GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE HAS SET UP CAMP OVER NZ AND IS SET TO DELIVER SUNSHINE AND LIGHT WINDS FOR MANY FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER. BUT BEFORE YOU BREAK OUT THE SUNNIES AND SHORTS, THERE IS A WEE ISSUE SITTING ACROSS CENTRAL NZ IN THE FORM OF A TROUGH, SPOILING THE PARTY FOR EASTERN AREAS. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF 1 NEWS, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. HOW DID SIX PEOPLE SURVIVE THIS? A TRAGIC ENDING TO A FOOTBALL FAIRY TALE. 71 PEOPLE KILLED, MOST FROM ONE SOCCER TEAM. ANOTHER HYDROTHERMAL ERUPTION IN ROTORUA. IS THERE ANY DANGER? AND ARE THEY LINKED TO THE QUAKES? A FORMER MP IS TOLD NOT TO EMPLOY CHILD SEX OFFENDERS. A 1 NEWS EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION REVEALS WHY. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. A FAIRY-TALE STORY OF HOPE AND HEROIC DEEDS HAS TURNED TO TRAGEDY, LEAVING THE GLOBAL FOOTBALL COMMUNITY IN MOURNING. JUST SIX PEOPLE MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED, BUT 71 WERE KILLED WHEN A PLANE CARRYING A TOP BRAZILIAN SOCCER TEAM CRASHED. FROM THE GREAT PELE TO LIONEL MESSI AND RONALDO, THE MOST FAMOUS FOOTBALLERS IN THE WORLD HAVE PAID TRIBUTE. THE TEAM WAS FLYING FROM THEIR HOME BASE IN BRAZIL VIA BOLIVIA TO COLOMBIA TO PLAY IN THE REGIONAL FINAL WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED A FAULT JUST MINUTES FROM LANDING IN MEDELLIN. THE BBC'S ALEEM MAQBOOL REPORTS. THE PLANE BRINGING THE PLAYERS, COACHING STAFF, JOURNALISTS AND NINE CREW MEMBERS WAS JUST MINUTES AWAY FROM LANDING WHEN IT CAME DOWN OUTSIDE THE CITY OF MEDELLIN. OFFICIALS WERE INITIALLY OPTIMISTIC THAT AS MANY AS 30 PEOPLE HAD SURVIVED. IN THE END, THE MORE THEY SEARCHED, THE MORE BODIES THEY FOUND. CHAPECOENSE HAD BEEN TRAVELLING TO COLUMBIA TO TAKE PART IN THE COPA SUDAMERICANA. THESE PICTURES ARE FROM THE DEPARTURE LOUNGE. AND THESE IMAGES FROM THE PLANE SHOW GOALKEEPER DANILO ON THE LEFT AND DEFENDER ALAN RUSCHEL, BOTH INITIALLY REPORTED TO HAVE SURVIVED. DANILO WAS LATER CONFIRMED TO HAVE DIED. MIRACULOUSLY, THREE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM, TWO CREW AND ONE TRAVELLING REPORTER DID SURVIVE AND WERE BROUGHT TO LOCAL HOSPITALS, ALL SAVED BY THE FACT THAT THE PLANE DIDN'T BURST INTO FLAMES ON IMPACT. MEN CHEER THESE ARE IMAGES RELEASED BY THE BRAZILIAN TEAM CHAPECOENSE TAKEN JUST LAST WEEK WHEN THEY WON THE SEMI-FINAL OF WHAT IS ONE OF SOUTH AMERICA'S BIGGEST CLUB COMPETITIONS. THE GAME THEY WERE DUE TO PLAY IN COLUMBIA WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST NIGHT IN THE CLUB'S HISTORY AFTER WHAT HAD BEEN A FAIRYTALE SEASON FOR THIS SMALL, UNFANCIED TEAM FROM SOUTHERN BRAZIL. INSTEAD, AT THE CLUB'S HEADQUARTERS, FANS GATHERED IN SHOCK, STRUGGLING TO ABSORB THE NEWS THAT MANY OF THEIR HEROES HAD BEEN KILLED. (SPEAKS PORTUGUESE) TRANSLATOR: THE LAST MATCH THEY PLAYED HERE, WE WERE SO HAPPY. WE WENT TO SLEEP WITH A DREAM AND NOW WE'VE WOKEN UP TO A NIGHTMARE. WHATEVER THE SURVIVORS CAN TELL AUTHORITIES ABOUT THE MOMENTS LEADING UP TO THE CRASH WILL HELP INVESTIGATORS, BUT THE FOCUS NOW IS ON MOURNING. AUTHORITIES HAVE LOCATED THE PLANE'S BLACK BOXES, BUT THEIR PRIORITY IS TO RECOVER THE VICTIMS AND RETURN THEM TO THEIR FAMILIES. LAKE ROTORUA HAS SPLUTTERED INTO ACTION AGAIN, WITH A GEYSER ERUPTING FOR THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN A WEEK. AN EXPERT SAYS PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE ALARMED, WITH THE LAKEFRONT LOCATION KNOWN FOR ITS OCCASIONAL GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITY. WILL HINE REPORTS. BOILING BLACK WATER ON LAKE ROTORUA'S SHORELINE. THIS GEYSER CAUSED A STIR THIS AFTERNOON AT OHINEMUTU. A RUMBLE FIRST, AND THEN A BIG SPURT OF WATER CAME OUT, AND THEN IT RUMBLED AGAIN, AND THE WATER WOULD DROP AND RAISE AND DROP AND RAISE. HOHEPA TIMIHOU WAS WORKING CLOSE BY. HE CAUGHT THE ACTION ON HIS PHONE. YOU COULD SEE THE HOT WATER PUSHING THROUGH THE COLD AND PUSHING UP THE SEDIMENT THAT WAS UNDERNEATH. YOU COULD SEE IT ALL AND THE STEAM AND ALL OF THAT. IT COMES TWO DAYS AFTER AN EARLY MORNING ERUPTION AT THE SAME SPOT. USUALLY THESE SORTS OF THINGS EXPEND THEIR ENERGY VERY QUICKLY, AND ONCE THE ENERGY IS GONE, IT'S GOT TO BUILD UP AGAIN, AND THAT, IN THIS CASE, HAS TAKEN A FEW DAYS TO BUILD UP TO A SECOND PHASE. THE ACTIVITY'S NOT THOUGHT TO BE RELATED TO THIS MONTH'S EARTHQUAKES, BUT IT ISN'T BEING RULED OUT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF HEAT IN THAT. MORE GEYSERS ARE UNLIKELY BUT POSSIBLE. IT'S AN ACTIVE GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM, AND THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FOR PEOPLE TO STAY A FEW HUNDRED METRES AWAY. GET SOME FOOTAGE IF THEY CAN? OF COURSE. (LAUGHS) BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOME LIFE IN THIS GEYSER YET. WILL HINE, 1 NEWS. THERE WAS TIGHT SECURITY IN A WHANGAREI COURT WHEN ONE OF THE SEVEN MEN CAUGHT IN A RECORD METHAMPHETAMINE BUST IN NORTHLAND WAS SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN JAIL. NEARLY 500KG OF P, WORTH $500M, WAS FOUND IN A CAMPERVAN AND BURIED IN SAND DUNES ON NINETY MILE BEACH IN JUNE. IT'S BY FAR THE BIGGEST EVER SEIZURE OF THE DRUG IN NZ. THE 19-YEAR-OLD MAN'S NAME IS SUPPRESSED WHILE HIS SIX CO-ACCUSED AWAIT TRIAL IN FEBRUARY. FORMER NATIONAL MP AND EX-AUCKLAND COUNCILLOR ARTHUR ANAE HAS BEEN USING UNSUPERVISED CHILD SEX OFFENDERS AS CHEAP LABOUR. A 1 NEWS INVESTIGATION'S UNCOVERED TWO MEN CONSIDERED HIGH RISK OF REOFFENDING DOING MAINTENANCE WORK ON MR ANAE'S PROPERTIES NEAR A PRIMARY SCHOOL. IT'S ALLEGED THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS KNEW OF THE ARRANGEMENT BUT ALLOWED IT TO CONTINUE FOR OVER A YEAR. PAUL HOBBS WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT. WE CAN'T SHOW YOU WHO THEY ARE, BUT THESE TWO 'MAINTENANCE MEN' ARE IN FACT CHILD SEX OFFENDERS WHO ARE WORKING UNSUPERVISED. IT'S A BREACH OF THEIR EXTENDED SUPERVISION ORDERS IMPOSED TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY. THEY'RE WORKING LESS THAN 200M FROM A SOUTH AUCKLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL. AND THIS IS THE MAN ` ARTHUR ANAE ` WHO'S RUNNING THEM. A FORMER WORKER'S ACCUSING HIM OF EXPLOITING BENEFICIARIES, PAYING WORKERS ` INCLUDING CHILD SEX OFFENDERS ` LESS THAN THE MINIMUM WAGE, CASH UNDER THE TABLE. IT'S PREYING ON PEOPLE, USING US TO BUILD HIM AN EMPIRE. AND IT'S ALLEGED THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WAS COMPLICIT IN SOME OF HIS UNDER-THE-TABLE DEALINGS. CORRECTIONS KNOW THEY WORK BECAUSE THEY HAVE ACTUALLY COME TO SITE. YOU SEE, THE ONCE 'PIN UP POLITICIAN FOR PACIFIC PEOPLE' IS ESSENTIALLY A LARGE-SCALE LANDLORD. ARTHUR ANAE HEADS UP THE TRAVAMA TRUST ALONG WITH TWO PARTNERS. TRAVAMA OWNS MORE THAN 40 COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. AMONG THOSE HOLDINGS ARE A NUMBER OF BOARDING HOUSES IN SOUTH AUCKLAND ` ROOMS LET OUT TO SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND DANGEROUS CITIZENS. DEPORTEES FROM AUSTRALIA, IT'S NEWLY RELEASED PEOPLE FROM PRISON. SEX OFFENDERS WHO ARE ON BRACELETS AND MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS. THIS MAN WE'LL CALL 'DAVE' LIVED AT ONE OF THE FORMER POLITICIAN'S BOARDING HOUSES IN SOUTH AUCKLAND AFTER A WORKPLACE INJURY LEFT HIM BROKE AND ON A SICKNESS BENEFIT. DAVE SAYS HE TOOK CHARGE OF A GROUP OF UNQUALIFIED TENANTS. THE IDEA TO DO MAINTENANCE AND MODIFICATIONS ON THE TRUST'S GROWING NUMBER OF BOARDING HOUSES. WE GOT PAID $10 AN HOUR, IN OUR HANDS ON WEDNESDAYS. SOMETIMES I'D TAKE HOME $100 A WEEK. SOMETIMES I'D TAKE $200, $300. THE OTHER BOYS WERE THE SAME. AND IT WAS ALL CASH? IT'S ALL CASH. DID YOU SIGN CONTRACTS? NOPE, NOTHING. THERE'S NO SIGNATURES ANYWHERE. THE PROBLEM IS THE MEN IN DAVE'S CREW WERE ALREADY COLLECTING A BENEFIT. LEGALLY THEY CAN'T EARN MORE THAN $80 A WEEK ON TOP OF THEIR BENEFIT WITHOUT HAVING IT REDUCED. WE'D GET AN ENVELOPE. THAT'S YOUR PAY. AND NONE OF THIS IS DECLARED. YOU WERE BREAKING THE LAW? CORRECT. BUT DAVE SAYS ARTHUR KNEW EXACTLY HOW IT WORKED AND RAN WITH IT. HE'S PREYING ON THAT HE KNOWS WE NEED SOME MONEY SO WE'VE GOT TO GO OUT AND GET IT SOMEHOW. BACK AT THE SOUTH AUCKLAND HOUSE, THIS IS ARTHUR ANAE CHECKING IN WITH ONE OF THE CHILD SEX OFFENDERS. BUT MR ANAE ISN'T AUTHORISED TO PROVIDE SUPERVISION. AND WHAT'S TROUBLING ` ONE OF THESE MEN HAS 16 CONVICTIONS FOR BREACHING THE CONDITIONS OF HIS EXTENDED SUPERVISION ORDER. HE'S CONSIDERED A 'HIGH RISK OF RE-OFFENDING'. YET A ONE NEWS SOURCE SAYS CORRECTIONS KNOWS HE'S BEEN WORKING UNSUPERVISED WITHOUT A CONTRACT, AND HAS TURNED A BLIND EYE ` SOMETHING DAVE APPEARS TO CONFIRM. HE WAS VISITED ON SITE BY CORRECTIONS AND THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE WORK HE WAS DOING. HOWEVER, CORRECTIONS SAYS WHEN IT BECAME AWARE OF OFFENDERS WORKING FOR MR ANAE ` BUT THAT ONLY HAPPENED THIS MONTH. OUR INVESTIGATION SHOWS AT LEAST ONE OF THE MEN WAS WORKING FOR MR ANAE SINCE LAST YEAR. ALL THE WHILE HE WAS BEING ELECTRONICALLY MONITORED, SO CORRECTIONS MUST HAVE KNOWN WHERE HE WAS. PAUL, NOT A GREAT LOOK FOR CORRECTIONS. A HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE WORKING ARRRANGEMENT. WHAT'S ARTHUR ANAE GOT TO SAY ABOUT ALL THIS? HE WOULDN'T BE INTERVIEWED. THE TRAVAMA TRUST DOES NOT EMPLOY ANY RESIDENTS ON A FULL OR PART TIME BASIS. AND HE WOULDN'T KNOWINGLY FACILITATE THE EMPLOYMENT OF ANYONE CONTRARY TO AN EXTENDED SUPERVISION ORDER. HE WENT ON TO SAY HE ENDEAVOURS TO ASSIST RESIDENTS BORED WITH WATCHING TV ALL DAY BY UTILIZING THEIR HELP IN MAINTENANCE WORK AROUND THE PROPERTY. HISTORIC HIGH BORROWING HAS THE RESERVE BANK WORRIED. IN ITS LATEST REPORT, THE BANK'S WARNED SOME PEOPLE ARE TAKING ON TOO MUCH DEBT RELATIVE TO THEIR INCOME, AND THEY COULD SUFFER AS MORTGAGE RATES START TO RISE. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN HAS MORE. IN RECENT YEARS, KIWIS BORROWERS HAVE ENJOYED RECORD-LOW MORTGAGE RATES. BUT THAT'S CHANGING, AND IT SEEMS RATES ARE ON THE RISE. SO, THERE IS A BIG SURGE OF PEOPLE SAYING NOW'S THE TIME TO FIX, AND THEY'RE GETTING INTO FIXING. AND THE RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR'S WARNING THAT THOSE ON SHORT-TERM RATES COULD BE EXPOSED. SO THERE IS AN ELEMENT THAT SOME PEOPLE, YES, THEY WILL BE VULNERABLE IF MORTGAGE RATES DO CONTINUE TO RISE. THE PEOPLE GRAEME WHEELER'S TALKING ABOUT MAKE UP A THIRD OF NEW-HOME BORROWERS, WHOSE DEBT IS OVER SIX TIMES THEIR INCOME. MR WHEELER WOULD LIKE THE POWER TO RESTRICT THAT SORT OF DEBT-TO-INCOME RATIO ` IN OTHER WORDS, SET LIMITS ON HOW MUCH PEOPLE CAN BORROW BASED ON THEIR INCOME. WHILE THE BANK IS NOT PROPOSING TO USE SUCH A TOOL AT THIS TIME, WHILE THE BANK IS NOT PROPOSING TO USE SUCH A TOOL AT THIS TIME, FINANCIAL STABILITY RISKS CAN BUILD UP QUICKLY. HOWEVER, HE NEEDS GOVERNMENT APPROVAL, AND THE FINANCE MINISTER'S NOT YET PLAYING BALL. THERE'S A CHANCE YOU WON'T GIVE IT TO THEM? WELL, YEAH, 'COURSE THAT'S POSSIBLE. PERHAPS IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE BILL ENGLISH IS RELUCTANT. DEBT-TO-INCOME RATIOS WOULD HIT FIRST-HOME BUYERS HARD, AND REMEMBER ` NEXT YEAR IS AN ELECTION YEAR. THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT THE RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR IS TRYING TO DO ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING ON HOUSING ON HIS OWN. ONE WAY TO COOL OFF DEMAND THAT'S BEING IN USED PLACES LIKE CANADA IS A 15% TAX ON FOREIGN BUYERS. SO WE ASKED PEOPLE IF THEY'D SUPPORT A TAX ON FOREIGN BUYERS IN AUCKLAND. AN OVERWHELMING 75% OF PEOPLE SAID YES TO SUCH A TAX IN AUCKLAND. JUST 18% SAID NO. WE DON'T COMPLETELY RULE THINGS OUT, BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN A CONVINCING CASE THAT THE STAMP DUTY THING WILL HAVE AN IMPACT. SO FOR NOW BILL ENGLISH IS STICKING WITH THE STATUS QUO. HOWEVER, IF AUCKLAND'S HOUSING MARKET TAKES OFF AGAIN, HE MAY BE FORCED TO RETHINK THAT. CORIN DANN, 1 NEWS. THE COST OF FIXING THE DAMAGE LEFT BY THE KAIKOURA QUAKE IS GOING TO BE CLOSER TO $3B, ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT. THIS COMES AS MORE STUNNING NEW VIDEO REVEALS THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE TO THE LANDSCAPE ACROSS THE REGION. THE DRONE FOOTAGE CAPTURES A CLOSE-UP VIEW OF A MASSIVE CANYON CREATED NEAR MOUNT LYFORD. IT'S ESTIMATED THE SHEER CLIFF NOW DIPPING INTO THE NEW VALLEY IS AT LEAST 50M DEEP. DRONE OPERATOR PETER TURNER DROVE HIS TRUCK CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF FACE BEFORE PUTTING THE DEVICE UP IN THE AIR TO GET THESE SPECTACULAR PICTURES. HE BELIEVES THE CANYON IS UP TO 800M LONG. SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW THIS CLIFF FACE NEAR THE LOTTERY RIVER WAS PREVIOUSLY ONLY A SLOPE. AND THE QUAKE-DAMAGED INLAND ROUTE BRIEFLY OPENED AGAIN TODAY, ALLOWING THE PUBLIC INTO KAIKOURA FOR THE FIRST TIME. 43 VEHICLES WERE ESCORTED THROUGH THE CORDON THIS MORNING, BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE CONVOY LEAVING KAIKOURA THIS AFTERNOON WAS CANCELLED DUE TO POOR WEATHER. MEANWHILE, ONE PERSON HAS DIED AFTER A CRASH ON STATE HIGHWAY 65, NORTH OF SPRINGS JUNCTION. IT'S THE FIRST DEATH ON THE ROAD SINCE IT BECAME THE MAIN ROUTE BETWEEN CHRISTCHURCH AND PICTON FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE OF STATE HIGHWAY 1. ANOTHER BIG BREAKTHROUGH FOR KAIKOURA TODAY, WITH FOUR SCHOOLS RE-OPENING. BUT FOR SOME PARENTS, DROPPING THEIR KIDS OFF AFTER THE BIG QUAKE HAS BEEN A BIT OF A CHALLENGE. LISA DAVIES HAS MORE. IT WILL BE OK. KAIKOURA KIDS SOAKING UP SOME HEARTFELT MESSAGES. (WHISPERS) THINKING OF YOU. THINK` THINKING OF YOU. THESE CARDS FROM CHRISTCHURCH'S BECKENHAM PRIMARY,... I THINK THEY'RE FANTASTIC. ...WELL-TIMED FOR THEIR FIRST DAY BACK. IT WILL BE OK. IT'S GONNA BE OK, ISN'T IT? TODAY ALL ABOUT EASING KIDS GENTLY BACK INTO SCHOOL LIFE. WE GET TO LEARN. IT'S GOOD FOR THEM TO GET BACK INTO THE ROUTINE OF SOMETHING SO-CALLED NORMAL. THOUGH, UNSURPRISINGLY, EARTHQUAKES WERE THE HOT TOPIC. THEY'RE A BIT NAUGHTY, COS THEY ALWAYS COME WHEN YOU'RE NOT EXPECTING IT. BUT TODAY WAS JUST AS MUCH ABOUT THE PARENTS ENTRUSTING THEIR CHILDREN TO THE SCHOOL IN UNCERTAIN TIMES. THERE WILL BE MUMS AND DADS IN HERE ` AND GRANDPARENTS ` JUST STAYING CLOSE TO THEIR CHILDREN. THE PRINCIPAL SAYS MANY HAVE BEEN ANXIOUS ABOUT AN EVACUATION PLAN IF ANOTHER BIG EARTHQUAKE HIT. FOR KIDS, IF THEY SEE YOU FREAK OUT, THEY FREAK OUT AS WELL, SO IT'S ALL ABOUT TRYING TO REMAIN CALM AND GET BACK TO A BIT OF NORMAL. THE ARMY ARE NOT YOUR USUAL SCHOOL ATTENDEES, BUT THEY WERE DROPPING OFF MUCH-NEEDED DRINKING WATER. WHEN YOU'VE GOTTA GET BACK TO NORMALITY, KIDS ARE COMING TO SCHOOL SO LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND. SO FOUR SCHOOLS ARE OPEN IN KAIKOURA NOW. KAIKOURA HIGH SCHOOL OPENED TODAY, AS DID LYNDON DOWNS. ST JOSEPHS OPENED YESTERDAY, BUT TWO ARE WAITING FOR BUILDING SUPPLIES TO COME IN THAT INLAND ROAD SO THEY CAN GET FIXED UP AND WELCOME THE KIDS BACK. KIDS SAY THE DARNEDEST THINGS. (LAUGHS) THEY KEEP YOU GOING. IT'S JUST THE EARTH FARTING. BUT NOW THEY'RE BACK AT SCHOOL, THEY'D ALL QUITE LIKE THAT TO STOP. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. INSIDE THE BESIEGED CITY OF ALEPPO ` IT'S ALREADY A WASTELAND AFTER YEARS OF WAR, SO COULD IT BE ANY WORSE? STILL TO COME, WHAT THE UN IS NOW CALLING A SLOW MOTION DESCENT INTO LIVING HELL. PLUS RAY COLUMBUS WAS THEIR MENTOR AND FRIEND. WE HEAR FROM THE NEXT GENERATION OF KIWI MUSICIANS AND THEIR TRIBUTE TO THE LATE ENTERTAINER. AND A STAR PLAYER FOR THE BREAKERS IS UNDER ARREST. COREY WEBSTER IS FACING AN ASSAULT CHARGE AFTER AN INCIDENT AT AN AUCKLAND BAR. You might only drive short distances to work each day. You might park securely at work. You may not drive your car to work at all. At Youi, we tailor your insurance premium to how you use or don't use your car. It could save you lots. Call: THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN THE BESIEGED SYRIAN CITY OF ALEPPO IS 'ALMOST BEYOND IMAGINATION'. THAT'S THE DESCRIPTION FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AS SYRIAN GOVERNMENT FORCES ADVANCE DEEPER INTO REBEL-HELD AREAS. 60,000 PEOPLE HAVE FLED THE CITY SINCE AUGUST. THE BBC'S LYSE DOUCET REPORTS. EXPLOSION BOMBS ARE DROPPING AGAIN ON EAST ALEPPO. INDISTINCT SHOUTING RUMBLING, BOOM! IT'S ALREADY A WASTELAND AFTER YEARS OF WAR. DISTANT SIREN WAILS BUT THE SEARCH FOR TARGETS DOESN'T STOP. NOR DOES THE DESPERATE QUEST TO FIND PLACES TO HIDE. THIS IS THE AGONY OF DAILY LIFE AND DEATH IN ALEPPO FOR THOSE WHO REMAIN TRAPPED IN WHAT THE UN CALLS 'A SLOW-MOTION DESCENT INTO LIVING HELL'. INTERPRETER: 'THEY ARE HITTING US WITH EVERYTHING, FROM ALL SIDES. 'OUR CHILDREN ARE ALL DEAD.' NOW THERE'S A CHANCE TO ESCAPE. AS SYRIAN FORCES PUSH FORWARD AND REBEL FIGHTERS RETREAT, THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES ARE SEIZING THIS MOMENT. MANY ARE NOW HEADING TO THE GOVERNMENT SIDE OF ALEPPO. AT THE CENTRE, IT'S RUSSIAN ALLIES WHO ARE HANDING OUT BLANKETS. BUT THERE ARE ALSO REPORTS YOUNG MEN ARE BEING DETAINED AND QUESTIONED BY SYRIAN SECURITY FORCES. THE MOMENTUM IS NOW CLEARLY WITH THE GOVERNMENT. THIS VIDEO, FILMED BY ITS MILITARY, SHOWS WHAT REBEL FIGHTERS LEFT BEHIND AS THEY FLED IN THE FACE OF A STUNNING ADVANCE. OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS ALONE, SYRIAN FORCES, BACKED BY THEIR ALLIES, RECAPTURED NEARLY HALF OF REBEL-HELD TERRITORY IN THE EAST OF THE CITY. METAL CLATTERS THEY'RE VOWING TO TAKE BACK ALL OF THE CITY WITHIN WEEKS. BUT REBEL COMMANDERS SAY THEY'RE NOT GIVING UP. MEANWHILE, AROUND 74,000 PEOPLE HAVE FLED MOSUL SINCE THE IRAQI ARMY LAUNCHED ITS ASSAULT ON THE ISIS STRONGHOLD. THE UN ESTIMATES AROUND HALF OF THOSE ARE CHILDREN, MANY OF WHOM HAVE ENDED UP IN CAMPS. A WARNING ` THIS NEXT REPORT CONTAINS SOME VERY DISTRESSING IMAGES OF CHILDREN. THE BBC'S ORLA GUERIN REPORTS FROM THE KHAZER REFUGEE CAMP. THE ENDLESS RANKS OF THE DISPOSSESSED. THOSE WHO FLED MOSUL ARE NOW STRANDED IN THE SANDS. THIS IS KHAZER CAMP. EVERY DAY THERE ARE A THOUSAND NEW ARRIVALS. (CRIES RASPILY) AND AMONG THE COUNTLESS VICTIMS OF I.S. HERE, SOME ARE BARELY CLINGING TO LIFE. THIS IS HUSSEIN, WHO'S 2�. (CONTINUES CRYING) HE CRIES CONSTANTLY ` RELATIVES SAY FROM HUNGER PAINS. AND NEARBY, HIS BROTHER, HASSAN, 9 YEARS OLD AND SEVERELY MALNOURISHED. THEIR MOTHER, MANAL, SAYS THE BOYS WERE HEALTHY UNTIL 18 MONTHS AGO, WHEN THEY WERE RAVAGED BY A HIGH FEVER AND SUDDEN ILLNESS. SHE DOESN'T KNOW THE CAUSE. THE FAMILY COULDN'T AFFORD A GOOD DOCTOR, AND IN THE PAST MONTH THEY COULDN'T GET FOOD AND WATER. THEY WERE RESCUED BY THE IRAQI ARMY LAST WEEK, BUT SHE SAYS IN HER EYES HER TREASURED SONS ARE ALREADY GONE. HER HUSBAND, AHMED, TOLD ME HE PLEADED WITH I.S. REPEATEDLY TO LET HIM GET HELP FOR HIS CHILDREN. HE SAYS THEY BEAT HIS FINGERS WITH A HAMMER, TRIED TO PULL OUT HIS NAILS AND THREATENED TO KILL HIM. WE ARE CONCEALING HIS IDENTITY BECAUSE HE STILL HAS RELATIVES IN MOSUL. AFTER WE ALERTED THE CAMP AUTHORITIES, THEY BROUGHT HELP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE FAMILY ARRIVED FIVE DAYS AGO. ALONG WITH THE MATTRESSES AND FOOD, HOPE OF MEDICAL ATTENTION. THEY NEED QUICK, URGENT ACTION TAKEN FOR THE TREATMENT, SO THEY NEED TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THE HOSPITAL. FOR THE TRIP TO THE CAMP CLINIC, NO AMBULANCE, JUST A PRIVATE CAR. THERE'S NO INDICATION OF MASS MALNUTRITION IN MOSUL, BUT THIS FAMILY SAYS I.S. CONDEMNED THEIR SONS TO WASTE AWAY. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS, AND CALM SKIES AS WE SAY GOODBYE TO SPRING. YES, SIMON, THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER TOMORROW, AND A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS IN CHARGE. HOWEVER, IT'S NOT ALL PLAIN SAILING FOR EASTERN AREAS, WITH A TROUGH SET TO BRING SOME WET WEATHER AND CLOUD. I'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT FOR YOU SHORTLY. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ. STILL TO COME, HE WAS THEIR BAND MANAGER, AND THEY WERE HIS PROTEGES. FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BAND ZED RECALL ROCK LEGEND RAY COLUMBUS. HE'S ALWAYS JUST BEEN A ONE-OFF. THERE'S BEEN NOTHING LIKE HIM HERE AND THERE PROBABLY WON'T BE ANOTHER. PLUS ` MORE DETAILS ON TROUBLING TIMES FOR STAR BREAKERS PLAYER COREY WEBSTER. Zovirax fights cold sores and cuts healing time by half compared with no treatment. So you can too. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THE FOOTBALL WORLD IS RALLYING AROUND A BRAZILIAN CLUB WHICH HAS LOST MOST OF ITS PLAYERS IN A PLANE CRASH IN COLOMBIA. ONLY SIX OF THE 77 PEOPLE ON BOARD THE CHARTER PLANE SURVIVED THE CRASH. AND FORMER NATIONAL MP AND AUCKLAND COUNCILLOR ARTHUR ANAE HAS BEEN USING UNSUPERVISED CHILD SEX OFFENDERS AS CHEAP LABOUR. A 1 NEWS INVESTIGATION'S UNCOVERED TWO MEN CONSIDERED HIGH RISK OF REOFFENDING DOING MAINTENANCE WORK ON MR ANAE'S PROPERTIES NEAR A PRIMARY SCHOOL. PEOPLE DONATING A KIDNEY WILL SOON HAVE THE RELIEF OF FULL FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FOR LOST INCOME FOR SIX WEEKS WHILE THEY'RE RECOVERING. THE NEW LAW'S PART OF A DRIVE TO ENCOURAGE MORE ORGAN DONORS. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD SPOKE WITH THE FAMILY WHO INSPIRED IT. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE THINGS THAT HAD EVER HAPPENED TO ME ` THAT SOMEBODY WAS GIVING ME A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE. AND, FOR SHARON VAN DER GULIK, THAT SOMEONE WAS HER LOVING GRANDSON, MATT. THE FEELING OF KNOWING YOU CAN DO THINGS MANY PEOPLE CAN'T DO... MRS VAN DER GULIK'S KIDNEYS WERE FAILING,... THE FAMILY WAS CALLED TWICE, AND I'M STILL HERE, SO... ...SO GRANDSON MATT STEPPED UP, OFFERING ONE OF HIS KIDNEYS. YOU'RE A VERY SPECIAL YOUNG MAN, MATTHEW. IT LEFT HIM UNABLE TO WORK AND STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY ON A SICKNESS BENEFIT. DIDN'T EVEN FEED HIM AND HIS DOG, LET ALONE PAY HIS MORTGAGE. SIX WEEKS OFF WORK. AND GOING ON NOW, I'VE GOT VERY LITTLE INCOME. I'VE GOT MORTGAGE, RATES, ALL THE EXPENSES. NOW, HOW DO I AFFORD THIS? MRS VAN DER GULIK DECIDED TO SPEAK UP AT A PUBLIC MEETING HELD BY NOW-NATIONAL MP CHRIS BISHOP. HE WAS MOVED BY HER FAMILY'S SITUATION AND PROMISED TO DO SOMETHING. IT'S ABOUT FAIRNESS AND RECOGNISING THE HEROES THAT ARE LIVE ORGAN DONORS. NOW, TWO YEARS ON, CHRIS BISHOP'S STEERED A BILL INTO LAW THAT WILL PAY DONORS 100% OF THEIR INCOME FOR UP TO EIGHT WEEKS PLUS CHILDCARE COSTS IF NEEDED. IN 2015 THERE WERE 78 LIVE DONORS WHO DONATED A KIDNEY OR PART OF THEIR LIVER, AND WHILE THE RATE OF LIVE AND DECEASED DONORS IS SLOWLY INCREASING, WE STILL HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST ORGAN DONATION RATES IN THE WORLD. THE EVIDENCE IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT FINANCIAL BARRIERS IS ONE THING PEOPLE DO THINK ABOUT. FOR ONE PERSON TO COME OFF DIALYSIS, WE'LL SAVE ROUND ABOUT $500,000. THE VAN DER GULIK FAMILY WERE AT PARLIAMENT TO SEE THE BILL THEY INSPIRED BECOME LAW. YOU'RE THE INSPIRATION FOR A LAW. SHOULD IT BE NAMED AFTER YOU? OH, WHY NOT? (LAUGHS) NAMING RIGHTS OR NOT, THEY WERE HAPPY TO WITNESS HISTORY. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. THE PIKE RIVER MINE FAMILIES SAY THEY'LL BE PROTESTING 'STRONGER THAN EVER' AFTER THEIR HOPES TO ENTER THE MINE WERE DEALT ANOTHER BLOW. SOLID ENERGY BOSS TONY KING MET WITH FAMILY REPRESENTATIVES IN GREYMOUTH TODAY BUT CONFIRMED WORK WILL CONTINUE TO SEAL THE MINE. WE MET THE FAMILIES TODAY AT THE SUGGESTION OF THE POLICE. WE DID SO IN A HOPE TO DIFFUSE THE SITUATION SO THAT OUR WORKERS ON SITE COULD CONTINUE TO MANAGE THE SITE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT EMOTIONS ARE HIGH BUT WE'VE SET OUT OUR POSITION. WE ACTUALLY DESERVE THAT RIGHT, TO SEE IF OUR LOVED ONES ARE UP THAT DRIFT AND NOT SEAL THAT MINE, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE THE LID ON OUR GUYS' COFFIN IF WE ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. SOLID ENERGY SAYS THE SEAL WILL BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR. THE NEXT GENERATION OF NZ MUSICIANS ISN'T FORGETTING WHAT THEY OWE RAY COLUMBUS. THE MUSIC LEGEND, WHO PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY, MENTORED THE ROCKERS ZED. AND TWO BAND MEMBERS TOLD REBECCA WRIGHT OF HIS GENEROSITY AND GENIUS. NATHAN KING AND ANDY LYNCH ARE TWO THIRDS OF ZED. THEY WERE YOUNG ROCKERS WHEN THEY FOUND FAME IN THE LATE '90S AND MANAGED BY RAY COLUMBUS. HE'S EFFERVESCENT. HE'S A LITTLE BIT CRAZY, BUT IN A GOOD WAY. VERY LOUD, VERY FUNNY. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? UH, LARGER THAN LIFE. # SHE'S A MOD, SHE'S A MOD, SHE'S A MOD. # BUT FOR A FRONTMAN, HE HAD AN UNUSUAL QUALITY ` HE WAS HAPPY TO SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT. HE WASN'T KEEN ON TRYING TO RETAIN THAT SPOTLIGHT SO MUCH AS HE WAS WANTING TO CHAMPION IT IN OTHERS AND SEE THEM HAVE THAT SHOT AT SUCCESS THAT HE HAD. THEY SAY RAY WAS TRULY HIS OWN MAN. HE'S ALWAYS JUST BEEN A ONE-OFF. THERE'S BEEN NOTHING LIKE HIM HERE, AND THERE PROBABLY WON'T BE. YEAH. HE USED TO WEAR HIS SCHOOL UNIFORM INSIDE OUT BECAUSE HE JUST WANTED TO BE DIFFERENT, AND THAT IS CLASSIC RAY. HE JUST HAD TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY, BUT BRILLIANT! AND FOR A ROCK AND ROLL ICON, COLUMBUS LIKED CLEAN LIVING. HALF-ASLEEP, WAKE UP AND THERE'S SOMEONE ON THE FLOOR, AND YOU WOULD JUST SEE THESE FEET STICKING UP IN THE AIR, AND HE'S DOING YOGA. BOTH LAUGH AND HE WOULD USE THE EXCUSE ` 'I DIDN'T WANT TO GET DRESSED, 'BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD MAKE TOO MUCH NOISE, 'SO I'M JUST IN MY UNDIES.' JUST ONE OF THE MANY STORIES ABOUT THIS ROCK LEGEND LIKELY TO BE SHARED AT HIS FUNERAL IN AUCKLAND ON SATURDAY. WILL YOU MISS HIM? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, WE'LL MISS HIM IMMENSELY. YEAH, NO, HE WAS AN AMAZING FORCE OF NATURE. REBECCA WRIGHT, 1 NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND A MAJOR OFF-COURT ISSUE FOR THE BREAKERS BASKETBALL TEAM. One of their star players arrested and charged with assault. MORE ON THIS SITUATION NEXT. ALSO TONIGHT ` SUPER RUGBY'S NEW BOYS GET A BIG EYE-OPENER. WE'VE HAD A GUTSFUL OF PEOPLE DOING <BLEEP> THINGS. OUR CAMERAS ARE ALLOWED INSIDE RUGBY'S INDUCTION DAY WHILE IN GERMANY THE ALL BLACKS HELP CREATE THEIR FUTURE MOVES. PLUS ` FROM RIO AND THE DAVIS CUP TO NZ. A TENNIS REVIVAL STORY THAT GOES FULL CIRCLE. AND THE CONFIDENT BLACKCAPS NEGOTIATE THEIR WAY TOWARDS AUSTRALIA, LOOKING TO SWIPE ANOTHER PIECE OF CRICKET HISTORY. STAR BREAKERS BASKETBALLER COREY WEBSTER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AFTER AN EARLY MORNING INCIDENT AT A BAR ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME WEBSTER HAS TESTED HIS TEAM'S LOYALTY. ABBY WILSON REPORTS. COREY WEBSTER WAS AT THIS BAR LAST NIGHT, CELEBRATING HIS 28TH BIRTHDAY. BUT THOSE CELEBRATIONS GOT OUT OF HAND. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THIS TAKAPUNA BAR IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING AFTER REPORTS OF A FIGHT. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THE MALE VICTIM WASN'T SERIOUSLY INJURED, BUT WEBSTER WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. THIS COMES JUST AS WEBSTER WAS MAKING A HABIT OF BEING IN THE HEADLINES FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. LAST YEAR HE SPENT TIME DURING THE NBA PRE-SEASON WITH THE NEW ORLEANS PELICANS. HE THEN RETURNED TO THE BREAKERS TO BE THE FOURTH-HIGHEST SCORER IN THE LEAGUE. A CONVICTION COULD JEOPARDIZE ANY FUTURE NBA HOPES. THIS MORNING'S ASSAULT CHARGE ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THE 28-YEAR-OLD'S BEHAVIOUR HAS CAUSED ISSUES. THE BREAKERS FIRED HIM IN 2011 FOR A FAILED DRUGS TEST. THE QUESTION IS ` WILL THEY STAND BY HIM AGAIN? IN 2014 THEN-BREAKERS FORWARD REUBEN TE RANGI WAS FOUND GUILTY OF ASSAULT AFTER A FIGHT IN A NEW PLYMOUTH BAR. CURRENT BREAKERS GUARD SHEA ILI WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THAT INCIDENT. WEBSTER HAS BEEN RELEASED ON BAIL. HE'LL APPEAR IN THE NORTH SHORE DISTRICT COURT ON MONDAY. IT'S NOT YET CLEAR IF HE'LL TAKE THE COURT FOR THE BREAKERS LATER THIS WEEK. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS. NEW SUPER RUGBY RECRUITS HAVE TODAY HEARD FROM A RAPE SURVIVOR AND VICTIM ADVOCATE TO LEARN ABOUT RESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY. LOUISE NICHOLAS SPOKE AT THE ANNUAL PLAYER INDUCTION IN AN EFFORT BY NZ RUGBY TO CLEAN UP OFF-FIELD ISSUES. ANDREW MORRISON WAS GIVEN EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO TODAY'S SESSION. THE NEW SUPER RUGBY CLASS OF 2017 LEARNED SOME HARD LESSONS AHEAD OF THEIR FIRST DAY ON THE JOB TOMORROW. WE'VE HAD A GUTSFUL OF PEOPLE DOING <BLEEP> THINGS. NZ RUGBY FACED UP TO ITS TURBULENT YEAR FOLLOWING THE CHIEFS' STRIPPER SCANDAL, LOSI FILIPO'S ASSAULT CASE AND AARON SMITH'S TOILET TRYST. WE'RE SICK OF PEOPLE MUCKING UP BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY'RE BETTER THAN THEY ARE. YEAH, IT WAS QUITE HEAVY. THERE'S A LOT OF RISKS, AND YOU'RE TARGETED. I'VE LEARNT HONESTLY SO MUCH TODAY. JUST WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A GOOD PERSON AND A GOOD RUGBY PLAYER. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE ANNUAL INDUCTION, A CONFRONTING ADDRESS FROM SEXUAL VIOLENCE VICTIM ADVOCATE LOUISE NICHOLAS. I'M A SURVIVOR OF CHILD AND ADULT RAPE. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE WOMEN WHO ARE JELLY AT THE KNEES, AND IT'S COOL JUST TO BE RESPECTFUL. IT'S COOL TO BE YOU. DON'T CHANGE WHO YOU ARE. THE PLAYERS ALSO HEARD A TALK BY POLICE ABOUT CONSENT, RUNNING THOUGH SOME PRETTY GRAPHIC EXAMPLES OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE COMMITTED BY NZ RUGBY PLAYERS IN THE PAST. WE RECOGNISE WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO IN THE RESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY AREA. BUT THE NEW RECRUITS WERE ALSO INSPIRED BY THE REWARDS ON OFFER. SOMEBODY IN THE ROOM WILL PROBABLY MAKE THE ALL BLACKS NEXT YEAR. LAST YEAR RIEKO IOANE AND ANTON LIENERT-BROWN HEARD THE SAME MESSAGE. JUST BEING ANOTHER STEP CLOSER TO OUR DREAM IS REALLY EXCITING FOR US. THE MAIN MESSAGE WAS HIDDEN IN THEIR FINAL CHALLENGE. THE RECRUITS WERE GIVEN $20 AND ASKED TO THINK ABOUT SOMEONE LESS FORTUNATE. THEIR RESPONSE ` SOME CHRISTMAS SURPRISES FOR CHILDREN AT PORIRUA'S WOMEN'S REFUGE. ANDREW MORRISON, 1 NEWS. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE KNOCKED OFF ONE PIECE OF HISTORY. NOW THEY WANT ANOTHER. LAST NIGHT'S STAGGERING TEST MATCH AND SERIES WIN IN HAMILTON ENDED A 31-YEAR DROUGHT AGAINST PAKISTAN. NOW THE BLACKCAPS HAVE LEFT FOR AUSTRALIA, SEARCHING FOR THEIR FIRST-EVER ODI SERIES WIN ACROSS THE TASMAN. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. THAT MAGIC MOMENT OF HISTORY IN THE MAKING. OUT! AND THAT'S IT. WHAT A GREAT CATCH TOM LATHAM. WHAT A VICTORY FOR NZ. 'ELATED' WAS COACH MIKE HESSON'S WORD TO DESCRIBE HIS SQUAD, BUT THEY'VE NOT HAD LONG TO SAVOUR IT. THE PLAYERS HEADING FOR AUSTRALIA THIS AFTERNOON, WITH THE MAN OF THE MATCH ALREADY FOCUSSED. WE CAN'T SIT THERE AND THINK HOW GOOD IT WAS AND WHATNOT. OUR FOCUS HAS TO SHIFT TOWARDS AUSTRALIA IN A DIFFERENT SERIES DIFFERENT FORMAT, DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. FOR THE BATTING COACH, ADAPTING TO THE DIFFERENT FORMAT IS ONE OF THE GREAT CHALLENGES. THE TWO DAYS OF TRAINING AHEAD OF THE FIRST ONE-DAYER ARE VITAL FOR THAT MENTAL SHIFT. THAT FIRST NET SESSION IS ABOUT HITTING THE BALL HARD, FINDING SOME FREEDOM AND PERHAPS PLAYING A FEW EXTRA SHOTS THAT YOU NORMALLY PUT AWAY FOR TEST CRICKET. MCMILLAN ALSO AWARE THEY MAY NO LONGER HAVE A SECRET WEAPON, COLIN DE GRANDHOMME'S FIELDING SKILLS EXPOSED. GRANDHOMME GOT A GOOD ARM. YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO TAKE THAT ON. HE DOES. HE'S RUN OUT. BRILLIANT FIELDING BY DE GRANDHOMME. HE'S GOT A BULLET ARM. UNFORTUNATELY NOW AUSTRALIA HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THAT, BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN A LITTLE BIT HIDDEN. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL KNEW ` COLIN'S GOT ONE OF THE BEST STRONGEST FIELDING ARMS IN THE GAME. IN FACT, ALL OF DE GRANDHOMME'S ALL-ROUND SKILLS LOOK LIKE GETTING A HEFTY WORKOUT. IN THE AIR AND OUT. HE BOWLS AT THE DEATH A LOT IN DOMESTIC CRICKET, SO HE'S HAD PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE, AND I THINK WE'VE SEEN GLIMPSES WITH THE BAT HOW DESTRUCTIVE HE CAN BE. THE FIRST OF THE THREE CHAPPELL-HADLEE ONE-DAYERS IS ON SUNDAY. MARTIN TASKER, 1 NEWS. ANOTHER MAJOR TENNIS STAR IS HEADING HERE, WITH FORMER US OPEN WINNER JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO CONFIRMED TO HEADLINE THE MEN'S DRAW AT THIS SUMMER'S ASB CLASSIC. DEL POTRO IS ONE OF THE COMEBACK STORIES OF THE YEAR. 12 MONTHS AGO HE WAS CONTEMPLATING RETIREMENT AFTER ALMOST TWO YEARS OF CONSTANT WRIST INJURIES AND OPERATIONS. BUT FOLLOWING AN INNOVATIVE REHAB PROGRAMME, THIS YEAR HE'S CATAPULTED MORE THAN A THOUSAND PLACES BACK UP THE RANKINGS. DEL POTRO WON SILVER AT THE RIO OLYMPICS AND THIS WEEK LED ARGENTINA TO THEIR FIRST-EVER DAVIS CUP TITLE. WHEN HE BURST ON THE SCENE IN 2009, EVERYONE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY GRAND SLAMS IS THIS GUY GONNA WIN. AND INJURIES HAVE BEEN PRETTY CRUEL TO JUAN MARTIN FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND WHEN HE'S FIT AND FIRING, YOU'VE SEEN WHAT HE CAN DO. AND HE'S PROBABLY BEEN THE FORM PLAYER ALONGSIDE ANDY MURRAY FOR 2016. DEFENDING CHAMPION SPANIARD ROBERTO BAUTISTA AGUT RETURNS AS THE TOP SEED. A KIWI WILDCARD WILL BE AWARDED TO THE WINNER OF THE UPCOMING NZ CHAMPIONSHIPS. BOXER JOSEPH PARKER HAS HAD HIS FIRST LOOK AROUND THE VENUE FOR NEXT WEEK'S WORLD TITLE FIGHT IN AUCKLAND. PARKER, HIS MUM AND BROTHER AND TRAINER KEVIN BARRY VISITED VECTOR ARENA THIS MORNING TO TRY TO GET A FEEL FOR THE INDOOR FACILITY, WHERE PARKER HASN'T FOUGHT BEFORE. IT IS A BIG VENUE AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA HAVE A GREAT CROWD, SO IT'S GONNA BE SIMILAR TO THE ONES IN THE US. THIS IS THE MAIN STADIUM ` THE NUMBER ONE INDOOR VENUE IN NZ, AND THIS IS WHERE WE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE. PARKER SAYS THE ONLY OTHER TIME HE'S BEEN AT THE ARENA WAS FOR A JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE CONCERT TWO YEARS AGO. AROUND 12,000 FANS WILL WATCH HIM TAKE ON ANDY RUIZ INSIDE VECTOR ARENA NEXT WEEK. TIGER WOODS SAYS HIS DRIVE TO COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IS AS STRONG AS EVER AS HE PREPARES TO PLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 MONTHS. THE 14-TIME MAJOR WINNER ADMITS HE WAS CLOSE TO RETIRING AFTER HAVING TWO BACK SURGERIES BUT NOW FEELS LIKE A NEW MAN LEADING UP TO THE HERO WORLD CHALLENGE IN THE BAHAMAS. I'M TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING I ALWAYS DO. I'M ENTERED IN THE EVENT. I'M GONNA TRY AND WIN THIS THING. I KNOW THAT'S A TALL ORDER SINCE I'VE BEEN AWAY FROM THE GAME FOR SO LONG AND I'VE MADE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHANGES IN MY GAME, BUT THE MINDSET'S STILL THE SAME, AND THAT'S TO GO OUT THERE AND TRY AND BEAT THESE GUYS. I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA TRY AND BEAT ME. THE TAB HAS HIM AT 30:1 TO WIN, WITH DUSTIN JOHNSON AND JORDAN SPIETH THE FAVOURITES. THE QUESTION FOR TIGER BEFORE TEE OFF FRIDAY MORNING ` HIS MIND IS WILLING, BUT CAN HIS BODY FOLLOW? TO FOOTBALL, AND EMOTIONAL SCENES TODAY AT ANFIELD IN LIVERPOOL FOLLOWING THE AIRLINE DISASTER THAT CLAIMED MANY OF THE PLAYERS OF BRAZILIAN FIRST-DIVISION SIDE CHAPECOENSE. A MINUTE'S SILENCE WAS OBSERVED AHEAD OF THE LEAGUE CUP QUARTER-FINAL BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND LEEDS. REDS MIDFIELDER LUCAS LEIVA WAS DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE TRAGEDY. WHISTLE BLOWS CROWD CHEERS FOR NO ONE WAS THAT MORE MEANINGFUL THAN THE BRAZILIAN INTERNATIONAL, LUCAS LEIVA. IT'S A VERY SAD DAY. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE PLANE ` A LOT OF YOUNG PLAYERS WITH BRILLIANT FUTURES ` AND LIFE IS STRANGE SOMETIMES. WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY DAY. MAKING THE MOST OF THE QUARTER-FINAL WAS LIVERPOOL TEENAGER BEN WOODBURN. THE 17-YEAR-OLD SCORED HIS SIDE'S SECOND GOAL IN THE 2-0 WIN, SURPASSING MICHAEL OWEN AS THE YOUNGEST GOALSCORER IN LIVERPOOL HISTORY. ALL WHITE CHRIS WOOD LOOKED TO HAVE SCORED A CONSOLATION GOAL FOR LEEDS BUT WAS RULED OFFSIDE. WITH EVERY NEW ALL BLACKS JERSEY WE'RE TOLD THE TECHNOLOGY IS MORE CUTTING EDGE THAN BEFORE. BUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS TO DESIGN AND MAKE THE ICONIC PLAYING KIT, HEAD TO TOE? EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING JOINED THE ALL BLACKS BEHIND THE SCENES AT ADIDAS IN GERMANY. AFTER A LONG NORTHERN TOUR, THE ALL BLACKS HAD ONE MORE THING TO DO. GO ON A HIGH-TECH SHOPPING TRIP TO ADIDAS HQ IN GERMANY. IT'S COOL TO SEE THE TECHNOLOGY, COS OTHERWISE YOU JUST PULL IT ON AND YOU THINK ALL IT IS IS A JERSEY. CONSIDERING THE SECURITY AND RESTRICTIONS ON OUR FILMING, IT'S NOT JUST A JERSEY. THE SPORTING APPAREL INDUSTRY IS WORTH BILLIONS. INSIDE SECRET LABS, PLAYERS ARE SCANNED, TESTED AND ANALYSED. WE THINK THAT BUILDING THE BEST PRODUCT FOR THE ATHLETE IS THE BEST WAY, AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND AN ATHLETE'S ENTIRETY TO BUILD THAT PRODUCT. BIOMECHANICS, SPORTS SCIENTISTS, PHYSIOS ` YOU NAME IT, THEY WORK WITH ATHLETES TO CUSTOM-FIT THEIR UNIFORM. THE BOOT BEAUDEN BARRETT KICKS WITH WILL NOT SUIT CAPTAIN KIERAN READ IN THE SCRUM. AT THE MOMENT IT'S ABOUT GIVING THEM THE HONEST FEEDBACK SO THEY CAN MAKE A BETTER PRODUCT, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE HAVE TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE'RE WEARING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO BOOTS. THE JERSEY HAS ALSO GONE THROUGH MANY CHANGES, BECOMING TOUGHER AND LIGHTER. I REMEMBER THE WHITE COLLARS. JUST THE FABRIC ` THAT'S COME A LONG WAY WITH THE ENGINEERING AND THAT. IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE. THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON NEW IDEAS FOR A FEW YEARS. DATA TAKEN TODAY WILL PRODUCE A FINISHED PRODUCT IN ABOUT TWO YEARS. AND DESPITE THE TECHNOLOGY, THEY'VE KEPT TO THE REGULATIONS. WE'RE A FAIR ENOUGH COMPANY THAT IF WE THOUGHT IT WAS BETTER FOR THE ATHLETE, WE COULD APPROACH A GOVERNING BODY AND TALK TO THEM IN A VERY PRAGMATIC WAY. AND ONCE THE TESTING IS DONE, THE SHOPPING WILL BEGIN. I'M PRETTY SURE THE BOYS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER BAG AND PAY FOR THEIR OWN FREIGHT. THEY'VE DEALT WITH BIGGER PROBLEMS ON THIS TOUR. EMMA KEELING, 1 NEWS, NUREMBERG. Always working at getting better. How to grow your own vineyard in your own backyard. Literally downtown neighbourhood backyard. ALSO CHRISTMAS IS COMING, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS ` BURGLARIES. BUT THERE'S A FEW THINGS YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT YOUR HOUSE. THESE CHAINS ARE HOPELESS. THE FRONT DOOR SHOULD HAVE A DEADLOCK ON IT. PLUS THE HUMBLE IDEA... THE FIRST PERSON TO FLIP THEIR BONES TO COMPLETE A FULL COLOURED SKELETON WINS. ...THAT'S NOW GOING GLOBAL. AND JULIAN DENNISON GIVES RONAN KEATING SOME ADVICE FOR HIS LATEST CHRISTMAS SONG. I WAS ALSO THINKING JANDALS. OF COURSE YOU WERE. LIKE POPPING THE PLUG OUT OF YOUR JANDALS, SAND IN YOUR TOGS... SEE HOW RONAN TAKES IT AT 7. HELLO AGAIN. A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE NORTH OF NZ KEEPS CLOUD LOW AND SUPPRESSED. MID-LEVEL CLOUD OVER THE SOUTH TASMAN SEA LIES UNDER ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT EXTENDS A RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND. A RIBBON OF CLOUD SLICES THROUGH THE MIDDLE MARKING A NARROW TROUGH. THE WEAKENING TROUGH CONTINUES TO DAWDLE OVER THE NORTH ISLAND THROUGH TO FRIDAY BUT STILL MANAGES TO IMPINGE ON THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT BUILDS OVER THE REST OF THE COUNTRY FROM THE SOUTH. MAINLY FINE IN THE WEST, WITH MORNING CLOUD CLEARING FROM NELSON. FINE SPELLS OVER SOUTHLAND AND CLUTHA, WITH THE ODD COASTAL SHOWER. CLOUDY ELSEWHERE IN THE EAST, WITH DRIZZLE PATCHES HERE AND THERE, THEN SOME AFTERNOON FINE SPELLS. RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE EVENING ABOUT CANTERBURY. SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE EAST, CLEARING TO FINE OVER WAIRARAPA IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT CLOUD RETURNING THERE AT NIGHT. MORNING CLOUD IN THE WEST WITH DRIZZLE IN WELLINGTON AND THE CENTRAL PLATEAU. FINE SPELLS OVER BAY OF PLENTY, THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. CLOUDY PERIODS AND THE ODD SHOWER ELSEWHERE. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ SO, AS WE ROLL INTO SUMMER, A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE LIES OVER NZ, SERVING UP DRY AND SUNNY CONDITIONS FOR MOST, HOWEVER, A WEAK TROUGH AFFECTS THE EASTERN NORTH ISLAND ON FRIDAY. A TROUGH MOVES ONTO THE SOUTH ISLAND ON SATURDAY, BRINGING SCATTERED RAIN TO THE WEST. IT THEN WEAKENS AS IT MOVES NORTHWARDS ON SUNDAY. SO CLOUDY PERIODS FOR MOST WITH A FEW SHOWERS IN THE MIX TOO, BUT IT WILL BE MOSTLY FINE IN THE FAR SOUTH. SO WE ARE IN MOSTLY FINE FORM FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER, JUST THAT PESKY TROUGH ADDING A HITCH TO THE GIDDY-UP, ESPECIALLY FOR EASTERN AREAS. THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. You too, Rene. Thank you very much.