TONIGHT, STUNNED DISBELIEF IS NOW MOBILISED DISGUST. PROTESTS AGAINST AMERICA'S NEW PRESIDENT DESCEND INTO RIOTOUS VIOLENCE. MAKE THEM KIWIS ` A TOP SCIENTIST'S NOVEL IDEA FOR TALENTED AMERICANS FLEEING TRUMP. AND WE HONOUR THE VISIONARY AND POETIC GENIUS OF SINGER-SONGWRITER LEONARD COHEN. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. FIRST TONIGHT, PEACEFUL ANTI-TRUMP PROTESTS HAVE NOW DESCENDED INTO RIOTING IN ONE AMERICAN CITY. THESE ARE THE LATEST PICTURES FROM PORTLAND, OREGON, IN NORTH-WEST AMERICA. RIOTERS HAVE BEEN SMASHING CARS AND PROPERTY. POLICE SAY OBJECTS HAVE BEEN THROWN AT OFFICERS. ZAC FLEMING HAS THE LATEST. INDISTINCT SHOUTING THEIR ANGER SHOWING NO SIGN OF FADING. SHOUTING CONTINUES IN PORTLAND, OREGON, POLICE DECLARED WHAT STARTED AS AN ANTI-TRUMP PROTEST NOW A RIOT. THESE VIOLENT RIOTERS GETTING A REALITY CHECK. YOU'RE ALL ACTING LIKE DONALD TRUMP. THIS SECOND DAY OF PROTESTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IS UNPRECEDENTED AFTER AN ELECTION,... ALL CHANT: <BLEEP> DONALD TRUMP! AND IS EXACTLY WHAT MANY FEARED DONALD TRUMP'S HATE-FILLED CAMPAIGN COULD CAUSE. LOVE TRUMPS HATE. LET ME HEAR YOU! CROWD CHANTS: LOVE TRUMPS HATE! POLICE ERECTED SECURITY FENCES AROUND HIS NEWLY OPENED WASHINGTON HOTEL AND BEEFED UP BLOCKADES IN FRONT OF TRUMP TOWER IN MANHATTAN,... ALL CHANT: DONALD TRUMP, GO AWAY. RACIST, SEXIST, ANTI-GAY. WE REJECT THE PRESIDENT-ELECT. ...WHILE TRUMP BLAMED THE MEDIA AND CALLED IT 'UNFAIR'. BUT THE ADDED MEASURES WERE UNNECESSARY. MOST PROTESTS PEACEFUL. LOVE TRUMPS HATE! HOWEVER, THAT COULD ALL CHANGE. LARGE RALLIES ARE PLANNED FOR THE WEEKEND. IN NEW YORK CITY AND LOS ANGELES, MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNALLED THEY MAY ATTEND. ZAC FLEMING, 1 NEWS. THE VIOLENCE FOLLOWS A MEETING BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND BARACK OBAMA AT THE WHITE HOUSE. THEIR ENCOUNTER WAS CALM AND CORDIAL, IF A LITTLE AWKWARD. HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S ROBERT PENFOLD. THE OVAL OFFICE MEETING THAT BARACK OBAMA NEVER DREAMED HE'D HAVE. STILL BITTER FOES, MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME. I BELIEVE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US, REGARDLESS OF PARTY AND REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL PREFERENCES, TO NOW COME TOGETHER, WORK TOGETHER, TO DEAL WITH THE MANY CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE. I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO DEALING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN THE FUTURE, INCLUDING COUNSEL. A MEETING EXPECTED TO LAST 10 MINUTES EVENTUALLY RAN FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF. WE DISCUSSED A LOT OF DIFFERENT SITUATIONS ` SOME WONDERFUL AND SOME DIFFICULTIES. MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN THE COMING TWO MONTHS IS TO TRY TO FACILITATE A TRANSITION THAT ENSURES OUR PRESIDENT-ELECT IS SUCCESSFUL. BUT BAD BLOOD REMAINS. THEIR HATRED FOR EACH OTHER GOES DEEP. TRUMP STARTED IT ALL BY CLAIMING THE PRESIDENT SHOULDN'T HAVE THE JOB, POINTING CONTINUALLY TO THE INCORRECT RUMOUR THAT OBAMA WASN'T BORN IN AMERICA, AND IT ESCALATED FROM THERE. THEY SAY DONALD LACKS THE FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE TO BE PRESIDENT. BUT IN FAIRNESS, HE HAS SPENT YEARS MEETING WITH LEADERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ` MISS SWEDEN, MISS ARGENTINA. I CALL PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON THE FOUNDERS OF ISIS. THEY'RE THE FOUNDERS. IF SOMEBODY CAN'T HANDLE A TWITTER ACCOUNT,... LAUGHTER ...THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE NUCLEAR CODE. I THINK PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BEEN THE MOST IGNORANT PRESIDENT IN OUR HISTORY. AND THIS COMMENT ONLY THREE DAYS AGO. DONALD TRUMP IS TEMPERAMENTALLY UNFIT TO BE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. OBAMA'S SPOKESMAN TODAY ADMITTED THAT HIS OPINION OF TRUMP HASN'T CHANGED. THE PRESIDENT'S VIEWS HAVEN'T CHANGED. HE STANDS BY WHAT HE SAID ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. DON'T BE TAKEN IN BY THOSE SMILES. JUST IMAGINE HOW UNCOMFORTABLE IT MUST'VE BEEN FOR BARACK OBAMA, BECAUSE THERE SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO HIM WAS THE MAN WHO ONLY LAST WEEK HE DESCRIBED AS SO UNTRUSTWORTHY, THAT HIS STAFF HAD TO TAKE AWAY HIS PHONE TO KEEP HIM OFF TWITTER. AND NOW HE'S ABOUT TO HAND THE SAME MAN THE NUCLEAR CODES. IN WHAT WAS LIKELY A SOMEWHAT MORE PLEASANT MEETING, MICHELLE OBAMA GAVE MELANIA TRUMP A PRIVATE TOUR THROUGH HER FUTURE HOME. THE PAIR REPORTEDLY DISCUSSING HOW TO RAISE CHILDREN IN THE WHITE HOUSE. PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP THEN WENT TO CAPITOL HILL TO MEET WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. HE'LL BE RELYING ON THEM TO PASS SOME OF THE DRASTIC MEASURES HE INTENDS TO INTRODUCE SO HE CAN LIVE UP TO HIS PROMISE TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. AND THEN OUT ON TO THE BALCONY TO GET A LOOK AT WHERE HE WILL BE SWORN IN IN JANUARY. CROWD CHANTS: LOVE TRUMPS HATE! IT MAY BE A UNITED FRONT IN WASHINGTON, BUT THE DIVISION ACROSS THE REST OF AMERICA IS DEEPENING. ALL CHANT: NOT MY PRESIDENT! NOT MY PRESIDENT! RIGHT. THIS GUY, RICHARD DAWKINS, A WORLD FAMOUS THINKER, AUTHOR OF THE BOOK 'THE GOD DELUSION', HAS WRITTEN TO NZ WITH A BRIGHT IDEA. IN THE PRESIDENT TRUMP ERA, HE BELIEVES SCIENCE WILL TAKE A HARD KNOCK IN THE US AND THAT WE'RE PERFECTLY PLACED TO LURE SOME OF AMERICA'S BRIGHTEST MINDS TO OUR SHORES. SO DAWKINS SAYS WE SHOULD CONTACT ELITE SCIENTISTS WHO MAY BE KEEN TO LEAVE AND OFFER THEM CITIZENSHIP, CLAIMING WE COULD 'MAKE NZ THE ATHENS OF THE MODERN WORLD'. IT COMES AS INTEREST FROM AMERICANS SPIKES TO UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS. BUT CAN WE REALISTICALLY EXPECT A BIG INFLUX FROM THE US? KIM SAVAGE EXPLORES THE IDEA. THE THOUGHT OF A TRUMP PRESIDENCY TOO MUCH FOR SOME. IF THAT <BLEEP> BECOMES PRESIDENT, I'LL MOVE MY BLACK ASS TO SOUTH AFRICA! I WILL MOVE TO SPAIN OR SOMEWHERE. SO UNBEARABLE, AMERICANS ARE EYEING UP A MOVE TO NZ IN NUMBERS NOT SEEN BEFORE. WE WALKED INTO THE OFFICE THE DAY AFTER THE RESULT, AND WE HAD AN EMAIL FROM A PERSON SAYING, 'I'M READY TO MAKE THE DECISION. I WANNA GET OUT OF THE USA.' SINCE ELECTION DAY, IMMIGRATION NZ'S WEBSITE HAS HAD MORE THAN 88,000 HITS FROM THE UNITED STATES. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, VISITS TO INFORMATION SITE NZ NOW JUMPED TO OVER 100,000 FROM THE USUAL DAILY 1500. WE'VE NEVER SEEN THAT FROM ANYWHERE BEFORE, SO THIS IS VERY UNCHARTERED TERRITORY. MORE THAN 10,000 AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THE NEXT STEP IN THE PAST FEW DAYS, REGISTERING THEIR INTEREST ON THE NZ NOW SITE. THAT'S MORE THAN THREE TIMES A TYPICAL MONTH'S REGISTRATIONS. IN 2004, WHEN WE HAD THE RE-ELECTION OF BUSH, WE HAD A JUMP FROM AMERICANS COMING TO NZ FROM 2500 TO 3500. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN. IMMIGRATION EXPERTS ADMIT STRONG MIGRATION WILL CONTINUE TO PUT PRESSURE ON AUCKLAND'S ALREADY STRETCHED HOUSING AND TRANSPORT, BUT THEY SAY AMERICANS WILL LIKELY BE INVITED IN OVER LESS SKILLED MIGRANTS. WE DO NEED THEM. THEY'VE GOT SKILLS. THEY'VE GOT KNOWLEDGE. THEY'VE GOT CAPITAL, WHICH ARE REALLY VERY BENEFICIAL TO NZ. WELCOME NEWS FOR THOSE AMERICANS WHO CAN'T WAIT TO ESCAPE. KIM SAVAGE, 1 NEWS. NOW TO A MYSTERY IN RURAL SOUTH AUCKLAND. A WOMAN HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE MIDDLE OF A PADDOCK, CRITICALLY HURT. HER CRASHED CAR WAS FOUND HUNDREDS OF METRES AWAY, AND POLICE SAY HER INJURIES WEREN'T CAUSED BY THE CRASH. ZAC FLEMING WAS IN WAIUKU EARLIER TODAY. ALL WE KNOW FOR SURE IS THAT THE WOMAN'S CAR WAS FOUND CRASHED DOWN THIS BANK IN WAIUKU, AND THEN SHE WAS FOUND SEVERAL HUNDRED METRES AWAY IN THIS PADDOCK WITH CRITICAL INJURIES. POLICE DON'T KNOW IF SHE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AT THE TIME, WHETHER ANYONE ELSE WAS WITH HER OR WHETHER SHE EVEN MADE HER OWN WAY FROM THE CAR TO THE PADDOCK OR WHETHER SOMEONE ELSE WAS INVOLVED. THEY'RE ALSO REFUSING TO ELABORATE ON HER INJURIES. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, STILL FORENSICS TEAMS HERE IN THIS PADDOCK COMBING IT FOR CLUES. POLICE HAVE SPOKEN TO HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY TODAY, TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF HER WHEREABOUTS BETWEEN 6 PM LAST NIGHT AND 6 AM THIS MORNING. THEY'RE ALSO ASKING FOR SIGHTINGS OF HER CAR. THE INVESTIGATION TEAM ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY. THEY'LL BE INTO THE NIGHT AS WELL, JUST SO THAT WE CAN ASCERTAIN WHAT HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED. AT THIS STAGE, WE FIND NO LINK WITH HER AND THAT PROPERTY. IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT, IT WAS A VERY SLOW-SPEED ACCIDENT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT MUCH DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE OR THE FENCE. THE WOMAN'S BELIEVED TO BE IN HER 20S AND FROM THE FRANKLIN AREA. SHE'S STILL IN HOSPITAL, AND POLICE ARE YET TO SPEAK TO HER, BUT THEY'RE HOPING SHE MAY BE ABLE TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON WHAT HAPPENED HERE. LEONARD COHEN, THE LEGENDARY POET AND SINGER-SONGWRITER, HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 82. HIS SOULFUL, BROODING BARITONE HAS INSPIRED GENERATIONS, PEPPERING POP CULTURE FROM THE WRITTEN WORD TO THE SILVER SCREEN. SEAN HOGAN REFLECTS ON HIS EPIC 60-YEAR CAREER. # HALLELUJAH # HALLELUJAH # THE HAUNTING, GRAVELLY VOCALS OF A MAN DESCRIBED AS A MUSICAL VISIONARY. IN THE '60S, THE BOY FROM QUEBEC USED HIS GIFT FOR WRITING NOVELS AND POETRY. LET US ALL LEAN IN ONE DIRECTION AND FLOAT DOWN TO THE COAST OF FLORIDA. A MOVE TO NEW YORK SAW LEONARD COHEN TRANSFER THAT LYRICAL LARGESSE FROM PAPER INTO SONG. # SHE SHOWS YOU WHERE TO LOOK # AMID THE GARBAGE AND THE FLOWERS. # HIS INFLUENCE LIKENED TO THAT OF BOB DYLAN, HIS MUSIC INFILTRATING POP CULTURE ON SCREEN RIGHT THROUGH THE AGES. # ...OVER EVERY LIVING SOUL. # AND LIE BESIDE ME, BABY, # THAT'S AN ORDER. # THE '90S SAW HIM TAKE A BREAK FROM MUSIC, BECOMING A BUDDHIST MONK BEFORE BREAKING HIS MUSICAL SILENCE WITH THE RELEASE OF 10 NEW SONGS. # AND DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE. # COHEN WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 2008, LABELLED AMONG THE HIGHEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL ECHELON OF SONG WRITERS. BUT THAT WASN'T THE END OF THE ROAD. UNDER THE DARK CLOUD OF FINANCIAL TROUBLE, HE WENT ON ONE LAST WORLD TOUR AT THE TENDER AGE OF 74. # DANCE ME TO YOUR BEAUTY # WITH A BURNING VIOLIN. # PERFORMING 387 SHOWS OVER FIVE YEARS, HE GRACED NZ SHORES THREE TIMES ` IN WELLINGTON IN 2009... # LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. # ...AND, STILL AT HIS MOURNFUL BEST, JUST THREE YEARS AGO IN AUCKLAND. # REPENT. # REPENT. IT SEEMED THE CURTAIN ON HIS CAREER WOULD NEVER FALL. HIS 14TH STUDIO ALBUM RELEASED JUST LAST MONTH. IF YOU ARE THE DEALER, I'M OUT OF THE GAME. HIS MEMORIAL WILL BE HELD IN LOS ANGELES LATER THIS WEEK. HIS MEMORIAL WILL BE HELD IN LOS ANGELES LATER THIS WEEK. CONSIDERING THE MAN, THE POET, HIS ENDURING INFLUENCE, WE'LL LEAVE THE LAST WORLDS TO LEONARD COHEN HIMSELF. # AND EVEN THOUGH IT ALL WENT WRONG, # I'LL STAND RIGHT HERE BEFORE THE LORD OF SONG # WITH NOTHING ON MY TONGUE BUT HALLELUJAH. # HALLELUJAH # HALLELUJAH # LEONARD COHEN, WHO DIED IN LOS ANGELES, AGED 82, JUST AHEAD. THE REALITY OF OUR RAMPANT 'P' PROBLEM ` THE REHAB CENTRE STRUGGLING TO KEEP PACE WITH THE CASUALTIES OF METH. THE SPECIFIC AND SURPRISING REASON BEHIND A RIOT AT A NORTH QUEENSLAND DETENTION CENTRE. IT WAS ABOUT POULTRY AND POT. A HISTORIC DAY IS REMEMBERED AROUND NZ. THE MOMENT A CONFLICT WHICH TOOK 18,000 KIWI LIVES CAME TO AN END. WE'RE HEADING TO ONE OF THE FRONT LINES OF NZ'S WAR ON METHAMPHETAMINE NOW. A WEST AUCKLAND REHAB CENTRE, WHERE HALF OF THE RESIDENTS ARE ADDICTED TO 'P', IS EXPANDING, USING CASH FROM A NEW $15M METH FIGHTING FUND. BUT DESPITE THE GROWTH, IT CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE TENS OF THOUSANDS WHO NEED HELP. YVONNE TAHANA HAS MORE. OVER 30 YEARS, MITCHELL INGRAM'S TRIED EVERY DRUG GOING. SPEED, LSD, MUSHROOMS AND ENDED UP ECSTASY, METHAMPHETAMINE, AND METHAMPHETAMINE, FOR ME, WAS MY DRUG OF CHOICE IN THE END. THEN HE MADE ANOTHER CHOICE ` TO KICK HIS HABIT, GRADUATING FROM THIS WEST AUCKLAND TREATMENT CENTRE THAT'S CELEBRATING A MAJOR REBUILD. KIA ORA. MY NAME'S MITCHELL, AND I'M AN ADDICT. AUDIENCE: KIA ORA, MITCHELL. HIGHER GROUND ALREADY HELPS 250 PEOPLE A YEAR. AROUND HALF ARE P ADDICTS. WITH EXTRA BEDS, IT CAN NOW TREAT 30 MORE. IT IS METHAMPHETAMINE THAT IS GETTING US AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PRESS BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE AND CRIME IT IS CREATING. AN ESTIMATED 160,000 NZERS HAVE ADDICTION PROBLEMS, BUT ONLY AROUND 24,000 HAVE ACCESS TO REHABILITATION. IT'S A FOUR-MONTH WAIT HERE FOR ADDICTS HERE AT HIGHER GROUND. SECTOR ADVOCATES SAY THAT'S FAR TOO LONG A WAIT, BUT IT'S A SITUATION BEING REPEATED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. PEOPLE FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, PARTICULARLY NORTHLAND, WOULD SAY WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE ANY, SO I HAVE TO BE MEASURED IN WHAT I SAY, BUT, YES, WHEN IT COMES TO RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT BEDS IN AUCKLAND, THERE IS A SHORTAGE. THE PRIME MINISTER ADMITS MORE INVESTMENT IS NEEDED. PEOPLE NEED HELP, AND FRANKLY, THEY NEED HELP FASTER THAN FOUR MONTHS, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, THEN SOME PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY WON'T ACTUALLY BE ALIVE TO ACTUALLY GET THAT TREATMENT. THAT'S THE HARSH REALITY. MITCHELL INGRAM SAYS HE'LL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL FOR THE HELP. RECOVERY GIVES YOU A LOT ` MY EX-WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN SITTING HERE TODAY. ON MONDAY HE STARTS A NEW JOB ` A SECOND CHANCE AT THE REST OF HIS LIFE. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. PENSIONERS AT A HOUSING NZ COMPLEX IN AUCKLAND SAY THEY'VE BEEN LIVING IN FEAR SINCE A MAN WITH APPARENT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES MOVED IN THREE MONTHS AGO. THE TENANTS CLAIM THEY'VE BEEN SUBJECTED TO PHYSICAL AND VERBAL ABUSE, DEATH THREATS AND INDECENT EXPOSURE. AND AS HELEN CASTLES REPORTS, THEY ALSO SAY AUTHORITIES ARE DOING LITTLE TO PROTECT THEM. WE ARE BEING TERRORISED. THE DAMAGE TO THIS ONE-BEDROOM FLAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. EVERY SINGLE WINDOW AND DOOR SMASHED. HE HAS BEEN THROWING FURNITURE OUT OF HIS HOUSE, THROUGH THE WINDOWPANES AND GLASSES. PART OF HIS RADIO AND DVD HE THREW OUT OF THE WINDOW. WE WON'T IDENTIFY THE MAN WHO LIVES HERE BECAUSE OF HIS POSSIBLE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. BUT HOUSING NZ CONTRACT STAFF ARE HERE REGULARLY REPAIRING THE DAMAGE ALLEGEDLY CAUSED BY THE MAN. HE WALKED OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND CRAPPED, AND HE ALSO CRAPPED ON MY DOORSTEP. NEIGHBOURS CLAIM HE'S UNPREDICTABLE AND SOMETIMES VIOLENT. HE CAME OUT TO ME, THREATENING TO KILL ME. JUST CHATTING AWAY, AND NEXT MINUTE, HE JUST HIT ME STRAIGHT IN THE EYE FOR NO REASON AT ALL. THE MAN HAS LIVED IN THIS FLAT FOR THREE MONTHS. IN THAT TIME, NEIGHBOURING TENANTS HAVE MADE MORE THAN A DOZEN CALLS TO BOTH POLICE AND HOUSING NZ. POLICE SAY GO TO HOUSING CORP. MENTAL HEALTH SAYS IT'S A HOUSING CORP MATTER. HOUSING CORP SAYS REPORT TO POLICE. A DAY AFTER WE CONTACTED HOUSING NZ, NEIGHBOURS SAY AN EVICTION NOTICE APPEARED ON THE MAN'S DOOR. HOUSING NZ WON'T SAY WHY IT'S TAKEN THEM SO LONG TO ACT BUT DOES ACKNOWLEDGES THE MAN IS UNWELL AND SAYS IT'S ENLISTED THE HELP OF THE APPROPRIATE AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THE MAN GETS THE HELP HE NEEDS. I'D LIKE <BLEEP> HERE TO GO TO A PLACE WHERE HE'S MONITORED, WHERE PEOPLE ARE SAFE, AND HE'S ALSO SAFE. THE TENANT SHOULD NOW HAVE THREE MONTHS TO MOVE OUT, BUT NEIGHBOURS SAY THAT'S THREE MONTHS TOO LONG. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. A GROUP OF YOUNG PRISONERS HAS STAGED A RIOT AT A NORTH QUEENSLAND DETENTION CENTRE, DEMANDING FRIED CHICKEN. THE CLEVELAND YOUTH DETENTION CENTRE IN TOWNSVILLE WAS LOCKED DOWN FOR 12 HOURS AS A GROUP OF 20 DETAINEES ARMED THEMSELVES WITH STEEL BARS AND HURLED MISSILES AT GUARDS. THE GROUP SPENT THE NIGHT ON THE ROOF AND, ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, REFUSED TO COME DOWN UNLESS THEY WERE GIVEN KFC AND MARIJUANA. THE INCIDENT ENDED EARLY THIS MORNING WITHOUT THE DEMANDS BEING MET. 98 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE GUNS FELL SILENT ON THE WESTERN FRONT, MARKING THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR'S FOUR YEARS OF BLOODSHED. CEREMONIES HAVE BEEN HELD AROUND THE COUNTRY TO REMEMBER THE THOUSANDS OF KIWIS WHO DIED IN THE CONFLICT. BRIAR WELLS REPORTS. CHEERING JUBILATION AND RELIEF WE CAN BARELY IMAGINE. CHEERING CONTINUES THE SCENES AFTER THE SIGNING OF A PEACE DECLARATION BRINGING THE FIRST WORLD WAR TO AN END. (PLAYS 'REVEILLE') NOW, 98 YEARS LATER, A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE. I THINK THE LESSONS FROM THE DAY ARE THE COSTS THAT WERE PAID BEFORE WE FINALLY GOT TO THE END, BUT NO MATTER HOW TERRIBLE IT WAS, THERE WAS AN END. ON THE 11TH HOUR OF THE 11TH DAY OF THE 11TH MONTH, A MINUTE'S SILENCE, HONOURING THE 18,000 KIWIS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. IT'S A TIME WHEN PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER AND ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE THAT HAVE SERVED. MAYBE IT MAKES US THINK THAT WE SHOULD JUST BE VERY CAREFUL BEFORE WE STEP INTO THESE WARS AGAIN. A GUN SALUTE IN DUNEDIN MARKING THE SO-CALLED WAR TO END ALL WARS. TODAY A CHANCE TO HONOUR THE SACRIFICE OF THOSE IN OTHER CONFLICTS TOO. IT'S ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THE SERVICE AS MUCH AS IT ACKNOWLEDGING THE SACRIFICE. IN WELLINGTON DIGNITARIES LAYING WREATHS AT PUKEAHU NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL, WHILE THE ARMISTICE SERVICE IN CHRISTCHURCH RETURNED TO THE BRIDGE OF REMEMBRANCE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE 2011 EARTHQUAKE. THE ALL BLACKS PAYING THEIR RESPECTS TOO, SPORTING A RED POPPY ON THEIR JERSEY SLEEVES WHEN THEY PLAY ITALY IN ROME THIS WEEKEND. AND IT'S PRETTY POIGNANT THAT THEY'RE IN ITALY, WHICH IS NEAR CASSINO ` MONTE CASSINO ` WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT BATTLE THAT THE NZERS WERE INVOLVED IN. A TERRIBLE PRICE PAID IN THE FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM. BRIAR WELLS, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD, WE'LL TAKE THE BASS LINE FOR A WALK AND SHARE A SMOOTH JAZZ WEATHER FORECAST. AND TENS OF THOUSANDS HAVE FLOCKED TO CANTERBURY'S A&P SHOW. SO WE THOUGHT THEY WON'T MIND IF WE SEND ONE MORE ` AND A CAMERAMAN. IT'S THE DAY THAT THE COUNTRY COMES TO THE CITY. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE FLOCKED TO THE FINAL DAY OF THE 154TH CANTERBURY A&P SHOW. THE EVENT SHOWCASES THE VERY BEST OF THE RURAL LIFESTYLE, BUT IT ALSO LIKES TO SPRING SOME SURPRISES. SAM CLARKE WAS THERE. THE DOG TRIALS ARE A TIME-HONOURED TRADITION OF THE CHRISTCHURCH A & P SHOW, BUT NO ONE DOES IT QUITE LIKE DON STUART. YUP, THAT'S DON, SHORT FOR... ...DONALD. < YOU GET MUCH STICK FOR THAT? YEAH, QUITE A BIT, (LAUGHS) BUT I CAN'T FLY. THESE DAY'S HE'S A POPULAR ATTRACTION. EVERY YEAR HE MAKES THE PILGRIMAGE FROM BLENHEIM TO THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST A & P SHOW. HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE, THOUGH. (MOOS) ALL CREATURES BIG AND SMALL AND SMALLER... ALL CHEER ...COME TO PET, PLAY AND COMPETE. I WON 10 BUCKS AND A RIBBON. < 10 BUCKS? AWESOME. SOME EVEN DECIDED TO TAKE ONE HOME. OVER THE WEEKEND WE'VE HAD THIS GIRL ADOPTED, AND WE'VE HAD LOTS OF ENQUIRIES. IT WASN'T A SMOOTH RIDE THE ENTIRE TIME, THOUGH, BUT EVEN A BIT OF AVERAGE WEATHER COULDN'T STOP THE CROWDS FROM POURING IN. CHIPS ` IT'S COLD WEATHER, SO EVERYONE'S GOING FOR THE CHIPS, EH. THIS YEAR'S SHOW HAS DRAWN IN MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE. BIG ACTION LIKE TODAY'S SHEARING COMPETITION BROUGHT 55,000 PEOPLE THROUGH THE GATE TODAY ALONE. (BLEATS) AT THIS SHOW, THOUGH, THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE TOP DOG ` OR SHOULD THAT BE TOP BULL? ` PROVING BIGGER IS BETTER AT THE BIGGEST SHOW OF THEM ALL. SAM CLARKE, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH HOLLIE SMITH AND HER SINGLE TO LAUNCH THE WHITE RIBBON CAMPAIGN. THIS IS 'PLEASE'. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ