TONIGHT ` CHURCHES WILL COME UNDER THE MICROSCOPE AS AN INQUIRY INTO THE HISTORICAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN IN STATE CARE IS WIDENED. AND THE FIRST WAVE OF STRIKING TEACHERS HITS THE STREETS, AS PART OF NATIONWIDE ROLLING STRIKES ` HOW THEIR INDUSTRIAL ACTION COULD SPREAD. AND WORLD LEADERS REMEMBERING THE WAR TO END ALL WARS ` THE FRENCH PRESIDENT'S WARNING ABOUT THE TYPE OF NATIONALISM THAT GAVE RISE TO WWI. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. A ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE HISTORICAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN IN STATE CARE WILL NOW INCLUDE RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS. IT'S THE BIGGEST INVESTIGATION OF ITS TYPE IN NEW ZEALAND HISTORY. HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. CHURCHES NOW UNDER THE MICROSCOPE OF A HISTORICAL ABUSE INQUIRY.. IT'S WHAT THE SURVIVORS WANTED MOST. I MYSELF WAS A VERY STRONG ADVOCATE FOR IT REMAINING NARROW AROUND STATE CARE, BECAUSE OF THAT DUTY OF CARE THAT WE HAVE. BUT WE HAD TO LISTEN AND WE HAVE LISTENED. IT WILL BE THE LARGEST ROYAL COMMISSION THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS UNDERTAKEN. THE INQUIRY WILL COST ALMOST 80 MILLION DOLLARS AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE FOUR YEARS. THIS IS THE COST OF US HEARING THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO BE HEARD. THE ANNOUNCMENT WAS WELCOMED TODAY BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. I THINK IT WILL HELP TO CREATE A SOCIETY IN NEW ZEALAND WHICH IS SAFE FOR CHILDREN AND FOR VULNERABLE ADULTS AND THAT'S VERY MUCH OUR FOREMOST CONCERN. THE EXPANSION TODAY MEANS NEW ZEALANDERS WHO WERE ABUSED IN SCHOOLS OR IN OTHER SETTINGS RUN BY RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO TELL THEIR STORIES TO THE COMMISSION. AND OF THE 80 MILLION DOLLARS BUDGETED FOR THE ROYAL COMMISSION, 15 WILL GO TOWARDS COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT. CONTROVERSIALLY, THE ROYAL COMMISSION ORIGINALLY PLANNED ONLY TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE ABUSED IN STATE CARE BETWEEN 1950 AND 1999. THAT'S CHANGED TOO. THE TERMS OF REFERENCE HAVE NOW BEEN EXPANDED SO THAT THERE IS DISCRETION FOR THE INQUIRY TO LISTEN TO CASES BEFORE 1950 AND AFTER 1999. SURELY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT THE ROYAL COMMISSION WILL BE ABLE TO DO IS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT WHAT IS CURRENTLY WRONG WITH THE WAY CHILDREN ARE BEING CARED FOR BY THE SYSTEM, BY THE THE ROYAL COMMISSION IS EXPECTED TO REPORT BACK IN 2023. BENEDICT COLLINS, ONE NEWS. TO THE INDUSTRIAL ACTION BY TEACHERS, AND ANOTHER DAY OF TEACHER STRIKES TOMORROW, AS THE ROLLING STRIKE CONTINUES UNTIL FRIDAY. ALMOST 30,000 PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLTEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS ARE WALKING OFF THE JOB, THE INDUSTRIAL ACTION AFFECTING MORE THEN 460,000 PUPILS; THE TEACHERS' SECOND STRIKE IN THREE MONTHS. TEACHERS IN THE AUCKLAND REGION DOWNED TOOLS TODAY. TOMORROW IT'S THE REST OF THE NORTH ISLAND, AS WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED HERE, EXCEPT FOR WELLINGTON AND AUCKLAND. ACTION HITS THE WIDER CHRISTCHURCH AREA ON WEDNESDAY, AND THEN THE REST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND ON THURSDAY. THE WELLINGTON REGION'S LAST TO WALK OFF THE JOB ON FRIDAY. FOR MORE, HERE'S NICOLE BREMNER. (CAR HORNS BEEPING, CHEERING) A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR THE FIRST WAVE OF STRIKING TEACHERS. (CAR HORNS HONK) AUCKLAND STAFF TAKING TO THE STREETS WITH A LONG LIST OF GRIEVANCES THEY CLAIM ARE UNRESOLVED, DESPITE A $690M PAY OFFER FROM THE GOVERNMENT. WE'RE JUST ALL REALLY OVERWORKED AND STRESSED, AND THAT'S OUR MAIN CONCERN. WE WANT SMALLER CLASS SIZES, AND WE WANT MORE SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS. 18 YEARS AS A PRINCIPAL, I'VE NEVER HAD A YEAR THAT'S SO HARD TO FILL POSITIONS. HUNDREDS TURNED OUT AT MEETINGS ACROSS THE CITY, THE FOCUS ON A BIG DECISION AHEAD ` ACCEPTING THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFER OR BATTLING ON NEXT YEAR. WE'RE MORE MOTIVATED THAN EVER, I THINK. IT'S REACHED A CRISIS POINT FOR ALL OF US, BUT ESPECIALLY, I'M THINKING OF THE YOUNG TEACHERS OUT THERE. THE OFFER IS A START, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT MONEY. BUT COST IS AT THE HEART OF THIS DISPUTE. WITH NO PLANS TO UP ITS OFFER, THE GOVERNMENT SAYS MOST TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE PAY RISES OF $10,000 OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THE MONEY THAT'S ON THE TABLE NOW IS THE EXTENT OF THE MONEY THAT'S GOING TO BE OFFERED. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT RECONFIGURING THE OFFER, BUT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY MORE MONEY. BUT THE NZEI'S UNMOVED, UPPING THE ANTE TODAY WITH TALK OF JOINING FORCES EARLY NEXT YEAR WITH THE SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS UNION, THE PPTA. IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY CLEARLY SETTING OUT WHAT WE'VE GOT IN FRONT OF US IF WE GO INTO A REJECT OF THE OFFER. FOR NOW, THOUGH, TEACHERS APPEAR TO HAVE PARENTS ON THEIR SIDE, DESPITE MORE STRIKES THIS WEEK. THEY'RE THE EDUCATORS OF THE NEXT GENERATION. THEY ABSOLUTELY DESERVE TO BE PAID WHAT THEY'RE WORTH. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE TEACHERS ARE OVERWORKED. THE UNION'S CLAIM IS COSTED AT $2.5B OVER FOUR YEARS. IT WOULD LEAVE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS. SOMETHING THE TEACHERS NOW HAVE A FORTNIGHT TO CONSIDER BEFORE VOTING WHETHER TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE LATEST OFFER. NICOLE BREMNER, 1 NEWS. THE WALL OF FIRE THAT'S WIPED OUT AN ENTIRE TOWN IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL EASILY BECOME THE STATE'S DEADLIEST, ALREADY CLAIMING 31 LIVES, WITH MORE THAN 200 STILL MISSING. FIREFIGHTERS ARE BATTLING SCORES OF FIRES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, AND NOW THE FORECAST THEY ALL FEAR ` STRONG WINDS. CHARLES CROUCHER FROM CHANNEL NINE REPORTS. THE TEARS OF ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES. I'M SO LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. I WENT DOWN THE CANYON TO A CREEK. IT CAME OVER ME, AND I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE. MATTHEW STRASBURG RETURNS HOME AFTER BEEN CAUGHT IN THE FIRE. HE SURVIVED; DOZENS DIDN'T. THAT'S JUST A HORRIFIC WAY TO DIE. IT'S THE SAME ALL THROUGHOUT PARADISE ` HOUSE AFTER HOUSE, STREET AFTER STREET, A WHOLE TOWN DESTROYED, THE FIRE BURNING THROUGH MORE THAN 100,000 ACRES. FOR RESIDENTS RETURNING HERE, THE THOUGHT OF 'WHAT NEXT' IS ALMOST OVERWHELMING. THE CLEAN-UP ALONE WILL TAKE MONTHS. AND THEN IT'S THE PROSPECTS OF HOW AND ` EVEN IF ` THEY REBUILD. IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO FOR ALREADY EXHAUSTED FIREFIGHTERS, FEROCIOUS DRY WINDS OF 80km/h ROARING IN AND WHIPPING UP MORE FLAMES. 250,000 PEOPLE REMAIN UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS, INCLUDING THE ENTIRE CITY OF MALIBU. SOME HAVE GONE BACK TO SEE WHAT'S LEFT, ACTOR GERARD BUTLER TWEETING THIS IMAGE, ONLY THE FRAME STILL STANDING. AND AMID THE DEVASTATION, A POLITICAL FIRESTORM, AFTER DONALD TRUMP BLAMED THE EMERGENCY ON CALIFORNIA'S FOREST MISMANAGEMENT. THE STATE'S FIRE AUTHORITY SAYS THE PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS ARE 'ILL-INFORMED, ILL-TIMED AND DEMEANING TO THOSE SUFFERING,' AS THE FIRES CONTINUE TO BURN. THE FIRES WERE FRONT AND CENTRE AT THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS IN SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, MANY CELEBRITIES LOSING THEIR HOMES IN THE DISASTER. REALITY STARS OF THE KARDASHIAN FAMILY ARE AMONG THOUSANDS STILL EVACUATED. ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP, AS SIMPLE AS DONATING TO THE MANY ORGANISATIONS THAT ARE COLLECTING SUPPLIES, NO FORM OF HELP IS TOO SMALL. THE AWARDS HONOUR THE BEST IN FILM, TV, MUSIC AND POP CULTURE. AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION HAS CLEARED DEPUTY POLICE COMMISSIONER WALLY HAUMAHA'S APPOINTMENT PROCESS. THE REPORT SAYS HIS APPOINTMENT PROCESS WAS ADEQUATE AND FIT FOR PURPOSE. IN A STATEMENT, MR HAUMAHA WELCOMED THE REPORT AND SAID HE WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT HE'D RECEIVED. I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT FROM THIS REPORT THAT THE PROCESS THAT WAS FOLLOWED HERE WAS A VERY ROBUST ONE AND THAT THE APPOINTMENT PANEL DID HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEEDED, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE INQUIRY HAS FOUND. THE OUTCOME OF AN INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY INVESTIGATION INTO BULLYING ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER IS AT LEAST ANOTHER MONTH AWAY. A STRAWBERRY FARM SUPERVISOR HAS FACED COURT ACCUSED OF PUTTING NEEDLES IN THE FRUIT IN AN ACT OF SPITE. POLICE CLAIM THE WOMAN SPIKED SEVERAL PUNNETS IN A BID TO GET REVENGE ON HER EMPLOYER. SHANNON MARSHALL-MCCORMACK REPORTS FROM CHANNEL NINE. MY UT TRINH, A VIETNAMESE REFUGEE, NOW ACCUSED OF SPARKING A NATIONAL CRISIS, PUTTING NEEDLES IN STRAWBERRIES. CONVICTED, THESE MATTERS CARRY A MAXIMUM OF 10 YEARS IN PRISON. FOLLOWING A TWO-MONTH INVESTIGATION, THE 50-YEAR-OLD FORMER BERRYLICIOUS SUPERVISOR WAS CHARGED. THE COURT HEARD THAT TRINH WAS MOTIVATED BY SPITE OR REVENGE AND PLANNED OVER SEVERAL MONTHS TO GET BACK AT HER EMPLOYER, KEVIN TRAN. IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, IT'S ALLEGED SHE PUT NEEDLES IN SEVERAL PUNNETS OF STRAWBERRIES. ON SEPTEMBER 9, A SUNSHINE COAST MAN SWALLOWED A NEEDLE IN A STRAWBERRY, THEN WAS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL. BUT IT WAS A PUNNET FOUND IN A VICTORIAN SUPERMARKET THAT BROUGHT INVESTIGATORS BACK TO TRINH, POLICE FINDING DNA ON A NEEDLE IN A PUNNET OF STRAWBERRIES THAT WAS A... WHY TRINH WAS ANGRY WITH HER BOSS IS UNCLEAR, BUT HER ALLEGED ACTIONS SAW MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF STRAWBERRIES DESTROYED. WHILE TRINH'S LAWYER INITIALLY APPLIED FOR BAIL, THE MAGISTRATE QUICKLY FORCED HIM TO WITHDRAW, THE COURT HEARING THAT TRINH WAS AT RISK OF RETRIBUTION OVER THE STRAWBERRY SCANDAL, THAT SHE COULD BE PHYSICALLY HARMED IF SHE GOT OUT. TRINH IS ONLY CHARGED WITH SEVEN COUNTS OF FOOD CONTAMINATION, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN 231 REPORTS OF TAMPERED STRAWBERRIES ACROSS 68 BRANDS. 49 OF THOSE SUPPLIERS ARE FROM QUEENSLAND, MEANING POLICE ARE NOW FOCUSED ON CATCHING THE COPYCATS. FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA'S OPENED UP ABOUT INFERTILITY AND MARRIAGE COUNSELLING IN HER FIRST BOOK, CALLED BECOMING, SET TO HIT SHELVES THIS WEEK. THE 54-YEAR-OLD SAT DOWN WITH ABC'S ROBIN ROBERTS FOR AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. YOU TALKED ABOUT LUST FOR YOUR MAN. MM-HM. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU EXPECT TO HEAR REALLY FROM THE FIRST LADY. BUT IT'S THERE. (CHUCKLES) I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU ` IT WAS THERE. IT STILL IS. (CHUCKLES) I LOVE MY HUSBAND A LOT. (CHUCKLES) MM. BUT WHILE THEIR MUTUAL AFFECTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON DISPLAY, NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME, MICHELLE IS OPENING UP ABOUT PARTS OF THEIR MARRIAGE SHE HELD DEEPLY PRIVATE FOR YEARS. FIRST ` INFERTILITY. IT TURNS OUT THAT EVEN TWO COMMITTED GO-GETTERS WITH A DEEP LOVE AND A ROBUST WORK ETHIC CAN'T WILL THEMSELVES INTO BEING PREGNANT. SHE DID GET PREGNANT, BUT THEN WEEKS LATER, SHE MISCARRIED. I FELT LOST AND ALONE, AND I FELT LIKE I FAILED. BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW COMMON MISCARRIAGES WERE, BECAUSE WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT. YEAH. WE SIT IN OUR OWN PAIN, THINKING THAT SOMEHOW, WE'RE BROKEN. SHE REVEALS THAT IT WAS WITH THE HELP OF INFERTILITY TREATMENTS THAT MALIA AND THEN SASHA WERE FINALLY CONCEIVED. THE BIOLOGICAL CLOCK IS REAL, BECAUSE EGG PRODUCTION IS LIMITED, AND I REALISED THAT AS I WAS 34 AND 35. WE HAD TO DO IVF. I THINK IT'S THE WORST THING THAT WE DO TO EACH OTHER AS WOMEN ` NOT SHARE THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR BODIES AND HOW THEY WORK AND HOW THEY DON'T WORK. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, SHE SHARES DETAILS ABOUT HOW THE STRESS OF THEIR HECTIC SCHEDULES INFILTRATED THEIR MARRIAGE. YOU WRITE ABOUT AT ONE POINT IN YOUR MARRIAGE, THAT YOU AND BARACK WENT TO MARRIAGE COUNSELLING. MM. WHY DID YOU THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHARE THAT? (SIGHS) MARRIAGE COUNSELLING FOR US WAS ONE OF THOSE WAYS WHERE WE LEARNED HOW TO TALK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES. WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT MYSELF WAS THAT MY HAPPINESS WAS UP TO ME. AND I STARTED WORKING OUT MORE. I STARTED ASKING FOR HELP ` NOT JUST FROM HIM, BUT FROM OTHER PEOPLE. I STOPPED FEELING GUILTY. I KNOW TOO MANY YOUNG COUPLES WHO STRUGGLE AND THINK THAT SOMEHOW, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM. AND I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT MICHELLE AND BARACK OBAMA, WHO HAVE A PHENOMENAL MARRIAGE AND WHO LOVE EACH OTHER, WE WORK ON OUR MARRIAGE. STILL TO COME ` 100 YEARS SINCE THE END OF WWI. HUGELY SYMBOLIC ACTS OF RECONCILIATION ARE MADE BY HEADS OF STATE IN EUROPE, AS TRIBUTES WERE ALSO ETCHED ON BRITAIN'S COASTLINE. PLUS ` A SHOPPING EXTRAVAGANZA KNOWN AS SINGLES DAY SEES INTERNET GIANT ALIBABA SMASH ITS OWN RECORD FOR THE WORLD'S BIGGEST ONLINE SALES EVENT. WORLD LEADERS HAVE GATHERED UNDER GREY SKIES TO MARK 100 YEARS SINCE THE GUNFIRE STOPPED, ENDING WORLD WAR I. IT WAS A SHOW OF UNITY, BUT THERE WERE CLEAR TENSIONS, THE FRENCH PRESIDENT WARNING WORLD LEADERS TO REJECT NATIONALISM, IN FRONT OF THE MAN THAT ALWAYS PUTS AMERICA FIRST. CHANNEL 9'S MICHAEL BEST HAS MORE. IT WAS A WAR WHOSE FRONT LINE SPLIT FRANCE. TODAY FRANCE BROUGHT THE WORLD TOGETHER. OVER THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER AT THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE, WORLD LEADERS UNITED TO REMEMBER A CONFLICT THAT CLAIMED AN ESTIMATED 16 MILLION LIVES. EMMANUEL MACRON TOLD LEADERS TO FIGHT FOR PEACE, AND DELIVERED A POWERFUL WARNING. (SPEAKS FRENCH) 'HISTORY SOMETIMES THREATENS TO RESUME ITS TRAGIC COURSE,' HE SAID. AND, IN WHAT'S BEEN VIEWED AS A THINLY VEILED SWIPE AT THE SELF-PROCLAIMED NATIONALIST DONALD TRUMP AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN, HE DETAILED HOW. (SPEAKS FRENCH) 'BECAUSE PATRIOTISM IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF NATIONALISM. 'NATIONALISM IS A BETRAYAL OF PATRIOTISM.' AMID MACRON'S PLEAS OF UNILATERALISM, DONALD TRUMP AND VLADIMIR PUTIN'S HANDSHAKE AND THUMBS UP WAS CONSPICUOUS. FOR ALL THE COMPETING INTERESTS AND, AT TIMES, DIVISION, THE WORLD'S LEADERS ARE NOW TALKING TO EACH OTHER, ENGAGING WITH EACH OTHER, NATIONS THAT WERE ONCE ENEMIES OR ALLIES TOGETHER FOR A DAY, AT LEAST. HOPE, AT LEAST, THAT MAYBE TODAY'S MESSAGE OF 'LONG LIVE PEACE' PROVES TRUE. THE ARMISTICE COMMEMORATIONS SAW PORTRAITS OF SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN ETCHED INTO THE SAND ALONG BRITAIN'S COASTLINE. THE BBC'S DUNCAN KENNEDY REPORTS. THE PIERCING EYES OF A CELEBRATED WAR POET, TODAY ETCHED ON TO THE VERY BEACH HE HAD ONCE LEFT ON HIS WAY TO BATTLE AND DEATH. FOR WILFRED OWEN, A SHORELINE FOR EMBARKATION THIS MORNING BECAME A CANVAS OF COMMEMORATION. THE PROJECT HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY THE FILM DIRECTOR DANNY BOYLE, WHO SAYS THE FACE IS A METAPHOR FOR TRAGEDY. IT'S WONDERFUL THAT THERE ARE PERMANENT STRUCTURES THAT WILL OUTLIVE US AND OUTLAST US, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO REFLECT ON OUR OWN TIME HERE, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS TEMPORARY, REALLY. AS THE TIDE EBBED AWAY, ARTISTS CRAFTED THE CONTOURS OF THE FACE. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TOOK IN THE IMAGERY, THE SYMBOLISM AND REFLECTED ON LOSS AND SACRIFICE. IT FEELS VERY MUCH LIKE HE'S HERE AND HE'S ALIVE AND HE'S, AS YOU SAY, REPRESENTING SO MANY PEOPLE. REALLY SPECIAL. THE STARES OF THE FALLEN GAZED OUT FROM 31 OTHER BEACHES, TOO. AT MORAY, IN SCOTLAND, CAPTAIN CHARLES SORLEY, DEAD AT 20. IN NORTHUMBERLAND, PRIVATE WILLIAM JONAS, WHO PERISHED AT THE SOMME. ARCHIE JEWELL, HERE IN CORNWALL, SURVIVED THE TITANIC, ONLY TO BE KILLED BY A GERMAN U-BOAT. IN LINCOLNSHIRE, LIEUTENANT BASIL HICKS DIED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF LOOS. IN FIFE, DR ELSIE INGLIS, WHO HELPED WOUNDED FRENCH SOLDIERS. WHILST IN FORMBY, VOLUNTEERS SPOKE OF THEIR ADMIRATION FOR CAPTAIN JOHN ARMITAGE, WHO FELL FIGHTING AT ARRAS. TO SEE THE TURNOUT, AND THEN PARTICULARLY THE LAST POST, AND SO MANY PEOPLE QUIET AND PAYING THEIR RESPECTS TO JOHN ARMITAGE AND FIRST WORLD WAR CASUALTIES, IT'S TRULY QUITE REMARKABLE. EVENTUALLY THE WATERS OF IMPATIENT TIDES ROLLED IN ACROSS EACH FACE, LIKE THE TEARS OF A LOST GENERATION, MASKED BY THE WAVES BUT ENDURING IN MEMORY. INTERNET GIANT ALIBABA SHATTERED ITS SALES RECORDS TODAY, WITH SHOPPERS SPENDING A TOTAL OF MORE THAN $45B IN WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS SINGLES' DAY. THE ANNUAL PROMOTION HAS BECOME THE LARGEST SHOPPING DAY IN THE WORLD. A MASSIVE SCREEN AT ALIBABA'S GALA IN SHANGHAI SHOWED THE SURGING NUMBERS IN REAL TIME. IN THE FIRST HOUR ALONE, TRANSACTIONS TOTALLED JUST SHY OF $15B. SINGLES' DAY BEGAN 10 YEARS AGO AS A VERSION OF VALENTINES DAY FOR THOSE WITHOUT A SIGNIFICANT OTHER. JUST AHEAD ` MOSTLY DRY AND FINE TOMORROW. YOUR WEATHER AHEAD, PLUS AJ HACKETT BUNGY MARKS ITS 30TH BIRTHDAY, AS YOU'D EXPECT, BY THROWING PEOPLE OFF A BRIDGE. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER, WITH THE SONG '5 DOLLARS' BY CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS. (CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS' '5 DOLLARS') # EVERY ABSENT-MINDED DAY, # I LET MYSELF CARRIED AWAY. # THEN YOU GET $5, # BABY BLUES, # $5, BABY. # KNEELING DOWN FOR ALL THEY CARED. # YOU LET THEM PAY AND WENT AHEAD. # IT IS STILL $5, # BABY BLUES, # $5, BABY. # $5, BABY BLUES, # $5, BABY. # YOU'RE EAGER AND UNASHAMED. # I GRIEVE BY DYING EVERY NIGHT, BABY... # THAT'S ALMOST IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH A LOOK AT SOME CRAZY STUNTS CARRIED OUT AS PART OF CELEBRATIONS FOR AJ HACKETT BUNGY NEW ZEALAND'S 30TH BIRTHDAY. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. THREE, TWO, ONE... (SCREAMING) # THUNDER. # THUNDER. # TH-TH-THUNDER. # THUNDER. THUNDER. # TH-TH-THUNDER. # THUNDER. FEEL THE THUNDER. # LIGHTNING AND THE THUNDER. # THUNDER. FEEL THE THUNDER. # LIGHTNING AND THE THUNDER, THUNDER, THUNDER. # THUNDER. # KIDS WERE LAUGHING IN MY CLASSES # WHILE I WAS SCHEMING FOR THE MASSES. # WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? #