TONIGHT, THE ST JOHN'S OFFICER ACCUSED OF SEX CRIMES CARRIED OUT IN THE BACK OF AN AMBULANCE BEGINS HIS TRIAL. ALL CHANT THE HAKA AN EMOTIONAL AND POWERFUL SEND-OFF THAT COMES WITH A WARNING FROM POLICE. AND CAN THEY TRICK THE REAL THING? HOW THIS FAKE PENGUIN IS HELPING SCIENTISTS. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. BUT FIRST TONIGHT, LEEZA ORMSBY, THE NZER CONVICTED ON DRUG CHARGES IN BALI, IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE GETTING RELEASED FROM KEROBOKAN PRISON NEXT WEEK. THE 38-YEAR-OLD WAS CAUGHT UP IN A DRUG RAID WHILE ON HOLIDAY ON THE ISLAND IN FEBRUARY. SHE WAS SENTENCED TO 10 MONTHS IN JAIL IN JULY FOR POSSESSING HASHISH. TAKING AWAY THE TIME SHE'D ALREADY BEEN IN CUSTODY AND ONE MONTH TRIMMED FOR GOOD BEHAVIOUR, ORMSBY'S EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 12. AS A KIWI PASSPORT HOLDER, ORMSBY WILL BE DEPORTED TO NZ AFTER SERVING HER TIME. HE'S ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY VIOLATING THREE WOMEN AND STUPEFYING ANOTHER BEFORE MOLESTING HER. AND HE'S ACCUSED OF DOING IT ALL IN THE BACK OF AN AMBULANCE. FORMER ST JOHN OFFICER CHRISTOPHER ROGER KING'S TRIAL BEGAN IN NAPIER TODAY. SARAH WELLS WAS IN COURT. ACCUSED OF ATTACKING FOUR WOMEN PATIENTS IN HIS CARE. HOW DO YOU PLEAD? NOT GUILTY. FORMER ST JOHN'S AMBULANCE OFFICER CHRISTOPHER ROGER KING DENIES A TOTAL OF EIGHT CHARGES INCLUDING SEXUAL VIOLATION AND ASSAULT, STUPEFACTION AND MAKING AN INTIMATE VISUAL RECORDING. THE OFFENDING IS ALLEGED TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE BETWEEN JANUARY 2010 AND JULY LAST YEAR. THE CROWN TOLD THE COURT THE WOMEN WERE VULNERABLE, NEEDED MEDICAL HELP, AND THREE OUT OF FOUR OF THEM ALSO SUFFERED FROM MENTAL ILLNESSES. HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HIS TRUSTED POSITION OF AN AMBULANCE OFFICER. THE CROWN ALSO TOLD THE COURT EACH OF THE WOMEN WERE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, BUT THEY EACH WERE DRIVEN IN AN AMBULANCE DISPATCHED FROM THE CENTRAL HAWKE'S BAY TOWN OF WAIPUKURAU. WHILE THEY WERE IN THE BACK OF THE AMBULANCE, THEY WERE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY AN AMBULANCE OFFICER. AND FINALLY IN EACH CASE, THE AMBULANCE OFFICER CONCERNED IS ABLE TO BE IDENTIFIED AS THIS DEFENDANT. ONE OF THE WOMEN, WHO WAS SUFFERING A TERMINAL ILLNESS AT THE TIME OF THE ALLEGED INCIDENT, HAS SINCE PASSED AWAY. BUT THE OTHER COMPLAINANTS HAVE BEGUN GIVING EVIDENCE. THE YOUNGEST, A TEENAGER NOW LIVING IN HASTINGS TOLD THE COURT SHE WAS COLLECTED BY CHRISTOPHER KING IN AN AMBULANCE AFTER CALLING 111. HE PULLED OVER AND ENCOURAGED HER TO TAKE GAS. SHE SAYS HE PULLED DOWN HER CLOTHING AND SAW HIM USING A CELL PHONE CAMERA. LATER SHE CLAIMS HE VIOLATED HER. BUT THE DEFENCE QUESTIONED HOW MUCH GAS THE TEENAGER HAD CONSUMED AND SUGGESTED IT WAS A MEDICAL EXAMINATION THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE. THE DEFENCE LAWYER IS URGING JURORS NOT TO REACH ANY CONCLUSIONS. THESE THINGS DID NOT HAPPEN. AT ALL TIMES, HE PERFORMED HIS DUTIES PROFESSIONALLY, COMPETENTLY, BUT ABOVE ALL, LAWFULLY. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO LAST UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. AS FAMILY BEGIN THE PROCESS OF FAREWELLING LUKE TIPENE, KILLED AT A PARTY OVER THE WEEKEND, POLICE ARE AGAIN WARNING ABOUT THE DANGERS OF COMBINING ALCOHOL AND TEENAGERS. ALL CHANT HAKA A SEND-OFF NO ONE IMAGINED THEY'D HAVE TO GIVE. THIS IS TRAGIC. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF THE BLUE. ON FRIDAY NIGHT, PROMISING YOUNG LEAGUE PLAYER LUKE TIPENE VISITED THE HENDERSON NIGHT MARKET BEFORE DRIVING TO GREY LYNN TO PICK UP A FRIEND FROM OUTSIDE A PARTY. LUKE DOESN'T DRINK. HE DOESN'T SMOKE. HE'S A PROFESSIONAL. HE HAD A BIG CAREER AHEAD OF HIM, AND TO BE TAKEN AWAY LIKE THIS IS DEVASTATING. THERE ON THE STREET, THE 17-YEAR-OLD WAS ALLEGEDLY STABBED. I THINK TOO OFTEN NOW, ALCOHOL ` WITH YOUTH ` EGGED ON BY FRIENDS. AND IN THIS INSTANCE, IT GOT OUT OF CONTROL. POLICE WERE WITH LUKE TIPENE'S MOTHER AND SISTERS AS THEY PAID TRIBUTE AT THE GLENORA BEARS LEAGUE CLUBROOMS. AT THE SAME TIME, THE 16-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF HIS MURDER WAS IN THE YOUTH COURT. THE TEENAGER COULD BARELY LOOK AT HIS FAMILY. WHO WERE ALL SOBBING THROUGHOUT THE BRIEF HEARING, CALLING TO HIM THEY LOVED HIM AS HE WAS LED AWAY BY POLICE. THEY'RE GRIEVING FOR A TOTALLY DIFFERENT REASON. THERE ARE TWO FAMILIES VERY AFFECTED BY THIS. POLICE SAY THE PARENTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE HEADING OUT AT NIGHT NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR GETTING THEM HOME. TODAY, THE TEENAGER'S BODY BEGAN THAT JOURNEY TO THE FAMILY MARAE IN AHIPARA. HE WAS PROUD OF WHO HE IS AND WHERE HE CAME FROM. HE WILL BE BURIED NEXT TO HIS DAD. THERE'S A MOUNTAIN THERE; IT'S CALLED WHANGATOTEA. IT SITS JUST ABOVE THE GRAVE SITE. IT'S A VERY SPECIAL PLACE FOR LUKE. SENT OFF BY SCHOOLMATES, FRIENDS AND FAMILY. THE BOY ACCUSED OF KILLING HIM IS IN CUSTODY AND IS DUE IN THE HIGH COURT LATER THIS MONTH. A WOMAN (18) WHO ALLEGEDLY SNATCHED A BABY FROM A HAMILTON HOME LAST FRIDAY HAS BEEN GRANTED BAIL. THE WOMAN, WHO HAS NAME SUPPRESSION, WAS ORDERED TO UNDERGO A PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT AND PLACED UNDER A 24-HOUR CURFEW. SHE'S CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING THE 8-WEEK-OLD BOY, SPARKING AN HOUR-LONG MANHUNT ACROSS THE CITY. NOW, THIS NEXT STORY MIGHT MAKE YOU BLOW A FUSE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING TO PAY YOUR POWER BILL. ONE NEWS CAN CONFIRM THE BOSSES AT TWO OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST ENERGY COMPANIES HAD SALARY PACKAGE INCREASES OF AROUND 70% IN THE PAST YEAR. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD REPORTS. PAY PACKETS ARE BULGING FOR THE BOSSES AT TWO OF OUR BIGGEST POWER COMPANIES. AT A TIME WHEN A QUARTER OF PEOPLE ARE IN ENERGY POVERTY, GARETH HUGHES IS TALKING ABOUT MIGHTY RIVER POWER AND MERIDIAN ENERGY, WHICH THE GOVERNMENT PARTIALLY SOLD OFF LAST YEAR. BEFORE THE SALE, MIGHTY RIVER'S BOSS WAS ON A $1.3M SALARY PACKAGE. LAST YEAR, THAT WENT UP TO JUST OVER $2M, THANKS IN PART TO A BONUS. THE END RESULT ` A 68% INCREASE IN 12 MONTHS. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE WAS ON JUST OVER $1M BACK IN 2013. His remuneration reflecting the fact that he has been in the role for 15 or 16 years. MEANING HIS TOTAL REMUNERATION INCREASED 70% IN A YEAR. MERIDIAN ENERGY WOULDN'T COMMENT, BUT ITS ANNUAL REPORT STATES THE CEO'S BONUS WAS BECAUSE THE COMPANY MET ITS PERFORMANCE TARGETS. AND I THINK AT A TIME WHEN MANY KIWIS ARE SCARED TO OPEN THEIR POWER BILLS, AND IT'S GONE UP TWICE, THE RATE OF INFLATION IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THEY WON'T BE FEELING PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT THIS. A SPOKESPERSON FOR SHAREHOLDING MINISTER BILL ENGLISH SAYS CEO REMUNERATION PACKAGES ARE A MATTER FOR THEIR BOARDS. we work very hard at mighty River power to help people who do have issues paying their bills THERE'S NO QUESTION THE COMPANIES ARE PERFORMING FOR THEIR SHAREHOLDERS. LETTING OFF FIREWORKS IN THE BACKYARD WITH THE KIDS COULD SOON BE A DISTANT MEMORY. THAT'S BECAUSE, WITH GUY FAWKES ONLY TWO SLEEPS AWAY, THE PRIME MINISTER'S REVEALED HE THINKS THE TRADITION'S BECOMING A BIT OF A FIZZER. WHILE I'M NOT PROPOSING OR SAYING THERE SHOULD BE A PERSONAL BAN TODAY, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS I THINK THE EVOLUTIONARY PATH TOWARDS THAT POINT IS COMING, AND I THINK EVENTUALLY YOU ACTUALLY WILL SEE PUBLIC DISPLAYS BEING THE ONES WHERE FIREWORKS ARE AVAILABLE. HIS COMMENTS COME AS PARLIAMENT'S SET TO CONSIDER A PETITION WITH 25,000 SIGNATURES CALLING FOR THE PRIVATE USE OF FIREWORKS TO BE BANNED. THE GOVERNMENT HASN'T DONE ANY FORMAL WORK ON A BAN, AND JOHN KEY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY IMMEDIATE MOVE COULD BE SEEN AS TOO NANNY STATE. BURNING FOSSIL FUELS TO CREATE ELECTRICITY MUST STOP IF THE WORLD'S TO AVOID FACING 'SEVERE, PERVASIVE AND IRREVERSIBLE' CLIMATE DAMAGE. THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM TOP SCIENTISTS, WHO SAY INACTION WILL COST US MUCH MORE THAN TAKING THE NECESSARY ACTION. THE ABC'S GREG JENNETT HAS MORE. PEOPLE, POWER AND MACHINES ` WORLD SCIENTISTS RECKON THE CLIMATE'S NEVER FELT ANYTHING LIKE THEM IN CLOSE TO A MILLION YEARS. IF WE ACT NOW, WE HAVE THE MEANS TO BUILD A BETTER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE WORLD. THE UN PANEL IS ALARMED BY GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS,... WITH HUMAN ACTION EXTREMELY LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN THE DOMINANT CAUSE. THE SCIENTISTS ADVISED THE GOAL SHOULD BE FOR UNCAPTURED... THE WINDOW OF ACTION IS REALLY CLOSING VERY RAPIDLY, SO WE HAVE A VERY SHORT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY. FOSSIL FUELS CURRENTLY MEET 82% OF THE WORLD'S ENERGY NEEDS AND ARE FORECAST TO BE AS HIGH AS 76% IN 2035. THE WINDOW FOR COAL IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN OPEN SINCE THE METAL AGES. SOME WOULD HAVE IT CLOSED WELL WITHIN THE NEXT 86 YEARS. DO YOU WANT DEATH, OR DO YOU WANT COAL? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES LIKE CAPTURING CARBON COULD HELP. MY BELIEF IS THAT IT IS VERY POSSIBLE TO CLEAN UP POWER STATIONS. BUT THE WORLD'S CHALLENGE TO GET OFF COAL HAS ADDED DEGREES OF DIFFICULTY FOR AUSTRALIA. COAL IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE PROSPERITY OF THE WORLD. THE WORLD BUYS $15B WORTH OF AUSTRALIAN COAL FOR POWER GENERATION EACH YEAR AND MORE THAN $20B FOR STEEL MAKING. THE PANEL'S REPORT WILL INFORM THE NEXT ROUND OF UN TALKS IN LIMA, PERU. SO, WHAT ABOUT US? ARE WE DOING ENOUGH HERE TO ADAPT TO ANY FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGES? NZ MAY NOT BURN FOSSIL FUELS LIKE CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES, BUT IN 2011, OUR EMISSIONS PER PERSON WERE THE FIFTH HIGHEST IN THE INDUSTRIALISED WORLD. AND WHILE THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT TAKES CLIMATE CHANGE SERIOUSLY, A SCIENTIST WHO HELPED WITH THE UNITED NATIONS' REPORT ISN'T SO SURE. THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS IT'S A SERIOUS ISSUE. I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN TAKING IT AS SERIOUSLY AS IT SHOULD. AND HE'S WARNING THE WILD WEATHER WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING RECENTLY COULD BECOME A MUCH MORE REGULAR OCCURRENCE. A FIRE CREW HAS WORKED THROUGH THE DAY TO DAMPEN HOTSPOTS FROM THE 60HA FIRE NEAR DUNEDIN. FIVE HELICOPTERS WORKED MOST OF YESTERDAY TO BEAT BACK THE BLAZE, WHICH CAME WITHIN METRES OF A HOUSE AND FORCED THE EVACUATION OF FOUR HOMES. GALE FORCE WINDS, WHICH HELPED FAN SEVERAL OTHER FIRES IN TEMUKA AND CHRISTCHURCH, HAVE NOW DIED DOWN. SOME OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST MIDDLE EARTH FANS HAVE STEPPED INTO THEIR FAVOURITE FANTASY WORLD. DIANNA VEZICH CAUGHT UP WITH THEM AT HOBBITON WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. A MOMENT WHEN FANTASY BECOMES REALITY. SOBS: I'M IN THE SHIRE! LIKE, OH MY GOSH, IT'S JUST CRAZY. I LOVE BILBO VERY MUCH. THE FANS ALL WON A COMPETITION, SENDING IN VIDEOS AND POSTCARDS TO SIR PETER JACKSON. ALMOST 150,000 PEOPLE ENTERED, BUT ONLY 150 ARE ON THE TRIP. TOM AND COLLETTE PAWLIK ARE FROM THE US, AND THIS IS THEIR FIRST TIME ABROAD. WE'VE SEEN THIS SO MANY TIMES ON THE MOVIES, AND NOW TO ACTUALLY BE HERE LIVE IS INCREDIBLE. FOR IAN ALEXANDER, HOBBITON IS HOME. HIS FARM WAS SELECTED AS THE LOCATION FOR THE VILLAGE BY SIR PETER JACKSON'S SCOUT IN 1998. I THOUGHT, 'WHO'S THIS GUY COMING TO THE DOOR? 'I HAVEN'T GOT TIME TO TALK TO HIM, 'WITH THE SECOND PART OF RUGBY ABOUT TO START.' IT THEN TOOK A CREW NINE MONTHS TO TRANSFORM THIS WAIKATO FARMLAND INTO HOBBITON. THE ARMY WAS BROUGHT IN TO BUILD AN ACCESS ROAD, THIS DOUBLE-ARCH BRIDGE WAS BUILT ` ALL BRINGING THE MAGIC OF THE SHIRE TO LIFE. SINCE 2002, ALMOST 800,000 PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN A JOURNEY THROUGH HOBBITON. WHEN THEY'VE BEEN ROUND THE SET AND THEY WALK INTO THE GREEN DRAGON, I'VE SEEN ENGLISH PEOPLE JUST... THEIR MOUTH OPENS. FOR THESE FANS, IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING. I'M JUST REALLY REALLY HAPPY AND SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS EXPERIENCES. TOMORROW THEY'RE OFF TO QUEENSTOWN BEFORE A PRIVATE SCREENING OF THE FINAL HOBBIT FILM WITH SIR PETER JACKSON ON THURSDAY. JUST AHEAD, THE BRITISH BANKER CHARGED WITH A DOUBLE MURDER IN HONG KONG. VIRGIN GALACTIC GOES ON THE DEFENCE AS SOME ROCKET ENGINEERS GO ON THE ATTACK. AND THE REACTION TO THESE CUTE IMPOSTERS HELPING SCIENTISTS ON THE ICE. Everybody knows someone that's ahead of the game. (BARKS) They seem to know what's around the corner, do things a little bit... smarter. Coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee. Coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee. Oh. They even manage to do their Christmas shopping better. Hmm. Hmm. (BARKS) You can get ahead of the game too with any new ANZ personal credit card. You'll pay 0% interest on your purchases for the first six months. Talk to us today. A LACK OF ACTION BY IRAQ'S GOVERNMENT IS BEING BLAMED FOR THE ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS' MASSACRE OF MORE THAN 50 SUNNI, INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN, FROM A POWERFUL TRIBE IN WESTERN IRAQ. IT'S THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF BRUTAL ATTACKS IN ANBAR PROVINCE, AS THE BBC'S ORLA GUERIN REPORTS.. A GLIMPSE OF IRAQ'S VAST ANBAR PROVINCE, NOW A KILLING GROUND FOR SUNNI TRIBESMEN. THE DEFENCE MINISTER WAS FLOWN IN ON FRIDAY, AS THE DEATH TOLL GREW. KHALED AL-OBEIDI MET ARMY COMMANDERS AND URGED THEM TO KEEP RESISTING ISLAMIC STATE. BUT THE ARMY HAS LEFT MUCH OF THE FIGHTING TO A POWERFUL TRIBE. AND THIS IS THE PRICE THE AL-BU NIMR TRIBESMEN HAVE PAID. HERE SOME OF THE MORE THAN 300 BODIES FOUND IN THE PAST WEEK. THE SENIOR TRIBAL LEADER TOLD ME THE SHI'A-LED GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGED HIS PEOPLE TO FIGHT, THEN LEFT THEM TO BE SLAUGHTERED. TRANSLATOR: THE GOVERNMENT ABANDONED US AND GAVE US TO ISIS ON A PLATTER. WE ASKED THEM MANY TIMES FOR WEAPONS, BUT THEY GAVE US ONLY PROMISES. BEFORE ISIS ENTERED THE AREA, WE WERE SURROUNDED FOR 24 DAYS. WE GAVE THE GOVERNMENT COORDINATES FOR AIRSTRIKES, BUT THEY DID NOT KEEP THEIR WORD. ROUNDING UP PRISONERS FOR EXECUTION IS A TRADEMARK OF ISLAMIC STATE. THE VICTIMS HERE WERE BELIEVED TO BE SHI'A, THEIR MAIN TARGET. BUT IN ANBAR, THEY HAVE NOW MASSACRED FELLOW SUNNIS IN LARGE NUMBERS. AT LEAST 50 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A SUSPECTED SUICIDE BOMBING NEAR PAKISTAN'S EASTERN BORDER WITH INDIA. THE ATTACK HAPPENED ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF LAHORE, CLOSE TO THE ONLY ROAD CROSSING BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THE PAKISTANI TALIBAN SAYS IT CARRIED OUT THE ATTACK ALTHOUGH ANOTHER MILITANT GROUP HAS ALSO CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY. A BRITISH BANKER ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO WOMEN IN HONG KONG HAS BEEN REMANDED IN CUSTODY. THE VICTIMS WERE FOUND IN THE 29-YEAR-OLD'S UPMARKET APARTMENT, ONE OF THEM INSIDE A SUITCASE. BOTH WOMEN ARE BELIEVED TO BE INDONESIAN SEX WORKERS. THE MURDERS ARE A SHOCK IN A CITY WITH ONE OF THE LOWEST CRIME RATES IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION. VIRGIN GALACTIC IS INSISTING SAFETY HAS ALWAYS BEEN CENTRAL TO ITS OPERATIONS. THAT'S AS INVESTIGATORS BEGIN COMBING OVER THE CRASH SITE OF ITS EXPERIMENTAL SPACECRAFT. THE DEBRIS STRETCHES ACROSS 8KM OF CALIFORNIA DESERT. IT EMERGED TODAY THAT SOME ROCKET ENGINEERS HAD WARNED THE TYPE OF FUEL USED ` NITROUS OXIDE ` COULD BE DANGEROUSLY UNSTABLE. IT'S A PR-DRIVEN HASTE TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN DONE IN A FAR MORE MEASURED, TIMELY AND ENGINEERING-LED FASHION. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SPACESHIP APPEARS TO HAVE BROKEN APART IN FLIGHT WHEN A SAFETY DEVICE ACTIVATED TOO SOON. THE EXAMINATION INTO THE CRASH COULD TAKE ABOUT A YEAR. A TERMINALLY-ILL AMERICAN WOMAN WHO BECAME THE FACE OF THE 'DEATH WITH DIGNITY' MOVEMENT HAS ENDED HER OWN LIFE. BRITTANY MAYNARD HAD BRAIN CANCER, AND DOCTORS TOLD HER SHE FACED A LONG, PAINFUL DEATH. THE 29-YEAR-OLD POSTED A SERIES OF VIDEOS ONLINE ANNOUNCING HER PLAN TO END HER LIFE IN HER OWN TIME. HER FAMILY SAYS SHE DIED PEACEFULLY ON SUNDAY. THIEVES HAVE STOLEN A CHILLING NAZI SYMBOL FROM A FORMER CONCENTRATION CAMP IN GERMANY. THE WROUGHT IRON GATE, BEARING THE SLOGAN 'WORK MAKES YOU FREE', WAS TAKEN FROM THE ENTRANCE TO THE DACHAU CAMP NEAR MUNICH, WHICH IS NOW A MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST. 40,000 PRISONERS WERE KILLED AT THE CAMP DURING WWII. A SURFER IN HAWAII HAS HAD A LUCKY ESCAPE AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY A 3.6M SHARK. FORTUNATELY FOR MACKENZIE CLARK, HER LEFT HAND AND SURFBOARD TOOK THE BRUNT OF A TIGER SHARK'S BITE. RIGHT NOW I JUST FEEL REALLY REALLY BLESSED AND THANKFUL THAT EVERYONE'S OK. HER ATTACK COMES JUST FIVE DAYS AFTER A SURFER IN AUSTRALIA WRANGLED WITH A GREAT WHITE AND LIVED TO TELL THE TALE. SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN A RISE IN SHARK SIGHTINGS BECAUSE THEIR FAVOURITE FOOD, SEALS, ARE IN ABUNDANCE. MEANWHILE, VIDEO OF AN AUSTRALIAN MAN CLIMBING ON TO A WHALE CARCASS WHILE SHARKS WERE FEEDING ON IT, HAS GONE VIRAL ONLINE. THE PERTH MAN (26) SAYS IT WASN'T UNTIL HE WAS ON TOP OF THE WHALE THAT HE REALISED THE DANGER AND STUPIDITY OF THE STUNT. HE WON'T BE PUNISHED, THOUGH, AS THE WHALE WAS ALREADY DEAD AND HE DIDN'T REMOVE ANY PART OF IT. KEEPING WITH THE ANIMAL THEME ` WELL, KIND OF ` THIS IS A PENGUIN CHICK LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE WITH WHEELS INSTEAD OF FEET AND FAKE FUR. SCIENTISTS IN ANTARTICA ARE USING THE LOOKALIKE TO GET CLOSE TO SHY EMPEROR PENGUINS FOR HEALTH CHECK-UPS. THE WEE ROVER WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. ADULT PENGUINS SANG TO IT WHILE THE REAL PENGUIN CHICKS HUDDLED AROUND IT. JUST AHEAD, HOW THE WEATHER IS LOOKING AT YOUR PLACE. AND YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT. THE TIGHTROPE WALK ACROSS CHICAGO. LIGHT MUSIC If you're looking for a low home-loan rate, you'll find it at BNZ. And for a limited time, you could get a $3000 cash bonus. BNZ ` be good with money. CELEBRATED JAZZ MUSICIAN ACKER BILK HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 85. THE ENGLISHMAN'S BIGGEST HIT, 'STRANGER ON THE SHORE', WENT TO NUMBER ONE IN BRITAIN AND THE US IN 1962. 'STRANGER ON THE SHORE' PLAYS LAZY, GENTLE MUSIC ON ONE OF MANY VISITS TO NZ, BILK JOINED PRIME MINISTER GEOFFREY PALMER FOR A JAM SESSION. HIS FINAL PERFORMANCE WAS IN AUGUST LAST YEAR. ACKER BILK IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND A SON AND DAUGHTER. HAIR=RAISING, DEATH-DEFYING INSANITY. CALL IT WHAT YOU WILL, THIS NEXT STORY YOU REALLY DO HAVE TO SEE TO BELIEVE. DAREDEVIL NIK WALLENDA HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A TIGHTROPE WALK BETWEEN TWO SKYSCRAPERS IN CHICAGO, BLINDFOLDED. ALL RIGHT, CHITOWN, LET'S DO THIS BABY. WITH NO HARNESS, AND NO SAFETY NET,... YOU GUYS ROCK. ...THE SEVENTH GENERATION TIGHTROPER CAUTIOUSLY TOOK HIS FIRST STEPS ON HIS JOURNEY FROM ONE SKYSCRAPER TO ANOTHER. WELL, I LOVE CHICAGO, AND CHICAGO DEFINITELY LOVES ME. THAT'S THE FOOTPATH 165M BELOW HIM. LISTEN TO THAT ROAR. AS THOUSANDS OF FANS WATCHED, NIK WALLENDA CONQUERED THE CHICAGO SKYLINE. YOU GUYS WATCHING THINK I'M CRAZY, BUT THIS IS WHAT I WAS MADE FOR. AS WELL AS HAVING TO BATTLE THE CONDITIONS,... I'M WALKING INTO THE WIND. ...THE DAREDEVIL'S WALK INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS WAS MADE HARDER WHEN THE LINE GOT STEEPER. I CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THE INCLINE. YEAH. IT'S A WORK-OUT. AND AS TOUGH AS IT WAS, THAT DEATH-DEFYING WALK WAS JUST THE TEASER. NICE AND QUIET, PLEASE. NICE AND QUIET! TO MAKE THINGS REALLY DIFFICULT, THE 35-YEAR-OLD ADDED A BLINDFOLD. HALFWAY THERE. DESPITE THESE TWO WALKS TAKING HIS WORLD RECORD TALLY TO 11, NIK DIDN'T QUITE ACHIEVE EVERYTHING HE SET OUT TO. UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS PLANNING TO DO A SELFIE RIGHT HERE. THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT TIME, WHICH WON'T BE FAR AWAY. NIK WANTS TO RECREATE HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER'S MOST FAMOUS WALK ABOVE GEORGIA'S TALLULAH FALL GORGE. AND WHILE THERE WON'T BE AN INCLINE OR A BLINDFOLD, IT WILL INCLUDE TWO HEADSTANDS. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU HERE ON OUR FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANNE LANGFORD AND ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.