TONIGHT ` WHY THERE'S BEEN A BACK DOWN ON CHARGES AGAINST THE AC/DC DRUMMER. THE MIRACLE CURE THAT HAS THE EXPERTS SAYING YOU'LL STAY HEALTHIER IF YOU DON'T TAKE IT. AND THIS GIVES NEW MEANING TO DRIVE-THROUGH. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. WELL, WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES. THIS TIME LAST NIGHT AC/DC'S DRUMMER, PHIL RUDD, WAS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO GET TWO PEOPLE KILLED. NOW THAT SERIOUS CHARGE HAS BEEN DROPPED BECAUSE OF LACK OF EVIDENCE. RUTH WYNN WILLIAMS EXPLAINS. THEY SAY ANY PUBLICITY IS GOOD PUBLICITY,... AND A BIZARRE HEADLINE ` A DRUMMER WITH THE BAND, PHIL RUDD, ARRESTED IN NZ. THE DRUMMER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN ROCK BAND AC/DC HAS BEEN CHARGED IN NZ. ...BUT NOT ACCORDING TO PHIL RUDD. LATE THIS AFTERNOON HIS LAWYER PAUL MABEY FIRED OFF THIS STATEMENT AS THE AC/DC DRUMMER'S MOST SERIOUS CHARGE WAS DROPPED. PAUL MABEY SAYS WHEN THE CHARGES WERE LAID, POLICE HADN'T TESTED THEIR CASE BEFORE CROWN SOLICITOR GREG HOLLISTER-JONES. TODAY HE REVIEWED THE EVIDENCE AND FOUND THERE WASN'T ENOUGH. IT'S A BIT LIKE FIRING THE PISTOL BEFORE YOU'VE TAKEN IT OUT OF THE HOLSTER. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THEY WOULD'VE CHECKED AND DOUBLE CHECKED. POLICE DON'T HAVE TO CHECK THEIR CASE BEFORE CHARGING ANYONE, BUT GARY GOTLIEB SAYS IN HIGH-PROFILE CASES LIKE THIS, IT'S A GOOD IDEA. I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THE DAMAGE THAT WOULD FLOW FROM THIS WOULD CERTAINLY BE CONSIDERED VERY SERIOUSLY IN A POSSIBLE CIVIL ACTION, I WOULD'VE THOUGHT. # DIRTY DEEDS # DONE DIRT CHEAP # THE HARD-ROCK VETERAN STILL FACES THREE OTHER CHARGES ` ONE OF THREATENING TO KILL AND TWO OF POSSESSING METHAMPHETAMINE AND CANNABIS. HIS LAWYER DESCRIBED THE DRUG CHARGES AS MINOR, BUT, HE SAYS, THE DAMAGE TO PHIL RUDD'S REPUTATION IS NOT. AND ACCORDING TO HIS LAWYER, ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEGREE OF CARE TAKEN BY POLICE, THEY WOULDN'T BE INTERVIEWED ON THE TURNAROUND, BECAUSE THEY SAID THE ISSUE IS BEFORE THE COURT. THE ISSUE OF PHIL RUDD ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO HIRE A HITMAN, THOUGH, IS NOT, DESPITE THE NEWS MAKING ITS WAY AROUND THE WORLD. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, ONE NEWS. AND AN AUSTRALIAN RADIO DJ WHO SPOKE TO PHIL RUDD JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO HAS RUBBISHED CLAIMS THE BAND MEMBERS WERE HAVING ISSUES. THE RUMOUR MILL'S BEEN IN OVERDRIVE SINCE RUDD WAS MISSING FROM AC/DC'S RECENT PROMOTIONAL PHOTO SHOOT, WHICH WAS ALSO THEIR FIRST WITHOUT FOUNDING MEMBER MALCOLM YOUNG, WHO'S SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA. I DON'T THINK ANYONE SHOULD READ ANYTHING INTO WHY HE WAS MISSING FROM THE GROUP PHOTOS THAT WERE TAKEN A FEW WEEKS AGO OR THE VIDEOS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AS WELL. HE LIVES IN NZ. THE REST OF THE BAND LIVES IN EUROPE. AND I THINK THAT WAS MORE A PRODUCT OF THE DISTANCE INVOLVED RATHER THAN THE NECESSITY FOR HIM TO BE THERE. HE SAYS IF RUDD CAN'T MAKE THE TOUR NEXT YEAR, THE SHOW WILL GO ON, POSSIBLY WITH ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE YOUNG FAMILY STEPPING IN. A POST-MORTEM WILL BE CARRIED OUT TOMORROW ON THE BODY OF THE MAN FOUND DEAD IN A WEST AUCKLAND HOME. A MAN (45) WAS ARRESTED OVER THE INCIDENT IN WANGANUI THIS MORNING, AND POLICE SAY THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANYONE ELSE. IT'S THE EIGHTH VIOLENT DEATH IN WEST AUCKLAND THIS YEAR. YOU CAN'T DEFINE WEST AUCKLAND BY A SERIES OF MURDERS. THERE ARE TREMENDOUS THINGS HAPPENING AND GOOD CONNECTIONS BEING MADE, BUT HAVING SAID THAT, PEOPLE WILL ALSO BE WONDERING WHETHER THEY'RE STILL SECURE, FEELING A BIT ANXIOUS. THE BODY OF THE MAN (50) WAS TAKEN FROM THE PROPERTY TODAY. POLICE AREN'T SAYING HOW THE MAN WAS KILLED. THE DEVELOPER OF A SO-CALLED MIRACLE MINERAL SOLUTION CLAIMS HE'S ON A SPIRITUAL MISSION TO SAVE MANKIND. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY HIS PRODUCT'S CLEARLY DANGEROUS. BUT AS PAUL HOBBS REPORTS, THAT HASN'T STOPPED SOME KIWIS FORKING OUT FOR IT. NGATEA'S WATER GARDENS MIGHT PROMISE A SLICE OF PARADISE, BUT TODAY IT WAS MIRACLES ON OFFER. AROUND 50 PEOPLE TURNED UP TO HEAR ABOUT THE SUPPOSED HEALTH WONDERS OF THE SO-CALLED 'MIRACLE MINERAL SOLUTION' OR MMS. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO CLINICAL EVIDENCE THAT THIS PRODUCT HAS ANY POSITIVE EFFECT ON ANY HEALTH CONDITION. THESE FOLK ARE NOT PUT OFF BY THAT OR THE $650 SEMINAR FEE. BUT NOT EVERYONE WAS HAPPY TO BE FILMED. MOST WERE NOT KEEN TO EVEN TALK ABOUT IT. < WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THIS MMS? NOT AT THE MOMENT. NO. MMS IS THE BRAINCHILD OF THIS MAN ` SELF-APPOINTED 'ARCHBISHOP' JIM HUMBLE OF THE NON-RELIGIOUS 'GENESIS II CHURCH OF HEALTH'. HE CLAIMS MMS HAS CURED CANCER, AIDS, ALMOST EVERY DISEASE KNOWN TO MANKIND. BUT IT DOES COME WITH A RIDER. IF YOU DO USE IT, YOU USE IT TOTALLY ON YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN COMMON BLEACH AND STAY AWAY FROM IT. YOU'RE NOT MEANT TO SWALLOW BLEACH IN A CONCENTRATED FORM. THERE ARE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. IT WILL KILL PATHOGENS, BUT IT CAN'T DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN PATHOGENS AND OUR CELLS, SO IT CAN CAUSE HORRIBLE SIDE EFFECTS ` DIARRHOEA, VOMITING, KIDNEY FAILURE, VERY DANGEROUS STUFF. THIS MAN TOLD ME OFF-CAMERA THAT MMS CURED HIS CANCER. BUT WE WERE STOPPED FROM APPROACHING THE PRODUCT'S CREATOR. WE'VE MADE REPEATED REQUESTS TO SPEAK WITH JIM HUMBLE BUT HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN. THE REASONS ` THE MEDIA ALWAYS TWISTS HIS WORDS, AND LIKE ALL OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS AROUND THE WORLD, WE ARE BASICALLY SPONSORED BY DRUG COMPANIES. WE'RE NOT. I'M OPEN-MINDED. THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT IS. AWAY FROM THE VENUE, ONE SEMINAR-GOER TOLD US HE BACKS THE PRODUCT. I'VE BEEN USING IT FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY COLDS. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THAT. THE NATIONAL POISONS CENTRE SAYS IT'S HAD 13 COMPLAINTS IN THE PAST SIX YEARS. THAT'S THE SORT OF THING WE EXPECT WITH THESE SOLUTIONS. THIS IS JUST A DISINFECTANT. ANYTHING CAN BE DANGEROUS. ALCOHOL ` THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT ARE DANGEROUS IF YOU TAKE THEM IN EXCESS. BUT MEDSAFE ISN'T BUDGING, SAYING IF YOU HAVE THE PRODUCT, YOU'LL STAY HEALTHIER IF YOU THROW IT OUT. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. THE THREE PEOPLE WHO DIED IN YESTERDAY'S ROAD ACCIDENT NEAR WANAKA WERE FROM HONG KONG. THEIR VAN HIT A TRUCK-AND-TRAILER UNIT ON STATE HIGHWAY 6 AT LUGGATE. FIVE OF THEIR FRIENDS IN A SECOND VAN WITNESSED THE CRASH. A MAN (59) WHO WAS HELICOPTERED TO DUNEDIN HOSPITAL IS RECOVERING WELL. POLICE HAVE NOW REOPENED THE ROAD. DREAM EXCLUSIVE OR NIGHTMARE SCENARIO? AN AUSTRALIAN NEWS CAMERAMAN HAS FOUND HIMSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF A DRAMATIC STORY, CONFRONTED BY A GUNMAN ON HIS WAY TO FILM A SHOOTING. KRISTIN HALL HAS THE STORY. IT'S LIKE A SCENE STRAIGHT OUT OF AN ACTION MOVE. WHERE IS HE? MAN SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY PUT YOUR HANDS UP! PUT YOUR HANDS UP! THIS STANDOFF BETWEEN QUEENSLAND POLICE AND AN ARMED MAN TOOK PLACE AT A PETROL STATION. MOMENTS EARLIER, HE'D CRASHED A STOLEN TV NEWS CAR INTO A MASSIVE GAS TANK, APPARENTLY TRYING TO BLOW IT UP. BUT UNBELIEVABLY, WHAT CAME BEFORE WAS EVEN MORE SHOCKING. NEWS CAMERAMAN PETER STEER WAS ON HIS WAY TO A SUSPECTED SHOOTING WHEN THIS MAN WAVED HIM DOWN. YEAH, MY NAME'S JORDY BROOK, AND, UH, DONE AN EXTREMELY BAD THING. THE 45-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH BLOOD-STAINED HANDS TOLD MR STEER TO CALL THE POLICE, SAYING HE WANTED TO CONFESS TO A SHOOTING. PETER: YOU GOTTA TALK TO ME NOW. IT'S PETER STEER FROM CHANNEL SEVEN. UH, THERE'S BEEN A SHOOTING AT NOOSA. I HAVE THE SHOOTER WITH ME. THE CAMERAMAN TRIES TO CALM HIM WHILE CALLING POLICE. SOBS: I JUST HOPE THAT SHE'S ALL RIGHT. I THINK SHE'S DEAD. BUT 30 MINUTES AND TWO PHONE CALLS LATER, STILL NO SIGN OF THE COPS. SOBS: I SURRENDER MYSELF TO GOD. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. I HAVE THE PERSON THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. SUDDENLY, THE ALLEGED SHOOTER WASN'T SO REMORSEFUL, AND, SMILING, HE CLIMBS INSIDE THE CHANNEL SEVEN CAR AND AIMS. DON'T BE A <BLEEP> IDIOT. THE CAR'S DASHBOARD CAMERA CAPTURED THE GETAWAY, WHILE THE SHOCKED CAMERAMAN WHO WAS PICKED UP BY POLICE... HE DOES HAVE A FIREARM? HE DOES. ...CAPS OFF HIS DRAMATIC DAY FILMING THE ARREST. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. AN ANCIENT MAORI CUSTOM IS UNDERWAY IN THE EASTERN BAY OF PLENTY AFTER ONE OF THE BIGGEST WHALE STRANDINGS THE AREA'S EVER SEEN. 50 PILOT WHALES DIED NEAR WHAKATANE DESPITE ATTEMPTS TO REFLOAT THEM. LOCAL IWI ARE PREPARING TO REMOVE THE WHALES' JAWBONES IN A TRADITIONAL WAY THAT MAY SEEM GRUESOME TO SOME. I'VE SEEN NOTHING BUT ABSOLUTE RESPECT FOR THESE ANIMALS AND THEIR REMAINS, AND I HOPE THAT, IN TIME, PEOPLE'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS US, TO WHAT WE DO, WILL CHANGE. IWI ALSO PLAN TO EXTRACT OIL FROM THE WHALES WHICH CAN BE MADE INTO MEDICINE. NZ RESEARCHERS HAVE MADE A HAIR-RAISING DISCOVERY WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY EXPLAIN WHY SOME BABIES FAIL TO GROW AND THRIVE IN THE WOMB. THEY'VE FOUND OUT THAT CHEMICALS IN THE HAIR OF SOME PREGNANT WOMEN MAY INCREASE THEIR RISK OF DELIVERING SMALL BABIES. THE RESEARCHERS MADE THE PRELIMINARY DISCOVERY WHILE TESTING HAIR STRANDS FROM 83 PREGNANT SINGAPOREAN WOMEN. WE FOUND A PARTICULAR PROFILE OF THOSE SMALL METABOLITES, WHICH ARE MADE UP OF SUGARS, AMINO ACIDS, FATTY ACIDS. WE FOUND PARTICULAR PROFILES THAT ACCURATELY TOLD US WHICH BABIES WERE OR WERE NOT GROWING INSIDE THE WOMB. THE TEAM AT THE CENTRE FOR BRAIN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WILL NOW VALIDATE AND EXPAND THE RESEARCH. IF FUTURE INTERNATIONAL TRIALS PROVE SUCCESSFUL, A SIMPLE HAIR TEST COULD BE AVAILABLE WITHIN A FEW YEARS. THERE'S BEEN A BIG SPLASH ON WELLINGTON'S WATERFRONT TO MARK THE REOPENING OF A POPULAR DIVING SPOT. THE MAYOR CELIA WADE-BROWN TESTED THE WATER HERSELF AFTER THE PLATFORM WAS CLOSED IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF CONTAMINATION. WELL, I'M ACTUALLY GLAD I SPENT A BIT MORE TIME SWIMMING IN THERE. IT WAS QUITE FUN. STILL MORE ENJOYABLE THAN A COUNCIL MEETING? > (CHUCKLES) IT'S OVER MORE QUICKLY. THE COUNCIL'S SPENT $150,000 INSTALLING PUMPS TO CLEAN THE WATER. PASSENGERS CAN GET BACK ON BOARD KIWIRAIL'S INTERISLANDER FERRY THE ARAHURA FROM TOMORROW. IT'S BACK IN OPERATION AFTER THE LATEST PROBLEM WITH ITS PROPELLERS FORCED IT TO CANCEL SERVICES. A DECISION ON WHETHER TO REPLACE THE ARAHURA IS DUE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. NZ'S ANIMAL KINGDOM HAS A NEW IMMIGRANT, A BUTTERFLY FROM JAPAN TASKED WITH PROTECTING OUR NATIVE PLANTS. LANDCARE RESEARCH IS INTRODUCING THE HONSHU WHITE ADMIRAL, HOPING THE BUTTERFLY WILL BRING THE INVASIVE WEED HONEYSUCKLE UNDER CONTROL. HOWEVER, IT'S NOT THE WHITE ADMIRAL THAT COULD SAVE US FROM THE HONEYSUCKLE, RATHER ITS HUNGRY OFFSPRING. THE LARVAE OR CATERPILLARS OF THIS BUTTERFLY FEED ON THE LEAVES. SO WE'RE HOPING IT WILL DO TO THESE PLANTS WHAT MONARCH BUTTERFLIES DO TO SWAN PLANTS IN MY GARDEN. A DOZEN OR SO BUTTERFLIES EMBARKED ON THEIR MISSION TODAY. MORE WILL FOLLOW IN SPRING. KIWI SUPERSTAR LORDE IS 18, SO TO CELEBRATE, SHE RELEASED A BRAND NEW MUSIC VIDEO. KATE EVANS REPORTS. # OOH... SHE CALLED IT A BIRTHDAY GIFT TO HER FANS. # I'M A PRINCESS CUT FROM MARBLE. # LORDE CAME OF AGE AT MIDNIGHT AND RELEASED A NEW MUSIC VIDEO TO MARK THE OCCASION. POSTING ONLINE FROM HER CHILDHOOD BED, SHE SAID SHE THOUGHT SHE'D HAVE LESS ACNE BY NOW. SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE. BUT SO MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE SHE WAS THE CHEEKY LITTLE GIRL IN THESE PHOTOS SHARED BY HER MOTHER ON HER BIRTHDAY, EVEN THEN SHOWING A DISTINCT FASHION SENSE. # YOU CAN CALL ME QUEEN BEE. # DISCOVERED AT JUST 16, IN A YEAR AND A BIT, SHE'S NOTCHED UP TWO GRAMMY AWARDS, SOLD MORE THAN A MILLION RECORDS, FEATURED ON MAGAZINE COVERS FROM ELLE TO ROLLING STONE AND CURATED THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE NEW HUNGER GAMES MOVIE. SHE'S ALMOST THE VOICE OF A GENERATION AT THE MOMENT. # I'M DONE WITH IT. OOH! THIS IS THE START # ALREADY PERHAPS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL KIWI RECORDING ARTIST OF ALL TIME? YEAH, IT'S DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY, BUT OF COURSE SHE'S WELL UP THERE FOR SURE, AND FOR SOMEONE ACHIEVING IT SO YOUNG AND SO QUICKLY, IT'S FANTASTIC, ISN'T IT? IT'S INSPIRING FOR OTHER YOUNG KIWI MUSICIANS OUT THERE. FAME AND FORTUNE ` SOME ESTIMATE SHE'S WORTH $11M, BUT THAT COULD BE OVERSTATING IT. FOR HER TO TRAVEL THE WORLD, IT'S A HUGE COST. I MEAN, SHE'S PUT ON 89 SHOWS LAST YEAR. I MEAN, TO TRUCK AROUND THE WORLD, FLYING, MOVING A SET, THE BIG STAGE SHOW, A CREW, IT'S AN EXPENSIVE JOB. AND IT DOESN'T STOP. SHE'LL BE JETTING OFF AGAIN FOR MONDAY'S HUNGER GAMES PREMIERE IN LONDON, THEN SHE'S UP FOR FIVE NZ MUSIC AWARDS. SHE HASN'T HAD TO TAKE HER CLOTHES OFF AND TWERK ON TV OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT. SHE'S VERY SENSIBLE. SHE'S VERY RATIONAL. THIS IS AN ARTIST THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A REALLY GREAT, LONG CAREER. 18 AND SHE COULD JUST BE GETTING STARTED. KATE EVANS, ONE NEWS JUST AHEAD ` WHY'S THE MAN WHO SAYS HE SHOT OSAMA BIN LADEN FACING A BACKLASH? TO INFINITY AND BEYOND ` THE NEWS THAT'S GOT TOY STORY FANS ALL ABUZZ. GROWLING PLUS, MOVE OVER, BATMAN, STEP ASIDE, SPIDEY ` THERE'S A NEW SUPERHERO IN TOWN. A PUBLIC ROW HAS ERUPTED OVER EXACTLY WHO KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN. AN EX NAVY SEAL HAS TOLD MEDIA HE FIRED THE FATAL SHOT. BUT NOW HIS VERSION OF EVENTS IS BEING QUESTIONED AS IS HIS DECISION TO BREAK THE ELITE REGIMENT'S CODE OF SILENCE. CHANNEL NINE'S MARK BURROWS HAS MORE. HIS NAME IS ROBERT O'NEILL. THE MAN WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER ON OSAMA BIN LADEN IS NOW HIMSELF IN THE FIRING LINE. O'NEILL HAS REVEALED HE WAS THE MEMBER OF THE SEAL TEAM SIX, WHO FIRED TWO SHOTS INTO BIN LADEN AND KILLED HIM. THE RAID WAS DEPICTED IN THE MOVIE 'ZERO DARK 30'. HINGES CREAK O'NEILL LEFT THE SEALS AFTER 16 YEARS' SERVICE. HE OUTED HIMSELF TO THE WASHINGTON POST BECAUSE HE FEARED HE WAS ABOUT TO BE OUTED IN THE US MEDIA ANYWAY. BUT IN DOING SO, O'NEILL HAS BROKEN THE SEALS' CODE OF SILENCE ` DON'T TALK ABOUT COVERT MISSIONS, AND CERTAINLY DON'T TAKE CREDIT. YOU ALWAYS WANT TO EMPHASISE THE TEAM NATURE OF WHAT THE SEALS DO. THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THAT RAID AGAINST OSAMA BIN LADEN. ANOTHER ONE OF O'NEILL'S MISSIONS WAS MADE INTO THE MOVIE 'CAPTAIN PHILLIPS'. O'NEILL WAS A MEMBER OF THE SEAL TEAM THAT RESCUED THE CONTAINER SHIP SKIPPER FROM SOMALI PIRATES. I NEED SIGHTS ON TARGET. TWO RED. NO SHOT. WE'RE LOSING THIS. EXECUTE. O'NEILL NOW WORKS AS A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER. HIS EXPLOITS THAT NIGHT IN BIN LADEN'S HIDEOUT MAY TAKE TOP BILLING. THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR THIS STORY, AND OSAMA BIN LADEN IS ONE OF THE VILLAINS OF THE CENTURY. I DO THINK THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR HIM TO GO ROUND NOT JUST AMERICA, BUT AROUND THE WORLD. O'NEILL IS THE SECOND FORMER SEAL TO TALK ABOUT THE RAID. MATT BISSONNETTE WROTE A BEST-SELLER, SAYING HE TOO FIRED SHOTS AT BIN LADEN BUT MISSED. IT'S NOW O'NEILL WHO'LL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HIS PRIVACY AND SAFETY, SECURING HIS PLACE IN HISTORY AS THE MAN WHO SHOT OSAMA BIN LADEN. THE BIGGEST WORKERS' DEMONSTRATION IN BELGIUM SINCE WWII HAS TURNED VIOLENT. A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE TOOK TO THE STREETS OF BRUSSELS TO PROTEST AGAINST COST-CUTTING MEASURES BY THE NEW GOVERNMENT. AUTHORITIES SAY MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE WERE INJURED AS DEMONSTRATORS HURLED COBBLESTONES, OVERTURNED CARS AND SET THEM ON FIRE. AND DOZENS OF MASKED ACTIVISTS FOUGHT WITH POLICE AMID RENEWED TENSIONS IN HONG KONG. THE PROTESTERS, WEARING GUY FAWKES MASKS, WERE DEMONSTRATING AGAINST A DECISION BY CHINA TO SCREEN CANDIDATES FOR HONG KONG'S 2017 LEADERSHIP ELECTION. ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN OCCUPYING KEY PARTS OF THE CITY FOR MORE THAN A MONTH CALLING FOR FULL DEMOCRACY. IN AUSTRALIA, A DRIVER HAS ESCAPED INJURY AFTER A LARGE TREE SLAMMED INTO HIS TRUCK. THE TREE TRUNK SMASHED THROUGH THE TOP OF THE DRIVER'S CAB. MOMENTS LATER, A CAR COLLIDED WITH THE TRUCK, TRAPPING TWO PEOPLE. A WOMAN WAS AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL AND IS NOW IN A STABLE CONDITION. AND TEXAS DINERS WERE GIVEN THE FRIGHT OF THEIR LIVES WHEN A CAR PLOUGHED THROUGH A HOUSTON RESTAURANT. SECURITY VISION SHOWS ONE CUSTOMER BEING PUSHED RIGHT ACROSS THE RESTAURANT AND UP TO THE BUFFET LINE. THE DRIVER SAID HE ACCIDENTALLY ACCELERATED INSTEAD OF REVERSING. NINE PEOPLE SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. AN UPDATE NOW ON A STORY WE BROUGHT YOU EARLIER IN THE WEEK OF A WOMAN WHOSE KIDNAPPING IN THE US WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA. AFTER A THREE-DAY ORDEAL, CARLESHA FREELAND-GAITHER (22) HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE AND WELL. POLICE SAY HER RESCUE IS IN PART THANKS TO A WITNESS WHO ALERTED THEM TO HER LOCATION. A MAN (37) HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING. FANS OF SHERIFF WOODY AND BUZZ LIGHTYEAR PREPARE TO REJOICE. TOY STORY 4 IS IN THE WORKS. DISNEY-PIXAR TODAY ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BRING THE ADVENTURES OF THE GANG OF TOYS BACK TO THE BIG SCREEN. DIRECTOR JOHN LASSETER SAYS THE NEXT INSTALMENT WILL 'OPEN A NEW CHAPTER' IN THE LIVES OF WOODY, BUZZ AND THEIR PLAYFUL PALS. THE FILM'S RELEASE DATE IS JUNE 2017. WE'VE A TASTE NOW OF THE EPIC FINALE TO SIR PETER JACKSON'S 'HOBBIT' TRILOGY. THE MOVIEMAKER'S JUST RELEASED THE TRAILER FOR 'THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES'. MAJESTIC MUSIC I WILL NOT HIDE WHILE OTHERS FIGHT OUR BATTLES FOR US! THE FILM PREMIERES NEXT MONTH. AND THE TITLE OF THE NEW STAR WARS MOVIE HAS BEEN REVEALED AS ` GET READY ` THE FORCE AWAKENS. THE SEVENTH INSTALMENT OF THE SCI-FI SAGA HAS COMBINED NEW ACTORS WITH ORIGINAL CAST MEMBERS LIKE HARRISON FORD AND CARRIE FISHER. IT'S DUE TO BE RELEASED IN DECEMBER 2015. NEXT ` THE PHOENIX TAKE ON THE NEWLY CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF ASIA AND THE RESULT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU. PLUS, A PINT-SIZED POWERHOUSE HITS AUCKLAND. SEE HIS EXTRAORDINARY SUPERHERO FEATS. THE PHOENIX HAVE COME OUT VICTORIOUS AFTER THEIR A-LEAGUE CLASH WITH THE WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS IN WELLINGTON TONIGHT. IT WAS A TIMID START TO THE GAME, WITH NEITHER SIDE ABLE TO SCORE BY HALF TIME. BUT 10 MINUTES OUT FROM THE FINAL WHISTLE, THE PHOENIX WERE SAVED BY THIS BIT OF TEAMWORK FROM ROY KRISHNA AND NATHAN BURNS. KRISHNA, KRISHNA... NOT WITH THE ANGLE FOR THE SHOT ON GOAL, BUT HE DOES SET IT UP, AND NATHAN BURNS WITH THE OPENING GOAL OF THE GAME! KRISHNA'S HAD AN IMPACT, AND BURNS SCORES YET AGAIN! FINAL SCORE 1-0 TO THE PHOENIX, WHO GO ON TO FACE ADELAIDE UNITED NEXT SATURDAY. AUCKLAND CITY HAS COME UNDER SIEGE. BUT DON'T BE ALARMED, BECAUSE AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, A SUPERHERO WAS ON HAND TO DEFEAT THE BADDIES. DANIELLE STANBURY EXPLAINS. GROWLING WHEN OUR MEN IN BLUE ARE NO MATCH FOR A ZOMBIE INVASION,.. GROWLING ...THERE'S ONLY ONE SUPERHERO THEY CALL. CHEERS, JOHNNY. HE MAY BE THE MINIATURE VERSION, BUT JOHNNY JACKSON'S NO STRANGER TO A GOOD FIGHT. THE ENERGETIC 9-YEAR-OLD'S BEEN BATTLING LEUKAEMIA FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. YEAH, IT'S NOT AN EASY JOURNEY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CAN'T BE A FAMILY ALL THE TIME COS, YOU KNOW, YOU SPEND SO MUCH TIME AT HOSPITAL, AND THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA ABOUT THIS WISH. IT'S FOR JOHNNY, BUT IT IS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY TO SPEND THIS TIME TOGETHER. HE'S NOW IN REMISSION, AND THANKS TO THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION, HIS OBSESSION WITH SUPERHEROES HAS JUMPED FROM THE COMIC BOOK PAGES ON TO THE STREETS OF AUCKLAND. I WAS THE HERO THAT SAVED AUCKLAND CITY FOR` FROM HAVOC AND... AND THIS` AND FROM ZOMBIES AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. THE YOUNGSTER'S SUPERHUMAN COURAGE CERTAINLY CAME IN HANDY. HE SINGLE-HANDEDLY RID AUCKLAND OF ZOMBIES BEFORE TAKING OUT THE CRIMINAL MASTERMIND. CHEERING MY FAVOURITE PART WAS KILLING ALL THE ZOMBIES IN THE HEAD AND STOPPING THE JOKER. WITH ALL OF THE BADDIES TAKEN CARE OF, IT WAS BACK TO BASE, UNTIL OF COURSE, WE NEED HIS SUPER POWERS AGAIN. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS. NOW TO THE WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. UPBEAT FUNKY MUSIC THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. WELL, ALMOST. AS WE DO MOST FRIDAYS, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH IMAGES OF SOME OF THE STORIES THAT HIT THE HEADLINES THIS WEEK. THANKS FOR WATCHING. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY HUGO SNELL AND ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014