'IT'S A DECISION THAT SHOWS 'IT'S A DECISION THAT SHOWS 'THE CURRENT JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING.' THAT'S THE GREEN PARTY'S REACTION TO THE NEWS NO CHARGES WILL BE LAID IN THE ROAST BUSTERS SEX CASE. AFTER A YEAR-LONG INVESTIGATION, POLICE SAY THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE AGAINST THE YOUNG MEN WHO BOASTED OF HAVING SEX WITH DRUNK, UNDERAGE GIRLS. MAX BANIA REPORTS. THE SEXUAL EXPLOITS OF JOSEPH PARKER AND BERAIAH HALES MAY BE OBJECTIONABLE TO SOME,... ...BUT POLICE SAY THEY'RE NOT CRIMINAL. FACTORS INCLUDE ` THE WISHES OF THE VICTIMS, THE ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE, THE NATURE OF THE OFFENDING AND THE AGE OF THE PARTIES AT THE TIME OF THE OFFENDING. POLICE IDENTIFIED FIVE SUSPECTS ALL UP, INVESTIGATING THEM FOR RAPE AND OTHER SEX CRIMES INVOLVING SEVEN DRUNK TEENAGE GIRLS, SOME OF THEM UNDERAGE. IN ALL, 110 YOUNG WOMEN WERE CANVASSED FOR INFORMATION. 30 WERE INVITED TO MAKE FORMAL STATEMENTS, BUT ONLY FIVE DID. THERE IS NO TIME LIMIT ON THE DISCLOSURE OF SEXUAL OFFENDING BY VICTIMS, AND SHOULD ANY FURTHER DISCLOSURES BE MADE BY ANY OF THE GIRLS SPOKEN TO, THEY WILL BE ASSESSED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. I'D ABSOLUTELY ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO SO. FOR MANY, MANY REASONS, I IMPLORE THEM NOT TO BE DISCOURAGED. POLICE HAVE TAKEN THE RARE STEP OF ISSUING AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR INVESTIGATION, WHICH RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS AROUND THE PREVALENCE OF ALCOHOL AT PARTIES. IT DETAILS TEENAGERS AS YOUNG AS 13 PASSING OUT FROM DRINKING HARD LIQUOR. IT ALSO FOUND A POOR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUE OF CONSENT AMONGST BOTH MALES AND FEMALES. WHEN YOU ADD THE SOCIAL MEDIA, THE ALCOHOL, AGE AND OTHER FACTORS, THEN YOU HAVE GOT A COCKTAIL WHICH CAN BE PRETTY UNPLEASANT. AN INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT INQUIRY'S ALREADY CRITICISED MISINFORMATION RELEASED BY OFFICERS INITIALLY. BUT MINISTER MICHAEL WOODHOUSE DENIES THE INVESTIGATION WAS BOTCHED. WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DECISION MAY DISAPPOINT SOME, I THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF THINGS WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS CASE, AND I'LL BE WORKING WITH POLICE AND THOSE AGENCIES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE LEARNINGS ARE. AND PARENTS ARE BEING REMINDED OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AROUND TEENAGERS' DRINKING AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING ITS REPORT INTO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION. IT SHOULD BE RELEASED BY CHRISTMAS. AUCKLANDER'S ARE FACING A DIFFICULT CHOICE ` PAY TO USE THE CITY'S MOTORWAYS OR FACE RATES RISES. THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS THE COUNCIL'S FLOATING TO HELP SOLVE TRANSPORT WOES. BUT AS WILL HINE REPORTS, THE FINAL SAY COMES DOWN TO THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS ALREADY SCEPTICAL. THE SYSTEM'S CHOKED UP, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT. FOR MANY DECADES, AUCKLANDERS HAVE DELIVERED ONE CLEAR COMPREHENSIVE MESSAGE ` FIX OUR TRANSPORT. COUNCIL WANTS TO FIX IT BUT NEEDS AN EXTRA $12B OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS. IF THE MONEY IS NOT RAISED, AUCKLAND IS GOING TO GRIND TO A HALT. THAT'S WHERE THE NEW FUNDING IDEAS COME IN. UNDER OPTION ONE, RATES WOULD RISE AN EXTRA 0.9% ANNUALLY FOR NINE YEARS. AND FUEL TAX WOULD RISE 1.2C A LITRE EVERY YEAR OVER THE SAME PERIOD. OR UNDER OPTION TWO, EACH TRIP ON THE CITY'S MOTORWAYS WOULD COST ABOUT $2. BY 2026, EITHER SYSTEM WOULD COST THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD ABOUT $350 A YEAR. BUT AVERAGES CAN BE MISLEADING, AND IMPACTS VARY CONSIDERABLY. INDEED, ONE SUGGESTED TOLLING REGIME COULD COST COMMUTERS WHO USE THE MOTORWAY TWICE A DAY MORE THAN $1500 A YEAR. THAT'S CERTAINLY SCARY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. A LOT OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE STRUGGLING, FRANKLY, AND THIS IS JUST GOING TO ADD MORE COSTS ON THAT. BUT THE AA SAYS ITS MEMBERS ARE OK WITH MOTORWAY TOLLS IN PRINCIPLE; THE GOVERNMENT NOT SO SURE. WE'RE NOT SAYING NEVER, BUT WE WE'RE VERY SCEPTICAL BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S COSTLY ON CONSUMERS, BOTH THE POOREST AND THE MOST PRODUCTIVE WHO ARE OUT THERE USING IT FOR THEIR JOBS. THE MAYOR WANT LAWMAKERS TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND. I'M HOPEFUL IT'D BE A POSITIVE OUTCOME AND AUCKLANDERS MIGHT ALSO NEED TO BE SOLD ON THE IDEA OF A MOTORWAY TOLL. I DON'T MIND IF IT'S A NEW ROAD OR A NEW MOTORWAY, BUT IF IT'S AN EXISTING ONE, THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THAT. I DON'T AGREE WITH IT, NO. I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD PUT RATES UP AT ALL. AND FOR THE MOTORWAY, I THINK YOU SHOULD JUST LEAVE IT AS IT IS. THE MESSAGE FROM COUNCIL ` THAT'S NOT AN OPTION IF AUCKLANDERS WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUND THEIR CITY. FOUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE TREATED BY AMBULANCE STAFF AFTER A MAJOR GAS LEAK BROUGHT PARTS OF CHRISTCHURCH TO A STANDSTILL TODAY. A DIGGER RUPTURED A GAS PIPE, FORCING THE EVACUATION OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FROM THE INNER CITY THIS AFTERNOON. POLICE CLOSED OFF ROADS AND MOVED OUT WORKERS AND STUDENTS FROM BUSINESSES AND SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. FOR EXACTLY SIX SECONDS EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO PLAN, BUT THEN IT ALL WENT HORRIBLY, SPECTACULARLY WRONG. A $200M NASA ROCKET EXPLODED INTO FLAMES JUST AFTER LIFT-OFF IN VIRGINIA. CHANNEL 9'S CHRISTINE AHERN HAS THE STORY. A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE CAUSING A MASSIVE FIREBALL LIGHTING UP THE SKY. ALL GASP THIS WAS AN UNMANNED NASA ROCKET. ITS MISSION ` TO DELIVER SUPPLIES AND EXPERIMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. T MINUS 10 SECONDS. ALL WAS GOING PERFECTLY TO PLAN. FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE. BOOM! AND WE HAVE IGNITION. AND WE HAVE LIFT-OFF OF ANTARES. BUT SIX SECONDS INTO THE LAUNCH SOMETHING WENT TERRIBLY WRONG. THE ROCKET PLUMMETED BACK TO EARTH AND EXPLODED. BOOM! EVERYONE IN THE LCC, MAINTAIN YOUR POSITIONS IN YOUR CONSOLES. BOOM! THOSE THAT HAD GATHERED TO WATCH THE LIFT-OFF INSTEAD WITNESSED THE DISASTER. OH GOD. OH GOD. OH GOD, IT'S LOUD! IT'S GONNA BE LOUD! IT'S GONNA BE LOUD! <BLEEP>. <BLEEP>. HOLY <BLEEP>. BOOM! THE DAMAGE FROM THE MASS EXPLOSION IS SIGNIFICANT, BUT THERE WAS NO LOSS OF LIFE. IT'S A TOUGH TIME TO LOSE A LAUNCH VEHICLE LIKE THIS AND ITS PAYLOAD. IT'S NOT AS TRAGIC AS LOSING A LIFE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT WENT SO HORRIBLY WRONG. AN INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDERWAY. THERE ARE RENEWED CALLS FOR TOUGHER ALCOHOL LAWS AFTER AN 18-YEAR-OLD DIED AT A PARTY IN TIMARU DURING THE LONG WEEKEND. ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS BAYLI ELLIOT'S DEATH IS BELIEVED TO BE FROM ALCOHOL POISONING. NOW ALCOHOL SAFETY CAMPAIGNERS ARE CALLING FOR A DRASTIC CHANGE IN OUR DRINKING CULTURE. I THINK IT'S A GREAT TRAGEDY THAT A YOUNG WOMAN WITH ALL THAT POTENTIAL HAS HER LIFE CUT SHORT, AND THROUGH SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. BAYLI ELLIOTT'S DEATH HAS NOW BEEN REFERRED TO THE CORONER. POLICE ARE OFFERING A $150,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION ABOUT A DUNEDIN MOTHER WHO WENT MISSING 12 YEARS AGO. TUI-TANIA BARCLAY WAS LAST SEEN IN OCTOBER 2002. POLICE REOPENED HER CASE EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER SUSPECTING FOUL PLAY. SHE HAS GOT THREE CHILDREN WHO'VE NEVER KNOWN WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THEIR MOTHER. THEY BELIEVED SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT SHE JUST WALKED OUT ON THEM. THIS ISN'T THE CASE. POLICE HAVE ALREADY SEARCHED SEVERAL SITES, INCLUDING A RESERVOIR NEAR HER HOME. PROGRESS IN TACKLING CHILD POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN NZ HAS STAGNATED. THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY BY THE UNITED NATIONS. IT SAYS THE GOVERNMENT'S 'AMBITIOUS' PROGRAMME OF TAX CUTS SIX YEARS AGO BARELY MADE A DENT. GOVERNMENT POLICY IS NOT YET DOING ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT CHILDREN ARE PROTECTED FROM THE HARM OF POVERTY. NZ IS RANKED 16TH OUT OF 41 DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. SINCE 2008, CHILD POVERTY HERE HAS BEEN REDUCED BY LESS THAN HALF A PER CENT. UNDERWEAR, SOAP, WOMEN'S HYGIENE PRODUCTS ` THEY'RE THINGS MOST OF US TAKE FOR GRANTED. BUT NOT EVERYONE HAS EASY ACCESS TO THEM, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN PRISON. KRISTIN HALL EXPLAINS. FOR MOST OF US, THIS IS AS CLOSE AS WE'LL GET TO EXPERIENCING LIFE BEHIND BARS. WE NEED TO WATCH EACH OTHER'S BACKS. BUT FOR HUNDREDS OF KIWI WOMEN, PRISON LIFE IS A REALITY. THEY'RE MORE USED TO HAVING SOMEONE SAY, 'MICHELLE, LOCK UP. COME ON, GET TO YOUR CELL.' MICHELLE DOESN'T WANT US TO SHOW YOU HER FACE. SHE'S AN EX-INMATE WHO WAS FIRST INCARCERATED IN THE '80S AND DIDN'T LEAVE THE SYSTEM UNTIL 2007. DESPITE BEING OUT OF PRISON FOR SEVEN YEARS, THE STIGMA OF BEING AN EX-CON HAS STAYED WITH HER. I GET SHORTLISTED FOR HEAPS OF JOBS, BUT AS SOON AS SOON AS I TELL THEM ABOUT MY CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS, 'OH, NO, WE DON'T WANT TO HIRE YOU.' SHE'S SPEAKING AS PART OF A CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES WOMEN FACE IN AND OUT OF PRISON, AND SOME OF THOSE ISSUES MIGHT SURPRISE YOU. THERE ARE AROUND 500 WOMEN PRISONERS IN NZ, AND ALL OF THEM ARE PROVIDED INITIALLY WITH A SET NUMBER OF THINGS LIKE UNDERWEAR AND PERSONAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS. BUT MANY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO KEEP BUYING THEM ONCE THEY RUN OUT. IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDED WITH GOODS, THEY EITHER NEED WHANAU TO COME IN OR SEND THEM IN. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S EXPENSIVE EVEN JUST PURCHASING THEM. PRISONERS CAN ORDER PERSONAL ITEMS SUCH AS UNDERWEAR, BUT THAT PROCESS TAKES TIME. CORRECTIONS SAYS GOODS LIKE SOAP AND TAMPONS ARE SUPPLIED 'AS NEEDED'. WE'RE NOT CRITICISING CORRECTIONS OR THE GOVERNMENT, SAYING, 'YOU NEED TO PROVIDE THIS.' WE'RE JUST RECOGNISING AN IMMEDIATE NEED. THE BRAS BEHIND BARS CAMPAIGN HAS ALREADY BEEN FLOODED WITH DONATIONS. BUT ACCORDING TO MICHELLE, IT'S OUTSIDE PRISON WHERE WOMEN ALSO NEED SUPPORT. JUST BEING MINDFUL AND TREATING THE PERSON AS YOU WOULD ANY OTHER PERSON. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. JOHN KEY IS DEFENDING THE COST OF DECIDING WHETHER WE NEED A NEW FLAG. FOR A COOL $26M, THERE'LL BE TWO REFERENDUMS. PEOPLE WILL FIRSTLY BE ASKED WHAT ALTERNATIVE DESIGN THEY PREFER, BEFORE CHOOSING BETWEEN THE WINNER OF THAT VOTE AND THE CURRENT FLAG. WHAT PRICE DO YOU PUT ON DEMOCRACY, WHERE PEOPLE CAN GENUINELY HAVE THEIR SAY ON A MATTER THAT IS ACTUALLY IMPORTANT? NZ FIRST LEADER WINSTON PETERS SAYS THE REFERENDUMS ARE A WASTE OF MONEY. ONE OF OUR WAR HEROES HAS BEEN HONOURED BY BRITISH ROYALTY. FORMER SOLDIER WILLIE APIATA IS SEEN HERE SEATED TO THE QUEEN'S LEFT AT A RECEPTION AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. HE WAS AMONG 23 RECIPIENTS OF THE VICTORIA AND GEORGE CROSSES, WHICH ARE AWARDED TO COMMONWEALTH SOLDIERS FOR ACTS OF BRAVERY. A DEAD HUMPBACK WHALE WILL BE REMOVED FROM A WELLINGTON BEACH TOMORROW MORNING. WALKERS FOUND THE MASSIVE 10M LONG MAMMAL WASHED UP ON THE SAND AT WAIKANAE BEACH. IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW IT DIED, SO A SAMPLE OF ITS BLUBBER WILL BE SENT FOR ANALYSIS BEFORE THE WHALE'S BURIED BY DOC AND LOCAL IWI. NOW, YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF THE MUSICIANS IN OUR NEXT STORY, BUT WE CAN ASSURE YOU, WE'RE BEING ASSURED THEY'RE THE ONES TO WATCH. TONIGHT IN AUCKLAND ESTERE, RANDA AND LAKE SOUTH COMPETED FOR NZ ON AIR'S CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARDS. MONIQUE FISCHER WAS THERE. SAY HELLO TO OUR MUSIC SCENE'S NEXT BIG THINGS. (VOCALISES) ESTERE,... (RAPS) ...RANDA... (SINGS MOODILY) ...AND LAKE SOUTH. THEY'RE BATTLING IT OUT FOR THE TITLE OF NZ ON AIR'S CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD, WHICH COMES WITH AN AWFULLY HANDY $10,000 MUSIC GRANT. THEY'VE BEEN HAND-PICKED AS FINALISTS, SO IT'S FAIR TO SAY THEIR MUSIC IS GOOD, BUT NOT THAT EASY TO DESCRIBE. WE MAKE A GENRE OF MUSIC CALLED ELECTRIC BLUE WITCH-HOP. ALTERNATIVE RAP MUSIC. A LITTLE BIT ELECTRONIC, A LITTLE BIT FOLK, I GUESS. I WRITE MY SONGS ON AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND THEN I BRING IT TO THE COMPUTER AND I MESS AROUND WITH IT. (VOCALISES) AS THE THREE ARTISTS PERFORM, THE JUDGES REMAIN ANONYMOUS, STANDING SOMEWHERE IN THIS AUDIENCE. BUT I DO LIKE THAT THEY'RE NOT THE POINT OF THIS NIGHT; IT'S THE ARTIST THEMSELVES AND THE MUSIC THEY'RE PRODUCING. THESE THREE ALL SAY THEY'RE IN IT FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC. I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO WIN TONIGHT. THOUGH A PRIZE PACKAGE OF RECORD DEALS, MUSIC VIDEOS AND MENTORING WOULDN'T GONE DOWN TOO BADLY. I'D LOVE TO DO AN UNDERWATER VIDEO. AND AS FOR THE PLAN IN THE COMING YEARS... I'M TOURING EUROPE NEXT MONTH. THE FUTURE? MAN, WHO KNOWS, Y'KNOW. TOMORROW YOU COULD BE A RAPPER AND I COULD BE LIKE, 'DANG, I WANNA INTERVIEW HUMANS.' # I WANNA DO IT ALL BEFORE I GET OLD. BEFORE I GET OLD. # WATCH THIS SPACE. MONIQUE FISCHER, ONE NEWS. AND SOMETIMES IT DOES PAY TO BE ON LATER ` WE'VE JUST FOUND OUT THE WINNER IS RANDA. JUST AHEAD ` HOW NZ DOCTORS PLAN TO HANDLE AN EBOLA OUTBREAK HERE. TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT ` RESIDENTS ON HAWAII'S BIG ISLAND GET READY TO FLEE THEIR HOMES. AND ` FAT BEATS OR TRIPPING TRANCE. DOES MUSIC AT YOUR DESK MAKE YOU MORE PRODUCTIVE? WE'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT OUR HOSPITALS ARE READY TO COMBAT EBOLA IF THE DEADLY VIRUS MAKES ITS WAY TO NZ, BUT WHAT ABOUT YOUR LOCAL GP'S CLINIC? IN AUCKLAND TONIGHT, HUNDREDS OF DOCTORS AND NURSES MET TO LEARN EXACTLY WHAT TO DO IF FACED WITH EBOLA. THAT'S AS THE ONLY LABORATORY TESTING FOR EBOLA IN AUSTRALASIA CONFIRMS IT'S RULED OUT AROUND A DOZEN SUSPECTED CASES ALREADY. HEALTH REPORTER LORELEI MASON WAS ALLOWED RARE ACCESS TO THE LAB. ITS EXACT LOCATION INSIDE THIS BUILDING IS SECRET, BUT THE HIGH-SECURITY QUARANTINE LAB AT MELBOURNE'S DOHERTY INSTITUTE HOLDS THE KEY TO EBOLA DETECTION FOR AUSTRALASIA. THIS LEVEL-FOUR LABORATORY IS SPECIFICALLY FOR VERY CONTAGIOUS VIRUSES WHICH WE HAVE NO PROVEN TREATMENT FOR. HIGHLY VOLATILE VIRUSES LIKE EBOLA, REQUIRING THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE LEVELS OF PROTECTION AND CONTAINMENT. SCIENTISTS DRESSED IN AERATED SPACE-AGE SUITS, NEEDING A MINIMUM 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE JUST TO WALK THROUGH THIS DOOR. ITS JUST LIKE FLYING A JUMBO JET ` THERE'S NO ROOM FOR ERROR. THEY'RE A HEAVY-DUTY VINYL-TYPE SUIT. EACH ONE COSTING SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. IT FORMS A SEAL, AND IT WILL GO POSITIVE PRESSURE. IT'S THEN HOOKED UP TO A BREATHING LINE. AND THAT IS WHAT PROVIDES US WITH PROTECTION IN CASE OF ANY PERFORATION IN THE SUIT WHILE WE'RE WORKING. THIS ONE LAB IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TESTING ALL POTENTIAL EBOLA CASES IN AUSTRALIA, NZ AND THE WESTERN PACIFIC. AT THE MOMENT WE'VE ONLY TESTED 11 OR 12 SAMPLES FROM AROUND AUSTRALIA. THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING AROUND SCALE-UP. BLOOD SAMPLES ARE NEEDED TO CONFIRM EBOLA, ALONG WITH SALIVA AND NASAL SWABS. SCIENTISTS THEN CRACK THE GENETIC CODE OF THE VIRUS. SO WE USE SOMETHING CALLED PCR OR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY WHERE WE CAN IDENTIFY, VERY QUICKLY, SMALL PIECES OF THE GENETIC CODE. WITH THE RISK HERE ONLY ONE IN 40,000, IT'S HOPED THE DOHERTY LAB WON'T BE CALLED UPON TOO OFTEN. LORELEI MASON, ONE NEWS. OVERSEAS NOW ` AND IN A MOVE THAT REFUGEE GROUPS ARE CALLING 'MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE', THE EUROPEAN UNION IS SCALING BACK RESCUE OPERATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. AT LEAST 3000 MIGRANTS, MAINLY FROM NORTH AFRICA, HAVE DIED ON THE PERILOUS JOURNEY TO EUROPE THIS YEAR. THE NEW EU OPERATION WILL FOCUS MORE ON BORDER CONTROL RATHER THAN SEARCH AND RESCUE IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS. ITALY'S NAVY, WHICH HAS RESCUED 150,000 MIGRANTS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, SAYS IF THEY ARE ONLY FUNDED TO PATROL THEIR OWN WATERS, MIGRANTS WILL BE LEFT TO DIE. THOUSANDS OF MOURNERS HAVE TURNED OUT FOR THE FUNERAL OF THE SOLDIER KILLED IN LAST WEEK'S ATTACK ON THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT. BAGPIPES PLAY PEOPLE LINED THE STREETS AND PACKED A CHURCH AS CORPORAL NATHAN CIRILLO WAS FAREWELLED WITH FULL MILITARY HONOURS. THE 24-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT DEAD AS HE STOOD GUARD AT THE NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL IN OTTAWA. CANADIANS, WE WILL PERSEVERE, TAKING STRENGTH FROM THE LEGACY OF SERVICE OF CORPORAL CIRILLO, AND GIVING THANKS, ALL THE MORE, FOR THE COURAGE AND DEDICATION OF ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. CORPORAL CIRILLO WAS ONE OF TWO SOLDIERS KILLED LAST WEEK IN SEPARATE ATTACKS BY ISLAM EXTREMISTS. RESIDENTS OF A HAWAIIAN VILLAGE HAVE STARTED EVACUATING THEIR HOMES TONIGHT AS A RIVER OF HOT LAVA REACHES THE FIRST PROPERTY IN ITS PATH. WITH THE LATEST, HERE'S CHANNEL 9'S ROBERT PENFOLD. A SUPER-HEATED RIVER OF MOLTEN LAVA AND FIRE SNAKES ITS WAY THROUGH PADDOCKS AND BUSH LAND, TOWARDS HOMES. THIS SHED DID NOT STAND A CHANCE. EVERY HOUR, IT EDGES CLOSER TO DOZENS OF HOUSES. AND AT 1000-DEGREES CELSIUS, THE LAVE ONLY HAS TO GET CLOSE BEFORE PROPERTIES WILL SIMPLY EXPLODE. MY FRIEND HAS, LIKE, FOUR HOUSES. HE PUT SO MUCH YEARS INTO IT, AND HE'S GONNA LOSE ALL THAT. THE FLOW IS NOW ENTERING THE SLEEPY TOWN OF PAHOA, ON HAWAII'S BIG ISLAND. THE OOZING STREAM LAYS WASTE TO EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH. THE LAVA BEHIND THIS MELTED FENCE IS CHEST-HIGH, AND IT'S MOVING QUICKLY. TODAY, IT TRAVELLED 10M EVERY HOUR. IT'S BEST DESCRIBED AS A DISASTER IN SLOW MOTION, AND THERE'S NO STOPPING IT. IT BEGAN IN JUNE, 20 KM IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT NOW THE LAVA FLOW HAS MADE ITS WAY RIGHT HERE TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN. AND SOON THIS ROAD WILL BE TAKEN OVER AS WELL, AND THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT SO MANY OTHER PLACES HERE ARE DOOMED. AUTHORITIES HERE ARE NOW MAKING PLANS TO LET RESIDENTS WATCH THEIR HOMES BEING DESTROYED. IT'S A MEANS OF CLOSURE, THEY SAY, FOR THE DESPAIR SO MANY ARE EXPERIENCING. TAKING TIME OUT FROM EDUCATING THE YANKS ABOUT RUGBY, ALL BLACK CAPTAIN RICHIE MCCAW HAD THE CHANCE TO TAKE CENTRE STAGE AT AN ICE HOCKEY GAME IN CHICAGO TONIGHT. AFTER A QUICK WARM-UP, HE GOT THE CHANCE TO SHOW HIS SKILLS ON THE ICE. IT'S A NEW PLACE FOR US ALL TO PLAY IN, AND, YOU KNOW, CHICAGO'S A PRETTY COOL TOWN TO SELL OUT 60,000 ` THEY DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT RUGBY ` IS PRETTY AWESOME. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. ALL RIGHT. GO ON, SHOOT THE PUCK. HERE GOES RICHIE. AND THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR A BIG, BIG DAY AT SOLDIER FIELD TO A SOLD-OUT CROWD. HEY, HE LOOKS PRETTY COMFORTABLE ON THE ICE. HE'S CLEARLY BEEN GIVEN SOME HOCKEY TIPS BY SOMEONE. TO SEE IT LIVE, SEE THE QUICKNESS OF WHAT THEY DO, IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING. AND JUST TO GET OUT THERE ON THE ICE, JUST TO HAVE A LOOK FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW WAS PRETTY COOL TOO. AND IF ICE HOCKEY WASN'T ENOUGH, MCCAW'S BACK AT THE SAME VENUE ON SATURDAY, MEETING THE CHICAGO BULLS BASKETBALLERS. IT BEGINS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES, BUT IN CASE YOU CAN'T WAIT, TOMORROW'S WEATHER IS UP NEXT. AND IF YOU HANKER FOR SOME WORKPLACE INSPIRATION, LISTEN TO THIS. # WE WILL, WE WILL ROCK YOU. # WE'VE GOT THE MUSIC SELECTION TO HELP YOU GET FOCUSED. The BNZ Labour Weekend home loan special ends soon. Apply by Friday to get our super low home loan rate of just 5.85%, fixed for three years. Plus, you could get a $3000 cash bonus. Hurry. Go to bnz.co.nz now. NEED A SOUNDTRACK OF FAT BEATS TO GET YOU THROUGH YOUR WORK DAY? WELL, A NEW AMERICAN STUDY MAY HAVE PROVEN WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW ` SOME TUNES ACTUALLY MAKE YOU WANT TO WORK HARDER. ABC'S TJ HOLMES EXPLAINS. # I'M ALL ABOUT THAT BASS, ABOUT THAT BASS. NO TREBLE. # TURNS OUT MEGHAN TRAINOR IS RIGHT. WHEN IT COMES TO MUSIC THAT MAKES YOU FEEL YOUR MOST POWERFUL, IT IS ALL ABOUT THAT BASS. A RECENT STUDY AT NORTHWESTERN'S KELLOGG'S SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT SHOWS THAT LISTENING TO CERTAIN KINDS OF MUSIC IN THE OFFICE ACTUALLY MAKES PEOPLE WANT TO WORK HARDER AND TAKE MORE CONTROL. OUR WORK SUGGESTS THAT STRATEGICALLY LISTENING TO HIGH-POWERED MUSIC COULD HELP YOU PERFORM BETTER. RESEARCHERS CHOSE 31 SONGS FROM DIFFERENT GENRES LIKE POP, HEAVY METAL, REGGAE, AND HIP HOP, THEN ASKED PARTICIPANTS TO RATE HOW POWERFUL EACH TRACK MAKES THEM FEEL. # BUDDY, YOU'RE A BOY. MAKE A BIG NOISE... TOPPING THE HIGH-POWERED LIST ` QUEEN'S HIGH SCHOOL GYM FAVOURITE. # WE WILL, WE WILL ROCK YOU. # 2 UNLIMITED'S NBA GAME STAPLE... # Y'ALL READY FOR THIS? # AND FIFTY CENT'S PARTY-STARTIN' ANTHEM. # YOU'LL FIND ME IN THE CLUB. # IT TURNS OUT PEOPLE LISTENING TO THOSE SONGS NOT ONLY FELT MORE PUMPED UP, THEY PERFORMED BETTER AND BECAME MORE PROACTIVE. POWERFUL MUSIC WITH POWERFUL RESULTS. # I'M ALL ABOUT THAT BASS, ABOUT THAT BASS, BASS, BASS. # MAYBE SOMETHING A LITTLE LESS POWERFUL TO TAKE YOU THROUGH TOMORROW'S WEATHER. SAMBA MUSIC FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH SOME DRAMATIC SHOTS OF THE LIGHTNING OVER AUCKLAND TONIGHT. THANKS FOR STAYING UP TO WATCH. GOODNIGHT, OR SHOULD THAT BE GOOD MORNING?