TONIGHT ` HUNDREDS GATHER TO REMEMBER AND MOURN MURDERED ENGLISH TOURIST GRACE MILLANE. HER FAMILY THANKING NEW ZEALANDERS FOR TAKING HER INTO THEIR HEARTS. AND THE PRESSURE MOUNTS ON THE UK PRIME MINISTER. THERESA MAY FACES A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN HER LEADERSHIP IN JUST A FEW HOURS. AND THE PUBLIC BICKERING OVER DONALD TRUMP'S THREAT OF A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IF HE DOESN'T GET FUNDING FOR HIS BORDER WALL. CAPTIONS BY ANTONY VLUG AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 THEY GATHERED IN SILENCE TO REMEMBER A YOUNG WOMAN. THE AUCKLAND MURDER OF GRACE MILLANE, AN ENGLISH BACKPACKER, TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF MANY ` AROUND THE COUNTRY, HUNDREDS CAME TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO THE 22-YEAR-OLD AND OTHER WOMEN WHO'VE DIED AS THE RESULT OF VIOLENCE. CARLA PENMAN REPORTS. WE'LL CONNECT WITH HER. I HEARD ON MY COMMUNITY FACEBOOK GROUPS ` ASSUMED SHE'D BE FINE AND BE SOMEWHERE, COS SHE'S IN NEW ZEALAND. THEN IT WAS HORRIBLE TO HEAR WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HER. JUST 200M AWAY FROM WHERE SHE WAS LAST SEEN, HUNDREDS TURNED OUT TO REMEMBER GRACE MILLANE IN ST PATRICK'S SQUARE. I TRAVELLED ALONE FROM THE UK AS WELL, SO IT'S JUST A BIT OF A WAKE-UP CALL FOR MYSELF. MARK LONGLEY SPOKE ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER EMILY'S MURDER IN THE UK EIGHT YEARS AGO. I PARTICULARLY FELT FOR HER FATHER. HE HAD TO MAKE THE LONG JOURNEY HERE ON THE PLANE. HE WOULD'VE BEEN HOPING THAT WHEN HE GOT HERE, THERE WOULD'VE BEEN A TEXT SAYING IT WAS ALL A MISUNDERSTANDING AND GRACE HAD BEEN FOUND. THE BRITISH BACKPACKER WENT MISSING THE NIGHT BEFORE HER 22ND BIRTHDAY AN EVEN BIGGER CROWD GATHERED BY THE SKY TOWER, CANDLES AT HAND, I'VE SAID BEFORE ` THIS IS AN AWFUL OUTCOME, AND MY TEAM ARE DETERMINED TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO A YOUNG WOMAN WHO CAME TO THIS COUNTRY ON HER OE. SEVERAL OTHER VIGILS ARE BEING HELD IN UNISON AROUND THE COUNTRY. IN THE CAPITAL, MAYOR JUSTIN LESTER SPOKE OF HIS FEARS AS A FATHER OF TWO. TWO BEAUTIFUL GIRLS THAT COULD'VE BEEN IN THE SAME SITUATION. I WANT THOSE GIRLS TO GO OUT AND TO EXPLORE THE WORLD. I WANT THEM TO TRAVEL AND TO DO SO WITHOUT FEAR OF THE MEN THEY MIGHT MEET. WE SHOULD FEEL COLLECTIVELY RESPONSIBLE AS A NATION TO DO WHAT WE CAN, AND YOU CAN WITNESS IT HERE TONIGHT HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SHOWN UP FROM A CITY THAT IT DIDN'T EVEN HAPPEN IN. OTHER VIGILS TOOK PLACE IN CHRISTCHURCH AND IN NELSON. AS PEOPLE GATHER AROUND THE COUNTRY TO REMEMBER GRACE MILLANE AND OTHER VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE, THE BODY OF THE 22-YEAR-OLD HAS TODAY BEEN RETURNED TO HER FAMILY. HER FATHER, DAVID, AND UNCLE MARTIN WILL BE TAKING GRACE BACK HOME TO THE UK THIS WEEKEND. 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS GRACE'S DAD, DAVID, ATTENDED THE AUCKLAND VIGIL. EARLIER, HE'D PUT OUT A STATEMENT THANKING POLICE AND THE COUNTRY SAYING GRACE WAS NOT BORN HERE AND ONLY MANAGED TO STAY HERE A FEW WEEKS BUT IN SOME SMALL WAY, SHE WILL ALWAYS BE A KIWI. CARLA PENMAN, 1 NEWS. WE SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO FEEL SAFE WHEN WE'RE OUT, BUT GRACE MILLANE'S CASE HAS HIGHLIGHTED THAT IT ISN'T ALWAYS THE REALITY. SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF IS THAT IF YOU DO FIND YOURSELF IN TROUBLE, YOUR MOBILE PHONE IS EQUIPPED TO AUTOMATICALLY CALL EMERGENCY CONTACTS FOR HELP. HERE'S SEVEN SHARP'S MIKE THORPE WITH THE DETAILS. ALERTING EMERGENCY CONTACTS IS EASY WITH THE SOS FEATURE ON BOTH IPHONE AND ANDROID. NOT ONLY CAN IT ALERT SERVICES TO YOUR WHEREABOUTS VIA GPS, BUT ALSO SEND UPDATES OF YOUR LOCATION IF YOU MOVE. IF YOU HAVE AN IPHONE 7 OR OLDER, YOU CAN DO THIS BY PRESSING THE POWER BUTTON FIVE TIMES QUICKLY. YOU CAN ALSO TURN OFF THAT AUDIO ALERT IF YOU PREFER. IF YOU HAVE AN IPHONE 8 OR NEWER, YOU'LL NEED TO HOLD DOWN THE SIDE POWER BUTTON WITH A VOLUME BUTTON AT THE SAME TIME. YOU'LL HAVE TO SET UP YOUR EMERGENCY CONTACTS BEFOREHAND, BUT YOUR PHONE WILL AUTOMATICALLY CALL 111. ANDROID PHONES ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. WITH A SAMSUNG S8, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU PRESS THE POWER BUTTON THREE TIMES QUICKLY. THAT WILL NOT ONLY ALERT EMERGENCY SERVICES BUT ALSO MAKE A FIVE-SECOND AUDIO RECORDING AND SEND A PHOTO FROM BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK CAMERA OF YOUR PHONE. IT'S WORTH SPENDING THE TIME TO SET THESE UP. WITHIN THE LAST HOUR, THREE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS STRIKE ACTION, AFFECTING 120,000 AIR TRAVELLERS, HAS BEEN CALLED OFF. AIR NEW ZEALAND'S ENGINEERS HAD THREATENED TO STRIKE FOR THREE DAYS FROM DECEMBER 21ST, WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED TRAVEL CHAOS. THE AIRLINE TONIGHT SAYING IT'S PLEASED TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIONS. UNION MEMBERS WILL NOW VOTE ON A REVISED OFFER. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY HAS SPENT THE DAY IN EUROPE ASKING FOR HELP TO RESCUE HER BELEAGUERED BREXIT DEAL. BUT IT'S HER OWN POLITICAL FUTURE THAT HANGS IN THE BALANCE TONIGHT. JOINING US NOW IS EUROPE CORRESPONDENT JOY REID WITH SOME DEVELOPING NEWS. IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS WE HAVE JUST FOUND OUT THAT THERESA MAY WELL FACE A VOTE OF NO-CONFIDENCE AND HER LEADERSHIP. THAT'S BECAUSE 15% OR 48 MPS, ONLY CONSERVATIVE PARTY HAVE WRITTEN SECRET LETTERS TO ASK FOR A VOTE TO BE CARRIED OUT. WE HAVE JUST HEARD FROM THERESA MAY IN THE LAST HOUR AND SHE LOOKED A LITTLE NERVOUS. BUT SHE HAS COME OUT DEFIANT, SAYING SHE WILL CONTEST THAT VOTE WITH EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAS GOT. ADDING THAT CHANGING LEADER WILL PUT THE COUNTRY AT RISK AND CREATE UNCERTAINTY AT A TIME WHEN THE COUNTRY CAN LEAST AFFORD IT. THIS HAS COME ABOUT BECAUSE SHE HAS STRUGGLED TO GET HER DEAL THROUGH PARLIAMENT. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE VOTED ON YESTERDAY, BUT THE VOTE WAS DELAYED. THAT HAS ANGERED A LOT OF PEOPLE AND CLEARLY PROMPTED THEM TO WRITE THE SECRET LETTERS. IF THERESA MAY WINS, SHE NEEDS 159 MPS, HALF OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY, TO VOTE FOR HER. AND AFTER THAT THEY CANNOT BE FURTHER LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES WITHIN THE YEAR. THE QUESTION IS IF SHE LOSES. SHE WON'T BE ABLE TO STAND IN THE FUTURE LEADERSHIP CONTESTS. AND SHE WILL NEED TO STAY ON AS A CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER UNTIL A NEW LEADER COULD BE ELECTED. THAT IS A PROCESS THAT COULD TAKE SIX WEEKS OR MORE. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS NEW PRIME MINISTER WOULD DO IS DELAY THE BREXIT EXIT DATE, WHICH IS SET DOWN TO 29 MARCH. THEY WILL NEED TO GO BACK TO THE EUROPEAN UNION AND SAY WE CAN'T GET IT SORTED BY THEN AND WILL NEED TO DELAY IT. BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING WE WILL FIND OUT IN THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO. BUT IT IS MORE UNCERTAINTY AND CHAOS IN BRITISH POLITICS. THANKS. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT JOY REID LIVE FROM LONDON. A GUNMAN WHO OPENED FIRE AT THE OLDEST CHRISTMAS MARKET IN FRANCE SLIPPED PAST POLICE ON THE MORNING OF THE ATTACK WHEN OFFICERS TRIED AND FAILED TO ARREST HIM. THREE PEOPLE WERE SHOT DEAD IN THE TERROR ATTACK IN STRASBOURG. THE SUSPECT IS STILL ON THE RUN. CHANNEL NINE'S MICHAEL BEST REPORTS. TRIAGE UNDER TWINKLING LIGHTS. (SCREAMING) BODIES LIE ON THE STREETS OF STRASBOURG ` THE SO-CALLED CAPITAL OF CHRISTMAS NOW THE LATEST HOME OF TERROR. (WOMAN SCREAMS) VICTIMS WERE KILLED IN THE CROWDS WHILE ENJOYING THE CITY'S FAMOUS MARKET. (MEN SHOUT) (GUNSHOTS) BYSTANDERS RUSHED TO HELP. A TOURIST FROM THAILAND COULDN'T BE REVIVED. ACROSS THE CITY, THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARNAGE STILL AT LARGE. (GUNSHOTS) POLICE OPENED FIRE, THE SUSPECT BRIEFLY IN THEIR SIGHTS. THEY MANAGED TO WOUND HIM, BUT HE ESCAPED. AS THE HUNT ESCALATED, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE SENT INTO LOCKDOWN. AUSTRALIAN STUDENT TAYLAH SHRADER TAKING COVER AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE. BIT NERVE-WRACKING. LIKE, YOU CAN HEAR HELICOPTERS GOING OVER AT THE MOMENT WHILE THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR HIM. THAT GUNMAN IS LOCAL CHEKATT CHERIF (29), A KNOWN EXTREMIST. POLICE RAIDED HIS HOME JUST HOURS BEFORE THE ATTACK OVER AN ARMED ROBBERY. THEY FOUND GRENADES, BUT CHERIF MANAGED TO FLEE. IT'S BEEN ALMOST TWO YEARS TO THE DAY SINCE A TRUCK PLOUGHED INTO A POPULAR CHRISTMAS MARKET IN BERLIN, KILLING 12 PEOPLE. (PLAYS 'TIME TO SAY GOODBYE' ON VIOLIN) MILLIONS OF PEOPLE VISIT THESE MARKETS EVERY YEAR. NOW, THOUGH, ITS MERRY LANES ARE EMPTY. TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A CAR AND TRUCK COLLIDED ON STATE HIGHWAY 1 NEAR BURNHAM, JUST OUTSIDE CHRISTCHURCH. POLICE SAY THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF A SMALL CAR DIED AT THE SCENE AFTER THEIR VEHICLE CROSSED THE CENTRE LINE, HITTING THE TRUCK HEAD-ON. THE CRASH CLOSED THE ROAD FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. POLICE SAY THE TWO VICTIMS WERE LOCAL RESIDENTS. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL WITH MODERATE INJURIES. IN A HEATED CLASH AT THE WHITE HOUSE, DONALD TRUMP HAS DECLARED HE'D BE PROUD TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT IF HE DOESN'T GET FUNDING FOR THE BORDER WALL. THE EXTRAORDINARY ROW PLAYING OUT IN FRONT OF ROLLING CAMERAS. THE PRESIDENT TRADING BARBS WITH TOP DEMOCRATS, WHO DESCRIBED THE MEETING AS A 'TICKLE CONTEST WITH A SKUNK'. ALEXIS DAISH FROM CHANNEL NINE REPORTS. THERE WAS FINGER-POINTING,... NANCY, I NEED 10 VOTES FROM CHUCK. ...CUTTING OFF,... YOU DON'T WANNA SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT. LET ME JUST FINISH ` COS YOU CAN'T GET YOUR WAY. ...AND THEN THINGS GOT PERSONAL. WHEN THE PRESIDENT BRAGS THAT HE WON NORTH DAKOTA AND INDIANA, HE'S IN REAL TROUBLE. WELL, I DID. THE SHOWDOWN PLAYED OUT ON LIVE TV ` TOP DEMOCRATS TAKING US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS $5 BILLION DEMAND FOR A BORDER WALL HEAD-ON. 20 TIMES YOU HAVE CALLED FOR ` 'I WILL SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT IF I DON'T GET MY WALL.' NONE OF US HAVE SAID` YOU WANNA KNOW SOMETHING? YOU'VE SAID IT. OK, YOU WANNA PUT THAT ON ME. YOU'VE SAID IT. I'LL TAKE IT. BOY, THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY. I'D CALL IT MIND-BLOWING, SURREAL. THE OVAL OFFICE MEETING DESCENDED INTO SQUABBLING AFTER TRUMP THREATENED TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT. IF WE DON'T GET WHAT WE WANT, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH YOU, THROUGH A MILITARY, THROUGH ANYTHING YOU WANNA CALL, I WILL SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT. OK, FAIR ENOUGH. WE DISAGREE. AND I'M PROUD. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. WE DISAGREE. I AM PROUD TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT FOR BORDER SECURITY, CHUCK. THIS TEMPER TANTRUM THAT HE SEEMS TO THROW WILL NOT GET HIM HIS WALL, AND IT'LL HURT A LOT OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE HE WILL CAUSE A SHUTDOWN. AND IT APPEARS THE PRESIDENT'S THREATS TO DO SO ARE ALREADY HURTING PEOPLE HERE IN AMERICA, WITH THE STOCK MARKET TAKING A DIVE DURING THAT FIERY MEETING. WITHIN MINUTES, THE DOW DIPPED MORE THAN 150 POINTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY. STILL TO COME ` TIME MAGAZINE NAMES ITS PERSON OF THE YEAR. AND IN AN ERA OF FAKE NEWS, A GROUP OF JOURNALISTS RECEIVE THE HONOUR. LAVA IS FLOWING IN CANTERBURY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX MILLION YEARS. WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S BEHIND THIS EXPERIMENT. (OPERA MUSIC PLAYS TINNILY) I want the blue one! I want the blue one. So looking for a car? Who for? For me. My daughter. Lovely colour, isn't it? Give ya a bit of a rundown on this car. Is it your first car? You're the boss? Or is Dad the boss? Me. This car, as you can see, you got the airbag at the front. Yup. But this car doesn't have airbags on the side, um, of the... It's got a 1-star safety rating. Very low protection in a head-on crash, so this engine's gonna come all the way up to meet you. Bang! Snap the neck like that. (WHIMPERS SOFTLY) And then you'll be` stop talking ` really quiet, and then no more chatterbox, like you were before. You'll be turned inside-out, basically, if you get hit in the side ` unrecognisable. And your daughter will be the same. WOMAN: Think we need to keep looking. (OPERA MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING TINNILY) A WARNING TONIGHT OVER VAPING, WITH A LEADING RESPIRATORY SPECIALIST SAYING THE PRACTICE HAS ITS OWN HEALTH RISKS. 'E' CIGARETTES ARE OFTEN PROMOTED AS A SAFE ALTERNATIVE TO SMOKING AND A WAY TO KICK THE HABIT, BUT DOCTORS SAY IT'S NOT A CURE. MEI HERON WITH THAT STORY. DID YOU SAY I'D FEEL BETTER SMOKING PHILLIP MORRIS? YES, YOU WILL FEEL BETTER. WHAT WAS OK IN THE '60S APPALS US WITH HINDSIGHT. NOW IT'S NAIVETY OVER E-CIGARETTES THAT'S CAUSING ALARM. I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY CONCLUSIVE RESEARCH THAT IT'S REALLY BAD FOR YOU. THE JURY'S OUT ON VAPING STILL. EXACTLY THE ATTITUDES WORRYING RESPIRATORY DOCTORS. THERE SEEMS TO BE A COMMON MISCONCEPTION THAT VAPING IS SAFE ON THE AIRWAYS, AND THIS IS MOST CERTAINLY NOT TRUE. VAPING WAS LEGALISED HERE EARLY LAST YEAR, SEEN AS A SAFER ALTERNATIVE TO SMOKING, BUT DOCTORS CAUTION IT STILL COMES WITH HEALTH RISKS ` DAMAGING AIRWAYS, CAUSING INFLAMMATION AND LOSS OF LUNG FUNCTION. YES, THESE THINGS MAY BE BETTER THAN SMOKING, BUT WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT'S THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE CONSUMER PRODUCT EVER INTRODUCED INTO THE COUNTRY, IT'S NOT A MASSIVE HURDLE TO GET OVER. WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE TAKEN UP BY YOUNG PEOPLE. WE WANT THEM JUST TO BE USED BY EXISTING SMOKERS. WHILE IT'S ILLEGAL FOR UNDER-18S TO BUY E-CIGARETTES, THE MARKET IS UNREGULATED. THE LATEST STATISTICS SHOW 28% OF TEENAGERS HAVE TRIED E-CIGARETTES. THAT TREND ECHOED OVERSEAS, AND IN THE UNITED STATES, AUTHORITIES APPEAR TO BE REGRETTING THEIR RELAXED STANCE ON VAPING. OUR GOVERNMENT HOPES TO BRING IN NEW RULES NEXT YEAR, WHICH INCLUDE ` BUT VAPING'S STILL SEEN AS A VITAL TOOL IN REACHING THE COUNTRY'S 2025 SMOKE-FREE GOAL. THERE ARE ABOUT 5000 SMOKING-RELATED DEATHS IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND TODAY, SO WE WILL HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN AS A GOVERNMENT TO SAVE LIVES. WE DON'T WANT TO BE BLINDED BY THIS 'VAPING IS GOING TO BE 'THIS WONDERFUL CURE.' IT'S NOT. A WARNING THAT A PRODUCT PROMOTED AS PART OF THE SOLUTION COULD ITSELF BECOME A PROBLEM. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS. THEY'VE BEEN PERSECUTED, IMPRISONED TORTURED AND MURDERED, BUT TODAY TIME MAGAZINE DECLARED JOURNALISTS IN PERIL, INCLUDING JAMAHL KHASHOGGI, IT'S PERSON OF THE YEAR. THE ANNUAL HONOUR COMES IN AN ERA OF FAKE NEWS AND VERY REAL THREATS. HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S CHARLES CROUCHER. FOUR COVERS REPRESENTING THOUSANDS SERVING BILLIONS. JOURNALISTS UNDER THREAT. CHRISTENED THE GUARDIANS, NOW TIME'S PERSON OF THE YEAR. AS WE ASSESSED OUR OPTIONS IN RECENT MONTHS, WE REALISED THAT THERE WAS A COMMON THREAD THAT RAN THROUGH MANY OF THEM, AND THAT IS THIS WAR ON TRUTH, WHICH IS VERY GLOBAL. THE ANNOUNCEMENT MADE THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF THE KILLING OF JAMAHL KHASHOGGI AND RESTRICTED PRESS FREEDOMS AROUND THE WORLD. AT A MOMENT WHEN THEY COULD EASILY THROW UP THEIR HANDS IN DESPAIR, THEY'VE ACTUALLY HUNKERED DOWN EVEN FURTHER IN THE VALUE OF THEIR WORK. IN JUNE, FIVE MEMBERS OF STAFF WERE KILLED AT THE CAPITAL GAZETTE IN MARYLAND. THEIR COLLEAGUES PUT OUT A PAPER THE VERY NEXT DAY. NOW THEY HAVE A COVER OF THEIR OWN. WE NEVER WANTED TO BE THE MARTYRS FOR COMMUNITY JOURNALISM. I THINK AT THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY, WE VIOLENCE OR WORDS OF VIOLENCE ARE SO EASY TO THROW OUT THERE, IT'S A LITTLE SCARIER. RUNNERS-UP INCLUDED VLADIMIR PUTIN, WHO REGULARLY IMPRISONS REPORTERS, AND THE MAN THAT COINED 'FAKE NEWS', DONALD TRUMP. THEY ARE THE FAKE, FAKE, DISGUSTING NEWS. THREE WEEKS AGO, THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED ABOUT HIS CHANCES. I'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE. I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYBODY ELSE OTHER THAN TRUMP. CAN YOU IMAGINE ANYBODY OTHER THAN TRUMP? HUH? HAVE A GOOD TIME, EVERYBODY! FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX MILLION YEARS, LAVA IS FLOWING IN CANTERBURY, BUT THERE'S NO RISK TO HUMANS OR HOUSES. CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS ARE TURNING VOLCANIC ROCK BACK INTO LIQUID FORM TO HELP PREDICT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN AN ERUPTION. JENDY HARPER EXPLAINS. PLACE CRUSHED VOLCANIC ROCK INTO AN OVEN, HEAT FOR SEVERAL HOURS AT 1350 DEGREES CELSIUS, REMOVE WHEN MELTED FOR THE PERFECT BATCH OF HOMEMADE LAVA. I DISCOVERED THIS FURNACE EXISTED IN CANTERBURY, AND I GOT VERY EXCITED, COS IT WAS ALWAYS A BIT OF A DREAM THAT WE COULD MELT ROCKS. USING CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY'S LAVA LABORATORY TO MODEL THE REAL THING. THE IDEA IS WE CAN THEN APPLY THIS TO FILMING OUT THE WINDOW OF A HELICOPTER ` THERE'S A BIG LAVA CHANNEL GOING DOWN THE STREETS OF AUCKLAND ` AND THEN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE PROPERTIES OF THE LAVA. HOW IT MOVES, WHERE IT WILL GO AND AT WHAT SPEED, MEASURING THE VISCOSITY, OR LEVEL OF STICKINESS. UP TILL NOW, SCIENTISTS HERE HAVE RELIED ON GOLDEN SYRUP AS A LAVA SUBSTITUTE. IT GETS EVERYWHERE ` ON THE FLOOR, THE WALLS, YOUR SHOES, DOWN TO THE OFFICE, THE COMPUTER DESK... I'VE HAD IT ON THE MICROSCOPES. ONE ADVANTAGE OF SYRUP, THOUGH ` THERE'S NO NEED TO SUIT UP. IT'S REALLY HOT. IT BURNS THROUGH THE OVERALLS. SCIENTISTS FROM HAWAII ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN THE WAKE OF THIS YEAR'S UNPRECEDENTED THREE-MONTH-LONG ERUPTION OF KILAUEA AND LAVA FLOWS WHICH SLOWLY DEVOURED WHOLE SUBURBS. HERE I'VE GOT A PIECE OF LAVA THAT I AND I SCOOPED OUT OF A MOVING LAVA FLOW IN HAWAII. THE FURNACE HAS BEEN USED BY FINE ARTS STUDENTS TO MELT BRONZE FOR STATUES; THEY'RE NOW INTERESTED IN USING THE LEFTOVER LAVA TO CREATE ART PIECES TOO. JENDY HARPER, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THE WAY IN YOUR WEATHER. AND TIS THE SEASON. WE TAKE IN SOME OF THE BEST OF AUCKLAND FAMOUS FRANKLIN ROAD CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH DAVID BOWIE ` 'OH! YOU PRETTY THINGS' OFF THE CLASSIC ALBUM 'HUNKY DORY'. (DAVID BOWIE'S 'OH! YOU PRETTY THINGS') THAT'S ALMOST IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE YOU NOW WITH SOME VIEWS OF THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS FROM AUCKLAND'S FRANKLIN ROAD IN FREEMANS BAY, TO A SOUNDTRACK OF BING CROSBY AND DAVID BOWIE. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. (BING CROSBY & DAVID BOWIE'S 'THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY/PEACE ON EARTH') CAPTIONS BY ANTONY VLUG AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018