TONIGHT ` AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION IS LAUNCHED INTO HOW A CZECH DRUG SMUGGLER WAS GRANTED RESIDENCY, AS THE FALLOUT CONTINUES. HE'S WALKED ` THE CHAIR OF CRICKET AUSTRALIA QUITS AFTER A SCATHING REVIEW INTO THE SPORT AFTER THE BALL-TAMPERING SCANDAL. PLUS ` A STAR IS BORN. THE KIWI CROONER MARLON WILLIAMS ON HOW HE ENDED UP IN LADY GAGA'S NEW BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE. CAPTIONS BY ELLA WHEELER AND CHELSEA BRADY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 FRESH ALLEGATIONS ABOUT THE KICKBOXER KAREL SROUBEK HAVE PROMPTED THE IMMIGRATION MINISTER TO LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CASE. IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY SAYS THE INVESTIGATION IS NECESSARY SO THE PUBLIC CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE SYSTEM. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY. INSTEAD OF HIDING AWAY IN NEW ZEALAND, KAREL SROUBEK WAS ON DISPLAY, INTERVIEWED FOR THE NEW ZEALAND WEDDINGS WEBSITE IN 2016, OFFERING TIPS ON CHOOSING THE PERFECT SUIT. BUT NOW FRESH ALLEGATIONS ABOUT SROUBEK'S PAST HAVE FORCED THE IMMIGRATION MINISTER TO INVESTIGATE. IF THEY WERE FOUND TO BE CORRECT, THAT WOULD BE A SERIOUS MATTER. NATIONAL THROWING IN NEW ALLEGATIONS. WAS HE AWARE MR SROUBEK TWICE RETURNED TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC WHILE AWAITING TRIAL ON KIDNAPPING AND AGGRAVATED ROBBERY CHARGES? IT IS NOT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR ME TO DIVULGE WHAT INFORMATION I... (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) WAS HE AWARE THE PAROLE BOARD CONSIDERED HIM UNSAFE TO RELEASE BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY? A DECISION THEY MADE JUST 48 HOURS BEFORE THE MINISTER GRANTED HIM RESIDENCY. THE MINISTER REFUSING TO ANSWER BECAUSE THIS COULD END UP IN COURT. FOR LEGAL REASONS, I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO ANY OF THOSE MATTERS. COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW MR SROUBEK RETURNED TO EUROPE IN 2009. HE WAS GRANTED RESIDENCY WHILE SERVING JAIL TIME. HE WAS GIVEN A FINAL WARNING BY THE MINISTER INSTEAD OF BEING DEPORTED. IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY SAYS THAT WAS THE ONLY VIABLE OPTION AVAILABLE TO HIM. I THINK THAT'S COMPLETE NONSENSE. IT'S JUST A MONUMENTALLY, UNBELIEVABLY BAD POLITICAL JUDGEMENT CALL. FORMER IMMIGRATION MINISTER TUARIKI DELAMERE SAYS THERE ARE QUESTIONS FOR FORMER NATIONAL MINISTERS TOO. HE ALSO HELPED SROUBEK GET RESIDENCY IN 2008. HE GOT IT UNDER CONDITIONS HE WAS A WORLD CHAMPION KICKBOXER, AND HE WAS A VERY PERSONABLE GUY THEN. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS ABOUT TO COME IN A YEAR'S TIME. POLITICALLY, THIS IS URGENT FOR YOU. WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME ON THIS INVESTIGATION? I'VE ASKED IMMIGRATION NEW ZEALAND TO REPORT BACK TO ME WITHIN THREE WEEKS. IF THEY CAN DO IT SOONER, I CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO THAT. I HAVE INSTRUCTED THEM TO MAKE THIS THEIR TOP PRIORITY. IT MAY FEEL LIKE A LONG THREE WEEKS. JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY, 1 NEWS. HUNDREDS OF NEW KIWIBUILD HOMES ARE TO BE BUILT IN PORIRUA, JUST NORTH OF WELLINGTON. AT LEAST 2000 AFFORDABLE KIWIBUILD HOMES AND HOUSES FOR THE OPEN MARKET WILL BE BUILT IN THE PLAN ANNOUNCED TODAY. NEARLY 3000 EXISTING STATE HOUSES WILL BE DONE UP AND 150 NEW STATE HOMES WILL BE BUILT. THE PROGRAMME WILL COST $1.5 BILLION. HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS WITH MORE DETAILS. IT'LL BE ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST HOUSING PROJECTS. WE EXPECT TO MAKE 2900 PUBLIC HOUSES IN PORIRUA WARMER, DRYER AND SAFER, WHILE ALSO DELIVERING AT LEAST 2000 EXTRA HOMES FOCUSED ON KIWIBUILD. (APPLAUSE) NEWS OF THE INVESTMENT WARMLY WELCOMED IN CANNONS CREEK. IT'S GOOD THEY'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING MORE EFFORT INTO LOOKING AFTER THE EAST. AWESOME. I THINK IT'S BEEN TOO LONG AWAITED FOR, SO I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR THEM. BIG NEED HERE, BRO, BIG NEED. I THINK THAT'S EXCELLENT, BECAUSE I THINK NATIONAL HAD TAKEN AWAY A MAJORITY OF THE HOUSING AROUND HERE. A LOT OF THE HOUSES ARE BROKEN. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS PORIRUA'S LARGE SECTIONS MAKE IT IDEAL FOR KIWIBUILD HOMES. BY TODAY'S STANDARDS, VERY LOW DENSITY. WE CAN USE THE LAND A LOT MORE EFFICIENTLY. AND IT'S AGREED THE AREA NEEDS A BOOST. MANY OF THE STATE HOUSES ACROSS PORIRUA ARE RUN DOWN AND IN A STATE OF DISREPAIR. TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT SHOULD SEE MORE THAN 2500 BROUGHT UP TO SCRATCH. AND THE GOVERNMENT'S PROMISING TO DELIVER. I CAN ASSURE YOU THERE IS NO BACKING DOWN OR BACKING AWAY. IN 2019, WE'LL BE BUILDING THE FIRST NEW STATE HOUSES IN PORIRUA, AND THE FIRST KIWIBUILD HOMES WILL BE BUILT IN 2020, AND THEN WE'RE JUST GOING TO ROLL IT OUT. IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TIME HAPPENING. 25 YEAR PLAN ` PEOPLE CAN'T LIVE IN A PLAN. I'D LIKE TO SAY TO HIM, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEW HOUSING BEING BUILT FOR ANOTHER FEW YEARS. BUT LOCALS JUST SEEM HAPPY HELP'S ON THE WAY. WE NOW HAVE HOMES COMMITTED TO BEING CLEAN AND DRY FOR THOSE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S NOT BEFORE TIME. I THINK THIS IS JUST THE SEA CHANGE AND MOMENT FOR PORIRUA. IT'S NOT KNOWN YET HOW MANY OF THE 2000 PRIVATE HOMES WILL BE KIWIBUILD, BUT THEY'RE EXPECTED TO MAKE UP THE MAJORITY. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. THE CHAIRMAN OF CRICKET AUSTRALIA DAVID PEEVER HAS RESIGNED, JUST DAYS AFTER A SCATHING REVIEW OF HIS ORGANISATION'S CULTURE. DAVID PEEVER'S POSITION BECAME UNTENABLE AFTER A DAMNING REPORT INTO THE BALL TAMPERING SCANDAL. THE REPORT FOUND CRICKET AUSTRALIA HAD A CULTURE OF BULLYING. IT WAS ALSO SLAMMED FOR ITS 'WINNING AND NOT COUNTING THE COST" MENTALITY. STEVE SMITH, DAVID WARNER AND CAMERON BANCROFT WERE ALL BANNED AS A RESULT OF THE SCANDAL. AT THE TIME DAVID PEEVER SAID HE WOULD NOT RESIGN, INSTEAD HE CALLED THE SCANDAL 'JUST A HICCUP'. THE WAY PROPERTY IS DIVIDED IN A DIVORCE COULD CHANGE AS THE LAW COMMISSION PROPOSES NEW RULES. IT SUGGESTS THE FAMILY HOME SHOULD NO LONGER ALWAYS BE SHARED 50-50. INSTEAD, IF ONE PARTNER OWNED THE HOME BEFORE THE RELATIONSHIP, ONLY THE INCREASE IN VALUE SHOULD BE SHARED. IT ALSO PROPOSES THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHILDREN OR HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 10 YEARS OR MORE SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR INCOME-SHARING ARRANGEMENTS, WHERE PARTNERS WOULD HAVE TO SHARE THEIR COMBINED INCOME AFTER THEY SEPARATE. PRIMARY CAREGIVER OF CHILDREN SHOULD BE ABLE TO STAY IN THE FAMILY HOME IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SEPARATION IS ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION. A FINAL REPORT'S DUE OUT AFTER SIX WEEKS OF CONSULTATION. THE TAURANGA CITY COUNCIL HAS REACHED A COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT WITH BELLA VISTA HOMEOWNERS. THE SAGA STARTED BACK IN MARCH WHEN 21 PROPERTIES WERE EVACUATED OVER FEARS THE HOUSES WERE UNSAFE. A REPORT FOUND MAJOR FAILINGS AND SUGGESTED THE COUNCIL NEEDED TO COMPENSATE THOSE AFFECTED. HOMEOWNERS INITIALLY DECLINED THE COUNCIL'S OFFER, BUT ALL PARTIES ACCEPTED A CONFIDENTIAL AGREEMENT LAST NIGHT AFTER 14 HOURS OF MEDIATION. THE COUNCIL WILL NOW PURCHASE THE PROPERTIES. I'M RELIEVED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT GOING TO COURT. THAT WAS THE DESIRE OF THE RESIDENTS AND OF OURSELVES. AND THROUGH THIS MEDIATION, WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT. SO IT'S A BIG RELIEF TO ME, AND I IMAGINE IT'S A BIG RELIEF TO THE HOMEOWNERS AS WELL. A HOMEOWNER TOLD 1 NEWS THEY CAN NOW MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIVES. THE SETTLEMENT'S EXPECTED TO BE FINALISED BY CHRISTMAS. AN INVESTIGATION'S UNDERWAY AFTER THE SECOND DEADLY CRASH IN AS MANY WEEKS ON A BUSY ROAD NEAR QUEENSTOWN. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND NINE OTHERS INJURED AFTER A TOURIST BUS AND A CAR COLLIDED ON STATE HIGHWAY SIX ABOUT AN HOUR SOUTH OF QUEENSTOWN ON A ROUTE USED BY PEOPLE VISITING MILFORD SOUND. POLICE SAY THE RENTAL CAR CROSSED THE CENTRELINE. WE'VE GOT TO LOOK EXACTLY WHY THESE CRASHES ARE HAPPENING. INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY IS HUGE. PEOPLE NEED TO KEEP LEFT, AND THAT'S A CRITICAL PART OF THIS INQUIRY AS WELL. IN THE ACCIDENT TWO WEEKS AGO, A CAR COLLIDED WITH A BUS ON THE DEVIL'S STAIRCASE BETWEEN QUEENSTOWN AND KINGSTON. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR ALSO CROSSING THE CENTRE LINE. DIVERS HAVE RECOVERED THE CRUCIAL BLACK BOX FLIGHT RECORDER FROM THE DOOMED LION AIR FLIGHT WHICH PLUNGED INTO THE OCEAN OFF JAKARTA KILLING ALL 189 ON BOARD. IT'S HOPED THE FLIGHT RECORDER'S DATA WILL REVEAL WHY THE NEARLY NEW BOEING 737 CRASHED FOUR DAYS AGO. AND THIS AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE US TRANSPORT WATCHDOG, AS WELL AS BOEING EXPERTS, ARRIVED IN JAKARTA TO EXAMINE THE DEBRIS. THEY WERE LARGER THAN LIFE AND WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. TRIBUTES TONIGHT FOR TWO MOUNTAIN GUIDES KILLED IN AN AVALANCHE NEAR AORAKI MOUNT COOK. THE DEATHS OF MARTIN HESS AND WOLFGANG MAIER SHAKING THE MOUNTAINEERING COMMUNITY. SAM CLARKE REPORTS. THEY WERE MOUNTAIN MEN WITH A REPUTATION TO MATCH. BOTH OF THEM WERE SORT OF LARGER THAN LIFE CHARACTERS. WELL LOVED BY NOT ONLY THE GUIDING FRATERNITY, BUT BY MANY, MANY CLIENTS. MARTIN HESS JUST TURNED 50 ` THE QUIRKY ENTERTAINER WITH A KNACK FOR HIGH-ALTITUDE COOKING. THERE'S A CLASSIC PICTURE THERE. THERE'S A BIG DROP BELOW HIM, AND HE'S LIKE` LIKE HE'S WAITING FOR THE BUS OR SOMETHING. AND WOLFGANG MAIER ` 58, WITH THE STAMINA OF A MAN HALF THE AGE ` CARING, FUNNY, AND AT ALL TIMES, UNSHAKABLE. WOLFGANG IS SUCH A TOUGH MAN. I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF HIM AS, LIKE, THE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER OF MOUNTAINEERING OR SOMETHING. THE PAIR WERE KILLED WHILE DESCENDING MT HICKS, THEIR CLIENT JO MORGAN THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE SLAB AVALANCHE. BOTH GERMAN NATIONALS, THEY FOLLOWED THEIR PASSION FOR MOUNTAINEERING TO NEW ZEALAND. THEY DISCOVERED THAT THEY BOTH CAME FROM BADEN-WURTTEMBERG IN GERMANY AND SPOKE THE SAME DIALECT. TOGETHER, THEY WERE JUST DYNAMIC. IT WAS HERE IN TEKAPO WHERE THE TWO MEN FOUND WORK AND BECAME FRIENDS. IT'S ALSO WHERE THEY GREW THEIR LOVE FOR THE NEW ZEALAND OUTDOORS, BECOMING TWO OF THE MOST EXPERIENCED GUIDES IN THE AREA. THE RESPECT THEY EARNED EVIDENT IN TRIBUTES POURING IN FROM ACROSS THE WORLD TODAY. READS: I HAVE MET THOSE MEN IN ALPINE HUTS AND HAVE HUGE RESPECT FOR THEIR WORK. A GREAT GUY AND A REAL LOSS. THE FINAL JOURNEY OF THESE TWO EXTRAORDINARY CLIMBERS CAPTURED ON CAMERA. MARTIN HESS SENT THESE PHOTOS TO A FRIEND, LEAVING HER A VOICE MESSAGE AS THEY WAITED FOR THE WEATHER TO CLEAR, LAUGHING ABOUT GETTING WI-FI SO HIGH UP IN THE MOUNTAINS. PEOPLE ARE JUST STAGGERED AND SPEECHLESS, REALLY, ESPECIALLY TO LOSE TWO SUCH GREAT PEOPLE IN ONE INCIDENT. IT'S ALMOST TOO MUCH TO BEAR. FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE NOW PREPARING TO FAREWELL THE MEN WHO LIVED FOR SHARING THEIR LOVE OF ADVENTURE. SAM CLARKE, 1 NEWS. THEY HUGGED, WAVED, AND EVEN SPOKE TE REO, AND IT APPEARS WE LOVED IT. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX ARE NOW HEADING HOME TO LONDON AFTER STRIKING A CHORD WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE PACIFIC. NICOLE BREMNER REPORTS ON HOW THEY PUT THEIR OWN TWIST ON A ROYAL TOUR. (LOUD CHEERING) AFTER 16 DAYS DOWN UNDER, THE SUSSEXES APPEAR TO HAVE EARNED A KIWI SEAL OF APPROVAL. I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS. IT WAS GREAT. I FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA FAINT! THE COUPLE'S HANDS-ON, TRY-ANYTHING, FEEL-GOOD APPROACH GOING DOWN WELL WITH FANS RIGHT ACROSS THE PACIFIC. CROWD SINGS: # COMING FORTH TO CARRY ME HOME. # OBSERVERS SAY THE POLISHED PERFORMANCES A SURE SIGN HARRY AND MEGHAN MEAN TO STAMP THEIR OWN MARK ON OFFICIAL DUTIES. I THINK FOR MEGHAN, THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF MONTHS AND MONTHS OF PREPARATION AND PRACTISE. WE SAW HER ARRIVE IN SYDNEY CLUTCHING HER RING BINDERS ` SHE'S BEEN DOING THE RESEARCH. SHE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT SHE'S DOING. EVEN SO, THERE'S CRITICISM OF THE COST ` A RECENT 1 NEWS POLL SHOWING 48% OPPOSED THE ESTIMATED $1 MILLION HOSTING BILL. BUT WHERE GLAMOUR ROYALS GO, THE PRESS PACK GOES TOO, GENERATING INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE. MEGHAN'S WALKABOUT CATCH-UP WITH FORMER INSTAGRAM FRIEND HANNAH GOING GLOBAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S GREAT. IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND YESTERDAY'S WELCOME IN ROTORUA ` A SPECTACLE LAUDED BY FOREIGN MEDIA. THESE ARE THE MOMENTS THE PRESS WHO ARE ALL ON THIS TRIP WANT TO WRITE ABOUT. THEY ARE NOT HERE FOR THE CONTROLLED ELEMENTS OF THE TOUR; WE'RE HERE FOR THE UNSCRIPTED MOMENTS, AND WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF THEM. NEWS OF MEGHAN'S PREGNANCY AND HER THREE FORMAL SPEECHES ON TOUR RAMPING UP INTEREST EVEN FURTHER. SUFFRAGE IS NOT SIMPLY ABOUT THE RIGHT TO VOTE, BUT ALSO ABOUT WHAT THAT REPRESENTS. HER ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IS BREATHTAKING COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR. MEGHAN BRINGS MODERNITY TO THE ROYAL FAMILY THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN SOME YEARS. HER LIFE HAS BEEN VERY DIFFERENT, AND I DON'T THINK THE PALACE WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM HER. OBSERVERS SAY MEGHAN'S ARRIVAL ENABLES A REALLOCATION OF WORKLOAD BETWEEN HARRY AND WILLIAM AND KATE. THEY'VE SPENT THE LAST SEVEN YEARS REALLY BEING THE POWER COUPLE OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, AND NOW, OF COURSE, HARRY AND MEGHAN TAKE THAT FLAG. A TASK THEY'RE WELL AND TRULY READY FOR, GIVEN WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR. NICOLE BREMNER, 1 NEWS. NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL'S UNDERWAY, THIS YEAR CELEBRATING ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY. TASTE OF AUCKLAND HAS A NEW WATERFRONT VENUE AND A THEME TO MATCH. LAURA TWYMAN WENT TO CHECK IT OUT. IT'S A FOODIE'S DREAM ` 12 RESTAURANTS AND 120 FOOD PRODUCERS ALL GATHERED IN ONE LOCATION. WE'VE GOT CHEFS FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS. WE'VE GOT PRODUCERS WHO HAVE COME FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WE'VE GOT DEMOS. WE'VE GOT A REALLY MASSIVE MUSIC SCHEDULE. THE TASTE OF AUCKLAND FESTIVAL'S TAKING PLACE ON THE CITY'S WATERFRONT FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND THIS YEAR'S A CELEBRATION. SO, THIS IS OUR 10TH FESTIVAL. BEEN GOING SINCE 2009, WOULD YOU BELIEVE?! AS A TOAST TO A DECADE, THREE OF AUCKLAND'S TOP CHEFS ARE PUTTING ON A SPECIAL DINNER. THEY'VE DONE A LOT FOR THE AUCKLAND FOOD SCENE. OBVIOUSLY, COMING DOWN TO THE WHARF, AS WELL, IS A BIG STEP FOR THEM. I GUESS WE SORT OF WANTED TO REALLY MARK THE OCCASION WITH SOME OF OUR SIGNATURE DISHES. THE FIRST COURSE ` A NOD TO THIS YEAR'S SEAFOOD THEME. THIS IS FARMED KINGFISH FROM LEIGH, WHICH IS JUST AMAZING AT THE MOMENT. IT'S GOT A REALLY NICE OILINESS AND TEXTURE TO IT. I GUESS, THE MOVE DOWN TO THE WATERFRONT, WE SORT OF GOT THINKING ABOUT THE ATMOSPHERE OF LOOKING OUT OVER THE OCEAN. AND JUST SEAFOOD ` IT MADE SENSE. SO WE GOT TALKING TO SOME OF THE CHEFS, AND WE KINDA SAID, 'WELL, WOULD YOU WANT TO PUT ON A SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD DISH? 'YOU BRING THE MAGIC TO IT.' EVERYTHING FROM CRAYFISH TO TREVALLY ` YOU CAN FIND IT ALL HERE. THERE'S EVEN A VEGAN OPTION. WE ARE DOING A MANUKA AND KARENGO-SMOKED WATERMELON THAT LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE SASHIMI. LITTLE BIRD ORGANICS IS THE FIRST VEGAN RESTAURANT TASTE OF AUCKLAND'S EVER HAD. THE FESTIVAL WRAPS UP ON SUNDAY, BUT BEFORE THEN, UP TO 30,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO COME THROUGH HERE AND AROUND 45,000 DISHES WILL BE SERVED, WITH SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO SINK THEIR TEETH INTO. LAURA TWYMAN, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ` HEARD OF SQUATTER'S RIGHTS? AN AUSTRALIAN MAN IS AWARDED A HOUSE THAT HE FOUND SITTING EMPTY MORE THAN TWO DECADES AGO. PLUS, A KIWI STAR IS BORN ` HOW DIRECTOR BRADLEY COOPER HEARD MARLON WILLIAMS ON THE RADIO AND WROTE A PART FOR HIM IN HIS LATEST BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE. POLICE IN NEW YORK ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATHS OF TWO SAUDI SISTERS WHOSE BODIES WERE DISCOVERED FLOATING IN THE HUDSON RIVER LAST WEEK. TALA AND ROTANA FAREA WERE AGED 16 AND 22. THEY WERE FOUND BOUND TOGETHER WITH DUCT TAPE AND WERE ALIVE WHEN THEY ENTERED THE RIVER. THE DAY BEFORE, POLICE SAY THEIR MOTHER RECEIVED A CALL FROM SAUDI OFFICIALS ORDERING THE FAMILY TO LEAVE BECAUSE THE GIRLS HAD APPLIED FOR POLITICAL ASYLUM. TO NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE MURDER OF SAUDI JOURNALIST JAMAHL KHASHOGGI. A TURKISH PROSECUTOR SAYS HE NOW BELIEVES THE WRITER WAS STRANGLED AND DISMEMBERED SOON AFTER HE ENTERED THE SAUDI CONSULATE IN ISTANBUL. NO REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND. BUT TURKISH INVESTIGATORS ARE DIGGING IN THIS ISTANBUL FOREST FOR TRACES. A FERRY CRAMMED WITH PASSENGERS HAS CRASHED INTO A PORT IN BARCELONA. THE FORCE OF THE COLLISION TOPPLING A CRANE AND IGNITING A FIRE. WITNESSES SAY STRONG WINDS WOULD HAVE MADE STEERING THE LARGE BOAT VERY DIFFICULT. SYDNEY MAY HAVE ONE OF THE WORLD'S HOTTEST PROPERTY MARKETS BUT ONE MAN'S NABBED A HOUSE WITHOUT PAYING A CENT. THE CANNY DEVELOPER TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OBSCURE SQUATTING LAWS WHICH EXIST HERE TOO. OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT KIMBERLEE DOWNS HAS MORE. IN A CITY WHERE INTEREST IN HOUSING PRICES BORDERS ON OBSESSION,... SOLD! CONGRATULATIONS. ...A MAN HAS BEEN GRANTED THIS SYDNEY HOME, WORTH NEARLY $2 MILLION, EFFECTIVELY FREE OF CHARGE. IT'S JUST WRONG. IT'S JUST WRONG. HOW CAN SOMEONE JUST GRAB A HOUSE FROM NOTHING? THE ANSWER ` LITTLE-KNOWN SQUATTING LAWS. IF SOMEONE IS IN POSSESSION OF YOUR PROPERTY, YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY ENTITLED TO GET IT BACK, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE 12 YEARS IN WHICH TO DO SO. BILL GERTOS FOUND THE HOUSE IN 1998 EMPTY AFTER ITS ELDERLY TENANT DIED. THE NEXT DAY HE CHANGED THE LOCKS, RENOVATED IT, AND HAS RENTED IT OUT FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES. HE APPLIED TO TAKE OWNERSHIP LAST YEAR. WHEN NEIGHBOURS AND DESCENDANTS OF THE LAST OWNER FOUND OUT, THEY WENT TO COURT TO STOP HIM. WHAT RIGHT DO YOU HAVE ` JUST BECAUSE YOU ASSUME A PROPERTY IS STANDING THERE VACANT ` TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND BARGE IN AND ASSUME THAT THE HOUSE IS EMPTY? BUT NEW SOUTH WALES' SUPREME COURT THIS WEEK FOUND IN THE PROPERTY DEVELOPER'S FAVOUR SAYING,... SO, COULD THAT HAPPEN HERE IN NEW ZEALAND? EFFECTIVELY, YES. THERE'S A SIMILAR LAW AROUND SQUATTING THAT ALLOWS SOMEONE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF LAND IF THEY POSSESS IT CONTINUOUSLY AND WITHOUT OBJECTION FROM THE LEGAL OWNER FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS. RELATIVES OF THE LAST OWNER SAY THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE ENTITLED TO THE PROPERTY. IT IS NOT FAIR. WHAT HE DID IS NOT FAIR. BUT BY THE LETTER OF THE LAW, FOR SQUATTERS IN SYDNEY, IT'S FAIR GAME. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS. KIWI MUSICIAN MARLON WILLIAMS IS HAVING THE YEAR OF HIS LIFE. HE'S WON THE COVETED SILVER SCROLL AWARD, IS NOMINATED FOR A RAFT OF NEW ZEALAND MUSIC AWARDS AND HAS JUST STARRED IN A HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT JOY REID CAUGHT UP WITH HIM FOR AN EXCLUSIVE CHAT IN LONDON AS HE TOURS EUROPE WITH HIS BAND. # TOO LATE, TOO LATE TO TELL YA # TOO LATE, TOO LATE TO TELL YA # I'M GONNA BUILD A WORLD AROUND YOU. # MARLON WILLIAMS' UNMISTAKABLE TONES ECHO ACROSS ONE OF LONDON'S NEWEST VENUES. THE LYTTELTON SINGER-SONGWRITER SELLING OUT CONCERTS AT HOME AND ABROAD. IT'S NICE TO BE BACK, LONDON. IT'S BEEN A BIG YEAR, AND WHEN WE CATCH UP,... COME ON IN. THIS IS THE BLUE STUDIOS. ...HE DESCRIBES 2018 AS... BUSY. YEP, YOU COULD SAY THAT. MARLON WILLIAMS RELEASED HIS SECOND ALBUM, TOURED THE WORLD FOUR TIMES, AND WON TOP PRIZE AT THE SILVER SCROLLS. MARLON WILLIAMS! THE SCROLL... YEAH, THAT'S THE BEST AWARD I COULD POSSIBLY RECEIVE. YOU KNOW, TO HAVE MY FELLOW SONGWRITERS DECIDE THAT I'VE WRITTEN A NICE SONG IS THE BEST CREDIT I CAN GET. # NOBODY GETS WHAT THEY WANT ANY MORE... # THIS HEART-WRENCHING BREAK-UP BALLAD RESONATING WITH HIS PEERS AND FANS ALIKE. THE STRAIGHTEST LINE BETWEEN ME AND THE AUDIENCE IS THROUGH GRIEF AND MISERY, YOU KNOW. IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, HE MADE HIS HOLLYWOOD DEBUT IN ONE OF THE BIGGEST FILMS OF THE YEAR ` 'A STAR IS BORN'. # I'LL NEVER MEET THE GROUND. # HE WAS SHOULDER-TAPPED BY AMERICAN DIRECTOR BRADLEY COOPER. AND IN REAL WONDERFUL, OLD-SCHOOL FASHION, HE JUST` HE'D HEARD ME ON THE RADIO, AND CAME ALONG TO OUR SHOW AT THE TROUBADOUR, AND THEN I GOT A CALL A FEW WEEKS LATER. HE'D WRITTEN A SCENE AROUND ME COMING AND BEING IN THE FILM. AND 2018 ISN'T OVER YET. MARLON WILLIAMS' TROPHY CABINET COULD HAVE A FEW NEW ADDITIONS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, BECAUSE HE'S NOMINATED FOR FOUR NZ MUSIC AWARDS, BUT HE WON'T BE AT THE CEREMONY, BECAUSE HE'S HERE IN EUROPE TOURING. BUT KIWIS WILL GET A CHANCE TO SEE HIM PERFORM WITH THE AUCKLAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA IN FEBRUARY. UNTIL THEN, IT'S THE EUROPEAN STAGE FOR MARLON. THANK YOU, LONDON. JOY REID, 1 NEWS, LONDON. JUST AHEAD ` A FINE END TO THE WEEK, YOUR WEATHER COMING UP. AND THE DEPTHS SOME GO TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN. YES, WE'RE TALKING UNDERWATER. IT WAS HALLOWEEN OVERNIGHT IN THE US, AND IN FLORIDA SOME CHOSE TO CELEBRATE UNDERWATER. A GROUP OF SCUBA DIVERS SUBMERGED 9M BENEATH THE SURFACE TO COMPETE IN A HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST IN A MARINE SANCTUARY. ENTRANTS INCLUDED A MERMAN, A SHARK, AS WELL AS MOVIE FAVOURITES ` SUCH AS BATMAN, A TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE AND STAR WARS STORM TROOPERS.= NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER` WITH MUSIC BY DJ KHALED FEATURING JUSTIN BIEBER AND THE TRACK IS 'I'M THE ONE'. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ELLA WHEELER AND CHELSEA BRADY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.