IT'S MIDDAY FRIDAY 14TH OCTOBER. A FIGHTER WITH A HUGE HEART ` WE REMEMBER HELEN KELLY. TRUMP SAYS THE COMMENTS ABOUT HIM BEING A SEX PEST ARE HURTFUL, BUT THE NEWSPAPER THAT FIRED THE SHOTS STICKS BY ITS STORIES. AND HE'S ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS OF OUR TIME, SO WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE UPSET BOB DYLAN'S BEEN GIVEN A PRESTIGIOUS ACCOLADE RESERVED FOR LITERARY GREATS? DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. KUA NGU TE REO O TE MANU KOROKI ` AN OUTSPOKEN VOICE HAS BEEN SILENCED. LONG-TIME TRADE UNIONIST HELEN KELLY IS BEING REMEMBERED TODAY AS A GUTSY AND PRINCIPLED FIGHTER AFTER LOSING HER BATTLE WITH CANCER. REPORTER RYAN BOSWELL JOINS US NOW FROM WELLINGTON, WHERE MANY HEARTFELT TRIBUTES ARE POURING IN FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. RYAN, WHAT IS BEING SAID ABOUT HELEN KELLY? Good afternoon. THERE ARE TRIBUTES FROM ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM TODAY. She was well and truly respected by all sides, but especially the people on the ground, the people who she helped. She was the workers worker. She was on call all the time, day and night. She was standing on a picket line with meat workers, or someone out, since 5 AM. Very sad. She will leave a huge gap. She was a fierce champion for New Zealanders rights. She was a warrior. That was Andrew Little. Prime Minister John key has also put al so paid tribute. We have been inundated with messages of support. She has been described as a relentless advocate THIS LATE-EDITED ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. Helen Kelly lived her life on the front line. She was relentless and her fight the workers right from a young age. I had a paper run at age 10, and never stopped working. She followed in her Unionist father's footsteps. She also had a son. In 2007, she became the first woman to lead the Council of trade unions. She took on the national government over employment law changes. She also had a stand-off with Peter Jackson. People should be able to negotiate the terms and conditions. Can I just say that most New Zealanders are disgusted by the union this week. It became deeply personal when 29 men were killed in a mine explosion. She stood by the families as they fought for tougher health and safety laws. She did the same for those who have lost loved ones on the farm and in the forest. Last year, she married her partner of 12 years. She had lung cancer, even though she had never smoked. Her illness forced her to give up the union's top job, but her battle was far from over. I think we have a long way to go to human rights in this country. I just take medical marijuana at night. It is an amazing thing. The battle was never to tough for this person. Funeral plans are still being organised. Thousands of people are expected to attend. Those plans are still being organised, and are expected to be released in the next day or so. THANKS, RYAN. ONE PERSON REMAINS IN A CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER WHAT POLICE ARE DESCRIBING AS A LARGE FIGHT IN SOUTH AUCKLAND OVERNIGHT. ZAC FLEMING IS AT THE SCENE. ZAC, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? The fight broke out here just after 10 PM last night. The police are still here, conducting investigations. It is believed around 30 youths were involved. Some of them used weapons. One person is in a critical condition in hospital. There are a number of cars were smashed windows, which police are looking at carefully. A shopkeeper told us that at the time of the fight, she saw a number of youths walking around, one with a baseball bat. In August, 100 high school students were involved in a mass brawl. We will bring you more on this later on today on our website. SOME FARMERS SAY THEY'RE AT BREAKING POINT AFTER WEEKS OF WET WEATHER IN PARTS OF THE WAIKATO AND THE HAURAKI PLAINS. FARMERS 1 NEWS HAS SPOKEN TO SAY RAIN LEVELS ARE THE HIGHEST THEY'VE EXPERIENCED IN ALMOST 12 YEARS. AND DESPITE FONTERRA'S OPTIMISTIC MILK-PRICE FORECAST, FARMERS SAY THE WET WEATHER'S TAKING ITS TOLL. WHILE PRODUCTION IS SUFFERING AT THE MOMENT, YOU KNOW, IN THE HAURAKI AREA, I THINK IT'S JUST AROUND 6%, PROBABLY LOWER THAN THAT AT THE MOMENT, SO IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT. IN THE PAST MONTH, WAIKATO RECEIVED ALMOST 260MM OF RAIN. THE MURDER TRIAL OF ALEXANDER MERRITT, ACCUSED OF KILLING DUNEDIN WOMAN KARIN ANN ROSS, HAS BEEN DELAYED. THE COURT WAS EXPECTING TO HEAR CLOSING ARGUMENTS FROM THE DEFENCE AND PROSECUTION. HOWEVER, JUDGE NICOLAS DAVIDSON ANNOUNCED THAT TWO JURORS WERE "INDISPOSED" AND THERE WOULD BE NO PROCEEDINGS TODAY. HE EXPECTED THE CASE WOULD CONTINUE ON MONDAY. MERRITT HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO MURDERING ROSS IN A DUNEDIN CAR PARK LAST DECEMBER. A YEAR-LONG PERIOD OF MOURNING IS UNDER WAY IN THAILAND, AFTER THE COUNTRY'S LONG-SERVING AND MUCH-REVERED KING HAS DIED AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. MOURNERS HAVE GATHERED OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL IN BANGKOK, WHERE KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ DIED AT THE AGE OF 88. HE WAS THE WORLD'S LONGEST-REIGNING MONARCH, RULING FOR SEVEN DECADES. THE BBC'S JONATHAN HEAD REPORTS. IT WAS A MOMENT EVERYONE HERE KNEW WAS COMING BUT FEw HAD WANTED TO ACCEPT ` THE LONG-EXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE PALACE, THAT THE KING WHO HAD REIGNED AND INSPIRED THEM FOR 70 YEARS HAD DIED. STILL, THE CRY WENT OUT ` 'LONG LIVE THE KING!' BUT HE'D GONE. WELL, WE'VE SEEN AN INTENSELY EMOTIONAL REACTION HERE TO THE NEWS OF KING BHUMIBOL'S DEATH. THE UNQUESTIONED REVERENCE FOR THE MONARCHY IN THAILAND IS NOT WHAT IT WAS, BUT THE EMOTIONAL BOND THAT PEOPLE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY FEEL TO A MAN THEY STILL REFER TO AS FATHER OF THE NATION REMAINS LARGELY UNBROKEN. HIS DEATH WILL LEAVE AN ENORMOUS VOID, ONE WHICH MAY WELL HAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR THIS COUNTRY'S POLITICAL STABILITY. HE'D ACCEDED TO THE THRONE WHEN THE MONARCHY WAS WEAK AND THAILAND AN UNDEVELOPED RURAL COUNTRY. BUT BY ALLYING HIMSELF WITH A SUCCESSION OF MILITARY GOVERNMENTS, HE REBUILT THE MONARCHY'S PRESTIGE, TAPPING INTO THAI TRADITIONS OF SEMI-DIVINE KINGSHIP. DURING THE COLD WAR, HE USED HIS ROYAL STATURE TO HELP SHORE UP THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AGAINST A TENACIOUS COMMUNIST INSURGENCY. HE'S CREDITED WITH MEDIATING SEVERAL POLITICAL CRISES, YET LATER IN HIS REIGN, THE MONARCHY WAS ACCUSED OF TAKING SIDES IN CONFLICTS. BY THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, HE'D BEEN OUT OF PUBLIC SIGHT FOR YEARS. ROYAL INFLUENCE HAD DWINDLED. YET MANY THAIS REMEMBER HIM AS THE RULER WHO BROUGHT THEM STABILITY AND PROSPERITY, AND THEY'RE STILL GRATEFUL. AND IN NZ, FLAGS HAVE BEEN LOWERED TO HALF MAST AT THE ROYAL THAI EMBASSY IN WELLINGTON. KIWI TOURISTS PLANNING ON TRAVELLING TO THAILAND ARE ADVISED TO PLAN AHEAD, REGISTER WITH THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO WEAR BLACK. IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE IN THAILAND TO INSULT THE ROYAL FAMILY, EVEN FOR TOURISTS. AMERICAN FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA HAS LAUNCHED A SCATHING ATTACK ON THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, DONALD TRUMP, ACCUSING HIM OF 'SEXUALLY PREDATORY BEHAVIOUR'. MEANWHILE, WOMEN HAVE BEEN LINING UP TO ACCUSE TRUMP OF GROPING AND HARASSING THEM. HE'S GONE ON THE OFFENSIVE, DENOUNCING ALL THE CLAIMS AS 'ABSOLUTELY FALSE'. THE BBC'S JON SOPEL REPORTS. THIS WOMAN, TALKING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES, RECOUNTS HOW SHE WAS ON A FLIGHT AND MOVED TO FIRST CLASS. SHE FOUND HERSELF SITTING NEXT TO DONALD TRUMP. HE WAS LIKE AN OCTOPUS. IT WAS LIKE HE HAD SIX ARMS. HE WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. WHEN HE STARTED PUTTING HIS HAND UP MY SKIRT, AND THAT WAS IT. THAT WAS IT. I... I WAS OUT OF THERE. TWO OF THE CLAIMS THAT EMERGED LAST NIGHT CONCERN ALLEGED SEXUAL MISCONDUCT BY MR TRUMP AT HIS MAR-A-LAGO MANSION IN FLORIDA. ONE WOMAN, A WRITER FOR PEOPLE MAGAZINE, HAD GONE TO INTERVIEW HIM AND HIS WIFE FOR A PIECE ON THEIR FIRST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. MELANIA TRUMP WAS HEAVILY PREGNANT AND HAD GONE UPSTAIRS TO CHANGE WHEN, THE REPORTER CLAIMS, MR TRUMP POUNCED. NATASHA STOYNOFF WRITES ` BUT AT A RALLY IN FLORIDA, DONALD TRUMP PAINTED HIMSELF AS THE VICTIM, WHERE EVERYONE WAS GANGING UP ON HIM, AND HE FURIOUSLY DISMISSED THE ALLEGATIONS. THESE CLAIMS ARE ALL FABRICATED. THEY'RE PURE FICTION, AND THEY'RE OUTRIGHT LIES. THESE EVENTS NEVER EVER HAPPENED. AND THE PEOPLE THAT SAID THEM MEEKLY FULLY UNDERSTAND. YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE, YOU STUDY THESE PEOPLE, AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND. TRUMP SUPPORTERS ARE CONVINCED THERE IS, EFFECTIVELY, A CONSPIRACY BETWEEN THE LIBERAL MEDIA AND THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN. BUT THIS MANY STORIES, FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT OUTLETS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY ` WELL, THE WOMEN THEMSELVES HAVE A SIMPLER EXPLANATION. THEY WERE ENRAGED BY TRUMP'S DENIAL AT THE THIRD TIME OF ASKING IN SUNDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE THAT HE'D EVER MADE UNWANTED SEXUAL ADVANCES TOWARDS WOMEN. I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR WOMEN, AND WOMEN HAVE RESPECT FOR ME. HAVE YOU EVER DONE THOSE THINGS? AND I WILL TELL YOU` NO, I HAVE NOT. MICHELLE OBAMA FOR ONE, THOUGH, ISN'T BUYING THE LINE THAT IT WAS JUST IDLE CHAT ON THAT BUS. THIS WAS A POWERFUL INDIVIDUAL SPEAKING FREELY AND OPENLY ABOUT SEXUALLY PREDATORY BEHAVIOUR AND ACTUALLY BRAGGING ABOUT KISSING AND GROPING WOMEN, USING LANGUAGE SO OBSCENE THAT MANY OF US WERE WORRIED ABOUT OUR CHILDREN HEARING IT WHEN WE TURN ON THE TV. DONALD TRUMP IS DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN TO SWITCH ATTENTION AWAY FROM HIMSELF AND MAKING THIS ABOUT A SYSTEM THAT HE SAYS IS RIGGED. DOZENS OF AIRSTRIKES HAVE POUNDED THE SYRIAN CITY OF ALEPPO OVERNIGHT, KILLING AT LEAST 13 PEOPLE. AT LEAST FOUR CHILDREN WERE KILLED WHEN SHELLS LANDED NEAR A SCHOOL. RENEWED BOMBING OF REBEL-HELD EASTERN ALEPPO HAS KILLED MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE THIS WEEK AS THE SYRIAN REGIME STEPS UP ITS RUSSIAN-BACKED OFFENSIVE TO TAKE THE WHOLE CITY. THE NEW ELECTED HEAD OF THE UNITED NATIONS HAS SAID WITH SO MANY CONFLICTS AROUND THE GLOBE, WE ARE FACING A VERY DIFFICULT MOMENT IN THE HISTORY OF OUR WORLD. ANTONIO GUTERRES, A FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF PORTUGAL, SAID THAT "HE'LL FIGHT FOR PEACE". HE'S BEEN SPEAKING WITH BBC'S LYSE DOUCET. THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL CLUB, TASKED WITH ENDING THE WORLD'S MOST PUNISHING WAR. FOR FIVE LONG YEARS, THE UN UTTERLY FAILED SYRIA. ON ITS WATCH, MILLIONS DISPLACED OR DEAD, A COUNTRY DESTROYED. IT IS SO DECIDED. NOW A NEW MAN TO TAKE ON WHAT'S CALLED THE MOST IMPOSSIBLE JOB ON EARTH ` ANTONIO GUTERRES, FORMER PORTUGUESE PRIME MINISTER, FORMER UN REFUGEE CHIEF. FOR YEARS, HE BERATED THE WORLD TO DO MORE FOR REFUGEES. NOW HE MUST FOCUS ON STOPPING THE WARS WHICH FORCE THEM TO FLEE. BUT AS HE GIVES HIS FIRST INTERVIEW, SOME, INCLUDING BRITAIN'S FOREIGN SECRETARIES, SAY THERE'S MORE TALK OF MILITARY OPTIONS FOR SYRIA. THE ROLE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL IS TO TRY TO BE AN HONEST BROKER, IS TO TRY TO BE A MESSENGER FOR PEACE, IS TO TRY TO BE A BRIDGE BUILDER. DO YOU FEAR MORE WAR, THAT THERE WILL BE MORE WAR IN SYRIA? I HOPE NOT. I SINCERELY HOPE NOT. BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN SUCH A TERRIBLE LEVEL OF SUFFERING, THAT TO THINK THAT THIS WILL EVEN GET WORSE IS` BUT YOUR JOB IS TO END IT NOW. > I BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S FIRST PRIORITY IS TO BE ABLE TO END THIS CONFLICT, AND THEN TO USE THE MOMENTUM CREATED BY IT TO TRY TO ADDRESS ALL THE OTHER CONFLICTS THAT ARE INTERLINKED. 71 YEARS AGO, THE UN EMERGED FROM THE ASHES OF WAR WITH A PROMISE OF PEACE. COMPETING INTERESTS SHAPED IT FROM THE START. THEY'RE ALL BACKING MR GUTERRES NOW, BUT HE KNOWS BIG BATTLES LIE AHEAD. 21 OF THE 270 GIRLS KIDNAPPED IN NIGERIA MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO HAVE BEEN FREED IN A DEAL BROKERED BY THE RED CROSS AND THE SWISS GOVERNMENT. AROUND 270 GIRLS WERE TAKEN FROM THEIR SCHOOL IN CHIBOK BY THE ISLAMIC MILITANT GROUP BOKO HARAM. SOME ESCAPED, BUT MORE THAN 200 GIRLS ARE STILL MISSING. THE KIDNAPPING BROUGHT OUTRAGE WORLDWIDE, AND THE HASHTAG #BRINGBACKOURGIRLS WAS WIDELY USED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. A GORILLA ESCAPED ITS ENCLOSURE AT LONDON ZOO, FORCING A LOCKDOWN AND SPARKING AN ARMED POLICE RESPONSE. IT'S NOT YET KNOWN HOW KUMBUKA ESCAPED, BUT EYEWITNESS REPORTS SAY HE WAS AGITATED BEFOREHAND. KUMBUKA WAS TRANQUILISED AND RETURNED TO HIS DENS, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT HE'S ACTUALLY UP AND GRUMBLING AND INTERACTING WITH THE REST OF HIM GORILLA FAMILY IN GORILLA KINGDOM. NOBODY WAS INJURED, AND LONDON ZOO SAYS KUMBUKA NEVER MOVED BEYOND A 'SECURE KEEPER AREA'. APPLE'S SACKED SOME OF ITS AUSTRALIAN STAFF AFTER THEY WERE CAUGHT STEALING PERSONAL PHOTOS FROM CUSTOMERS' PHONES. THE WORKERS ARE ALSO ACCUSED OF PHOTOGRAPHING AND SHARING PICTURES OF FEMALE CLIENTS WITH EACH OTHER, BEFORE RANKING THEIR APPEARANCE. APPLE'S FLOWN IN A HUMAN RESOURCES EXECUTIVE FROM ITS HQ IN THE STATES TO MANAGE THE FALLOUT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` HE'S NOT JUST A MUSIC LEGEND; NOW HE'S A NOBEL PRIZE WINNER. THE UNEXPECTED RECIPIENT OF THE LITERARY AWARD. AND IS IT KENYA OR SAMOA? WE'LL TELL YOU WHO NZ SEVENS COACH SIR GORDON TIETJENS PICKS. Ah, just a wee bit up. And to the right a little bit. Perfect! Oh, beauty, guys! Mmm. Maybe a touch left and down a bit. BOB DYLAN'S CAUSING A STIR IN THE LITERARY WORLD AFTER BEING AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE. THE 75-YEAR-OLD'S THE FIRST SONGWRITER TO WIN THE PRESTIGIOUS HONOUR. THE BBC'S WILL GOMPERTZ REPORTS. AS BOB DYLAN SAID HIMSELF, HE HAS A WAY WITH WORDS. # ...BAD JOB, LAID OFF... # HIS LYRICS HAVE BEEN SUNG, QUOTED AND DISCUSSED THE WORLD OVER AND TODAY EARNED HIM THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE. BOB DYLAN. CHEERING IT CAME AS A SURPRISE. READS: 'FOR HAVING CREATED NEW POETIC EXPRESSIONS 'WITHIN THE GREAT AMERICAN SONG TRADITION.' YOU GOT A SENSE THAT THE AUSTERE SWEDISH ACADEMY WAS STEPPING OUT OF ITS LITERARY COMFORT ZONE. DOES BOB DYLAN REALLY DESERVE A NOBEL PRIZE? WHY? WHY? WELL, OF COURSE HE DOES. HE JUST GOT IT. THERE WAS, THOUGH, ADVICE FOR THE UNINITIATED. IF YOU WANT TO START LISTENING OR READING, YOU MAY START WITH 'BLONDE ON BLONDE', AN EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLE OF HIS, UM, BRILLIANT WAY OF RHYMING AND PUTTING TOGETHER REFRAINS AND HIS PICTORIAL THINKING. # ...JUST LIKE A WOMAN. # BOB DYLAN'S POSITION AS AN ICONIC MUSICIAN WHO HELPED ELEVATE THE STATUS OF POP MUSIC FROM AN EPHEMERAL, DISPOSABLE ENTERTAINMENT... # ...AND DON'T SPEAK TOO SOON, FOR THE WHEEL'S STILL IN SPIN... # ...INTO A BONA FIDE ART FORM IS WELL ESTABLISHED. # ...THE ANSWER IS BLOWIN' IN THE WIND... # BUT BECOMING A NOBEL LAUREATE TAKES HIM INTO ANOTHER REALM, TO JOIN AN ELITE GROUP OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST LITERARY WRITERS. DO YOU THINK OF YOURSELF PRIMARILY AS A SINGER OR AS A POET? I THINK OF MYSELF MORE AS A SONG AND DANCE MAN, YOU KNOW? BOB DYLAN, LIKE SHAKESPEARE, HAS THAT KNACK FOR COINING A PHRASE THAT BECOMES PART OF EVERYDAY SPEECH. HE IS A CONTEMPORARY CHRONICLER, STORYTELLER, MORALIST AND POET, WHOSE WORK AND WORDS HAVE CHANGED ATTITUDES AND LIVES. TO MIDDAY SPORT, AND FORMER NZ SEVENS COACH SIR GORDON TIETJENS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS THE NEW COACH OF THE SAMOAN NATIONAL SEVENS TEAM. TIETJENS TAKES THE ROLE JUST OVER A MONTH AFTER HE STOOD DOWN FROM ALL BLACKS SEVENS ROLE, DESPITE SAYING HE'D NEVER COACH AGAINST HIS FORMER TEAM. IT'S UNDERSTOOD KENYA WAS ALSO CHASING HIS SERVICES. TIETJENS COACHED NZ FOR 22 YEARS, WINNING 12 WORLD SERIES TITLES. THE 2017 ASB CLASSIC MEN'S COMPETITION HAS SIGNED ON MORE BIG NAMES AS WELL AS A FEW FAMILIAR FACES TO THE TOURNAMENT. WORLD NUMBER 15 DAVID FERRER WAS A SEMI-FINALIST LAST YEAR AND HAS WON THE TOURNAMENT FOUR TIMES. HE'S COMING BACK ALONGSIDE AMERICAN JOHN ISNER, WHO IS CURRENTLY RANKED 26TH AND PACKS A PRETTY POWERFUL SERVE. YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID IT A LOT ` IT'S ALWAYS A SPECIAL PLACE, WHERE I WON MY FIRST EVER TOURNAMENT THERE. SO FOR ME, IT'S THE BEST WAY TO START OFF THE YEAR, IT'S GREAT PREPARATION FOR THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN. THE CITY'S AMAZING. THE TOURNAMENT'S AMAZING. AND EVER YEAR, I FEEL LIKE IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER. THEY JOIN SERENA WILLIAMS AT THE CLASSIC, WITH ORGANISERS LABELLING IT THE BIGGEST TOURNAMENT TO DATE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. PLUS, THE FORCE REAWAKENS ` STAR WARS FANS GET READY TO GO ROGUE. WE'VE A GLIMPSE INTO THE FINAL FILM'S TRAILER. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST, LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. TRIBUTES HAVE PAID TO VETERAN TRADES UNIONIST HELEN KELLY WHO DIED THIS MORNING FOLLOWING A BATTLE WITH CANCER. POLICE REMAIN AT THE SCENE OF A MASS BRAWL INVOLVING AROUND 30 PEOPLE IN OTAHUHU OVERNIGHT. AND DONALD TRUMP'S POPULARITY IS TAKING A HIT, AFTER A WEEK OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ BEFORE WE GO, IT'S HERE! THE MUCH ANTICIPATED STAR WARS FILM TRAILER ` 'ROGUE ONE'. A DARKER TALE, ROGUE ONE TELLS THE STORY OF RESISTANCE FIGHTERS WHO'VE UNITED TO STEAL BLUEPRINTS FOR THE DEATH STAR, WHICH LUKE SKYWALKER EVENTUALLY DESTROYED IN THE 1977 FILM. DRAMATIC MUSIC WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT CHANCE. AND THE NEXT. YOU'RE ALL REBELS, AREN'T YOU? 'ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY' OPENS IN NZ ON DECEMBER 15. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE 1 NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. FROM THE MIDDAY NEWS TEAM, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY PHILIP MCKIBBIN AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016.