GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. A WET AND WINDY START TO THE WEEKEND FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, WHILE THE SOUTH ISLAND SOAKED UP THE SUNSHINE. CONDITIONS EASED AS THE DAY ROLLED OUT, BUT THE WINDS KEPT UP THE PACE. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES AS WE EASE INTO SUNDAY. 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. A VICTORY AND SOME HEAVYWEIGHT HELP FOR SOUTH AUCKLAND FAMILIES SICK OF THEIR NEIGHBOURHOOD BEING USED AS A DUMPING GROUND FOR SEX OFFENDERS. MORE CLAIMS OF SEXUAL IMPROPRIETY FROM DONALD TRUMP, THIS TIME FROM A FORMER APPRENTICE. YOU KNOW WHAT? SUMMER, YOU'RE FIRED. PUTTING IN THE HARD YARDS ` WE GO INSIDE CHRISTCHURCH PRISON TO SEE FIRST HAND THE NEW PLAN TO REHABILITATE YOUNG OFFENDERS. AND AFTER MORE THAN 24 HOURS IN SURGERY, THESE CONJOINED TWINS ARE SEPARATED FOR THE FIRST TIME, SO THEY CAN ENJOY THEIR RE-BIRTH DAY. GOOD EVENING. BREAKING NEWS AS WE GO TO AIR TONIGHT, WITH A FATAL STABBING IN WEST AUCKLAND. POLICE HAVE JUST MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE INCIDENT. 1 NEWS REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA IS AT THE SCENE AT A TE ATATU PROPERTY. YVONNE, WHAT DO WE KNOW SO FAR? WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT A WOMAN HAS DIED HERE FOLLOWING A STABBING POLICE WERE CALLED AT 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND HAVE CORDONED OFF THE PROPERTY. Family members have been coming and going. They had not known what was going on. Police enquiries are continuing. They are not looking for anyone a. A LEADING BRITISH NEWSPAPER IS STANDING BY THE CLAIMS IT MADE AGAINST A FORMER NZ HIGH COURT JUDGE DAME LOWELL GODDARD, DESPITE THE THREAT OF LEGAL ACTION. DAME LOWELL, WHO RESIGNED AS HEAD OF A UK SEX ABUSE INQUIRY IN AUGUST, STRENUOUSLY DENIES THE ALLEGATIONS MADE BY 'THE TIMES'. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING HAS THE LATEST. THE HEADLINES ARE DAMNING. THE TIMES NEWSPAPER ALLEGES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS COVERED UP ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT MADE AGAINST FORMER HIGH COURT JUDGE DAME LOWELL GODDARD. WE HAD CONTACT WITH HER LAWYERS BEFORE WE PUBLISHED, AND WE'VE TAKEN LEGAL ADVICE AS WELL. AS I SAY, WE THINK THE STORY IS STRONG AND ACCURATE. FOR 16 MONTHS DAME LOWELL HEADED THE INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO CHILD ABUSE IN STATE AND NON-STATE INSTITUTIONS IN BRITAIN. SHE HAS STRENUOUSLY DENIED ALL THE ALLEGATIONS, CALLING THEM MALICIOUS. 'TIMES' CHIEF REPORTER SEAN O'NEILL WON'T SAY IF HIS SOURCES WORKED WITH DAME LOWELL WHEN SHE WAS CHAIR OF THE INDEPENDENT INQUIRY, BUT HE SAID THE ACCOUNTS HAD BEEN VERIFIED AND CROSS-CHECKED. WE'RE TALKING SOURCES PRIMARILY WITH VERY DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF THE INQUIRY. HOW MANY? MULTIPLE. TODAY DAME LOWELL'S LONDON LAWYERS CARTER-RUCK SENT OUT THE STATEMENT PROVIDED TO 'THE TIMES', WHICH IT SAYS WAS NOT ADEQUATELY OR APPROPRIATELY REFLECTED IN THE ARTICLES. IN IT, DAME LOWELL SAID... 'THE TIMES' DENIES THIS IS A PERSONAL ATTACK. WE WANTED TO SEE THIS INQUIRY SUCCEED, BUT IT HAS BEEN MISMANAGED AND POORLY LED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. AND THE TIMES' HAS ACCUSED OFFICIALS CLOSE TO PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY OF A COVER UP. THE HOME OFFICE WOULDN'T APPEAR ON CAMERA TODAY; INSTEAD, THEY RELEASED A STATEMENT, SAYING, 'WE OWE IT TO VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS TO GET TO THE TRUTH,' AND THE INQUIRY WOULD CONTINUE. THE INDEPENDENT INQUIRY ALSO WOULDN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS, SAYING IT WAS A CONFIDENTIAL HR ISSUE. EARLY NEXT WEEK, THE NEW INQUIRY HEAD, PROFESSOR ALEXIS JAY, WILL APPEAR IN FRONT OF THE HOME AFFAIRS SELECT COMMITTEE, WHO WILL ASK ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF THE INQUIRY. EMMA KEELING, 1 NEWS, LONDON. A GROUP OF SOUTH AUCKLAND PARENTS HAVE WON THEIR FIGHT TO MOVE A SEX OFFENDER AWAY FROM THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOL, BUT THEY SAY THAT'S JUST THE FIRST ROUND. NOW THEY HAVE FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION DAVID TUA IN THEIR CORNER TO HELP THEM TAKE THE BATTLE TO WELLINGTON. YVONNE TAHANA WITH THIS REPORT. FAMILIES HOPING TO PROTECT THEIR VERY YOUNGEST AT A MANGERE RALLY, BUT KNOWING IT'LL BE A TOUGH FIGHT. IN THE SPORT OF BOXING IT'S VERY VERY SIMPLE, YOU GET OUT THERE AND YOU KNOCK YOUR OPPONENT AND IT'S GAME OVER SO I'LL KEEP IT VERY SIMPLE. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. MANY HERE ARE ANGRY WITH CORRECTIONS FOR PLACING A SEX OFFENDER NEXT TO A KURA KAUPAPA AND THEN, WHEN COMPLAINTS WERE MADE, NEAR A PRIMARY SCHOOL. IF YOU THINK HE'S SAFE, PLACE HIM NEAR YOUR CHILDRENS' SCHOOL. PLACE HIM NEXT TO YOUR HOUSE. I HAVE A FEW NIECES AND NEPHEWS THAT ARE AT THE SCHOOL AS WELL, SO, YEAH, IT'S A CONCERN FOR US. CORRECTIONS DECLINED AN INTERVIEW, BUT SAY IN A STATEMENT THAT THE OFFENDER HAS NEVER BREACHED HIS RELEASE CONDITIONS. HOWEVER, THIS WEEK HE WAS MOVED TO A LOCATION OUTSIDE OF AUCKLAND TO BEGIN THE NEXT PHASE OF HIS REINTEGRATION. BUT IT'S NOT OVER FOR THESE PARENTS WHO WANT TO GATHER 5,000 SIGNATURES TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR AUTOMATIC PUBLIC PROTECTION ORDERS, ENSURING OFFENDERS CANNOT LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR ANY TYPE OF SCHOOL. OBVIOUSLY THEY NEED TO BE REHABILITATED BACK INTO SOCIETY, AND TO PUT THEM NEXT TO A SCHOOL? ABSOLUTELY NOT. THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO DO THAT IT COMES AS NZ'S FIRST CHILD SEX OFFENDER REGISTER COMES INTO EFFECT. 1700 FORMER OR CURRENT INMATES ARE NOW REQUIRED TO GIVE UP PRIVATE INFORMATION IN ORDER FOR POLICE AND CORRECTIONS TO BETTER MONITOR THEM. UNDER THE REGISTRY, THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE IS FAR BETTER THAN IN THE PAST. FOR EXAMPLE, DIGITAL INFORMATION, CLUBS THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN AND THERE'S REQUIREMENTS ON THEM TO UPDATE THEIR INFORMATION ON A REGULAR BASIS. HOWEVER, NOT EVERYONE'S CONVINCED A REGISTER ACTUALLY ATTACKS THE PROBLEM. WHERE DO WE HOUSE SOMEONE WHO IS A HIGH RISK OF REOFFENDING AND I'M NOT SURE WHETHER A REGISTER IS GOING TO DO THAT. THE CAMPAIGNERS PLAN TO TAKE THEIR PETITION TO PARLIAMENT IN NOVEMBER. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. THERE HAVE BEEN MORE CLAIMS OF INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR BY U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP, THIS TIME FROM A FORMER CONTESTANT ON HIS REALITY TV SHOW 'THE APPRENTICE'. WHILE MR TRUMP CONTINUES TO DISMISS THE ALLEGATIONS, THEY'RE STARTING TO HURT HIM IN THE POLLS. AND A WARNING, THIS STORY FROM THE BBC'S JON SOPEL CONTAINS SOME STRONG LANGUAGE. ANOTHER DAY AND ANOTHER SERIES OF DISTURBING ALLEGATIONS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP'S BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS WOMEN. HE THEN ASKED ME TO SIT NEXT TO HIM. I COMPLIED. HE THEN GRABBED MY SHOULDER AND BEGAN KISSING ME AGAIN VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND PLACED HIS HAND ON MY BREAST. YOU KNOW WHAT? SUMMER, YOU'RE FIRED. SUMMER ZERVOS HAD BEEN A CONTESTANT ON HIS REALITY SHOW 'THE APPRENTICE'. HE PUT ME IN AN EMBRACE AND I TRIED TO PUSH HIM AWAY. I PUSHED HIS CHEST, PUT SPACE BETWEEN US AND I SAID, 'COME ON, MAN. GET REAL.' HE REPEATED MY WORDS BACK TO ME. 'GET REAL,' AS HE BEGAN THRUSTING HIS GENITALS. AND ANOTHER WOMAN HAS COME FORWARD TO TELL HER STORY TO THE WASHINGTON POST. THE PERSON ON MY RIGHT WHO, UNBEKNOWNST TO ME AT THAT TIME, WAS DONALD TRUMP, PUT THEIR HAND UP MY SKIRT. HE DID TOUCH MY VAGINA THROUGH MY UNDERWEAR. IT'S NOW A WEAK SINCE THAT INFAMOUS VIDEOTAPE EMERGED IN WHICH DONALD TRUMP BOASTED ABOUT SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A WOMAN. HE APOLOGISED FOR THAT AND SAID HE NEVER ACTUALLY DID THOSE THINGS. HE HOPED THAT WOULD DRAW A LINE UNDER IT, BUT IT HASN'T. SINCE THEN, 11 WOMEN HAVE COME FORWARD TO ALLEGE UNWANTED SEXUAL ADVANCES FROM HIM. AND THAT NUMBER SEEMS SET TO RISE. BUT IN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA TODAY, HE WAS MAKING LIGHT OF THE PROBLEM, IMPLYING THAT ONE OF THE WOMEN WAS SIMPLY NOT ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH TO MAKE ADVANCES TO. BELIEVE ME, SHE WOULD NOT BE MY FIRST CHOICE. THAT I CAN TELL YOU. APPLAUSE, CHEERING YOU DON'T KNOW. THAT WOULD NOT BE MY FIRST CHOICE. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAS SO FAR DENIED ALL THE ALLEGATIONS, SAYING THEY ARE PHONY AND MADE BY WOMEN LOOKING FOR FREE PUBLICITY. MEANWHILE, HILLARY CLINTON HAS HAD HER FIRST TV INTERVIEW SINCE THE SECOND TELEVISED DEBATE. APPEARING ON THE ELLEN SHOW, MRS CLINTON GAVE HOST ELLEN DEGENERES HER TAKE ON DONALD TRUMP'S BEHAVIOUR IN THE DEBATE. SO HE WAS REALLY TRYING TO DOMINATE AND THEN LITERALLY STALK ME AROUND THE STAGE, AND I WOULD JUST FEEL THIS PRESENCE BEHIND ME. (CHUCKLES) LAUGHTER YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT, 'WHOA, THIS IS REALLY WEIRD.' THE THIRD AND FINAL TELEVISED DEBATE WILL BE HELD NEXT THURSDAY. TRADE UNIONIST HELEN KELLY WILL BE FAREWELLED AT A PUBLIC CELEBRATION IN WELLINGTON ON FRIDAY WEEK. THE LONG-TIME CAMPAIGNER DIED YESTERDAY AFTER BATTLING LUNG CANCER. IT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED THERE'LL BE A SERVICE AT THE MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE AT 1 O'CLOCK ON FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER, WITH THE EVENT ALSO LIVE-STREAMED ON THE COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS' WEBSITE. INDIAN STUDENTS FACING DEPORTATION HAVE USED THIS YEAR'S DIWALI FESTIVAL TO HIT OUT AT THE GOVERNMENT. TENS OF THOUSANDS ARE EXPECTED IN AUCKLAND THIS WEEKEND TO ENJOY A TASTE OF INDIA, BUT NOT EVERYONE IS SMILING. MONIQUE FISCHER WAS THERE. THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS, AND FLAVOURS OF INDIA, BUT AT THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, THESE STUDENTS SAY THEY'RE BEING LEFT IN THE DARK. THE MESSAGE AIMED AT OUR GOVERNMENT AND LACK OF ACTION FROM NATIONAL MPS OF INDIAN ORIGIN TO HELP KEEP STUDENTS AND WORKERS LIKE THESE IN THE COUNTRY. MANY ARE VICTIMS OF STUDENT VISA FRAUD. WE ARE BANGING OUR HEADS FOR OVER A MONTH. NO GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL OR ANYBODY IS RESPONDING ON THAT. WE'RE FEELING IT'S NOT A GOOD THING TO DEPORT US SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE, TO TELL EVERYONE WE'RE SUFFERING. THE FESTIVAL'S IN ITS 15TH YEAR. IT'S A SPECIAL OCCASION FOR US, DIWALI, SO THAT'S THE BEST PART. MY FIRST TIME HERE SO JUST RELAXING AND HAVING A LOOK. I LIKE THE DANCING, THE FOOD. IT'S SUCH A NZ ANSWER TO JUST BE LIKE, 'THE FOOD.'' CELEBRATING THE CULTURE AND TALENTS OF THE FASTEST GROWING COMMUNITY IN NZ, THESE STUDENTS HOPE THEY'LL HAVE SOME NEWS TO DANCE ABOUT SOON. MONIQUE FISCHER, 1 NEWS. IN A NZ FIRST, EIGHT PRISONERS HAVE COMPLETED THEIR BRONZE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD AS PART OF THEIR REHABILITATION. THE MEN HAD TO PERFORM COMMUNITY SERVICE, GO CAMPING AND ACHIEVE PHYSICAL GOALS AND ALL WHILE UNDER LOCK AND KEY AROUND THE CLOCK. LISA DAVIES WENT INSIDE CHRISTCHURCH MEN'S PRISON FOR THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT. THEY RUN BENEATH THE RAZOR WIRE. WHEN I GO FOR A RUN, IT JUST LETS MY EMOTIONS OUT. EVERY MORNING, 6AM, FOR SIX MONTHS, THESE YOUTH OFFENDERS STRIVING FOR THE BRONZE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD. SOME DAYS, IT'S A STRUGGLE. IT'S PRETTY HARD. I ALMOST CRY EVERY DAY. BUT YOU'VE JUST GOT TO DEAL WITH IT. JAILED FOR BURGLARY, THIS TEENAGER'S IN HERE FOR THREE YEARS. IT'S GOOD BEING OFF DRUGS AS WELL. STARTED DRUGS WHEN I WAS 12. IT'S TIME TO CHANGE MY LIFE AROUND. COMMUNITY SERVICES IS PART OF THAT TURNAROUND. HE PAINTED THIS MURAL, ALONG WITH OTHER OFFENDERS, TO TRANSFORM THEIR VISITORS ROOM. IT FEELS GOOD, YOU KNOW. I MIGHT BE A CRIMINAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL GOT GOOD THINGS IN US. THEY WENT CAMPING OUTSIDE THE WIRE, BUT WITHIN WIDER PRISON CONFINES. THEY FELT FREE HERE, WORKING AS A TEAM, GANG AFFILIATIONS CAST ASIDE. WHEN WE STEPPED OUT, IT FELT LIKE FRESH AIR. COS IN HERE, IT JUST FEELS DIRTY INSIDE YOU, LIKE, 'OH, YOU KNOW, WHAT AM I DOING IN HERE?' THEY DIDN'T SLEEP UNTIL IT GOT LIGHT. I SAID TO THESE YOUNG MEN, 'LADS, IT'S TIME TO GO TO BED,' I SAID TO THESE YOUNG MEN, 'LADS, IT'S TIME TO GO TO BED,' AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS, 'MISTER, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE STARS. 'WE JUST WANT TO SEE THEM.' IT'S TAKEN 200 HOURS TO GAIN THE AWARD. THEY'VE FIXED BIKES FOR EX-INMATES TO USE. THE RUNNING COVERS THE PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT, ONE INMATE CLOCKING A HALF MARATHON ON THIS 2.2KM CIRCUIT. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED SOME OF THE YOUNG OFFENDERS WERE WEARING JANDALS AS THEY RAN. CORRECTIONS CAN'T PROVIDE THEM WITH RUNNING SHOES, BUT THEY'D HAPPILY ACCEPT ANY DONATIONS OF SHOES TO HELP THE YOUNG MEN REACH THEIR GOALS. THE PRISON HAS NOTICED REAL CHANGE IN THEM. THESE YOUTH THAT COME TO US HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO GIVE. THESE YOUTH THAT COME TO US HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO GIVE. IT'S JUST THEY DON'T RECOGNISE IT IN THEMSELVES, OUR ROLE IS TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF. AS THEY GOT THEIR HARD-EARNED CERTIFICATES, THEIR FAMILIES APPLAUDED. MEANS A LOT TO ME, THAT BADGE. FEELS GOOD, YOU KNOW, TO SHOW FAMILY. JUST PROUD THAT YOU'RE GETTING ON WITH YOUR TIME IN HERE AND JUST LEARNING NEW SKILLS. IT'S ONE STEP TO A LIFE WITHOUT CRIME WHEN THEY'RE LIVING ON THE OUTSIDE. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. COULD ISIS FINALLY BE FORCED OUT OF IRAQ? NEXT ON ONE NEWS, THE BATTLE FOR MOSUL'S ABOUT TO BEGIN, WITH TROOPS AND TANKS GATHERING ON THE CITY'S OUTSKIRTS, READYING FOR A HUGE ASSAULT. YET ANOTHER MASSIVE STORM SYSTEM HITS THE US. FIRST HURRICANE MATTHEW SWEPT IN FROM THE ATLANTIC, NOW TWISTERS TEAR THROUGH AMERICA'S PACIFIC COAST. AND SHE WON AN OLYMPIC SILVER, BUT NOW KIWI SHOOTER NATALIE ROONEY'S GONE ONE BETTER AT THE WORLD CUP FINAL. THE LAST URBAN STRONGHOLD HELD BY ISIS IN IRAQ IS ABOUT TO COME UNDER ATTACK FROM COALITION FORCES. MONTHS OF PLANNING HAVE GONE INTO THE ATTEMPT TO RE-TAKE MOSUL IN NORTHERN IRAQ. AROUND 45,000 TROOPS ARE GATHERING AT AN AIR BASE 30KM SOUTH OF THE CITY, AND IT'S FROM THERE THAT THE BBC'S JONATHAN BEALE REPORTS. WE JOINED ONE OF THE LAST CONVOYS TO LEAVE BAGHDAD FOR THE LONG-AWAITED OFFENSIVE ON MOSUL. WE PASSED COLUMN AFTER COLUMN OF ARMOURED VEHICLES ON THEIR WAY TO JOIN THE BATTLE, LEAVING BEHIND THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY THEIR ENEMY, SO-CALLED ISLAMIC STATE, AND THE BOMB DAMAGE FROM US-LED AIR STRIKES THAT HAVE PREPARED THE WAY. THE 12-HOUR JOURNEY ENDED HERE IN QAYYARAH, JUST SOUTH OF MOSUL, THE EXTREMISTS' LAST MAJOR STRONGHOLD IN IRAQ. THOSE WHO CAN HAVE ALREADY FLED AREAS STILL CONTROLLED BY THE EXTREMISTS. THIS WOMAN AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS WALKED INTO A MINEFIELD AS THEY TRIED TO ESCAPE. SHE BLAMED I.S. FOR HER DAUGHTERS' INJURIES, AND SHE BREAKS DOWN WHEN SHE TELLS ME HER TWO YOUNG SONS WERE KILLED IN THE SAME BLAST. THE UN'S WARNED THAT UP TO A MILLION CIVILIANS MIGHT BE DISPLACED. AND EVEN IF I.S. CAN BE DEFEATED, IRAQ STILL HAS TO DEAL WITH ITS DEEP SECTARIAN DIVIDE. THE IRAQI ARMY'S GOAL OF MOSUL IS NOW JUST 50 MILES TO THE NORTH. THEY'VE ARRIVED HERE IN THEIR THOUSANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF A DUST STORM, AND IT'S NOT YET CLEAR WHETHER THAT WILL AFFECT THE TIMINGS OF THE OPERATION. WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY WHEN THE OFFENSIVE WILL BEGIN, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD IT WILL BE SOON. IN THE US, A SERIES OF STORMS IS BARRELLING IN FROM THE PACIFIC OCEAN, WHIPPING UP TORNADOES RARELY SEEN IN THE STATE OF OREGON. NO ONE'S BEEN INJURED, BUT THE TWISTERS HAVE DAMAGED A NUMBER OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES. MORE RAIN AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. THE BODY OF KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ OF THAILAND HAS ARRIVED AT THE TEMPLE OF THE EMERALD BUDDHA IN BANGKOK, WHERE 100 MONKS HAVE PRAYED FOR THE LATE MONARCH. AND WHILE THE COUNTRY MOURNS, KIWIS TRAVELLING TO THAILAND HAVE BEEN TOLD TO READ UP ON THE RULES BEFORE THEY BOARD THE PLANE. KIM SAVAGE REPORTS. A NATION IN MOURNING FOR THEIR BELOVED KING. TENS OF THOUSANDS LINING THE STREETS OF BANGKOK TO SAY THEIR FINAL FAREWELL TO KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ. TRANSLATOR: NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THIS DAY COME. HOWEVER, TODAY WE ARE ALL HERE TO SEE OUR KING FOR THE LAST TIME. WE HOPE HE CAN PROTECT HIS PEOPLE EVEN AFTER HE LEAVES US. ONE YEAR OF MOURNING HAS BEEN DECLARED IN THAILAND, BUT FOR 30 DAYS, FLAGS WILL FLY AT HALF MAST AND PEOPLE ASKED TO AVOID 'ENTERTAINMENT'. MFAT ISSUING A TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR THE COUNTRY, WHICH IS A POPULAR DESTINATION FOR KIWIS. WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS PEOPLE NEED TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THEIR SITUATION OVER THERE. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WITHIN THE CUSTOMS OF THAILAND, AND THOSE ARE THE SORTS OF THINGS LIKE WEARING BLACK IS APPROPRIATE, NOT PHOTOGRAPHING MOURNING SESSIONS AND BEING AWARE OF THEIR SITUATION AND SURROUNDS. THERE'S A WARNING TO FOLLOW PROTOCOL. THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY OVER THERE. THEIR KING WAS REVERED, AND THERE IS IMPRISONMENT IF PEOPLE AREN'T ADHERING TO THINGS THAT THAILAND HAVE DECREED. PEOPLE ON TODAY'S AUCKLAND FLIGHT TO BANGKOK NOT TOO FUSSED. WE'LL HAVE TO GET BY THE BEST WE CAN, I SUPPOSE. NOTHING WILD, SO IT SHOULDN'T REALLY BE A PROBLEM. WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE TOO MUCH PLANNING. WE'LL JUST GO OVER AND DO THE BEST WE CAN. THOSE TRAVELLING SHOULD ALSO EXPECT RESTRICTIONS ON SOME SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES. THERE'LL BE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT'LL BE SHUT, POTENTIALLY, LIKE THE GRAND PALACE, MAYBE SOME DISRUPTIONS WITH TRANSPORTATION AND EVEN THINGS LIKE ATM. AND WITH INSURANCE NOT COVERING CANCELLATIONS, ANY CHANGES TO PLANS WILL COME AT YOUR OWN COST. KIM SAVAGE, 1 NEWS. SOME NORTH ISLAND FARMERS SAY THEY'RE EXHAUSTED AS THEY BATTLE TO DEAL WITH WEEKS OF WET WEATHER. THE PROLONGED RAIN HAS CAUSED COWS TO BECOME LAME AND LOWERED MILK PRODUCTION. SAM KELWAY REPORTS. A SMALL REPRIEVE FROM THE RAIN, BUT THE BIG WET HAS LEFT A MUDDY MARK. I MEAN, IT'S HARD ENOUGH WITH THE HOURS AND GETTING OUT OF BED EARLY IN THE MORNING, LET ALONE PUTTING ON YOUR WET WEATHERS EVERY DAY. THIS DAIRY FARM IN NGATEA FINALLY SEEING SOME SUN AFTER WEEKS OF WET WEATHER. SO, FOR THIS MONTH WE'RE DOWN 20% COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. SO, YEAH, THAT'S GOT A BIG IMPACT ON PRODUCTION. YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW WATER-LOGGED THE GROUND IS, AND DESPITE THERE STILL BEING PLENTY OF GRASS, THE COWS ARE COMING IN, TRAMPLING THE GOOD GRASS, CHOOSING NOT TO EAT IT AND AFFECTING PASTURE UTILISATION. THE CONSTANT WET PLAYS HAVOC WITH THE COWS' FEET ` THEY BECOME SOFTER. THEIR HIDES ALSO SOFTEN AND SUFFER. AND FOR THE FARMER, THERE'S MORE WORK ` CONSTANTLY MOVING STOCK AROUND, FEEDING OUT SUPPLEMENTS. ON TOP OF COPING WITH LOWER MILK PAYOUTS, IT'S TIRING AND STRESSFUL AND SEEMS TO BE NEVER ENDING. THEY'LL CALVE LATER NEXT SEASON, AND SO THEN THAT EFFECTS PRODUCTION, NORMALLY ABOUT 21 DAYS, ON AVERAGE, SO, YEAH, LIKE, IF YOU ADD THAT UP TO A COST, IT'S PROBABLY 300, 400 BUCKS A COW. IN THE WAIKATO AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, PRODUCTION'S NOT DOING WHAT IT SHOULD THIS TIME OF YEAR. SO MUCH RAIN OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, PLACES LIKE WHITIANGA HAVE ALMOST EXCEEDED OCTOBER'S AVERAGE RAINFALL, ADDING TO FARMER FRUSTRATION. SOME FARMERS SAYING 10, 12 YEARS SINCE WE'VE HAD A WINTER LIKE THIS ONE. AND EVEN WITH A HIGH ON THE HORIZON, IT'S STILL AN ANXIOUS WAIT WHILE FARMERS SLOWLY DRY OUT. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS AND ANOTHER WET ONE FOR THE NORTH, BUT A COOL START ALSO. YES, A CHILLY MORNING FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTH, QUEENSTOWN AND ALEXANDRA WOKE TO 0 DEGREES, ARTHURS PASS MINUS-1. AND THAT COLD POOL OF AIR MEANT COLD TEMPERATURES FURTHER NORTH TOO. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ SO THAT'S HOW WE ARE LOOKING THIS EVENING, I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY RIGHT AFTER SPORT. CONJOINED TWINS IN THE U.S WHO SHARE PART OF THEIR BRAINS HAVE FACED A RISKY SURGERY. SEE INSIDE THE OPERATING THEATRE AS SURGEONS PAINSTAKINGLY WORK FOR A WHOLE DAY TO SEPARATE THEM. AND GOING DOWN FAST WITH SOMEONE TRAPPED INSIDE. THE HEROIC RESCUE EFFORTS CAUGHT ON CAMERA. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT ` A WOMAN HAS BEEN STABBED TO DEATH AT A HOUSE IN WEST AUCKLAND THIS AFTERNOON. POLICE HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY AND AREN'T LOOKING FOR ANYONE ELSE. FOR 21 YEARS HE'S BEEN THE VOICE FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE. NOW POLICE ASSOCIATION BOSS GREG O'CONNOR HAS HUNG UP HIS HAT, BUT NOT BEFORE FIRING ANOTHER PARTING SHOT IN THE GOVERNMENT'S DIRECTION. KIM SAVAGE HAS MORE. A FAMILIAR FACE WITH ONE LAST APPEAL BEFORE CALLING IT A DAY. MORE POLICE ARE DESPERATELY AND URGENTLY NEEDED. GREG O'CONNOR WAS FIRST ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE POLICE ASSOCIATION IN 1995. POLICE HIERARCHY WERE SPENDING A FORTUNE ON A NEW CENTRALISED COMPUTER SYSTEM. GREAT BLACK HOLE THAT IS INCIS. I LEARNED THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE VERY QUICKLY. THE SYSTEM WAS CANNED, BUT THE CHALLENGES CONTINUED WITH THE EMERGENCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE. I THINK IF WE'D RECOGNISED THE PROBLEM, AND IF WE'D DONE SOMETHING ABOUT PARTICULARLY THE CORE INGREDIENTS, THINK WE COULD HAVE ACTUALLY DONE SOMETHING ABOUT THE DEMAND. THE TOUGHEST DAYS ALSO THE ONES GREG CONNOR'S MOST PROUD OF. STANDING UP FOR THE POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOT STEVEN WALLACE IN WAITARA IN 2000. PLEASE THINK OF THE LIVES, NOT ONLY OF THIS OFFICER AND HIS FAMILY, BUT OF ALL POLICE OFFICERS. WE HAD A VERY VERY INNOCENT MAN. AS A RESULT OF SOME POOR BACKING BY THE POLICE THEMSELVES, ENDED UP NEVER BEING ABLE TO SLEEP IN HIS BED AGAIN. SOME COPS' ACTIONS, INDEFENSIBLE. AN INQUIRY INTO SEXUAL OFFENDING LED TO MAJOR CHANGES WITHIN POLICE. FOR ALL THE PAIN REPUTATIONAL DAMAGE, I THINK ULTIMATELY THE NZ POLICE ARE MUCH BETTER FOR THAT. I SUPPOSE THE TEST WOULD BE IF MY OWN DAUGHTER WANTED TO JOIN THE POLICE. I THINK I'D BE HAPPIER FOR HER TO BE JOINING THE POLICE NOW THAN THE EARLY PART OF THE 2000S. HARDEST OF ALL, THE DEATHS ON DUTY. I KNEW LEN SNEE VERY WELL. I'D WORKED WITH HIM IN PORIRUA. THAT AFFECTED EVERYONE. PLAYING THE POLITICS JUST PART OF BEING A UNION BOSS. HE'S GOT TO BE ABLE TO WALK A LINE BETWEEN WHAT HE'D LIKE TO DO AND WHAT IS ACTUALLY EVEN POSSIBLE THERE ARE NO PERMANENT FRIENDS AND THERE ARE NO PERMANENT ENEMIES. YOU MUST ALWAYS PLAY A LONG GAME. GREG O'CONNOR TAKING A BREAK FROM THE GAME, BUT NOT RULING OUT RETURNING TO LIFE IN THE PUBLIC EYE. KIM SAVAGE, 1 NEWS. TWIN BOYS BORN JOINED AT THE HEAD HAVE BEEN SEPARATED IN A MARATHON SURGERY AT A NEW YORK HOSPITAL. THE PARENTS OF THE 13-MONTH-OLDS SAY TODAY IS THEIR 'RE-BIRTHDAY' AFTER THEY ENDURED 27 HOURS OF SURGERY. CNN'S DR SANJAY GUPTA WAS THERE. GOOD MORNING, CHRISTINA. HOW ARE YOU DOING? HOW ARE THE GUYS? THEY LOOK READY. 7.15AM, THIS IS THE DAY THE MCDONALD MCDONALD'S HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR THE LAST YEAR. THE HOPE? THE JADON AND ANIAS, 13-MONTH-OLD CONJOINED TWINS, WILL BE SEPARATED AT LAST. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING WHEN WE WENT DOWN THE HALL THIS MORNING? WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND? IT'S JUST NOT REAL. IT'S REALLY NOT EVEN REAL. TO ME, IT'S LIKE ANOTHER SURGERY FROM BEFORE. ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? JADON AND ANIAS WERE BORN SHARING 1.5CM OF BRAIN TISSUE. THEY ARE KNOWN AS CRANIOPAGOS TWINS AND HAVE UNDERGONE THREE COMPLEX OPERATIONS OVER THE PAST FIVE MONTHS TO SLOWLY SEPARATE THEM. TODAY IS THE FOURTH AND FINAL STAGE. NO ONE IN THE WOLD HAS OPERATED ON MORE TWINS LIKE JADON AND ANIAS THAN NEUROSURGEON DR JAMES GOODRICH. THE GOAL, IDEALLY, IS TO HAVE BOTH CHILDREN COME OUT WITHOUT NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES, BUT ONE HAS TO BE REALISTIC. I MEAN, YOU CANNOT SEPARATE TWO BRAINS, PARTICULARLY IF THERE IS FUSION, WITHOUT THE POTENTIAL RISK OF SOMETHING HAPPENING. HELPING IMPROVE THOSE CHANCES OF A GOOD OUTCOME, 3D MODELS LIKE THESE. LIFELIKE, ANATOMICALLY PERFECT AND AVAILABLE IN THE OPERATING ROOM. 4.30PM, JUST ABOUT SEVEN HOURS AFTER THE OPERATION BEGAN, NICOLE, CHRISTIAN AND THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY ARE PLAYING THE WAITING GAME. DO YOU FEEL ANXIOUS? ARE YOU SETTLED? HOW DO YOU FEEL? I HAVE A LITTLE NERVOUS ENERGY. HOW ABOUT YOU, NICOLE? WHAT'S WAITING IN MY STOMACH IS FOR THAT PHONE CALL ` OK, WE'RE INTO WHAT I CALL THE LAND OF THE UNKNOWN. AN HOUR LATER, THE SURGICAL TEAM HITS THE LAND FO THE UNKNOWN AND THEN WELL PAST MIDNIGHT, THEY CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE TWINS' BRAINS, VEIN BY VEIN. AND THEN, 2.11AM. IT'S BEEN ABOUT 17 HOURS SINCE THEY STARTED OPERATING AND YOU CAN SEE FOR THE FIRST TIME JADON AND ANIAS ARE ON TWO SEPARATE OPERATING ROOM TABLES. AND NICOLE AND CHRISTIAN MCDONALD HAVE POSTED PICTURES OF THEIR SEPARATED SONS ON FACEBOOK, SAYING THEY WERE SO EMOTIONAL WHEN THE SURGEONS FINISHED, THEY COULD BARELY GET OUT THE WORDS 'THANK YOU'. A MASSACHUSETTS'S DRIVER'S ATTEMPT TO PARK HER CAR CLOSE TO A POND ALMOST TOOK A TRAGIC TURN AFTER THE VEHICLE MOUNTED THE CURB AND PLUNGED INTO THE WATER. THREE BYSTANDERS RUSHED TO THE RESCUE AS THE WOMAN'S FOUR WHEEL DRIVE STARTED TO SINK. YOU GOTTA COME OUT! WOMAN SCREAMS PEOPLE YELL I LOST HER. THEY DID MANAGE TO PULL HER OUT, THOUGH. SHE WAS TREATED IN HOSPITAL FOR MILD HYPOTHERMIA. JENNY-MAY'S HERE WITH SPORT NEXT. THE SILVER FERNS BACK HOME FOR THE THIRD TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA. IN AROUND AN HOUR'S TIME, MARIA TUTAIA IS BACK. WILL SHE START? WE'LL HAVE A QUICK CATCH-UP WITH FERNS COACH JANINE SOUTHBY NEXT, THEN IT'S TO PERTH FOR THE OTHER TRANS-TASMAN CLASH, KIWIS AND THE KANGAROOS. AND WE PUT THE SPOTLIGHT ON AUSSIE GREAT JONATHAN THURSTON. HE DOESN'T LIKE LOSING, ESPECIALLY TO NZ AND WHAT A YEAR IT'S TURNING OUT TO BE FOR OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALLIST NATALIE ROONEY. THE TRAP SHOOTER GOING ONE BETTER AT THE LATEST INTERNATIONAL EVENT. AND WE'RE OFF TO UTAH, WHERE THESE CRAZY DUDES ARE DOING CRAZY THINGS ON THEIR BIKES AT THE FREESTYLE MOUNTAIN BIKING RAMPAGE. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. TO NETBALL'S BIG TRANS-TASMAN CHAMPIONSHIP CLASH IN AUCKLAND TONIGHT, WHERE THE SLIVER FERNS ARE JUST AN HOUR AWAY FROM CENTRE PASS IN THE THIRD CONSTELLATION CUP NETBALL TEST. SO LET'S GET DOWN TO VECTOR ARENA, WHERE KIMBERLEE DOWNS IS LIVE. KIM. THANKS POPLE ARE STARTING TO FILE, EXPECTING A SELL-OUT AROUND 5700 SPECTATORS THE SILVER FERNS WILL BE STICKING TO THE SAME LINE UP JANINE SOUTHBY HERE WAS THAT A AMTTER OF STICKING TO A WINNING FORMULA? YEAH, AND LOOKING AT HOW THE GIRL SBACKED UP IN TRAINING THAT MEANS MARIA TUTAIA WILL BE ON THE BENCH, CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE HER TONIGHT? IT'S GREAT TO HAVE HER ON THE BENCH. SHE HASN'T HAD A LOT OF COURT TIME OVER RECENT MONTHS THERE WAS 12-GOAL LOSS IN THE FIRST TEST, THEN A WIN, HOW DO YOU ENSURE OCNSISTENCY? WE HAVE A THEME OF LEARNING A GROWING, THERE WAS A LOT FO LEARNING IN THE FIRST TEST HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF TIME AND THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAVLE THEY HAVE RECOGNISED WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO GET THEMSELVES UP FOR THIS GAME JANINE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME FUN TRIVIA JUST BEFORE I GO, IF THEY WIN IT WILL BE THERE 50TH WIN IN 131 DATING BACK TO 1938 THANKS, KIM. WITH AUSTRALIAN NETBALL, CRICKET AND RUGBY ALL STRUGGLING, THE PRESSURE'S ON THE KANGAROOS TO DELIVER IN THE TRANS-TASMAN LEAGUE TEST AGAINST THE KIWIS IN PERTH LATER TONIGHT. AND THIS COULD BE BAD NEWS AS ARGUABLY AUSTRALIA'S GREATEST EVER PLAYER, JOHNATHAN THURSTON, IS DESPERATE TO REGAIN WINNING FORM. THURSTON, WHOSE FATHER IS A KIWI, SPOKE TO CHANNEL NINE'S DANNY WEIDLER. AS FAR AS COMPETITORS GO, THERE'S NONE GREATER THAN JONATHON THURSTON. HE STILL HASN'T GOTTEN OVER THE COWBOYS' EXIT FROM THE COMPETITION. IT'S STILL PRETTY RAW, THE LOSS AND THE WAY THAT WE BOWED OUT, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU STILL THINK WHAT COULD'VE BEEN AND WHAT CAUSED US TO PLAY THE WAY THAT WE DID. YOU DIDN'T WATCH THE GRAND FINAL? NAH. COULDN'T BRING YOURSELF TO DO IT? I THOUGHT I COULD, BUT AS SOON AS IT KICKED OFF IT JUST HIT ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS. THURSTON'S DESIRE IS EVIDENT WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THE KIWIS. NZ BEING THE PREMIER NATION, I GUESS NUMBER ONE NATION, THAT WOULDN'T SIT WELL WITH YOU. NO. NOT AT ALL. HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL? UH, IT HURTS. IT GENUINELY HURTS? YEAH. YEAH. YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA PLAY AGAINST THE BEST AND TEST YOURSELF. THEY ARE THE BEST NOW, BUT IT DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH ME. AS WELL AS TOPPLING NZ, COACH MEL MENINGA HAS SET ANOTHER GOAL: REBUILDING THE KANGAROOS BRAND. AND CENTRAL TO THAT WAS PICKING PLAYERS WHO ARE VIEWED AS GOOD CITIZENS. THURSTON HAS SUPPORTED THE NON-INCLUSION OF ANDREW FIFITA. WE SAT DOWN AT THE START OF THE YEAR AT THE ANZAC TEST AND WE SPOKE AS A GROUP ABOUT THE CULTURE THAT WE WANNA CREATE AND ABOUT THE VALUES THAT WE WANNA UPHOLD. YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE A GREAT FOOTBALL PLAYER DOESN'T MEAN YOU DESERVE TO WEAR THE GREEN AND GOLD TRAP SHOOTER NATALIE ROONEY HAS HAD AN IMPRESSIVE THREE MONTHS ` AN OLYMPIC SILVER MEDAL AND NOW SHE'S TOPPED THE PODIUM AT AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. THE TIMARU SHOOTER BEAT THE DEFENDING CHAMPION IN THE WORLD CUP FINAL IN ROME. ABBY WILSON REPORTS. 2016 HAS ALREADY BEEN A GREAT YEAR FOR NATALIE ROONEY, AND IT JUST GOT EVEN BETTER. SHE CRACKS IT! IT'S A GOLD MEDAL FOR NATALIE ROONEY. HER FIRST GOLD AT AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT. TO WIN THE WORLD CUP FINAL IS JUST SO AWESOME, COS IT'S QUITE A PRESTIGIOUS EVENT THAT ONLY THE TOP SHOOTERS FOR THE YEAR GET INVITED TO GO TO, SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO COME AWAY WITH THE WIN. THE SOUTH CANTERBURY SHOOTER WAS FACING LAST YEAR'S DEFENDING CHAMPION IN THE GOLD MEDAL MATCH. THE DUO STRUGGLING IN THE WINDY, BRIGHT ROME CONDITIONS, ALESSANDRA PIERELLI THE LEAST CONSISTENT. THE MATCH IS SLIPPING AWAY FOR PIERELLI. ROONEY HAD A TWO-POINT LEAD WITH TWO TARGETS LEFT. SHE MISSES. BUT TWO MISSES SENT THE MATCH TO A SHOOTOUT. THAT IS AN UNBELIEVABLE FINISH. WOW. AS THE PRESSURE INCREASED, THE KIWI HELD HER NERVE, BEATING THE SAN MARINO SHOOTER WITH HER 10TH CONSECUTIVE HIT. FOR THE LAST YEAR, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON MY FINALS AND TRYING OT MAKE SURE THAT WHEN I GET INTO THAT SITUATION, I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS AND TRYING TO FORCE IT, AND IT REALLY HAS PAID OFF. BEFORE THIS YEAR, ROONEY'S BEST WORLD CUP PERFORMANCE WAS THIRD PLACE. NOW THE 28 YEAR OLD HAS AN OLYMPIC SILVER MEDAL AND AN INTERNATIONAL GOLD. THE OLYMPIC MEDAL IS PRETTY PRESTIGIOUS, AND YOU CAN'T REALLY, KINDA, BEAT THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S GETTING UP THERE. AND HER PERFORMANCES ARE HELPING KEEP THE MINOR SPORT OF SHOOTING UP THERE IN THE HEADLINES. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS. TO RUGBY AND COUNTIES MANUKAU HAS GUARANTEED ITS SPOT IN THE ITM CUP CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFFS, WITH A HARD FOUGHT 33-21 BONUS POINT WIN OVER CANTERBURY IN PUKEKOHE. THE RED AND BLACKS LEADING EARLY, BEFORE THE FLOODGATES OPENED. HERE'S PULU GETTING ON THE OUTSIDE. TONI PULU! OFF HE GOES! BRILLIANT! SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN. OH, HE'S STRONG! SAM VAKA. SMASHES THROUGH THE TACKLE. OFFLOAD TO JUDD. THAT IS A SENSATIONAL TRY! IT'S COUNTIES MANUKAU'S FIRST WIN OVER CANTERBURY SINCE THE ITM CUP CHANGED ITS FORMAT IN 2011. NEXT WEEK THEY'LL TRAVEL TO PLAY EITHER TARANAKI OR CANTERBURY AGAIN IN THE SEMI FINALS. LOST OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE HOW BREAKERS COACH PAUL HENARE WILL DESCRIBE HIS SIDE'S 75-73 DEFEAT TO THE WILDCATS IN PERTH OVERNIGHT. IN A RE-MATCH OF LAST SEASON'S FINAL, THE BREAKERS LED 25-22 GOING INTO THE SECOND QUARTER. BUT THINGS WENT PEAR-SHAPED, MANAGING JUST 11 POINTS TO PERTH'S 25. THE SIDE FOUGHT HARD TO REVERSE THAT DEFICIT IN THE THIRD, GIVING THEMSELVES A CHANCE IN THE FINAL. AND HE MISSES BOTH. SO NZ... COULD EITHER TIE OR TAKE THE LEAD. TIME TICKING AWAY. WOODSIDE. INSIDE IS WEBSTER. CLOSING UP. RIGHT OUT. BOUNCES IS AWAY, AND THE WILDCATS GET THE WIN! HOME NOW AND FIVE DAYS TO RECOVER BEFORE MEETING THE SYDNEY KINGS AT NORTH SHORE EVENTS CENTRE. HAYDEN PADDON IS CLINGING TO FIFTH PLACE AFTER THE OPENING DAY OF THE RALLY OF SPAIN. WET WEATHER ENSURED A TESTING START AS DRIVERS RETURNED TO GRAVEL FOR THE 11TH ROUND OF THE WORLD SERIES. ADD TO THAT ENGINE PROBLEMS, AND THE HYUNDAI STAR HAD A FRUSTRATING TIME. I'VE LOST THE ALS ` THE ANTI-LAGS. I;VE GOT NO THROTTLE RESPONSE AND WERE DOWN ON POWER. IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE STAGE IT JUST WENT FLAT SO I'M NOT SURE. HAVE TO HAVE A LOOK. AT LEAST HE DIDN'T ROLL HIS CAR LIKE BRITAIN'S CHRIS MEEK OR TRY THE YARI-MATTI LATVALA KICK-START APPROACH TO HIS VW. THE FINNISH DRIVER LEFT STRANDED AS THE ROADS FINALLY DRIED OUT, PAVING THE WAY FOR PADDON'S TEAMMATE DANNI SORDO TO TAKE THE LEAD IN HIS HOME RALLY. RIGHT, LET'S GO STATESIDE, ALL THE WAY TO UTAH, FOR THE ANNUAL FREESTYLE MOUNTAIN BIKING RED BULL RAMPAGE. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT BEFORE, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THESE CRAZY FELLAS. JOHN MCKENZIE REPORTS. IN THE SMALL TOWN OF VIRGIN, UTAH, POPULATION LESS THAN A THOUSAND, JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE THE WORLD'S BIGGEST PLAYGROUND. A PLAYGROUND WITH DROPS OF MORE THAN 25M, DROPS SOME OF THE WORLDS' BEST SOMETIMES GET WRONG. CAN HE LAND IT? NO. ROLLS RIGHT UP TO WIFE AND DAUGHTER AND GIVES THEM A HUG. UNFORTUNATELY, SOME COME OFF WORSE THAN OTHERS. IT'S AN EVENT THE LATE KELLY MCGARRY ALSO ENJOYED MIXED SUCCESS IN, THE KIWI REMEMBERED BEFORE TODAY'S MEDAL CEREMONY, EIGHT MONTHS AFTER HIS DEATH IN QUEENSTOWN. KELLY MCGARRY ` FOREVER MISSED, TO SAY THE LEAST. THIS YEAR, THE KIWI HOPE WAS NONE OTHER THAN MCGARRY'S OLD RIDING BUDDY CONNOR MCFARLANE, ALTHOUGH HE'D ALSO FALL VICTIM TO THE DANGEROUS COURSE. OH NO. HE'D FINISH WAY BACK IN 15TH, WHILE AT THE OTHER END OF THE LADDER, FRENCHMAN ANTOINE BEZET, BACK FROM AN EIGHT-MONTH INJURY LAYOFF, CREATED HIS WEE BIT OF HISTORY. DOUBLE BACK FLIP, CAN HE LAND IT? PERFECT! DOUBLE BACK FLIP, FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE EVENT. SUPER STOKED I LANDED IT. RANKING IS JUST AN OPTION. I NAILED A RUN AT RAMPAGE AGAIN AND THAT FEELS SUPER GOOD. CLEARLY, THE TRICK OF THE DAY. IT SADLY WOULD ONLY BE ENOUGH FOR SECOND PLACE. TOP HONOURS GOING TO CANADIAN BRANDON SEMENUK. A BIG FLATSPIN 360! A BACKFLIP, ONE-FOOTED CAN-CAN! LANDING PERFECT. THIS ONE JUST CAME TOGETHER GREAT. REALLY EXCITED ABOUT MY LINE. FIRST RUN WENT HOW I WANTED, STOOD UP, NOW WE'RE HERE, SO STOKED. LIFE AT THE TOP OF THE PODIUM A BIT SWEETER THAN FOR THESE GUYS AT THE BOTTOM. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. THAT WAS AWESOME. TO BE FEAR WE HAD ENTERTIANMENT HERE WITH PETE GETTING RID OF CRAMP THANKS, JENNY-MAY. RENEE'S HERE NEXT AND A CALMING INFLUENCE TAKES HOLD TOMORROW. YES, THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH SPREADS OVER NZ. I'LL HAVE YOUR OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY AND THE START OF THE WORKING WEEK NEXT. TOMORROW ON Q+A, NZ FIRST LEADER WINSTON PETERS ON THE GOVERNMENT'S IMMIGRATION CHANGES. WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE CAMPAIGN TO APPROVE MORE CANNABIS-BASED MEDICINES. AND UNION LEADER HELEN KELLY ` HER LAST TV INTERVIEW. A WET BLUSTERY START TO THE WEEKEND FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, WHILE THE SOUTH SOAKED UP THE SUNSHINE. CLOUD TO THE EAST OF THE COUNTRY IS GENERATED BY A LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONTAL FEATURES. SCRAPPY CLOUD OVER NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE NORTH ISLAND IS DUE TO A COUPLE OF WEAK TROUGHS AND SOME PUFFY CLOUD OVER THE TASMAN SEA, BUT MOSTLY CLEAR UNDER A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. SO A WESTERLY FLOW COVERS NZ THROUGH TO MONDAY. A HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM, MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARDS TO THE NORTH OF NZ EXTENDS A RIDGE OVER THE COUNTRY TODAY AND TOMORROW. THEN A TROUGH MOVES ONTO THE SOUTH FOR THE START OF THE NEW WORKING WEEK. CLOUDY IN THE WEST WITH DRIZZLE SPREADING NORTH, THEN TURNING TO RAIN FROM HOKITIKA SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. FINE IN THE EAST WITH MORNING CLOUD ABOUT THE SOUTHERN LAKES. WINDS BECOMING NORWESTERLY, STRONG ABOUT SOUTHERN SPOTS. FINE IN THE EAST WITH SOME HIGH CLOUD. ANY REMAINING SHOWERS ABOUT COASTAL GISBORNE SHOULD CLEAR PRE-DAWN. CLOUDY PERIODS AND THE ODD SHOWER FURTHER WEST, WITH FINE SPELLS INCREASING IN THE NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE OF A FROST IN SOME SHELTERED PLACES. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. HAVE A GREAT SATURDAY NIGHT. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SATURDAY. REMEMBER YOU CAN KEEP RIGHT UP TO DATE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENTS ON OUR STORIES TONIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE 1NEWSNOW.CO.NZ. FROM US, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD AND TOM PEDLAR. 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