TONIGHT ` TRAGEDY IN THE BUSH. TWO TRAMPERS ARE FOUND DEAD IN THE TARARUA FOREST PARK. WHY THE PRESSURE'S BUILDING OVER RESTRICTED ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS AND FARMERS ALONG A QUAKE-DAMAGED ROAD. AND FUN TIMES AT APEC. YEP, THE POLITICIANS ARE CUTTING LOOSE AS WORLD LEADERS WRAP UP THE TRADE FORUM. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. TWO MALE TRAMPERS AGED 39 AND 32 HAVE BEEN FOUND DEAD ON A TRACK IN THE TARARUA FOREST PARK, IN THE WAIRARAPA. THE PAIR WERE REPORTED OVERDUE LAST NIGHT AFTER HEADING OUT FOR AN OVERNIGHT TRAMP TO ALPHA HUT FROM THE WAIOHINE GORGE ON SATURDAY. POLICE SAY THEIR BODIES WERE LOCATED A SHORT DISTANCE APART. WEATHER CONDITIONS HAD BEEN GOOD, BUT TEMPERATURES DID FALL OVERNIGHT. THE MOUNTAIN SAFETY COUNCIL SAYS IT'S A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY FOR THE FAMILIES INVOLVED AND THE TRAMPING COMMUNITY. THEY'LL BE WORKING WITH AUTHORITIES TO GET A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENED. EACH YEAR, ON AVERAGE, SIX TRAMPERS DIE WITH OVER 300 REQUIRING RESCUE. OPENING UP ROAD ACCESS TO ISOLATED KAIKOURA IS SET TO TAKE LONGER THAN MANY HAD HOPED. THE AUTHORITIES ARE WORKING URGENTLY TO CLEAR THE ALTERNATIVE INLAND ROUTE TO THE COASTAL COMMUNITY. WITH STATE HIGHWAY 1 SHUT, THE ONLY WAY INTO KAIKOURA BY ROAD IS THROUGH STATE HIGHWAY 70 ` ALSO KNOWN AS THE INLAND KAIKOURA ROAD. ONLY THE ARMY'S MADE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH, BUT RESIDENTS ALONG THE ROUTE WERE TODAY ALLOWED AS FAR AS LYFORD, BUT UNDER STRICT ESCORT. ALI PUGH'S BEEN AT THE ROAD BLOCK IN WAIAU. A CONVOY AT THE CORDON ` DOZENS OF DESPERATE HURUNUI RESIDENTS FINALLY ALLOWED BEYOND THE ROAD BLOCK. AND A CHANCE FOR THOSE STUCK INSIDE TO LEAVE. HORN TOOTS IT'S A BIT LIKE WE WERE IN PRISON UP THERE AND COULDN'T GET IN AND OUT. YOU WERE TIED TO STAYING THERE, AND YOU HAD NO REAL FREEDOM. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF BANNING ALL VEHICLES BAR MILITARY, CIVIL DEFENCE TODAY ALLOWING RESTRICTED ACCESS FOR MILK AND WATER TANKERS AND FOR RESIDENTS ` UNDER STRICT ESCORT. RESIDENTS PAST THIS POINT HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY'VE GOT TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THROUGH THE CORDON ` 10AM AND AGAIN AT 2PM. AND IF THEY'RE NOT OUT BY 6PM, WELL, THEY'RE STUCK FOR THE NIGHT. MANY FEEL THE RULES ARE UNWARRANTED. IT'S MAKING IT PRETTY HARD FOR A FEW FARMERS. REALISTICALLY, THE ROAD'S NOT THAT BAD TO THEIR PLACE. YOU COULD DRIVE A TOYOTA COROLLA ALL THE WAY TO MT LYFORD, AND EVERYONE ACKNOWLEDGES IT. BUT THE NZTA SAYS OPENING THE ROAD FULLY IS STILL FAR TOO DANGEROUS, AND IT'S DEPLOYED 25 CREWS, WITH AN ASSORTMENT OF SPECIALIST EARTH-MOVING EQUIPMENT, TO CLEAR THE 60 SLIPS THAT LINE THE ROUTE. CIVIL DEFENCE WARNING THE IS ROAD UNLIKELY TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THIS WEEK. ALLOWING PUBLIC ACCESS WHILE THIS IS STILL A VERY HIGH-RISK WORK SITE WILL SIMPLY DELAY THE URGENT WORK WHICH IS BEING CARRIED OUT ALONG THIS ROAD TO KEEP IT SAFE FOR ALL PEOPLE TO USE. BUT FARMERS SAY THEIR LAND AND STOCK NEEDS ACCESS FOR CONTRACTORS AND TRUCKS URGENTLY. IT'S GETTING HARDER BY THE DAY. IT'S CAUSED UNTOLD PAIN, DAMAGE. WE'RE WAITING FOR PIPE FITTINGS TO GET STUFF ON. SOON WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET STOCK TRUCKS UP, OTHERWISE, WE'VE GOT TO GET SHEARERS IN. ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES ARE JUST COMPOUNDING. WE'VE GOTTA GET STOCK OUT AS WELL, BUT CAN'T GET A TRUCK UP HERE OR NOTHIN'. THE PRESSURE THAT'S BEEN PARTIALLY RELIEVED ON THESE RURAL ROADS NOT DOING THE SAME FOR FARMERS. ALI PUGH, 1 NEWS. AND NEW DRONE VIDEO SHOWS HOW THE POWERFUL QUAKE TORE THE GROUND APART, LEAVING A HUGE CRACK ALONG THE KEKERENGU FAULT. LARGE RUPTURES STRETCH 30KM, WITH SOME SECTIONS OF LAND DISPLACED BY UP TO 10M. SCIENTISTS SAY THE QUAKE HAS PERMANENTLY BLOCKED AND DIVERTED STREAMS. THE FAULT IS ONE OF FOUR THAT RUN ALONG THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, WHICH EXPERTS SAY CAUSED LAST MONDAY'S 7.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE. ON AVERAGE, THE KEKERENGU FAULT USUALLY MOVES AROUND 20M TO 25M EVERY THOUSAND YEARS. KAIKOURA'S ALSO TAKEN ANOTHER BLOW ` A TEMPORARY BAN ON SHELLFISH, CRAYFISH AND SEAWEED HARVESTING ALONG ITS COAST. IT COMES AS THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO ASSESS THE COST OF THE DISASTER AND WHETHER IT'LL AFFECT BIG SPENDING PLANS LIKE TAX CUTS. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. IT'S THOUGHT OVER HALF OF KAIKOURA'S PRIZED PAUA FISHERY WAS WIPED OUT IN LAST WEEK'S QUAKE, AFTER LARGE PARTS OF THE COASTLINE ROSE UP TO 4M. UNFORTUNATELY, MOTHER NATURE HAS DEALT A CRUEL BLOW. CRUEL INDEED, WITH THE GOVERNMENT NOW FORCED TO INTRODUCE A THREE-MONTH BAN ON THE COMMERCIAL, CUSTOMARY AND RECREATIONAL COLLECTION OF SHELLFISH IN THE REGION. MY CONCERN IS WITHOUT DOING THE SCIENCE, THAT THIS FISHERY WOULD INDEED COLLAPSE. A ONE-MONTH BAN WILL ALSO APPLY TO CRAYFISH, ALTHOUGH IT'S THOUGHT TO HAVE FARED BETTER. AND THE GOVERNMENT'S PUTTING $2M INTO ASSESSING THE EXACT DAMAGE. I HAVE SYMPATHY FOR LOCAL FISHERS. IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEIR LIVELIHOOD. NOT JUST IN THE KAIKOURA COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO IT'LL BE MORE WIDESPREAD INTO MARLBOROUGH. THE LOCAL FISHING INDUSTRY GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE MOVE. WE DON'T WANNA GO OUT THERE AND JUST TAKE SOMETHING IF IT CAN'T SUSTAIN IT, SO I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER AT THE MOMENT. BUT WHILE THE KAIKOURA ECONOMY CONTINUES TO BE ROCKED, THE WIDER NZ ECONOMY IS EXPECTED TO SHRUG OFF THE JOLT. THAT'S BECAUSE ECONOMISTS SAY IT'S IN FAR STRONGER SHAPE THAN WHEN THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKES HIT. THIS TIME ROUND WE'VE GOT A FULL-BLOWN ECONOMIC EXPANSION. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS 4.9%. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IS INCREDIBLY HIGH. WE'VE GOT REALLY GOOD MOMENTUM. AND THAT MOMENTUM, ALONG WITH FORECAST LARGE BUDGET SURPLUSES, MEANS JOHN KEY'S STILL FLOATING TAX CUTS, OR SOME SORT OF FAMILIES' ASSISTANCE, DESPITE ANOTHER GOVERNMENT QUAKE BILL RUNNING INTO BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. I THINK WE SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD OVER TIME ON TRYING TO FIND WAYS OF MAKING SURE THAT NZERS GET TO KEEP MORE OF WHAT THEY EARN. THIS IS JUST ABSOLUTE CRAZY TALK. WE ACTUALLY NEED A GOVERNMENT TO BE INVESTING IN THE STUFF THAT'S GONNA HELP PEOPLE, NOT ONE-OFF TAX CUTS. JUST HOW MUCH THE QUAKE WILL COST AND WHAT'S LEFT FOR TAX CUTS OR SPENDING WILL BE CLEARER WHEN THE GOVERNMENT UPDATES US ON ITS FINANCES NEXT MONTH. CORIN DANN, 1 NEWS. AUTHORITIES ARE STILL SCRAMBLING TO FULLY ASSESS DAMAGED BUILDINGS IN WELLINGTON. PREPARATIONS HAVE BEGUN FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING ON MOLESWORTH ST, AT RISK OF COLLAPSING. BRIAR WELLS REPORTS. 61 MOLESWORTH ST IS STILL STANDING TODAY, CONTRACTORS WAITING ON ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES TO BE TURNED OFF BEFORE THEY CAN START DEMOLITION, PULLING IT APART FROM THE TOP DOWN. THEY'LL START MOBILISING THEIR MACHINERY ON TO SITE PROBABLY TOMORROW, AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT WITHIN THE NEXT 10 TO 14 DAYS THE BIG PART OF THE BUILDING WILL ACTUALLY BE DOWN ON THE GROUND, COMPLETELY SAFE. RELIEF FOR NEARBY BUSINESSES INSIDE THE SAFETY CORDON, WAITING TO RETURN TO THEIR BUILDINGS, NZ RUGBY TEMPORARILY RELOCATING TO WESTPAC STADIUM, TAKING WITH THEM SOME PRIZED POSSESSIONS. WE HAD A GROUP GO IN WITH THE USAR BOYS AND WERE ABLE TO PICK SOME KEY THINGS UP, AND SO WE GRABBED ONE OR TWO TROPHIES. AS THE PLAN FOR DEMO WORK IS FINALISED HERE, IT WAS CONFIRMED LATE TODAY THAT THE READING CAR PARK WILL ALSO BE DEMOLISHED. IT WILL BE STABILISED FIRST SO IT'S SAFE TO BRING DOWN. WHILE STRUCTURAL REPAIRS ARE BEING DONE ON THE CAR-PARK BUILDING, NEARBY BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS IN APARTMENTS WILL BE DISPLACED FOR UP TO A MONTH. QUEENSGATE MALL IN LOWER HUTT HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE THE QUAKE, SHOPPERS FORCED TO TRAVEL ELSEWHERE FOR THEIR RETAIL FIX. WELL, I'D HAVE TO CATCH A TRAIN AND GO TO UPPER HUTT. IT IS A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATING, ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AND THINGS. RETAILERS STILL WAITING FOR THE ALL-CLEAR. IT'S HOPED MOST OF THE MALL WILL BE OPEN BY THURSDAY. IT'S A VERY BIG SHOPPING CENTRE. THAT'S THE REASON IT'S TAKING SO LONG ` WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ENGINEERING CHECKS, WE HAVE TO DO REPAIRS, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, CEILING TILES FALLING DOWN. WELLINGTON'S PORT, RIDDLED WITH CRACKS AND LIQUEFACTION, BUZZING WITH ACTIVITY THIS MORNING, MORE THAN A THOUSAND CRUISE-SHIP PASSENGERS DISEMBARKING AT AN ALTERNATIVE WHARF, THE USUAL TERMINAL STILL A NO-GO AREA. I WAS A BIT APPREHENSIVE WHEN I HEARD ABOUT IT, BUT WHAT I'VE SEEN, IT HASN'T AFFECTED ANY PARTS THAT WE'VE BEEN TO UP TILL NOW. IT DOESN'T WORRY ME. IF IT'S MEANT TO BE, IT'S MEANT TO BE. WE'RE ON THE BOAT. HOPING THEY WON'T EXPERIENCE ANY SHAKES THEMSELVES. BRIAR WELLS, 1 NEWS. THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR SURVIVORS OF ONE OF INDIA'S DEADLIEST TRAIN CRASHES. MORE THAN 130 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN ALL 14 CARRIAGES WERE DERAILED IN NORTHERN INDIA. THE ABC'S JAMES BENNET REPORTS. SURVIVORS HOLD ON. ONE BY ONE THEY WAIT AS THE WRECKAGE IS CAREFULLY CUT AROUND THEM. TRANSLATOR: THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE HERE. ONE WOMAN IS ALIVE. ONE CHILD AND AN OLD MAN. MAN SPEAKS OVER LOUD SPEAKER IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE AS HUNDREDS OF PASSENGERS SLEPT, SOMETHING BROUGHT THIS INDORE-PATNA EXPRESS TO AN ABRUPT AND DEADLY HALT. TRANSLATOR: ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE WAS A MASSIVE JERK. MY HEAD COLLIDED WITH THE ROOF. THIS MAN MANAGED TO PRY THE JAMMED DOOR OPEN AND ESCAPE, BUT FOUR OF HIS FRIENDS ARE MISSING. THIS MAN ALSO ESCAPED BUT CAN'T FIND HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER. TRANSLATOR: I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. THE RESCUE WORKERS HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE THEM. MORE THAN 150 INJURED WERE FERRIED TO VARIOUS HOSPITALS IN NEARBY KANPUR, CREATING A PANICKED SEARCH FOR LOVED ONES. INDIA'S AGING RAILWAYS CARRY MORE THAN 20 MILLION PASSENGERS A DAY AND ACCIDENTS ARE COMMON. AUTHORITIES SAY YESTERDAY'S DEATH TOLL WAS SO HIGH BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TWO CARRIAGES THAT DERAILED. THEN THE REMAINING 12 PASSENGER-LADEN CARS, OR BOGIES AS THEY'RE KNOWN IN INDIA, SLAMMED INTO THEM. IN FACT, WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS THAT TWO BOGIES HAD GONE OVER THE OTHER TWO BOGIES, AND THEY HAD TOTALLY SMASHED THOSE BOGIES. WHAT AUTHORITIES DON'T YET KNOW IS WHY. AMID SPECULATION THAT A BROKEN TRACK COULD BE RESPONSIBLE, THE RAILWAYS MINISTER HAS VOWED A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND PUNISHMENT FOR ANYONE FOUND RESPONSIBLE. BUT SIMILAR PROMISES HAVE BEEN MADE FOLLOWING PREVIOUS DISASTERS, AND OBSERVERS SAY THAT POOR MAINTENANCE IS ONLY PART OF THE PROBLEM, POINTING THE FINGER AT A LAX SAFETY CULTURE AMONGST THE BUREAUCRATS IN CHARGE. 6000 AUSTRALIAN TEENAGERS HAVE BEGUN INVADING BALI FOR SCHOOLIES WEEK. BUT WITH THE FUN COMES A WARNING FROM INDONESIAN POLICE ` THOSE CAUGHT USING DRUGS WILL BE THROWN IN JAIL. WITH MORE, HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S RENAE HENRY. ON THE BEAT WITH BALI POLICE, CLEANING UP THE STREETS AHEAD OF THE SCHOOLIES INFLUX TONIGHT. DURING AN HOUR-LONG CRACKDOWN, DOZENS OF DRIVERS WERE PULLED OVER AT THE ENTRANCE TO KUTA'S PARTY STRIP, THEIR BAGS AND BODIES SEARCHED. POLICE SAY IT'S THE KIND OF OPERATION THAT WILL ROLLED OUT UP TO THREE TIMES A DAY WHILE SCHOOLIES ARE IN TOWN, AND UNDERCOVER OFFICERS WILL BE POSITIONED IN AND AROUND CLUBS. IT'S LITTLE WONDER POLICE ARE BEING VIGILANT. ON A SEPARATE NIGHT, OUR INVESTIGATION REVEALED DRUGS ARE COMMONLY OFFERED. A MEMBER OF OUR CREW RECEIVED THAT OFFER WITHIN SECONDS OF WALKING DOWN LEGIAN STREET. THEN CAME THIS. I WAS OFFERED MAGIC MUSHROOMS, DESPITE THEM BEING OUTLAWED TWO YEARS AGO. IT MIGHT COME AS A SURPRISE THAT THE LEGAL DRINKING AGE IN BALI IS IN FACT 18 YEARS OLD. THE CATCH IS IT'S PRETTY MUCH NEVER ENFORCED, AND DRINKING SESSIONS CAN LAST MUCH LONGER HERE, WITH CLUBS OPEN ALL NIGHT. KUTA HOSPITAL WARNS DRINKS ARE OFTEN LACED WITH METHANOL BECAUSE EXPENSIVE, BRAND-NAME LIQUORS ARE SUBSTITUTED WITH LOCALLY MADE ARAK THAT HASN'T BEEN DISTILLED PROPERLY. IT CAN CAUSE ORGAN FAILURE, BLINDNESS AND EVEN DEATH. THE FINAL MESSAGE FROM THE POLICE CHIEF ` JUST AHEAD ` AS A TPP TRADE DEAL HANGS IN THE BALANCE AT APEC, IT ISN'T ALL JUST BUSINESS BETWEEN CANADA AND NZ AT THE TRADITIONAL APEC FAMILY PHOTO. AND THE SATIRISTS ARE HAVING A FIELD DAY WITH DONALD TRUMP'S BEEF WITH A BROADWAY MUSICAL. AND WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE KIWI BEHIND THIS SHOW-STOPPING PERFORMANCE AT THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS. # I'VE BEEN THERE ALL DAY. # AND BOOOOY # GOT ME WALKIN' SIDE TO SIDE. IS NZ READY TO START TRADING WITH RUSSIA AGAIN? THE LIKELY DEMISE OF THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP MEANS JOHN KEY'S RESORTING TO PLAN 'B'. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE HAS BEEN WITH THE PRIME MINISTER AT THE APEC SUMMIT IN PERU. HORSING AROUND FOR THE TRADITIONAL APEC FAMILY PHOTO, PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY'S GOT A BROMANCE WITH CANADA'S JUSTIN TRUDEAU. HE'S GOT A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOUR, JUSTIN, SO, YEAH, A BIT OF A LAUGH. THINGS ARE MUCH MORE SERIOUS WITH RUSSIA, THOUGH, WHERE NZ'S LOOKING TO RESTART TRADE TALKS. IT'S NEVER BEEN AN OVERLY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH PUTIN. PUTIN KEEPS MUCH MORE TO HIMSELF. THE DEAL WAS PUT ON ICE AFTER RUSSIA SEIZED CRIMEA, AND OTHER COUNTRIES IMPOSED SANCTIONS. AND THAT INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE HASN'T LET UP. JUST TWO DAYS AGO THE US AND THE EU WARNED MOSCOW OF FURTHER SANCTIONS OVER ATROCITIES IN SYRIA. IT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WE DON'T WANNA GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANNA BE LEFT BEHIND. JOHN KEY SAYS HE'LL WAIT FOR SANCTIONS TO BE LIFTED BEFORE STARTING FORMAL TALKS WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN. HE WOULD PROBABLY PREFER THAT WE MADE OUR OWN CALL, BUT, I MEAN, I THINK FROM NZ'S POINT OF VIEW, WE WOULD WANNA KEEP REASONABLY CLOSE TO LIKE-MINDED COUNTRIES. AS THE TPP DEAL HANGS IN THE BALANCE, NZ IS ALREADY WORKING ON A PLAN 'B'. MR KEY ANNOUNCED TALKS WITH CHINA TO UPGRADE THE FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT. AND APEC LEADERS AGREED TO RAMP UP PROGRESS TOWARDS AN ASIA-PACIFIC FREE-TRADE ZONE ` THAT WOULD INCLUDE RUSSIA AND CHINA. WHILE THE US IS AN IMPORTANT VOICE, IT'S NOT THE ONLY VOICE, AND NZ, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY SHOULD GO FORWARD, IT HAS TO GO FORWARD IF WE'RE GONNA UNDERPIN OUR ECONOMY. IN OTHER WORDS, AMERICA NO LONGER SEEMS FRONT AND CENTRE IN NZ'S FREE TRADE AMBITIONS. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS, LIMA, PERU. DONALD TRUMP IS CONTINUING TO AUDITION POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR TOP JOBS IN HIS ADMINISTRATION, BUT IT'S BEEN REVEALED HIS WIFE MELANIA WON'T BE JOINING HIM AT THE WHITE HOUSE, CHOOSING TO REMAIN AT THEIR HOME IN NEW YORK INSTEAD. CHANNEL NINE'S ROBERT PENFOLD WITH THIS. ALL ROADS LEAD TO TRUMP NATIONAL GOLF COURSE ` CABINET HOPEFULS MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT-ELECT AS HE CONTINUES TO BUILD HIS TEAM. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT DAY. GREAT PEOPLE COMING. YOU'LL SEE. THOUGH IT'S GOING TO BE LONELY AFTERHOURS AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A WHILE ` TRUMP'S WIFE, MELANIA, AND THEIR SON BARON (10) WILL STAY IN NEW YORK, AT LEAST UNTIL HE FINISHES THE SCHOOL YEAR NEXT JUNE. AND UPROAR CONTINUES FOLLOWING THE DECISION BY THE CAST OF THE HIT SHOW 'HAMILTON' TO LECTURE VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK MIKE PENCE, WHO WAS IN THE AUDIENCE, WHICH ALSO BOOED HIM. BOOING WE, SIR, WE ARE THE DIVERSE AMERICA WHO ARE ALARMED AND ANXIOUS THAT YOUR NEW ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT PROTECT US. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS I WASN'T OFFENDED BY WHAT WAS SAID. I'LL LEAVE TO OTHERS WHETHER IT WAS THE APPROPRIATE VENUE TO SAY IT. AND COMEDY SHOW 'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' IS STILL NEEDLING. BUT FROM THE DONALD ` NOT FUNNY. HEARD YOU WENT TO SEE HAMILTON. HOW WAS THAT? IT WAS GOOD. I GOT A FREE LECTURE. I HEARD THEY BOOED YOU. ABSOLUTELY. I LOVE YOU, MIKE. YOU'RE THE REASON I'M NEVER GONNA GET IMPEACHED. TRUMP WAS BACK ON TWITTER. THAT BOOING IS A RARITY. IT'S GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE U.S. WHILE YOU MAY NOT LIKE THOSE IN POWER IN THE WHITE HOUSE, YOU STILL SHOW GREAT RESPECT TO THE PRESIDENCY. SOME TRUMP SUPPORTERS ARE CALLING FOR A BOYCOTT OF THE SHOW, BUT THE NEW YORK SHOW IS SOLD OUT UNTIL THE END OF NEXT YEAR. THE STARS HAVE BEEN SHINING BRIGHT IN LOS ANGELES AT THE ANNUAL AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS. AND WHILE THE A-LISTERS GATHERED TO CELEBRATE A YEAR WELL DONE, ONE KIWI WAS HELPING THEM LOOK THEIR BEST ON STAGE. LISETTE REYMER IS ACROSS THE WINS AND SINS OF THE BIG NIGHT. THEY CAME. THEY SANG. # NEVER LET YOU. CROWD: # NEVER LET YOU DOWN. AND THEY CONQUERED. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING US. IT'S A PRIVILEGE. YOU GUYS CHANGE OUR LIVES. THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS DONE FOR ANOTHER YEAR, BUT THIS TIME WITH A TRUMP-SIZED ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. WITH LOVE, HONOUR AND RESPECT FOR EVERY LIVING THING IN THE UNIVERSE, SEPARATION CEASES. HOST OF THE NIGHT, SUPERMODEL GIGI HADID, ONLY WAITING MINUTES BEFORE TAKING A HIT AT THE FIRST LADY-IN WAITING. I LOVE MY HUSBAND, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. BEFORE CHRISSY TEIGEN USED HER HUSBAND JOHN LEGEND AS A PEACE OFFERING. ON THE HEELS OF WHAT'S BEEN A REALLY INTERESTING, <BLEEP>ED UP <BLEEP>ING ELECTION... CHEERING ...FOR ALL OF US, WE CAN ALL USE A LITTLE LOVE TONIGHT. ROCKER STING WAS HONOURED WITH THE MUSIC AWARD OF MERIT. ONLY MINUTES LATER PROVING WHY. # I'LL BE WATCHING YOU. AND ADDING HIS TWO CENTS TO THE THEME OF THE EVENING. THE MIXING OF CULTURE, RHYTHM AND PASSION IS WHAT MADE THIS COUNTRY THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD. BUT IN BETWEEN THE POLITICAL POUTING AND THE STAR-STUDDED PERFORMANCES, SOME AWARDS WERE GIVEN OUT. EX-ONE-DIRECTIONER ZAYN MALIK WON BEST NEW ARTIST AND MADE NO EFFORT TO HIDE HIS SMUGNESS. THIS ONLY HAS MY NAME ON IT, RIGHT? DRAKE SECURED FOUR OF HIS RECORD 13 NOMINATIONS, INCLUDING, BEST HIP HOP ALBUM, ARTIST AND SONG. I JUST LIKE TO KEEP THINGS EXCITING, KEEP MAKING MUSIC. BUT THE NIGHT BELONGED TO ARIANA GRANDE. THE PINT-SIZED STAR TOOK HOME THE BIGGEST PRIZE OF THE NIGHT ` ARTIST OF THE YEAR. OH MY GOD, IM TRYING NOT TO CRY! SHE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE GETTING EMOTIONAL. SELENA GOMEZ ACKNOWLEDGED A BIG YEAR OF REHAB AND ANXIETY BATTLES AS SHE ACCEPTED HER AWARD FOR FAVOURITE FEMALE. I'M NOT TRYING TO GET VALIDATION, NOR DO I NEED IT ANY MORE. WHILE LADY GAGA ADDED TO THE TEAR COUNT DURING THIS POWERFUL PERFORMANCE. AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A KIWI SUCCESS STORY, DON'T WORRY. THERE IS ONE. JUSTIN BIEBER'S 'SORRY', MASTERMINDED BY NZER CHOREOGRAPHER PARRIS GOEBEL, CLAIMED VIDEO OF THE YEAR. BUT IF THAT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU, WELL, THIS PERFORMANCE RIGHT HERE ` YEAH, THAT'S ALL GOEBEL AS WELL. LISETTE REYMER, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR WEATHER AND A MIX OF SUN AND SHOWERS. AND THE F-WORD ` NOT THAT F-WORD BUT ANOTHER ONE ` CREATES A BIG STINK CANADA'S PARLIAMENT. You know that person - the one who seizes the day, shines, full of life, never stops inspiring. (UPBEAT MUSIC) They're a force of nature. At Nature's Own, we search the world for potent ingredients because nature can be a powerful force for your health and we want to help everyone get the strength they need to be a force of nature. Join us and discover their stories at naturesown.co.nz. THERE'S BEEN AN ODD ROW IN CANADA'S PARLIAMENT OVER THE USE OF AN 'F' WORD. BUT IT'S NOT AS BAD AS YOU MIGHT THINK. CANADIAN MP MICHELLE REMPEL WAS GIVING AN IMPASSIONED SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON JOBS, WHEN THE GREEN PARTY LEADER TOOK OFFENCE TO HER CHOICE OF LANGUAGE. TAKE A LISTEN. WHY DOES THIS GOVERNMENT TREAT ALBERTA LIKE A FART IN THE ROOM? I HEARD HER SAY A WORD THAT I KNOW IS DISTINCTLY UNPARLIAMENTARY, AND I THINK SHE MAY WANT TO WITHDRAW IT. THE WORD WAS F-A-R-T. REMPEL IS REFUSING TO WITHDRAW HER STATEMENTS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER, WITH THE HELP OF THE LATE SHARON JONES AND HER BAND, THE DAP KINGS. '100 DAYS, 100 NIGHTS' PLAYS FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD AND KATE PARKINSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016