TONIGHT ` EMBARRASSING, MEAN SPIRITED, ARROGANT ` THAT'S WHAT THE CRITICS SAY, BUT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS ITS LABOUR LAWS WILL BRING FLEXIBILTY. WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU? WE'RE LIVE AT THE APRA SILVER SCROLL AWARDS ` KIWI MUSIC'S BIGGEST NIGHT, WITH ALL THE SPECIAL GUESTS, GOWNS AND GONGS. AND CHECK THIS OUT ` COULD IT BE THE ANSWER TO PEAK HOUR PROBLEMS, SOARING OVER TRAFFIC SNARL UPS? DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. SHAMEFUL. THAT'S HOW A UNION LEADER IS DESCRIBING THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION. CTU PRESIDENT HELEN KELLY SAYS WE NOW HAVE SOME OF THE WORST EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD, THAT IT'S EMBARRASSING, AND THAT KIWI WORKERS DESERVE MORE THAN THIS. AND SHE'S NOT ALONE IN HER CRITICISM. LABOUR HAS CALLED THE CHANGES ARROGANT, WHILE THE GREEN PARTY SAYS IT'S MEAN-SPIRITED AND BACKWARD LOOKING. BUT THE GOVERNMENT'S DEFENDING THE LAW, ARGUING IT ALLOWS FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY. TO EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT THE CHANGES MEAN FOR YOU, HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD. STATISTICS NZ STAFF ARE TAKING A CALCULATED RISK ` GOING ON PARTIAL STRIKE OVER A PAY DISPUTE. BUT UNDER THE GOVERNMENTS NEW LABOUR LAWS, THEIR PAY COULD BE DOCKED FOR DOING SO. MORE THAN 400 STATISTICS STAFF ARE NOW WORKING TO RULE, TAKING ALL THEIR TEA BREAKS AND A LUNCH BREAK. BUT SOME WORKERS WILL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THOSE BREAKS UNDER THE REFORMS PASSED LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LABOUR SAYS A PETITION IT'S RUN OVER THE LAST WEEK SHOWS CLEAR OPPOSITION. WHAT ANGERS ME ABOUT THE TUB-THUMPING RHETORIC OF THE CLOTH-CAP WEARERS OF THE OPPOSITION, IS THAT THEIR IRRATIONAL AND INCORRECT DESCRIPTION OF THE FLEXIBILITY, IS THE REMOVAL OF TEA-BREAKS HAS CREATED A CLIMATE OF FEAR. OTHER CHANGES ALLOW EMPLOYERS TO WALK AWAY FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND REMOVES PROTECTION FOR WORKERS IN SMALL BUSINESSES WHEN THAT BUSINESS IS SOLD. OPPOSITION PARTIES SAY WAGES WILL BE SLSAHED, AND UNION MEMBERSHIP WILL FALL. THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW IS TO ENTRENCH THE POWER OF EMPLOYERS TO DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE WORKPLACE ` FROM BARGAINING PARTICIPATION DOWN TO THE TEA BREAK. IT SHOWS THE ARROGANCE OF THIS NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. THE FIRST THING THEY DO IS UNDERMINE WORKERS' RIGHTS. THE GOVERNMENT INSISTS IT'S ABOUT FLEXIBILITY. I THINK FOR THE VAST, OVERWHELMING BULK OF NZERS, THEY'LL FIND ABSOLUTELY NO CHANGE TO THEIR WORKPLACE. THOSE THAT DO WILL PROBABLY WELCOME THAT. BUT MANY WORKERS, INCLUDING THOSE AT THE STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, DON'T BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT'S ARGUMENT ADDS UP. KATIE BRADFORD, ONE NEWS. HE SPENT MORE THAN TWO DECADES LOCKING CRIMINALS UP. NOW A FORMER DETECTIVE IS HIMSELF FACING TIME BEHIND BARS. MICHAEL BLOWERS TODAY ADMITTED STEALING CONFISCATED DRUGS FROM THE POLICE STATION AND PASSING THEM ON TO SELL. HELEN CASTLES HAS BEEN COVERING HIS TRIAL IN WHANGEREI. MR BLOWERS, WHY'D YOU DO IT? FREE TO GO HOME, BUT NOT FOR LONG. FORMER DETECTIVE MICHAEL BLOWERS IS FACING A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF LIFE BEHIND BARS. IT'S INEVITABLE YOU WILL RECEIVE A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THIS MORNING, THE 50-YEAR-OLD CONCEDED DEFEAT. HOW DO YOU PLEAD? GUILTY. GUILTY OF STEALING AND DEALING P. A CHARGE OF SUPPLYING CANNABIS WAS DROPPED. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DAY THREE OF A TWO-WEEK TRIAL. THE COURT WAS GOING TO HEAR FROM MORE THAN 40 WITNESSES, MOST OF THEM POLICE OFFICERS. ON TUESDAY NIGHT, AFTER THE JURY RETIRED FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE CROWN PRODUCED NEW EVIDENCE. THAT EVIDENCE WAS FROM A POLICE WITNESS, DOCUMENTING THE MOVEMENT OF P AT THE DRUG STORAGE UNITS BLOWERS WAS IN CHARGE OF. THE CANDIDATES WHO COULD HAVE DONE IT WERE REDUCED TO MR BLOWERS, AND HE'S GUILTY, COS HE PLEADED GUILTY. IN 2011, BLOWERS WAS INVOLVED IN THE SEIZURE OF 58G OF P FROM THIS WHANGAREI MOTEL. HE MOVED IT BETWEEN STORAGE FACILITIES BEFORE STEALING IT, FILLING THE BAGS UP WITH SALT. IT WASN'T UNTIL POLICE WENT BACK AND TESTED THE PACKAGE AGAIN THAT THEY NOTICED A PROBLEM ` THE PACKAGE HAD GONE FROM 81% PURE METH TO JUST 29% IN QUALITY. JUST ONE MONTH BEFORE HIS FIRST OFFENCE, TVNZ CAMERAS WERE WITH MICHAEL BLOWERS AS HE CARRIED OUT ANOTHER DRUGS BUST IN WHANGAREI. ONCE YOU MAKE A BIT OF MONEY, YOU WANT TO MAKE A BIT MORE, AND IF YOU GET AWAY WITH IT, YOU WANT TO MAKE A BIT MORE. WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT TO SENTENCING TO FIND OUT IF GREED WAS HIS MOTIVATION. MR BLOWERS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY AT ALL? HE DOESN'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING. DESPITE HIS FALL FROM GRACE, BLOWERS' FAMILY IS STANDING BY HIM. HE UNDERSTANDS THAT HE'S LET HIMSELF DOWN, HIS FAMILY DOWN, AND HIS COMMUNITY DOWN. HE'LL BE BACK IN COURT IN DECEMBER TO LEARN HIS FATE. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS A DISTURBING AND SHOCKING VIDEO HAS EMERGED IN AUSTRALIA OF MUSLIM CHILDREN, SOME AS YOUNG AS SIX, CALLING FOR DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE FOOTAGE TAKEN AT A SYDNEY MOSQUE LAST YEAR. CHANNEL SEVEN'S BRYAN SEYMOUR HAS MORE. WATCH AS FOUR AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN AGED 6 TO 13 CALL FOR AN END TO OUR WAY OF LIFE. CHILD CHANTS LOUDLY: A GROUP CALLING ITSELF 'THE MUSLIM YOUTH PROJECT' RUNS REGULAR EVENTS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. IN THIS ONE HELD LAST YEAR, THE BOYS RALLY UNDER THE BANNER 'SOLDIERS OF KILAFAH' ` THE 6-YEAR-OLD PROCLAIMING: AND PROMISED TO DIE FIGHTING TO END DEMOCRACY IN AUSTRALIA, REPLACING IT WITH A CALIPHATE RULED BY ISLAMIC SHARIA LAW. THEY ALSO CALL FOR AMERICAN PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA TO GO TO HELL, FOR SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD TO BE BEHEADED: AND FOR AN END TO WESTERN IDEALS. I THINK IT'S UGLY, I THINK IT'S SICKENING, AND I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY DISTURBING. IT'S ONE THING FOR THESE PEDLARS OF VICIOUS HATE TO DO THAT THEMSELVES, WHICH IS APPALLING ENOUGH, BUT TO RECRUIT CHILDREN INTO SUCH A SICKENING DISPLAY I THINK APPALLED ALL AUSTRALIANS OF ALL RELIGIONS, RIGHTLY. THE MAN LEADING THE CHANT IS BILAL MERH, A SENIOR FIGURE IN THE RADICAL GROUP HIZB UT TAHRIR. YES, MY BROTHERS! WE WILL CHANGE THE WORLD TO SUIT ISLAM. THE MUSLIMS LIVING IN AUSTRALIA ARE ALSO ENGAGING IN THIS STRUGGLE. A KEY CONCERN IS THESE BOYS BEING RADICALISED TO CARRY OUT VIOLENT ATTACKS, JUST LIKE THE STUDENT ABDULLAH ELMIR (17), THE NEW POSTER BOY FOR ISIS IN IRAQ. THE MUSLIM YOUTH PROJECT IS PLANNING ANOTHER EVENT THIS WEEKEND. THE VIDEO COMES AS AUTHORITIES REVEALED TWO MORE MUSLIM MEN FROM SYDNEY WERE STOPPED FROM TRAVELLING TO THE MIDDLE EAST. IN NZ, ONLY ONE IN 100 SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES WILL END IN A CONVICTION. SO IS THE SYSTEM BROKEN? OR ARE WE QUITE SIMPLY FAILING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE? THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS BEING ASKED AFTER POLICE FAILED TO BRING CHARGES AGAINST ANY OF THE SO-CALLED ROAST BUSTERS. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS REPORTS. IT WAS LEGIT. THIS IS GOING TO GO BIG. EVERYONE'S GOING TO KNOW ABOUT THE ROAST BUSTERS. BETWEEN YOUTUBE VIDEOS NAMING NAMES AND MEDIA SCRUTINY,... MOST SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT FEEL SELF BLAME. THEY FEEL SHAME. ...POLICE ADMIT THEY COULDN'T CONVINCE MANY SUSPECTED VICTIMS OF THE SO-CALLED ROASTBUSTERS TO COME FORWARD. SO WE NEED GOVERNMENT TO STEP UP AND HAVE A NATIONAL PLAN ` A WHOLE GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO PROTECT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND TEACH THEM ALL ABOUT CONSENT. POLICE SAY WHEN THEY ASKED THE YOUNG PEOPLE THEY SPOKE TO JUST WHAT THAT WAS, MANY OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS DID NOT UNDERSTAND. THE GOVERNMENT ADMITS THIS NEEDS WORK. WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO SEE WHETHER THERE CAN BE IMPROVEMENTS. ONLY ONE IN EVERY 100 SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES WILL END IN A CONVICTION. A LAW COMMISSION ISSUES PAPER RECOMMENDED A SPECIALIST SEXUAL VIOLENCE COURT. FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER JUDITH COLLINS PUT A STOP TO THAT PROJECT IN 2012. BUT THERE'S BEEN A CHANGING OF THE GUARD. AS A NEW MINISTER, WHAT I'VE SIGNALLED IS I'M VERY OPEN TO CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THE FULL RANGE OF OPTIONS TO US. THIS CASE WONT BE CLOSED. IT WILL NEVER BE CLOSED, AND PEOPLE WILL POSSIBLY COME FORWARD WHETHER IT IS IN A FEW MONTHS, PROBABLY IN A FEW YEARS. NO CHARGES, BUT POLICE SAY THEY'LL STAY OPEN TO NEW COMPLAINTS. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, ONE NEWS. IMMIGRATION NZ HAS CONFIRMED KIM DOTCOM DID NOT DECLARE A DANGEROUS DRIVING CONVICTION WHEN APPLYING FOR RESIDENCY. THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD ALLEGES DOTCOM RECEIVED THE CONVICTION FOR SPEEDING IN 2009 BUT DID NOT DISCLOSE IT IN A RESIDENCY APPLICATION SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING YEAR. AN IMMIGRATION LAWYER SAYS IF PROVEN, DOTCOM COULD POTENTIALLY BE DEPORTED. THE MINISTER WILL NEED TO DETERMINE WHETHER MR DOTCOM WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED RESIDENCE IF IMMIGRATION NZ HAD KNOWN ABOUT HIS DRIVING CONVICTION AT THE TIME THEY CONSIDERED HIS APPLICATION. IMMIGRATION NZ SAYS IT WILL CHECK WITH POLICE WHETHER THERE ARE ANY UNDECLARED CONVICTIONS. DOTCOM WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT. JUST HOW WELL DO OUR UNIVERSITIES PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE WORK FORCE? A NEW GOVERNMENT SCHEME WANTS TO FIND OUT. SO IT'S GETTING EMPLOYERS WHO'VE HIRED GRADUATES, AND THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES, TO RATE THE QUALITY OF THEIR COURSES. VARIENCE IN COURSE QUALITY AND EDUCATIONAL REPUTATION. OF COURSE THIS WILL INCREASE THE COMPETITION. THE MOVE IS PART OF A WIDER PUSH BY THE GOVERNMENT TO HELP STUDENTS BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR STUDY MIGHT TURN INTO A JOB, AND TO GET UNIVERSITIES PRODUCING THE RIGHT GRADUATES TO FILL THOSE JOBS. THERE ARE FRESH CALLS TONIGHT FOR URGENT CHANGES TO OUR DEADLIEST INDUSTRY. AFTER A 9-MONTH REVIEW INTO THE FORESTRY SECTOR, AN INDEPENDENT PANEL HAS DETAILED AN ALARMING NEED FOR MORE BASIC TRAINING AND A REVIEW ON THE HOURS WORKED. IT ALSO WANTS A NEW FORESTRY LEADERS ACTION GROUP MADE UP OF GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY, WORKERS AND UNIONS. WE'VE SET OUT WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A THREE-YEAR ROAD MAP WHICH WILL DELIVER A SAFE, SUSTAINABLE AND PROFESSIONAL FORESTRY SECTOR. 32 PEOPLE HAVE DIED ON THE JOB IN THE LAST SIX YEARS, AND THOUSANDS MORE HAVE BEEN INJURED. MICHAEL WOODHOUSE, THE MINISTER IN CHARGE, SAYS HE'S READ THE REPORT BUT ISN'T MAKING ANY PROMISES. IT'S KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD FOR IT'S STUNNING SCENERY, AND NOW QUEENSTOWN COULD BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL SPORTING GROUND, WITH A BID BREWING TO HOST THE 2026 WINTER OLYMPICS. THE PROPOSAL, HEADED BY NZ COMPETITIVE SKIER ADAM BARWOOD, IS IN ITS EARLY STAGES, BUT ALREADY HAS THE BACKING OF A FORMER OLYMPIC COMMITTEE PRESIDENT. HE BELIEVES NZ HAS A CHANCE, AFTER THE IOC COMMISSIONED A REPORT TO CRACK DOWN ON EXCESSIVE BIDDING AND HOSTING COSTS. IN THE PAST IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TOTALLY UNFEASIBLE. WE'VE SAID THAT. BUT IF THE IOC'S GOING TO CHANGE THE RULES IN DECEMBER, THEN, PRACTICALLY, WE MAY BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT. THE PROPOSAL STILL HAS SOME HIGH HURDLES TO CLEAR FROM THE NZ OLYMPIC COMMITTEE TO SPORT NZ. RAW ESTIMATES OF THE COST OF HOSTING THE EVENT TOTAL 690 MILLION DOLLARS. NOW YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF THE WILDSCREEN FILM FESTIVAL OR FILMMAKER ASHWIKA KAPUR, BUT WE'RE ABOUT TO CHANGE ALL THAT, BECAUSE THE OTAGO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE HAS JUST WON THE COVETED NEWCOMER'S AWARD, WHICH IN COMMON FILM SPEAK IS LIKE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY OSCAR. MEGAN MARTIN REPORTS. THE NAME OF HER FILM SAYS IT ALL ` SIROCCO: HOW A DUD BECAME A STUD. SIROCCO IS A VERY RARE BIRD. THE ROCK STAR KAKAPO IS THE CENTRAL PROTAGONIST IN OTAGO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE ASHWIKA KAPUR'S DOCUMENTARY. TOGETHER THEY'VE WON A PRESTIGIOUS AWARD AT THE WILDSCREEN FILM FESTIVAL IN BRISTOL. IF YOU WIN A NEWCOMERS AWARD AT WILDSCREEN, YOU HAVE DONE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. IT'S THE GREEN OSCARS. IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE ACADEMY AWARD OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL FILM REALM, WHILE ASH CELEBRATES THE WIN, HER CLASSMATES ARE FRANTICALLY FINISHING THEIR OWN NATURAL HISTORY FILMS. AFTER ABOUT 70-PLUS DIVES I GOT IT DONE. THEY COVER ALL SORTS OF TOPICS, FROM THE SURVIVAL OF GIANT KELP... IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE YOU'RE FLYING. ...TO THE PLANET'S OLDEST RAINFOREST IN AUSTRALIA. IT LOOKS LIKE PARADISE FROM OUTSIDE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY VERY TOUGH FOR THOSE ANIMALS TO SURVIVE. EVEN THE INTRODUCED DUNG BEETLE GETS A STAR TURN DESPITE TOUGH FILMING CONDITIONS. COVERED IN DIRT AND OFTEN, LIKE, ELBOW DEEP IN COW PATS ON A DAILY BASIS WHICH SOUNDS PRETTY GROSS, BUT IS ACTUALLY REALLY FUN. AND IF FUN ISN'T ENOUGH MOTIVATION, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT AMAZING WILDSCREEN SUCCESS OF SIROCCO AND FILM MAKER ASH. SHE'S SUCH AN INSPIRATION TO ALL OF US. I MEAN, SHE'S ACHIEVED THE DREAM STRAIGHT OUT OF THE COURSE, THEIR FILMS PREMIERE THIS SATURDAY. AFTER THAT, THE WORLD IS THEIR OYSTER OR ANY OTHER CREATURE THEY CHOOSE TO FILM. MEGAN MARTIN, ONE NEWS. RIGHT NOW SOME OF OUR TOP MUSICIANS ARE ANXIOUSLY WAITING TO FIND OUT WHO'S WON THIS YEAR'S APRA SILVER SCROLL AWARD. THE PRESTIGIOUS SONGWRITING ACCOLADE IS ABOUT TO BE HANDED OUT IN WELLINGTON, WHERE KRISTIN HALL'S STANDING BY. KRISTIN, DO WE HAVE A WINNER? WE ACTUALLY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT LORDE IS ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE IT WE'LL STAND BY FOR A BIT THE WINNER IS... TAMMY AND JOSHUA NEILSON FOR WALK BACK TO YOUR ARMS SHE'S A COUNTRY ARTIST WE DON'T HEAR MUCH COUNTRY IN NZ SO PERHAPS A BIT OF AN UPSET? WHY WAS LORDE THERE? SHE WAS KEPT A BIT OF A SECRET BUT SHE IS AND SHE DID WIN AN AWARD FOR THE MOST PERFORMED WORKS AWARD NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FOR TWO SONGS SHE'S PLAYING IN WELLINGTON JUST AHEAD ` A RAY OF HOPE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST EBOLA. THE PEOPLE OF HAWAII OFFER GIFTS TO THE VOLCANO THAT LOOKS SET TO DESTROY THEIR HOMES. AND SHARK TAKES ON A SURFER ` WITH SURPRISING RESULTS. THE GREENS HAVE BEEN LEFT RED-FACED AFTER ONE OF THEIR MP'S SUGGESTED HOMEOPATHY COULD BE USED TO TREAT EBOLA. STEFFAN BROWNING SIGNED A PETITION CALLING ON THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO CONSIDER THE CONTROVERSIAL ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE TO COMBAT THE EBOLA EPIDEMIC. MR BROWNING NOW ADMITS THAT WAS PROBABLY PRETTY UNWISE. I'M NOT THE EXPERT. I AM NOT A HOMEOPATH. I AM NOT A DOCTOR. IT IS NOT FOR ME TO MAKE THAT DECISION. I AM JUST NOT OPPOSED TO HOMEOPATHY. GREENS CO-LEADER RUSSEL NORMAN SAYS IT WAS AN UNWISE THING TO DO, ADDING THE GREEN PARTY TAKES AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH BEFORE FORMING ITS OPINIONS. MEANWHILE, THERE'S BEEN SOME GOOD NEWS IN THE BATTLE AGAINST EBOLA. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS THERE'S BEEN A DECLINE IN THE SPREAD OF DEADLY VIRUS IN LIBERIA, THE COUNTRY HARDEST HIT BY THE OUTBREAK. BUT IT WARNS AGAINST ANY SUGGESTION THE CRISIS IS OVER. MORE THAN 4900 PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EBOLA. THEIR HOMES ARE ABOUT TO BE DESTROYED BY AN UNSTOPPABLE RIVER OF LAVA, BUT THE RESIDENTS OF THE HAWAIIAN TOWN AREN'T PANICKING OR EVEN UPSET. INSTEAD THEY'RE WORSHIPPING THE ISLAND'S GODDESS OF FIRE. CHANNEL NINE'S ROBERT PENFOLD EXPLAINS. BY NIGHT THE POOLS OF LAVA LET OFF A FRIGHTENING GLOW. THE BUSH CRACKLES AS IT'S INCINERATED, AND ALL THEY CAN DO HERE IS WATCH. FROM THE AIR, YOU GET A REAL SENSE OF HOW DANGEROUS IT IS ON THE GROUND. KILOMETRES OF STEAMING BLACK ROCK THAT OCCASIONALLY CRACK OPEN, REVEALING A RED-HOT INSIDE. THE TOWN OF PAHOA IS STILL EXPECTED TO TAKE A DIRECT HIT ` BUT ONLY A SMALL PART OF IT. 15 OR 20 HOMES NOW, AT MOST, COULD BE WIPED OUT. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS FLOW IS ONLY ABOUT 5M ACROSS, RUNNING DOWN A NATURAL GULLY, BUT AS YOU TRACE IT BACK UP TO THE VOLCANO IT GROWS TO ABOUT 15M WIDE. THIS LAVA FIELD FROM DAYS GONE BY SHOWS THAT IT'S NOT AN UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE HERE IN HAWAII. THERE'S NO PANIC, AND THERE'S NO HYSTERIA. RATHER, THE LOCALS ARE PUTTING OUT FLOWERS AND WELCOMING GIFTS TO TUTU PELE, THE GODDESS OF THE VOLCANO, AND WELCOMING HER INTO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. WE OFFER, UM, ALCOHOL ` VODKA, GIN, WHATEVER. THE MAIN ROAD HERE IS EXPECTED TO BE COVERED BY THE LAVA WITHIN A DAY. THEY'VE ALREADY SEALED UP THE POWER POLES, WRAPPING THEM IN STEEL AND LOADING LAVA ROCK UP AROUND THEM. THEY DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL STOP THE LAVA, BUT LIKE THEY'VE DONE FOR SO LONG, THEY LIVE IN HOPE. RESCUE WORKERS IN SRI LANKA HAVE STEPPED UP THEIR SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS AFTER A LANDSLIDE TORE THROUGH A VILLAGE IN A TEA-GROWING AREA OF THE COUNTRY. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE ARE FEARED DEAD. OFFICIALS HAVE ALREADY WARNED THERE'S LITTLE CHANCE OF FINDING ANYONE ALIVE. A YOUNG AUSSIE SURFER HAS TAKEN ON A SHARK AND LIVED TO TELL THE TALE. RYAN HUNT WAS TRYING TO CATCH A FEW WAVES WHEN A SHARK LATCHED ON TO HIS FOOT. TRIED TO KICK IT OFF ONCE, AND IT LET GO AND THEN GRABBED BACK ON. IT BIT DOWN PRETTY HARD ON THE FOOT. I WAS LUCKY TO SHAKE IT OFF. SOME STITCHES IN HIS FOOT ARE THE ONLY SIGN OF STRUGGLE. AND IN A POSITIVE TURN OF EVENTS, HIS GIRLFRIEND'S THRILLED, SAYING "SCARS ARE SEXY." EVERY MARRIAGE HAS ITS UPS AND DOWNS ` BUMPS IN THE ROAD IF YOU LIKE. BUT IT'S FAIR TO SAY THIS AMERICAN COUPLE'S STARTED THEIR LIFE TOGETHER IN A DISASTROUS FASHION. WHILE CARRYING HIS NEW WIFE TO THE RECEPTION, THE GROOM SLIPPED AND DROPPED HER ON THE CONCRETE. THE BRIDE SAID IT LOOKED WORSE THAN IT WAS AND EVEN MANAGED TO JOKE THAT IT WAS WORTH IT BECAUSE NOW THEIR DAY IS TRULY UNFORGETTABLE. JUST AHEAD ` ALL YOUR TRICK-AND-TREATING WEATHER, PLUS ` CHECK OUT HARRY POTTER. SEE HOW THE BOY WIZARD CASTS A SPELL AS RADCLIFFE THE RAPPER. AND A VERY NOVEL, VERY COOL WAY TO AVOID TRAFFIC JAMS. EARLIER WE HEARD THAT THIS YEAR'S SILVER SCROLL HAS GONE TO TAMI NEILSON FOR HER SONG, WALK BACK IN YOUR ARMS. LET'S GO BACK TO KRISTIN HALL AT THE AWARDS IN WELLINGTON, WHO'S WITH WINNER TAMI NEILSON. TAMI WON JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO HOW DOES IT FEEL? LIKE I'M DREAMING I'M BLOWN AWAY HOW WILL YOU CELEBRATE? HITTING THE SPARKLING WATER HARD I HAVE A 4-MONTH OLD BACK AT THE HOTEL THIS NEXT STORY COULD BE THE ANSWER TO AUCKLAND'S TRANSPORT WORRIES. AT FIRST GLANCE, THIS WHITE AND BLUE BEAUTY LOOKS JUST LIKE A SOUPED UP SPORTS CAR. THEN IT TRANSFORMS ` WINGS UNFOLDING FROM THE SIDE IN JUST SECONDS. IT'S CALLED THE FLYING ROADSTER "THREE POINT OHH" AND IT'S BEEN UNVEILED IN AUSTRIA. NO WORD YET ON WHEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BUY ONE. IT SEEMS ACTOR DANIEL RADCLIFFE'S ALWAYS TRYING TO SHAKE OFF HIS MOST FAMOUS CHARACTER HARRY POTTER. HE'S APPEARING NUDE IN A PLAY, GROWN FACIAL HAIR AND MUSCLES, AND NOW SHOWN OFF HIS RAP SKILLS ON THE TONIGHT SHOW. (RAPS FAST) PROOF THAT THE BOY WHO LIVED HAS BECOME THE MAN WHO CAN RAP. BUT HE'LL NEVER BE THE GOD WHO CAN RAP ` AT LEAST THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT KANYE WOULD SAY. HERE HE IS, HITTING THE BIG TIME, WITH OUR WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ