KIA ORA. SEVERE GALES FOR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TODAY, WITH A DEEP LOW SOUTH OF US AND A HIGH TO THE NORTH SQUEEZING THE ISOBARS TOGETHER. A COLD FRONTAL BAND MOVING UP THE NORTH ISLAND WILL CLEAR TONIGHT. ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. PARKED UP FOR A DAY'S FISHING, BUT THE DRIVERS DIDN'T COME HOME. OH, THEY'RE ALL GOOD PEOPLE. SAD LOSS. YEAH. EIGHT PEOPLE ARE DEAD IN ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S WORST BOATING TRAGEDIES. HE WAS AMERICA'S NUMBER-ONE ENEMY FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY. NOW CUBA MOURNS THE DEATH OF FIERY REVOLUTIONARY LEADER FIDEL CASTRO. AND A DEMANDING TEST FOR THE ALL BLACKS; FRENCH FLAIR THREATENING ANOTHER UPSET. FRENCH AT THEIR BEST WHEN THEY'VE GOT THE BALL IN HAND, AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY SHOWING IT. THEY'VE GOT A LINE-UP HERE. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PLEASANT DAY OUT ON THE WATER, BUT A FISHING TRIP NORTH OF AUCKLAND HAS ENDED IN DISASTER FOR A GROUP OF 10 FRIENDS. THE BODIES OF SEVEN MEN HAVE BEEN RECOVERED ` ONE IS MISSING, PRESUMED DEAD ` AFTER A CHARTER VESSEL WENT DOWN YESTERDAY WHILE RETURNING ACROSS THE KAIPARA HARBOUR BAR. AS YVONNE TAHANA REPORTS, SOME ARE NOW QUESTIONING THE CROSSING ATTEMPT. THE SEA GIVING UP ONE OF THOSE IT TOOK. HELICOPTER ROTOR WHIRRS 11 MEN WENT OUT ON A FISHING TRIP WITH MATES; ONLY THREE WILL COME HOME. THEY WERE SURFING ON A WAVE, AND ANOTHER SWELL HIT THEM FROM THE SIDE AND IT FLIPPED THEM THREE TIMES. THE FRANCIE PICKED UP ITS PASSENGERS, A GROUP OF AUCKLAND FISHING MATES ALL FROM THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, IN PARAKAI. THAT'S NOW WHERE FRIENDS CAN ONLY WAIT. BOB MAKAEA WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN ON THE CHARTER BUT MISSED IT BECAUSE OF WORK. I'M PRETTY HAPPY AND SAD AT THE SAME TIME, SO I THANK MY BOSS. THE FRANCIE RADIOED AROUND 2 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, SAYING IT WAS RETURNING BACK ACROSS THE BAR WITH 11 PEOPLE ON BOARD. SHE REQUESTED A 60-MINUTE WATCH. AN HOUR LATER THE COASTGUARD COULDN'T RAISE THE VESSEL, AND THE SEARCH SWUNG INTO ACTION. FIVE BODIES WERE RETRIEVED QUICKLY YESTERDAY, TWO MORE OVERNIGHT. POLICE SAY IT'S A RECOVERY OPERATION FOR THE MISSING MAN. TWO SURVIVORS WERE RETRIEVED BY HELICOPTER, BUT AMBULANCES HAD TROUBLE ACCESSING THE BEACH. ONE LOCAL WOMAN KEEPING THEM WARM IN HER 4WD BY RUNNING THE HEATERS. SHE SAYS THEY WERE CLEARLY IN SHOCK AND DISTRAUGHT. THE THIRD SURVIVOR SWAM TO SHORE. DEBRIS HAS BEEN SEEN OVER A 25KM STRETCH OF MURIWAI BEACH. CHILLY BINS, BAIT BOXES, DEAD FISH AND PLYWOOD HAVE ALL BEEN SPOTTED. INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO ESTABLISH WHAT HAPPENED ONE CHARTER OPERATOR COULDN'T FATHOM THE DECISION TO GO OVER THE BAR GIVEN FORECASTED 5M SWELLS. LUDICROUS, LUDICROUS. THE DAY GOT WORSE. IT WAS FORECAST TO GET WORSE, AND OF THE SIX CHARTER BOATS DOWN THERE, ONLY ONE DECIDED TO DO IT, SO THAT TELLS YOU HOW IT IS ANYWAY. SKIPPER WILLIAM MCNATTY IS AMONG THE VICTIMS. THE KAIPARA CRUISING CLUB IS IN MOURNING. POLICE SAY THE OTHER VICTIMS RANGED IN AGE FROM 31 TO 59, AND LOCALS PAID THEIR OWN TRIBUTE TO THEM. IT'S JUST A LITTLE TOKEN OF LOVE. THE FISHING CHARTER LEFT FROM PARAKAI WHARF, NEAR AUCKLAND, AND YVONNE TAHANA JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM THERE. WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THIS, YVONNE? This afternoon police were still looking for the missing man. There are two investigations underway. Experts from Maritime New Zealand expected in Auckland tomorrow morning. Police will focus on whether anyone can be held to blame for this disaster. THE TRAGEDY RANKS AMONG NZ'S WORST BOATING DISASTERS AND BRINGS A WARNING FROM THE COAST GUARD. THE KAIPARA BAR ` WILD AND UNPREDICTABLE. THE CONDITIONS WERE PRETTY UNPLEASANT. REPORTED STANDING WAVES AS HIGH AS 4M IN SOME PLACES. THIS LATEST TRAGEDY RAISING QUESTIONS. WE MUSTN'T SPECULATE ON WHETHER THESE PEOPLE LOST IN THIS TRAGIC ACCIDENT WERE WEARING LIFE JACKETS AT THIS STAGE. WE SIMPLY DON'T KNOW. AS POLICE SIFT THROUGH THE DEBRIS, THE COASTGUARD SAYS WHAT UNFOLDED YESTERDAY SERVES AS A TRAGIC REMINDER OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN OUT ON THE WATER. WE WOULD SAY CROSSING A BAR IS ALWAYS A TIME WHEN THE SKIPPER SHOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO WEAR LIFE JACKETS. REGULATIONS FOR LIFE JACKETS VARY FROM REGION TO REGION. FOR EXAMPLE, IN TAURANGA IT'S NOT COMPULSORY TO WEAR ONE BUT THERE MUST BE ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE ON BOARD. HOWEVER, IN AUCKLAND, IF YOUR VESSEL IS LESS THAN 6M, ONE MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES. FRANCIE WAS 12M LONG, CAPABLE OF CARRYING 20 PEOPLE AND CREWED BY TWO. BECAUSE OF ITS SIZE, THOSE ON BOARD WERE NOT REQUIRED TO WEAR A LIFE JACKET. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT TRAGEDY IN NZ MARITIME HISTORY. THE MOST RECENT EVENT WHERE THERE WAS A SIMILAR LOSS OF LIFE WAS THE LOSS OF THE EASY RIDER. THE EASY RIDER WAS SWAMPED BY A ROUGE WAVE IN MARCH 2012 WHILE CARRYING MUTTONBIRDERS TO STEWART ISLAND. EIGHT PEOPLE DIED. SIX YEARS EARLIER, THE KOTUKU WENT DOWN IN FOVEAUX STRAIT. NINE PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD; SIX WERE KILLED. AND IN 1996, FIVE PEOPLE DROWNED WHEN THE MARIA LUISA WAS STRUCK BY A CONTAINER SHIP IN WELLINGTON HARBOUR. OUR HEARTS AND THOUGHTS GO OUT ALL THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES IN THIS TRAGIC EVENT. YESTERDAY'S TRAGEDY IS SET TO BE ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S WORST BOATING ACCIDENTS. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. NINE DAYS OF MOURNING ARE UNDERWAY IN CUBA FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF FIDEL CASTRO AT THE AGE OF 90. THE REVOLUTIONARY LEADER DEFIED THE UNITED STATES FOR DECADES. HIS ALLIANCE WITH THE SOVIET UNION BRIEFLY PUSHING THE WORLD TO THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR WAR. THE BBC'S JAMES ROBBINS LOOKS BACK. FIDEL CASTRO WAS THE WORLD'S LONGEST-SERVING DICTATOR. HE OUTLASTED NINE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS AND HE WAS A CONSTANT IRRITANT TO THEM, A COMMUNIST LEADER RIGHT ON THEIR DOORSTEP. AT THE END OF THE 1950S, THE YOUNG CASTRO WAS DETERMINED TO OVERTHROW THE AMERICAN-BACKED BATISTA REGIME, WHICH PRESIDED OVER CORRUPTION, DECADENCE AND GROSS INEQUALITY. CUBA WAS EFFECTIVELY RUN BY ORGANISED CRIME SYNDICATES. CASTRO AND HIS BAND OF REVOLUTIONARIES MASTERMINDED A CLASSIC GUERRILLA CAMPAIGN FROM THEIR MOUNTAIN BASE. ARCHIVE: ON JANUARY THE 2ND 1959, THE REBEL ARMY ENTERED HAVANA. CASTRO HAD TRIUMPHED. BATISTA FLED, AND CUBA HAD A NEW GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE LEGENDARY CHE GUEVARA; ITS PROMISE ` TO GIVE THE LAND BACK TO THE PEOPLE AND DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR. SOON AFTERWARDS, CASTRO WENT TO AMERICA, SAYING HE WANTED TO BE FRIENDS WITH HIS POWERFUL NEIGHBOUR. BUT HE FELT SNUBBED WHEN PRESIDENT EISENHOWER WOULDN'T SEE HIM. CASTRO CLAIMED HE WAS DRIVEN INTO THE ARMS OF THE SOVIET UNION AND ITS LEADER, NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV. CUBA HAD NOW BECOME A COLD-WAR BATTLEGROUND. APRIL 1961, THE BAY OF PIGS. THIS WAS AMERICA'S DOOMED ATTEMPT TO TOPPLE CASTRO BY RECRUITING A PRIVATE ARMY OF CUBAN EXILES TO INVADE THE ISLAND. BUT THE YOUNG REVOLUTIONARY WAS MORE THAN A MATCH FOR THEM. LATER THAT YEAR, FIDEL CASTRO TOLD ROBIN DAY ON PANORAMA ALL WAS FINE FOR CUBA. EVERYBODY WORK, EVERYBODY HAPPY. HAVE YOU SEEN ECONOMICAL DIFFICULTIES? BUT ARE THERE NOT SHORTAGES NONETHELESS? WHAT WE NEED IS TO WORK. WE NEED THIS PEACE TO WORK. A YEAR LATER, THE STAKES WERE FAR HIGHER. AMERICAN RECONNAISSANCE PLANES DISCOVERED SOVIET MISSILES ON THEIR WAY TO SITES IN CUBA. THE WORLD WAS STARING INTO THE ABYSS OF ALL-OUT NUCLEAR WAR. UNMISTAKEABLE EVIDENCE HAS ESTABLISHED THE FACT THAT A SERIES OF OFFENSIVE MISSILE SITES IS NOW IN PREPARATION ON THAT IMPRISONED ISLAND. THE SUPERPOWERS STOOD EYEBALL TO EYEBALL. BUT IT WAS KHRUSHCHEV WHO BLINKED FIRST, PULLING HIS MISSILES OUT OF CUBA IN RETURN FOR A SECRET WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. WEAPONS FROM TURKEY. CASTRO, THOUGH, HAD BECOME AMERICA'S ENEMY NUMBER ONE. THE CIA TRIED ASSASSINATE HIM, MOST INFAMOUSLY WITH OPERATION MONGOOSE. GETTING HIM TO SMOKE A CIGAR PACKED WITH EXPLOSIVES WAS ONE IDEA. BUT IN 2008, FIDEL CASTRO WAS FORCED BY ILLNESS TO HAND POWER TO HIS YOUNGER BROTHER RAUL. HE INITIATED A PROGRAMME OF REFORMS WITHOUT UNDOING ALL HIS BROTHER'S WORK. CASTRO WAS AN INSPIRATION TO MANY, INCLUDING NELSON MANDELA, FIRM ALLIES THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. WHEN NELSON MANDELA'S DEATH BROUGHT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND RAUL CASTRO, TO THE SAME MEMORIAL SERVICE, MR OBAMA SEIZED THE MOMENT AND RAUL'S HAND. IT WAS A CRUCIAL FIRST HANDSHAKE, PRELUDE TO AN UNRAVELLING OF HOSTILITIES. WHILE MANY CUBANS UNDOUBTEDLY DETESTED FIDEL CASTRO, OTHERS GENUINELY LOVED HIM. THEY SAW HIM AS A DAVID WHO COULD STAND UP TO THE GOLIATH OF AMERICA, WHO SUCCESSFULLY SPAT IN THE YANKEE EYE. FOR THEM, CASTRO WAS CUBA AND CUBA WAS CASTRO. PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS HISTORY WILL JUDGE CASTRO'S IMPACT ON THE WORLD. PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WAS A BRUTAL DICTATOR WHO'S LEFT A LEGACY OF FIRING SQUADS. WE'VE MORE REACTION LATER IN THE PROGRAMME. THERE'S HEIGHTENED UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE SIZE AND PROBABILITY OF AFTERSHOCKS FOLLOWING THE KAIKOURA EARTHQUAKE BECAUSE OF A SILENT QUAKE PHENOMENON. GPS MONITORS HAVE PICKED UP A SLOW SLIPPING MOVEMENT WHERE TECTONIC PLATES MEET. SCIENTISTS SAY THEY'RE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON IT. THE SLOW SLIP IN THE KAPITI-MANAWATU AND THE EAST COAST REGION HAS STARTED UP SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT BEFORE. AND WE THINK THAT'S PROBABLY RELATED TO VERY SMALL STRESS CHANGES THAT OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE KAIKOURA MAGNITUDE 7.8 EARTHQUAKE. CIVIL DEFENCE SAYS THE HEIGHTENED SEISMIC ACTIVITY'S ANOTHER REMINDER FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE PREPARED. KAIKOURA'S VITAL INLAND ROAD LINK HAS BEEN CLOSED AGAIN TODAY AS CONTRACTORS AND THE DEFENCE FORCE TAKE A BREAK AFTER TWO WEEKS OF HARD SLOG. AND MANY OF THE LOCALS DID THE SAME, GETTING TOGETHER WITH MATES TO SHARE THEIR STORIES. HERE'S JESSICA MUTCH. CHURCH BELL RINGS A CALL TO COME TOGETHER. I THINK THE WHOLE OF KAIKOURA PROBABLY NEEDS TO DO THAT, WHETHER IT'S HAPPENING AT A PUB OR, FOR THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, IN A CHURCH. ALL SING HYMN THE ORGAN'S BROKEN AND THE HALL IS OUT OF ACTION, BUT FOR THOSE WHO COULD, IT'S A CHANCE TO REGROUP. WE'VE GOT FAMILIES THAT CAN'T COME ACROSS BECAUSE OF THE SLIPS. THEY'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SLIPS. OTHERS HAD ANOTHER FORM OF WORSHIP IN MIND. CHEERING, CLAPPING SOME LIGHT RELIEF AT A LOCAL BAR. OTHERS OPTED FOR A CUPPA, A PLUNKET GROUP CATCH-UP AND A CHANCE TO RESTOCK SUPPLIES. I THINK BECAUSE HE IS SO YOUNG, HE'S QUITE OBLIVIOUS TO IT, HE'S ACTUALLY MADE IT EASIER FOR ME. SO, HE'S MY MAIN FOCUS. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN FULL-ON, BUT HE'S BEEN EXTREMELY HYPER AND HAVING TROUBLE WITH SLEEP AT THE MOMENT, BUT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE SHAKING? > I THINK IT IS, AND BECAUSE WE ARE STRESSED SO THE BABY KNOWS IT. FOR THE BIGGER KIDS, THEY JUST NEEDED A BIT OF FUN AND A BIT OF A BOOGIE. # KEEP ME SEARCHING FOR A HEART OF GOLD. # HUNDREDS FROM THE SMALL TOWNSHIP MEETING AT THE RUGBY GROUNDS. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY CHRISTCHURCH BUSINESSES WHO FEEL LIKE THEY WANT TO HELP AND ALSO BY THE WHITE RIBBON CAUSE, HIGHLIGHTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER AND SHARING STORIES. WE ALL NEED A GOOD COFFEE, GLASS OF WINE AND A GOOD DAY OUT. YEAH. WE STILL LOVE OUR LITTLE TOWN, SO WE JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN. JUST THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT, BRING IT UP A LITTLE BIT. EMERGENCY SERVICES SWITCHING INTO ENTERTAINMENT MODE. SUP! IT'S ALL ABOUT TAKING A BREATHER. JESSICA MUTCH, 1 NEWS. NATIONAL'S ENJOYED A BOOST HEADING INTO THE SUMMER BREAK IN OUR LATEST 1 NEWS COLMAR BRUNTON POLL, WHICH WAS TAKEN IN PART AFTER THE KAIKOURA EARTHQUAKE. OUR LAST SAMPLING FOR THE YEAR SHOWS THE PARTY'S SUPPORT CLIMBING TO 50%. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN'S HERE TO WALK US THROUGH THE NUMBERS. SO, EIGHT YEARS UNDER ITS BELT, AND NATIONAL SHOWING LITTLE SIGN OF FALLING OUT OF FAVOUR WITH VOTERS. IT'S CLIMBED TWO POINTS SINCE OUR SEPTEMBER POLL, UP TO 50%. LABOUR HAS ALSO MADE GROUND THIS POLL, UP TWO AS WELL, BUT STILL STRUGGLING BELOW 30% LESS THAN A YEAR FROM THE ELECTION. ITS COALITION PARTNER, THE GREENS, HAVE GONE BACKWARDS ` DOWN TWO TO 11%, WHILE NZ FIRST ARE ALSO DOWN ONE POINT TO 10%. THE MAORI PARTY'S SUPPORT HAS ALSO SLIPPED - DOWN ONE TO 1%. IN A PARLIAMENT OF 122 SEATS, NATIONAL WOULD HAVE 60 SEATS, SO NOT QUITE ENOUGH TO GOVERN ALONE. BUT IF WE ASSUME IT COULD RELY ON AT LEAST TWO OF ITS THREE EXISTING SUPPORT PARTIES ` ACT, UNITED FUTURE AND THE MAORI ` WHO WOULD ALL HAVE ONE SEAT EACH, THEN IT COULD GET A 62-SEAT MAJORITY. THE LABOUR-GREENS BLOCK, ON THE OTHER HAND, CAN ONLY MUSTER A COMBINED 47 SEATS UNDER THIS POLL. AND EVEN IF YOU ADD IN NZ FIRST'S 12 SEATS AND, LET'S SAY, THE MAORI PARTY, THEY ONLY GET 60 ` NOT ENOUGH FOR A MAJORITY. NOW, WHAT ABOUT THE LEADERS? WELL, JOHN KEY IS STILL WAY OUT IN FRONT, ALTHOUGH DOWN ANOTHER TWO POINTS THIS POLL TO 36. HE HASN'T RATED THAT LOW SINCE 2009. BUT ANDREW LITTLE'S HARDLY A THREAT, GIVEN HE'S ALSO DOWN TWO POINTS TO 8%, EQUAL WITH WINSTON PETERS, WHO'S SLIPPED BACK THREE POINTS THIS POLL. SO, NATIONAL WITH THE TAIL WIND OF A STRONG ECONOMY, RIGHT WHERE IT WANTS TO BE GOING INTO ELECTION YEAR. THE SHOCKS BOTH HERE AND ABROAD HAVE BEEN COMING THICK AND FAST IN 2016. BUT FAR FROM ROCKING NATIONAL, IT SEEMS VOTERS ARE SEEKING STABILITY FOR NOW, NOT CHANGE. STRONG AND STABLE GOVERNMENT MATTERS IN WHAT'S BEEN QUITE AN UNCERTAIN WORLD OUT THERE. THAT UNCERTAINTY HASN'T MADE LIFE EASY FOR AN OPPOSITION STRUGGLING TO GET ITS MESSAGE OUT. WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, US ELECTION. WE'VE HAD ALL SORTS OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON. NEXT YEAR IS THE ELECTION YEAR. PEOPLE WILL SOON KNOW THERE IS AN ELECTION ON, AND OUR JOB IS TO CAMPAIGN HARD AND MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THERE'S A CHOICE. AND WHILE LABOUR CAN'T YET CRACK 30%, ITS LEADER INSISTS THAT WHEN COMBINED WITH THE GREENS, THE CENTRE-LEFT IS STILL A FORCE. WE ARE VERY COMPETITIVE WITH NATIONAL. BUT ON TONIGHT'S NUMBERS, JOHN KEY IS IN THE BOX SEAT. EVEN EYEING UP AN OUTRIGHT WIN NEXT YEAR, THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE HIM REACHING OUT TO THE LIKES OF WINSTON PETERS. ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE UNDER MMP. MEANWHILE, AS US PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP GOES ABOUT ASSEMBLING HIS ADMINISTRATION, WE ASKED KIWIS IN OUR POLL... BUT TRUMP'S VICTORY IS HAVING A FINANCIAL IMPACT HERE. LONGER-TERM FIXED MORTGAGE RATES ARE CREEPING UP AS INVESTORS BET ON A TRUMP PRESIDENCY SPARKING GLOBAL INFLATION. FOR OUR FINANCE MINSTER, IT'S NOT UNWELCOME. LOOK, IT MIGHT PUT A FEW UNDER PRESSURE WHO'VE REALLY OVER-EXTENDED THEMSELVES, BUT, LOOK, THE INTEREST RATES STARTING TO RISE, I THINK, IS A HEALTHY SIGN OF NORMALISATION. A NORMALISATION IN WHAT'S BEEN ANYTHING BUT A NORMAL YEAR. COMING UP ON ONE NEWS ` THE SILENT KILLER CLAIMING LIVES. THE UNSEEN RISK OF BREATHING CONTAMINATED AIR IN THE WORKPLACE. AND HOW A NEW CAMPAIGN IS TARGETING INADEQUATE SAFETY MEASURES. AFTER BEING DECLARED DEAD, AUSTRALIA'S MOST WANTED TERRORIST IS NOW UNDER ARREST. THE MELBOURNE-BORN FIGHTER FOR ISIS HAS BEEN CAPTURED AFTER SURVIVING A DRONE STRIKE. AND THE CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN IS ON IN OUR BIGGEST CITY. THOUSANDS TURN OUT TO SEE THE BIG GUY IN RED AS YOUNG AND OLD CELEBRATE THE FESTIVE SEASON. A SILENT KILLER IN THE MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IS THE TARGET OF A NEW CAMPAIGN. AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS IN THE WORKPLACE LEAD TO THE UNNECESSARY DEATHS OF THREE NZERS EVERY DAY. CORRECTION:: EVERY YEAR. AN EXPERIENCE WORKING ON A BATHROOM JOB NEARLY COST HASTINGS CONCRETE CUTTER JAMES WEBBY HIS LIFE. DESPITE THAT MASK, AN EXTRACTION FAN AND OPEN WINDOWS, ONE CLOSED DOOR BUILT UP ENOUGH FUMES FROM HIS PETROL CUTTER TO GIVE HIM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. MY EYES WERE BURNING, AND I WAS GETTING GIDDY. HE COLLAPSED AND WAS RACED TO HOSPITAL. TO PULL UP AND FIND THE AMBULANCE ALREADY THERE, AND THE AMBULANCE STAFF SAYING THEY'RE NOT SURE HOW HE'S GONNA GO WAS A REALLY SCARY EXPERIENCE. HE HAD 40% CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. DOCTORS TOLD HIM 60% WOULD'VE BEEN FATAL. BETWEEN 600 AND 900 FORMER AND CURRENT CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURING WORKERS LOSE THEIR LIVES EACH YEAR TO BREATHING IN AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS ` ASBESTOS FIBRES, FUMES AND PARTICLES FROM SILICA AND WOOD. 6000 MORE ARE HOSPITALISED EACH YEAR WITH LUNG CANCERS, ASTHMAS AND OTHER RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES. MANY TAKE DECADES TO SURFACE. PEOPLE ARE LEAVING WORK WITH THESE THINGS SITTING AS A TICKING TIME BOMB. THESE ARE SILENT KILLERS. WORKSAFE NZ'S NOW LAUNCHING A CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT THAT HARM. AFTER INSPECTING OVER 1000 WORKPLACES, OVER 10% WERE FOUND TO HAVE NON-COMPLIANT OR INADEQUATE SAFETY MEASURES. WORKPLACES NOW NEED TO START TREATING HEALTH LIKE SAFETY. YOU ALL READY TO GO? CAROL MCMILLAN SAYS THEIR COMPANY'S MADE SEVERAL CHANGES SINCE JAMES' CLOSE SHAVE. WE HAVE ACTUALLY BOUGHT AN ELECTRIC SAW, WHICH MEANS WE DON'T HAVE THE CARBON MONOXIDE IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE. OTHERS IN THE INDUSTRY SAY WORKERS NEED TO PLAY THEIR PART, TOO. WE ENCOURAGE THE GUYS TO REPORT NEAR MISSES. TRADITIONALLY IN THE INDUSTRY IT'S NOT ALWAYS BEEN SEEN AS A GOOD THING. WE TRY AND DO IT COS IT HELPS US LEARN, IT HELPS US IMPROVE. JAMES AGREES... IF I DON'T THINK I'M COMFORTABLE DOING IT, I WON'T DO IT. ...AND SAYS HE'S NOW ALWAYS EXTRA CAUTIOUS. LORELEI MASON, 1 NEWS. AUSTRALIA'S MOST WANTED TERRORIST, WHO BECAME A RECRUITER FOR ISIS, IS NOW UNDER ARREST AND COULD BE EXTRADITED BACK TO AUSTRALIA TO FACE PROSECUTION. NEIL PRAKASH WAS ARRESTED IN TURKEY, SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER HE WAS REPORTEDLY KILLED IN AN AIR STRIKE. CHANNEL NINE'S CHARLES CROUCHER HAS THE DETAILS. SO YOU KILL THIS DISBELIEVER. FOR YEARS HE'S BEEN THE AUSTRALIAN FACE OF INTERNATIONAL TERROR. YOU MUST START ATTACKING BEFORE THEY ATTACK YOU. SOON HE COULD BE HEADING HOME IN HANDCUFFS. THE JUSTICE MINISTER TODAY CONFIRMED... AUSTRALIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES WERE INVOLVED IN THE ARREST. LOOK, IT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL FOR US AND FOR THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE. THE REALLY BIG NEWS HERE IS NOT THAT HE'S STILL ALIVE; IT'S THAT HE'S BEEN ARRESTED. AUSTRALIA HAS EXTRADITION AGREEMENTS WITH TURKEY, AND IT FORMALLY APPLIED FOR HIS RETURN. IF GRANTED, HE'LL FACE A STRING OF CHARGES RELATED TO TERROR ATTACKS AND PLOTS ON OUR SHORES. PROBABLY MOST OF THE CASES WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING IN AUSTRALIA, NEIL PRAKASH HAS PLAYED A ROLE AT A DISTANCE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. AND I'D LIKE TO PRAISE THE ATTACKS OF MY DEAR BELOVED BROTHERS. MORE THAN 200 DAYS AGO, MALCOLM TURNBULL CLAIMED PRAKASH DEAD IN PARLIAMENT. MR SPEAKER, I CAN CONFIRM THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ADVISED THAT NEIL PRAKASH, AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN, WAS KILLED BY US AIRSTRIKES IN MOSUL. EVEN TODAY, THE ATTORNEY-GENERALS WEBSITE STILL BOASTS OF HIS DEATH. BUT THE THOUGHT OF PRAKASH ALIVE HAS COUNTRIES LINING UP TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HE KNOWS. IT MEANS IT'S UNLIKELY WE'LL SEE HIM HERE THIS YEAR, BUT AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES ARE CONFIDENT THEY'LL GET THEIR CHANCE SOON. HE WAS ONE OF THE KEY AUSTRALIANS LEFT ON THE BATTLEFIELD, NOT JUST OVER THERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT IN AUSTRALIAN BEDROOMS ON SOCIAL MEDIA TALKING TO AUSTRALIAN TEENAGERS. THE 25-YEAR-OLD WAS LINKED TO A FAILED MELBOURNE PLOT TO BEHEAD A POLICE OFFICER ON ANZAC DAY LAST YEAR. CHRIS IS HERE WITH TODAY'S WEATHER NOW, AND WE HAD SOME PRETTY SEVERE GALES IN PLACES? YES, IT WAS A CASE OF HOLD ONTO YOUR HATS. WE HAD A DEEP LOW TO THE SOUTH OF US, AND A HIGH TO THE NORTH, SQUEEZING THE ISOBARS TOGETHER. GUSTS OF WELL OVER 100KM/H IN PLACES. CASTLE POINT, 144 K'S AN HOUR. KELBURN, 126. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ SO, LOTS OF WIND AROUND THE COUNTRY. THAT'S GOING TO DIE DOWN FOR THE START OF THE WEEK. I'LL HAVE YOUR FULL FORECAST AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME ` AS DIVISIVE IN DEATH AS HE WAS IN LIFE. HE'S A MURDERER, HE'S A KILLER. HE KILLED A LOT OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, AND I'M HAPPY HE DIED. CELEBRATIONS IN MIAMI AS FIDEL CASTRO'S ENEMIES REJOICE. AND CHRISTMAS WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS. THOUSANDS TURN OUT FOR SANTA'S BIG APPEARANCE IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND. Zovirax fights cold sores and cuts healing time by half compared with no treatment. So you can too. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` SEVEN FISHING BUDDIES ARE DEAD, ALONG WITH THEIR CHARTER SKIPPER, AFTER THEIR VESSEL, THE FRANCIE, CAPSIZED WHILE CROSSING THE KAIPARA BAR. CONDITIONS WERE SAID TO BE TREACHEROUS AT THE TIME. THE DEAD RANGE IN AGE FROM 31 TO 59. CUBA IS IN MOURNING FOR FIDEL CASTRO, THE REVOLUTIONARY LEADER WHO DEFIED THE UNITED STATES FOR DECADES. HIS ALLIANCE WITH THE SOVIET UNION BRIEFLY PUSHED THE WORLD TO THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR WAR. FOR SOME, HE WAS A HERO; FOR OTHERS A TYRANT. FIDEL CASTRO WAS PRAISED BY HIS SUPPORTERS FOR IMPROVING HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION, BUT THOSE WHO FLED ABROAD TO ESCAPE HIS RULE CELEBRATED NEWS OF HIS DEATH. THE BBC'S WILL GRANT REPORTS FROM CUBA'S CAPITAL, HAVANA. FIDEL CASTRO, PERHAPS THE WORLD'S LAST TRUE COLD-WAR WARRIOR, SPENT A LIFETIME IN LOUD DEFIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES. BUT IN THE END, HE PASSED AWAY QUIETLY IN HAVANA. LATE AT NIGHT, HIS BROTHER, PRESIDENT RAUL CASTRO, ASHEN AND GRAVE, ADDRESSED THE CUBAN PEOPLE. (SPEAKS SPANISH) TRANSLATOR: DEAR CUBA, IT'S WITH DEEP SORRY THAT I COME BEFORE YOU TO TELL THE NATION, OUR FRIENDS IN THE AMERICAS AND THE WORLD THAT TODAY, THE 25TH OF NOVEMBER 2016 AT 10.29PM, THE CHIEF COMMANDER OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTION, FIDEL CASTRO RUZ, DIED. FIDEL CASTRO HAD, IN EFFECT, BEEN RETIRED FROM PUBLIC LIFE FOR ALMOST A DECADE. BUT ON THE STREETS OF HAVANA, PEOPLE PAID HIM THE KINDS OF TRIBUTE THAT FEW WORLD LEADERS CAN ELICIT. TRANSLATOR: IT'S A BIG LOSS BECAUSE WE FELT A GREAT DEAL FOR HIM. HIS DEATH WILL BE FELT, FOR HE DID EVERYTHING FOR THE PEOPLE. JUST 90 MILES AWAY, AMONG THE EXILE COMMUNITY IN MIAMI, IT WAS A VERY DIFFERENT STORY. THE PARTY IN LITTLE HAVANA RAN THROUGH THE NIGHT AS THE NEWS FILTERED THROUGH THAT THE MAN THEY DETESTED WAS GONE. THIS, A MESSAGE FROM MIAMI TO SATAN ` 'FIDEL IS NOW YOURS. DON'T LET HIM REST IN PEACE.' AS A YOUNG CUBAN AMERICAN, I WAS RAISED, UH, BY POLITICAL PRISONERS AND BY PEOPLE THAT SUFFERED AT CASTRO'S HANDS. YOU KNOW WHAT? I FEEL GREAT! YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I FEEL GREAT. HE'S A MURDERER, HE'S A KILLER. HE KILLED A LOT OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, AND I'M HAPPY HE DIED. A DECADE AGO, THIS DEATH MIGHT HAVE BEEN VERY DESTABILISING FOR CUBA. BUT TODAY THERE ARE NO RUMBLINGS OF DISSENT AS CUBANS PREPARE TO QUIETLY MARK THIS MOMENT OF HISTORY. THE SON OF SEX PISTOLS ICON MALCOLM MCLAREN HAS SET FIRE TO MORE THAN $8M WORTH OF PUNK MEMORABILIA. JOE CORRE WAS PROTESTING AGAINST COMMEMORATIONS MARKING 40 YEARS SINCE THE SEX PISTOLS RELEASED 'ANARCHY IN THE UK'. HE'S BLASTED PUNK FOR SELLING OUT TO CORPORATE GIANTS. WELCOME TO THE GREAT PUNK ROCK SWINDLE ` A TIME WHEN YOU CAN BUY MCDONALD'S PUNKY NUGGETS, AN ANARCHY IN THE UK CREDIT CARD AT 19% APR, PUNK ROCK CAR INSURANCE AND BONDAGE TROUSERS FROM LOUIS VUITTON. MANY PUNK FANS HAVE REACTED ANGRILY, SAYING THE FIRE WAS SELFISH AND CHARITY COULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE SALE OF THE MEMORABILIA. THE COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS IS OFFICIALLY ON, AS DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND BECAME A SEA OF COLOUR THIS AFTERNOON. THOUSANDS OF AUCKLANDERS PACKED QUEEN STREET FOR THE 83RD SANTA PARADE. YOU HAD TO GET YOUR SKATES ON IF YOU WANTED TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF ALL THE GROOVY OUTFITS. THE BIG MAN IN RED MAKING AN APPEARANCE ON A KIWIANA-THEMED FLOAT, MUCH TO THE DELIGHT OF THE CROWD. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE ALL BLACKS CAP OFF THE YEAR WITH A BRUISING WIN. AGAINST VERY GOOD FRENCH TEAM THE FRENCH CERTAINLY DIDN'T WANT FOR LACK OF INTENT, AS THE FRANCE OF OLD PUTS AN ALMIGHTY FRIGHT UP THE ALL BLACKS. NOW LOPEZ! OH! BEAUDEN BARRETT. THEY WON'T STOP HIM! BEAUDEN BARRETT'S WHEELS AND BLACK-AND-WHITE DEFENCE WINS AGAIN. AND THE IRISH DO IT AGAIN, THIS TIME TO THE WALLABIES. PLUS ` IT'S ALL HAPPENING IN HAMILTON. THE CRICKET TEST IS EVENLY POISED, DESPITE SOME BLOOD AND MORE WET WEATHER. AND WE'RE THERE FOR LEAGUE STAR JASON TAUMALOLO'S AMERICAN FOOTBALL TRIAL IN LA. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE FINISHED THEIR 2016 SEASON WITH A 24-19 WIN AGAINST FRANCE UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE IN PARIS. PLAYING LIKE THE FRENCH OF YESTERYEAR, THEY OFF-LOADED THE BALL AT WILL, MAKING BIG INROADS THROUGHOUT THE MATCH. BUT THE ALL BLACKS' SCRAMBLING DEFENCE AND A MAN CALLED BEAUDEN BARRETT HAD THE FINAL SAY AGAIN. THE ALL BLACKS MIGHT'VE HAD A MUCH-DEBATED NEW LOOK, BUT FRENCH REVERENCE FOR THE HAKA WAS THE SAME AS USUAL. ALL CHANT FRANCE MARCHED UP TOWARDS THEIR 10M LINE TO ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE. CROWD ROARS IT WAS NORMAL BUSINESS EARLY ON AS WELL. AFTER SOAKING UP PRESSURE, THE ALL BLACKS STRUCK. AND THIS IS BRILLIANT FROM SAVEA. GETS IT BACK ON THE INSIDE. DAGG! ISRAEL DAGG'S 10TH TRY OF HIS COMEBACK SEASON SET UP BY THE CROSS-FIELD LINK BETWEEN BEAUDEN BARRETT AND JULIAN SAVEA. THE FRENCH WERE FULL OF EARLY RUNNING, BUT STRUGGLED TO RETAIN THE BALL. THEY SHOULD'VE HAD THE ALL BLACKS IN MUCH MORE STRIFE, BUT SCRAMBLING DEFENCE, LIKE IN DUBLIN, CAME TO THE FORE AGAIN. SECOND SPELL ` FRANCE TURNING THE SCREWS; BARRETT PROVING SPECIAL ONCE AGAIN. MARCHENAUD TRIES TO DRAG IT OUT. HE'S GOT IT. NOW LOPEZ! BEAUDEN BARRETT! THEY WON'T STOP HIM! BARRETT'S TIMING IMPECCABLE. ALL THEY WAY TO THE LINE, BEAUDEN BARRETT. IN FACT, THE STAR 10 RAN 90M IN AROUND 10 SECONDS FLAT, DECELERATING AS WELL. IT WAS ANOTHER MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR FRANCE AT THE OTHER END, TURNING BACK THE CLOCK, SHOWING SUPER BALL-RUNNING SKILLS. ONCE AGAIN, THE CAVALRY ARRIVED IN THE ALL BLACKS BENCH. BOUNCED UP FOR FAUMUINA! A PULSATING TEST HAD MORE TO COME; THE FRENCH SCORING FROM A SCRUM PENALTY. THEY WANNA TAKE IT QUICKLY, AND THEY DO! BUT THE ALL BLACKS HUNG ON AGAIN, DEFENCE THE WINNER, CONCEDING JUST TWO TRIES IN THREE GAMES IN EUROPE. 24-19, A BRUISING 80 MINUTES TO FINISH THE YEAR. TIME NOW TO NURSE THE BODIES OVER SUMMER. SO 13 WINS OUT OF 14 FOR THE ALL BLACKS IN A YEAR WHERE THEY LOST A TON OF EXPERIENCE AND USED A DOZEN NEW PLAYERS. GIVEN THE PRESSURE THE FRENCH APPLIED, THE NZ SQUAD WILL HEAD HOME OR OFF ON HOLIDAY FEELING SATISFIED. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING REPORTS FROM PARIS. FRENCH FLAIR WAS FRONT AND CENTRE. THE OFFLOADS, THE BREAKS ` THE ALL BLACKS HAD THEIR HANDS FULL. IT FELT LIKE THE OLD FRENCH RUGBY TEAM. THEY WANTED TO RUN THE BALL AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY ` AND WE GAVE THEM PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TOO, BECAUSE WE KICKED THEM A LOT OF BALL. IT WAS ANOTHER STAND-OUT PERFORMANCE FROM THE FIRST FIVE. BEAUDEN BARRETT'S INTUITION AND SPEED ON SHOW WITH HIS SECOND-HALF INTERCEPT TRY, EFFECTIVELY A 14 POINTER. I WAS HOPING HE'S THROW THE PASS. I SORT OF READ IT. AND I WAS ALSO HOPING THE FRENCH WINGERS WOULDN'T CATCH ME. HIS CAPTAIN ALSO TOOK POSITIVES FROM THE FACT THAT, DESPITE THE PENALTY COUNT BEING 13-7 AGAINST THEM, THEY HAD LEARNT A LOT OVER THE TOUR. WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE SOME TURNOVERS THROUGH OUR DEFENCE, AND THAT JUST SHOWS HOW MUCH MORE PATIENCE WE HAVE AND THE FACT WE TRUST EACH OTHER A LOT MORE THAN PERHAPS WE DID LAST WEEK. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE BLOODED 11 NEW PLAYERS THIS YEAR, SO THE COACH IS PRETTY HAPPY. TO STAND UP UNDER PRESSURE LATE IN THE SEASON, WHEN FATIGUE IS A BIG FACTOR. SO VERY VERY PROUD OF OUR TEAM AS WELL. BUT THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE TEAMS ARE ON THE RISE. THE ALL BLACKS KNOW THEY'LL HAVE TO IMPROVE BEFORE THE LIONS COME TO TOWN. EMMA KEELING, 1 NEWS, PARIS. TO THE OTHER MATCHES PLAYED UP NORTH TODAY, AND THE IRISH HAVE DONE IT AGAIN; THEY'VE BEATEN AUSTRALIA 27-24, SO FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THEY'VE SCORED WINS OVER THE ALL BLACKS, THE WALLABIES AND SPRINGBOKS IN THE SAME SEASON. LIKE LAST WEEKEND IN DUBLIN, THE IRISH HAD ALL THE BALL IN THE FIRST SPELL, ROARING OUT TO A 17-0 LEAD BEFORE THE AUSSIES STRUCK BACK. KURIDRANI IN MIDFIELD COMES FROM PADDY JACKSON. AUSTRALIA BRING THE BALL BACK INSIDE AND NOW ARE LOOKING FAR MORE DANGEROUS IN ATTACK. AND THEY'RE GONNA GET IN. THEY'RE GONNA GET IN. DESPITE BEING DOWN 13-3 ON THE PENALTY COUNT ` SOUND FAMILIAR? ` THE WALLABIES LED 24-20, BEFORE THE IRISH SENT THEIR CROWD INTO A FRENZY. IT'S THERE, THOUGH, FOR COLIN MURRAY. THERE ARE MEN OUT WIDE. ZEBO! EARLS! THE IRISH HELD ON 27-24, SCUPPERING WALLABIES HOPES OF A GRAND SLAM. ENGLAND LOST WING ELLIOTT DALY TO AN EARLY RED CARD AT TWICKENHAM FOR A DANGEROUS TACKLE IN THE AIR. THEY'D GO ON, THOUGH, TO BEAT THE TOUGH ARGENTINIANS 27-14, ENGLAND'S 13TH WIN IN A ROW. THE SPRINGBOKS SUFFERED THEIR EIGHTH DEFEAT OF A SHOCKING SEASON ` THEIR WORST RECORD EVER ` BEATEN BY WALES IN CARDIFF 27-13. IT'S BEEN A FRUSTRATING THIRD DAY IN THE SECOND CRICKET TEST BETWEEN NZ AND PAKISTAN IN HAMILTON. RAIN INTERRUPTED MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON, THOUGH THE KIWIS DID ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN AN EDGE. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. EARLY INDICATIONS WERE THAT NZ WERE IN FOR A BRUISING MORNING IN HAMILTON. HE'S HIT THE CORNER OF IT, TOO. THAT COULD'VE BEEN QUITE NASTY. MITCHELL SANTNER SPITTING BLOOD AFTER COLLIDING WITH SEDDON PARK'S BOUNDARY HOARDING, AND BRIEFLY FORCED FROM THE FIELD. THIS MUST HAVE HURT FOR THE KIWIS, TOO ` MISSED OPPORTUNITIES THAT AIDED BABAR AZAM AND SARFRAZ AHMED'S FIGHT. SHOT. OH, LOVELY. VERY CLEVER. BABAR SETTLING QUICKLY TO PASS 50. THE PAIR'S PARTNERSHIP REACHED 74 RUNS BEFORE NEIL WAGNER STRUCK. EDGED! TAKEN! RAVAL TAKES THE CATCH. BUT SOHAIL KHAN WAS ALSO KEEN TO PLAY AGGRESSIVELY,... OH, IT'S GONE ALL THE WAY. ...TO THE COST OF ONE SPECTATOR'S DRINK. TIM SOUTHEE EVENTUALLY MANAGED TO STEM THE TIDE. EDGED! AND TAKEN! COLIN DE GRANDHOMME SNARED A WICKET TOO, THOUGH BABAR WAS ALL TOO COMFORTABLE AT THE CREASE, AS HE WENT ABOUT SETTING THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE OF THE SERIES SO FAR. UNFORTUNATELY, THE 22-YEAR-OLD'S EXCEPTIONAL INNINGS WAS INTERRUPTED BY RAIN. AND ONCE PLAY RESUMED, HE RAN OUT OF PARTNERS. AND TAKEN BY JEET RAVAL. HE'S DONE IT AGAIN. STRANDED ON 90 AS SOUTHEE MOPPED UP THE TAIL TO CLAIM HIS SIX-FER ` HIS FIRST FIVE WICKET-PLUS HAUL IN TESTS SINCE 2013. JUST IN TIME, TOO; RAIN SETTING IN AGAIN. NZ WILL RESUME TOMORROW WITH A 55-RUN LEAD AND 10 WICKETS IN HAND. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS. AND STAT OF THE DAY ` KEEPER BJ WATLING AND TIM SOUTHEE ARE NOW TIED FOR NZ'S MOST SUCCESSFUL WICKET-TAKING PAIR IN TESTS, EQUALLING SIR RICHARD HADLEE AND IAN SMITH'S MARK OF 43 DISMISSALS. THE WEATHER PROSPECTS ARE MUCH BETTER FOR TOMORROW, SO THE TEAMS CAN EXPECT PLENTY OF TIME ON THE FIELD. THE KIWI GOLF TEAM OF DANNY LEE AND RYAN FOX HAS FINISHED THE WORLD CUP EVENT IN MELBOURNE JUST OUTSIDE THE TOP 10, TIED FOR 11TH. IT WAS THEIR SWEDISH PLAYING PARTNERS WHO HAD THE FOUR-BALL ROUND OF THE DAY, MAKING SIX BIRDIES IN EIGHT HOLES THROUGH THE TURN ON THEIR WAY TO A 10-UNDER-PAR 62. THEY WEREN'T THE ONLY ONES TO FINISH STRONGLY, THE FRENCH, AMERICANS AND CHINESE ALSO MAKING IMPRESSIVE CHARGES ON THE FINAL DAY. CROWD GASPS ANOTHER SENSATIONAL SHOT. NOT A BAD TIME TO GET HOT, IS IT? FRANCE HAVE JUST MADE FOUR BIRDIES IN A ROW. BUT AFTER STARTING WITH A FOUR-SHOT LEAD, THE DANES WERE ALWAYS GOING TO BE TOUGH TO CATCH, ESPECIALLY WITH ANOTHER CONSISTENT ROUND. THEY CLINCHED THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP WIN IN STYLE, FINISHING FOUR SHOTS CLEAR AT -20. THE ALL WHITES WILL FACE SOME TOUGH OPPOSITION AT NEXT YEAR'S CONFEDERATIONS CUP THEY'VE BEEN DRAWN IN THE SAME GROUP AS CRISTIANO RONALDO'S PORTUGAL. THE NZERS WILL ALSO PLAY IN THE OPENING MATCH AGAINST HOSTS RUSSIA IN ST PETERSBURG. BUT ALL WHITES COACH ANTHONY HUDSON REFUSES TO ADOPT THE MINNOWS TAG. WE ARE NOT COMING HERE TO, UM, TAKE PART AND JUST ENJOY THE TOURNAMENT. WE'RE COMING HERE TO WIN GAMES AND TO COMPETE AGAINST THE BIGGER TEAMS AND TO CAUSE A FEW UPSETS. MEXICO IS THE FOURTH TEAM IN NZ GROUP. CHELSEA WERE PASSED TWICE TODAY BEFORE REGAINING THEIR LEAD IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE. EARLY ON, A DOUBLE FROM SERGIO AGUERO AT BURNLEY TOOK MANCHESTER CITY TO THE TOP. HE GOT CONFUSED. IT'S AGUERO. IT IS IN. THEN LIVERPOOL BRIEFLY WENT TO THE FRONT WITH A 2-0 WIN OVER SUNDERLAND AT ANFIELD. BUT CHELSEA CAME FROM A GOAL DOWN TO END TOTTENHAM'S UNBEATEN RUN. TO THE RIGHT! OH, WHAT A TERRIFIC GOAL. WILD CHEERING BEFITTING OF THE OCCASION. HE'S GOT EYES FOR THE FAR CORNER AND HE'S SAYING, 'GO ON, YOU GO. 'SEE IF YOU CAN GET TO THAT.' BUT THERE'S TOO MUCH BEHIND IT. CHELSEA'S 2-1 WIN LIFTING THEM A POINT CLEAR OF LIVERPOOL AND CITY. LEWIS HAMILTON HAS CLAIMED POLE POSITION FOR THE FORMULA ONE SEASON-ENDING SHOWDOWN WITH TEAMMATE NICO ROSBERG AT THE ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX. DESPITE HAMILTON'S FASTEST LAP BEING THREE-TENTHS OF A SECOND QUICKER THAN ROSBERG, THE GERMAN REMAINS THE FAVOURITE TO WIN HIS FIRST TITLE. ROSBERG HAS A 12-POINT LEAD AND ONLY NEEDS TO FINISH ON THE PODIUM TO WRAP UP THE CHAMPIONSHIP. IT JUST WASN'T POSSIBLE FOR ME TO DO THAT TIME TODAY, EVEN THOUGH I GAVE IT EVERYTHING. BUT AS WE KNOW, THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITIES TOMORROW. AND FOR SURE I'LL TRY AND GO FOR THE WIN. HAMILTON NEEDS RIVALS TO GET BETWEEN HIM AND HIS MERCEDES TEAMMATE IF THE BRITISH DRIVER IS TO CLAIM HIS FOURTH TITLE. KIWI LEAGUE STAR JASON TAUMALOLO HAS HAD A 'SUCCESSFUL' WORKOUT BEFORE SEVERAL AMERICAN FOOTBALL TEAMS IN L.A. TAUMALOLO AND CRONULLA'S AUSTRALIAN TEST WINGER VALENTINE HOLMES WERE PUT THROUGH THEIR PACES AT A HIGH SCHOOL IN CENTRAL L.A. IN FRONT OF 14 NFL SCOUTS. THEY WERE ALSO INTERVIEWED BY THE PROFESSIONAL OUTFITS. I THINK ME AND VAL HAVE DONE PRETTY WELL IN ALL THE DRILLS, AND THEY WERE PRETTY STOKED TO SEE THAT A COUPLE OF GUYS FROM A DIFFERENT CODE CAN COME HERE ON THE FIRST GO AND OBVIOUSLY GIVE IT THEIR BEST AND SURPRISE THEM. BOTH PLAYERS, THEY WERE TOLD WHAT TO DO, THEY DID IT ONE TIME AND THEY WERE DONE. WHICH I THINK REALLY SPEAKS HIGHLY OF THEM, THEIR ABILITY TO LISTEN AND LEARN AND TO PERFORM UNDER PROBABLY WHAT WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE FOR THEM. TAUMALOLO AND HOLMES NOW WAIT, WITH ANY INTERESTED TEAMS MAKING THE NEXT MOVE. CERTAINLY A LONG SHOT BUT WORTH A CRACK. THE WINDS WILL DIE DOWN BUT IT WILL BE MIXED BAG. TONIGHT ON GOOD SORTS, COMING UP IN JUST A SECOND, ANNE SHANKS. AND I'M NOT ANNE. AND I'M NOT ANNE EITHER. BUT I AM. ANNE STARTED THE ARTY FARTIES. IT'S A RUDE LITTLE NAME, BUT IT'S A GREAT LITTLE COMMUNITY ORGANISATION BASED IN PAPAROA. I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT JUST AFTER THE ADS AND THE WEATHER. STICK AROUND ON THE COUCH. 1 Installing a solar-energy system can cost many thousands of dollars, so will the numbers stack up for you? This is Dr Alan Wood from the University of Canterbury. His team has developed a calculator that will help you decide. Alan? The calculator crunches the numbers for you. It takes into account things like whether you're at home during the day and using power, as that can make quite a difference. So it's easy to use? Absolutely. For more information, visit energywise.govt.nz KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK. THE STRONG WINDS THAT WE HAD TODAY ARE GOING TO EASE WITH THOSE ISOBARS RELAXING. WE'VE GOT A COLD FRONTAL BAND MOVING UP THE NORTH ISLAND. LOTS OF SPOTTY SHOWER CLOUD FOLLOWING IN BEHIND IT. AND ANOTHER FRONTAL FEATURE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHLAND. THE COLD FRONT CLEARS THE NORTH ISLAND TONIGHT, THEN THE DEEP LOW TO THE SOUTH PULLS AWAY TO THE EAST, ALLOWING THE HIGH TO MOVE ONTO THE NORTH TASMAN SEA. THE FLOW TURNS MORE WESTERLY TOMORROW, AND THE ISOBARS RELAX A LITTLE. IN THE NORTH ISLAND, OCCASIONAL SHOWERS FOR THE WEST EASE DURING THE MORNING, THEN PRETTY MUCH CONFINED TO THE RANGES BY THE AFTERNOON. MAINLY FINE FOR EASTERN AREAS, THOUGH THERE COULD BE THE ODD SHOWER MAKING IT THROUGH THE MANAWATU GORGE. SHOWERS FOR THE WEST AND SOUTH COAST. A FRONT BRINGS RAIN INTO FIORDLAND IN THE AFTERNOON, SPREADING SCATTERED FALLS FURTHER EAST. OTHERWISE FINE SPELLS ELSEWHERE. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ OUR GOOD SORT THIS WEEK IS ANNE SHANKS FROM PAPAROA, WHO THOUGHT SHE COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT HER LOCAL BOWLING CLUB, WHICH HAD BEEN ABANDONED. AFTER ALL, WHO NEEDS ELECTRICITY AND WATER WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF HELPING HANDS? HADYN JONES REPORTS. ACOUSTIC GUITAR MUSIC IN PAPAROA, AFTER THE RUGBY CLUB BECAME A RELIC OF HISTORY, AND THE BOWLING CLUB TOO,... I'LL GET SOME THINNER BRUSHES FOR YOU, WILL I? ...ANNE SHANKS SAW AN OPPORTUNITY. IT STARTED WITH KIDS. SHE TEACHES US LOTS OF ART THINGS. SHE TAUGHT THEM CRAFTS IN THE FORMER BOWLING CLUBHOUSE. IT WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, WASN'T IT? AND WE JUST FELT THERE WAS A NEED. BUT IT WASN'T JUST KIDS. ANNE STARTED A COMMUNITY GROUP CALLED THE ARTY FARTIES, AND PEOPLE JUST STARTED SHOWING UP, LIKE ALWYN. WELL, WE MADE A MISTAKE OF GOING PAST ONE DAY AND SEEING ANNE IN THE HOUSE THERE, AND WE WALKED IN AND THAT WAS IT. AND HIS WIFE. SHE'S BIG ON WORKING THE GARDENS THEY BUILT. YOU KNOW THEN THAT CHILDREN AREN'T GOING TO BED HUNGRY. THEY FEED 25 FAMILIES NOW IN PAPAROA. IN FACT, THE ARTY FARTIES FEED EVERYONE. EVERY MAN AND THEIR DOG. THE BOYS WORK THE SEEDS. JOHN JOINED AFTER LOOKING OVER THE FENCE. I JUST WALKED PAST ONE DAY AND I THOUGHT, 'WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING HERE?' I'M FROM AUCKLAND AND I HAD NOBODY. ALAN WAS DRIVING PAST. HE NEEDED A FRIEND. THE MINUTE I WALKED IN HERE, I WAS JUST TAKEN ON BOARD. JOHN AND I ARE LIKE BROTHERS. DOROTHY'S A STRAY ALSO. SOME OF US DON'T HAVE FAMILY SO CLOSE. THEY SAY I'VE GOT A RED LIGHT ON MY HEAD AND PEOPLE LIKE THIS GRAVITATE TOWARDS ME. IF THE ARTY FARTIES CAN'T FEED YOU, THEY'LL CLOTHE YOU. WE JUST PUT IT OUT THERE, AND IF ANYBODY NEEDS ANYTHING, THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME AND GET IT. SOMEBODY MIGHT LIKE IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LINDA'S GIVING, NOT TAKING, TODAY. FOR A GROUP THAT GIVES, THEY'VE LOST AN AWFUL LOT. SOME WONDERED WHEN THEY LOST THE BOWLING CLUB TO SUSPECTED ARSON IF IT WAS THE END. NO. THAT'S SUE, PRESIDENT. JUST KEEP GOING. DON'T GIVE UP. SOMEONE THEN STOLE THEIR GENERATOR, BUT STILL ANNE GAVE. SHE EMPLOYED THE BOYS WHO GRAFFITIED THEIR SHED TO MOW THE LAWNS. AND THEY STOPPED VANDALISING. ANNE HAS ALSO TAUGHT THE UNEMPLOYED TO GARDEN. THIS PLOT'S FOR A WOMAN WHO WAS IN PRISON SIX YEARS. SHE NOW GROWS VEGGIES FOR HER FAMILY. I DON'T DO THE CRIME, BUT I'M PREPARED TO WALK BESIDE THEM. ANNE SHANKS STARTED THE ARTY FARTIES COS SHE COULDN'T WORK ANY MORE. I WASN'T PREPARED TO SIT IN THE CORNER AND JUST FADE AWAY. BUT THE PARKINSON'S DIDN'T STOP HER. IT'S MORE OF A NUISANCE THAN A DEATH SENTENCE. ANNE SHANKS' NOT PERFECT,... I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT YOU REALISE SHE'S AN AUSSIE. ...BUT SHE'S CREATED A COMMUNITY WHERE PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS NONE. HADYN JONES, 1 NEWS. AND GOOD SORTS NOW HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CATCH UP WITH ALL OUR GOOD SORTS, NOMINATE SOMEONE AND SEE BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOOTAGE. JUST GO TO FACEBOOK.COM, SEARCH GOOD SORTS AND HIT LIKE. AND THAT'S THE NEWS HOUR FOR SUNDAY. FROM THE 6 O'CLOCK TEAM, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY TRACEY DAWSON AND JESSICA BOELL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.