TONIGHT ` ICONS IN THE GLIDING WORLD. WHAT LED TO THE DEATH OF TWO KIWI GLIDERS IN AFRICA. ONE IN FOUR KIWI KIDS LIVES IN POVERTY. IT'S A SHOCKING STATISTIC. SO WHAT CAN YOU DO? I AM TOTALLY SHOCKED. SO ARE WE. THIS COULD BE THE FASHION CRIME OF ALL TIME. SERIOUSLY, LOOK AT THEM. SEE, IT'S ALREADY SCREAMING, 'I'M AN UGLY SWEATER!' YES, IT IS. SO WHY IS DEB ROTTUM RAKING IN A SMALL FORTUNE? DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. BUT FIRST TONIGHT ` THERE ARE REPORTS OUT OF KENYA THAT GUNMEN HAVE KILLED 36 PEOPLE. AND A WARNING ` THESE IMAGES MAY DISTURB SOME VIEWERS. THE ATTACK HAPPENED NEAR THE KENYAN TOWN OF MANDERA. IT'S UNDERSTOOD THE VICTIMS, WORKERS OF A NEARBY QUARRY, WERE AMBUSHED WHILE THEY WERE SLEEPING. WITNESSES SAY THE GUNMEN SEPARATED MUSLIMS FROM CHRISTIANS AND THEN SHOT THE CHRISTIANS DEAD. AS YET, NO ONE HAS TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE KILLINGS. INVESTIGATORS IN AFRICA ARE TONIGHT TRYING TO WORK OUT EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED THE GLIDER CRASH THAT SAW TWO NZ MEN KILLED. BILL WALKER AND DAVID SPEIGHT WERE PIONEERS OF OUR GLIDING COMMUNITY. THE ACCIDENT THAT KILLED THEM HAPPENED IN NAMIBIA ON AFRICA'S SOUTH-WEST COAST. JOY REID REPORTS. BILL WALKER WAS ALL ABOUT THE FIRSTS. HE WAS THE FIRST TO EVER REACH 8200M IN A GLIDER, HE HELPED DEVELOP OMARAMA'S FIRST AIRFIELD,... ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. ...AND HE HELPED OTHERS ATTEMPT THEIR FIRSTS TOO, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL BILLIONAIRE ADVENTURER STEVE FOSSETT. IF WE CAN PULL IT OFF, IT'LL BE REALLY GREAT. THIS WAS HIS FIRST TRIP GLIDING IN NAMIBIA TOO. THE DRAW WAS TO FLY SOMEWHERE DIFFERENT, FLY SOMEWHERE NEW. BUT FOR HIM AND HIS LONG-TIME GLIDING FRIEND DAVID SPEIGHT, THE DIFFERENT AND NEW BECAME THEIR LAST. THE PAIR ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE DIED ON IMPACT YESTERDAY MORNING ABOUT 50KM FROM THE GLIDER BASE. THE COMPANY INVOLVED IS A VERY REPUTABLE COMPANY AND UNTIL A FEW DAYS AGO HAD HAD NO ACCIDENT AT ALL. THE PAIR WERE BOTH ICONS IN THE GLIDING WORLD. THEY SET INTERNATIONAL WORLD RECORDS AND WERE QUITE AVID AT DOING IT. THIS IS DAVID SPEIGHT FLYING ABOVE AORAKI MT COOK IN 2010. MT COOK. THERE WE GO. WE HAVE LOST TWO ABSOLUTE STALWARTS OF THE SPORT WHO, FOR THE PAST 45 OR 50 YEARS, HAVE BEEN UNSTINTING IN THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GLIDING. BOTH MEN WERE ALSO HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. BILL WALKER HAD AN ENGINEERING BACKGROUND AND DESIGNED AND FOUNDED VARIOUS TOURIST ATTRACTIONS, INCLUDING THE LUGE AT SKYLINE ENTERPRISES, ONLY RETIRING LAST YEAR AFTER 29 YEARS AS A DIRECTOR. HE WAS AN ENTREPRENEUR, AN INVENTOR. HE HAD A GREAT EYE FOR DETAIL. DAVID SPEIGHT WAS A WELL-KNOWN SHEEP AND BEEF FARMER. HIS DEATH ANOTHER TRAGEDY FOR HIS FAMILY, WHOSE AID WORKER SON WAS SHOT IN IRAQ IN 1999. THE NZ HIGH COMMISSION IN PRETORIA IS PROVIDING CONSULAR ASSISTANCE TO BOTH MEN'S FAMILIES. AND IN A STATEMENT THE FAMILIES SAY THEY'RE DEVASTATED TO LOSE SUCH WONDERFUL MEN AND EXPERIENCED PILOTS. NAMIBIAN CRASH INVESTIGATORS ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN THEIR SECOND DAY OF INVESTIGATION INTO THE ACCIDENT. JOY REID, ONE NEWS. THE GOVERNMENT'S BEEN FORCED TO ADMIT NZ TROOPS ARE PREPARING TO GO TO IRAQ AND JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS ` A REVELATION THE OPPOSITION IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT. THIS IS NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR THE PRIME MINISTER. HE'S GOTTA BE OPEN ABOUT THIS STUFF. YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET TO A POINT WHERE EVERY SINGLE THING WE THINK ABOUT OR HALF-MAYBE EXPLORE WE GOTTA TALK ABOUT UNTIL WE GET TO THE POINT THAT WE MAKE DECISIONS. IF NATIONAL DOES SEND NON-COMBAT FORCES, IT WANTS LABOUR'S SUPPORT, BUT LABOUR'S BEEN QUICK TO SAY IT'S OPPOSED TO TROOPS GOING TO IRAQ. IT ALSO REMINDED THE GOVERNMENT THAT A POSSIBLE ANZAC DEPLOYMENT SHOULD BE HANDLED RESPECTFULLY. HOWEVER, LABOUR HAS AGREED TO BACK PROPOSED FOREIGN FIGHTER LAWS AIMED AT TRACKING POSSIBLE TERRORIST ACTIVITIES HERE AFTER SOME CHANGES WERE MADE. THE BILL NOW SAYS SURVEILLANCE WILL REQUIRE A WARRANT AFTER 24 HOURS, NOT THE 48 HOURS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. SUCH SURVEILLANCE CAN ONLY TARGET SUSPECTED FOREIGN FIGHTER ACTIVITY. THE SPY WATCHDOG MUST BE NOTIFIED. AND THE CHANGES LAST UNTIL 2017, NOT 2018, AS THE GOVERNMENT ORIGINALLY WANTED. AND IF A PERSON'S PASSPORT IS CANCELLED, THEY COULD APPEAL THAT CANCELLATION. THE BILL'S EXPECTED TO BE PASSED INTO LAW NEXT WEEK. MEANWHILE, THE PRIME MINISTER'S ADMITTED TEXTING HIS NEW MOBILE NUMBER TO CAMERON SLATER AS HE FACED MORE QUESTIONING OVER HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BLOGGER. JOHN KEY CHANGED HIS NUMBER IN THE FALLOUT TO 'DIRTY POLITICS' AND GAVE IT TO POLITICAL JOURNALISTS AND SLATER, PROMPTING OPPOSITION MPS TO ASK WHY HE STILL HAS ANY CONTACT AT ALL WITH THE BLOGGER. IS THE REASON HE RESPONDED TO TEXTS FROM CAMERON SLATER OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS BUT DIDN'T RESPOND TO TEXTS FROM PRESS GALLERY JOURNALISTS BECAUSE CAMERON SLATER IS A FRIEND OR BECAUSE HE FEARS CAMERON SLATER? I, FOR THE MOST PART, ACTUALLY DO ANSWER THE TEXT MESSAGES I GET FROM PRESS GALLERY JOURNALISTS. SOMETIMES THEY'RE REPORTING WHAT A MUPPET THAT MEMBER MAKES OF HIMSELF WHEN HE ASKS ME QUESTIONS. MR KEY INSISTS HE'S NOT ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH THE BLOGGER AT THE CENTRE OF THE 'DIRTY POLITICS' SAGA AND SAYS HE HAS NOTHING TO HIDE. ONE IN FOUR KIWI KIDS LIVE IN POVERTY ` THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT RELEASED TODAY, AND IT'S THAT ALARMING STATISTIC THAT'S GOT A LEADING CHILD-WELFARE ADVOCATE CALLING FOR MORE TO BE DONE TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM. JAMES RANSLEY EXPLAINS. DARRYL EVANS IS A SOCIAL WORKER IN MANGERE, WHERE HE SEES CHILD POVERTY EVERY DAY. THEY'RE SICK, THEY'RE COMING IN WITH RESPITORY ILLNESS, CHEST INFECTIONS, RUNNY NOSE AND THE FLU. THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER, WHO'S ALSO A PAEDIATRICIAN, HAS SEEN SIMILAR CASES. HE'S JUST UPDATED HIS REPORT ON THE PROBLEM AND HAS FOUND A SMALL DROP IN THE NUMBER OF NZ CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY. HE PUTS THAT DOWN TO A STRONGER ECONOMY. WHEN THE ECONOMY DETERIORATES, CHILDREN'S HEALTH IS THE FIRST TO BE AFFECTED. AS IT IMPROVES AGAIN, CHILDREN'S OUTCOMES IMPROVE AS WELL. EVEN SO, ACCORDING TO HIS REPORT, A QUARTER OF KIWI KIDS ARE LIVING IN POVERTY. THAT'S 260,000 CHILDREN. THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING. THE MOST DISADVANTAGED ARE MAORI AND PACIFIC ISLAND CHILDREN. ONE IN THREE OF THEM ARE IN POVERTY. PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO TAKE ON WHANAU ORA AS ONE APPROACH THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THAT. DR WILLS SAYS ANOTHER ANSWER IS MORE SOCIAL HOUSING. WHAT WE'RE NOT SEEING YET IS A PLAN TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF SOCIAL HOUSING. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THERE WILL BE MORE SOCIAL HOUSING, DESPITE PLANS TO SELL OFF PART OF ITS STOCK. IT BELIEVES IT CAN INCREASE SUPPLY BY GETTING COMMUNITY GROUPS INVOLVED AS PROVIDERS. IT'S ALSO FOCUSSING ON MORE JOBS. IF WE CAN GET SOMEONE IN A HOUSEHOLD WORKING, IT'S MUCH, MUCH BETTER FOR THE CHILDREN. THEY NEED TO KNOW WHERE THEY'RE SLEEPING. THEY NEED TO KNOW THEY'VE GOT A WARM BED. AND THEY ABSOLUTELY NEED TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A WARM MEAL AVAILABLE. ALL PARTIES AGREE IT'S A COMPLEX PROBLEM. DARRYL EVANS JUST WANTS FASTER ACTION. JAMES RANSLEY, ONE NEWS. THE REMAINS OF OVER A HUNDRED MAORI AND MORIORI ARE TONIGHT ON THEIR WAY HOME. A HANDOVER CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY IN NEW YORK TODAY AFTER EXTENSIVE CONSULTATION WITH TE PAPA. IT'S THE LARGEST REPATRIATION IN NZ'S HISTORY. THERE ARE 35 TOI MOKO, OR PRESERVED MAORI HEADS, TWO TATTOOED THIGH SKINS, 24 MORIORI SKELETAL REMAINS AND 46 MAORI SKELETAL REMAINS. A POWHIRI WILL BE HELD AT TE PAPA IN WELLINGTON ON FRIDAY. IT'S BEEN TWO DECADES IN THE MAKING, BUT NOW PETER JACKSON'S JOURNEY WITH BILBO BAGGINS HAS FINALLY COME TO AN END. AND AT THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE FINAL HOBBIT INSTALMENT IN LONDON, THE MOVIE, AND NZ, GOT RAVE REVIEWS. HERE'S EUROPE CORRESPONDENT JESSICA MUTCH. FOR THE FANS AND THE CAST, THIS PREMIERE MARKS THE END OF AN ERA. I WAS 21 WHEN I WENT OUT TO DO THE LORD OF THE RINGS. YOU KNOW? AND I'M 37 NOW. THIS IS OUR LAST TIME. AND NOW IT'S PLAYING THE MUSIC, AND AS I'M SAYING IT I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL. THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE'LL BE TOGETHER. SO IT'S QUITE MOMENTOUS, REALLY. THIS WAS THE LAST MOVE IN A MASTER PLAN. THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES IS THE THIRD OF THREE HOBBIT MOVIES. THEY FOLLOW THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY. THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE HOBBIT IS TAKING PLACE RIGHT HERE IN LEICESTER SQUARE IN THE HEART OF LONDON'S THEATRE DISTRICT. SOME OF THE FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR HOURS TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THEIR FAVOURITE STAR. EXCITED. I'M FREEZING, BUT THIS IS WORTH FREEZING FOR. ALL THE WAY FROM NEW YORK. I JUST LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT TOLKIEN. IT'S JUST SO COOL TO BE IN LONDON. HE WAS HERE, AND IT'S SO AMAZING. FOR SIR PETER JACKSON, THE LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE BOOK STARTED WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER. WE HAD THE GREATEST CAST, AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ALL FRIENDS NOW` EVEN THOUGH WE'RE COMING TO THE END OF THE JOURNEY OF THESE FILMS, WE'VE MADE FRIENDS THAT ARE GONNA BE FRIENDS FOR DECADES TO COME. AND MEMORIES OF FILMING IN NZ. SPENDING SOME QUALITY TIME IN NZ HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THIS EXPERIENCE FOR ME. GETTING TO TRAVEL AROUND THE PLACE AND CAMP AND HIKE AND KIND OF SEE WHAT INSPIRED PETER JACKSON ABOUT HIS HOME. I SEE PICTURES OF NZ BEHIND ME AND THINK WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME I'VE HAD THERE. IT'S SET TO BE THE FINAL PREMIERE FOR A SET OF MOVIES THAT HAVE BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH NZ. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS, LONDON. THERE WERE NO HOLLYWOOD STARS, BUT THERE WERE PLENTY OF DIE-HARD FANS AT THE SLIGHTLY SMALLER-SCALE KIWI PREMIERE IN WELLINGTON. HOBBITS, DWARVES AND WIZARDS LINED THE PAVEMENT OUTSIDE THE ROXY CINEMA FOR A PREVIEW SCREENING OF THE FINAL FILM. BOTH: YEAH, IT WAS AMAZING. YOU'RE GONNA CRY, DEFINITELY. IT'LL TAKE THREE BOXES OF TISSUES AT LEAST. YEAH. COS WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE FINISHED, YOU'VE NOT. THE FRANCHISE MIGHT BE OVER, BUT OUR GOVERNMENT WILL BE HOPING NZ CONTINUES TO BENEFIT FROM THE FILMS. HOBBIT MANIA HAS INJECTED AROUND $100M INTO OUR ECONOMY THROUGH TOURIST ATTRACTIONS LIKE MATAMATA'S HOBBITON, WHICH GETS $300,000 VISITORS EVERY YEAR. THE WINNERS OF OUR MOST PRESTIGIOUS SCIENCE AWARDS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED THIS EVENING. THE PRIME MINISTER'S SCIENCE PRIZES ARE ALL ABOUT RECOGNISING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COUNTRY'S TOP SCIENTISTS AND SCIENCE TEACHERS. FIVE AWARDS ARE PRESENTED ANNUALLY WITH A COMBINED JACKPOT OF $1M. THIS YEAR'S TOP PRIZE WENT TO THE HE KAINGA ORANGA HOUSING AND HEALTH RESEARCH PROGRAMME. PROGRAMME LEADER OTAGO UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR PHILIPPA HOWDEN-CHAPMAN IS THE FIRST FEMALE WINNER. IT FEELS VERY NICE. I WAS SAYING TO MY HUSBAND, 'I'M PLEASED I GOT THE SCIENCE PRIZE RATHER THAN GETTING SELF ESTEEM 'THROUGH BEING IN A BEAUTY PAGEANT.' (LAUGHS) HE KAINGA ORANGA WAS BEHIND THE 'WARM UP NZ' PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HOUSING IN NZ. THE 28-STRONG TEAM SAYS THEY'LL USE THE $500,000 PRIZE MONEY ON A PROJECT TO MAKE HOMES WARMER FOR NEWBORN BABIES. AND SCIENTISTS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES GETTING ACKNOWLEDGED TODAY. DUNEDIN'S BEEN NAMED A UNESCO CREATIVE CITY OF LITERATURE. THAT'S THANKS TO ITS THRIVING COMMUNITY OF WRITERS, ITS LITERARY EVENTS, INSTITUTIONS AND HERITAGE. WE'VE GOT ROBBIE BURNS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCTAGON, AND THEN IT'S PEOPLE LIKE CHARLES BRASCH AND JANET FRAME AND RYAN TURNER AND HONE TUWHARE. THE LIST GOES ON, SO WE'VE HAD A VERY GOOD LITERARY HISTORY. IT JOINS 11 OTHER CITIES BOASTING THE TITLE, INCLUDING EDINBURGH, MELBOURNE AND KRAKOW. NOW, THEY MIGHT NOT BE SPLITTING THE ATOM OR REINVENTING THE WHEEL, BUT THE PEOPLE IN OUR NEXT STORY HAVE BEEN MAKING OUR BIGGEST CITY A BETTER PLACE. TONIGHT NEARLY 60 DO-GOODERS WERE NAMED AUCKLAND'S LOCAL HEROES. DANIELLE STANBURY REPORTS. HER WORK IS USUALLY DONE UNDER THE COVER OF DARKNESS,... THERE'S A PHONE NUMBER IF YOU NEED SOME HELP OR COUNSELLING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. ...BUT NOW DEBBIE WIESEHAN'S BEEN THRUST INTO THE SPOTLIGHT. DEBBIE IS ONE OF THE 57 LOCAL HEROES BEING RECOGNISED AS PART OF THE NZ OF THE YEAR AWARDS. DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A LOCAL HERO? DEFINITELY NOT. BUT CLEARLY SOMEONE DOES. DEBBIE WAS NOMINATED FOR THE AWARD BECAUSE OF HER WORK WITH AUCKLAND PROSTITUTES. THE DRIVE IS ACTUALLY SEEING THE HARM THAT HAPPENS TO SOME WOMEN WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE SEX INDUSTRY. HER COMPANY 'STREETREACH' GIVES OUT HOT FOOD AND DRINK TO STREET WORKERS AS WELL AS OFFERING THEM SUPPORT AND EDUCATION. I SAW THAT I COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO JUST WENT OUT AND HAD A GO. SOMETHING SHE HAS IN COMMON WITH ANOTHER WINNER. I WALKED AROUND THE ENTIRE COAST OF NZ, OVER 800KM, AND IT TOOK ME EXACTLY 600 DAYS. AND THE TEENAGER DID IT ALL FOR CHARITY, RAISING MORE THAN $30,000 FOR THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE. I WAS PRETTY MUCH AT A STAGE OF MY LIFE WHERE I WAS AT A DEAD END, SO THERE WAS GONNA BE NOTHING FOR ME; I WAS GONNA BE A NOBODY MY WHOLE LIFE. AND I REALISED I NEEDED TO CHANGE THAT, AND NO ONE WAS GOING TO CHANGE IT FOR ME. BRANDO SAYS HIS CROSS-COUNTRY ADVENTURE HELPED HIM TURN HIS LIFE AROUND. HE'S NOW WORKING ON A TV SERIES AND WRITING A BOOK. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS. HE WAS A SCOUT MEMBER AND CHURCHGOER. FIND OUT WHY A CANCER SPECIALIST IS JAILED. THAT'S JUST AHEAD. PLUS ` EMBATTLED AUSSIE ROCK BAND AC/DC OPENS UP ABOUT DEALING WITH A FOUNDING MEMBER'S ILLNESS. AND YOU KNOW YOU WANT ONE ` UGLY, UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATERS. SO UGLY EVEN THEIR CREATOR ADMITS IT WHILE LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK. STREETS OF LAREDO'S 'GIRLFRIEND' No matter when the decision was made, it's always taken guts to up sticks and call NZ home. We were never the near neighbour or the obvious choice. So we have a maverick streak, an inbuilt desire to avoid the predictable and find our own path. This is what Kiwibank was born from. We started a revolution to bring this independent spirit to banking. A bunch of Kiwis making Kiwis better off ` that's what we get up for. And in 12 short years, we've already helped thousands and thousands pay off their loans, get into their first home, grow their dream business, save for their retirement. Helping Kiwis achieve their ultimate goal and the reason we all came here in the first place ` true independence. 'GIRLFRIEND' CONTINUES Every revolution needs a leader. A CHILD-CANCER SPECIALIST IN BRITAIN'S BEEN JAILED FOR 22 YEARS FOR ABUSING BOYS ` MANY WHILE GRAVELY ILL IN HIS CARE. MYLES BRADBURY ADMITTED 25 OFFENCES AGAINST 18 BOYS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 10 AND 16. THE FORMER SCOUT MEMBER AND CHURCHGOER EVEN EXAGGERATED THE SERIOUSNESS OF SOME CHILDREN'S ILLNESSES SO HE COULD DO MORE EXAMINATIONS AND ABUSE THEM FURTHER. HE ALSO CAPTURED THOUSANDS OF IMAGES ON A CAMERA CONCEALED IN A PEN. SOME OF HIS PATIENTS HAVE SINCE DIED FROM THEIR ILLNESSES. AND SEX OFFENDER ROLF HARRIS HAS ABANDONED AN APPEAL AGAINST HIS JAIL SENTENCE FOR ASSAULTING FOUR GIRLS. THE AUSTRALIAN-BORN ARTIST AND ENTERTAINER WAS CONVICTED IN JULY ON 12 CHARGES OF INDECENT ASSAULT IN BRITAIN BETWEEN 1968 AND 1986. HE'S BEEN JAILED THERE FOR FIVE YEARS AND NINE MONTHS. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING OTHER ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE 84-YEAR-OLD, INCLUDING FROM WOMEN IN NZ. THE US PRESIDENT WANTS THOUSANDS OF POLICE TO WEAR BODY CAMERAS IN THE WAKE OF THE SHOOTING OF AN UNARMED BLACK TEENAGER IN FERGUSON. THAT'S AS SOME AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS DEAL WITH A BACKLASH FOR ADDING THEIR WEIGHT TO PROTESTS OVER THE SHOOTING. ABC'S ALEX PEREZ HAS MORE. IT WAS A SILENT PROTEST SEEN BY MILLIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WATCHING FOOTBALL. FIVE ST LOUIS RAMS PLAYERS ENTERED THE FIELD ON SUNDAY RAISING THEIR HANDS IN THE NOW ICONIC HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT POSE, SUPPORTING THE FAMILY OF MICHAEL BROWN. THERE'S A LOT OF VIOLENCE GOING ON RIGHT HERE IN ST LOUIS, AND WE DEFINITELY HEAR ABOUT IT ALL. WE JUST WANT IT TO STOP. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO HOPE SOME POSITIVES COME OUT OF IT. THE SHOW OF SOLIDARITY SPARKED OUTRAGE FROM THE ST LOUIS COUNTY POLICE ASSOCIATION, CALLING THE GESTURE... ADDING... BUT ON ESPN TODAY, THE PLAYERS RECEIVED SUPPORT. THIS GESTURE IS BIGGER THAN JUST MIKE BROWN AT THIS POINT. THIS IS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF POLICE BRUTALITY THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY. THE NFL, WELL KNOWN FOR ITS STRICT RULES ON WHAT PLAYERS ARE ALLOWED TO DO ON THE FIELD, TONIGHT SAID THE PLAYERS WILL NOT BE FINED. AS FAR AS THE CHOICE THAT THE PLAYERS MADE ` NO, THEY'RE EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. THEY WILL NOT BE DISCIPLINED. A GRAND JURY CHOSE OT NOT INDICT OFFICER DARREN WILSON LAST WEEK FOR THE SHOOTING OF MICHAEL BROWN, AND HE OFFICIALLY RESIGNED FROM THE FORCE ON SATURDAY. GUNSHOT WHILE BACK IN FERGUSON, AFTER LAST WEEK'S VIOLENT PROTESTS, THE ARRIVAL OF A CONTROVERSIAL GROUP OF ARMED CITIZENS CALLED OATH KEEPERS, WHO SAY THEY HAVE COME TO PROTECT SMALL BUSINESSES. WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT HAVE FAILED THE PEOPLE OF FERGUSON. THE POLICE ASSOCIATION AND THE RAMS TEAM OFFICIALS SAY THEY MET TODAY AND PLAN TO CONTINUE MEETING THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS THEIR DIFFERENCES. AN UPDATE NOW ON A STORY WE BROUGHT YOU LAST NIGHT ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR WHO CRITICISED BARACK OBAMA'S DAUGHTERS. USING FACEBOOK, ELIZABETH LAUTEN TOLD SASHA AND MALIA OFF FOR 'MAKING FACES DURING TELEVISED PUBLIC EVENTS' AND LOOKING BORED. SHORTLY AFTER POSTING HER COMMENTS, MS LAUTEN FACED WIDEPSREAD OUTRAGE OVER HER ONLINE ATTACK. SHE APOLOGISED AND HAS NOW RESIGNED FROM HER JOB. PRINCE HARRY HAS REVEALED ONE OF HIS BIGGEST FEARS AS PART OF AN ONLINE CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH AIDS. THE 'FEEL NO SHAME' CAMPAIGN IS COAXING CELEBRITIES TO DISCLOSE THEIR ANXIETIES. ON TODAY, WORLD AIDS DAY, MY SECRET IS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I GET INCREDIBLY NERVOUS BEFORE PUBLIC SPEAKING, NO MATTER HOW BIG THE CROWD OR THE AUDIENCE. AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT I LAUGH AND JOKE ALL THE TIME, I GET INCREDIBLY NERVOUS IF NOT ANXIOUS BEFORE GOING INTO ROOMS FULL OF PEOPLE. PRINCE HARRY SAYS HE'LL PROBABLY FEEL EVEN MORE NERVOUS NOW HE'S REVEALED HIS SECRET. LIFE'S BEEN A BIT ROCKIER THAN USUAL FOR AUSSIE LEGENDS AC/DC, AND NOW THE BAND'S SPOKEN FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT FOUNDING MEMBER MALCOLM YOUNG'S DEMENTIA. THAT'S AS THEIR LATEST ALBUM ` AND THE FIRST ONE WITHOUT HIM PLAYING ON IT ` HITS STORES. HE FOUND THE BAND IT WAS HIS PROJECT HE'S GETTING THE BEST CARE HE CAN MALCOLM LEFT THE BAND EARLIER THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF HIS CONDITION. MEANWHILE, DRUMMER PHIL RUDD'S CURRENTLY FACING CHARGES OF THREATENING TO KILL AND DRUG POSSESSION. IT'S NOT KNOWN IF HE'LL STAY IN THE BAND. IT'S FAIR TO SAY CHRISTMAS AND UNSIGHTLY SWEATERS GO HAND IN HAND. YOU KNOW THE ONES ` NORMALLY HOMEMADE, USUALLY GARISH. QUITE SIMPLY, THE TACKIER, THE BETTER. NOW ONE WOMAN IN THE US IS CASHING IN ON THE TREND IN A BIG, BOLD WAY. HERE'S ABC'S SARINA FAZAN. OVERWHELMED BY HER SUCCESS,... I AM TOTALLY SHOCKED. ...EVER SINCE A BLOGGER MADE FUN OF THESE PICTURES DEB ROTTUM POSTED ONLINE TO HER EBAY STORE, 'DEB'S HANDMADE UGLY TACKY CHRISTMAS SWEATERS'. AT FIRST, HIS HARSH WORDS HURT HER FEELINGS, BUT THEN SHE EMBRACED IT AND STARTED POKING FUN TOO. NO, I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS THE UGLY FACE IN MY ARMS. AND NOW HER SALES ARE SKYROCKETING. HER SWEATERS ARE ONE OF A KIND. I DO A LOT OF TASSELS, A LOT OF BALLS. IT SEEMS LIKE I ALWAYS PUT A LOT OF JINGLE BELLS ON THE WRISTS SO WHEN YOU'RE MOVING THE JINGLE BELLS MOVE, COS THAT'S THE FUN. THE MORE CRAZY, THE FUNNER IT IS, THE MORE FUN YOU'LL HAVE. THE UGLIER AND LOUDER, SHE SAYS, THE BETTER. TOY SINGS HER WHOLE HOUSE ` FROM UPSTAIRS, WHERE SHE COLLECTS ALL SORTS OF SWEATERS SHE FINDS IN THRIFT STORES,... SEE, IT'S ALREADY SCREAMING, 'I'M AN UGLY SWEATER!' ...TO DOWNSTAIRS, WHERE THIS 45-YEAR-OLD MUM HAS TRANSFORMED A BACK ROOM INTO A SEWING STUDIO. EACH SWEATER TAKES ABOUT TWO HOURS TO MAKE IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES ` FROM KIDS TO PLUS-SIZES TO EVEN MATERNITY. AND EVEN THOUGH HER SALES HAVE QUADRUPLED IN THE LAST YEAR, SHE CAN'T IMAGINE BRINGING ANYONE ELSE IN. SHE'LL STICK TO HER ONE-MAN SHOW. I'M REALLY PICKY ABOUT WHAT I MAKE AND WHAT I WANNA GIVE, SO I'LL PROBABLY NEVER ASK FOR HELP. (LAUGHS) I WOULD RATHER PROBABLY SAY, 'I CAN'T DO IT,' THAN LET SOMEBODY ELSE HELP ME OUT. JUST AHEAD ` ALL YOUR WEATHER. AND WHY A PLAN TO BREAK A DIVING WORLD RECORD COULD BE ABOUT TO TAKE ON WATER. WHAT'S THREATENING WILLIAM TRUBRIDGE'S DREAM TOMORROW? BAD WEATHER IS THREATENING TO PREVENT A KIWI FREE DIVER FROM ATTEMPTING TO BREAK HIS OWN WORLD RECORD. WILLIAM TRUBRIDGE IS SET TO TRY AND REWRITE THE HISTORY BOOKS BY DIVING TO A DEPTH OF 102M. THE 34-YEAR-OLD WILL FREE-DIVE AT DEAN'S BLUE HOLE IN THE BAHAMAS. AT 202M DEEP, IT'S THE LARGEST SEA WATER SINKHOLE. I THINK THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU DIVE HERE, IT CAN BE LITTLE OMINOUS, BECAUSE THE LIGHT GETS SUCKED OUT QUITE QUICKLY. AS SOON AS YOU DESCEND, THE LIGHT CAN ONLY COME THROUGH THAT WINDOW OVERHEAD. IF THE FREE DIVE GOES AHEAD, IT'LL BE SHOWN JUST AFTER 8 TOMORROW MORNING HERE ON TV ONE. AS WILLIAM TRUBRIDGE GETS SET FOR HIS FREE DIVE RECORD ATTEMPT TOMORROW MORNING, ANOTHER KIWI HAS SET A NATIONAL RECORD AT DEAN'S BLUE HOLE IN THE BAHAMAS. CANADIAN-BORN YOGA INSTRUCTOR KATE MIDDLETON SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A FREE DIVE TO 68M, BREAKING HER PERSONAL BEST DEPTH IN THE PROCESS. AND IN ANOTHER WATERY WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT, SURFER ANDREW COTTON TOOK ON THIS 18M GIANT IN PORTUGAL. UNFORTUNATELY, HE COULDN'T OUTRUN THE WAVE AND GOT SWALLOWED BY THE BREAKING WALL OF WATER. THE 35-YEAR-OLD MANAGED TO ESCAPE WITH JUST A MINOR ARM INJURY. HE SAYS THE DUMPING WAS LIKE BEING HIT BY A TRUCK. IN DEFERENCE TO THOSE STORIES, AND BECAUSE OUR PRODUCER SOPHIE SAID WE HAD TO, HERE'S 'FREE FALLING' WITH YOUR WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ # SHE'S A GOOD GIRL, # LOVES HER MAMA. # LOVES JESUS # AND AMERICA TOO. # SHE'S A GOOD GIRL, # CRAZY ABOUT ELVIS. # LOVES HORSES # AND HER BOYFRIEND TOO. # IT'S A LONG DAY THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MARIE ATU RA. CAPTIONS BY SARAH MAIAVA AND TOM WILSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.