TONIGHT ` TAXING TIMES FOR THE CAPITAL. IRD WORKERS ARE AMONG THOUSANDS TURFED OUT OF THIS QUAKE-DAMAGED BUILDING, WELLINGTON'S LARGEST OFFICE BLOCK. 35 HOMES ARE EVACUATED SOUTH OF KAIKOURA AS FEARS GROW THAT A QUAKE-CREATED DAM COULD BURST. AND FLATULENCE ON THE SEA FLOOR. THE BIZARRE BY-PRODUCT OF THE QUAKE AND POTENTIALLY AN ECONOMIC CHRISTMAS PRESENT. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. FIRST TONIGHT ` WELLINGTON'S QUAKE-HIT BUILDING EVACUATION PROBLEM JUST GOT BIGGER. THE CITY'S LARGEST OFFICE BUILDING HAS BEEN DECLARED A NO-GO ZONE AND WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW. SEAN HOGAN'S BEEN AT ASTERON HOUSE. THOUSANDS OF WORKERS HAVE BEEN TOLD NOT TO COME TO WORK TOMORROW AS THIS BUILDING BEHIND ME, ASTERON HOUSE, WHICH IS WELLINGTON'S LARGEST OFFICE BLOCK, HAS BEEN EVACUATED AND CLOSED TODAY. IT'S HOME TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS LIKE INLAND REVENUE, AS WELL AS INSURANCE COMPANIES. ENGINEERS HAVE CARRIED OUT SAFETY CHECKS TODAY AND HAVE CONCERNS THAT IF THERE WERE A SIGNIFICANT AFTERSHOCK, IT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE STAIRWELLS AND THEY WOULDN'T BE A SAFE WAY OF EVACUATING. ASTERON WILL CARRY OUT MORE OF THOSE SAFETY CHECKS TOMORROW, BUT IT JUST ADDS ANOTHER BUILDING TO THE GROWING LIST OF BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED AROUND WELLINGTON, AND IT'S UNSURE AS TO WHEN IT WILL BE REOPENED. THE COMPANY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNSTABLE MOLESWORTH ST BUILDING ABOUT TO BE DEMOLISHED IS NOW BEING INVESTIGATED. THIS COMES AFTER 1 NEWS UNCOVERED THAT PEOPLE WERE ILLEGALLY LIVING IN THE NOW CONDEMNED BUILDING. CONCERNS ABOUT THE COMPANY HAVE ALSO RESULTED IN THE COUNCIL TAKING OVER MANAGEMENT OF THE DEMOLITION. SEAN HOGAN REPORTS 61 MOLESWORTH ST ` THE FIRST BUILDING IN WELLINGTONS CBD TO BE CONDEMNED FROM FEARS IT MAY COLLAPSE FOLLOWING LAST MONDAY'S QUAKE. IT WAS FIRST THOUGHT THE NINE-STOREY OFFICE BLOCK WAS VACANT, BUT 1 NEWS REVEALED PEOPLE HAD BEEN UNLAWFULLY LIVING INSIDE. WE KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF PEOPLE LIVING ON THE THIRD, FOURTH... ...AND EIGHTH FLOOR. PREVIOUSLY, THERE WAS SOME PEOPLE. AND A MONTH AGO SOME RENTED THE SIXTH FLOOR FOR ALMOST A MONTH. AND THERE WERE YOUNGER PEOPLE, LIKE UNI STUDENTS. AND THERE WERE YOUNGER PEOPLE, LIKE UNI STUDENTS. THE MINISTRY OF BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT IS NOW INVESTIGATING IT SAYS... LATE TODAY THE COUNCIL REVEALED IT WAS ALSO LOOKING ALLEGATIONS THIS VACANT BUILDING, OWNED BY THE SAME COMPANY, ALSO HAD TENANTS LIVING INSIDE UNLAWFULLY. A COUNCIL SPOKESPERSON TOLD 1 NEWS IT RECEIVED COMPLAINTS IN SEPTEMBER THAT PEOPLE WERE LIVING INSIDE THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. THE COUNCIL SPOKESPERSON SAYS IT TOLD PRIME PROPERTY GROUP TO GET THE TENANTS OUT AND TO STOP WHAT IT WAS DOING. THE COUNCIL ALSO ANNOUNCED TODAY IT WAS TAKING THE DECONSTRUCTION PROJECT OFF PRIME PROPERTY GROUP, HEADED BY RICH LISTER EYAL AHARONI, WHO'S REPORTEDLY WORTH $70M. WE HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN THE PROJECT OVER. WE MADE THAT DECISION THIS MORNING AS A RESULT OF SOME CONCERNS WE HAD. SO WE'VE SAID, 'LOOK, WE WANNA DO THIS RIGHT. 'WE WANNA GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN AND GO FROM THERE.' SO IT'S REALLY AS SIMPLE AS THAT. I DON'T WANT TO BE DRAWN TOO MUCH ON THE REASONS, BUT WE HAVE GOT THEM. THE COUNCIL SAYS IT HOPES TO TAKE DOWN THE BUILDING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND COSTS WILL BE RECOVERED FROM PRIME PROPERTY GROUP AND THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND NOW, WHERE THE FALLOUT IS STILL SPREADING 10 DAYS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK. RESIDENTS OF 35 HOMES HAVE BEEN EVACUATED FROM THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF GOOSE BAY, JUST SOUTH OF KAIKOURA. THERE ARE MOUNTING FEARS THAT A LANDSLIP DAM CREATED BY THE QUAKE OR ITS AFTERSHOCKS COULD BREACH. THE DAM'S ABOUT 5M HIGH, WHICH IS NOT NEARLY HIGH ENOUGH IF FORECAST BAD WEATHER PLAYS OUT. RESIDENTS IN THE LINE OF FIRE HAVE BEEN TOLD TO PREPARE FOR AT LEAST 10 DAYS AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES. AND AFTERSHOCKS HAVE BEEN CAUSING MAJOR DISRUPTION TO LIVES FURTHER SOUTH. THE SMALL NORTH CANTERBURY SETTLEMENT OF SCARGILL IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING HIT BY A CLUSTER OF STRONG QUAKES LAST NIGHT. ALI PUGH FOUND LOCALISED DAMAGE AND SOME VERY SHOCKED RESIDENTS. PILES OF BLOCKS ARE ALL THAT REMAIN OF MAJOR SECTIONS OF SCARGILL'S COMMUNITY HALL AFTER A 5.7-MAGNITUDE QUAKE SHOOK THE QUIET NORTH CANTERBURY TOWN RIGHT BENEATH ITS CORE. PRETTY CLOSE, COS IT'S RIGHT UNDER US HERE. AND, YEAH, DIFFERENT TO ALL THE OTHERS. JUST THE NOISE. YEAH, THE NOISE IS THE BIG THING, EH. IT'S JUST YOU HEAR IT, AND THEN IT JUST HITS, AND IT'S JUST SO SHALLOW. SO SHALLOW, THE JOLT TORE BRITTA RYAN'S WATER TOWER RIGHT FROM ITS FOUNDATIONS. AND I WALKED INSIDE, AND OH MY GOD, EVERYTHING CAME DOWN. SO I WALKED TO THE NEXT DOORFRAME BETWEEN THE LOUNGE AND THE HALLWAY AND I JUST SAT DOWN IN THE DARK AND DIDN'T LEAVE UNTIL MY NEIGHBOURS CAME AND GOT ME. INSIDE, THEY FOUND HER TRAPPED AMONGST BROKEN FURNITURE AND FIREPLACES RIPPED RIGHT FROM THE WALLS. MOST SCARED THAT I HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG TIME. VERY SCARY. IN NEARBY WAIKARI, THE SHAKE FELT JUST AS STRONGLY. I'D JUST PUT EVERYTHING BACK ON MY WALLS, ALL MY PHOTOS, ALL THE MIRRORS, EVERYTHING, JUST STARTED FEELING AT EASE, AND THEN IT HITS AGAIN. I'M OVER IT. CREWS IN THE DISTRICT ARE WORKING TO RECONNECT SERVICES AS AFTERSHOCKS SEE NORTH CANTERBURY COMMUNITIES GET RING-FENCED IN MORE RED TAPE BY THE DAY. ALI PUGH, 1 NEWS. AND LAST NIGHT'S BIG AFTERSHOCK FORCED OFFICIALS TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE THE ONLY SOMEWHAT USEABLE ROAD INTO KAIKOURA. THAT ADDED TO MOUNTING LOCAL FRUSTRATIONS, WITH CIVIL DEFENCE FACING MORE PRESSURE TO OPEN THE ROUTE TO THE PUBLIC. TODAY LISA DAVIES GOT A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT THE CHALLENGES FACED BY THOSE RACING TO MAKE IT SAFE. A ROAD RECLAIMED FROM BENEATH A SWATHE OF MASSIVE ROCKS. WHEN THE PUBLIC'S EVENTUALLY ALLOWED TO DRIVE THROUGH, THIS IS WHAT WILL GREET THEM. SOME OF THE SPOTS WILL BE AN EYE-OPENER FOR THE PEOPLE COMING THROUGH. YEP. SOME OF THE STUFF, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T SEEM AS BAD UNTIL YOU'RE RIGHT NEXT TO IT. IT'S DANGEROUS WORK, EXPERTS REMOVING EVERY POSSIBLE ROCKFALL HAZARD. I MEAN, THE EARTHQUAKES DISLODGED A HELL OF A LOT, SO, YEAH, WE'RE JUST GETTING ALL THE UNSTABLE STUFF OFF READY FOR TOMORROW. THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WEEK. YEAH, WE'VE JUST BEEN OFF THERE BIFFING ROCKS OFF THE HILL ` BASICALLY, EVERY PERSON'S DREAM. SO THIS WON'T BE HAPPENING WHEN THE PUBLIC IS ALLOWED THROUGH. WHEN THEY STARTED WORK ON THIS ROAD, THERE WERE 70 AREAS THAT WERE IMPASSABLE. THAT'S WHY THEY'VE HAD 80 PEOPLE WORKING 12 HOURS A DAY TO GET IT READY FOR THE PUBLIC. OVER 70 PIECES OF HEAVY MACHINERY BROUGHT IN TO SPEED UP THE WORK. THERE'S CERTAINLY AN IMMENSE PRESSURE, AND YOU FEEL IT FOR SURE. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M FROM KAIKOURA, SO I FEEL THAT PERSONAL PRESSURE AND THAT PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO TRY AND GET THE ROAD OPEN. THANK YOU. SAFETY HERE IS PARAMOUNT. WITH ALL THE AFTERSHOCKS AND THE STATE OF THE ROADS AND SLIPS ETC, IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT WE KNOW WHERE EVERYONE IS AND WE CAN ACCOUNT FOR THEM ALL. THE AFTERSHOCK LAST NIGHT INCREASED THE RISK OF THIS DAM CREATED UP THE CONWAY BY A MASSIVE SLIP, THE ROAD CREW ALERTED IMMEDIATELY, AS IT CROSSES THEIR PATH. YESTERDAY WE BASICALLY WERE ADVISED THAT THERE WAS IMMEDIATE DANGER, ONE DAM IN PARTICULAR UP THE CONWAY RIVER POTENTIALLY BURSTING AND FLOODING THE RIVER. SINCE THE AFTERSHOCK, THE ROAD WAS RE-INSPECTED AND ARMY ALLOWED BACK THROUGH THIS MORNING. FOR THOSE JUST DESPERATE TO GET OUT, THAT INFLAMED THINGS FURTHER AT TODAY'S PUBLIC MEETING. THEY'VE SAID IT'S AN ACCEPTABLE ROAD, THEY'RE LETTING THE ARMY THROUGH ` WHY ARE WE NOT ABLE TO GO? I'M GETTING MORE FRUSTRATED BY THE DAY. BUT THESE GUYS ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN TO OPEN THIS ROAD. WE'VE GOT A PLAN AROUND A COUPLE OF SIGNIFICANT HAZARD AREAS WHERE WE'VE GOTTA THE MANAGE THE TRAFFIC FLOW SO THAT THEY'VE GOT A SAFE PASSAGE. IT'S UP TO CIVIL DEFENCE NOW TO SAY WHEN. SO THAT DOOR'S CLOSED FOR NOW, BUT ANOTHER'S JUST OPENED OFF KAIKOURA'S COAST. LATER IN THE SHOW, WHAT THESE AQUATIC BUBBLES COULD DO FOR THE TOWN'S QUAKE-HIT TOURISM INDUSTRY. IN OTHER NEWS, ALLIED CONCRETE HAS STOPPED HELPING SOLID ENERGY SEAL THE PIKE RIVER MINE AT THE REQUEST OF FAMILY MEMBERS. SOLID ENERGY ITSELF HAS NO PLANS TO STOP THE SEALING PROCESS, WITH COMPLETION SET FOR EARLY NEXT YEAR. AN ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE PROJECT HALTED TO ALLOW A REVIEW HAS BEEN REJECTED. LAWYERS FOR THE FAMILIES ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAL THE DECISION. A CONTROVERSIAL ISLAMIC CLERIC WHO MADE ANTI-SEMITIC AND SEXIST COMMENTS HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY STOOD DOWN FROM A NZ ISLAMIC ORGANISATION. DR MOHAMMAD ANWAR SAHIB MADE THE SPEECHES AT A SOUTH AUCKLAND MOSQUE. HE WAS AN ADVISOR FOR THE FEDERATION OF ISLAMIC ASSOCIATIONS WHEN HE SAID 'JEWS ARE USING EVERYBODY' AND 'WANT TO RULE THE WORLD' AND THAT WOMEN ARE UNDER THEIR HUSBAND'S RULE. THE ORGANISATION SAYS IT CONDEMNS AND REJECTS ANY FORM OF HATE SPEECH AND WON'T TOLERATE COMMENTS AGAINST WOMEN. AFTER A LONG FIGHT, MAORI BOARDING SCHOOL HATO PETERA COLLEGE HAS BEEN TOLD IT CAN REMAIN OPEN, BUT ONLY AS A DAY SCHOOL. THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE AND THE SCHOOL BOARD MET TO DISCUSS THE DECISION THIS AFTERNOON. THE CHURCH ANNOUNCED THE BOARDING FACILITIES WILL BE SHUT DOWN AT THE END OF THIS YEAR DUE TO THE LOW STUDENT NUMBERS AND FINANCIAL ISSUES. BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER DEAN NOBLE SAYS IT'S A DEVASTATING DECISION AS NEARLY 90% OF STUDENTS ARE BOARDERS. HE SAYS THEY PLAN TO FIGHT THE CHURCH'S DECISION. YOU'VE LONG NEEDED A LICENSE TO DRIVE A CAR, FLY A PLANE OR OWN A GUN, BUT NOT IF YOU WANT A DANGEROUS OR MENACING DOG IN YOUR HOME. HERE'S YVONNE TAHANA ON WHY THAT'S JUST ABOUT TO CHANGE. AGGRESSIVE AND STRAINING AT THE LEAD. THEY LIKE HAVING A STAUNCH-TYPE DOG. THEY WERE QUITE PLEASED THE DOG WAS REACTING LIKE THAT. NOW THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCING THAT OWNERS OF ANIMALS LIKE TARQUINNIUS WILL HAVE TO APPLY FOR A HIGH-RISK DOG OWNER LICENCE FROM THEIR LOCAL COUNCIL. IF YOU OWN A DOG THAT'S IDENTIFIED AS A HIGHER RISK TO OUR COMMUNITY, THERE'S A HIGHER LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT YOU HAVE. A HIGH-RISK DOG IS ONE THAT BELONGS TO A BANNED BREED OR TYPE OR POSES A THREAT THROUGH AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR. I RECKON I'D HAVE TO JUST ABOUT LOOK AT CLASSIFYING IT AS A MENACING DOG UNDER HIS BEHAVIOUR. THE DOG MUST BE NEUTERED, KEPT IN A FENCED PROPERTY AND ALWAYS LEASHED AND MUZZLED IN PUBLIC. ANOTHER CHANGE ` OFFENCES THAT ONLY APPLY TO INCIDENTS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY WILL NOW BE EXTENDED TO PRIVATE PROPERTY, BECAUSE 60% OF DOG ATTACKS HAPPEN AT HOME. IF WE CAN GET THESE DOGS DE-SEXED AND GET THE NUMBERS DOWN, THE ATTACKS ARE GOING TO COME DOWN. THEY HAVE TO. THE LICENCING NEWS MET WITH SCEPTICISM ON THE STREET TODAY. (BARKS FIERCELY) NAH, I RECKON` BARKING DROWNS OUT SPEECH; DOG SNARLS THE PENALTIES INVOLVED WITH DANGEROUS DOGS WILL ALSO BE HEAVIER. THE FINE FOR FAILING TO CONTROL ONE SET TO INCREASE FROM $200 TO $300. NOT MEETING THE NEW RESTRICTIONS WILL BE A $500 FINE, UP FROM $300. AND IF CONVICTED OF A DOG ATTACK, THE FINE IS $30,000 AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FIVE YEARS' JAIL. SPCA SAYS PUTTING AN INCREASED FOCUS ON OWNERS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO. THIS MEANS WE'RE NOT PUTTING DOWN POOR INNOCENT PUPS LIKE THIS LITTLE GUY JUST BECAUSE OF HIS BREED OR HIS LOOK. LEGISLATION WILL BE BEFORE THE HOUSE IN FEBRUARY. YVONNE TAHANA, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` THE LAST THING YOU'D EXPECT FROM A QUAKE. WHY THE SEA FLOOR APPEARS TO BE BUBBLING WITH EXCITEMENT OFF THE COAST OF KAIKOURA. BUSTED ON SUSPICION OF DRUG POSSESSION AND NOW BREATHING A HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF. A BIG CHANGE OF FORTUNE FOR THIS AUSTRALIAN TEEN. THEY ARE STILL OURS, BUT CROWDED HOUSE ARE INDUCTED INTO THE AUSTRALIAN HALL OF FAME AS THE ARIA'S ARE HANDED OUT. WELCOME BACK. KAIKOURA'S TOURIST INDUSTRY WILL NO DOUBT TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET TO ITS FEET AFTER LAST WEEK'S DEVASTATING QUAKE. BUT TODAY THAT ROAD TO RECOVERY GOT JUST A LITTLE BIT SHORTER. A COUPLE OF KAYAKERS HAVE DISCOVERED A POST-QUAKE PHENOMENON THAT COULD BECOME QUITE THE ATTRACTION. SEAN HOGAN EXPLAINS. KAIKOURA'S BEAUTIFUL COASTLINE DOESN'T REALLY NEED A NEW SELLING POINT. BUBBLES COMING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF WHALERS BAY. BUT LAST WEEK'S EARTHQUAKE HAS BOUGHT ONE BUBBLING TO THE SURFACE OFF THE PENINSULA. WE WENT OVER AND INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THAT IT WAS REALLY GOING FOR IT. IT WAS, LIKE, 100 METRES OF BUBBLES IT WAS A STRONG SULPHUR SMELL. KAIKOURA KAYAKERS OWNER MATT FOY AND CONNER STAPLEY DISCOVERED THE PHENOMENON AS THEY CHECKED THEIR REGULAR SPOTS. I WAS LITTLE BIT APPREHENSIVE, BUT THEN WHEN WE WENT BACK YESTERDAY, I DID A FEW ROLLS IN MY KAYAK. IT'S DEFINITELY SULPHURY UNDER THERE AND NOT NORMAL. BUT THIS IS THE NEW NORMAL ` A DRAMATIC UPLIFT OF THE REGION'S COASTLINE. CANTERBURY UNI'S DR MATTHEW HUGHES SUSPECTS THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING THE BUBBLES. THE EARTHQUAKE HAS OPENED UP A FEW NEW FISSURES AND FRACTURES IN THOSE ROCKS AND LIBERATED THE WATER IN THE GAS TO THE SEA BED, AND JUST LIKE CRACKING THE TOP OF A FIZZY DRINK CAN, THE CO2 IS THEN RELEASED, COMES OUT OF SOLUTION AND CAUSES BUBBLES. HE SAYS IT POSES NO DANGER. THIS CURIOUS SEAL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO ENJOY LUNCH IN HIS NEW PLAYGROUND. IT'S A NICE LITTLE MAGICAL SILVER LINING TO DRAMATIC EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING HERE. MATT AND CONNER HOPING THE NEW ATTRACTION WILL BRING THE TOURISTS BACK. ALL THE MARINE LIFE'S THERE AND NOW WE'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE TO LOOK AT. THIS NEW PHENOMENON OF THE HOPE SPRINGS IN WHALERS BAY ` IT'S A BIG DRAW CARD AND GET THE KAIKOURA TOURISM INDUSTRY BUBBLING AGAIN. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. THIS AUSTRALIAN 18-YEAR-OLD IS QUITE POSSIBLY THE LUCKIEST GUY ON THE PLANET TONIGHT. YESTERDAY HE WAS ARRESTED IN A NIGHTCLUB IN BALI, CAUGHT IN POSSESSION OF A WHITE POWDER AND STARING DOWN THE BARREL OF A 12-YEAR STRETCH. TONIGHT HE'S LIKELY TO BE RELEASED, THE SUBSTANCE TESTING NEGATIVE FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS. HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S OLIVER PETERSON. THEY THOUGHT THEIR SON WAS ON A HOLIDAY IN PARADISE. JAMIE MURPHY'S DISTRAUGHT PARENTS ARRIVED IN BALI TODAY FEARING THE WORST. HE'D BEEN DETAINED AFTER BOUNCERS AT THE POPULAR SKY GARDEN NIGHTCLUB ALLEGEDLY FOUND A WHITE SUBSTANCE IN HIS BAG, BUT RELIEF WITH CONFIRMATION IT WASN'T ILLEGAL DRUGS. INSTEAD, IT WAS PARACETAMOL. I DON'T DO THIS <BLEEP>. ONLY DRINK. THE 18-YEAR-OLD WAS PARTYING WITH FRIENDS WHEN THE DRAMA UNFOLDED. THEY CLAIM HE WAS SET UP, SUGGESTING FOOTAGE CAPTURED BY 9 NEWS SHOWS THE BOUNCERS PLANTING THE POWDER ON HIM. I DON'T KNOW. NO, I SWEAR TO GOD. I SWEAR TO GOD. BUT SECURITY GUARDS SAY THAT VIDEO IS A RE-ENACTMENT DEMONSTRATING HOW THEY MADE THE DISCOVERY. THE CLUB RELEASED ITS OWN CCTV OF THAT MOMENT. MURPHY CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN ENTERING THE VENUE. BOUNCERS PAT HIM DOWN AND OPEN HIS BUM BAG BEFORE PULLING OUT THE CLEAR PLASTIC PACKET. AT THE POLICE STATION FRIENDS LENT THEIR SUPPORT, ALONG WITH AUSTRALIAN CONSULAR STAFF. ONCE YOU LEAVE AUSTRALIA, YOU LEAVE THE AUSTRALIAN LEGAL SYSTEM. YOU LEAVE THE SUPPORT SYSTEM HERE AND YOU ARE SUBJECT TO THE LAWS OF ANOTHER COUNTRY, AND IN THE CASE OF INDONESIA, THE LAWS CAN BE VERY HARSH. THIS TIME, THOUGH, IT SEEMS THAT THOSE HARSH LAWS WON'T APPLY. INSTEAD JAMIE WILL LIKELY BE LEAVING BALI A FREE AND VERY LUCKY MAN. NOW CHECK THIS IMAGE OUT. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THESE TWINS, WHO WERE BORN CONJOINED AT THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS, HAVE EVER LOOKED AT EACH OTHER. THE 13-MONTH-OLD BOYS WERE SEPARATED LAST MONTH IN A LIFE-THREATENING 30-HOUR OPERATION IN CHICAGO. HERE'S CNN'S SANJAY GUPTA ON THEIR INCREDIBLE JOURNEY SO FAR AND THEIR LONG AND DIFFICULT ROAD AHEAD. WHEN NICOLE MCDONALD GOT TO HOLD HER SON JADON FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT WAS AS IF SHE SAW HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME. AS A MOTHER, YOU KNOW` WHEN YOU HOLD YOUR CHILD, YOU KNOW EVERY BIT OF THEIR FACE. WELL, HIS FACE ALSO ENCOMPASSED ANIAS'S, SO IT WAS MY FIRST MOMENT OF` OF RELEARNING HIS FACE. JADON AND ANIAS ARE LITERALLY ONE IN 2.5 MILLION. THEY WERE BORN CRANIOPAGUS TWINS, CONJOINED AT THE HEAD, SHARING 1.5-2 INCHES OF BRAIN TISSUE. AFTER OVER A YEAR OF PLANNING, LAST MONTH THE BOYS WERE SEPARATED AFTER A 27-HOUR-LONG OPERATION AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE IN THE BRONX. THE MCDONALDS HAVE ALLOWED CNN TO FOLLOW THEIR JOURNEY FROM SURGERY THROUGH REHAB EXCLUSIVELY. OH MY GOODNESS. OH MY GOODNESS. HI, BUDDY. HI. LAST TIME WE WERE IN THIS ROOM, THEY WERE` THEY WERE ON ONE BED. THEY WERE CONJOINED. AND I THINK HE'S PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME. I WOULD SAY SO. ARE YOU STICKING YOUR TONGUE OUT AT ME? YEAH, THAT'S A NEW TRICK. YOU'RE STICKING YOUR TONGUE OUT AT ME? FOR THE MCDONALDS, THIS ENTIRE MONTH HAS BEEN FULL OF FIRST TIMES. FIRST TIME IN SEPARATE BEDS. FIRST TIME BEING HELD. FIRST TIME SEEING EACH OTHER. BUT IT HASN'T BEEN EASY TO GET HERE. THE BOYS HAVE BATTLED INFECTIONS, FEVERS AND SEIZURES. IT'S BEEN PARTICULARLY TRYING FOR ANIAS. SERIOUS INFECTIONS CLOSE TO THE BRAIN. SKIN INVOLVEMENT. THEY HAD TO TAKE THE BONE OUT OF ANAIS. THEY HAD TO TAKE SKIN OUT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST BEEN` FOR ANIAS, THERE'S NEVER A BREAK. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE PERMISSION OR DO YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE WITH REGARD TO JADON AND ANIAS? I THINK ABOUT THEIR FUTURE ALL THE TIME. ALL THE TIME. I THINK ABOUT THE FIRST TIME THEY GO TO A PARK, AND I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEM GETTING MARRIED SOMEDAY. (LAUGHS) CROWDED HOUSE ARE SET TO TAKE CENTRE STAGE AT THE 30TH AUSTRALIAN ARIA MUSIC AWARDS TONIGHT. THE BIGGEST NAMES IN AUSTRALIAN MUSIC HAVE GATHERED IN SYDNEY WITH THE SHOW KICKING OFF JUST AN HOUR AGO. CROWDED HOUSE WILL BE INDUCTED INTO THE MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND WILL REUNITE ON STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THEIR FAREWELL CONCERT IN THE FORECOURT OF THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE 20 YEARS AGO. CROWD: # THEY COME... # ...TO BUILD A WALL BETWEEN US... # FOUNDING MEMBER AND KIWI MUSIC LEGEND NEIL FINN SAYS HE NEVER GETS TIRED OF HEARING PEOPLE SING HIS SONGS. JUST AHEAD ` NOT ONLY WILL WE HAVE YOUR FORECAST, WE'LL HAVE A STORY ABOUT IT. AND BEFORE YOU EVEN ASK, YES, IT WAS VERY HOT. IF YOU FELT YOURSELF THINKING SUMMER HAD COME EARLY TODAY, YOU WEREN'T IMAGINING THINGS. NZ HAS EXPERIENCED ONE OF ITS HOTTEST DAYS ON RECORD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND THE PUNTERS WERE OUT MAKING THE MOST OF IT. LISETTE REYMER HAS THE DETAILS. TODAY, WAS AN ABSOLUTE SCORCHER,... ISN'T IT JUST BEAUTIFUL? ...AND KIWIS WERE OUT TO ENJOY IT. GOOD FRIENDS AND GOOD WEATHER ` WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT? CATCH UP ON THE GOSSIP AND ENJOY THE WATER. IT'S AMAZING. IT'S REALLY NICE AND SUNNY AND GOOD FOR TANNING, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY DUSTED OFF THEIR JANDALS AND HEADED TO THE BEACH. WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO FOR A LITTLE PADDLE AND JUST SUNBATHE, REALLY. TRY AND TOP UP MY NICE ENGLISH WHITE SKIN. HAVING A MEAL OUTSIDE, ENJOYING THE BEACH, MAKING THE MOST OF THIS PREMATURE SUMMER. THIS PREMATURE SUMMER IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMMON. IF YOU LOOK BACK AT WHEN WE GET OUR WARMTH IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE SEE NOVEMBER GETTING WARMER AND WARMER COMPARED TO WHAT'S TYPICAL. SO VERY WARM IN NOVEMBER 2009, VERY WARM IN NOVEMBER 2013. SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS AN EXTENSION OF THAT SUMMER PERIOD, ALMOST. BUT TODAY, WAS RECORD-BREAKING HOT. OH, IT WAS CLOSE, IT WAS A CLOSE-RUN THING TODAY FOR THE NATIONAL NZ NOVEMBER RECORD, HOTTEST DAY. METEOROLOGISTS ARE EXCITED TO SEE NZ EXPERIENCING RECORD HEAT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SO IT LOOKS LIKELY THAT WE'VE CRACKED THE SECOND-WARMEST NOVEMBER DAY ON RECORD. GISBORNE AND NAPIER WERE EXCEPTIONALLY WARM. NAPIER HIT 33.4 DEGREES TODAY, AND, BOY, THAT'S PRETTY HOT. TODAY'S TEMPERATURES ONLY SECOND TO HASTINGS DURING THE 1945 DROUGHT. THIS FRONT HAS COME UP THE COUNTRY. IT'S DELIVERED A WHOLE LOT OF VERY WARM, DRY AIR FROM THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE TASMAN SEA, WHICH HAS THEN LIFTED UP AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS SO THAT THE EASTERN AREAS ARE NICE AND TOASTY. AND WHILE THE WATER'S STILL NOT QUITE WARM ENOUGH FOR SOME, NZERS ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO CELEBRATE THAT SUMMER HAS ARRIVED. LISETTE REYMER, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH DAVID BOWIE AND NINE INCH NAILS. DAVID BOWIE'S 'I'M AFRAID OF AMERICANS (NINE INCH NAILS V1 MIX)' FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY CATHERINE DE CHALAIN AND KATE PARKINSON.