TONIGHT ` RELEASING 10 DAYS OF MOUNTAIN FRUSTRATION. TONIGHT ` RELEASING 10 DAYS OF MOUNTING FRUSTRATION. PEOPLE STUCK IN KAIKOURA ARE GIVEN THEIR FIRST CHANCE TO DRIVE OUT OF THE QUAKE-RAVAGED TOWN. SHOCK, CONCERN AND SADNESS AFTER A BABY'S BODY IS DISCOVERED IN A SOUTH AUCKLAND PARK. NOW POLICE WANT TO FIND THE MOTHER. SOMEONE LIKE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LIKE IS PROBABLY GOING TO HER CONCERT. ADELE SELLS OUT A THIRD NZ SHOW IN RECORD TIME. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. FIRST TONIGHT ` THEIR LONG WAIT FOR FREEDOM MAY FINALLY BE OVER. PEOPLE IN KAIKOURA, STUCK THERE SINCE THE QUAKE DUE TO BADLY DAMAGED ROADS, ARE BEING GIVE A CHANCE TO BREAK OUT. CIVIL DEFENCE IS PLANNING TO OPEN THE INLAND ROAD, SEEN HERE IN YELLOW, TO SOUTHBOUND CIVILIAN DRIVERS FOR A SMALL TIME TOMORROW. SEAN HOGAN HAS MORE. IT'S BEEN KAIKOURA'S LIFELINE ` FIVE DEFENCE CONVOYS HAVE TACKLED THE TREACHEROUS INLAND ROAD SO FAR ` THE ONLY LAND ACCESS TO THE QUAKE-STRICKEN TOWN. THEY'VE PRETTY MUCH BEEN TRIED AND TESTED SINCE WE'VE HAD THEM IN SERVICE. WE'VE PUT THEM THROUGH THEIR PACES. THEIR EFFORTS PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED RELIEF. THE PEOPLE, WHEN WE ARRIVE, ARE ACTUALLY QUITE HAPPY TO SEE US. WHEREVER WE'RE DROPPING THESE STORES OFF TO, THEY'RE GENERALLY THERE AND REALLY WELCOMING. THEY COULD SEE THEMSELVES REASSIGNED SOON, THOUGH. THE CONTRACTOR IN CHARGE OF FIXING THE ROAD HAS TOLD 1 NEWS IT BELIEVES IT'S NOW SAFE ENOUGH FOR THE PUBLIC TO USE. USING THAT ADVICE, CIVIL DEFENCE HAS DECIDED TO REOPEN THE ROAD TO THE PUBLIC FOR TWO HOURS TOMORROW AFTERNOON BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM. TO THE PUBLIC FOR TWO HOURS TOMORROW AFTERNOON BETWEEN 1 AND 3 PM. BUT IT WILL ONLY BE FOR OUTBOUND TRAFFIC AND THERE WILL BE RESTRICTIONS. NO LONG CAMPERVANS TOWING OR HEAVY VEHICLES. That depends on weather conditions. It cannot come soon enough. THEY'RE LETTING THE ARMY THROUGH. WHY ARE WE NOT ABLE TO GO? I'M GETTING MORE FRUSTRATED BY THE DAY. TRUCK DRIVERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO NAVIGATE A NEW MAIN LINE ` THE WINDY, NARROW STATE HIGHWAY 7. IT'S TAKING FOUR TIMES ITS NORMAL TRAFFIC. GENERALLY NOT HAVING TOO MANY HOLD-UPS, WHICH IS SURPRISING. NOT MANY CAMPERVANS, WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD. NOT MANY CAMPERVANS, WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD. BUT EVERYONE'S DOING THE BEST THEY CAN TO PULL OVER AND LET EVERYONE THROUGH, YOU KNOW. AND ALTHOUGH THE REOPENING OF THE INLAND ROAD MAY BE ONE BIG BUMP OVERCOME, THE FUTURE OF THE COASTAL STATE HIGHWAY 1 IS STILL VERY MUCH IN THE AIR. SO IT'S A LONG ROAD AHEAD. SEAN HOGAN, ONE NEWS KAIKOURA HAS FAREWELLED LOUIS EDGAR (74), WHO DIED WHEN THE ELMS HOMESTEAD COLLAPSED LAST MONDAY. THE HUNDREDS THERE WATCHING AS HIS COFFIN ARRIVED IN A UTE HE HELPED HIS SON RESTORE. HIS MOTHER (100), WHO'S BEEN IN HOSPITAL SINCE THE TRAGEDY THAT TRAPPED HER IN THE WRECKAGE, WAS THERE TOO. BAD WEATHER MEANT SOME FAMILY ONLY MADE IT IN BY HELICOPTER HALFWAY THROUGH THE SERVICE. THE FAMILY GRATEFUL TO THE AERO CLUB WHO FERRIED DONATIONS AND THE CATERING. THEY'VE HAD A REALLY ROUGH DEAL UP HERE, SO WE THOUGHT WE'D GIVE THEM A BIT OF A HELP. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE FLYING THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN FOR THE FUNERAL TODAY LOUIS EDGAR WAS THE GARDENER AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR 42 YEARS. TODAY'S SERVICE SHOWS HOW MUCH HE WILL BE MISSED BY HIS COMMUNITY. TO THE CAPITAL NOW, WHERE DEMOLITION OF THE CONDEMNED MOLESWORTH STREET BUILDING HAS BEGUN. IT'S EXPECTED IT'LL TAKE TWO WEEKS TO COMPLETE. WELLINGTON COUNCIL'S ALSO FAST-TRACKING THE DISMANTLING OF THREE OF ITS OWN BUILDINGS AFTER SAFETY INSPECTIONS, AS WELL AS PART OF THE CITY'S LARGEST MALL, 'QUEENSGATE SHOPPING CENTRE'. WELLINGTON'S MAYOR IS NOW CALLING ON LANDLORDS TO DO REPAIRS AND STRENGTHENING WORK ON BUILDINGS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THOUSANDS MORE WORKERS WERE PLACED IN LIMBO TODAY BECAUSE A RELATIVELY NEW BUILDING HAS BEEN DEEMED UNSAFE. RYAN BOSWELL WITH THIS UPDATE. FROM THE OUTSIDE, THIS GLASS TOWER APPEARS UNTOUCHED. BUT INSIDE THERE'S CRACKING ON THE STAIRS, RAISING CONCERN ABOUT THE BUILDING'S STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT BUILDING, AND CLEARLY, IF THERE WAS ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE AND THOSE STAIRS WERE LOADED, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE SAFE, SO I THINK IT'S A REALLY PRAGMATIC RESPONSE TODAY THE MAN WHO ENGINEERED THE BUILDING SAYS IT'S NEVER BEEN QUAKE-PRONE. I'VE HEARD THAT PEOPLE ARE WORRIED IF MIGHT FALL ON THE RAILWAY STATION. (LAUGHS) THAT'S SO, SO, SO STUPID TO SAY THAT SORT OF THING. DR PETER JOHNSTONE HAS BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR OVER 40 YEARS. HE CHECKED THE BUILDING AFTER THE QUAKE. THEY WERE NEVER IN DANGER OF COLLAPSE, IN MY OPINION. BUT THOSE WORKING INSIDE REMAINED CONCERNED. TENANTS GOT ANOTHER ASSESSMENT. THE REPORT RECOMMENDED REMEDIAL WORK ON THE STAIRS. NOW 2500 WORKERS ARE OUT FOR AT LEAST A FORTNIGHT. THE LOCAL MP SAYS THE CHECKS THAT ARE BEING CARRIED OUT ARE INCONSISTENT. AT THE MOMENT, I THINK THE BRIEF GIVEN TO ENGINEERS IS OFTEN SIMPLY THE ONE GIVEN BY THE BUILDING OWNER. THERE SHOULD BE A CONSISTENT SET OF CRITERIA THAT IS USED ACROSS NZ. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW INVESTIGATING. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE INITIAL SURVEY DONE BY THE ENGINEERS ACCURATELY REPORTED THE DAMAGE. PRIOR TO LAST MONDAY NIGHT'S QUAKE, THERE WERE 663 QUAKE-PRONE BUILDINGS IN WELLINGTON, AND LANDLORDS HAVE ON AVERAGE 15 YEARS TO MAKE THEM SAFE. THE NEW MAYOR WANTS THAT TIMELINE TIGHTENED. I WILL BE WRITING TO ALL LANDLORDS AROUND THE CITY AND SAYING, 'LOOK, WE'VE HAD A BIG WARNING HERE. 'YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING TO UNDERTAKE ANY REPAIRS YOU CAN 'IN THE SHORT-TERM.' YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE, I THINK, TENANTS SAYING THEIR STAFF WILL ONLY MOVE INTO A BUILDING THAT'S A HIGHER RATING ` A NATURAL MARKET FORCE THAT ENCOURAGES THOSE LANDLORDS TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY. THOUSANDS OF WELLINGTON WORKERS REMAIN OUT OF THEIR CENTRAL CITY BUILDINGS. MANY STILL UNSURE OF WHEN THEY'LL BE ALLOWED BACK IN. THERE'S SHOCK AND CONCERN IN A SOUTH AUCKLAND COMMUNITY AFTER THE BODY OF A NEWBORN BABY WAS FOUND IN A PARK THIS MORNING. POLICE ARE TONIGHT STILL LOOKING FOR THE MOTHER, WHO MAY NEED URGENT MEDICAL ATTENTION. HELEN CASTLES HAS MORE. SEARCHING FOR CLUES ABOUT A LIFE NOT LIVED. AT AROUND 8.30 THIS MORNING, A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WAS WALKING HIS DOG AT A RESERVE AT MANGERE BRIDGE HAS FOUND THE BODY OF A YOUNG BABY. POLICE SCOURING THIS MANGERE BRIDGE RESERVE, BUT THE PRIORITY IS FINDING THE MOTHER. WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR THE BABY'S MOTHER TO COME TO US SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE HER WITH THE SUPPORT SHE NEEDS. AND THERE'S REASON FOR CONCERN. WE BELIEVE IT IS A RECENT BIRTH, AND THAT IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE SPEAK TO THE BABY'S MOTHER, AS SHE MAY WELL NEED SOME MEDICAL TREATMENT. POLICE WON'T CONFIRM WHETHER THE BABY WAS FOUND DEAD OR ALIVE, BUT ST JOHN HAS TOLD 1 NEWS PARAMEDICS SPENT 40 MINUTES PERFORMING CPR ON THE INFANT. THE COMMUNITY SHOCKED THIS COULD HAPPEN IN ITS BACKYARD. LOCAL WORKERS CAME TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS WHEN THEY HEARD THE NEWS. IT JUST HIT ME REAL BAD THIS MORNING, I'VE GOT KIDS, AND I HEARD IT WAS A NEWBORN. NEIGHBOURS WERE DISBELIEVING. I JUST FEEL VERY STINK AND SAD FOR THE BABY. I MEAN, IF IT WAS MY CHILD, I WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO. POLICE WANT PUBLIC HELP. OUR PRIORITY RIGHT NOW IS APPEALING TO LOCATE THE BABY'S MOTHER. WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED FOR HER WELL-BEING. WE ALSO ASK THAT ANYONE ELSE WHO KNOWS OR HAS ANY INFORMATION THAT MIGHT HELP US IDENTIFY THIS BABY AND THE MOTHER, GET IN CONTACT WITH US. A POST-MORTEM ON THE BODY WILL BE CONDUCTED TOMORROW. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. A MAN (25) HAS JUST BEEN SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN JAIL FOR GRABBING A PRISON OFFICER'S BOTTOM. THAT MAY SOUND HARSH, EVEN FOR INDECENT ASSAULT. BUT IT'S DOWN TO THE FACT THAT RAVEN CASEY CAMPBELL IS THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO BE SENTENCED UNDER THE 'THREE STRIKES' RULE. HAVING ALREADY COMMITTED TWO VIOLENT OFFENCES, THE JUDGE HAS TO GIVE HIM THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR HIS THIRD OFFENCE. UNDER THE THREE-STRIKES LAW, THERE'S NO PAROLE UNLESS THE JUDGE SEES THE SENTENCE AS MANIFESTLY UNJUST, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES. LUCKILY FOR THE OFFENDER JUDGE KIT TOOGOOD DID, AND HE'LL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IN JUST OVER TWO YEARS. DRACONIAN AS IT MAY SEEM, THE LAW APPEARS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS A DETERRENT FOR REPEAT OFFENDING. IT WAS PASSED SIX YEARS AGO. IT'S UNLIKELY TO BE THE LAST INSTANCE, THOUGH. THERE ARE 49 PEOPLE ON THEIR FINAL WARNING FOR OFFENCES OF A VIOLENT OR SEXUAL NATURE. WOMEN HAVE WON BIG IN THEIR BATTLE FOR PAY EQUITY. AFTER A LONG CAMPAIGN, THE GOVERNMENT'S AGREED TO CHANGE THE LAW TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR WOMEN TO FILE CLAIMS FOR EQUAL PAY. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD HAS MORE DETAILS AND REACTION TO WHAT'S BEING CALLED A LANDMARK DECISION. ALL: HOORAY! POPPING THE CORKS TO CELEBRATE WHAT'S SEEN AS A WIN FOR WOMEN OVER GETTING AN EQUAL SLICE OF THE PAY CAKE. WE'RE DELIGHTED. DELIGHTED AFTER A SERIES OF COURT BATTLES BY CAREGIVER KRISTINE BARTLETT THAT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT. TODAY SHE WAS HOME SICK IN BED, BUT HAPPY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NOW. THE GOVERNMENT'S PROMISING LAW CHANGES TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR WORKERS TO CLAIM EQUAL PAY FROM THEIR BOSSES WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO COURT. AND A WORKING GROUP'S LAID OUT GUIDELINES OR PRINCIPLES TO HELP SET PAY LEVELS. BUT WHAT THEY WILL NEED TO DO IS USE THE PRINCIPLES THAT THE JOINT WORKING GROUP HAVE ARTICULATED TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS THE VALUE OF VARIOUS PARTS OF A ROLE ` THE SKILLS REQUIRED, THE ACADEMIC STUDY, THE DEGREE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND SO ON, AND THEN TO FIND A MEASURE OF WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A GAP BETWEEN THE OCCUPATIONS IN PAY. EMPLOYERS BELIEVE IT'LL PROVIDE MORE CERTAINTY. WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT A PAY EQUITY ISSUE, WHICH HASN'T BEEN DEALT WITH BY LEGISLATION BEFORE ` THERE'S BEEN ATTEMPTS ` WILL BE PART OF THE NORMAL BARGAINING PROCESS THAT EMPLOYERS ARE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH. ONE STICKING POINT, THOUGH, IS WHEN PAY RATES HAVE TO BE COMPARED BETWEEN DIFFERENT JOBS. POTENTIALLY, WE COULD GET INTO ARGUMENTS ABOUT WELL, WHERE IS THE BEST COMPARATOR. THE GOVERNMENT WANTS EMPLOYERS TO LOOK FIRST WITHIN THEIR OWN BUSINESS AND GO OUT FROM THERE. LAW CHANGES AREN'T LIKELY TO BE IN PLACE UNTIL THE END OF NEXT YEAR, POSSIBLY LEAVING THOSE WANTING TO MAKE EQUAL PAY CLAIMS IN LIMBO. UNIONS, THOUGH, SAY THEY'LL PRESS AHEAD WITH THE HUNDREDS OF CLAIMS THEY HAVE IN THE SYSTEM, BASED ON THE GUIDELINES RELEASED BY THE GOVERNMENT TODAY. SO CELEBRATIONS ARE TURNING STRAIGHT INTO NEGOTIATIONS NOW. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. IT'S OFFICIAL ` ADELE IS NZ'S HOTTEST TICKET, THE SUPERSTAR BREAKING ALL SORTS OF RECORDS WITH HER THREE AUCKLAND SHOWS SELLING OUT IN A FLASH. HERE'S LISETTE REYMER. # WE COULD HAVE HAD IT ALL # RIGHT NOW, ADELE DOES HAVE IT ALL. SHE'S THE VOICE OF OUR TIME. NOT ONE, NOT TWO, BUT THREE NZ SHOWS SOLD OUT IN MINUTES. IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN A REALLY STRESSFUL WEEK FOR PEOPLE, BECAUSE TUESDAY'S PRE-SALE ` THEY WENT LIKE THAT. AND SO SUDDENLY, IT'S D-DAY A COUPLE DAYS LATER. AND I KNOW PEOPLE WERE GETTING ALL THE LINKS SET UP, THEY WERE TRYING AND TRYING AND TRYING. IT'S BEEN A ROLLERCOASTER TODAY BECAUSE PEOPLE THOUGHT THERE WERE ONLY TWO SHOWS, AND SUDDENLY THERE'S A THIRD SHOW, AND SO THEY'RE BACK IN TRYING AGAIN. THAT THIRD SHOW WILL MAKE THE GRAMMY WINNER THE FIRST ARTIST TO EVER PERFORM THREE TIMES AT MOUNT SMART STADIUM IN ONE VISIT. SOMETIMES IT ALSO TAKES A PROMOTER TO TAKE THE RISK. THERE ARE OTHER ARTISTS WHO I THINK COULD HAVE DONE IT. AND MAYBE PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE A GAMBLE. BUT ADELE'S NOT REALLY A BIG RISK, IS SHE? AND WE ALL KNOW SHE HATES FLYING, SO THE CHANCES OF HER BEING BACK IN NZ IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS ARE PRETTY BLIMMIN' SLIM. SHE WANTS TO GO OFF AND HAVE ANOTHER BABY. SO FOR PEOPLE, THIS IS IT. IN FACT, RUMOUR HAS IT, ADELE MAY BE OFF TO HAVE HER SECOND BABY SOONER THAN WE REALISED. TAKE ME DOWN. I'M GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER BABY. THIS COMMENT AT HER RECENT ARIZONA SHOW THE LATEST VIRAL MOMENT FROM HER HEADLINE-GRABBING TOUR. WE SEE TIME AND TIME AGAIN ON THE INTERNET WHERE SHE'S THERE TALKING ABOUT HER EFTPOS DECLINING, GETTING PEOPLE UP ONSTAGE FOR SELFIES, THERE'S A BAT IN THE ARENA. GOD KNOWS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN NZ. FORTUNATELY, MORE THAN 100,000 KIWIS WILL GET TO SEE IT. ADELE BROKE RECORDS FOR THE FASTEST SELLING NZ TOUR AND MOST TICKETS SOLD IN A DAY. SHE IS WORTH SO MANY BILLIONS OF POUNDS NOW, I DON'T EVEN WANNA THINK ABOUT IT. BUT SHE JUST SEEMS SO NORMAL. THAT'S WHY SHE IS SO SPECIAL. BUT WITH OFFICIAL TICKET SALES NOW OVER,... I REALLY HOPE THAT SCALPERS DON'T COME AND RUIN IT FOR EVERYBODY. IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE TICKETS IN NZ NOT GOING FOR $4000 LIKE THEY HAVE IN AUSTRALIA. BUT YEAH, THERE'S HUGE FANS HERE IN NZ. WE LOVE ADELE. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CRYING ALL WEEK. WHO KNOWS? THEY MAY STILL GET THEIR CHANCE; A FOURTH CONCERT'S NOT BEEN RULED OUT YET. LISETTE REYMER, 1 NEWS. # WHEN WE WERE YOUNG # JUST AHEAD ` A HILLARY CLINTON RECOUNT IS DEMANDED, BUT NOT BY THE CLINTON CAMP. COULD SOME OF THE ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES HAVE BEEN HACKED? SOME ARE CALLING HIM AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR. HE'S A HERO WHO WORE NOTHING BUT HIS JOCKS. 20 YEARS ON, WHO IS INSIDE THE CROWDED HOUSE HAS CHANGED A BIT. BUT ONE OF OUR BIGGEST BANDS IS BACK AT A FAMOUS SYDNEY LOCATION. A GROUP OF COMPUTER SCIENTISTS IS URGING HILLARY CLINTON TO ASK FOR A RECOUNT. HILLARY CLINTON'S LEAD IN THE POPULAR VOTE HAS STRETCHED TO NEARLY TWO MILLION, BUT SHE STILL LOST THE ELECTION. SOME EXPERTS SAY CLINTON GOT FEWER VOTES THAN SHE SHOULD HAVE IN CRITICAL COUNTIES THAT USED ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES, AND THAT COULD MEAN THEY WERE HACKED. CNN'S TOM FOREMAN INVESTIGATES. IN WISCONSIN, WITH ALMOST THREE MILLION VOTES CAST, DONALD TRUMP EDGED HILLARY CLINTON BY LESS THAN 28,000. IN PENNSYLVANIA, OUT OF ALMOST SIX MILLION VOTES, HIS ADVANTAGE WAS 60,000. AND THE COUNT IN MICHIGAN STILL REMAINS TOO CLOSE FOR CNN TO CALL THE RACE. BUT NOT SOME POLITICAL ACTIVISTS BUT NOW SOME POLITICAL ACTIVISTS SAY THAT IN COUNTIES USING ELECTRONIC VOTING, HILLARY CLINTON SEEMS TO HAVE MYSTERIOUSLY UNDERPERFORMED COMPARED TO AREAS WITH PAPER BALLOTS BY AS MUCH AS 7%, ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY TOLD TOP CLINTON AIDES, IN A CALL URGING AN OFFICIAL REVIEW. THEY'VE NOT RELEASED THEIR ANALYSIS NOR PROVIDED PROOF OF HACKING, BUT THAT MARGIN COULD'VE TIPPED WISCONSIN, AND IF THE OTHERS WENT HER WAY TOO, SHE WOULD HAVE WON. SO WHO'S LEADING THE CHARGE? OUR DEMOCRACY IS UNDER ATTACK. JOHN BONIFAZ IS A DEMOCRATIC ACTIVIST WHO RAN FOR OFFICE A FEW YEARS AGO. THIS IS THE STORY OF WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NEEDS TO BE. HE'S A BIG PROPONENT OF VOTING RIGHTS, AND HE TRIED TO GET PRESIDENT BUSH IMPEACHED OVER THE IRAQ WAR. THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS A CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO INVESTIGATE FULLY AND COMPREHENSIVELY. BUT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, THE CHIEF COMPUTER SCIENTIST BEHIND THE DISCOVERY OF THESE ALLEGED VOTING ODDITIES SEEMS TO BE ON A DIFFERENT PAGE. J ALEX HALDERMAN IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE RISK OF AMERICAN ELECTIONS BEING HACKED. HE TALKED ABOUT IT ON C-SPAN BEFORE THIS VOTE. A REALISTIC ATTACK ON THE ELECTION IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE HOMING IN ON WHICHEVER STATES END UP HAVING THE CLOSEST MARGINS. THERE'S A NEW CONTENDER FOR AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR AFTER WHAT MAY BE THE AUSSIEST INTERVIEW EVER CONDUCTED. BRISBANE HERO DANIEL MCCONNELL DESCRIBES THE MOMENT HE CHASED DOWN A WOULD-BE HIT AND RUN DRIVER IN NOTHING BUT HIS UNDIES. WE'LL LET HIM EXPLAIN THE REST. IT WAS REALLY QUITE FUNNY. I WAS IN BED SLEEPING. AT 2 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, MY WIFE COMES IN AND SAYS, 'SOMEONE RAN INTO THE SHOP.' I SAID, 'AH, WHAT?' SO I JUMPED OUT OF BED, AND ALL I HAD WAS MY UNDIES ON, AND I WALKED OUT THE FRONT, AND I SAW THE CAR SMASHED, AND I SAW THE BLOKE WALKING BACK TO THE CAR. AND SO I WALKED OUTSIDE AND SAID, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING, MATE? 'LOOK, YOU CAN'T BE LEAVING THE SCENE.' AND HE GOES, 'DON'T BE A HERO, MATE.' AND I SAID, 'I'M NOT TRYING TO BE A HERO, BUT THE POLICE ARE COMING.' BUT MATE, ALL I HAD WAS MY JOCKS ON, AND I WAS CHASING HIM UP THE STREET. AND I'M JUST LIKE... 'MATE.' MATE! SPORT NOW, AND THE BIG TALKING POINT IN THE ALL BLACKS SIDE NAMED TO PLAY FRANCE THIS WEEKEND. UNDER-PRESSURE HALFBACK AARON SMITH HAS BEEN BENCHED, WITH IN-FORM TJ PERENARA GETTING THE CHANCE TO SHINE FROM THE OUTSET. BUT ALSO SETTING TONGUES FLAPPING IN EUROPE, THE EFFORTS BEING MADE BY LOCAL SIDES TO NAB OUR TALENT. HERE'S EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING. ALL BLACK COACH STEVE HANSEN SAYS HE'S THE BEST HALFBACK IN THE WORLD. BUT A RECENT HIGH-PROFILE INDISCRETION HAS SEEN A DROP IN AARON SMITH'S FORM, WHICH IS WHY TJ PERENARA WILL START AGAINST FRANCE. NOT THAT TOUGH IN THE END BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT FOR THE TEAM. WE'VE GIVEN NUGGY THE OPPORTUNITY, AND HE'S BEEN THROUGH A TOUGH TIME, AND CLEARLY IT'S KNOCKED HIS CONFIDENCE A BIT ANOTHER CHANGE SEES ISRAEL DAGG MOVE FROM THE WING TO HIS PREFERRED FULLBACK SPOT. AS THE TOP TRY-SCORER OF THE YEAR SO FAR WITH NINE, IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY OVERSEAS CLUBS ARE CHASING HIM. BUT HANSEN DOESN'T WANT HIM TO GO. THE ONE THING I'VE SAID TO HIM IS IF YOU THINK YOUR TIME IS DONE IN THE JERSEY, YOU PROBABLY SHOULD GO. BUT I DON'T THINK YOUR STORY IS FINISHED YET. BEN SMITH AND AARON CRUDEN ARE ALSO TARGETS OF THE RICH EUROPEAN CLUBS. BUT COACH STEVE HANSEN RECKONS THEY'VE ALL GOT A LOT TO GIVE THE ALL BLACK JERSEY, AND IF THEY CARRY ON IN THEIR CURRENT FORM, THEY WILL BE SELECTED FOR THE NEXT WORLD CUP. THIS TRIP TO FRANCE MAY HELP MAKE UP THEIR MINDS. IT WAS THE TEAM'S DAY OFF, AND BEN SMITH JOINED OTHER ALL BLACKS AT THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS AND LAY A WREATH AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR. LOOKING ROUND THE SIGHTS, AND IT'S A PRETTY SPECIAL PLACE TO COME AND TOUR. BUT THE RUGBY MAY NOT BE SO ENJOYABLE, WITH FRANCE COMING INTO SOME GOOD FORM AFTER ONLY LOSING BY TWO TO AUSTRALIA. OBVIOUSLY BIG PHYSICAL LADS. THEY'RE GOING TO BE DIRECT. BUT THEY'VE ALSO GOT THAT FLAIR ` THE OFFLOAD GAME, AND RECENTLY SHOWN THAT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE FOR THEM. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE NO DOUBT THIS WILL BE ANOTHER BIG TEST OF THEIR CHARACTER. EMMA KEELING, 1 NEWS, PARIS. IT SEEMS A BIG TEST FOR THE AB'S SPONSOR, ADIDAS, IS IDENTIFYING WHO THE PLAYERS ARE. CHECK THIS OUT. IT'S AN ADIDAS PROMOTIONAL VIDEO THAT JULIAN SAVEA POSTED ON INSTAGRAM TODAY. BUT IF YOU SLOW IT DOWN, SEE THOSE SHOTS OF A RAMPAGING SAVEA IN THE BLACK JERSEY? ONLY THAT'S NOT SAVEA; IT'S MALAKAI FEKITOA. SHAME THEY'RE NOT SPONSORED BY SPECSAVERS. JUST AHEAD ` A PATCHWORK QUILT OF WEATHER, AND WHY THE CONCHORDS PROTESTED THE CROWDIES AT THE ARIA'S. AS WE SPEAK, CROWDED HOUSE ARE PERFORMING THEIR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED REUNION PERFORMANCE WITH EAGER FANS TURNING OUT TO HEAR THE BAND PERFORM TOGETHER AFTER TWO DECADES OF SILENCE. LISETTE REYMER HAS ALL THE ACTION. TONIGHT CROWDED HOUSE WILL PERFORM AT A CROWDED OPERA HOUSE ONCE AGAIN. # HEY NOW, HEY NOW # DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER # THOUSANDS GATHERED ON THE FORECOURT OF THE SYDNEY LANDMARK TO SEE THE FAMOUS BAND PICK UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF 20 YEARS AGO. # THEY COME # TO BUILD A WALL BETWEEN US # IT WRAPS UP A HUGE WEEK FOR THE BAND, WHO SECURED THEIR PLACE IN AUSTRALIA'S MUSIC HALL OF FAME AT THIS YEAR'S ARIA AWARDS. CROWDED HOUSE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ARE UNDENIABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST BANDS TO COME OUT OF AUSTRALIA AND NZ. KIWI COMEDY DUO JEMAINE CLEMENT AND BRETT MCKENZIE KICKED OFF THE CELEBRATIONS WITH A BIT OF GOOD OLD-FASHIONED TRANS-TASMAN RIVALRY. IT SAYS 'HELLO. STOP IT, AUSSIES, EXCLAMATION MARK. 'NEIL FINN IS FROM NZ. YOURS, PM NZ, AKA JOHN.' THAT'S THE PRIME MINISTER. THAT'S COME FROM THE TOP. CROWDED HOUSE KNOW ALL ABOUT LIFE AT THE TOP. HITTING THE AIRWAVES IN THE EARLY '80S, THEY'VE MADE SIX MULTI-PLATINUM ALBUMS, WON 12 ARIAS AND COUNTLESS NZ ACCOLADES. THERE'S A REASON THAT NZERS AND AUSTRALIAN-DERS ARGUE ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THIS BAND ALL OVER BACKPACKERS AND OKTOBERFESTS ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE PROUD OF THEM. WE'VE HAD AMAZING TIMES WITH YOU PEOPLE, AND THERE'S BEEN A CONNECTION THERE. SO WE THANK YOU ALL. AND WHILE IT MAY HAVE BEEN A WHILE SINCE THE BAND WAS TOGETHER, IT'S CLEAR TO SEE THESE MUSIC LEGENDS HAVE STILL GOT IT. LISETTE REYMER, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER, WITH EDDIE VEDDER AND CHRIS MARTIN DOING CROWDED HOUSE. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ # TRY TO CATCH THE DELUGE IN A PAPER CUP # THERE'S A BATTLE AHEAD # MANY BATTLES ARE LOST # BUT YOU'LL NEVER SEE THE END OF THE ROAD # WHILE YOU'RE TRAVELING WITH ME # HEY NOW, HEY NOW # DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER # HEY NOW, HEY NOW # WHEN THE WORLD COMES IN # THEY COME, THEY COME # TO BUILD A WALL BETWEEN US # WE KNOW THEY WON'T WIN # NOW I'M TOWING MY CAR, # THERE'S A HOLE IN THE ROOF # MY POSSESSIONS ARE CAUSING ME SUSPICION # BUT THERE'S NO PROOF # IN THE PAPER TODAY # TALES OF WAR AND OF WASTE # BUT YOU TURN RIGHT OVER TO THE TV PAGE # HEY NOW, HEY NOW THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT.