TONIGHT ` HE ASKED FOR COMPENSATION. INSTEAD, THE MAN WHO SHOT AT FOUR POLICEMEN GETS AT LEAST 10 YEARS BEHIND BARS. GET READY TO SEE MORE OF THIS. ROTORUA BECOMES OUR FIRST BILINGUAL CITY. PLUS, FANS CROWD OUTSIDE A US COURT AS TAYLOR SWIFT SHAKES OFF CLAIMS SHE MADE UP A GROPING ALLEGATION. THE MAN AT THE CENTRE OF THE SO-CALLED KAWERAU SIEGE HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO AT LEAST 10 YEARS BEHIND BARS. RHYS WARREN WAS ARRESTED AFTER A 22-HOUR ARMED STAND-OFF LAST YEAR IN WHICH HE SHOT FOUR POLICE OFFICERS. SAM KELWAY WAS IN THE TAURANGA COURT FOR SENTENCING. RHYS WARREN ARRIVED IN COURT WITH AN ARSENAL OF QUESTIONS FOR THE JUDGE. I JUST NEEDED TO CONFIRM A FEW THINGS. OH, NO. YOU'LL HAVE YOUR OPPORTUNITY SHORTLY. ANY CHANCE I CAN TAKE THESE CUFFS OFF? NOT FOR THE MOMENT. BUT IT WAS HIS WEAPON OF CHOICE, AN EX-ARMY .303 HUNTING RIFLE, WHICH PUT HIM IN THE DOCK AND VERY NEARLY ENDED THE LIVES OF THREE OFFICERS. IN SENTENCING, JUSTICE TIMOTHY BREWER RULED OUT ANY CLAIM OF SELF-DEFENCE. YOUR SILENCE, THE TEXT MESSAGES YOU SENT AFTER THE SHOOTING AND THE ATTEMPT TO KILL SGT MARSH, ALONG WITH YOUR ANGER AT THE POLICE CONVINCED ME OF THAT. OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE ONEPU ADDRESS IN 2016 AFTER A CANNABIS SPOTTER PLANE WAS ALLEGEDLY SHOT AT. WHILE INSIDE THE KAWERAU HOME, THEY WERE AMBUSHED. TODAY IN COURT THOSE OFFICERS READ FROM VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS. I AM IN NO DOUBT THAT MR WARREN INTENDED TO KILL AS MANY OF MY TEAM AS POSSIBLE THAT DAY. IN COURT, WARREN ASKED FOR THE CHARGES TO BE DROPPED AND $10,000 IN COMPENSATION BE PAID FOR PERSONAL COSTS AND A BREACH OF HIS RIGHTS. WARREN WAS BUNDLED OUT OF THE DOCK WHEN HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THOSE CHARGES EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND TODAY, AT THE HIGH COURT, SECURITY WAS BEEFED UP. BUT INSTEAD OF BEING MANHANDLED OUT, WARREN DECIDED TO REMOVE HIMSELF AND WASN'T THERE TO HEAR HIS SENTENCE. MEANWHILE, WARREN'S WHANAU SAY THEY'LL APPEAL. THIS SYSTEM IS NOT FOR MAORI, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THE BLACKER YOU ARE IN THIS COUNTRY, THE WORSE OFF YOU ARE. THE 28-YEAR-OLD IS NO STRANGER TO PRISON. HE VICIOUSLY ASSAULTED AN ANIMAL-CONTROL OFFICER IN 2009 AND A POLICE OFFICER IN 2010. HE'S NOW HEADED BACK TO JAIL FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. HOUSE SALES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE PLUNGED DRAMATICALLY, SPARKING CALLS FOR TOUGH LENDING RULES TO BE AXED. SALES FELL 24.5% NATIONWIDE IN JULY COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. AUCKLAND SALES PLUMMETED MORE THAN 30%, THE BIGGEST DROP IN YEARS. WAIKATO'S DOWN 15%. A SMALLER DROP IN BAY OF PLENTY; HAWKE'S BAY 11%; AND MORE THAN 21% IN WELLINGTON. MOVING DOWN SOUTH, CANTERBURY SALES DOWN 14% WITH SIMILAR NUMBERS IN OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND. BUT THERE ARE SOME PLACES BUCKING THE TREND, LIKE THE QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT. SAM CLARKE LOOKS AT WHAT IT MEANS FOR HOME BUYERS. HOME AT LAST ` DEFINITELY HARD ` IT'S NOT AN EASY ROAD TO TAKE. WE'VE DEFINITELY HAD OUR UPS AND DOWNS. IT'S TAKEN US THREE YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT, TO ACTUALLY HAVE OUR OWN HOUSE. IT'S TAKEN LONGER THAN EXPECTED, THOUGH; LOAN-TO-VALUE RESTRICTIONS WERE TOUGHENED UP LAST OCTOBER TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR INVESTORS BUT ALSO FOR FIRST-HOME BUYERS OUTSIDE OF AUCKLAND. YOU JUST COULDN'T GET AHEAD; YOU COULDN'T ACTUALLY GET TO THAT 20%. WE'D BE QUITE OLD BEFORE WE GOT TO THAT 20%. HOUSE SALES IN CANTERBURY ARE DOWN 20% ON THIS TIME LAST YEAR, REFLECTING THE NATIONAL TREND. THAT'S WHY THE REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE WANTS LENDING RESTRICTIONS TO BE EASED. WHAT WE'RE CALLING FOR IS A REVIEW OF THE LVRs FOR FIRST-HOME BUYERS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR FIRST-HOME BUYERS TO GET ON TO THE MARKET. BUT ECONOMISTS SAY THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS AT PLAY. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THESE SORTS OF CONTROLS MAKE ONLY A RELATIVELY SLIGHT DIFFERENCE. MUCH MORE IMPORTANT ARE WHAT HAPPENS TO IMMIGRATION, SOME OF THE TAX THINGS AND WHAT HAPPENS TO INTEREST RATES. AND THE RESERVE BANK IS SHOWING NO SIGNS OF CHANGING ITS STANCE JUST YET. IN ITS LATEST POLICY STATEMENT, IT SAYS THERE REMAINS A RISK OF RESURGENCE IN PRICES, GIVING CONTINUED STRONG POPULATION GROWTH AND RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR. WHILE THE NUMBER OF HOMES BEING SOLD HAS FALLEN, THE AVERAGE PRICE OF THOSE SALES HAS STILL GONE UP OVERALL, WITH LARGE INCREASES IN THE PROVINCES MAKING UP FOR A SLIGHTLY LOWER RATE IN AUCKLAND. HOUSING PRICES GOING UP IS NOT HELPING ANY FIRST-HOME BUYER. IS IT GOING? ARE YOU SURE? YES OR NO? BUT THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT SAYS THINGS ARE RETURNING TO NORMAL. IT'LL BE GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE START TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S ACHIEVABLE TO GET INTO THEIR FIRST HOME RATHER THAN WORRYING THAT THEY'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO DO IT. A COMFORTING THOUGHT FOR THOSE LIKE AMANDA, DREAMING OF A PLACE OF THEIR OWN. SAM CLARKE, 1 NEWS. HUGS AND HANDSHAKES WERE THE ORDER OF THE DAY TODAY AS THE CHARM OFFENSIVE CONTINUED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. FOR THE NEWEST POLITICAL PLAYER, IT WAS TIME TO SHOW OFF ITS CANDIDATES AT THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF ITS ELECTION CAMPAIGN. GARETH MORGAN'S THE OPPORTUNITIES PARTY KICKING OFF WITH SOME BOLD PREDICTIONS. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD WAS THERE. (APPLAUSE) THE COUNTRY'S NEWEST PARTY IS PROMISING TO DELIVER A DIFFERENT TYPE OF POLITICS. THOSE WHO CAMPAIGN TO CHANGE FROM BLUE TO RED OR RIGHT TO LEFT ARE LIKE A BUNCH OF KIDS SCREAMING, 'DAD'S BURNT THE DINNER. LET'S GET THE DOG TO COOK.' (LAUGHS) GARETH MORGAN'S OPPORTUNITIES PARTY HAS ABOUT 4000 MEMBERS AND 15 KEY POLICIES RANGING FROM A UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME TO TENANCY REFORM. THE MILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMAN SAYS, THOUGH, HE DOESN'T CARE WHO'S IN CHARGE. IT'S JUST AN AUCTION, SO WHOEVER GIVES US MOST OF OUR 15` OR WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS ` I THINK IT'S 15 NOW ` POLICIES, THEY GET THE NOD FROM US. THE LEADERS BIDDING TO BE THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER WERE OUT SHAKING HANDS ` YOUNG AND OLD TODAY ` AND EQUALLY NON-COMMITTAL ABOUT WORKING WITH GARETH MORGAN. FOR US, IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, AND THEN WE'LL WORK WITH WHAT'S PRESENTED TO US. THEY'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO TO GET TO 5%. UNUSUALLY, NEITHER THE OPPORTUNITIES LEADER OR HIS DEPUTY WOULD ASK TO BE MINISTERS IF THEY DID HELP FORM A GOVERNMENT. I DON'T WANNA BE A MINISTER. GEOFF, DO YOU WANT TO BE A MINISTER? NO, NO, NO. THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE OPPORTUNITIES PARTY IS TO BE ON THE CROSSBENCHES. AND AS THE PARTY SHOWED OFF ITS 20 CANDIDATES,... (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) ...MR MORGAN ANNOUNCED HE EXPECTS TO POLL 10% COME ELECTION DAY. THAT'D BRING IN APPROXIMATELY 12 MPs. AS TO WHERE THOSE VOTES WILL COME FROM, NZ FIRST AND THE GREENS ARE THE MAIN TARGETS. I THINK WE'LL JUST SKIM THE CREAM. MAYBE IT'S A PROTEST VOTE AGAINST THE GREENS AND LABOUR. I CAN'T SAY I'VE SAT DOWN AND ANALYSED ALL OF THE PREDICTIVE POLLING AROUND NEW PARTIES' CHANCES. CROWD CHANTS: CARE, THINK, VOTE. THE OPPORTUNITIES PARTY IS ON THE RISE, POLLING AROUND 3%. SO A TASTE... I'LL HAVE TO HAVE ONE. ...OF WHAT EACH LEADER COULD BE DEALING WITH POST-ELECTION. AS LONG AS IT'S NOT TEARS. I DECLARE OUR CAMPAIGN OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED. BUT SIX WEEKS IS A LONG TIME IN POLITICS. PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH SAYS IF THE US GOES TO WAR WITH NORTH KOREA, WE WOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER JOINING THE EFFORT AS AUSTRALIA'S LEADER ANNOUNCES IT WILL SUPPORT ITS AMERICAN ALLY. IT COMES AS DONALD TRUMP DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS THREAT TO THE ROGUE STATE, SAYING PYONGYANG SHOULD BE VERY, VERY NERVOUS. CHANNEL NINE'S ROBERT PENFOLD REPORTS. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WARNING TO NORTH KOREA THAT THE US WOULD UNLEASH 'FIRE AND FURY' IF THEY ENDANGER AMERICANS WAS MET BY A REPLY OF 'WHAT NONSENSE' FROM THE ROGUE NATION. (CITIZENS CHANT LOUDLY) SO TODAY, THE WAR OF WORDS ESCALATED. FIRST TIME THEY'VE HEARD IT LIKE THEY HEARD IT, AND FRANKLY, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE QUESTIONING THAT STATEMENT ` 'WAS IT TOO TOUGH?' ` MAYBE IT WASN'T TOUGH ENOUGH. IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT SOMEBODY STUCK UP FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF OTHER COUNTRIES. SO IF ANYTHING, MAYBE THAT STATEMENT WASN'T TOUGH ENOUGH. AND AS FOR KIM JONG-UN, THREATENING TO FIRE MISSILES AT THE ISLAND OF GUAM... HE DOES SOMETHING IN GUAM, IT WILL BE AN EVENT THE LIKES OF WHICH... NOBODY'S SEEN BEFORE, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN NORTH KOREA. HE'S NOT GONNA GO AROUND THREATENING GUAM, AND HE'S NOT GONNA THREATEN THE UNITED STATES. GUAM, AN AMERICAN TERRITORY, HOUSES A HUGE US MILITARY AIRBASE, HALFWAY BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND AUSTRALIA. WE STAND SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER WITH THE UNITED STATES. THE ANZUS TREATY MEANS THAT IF AMERICA IS ATTACKED, WE WILL COME TO THEIR AID; IF AUSTRALIA IS ATTACKED, THE AMERICANS WILL COME TO OUR AID. AS WELL, THERE WAS THIS ` AMERICA'S INTELLIGENCE LEADERS ARE REPORTEDLY FURIOUS WITH TRUMP'S ANSWER WHEN HE WAS ASKED ABOUT VLADIMIR PUTIN'S EXPULSION OF 750 US EMBASSY EMPLOYEES FROM RUSSIA. NO, I WANNA THANK HIM, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO CUT DOWN ON PAYROLL, AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT HE LET GO OF A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE A SMALLER PAYROLL. ROTORUA HAS BECOME NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST BILINGUAL CITY, OFFICIALLY RECOGNISING THE PLACE OF BOTH TE REO MAORI AND ENGLISH. THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND LOCAL IWI WILL SEE BOTH LANGUAGES USED ON STREET SIGNS. BUT MAORI AFFAIRS REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA SAYS THAT'S JUST THE START. TAHI, RUA, TORU, WHA. THIS GYM CLASS IS PART OF A WIDER LANGUAGE PUSH,... PAI KARE, KEI TE HEKE TE WERAWERA. ...AS ROTORUA'S DECLARED THE COUNTRY'S FIRST BILINGUAL CITY. I'M ASTONISHED AT THE STREET VIEW. THERE'S A REAL, GENUINE EXCITEMENT OUT THERE ABOUT 'WHY DIDN'T WE DO THIS BEFORE?' IT HOPEFULLY OPENS UP AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE. MAKING STREET SIGNS AVAILABLE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND MAORI WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST OBVIOUS CHANGES. NOT EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE FULLY TRANSLATED, IT'S SELECTIVE. BUT IN PLACES THAT ARE REAL VISIBLE ` LIKE, YOU COME INTO ROTORUA, WHAT ABOUT A SIGN THAT SAYS, 'ROTORUA NAUMAI HAERE MAI KI ROTORUA REO RUA: THE BILINGUAL CITY'? HE SAYS IT'S ABOUT MOVING TE REO OUT FROM TOURIST LOCATIONS TO EVERYDAY SITUATIONS, ENHANCING THE EXPERIENCE OF VISITORS WHO CONTRIBUTE NEARLY $800M TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. FROM A TOURISM PERSPECTIVE, IT JUST RAISES THE BAR. IT RAISES THE LEVEL OF AUTHENTICITY ABOUT OUR CITY. IT'LL COST AN ESTIMATED $1M-$2M TO CHANGE STREET SIGNS, AND IT'S HOPED EXISTING LANGUAGE FUNDING WILL COVER THAT. SOME ROTORUA BUSINESSES ARE ALREADY INCORPORATING MORE TE REO MAORI IN THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES. THIS CAFE PROVIDES MAORI MENUS FOR CUSTOMERS TO ORDER. KIA ORA. KIA ORA. HE KAWHE RATE MAAKU. YES. SUGAR WITH YOUR LATTE? AE. A BILINGUAL ROTORUA'S HITTING THE MARK WITH LOCALS. OH, AWESOME. ROTORUA'S THE HOME OF MAORIDOM, SO IT SEEMS PERFECTLY NATURAL. OH, HARIKOA TAKU NGAKAU. THE MAYOR SAYS SHE'LL WORK HARD TO BRING ALONG THOSE WHO ARE NERVOUS ABOUT THE CHANGES, HOPING THEY'LL SOON BE SINGING OFF THE SAME REO SONG SHEET. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. THE PIKE RIVER FAMILIES ARE HOLDING TWO MEETINGS TOMORROW TO VIEW NEW IMAGES THEY BELIEVE SHOW INTACT BODIES OF SEVERAL OF THEIR LOVED ONES IN THE MINE. THE MEETINGS COINCIDE WITH THE RELEASE OF MORE VIDEO. THIS SHOWS A DRIFT RUNNER LEAVING THE MINE JUST TWO MINUTES BEFORE THE EXPLOSION WITH MEN ON BOARD WHO HAD FINISHED THEIR SHIFT. ANOTHER NEW CLIP SHOWS FIREFIGHTERS AND MINERS LOOKING INTO THE TUNNEL AFTER THE FATAL BLAST. THEY'RE TOLD TO MOVE AWAY BY THE HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGER NEVILLE ROCKHOUSE, WHO LOST HIS SON IN THE DISASTER. BENEFITS OF FONTERRA'S MUCH-HYPED 'LIGHT-PROOF' MILK BOTTLES HAVE BEEN DEBUNKED, WITH CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND SAYING THE MILK IS NO DIFFERENT TO OTHER BRANDS. THE CONSUMER ADVOCACY GROUP SAYS TESTS OF ANCHOR'S OPAQUE BOTTLES ` WHICH FONTERRA CLAIMED HELP PROTECT VITAMIN B2 AND VITAMIN A FROM SUN DAMAGE ` FOUND VERY LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN NUTRITIONAL VALUE TO COMPETITORS' MILK IN TRANSLUCENT BOTTLES. BUT THE DAIRY GIANT SAYS 'CONSUMER' HAS GOT IT WRONG. LOOK, SINCE WE LAUNCHED, WE'VE NEVER CLAIMED THAT OUR MILK IS NUTRITIONALLY SUPERIOR TO OTHER MILKS. MOST OF THEM, WHEN THEY'RE FILLED, THEY'RE PRETTY SIMILAR, RIGHT? WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE'LL PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR PRODUCT RIGHT THROUGHOUT ITS SHELF LIFE. FONTERRA RECENTLY CHANGED THE MARKETING ON THEIR WEBSITE TO FOCUS ON THE BOTTLE'S EFFECT ON FLAVOUR RATHER THAN NUTRITIONAL CLAIMS. 'HORRIFYING AND SHOCKING.' THAT'S HOW TAYLOR SWIFT'S DESCRIBED THE MOMENT A RADIO DJ ALLEGEDLY GROPED HER. THE POP STAR TOOK THE STAND IN COLORADO OVER THE 2013 INCIDENT. THE COURTROOM PACKED WITH LOYAL FANS. CHANNEL 9'S LIZZIE PEARL HAS MORE. # EVERY DAY IS LIKE A BATTLE. # FROM THE STAGE TO THE STAND. TAYLOR SWIFT IN A DENVER COURT TESTIFYING AGAINST FORMER COUNTRY RADIO DJ DAVID MUELLER. THE POP STAR TELLING THE COURT IT WAS DURING THIS BACKSTAGE PHOTO OP IN 2013 THAT MUELLER REACHED UNDER HER SKIRT. THE PHOTO IS NOW A KEY PIECE OF EVIDENCE. SWIFT TOLD THE JURY AT FIRST SHE THOUGHT IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, SO SHE LEANED AWAY. MUELLER HAS ALREADY TESTIFIED, TELLING THE COURT HE'S NOT THE GROPER. BUT SWIFT FANS OUTSIDE THE COURT HAVE MADE UP THEIR MINDS. THE PICTURE, ESPECIALLY FROM THE MEET-AND-GREET, THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY SKETCHY. YOU KNOW, COS BASICALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THE GUY'S HAND WAS ON HER BACKSIDE. THIS CAS WAS BROUGHT BY THE RADIO DJ, WHO IS SUING TAYLOR SWIFT FOR DAMAGES OF UP TO $3M, SAYING HE LOST HIS JOB AT THE STATION BASED ON HER FALSE ACCUSATIONS. TAYLOR SWIFT IS COUNTERSUING FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEEKING A SYMBOLIC $1. SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T WANT TO RUIN HIM FINANCIALLY, JUST SEND A MESSAGE THAT YOU CAN SAY NO. TAYLOR SWIFT ADDING... # BABY, NOW WE GOT BAD BLOOD. # JUST AHEAD ` THERE'S LUCKY. THEN THERE'S UNBELIEVABLY LUCKY. WHY THE DRIVERS OF THESE CARS SHOULD PROBABLY BUY A LOTTO TICKET. PLUS ` THE ALL BLACKS SHOWING SOME SLIPPERY FORM IN PUKEKOHE, AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES. OUR HOSPITALS NEED A LOT OF BLOOD DONATED EVERY YEAR, INCLUDING ABOUT 50 TONS OF PLASMA. AND ONE AUCKLAND MAN'S TAKEN UP THAT CALL TO ARMS IN A HEROIC WAY, TODAY BECOMING THE COUNTRY'S MOST GENEROUS DONOR. MARY-JANE AGGETT WITH THE STORY. EVERY FORTNIGHT FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS PAUL TOMLIN'S MORNING'S GONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. MORNING, PAUL. GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YA? IT'S JUST, SORT OF, PART OF THE ROUTINE, REALLY, JUST LIKE GETTING OUT OF BED EVERY MORNING. EVERY TWO WEEKS I COME ALONG HERE. BUT TODAY'S VISIT'S SPECIAL ` (PARTY POPPERS POP, WOMAN CHEERS) HE'S CLOCKED UP A WHOPPING 551 DONATIONS. IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. HE'S AN ABSOLUTE INSPIRATION. A RECORD FOR NZ BLOOD AND A LANDMARK FOR PAUL. PLASMA PARTICULARLY... OVER THE COURSE OF HIS DONATIONS, HE WILL HAVE SAVED OR ENHANCED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF NZERS. THE NOW 60-YEAR-OLD STARTED DONATING WHEN HE WAS 18. I WAS WITH MY UNCLE, AND HE WAS GOING TO GIVE BLOOD, SO I WENT ALONG WITH HIM AND DECIDED TO START THEN. I JUST THOUGHT, 'IF HE CAN DO IT, I CAN.' NOW HE'S PART OF THE FURNITURE HERE. OH, IT'S LIKE FAMILY! YOU END UP BUILDING UP A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DONOR. PAUL'S A TECHNICIAN AT AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY. HIS WORKMATES ARE PROUD OF HIS EFFORTS, EVEN IF HE CAN'T RECRUIT THEM. WE'VE CERTAINLY HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DONATING BLOOD, AND OBVIOUSLY A FEW OF US AREN'T TOO KEEN ON NEEDLES. GIVE IT A GO. IT DOESN'T HURT, AND YOU GET NICE CHOCOLATE BISCUITS AT THE END OF IT. SO, IN A FORTNIGHT, PAUL WILL BE BACK IN THE RED CHAIR. GOT NO PLANS TO STOP IN A HURRY, NO. BUT HE WOULDN'T MIND A FEW MORE OF US JOINING HIM. MARY-JANE AGGETT, 1 NEWS. MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AFTER A COACH CRASHED INTO A TUNNEL IN CHINA. THE BUS WAS EN ROUTE TO THE CITY OF LUOYANG WHEN IT SMASHED INTO THE TUNNEL WALL JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. RESCUE WORK WAS STILL UNDERWAY AS AT LEAST 13 INJURED PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH, BUT DEADLY ACCIDENTS ARE COMMON IN CHINA. THREE TIMES THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS HAVE ARRIVED IN SPAIN SO FAR THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST. IT MEANS THE NUMBER OF ARRIVALS BY IN SPAIN COULD OVERTAKE THAT OF GREECE. THE SHIFT COULD BE BECAUSE THE ROUTE IS SAFER. EARLIER THIS WEEK, VIDEO SHOWED MIGRANTS ARRIVING BY DINGHY ON A BEACH IN CADIZ TO THE SURPRISE OF SUNBATHERS. A MAN WHO PULLED INTO A BACKSTREET IN TEXAS HAD AN ALMIGHTY SHOCK WHEN A CAR PLUNGED SEVEN STOREYS FROM A CAR PARK. IT CLIPPED THE BACK OF THE FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE AND ENDED UP ON ITS ROOF. STUNNED ONLOOKERS RUSHED TO HELP, PULLING THE DRIVER FREE. INCREDIBLY, SHE ESCAPED WITHOUT ANY SERIOUS INJURIES. TO SPORT TONIGHT. AND THE ALL BLACKS BECAME THE HALF ORANGES TONIGHT AS THEY DONNED THEIR TRAINING JERSEYS FOR A PRACTICE MATCH AGAINST TWO PROVINCIAL TEAMS. IT'S JUST OVER A WEEK UNTIL THE FIRST BLEDISLOE CUP TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN SYDNEY. NONE OF THE SUPER RUGBY CHAMPION CRUSADERS PLAYED IN THIS SO-CALLED 'GAME OF THREE HALVES'. BUT THE FIRST 40 MINUTES AGAINST TARANAKI WAS JUST A ROMP FOR THE ALL BLACKS AS THEY RACED IN NINE TRIES AND SCORED 57 POINTS. FULLBACK BEN SMITH, WHO GOES ON SABBATICAL LATER THIS MONTH, RUNNING FREELY AND SETTING UP LIMA SOPOAGA TO SCORE UNDER THE POSTS. (CROWD CHEERS LOUDLY) (WHISTLE CHIRPS) 12,000 TICKETS WERE SOLD FOR THE NIGHT, ALTHOUGH THE MUD ON THE BANK WAS MORE APPEALING FOR SOME. COUNTIES PUT UP A LITTLE MORE RESISTANCE ` FOR A TIME ` IN THE ALL BLACKS SECOND HALF, THEN A COUPLE OF SAM CANE TRIES OPENED THE FLOODGATES AGAIN. IN ALL, ANOTHER SEVEN TRIES, 49 POINTS ` A DECENT WORKOUT BEFORE PLAYING THE WALLABIES. THEY WERE NEVER GONNA BE PERFECT TONIGHT, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF NICE RUGBY IN THERE AND SOME GOOD SKILL EXECUTION WHICH WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. AND, UM,... THEY GELLED REASONABLY WELL TOGETHER AS A TEAM, SO PRETTY HAPPY. THE ALL BLACKS NOW READY TO GIVE THE WALLABIES THE SLIP IN SYDNEY NEXT WEEK. THE WESTERN FORCE ARE THREATENING TO TAKE THE AUSTRALIAN RUGBY UNION TO THE SUPREME COURT AFTER BEING CUT FROM THE SUPER RUGBY COMPETITION. THE ARU ANNOUNCED THE PERTH-BASED TEAM WILL BE AXED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF AUSTRALIAN TEAMS IN THE COMPETITION TO FOUR. FINANCIAL REASONS WERE ALSO CITED. IT'S NOT A VERY PLEASANT SITUATION, BUT WE HAVE TO CONFRONT REALITY HERE. THERE'S A BUNCH OF PLAYERS, SUPPORTERS, STAFF, A WHOLE ORGANISATION THAT'S REALLY HURTING AND STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND THE DECISION. SHORTLY AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT, ARU CHIEF EXECUTIVE BILL PULVER SAID HE WOULD ALSO BE STEPPING ASIDE. JUST AHEAD ` WE TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEEKEND'S WEATHER. AND AUSTRALIA'S SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DEBATE TURNS INTO A VIRAL MUSICAL COMEDY. MUSICAL COMEDIAN TIM MINCHIN HAS WEIGHED INTO HIS HOMELAND'S SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DEBATE WITH A WITTY ADAPTION OF THE BELOVED AUSSIE ANTHEM 'I STILL CALL AUSTRALIA HOME'. # I'M ALWAYS TRAVELLING, BUT WHEREVER I STAY, # PEOPLE LOVE AUSSIES, AND THEY GENERALLY SAY, # THEY THINK WE'RE KIND, FUN AND FUNNY, # TALL, TANNED AND TONED # AND A LITTLE BIT RACIST # AND A LITTLE BIT HOM... OPHOBIC. # THE PARODY HAS BEEN VIEWED ALMOST TWO MILLION TIMES IN JUST A FEW HOURS AND COMES AFTER THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSED A CONTROVERSIAL PLEBISCITE ON CHANGING MARRIAGE LAWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON 'TONIGHT'. THANKS FOR WATCHING. 1 NEWS IS BACK TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.