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The nation's leading team of journalists brings viewers the latest news and sport, plus the most comprehensive weather report.

Primary Title
  • One News Tonight
Date Broadcast
  • Monday 10 November 2014
Start Time
  • 22 : 30
Finish Time
  • 23 : 00
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • The nation's leading team of journalists brings viewers the latest news and sport, plus the most comprehensive weather report.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • News
THE HUNT IS ON, AND THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEGUN. HOW DID A MURDERER AND CHILD ABUSER SKIP THE COUNTRY WHILE ON TEMPORARY RELEASE? WE INVESTIGATE THAT AND SPEAK TO PHILLIP SMITH'S ESTRANGED DAD. 25 YEARS ON, BERLIN CELEBRATES AND REMEMBERS THE FALL OF THE WALL. DOCTOR WHO APPARENTLY HAS TWO HEARTS ` THE LATEST TIME LORD HAS SHOWN JUST HOW BIG HIS IS. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. OUTRAGED, SCARED AND UTTERLY FRUSTRATED. FOR THE FAMILY MOST AFFECTED BY PHILLIP SMITH'S OFFENDING, HIS DISAPPEARANCE MARKS YET ANOTHER FAILURE BY POLICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. ONE NEWS HAS SPOKEN TO SMITH'S ESTRANGED FATHER, WHO SAYS HE'LL IMMEDIATELY CONTACT POLICE IF HE HEARS FROM HIS SON. WE'LL HEAR FROM HIM IN A MOMENT, BUT FIRST KRISTIN HALL INVESTIGATES HOW SMITH FLED THE COUNTRY WITHOUT ANY ALARM BELLS RINGING. LYNDA HAS BEEN LIVING IN FEAR OF PHILLIP JOHN SMITH FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS. EVIL. ABSOLUTELY EVIL. HE'S NOT HUMAN. THERE'S NO SOUL. THERE'S NO REMORSE. SMITH WAS JAILED IN 1996 FOR STABBING TO DEATH LYNDA'S BROTHER, THE FATHER OF A BOY SMITH MOLESTED OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD. THEY'RE VERY LUCKY THAT THEY'RE NOT FINDING ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER DEAD TODAY. THAT'S HOW I FEEL. HE BECAME ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE LAST APRIL, BUT THE PAROLE BOARD INSTEAD SUGGESTED OVERNIGHT RELEASES. HE'S HAD AT LEAST SIX. ON THURSDAY, SMITH WAS PICKED UP FROM SPRING HILL PRISON BY A FEMALE RELATIVE ` A SPONSOR POLICE HAD APPROVED. BUT INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE AUCKLAND ADDRESS WHERE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO STAY, HE TOOK A DIRECT FLIGHT TO CHILE. I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THIS PARTICULAR OFFENDER HAS BEEN PLANNING IN A PREMEDITATED WAY HIS ESCAPE FOR SOME TIME ` POSSIBLY OVER A YEAR. WE DO KNOW HE OBTAINED HIS PASSPORT IN JULY OF 2013. THE APPLICATION FOR THAT PASSPORT WAS MADE UNDER SMITH'S BIRTH NAME, PHILLIP TRAYNOR, DURING ONE OF HIS OTHER TEMPORARY RELEASES. I THINK THE ISSUE WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT IS MAKING SURE THAT WHEN SOMEONE ADOPTS A DIFFERENT NAME, THE SYSTEM HAS A TAG ON THEM. POLICE DIDN'T REALISE SMITH HAD SKIPPED THE COUNTRY UNTIL FOUR DAYS AFTER HIS RELEASE, AND NOW THEY'RE NOT EVEN SURE IF HE'S STILL IN CHILE. AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PROBABLY TOO EARLY IN THE INQUIRY TO SAY. CORRECTIONS HAS LABELLED SMITH A 'VERY CHALLENGING PRISONER'. IT SAYS WHILE IT'S DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS TURN OF EVENTS, THE SYSTEM HASN'T FAILED. IT IS THEIR JOB. IT IS THEIR JOB. AND IF THEY CAN'T DO THEIR JOB, THEN RESIGN. THE POLICE SAY THEY WON'T BE APOLOGISING TO VICTIMS UNTIL A FULL INQUIRY'S BEEN CARRIED OUT. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DETAIL TO KNOW WHAT I'D BE APOLOGISING ON AT THIS STAGE. THE SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK. THE SYSTEM HASN'T PROTECTED US FROM DAY ONE. THAT'S WHAT'S BROUGHT IT TO THIS. POLICE SAY THE ROLE OF SMITH'S SPONSORS IS BEING INVESTIGATED, WHILE CORRECTIONS IS CONSIDERING GPS TRACKING FOR HIGH-RISK OFFENDERS. BUT THAT'S LITTLE COMFORT FOR A FAMILY THAT'S NOW FEARING THE WORST. THAT HE'S GOING TO GET ONE OF THE BOYS. THAT HE'S GOING TO FIND THEM, THAT HE WILL TRACK THEM DOWN. POLICE ARE EXAMINING CCTV FOOTAGE AND ARE IN CONTACT WITH THE CHILEAN AUTHORITIES TO TRY AND CATCH SMITH AND BRING HIM HOME. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. AND PHILLIP SMITH'S ESTRANGED FATHER HAS TOLD ONE NEWS HE'LL TURN HIS SON OVER TO POLICE IF HE TRIES TO CONTACT HIM. JOHN TRAYNOR SAYS HE AND HIS WIFE SEPARATED SHORTLY AFTER SMITH WAS BORN IN 1974, AND THE FIRST ACTUAL CONTACT HE HAD WITH HIS SON WASN'T UNTIL 1997. HE WAS, AT THE TIME, LIVING IN THE WAIRARAPA. CAME TO AUCKLAND AND CONTACTED ME, ASKING IF HE COULD SPEND TIME WITH ME, WHICH I AGREED TO. WE SPENT A DAY TOGETHER. I WAS AWARE AT THE TIME THAT OVER HIS ADOLESCENT AND TEENAGE YEARS THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A VERY GOOD TRACK RECORD WITH THE WELFARE AUTHORITIES OR WITH THE POLICE. I MORE OR LESS TRIED TO SEE IF I COULD GET HIM TO CHANGE HIS WAYS BY MEANS OF A BIT OF TOUGH LOVE. IN OUR TRAVELS, I TOOK HIM PAST MT EDEN PRISON, AND LATER IN THE DAY, WHILE ON THE NORTH SHORE, I TOOK HIM PAST PAREMOREMO. AND I SAID TO HIM, 'PHILLIP, IF YOU CONTINUE YOUR LIFE THE WAY THAT YOU'RE DOING NOW, 'THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO END UP. 'SO I SUGGEST THAT YOU THINK ABOUT 'WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE YOUR WAYS 'OR WHETHER THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.' AND HE SAID, 'I WOULD LIKE TO SHIFT TO AUCKLAND IF YOU HAVE ME.' I SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT TO SHOW ME THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE 'LIKE A NORMAL CITIZEN AND ABIDE BY THE LAWS OF OUR LAND, 'NOT THE LAWS THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE LIVED BY.' AND THAT WAS THE LAST ACTUAL, PERSONAL CONTACT I HAD WITH HIM. THE 70-YEAR-OLD SAYS HE HAD NO IDEA HIS SON HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR MURDER UNTIL THE TRIAL STARTED IN THE HIGH COURT AT WELLINGTON IN JULY 1996. MR TRAYNOR SAYS HE'S BEEN EXPECTING POLICE TO RING HIM TO ASK HIM IF SMITH'S BEEN IN TOUCH, BUT SO FAR HE HASN'T HEARD ANYTHING. A CATHOLIC PRIEST WHO ADMITTED INDECENTLY ASSAULTING A MALE (17) HAS BEEN DISCHARGED WITHOUT CONVICTION. AIDAN KAY WAS A PARISH PRIEST AT ST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BLENHEIM, BUT WAS RELIEVED OF HIS DUTIES AFTER CHURCH LEADERS ANNOUNCED HE HAD BEEN CHARGED. THIS WAS A FAIRLY LOW-LEVEL INDECENT ASSAULT IN ITSELF, BUT OF COURSE IT'S MADE WORSE BY THE SUBSTANTIAL BREACH OF TRUST. KAY'S DEFENCE COUNSEL SAID A CONVICTION COULD STOP THE 71-YEAR-OLD TRAVELLING TO AUSTRALIA TO RETURN TO HIS RELIGIOUS ORDER. KAY WAS ORDERED TO PAY $1500 TO HIS VICTIM FOR EMOTIONAL HARM. IT MIGHT BE A TRADE MEETING, BUT IT SEEMS THE FOCUS OF THIS YEAR'S APEC SUMMIT WILL ALSO BE DOMINATED BY ISLAMIC STATE EXTREMISTS. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD IS IN BEIJING, FROM WHERE SHE SENT THIS UPDATE ON THE TRANS-PACIFIC TRADE DEAL TALKS. TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP TALKS HAVE WRAPPED UP HERE TONIGHT. NOW, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP THAT THOSE HAPPENED HERE. IT'S A GOOD SIGN, BUT WHETHER IT MEANS PROGRESS WILL MOVE MUCH FASTER THAN IT HAS STILL HAS TO BE SEEN. THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN MOVING VERY GLACIAL, THOSE TALKS. PRESIDENT OBAMA AND OTHER LEADERS, THOUGH, DO WANT THOSE TO BE WRAPPED BY THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR, AND SO THEY ARE HOPING THAT WILL BE THE CASE. ALSO HAPPENING HERE, OF COURSE THOUGH, IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT TERRORISM AND THE TREAT AGAINST ISIS. JOHN KEY SAYS THAT WHEN HE HAS A CHAT WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA, ON THE SIDELINES, NOT AN OFFICIAL TALK. BUT THEY WILL GET THE OPPORTUNITY A COUPLE OF TIMES, AT LEAST, TO HAVE A BIT OF A CHAT, THAT WE CAN EXPECT THEM TO BRING UP THAT ISSUE, AND TO HAVE A CHAT ABOUT NZ'S CONTRIBUTION TO THAT FIGHT. IN BEIJING, THAT'S KATIE BRADFORD. NOT MUCH OF THE BERLIN WALL REMAINS IN THE CITY NOWADAYS, BUT 25 YEARS AGO IT WAS A DEADLY BARRIER. MORE THAN TWO MILLION PEOPLE HAVE PACKED INTO THE GERMAN CAPITAL TO CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSAY OF THE FALL OF THE WALL AND ALL IT REPRESENTED. CHANNEL 9'S PETER STEFANOVIC REPORTS FROM BERLIN. BRANDENBURG GATE ` THE ENTRANCE TO BERLIN AND THE GRAND SETTING FOR THIS VISUAL FEAST. AND AT THE SHOW'S GENESIS IS PETER GABRIEL WITH A MOVING TRIBUTE TO THE CITY'S HEROES. # WE CAN BE HEROES # JUST FOR ONE DAY. # PEOPLE CAME FROM EVERYWHERE AS THE CITY CELEBRATED ITS CONTINUED FREEDOM WITH A CONCERT FEATURING THE KIND OF MUSIC THAT WAS FORBIDDEN IN THE CAPITAL'S EAST UNTIL 25 YEARS AGO. SILENCE FELL WHEN THE IMAGES OF 138 PEOPLE ROLLED ON TO GIANT SCREENS ` ALL KILLED AS THEY TRIED TO ESCAPE FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST. THE BIGGEST APPLAUSE WAS FOR MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, AS THE FORMER SOVIET LEADER HELPED BREAK ANOTHER WALL. BALLOONS WERE RELEASED INTO THE SKY FROM A WALL OF LIGHTS THAT STOOD ON A PATH THAT ONCE SEPARATED BERLIN'S COMMUNIST EAST AND CAPITALIST WEST. TONIGHT'S CELEBRATIONS PROVE THAT BERLIN IS STILL VERY MUCH UNITED, AS IT HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS SINCE THE WALL CAME DOWN AND AN END CAME TO THOSE BITTER AND BRUTAL DIVISIONS. A SKY OF FIRE LIT UP THE CAPITAL'S FAMOUS COLUMNS AND VICTORY CHARIOT. GRAND MUSIC PLAYS, FIREWORKS BOOM MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT THE WALL WOULD NEVER BREAK, WHICH IS WHY THE MOOD HERE IS STILL SO BRILLIANT. IN 1989, I SAW THE WALL CAME DOWN, AND NOW, 25 YEARS LATER, I THINK I AM HAPPY. I AM VERY HAPPY. THE NIGHTMARE IS LONG GONE. AS GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL, WHO GREW UP IN THE COMMUNIST EAST SAID TODAY, 'THE FALL OF THE WALL SHOWS DREAMS CAN COME TRUE.' AND SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A NEW INFORMATION CENTRE ABOUT THE WALL, GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL REITERATED HOW EASY IT IS TO FORGET ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO REMEMBER IT. BACK HERE, MORE THAN 140,000 TEENAGERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN PREPARING AND PROBABLY DREADING TODAY. THAT'S BECAUSE NCEA EXAMS HAVE BEGUN. ERIN CONROY CAUGHT UP WITH A STUDENT ABOUT TO HEAD INTO HER FIRST ONE. HELLO. WHAT DAY IS IT, REBEKAH? IT'S EXAM DAY. THAT'S RIGHT, THE MORNING REBEKAH'S BEEN PREPPING FOR IS FINALLY HERE. MY STRESS LEVELS HAVE BEEN OK. I'VE BEEN PRETTY GOOD. I'VE BEEN QUITE ORGANISED. HAD MY STUDY TIMETABLES. REBEKAH, ALONG WITH ANOTHER 143,000 STUDENTS WILL SIT EXAMS IN NEARLY 40 SUBJECTS IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS. EXAM BREAKFAST ` WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? GOT SOME STRAWBERRIES IN HERE, LITTLE BIT OF MUESLI, MILK. JUST EVERYTHING YOU MIGHT NEED TO GET YOUR BRAIN WORKING. HERE'S TO BRAINS WORKING. SHE'S BEEN STUDYING FOR ABOUT EIGHT HOURS A DAY, BUT HAS SOME TIPS FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY HAVE LEFT IT A LITTLE LATE. MIND MAPS ARE REALLY REALLY HELPFUL. FLASH CARDS ARE REALLY GOOD AS WELL. IT'S PRETTY TRICKY, BUT TURNING OFF YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICE. FOR 40,000 TEENS, IT'S LEVEL 1 SCIENCE TODAY. IT'S THE DAY THAT STUDENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING UP TO FOR THE YEAR REALLY, AND AT LAST IT'S DAWNED. WITH 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE HELPING WITH EXAM PREP, SUZANNE BUSWELL KNOWS IT NOT JUST ABOUT THE STUDENT BUT THE WHOLE FAMILY. SHE SAYS PARENTS SHOULD ENCOURAGE STUDY BUT ALSO STUDY BREAKS. I THINK MOST FAMILIES DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF UNDERSTANDING HOW LONG THE HAUL CAN BE, AND THEY CREATE FUN TIMES WITHIN THAT. AND HER TOP TIP FOR KEEPING THEM MOTIVATED ` TELL THEM,... WE'VE GOT A BIG CELEBRATION PLANNED FOR THE END. SO TO ALL STUDENTS HEADING INTO EXAMS,... ALL: GOOD LUCK! ERIN CONROY, ONE NEWS. AUCKLANDERS WERE SO DESPERATE TO FIND OUT THEIR PROPERTY'S NEW COUNCIL VALUATION TODAY THEY CRASHED THE AUCKLAND CITY WEBSITE. AVERAGE INCREASES WERE OUT LAST MONTH, BUT NOW INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ` EXCEPT HARDLY ANYONE COULD ACCESS IT. AUCKLAND CITY PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING THIS SUPERCITY, AND YET A MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION THEY WANT TO SHARE WHICH IS PUBLIC INFORMATION, AND THEY CAN'T DELIVER IT. AND IN TODAY'S WORLD, FROM A TECHNOLOGY POINT OF VIEW, THAT'S EMBARRASSING. THE COUNCIL CAN'T SAY WHEN THE WEBSITE WILL BE WORKING PROPERLY, BUT RESIDENTS SHOULD GET THEIR VALUATIONS BY POST BY NEXT WEEK. HE WAS A FAMILIAR FACE ON THE AUCKLAND CLUB SCENE IN THE '90S BUT WENT ON TO CARVE OUT A CAREER AS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED DJ. TODAY FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE MOURNING THE DEATH OF SOANE FILITONGA, WHO DIED SUDDENLY FROM A SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK. DANIELLE STANBURY WITH THIS. HE WENT FROM GUARDING THE DOOR TO MANNING THE DECKS AND SHAPING THE COUNTRY'S HOUSE MUSIC SCENE. EVERY HOUSE PARTY GIG, HIS NAME WAS ON THERE. AFTER BECOMING A FIXTURE IN AUCKLAND CLUBS DURING THE '90S, SOANE FILITONGA TOOK HIS DJING INTERNATIONAL. I HAVEN'T QUITE YET WORKED MY WAY INTO THE AMERICAN SCENE YET, BUT THERE'S A PIPE DREAM THERE. THEN AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE OF MIXING OTHER PEOPLE'S BEATS, HE STARTED CREATING HIS OWN,... HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYS ...WORKING WITH LOCAL ACTS LIKE BOH RUNGA AND THE OTARA MILLIONAIRE'S CLUB. FOR ME, I THINK THE NEXT PROGRESSION FOR A DJ, AS FAR AS BEING RECOGNISED AS A MUSICIAN, IS PRODUCING YOUR OWN STUFF. WHILE THOSE ON THE DANCE FLOOR WILL RECALL HIS ABILITY TO ROCK A CROWD, HIS FRIENDS WILL REMEMBER HIM FOR HIS LOVING PERSONALITY. I PUT HIM IN MY TOP 10 OF MOST NICEST, INCREDIBLE, SOLID GUYS OF ALL TIME. SO THE HOLE THAT HE WOULD HAVE LEFT WITHIN THIS INDUSTRY ` THERE'S A LOT OF US HURTING. WHEN THE NEWS OF HIS DEATH STARTED TO SPREAD, TRIBUTES BEGAN TO FLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA. FELLOW MUSICIANS REMEMBERED HIS BIG SMILE AND EXPRESSED GRATITUDE AT GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY ALONGSIDE HIM. COMEDIAN DAI HENWOOD SAID THE LEGENDARY DJ WILL BE MISSED. WHILE THE TRAILBLAZER MIGHT HAVE GONE, SOANE'S TUNES AND INFLUENCE WILL BE HEARD ON DANCE FLOORS FOR A LONG TIME YET. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS. CHRISTCHURCH IS GEARING UP FOR IT'S BIGGEST DAY ON THE SOCIAL CALENDAR AND IT COULD BE ONE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS. TOMORROW IS CUP DAY AND IF THE CLEAR FAVOURITE 'TERROR TO LOVE' WINS THE NZ TROTTING CUP, IT'LL BE AN UNPRECEDENTED FOUR IN A ROW. LOOK, HE'S PICKED ONCE AGAIN FOR THIS RACE. HE'S BEEN BEAUTIFULLY PREPARED BY GRAHAM AND PAUL COURT, AND THEY HAVE FOLLOWED THE SAME PATHWAY AS THE THREE PREVIOUS CUPS. SO THEREFORE, THEY'VE DONE EXACTLY WHAT THEY'VE WANTED TO DO. IF ANYTHING, HE'S GOT STRONGER, THIS HORSE. MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED AT ADDINGTON TOMORROW. JUST AHEAD, A VERY SPECIAL REMEMBRANCE DAY IS MARKED IN LONDON. ALSO, THE LAVA MAY HAVE STOPPED BUT THE THREAT REMAINS FOR THE LOCALS IN THIS HAWAIIAN TOWN AND A MESSAGE FROM THE TIME LORD TO A VERY SAD BOY DOCTOR WHO WINS SOME NEW FANS. Can I help you? Can I help you? You know what this guy's problem is? What? What? He's so busy planning and building things for his customers that he's overlooking his most important project. Make success your most important project. Talk to your local ANZ business banker today. THIS YEAR'S REMEMBRANCE DAY HAS SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE, MARKING 100 YEARS SINCE THE START OF WWI. IN LONDON, THREE GENERATIONS OF ROYALS BRAVED A TERRORISM SCARE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE KILLED. HERE'S CHANNEL 9'S AMELIA BALLINGER. LEADING A NATION IN REMEMBRANCE, THREE GENERATIONS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY STAND SIDE BY SIDE IN SOMBRE SILENCE. CLOCK CHIMES TRUMPET PLAYS 'THE LAST POST' THE QUEEN WAS THE FIRST TO LAY A WREATH. HER MAJESTY WAS FOLLOWED BY PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCE WILLIAM AND WATCHED BY THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE AND DUCHESS OF CORNWALL, AS WELL AS THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS YEAR'S SERVICE DREW A BIGGER CROWD THAN USUAL. JUST DAYS AFTER IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE QUEEN WAS THE TARGET OF AN ALLEGED TERROR PLOT, SECURITY AROUND THE EVENT WAS TIGHT, AND HER MAJESTY WAS APPLAUDED AS SHE LEFT THE SERVICE ` A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR BRAVING THE THREAT. GRAND MUSIC PLAYS A NOTABLE ABSENCE AT THE LONDON SERVICE WAS PRINCE HARRY, WHO MADE A SURPRISE TRIP TO AFGHANISTAN, WHERE HE REPRESENTED THE QUEEN. HAVING COMPLETED TWO TOURS OF DUTY TO THE COUNTRY, IT'S AN AREA HARRY KNOWS WELL, AND HE JOINED HIS FELLOW SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN TO KANDAHAR AIR BASE FOR A SPECIAL SERVICE. IN A TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN, THE YOUNG PRINCE LAID A PERSONAL WREATH WITH A HANDWRITTEN NOTE. MEANWHILE THE FOREIGN OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING CLAIMS THAT A BRITISH MAN HAS CARRIED OUT A SUICIDE BOMBING IN IRAQ. ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS SAY KABIR AHMED (32) EXPLODED THE TRUCK BOMB THAT KILLED EIGHT POLICE OFFICERS IN A TOWN NORTH OF BAGHDAD LAST WEEK. EARLIER THIS YEAR THE FATHER OF TWO FROM DERBY TOLD THE BBC HE WAS ON A 'WAITING LIST' TO BE A SUICIDE BOMBER. EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR NAME ON THE LIST, AND EVERYBODY'S FORCING THEM TO PUT THEIR NAME` YOU KNOW, PUSH IT UP. EVERYBODY WANNA FIGHT FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH. IF HIS DEATH IS CONFIRMED HE WOULD BE THE SECOND BRITISH JIHADIST TO DIE IN A SUICIDE BOMBING. THE HEAVIEST SHELLING IN MONTHS HAS ROCKED EASTERN UKRAINE, RAISING FEARS THAT BOTH SIDES ARE PREPARING FOR A RENEWED OFFENSIVE. EXPLOSIONS COULD BE HEARD ACROSS DONETSK, WHERE PRO-RUSSIAN REBELS HAVE BEEN TARGETING UKRAINIAN ARMY UNITS DUG IN AT THE CITY'S AIRPORT. DESPITE THE FACT THE LAVA'S STOPPED FLOWING, OFFICIALS IN HAWAII SAY IT'S STILL A THREAT TO THE TOWN OF PAHOA. IT'S BEEN A WEEK SINCE THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LAVA FLOW STALLED, BUT GEOLOGISTS SAY MOUNT KILAUEA IS STILL ERUPTING. IN SOME PLACES, THE FLOW'S DOUBLED ITS THICKNESS, AND AS IT BUILDS UP, NEW LAVA STREAMS COULD START ADVANCING ON THE TOWN. 'DR WHO' ACTOR PETER CAPALDI HAS SENT A HEART-WARMING MESSAGE TO A 9-YEAR-OLD AUTISTIC BOY STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER'S DEATH. THOMAS GOODALL IS A HUGE 'DR WHO' FAN. HIS FATHER SAYS THE VIDEO GOT THOMAS SMILING FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS NAN DIED. SOMETIMES BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO US, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THOMAS? SOMETIMES SAD THINGS HAPPEN TO US TOO. SO IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY LIKE YOU OUT THERE WHO'S ON OUR SIDE. AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT WE'RE ON YOUR SIDE TOO. ACCORDING TO HIS FATHER, THE MESSAGE GAVE THOMAS THE COURAGE TO ATTEND HIS NAN'S FUNERAL. JUST AHEAD, WHAT THE WEATHER WILL DO IN BOTH YOUR BACK AND FRONT YARDS TOMORROW, AND THE GOOD AND GREAT FROM THE MTV MUSIC AWARDS. DAVID HASSELHOFF, SLASH, ONE DIRECTION AND ROYAL BLOOD ` THIS YEAR'S MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS REALLY DID HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. GLASGOOOOOOW! YES, GLASGOW AND SINGER NICKY MINAJ HOSTED THE SHOW, WHICH FEATURED PERFORMANCES BY OZZY OSBORNE, ED SHEERAN AND ARIANA GRANDE, WHO WAS NAMED BEST FEMALE. # EVEN THOUGH I HATE YA, # I WANNA LOVE YOU. I WANT YOU. # AND EVEN THOUGH I CAN'T FORGIVE YOU, # I REALLY WANT TO. I WANT YOU. # ALTHOUGH THEY WEREN'T THERE IN PERSON, BOY BAND ONE DIRECTION WERE THE BIG WINNERS, TAKING HOME THREE AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST POP. AND IN CASE YOU WANT SOME BACKSTAGE SECRETS, ORGANISERS HAVE REVEALED 10,000KM OF CABLE WAS NEEDED TO POWER THE EVENT, AND A WIGGERY WAS INSTALLED BACKSTAGE TO ACCOMMODATE 500 WIGS AND 300 HAIRPIECES. YES, REALLY. STAYING WITH MUSIC, AND YOU MAY HAVE HEARD TODAY ABOUT LED ZEPPELIN, WHO WERE REPORTEDLY OFFERED NEARLY $1B BY RICHARD BRANSON TO REFORM AND TOUR, BUT LEAD SINGER ROBERT PLANT REFUSED AND RIPPED UP THE CONTRACT. WHICH LEADS US, ODDLY, TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. IF YOU WANT TO GET IN TOUCH, YOU CAN RIGHT HERE ON OUR FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES. THANKS FOR WATCHING GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ALANA CRUIKSHANK AND TOM WILSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014