HELLO. ANOTHER PATCHWORK SUMMER DAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY TODAY. THE FURTHER EAST YOU ARE, AND NORTH, YOU HAVE TEMPERATURES UP TO 30 DEGREES, REALLY FEELING LIKE SUMMER. BUT FURTHER WEST, THERE IS MORE CLOUD AND DRIZZLE. IT WAS A BIT OF A YUCKY SORT OF SUMMER DAY, AND WE HAVE MORE OF THE SAME OVER THE COMING DAYS WHEN A MORE ACTIVE FRONT OF WIND AND RAIN COMES IN FOR THURSDAY. ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP. RIGHT NOW, IT IS 6 O'CLOCK. FOR A FIREFIGHTER TO LOSE HIS WATER AT A FIRE IS A PRETTY CONCERNING THING. AN ENTIRE FIRE ENGINE FLEET IS BLACKLISTED AFTER CLAIMS THE TRUCKS ARE ENDANGERING CREWS. IN THE LINE OF FIRE. OUR TOP COP'S CALL FOR CRIMINALS TO SIMPLY HAND OVER ILLEGAL GUNS. AND TRUMP VERSUS STREEP. WHAT THE PRESIDENT-ELECT CALLED THE HOLLYWOOD STAR AFTER HER DAMNING GOLDEN GLOBES SPEECH. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. AUCKLAND FIRE FIGHTERS HAVE BLACKLISTED AN ENTIRE FLEET OF NEW ENGINES, CLAIMING THEY'RE A DANGER TO CREWS AND THE COMMUNITY. IT FOLLOWS THE LATEST IN A LONG LINE OF ISSUES WITH FAULTY UNITS. THE FIREFIGHTERS UNION SAYS A FIRE ENGINE PUMP FAILED WHILE A CREW WAS BATTLING A FIRE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND LAST WEEK. CHRIS CHANG HAS MORE. THEY'RE USUALLY IN THE BUSINESS OF SAVING PEOPLE FROM HAZARDS. BUT AUCKLAND FIREFIGHTERS ARE CONCERNED THIS FLEET OF ENGINES PRESENTS ITS OWN DANGERS. CONCERNED ENOUGH THAT WE HAVE TAKEN THE EXTRAORDINARY ACTION OF BLACKING THE TRUCKS, TO REMOVE THE HAZARD. OVER 300 INCIDENTS INVOLVING THE 'FRASER MAN' FLEET HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. IT ACTUALLY SPANS OVER 14 PAGES. THERE'S ISSUES ` DOORS, LATCHES BREAKING. SO YOU CAN'T GET IN OR OUT. PUMPS NOT ENGAGING, TRUCK WON'T START. PUMP DROPPING OUT OF GEAR. AND THEY'RE HAPPENING, AS YOU CAN SEE, TO ALL OF THE TRUCKS, NOT JUST ONE TRUCK. THE LATEST ONE WAS THE FINAL STRAW FOR THE UNION. THE APPLIANCE STOPPED PUMPING. FOR A FIREFIGHTER TO LOSE HIS WATER AT A FIRE IS A PRETTY CONCERNING THING FOR US. THE NZ FIRE SERVICE SAYS IT WAS SURPRISED AT THE BLACKLISTING. WE WANT TO RESOLVE THIS AS MUCH AS OUR STAFF DO AND WE WERE UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE WORKING WELL WITH THE UNION TO GET ACROSS THESE ISSUES. BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT SO MUCH. THERE ARE 11 FRASER MAN UNITS IN AUCKLAND, AND 47 NATIONWIDE ` 20 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF KIT. THE FIRE SERVICE PLANS TO STRESS TEST ALL OF THE FIXES NEXT MONTH. THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM WITH THEM. IT'S JUST THAT, UM, YOU KNOW THEY'RE A NEW VEHICLE. A COMPLEX VEHICLE. AND A NUMBER OF ISSUES AND FAULTS HAVE COME UP WITH THEM DURING THEIR COMMISSIONING. A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED AND FIXED, WE'RE STILL GETTING THE ODD FAULT. BOTH PARTIES ARE REASSURING THE PUBLIC THAT SERVICES WON'T BE AFFECTED. WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST, AND WE'LL ALWAYS DO OUR BEST TO GET TO THEM. AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE HAD TO TAKE THIS ACTION, GET US SOME TRUCKS THAT WE DO TRUST. UNTIL THEN, THESE VEHICLES WORTH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WILL REMAIN OUT OF ACTION. CHRIS CHANG, 1 NEWS. OUR TOP POLICEMAN IS CALLING FOR AN AMNESTY ON ILLEGAL GUNS AFTER A YEAR MARKED BY FATAL SHOOTINGS. BUT THE GUN OWNER'S LOBBY AND EVEN SOME FRONTLINE OFFICERS DOUBT THE POLICE COMMISSIONER'S PLAN WOULD WORK. RYAN BOSWELL REPORTS. IT'S MOMENTS LIKE THIS.. GUNFIRE HOLY <BLEEP>! ...THAT POLICE ARE FORCED TO FACE MORE AND MORE. OFFICERS FIRING TWO SHOTS TO TAKE DOWN AN ARMED MAN IN UPPER HUTT WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER INSIDE A FAMILY RESTAURANT. OI! <BLEEP>! GET OUT! MOVE IT, MOVE IT! IT'S ONE OF SEVEN SHOOTINGS IN 18 MONTHS, SPARKING A SPECIAL INVESTIGATION BY THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY. OUR TOP COP IS CONCERNED HIS OFFICERS ARE TOO OFTEN BECOMING THE TARGETS. SO HE'S SUGGESTING AN AMNESTY, A CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO HAND IN THEIR ILLEGAL FIREARMS, WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING CHARGED. THE POLICE ADVICE WOULD BE AN AMNESTY, YES, BUT NOT A BUY-BACK. I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR AUSTRALIAN COLLEAGUES DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH THAT, IT WAS HUGELY EXPENSIVE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE NZ POLICE WOULD SUPPORT. BUT THE GUN OWNER LOBBY DOUBTS IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. MOST CRIMINALS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ON ROAD TO DAMASCUS MOMENT AND SEE OH MY GOD, I'VE GOT THREE ILLEGAL HAND GUNS AND ONE ILLEGAL ASSAULT RIFLE SO IF I GO DOWN TO THE POLICE STATION, ALL WILL BE FORGIVEN AND I WILL BE SAVED. AND EVEN THE OFFICERS THEMSELVES HAVE DOUBTS. THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO HAND THEM IN, ESPECIALLY THESE CRIMINALS. THERE MIGHT BE A NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO MIGHT HAVE FIREARMS THEY NO LONGER REQUIRE BUT ACTUAL CRIMINALS WON'T, UNLESS THEY THINK THERES GOING TO BE A CRACK DOWN FOLLOWING THE AMNESTY. AN ESTIMATED 50,000 NEW FIREARMS ARE BROUGHT INTO THE COUNTRY EACH YEAR. THE PRESIDENT OF THE POLICE ASSOCIATION BELIEVES A LOT OF THOSE GET STOLEN AND END UP IN THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS. THERE IS NO ONGOING REGISTER WHEN YOU SELL A FIREARM AS TO WHO IT'S GOING TO, SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY BE PURCHASED BY DISREPUTABLE SELLERS WHO DON'T ACTUALLY CHECK WHO IS BUYING THEM. REGISTRATION SOUNDS GOOD BUT USUALLY IT'S UNDER RESOURCED AND FOR A WHOLE LOT OF REASONS IN THE WORLD NO COUNTRY HAS PROVEN IT TO BE EFFECTIVE. GUN OWNERS WANT A NEW INDEPENDENT BODY THAT WOULD OVERSEE GUN CONTROL. A PARLIAMENTARY SELECT COMMITTEE IS STILL INVESTIGATING HOW FIREARMS GET INTO THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS, AND IS EXPECTED TO REPORT BACK NEXT MONTH. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH IS UNDER FIRE AFTER DENYING THAT HE'S PLAYING POLITICAL GAMES BY REFUSING TO ATTEND WAITANGI. A REKNOWNED MAORI ACADEMIC HAS SLAMMED HIS DECISION TO AVOID THE TREATY COMMEMORATIONS, BECAUSE HE ISN'T BEING GIVEN THE SPEAKING RIGHTS HE WANTS. I THINK THAT ANY POLITICIAN THAT DENIES THAT HE'S BEING POLITICAL IS BEING DISINGENUOUS, BECAUSE EVERYTHING A POLITICIAN DOES IS POLITICAL. THAT'S THE WAY IT PLAYS. SO HIS GOING OR NOT GOING TO WAITANGI IS SPEAKING LOUDLY TO MAORI AND NON-MAORI. DR HENRY SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE POLITICIAL REPRESENTATION AT WAITANGI ON WAITANGI DAY AS IT IS THE HOME OF THE NATION. MR ENGLISH IS CURRENTLY FLYING TO EUROPE FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT. FIRE CREWS ARE RACING TO PUT OUT A SCRUB FIRE ON STEEP TERRAIN NEAR ARTHUR'S PASS BEFORE A STRONG NOR'WESTER HITS THE REGION TOMORROW. AT ITS PEAK THE BLAZE, WHICH STARTED YESTERDAY MORNING AT MOUNT HORRIBLE, BURNED ACROSS 100HA OF LAND. OVERNIGHT IT FLARED UP, THREATENING PYLON GULLY AND A BEECH FOREST, BUT IS NOW ESTIMATED TO BE CONTAINED TO 35HA. FIREFIGHTERS, HELICOPTERS AND CHAINSAW OPERATORS HAVE BEEN EXTINGUISHING HOT SPOTS AND FELLING BURNING SPARS. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS NOT YET KNOWN. AND FIREFIGHTERS IN NORTHLAND ARE ON EDGE AS A BIG DRY TAKES HOLD. IT'S TAKING A TOLL ON FARMERS TOO, WHO SAY CONDITIONS ARE THE WORST THEY'VE SEEN IN MORE THAN A DECADE. HELEN CASTLES REPORTS FROM KAITAIA. IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR HOLIDAY-MAKERS.... BUT FRIGHTENING FOR NORTHLAND FARMERS. IT'S GETTING WORSE, THE GROWTH RATES ARE SLOWING RIGHT DOWN, AND WE'VE HAD TO PUT MORE SUPPLEMENT IN TO KEEP THEM MILKING AND KEEP CONDITIONS. THE KINGS HAVE 680HA IN KAITAIA AND HAVE 1700 COWS TO FEED. IF WE DON'T GET SOME MORE RAIN, IT WILL BE AT THE STAGE OF HAVING TO GET GET A LOT MORE SUPPLEMENT OR DRYING COWS OFF. YOU DON'T MAKE MONEY FROM DRY COWS TO PAY THE BILLS. THERE'S BEEN NEXT TO NO RAINFALL IN THE REGION IN THE PAST SIX WEEKS. TO PUT SIMPLY, A LOT OF PLACES 25-35% OF NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH. 9MM OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN KERIKERI SINCE DECEMBER ` THAT'S 8% OF THE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. KAITAIA'S HAD 32MM OF RAIN - THAT'S A THIRD OF WHAT'S EXPECTED. FARMERS RELYING ON SUPPLEMENTARY FEED TO GET THEM THROUGH. IT'S A STARK CONTRAST TO LAST YEAR'S SUMMER, WHICH SAW CAMPERS RAINED OUT. THE DRY CONDITIONS INCREASED THE RISK OF FIRE. I WAS ABOUT TO INTERVIEW THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF KAITAIA WHEN THEY WERE CALLED OUT TO A BUSH FIRE. THIS IS THEIR SEVENTH BUSH FIRE THIS YEAR. AND THEY'RE EXPECTING LITTLE RESPITE IN THE COMING WEEKS. BEFORE THINGS GET BETTER THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET WORSE. OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, NOT MUCH RAIN FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NORTH ISLAND. AND IT'S LIKELY TO HIT FARMERS IN THE POCKET. I DON'T LIKE ADDING IT UP. I STILL GOTTA GET UP TOMORROW AND GO TO WORK. I- YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT. THE COUNCILS HOLDING A DROUGHT MANAGEMENT MEETING TOMORROW AND IS CONSIDERING INTRODUCING WATER RESTRICTIONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. BUT THAT WONT STOP HOLIDAY-MAKERS FROM MAKING HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS THE SEARCH FOR CLUES TO HOW CLIMATE CHANGE WILL AFFECT NZ IS HEADING DEEP UNDERGROUND. RESEARCHERS ARE EXPLORING CAVES IN WAITOMO, PEERING INTO THE PAST TO TRY TO PREDICT OUR FUTURE. WILL HINE EXPLAINS. DOWN A FARM TRACK, OVER SOME HILLS AND THROUGH THE BUSH COULD LIE CLUES TO OUR PAST AND FUTURE. WE'RE GOING INTO WAIPUNA CAVE TO SEE WHAT IT CAN TELL US ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. A PATH DESCENDS INTO A DEEP CHASM, SLIPPERY AND MUDDY IN PLACES AND VARYING IN STEEPNESS. IT'S A FAMILIAR ROUTE FOR THESE RESEARCHERS. THEY RETRACE THEIR FOOTSTEPS EVERY MONTH TO INVESTIGATE THE STALAGMITES AND STALACTITES. MEASURING THE ROCK FOR RADIOACTIVE DECAY GIVES AN IDEA OF ITS AGE. THE REAL ADVANTAGE OF THESE DEPOSITS IS THAT WE CAN DATE THEM VERY WELL, SO WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN TIME AND WE CAN GET INFORMATION WHICH IS REALLY HIGH RESOLUTION, SO WE'RE TALKING MONTHS TO SEASONS TO YEARS. SOME OF THE LIMESTONE FORMATIONS IN THIS CAVE COULD BE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD. THE ONE THE TEAM ARE LOOKING AT, PROBABLY CLOSER TO 35,000. THE TRICK THEN IS TO WORK OUT HOW MUCH RAINFALL ENTERED THE CAVE THROUGH THE SOIL AS THE DEPOSITS FORMED. THAT'S REALLY THE CHALLENGE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS TO DEVELOP NEW WAYS OF DOING THAT. WE'RE BASICALLY SAMPLING FOR CHEMISTRY THAT'S COMING THROUGH FROM THE SURFACE INTO THE DRIPWATERS. IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING A FIX ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RAIN AND ROCK BOTH NOW AND IN THE PAST. THESE AREN'T PREGNANCY TESTS. THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY METER AND IT GIVES US INFORMATION ON THE DISSOLVED ROCK CONTAINED WITHIN THE WATER EVENTUALLY, WHAT WE HOPE TO HAVE IS REALLY LONG RECORDS IN LOTS OF DETAIL ABOUT EXACTLY HOW MUCH IT RAINED IN THE PAST IN OUR REGIONS. WITH UNTOUCHED NATIVE BUSH ABOVE AND A STEADY TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 12 DEGREES, THIS IS A LABORATORY STUCK IN TIME. IF WE CAN EXTEND WHAT WE KNOW HERE WE CAN LOOK AT CAVES ACROSS NZ AND THE PACIFIC AND THEN WE CAN GET A MUCH BETTER IDEA OF HOW THE EL NINO CLIMATE PHENOMENON WORKS. THIS RESEARCH ALL ABOUT SHINING LIGHT IN DARK PLACES. WILL HINE, 1 NEWS. MEMBERS OF THE TONGAN BRASS BAND INVOLVED IN A FATAL BUS CRASH HAVE RETURNED HOME. THE STUDENTS FLEW OUT FROM AUCKLAND THIS AFTERNOON. THREE OF THE GROUP DIED WHEN THEIR TOUR BUS PLUNGED OVER A STEEP BANK NEAR GISBORNE ON CHRISTMAS EVE. THE BAND'S ORGANISER PRAISED THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE TOUR RIGHT TO THE END. THE CHURCHES, THE TONGAN COMMUNITY, THEIR SUPPORT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY AWESOME, SO THAT HELPED A GREAT DEAL FOR THE GROUP TO SURVIVE. FOUR OF THE GROUP REMAIN IN HOSPITAL, WHILE ANOTHER SEVEN HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED BUT ARE STILL UNABLE TO FLY HOME. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS ONGOING. A PLANE CARRYING SOME OF THE WORLD'S BRIGHTEST SPARKS IS JUST ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN IN THE ANTARCTIC. THE GROUP TOOK OFF FROM CHRISTCHURCH THIS MORNING TO TAKE PART IN EVENTS MARKING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF SCOTT BASE. HERE'S SAM CLARKE. AS FAR AS BIRTHDAY PARTIES GO, IT'S QUITE THE GUEST LIST. AN ASTRONAUT, MUSICIAN, TV HOST, BUSINESS LEADERS ALL DESTINED FOR SCOTT BASE. I'M REALLY EXCITED. I'M NERVOUS BUT A HAPPY NERVOUS. THIS IS EXCITING. IT'S LIKE LAUNCH DAY. THE VISITORS WILL BE SPEAKING AT WHAT COULD BE THE MOST EXCLUSIVE TEDX EVENT YET, EACH USING THEIR UNIQUE BACKGROUNDS TO FUEL DISCUSSION ON CLIMATE CHANGE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT SCARY, THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF ANTARCTICA. WE'VE SEEN CHANGES THAT ARE UNPRECEDENTED IN 20 MILLION YEARS. STEP ONE, HOWEVER, IS GETTING THERE. KIND OF AN ELECTRIC ATMOSPHERE, THE EXCITEMENT THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING READY TO GO. THE ROOKIES, INCLUDING ME, ARE PARTICULARLY THRILLED. ROOKIE MIGHT NOT BE THE RIGHT WORD. AFTER A MONTH IN SPACE, ASTRONAUT DAN BARRY HAS MORE EXPERIENCE THAN MOST WITH HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS. BUT HE SAYS THE ICE STILL HAS ITS APPEAL. THERE'S A BLUE SKY INSTEAD OF A PINK ONE, AND MY SUIT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT FOR ALL THE WORLD, IN MY MIND, I'M GOING TO BE FULFILLING THE DREAM OF WALKING ON MARS. AMONG THE FAMOUS FACES, FORMER US E-CHANNEL HOST TURNED ADVENTURER ASHLAN COUSTEAU, GRAND-DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF LEGENDARY OCEANOGRAPHER JACQUES. AND ONE OF OUR OWN SONGBIRDS. I FEEL VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO BE A PERFORMER DOWN THERE. THERE'S ALL THESE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE WHO'VE DONE INCREDIBLE THINGS WITH THEIR LIVES, SO I FEEL, KIND OF, 'OH GOD, HOW DID I GET THE LUCKY TICKET?' BUT ALONG WITH THE EXCITEMENT, SOME PRE-FLIGHT NERVES. THOUGHT MY ALARM WOULDN'T GO OFF, AND, OH, I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT KID WHO MISSES THE BLOODY HERCULES. THE GUESTS OF HONOUR NOW GEARED UP... SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE. ...AND SETTING OFF FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE ANNIVERSARY. SAM CLARKE, 1 NEWS. COMING UP ON 1 NEWS, THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN THE US PRESIDENT-ELECT AND A HOLLYWOOD STAR. DONALD TRUMP RETURNS FIRE AT MERYL STREEP OVER HER GOLDEN GLOBES SPEECH. SO WHAT DID HE CALL THE THREE-TIME ACADEMY AWARD WINNER? HE FOUGHT A LONG AND BITTER BATTLE FOR JUSTICE AFTER HIS DAUGHTER WAS TAKEN BY A DINGO. MICHAEL CHAMBERLAIN, THE NZ-BORN FATHER OF BABY AZARIA, DIES AFTER A BATTLE WITH CANCER. AND WAS THE KIM KARDASHIAN ROBBERY AN INSIDE JOB? FRENCH POLICE HAVE ARRESTED 17 PEOPLE OVER THE ROBBERY AT GUNPOINT OF THE REALITY TV STAR. THE PLIGHT OF NZERS HELD IN AUSTRALIAN DETENTION CENTRES HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED IN TWO SCATHING REPORTS INTO PRACTICES BY IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES. MORE THAN 1200 NON-CITIZENS HAD THEIR VISAS CANCELLED BETWEEN JANUARY 2014 AND FEBRUARY 2016. ALMOST 700 OF THOSE WERE NZERS. THE TOTAL NUMBER HAS INCREASED TENFOLD FOLLOWING RECENT IMMIGRATION LAW CHANGES, WHEREBY VISAS ARE AUTOMATICALLY CANCELLED IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. THE REPORTS BY THE COMMONWEALTH OMBUDSMAN POINT TO A NUMBER OF FAILINGS IN HOW THE LAW IS ADMINISTERED, LEADING TO 'PROLONGED AND POTENTIALLY INDEFINITE PERIODS OF DETENTION.' MANY OF WHOM HAVEN'T ACTUALLY COMMITTED ANY CRIMES, THEY'RE JUST THERE FOR CHARACTER REASONS, OR FOR ALLEGATIONS, SUSPICIONS OF A CRIME. THE EFFECT OF THIS LAW DOESN'T MEET BASIC HUMAN RIGHT STANDARDS, AND THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE HELD TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT. A SPOKESPERSON FOR AUSTRALIA'S IMMIGRATION MINISTER SAYS THE GOVERNMENT MAKES NO APOLOGY FOR STRENGTHENING DEPORTATION LAWS TO FURTHER PROTECT THE AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY. US PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD TRUMP IS BEING ACCUSED OF NEPOTISM AS HE LOOKS TO PUT HIS SON-IN-LAW IN A KEY WHITE HOUSE POSITION. IT COMES AS MR TRUMP HITS BACK AT ONE OF HIS MORE FAMOUS CRITICS, MERYL STREEP, AFTER HER GOLDEN GLOBE SPEECH. HERE'S THE ABC'S CECILIA VEGA. HE'S THE SON-IN-LAW FROM BIG MONEY WITH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD. ONE OF DONALD TRUMP'S CLOSEST CONFIDANTS. AND TONIGHT ABC NEWS LEARNING THAT IVANKA TRUMP'S HUSBAND JARED KUSHNER WILL TAKE AN OFFICIAL ROLE IN THE WEST WING AS A SENIOR ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT. ETHICS EXPERTS SPLIT OVER WHETHER KUSHNER'S FORMAL ROLE IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL VIOLATE FEDERAL ANTI-NEPOTISM LAWS. AT TRUMP TOWER TODAY, DONALD TRUMP HAD LITTLE TO SAY ABOUT HIS SON-IN-LAW'S NEW ROLE. JOURNALIST: JARED KUSHNER? WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ON WEDNESDAY. THE PRESIDENT ELECT LOOKING AHEAD TO HIS FIRST FORMAL PRESS CONFERENCE IN SIX MONTHS. ALSO NOT TALKING ABOUT THE RUSSIAN HACKING... WE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT AT ANOTHER TIME. ..OR HOW HE'LL REPLACE OBAMACARE FOR THE MORE THAN 20 MILLION WHO RELY ON IT. WE'LL SEE. BUT EARLY THIS MORNING, HE HAD A LOT TO SAY ON TWITTER ABOUT THIS MOMENT ` MERYL STREEP'S GOLDEN GLOBE ACCEPTANCE SPEECH. BUT THERE WAS ONE PERFORMANCE THIS YEAR THAT STUNNED ME. IT SANK IT'S HOOKS IN MY HEART, NOT BECAUSE IT WAS GOOD. THERE WAS NOTHING GOOD ABOUT IT. BUT IT WAS EFFECTIVE AND IT DID ITS JOB. IT WAS THAT MOMENT, WHEN THE PERSON ASKING TO SIT IN THE MOST RESPECTED SEAT IN OUR COUNTRY IMITATED A DISABLED REPORTER ` SOMEONE HE OUT-RANKED IN PRIVILEGE, POWER AND THE CAPACITY TO FIGHT BACK. THE ACTRESS REFERRING TO THIS MOMENT... YOU GOTTA SEE THIS GUY ` OH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I SAID! AH , I DON'T REMEMBER! A THREE-TIME OSCAR WINNER WITH 19 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION, THE MOST OF ANY ACTOR, AND TRUMP CALLED HER... ALSO CALLING HER A 'HILARY FLUNKY WHO LOST BIG.' BUT IN AN INTERVIEW JUST TWO YEARS AGO, TRUMP NAMED STREEP WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS FAVOURITE ACTRESSES, CALLING HER A, QUOTE, 'FINE PERSON.' MICHAEL CHAMBERLAIN, WHO FOUGHT FOR YEARS TO CLEAR HIS FAMILY'S NAME AFTER HIS BABY DAUGHTER AZARIA WAS KILLED BY A DINGO, HAS DIED. HE WAS 72. NZ-BORN CHAMBERLAIN AND HIS FORMER WIFE LINDY WERE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED OVER AZARIA'S DEATH IN WHAT BECAME ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST INFAMOUS CASES. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS HAS MORE. IN 2012, IT FINALLY SEEMED MICHAEL CHAMBERLAIN'S FORTUNES HAD TURNED. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN GET JUSTICE, EVEN WHEN YOU THINK ALL HOPE IS LOST. HE WAS THRUST INTO THE SPOTLIGHT IN 1980 WHEN HE AND HIS THEN-WIFE LINDY WERE ACCUSED OF KILLING THEIR BABY DAUGHTER. I RAN OUT OF MY TENT AND SAID A DINGO HAS GOT MY BABY. THE FAMILY WAS CAMPING AT AUSTRALIA'S ICONIC ULURU WHEN THE YOUNG COUPLE CLAIMED A DINGO SNATCHED THE NINE-MONTH-OLD FROM THE TENT. IT TOOK MORE THAN 30 YEARS FOR A NORTHERN-TERRITORY CORONER TO FINALLY AGREE I AM SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, NZ-BORN MICHAEL CHAMBERLAIN WAS INITIALLY CONVICTED OF BEING AN ACCESSORY TO HIS DAUGHTER'S DEATH. LINDY, SERVED MORE THAN THREE YEARS OF A LIFE SENTENCE AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER IN A SENSATIONAL TRIAL. BUT SIX YEARS LATER IN 1988, BREAKTHROUGH EVIDENCE ` THE CHANCE DISCOVERY OF BABY AZARIA'S MISSING JACKET AT THE SACRED SITE ` MEANT, IN THE EYES OF THE LAW, THE COUPLE WAS CLEARED. BUT FRIENDS SAY YEARS OF ACCUSATION AND RUMOUR TOOK THEIR TOLL. VERY CAUTIOUS, VERY SUSPICIOUS OF WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF HIM. THE DEVOTED SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST DID FIND HAPPINESS, MARRYING INGRID BERGNER IN 1994. BECOMING HER CARER WHEN SHE SUFFERED A STROKE. LINDY CHAMBERLAIN HAS ALSO REMARRIED. IN A STATEMENT SHE SAYS SHE IS RIGHT NOW TRAVELLING TO TAKE CARE OF THE COUPLE'S CHILDREN AND WANTS PRIVACY. JUST LAST WEEK, MICHAEL CHAMBERLAIN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ACUTE LEUKAEMIA. HE WAS 72. I CANNOT EMPHASIZE HOW SACRED HUMAN LIFE IS AND MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS. A LIFE LESSON FROM A MAN ALWAYS COMMITTED TO THE TRUTH. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, 1 NEWS, SYDNEY. INDUSTRIAL ACTION BY WORKERS ON THE UNDERGROUND TRAIN SYSTEM HAS CAUSED CHAOS FOR COMMUTERS IN LONDON. 24 HOUR STRIKE ON THE TUBE SAW UNDERGROUND STATIONS EMPTIED AND LEFT BUSES DANGEROUSLY CRAMMED. MORE THAN 2 MILLION COMMUTERS ARE THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED AMID BITTERLY COLD WEATHER. SO BUSY. ALL THE ROADS ARE BLOCKED. BUSES HAVE COME PAST AND THERE'S NO WAY TO GET ON THEM. I'VE TRIED TO GET ON THREE BUSES THIS MORNING SO FAR AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ON YET. IT'S SO BUSY. UBER FARES SPIKED DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE, MORE THAN QUADRUPLING IN PRICE. FRENCH POLICE HAVE MADE 17 ARRESTS IN CONNECTION THE ARMED ROBBERY OF TV REALITY STAR KIM KARDASHIAN IN PARIS LAST YEAR. IT'S BELIEVED THAT THE HEIST MAY HAVE BEEN AN INSIDE JOB, WITH KARDASHIAN'S DRIVER AMONG THOSE ARRESTED. THE ABC'S ALEX STONE HAS MORE. A FRENCH POLICE DRAG NET HAULED IN 17 SUSPECTS IN THE BRAZEN ROBBERY OF KIM KARDASHIAN LAST OCTOBER. THE ACCUSED RANGE IN AGE FROM 23`72. AUTHORITIES RAIDED SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN PARIS AND THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, THIS DAMAGE TO THE GATE EVIDENCE OF THEIR FORCIBLE ENTRY, ALONG WITH THE SUSPECTS WHO WERE KNOWN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR PREVIOUS ROBBERIES AND OTHER CRIMES. POLICE SEIZED NUMEROUS FIREARMS AND CASH WORTH OVER $147,000. BUT APPARENTLY NOT KIM KARDASHIAN'S JEWELS. IT WAS OCTOBER 3RD WHEN FIVE ROBBERS ALLEGEDLY BARGED IN TO HER LUXURY HOME IN PARIS, HOLDING HER AT GUN POINT. KARDASHIAN SAYS THEY LOCKED HER IN A BATHROOM, BOUND AND GAGGED AND STOLE $10M IN JEWELLERY, INCLUDING THIS EYE-POPPING $4.5M RING FROM HER HUSBAND, KANYE WEST. KARDASHIAN WAS SHAKEN BUT NOT PHYSICALLY HURT. WEATHER TIME NOW. DAN IS HERE, AND SUMMER CERTAINLY HIT ITS STRIDE IN SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TODAY. SOME PARTS. 27 DEGREES IN WANAKA. SOME CLOUD IN A FEW OTHER SPOTS. LOTS OF CLOUD ROUND THOSE COASTS. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ COMING UP... AS BARACK OBAMA PREPARES TO GIVE HIS FINAL SPEECH AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WE LOOK BACK AT HIS TRIUMPHS AND HIS STRUGGLES IN THE OVAL OFFICE. AND A LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE BETWEEN AN AUSTRALIAN SPEAR FISHERMAN AND A BULL SHARK. You might only drive short distances to work each day. You might park securely at work. You may not drive your car to work at all. At Youi, we tailor your insurance premium to how you use or don't use your car. It could save you lots. Call: LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT, THE PUBLIC'S BEING REASSURED THAT THEIR SAFETY ISN'T IN JEOPARDY AFTER A ENTIRE FLEET OF FIRE ENGINES WAS BLACKLISTED. FIRE FIGHTERS SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 300 SEPARATE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRUCKS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. THE 11 AUCKLAND-BASED ENGINES WILL BE OUT OF ACTION WHILE THEY'RE TESTED. AND POLICE COMMISSIONER MIKE BUSH IS CALLING FOR AN AMNESTY ON ILLEGAL GUNS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO HAND THEM IN WITHOUT FEAR OF PROSECUTION. IT COMES AFTER A SPATE OF GUN INCIDENTS, PUTTING POLICE OFFICERS IN DANGER. BUT CRITICS SAY IT WON'T STOP CRIMINALS, AND COULD ENCOURAGE THEM. WITH Barack Obama SET TO DELIVER HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS IN CHICAGO TOMORROW, TALK HAS TURNED TO HIS LEGACY AS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THE BBC'S JON SOPEL LOOKS AT THE DOMESTIC ISSUES WHICH HAVE DEFINED THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY, NAMELY GUN CONTROL AND RACE RELATIONS. IT WASN'T JUST THE HOPE WHEN BARACK OBAMA CAME TO OFFICE; IT WAS THE WILD EXPECTATION TOO. THAT THE COUNTRY'S PROBLEMS WOULD BE SOLVED AT A STROKE, THAT THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT WOULD USHER IN A POST-RACIAL ERA. NO MORE BLACK AMERICA OR WHITE AMERICA; JUST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. BUT THE LINGERING VESTIGES OF THAT DREAM DISAPPEARED IN THE SUMMER OF 2014 IN CLOUDS OF TEAR GAS AND A NONDESCRIPTIVE SUBURB OF ST LOUIS MISSOURI NAMED FERGUSON. AN UNARMED BLACK MAN HAD BEEN SHOT BY A POLICE OFFICER. IT WAS A PATTERN THAT WOULD BECOME ALL TOO FAMILIAR. IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WALTER SCOTT HAD BEEN PULLED OVER FOR A MINOR MOTORING OFFENCE. FOOTAGE CAPTURES THE WHITE POLICE OFFICER WHO STOPPED HIM SHOOTING HIM IN THE BACK SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE HE DIES. GUNSHOTS FIRE THE POLICEMAN CLAIMED SELF-DEFENCE. AT HIS TRIAL, WHICH ENDED LAST MONTH, THE JURY WAS UNABLE TO REACH A VERDICT. THE COURT, THEREFORE, MUST DECLARE A MISTRIAL. ANOTHER SYMBOL FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY THAT THINGS HAVEN'T CHANGED. MOST BLACK FOLKS ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED, BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT HE COULD HAVE DONE MORE. THE ISSUE OF RACE AND ANOTHER OF AMERICA'S GREAT INTRACTABLE SOCIAL PROBLEMS, GUN VIOLENCE, CAME TOGETHER TO HORRIFIC EFFECT INSIDE THIS FAMOUS AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHURCH IN CHARLESTON. A WHITE SUPREMACIST ` WHO, WITH A STRING OF DRUG CONVICTIONS, NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE A GUN ` WALKED INSIDE A BIBLE STUDY GROUP AND KILLED EIGHT WORSHIPPERS AND THE PASTOR IN COLD BLOOD. BARACK OBAMA HAD ALWAYS SEEMED RELUCTANT TO DEFINE HIMSELF AS A BLACK PRESIDENT PREOCCUPIED BY RACIAL ISSUES. BUT AFTER THE SHOOTINGS, THAT CHANGED AS HE CAME TO SHELTON AND SHOWED HOW HE FELT THE COMMUNITY'S PAIN. # AMA... LAUGHTER # ...ZING GRACE, APPLAUSE # HOW SWEET # THE SOUND... # OBAMA'S TWO TERMS IN OFFICE WERE PUNCTUATED BY THE CRACK OF GUNSHOTS. WOMAN: OH, I THINK THERE IS SOMEBODY WHO SHOOTING IN HERE. AN ENDLESS SERIES OF RANDOM MASS KILLINGS THAT STARTED WITH THE SLAYING OF 20 CHILDREN AND SIX OF THEIR TEACHERS AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT THOSE KIDS, IT GETS ME MAD. AND BY THE WAY, IT HAPPENS ON THE STREETS OF CHICAGO EVERY DAY. I REFUSE TO ACT AS IF THIS IS THE NEW NORMAL. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I CAN DO BY MYSELF. SUCH VIOLENCE, SUCH EVIL, ARE SENSELESS. AGAIN AND AGAIN, HE WANTED TOUGHER LEGISLATION ON GUN CONTROL, BUT HE FAILED TO HIS EVIDENT CONSTERNATION WHEN WE SAT DOWN AND SPOKE. IF YOU ASK ME WHERE HAS BEEN THE ONE AREA WHERE I FEEL THAT I HAVE BEEN MOST FRUSTRATED, MOST STYMIED, IT IS THE FACT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS THE ONE ADVANCED NATION ON EARTH IN WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT, COMMONSENSE GUN-SAFETY LAWS. THERE WILL BE NO DEMOCRAT SUCCEEDING HIM IN THE WHITE HOUSE, SO ONE OF HIS FINAL ACTS WAS TO MAKE A LAST JOURNEY TO CAPITOL HILL TO URGE HIS PARTY'S LAWMAKERS TO FIGHT OFF REPUBLICAN ATTEMPTS TO DISMANTLE OBAMA CARE AND THE REST OF HIS DOMESTIC LEGACY. LOOK OUT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. BACK HERE, IT'S BACK TO DAILY PICKETS FOR PROTESTERS ON THE ROAD LEADING TO THE PIKE RIVER MINE. THEIR ON-GOING EFFORT TO STOP OWNER SOLID ENERGY PERMANENTLY SEALING THE MINE DRIFT GOT A BOOST TODAY IN THE FORM OF ACTOR IAN MUNE. THE STAR OF 70'S KIWI CLASSIC 'SLEEPING DOGS' JOINED AROUND 30 PROTESTORS THIS MORNING. THE GROUP STOOD ASIDE AS SOLID ENERGY VEHICLES ENTERED THE GATES. THE DEMONSTRATION IS NOW INTO ITS EIGHTH WEEK. THEY WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO NOT ONLY STOP THE MINE BEING SEALED, BUT ALSO AGREE TO LET A TEAM IN TO LOOK FOR THE 29 VICTIMS' REMAINS. SOLID ENERGY, WHICH COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENT TODAY, HAS PREVIOUSLY STATED THAT RE-ENTERING THE MINE IS TOO RISKY. A DIVER IN NORTHERN QUEENSLAND HAS SURVIVED A CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH A SHARK. KERRY DANIEL WAS SPEAR FISHING WHEN THE BULL SHARK APPEARED FROM BELOW AND CAME AT HIM. HE MANAGED TO SHOVE HIS SPEAR GUN IN ITS MOUTH, FORCING THE SHARK AWAY. MR DANIEL SAYS HE'S NEVER EXPERIENCED A SHARK ATTACK LIKE IT BEFORE, ALTHOUGH BULL SHARKS ARE KNOWN AS AN AGGRESSIVE SPECIES. AS SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES TO BLAST LARGE PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES, ONE OF THE VICTIMS OF THE COLD SNAP WAS THIS DEER. SHE WAS STUCK FOR HOURS ON THIS ICY POND IN CONNECTICUT, APPARENTLY AFTER COYOTES CHASED HER THERE. RESCUERS MANAGED TO PULL HER TO SAFETY, THERE'S NO WORD YET ON ANY LONG-TERM INJURIES. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND ROSS TAYLOR'S A TAD EDGY. Back for the Bangladesh tests on Thursday. A couple of issues. MORE FROM THE BLACKCAPS NEXT. ALSO TONIGHT, HAS THE TENNIS CLASSIC FOUND A NEW FAVOURITE? HOW ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU ENJOYING THE TENNIS? HI. LAUGHTER THE GERMAN-JAMAICAN WITH THE SOFT HANDS AND THE HIDDEN SURPRISES. PLUS, STEVEN ADAMS HAS ACHIEVED THE ALMOST UNTHINKABLE TODAY IN THE NBA. AND FIFA HANDS OUT THE 2016 GLOBAL FOOTBALL AWARDS. KANE WILLIAMSON HAS TODAY CONTINUED HIS RISE TO THE TOP OF INTERNATIONAL CRICKET, WITH THE BLACKCAPS SKIPPER CONFIRMED IN THE TOP FIVE BATSMAN IN THE WORLD IN ALL THREE FORMATS OF THE GAME. HOWEVER, ALL EYES THIS WEEK WILL BE ON THE RETURN OF ROSS TAYLOR FOLLOWING LAST MONTH'S EYE SURGERY, A MAN WHO'S GOT A POINT TO PROVE FOLLOWING A RECENT AXING FROM THE T20 SIDE. ROSS TAYLOR'S EXCITED TO BE BACK IN THE BLACKCAPS ENVIRONMENT, ALTHOUGH YOU CAN EXCUSE THE RIGHT-HANDER FOR BEING A LITTLE BITTER ABOUT BEING LEFT OUT OF THE RECENT T20 SERIES. UH, IT WAS DISAPPOINTING TO` YOU KNOW, BE OUT OF THE TWENTY20 SIDE. I LOVE PLAYING ALL THREE FORMATS FOR THE COUNTRY, AND TO GET THE CALL ON BOXING DAY WAS DISAPPOINTING. NOT ONLY WAS HE NOT PICKED FOR THE THREE-MATCH SERIES; NZ CRICKET ALSO REFUSED TAYLOR'S REQUEST TO PLAY IN AUSTRALIA'S BIG BASH LEAGUE. HESS WAS ALL FOR ME GOING, BUT DAVID HAD OTHER REASONS. THOSE REASONS WERE BECAUSE OF NZ'S TRAVEL PLAY PROTOCOL, A RULE AIMED TO STOP PLAYERS TRAVELLING ON A PLANE WITHIN 24 HOURS A MATCH TO PROTECT PLAYER WELFARE. TAYLOR SAYS HE'S MOVED ON FROM BOTH INCIDENTS AND IS JUST EAGER TO GET BACK TO SCORING RUNS AGAINST BANGLADESH STARTING THURSDAY. WITH 16 CENTURIES, HE'S NOW JUST ONE BEHIND THE LATE MARTIN CROWE FOR THE MOST TEST TONS BY A KIWI BATSMAN. LIKE, I THINK A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT IT UP. LIKE, EVEN PEOPLE IN THE SUPERMARKET COME AND (LAUGHS) MENTION IT TO YOU. TAYLOR'S FUTURE IN THE INTERNATIONAL GAME HAS BEEN UP FOR DEBATE IN RECENT MONTHS, WITH MANY WONDERING IF HE'LL TAKE THE SAME ROAD AS BRENDON MCCULLUM AND PLAY IN OVERSEAS TOURNAMENTS INSTEAD. A LOT OF OLDER GUYS STARTED RETIRING TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF MY CAREER, AND I HAD NO ONE TO REALLY LEARN OFF, SO HOPEFULLY I CAN HANG AROUND AND TEACH A FEW OF THESE YOUNGSTERS AND HELP THEM ALONG THE WAY. HE ALSO ADMITS HIS PERIPHERAL VISION HAS IMPROVED FOLLOWING LAST MONTH'S EYE SURGERY ` WELL THAT, AND A FEW OTHER NOVELTIES. WENT ROUND TO MY MANAGER'S HOUSE AND ASKED IF SHE BOUGHT A NEW FRIDGE, AND SHE SAID, LOOKED AT ME PRETTY STRANGELY AND SAID NO, IT'S BEEN THE SAME FOR ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD OR A BAD THING. WHETHER THAT EQUATES TO SEEING A DUSTY CRICKET BALL REMAINS TO BE SEEN. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. THE TOP FOUR SEEDS START PLAYING IN THE ASB CLASSIC MEN'S TOURNAMENT TOMORROW, BUT ONE PLAYER HAS ALREADY LIT UP THE DRAW. GERMAN WILDCARD ENTRY DUSTIN BROWN PUT ON A DISPLAY OF SERVE AND VOLLEY TENNIS IN HIS FIRST ROUND WIN. BROWN IS SOMETHING OF A RARITY IN THE MODERN GAME. THE MOST POPULAR MAN DASHING AROUND THE TENNIS CENTRE TODAY WASN'T PLAYING ON CENTRE COURT. HELLO, BUDDY. HOW YOU DOING? I BROUGHT YOU AN ICE CREAM. BROWN WAS BUSY HANDING OUT SPONSOR'S PRODUCT TO SOME UNSUSPECTING FANS. HI. LAUGHTER LAST NIGHT HE SERVED UP ONE OF THE MOST ENTERTAINING PERFORMANCES SEEN IN AUCKLAND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. YOU'RE AN INTERESTING CHARACTER ON THE TENNIS COURT. YEAH, I'VE HEARD THAT FEW TIMES BEFORE. IT'S NICE THAT PEOPLE ENJOY WHEN I PLAY. OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT EXACTLY TRYING TO GO OUT THERE TO ENTERTAIN EVERYONE. IT'S JUST THE WAY I PLAY TENNIS. BROWN PLAYS LIKE YESTERYEAR, A DEMON AT THE NET IN THIS THREE-SETS WIN OVER YOUNG AMERICAN MICHAEL MOE. HE SERVED AND VOLLEYED AT WILL, HIS SOFT HANDS WINNING CLOSE TO 30 POINTS AT THE NET IN AN EYE-CATCHING VICTORY. OBVIOUSLY, I LIKE TO DO IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I THINK THE COURTS ARE QUICK AND THE BALLS ARE GOOD TO DO IT MORE OFTEN THAN MOST OF THE TOURNAMENTS. A FEW DUSTIN BROWN FACTS - HE'S NOT YOUR RUN-OF-THE-MILL TENNIS PLAYER. OH! (LAUGHS) HALF-GERMAN, HALF-JAMAICAN, THE 32-YEAR-OLD ONCE DROVE A COMBI VAN AROUND EUROPE TRYING TO MAKE HIS MARK AS A YOUNG PLAYER. HIS CLAIM TO FAME BEATING RAFAEL NADAL TWICE ON GRASS, THE LAST TIME AT WIMBLEDON IN 2015. AND HE HAS SOME INTERESTING BODY ART. YOU CARRY A PIECE OF YOUR FATHER AROUND ALL THE TIME, CORRECT? YES. COULD I HAVE A LOOK AT THAT? THE CLASSIC MIGHT HAVE FOUND A NEW FAN FAVOURITE. ENJOY THE TENNIS, OK? THANK YOU. (LAUGHS) YOU'RE WELCOME. BROWN'S BACK IN ACTION IN THE SECOND ROUND TOMORROW. UPSET OF THE DAY SAW THE EXIT OF FIFTH SEED ALBERT RAMOS-VINOLAS FROM SPAIN. THE LEFT-HANDER (28) LOST 6-1 IN THE FIRST SET AGAINST PORTUGAL'S JOAO SOUSA, THE WORLD NUMBER 44 DEFYING HIS COMPARATIVELY LOWLY RANKING. OH, BRILLIANT SMASH, AND EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE BOTH ENGAGED IN THE RALLY, YOU ALWAYS HAD THE FEELING SOUSA WAS IN CONTROL. THE SPANIARD RALLYING IN THE SECOND SET BUT FINALLY SUCCUMBING 6-1, 7-5 TO HIS PORTUGUESE PAL. THE BREAKERS' BASKETBALL SEASON IS AT BREAKING POINT. AFTER THREE STRAIGHT DEFEATS. THE TEAM NEEDS TO WIN NEARLY ALL OF ITS LAST EIGHT GAMES FOR A HOPE OF MAKING THE NBL PLAYOFFS. DESPITE THEIR TOUGH SITUATION, THE BREAKERS CAN SOMEHOW SEE THE LIGHTER SIDE. ABBY WILSON REPORTS. ANOTHER INJURY IS THE LAST THING THE BREAKERS NEED. UH, HE'S PROBABLY GOT A BROKEN HAND. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. FOR THE RECORD, HE'S JOKING. BUT YOU CAN'T BLAME PAUL HENARE FOR A BIT OF DARK HUMOUR AFTER THE SEASON HE'S HAD, AND IT'S NOT ABOUT TO GET ANY EASIER IF THE BREAKERS WANT TO MAKE THE PLAY-OFFS. IF WE WIN EVERY GAME, I'M PRETTY SURE WE'LL BE IN. SEVEN OF EIGHT WOULD GIVE US A GOOD CHANCE. ANYTHING LESS WE'RE COUNTING ON COUNT-BACKS AND THOSE SORT OF THING. AFTER SUNDAY'S 18-POINT LOSS TO ADELAIDE, THEY'RE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE, BUT THE BREAKERS AREN'T SHORT ON LEGITIMATE EXCUSES. TOM ABERCROMBIE REMAINS OUT WITH A BROKEN HAND, AND THIS DEEP IN THE SEASON, THEY'RE STILL DEALING WITH FRESH FACES. I MET, LIKE, FOUR GUYS IN THE LOCKER ROOM BEFORE THE GAME, SO OF COURSE WHEN YOU'RE GOING OUT LIKE THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE TOUGH. IMPORT KEVIN DILLARD'S ONLY BEEN HERE SIX DAYS. FELLOW AMERICAN PAUL CARTER, TWO WEEKS. HENARE SAYS NO MATTER HOW GOOD YOU ARE, TRANSITIONS TAKE TIME. WATCHED OUR VIDEO REVIEW THIS MORNING AND WE HAD SEVERAL POSSESSIONS WHERE HALF THE TEAM'S IN ZONE DEFENCE, AND HALF THE TEAM'S IN MAN, AND IT'S A BIT OF A PROBLEM. BUT DESPITE THEIR ISSUES, THIS ISN'T A TEAM THAT'S GIVEN UP. WHAT GIVES ME CONFIDENCE? READING BODY LANGUAGE, LOOKING IN THEIR EYES AND HEARING THE WORDS THAT THEY'RE SPEAKING. THEY NEXT PLAY SYDNEY ON FRIDAY THE 13TH. HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE SCARY FOR THEM, COS WE CAN'T TAKE TOO MUCH SCARY SITUATIONS, SO. (LAUGHS) WHEN YOUR SEASON'S ON THE LINE, LAUGHTER PROBABLY IS THE BEST MEDICINE. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS. TO THE NBA, AND OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER'S KIWI STEVEN ADAMS HAS TAKEN HIS OFFENSIVE GAME TO NEW HEIGHTS BY OUTSCORING HIS SUPERSTAR TEAM MATE RUSSELL WESTBROOK. ADAMS TOP-SCORED FOR THE THUNDER WITH 22 POINTS IN A ROAD WIN OVER THE CHICAGO BULLS. ADAMS CONNECTED WITH WESTBROOK FOR THE TRADEMARK SLAM. LOB` OH! AND ADAMS POUNDED IT DOWN. THE THUNDER WINNING 109-94 WITH ADAMS NOTCHING UP HIS FIFTH 20-POINT GAME THIS SEASON. CONFIRMATION WELLINGTON PHOENIX STRIKER ROY KRISHNA HAS RECEIVED A ONE-GAME SUSPENSION FOR A RED CARD HASN'T GONE DOWN WELL WITH FELLOW STRIKER SHANE SMELTZ. THE CLUBS' TOP GOAL SCORER WILL MISS THIS WEEKEND'S MATCH AGAINST CENTRAL COAST, FOR THIS INFRINGEMENT IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE NIX'S 2-1 LOSS LAST THURSDAY. SMELTZ SAYS THE FIJIAN SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SENT OFF IN THE FIRST PLACE. LOOK PERSONALLY I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT AT ALL, I'VE SEEN FAR WORSE, BUT THAT'S THE WAY THE REF SAW IT. I THINK HE WAS BEHIND THE PLAY A LITTLE BIT AND DIDN'T HAVE THE BEST ANGLE, BUT HE PULLED THE CARD OUT PRETTY QUICK, SO IN HIS EYES ITS A CLEAR RED. BUT YOU SEE THE REACTION FROM BOTH OURS AND THEIR PLAYERS. THERE WASN'T MUCH TO IT. KRISHNA WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO RETURN JUST THREE DAYS LATER, WHEN THE CLUB HOSTS MELBOURNE VICTORY. FIFA'S ANNOUNCED THE GOAL OF THE YEAR FOR 2016, AND IT'S A LESSON FOR DAVID BECKHAM IN JUST HOW TO BEND IT. THE FREE KICK FROM MALAYSIAN MOHD FAIZ SUBRI DEFYING PHYSICS. OH! GOAL! THE MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE STAR (29), WHO IS JUST 5'2, EMPLOYING A VARIATION ON BASEBALL'S KNUCKLE BALL TECHNIQUE TO MINIMIZE THE SPIN OF THE BALL IN FLIGHT AND CREATE A COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE TRAJECTORY. SUBRI ACCEPTING HIS AWARD IN ZURICH IN ILLUSTRIOUS COMPANY, 2009 GOAL OF THE YEAR WINNER CRISTIANO RONALDO PRESENTED WITH THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR TROPHY FOR THE FOURTH TIME. THAT IS IT FOR SPORT. DID YOU HAVE A GOOD BREAK IN WANAKA? IT WAS FANTASTIC. DAN IS HERE NOW, AND MORE WARM WEATHER TO COME? ANOTHER 30 DAY FOR EASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. Hello there. The patchwork nature and in wather ` some enjoying sunny spots and others cloud and drizzle. We are going to start seeing some building highs with better weather instead of just parts of the country. A more active front bringing heavy rain and severe gales once again. A couple of lumps of cloud that is going to provide Strong winds which is heading towards us. The tropics are quiet for now. Things across Australia heating up with temperatures up to 40. This looks mean and menacing but is just high cloud streaming and. Just little tentacles of frontsa feeding on that moisture and cloud. The other one will slowly work into the picture. All that cloud and drizzle into the West. It is going to be hot but not just to the North Island. South and east of you will get into the warmer stuff as well. That is the front there that will bring the strong severe gales. Mainly for the West Coast of the South Island. And strengthening strong severe gales in the north-west. Watch us in Canterbury in the foothills. Wednesday into Thursday for all of this. Tomorrow it is just that warm front. Cloud and drizzle to the north-western part of the North Island. Another beach day in the East Hawke's Bay. Occasional rain and the warm front. Warm and notices well the thickening cloud and strengthening wind as the day wears on. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ Settle down eventually. I am sure it will. AND THAT'S 1 NEWS THIS TUESDAY. REMEMBER YOU CAN KEEP UP-TO-DATE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENTS ON OUR STORIES TONIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE, TVNZ.CO.NZ FROM US, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JEAN TENG AND ALANA DRAYTON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.