS IF IT WASN'T FOR CONSTABLE O'CONNOR'S ACTIONS, HE'D BE DEAD. I THINK ABOUT IT EVERY DAY AND HOW LUCKY I AM, THANKS TO DEAN. IT'S EASIER TO JUMP OFF A BRIDGE THAN DOING THIS. (LAUGHS) THE POLICE ASSOCIATION BRAVERY AWARD IS THE HIGHEST HONOUR THE ASSOCIATION CAN HAND OUT. THERE'LL BE NO HO-HO-HO-ING FOR AUCKLAND'S ICONIC SANTA CLAUS THIS CHRISTMAS. IT APPEARS THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO INSTALL THE CITY'S FAMOUS BECKONING SANTA. HEART OF THE CITY, THE ORGANISATION BEHIND THE BIG SAINT NICK AND HIS REINDEER, SAYS THE $180,000 PRICE TAG CAN'T BE JUSTIFIED THIS YEAR. KRIS KRINGLE BEGAN LIFE IN 1960. HE WAS GIVEN A MAKEOVER IN 2009 TO GET RID OF HIS SO CALLED 'CREEPY' WINK AND MOVING FINGER. HEART OF THE CITY WON'T SAY WHETHER SANTA'S BEING PUT OUT TO PASTURE OR JUST TAKING A TIME OUT. TEARS HAVE BEEN SHED AS THE DANGEROUS DEMOLITION OF THE SUMNER RSA BEGAN TODAY. BOULDERS SMASHED THROUGH ITS WALLS AND THE ROOF IN THE FEBRUARY QUAKE, THEN IT WAS VANDALISED AND LOOTED. THE RSA IS STILL LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME. JUST SEEING THE OLD BUILDING ONE LAST TIME PROVED TOO MUCH FOR THE CLUB'S PRESIDENT. TEARFULLY: I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE. BUGGERED. IT'S BUGGERED. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS WHERE I DO FEEL UNEASY. THE RISK IN HERE IS REALLY APPARENT, AND IT COMES WITH NO WARNING. IN FACT, THE CLIFFS ARE SO UNSTABLE THE DIGGER HAS TO BE OPERATED BY REMOTE CONTROL. DEMOLITION'S EXPECTED TO TAKE TWO WEEKS. MEANWHILE, BUILDERS WORKING ON AN HISTORIC CHRISTCHURCH TOWER SERIOUSLY DAMAGED IN THE FEBRUARY QUAKE HAVE TURNED BACK THE CLOCK. THEY'VE GOT THE JUBILEE CLOCK TOWER LOOKING AS GOOD AS NEW AFTER AN $800,000 MAKEOVER. THE CLOCK, WHICH STOPPED THE MOMENT THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK, IS ALSO BACK IN ACTION. SOME KIDS ARE BORN ACHIEVERS, WHILE OTHERS HAVE A TOUGHER TIME GETTING THEIR LIVES ON TRACK. TONIGHT A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REWARDED FOR TURNING THEIR TROUBLES INTO SUCCESSES. DANIELLE STANBURY WAS AT THE CEREMONY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, WHERE SHE MET ONE TEENAGER WHO REFUSED TO LET HIS ISSUES GET IN THE WAY OF LIFE. HE LOOKS LIKE A CONFIDENT YOUNG MAN NOW, BUT THREE YEARS AGO, SIMON PITTS WAS A VERY DIFFERENT TEENAGER. I WAS PRETTY SHY TO START OFF WITH AND MOVED AROUND QUITE A BIT. MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY WHEN I WAS 5 TO CANCER. HIS ROUGH START TO LIFE LEFT THE 19-YEAR-OLD SELF-CONSCIOUS AND LACKING MOTIVATION FOR HIS FUTURE. I WENT TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY, AND I REALLY DIDN'T LIKE IT TOO MUCH. I WASN'T TOO ACADEMIC. THAT ALL CHANGED WHEN HE JOINED PROJECT K. AFTER THREE WEEKS IN THE WILDERNESS, A FORTNIGHT DOING COMMUNITY WORK AND A YEAR AND A HALF OF SPECIALISED MENTORING, SHY SIMON WAS TRANSFORMED. WE'VE GOT ME ON TRACK. I'M STUDYING TO BE AN ARCHITECTURAL TECHNICIAN NOW. SO DOING THAT. WE'RE INTO MOUNTAIN-BIKING, RUNNING. WE'VE RUN 12 HALF MARATHONS NOW. THE COURSE, RUN BY THE FOUNDATION OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, IS DESIGNED FOR TEENAGERS STRUGGLING WITH SELF-ESTEEM. THERE ARE KIDS WHO MAY NOT BE OK, AND IT CHANGES THEIR LIVES. THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROGRAMMES, THE FOUNDATION HELPS MORE THAN 18,000 KIDS A YEAR. NZ HAS HAD SOME OF THE HIGHEST NEGATIVE YOUTH STATISTICS IN THE WESTERN WORLD. AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE TONIGHT, SIMON AND 23 OTHERS WERE GIVEN AWARDS FOR SUCCESSFULLY CHANGING THEIR OUTLOOK ON LIFE. JUST GETTING OUT THERE, GETTING OUT IN THE WORLD, PUTTING MYSELF IN PLACES THAT I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE GONE BY MYSELF. NOT WORRYING ABOUT A THING, REALLY. LIVING LIFE. LIKE EVERY KID SHOULD. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS. WHY A MAN'S NOSE MAY GIVE HIM ANOTHER SHOT AT WALKING AGAIN. IT'S A LONG, LONG WAY FROM BRIDGET JONES. RENEE ZELLWEGGER BAFFLES HOLLYWOOD WITH HER NEW FACE. # LIKE A VIRGIN... # AND THE SINGING NUN WHO HAS CHOSEN A SONG BY THE ONE-TIME ENEMY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. '80S ACTION MUSIC Get down! Brandon! Brandon! Don't worry. I've got my vest. I'll just slip this on. (SIGHS) SCREAMS: No! SEAGULLS CRY A CANADIAN SOLDIER IS DEAD AND ANOTHER INJURED AFTER A SUSPECTED MUSLIM EXTREMIST RAN THEM DOWN WITH HIS CAR. AFTER THE ATTACK IN A QUEBEC CAR PARK, THE CANADIAN MAN (25) LED POLICE ON A CHASE BEFORE BEING SHOT DEAD. AUTHORITIES SAID HE CONVERTED TO ISLAM LAST YEAR AND HAD HIS PASSPORT SEIZED WHEN POLICE SUSPECTED HE MAY HAVE BEEN PLANNING TO JOIN A MILITANT GROUP OVERSEAS. THE US DEFENCE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT'S EXAMINING A VIDEO THAT APPEARS TO SHOW AN AIRDROP OF WEAPONS INTENDED FOR KURDISH FORCES IN SYRIA FALLING INTO THE HANDS OF ISLAMIC-STATE MILITANTS. THIS UNVERIFIED VIDEO WAS UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE. ISIS CLAIMS THE WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS LANDED IN AN AREA OF KOBANE UNDER ITS CONTROL. IT IS THE HOLY GRAIL OF TREATMENT FOR SPINAL INJURIES ` GIVING A VICTIM THE CHANCE TO WALK AGAIN. RADICAL SURGERY IN POLAND HAS ALLOWED A MAN TO DO JUST THAT, BUT EVEN MORE REMARKABLE IS THE KEY TO THE PROCEDURE ` HIS NOSE. THIS FROM CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN. THEY NEEDED HOPE, AND AT THE ROYAL REHAB IN RYDE, THEY RECEIVED A SHOT OF IT. IT'S FANTASTIC. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. HALF A WORLD AWAY, A MAN WAS TOLD HE WOULD NEVER WALK AGAIN WAS TAKING ONE GIANT LEAP FOR PARALYSIS VICTIMS. TO ME, THIS IS MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN A MAN WALKING ON THE MOON. DEREK FIDYKA FROM POLAND HAD HIS SPINAL CORD SEVERED WHEN HE WAS STABBED FOUR YEARS AGO. NOW HE HAS FEELING AND MOVEMENT IN HIS LEGS THANKS TO A REVOLUTIONARY NEW TREATMENT. THE CELLS IN OUR NOSE THAT GIVE US THE SENSE OF SMELL ARE EXTRA SPECIAL. THEY CAN REGENERATE. SO THEY WERE REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT, GROWN IN A LABORATORY FOR TWO WEEKS, AND THEN INJECTED INTO THE DAMAGED AREA OF THE BACK. STRIPS OF NERVE TISSUE TAKEN FROM THE ANKLE ARE TRANSPLANTED ON TO THE SEVERED PART OF THE SPINE, ACTING LIKE A BRIDGE. THE NOSE CELLS REATTACHED, ALLOWING SIGNALS FROM HIS BRAIN TO REACH HIS LOWER BODY. BACK AT RYDE, THEY WERE STILL MARVELLING AT THE NEWS. JUST AMAZING. AMAZING FOR ME TO... YOU KNOW, OVERWHELMING. I WANNA WALK OUT OF HERE. I WANNA BE ABLE TO FEED MYSELF. I WANNA BE ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT I DID BEFORE. BUT THERE IS CAUTION ` IT IS NOT CURE. THE PATIENT WAS HANDPICKED, AND SPINAL CORD INJURIES CAN VARY DRAMATICALLY. A BREAKTHROUGH, BUT MORE PROOF IS REQUIRED, AND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE PLAN NOW IS TO TREAT 10 MORE PATIENTS EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, AND OF COURSE, AROUND THE WORLD, THERE WILL BE 3 MILLION PARALYSED PEOPLE WATCHING, WAITING AND HOPING. NOW TO THE STORY THAT'S GOT HOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND TALKING. A RADICAL MAKEOVER FOR ACTRESS RENEE ZELLWEGER. THE 45-YEAR-OLD STEPPED OUT WITH A WHOLE NEW LOOK AT A TINSELTOWN AWARDS CEREMONY THIS WEEK. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF SPECULATION ONLINE ABOUT DRAMATIC CHANGES, PARTICULARLY TO HER EYES. SOME ASKED, 'WHAT'S HAPPENED TO BRIDGET JONES?' THE SINGING NUN WHO WON ITALY'S VERSION OF 'THE VOICE' SAYS SHE DIDN'T MEAN TO CREATE A SCANDAL BY CHOOSING A RAUNCHY SONG FOR HER UPCOMING ALBUM. SISTER CRISTINA IMPRESSED WITH HER POP COVERS ON THE TV SINGING CONTEST EARLIER THIS YEAR. NOW SHE'S STARRING IN A MUSIC VIDEO, SINGING A MADONNA HIT FROM 1984. # LIKE A VIRGIN, # TOUCHED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. # SHE SAYS SHE'S CONVERTED 'LIKE A VIRGIN' FROM A POP SONG TO WHAT SHE CALLS 'A SECULAR PRAYER'. JUST AHEAD ` WE WILL LET YOU KNOW IF AN OVERCOAT OR BIKINI WILL BE THE GO TOMORROW, AND THAT'S JUST FOR THE MEN. PLUS ` 007 IS IN TOWN, APPARENTLY. WE GO BOND HUNTING. DUNEDIN'S KNOWN FOR MANY THINGS, BUT IT'S FAIR TO SAY STAR-SPOTTING PROBABLY ISN'T ONE OF THEM, UNTIL NOW THAT IS AND THE NEWS THAT A-LIST ACTOR DANIEL CRAIG'S IN TOWN. WE SENT MEGAN MARTIN TO TRACK HIM DOWN. HE'S USED TO ACTION-PACKED EXOTIC LOCATIONS,... SO PERHAPS DUNEDIN'S MAKING A NICE QUIET CHANGE. MY MISSION ` TO FIND JAMES BOND. WELL, DANIEL CRAIG AT LEAST, THE ACTOR WHO'S PLAYED BOND IN THE PAST THREE MOVIES. WHAT ABOUT A DRINK AT MY PLACE? WHERE DOES ONE GO WHEN SEARCHING FOR JAMES BOND? WE THOUGHT WE'D TRY ALL THE LIKELY PLACES. SURELY THE BEST MARTINI IN TOWN WOULD DRAW THE DAPPER ACTOR. AFTER HIS ACCLAIMED FIRST APPEARANCE AS BOND IN 'CASINO ROYALE', SURELY DANIEL CRAIG WOULD BE AT DUNEDIN CASINO? NOT TODAY. CRAIG WAS SPOTTED AT MERIDIAN MALL YESTERDAY. HANG ON, IS THAT HIM? OH, NO. WRONG MR CRAIG. NONE OF THE SHOPPERS HAVE SEEN HIM EITHER. I HEARD FROM MY FRIENDS THAT HE WAS HERE, SO JUST KEEPING AN EYE OUT. I'M MORE OF A RACHEL WEISZ FAN MYSELF. SO IT'S DOWN TO THE BEACH. BUT THIS SOUTHERN LIGHT CAN PLAY HAVOC WITH YOUR EYES. I THINK IT'S JUST CREATING A BIT OF MYSTERY, ISN'T IT? SO OUR FINAL HOPE IS PORT CHALMERS, WHERE SCENES OF RACHEL WEISZ' MOVIE 'THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS' IS BEING SHOT OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS. BUT THERE'S NO SIGN OF JAMES BOND THERE EITHER. I'LL JUST HAVE TO TRY ANOTHER DAY. MARTIN. MEGAN MARTIN, ONE NEWS. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ