TONIGHT ` SHE'S ACCUSED OF FORCE-FEEDING AND TAPING A CHILD'S MOUTH SHUT. A PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER ON TRIAL FOR ALLEGATIONS OF ASSAULTING CHILDREN IN HER CARE. THE BATTLE LINES ARE DRAWN. THE NATIONAL PARTY VERSUS A HIP-HOP HEAVYWEIGHT. PLUS ` WHY A HACKER HAS LEAKED THE LATEST EPISODES OF NETFLIX SHOW 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK'. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. SMACKING, FORCE-FEEDING AND TAPING A CHILD'S MOUTH ARE AMONG ASSAULTS WHICH ALLEGEDLY TOOK PLACE AT AN AUCKLAND DAYCARE CENTRE ON CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS A YEAR OLD. WE CAN'T TELL YOU THE NAME OF THE CENTRE BUT WORKER LYNN ABRAHAM (59) IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING NINE PRESCHOOLERS IN HER CARE. WILL HINE WAS IN COURT. DAY-CARE TEACHER LYNN ABRAHAM ` IN THE DOCK AND DENYING 11 CHARGES OF ASSAULTING A CHILD. THOSE CHILDREN, BY THE NATURE OF THE CENTRE, WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 5. MOST CHILDREN WE'RE CONCERNED WITH IN THIS CASE WERE ABOUT 3 OR 4. ABRAHAM FACES SIX CHARGES THAT RELATE TO SMACKING, ONE FOR WASHING A CHILD'S MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP, ONE OF PUTTING SELLOTAPE ACROSS A MOUTH AND THREE FOR FORCE-FEEDING A CHILD. ONE OF THE CHILDREN SAID TO HAVE BEEN FED THAT WAY WAS JUST A YEAR OLD. THE DEFENDENT WOULD FORCE-FEED FOOD INTO THE BABY'S MOUTH, AND THEN CLOSE HER MOUTH UNTIL SHE ATE. ABRAHAM WAS THE MANAGER OF THE CENTRE, WHICH HAS INTERIM NAME SUPPRESSION. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE LAW BE UPHELD, ESPECIALLY IN A CASE LIKE THIS, WHERE WE'VE GOT YOUNG CHILDREN IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF AN EARLY CHILDCARE CENTRE, THEY'RE THERE BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS HAVE ESSENTIALLY PLACED THEM INTO CARE. JURORS WERE TOLD THE OFFENDING CAME TO LIGHT WHEN A WORKER FROM THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION RAISED THE ALARM. THE FIRST OF THREE DAY-CARE CENTRE WORKERS WHO WILL GIVE EVIDENCE BROKE DOWN IN TEARS AS SHE RECOUNTED SEEING ABRAHAM PUT SELLOTAPE OVER ONE CHILD'S MOUTH AND SMACKING OTHERS ON THEIR HANDS AND BOTTOM. SHE SAID SOME OF THE BLOWS WERE AUDIBLE. THE PROSECUTOR SAID ANTI-SMACKING LAWS ALLOWED FORCE TO BE USED ON A CHILD IF THE YOUNGSTER WAS ENDANGERING THEMSELVES. BUT WHAT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR IS ` IS ABSOLUTELY THE CASE ` IS THAT FORCE CANNOT BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF CORRECTION OR PUNISHMENT OF A CHILD. THE DEFENCE IS YET TO OUTLINE ITS CASE. THE TRIAL IS SET DOWN FOR FIVE DAYS. POLICE HAVE REJECTED CLAIMS OF WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF VIDEO FILMED IN THE PIKE RIVER MINE SIX YEARS AGO. THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS WHO DIED IN THE MINE EXPLOSION ARE IN DISAGREEMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OVER WHO'S SEEN THE VIDEO AND WHAT IT MEANS. JOY REID HAS MORE. THIS FOOTAGE FROM INSIDE THE MINE'S ACCESS TUNNEL, OR DRIFT, IS MARKED 15TH MARCH 2011 ` MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER THE PIKE RIVER EXPLOSION. IT FIRST SHOWS TWO MINE RESCUE STAFF WEARING BREATHING APPARATUS, CALMLY WORKING ON A ROBOT FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA; THE ROBOT THEN PROGRESSING DOWN THE DRIFT. I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY. I HAD TO WATCH IT TWO TO THREE TIMES JUST TO REALLY, REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANT. THE FAMILIES OF THE 29 MINERS WHO DIED HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD RE-ENTERING THE MINE IS TOO DANGEROUS. SOME OF THEM, HAVING SEEN THE VIDEO, ARE NOW QUESTIONING THAT. WE'VE SEEN THAT THE DRIFT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN IN SUCH A BAD STATE FOR ANYONE TO RE-ENTER IS ACTUALLY NOT IN THAT STATE AT ALL. IT IS ACTUALLY FULLY INTACT. YOU SEE THOSE MEN WORKING WITH BA'S ON, BUT THEY WERE VERY CASUAL ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING. BUT THE PRIME MINISTER TODAY WAS ADAMANT THE MEN WERE VERY NEAR THE ENTRANCE. THE WORKERS, THEY SAY, WENT NO FURTHER THAN 2M INTO THE MINE DURING THAT OPERATION. ANNA OSBORNE DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT. I RECKON IT'S ABOUT 1000M, BUT THAT'S IRRELEVANT. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THE DRIFT, IN THAT ENVIRONMENT THAT WE WERE TOLD WAS WAY TOO UNSAFE TO DO SO. THE POLICE SAY THE FAMILIES WERE SHOWN FOOTAGE FROM MARCH 15 2011 AT TWO MEETINGS IN JULY THAT YEAR AND THAT ALL THE FOOTAGE WAS GIVEN TO THE ROYAL COMMISSION. ANNA OSBORNE SAYS SHE WAS AT BOTH MEETINGS AND HAS NOT SEEN THE VISION. A LAWYER WHO IS INVOLVED IN THE ROYAL COMMISSION HEARINGS SAYS HE HAD NOT SEEN IT EITHER. THERE'S BEEN INDICATIONS TO ME THAT THE FOOTAGE WASN'T SEEN BY THE ROYAL COMMISSIONERS. IT CERTAINLY WASN'T SEEN BY ME AS COUNCIL FOR MINER'S UNION. I CHECKED WITH COUNSEL FOR THE FAMILIES, WHO WAS THEN ACTING, AND HE HADN'T SEEN THE FOOTAGE. AND THAT'S WHY I SAY IT CAME AS A SURPRISE TO SEE IT NOW SIX YEARS ON. REGARDLESS, THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THIS FOOTAGE DOES NOT CHANGE ITS DECISION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO RE-ENTER THE MINE. THE VIDEO DOES NOT CHANGE THE ASSESSMENT THAT THE MINE IS UNSAFE FOR MANNED RE-ENTRY. BUT HE CONFIRMED AN UN-MANNED RE-ENTRY ATTEMPT IS BEING EXPLORED. MEANWHILE, THE FAMILIES SAY THEY'RE WAITING ON OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS FOR THE 30-PLUS HOURS OF FOOTAGE AND SAY THERE'S MORE REVELATIONS TO COME. AND COAL MINING ON THE WEST COAST IS ABOUT TO HAVE A HUGE REVIVAL. 1 NEWS CAN CONFIRM A GOVERNMENT SCHEME FOR NEW OPEN-CAST MINES ON THE BULLER PLATEAU. THE CONTROVERSIAL PLANS INVOLVE A RARE MATCH-UP OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AS POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE EXPLAINS. COAL MINING ON THE WEST COAST HAS BROUGHT BOTH JOBS AND FIERCE OPPOSITION. (PROTESTERS CHANT) OVER THE YEARS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS HAVE TRIED TO DRAW A LINE AND THOUGHT THAT WE HAD A DEAL WITH GOVERNMENT TO SAY, 'YOU'RE GONNA DESTROY THIS PART OF THE PLATEAU; 'THESE SPECIES WILL BE LOST FROM THAT PLACE FOREVER, 'BUT WE GET TO RETAIN THESE OTHER PARTS.' BUT THAT COULD BE ABOUT TO CHANGE. 1 NEWS HAS LEARNED OF GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR MORE OPEN-CAST MINING ON THE BULLER PLATEAU. THAT WOULD SEE NEW PITS HERE AT WHAREATEA WEST AND DEEP CREEK. THERE IS VERY SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC VALUE IN THE BULLER PLATEAU, FROM A COAL-MINING PERSPECTIVE. TO APPEASE ENVIRONMENTALISTS, SOME AREAS WOULD BE PROTECTED. BUT FOREST & BIRD SAY MINES WILL THREATEN NATIVE SPECIES LIKE KIWI, GECKO AND FERN-BIRD. OPEN-CAST COAL MINING IS EFFECTIVELY COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF WHAT EXISTS ON THE SURFACE. IN AN UNUSUAL MOVE, MINISTERS HAVE ASKED THE BUSINESS MINISTRY AND CONSERVATION OFFICIALS TO DRAW UP THE PLANS TOGETHER. THOSE OFFICIALS REPORTED BACK LATE LAST YEAR, SAYING MORE MINING COULD BRING MORE THAN 500 JOBS TO THE AREA AND GIVE THE CROWN ALMOST $1B A YEAR IN ROYALTIES AND TAXES. WE REALLY TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE TRADE-OFFS BETTER BETWEEN THE ECONOMIC VALUE ` WHICH DOES CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE COAL PRICE ` AND THAT VERY STRONG CONSERVATION VALUE. MR BRIDGES WILL SOON LAUNCH AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTION PLAN FOR THE WEST COAST. THE HIGH COURT IN WELLINGTON WAS THE FILLED WITH RAPPER EMINEM'S HIT SONG 'LOSE YOURSELF' TODAY. HIS LAWYERS SAY THE NATIONAL PARTY USED THE TUNE IN THEIR 2014 CAMPAIGN VIDEO, KNOWING THAT IT COULD RISK COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. HERE'S KATIE BRADFORD. (RAPS) IT'S A RAP BATTLE OF A VERY DIFFERENT KIND. SUPERSTAR EMINEM'S COMPANY EIGHT MILE STYLE VERSUS THE NATIONAL PARTY. (MUSIC PLAYS ON AUDIO EQUIPMENT) TURNING THE HIGH COURT IN WELLINGTON INTO AN UNUSUAL MUSIC VENUE FOR PLAY-BACK OF EMINEM'S HIT SONG, 'LOSE YOURSELF'. 'LOSE YOURSELF' IS WITHOUT DOUBT THE JEWEL IN EMINEM'S CROWN. BUT HERE'S WHAT THIS CASE IS ABOUT. DID THE NATIONAL PARTY BREACH COPYRIGHT BY USING THIS MUSIC IN ITS 2014 ELECTION CAMPAIGN ADS? HERE'S EMINEM'S 'LOSE YOURSELF'. AND THIS IS NATIONAL'S ADVERT. 'LOSE YOURSELF' WAS AN AWARD-WINNING GLOBAL HIT, SOMETHING EMINEM'S LAWYER SAYS THAT MAKES THE SONG SO VALUABLE. THE IDEA OF LOSING YOURSELF IN THE MOMENT AND NOT MISSING OPPORTUNITIES IN LIFE IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE GUITAR RIFF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SONG. JOEL MARTIN IS EMINEM'S COMPANY MANAGER. READS: IT WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY US, THE WRITERS AND ME, ALTHOUGH I CONSIDER THAT THE EFFORT IS BLAND AND PERFUNCTORY. IT IS NOT AN INSPIRING EFFORT. IT WAS REVEALED IN COURT THE NAME OF THE SONG USED BY NATIONAL WAS 'EMINEM-ESQUE', AND EMAILS READ OUT SHOW CAMPAIGN MANAGERS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS BUT AFTER ASSURANCES THEY WERE ON SAFE GROUND, WENT AHEAD WITH ITS USE. BUT THE EMAIL CHAIN SHOWS NATIONAL BELIEVED THEY WEREN'T LIABLE BECAUSE THEY WERE BUYING A LICENCE TO USE THE MUSIC. THE VERY CLEAR POSITION OF THE NATIONAL PARTY IS THEY DIDN'T WANT TO INFRINGE COPYRIGHT AT ALL, IN ANY WAY. BUT REMEMBER THIS LINE FROM STEVEN JOYCE? IT'S PRETTY LEGAL. THE DEFENCE WILL CALL A NUMBER OF WITNESSES ` STEVEN JOYCE WILL NOT BE ONE OF THEM. THE LABOUR PARTY IS HOLDING AN URGENT MEETING TONIGHT AFTER DELAYING THE RELEASE OF ITS PARTY LIST FOR THIS YEAR'S GENERAL ELECTION. 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS THE POSTPONEMENT CAME AFTER BROADCASTER WILLIE JACKSON RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT HIS RANKING ON THE CANDIDATE LIST. IT'S UNDERSTOOD JACKSON, WHO WAS SHOULDER-TAPPED BY LABOUR, WAS GIVEN THE 21ST SLOT BUT WANTS SOMETHING HIGHER. POLICE HAVE LAUNCHED A SERIES OF NEW VIDEOS ABOUT REPORTING SEXUAL ASSAULT. IT'S HOPED THE CAMPAIGN WILL DE-STIGMATISE FEARS AND MYTHS ABOUT APPROACHING AUTHORITIES. PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. IT HAPPENS IN EVERY FACET OF SOCIETY, BUT POLICE SAY JUST ONE IN 10 SEXUAL ASSAULTS ARE REPORTED TO THEM. SOME PEOPLE FEEL THEY MAY NOT BE BELIEVED. A LOT OF IT'S ABOUT FEAR OF THE PROCESS AND WHAT THEY THINK MAY EXIST OR WHAT MAY NOT EXIST. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS REALLY RAPE. MAYBE IT WAS MY FAULT. HE WAS THE COACH. I WAS 8. THE POLICE HAVE PRODUCED A SERIES OF VIDEOS THEY HOPE WILL SHED LIGHT ON WHAT'S INVOLVED IN REPORTING AN INCIDENT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND MAKE VICTIMS FEEL LESS INTIMIDATED. VICTIMS ARE AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING WE DO, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE SOME HELP AND MORE REASSURANCE FOR THEM. RAPE PREVENTION EXPERTS WELCOME THE INITIATIVE BUT ENCOURAGE THE POLICE TO KEEP IMPROVING. I DON'T THINK THE POLICE CAN BE COMPLACENT ABOUT THE WORK THEY'VE DONE. IT'S A TRAINING ISSUE. ALL OF THEIR FRONTLINE STAFF NEED TO BE REALLY WELL TRAINED THE VIDEO-MAKERS SPOKE TO STUDENTS ABOUT WHAT CAN STOP VICTIMS COMING FORWARD. YOU MIGHT START TO BLAME YOURSELF AND SECOND GUESS YOURSELF AND MIGHT NOT WANT TO PUT YOURSELF THROUGH IT. PEOPLE ARE SCARED, AND THEY SEE THE SHAME IN THE SENSE OF OTHER PEOPLE KNOWING THAT IT'S HAPPENED TO YOU. A TELLING FACT. THE VAST MAJORITY OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS ARE CARRIED OUT BY PEOPLE KNOWN TO THE VICTIM. POLICE SAY THAT'S HARD FOR VICTIMS TO CONFRONT. WE'VE MOVED AWAY FROM THE '80s AND '90s TO PROVIDE A SUPPORTIVE, INCLUSIVE, SAFE AND CONFIDENTIAL SERVICE FOR OUR VICTIMS. MEANING MORE PEOPLE CAN GET THE JUSTICE THEY DESERVE. GIVING THE OLD STATE HIGHWAY 1 SEVEN MAORI NAMES IS DRIVING DEBATE IN A COASTAL COMMUNITY NORTH OF WELLINGTON. WITH THE NEW KAPITI EXPRESSWAY SET TO OFFICIALLY BECOME STATE HIGHWAY 1, THE DISTRICT COUNCIL'S PROPOSING TO DIVIDE THE OLD 18KM ROAD INTO SEVEN SECTIONS WITH MAORI NAMES. IT'S DIVIDED PUBLIC OPINION, BUT THE DISTRICT MAYOR SAYS LEARNING THE NEW NAMES ISN'T HARD. HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO SAY SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS? HELLO. THAT'S ONE ARGUEMENT. THERE ARE WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WHICH ARE DIFFICULT. THE FINAL DECISION WILL BE MADE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. IT'S BEEN LABELLED DONALD TRUMP'S DEAL WITH THE DEVIL. HE'S INVITED HARDLINE PHILLIPINES' PRESIDENT, RODRIGO DUTERTE, TO THE WHITE HOUSE. DESPITE HIS HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS' ABUSES, THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS DUTERTE COULD PLAY A ROLE IN ITS NORTH KOREA STRATEGY. THE ABC'S BOB WOODRUFF REPORTS. TONIGHT ` AN INVITATION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A WORLD LEADER ACCUSED OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS INVITING THE PHILIPPINES' PRESIDENT, RODRIGO DUTERTE, FOR A VISIT. DUTERTE FACES INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGE OVER HIS ULTRA-VIOLENT AND ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN. BUT HE'S A POTENTIAL ALLY IN THE REGION ON NORTH KOREA. DOES THAT MEAN HUMAN RIGHTS DON'T MATTER NOW? NO` DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE NOT`? ABSOLUTELY NOT. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HUMAN RIGHTS DON'T MATTER. WHAT IT DOES MEAN IS THAT THE ISSUES FACING US DEVELOPING OUT OF NORTH KOREA ARE SO SERIOUS THAT WE NEED COOPERATION AT SOME LEVEL WITH AS MANY PARTNERS IN THE AREA AS WE CAN GET. THE HERMIT KINGDOM CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL TROUBLE SPOT. TODAY TRUMP EVEN EXPRESSED GRUDGING ADMIRATION FOR KIM JONG-UN. AND AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, HE WAS ABLE TO ASSUME POWER. A LOT OF PEOPLE, I'M SURE, TRIED TO TAKE THAT POWER AWAY, WHETHER IT WAS HIS UNCLE OR ANYBODY ELSE, AND HE WAS ABLE TO DO IT. SO OBVIOUSLY HE'S A PRETTY SMART COOKIE. SO HOW DOES THE PHILIPPINES' CONTROVERSIAL LEADER FIT INTO ALL OF THIS? OUTWARDLY, IT APPEARS TO BE A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL. THIS IS A PERSON WHO HAS PARTICIPATED IN EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS OF DRUG DEALERS. WE SAW FIRST-HAND HOW HE DEALS WITH SUSPECTED CRIMINALS IN HIS COUNTRY. HIS TROOPS HAVE KILLED MORE THAN 7000 PEOPLE SINCE DUTERTE CAME TO POWER. JUST AHEAD, DEADLY TORNADOES CARVE THROUGH SOUTHERN AMERCIA. SEE THE MASSIVE TWISTER THAT TOUCHED DOWN IN TEXAS. PLUS IS IT REALLY OVER FOR THIS GOLDEN PAIR? HAMISH BOND ON ERIC MURRAY'S RETIREMENT. THAT'S NEXT. AMERICA'S SOUTH AND MIDWEST HAS BEEN WIPED OUT BY A SERIES OF TORNADOES AND DEADLY FLOODING. AT LEAST 14 PEOPLE ARE DEAD ACROSS FIVE STATES. TWO YOUNG CHILDREN ARE MISSING, AND HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. THE ABC'S RICHARD CANTU REPORTS. TONIGHT, AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE DEAD AFTER FOUR POWERFUL TORNADOES TORE THROUGH TEXAS. THIS AUTO DEALERSHIP IS NOW A JUNKYARD. IT WAS BRUTAL AND RELENTLESS IT'S EMOTIONAL, BUT WE'RE LUCKY. IN ARKANSAS A BABY IS MISSING IN THE RIVER FOR SOME, WATER WAS THERE ONLY ESCAPE THIS MAN SWAM FOR HIS LIFE FROM HIS TRUCK. IN SOUTH KOREA, FIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND 20 OTHERS ARE INJURED AFTER A CRANE COLLAPSED AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE. TWO CRANES COLLIDED WITH EACH OTHER, CAUSING PART OF ONE TO FALL ON TO WORKERS. A RESCUE EFFORT IS STILL UNDERWAY TO SAVE ANY OTHERS WHO MIGHT BE BURIED. AN ANONYMOUS HACKER CLAIMS TO HAVE LEAKED EPISODES OF NETFLIX'S POPULAR SERIES 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' AFTER THE COMPANY REFUSED TO PAY A RANSOM. AND THE 'DARK OVERLORD' IS PROMISING TO REVEAL MORE AS THE ABC'S MARA SCHIAVOCAMPO EXPLAINS. THIS IS NOT A NEGOTIATION. TONIGHT NETFLIX IS SEEING RED OVER THE REPORTED LEAK OF ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK MORE THAN A MONTH BEFORE THE SHOW'S SCHEDULED RELEASE. WHAT?! THE HACKING GROUP 'THE DARK OVERLORD' REPORTEDLY STOLE THE 10 EPISODES FROM A POST-PRODUCTION COMPANY, LEAKING THEM AFTER THE HACKERS SAY NETFLIX REFUSED TO PAY A RANSOM, IN A PRESS RELEASE GLOATING... NOW THE HACKERS CLAIMING TO HAVE STOLEN CONTENT FROM FOX, IFC, NATGEO AND ABC, MAKING MORE RANSOM DEMANDS. THE COMPANIES NEED TO BE GOOD ALL THE TIME. THE HACKERS NEED TO BE LUCKY ONCE. ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE STORED ELECTRONICALLY THAT HAS A PATH TO THE INTERNET HAS RISK. DARK OVERLORD HAS TARGETED MORE THAN JUST HOLLYWOOD ` LAST JANUARY SWIPING DATA FROM A CANCER CHARITY. ATTACKS LIKE THIS ARE UP 50% LAST YEAR ALONE. IN A SIMILAR ATTACK, A HOSPITAL ACTUALLY PAID THE $17,000 RANSOM. AND A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN MASSACHUSETTS PAID $500 TO GET THEIR DATA BACK. THE BEST OPTION FOR US, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE LAST AND WORST OPTION FOR US, WAS TO PAY THE RANSOM. A THIEF HAS STOLEN MORE THAN $8000 WORTH OF LEGO FROM A TOY STORE IN AUSTRALIA. POLICE SAY THE MAN BROKE INTO THE STORE AND TOOK OFF WITH THE BOUNTY, THAT INCLUDED RARE 'STAR WARS' COLLECTABLES. SECURITY VIDEO SHOWED THE ROBBER PACING IN CIRCLES AROUND A CAR PARK AFTER THE CRIME BEFORE FLEEING THE SCENE. ERIC MURRAY HAS CALLED TIME ON HIS ROWING CAREER, ENDING THE IMPRESSIVE RUN OF THE 'KIWI PAIR'. THEY'RE ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SPORTS COMBINATIONS THE COUNTRY HAS EVER SEEN; 69 UNBEATEN RACES AT AN ELITE LEVEL. ABBY WILSON WITH MORE. WE DIDN'T KNOW IT AT THE TIME, BUT THIS WAS THE GREAT KIWI PAIR'S LAST RACE TOGETHER. IT'S SAD THAT IT'S OVER, BUT I VIEW IT FAR MORE POSITIVELY IN LOOKING BACK ON EIGHT YEARS, FAR EXCEEDING WHAT I EVER DARED TO DREAM IN THE SPORT. AND I'M SURE ERIC'S THE SAME. TWO OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS, SIX COXLESS-PAIR WORLD TITLES, AN UNBEATEN STREAK THAT DATES BACK TO 2009, WHEN TWO VERY DIFFERENT MEN OFF THE WATER STARTED SOMETHING SPECIAL ON IT. THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN BEING IN A BOAT AND KNOWING THAT SOMEONE'S NOT GIVING THE EFFORT THAT YOU ARE, AND I KNEW THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN WITH ERIC, AND IT NEVER DID. FOR ROWING NEW ZEALAND, ERIC MURRAY'S RETIREMENT DOESN'T JUST END A LEGACY; IT LEAVES A VOID. WITH BOND PURSUING CYCLING AND MAHE DRYSDALE HAVING A YEAR OFF, HE WAS ONE OF THE ONLY SENIOR ROWERS ACTIVELY TRAINING IN THE OLYMPIC PROGRAMME. 2009 THE HEADLINES WERE IT WAS ALL OVER FOR ROWING BECAUSE THE EVERS-SWINDELLS AND GEORGE BRIDGEWATER WERE RETIRING. AND IN 2009 WE HAD ONE OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL YEARS EVER AS THE NEXT GENERATION CAME THROUGH, INCLUDING ERIC AND HAMISH. TALK IS CHEAP WHEN ATHLETES RETIRE AT TIMES. SO YOU THINK THIS MAY NOT BE THE LAST WE'VE SEEN OF HIM? OH, LOOK, HE'S MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT, AND I'M SURE IT'S HEARTFELT AND HE MEANS IT. BUT WHO KNOWS? THIS KIND OF DOMINANCE AND SUCCESS MAY NOT BE EASY TO WALK AWAY FROM. GET READY TO WRAP UP WARM. YOUR WEATHER FOR TOMORROW IS AFTER THE BREAK. PLUS ` HE CHOOSE NOT TO GO, BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP TRUMP BEING THE TARGET AT THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER. THE US PRESIDENT AND HIS ADMINISTRATION WERE THE STARS OF THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER, DESPITE THE FACT NONE OF THEM ATTENDED. DUE TO TRUMP'S INCREASINGLY HOSTILE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MEDIA, HE CHOSE TO BOYCOTT THE EVENT, WHICH IS PUT ON EVERY YEAR TO CELEBRATE WHITE HOUSE JOURNALISTS. HIS ABSENCE PROVIDED PLENTY OF MATERIAL FOR MUSLIM COMEDIAN HASAN MINHAJ. I WOULD SAY IT IS AN HONOUR TO BE HERE, BUT THAT WOULD BE AN ALTERNATIVE FACT. IT IS NOT. NO ONE WANTED TO DO THIS, SO OF COURSE, IT LANDS IN THE HANDS OF AN IMMIGRANT. THAT'S HOW IT ALWAYS GOES DOWN. WE GOTTA ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT THAT'S NOT IN THE ROOM. (LAUGHTER) THE LEADER OF OUR COUNTRY IS NOT HERE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE HE LIVES IN MOSCOW. IT IS A VERY LONG FLIGHT. IT'D BE HARD FOR VLAD TO MAKE IT. VLAD CAN'T JUST MAKE IT ON A SATURDAY. IT'S A SATURDAY! DONALD TRUMP INSTEAD SPENT THE NIGHT AT A RALLY IN PENNSYLVANIA, BECOMING THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO MISS THE DINNER SINCE 1981. AND EVEN THEN PRESIDENT REAGAN HAD A PRETTY GOOD EXCUSE ` HE WAS RECOVERING FROM AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. NOW TO TOMORROWS WEATHER WITH EMINEM AND DIDO. (EMINEM FT. DIDO 'STAN') FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANNE LANGFORD AND KATE PARKINSON.