TONIGHT ` WITH THE AFTERSHOCKS STILL ROLLING IN, A STARK WARNING. WAS THE NORTH ISLAND SHAKE THE PRELUDE TO A MUCH BIGGER EVENT? THE STUNNED FACE OF A NZER FACING YEARS BEHIND BARS AFTER ALLEGEDLY TAKING DRUGS INTO BALI. WHY THIS IS MORE THAN A VERY EXPENSIVE EXPLOSION ` THE FIREBALL WHICH HAS DASHED THE INTERNET DREAMS OF MILLIONS OF AFRICANS. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. AFTERSHOCKS CONTINUE TO RATTLE THE NORTH ISLAND'S EAST COAST TONIGHT. THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN A HUNDRED SINCE THE SEVERE 7.1 SHAKE THIS MORNING, SOME REACHING THE HIGH 4S. THE INITIAL QUAKE WAS CENTRED 100KM NORTHEAST OF TE ARAROA AT JUST 22KM DEEP. THE TSUNAMI DANGER ZONE WAS ACROSS THIS AREA, FROM JUST SOUTH OF GISBORNE TO THE TIP OF THE NORTH ISLAND, BUT SOME RESIDENTS SAY THEY WERE WARNED TOO LATE, AS BRIAR WELLS REPORTS. STOCK THROWN FROM THE SHELVES AS THE TE ARAROA FOUR SQUARE SWAYED FROM SIDE TO SIDE. WE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST GONNA BE A LITTLE EARTHQUAKE. IT JUST KEPT GOING AND GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER UNTIL IT GOT TO THE POINT ` 'HELL, WE BETTER GET THE HECK OUTTA HERE.' A FRIGHTENING WAKE-UP CALL FOR THE EAST COAST, THE RUMBLING 7.1 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IS THOUGHT TO BE THE BIGGEST TO HIT THE NORTH ISLAND IN DECADES. IT WAS ACTUALLY ROCKING MY WHOLE BED AND THE WHOLE ROOM, EVERYTHING, AND STUFF WAS FALLING. THOUGHT WE BETTER HIT OUR SAFETY BUTTONS AND, YEAH, GET UNDER SOME SOLID PARTS IN THE HOUSE. TEARING APART THE LAND AND HOMES. WHEN THE CHIMNEY STARTED COMING DOWN, THAT WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL OF NOISE, AND THAT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST FRIGHTENING THING, FOR SURE. JUST HEARD THE DOGS BARKING, GROUND SHAKING, WALLS SHAKING, RUMBLING, YOU KNOW, (CHUCKLES) ROCKIN' AND ROLLING. THE QUAKE ` SCARY ENOUGH, THEN THE SIRENS STARTED ` A TSUNAMI WARNING. GET THE KIDS IN THE CAR AND OFF. RESIDENTS AROUND THE REGION MADE A DASH TO HIGHER GROUND. WE JUMPED IN THE CAR ` SLIPPERS AND ALL, KIDS IN TOW ` AND WENT UP TO HICKS BAY HOTEL FOR SAFETY. BUT CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT THE TIME IT TOOK FOR AUTHORITIES TO RAISE THE ALERT. BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL NEARLY AN HOUR AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE THAT A POTENTIAL TSUNAMI THREAT NOTICE WAS ISSUED. GNS SEISMOLOGISTS GNS SAY THE FIRST INFORMATION TO COME THROUGH FROM TWO OVERSEAS SOURCES INDICATED THAT THE QUAKE WAS TOO DEEP TO TRIGGER A TSUNAMI. THAT INFORMATION WAS WRONG, AND IT WASN'T UNTIL SCIENTISTS HERE STARTED REVIEWING THE DATA COMING THROUGH THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM THERE WAS A RISK. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE LESSONS OUT OF ANY EMERGENCY, AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT REALLY CLOSELY TO SEE WHAT ELSE CAN WE BE DOING. WOULD I LIKE THIS TO BE FASTER? OF COURSE I WOULD. SCIENTISTS MONITORING THE AFTERSHOCKS ` MORE THAN A HUNDRED SINCE THIS MORNING ` TODAY'S EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED SOMEWHERE ON THE FAULT. WARNING THE SHAKES COULD CONTINUE FOR DAYS AND WEEKS TO COME. I THINK THEY SHOULD BE VERY VIGILANT. I DON'T KNOW, NECESSARILY, THAT THEY SHOULD BE WORRIED, BUT THEY SHOULD BE VERY ATTENTIVE TO LONG SHAKING OR STRONG SHAKING. A STARK REMINDER OF HOW VOLATILE OUR CORNER OF THE WORLD CAN BE. BRIAR WELLS, ONE NEWS. THE LOCATION OF THE EPICENTRE IS REIGNITING CONCERNS ABOUT A SO-CALLED MEGATHRUST QUAKE THAT COULD HAVE CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES. HERE'S WHERE THE MAIN SEISMIC ACTIVITY OCCURRED EARLY THIS MORNING OFF THE EAST CAPE, AND THIS IS THE FAULT LINE WHERE THE PACIFIC AND AUSTRALIAN TECTONIC PLATES MEET, WHICH, AS YOU CAN SEE, TRAVELS ALONG MOST OF OUR EAST COAST. IT'S THE NORTH ISLAND'S BIGGEST FAULT, AND SOUTHWARDS MOVEMENT COULD CREATE A DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKE ON THE SCALE OF JAPAN'S MAGNITUDE 9 IN 2011. THAT WOULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE IN MAJOR CENTRES LIKE WELLINGTON AND AUCKLAND, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A 10M HIGH TSUNAMI. SEISMOLOGISTS ARE NOW CLOSELY MONITORING AFTERSHOCKS AND COMPARING DATA WITH JAPAN'S MEGATHRUST, WHICH WAS PRECEDED BY A 7.2 SHOCK TWO WEEKS BEFORE. A NZ WOMAN IS TONIGHT IN INDONESIAN POLICE CUSTODY AFTER ALLEGEDLY ENTERING BALI WITH DRUGS. IT'S CLAIMED MYRA WILLIAMS WAS CARRYING A VERY SMALL BAG OF METH, BUT AS SAM KELWAY REPORTS, SHE STILL FACES YEARS IN JAIL. PARADED IN FRONT OF THE MEDIA, MYRA WILLIAMS APPEARED BEWILDERED. SHE WAS ALLEGEDLY CAUGHT WITH ALMOST A GRAM OF METHAMPHETAMINE WHILE ENTERING BALI'S DENPASAR AIRPORT AND WAS REPORTEDLY INCONSOLABLE AT HER ARREST. SHE WAS VISIBLY DISTRESSED, SCREAMING AND CRYING AND QUITE EMOTIONAL. WILLIAMS IS ORIGINALLY FROM TAUPO BUT NOW BASED IN AUSTRALIA. THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE SAYS IT'S WORKING WITH INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES AND PROVIDING SUPPORT. OTHER NZERS ARRESTED ON DRUGS CHARGES IN BALI INCLUDE LEEZA ORMSBY, WHO WAS JAILED FOR NINE MONTHS AFTER BEING FOUND WITH CANNABIS IN 2014, AND ANTONY DEMALMANCHE, WHO WAS CAUGHT THE SAME YEAR WITH ALMOST 2KG OF METH. HE AVOIDED THE DEATH PENALTY BUT IS SPENDING 15 YEARS BEHIND BARS. HIS LAWYER SAYS JAIL TIME LOOKS LIKELY FOR MYRA WILLIAMS. IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A COMMERCIAL AMOUNT THAT THEY'VE FOUND OR ALLEGED TO HAVE FOUND. BUT THEY TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, AND SHE WILL BE IN A SECURE CUSTODIAL ENVIRONMENT. WILLIAMS HAS TOLD POLICE THE METH BELONGED TO A FRIEND. SHE'D POSTED ON FACEBOOK HOW MUCH SHE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO HER HOLIDAY. THAT BREAK COULD NOW BECOME A LONG STINT BEHIND BARS. AT THE MOMENT SHE WILL PROBABLY BE IN A CELL WITH 15 OR 16 OTHERS. IT WILL BE HOT, THERE WILL BE NO AIR CONDITIONING, AND THERE'LL BE VERY LITTLE WATER SUPPLIES AND FOOD. IT'S VERY APPARENT THAT MYRA IS IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AT THE MOMENT. A BALACLAVA, HANDCUFFS AND A PRISON T-SHIRT SIGNALLING AN ABRUPT CHANGE IN PLANS FOR THE 27 YEAR-OLD. SAM KELWAY, ONE NEWS. NOW, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. THE MASSIVE FIREBALL WHICH DESTROYED A STATE OF THE ART UNMANNED SPACE ROCKET IN THE U.S. TODAY. IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT BLAST WAS A $275M FACEBOOK SATELLITE THAT WAS GOING TO PUT MILLIONS OF AFRICANS ONLINE. HERE'S ABC'S DAVID KERLEY. IT'S A TEST THAT GOES TERRIBLY WRONG. EXPLOSION THIS SPACEX ROCKET ERUPTED ON THE PAD LIKE A BOMB GOING OFF, AND IT WASN'T JUST ONE EXPLOSION ` SEVERAL FOLLOWED. THE FORCE OF THE BLAST WAS FELT BY RESIDENTS MILES AWAY FROM CAPE CANAVERAL. I FELT A SMALL EARTHQUAKE. THAT'S A LOT OF POWER. SPACEX WAS PLANNING TO TEST FIRE THE ROCKET AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND'S LAUNCH. IT WAS FILLING IT WITH FUEL, INCLUDING THE TANK IN THE UPPER STAGE, WHEN SOMETHING FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY. IT'S CLEAR THE EXPLOSION STARTED THERE. IT WAS SO BIG, IT WAS PICKED UP ON RADAR. AS WELL AS THE ROCKET, ITS CARGO ` SEEN HERE FALLING IN FLAMES ` WAS LOST TOO. INSIDE WAS AN ISRAELI COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE THAT FACEBOOK HOPED TO USE. THIS WAS ITS FIRST VENTURE INTO SPACE. IN AFRICA, FACEBOOK CEO MARK ZUCKERBERG SAID IN A POST ` IT IS THE SECOND MAJOR SETBACK FOR SPACEX AND ITS CEO ELON MUSK. A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, ONE OF ITS FALCON 9S BLEW UP ON TAKEOFF. WE'RE GONNA HAVE ACCIDENTS... FORMER ASTRONAUT MARK KELLY IS ON SPACEX'S CREW SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD. SO THIS ISN'T A DEATH KNELL, THIS IS JUST A SETBACK? IT'S JUST A SETBACK. WE CAN FIGURE OUT IN THIS CASE WHAT HAPPENED AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. SPACEX WILL NOT FLY AGAIN UNTIL A CAUSE IS DETERMINED AND IT IS FIXED, AND THAT COULD COMPLICATE THE SPACE CALENDAR. THE PRIVATE COMPANY WAS SCHEDULED TO TAKE SUPPLIES TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IN NOVEMBER. JOSHUA KITE, THE MAN WHO SPENT SIX DAYS ON THE RUN FROM POLICE AFTER SHOOTING AT TWO OFFICERS IN NORTHLAND, APPEARED, HANDCUFFED, IN MANUKAU DISTRICT COURT TODAY. THE 33-YEAR-OLD ATTEMPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC GALLERY AS THE CASE WAS DISCUSSED. HE FACES 10 CHARGES, INCLUDING KIDNAPPING AND SHOOTING AT POLICE OFFICERS. THE CHARGES WERE REFERRED BACK TO THE FOUR DIFFERENT COURTS THEY ORIGINATED AT AND WILL BE HEARD ON DIFFERENT DATES OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. AND POLICE HAVE NOW ARRESTED THE BOUNCER CAUGHT ON CAMERA KNOCKING OUT A MAN OUTSIDE AN AUCKLAND NIGHTCLUB A FORTNIGHT AGO. THE MANGERE MAN (45) HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO INJURE FOLLOWING THIS ONE-PUNCH ATTACK, AS WELL AS WORKING WITHOUT A CURRENT CERTIFICATE. HE'LL APPEAR IN AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT ON THURSDAY. IF ONLY HE COULD HAVE PULLED OFF THIS IMMENSE THROW IN RIO. NZ SHOT-PUT STAR TOM WALSH'S DIAMOND-LEAGUE-WINNING EFFORT IN ZURICH IS A PERSONAL BEST THAT WOULD HAVE EARNED HIM SILVER AT THE OLYMPICS. IT KEEPS ON GETTING BETTER AND BETTER FOR THE PRIDE OF TIMARU, WHO'S NOW SETTING HIS SIGHTS ON A WORLD RECORD. HERE'S MARTIN TASKER. TOM WALSH IS IN THE FORM OF HIS LIFE. THE 24-YEAR-OLD FROM TIMARU OUT-THREW HIS AMERICAN RIVALS TO CLAIM HIS FIRST DIAMOND LEAGUE TITLE AND A CHEQUE FOR $69,000. TOMMY WALSH GOING OUT TO 22.20 IN THE THIRD ROUND. THAT, OF COURSE, A NEW PERSONAL BEST FOR TOMMY WALSH. SINCE CLAIMING BRONZE IN RIO, WALSH HAS JUST GOT BETTER AND BETTER. AND TOM WALSH WILL MOVE INTO THE BRONZE MEDAL POSITION WITH THAT THROW OF 21.36. BUT HE INSISTS THERE'S NO SECRET FORMULA. (LAUGHS) MATE, THE SECRET IS THERE IS NO SECRET. I KNOW WHEN I THROW WELL, IT'S FREE AND EASY. IT'S JUST LETTING IT HAPPEN RATHER THAN TRYING TO DO IT. ONCE HE'D PEAKED FOR RIO, WALSH'S WORKLOAD CAME DOWN AS PLANNED TO KEEP HIM FRESH, AND HE STILL IS. AS SOON AS IT LEFT THE HAND I KNEW IT WAS BIG. IT'S AN AMAZING FEELING TO HAVE AND THAT PUT THE PRESSURE ON THE OTHER GUYS. THE OTHER GUYS INCLUDE AMERICAN RYAN CROUSER (23), THE OLYMPIC CHAMPION FROM RIO. IT'S HIS SECOND COMPETITION SINCE BRAZIL, AS I SAID. BEATEN BY TOMMY WALSH IN PARIS JUST FIVE DAYS AGO. IT'S AN ON-GOING AND PRODUCTIVE RIVALRY WITH A CLEAR AIM IN SIGHT. THERE'S A GROUP OF GUYS AT THE MOMENT. SOMEONE IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BREAK THE WORLD RECORD AND IT JUST DEPENDS WHO'S THE FIRST ONE. THE CURRENT RECORD OF 23.12M WAS SET BY AMERICAN RANDY BARNES IN 1990, SO WALSH WOULD NEED TO IMPROVE BY ALMOST A METRE TO SET A NEW MARK. I SET MY GOALS PRETTY HIGH AND THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THEM. THE CHRISTCHURCH BUILDER HAS TWO MORE MEETS THIS MONTH IN GERMANY AND CROATIA BEFORE HEADING HOME TO A HERO'S WELCOME. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. AND SPEAKING OF OLYMPIC HOMECOMINGS, THEY DON'T GET MUCH PROUDER THAN THIS. TAURANGA STUDENTS HERALDED SOME OF OUR BEST PERFORMERS WITH A STIRRING HAKA ` JUST PART OF TODAY'S JUBILANT BAY OF PLENTY CELEBRATIONS. WILL HINE WITH THIS. THE PARTY CONTINUES FOR PETER BURLING AND BLAIR TUKE. THE SAILING GOLD MEDALLISTS WERE THE STAR ATTRACTION AT TODAY'S HOMECOMING. TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE MEDALS BACK AND SHARE THEM WITH WHERE IT ALL BEGAN IS PRETTY SPECIAL. AND THESE TAURANGA WATERS WERE WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. THIS WAS BURLING RACING DEAN BARKER AS A 10-YEAR-OLD. WE WERE ALL HAPPY BUT THEN WE WERE ANGRY. AND WE TRIED TO CATCH UP AGAIN BUT WE COULDN'T. THEN IT GOT ABANDONED AND WE WENT ALL SAD. BUT THE SMILES WERE BACK TODAY, NOT JUST FOR THE SAILORS BUT FOR LOCALS TOO. IT WAS FANTASTIC. THE KIDS LOVED IT AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE SOME OF THE MEDALLISTS. THEY INCLUDED SAILORS MOLLY MEECH AND ALEX MALONEY, WHO CAME SECOND IN RIO, PLUS BRONZE MEDALLIST SAM MEECH AND FOURTH PLACE GETTER JASON SAUNDERS. I THINK TAURANGA HAD AN AMAZING COMMUNITY GROWING UP FOR US WHEN WE WERE LEARNING TO SAIL HERE. ALL MY FRIENDS DID IT SO WE HAD FUN DOING IT AS WELL. THERE'S NO OTHER CLUB IN NZ THAT'S GOT THESE THREE MEDALS AND A FOURTH PLACE AS WELL. AND PROBABLY EVEN IN THE WORLD, IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND ANOTHER YACHT CLUB THAT'S HAD SIMILAR SUCCESS. CANOE SLALOM SILVER MEDALLIST LUUKA JONES ALSO POPPED ALONG. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC AND THEY'RE FROM THE BAY OF PLENTY SO TAURANGA'S VERY PROUD. THAT PRIDE WAS EVIDENT ON EVERY STREET AS THE PARADE MEANDERED THROUGH THE CITY. PARTICULARLY THE CHILDREN, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THESE PEOPLE AND SAYING, 'I CAN DO THAT AS WELL.' THE SORT OF SPIRIT THAT'S WORKED OUT OK FOR PETER BURLING. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` WAS IT A MENTAL BREAKDOWN OR SOMETHING MORE SINISTER? NEW TWISTS DEEPEN THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING THIS AUSTRALIAN COUPLE'S FLIGHT FROM THEIR FAMILY HOME. HURRICANE HERMINE HITS FLORIDA ` A LIFE-THREATENING STORM, AND THE STATE'S BIGGEST IN A DECADE. AND THIS IS RENEE ZELLWEGGER, APPARENTLY. SHE TALKS ABOUT HER NEW BRIDGET JONES FILM, AND HOW HER FACE ACTUALLY HASN'T CHANGED. THE FIRST HURRICANE TO MAKE LANDFALL IN FLORIDA IN MORE THAN A DECADE HAS STORMED THROUGH THE SUNSHINE STATE. OFFICIALS ARE URGING PEOPLE TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AS HURRICANE HERMINE DELIVERS POTENTIALLY DEADLY FLOODING. MONIQUE FISCHER HAS THE LATEST. OH MY GOSH. I CAN'T SEE. HURRICANE HERMINE MAY HAVE MADE LANDFALL TONIGHT, BUT SHE'S FAR FROM FINISHED WITH FLORIDA ` LASHING DOWN ON THE STATE AND BRINGING HEAVY RAIN, GUSTY WINDS, FLOODING, AND THE RISK OF TORNADOES. WIND ROARS PA: PLEASE PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY AND EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY. FLORIDA'S DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY TO HELP 51 OF ITS COUNTIES PREPARE. BOTTOM LINE, IT'S LIFE-THREATENING. IF YOU NEED TO GO TO A SHELTER, GO NOW. DON'T WAIT. RESIDENTS OF LOW-LYING, FLOOD-PRONE AREAS HAVE BEEN URGED TO CLEAR OUT. SOME ARE RESIGNED TO THE STORM'S MIGHT. THERE'S NO WAY TO MAKE ANYTHING SAFE. IT'S MOTHER NATURE. TENS OF THOUSANDS ARE NOW WITHOUT POWER, WITH A WHOPPING 3M OF FLOODWATER EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS, AND IN THIS RADAR SHOT YOU CAN SEE WHY. THE FLOW OF THE STORM SURGE IS MOVING DANGEROUSLY ACROSS THE STATE. HERMINE'S EXPECTED TO PASS RIGHT OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA, AND ITS EFFECTS COULD BE FELT AS FAR NORTH AS NEW YORK IN COMING DAYS. MONIQUE FISCHER, ONE NEWS. NEW TWISTS IN THE BIZARRE CASE OF AN AUSTRALIAN FATHER WHO VANISHED DURING A FAMILY ROAD TRIP HAVE POLICE EVEN MORE CONFUSED. IT'S EMERGED THE FAMILY'S ELDER DAUGHTER WAS FOUND IN A CATATONIC STATE AND THE MOTHER HAS CHECKED HERSELF INTO A MENTAL INSTITUTION. TONIGHT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING REPORTED SIGHTINGS OF THE FATHER, AS CHANNEL NINE'S JAYDE VINCENT REPORTS. STILL MISSING MARK TROMP IS PARANOID, NOT WANTING TO BE FOUND. HE'S SCARED THAT... PEOPLE ARE AFTER HIM, OR HE'S NOT IN A GOOD STATE OF MIND. THE LATEST LEAD POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING IS WHETHER MARK SOUGHT REFUGE AT MILLERS COTTAGE MOTEL IN WANGARATTA. A ROOM WAS BROKEN INTO OVERNIGHT. OWNERS FOUND THE BED HAD BEEN SLEPT IN. HIS WIFE, JACOBA, WHO WAS LOCATED IN YASS YESTERDAY WAS DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL LATE LAST NIGHT AND HAS REPORTEDLY ADMITTED HERSELF INTO A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. THE 53-YEAR-OLD TOLD INVESTIGATORS ABOUT FOUR PROPERTIES THEY OWN IN THE NORTH-EASTERN VICTORIA TOWN, WHERE MARK COULD'VE BEEN HIDING OUT. WE'VE EXTENSIVELY EXPLORED THOSE INTERESTS AND THOSE PROPERTIES WITHOUT SUCCESS, SO WE'RE JUST NOT SURE WHERE MARK IS AT THE MOMENT. WHAT TRIGGERED THE FAMILY'S DECISION TO FLEE THEIR SILVAN HOME ON MONDAY IS STILL UNCLEAR. FEARING FOR THEIR LIVES, THEY LEFT PHONES, WALLETS AND PASSPORTS BEHIND AS THEY FRANTICALLY DROVE TO JENOLAN CAVES IN NEW SOUTH WALES. THE CHILDREN SPLIT FROM THEIR PARENTS ON TUESDAY. ELDEST DAUGHTER RIANA TROMP WAS REPORTEDLY FOUND IN THE FOOTWELL OF A CAR IN GOULBURN IN A CATATONIC STATE. THE CHILDREN ARE UNAWARE OF THE NATURE OF THE EXTENT OF THEIR PARENT'S DELUSIONAL PARANOIA. THE SITUATION JUST GOT SO BAD AT HOME THAT ALL WERE DRAGGED INTO THE SCENARIO. FRIENDS ARE DISTRESSED THE FATHER OF THREE HASN'T BEEN FOUND. VERY LEFT-FIELD, SOMETHING VERY UNPREDICTABLE. NOT SOMETHING I'D EXPECT FROM A FAMILY LIKE THAT. HOPEFULLY SOME GOOD COMES OUTTA THIS AND MY DAD'LL COME HOME AND BE SAFE AND WELL. BIG UNDIES, UNITS OF ALCOHOL AND A LOVE LIFE ALWAYS TEETERING ON THE BRINK OF DISASTER ` THE FIRST TWO 'BRIDGET JONES' MOVIES WERE HUGE HITS AND MADE ITS STAR AN EVEN BIGGER NAME. SO NOW IT'S THIRD TIME ROUND FOR THE HAPLESS BRIDGE. ACTRESS RENEE ZELLWEGGER SPOKE TO THE BBC'S FIONA BRUCE ABOUT SEQUELS, FACIAL RUMOURS AND PICKING THE RIGHT MAN. MENDELSSOHN'S 'WEDDING MARCH' SO, THERE I WAS, SURROUNDED BY MY FRIENDS AND ALL READY FOR MY HAPPY EVER AFTER. THE REALITY WAS MUCH MORE SINGLE. # ALL BY MYSELF. # OH. A SEQUEL CAN ALWAYS BE VERY RISKY. < YES. WERE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THAT? YEAH, I THINK WE ALL WERE. DIDN'T WANNA MAKE A FILM THAT DIDN'T MATTER, ESPECIALLY WITH THESE CHARACTERS THAT SEEMED TO RESONATE WITH PEOPLE ON SUCH A PERSONAL LEVEL. THINGS APPEAR AT FIRST TO BE LOOKING UP FOR BRIDGET JONES. OH! MAY I? UPBEAT MUSIC IT FITS. (CHUCKLES GENTLY) ONE CHALLENGE IS THAT AS BRIDGET HAS AGED, SO HAS RENEE ZELLWEGER. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT YOU. OH! AND THE ALMOST INEVITABLE ONLINE CHAT ABOUT HER CHANGING APPEARANCE HAS MADE HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD ` TO HER DISMAY. IT'S DISCONCERTING. WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW IS NOT TRUE BECOMING THE TRUTH SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN REPEATED ENOUGH, IT MAKES YOU WONDER. BEEP! I'M PREGNANT. BACK IN THE WORLD OF BRIDGET JONES, AN UNEXPECTED PREGNANCY BRINGS A DILEMMA. THE FATHER COULD BE ONE OF TWO MEN. DO YOU THINK THE RIGHT CHOICE WAS MADE? DOES SHE GO FOR THE RIGHT MAN? HOW COULD SHE LOSE? THEY WERE BOTH KINDA RIGHT. (CHUCKLES) IT'S ME, CHECKING TALKBACK. BRIDGET IS JUGGLING IMPENDING MOTHERHOOD WITH A CAREER AS A NEWS PRODUCER. DO YOU KNOW WHAT, BRIDGE? THIS WEEKEND, ME AND YOU NEED TO GO OUT AND GET STUCK INTO SOME SERIOUS` BINGE DRINKING ` A DANGEROUS SCOURGE ON SOCIETY. YOU CAME INTO THE BBC NEWSROOM TO HAVE A LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO MEET YOU THAT DAY... A DREAM COME TRUE. ...TO SEE HOW IT` BEST DAY EVER. WELL, TO SEE HOW IT WORKS. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF IT? AND DID YOU TAKE ANYTHING FROM THAT? IT'S CONTROLLED CHAOS. WHO KNEW? (LAUGHS) I MEAN, THE POTENTIAL FOR ABSOLUTE DISASTER AT EVERY MOMENT IS EXTRAORDINARY. DO YOU KNOW, I THINK SHE'S GOT A TASTE FOR IT. ENGLISH ACCENT: THIS IS BRIDGET JONES, REPORTING FOR THE BBC NEWS. BACK TO YOU, FIONA. (LAUGHS) SEVERAL DIFFERENT ENDINGS WERE FILMED FOR THE MOVIE, SO EVEN THE CAST DON'T KNOW HOW IT ENDS. IT OPENS HERE IN 3 WEEKS. JUST AHEAD ` WE'LL BE DIALLING 0900 WEATHER IN THE PURSUIT OF SOME CHEAP THRILLS. AND SCARING THE LIVING BEJESUS OUT OF PEOPLE FOR ONE OF OUR MOST TRUSTED AND LOVED ORGANISATIONS. FINALLY TONIGHT ` A STORY TO SCARE YOU OUT OF YOUR WITS RIGHT BEFORE NIGH-NIGHS. A MAN WITH A SCARY GIFT IS OPENING A HOUSE OF HORRORS TO MAKE MONEY FOR PLUNKET. WE DARED WELLINGTON SEVEN SHARP REPORTER REBECCA EDWARDS TO CHECK IT OUT. RUSTLING OMINOUS MUSIC IN JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS THIS EMPTY, EERIE WAREHOUSE HAS TRANSFORMED INTO SOMETHING NIGHTMARES ARE MADE OF. SCARY NOTE WE HAVE PEOPLE WET THEMSELVES. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE CODE BROWNS. HONESTLY? YES, YES, VERY MUCH SO. BANG! BUILDERS, ACTORS ` ALL OF THEM VOLUNTEERS ` I'M HOPING THAT THEY'RE GONNA GO HOME WITH NIGHTMARES AND NOT WANNA SLEEP AND LOOK UNDER THEIR BED BEFORE THEY GET IN. ARE BRINGING THE SPOOKY... GORGEOUS. ...AND THE DEAD TO LIFE. SCARY NOTE IT'S SO MUCH FUN ACTING AND SCARING PEOPLE. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS REALLY BAD. TAPPING THEY'RE ALL LED BY THIS GUY, RORY FOLEY,... I DO A CHAINSAW OR A VERY DERANGED DOCTOR. ...A TIMARU FARMER WHO'S A LITTLE OBSESSED WITH TERRIFYING PEOPLE ` ALL IN THE NAME OF RAISING MONEY FOR CHARITY, THIS TIME PLUNKET. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT PEOPLE WOULDN'T EXPECT. YOU WOULDN'T PUT BABIES AND HORROR HOUSES TOGETHER IN THE SAME SENTENCE (CHUCKLES) VERY OFTEN, SO IT'S GREAT. RORY'S SO GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES, NEXT MONTH HE'S EVEN RECEIVING A QUEEN'S SERVICE MEDAL FOR HIS FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. A PSYCHOTIC CLOWN THAT CHASES PEOPLE WITH A CHAINSAW ` YOU KNOW, (CHUCKLES) 'LET'S GIVE HIM AN AWARD. HE'LL BE FINE.' CREEPY LAUGHTER SO IF YOUR HEART'S UP FOR IT,... WE HAVE A LOTTA PEOPLE CRY. WE HAVE A LOTTA PEOPLE WHO HAVE NIGHTMARES FOR DAYS ON END, BUT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS ACTUALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR PLUNKET. OMINOUS MUSIC NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH THE BLUES BROTHERS. THE BLUES BROTHERS' 'SOUL MAN' FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON 'TONIGHT'. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY TOM PEDLAR AND SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.