HELLO. IT WAS A DAY OF THIRDS IN THE WEATHER TODAY. THE FAR SOUTH AND WEST, WE HAD AN ACTIVE FRONT MOVING IN WITH INCREASING CLOUD. IN THE MIDDLE, WE HAD HIGH PRESSURE AND LOTS OF SUNSHINE. AND IN THE FAR NORTH, IT WAS CLOUDY. IT WAS DRIZZLY. THE LEFTOVER FRONT. TOMORROW, THOUGH, WE PUT OUR EYES TO THE SOUTH. THE ACTIVE FRONT SPREADS NORTH. QUITE A FEW OF US WILL BE GRABBING THE RAINCOATS AS THE WETTER WEATHER SPREADS IN. ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF 1 NEWS, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. BILL CLINTON WAS ABUSIVE TO WOMEN. HILLARY CLINTON ATTACKED THOSE SAME WOMEN. WE'VE SEEN HIM INSULT WOMEN. WE'VE SEEN HIM RATE WOMEN ON THEIR APPEARACNCE. THE US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES GETS DOWN AND DIRTY. THE MUD FLIES AS TRUMP AND CLINTON GO HEAD TO HEAD ONCE AGAIN. JUST HOW LOW DID IT GO? AND HEADING TO COURT, THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING A KIWI WOMAN DURING A TINDER DATE ON THE GOLD COAST GOES ON TRIAL. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. IT WAS NO HOLDS BARRED. INSULTS WERE HURLED AND BITTER WORDS EXCHANGED AS HILLARY CLINTON AND DONALD TRUMP FACED OFF IN A FIERY PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, CONSIDERED THE NASTIEST IN U.S. HISTORY. TRUMP LAUNCHED A FEROCIOUS ATTACK ON HIS RIVAL AND HER HUSBAND, AS HE ATTEMPTED TO SAVE HIS STRUGGLING CAMPAIGN. THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE'S BEEN UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE AFTER THE RELEASE OF VIDEO WHICH SHOWED HIM MAKING VULGAR COMMENTS ABOUT WOMEN. BUT WAS HIS DEBATE PERFORMANCE ENOUGH TO SAVE HIM IN THE EYES OF VOTERS? JACK TAME, WHO'LL BE COVERING THE U.S. ELECTION FOR 1 NEWS, REPORTS. THE GLOVES WERE OFF BUT THE CANDIDATES WEREN'T SHAKING HANDS. AND WITHIN MINUTES, TRUMP WAS ASKED ABOUT THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE. YOU BRAGGED THAT YOU SEXUALLY ASSAULTED WOMEN. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? NO, I DIDN'T SAY THAT AT ALL. I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT. THIS WAS LOCKER ROOM TALK. I'M NOT PROUD OF IT. I APOLOGISED TO MY FAMILY. I APOLOGISED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. BUT THE DEBATE'S MODERATORS WEREN'T LETTING HIM GET AWAY YOU KNOW, WITH PRIOR REPUBLICAN NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENT, I DISAGREED WITH THEM ON POLITICS POLICIES, PRINCIPLES. BUT I NEVER QUESTIONED THEIR FITNESS TO SERVE. DONALD TRUMP IS DIFFERENT. IF YOU LOOK AT BILL CLINTON ` FAR WORSE. BILL CLINTON WAS ABUSIVE AGAINST WOMEN. ON THE PRESENTATION FRONT, TRUMP WAS TRUMP. HE KEPT SNIFFING. BUT HE ALSO LAUNCHED SOME EFFECTIVE, IF EXTREME, ATTACKS. IF I WIN, I AM GOING TO INSTRUCT MY AG TO GET A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO LOOK INTO YOUR SITUATION. IT'S JUST AWFULLY GOOD THAT SOMEONE WITH THE TEMPERAMENT OF DONALD TRUMP IS NOT IN CHARGE OF THE LAW IN OUR COUNTRY. BECAUSE YOU'D BE IN JAIL. CROWD CHEERS HILLARY CLINTON FOCUSED ON POLICY. TRUMP WAS THE FREE-WHEELING SHOWMAN. AT ONE STAGE, HE SAID HE AND HIS VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HADN'T EVEN DISCUSSED THEIR CAMPAIGN'S POSITION ON THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR. MY ARGUMENT IS NOT WITH HIS SUPPORTERS; IT'S WITH HIM! WE HAVE A DIVIDED NATION BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE HER, AND BELIEVE ME, SHE HAS TREMENDOUS HATRED IN HER HEART. THE DEBATE AT LEAST ENDED ON A POSITIVE NOTE. BOTH CANDIDATES WERE ASKED WHAT THEY RESPECT IN THEIR OPPONENT. I RESPECT HIS CHILDREN. HIS CHILDREN ARE INCREDIBLY ABLE AND DEVOTED. I THINK THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT DONALD. I WILL SAY THIS ABOUT HILLARY, SHE DOESN'T QUIT. SHE DOESN'T GIVE UP. I RESPECT THAT. THE FINAL DEBATE IS NEXT THURSDAY. AND JACK'S WITH US NOW. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF TRUMP'S PERFORMANCE? He had about the worst 48 hours heading into this debate that any campaign could imagine. With that in mind, he performed pretty well. Hillary Clinton eviscerated him in regards to his comments against women. Donald Trump labelled some attacks that would have delighted his core base. He brought up the Benghazi the attack and Hillary Clinton's tax plan. He was petulant at times which his supporters seem to love. He said the moderators were biased against him. He said it was a three versus one debate. In saying that, I think Hillary Clinton will be pleased with the state of the race at the moment. I don't think you would watch that and think Donald Trump would have stolen any of her voters. I think at this stage of the campaign, Hillary Clinton is the comfortable favourite to win the presidency. There are still several weeks to go. There are no sure things. I think team Clinton will be very happy with the state of things. THE NASTY TONE OF THE DEBATE WAS NO SURPRISE AFTER WEEKEND REVELATIONS FROM DONALD TRUMP'S PAST. THEY HAD SENIOR REPUBLICANS TURNING ON HIM, SAYING HE'S NOT FIT TO BE PRESIDENT. BUT AS REBECCA WRIGHT REPORTS, TRUMP IS FIGHTING ON. A STONY-FACED SHOW OF FORCE FROM THE TRUMP FAMILY, SQUARING OFF AGAINST THE CLINTONS ON THE SIDE OF THE SECOND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. I think it is clear to anyone who heard the video that it represents who he is. ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE, FOUR WOMEN WHO ACCUSE BILL CLINTON OF SEX CRIMES, FRESH FROM A PRESS CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY DONALD TRUMP. These for very courageous women have asked to be here. ANOTHER BIZARRE TURN ON THIS STRANGE JOURNEY. YES, TRUMP HAS COME OUT FIGHTING AFTER HIS CAMPAIGN SPIRALLED OUT OF CONTROL OVER COMMENTS IN WHICH HE BOASTS ABOUT FORCING HIMSELF UPON WOMEN. THE COMMENTS DESCRIBE SEXUAL ASSAULT. THEY'RE BEING CALLED VULGAR, DEGRADING, EGREGIOUS, OFFENSIVE, DEMEANING AND VILE ` AND THAT'S JUST FROM WITHIN TRUMPS OWN PARTY. I THINK IT'S DEGRADING TO OUR WOMEN, TO OUR DAUGHTERS, OUR GRANDDAUGHTERS, TO FUTURE GENERATIONS. REPUBLICAN HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN SAYS HE WAS SICKENED. CONDOLEEZZA RICE WROTE, AND CNN HAS UNEARTHED MORE QUESTIONABLE COMMENTS MADE BY TRUMP ABOUT HIS OWN DAUGHTER, IVANKA. AND THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES WHATEVER THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP MAY WANT, TRUMP IS GOING NOWHERE. THE TEFLON TYCOON HAS FIRMLY RULED OUT STANDING ASIDE, WHICH IF NOTHING ELSE WILL COME AS A RELIEF TO THE SATIRISTS ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. This was way back in 2005. It was 11 years ago, back when I was just a young, childish 59 year old man. TRUMP HAS BUILT HIS CAMPAIGN ON REMARKS WHICH WOULD HAVE ENDED MANY OTHERS ` CALLING MEXICANS RAPISTS OR PROPOSING BANNING MUSLIMS; HE MOCKED A DISABLED REPORTER AND EVEN TURNED ON A CRYING BABY. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO COME BACK FROM THIS ONE, GIVEN THAT IT'S COST HIM THE SUPPORT OF HIS PARTY. REBECCA WRIGHT, ONE NEWS. SO, WHAT'S THE VERDICT? WHO WON THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED CLASH? A CNN POLL OUT JUST IN THE PAST HOUR SHOWS 57% OF THOSE WATCHING THINK CLINTON WON TO 34% FOR TRUMP. INTERESTINGLY, ALMOST TWO OUT OF THREE DEBATE WATCHERS IN THE SCIENTIFIC SNAP POLL BELIEVE TRUMP DID BETTER THAN THEY EXPECTED. IT'S BEING CALLED QUEENSLAND'S BIGGEST TRIAL OF THE YEAR ` A LOCAL PLAYBOY ACCUSED OF MURDERING A NZ WOMAN DURING A TINDER DATE. WARRIENA WRIGHT DIED AFTER FALLING FROM A GOLD COAST HIGH-RISE APARTMENT IN 2014. GABLE TOSTEE WENT ON TRIAL TODAY FOR KILLING THE 26-YEAR-OLD FROM LOWER HUTT. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS WAS IN COURT IN BRISBANE AND JOINS US NOW. RUTH. Tostee was incredibly relaxed as he turned a pair in court today. He was dressed tidily. He chatted with his father. At one stage she was standing right next to me. Here's a really big guy. The only reaction we saw from him today was him shaking his head when the prosecuting lawyer read out a comment he made to Ms Wright. Her mother travelled over from New Zealand for the case. She became incredibly emotional in court. She eventually had to leave. SO WHAT WAS HEARD IN COURT TODAY, RUTH? Both sides presented the arguments to the Jerry today. The prosecution says although he didn't push off the balcony, locking her out the when she was drunk, the way she attempted to escape was her only option. They say there was no murder here, that he had a right to defend himself in his own home from his date. Her sister has finished giving her testimony. Now a neighbour of Tostee is talking about that night and the screen he heard as she fell. THE WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD IS REVIEWING ITS INVOLVEMENT IN THE TREATMENT OF ROSS BREMNER. POLICE BELIEVE THE MENTALLY TROUBLED BREMNER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A KILLING SPREE, STARTING WITH THE FATAL STABBING OF HIS MOTHER IN AN ATTACK WHICH ALSO LEFT HIS FATHER CRITICALLY INJURED IN THEIR OTOROHANGA HOME LAST TUESDAY. IT'S UNDERSTOOD HE THEN KILLED AN ELDERLY COUPLE IN THEIR KING COUNTRY HOME BEFORE TAKING HIS OWN LIFE. THE DHB CONFIRMED IT'D BEEN PROVIDING BREMNER WITH MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT SINCE 2003. AN INDEPENDENT PSYCHIATRIST WILL REVIEW HIS CASE. THE RISE IN THE COST OF CIGARETTES IS BEHIND A BIG SPIKE IN THE VIOLENT ROBBERIES OF SHOPS THAT SELL SMOKES AND TOBACCO. WHILE PETROL STATIONS ARE SPENDING MILLIONS ON MEASURES TO STOP THEFT, DAIRY OWNERS SAY THEY'RE FORCED TO DEFEND THEMSELVES WITH BATS AND MAKESHIFT WEAPONS. EMILY COOPER LOOKS AT THE SOARING CRIME DRIVEN BY BLACK-MARKET TOBACCO. RAM RAIDS ON PETROL STATIONS AND VIOLENT ATTACKS ON DAIRY OWNERS ARE OCCURRING MORE, AND THE CRIMINALS ARE USUALLY TARGETING ONE THING ` TOBACCO. WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS HUMAN SAFETY. A HUMAN'S LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN A PACKET OF CIGARETTES. NOW ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST SERVICE STATIONS IS TAKING EXTREME MEASURES ` INVESTING $8M INTO NEW CCTV AND EVEN LOOKING AT GPS TRACKING CHIPS IN TOBACCO PRODUCTS. IT SAYS IT'S SEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN ROBBERIES AND RAM RAIDS IN THE PAST YEAR, TARGETING TOBACCO. OUR STAFF ARE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. THAT'S THE CORE THING, SO WE WILL NEVER STOP TRYING TO STOP THESE GUYS. THE RISE IN COST OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS IS FUELLING A BLACK MARKET, SOME TAKING TO FACEBOOK'S MARKET PLACE TO SELL ITEMS. AND TOMORROW, FIVE PEOPLE FROM A GROUP OF 11 WILL BE BACK IN COURT, ACCUSED OF STEALING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS' WORTH OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS FROM A WELLINGTON FACTORY, WHICH WERE THEN SOLD ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THESE PICTURES, RELEASED BY POLICE, SHOW THE HAUL. AS LONG AS THERE'S A MARKET, PEOPLE WILL ATTEMPT TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS. THE DAIRY OWNERS ASSOCIATION ARE WORRIED IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. I THINK THE POLICE HAVE TO BE MORE PROACTIVE. I KNOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS ESCALATED THE PRIORITY OF BURGLARIES AND ROBBERIES, BUT I THINK THEY NEED TO DO MORE. POLICE ARE WARNING AGAINST DAIRY OWNERS DEFENDING THEMSELVES, AS SEEN HERE IN A HAWKE'S BAY DAIRY. IF YOU TAKE A SWING AT SOMEBODY WITH A HOCKEY STICK THAT YOU HAVE STASHED UNDER YOUR COUNTER, AND YOU MISS, AND THEY HAVE A GUN, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP YOU. RETAIL NZ SAYS MOST DAIRIES HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SELL TOBACCO. YOUR TYPICAL DAIRY OR SMALL GROCER DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. TOBACCO CAN OFTEN ACCOUNT FOR UP TO 60% OF TURNOVER, SO IT CAN BE QUITE SIGNIFICANT. BUT IT ALSO BRINGS SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR RETAILERS. SELLING SMOKES IS NOW DEEMED A DANGEROUS JOB. EMILY COOPER, 1 NEWS. SCHOOL'S BACK FOR TERM FOUR, AND SO IS THE FIGHT AGAINST A GOVERNMENT PROPOSAL TO FUND SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. TEACHERS' UNIONS TODAY LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT SO-CALLED GLOBAL FUNDING, WHICH THEY SAY IS A RETURN TO A FAILED MODEL. BUT THE GOVERNMENT CLAIMS THE WEAKEST STUDENTS WILL BENEFIT. KIM SAVAGE HAS MORE. ON TIME FOR THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW TERM, BUT IT'S NOT THE USUAL SCHOOL DROP-OFF. INSTEAD, THE START OF A CAMPAIGN TO GET THE EDUCATION MINISTER TO BACK OFF THE IDEA OF FUNDING ALL LEARNING OUT OF ONE POT. UNIONS SEEING A GLOBAL FUNDING PROPOSAL AS A RETURN TO THE FAILED BULK-FUNDING SYSTEM OF THE PAST. BOARDS AND PRINCIPALS HAVING TO MAKE SO MANY DIFFICULT DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER YOU CREATE MORE JOBS FOR PEOPLE OR BUY MORE RESOURCES. OUR SYSTEM IS NOT TO BE CASHED UP. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS FUNDING ON A PER-CHILD BASIS ALLOWS SCHOOLS FLEXIBILITY, AND EXTRA MONEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS AT RISK OF UNDERACHIEVING. BUT TEACHERS FEAR IT'LL MEAN... BULK FUNDING JUST DOESN'T WORK. I WAS JUST EXPLAINING TO MY DAUGHTER EXACTLY WHAT FUNDING CUTS MEAN, LIKE BIGGER CLASSROOMS, LESS TEACHERS, LESS RESOURCES. THE UNIONS HOPE THIS COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN WILL INFLUENCE WHAT THE MINISTER TAKES TO CABINET. THAT'LL HAPPEN SOMETIME IN THE NEXT MONTH, BUT THE MINISTER SAYS IT'S STILL EARLY DAYS. THERE'S NO INTENTION TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE FUNDING UNTIL ABOUT 2020, SO IT'S QUITE PREMATURE TO BE SO ACTIVELY OPPOSED. MY INTEREST IS HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT SCHOOLS GET THE FLEXIBILITY THEY NEED TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR THE ACTUAL KIDS AT THEIR SCHOOLS. THE NATIONWIDE TOUR WILL TAKE THREE WEEKS. BUT WHERE NEXT FOR EDUCATION FUNDING IS UP TO CABINET TO DECIDE. KIM SAVAGE, 1 NEWS. ANALYSTS WARN IT'S NOT A SILVER BULLET, BUT A RECORD LOW TURNOUT AT THE LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS HAS PROMPTED FRESH DEBATE OVER ONLINE VOTING. WOULD IT ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR SAY? NICOLE BREMNER INVESTIGATES. A WEEKEND OF BIG WINS CAME WITH A BIG DOWNSIDE ` A RECORD-LOW VOTER TURNOUT OF JUST 39.5%. LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLITICS JUST ISN'T THAT RELEVANT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT POLITICIANS STAND FOR. THEY DON'T TRUST THEM, AND THEY DISLIKE A LOT OF THEM. BUT OTHERS SAY THE OLD BALLOT BOX SYSTEM'S AT THE HEART OF THE PROBLEM THAT'S SEEN VOTER TURNOUT DROP AROUND 20% IN THE LAST TWO DECADES. AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S ONE OF SEVERAL NATIONWIDE PUSHING FOR ONLINE VOTING. WE DO EVERYTHING ONLINE THESE DAYS ` OUR BANKING, OUR SHOPPING. WHY NOT OUR VOTING? FEW COUNTRIES OFFER E-VOTING DUE TO PROBLEMS GUARANTEEING SECURITY. AUSTRALIAN OFFICIALS WERE LEFT RED-FACED IN AUGUST WHEN OVERSEAS HACKERS BREACHED THE NATION'S DIGITAL CENSUS, FORCING IT TO BE TAKEN DOWN. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. THE IRONY IS THAT PAPER VOTING SYSTEMS ARE NOT SAFE EITHER, AT ALL, AND THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO RORT THE SYSTEM THERE AS WELL. ONLINE VOTING'S AVAILABLE TO ALL CITIZENS IN INDIA AND ESTONIA, BUT IT'S RESTRICTED IN FRANCE AND NEW SOUTH WALES TO VOTERS WITH A DISABILITY, LIVING OVERSEAS OR IN ANOTHER PART OF THE COUNTRY. THE GOVERNMENT PULLED THE PLUG IN APRIL ON A TRIAL PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR INVOLVING EIGHT COUNCILS. THERE'S BEEN RESEARCH THAT'S COME OUT RECENTLY THAT SHOWS ONE IN FIVE NZERS HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF CYBER SECURITY, WE SHOULD BE WARY OF JUMPING IN TOO FAST, AND I THINK THE GOVERNMENT WAS RIGHT TO CANCEL THE TRIAL THEY WERE PLANNING. IT'S NOW UP THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THE NEXT MOVE. AUCKLAND COUNCIL HOPES IT'S IN TIME FOR A TRIAL TO PROCEED AT THE NEXT LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS IN 2019. NICOLE BREMNER, 1 NEWS. AND PHIL GOFF'S MAYORAL VICTORY IN AUCKLAND HAS TRIGGERED A BY-ELECTION IN MT ROSKILL THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON DECEMBER 3. PHIL GOFF HAS HELD THE SEAT SINCE 1999. COMING UP ` THOUSANDS TAKE TO THE STREETS TO PROTEST. THERE'S WIDESPREAD INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION AFTER AN AIR STRIKE ON A FUNERAL PARTY KILLS MORE THAN 140 PEOPLE. ALSO, HURRICANE MATTHEW CARVES A PATH OF DEADLY DESTRUCTION IN AMERICA'S SOUTH-EAST, BRINGING FLOODS AND LEAVING THOUSANDS IN NEED OF RESCUE. AND THEY MAY LOOK CUTE, BUT THESE WALLABIES ARE A GROWING PEST. WHY AUTHORITIES ARE GOING ALL OUT TO STOP THEIR SPREAD INTO OTAGO. 1 TENSE MUSIC (SIGHS) BEEPING, INDISTINCT SPEECH LOUD CLANGING CLATTERING CAR ALARM CHIRPS TENSE MUSIC SEVEN EASTERN EUROPEANS CAUGHT UP IN A PASSPORT FORGERY STING IN TONGA WANTED TO LIVE IN NZ, A COURT HAS HEARD TODAY. THE GROUP FROM GEORGIA, INCLUDING A CHILD, WERE ARRESTED IN TONGA AFTER ARRIVING THERE ON STOLEN GREEK PASSPORTS. ATTORNEY GENERAL AMINIASI KEFU TOLD THE KINGDOM'S MAGISTRATE'S COURT THE GROUP HAD FAKE PASSPORTS, AS GREEK CITIZENS DON'T NEED A VISA TO ENTER NZ. THE SIX ADULTS WILL REAPPEAR IN COURT LATER THIS MONTH. THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS OF YEMEN'S CAPITAL AFTER AN AIR STRIKE KILLED MORE THAN 140 PEOPLE AT A FUNERAL CEREMONY. A COALITION OF ARAB COUNTRIES LED BY THE SAUDIS HAS BEEN TARGETING REBELS IN YEMEN FOR THE PAST 18 MONTHS. IN THE WAKE OF THE ATTACK, AMERICA NOW SAYS ITS REVIEWING ITS SUPPORT FOR THE COALITION. WITH MORE HERE'S THE BBC'S ORLA GUERIN. RUMBLING DENSE, BLACK SMOKE BILLOWS FROM WHAT WAS A FUNERAL HOLE PACKED WITH CIVILIANS. A GLIMPSE OF SURVIVORS TRYING TO FLEE, THEN THIS ` WHOOSH! BOOM! A SECOND STRIKE. THIS VIDEO APPEARS TO SHOW HOW THE FUNERAL OF ONE MAN BECAME THE SLAUGHTER OF MANY. CLAMOURING IN THE WRECKAGE, A RUSH TO HELP THE VICTIMS, BOMBED AS THEY PAID THEIR LAST RESPECTS TO THE FATHER OF A HOUTHI REBEL OFFICIAL. TRANSLATOR: WE CAME HERE AFTER THE FIRST HIT HAPPENED. WHILE WE ARE TRYING TO HELP THE SURVIVORS AND GET THE PEOPLE OUT, THE SECOND HIT HAPPENED. IT CREATED A MASSACRE. SIREN WAILS RESCUERS AT THE SCENE SAID THE AIR STRIKES LEFT A LAKE OF BLOOD. YEMEN'S CONFLICT ESCALATED IN SEPTEMBER 2014, WHEN THE HOUTHI REBELS, WHO ARE ALLIED WITH IRAN, SEIZED CONTROL OF THE CAPITAL, SANAA. IN MARCH LAST YEAR, THE SAUDIS AND THEIR ALLIES BEGAN ATTACKING THE HOUTHIS WITH A CONTROVERSIAL BOMBING CAMPAIGN. THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS MORE THAN 4000 CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE THEN. MOST IN AIR STRIKES BY THE SAUDI-LED COALITION. SAUDI ARABIA HAS PROMISED TO INVESTIGATE THE STRIKE, BUT IT HAS ACQUITTED ITSELF IN PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEGUN AN IMMEDIATE REVIEW OF ITS SUPPORT FOR THE SAUDI COALITION. AND IN LONDON, THE DEFENCE SECRETARY, MICHAEL FALLON, SAID IF CIVILIANS WERE DELIBERATELY TARGETED, BRITISH ARMS SALES TO SAUDI ARABIA WOULD BE REVIEWED. AND THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL, BAN KI-MOON, HAS CALLED FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK ON CIVILIANS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. HAITI HAS BEGUN A PERIOD OF NATIONAL MOURNING AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW LEFT ALMOST A THOUSAND DEAD AND A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION. MATTHEW'S LAST ACT WAS TO ROAR UP AMERICA'S EAST COAST, KILLING AT LEAST 20 AND DEVASTATING HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITIES. ABC'S MATT GUTMAN REPORTS. MATTHEW'S FINAL PUNCH BASHING THE COAST WITH A LAST DOSE OF WIND, RAIN AND FIRE. THIS HOUSE ENGULFED IN HATTERAS. THE RAIN SWAMPING FAYETTEVILLE. 14 INCHES THERE ` A THIRD OF ITS AVERAGE ANNUAL RAIN FALLING IN HOURS. OUR STATE IS FACING MAJOR DESTRUCTION AND, SADLY, LOSS OF LIFE. THE STORM HAS CLAIMED AT LEAST 20 LIVES, AND IN NORTH CAROLINA, OVER 1000 WATER RESCUES. THE WATER COVERING A CANYON INTO THIS ROAD. THIS WOMAN'S CAR WAS SUBMERGED. AS RESCUERS APPROACH, NOTICE THAT BUNDLE UNDER HER ARM. CHILD CRIES WOMAN: OH, COME ON, SWEETIE. IT'S HER BABY, SCOOPED TO SAFETY BY RESCUERS. IN SO MANY PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA, IT WAS THE RAIN THAT CREATED ALL OF THAT FLOODING, BUT HERE ALONG THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES, IT'S THAT WIND PUSHING THAT STORM SURGE ON TO LAND, CREATING A WATER WORLD IN EVERY DIRECTION. MILLIONS ARE WITHOUT POWER ACROSS THE SOUTH. THE HOWLING STORM BLEW TRANSFORMERS AND RIPPED DOWN POWER LINES IN A FLOOD-BATTERED CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. IN FLORIDA, THEY'RE STILL ASSESSING THE DAMAGE AFTER MATTHEW RAKED PAST IT. AND NOW THE WATER'S JUST OVER. BACK HERE IN NAGS HEAD, WE MET BLAKE SMITH. YOU CAN SEE IT'S A GOOD THREE INCHES ABOVE THE BASEBOARD HERE. AND WE ACCOMPANIED HIM TO SALVAGE WHAT'S LEFT OF HIS HOME FOR HIS WIFE AND TWO TODDLERS. I FEEL LIKE I CAN'T COLLECT MY THOUGHTS, YOU KNOW. YEAH. SO MY MIND'S KINDA RACING. ACROSS THE TASMAN, VICTORIA HAS BEEN SLAMMED BY HIGH WINDS, AS BAD WEATHER CONTINUES TO BATTER THE STATE. A 50-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS KILLED WHEN THIS TREE CRASHED THROUGH HER ROOF IN MILLGROVE, NEAR MELBOURNE. MORE THAN 100,000 HOMES WERE LEFT WITHOUT POWER AFTER WINDS BROUGHT DOWN TRANSMISSION LINES. THERE ARE ALSO MAJOR FLOOD ALERTS FOR MUCH OF THE STATE'S NORTH. WEATHER TIME NOW. DAN IS HERE, AND A MIX OF WEATHER ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY, BUT DOWN SOUTH SOME AMAZING SKIES. Take a look at this shot. Strong winds and mid-level moisture create this. Quite a shot from Southland. It is the strong winds of the approaching with the system wobbling over the Ranges Foehn norwester gives you the 20s. A bit more cloud. Cloudy and wet in some spots but doing pretty well. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ STILL TO COME ` THE HUNT FOR WALLABIES IS ON. IT'S FEARED IF THEY'RE LEFT UNCHECKED, THEY COULD INVADE UP TO A THIRD OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THE SECOND US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND HILLARY CLINTON WAS A BLISTERING CONFRONTATION AT TIMES. TRUMP ATTACKED HILLARY ON HER HUSBAND'S SEX SCANDALS AND SAID HE WOULD SEE CLINTON IN JAIL. WHILE HILLARY CLINTON SAID TRUMP WAS UNFIT TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT AFTER HIS REMARKS ABOUT GROPING WOMEN. AND THE TRIAL OF GABLE TOSTEE, WHO IS ACCUSED OF MURDERING A KIWI WOMAN ON THE GOLD COAST, HAS BEGUN. HE'S ALLEGED TO HAVE KILLED WARRIENA WRIGHT AFTER MEETING HER ON THE DATING APP TINDER. A COURT HEARD THE LOWER HUTT WOMAN WAS SO SCARED OF TOSTEE SHE DIED TRYING TO CLIMB OFF THE BALCONY OF HIS 14TH FLOOR APARTMENT. HOMELESSNESS IS COSTING NZ $250M A YEAR, ACCORDING TO AN OPPOSITION PARTY INQUIRY INTO THE HOUSING CRISIS. MPS FROM LABOUR, GREENS AND THE MAORI PARTY SAY IT WOULD BE CHEAPER TO FIX THE PROBLEM. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD WITH THIS. HOMELESS KIWIS TELLING THEIR STORIES ON A DAY SHINING THE LIGHT ON HOMELESSNESS AROUND THE WORLD. I'M SICK OF LIVING THIS LIFE. I WANT TO BECOME HOUSED. I WANT TO BECOME FINANCIALLY STABLE. AND THE FACE OF THOSE HELPING THE HOMELESS SAYS THE ISSUE IS TOO EASY TO DISMISS. THIS THING CALLED HOMELESSNESS HAS TOO MANY NAMES ` ROTTEN TEETH, FAMILY VIOLENCE, SHAME. THE WORDS ACTUALLY GO ON AND ON AND ON. FOR THREE AND A HALF MONTHS, TE PUEA MARAE HELPED 181 PEOPLE FIND A HOME, SOME OF THEM AMONG THE 500 PEOPLE WHO SPOKE TO MPS FROM LABOUR, GREENS AND THE MAORI PARTY ABOUT THE HOUSING CRISIS. IF THE GOVERNMENT OVERLOOKS THIS OR IGNORES IT, THEY ARE IGNORING THE HUNDREDS OF NZERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS. THE OPPOSITION INQUIRY REPORTED BACK TODAY WITH 20 RECOMMENDATIONS, INCLUDING EXPANDING THE HOUSING FIRST PROGRAMME THAT SEES PEOPLE CONTINUE TO GET SUPPORT ONCE THEY'VE BEEN HOUSED. IT SAYS IT COSTS $65,000 PER PERSON TO HELP THE ESTIMATED 4200 ON THE STREET. THAT'S $250M A YEAR. I'D HAVE TO DIG IN TO WHERE THEY'VE GOT THOSE FIGURES FROM. THIS IS AN OPPOSITION INQUIRY, AND WHILE THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HAVE TO ACT ON IT, THE SOCIAL HOUSING MINISTER SAYS 17 OF THE 20 RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE, AND SHE'S ALSO WILLING TO LOOK AT RAISING THE ACCOMMODATION SUPPLEMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS. IT GOES RIGHT BACK TO 2005 LEVELS, AND THERE'S NO WAY RENT IS STILL IN LINE WITH THAT. BUT FOR ANYONE WHO THINKS THE PROBLEM IS ANYWHERE CLOSE TO BEING SOLVED... THERE'S A TRICKLE, BUT STILL PEOPLE COMING THROUGH TO THE MARAE, LOOKING FOR SOME SORT OF SUPPORT. ...THAT MESSAGE IS THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE TO BE DONE. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. THE THREATS POSED BY WALLABIES MOVING TO NEW TERRITORY ARE FORCING THE OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL TO ACT QUICKLY BEFORE NUMBERS GET OUT OF CONTROL. THE INTRODUCED PESTS ARE BEING FOUND IN AREAS OF CENTRAL OTAGO, AND THERE'S SPECULATION SOMEBODY MAY HAVE PUT THEM THERE ON PURPOSE. HERE'S MARK HATHAWAY. THE HUNT FOR WALLABIES IS ON, AND THE FIRST KILL HAS ALREADY BEEN CHALKED UP. WALLABY BOUNCED ACROSS THE ROAD IN FRONT OF ME FROM THE OTHER SIDE, ENDED UP IN THIS PADDOCK HERE, SO I HIGHTAILED THE FENCE AND NAILED IT. THE MARSUPIALS, INTRODUCED TO NZ IN THE 1870s FOR HUNTING, HAVE LONG HAD A POPULATION IN SOUTH CANTERBURY. BUT WITH ANIMALS BEING DISCOVERED HUNDREDS OF KILOMETRES AWAY IN CENTRAL OTAGO, THE OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL ARE SPENDING NEARLY $300,000 TO WORK OUT WHERE THEY ARE. THAT SORT OF SIGN THERE CERTAINLY INDICATES THAT THERE'S BEEN AN ANIMAL HERE. WITH WALLABIES POTENTIALLY LIVING IN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HECTARES OF COUNTRYSIDE, FINDING THEM IS NO EASY TASK. AUTHORITIES ARE CALLING ON LANDOWNERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO REPORT ANY SIGNS OR SIGHTINGS IMMEDIATELY. UNDER THE OTAGO PEST PLAN, WALLABY SIGHTINGS MUST BE REPORTED WITHIN 48 HOURS. WITH THREE WALLABIES EATING AS MUCH VEGETATION AS A SINGLE SHEEP, COMPARISONS TO THE RABBIT ISSUE IN THESE PARTS HAS FARMERS WORRIED. THE WALLABY'S A WHOLE NEW THREAT TO US. EXPERTS SAY SNUFFING OUT A POPULATION EARLY IS KEY. THE MODELLING SHOWS THAT THEY COULD OCCUPY AROUND 30% OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THERE'S ENOUGH SUITABLE HABITAT THAT THEY COULD KEEP SPREADING. AND THE SUDDEN DISCOVERY OF THE PESTS HERE HAS SPURNED SPECULATION THEY'RE BEING RELEASED INTENTIONALLY. WE HOPE THAT THE HUMAN ELEMENT, SO TO SPEAK, IS NOT OUT THERE, COS THAT WOULD BE A DEVASTATING BLOW TO FARMING AROUND HERE. ANYONE FOUND DELIBERATELY RELEASING WALLABIES FACES A POTENTIAL FINE OF UP TO $100,000 AND/OR FIVE YEARS' IMPRISONMENT. MARK HATHAWAY, 1 NEWS ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE INQUEST HAS STARTED INTO THE DEATH OF AUSTRALIAN CRICKETER PHILLIP HUGHES. MORE FROM THE HUGHES INQUEST NEXT. ALSO TONIGHT, THE ALL BLACKS COACH GIVES A HINT TO THE FUTURE, AS A CRACK AT A WORLD RECORD AWAITS. PLUS ` A DRAMATIC END TO BATHURST. THE RACE RESULT IS STILL UNDER PROTEST. WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE THE KIWIS? AND INDIA RACKED UP THE RUNS WITH A FEW BREAKS. CAN THE BLACK CAPS DO THE SAME? MOTOR RACING'S BATHURST 1000 HAS ONCE AGAIN LIVED UP TO ALL THE HYPE TO DELIVER ONE OF THE MORE MEMORABLE RACES IN RECENT YEARS. BUT THE BATTLE IS STILL GOING. AFTER AN INCIDENT PACKED FINISH, AUSTRALIAN WILL DAVISON CLAIMED A DRAMATIC WIN, WITHOUT OFFICIALLY LEADING A LAP. BUT WILL THE RESULT STAND? JOHN MCKENZIE EXPLAINS. THERE'S A REASON BATHURST'S CALLED 'THE GREAT RACE'. HE DOES. HE'S INTO THE SIDE OF HIM. BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT THE FIRST 150 LAPS BRING, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO GET DRAMA INSIDE THE FINAL 10. BUT LOOK AT THIS. OH NO! THEY'RE ALL GONE! AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR KIWI DRIVER SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN AND AUSTRALIAN GARTH TANDER,... YOU'RE KIDDING ME. ...THIS DRAMA MEANT THEIR BATHURST DREAM WAS OVER. I'M SO GUTTED, BECAUSE IT'S MY LAST YEAR OF GRM, AND I REALLY WANTED TO WIN IT FOR GAZ. HE WAS THE GUY WHO GAVE ME MY SHOT, AND I THOUGHT TODAY WAS THE DAY. WHINCUP STARTED IT ALL, SO THEY PROBABLY SHOULD LOOK AT THAT. RACE ORGANISERS DID LOOK AT IT, SLAPPING THE FOUR-TIME WINNER WITH A 15-SECOND PENALTY FOR HIS PART IN THE CRASH, MOVING HIS FIRST PLACE FINISH BACK TO 11TH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I JUST WENT OUT THERE AND RACED HARD. A CASE OF RIGHT PLACE AND TIME FOR WILL DAVISON, WHO WAS THEN ABLE TO CLAIM HIS SECOND WIN OF THE GREAT RACE WITH AN EMPTY TANK. I KNEW IF I LIFTED TO SAVE ANY MORE FUEL, I KNEW SHANE WAS GOING TO BE IN THERE. IT COUGHED INTO THE LAST CORNER. I RAN OUT OF FUEL AS I CROSSED THE LINE. JAMIE WHINCUP'S TEAM, THOUGH, HAVE SINCE APPEALED, SAYING HE TRIED TO REDRESS HIS MISTAKE AND BRAKED TO ALLOW MCLAUGHLIN TO RETURN TO HIS ORIGINAL POSITION BEFORE THE FIRST NUDGE. TYRES SQUEAL OPINION'S CLEARLY SPLIT ON THAT ONE. HE SAYS THAT THE MOVE WAS ON, BUT YOU GOTTA PULL IT UP TO MAKE THE MOVE ON, AND HE DIDN'T. I WAS HAPPY TO READRESS, BUT TWO CARS WEREN'T THERE TO READDRESS. A DATE IS YET TO BE SET FOR WHINCUP'S APPEAL, NOT THAT IT SEEMED TO BOTHER THE WINNERS AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE. NO, NO, WE'RE NOT NERVOUS AT ALL. I MEAN, THEY'LL APPEAL, MAYBE, TO GET SOMETHING CHANGED, BUT IN TERMS OF OUR WIN, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S FINAL. FOR NOW, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO CELEBRATE A FAMOUS WIN,... ONE WIN THEY HOPE WON'T GET OVERTURNED. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. SLEDGING IN CRICKET HAS COME UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF THE INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF FORMER AUSTRALIAN TEST PLAYER PHILLIP HUGHES. HUGHES' PARENTS ARE AT THE HEARING INTO THEIR SON'S DEATH, KILLED AFTER BEING STRUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE NECK BY A BOUNCER IN A SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH TWO YEARS AGO. THE CORONER'S COURT HEARD THAT OPPOSITION PLAYER DOUG BOLLINGER ALLEGEDLY UTTERED THE SLEDGE 'I'M GOING TO KILL YOU', BEFORE THE BALL THAT STRUCK HUGHES. BOLLINGER DENIES THE CLAIM. Phillip's family have expressed concerns. The are concerned about some comments. THE COURT ALSO HEARD THE FAMILY WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF SHORT BALLS, OR BOUNCERS, PITCHED AT HUGHES ON THE AFTERNOON HE DIED. THE BLACKCAPS OPENERS HAVE MADE A SOLID START ON DAY THREE OF THE THIRD TEST AGAINST INDIA. BOTH TOM LATHAM AND MARTIN GUPTIL SURVIVED EARLY CHANCES. CATCH! OH, DROPPED IT. WENT FLYING TO HIM BUT CHANCE NONE THE LESS. IN THE AIR. JUST SHORT. HE WAS PLACED PRECISLEY FOR THAT. UNDER FIRE, GUPTIL ANSWERING HIS CRITICS, BRINGING UP A HALF CENTURY. A SHORT TIME AGO, NZ NOW 117 WITHOUT LOSS IN REPLY TO INIDA'S 557. ALL BLACKS COACH STEVE HANSEN HAS GIVEN A CLEAR INDICATION HE'LL TAKE A ROOKIE OR TWO ON THE UPCOMING TOUR TO THE US AND EUROPE. THAT MEANS THE DOOR IS OPEN FOR A COUPLE OF NEW CAPS FROM THE CURRENT PROVINCIAL COMPETITION. AT THE SAME TIME, THE ALL BLACKS HAVE AN EYE ON FINISHING THE HOME TEST SEASON ON A HIGH, AS THEY FLY BACK FROM SOUTH AFRICA. NEVER ONE TO GET CARRIED AWAY, THE BOSS HAD HIS FEET FIRMLY ON THE GROUND BEFORE TAKING OFF FROM DURBAN. THIS GROUP'S PRETTY HONEST WITH ITSELF, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KEEP REMINDING YOURSELF ABOUT THE INCONVENIENT FACTS, AND THAT KEEPS YOU GROUNDED. LIKE, THE GAME YESTERDAY, WHILST IT WAS PRETTY SPECTACULAR, IT WASN'T PERFECT. HANSEN SAYS HE WANTED THE PLAYERS TO BE MORE CLINICAL IN THE FIRST HALF, AND THERE IS STILL PLENTY TO WORK ON. THE SQUAD WILL GET BACK TOGETHER ON TUESDAY NEXT WEEK TO PREPARE FOR THE THIRD BLEDISLOE, GIVING MOST OF THE PLAYERS AN EXTRA COUPLE OF DAYS OFF. THEY KEY THING WE'VE GOTTA DO IS GET HOME AND RECOVER. THE EDEN PARK TEST NEXT WEEK SIGNALS A CHANCE TO KNOCK OFF MORE MILESTONES. REMEMBER LAST YEAR? IT'S 30 YEARS SINCE THE WALLABIES LAST WON IN AUCKLAND ` SEPTEMBER THE 6TH 1986. JUST THREE OF THE CURRENT ALL BLACKS WERE BORN THEN. IF WE GET THE PERFORMANCE SIDE OF IT RIGHT AND OUR PREPARATION, YOU KNOW, THE RECORDS TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. SO I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST DRIVER ` PLAYING WELL AND NOT DROPPING A GAME ANYWHERE. MEANWHILE, THE ALL BLACKS WILL TAKE AN ENLARGED SQUAD OF 36 TO THE US AND EUROPE IN JUST A FEW WEEKS. MOST NAMES ARE LOCKED IN, BUT ONE OR TWO PROVINCIAL NEW CAPS COULD ALSO BE ON THE FLIGHT. THERE'S SOME GUYS HERE PUTTING THEIR HAND UP. BUT FIRST, IT'S TIME TO TAKE AIM AT THE AUSTRALIANS AGAIN, WHO BEAT ARGENTINA YESTERDAY IN A FREE-FLOWING, OFTEN FIERY MATCH IN LONDON. A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK STEVE HANSEN HAS BEEN OBSERVING. YEAH, HAD A LOOK AT THEM AS WELL. BORING, EH? THEY PLAYED PRETTY GOOD, I THOUGHT. HOMEWARD BOUND, WITH THE LAST BLEDISLOE INSTALMENT AND A CERTAIN RECORD NEXT ON THE LIST. A WORLD TITLE FIGHT IN AUCKLAND BETWEEN JOSEPH PARKER AND ANDY RUIZ 'SHOULD GO AHEAD', ACCORDING TO THE TRAINER OF CURRENT WORLD BOXING CHAMPION TYSON FURY. PETER FURY, TYSON'S UNCLE AND TRAINER, SAYS WHILE HIS NEPHEW STRUGGLES WITH DEPRESSION AND DRUG ISSUES, THE SPORT SHOULD MOVE ON. I THINK THE TITLE SHOULDN'T BE HELD UP. I THINK WHEN TYSON'S OUT FOR MEDICAL REASONS, THEN THE TITLES SHOULD BE FREED UP AND LET PEOPLE FIGHT FOR THEM ` WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO, WHOEVER'S IN LINE. AND I THINK TYSON SHOULD BE HELD IN REGARD SO WHEN HE DOES COME BACK TO BOX, HE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO MOVE STRAIGHT INTO POSITION TO FIGHT FOR THOSE WORLD TITLES. RUIZ'S PROMOTERS ALSO STATING THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THE WBO FIGHT IN JANUARY, RATHER THAN THE PARKER CAMP'S PREFERENCE FOR DECEMBER. THE SILVER FERNS HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS TO TURN THINGS AROUND AFTER A RECORD DEFEAT AT THE HANDS OF AUSTRALIA IN THE FIRST CONSTELLATION CUP TEST. AUSTRALIA POSTED THEIR HIGHEST TALLY AGAINST THE FERNS IN THE 68-56 WIN IN SYDNEY. THE WIN, SPEARHEADED BY CAITLIN BASSETT, UNTOUCHABLE IN THE CIRCLE WITH A PERFECT SHOOTING PERCENTAGE, 47 GOALS FROM 47 ATTEMPTS. BASSETT HAS GOT A HOT HAND. SHE IS IN THE ZONE. THE FERNS MADE SEVEN POSITIONAL CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE GAME BUT WERE NEVER ABLE TO SHUT DOWN THE FLOW OF POSSESSION. THE TEAMS HEAD TO TASMANIA FOR GAME TWO ON WEDNESDAY. IT'S NOW ALMOST THREE MONTHS SINCE FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPION LEWIS HAMILTON TOPPED THE PODIUM. THE CONTINUING LACK OF SUCCESS HAS PUT A BIG DENT IN HIS HOPES OF RETAINING THE TITLE. THE LATEST ROUND IN JAPAN WAS JUST ANOTHER FRUSTRATING DAY FOR THE BRIT. HERE'S THE BBC'S NICK PARROTT. LEWIS HAMILTON COULD BARELY HIDE HIS DISAPPOINTMENT THAT HIS TITLE APPEARS TO HAVE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS. AFTER VICTORY IN JAPAN, NICO ROSBERG ONLY NEEDS TO FINISH SECOND AT THE FOUR REMAINING RACES TO TAKE THE BRITAIN'S CROWN. HAMILTON'S HOPES SLIPPED AWAY AT THE START. HE'S STRUGGLED TO MAKE GOOD GETAWAYS ALL SEASON BUT WOULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED HE'D HAVE ONE AS BAD AS THIS, AS HE DROPPED FROM SECOND TO EIGHTH. SORRY, GUYS. DON'T STRESS, LEWIS. THE SOOTHING WORDS APPEARED TO HELP. HE JUMPED TWO PLACES DURING THE OPENING ROUND OF PIT STOPS, THEN, IN ONE BREATH-TAKING LAP, PASSED ANOTHER THREE CARS. HE GOT THE BETTER OF SEBASTIAN VETTEL, AFTER HIS FINAL PIT STOP, AND PUSHED TO THE LIMIT TO CATCH MAX VERSTAPPEN. BUT SECOND PLACE WAS BEYOND HIM, AND, BY THE LOOK OF THINGS, SO IS THE TITLE. ROSBERG'S NINTH WIN OF THE SEASON SECURED MERCEDES THE CONSTRUCTORS' CHAMPIONSHIP, AND A 33-POINT LEAD OVER HAMILTON IS SURELY A KNOCK-OUT BLOW. ALSO COMING UP TONIGHT ` ALSO COMING UP TONIGHT ` PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY THEY WANT TO VOTE FOR A CHANGE. BUT WILL THEY VOTE FOR SOMEONE WHO'S DIFFERENT? (KNOCKS AT DOOR) PLUS ` IF THE DONALD TURNED THIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN INTO A CONTACT SPORT, IS IT TIME TO START WATCHING IT LIKE ONE? AND TO SEE THIS GUY IN ACTION, YOU'D NEVER GUESS HE HAD TO HAVE TWO ROUNDS OF MAJOR SURGERY TO GET HERE. SEE YOU AT 7. CROWD CHEERS It's a bit windy down there. Well, it's all that hot air coming across from Wellington, isn't it? Come on, Jasmine! CROWD CHEERS WHISTLE BLOWS, CROWD CHEERS UPBEAT MUSIC WE KEEP WITH THE ACTIVE SPRING WEATHER. WE START WITH AN ACTIVE FRONT. TWO DIFFERENT AREAS OF CLOUD. AN UPPER TROUGH HERE. THIS SECTION IS DAWDLING HERE. STRONGER WINDS DOWN SOUTH. CAN YOU BELIEVE WE MAY SEE SOME SNOW? THE HIGH GETS A BIT OF A SQUEEZE. HEAVY RAIN IN THE DARKER BLUE THE NORTH ISLAND SHOULD SEE GOOD CONVERGING WINDS. THERE'S THE FRONT. SOME SCATTERED FALLS, PERHAPS AS FAR NORTH AS CHRISTCHURCH. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ That is the rollercoaster ride of our spring weather. That is one news.