TONIGHT ` A DEFIANT MESSAGE FROM A SHELL-SHOCKED CANADA AFTER AN APPARENT TERROR ATTACK. THE OFFENDING OF A DISGRACED HAWKES BAY TEACHER IS LAID BARE AS HE HEADS TO PRISON. AND ONE IS A HOVER-BOARD ` YES, REALLY ` AND THE OTHER MAY TAKE MORE EXPLAINING. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. AS CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER INSISTS HIS COUNTRY WON'T BE INTIMIDATED BY TODAY'S DEADLY RAMPAGE, MORE DETAILS ARE EMERGING ABOUT THE GUNMAN BEHIND THE ATTACK. THE 32-YEAR-OLD'S BELIEVED TO A BE RECENT MUSLIM CONVERT WHO POLICE WERE ALREADY CONCERNED ABOUT. SO CONCERNED, THEY'D SEIZED HIS PASSPORT. CHANNEL NINE'S CHRISTINE AHERN HAS THE DETAILS. GET DOWN! GET DOWN! GET DOWN! LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS! LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS! GUNFIRE IT'S OUR FEAR TOO, BUT TODAY IT'S CANADA'S REALITY, A BLOODY ATTACK ON TWO OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST TRESURED EMBLEMS ` THE NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL, WHERE A SOLDIER FROM THE HONOUR GUARD WAS KILLED. AND THEN ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY, AN ASSAULT INTO THE VERY HEART OF THE NATIONAL PARLIAMENT, WHERE MPS HID BEHIND BARRICADES AS POLICE AND SECRET SERVICE AGENTS HUNTED THE KILLER, THEN CORNERED HIM IN A CENTRAL CORRIDOR AND SHOT HIM DEAD IN A BARRAGE OF GUNFIRE. GUNFIRE HE WAS CANADIAN-BORN MUSLIM-CONVERT MICHAEL ZIHAFF BIBONE. IN HIS TRAIL, LEFT THE BODY OF HONOUR GUARD SOLDIER NATHAN CIRALO, SHOT AT ALMOST POINT-BLANK RANGE. THIS PHOTO OF HIM, ON THE LEFT, AND A FELLOW SOLDIER WAS TAKEN JUST MINUTES BEFORE HE DIED. THE ATTACK ON HIM AT THE WAR MEMORIAL CAME AT 9.52 IN THE MORNING, THE GUNMAN THERE FOR JUST BRIEF SECONDS, FIRING, THEN EITHER DRIVING OR RUNNING LESS THAN HALF A KILOMETRE TO THE CENTRE BLOCK OF THE THREE-FRONTED BUILDING THAT MAKES UP THE NATIONAL PARLIAMENT. THE BUILDING WAS FULL OF MPS AND THEIR STAFF. INSIDE THE CHAMBER, SOME MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT BARRICADED THEMSELVES IN, BLOCKING DOORS WITH CHAIRS, WHILE HEAVILY ARMED POLICE AND A RAPID-REACTION MILITARY TEAM THREW AN IRON CORDON AROUND THE BUILDING. GOVERNMENT MEMBERS WERE HEADING TO A MEETING WHEN THE ATTACK ERUPTED. SECURITY RAN IN AND BEGAN TO SCREAM, 'GET OUT! GET OUT!' WHILE A VOLLEY OF GUNSHOTS AND GUNFIRE. SO THEY COULD SMELL THE GUNPOWDER. YEAH, I WAS JUST TAKING OFF MY JACKET TO GO INTO CAUCUS, AND I HEAR THIS, 'POP, POP, POP,' ` POSSIBLY 10 SHOTS, DON'T REALLY KNOW ` THOUGHT IT WAS DYNAMITE. THE MAN BELIEVED TO HAVE FINALLY SHOT THE GUNMAN IS PARLIAMENT SERGEANT AT ARMS KEVIN VICKERS (58). ADDING TO THE CONFUSION AND ALARM, REPORTS SOON PROVED TO BE FALSE OF MORE GUNFIRE IN A NEARBY SHOPPING CENTRE. ZIHAF BEBOW, THE 32-YEAR-OLD DEAD GUNMAN, HAD RECENTLY HAD HIS PASSPORT CONFISCATED BY CANADA'S SECURITY FORCES AFTER BEING DESIGNATED A HIGH-RISK TRAVELLER SUSPECTED OF BEING RADICALISED SINCE HIS CONVERSION. WE WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED. CANADA WILL NEVER BE INTIMIDATED. IN FACT, THIS WILL LEAD US TO STRENGTHEN OUR RESOLVE AND REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS AND THOSE OF OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCIES TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO IDENTIFY AND COUNTER THREATS AND KEEP CANADA SAFE HERE AT HOME. DURING THE SHOOTING, MUCH OF OTTAWA WAS PUT ON LOCKDOWN AS POLICE SEARCHED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SUSPECTS. RESIDENTS IN THE CITY'S CENTRE WERE TOLD TO STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ROOFS. LET'S GO BACK TO CHANNEL NINE'S CHRISTINE AHERN FOR THE LATEST. THE LOCKDOWN AROUND THE PARLIAMENT HILL AREA BEHIND ME REMAINS IN PLACE, BUT THE REST OF DOWNTOWN HAS NOW BEEN REOPENED. THE MAYOR SAYS IT NOW APPEARS THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE GUNMAN, AND HE WAS SHOT DEAD AS WE HEARD BY THE PARLIAMENTARY SERGEANT IN ARMS, WHO IS BEING HAILED HERE TODAY AS A HERO. HIS ROLE IS MAINLY A CEREMONIAL ONE. HOWEVER, HE IS ALSO A RETIRED OFFICER. ONE SOLDIER IS DEAD, THREE OTHERS WOUNDED AS A RESULT OF THIS TERROR ATTACK. AND POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING WHETHER THERE WERE ANY OTHER ACCOMPLICES. THAT WAS CHANNEL NINE'S CHRISTINE AHERN IN OTTAWA. SO, HOW HAS OUR GOVERNMENT REACTED TO THE ATTACK, AND WILL IT AFFECT OUR DECISION TO JOIN THE BATTLE AGAINST ISIS? FROM PARLIAMENT, HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD. YES, WELL, THERE HAS BEEN SOME CHANGES HERE AT PARLIAMENT TODAY AS A RESULT OF THAT ATTACK IN CANADA. WE HAVE WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AS A VERY OPEN PARLIAMENT USUALLY ` THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH SECURITY TO GET IN AND OUT, AND MPS AND STAFF AND JOURNALISTS, THOSE WHO WORK IN THE BUILDING HAVE A NUMBER OF ENTRANCES AND EXITS THEY CAN NORMALLY USE. THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN CLOSED OFF, BUT TWO. SO WE ARE TAKING THAT ATTACK SERIOUSLY, THE PRIME MINISTER TODAY SAYING HE'S KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON IT, AND HE AGREES THAT SECURITY HERE AT PARLIAMENT NEEDED TO BE STEPPED UP. BUT HE'S ALSO INSISTING THAT WHAT'S HAPPENED WON'T AFFECT OUR DECISION, THAT DECISION HE IS MAKING IN A FEW WEEKS ABOUT WHETHER TO GO TO WAR WITH ISIS OR NOT. WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THAT, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE WILL SEE INCREASED SECURITY. THAT'S POLITICAL REPORTER, KATIE BRADFORD. IN OTHER NEWS, A LONG TIME HAWKES BAY PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER IS SPENDING HIS FIRST NIGHT BEHIND BARS. CHARLES HARTER WAS FOUND GUILTY OF INDECENTLY ASSAULTING GIRLS. THE YOUNGEST JUST NINE YEARS OLD. REPORTER DANIEL FAITAUA WAS IN NAPIER DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SENTENCING. CHARLES HARTER HAD TAUGHT FOR 40 YEARS. A POSITION OF TRUST THAT WAS BREACHED WHEN HE PLEADED GUILTY TO MOLESTING NINE YOUNG GIRLS. IT IS CLEAR THE DEFENDANT'S ACTIONS HAVE UNDERMINED THE ABSOLUTE TRUST IN LEGITIMATE EXPECTATION OF THE PARENTS AND CHILDREN THAT THE SCHOOL WOULD PROVIDE TEACHERS WHOSE INTEGRITY WAS BEYOND QUESTION. HARTER SPENT SOME OF HIS CAREER IN THE PUBLIC EYE. IN THE EARLY '80S, HARTER FOUNDED THE WELLINGTON-BASED SHOE STRING THEATRE COMPANY. THIS IS HARTER IN THE '90S IN AN EPISODE OF THE LIVE HOMEWORK PROGRAMME 'TEN OUT OF TEN'. MOST RECENTLY, HARTER WORKED PART-TIME AS A TEACHER AT HAVELOCK NORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL BUT WAS DEREGISTERED FROM HIS PROFESSION AFTER HIS VICTIMS TOLD THEIR PARENTS ABOUT HIM TOUCHING THEM. THE COURT HEARD OVER TWO YEARS HARTER PREYED ON THE YOUNG GIRLS DURING MUSIC AND DRAMA LESSONS AT HIS HOME STUDIO. THE 63-YEAR-OLD WOULD HUG HIS VICTIMS WHILE INDECENTLY ASSAULTING THEM. THE YOUNGEST WAS JUST 9 YEARS OLD. INVOLVES TOUCHING THROUGH CLOTHING AND NOT SKIN ON SKIN CONTACT, EXCEPT THAT THERE WAS SOME SKIN ON SKIN CONTACT. THE COURT HEARD THROUGH HIS DEFENCE COUNSEL THAT HARTER SUFFERED DEPRESSION TRIGGERED BY THE DEATH OF HIS EX-WIFE IN THE CARTERTON HOT-AIR BALLOON TRAGEDY. HARTER ALSO EXPRESSED REMORSE FOR HIS ACTIONS. BUT JUDGE CAMERON RULED THIS OUT AS A MITIGATING FACTOR AFTER PRE-SENTENCING REPORTS SHOWED HARTER PUT SOME OF THE BLAME BACK ON HIS VICTIMS. HAWKES BAY POLICE ARE PRAISING THE YOUNG GIRLS FOR COMING FORWARD AND TELLING THEIR PARENTS. THEY'RE VERY BRAVE. HARTER WAS SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS IMPRISONMENT. HAVELOCK NORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL SAYS IT WAS SHOCKED AND SADDENED DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. THE LODGE OWNER ACCUSED OF DRUGGING AND INDECENTLY ASSAULTING GUESTS, INCLUDING OVERSEAS TOURISTS, HAS BEEN GRANTED BAIL. KAITAIA MAN MICHAEL HARRIS (56) NOW FACES 51 CHARGES RELATING TO 23 YOUNG MEN. POLICE HAVEN'T RULED OUT FURTHER CHARGES. HARRIS HAS YET TO PLEAD, AND WILL REAPPEAR IN COURT NEXT MONTH. MEANWHILE, A 50-YEAR-OLD MAN SHOT BY POLICE REMAINS IN WAIKATO HOSPITAL IN A SERIOUS BUT STABLE CONDITION. POLICE SAY A FORENSIC EXAMINATION OF A KEREPEHI HOUSE LINKED TO THE INCIDENT IS COMPLETE AND THE OWNERS CAN NOW RETURN. RESIDENTS AND WITNESSES ARE STILL BEING INTERVIEWED FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT. AND POLICE HAVE NAMED THE MAN KILLED IN A FIGHT AT A WEST AUCKLAND WAREHOUSE AS 51-YEAR-OLD BRETT FRASER. A 53-YEAR-OLD MAN INJURED AT THE SAME PROPERTY ON TUESDAY NIGHT HAS NOW BEEN RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL. NOW IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO HIT THE ROAD EARLY THIS LONG WEEKEND, POLICE HAVE A WARNING FOR YOU. AFTER A HORROR MONTH OF ROAD DEATHS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, POLICE ARE CRACKING DOWN ON SPEEDING. THEY SAY THEY'LL BE OUT IN FORCE THIS WEEKEND, AND IF YOU'RE GOING MORE THAN FOUR KILOMETRES AN HOUR OVER THE LIMIT YOU'LL GET A TICKET. IT'S NOT A HARSH APPROACH. THE REALITY IS THAT SPEED IS THE DETERMINATE OF WHETHER PEOPLE LIVE OR DIE AS THE RESULT OF A CRASH, REGARDLESS OF WHAT CAUSES THE CRASH. TAKING A HARD LINE WITH SPEED DOES DELIVER RESULTS. THE OFFICIAL ROAD TOLL PERIOD STARTS AT FOUR O'CLOCK TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IN ANOTHER MOVE TO KEEP OUR ROADS SAFER, MORE HI-TECH BOOZE BUSES ARE BEING ROLLED OUT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. WELLINGTON'S THE FIRST TO GET THE VEHICLES WHICH WILL ALLOW POLICE TO TAKE FINGERPRINTS, DIGITAL PHOTOS AND SEARCH FILES WHEN THEY STOP DRIVERS. IT'S GOING TO MAKE THEIR JOBS MUCH MORE EFFICIENT, IT'S GOING TO IDENTIFY THOSE RECIDIVIST DRIVERS, AND IT'S GOING TO MORE EFFICIENTLY PROCESS THEM THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND GET THEM OFF THE ROAD FASTER. THE NEW EQUIPMENT WILL BE INSTALLED IN ALL 21 BOOZE BUSES AT A COST OF $400,000. TELEVISION NZ IS PLANNING TO STOP MAKING ITS WEEKLY MAORI AND PACIFIC SHOWS IN-HOUSE AND INSTEAD OFFER THEM TO OUTSIDE PRODUCTION COMPANIES. 27 STAFF FROM THE PROGRAMMES ` INCLUDING TAGATA PASIFIKA, ONE OF TVNZ'S LONGEST-RUNNING SHOWS ` WERE TOLD THAT THEIR JOBS WILL BE AFFECTED FROM NEXT YEAR. OUTSOURCING WILL GO FOR THE CHEAPEST PRODUCTION MODELS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE IT NO LONGER IS PART OF THE STATE BROADCASTER. SO WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE LESS COMMITTED PRODUCTION, LESS COMMITTED BROADCASTING, AND A PRODUCTION TEAM THAT PROBABLY ISN'T ACROSS AS MANY THINGS AS IT COULD BE. CHIEF EXECUTIVE KEVIN KENRICK SAYS TVNZ IS COMMITTED TO REFLECTING THE COUNTRY'S CULTURAL DIVERSITY ON SCREEN AND WILL ENCOURAGE EXTERNAL PRODUCTION COMPANIES TO TAKE ON STAFF ALREADY WORKING ON THE SHOWS. HOMEOWNERS COULD GET A BREATHER FROM MORTGAGE INTEREST RATE HIKES AFTER FIGURES OUT TODAY SHOWED ANNUAL INFLATION REMAINS AT JUST 1%. RENTS, ELECTRICITY, TOBACCO AND THE COST OF NEWLY BUILT HOMES ALL INCREASED, BUT THE PRICE OF PETROL AND ELECTRONICS DROPPED. THE LOW INFLATION RATE HAS WESTPAC ECONOMISTS PREDICTING THE RESERVE BANK WILL LEAVE THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE UNCHANGED FOR SOME TIME YET. WHAT FINANCIAL MARKETS ARE DOING IS PUSHING WHOLESALE FIXED RATES DOWN, AND THAT IS RESULTING IN LOWER FIXED MORTGAGE RATES. FIXED MORTGAGE RATES HAVE FALLEN ABOUT A QUARTER OF PERCENT IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO. I THINK THERE COULD BE FURTHER DECLINES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE RESERVE BANK'S REVIEWING THE BENCHMARK INTEREST RATE NEXT WEEK. WHILE SKI BUNNIES MIGHT BE REJOICING OVER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A LONGER SEASON AT TUROA SKIFIELD. THEY'RE NOT SO HAPPY ABOUT THE STRINGS ATTACHED. TUROA'S STAYING OPEN UNTIL NOVEMBER 9TH, BUT TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT, SEASON PASS HOLDERS WILL HAVE TO PAY AN EXTRA $20 A DAY. THAT'S DESPITE HAVING ALREADY PAID $500 FOR THEIR PASS. I THINK THEY'RE BEING A BIT GREEDY. THE SEASON'S THE SEASON, AND IT STATES IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT THEY'RE OPEN FOR THE OPERATIONAL SEASON, BUT NOW THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO CREAM IT ON THE TOP, AND I THINK THAT'S SO UNFAIR. THE LIFT COMPANY AT TUROA IS DEFENDING THE CHARGE, SAYING IT'S THE ONLY AFFORDABLE WAY TO KEEP THE MOUNTAIN OPEN. AN UPDATE NOW ON WHAT CAN ONLY BE REFERRED TO AS SANTAGATE. LAST NIGHT WE TOLD YOU HOW THE ORGANISATION BEHIND AUCKLAND'S GIANT SANTA CLAUS COULDN'T AFFORD TO PUT HIM ON DISPLAY THIS YEAR. WELL, FEAR NOT ` A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE HAS OCCURED. SKYCITY AND PROPERTY DEVELOPERS MANSONS HAVE DONATED TIME AND MONEY TO GET ST NICK BACK ON HIS POST. THIS LATE-EDITED ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. IT'S GREAT NEWS. GREAT NEWS INDEED. AUCKLANDERS CAN NOW GO BACK TO WORRYING ABOUT HOUSE PRICES. TO MOST OF US IT'S A DARK ART, THE ABILITY TO SELL SOMETHING BY SPEAKING FASTER THAN A SCALDED CAT. SO WHO IS THE BEST AND QUICKEST IN THE BUSINESS? DANIELLE STANBURY WENT TO THE AUSTRALASIAN AUCTIONEERING CHAMPS TO FIND OUT. SOLD! SOLD! SOLD! SOLD! THE SAME HOUSE SOLD FIVE TIMES OVER USING VERY DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES. THE FIRE IN THE LOUNGE AND THE FEELING IT BRINGS ` WELL, THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS. WELL, WITH THE BALANCE OF A TEEN RUSSIAN GYMNAST PERCHED PRECARIOUSLY ON THE UNEVEN BARS. BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN FAST TALKING TO SELL THE FIVE-BEDROOM MANSION TO THIS CROWD. THEY'RE INTENT ON ASKING THE TOUGH QUESTIONS. I DON'T WANT THE PROPERTY IN FEBRUARY IF THE BAMBOO IS 6FT HIGHER THAN NOW. OF COURSE, BAMBOO IS AN APHRODISIAC, SO I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO GROW, BUT THAT'S JUST AN ASIDE MATTER. AND CREATING AWKWARD SITUATIONS. THAT'S MY EX-WIFE. I DON'T WANT YOU SELLING TO HER. IT'S A PUBLIC AUCTION ` I CAN DO WHAT I WANT. ALL WHILE DRIVING UP THE PRICE IN A VERY COMPLICATED WAY. I WANT TO DOUBLE MY FIRST BID. THE VERY FIRST ONE? LUCKILY FOR THE MEN ON STAGE, THEY'RE ONLY PRETENDING TO SELL THE HOUSE. $5,121,000. REALLY, THEY'RE SELLING THEMSELVES AS THE BEST AUCTIONEER IN AUSTRALASIA. AND THE TOUGH CROWD THEY'RE TRYING TO IMPRESS? A ROOM FULL OF THEIR COLLEAGUES. WE HAVE A PRE-SCRIPTED BIDDING SEQUENCE. SO THE INCREMENTS IN WHICH THEY BID, THE PEOPLE WHO BID AND THE WAY IN WHICH THEY DO IT HAS ALL BEEN PRE-SCRIPTED. SKILLED AUCTIONEERS ARE IN HIGH DEMAND AT THE MOMENT, WITH MORE AND MORE HOUSES BEING SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER. IN AUCKLAND, THE PERCENTAGE HAS BEEN ABOUT 30% TO 40% OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS. THAT'S A REAL MOVE UP FROM A FEW YEARS AGO. AND IF THAT TREND CONTINUES, ALL THE SMOOTH MOVES AND CHARMING CHAT COULD KEEP PAYING DIVIDENDS FOR A WHILE YET. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS. AND WE'VE JUST HEARD NZER ANDREW NORTH WAS THE WINNER, TAKING OUT THE CROWN FOR THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS. THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO TIGHTEN THE LOOP AROUND EBOLA. THE ABOUT-FACE OVER THE DISCOVERY OF A FEARSOME DINOSAUR. AND STOCKING UP ON THE BARE ESSENTIALS? A YOUNGSTER GETS LOST IN THE AISLES. DESPITE RECEIVING A PERSONAL REQUEST FROM THE US PRESIDENT TO JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST EBOLA, AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER SAYS HIS PRIORITY IS AT HOME. TONY ABBOTT SAYS THE GOVERNMENT'S 'CAREFULLY CONSIDERING' INTERNATIONAL CALLS FOR THEM TO SEND A MEDICAL TEAM TO WEST AFRICA. AUSTRALIA HAS DONATED $20M TO FIGHT THE DISEASE, BUT WON'T SEND PERSONNEL UNTIL IT HAS GUARANTEES AN ACCEPTABLE PROTOCOL IS IN PLACE IF AN AUSTRALIAN BECAME INFECTED OVER THERE. TONY ABBOTT'S COMMENTS COME AS THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION MEETS TO DISCUSS TIGHTER TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND SCREENING TO STOP EBOLA SPREADING FROM WEST AFRICA. IN SIERRA LEONE, FOREIGN HEALTH WORKERS ARE TRAINING LOCAL STAFF ON HOW TO REDUCE THE RAMPANT SPREAD OF THE DEADLY VIRUS. THE BBC'S TULIP MAZUMDAR REPORTS. ACTING OUT WHAT VOLUNTEERS FACE WHEN THEY GO INTO HOMES TO RETRIEVE THE DEAD. SOBS, WAILS FEAR AND FRUSTRATION OF LOSING A LOVED ONE ALMOST OVERWHELMING. THIS IS PART OF A BRITISH FUNDED TRAINING EXERCISE FOR EBOLA BURIAL TEAMS. IT'S A GRIM AND DANGEROUS JOB ` BODIES ARE PARTICULARLY CONTAGIOUS. SAFE BURIALS ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING ESTIMATES THAT THE CONTAMINATION RATE IS PROBABLY AROUND 70% CAUSED BY BURIALS AND MANAGEMENT OF BODIES. SO IT'S A MAJOR PART OF THE CONTAMINATION CHAIN, IS THE PEOPLE WHO'VE DIED AND ARE STILL CONTAMINATING THE COMMUNITY. THIS WOMAN LOST HER HUSBAND AND TWO SMALL CHILDREN TO EBOLA. ONLY SHE AND HER SON SURVIVED. I MISS MY FAMILY VERY MUCH. MY HUSBAND TOOK CARE OF ME BUT NOW HE PASS AWAY. SO I HAVE NOBODY TO HELP ME NOW. MEANWHILE, CLINICAL TRIALS OF AN EBOLA VACCINE THE IMPACT IS MASSIVE, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH. WE NEED MORE HELP, MORE PEOPLE. THE MEDICS HERE WILL SAVE LIVES, BUT THE BEDS WILL BE FILLED IN DAYS. MEANWHILE, CLINICAL TRIALS OF AN EBOLA VACCINE WILL BEGIN IN SWITZERLAND IN JUST OVER A WEEK. HUNDREDS OF MOURNERS, INCLUDING THE ISRAELI PRESIDENT, HAVE ATTENDED THE FUNERAL OF A 3-MONTH-OLD BABY KILLED IN WHAT'S BEING CALLED A 'TERROR ATTACK'. A CAR SLAMMED INTO A CROWD OF PEDESTRIANS AT A TRAM STOP IN JERUSALEM, INJURING EIGHT PEOPLE. THE PALESTINIAN DRIVER WAS SHOT AND INJURED BY POLICE AS HE TRIED TO RUN FROM THE SCENE. HOURS LATER, PALESTINIANS IN EAST JERUSALEM CLASHED WITH POLICE, HURLING ROCKS AND PETROL BOMBS. PEOPLE SHOUT AND SCREAM BANG! ISRAEL IS BLAMING HAMAS FOR THE ATTACK. THE BABY GIRL WAS A US CITIZEN. SEVEN YEARS AFTER THEY MACHINE-GUNNED 17 IRAQIS TO DEATH, FOUR SECURITY GUARDS HAVE BEEN JAILED BY AN AMERICAN COURT. THEY WERE WORKING FOR THE US SECURITY FIRM BLACKWATER ON CONTRACT TO THE US STATE DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY OPENED FIRE AT A BUSY BAGHDAD ROUNDABOUT. THE JUDGE SAID THEY SHOWED 'A GRAVE INDIFFERENCE' TO THE CARNAGE THEIR ACTIONS WOULD CAUSE. NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO, SCIENTISTS FOUND TWO LARGE, STRONG DINOSAUR ARMS IN MONGOLIA AND THOUGHT THEY'D DISCOVERED SOME FEARSOME CREATURE WITH KILLER CLAWS. TURNS OUT, AFTER FINDING THE REST OF THE BEAST RECENTLY, A BETTER DESCRIPTION WOULD BE 'GOOFY AND WEIRD.' SCIENTISTS SAY THE DINOSAUR WOULD HAVE LUMBERED ALONG ON TWO LEGS, HAD A DUCKBILL ON ITS HEAD AND A HUMP-LIKE SAIL ON ITS BACK. AND IF THAT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH, IT WAS TOOTHLESS AND ATE LIKE A GIANT VACUUM CLEANER, USING ITS MASSIVE TONGUE FOR SUCTION. SHOPPERS AT A PHARMACY IN THE US STATE OF OREGON GOT A SHOCK WHEN THEY RAN INTO A BEAR CUB CRUISING THE AISLES. THE 6-MONTH-OLD BLACK BEAR PADDED PAST GREETING CARDS AND MOUTHWASH. SHE WAS EVENTUALLY SCOOPED INTO A SHOPPING BASKET BY POLICE AND HANDED OVER TO WILDLIFE STAFF, APPARENTLY UNTROUBLED BY HER OUTING. JUST AHEAD ` WEATHER. JUST AHEAD ` WEATHER. AND FROM THE SILVER SCREEN TO REALITY ` AT LONG LAST, BEHOLD THE HOVERBOARD. AND MORE BOARD GAMES, AND THIS ONE COMES WITH STRINGS. '80S ACTION MUSIC (GRUNTS) It's on. Like Taiwan. Freeze! Police! MEN GRUNT BOTH GRUNT, GUNSHOTS Get down! Brandon! Brandon! Don't worry. I've got my vest. I'll just slip this on. That's better. (SIGHS) SCREAMS: No! SEAGULLS CRY RIGHT NOW SOMETHING FOR ALL THOSE SKATEBOARDERS LOOKING FOR A NEW CHALLENGE OR ANY 'BACK TO THE FUTURE' FANS OR REALLY JUST ANYONE KEEN TO BE ENTERTAINED. HERE'S THE ABC'S TJ HOLMES. HEY! I NEED TO BORROW YOUR... HOVER-BOARD? COME ON, ADMIT IT, YOU WANTED ONE OF THESE ` MARTY MCFLY'S GRAVITY DEFYING HOVER-BOARD IN BACK TO THE FUTURE PART TWO. HE'S ON A HOVER-BOARD! WELL, TODAY THE FUTURE IS HERE. COULD IT BE TRUE? JUST IN TIME FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TIME-TRAVEL CLASSIC, A CALIFORNIA INVENTOR IS LAUNCHING A KICK-STARTER CAMPAIGN TO BRING THE HENDO HOVER-BOARD TO THE WORLD. THANKS TO MARTY MCFLY, THE HOVER-BOARD WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A STEPPING STONE. WE CAN'T GO OVER HEDGES OR NORMAL SIDEWALKS, BUT WE'RE GETTING MUCH CLOSER. EVER SINCE MARTY DROPPED IN ON OCTOBER 21ST 2015, BACK TO THE FUTURE FANS HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR A WAY TO GET THEIR HANDS ON THE REAL DEAL. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CLOSE CALLS OVER THE YEARS, LIKE THIS WATER-POWERED BOARD AND THIS ONE MATTEL SOLD IN 2012, WITH THE HEART-BREAKING FINE PRINT,... DESPITE A $10,000 PRICE TAG, COULD THIS FINALLY BE IT? KICK-STARTER INVESTORS ARE READY TO BELIEVE, SO FAR HENDO HOVER PULLING IN MORE THAN $200,000 OF ITS $250,000 GOAL. (GASPS) GREAT SCOTT! NEVER ONES TO LEAVE A GOOD THEME AT JUST ONE STORY, THIS NEXT TALE TAKES YOUR STANDARD SKATEBOARD AND MAKES IT INTO SOMETHING, WELL, MUSICAL. KRISTIN HALL HAS THE STORY. IN A SMALL STUDIO IN BUENOS AIRES, CRAFTSMAN EZEQUIEL GALASSO TURNS THESE... INTO THESE. (PLAYS ROCK GUITAR SOLO) THE IDEA CAME AFTER A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSIONAL SKATEBOARDER AND FRIEND GIANFRANCO DE GENNARO, WHO TOLD GALASSO HE WAS GOING THROUGH BOARDS EVERY TWO WEEKS. TRANSLATOR: HE TOLD ME THIS MAPLE IS A HARDWOOD, IT HAS A LOT OF ENERGY WITHIN IT, FROM WHEN YOU TAKE THE SHEET OF WOOD, DYE THE LAYERS, COMPACT IT. THERE IS A DESIGNER, THE GRAPHICS, THE SKATER USES IT AND LEAVES HIS OR HER MARK ON THE BOARD ` ALL OF THIS ENERGY ENDS UP IN THE GARBAGE CAN. AND SO WE SAW THIS RESISTANT MATERIAL WITH COLOURS AND MANY THINGS WITHIN IT THAT COULD BE USED. THE PROCESS IS HARDLY HIGH TECH. THERE'S NO PRODUCTION LINE, AND GALASSO USES A PEDAL TO SHAPE THE WOOD. NEVERTHELESS, WORD HAS SPREAD. EVEN SKATING LEGEND TONY HAWK HAS DONATED HIS BEAT-UP BOARDS TO THE CAUSE. TRANSLATOR: WHAT WE WANTED WAS FOR IT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE GUITAR AND THE GUITAR INTO A SKATE. AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHETHER THEY SOUND AS GOOD AS THE REAL DEAL, WELL, GRUNGE ROCKERS PEARL JAM THINK SO. (PLAYS ROCK GUITAR SOLO) THEY PLAYED A GIG IN THE ARGENTINE CAPITAL LAST YEAR, DEDICATING THIS SONG TO 'THE GUY WHO MADE A GUITAR FROM A SKATEBOARD'. PEARL JAM PLAY ROCK MUSIC ENDORSEMENTS DON'T COME MUCH BETTER THAN THAT. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. NOW TO THE WEATHER. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. IF YOU WANT TO GET IN TOUCH YOU CAN HERE ` THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY SHELLEY UPCHURCH AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.