IT'S MIDDAY. A MOTHER'S DESPERATE PLEA ` 'GIVE YOURSELF UP', AS A GUNMAN IS STILL ON THE RUN IN CENTRAL WAIKATO. WE'RE CROSSING LIVE TO MORRINSVILLE FOR THE VERY LATEST. A SEARCH CONTINUES FOR TWO MEN WHO FLED FROM POLICE AND ARE NOW THOUGHT TO BE LOST IN TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK. THE LABOUR LEADER SCOLDS HER MP FOR MEDDLING IN AUSTRALIAN POLITICS AS THE BARNABY JOYCE SCANDAL HEATS UP ACROSS THE DITCH. AHI AHI MARIE. GOOD AFTERNOON. FIRST ON MIDDAY ` A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE REMAINS IN MORRINSVILLE AFTER DRAMATIC EVENTS LAST NIGHT AS THE SEARCH FOR A MAN WHO OPENED FIRE ON POLICE CONTINUES. ROLLIE HEKE (36), WHO POLICE SAY IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS, REMAINS AT LARGE. HIS MOTHER TOLD 1 NEWS SHE'S PLEADING FOR HER SON TO TURN HIMSELF IN AS POLICE FOCUS THEIR SEARCH ON A PROPERTY IN THE WAIKATO TOWN. ONE NEWS REPORTER SAM KELWAY IS IN MORRINSVILLE. SAM, WHAT'S THE LATEST? IN THE LAST FEW MOMENTS WE'VE SEEN VISION WHERE POLICE STOPPED A CAR AND ORDERED THE DRIVER OUT OF HIS VEHICLE WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS ROLLIE HEKE THIS IS THE ZONE WHERE POLICE WERE FOCUSED LAST NIGHT THIS GUARDED HOUSE WAS CORDONED OFF WE HEARD A NUMBER OF LOUD CRACKS THAT WAS TEAR GAS THERE ARE HOLES IN MOST WINDOWS THEY WERE GETTING THE OCCUPANTS OUT ROLLIE HEKE WAS NOT IN THE PROPERTY BUT THE SEARCH IS ONGOING HIS MOTHER IS ASKING FOR HER BOY TO GIVE UP SHE HAS LOST ONE BOY AND DOES NOT WANT TO LOSE ANOTHER A LOT OF POLICE ACTIVITY IN TOWN WHERE ROLLIE HEKE IS IN ANYONE'S GUESS THE SEARCH FOR TWO MEN MISSING IN THE TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK HAS RESUMED AFTER FIVE SEARCH TEAMS WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THEM YESTERDAY. THE MEN, IN THEIR 20'S, ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE SAME INDIVIDUALS WHO FLED POLICE IN A STOLEN VEHICLE ON SATURDAY. POLICE SAY BASED ON A 111 CALL MADE BY THE PAIR, IT WAS CLEAR THEY HAD BECOME LOST IN THE BUSH. 1 NEWS REPORTER SEAN HOGAN IS IN TAUPO WITH THE LATEST. SEAN. I'M HALF AN HOUR FROM THE SEARCH SITE 40 SEARCH STAFF ARE LOOKING FOR THE MEN WHO ARE IN THEIR 4TH DAY IN THE AREA POLICE LOOKED FOR THEM THAT NIGHT ON SUNDAY THEY RECEIVED A 11 CALL FROM THE MEN A CAMPFIRE HAS BEEN FOUND THAT WAS LIT ON SATURDAY AND 150M AWAY ITEMS OF CLOTHING THEY ARE GRID-SEARCHING THAT AREA BAD WEATHER IS HAMPERING THE SEARCH POLICE HOLD GRAVE CONCERNS FOR THE MEN'S HEALTH A PERSON HAS BEEN LEFT WITH MINOR INJURIES AFTER A LIGHT PLANE CRASHED AT QUEENSTOWN AIRPORT THIS MORNING. THE CESSNA 177B WAS CARRYING FOUR PEOPLE WHEN IT CRASHED ON TAKE-OFF. FLIGHTS WERE PUT ON HOLD IN AND OUT OF QUEENSTOWN AIRPORT FOR A SHORT TIME BUT HAVE SINCE RESUMED. THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BUT IS WAITING FOR MORE INFORMATION BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER TO INVESTIGATE. MP CHRIS HIPKINS HAS HAD A TELLING OFF FROM LABOUR LEADER JACINDA ARDERN OVER A SCANDAL ACROSS THE DITCH. YESTERDAY IT WAS REVEALED AUSTRALIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER BARNABY JOYCE IS A NEW ZEALAND CITIZEN, MAKING HIM INELIGIBLE FOR PARLIAMENT. IT'S NOW EMERGED MR HIPKINS USED HIS POSITION TO ASK QUESTIONS OF OFFICIALS ABOUT CITIZENSHIP, AS A FAVOUR TO A FRIEND IN AUSTRALIA. JACINDA ARDERN SAYS THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE BUT THAT MR HIPKINS DIDN'T KNOW THE QUESTIONS WERE ABOUT MR JOYCE. HOWEVER, CHRIS HIMSELF HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IF HE HAD KNOWN WHAT THE QUESTIONS WOULD BE USED FOR HE WOULD NOT HAVE ASKED THEM, AND I'VE CERTAINLY RELAYED TO HIM THAT IT'S MY EXPECTATION THAT WE FOCUS ON OUR OWN ELECTION RATHER THAN MATTERS THAT ARE OF NO CONCERN TO US. THE HIGH COURT IN AUSTRALIA WILL DECIDE IF MR JOYCE CAN REMAIN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. THE AUCKLAND MAN WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO THE HIT AND RUN INVOLVING A TEENAGE SKATEBOARDER HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON. ZHENGHANG YU KILLED JACOB PAKURA. (16) AFTER HITTING HIM WITH HIS CAR IN THE SUBURB OF NEW LYNN IN JANUARY. YU SAYS HE CANT REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT, BUT HAD NOT BEEN DRINKING. HE DID ADMIT TO TAKING PAINKILLERS, WHICH HE SAID MADE HIM DIZZY. JUDGE GIBSON CALLED YU'S DRIVING APPALLING. A DAMNING REPORT RELEASED BY THE SALVATION ARMY TODAY HAS REVEALED AT LEAST 2000 HOUSES ARE NEEDED EACH YEAR OVER THE NEXT DECADE TO COMBAT THE HOUSING CRISIS. IT ALSO FOUND MORE ELDERLY ARE BECOMING RELIANT ON SOCIAL HOUSING AND OFTEN LACK THE EXTRA SUPPORT. JORDAN OPPERT HAS MORE. AS HOUSE PRICES CONTINUE TO CLIMB AND SOCIAL HOUSING GETS SNAPPED UP, IT'S THE ELDERLY WHO ARE NOW STRUGGLING. AROUND 80,000 PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN HOME OR ENOUGH EQUITY, RETIRED PEOPLE, ARE GOING TO ENTER INTO THE AREA WHERE THEY NEED SOCIAL HOUSING, SO THERE'S A NEED TO CATER TO THAT SO THERE'S A NEED TO CATER TO THAT OR THEY'LL STRUGGLE JUST ON SUPERANNUATION AND MANY DON'T HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO LEAN ON FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. IT ISN'T A SECRET. WE'VE GOT A RAPIDLY AGING POPULATION. IT'S NO SECRET OLD PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN OWNING THEIR OWN HOMES, AND THAT UTOPIAN IDEAL OF THE NEW ZEALANDER WHO SELLS THE FAMILY HOME THE SALVATION ARMY SAYS DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT SPENDING $6M PER DAY TO HELP OVER 300,000 VULNERABLE PEOPLE, IT'S NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH. AND THE PRESENT STOCK OF 82,000 SOCIAL HOUSES NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TO OVER 100,000 IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. A LACK OF SOCIAL HOUSING CONTRIBUTES TO CROWDED LIVING SPACES, INADEQUATE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS WHICH ELDERLY PEOPLE WILL STRUGGLE TO COPE WITH. THE CONVERSATIONS WE ARE HAVING WITH THEM IS DO THEY HEAT THEIR HOME OR EAT? IT'S AN ISSUE THAT'S NOT GOING AWAY, AND MANY ORGANISATIONS ARE HOPING IT WILL BE ADDRESSED BEFORE ELECTION DAY. JORDAN OPPERT, ONE NEWS A CROSS-PARTY AGREEMENT ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE PIKE RIVER IS ABOUT TO BE LAUNCHED IN WELLINGTON. ALL OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES APART FROM NATIONAL WILL COMMIT TO A SAFE RE-ENTRY OF THE MINE, AN APPOINTMENT OF A MINISTER RESPONSIBLE AND CREATING A GOVERNMENT BODY TO OVERSEE THE PROCESS. A LARGE PART OF DUNEDIN IS BEING WARNED TO URGENTLY BOIL THEIR DRINKING WATER. A PROBLEM WITH WATER QUALITY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE NORTH END OF THE CITY. THE COUNCIL SAYS THE ISSUE IS AFFECTING THE CBD, NORTH DUNEDIN, LEITH VALLEY, WOODHAUGH AND AREAS BETWEEN THE CENTRAL CITY TOWN BELT AND THE HARBOUR. IT SAYS THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ISOLATED AND WORK IS BEING DONE TO FIX IT. MEANWHILE, THE COUNCIL IS SET TO PROVIDE WATER TANKERS AS AN ALTERNATIVE SUPPLY. OVERSEAS, AND MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE ARE FEARED DEAD AND HUNDREDS MORE TRAPPED AFTER A MUDSLIDE BURIED HOUSES IN MUD IN SIERRA LEONE. THE BBC'S JAMES ROBINS REPORTS. SNATCHED VIDEO ON A MOBILE PHONE SHOWS A TORRENT OF MUD AND WATER CARRYING AWAY EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH. THIS DRIVER RISKED HIS LIFE ON A BRIDGE, ALL BUT OVERWHELMED BY THE FLASH FLOODS. FREETOWN IS AN OVERCROWDED COASTAL CITY WITH FEW DEFENCES AGAINST HEAVY RAINS. THEY COME EVERY YEAR, BUT NOT USUALLY WITH QUITE SUCH FEROCITY. ABOUT 250 BODIES HAVE BEEN RECOVERED SO FAR. THE AUTHORITIES FEAR THERE COULD BE MANY MORE TRAPPED IN THE RUINS OF HOUSES. THE BBC'S UMARU FOFANA IS THERE. I WENT DOWN TO THE SPOT MYSELF, AND YOU COULD SEE PEOPLE USING THEIR BARE HAND, PULLING UP CORPSES FROM BENEATH THE MUD. THE ROAD ITSELF THROUGH THE DISASTER AREA IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE ` MASSIVE ROCKS, AND THERE'S THIS AREA CALLED MT SUGARLOAF, THE MOUNTAIN, CAVED IN IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING, AND IT'S COVERED LITERALLY DOZENS OF HOUSES. MANY VICTIMS LIVED IN THE FLIMSIEST OF HOMES, LITTLE MORE THAN SHACKS, OFTEN ON UNPROTECTED HILLSIDES. A BRITISH CHARITY HAS BEEN HELPING TO BUILD FAR STRONGER HOUSES, AND BACK IN BRITAIN, EXPLAINED TODAY HOW IT'S THE POOREST IN SIERRA LEONE WHO ARE OFTEN THE MOST DEFENCELESS. PEOPLE BUILD HOUSES ALL UP THE SIDES OF CLIFFS, AND THEY OFTEN BUILD THEM WITH INADEQUATE MATERIALS BECAUSE GENERALLY, PEOPLE ARE UNBELIEVABLY POOR. PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO RECLAIM LAND FROM THE SEA, AND THE WATER JUST COMES AND WIPES THEM AWAY. SIX OUT OF 10 PEOPLE IN SIERRA LEONE LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. SURVIVORS OFTEN RISK EVERYTHING TO SALVAGE A FEW POSSESSIONS, TRYING TO HANG ON WHATEVER THEY CAN DESPITE THE RISING WATERS. DONALD TRUMP HAS DIRECTLY CONDEMNED WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND NEO-NAZIS AFTER COMING UNDER FIRE FOR HIS INITIAL RESPONSE TO THE VIOLENCE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA. IT COMES AS THE DRIVER (20) WHO KILLED AN ANTI-RACISM PROTESTOR AND INJURED A DOZEN MORE APPEARED IN COURT VIA VIDEO LINK. THE ABC'S ELIZABETH HUR WITH MORE. JAMES ALEX FIELD JR ARRAIGNED VIA VIDEO THIS MORNING ON CHARGES OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND RELATED OFFENCES. POLICE SAID THE 20-YEAR-OLD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RAMMING HIS CAR INTO A CROWD OF PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE AND KILLING 32-YEAR-OLD HEATHER HEYER. (SHOUTING, SCREAMING) JUST HOURS EARLIER, FIELDS, SEEN HERE MARCHING AND CHANTING WITH A GROUP OF WHITE SUPREMACISTS. HIS FORMER HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER NOT SURPRISED. HE WOULD OFTEN SAY HOW HITLER'S VIEWS WERE RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WHAT IF HITLER HAD WON? ABC NEWS ALSO LEARNING FIELDS TRIED TO JOIN THE ARMY IN 2015, BUT THAT ATTEMPT LASTED ONLY FOUR MONTHS AFTER FAILING TO MEET TRAINING STANDARDS. NOW ALL EYES ON PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, CRITICISED AFTER HIS INITIAL RESPONSE SATURDAY FOR NOT NAMING WHITE NATIONALISTS DIRECTLY WHILE CONDEMNING HATRED. TODAY, THIS STATEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT, WHO ALSO CONFIRMED A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDERWAY. THOSE WHO CAUSE VIOLENCE IN ITS NAME ARE CRIMINALS AND THUGS, INCLUDING THE KKK, NEO-NAZIS, WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND OTHER HATE GROUPS THAT ARE REPUGNANT TO EVERYTHING WE HOLD DEAR AS AMERICANS. AND EARLIER, THE PRESIDENT WASTED NO TIME BASHING MERCK CEO KENNETH FRAZIER, WHO RESIGNED THIS MORNING FROM A BUSINESS COUNCIL ADVISING THE PRESIDENT, CITING 'A RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST INTOLERANCE AND EXTREMISM'. PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETING IN RESPONSE... A GIRL (12) HAS DIED AFTER A CAR WAS DELIBERATELY DRIVEN INTO A PIZZERIA IN FRANCE. IT HAPPENED IN A VILLAGE IN SEINE-ET-MARNE, EAST OF PARIS. A FRENCHMAN (32) HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND, WHILE POLICE SAY HIS ACTIONS WERE DELIBERATE, THE INCIDENT IS NOT BEING TREATED AS A TERROR ATTACK. AT LEAST A DOZEN OTHERS WERE INJURED. THE BONGS OF BIG BEN IN LONDON WILL FALL SILENT NEXT WEEK AS ESSENTIAL REPAIRS ARE CARRIED OUT ON THE LONDON LANDMARK. IT HAS CHIMED EVERY HOUR FOR THE LAST 157 YEARS. BUT ASIDE FROM SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS WELCOMING IN THE NEW YEAR, IT WILL NOW BE OUT OF ACTION UNTIL 2021. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING REPORTS. IT'S LONDON'S HEARTBEAT. (BELL CHIMES) NO TRIP IS COMPLETE WITHOUT A PHOTO OR A SELFIE WITH BIG BEN'S TOWER. BIG BEN IS FAMOUS, RIGHT? EVERYONE IN THE WORLD KNOWS ABOUT BIG BEN. BUT FROM MIDDAY ON MONDAY, BIG BEN, OFFICIALLY NAMED 'THE GREAT BELL' WILL STOP RINGING UNTIL 2021 FOR MAJOR REPAIR WORK. THE GREAT BELL LAST FELL SILENT IN 2007 AND BEFORE THAT, BETWEEN 1983 AND 1985 FOR MAJOR REFURBISHMENT. SO THE THOUGHT OF THAT EERIE SILENCE RETURNING IS REALLY UPSETTING THE TOURISTS. BIG BEN IS BIG BEN, AND PEOPLE WANNA SEE BIG BEN, NOT HALF A BEN ` A FULL BEN. OK, THEY NEED SOMETHING ELSE TO RING. YOU CAN'T ALWAYS TELL IT'S RINGING FROM HERE, SO MAYBE THE OTHER ONE CAN RING. (LAUGHS) WE NEED ANOTHER BELL. YEAH, WE NEED ANOTHER BELL. WE WANT BELLS HERE. THE STRUCTURE MOST OF US CALL 'BIG BEN' IS ACTUALLY THE ELIZABETH TOWER. THE GREAT BELL AND THE FOUR SMALLER QUARTER BELLS ARE FINE. BUT THE CLOCK MECHANISM NEEDS TO BE PULLED APART. IF YOU COULD IMAGINE RUNNING YOUR CAR FOR 160 YEARS NON-STOP, 24 HOURS A DAY, IT'LL NEED LOOKING AT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT THIS TIME BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LONG STOPPAGE. WE'LL BE ABLE TO CHECK ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING ON THE CLOCK. (BELL CHIMES) IT'S STILL WORKING, WHICH IS GOOD. HOWEVER, THE ICONIC BUILDING, THOUGHT TO BE THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE UK, IS FALLING APART. AND THE BELLS CHIMING EVERY 15 MINUTES WOULD DEAFEN THE WORKERS. WE'RE GOING TO START AT THE TOP, AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE CAST-IRON ROOFS AT THE TOP, WHICH LEAK OF COURSE. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUR WAY DOWN, AND THERE ARE VARIOUS PROBLEMS WITH STONE WORK, WATER INGRESS, THE BELL FRAME, CONDENSATION INSIDE. IT'S A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS, BUT IMPORTANT EVENTS WILL STILL BE HONOURED. SO BIG BEN'S BONGS WILL BE BACK NEW YEAR'S EVE. EMMA KEELING, 1 NEWS, LONDON. RUMOURS ARE SWILRLING THAT THE LONGEST-SERVING BRITISH MONARCH IN HISTORY, QUEEN ELIZABETH, IS PREPARING TO ABDICATE THE THRONE. CHANNEL NINE'S CHLOE BUGELLY REPORTS. RESPLENDENT IN GREEN FOR A SUNDAY SERVICE AT BALMORAL, THE QUEEN JOINED BY HER CHILDREN AT HER SCOTTISH SUMMER RESIDENCE. AMONG THEM PRINCE CHARLES, WHOM THE TABLOIDS CLAIM IS SET TO BECOME KING IN A ROYAL RETIREMENT PLAN THAT INVOLVES THE QUEEN ABDICATING IN LESS THAN 4 YEARS. PALACE SOURCES CLAIM THE 91-YEAR-OLD HAS SAID IF SHE'S STILL ON THE THRONE AT 95, SHE'LL REQUEST SPECIAL LEGISLATION CALLED THE REGENCY ACT, ALLOWING HER SON TO REIGN WHILE SHE'S STILL ALIVE. IT'S AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE IN THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR. BUT, THEN AGAIN, THERE'S NEVER BEEN A 91-YEAR-OLD QUEEN. CONVERSATIONS MIGHT HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE. BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT TO SAYING IT WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN. AT 96, PRINCE PHILLIP BOWED OUT OF OFFICIAL DUTIES LAST MONTH. AND GRADUALLY CHARLES HAS BEEN TAKING ON MORE WORK. HOWEVER, SOME BELIEVE IF CHARLES WAS TO BECOME KING, HE TOO COULD ABDICATE, PASSING THE BATON TO PRINCE WILLIAM. NOT SURPRISINGLY, THERE'S BEEN NO COMMENT FROM CLARENCE HOUSE. AND WHILE AN ABDICATION COULD TAKE PLACE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, SOME ROYAL EXPERTS SAY THAT, GIVEN THE QUEEN'S DEDICATION TO DUTY, THAT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY. ABDICATION'S STILL A DIRTY WORD IN HER VOCABULARY. SHE HAS TAKEN A CORONATION OATH BEFORE GOD, AND SHE WANTS TO CONTINUE TO DO HER DUTY, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE IN THE NEXT YEARS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF A NATION 70 YEARS AFTER BRITISH INDEPENDENCE. SO WHAT HAS BECOME OF PAKISTAN'S ECONOMY? . All right, so, this is Tim. 34-year-old male. RTC. Multi-vehicle... VOICES OVERLAP I think about the car crash a lot. I know he caused it and I reacted the best way possible. But it's hard to let it go. SOMBRE MUSIC When I asked what had happened to him, the doctors said he really wore the impact ` any more and things would've been much worse. They said he was lucky ` lucky I wasn't going any faster. Thank you. SOMBRE MUSIC CONTINUES It's OK. MUSIC CONTINUES It's OK. CITIZENS OF PAKISTAN WERE IN CELEBRATION MODE AS THE COUNTRY MARKED ITS 70TH ANNIVERSARY. THE BIRTH OF PAKISTAN PROMPTED ONE OF THE LARGEST HUMAN MIGRATIONS IN HISTORY AS MANY MUSLIMS LEFT INDIA FOR THE NEW COUNTRY. THE BBC'S REETA CHAKRABARTI REPORTS ON PAKISTAN'S PAST AND PRESENT. IN PAKISTAN'S FORMER CAPITAL, KARACHI, MUHAMMAD JINNAH'S HOME IS PRESERVED WITH CARE AND REVERENCE. JINNAH LED THE CREATION OF PAKISTAN, BUT TODAY HIS LEGACY IS HOTLY CONTESTED. JUST WHAT SORT OF NATION DID HE ENVISAGE? ARCHIVE: MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH ` PAKISTAN'S FIRST GOVERNOR-GENERAL. AS THE BRITISH LEFT COLONIAL INDIA, JINNAH WAS DESPERATE TO SECURE THE RIGHTS OF THE MUSLIM POPULATION. THE ANSWER WAS A SEPARATE STATE ` PAKISTAN. (ARCHIVE) JINNAH : OUR OBJECT SHOULD BE PEACE WITHIN AND PEACE WITHOUT. BUT PEACE SEEMS OFTEN TO HAVE ELUDED THIS NATION, BOTH WITHIN AND WITHOUT. POVERTY AND SECURITY REMAIN MAJOR ISSUES, AND THE DEBATE OVER THE ROLE IS ISLAM RAGES ON. I THINK MR JINNAH WOULD STILL BE LOOKING AT MOVING US FORWARD IF HE WERE HERE TODAY. HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR IT TOLERATED ALL RELIGIONS, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN EXACTLY THE EPITOME OF THE INCLUSION THAT HE SOUGHT. (CALL TO PRAYER) THAT'S BECAUSE OTHERS SEE ISLAM AS CENTRAL TO JINNAH'S VISION. THE CONSTITUTION, THEY SAY, IS ISLAMIC IN NATURE, AND SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS HAVE FAILED TO IMPLEMENT IT. 'WHAT OTHERWISE WAS THE POINT,' THEY ASKED, 'OF CREATING PAKISTAN?' BUT OTHERS SAY PAKISTAN'S REAL PROBLEM IS NOT RELIGION BUT THE ARMY. ITS MIGHT IS ON DISPLAY EVERY EVENING AT THE BORDER WITH INDIA. THE TROOPS STRUTTING AND GOOSE-STEPPING IN A FULL-BLOODED SHOW OF NATIONALISM. OVER A THIRD OF PAKISTAN'S 70 YEARS HAVE BEEN UNDER MILITARY RULE. WHAT WOULD JINNAH HAVE MADE OF THAT? I THINK HE WOULD HAVE BEEN AGHAST BECAUSE MILITARY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SUBORDINATE ORGANISATION TO POLITICS. THE MILITARY WAS IN CEREMONIAL MODE TODAY, WITH AN AIR SHOW TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF PAKISTAN'S CREATION. IT'S A PUBLIC HOLIDAY AND PEOPLE WERE OUT IN FORCE IN A MASS SHOW OF PATRIOTISM AND CELEBRATION. JINNAH'S RESTING PLACE IS THIS MAGNIFICENT MAUSOLEUM IN KARACHI, A FITTING TRIBUTE TO THE FIRST LEADER. HE BEQUEATHED TO HIS PEOPLE SELF-GOVERNMENT AND A DEMOCRACY, BUT PAKISTAN STILL STRUGGLES WITH WHAT ITS TRUE IDENTITY MIGHT BE. THE RUGBY LEGEND OF STEPHEN DONALD WILL CONTINUE AT HIS ORIGINAL PROVINCE OF COUNTIES MANUKAU. DONALD HAS MOVED A FEW KILOMETRES BACK UP STATE HIGHWAY ONE AFTER BEING UNWANTED BY WAIKATO FOR THIS YEAR'S MITRE 10 CUP, LINKING UP WITH HIS NEW TEAM TODAY. DONALD PLAYED FOR COUNTIES BETWEEN 2002 AND 2004. IT'S UNCERTAIN IF HE'LL PLAY IN THEIR SEASON-OPENER AGAINST AUCKLAND ON SATURDAY. TO FOOTBALL, AND THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX HAVE UNVEILED THEIR LATEST SIGNING THIS MORNING IN THE CAPITAL, SERBIAN INTERNATIONAL ANDRIJA KALUDEROVIC. THE STRIKER (30) JOINS THE CLUB AFTER SEVERAL STINTS IN EUROPE, FINISHING AS THE LEAGUE'S TOP GOAL SCORER IN BOTH SERBIA AND LITHUANIA. DON'T LIKE TO SAY HOW MANY GOALS I SCORE. I WILL WORK TO SCORE A LOT OF GOALS ` ALL THE POSSIBLE GOALS FOR ME. I WILL TRY TO SCORE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. KALUDEROVIC HAS ONE PREVIOUS STINT IN THE A-LEAGUE, PLAYING FOR THE BRISBANE ROAR IN 2015, WHERE HE SCORED FIVE GOALS IN JUST 10 GAMES. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ TAKE A MOMENT TO WITNESS THE ANNUAL LAWNMOWER RACE IN SUSSEX THE CONDITIONS ARE POWER-SAPPING 51 TEAMS LINED UP FOR THE EVENT THANKS FOR YOUR COMPANY. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND JUNE YEOW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017