IT'S MIDDAY TUESDAY THE 29TH OF NOVEMBER. THE LATEST DETAILS ON THE NEW LAWS BEING RUSHED THROUGH PARLIAMENT ` WHAT THEY'LL MEAN FOR THOSE WITH QUAKE-DAMAGED PROPERTIES AND LANDLORDS. HAS A TURNING POINT BEEN REACHED IN THE BATTLE FOR EASTERN ALEPPO? HEAVY BOMBING FROM THE AIR DELIVERS A MAJOR BLOW FOR OPPONENTS OF PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD. PLUS, TERROR AT AN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY AFTER A GROUP OF STUDENTS ARE RAMMED WITH A CAR AND STABBED. WE HAVE NEW DETAILS ON WHO WAS BEHIND THE ATTACK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. COUNCILS IN QUAKE-HIT AREAS CAN REQUIRE LANDLORDS TO GET THEIR BUILDINGS CHECKED UNDER NEW LAWS TO BE PASSED UNDER URGENCY TODAY. THAT'S AMONG THE CHANGES TO BE MADE TO HELP QUAKE-HIT REGIONS THAT'LL BE RUSHED THROUGH PARLIAMENT. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD JOINS US NOW WITH MORE DETAILS. KATIE, SO WHAT ELSE DO THESE LAWS DO? THE FIRST OF THE THREE BELLS THAT ARE BEING INTRODUCED THIS WEEK IS THAT ONE YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT. COUNCILS CAN REQUIRE LANDLORDS TO MAKE EARTHQUAKE CHECKS OF THEIR BUILDINGS. THAT IS IN wELLINGTON AS WELL. THAT WAS A LAW THAT WAS GOING TO COME INTO PLACE NEXT YEAR AND HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD FROM TODAY'S DATE ONCE THAT LAW HAS PASSED. THE OTHER TWO BILLS ARE GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO CLEAR UP THERE PROPERTIES TO CARRY OUT ANY EMERGENCY WORKS THEY NEED TO DO. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO THOSE UNTIL mARCH NEXT YEAR UNDER THESE NEW LAWS. THE PROGRESS OF THE SOUTHERN ROAD IS GOOD AT THIS STAGE, BUT NO ONE IS MAKING ANY PREDICTIONS. THE INLAND ROAD STILL NEEDS A BIT OF WORK, BUT IT'S PROGRESSIVELY BEING OPENED. IT'S NOW IN CONTROL OF THE NZ TRANSPORT AGENCY. THE HARBOUR ITSELF, I UNDERSTAND THAT ECAN AND THE KAIKOURA DISTRICT ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR A START IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND KATIE, IS THE SUPPORT ACROSS POLITICAL LINES ON THESE POWERS? There has been a number of meetings over the past couple of weeks working on this legislation. Gerry Brownlee has tried to get cross-party support. We are expecting most parties to vote for that this afternoon. Two of those bills are going to go to a select process. Mps can look at them and follow detail. That allows them to make sure there are some of those checks and balances in place. There were lessons from that legislation. There were concerns about what some of those powers meant by Council. The aim of having that select committee process is to try and stop any of those concerns arising. THE EDUCATION MINISTER'S ARRIVED IN KAIKOURA THIS MORNING, WHERE SHE'LL MEET WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO DETERMINE WHAT REPAIRS AND SUPPORT ARE NEEDED. ENGINEERING CHECKS BY THE MINISTRY FOLLOWING THE MAGNITUDE-7.8 QUAKE FOUND MOST OF KAIKOURA'S SIX SCHOOLS WERE IN GOOD SHAPE. THERE ARE AROUND 470 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE TOWN'S SCHOOLS, WITH CLASSES FINALLY GETTING BACK UNDERWAY TODAY. LABOUR'S CANDIDATE AT THE CENTRE OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THE GREENS TO CONTEST THE TE TAI TONGA MAORI SEAT NEXT YEAR SAYS HE'S COMFORTABLE WITH THE ARRANGEMENT. RINO TIRIKATANE WILL BE UP AGAINST GREENS CO-LEADER METIRIA TUREI IN THE SOUTH ISLAND MAORI ELECTORATE. HE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE ARRANGEMENT FROM MS TUREI, NOT HIS PARTY OFFICIALS. OH, LOOK, I'M PLEASED THAT METIRIA'S RUNNING. I UNDERSTAND SHE'S RUNNING A PARTY VOTE CAMPAIGN. SO I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY WORK QUITE EFFECTIVELY TOGETHER IN TE TAI TONGA. 1 NEWS HAS ALSO CONFIRMED THE GREENS ARE DISCUSSING AN ARRANGEMENT WITH LABOUR WHERE THEY'D CONTEST THE NELSON ELECTORATE AND LEAVE LABOUR TO FIGHT FOR UNITED FUTURE LEADER PETER DUNNE'S SEAT IN OHARIU. ALLEGATIONS OF MISTREATMENT AGAINST CHILDREN AT A DUNEDIN SPECIAL NEEDS' SCHOOL, INCLUDING THE USE OF A SECLUSION ROOM, ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION. ONE STAFF MEMBER HAS RESIGNED FROM SARA COHEN SCHOOL AND ANOTHER IS SUSPENDED AFTER THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CONCERNS RAISED BY PARENTS IN FEBRUARY. POLICE ALSO INVESTIGATED, WITH NO CHARGES BEING LAID UNLESS FURTHER EVIDENCE COMES TO LIGHT. A LIMITED STATUTORY MANAGER IS CARRYING OUT AN EMPLOYMENT INVESTIGATION. THE BOAT THAT CAPSIZED TRYING TO CROSS THE KAIPARA HARBOUR BAR CLAIMING EIGHT LIVES HAD TO BE RESCUED LESS THAN A MONTH EARLIER. THE COASTGUARD WAS CALLED TO PROVIDE NON-URGENT ASSISTANCE TO THE FRANCIE ON OCTOBER 30TH AND TOWED THE BOAT BACK INTO THE HARBOUR. MEANWHILE, THE SEARCH OPERATION TO FIND MISSING MAN TAULAGI AFAMASAGA IS ONGOING. OFFICERS ON QUAD BIKES SEARCHED THE NORTHERN TIP OF SOUTH HEAD, AND AERIAL SEARCHES ARE CONTINUING. THERE'S BEEN A MIXED RESPONSE TO A PROPOSED ACCOMMODATION LEVY IN AUCKLAND. THE MAYOR'S PROPOSING VISITORS PAY UP TO AN EXTRA $6 TO $10 A NIGHT TO STAY IN THE CITY. THE REVENUE RAISED WOULD BE SPENT PROMOTING AUCKLAND. WE ARE REALLY BURSTING AT THE SEAMS. WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD HOTELS FAST ENOUGH TO CREATE SPACE FOR THE TOURISTS THAT ARE COMING INTO OUR CITY, AND IT IS A GREAT CITY TO VISIT. BUT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAYS IT'S A PIECEMEAL APPROACH AND A NATIONAL STRATEGY IS NEEDED. MEANWHILE, MORE THAN THREE-QUARTERS OF NZERS THINK A 15C LEVY ON PLASTIC BAGS IS A GOOD IDEA, ACCORDING TO A NEW 1 NEWS POLL. 78% WERE IN SUPPORT, VERSUS JUST 19% WHO THOUGHT IT WAS A 'BAD IDEA'. RETAIL NZ SAYS ANY CHARGE SHOULD BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE GOVERNMENT AND NOT LEFT TO INDIVIDUAL RETAILERS BECAUSE OF CONSUMER BACKLASH. NO RETAILER IS ABLE TO MOVE AHEAD OF ANYONE ELSE, AND IF RETAILERS WERE TO COME TOGETHER AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT AROUND INTRODUCING SOME SORT OF CHARGE THEN THAT COULD BE SEEN AS PRICE-FIXING AND COULD LEAD THEM TO COME FOUL OF THE COMMERCE ACT. THE GREEN PARTY EARLIER THIS MONTH PROPOSED A BILL THAT WOULD IMPOSE A 15C LEVY WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO CHARITIES. SYRIAN GOVERNMENT FORCES HAVE CAPTURED A KEY PART OF EASTERN ALEPPO THAT'S BEEN UNDER REBEL CONTROL FOR FOUR YEARS. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT SETBACK FOR OPPOSITION FORCES FIGHTING THE REGIME. THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS HAVE FLED THE FIGHTING. THE BBC'S LYSE DOUCET REPORTS ON WHAT COULD BE A TURNING POINT IN THE WAR. AS SYRIAN FORCES ADVANCE, THE PEOPLE FLEE IN THEIR THOUSANDS, ESCAPING A NEW AND FEROCIOUS ASSAULT ON THEIR STREETS IN EASTERN ALEPPO, SOME TO AREAS CONTROLLED BY KURDISH FIGHTERS; OTHERS TO REBEL-HELD TERRITORY. SOME BOARD GOVERNMENT BUSSES TO HEAD TO WESTERN ALEPPO AND BLAME REBELS FOR THEIR PLIGHT. TRANSLATOR: WE WERE SUFFERING. THEY DIDN'T ALLOW US TO LEAVE, AND WHEN WE WANTED TO LEAVE, THEY SAID THAT WE WERE ASSAD SUPPORTERS. ALEPPO HAS ENDURED WAR FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, BUT NOT LIKE THIS. THIS LATEST OFFENSIVE BY SYRIA'S MILITARY WAS BACKED BY ITS FRIENDS. THIS SITUATION HAS BECOME WORSE THAN EVER, AND I MEAN EVER. SINCE 15 DAYS NOW, ALEPPO UNDER THE HEAVIEST BOMBING EVER. IN THE LAST FEW DAYS ALONE, THEY CAPTURED FIRST THE HANANO DISTRICT, THEN THEY TOOK JABAL BADRO. TODAY, AL-SAKHOUR FELL. ALMOST 40% OF REBEL TERRITORY IN EASTERN ALEPPO IS BACK IN GOVERNMENT HANDS. PRESIDENT ASSAD'S SUPPORTS SENSE VICTORY. ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AN ALEPPO MP DENOUNCES THE REBELS AS TERRORISTS. BUT FOR MANY IN EAST ALEPPO, HOPE, LIFE HAVE BEEN RIPPED AWAY. WOMAN: THERE ARE SO MANY, MANY, MANY CASUALTIES HERE. SOME PEOPLE HAS DIED. MAN: WE WILL NOT ACCEPT GOING BACK TO THE REGIME. DEATH IS A FAVOUR FROM GOD TO US IN COMPARISON WITH GOING BACK TO THE REGIME. THAT'S WHAT IT HAS COME TO. YEARS OF WAR, MONTHS OF SIEGE, AND NOW AN OFFENCE THAT MANY SEE AS A TURNING POINT. ALEPPO IS THE LAST BIG PRIZE IN THIS WAR, BUT IT'S ALSO A SYMBOL OF ITS TERRIBLE PRICE. A VIOLENT INCIDENT AT AN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY'S LEFT NINE PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL AND A SUSPECT SHOT DEAD. THE ATTACKER RAMMED A CROWD OF STUDENTS WITH HIS CAR BEFORE CUTTING THEM WITH A KNIFE. INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SET THE TEENAGER OFF. THE ABC'S KENNETH MOTON HAS MORE. IT CAME IN AS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER CALL, SHOTS FIRED ON THE CAMPUS OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. WE ALL STARTED RUNNING OUT OF 15TH. PEOPLE WERE, LIKE, 'DON'T GO TO CAMPUS. THERE'S AN ACTIVE SHOOTER.' POLICE AND FIRE SWARMED THE CAMPUS IN COLUMBUS AFTER REPORTS OF A GUNMAN ON THE LOOSE. THE UNIVERSITY ALERTED STUDENTS AND STAFF, TWEETING... THERE WERE THREE GUNSHOTS, AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A HANDGUN. AROUND NOON A STUDENT CAPTURED THIS CELL-PHONE VIDEO, POLICE STANDING OVER THE SUSPECT THEY SHOT AND KILLED, THE SCENE SECURE. IT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER, BUT A MAN POLICE TOOK DOWN AFTER HE CRASHED HIS CAR INTO A CROWD OF PEOPLE. AND THEN, POLICE SAY, THE SUSPECT PULLED OUT A KNIFE. HE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND USED A BUTCHER KNIFE TO START CUTTING PEDESTRIANS. THERE WERE MULTIPLE INJURIES RELATED TO LACERATIONS OR CUTS, MOST LIKELY, AS THE CHIEF SAID, FROM THE STAB WOUNDS FROM THE BUTCHER KNIFE. INVESTIGATORS IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS AN OSU STUDENT ABDUL ARTAN, BORN IN SOMALIA, LIVING IN THE U.S. AS A LEGAL RESIDENT. INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE TO DIG INTO THE SUSPECT'S BACKGROUND AND MOTIVE. SOURCES SAY AT LEAST ONE OF HIS SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS SHOW HE WAS UPSET ABOUT RECENT ATTACKS ON MUSLIMS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` WHAT'S CAUSING LARGE SECTIONS OF ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR WONDERS OF THE NATURAL WORLD TO DIE? PLUS THE BIZARRE INCIDENT ON A BUSY SYDNEY MOTORWAY AFTER A CAR BEGINS SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL. AND WE'LL CHECK IN ON HOW THE BLACKCAPS' TEST AGAINST PAKISTAN IS GOING IN HAMILTON. LARGE SECTIONS OF ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR WONDERS OF THE NATURAL WORLD, THE GREAT BARRIER REEF, HAVE DIED. THE DAMAGE IS KNOWN AS BLEACHING AND HAS BEEN CAUSED BY RECORD WATER TEMPERATURES, WHICH HAVE KILLED OFF THE ALGAE THE CORAL FEEDS ON. THE BBC'S HYWEL GRIFFITH EXPLAINS. THE PLANET'S LARGEST LIVING STRUCTURE, STRUGGLING FOR SURVIVAL. THIS CORAL SHOULD BE ALIVE WITH COLOUR, BUT IT'S BLEACHED AND BARREN. THESE SCIENTISTS ARE PART OF A TEAM THAT'S ASSESSED THE HEALTH OF THE ENTIRE GREAT BARRIER REEF, AN AREA BIGGER THAN BRITAIN, AND HERE THE PROGNOSIS IS POOR. ON AVERAGE, TWO-THIRDS OF THE CORAL OF THE NORTHERN SECTION HAS DIED. I'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR 20 YEARS, AND TO SEE IT IN THIS STATE IS JUST, YEAH, DEVASTATING. IN APRIL, THERE WAS A HELL OF A LOT OF CORAL COLONIES UP IN THAT AREA. THEY WERE BLEACHED ` THEY WERE BADLY BLEACHED, SOME WERE ALREADY DYING, AND NOW WE GO BACK AND THERE'S JUST NO CORALS. WE VISITED LIZARD ISLAND, WHERE THE IMPACT WAS WORST. FOR THREE MONTHS, WATER TEMPERATURES WERE AT LEAST 1 DEGREE CELSIUS ABOVE AVERAGE ` ENOUGH TO COOK SOME OF THE CORAL AND MAKE OTHERS STARVE AFTER EXPELLING THE COLOURFUL ORGANISMS WHICH CONVERT SUNLIGHT TO FOOD. SO WHAT USED TO BE A LIVING RAINBOW OF COLOUR DOWN THERE'S NOW BEEN LEFT LARGELY LIFELESS AND BROWN AND WHITE. IN THIS ONE NORTHERN PART OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF THAT SCIENTISTS THINK OVER 90% OF THE CORAL HAS BEEN KILLED. VAST IN SCALE, THE REEF UNDERPINS A HUGE INDUSTRY ` 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE VISIT EACH YEAR. IN THE WATERS AROUND CAIRNS, THE IMPACT HAS BEEN FAR LESS SEVERE ` ONLY 6% OF THE CORAL HAS PERISHED. SURVIVAL WILL DEPEND ON HOW WARM THESE WATERS BECOME. 2016 IS SET TO BE THE HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD ` IT MAY ALREADY HAVE SEEN ONE OF THE EARTH'S GREAT WONDERS CHANGE FOREVER. A GERMAN COURT HAS UPHELD THE CONVICTION OF AN AUSCHWITZ DEATH CAMP GUARD WHO ADMITTED WITNESSING MURDERS BUT NOT TAKING PART. THE VERDICT OVERTURNS A 1969 RULING THAT BEING A STAFF MEMBER AT AUSCHWITZ WAS NOT ENOUGH TO SECURE A CONVICTION. OSKAR GROENING (95), KNOWN AS THE "BOOKKEEPER OF AUSCHWITZ", HAS APPEALED AGAINST A FOUR-YEAR JAIL TERM FOR BEING AN ACCESSORY TO MURDER. THE RULING SETS A PRECEDENT FOR PURSUING SUSPECTS ACCUSED OF SERVING IN DEATH CAMPS. A MOROCCAN TV CHANNEL HAS APOLOGISED AFTER BROADCASTING A SHOW ADVISING WOMEN ON HOW TO HIDE SIGNS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE USING MAKEUP. THE CHANNEL'S ADMITTED THE SEGMENT WAS "COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE". IN THE FOOTAGE MAKEUP IS APPLIED TO CONCEAL FAKE BRUISES AROUND A WOMAN'S EYES. THE VIDEO HAS SEEN WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION AFTER BEING SHARED ONLINE. PRINCE WILLIAM HAS LENT HIS SUPPORT TO BROTHER PRINCE HARRY OVER COVERAGE OF HIS PRIVATE LIFE. A KENSINGTON PALACE SPOKESMAN SAYS THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE "ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTANDS THE SITUATION CONCERNING PRIVACY." THE COMMENTS WERE MADE IN RESPONSE TO A NEWSPAPER'S CLAIMS THAT WILLIAM DISAGREED WITH HARRY'S DECISION TO PUBLICLY COMPLAIN ABOUT COVERAGE OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH NEW GIRLFRIEND MEGHAN MARKLE. THE SPOKESMAN SAYS WILLIAM SUPPORTS HARRY'S DESIRE TO SUPPORT "THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM". MOTORISTS IN SYDNEY HAVE BEEN FORCED TO SPRING INTO ACTION AFTER A CAR BEGAN SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL ON A MAJOR MOTORWAY WITH THE DRIVER UNCONSCIOUS AT THE WHEEL. VIDEO CAPTURES THE EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT TWO MEN ATTEMPT TO CHASE DOWN THE CAR. CHANNEL NINE'S TIM DAVIS REPORTS. GOING BACKWARDS FAST AND IN CIRCLES. BEHIND THE WHEEL, A DRIVER (42) UNCONSCIOUS, FOUR LANES OF LUNCHTIME TRAFFIC AT A STANDSTILL ON THE M4 NEAR PROSPECT. IT WAS OUT OF CONTROL. NO ONE COULD STOP IT. TWO BRAVE MEN WHO'D RUN TO THE RESCUE TO TRY TO BRING THE CAR UNDER CONTROL. CLAYTON THOMAS WAS ONE OF THOSE MEN. JUST CRUISIN' ALONG, MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS. ALL OF A SUDDEN, SMALL LITTLE SUV COMES STRAIGHT IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK. TRUCK HAD NOWHERE TO GO, PLOUGHED STRAIGHT INTO HIM. PARTS AND DEBRIS EVERYWHERE. WENT ACROSS THROUGH FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC. COMES STRAIGHT BACK ACROSS, STARTED DOING REVERSE DOUGHNUTS AROUND THE PLACE. JUMPED OUT, TRIED TO CHASE THE CAR AROUND, BIT LIKE A BENNY HILL STYLE. NEXT MINUTE, GOT IN, OLD MATE CAME TO GIVE ME A HAND, RIPPED THE DOOR OPEN. HE JUMPED IN, HAND BRAKE UP. OLD MATE WAS STILL UNCONSCIOUS IN THERE. THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME ` THE DRIVER IN CRITICAL CONDITION; AN HOUR AND A HALF OF TRAFFIC CHAOS ON ONE OF WESTERN SYDNEY'S MAJOR ROADS; AND THE WHITE MITSUBISHI BUMPED AND BATTERED ON THE SIDE OF THE MOTORWAY. AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE DENTS WERE THE RESULT OF REPEATEDLY BOUNCING OFF THE MOTORWAY'S CONCRETE DIVIDER. ANOTHER PASSING DRIVER RANG FOR AN AMBULANCE. POLICE AND TOW TRUCKS CAME HARD ON ITS HEELS. THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO WESTMEAD HOSPITAL. WHAT CAUSED HIM TO PASS OUT IN THE MIDST OF THICK AFTERNOON TRAFFIC IS STILL UNCLEAR. TO MIDDAY SPORT, AND THE BLACK CAPS ARE INCHING CLOSER TO THEIR FIRST TEST SERIES WIN OVER PAKISTAN IN MORE THAN THREE DECADES. PAKISTAN RESUMED ON DAY FIVE NEEDING TO SCORE A RECORD-BREAKING RUN CHASE OF 369 TO SQUARE THE TWO-MATCH SERIES. THE BLACK CAPS ARE STRUGGLING TO GET THE EARLY BREAKTHROUGH. SURPRISED WAS AZHAR ALI, BUT HE'S GONNA PICK UP FOUR RUNS. LOVELY SHOT. BEAUTIFUL TIMING. STRAIGHT DOWN THE GROUND. THAT IS NOT AN EASY SHOT TO PLAY. JUST ON THE ON-SIDE OF THE STUMPS. ABSOLUTELY GLORIOUS. PAKISTAN LOOKING IN NO HURRY TO CHASE THE TARGET DOWN, SCORING AT AN EXCRUCIATINGLY SLOW PACE. THE TOURISTS WERE 53 WITHOUT LOSS A SHORT TIME AGO. BOXER JOSEPH PARKER IS BORROWING A TACTIC USED BY FORMER ALL BLACKS CAPTAIN RICHIE MCCAW AS HE BUILDS UP TOWARDS NEXT WEEK'S WORLD TITLE FIGHT IN AUCKLAND. PARKER GOT A GLIMPSE OF THE WBO TITLE BELT TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT'S NOT A BAD OMEN BEING THAT CLOSE TO IT? > OH, YEAH, WELL, I'LL JUST STAND HERE. LAUGHTER LOOKS GOOD, BUT I'LL... I'LL... LAUGHTER ARE YOU AWARE THAT RICHIE MCCAW WOULDN'T TOUCH THE WORLD CUP > UNTIL HE WON THE WORLD CUP? OH WOW. I WASN'T AWARE. HE DIDN'T? DIDN'T TOUCH IT? NO, NEVER. > I GUESS, UH, I'M TAKING THE SAME APPROACH AS RICHIE, THEN, YOU KNOW, NOT TOUCHING THIS BELT UNTIL I ACTUALLY WIN IT. I GUESS WHEN YOU WIN IT, IT'S YOURS FOREVER, AND YOU CAN TOUCH IT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT. PARKER SAYS THIS FIGHT FEELS DIFFERENT COMPETING FOR THE FIRST TIME AS A FATHER. HE SAYS HIS LATEST TRAINING CAMP HAS LEFT HIM IN GREAT SHAPE, DESPITE A DEMANDING YEAR. THE KIWI HEAVYWEIGHT HAS BEEN USING CRYO-THERAPY TREATMENT IN LAS VEGAS TO HELP AID HIS RECOVERY FROM TRAINING. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. PLUS ` THE WORLD'S BIGGEST ONLINE SHOPPING COMPANY DELVES INTO THE WORLD OF VIRTUAL REALITY. AND AN 'AQUARIUM ON ICE' IS FORCED TO SHUT AFTER A SKATING RINK FEATURING THOUSANDS OF DEAD FISH GETS AN ICY RECEPTION. For a small country with a little population, we have some big ideas on how to keep NZ clean and green. For example, deciding to drive more electric vehicles, because they can be fuelled by electricity that our country generates from renewable sources every day. The benefit to us now and to future generations could be enormous. And with hardly any carbon emissions, the impact these electric cars have on the environment, you could say, is tiny. WELCOME BACK. INCREDIBLE PICTURES TAKEN FROM THE GROUND NEAR THE EPICENTRE OF KAIKOURA'S EARTHQUAKE HAVE BEEN RELEASED, SHOWING JUST HOW VIOLENTLY THE MAGNITUDE 7.8 QUAKE SHOOK THE AREA. CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY PROFESSOR KATE PEDLEY IS SEEN HERE NEAR WAIAU DWARFED BY THE SOMETIMES MORE THAN 2M-HIGH RUPTURES CAUSED BY THE QUAKE. SOME PLACES LOOK LIKE A MAN-MADE WALL. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT BUT FIRST, LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. SEVERAL NEW LAWS TO HELP WITH THE EARTHQUAKE CLEAN-UP WILL BE PASSED UNDER URGENCY TODAY, INCLUDING ONE ALLOWING COUNCILS TO FORCE LANDLORDS TO GET THEIR BUILDINGS CHECKED. 1 NEWS HAS CONFIRMED LABOUR AND THE GREENS ARE DISCUSSING NO-CONTEST DEALS TO TRY AND SECURE ELECTORATES IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION. AND ONE STAFF MEMBERS BEEN SUSPENDED AND ANOTHER HAS RESIGNED OVER AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF MISTREATMENT AT A DUNEDIN SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ CHINESE E-COMMERCE GIANT ALIBABA IS TAKING ONLINE SHOPPING TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL, ALLOWING USERS TO ACTUALLY ENTER THE WORLD'S BIGGEST STORES AND BROWSE THE SHELVES. CNN'S ANDREW STEVENS EXPLAINS. WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?! I'VE COME TO DO SOME SHOPPING IN THE BIG APPLE, AND I'M GETTING THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE ` A RIDE IN A PINK CADILLAC THROUGH THE STREETS OF NEW YORK... HI, AND WELCOME TO MACY'S. ...TO AN ICONIC STORE, MACY'S, ON 34TH STREET. IN FACT, YOU'VE PROBABLY GUESSED BY NOW ` I'M NOT. I'M ACTUALLY A FEW THOUSAND MILES AWAY IN SOUTHERN CHINA, TESTING ALIBABA'S NEW VIRTUAL REALITY ONLINE SHOPPING SERVICE. IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, REALLY. YOU GET THE RIGHT HEADSET. YOU POP YOUR MOBILE PHONE IN, GET THE RIGHT APP, CLOSE IT UP, AND GO ONLINE SHOPPING. YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOU WANT, BUY IT, AND WITHIN A FEW DAYS, THE REAL THING WILL BE AT YOUR DOORSTEP. LET'S SHOW YOU HOW. IT STARTS INSIDE A VIRTUAL HOME. THE BLUE DOT AT THE CENTRE OF YOUR SCREEN IS YOUR GUIDE. LINE IT UP ON ONE OF THE WALL POSTERS SHOWING WHAT STORES YOU CAN ACCESS, AND OFF YOU GO. JUST AIM THE BLUE DOT AT WHAT YOU LIKE, AND UP POPS THE DETAILS AND PRICE. FOCUS ON THE 'BUY' SIGN, AND THE DEAL IS DONE. REAL MONEY WILL THEN BE EXTRACTED FROM YOUR ALIBABA PAYMENT SYSTEM, AND DELIVERY IS A FEW DAYS LATER. ALI CALLS THIS PROGRAM 'BUY+'. IT'S STILL IN TRIAL STAGES, BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE PLENTY OF INTEREST. WHEN ALI WENT LIVE WITH BUY+ FOR 10 DAYS EARLIER THIS MONTH, EIGHT MILLION PEOPLE AROUND CHINA TRIED IT OUT. THEY WERE BUYING, BUT ALI WON'T SAY HOW MUCH. REMEMBER, THIS WAS ONLY LAUNCHED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, SO IT'S STILL A LITTLE BIT CLUNKY. BUT IN THE WORDS OF ALIBABA FOUNDER JACK MA, IT'S ALL ABOUT ENHANCING THE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE ONLINE, AND CERTAINLY, THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE. FINALLY, A THEME PARK IN JAPAN HAS CLOSED A SKATING RINK FEATURING FROZEN FISH AFTER RECEIVING COMPLAINTS THAT IT WAS BEING 'DISRESPECTFUL' TO ANIMALS. THE PARK FACED A BARRAGE OF CRITICISM AFTER IT OPENED AN AQUARIUM ATTRACTION WHERE SKATERS COULD GLIDE OVER 5000 FISH FROZEN IN THE RINK'S ICE. IT'S APOLOGISED AND SAYS IT WILL HOLD A MEMORIAL CEREMONY FOR THE FISH. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE 1 NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND ALANA DRAYTON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016.