TONIGHT ` A HORROR SMASH LEAVES TWO DEAD AS A MINI VAN CROSSES THE CENTRE LINE. HE'S IN THE AIR NOW ` FUGITIVE PHILLIP SMITH WILL BE BACK EARLY TOMORROW MORNING, FLANKED BY POLICE. AND SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T KNOW, AND MAY NOT BELIEVE ABOUT KIM DOTCOM. TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND SEVEN OTHERS INJURED AFTER A CRASH INVOLVING A VAN AND A MILK TANKER. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN THE VAN CROSSED THE CENTRE LINE ON STATE HIGHWAY 5 AT REPOROA BETWEEN ROTORUA AND TAUPO. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS OF THE OCCUPANTS. THERE WERE BETWEEN NINE AND 10 PEOPLE IN THE VAN. MOST OF THEM HAVE A RANGE OF INJURIES, FROM VERY SERIOUS TO THE WALKING WOUNDED. SADLY, THE DRIVER AND ONE OF THE PASSENGERS DIED AT THE SCENE. THE ROAD IS STILL CLOSED, AND DETOURS ARE IN PLACE. POLICE SAY ALL THE INJURED ARE TEENAGERS. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN AIRLIFTED TO WAIKATO HOSPITAL. CONVICTED MURDERER AND CHILD ABUSER PHILLIP SMITH WILL BE BACK IN JAIL ON NZ SOIL TOMORROW MORNING. VIDEO OF SMITH SHORTLY BEFORE HE BOARDED THE FLIGHT SHOWS HIM BEING MARCHED THROUGH A RIO DE JANEIRO AIRPORT EARLY TODAY. AUTHORITIES AREN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES WITH THE ESCAPED PRISONER. HE'S ACCOMPANIED BY THREE NZ POLICE OFFICERS FOR THE ENTIRE JOURNEY HOME. SMITH COMPLAINED ABOUT BEING RESTRAINED. THE OFFICERS WEREN'T THE ONLY ONES SMITH WAS UNHAPPY WITH. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE CAMERA QUICKLY TURNED FROM CHEERFUL TO HOSTILE. THE 40-YEAR-OLD WAS CAUGHT 15 DAYS AGO, A WEEK AFTER FLEEING NZ WHILE ON TEMPORARY RELEASE FROM SPRING HILL PRISON. HE'S EXPECTED BACK AROUND 4AM. JOHN BANKS IS CREDITING HIS WIFE FOR GIVING HIM A FRESH SHOT AT CLEARING HIS NAME OVER A DONATION FROM KIM DOTCOM. HIS CONVICTION'S BEEN QUASHED AND THE VETERAN POLITICIAN WILL NOW HAVE A RETRIAL. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD HAS THE STORY. THE SUN IS SHINING VERY VERY BRIGHT IN MY LIFE TODAY. JOHN BANKS AND FRIENDS CELEBRATING THE NEWS OF A NEW TRIAL. I FELT LIKE WAKING FROM A THREE-YEAR NIGHTMARE. NOW A DREAM CHANCE TO CLEAR HIS NAME. THERE IS NO CASE FOR ME TO ANSWER. IN JUNE, JOHN BANKS WAS CONVICTED OF KNOWINGLY MAKING A FALSE ELECTORAL RETURN. IT INVOLVED OVER $60,000 IN DONATIONS FROM KIM DOTCOM AND SKY CITY FOR HIS 2010 AUCKLAND MAYORALTY CAMPAIGN. BUT THE COURT OF APPEAL'S OVERTURNED THAT CONVICTION AND ORDERED A NEW TRIAL BASED ON NEW EVIDENCE MR BANKS' WIFE, AMANDA, DUG UP. SHE HAS BEEN A HERO IN ALL OF THIS, AND SHE'S PUT UP WITH A LOT. THAT EVIDENCE IS SWORN AFFIDAVITS FROM AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN DAVID SCHAEFFER AND JEFFREY KARNES, SAYING THEY HAD LUNCH WITH KIM DOTCOM AND MR AND MRS BANKS BACK IN 2010, BUT DONATIONS WERE NEVER DISCUSSED. THE CONVICTION DESTROYED HIS PARLIAMENTARY CAREER AND SERIOUSLY DENTED THE REPUTATION OF THE ACT PARTY. AND WHILE THERE'S NO TALK OF A RETURN TO PARLIAMENT, THE CAREER POLITICIAN'S NOT RULING OUT A TILT AT THE AUCKLAND MAYORALTY AGAIN IN 2016. I THINK I CAN DO A GREAT JOB, BUT THAT'S FOR ANOTHER DAY. IF YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO HIDE, YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO FEAR. A MANTRA THAT'S KEPT HIM GOING AND LED HIM TO A WELCOME CHRISTMAS PRESENT. KATIE BRADFORD, ONE NEWS. YOU'D BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING YOU KNOW EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT SOMEONE WITH A PROFILE AS HIGH AS KIM DOTCOM'S, BUT HERE'S ONE STORY WE HAVEN'T HEARD UNTIL NOW ` HOW THE INTERNET TYCOON GOT THE NAME DOTCOM. AT A BAIL HEARING THIS WEEK, HE TOLD THE COURT HOW HE TOOK SUCH A FANCY TO THE NAME HE ASKED ABOUT HAVING SOMEONE WITH THE SURNAME ADOPT HIM. WHEN THAT WAS RULED OUT, HIS WIFE MONA STEPPED IN TO HELP. HER FATHER HAS NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED MONA AS HIS CHILD. AND IF THIS GENTLEMAN AT YAHOO.COM WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE HER TO BE HER CHILD, THAT` SHE COULD THEN TAKE THIS MAN'S NAME. SO WHEN THE GERMAN MARRIED HIS NOW ESTRANGED WIFE, HE BECAME KIM DOTCOM. MEANWHILE, DOTCOM'S BEEN DEFENDING AN APPLICATION FROM AMERICAN LAWYERS TO HAVE HIM RETURNED TO JAIL, ALLEGING HE'S BROKEN HIS BAIL CONDITIONS. A DECISION ON THAT WILL BE MADE ON MONDAY. A MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS FORMER PARTNER HAS APPEARED IN COURT IN AUCKLAND. A COURT RULING PREVENTS US FROM FILMING BRENT SCOTT IN THE DOCK. HE'S ACCUSED OF MURDERING HEIDI WELMAN SCOTT IN THE NORTH SHORE SUBURB OF ALBANY YESTERDAY. THE 45-YEAR-OLD ALSO FACES TWO CHARGES OF ATTEMPTING TO MURDER HIS STEPDAUGHTER AND HER BOYFRIEND. SCOTT WILL REAPPEAR IN THE HIGH COURT NEXT MONTH. POLICE SAY THE FAILINGS OF A CROOKED COP ARE NO REFLECTION ON TRAINING AND SELECTION IN THE FORCE. DISGRACED POLICE OFFICER PETER PAKAU WAS TODAY SENTENCED TO MORE THAN EIHGHT YEARS IN PRISON AFTER ADMITTING TO 14 CHARGES, INCLUDING THE SUPPLY AND MANUFACTURE OF METHAMPHETAMINE, AND BRIBERY. POLICE REJECTED HIS LAWYER'S CLAIM THAT SOME BLAME MUST FALL ON THEM. I SAY THAT PAKAU IS A BAD APPLE. HE'S CORRUPT. HE'S COMMITTED THESE OFFENCES HIMSELF, AND IT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WAY THAT WE MONITOR STAFF. PAKAU ALSO GAVE TIPOFFS TO GANGS AND ACCESSED POLICE RECORDS MULTIPLE TIMES TO HELP COMMIT CRIMES. THE WAY POLICE RECORD AND REPORT CRIME HAS HAD A MAJOR OVERHAUL WITH A NEW EMPHASIS ON THE VICTIMS. BUT AS PAUL HOBBS EXPLAINS, THEY'RE HAVING A RE-THINK ABOUT ONE OF THE KEY CHANGES. POLICE STILL DON'T KNOW WHO KILLED PAEROA PIZZA MAN JORDAN VOUDOURIS NEARLY TWO AND HALF YEARS AGO. AND NO ONE HAS BEEN CHARGED FOR THE COLD-BLOODED EXECUTION LAST YEAR OF ROADWORKER GEORGE TAIAROA. UNTIL TODAY, POLICE STATISTICS STATED HOW MANY CRIMES ` BIG OR SMALL ` WENT UNSOLVED. BUT NOW THAT FIGURE'S BEEN DITCHED. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF POLICING METHODS WILL NOW BE IN THE DARK. THAT CRITICISM NOW HAS POLICE SCRAMBLING TO BRING BACK MORE DETAILED RESOLUTION RATES, BUT IT WON'T BE UNTIL SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. IT FOLLOWS THE BIGGEST REVAMP TO RECORDING CRIME IN 40 YEARS. THIS METHOD HAS GIVEN US A REAL FOCUS ON VICTIMS, RIGHT IN LINE WITH POLICE'S OPERATING STRATEGY OF PREVENTION FIRST. NOW POLICE HAVE BROKEN DOWN THEIR STATISTICS, SHOWING AGE, GENDER, ETHNICITY, LOCATION AND THE VICTIMS' RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR OFFENDERS. THE EXTRA INFORMATION IS ESPECIALLY WELCOMED BY SOCIAL AGENCIES. IT HELPS US REALLY UNDERSTAND A LOT MORE ABOUT FAMILY VIOLENCE AND THE VICTIM, WHICH MEANS WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHO'S AT RISK. WE CAN BETTER ALLOCATE RESOURCES, LOBBY FOR RESOURCES AT OUR END. TODAY THE NEW STATS REVEALED AROUND HALF OF ALL VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ATTACKS ARE YOUNG WOMEN AGED BETWEEN 10 AND 19. BUT SOME SAY MORE DETAIL DOESN'T MEAN BETTER OUTCOMES FOR THOSE VICTIMS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CASE OF THE ROAST BUSTERS AND THE HANDLING OF THAT CASE, HOW HAVE THE VICTIMS GOT THE CONFIDENCE TO COME FORWARD? THE NEW POLICE FIGURES WILL BE RELEASED MONTHLY, AND FROM APRIL NEXT YEAR, STATS ON OFFENDERS WILL ALSO BE PUBLISHED. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS THE HARD-HITTING FINAL REPORT FROM THE GLENN INQUIRY HAS MADE SOME RADICAL PROPOSALS TO OVERHAUL THE WAY AGENCIES HANDLE FAMILY VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE. THE MAN WHO PAID FOR THE INQUIRY SAYS IT'S THE MOST URGENT ISSUE FOR OUR SOCIETY. SHARON FERGUSSON HAS DETAILS. YESTERDAY'S FATAL ATTACK IN ALBANY IS ONE OF 95,000 FAMILY VIOLENCE INCIDENTS POLICE ATTEND EVERY YEAR. THE GLENN INQUIRY'S HEARD 500 SIMILAR STORIES. MANY OF THE STORIES WERE HORRIFIC, AND THE REALITIES THAT SOME PEOPLE LIVE WITH EVERYDAY SIT WITH YOU FOR A LITTLE WHILE. IT STARTS FROM A CHILD WHO'S ABUSED, OR WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR FAMILY IS IGNORED. LIKE THE GIRL WHO COULDN'T SIT DOWN FOR TWO WEEKS, AND NOBODY ASKED HER WHY. THE INDEPENDENT INQUIRY WAS FUNDED BY SIR OWEN GLENN. IT HAD SOME EARLY SETBACKS, INCLUDING RESIGNATIONS, BUT THE PHILANTHROPIST HOPES THE TWO-YEAR PROJECT WILL PROMPT BIG CHANGES. I SPENT NEARLY $3M ON THIS, OF MY OWN MONEY. BUT THIS REPORT WILL NEVER BE WASTED. IT'S A QUESTION OF WHAT WE WANT TO TAKE OUT OF IT AND WHICH ORDER OF PRIORITY. THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS, MANY CONTENTIOUS AND EXPENSIVE. AMONG THEM ` A NEW FAMILY VIOLENCE COURT THAT ALLOCATES ONE JUDGE FOR ONE FAMILY; INCREASING THE PRICE OF ALCOHOL AND RAISING THE AGE OF PURCHASE TO 20; A STANDALONE AGENCY THAT CO-ORDINATES ALL THE SERVICES; AND A DEDICATED FAMILY VIOLENCE MINISTER. I THINK THIS HAS TO COME FROM THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DOWN. THE REPORT CALLS FOR A CROSS-PARTY APPROACH SO IT WON'T CHANGE I'M PREPARED TO WORK WITH ANYONE WHO WILL WORK CONSTRUCTIVELY ON THIS AND LEAVE THE POLITICS ASIDE. VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE TOLD THE INQUIRY THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF PATIENCE FOR THE 'BROKEN' SYSTEM, AND AROUND 35 VICTIMS A YEAR ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME TOO. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. A 55-TON CRANE HAS TOPPLED OVER AND CRUSHED A HOUSE ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE. THE CRANE WAS MOVING A BOAT WHEN IT CRASHED THROUGH THE ROOF OF THIS HOME, ALSO DAMAGING THE NEIGHBOURING PROPERTY. THE CRANE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH MODERATE INJURIES. THE POLICE HAVE HAD A CHANGE OF HEART OVER TOUGH NEW SPEEDING LIMITS FOR THE SUMMER. TODAY THEY BACKTRACKED ON AN EARLIER ANNOUNCEMENT OF A ZERO TOLERANCE APPROACH. ANDREW MORRISON EXPLAINS. AT THE SUMMER SAFETY LAUNCH AT PIHA YESTERDAY, POLICE DREW A LINE IN THE SAND. A 4K TOLERANCE, A 10K TOLERANCE. I WANT YOU ALL TO FORGET ABOUT IT. ANNOUNCING ANYONE DRIVING 1KM OVER THE SPEED LIMIT WOULD BE STOPPED BY POLICE. ENCOURAGE PEOPLE OT WATCH THE SPEEDOMETERS RATHER THAN THE ROAD, SO IT COULD ACTUALLY CAUSE MORE CRASHES. THEY DEFINITELY NEED A BIT OF LEEWAY. IT'S A GREAT THING TO STIMULATE PUBLIC DEBATE. THERE'S MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE CONSCIOUS OF THEIR SPEED, THE MORE PEOPLE WHO SLOW DOWN AS A RESULT OT THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, FEWER WILL BE KILLED AND INJURED. BUT POLICE TODAY CLARIFYING THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THE 4K LIMIT. IN TERMS OF OUR POLICY, THAT REALLY HASN'T CHANGED. FOR OUR CAMERAS, IF SOMEONE'S TRAVELLING AT MORE THAN 4KM/H OVER THE SPEED LIMIT, THEY WILL RECEIVE A NOTICE. THOUGH, POLICE DO HAVE DISCRETION TO PULL OVER ANYONE EVEN SLIGHTLY OVER THE SPEED LIMIT. THINGS THAT COULD AGGRAVATE IT ARE LOTS OF PEDESTRIANS AROUND, IF IT WAS OUTSIDE A SCHOOL, IF IT'S RAINING, OR THOSE SORT OF THINGS. BUT IT'S THE PUBLIC WHO SEEM AGGRAVATED, WITH SOME CLAIMING IT'S A REVENUE GATHERING EXERCISE. THE IDEA THAT GIVING A FAMILY A TICKET IS GOING TO STOP THE HOON SPEEDING THROUGH A RED LIGHT, IT'S LUDICROUS. THE AA SAYS MOST OF ITS MEMBERS SUPPORT A GREATER TOLERANCE. THE BIG ISSUE, I THINK, THIS SUMMER, WITH THE APPROACH FROM THE POLICE WOULD BE HOW ARE PEOPLE GONNA PASS? AND THAT COULD MAKE THEM QUITE GRUMPY. BUT POLICE ARE POINTING TO THE SUCCESS OF LAST SUMMER'S SAFETY CAMPAIGN, SAYING THE 4K SPEED LIMIT REDUCED THE NUMBER OF FATAL CRASHES BY 22%. AND THEY EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO DROP EVEN FURTHER THIS SUMMER. ANDREW MORRISON, ONE NEWS MUSLIMS HERE BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT'S HASTY NEW ANTI-TERROR LAW WILL UNFAIRLY TARGET MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY TOLD A SELECT COMMITTEE TODAY THEY ARE ALREADY SEEING SIGNS OF ISLAMOPHOBIA, BUT MUSLIMS ARE DETERMINED TO SHOW IT IS MISPLACED. THEY WILL BEND BACKWARDS TO MAKE SURE THE PEACE WHICH WE ENJOY IN THIS COUNTRY IS NOT COMPROMISED. THE HEARING ENDED TODAY AFTER JUST TWO DAYS. THE GOVERNMENT IS TO BEEF UP SECURITY MEASURES BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS BREAK. NOW TO A STORY FROM A SMALL AUCKLAND SCHOOL THAT'S JUST OPENED A NEW ENTRANCE TO ITS LIBRARY. DOESN'T SOUND TOO GROUNDBREAKING, BUT TO EXPLAIN THIS VERY SPECIAL GATEWAY, HERE'S MELISSA STOKES. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO BIRKDALE INTERMEDIATE. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? AN ENTRANCE TO A SCHOOL LIBRARY MAKES IT ON TO THE NEWS. IT'S REALLY COOL AT OUR SCHOOL. BUT AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT,... I BELIEVE IT'S THE SECOND ONE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. ...THIS IS A LITTLE SPECIAL. I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL. IT ALL STARTED WITH A NEED FOR A PROPER ENTRANCE AND A PRINCIPAL'S BAY OF ISLANDS HOLIDAY. AND THEY JUST SAID, 'THAT'S IT. WE WANT THAT.' THIS IS WHAT RICHARD COOTES SHOWED HIS STUDENTS ` THE FREDERICK HUNDERTWASSER-DESIGNED TOILETS IN KAWAKAWA. THE AUSTRIAN ARTIST MADE HIS HOME HERE IN THE 70'S, BUT DIED IN 2000. I CONTACTED THE ARCHIVIST IN VIENNA AND SAY, 'WAS THERE ANYTHING FREDERICK HUNDERTWASSER DESIGNED 'THAT WAS NEVER BUILT?' AND HE SAID, 'I'LL LOOK THROUGH THE SKETCH BOOKS FOR YOU.' FAST FORWARD FOUR YEARS AND $80,000. THERE WAS A LOT OF FUNDRAISING. THE BIRKDALE INTERMEDIATE LIBRARY ENTRANCE IS COMPLETE. THE SCHOOL PROMISED TO FOLLOW THE PLANS FOR THE PAVILION OF NATURE TO THE LETTER, EVEN USING A FAMILY FIRM IN GERMANY FOR THE CERAMICS. HE WAS VERY FUSSY ABOUT COLOUR, AND NOT ONLY COLOUR, BUT THE DEPTH OF THE GLAZES. RICHARD SMART WORKED WITH HUNDERTWASSER FOR EIGHT YEARS, AND ALONG WITH MIKE BROUWER BUILT THE KAWAKAWA TOILETS AND NOW THIS PROJECT. BUT RICHARD AND I WERE ALWAYS THINKING, 'WHAT WOULD FREDERIK LIKE HERE?' HUNDERTWASSER LIKED UNEVEN FLOORS, BRIGHT COLOURS AND LOCAL MATERIAL AND INPUT IN ALL HIS WORKS. I'LL ALWAYS KNOW THAT I HELPED MAKE THE PILLARS. JUST THE WAY ONE OF EUROPE'S MOST CELEBRATED ARTISTS WOULD HAVE LIKED IT. MELISSA STOKES, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` THERE'S STILL DISBELIEF OVER THE DEATH OF CRICKETER PHIL HUGHES. CLUBS HERE CHOOSE A FITTING WAY TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO THE FALLEN BATSMAN. AND A SEVERE STORM SLAMS INTO BRISBANE, DAMAGING THOUSANDS OF HOMES. CRICKETERS PAST AND PRESENT GATHERED AT THE SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND TODAY, STILL STUNNED BY THE DEATH OF PHILIP HUGHES. AND AS CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN REPORTS, HIS LOSS HAS LEFT A TEST MATCH NEXT WEEK IN DOUBT. THE TEST MATCH LOOMING FOR MICHAEL CLARKE AND DAVID WARNER. THEIR MINDS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON CRICKET, BUT FOR NOW THEIR THOUGHTS ARE ON ONE CRICKETER. THE TRAGEDY HAS NOT ONLY ROCKED THE GAME, IT HAS STOPPED IT. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONCENTRATE ON THE SPORT. IN DUBAI, NZ AND PAKISTAN, IN THE MIDDLE OF A TEST MATCH, ONLY TOOK TO THE FIELD FOR A MINUTE'S SILENCE BEFORE SUSPENDING A FULL DAY'S PLAY. BACK AT THE SCG, THE FAMOUS GROUND WITH ITS FLAG AT HALF MAST, HAS BECOME THE MEETING PLACE FOR PLAYERS AND FANS TO MOURN. HE'S A YOUNG GUY WHO HAD EVERYTHING AHEAD OF HIM. LAST NIGHT, PHILLIP HUGHES' PARENTS, SISTER AND BROTHER MADE THE PILGRIMAGE. AS THE AUSTRALIAN CAPTAIN SPENT TIME IN THE MIDDLE, WHERE HIS MATE HAD PLAYED HIS LAST INNINGS. TODAY THERE WAS A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS WHERE HE FELL. BUT AT SOME POINT THE MOURNING WILL HAVE TO MAKE WAY FOR THE GAME, AND PHILIP HUGHES' FAMILY HAS ALREADY MADE UP ITS MIND. PHILIP WOULD WANT THE NEXT BALL TO BE BOWLED. HE'D WANT TO BE OUT THERE. AND HE JUST MIGHT BE, IN SPIRIT AT LEAST. AS A TRIBUTE, THE FAMILY HAS SUGGESTED THEY ABANDON THE FIRST SESSION OF NEXT WEEK'S TEST AGAINST INDIA, AND PLACE PHILIP HUGHES' BAT AND HELMET AT THE CREASE BEFORE STARTING THE MATCH AFTER LUNCH. AND TODAY THEY ALSO HAD THIS MESSAGE FOR SEAN ABBOTT, THE MAN WHO BOWLED THE FATAL BALL. WE'RE THERE TO SUPPORT HIM. WE WANT HIM TO BOWL THAT NEXT BALL, WE WANT TO STAND BESIDE HIM, WE WANT TO CLAP HIM AT HIS NEXT WICKET. WE WANT HIM TO PLAY ON. THE GAME WILL RESUME TOMORROW. THE INDIANS ARE DUE TO PLAY IN AN AUSTRALIAN 11 IN ADELAIDE. WHILE THE KIDS, LIKE PHILIP HUGHES, DREAM OF WEARING THE BAGGY GREEN, WILL BE BACK AGAIN WITH A BAT AND BALL, PLAYING IN HIS HONOUR. PHILLIP HUGHES WILL ALSO BE REMEMBERED BY MANY CRICKET CLUBS AROUND NZ TOMORROW. CRICKET BATS ARE BEING PLACED OUTSIDE PEOPLE'S FRONT DOORS IN THIS COUNTRY AS THEY ARE IN AUSTRALIA. HIS DEATH'S BEING FELT HERE BY YOUNG AND OLD AT ALL LEVELS OF THE GAME. IT'S A VERY SMALL THING, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY ATTRIBUTE A MINUTE SILENCE TO PHIL TOMORROW BEFORE PLAY. IF WE GET ANY PLAY. BUT, YEAH... EVERYBODY` THIS HAS EFFECTED EVERYBODY IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOW OUR RESPECTS AS WELL. ALL THE COUNTRY'S TOP DOMESTIC SIDES WILL HOLD A MINUTE'S SILENCE BEFORE T-20 MATCHES THIS WEEKEND. PETROL COMPANIES SAY THE PRICE OF PETROL HERE'S SET TO FALL FURTHER AFTER CRUDE OIL PLUNGED TO A FOUR YEAR LOW. THE FALL CAME AFTER SAUDI ARABIA RESISTED CALLS FROM POORER OPEC MEMBERS TO CUT PRODUCTION TO HALT A SLIDE IN THE PRICE OF OIL. CRUDE'S SLUMPED BY NEARLY A THIRD SINCE JUNE BECAUSE OF SLUGGISH GLOBAL DEMAND AND RISING SHALE OIL PRODUCTION IN THE US. DOZENS OF BRISBANE PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND MORE THAN A THOUSAND PROPERTIES DAMAGED BY A HURRICANE-FORCE STORM LAST NIGHT. CHANNEL NINE'S DARREN CURTIS WITH THE CITY'S WORST STORM IN THIRTY YEARS. AS RAIN LASHED DOWN, AS HAILSTONES SHATTERED WINDOWS AND THE WIND ROARED LIKE A HURRICANE, THIS WOMAN'S ROOF WENT FLYING DOWN THE ROAD. JUST, BOOM, GONE. A BIT OF A TRAFFIC HAZARD AT THE MOMENT. THE INNER SUBURBS OF BRISBANE WERE TODAY PICKING UP THE PIECES FROM THE WORST STORM TO HIT THE CITY IN 30 YEARS. THE DAMAGE WAS WIDESPREAD. UNIT BLOCKS ON THE RIVERFRONT WERE SMASHED. PEOPLE'S APARTMENTS WERE LAID BARE. AT ARCHERFIELD, THE CITY'S SECOND AIRPORT, LIGHT PLANES AND HELICOPTERS WERE FLUNG ABOUT. THE WIND CARVED ITS WAY ACROSS THE OPEN LANDING STRIP. NOTHING IN THE WAY. IT SMASHED INTO THE LINES OF AIRCRAFT AND HANGARS. A TRUCK HIT BY A GIANT GUST WAS FLIPPED OVER, CRUSHING A PASSING CAR. AMAZINGLY THE DRIVER ESCAPED UNHURT. IN THE CITY CENTRE, SHOPPERS AND OFFICE WORKERS WERE STRANDED ` SATURATED AND THRASHED BY HAILSTONES, WHILE SCORES OF BUSINESSES WERE FLOODED OUT. IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY SAD. IT IS. IT'S REALLY HARD. WE'VE WORKED` WE WORK REALLY HARD HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL OVER QUEENSLAND, BUT THIS IS THE HEART OF THE ORGANISATION. AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. REPAIR CREWS WERE QUICK ON THE JOB, WORKING THROUGH THE NIGHT, MAKING SAFE THE SCORES OF POWER LINES BROUGHT DOWN. AT LEAST 100,000 HOMES WERE BLACKED OUT. MANY STILL WON'T HAVE ELECTRICITY TONIGHT. BRISBANE'S SHADY TREE-LINED STREETS TOOK HEAVY HITS. IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR THE DAMAGE BILL TO SKYROCKET. EARLY ESTIMATES ARE MORE THAN $100M, AND IT'S STILL RISING. TRIBUTES ARE BEING PAID TO THE QUEEN OF CRIME FICTION, PD JAMES, WHO'S DIED AGED 94. HER BOOKS FEATURING DETECTIVE ADAM DALGLEISH CHANGED CRIME WRITING FOREVER AND SOLD IN THEIR MILLIONS. HERE'S THE BBC'S NICK HIGHAM. YOU WON'T FIND ANY ANSWERS HERE NOW, COMMANDER DALGLIESH. PDJAMES' HERO ADAM DALGLIESH FEATURED IN MORE THAN A DOZEN NOVELS AND IN TV ADAPTATIONS. LIKE HIS CREATOR, HE WAS A SENSITIVE INTELLECTUAL, QUALITIES UNUSUAL IN POLICEMEN AND CRIME WRITERS ALIKE. PHYLLIS DOROTHY JAMES HAD BEEN A CIVIL SERVANT WORKING IN THE HOME OFFICE. HER INSIDE KNOWLEDGE CAME IN HANDY WHEN SHE STARTED WRITING. SHE DIDN'T PUBLISH HER FIRST BOOK UNTIL SHE WAS 42. THE TIME CAME WHEN I REALISED THERE WAS NEVER GONNA BE A CONVENIENT MOMENT. I WOULD HAVE TO MAKE TIME OR I WOULD BE A FAILED NOVELIST. HER MURDERS WERE GRUESOME, BUT HER WRITING WAS SUBTLE AND ELEGANT, AND HER PLOTS TOUCHED ON MODERN PROBLEMS LIKE DRUGS AND CHILD ABUSE. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK SHE WAS A COSY WRITER. THERE WAS NOTHING COSY ABOUT HER WORK. SHE WAS COSY IN THE SAME WAY THAT A SCALPEL IS COSY. PD JAMES' 22 NOVELS INCLUDED 'DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY', A PASTICHE OF JANE AUSTEN, LATER ADAPTED FOR TV. PD JAMES HERSELF BECAME A PEER, A MEMBER OF MANY COMMITTEES, AND A GOVERNOR OF THE BBC. SHE WAS A WRITER WHO TOOK THE TRADITIONAL WHODUNNIT AND TURNED IT INTO SOMETHING RECOGNISABLY MODERN. JUST AHEAD ` WILL THE WEATHER PLAY BALL OR PLAY HAVOC WITH YOUR WEEKEND? AND ` SUBTLE, TASTEFUL AND RESTRAINED... JUST THREE WORDS WHICH CAN'T BE USED TO DESCRIBE THIS WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT. FAST-PACED MUSIC Getting help for someone like me who was very,... um, staunch, I guess, or, you know, saw getting help as a weakness, um, I just reached out, and, uh, that was a big step ` 'I need help. You know, I'll` I'll get over this.' You need to tell someone ` loved ones, doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists. Just reach out. And if you tell someone and they don't get it, go and tell someone else until you get someone who gets it. RAPID GUITAR MUSIC FINALLY TONIGHT, WE HAVE FAIRY LIGHTS, MORE THAN A MILLION IN FACT. THEY'VE BEEN SWITCHED ON TO BREAK A DAZZLING GUINNESS WORLD RECORD. SINATRA'S 'HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS'. THE CANBERRRA CHRISSY DISPLAY WOULD STRETCH 120 k'S IF THE LIGHTS WERE LAID END TO END, WHICH OF COURSE THEY WOULDN'T BE. I'M NOT STRINGING YOU ALONG. GO TO BED. # HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS. # LET YOUR HEART BE LIGHT. # NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY HUGO SNELL AND SHELLEY UPCHURCH. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014