IT'S MIDDAY, MONDAY THE 5TH OF DECEMBER. THE DARKER SIDE OF PARADISE ` A DAMNING REPORT FINDS FIJI'S SECURITY FORCES ARE INVOLVED IN TORTURE, BRUTALITY AND SEXUAL ABUSE. THE DEATH TOLL FROM A CALIFORNIA DANCE PARTY FIRE CLIMBS TO 30 WITH ONLY 20% OF THE SITE SEARCHED SO FAR. THE NEW DETAILS EMERGING ABOUT THE BUILDING'S SAFETY RECORD. PLUS, THE AUSTRALIAN MAN CHARGED WITH CARELESS DRIVING AFTER CRASHING A $20M SUPERCAR NEAR QUEENSTOWN. WHY A PHOTOGRAPHER AT THE SCENE CLAIMS HE WAS OFFERED A WAD OF CASH. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. BUT FIRST, IT'S JUST BEEN CONFIRMED THE HEAD COACH OF THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX, ERNIE MERRICK, HAS STEPPED DOWN. SPORTS REPORTER JOHN MCKENZIE JOINS US NOW FROM THE CAPITAL WITH THE DETAILS. JOHN, DOES THIS COME AS A SURPRISE? IT COMES AS A SURPRISE. The club have been pretty poor. They are dead last on the table. They have confirmed the news in the last hour. Ernie Merrick says in a statement he takes full responsibility For the position of the club. Ernie even signed a three-year contract extension. If he is not winning, he knows the right time to step away. It will be interesting to see if any makes the flight. POLICE AND MILITARY BRUTALITY IN FIJI HAS BEEN THRUST INTO THE SPOTLIGHT FOLLOWING A DAMNING REPORT RELEASED BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUP. THE REPORT'S FOUND THE COUNTRY'S SECURITY FORCES ARE INVOLVED IN AN ALARMING NUMBER OF TORTURE AND ABUSE CASES, AND ITS RARE FOR ANYONE TO BE HELD TO ACCOUNT. THE ATTACKS AREN'T ISOLATED TO THOSE IN CUSTODY. ONE HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER'S TOLD 1 NEWS HE'S ALSO BEEN INTIMIDATED BY FORCES. I'VE FACED DEATH THREATS. MY HOME HAS BEEN ATTACKED. MY PARTNER WAS ATTACKED LAST YEAR, AND SHE SUFFERED BRAIN DAMAGE, AND SHE'S STILL GOING THROUGH REHABILITATION. MY STAFF WERE PICKED UP AND TORTURED LAST YEAR. SINCE THE 2006 COUP, FIVE PEOPLE HAVE DIED WHILE IN CUSTODY, WHILE THE REPORT SAYS OTHERS HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AND RAPED. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE INDEPENDENT MONITORING OF SECURITY FORCES SO THEY AREN'T INVESTIGATING THEMSELVES WHEN CASES COME TO LIGHT. DEMOLITION IS UNDERWAY AT THE LARGEST SHOPPING MALL IN THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND. THE CINEMA AND PARKING COMPLEX AT QUEENSGATE IN LOWER HUTT WAS DAMAGED IN LAST MONTH'S 7.8 KAIKOURA EARTHQUAKE. EMILY COOPER IS THERE AND JOINS US LIVE. EMILY, SOME DELAYS THIS MORNING, BUT HOW'S IT PROGRESSING NOW? It was pretty slow this morning. Demolition started 20 min ago. There were some delays. It was due to get started at 730 this morning. The whole structure needed to be rechecked following yesterday's 5.5 after-shock. EMILY, THE DEMOLITION'S EXPECTED TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS. HOW WILL NEARBY BUSINESSES BE IMPACTED? The structure is separate to the rest of the Mall. It is just the cinema and car park being demolished. They will be taken down piece by piece. The businesses in the fall zone will reopen after demo. The businesses that are in the fall zone Are frustrated. THANKS, EMILY. 20 MILK TANKERS ARE TODAY AMONG THE LARGEST CONVOYS YET TO TRAVEL ON THE KAIKOURA INLAND ROUTE SINCE THE EARTHQUAKE. FROM TODAY, MILK TANKERS AND ESSENTIAL FREIGHT VEHICLES ARE BEING GIVEN PRIORITY ACCESS IN AND OUT OF THE DISTRICT. THE MOVE PROVIDING RELIEF FOR THE REGION'S FARMERS, WHO HAVE HAD TO DUMP MILK. THIS AFTERNOON, MORE THAN 300 VEHICLES WILL LEAVE KAIKOURA, INCLUDING 80 RENTALS. THREE COMPANIES, INCLUDING STEEL AND TUBE, ARE BEING PROSECUTED BY THE COMMERCE COMMISSION FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION INTO SEISMIC MESH PRODUCTS USED TO STRENGTHEN CONCRETE. THE THREE COMPANIES, WHICH THE COMMISSION DIDN'T NAME, ARE ALLEGED TO HAVE MISREPRESENTED THAT A STEEL MESH PRODUCT THEY SOLD COMPLIED WITH THE RIGHT STANDARD. STEEL AND TUBE HAS REVEALED IT'S ONE OF THE COMPANIES FACING CHARGES, AND SAYS THE PROSECUTION RELATES TO THE APPLICATION OF TESTING, NOT PERFORMANCE OF ITS SEISMIC MESH. IT SAYS IT STANDS BY ITS PRODUCTS, HAS CONFIDENCE IN THEM AND NOTES THE TESTING ISSUE IS INDUSTRY WIDE. THE MAN WHO RAN THE KAYAK-HIRE BUSINESS IN TEKAPO WHERE TWO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS DIED LAST YEAR HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO TWO CHARGES LAID BY MARITIME NZ. RICKY JOHN HARTNETT APPEARED IN THE TIMARU DISTRICT COURT THIS MORNING, ADMITTING TO FAILING TO TAKE STEPS TO ENSURE NO ACTION HARMED ANY PERSON. HE ALSO ADMITTED OPERATING A SHIP WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION. JAMES MURPHY (20) AND DANIEL HOLLSTEINER (21) DIED AFTER BEING TIPPED INTO THE LAKE BY STRONG WINDS. RICKY HARTNETT WILL BE SENTENCED THIS AFTERNOON. AN ELDERLY COUPLE HAVE BEEN LEFT SHAKEN AFTER A CAR CRASHED INTO THEIR TAURANGA HOME OVERNIGHT. THE DRIVER OF THE UTE DIED AT THE SCENE WHILE THE PASSENGER WAS TREATED FOR MODERATE INJURIES. BOTH HAD TO BE FREED FROM THE WRECKAGE. EMERGENCY SERVICES SAY THE VEHICLE HAD CRASHED AND ROLLED BEFORE SMASHING INTO THE BEDROOM OF THE OTUMOETAI HOME. 30 BODIES HAVE SO FAR BEEN PULLED FROM THE CHARRED DEBRIS OF A CALIFORNIAN WAREHOUSE, RIPPED APART BY FIRE DURING A PARTY. DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING, FEARED DEAD. THE SAFETY RECORD OF THE BUILDING IS NOW UNDER CLOSE SCRUTINY, AS THE BBC'S JAMES COOK REPORTS. ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT THEY WORKED TO BRING OUT THE DEAD. IT WAS GRIM AND DANGEROUS TOIL. FIRE FIGHTERS SIFTING THROUGH THE CHARRED WRECKAGE BUCKET BY BUCKET. BY DAWN, THEY HAD SEARCHED JUST A FIFTH OF THE BUILDING AND HAD RECOVERED 24 BODIES WITH MORE STILL TO COME. THIS WILL BE A LONG AND ARDUOUS PROCESS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE RESPECTING THE VICTIMS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OUR FIRE FIGHTERS' SAFETY. IT WAS HEART-BREAKING. IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT SPARKED THE FIRE LATE ON FRIDAY NIGHT, AS DOZENS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE US AND ABROAD PARTIED. SURVIVORS SAID THERE WERE NO SPRINKLERS, NO SMOKE ALARMS AND, FOR MANY, NO WAY OUT. THE RAMSHACKLE WAREHOUSE, KNOWN AS THE GHOST SHIP, WAS A LABYRINTH OF ARTWORKS, CABLES AND DRIFTWOOD. FORMER RESIDENTS CALLED IT A DEADLY MAZE AND A DEATH-TRAP. AND AS THE DEATH TOLL MOUNTS, SO DO THE ALLEGATIONS ` ILLEGAL OCCUPATION, STOLEN WATER AND ELECTRICITY, ILLICIT CONSTRUCTION AND NO PERMIT FOR THE PARTY. CITY OFFICIALS WERE INVESTIGATING, BUT NOT QUICKLY ENOUGH. FOR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF THE MISSING, THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING WHO DIED IS AGONISINGLY SLOW. I WANNA BE THERE. GIVE ME SOME GLOVES. I GOT WORK SHOES. I'M READY. LET ME FIND MY BROTHER. SHE'S NOT ANSWERING HER PHONE. HE'S NOT ANSWERING HIS PHONE. AND NO ONE CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH THEM. THERE WILL BE A TIME FOR ANGER AND PERHAPS FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES, BUT FOR NOW, IN THE WORDS OF ONE BEREAVED MOTHER, REALITY IS CLAWING ITS WAY INTO OUR HEARTS. THERE ARE REPORTS THAT THE LAST BODY MISSING THE KAIPARA BOAT ACCIDENT HAS WASHED UP ON MURIWAI BEACH. IT'S THOUGHT TO BE THAT MISSING FISHERMAN TAULAGI AFAMASAGA BUT FORMAL IDENTIFICATION IS STILL TAKING PLACE. THE 'FRANCIE' BOAT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE CAPSIZED IN KAIPARA HARBOUR ON NOVEMBER 26, CARRYING 10 PEOPLE ON BOARD. JUST THREE SURVIVED THE TRAGEDY. PROTESTORS AGAINST A CONTROVERSIAL OIL PIPELINE IN THE US ARE DECLARING VICTORY AFTER THE PROJECT'S BEEN HALTED. US AUTHORITIES HAVE DENIED PERMISSION FOR THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE'S ROUTE, WHICH WAS SET TO GO THROUGH A NATIVE AMERICAN PRESERVATION. MILITARY VETERANS JOINED ACTIVISTS AT STANDING ROCK THIS WEEK, WITH MORE THAN 3000 PEOPLE, INCLUDER NZERS, PLEDGING TO JOIN THE DEMONSTRATION. THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BE FACING SOME WELL KNOWN COMPETITION IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION FOR HIS HELENSVILLE SEAT, THE GREEN PARTY THIS MORNING ANNOUNCING THAT TV PERSONALITY HAYLEY HOLT WILL RUN FOR THE LOCAL SEAT. JOHN KEY SAYS HE WELCOMES THE COMPETITION. IT'S A NORMAL TACTIC, ACTUALLY, THAT HIGH-PROFILE PEOPLE GIVE IT A BIT OF A GO IN MY SEAT. WE HAD LAILA HARRE LAST TIME, WE'VE HAD OTHER PEOPLE BEFORE, SO YOU KNOW, COME ONE, COME ALL. IT'S GOOD FOR POLITICS, I RECKON. THE FORMER BALLROOM DANCER FOUND FAME ON NZ'S 'DANCING WITH THE STARS' BEFORE LANDING PRESENTING ROLES ON 'THE CROWD GOES WILD' AND 'BACKBENCHERS'. THE DRIVER OF A MCLAREN SUPERCAR THAT CRASHED NEAR QUEENSTOWN OVER THE WEEKEND IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR DIVERSION, AS CLAIMS COME TO LIGHT ABOUT AN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT PUBLICITY OF THE CRASH. THE 1994 MCLAREN F1 ` CAPABLE OF TRAVELING AT NEARLY 400KM/H ` CRASHED ON THE QUEENSTOWN GLENORCHY ROAD ON SATURDAY. THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN BY AN AUSTRALIAN MAN AS PART OF 'THE EPIC NZ ROAD TOUR'. THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO TOOK THESE SHOTS TOLD ONE NEWS THE GROUP ASKED HIM HOW MUCH IT'D TAKE TO MAKE THE PHOTOS GO AWAY. AND WAVED A WAD OF CASH AT HIM. THE DRIVER, FACING CHARGES OF CARELESS DRIVING, DIDN'T APPEAR AT THE QUEENSTOWN DISTRICT COURT THIS MORNING AND HAS BEEN REMANDED UNTIL HIS NEXT APPEARANCE IN JANUARY. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, A RISING POPULIST, FAR-RIGHT MOVEMENT IN EUROPE DOESN'T SWAY AUSTRIAN VOTERS, WHO'VE ELECTED A NEW, LEFT-LEANING PRESIDENT. AND THE BLACKCAPS FALL SHORT IN THE OPENER, DESPITE A GUPTILL CENTURY. A CONTROVERSIAL AUSTRIAN POLITICIAN HAS FAILED IN HIS BID TO BECOME EUROPE'S FIRST FAR-RIGHT HEAD OF STATE SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR. NORBERT HOFER WAS DEFEATED BY HIS LEFT-WING RIVAL ALEXANDER VAN DER BELLEN, WHO WILL NOW BE AUSTRIA'S NEW PRESIDENT. HERE'S THE BBC'S JENNY HILL. AUSTRIA COULD HAVE LURCHED TO THE RIGHT. INSTEAD, ITS LIBERALS ARE CELEBRATING. THEIR CHOICE IS A FAN OF OPEN BORDERS, PASSIONATE ABOUT THE EU, AND DESPITE HIS GREEN BACKGROUND, STOOD AS AN INDEPENDENT. I WILL TRY TO BE AN OPEN-MINDED AND LIBERAL-MINDED AND FIRST OF ALL A PRO-EUROPEAN FEDERAL PRESIDENT. THE MAN AUSTRIA ELECTED COULDN'T BE MORE DIFFERENT TO THE ONE THE VOTERS REJECTED. NORBERT HOFER IS RIGHT WING, ANTI-IMMIGRANT, NATIONALIST. WHAT'S STRIKING ABOUT THIS ELECTION IS THAT NO MAINSTREAM PARTY CANDIDATE GOT ANYWHERE NEAR THE FINAL ROUND. MR HOFER MAY HAVE LOST THE BATTLE, BUT ARGUABLY HE CAN AFFORD TO BE MAGNANIMOUS IN DEFEAT. IN DEMOCRACY, THE VOTERS ARE ALWAYS RIGHT. IF THERE WERE A GENERAL ELECTION TOMORROW, POLLS SUGGEST HIS FAR-RIGHT FREEDOM PARTY WOULD TAKE A THIRD OF THE VOTE. MANY PEOPLE SAY AUSTRIA IS A DIVIDED COUNTRY. NO, NO, NO. MR VAN DER BELLEN AND ME, WE SHAKED HANDS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY VOTERS TO SUPPORT THE NEW PRESIDENT. THE FAR RIGHT DIDN'T WIN, BUT THEY CAME CLOSE. WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN AUSTRIA, BROADLY SPEAKING, REFLECTS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE STATES AND OTHER PARTS OF EUROPE ` RISING DISCONTENT WITH THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT AND AT THE SAME TIME SURGING SUPPORT FOR POPULIST AND NATIONALIST MOVEMENTS. THE MAN ONE CRITIC DUBBED A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING, HAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED HE'LL RUN AGAIN FOR PRESIDENT IN SIX YEAR'S TIME. NORBERT HOFER, HIS PARTY, HIS SUPPORTERS AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE. ITALY'S PRIME MINISTER HAS SUFFERED A HEAVY DEFEAT IN A REFERENDUM OVER HIS PLAN TO REFORM THE COUNTRY'S POST-WAR CONSTITUTION, ACCORDING TO EXIT POLLS. MATTEO RENZI, WHO CALLED THE VOTE, SAID HE'D RESIGN IF THE REFORMS WERE REJECTED, AND IS DUE TO MAKE A STATEMENT SHORTLY. THE REFERENDUM WAS REGARDED AS A BAROMETER OF ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT SENTIMENT IN EUROPE. THE EURO FELL AGAINST THE DOLLAR IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EXIT POLLS CAME OUT. A GUNMAN HAS SHOT DEAD A POLITICIAN AND TWO JOURNALISTS IN FINLAND AS THEY WERE LEAVING A RESTAURANT. THE MOTIVE FOR THE KILLINGS IN THE SMALL SOUTH-EASTERN TOWN OF IMATRA IS UNCLEAR. POLICE SAY THE THREE WOMEN APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN TARGETED RANDOMLY DESPITE THEIR HIGH PROFILES. A 23-YEAR-OLD LOCAL MAN WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD HAS BEEN ARRESTED. A WOMAN HAS DIED IN THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL TO HIT SPAIN'S SOUTH COAST IN YEARS. TOWNS HAVE BEEN FLOODED AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS ISSUED A PUBLIC WARNING. A 26-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE TOWN OF ESTEPONA, WHERE THE WATER HAS REACHED AS HIGH AS CAR ROOFS. MORE THAN 600 EMERGENCY WEATHER INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE'LL IMPOSE TAXES ON US FIRMS THAT MOVE MANUFACTURING OVERSEAS. THE US PRESIDENT-ELECT PROMISED A 35% TAX ON PRODUCTS SOLD OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY BY ANY BUSINESS THAT FIRED AMERICAN WORKERS AND BUILT A FACTORY SOMEWHERE ELSE. IN A SERIES OF TWEETS, HE WARNED THAT FIRMS SHOULD BE WARY OF MAKING A 'VERY EXPENSIVE MISTAKE'. RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT HAS COMPLIMENTED DONALD TRUMP ON CAMERA, CALLING THE PRESIDENT ELECT A 'CLEVER MAN'. VLADIMIR PUTIN SAID IN A STATE TV ADDRESS THAT TRUMP WAS 'ALREADY A STATESMAN' WHO SHOULD 'QUICKLY UNDERSTAND HIS ROLE'. PUTIN HAS PREVIOUSLY VOICED HOPES THAT TRUMP WILL HELP IMPROVE US-RUSSIA RELATIONS. FIDEL CASTRO'S ASHES HAVE BEEN LAID TO REST IN THE CUBAN CITY OF SANTIAGO NINE DAYS AFTER HIS DEATH. THOUSANDS LINED THE STREETS TO SEE THE PROCESSION HEADING TO A CEMETERY FOR A PRIVATE CEREMONY. AFTERWARDS, PEOPLE WERE BRIEFLY ALLOWED INSIDE THE CEMETERY TO THE REVOLUTIONARY LEADER'S TOMB. THE FUNERAL BRINGS AN END TO NINE DAYS OF NATIONAL MOURNING ACROSS CUBA. TO MIDDAY SPORT NOW, AND DESPITE A SCINTILLATING CENTURY BY MARTIN GUPTILL IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO PROPEL THE BLACKCAPS TO A WIN IN THE OPENING CHAPPELL HADLEE SERIES. KIMBERLEE DOWNS WITH ALL THE ACTION FROM THE SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND. ONE WRONG 'NOT OUT' DECISION AND A REFUSAL TO REVIEW. IT WOULD ARGUABLY BE THE TURNING POINT OF THE MATCH. STEVE SMITH, WHO SHOULD'VE BEEN OUT LBW/14, INSTEAD GOING ON TO MAKE THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL 1-DAY SCORE AT THE SCG. I WAS PRETTY GLAD THEY DIDN'T REVIEW IT. I THINK IT WAS OUT. AND THERE'S SOME CONFUSION AS TO HOW THE DECISION NOT TO REVIEW WAS MADE. FROM POINT, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO... YEAH, I'M SIDE-ON, SO I CAN'T REALLY TELL TOO MUCH. I THINK SOMEONE SAID THAT I'D HIT IT FROM POINT. I RECKON I'D HEARD SOMEONE SAY I'D HIT IT. I THINK THEY JUST RAN WITH THAT. I MAY HAVE LOOKED AT MY BAT AS WELL JUST TO THROW THEM. LAUGHTER THE AUSTRALIAN SKIPPER MAKING THE MOST OF IT REGARDLESS, AS HE PLUNDERED A CAREER-HIGH 164. HIS SIDE'S EFFORTS AIDED BY SLOPPY FIELDING AND POOR DISCIPLINE WITH THE BALL FROM THE BLACK CAPS. AND CHASING 325, NZ DIDN'T START WELL. BUT MARTIN GUPTILL STOOD FIRM, STRIKING BOUNDARY AFTER BOUNDARY IN A SCINTILLATING DISPLAY. AUSTRALIA LETTING ONE TOUGH CHANCE GO BEGGING AS THE OPENER SMASHED HIS WAY TO BECOMING JUST THE SECOND KIWI TO SCORE AN ODI CENTURY IN SYDNEY. YEAH, I THINK I'LL TAKE THAT ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. IT WASN'T AN EASY TASK OUT THERE. AUSTRALIA HAVE A REALLY GOOD BOWLING LINE-UP, AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET THROUGH IT. IF ONLY HIS COUNTRYMEN COULD'VE OFFERED SIMILAR RESISTANCE, THOUGH BJ WATLING DID SUCCUMB TO AN ABSOLUTE STUNNER. WHO ELSE BUT THAT MAN, SMITH? SURE, HE FACEPLANTED, BUT IT WAS THE KIWIS WHO HAD TO TAKE IT ON THE CHIN. AND ONCE GUPTILL DEPARTED FOR 114, THE RESULT SEEMED BEYOND DOUBT. THE BLACK CAPS' HOPES OF RETAINING THE CHAPPELL-HADLEE TROPHY BENT, IF NOT QUITE BROKEN, WITH A SECOND MATCH IN CANBERRA TOMORROW. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS, SYDNEY. TO GOLF, AND TIGER WOODS HAS SAVED HIS WORST FOR LAST IN HIS RETURN TO COMPETITIVE GOLF, SHOOTING A FOUR OVER PAR 76 IN THE FINAL ROUND OF HIS OWN TOURNAMENT IN THE BAHAMAS. WOODS HAD STARTED THE DAY IN 10TH PLACE, BUT A HORROR BACK NINE HOLES SAW HIM DROP FOUR STROKES. ON A DOWN SLOPE IN THE BERMUDA. ABSENT LAST YEAR FROM PLAYING IN THE TOURNAMENT. GOOD LINE HERE. DEEP, THOUGH. THE FORMER WORLD NO 1 ALSO DOUBLE BOGIED THE FINAL HOLE TO DROP TO 15TH IN THE 18-MAN EVENT, WHICH WAS WON BY JAPANESE STAR HIDEKI MATSUYAMA WHO GOT THE STAGGERS BUT HUNG ON BY TWO STROKES. IN BASKETBALL, THE BREAKERS SUFFERED THEIR FOURTH SUCCESSIVE LOSS, GOING DOWN 98-74 TO MELBOURNE UNITED. THE BREAKERS LED THE OPENING OF THE SECOND PERIOD AS THEY IMMEDIATELY EASED OUT TO A SEVEN-POINT LEAD IN THE FIRST 90 SECONDS. BUT UNITED'S DEFENCE TIGHTENED THE SCREWS TO RESTRICT THEIR OPPONENTS AND NOT EVEN THE RETURN OF GUARD COREY WEBSTER COULD SPUR THE BREAKERS INTO LIFE. THE LOSS HAS SLUMPED THE BREAKERS TO LAST ON THE AUSTRALIAN NBL LADDER. AND THAT ANNOUNCEMENT A SHORT TIME AGO THAT ERNIE MERRICK'S STEPPING DOWN AS COACH OF THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX OVER THE TEAM'S POOR PERFORMANCE. OVER THE TEAM'S POOR PERFORMANCE. THE PHOENIX ARE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE AFTER ADELAIDE UNITED SECURED THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON IN ROUND NINE OF THE A-LEAGUE. THE PHOENIX GOING DOWN 2-0. TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE, AND LIVERPOOL HAS CRASHED TO WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A HUMILIATING DEFEAT TO THE LOWLY BOURNEMOUTH. THE REDS LED 3-1 THIS MORNING WITH A LITTLE OVER 15 MINUTES REMAINING, ONLY TO SELF DESTRUCT. AND FRASER! CROWD ROARS FRASER. COOK! COMING INTO RANGE. STEVE COOK! AND IT'S AKE! CROWD ROARS OH MY GOODNESS. WELL, BOURNEMOUTH HAVE ICED THE CAKE. THERE IS THE CHERRY ON THE TOP! THE 4-3 LOSS LEAVES LIVERPOOL FOUR POINTS BEHIND LEADERS CHELSEA ON THE LADDER, WHILE EVEN FURTHER BACK IS MANCHESTER UNITED, AFTER THEY ALSO BLEW A LATE LEAD TO EVERTON. CROWD ROARS PENALTY! AGAINST MAROUANE FELLAINI, OF ALL PEOEPLE! LEIGHTON BAINES. SCORES FOR EVERTON! CROWD ROARS UNITED MANAGER JOSE MOURINHO CLEARLY NOT TOO HAPPY WITH THE CLUB'S SIXTH DRAW IN THEIR LAST EIGHT CONTESTS, AFTER HE STORMED OUT OF THE POST MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER JUST ONE QUESTION. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. PLUS, ADRENALINE JUNKIES, OR JUST PLAIN STUPID? HEART-STOPPING FOOTAGE SHOWS THREE FRIENDS TRAIN HOPPING IN PARIS. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. THE LAST MISSING BODY FROM THE BOAT THAT CAPSIZED IN THE KAIPARA HARBOUR HAS WASHED UP ON MURIWAI BEACH. IT'S THOUGHT TO BE THAT OF FISHERMAN TAULAGI AFAMASAGA. A DAMNING REPORT RELEASED ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIJI MILITARY COUP SHOWS ALARMING RATES OF BRUTALITY, TORTURE AND ABUSE CASES BY THE COUNTRY'S SECURITY FORCES. THREE COMPANIES ARE FACING PROSECUTION AFTER THE COMMERCE COMMISSION ALLEGED THEY ARE MISREPRESENTING THEIR SEISMIC MESH PRODUCTS USED TO STRENGTHEN CONCRETE. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FINE FOR MOST WITH THE ODD SPRINKLE OF SHOWER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND FINALLY, THIS IS DEFINATELY A 'DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME' CLIP. HEART-STOPPING FOOTAGE HAS EMERGED OF A GROUP OF FRIENDS 'TRAIN HOPPING' IN PARIS. THE VIDEO UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE SHOWS THEM RUNNING ACROSS THE TOP OF THE CARRIAGES AS IT STARTS TO MOVE. THE FOUR FRIENDS SKIPPING OVER THE GAPS AND EVEN POINTING OUT THE EIFFEL TOWER. THEY CAN THEN BE SEEN DUCKING UNDER THE ROOF OF A STATION BEFORE JUMPING OFF AND ESCAPING INTO THE NIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE 1 NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT SIX. HEI KONA. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND ANTONY VLUG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016