TONIGHT ` THEY SAY THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL. SO HOW DOES THE GOVERNMENT'S FREE TERTIARY EDUCATION POLICY STACK UP? SHOCKING NEW DETAILS ABOUT WHAT GOES ON BEHIND BARS AT CHRISTCHURCH MEN'S PRISON, FOLLOWING A SURPRISE VISIT BY INSPECTORS. THE SPLASHPAD THAT BECAME TOO SLIPPERY ` WHY THIS MILLION-DOLLAR WATER FACILITY HAD TO BE CLOSED JUST DAYS AFTER OPENING. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. CERTAINTY TODAY FOR 80,000 STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. FOLLOWING A GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, SCHOOL LEAVERS CAN ENROL FOR COURSES NEXT YEAR, KNOWING THEY WON'T HAVE TO PAY. AN ESTIMATED 30,000 NEW STUDENTS WILL STUDY AT UNIVERSITIES UNDER THE NEW RULES, 50,000 AT POLYTECHS, APPRENTICESHIPS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS. THERE WILL BE NO AGE RESTRICTIONS. IT WILL BE OPEN TO EVERYONE STUDYING FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM JANUARY. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD HAS MORE. YOUR FIRST YEAR OF STUDY WILL BE ABSOLUTELY FREE, ABSOLUTELY FREE. WELCOME NEWS TO THESE STUDENTS, AMONG THOSE WHO'LL HAVE FREE FEES FOR THEIR FIRST YEAR OF TERTIARY STUDY. IT'S GONNA MAKE STUDYING NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, LESS PRESSURE ON OURSELVES AND OUR FAMILIES. THE COST OF TERTIARY EDUCATION IS A BARRIER TO ACCESS FOR MY FAMILY. SO HAVING THAT FIRST YEAR FREE HAS BEEN A BIG HELP FOR US. THE GOVERNMENT HOPES THE POLICY WILL SEE 2000 MORE STUDENTS STUDY NEXT YEAR THAN WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE. IT MEANS FOR THE 80,000-ODD STUDENTS COMING IN EVERY YEAR THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE TAKING ON THAT LIFETIME OF DEBT, OR IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, MITIGATED BY THE COST OF A YEAR. BUT THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS ` IT'LL BE CAPPED AT $12,000 A YEAR, IF YOU'VE STUDIED FOR OVER HALF A YEAR AT TERTIARY LEVEL, YOU WON'T BE ELIGIBLE; AND... PROBABLY THE BEST PROTECTION WE'VE GOT IS YOU SIMPLY WON'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY FURTHER FREE SUPPORT IF YOU'RE NOT PASSING YOUR COURSES. THE COST OF THIS POLICY IS $380M A YEAR. THIS WILL LEAD TO AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WASTEFUL SPENDING IN THE TERTIARY SECTOR. UNDER THE CRITERIA THAT WE'VE GOT TODAY, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO DIPLOMAS IN GOLF TOURNAMENTS, SKY DIVING, HOMEOPATHY. THERE ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT RULES FOR PROSPECTIVE BUILDERS, LIKE ETHAN SMITH, WHO STUDY THROUGH INDUSTRY TRAINING ORGANISATIONS. IT'D MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. LIKE, IT'D MAKE IT A LOT EASIER FOR ME. AND WHILE THOSE BODIES WELCOME THE MOVE, THEY SAY IT DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH. ONLY 6000 OF OUR 150,000 WOULD HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE IF THIS POLICY HAD BEEN IN PLACE LAST YEAR. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS WHAT IS THE REAL, WORK-BASED LEARNING VERSION OF THIS? THE EDUCATION MINISTER SAYS APPRENTICES WILL HAVE THEIR STUDY COVERED. OFFICIAL ADVICE RELEASED WITH THE POLICY SHOW THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HOW RUSHED IT'S BEEN. TREASURY HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE FULL FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF IT, AND THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT GAMING OF THE SYSTEM BY STUDENTS OR PROVIDERS. WE'RE ALSO PREPARED FOR THERE TO BE A FEW BUMPS IN THE ROAD. ANY ROLL-OUT, WHETHER WE'D DONE IT IN A SHORT OR LONG TIME PERIOD, IS LIKELY TO HAVE THAT. AND THERE'LL BE A REVIEW OF HOW THE POLICY ROLLOUT HAS WORKED EARLY NEXT YEAR. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. THE CHIEF OMBUDSMAN, PETER BOSHIER, HAS ISSUED A SCATHING REPORT OF CHRISTCHURCH MEN'S PRISON AFTER AN UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION IN APRIL. HE SAYS THE PRISON HAS HIGH LEVELS OF VIOLENCE AND CONDITIONS IN THE AT-RISK UNIT WERE UNACCEPTABLE. IN A SURVEY, 60% OF PRISONERS SAID THEY'D FELT UNSAFE AT THE PRISON, AND EVERY SECOND SAID THEY'D BEEN ASSAULTED. ONE IN 10 PRISONERS SAID THEY'D BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED WHILE SERVING TIME. PETER BOSHIER NOTES CONDITIONS IN THE AT-RISK UNIT AREN'T SUITABLE FOR MEN WITH SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND ARE LIKELY TO COMMIT SELF-HARM OR WORSE. HE NOTES ONE EXAMPLE OF AN INMATE WHO WAS TIED DOWN IN A BED FOR 15 HOURS FOR 'QUESTIONABLE REASONS.' AUCKLAND COUNCIL IS CALLING ON BUSH WALKERS TO STAY AWAY FROM ONE OF THE CITY'S FAVOURITE HIKING DESTINATIONS, THE WAITAKERE RANGES. IN AN EFFORT TO STOP THE SPREAD OF FATAL KAURI DIEBACK DISEASE, COUNCILLORS TODAY VOTED TO CLOSE 13 TRACKS IMMEDIATELY, BUT DECIDED AGAINST SHUTTING THE WHOLE PARK. LOCAL IWI HAD DECLARED A RAHUI ON THE RANGES LAST WEEKEND, CALLING FOR A COMPLETE CLOSURE OF THE RANGES. THERE IS NO WAY THAT WE CAN SIMPLY CLOSE THE PARK AND ENSURE THAT NOBODY GOES INTO IT. GIVE THE RANGES A BIT OF A BREAK. THINK ABOUT WHERE ELSE YOU MIGHT LIKE TO WALK. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OTHER FANTASTIC REGIONAL PARKS THAT DON'T HAVE VULNERABLE KAURI IN THEM. HUMANS ARE WIDELY CONSIDERED TO BE THE WORST OFFENDERS IN SPREADING KAURI DIEBACK, AND IT'S POSSIBLE MORE TRACKS WILL BE SHUT IN THE NEW YEAR. AUSTRALIA'S MOST FAMOUS KIWI DEPORTEE, SHANE MARTIN, COULD SOON BE BACK HOME WITH HIS FAMILY IN AUSTRALIA. IN A BOMBSHELL CONCESSION TODAY, AUSTRALIA'S GOVERNMENT ADMITTED IT MADE A LEGAL MISTAKE IN THE DECISION TO DEPORT MARTIN FOR BEING OF BAD CHARACTER. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. SHANE MARTIN HAS SPENT THE LAST 20 MONTHS IN NEW ZEALAND, DESPERATELY WANTING TO BE BACK IN AUSTRALIA. TODAY THE COUNTRY'S MOST FAMOUS DEPORTEE WAS GIVEN FRESH HOPE. I JUST WANNA BE WITH MY FAMILY, MATE. THAT'S ALL I WANT. MR MARTIN WAS DEPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA IN MARCH LAST YEAR, DECLARED TO HAVE BAD CHARACTER DUE TO HIS LINKS TO THE REBELS MOTORCYCLE CLUB. YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN A TRIAL OR A WARNING, OR` I DIDN'T EVEN GET THAT UNTIL NOW. I'M GUILTY BEFORE I'VE PROVEN MY INNOCENCE. HE'S HAD TO WATCH FROM AFAR AS HIS AUSSIE RULES FOOTY STAR SON, DUSTIN, RACKED UP ACCOLADE AFTER ACCOLADE. THEIR FORCED SEPARATION WAS PUBLIC AND PAINFUL. I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE ME, AND I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH. BUT TODAY IN SYDNEY'S FEDERAL COURT, IMMIGRATION MINISTER PETER DUTTON CONCEDED A LEGAL ERROR WAS MADE, AND THAT THE DECISION SHOULD BE QUASHED. DUSTIN WASN'T COMMENTING IN MELBOURNE TODAY, BUT THE FAMILY HAVE SPOKEN. YEAH, PRETTY, UM, YEAH, IT'S HARD TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? MR MARTIN'S CASE WAS BOOSTED BY A HIGH COURT DECISION IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH RULED TWO OTHER KIWIS WRONGLY HAD THEIR VISAS CANCELLED. AT THE TIME, A NEW LAW WAS RUSHED THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT TO PREVENT HIS RETURN TO AUSTRALIA AT THE TIME MR DUTTON WAS ADAMANT. HE'S NOT COMING BACK TO AUSTRALIA, AND THAT'S THE WAY THE LAW OPERATES. BY KICKING OUT CRIMINALS WE WILL MAKE AUSTRALIA A SAFER PLACE, AND I THINK THAT'S STRONGLY SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC. IT'S CRAZINESS WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND THAT'S WHY I DON'T GET WHY THE NZ GOVERNMENT ISN'T, YOU KNOW, JUMPING ON BOARD THIS AS WELL. THEY SHOULD BE. IT'S THEIR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THEY GO THERE TO WORK, BETTER THEMSELVES, GET SENT BACK HERE. BUT THE IMMIGRATION MINISTER'S ADMISSION TODAY DOESN'T MEAN MR MARTIN AUTOMATICALLY GETS HIS VISA BACK. CELEBRATE WHEN I'VE GOT THE AIRFARE IN MY HAND AND I'M GOING HOME. THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL SEE THE CELEBRATION. WHETHER HE'LL GET THAT CELEBRATION IS SET TO BE DETERMINED IN COURT LATER THIS MONTH. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS, SYDNEY. SOUTHLAND RESIDENTS ARE CALLING FOR ACTION ON TOXIC WASTE FROM THE TIWAY POINT ALUMINIUM SMELTER. THEY FEAR IT'S POISONING WATERWAYS AND THE AIR THEY BREATHE, MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. THEY SAY THOUSANDS OF TONS OF TOXIC WASTE STORED IN THE OLD MATAURA PAPER MILL iS A TICKING TIME BOMB,... EVERYTHING WILL BE KILLED. IT'LL JUST BE DEVASTATION. ...AND THEY FEAR WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF IT GETS WET. THE BY-PRODUCT FROM THE TIWAI ALUMINUM SMELTER, KNOWN AS DROSS, ENDED UP HERE AFTER TAHA INTERNATIONAL, THE COMPANY IN CHARGE OF PROCESSING IT, IT'S BELIEVED THE MATERIAL CAN CAUSE AN AMMONIA CLOUD IF IT COMES IN CONTACT WITH WATER,... ALL: SORT OUT THE DROSS. ...BUT PROTESTERS WANTING TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS WEREN'T ALLOWED INTO A MEETING OF OFFICIALS IN INVERCARGILL YESTERDAY. THEY JUST SEEM TO HAVE TURNED A BLIND EYE. SO THEY'VE ALL LET US DOWN ` AND BIG TIME, SO IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 1 NEWS WAS ALSO TURNED AWAY. NONE OF THE AGENCIES IN THAT MEETING ARE PREPARED TO TALK TO US ABOUT BLUFF FARMER GRAHAM LAIDLAW SAYS HE WAS TOLD BY TAHA INTERNATIONAL THAT A PROCESSED FORM OF IT WAS SAFE TO USE ON HIS FARM LANES. HE SINCE FOUND OUT IT'S TOXIC, AND REMOVING IT WILL COST HIM NEARLY $2M. THEY'VE JUST LIED ALL THE WAY THROUGH. THEY'RE AN OUTSIDE COMPANY AND JUST BASICALLY DUMPED THE PRODUCT ALL ROUND SOUTHLAND AND GET PAID FOR STORIN' IT, AND THEN THEY'RE GONE. SO LET'S GET THIS CLEAR. A FORMER TAHA DIRECTOR SAYS AS THE COMPANY DIDN'T OWN THE DROSS, IT'S UP TO THE SMELTER TO SORT IT OUT. THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN DUE CARE. THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE. IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL LAW. IT'S THEIRS. IN A STATEMENT LATE TODAY NZ ALUMINIUM SMELTERS SAID THE PRODUCT STORED IN SOUTHLAND IS A MATERIAL REFINED FROM DROSS AND THEY SUPPORT THE ACTIONS OF THE LIQUIDATOR IN FINDING AN END USER FOR IT. MARK HATHAWAY, 1 NEWS. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE FLEEING THEIR HOMES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AS A WILDFIRE RIPS THROUGH THE AREA. THE BLAZE HAS ALREADY BURNED THROUGH 4000HA IN VENTURA. A PERSON IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A ROAD ACCIDENT AS THEY TRIED TO EVACUATE. FIREFIGHTERS ARE STRUGGLING TO BATTLE THE FIRE, WITH STRONG WINDS IN THE AREA. A BRAND NEW MILLION-DOLLAR AUCKLAND WATER FACILITY HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS JUST DAYS AFTER OPENING. PARENTS WERE THE FIRST TO RAISE THE ALARM, AFTER A NUMBER OF CHILDREN INJURED THEMSELVES. LISETTE REYMER HAS THE STORY. WHAT STARTED OUT AS HARMLESS SUMMER FUN... (CHILDREN SQUEALING) WE FELT THERE WAS A BIT OF A RISK THERE AROUND THE SLIPPAGE, AND THAT, SORT OF, RESPONDS TO SOME OF THE CLAIMS OR THE COMMENTS MADE ON FACEBOOK BY PARENTS AS WELL, SO WE WANTED TO CHECK THAT OUT. AND IN THE END, WE FELT THAT THERE WAS A BIT OF A SAFETY RISK TO THE KIDS USING IT, SO WE MADE THE DECISION TO CLOSE. THE PAKURANGA SPLASHPAD, WHICH IS FUNDED BY AUCKLAND COUNCIL AND ANZ, OPENED TO EXCITED CROWDS LESS THAN A WEEK AGO. ONE, TWO, THREE! VOICE THEIR CONCERNS ONLINE. I WENT THERE FOR HALF AN HOUR TODAY, AND... THERE ARE 10 OTHER OPEN AND OPERATING SPLASHPADS AROUND AUCKLAND, AND WHILE THEY'RE ALL MADE USING MUCH THE SAME MATERIALS, THEY EACH HAVE A DIFFERENT DESIGN. AUCKLAND COUNCIL IS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT LARGE ORANGE BUCKET. THEY THINK IT MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM. LOOK, AT THE MOMENT, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT. I THINK IF WE CAN FIND A SOLUTION, WE CAN TURN IT AROUND IN A NUMBER OF DAYS, I THINK. IT DOES TAKE A WHILE TO RECURE IF WE HAVE TO REPAINT. AT THE MOMENT WE'RE THINKING IT'S BE TWO TO THREE DAYS MINIMUM, BUT WE DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE WEEKS. AND WITH A SECOND NEW PAD CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS,... WHAT WE LEARN FROM THIS ONE, WE'LL APPLY TO THE ONE AT STANMORE BAY, WHICH IS DUE TO OPEN IN ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF'S TIME. ...THE COUNCIL IS KEEN TO LOCK DOWN THE ISSUE SO THERE'S LESS SLIP AND MORE SPLASH THIS SUMMER. LISETTE REYMER, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD, HE DRESSES LIKE AN '80S POP STAR AND HAS CAUSED VIOLENT PROTESTS IN AUSTRALIA ` THE SWAGGERING RIGHT-WING SPEAKER WHO HAS BEEN STIRRING UP OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS TONIGHT IN SYDNEY. A BLUNT WARNING FROM NORTH KOREA ABOUT THE TRAINING EXERCISES BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE U.S. ON ITS DOORSTEP. (VACUUM CLEANER WHIRRS) (CELL PHONE BEEPS) Oh! To help keep you safe if there's an emergency, all compatible mobile phones are now able to receive emergency mobile alerts. (CELL PHONES BEEP) Huh? Oh! (WHOOSH!) (BARKS) So when you hear this sound,... (CELL PHONE BEEPS) ...stop doing what you're doing and follow the instructions. (BEEP! BEEP!) HE IS DESCRIBED AS THE POSTER BOY FOR THE ULTRA RIGHT, PREACHING RACISM AND MISOGYNY, AND HAS BEEN CAUSING A STORM OF CONTROVERSY ON HIS AUSTRALIAN SPEAKING TOUR. MILO YIANNOPOULOS IS TONIGHT SPEAKING IN SYDNEY, AFTER A RIOT BROKE OUT DURING HIS STOP IN MELBOURNE. CHANNEL NINE'S MARK BURROWS WITH THIS. THE MILO ROADSHOW ROLLING INTO CANBERRA. HE DRESSES LIKE A ROCK STAR ` GUCCI TRACKSUIT, LOUIS VUITTON HANDBAG, BODYGUARDS LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE. HE'S A FAN OF DONALD TRUMP, IS HATED BY HIS CRITICS AS A RACIST AND MISOGYNIST. AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE, STAFFERS WITH GREENS SENATOR LEE RHIANNON FORMED THE WELCOME COMMITTEE. YOU'RE A DISGRACE. SHAME ON YOU. YOU SHOULD NOT BE WELCOME HERE. DISGUSTING. HE WAS A GUEST OF INDEPENDENT SENATOR DAVID LEYONHJELM. WHAT FEMINISM HAS BECOME SINCE IT'S RUN OUT OF THINGS TO COMPLAINT ABOUT IS MEAN, VINDICTIVE. FROM FEMINISM TO MUSLIMS IN AUSTRALIA. AND IF OUR NEW FRIENDS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST REFUSE TO INTEGRATE, THEY SHOULDN'T STAY HERE. A YOUNG MAN SWAGGERS INTO CANBERRA ATTENTION-SEEKING, SAYING OUTRAGEOUS THINGS AND APPEASING THE FAR RIGHT. LAST NIGHT IN MELBOURNE SOME PEOPLE PAID NEARLY $1000 A TICKET TO HEAR THE 33-YEAR-OLD. THERE LOOKED TO BE AS MANY PEOPLE OUTSIDE AS THERE WERE INSIDE. (CROWD SHOUTS) THERE WAS THE LEFT-ALIGNED CAMPAIGN AGAINST RACISM AND FASCISM,... CROWD CHANTS: MUSLIMS ARE WELCOME; MILO'S NOT. ...UP AGAINST TWO RIGHT-WING GROUPS ` RECLAIM AUSTRALIA AND THE TRUE BLUE CREW. AND IN THE MIX, SEVERAL HUNDRED POLICE IN FULL RIOT GEAR. YELLS: GET BACK, OR YOU'LL BE SPRAYED! FIVE OFFICERS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. TWO PROTESTERS WERE ARRESTED AFTER ROCKS AND BOTTLES WERE THROWN. YIANNOPOULOS LATER CALLED THE LEFT-WING PROTESTERS 'PETULANT BABIES'. LOOK, THE BLOKE'S JUST A TOOL, AND I WOULDN'T WASTE ANY TIME ON HIM. LEAVING MELBOURNE IN HIS WAKE, YIANNOPOULOS HAS HIT SYDNEY FOR MORE SHOWS. THE SAME AS I'M RECEIVED EVERYWHERE ELSE. EVERYBODY LOVES ME. IT'S ONLY JOURNALISTS THAT DON'T GET IT. IN 24 HOURS, HE SPARKED STREET FIGHTS AND OUTRAGE. FOUR SHOWS TO GO. IT'S ALL ON TRACK FOR THE SELF-PROCLAIMED 'ONE-MAN WRECKING CREW.' PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN'S TOLD FORMER US VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE NEW ZEALAND IS TAKING ON CLIMATE CHANGE THE WAY WE FOUGHT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE. THE HOUR-LONG INTERVIEW WITH GORE WAS PART OF HIS 24 HOURS OF REALITY PROGRAMME FOCUSING ON CLIMATE CHANGE AROUND THE WORLD. GORE KICKED OFF WITH A DECLARATION OF ADMIRATION. COS I WATCHED YOUR ELECTION, AND I WAS CHEERING FOR YOU, EVEN BEFORE YOU WERE ELECTED. I DON'T KNOW ` YOU'VE REALLY KIND OF TOUCHED A NERVE, AND PEOPLE SAY, 'WOW, WHAT A BREATH OF FRESH AIR!' ARDERN THEN SAID NEW ZEALAND'S MINDSET IS PERFECT TO TAKE ON BIG ISSUES SUCH AS CLIMATE CHANGE. HISTORICALLY, WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST TO GIVE WOMEN THE VOTE. WE WERE AROUND THE TABLE WHEN WE ESTABLISHED THE UNITED NATIONS. WE WERE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE ANTINUCLEAR MOVEMENT. AND AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THIS FEELS LIKE THE NEXT STAGE FOR NEW ZEALAND AS A COUNTRY. BUT DESPITE TOUCHING ON ISSUES LIKE RISING SEA LEVELS, CLIMATE REFUGEES IN THE PACIFIC AND INNOVATION, AL GORE CAME BACK TO ADMIRING MS ARDERN HERSELF. I LOVE LISTENING TO YOU. I GOTTA SAY, I DON'T WANNA GUSH HERE, BUT I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU'RE PRIME MINISTER. IS IT MY ACCENT? MAYBE. MAYBE. THEY SAY THAT LENDS AN AIR OF AUTHORITY. I DON'T KNOW. NORTH KOREA HAS WARNED THAT LARGE-SCALE MILITARY DRILLS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE SOUTH ARE BRINGING THE PENINSULA TO THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR WAR. THE NORTH SAYS THE FIVE-DAY EXERCISE, THE LARGEST JOINT AIR DRILL BETWEEN THE ALLIES, IS AN ALL-OUT PROVOCATION, AND SAYS THE ALLIES ARE 'BEGGING FOR WAR'. MEANWHILE, THE UNITED NATIONS HAS DESPATCHED ITS POLITICAL AFFAIRS CHIEF TO PYONGYANG FOR TALKS WITH SENIOR NORTH KOREAN OFFICIALS. ONLINE RETAIL GIANT AMAZON HAS GONE LIVE IN AUSTRALIA, DROPPING A CHRISTMAS BOMBSHELL FOR TRADITIONAL SHOPS. BUT ITS PROMISE TO SELL MILLIONS OF PRODUCTS AT CUT PRICES HAS FALLEN SHORT, WITH CONSUMERS POINTING OUT SOME ITEMS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE. BUSINESS ANALYSTS HAD WARNED AMAZON WOULD UNDERCUT LOCAL RETAIL PRICES BY UP TO 30%. RIGHT NOW ONLY LIMITED PRODUCTS CAN BE SHIPPED HERE, BUT THAT'S EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY NEXT CHRISTMAS. HANDBALL ` IT'S AS POPULAR IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AS RUGBY IS HERE, THE SPORT IS GROWING HERE, WITH A MILESTONE ON ITS DOORSTEP ` FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE MEN'S TEAM'S MADE THE CUT FOR THE ASIA HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT MONTH. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS WITH THIS. A LITTLE BIT OF BASKETBALL, ADD SOME FOOTBALL AND A PINCH OF ICE HOCKEY ` THAT'S HANDBALL. NOW HANDBALL IS LAUNCHING 15 KIWIS TO THE WORLD STAGE. IT'S PRETTY UNBELIEVABLE. I, TO BE HONEST, NEVER WANTED TO GO TO SOUTH KOREA BEFORE. SO IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. TO MAKE IT IS HUGE. I MEAN, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN INVITED TO ANYTHING LIKE THIS. THERE'S ONLY 500 PLAYERS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND, BUT IT'S WELLINGTON THAT'S HOME FOR MOST OF THE NATIONAL TEAM, WITH A LEAGUE COMPETITION AND WEEKLY GAMES. ONE OF MY FRIENDS HAD GOT IN BEFORE ME, AND HE SAID, 'LOOK, YOU SHOULD COME DOWN. YOU CAN KINDA THROW A BALL, 'SO WHY NOT HAVE A CRACK AT THIS?' AND HERE I AM, FIVE YEARS LATER. PLAYERS ARE KEEN FOR PEOPLE HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HANDBALL, BECAUSE IT'S OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR THE SCHOOLYARD VERSION. WE DON'T PLAY FOUR-SQUARE. THIS IS WHERE THEIR TRIP TO THE ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP IN SOUTH KOREA COMES INTO PLAY. THEY'LL VERSE PAID PROFESSIONALS LIKE QATAR, WHO COMPETED IN THE RIO OLYMPICS. KIWI PLAYERS ARE BETWEEN 18 AND 46 YEARS OLD. THEY KNOW THEY'LL HAVE A TOUGH TIME AGAINST SOME OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD. IN ASIA, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF CONTACT. THE GUY'S ARE HUGE, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REALLY STEP IT UP. WHATEVER COMES WILL BE A GOOD STEP FOR HANDBALL. WE ARE REALLY GOING THERE TO MAKE A FEW UPSETS AND GET A FEW WINS. THEY'RE WORKING ON BALL SPEED TO GET AROUND THE TALLER TEAMS. AS FOR WINNING TACTICS, THEY'RE A SECRET, OF COURSE. I CANNOT TELL YOU. (LAUGHS) THE COUNTDOWN'S ON, BUT THE TEAM'S STILL IN NEED OF ONE THING TO MAKE A LASTING BUT APPROPRIATE IMPRESSION. DO WE HAVE A TEAM NAME? NO. LOOK, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN OUT THERE. WE'RE EVEN LOOKING FOR PUBLIC INTEREST TO TRY TO GIVE US A NAME. BLACKVOLTS, ANYONE? KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` MORE WEATHER THAN YOU'LL NEED IN THIS OR THE NEXT LIFETIME, AND THE MOON PUTS ITS BEST LUNAR FOOT FORWARD RIGHT AROUND THE WORLD. IF YOU LOOKED UP AT ALL IN THE PAST WEEK OR SO YOU ` AND MOST OF THE WORLD ` SAW IT ` THE SO-CALLED 'SUPER MOON'. CHRIS CHANG HAS MORE ON THE LUNAR LIGHT SHOW. IF NASA'S DESCRIBING IT AS A SUPERMOON TRILOGY, THIS WAS THE FIRST EPIC INSTALMENT, RISING IN THE NIGHT SKY, APPEARING MORE SUN THAN MOON. THE TECHNICAL TERM IS A LUNAR PERIGEE SYZYGY, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY FAIR THAT 'SUPERMOON' IS EASIER TO SAY. AND IT'S NOT ENTIRELY RARE. SUPERMOONS OCCUR ROUGHLY EVERY 14 MONTHS. THE MOON TRAVELS AROUND THE EARTH IN AN ELLIPSE, NOT A PERFECT CIRCLE, SO SOMETIMES IT'S CLOSER TO US THAN AT OTHER TIMES. AND NOW AT THIS TIME, THE MOON IS CLOSER TO THE EARTH, AND SO IT APPEARS SLIGHTLY BRIGHTER. IT COINCIDES WITH THE TIME OF FULL MOON, SO WE HAVE THIS GREAT BIG BRIGHT MOON IN THE NIGHT SKY. STARGAZERS AROUND THE WORLD ARE ENJOYING PRIME VIEWS OF THE SPACE SPECTACLE. THIS SUPERMOON APPEARS ABOUT 14% LARGER THAN A NORMAL MOON, BUT ITS BRIGHTNESS IS UP 30%. IT'S ALSO A FULL MOON WITH A SLIGHTLY ENHANCED EFFECT ON TIDES, LEADING TO THE CANCELLATION OF SOME FERRY SERVICES IN AUCKLAND THIS AFTERNOON. SO WHAT'S EXCITING ABOUT THIS GROUPING, THOUGH, IS THAT WE'RE ALSO GONNA GET A LUNAR ECLIPSE THROWN IN AS WELL ` THAT'S FUN. THAT'S WHEN THE EARTH CASTS A SHADOW ON TO THE MOON, AND IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN ONE OF THESE, IF YOU HAVE A PERFECT LUNAR ECLIPSE, THE MOON TURNS THIS FASCINATING... REDDY-BROWN COLOUR. IF YOU MISSED LAST NIGHT'S SHOW, THE SUPERMOON WILL BE HERE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE START OF 2018 FOR THE SEQUEL AND JANUARY 31ST FOR THE GRAND FINALE ` A SUPERMOON THAT'S ALSO A BLUE MOON. CHRIS CHANG, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER, WITH BOB MARLEY. (BOB MARLEY'S 'REDEMPTION SONG') FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017