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The nation's leading team of journalists brings viewers the latest news and sport, plus the most comprehensive weather report on One News Tonight.

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  • One News Tonight
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 15 September 2016
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  • 22 : 30
Finish Time
  • 23 : 00
Duration
  • 30:00
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  • TV One
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  • Television New Zealand
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  • The nation's leading team of journalists brings viewers the latest news and sport, plus the most comprehensive weather report on One News Tonight.
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Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
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  • Television
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  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
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  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
TONIGHT ` REGRETS, HE HAS A FEW. COLIN CRAIG OUTLINES WHERE HE THINKS IT WENT WRONG IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FORMER PRESS SECRETARY. WAS A VICIOUS AUCKLAND CARJACKING A RACIAL ATTACK? THE CHILDREN OF A WOMAN ASSAULTED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT SPEAK OUT. HE HAS THE WORLD AT HIS HIGH-TECH AND HIGH-SPEED FEET, BUT CAN PARALYMPIC GOLDEN BOY LIAM MALONE PUT THE OLYMPICS IN HIS SIGHTS? DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. FIRST TONIGHT, COLIN CRAIG HAS SPOKEN OF HIS REGRET FOR TAKING HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FORMER PRESS SECRETARY 'TOO FAR'. IN MR CRAIG'S FIRST HIT OUT AT HIS DEFAMATION TRIAL, HE ALSO SAID HE WAS SHOCKED BY CLAIMS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT. NICOLE BREMNER IS COVERING THE TRIAL. HE'S WAITED MORE THAN A WEEK TO TELL HIS SIDE OF THE STORY. I DO SWEAR. THE FORMER CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER HAS ADMITTED HAVING AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FORMER PRESS SECRETARY RACHEL MCGREGOR, ONE THAT HE'S APOLOGISED TO HIS WIFE FOR. I ACCEPT MY AFFECTION FOR RACHEL WENT TOO FAR ON OCCASIONS. FOR A MARRIED MAN, OUR CONDUCT WITH INAPPROPRIATE ON SOME OCCASIONS. HIS CONDUCT LANDED HIM BEFORE THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, FACING A SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINT. I NEVER THOUGHT THE AFFECTION WAS ONE-WAY, AND THE CLAIM THAT I'D ACTUALLY HARASSED HER WAS SOMETHING I FOUND UNBELIEVABLE. HE TOLD THE COURT THE PAIR HAD SUBSEQUENTLY RESOLVED THEIR DIFFERENCES AND WERE BOTH BOUND BY A CONFIDENTIALLY AGREEMENT. THE FORMER CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER TESTIFIED THINGS BEGAN UNRAVELLING FOR HIM IN LAST JUNE JUST WEEKS AFTER SETTLING WITH RACHEL MCGREGOR. HE SAID IT WAS OBVIOUS PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE WITH HIS FORMER PRESS SECRETARY WAS BEING CIRCULATED AND HE RECEIVED A THREATENING TEXT TELLING HIM TO RESIGN AS PARTY LEADER FOR THE GOOD OF HIS FAMILY. HE SAID THERE WAS NO WAY OF TRACING THE TEXT WHICH SAID... THEY HAVE SEXT TEXT MESSAGES, 'DO THE CHRISTIAN THING AND PROTECT YOUR FAMILY.' BY THAT STAGE, THERE WERE CONCERNS WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY AND ANOTHER THREAT THAT HE'D BE FURTHER HUMILIATED BY A POEM HE'D SENT RACHEL MACGREGOR. I RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS TEXT, SAYING 'CREATIVE COLIN 'IS NOW THE TALK OF THE TOWN. 'HOW LONG TILL WINSTON TABLES IT IN PARLIAMENT?' COLIN CRAIG SAID HE WAS SUSPICIOUS THAT JORDAN WILLIAMS, WHO'S TAKEN THE DEFAMATION CASE, WAS BEHIND THE LEAK. CRAIG'S LAWYER TELLING THE JURY THEY MUST JUDGE HIS CLIENT'S RESPONSE. YOU CAN NOT BE LIABLE IF WHAT YOU'VE SPOKEN IS THE TRUTH. COLIN CRAIG'S LAWYER SAYS THE FORMER POLITICIAN'S TAKING A STAND AGAINST ATTACK POLITICS, AND 'DIRTY POLITICS' AUTHOR NICKY HAGER WILL TESTIFY IN THE COMING DAYS. NICOLE BREMNER, ONE NEWS. THE CHILDREN OF AN AUCKLAND WOMAN ASSAULTED AND ROBBED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT CLAIM SHE WAS TARGETED BECAUSE SHE WAS ASIAN. POLICE SAY THE CAR JACKING BY TWO YOUNG WOMEN THEY'RE STILL HUNTING WAS AN ACT OF EXTREME AND GRATUITOUS VIOLENCE. THEIR VICTIM NANCY WOON (65) REMAINS IN HOSPITAL TONIGHT. PAUL HOBBS HAS MORE. SNAPPED ` THE FACE OF A TEENAGER WHO POLICE SAY BRUTALLY ATTACKED AN ELDERLY ASIAN WOMAN CAUGHT ON CAMERA FLEEING IN THE VICTIM'S CAR. THE BRAZEN ATTACK LEAVING 65-YEAR-OLD NANCY WOON HOSPITALISED, BATTERED, BLOODIED AND IN SHOCK. THE ASSAULT ITSELF WAS AN ACT OF GRATUITOUS AND EXTREME VIOLENCE AND UNNECESSARY VIOLENCE. IT ALL SEEMED SO INNOCENT. MIDDAY YESTERDAY AT THE PANMURE YMCA CAR PARK. WHAT WE NOW KNOW IS THESE TWO FEMALE TEENAGERS WERE GETTING OUT OF THIS STOLEN RED HONDA FIT AND APPROACHING THE NANCY WOON'S CAR. MRS WOON IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. POLICE WON'T RELEASE ANY MORE OF THE VIDEO ` THE BASHING JUST TOO GRAPHIC. WHAT HAPPENED IS THEY PUNCH HER IN THE FACE AND BROKE HER NOSE, AND WHEN SHE LAND ON THE FLOOR, THEY KICK HER IN THE HEAD AND SHE SUFFER NEARLY UNCONSCIOUS. MRS WOON WAS ABLE TO GET BACK UP ON HER FEET AND STUMBLE THE 30M OR SO TO THE YMCA RECEPTION, WHERE SHE THEN COLLAPSED. THE 65-YEAR-OLD WIDOW HAD DRIVEN HER SON, CHEE SANG, TO THE YMCA TO PICK UP SOME TABLE TENNIS EQUIPMENT. SHE WAS ALONE IN THE CAR LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. I COME OUT, AND SHE'S ALL A BLOODY MESS. ALL THE BLOOD EVERYWHERE, AND I WAS SHOCKED. JUST AN EASY TARGET ` SHE'S ASIAN, SHE'S SMALL, IN HER 60S. MRS WOON MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO NZ 25 YEARS AGO. HER FAMILY SAYS SHE'S TOUGH. SHE HAS CONCUSSION. SHE'S CONTINUOUSLY THROWING UP, BUT IN THE LONG RUN PHYSICALLY, I THINK SHE'LL MAKE IT THROUGH, BUT MENTALLY, SHE WILL ALWAYS BE WATCHING HER BACK. SHE REMAINS IN HOSPITAL FOR NOW. POLICE SAY THEY'VE HAD A GOOD RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLIC. THEY'VE RECOVERED BOTH CARS AND ARE FOLLOWING A NUMBER OF POSITIVE LEADS. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. THERE HAVE BEEN EMOTIONAL CALLS FOR A LAW CHANGE AFTER THE BRUTAL KILLING OF MOKO RANGITO-HERIRI (3) IN TAUPO LAST YEAR. PROTESTORS HAVE MARCHED ON PARLIAMENT DEMANDING AN END TO RULES THAT ALLOWED HIS KILLERS TO PLEAD GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER INSTEAD OF MURDER. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE WAS THERE. ALL CHANT THE BRUTAL DEATH OF MOKO (3) HAS SPARKED A PLEA AGAINST PLEA-BARGAINS. THESE PROTESTERS ARE ANGRY HIS KILLERS WERE CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER, NOT MURDER. CHILD ABUSE IS NOT OK; MANSLAUGHTER IS NOT OK; OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM IS NOT OK. IT'S BROKEN. THAT WAS MURDER. LET'S MAKE NO BONES ABOUT THAT. THEY MURDERED THAT LITTLE BOY. THE SENSIBLE SENTENCING TRUST'S NOW DELIVERED A PETITION SIGNED BY 16,000 PEOPLE DEMANDING PARLIAMENT DELIVER JUSTICE FOR DEAD CHILDREN LIKE MOKO. WE WANT LEGISLATION INTRODUCED WHEN THERE IS A CHILD DEATH IN THE HANDS OF A CAREGIVER THAT THAT IS NOT MANSLAUGHTER. BUT THE PROTESTERS CHOSE DISGRACED EX-MP DAVID GARRETT TO DELIVER THAT MESSAGE TO MPS. ACTUALLY, I'M THE WRONG PERSON TO BE HOLDING THIS. IT'S NONSENSE. ABSOLUTE NONSENSE. GARRETT RESIGNED FROM PARLIAMENT SIX YEARS AGO FOR STEALING THE IDENTITY OF A DEAD INFANT TO GET A PASSPORT. SENSIBLE SENTENCING SAYS CASH-STRAPPED CROWN PROSECUTORS ARE PLEA-BARGAINING DOWN CHARGES TO SECURE A GUILTY VERDICT AND CUT LAWYERS' COSTS. THE NZ BAR ASSOCIATION SAYS THOSE CLAIMS ARE WRONG. NO, WE DON'T ACCEPT THAT MONEY IS THE ISSUE HERE. IT COMES DOWN TO THE EVIDENCE AND WEIGHING UP THE PUBLIC INTEREST. AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL CHRIS FINLAYSON SAYS CROWN PROSECUTORS GOT A CASH INJECTION IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. IF ANYONE IN THE CROWN SOLICITOR NETWORK ENTERED INTO SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT ON GROUNDS OF CONVENIENCE, THEY'D LOSE THEIR WARRANT IMMEDIATELY. I WOULDN'T TOLERATE IT. BUT AS FOR ANY CHANGES, THOSE PLEAS ARE FALLING ON DEAF EARS. ANDREA VANCE, ONE NEWS. OUR ECONOMY IS GOING GANGBUSTERS. THE LATEST STATS REVEAL IT'S GROWING AT THE THIRD-FASTEST RATE IN THE OECD. THAT PUTS US AHEAD OF THE LIKES OF AUSTRALIA AND THE UK. BUT DON'T ` WHATEVER YOU DO ` USE THE PHRASE "ROCKSTAR ECONOMY" AROUND THE FINANCE MINISTER. WELL, I WOULDN'T CALL IT` I DON'T THINK THAT'S HELPFUL LANGUAGE, ACTUALLY. ECONOMISTS SAY WE CAN THANK THE BUILDING BOOM, STRONG RETAIL SPENDING AND RECORD TOURISM NUMBERS FOR THE GROWTH. BUT DON'T THINK YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET A TAX CUT WINDFALL. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THIS YEAR'S POPULATION SURGE MEANS WE'LL HAVE TO BUILD MORE THINGS LIKE SCHOOLS AND POSSIBLY EVEN A NEW PRISON. ON THIS DAY 100 YEARS AGO, 600 KIWI SOLDIERS WERE KILLED ON A MUDDY, BLOODY BATTLEFIELD IN NORTHERN FRANCE. ON THIS DAY, NZ ENTERED THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, WWI'S BIGGEST KILLING FIELD. JUST OVER AN HOUR AGO, PRINCE CHARLES ADDRESSED A COMMEMORATION AT CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY IN LONGUEVAL IN SOMME. MORE THAN HALF OF THE MORE THAN 2000 KIWIS KILLED DURING THE FIVE-MONTH-LONG BATTLE HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE, SO THEIR SACRIFICE IS REMEMBERED AT THIS SITE. EARLIER, DIGNITARIES AND DESCENDANTS OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT TOOK PART IN A DAWN SERVICE. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE MANY WHO FACED WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A LIVING HELL. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING SPOKE TO A KIWI SOLDIER ABOUT HIS SPECIAL REASON FOR BEING THERE. THE SOMME ` ON THESE ROLLING FIELDS, OVER 1 MILLION MEN WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED. DID IT FEEL DIFFERENT WHEN YOU ARRIVED? YES. AS SOON AS I GOT HERE I GOT A TINGLING ON THE BACK OF MY SPINE. I JUST FELT AN AWE IN THIS AREA ` THAT WE COULD FEEL SOME KIND OF CONNECTION. STAFF SERGEANT CARLO DE NEGRIS IS HERE WITH THE NZ DEFENCE FORCE. HIS FAMILY MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER SERVED IN GALLIPOLI AND IN THE SOMME. HE LOST HIS BROTHER TEIRA METE KINGI AT CHUNUK BAIR. SOON ANOTHER BROTHER FROM PUTIKI MARAE, WHANGANUI WOULD LOSE HIS LIFE ON THE SOMME. HENARE WAS JUST 19. HE'S A LONG WAY FROM HOME. DEFINITELY, A VERY LONG WAY. BUT TO BE HERE WITH HIM AND FOR HIM TO KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMEONE HERE WITH HIM ON THIS DAY ` IT'S GREAT. WHEN THE KIWIS ARRIVED, THE BATTLE HAD BEEN RAGING FOR 77 DAYS AND WAS DEADLOCKED. IT WAS HELL ON EARTH. A WASTELAND. TREES GONE, CUT DOWN BY THE ARTILLERY. MEN LYING WHERE THEY FELL. MUD AS FAR AS THEY CAN SEE. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MEN HAD ALREADY DIED ` BRITISH, COMMONWEALTH, FRENCH AND GERMAN. IT WAS FROM THIS SPOT THAT THE KIWIS JOINED THE BATTLE. AT 6.20AM, THE AUCKLAND AND OTAGO REGIMENTS ROSE UP OUT OF THE TRENCHES AND ON TO THE BATTLEFIELD. UNDER HEAVY ARTILLERY FROM LEFT AND RIGHT, THEY HAD TO COVER THESE OPEN FIELDS, MOVING UP TOWARDS THE HILL YOU CAN SEE IN THE DISTANCE WHERE THE NZ BATTLEFIELD MEMORIAL NOW STANDS. WE BROKE THROUGH THREE LINES OF GERMAN TRENCHES. THE KIWIS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THAT, CAPTURING OR HELPING TO CAPTURE THE VILLAGE OF FLERS, ALONGSIDE FRENCH SOLDIERS. CARLO'S GRANDFATHER NAMED HIS CHILDREN AFTER THE BATTLES HIS BROTHERS GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR. HE NAMED MY GRANDMOTHER 'DARDANELLA' AFTER THE DARDANELLES AND MY GREAT AUNT ` HE NAMED HER FLEUR, AFTER THE TOWN OF FLERS. IN 23 DAYS OF FIGHTING, 2000 NZ MEN WERE KILLED. 100 YEARS LATER, THEIR FAMILIES STILL FEEL THEIR LOSS. AND ALSO ON THE ANNIVERSARY, AND ALSO ON THE ANNIVERSARY, A MOVING MOMENT BACK HERE FOR A KIWI FAMILY WHO'VE BEEN REUNITED WITH THE MEDALS OF THEIR FALLEN SOLDIER. THE MEDALS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOME OF SGT O'DONOHUE'S 80-YEAR-OLD GRANDDAUGHTER IN LOWER HUTT, WHO WAS BROUGHT TO TEARS. WORDS CAN'T EXPRESS WHAT I FEEL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM AND PASS THEM ON TO CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN. TVNZ'S SEVEN SHARP WERE HANDED THE MEDALS BY AN AUCKLAND MAN WHO RECEIVED THEM FROM HIS ELDERLY NEIGHBOUR WHO HAD BOUGHT THEM AS COLLECTABLES IN THE '70S. HE'S SET THE PARALYMPICS ON FIRE WITH HIS SPEED AND STYLE, AND NOW KIWI BLADE RUNNER LIAM MALONE IS TARGETING A DOUBLE GOLD IN RIO. BUT COULD HE GO EVEN FURTHER? AFTER BEATING OSCAR PISTORIUS' 200M RECORD, COULD MALONE FOLLOW HIS OLYMPIC FOOTSTEPS? HERE'S NAOMI TAN. NZ'S NEW GOLDEN BOY AND THE FUTURE OF PARALYMPIC SPORT. LIAM MALONE (22) CRUISING INTO THE 400M FINALS IN RIO TODAY. SINCE BREAKING OSCAR PISTORIUS' PARALYMPIC RECORD IN THE T44 200M SPRINTS, THE QUESTION HAS BEEN RAISED. COULD MALONE FOLLOW SUIT AND COMPETE IN THE OLYMPICS? IN TERMS OF HIS ABILITY TO COMPETE AS AN ATHLETE, IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY THAT TECHNOLOGY WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE TO A POINT WHERE NOT ONLY IS SOMEBODY LIKE LIAM ABLE TO COMPETE AGAINST ABLE-BODIED ATHLETES BUT POSSIBLY OUTCOMPETE THEM. THE BIGGER QUESTION IS HOW THE RULES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WILL BE APPLIED FOR TOKYO. PISTORIUS FOUGHT A LENGTHY BATTLE FOR THE RIGHT TO RUN AT THE LONDON GAMES. THOSE WHO ARGUED AGAINST HIM SAID HIS BLADES GAVE HIM AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE. ONE OF THE CRITICAL DIFFERENCES IS THAT THOSE BLADE RUNNERS, AS THEY'RE CALLED, ARE A LOT LIGHTER, AND SO THAT MEANS YOU ARE NOT HAVING TO LIFT AS MUCH WEIGHT WITH YOUR UPPER LIMBS. THE DISADVANTAGE IS YOU DON'T HAVE NEARLY AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY. CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FLEXIBILITY THAT OUR ANATOMY PROVIDES US ARE NOT REPLICATED. SO HOW DO LIAM'S BLADES FARE IN COMPARISON? IN HIS FAVOURED 400M EVENT, THE SAME ONE OSCAR PISTORIUS RAN IN LONDON, SOUTH AFRICAN WAYDE VAN NIEKERK POSTED A NEW WORLD RECORD AT THIS YEAR'S OLYMPIC GAMES OF 43.03 SECONDS. OSCAR PISTORIUS CURRENTLY HOLDS THE T43 RECORD. AND LIAM'S SECOND FASTEST QUALIFYING TIME TODAY IS STILL FIVE SECONDS OUTSIDE VAN NIEKERK. SO IF ON PAPER THEY'RE RUNNING SLOWER, WHY NOT LET THEM COMPETE AGAINST ABLE-BODIED ATHLETES? POTENTIALLY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THEY CAN PROVIDE AN ADVANTAGE, AND AS TIME GOES ON, WE WILL SEE THAT ADVANTAGE GROW TO A POINT WHERE IT IS LIKELY WHERE PROSTHETIC LIMBS WILL BECOME FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENT THAN A REGULAR HUMAN ANATOMICAL FORM. PROFESSOR ORAM SAYS MUCH RESEARCH STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THIS SPACE BUT WITH THE ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHERE YOU DRAW THE LINE IN THE SAND. NAOMI TAN, ONE NEWS. AND YOU CAN SEE EXTENSIVE LIVE COVERAGE OF THE PARALYMPICS ON TVNZ'S DUKE CHANNEL, AND HIGHLIGHTS RIGHT HERE ON ONE THANKS TO ACC SPORTSMART AND NZ ON AIR. AUCKLAND BUNNY BREEDERS ARE BEING URGED TO REVIEW THEIR SECURITY AFTER THE THEFT OF 15 RABBITS FROM A NUMBER OF AUCKLAND BACKYARDS. TAKEN FROM PROPERTIES IN MT ALBERT, BLOCKHOUSE BAY AND MASSEY OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS, EACH RABBIT IS THOUGHT TO BE WORTH UP TO $50. ONE BREEDER, TARGETED FOUR TIMES, HAS NOW SET UP CCTV CAMERAS TO CATCH THE BUNNY BURGLARS. HARE-RAISING STUFF. JUST AHEAD ` IT'S NOW DOWN TO THEIR HEALTH REPORTS AS HILLARY CLINTON'S WELL-BEING IS QUESTIONED, DONALD TRUMP REVEALS HIS VERY PERSONAL MEDICAL RECORDS, TO THE SURPRISE OF NO ONE. A STELLAR DISCOVERY. THE NEW FINDINGS THAT COULD COMPLETELY REMAP OUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE. HE'S A LEATHERY LOTHARIO WHO, ARMED WITH NOTHING MORE THAN A RAGING LIBIDO, HAS SAVED HIS ENTIRE SPECIES. A WOMAN HAS BEEN KILLED AND AT LEAST 19 OTHERS INJURED IN AN EXPLOSION ON BOARD A TOURIST BOAT OFF BALI. THE BOAT, CARRYING 35 FOREIGNERS AND FOUR CREW, WAS JUST 200M OFF SHORE WHEN THE BLAST OCCURRED. OFFICIALS SAY IT WASN'T A BOMB AND ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE. TRANSLATOR: WE'RE STILL INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION AND WHETHER THERE'S ANY ELEMENT OF INTENT OR NEGLIGENCE. THAT'S WHY FOUR MEMBERS OF THE BOAT CREW HAVE NOW BEEN TAKEN TO THE POLICE STATION FOR QUESTIONING ON WHAT HAPPENED. THE MAJORITY OF THE PASSENGERS WERE BRITISH. THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF ANY NZERS INVOLVED. INDONESIA HAS A POOR MARITIME SAFETY RECORD, AND FATAL ACCIDENTS ARE COMMON. SYDNEY'S SUFFERING A NIGHT OF TRAFFIC CHAOS AFTER A BUS CAUGHT FIRE ON THE HARBOUR BRIDGE. THE BLAZE BROKE OUT DURING THE AFTER-WORK RUSH HOUR, CAUSING MAJOR GRIDLOCK IN AND AROUND THE CITY. FLAMES AND THICK SMOKE BILLOWED FROM THE VEHICLE AS FIRE CREWS WORKED TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL. ALL 30 ON BOARD WERE EVACUATED SAFELY, BUT TWO PASSENGERS AND THE DRIVER ARE BEING TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE IS UNDERWAY. AUSTRALIA HAS SEEN PREVIOUS CASES OF ENGINE BAY FIRES ON BUSES IN THE PAST. TO THE US NOW, WHERE THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE RACING TO PROVE A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH. DONALD TRUMP REVEALED TO THE WORLD HE'D HAD A COLONOSCOPY, THE DAY BECOMING EVEN MORE AWKWARD WHEN HE WAS SCOLDED BY A PASTOR DURING A SPEECH AT A CHURCH. CHANNEL NINE'S GABRIELLE BOYLE WITH THIS. DONALD TRUMP IS NOT A MAN ACCUSTOMED TO BEING PUT IN HIS PLACE. BUT TO HIS CREDIT, HE APPEARED TO TAKE THIS WOMAN'S INTERRUPTION IN HIS STRIDE. THE PHYSICAL HEALTH OF THE TWO PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS IS NOW IN FIRM FOCUS. EVER THE SHOWMAN, TRUMP CHOSE TO APPEAR ON DOCTOR OZ. WHY NOT SHARE YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS? WELL, I HAVE REALLY NO PROBLEM IN DOING IT. I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. I MEAN, SHOULD I DO IT? I DON'T CARE. SHOULD I DO IT? APPLAUSE TRUMP ASSURED AMERICANS HE'S FIGHTING-FIT, BUT SAYS HE WOULDN'T MIND LOSING A LITTLE WEIGHT. I FEEL AS GOOD TODAY AS I DID WHEN I WAS 30. MEANTIME, HILLARY HAS ELECTED TO TAKE A FEW DAYS OFF TO RECOVER FROM A BOUT OF PNEUMONIA WHICH CAUSED HER TO COLLAPSE. HER HUSBAND IS PICKING UP THE SLACK. BUT I JUST TALKED TO HER. SHE'S FEELING GREAT AND I THINK SHE'LL BE BACK OUT THERE TOMORROW. THE AGE OF THE TWO CANDIDATES HAS ALSO BECOME A HOT TOPIC AMONG AMERICAN VOTERS. HILLARY CLINTON IS 68 YEARS OLD, AND DONALD TRUMP ` WELL, HE'S 70. IF SUCCESSFUL, HE WILL BECOME THE OLDEST PERSON EVER NEWLY ELECTED INTO THE OVAL OFFICE. PREPARE TO HAVE YOUR MIND COSMICALLY BLOWN. THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY IS GETTING SET TO COMPLETELY REWRITE WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT OUR INTERSTELLAR NEIGHBOURHOOD. THE BBC'S PALLAB GHOSH EXPLAINS. OUR GALAXY, THE MILKY WAY. IF YOU WERE FLYING THROUGH IT IN A SPACECRAFT, THIS IS WHAT YOU'D ACTUALLY SEE. THIS IS A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAP OF STARS CREATED FROM REAL DATA JUST RELEASED BY THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY. I AM IN THE LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, AND IT IS FULL OF BOOKS ABOUT WHERE THE STARS IN THE GALAXY ARE. BUT NEW RESULTS FROM THE GAIA SPACE TELESCOPE WILL MEAN THAT MANY OF THEM WILL HAVE TO BE REWRITTEN. LET ME SHOW YOU WHY. THIS IS OUR WORLD, THE EARTH. IT'S ONE OF EIGHT PLANETS THAT MAKE UP THE SOLAR SYSTEM, WITH OUR STAR, THE SUN, AT ITS CENTRE. BUT THE SUN IS JUST ONE OF BILLIONS OF STARS IN OUR GALAXY CALLED THE MILKY WAY, WHICH THE TEXTBOOKS SAY LOOKS LIKE THIS. ASTRONOMERS THINK THAT WE'RE HERE, ON ONE OF THE SPIRAL ARMS. BUT ALL OF THIS IS BASED ON GUESSWORK AND THE OBSERVATION OF JUST A FEW HUNDRED STARS. BUT OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, GAIA HAS BEEN SCANNING THE SKIES AND MAPPED THE POSITION OF MORE THAN A BILLION STARS. SO VERY SOON WE'LL HAVE A MORE ACCURATE PICTURE OF WHAT THE MILKY WAY IS REALLY LIKE AND WHERE WE ARE. AND THIS MAY WELL BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO WHAT ASTRONOMERS CURRENTLY THINK. THE TELESCOPE HAS COLLECTED SO MUCH DATA, BUT THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY HAS INVITED SCHOOLS ALL ACROSS THE WORLD TO HELP THEM BY SIFTING THROUGH THE INFORMATION AND LETTING THEM KNOW IF THEY DISCOVER ANYTHING INTERESTING. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE DONE IT! (LAUGHS) THEY HAVE DISCOVERED A STAR THAT HAS EXPLODED AT THE END OF ITS LIFE. CHEERS, APPLAUSE ASTRONOMERS ALSO HOPE TO DISCOVER COMPLETELY NEW OBJECTS IN OUR GALAXY THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEYOND OUR IMAGINATION. WE HAVE THE EMOTIONAL MOMENT NOW THAT A 6-YEAR-OLD AUSTRALIAN BOY WAS FOUND AFTER GOING MISSING AND SPENDING THE NIGHT ALONE IN COLD VICTORIA STATE BUSHLAND. ONE OF HIS RESCUERS IS SEEN HERE EMBRACING BEN DEAN, WHO HAS DOWN'S SYNDROME, AFTER AN EXTENSIVE OVERNIGHT SEARCH. HE'S REPORTEDLY IN FULL HEALTH, BACK WITH HIS PARENTS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A NIGHT AT HOME. JUST AHEAD ` WE'LL TAKE UP THE HEM A FEW INCHES ON OUR WEATHER FORECAST. THEN ` CUE UP THE WAH-WAH GUITAR. A TORTOISE WITH A THING FOR THE LADIES SAVES HIS SPECIES THROUGH THE POWER OF HIS LOVIN'. HE TURNED A SPICE GIRL INTO A TOILET. DID THAT SEE HIS AMERICA'S GOT TALENT HOPES GO DOWN THE DRAIN OR WAS IT A WINNER FOR KIWI COMIC TAPE FACE? DIEGO MARADONA WAS A WIZARD ON THE FOOTBALL PITCH. DIEGO RIVERA WAS NIFTY WITH A PAINTBRUSH. BUT NEITHER DID WHAT THIS NEXT DIEGO DID, SAVING HIS ENTIRE SPECIES. AFTER A BRIEF STINT IN A CALIFORNIAN ZOO, DIEGO THE GALAPAGOS TORTOISE WAS SENT TO THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS IN THE 1970S TO BE PART OF A BREEDING PROGRAMME AT A TIME WHEN HIS SPECIES WAS ALL BUT WIPED OUT. TURNS OUT DIEGO WAS A SEX MACHINE IN A SHELL. HE WAS PLACED WITH TWO OTHER MALES AND 12 FEMALES FOR THEIR BREEDING PROGRAMME, AND NOW THE ISLAND OF ESPANOLA IS WELL POPULATED. THE REPTILIAN RON JEREMY IS BELIEVED TO HAVE FATHERED MORE THAN A THOUSAND BABIES. AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 100, DIEGO IS STILL ENJOYING LIFE TO THE FULL, EATING AND AVOIDING CHILD MAINTENANCE. HE DIDN'T SPEAK A WORD BUT ALMOST WON ONE OF THE BIGGEST TALENT SHOWS ON THE PLANET. AND HE'S A KIWI. CHRISTCHURCH-BORN COMIC SAM WILLS, AKA TAPE FACE BOY, PUT ON A TYPICALLY BIZARRE FINALS PERFORMANCE IN AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, TURNING FORMER SPICE GIRL MELANIE B INTO A TOILET SEAT. 'WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE' PLAYS # ...PEOPLE, OH, PLEASE DON'T ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS. # HOWEVER, THE COMPETITION WAS WON BY THE BREAKOUT TALENT OF GRACE VANDERWAAL (12), WHO NOT ONLY SANG AND PLAYED BUT WROTE ALL HER OWN MATERIAL. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH GRACE VANDERWAAL. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONED BY CATHERINE DE CHALAIN AND DESNEY SHAW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.