DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. DOC AXES 140 JOBS, BUT INSISTS IT WON'T AFFECT THE FRONT LINE. THE MEN WHO EXPOSED A HUGE PRIVACY BREACH BY THE EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION EXPLAIN WHY. AND HE'S AN UNLIKELY-LOOKING RIVAL TO BECKHAM ` CHECK OUT THE LATEST INTERNET SENSATION. CRITICS ARE WARNING THE ENVIRONMENT COULD BE IN DANGER AS A RESULT OF BIG JOB CUTS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION. 140 JOBS ARE SET TO BE AXED. THAT COMES ON TOP OF THE SHEDDING OF 100 STAFF LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO. BUT DOC'S INSISTING THE CUTS WON'T AFFECT FRONT-LINE WORK. GEORGINA BALL HAS THE DETAILS. THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LOOKING AFTER OUR WORLD-FAMOUS ENVIRONMENT. NOW IT'S INSISTING THE LATEST ROUND OF 140 JOB CUTS WON'T COMPROMISE ITS WORK. WE HAVE TAKEN OUT A LAYER OF MANAGEMENT FROM OUR OPERATIONS. WE CAN DO THAT AND MINIMISE THE IMPACT. DOC SAYS 118 OF THE ROLES THAT ARE GOING ARE IN MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. ANOTHER 22 ARE FIELD POSITIONS. BUT CRITICS SAY MANY OF THOSE DUBBED MANAGERS ACTUALLY DO FRONT-LINE WORK. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO WORK WITH THEIR BOOTS, AND WHEN THEY'RE NOT DOING PROJECT MANAGEMENT, THEY PUT THEIR BOOTS ON AND THEY'RE OUT THERE WITH THEIR STAFF DOING THE JOB. THEY'RE FRONT-LINE JOBS. THESE ARE VERY CLEARLY FRONT-LINE JOBS. DOC SAYS THE JOB CUTS WILL SAVE IT $6.6M, AND IT'S PART OF A PLAN WHICH IT SAYS WILL ACTUALLY MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT AND DO A BETTER JOB. THE RESTRUCTURE, THE SHAPE OF THE STRUCTURE IS A GOOD NEWS STORY. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO SIZE IT AND SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOSE JOBS, AS THEY ALWAYS DO IN THESE THINGS, DOESN'T MAKE ANYONE HAPPY. AND THE PUSH IS ON TO ATTRACT MORE PRIVATE FUNDING THROUGH BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS. IT WON'T BE TOO LONG BEFORE YOU'RE DOING THE MCDONALD'S ROUTEBURN TRACK. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, WE HAVEN'T TALKED TO MCDONALD'S, BUT IF THEY WANT TO TALK TO US, I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO THEM. BUT THE OPPOSITION'S NOT SO HAPPY. HOW DOES HE EXPECT DOC STAFF TO DO THEIR JOB AFTER TODAY'S CUTS AND PROTECT VULNERABLE SPECIES LIKE THIS BLACK PETREL? THE AMOUNT OF STAFF AND THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE INTO THE FUTURE GIVES US AMPLE RESOURCE TO DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF LOOKING AFTER THOSE PLACES AND SPECIES THAT MAKE NZ SPECIAL. THE PROPOSALS NOW GO OUT FOR CONSULTATION. DOC SAYS STAFF SHOULD KNOW BY THE END OF JULY IF THEY'LL BE THE ONES FLYING THE NEST. GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS. THE MEN WHO EXPOSED A HUGE PRIVACY BREACH BY THE EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION HAVE BEEN EXPLAINING WHY THEY DID IT. THEY SAY FROM WHAT THEY SAW OF THE DETAILS, THE EQC NEEDS TO BE MORE OPEN WITH THE 80,000 HOMEOWNERS INVOLVED. LISA DAVIES HAS MORE. BRYAN STAPLES' PHONE IS RUNNING HOT TODAY. SORRY. BRYAN SPEAKING. HE IS THE MAN THE HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL EQC EMAIL WAS MISTAKENLY SENT TO BY A SENIOR MANAGER. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY EXPLOSIVE. IT CONTAINED AN ATTACHMENT WITH SOUGHT-AFTER DETAILS ON OVER 80,000 QUAKE-DAMAGED HOMES. HE WAS IN A MEETING AT THE TIME WITH THIS PROPERTY INVESTOR. JUST SEEING SOME OF THE NUMBERS ON IT, YOU JUST SMELT A RAT. MIND YOU, IT'S A RAT THAT WE'VE KNOWN THE STENCH OF FOR SOME TIME, BUT THIS WAS THE PROOF AND IT'S RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES. COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. IT WAS LISLE WHO ALERTED LABOUR'S LIANNE DALZIEL TO THE FACT THE SPREADSHEET HAD DETAILS ON 70,000 MORE CLAIMS THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. BUT FOR THIS PAIR, IT'S NOT THE PRIVACY BREACH THAT'S THE ISSUE. IT'S THE INFORMATION ` DETAILS OF HOW SETTLEMENT FIGURES WERE BEING ARRIVED AT THAT SOME FRUSTRATED HOMEOWNERS HAVE BEEN SEEKING FOR OVER TWO YEARS. UNLESS EQC COME CLEAN AND TELL PEOPLE EXACTLY THE INFORMATION THAT WAS IN THAT DOCUMENT RELATING TO THEIR OWN HOMES AND BE HONEST ABOUT IT, THEN HEADS SHOULD ROLL. THE MEN ALSO BELIEVE THEY'VE SEEN COSTING DISCREPANCIES. WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PAY LESS THAN PEOPLE WERE ENTITLED TO. HOW THEY SEE THAT AS A PLAN FOR RECOVERY JUST ASTOUNDS ME. SOMETHING THE GOVERNMENT VEHEMENTLY DENIES, SAYING ITS A NORMAL PART OF THE TENDER PROCESS FOR TRADESPEOPLE. YOU SAY UP FRONT WHAT YOU EXPECT TO PAY, YOU'LL END UP PAYING MORE, AND THAT WOULD COME STRAIGHT OUT OF THE POCKETS OF THE TAXPAYER. BUT BRYAN STAPLES, WHO RUNS AN EQC CLAIMS RESOLUTION SERVICE, REMAINS UNCONVINCED. THEY HAVE IT ALL AT THEIR FINGERTIPS. AND THE IMPORTANT THING ` THEY'RE LYING TO PEOPLE. HE BELIEVES IT'S TIME FOR OWNERS OF DAMAGED HOMES TO GET ANGRY. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. THE OPPOSITION'S ACCUSING THE GOVERNMENT OF TRYING TO TRIVIALISE EQC'S PRIVACY BREACH. IT SAYS IT'S THE LATEST IN A MUCH WIDER PROBLEM. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN'S BEEN LOOKING AT THE ISSUE. EQC BOSS IAN SIMPSON WAS A MAN IN A HURRY TODAY ` LATE FOR A 'PLEASE EXPLAIN' MEETING WITH HIS MINISTER AT THE BEEHIVE. AND HE CAME READY TO RESIGN FOR THE EMAIL BREACH. I RAISED THE ISSUE OF ME STAYING IN THE ROLE. HE SUGGESTED I NEEDED TO FOCUS ON RESOLVING THE ISSUE. THE EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY MINISTER IS ADAMANT THAT MR SIMPSON HAS HIS CONFIDENCE. YES, I DO. I THINK HE HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OVER A VERY LONG TIME, AND THIS IS A MOST UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT. BUT THE MP WHO HELPED UNCOVER THE BREACH SAYS IF ANYONE NEEDS TO GO, IT'S GERRY BROWNLEE. IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT HE SAID ON FRIDAY, HE SAID THIS WAS LIKE PUTTING THE WRONG ADDRESS ON AN ENVELOPE. ACTUALLY, THE PRIME MINISTER HAS MINIMALISED IT TODAY AS WELL. IT WAS AN SENIOR STAFF MEMBER AT EQC WHO ACCIDENTALLY EMAILED OUT THE PRIVATE CLAIMS INFORMATION. THE PRIME MINISTER'S SYMPATHETIC TO THEIR PLIGHT. I'M ALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE ALSO LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD WHERE GOOD PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES. NOW, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS, MAYBE SOMETHING'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THAT, BUT I WOULDN'T JUST SACK SOMEONE COS THEY SEND AN EMAIL TO THE WRONG ADDRESS. LABOUR MAINTAINS SIMILAR BREACHES AT THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACC SHOW THIS IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM. WHY IS IT THAT AFTER THE THIRD MAJOR BREACH OF PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS' INFORMATION, WE ARE STILL HAVING THESE ISSUES HAPPEN AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT? WE ARE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY. THERE'S AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW. THE HEAD OF EQC HAS BEEN IN; THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER IS WORKING ON THE WHOLE PROCESS OF THAT REVIEW. EQC WILL PLACE ADVERTS IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS TO APOLOGISE FOR ITS ERROR. HOWEVER, LIANNE DALZIEL SAYS AT THE VERY LEAST, ALL HOMEOWNERS SHOULD GET AN UPDATE ON WHERE THEIR CLAIMS ARE AT. WITHIN THE LAST HALF HOUR, ITALY'S HIGHEST COURT HAS RULED THAT AMANDA KNOX AND HER FORMER BOYFRIEND MUST FACE A RETRIAL OVER THE 2007 KILLING OF HER FLATMATE. KNOX AND RAFFAEL SOLLECITO SPENT FOUR YEARS IN JAIL FOR MURDER BUT WERE FREED ON APPEAL IN OCTOBER 2011, LARGELY ON THE GROUNDS DNA EVIDENCE WAS FLAWED. THEY BOTH DENIED KILLING MEREDITH KERCHNER, BUT IT'S UNLIKELY KNOX WILL BE EXTRADITED FROM THE US TO FACE TRIAL IN ITALY. NEW LAWS MIGHT BE ON THE CARDS AFTER A REPORT FOUND LITTLE ACTION COULD BE TAKEN AGAINST THE DESIGNERS OF THE ILL-FATED CTV BUILDING IN CHRISTCHURCH. THE ENGINEERS' INSTITUTE REPORT HAS PROMPTED THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION MINISTER TO ASSESS WHETHER NEW LEGISLATION COULD BE DRAFTED. HERE'S MIKE THORPE. THE FATAL AFTERMATH OF A FLAWED DESIGN. IT'D BE JUST GHASTLY, I THINK, TO MOVE ON WITHOUT ANYONE BEING HELD TO ACCOUNT, BECAUSE THAT BUILDING WAS BUILT ILLEGALLY. MAURICE WILLIAMSON IS CLEARLY INTENT ON EXHAUSTING ALL POSSIBILITIES. IF THAT WAS A MEDICAL MISADVENTURE OR A CIVIL AVIATION CRASH, WE'D GO HUNTING FOR SOMEBODY WITHOUT DOUBT. THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS' INSTITUTE WAS ASKED TO LOOK AT WHAT ACTION IT COULD TAKE OVER THE ROYAL COMMISSION FINDINGS ON THE COLLAPSE. THE ANSWER TODAY ` NOT A LOT. IN TERMS OF LEGAL ACTION, THAT REALLY IS A MATTER FOR THE POLICE TO PURSUE, BECAUSE WE HAVE NO LEGAL POWERS ON THAT. THE MINISTER WILL MEET WITH THE IPENZ TO DISCUSS ITS REPORT. IF IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO, AND I HAVEN'T YET CONFIRMED THAT THAT'S CORRECT, THEN FRANKLY I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE THE LAW AND REGULATIONS TO ACTUALLY GIVE THEM SOME TEETH. IN A STATEMENT RELEASED TODAY, POLICE SAY THEY ARE YET TO DECIDE IF A FORMAL INVESTIGATION IS REQUIRED. MEANWHILE, THE COMPANY BEHIND THE CTV DESIGN ` ALAN REAY CONSULTANTS ` REMAIN ACTIVE. SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH CTV WIDOW DONNA TAIRAKENA, WHO LOST HER HUSBAND, WALLY, IN THE COLLAPSE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS HASN'T SHUT HIM DOWN, Y'KNOW, TEMPORARILY AT LEAST. AND THE MINISTER HAS CONCERNS TOO. SOME OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT BUILDING HAVE SINCE BEEN RE-REGISTERED, AGAIN BY IPENZ, WHICH WOULDN'T SUGGEST THAT ANY GREAT SANCTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN SO FAR. THE MINISTER WILL MEET WITH THE ENGINEERS' INSTITUTE TOMORROW. MIKE THORPE, ONE NEWS. THE WATCHDOG THAT HANDLES COMPLAINTS AGAINST GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IS NOW INVESTIGATING THE WAY THE EDUCATION MINISTRY CONSULTS THOSE AFFECTED BY SCHOOL CLOSURES AND MERGERS. THE CHIEF OMBUDSMAN WILL SCRUTINISE THE CONTROVERSIAL CHANGES IN CHRISTCHURCH. ALI PUGH REPORTS. THIS PHILLIPSTOWN PRIMARY CLASSROOM MAY BE EMPTY BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. PRINCIPAL TONY SIMPSON SAYS THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO MOVE THESE STUDENTS IS MISINFORMED AND IS WELCOMING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PROCESS. I'M DELIGHTED. I WELCOME THE ANNOUNCEMENT, AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY SENSIBLE AND LOGICAL AND TIMELY ANNOUNCEMENT, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE INVESTIGATION. THE CHIEF OMBUDSMAN WILL HEAD THE INQUIRY FOLLOWING A SURGE OF COMPLAINTS FROM CHRISTCHURCH, MANY STRUGGLING TO OBTAIN BASIC INFORMATION FROM THE MINISTRY. SUCH INFORMATION AS THEY DID GET WAS NOT COMPREHENSIVE, IT WASN'T TIMELY ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM TIME TO TURN AROUND AND MAKE A SUBMISSION. AND THESE ARE JUST ORDINARY FOLK BATTLING FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THEIR SCHOOLS. THE EDUCATION MINISTER SAYS HER PLANS FOR CHRISTCHURCH'S SCHOOLS WON'T BE PUT ON HOLD, DESPITE BEING UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE PROCESS, BECAUSE WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE ACT. HEKIA PARATA HERSELF WON'T BE THE FOCUS, RATHER THE ACTIONS OF HER MINISTRY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. THE PRIMARY PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATION SAYS NEWS OF THE INVESTIGATION IS BITTERSWEET. THERE WASN'T A GOOD SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR OPEN AND CLEAR CONSULTATION. THAT'S GOOD THAT THAT'S BEEN SPOTTED. BUT IT'S NOT A GOOD THING THAT IT'S BEEN SPOTTED TOO LATE. < SO PERHAPS TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE? TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. THE REPORT WON'T BE COMPLETED TILL THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, AFTER THE DECISIONS ON MANY OF THE CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOLS WILL HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE. ALI PUGH, ONE NEWS. THE LAWYER FOR FORMER ALL BLACK JERRY COLLINS SAYS HE'S HAD CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE AUTHORITIES IN JAPAN. TIM CASTLE HAS MET COLLINS TWICE TODAY AS WELL AS THE LAWYER FOR THE PLAYER'S RUGBY CLUB. COLLINS HAS SPENT NEARLY TWO WEEKS IN POLICE CUSTODY AFTER BEING ARRESTED FOR CARRYING A KNIFE IN A DEPARTMENT STORE. RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS ACROSS THE PACIFIC ARE SET TO RECEIVE MORE THAN $600M. THE AGREEMENT WAS MADE AT THE PACIFIC ENERGY SUMMIT IN AUCKLAND TO HELP WEAN THE ISLANDS OFF A RELIANCE ON DIESEL. THE FOREIGN MINISTER HOPES THE ISLANDS WILL ACT WITHIN THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR YEARS. I'D BE DISAPPOINTED IF WE COULDN'T LOOK AROUND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND SEE US AS 50% RENEWABLE IN THAT PERIOD. THERE AREN'T TOO MANY EXCUSES ACTUALLY, APART FROM LACK OF POLITICAL WILL. THE PROJECTS ARE SET TO RESULT IN CHEAPER POWER BILLS FOR ISLANDERS, AND GOVERNMENTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO PUT MONEY PREVIOUSLY SPENT ON DIESEL INTO EDUCATION AND HEALTH. JUST AHEAD, FROM THE RED CARPET TO AFRICAN WARZONE ` G ANGELINA JOLIE'S ON A MISSI AND NEW HOPE FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE DEADLIEST CHILDHOOD CANCER. # The Farewell Spit, it ain't too bad. # The views are great, and the whale's beached as. # You'll find me sculling L&P, # but the Paeroa bottle's too big for me. # Wherever you're driving this weekend, do your bit to keep everyone safe on the road. CAR REVS Good, good, good. (SIGHS) CRUNCHING, SQUEAKING (SIGHS) Well, did you pass? Well, did you pass? Yep. Well, did you pass? Yep. Whoo-hoo! Yee-hah-hah! Don't bail out just yet. Your teen is more likely to crash on their restricted than any other time in their life. Go to safeteendriver.co.nz. Find out how you can stay involved. BANKS IN CYPRUS WILL STAY CLOSED TILL LATER IN THE WEEK TO PREVENT A RUN ON DEPOSITS. THE ISLAND'S PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN DEFENDING THE DEAL WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION, SAYING IT WAS 'PAINFUL, BUT NECESSARY'. THE ABC'S MARY GEARIN REPORTS FROM NICOSIA. IT WAS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN CYPRUS TO CELEBRATE GREEK INDEPENDENCE FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. BUT THE COUNTRY'S DEPENDENCE ON THE EUROZONE'S NEW BAILOUT DEAL IS PROVING HARD TO SWALLOW. THE FEELING HERE IS THAT WE'VE BEEN BETRAYED ` BETRAYED BY OUR ALLIES; BETRAYED BY OUR FRIENDS; BETRAYED BY OUR FAMILY, BY THE EUROPEAN FAMILY. WELL, I THINK IT'S A DISASTER. BUT WE'RE GONNA BE GOOD. WE'RE GONNA BE OK. PEOPLE LIKE ARCHITECT MIKE ORPHANIDES WILL LOSE UP TO 40% OF THEIR SAVINGS. FOR HALF AN HOUR I WAS IN A STATE OF SHOCK. THIS IS JUST DOWNRIGHT STEALING. IT'S LEGALISED STEALING. AND I THINK IT'S ATROCIOUS. CYPRIOTS WATCHED AS THEIR PRESIDENT, ON HIS RETURN FROM BRUSSELS, DEFENDED THE DEAL. (SPEAKS GREEK) TRANSLATOR: THE HOURS WERE DIFFICULT. AT CERTAIN MOMENTS THEY WERE DRAMATIC. CYPRUS FOUND ITSELF ONE BREATH AWAY FROM ECONOMIC COLLAPSE. RUSSIANS ARE SOME OF THE LARGEST INVESTORS IN CYPRUS, AND ALTHOUGH THEY NOW APPEAR TO BACK THE DEAL, IT'S WITH SOME RELUCTANCE. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) TRANSLATOR: IT LOOKS LIKE THE STEALING OF WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN STOLEN CONTINUES. SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS WHOLE STORY WILL TURN INTO IN THE END, AND WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WILL BE. EVEN IF THE BANKS DO REOPEN ON THURSDAY, AS NOW PLANNED, THERE'LL BE STRICT CONTROLS IN PLACE TO PREVENT MASS WITHDRAWALS. IT MAY STOP A RUN ON THE BANKS HERE IN CYPRUS, BUT THIS BAILOUT DEAL COULD ALSO BE A TURNING POINT FOR WEAK ECONOMIES IN THE EUROZONE. THE ACTRESS ANGELINA JOLIE HAS ABANDONED HOLLYWOOD FOR AN AFRICAN HOTSPOT TO HIGHLIGHT THE PLIGHT OF VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE DURING CONFLICTS. SHE'S VISITING THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO WITH THE BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY WILLIAM HAGUE. THE BBC'S JAMES ROBBINS REPORTS. THIS IS NZULO CAMP IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. WILLIAM HAGUE AND ANGELINA JOLIE AS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE UNITED NATIONS HAVE COME TO THIS SHELTER FOR THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES BY WAR TO HEAR ABOUT THE SHOCKINGLY COMMONPLACE USE OF RAPE IN WARFARE. SINCE LAST YEAR, THE HOLLYWOOD STAR AND THE POLITICIAN HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A JOINT INITIATIVE TO PERSUADE THE WORLD TO STOP LOOKING AWAY AND START GOING AFTER THE PERPETRATORS. WHEN RAPE IS USED AS A WEAPON OF WAR, IT MAKES COMMUNITIES HARDER TO BRING TOGETHER, AND MUCH HARDER TO GET ON WITH THEIR LIVES AFTERWARDS. WHAT WE'RE SAYING AND WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO IS TRY TO SCALE IT UP AND MAKE IT A WORLDWIDE FOCUS. AND IT'S DUE TIME ` IT'S BEEN GOING ON IN EVERY WAR, EVERY CRISIS, AND IT'S OFTEN AN AFTERTHOUGHT. AND IT'S DUE TIME TO END THIS AND PUT AN END TO IMPUNITY, AND THEY DESERVE IT. WHEREVER THIS WAR, SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO BE A WEAPON TO HUMILIATE, TO DOMINATE AND TO SPREAD TERROR. IN RECENT MONTHS, REFUGEES FROM SYRIA'S TWO YEARS OF CONFLICT HAD GIVEN THE BBC HARROWING AND DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF RAPE, BOTH OF WOMEN AND OF MEN. TRANSLATOR: 'THE DAILY RAPE TOOK PLACE IN FRONT OF THE OTHER GIRLS. 'THAT WAS THE TIME THEY WOULD REMOVE THE BLINDFOLDS 'SO THE GIRLS COULD SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE THEIR EYES.' THESE ACCOUNTS ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO CORROBORATE INDEPENDENTLY, BUT THE WEIGHT OF TESTIMONY FROM SO MANY POINTS TO THE SCALE OF A CRIME OFTEN ALL BUT FORGOTTEN WHEN THE WORLD'S FOCUS IS ON THE MORE VISIBLE VICTIMS ` THOSE MORE OBVIOUSLY WOUNDED AND THE DEAD. MOST AUSTRALIAN TROOPS WILL BE OUT OF AFGHANISTAN BY THE END OF THE YEAR. A THOUSAND TROOPS WILL LEAVE FROM THEIR TARAN KOT BASE, BUT A SMALL NUMBER OF SPECIAL FORCES WILL STAY TO OVERSEE THE TRANSITION. THE WITHDRAWAL WILL END A 12 YEAR MILITARY OPERATION BY AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN THE REGION. 39 AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN. BRAIN TUMOURS ARE THE MOST DEADLY FORM OF CHILDHOOD CANCER AND NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO TREAT. BUT AFTER 14 YEARS OF RESEARCH A CLINICAL TRIAL IS FINALLY UNDERWAY USING GENE THERAPY. THE ABC'S SOPHIE SCOTT MET ONE OF THE FIRST PATIENTS TO TAKE PART. FOR THE PAST YEAR, ERIN GRIFFIN HAS BEEN FORCED TO SWAP SCHOOL AND HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS FOR HOSPITALS AND DOCTORS. DIAGNOSED WITH AN AGGRESSIVE MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMOUR, AND NO LONGER RESPONDING TO TREATMENT, ERIN IS OUT OF OPTIONS. IN A LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT TO HELP HER DAUGHTER, ERIN'S MOTHER, AMANDA, TURNED TO THE INTERNET TO FIND HELP. THERE'S HOPE FOR HER TO BE CURED FROM THIS DISEASE. THERE WAS NO OTHER CHEMOTHERAPY OPTIONS. NO OTHER TREATMENTS. EVERY 28 DAYS, ERIN AND HER MOTHER TRAVEL FROM ADELAIDE TO SYDNEY TO TAKE PART IN THE TRAIL AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD. BRAIN TUMOURS ARE HARD TO TREAT, AND CHEMOTHERAPY CAN DESTROY BONE MARROW, PUTTING CHILDREN AT HIGH RISK OF INFECTIONS. WE'RE INTRODUCING A GENE INTO THE DNA OR THE BONE MARROW STEM CELLS, AND THAT'S A GENE THAT WILL HELP THE BONE MARROW STEM CELLS TO COPE WITH CHEMOTHERAPY. IT INCREASES A NATURALLY-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE CALLED MGMT, WHICH MAKES BONE MARROW STRONGER. WHAT WE HOPE IS THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE BONE MARROW PROTECTION USING THIS TECHNIQUE, AND THAT THEREFORE, WE CAN GIVE THE CHEMOTHERAPY THAT WE WANT TO GIVE WITHOUT SO MUCH IN THE WAY OF SIDE EFFECTS. HAVE YOU HAVE ANY SIDE EFFECTS OR PROBLEMS FROM IT? NOT REALLY. I JUST GET TIRED. SHE DEALS WITH IT PRETTY GOOD. SHE'S AN INSPIRATION TO ME. SHE'S AMAZING. 10 MORE PATIENTS WILL BE RECRUITED AND MONITORED FOR THE 4-YEAR TRIAL. JUST AHEAD, RENEE SAYS A MOSTLY FINE WEDNESDAY IS ON THE CARDS. HE MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE ANYTHING LIKE HIM, BUT THIS GUY REALLY CAN BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM. TO SPORT, AND THE EXTRAORDINARY FINAL DAY IN THE THIRD CRICKET TEST AT EDEN PARK. THE BLACKCAPS CAME SO CLOSE TO AN HISTORIC SERIES WIN AGAINST ENGLAND, BUT IN THE END THEY FELL SHY BY JUST ONE WICKET. HERE'S JOE PORTER WITH THE ACTION. IT PROMISED TO BE A DAY THAT WENT DOWN IN HISTORY, BUT NO ONE TOLD THE TOURISTS. THEIR STUBBORN DEFENCE PLAYED A ROLE. MATT PRIOR SAVED THE THREE LIONS FROM A KIWI MAULING. IN THE AIR, AND AWAY TO THE BOUNDARY. THAT WILL BE A TEST-MATCH CENTURY FOR MATT PRIOR. WITH CAPTAIN BRENDON MCCULLUM OFF WITH A HAMSTRING INJURY, KANE WILLIAMSON WAS LEFT IN CHARGE AND HANDED THE NEW BALL TO TRENT BOULT. THAT'S CLOSE! VERY CLOSE! HE'S GOT HIM! HIS JUBILATION SOON TURNED TO FRUSTRATION. EDGE... AND DOWN! AGAIN! OH, THEY'VE PUT ANOTHER ONE DOWN. TWO DROPPED CHANCES IN THE ONE OVER. BOULT FUMING; THE ENGLISH BATSMEN ALL SMILES. THE BLACKCAPS REGROUPED, AND TIM SOUTHEE STRUCK. NICKED, AND TAKEN THIS TIME! ROSS TAYLOR. TWO DOWN; FOUR TO GO. OH! DID THAT HIT THE BAT? YES, IT DID! NO BAT THERE. THERE WAS. PRIOR GOT HIS BAT TO IT FIRST. ENGLAND HUNG ON BY THE THINNEST OF THREADS. IT'S UP IN THE AIR. IT'S UP IN THE AIR. WILL HE GET THERE? HE SHOULD GET THERE. HE` OH, HE JUST DOESN'T QUITE GET THERE! GOT HIM! IT'S ON THE STUMPS. OH, WHAT? IT'S HIT THEM... IT HITS THE STUMPS AND DOES NOT KNOCK THE BAILS OFF. BUT, JUST WHEN THE BLACKCAPS FANS BEGAN TO THINK IT MIGHT NOT BE THEIR DAY,... THIS TIME THEY'VE GOT HIM. ...WAGNER FINALLY ENDED BELL'S 271-BALL VIGIL. THE TOURISTS WERE USING EVERY RABBIT'S FOOT IN BRITAIN. INSIDE EDGE, AND IT WILL RUN AWAY FOR FOUR. THE BLACKCAPS WERE LOOKING DEFLATED. THEN ALONG CAME NZ'S NEW HERO, PART-TIME SPINNER KANE WILLIAMSON. THERE IT IS! OH, TAYLOR'S GOT ANOTHER ONE! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? THE EQUATION WAS SIMPLE: NEARLY FOUR OVERS REMAINING; ONE WICKET REQUIRED. IT CAME DOWN TO THE LAST BALL. THE MOST MEMORABLE TEST IN RECENT MEMORY ENDED IN A DRAW. JOE PORTER, ONE NEWS. HE CAN CONTROL A BALL LIKE BECKHAM, BUT DOESN'T QUITE HAVE THE SAME PHYSIQUE. BUT THIS WELSHMAN HAS BECOME AN INTERNET SENSATION FOR HIS FOOTBALL SKILLS, BELYING HIS 130KG. ANDREW CASSIDY (50) STARTED KICKING THE BALL AROUND AFTER HE LOST HIS JOB AS A FISHERMAN 10 YEARS AGO. NOW HE SPENDS TWO HOURS A DAY PRACTISING IN THE CAR PARK. MEN LAUGH MAN: THAT IS UNREAL. MAN: SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING. HE'S NOW BEEN INVITED TO DUBAI TO TAKE PART IN THE WORLD FREESTYLE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS. WEATHER TIME NOW WITH RENEE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. A WEAK TROUGH OVER NZ FILLS IN TONIGHT AS PRESSURE GETS REDISTRIBUTED ALONG THE RIDGE BEFORE SETTLING ON A HIGH CENTRE EITHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY LATER ON TOMORROW. THAT LOW NORTH-EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND IS SINKING SOUTHWARDS, AND IT'S HELPING TO BLOCK THE RIDGE FROM MOVING AWAY TO THE EAST. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ