TONIGHT ` THE GREAT RACE TURNS GRIM AS A FAVOURITE DIES MINUTES AFTER. WHY THESE FAMOUS FACES ARE IN TROUBLE FOR ELECTION DAY TWEETING? I'LL KEEP HOLDING ON. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TOO. WE'LL HAVE ALL THE CHEESY PUNS IN THE LEAD UP TO A BIG COMEBACK TOUR. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. IT'S A RACE KNOWN FOR ITS GLITZ AND GLAMOUR, BUT A SHADOW HAS BEEN CAST OVER THIS YEAR'S MELBOURNE CUP. JUST MINUTES AFTER THE RACE WAS WON, ONE OF THE CUP'S FAVOURITES DIED IN ITS STALL. AND WE'VE JUST LEARNT ARALDO, THE HORSE THAT SUFFERED A LEG INJURY AFTER THE EVENT HAS BEEN PUT DOWN. AS ABC'S LISA TUCKER REPORTS, AN AUTOPSY WILL NOW BE CONDUCTED. AND A WARNING ` HER STORY CONTAINS SOME CONFRONTING IMAGES. ADMIRE RAKTI IN HIS STABLE AND GRAVELY ILL. GET THE VET. GET THE VET, QUICK! MINUTES AFTER HIS BIGGEST RACE, THE CHAMPION STALLION STUMBLED THEN COLLAPSED. GOTTA GET THE VET! BEFORE THE RACE, ADMIRE RAKTI LOOKED EVERY BIT THE FAVOURITE. HE'S COMING IN IN SUPREME CONDITION. I THINK HE IS A SUPERIOR STAYER, AND HE'S GOT A VERY GOOD CHANCE. AND JUST 100M INTO THE MELBOURNE CUP, HE SHOWED WHY THE PUNTERS LIKED HIM. THE JAPANESE STAYER SETTLED IN TWO SECOND PLACE AND STAYED THERE UNTIL 700M FROM THE FINISH. ADMIRE RAKTI'S WELL BACK. THEN THE 6-YEAR-OLD FELL BACK DRAMATICALLY. THE PRE-RACE FAVOURITE AND TOP-RATE ALL BUT WALKED PAST THE POST. AND LAST TO FINISH IS ADMIRE RAKTI. WITHIN HALF AN HOUR, WORD STARTED FILTERING THROUGH FLEMINGTON ` ADMIRE RAKTI WAS IN DESPERATE TROUBLE IN HIS STABLE. HE REALLY GOT HEATED AND STRESSED, AND HE'S COME BACK TO THE STALL. HE COLLAPSED IN THE STALL. THE SCREENS AND THE TARPS ARE AROUND THE HORSE. IT'S A PRETTY UGLY SCENE. SHORTLY AFTER, THE HORSE WAS DEAD. RACING VICTORIA'S CHIEF VET RELEASED A STATEMENT EXPRESSING SYMPATHY, BUT AS YET, FEW ANSWERS. IT'S A SHAME. WE'VE HAD SUCH A NICE CLEAN-RUN MELBOURNE CUP. AND TO BRING A WIN OR TWO. YEAH, RUN OUT THE 2-MILE REALLY WELL, BUT IT'S UNFORTUNATE. THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF RACING. IT WASN'T THE ONLY LOW IN THE 2014 MELBOURNE CUP. BRITISH STALLION ARALDO WAS SPOOKED AFTER THE RACE AND KICKED A FENCE, FRACTURING A LEG. AND FOR MORE ON HOW THE RACE UNFOLDED AND THE EMPHATIC WIN BY GERMAN HORSE PROTECTIONIST, HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S KEN SUTCLIFFE. THE MOUNTING YARD CATWALK DONE AND DUSTED, IT WAS DOWN TO BUSINESS. JOCKEYS NOT IN THE RACE TOOK UP THEIR POSITION. GET SET. RACING! THE PACE WAS BREAKNECK, WITH MY AMBIVALENT AND ADMIRE RAKTI LEADING THE FIELD. MY AMBIVALENT WANTS TO RUN, AND SHE LEADS BY ABOUT THREE LENGTHS. IT WAS ON THE TURN THAT ADMIRE RAKTI'S RACE FELL IN THE HOLE, AS DID MY AMBIVALENT, AS THE CONTENDERS MOUNTED THEIR CHALLENGE. AND PROTECTIONIST BOLTED IN THE CUP BY THREE. RED CADEAUX'S SECOND AGAIN, WHO SHOT THEBARMAN THIRD. ENGLISH JOCKEY RYAN MOORE WAS AS LAID BACK AFTER THE RACE AS HE WAS DURING IT. HIS RECORD'S VERY GOOD. I'M VERY PLEASED WITH HIM. AND SO WERE THE CONNECTIONS. THE $6.2M RACE WAS THERE, WHILE FOR SOME, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. I'M THE OWNER/BREEDER, AND I'M THE SHAREHOLDER. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT I COME HERE, AND I WIN. THE WALK BACK HOME WAS MORE SUBDUED. RYAN MOORE IS NO GLEN BOSS WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING A CROWD. NO GREATER RIDE THAN COMING BACK TO SCALE HERE AFTER WINNING A MELBOURNE CUP. MOORE'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH WAS GOLD FOR ITS BREVITY. JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY, AND, UH, HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR DAY. TAKE CARE. PROTECTIONIST HAD WORKED UP AN APPETITE, WHILE THE WINNERS BATHED IN HIS GLORY. BY THEN, THE NEWS HAD FILTERED THROUGH ` CUP FAVOURITE ADMIRE RAKTI HAD DIED IN THE STALL. THE SHEER JOY OF CUP DAY HAD LOST SOME OF ITS LUSTRE. AND IN CASE YOU DIDN'T CATCH IT IN THAT STORY, KIWI CONTENDER WHO SHOT THEBARMAN CAME IN THIRD, NETTING ITS OWNERS, THE O'LEARY BROTHERS, $450,000. IT'S NOT CALLED THE 'RACE THAT STOPS A NATION' FOR NOTHING. THE MELBOURNE CUP HAS LONG FASCINATED RACING FANS. SO HOW'D IT ALL BEGIN? THE FIRST RUNNING OF THE MELBOURNE CUP WAS IN 1861. AN ESTIMATED CROWD OF 4000 PEOPLE WATCHED THAT RACE TODAY. MORE THAN 150 YEARS ON, THE MELBOURNE CUP IS WATCHED BY UP TO 700 MILLION PEOPLE IN 120 COUNTRIES, AND WHEN IT COMES TO WINNING HORSES, WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD TRACK RECORD. SINCE 1882 NZ-BRED HORSE HAVE WON 40 MELBOURNE CUPS. IN THE DAY'S OTHER NEWS, IS THE RULE THAT YOU CAN'T PUBLISH ANYTHING ON ELECTION DAY, INCLUDING POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, REALLY FAIR? ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT OVER 700,000 PEOPLE VOTED IN ADVANCE THIS YEAR, WHEN CAMPAIGNING WAS IN FULL SWING? POLITICAL REPORTER KATE BRADFORD INVESTIGATES. THEY'RE STARS ON THE WATER AND THE RUGBY FIELD, BUT THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION'S CALLED FOUL OVER TWEETS FROM ISRAEL DAGG AND JONAH LOMU AND ROWING GOLDEN BOY ERIC MURRAY FOR SUPPORTING JOHN KEY ON ELECTION DAY. I'D PROBABLY SURMISE, AT LEAST, THAT IT WAS DONE OUT OF IGNORANCE OF THE LAW, RATHER THAN SOME SORT OF INTENT. THE ELECTORAL ACT STRICTLY FORBIDS ANY KIND OF ELECTIONEERING OR PROMOTION OF A CANDIDATE OR PARTY ON ELECTION DAY, SO THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION'S NOW REFERRED 26 COMPLAINTS TO THE POLICE. IT'S GOT POLITICIANS TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR CHANGE. $20... (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) WHILE PLACING HIS BETS ON THE MELBOURNE CUP, JOHN KEY WASN'T BACKING MORE CAMPAIGNING ON ELECTION DAY. IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE THE CASE BY THEN, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT TOO LATE. BUT IN THE END, THIS SPACE IS EVOLVING, AND SOCIAL IS SO UBIQUITOUS IT'S REALLY VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THIS STUFF. PARLIAMENT'S JUSTICE AND ELECTORAL COMMITTEE IS CONDUCTING ITS USUAL REVIEW OF THE GENERAL ELECTION, BUT WITH OVER 700,000 PEOPLE VOTING IN ADVANCE THIS YEAR, WHILE CAMPAIGNING WAS IN FULL SWING, IT SEEMS CERTAIN THAT SOME SORT OF LAW CHANGE WILL HAVE TO BE MADE. YOU CAN TWEET RIGHT UP TO POLLING DAY, WHILE THERE'S NOW EARLY VOTING, AND LOOK HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD EARLY VOTING AT THIS LAST ELECTION ` THOUSANDS. AND SO THE RULES ARE OUT OF KILTER WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND I THINK THEY NEED TO BE LOOKED AT. IT DOES BEG THE QUESTION OF WHETHER CONTROLS ON ELECTION DAY ARE NOW REASONABLE. REASONABLE OR NOT, POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED THEY'RE LOOKING INTO THE COMPLAINTS. ANY DECISIONS WILL BE MADE UNDER CURRENT LAW. KATIE BRADFORD, ONE NEWS. TOMORROW JOHN KEY WILL DELIVER ONE OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT SPEECHES ABOUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST CALLS A PRIME MINISTER CAN MAKE. HE'S GOING DETAIL THE MILITARY OPTIONS FOR NZ JOINING THE US-LED COALITION FIGHTING ISLAMIC MILITANTS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ. BUT AS CORIN DANN EXPLAINS, IT WAS THE FIGHT AGAINST TERROR HERE THAT WAS THE TALKING POINT AT PARLIAMENT TODAY. JOHN KEY TODAY INDICATED THAT THE CRICKET WORLD CUP WAS ONE REASON WHY HE WANTS TO FAST-TRACK THIS LAW WHICH WILL TARGET KIWI FOREIGN FIGHTERS. HE SAYS WHEN YOU HAVE THESE TYPES OF EVENTS, LIKE CRICKET WORLD CUPS, IT DOES INCREASE THE RISK OF A TERROR ATTACK. WHAT WE CERTAINLY KNOW IN THE GENERIC SENSE IS THOSE BIGGER INTERNATIONAL EVENTS JUST RUN THE RISK OF BEING SUBJECTED TO A TERRORIST ATTACK. LABOUR ALSO TODAY, I GUESS, GAVE JOHN KEY A BIT OF A BOOST BY SIGNALLING THAT UNDER ITS BRIEFING UNDER THESE PROPOSED LAW CHANGES, IT WAS FAIRLY HAPPY OR CERTAINLY SAW THE RATIONAL FOR THE CHANGES. FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN, WE'RE REASONABLY HAPPY. THESE ARE MEASURES THAT PROBABLY NEED TO TAKE PLACE, BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOPHOLES. OTHERS, SUCH AS WINSTON PETERS ` HE HAS BEEN BRIEFED AS WELL, BUT IS CERTAINLY A BIT MORE RETICENT ABOUT WHAT HIS SUPPORT WOULD BE AND NOT AS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THOSE CHANGES. WELL, IF THEY WERE, THEY WERE HERE BEFORE THE ELECTION. WHY DIDN'T WE HEAR ABOUT IT THEN? OF COURSE, IT'S NOT JUST THE FOREIGN FIGHTERS ISSUES THAT WILL DOMINATE IN THIS KEY SET-PIECE SPEECH TOMORROW ON SECURITY. WE WILL SEE THE OPTIONS FOR POSSIBLE MILITARY DEPLOYMENT TO FIGHT ISIS LAID OUT BY JOHN KEY. THEY'LL RANGE FROM HUMANITARIAN AID ASSISTANCE RIGHT THROUGH TO SAS COMBAT TROOPS ON THE GROUND, BUT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT GOING WITH SAS COMBAT TROOPS FIGHTING IN IRAQ IS VERY VERY UNLIKELY, AND WE'RE MORE LIKELY TO SEE SOME OTHER MIDDLE PATH CHOSEN BY JOHN KEY, BUT NO QUESTION THAT THIS SPEECH TOMORROW ` THERE'S A LOT RIDING ON IT FOR JOHN KEY. HE NEEDS TO LAY OUT THE CASE FOR WHY NZ SHOULD GET INVOLVED. THAT'S POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN FROM PARLIAMENT. POLICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION ARE FRANTICALLY TRYING TO SAVE A GROUP OF PILOT WHALES WHICH HAS BEACHED IN WHAKATANE TWO PODS WERE SEEN IN THE OHIWA HARBOUR EARLIER TODAY. EIGHT WHALES HAVE DIED SO FAR. POLICE ARE ASKING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NOT TO COME TO THE BEACH AS THEY ARE GETTING IN THE WAY OF RESCUE EFFORTS. IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR, CONVICTED MURDERER TEINA PORA WILL BEGIN A FINAL BID TO CLEAR HIS NAME. PORA WAS JAILED IN 1994 FOR THE RAPE AND MURDER OF SUSAN BURDETT. HE'S GOING TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL IN LONDON TO TRY TO GET HIS CONVICTION QUASHED. NZ CHIEF JUSTICE DAME SIAN ELIAS WILL BE INCLUDED ON THE BOARD AT THE TWO-DAY HEARING. IT'S EXPECTED PORA'S CASE WILL BE NZ'S LAST APPEAL TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL. A SECURITY VIDEO AND 111 CALL FROM THE DAY AN AMBULANCE DRIVER ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED A TEENAGER HAVE BEEN PLAYED IN A NAPIER COURT. CHRISTOPHER KING IS ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY VIOLATING FOUR WOMEN IN THE BACK OF HIS AMBULANCE. FOOTAGE PLAYED TODAY SHOWED THE YOUNGEST COMPLAINANT RUNNING INTO A WAIPUKURAU MEDICAL CENTRE WHILE POINTING AT KING FOLLOWING CLOSELY BEHIND HER. A COURIER DRIVER WHO SAW THE THEN 15-YEAR-OLD SAYS SHE WAS DISTRAUGHT AND WANTED THE AMBULANCE OFFICER KEPT AWAY FROM HER. KING IS ALSO CHARGED WITH USING GAS TO DRUG THE GIRL IN THE AMBULANCE. OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED 76 PEOPLE HAVE ARRIVED IN NZ FROM EBOLA-AFFECTED COUNTRIES IN THE PAST MONTH, BUT ONLY THREE NEEDED HEALTH ASSESSMENTS. THE HEALTH MINISTRY'S CARRYING OUT A SERIES OF NATIONWIDE BRIEFINGS TO ENSURE OUR HOSPITALS ARE PREPARED FOR AN OUTBREAK. SO, WE'RE LISTENING TO ISSUES THAT ARE ARISING IN THE DHBS SO WE CAN THINK ABOUT THEM IF THEY NEED SOME HELP, OR WE CAN START SHARING IDEAS BETWEEN THE FOUR MAIN DHBS. THE MINISTRY SAYS TRAINING STAFF ON HOW TO WEAR PROTECTIVE GEAR IS GOING WELL. THE PRIME MINISTER'S WARNING KIWIS NOT TO GET THEIR HOPES UP ABOUT A NEW REPORT SUGGESTING NZERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE AND WORK FREELY IN THE UK. LONDON MAYOR BORIS JOHNSON HAS ENDORSED THAT CALL, SAYING BRITAIN SHOULD BE MORE OPEN TO PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH, BUT JOHN KEY SAYS IT'S UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN. IF YOU'RE ASKING ME WHETHER I THINK DAVID CAMERON'S GOING TO ADOPT WHAT'S IN THAT THINK TANK REPORT, I PERSONALLY THINK, IN THE SHORT TERM, IT'S EXTREMELY UNLIKELY. IT'S NOT THAT HE'S NOT SYMPATHETIC TO NZ, BUT WHAT HE IS DOING IS FACING A DOMESTIC POLITICAL ISSUE WHICH HE NEEDS TO WEIGH UP AGAINST ALL THE OTHER FACTORS HE'S GOT. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TIGHTENED VISA RULES FOR KIWIS IN 2011. THE LARGEST IRRIGATION PROJECT THE COUNTRY'S EVER SEEN IS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS, WITH MORE THAN HALF ITS FIRST STAGE COMPLETE. THE CENTRAL PLAINS WATER SCHEME IS BEST DESCRIBED AS A GARDEN IRRIGATION SYSTEM ON A GIGANTIC SCALE. ITS FIRST STAGE INVOLVES A 17.6KM CANAL RUNNING FROM THE RAKAIA RIVER. IT'LL FEED WATER TO FARMS VIA 130KM OF PIPE. PRESSURE'S ON NOW UNTIL COMPLETION. WE NEED TO HAVE THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF STAGE ONE OPERATING BY 1 SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS THE START OF THE IRRIGATION SEASON FOR THE FARMERS. EVENTUALLY THE CANAL WILL BE 56KM LONG AND ALSO TAKE WATER FROM THE WAIMAKARIRI RIVER. YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF GOOGLE GLASS ` THE GLASSES THAT LET YOU USE THE INTERNET FROM THE BRIDGE OF YOUR NOSE. NOW IMAGINE IF THERE WAS A SIMILAR DEVICE THAT COULD PRE-EMPT WHAT YOU WERE THINKING OR FEELING. CANTERBURY RESEARCHERS ARE HOPING TO DEVELOP JUST THAT WITH A $750,000 GRANT THEY'VE BEEN AWARDED FROM THE MARSDEN FUND. THE RESEARCHERS WANT TO MAKE SAFER WEARABLE INTERFACES THAT ARE LESS DISTRACTING AND CAN EVEN MAKE YOU WORK BETTER. IF I'M SPEEDING ALONG AT 50KM/H, I DON'T WANNA SEE A TEXT MESSAGE IN MY FACE. I'D MUCH RATHER SEE MAPS SHOWING ME WHERE I'M GOING. THE GRANT MEANS THREE MORE YEARS FOR THE STUDY AND THREE TIMES AS MANY RESEARCHERS TO HELP CREATE PROTOTYPES THAT'LL BE BASED ON EXISTING WEARABLE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. JUST AHEAD ` ARE OUR MEASUREMENTS MEASURING UP? AND THE VIEW FROM THE TALLEST BUILDING IN AMERICA ` WE HAVE A SPECIAL MOMENT IN NEW YORK. WANTS TO CHANGE THE NZ FLAG OR, AS THEY CALL IT THERE, THE 'FLEG'. JOHN KEY AND THAT ACCENT ` WHY AN AMERICAN TALK SHOW HOST IS POKING FUN AT NZ AGAIN. WHEN IS 50 LITRES OF FUEL NOT 50 LITRES? OR 1KG OF TOMATOES NOT 1KG? PROBABLY WHEN IT'S MEASURED INCORRECTLY. LUCKILY, THERE'S AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION DEVOTED TO MAKING SURE MEASUREMENTS LIKE THESE ARE SPOT ON, AND TODAY IT MET IN AUCKLAND. WILL HINE ALSO WENT ALONG. IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THE UNITED NATIONS OF MEASUREMENT COMES TO TOWN. THERE ARE COUNTRIES FOR AFRICA, COUNTRIES FROM AFRICA, ALL HERE IN AUCKLAND TO DISCUSS LEGAL METROLOGY. OR LAWFUL MEASUREMENT. YOU'D BE SURPRISED. THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO WEIGH OR WORK OUT THE ERRORS IN A PARTICULAR MEASUREMENT. MEASUREMENTS MATTER, SOMETIMES MORE OFTEN THAN OTHERS. HAVE YOU EXCEEDED THE SPEED LIMIT? HAVE YOU CHEATED SOMEONE BY PRETENDING YOU SOLD THEM A KILO OF BANANAS, AND ACTUALLY IT'S ONLY 750G? ACCURATE WEIGHT MEASUREMENTS ARE CRUCIAL WHEN BUYING ITEMS LIKE PRODUCE. I JUST TRUST THAT THE SCALES WILL BE CORRECT. IT'S NEVER CROSSED MY MIND BEFORE. I HAVEN'T YET QUESTIONED IT. REST EASY, THOUGH. SCALES LIKE THESE ARE TESTED BY INSPECTORS. THEY ALSO CHECK FUEL PUMPS ARE DELIVERING THE AMOUNT OF FUEL PAID FOR. THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF LEGAL METROLOGY, THEY PRODUCE THOSE TEST PROCEDURES AND AGREE THEM INTERNATIONALLY. THE SAME GOES FOR MAKING SURE MEDICINES ARE THE PROPER STRENGTH, TAXI METERS ARE CALIBRATED CORRECTLY AND TRUCKS WEIGHTS ARE LEGIT. AGREED STANDARDS MAKE OVERSEAS TRADE EASIER AND ENSURE PROSECUTIONS STAND UP IN COURT. AMONG THE MATTERS THIS ROOM OF DELEGATES WILL DISCUSS ` CONTINUOUS TOTALISING AUTOMATIC WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS OR BELT WEIGHERS. IT'S A FIELD THAT AFFECTS OUR EVERYDAY LIVES BUT ISN'T WELL KNOWN. LEGAL METROLOGY ` DO YOU OFTEN GET PEOPLE ASKING YOU ABOUT THE WEATHER? OH GOD, YES. I'M AFRAID THEY DO, YES. THE PURPOSE OF THE WORK, THOUGH, WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN BANANAS. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. A BODY BELIEVED TO BE THE LAST FROM THE COSTA CONCORDIA CRUISESHIP WRECK HAS BEEN RECOVERED NEARLY THREE YEARS ON. THE CORPSE OF THE INDIAN WAITER WAS FOUND AS ITALIAN CREWS WERE DISMANTLING THE VESSEL AND CLEARING DEBRIS. THE LUXURY LINER CAPSIZED AFTER HITTING ROCKS NEAR AN ISLAND IN TUSCANY IN JANUARY 2012, KILLING 32 PEOPLE. A FAMILY IN AMERICA IS BEGGING FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF A 22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AFTER SECURITY CAMERAS FILMED A KIDNAPPER ON A STREET IN PHILADELPHIA GRABBING HER. THE MAN DRAGS HIS VICTIM DOWN THE FOOTPATH BEFORE THROWING HER INTO A CAR AND DRIVING AWAY. US POLICE SAY IT'S A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION. AMERICANS ARE CALLING IT SNOW-VEMBER AFTER PARTS OF THE EAST COAST GOT RECORD SNOWFALLS FOR THIS EARLY IN THE YEAR. 60CM HAS FALLEN, CREATING CHAOS ON THE ROADS AND LEAVING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER. IT'S BACK. MORE THAN 13 YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL TOWERS WERE DESTROYED, THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE IS ONCE AGAIN OPEN FOR BUSINESS, AND AS CHANNEL NINE'S ROBERT PENFOLD EXPLAINS, THE BUILDING'S TALLER AND MORE SECURE THAN EVER. 104 STOREYS UP AND $4B LATER, ONE WORLD TRADE CENTRE SITS THERE AS AMERICA'S ANSWER BACK TO THE TERRORISTS WHO STAGED THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACK, AND TODAY IT WAS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. A LOT OF SAD THINGS HAPPENED HERE. THIS IS A GOOD START TO GET THINGS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THE FIRST COMPANY IN IS THE BIG MAGAZINE COMPANY CONDE NAST. TODAY, FIRST THING, 3500 WORKERS FOR VOGUE, GQ AND VANITY FAIR TURNED UP FOR WORK. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, MANY WERE WORRIED ABOUT MOVING INTO A BUILDING WHICH IS A POTENTIAL TERRORIST TARGET. SO THERE HAVE BEEN MONTHS OF MEETINGS TO REASSURE THEM. I KNOW THAT THE PORT AUTHORITY AND DIRST AND CONDE HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF BULLDING A BUILDING THAT IS INDESTRUCTABLE. OR AS CLOSE AS THAT CAN BE. TO PREVENT A COLLAPSE LIKE 9/11, THE TOWER WAS BUILT WITH A SUPER-STRENGTH CONCRETE CENTRE, THE ELEVATORS AND FIRE ESCAPE ARE ALL WITHIN THAT CORE IT'S THE TALLEST SKY SCRAPER IN AMERICA ONLY 40% OF THE SPACE HAS BEEN LEASED WE GIVE THIS BACK AS A GIFT OF REMEMBRANCE AS SO MANY HAVE COMMENTED, IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE NY'S SKYLINE WHOLE AGAIN STARS OF THE FASHION AND ENTERTAINMENT WORLDS HAVE TURNED OUT IN DROVES TO FAREWELL FASHION GREAT OSCAR DE LA RENTA. THE 82-YEAR-OLD DESIGNER DIED LAST MONTH FROM CANCER. AT HIS PRIVATE FUNERAL TODAY, HOLLYWOOD STARS, FASHION'S MOST FABULOUS AND SOME OF AMERICA'S FORMER FIRST LADIES PACKED OUT A CHURCH IN MANHATTAN TO SAY GOODBYE. WE'VE ALREADY GOT A BAD RAP FROM AN AMERICAN TV SHOW OVER THE NATIONAL PARTY CAMPAIGN AD AND AN EMINEM SONG. NOW 'LAST WEEK TONIGHT' FUNNYMAN JOHN OLIVER IS HAVING ANOTHER LAUGH AT OUR EXPENSE OR MORE PRECISELY, AT JOHN KEY'S FLAG REFERENDUM. YEAH, HE WANTS TO CHANGE THE NZ FLAG. OR AS THEY CALL IT THERE, THE 'FLEG'. AND HE'S GOING TO DO THAT WITH A 'FLEG' REFERENDUM IN... (IMITATES KIWI ACCENT) 2015. NOW, WHY IS HE GOING TO DO THIS? WELL, ONE REASON MIGHT BE IT LOOKS TOO MUCH LIKE AUSTRALIA'S FLAG. BECAUSE THAT IS AUSTRALIA'S FLAG, AND THIS IS NZ'S FLAG. UNSURPRISINGLY, THIS HAS CAUSED SOME PROBLEMS IN THE PAST. THERE'S JUST A HUGE CONFUSION FACTOR. SO I CAN TELL YOU AS PRIME MINISTER, THE NUMBER OF TIMES I WALK OVER TO SOMETHING, AND I'M AT AN INTERNATIONAL MEETING, AND THEY SIT ME DOWN IN FRONT OF THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG OR THE AUSTRALIAN AREA. IT'S` YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT FUNNY. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. OH, IT IS FUNNY, AND THAT'S WHY IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. PUT HIM UNDER THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG. HE GETS SO` OH, I WANT TO HEAR HIM SAY 'FLEG'. MAKE HIM SAY 'FLEG'. NOW, NOW, TO BE FAIR, JOHN KEY HAS A REPLACEMENT DESIGN IN MIND. IT'S THIS ONE, WHICH, GRANTED, LOOKS LIKE THE FLAG ON A VEGETARIAN PIRATE SHIP, BUT` BUT IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR A DIFFERENT REASON. REPORTER: JOHN KEY ORIGINALLY PREFERRED THE MORE TRADITIONAL BLACK BACKGROUND WITH A SILVER FERN BUT NOW SAYS HIS PREFERENCE IS FOR A FLAG THAT KEEPS MORE TRADITIONAL COLOURS HE DENIES HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH ITS SIMILARITY TO THE FLAG FLOWN BY ISIS. OH SHIT. THAT IS NOT GOOD. BECAUSE IF YOU THOUGHT BEING MISTAKENLY SEATED UNDER AUSTRALIA'S FLAG WAS BAD, WAIT TILL THEY PUT YOU UNDER THE ONE FOR ISIS. 'THIS IS NOT FUNNY! IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!' NEXT ` WHAT THE WEATHER IS DOING AT YOUR PLACE. # ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU PUT ME THROUGH. # IF YOU DON'T KNOW THEM BY NOW, WHY SIMPLY RED'S GOING BACK ON THE ROAD AFTER 30 YEARS. AND WE COULDN'T LEAVE YOU WITHOUT A LOOK AT ALL THE OFF-FIELD ACTION AT FLEMINGTON. IN AN EFFORT TO HOLD BACK THE YEARS, POP GROUP SIMPLY RED ARE REFORMING FOR A 13TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR. # ALL THE THINGS # THAT YOU PUT ME THROUGH. # MICK HUCKNALL, THE BAND'S LEAD SINGER, SAYS IT FEELS LIKE THE RIGHT TIME TO REUNITE. FORMED IN 1985, SIMPLY RED'S SOLD MORE THAN 50 MILLION ALBUMS WITH HITS LIKE 'MONEY'S TOO TIGHT TO MENTION' AND 'IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW.' THEY'LL PLAY 35 EUROPEAN DATES IN 2015. THEIR FINAL CONCERT WILL BE IN LONDON ALMOST FIVE YEARS TO THE DAY SINCE THEIR LAST APPEARANCE THERE. NOW TO THE WEATHER AND THE SONG THATS BEEN STUCK IN THE LATE CREW'S HEAD ALL DAY. OUR GIFT TO YOU. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH SOME OF THE OFF-FIELD ACTION FROM THE MELBOURNE CUP. THAT'S RIGHT ` THE DAY'S FASHION FROCKS AND SHOCKS. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD AND ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014