TONIGHT ` TWO PEOPLE ARE KILLED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH JUST DAYS AFTER THE POPULAR BRAND OF CHOPPER INVOLVED WAS PUT ON A NATIONAL WATCH LIST. HE'S BACK IN THE GAME. DONALD TRUMP CLOSES IN ON HILLARY CLINTON AMID THE FALLOUT OVER HER EMAIL SCANDAL. AND WHY THIS MAORI MAN'S ON THE FRONT LINE WITH NATIVE AMERICAN PROTESTERS IN NORTH DAKOTA. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. FIRST TONIGHT, TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER CRASHING IN A HELICOPTER THAT WAS PUT ON A NATIONAL WATCH LIST JUST DAYS AGO. THE ROBINSON CHOPPER CAME DOWN IN GLENBERVIE FOREST, NORTH OF WHANGAREI, THIS AFTERNOON. LAST WEEK, THE TRANSPORT ACCIDENT WATCHDOG SAID IT WAS 'EXTREMELY CONCERNED' ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE DYING IN THE POPULAR BRAND. ZAC FLEMING REPORTS. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVED TO FIND TRAGEDY ` TWO PEOPLE KILLED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH IN REMOTE FOREST NEAR WHANGAREI. THE PAIR WERE CARRYING OUT ROUTINE WEED CONTROL AND SURVEYING OVER THE GLENBERVIE FOREST, CONTRACTING FOR FORESTRY COMPANY RAYONIER. THIS HAS JUST BEEN A REALLY TRUMATIC INCIDENT FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. AND OUR HEART JUST GOES OUT TO YOU AND WE'LL JUST TRY AND PROVIDE AS MUCH SUPPORT AS WE CAN. THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS NOT YET KNOWN, BUT THE HELICOPTER THEY WERE FLYING IN, A ROBINSON, WAS PUT ON A NATIONAL WATCHLIST JUST LAST WEEK DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. WE ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE DYING AS A RESULT OF ROBINSON HELICOPTERS CRASHING IN NZ. THE COMMISSION'S WORRIED ABOUT 'MAST BUMPING', WHERE THE MAIN BLADE HITS THE BODY OF THE HELICOPTER, USUALLY CAUSED BY HIGH WINDS OR TURBULENCE. IT'S KILLED 18 PEOPLE IN NZ IN THE PAST TWO DECADES. BUT TODAY THE COMMISSION SAID... WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO THE HELICOPTER FIRM YET. PROBABLY TOMORROW WE WILL BE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO. POPULAR BECAUSE THEY'RE CHEAP AND FAIRLY EASY TO OPERATE, ROBINSONS ARE COMMONLY USED FOR TOURISM, AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS IN HELICOPTER TRAINING COURSES. WITH AROUND 300 REGISTERED IN NZ, THEY MAKE UP NEARLY HALF OF OUR OPERATING HELICOPTERS AND ARE POPULAR OVERSEAS TOO. BUT 'MAST BUMPING' ACCIDENTS HAPPEN NINE TIMES MORE OFTEN IN NZ THAN IN THE US, RAISING QUESTIONS AROUND ROBINSON'S SUITABILITY FOR OUR TERRAIN. THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY IS INVESTIGATING THIS AFTERNOON'S CRASH. RAYONIER SAYS IT'S OFFERING SUPPORT TO THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES... BOTH THESE CONTRACTORS WE'VE USED FOR MANY YEARS. OUR PRIORITY IS ABOUT THE FAMILIES AND THE OTHER WORKERS THAT ARE INVOLVED. ...AND WILL COOPERATE FULLY. ZAC FLEMING, 1 NEWS WE'VE THE FIRST SIGN NOW THAT THE F.B.I.'S FRESH PROBE INTO HILLARY CLINTON'S EMAILS IS SERIOUSLY HURTING HER ELECTION CAMPAIGN. TEAM TRUMP IS SURGING AND NOW SENSING AN UNLIKELY VICTORY. WHO'S GOING TO WIN THE ELECTION? DONALD TRUMP. OH, I AM SO FIRED UP FOR MR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE WHIPPED HIS FANATICAL FOLLOWERS INTO A FRENZY AT HIS CAMPAIGN EVENT IN LAS VEGAS TODAY. IN NINE DAYS WE ARE GOING TO WIN THE STATE OF NEVADA. NE-VA-DA! TRUMP URGED THE CROWD TO TURN ON THE ASSEMBLED MEDIA, WITH SOME HURLING ABUSE AT OUR CAMERA, HAPPY TO TAKE US TO TASK ON JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. AUSTRALIA? TELL ME ABOUT YOUR GUN LAWS DOWN IN AUSTRALIA. THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD, AREN'T THEY? ARE THEY? I THINK YOU GUYS ARE IDIOTS. THE FIRE IS CERTAINLY BACK IN THE BELLY FOR THE REPUBLICANS. ONLY A WEEK AGO THEY WERE IN DISARRAY ` TRUMP TRAILING HILLARY CLINTON IN THE POLLS BY 12 POINTS. BUT IN A MIRACULOUS RESURRECTION, THE GAP TODAY IS ONLY ONE POINT FOLLOWING ON FROM NEWS THE F.B.I. IS RE-OPENING ITS INVESTIGATION INTO HILLARY CLINTON'S EMAIL SCANDAL. JUST NINE DAYS OUT FROM POLLING DAY AND EVENTS LIKE THIS ARE CRITICAL FOR BOTH CANDIDATES. THE ELECTION IS SO TIGHT THAT MANY ARE TIPPING NOW THAT IT WILL BE DECIDED BY VOTER TURNOUT. SO THEY NEED TO ENERGIZE THE ELECTORATE. AND, WELL, DONALD TRUMP IS ADAMANT THAT IT IS HIS FAN BASE THAT IS THE MOST FIRED UP ON THE HOME STRETCH. MEANTIME, HILLARY CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN IS IN DAMAGE CONTROL BUT STILL TRYING TO PUT ON A BRAVE FACE. EVERYONE IS KNOCKED DOWN IN LIFE. WHAT MATTERS IS WHETHER YOU GET BACK UP. JACK TAME'S BACK IN THE U.S. TO COVER THE FINAL SPRINT TO THE WHITE HOUSE. SO, HOW WILL THIS AFFECT THE ELECTION? WELL, IT REALLY DEPENDS WHO YOU ASK. KEEP IN MIND, AT THE MOMENT, THE FBI HAS ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHETHER OR NOT THESE POTENTIALLY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EMAILS WILL HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE INCRIMINATING TOWARDS HILLARY CLINTON. WITH THAT IN MIND, ONE POLL I SAW TODAY SHOWED A FULL ONE THIRD OF POLLED VOTERS IN THE UNITED STATES SAID THEY WOULD CONSIDER OR RECONSIDER NOT VOTING FOR HILLARY CLINTON IN THE WAKE OF THIS FBI REVELATION. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS IN HER FAVOUR, THOUGH. FIRST OF ALL, EARLY VOTING IS WELL AND TRULY UNDERWAY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, AND SOME 20 MILLION PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO VOTE EARLY IN THIS YEAR'S ELECTION. AS WELL AS THAT, THERE'S BEEN WIDESPREAD CRITICISM OF THE FBI DIRECTOR'S DECISION TO RELEASE THESE EMAILS. HOWEVER, I JUST WANT YOU TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND CONSIDER WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IF HE HADN'T TAKEN THIS APPROACH. IMAGINE IF, IN SIX MONTHS OR EIGHT MONTHS TIME, HILLARY CLINTON HAD BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THEN THE FBI ANNOUNCED IT HAD BEEN SITTING ON THIS INFORMATION AND WANTED TO INVESTIGATE SOME OF HER EMAILS. ONE FINAL THOUGHT FOR THIS EVENING, OF COURSE, IS THAT AS MUCH AS THE POLLS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS MIGHT'VE SHOWN A TIGHTENING RACE, THE POPULAR VOTE ONLY COUNTS FOR SO MUCH IN THE UNITED STATES. REALLY, WHAT MATTERS IS THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, AND HILLARY CLINTON IS PROBABLY STILL PLACED MUCH MORE STRONGLY IN TERMS OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE COUNT THAN DONALD TRUMP IS AT THIS STAGE. AND INTERESTINGLY TODAY, AS HILLARY CLINTON CONTINUED HER CAMPAIGN, HER TOP AIDE, HUMA ABEDIN, WHO IS, OF COURSE, THE ESTRANGED WIFE OF THE FORMER CONGRESSMAN FROM WHO THESE EMAILS WERE SOURCED, WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. SO IF TRUMP WINS, WHAT COULD THAT MEAN FOR US HERE IN NZ? POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN TAKES A LOOK. THE FIRST THING TO CONSIDER ABOUT A DONALD TRUMP VICTORY IS THE RISK OF A 'BREXIT-STYLE' MARKET MELTDOWN AND THE COST OF THAT FOR NZ. WE CAN EXPECT A LOT OF VOLATILITY IN THE SHORT TERM. WE MIGHT SEE INTEREST RATES START TO RISE. AND WHILE FINANCIAL MARKETS MAY SOON CALM DOWN, MR TRUMP'S ANTI-TRADE POLICIES COULD HURT MUCH MORE, AND FOR LONGER. ONE ESTIMATE IS TRUMP'S POLICIES COULD LEAD TO 4.8M JOB LOSSES. THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE US ECONOMY, THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, OR NZ'S ECONOMY. AND ECONOMISTS HAVE OTHER CONCERNS. WE HAVE TO RE-NEGOTIATE OUR TRADE DEALS. THEY ARE TAKING OUR JOBS. THEY'RE GIVING INCENTIVES. SO HE'S NOT INTERESTED IN THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP. HE'D ALSO PUT A 45% TARIFF ON CHINESE IMPORTS INTO THE US. THE MESSAGE THAT TRUMP IS SENDING IS 'WE ARE GOING TO DO WHATEVER WE LIKE 'AND BUGGER THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE REST OF YOU.' THEN THERE'S FOREIGN POLICY. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PROMISING A SHAKE-UP THERE TOO, AND HE'S PUT ALLIES LIKE JAPAN ON NOTICE. THE COUNTRIES WE ARE DEFENDING MUST PAY FOR THE COST OF THIS DEFENCE. AND IF NOT, THE US MUST BE PREPARED TO LET THESE COUNTRIES DEFEND THEMSELVES. WE HAVE NO CHOICE. THE UP-SHOT FOR NZ? IT DEPENDS ON HOW THIS PROCESS UNFOLDS. IF IT IS TOO ABRUPT AND TOO ISOLATIONIST, IT COULD CREATE SOME GEOPOLITICAL VACUUMS AND TENSION IN THE REGION, AND MORE CONFRONTATION. OF COURSE THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS WHETHER A PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD ACTUALLY DO ANY OF WHAT HE'S PROPOSING. HE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH CONGRESS ` INCLUDING HIS OWN REPUBLICANS, WHO MAY NOT AGREE WITH HIS POLICIES. EVEN SO, THERE'S PLENTY FOR JOHN KEY AND OTHER LEADERS TO THINK ABOUT. CORIN DANN, 1 NEWS. RESIDENTS OF QUAKE-RATTLED CENTRAL ITALY ARE PICKING THROUGH THE AFTERMATH OF THE STRONGEST TREMOR TO HIT THE COUNTRY IN THREE DECADES. THE 6.6 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE WAS CENTRED NEAR THE HISTORIC TOWN OF NORCIA. IT'S CLOSE TO THE REGION WHERE 300 PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY AN EARTHQUAKE LESS THAN THREE MONTHS AGO. HERE'S EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING. 7.40 IN THE MORNING, AND THE TOWN OF VISO IS SHAKEN TO ITS FOUNDATIONS. A MAGNITUDE 6.6 EARTHQUAKE, ITALY'S FOURTH IN TWO MONTHS. NUNS IN THE NEARBY TOWN OF NORCIA SCRAMBLED AWAY FROM THE MEDIAEVAL BASILICA OF ST BENEDICT. ONE SAID IT FELT LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD AS THE ANCIENT TOWN CRUMBLED AROUND THEM. TRANSLATOR: I HAD MY WINDOW OPEN, WHICH LOOKS ON TO THE BENEDICTINE BELL TOWER. WE SAW ALL THIS DUST RISING. YOU JUST COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING, AND LOTS OF SCREAMS. LOTS OF SCREAMS. WHILE SOME PRAYED, OTHERS TRIED TO CONTACT LOVED ONES. AFTERSHOCKS RATTLING ALREADY SHAKEN RESIDENTS. TRANSLATOR: IT'S A MESS. WE GOT REALLY REALLY SCARED. YOU JUST SAW WHAT'S HAPPENED, THAT AFTERSHOCK. WE'LL TRY TO FIND OUR THINGS, AND THEN WE'LL GO. OUTSIDE SEEMED THE SAFEST PLACE, AWAY FROM THE UNSTABLE WALLS AND BUILDINGS. OFFICIALS SET UP AN EMERGENCY HEADQUARTERS. TREMORS AND AFTERSHOCKS HAVE BEEN SO FREQUENT IN THE LAST WEEK, NO ONE REACTS AS THE COMPUTER SCREEN SHAKES. THE REGISTRATION CONTINUES. THE ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER HAS PROMISED THE QUAKE-HIT REGION WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN. TRANSLATOR: WE WILL REBUILD EVERYTHING ` THE HOUSES, THE CHURCHES AND THE BUSINESSES. WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT A MARVELLOUS AREA. WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT AN AREA THAT HAS SUCH BEAUTY AND SUCH A WELCOME THAT IS REALLY PART OF THEIR IDENTITY. IT WAS JUST TWO MONTHS AGO, NOT FAR FROM NORCIA, THAT NEARLY 300 LOST THEIR LIVES. TOWNS SUCH AS AMATRICE HAVE SUSTAINED FURTHER SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. MANY ARE LEAVING, HEADING TO THE COAST, UNSURE OF WHEN IT WILL BE SAFE TO RETURN. EMMA KEELING, 1 NEWS, LONDON. A LEGAL BATTLE OVER WHETHER TO DIG UP THE BODY OF A CHRISTCHURCH FATHER OF THREE HAS BEGUN IN THE HIGH COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH. HIS PARTNER WANTS HIS BODY EXHUMED SO IT CAN BE CREMATED AND BURIED ON ANCESTRAL LAND. BUT HIS FAMILY WANTS HIM TO REST IN PEACE, AS LISA DAVIES REPORTS. AN EMOTIONAL ARRIVAL AT COURT FOR THE FAMILY OF JAMIE POOLEY. THEIR SON, AND BROTHER, 27-YEAR-OLD JAMIE'S BODY, WAS LAID TO REST HERE OVER FIVE YEARS AGO. BUT NOW HIS PARTNER OF SIX YEARS, WHO DIDN'T WANT TO BE FILMED, WANTS HIS REMAINS TO BE EXHUMED. JAMIE POOLEY WAS BURIED IN CHRISTCHURCH FOUR DAYS AFTER HE DIED, IN MAY 2011. BUT HIS PARTNER ARGUES JAMIE WANTED TO BE BURIED ON ANCESTRAL NGATI POROU LAND UP NORTH. SHE BECAME VERY EMOTIONAL WHEN SHE SAID SHE WAS SHE WAS EXCLUDED FROM ANY BURIAL DECISIONS. THE POOLEY FAMILY LAWYER QUESTIONED WHETHER SHE REALLY WAS EXCLUDED, ALSO SUGGESTING SHE ISN'T FULLY REPRESENTING JAMIE'S WISHES. HIS SON, TUHAKA (14), DOESN'T WANT HIS FATHER MOVED. IF JAMIE DID GET EXHUMED AND TAKEN AWAY FROM HERE, THE EFFECT THAT I THINK IT WOULD HAVE ON TUHAKA ` I THINK THAT SENSE OF LOSS. HE'S ALREADY LOST HIS DAD ONCE, SO ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD BE LIKE RELIVING THAT AGAIN, LOSING HIM TWICE. TUHAKA WAS JUST 9 WHEN HIS FATHER DIED. IT'S NICE THAT TUHAKA CAN HAVE A PLACE TO COME AND SEE HIS DAD. THIS PLACE IS VERY SPECIAL TO HIM. HE'LL LIE DOWN AND TELL HIS DAD ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. THE HEARING WILL TAKE TWO MORE DAYS TO DECIDE JAMIE POOLEY'S FINAL RESTING PLACE. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` THE LONE MAORI MAN ON THE FRONTLINE OF PROTESTS IN NORTH DAKOTA. HOW THE KIWI'S HAKA IS RAISING AMERICAN SPIRITS. THE NZ SUPERSTAR JOCKEY CHASING A BREAKTHROUGH WIN AT THE RACE THAT STOPS TWO NATIONS. AND THE BIG KIWI IN LINE FOR AN EVEN BIGGER PAY CHEQUE. DEADLINE DAY LOOMS FOR NBA STAR STEVEN ADAMS. MAORI AROUND THE WORLD ARE RESPONDING TO A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE'S IMPASSIONED PLEA FOR SUPPORT FROM INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. THE NORTH DAKOTA TRIBE'S FIGHTING TO STOP AN OIL PIPELINE FROM BEING BUILT ON HALLOWED LAND. MAORI HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL LOUD AND CLEAR ON THE FRONT LINE AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SEAN HOGAN REPORTS. NEXT A PASSIONATE SHOW OF SOLIDARITY BY A LONE MAORI MAN. (CHANTS HAKA) THIS UNKNOWN EX-PAT PERFORMING A HAKA IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY AT STANDING ROCK IN NORTH DAKOTA. THEY'RE FIGHTING TO STOP A NEARLY 2000KM LONG, MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR OIL PIPELINE FROM BEING BUILT ON WHAT THEY SAY IS SACRED LAND. IT'S ALSO FEARED CONSTRUCTION COULD DESTROY A VITAL WATER RESOURCE. THIS IS THE ONLY SOURCE OF WATER FOR SIX RESERVATIONS. IT'S NOT ONLY IMPORTANT TO RESERVATIONS BUT ALL THE FARMS AND TOWNS. PEACEFUL PROTESTERS BLOCKED A HIGHWAY IN THE PIPELINE'S PATH, BUT IT SOON TURNED VIOLENT. WHEN THEY SAW THIS MILITARY FORCE COMING OVER, IT TOOK US BACK THE DAYS OF CAVALRY RIDING IN AND WIPING OUT A VILLAGE. PEPPER SPRAY, BEAN BAG ROUNDS AND EAR-PIECING SIRENS USED TO QUELL THE CROWDS AS 141 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED. WHEN YOU ARE THROWING MOLOTOV COCKTAILS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, PRODUCE A HANDGUN AND FIRE THREE ROUNDS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, NO ONE WOULD DESCRIBE THAT SITUATION AS PEACEFUL. MAORI HERE HAVE BEEN QUICK TO GET BEHIND THE NATIVE AMERICANS, WITH GISBORNE LOCAL TE HAUMA NIKORA WRITING A SPECIAL HAKA. AND IT'S POURING IN FROM ALL OVER NZ. BUT AS THE BOND BETWEEN THE INDIGENOUS GROUPS GROWS, SO DOES THE PIPELINE AS CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PACKED MELBOURNE TODAY FOR THE ANNUAL CUP EVE PARADE WITH FORMER CHAMPIONS AND FUTURE STARS TAKING CENTRE STAGE. THE FAVOURITE TO WIN IS HARTNELL, RIDDEN BY CHAMPION KIWI JOCKEY JAMES MACDONALD, BUT LAST YEAR'S WINNING JOCKEY, MICHELLE PAYNE, WAS A NOTABLE ABSENTEE. THE ABC'S BEN LISSON HAS MORE. IT WAS A DAY FOR THE SHOW PONIES AS THE CUP PARADE BROUGHT MELBOURNE TO A HALF. IT'S SORT OF A PRESIDENTIAL PARADE. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. IT'S A FANTASTIC THING THEY LAY ON AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE SO MANY ENTHUSIASTIC FACES WATCHING IT. THAT OR WATCHING THEMSELVES WITH THE FAMOUS CUP. BUT IT'S ALL BUSINESS FOR THOSE WITH A JOB TO DO TOMORROW. HE'S IN GREAT FORM. HIS PRE-RACES HAVE BEEN FAULTLESS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. PERHAPS IT WAS THE FANFARE BUT THERE WAS AN INFLATED SENSE OF SELF-CONFIDENCE. WHO ARE YOU MOST WORRIED ABOUT IN THE FIELD? NONE OF THEM. IF LAST YEAR WAS ANYTHING TO GO BY, ANYONE HAS A CHANCE. MICHELLE PAYNE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE JOCKEY TO WIN THE CUP IN ITS 155-YEAR HISTORY. BUT SHE WASN'T AT THE PARADE. INSTEAD SHE RACED AND PLACED SECOND IN BALLARAT AND IS WITHOUT A RIDE IN TOMORROW'S CUP. SHE'S SUCH A GUTSY JOCKEY AND I THINK IT'S HEART-BREAKING THAT SHE DIDN'T GET A RIDE. THAT'S THE GAME AND SHE KNOWS THAT. I'M SURE THAT SHE'LL BE PROUD OF ME. ALONG WITH TOMORROW'S CHANCES, SOME OF YESTERDAY'S CHAMPIONS WERE ON SHOW. WELL, IT'S THE RICHEST HORSE RACE IN AUSTRALIA, BUT IT ALSO BOASTS A RICH HISTORY, SOMETHING THAT'S NOT LOST ON ANYBODY HERE AT THE PARADE. IT REMINDS ME OF SITTING WITH MY GRANDAD, THEN MY DAD AND LISTENING TO THE RADIO BACK IN MY DAY. THERE'S NATURAL OPTIMISM BEFORE THE BIG DAY. WE JUST HOPE THAT WE GET A WINNER TOMORROW NOW. A SENTIMENT SHARED BY FANS AND TRAINERS ALIKE. NBA STAR STEVEN ADAMS COULD BE SIGNING A DEAL WITH THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER WORTH WELL OVER $100M AS EARLY AS TOMORROW. TOPPING OFF HIS PAY-DAY DREAMS TONIGHT, HE'S CELEBRATING A 113-96 WIN OVER THE LA LAKERS. JOHN MCKENZIE REPORTS. SEVEN FOOT, FROM NZ. WITH A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR DEAL TIPPED TO BE FINALISED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS,... STEVEN ADAMS! ...ADAMS CAME OUT PUMPED FOR WHAT COULD BE HIS FINAL AUDITION. LOOKING EARLY FOR HIS BIG MAN. THE BIG MAN SO HUNGRY HE SCORED THE THUNDERS' FIRST SIX POINTS. WELL, STEVEN ADAMS IS GONNA HAVE 20 POINTS BY HALF TIME. NOT QUITE, BUT HE DID HAVE 10 TO GO ALONG WITH SEVEN REBOUNDS AND THIS LITTLE PIECE OF MAGIC. WESTBROOK, BEHIND THE BACK. WITH BARELY A GLANCE, ADAMS JUST KNEW. ADAMS' RARE SET-UP FOR TEAMMATE RUSSELL WESTBROOK REPAID MOMENTS LATER. OVER THE TOP THIS TIME. ADAMS WOULD ALSO BE A FORCE AT THE OTHER END OF THE COURT ` A TIMELY BLOCK SETTING UP A SCORE AT THE OTHER END... IT SCORES FOR THREE. ...WHILE MAKING PLAYS FOR EVERY LOOSE BALL. JUST HOW DID HE GET THAT BALL? STEVEN ADAMS. IN THE END HE'D WIND UP WITH 14 POINTS, 12 REBOUNDS, TWO ASSISTS, THREE STEALS AND TWO BLOCKS ` PERHAPS ENOUGH TO FORCE THUNDER EXECUTIVES TO PAY UP, PRONTO. PICK AND ROLL EXECUTED TO PERFECTION. WESTBROOK TO ADAMS. IF THE TWO SIDES CAN'T AGREE BY TOMORROW NIGHT, ADAMS CAN FIELD OFFERS FROM ALL 29 OTHER NBA FRANCHISES AT SEASON'S END, THOUGH THE THUNDER CAN CHOOSE TO MATCH ANY OFFER. WHETHER A DEAL'S SIGNED TOMORROW, OR NEXT JULY IN FREE AGENCY, IT'S ALMOST A GUARANTEE THE DEAL WILL EXCEED NINE FIGURES. HE'S LEARNING TO EXPAND HIS GAME NOW. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` STILL STAYING COOL AFTER EIGHT DECADES. WE'VE GOT THE SCOOP ON THE BRAND CELEBRATING A SPECIAL MILESTONE. IT'S BEEN A FAVOURITE SUMMERTIME SLURP FOR 80 YEARS, BUT TODAY, TIP TOP'S AUCKLAND FACTORY SHUT ITS DOORS. NOW, DON'T PANIC. THE ICE CREAM GIANT WAS JUST CELEBRATING ITS BIG ANNIVERSARY. HERE'S SAM KELWAY. WHETHER IT'S SCOOPS, SPRINKLES OR LOADS OF CHOCOLATE, WE ALL HAVE OUR LIP-SMACKING FAVOURITE. IT'S ORANGE CHOC CHIP, BECAUSE IT'S GOT CHOCOLATE AND IT'S ORANGE. (LAUGHS) TIPTOP IS CELEBRATING ITS 80TH YEAR AND IS STILL CHURNING OUT SUMMER'S ICY TREATS. THE COMPANY MAKES 55 MILLION LITRES OF ICE CREAM EVERY YEAR AND EMPLOYS GENERATIONS OF KIWIS. I STARTED IN '64 AND THEN IN '69 LEFT FOR A MONTH ` I WAS GONNA GO OVERSEAS ` AND CAME BACK AGAIN. I'VE BEEN BACK ON THERE 47 YEARS STRAIGHT. HERE'S A TIP THAT'S TOPS. 80 YEARS AGO, ICE CREAM SELECTION WAS MUCH SIMPLER. YOU HAD FOUR CHOICES ` VANILLA, CHOCOLATE, STRAWBERRY AND NEAPOLITAN. THE TRUMPET ORIGINATED IN THE '60S, MADE FACES FAMOUS IN THE '80S. AND THE COMPANY STILL SELLS 13 MILLION A YEAR. ALONGSIDE LOCAL PRODUCTION, TIP TOP EXPORTS TO THE PACIFIC, ASIA AND THE CARIBBEAN. TODAY THE FROZEN TREAT MARKET IS A CROWDED ONE, WITH SPECIALITY SHOPS AND UPMARKET FLAVOURS. BUT TIP TOP'S VANILLA IS STILL THEIR BESTSELLER. 150,000 LITRES OF ICE CREAM IS MADE HERE EVERY DAY. THESE CONVEYOR BELTS ARE USUALLY CHOCKA FULL OF ICE CREAM, BUT TODAY IT'S UNUSUALLY VERY VERY QUIET. EMPLOYEES LINED UP TO SHOW THEIR TRUE COLOURS WITH A CHOREOGRAPHED GOODY-GOODY GUMDROPS ICE CREAM CONE. WE JUST WANTED TO GET EVERYONE OUT HERE TO CELEBRATE AS A COMPANY. FOR THE FANS OUT THERE, YOU'LL BE PLEASED TO KNOW STAFF ARE BACK TO WORK TOMORROW. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER, WITH J5 AND DAVE MATTHEWS BAND. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY KATE PARKINSON AND ANNE LANGFORD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.