TONIGHT, WHY SPEAKING OUT AGAINST A HERO WAS SO HARD ` FORMER BLACKCAPS SKIPPER BRENDON MCCULLUM ON HIS ROLE IN THE CHRIS CAIRNS TRIAL. AFTER GANG WARFARE IN NORTHLAND CLAIMS ANOTHER LIFE, LOCALS SAY ITS ALL BECAUSE OF METH. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. BRENDON MCCULLUM HAS SPOKEN FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT WHY HE TOOK THE STAND AGAINST CHRIS CAIRNS. AND IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OUT TOMORROW, THE RETIRED BLACKCAPS CAPTAIN ALSO EXPLAINS WHY IT TOOK HIM SO LONG TO REPORT ANYTHING TO CRICKET BOSSES. HE SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO SEVEN SHARP'S JEHAN CASINADER. BRENDON MCCULLUM DECIDED TO TESTIFY AGAINST HIS HERO, CHRIS CAIRNS. YEAH, I FELT I HAD AN OBLIGATION, ESPECIALLY AS CAPTAIN OF NZ, TO GO OVER AND TELL MY SIDE OF THE STORY. IT HAD TAKEN HIM THREE YEARS TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO CRICKET BOSSES ABOUT HIS CLAIM THAT CAIRNS ASKED HIM TO BE INVOLVED WITH MATCH FIXING. I JUST SIMPLY DIDN'T KNOW, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU WEREN'T TO REPORT IT, YOU'RE JUST AS IN THE GUN AS ANYONE THAT'S ACTUALLY APPROACHED YOU. ONCE I REALISED THAT, I STRAIGHT AWAY WENT IN AND REPORTED IT. MCCULLUM WAS CRITICISED FOR BEING DISLOYAL TO KIWI CRICKET. I WAS PREPARED TO STAND UP, EVEN UNDER PRESSURE AND UNDER FIRE FROM VARIOUS QUARTERS, AND DO WHAT I THOUGHT WAS MORALLY RIGHT AT THE TIME. IN LONDON HE WAS JOINED BY OTHER HIGH-PROFILE WITNESSES, INCLUDING LOU VINCENT AND SHANE BOND. AFTER AN EIGHT-WEEK TRIAL, CAIRNS WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES. I THINK REPUTATIONALLY, I'M COMPLETELY SCORCHED. OUTSIDE COURT, HE WAS ASKED WHAT HE WOULD SAY TO MCCULLUM. UM, 'WHY?' THE WAY IT ALL UNFOLDED, AND THE FACT THAT IT BECAME ABOUT ME VS HIM, IS SOMETHING I JUST NEVER UNDERSTOOD. IT'S NOT THE CHARACTER I THOUGHT I KNEW, AND I GUESS I CAN NEVER FORGIVE HIM FOR THAT. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT CHRIS CAIRNS NOW? I'M SURE HE'LL GET ON WITH HIS LIFE AND I'LL GET ON WITH MINE, AND LET'S HOPE THEY NEVER CROSS PATHS. I'M DONE WITH IT NOW, AND I WANNA MOVE ON WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE, AND I SURE AS HELL HOPE THAT MY CAREER IS NOT DEFINED BY MY INVOLVEMENT WITH CHRIS CAIRNS. HE'D RATHER BE REMEMBERED FOR LEADING THE BLACKCAPS OUT OF DEFEAT AND TOWARDS STUNNING MOMENTS LIKE THIS. AND A SUPERSTAR, A LITTLE CRICKETING MASTER. JEHAN CASINADER, ONE NEWS. RAROTONGA RESIDENTS ARE TONIGHT BEING WARNED TO STAY INDOORS AS POLICE HUNT AN ESCAPED PRISONER AFTER TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT DEAD. THE VICTIMS ARE UNDERSTOOD TO BE THE PRISONER'S FORMER PARTNER AND HER CURRENT PARTNER. AND BACK HERE, POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THREE PAREMOREMO PRISON OFFICERS NEEDED TREATMENT, ONE OF THEM IN HOSPITAL, AFTER THEY WERE ASSAULTED BY A GROUP OF FIVE PRISONERS THIS AFTERNOON. NONE OF THE INJURIES ARE LIFE-THREATENING. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. A SERIES OF KILLINGS IN NORTHLAND IS BEING DESCRIBED AS GANG WARFARE, A FATAL SHOOTING IN WHANGAREI YESTERDAY THOUGHT TO BE THE LATEST INVOLVING TRIBESMEN AND THE MONGREL MOB, LOCALS SAYING IT'S ALL ABOUT P. HELEN CASTLES REPORTS. GANGS ARE FIGHTING TO DEATH IN NORTHLAND, AND THIS BLACK POWER LEADER HAS NO DOUBT WHY. IT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH RIVALRY OR RETALIATION. IT'S GOT TO DO WITH WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF FRIES, P, SOME PEOPLE WILL GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO FIND IT, WHETHER IT'S STANDOVERS. THE LATEST TO DIE, JOHN HARRIS (37), A TRIBESMAN, FATALLY SHOT BEFORE BEING DROPPED AT THIS WHANGAREI AMBULANCE STATION YESTERDAY MORNING. I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S A GANG WAR THAT'S PLAYING OUT, NOT JUST IN NORTHLAND, BUT IN AUCKLAND AS WELL. PEENI HENARAE'S COUSIN, ALSO A GANG MEMBER, WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN WHANGAREI TWO WEEKS EARLIER. IT'S THE GANG AFFILIATION THAT'S SEEING THE KIND OF RETRIBUTION ATTACKS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE LAST 10 MONTHS, AND IT'S A SAD THING. THE WHANGAREI SHOOTINGS FOLLOWED THREE OTHER GANG-RELATED KILLINGS IN KAITAIA THIS YEAR, INCLUDING A STABBING AND A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING. THE TRIBESMAN AND MONGREL MOB GANGS APPEAR TO BE AT THE HEART OF THE CONFLICT. THOMAS RAUAHI'S ENTIRE WHANAU IS TIED UP IN THE GANG SCENE; A SCENE THAT'S CHANGED. IT USED TO BE TURF, EH, YOU KNOW, WHY GANGS USED TO FIGHT, BUT P IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE CAUSES OF TROUBLE. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN BE MADE OUT OF SELLING P? OH, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. (CHUCKLES) MARTIN KAIPO'S A FORMER BLACK POWER ENFORCER. HE SAYS P AND RELATED VIOLENCE ARE AN EPIDEMIC IN NORTHLAND I MEAN, IT'S MORE SCARY AND DANGEROUS NOW THAN IT WAS IN MY DAY. WE KNEW CLEARLY WHO WAS THE ENEMY. YOU KNOW, THERE WERE CLEAR BOUNDARIES. BUT DESPITE THE INCREASE IN GANG ACTIVITY, POLICE ARE RELUCTANT TO CALL IT GANG WAR. THEY SAY THEY'VE GOT THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL WITH ADDITIONAL STAFF BEING DEPLOYED TO NORTHLAND FOR SUPPORT. NORTHLAND'S LIKE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY IN NZ ` THERE ARE GANG MEMBERS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THESE PEOPLE AREN'T ROTARY MEMBERS. BUT THE GANGS AREN'T SO SURE. WITH THE P, IT WON'T GO AWAY. PUT IT THAT WAY. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. THE JURY IN THE GABLE TOSTEE MURDER TRIAL'S BEEN SENT HOME FOR THE NIGHT AFTER AGAIN FAILING TO REACH A VERDICT. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS SENT THIS A SHORT TIME AGO FROM BRISBANE. AFTER DELIBERATING FOR A THIRD DAY, THE JURY HAS NOW RETIRED AGAIN. WE SAW THEM ONCE BACK IN THE COURT TODAY. THEY ASKED THE JUDGE ANOTHER QUESTION. THAT QUESTION WAS WHETHER LANGUAGE WAS TO BE CONSIDERED FORTH, AND THE ANSWER THAT THE JUDGE GAVE THEM TO THAT QUESTION WAS A SIMPLE 'NO'. GABLE TOSTEE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO MURDERING WARRIENA WRIGHT IN HIS HOME IN AUGUST 2014. THE JURY WILL BE BACK HERE TO RESUME DELIBERATIONS AT 9.30 TOMORROW MORNING. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN ONLINE PREDATOR WHO POSED AS A SCHOOLGIRL ON FACEBOOK TO SOLICIT NUDE IMAGES OF BOYS, INCLUDING ONE AS YOUNG AS 13. POSING AS A STUDENT FROM CHRISTCHURCH GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL, THE FAKE ACCOUNT WAS USED TO CONTACT A NUMBER OF CANTERBURY TEENS. THE PREDATOR THEN SENT SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES BEFORE ASKING FOR SOME IN RETURN. EXPERTS SAY MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO EDUCATE CHILDREN IN ONLINE SAFETY. THE BEST THING THAT PARENTS CAN DO IS TALK TO THE YOUNGSTERS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND, YOU KNOW, TELL THEM THAT IT EXISTS, THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET ARE GONNA ASK THEM TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS, AND THEN TRY TO EXPLOIT THEM AS A RESULT OF IT. IT'S ALL ABOUT A MATTER OF THEM BEING AWARE OF THE RISKS AND TAKING PRECAUTIONS TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE. POLICE ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY THE PREDATOR, BELIEVED TO BE BASED IN NZ. EDUCATION MINISTER HEKIA PARATA HAS CALLED TIME ON HER CAREER IN POLITICS, DECIDING NOT TO STAND AGAIN IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION. THROUGHOUT HER EIGHT YEARS IN PARLIAMENT, SHE'S FACED PLENTY OF CHALLENGES, INCLUDING THE NOVOPAY DEBACLE AND CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOL CLOSURES. AND HER DECISIONS OFTEN SAW HER CLASH WITH THE TEACHERS' UNION. OF COURSE IT'S CHALLENGING, ABSOLUTELY CHALLENGING. BUT, LOOK, THAT GOES WITH THAT PORTFOLIO. PEOPLE FEEL PASSIONATELY ABOUT IT. PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY SAYS MS PARATA WILL STAY ON AS AN MP BUT HASN'T DECIDED WHETHER SHE WILL KEEP HER MINISTERIAL ROLES. THE LEADERSHIP OF FORMER NZ HIGH COURT JUDGE DAME LOWELL GODDARD IS BEING QUESTIONED IN FRONT OF A BRITISH SELECT COMMITTEE AS THEY LOOK INTO THE TROUBLED CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE INQUIRY. DAME GODDARD WAS IN THE ROLE FOR 16 MONTHS BEFORE BECOMING THE THIRD TO RESIGN FROM THE POSITION. THE HEARING EXAMINED HER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INQUIRY'S PANEL OF EXPERTS. IT WAS CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING THAT LOWELL GODDARD REALLY WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO SIT ON HER OWN, WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF A PANEL. IT'S REPORTED DAME GODDARD HAS BEEN ASKED TO APPEAR BY VIDEO LINK. 40 POLICY HOLDERS ARE SEEKING TO TAKE CLASS ACTION AGAINST GOVERNMENT-OWNED INSURER SOUTHERN RESPONSE, ALLEGING THAT IT HAD A DELIBERATE STRATEGY TO DELAY AND UNDERPAY CLAIMS. ALI PUGH WAS IN COURT. MARCHING BACK TO COURT ONCE AGAIN, 40 SOUTHERN RESPONSE POLICY HOLDERS UNITED IN THE CLAIM THEY'RE VICTIMS OF THE INSURER AND TODAY FIGHTING TO RELAUNCH A $30M CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. IT'S BEEN QUITE TRAUMATIC REALLY. IT'S BEEN VERY STRESSFUL. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS EACH DAY GOES ON, WE'RE A DAY CLOSER. THE GROUP'S LAWYER TOLD THE COURT THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED COMPANY ADOPTED A DELIBERATE STRATEGY OF PROVIDING SUBSTANDARD WORK AND LOWBALL OFFERS TO MINIMISE ITS COSTS. IT HAS SYSTEMATICALLY UNDERSTATED THE EXTENT OF THE WORK AND THE COST OF THE WORK. IT HAS MISREPRESENTED THE POSITION TO THE INSURED CUSTOMERS. ALLEGATIONS OF DECEIVING, DELAYING, INTENTIONALLY MINIMISING CLAIMS ` THOSE ARE VERY VERY SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS. YES. > ONE OF THE 40, ARCHITECT BOB BURNETT, WHOSE AWARD-WINNING HOME STILL STANDS NEGLECTED, SAYS HIS HOUSE WAS MADE WORSE BY SHODDY WORKMANSHIP. YOU CAN SEE HERE WHERE THEY'VE PUT A CROWBAR UNDER HERE, AND THEY'VE BROKEN THE FOUNDATION, SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE DAYLIGHT. THE WIND JUST WHISTLES THROUGH THERE AND PROBABLY WATER TOO. < DO YOU BELIEVE THERE WERE < DELIBERATE MEASURES TAKEN TO KEEP COSTS DOWN? ABSOLUTELY. SOUTHERN RESPONSE'S DEFENCE TEAM DENIES ANY WRONGDOING. IT DOESN'T SUGGEST FOR A MOMENT ANYTHING MORE THAN AN IMPERFECTION. IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T SUGGEST A DELIBERATE STRATEGY. IN A STATEMENT, SOUTHERN RESPONSE CALLED THE CLAIMS THAT THE COMPANY ADOPTED A COST-SAVING STRATEGY AS AN ABSOLUTE FICTION AND AN EXTRAVAGANT CLAIM TO MAKE AND SAID IF ANYTHING, A CLASS ACTION WILL LIKELY FURTHER DELAY THE RESOLUTION OF THESE CUSTOMERS' CLAIMS. THE JUDGE HAS RESERVED HIS DECISION ON WHETHER THE CLASS ACTION WILL GO AHEAD. ALI PUGH, 1 NEWS. FOUR FINALISTS IN A DESIGN CONTEST FOR A NEW FRENCH WAR MEMORIAL AT WELLINGTON'S PUKEAHU NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL PARK HAVE BEEN UNVIELD TONIGHT. THE DESIGNS ARE DESCRIBED AS TAKING DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO REMEMBRANCE AND THE WARTIME BONDS FORGED BETWEEN OF THE TWO COUNTRIES. THE WINNING ENTRY, CHOSEN BY AN EXPERT JURY, IS BUDGETED TO COST MORE THAN $500,000 AND BE COMPLETED BY 2018. REMEMBER ANY PARTY LEADERS ELECTION TIME TELEVISION ADDRESSES? PERHAPS NOT. BUT ANYWAY, THEY'RE NOW A THING OF THE PAST. 1 NEWS POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE HAS THE DETAILS AND TAKES A LOOK AT WHAT WE'LL BE MISSING. THE FOLLOWING ARE PAID POLITICAL BROADCASTS YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO WATCH AGAIN. IT'S BEEN A GREAT THRILL FOR ME. WE TALK ABOUT THINGS WE BELIEVE. GIVE YOUR PARTY VOTE... ...PARTY VOTE... ...PARTY VOTE... ...TO UNITED FUTURE. IT'S NOT COMPELLING TV. I'VE DONE ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSH, I'VE DONE ONE STANDING IN A STUDIO WHERE WHITE PAPER COVERED THE WALLS SO IT LOOKED LIKE I WAS STANDING ON A CLOUD, AND I'VE DONE ONE STANDING IN A ROOM WHICH WAS TOTALLY DARK. BUT BROADCASTERS HAVE BEEN COMPELLED BY LAW TO RUN OPENING AND CLOSING ELECTION BROADCASTS. UNTIL NOW, THAT IS, BECAUSE THE POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE DONE A SECRET DEAL TO SCRAP THE SPEECHES AND POCKET THE CASH. I THINK PARTIES NEED TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO WORK OUT HOW THEY WANT TO TARGET THEIR MESSAGE TO THEIR VOTERS. STILL REGULATED, BUT WITH MORE FUNDING AND OPTIONS TO GET IT DONE. IT FEELS SAD, BUT I JUST THINK THEY WEREN'T THAT EFFECTIVE. FRANKLY, NO ONE WATCHES THEM THEM. LABOUR AND NATIONAL WILL GET THE BIGGEST CASH BOOST, BUT THE SMALLER PARTIES ARE ALSO HAPPY WITH THE EXTRA MONEY, WHICH WILL BE RE-ALLOCATED BY THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION. IT'S A QUITE A BIG DEAL FOR US. PARTIES WILL BE TARGETING THE CASH AT A GROWING ONLINE AUDIENCE. THE MAIN TREND I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE HIT NZ IS MORE TARGETED ADS. ONLINE COMMUNICATION ENABLES PARTIES TO TARGET MUCH MORE PRECISELY BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH DATA AVAILABLE NOW. A LAW CHANGE WILL SEE THE PARTY LEADERS' MESSAGES VOTED OUT IN TIME FOR NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` THE BREWING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN NORTHERN IRAQ. A REFUGEE CAMP IS OVERFLOWING AS THE FIGHTING IN MOSUL SHOWS NO SIGN OF STOPPING. SHE DOESN'T HAVE A PARTICULARLY YOUNG FACE; SHE IS PARTICULARLY YOUNG. THE RISING STAR GETTING THE BIG CALL UP. A TRUST SET UP TO HELP PACIFIC ISLAND BUSINESSES HAS BEEN TOLD IT NEEDS TO CHANGE ITS WAYS OR CLOSE. 1 NEWS HAS OBTAINED DOCUMENTS SHOWING YEARS OF SERIOUS FAILURE, WHICH GETS MILLIONS IN TAXPAYER FUNDING. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION. THE GLOSSY FACE OF THE PACIFIC BUSINESS TRUST, WHERE BACKS ARE SLAPPED AND THE DIVERSITY BOX IS TICKED, BUT BEHIND THE SCENES, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. I THINK IT WAS IN A SERIOUS SITUATION WHERE IT NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE AND HAVE TO BE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT THAT OR JUST CLOSE IT DOWN. THE TRUST, A CHARITABLE ORGANISATION, IS FUNDED BY THE MINISTRY OF PACIFIC PEOPLES, RECEIVING OVER 10 MILLION IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT, WE GOT A YEAR'S WORTH OF EMAILS BETWEEN THE MINISTRY AND THE TRUST, ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF INTERNAL REPORTS. THIS SHOW A RAFT OF SERIOUS PROBLEMS HAPPENING YEAR AFTER YEAR. THEY INCLUDE NON-ACHIEVEMENT AND WEAKNESSES IN KEY AREAS. A DAMNING REVIEW IN 2012 FOUND, DESPITE SOME SUCCESSES, THE TRUST WAS UNABLE TO FULLY DELIVER WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED AND URGENT CHANGES WERE NEEDED. THIS NEVER HAPPENED, AND THE MINISTRY KEPT HANDING OVER MORE MONEY. THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT RETURN THROUGH JOB CREATION AND THROUGH BUSINESS SUCCESS. BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE, PAULINE, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A DATABASE TO PROVE IT. WE HAVE GOT SUBSTANTIAL FIGURES THAT DEMONSTRATE TO US, THAT ARE ALL VERIFIED BY AN AUDITOR, THAT TELL US HOW MANY BUSINESS START UPS WE'VE HAD. IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE TRUST HELPED MORE THAN 300 NEW BUSINESSES, BUT THERE'S LITTLE TO NO INFORMATION ON THEM. OVER THREE DECADES THERE'S BEEN VIRTUALLY NO DATABASE. WHAT SORT OF BUSINESSES ARE THEY? DID THEY SUCCEED? WE HAVE NO IDEA, SO WE BASICALLY NOW HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH WITH HAVING A NEW KIND OF AGREEMENT. ITS A FOCUSED AGREEMENT THAT EXPECTS RESULTS. THEY WANT TO SUCCEED. WE WANT THEM TO SUCCEED. THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY WANT THEM TO SUCCEED. THAT SUCCESS WILL BE PROOF IT'S TAXPAYERS MONEY WELL SPENT. BARBARA DREAVER, 1 NEWS. AT LEAST THREE HAVE BEEN INJURED AND 21 PEOPLE ARRESTED AFTER A PROTEST TURNED VIOLENT OUTSIDE AN AMERICAN EMBASSY IN THE PHILIPPINES. POLICE COULD BE SEEN RAMMING THEIR PATROL VEHICLES INTO ANTI-US PROTESTORS AFTER THEY SURROUNDED THE CAR. THEY ALSO USED TEAR GAS AND WATER CANNON TO DISPERSE THE GROUP DEMANDING AN END TO AMERICA'S MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES AND SUPPORTING PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE'S INDEPENDENT STANCE. THE BATTLE FOR MOSUL HAS DISPLACED AROUND ONE MILLION CIVILIANS, CREATING WHAT THE UNITED NATIONS IS CALLING A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. THE ABC'S SOPHIE MCNEILL REPORTS FROM A CAMP WHERE TENS OF THOUSANDS HAVE ALREADY STARTED SEEKING SHELTER. THE LARGEST REFUGEE CAMP IN NORTHERN IRAQ IS ALREADY OVERFLOWING. OVER 30,000 PEOPLE ARE CRAMMED INTO THIS SITE, CALLED DEBAGA, AN HOUR'S DRIVE SOUTH-WEST OF ERBIL. ANOTHER 200 PEOPLE HAVE JUST ARRIVED. ACTUALLY, THIS IS OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE. WE HAVE NO MORE SPACE FOR NEW COMING` OR NEW ARRIVALS PEOPLE. FATIMA (13), HAS BEEN SLEEPING IN THE CAMP SCHOOL FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS, AFTER HER FAMILY FLED THEIR ISLAMIC-STATE-CONTROLLED VILLAGE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF MOSUL. TRANSLATOR: IT WAS REALLY HARD. WE HAD TO WALK FOR SEVEN HOURS. WE HAD TO CROSS THE RIVER. SHE'S OVERJOYED TO HAVE FINALLY ESCAPED THE BRUTAL RULE OF IS. IT WAS SO STRICT. YOU COULDN'T WALK ALONE. IF A MAN WALKED WITH SOMEONE WHO WASN'T HIS WIFE, THEY WOULD ARREST HIM AND CANE HIM. THE HUNDREDS OF KIDS WHO ARE SLEEPING HERE AT THIS SCHOOL AND THIS CAMP ARE ALL NEW ARRIVALS. THEY'VE FLED ISLAMIC-STATE-HELD AREAS IN RECENT WEEKS, AND SOME HAVE EVEN COME IN JUST THE LAST FEW DAYS. BUT THE BIG CHALLENGE FOR AID AGENCIES IS THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE TO EXPECT IN THE COMING WEEKS. THE ISSUE FOR MOSUL NOW IS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT, IF THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT, AND IN WHAT SORT OF NUMBERS THEY WILL COME OUT. IF THEY COME OUT IN LARGE NUMBERS, WE WILL BE OVERWHELMED. THE UNITED NATIONS IS APPEALING TO ALL NATIONS FOR MORE, SAYING IT ONLY HAS HALF THE FUNDS IT NEEDS. SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT NOW ` SPORT, AND MAKING YOUR FIRST NATIONAL SENIOR SQUAD IS HUGE FOR ANY ATHLETE, BUT WELLINGTON CRICKETER AMELIA KERR'S DONE IT AT JUST 16, SELECTED FOR THE WHITE FERNS SQUAD TO PLAY A HOME SERIES AGAINST PAKISTAN, STARTING IN A FEW WEEKS. JOHN MCKENZIE EXPLAINS. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE FORMER BLACKCAP, BRUCE 'BAGS' MURRAY, HELD A CRICKET BAT. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HELD A BAT? UH, ABOUT 27 YEARS AGO. THIS IS A SPECIAL OCCASION. WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU DO THINGS FOR YOUR GRANDCHILDREN YOU WOULDN'T OTHERWISE DO. THAT GRANDCHILD IS AMELIA KERR (16). < HAVE YOU EVER BOWLED TO HIM BEFORE? NAH, I HAVEN'T. HE STILL LOOKS PRETTY GOOD, TOO. HERR HAS BEEN NAMED THE SECOND-YOUNGEST PLAYER TO EVER MAKE THE WHITE FERNS CRICKET TEAM. HER FORM IN PROVINCIAL CRICKET TOO GOOD FOR SELECTORS TO IGNORE. SHE'S A REALLY SPECIAL TALENT, AND I KNEW IT'S COMING. A MIXTURE OF LEGGIES, SLIDERS AND GOOGLIES CONFUSING SOME OF THE COUNTRIES' BEST BATTERS SINCE MAKING HER WELLINGTON DEBUT AS A 14-YEAR-OLD. AMELIA SHOUTS OH, BOWLED OUT. BEAUTIFUL BOWLING. THAT JUST THREE YEARS AFTER SHE FIRST TRIALLED THE ART IN THE BACKYARD TO HER DAD, FORMER WELLINGTONIAN FIREBIRDS STALWART, ROBBIE KERR. WHEN I SAW HER BOWLING SO ACCURATELY AND THEN BOWLING THAT GOOGLY, I THOUGHT, 'BOY, THIS` THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY.' WHAT'S HER BEST DELIVERY? UH, SHE` I THINK THE WRONG ONE. THE GOOGLY. DESPITE HER AGE, AMELIA'S GOT A PRETTY LEVEL HEAD ON HER SHOULDERS, ALTHOUGH SHE DID STRUGGLE TO CONTAIN HER EXCITEMENT WHEN SHE GOT THE GOOD NEWS. < WERE YOU EXPECTING THAT PHONE CALL? NAH, NOT REALLY. I WAS LIKE, WHOA. PROBABLY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN QUITE THIS SOON, BUT I THINK SHE'S DONE EVERYTHING SHE CAN TO TRY AND GET THERE AS EARLY AS SHE CAN. HER SHORT-TERM GOAL IS TO GET GAME TIME AGAINST PAKISTAN NEXT MONTH, WITH AN EYE TO MAKING NEXT YEAR'S WORLD CUP IN ENGLAND. IF SHE CAN DO THAT, SHE COULD FIND HERSELF PLAYING IN THE FINAL AT LORD'S. THE SAME GROUND GRANDAD ONCE PLAYED ON. < WOULD YOU HEAD OVER TO ENGLAND NEXT YEAR? WELL, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A PENSIONER'S FUND FROM WHICH YOU CAN DRAW FOR THIS KIND OF THING. A FUTURE CERTAINLY BRIGHT FOR A GIRL TURNING HEADS ALMOST AS QUICKLY AS SHE TURNS THE CRICKET BALL. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` WE'LL TELL YOU HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN WEATHER FORECAST. AND THANKS TO SOME REHAB AND A LONG BOAT RIDE, THIS RARE TURTLE IS ABOUT TO ONCE AGAIN ANSWER THE CALL OF THE WILD. A RARE TURTLE, NURSED BACK TO HEALTH AFTER WASHING UP HALF DEAD ON A NORTHLAND BEACH, IS HEADING BACK TO THE WILD. A GOVERNMENT SHIP HEADED TO THE KERMADEC ISLANDS, A THOUSAND KILOMETRES NORTH OF NZ, WILL GIVE IT A LIFT HOME. WILL HINE WITH MORE. ALIVE AND KICKING AND READY TO HEAD BACK TO THE OCEAN. BUT THAT WASN'T THE CASE WHEN THIS HAWKSBILL TURTLE, NOW NAMED KOHA, WAS DISCOVERED AT DEATH'S DOOR ON A BEACH IN DARGAVILLE IN 2014. WHAT SORT OF STATE WAS HE OR SHE IN BACK THEN? IN REALLY REALLY BAD CONDITION. SO HUGELY EMACIATED, ABSOLUTELY NO ENERGY. IT COULDN'T EVEN LIFT ITS OWN HEAD. HE, SHE, IT ` IT'S HARD TO TELL KOHA'S SEX BECAUSE ITS ONLY A YOUNGSTER, ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD. AS FOR ITS FUTURE LIFESPAN, IT COULD GO ON TO LIVE DECADES MORE. THE HAWKSBILL TURTLE IS CRITICALLY ENDANGERED. FOR MANY YEARS IT WAS HUNTED. NOT FOR ITS MEAT, WHICH CAN BE TOXIC, BUT FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL SHELL. IT'S A NICE AND BRIGHT AND SHINY TORTOISESHELL PATTERN, AND IT'S REALLY HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER. KOHA TESTING THE WATERS IN KELLY TARLTON'S MAIN TANK TO PREPARE FOR LIFE BACK IN THE WILD. AND NOW IN FIGHTING FORM. THE WEIGHT WAS REALLY GOOD. HE CAME IN AT 5.5 KILOS ` REALLY REALLY THIN ` AND NOW IT'S 10.5KG. A NUMBER OF TURTLES GET WASHED UP ON OUR BEACHES EACH YEAR. SOME OF THEM GREEN TURTLES LIKE THIS ONE. MANY GET RELEASED OFF THE COAST OF NORTHLAND, BUT KOHA'S HITCHING A RIDE BACK TO THE ISLANDS WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH. IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD A TURTLE ON THE TANGAROA BEFORE, AND IT'S QUITE A PRIVILEGE TO BE HELPING THE CONSERVATION OF AN ENDANGERED SPECIES. 22 SCIENTISTS, 20 CREW AND ONE TURTLE DUE TO CAST OFF TOMORROW. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH JOE COCKER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ JOE COCKER'S 'WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS' THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016.