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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 24 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.
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  • 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
TONIGHT, WE'VE HAD A HEADS-UP ` A BIG APOLOGY FOR PHIL GOFF COULD BE ON THE CARDS AS THE RESULTS OF AN INQUIRY SPARKED BY THE DIRTY POLITICS SAGA ARE SET TO BE RELEASED. A NEWBORN'S MOTHER IS BEHIND BARS TONIGHT ` HOW THIS TINY FIGHTER SURVIVED FIVE DAYS DOWN A DRAIN. AND SHE'S STILL TOO YOUNG TO DRINK IT, BUT LYDIA KO ENJOYS A CHAMPAGNE SHOWER AFTER A MASSIVE PAYDAY IN AN EVEN BIGGER YEAR. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. AT 10 TOMORROW MORNING THE DIRTY POLITICS SAGA WILL TAKE A NEW TWIST. RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION SPARKED BY NICKY HAGER'S BOOK WILL BE RELEASED, AND ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE HEAD OF OUR TOP SPY AGENCY WILL APOLOGISE TO FORMER LABOUR LEADER PHIL GOFF. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD EXPLAINS. WELL, THE GREENS ARE ALREADY CALLING FOR A ROYAL COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY INTO WHAT'S UNDERSTOOD TO BE IN THIS REPORT. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF INTELLIGENCE WILL RELEASE IT AT 10 O'CLOCK TOMORROW. BUT ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS IT EFFECTIVELY CLEARS PHIL GOFF OF ANY WRONGDOING AND IN FACT HE WILL RECEIVE A PERSONAL APOLOGY FROM NOW-SIS HEAD REBECCA KITTERIDGE. THIS ENQUIRY WAS LAUNCHED IN THE HEART OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN AS A RESULT OF REVELATIONS AND ACCUSATIONS MADE IN THE 'DIRTY POLITICS' BOOK ABOUT CAMERON SLATER AND ABOUT HIM RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE IN 2011, WHEN IT WAS ALLEGED THAT PHIL GOFF HAD LIED ABOUT A BRIEFING FROM THEN-SIS HEAD WARREN TUCKER. THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE USED THAT INFORMATION TO DISCREDIT MR GOFF, AND THIS ENQUIRY WAS THEN LAUNCHED. NOW, THIS REPORT IS EXPECTED TO LARGELY CLEAR THE PRIME MINISTER AS WELL, ALTHOUGH IT DOES IMPLICATE THAT HIS STAFF, AND IN PARTICULAR FORMER STAFFER JASON EDE ABOUT HIS LINKS TO CAMERON SLATER AND ABOUT HIM LEAKING INFORMATION TO CAMERON SLATER, AND IT IS ALSO VERY HEAVILY CRITICAL OF DR WARREN TUCKER, CALLS HIM EFFECTIVELY MISLEADING THE PRIME MINISTER, PROVIDING INCOMPLETE AND INACCURATE INFORMATION, SO WE CAN EXPECT IT TO BE VERY DAMNING, AND THERE'LL BE VERY HEAVILY POLITICAL REACTION TO IT HERE AT PARLIAMENT TOMORROW. THAT WAS POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD THERE. LYDIA KO'S WALLET JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT HEAVIER. THE KIWI TEEN GOLF STAR WON THE SEASON-ENDING LPGA EVENT IN FLORIDA, POCKETING THE BIGGEST PAYDAY IN WOMEN'S GOLFING HISTORY. DANIELLE STANBURY WITH THE ACTION. SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN SURROUNDED BY HER OWN SUCCESS; CHEERING NOW THE GOLFING SUPERSTAR HAS ENDED HER FIRST YEAR AS A PRO ABSOLUTELY SATURATED IN IT. IT'S A WEEK I'LL DEFINITELY NEVER BE ABLE TO FORGET. IT WOULD BE HARD TO FORGET A PUTT THAT NOT ONLY WON THE TOURNAMENT AND THE SEASON-LONG POINTS RACE,... THIS SOLIDIFIES KO'S STATUS. ...BUT ALSO MADE THE 17-YEAR-OLD NEARLY $2M RICHER. EVERYTHING'S JUST HAPPENED SO QUICKLY, YOU KNOW. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WOULD HAVE THESE TWO TROPHIES AND THIS BOX FULL OF MONEY. THE ACCOLADES KEEP COMING FOR THIS GIRL, SO FOR US, IT'S FANTASTIC. IT KEEPS GOLF IN THE SPOTLIGHT, AND, YOU KNOW, LYDIA'S THE WUNDERKIND THAT'S DOING IT FOR US. EVEN BEFORE TODAY'S WIN, LYDIA KO'S RECORDS WERE UNPRECEDENTED. AT 14 SHE BECAME THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO WIN A PRO GOLF TOUR; AT 15 THE YOUNGEST TO WIN AN LPGA TOURNAMENT; AND JUST THIS MONTH, SHE BECAME THE YOUNGEST GOLFER TO EVER BE NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. IT JUST GOES TO SHOW WHAT SHE'S BEEN DOING ALL YEAR IS OBVIOUSLY WORKING, AND A GREAT WAY TO CAP OFF WHAT IS A GREAT ROOKIE YEAR FOR HER. SO HOW DOES KO'S SUCCESS TRANSLATE INTO EARNINGS? BEFORE TODAY SHE'D RAKED IN AROUND $2M SINCE TURNING PROFESSIONAL. CHIP IN $630,000 FOR WINNING THE CME CHAMPIONSHIP, SINK ANOTHER $1.26M FOR THE BONUS, AND SHE'S ROUGHLY DOUBLED HER CAREER INCOME IN ONE DAY TO $3.9M. IT'S A YEAR THAT I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD HAVE, AND IT'S A HARD YEAR TO TOP OFF. THE ONLY THINGS MISSING FROM HER CV NOW ARE A MAJOR, THAT WORLD-NUMBER-ONE SPOT AND AN OLYMPIC GOLD, BUT THERE'S MORE THAN ENOUGH CAREER AHEAD OF HER TO ACHIEVE THEM ALL. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS. SO LETS PUT KO'S WIN INTO PERSPECTIVE. SHE'S YOUNG ` ONLY 17 ` AND COMPETING AGAINST PLAYERS IN THEIR PRIME ` 10 OR 20 YEARS OLDER. SHE'S PLAYED 40 PROFESSIONAL TOURNAMENTS AND NEVER MISSED A CUT. IN LPGA WOMEN'S TOUR HISTORY, THERE'S ONLY BEEN SIX VICTORIES TO PLAYERS 18 AND UNDER ` KO HAS FIVE OF THOSE WINS. SHE STILL HAS ALL OF NEXT SEASON TO WIN ONE OF THE WOMEN'S MAJOR TOURNAMENTS ` THREE IN THE US, ONE IN ENGLAND AND IN FRANCE. THE FIRST ONE'S IN APRIL, AND IF SHE WINS ONE OF THOSE TITLES, SHE'LL BECOME THE YOUNGEST MAJOR WINNER EVER. LET'S NOT FORGET KO TURNED PRO AT 16, TIGER WAS 20 YEARS OLD ` SHE WINS THERE. IN HIS FIRST FULL YEAR ON TOUR, TIGER WON THE 1997 MASTERS AND FOUR OTHER EVENTS. LYDIA WON THREE TOURNAMENTS THIS YEAR. RORY MCILROY TURNED PRO AT 18, BUT HE TOOK 18 MONTHS TO SCORE HIS FIRST WIN. SO KO'S MONEY ACHIEVEMENT IS UNBELIEVABLE IN ITSELF, BUT AT 17, JUST STAGGERING. AND, OF COURSE, LYDIA KO WASN'T THE ONLY KIWI TEENAGER MAKING AN INTERNATIONAL SPLASH; LATER WE'LL SEE LORDE ` AND HER MUM ` IN ACTION AT THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS. FIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL TONIGHT AFTER A POLICE PURSUIT ENDED IN A CRASH. POLICE SAY THREE ELDERLY PEOPLE IN A CAR HIT BY THE FLEEING VEHICLE ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITIONS. THE CRASH OCCURRED JUST BEFORE 5PM ON YALDHURST RD. THE FIRE SERVICE HAD TO USE THE JAWS OF LIFE TO REMOVE THREE PEOPLE FROM ONE OF THE VEHICLES. DIVERSIONS ARE STILL IN PLACE IN THE AREA, AND POLICE ARE URGING MOTORISTS TO USE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES. POLICE ARE NOW CARRYING OUT A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. AND ONE PERSON'S DIED IN ANOTHER CRASH IN CANTERBURY TODAY. A SECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 1, SOUTH OF TEMPLETON, WAS CLOSED FOR PART OF THE AFTERNOON FOLLOWING A FATAL CRASH BETWEEN A CAR AND A TRUCK. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK IS REPORTEDLY UNINJURED, BUT THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE CAR DIED AT THE SCENE. THE SON OF THE KILLER KNOWN AS THE BLACK WIDOW'S GIVEN ONE NEWS HIS FIRST ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MOTHER. ADAM KEARNS CLAIMED HELEN MILNER HAD PUT A HIT OUT ON HIM WHEN HE APPEARED IN COURT ON A RANGE OF CHARGES AT THE WEEKEND. HE SPOKE TO LISA DAVIES. ADAM KEARNS - THE SON OF 'BLACK WIDOW' HELEN MILNER. SHE'S NOTHING TO ME NOW. SHE DOESN'T EXIST, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. THE 24-YEAR-OLD GAVE EVIDENCE AT HIS OWN MOTHER'S MURDER TRIAL FOR KILLING HER HUSBAND, PHIL NISBET, WITH AN OVERDOSE OF A SEDATIVE. NO SON WOULD GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HAVE THEIR OWN MOTHER PUT IN PRISON. IT WAS PRETTY HARD. IT WAS CERTAINLY MADE EASIER WHEN SHE LOOKED AT ME IN COURT AND GAVE ME THIS EVIL, SADISTIC GRIN. WHEN HE APPEARED IN THE CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT ON SATURDAY ON UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A SHOTGUN, VIOLENCE AND DRUGS CHARGES, HE TOLD THE COURT 'MY OLD LADY'S PAID FOR A HIT TO BE PUT ON ME'. HE CLAIMED THAT'S WHY HE WAS IN POSSESSION OF THE FIREARM. THE CLAIMS WERE DENIED BY THE POLICE PROSECUTOR. EARLIER THIS MONTH, ADAM KEARNS WAS AWARDED $55,000 DAMAGES AGAINST MILNER FOR FRAMING HIM, FALSELY ACCUSING HIM OF SENDING ABUSIVE TEXTS. HE WAS IMPRISONED FOR 18 DAYS. WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOUR OWN MOTHER DID THAT TO YOU? WHAT DOES THAT DO TO YOU? WELL, I DON'T CONSIDER HER AS MY MOTHER ANY MORE. I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THAT'S HOW IT'S AFFECTED ME. HIS NEXT LEGAL STEP ` A $20,000 SUIT AGAINST POLICE. HE CLAIMS THEY FAILED TO INVESTIGATE HER ACCUSATIONS PROPERLY. THE HARDEST PART WAS NO ONE BELIEVED ME NO ONE BELIEVED THAT HIS OWN MOTHER HAD SET HIM UP. THEY JUST LOOKED AT ME LIKE, 'YOU'RE CRAZY. 'YOU'RE JUST BEING SPITEFUL AND MALICIOUS AGAINST HER.' HE'S UPSET HER NOTORIETY HAS INSPIRED A PORTRAIT AND A FILM PROJECT FUNDED BY NZ ON AIR. IT'S MAKING HER FEEL AS IF SHE'S FAMOUS IN SOME WAYS, I GUESS. SHE'LL BE SITTING BACK, JUST LAPPING UP THE ATTENTION. HE ATTENDED HER FAILED COURT OF APPEAL BID, AND HE'LL BE AT HER HEARING REQUESTING A SUPREME COURT APPEAL NEXT YEAR TOO. SHE NEEDS TO FINISH HER TIME AND EITHER GET OUT AND LIVE A PROPER LIFE, OR IN TURN DIE IN THERE, WHICH, YEAH, IS PROBABLY THE BEST OPTION, TO BE HONEST, FOR EVERYONE. ADAM KEARNS REMAINS IN CUSTODY UNTIL HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE ON THURSDAY. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. OVERSEAS NOW, AND AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WAVED A FAKE GUN IN A PLAYGROUND WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE IN THE US. OHIO POLICE WERE CALLED TO A PARK IN CLEVELAND AFTER RECEIVING REPORTS OF A BOY POINTING A GUN. TWO POLICE OFFICERS ORDERED HIM TO RAISE HIS HANDS, BUT INSTEAD THE BOY REACHED FOR WHAT OFFICERS THOUGHT WAS A GUN. THE OFFICERS FIRED TWICE, HITTING THE BOY IN THE ABDOMEN, AND HE DIED IN HOSPITAL. A SYDNEY COURT HAS HEARD HOW A MOTHER ADMITTED TO LEAVING HER BABY BOY IN A STORM DRAIN AT QUAKER'S HILL IN THE WEST OF THE CITY. THE NEWBORN SURVIVED FIVE DAYS BEFORE BEING RESCUED. TONIGHT THE 30-YEAR-OLD WOMAN REMAINS BEHIND BARS, CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER. CHANNEL NINE'S GABRIELLE BOYLE REPORTS. THE NEWBORN BABY BOY LEFT IN A DRAIN AND THE FAMILY WHO SAY THEY NEVER KNEW HE EXISTED. DID YOU KNOW THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT? ARE YOU PLANNING TO VISIT YOUR NEPHEW IN HOSPITAL? IN COURT, THE FAMILY LISTENED CAREFULLY, BUT THE MOTHER THEY CAME TO SUPPORT WASN'T THERE, JUST REPRESENTED BY A LAWYER. THE MAGISTRATE WAS GIVEN DOCUMENTS CLAIMING THE MOTHER... JUST HOURS AFTER SHE DELIVERED THE CHILD AT BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL IN THE EARLY HOURS OF TUESDAY MORNING. THE CHILD WAS FOUND BY CYCLISTS JUST A FEW MINUTES' WALK FROM THE FAMILY HOME. HIS SURVIVAL, ALTHOUGH INCREDIBLE, IS NOT UNHEARD OF. BABIES HAVE EVOLVED TO SURVIVE THROUGH THE FIRST FEW DAYS AFTER BIRTH WITH VERY LITTLE NUTRITION. ON AVERAGE, IT TAKES A WOMAN ABOUT THREE TO FOUR DAYS TO REALLY ESTABLISH HER BREAST MILK SUPPLY. BUT HOW HE AND HIS MUM CAME TO BE IN THIS SITUATION IS WHAT AUTHORITIES NEED TO ADDRESS. WOMEN WHO GIVE BIRTH ARE OFTEN IN A VERY VULNERABLE AND ISOLATED SITUATION, AND WE REALLY NEED TO THINK HOW WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT YOUNG MOTHERS, IDENTIFY THOSE WHO AREN'T COPING. THE MOTHER RETURNS TO COURT ON FRIDAY. THE BABY WAS UNRESPONSIVE WHEN POLICE PULLED HIM FROM THAT DRAIN, BUT TONIGHT HIS CONDITION HAS IMPROVED ` DOCTORS AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS BEING TREATED SAY HE IS NOW STABLE. AND STILL IN SYDNEY, THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND THOUSANDS OF HOMES LEFT WITHOUT POWER AFTER A FIERCE THUNDERSTORM HIT THIS AFTERNOON. MORE THAN 3000 LIGHTNING STRIKES LIT UP THE SKY AS HEAVY RAIN AND GALE-FORCE WINDS BATTERED THE CITY AND DOWNED TREES. THE TWO CHILDREN WHO PLAY IN THAT NEARLY EVERY DAY, I'M JUST GLAD THAT IT WAS RAINING AND THEY WEREN'T OUTSIDE ` YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THEM. THE SEVERE STORM FOLLOWS A HEATWAVE IN SYDNEY ` JUST YESTERDAY, TEMPERATURES REACHED 44 DEGREES. A NEW LOOK FOR LABOUR AS ANDREW LITTLE ANNOUNCES HIS SHADOW CABINET; WE'LL HAVE THE WINNERS AND LOSERS SHORTLY. # I'M A PRINCESS CARVED FROM MARBLE, SMOOTHER THAN A STORM. # LORDE STORMS THE STAGE AT THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS. AND LATER ` A PAY-IT-FORWARD PRANK NETS A DESERVING WOMAN A HUGE PRIZE. THE NEW LABOUR LEADER'S PUT TOGETHER A MIX OF EXPERIENCE AND ROOKIE TALENT FOR HIS FIRST SHADOW CABINET. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN TAKES US THROUGH ANDREW LITTLE'S WINNERS AND LOSERS. GETTING YOUR FRONT BENCH TO FIRE WITH A RESHUFFLE IS ONE THING, BUT HAVING TO EVACUATE PARLIAMENT IN A FIRE ALARM JUST MINUTES BEFORE YOU DO IT ` COINCIDENCE OR CONSPIRACY? I'VE GOT A LIST OF SUSPECTS THAT'S RAPIDLY FORMING. STARTS AT THE NINTH FLOOR OF THE BEEHIVE. JOKES AND DELAYS ASIDE, LABOUR LEADER ANDREW LITTLE GOT DOWN TO BUSINESS. ANNETTE KING IS HIS DEPUTY, BUT ONLY FOR A YEAR. THE ROLE THE DEPUTY PLAYS IS REALLY THERE TO BACK UP THE LEADER, TO TAKE SOME OF THE HEAVY LOAD IN THE PARLIAMENT ITSELF. IN A SHOW OF UNITY, GRANT ROBERTSON TAKES FINANCE, DESPITE LIMITED EXPERIENCE. WHAT YOU NEED IS INTELLECTUAL COMPETENCE AND CAPABILITY, AND GRANT HAS THAT IN SPADES. MR ROBERTSON WAS QUICK TO BACK HIS LEADER'S CALL TO REVIEW THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX POLICY. THERE'S A RANGE OF OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US IN THE TAX SYSTEM. THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT. THE OTHER BIG WINNERS INCLUDE NANAIA MAHUTA, WHO RETAINS MAORI DEVELOPMENT AND MOVES TO NUMBER FOUR. KELSTON MP CARMEL SEPULONI BOLTS INTO NUMBER SEVEN WITH SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND TE TAI TOKERAU MP KELVIN DAVIS COMES IN AT NUMBER EIGHT WITH POLICE. THE TRIO ENSURING A STRONG SHOWING FOR LABOUR'S MAORI AND PACIFIC ISLAND MPS. I THINK IT'S BASED ON MERIT RATHER THAN 'GOT TO DO FAVOURS FOR MAORI AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS.' HOWEVER, THERE ARE CASUALTIES. RIVAL LEADERSHIP CONTENDER DAVID PARKER DROPS FROM NUMBER TWO TO 15; CLAYTON COSGROVE GOES FROM NUMBER SEVEN TO NO RANKING AT ALL; AND SO DOES SUE MARONEY. SHE'S LOST SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. FORMER LEADER DAVID CUNLIFFE DROPS TO 14, ALONGSIDE OTHER FORMER LEADERS. THEY WILL BE CORE GROUP REPRESENTED THERE AS A MATTER OF DIGNITY FOR THOSE WHO'VE SERVED IN A SENIOR ROLE IN THE PARTY. WHILE ANDREW LITTLE HAS BROUGHT IN SOME NEW BLOOD, HE'S ALSO LEFT THE DOOR OPEN FOR THOSE ON THE OUTER TO RETURN. ALL POSITIONS WILL BE REVIEWED IN A YEAR'S TIME. BY THEN HE SHOULD'VE FOSTERED A NEW DEPUTY, MOST LIKELY JACINDA ARDERN. SO, JUST SIX DAYS INTO THE JOB, ONE TEST'S COMPLETED. TOMORROW'S HIS NEXT BIG CHALLENGE, WHEN PARLIAMENT RESUMES AND THE REAL HEAT GOES ON. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. A DRUNKEN TEENAGE THREESOME THAT WAS FILMED AND LATER POSTED ON FACEBOOK IS AT THE CENTRE OF A RAPE TRIAL IN NEW PLYMOUTH. THE CELL-PHONE VIDEO IS A KEY PART OF THE CASE BEING HEARD AT THE HIGH COURT, AS HADYN JONES REPORTS. THESE ARE THE TWO 19-YEAR-OLDS FACING RAPE AND SEXUAL VIOLATION CHARGES AFTER A DRUNKEN VIDEOTAPED THREESOME WITH A WOMAN (18). THE TWO MEN, WHO HAVE NAME SUPPRESSION, MET THE GIRL AT A FLAT PARTY IN OAKURA LAST OCTOBER. THEY ENDED UP IN BED TOGETHER. THE EPISODE WAS FILMED BY JACK GREENSLADE. GREENSLADE THEN POSTED SOME OF THE VIDEO ON A CLOSED FACEBOOK PAGE. IN JANUARY, GREENSLADE WAS CONVICTED OF BROADCASTING AN INTIMATE RECORDING. THE CROWN CONTENDS THERE WAS NO CONSENT. THE COMPLAINANT, <BLEEP>, WAS IN NO POSITION TO CONSENT THAT NIGHT, COS OF THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL THAT SHE HAD DRUNK. THEY ALSO CLAIM SOME WHO'VE SEEN THE VIDEO HEARD THE WORDS... 'NO, STOP,' AND 'I DON'T WANT TO BE RAPED.' THIS TRIAL TRAVERSES THE VEXED ISSUE OF ALCOHOL, TEENAGERS, SEX AND SOCIAL MEDIA, AND TODAY THE JURY WERE TOLD TO IGNORE THE MEDIA DEBATE THAT HAS SURROUNDED THESE ISSUES FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS. THEY WERE TOLD TO CONCENTRATE SOLELY ON THE FACTS OF THE CASE. THIS ISN'T THE ROAST-BUSTERS. THIS ISN'T A COURT OF MORALS, AND IT'S NOT EVEN A COURT OF CHIVALRY; IT'S A COURT OF LAW. THE DEFENCE QUESTIONS THE MEMORY OF THE ALLEGED VICTIM, WHO WAS DRUNK AND CAN'T RECALL MUCH OF THE INCIDENT. THAT THE CLAIMED STATE OF AMNESIA IS A CONTRIVANCE BY MS <BLEEP> BECAUSE SHE WAS EMBARRASSED AND UPSET THAT THE VIDEOS HAD BEEN UPLOADED ON TO A FACEBOOK PAGE. SUSAN HUGHES QC ARGUED THE COMPLAINANT CONSENTED, THEN CHANGED HER MIND THE NEXT DAY. CONSENT REGRETTED IS CONSENT NEVERTHELESS. HISTORY CAN'T BE REWRITTEN. OVER 30 WITNESSES WILL BE CALLED IN THE TRIAL, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO LAST A WEEK IN FRONT OF A JURY OF NINE WOMEN AND THREE MEN. HADYN JONES, ONE NEWS. HEALTH AUTHORITIES ARE ENCOURAGING MENTAL-HEALTH PATIENTS TO TALK TO EMPLOYERS ABOUT THEIR HISTORY, AFTER A WELLINGTON ART SCHOOL DISCOVERED ONE OF ITS TUTORS HAD GUNNED DOWN SIX PEOPLE, INCLUDING HIS FATHER. STEPHEN ANDERSON WENT ON THE SHOOTING RAMPAGE IN 1997, BUT WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF MURDER BY REASON OF INSANITY. THE CAPITAL AND COAST DHB SAYS PATIENTS LIKE MR ANDERSON DON'T HAVE ANY CRIMINAL CONVICTION TO DISCLOSE. HE'S HOLDING ON TO HIS JOB FOR NOW, BUT STATE SERVICES COMMISSIONER IAIN RENNIE HAS BEEN GIVEN A STERN WARNING TO CLEAN UP HIS ACT. THAT'S AFTER MR RENNIE STOOD BESIDE FORMER CERA BOSS ROGER SUTTON A WEEK AGO, AS MR SUTTON ADMITTED INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS A FEMALE EMPLOYEE. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER PAULA BENNETT SAYS MR RENNIE'S BEHAVIOUR WASN'T SATISFACTORY, BUT SHE HAS HIS ASSURANCES IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. THE WAREHOUSE GROUP HAS ANNOUNCED IT'S PULLING ALL R18 GAMES AND MOVIES FROM SHELVES AFTER A REVIEW. THE MOVE WAS SPARKED BY THE RELEASE OF THE NEW GRAND THEFT AUTO VIDEOGAME, WHICH FEATURES GRAPHIC SEX SCENES AND VIOLENCE TOWARDS WOMEN. THE WAREHOUSE SAYS REACTIONS TO ITS DECISION HAVE BEEN MIXED. THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO APPLAUD WHAT WE'RE DOING AND SAY IT'S THE RIGHT THING. THERE'S OTHERS WHO SAY, 'WELL, HOLD ON. WHO ARE YOU TO SAY WHAT WE SHOULD BUY?' AND ACTUALLY, WE'RE NOT SAYING WHAT THEY SHOULD BUY; WE'RE JUST SAYING THAT IN THE WAREHOUSE, IN THE WAREHOUSE GROUP, THIS DOESN'T FIT FOR US. THE DECISION WILL ALSO AFFECT NOEL LEEMING STORES, WITH ALL R18 DVDS AND GAMES EXPECTED TO BE OFF THE SHELVES IN TWO DAYS. WHILE LYDIA KO WAS WINNING IN FLORIDA, FELLOW YOUNG KIWI LORDE WAS SINGING UP A STORM IN LOS ANGELES. SHE DIDN'T WIN ANY OF THE AWARDS BUT DELIVERED AN EYE-CATCHING PERFORMANCE AT THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS. SHE ALSO HINTED AT A NEW SOUND ON THE WAY, AS MATT MCLEAN REPORTS. # I'M A PRINCESS CUT FROM MARBLE, # SMOOTHER THAN THE STORM. FROM THE FIRST YELLOW-FLICKER BEAT, LORDE SLAYED IT. # I'M DONE WITH IT. OOH! # THIS IS THE START # OF HOW IT ALL ENDS. I MEAN, COME ON! NO LONGER 'THAT TEENAGE GIRL FROM NZ'. THIS IS LORDE ` AN APT NAME FOR THE SINGER WHO'S RULING THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE. # I'M LOCKING UP EVERYONE WHO EVER LAID A FINGER ON ME. WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO THINK SO. CHECK OUT BESTIE TAYLOR SWIFT ABSOLUTELY GOING FOR IT, ROCKING OUT WITH LORDE'S MUM, SONJA. SURE, SHE MAY'VE MISSED OUT ON THE BIG AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS, BOY BAND ONE DIRECTION TAKING OUT FAVOURITE POP-ROCK ALBUM FOR 'MIDNIGHT MEMORIES'. A MASSIVE MASSIVE THANK YOU TO ANYONE WHO BOUGHT IT OR EVEN LISTENED TO IT. AND KATY PERRY BEAMING IN FROM AUSTRALIA TO ACCEPT FAVOURITE FEMALE ARTIST. I'M QUITE HONOURED TO BE YOUR FAVOURITE FEMALE POP ROCKER. WE ALSO SAW SAM SMITH CLAIMING FAVOURITE MALE ARTIST AND AUSTRALIAN RAPPER IGGY AZALEA BEATING OUT HEAVYWEIGHTS DRAKE AND EMINEM FOR BEST HIP-HOP ALBUM. THIS AWARD IS THE FIRST AWARD I'VE EVER WON IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. APPLAUSE BACK TO OUR GIRL LORDE, THOUGH, AND IF HER TWEET EARLIER TODAY IS ANYTHING TO GO BY, WE'VE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. # OOH. # LORDE, ABSOLUTELY NAILING IT. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS. I'M BACK WITH TOMORROW'S WEATHER AFTER THE BREAK, AND WE'LL SHOW YOU AN AWESOME PRANK WHICH REALLY PAID OFF FOR A SOLO MOTHER OF THREE. WE'LL HAVE TOMORROW'S WEATHER FOR YOU SHORTLY, BUT FIRST, AN AMERICAN WOMAN'S GOOD FORTUNE HAS BECOME AN INTERNET SENSATION. THE ABC'S CECELIA VEGA WITH THE STORY. CARA SIMMONS THOUGHT SHE WAS SHOWING UP FOR A BIG CLEANING JOB. CARA'S HERE. CARA'S HERE. BUT THIS SINGLE MOM OF THREE WHO'S NEVER HAD A DAY OFF, HEALTH PROBLEMS AND BILLS MOUNTING, WAS IN FOR THE SURPRISE OF HER LIFE. CARA'S AN AMAZING PERSON, AMAZING SISTER. SHE'S SELFLESS. SHE WORKS HARD. SHE HAD NO IDEA SHE WAS BEING SECRETLY RECORDED FOR 'PRANK IT FORWARD', AN ONLINE SERIES THAT SAYS IT DOES PRANKS FOR GOOD CAUSES. CARA'S VIDEO HAS NOW BEEN SEEN MORE THAN THREE MILLION TIMES. IN A MILLION YEARS, I WOULD'VE NEVER, EVER, EVER EXPECTED ANYTHING LIKE THIS. CARA, THINKING SHE'S STILL ON THE CLOCK, IS TRICKED INTO A DAY OF PAMPERING, WITH GOURMET FOOD,... SO, IT'S ABOUT 400, 500 BUCKS FOR THE LOBSTER. ...MASSAGES AND DESIGNER CLOTHES. BUT THE REAL SHOCKER COMES WHEN THE DOORBELL RINGS. DOORBELL RINGS HI, MA'AM. GOT YOUR PACKAGES FOR TONIGHT. UM... I'M JUST GONNA SIT 'EM DOWN RIGHT HERE. THE CONTENTS LOOK AWFULLY FAMILIAR. WHERE'D YOU GET THESE FROM? I'M SORRY? WAS THERE A PROBLEM? THESE ARE MY ITEMS. (LAUGHS) IT SAYS HERE THAT THESE ITEMS ARE FOR THE WOMAN WHO LIVES HERE IN THIS HOUSE. MS SIMMONS? I AM CARA SIMMONS. THAT HOUSE CARA WAS HIRED TO CLEAN... WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME THINGS OUT IN THE TRUCK, AND IT MIGHT CLEAR IT UP. ...WAS NOW HERS TO KEEP FOREVER. THIS IS ACTUALLY YOUR HOUSE NOW. (GASPS) OH MY GOD! I HAVE NEVER OWNED A HOME. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. IT WAS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE. A PROUD NEW HOMEOWNER ABLE TO SHARE HER DREAM WITH HER FAMILY JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. SO, LORDE AND LYDIA KO ` IMPRESSIVE WOMEN. HERE'S ANOTHER ONE, WHO WAS CHOSEN BY LORDE FOR HER 'HUNGER GAMES' ALBUM. HERE'S A FLASHBACK WITH YOUR WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ GRACE JONES' 'PULL UP TO THE BUMPER' # DRIVING DOWN THOSE CITY STREETS, # WAITING TO GET DOWN. # WON'T YOU TAKE YOUR BIG MACHINE # SOMEWHERE IN THIS TOWN? # NOW, IN THE PARKING-LOT GARAGE, I FOUND THE PROPER PLACE. # JUST FOLLOW ALL THE WRITTEN RULES, YOU'LL FIT INTO THE SPACE. # PULL UP TO MY BUMPER, BABY, IN YOUR LONG BLACK LIMOUSINE. GRACE JONES WITH 'PULL UP TO THE BUMPER'. AND THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. POMARIE ATU RA. CAPTIONS BY ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD AND FAITH HAMBLYN.