TONIGHT, JUDGEMENT DAY FOR DONALD TRUMP. THE PRESIDENT CLAIMS SUCCESS, BUT SO DO THE DEMOCRATS. THE WINNERS AND LOSERS IN THE US MIDTERMS. HOW DECRIMINALISING THE USE OF ALL DRUGS COULD HELP OUR ECONOMY ` A CONTROVERSIAL REPORT OUTLINES A BILLION-DOLLAR BOOST. AND TACKLING A DEADLY PHENOMENA FOR HELICOPTER PILOTS, COULD A SIMPLE NEW TECHNIQUE HELP PILOTS FLY OUT OF DANGER? CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND JOHN GIBB CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 KIA ORA. EXPECT MORE DIVISION AND CHAOS, BUT DONALD TRUMP'S UNCHECKED HOLD ON POWER HAS COME TO AN END. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE WON BACK THEIR MAJORITY IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MAKING IT HARDER FOR MR TRUMP TO PASS HIS AGENDA AND EASIER TO GET HIM INVESTIGATED. BUT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE RETAINED CONTROL OF THE SENATE, WHICH WILL HELP HIM PASS LAWS AND APPOINT SUPREME COURT JUDGES. SO LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE VERY LATEST RESULTS IN THE 435-SEAT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WHERE THE REPUBLICANS HELD A MAJORITY. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE 219, TO THE REPUBLICANS ON 193. AND LOOKING AT THE 100-SEAT SENATE NOW, AS MENTIONED, THE REPUBLICANS KEEPING THE REINS, REACHING THE 51-SEAT THRESHOLD TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE UPPER HOUSE, WHILE THE DEMOCRATS HOLD 45, WITH VOTES STILL BEING COUNTED. WITH MORE, HERE'S MICHAEL CROPP'S REPORT. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) AND CNN PROJECTS THE DEMOCRATS WILL RECLAIM CONTROL OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. CELEBRATIONS FOR DEMOCRATS, AFTER A FIERCE BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF CONGRESS. THANKS TO YOU, TOMORROW WILL BE A NEW DAY IN AMERICA. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) REMEMBER THIS FEELING. KNOW THE POWER TO WIN. IN THE SENATE, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PARTY DID BETTER, CEMENTING ITS MAJORITY. WE HAVE JUST PROJECTED THE REPUBLICANS WILL HOLD ON AND KEEP CONTROL OF THE SENATE. PRESIDENT TRUMP PUTTING A POSITIVE SPIN ON THE RESULTS ` IT IS THE END OF ONE-PARTY RULE IN THE UNITED STATES, THANK GOD. THE MIDTERMS WERE WIDELY VIEWED AS A REFERENDUM ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PRESIDENT, EXIT POLLS SAYING HE WAS ON THE MINDS OF TWO-THIRDS OF AMERICANS AS THEY WENT TO VOTE. I THINK HE'S JUST A FAKER AND A LIAR, AND I HOPE HE GETS IMPEACHED. HE IS THE FIRST PRESIDENT IN YEARS THAT'S ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING HE SAID HE WOULD DO. RECORD NUMBERS OF AMERICANS HAVING THEIR SAY, IN SOME PLACES QUEUEING AROUND THE BLOCK. ELSEWHERE, STORMS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN, EVEN BLACK-OUTS. POLLING STATIONS WERE UNPREPARED. LINES STRETCHED FOR HOURS, POLLING MACHINES BROKE, BALLOT PAPERS RAN OUT. BUT IN THE HOUSE, DEMOCRATS ARE NOW IN CONTROL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN EIGHT YEARS. TODAY IS MORE THAN ABOUT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. IT'S ABOUT RESTORING THE CONSTITUTION'S CHECKS AND BALANCES TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. SOME DEMOCRATS ARE ALREADY VOWING TO BLOCK THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA, INVESTIGATE HIS FINANCES AND THREATEN IMPEACHMENT. THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE, REGARDLESS OF WHICH PARTY IS THERE. AND HOPEFULLY DEMOCRATS WILL BE WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN UNWILLING TO DO IN THE PAST, AND THAT'S COME TO THE TABLE. THE U.S. NOW WAKING UP TO A NATION STILL DIVIDED, BUT WITH A HANDBRAKE ON A PRESIDENT. MICHAEL CROPP, 1 NEWS. THIS MIDTERM ELECTION'S BEEN LIKE NO OTHER, WITH CANDIDATES CHANGING THE FACE OF CONGRESS AND STATEHOUSES ACROSS THE US. WOMEN HAVE RUN IN RECORD NUMBERS, AND THERE WERE GROUNDBREAKING CAMPAIGNS FROM NATIVE AMERICANS, MUSLIMS AND LGBT CANDIDATES. LAURA TWYMAN HAS MORE. I'VE HAD TO FIGHT MY WHOLE LIFE... DEMOCRAT AND FORMER MMA FIGHTER SHARICE DAVIDS TRADED PUNCHES FOR POLITICS. IT PAID OFF. THE OPENLY GAY CANDIDATE BECOMING THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN ELECTED TO CONGRESS, WINNING IN KANSAS. I WANT TO GO TO CONGRESS TO FIGHT FOR OUR VOICE AS A COMMUNITY. 60 MORE WOMEN WERE ON THE BALLOT THIS ELECTION. THE NUMBER IN CONGRESS EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY 16 TO 100. THIS 29-YEAR-OLD'S THE YOUNGEST FEMALE TO BE VOTED IN. WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO EVERY ORGANIZER, EVERY SMALL-DOLLAR DONOR, EVERY WORKING PARENT AND DREAMER WHO HELPED MAKE THIS MOVEMENT HAPPEN. ARIZONA SURE TO HAVE ITS FIRST FEMALE SENATOR ` TWO WOMEN HAVE BEEN NECK-IN-NECK FOR THE SPOT. REPUBLICAN MARTHA MCSALLY'S SET TO WIN, ALSO THE FIRST US FEMALE FIGHTER PILOT TO FLY IN COMBAT. DEMOCRATS ILHAN OMAR AND RASHIDA TLAIB HAVE BECOME THE FIRST MUSLIM WOMEN ELECTED TO US CONGRESS. AND HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AS YOUR CONGRESSWOMAN-ELECT, WITH MANY FIRSTS BEHIND MY NAME. THIS WAS MY TIME TO RUN AND NOT SIT ON THE SIDELINES. AMERICANS HAVE ALSO ELECTED IT'S FIRST OPENLY GAY GOVERNOR, DEMOCRAT JARED POLIS OF COLORADO. THANK YOU FOR VOITING AND VOLUNTEERING. ADD TO THE MIX A MISS AMERICA AND A FORMER UNDERWEAR MODEL, AND THIS MID-TERM IS AS COLOURFUL AS IT IS CONTENTIOUS. NEW VOICES SPURRED ON BY THE ELECTION OF A PRESIDENT THEY SAY HAS ONLY FUELLED DIVISION. LAURA TWYMAN, 1 NEWS. DECRIMINALISING THE USE OF ALL DRUGS, AND ALLOWING THE LEGAL SALE OF CANNABIS WILL BENEFIT KIWIS AND THE ECONOMY, ACCORDING TO A NEW DRUG FOUNDATION STUDY. THE REPORT CLAIMS THE TOTAL REFORM OF OUR DRUG LAWS COULD BOOST NEW ZEALAND BY UP TO $1B A YEAR. HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. A FRESH SUGGESTION TO DEAL WITH AN OLD PROBLEM. IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. WHEN IT COMES TO DECRIMINALISATION, WE'LL TAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND WE'LL PUT THEM INTO HEALTH. SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGING THIS IS A HEALTH ISSUE, SO WHY WOULD WE HAVE CRIMINAL SANCTIONS TO PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS? THE DRUG FOUNDATION REPORT SAYS SOCIETY WOULD BE UP TO $83M A YEAR BETTER OFF IF DRUGS WERE DECRIMINALISED, MAINLY THROUGH SAVINGS ON COURT CASES. LEGALISING CANNABIS WOULD DELIVER AN EXTRA $191M IN TAX REVENUE. AND IF THE GOVERNMENT PUMPS MONEY INTO HARM REDUCTION AS WELL, THE BENEFITS OF ALL THESE MOVES COULD TOP $1B. FACED WITH THE DEADLY SYNTHETIC CANNABIS CRISIS, SO FAR NATIONAL, LABOUR AND NEW ZEALAND FIRST HAVE ONLY ARGUED OVER HOW LONG PEOPLE SHOULD GO TO JAIL FOR. SO PERHAPS IT'S NOT TOO SURPRISING THAT TODAY'S CALL FOR DECRIMINALISATION WAS MET WITH LITTLE SUPPORT. I'M PROBABLY ON SOLID GROUND WHEN I SAY THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN. WELL, MY PARTY IS NOT GOING TO BE LED BY A CERTAIN GROUP INSIDE THE BELTWAY. I WOULDN'T JUMP IN AND DECRIMINALISE EVERYTHING STRAIGHT AWAY. I WOULD WANT TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE DETAIL. THE PUBLIC'S WEIGHED IN TOO. I DON'T THINK IT'S THE BEST IDEA HAVING DRUGS DECRIMINALISED. IF THERE'S A HEALTH-BASED APPROACH TO DRUG ADDICTION, THAT WOULD SEEM TO MAKE SENSE TO ME. THE WAR ON DRUGS DIDN'T REALLY WORK, THAT'S KIND OF BEEN PROVEN. SO PERHAPS DECRIMINALISATION ISN'T A GOOD IDEA. THE GREENS BACK THE REPORT AND CALLED ON POLITICIANS TO ACT. A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF US WHO HAVE PERSONALLY ADMITTED TO BREAKING THE LAW AND CONSUMING ILLEGAL DRUGS, AND NOW WE PRESIDE OVER THAT LAW WHICH CRIMINALISES PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE IN EXACTLY THE SAME BEHAVIOUR. BUT IT SEEMS MPs WILL NEED MORE CONVINCING BEFORE THEY CHANGE THEIR MIND. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. A WORLD-RENOWNED HELICOPTER EXPERT IS IN THE SOUTHERN LAKES TRAINING KIWI PILOTS TO FLY MORE SAFELY. HIS REVOLUTIONARY TECHNIQUE IS HELPING HELICOPTERS RECOVER FROM A POTENTIALLY FATAL MID-AIR SITUATION. JESS CARTWRIGHT EXPLAINS. IT'S A DEADLY PHENOMENA FOR HELICOPTER PILOTS. IT'S CALLED VORTEX RING STATE, WHEN A ROTOR SUCKS IN ITS OWN DOWNWASH CAUSING A CHOPPER TO LOSE THEIR LIFT AND BEGIN TO DROP RAPIDLY. VORTEX RING IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS IN HELICOPTERS. BUT A SIMPLE NEW TECHNIQUE COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. IT'S ONE ACTION. IT'S A CROSS-CONTROLLED MOVEMENT TO FLY TO THE SIDE OF THE VORTEX THAT YOU'VE DEVELOPED INTO, AND AVOID ANY FORWARD MOVEMENT WHICH WOULD PUT YOU INTO THE TERRAIN. VORTEX RING STATE CAN HAPPEN ANY TIME WHEN YOU'RE IN FLIGHT WHEN YOU'RE DESCENDING AT A SLOW SPEED, ESPECIALLY WHEN COMING INTO LAND. SWISS HELICOPTER EXPERTS CLAUDE VUICHARD'S METHOD IS BEING ADOPTED BY PILOTS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING OURS. 50 OF THEM TRAINING WITH THE EUROPEAN THIS WEEK IN WANAKA AND QUEENSTOWN. AND THAT IS MY VISION ` SAVE HUMAN LIFE, AND NOTHING ELSE. I'M A SAFER PILOT TODAY THAN I WAS YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF WHAT I'VE LEARNED. THE DANGER'S A TRAGIC REALITY FOR LOCAL CHOPPER COMPANY 'THE HELICOPTER LINE.' THEY IMPLEMENTED VUICHARD'S TECHNIQUE AFTER A FATAL CRASH IN 2014 ON MT ALTA WAS LINKED TO VORTEX RING STATE. THERE'S NO DOUBT WORLDWIDE THAT CLAUDE'S TECHNIQUE HAS ALREADY SAVED LIVES. AND IT'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO. IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR FOR PILOTS IN WANAKA, WITH TWO FATAL HELICOPTER CRASHES IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. THE REASONS FOR THOSE CRASHES UNDER INVESTIGATION. AH, WE GRIEVE AND WE SUFFER. BUT MAYBE IT'S ALSO GREAT TO DO A POSITIVE THING, AND TO TAKE A LOOK AT SAFETY AND TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE. AND I'M SURE, YOU KNOW, OUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE DIED WOULD WANT US TO DO THAT AS WELL. THESE PILOTS DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO FIND SAFER WAYS TO FLY. JESS CARTWRIGHT, 1 NEWS. BIKES, BURNOUTS AND GANG PATCHES ALL FEATURE IN NEW VIDEO OF A HEADHUNTERS GANG MEMORIAL RIDE THAT'S GOING VIRAL ONLINE. BUT IS IT JUST A WAY TO GLAMOURISE THE HEADHUNTERS AND REV UP INTEREST TO ATTRACT NEW MEMBERS? PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. A RECRUITMENT VIDEO, OR SIMPLY A MARK OF RESPECT FOR A DEAD MATE? (HIP-HOP MUSIC) THE SLICKLY-MADE PRODUCTION WAS POSTED ONLINE A WEEK AGO, CLOCKING UP MORE THAN 200,000 VIEWS ON FACEBOOK ALONE. LEADING CRIMINOLOGIST GREG NEWBOLD TOLD 1 NEWS NOW ` BUT A GANG EXPERT REFUTES THAT. WE MAY SEE IT AS PUBLIC RELATIONS. WE MAY SEE IT AS SOMETHING ELSE. BECAUSE WHEN IT'S THE GANGS, WE TEND TO WANT TO FIND THAT, RIGHT? 1 NEWS VISITED THE HEADHUNTERS' WEST AUCKLAND HEADQUARTERS TODAY, WHERE THE BULK OF THE VIDEO WAS FILMED. NO ONE WANTED TO TALK TO US ON CAMERA. BUT I DID SPEAK TO TWO MEMBERS OFF-CAMERA, AND THEY TOLD ME THEY'RE OFFENDED. THEY SAID IT WAS IN NO WAY A PROMOTIONAL OR RECRUITMENT VIDEO. RATHER, THEY WERE MARKING THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF A SENIOR MEMBER, AND WANTED TO CAPTURE IT ON CAMERA AS A MARK OF RESPECT AND REMEMBRANCE. THREE YEARS AGO, POLICE RAIDED THE GANG'S EAST AUCKLAND PAD, SEIZING MORE THAN $4M WORTH OF ASSETS. NUMEROUS DRUGS CHARGES WERE LAID. AND JUST LAST YEAR, POLICE HIT THEM AGAIN. EARLIER THIS YEAR, POLICE ANNOUNCED AN EXTRA 200 OFFICERS WOULD BE DEDICATED TO GANG-RELATED CRIME. TODAY, THE POLICE WERE SAYING LITTLE ` JUST THAT THEY'RE COMMITTED TO CLAMPING DOWN ON ORGANISED CRIMINAL GANGS. YOUNG CHILDREN ALSO FEATURED IN THE VIDEO. WE BLURRED THEIR FACES. WE'RE ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT THE IMPACT GANGS HAVE ON YOUNG PEOPLE. BUT WHAT I SAW WAS A LOT OF GUYS RIDING AROUND ON MOTORBIKES. AND THAT'S NOT ILLEGAL, AS FAR AS I KNOW. GANG MEMBERS TOLD US THEY DON'T NEED NEW RECRUITS. THEY HAVE ENOUGH MEMBERS. PAUL HOBBS, 1 NEWS. A HOUSE IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF MOUNT ROSKILL HAS BEEN BADLY DAMAGED BY FLAMES. THIS CELL PHONE FOOTAGE SHOWS THE BLAZE, WHICH STARTED AROUND 7.15 AT A HOME ON STODDARD RD. FIRE CREWS QUICKLY CONTAINED THE FIRE AND SAY EVERYONE WAS ACCOUNTED FOR. THOUSANDS ARE GATHERING IN RATANA, AS ONE OF THE MAORIDOM'S LARGEST RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS CELEBRATES A LANDMARK ANNIVERSARY. ITS 1000 YEARS SINCE THE SEED WAS SOWN FOR THE RATANA MOVEMNT. ITS 100 YEARS SINCE THE SEED WAS SOWN FOR THE RATANA MOVEMNT. MAORI AFFAIRS REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA IS THERE. CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF MARCHING TO THEIR OWN BEAT ` (LIVELY BRASS MUSIC) THE RATANA CHURCH'S FAMOUS BAND'S ON HAND TO MARK THE MILESTONE. THERE WERE SKEPTICS. THERE WERE THOSE CYNICS WHO BELIEVED THAT IT WAS JUST AN OVERNIGHT FAD AND IT WOULD SOON FADE AWAY. WELL, A HUNDRED YEARS LATER, IT'S STILL GOING. TOMORROW MARKS THE DAY PROPHET TAHUPOTIKI WIREMU RATANA IS SAID TO HAVE HAD THE VISION THAT LED HIM TO FOUND THE FAITH. THE CHURCH HAS AN ESTIMATED 40,000 MEMBERS AND TENS OF THOUSANDS ARE EXPECTED HERE FOR THE ANNIVERSARY. EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW THAT YOU GUYS RELATE IN SOME WAY. AT A TIME WHEN MAORI WERE LOSING LAND, RATANA PREACHED A FUTURE FOR AOTEAROA BASED ON THE BIBLE AND THE TREATY OF WAITANGI. IN THE CONTEXT OF THE TIME, THERE NEEDED TO BE A LOT OF HOPE AROUND, AND THERE WASN'T MUCH. LABOUR POLITICIANS ARE HERE AS USUAL. RATANA THREW HIS SUPPORT BEHIND THE PARTY IN THE 1930s, AN ALLIANCE THAT'S ENDURED ACROSS MAORIDOM. LABOUR DIDN'T COME EMPTY-HANDED, EITHER. IT BROUGHT A NUMBER OF GIFTS, INCLUDING A COPY OF THE TREATY, A BIBLE, AND $1.9M IN FUNDING FOR A HOUSING PROJECT. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A GRILLING ABOUT WHETHER MAORI HAVE HAD THE BEST DEAL. OH, WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE HELD TO ACCOUNT. ABSOLUTELY, WE SHOULD BE HELD TO ACCOUNT. BUT I THINK THAT RELATIONSHIP CONTINUES TO BE INCREDIBLY STRONG. RATANA'S FAITHFUL ARE TRAVELLING FROM AS FAR AS AUSTRALIA TO RECONNECT. I COME ON BEHALF OF MY GRANDMOTHER, MY MUM, MY AUNTIES. THEY'VE ALL PASSED AWAY NOW, SO MY SISTERS AND I THOUGHT WE'D COME OVER ON BEHALF OF THEM. OTHERS ARE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. I THINK WE'RE AT A STAGE WHERE EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE REVITALISED, AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH A BIT OF A REORGANISATION AND RESTRUCTURING. SO THERE'S A LOT OF HOPE THERE. BUT MOST ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE A MAN WHOSE INFLUENCE REMAINS STRONG LONG AFTER HIS DEATH. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ` A LOOK AT A CONTROVERSIAL PORTRAIT THAT'S BEEN HIDDEN AWAY FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS. NOW THE ARTWORK THAT HAS DIVIDED THE MAORI WORLD GOES ON SHOW. PLUS, THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS MOUSE IS 90. HOW DESIGNERS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND'S KAREN WALKER, ARE CELEBRATING THE DISNEY ICON. KAIKOURA'S EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY WORK HAS WON ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRESTIGOUS ENGINEERING AWARDS. THE JOINT RAIL AND ROAD PROJECT WAS AWARDED THE HIGHEST HONOUR BY THE INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS OVERNIGHT, BEATING MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITORS. SAM CLARKE HAS MORE. FROM MOUNTAIN TO MOTORWAY, WARPED TO WRAPPED; FROM EARTHQUAKE TO ENGINEERING MARVEL. THE COASTLINE WAS A COMPLETE MESS, WITH BOULDERS AND STEEL AND RAILWAY LINES EVERYWHERE. THEY KNOW THE EFFORT THAT WENT INTO IT. THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'VE SACRIFICED TO DELIVER THIS. THAT EFFORT NOW RECOGNISED ON THE WORLD STAGE ` AWARDED THE INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS' PEOPLE'S CHOICE PROJECT FOR 2018. IT PUTS US ON THE TOP OF THE WORLD. HERE'S WHY IT'S SUCH A BIG DEAL ` IN NOVEMBER 2016, KAIKOURA WAS COMPLETELY CUT OFF BY RAIL, BY ROAD, NORTH, SOUTH AND EVEN THE BACKUP ROUTE DESTROYED. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY A HUGE, HUGE EARTHQUAKE. THE COMMUNITY WERE ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED BY IT. IT WAS A MAJOR LOSS TO US TO LOSE THAT CONNECTION FOR THE PERIOD THAT WE DID. BUT AT A COST OF MORE THAN $1B, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WORKING UNDER THE BANNER OF NORTH CANTERBURY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE RECOVERY SHIFTED A MILLION CUBIC METRES OF EARTH TO BRING IT BACK TO LIFE IN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. IT HIGHLIGHTS THE EXPERTISE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN NEW ZEALAND IN BOTH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS. IN VICTORY, IT BEAT INDIA'S HYDERABAD TRAIN LINK, A PROJECT WORTH $150B, SERVING A POPULATION LARGER THAN NEW ZEALAND'S AND THE TATE ST IVES, BRITAIN'S MUSEUM OF THE YEAR. WE'RE ORIGINALLY KNOWN FOR THAT NUMBER EIGHT WIRE. NOW I THINK WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO BE RECOGNISED FOR THE QUALITY OF OUR CIVIL ENGINEERING. THERE'S MORE WORK TO DO YET, BUT WITH MOUNTAINS ALREADY MOVED AND RECOGNITION ROLLING IN, THE HARDEST PART IS DONE. SAM CLARKE, 1 NEWS. SIX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF PLANNING A VIOLENT ATTACK ON FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON. FIVE MEN AND ONE WOMAN, BELIEVED TO BE LINKED TO A FAR-RIGHT GROUP, HAD BEEN UNDER SURVEILLANCE BY FRANCE'S SECURITY AGENCY. DETAILS OF THE ALLEGED PLOT HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. THE ARRESTS COME AS PRESIDENT MACRON TOURS BATTLEFIELDS IN NORTHERN FRANCE AHEAD OF THE CENTENARY OF THE WW1 ARMISTICE. AND THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE LION AIR PLANE CRASH HAVE HELD AN EMOTIONAL SERVICE AT THE CRASH SITE IN THE JAVA SEA. 189 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN THE BOEING 737 CRASHED OFF THE COAST OF JAKARTA LAST MONTH. DIVERS ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER. A REPORT INTO THE CRASH IS EXPECTED AT THE END OF THE MONTH. AND IN AUSTRALIA A HUGE DUST STORM ROLLED THROUGH BROKEN HILL, BRINGING STIFLING 40 DEGREE HEAT. THE TOWERING WALL OF DUST, ABOUT 50M HIGH, BOTH TERRIFIED AND FASCINATED TRAVELLERS AND RESIDENTS. A PORTRAIT THAT'S DIVIDED THE MAORI WORLD FOR DECADES WILL FINALLY GO ON SHOW TONIGHT AT THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY IN WELLINGTON. AS KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS REPORTS, JOHN WALSH'S 1980 TOLAGA BAY MURAL HAS HAD A CONTROVERSIAL HISTORY. IT'S TAKEN 38 YEARS, BUT THIS GIANT ARTWORK'S FINALLY SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY. IT'S QUITE FUNNY TO LOOK BACK ON ALL THIS TIME LATER. THE 18m PAINTING OF TOLAGA BAY IN 1980 WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE LOCAL HAUITI MARAE. THIS GUY? HE'S THE LOCAL BUTCHER. IWI MEMBER AND ARTIST JOHN WALSH WANTED A CHANGE FROM PAINTING PORTRAITS. BUT HIS FINISHED PIECE WAS REJECTED. I WAS QUITE UPSET, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. HOW RADICAL IS IT? IT'S NOT REALLY RADICAL AT ALL, YOU KNOW. SOME ELDERS DIDN'T LIKE THE INCLUSION OF PAKEHA SUBJECTS OR THE ELEMENTS OF FANTASY. BUT OTHERS DISAGREED. I THINK IT'S AN HONOUR TO HAVE A PAINTING LIKE THAT. OPINIONS WERE DIVIDED IN THE MAORI AND ART COMMUNITIES. SO JOHN WALSH LEFT TOWN. LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT CONTROVERSY. THAT'S... THIS IS... THIS IS OUR PEOPLE; THIS IS OUR STORY. WAYNE NGATA SAYS IT'S NOW SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. THIS IS A MILESTONE. IT'S A GREAT MILESTONE. I HOPE IT WILL BE HEALING. I THINK FOR JOHN IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IT HAS FINALLY FOUND ITS PLACE IN THE WORLD. THE PORTRAIT GALLERY WILL DISPLAY THE PANELS FOR THREE MONTHS. SOME OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE TRAVELLED FOR THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH, INCLUDING JOHN WALSH'S SON. AND IT'S HOPED THE DEBATE WILL BE MORE CONSTRUCTIVE WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME. IT IS A GOOD STEP FORWARD, REALLY, TO HAVE THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. BUT IF IT'LL EVER BE SEEN IN THE TOWN IT PORTRAYS REMAINS UNKNOWN. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS, 1 NEWS. MICKEY MOUSE IS TURNING 90. AND TO CELEBRATE, A SELECTION OF GLOBAL DESIGNERS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS WITH A COLLECTION HONOURING THE FAMOUS FIGURE ` GUCCI, MARC JACOBS, AND OUR VERY OWN KAREN WALKER, AS INDIA LEISHMAN REPORTS. FROM DRESSING A NEW ROYAL ICON TO A 90-YEAR-OLD SUPERSTAR. KAREN WALKER HAS GONE FROM MEGHAN TO MICKEY, COLLABORATING WITH WALT DISNEY TO CREATE THIS MICKEY MOUSE-INSPIRED COLLECTION. (WHISTLES TUNE) IT WAS, LIKE, A QUARTER-OF-A-SECOND DECISION. JUST A 'YES'. AS THE ONLY AUSTRALASIAN DESIGNER ASKED, KAREN WALKER JOINS THE LIKES OF GUCCI AND MARC JACOBS ON THE BIRTHDAY PROJECT. TO BE INVITED TO SIT ALONGSIDE ALL THOSE OTHER FANTASTIC BRANDS, AND WITH DISNEY, IS A HUGE HONOUR. THE 35-PIECE COLLECTION LAUNCHES IN KAREN WALKER STORES ACROSS NEW ZEALAND AND JAPAN TODAY, AND IN LUXURY DEPARTMENT STORES INTERNATIONALLY. I LOVE THAT FEELING YOU GET, HOW THE DISNEY EXPERIENCE IS SO 360 DEGREES. IT'S NOT LIMITED JUST TO ONE THING. THE COLLECTION INCLUDES SWEATSHIRTS, EYEWEAR, T-SHIRTS AND JEWELLERY AND SHOWCASES THE CLASSIC KAREN WALKER STYLE WITH A MIX OF MICKEY. YOU'VE GOT THE BOWS, THE GLOVES, THE EYELASHES. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH YOU CAN DO WITH ALL THOSE ELEMENTS. THE DESIGNER DREW INSPIRATION FROM MEMORIES OF VISITING DISNEYLAND WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG. A VERY FORMATIVE MOMENT FOR ME WAS WHEN I WAS 7 AND MY PARENTS TOOK ME AND MY OLDER BROTHER TO DISNEYLAND. AND IT'S STILL JUST SUCH A JOYOUS EXPERIENCE FOR ME. I JUST LOVE IT. FILLED WITH POLKA DOTS AND SUNGLASSES WITH EYELASHES, THIS COLLECTION IS ANYTHING BUT MOUSEY. INDIA LEISHMAN, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD, IT'S A SPRING PICK AND MIX ON THE WEATHER FRONT. PLUS, WHY ARIANA GRANDE IS BILLBOARD'S WINNER OF THE YEAR. ARIANA GRANDE HAS BEEN NAMED BILLBOARD'S 2018 WOMAN OF THE YEAR. THE 25-YEAR-OLD SINGER JOINS A HISTORY OF ICONS WHO HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY HONORED THE AWARD, INCLUDING LADY GAGA AND TAYLOR SWIFT. HER LATEST POP ALBUM 'SWEETENER' HAS SCORED THE LARGEST STREAMING WEEK EVER BY A FEMALE ARTIST, HELPED BY HITS 'NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY'. # ...I LIKE IT, I LIKE IT. GRANDE WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE AWARD ON DECEMBER 6 IN NEW YORK. NOW TO TOMORROWS WEATHER WITH 'LITTLE MIX' FEATURING NICKI MINAJ, WITH 'WOMAN LIKE ME.' FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND JOHN GIBBS