TONIGHT ` HOLIDAYS TO AUSTRALIA ARE EXPECTED TO BE BACK ON FROM EARLY NEXT YEAR, SO HOW WILL IT WORK IN A COVID WORLD? PARTS OF BYRON BAY WASHED AWAY IN A MAMMOTH STORM. ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST FAMOUS BEACHES IS HIT HARD, WITH SOME GETTING TOO CLOSE. AND HE WAS THE COLD WAR SPY WHO BECAME AN ACCLAIMED WRITER ` A LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE OF WORLD RENOWNED AUTHOR JOHN LE CARRE. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND JOSHUA TAIT CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2020 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. AN EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR KIWIS FROM THE GOVERNMENT, TODAY ANNOUNCING A TRAVEL BUBBLE WITH AUSTRALIA. THERE'S NO SET DATE, BUT CABINET TODAY AGREEING IN PRINCIPAL TO THE BUBBLE. THE COOK ISLANDS WILL STILL BE IN FIRST PLACE, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO FLY TO AND FROM AUSTRALIA WITH NO QUARANTINE BY THE END OF MARCH. AND AS ZION DAYAL REPORTS, IF YOU WANT TO FLY ANYWHERE OVERSEAS THIS CHRISTMAS, NONE OF THEM AT AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TODAY. BUT THERE IS AN EARLY GIFT FOR HOLIDAYMAKERS. A TRANS-TASMAN TRAVEL BUBBLE IS COMING. MAIN THING IS TO TRAVEL JUST TO VISIT FAMILY. WE HAVEN'T SEEN FAMILY FOR A WHILE THROUGH THIS WHOLE YEAR. MY SISTER LIVES OVER IN MELBOURNE, SO IT'D BE NICE TO SEE HER. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, EH. I'D BE KEEN TO GO OVER. TRIALS STARTED MONTHS AGO TO MAKE THE INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL COVID-FRIENDLY. AUCKLAND'S INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL WILL BE SPLIT INTO TWO SELF-CONTAINED ZONES, MEANING PASSENGERS COMING IN FROM COUNTRIES THAT ARE A PART OF THE TRAVEL BUBBLE WON'T CROSS OVER WITH THOSE REQUIRED TO ISOLATE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T ALLOW THOSE WHO ARE WITHIN A SAFE TRAVEL BUBBLE TO EVER INTERMINGLE WITH THOSE WHO ARE ARRIVING FROM HIGH-RISK ZONES. AND THAT'S ALL ABOUT KEEPING NEW ZEALAND SAFE FROM COVID-19. BOTH GOVERNMENTS HAVE AGREED ON A TRANS-TASMAN REUNION BY THE END OF MARCH. IT'LL MEAN NO MANAGED ISOLATION AT EITHER END. FAMILIES CAN BE BACK TOGETHER IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. FRIENDS CAN BE BACK TOGETHER IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. AND FLIGHTS CAN BE FULL IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, WHICH IS GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY. DESPITE HAVING MONTHS TO PREPARE, THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THEY'RE STILL WORKING OUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S AN OUTBREAK IN AUSTRALIA. IF WE END UP WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW ZEALANDERS IN AUSTRALIA, THEN WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BRING THEM BACK THROUGH OUR MANAGED ISOLATION FACILITY. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ALTERNATIVES IN PLACE IN THE EVENT WE HAD TO BRING THEM HOME. THAT ALTERNATIVE ` SELF-ISOLATING AT HOME. THAT HASN'T BEEN OUR PREFERENCE IN THE PAST. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO SATISFY OURSELVES AS A CABINET. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M SLIGHTLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT THEY HAVEN'T REALLY ADDRESSED THE FACT THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE USING AUSTRALIA AS ONE OF THE ROUTES BACK TO NEW ZEALAND. SO FROM OTHER PLACES. THIS EXPERT BELIEVES AUSTRALIANS COMING HERE WILL NEED TO USE OUR COVID APP. THEY COULD BE REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY HAVE A TRACING APP ON THEIR PHONE SO THEIR MOVEMENTS COULD BE TRACKED FOR A PERIOD OF ONE TO TWO WEEKS JUST TO GIVE US ANOTHER LEVEL OF SECURITY. FOR NOW, WE CAN LOOK AHEAD TO 2021 WITH A SMALL STEP TOWARDS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS. BYRON BAY IN NEW SOUTH WALES IS NOT A PLACE TO VISIT FOR NOW. THE MAIN BEACH HAS BEEN RAVAGED BY KING TIDES THAT SWALLOWED THE COASTLINE TODAY, BRINGING DOWN TREES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. CHANNEL 9'S HANNAH SINCLAIR HAS MORE ON THE DESTRUCTIVE SUPERSTORM. WE KNOW THE OCEAN IS POWERFUL, AND TODAY IT SHOWED US ONCE AGAIN. A KING TIDE TOOK ON TREES... AND WON. AT CLARKES BEACH IN BYRON BAY, A MAN TRIED TO GET A PHOTO ON A WALKWAY THAT WAS CLOSED, AND IT COLLAPSED. OH MY GOD. STILL CLUTCHING HIS PHONE AND APPARENTLY NOT HURT, HE CLIMBED BACK UP, BUT THE DEBRIS LEFT BEHIND WAS SUBSTANTIAL. WHOA! OH! A CAFE PERCHED ON TOP OF THESE SAND DUNES WAS TESTED, BUT A LINE OF DEFENCE PUT IN PLACE A MONTH AGO SAVED THE DAY. WE'RE WITNESSING MOTHER NATURE PUT ON A HELL OF A SHOW. FORTUNATELY, WE'RE IN A VERY PROTECTED CORNER OF THE BEACH. THE EAST-FACING BEACHES ARE TAKING A REAL HAMMERING. BYRON'S ICONIC MAIN BEACH DISAPPEARED THIS MORNING AS THE WAVES JOINED THE ROAD AND WASHED CARS IN THE CAR PARK. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 15 YEARS AND IT'S DISINTEGRATING. AND TO SEE IT COMING UP OVER THE CAR PARK, I DON'T EVEN THINK THEY'RE SAFE STANDING HERE. THE WORST I'VE EVER SEEN IT, AND IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD. LOCALS SAY THE BEACH EROSION HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. I'VE BEEN SAD ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE, AND THIS IS JUST THE LATEST INSTALMENT OF WHAT'S GOING ON. THE KING TIDE THAT WASHED AWAY THIS AMOUNT OF THE BEACH WAS MORE THAN 20% LARGER THAN THE NORMAL PEAK FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. TOMORROW'S TIDE IS FORECAST TO BE EVEN BIGGER, BUT THE BUREAU SAYS THE SWELL WON'T BE AS FEROCIOUS. YEAH, WE'LL GET THROUGH IT AND WE'LL REBOUND LIKE MOTHER NATURE WILL LET OUR BEACHES DO AS WELL. BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S A PRETTY PAINFUL EXPERIENCE TO WITNESS. PARLIAMENT'S UNDER-FIRE SPEAKER TREVOR MALLARD WILL BE GRILLED BY A SELECT COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY. MR MALLARD FALSELY ACCUSED A WORKER AT PARLIAMENT OF RAPE, LEADING TO A DEFAMATION CASE WHICH COST TAXPAYERS MORE THAN $333,000. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS SHE'S SPOKEN TO HIM ABOUT THE INCIDENT, AND HE KNOWS HE MESSED UP. HE HAS MADE A MISTAKE. IT IS VERY CLEAR. WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IF HE HADN'T. HOWEVER, IT IS ALSO FOR HIM TO MAKE SURE HE IS AVAILABLE, BOTH TO PARLIAMENTARIANS AND THEREFOR TO TAXPAYERS, TO GIVE EXPLANATION OVER WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE. MR MALLARD AGAIN REFUSED TO ANSWER MEDIA QUESTIONS TODAY. THE CHIEF OMBUDSMAN SAYS AUCKLAND PRISON NEEDS TO CHANGE. AFTER A SNAP INSPECTION UNCOVERED SEVERAL FAILINGS AND SIGNIFICANT STAFFING ISSUES. PETER BOSHIER'S REPORT INTO PAREMOREMO REVEALS SOME MAXIMUM-SECURITY INMATES WERE LOCKED IN THEIR CELLS FOR 22-TO-23 HOURS A DAY. STAFF SHORTAGES MEAN PRISONERS WERE OFTEN UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES OR MEDICAL ASSESSMENTS. MORE THAN A THIRD OF INMATES REPORTED BEING ASSAULTED IN THE PRISON, WITH 12 CLAIMING THEY'VE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. CORRECTIONS HAS ACCEPTED OR PARTIALLY ACCEPTED ALL OF THE REPORT'S FINDINGS. DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE'S NOT PLANNING ON TAKING PFIZER'S COVID-19 VACCINE, AS THE IMMUNISATION ROLL OUT BEGINS IN THE U.S. THE PRESIDENT'S ALSO WALKED BACK ON PLANS FOR WHITE HOUSE STAFF TO BE FIRST IN LINE FOR THE JAB, UNLESS DEEMED NECESSARY. CHANNEL 9'S TIM ARVIER REPORTS. PACKED UP AND SHIPPED OUT. (REVERSING ALARM BEEPS) PFIZER'S VACCINE ON ITS WAY TO ALL 50 STATES, TO THE DELIGHT OF SPECTATORS. THIS IS, LIKE, SO EXCITING. THIS IS HISTORY. READY FOR THE FIRST VACCINATIONS. WELL, MY HOPE, AGAIN, IS THAT THIS HAPPENS VERY EXPEDITIOUSLY, HOPEFULLY TOMORROW. THREE MILLION DOSES ARE BEING SENT IN THE FIRST SHIPMENT, AND AUTHORITIES SAY TENS OF MILLIONS MORE WILL SOON BE ON THE WAY. WE THINK WE'LL BE UP TO 50 MILLION TOTAL VACCINATIONS ` OF PEOPLE ` BY THE END OF JANUARY, AND 100 MILLION SHOTS IN ARMS BY THE END OF FEBRUARY. FIRST IN LINE WILL BE HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND THE VULNERABLE, AS WELL AS SPECIFIED WHITE HOUSE STAFF, BUT NOT THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, DONALD TRUMP TWEETING TODAY... THIS IS DESPITE FORMER PRESIDENTS OBAMA, BUSH AND CLINTON OFFERING TO GET THE JAB ON TV. IF I WASN'T PRESIDENT, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A VACCINE FOR FIVE YEARS. MR TRUMP CLAIMING CREDIT AHEAD OF HIS ELECTION D-DAY TOMORROW. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WILL MEET TOMORROW TO FORMALLY CERTIFY JOE BIDEN'S FEDERAL ELECTION VICTORY. THE PRESIDENT-ELECT THEN PLANS TO ADDRESS THE NATION, DELIVERING A SPEECH ABOUT THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF AMERICA'S DEMOCRACY. GERMANY IS GOING INTO HARD LOCKDOWN FOR CHRISTMAS WITH SOFTER MEASURES FAILING TO SLOW COVID'S SPREAD. CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL'S BLAMING HOLIDAY SHOPPING FOR RECORD NUMBERS OF INFECTIONS AND DEATHS. MOST SHOPS WILL BE CLOSED FOR NEARLY A MONTH, AND EVEN FAMILY VISITS OVER CHRISTMAS ARE TO BE STRICTLY LIMITED. OUTDOOR NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATIONS ARE ALL BUT CANCELLED. GERMANY'S BEEN IN SOFT LOCKDOWN MODE FOR SIX WEEKS WITH BARS AND RESTAURANTS CLOSED, BUT SHOPS AND SCHOOLS REMAINING OPEN. TOP-UP PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR THOUSANDS OF CANTERBURY HOMEOWNERS WHO SETTLED THEIR EARTHQUAKE CLAIMS WITH GOVERNMENT-OWNED INSURANCE COMPANY SOUTHERN RESPONSE. IT FOLLOWS A LONG LEGAL BATTLE, WHICH WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT. 10 YEARS AFTER EARTHQUAKES RAVAGED CANTERBURY, THE WILLIAMSONS HAVE FOUND A NEW PLACE TO CALL HOME. BUT WHEREVER THEY GO, TWO WORDS FOLLOW THEM ` SOUTHERN RESPONSE. THIS TODAY, IT'S A HALF-PIE VICTORY, AND I THINK IT'S A CROCK. THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED INSURANCE COMPANY IS FIGHTING A MASSIVE CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT INVOLVING 3000 CLAIMANTS WHO SAY THEY WERE SHORT-CHANGED AFTER THE QUAKES. AND TODAY, AFTER THE COMPANY'S LOSS IN THE SUPREME COURT, A WHITE FLAG OF SORTS. SOUTHERN RESPONSE HAVE APPLIED TO THE COURTS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTACT CLAIMANTS DIRECTLY, AND THAT PROCESS WILL PLAY OUT IN THE NEW YEAR. WE'RE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE TREATED FAIRLY. THE GOVERNMENT RELENTING, APPROVING WHAT IT CALLS A 'TOP-UP' PAYMENT FOR THOUSANDS OF POLICY HOLDERS WHO SETTLED BEFORE OCTOBER 2014. IT WANTS TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN THROUGH AN INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. AS THE NEW MINISTER RESPONSIBLE IN THIS AREA, I'M VERY KEEN TO SEE THIS HISTORIC INJUSTICE PUT RIGHT. BUT THOSE WHO'VE FOUGHT FOR YEARS ARE RELUCTANT TO DEAL DIRECT. WHY POLICY HOLDERS WOULD IMMEDIATELY THINK THAT WAS ATTRACTIVE WHEN SOUTHERN RESPONSE WITHHELD ALL THIS MONEY FOR SO MANY YEARS, WE DON'T KNOW. THEY'D RATHER HAVE THE TERMS SET BY THE COURT. THEY HAVE TAKEN NO STEPS TO COMMUNICATE WITH US WHATSOEVER. LOOK, I'M NOT REALLY IN A POSITION TO COMMENT. THE GOVERNMENT WON'T SAY WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST, BUT LAWYERS CLAIM IT COULD REACH AS HIGH AS $500 MILLION. CLAIMANTS LIKE THE WILLIAMSONS SAY THEY'VE COME THIS FAR AND THEY'RE NOT ABOUT TO GIVE UP NOW. WE WANT JUSTICE FOR OTHER PEOPLE, NOT JUST OUR CASE; WE WANT JUSTICE FOR EVERYONE THAT WAS SCREWED BY SOUTHERN RESPONSE BEFORE 2014. A HEARING'S LIKELY IN THE NEW YEAR BRINGING THEM OH-SO-CLOSE TO THE END OF THEIR LONG, LONG FIGHT. THOMAS MEAD, 1 NEWS. FIRE RESTRICTIONS COULD BE INTRODUCED IN CHRISTCHURCH LATER THIS WEEK, WITH TEMPERATURES SET TO SOAR. INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL TRYING TO FIND THE CAUSE OF FRIDAY'S BLAZE IN THE PORT HILLS, AS MADDY LLOYD REPORTS. RETURNING FOR THE FIRST TIME, KESTER VOS ASSESSING HIS BLACKENED PORT HILLS SECTION AFTER WITNESSING A BLAZE RIP THROUGH IT LAST WEEK. SO YOU JUST BASICALLY WATCHED IT ALL UNFOLD? RIGHT UNTIL THE LAST FLAME KIND OF WENT FLICKER, YES. HE LOST THIS SHED, COMPLETELY SWALLOWED BY THE FLAMES. I HAD PLANS FOR IT, AND NOW IT'S LIKE, OK, YEP, THOSE PLANS, I CAN GET RID OF THEM. LUCKILY HIS HOME WASN'T DAMAGED, BUT IT'S ESTIMATED THE FIRE GOT WITHIN 75m OF IT. AND HE'S TAKING COMFORT THE HUT ON THE PROPERTY WAS SAVED TOO. BLIMMIN' AWESOME TO SEE MY WEE HUT UP THERE, EH? THAT'S WHERE I DREAM ABOUT LIVING UP HERE, AND IT'S GREAT. THIS IS ONE OF MANY FIRES THAT HAVE BROKEN OUT ACROSS CHRISTCHURCH OVER THE PAST WEEK. AND WITH TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO HIT AS HIGH AS 30 DEGREES HERE THIS WEEK, FIRE AND EMERGENCY IS NOW CONSIDERING RESTRICTIONS. OBVIOUSLY, LATER IN THE WEEK, WE HAVE PREDICTED 30-DEGREE DAYS COUPLED WITH 30km/h WINDS WITH A VERY LOW RH. COMBINED WITH THAT SORT OF FUEL ` NOT A GOOD LOOK. 40 HOUSEHOLDS WERE EVACUATED DUE TO THIS FIRE. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THOSE PEOPLE HAVE A PLAN, IN TERMS OF NOT ONLY FROM AN ESCAPE POINT OF VIEW BUT FROM THEIR PETS AND LIVESTOCK POINT OF VIEW. INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL WORKING ON THE CAUSE, BUT MANY NEIGHBOURS REPORTED HEARING FIREWORKS AROUND THE TIME THE FIRE TOOK HOLD. THIS IS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR ANYONE WHO'S OUT AND ABOUT ON THE HILLS. JUST REALISE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHERE YOU ARE. FOR NOW, A LONG CLEAN-UP AWAITS. BUT IT'S MY TIME THAT I'M NOT OUT THERE PLYING MY TRADE, AND NOW I HAVE TO GO AND SPEND TIME HERE CLEANING UP. BUT HE'S THANKFUL FOR WHAT REMAINS. AND I CAN STILL GO UP TO THE CRIB, AND IF I DON'T LOOK TOO HARD THAT WAY, I CAN STILL LOOK OUT TO THE VILLAGE. I'LL BE STILL ENJOYING IT, SO NOT ALL MY JOY HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM ME. HE'S JUST GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE TO STILL ENJOY IT. MADDY LLOYD, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ` THE NEW ZEALAND BLOOD SERVICE MAKES CHANGES TO ITS DONOR CRITERIA TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR GAY MEN AND SEX WORKERS. PLUS, U.S. TV SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE'S COVID SKIT ` WHY NEW ZEALAND GOT A MENTION. TJ: Have I done enough to wear the jersey? Gotta sweat out that fear because this is bigger than me. I do it for my fans and my family. ION4 hydration. Sweat it out witih Powerade. IT'S NOW EASIER FOR GAY MEN AND SEX WORKERS TO DONATE BLOOD AFTER THE NEW ZEALAND BLOOD SERVICE CHANGED ITS CRITERIA TODAY. BUT AS RYAN BOSWELL REPORTS, SOME FEEL THE CHANGE STILL DISCRIMINATES. SINCE HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD, TROY MIHAKA'S WANTED TO DONATE BLOOD. NOW HE'S A STEP CLOSER. I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD GETTING HERE. INSTEAD OF HAVING TO BE CELIBATE FOR A YEAR, GAY MEN WILL NOW HAVE TO ABSTAIN FOR THREE MONTHS. SOME EXTRA MEN WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME WHO WILL STILL BE EXCLUDED, BUT IT'S A START. THE BLOOD SERVICE LIFTING THE CRITERIA TOO FOR THOSE WHO'VE LIVED IN COUNTRIES WITH HIGH RATES OF HIV AND FOR SEX WORKERS. SEX WORKERS HAVE TO SIT THERE AND BE QUIZZED ABOUT WHETHER THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SEX WORK IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS. IT'S ALL BEEN SIGNED OFF BY MEDSAFE. WE MADE A COMMITMENT SIX YEARS AGO WHEN WE LAST REVIEWED THEM THAT WE WOULD MAKE FURTHER CHANGES TO THE CRITERIA WHEN WE HAD SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE COULD DO SO SAFELY. BUT THOSE IN OUR OLDEST PROFESSION SAY IT CONTINUES TO FEEL LIKE DISCRIMINATION. WE WOULD PREFER THAT SEX WORKERS AND THE OCCUPATION OF SEX WORK WASN'T DECLARED AT ALL AS AN ISSUE. HOWEVER, WE ARE REALISTIC. THE MOVE BRINGS NEW ZEALAND IN LINE WITH OTHERS LIKE AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND AMERICA. BUT THE UK IS SET TO LIFT THE BAN COMPLETELY. ALL GAY MEN IN LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS WILL SOON BE ABLE TO DONATE BLOOD AT ANY TIME. WHEN WE HAVE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE IS GOOD DATA, THAT ANY CHANGES WILL NOT IMPACT ADVERSELY ON THE SAFETY ON NEW ZEALAND'S BLOOD SUPPLY, WE WILL MAKE THE CHANGE. THERE ARE ALMOST 30,000 DONOR APPOINTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE FILLED THIS MONTH AND NEXT. I WILL NOW WAIT THAT THREE MONTHS AND DONATE THE BLOOD, YEAH. A LIFE-SAVING DROP FOR NEW ZEALANDERS IN NEED. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. THE DEPUTY HEAD OF ORANGA TAMARIKI HAS RESIGNED AMIDST AN URGENT WAITANGI TRIBUNAL HEARING INTO THE ORGANISATION'S CONTROVERSIAL UPLIFTING PRACTICES. HOANI LAMBERT IS LEAVING HIS ROLE AS SECOND IN CHARGE AT THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY, WHICH HAS BEEN UNDER SCRUTINY SINCE THE ATTEMPTED UPLIFT OF MAORI NEWBORN LAST YEAR. GRAINNE MOSS, ORANGA TAMARIKI CHIEF EXECUTIVE, SAYS SHE WON'T BE STEPPING DOWN, BUT WELCOMED THE IDEA OF A MAORI CO-CHIEF EXECUTIVE DURING TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS. BUT ADVOCATES SAY SHE HAS TO GO. I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO HAVE A MAORI EXECUTIVE. HOW LONG NOW HAVE WE BEEN SAYING, 'WE'RE READY TO DO THE WORK OURSELVES?' BY MAORI, FOR MAORI IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO. AND IF WE DON'T DO THAT NOW, WE WILL BE DOOMED TO MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THE TRIBUNAL HEARING CONTINUES TOMORROW IN WELLINGTON. GRETA THUNBERG'S THROWN SHADE AT OUR GOVERNMENT'S CLIMATE EMERGENCY DECLARATION. THE SWEDISH TEEN TAKING TO TWITTER. THE CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVIST CRITICISED THE PLANS TO MAKE THE PUBLIC SECTOR CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2025, CALLING IT NOTHING UNIQUE, DEEMING THE DECLARATION A 'SO-CALLED' CLIMATE EMERGENCY. BUT JACINDA ARDERN SAYS THE SWEDISH TEEN'S TWEET DOESN'T PAINT THE FULL PICTURE. WHILST I HAVEN'T SEEN THE TWEET, IT'S BEEN DESCRIBED TO ME AS A REFERENCE TO OUR PUBLIC SERVICE CARBON NEUTRAL GOAL OF 2025, AND ALL I WOULD, OF COURSE, GIVE THE CONTEXT THERE THAT IF THAT WAS THE SUM AMBITION OF ANY GOVERNMENT, THEN THAT WOULD BE WORTHY OF CRITICISM. IS NOT THE TOTALITY OF OUR PLANS ON CLIMATE CHANGE. THE PRIME MINISTER ALSO WELCOMED THE CRITICISM, SAYING IT'S A GOOD THING TO CONTINUE URGING FOR ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE. HE WAS A FORMER MI6 SPY WHO BECAME A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL WRITER. THE AUTHOR JOHN LE CARRE HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 89. LE CARRE FAMOUSLY WROTE THE COLD WAR ESPIONAGE THRILLER 'TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY', AND MANY OF HIS BOOKS WERE TURNED INTO SUCCESSFUL ADAPTATIONS ON TV AND THE BIG SCREEN. WITH MORE, HERE'S THE BBC'S LIZO MIZIMBA. SO, ARE YOU POLYAKOV'S AGENT? IF POLYAKOV'S COVER FOR MEETING YOU PEOPLE IS THAT HE IS SPYING ON THE CIRCUS, THEN HE MUST HAVE A MAN ON THE INSIDE, MUSTN'T HE? ALEC GUINNESS IN THE TELEVISION VERSION OF 'TINKER TAILOR, SOLDIER SPY', PLAYING GEORGE SMILEY. THE SPY MASTER, AS SHARP AS HE WAS SHY, WAS JOHN LE CARRE'S MOST ENDURING AND CELEBRATED CREATION. PLEASE, I DON'T... I DON'T DESERVE THIS. WHO GAVE YOU THE MESSAGE FOR JIM PRIDEAUX TO FORGET ABOUT TINKER TAILOR? A 2011 FILM OF 'TINKER TAILOR' WON MULTIPLE OSCAR NOMINATIONS, INCLUDING ONE FOR GARY OLDMAN'S PORTRAYAL OF THE RETIRED INTELLIGENCE CHIEF. YOU'RE JUST THE MESSENGER, RUNNING BETWEEN THEM ALL. LIKE SMILEY, LE CARRE WAS SOMETHING OF AN OUTSIDER. AND LIKE SMILEY, HE'D BEEN A SPY. HE'D BEEN FASCINATED BY LIES AND DUPLICITY SINCE CHILDHOOD. HIS MOTHER WALKED OUT WHEN HE WAS 5. HIS FATHER, A CON MAN WHO HAD AFFAIRS WITH A STRING OF WOMEN. HE WAS FIRST RECRUITED FOR INTELLIGENCE WORK AT UNIVERSITY IN SWITZERLAND. THEN AT OXFORD, HE SPIED ON LEFT-WING CONTEMPORARIES. WHEN THE OPTION WAS PRESENTED TO ME, IT WAS IMMENSELY ATTRACTIVE. IT REALLY WAS AS IF THE WHOLE OF MY LIFE HAD PREPARED ME FOR THIS MOMENT. 'THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD', LATER FILMED WITH RICHARD BURTON, WAS LE CARRE'S BREAKTHROUGH NOVEL. IT WAS WRITTEN WHILE HE WAS WORKING FOR MI6 AT THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN BONN, AT THE TIME THE BERLIN WALL WENT UP AND WHEN THE COLD WAR WAS AT ITS ICIEST. WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK SPIES ARE? MORAL PHILOSOPHERS, MEASURING EVERYTHING THEY DO AGAINST THE WORD OF GOD OR KARL MARX? THEY'RE NOT. HIS FIRST POST-COLD WAR NOVEL... THE NIGHT MANAGER. ...ANOTHER BESTSELLER. 20 YEARS LATER, FOR ITS TV ADAPTATION, KEY LOCATIONS WERE CHANGED AND A MAJOR MALE CHARACTER BECAME A WOMAN. WE'VE NOT BEEN INTRODUCED. MY NAME'S ANGELA BURR. ITS THEMES OF SECRECY AND BETRAYAL REMAINED. DICKY ROPER. IT WAS A GLOBAL HIT, THE AUTHOR EVEN PLAYING A RARE CAMEO. I MUST APOLOGISE FOR MY FRIEND'S MISBEHAVIOUR. I THINK YOU BLOODY WELL SHOULD. LE CARRE TRIED OTHER TYPES OF BOOK, BUT SPY NOVELS WERE WHAT HE DID BEST. HE BELIEVED AUTHORS AND SPIES HAD MUCH IN COMMON ` BOTH HIDING THEIR REAL SELVES IN CHARACTERS OF THEIR OWN CREATION. NZ'S COVID-19 RESPONSE HAS MADE IT ON TO THE U.S. COMEDY SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, THE COMEDY SHOW REFERENCE FEATURED IN A SKIT STARRING THE ACTOR TIMOTHEE CHALAMET. HEY! WHAT'S THE MATTER? AREN'T YOU GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM TO YOUR OTHER CHILD? WOW, LOOK WHO'S AWAKE... BEFORE 6PM ` JUST IN TIME TO START DRINKING. OH, I'M SORRY. AM I A LITTLE 'DISINFECTED'? AT LEAST I'M NOT A HOAX, LIKE THE REST OF THIS FAMILY. SORRY. MAYBE NOW'S NOT A GOOD TIME. YEAH, IT'S LIKE THE HERPES ONLY SHOW UP WHEN YOU'RE STRESSED OUT. I'M SORRY. NO, NO, IT'S FINE. WELL... WE'LL COME BACK. WE ALWAYS DO! (LAUGHTER) WELL, THAT WAS INCREDIBLY RUDE. OH, I'M SORRY. ARE MY PROTEINS NOT PERFECT, LIKE MY LITTLE SIS? BACK FROM HER FIRST SEMESTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX IN PERSON! WE GAVE YOU EVERY OPPORTUNITY. WE PAID TO SEND YOU TO NEW ZEALAND, AND NOW, LOOK ` ZERO CASES. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CONCERTS THERE. IT'S A DISGRACE! THINK OF YOUR POOR GRANDMOTHER, SPANISH INFLUENZA. COME ON, GIVE ME A KISS. I'LL KILL YOU. JUST AHEAD ` THE HEAT IS ON FOR SUMMER. MORE DETAILS IN YOUR WEATHER, AND THE NIGHT SKY PLAYING HOST TO A DAZZLING METEOR DISPLAY. THE HIGH MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH-WEST CHINA HAVE BECOME AN IDEAL VIEWING POINT FOR A DAZZLING METEOR SHOWER. THE PHENOMENON ARISES EVERY YEAR IN MID-DECEMBER AS THE EARTH PASSES THROUGH THE DEBRIS OF AN ASTEROID KNOWN AS 3200 PHAETHON. THE JADE DRAGON SNOW MOUNTAIN IS ONE OF A FEW INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATION SITES FOR THE METEOR SHOWER. AT ITS PEAK, DOZENS OF METEORS CAN BE DETECTED WITHIN AN HOUR. TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER NOW, WITH MIKEY DAM AND 'TIME'. # LOST IN A CAPSULE, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THE TIME # TO REMIND MYSELF TO TELL YOU I LOVE YOU. # I'M ALWAYS SORRY, BUT I FEEL IT'S NOT ENOUGH # AND LOOK AWAY TO FACE THE UGLY IN THE TRUTH. # I MADE A PROMISE TO FIGURE OUT WHEN I MAKE IT # AND TAKE YOU TO ANY PLACE THAT I GO. # I REALLY WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T EASY, # BUT I KNOW I'M COMING BACK HOME. # I WISH THAT THEY KNEW # THAT I WAS TRYING TO BUY TIME # I FOUGHT THROUGH THE SCARS AND NEARLY LOST MY MIND. # BUT I TOLD MYSELF DON'T YOU GIVE UP WHEN IT FEELS TOO FAR. # BUT I FIGURED, WE CAN'T BUY THIS TIME, # WE CAN'T BUY A THING. # WE CAN'T BUY THE TIME I'VE SPENT. # I'M LOST IN THE THOUGHT OF YOU NOT NEXT TO ME. # WE CAN'T BUY THIS TIME; # WE CAN'T BUY A THING. # WE CAN'T BUY THE TIME I'VE SPENT. # I'M LOST IN THE THOUGHT OF YOU NOT NEXT TO ME. # THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND JOSHUA TAIT.