GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IT WAS A SHOWERY SUNDAY MORNING FOR MANY KIWIS, WITH A SOU'WEST FLOW OVER NZ. THE SOU'WESTERLY ALSO MADE FOR A COOL START FOR A FEW PLACES, AND WE STAY IN THIS UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN FOR A FEW DAYS YET. THERE IS GOOD NEWS TOWARDS THE END OF THE WORKING WEEK AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE PUSHES ON. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. PA: FIGHTING OUT OF THE BLUE CORNER! CHEERING NATIONAL'S MR FIX-IT HINTS AT CHANGES TO COME, NATIONAL'S MR FIX-IT HINTS AT CHANGES TO COME, WHILE INTEREST GROUPS LINE UP TO MAKE SURE THE NEW LEADERSHIP IS LISTENING. AND WE CHECK OUT THE NEW STUDENT ARMY PUTTING YOUNG AND OLD TOGETHER WITH A PURPOSE. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. NZ HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER JOSEPH PARKER (24) LAST NIGHT TOOK A SIGNIFICANT STEP TOWARDS BEING THE BEST IN THE WORLD. HE CLAIMED THE WORLD BOXING ORGANISATION'S TITLE AFTER A NARROW POINTS WIN OVER MEXICAN ANDY RUIZ. BUT NOT EVERYONE AGREED WITH THE DECISION. CHRIS CHANG REPORTS. THE TIGHTEST OF VICTORIES AT VECTOR ARENA. JOSEPH PARKER HAS MADE HISTORY. DO YOU BELIEVE IT!? WOO-HOO! OH MAN, BEST RESULT EVER! ESPECIALLY FOR SOUTH AUCKLAND, SAMOA, NZ. IT WAS TOO MUCH OF A NAIL-BITER! REALLY PROUD OF JOE ` WHAT HE'S DONE FOR THE COUNTRY AND WHAT HE'S DONE FOR HIMSELF. THIS AFTERNOON A FRESH-LOOKING PARKER WAS STILL QUIETLY CELEBRATING. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THE JOURNEY, THINKING ABOUT THE YEARS THAT WENT INTO GETTING INTO THIS POSITION, BEING CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, AND I'M JUST STILL PINCHING MYSELF. IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE. BUT NOW IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF NEW THINGS, GREAT THINGS. ALMOST 10,000 PACKED THE STADIUM. GOOD TURN OUT, EH? SOLD OUT? WAS IT SOLD OUT? SOLD OUT! BUT UNLIKE PARKER, THE PAY-PER-VIEW NUMBERS COULDN'T QUITE MAKE HISTORY. THEY WERE PRETTY GOOD. THEY WEREN'T BRILLIANT. THEY WEREN'T BAD. DIDN'T BEAT TUA-CAMERON? > NO, DIDN'T BEAT TUA-CAMERON, NOT BY A LONG SHOT. 85,000 PURCHASED THAT FIGHT IN 2009, BUT ORGANISERS SAY LIVE STREAMING CONTINUES TO BE A THORN IN THE SIDE. WE'VE JUST GOT TO BE DILIGENT ON THAT STUFF. HEY, LOOK, WE'RE HAPPY. HAPPY, BUT SOME PICKED A WIN FOR PARKER'S OPPONENT, ANDY RUIZ JR. I THOUGHT IT WAS SO RIGGED! I THOUGHT ANDY WON. YEAH, HE WAS THROWING THE BIGGEST PUNCHES. I THINK THAT RUIZ HAD THE FIGHT FROM ROUND ONE TO ROUND NINE. IT WAS A VERY CLOSE FIGHT, SO I DON'T BLAME THEM FOR QUESTIONING IT. BUT DEEP DOWN INSIDE I KNOW I WON. I KNOW THAT I DID ENOUGH TO GET THE VICTORY. FOR OTHERS, THERE WAS NO DOUBT WHO THE KING WAS. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THE UCE GET UP. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, MAN, GO, JOE EH! THANK YOU. JOE! WHILE MOST QUEUED PATIENTLY FOR FAST FOOD, DISCOUNTED COURTESY OF THE RESULT, THE EXCITEMENT WAS SEEMINGLY TOO MUCH FOR ONE DRIVER IN PORIRUA. HOLY <BLEEP>! PARKER, THOUGH, IS STILL ON COURSE FOR MORE BOXING GLORY WITH HIS FIRST WORLD TITLE IN THE BAG. ANDREW SAVILLE HAS A FULL REPORT LATER IN SPORT, INCLUDING WHAT COULD BE NEXT FOR JOSEPH PARKER. THE COUNTRY'S NEW PRIME MINISTER AND HIS DEPUTY FRONT UP TOMORROW ` FIRST TO THEIR NATIONAL PARTY CAUCUS TO CONFIRM THEIR POSITIONS, THEN TO THE MEDIA TO BEGIN SELLING A BILL-ENGLISH-LED GOVERNMENT. NATIONAL'S SOON-TO-BE FINANCE MINISTER STEVEN JOYCE WAS LAYING SOME OF THAT GROUNDWORK TODAY WITH POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. HAVING EASILY KNOCKED OUT HIS POLITICAL RIVALS THIS WEEK, BILL ENGLISH COULD AFFORD TIME TO RELAX RINGSIDE AT THE PARKER FIGHT. A FAR CRY FROM THE ELECTION 14 YEARS AGO, WHEN, VYING TO BE PRIME MINISTER, HE ACTUALLY STEPPED IN THE RING TO RAISE HIS PROFILE. DON'T EXPECT AN OLDER AND WISER BILL ENGLISH TO DO THAT AGAIN. BUT WITH JOHN KEY'S STAR POWER GONE, THE TYPICALLY DOWN-BEAT FINANCE MINISTER WILL NEED TO FIND ANOTHER GEAR IF NATIONAL IS TO WIN NEXT YEAR. IT'S A DIFFERENT GAME, THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. IT'S CHANGED THE GAME FOR THE NEXT ELECTION. HOWEVER, I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WOULDN'T PRESUME WE WERE GONNA WIN ANYWAY WITH JOHN AS LEADER, AND WOULDN'T PRESUME WE'RE GONNA WIN NOW, COS, ACTUALLY, IT'LL GET DECIDED A LOT LATER THAN NOW. YOU MUST BE EXCITED ABOUT THE CHANGE IN THE DYNAMIC. JOHN KEY WAS A VERY POPULAR LEADER. IT'S A CHANGE IN THE DYNAMIC, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT, BUT THE ISSUES HAVEN'T GONE AWAY. THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MISSED OUT AND BEEN LEFT OUT FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS ARE STILL LEFT OUT AND ARE STILL BEHIND. THESE NEW GUYS OFFER NOTHING. BUT NATIONAL'S CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST INSISTS THERE WILL BE CHANGES IN POLICY, NOT JUST PERSONNEL. THERE WILL BE A FRESHNESS OF SOME NEW POLICY POSITIONS. I MEAN, IT IS QUITE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A STOCKTAKE FOR US. WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT ANYWAY. WE WERE HEADING INTO A PERIOD` YOU'D BETTER GIVE US SOME HINTS ON WHAT THEY ARE. WELL, NOT TODAY. THEY DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIPE AWAY SOME OF THEIR MISTAKES AND TRY AGAIN, DON'T THEY? WELL, THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. LET'S SEE IF THEY TAKE IT. THE ONE THING THAT THIS GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN SINGULARLY FOCUSED ON THIS LAST EIGHT YEARS HAS BEEN STAYING IN GOVERNMENT. THAT SORT OF GREY MANAGERIALISM IN WHICH THERE IS NO REAL VISION FOR THE COUNTRY. NATIONAL'S POLICY STOCKTAKE WILL HAPPEN EARLY NEXT YEAR. AND WHILE THERE ARE NO HINTS ON WHAT COULD CHANGE, NEW IDEAS IN AREAS LIKE HOUSING AND SUPERANNUATION MIGHT BE ESSENTIAL IF BILL ENGLISH IS TO EMERGE THE WINNER IN NEXT YEAR'S BIG POLITICAL TITLE FIGHT. WITH THE NATIONAL PARTY LOOKING TO REWRITE ITS MANIFESTO, EVERYONE FROM FARMERS TO GAY RIGHTS GROUPS ARE DEMANDING ACTION. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE LOOKS AT SOME OF THE COMPETING DEMANDS. BILL ENGLISH AND PAULA BENNETT ARE YET TO BE SWORN IN BUT ARRIVED TODAY FOR THEIR FIRST REAL DAY ON THE JOB. AND ALREADY THE DEMANDS ON THE NEW PRIME MINISTER ARE PILING UP. THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES IN FRONT OF THIS COUNTRY AT THE MOMENT. SOME PEOPLE ARE LINING UP TODAY AT OUR FOOD BANK, AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE PAYING $40 TO GO TO SMITH & CAUGHEY'S FOR FATHER CHRISTMAS. WHAT WE WANT FROM THIS GOVERNMENT IS SOME REAL ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INSTEAD OF MAKING THINGS WORSE. FRONT OF MIND FOR NZ BUSINESSES IS BUILDING NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOUSING. IT'S VERY CHALLENGING TO GET STAFF TO MOVE TO PARTICULAR AREAS OF THE COUNTRY WHERE HOUSE PRICES ARE HIGH. ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE PLAGUED US IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND, FRANKLY, HAVE BEEN FAR TOO SLOW TO BE ADDRESSED. THE SALVATION ARMY AGREES ADDRESSING THE HOUSING CRISIS IS A PRIORITY. WE NEED TO CHANGE THE FACT SOME PEOPLE WILL GO AWAY TO A HOLIDAY HOUSE AT CHRISTMAS, BUT OTHER PEOPLE ARE PERMANENTLY IN A CARAVAN IN A CAMPING GROUND. BILL ENGLISH IS FROM A FARMING BACKGROUND, AND SO FARMERS ARE HOPING THAT HE RECOGNISES THEIR WORRIES OVER TRADE. WE'VE GOT THIS TWO- TO THREE-YEAR BREXIT EXIT PACKAGE HAPPENING. FARMERS ARE HUGELY AFFECTED BY THAT. BUT GREENPEACE WANTS INTENSIVE DAIRYING PRACTICES REINED IN. THIS GOVERNMENT IS USING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO SUBSIDISE IRRIGATION, TO INTENSIFY THE DIARY INDUSTRY, TO INCREASE WATER POLLUTION AND GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS. THAT'S COMPLETELY MAD THAT WE SHOULD BE SUBSIDING OUR OWN DESTRUCTION. GAY RIGHTS GROUPS WANT BETTER SEX EDUCATION TO STOP BULLYING IN SCHOOLS. WE'RE NOT CONFIDENT HE WILL ACTUALLY TAKE A LEAD ON THESE SOCIAL ISSUES. UM, AND IF WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE SURE HE IS ACTUALLY A PRIME MINISTER FOR ALL NZERS. MR ENGLISH AND MRS BENNETT WERE OFF LIMITS TO THE MEDIA TODAY. INSTEAD, THEY HOLED UP IN THE BEEHIVE TO PUT TOGETHER THE CABINET THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING ON THOSE TOUGH JOBS. AND WE COULD SEE THE SHAPE OF THAT FRONT-BENCH LINE-UP SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A FIREARM AND A KNIFE AFTER THE KILLING OF UPPER HUTT WOMAN LOIS TOLLEY, FOUND DEAD IN HER HOME EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. AND THEY'RE STILL SEEKING THE PUBLIC'S HELP AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. RYAN BOSWELL REPORTS. A CRIME SCENE IN UPPER HUTT THAT'S BECOME A PLACE OF MOURNING. ALL DAY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TURNING UP TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS, LEAVING FLOWERS AND NOTES AND PLENTY OF TEARS. OH, IT'S TERRIBLE. A SHOCKER FOR A SMALL COMMUNITY LIKE UPPER HUTT. THIS IS WHERE LOIS RITA TOLLEY (30) LIVED. SHE'S A CHEF, THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR CHILDREN AND HAS A LARGE EXTENDED FAMILY. SOME OF HER FRIENDS TOLD 1 NEWS SHE WAS CARING, FUNNY AND LOVED LIFE. THEY ARE A VERY LARGE FAMILY, AND MANY HAVE TRAVELLED FROM AUSTRALIA TO BE HERE, AND NATURALLY THEY ARE GRIEVING THROUGH THIS TRAGIC TIME REALLY CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS. HER BODY WAS FOUND HERE EARLY ON SATURDAY MORNING JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN THERE WERE SCREAMS, AND FOUR MEN WERE SEEN RUNNING. ONE, I CAN NOTE, WAS IN A VISIBLY DISTRESSED STATE. AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO APPEAL TO THESE PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD TO POLICE. TAKE THE BRAVE STEP. FRONT-FOOT THIS. < CAN YOU GIVE A DESCRIPTION OF THOSE FOUR MEN? AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE DESCRIPTIONS ARE VAGUE. UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOUR MALES AGED IN THEIR 20S, WEARING DARK HOODED CLOTHING. POLICE DON'T BELIEVE THIS WAS A RANDOM KILLING IN WHICH A KNIFE AND A FIREARM WERE USED. THEY NOW NEED THE PUBLIC'S HELP IN LOCATING THE WEAPONS AND FINDING THOSE RESPONSIBLE. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. OVERSEAS NOW, AND TO TURKEY WHERE ANOTHER SUICIDE BOMBING HAS KILLED 29 PEOPLE AND INJURED MORE THAN 160 OUTSIDE A FOOTBALL STADIUM IN ISTANBUL. MOST OF THE VICTIMS WERE POLICE OFFICERS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THE TARGET OF THE ATTACK. THE BBC'S MARK LOWEN WITH MORE. AN ATTACK IN THE HEART OF ISTANBUL. TWO BOMBS OUTSIDE BESIKTAS FOOTBALL STADIUM. ONE A SUSPECTED SUICIDE BOMBER. SIREN WAILS A POLICE VEHICLE OUTSIDE THE STADIUM WAS TARGETED. AMBULANCES RUSHED TO THE SCENE. THE CASUALTIES WERE POLICE OFFICERS. BURSTS OF GUNFIRE FOLLOWED THE BLASTS. SIREN WAILS THE STADIUM HAD ALREADY EMPTIED BY THE TIME THE BOMB HIT. AN HOUR EARLIER, IT COULD HAVE BEEN EVEN DEADLIER. THE INJURED WERE RUSHED TO NEARBY HOSPITALS. NO GROUP HAS SAID IT'S BEHIND THE ATTACK, BUT TURKEY HAS RECENTLY BEEN HIT BY BOMBINGS BY KURDISH MILITANTS AND SO-CALLED ISLAMIC STATE. THE TARGETING OF POLICE WILL LEAD SUSPICION TO KURDISH GUERRILLA GROUPS. AND SO TURKEY'S SECURITY HAS ONCE AGAIN BEEN COMPROMISED AND A SHAKEN COUNTRY WONDERS WHEN IT WILL EMERGE FROM THIS WAVE OF VIOLENCE. TURKEY'S TRANSPORT MINISTER HAS BRANDED THE BOMBINGS A TERRORIST ATTACK. GREENPEACE HAS FOUND A SEISMIC SURVEY SHIP SEARCHING FOR OIL IN NZ WATERS OFF THE WAIRARAPA COAST. THE 'AMAZON WARRIOR' IS LICENSED TO PROSPECT HERE ON BEHALF OF OIL GIANTS CHEVRON AND STATOIL, BUT GREENPEACE SAYS ITS SEISMIC BLASTING METHODS ARE A THREAT TO MARINE LIFE. DAMAGES ` THE HEARING OF WHALES, FOR EXAMPLE. WE KNOW THAT IT DAMAGES SHELLFISH AND OTHER FORMS OF SEA LIFE. SO THERE'S A DIRECT IMPACT OF SEISMIC TESTING ON SEA LIFE BUT THERE'S THE LONG-TERM IMPACT THAT IF THEY FIND OIL AND THEN IT'S BURNT, THEN IT MAKES CLIMATE CHANGE WORSE. GREENPEACE PLANS TO STEP UP PROTEST ACTION IN THE WEEKS AHEAD. THE MAN BEHIND CHRISTCHURCH'S STUDENT ARMY, SAM JOHNSON, LAUNCHED A NEW SERVICE THIS WEEKEND. HIS 'WEVISIT' INITIATIVE PAIRS STUDENTS WITH THE ELDERLY, TACKLING SOCIAL ISOLATION AND STUDENT UNEMPLOYMENT. AFTERNOON. ISAIAH RATAHI'S BEEN POPPING IN TO SEE IOLA DAVIS EVERY WEEK,... NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. REALLY LOVELY TO SEE YOU AS WELL. ...AND THE PAIR HAVE STRUCK UP QUITE THE CONNECTION. I LIKE YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THEY WERE SO RELAXED TO BE WITH. ISAIAH HERE, WEREN'T YOU? AND I THINK HE KNOWS A WHOLE LOT MORE ABOUT ROSES IN THE GARDEN NOW. OH, DEFINITELY. THEY'VE BEEN BROUGHT TOGETHER BY 'WEVISIT', A COMPANION SERVICE MATCHING OLDER PEOPLE WITH STUDENTS LOOKING FOR EXTRA WORK ` THE BRAINCHILD OF SAM JOHNSON. IF WE THINK BACK TO THE EARTHQUAKES, IT WAS ALL ABOUT SHOVELLING SILT. ACTUALLY, IT WASN'T ABOUT THAT AT ALL; IT WAS ABOUT CONNECTING YOUNGER PEOPLE AND OLDER PEOPLE. SO IT'S SOMETHING I'VE WANTED TO DO FOR A LONG TIME, AND 'WEVISIT' IS A WAY THAT WE'VE ENABLED TO DO THAT, WHERE THE FAMILY BUYS THE SERVICE FOR THEIR LOVED ONE IF THEY CAN'T VISIT AS MUCH AS THEY LIKE OR NEED A BREAK FROM CARING. NEARLY 10% OF NZERS IDENTIFY AS BEING EXTREMELY LONELY, MANY OF THEM OLDER PEOPLE WHOSE FAMILIES ARE FAR AWAY. LONELINESS IS A BIGGER KILLER THAN SMOKING CIGARETTES. SO, IT LEADS TO THINGS LIKE COGNITIVE DECLINE, ALZHEIMER'S, DEPRESSION. 'WEVISIT' SCREENS, CHECKS, AND TRAINS EACH STUDENT 'VISITOR', WHO'S THEN IS PARTNERED WITH A OLDER PERSON WHO'S BEEN NOMINATED BY THEIR FAMILY. THE BENEFITS, THOUGH, GO BOTH WAYS. I THINK I'VE LEARNT BETTER COMMUNICATION SKILLS AS A RESULT. I REALLY ENJOY THE THINGS I'VE BEEN LEARNING WHILE I'VE BEEN AROUND THE HOUSE. WELL, YOU'RE VERY GOOD. YOU'RE VERY PERSONABLE. IT'S VERY EASY TO TALK TO YOU. YEAH, NO, YOU TOO. BOTH CHUCKLE THE SERVICE'S ALREADY GARNERED INTEREST FROM REST HOMES AROUND THE COUNTRY AHEAD OF ITS OFFICIAL START IN FEBRUARY, MEANING THE NEW YEAR WILL SEE FRIENDSHIPS BLOOM FOR MANY MORE PEOPLE. ALI PUGH, 1 NEWS. COMING UP ON ONE NEWS, DONALD TRUMP'S EXPECTED CHOICE FOR U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE. AND THE PRESIDENT-ELECT IS MOCKING THE C.I.A. AMID NEW INTELLIGENCE CLAIMS OF RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. AS THE BOMBS CONTINUE TO FALL, THE EXODUS FROM ALEPPO. THE GROUND VIEW OF CIVILIANS FLEEING AND HOW IT LOOKS FROM THE AIR. AND WE LOOK BACK AT A PRIME MINISTER WITH HIS OWN UNIQUE STYLE. WE HAVE SOME CLASSIC KEY-ISMS FROM A MANGLED HANDSHAKE TO MORE RECENT SHENANIGANS. You're retired, so these days, everybody travels to you. Maybe you only do school runs. You work from home, so drive mostly on the weekend. At Youi, we tailor your insurance premium to how you use or don't use your car. It could save you lots. Call: DONALD TRUMP'S LASHING OUT AT AMERICA'S C.I.A. AFTER IT REVEALED NEW INFORMATION SUGGESTING RUSSIA INTERFERED WITH THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THIS AS RUMOURS SWIRL AROUND TRUMP'S EXPECTED PICK FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN WITH TIES TO MOSCOW. HERE'S THE A.B.C.'S MARY BRUCE. TONIGHT A FIRST IN MODERN POLITICAL HISTORY. TRUMP'S LIKELY PICK TO BE THE NATION'S TOP DIPLOMAT ` EXXON MOBIL'S C.E.O. REX TILLERSON, A SUCCESSFUL EXECUTIVE WITH NO GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE. HIS BUSINESS TIES WITH RUSSIA ARE ALREADY RAISING CONCERNS. THAT'S TILLERSON IN THIS 2013 RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT VIDEO SHAKING HANDS WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN AS HE RECEIVES AN AWARD ` THE ORDER OF FRIENDSHIP. TODAY, TRUMP MADE AN APPEARANCE AT THE ARMY-NAVY GAME AND PRAISING TILLERSON'S CONNECTIONS. TO ME, A GREAT ADVANTAGE IS HE KNOWS MANY OF THE PLAYERS, AND HE KNOWS THEM WELL. HE DOES MASSIVE DEALS IN RUSSIA. HE DOES MASSIVE DEALS FOR THE COMPANY, NOT FOR HIMSELF, BUT FOR THE COMPANY. THE PICK COMES AS TRUMP'S TEAM IS FIGHTING BACK AGAINST A WASHINGTON POST REPORT THAT RUSSIA INTERFERED IN THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TO HELP TRUMP WIN. WHAT PROOF DOES ANYONE HAVE THAT THEY AFFECTED THE OUTCOME? COS I'VE HEARD ZERO. TONIGHT, A TOP INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL TOLD A.B.C THAT BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WERE TARGETED, BUT THAT ONLY MATERIAL HACKED FROM THE D.N.C. WAS MADE PUBLIC. TONIGHT, RUSSIA'S MOTIVES REMAIN UNCLEAR. DURING THE CAMPAIGN, TRUMP REPEATEDLY SHRUGGED OFF RUSSIA'S INVOLVEMENT, EVEN SEEMING TO INVITE THEM INTO THE POLITICAL PROCESS. RUSSIA, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, I HOPE YOU'RE ABLE TO FIND THE 30,000 EMAILS THAT ARE MISSING. EVEN AFTER 17 U.S. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES CONCLUDED RUSSIA WAS BEHIND THE HACKING, TRUMP TOLD TIME MAGAZINE THIS WEEK HE STILL DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT RUSSIA INTERFERED. NOW TRUMP'S TEAM IS QUESTIONING THE CREDITABILITY OF THE C.I.A. IN A STATEMENT SAYING... THAT STATEMENT IS SENDING SHOCKWAVES ACROSS THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. AND DESPITE PUBLIC PRESSURE, THE INCOMING PRESIDENT IS REFUSING TO RELINQUISH HIS ROLE AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE APPRENTICE T.V. SERIES. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS ARE FLEEING THE SYRIAN CITY OF ALEPPO WHERE GOVERNMENT FORCES ARE CLOSE TO RE-CLAIMING COMPLETE CONTROL. HUNDREDS OF REBEL FIGHTERS ARE SAID TO HAVE SURRENDERED. THE BBC'S QUENTIN SOMERVILLE REPORTS. ALEPPO'S REBELLION MAY NOT HAVE LONG TO GO. SO WHEN THERE'S A PAUSE IN THE FIGHTING, THOSE THAT CAN, GET OUT. FORCES LOYAL TO PRESIDENT ASSAD HAVE MADE FAST PROGRESS. AFTER YEARS OF RESISTANCE, THE EAST IS GRADUALLY EMPTYING OUT. BUT THERE WAS NO PAUSE IN THE AIR AND ARTILLERY CAMPAIGN TODAY. THIS LOCAL JOURNALIST SAYS THOSE ARE PARACHUTE BOMBS BEING DROPPED OVER ALEPPO. THERE ARE MORE THAN 20 AIR STRIKES SINCE THIS MORNING. THESE RUSSIAN MILITARY PICTURES SHOW THE EXODUS FROM ABOVE. IT'S RUSSIAN AND SHI'ITE FORCES FROM IRAN AND ELSEWHERE WHO ARE WINNING ALEPPO FOR PRESIDENT ASSAD. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) INTERPRETER: THE SYRIAN ARMY HAS STOPPED THE ASSAULT WHILE THE CIVILIANS LEAVE THE CITY. AFTER CIVILIANS EXIT, THE SYRIAN ARMY WILL CONTINUE ITS OPERATION TO FREE ALEPPO NEIGHBOURHOODS, AND THE MILITANTS WILL BE PUSHED OUT OR DESTROYED. AND WHILE THE BOMBS CONTINUE TO FALL, IN PARIS YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT DIPLOMACY. THE INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING BY THE REGIME WHICH VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL RULES OF LAW... OF WAR, IN MANY CASES CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND WAR CRIMES, NEEDS TO STOP. AND THOSE WHO SUPPORT IT, THOSE IN MOSCOW AND ELSEWHERE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED IT, SHOULD DO THEIR UTMOST TO BRING IT TO A CLOSE. ALEPPO'S FATE WILL UNLIKELY BE THE END GAME FOR SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR, BUT IT'S BEEN DECIDED NOW IN CLOSE-QUARTER COMBAT IN THE CITY STREETS, AND THERE ARE STILL TENS OF THOUSANDS CIVILIANS WHO HAVE YET TO ESCAPE THE FIGHTING. ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS HAVE RE-ENTERED THE HISTORIC SYRIAN CITY OF PALMYRA JUST NINE MONTHS AFTER THEY WERE DRIVEN OUT BY SYRIAN AND RUSSIAN FORCES. THE EXTREMIST GROUP LAUNCHED AN ATTACK EARLIER THIS WEEK AND SOME SYRIAN ARMY TROOPS WERE DIVERTED FROM ALEPPO TO HELP DEFEND THE CITY AND ITS ANCIENT RUINS. AROUND 50 SYRIAN SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE MEDIA-SHY SINGER BOB DYLAN MAY HAVE BEEN A NO-SHOW FOR HIS NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE CEREMONY, BUT HIS MUSIC WAS THERE. (SINGS 'A HARD RAIN'S GONNA FALL' BY BOB DYLAN) (STOPS SINGING) I'M SORRY. COULD WE START THAT SECTION? I APOLOGISE. SORRY I'M SO NERVOUS. APPLAUSE ANOTHER AMERICAN ROCK LEGEND PATTI SMITH PERFORMED A TRIBUTE TO DYLAN BUT THE SINGER'S NERVES GETTING THE BETTER OF HER, FORCING A RE-START TO THE SONG TO APPLAUSE FROM THE CROWD. THE AWARDS WERE HANDED OUT BY THE SWEDISH KING IN STOCKHOLM ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DATE INVENTOR ALFRED NOBEL DIED. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS, AND UNSETTLED CONDITIONS FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY? YES, PETE. STRONG SOU'WESTERLIES OVER THE COUNTRY TODAY SHOWING UP AS OCCASIONAL SHOWERS OVER MUCH OF THE NORTH ISLAND. NOW TO OUR LIVE WEATHER CAMERAS. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD RIGHT AFTER SPORT. AFTER EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE, WE FAREWELL JOHN KEY WITH A LOOK BACK AT HIS SIGNATURE STYLE. TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, I AM VERY AMBITIOUS FOR NZ. AND HITTING THE HIGHWAY TO BRING A BOOST TO A TOWN THAT'S FALLEN OFF THE TOURIST RADAR. You might only drive short distances to work each day. You might not drive your car to work at all. You might park securely at work. Or these days, everybody travels to you. Maybe you only do school runs. Or you work from home, so drive mostly on the weekend. At Youi, we get that everyone's not the same, so we tailor your insurance premium to how you use or don't use your car. Call: Or go to youi.co.nz today. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT. NZ HAS A WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION AFTER JOSEPH PARKER'S NARROW WIN AGAINST MEXICAN FIGHTER ANDY RUIZ. THE SOUTH AUCKLANDER (24) REACTED TO HIS VICTORY BY SAYING, 'IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE.' NATIONAL'S NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM, BILL ENGLISH AND PAULA BENNETT, TAKE OVER THE REINS FROM TOMORROW. AND ALONG WITH NEW BLOOD, NATIONAL IS EXPECTED TO RE-EXAMINE SOME OF ITS POLICIES, WITH A VIEW TO CHANGES EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR. FROM TOMORROW WE'LL BE REPORTING ON THE NEW PRIME MINISTER, BILL ENGLISH. IT MARKS THE END OF EIGHT YEARS OF JOHN KEY'S ROLE IN THE TOP JOB. TIME, WE THOUGHT, FOR A LOOK BACK AT JOHN KEY'S TIME ` THE MAN AND HIS MANNERISMS. QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT OVER THERE. LOOK, I... (SPEAKS MAORI) AND, AT THE END OF THE DAY,... I'LL SET THE TONE FOR THE CAMPAIGN. TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST... ...PERFECTLY HONEST... ...PERFECTLY HONEST... I AM VERY AMBITIOUS FOR NZ. I AM VERY AMBITIOUS FOR NZ. I SHOULD BE AMBITIOUS FOR NZ. I THINK I'M PRETTY AMBITIOUS, ACTUALLY, FOR NZ. CHEERING I'M RELAXED ABOUT IT. YOU COULD BE GONE AS WELL, SON, BUT WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. THEY'VE GOT THE POTENTIAL TO DO AMAZINGLY WELL. ANYWAY... I'M PROBABLY JUST A FRIENDLY FACE TO CHAT TO. MY WIFE'S FROM GOOD IRISH STOCK, SO THERE YOU GO. NICE TO SEE YOU! I THINK MOST NZERS... ...MOST NZERS... ...MOST NZERS... ...MOST NZERS... ...MOST NZERS... # TALK ABOUT THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO DO. NO PROBLEM. SEE YA. # ...DREAM COME TRUE. LOOK, AT THE END OF THE DAY... AT THE END OF THE DAY... LOOK, AT THE END OF THE DAY... AT THE END OF THE DAY... (INHALES SHARPLY) # ...IF YOU HAVE A DREAM... # DECIDED. (TAPS GAVEL) SO, HOW LONG WILL YOU STAY THERE FOR? YOU PERSONALLY? PERSONALLY? AS LONG AS THE VOTERS WANT. SEE YOU LATER. THANK YOU, PRIME MINISTER. MORE THAN 150 MOTORCYCLISTS HAVE SHOWN THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE STRUGGLING NORTH CANTERBURY TOWN OF CHEVIOT. THE GROUP TRAVELLED EN MASSE TODAY TO VISIT THE TOWN'S CAFES THAT'VE BEEN LEFT SHORT OF CUSTOMERS SINCE STATE HIGHWAY 1 WAS CLOSED IN LAST MONTH'S QUAKE. ALI PUGH JOINED THE CONVOY. HORN TOOTS HITTING THE HIGHWAY FOR A SUNDAY CRUISE WITH A CAUSE. MORE THAN 150 BIKERS MET THIS MORNING IN CHRISTCHURCH TO SHOW THOSE IN CHEVIOT THEY'RE NOT ALONE. THE RIDE'S JUST TO GIVE A BIT OF SUPPORT TO CHEVIOT, SO TO LET THEM KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE THE ROAD IS CLOSED THAT WE'RE STILL THINKING ABOUT THEM. WE'RE CANTABRIANS, SO WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. WITH QUAKE DAMAGE CLOSING PARTS OF STATE HIGHWAY 1, NO THROUGH TRAFFIC HAS SEEN CHEVIOT BUSINESSES STRUGGLE. THESE GUYS HERE ARE GREAT. WE ENJOY COMING HERE. NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH HERE, SO WE THOUGHT WE'D DO IT OURSELVES. BUT TODAY NOT A PARK WAS FREE, AND THE STREETS WERE LINED WITH LEATHER. A RIDE WITH A PURPOSE TODAY, YOU MIGHT SAY. DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY. BIKERS USUALLY COME TOGETHER FOR ALL SORTS OF THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE A GOOD BREED OF PEOPLE. KIRSTEN VAUGHAN ORGANISED THE RIDE. PART OF IT WAS TO RAISE AWARENESS TO SAY WE CAN STILL RIDE NORTH, THE ROADS ARE OK, LET'S SUPPORT THE PEOPLE UP THERE, COS THEY REALLY NEED IT. AND TODAY, CAFE STAFF WERE FLAT OUT WITH THE INFLUX. WONDERFUL. GOOD SUPPORT FROM CHRISTCHURCH. IT'S JUST FANTASTIC. IT MUST FEEL SO GOOD TO HAVE A BUSY CAFE. > IT DOES. IT FEELS AMAZING. JUST GREAT. LET'S HOPE IT CONTINUES! AND WITH MANY MONTHS LEFT OF NO HIGHWAY ACCESS FROM THE NORTH,... OH, AREN'T YOU CUTE?! ...THESE CANTERBURY COMMUNITIES ARE THANKFUL FOR ALL THOSE WHO MAKE THE TRIP. ENGINE STARTS ALI PUGH, 1 NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT. AND JOSEPH PARKER ALREADY EYEING UP HIS FIRST TITLE DEFENCE. It has not taken very long after that tight win last night. MORE ON PARKER'S IMMEDIATE FUTURE NEXT. WE'RE WITH THE NEW WBO CHAMP THE DAY AFTER. NOT A LOT OF INJURIES OR MARKS ON ME. MAYBE A LITTLE BRUISE HERE, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK I FOUGHT OFF HIM QUITE WELL. PARKER AND HIS TEAM HAVE A MESSAGE FOR THOSE WHO DOUBT THE RESULT. PLUS, WE HAVE ANOTHER WORLD CHAMPION OF A DIFFERENT KIND BUT JUST AS EMOTIONAL. AND THE PHOENIX APPEAR TO HAVE WOKEN FROM THEIR SLUMBER. JOSEPH PARKER'S HANDLERS ARE ALREADY EYEING UP A HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE DEFENCE IN APRIL NEXT YEAR. MORE ON THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT FIRST, PARKER'S WBO WORLD TITLE VICTORY BEATING MEXICAN ANDY RUIZ IN A TIGHT, HARD-FOUGHT 12-ROUND BOUT, WINNING ON A MAJORITY DECISION. THERE'S BEEN A FAIR AMOUNT OF DEBATE ABOUT THE RESULT, BUT TONIGHT JOE PARKER HOLDS ONE OF THE BIG FOUR WORLD-TITLE BELTS. LOOKING AT JOSEPH PARKER TODAY, YOU'D HARDLY THINK HE'S JUST COME OFF 12 GRUELLING ROUNDS. YOU LOOK AS FRESH AS A DAISY. I FEEL GOOD. AFTER THE FIGHT I WENT TO SEE BABY ELIZABETH, CHECKED OUT THE AFTER-PARTY, WENT BACK TO MY ROOM HAD SOME TIME TO MYSELF AND HAD A GOOD REST. IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE HE'S STILL BUZZING AFTER WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. ...FIGHTING OUT OF THE BLUE CORNER... THIS IS THE MOMENT IT HIT PARKER HE'D WON A HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD TITLE. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HOLD THE BELT > AS THE NEW HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD? > WHAT A GREAT FEELING. I DREAMED OF DOING THIS ONE DAY, AND HAVE NOW FULFILLED THE DREAM. IN THE EARLY ROUNDS, PARKER WAS UNDER ATTACK. ANDY RUIZ HAD HIM ON THE BACK FOOT AND WAS GETTING PAST THE KIWI'S JAB. ONCE JOE STARTED TO CONTROL THE DISTANCE FROM THE OUTSIDE AND WORK OFF A DOUBLE JAB, WE WERE PILING THE POINTS ON AND KEEPING ANDY OFF BALANCE. MOST OF THE LATTER ROUNDS BELONGED TO PARKER. ONE JUDGE SCORED A DRAW, THE TWO OTHER JUDGES SCORED SEVEN ROUNDS TO FIVE IN FAVOUR OF PARKER. IT WAS A VERY CLOSE FIGHT SO I DON'T BLAME THEM FOR QUESTIONING. DEEP DOWN, I KNOW I WON. ANDY FOUGHT A HELL OF A BATTLE, BUT LOOK AT ANDY'S FACE. JOE BASHED HIM UP. ACROSS IN THE RUIZ DRESSING ROOM, FEELINGS WERE DIFFERENT. I THINK I SHOWED I WAS THE FASTER GUY OUT THERE, BUT I CAME HERE TO HIS HOME TOWN AND THE JUDGES WERE IN HIS FAVOUR. CAN YOU SEE JOSEPH TAKING ON A JOSHUA OR A KLITSCHKO? AH, NO, I DON'T THINK SO. BOTH OF THESE GUYS HAVE A LITTLE WORK TO DO BEFORE THEY CAN GET TO JOSHUA. FOR PARKER'S TRAINER, KEVIN BARRY, THE 12 ROUNDS WERE A ROLLER-COASTER OF EMOTIONS. YOU PROMISED YOUR LATE FATHER > A WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. > YOU HAVE DELIVERED. > HE'LL BE HAPPY, WON'T HE? HE'LL BE LOOKING DOWN TONIGHT. HE'D BE PRETTY PROUD. PARKER AND HIS TEAM REALISE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED BEFORE STEPPING UP AGAIN. SKILL, DEFENCE AND POWER. I'VE GOTTA IMPROVE POWER TO KNOCK OUT THESE GUYS. A FULL 12-ROUND BATTLE AND A WIN AGAINST A MAN OTHERS AVOID IS ANOTHER MAJOR MOVE FORWARD. SO, WHERE TO FROM HERE? AFTER A TWO-MONTH BREAK, PARKER IS SET TO FIGHT AROUND APRIL. SOAKING UP THE WIN TODAY, PARKER'S HANDLERS ARE LINING UP A FIRST TITLE DEFENCE AGAINST ENGLISHMAN HUGHIE FURY, COUSIN OF TYSON FURY. WE'VE GOT 120 DAYS TO MAKE THAT DEFENCE. AND WE'LL JUST GO FROM THERE. WHAT WOULD STOP THAT HAPPENING? > UH, ONLY IF HUGHIE FURY WASN'T PREPARED TO FIGHT. WHAT'S FASCINATING IS THESE GUYS ALL SAY THEY'RE PREPARED TO FIGHT. WHEN IT COMES TO THE NITTY GRITTY OF SITTING DOWN AND DOING A DEAL, IT'S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THING. THE FIRST DEFENCE COULD BE IN THE UK OR STILL POSSIBLY HERE. IBF CHAMP ANTHONY JOSHUA HAS FOUGHT ERIC MOLINA TODAY IN MANCHESTER, MAKING LIGHT WORK OF THE AMERICAN, SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDING HIS TITLE AGAIN, THIS TIME WITHIN THREE ROUNDS. JOSHUA'S NEXT CHALLENGER STEPPED INTO THE RING AFTER THE BOUT. VLADIMIR KLITSCHKO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED FOR THE END OF APRIL AT WEMBLEY ARENA. SO, WHAT DOES PARKER'S WORLD TITLE ACTUALLY MEAN? THERE ARE FOUR RECOGNISED BODIES THAT SANCTION TITLE FIGHTS. PARKER IS NOW THE WBO CHAMPION. AS YOU'VE JUST SEEN, ENGLAND'S ANTHONY JOSHUA RETAINED HIS IBF TITLE THIS AFTERNOON. AMERICAN DEONTAY WILDER IS THE CURRENT WBC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. THE WBA CROWN IS CURRENTLY VACANT. TYSON FURY FORFEITED THAT AND THE BO BELT AS HE DEALS WITH MEDICAL ISSUES. FURY IS RECOGNISED AS THE LAST UNIFIED CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, HAVING THREE OF THOSE FOUR AVAILABLE BELTS, PLUS THE INTERNATIONAL BOXING ORGANISATION TITLE. NZ'S SHANNON MCILROY HAS REALISED HIS 25-YEAR-OLD DREAM NZ'S SHANNON MCILROY HAS REALISED HIS 25-YEAR-LONG DREAM OF BECOMING WORLD BOWLS CHAMPION IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY. MCILROY WAS UP AGAINST THE FORMIDABLE CANADIAN RYAN BESTER. THE 29-YEAR-OLD HIT HIS STRIDE ON THE FOURTEENTH END TO TAKE A FIVE-SHOT LEAD. TO THE FINAL END, AND EVEN THE LOCAL WILDLIFE WAS MAKING SURE MCILROY WASN'T DENIED. WHOOPS. THAT BIRD NEEDS TO MOVE, AND IT DOES. EASILY THROUGH THIS TIME. HAS HE ADDED THAT EXTRA METRE? HAS HE? HAS HE? HAS HE WHAT! BESTER'S LAST BOWL TO STAY IN THE GAME NOT GOOD ENOUGH. EVERYONE WATCHES. HE MISSES A JACK. MCILROY DOES NOT NEED TO PLAY HIS FINAL. MCILROY IS JUST THE SECOND NZ MAN TO CLAIM THE TITLE AFTER PETER BELLISS IN 1984. MCILLROY SAYS ALL THOSE DAYS WAGGING SCHOOL TO PLAY BOWLS FINALLY PAID OFF. TO ROWING, AND WHO COULD FORGET MAHE DRYSDALE'S DRAMATIC SINGLE SCULLS VICTORY AT THE RIO OLYMPICS, PIPPING CROATIAN DAMIR MARTIN AT THE POST? TODAY MARTIN GOT HIS CHANCE FOR PAYBACK AT THE BILLY WEBB CHALLENGE IN WHANGANUI. JOHN MCKENZIE WAS THERE. IT'S NOT QUITE RIO DE JANIERO, BUT IT IS THE STAGE FOR THE REMATCH OF THE CLOSEST RACE IN OLYMPIC ROWING HISTORY. MAHE DRYSDALE VS DAMIR MARTIN; GOLD VS SILVER. SURE YOU'VE DONE THE RIGHT THING INVITING DAMIR? NAH, I'VE DEFINITELY DONE THE WRONG THING. NOW, THE BILLY WEBB CHALLENGE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT TO THE ONE IN RIO. THERE'S A FEW MORE ROWERS ON THE START LINE, AND IT'S 5 K'S INSTEAD OF 2 K'S. HE'S REALLY GOING TO HAVE A BIG SECOND HALF. THAT EXTRA DISTANCE WAS CLEARLY AN ADVANTAGE FOR SOME OF THE YOUNGER SCULLERS WHO BROKE AWAY FROM DRYSDALE AND MARTIN EARLY ON. SINCE THE BILLY WEBB CHALLENGE STARTED IN 2008, DRYSDALE HAS WON IT EVERY YEAR EXCEPT FOR IN 2014. AND AT THE HALFWAY POINT, HE'S GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO IF HE WANTS TO DO IT AGAIN. DRYSDALE WAS SIXTH AT THE MIDPOINT. MARTIN WAS UP AHEAD IN FOURTH ` POSITIONS WHICH WOULD PROVE TOO MUCH TO OVERCOME, AS A RISING STAR FROM GERMANY CROSSED FIRST. HOW'S THAT FEEL? OH, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. BUT IT'S NEARLY 6 K'S, NOT THE 2 K'S. MARTIN WOULD GET ON THE PODIUM IN THIRD, WHILE DRYSDALE FINISHED WAY BACK IN FIFTH ` NOT QUITE THE FAIRY-TALE HE WAS HOPING FOR. WE'RE NOT USED TO SEEING YOU GUYS BEHIND THE LEADERS. WHAT HAPPENED? UH, YEAH, IT'S CALLED 'TOO MUCH TIME OFF'. DO YOU THINK YOU GOT REVENGE? YOU DID STILL BEAT MAHE. NO. THE OLYMPIC CHAMPION STAYS OLYMPIC CHAMPION. DRYSDALE WILL NOW TAKE A BREATHER IN 2017 ` A CHANCE TO SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY ` BUT INSISTS HE'LL BE BACK. NEXT YEAR HAVE A HIATUS, AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK. NEVER KNOW ` MIGHT BE HERE IN WHANGANUI. WE'LL REKINDLE THE BATTLE. IF THAT HAPPENS, DON'T EXPECT HIM TO FINISH OFF THE PODIUM TWO YEARS RUNNING. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. JOCK PAGET HAS ENJOYED SUCCESS ON THE WORLD EQUESTRIAN STAGE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. NOW HE'S MOVING HOME AND TAKING A STEP BACK FROM COMPETING. INSTEAD, THE 2013 BADMINTON WINNER IS MOVING INTO A NEW COACHING ROLE, BUT HE'S NOT HANGING UP HIS RIDING BOOTS JUST YET. ABBY WILSON CAUGHT UP WITH HIM IN PUHINUI IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. KEEPING AN EYE ON THE FUTURE OF THEIR SPORT, AND FOR JOCK PAGET IT'S ABOUT TO BECOME A FULL-TIME JOB AS EQUESTRIAN NZ'S PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT COACH. IT'S GOING TO BE A BIT OF A LEARNING CURVE, I THINK. IN A FIRST FOR THE SPORT HERE, HE'LL BE COACHING YOUNG ATHLETES WHILE STILL RIDING FOR THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEAM. I WILL STILL ATTACK THE COMPETITION WITH THE SAME MIND-SET, AND I WILL STILL TRAIN FOR THEM THE SAME WAY. I'M JUST GOING TO DO IT WITH A LOT LESS HORSES. HE'LL ALSO BE DOING IT FROM THIS SIDE OF THE WORLD. PAGET HAS BEEN WORKING WITH YOUNG RIDERS HERE IN NZ DURING THE SUMMER FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, BUT NOW HE'S MOVING TO TAUPO TO BE BASED AT THE NATIONAL EQUESTRIAN CENTRE FULL-TIME. WE'VE GOT A BIG INDOOR CENTRE GOING IN AND THAT IS GOING TO BECOME A REAL FOCAL POINT FOR OUR PERFORMANCE AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE TRAINING, SO REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE JOCK THERE TO HAVE INPUT INTO IT AND TO BE UTILISING IT. TODAY THE SPORT SAID GOODBYE AND THANKS TO ERIC DUVANDER, ITS TOP COACH FOR THE PAST DECADE. PAGET SAYS DUVANDER HELPED MAKE HIS TRANSITION TO EUROPE A SUCCESS AND HE HOPES TO DO THE SAME FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. NOT THAT OUR TOP RIDERS ARE MOVING ON ANY TIME SOON. SIR MARK TODD IS EYEING ANOTHER OLYMPICS. I'M GOING TO TAKE IT ONE YEAR AT A TIME, AND IF I'M STILL GOING AND I'M STILL ENJOYING IT, AND THE HORSES ARE GOING WELL IN FOUR YEARS' TIME, THEN IT'S A POSSIBILITY. PAGET DEFINITELY WANTS TO SIGN ON FOR TOKYO BUT HIS NEW ROLE'S SEEN AS A STEPPING STONE TO THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE COACHING JOB, MEANING HE'LL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN COMPETING AND COACHING. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX HAVE STARTED LIFE WITHOUT DEPARTED COACH ERNIE MERRICK WITH JUST THEIR THIRD WIN OF THE A-LEAGUE SEASON. THE PHOENIX QUICKLY TURNED THE TURMOIL OF THE WEEK, IN WHICH MERRICK QUIT, INTO A POSITIVE AGAINST CENTRAL COAST IN HAMILTON. KOSTA BARBAROUSES SCORED INSIDE THE OPENING TWO MINUTES. A RARE VINCE LIA GOAL WAS POSSIBLY THE BEST HE'LL EVER SCORE. AND IT COMES TO LIA! WILD APPLAUSE CAN YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU'VE JUST SEEN! ROY KRISHNA GOT A THIRD RIGHT ON FULL TIME. THE PHOENIX MOVED OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER INTO EIGHTH. IT WAS SHADES OF LAST SEASON IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE, WITH DEFENDING CHAMPIONS LEICESTER RETURNING TO THE GIANT-KILLING WAYS OF OLD AGAINST MANCHESTER CITY. AND WHO BETTER TO REKINDLE THOSE MEMORIES THAN RIYAD MAHREZ AND HIS OLD MATE IN THE NUMBER NINE SHIRT? MAHREZ SCORES! REMEMBER HIM? MAHREZ IS ON HIS WAY. 3-0 LEICESTER. LEICESTER WON 4-2 TO MOVE INTO 14TH SPOT. ARSENAL BEAT STOKE 3-1 TO JUMP AHEAD OF CHELSEA AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE. THEY LEAD ON GOAL DIFFERENCE, ALTHOUGH CHELSEA PLAY TOMORROW MORNING. FINALLY IN SPORT, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH WEEK TO TAKE AS FAR AS NZ TEAMS GO AGAINST THE OLD RIVALS ACROSS THE TASMAN, BUT THE JUNIOR TALL BLACKS HAVE STUNNED AUSTRALIA TO WIN THE OCEANIA UNDER-18 TITLE IN FIJI. THE KIWIS BEAT THE AUSSIES IN THE DYING MOMENTS OF THE GAME TO TAKE THE FINAL AND QUALIFY FOR NEXT YEAR'S U-19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN EGYPT. AUSTRALIA WAS SO CONFIDENT THEY'D BE GOING, THEY'D ALREADY BOOKED THEIR ACCOMMODATION IN CAIRO. THANKS, ANDREW. RENEE'S HERE NEXT, AND THERE'S MORE WET WEATHER TO COME. YES, PETE, PLENTY OF SHOWER ACTIVITY FOR YOUR MONDAY. DETAILS FOR YOU NEXT. COMING UP IN JUST A SECOND ON GOOD SORTS WE'RE WITH THE LOVELY LESLIE AND SHE HAS A REQUEST FOR YOU. WE NEED TO BUY MORE SECOND-HAND COS THE TOYS THAT DON'T GET SOLD GO TO LANDFILL. SHE'S RESCUING THE TOYS THAT YOU THROW OUT. SO BE WARNED, NZ, COMING UP IN JUST A SECOND, OUR LOVELY LESLIE. THAT'S ON GOOD SORTS COMING UP AFTER THE ADS 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. 1 Installing a solar-energy system can cost many thousands of dollars, so will the numbers stack up for you? This is Dr Alan Wood from the University of Canterbury. His team has developed a calculator that will help you decide. Alan? The calculator crunches the numbers for you. It takes into account things like whether you're at home during the day and using power, as that can make quite a difference. So it's easy to use? Absolutely. For more information, visit energywise.govt.nz WE SEE FROM THE SATELLITE IMAGERY THE EXTENT OF THE LOW CLOUD OVER EAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND AND LOWER NORTH ISLAND, WHILE EAST OF NZ, A BROAD, BRIGHT CLOUD BAND MARKS AN EASTWARDS MOVING FRONT. A NARROW STRIP OF BRIGHT CIRRUS CLOUD OVER THE NORTH TASMAN SEA MARKS A STRONG WESTERLY JET STREAM IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE EXTENDING ALL THE WAY FROM THE QUEENSLAND COAST TO JUST NORTH OF THE NORTH ISLAND. TO THE WEST OF NZ, WE SEE OPEN-CELLED SHOWER CLOUDS MOVING NORTH-EAST IN THE SOUTH-WEST FLOW. FINALLY, OVER THE WESTERN TASMAN SEA WE SEE BAND OF CLOUD EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF TASMANIA SOUTH TO OVER THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. THIS DEFINES A COLD FRONT MOVING NORTH-EAST OVER THE TASMAN SEA AND REACHING THE FIORDLAND TONIGHT AND REACHING FIORDLAND TONIGHT AND SHOULD ARRIVE CLOSE TO AUCKLAND AROUND MIDDAY MONDAY BEFORE CLEARING THE NORTH ISLAND MONDAY EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT LIES AN OCCLUDED FRONT, WHICH ALSO MOVES NORTH-EAST OVER THE COUNTRY. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE TASMAN SEA BEHIND THESE FEATURES. FINE AT FIRST IN NELSON, BUT HEAVY, THUNDERY SHOWERS DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. MARLBOROUGH GETS HEAVY SHOWERS LATE MORNING. MORNING RAIN IN CANTERBURY TURNING TO SHOWERS ABOUT MIDDAY. SHOWERS CLEARING FOR THE REST AND FINE BREAKS DEVELOPING. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLIES. FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, SHOWERS BECOME WIDESPREAD IN THE MORNING, ESPECIALLY ABOUT MIDDAY, THEN CLEARING FOR A TIME SOUTH OF TARANAKI IN THE AFTERNOON. HEAVY, THUNDERY FALLS WITH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE ABOUT KAPITI, WELLINGTON AND WAIRARAPA UNTIL EVENING. FRESH SOUTHWESTERLIES FOR MOST PLACES. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ SO SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. AND DAN'S BACK FROM HOLIDAY TOMORROW. HAVE A GREAT WEEK. TONIGHT'S GOOD SORT IS LESLEY OTTEY FROM RANGIORA. LESLEY RESCUES SOFT TOYS FROM ENDING UP IN THE DUMP. YOU SEE, EVERY WEEK THOUSANDS OF UNWANTED TOYS END UP IN THE LANDFILL. HERE'S HADYN JONES WITH LESLEY'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE. THE SOFT TOYS NO ONE WANTS ANY MORE END UP AT LESLEY OTTEY'S HOUSE. THERE'S QUITE A LOT. ANYTHING BETWEEN 100 AND 180. THAT'S IN A WEEK. PHONE RINGS IT STARTED WHEN HER PHONE RANG. BEV FROM THE SALVATION ARMY CALLED AND THEY WERE HAVING TO SEND TO THE LANDFILL A WHEELIE BIN OF TOYS A WEEK. THAT'S GOT TO BE ABOUT THOUSANDS OF TOYS EACH WEEK UNWANTED. SO LESLEY GOES INTO SALLIES AT RANGIORA EVERY WEEK. THEY GET MORE THAN THEY CAN SELL. SOMEONE HAD A GIRAFFE COLLECTION. THINGS COME IN WAVES ` FROGS, MONKEYS, GIRAFFES. LESLIE TAKES THEM HOME NO MATTER WHAT CONDITION THEY ARE IN. THIS IS THE STUFF THAT APPEALS TO ME. SOMEONE WOULD GIVE SNOOPY, WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE WHITE, TO THE OP SHOP IN THAT CONDITION. IT'S REALLY FILTHY, DIGUSTING, STINKY, SMELLY STUFF. SHE WASHES THEM. HANGS THEM UP. THERE'S ONLY SO MANY PEGS IN YOUR LIFE. THEY REST HERE. THEY ALL GET TOSSED UP THERE FOR THREE DAYS TO DRY. WE STARTED ON THE 20TH OF APRIL THIS YEAR AND ALREADY WE HAVE RELOCATED CLOSE TO 4000 TOYS. SOME KIDS FROM OXFORD GAVE LESLEY THE IDEA. THEY WERE CONVERTING SOFT TOYS. THEY ARE HAND PUPPETS, HOT-WATER BOTTLE COVERS, DRAFT STOPPERS. PRETTY LAID-BACK SORT OF BEAR. SO, THIS IS ROCK-BOTTOM BEAR. AND WE'VE EVEN GOT A HAT. THEY WERE SELLING THEM FOR A SCHOOL IN NEPAL THAT HAD BEEN EARTHQUAKE-MUNTED. LESLIE'S TOYS GET SENT ALL OVER NZ. THIS BOX IS GOING TO WOMEN'S REFUGE IN AUCKLAND. I GET RID OF EVERYTHING, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN I WANT MORE. A LOT OF LESLIE'S TOYS GET USED IN THE COMMUNITY. LIKE THIS SANTA GROTTO. I'M A BIT OVERWHELMED, ACTUALLY, HADYN. I CAN'T BEGIN TO IMAGINE HOW MANY SMILES THESE ARE CREATING. IT HELPS SHE'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR FOR THE COUNCIL. I GET TO TALK RUBBISH, RECYCLING, COMPOSTING, BHUHAKI WORMS, WATER AND LOOKING AFTER THE PLACE. BECAUSE HER FINAL STOP IS SCHOOL... HI, LESLIE. ...WHERE HER TOYS ARE GREAT LISTENERS. JUST ASK MRS KEATS. IT GIVES THEM A FOCUS LIKE HAVING A PERSON LISTEN TO THEM. LESLEY HAS SAVED THOUSAND OF TOYS BY HERSELF. 4000 TOYS, ONE PERSON, ONE OP SHOP. SO SHE SAYS THIS CHRISTMAS, BUY SECOND-HAND. WE NEED TO STOP AND START THINKING WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WE NEED TO START TAKING ACTION. SHE SAYS THE KIDS DON'T MIND A TOY PRELOVED. HADYN JONES, ONE NEWS. AND YOU CAN CHECK OUT GOODSORTS ON OUR WEBSITE, WHERE YOU CAN CATCH UP WITH ALL OUR GOODSORTS, NOMINATE SOMEONE AND SEE BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOOTAGE. JUST GO TO ONENEWSNOW.CO.NZ.GOODSORTS AND THAT'S THE NEWS HOUR FOR SUNDAY. REMEMBER YOU CAN KEEP UP TO DATE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENTS ON OUR STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE. FROM THE 6 O'CLOCK TEAM, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANNE LANGFORD AND VIRGINIA PHILP. 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