GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WITH A BROAD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTRY, THE SETTLED SUMMER WEATHER COVERED MUCH OF NZ LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. THE SOUTH-WESTERLY WINDS ALSO BROUGHT COOLER AIR, WHICH MEANT IN THE EARLY HOURS THIS MORNING, QUITE A FEW PLACES SAW MINIMUM TEMPERATURES COLD ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A LIGHT GROUND FROST. OUR SUNNY HIGH STARTS TO PULL AWAY TOMORROW, ALLOWING WET WEATHER IN FROM THE WEST AND INTENSIFYING WINDS AS THE ISOBARS PACK CLOSER TOGETHER. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. A CALL FOR WEARING LIFE JACKETS TO BE MANDATORY FROM A COMMUNITY HIT HARD BY DROWNINGS. 'CUT IT OUT.' WHAT BARACK OBAMA SAID TO VLADIMIR PUTIN ABOUT RUSSIAN CYBER ATTACKS. AND A CHRISTMAS-DAY WARNING. FIND OUT HOW MANY OF US HAVE AN ACCIDENT CARVING THE TURKEY OR HAM. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. A CALL TONIGHT FROM THE PACIFIC ISLAND COMMUNITY FOR THE WEARING OF LIFE JACKETS TO BE MADE COMPULSORY. THIS AFTER FIGURES SHOW PACIFIC PEOPLES ARE OVER-REPRESENTED IN DROWNING DEATHS. ONLY LAST MONTH, SEVEN PACIFIC ISLAND MEN PERISHED IN THE KAIPARA HARBOUR TRAGEDY. MONIQUE FISCHER WAS AT A TONGAN WATER SAFETY PROGRAMME TODAY. GRAB A LIFE JACKET. NO ZIP, NO CLIP, NO TRIP. A SIMPLE ENOUGH MESSAGE THAT'S YET TO SINK IN FOR ISLAND COMMUNITIES. WATER IS NOT GOING TO BE A GRAVEYARD FOR US. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT. AT THE MOMENT, IT'S A GRAVEYARD FOR US PACIFIC ISLAND PEOPLE. WITH THE WORST DROWNING RATES AMONG ETHNIC GROUPS, PACIFIC ISLANDERS ARE TAKING MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. WE GET THEM TO DO PRACTICAL SESSIONS SO THEY KNOW THE REASON BEHIND WEARING LIFE JACKETS INSTEAD OF JUST TELLING THEM TO WEAR LIFE JACKETS. THEY'VE PARTNERED WITH WATER SAFETY NZ RUNNING PRACTICAL SESSIONS AND HIRING OUT LIFE JACKETS FOR A GOLD COIN DONATION AT ALMOST 30 COMMUNITY HUBS. WE KNOW THEY SAVE LIVES, AND WE KNOW FROM THE RESEARCH THAT FROM THE 20 RECREATIONAL BOATIES THAT DIE EACH YEAR, 70% MOST LIKELY WOULDN'T HAVE OCCURRED IF THEY'D BEEN WEARING A LIFE JACKET. IT MAY ALREADY BE WORKING. RETAIL GIANT REBEL SPORT DOUBLED THEIR SALES IN LIFE JACKETS THIS SUMMER, BUT MAKING SURE THEY'RE WORN IS ANOTHER STORY. IT'S JUST LIKE SEATBELTS IN THE CAR. WE THOUGHT, 'HEY WE DROVE AROUND THE 'PACIFIC ISLANDS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY. WE DON'T NEED A SEAT BELT.' BUT WHEN YOU CRASH, IT'S THE DIFFERENCE. IT MAKES LIFE JACKETS THE SAME. IN MANGERE TODAY. THE MESSAGE HAS BEEN DRILLED IN. STILL ADJUSTABLE EH? OR MAYBE GET A SMALLER ONE COS YOU'RE SLIM. (LAUGHS) ARMED WITH AN EDUCATION AND A SNUG JACKET, THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO ENJOY THE WATER THIS SUMMER. MONIQUE FISCHER, 1 NEWS. PIKE RIVER PROTESTORS ARE TAKING LEGAL ADVICE ON WHETHER THEY'LL HAVE TO STOP THEIR OCCUPATION OF THE ACCESS ROAD TO THE MINE. THE DEVELOPMENT COULD MARK AN END TO THE TENSE STANDOFF THAT'S PLAYED OUT OVER THE PAST MONTH WHERE FAMILIES OF THE 29 MEN KILLED HAVE TRIED TO STOP SOLID ENERGY'S PLANS TO SEAL THE MINE. IT'S EMERGED FROM THE LANDOWNER THAT SOLID ENERGY DOES HAVE ACCESS RIGHTS, AND THE COMPANY SAYS THE PROTESTORS GATES WILL NOW BE REMOVED. BUT THE FAMILIES SAY THAT'S NOT THE CASE JUST YET. WE ARE GETTING OUR LAWYERS TO LOOK OVER THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS SIGNED. IF OUR LAWYERS SAY YES OR NO, WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE, SO NOTHING'S CHANGED. WE'LL STILL BE UP THERE MANNING WHATEVER GATE IS LOCKED. BERNIE MONK SAYS HE EXPECTS AN ANSWER BACK FROM THE LAWYERS NEXT WEEK. BARACK OBAMA SAYS HE KNEW RUSSIA WAS INVOLVED IN HACKING DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND TOLD VLADIMIR PUTIN IN PERSON TO 'CUT IT OUT.' THIS COMES AS HILLARY CLINTON HAS SPOKEN OUT PUBLICLY, PARTLY BLAMING THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT FOR HER ELECTION DEFEAT. ABC'S MARTHA RADDITZ REPORTS. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT OBAMA REVEALED THAT HE CONFRONTED VLADIMIR PUTIN ABOUT THE RUSSIAN HACKING FACE-TO-FACE IN SEPTEMBER, WARNING HIM NOT TO TAMPER WITH THE VOTE ON ELECTION DAY. THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO ENSURE THAT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN WAS TO TALK TO HIM DIRECTLY AND TELL HIM TO CUT IT OUT OR THERE WOULD BE SOME SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES TO BE HAD. THE CIA AND THE FBI BOTH BELIEVE PUTIN HIMSELF ORDERED THE HACKING OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE AND THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN JOHN PODESTA. I ASKED THE PRESIDENT AS HE AGREES. THE INTELLIGENCE THAT I HAVE SEEN GIVES ME GREAT CONFIDENCE IN OUR ASSESSMENT THAT THE RUSSIANS CARRIED OUT THIS HACK. PUTIN SPECIFICALLY? CAN YOU NOT SAY THAT? WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE OF IS THAT... I GIVE THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY A CHANCE TO GATHER ALL THE INFORMATION. BUT I MAKE A LARGER POINT, WHICH IS NOT MUCH HAPPENS IN RUSSIA WITHOUT VLADIMIR PUTIN. STILL UNCONVINCED RUSSIA WAS BEHIND THE ATTACK, PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP. THEY HAVE NO IDEA IF IT IS RUSSIA OR CHINA OR SOMEBODY. IT COULD BE SOMEBODY SITTING IN A BED TO SOMEPLACE. THE PRESIDENT-ELECT IS STILL IN... TRANSITION MODE FROM CAMPAIGN TO GOVERNANCE. THE PRESIDENT TODAY BRISTLED THAT REPUBLICANS FOR NOT DENOUNCING RUSSIA DURING THE CAMPAIGN. HE SAYS IT WAS CLEAR WHICH CANDIDATE RUSSIA WAS TRYING TO HURT. NOW, HILLARY CLINTON IS SPEAKING OUT, SAYING PUTIN TARGETED HER BECAUSE AS SECRETARY OF STATE, SHE SPOKE OUT AGAINST CORRUPTION AND RUSSIA'S OWN ELECTIONS. CLINTON BLAMES HER LOSS ON TWO 'UNPRECEDENTED EVENTS' ` THE HACKING AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY JUST 11 DAYS OUT OF THE ELECTION THAT AGENTS WERE LOOKING OVER NEW E-MAILS CONNECTED TO HER PRIVATE SERVER. THE EVIDENCE US CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS FOUND INCLUDED SOFTWARE WRITTEN ON RUSSIAN ALPHABET KEYBOARDS SENT TO AN ADDRESS USED IN OTHER RUSSIAN CYBER ATTACKS AND THE ACTIVITY STOPPED ON RUSSIAN PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. THE WEEK OF POLITICAL CHANGE CONTINUES WITH A LONG TIME LABOUR MP ANNOUNCING A MOVE TO THE PARTY LIST. DEPUTY LEADER ANNETTE KING'S GIVING UP THE RONGOTAI SEAT SHE'S HELD FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. IT'S A MOVE EXPECTED TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR ANDREW LITTLE TO STAND IN THE SAFE WELLINGTON SEAT. THE LABOUR LEADER'S FAILED TO WIN TWICE IN THE NEW PLYMOUTH ELECTORATE. KIWI MEN SUFFERING FROM RECURRENT PROSTATE CANCER WILL SOON HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO WHAT'S BEING CALLED A GENERATIONAL LEAP FORWARD IN DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNOLOGY USES A RADIOACTIVE TRACER TO PINPOINT TINY CANCER CELLS WHICH ARE OTHERWISE MISSED ON CONVENTIONAL SCANS. HEALTH REPORTER LORELEI MASON WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT. IT ARRIVES INTO PACIFIC RADIOLOGY'S CHRISTCHURCH AND WELLINGTON PET SCANNING CENTRES EARLY EACH WEDNESDAY ON A MIDNIGHT FLIGHT FROM MELBOURNE. A LEAD LINED BOX CONTAINING A POTENT RADIOACTIVE TRACE OF LIQUID CALLED F-18-PSMA. CAPABLE OF GIVING DOCTORS THE MOST DEFINITIVE PROOF YET THAT A PATIENT'S PROSTATE CANCER MAY HAVE RETURNED. AS A CLINICIAN, IT IS VERY PLEASING. FOR THE PATIENT, IT IS A GAME CHANGER. AN ELEVATED PSA BLOOD TEST CAN INDICATE THAT A MAN'S PROSTATE CANCER MAY BE COMING BACK, BUT IT DOES NOT TELL DOCTORS WHERE. CURRENTLY, CT SCANS FIND LARGER GROSS, BUT NOT THE TINY ONES. HOWEVER, F-18-PSMA DOES. WE CAN DETECT METASTASES DOWN TO 2MM OR 3MM IN SIZE. ONE UNPACKED, THE RACE IS ON TO GET THE ANTIBODY TRACE INJECTED INTO THE PATIENT'S BLOODSTREAM WHILE THE RELATIVITY IS STILL ACTIVE, AROUND 12 HOURS. HE IS THEN POSITIONED ON A PET SCANNER TO GIVE DOCTORS THE VITAL ANSWERS THEY NEED. WELL, THIS IS IT. F-18-PSMA, OR FLUORINATING PROSTATE-SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN. UNLIKE OTHER TRACERS, THIS ONE IS SPECIFIC ONLY TO PROSTATE CELLS IN THE BODY. THIS INJECT ANTIBODY, IT LOOKS FOR THE ANTIGEN ON THE CANCER CELL SURFACE, AND IT LOCKS ON TO IT. DOING SO WITH PINPOINT PRECISION. THE TRACER LIGHTS UP THE SCAN IN RED WHEN IT FINDS THE CANCER CELLS. THIS IS THE PROSTATE CANCER WITH A 5MM RECURRENT IN THE PROSTATE GLAND. IF YOU LOOK OVER TO THE CT SCAN THAT ACCOMPANIES THIS, WE CAN'T SEE THIS PROSTATE RECURRENCE AT ALL. THE TRACER HAS PICKED UP SEVERAL CANCERS IN THIS PATIENT ` THIS TINY BLACK DOTS GIVING DOCTORS A CLEARER IDEA HOW TO TREAT IT. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE IT OR GIVE RADIOTHERAPY IN MANY CASES AND POTENTIAL CURE HIM, AND THAT OPPORTUNITY HAS NOT BEEN THERE BEFORE. UNTIL NOW, ONLY AUCKLAND PATIENTS HAVE HAD ACCESS TO SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY, THE PACIFIC RADIOLOGY PLANS TO MANUFACTURE THE F18 TRACER ITSELF FROM WELLINGTON NEXT YEAR AND SUPPLY ALL FIVE OF THE COUNTRY'S PET SCANNERS. INSTEAD OF BEING ABLE TO SCAN JUST THREE MEN PER SITE PER DAY, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SCAN EIGHT, DELIVERING MORE CERTAINTY TO THE 3000 NZ MEN DIAGNOSED EACH YEAR. MEANWHILE, A SIMPLE TEST YOU CAN TAKE AT HOME COULD SAVE YOUR SIGHT FROM THE LEADING CAUSE OF BLINDNESS ` MACULAR DEGENERATION. IN ANOTHER CASE OF EARLY DETECTION BEING THE KEY, RESEARCHERS ARE CALLING FOR FUNDING TO RAISE AWARENESS, SAVING PEOPLE'S VISION AS WELL AS SAVING THE COUNTRY MILLIONS. EMILY COOPER WITH THIS. IT'S NZ'S NO.1 CAUSE OF BLINDNESS, AND � OF THE COUNTRY'S POPULATION IS AT RISK. BUT EYE EXPERTS SAY THERE'S SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH AWARENESS ABOUT IT. MACULAR DEGENERATION CAN BE DETECTED WITH A SIMPLE TEST. AND, IF CAUGHT EARLY, A PERSON'S EYESIGHT CAN BE SAVED. IN THAT VERY EARLY STAGE, WE HAVE A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE CAN TREAT IT AND PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE. MACULAR DEGENERATION NZ COMMISSIONED A STUDY THAT SHOWS MD-RELATED VISION LOSS COSTS THE COUNTRY $390M A YEAR. BUT IF AN INVESTMENT IS MADE IN RAISING AWARENESS, IT COULD SAVE THE HEALTH SYSTEM AROUND $72M A YEAR. DR SHARP IS CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO FUND AWARENESS AND EARLY DETECTION. THAT'S A COST THAT COULD BE SAVED, BUT IT'S NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE IMPACT ON PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING BLIND AS A RESULT OF MACULAR DEGENERATION. WE CAN SAVE PEOPLE FROM GOING BLIND. NICKY PLUMMER NOTICED SIGNS OF MD IN HER EARLY 40S. HER FATHER HAD MD AT THE SAME AGE AS HER. HE'S NOW LEGALLY BLIND. BUT NICKY'S OUTLOOK IS MORE POSITIVE. WELL, THE EARLIER YOU CATCH IT, THE EARLIER YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND YOU'VE GOT A LIFE, THEN, FULL OF STRIVING, WORKING... SHE WORKS AS A READER-WRITER FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN, A JOB SHE COULDN'T DO IF MD TOOK HOLD. THAT WAS HORRIFYING IN THAT FIRST YEAR TO THINK THAT SOMETHING I'VE JUST STARTED DOING THAT I REALLY LOVE, I COULD ACTUALLY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY HAVE TO STOP DOING IT. THE TEST IS SIMPLE. IT'S A GRID-EYE EXAM. YOU COVER ONE EYE, AND IF YOU SEE STRAIGHT LINES, YOUR VISION IS NORMAL. BUT IF YOU SEE WAVY OR DISTORTED LINES, YOU COULD HAVE SYMPTOMS OF MD. THIS PATIENT REALISED HE HAD MD FROM A SELF-EXAMINATION. YOU CAN DO THIS EXAMINATION ANY TIME, ANYWHERE. AND JUST PICK STRAIGHT LINES OR OBJECTS TO LOOK AT. 20,000 PEOPLE IN NZ HAVE VISION LOSS AS A RESULT OF MD. EXPERTS HOPE THAT NUMBER WILL FALL AS MORE PEOPLE BECOME AWARE OF THE RISK. EMILY COOPER, 1 NEWS. AND YOU CAN TAKE THE TEST YOURSELF ON MACULAR DEGENERATION NZ'S WEBSITE ` MDNZ.ORG.NZ GISBORNE RESIDENTS WILL BE WITHOUT POWER AGAIN TOMORROW AS FINAL REPAIRS ARE MADE TO POWER LINES FOLLOWING THIS WEEK'S PLANE CRASH AND SUBSEQUENT POWER OUTAGE. A HELICOPTER WILL BE USED TO REPAIR THE LINES, WHICH WERE BADLY DAMAGED WHEN A LIGHT PLANE HIT THEM ON MONDAY, KILLING TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD. THE AREA WILL BE WITHOUT POWER FROM 6 TOMORROW MORNING, THROUGH TO AROUND 2 IN THE AFTERNOON. THE ADVICE IS TO TURN APPLIANCES OFF AT THE WALL TONIGHT AND REMEMBER THE POWER COULD COME BACK ON AT ANY TIME. THE SMALL WEST COAST TOWN OF REEFTON IS IN PARTY MODE THIS WEEKEND, CELEBRATING 150 YEARS SINCE THE GOLD RUSH. CROWDS WERE TREATED TO A PARADE, MARKETS AND A SPECIAL LUNCH TO MARK THE OCCASION THAT SAW FAMILY AND DESCENDANTS OF THE TOWN TURN OUT. REEFTON OWES ITS RICH HISTORY TO THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ REEFS IN THE 1860S. IT'S ABOUT THE RESILIENCE OF PEOPLE THAT CAME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO GET GOLD HERE AND HAVE CARRIED ON WITH THE COMMUNITY, SUCH AS REEFTON, WHICH WAS THE FIRST TOWN OF LIGHT IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. AS WELL AS BEING THE FIRST TO HAVE STREET LIGHTING, THE TOWN ALSO HAD NZ'S FIRST PUBLIC SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY. NOW WITH THE FESTIVE SEASON UPON US, HERE'S A CAUTONARY TALE ABOUT THE DANGERS THAT CAN ACCOMPANY THE GOOD TIME. CHRIS CHANG'S BEEN LOOKING AT JUST HOW MANY CHRISTMAS-RELATED MISHAPS THERE ARE. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO GET REALLY, REALLY INTO THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT. WELL, WE'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF LED POWER CANS, LED BARS. AN ENTIRE CASE FULL OF JUST POWER CABLES. TATE DOONER MAY AT THE EXTREME END OF THE DECORATING SPECTRUM, BUT IT'S SAFETY FIRST WHEN IT COMES TO LIGHTING THE PLACE UP. < DO YOU HAVE ANY NEIGHBOURS WORRIED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BURN THE PLACE DOWN? I DON'T THINK SO... UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ALL KIWIS PLAY IT SAFE AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. I FELL INTO A TREE ONCE. A CHRISTMAS TREE? > YEAH, A REAL ONE, IT HURTS. WERE YOU DECORATING IT AT THE TIME? IT WAS ON A FOOTSTOOL, COUPLE OF STEPS UP. STRAIGHT INTO IT. MOST YEARS I GET EXTREMELY BURNT AND IT LASTS QUITE A WHILE. I THINK I SPENT MORE TIME OUT OF ACTION BECAUSE OF EATING SO MUCH AT CHRISTMAS THAN I HAVE EVER FOR AN INJURY BEFORE. FAIR FEW MORE INJURIES FROM JANDALS HAPPENING OVER SUMMER, AND THE SORT OF ATTIRE THAT PEOPLE ARE WEARING, CERTAINLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY. CHRISTMAS TREES AND LIGHTS FEATURE QUITE HEAVILY. ACC HAD OVER $200,000 WORTH OF CHRISTMAS-RELATED CLAIMS LAST YEAR. 61 PEOPLE HAD AN INJURY INVOLVING LIGHTS. 22 HURT THEMSELVES WHILE DEALING WITH THE HAM OR TURKEY. SO, TO AVOID ANY FOOD OR FESTIVE-RELATED INJURIES... DON'T CUT IT, PICK UP THE TURKEY. EAT IT WITH YOUR HANDS. 50-PLUS SUNSCREEN IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO. SOME PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU 30-PLUS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT REALLY COUNTS, BUT JUST GO AS HIGH AS THE NUMBER WILL ALLOW. LOOK OUT FOR YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND JUST REALLY HAVE A THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE UP TO. ADVICE THAT WILL HOPEFULLY DELIVER A HAPPY, NOT HAZARDOUS, CHRISTMAS. CHRIS CHANG, 1 NEWS. THE EXODUS FROM ALEPPO SUDDENLY STALLS AS CIVILIANS ABOUT TO MAKE A BID FOR FREEDOM COME UNDER FIRE AND HAVE TO RUN FOR THEIR LIVES. SO WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR BREAKING THE CEASEFIRE? HE'S GIVEN VIGILANTES THE GO-AHEAD TO KILL DRUG DEALERS IN COLD BLOOD. NOW THE CONTROVERSIAL PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES ADMITS HE'S KILLED PEOPLE HIMSELF. THAT'S AHEAD. AND SELFIES FROM INSIDE A PRISON RIOT, AS INMATES POSE WEARING GUARDS HELMETS. RIOT SQUADS STORM A PRIVATE BRITISH PRISON AFTER HUNDREDS OF INMATES TAKE OVER. DESPERATE CIVILIANS TRYING TO FLEE THE SYRIAN CITY OF ALEPPO RAN FOR THEIR LIVES AFTER COMING UNDER FIRE AT A CROSSING. EVACUATION EFFORTS WERE HALTED AS A CEASEFIRE BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND REBEL FORCES FAILED, WITH EACH SIDE BLAMING THE OTHER. AS THE BBC'S QUENTIN SOMMERVILLE REPORTS, THE UN FEARS HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN COULD DIE IF THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE. THIS IS THE MOMENT WHEN HOPE TURNS TO PANIC, WHEN TODAY'S EVACUATION FROM EASTERN ALEPPO WENT WRONG. (SPEAKS ARABIC) 'THOSE PEOPLE, THEY'RE BEING THREATENED BY THE REGIME,' SAYS THE ACTIVIST. 'THEY'RE RUNNING AWAY FROM THE CROSSING POINT.' 'HURRY UP, HURRY UP,' SHOUTS BASIL. 'THEY'RE GOING SHOOT AT US BOMBERS.' WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING HIM FOR SIX MONTHS. THE MAN BESIDE HIM STARTS TO SOB. AND THEN THE GUNFIRE BEGINS. PRO-REGIME HEZBOLLAH FIGHTERS WERE SHOOTING AT THE EVACUEES. IT SEEMS OVER THEIR HEADS ` JUST TO SCARE THEM. AND WITH THAT, THE CEASEFIRE IN ALEPPO COLLAPSED. THOUSANDS MADE IT OUT OVERNIGHT, CLINGING TO ANYTHING THEY COULD. BUT TODAY, IN THE STREETS OF EASTERN ALEPPO, TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE WERE STILL TRAPPED. THE REBELS WEREN'T LIVING UP TO THEIR SIDE OF THE BARGAIN, SAID THE REGIME, BY ALLOWING TRAPPED SHIITE CIVILIANS TO LEAVE REBEL-HELD TERRITORY. BY THE EVENING, A COMPROMISE WAS IN THE WORKS THAT COULD GET THE BUSES MOVING AGAIN. BUT FOR MOHAMMAD KHALIFA, HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN, IT MEANS ANOTHER DAY STUCK INSIDE ALEPPO. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE, BUT WE HAVE TO. WE'RE NOT ONLY FIGHTING THE REGIME. THE REGIME FELL ALONG TIME AGO. BUT NOW WE'RE FIGHTING AGAINST RUSSIA, IRAN, HEZBOLLAH AND THE OTHER MILITIAS. THIS IS A COMPLEX WAR, AND IT'S A CROWDED BATTLEFIELD WITH MANY PLAYERS. IN THREE DAYS, THE CEASEFIRE HERE HAS BROKEN DOWN THREE TIMES. BUT WITH A BIT MORE EFFORT, IT COULD YET BE REVIVED AGAIN. THE UN CLAIMS 50,000 PEOPLE ARE STILL TRAPPED IN THE BESEIGED CITY. THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES HAS CONFIRMED HE SHOT DEAD THREE MEN WHILE HE WAS MAYOR OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST CITIES. THE REVELATION COMES AS RODRIGO DUTERTE, WHO WAS ELECTED IN MAY, VOWS TO CONTINUE HIS DEADLY WAR ON DRUGS THAT'S SO FAR CLAIMED 6000 LIVES. THE BBC'S KARISH VASWANI REPORTS. MEN, WOMAN, TEENAGERS GUNNED DOWN IN THE STREETS. THIS IS THE WAR ON DRUGS, FILIPINO STYLE. ORDERED BY A GOVERNMENT WITH A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY TOWARDS ADDICTS AND DEALERS. ALMOST 6000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED, KILLED BY POLICE, VIGILANTES AND MERCENARIES SINCE MAY OF THIS YEAR. THAT IS WHEN THIS MAN, RODRIGO DUTERTE, WAS ELECTED. HE CLAIMED THAT HE PERSONALLY KILLED THREE MEN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING AND RAPE WHEN HE WAS A SITTING MAYOR. HIS GOVERNMENT SAID IT WAS JUST TOUGH TALK. BUT TODAY, SPEAKING TO ME, MR DUTERTE INSISTED THE CLAIMS WERE TRUE. I KILLED ABOUT THREE OF THEM, IT WAS THREE OF THEM. I DON'T REALLY KNOW MANY BULLETS FROM MY GUN WENT TO THEIR BODIES, BUT IT HAPPENED. AS I SAY, I CANNOT LIE ABOUT IT. DO YOU THINK THAT MAKES YOU FIT FOR THE JOB OF PRESIDENT? YES, OF COURSE. GIVEN THE PROBLEMS OF MY COUNTRY, YES. YES. THERE ARE 4 MILLION DRUG ADDICTS IN MY COUNTRY. SO THAT IS NOT A JOKE. FOR AS LONG AS THERE ARE DRUG PUSHERS IN MY COUNTRY, FOR AS LONG AS THERE ARE DRUG LORDS, THIS CAMPAIGN WILL GO ON UNTIL ALL OF THEM ARE KILLED. MANY INVOLVED IN DRUGS HAVE TURNED THEMSELVES IN, PREFERRING THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF PRISON. THE US HAS SUSPENDED AID TO THE PHILIPPINES BECAUSE OF ITS BRUTAL WAR ON DRUGS. BUT MR DUTERTE DOESN'T APPEAR TO CARE. WHILE HIS POLICIES MAY BE UNPOPULAR INTERNATIONALLY, HE HAS NEVER BEEN MORE POPULAR AT HOME. EARLIER THIS WEEK DUTERTE CLAIMED THAT WHILE MAYOR HE USED TO PATROL THE CITY ON HIS MOTORBIKE ARMED WITH A GUN, 'LOOKING FOR AN ENCOUNTER SO I COULD KILL.' OFFICERS HAVE REGAINED CONTROL OF AN ENGLISH PRISON AFTER UP TO 600 INMATES RIOTED FOR MORE THAN 12 HOURS. AT THE PRIVATELY RUN PRISON IN BIRMINGHAM AFTER INMATES OVERPOWERED A GUARD AND STOLE HIS KEYS. PRISONERS TOOK CONTROL OF FOUR WINGS, STARTED FIRES, AND EVEN TOOK SELFIES. A PRISONER RELEASED TODAY SAYS IT WAS A PROTEST AGAINST POOR CONDITIONS. THERE'S NO STAFF. THERE'S TOO MUCH MAMBA IN THERE. PEOPLE ARE DYING. I'VE SEEN SOMEONE HANG THEMSELVES OUTSIDE MY CELL. RIOT TEAMS EVENTUALLY TOOK BACK CONTROL OF THE SITE. ONE INMATE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH A FRACTURED JAW AND EYE SOCKET. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS, AND PRETTY SUMMERY ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY. YES, PETE, WITH THE HIGH IN CONTROL CLEAR SKIES AND LOTS OF SUNSHINE FOR THE START OF THE WEEKEND. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND I'LL BE BACK AFTER SPORT WITH A BURST OF HEAVY RAIN FOR THE WEST COAST AND SOUTHERN ALPS. A STRETCH OF KAIKOURA COASTLINE'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS A SCENE OF 'DEATH AND DYING'. WE LOOK AT THE CHANCES OF RECOVERY FOR SEA LIFE LEFT HIGH AND DRY BY THE QUAKE. AND IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS, BUT IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT IN THE UK RIGHT NOW. WE'LL EXPLAIN WHY. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT, PACIFIC ISLAND GROUPS HAVE PARTNERED WITH WATER SAFETY NZ IN A BID TO BRING DOWN DROWNING RATES. THEY'RE RUNNING PRACTICAL SESSIONS AND HIRING OUT LIFE JACKETS FOR A GOLD-COIN DONATION IN ALMOST 30 COMMUNITIES. BARACK OBAMA HAS REVEALED HE KNEW DURING THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN THAT RUSSIA WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HACKING ATTACKS ON THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THE OUTGOING US PRESIDENT SAYS HE SPOKE TO VLADIMIR PUTIN IN PERSON, TELLING HIM TO 'CUT IT OUT.' THE KAIKOURA QUAKE PUSHED UP PARTS OF THE SEA FLOOR ALONG THE COAST, LEAVING FRAGILE SEA LIFE EXPOSED AND DYING. SCIENTISTS SAY THE LIFTING OF THE SEA FLOOR ` UP TO 6M ` WILL AFFECT MORE THAN JUST CRAYFISH AND PAUA. SAM CLARKE EXPLAINS. FOR 25 YEARS, PROFESSOR DAVID SCHIEL HAS STUDIED EVERY ELEMENT OF THIS REEF, BUT HE'S NEVER SEEN IT LIKE THIS. WHAT YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT IS HOW SUDDENLY AN ENTIRE REEF SYSTEM CHANGES, LITERALLY OVERNIGHT, AND PROBABLY IN A PERIOD OF ABOUT TWO MINUTES. HE SAYS IT USED TO BE THE MOST DIVERSE REEF IN THE COUNTRY. BUT THEN AGAIN, IT ALSO USED TO BE UNDERWATER. AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THE OLD HIGH TIDE MARK. AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THIS DEAD AND DYING MATERIAL UP HERE. WHAT WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR ROCK POOLS NOW A MURKY PICTURE FOR THE FUTURE OF THESE ECOSYSTEMS. MOSTLY WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS A STORY OF DEATH AND DYING WE FIND VERY FEW LIVE ORGANISMS ON ANY OF THE PLATFORMS WE LOOKED AT. RIGHT NOW AT HIGH TIDE, WHERE I'M STANDING WOULD USUALLY BE COVERED IN WATER. INSTEAD, THIS WHOLE AREA HAS LIFTED, AND THE NEW HIGH TIDE LINE IS AROUND 50M AWAY, LEAVING THIS WHOLE REEF HIGH AND DRY. YOU CAN SEE THESE LIMPETS HERE, AND THEY'RE ALL DEAD. SO, THERE'S THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF THESE THINGS DEAD ALONG THESE PLATFORMS. MANY, MANY HECTARES WORTH. THE DEAD SEA LIFE COMES WITH SCAVENGERS AND AN OVERPOWERING SMELL. THE SMELL OF ROTTEN SEAWEED AND DEAD ANIMALS IS WHAT IT IS. AND OF COURSE, WE'RE GIVING IT THE OUTBACK WAVE, BECAUSE THERE'S ABOUT A MILLION KELP FLIES FLYING AROUND US THAT HELP DECOMPOSE THE SEAWEED. FOR THE INDUSTRIES THAT RELY ON THIS COAST, DAVID SAYS CRAYFISH AND FISH SHOULD BOUNCE BACK. THINGS LIKE PAUA AND SOME FISH SPECIES LIKE BUTTERFISH THAT ARE HIGHLY RELIANT ON REEF SYSTEMS AND THE SHALLOW-WATER REEF SYSTEMS, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAY SUFFER SOME LONGER-TERM IMPACTS. IMPACTS THESE RESEARCHES WILL FIND OUT AS THEY GET TO KNOW THE SHORE ALL OVER AGAIN. THIS IS A REEF THAT I KNOW REALLY WELL, SO LOSING THIS REEF AND SEEING THE DEVASTATION THAT'S OCCURRED ON IT IS TRULY UNBELIEVABLE. SAM CLARKE, 1 NEWS. IN THE COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS, MANY NZERS ARE HOPING FOR A WARM AND CLEAR DAY TO ENJOY FESTIVITIES. IN BRITAIN, IT'S LOOKING FAR FROM A WHITE CHRISTMAS. IN FACT, TEMPERATURES ARE NOT FAR OFF OURS, UNSEASONABLY WARM. SO EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING WENT OUT TO SEE HOW LONDONERS MIGHT COPE WITH OUR KIND OF CHRISTMAS. WINTER HAS TENTATIVELY ARRIVED IN BRITAIN. DOES IT FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS? UH, YEAH. IT DOES. SO MANY CHRISTMAS TREE. WELL, YES THE GIANT FORTNUM AND MASON TREE IS A GIVEAWAY, BUT HERE AT SOMERSET HOUSE, THE ONLY ICE IS ON THE RINK. BARBECUE FOR XMAS, DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? THAT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT AT ALL. IT'S ACTUALLY A BALMY 12 DEGREES AT THE MOMENT. IN FACT THIS TIME LAST YEAR A LOT OF THE ICE RINKS AROUND LONDON MELTED, BUT IT SEEMS A LOT OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING AROUND TO OUR WARM WAYS OF THINKING, I FEEL THE COLD, SO I DON'T MIND THIS WEATHER. I QUITE LIKE IT. CLIMATE CHANGE ` YOU COULD BE ON THE BEACH AT CHRISTMAS NEXT YEAR. HOPE SO, YEAH. LAUGHTER AT LEAST THE WEATHER HASN'T AFFECTED THE CHRISTMAS LIGHT SHOW IN LONDON. REGENT STREET'S DISPLAY IS A RE-IMAGINING OF THE FIRST SET OF LIGHTS WHICH WENT UP IN 1954. I JUST LOVE THE ANGELS, BECAUSE IT'S VERY CHRISTMASSY. THAT'S IDEAL, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT ` BEAUTIFUL. SANTA WAS PARTYING A LITTLE TOO HARD, IN MY OPINION, IN SELFRIDGES' WINDOW DISPLAY. AND YET THE BIGGEST PARTY WAS AT HAMLEYS, THE OLDEST AND LARGEST TOY SHOP IN THE WORLD. BUT YOU HAVE TO BE BRAVE TO FIGHT THROUGH THE OXFORD STREET CROWDS TO GET THERE. ACTUALLY IT'S COSIER WHEN THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE AROUND RIGHT? JUST IMAGINE A CHRISTMAS MARKET WITHOUT PEOPLE? OUR KIWI CHRISTMAS IS NOT FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I GUESS IT COMES DOWN TO WHAT YOU'RE USED TO. WHAT ABOUT A WARM CHRISTMAS? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT A CHRISTMAS ON THE BEACH? I NEVER HAD ONE ON THE BEACH. NO, CHRISTMAS HAS GOT TO BE COLD. CHRISTMAS ON THE BEACH, IT'S NOT RIGHT. DON'T KNOCK IT TILL YOU TRY IT, MATE! EMMA KEELING, 1 NEWS, LONDON. A COUPLE OF OUR OLYMPIANS BACK INTO THE RIGORS OF COMPETITION. Wishing themselves outside of their comfort zones. KIM DOWNS SHOT DOWN TO MOUNT MAUNGANUI FOR THE GRUELLING MULTI-SPORT EVENT. SHE GOT TO WATCH FROM THE BEACH AS THE COMPETITORS TOOK ON THE 5K RUN, 1. K SWIM, FOLLOWED BY A SKI PADDLE AND BOARD PADDLE, AND LET'S NOT FORGET THE ROCK JUMP! YOUNG KIWI ATHLETES GETTING THINGS DONE ON THE TENNIS COURT AT THE FOOTBALL PITCH AND AT THE WORLD SCHOOLS SEVENS. AND TIS THE SEASON OF GIVING. HOW TIME AND KINDNESS FROM FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND FANS IS MAKING THIS TERMINALLY ILL BOY'S DREAM COME TRUE. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. AS SUMMER KICKS INTO GEAR, WHAT BETTER WAY TO WELCOME IT THAN A GRUELLING SURF LIFESAVING COMPETITION IN TAURANGA? THE ANNUAL MOUNT MONSTER MULTI-SPORT EVENT WAS HELD TODAY, FEATURING A COUPLE OF KIWI OLYMPIANS. KIMBERLEE DOWNS HAD THE TOUGH TASK OF REPORTING FROM THE BEACH ON A STUNNING BAY OF PLENTY DAY. IT'S A LONG WAY FROM RIO DE JANEIRO, BUT SURELY, ON A DAY LIKE THIS, THE MOUNT COULD RIVAL COPACABANA BEACH. YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST, I PROBABLY PREFER THE MOUNT. THE WATER'S CLEANER. IT'S A LITTLE BIT COLDER, WHICH I ENJOY. GOLD COAST-BASED KANE RADFORD'S IN WHAT HE CALLS A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD FROM THE OLYMPICS, THOUGH HIS TRANSITION INTO THE SWIM LEG OF THE FOUR-DISCIPLINE EVENT... SPLASH ...WASN'T EXACTLY TO HIS LIKING. I'LL ADMIT, I HANDS DOWN CLOSED MY EYES JUMPING OFF THAT THING. HIS TEAM, MERMAID MAYHEM, FINISHED A CLOSE THIRD, WHILE ANOTHER OLYMPIAN'S FOURSOME CLAIMED TOP HONOURS, IN LARGE PART THANKS TO K4 PADDLER KAYLA IMRIE'S IMPRESSIVE FORM ON THE SURF SKI. IT'S MORE THE REFRESHING ASPECT OF IT. YOU GET SO CAUGHT UP IN PERFECTIONISM WHEN IT GETS TO A K4, K2, K1, TRYING TO ANALYSE EVERY STROKE, EVERY HEARTBEAT, EVERY SECOND OF YOUR TRAINING. THE GRUELLING 12-KM LEG A FAR CRY FROM HER RIO SPRINT DISTANCE OF 500M. REAL SORE. I'M GONNA GET EVERYONE ELSE TO CARRY MY SKI HOME. (LAUGHS) WHILE IT'S ALL GOOD-SPIRITED COMPETITION TODAY, THE ORIGINS OF THE EVENT ARE MORE SERIOUS. EVERY ASPECT OF IT, INCLUDING THE ROCK JUMPING, COMES FROM THE MOUNT SURF LIFESAVING CLUB'S TRAINING. THEIR PHILOSOPHY ` 'FITTER, FASTER LIFEGUARDS SAVE LIVES.' THE FITTEST AND FASTEST IN INDIVIDUAL RACING TODAY WAS AUSTRALIAN LUKE CUFF, WHO EMERGED TOP OF A THREE-WAY BATTLE. A STARK CONTRAST TO KIWI DANIELLE MCKENZIE'S COMPLETE DOMINANCE IN THE WOMEN'S RACE. IT'S A REALLY GREAT FEELING, JUST TICKING OFF THE BOYS AS I GO ALONG, AND THAT'S ALWAYS EXCITING. LITTLE GOALS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE RACE. THEIR INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS SUCH THAT EVEN OUR OLYMPIANS WERE LEFT IN AWE. I WAS BUGGERED AFTER THE SWIM. I HAD A CHEEKY VOM, LET ALONE HAVING TO THEN GO OUT SKI AND BOARD AND RUN. NOT THE NICEST IMAGE TO END ON. AT LEAST THE MOUNT MAKES UP FOR THAT. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS. TO A MOUNT MONSTER OF A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT KIND, AND HURRICANES STAR NEHE MILNER-SKUDDER HAS USED THE SQUAD'S ANNUAL PRE-SEASON GUTBUSTER TO PROVE HIS FITNESS FOR NEXT FEBRUARY'S BRISBANE TENS TOURNAMENT. MILNER-SKUDDER TAKING PART IN THIS MORNINGS' SURF TO PEAK RUN, BIKE, AND CLIMB CHALLENGE, AND SAYING HE'LL BE BACK ON THE FIELD COME FEBRUARY'S SUPER WARMUP MATCHES AFTER A NINE-MONTH REHAB ON A SHOULDER INJURY. FURTHER UP THE FIELD ON A GORGEOUS DAY IN THE CAPITAL, MARK ABBOTT TOOK OUT THE HONOURS. SURF TO PEAK CHAMPION. HOW IS IT, BRO? IT WAS PRETTY TOUGH. A BIT OF CRAMP IN THE END, EH. ABBOTT CLEARLY MANAGING THE HEAT A BIT BETTER THAN A FEW OF THE OTHER 'BIGGER' GUYS. OUR BLACKCAPS CRICKETERS ARE BUSY REACQUAINTING THEMSELVES WITH KIWI CONDITIONS AHEAD OF THE HOME SERIES AGAINST BANGLADESH. SOME MORE OF THEM WILL BE OUT TONIGHT IN THE T20 DOMESTIC LEAGUE IN HAMILTON WHEN THE NORTHERN KNIGHTS TAKE ON THE AUCKLAND ACES AT IN HAMILTON. KIMBERLEE DOWNS IS AT THE MATCH. LET'S GO LIVE TO SEDDON PARK. Tonight's is not only special because five of the black caps her are part of that one day side are playing here tonight but we have also been given rare access to the Seddon Park pitch just half an hour before the gamesstarts. I am joined by Tim Southee. How important is that for the Black Caps guys to get good games under your belt And forget about Australia? It is nice to be back playing. We had a week off and it is nice to have that time off. But it is nice to come and play domestic level. A beautiful night for. Good preparation coming into the one-day series on Boxing Day. Looking at the pitch talking to me at you'll go about everything at added a fresh look at so we will look to have a bowl first a news what is in the. CHASING is easier on the foreground. norhter district have one of toss and will bowl first. TO A MAN 'SOME PEOPLE' MAY WISH WAS BACK IN THE BLACK CAPS THIS SUMMER, AND JESSE RYDER HAS MADE HIS RETURN TO T20 CRICKET IN NZ. RYDER WASTING NO TIME WITH A QUICK-FIRE 25 RUNS OFF 22 BALLS FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICTS BEFORE BEING CAUGHT BY BLACK CAPS ALL-ROUNDER JIMMY NEESHAM. THAT LEFT SRI LANKAN MAHELA JAYAWARDENE TO CARRY THE INNINGS FOR THE STAGS. THAT WILL BE SIX, AND THAT WILL BE 50 FOR MAHELA JAYAWARDENE. IT'S GONE ON THE ROOF. WHAT A SHOT FROM THE MASTER BATSMAN. A BIG GRIN AS HE GREETS THE CAPTAIN. JAYAWARDENE'S 62 HELPING CD TO A FIVE-RUN WIN OVER THE OTAGO VOLTS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM SOME OF THESE PICTURES, THE BEACH THEME'S EVEN MADE ITS WAY INTO DAY-NIGHT TEST CRICKET AT THE GABBA IN BRISBANE. ALTHOUGH PAKISTAN'S FIRST DIP INTO THE FORMAT ISN'T EXACTLY WORKING OUT TOO WELL. THE TOURISTS ARE IN BIG TROUBLE AT THE START OF DAY THREE, FOLLOWING A DRAMATIC BATTING COLLAPSE AGAINST THE AUSSIES. JOHN MCKENZIE REPORTS. JUST A MONTH AGO, EVERYBODY THOUGHT AUSTRALIAN CRICKET WAS IN TURMOIL. OH, THAT'S EDGED. IT'S CARRIED, AND IT'S CAUGHT. LAST NIGHT IT LOOKED LIKE QUITE THE OPPOSITE. A GOOD CATCH. AFTER POSTING A FIRST INNINGS TOTAL OF 429, PAKISTAN'S HOPES OF POSTING SOMETHING SIMILAR QUICKLY EVAPORATED. EDGED. AND THE CATCH IS TAKEN. IS THAT AN EDGE? AND THEY THINK IT IS! IT'S OUT! JOSH HAZELWOOD'S DOUBLE GIVING HIM A CHANCE OF A RARE HAT-TRICK, ONLY FOR PAKISTAN'S CAPTAIN TO HALT THE MOMENTUM. REMEMBER, HE'S 42 YEARS OF AGE, THE SKIPPER. HE'S COMING IN UNDER LIGHTS. JUST POINTED HIS WALKING STICK TO THE UMPIRE. WHILE THE TACTIC WORKED FOR ONE DELIVERY, IT WOULD QUICKLY UNRAVEL MOMENTS LATER. EDGED IT, AND HE CATCHES IT. THE AUSSIES SLIP CORDON WITH GLUE IN THEIR HANDS TO REEL IN DISMISSAL... EDGED. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE! ...AFTER DISMISSAL. THE AUSSIES ARE ON SONG IN SLIPS. THEY'RE CATCHING EVERYTHING. THE AUSSIES WITH MORE WICKETS THAN FANS IN THE GABBA'S SIDELINE POOL. PAKISTAN EIGHT DOWN FOR JUST 67, BUT SCRAPING THROUGH TO 97 AT STUMPS. TOUGH POSITION FOR PAKISTAN TO BE IN. TODAY, ANY HOPE OF A REVIVAL QUICKLY ENDED,... SENDS ALI BACK. OH, A DIRECT HIT. ...WITH AUSTRALIA GETTING THE TENTH AND FINAL WICKET BY THE SMALLEST OF MARGINS. THERE'S SOME AIR THERE, ISN'T THERE? AUSTRALIA WITH A FIRST INNINGS LEAD OF 287, YET CHOOSING NOT TO ENFORCE THE FOLLOW-ON. DAVID WARNER QUICKLY ADDED TO THE LEAD. HE'S IN THE RIGHT SPOT IMMEDIATELY. PAKISTAN, THOUGH, GETTING THE WICKETS OF WARNER AND MATT RENSHAW SHORTLY AFTER. EDGED! SECOND SLIP! BUT THEY'LL NEED PLENTY MORE TONIGHT IF THEY WANT ANY HOPE OF SALVAGING SOMETHING FROM THEIR FIRST DAY-NIGHT TEST MATCH. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. ONE OF THE GREAT NAMES OF NZ TENNIS IS ABOUT TO GRACE THE COURTS AT OUR BIGGEST TOURNAMENT THIS SUMMER, WITH JADE LEWIS WINNING THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S TITLE TODAY. WINNER GETS WILDCARD INTO ASB QUALIFYING. THE 18-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OF DAVIS CUP PLAYER DAVID AND NIECE OF CHRIS AND MARK TAKING ON PAIGE HOURIGAN IN AUCKLAND. LEWIS, WHO LIVES WITH HER PARENTS IN HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA, LINING UP IN HER FIRST NZ CHAMPS. SHE DROPPED THE FIRST SET BUT STORMED BACK IN THE SECOND. APPLAUSE JADE LEWIS HANGING TOUGHER AND TOUGHER AS THE MATCH HAS WORN ON. LEWIS'S VICTORY GIVES HER A WILDCARD INTO NEXT MONTH'S ASB CLASSIC QUALIFYING. A NEW RUGBY INITIATIVE SHOWCASING THE GAME'S FUTURE STARS WAS PLAYED OUT IN THE HOT AUCKLAND SUN THIS AFTERNOON. THE WORLD SCHOOL'S SEVENS THE FIRST IN WHAT'S HOPED TO BE AN ANNUAL EVENT. SIX TEAMS CONTESTED THE BOYS' DIVISION, WITH AUSTRALIA AND SAMOA WINNING THROUGH TO THE FINAL IN A THRILLING CONTEST. THE GAME SEE-SAWED, AND WITH THE SCORED LOCKED AT 19 ALL IN OVERTIME, THIS HAPPENED. NOW HE GETS SKID. NOW AUSTRALIA WITH A CHANCE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. SAM WALLACE. NO ONE IN FRONT OF HIM. WALLACE FOR THE TRY! YIP, AUSSIE EDGING OUT SAMOA TO WIN 24-19. IN THE GIRLS' DIVISION, IT WAS AN ALL-NZ AFFAIR, WITH THE NZ CONDORS TAKING ON THE NZ WASPS. CONDORS WITH THIS STUNNER CLAIMING THE WIN 19-12. CONSISTENCY IN ALL CONDITIONS IS PROVING TO BE THE KEY FOR KIWI SAILORS COMPETING AT THE WORLD YOUTH CHAMPS OFF TORBAY. THE HEAVY WINDS OF THE OPENING DAY REPLACED BY A LIGHT AND SHIFTY BREEZE WHICH LASER RADIAL SAILOR GEORGE GAUTREY (18) READ WELL ENOUGH TO MOVE TO WITHIN A POINT OF THE LEAD, DESPITE THE WEATHER FORECASTERS. TODAY WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE FORECAST HAS NO IDEA WHAT'S HAPPENING, COS WE HAD WIND THAT WAS NOT FORECAST TODAY. SO I THINK TAKING EACH DAY AS IT COMES EVERY DAY AS IT COMES IS GOING TO BE THE KEY. TOP-10 PLACINGS IN FIVE OTHER CLASSES SEE NZ LYING THIRD IN THE NATIONS' TROPHY, FOR WHICH 65 COUNTRIES ARE COMPETING. A NEW-LOOK FOOTBALL FERNS SIDE MADE ITS FIRST STEPS TOWARDS THE NEXT WORLD CUP AND OLYMPIC CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THAILAND AT MT SMART THIS AFTERNOON. JUST DAYS AFTER A FUNDING CUT FOR THE WOMEN'S PROGRAMME, THE NZ 'A' SIDE HAD A POINT TO PROVE. AND WHEN THEY DID, IT WASN'T BAD. DOES HAVE SUPPORT BUT CHOSE TO GO SQUARE. GREAT SHOT! WHAT A GOAL! WHAT A GOAL! WHAT A STRIKE, AND NZ HAVE THE LEAD, AND LOYE IT IS. FINAL SCORE 2-0, THAILAND LEFT TO RUE THIS MISSED OPPORTUNITY EARLY ON. FINALLY IN SPORT, AT A TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE'RE ALL FEELING A BIT TIRED AND WEARY, WE'RE COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS LEFT AT WORK BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS BREAK., IT'S TIMELY, I THINK, TO REFLECT ON WHAT WE HAVE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR. AND THIS YOUNG BOY BRINGS IT ALL INTO PERSPECTIVE. BRADLEY LOWREY (5) HAS TERMINAL CANCER. THE OTHER DAY HE LED OUT HIS BELOVED SUNDERLAND FOOTBALL TEAM AGAINST CHELSEA, WRAPPED IN THE ARMS OF HIS IDOL, JERMAINE DEFOE. WHILE IT WAS OBVIOUSLY A SPECIAL MOMENT FOR THE LITTLE GUY, IT'S HIS PRE-GAME GOAL AGAINST BLUES KEEPER ASMIR BEGOVIC THAT'S CAPTURED THE WORLD, WITH FANS AND PLAYERS NOW CALLING FOR BRADLEY TO RECEIVE THE PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL OF THE MONTH. APPLAUSE AFTER 2 YEARS OF CHEMOTHERAPY, BRADLEY WAS CANCER-FREE FOR 18 MONTHS, BUT THEN IT RETURNED IN JUNE. HIS NEXT LOT OF TREATMENT MEANS HE WON'T BE ABLE TO MIX WITH PEOPLE DUE TO HIS LOW IMMUNE SYSTEM. SO FAR, BRADLEY HAS RECEIVED 28,000 CHRISTMAS CARDS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, AFTER AN ONLINE CAMPAIGN WAS STARTED BY AN EVERTON FAN. AND ONE OF THE GEMS OF BRADLEY'S STORY ` HOW SMALL ACTS OF KINDNESS CAN HAVE A PROFOUND AND MEANINGFUL EFFECT ON SOMEONE. THAT LITTLE BOY IS LIVING HIS DREAM. The sport. Thank you. Some wet and windy weather on the way. An active trough is on the move. HI EVERYONE. A SUMMERY START TO THE WEEKEND FOR MOST. WE CAN SEE THE CLEAR SKIES OVER MUCH OF NZ WITH CUMULUS CLOUDS ALONG THE WESTERN COAST OF NORTHLAND TO TARANAKI. CLOUD ALSO PACKS ALONG THE FIORDLAND COAST. MOST OF THE ACTION TAKES PLACE OVER THE TASMAN SEA AS A COMPLEX TROUGH MOVES EASTWARDS TOWARDS NZ, BRINGING A BROAD AREA OF THICK CLOUDS. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE COUNTRY MOVES SLOWLY AWAY TONIGHT, AS THE COMPLEX TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TASMAN SEA MOVES OUR WAY. A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH BREAKS AWAY AND MOVES NORTHEAST UP THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, REACHING NELSON LATE TOMORROW. A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHEAST FROM THE CENTRAL TASMAN SEA IS EXPECTED TO REACH FIORDLAND AROUND MIDDAY. HOWEVER, IT SPLITS NEAR STEWART ISLAND AND PART OF IT MOVES NORTH-EAST UP THE OTAGO AND CANTERBURY COAST. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT, THE ISOBARS PACK CLOSER TOGETHER, INTENSIFYING THE NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, A FEW SPOTS OF RAIN FOR OTAGO THROUGHOUT SUNDAY. SOUTHLAND SEES A FEW SHOWERS CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN IN FIORDLAND AND WESTLAND WITH HEAVY FALLS POSSIBLE. FRESH NORTHERLY WINDS, TURNING WESTERLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND BECOMING STRONG IN THE SOUTH. IN THE NORTH ISLAND, FINE FROM NORTHLAND TO AUCKLAND, EAST TO BAY OF PLENTY AND ALSO FROM GISBORNE TO WAIRARAPA. CLOUDY PERIODS FROM WAIKATO TO MANAWATU, WITH FINE BREAKS INCREASING. HOWEVER, CLOUD SPREADING FROM THE WEST TOWARDS EVENING. NORTH-WESTERLIES FRESH IN THE SOUTH. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ SO TUESDAY LOOKING LIKE THE PICK OF THE BUNCH IN THE LEAD UP TO CHRISTMAS. HAVE A GREAT SATURDAY NIGHT. AND THAT'S 1 NEWS THIS SATURDAY. FROM US, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ALANA DRAYTON AND MADISON BATTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.