GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. BLUSTERY AND WET SUMS IT UP FOR FRIDAY WITH LOTS OF RAIN AND PLENTY OF WIND AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, ESPECIALLY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN REGIONS. THE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS ARE OUT. DETAILS FOR YOU WITHIN THE HOUR. RIGHT NOW, IT IS 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF 1 NEWS, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. FINALLY ON THE ROAD OUT OF TOWN. THE FIRST PRIVATE VEHICLES ALLOWED OUT OF QUAKE-HIT KAIKOURA MAKE THE DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT JOURNEY. SHOPPERS HEAD BACK TO A LOWER HUTT MALL, BUT IT'S CONFIRMED PART OF THE COMPLEX WILL BE URGENTLY DEMOLISHED BECAUSE OF QUAKE DAMAGE. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. THEY'VE FINALLY MADE IT THROUGH. THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ALLOWED TO DRIVE FROM KAIKOURA MADE IT OUT SAFELY JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO. THOSE ALLOWED TO TRAVEL IN THE CONVOY SAY THEY'RE RELIEVED AND DESCRIBE THEIR TRIP ALONG QUAKE-RAVAGED ROADS AS SCARY AND SHOCKING. LISA DAVIES WAS THERE AS THEY LEFT AND JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM KAIKOURA. That road is closed the game. It is closed for the night. It was only open for a two-hour window. 100 people got out and has done something wonderful for the mood in Kaikoura. BLENHEIM'S CHRIS FOLEY SAYS HER DOG PIP'S BEEN JUST AS UPSET. OH, PIP, YOU'RE JUST ABOUT TO GO HOME. BUT EVEN AS THEY QUEUE, THERE'S UNCERTAINTY. UNTIL WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH, I'M NOT GOING TO COUNT MY CHICKENS. EVEN AS THEY WERE GIVEN FINAL SAFETY BRIEFINGS,... TAKE IT NICE AND SLOW, AND TAKE CARE. ...OFFICIALS AWAITED THE FINAL GO-AHEAD FROM GEOTECH ENGINEERS REASSESSING THE ROAD THAT'S STILL TREACHEROUS IN PARTS. THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT IN A RUSH TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION, SO PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN WAITING HERE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF HAVE GOT THEIR FINGERS CROSSED. THIS KAIKOURA FAMILY TAKING THEIR KIDS OUT FOR A BIT OF NORMAL LIFE. IT'LL BE BETTER WITHOUT THE SHAKING, AND IT'S BEEN QUITE BORING WITHOUT SCHOOL. EARLIER TODAY WE MET DAIRY FARMER SHANE JONES. THIS SHED NOW IS A WRITE-OFF SO THIS IS WIPED. IT'LL BE A DIGGER JOB AND REBUILT. IT'S LEFT HIM DESPERATE TO GET HIS COWS OUT, SO NEWS THE ROAD WAS TO OPEN, BUT NOT TO STOCK TRUCKS MADE HIM WILD. HOW'S IT GOING TO MAKE YOU FEEL IF YOU SEE CAMPERVANS ROLLING OUT TODAY? I'LL PUNCH SOMEONE IN THE HEAD, QUITE SIMPLY. HEADS HAVE TO ROLL IF THEY LET CAMPERVANS AND TOURISTS OUT OF HERE ON THAT ROAD WHEN I CAN'T GET TRUCKS OUT WITH COWS. AND THEN IT HAPPENED. KIDS CHEER ALL THOSE WAITING GOT THE GREEN LIGHT TO HEAD THROUGH. I'M PLEASED TO BE MOVING NOBODY WAS LEFT OUT. WHO'S GOING HOME? GUINEA. GUINEA'S GOING HOME. AND AFTER SOME QUICK CALLS TO THE TOP, SHANE JONES MANAGED TO GET 20 COWS ON THE ROAD. THERE'S LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. FOR MANY OF THESE ESCAPEES,... WE'LL LOOK BACK AND THINK IT'S A DREAM OR UNREAL. ...IT'S THE END OF WHAT BECAME A 12-DAY-LONG NIGHTMARE. Coming out the other side was certainly sweet. It was good to get out for a wee while, I am happy that I am out. It is hoped this will be the first of many convoys to come. As you can see, those people coming through were elated. They are little bit shocked by what they saw. One woman said the rocks she went past were bigger than her car. The defence has to decide what will happen with this road next. All I can say is what a great day for Kaikoura. THANKS, LISA DAVIES IN KAIKOURA. TOILETS AND SHOWERS ARE NOW BACK IN BUSINESS IN KAIKOURA TOO. THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM'S BEEN REPAIRED AND WATER'S BACK TO A NORMAL LEVEL. AND SOME BUSINESSES ARE OPENING THEIR DOORS AGAIN TOO. JESSICA MUTCH IS THERE. ITS NOT QUITE BUSINESS AS USUAL IN KAIKOURA, BUT AT LEAST THE PORTALOOS ARE NOW REDUNDANT. AND AFTER 12 DAYS, LOCALS ARE FINALLY ALLOWED TO SHOWER AGAIN. OH, IT'S WONDERFUL. WONDERFUL. IT'S HEAVEN. YEAH, PLEASED. YEAH, GREAT. IT'S LITERALLY I'M DYING FOR A SHOWER. IT'S ONE OF THE WAYS RESIDENTS CAN START TO FEEL A BIT NORMAL AGAIN. THE TOILETS BACK ON, SHOWERING EVERY SECOND DAY. THINGS ARE STARTING TO LOOK GOOD, SO TOUCH WOOD. APPLAUSE I'VE GOT TWO FLAT WHITES HERE. A LITTLE BIT OF COMFORT AFTER A STRESSFUL WEEK AND A HALF. PEOPLE ARE JUST SO HAPPY TO GET A MORNING COFFEE. IT'S LIKE, AH, COFFEE! YEAH. IT'S ALSO FREE. THERE'S ALSO SOME OLD-FASHIONED BARTERING GOING ON TOO. WE'VE HAD BOOZE, WE'VE HAD TAMPONS, WE'VE HAD CHEESE. WE'VE HAD ALL SORTS, AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT. DOWN THE ROAD, FLOUR'S BEEN IN SHORT SUPPLY. IT HAD TO BE CHOPPERED IN, AND SOME WAS DRIVEN IN ON A FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE TRACK. BREAD'S BEEN A STAPLE FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER. ITS JUST SO NICE TO BE ABLE TO COME HERE AND FEEL LIKE THINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT NORMAL. BUT THE DIET'S NOT QUITE BACK TO NORMAL YET. PIES, PIES. MOSTLY PIES. (LAUGHS) THE COURIER SERVICE IS GETTING ESSENTIAL ITEMS OUT BY HELICOPTER. IT'S SORT OF SURVIVAL MODE TO A POINT. AND TRYING TO GET A BIT OF NORMALITY BACK. BUT OTHER THINGS ARE SET TO TAKE LONGER TO SORT OUT. THESE CARS ARE ALL QUEUEING FOR FUEL. ITS ANOTHER ISSUE FOR THE PEOPLE HERE IN KAIKOURA. SOME OF THE SUPPLIES ARE COMING IN, BUT IT IS BEING RATIONED, AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE BEING GIVEN PRIORITY. IT'S PART OF THE NEW REALITY FOR KAIKOURA RESIDENTS ` FOR A WHILE, AT LEAST. JESSICA MUTCH, 1 NEWS. A SECTION OF THE WELLINGTON REGION'S LARGEST SHOPPING MALL WILL BE URGENTLY DEMOLISHED DUE TO THE RISK OF COLLAPSE IN A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE. AND FOR THE BUSINESSES IN THE SHADOW OF QUEENGATE'S CINEMA AND CARPARK COMPLEX, THAT WILL MEAN MISSING OUT ON THE LUCRATIVE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON. EMILY COOPER HAS MORE. ONE MONTH OUT FROM CHRISTMAS, SHOPPERS IN LOWER HUTT TODAY RUSHING BACK TO THEIR LOCAL MALL. QUEENSGATE RE-OPENED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE 7.8 QUAKE. OUR OWN STAFF ARE COMING IN HERE. OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE COMING IN HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE TODAY PEOPLE HAVE FLOCKED BACK ALREADY. BUT THAT OPENING OVERSHADOWED BY THE POTENTIAL COLLAPSE OF THE MALL'S MAIN CARPARK AND MOVIE THEATRE. I'M IN THE CENTRE OF THE MALL. IN THIS HALF IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL, BUT SHOPPERS WILL SOON HIT A CORDON WITH JUST UNDER HALF THE SHOPS BEHIND IT. THIS PART OF THE MALL IS CLOSED AS THE SHOPS LIE IN THE FALL ZONE. WE'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT NATURAL DISASTER, AND THAT LEADS TO DISRUPTION. IT WAS CONFIRMED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THAT THE 300-PARK CARPARK AND CINEMA COMPLEX WOULD HAVE TO BE URGENTLY DEMOLISHED. WORK WILL START ON MONDAY. THE HUTT CITY COUNCIL HAS TAKEN CHARGE OF THE DEMOLITION. THEY SAY THEY WANT IT DONE AS QUICKLY AND AS SAFETY AS POSSIBLE. ONCE THE SAFETY ISSUE IS IDENTIFIED, AND THERE'S A CONCERN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WE'RE OBLIGED TO STEP IN, ISSUE A WARRANT AND MANAGE THE SITE FROM THEN ON IN. THERE ARE ROAD CLOSURES IN PLACE AROUND SITE. LOCAL NATIONAL MP CHRIS BISHOP'S OFFICE IS JUST OUTSIDE THE FALL ZONE. IT'S BEEN A PAIN FOR SURE ` PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO PARK AND THE ROADS HAVE BEEN CUT OFF. AND TO BE FRANK, A BIT SCARY AS WELL. WE'RE ONLY 50M, 60M, 100M FROM THE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. ANGUS INN STAFF WERE EVACUATED LATE LAST NIGHT. THE BAR AND HOTEL IS SAFE, BUT THE RESTAURANT AND FUNCTION CENTRE NOW A NO-GO ZONE. IT'S DEVASTATING. THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IS THE BUSIEST TIME OF THE YEAR FOR F AND B. WE'VE GOT FUNCTIONS BOOKED ALL OVER THE PLACE. IN FACT, WE HAVE A WEDDING IN TWO WEEKS FOR 140 PEOPLE. THE HUTT CITY COUNCIL WANT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR QUAKE-HIT BUSINESSES EXTENDED TO THE HUTT. THOSE IN THE FALL ZONE WILL LIKELY BE CLOSED UNTIL DEMOLITION IS DOWN TO A SAFE LEVEL, BUT THE WHOLE PROCESS IS EXPECTED TO TAKE AROUND A MONTH. EMILY COOPER, 1 NEWS. AND WORK CONTINUES TO DEMOLISH THE MOLESWORTH ST BUILDING AT RISK OF COLLAPSING. CONTRACTORS ARE FIRST DISMANTLING AN ADJACENT PART OF THE BUILDING TO MAKE SPACE FOR EQUIPMENT. ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, THE TOP FLOORS WILL START COMING DOWN OVER THE WEEKEND. DEMOLITION WORK WILL TAKE UP TO TWO WEEKS, DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER. PART OF THE MALVINA MAJOR RETIREMENT VILLAGE IN KHANDALLAH WILL ALSO BE TORN DOWN, THE QUAKE DAMAGE TOO SEVERE TO REPAIR. THE BLOCK OF 40 UNITS WAS EVACUATED FOLLOWING THE EARTHQUAKE, WITH RESIDENTS RELOCATED TO ANOTHER VILLAGE. IT WILL BE REBUILT. THE FLOW-ON EFFECTS OF THE GASTRO OUTBREAK CONTINUE TO PLAGUE HAVELOCK NORTH. SINCE AUGUST, THE COMMUNITY'S BEEN GETTING WATER FROM HASTINGS, BUT RESIDENTS IN THE WHOLE DISTRICT ARE NOW FACING RESTRICTIONS AS SUPPLY PUMPS STRUGGLE TO COPE WITH DEMAND. KIM SAVAGE HAS MORE. WATER ON THE GROUND INSTEAD OF WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY NEEDED. IT'S RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD BEING COMPLETELY WASTED. ALL OVER THE PLACE. THERE ARE SO MANY LEAKS. YET MORE WATER WOES FOR HAVELOCK NORTH. AS WELL AS LEAKY ROADS, THE LOCAL COUNCIL NOW BANNING SPRINKLERS AND CAR WASHING, NOT BECAUSE OF A WATER SHORTAGE, BUT BECAUSE OF HIGH DEMAND. WE'RE ASKING OUR COMMUNITY TO USE A HANDHELD HOSE WHEN WATERING THEIR GARDENS, TO WATER EARLY MORNING OR LATE IN THE EVENING. OBVIOUSLY THEY'VE GOT TO PROTECT THE RESOURCE, IT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE BIT RICH WHEN THEY'VE GOT LEAKS ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH WASTE AROUND THE GASTRO. SINCE THOUSANDS WERE AFFECTED BY THE GASTRO OUTBREAK, HAVELOCK NORTH'S BORES HAVE BEEN OUT OF ACTION. THE VILLAGE WAS PUT ON TO HASTINGS' SUPPLY. THAT'S PUT PRESSURE ON THE SYSTEM. IT'S A MATTER OF GETTING OUR WATER THROUGH OUR WHOLE SYSTEM THROUGHOUT OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY, FROM HASTINGS OUT TO HAVELOCK. RESIDENTS NOT OVERLY SYMPATHETIC. I THINK IT'S APPALLING. I'M JUST GETTING OVER THE CAMPYLOBACTER WHATEVER IS IT MYSELF LET ALONE ANYTHING ELSE. THE COUNCIL SAYS IT'S WORKING AS FAST AS IT CAN TO FIX LEAKS WHICH HAVE SPRUNG UP ON ROADS. WE KNOW THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT. WE KNOW THEY'VE BEEN HURTING OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS OVER THE WATER CONTAMINATION, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS SORTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR THEM. THE COUNCIL ALSO LOOKING TO REOPEN ONE OF HAVELOCK NORTH'S BORES, BUT FIRST HAVING TO PROVE IT'S SAFE TO DO SO BY MONDAY. HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE UP AND RUNNING THIS SIDE OF CHRISTMAS. BUT CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT. FOR NOW, RESIDENTS URGED TO KEEP THEIR WATER USE IN CHECK. KIM SAVAGE, 1 NEWS. NO CONFIRMED SIGHTINGS OF HIM IN HAVELOCK NORTH, BUT A MONTH AFTER BEING FOUND NOT GUILTY OF MURDERING NZER NO CONFIRMED SIGHTINGS OF HIM IN HAVELOCK NORTH, BUT A MONTH AFTER BEING FOUND NOT GUILTY OF MURDERING NZER WARRIENA WRIGHT, GABLE TOSTEE'S REPORTEDLY BEEN SPOTTED HOLIDAYING IN THE HAWKE'S BAY TOWN. THERE ARE ALSO REPORTS THE GOLD-COAST MAN WAS IN AUCKLAND. IT'S THOUGHT HE WAS VISITING WITH HIS KIWI GIRLFRIEND, WHO'S ORIGINALLY FROM HAVELOCK NORTH. TOSTEE WAS ACQUITTED OF KILLING WRIGHT WHO FELL FROM THE BALCONY OF HIS GOLD-COAST APARTMENT DURING A TINDER DATE. THE HIGH-PROFILE CASE MADE HEADLINES BOTH HERE AND AUSTRALIA. TOSTEE HAS REPORTEDLY NOW FLOWN BACK HOME. POLICE HAVE RELEASED PHOTOS OF THE CLOTHING WRAPPED AROUND A BABY BOY FOUND DEAD IN AN AUCKLAND PARK YESTERDAY. THIS IS IN THE HOPE SOMEONE WILL RECOGNISE THE MUDDIED SINGLET AND TRACKPANTS WHICH FEATURE THE WORDS 'SAMOAN CULTURE - OUR PRIDE AND JOY.' A POST MORTEM'S REVEALED THE BABY HAD NO EXTERNAL INJURIES AND IS THOUGHT TO BE OF MAORI OR PACIFIC DESCENT. IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO HOSPITALS,MEDICAL CENTRES AND HIGH SCHOOLS TO TRY AND LOCATE AND IDENTIFY THE MOTHER. HOWEVER, AT THIS STAGE, WE ARE MISSING THAT CRUCIAL PIECE OF INFORMATION, SO WE URGE ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING TO PLEASE COME FORWARD. POLICE ARE CONCERNED THE MOTHER MAY NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION. IN A STORY FROM THE 'MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK' FILE, ALLEGATIONS OF HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION ARE SWIRLING AROUND THE MOUNT ROSKILL BY-ELECTION, AND AT THE CENTRE OF IT ALL IS A HORSE SHOE. REBECCA WRIGHT HAS THE DETAILS. KRITI YATRI IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A MYSTERY. IT ALL STARTED WHEN HE WAS NEARLY RUN OVER ON THIS PEDESTRIAN CROSSING IN MT ROSKILL IN MAY. HE SAID TO ME, 'DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?' I SAID WHO? HE SAID, 'I'M THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF PARMJEET PARMAR.' PARMJEET PARMAR IS THE NATIONAL PARTY CANDIDATE IN THE MT ROSKILL BY-ELECTION. THE MEN WHO HARRASSED MR YATRI CLAIMED TO BE HER SUPPORTERS. AND THEY HAD ANOTHER NASTY SURPRISE IN STORE FOR HIM AFTER ALLEGEDLY FOLLOWING HIM HOME THAT EVENING. SO, WHAT DID THEY THROW AT YOU? A HORSE SHOE. HORSE. HORSE SHOE. AND AS I SAID, 'HEY, WHO'S THERE?' THESE GUYS JUMP INTO THE CAR AND RUN AWAY. THE HORSE SHOE MISSED MR YATRI. CCTV CAUGHT AN IMAGE OF THE THREE MEN HE ALLEGES WERE INVOLVED. SO WE WENT TO FIND PARMJEET PARMAR ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO SEE IF SHE KNEW THE MEN IN THE PHOTO. HAVE YOU SEEN ANY OF THOSE THREE GUYS BEFORE? NO, I DON'T KNOW. THEY DON'T LOOK FAMILIAR? NEVER SEEN THEM? NO, NOT FROM THESE PHOTOS. NO, I DON'T KNOW. MR YATRI LAID A COMPLAINT WITH POLICE, AND HE SUPPLIED THE HORSESHOE. BUT HE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING BACK, AND THIS WEEK, WHEN HE ASKED POLICE FOR AN UPDATE, HE WAS TOLD THE HORSE SHOE HAD BEEN DESTROYED AND THAT THIS PICTURE WAS ALL THAT WAS LEFT. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THINGS HAVE BECOME HEATED. EARLIER THIS MONTH, LABOUR CANDIDATE MICHAEL WOOD GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH PARMJEET PARMAR'S HUSBAND, RAVINDER. PARMJEET HAD NO COMMENT ON THAT, BUT SHE HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT MR YATRI'S TREATMENT TODAY. I'M REALLY SORRY TO SEE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO HIM, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT HAS COME FROM. SHE'S URGING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD. REBECCA WRIGHT, 1 NEWS. IN UNDER AN HOUR, WE'LL KNOW THE RESULTS OF A TRANS-TASMAN VOTE ON MANDATORY LABELLING OF PALM OIL. THE VEGETABLE OIL LINKED TO MASS DEFORESTATION CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SHOWN ON THE INGREDIENTS LIST OF PRODUCTS SOLD IN NZ OR AUSTRALIA. FOOD SAFETY MINISTER JO GOODHEW HAS BEEN MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN MINISTERS IN BRISBANE TODAY, WHERE THEY'RE VOTING ON WHETHER TO PUT THE ISSUE UP FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION. SO TODAY'S MAKE-OR-BREAK FOR LABELLING. THIS IS BY FAR THE BIGGEST MILESTONE. MINISTERS ARE UNLIKELY TO SEND IT FOR PUBLIC CONSOLATION UNLESS THEY WANT TO DO IT. SO WE JUST WANT THE MINISTER TO STEP UP AND BRING OUR LABELLING IN LINE WITH THE REST OF THE WESTERN WORLD. AN INDEPENDENT STUDY'S FOUND 92% PERCENT OF KIWIS SUPPORT THE BID FOR CHANGE. PALM OIL IS CLEARLY LABELLED IN PRODUCTS IN EUROPE AND AMERICA. IN A STORY FROM THE 'MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK' FILE, ABOUT 80 SCHOOLCHILDREN JOINED OTHER HELPERS TO RELOCATE THE REDCLIFFS LIBRARY FROM ITS TEMPORARY HOME SINCE THE 2011 EARTHQUAKES. IT WAS A TRUE HAND-TO-HAND LINE UP AS BOOKS MADE THEIR WAY TO A BRAND NEW BUILDING IN THE REDCLIFFS VILLAGE. 6000 BOOKS TOOK FOUR HOURS TO SHIFT MORE THAN 500M DOWN THE ROAD. THE LIBRARY IS RUN ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING AND SUPPORT FROM THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL PAID FOR THE NEW BUILDING. GIVE YOURSELF A HAND, WE SAY. STILL TO COME ON 1 NEWS TONIGHT, A PILGRIMAGE ENDS IN HORROR AS DOZENS ARE KILLED IN A SUICIDE BOMBING. ISIS CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEADLY BLAST IN IRAQ. A REMARKABLE THANKSGIVING STORY FROM THE UNITED STATES. KIDNAPPED WHILE OUT JOGGING. HOW DID THIS MOTHER OF TWO SURVIVE THREE WEEKS IN CAPTIVITY? AND LOOKING INTO ANTARCTICA'S PAST TO SEE ITS FUTURE. WHAT THE EARLY EXPLORERS HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE OF THE FROZEN CONTINENT. ISIS HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR A SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK AN HOUR SOUTH OF IRAQ'S CAPITAL BAGHDAD THAT KILLED MORE THAN 70 PEOPLE. THE VICTIMS WERE MOSTLY PILGRIMS FROM IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN, AS THE BBC'S ORLA GUERIN REPORTS. TWISTED METAL AND MANGLED BODIES. THIS WAS THE SCENE AT A PETROL STATION ON THE ROAD TO BAGHDAD. INCINERATED IN THE BLAST WAS A RESTAURANT POPULAR WITH TRAVELLERS. THE DEAD WERE SHIAS, MAINLY FROM IRAN, TARGETED BY THE SUNNI EXTREMISTS OF IS AS THEY TRAVELLED HOME AFTER A PILGRIMAGE. THIS AMATEUR FOOTAGE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN FILMED JUST AFTER THE EXPLOSION. THE BLAST WAS SO POWERFUL THAT WRECKAGE WAS STREWN ACROSS THE MOTORWAY. MEN SPEAK ARABIC THE INSURGENTS ARE ON THE OFFENSIVE AS THEY ARE UNDER ATTACK. THE VICTIMS HAD BEEN ATTENDING THE MASSIVE ANNUAL GATHERING IN THE SHIITE HOLY CITY OF KARBALA. A SEASON OF PRAYER THAT OFTEN BECOMES A TIME OF BLOODSHED. EXTRA SECURITY FORCES WERE BROUGHT IN FOR THE EVENT, BUT MANY HAVE RETURNED TO THE FRONT LINE AGAINST IS. GUNFIRE THAT IS IN MOSUL, WHERE IRAQ TROOPS ARE BATTLING TO DRIVE OUT THE EXTREMISTS. COMMANDERS SAY THEY HAVE CLEARED A FEW MORE NEIGHBOURHOODS, BUT THE GAINS ARE HARD-FOUGHT. THE IRAQI MILITARY ESTIMATES THERE ARE AROUND 6000 ISIS FIGHTERS IN MOSUL. THE COALITION FORCES ENCIRCLING THE CITY NUMBER 100,000. A NEW PEACE ACCORD'S BEEN SIGNED IN COLOMBIA IN A NEW BID TO END FIVE DECADES OF WAR BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND FARC REBELS. THOUSANDS GATHERED IN THE CAPITAL BOGOTA TO WATCH THE CEREMONY ON BIG SCREENS, WHILE PRESIDENT JUAN MANUEL SANTOS AND FARC LEADER RODRIGO LONDONO SIGNED THE DOCUMENT. TWO MONTHS AGO THE FIRST PEACE ACCORD WAS REJECTED IN A REFERENDUM FOR BEING TOO FAVOURABLE TO FARC. IT WON'T GO TO A PUBLIC VOTE, BUT WILL INSTEAD BE RATIFIED BY PARLIAMENT. A CALIFORNIAN WOMAN WHO VANISHED WHILE JOGGING THREE WEEKS AGO AND WAS PRESUMED MURDERED HAS BEEN FOUND ALIVE. SHERRI PAPINI, NICKNAMED 'SUPER MOM' BY THE US MEDIA, WAS DISCOVERED ON THE SIDE OF A ROAD AFTER BEING LET GO BY HER KIDNAPPERS. THE US ABC'S KAYNA WITWORTH REPORTS. TONIGHT A MOTHER BACK WITH HER FAMILY AFTER A TERRIFYING THREE-WEEK ABDUCTION. AND NOW A MANHUNT IS UNDERWAY. POLICE SAY SHERRI PAPINI WAS RELEASED BY HER CAPTORS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD 150 MILES FROM HER HOME. HER CAPTORS ARE STILL AT LARGE. WE ARE VERY ECSTATIC TO REPORT THAT SHERRI PAPINI HAS BEEN LOCATED AND HAS BEEN REUNITED WITH HER HUSBAND AND FAMILY ON THIS DAY OF THANKSGIVING. PAPINI (34) WAS FOUND THIS MORNING IN RESTRAINTS BY A PASSING MOTORIST. SHE WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR INJURIES. SHE COULD DROP HER PHONE, BUT SHE WOULD NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS NOT PICK UP OUR CHILDREN ON THE TIME THAT SHE NORMALLY WOULD HAVE. HER HUSBAND, KEITH, REPORTED HER MISSING ON NOVEMBER 2ND AFTER SHERRI FAILED TO PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN FROM DAY-CARE. THEN, USING THE 'FIND MY IPHONE' APP, HE DISCOVERED HER PHONE ABANDONED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH HER HAIR TANGLED IN HER EARBUDS. A FRANTIC SEARCH BY POLICE AND FRIENDS PICKED UP NO TRACE OF THE MOTHER OF TWO. KEITH PASSED A POLYGRAPH TEST AND MAINTAINED ALL ALONG THAT HE BELIEVED HIS WIFE HAD BEEN ABDUCTED. FRIENDS AND FAMILY CALLED PAPINI 'SUPER MOM' AND SAID BEFORE HER ABDUCTION SHE HAD CALLED DIBS ON COOKING SWEET POTATOES, THE WAY THE KIDS LIKED THEM, FOR THANKSGIVING. CALIFORNIAN POLICE SAY THEY HAVE A DESCRIPTION OF THE KIDNAPPERS, WHO ARE BELIEVED TO BE TWO WOMEN. ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, HAS LABELLED THOSE WHO STARTED THIS WEEK'S WILDFIRES AS TERRORISTS. THOUGHT TO BE THE WORK OF ARSONISTS, THE FIRES INTENSIFIED TODAY, FUELLED BY DRY WEATHER AND STRONG WINDS. THEY'RE BURNING IN THE FORESTS WEST OF JERUSALEM AND AROUND HAIFA, WHERE TENS OF THOUSANDS HAVE HAD TO FLEE THE CITY. THERE'S BEEN EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE, BUT NO REPORTS OF ANY LOSS OF LIFE. MEANWHILE, NORTH-WESTERN ITALY'S BEEN HIT WITH HEAVY RAIN. THE TANARO RIVER BURST ITS BANKS, FORCING RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF GARESSIO TO EVACUATE, AS TORRENTS OF MUDDY WATER INUNDATED SHOPS AND HOMES. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAYS WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS, AND A BLUSTERY SPRING DAY FOR NZ. YES, NOT TOO FLASH AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. LOTS OF RAIN AND PLENTY OF WIND. WE HAVE A HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR WESTLAND, FIORDLAND AND THE CANTERBURY AND OTAGO LAKES AND RIVERS. AND SEVERE WEST TO NOR-WEST GALES ARE SET TO BLAST THROUGH CANTERBURY, CLUTHA AND SOUTHLAND. IT WILL BE WINDY IN GENERAL ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NZ OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND I'LL BE BACK WITH THE LATEST ON OUR WET AND WINDY WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND RIGHT AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME ON 1 NEWS ` IT TOOK 1200 HOURS AND 500,000 BRICKS TO BUILD. WE PIECE TOGETHER THE STORY BEHIND THE BIGGEST LEGO STRUCTURE EVER SEEN IN NZ. AND THEY'RE STILL A BIG DEAL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TASMAN. CROWDED HOUSE PUT ON A SYDNEY SPECTACLE. # Something so strong LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT, THE FIRST CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO DRIVE OUT OF KAIKOURA SINCE LAST WEEK'S 7.8 EARTHQUAKE. JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO, A CONVOY OF LOCALS AND TOURISTS COMPLETED THE JOURNEY ALONG THE INLAND ROAD. THOSE WHO MADE THE TRIP ON THE RECENTLY REOPENED ROAD CALLED IT SCARY. THE MAIN CARPARK AND THE MOVIE THEATRE AT THE QUEENSGATE MALL IN LOWER HUTT ARE TO BE URGENTLY DEMOLISHED BECAUSE OF QUAKE DAMAGE. PARTS OF THE LOWER HUTT SHOPPING CENTRE REOPENED TODAY, BUT THE CARPARK AND CINEMA HAVE BEEN DEEMED UNSAFE AND WILL BE TORN DOWN. DEMOLITION WORK IS EXPECTED TO START ON MONDAY. ANTARCTICA'S THOUGHT BE A FRAGILE ECOSYSTEM AT THE MERCY OF CLIMATE CHANGE. BUT A BRITISH RESEARCH TEAM PORING OVER THE LOGBOOKS OF EARLY ANTARCTIC EXPLORERS HAVE FOUND THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE SO DELICATE AFTER ALL. THE BBC'S PALLAB GHOSH EXPLAINS. VICTORY WENT BEFORE THEM TO ANOTHER, YET THEY FOUND GLORY. THEY WERE THE BRAVEST EXPLORERS OF THEIR AGE. A CENTURY AGO, CAPTAIN SCOTT AND SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON WERE AMONG THOSE WHO VENTURED INTO COMPLETELY UNCHARTED TERRITORY. THEN, THEIR VOYAGES BROUGHT A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF THE ANTARCTIC LANDSCAPE. NOW, THEIR RECORDS ARE GIVING SCIENTISTS NEW DATA ON THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE. THESE ARE THE ACTUAL LOGBOOKS CAPTAIN SCOTT KEPT OF HIS EPIC VOYAGE TO THE ANTARCTIC ON THE SHIP DISCOVERY. IN THEM, HE'S RECORDED HIS JOURNEY IN INCREDIBLE DETAIL. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ENTRY FROM BOXING DAY 1903. HE'S RECORDED HIS EXACT POSITION IN LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. AND HE WRITES HERE, 'STEAMING THROUGH PACK ICE.' THE LOGBOOKS SHOW THAT 100 YEARS AGO, THE EXTENT OF THE SEA ICE WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SEE NOW. THE ANTARCTIC SEA ICE IS ACTUALLY FAIRLY STABLE, OR FAIRLY SIMILAR TO TODAY. IF YOU CONTRAST THIS WITH THE ARCTIC, WHICH HAS LOST ABOUT 26% OF ITS EXTENT. THIS SUGGESTS THAT THE ANTARCTIC IN THE SOUTH IS MUCH LESS SENSITIVE TO THE RISING GLOBAL TEMPERATURES DUE TO HUMAN ACTIVITIES THAN THE ARCTIC IN THE NORTH, WHERE THERE'S BEEN A DRAMATIC DECLINE IN SEA ICE. AND THAT MAY BE BECAUSE THERE ARE FEWER PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. SCOTT AND SHACKLETON WENT TO THE ANTARCTIC IN SEARCH OF GLORY, BUT A CENTURY ON, THEIR LEGACY WILL ALSO BE TO HAVE HELPED SCIENTISTS LEARN MORE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. AND DESPITE GLOBAL WARMING, THE SEA ICE IN THE ANTARTIC HAS INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS. 20 YEARS TO THE DAY THAT CROWDED HOUSE PERFORMED A FAREWELL CONCERT TO A 100,000 FANS ON THE STEPS OF THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE, THE BAND HAS PUT ON A REPEAT PERFORMANCE. NEIL FINN GOT THE CROWD GOING WITH A NOSTALGIC SING-ALONG. # SOMETHING SO STRONG # COULD CARRY US AWAY. # SOMETHING SO STRONG. # CARRY US TODAY. # C'MON! LET'S HEAR YOU NOW. FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY REASONS, THE GIG WAS RESTRICTED TO 6000, BUT THE FRONTMAN WAS CLEARLY LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF THE TWO-HOUR PERFORMANCE. IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO BE HERE. I CANNOT TELL YOU, LOOKING OUT AT THIS VIEW, THE INCREDIBLY GOOD MEMORIES THAT COME TO MIND. THE BAND'S RE-ISSUED ITS SIX STUDIO ALBUMS AND ON WEDNESDAY WAS INDUCTED INTO THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC HALL OF FAME. WITH CHRISTMAS JUST ONE MONTH AWAY, AUCKLANDERS HAVE RECEIVED AN EARLY PRESENT ` A TOWERING CHRISTMAS TREE MADE ENTIRELY FROM LEGO BRICKS. AND AS CHRIS CHANG EXPLAINS, IT'S THE BIGGEST LEGO CREATION EVER BUILT IN NZ. 10M TALL AND MADE UP OF ALMOST 500,000 LEGO PIECES,... WOW. THIS KIWIANA CREATION IN AUCKLAND'S AOTEA SQUARE IS THE ULTIMATE PLAY SET. IT HOLDS A FEW RECORDS. SO, IT'S THE LARGEST CHRISTMAS TREE MADE OUT OF LEGO IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, AND IT'S NZ'S BIGGEST EVER LEGO BUILD. IT'S REALLY BIG, AND IT'S COOL. VERY IMPRESSIVE. THE GIRLS LOVE THE PUKEKO, ACTUALLY. BUT, YEAH, AMAZING. IT TOOK 1200 HOURS TO BUILD, THE DISPLAY SIMILAR TO THIS ONE MADE FOR SYDNEY IN 2014. IT'S NOT ALL CHILD'S PLAY. IN FACT, IT'S A VERY HEAVY WORKLOAD ` 3.5 TONNES OF LEGO TO BE PRECISE ` AROUND TWO SHIPPING CONTAINERS FULL OF THE COLOURED BRICKS. BECAUSE IT'S SO BIG AND SO LARGE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET REAL LIFE ENGINEERS TO SIGN IT OFF. NOT US LEGO ENGINEERS ` REAL LIFE ENGINEERS. IT HAS TO BE WIND RATED, IT'S GOTTA BE SAFE AND ALL THESE SORTS OF THINGS. IT'LL BE ILLUMINATED FOR A MONTHS STARTING TONIGHT. THERE'S THIS KINDA GENERATIONAL THING HAPPENING. SO, THE KIDS GET FREAKED OUT BY IT BECAUSE IT'S SO BIG AND AWESOME AND WHATEVER. AND THEN DAD'S SITTING THERE THINKING, 'HOW ON EARTH DID THEY DO THAT?' RIGHT? AND MUM'S GOING 'OH, THAT WOULD COST SO MUCH.' I NEVER MADE ANYTHING THAT AMBITIOUS. (LAUGHS) SOMETHING FOR THE YOUNG AND YOUNG AT HEART. CHRIS CHANGE, 1 NEWS. JENNY-MAY'S NEXT WITH SPORT. THE BLACK CAPS BACK ON TRACK BEFORE RAIN INTERRUPTED THINGS IN HAMILTON. WE'LL HAVE WHAT WAS PLAYED OUT IN THE SECOND TEST FOR YOU AFTER THE BREAK. PLUS, HE MAY'VE LOST HIS STARTING SPOT, BUT THAT HASN'T STOPPED AARON SMITH HELPING OUT HIS MATE TJ PERENARA AHEAD OF SUNDAY'S FRENCH TEST. AND SPEAKING OF GOOD BUGGERS, THESE DRIVING LEGENDS FLY HOME AND ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE. MARTY TASKER REVEALS ALL NEXT. WE CELEBRATE THE TAUPO CYCLE RACES' 40TH ANNIVERSARY. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. DESPITE RAIN FORECAST FOR MOST OF THE DAY, THE SECOND TEST BETWEEN THE BLACK CAPS AND PAKISTAN IN HAMILTON DID GET UNDERWAY THIS MORNING ON TIME. AND WHILE PLAY WAS LIMITED TO JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS, THERE WAS PLENTY OF ACTION. JOHN MCKENZIE WRAPS IT UP. WITH SO MUCH CRITICISM GOING ON DROPPED BLACKCAPS OPENER MARTIN GUPTILL, YOU'D THINK FELLOW OPENER TOM LATHAM HAD BEEN GOING REASONABLY WELL. EDGED, AND THEY GO AT IT. NO PROBLEMS THERE. NOW THE SENIOR OPENER IN THE SIDE, LATHAM'S GOLDEN DUCK IN TODAYS FIRST OVER IS THE NINTH TIME THE CANTABRIAN HAS FAILED TO MAKE DOUBLE FIGURES IN HIS LAST 12 INNINGS. 5/1 NZ. MIND YOU, IT'S PRETTY HARD TO BAT ON A WICKET THAT'S AS GREEN AS THE OUTFIELD. AND HAVING SURVIVED AN EARLY CHANCE, JEET RAVAL'S SHOTS WERE A THING OF BEAUTY. THAT'S A LOVELY SHOT. THAT'LL BE FOUR. VERY NICELY PLAYED DOWN THE GROUND FROM JEET RAVAL. KANE WILLIAMSON ALSO MANAGED TO CRACK SEVERAL BOUNDARIES, ALTHOUGH HIS LUCK EVENTUALLY RAN OUT WHEN THE THIRD UMPIRE RULED HE SOMEHOW NICKED THIS TO THE WICKETKEEPER. OK, I'M PRETTY HAPPY WITH WHAT I'VE GOT THERE. SIMON, I HAVE CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THAT THE BALL HAS HIT THE BAT. I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO REVERSE THE DECISION PLEASE. WHILE YOUR EYES HAVE TO BE PRETTY GOOD TO SEE ANY SORT OF CONTACT WITH THE BAT, THE MAN WITH THE SUPPOSED DODGY EYE QUICKLY GOT HIS IN. CUTS AND CUTS WELL FOR FOUR. AND AGAIN. PUNISHED AWAY BACKWARD OF POINT. PROBABLY A BETTER SHOW THAN THE FIRST CUT. TAYLOR AMASSING 24 OF HIS FIRST 29 RUNS THROUGH BOUNDARIES, HIS FORM A FAR CRY FROM THAT OF THE PAST FEW MONTHS. IT'S TOO LOSE. IT'S JUST A FREEBIE. SO, TWO CUT SHOTS FROM ROSS TAYLOR. THAT ONE ENDS UP ON THE BANK. WE'RE IN HAMILTON THOUGH, SO RAIN SEEMED INEVITABLE, AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT HUNG AROUND FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. THE BLACK CAPS HOPING FOR SUNSHINE TOMORROW AS THEY RESUME AT 77/2. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. ACROSS THE TASMAN, SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET CAPTAIN FAF DU PLESSIS IS APPEALING THE BALL TAMPERING VERDICT BROUGHT DOWN AGAINST HIM IN THE SECOND TEST. THE FALLOUT INSPIRED HIM TO THE BEST INNINGS OF HIS CAREER IN THE THIRD TEST IN ADELAIDE. THE SKIPPER WAS CHEERED OFF AFTER AN UNBEATEN CENTURY, WHICH RESCUED AND THEN GUIDED HIS SIDE TO 259 FOR NINE DECLARED. DU PLESSIS THEN GAVE IT TO THE AUSTRALIANS AGAIN. TO BE REALLY HONEST WITH YOU GUYS, WHEN I GO TO 100, I REALLY WASN'T EXPECTING TO BE BOOED, SO THAT WAS PRETTY DISAPPOINTING. SO WAS THE AUSTRALIAN TOP ORDER, AS THE DAY-NIGHTER RESUMED. ROOKIE MATT RENSHAW SNAPPED UP IN THE SLIPS AND THE DAVID WARNER, BATTING AT THREE, GOING EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. AUSTRALIA CURRENTLY 106/2. TJ PERENARA'S ALL BLACK SEASON HAS COME FULL CIRCLE WITH HIS PROMOTION TO THE RUN ON 15 AGAINST FRANCE ON SUNDAY. AT THE START OF THE INTERNATIONAL CYCLE, PERENARA WAS OUT OF FAVOUR, SLIPPING TO NO.3 IN THE HALFBACK RANKINGS. BUT NOW HE'S THE TOP DOG AND ITCHING FOR HIS 29TH TEST. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING HAS THE LATEST FROM THE ALL BLACKS CAMP IN PARIS. TJ PERENARA HAS A LOT OF RESPECT FOR FELLOW HALFBACK AARON SMITH. EVEN THOUGH SMITH MISSED OUT ON THE STARTING SPOT, HE'S MADE SURE HIS MATE IS READY. THIS WEEKS, HE'S BEEN VERY VERY GOOD FOR ME. HE'S PLAYED THE FRENCH A FEW TIMES. I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY PLAYED AGAINST THEM, SO HE LET ME KNOW THAT THEY ARE COMING AND THEY'RE A VERY GOOD TEAM AND THEY ENJOY PLAYING WITH THE BALL. THAT'S WHY IT'S GOOD TO SEE A FRIENDLY FACE AT TRAINING. FRANCE-BASED FORMER ALL BLACK CONRAD SMITH POPPED IN, AND COLIN SLADE'S ALSO BEEN IN CONTACT. BEEN TEXTING SLADE. HE'S OBVIOUSLY PLAYED AGAINST A FEW OF THEM IN THE COMPETITION OVER THERE, AND JUST LITTLE TIPS ON WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR. COACH STEVE HANSEN SAYS NORTHERN TEAMS HAVE IMPROVED SINCE THEIR POOR SHOWING AT THE WORLD CUP. EVEN THE SOMETIMES ERRATIC FRENCH HAVE BECOME A MORE SETTLED SIDE. STARTED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY WANT TO PLAY, AND THEY'RE STARTING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER AT IT. STEVE HANSEN SAYS SELECTORS, COACHES AND PLAYERS HAVE LEARNT A LOT ON THIS NORTHERN TOUR. THIS STYLE OF RUGBY IS VERY DIFFERENT. AND THE FRENCH POSE ANOTHER FORMIDABLE CHALLENGE THIS WEEKEND WITH THREATS ACROSS THE PARK. THE FRESH LEGS OF JEROME KAINO AND MATT TODD WILL HELP ENERGISE THE TEAM. FRANCE HASN'T PICKED A SPECIALIST NUMBER SEVEN, SO THE ALL BLACKS ARE EXPECTING MORE RUNNING RUGBY. THEIR SIX AND SEVEN AND PICAMOLES, THEY DEFINITELY LOVE TO GET THE BALL IN HAND AND CARRY IT A LOT OUT IN THE WIDER CHANNELS, BUT, YEAH, THEY'RE DEVASTATING. THEY ARE ALREADY TIRED AFTER A LONG SEASON, AND THE ALL BLACKS WILL ALSO HAVE TO CONTEND WITH A LATER KICK-OFF TIME OF 9PM. EMMA KEELING, 1 NEWS, PARIS. KIWI PAIR DANNY LEE AND RYAN FOX HAVE ROARED UP THE LEADERBOARD ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE WORLD CUP OF GOLF IN MELBOURNE. THEY RELISHED THE BEST BALL FORMAT TODAY AND MADE 10 BIRDIES BETWEEN THEM TO SHOOT A COMBINED EIGHT UNDER PAR 64. THAT'S 11 SHOTS BETTER THAN THEIR OPENING ROUND AT KINGSTON HEATH. RYAN FOX HAS BEEN PLAYING WELL. WE'RE WATCHING HIM PUTT RIGHT NOW. HAD A GREAT AUSTRALIAN OPEN LAST WEEK IN SYDNEY. HE FINISHED FOURTH. AT ONE STAGE THEY WERE UP TO SECOND PLACE, BUT ARE NOW BACK TO 10TH. WAYNE ROONEY'S WAS BACK TO HIS BEST FOR MANCHESTER UNITED IN THEIR LATEST EUROPA LEAGUE FOOTBALL MATCH. UNITED NEEDED TO BEAT FEYENOORD AT OLD TRAFFORD TODAY TO MOVE AHEAD OF THE DUTCH CLUB IN THEIR GROUP, AND ROONEY LED THE WAY WITH A RECORD 39TH EUROPEAN GOAL FOR HIS SIDE. MANCHESTER UNITED TAKE THE LEAD COURTESY OF THEIR CAPTAIN, AND WAYNE ROONEY MADE SURE ON THAT OCCASION. THE 31-YEAR-OLD THEN SET UP THE SECOND GOAL AND UNITED WENT ON TO WIN 4-0 AND MOVE TO SECOND IN THE GROUP. IT'S PAY-BACK TIME FOR OUR MOTORSPORTS SUPERSTARS, AND THEY SURE HAVE RESPONDED TO THE CALL. THEY'VE FLOWN IN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO SUPPORT A 'LEGENDS OF SPEED' EVENING TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION AND SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN TO BRING THE WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP BACK TO NZ. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. A GLITTERING ROLL CALL OF KIWI DRIVERS LIVING THE DREAM ON RACETRACKS AROUND THE WORLD, AND WHO HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN WHO HELPED THEM GET THERE. WITHOUT HAVING THE SUPPORT NETWORK, SPONSORS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE THAT THAT HAVE SUPPORTED ME THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE DOING WHAT I'M DOING ` BEING AT A LEGENDS' NIGHT HERE TONIGHT. 10 YEARS YOUNGER THAN COULTHARD, SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN RECKONS HE'S TOO YOUNG TO BE A LEGEND, ALTHOUGH HE DOES INTEND TO BECOME ONE. NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! HE'S GOT IT STOPPED. BEAUTIFUL BIT OF CAR CONTROL. HAPPY TONIGHT TO BE A FAN. FOR ME IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL JUST TO GO OUT AND HANG OUT WITH SCOTT DIXON AND SOMEONE YOU'VE LOOKED UP TO EVER SINCE YOU WERE A YOUNG KID. AT 36, DIXON IS THE ELDER STATESMAN AMONG THE LEGENDS STILL RACING. THE INDYCAR SUPERSTAR IS ONE OF THE EARLY BENEFICIARIES OF SUPPORT FROM NZ MOTORSPORT BENEFACTORS, REPAYING IN SPADES WITH HIS INDYCAR SUCCESS AND NOW ALSO BOOSTING THE WRC BID. TO BE A PART OF THIS NOW AND HOPEFULLY RAISE THE FUNDS TO BRING THE WRC BACK TO NZ, BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH AN EPIC BACKDROP FOR THAT SERIES ` THEY SHOULD BE HERE NO MATTER WHAT, ESPECIALLY NOW WE'VE GOT PADDON AS A ROCK STAR. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. PADDON REALISING ONE PART OF HIS LONG-TERM DREAM BY CLINCHING A FIRST WRC WIN THIS YEAR IN ARGENTINA. THE 29-YEAR-OLD NOW A DRIVING FORCE IN EVERY RESPECT TO GET THE CHAMPIONSHIP BACK HERE. TO HAVE RALLY NZ BACK HERE WOULD BE A VERY CLOSE SECOND TO MY DREAM OF TRYING TO BE WORLD CHAMPION. TO BE ON HOME SOIL IN A WORLD RALLY CAR AS PART OF A FACTORY TEAM IS STUFF THAT DREAMS IS MADE OF, AND THEN HAVING A CHANCE TO FIGHT FOR A WIN HERE WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. EVENTS LIKE THE LEGENDS OF SPEED ESSENTIAL. NZ IS A LITTLE PLACE TO TRY AND RAISE BIG AMOUNTS OF MONEY, SO EVERY LITTLE BIT THAT WE CAN PUT IN THE POT IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT. 2018 IS THE TARGET DATE. MARTIN TASKER, 1 NEWS. NZ'S LARGEST CYCLING EVENT TURNS 40 TOMORROW, AND SOME 700 PARTICIPANTS WILL JOIN IN THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS AROUND LAKE TAUPO. FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, THE 160-KM RIDE HAS GROWN INTO A TRUE INTERNATIONAL EVENT. THE BIKES AND HAIRCUTS HAVE CHANGED A FAIR BIT. NO 10 SPEEDS THESE DAYS, SINCE THE FIRST CHARITY RIDE BACK IN 1977. NAH, RUGBY SHORTS. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN STUBBIES, ACTUALLY, PROBABLY. JUST A T-SHIRT, A PAIR OF SANDSHOES. NO CLIP-ON PEDALS. THE BIKES WERE JUST BASICALLY RUBBISH. I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A FRONT DERAILLEUR ON MY BIKE. JUST HAD TO SCREW IT ON TO CHANGE GEAR. THAT'S JUST WHAT IT WAS. OFF WE WENT. IF WE COULD MAKE IT, YEAH, RIGHT. (CHUCKLES) THE ELITE FIELD INCLUDES TOUR OF SOUTHLAND WINNER AARON GATE AND NATIONAL ROAD CHAMPION JASON CHRISTIE. FORMER CHAMPION JOCKEY BILL SKELTON PASSED AWAY TODAY AT THE GRAND OLD AGE OF 85. ONE OF FIVE RIDING BROTHERS FROM THE WEST COAST, 'BUSTLING BILL' WON SEVEN NATIONAL PREMIERSHIPS, AND HIS UNCOMPLICATED PHILOSOPHY MADE HIM HUGELY POPULAR. WINNING A RACE IS BETTER THAN ANY TONIC YOU CAN GET. HE BECAME THE FIRST JOCKEY TO RIDE 2000 WINNERS IN NZ, AT BLENHEIM IN 1980. HISTORY IN THE MAKING HERE AT THE WATERLEIGH RACECOURSE IN BLENHEIM TODAY WHEN WD BILL SKELTON RIDES WINNER NUMBER 2000. THAT'S THE CULMINATION OF A RACING CAREER SPANNING 34 YEARS. BILL, HOW DOES IT FEEL? WELL, AS I'VE JUST SAID TO YOU, I CANNOT PUT IT INTO WORDS. AS I KEPT SAYING TO MYSELF, I'VE GOT TIME. THERE'S NO PRESSURE ON ME THIS TIME. THE LEVIN-BASED RIDER HUNG UP HIS SADDLE IN 1985. OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH HIS FAMILY. BAD HAIRCUTS AND BAD LIGHTING. HE WAS 26. THE HIGH POINT OF HIS CAREER. ALSO, THEY'RE A NECESSITY FOR HALF OF US, BUT FOR SOME, THE COST IS TOO MUCH. WE TALK TO A WOMAN WHO SAYS A LACK OF ACCESS TO SANITARY PRODUCTS IS AFFECTING HER SCHOOLING. IT'S A NATIONAL PROBLEM, SO WHY IS NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT IT? ALSO, IT'S NOT THE RESPONSE YOU'D EXPECT FROM A BLOKE TALKING ABOUT BOY RACERS ON HIS DRIVEWAY. I LOVE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. IT BRINGS A HUGE SMILE TO MY FACE. AND I GET PRANKED WITH A CHRISTMAS MAKEOVER. AND THE NATION'S GONNA SEE YOU IN FULL KIT AND KABOODLE! MIRACLES DO HAPPEN... AT SEVEN. A WELL-DEFINED SATELLITE IMAGE TODAY SHOWS A SWIRL OF CLOUD TO THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND THAT MARKS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITHIN A BROAD TROUGH. CLOUD SURROUNDS THE LOW, THEN STRETCHES NORTH THROUGH THE LENGTH OF NZ WHERE ASSOCIATED ACTIVE FRONTS ARE SITUATED. SPECKLED SHOWER CLOUD IN A COOL POOL OF AIR LIES NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW. SO A BROAD TROUGH COVERS AOTEAROA NZ. THAT LOW TO THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TAKES A SOUTHEAST TRACK PAST STEWART ISLAND, WHILE ASSOCIATED FRONTS MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE COUNTRY TONIGHT. FURTHER FRONTAL FEATURES FOLLOW ON BEHIND, MOVING ONTO THE FAR NORTH AND ALONG THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND LATER TOMORROW. A DISTURBED WESTERLY FLOW COVERS THE COUNTRY THROUGH TO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HEAVY RAIN IN THE WEST WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS AND SNOW DOWN TO 700M IN FIORDLAND. JUST THE ODD SHOWER IN THE EAST WITH RAIN DEVELOPING ABOUT THE SOUTH COAST, AND SCATTERED FALLS THROUGH TO CENTRAL CANTERBURY IN THE AFTERNOON. NORTH-WESTERLIES STRONG TO GALE IN THE EAST AND SOUTH. RAIN CLEARING FROM GISBORNE AS A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOP IN THE WEST, OTHERWISE A RELATIVELY FINE OR DRY MORNING FOR THE NORTH ISLAND WITH JUST SOME CLOUD ABOUT. BUT CLOUD INCREASES WITH SHOWERS SPREADING ACROSS THE REST OF THE ISLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE FRONT PROGRESSES. HEAVIER FALLS FROM WAIKATO TO WELLINGTON. NORTH-WESTERLIES, STRONG TO GALE ABOUT THE EAST AND SOUTH. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ