IT'S MIDDAY, WEDNESDAY THE 23RD OF NOVEMBER. AN ARMY CONVOY IS BACK ON THE ROAD WITH SUPPLIES FOR KAIKOURA AFTER BEING LOCKED OUT OF THE TOWN THIS MORNING AS A SEVERE AFTERSHOCK THREATENED MORE SLIPS ALONG THE INLAND ROUTE. DONALD TRUMP RUFFLES FEATHERS AT DOWNING STREET BY SUGGESTING WHO HE THINKS SHOULD BE MADE UK'S AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON. PLUS A RARE THUNDERSTORM PHENOMENON TURNS DEADLY FOR ASTHMA SUFFERERS IN MELBOURNE. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. BUT FIRST, A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED IN OPOTIKI AFTER THE DEATH OF A WOMAN OVERNIGHT. POLICE WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON WELLINGTON STREET FOLLOWING REPORTS OF A DOMESTIC DISPUTE. ON ARRIVAL, POLICE ARRESTED A MAN AND PERFORMED CPR ON THE WOMAN, BUT SHE COULDN'T BE SAVED. A MAN (35) WILL APPEAR IN WHAKATANE DISTRICT COURT TODAY CHARGED WITH MURDER. AID SUPPLIES ARE ON THEIR WAY TO KAIKOURA ONCE AGAIN AFTER OPERATIONS WERE HALTED THIS MORNING FOLLOWING THE COMPLETE CLOSURE OF THE EMERGENCY ACCESS INLAND ROUTE. THE ROAD WAS BLOCKED OFF TO THE DEFENCE FORCE FOLLOWING A SEVERE 5.7 MAGNITUDE AFTERSHOCK LATE YESTERDAY, BUT CIVIL DEFENCE HAVE NOW GIVEN THE ALL-CLEAR. WILL HINE WITH THIS UPDATE. ENGINEERS HAVE BEEN OUT ON THIS ROUTE SINCE FIRST LIGHT CHECKING FOR DAMAGE AFTER THE BIG AFTERSHOCK. THE ROUTE HAS BEEN IMPORTANT FOR THE ARMY IN RECENT DAYS. IT'S BEEN SENDING THROUGH A DAILY CONVOY OF ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES TO TOWN, USUALLY ABOUT FIVE OR SIX TRUCKS. IT'S BEEN DOING THAT INSTEAD OF SENDING HMNZS CANTERBURY UP THE COAST FROM LYTTELTON. AS FOR RESIDENTS, THEY HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN TOLD THAT THE ROUTE WILL NOT OPEN TO THEM THIS WEEK. IT MAY OPEN SOMETIME NEXT WEEK, BUT INITIALLY IT WOULD ONLY BE TO PEOPLE WITH FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE CAPABILITY. MEANWHILE, A WARNING TO STAY AWAY FROM THE CONWAY RIVER, JUST SOUTH OF KAIKOURA, REMAINS IN PLACE, WITH CIVIL DEFENCE SAYING IT'S IN IMMINENT DANGER OF OVERFLOWING. A DAM FORMED BY A LANDSLIDE FROM THE 7.8 MAGNITUDE QUAKE IS CAUSING WATER TO BUILD UP BEHIND IT. CIVIL DEFENCE SAYS IF IT BREACHES, WATER LEVELS COULD RAPIDLY RISE AND PUSH DEBRIS DOWN THE RIVER, THREATENING THE INLAND ROAD ACCESS. LAST WEEK A LANDSLIDE BURST IN THE CLARENCE RIVER, PROMPTING A SEARCH FOR A GROUP OF KAYAKERS WHO WERE LATER FOUND SAFE. A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS REMAIN OUT OF ACTION IN WELLINGTON AS ENGINEERS CONTINUE THEIR ASSESSMENTS. THE CITY COUNCIL'S CIVIC ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WILL ALSO REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, WITH AROUND 450 STAFF RELOCATED TO OTHER LOCATIONS. TENANTS AT REVERA HOUSE ON MULGRAVE STREET ARE STILL WAITING ON WORD AS TO WHEN THEY CAN RE-ENTER, AND MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE LIVING IN THE CBD HAVE BEEN DISPLACED. IT'S NOW THOUGHT THE MAGNITUDE 7.4 EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN WAS A STRONG AFTERSHOCK OF THE DEVASTATING FUKUSHIMA QUAKE IN 2011. TSUNAMI WARNINGS HAVE BEEN LIFTED FOR ALL OF JAPAN'S PACIFIC COAST. THE LARGEST OF THE WAVES WAS 1.4 METRES. THE QUAKE HIT CLOSE TO THE EPICENTRE OF THE MAGNITUDE 9 QUAKE FIVE YEARS AGO THAT TRIGGERED A TSUNAMI, WHICH KILLED MORE THAN 18,000 PEOPLE AND CAUSED A NUCLEAR MELTDOWN. THIS TIME JAPAN ESCAPED WITH ONLY A FEW REPORTS OF MINOR INJURIES. MORE AFTERSHOCKS ARE EXPECTED TO RATTLE THE NATION. A MUSLIM CLERIC WHO WAS FILMED MAKING ANTI-SEMITIC COMMENTS HAS BEEN STOOD DOWN. DR MOHAMMAD ANWAR SAHIB WAS AN ADVISER FOR THE FEDERATION OF ISLAMIC ASSOCIATIONS OF NZ WHEN HE SAID THAT 'JEWS ARE USING EVERYBODY BECAUSE THEY THINK 'THAT THEIR PROTOCOL IS TO RULE THE ENTIRE WORLD.' IN A STATEMENT, THE FIANZ SAYS IT CONDEMNS AND REJECTS ANY FORM OF HATE SPEECH AND SAYS DR SAHIB HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY STOOD DOWN, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. IT'S HOPED POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS TODAY WILL SHED LIGHT ON THE MYSTERIOUS DEATHS OF TWO TRAMPERS FOUND IN THE WAIRARAPA'S TARARUA FOREST PARK. THE MEN, IN THEIR THIRTIES, WERE DUE BACK ON SUNDAY FROM THEIR OVERNIGHT TRAMP TO ALPHA HUT, BUT THEIR BODIES WERE FOUND ON MONDAY WITHIN A KILOMETRE OF IT. DESPITE GOOD WEATHER CONDITIONS, POLICE BELIEVE THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE HUT. THEY'VE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO'VE LIVED IN NZ FOR SOME TIME. OWNERS OF MENACING AND DANGEROUS DOGS WILL SOON BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A LICENCE TO KEEP THEIR PETS. IT COMES AS PART OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT BY NATIONAL MP LOUISE UPSTON TODAY ON THE PLAN TO REDUCE THE RISK AND HARM OF DOG ATTACKS. NEW MEASURES WILL ENSURE OWNERS OF HIGH-RISK DOGS ARE FIT FOR THE JOB AND WILL INTRODUCE STRICTER PENALTIES FOR THOSE WHOSE DOGS DO ATTACK. MS UPSTON SAYS THE NEW LEGISLATION, TO BE INTRODUCED IN FEBRUARY, WILL IN TIME DECREASE THE NUMBER OF MENACING DOGS IN NZ. A UNION IS PLANNING LEGAL ACTION TO ENSURE PUMPKIN PATCH WORKERS GET PAID REDUNDANCY. IT FOLLOWS YESTERDAY'S CONFIRMATION FROM THE RECEIVER, KORDAMENTHA, THAT THE TROUBLED COMPANY HAD BEEN UNABLE TO FIND A BUYER AND STORES WOULD CLOSE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. FIRST UNION REPRESENTS MOST OF THE COMPANY'S DISTRIBUTION CENTRE WORKERS AND IS ALSO PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO AFFECTED HEAD OFFICE WORKERS. IT DOESN'T REPRESENT RETAIL STAFF. PUMPKIN PATCH HAD 160 SHOPS IN NZ AND AUSTRALIA EARLIER THIS YEAR AND NEARLY 1600 STAFF. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A DEATH IN LYTTELTON WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO A REPORTED WATER RESCUE ON GODLEY QUAY JUST BEFORE 10.30 THIS MORNING. POLICE WILL CONDUCT A POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION TO DETERMINE HOW THE PERSON DIED. LYTTELTON ENGINEERING SAYS IT DOESN'T BELIEVE IT WAS ONE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES. A 'NIGHT N DAY' STORE IN CHRISTCHURCH HAS BEEN ROBBED OVERNIGHT FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN THREE MONTHS. A MAN AND WOMAN ENTERED THE WOOLSTON 24-HOUR STORE AT QUARTER TO 3, PRESENTING WEAPONS TO STAFF BEFORE STEALING CIGARETTES AND FLEEING THE SCENE. NO ONE WAS INJURED DURING THE ROBBERY. POLICE ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY THE OFFENDERS. A LARGE PART OF CHRISTCHURCH'S MOST POPULAR PRE-EARTHQUAKE NIGHTLIFE SPOTS HAS BEEN SOLD AT AUCTION. FIVE BUILDINGS ON TUAM STREET MAKING UP PART OF THE SOL SQUARE DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN SOLD THIS MORNING BY THE BANK OF NZ, NEITHER THE BANK OR THE NEW PURCHASER WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE SALE OR PRICE, THOUGH COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL SAY THE RESULT IS SATISFACTORY TO BOTH PARTIES. ANOTHER BUILDING WHICH MADE UP PART OF THE POPULAR HOSPITALITY PRECINCT WAS DESTROYED IN A LARGE FIRE IN JULY. DONALD TRUMP'S WASTING NO TIME MAKING HIS INTENTIONS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE CLEAR, WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT HE'LL SCRAP THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP DEAL. AND NOW A MAJOR U-TURN ON ONE OF HIS KEY CAMPAIGN PROMISES. THE PRESIDENT-ELECT SAYS HE WON'T PURSUE INVESTIGATIONS INTO HILLARY CLINTON AND HER EMAILS BECAUSE HE NO LONGER 'FEELS STRONGLY' ABOUT IT. THE BBC'S JON SOPEL HAS MORE. THIS IS THE PRESIDENT-ELECT AT THE NEWSPAPER HE HATES ABOVE ALL OTHERS, REPEATEDLY ATTACKING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT WHICH HE GIVES MORE TIME TO THAN EVERYONE ELSE, THE NEW YORK TIMES. HE WAS THERE TO GIVE THEIR JOURNALISTS AN EXCLUSIVE NEWS CONFERENCE, WHICH THEY LIVE-TWEETED. AND ONE IMPORTANT U-TURN ` HE CONFIRMED THERE'D BE NO PROSECUTION OF HILLARY CLINTON OVER HER USE OF A PRIVATE EMAIL SERVER. YOU SAY A LOT OF THINGS, EVEN SOME BAD THINGS MIGHT HAPPEN, AND THEN YOU CAN, SORT OF, PUT IT BEHIND YOU IN ORDER TO UNITE THE NATION. ALL CHANT: LOCK HER UP! LOCK HER UP! FOR MONTH AFTER MONTH, DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTERS CHANTED, 'LOCK HER UP.' HE CALLED HILLARY CLINTON CORRUPT, DISHONEST AND A CRIMINAL. SOME OF HIS SUPPORTERS ON RIGHT-WING WEBSITES NOW COMPLAINING OF BROKEN PROMISES. AT THE NEW YORK TIMES, OTHER IMPORTANT STATEMENTS ` A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OF VIEW. ON HIS SUPPORT FROM THE FAR RIGHT, HE SAID ` AT THE WEEKEND, THE SO-CALLED ALT-RIGHT MET VERY CLOSE TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO CELEBRATE DONALD TRUMP'S VICTORY, WHICH THEY DID WITH NAZI-STYLE SALUTES. AND INSTEAD OF 'HEIL HITLER', THIS ` HEIL TRUMP. HEIL OUR PEOPLE. HEIL VICTORY. TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE, THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT WAS GIVING MEDAL OF HONOUR AWARDS TO SOME OF THE GLITTERATI OF AMERICAN PUBLIC LIFE, MANY OF THEM VOCAL SUPPORTERS OF HILLARY CLINTON DURING THE CAMPAIGN ` THE LIBERAL ELITE, WHO WILL FIND THEMSELVES OUT IN THE COLD UNDER A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP'S TORN UP THE DIPLOMATIC RULE BOOK BY SUGGESTING BRITISH POLITICIAN NIGEL FARAGE SHOULD BE MADE UK AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON. DOWNING STREET HAS REJECTED THE IDEA, POINTING OUT THAT THERE'S NO VACANCY. THE BBC'S JOHN PIENAAR REPORTS. PLACES TO GO, PEOPLE TO TALK TO. FIRST JUMPING THE QUEUE TO SEE DONALD TRUMP, NOW AGAINST ALL RULES OF DIPLOMATIC GOOD MANNERS, AMERICA'S NEXT PRESIDENT HAS NAMED HIM AS THE ONE HE WANTS AS BRITAIN'S AMBASSADOR. I'M VERY FLATTERED. I'M SURPRISED BY IT. IT WAS A BOLT OUT OF THE BLUE. I WASN'T EXPECTING IT FOR A MOMENT. UM, IT SHOWS THAT HE'S GOT SOME CONFIDENCE IN ME. HE'S A BUSINESSMAN, NOT A POLITICIAN. HE'S A BUSINESSMAN, AND IN THE WORLD OF BUSINESS, YOU OPERATE ON TRUST. IF YOU LIKE PEOPLE AND YOU TRUST PEOPLE, YOU WANT TO WORK WITH THEM. COULD NIGEL FARAGE'S SMILE GET ANY WIDER? YES, AS IT TURNS OUT. THIS MEETING RANKLED IN DOWNING STREET. BUT DONALD TRUMP WENT FURTHER EARLIER TODAY WHEN HE SUGGESTED THE PRIME MINISTER GIVE THE TORY'S OLD TORMENTOR A JOB. HE TWEETED... TODAY IN THE COMMONS, BORIS JOHNSON BURIED THE WHOLE IDEA AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY. THERE SHOULD BE NO PLACE FOR ANYONE OF` WHO EXPRESSES INFLAMMATORY AND WHAT SOMETIMES COULD BE CONSIDERED BORDERING ON RACIST VIEWS IN REPRESENTING THIS COUNTRY IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES. WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT AMBASSADOR IN WASHINGTON DOING A FIRST-RATE JOB, AND THERE IS NO VACANCY. WOMAN: PRIME MINISTER, IS NIGEL FARAGE GOING TO BE OUR NEW MAN IN WASHINGTON?! NOT A CHANCE. SHE'S GOT ENOUGH ON HER PLATE MEETING EUROPEAN LEADERS LIKE THE BELGIAN PM TODAY ABOUT LIFE AFTER BREXIT. SHE DOESN'T WANT TO RISK POLITICAL OPPONENTS OR FOREIGN ALLIES MAKING HER JOB ANY HARDER. A NIGHT OF BIZARRE WEATHER IN MELBOURNE HAS RAPIDLY ESCALATED INTO A DISASTER, LEAVING TWO PEOPLE DEAD. BREATHLESS AND DESPERATE, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SWAMPED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY. A RARE PHENOMENON CALLED 'THUNDERSTORM ASTHMA' IS BEING BLAMED. THE ABC'S JAMES HANCOCK EXPLAINS. 12-YEAR-OLD BRENNAN MCALOON WAS AMONGST THE THOUSANDS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL LAST NIGHT. WE WERE ALMOST OUT OF ASTHMA PUMPS, SO WE WERE ON OUR LAST ONE. AND MY MUM WAS WORRIED THAT IT WAS GONNA RUN OUT. SHE DROVE HIM TO EMERGENCY TO AVOID A LONG WAIT FOR AMBULANCE. SAID IT WAS CONSIDERED A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND THEY WOULDN'T BE COMING FOR US. JOY MCALOON'S CALL FOR HELP WAS ONE OF 2000 REQUESTS FOR AN AMBULANCE OVER FIVE HOURS UNTIL 11PM. AT ONE STAGE, NEW CALLS WERE COMING THROUGH EVERY 4� SECONDS. ST VINCENT'S HOSPITAL IN MELBOURNE'S INNER NORTH RAN OUT OF VENTOLIN PUFFERS. WE WERE COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED WITH THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS THAT WERE COMING THROUGH THE DOOR. TWO PEOPLE DIED AFTER EXPERIENCING RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. AMBULANCE VICTORIA HAS LAUNCHED AN INTERNAL REVIEW. ONE OF THE CASES WAITED AT LEAST 30 MINUTES. THE SUDDEN ASTHMA OUTBREAK WAS CAUSED BY A PHENOMENON KNOWN AS THUNDERSTORM ASTHMA. AN ELEPHANT HAD ITS FOOT ON MY CHEST FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS, IT FELT LIKE. THIS SORT OF THING IS RARE. THE LAST MAJOR THUNDERSTORM ASTHMA EVENT WAS SIX YEARS AGO. EXPERTS SAY GRASS POLLEN IS NORMALLY TOO BIG TO GET INTO THE LUNGS, BUT IN STRONG WINDS AND RAIN, IT CAN ABSORB MOISTURE THEN BURST INTO TINY PARTICLES. NOT EVERY TIME YOU GET THE COMBINATION OF BAD GRASS POLLEN PLUS A THUNDERSTORM DO YOU GET THUNDERSTORM ASTHMA, SO IT'S FINDING OUT WHAT THAT LITTLE FACTOR X IS. EXPERTS WANT MORE RESEARCH INTO THE PHENOMENON AND POSSIBLE WARNING SYSTEMS. THAT WOULD CALM THE NERVES OF PARENTS LIKE JULIE MCALOON. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` AN END-OF-SCHOOL VACATION TURNS INTO A NIGHTMARE FOR AN AUSTRALIAN TEEN ALLEGEDLY CAUGHT WITH DRUGS IN BALI. AND DECISIONS ARE IN. ONE ALL BLACK IS CLEARED FOR DANGEROUS TACKLING, WHILE ANOTHER IS OUT OF THIS WEEKEND'S CLASH IN FRANCE. WELCOME BACK, AN AUSTRALIAN TEENAGER IS FACING THE PROSPECT OF 12 YEARS IN A BALI PRISON CELL AFTER ALLEGEDLY BEING BUSTED WITH A BAG OF WHITE POWDER AT A KUTA NIGHTCLUB WHILE CELEBRATING FINISHING SCHOOL. CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN REPORTS. A KUTA NIGHTCLUB, AND SECURITY POUNCE. I DON'T DO THIS <BLEEP>. I ONLY DRINK. THE MOMENT JAMIE MURPHY WENT FROM SCHOOLIE TO DRUG SUSPECT. I DON'T KNOW. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. THE 18-YEAR-OLD WAS GRABBED AFTER SECURITY CARRIED OUT A ROUTINE SEARCH AND FOUND A SMALL AMOUNT OF WHITE POWDER. THE TEENAGER FROM PERTH IMMEDIATELY PROTESTED HIS INNOCENCE. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? IT'S NOT MINE. BUT SECURITY WEREN'T BUYING IT, FORCING HIM TO FACE THE CAMERA. IT'S NOT MINE. UNDER ARREST AND IN HANDCUFFS, HE WAS MARCHED OUT OF THE NIGHTCLUB AND TRANSFERRED TO A LOCAL POLICE STATION. THE SERIOUSNESS OF WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED HITTING HOME, MURPHY KNEW HE WAS IN BIG TROUBLE. MY GOD. I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO MYSELF. JUST 24 HOURS BEFORE HE WAS GRABBED, KUTA POLICE WENT ON THE OFFENSIVE, OPENLY WARNING SCHOOLIES THEY WERE LAUNCHING A CRACKDOWN ON DRUG USE. THE WHITE POWDER IS STILL BEING TESTED, BUT POLICE SUSPECT IT'S COCAINE. HIS PARENTS ARE STILL IN PERTH. BALI POLICE HAVE THREE DAYS TO HOLD HIM WHILE THEY INVESTIGATE. IN THE MEANTIME, FOR THIS SCHOOLIES YOUNGSTER, PARADISE HAS NOW BECOME A BALI POLICE CELL. A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER IN THE US HAS BEEN CHARGED OVER A CRASH IN WHICH FIVE YOUNG CHILDREN DIED. THE BUS WAS CARRYING AROUND 35 SCHOOL CHILDREN IN TENNESSEE, WHEN IT CAREERED OFF THE ROAD AND SLAMMED INTO A TREE. FIVE CHILDREN WERE KILLED ON IMPACT. SIX OTHERS WERE HOSPITALISED. THE DRIVER (24) HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE COUNTS OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AND RECKLESS DRIVING. ONE CHILD ON BOARD CLAIMS THE DRIVER ASKED THEM 'IF THEY WANTED TO DIE' BEFORE THE IMPACT. TURKEY'S WITHDRAWN A CONTROVERSIAL BILL THAT WOULD PARDON MEN CONVICTED OF SEX WITH UNDERAGE GIRLS IF THEY MARRIED THEM. THE BILL WAS SENT BACK FOR FURTHER WORK JUST HOURS BEFORE A FINAL VOTE IN PARLIAMENT. IT HAD SPARKED PROTESTS ACROSS TURKEY AND WAS CONDEMNED ABROAD. CRITICS SAID IT WOULD LEGITIMISE STATUTORY RAPE. BUT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THE MAIN AIM IS TO EXONERATE MEN IMPRISONED FOR MARRYING AN UNDERAGE GIRL APPARENTLY WITH HER OR HER FAMILY'S CONSENT. TO MIDDAY SPORT, AND THE ALL BLACKS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED FLANKER SAM CANE AT A DISCIPLINARY HEARING BUT WILL LOSE MIDFIELDER MALAKAI FEKITOA FOR THIS WEEKEND'S CLASH AGAINST FRANCE IN PARIS. FEKITOA IS BANNED FOR ONE WEEK FOR THIS TACKLE AGAINST IRELAND, WITH THE INDEPENDENT DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE SAYING HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED A RED CARD RATHER THAN YELLOW. WHILST WE'RE DISAPPOINTED WITH MALAKAI, HE ADMITTED THAT HE WENT HIGH, AND IT'S PRETTY CLEAR AND OBVIOUS THAT HE DID. I THINK THEY RULED THERE WAS NO INTENTION, BUT THERE'S ABOUT WHERE IT HIT. SAM CANE WAS SECOND TO PRESENT HIS CASE AT THE HEATHROW AIRPORT HEARING BUT DID NOT ACCEPT THE CHARGE OF FOUL PLAY AFTER THIS COLLISION LEFT IRELAND'S ROBBIE HENSHAW UNCONSCIOUS. HE WAS IN A COLLISION THAT WENT WRONG, MORE THAN ANYTHING. AND WHILST IT'S UNFORTUNATE THERE WAS AN INJURY, THAT'S THE NATURE OF THE GAME. CANE IS ALREADY OUT WITH AN ANKLE INJURY, WITH MATT TODD OR ARDIE SAVEA TO START AT OPEN-SIDE FLANKER. MEANWHILE, INJURED ALL BLACK SONNY BILL WILLIAMS HAS REVEALED THE PAST FEW MONTHS HAVE SEEN HIM THE HAPPIEST HE'S BEEN. WILLIAMS HURT HIS ACHILLES AT THE RIO OLYMPICS, RULING HIM OUT OF RUGBY FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. DESPITE THE LAYOFF, THE 31-YEAR-OLD SAYS THE PAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE HE'S EXPERIENCED. HILLARY'S VERY HAPPY THAT YOU'VE HAD TIME TO BOND WITH YOUR FAMILY. A BIT MORE. OH, YES, YEAH. IT'S SURPRISING. IT'S PROBABLY THE HAPPIEST I'VE BEEN FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND IT'S PROBABLY DUE TO THAT FACT. THE FATHER OF DAUGHTER IMAAN, BORN IN LATE 2014, IS EXPECTING HIS SECOND CHILD WITH WIFE, ALANA RAFFIE. THE LOLLY-GATE SAGA IS SET TO CONTINUE, AS SOUTH AFRICAN CAPTAIN FAF DU PLESSIS PREPARES TO APPEAL THE GUILTY VERDICT. DU PLESSIS HAS ESCAPED SUSPENSION DESPITE BEING FOUND GUILTY OF BALL-TAMPERING. HE'LL BE FREE TO PLAY IN THE THIRD TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN ADELAIDE TOMORROW. AFTER A THREE-HOUR HEARING BEFORE AN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL, HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF BALL-TAMPERING AND FINED 100% OF HIS MATCH FEE. IT COMES AFTER FOOTAGE EMERGED OF HIM APPLYING SALIVA TO THE BALL WITH A LOLLY IN HIS MOUTH DURING HIS SIDE'S SECOND TEST WIN IN HOBART. IT WAS DEEMED A FIRST OFFENCE, HENCE HE WASN'T SUSPENDED. TO FOOTBALL, AND TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS' FIRST CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CAMPAIGN IN SIX SEASONS IS OVER. THE SPURS TRAILED MONACO 1-0 IN THIS MORNINGS' GROUP E CLASH BEFORE EQUALISING THROUGH A HARRY KANE PENALTY. THEN JUST A FEW SECONDS LATER, SPURS DID WHAT THEY TEND TO DO SO WELL. HERE THEY COME ON THE ATTACK AGAIN. LEMAR! AND SPURS HAVE THROWN IT BACK INTO THE GAME BRIEFLY! CAN'T HELP BUT THINK TOTTENHAM ARE STILL CELEBRATING THE EQUALISER. THEY CLOCKED THAT AT 16 SECONDS FROM THE KICK-OFF. THE SCORE REMAINED 2-1 AND ENDED TOTTENHAM'S HOPES OF QUALIFYING FOR THE ROUND OF 16. MEANWHILE, PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS LEICESTER CITY'S FAIRY TALE HAS CONTINUED. THEY'VE BEATEN BELGIUM SIDE CLUB BRUGGE 2-1 IN LEICESTER TO FINISH TOP OF GROUP G AND QUALIFY FOR THE KNOCKOUT PHASE. TO SOME ENTERTAINMENT NEWS NOW. BRITISH SONGSTRESS ADELE WILL BE PERFORMING HERE NOT JUST ONCE BUT TWICE. SHE'S ANNOUNCED A SECOND CONCERT IN AUCKLAND AFTER THE PRE-SALE TICKETS FOR HER FIRST SHOW SOLD OUT IN JUST 15 MINUTES YESTERDAY. THE SHOWS IN MARCH WILL BE ADELE'S FIRST-EVER PERFORMANCES ON KIWI SOIL. TICKETS GO ON SALE TOMORROW. SUPERSTAR KANYE WEST IS IN HOSPITAL, REPORTEDLY SUFFERING EXHAUSTION. BUT THE 911 EMERGENCY CALL HAS NOW BEEN RELEASED, REVEALING THE OPERATOR CALLED THE SITUATION A 'PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY'. THE RAPPER'S BEEN MORE CONTROVERSIAL THAN USUAL OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, CANCELLING SHOWS AND RANTING BIZARRELY. THE ABC'S NICK WATT HAS MORE. THE CALL CAME IN AT 1.20PM ` MEDICAL EMERGENCY AT A WEST HOLLYWOOD ADDRESS. LAPD AND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED. ACCORDING TO TMZ, WEST WAS AT HIS TRAINER'S HOME, 'ACTING ERRATICALLY'. # ...TO A WOMAN SO HEARTLESS. # EARLIER THE 'HEARTLESS' SINGER'S TEAM HAD CANCELLED ALL REMAINING DATES OF WEST'S ST PABLO TOUR. LAST NIGHT WEST'S WIFE, KIM KARDASHIAN, WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE HER FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE SINCE SHE WAS HELD AT GUNPOINT AND ROBBED IN PARIS LAST MONTH. THE SOCIAL-MEDIA MAVEN'S BEEN LIVING THE QUIET LIFE EVER SINCE, BUT SHE SKIPPED THE COMEBACK EVENT, REPORTEDLY FLYING HOME TO BE WITH HER HUSBAND. THE 'GOLD DIGGER' SINGER IS FAMOUSLY UNPREDICTABLE AND PROVOCATIVE. IN 2009 HE STORMED THE VMAs STAGE AS TAYLOR SWIFT ACCEPTED AN AWARD. I'MA LET YOU FINISH, BUT BEYONCE HAD ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS OF ALL TIME. BUT SATURDAY NIGHT IN SACRAMENTO... STOP IT. STOP IT. STOP IT. ...WAS MAYBE THE FIRST HINT ALL IS REALLY NOT WELL. KICKING OFF HIS GIG 90 MINUTES LATE, THEN MORE VENTING THAN SINGING. IT'S A NEW WORLD, HILLARY CLINTON! GONE AFTER JUST A HALF HOUR ON STAGE, TWO DAYS LATER HE'S IN THE HOSPITAL. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. PLUS ` A PAINSTAKINGLY COLLECTED DODO SKELETON GOES UNDER THE HAMMER. BUT FOR HOW MUCH? THAT'S COMING UP. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. A 35-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER A WOMAN'S DEATH IN OPOTIKI OVERNIGHT. KAIKOURA WILL SOON RECEIVE MORE AID SUPPLIES, WITH THE DEFENCE FORCE BACK ON THE ROAD. OPERATIONS WERE HALTED THIS MORNING WHILE THE INLAND ROAD WAS ASSESSED FOR FURTHER DAMAGE FOLLOWING A SEVERE AFTERSHOCK. PLUS ` FROM FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR, OWNERS OF MENACING AND DANGEROUS DOGS WILL BE REQUIRED BY LAW TO OBTAIN A LICENCE TO KEEP THEIR PETS. NOW TO THE WEATHER, AND WARM FOR SOME PARTS, WET FOR OTHERS. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ FINALLY, THE SKELETON OF AN INCREDIBLY RARE CREATURE, BEST KNOWN FOR ITS ROLE IN ALICE IN WONDERLAND, HAS SOLD FOR ALMOST $600,000 AT AN AUCTION IN ENGLAND. THE DODO BIRD WAS HUNTED TO EXTINCTION, AND THE BONES FOR THIS SKELETON WERE COLLECTED BY ONE MAN OVER A PERIOD OF 40 YEARS. IT'S THE ONLY COMPLETE SKELETON PRIVATELY OWNED AND THE FIRST TO EVER GO UP FOR AUCTION. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. FROM THE MIDDAY NEWS TEAM, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY ANTONY VLUG AND IMOGEN STAINES. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016.