IT'S MIDDAY. IT COULD'VE BEEN A DEADLY START TO RUSH HOUR IN NEW YORK. INSTEAD, A WOULD-BE SUICIDE ATTACKER IS IN POLICE CUSTODY. WE HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THE SUSPECT. MORE FIRE AND WATER RESTRICTIONS ARE ENFORCED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS THE HOT, DRY WEATHER CONTINUES. PLUS, WE LOOK AT THE MOVIE SURPRISES AND SNUBS OF THE 2018 GOLDEN GLOBES. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR AND CHELSEA BRADY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017 AHI AHI MARIE, GOOD AFTERNOON. DETAILS ARE EMERGING ABOUT THE MAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO BLOW UP ONE OF THE WORLD'S BUSIEST BUS STATIONS. THE ATTACKER DETONATED A BOMB STRAPPED TO HIS BODY IN NEW YORK'S PORT AUTHORITY TERMINAL DURING RUSH HOUR, BUT IT DID NOT HAVE THE INTENDED EFFECT. INSTEAD THE SUSPECT IS IN HOSPITAL UNDER HEAVY POLICE GUARD. THE BBC'S NICK BRYANT REPORTS. IT'S 7.20, THE HEIGHT OF RUSH HOUR, AND A SECURITY CAMERA IN AN UNDERGROUND PASSAGEWAY THAT CONNECTS AMERICA'S BUSIEST BUS TERMINAL TO TIMES SQUARE APPEARS TO SHOW AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE GOING OFF AMIDST THE CROWD OF MONDAY MORNING COMMUTERS. A PICTURE TAKEN FROM CCTV APPEARS TO SHOW HIM ON THE FLOOR SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. IT WAS A LOW-TECH BOMB, WHICH LEFT THE BOMBER HIMSELF WITH THE WORST INJURIES. THREE OTHERS WERE TREATED AFTERWARDS FOR MINOR INJURIES, INCLUDING A POLICE OFFICER, IN WHAT THE AUTHORITIES HAVE DESCRIBED AS AN ATTEMPTED TERROR ATTACK. POLICE REPORTS WERE A REPORTED EXPLOSION. RESPONDING UNITS FOUND AN INJURED MALE (27). WE'VE IDENTIFIED HIM AS AKAYED ULLAH. HE HAD BURNS AND WOUNDS TO HIS BODY. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION AT THE SCENE INDICATES THIS MALE WAS WEARING AN IMPROVISED, LOW-TECH EXPLOSIVE DEVICE ATTACHED TO HIS BODY. COMING AT SUCH A BUSY TIME IN SUCH A CONGESTED PLACE, THE INTENT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN TO CAUSE MAXIMUM DESTRUCTION. THE PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL SERVES 65 MILLION PASSENGERS A YEAR. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH WORSE. THIS WAS AN ATTEMPTED TERRORIST ATTACK. THANK GOD THE PERPETRATOR DID NOT ACHIEVE HIS ULTIMATE GOALS. THE SPEED AT WHICH THE CITY STARTED MOVING AGAIN NOT ONLY SPEAKS OF ITS DETERMINED RESILIENCE, BUT ALSO OF THE CREEPING NORMALISATION OF THESE KIND OF ATTACKS IN THE WORLD'S MAJOR CITIES. NEW YORKERS KNOW THEIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ARE VULNERABLE. IT'S THE END OF THE ROAD FOR NATIONAL STANDARDS. FROM NEXT YEAR, PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL NO BE REQUIRED TO USE THE CONTROVERSIAL ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR STUDENTS. EDUCATION MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS THE STANDARDS HAVE BECOME A COMPLIANCE EXERCISE AND ARE A MAJOR DISTRACTION FOR SCHOOLS. MR HIPKINS SAYS PARENTS WILL STILL RECEIVE REPORTS AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR, HOWEVER THESE WILL FOCUS MORE ON A CHILD'S PROGRESS. NATIONAL STANDARDS HAVE BEEN STRONGLY OPPOSED BY TEACHERS SINCE THEIR INTRODUCTION IN 2010 AND LABOUR HAD PROMISED PRIOR TO THE ELECTION TO SCRAP THEM. AROUND 300 PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SAY THEY ARE BEING FORCED TO CUT TEACHER AIDE HOURS JUST TO MEET THEIR BUDGETS NEXT YEAR. THAT'S DESPITE AN ACUTE TEACHER SHORTAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY IN AUCKLAND WHERE A RECENT SURVEY SHOWS 20% OF SCHOOLS ARE EXPECTING TO BE UNABLE TO FILL ALL TEACHING POSITIONS. INDUSTRY EXPERTS SAYS THE LACK OF FUNDING FOR TEACHER AIDES ALONGSIDE THE TEACHER SHORTAGE WILL BE A DOUBLE BLOW FOR STUDENTS. WITH TINDER-DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY, FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND HAVE HAD TO PUT FIRE BANS IN PLACE EARLY. LAST NIGHT, MORE THAN 30 FIREMEN BATTLED A HILLSIDE BLAZE IN THE CENTRAL OTAGO TOWN OF CLYDE, WHICH WAS THREATENING ONE PROPERTY. OFFICIALS ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF FIRE RISKS AND KEEP PROPERTIES MAINTAINED SO FIRE TRUCKS CAN REACH YOUR HOME IF NECESSARY. OUR BEST ADVICE TO PEOPLE IS DO THE PRE-PLANNING NOW AND DON'T TRY AND DEFEND YOUR PROPERTY WHEN A FIRE'S COMING TOWARDS YA. WATER USE IS NOW BEING RESTRICTED IN THE SOUTH ISLAND'S TASMAN DISTRICT AS THE HOT, DRY WEATHER PUTS RESERVOIRS UNDER PRESSURE. AND OFFICIALS IN NEARBY NELSON CITY SAY UNLESS THERE'S RAIN SOON. A RESTRICTION IS ONLY DAYS AWAY. YESTERDAY, THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL DECIDED NOT TO IMPOSE CITY WIDE RESTRICTIONS BUT ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO BE SENSIBLE WHEN USING WATER. MEANWHILE, IN TIMARU AND TEMUKA, RESIDENTS ARE BEING REASSURED WATER IS DRINKABLE AFTER ASBESTOS WAS FOUND IN THE SUPPLY LAST WEEK. VICTIMS OF SURGICAL MESH BOTCH-UPS ARE WELCOMING THE NEWS THAT MEDSAFE IS CLAMPING DOWN ON ITS USE IN SOME GYNAECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES, BUT SAY IT SHOULD'VE HAPPENED YEARS AGO. THE MESH IS USED TO REINFORCE WEAK PELVIC MUSCLES BUT COMPLICATIONS CAUSING SEVERE PAIN ARE COMMON. THERE'S BEEN ESCALATING CONTROVERSY ABOUT THE PRODUCT WORLDWIDE, AND AUSTRALIA HAS JUST BANNED IT. ACC HAS PAID OVER $13M TO MESH-RELATED CLAIMS OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE ` NOT JUST WOMEN, MEN AS WELL ` THAT HAVE INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIRS OR OTHER HERNIA REPAIRS, AND THEY'RE LIVING IN AWFUL CHRONIC PAIN, BUT ACC DOESN'T COVER IT. KIND OF LAW CHANGE TO THE ACC ACT, AND THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN LIGHT OF THIS, I THINK. THE RESTRICTIONS ON SOME MESH SUPPLIERS COMES INTO EFFECT ON THE 4TH OF JANUARY. ROCKET LAB'S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ELECTRON ROCKET WILL ATTEMPT TO LAUNCH AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. WEATHER AND SPACE TRAFFIC HALTED YESTERDAY'S EFFORTS IN HAWKES BAY. IF THERE'S A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH, THE ROCKET WILL RELEASE THREE SMALL SATELLITES INTO ORBIT, SENDING INFORMATION BACK TO MISSION CONTROL IN AUCKLAND. GET YOUR PRESENTS IN THE POST BY THE 19TH OF DECEMBER OR THEY MAY NOT MAKE IT IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS ` THAT'S THE REMINDER FROM THE NZ POST, THAT'S UNDER PRESSURE AFTER A 20% SPIKE IN PARCELS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. 600 EXTRA STAFF, 200 VANS AND 13 EXTRA TRUCKS ARE OPERATING TO COPE WITH DEMAND WHICH IS BEING FUELLED BY ONLINE SHOPPING. OVERSEAS, AND THE EUROPEAN UNION SAYS IT WILL NOT RECOGNISE JERUSALEM AS ISRAEL'S CAPITAL BEFORE A FINAL PEACE AGREEMENT WITH PALESTINIANS. ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS IN BRUSSELS AND WANTS EUROPE TO FOLLOW THE UNITED STATES, BUT THE EU'S FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF SAYS THE GROUP STILL SUPPORTS THE IDEA THAT JERUSALEM BECOMES THE CAPITAL OF BOTH ISRAEL AND A FUTURE PALESTINIAN STATE. SNOW, ICE AND PLUNGING TEMPERATURES HAVE CAUSED MAJOR DISRUPTION ACROSS BRITAIN CLOSING MORE THAN A THOUSAND SCHOOLS. HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED AND PARTS OF FRANCE HAVE BEEN BATTERED BY SNOW STORMS. THE BAD WEATHER'S SPREAD ACROSS EUROPE, CAUSING PROBLEMS THERE TOO. THE BBC'S SIMA KOTECHA HAS MORE. A BLANKET OF SNOW COVERING LARGE PARTS OF THE UK ` AN IDEAL PLAYGROUND FOR CHILDREN, MANY OF WHOM HAVE HAD THE DAY OFF WITH HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS CLOSED DUE TO TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS. MANY ROADS HAVE BEEN LAYERED WITH ICE, MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT. SOME VEHICLE EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE CLAIMING THEY'VE HAD ALMOST 14,000 CALLS TODAY FROM PEOPLE STRUGGLING ON THE ROADS. AS AN AVERAGE SUNDAY, WE DO 10,000 BREAKDOWNS. YESTERDAY, WE DID 14,000. 600 OF THOSE WERE ACTUAL VEHICLES STUCK IN SNOW. IN SOUTH WALES, A LORRY GOT ITS TYRES STUCK IN THE SNOW, WHILE IN NORTHERN IRELAND, A POSTCARD PICTURE EMERGED ON THE MAIN BELFAST TO LONDONDERRY ROUTE. IN THE HIGHEST VILLAGE IN SURREY, FREEZING TEMPERATURES COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS PROVED CHALLENGING, BUT SOME OF THE LOCALS CAN'T GET ENOUGH. UP HERE, WE SOMETIMES GET A FLURRY, BUT IT NEVER REALLY SETTLES. I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN ABOUT THREE YEARS WE'VE HAD SOME DECENT SNOWFALL. IN THE WEST MIDLANDS, AN NHS TRUST PUT AN APPEAL OUT FOR 4-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES TO HELP STRANDED NURSES GET TO HOSPITALS. A QUARTER OF THE FLIGHTS FROM HEATHROW HAVE BEEN CANCELLED, WHILE THE PORT OF CALAIS AS REOPENED AFTER CLOSING FOR A FEW HOURS. HOWEVER, IT SAYS THERE ARE STILL SOME DELAYS TO FERRY SERVICES BETWEEN THE PORT AND DOVER. THE MET OFFICE SAYS IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY COLD NIGHT WITH SOME PLACES EXPERIENCES TEMPERATURES OF ABOUT MINUS-12 CELSIUS. MUCH OF THE SNOW WILL TURN TO ICE, RAISING MORE CONCERNS ABOUT GETTING OUT AND ABOUT TOMORROW. A LOT OF ATTENTION HAS BEEN PUT ON THE SENATE RACE IN THE U.S. STATE OF ALABAMA. WITH THE VOTE JUST A DAY AWAY, THE RACE IS TOO CLOSE TO CALL. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS AGAIN PUSHED HIS ENDORSEMENT OF REPUBLICAN ROY MOORE, DESPITE THE FACT MOORE IS FACING SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS. THE ABC'S TOM LLAMAS WITH REPORTS. THIS MORNING IN ALABAMA, A TALE OF TWO VERY DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS. ROY MOORE DISAPPEARING FROM THE TRAIL. NO PUBLIC APPEARANCES WITH VOTERS SINCE LAST TUESDAY. MOORE, WHO IS STILL BATTLING ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, INCLUDING SEXUAL ASSAULT ON TEENAGE GIRLS, APPEARED ON LOCAL TV IN A PRE-RECORDED INTERVIEW THAT AIRED ON SUNDAY. THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE COMPLETELY FALSE. I DID NOT DATE UNDERAGE WOMEN. I DID NOT MOLEST ANYONE. MOORE'S SABBATICAL FROM CAMPAIGNING COMES AS PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE HIM A MAJOR PUSH. FIRST, AT A RALLY IN NEARBY PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. SO GET OUT AND VOTE FOR ROY MOORE. (CHEERING) DO IT. DO IT. THE PRESIDENT ALSO RECORDING THIS ROBO-CALL OBTAINED BY ABC NEWS. MOORE'S NAME MAY BE ON THE BALLOT, BUT EVEN HIS OWN CAMPAIGN SAYS A VOTE FOR MOORE IS REALLY A VOTE FOR TRUMP. THIS IS DONALD TRUMP ON TRIAL IN ALABAMA. IF THE PEOPLE OF ALABAMA VOTE FOR THIS LIBERAL DEMOCRAT, DOUG JONES, THEN THEY'RE VOTING AGAINST THE PRESIDENT, WHO THEY PUT IN OFFICE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. STILL, SOME REPUBLICANS FIND MOORE TOXIC, INCLUDING THE STATE'S SENIOR SENATOR. I DIDN'T VOTE FOR ROY MOORE. I WOULDN'T VOTE FOR ROY MOORE. I THINK THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CAN DO BETTER. A DEMOCRAT HASN'T WON A SENATE SEAT IN ALABAMA IN 25 YEARS. AND BEATING MOORE WON'T BE EASY. HIS CORE SUPPORTERS, ALONG WITH STAUNCH CONSERVATIVES, PLAN ON VOTING FOR HIM DESPITE THE ALLEGATIONS. THE NOMINATIONS FOR NEXT YEARS GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS ARE OUT. IT'LL BE THE FIRST MAJOR AWARDS CEREMONY SINCE THE OUTBREAK OF SEX SCANDALS ENGULFING HOLLYWOOD. HERE'S THE ABC'S CHRIS CONNELLY FROM LOS ANGELES. WE GOTTA GO. IS EVERYTHING OK? FOR 'GET OUT'... THROW US THE KEYS. JUST GET THE KEYS. ...AND 'DUNKIRK';... THERE ARE 400,000 MEN ON THIS BEACH. FOR MERYL STREEP AND TOM HANKS IN STEVEN SPIELBERG'S 'THE POST';... THE WAY THEY LIED, THOSE DAYS HAVE TO BE OVER. ...AND SAOIRSE RONAN IN 'LADY BIRD';... LADY BIRD. IS THAT YOUR GIVEN NAME? YEAH. YOUR LACK OF VANITY. AND MY LYING WILL. YOUR SENSE OF HUMOUR. HO, HO, HO. ...AND FOR GARY OLDMAN AS CHURCHILL AND MARGOT ROBBIE AS TONYA HARDING,... THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS TRUTH. ...THE NEWS COULD BE GOOD, AS THE GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS ARE ANNOUNCED LATER THIS MORNING. BUT AS AWARDS SEASON BEGINS, IT IS ANYTHING BUT SHOW BUSINESS AS USUAL. THE ALLEGATIONS AND REVELATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT BY POWERFUL MEN IN THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD HAVE FORCED AN EXAMINATION OF THE CULTURE OF HOLLYWOOD. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, NO ONE WAS MORE IDENTIFIED WITH THE POLITICS OF AWARDS SEASON THAN DISGRACED STUDIO CHIEF, HARVEY WEINSTEIN. ON JANUARY 7TH, THE GOLDEN GLOBES WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR AWARDS SHOW TO FACE THE CHALLENGE OF PUTTING ON A CELEBRATORY EVENT IN THE WAKE OF THE 'ME TOO' REVOLUTION WHILE HONOURING THIS YEAR'S EXCELLENT WORK. AMONG OTHERS, NOMINATIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE POWERFUL LOVE STORY AT THE HEART OF 'CALL ME BY YOUR NAME', THE LAUGHTER OF 'THE DISASTER ARTIST', THE BRACING RAGE OF A MOTHER'S QUEST FOR JUSTICE IN 'THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI'. AND, JUST MAYBE, THE GLORY OF GAL GADOT AS WONDER WOMAN. AROUND 15,000 KIWIS SUFFER FROM HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE, BUT THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL GOOD NEWS. A BRITISH RESEARCH TEAM HAS MANAGED TO CORRECT THE DEFECT WHICH CAUSES THE DISEASE. THIS FROM THE BBC'S JAMES GALLAGHER. THE ALLEN FAMILY'S BEEN BLIGHTED BY HUNTINGTON'S. THEY'VE SEEN THEIR MOTHER, STEPHANIE, UNCLE, KEITH, AND GRANDMOTHER, OLIVE ALL DIE FROM IT. THEY DESCRIBE IT AS PARKINSON'S, ALZHEIMER'S AND MOTOR NEURON DISEASE ALL ROLLED INTO ONE. FRANK, HIS SISTER, SANDY, AND ALSO THEIR BROTHER PETER'S BRAINS WILL ALL SLOWLY DEGENERATE FROM HUNTINGTON'S TOO, BUT NOW THEY HAVE HOPE. THE TREATMENT IS CALLED GENE SILENCING. EVERY CELL IN THE BODY CONTAINS GENES, WHICH HOLD THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR RUNNING THE BODY. HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE IS THE RESULT OF A CORRUPTED GENE THAT LEADS TO THE CREATION OF A TOXIC PROTEIN WHICH DESTROYS THE BRAIN. A MESSENGER CARRIES THE BLUEPRINTS FROM THE CORRUPTED GENE. THIS STICKS TO THE MESSENGER, DISABLING IT AND LOWERING THE PRODUCTION OF THE TOXIC PROTEIN. 46 PATIENTS HAD THE EXPERIMENTAL DRUG INJECTED INTO THE FLUID THAT BATHES THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD. THE TRIAL SHOWED THE THERAPY WAS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. IT WAS LED BY SCIENTISTS AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, WHO SAY THE RESULTS ARE OF GROUNDBREAKING IMPORTANCE. FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL... WE HAVE THE HOPE OF A THERAPY THAT ONE DAY MAY SLOW OR PREVENT HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE COMPLETELY. IF IT WORKS, AND IT STOPS ME GETTING ANY WORSE, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC, PERSONALLY. I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD EVER HAPPEN` THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN. IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, 'CAN WE STOP IT IN OTHER PEOPLE? CHILDREN?' TOXIC PROTEINS ALSO BUILD UP IN THE BRAINS OF PATIENTS WITH DISEASES LIKE ALZHEIMER'S AND PARKINSON'S. TRIALS ARE NOW PLANNED TO SEE IF GENE SILENCING COULD HELP THESE PATIENTS TOO. A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY'S BEEN DISCOVERED IN SYDNEY, WITH DEVELOPERS UNCOVERING ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S OLDEST PUBS WHILE BUILDING AN APARTMENT BLOCK. CHANNEL NINE'S MARK BURROWS HAS MORE. YOU ARE LOOKING AT WHAT'S LEFT OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST PUBS IN THE COUNTRY. THE WHEATSHEAF, ON THE CORNER OF MARSDEN AND MACQUARIE STREETS IN PARRAMATTA. SYDNEY TOWN WAS JUST 12 YEARS OLD WHEN DRINKERS DOWNED THEIR MUGS OF RUM HERE. THAT TELLS US AN INCREDIBLY DETAILED STORY OF HOW THEY LIVED ` THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING, HOW THEY ATE, WHAT THEY ATE, TABLEWARES THAT THEY HAD, WHAT ALCOHOL THEY DRANK. DEVELOPERS ALSO UNCOVERED THE FOUNDATIONS OF A CONVICT HUT, COMPLETE WITH BRICK FLOOR, WELL AND BAKERS OVEN. THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD'VE LOOKED LIKE IN ITS DAY. PERHAPS ONE OF THE BEST-PRESERVED COLONIAL SITES IN WESTERN SYDNEY. THEY NAMED THE SITE AFTER ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S LONGEST-SERVING POLITICIANS, PHILLIP RUDDOCK. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH BEING ASSOCIATED WITH AN OLD RELIC? NO, NOT AT ALL. I'M AN OLD RELIC, MYSELF. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? (BOTH CHUCKLE) DEVELOPERS HAVE NOT ONLY PRESERVED THESE RUINS, THEY'VE ALSO DONE A PRETTY SMART JOB OF INTEGRATING THEM INTO A 29 STOREY HOTEL AND APARTMENT COMPLEX. IT'S THE CROWN GROUP'S 'V TOWER' ` ALL FIVE-STAR, MULTIPLE RESTAURANTS, POOL AND GYM. A SMALL UPGRADE FROM THE OLD WHEATSHEAF. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` IT'S NOT IF THEY'VE BEEN HARASSED, BUT HOW MANY TIMES. YOUNG WOMEN SPEAK OUT ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN A BBC POLL. CAN THEY WRAP IT UP EARLY AGAIN? THE BLACK CAPS BOWLERS LOOK TO END WEST INDIES' WORLD RECORD-ATTEMPTING CHASE ON DAY FOUR. WELCOME BACK. SEXUAL HARRASMENT HAS HIT THE HEADLINES ACROSS THE WORLD OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND IT'S PROMPTED THE BBC TO LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION INTO SEXUAL HARRASSMENT IN BUSINESSES AND PLACES OF WORK IN THE UK. LUCY MANNING REPORTS. WOMAN: I'VE HAD PEOPLE ASK ME TO SEND THEM NUDE PHOTOS IN THE WORKPLACE, AND YOU FEEL LIKE NOTHING IS GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT IT. WOMAN: AS A WAITRESS, I EXPERIENCE SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALL THE TIME. I ALMOST THINK OF MY WORK AS SEX WORK. WOMAN: HE WAS DRUNK AND TRIES TO COME ON TO ME WEARING THIS, LIKE, BATHROBE. IT'S JUST DISGUSTING. FOR MANY YOUNG WORKING WOMEN, THE QUESTION IS NOT IF THEY'VE BEEN HARASSED DOING THEIR JOB, BUT HOW MANY TIMES. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THERE ARE SO MANY EXAMPLES OF IT. IT'S DIFFICULT TO CHOOSE FROM. TO EVEN PICK ONE THING, BECAUSE IT SEEMS SO INGRAINED TO EVERY INTERACTION THAT YOU HAVE. THE BBC'S POLL SHOWS THAT 10% OF WOMEN HAVE EXPERIENCED HARASSMENT IN THE LAST YEAR. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU FIND SURPRISING? NO. NO. FEMALE FLEXIBLE WORKERS ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO SUFFER HARASSMENT AT WORK WITH NEARLY 60% SAYING THEY'VE EXPERIENCED IT. NILFA PREPARES TO HEAD TO HER WAITRESSING JOB. SHE WORKS IN THE INDUSTRY WITH THE MOST HARASSMENT. THE POLL SHOWS WOMEN IN HOSPITALITY HAVE EXPERIENCED THE MOST HARASSMENT, WHERE MORE THAN HALF HAVE SUFFERED IT, FOLLOWED BY THE SERVICE INDUSTRY. HIGH RATES OF HARASSMENT WERE REPORTED IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND ALSO IN RETAIL. A POLL FOUND FEW HAVE SPOKEN OUT. OF THOSE WOMEN WHO SAY THEY WERE HARASSED AT WORK, JUST 25% REPORTED IT TO ANYONE AT ALL. DO YOU THINK THE HIGH-PROFILE CASES ARE GOING TO CHANGE IT FOR WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE? THE HIGH-PROFILE CASES AT THE MOMENT ARE WHAT INSPIRED ME TO SPEAK UP FOR THE FIRST TIME, COS I'VE NEVER SPOKEN ABOUT IT BEFORE. IF FAMOUS, PROMINENT WOMEN CAN BE TREATED THE WAY THEY'VE NOW REVEALED, THE REALITY FOR WOMEN IN OFFICES, CAFES AND SHOPS IS STILL LARGELY HIDDEN. TRENT BOULT HAS JOINED A SMALL GROUP IN NEW ZEALAND CRICKET HISTORY, TAKING HIS 200TH TEST WICKET ON DAY FOUR AGAINST THE WEST INDIES IN HAMILTON. THE LEFT-ARMER BECOMES JUST THE SIXTH KIWI TO ACHIEVE THE FEAT, REMOVING WINDIES SKIPPER KRAIGG BATHWAITE EARLY IN THE DAY'S PLAY. 200 TEST MATCH WICKETS FOR TRENT BOULT! CONGRATULATIONS. OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT. THE WEST INDIES HAVE LOST ONE OTHER WICKET ALREADY TODAY TO BE 69/4 IN THE SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE CHASE OF 444 TO WIN. AFTER WEEKS OF COMMOTION OVER BOXING'S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED UNIFICATION BOUT BETWEEN KIWI JOSEPH PARKER AND ANTHONY JOSHUA, AN AGREEMENT LOOKS IMMINENT AFTER PUBLIC OUTCRIES FROM PARKER'S CAMP. A DEAL BETWEEN THE TWO BOXERS OVER HOW THE REVENUE FROM A POTENTIAL FIGHT WOULD BE SHARED LOOKS TO BE REACHING A CONCLUSION. We're close now. IT'S UNDERSTOOD FOOTBALL STADIUMS SUCH AS BARCELONA'S CAMP NOU AND LONDON'S WEMBLEY ARE BEING LOOKED AT AS POTENTIAL VENUES FOR A FIGHT IN MARCH NEXT YEAR. TO TENNIS, AND FRENCH OPEN DOUBLES CHAMPION MICHAEL VENUS IS SET TO TRY HIS HAND IN THE SINGLES GAME AFTER BEING GIVEN A WILD CARD SPOT IN THE ASB CLASSIC. RANKED 15TH IN THE WORLD FOR DOUBLES, VENUS DOESN'T HOLD A SINGLES RANKING BUT WILL BE CONSIDERED AS NEW ZEALAND'S PREMIER PLAYER IN BOTH FORMATS FOR THE AUCKLAND OPEN. THE KIWI SAYS THE HOMETOWN TOURNAMENT IS THE ONE HE ALWAYS LOOKS FORWARD TO EVERY YEAR. I thoroughly enjoy playing singles here. I've had some good success here. There is something about this court that brings up my best tennis. MEANWHILE IN THE DOUBLES, VENUS WILL SEEK HIS SECOND ASB CLASSIC TITLE WITH NEW SOUTH AFRICAN PARTNER, RAVEN KLAASEN. TO THE LATEST LEG OF THE VOLVO OCEAN RACE, AND HOW'S THIS FOR A CLOSE CALL? BLAIR TUKE'S SPANISH TEAM MAPFRE DODGING RIVALS DONG FENG BY A WHISKER AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR TREK TOWARDS MELBOURNE. THE FLEETS ARE ENTERING THE INDIAN OCEAN AFTER LEAVING CAPE TOWN WITH DONG FENG CURRENTLY LEADING THE WAY. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. THERE'S BEEN SOME MUCH-NEEDED RAIN FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER AT YOUR PLACE. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THANKS FOR YOUR COMPANY. FROM THE 1 NEWS MIDDAY TEAM, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR AND CHELSEA BRADY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.