IT'S MIDDAY, TUESDAY, THE 13TH OF DECEMBER. GISBORNE RESIDENTS ARE WARNED TO PREPARE FOR A SECOND NIGHT WITHOUT POWER AS INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE INTO WHAT CAUSED AN AGRICULTURAL PLANE TO CLIP POWERLINES. COULD YOUR CHILD'S CHANCES OF HAVING A GOOD LIFE BE SET BY THE TIME THEY'RE 3? THE NEW RESEARCH INTO HOW PRESCHOOL YEARS AFFECT ADULTHOOD. PLUS, BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME. 15,000 NEW GRANDSTAND SEATS FOR ADELE'S AUCKLAND CONCERTS ARE SNAPPED UP IN MINUTES. AROUND 40,000 PEOPLE ON THE EAST COAST ARE BEING WARNED THEY COULD BE WITHOUT POWER FOR A SECOND NIGHT. CREWS ARE WORKING TO RESTORE ELECTRICITY AFTER A PLANE COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES IN GISBORNE YESTERDAY, KILLING TWO PEOPLE. BRIAR WELLS IS THERE. BRIAR, WHAT'S IT LIKE IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW? Were going into a 2nd day without power. People are frustrated, but they are also being incredibly patient. Some businesses are still open despite working in the dark. They have been working throughout the night to try and restore and are saying they are making good progress and are on track to restoring power tonight or tomorrow. People are making the most of their generators. Supermarkets and restaurants have generators. No concern about access to food and water at this stage. There is a bit of an issue with communication around town. It is intermittent. They're making sure cell site coverage is covered around town. It is summer, and the situation is a lot easier for people last night. It is lighter later and the sun came up earlier this morning. People are prepared with their barbecues. The civil aviation Authority investigators arrived from Wellington last night. The rough terrain and remote location. There there today determining the cause of the crash. They haven't been publicly released, the name of the pilot. OH, LOOK, HE'S WELL EXPERIENCED, A NEAT GUY, YOU KNOW. FAMILY ` ONE CHILD, I THINK, AND HE'S JUST MOVED UP FROM BLENHEIM A FEW YEARS AGO, AND HE'S AN EXCEPTIONAL, HAPPY PERSON, AND IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE. Civil Defense, police and the like are working together to provide regular updates about the situation. Everyone has their fingers crossed that power will be restored soon. A WOMAN WILL SPEND THREE YEARS AND TWO MONTHS IN JAIL FOR HER ROLE IN A BRUTAL KIDNAPPING. JACYLN KEATES WAS SENTENCED IN THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND AFTER ADMITTING TO BEING PART OF A GROUP THAT TARGETED A YOUNG WOMAN IN MAY. THE VICTIM WAS BEATEN UP, STRIPPED NAKED AND TIED UP WITH CABLE TIES BEFORE BEING LEFT FOR DEAD BY THIS ROAD IN THE DOME VALLEY NORTH OF AUCKLAND. YOU WERE PART OF THIS GROUP PUNCHING AND HITTING HER AND ENCOURAGING THE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. IT IS NOT AT ALL SURPRISING THAT SHE FELT SO TERRIFIED THAT SHE BELIEVED SHE WAS GOING TO DIE. FIVE OTHER PEOPLE FACE CHARGES OVER THE INCIDENT AND WILL GO ON TRIAL IN FEBRUARY. NZ'S BEEN WARNED THAT A THIRD GENERATION OF CHILDREN ARE IN DANGER OF BEING ENTRENCHED IN POVERTY. THE FOURTH ANNUAL CHILD POVERTY MONITOR HAS BEEN RELEASED TODAY AND SHOWS 150,000 KIWI KIDS ARE GOING WITHOUT ITEMS CONSIDERED NECESSARY FOR THEIR WELL-BEING, LIKE FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, HEATING, SHOES AND A DRY HOME. THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER SAYS CREATING A PLAN TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING IS WELL OVERDUE. IT CAN'T GO ON. WE CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER WINTER SUCH AS WE JUST HAD, WITH KIDS SLEEPING ON MARAE FLOORS AND IN CARS. I THINK THE COUNTRY REALISES THAT THERE'S A REAL ISSUE, BUT WE NEED ACTION. THE COUNTRY'S NEW DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, PAULA BENNETT, SAYS THE GOVERNMENT IS AWARE THERE ARE CHILDREN IN DIRE SITUATIONS, BUT IT'S NOT A QUICK FIX. SHE SAYS THEY'RE TACKLING ONE FACTOR AT A TIME. WE CAN SEE NCEA LEVELS GOING UP IN CHILDREN. YOU KNOW, THAT'S HUGE ` FROM 66% TO 83%. ACTUALLY, THOSE CHILDREN BEING EDUCATED MEANS THAT THEY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING JOBS, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY, THEN, WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FAMILIES, ARE GOING TO SEE THEM NOT LIVING IN THAT KIND OF POVERTY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE ARE WORKING ON FAMILY VIOLENCE. YOU CAN SEE US RAISING BENEFITS BECAUSE WE ARE COMMITTED TO SEEING A DIFFERENCE FOR THESE FAMILIES. LABOUR LEADER ANDREW LITTLE SAYS UNDER HIS PARTY'S LEADERSHIP, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD SUPPORT WAYS TO MEASURE CHILD POVERTY AND GIVE ANNUAL UPDATES ON PROGRESS. MEANWHILE DATA FROM THE DUNEDIN STUDY, WHICH HAS TRACKED THE LIVES OF 1000 NZERS OVER 40 YEARS HAS BEEN RELEASED THIS MORNING, SHOWING DISADVANTAGE IN CHILDHOOD CAN PREDICT COSTLY ADULT OUTCOMES. THE STUDY FOLLOWED THE PROGRESS OF CHILDREN BORN IN DUNEDIN IN THE EARLY '70S. IT FOUND JUST 20% OF THE GROUP MADE UP NEARLY 80% OF THE ECONOMIC BURDEN AS ADULTS. THE 'HIGH COST' GROUP ACCOUNTED FOR MORE THAN 80% OF CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS AND 66% OF WELFARE BENEFITS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. THE RESEARCHERS HAVE ALSO FOUND A CHILD'S LIFE CHANCES ARE SET BY THE AGE OF 3. THOSE WHO SCORED POORLY IN COGNITIVE TESTS AS A TODDLER TENDED TO LIVE POORER LIVES. THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THE NEED FOR GREATER FOCUS ON PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, AND THE RESULTS ARE BEING CLOSELY MONITORED IN THE UK, AS THE BBC'S PALLAB GHOSH EXPLAINS. THEY'RE ONLY 3, BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM NOW WILL DETERMINE THE COURSE OF THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. OH, THIS IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD, GUYS. IT'S JUST ONE STUDY OF PEOPLE IN NZ, BUT RESEARCHES SAY THAT IT'S LIKELY TO BE RELEVANT IN THE UK AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES, AND THE MESSAGE IS TO INVEST MORE IN CHILDREN WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG. IF A CHILD IS OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT AT AGE 3 AND NOT READY FOR SCHOOL, THEN THEY FALL FURTHER AND FURTHER AND FURTHER BEHIND, IN A SORT OF A SNOWBALL EFFECT THAT PUTS THEM WITH` UNPREPARED FOR ADULT LIFE. A NEW STUDY INDICATES THAT THOSE WHO FALL BEHIND EARLY ON WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY GO ON TO HAVE DISMAL LIVES. THEY FOUND THAT THOSE WHO HAD LOW TEST SCORES WHEN THEY WERE 3 WENT ON TO ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN 80% OF CRIMES, REQUIRED 78% OF PRESCRIPTIONS AND RECEIVED 66% OF WELFARE PAYMENTS. THIS RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WE DO NEED TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON THOSE WITH THE MOST NEED. AND I THINK MAYBE IF THIS RESEARCH IS SHOWING THAT THERE'S A GROUP OF YOUNG CHILDREN THAT MAY BE AT RISK OF DEVELOPING THESE PROBLEMS LATER IN LIFE, MAYBE WE DO NEED TO BECOME A BIT MORE DIAGNOSTIC IN TERMS OF THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED FROM THE EARLIEST YEARS. SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS HAVE EXPANDED THE PROVISION OF NURSERY EDUCATION. BUT THE NEW STUDY SUGGESTS THEY MAY HAVE UNDERESTIMATED JUST HOW IMPORTANT IT IS IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF CHILDREN'S LIVES. WHILE THERE'S STILL NO EXPLANATION AS TO HOW A TODDLER DISAPPEARED FROM A HOME IN ROTORUA OVERNIGHT, POLICE SAY THEY ARE SPEAKING TO SEVERAL PEOPLE IN RELATION TO THE EVENT. EARLY THIS MORNING THE BOY'S FATHER, JAMES KIFF, POSTED ON FACEBOOK TO SAY HIS SON HAD BEEN ABDUCTED FROM HIS BED DURING A BREAK-IN BETWEEN 10PM AND 2AM. HIS POST WAS SHARED THOUSANDS OF TIMES, WITH MANY EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS PLEADING FOR INFORMATION. POLICE LAUNCHED AN EARLY MORNING SEARCH FOR THE 18-MONTH-OLD, LATER CONFIRMING HE'D BEEN FOUND. THEY SAY HE IS UNINJURED AND HAS BEEN MEDICALLY CHECKED AS A PRECAUTION. NATIONAL MP SAM LOTU-IIGA HAS ANNOUNCED HE WON'T BE SEEKING RE-ELECTION NEXT YEAR. IT COMES AS NEW PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH CONSIDERS A POSSIBLE CABINET SHUFFLE. THE MP FOR MAUNGAKIEKIE IS THE ASSOCIATE MINISTER OF HEALTH, ETHNIC COMMUNITIES AND PACIFIC PEOPLES MINISTER. LOTU-IIGA HAS BEEN IN POLITICS FOR 10 YEARS AND SAYS HE'S STEPPING DOWN TO EXPLORE NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS FAMILY. THE FAMILIES OF THE PIKE RIVER 29 ARE AT PARLIAMENT TODAY TO PRESENT A NEW PLAN TO RE-ENTER THE MINE. BUT THE NEW PRIME MINISTER WON'T BE THERE TO HEAR IT. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD JOINS US NOW. SO, KATIE, WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE TODAY? The families of those 29 men will be here shortly with their supporters. Bill English won't be here nor any cabinet ministers. They say they weren't asked, long. They are going to present a plan that will allow the mind to be entered safely. It has been reviewed by 3 other international experts. They want the government and solid energy to look at this plan. Bill English spoke with Bernie Monk this morning. It was a cordial meeting. This is about safety We won't see any government and peace year. But we will see a number mixing with the families. The Labour wants an independent investigation carried out. Basically whatever the findings are, that would be the end of the matter. That is the solution he thinks there should be. AN AMERICAN COMPANY HAS BOUGHT THE SISTEMA PLASTIC CONTAINER MAKER FOR A STAGGERING PRICE TAG WHILE AGREEING TO KEEP ITS OPERATIONS IN NZ. THE $660M DEAL GUARANTEES THE JOBS OF 700 STAFF FOR 20 YEARS. SISTEMA FOUNDER AND 90% OWNER BRENDAN LINDSAY WILL STEP DOWN AS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY HE STARTED 34 YEARS AGO IN A CAMBRIDGE GARAGE. THE COMPANY SELLS A RANGE OF PLASTIC STORAGE CONTAINERS TO MORE THAN 90 COUNTRIES. NEW FOOTAGE SHOWS THE FIERY TESTING OF A ROCKET SYSTEM THAT WILL PROPEL SATELLITES INTO SPACE FROM A LAUNCH PAD IN HAWKE'S BAY. ROCKET LAB PLANS TO USE 17-METRE LONG ELECTRON ROCKETS TO DEPLOY 150KG PAYLOADS INTO ORBIT. IT SAYS IT'S NOW FINISHED TESTING THE FIRST-STAGE BOOSTER THAT'LL BE USED FOR TAKE-OFF AND WILL SOON BEGIN TEST FLIGHTS FROM A LAUNCH PAD AT MAHIA PENINSULA. NEWLY RELEASED GRANDSTAND SEATS TO ADELE NEXT YEAR, BEING BUILT ESPECIALLY FOR THE OCCASION, HAVE ALREADY SOLD OUT. ORGANISERS LAST NIGHT ANNOUNCED PLANS TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 5000 TICKETS PER SHOW, AND THIS MORNING THEY DISAPPEARED IN A STAGGERING 10 MINUTES. IT COMES AFTER THE POP STAR'S THREE MARCH CONCERTS SOLD OUT IN RECORD-BREAKING FASHION, BECOMING THE FASTEST SELLING SHOW IN NZ HISTORY. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` REBEL FIGHTERS WITHDRAW AS THE SYRIAN ARMY SAYS IT'S ON THE VERGE OF RETAKING THE WHOLE OF THE CITY OF ALEPPO. AND SUPER RAVI ASHWIN WRAPS UP INNINGS VICTORY AGAINST ENGLAND TO SECURE SERIES WIN. THE SYRIAN ARMY SAYS IT NOW CONTROLS 98% OF REBEL-HELD ALEPPO AFTER TAKING ANOTHER KEY DISTRICT OF THE CITY. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE FLED AFTER WEEKS OF INTENSE BOMBARDMENT. CIVILIANS STILL TRAPPED THERE SAY THE SITUATION IS LIKE DOOMSDAY. THE BBC'S LYSE DOUCET REPORTS. EXPLOSIONS A BRUTAL BATTLE FOR A MAJOR CITY ` THE LAST NEIGHBOURHOODS HELD BY THE REBELS IN EAST ALEPPO ARE UNDER INTENSE FIRE. BOOM! TODAY MORE AREAS FELL TO THE SYRIAN ARMY AND ITS RUSSIAN AND IRANIAN ALLIES. GENERAL ZAID AL-SALEH SHOWS A GROUP OF JOURNALISTS THEIR LATEST ADVANCE IN THE DISTRICT OF SHEIKH SAEED. 'THE BATTLE IS AT AN END,' HE SAYS. ONLY 10% OF EAST ALEPPO IS STILL IN REBEL HANDS, BUT VICTORY COMES WITH A HEAVY PRICE ` SO LITTLE IS LEFT NOW. (SPEAKS LOCAL LANGUAGE) TRANSLATOR: WE WILL REBUILD IT. IT IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE YOUTH WHO DIED. WE CAN REBUILD THE STONE, BUT WE CANNOT REBUILD HOMELAND. AS THE FIGHTING INTENSIFIES, THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES ARE FLEEING FRONT LINES, INTO THE WEST OF ALEPPO. SOME SPEAK OF COMING UNDER FIRE FROM REBEL FIGHTERS AS THEY TRY TO ESCAPE. ONCE THEY MAKE IT OUT, YOUNG MEN GET TAKEN IN BY SYRIAN SECURITY FORCES. THERE'S GROWING CONCERN THAT MEN ARE GOING MISSING. THE ARMY SAYS IT HAS TO DO IT. TRANSLATOR: THE MEN WHO CAME OUT OF THE AREA GET TAKEN IN FOR QUESTIONING. WE NEED TO CHECK WHO THEY ARE AND WHETHER THEY HAVE DONE MILITARY SERVICE. IF THEY HAVEN'T, WE PUT THEM IN THE ARMY. GUNFIRE ALEPPO HAS BEEN AT WAR FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. THIS IS THE WORST OF IT. FRANTIC EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO TRY TO GET THE MOST VULNERABLE OUT, INCLUDING HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN. THE FIGHTERS WANT AN EXIT TOO. THOSE TALKS ARE ALSO GETTING NOWHERE, AS THE SYRIAN ARMY CLOSES IN ON VICTORY. TURKISH POLICE HAVE DETAINED MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE FOR ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE OUTLAWED KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY. THEY INCLUDE OFFICIALS FROM A MAIN KURDISH POLITICAL PARTY. THE ARRESTS COME TWO DAYS AFTER TWIN BOMB ATTACKS NEAR AN ISTANBUL FOOTBALL STADIUM, WHICH KILLED 44 PEOPLE AND INJURED MORE THAN A 150. IT'S NOT CLEAR IF THE ARRESTS ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE BOMBINGS. AN AUSTRALIAN TEENAGER SAYS HE WAS DEPRIVED OF FOOD, REPEATEDLY STRIP-SEARCHED AND FORCED TO DEFECATE IN HIS PILLOWCASE IN A YOUTH DETENTION CENTRE. IMAGES OF DYLAN VOLLER WEARING SHACKLES AND A SPIT HOOD IMAGES OF DYLAN VOLLER WEARING SHACKLES AND A SPIT HOOD CAUSED OUTRAGE WHEN THEY WERE TELEVISED IN JULY. THEY PROMPTED THE GOVERNMENT TO APPOINT A ROYAL COMMISSION INQUIRY INTO YOUTH DETENTION IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. THE 19-YEAR-OLD'S NOW GIVEN EVIDENCE TO THE COMMISSION, EXPLAINING HOW THE DETAINEES WERE REGULARLY MISTREATED BY STAFF. SYDNEY'S NEW YEAR'S EVE FIREWORKS ARE WORLD-FAMOUS, AND THIS YEAR THE EVENT WILL BE MORE ACCESSIBLE THAN EVER. IT'LL BE STREAMED LIVE ONLINE, WITH MILLIONS OF EYES TRAINED ON THE HARBOUR BRIDGE AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT. CHANNEL NINE'S JAYNE AZZOPARDI HAS MORE. NEW YEAR'S EVE IN SYDNEY ` EVERY YEAR THEY PROMISE BIGGER AND BETTER, AND EVERY YEAR THE FOTI FAMILY DELIVERS. YEAH, TOUCH WOOD, SO FAR, SO GOOD. THIS YEAR, THERE'LL BE 20,000 FIREWORKS SHOT INTO THE SKY FROM THE HARBOUR BRIDGE... THERE'LL BE NO CENTRAL SYMBOL ON THE BRIDGE, THE ENTIRE HARBOUR PROVIDING A CANVAS. THE WAY WE CAN COLLABORATE THE FIREWORKS, THE LIGHTING AND THE IMAGERY ON THE PYLON, WE HOPE, WILL GIVE ANOTHER NEW BREATH TO NEW YEAR'S EVE. AROUND THE HARBOUR, ONE MILLION PEOPLE WILL BE WATCHING FROM MORE THAN 50 VANTAGE POINTS, FROM BALMAIN IN THE WEST, THROUGH THE HEART OF THE CITY. TO WATSONS BAY AND MANLY. THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE WORLD CAN JOIN US HERE LIVE AS SYDNEY'S CELEBRATIONS ARE STREAMED TO MILLIONS ON FACEBOOK. SO WHEN THE BRIDGE LIGHTS UP AT MIDNIGHT, THEY'LL BE WATCHING OVER BREAKFAST IN NEW YORK, LUNCH IN LONDON AND CHAMPAGNE IN TOKYO. THIS IS THE MOST EVENT IN AUSTRALIA, AND BECAUSE WE DO NEW YEAR'S EVE FIRST, IT BECOMES A REALLY IMPORTANT EVENT RIGHT ROUND THE WORLD. KEEPING US SAFE ` MORE THAN 2000 POLICE. THEY SAY THEY'VE BEEN NO SPECIFIC THREATS, BUT WITH SO MANY PEOPLE IN ONE PLACE AT ONE TIME, THEY'LL BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING. POLICE WILL BE ON THE WATER; THEY'LL BE IN THE AIR; POLICE WILL BE ON THE WATER; THEY'LL BE IN THE AIR; THEY'LL BE ON HORSEBACK. THE YEAR'S BIGGEST PARTY IS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY. ARMED THIEVES ARE ON THE RUN IN FRANCE AFTER STEALING 70KG OF GOLD IN A DARING MOTORWAY HEIST. THE GANG OF FOUR SWOOPED ON A SECURITY VAN IN TWO CARS AND PUT THE POWDERED GOLD, WORTH MORE THAN $2M, INTO THEIR GETAWAY CAR. THEY THEN LOCKED TWO SECURITY GUARDS IN THE BACK OF THE VAN BEFORE SETTING FIRE TO THEIR OTHER VEHICLE. THE GUARDS WERE SAVED, BUT THE ROBBERS HAVE SO FAR EVADED CAPTURE. A RARE GUITAR OWNED BY JIMI HENDRIX IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF ITEMS SET TO GO ON AUCTION AS PART OF AN ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT SALE. HENDRIX PURCHASED THE ACOUSTIC GUITAR SECOND-HAND FOR $35 IN NEW YORK CITY. IT'S EXPECTED TO SELL FOR UP TO $200,000. OTHER ITEMS GOING UNDER THE HAMMER INCLUDE A CUSTOM-MADE CLOUD GUITAR USED BY PRINCE IN 1993, A FLAMBOYANT JACKET WORN BY ROLLING STONE KEITH RICHARD, A RARE BEATLES SELF-PORTRAIT CARICATURES SIGNED BY THE BAND, AND A PIANO PLAYED BY QUEEN'S FREDDIE MERCURY. TO SPORT. ENGLAND WERE WELL AND TRULY THUMPED IN THE FOURTH TEST AGAINST INDIA, LOSING ITS LAST FOUR WICKETS FOR JUST 13 RUNS, THANKS TO MORE BOWLING BRILLIANCE FROM RAVI ASHWIN. THE 36-RUN DEFEAT MEANT INDIA HAS CLINCHED THE SERIES VICTORY 3-0 WITH ONE TEST TO COME. STEVEN ADAMS WAS AGAIN OUTSTANDING IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER'S 99-96 VICTORY OVER THE BOSTON CELTICS. TEAMMATE RUSSELL WESTBROOK JUST MISSED OUT IN HIS ATTEMPT AT A RECORD-CHASING EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE TRIPLE-DOUBLE, BUT HE STILL MANAGED 32 POINTS, 10 REBOUNDS AND SIX ASSISTS. ADAMS WASN'T EXACTLY USELESS EITHER, WITH 16 POINTS, EIGHT REBOUNDS AND TWO ASSISTS. THE THUNDER CAME FROM BEHIND IN THE FINAL QUARTER TO TAKE THE HOME GAME. MICHAEL VENUS WON'T BE DEFENDING HIS NZ TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN'S TITLE, WHICH STARTS IN AUCKLAND TODAY. VENUS INJURED HIS ANKLE IN FLORIDA LAST WEEK AND WITHDREW FROM THE CHAMPS. VENUS, WHO IS NUMBER 32 IN THE WORLD DOUBLES RANKINGS, WILL STAY OVER THERE TO GET THE INJURY TREATED, WHILE WELLINGTON'S FINN TEARNEY WILL BE THE TOP SEED. THE BLACK STICKS HAVE STAMPED THEIR AUTHORITY IN THE FIRST OF THEIR FIVE-MATCH SERIES AGAINST MALAYSIA IN TARANAKI LAST NIGHT. THE HOME SIDE BEATING THE VISITORS 3-0. AND STAYING WITH GOLF, AN AUCKLAND MORTGAGE BROKER HAS SMASHED THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR THE MOST HOLES OF GOLF PLAYED IN 12 HOURS. BRAD LUITEN TEED OFF IN A BID TO BREAK THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 221 HOLES, TO ONLY SHATTER THAT AND COMPLETE 237 WITH JUST A 6 IRON RUNNING NEARLY 100KM. ALL CHEER OVERWHELMING. PRETTY HAPPY. YEAH, COOL TO HAVE EVERYONE HERE, MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. LUITEN ALREADY HAS A WORLD RECORD. HE'S THE FASTEST MAN TO RUN 10KS ON CRUTCHES. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. PLUS, WALKING ON THIN ICE. THE INCREDIBLE MISSION TO RESCUE A MOOSE STUCK IN ICE. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST, LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. A FATAL PLANE CRASH WHICH TOOK OUT POWER LINES IN GISBORNE YESTERDAY MAY SEE 40,000 PEOPLE IN THE DARK FOR A SECOND NIGHT. A WOMAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS AND TWO MONTHS IN JAIL AFTER ADMITTING TO BEING PART OF A BRUTAL KIDNAPPING IN MAY, WHEN A WOMAN WAS LEFT FOR DEAD BY THE ROAD IN THE DOME VALLEY, NORTH OF AUCKLAND. POLICE SAY THEY ARE SPEAKING TO SEVERAL PEOPLE IN RELATION TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A TODDLER IN ROTORUA OVERNIGHT, WHO WAS THIS MORNING FOUND SAFE AND WELL. NOW TO THE WEATHER, STARTING DOWN SOUTH, WHERE THE HIGH CLOUD IS PUSHING IN. THERE IS A FRONT APPROACHING. THERE WILL BE SOME SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. NOT A BAD DAY; JUST A FEW SPOTS HERE AND THERE, BUT YOU WILL NOTICE THAT WESTERLY PICKING UP. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ A MOOSE LEFT LITERALLY TREADING ON THIN ICE HAS BEEN RESCUED IN CANADA. SEVERAL FIREFIGHTERS WADED IN WAIST-DEEP TO THE PARTIALLY FROZEN RIVER, HACKING THROUGH THE ICE WITH AXES, ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE ANIMAL. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR'S WORK IN THE SUB-ZERO WATER, THE MOOSE WAS SUCCESSFULLY PULLED OUT AND LED TO SHORE. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE 1 NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.