KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER US MEANT PRETTY SETTLED CONDITIONS TODAY. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THE ODD CLOUDY PERIODS IN THE NORTH. A FRONT IS MOVING UP THE SOUTH ISLAND THIS EVENING, THOUGH. THAT'S SAID TO TRIGGER SOME THUNDERSTORMS. ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP. 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. A FITTING FAREWELL FOR A GIANT OF KIWI POP MUSIC AS FRIENDS AND FAMILY SAY GOODBYE TO RAY COLUMBUS. # SHE'S A MOD, SHE'S A MOD, # SHE'S A MOD, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. # WE'RE LIVE IN MOUNT ROSKILL AHEAD OF VOTE COUNTING IN TODAY'S BY-ELECTION. AFTER THE QUAKE, ONE MAN'S MUSIC HELPS WITH THE HEALING IN KAIKOURA. SAXOPHONE PLAYS 'SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW' AND THE TEEN DAREDEVIL LIVING LIFE ON THE EDGE. BUT NOW HE'S FALLEN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE THIN BLUE LINE. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. LEGENDARY KIWI SINGER RAY COLUMBUS WAS SO USED TO TALKING ABOUT OTHER MUSICIANS, HE ONCE WONDERED WHO'D TALK ABOUT HIM WHEN HE DIED. WELL, AT HIS FUNERAL, PLENTY OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAD LOTS TO SAY AS HUNDREDS TURNED OUT TO FAREWELL THE MUCH-LOVED TRAILBLAZER. NICOLE BREMNER HAS MORE. MUSICAL LEGENDS ALIGNED FOR THE FINAL MUST-SEE SHOW FOR RAY COLUMBUS, LEGEND, TRENDSETTER AND HISTORY-MAKER TO THE VERY END. I'M NOT SURE WE'VE EVER HAD A BRIGHT RED CASKET COME INTO THE CATHEDRAL BUT WE DO COME TO ACKNOWLEDGE A RATHER UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL; SOMEBODY WHO HAS TOUCHED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, IF NOT MILLIONS, WITH HIS GIFTS. GROWN FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS IN CHRISTCHURCH. HIS FATHER WAS A GREAT FAN OF FRED ASTAIRE. AND FOR THAT REASON, RAY WAS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD WHEN HE WAS SENT TO LEARN TAP-DANCING. BUT BY HIS EARLY TEENS, RAY WAS CHARTING A NEW DIRECTION ` HIS INSPIRATION PART OF HIS FINAL SERVICE. 'HALLELUJAH' SUNG BY ELVIS PRESLEY HE ADOPTED THE ELVIS QUIFF, THE DRAINPIPE TROUSERS, THE WINKELPICKERS, THE ORANGE SOCKS AND THE TURNED-UP COLLAR. THIS DID NOT GO DOWN WELL WITH THE MARIST BROTHERS SCHOOL HE WAS GOING TO. BUT NZERS COULDN'T GET ENOUGH. SINGER SUZANNE LYNCH HOLDING BACK TEARS FULFILLING HIS FINAL REQUEST. # DID I EVER TELL YOU YOU'RE MY HERO? # THE 74-YEAR-OLD REMEMBERED AS A POSITIVE FORCE, A MENTOR, A GENEROUS AND LOYAL FRIEND. I'M SORRY TO SEE HIM GO. I THINK WE ALL LOVE HIM VERY MUCH. # SHE'S A MOD. SHE'S A MOD. SHE'S A MOD. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THE FAREWELL NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT THAT WELL-KNOWN ANTHEM AND A SING-ALONG. ALL: # YEAH, YEAH, SHE'S A MOD. # THAT FAMOUS VOICE NOW GONE BUT NEVER SILENT. THE CLOSE-KNIT COLUMBUS FAMILY BRINGING THE CURTAIN DOWN WITH A STANDING OVATION AND A SONG THAT WAS OUR TOP-SELLING HIT FOR 30 YEARS. VOTING WRAPS UP SHORTLY IN THE MOUNT ROSKILL BY-ELECTION. VOTERS ARE CHOOSING A NEW MP AFTER PHIL GOFF RESIGNED THE SEAT TO BECOME AUCKLAND MAYOR. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD IS IN MOUNT ROSKILL AND JOINS US NOW. SO, KATIE, WHAT TIME CAN WE EXPECT RESULTS TO START COMING IN? GOOD EVENING. POLLING BOOTHS CLOSE AT 7 PM. THERE ARE ABOUT 4000 ADVANCE VOTES. RESULTS WILL COME IN AROUND 8, 8.30. I'M AT THE MT ROSKILL TENNIS CLUB. MICHAEL WOOD WILL ARRIVE HERE LATER TONIGHT. PARMAR IS AT A CAFE IN ROYAL OAK/� THANKS, KATIE. AND FOR RESULTS FROM THE BY ELECTION, GO TO OUR WEBSITE. IT'S ALMOST THREE WEEKS SINCE THE QUAKE THAT CUT OFF KAIKOURA, AND SOME OF LOCALS ARE STILL FEELING VERY UNSETTLED AND QUITE ISOLATED. TODAY LISA DAVIES MET A RESIDENT WHO'S LOST HIS HOME AND HIS BUSINESS IS STRUGGLING, BUT HE'S FINDING COMFORT IN HIS MUSIC. SOULFUL SAXOPHONE MUSIC PLAYS IT ALL SEEMS SO IDYLLIC... ...PLAYING THE SAXOPHONE BY THE SEA. THE BLUES ARE ALWAYS HANGING AROUND, ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH HERE. HIS EARLY MORNING ROUTINE ONLY BEGAN AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE. CONTINUES PLAYING IT HELPS ME COPE EVERY DAY. IT IS THERAPY, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. HOW TOUGH HAS IT BEEN FOR YOU? IT'S VERY HARD TO TALK ABOUT. HE'S BEEN FORCED TO LIVE AT THE CAMPGROUND. IT IS HOME. THE REALITY IS, THIS HAS BEEN A HORRENDOUS EARTHQUAKE. IT'S LEFT HIS HOME RED-STICKERED. DOES IT START TO GET TO YOU LIVING IN A CRAMPED SPACE LIKE THIS? YEAH. I'D DEFINITELY RATHER BE AT HOME, AS ANYBODY WOULD. HE'S THE ONLY PERSON LEFT CAMPING HERE NOW. WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY TO HAVE DEXTER, ACTUALLY. YOU LOOK AROUND, AND THE PLACE IS EMPTY. IT'S JUST GOT A FUNNY, FUNNY FEELING TO IT. DEX'S OWN BUSINESS IS STRUGGLING TOO. JUST WINTER TURNOVER. IT'S WAY LESS THAN WHAT I'M USUALLY TURNING OVER. IT'S HARD TO FIND ANYONE WHO HASN'T BEEN AFFECTED. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING SOME DOUBLE WHAMMIES HERE ` HOUSES, BUSINESSES. NOT GOOD. THIS A LITTLE SOLACE FOR DEX. PLAYS SAXOPHONE AND ANY PASSERS-BY. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE, I DON'T CARE WHO HEARS. I'VE LOST A LITTLE BIT OF MY INHIBITION, I GUESS. AND PEOPLE ARE JUST LOVING IT. THANK YOU. OH, IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD. HEARING HIS MUSIC. I SEE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY HURTING AROUND HERE, AND I JUST HOPING THE WHOLE TOWN PULLS TOGETHER AND MAKES SURE THAT EVERYONE'S FINE. HE'S DOING WHAT HE CAN. I LOVE THIS PLACE, AND I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. THERE'S CONCERN WELLINGTON'S TOURISM INDUSTRY IS BEING HURT FOLLOWING THE EARTHQUAKE WITH SOME BOOKINGS ALREADY BEING CANCELLED. BUT IT'S HOPED A PACKED EVENTS CALENDAR OVER SUMMER WILL HELP ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TRAVEL TO THE CAPITAL. BRIAR WELLS REPORTS. THE STAGE IS UP AND THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY. THE KEITH URBAN AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD CONCERT ` THE FIRST EVENT TO BE HELD AT WESTPAC STADIUM SINCE THE EARTHQUAKE. WELLINGTON IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS WHICH IS GREAT NEWS. THIS WEEKEND THE HOTELS ARE FULL AND A LOT OF PEOPLE... 75% OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE CONCERT ARE COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN. A WELCOME BOOST FOR THE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AFTER A CHALLENGING COUPLE OF WEEKS. WHILE TOWN WAS BUZZING TODAY, SOME BUSINESSES HAVE ALREADY REPORTED HAVING EVENTS AND CONFERENCES CANCELLED POST-QUAKE. ACCOMMODATION PROVIDERS HAVE ALSO HAD BOOKINGS PULLED. IF WE LOOK BACK AT THE 2013 EARTHQUAKE IN SEDDON, IT DID HAVE AN IMPACT ON TOURISM, ESPECIALLY DOMESTIC TOURISM, SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THE SUMMER AND THE EVENT SEASON COMING ALONG COULDN'T HAVE COME AT A BETTER TIME. # WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE... # ROCK LEGENDS GUNS 'N ROSES, NICK CAVE, PJ HARVEY, PASSENGER AND THE PIXIES,... # WITH YOUR FEET ON THE AIR AND YOUR HEAD ON THE GROUND... # ALL PART OF A BIG CONCERT LINE-UP OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. IT'S HOPED THOSE SHOWS, AS WELL AS OTHER EVENTS LIKE THE CRICKET AND EXHIBITIONS WILL BE ENOUGH OF A DRAWCARD TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TRAVEL HERE. WELLINGTON IS A HOSPITALITY TOURIST EVENT-DRIVEN CITY, SO IT'S CRITICAL TO WELLINGTON, AND THE SUMMER-TIME IS OUR BUSY TIME. WE HOPE PEOPLE SAY, 'YEAH, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR PLANS.' THOSE WE SPOKE TO IN AUCKLAND WERE ADAMANT THE EARTHQUAKE WOULDN'T PUT THEM OFF HEADING TO THE CAPITAL. EARTHQUAKES CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE, ANY TIME. WELLINGTON'S STILL A GREAT PLACE. I LOVE WELLINGTON. IT'S A GREAT TOWN ON A NICE DAY, SO, YEAH, I'D STILL GO. EARTHQUAKES DON'T FRIGHTEN ME. I WENT TO CHRISTCHURCH AFTER THEIR EARTHQUAKE. A RELIEF FOR BUSINESSES READY TO WELCOME THEM WITH OPEN ARMS. GUESTS AT A NEW WELLINGTON HOTEL HAVE BEEN MOVED TO OTHER ACCOMMODATION AFTER A LARGE FIRE LAST NIGHT. THE SOFITEL HOTEL, WHICH ONLY OPENED IN AUGUST, WAS EVACUATED AFTER A FIRE STARTED IN THE KITCHEN CONNECTED TO THE MAIN BUILDING. ISSUES WITH SMOKE DAMAGE MEANS GUESTS CAN'T STAY THERE TONIGHT. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE BLAZE IS UNDERWAY. IT'S THE BIG QUESTION IN TAURANGA RIGHT NOW, AND THE EVIDENCE IS MOUNTING THAT WORLD-FAMOUS STREET ARTIST BANKSY HAS PAID A VISIT TO THE CITY. TWO BANKSY-LIKE DESIGNS HAVE APPEARED ON THE WALLS OF CENTRAL CITY BUILDINGS. ONE SHOWS TWO LOVERS EMBRACING WHILE LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES, A DIRECT REWORK OF A BANKSY PIECE WHICH APPEARED IN BRISTOL TWO YEARS AGO THAT WAS SOLD FOR AROUND $700,000. ANOTHER DEPICTS TWO DISTRESSED CHILDREN WITH A REFERENCE TO LOVING NZ. WE HAD A CALL ABOUT A MONTH AGO SUGGESTING SOMEONE WANTED TO PUT A BIT OF ARTWORK ON OUR BUILDINGS, AND WE SAID, 'YEP. SOUNDS GREAT.' AND, UH, SINCE TUESDAY LAST WEEK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT WHETHER IN FACT THEY ARE BANKSY'S. A BANKSY EXHIBITION OPENS IN TAURANGA NEXT MARCH, WITH LOCALS SPECULATING THE MAN HIMSELF HAS BEEN OUT MARKETING. THE PROSPECT OF HAVING THEIR FISHING GROUNDS CLOSED IS CONCERNING LOCALS ALONG THE SOUTH-EAST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO CREATE MORE MARINE SANCTUARIES, BUT SOME SOUTHERNERS ARE WORRIED THAT WILL MEAN AN END TO THEIR TRADITIONAL WAY OF LIFE. MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. A WINDY DAY AT LONG POINT MEANS NO FISHING. BUT IF A PROPOSED MARINE SANCTUARY GOES AHEAD HERE, THERE'LL BE NO FISHING WHATSOEVER, ENDING A WAY OF LIFE FOR THESE LOCALS. WE'RE NOT ABOUT DESTROYING THE ECOSYSTEM OR ANYTHING. WE'RE ABOUT SUSTAINABLY USING IT, LIKE WE DO AS FARMERS OR FISHERMEN AND PAUA DIVERS. THEY HAVE SUSTAINABILITY IN THEIR HISTORY, INSTIGATING COMMUNITY-LEAD PAUA CONSERVATION ZONES IN THE AREA IN THE LATE '80S. BUT WITH LONG POINT ONE OF 20 SITES PROPOSED FOR A NETWORK OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS FROM SOUTHLAND TO TIMARU, RECREATIONAL AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL FISHING COULD BE HALTED FOR MANY ON THE SOUTH ISLAND'S EAST COAST. LAWYER MAREE BAKER-GALLOWAY CHAIRS A FORUM HEARING PUBLIC FEEDBACK. WE'RE VERY AWARE OF THAT AND DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY THAT THESE PROPOSED MARINE RESERVES AND MARINE PROTECTED AREAS WILL CHANGE HOW SOME PEOPLE LIVE THEIR LIVES AND WILL CHANGE ASPECTS OF THEIR LIFESTYLE. THERE ARE LESS THAN THREE WEEKS LEFT FOR PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS ON THE FORUM'S PROPOSED SITES. DOWN IN THE SPARSELY POPULATED CATLINS, THERE'S A FEAR ENVIRONMENTAL LOBBY GROUPS IN FAVOUR OF THE PROPOSAL WILL DROWN THE VOICES OF THOSE THAT LIVE HERE. BIRD AND FOREST CAN SEND EMAILS ALL ROUND THE COUNTRY, AND THEY CAN MUSTER THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, WHEREAS WE'RE JUST CONCERNED LOCALS FOR OUR OWN DISTRICT. A DISTRICT WHICH MAY HAVE TO FIND NEW FISHING GROUNDS MANY KM AWAY. IF THIS AREA DOES BECOME A MARINE RESERVE, IT'LL MEAN FISHERMEN WILL HAVE TO TRAVEL A LOT FURTHER TO GET THEIR CATCH. AND WITH THE SEA PRONE TO BECOMING VERY VERY ROUGH VERY VERY QUICKLY, THERE ARE MAJOR CONCERNS AROUND SAFETY. YOU'VE GOT SIX COMMUNITIES THAT FISH LONG POINT. IF THEY ARE FORCED OFF-SHORE, WE ARE GONNA HAVE SMALL BOATS GETTING IN TROUBLE. IT'S NOT SAFE. WITH THEIR FUTURE GENERATIONS TOP OF MIND, THESE LOCALS ARE MAKING SURE THEY GET THEIR PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS IN BY THE DECEMBER 20 DEADLINE. MARK HATHAWAY, 1 NEWS. FIRST THEY FACED VIOLENCE AT HANDS OF BOKO HARAM. COMING UP ` HOW MILLIONS OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF NIGERIA'S WAR AGAINST THE ISLAMIST REBELS ARE NOW FACING STARVATION. HE'S NOT IN POWER JUST YET, BUT AMERICA'S INCOMING PRESIDENT'S ALREADY ANGERED CHINA, SIMPLY BY ANSWERING A PHONE CALL. AND HE'S A WANTED MAN. POLICE ARE HUNTING A TEENAGER WHO FILMS HIMSELF TEETERING ON THE EDGE OF MANHATTAN SKYSCRAPERS AND POSTS IT ON HIS OWN YOUTUBE CHANNEL. THAT'S NEXT. DONALD TRUMP HAS RISKED A DISPUTE WITH CHINA BY HAVING A PHONE CALL WITH THE PRESIDENT OF TAIWAN. IT'S THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1979 THAT A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRY'S LEADERS, OR A PRESIDENT-ELECT IN THIS CASE, HAS BEEN REPORTED. IN A STATEMENT, DONALD TRUMP'S TEAM SAID THE PAIR DISCUSSED THEIR CLOSE ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SECURITY TIES. BUT IT'S LIKELY TO ANGER CHINA, WHICH CONSIDERS TAIWAN A RENEGADE STATE. THIS COMES AFTER TRUMP APPOINTED RETIRED GENERAL JAMES 'MAD DOG' MATTIS AS HIS DEFENCE SECRETARY. 400,000 CHILDREN IN NORTHERN NIGERIA ARE SUFFERING ACUTE MALNUTRITION, AND WITHOUT URGENT HELP, MANY WILL STARVE TO DEATH. THE BBC'S MARTIN PATIENCE REPORTS FROM MAIDUGURI WHERE A SMALL NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS ARE STRUGGLING TO COPE. AND A WARNING, YOU MAY FIND SOME PICTURES IN THIS REPORT DISTRESSING. THEY'VE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM, THE ISLAMIST MILITANT GROUP THAT'S DEVASTATED THIS REGION. BUT AS NIGERIAN FORCES REGAIN TERRITORY, THE FULL SCALE OF THE SUFFERING IS BEING REVEALED. STARVATION. MILLIONS ARE AT RISK. THOSE IN THIS CLINIC ARE AT LEAST GETTING SOME HELP. ALI IS 2. HE'S SUFFERING FROM SEVERE MALNUTRITION, WEIGHING LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT HE SHOULD. HIS MOTHER, ZARA, SAYS SOMETIMES THEY DIDN'T EAT FOR THREE DAYS STRAIGHT, AND THEN THERE'S 1-MONTH-OLD MOHAMMEDU. HIS BODY IS BLOATED FROM MALNUTRITION. HIS MOTHER, AIESHA, HAS SIX OTHER CHILDREN TO FEED. 'IT'S UNBELIEVABLY DIFFICULT TO GET FOOD HERE,' SHE SAYS. 'I HAVE TO SEND MY CHILDREN OUT TO BEG.' THOSE WHO HAVE FLED THE FIGHTING NOW LIVE IN SPRAWLING CAMPS. NIGERIA'S GOVERNMENT SAYS IT CAN'T COPE WITH THE GROWING CRISIS. PEOPLE ARE DYING FOR THE LACK OF FOOD. WE SEE OVER 400,000 CHILDREN ACUTELY MALNOURISHED. I MEAN, THAT HUGE NUMBER ` 1� MILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED, UPWARDS OF 7 MILLION PEOPLE NOT ABLE TO COPE WITH THEIR BASIC FOOD NEEDS. TRANSLATOR: THE BOKO HARAM MEN WERE IN OUR VILLAGE. THERE WAS NO FOOD, NO DRINKING WATER. AND EVEN IF WE BOUGHT FOOD, THE MILITANTS WOULD TAKE IT OFF US. LIFE IS A LITTLE BETTER HERE, BUT MY MAIN PROBLEM IS FEEDING MY CHILDREN. AFTER YEARS OF VIOLENCE, THIS CONFLICT IS NOW TURNING INTO A WIDER CRISIS. AND HUNGER COULD END UP KILLING MORE PEOPLE THAN BOKO HARAM. THE UNITED NATIONS IS APPEALING FOR A BILLION DOLLARS OF HUMANITARIAN AID. SURVIVORS OF AUSTRALIA'S STOLEN GENERATION ARE BEING OFFERED COMPENSATION AS PART OF A $76 MILLION PACKAGE FROM THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ABORIGINAL CHILDREN WERE FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM THEIR FAMILIES IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY, AND MANY WERE PUT INTO CHILDREN'S HOMES WHERE THEY SUFFERED ABUSE. THE VICTIMS IN NEW SOUTH WALES WILL RECEIVE A $78,000 LUMP SUM PAYMENT AND OTHER SUPPORT. TASMANIA AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA HAVE ALREADY PAID REPARATIONS BUT SOME SURVIVORS SAY IT'S TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. A FORMER CHELSEA FOOTBALLER SAYS THE CLUB PAID HIM CLOSE TO $900,000 TO KEEP QUIET ABOUT CLAIMS HE WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY A FORMER CLUB EMPLOYEE. GARY JOHNSON SAYS HE WAS ABUSED HUNDREDS OF TIMES AS A CHILD IN THE '70s BY A FORMER TALENT SCOUT WHO HAS SINCE DIED. HE SAYS LAST YEAR HE SIGNED A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT AND ACCEPTED A PAYMENT FROM THE CLUB. BUT NOW CHELSEA'S ALLOWED HIM TO SPEAK OUT. FOR THEM TO HAVE PAID THE MONEY THAT THEY PAID WITH AN ORDER THAT TELLS YOU THAT THEY REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO ADMIT OR HELP MYSELF FOR FEAR OF BEING EXPOSED. MEANWHILE, CAPTAINS OF THREE ENGLAND FOOTBALL TEAMS HAVE TAKEN PART IN A VIDEO ABOUT HOW TO KEEP CHILDREN IN THE SPORT SAFE. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE FLED INTENSE FIGHTING IN THE SYRIAN CITY OF ALEPPO OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS AS GOVERNMENT FORCES RETAKE TERRITORY FROM REBEL GROUPS. DESPERATE FAMILIES HAVE DESCRIBED THE DANGERS THEY FACED DURING THEIR ESCAPE, AS THE BBC'S LYSE DOUCET REPORTS. AN ABANDONED WAREHOUSE IN A DERELICT INDUSTRIAL ZONE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ALEPPO. (COUGHS) COLD, BLEAK, NOT WHAT ANY CHILD WOULD RECOGNISE AS A HOME. THIS IS WHERE THOUSANDS WHO FLED EAST ALEPPO ARE TAKEN WHEN THEY ARRIVE IN THE GOVERNMENT-HELD WEST, SOME BRINGING ONLY THE CLOTHES THEY WERE WEARING. THEY'RE SAFE BUT EXHAUSTED. THIS WOMAN FLED WITH HER HUSBAND FIVE CHILDREN. (SPEAKS ARABIC) 'WE'RE HAPPY WE LEFT,' SHE TELLS ME. 'THERE WAS HEAVY SHELLING THERE, 'AND OUR CHILDREN WERE STARVING. IT'S BETTER HERE.' BUT NO ONE WANTS TO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN HERE FOR LONG. ZAINAB IS 10 DAYS OLD. SHE'S ALMOST AS OLD AS THIS OFFENSIVE AGAINST EASTERN ALEPPO. BORN INTO THE HEAT OF THE WAR, NOW LIVING HERE IN THE FREEZING COLD WINTER, IN SUCH A BLEAK, BLEAK PLACE TO START LIFE. FWAAD IS ONLY 15. THREE MONTHS AGO, HE LOST HIS LEG WHEN HIS WORKPLACE WAS SHELLED. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: THERE WERE NO GOOD DOCTORS. MY LEG KEPT BLEEDING, SO THEY HAD TO CUT IT OFF. THERE WAS A HOSPITAL, BUT THERE WERE NO MEDICINES. I WAS IN GREAT PAIN. IT'S NOT THE ONLY TRAGEDY IN THIS FAMILY. LAST YEAR, THE ELDEST SON WAS KILLED BY SHELLING. THEN, ON THEIR JOURNEY HERE, THEY SAY THEY CAME UNDER FIRE FROM REBEL FIGHTERS TRYING TO STOP THEM FROM LEAVING. IT'S PLAYTIME FOR THE CHILDREN IN THIS TEMPORARY SHELTER. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HAVING FUN. MOST OF THESE CHILDREN HAVE ONLY EVER KNOWN WAR. THEY ALL GREW UP IN A REBEL AREA OPPOSED TO PRESIDENT ASSAD. TODAY THEY'RE BEING TAUGHT TO CHANT SLOGANS TO PRAISE HIM. 30,000 PEOPLE HAVE FLED EASTERN ALEPPO IN JUST THE PAST FEW DAYS. A TEENAGE DAREDEVIL WHO FILMED HIMSELF CLIMBING NEW YORK SKYSCRAPERS HAS TURNED HIMSELF IN TO POLICE. JUSTIN CASQUEJO HAS SCALED DOZENS OF BRIDGES AND BUILDINGS, POSTING HIS DEATH-DEFYING ADVENTURES ONLINE. TODAY HE WAS CHARGED WITH RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT AND CRIMINAL TRESPASSING. IT'S NOT THE 18-YEAR-OLD'S FIRST BRUSH WITH THE LAW, THOUGH. HE WAS SENTENCED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE AFTER A SIMILAR STUNT TWO YEARS AGO. CHRIS IS HERE WITH TODAY'S WEATHER NOW. PRETTY SETTLED OVER THE COUNTRY TODAY? YES, WE HAD THAT WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER US TODAY. SHOT OF THE DAY, THOUGH, CLARE KING IN THE MACKENZIE BASIN. MOSTLY CLEAR AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, JUST SOME FAIR WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS OVER THE CENTRAL AND UPPER NORTH ISLAND. PLACES NORTH OF HAMILTON HAD CLOUDY PERIODS THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING BUT STAYED PRETTY DRY MAINLY BECAUSE OF A VERY SLOW-MOVING WEAK PRESSURE TROUGH CLOSE TO THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ NOW TO OUR LIVE WEATHER CAMERAS. THAT'S TODAY'S WEATHER. YOUR FULL FORECAST IS COMING UP AFTER SPORT. NEXT, IS THE GREAT BARRIER REEF DYING? WHY CATASTROPHIC CORAL BLEACHING COULD SEE THIS ICONIC AUSTRALIAN TOURIST ATTRACTION PUT ON A 'DANGER' LIST. AND RECOGNISE THIS? THE PATEA MAORI CLUB'S STILL GOT IT MORE THAN 30 YEARS ON FROM FINDING FAME. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT. LEGENDARY KIWI SINGER RAY COLUMBUS, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS HIT SONG 'SHE'S A MOD', HAS BEEN FAREWELLED IN AUCKLAND TODAY. THE 74-YEAR-OLD'S FRIENDS FROM THE MUSIC INDUSTRY SANG TRIBUTES, WITH THOSE PAYING THEIR RESPECTS ALSO JOINING IN WITH A SING-ALONG. AND POLLS CLOSE IN THE MT ROSKILL BY-ELECTION WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES AS CANDIDATES VIE FOR THE SEAT LEFT VACANT BY AUCKLAND'S NEW MAYOR PHIL GOFF. IN THE WAKE OF THE KAIKOURA QUAKE, CHANGES ARE HAVING TO BE MADE TO THE WAY GOODS ARE MOVED AROUND THE COUNTRY. WITH DAMAGE TO ROADS, RAIL AND WELLINGTON'S PORT, COASTAL SHIPPING IS BEING LOOKED AT AS A REAL OPTION WITH MORE CONTAINERS HEADING STRAIGHT FROM AUCKLAND TO LYTTLETON. LOADING UP IN AUCKLAND BEFORE HEADING OFF. THIS SHIP IS BOUND FOR CANTERBURY. BASICALLY, OUR BUSINESS TO LYTTLETON HAS DOUBLED OVERNIGHT. WE WERE SHIPPING AROUND A THOUSAND CONTAINERS A WEEK DOWN THERE, AND NOW IT'S OVER 2000. THAT'S BECAUSE STATE HIGHWAY 1 AND THE RAIL NETWORK IN THE UPPER SOUTH ISLAND HAVE BEEN SEVERED BY THE EARTHQUAKES. THE ONLY ROAD ALTERNATIVE ` THIS INLAND ROUTE FROM PICTON TO CHRISTCHURCH. WE'RE IN THE BUSIEST FREIGHT SEASON OF THE YEAR. IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, THERE WILL BE UP TO 1000 HEAVY TRUCKS A DAY ON THAT ROAD. BUT THE TARMAC IS NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT SORT OF TRAFFIC, MAKING THE SEA AN INCREASINGLY ATTRACTIVE OPTION. GIVEN THE CHOKE POINTS AND THE VULNERABILITY IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, COASTAL SHIPPING HAS A REAL POSSIBILITY, AND THERE HAS BEEN QUITE AN UPSURGE OF MOVEMENT, AND THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE THAT PROVIDING RELIEF TO WHAT IS A HIGHLY STRESSED AND VULNERABLE ROUTE. BUSINESS IS BOOMING ON THE WATER. THE OPTIONS WHICH WE ARE EXPLORING RIGHT NOW AND VERY SERIOUSLY ARE WHETHER OR NOT WE REPLACE THE CURRENT VESSEL 'SPIRIT OF CANTERBURY' WITH A BIGGER VESSEL OR WHETHER WE BRING EXTRA TONNAGE ON BY WAY OF ANOTHER SHIP. KIWIRAIL'S ALSO BEEN LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS WITH ITS RAILS DAMAGED, AND THIS TRAIN GOING NOWHERE. SO IT'S BOUGHT UP CONTAINER SPACE ON INTERNATIONAL SHIPS THAT STOP THROUGH AUCKLAND AND LYTTLETON. IT CAN RUN UP TO THREE TIMES A WEEK AND IT'S JUST A VERY QUICK INITIATIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CUSTOMERS CAN MOVE TO AVOID THE CONGESTION ON THAT STATE HIGHWAY 7. IT, TOO, LOOKING AT WHETHER TO INTRODUCE A DEDICATED COASTAL SERVICE IF FREIGHT VOLUMES HOLD UP AFTER CHRISTMAS. THE GREAT BARRIER REEF IS AT RISK OF LOSING ITS WORLD HERITAGE STATUS BECAUSE AUSTRALIA'S TAKING TOO LONG TO REVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE. THE REEF COULD BE PLACED ON UNESCO'S 'IN DANGER' LIST WITH CORAL BLEACHING AND A FAILURE TO TOUGHEN UP QUEENSLAND'S TREE-LEARING LAWS ` MAJOR SETBACKS IN A 35-EAR PLAN TO REVITALISE THE REEF. WE ARE FALLING BEHIND IN OUR PROMISES TO THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE. IT'S TIME TO RECOGNISE THAT, AND IT'S TIME TO LIFT OUR GAME. THE REEF BRINGS IN ABOUT $6 BILLION A YEAR IN TOURISM AND PROVIDES 70,000 JOBS. IT'S BEEN 32 YEARS SINCE THE SONG 'POI E' WAS RELEASED AND WENT TO NUMBER ONE ON THE POP CHARTS. YESTERDAY THE ORIGINAL PERFORMERS PACKED INTO A VAN AND TRAVELLED SEVEN HOURS TO AUCKLAND TO SHARE THEIR MUSIC ONCE AGAIN. LISETTE REYMER WENT ALONG FOR THE SHOW. # POI E # IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS GROUP HAS SUNG 'POI E'. IT DOESN'T MATTER. YOU HEAR IT, AND YOUR FOOT'S GOING, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GIVE A BIT OF A CLAP. IN FACT, THEY'VE LOST COUNT. EVERY TIME YOU HEAR IT, YOU'VE STILL GOT TO SING IT. YOU SEE, THESE GUYS ARE ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAMOUS TUNE. # POI E # IN 1984, THE PATEA MAORI CLUB RELEASED THIS SONG TO BRING HOPE TO A TOWN REELING FROM JOB CUTS AT THE LOCAL FREEZING WORKS. WHEN WE FIRST HEARD IT, WE THOUGHT, 'OH, IT'S GONNA BE JUST A SONG.' DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA GET OFF THE GROUND LIKE IT DID, BUT YEAH. NO, WE WERE ALL EXCITED AND, YOU KNOW, THRILLED. THE SONG SHATTERED RECORDS, BECOMING THE FIRST TE REO SONG TO EVER REACH NUMBER ONE ON THE KIWI CHARTS, WHERE IT STAYED FOR FOUR WEEKS. # KAUA HE REREKE # IN 2010, THE ANTHEM RETURNED TO THE SPOTLIGHT, COURTESY OF TAIKA WAITITI'S COMEDY 'BOY'. AND THEN, JUST MONTHS AGO, IT WAS GIFTED ITS THIRD RESURGENCE, THANKS TO ITS VERY OWN MOVIE. THE WHOLE STUDIO FILLS UP. SOME OF US HAD NEVER EVER SEEN A MICROPHONE BEFORE. SINCE THEN, THE CLUB HAS BEEN IN HIGH DEMAND, PERFORMING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY BUT NEVER FORGETTING WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. IT'S VERY EMOTIONAL FOR A LOT OF US AT THE MOMENT, JUST REMEMBERING OUR UNCLE AND AUNTY THAT WROTE THIS AND THEN PASSED IT ON TO EVERYONE ELSE THAT WOULD ENJOY IT. THEY RECKON THE REST OF THE ORIGINALS WOULD BE PRETTY CHUFFED ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE MANAGED. OH, THEY'D BE SO PROUD. HE WOULD BE OVER THE MOON. AND THEY'RE NOT STOPPING HERE, WITH BIG DREAMS OF GOING GLOBAL. OH, THAT'S OUR PLAN. HOPEFUL. JEEZ. ONE THING'S FOR SURE ` THE PATEA MAORI CLUB HAVE STILL GOT IT. # TAKU POI E. # LISETTE REYMER, 1 NEWS. JENNY-MAY WITH SPORT. LOOKING TO TOMORROW'S ODI SERIES AGAINST AUSTRALIA. WE'LL HEAD TO SYDNEY AFTER THE BREAK WHERE KIM DOWNS IS WITH THE TEAM AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL. ALSO ON THE WAY, ON THE CUSP OF GLORY, BUT COULD THIS MOMENT COST KIWI DRIVER SHANE VAN GISBERGEN THE V8 SUPERCARS TITLE? THAT TRANS-TASMAN RIVALRY'S ALIVE IN THE WOMENS SEVENS. NZ BURYING THEIR OLYMPIC DEMONS IN DUBAI. AND VINTAGE TIGER. SECOND-LAST YESTERDAY BUT REWINDING THE CLOCK TODAY TO SIT MIDDLE OF THE BUNCH. TOMORROW ON Q+A, WE WILL HAVE THE WINNER OF THE MT ROSKILL BY-ELECTION. THEN AN EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH LABOUR LEADER ANDREW LITTLE ON HIS PARTY'S FORTUNES. AND NATIONAL MP PAUL FOSTER-BELL TALKS ABOUT HIS FUTURE IN POLITICS. ALL THAT AND MUCH MORE TOMORROW MORNING AT 9 HERE ON 1. Your reward points can be a passport to travel, but when you try to use them, you may find they don't all go the distance. For example, the same number of membership rewards points from American Express that will get you to a ball game in LA... ..may only gets you part way with other cards. Just part of the altogether more rewarding service we deliver daily. American Express. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS INSIST THEY'VE MOVED ON FROM THE INTERNAL SPAT THAT'S OVERSHADOWED MUCH OF THE BUILD-UP TO TOMORROW'S CHAPPELL HADLEE OPENER. THEY'VE FINED ALL-ROUNDER GLENN MAXWELL FOR PUBLICALLY CRITICISING TEAMMATE MATTHEW WADE. FOR MORE, WE GO TO KIMBERLEE DOWNS, WHO'S IN SYDNEY. KIM? LAST THING A TEAM REALLY WANTS ON THE EVE OF A BIG GAME. SPECULATION AROUND WHETHER TWO TEAMMATES ARE EVEN TALKING. AND TODAY AUSTRALIAN CAPTAIN STEVE SMITH GAVE HIS ALL-ROUNDER A BIT OF A PUBLIC DRESSING-DOWN, CALLING HIM DISRESPECTFUL. IT'S ALL A SIDE SHOW FOR THE BLACKCAPS, THOUGH, WHO HAVE ENOUGH TO WORRY ABOUT AS THEY ATTEMPT TO RETAIN THE CHAPPELL HADLEE AND CREATE HISTORY. ONE OF THE BLACKCAPS' OFT-REPEATED LINES IN RECENT YEARS HAS BEEN TO FOCUS ON THE PROCESS, NOT THE OUTCOMES. BUT FOR THIS SERIES, KANE WILLIAMSON'S BARELY HAD TIME FOR THAT, LET ALONE PONDER WHAT RARE SUCCESS IN AUSTRALIA WOULD MEAN. IT'S HARD WITHOUT HAVING A HUGE AMOUNT OF PREPARATION FOR THE SERIES THESE DAYS. YOU SORT OF COME OFF THE BACK OF ONE STRAIGHT INTO THE NEXT AND YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH RIGHT IN THE NOW IN TERMS OF HOW THE PREPARATION IS, AND YOU DON'T LOOK TOO FAR AHEAD. NZ TODAY MAKING THE MOST OF THEIR SMALL WINDOW TO FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH THE SCG'S BIGGER DIMENSIONS, ONES AUSTRALIA ARE HOPING WORK TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. IT PROBABLY COMES INTO STOPPING TWOS IN THE FIELD AND RUNNING TWOS WHEN YOU'RE BATTING AND LOOKING TO ASSESS THOSE CONDITIONS AS BEST YOU CAN, SO THE GROUND SIZE, THE PITCH POSITION ALL COME INTO THAT. THE AUSSIES' COMFORT, ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS EVIDENT. THERE WERE MORE CAMERAS THAN PLAYERS AT THEIR OPTIONAL TRAINING SESSION TODAY. COACH DARREN LEHMANN CAUTIOUS IN THE NETS. THE CAPTAIN JUST AS WARY WITH HIS WORDS AS HE TALKED UP HIS KIWI OPPONENTS. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE AT OUR BEST IF WE'RE CONNA BEAT THEM IN THIS SERIES. THE AUSTRALIANS WOULD HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO FEEL CONFIDENT. THEY HAVEN'T LOST A ONE-DAY SERIES AT HOME IN SIX YEARS. AS FOR THEIR RECENT HISTORY HERE IN SYDNEY, THEY'VE WON 10 OF THEIR LAST 13 COMPLETED MATCHES AT THE SCG SINCE THE BLACKCAPS LAST PLAYED HERE IN 2009. SKIPPER SMITH TODAY HIGHLIGHTING HIS OPPOSITE AS THE GLUE FOR NZ. KANE'S A QUALITY PLAYER AND WE KNOW HE'S CAPABLE OF SCORING BIG RUNS, SO, YEAH, HE'S CERTAINLY ONE THAT WE'LL NEED TO GET ON TOP OF. ALL EYES NOW ON TOMORROW AND WHAT NEW SCENES MAY EVENTUATE AT THIS FAMOUS OLD GROUND. WHEN IT COMES TO THE ORIGINAL 11, IT'S BEING KEPT SECRET. TRENT BOLT WILL BE PLAYIN.G DO YOU KNOW WHO IS TAKING THE FIELD TOMORROW. KANE WILL NAME IT BEFORE THE TOSS TOMORROW. I CAN'T TELL YOU TOO MUCH AT THE MOMENT. ARE YOU EXPECTING SLEDGING YES, IT'S PART AND PARCEL OF COMING TO AUSTRALIA. YOU EXPECT IT. ANY AUSTRALIAN SCALP YOU WOULD LIKE DAVID WARNER WOULD BE NICE. HE'S A MASSIVE PLAYER THE SCENE IS SET HERE. STAYING IN SYDNEY AND FIFTH PLACE IS ALL KIWI V8 DRIVER SHANE VAN GISBERGEN NEEDS TONIGHT TO SECURE THE FIRST V8 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE FOR A NZER IN A QUARTER OF A CENTURY. THE GIZ ISN'T EXACTLY ONE TO BE HAPPY WITH FIFTH, THOUGH, PUSHING HIS RED BULL CAR TO THE FRONT OF THE PACK IN THIS AFTERNOON'S QUALIFYING. AND WHAT A PERFORMANCE FOR THE YOUNG KIWI. ON A DAY WHEN HE NEEDED TO BE ON POLE, HE TURNS IT ON. THE CAR'S FANTASTIC ` BOTH OF THEM. SO THANKS TO THE TEAM. WE'RE ON THE FRONT ROW, THAT'S AWESOME. LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AFTERNOON'S RACE. THAT RACE GETTING UNDERWAY ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, WITH VAN GISBERGEN IMMEDIATELY PUT ON THE BACK FOOT. AND WINCUP HAS MADE A BLINDER. SO HAS MCLAUGHLIN. VAN GISBERGEN IS GOING TO BE SWAPPED TO TURN ONE. AND NOW WE'VE GOT COURTNAY UP THE INSIDE OF VAN GISBERGEN. IT'S A DISASTROUS START FOR THE KIWI. THE KIWI FALLING ALL THE WAY BACK TO SIXTH PLACE ON THE FIRST LAP, AND THEN CAUSING THIS CRASH TO MARK WINTERBOTTOM, GIVING HIM A PENALTY. HE'S NOW OUTSIDE THE TOP TEN, MEANING HE'LL LIKELY HAVE TO WAIT TILL TOMORROW TO HAVE A CHANCE OF CLAIMING THE TITLE. THE POST-SIR GORDON TIETJENS ERA HAS GOT OFF TO A ROCKY START FOR THE NZ MEN'S SEVENS SIDE, FINISHING SECOND IN THEIR POOL AFTER TWO WINS AND A 26-12 LOSS TO ENGLAND IN DUBAI. THE KIWIS WILL NOW FACE SOUTH AFRICA IN TONIGHT'S QUARTER-FINALS. AND THE WOMEN'S TEAM HAS WELCOMED IN ITS NEW ERA UNDER A NEW COACH BY TURNING THE TABLES ON THE OLYMPIC CHAMPION AUSSIES AT THE SAME TOURNAMENT. LETS FACE IT, KIWIS LOVE AUSSIES BUT NOT WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING SPORT AGAINST EACH OTHER. DOMINANT OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS, THE AUSSIE WOMEN HELD THE EDGE HEADING INTO THE FINAL. BUT WITH THE MOTIVATION OF REDEMPTION AND REVENGE, THE SEVENS SISTERS STUNNED THE OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS EARLY. WOODMAN. SHE'S GOT GAME, WOODMAN. SHE'S BACK, BABY! AUSTRALIA APPLIED THE PRESSURE BEFORE HALF-TIME, BUT NZ WERE MORE THAN UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. SLIDES IT IN OPENING UP A 10-POINT LEAD. A LEAD THEY WOULDN'T RELINQUISH, SEEMINGLY HELL BENT ON HAMMERING THEIR TRANS-TASMAN RIVALS. THAT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER TRY. DESPITE A LATE CONSOLATION TRY FOR THE AUSSIES, NZ'S 17-5 WIN EVEN MORE REMARKABLE GIVEN INJURIES MEANT THEY WERE DOWN TO 10 PLAYERS FOR MOST OF THE TOURNAMENT. WE KNEW IF WE WANTED TO START OUR NEXT CYCLE OFF STRONG, WE HAD TO WIN AT THIS TOURNAMENT, AND I'M PLEASED THEY ONLY SCORED ONE TRY IN THAT FINAL. TIME TO ADD A LITTLE BOOM-BOOM TO THE BIG PRIZE. NZ NUMBER ONE. THE JUBILATION HARD TO CONTAIN FOR SOME AND FOR OTHERS, WELL, IT WAS ALL A BIT TOO MUCH. I'M SPEECHLESS. I'M SO SPEECHLESS RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING. I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL. I'M SO HONORED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I'M SO HAPPY. NEW SERIES, NEW MANAGEMENT... ALL PERFORM HAKA NEXT STOP SYDNEY IN THE NEW YEAR. THE ALL BLACKS GET A CRACK AT EDDIE JONES' REVITALISED ENGLAND RUGBY TEAM NEXT YEAR. UNTIL THEN, ABOUT THE NEXT BEST THING WILL BE SEEING IF THE WALLABIES CAN BRING EDDIE BACK TO EARTH TOMORROW MORNING. THE MATCH IS SET TO TAKE THE WORDS 'BITTER RIVALRY' TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. HERE'S THE BBC'S JOE WILSON. AUTUMN LEAVES, A HINT OF FROST, AND RUGBY UNION. THE YEAR IS ALMOST SPENT. BUT ENGLAND INSISTS THEY'RE REACHING THEIR PHYSICAL PEAK. IN 2016 SO FAR, THEY'VE WON EVERY MATCH. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? TO JONNY MAY! LAST AUTUMN THEY WERE HUMBLED HERE AT TWICKENHAM AT THEIR OWN WORLD CUP. THEY HIRED EDDIE JONES. THEY'VE NOT LOST SINCE. DO YOU THINK YOU'VE HAD TO RESCUE THE WHOLE REPUTATION OF THE ENGLISH RUGBY UNION? I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU GET KNOCKED OUT OF THE POOL ROUNDS WHEN YOU'RE THE HOST COUNTRY. IT'S HARD. AND I THINK WHENEVER YOU HIT ROCK BOTTOM, THERE'S A CHANCE TO BOUNCE BACK, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE. AND THE PLAYERS HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. WELL, IF ENGLAND BEAT AUSTRALIA TOMORROW, THEY'LL EQUAL ENGLAND'S BEST EVER WINNING STREAK, A RECORD SET BY THE FAMOUS TEAM THAT WENT WON THE WORLD CUP IN 2003. THIS SQUAD HAVE REAL POTENTIAL, AND PROBABLY HAVE MORE POTENTIAL THAN WE DID IN '03. WELL, ENGLAND VS AUSTRALIA AT TWICKENHAM IS COACH VS COACH. EDDIE JONES, WHO WAS ONCE AUSTRALIA'S COACH, AGAINST MICHAEL CHEIKA, WHO NOW IS. CHEIKA DISLIKES COMMENTS JONES MADE WHEN HE TOURED AUSTRALIA IN THE SUMMER WITH ENGLAND. HERE'S CHEIKA EARLIER THIS WEEK. THERE'S A LOT OF VITRIOL ABOUT AUSTRALIA, YOU KNOW, HIS HOME NATION, WHERE HE COACHED AND WHERE THE OPPORTUNITIES WERE GIVEN TO HIM TO GROW UP AS A COACH, YOU KNOW? HE'S CHOSEN TO TAKE A DIFFERENT SLANT ON THE WEEK THIS WEEK AND BECOME QUITE PERSONAL ABOUT WHAT HE SAID. BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHAKE HIS HAND AFTER THE GAME AND OFFER HIM A WARM BEER. WELL, A WARM BEER IS BETTER THAN A COLD SHOULDER. ALTHOUGH THE AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER PREVIEWS THE MATCH WITH THIS IMAGE OF EDDIE JONES. SUBTLE (!) TOMORROW 2.30 IS WHEN IT KICKS OFF OFFICIALLY. TIGER WOODS' BEST ROUND IN THREE YEARS HAS SEEN THE HOST OF THE HERO WORLD CHALLENGE VAULT UP THE LEADERBOARD IN THE BAHAMAS, WOODS MOVING FROM LAST TO A TIE FOR NINTH, ENJOYING SEVEN BIRDIES IN A SEVEN UNDER ROUND OF 65, BOGEY-FREE, THANKS TO THIS. WILL IT KEEP TURNING? THERE WE GO. THERE'S A LITTLE TIGER FIST PUMP. WOODS FIVE OFF THE LEAD WHICH WAS HELD BY JB HOLMES UNTIL HE WENT PADDLING AT THE PAR THREE 12TH. UH-OH. IT WENT BACKWARDS. I HEARD HIM SAY IT HIT A ROCK. HOLMES EMERGING AT THE SECOND TIME OF ASKING, DROPPING TWO SHOTS. BUT BATTLING TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE LEADERS AT THE AUSSIE PGA IS RYAN FOX. THE KIWI DROPPING THREE SHOTS IN THE FIRST FIVE HOLES BEFORE STAGING A MINI RECOVERY AT THE PAR FOUR EIGHTH. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, HE'S HIT THIS REALLY NICELY. JUST A LITTLE DROP OF THE BALL. APPLAUSE WHAT A MAGNIFICENT SHOT FROM THE KIWI. FOX CURRENTLY 6TH, SEVEN SHOTS BACK. AND FINALLY IN SPORT ` BARELY A WEEK AFTER WINNING THE WORLD FORMULA ONE TITLE FOR THE FIRST TIME, GERMANY'S NICO ROSBERG HAS QUIT THE SPORT. THE MERCEDES DRIVER TAKING THE F1 WORLD BY SURPRISE AS HE PICKED UP THE WINNER'S TROPHY IN VIENNA, REVEALING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THE TOLL THE RIVALRY WITH TEAMMATE LEWIS HAMILTON'S TAKEN THIS YEAR. IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY TOUGH AS WELL. I REALLY GAVE IT EVERYTHING I HAD. I DIDN'T LEAVE A STONE UNTURNED. AND I'M NOT WILLING TO DO THAT AGAIN FOR NEXT YEAR. SO, YEAH, I'VE DECIDED TO CALL IT A DAY. THE 31-YEAR-OLD SAYING HE WANTS TO LEAVE THE SPORT WHILE HE'S AT HIS PEAK, ROSBERG STEPPING AWAY TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS WIFE, VIVIAN, AND THEIR BABY GIRL. I SEE I'VE MISSED THE CUT TO JOIN YOUR TRIATHLON TEAM FOR THE WORLD MASTERS GAMES NEXT YEAR? CHRIS IS HERE NEXT, AND MORE FINE WEATHER ON THE WAY? KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK. IT WAS FAIRLY SETTLED TODAY, A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTIVITY TOMORROW. PATCHY CLOUD OVER MANY PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND. WE'VE GOT A BRIGHT BAND OF FRONTAL CLOUD MOVING UP THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. CLEAR SKIES FURTHER NORTH WITH THIS BROAD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE HANGING ABOUT OUT HERE. KEEP AN EYE ON THESE. THE FRONT MOVES NORTHEAST UP THE WEST COAST THIS EVENING, SLOWS DOWN ABOUT BULLER ON SUNDAY MORNING WHILE THE WARM FRONT EXTENDS NORTHWARDS OVER TARANAKI TOMORROW EVENING. BECOMING FINE NORTH OF WAIKATO IN THE MORNING, BUT A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER INLAND PARTS OF EASTERN BAY OF PLENTY IN THE AFTERNOON. FINE BREAKS DEVELOPING ABOUT KAPITI FROM THE AFTERNOON. AND NICE AND FINE IN THE EAST TOO. A FEW SHOWERS INLAND FROM NELSON. REMAINING SHOWERS ABOUT CANTERBURY, OTAGO AND FIORDLAND CLEAR IN THE MORNING. BUT ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE INLAND IN THE AFTERNOON. A FEW MORNING SHOWERS FOR INVERCARGILL, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. MORNING CLOUD FOR THE REST THEN SUNNY SPELLS AND LIGHT WINDS. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S YOUR WEATHER FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AND THAT'S 1 NEWS THIS SATURDAY. REMEMBER YOU CAN KEEP UP TO DATE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENTS ON OUR STORIES TONIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE. THAT'S IT FROM US. GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY MADISON BATTEN AND ANNE LANGFORD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.