Tonight on Close Up ` another high-profile case, another loss. We're obviously left wondering who is responsible for the death of our son. Is our justice system up to it? Are the police and prosecutors making the right calls? Due to the live nature of Close Up, captions for some items may be incomplete. ONE News captions by Faith Hamblyn and Angela Alice. Close Up captions by Sam Bradford and Desney Thorogood. It's started already ` questions over the handling of the Scott Guy murder case. The police and prosecution thought they had their man, charging Ewen Macdonald, but the jury didn't buy the prosecution case ` weren't convinced there was enough to convince. So did they charge the wrong man? Or not mount a good case? And who makes the decision to prosecute? The police, the Crown prosecutor, or both? Someone who can answer those questions is Simon Moore SC ` Senior Counsel, Crown prosecutor. Name a major trial in Auckland, over the last two decades, and this is the man who lead the prosecution. GOOD EVENING, SIMON MOORE SC. DID THEY DO A GOOD JOB? I THINK EVERYONE INVOLVED DID A GOOD JOB. WHEN YOU GO IN TO PROSECUTE A CASE ? YOU DON'T. IT IS UP TO A JURY TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY ACCEPT THE EVIDENCE. WHOSE CALL IS IT TO TAKE A CASE TO COURT? THE INITIAL DECISION TO CHARGE IS ALWYAS ONE FOR THE POLICE. THE POLICE WILL ALWAYS CONSULT WITH THE CROWN SOLICITOR. IN A MAJOR CASE, THE POLICE WILL ALMOST ALWAYS CONSULT THE CROWN SOLICITOR. THE POLICE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CROWN PROSECUTOR WILL NOT PULL STUMPS ON THEM. SO THEY WOULD HAVE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE THE CASE? YES. AND THEN THE PROSECTOR WOULD HAVE MADE A COMPLETELY OBJECTIVE DECISION. IS IT A FAILURE FOR THE PROSECUTION TO LOSE? IT IS NOT A FAILURE. OUR JOB IS TO PUT THE EVIDENCE IN FRONT OF A JURY. IT'S FOR A JURY TO DECIDE - REASONABLE DOUBT. BUT PROSECUTIONS ARE LIKE LAWYERS. SOME WOULD SAY WHY DIDN'T THEY SEND IN A HEAVYEIGHT? THE FIRST THING IS, BEN VANDERKOLK IS VERY EXPERIENCED. HE HAS BEEN PROSECUTING FOR LONGER THAN I HAVE BEEN. HE HAS DONE MAJOR TRIALS. HE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. HE PULLED TOGETHER WHAT WAS A CHALLENING CASE AND PRSENTED IT TO THE JURY. THAT JURY HAS DECIDED WHAT JURIES DECIDE EVERY DAY - THAT THE CASE DIDN'T MEET THAT STANDARD. WHAT DOES NOT GUILTY MEAN? NOT GUILTY MEANS THE CROWN HASN'T PRESENTED THE CASE TO BE SURE OF GUIT. BUT THEY ONLY TAKE THE CASE IF THEY THINK THEY CAN CONVINCE THE JURY SURELY? WHAT THE POLICE AND PROSECUTOR DO IN BRINGING THE CASE, THEY NEED TO BE SATISFIED THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE. IF THEY CONVICT, IT IS A MATTER FOR THE JURY. WOULD YOU HAVE HANDLED THE CASE THE SAME WAY? I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE CASE TO MAKE THAT JUDGEMENT. ALL I CAN SAY IS BEN VANDERKOLK IS A FINE PROSECUTOR. I WATCHED ASPECTS OF IT, AND �U I WAS IMPRESSED. IS IT JUSTICE, OR A GLADIATORIAL CONTEST BETWEEN LAWYERS? IT IS NOT LIKE THAT. A PROSECUTOR IS DIFFERENT TO A DEFENCE LAWYER. A PROSECUTOR MUST BE OBJECTIVE AND FAIR. THE CASE SEEMED TO HINGE ON THE BOOT EVIDENCE, WHICH THE JURY DIDN'T BUY. DO YOU LOOK BACK AND ASK WHY THIS CENTRAL PIECE OF EVIDENCE DIDN'T WORK? I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE CASE TO MAKE A REAL JUDGEMENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASES ARE NOT AT ALL UNCOMMON. IT IS NOT UNCOMMON WHERE WE ARE DEALING WITH CASES THAT ARE CIRCUMSTANTIAL. WHEN YOU MAKE A DECISION TO CHARGE SOMEONE AND THEY ARE FOUND NOT GUILTY, YOU KNOW IN PUBS AND CLUBS THAT PEOPLE HAVE MADE THEIR OWN OPINION. YOU'VE TARRED THEM. THAT'S THE CRIMINAL PROCESS. YOU'RE RIGHT. IN A CRIMINAL TRIAL THERE ARE NO WINNERS OR LOSERES. IT'S A TRAGEDY. THANK YOU SIMON MOORE SUPERCITY So what do you think? Is the Crown prosecution service serving the public well? We'd like to hear your views. Go to our website or email us at closeup@tvnz.co.nz And we're on Facebook too ` facebook.co/closeup Plenty more ahead on Close Up ` Your city is flattened,... We've got no neighbours at all. ...so what is the incentive to return? And you're gonna wanna check this out ` made in NZ. Winning over the world's wealthiest in Kiwi style, of course. Having to pick up and start all over again somewhere else is difficult enough. In Christchurch, where the central city's been flattened, it takes a lot of gumption to keep businesses going. And business owners have actually been doing that, in new premises in new locations. So will anyone actually go back to the CBD when the new plan is unveiled later this month? Abby Scott spoke to some business owners about what their future holds. SOMBRE MUSIC The city, to start, it needs people to go back. MUSIC CONTINUES I know the people of Canterbury will want to see the rebuild happen. MUSIC CONTINUES A city with a clean slate; a chance to start again. But while the centre is lifeless, life hasn't stood still everywhere. We thought to survive, we need to move out and go somewhere new. Now the city is ready to move forward, loyal Canterbury businesses are having to choose ` their business district or their business. I feel like another move could be detriment to the business again. A new sound now drifts out the doors at Munns menswear. They actually came to us and said, 'We've got a vinyl floor in the corner of our Tower Junction shop, 'if you want somewhere to do some haircuts from.' With their leased premises in the inner-city red zone, Bojangles owner Kris Foster didn't have to think twice. Luckily, the move to Addington mirrored that of many of his inner-city clients. If you were going to call any area a business area, I think this would be it. And while foot traffic has dropped, free and plentiful parking helps. A lot of our customers are coming in for a haircut and leaving with a shirt and vice versa. Kris is investing the insurance cover into a full fit-out at the new location and is unconvinced going back to the city would be worth it. We see in the paper all the time, 'Christchurch could be this and could be that,' which is good, but we need to say it is... you know, be definitive about it, and then you could feel confident and say we know a certain amount of office space is going to be there, and we'll know we can get the business. For nearly 80 years, Mark Carter's sporting store, Anderson and Hill, was getting business in the city, but February changed all that. It's a brave retailer that's going to move into the city at the moment. He bought his CBD building just months before February's quake. So your store was OK, but you were in the thick of all the destruction. Yeah, this is right across the road, so this is all the buildings that have come down. MAN: Hey, guys, get out of the way. There's someone coming through on the back of a car that's hurt. And now where your building is, do you have any neighbours? No, we've got no neighbours at all for two blocks, probably. You're it? We're it. We're the one and only. < Not so good for foot traffic? No, no, definitely not. Their new suburban home, as for many businesses, came with a lengthy six-year lease, so Mark's found tenants for the inner-city building. Did you have any retailers interested in leasing it off you? No. No retailers at all. It was definitely going to be lawyers, accountants or office space of some description. Enter local recruitment firm Tradestaff, who lost their central office in February's quake. I work from home. All of our consulting staff work here in our Hornby branch, but our head office and our payroll operates out of the old vet clinic at the Riccarton Racecourse. The city premises will reunite them. We think it's the right thing for us to be in town, where the action is, doing our bit, making a bit of a statement, if you like, and saying we're here and we believe in this city and this is where we need to be. We're going to be close to our client base. We're going to be close to our customer base. It makes good sense. We're not reliant on foot traffic, but I know a lot of businesses will be, so I guess the first thing would be to make sure we've got plenty of people in town. So that's going to be key. So attractions and businesses and restaurants and cafes. Youngs Jewellers is one of the few retailers taking the leap. We don't rely on foot traffic. We are a destination store. That destination has been a suburban garage for nearly a year. DOG BARKS When you say you're in a garage, they're not expecting it to look like this, so people are always pleasantly surprised. All the front window is all new, the safe and all the security. Biggest thing was probably the security. Their building is still standing in the heritage precinct of New Regent Street, and they can't wait to get back in. We feel really good about going back. We've always said we were going back in. We love the building. We love the street. I think it's a sense of responsibility to the town if you love it. I think if no one goes back in, there's no city any more. Rebecca there talked about a sense of responsibility to the city ` but is that something everyone can afford? I put that to Anthony Gough, the chairman of the Christchurch Central Business Association. Not everyone can, but some of us will. I'm certainly one of those, I'm gonna be back. And there's no doubt about that. I think it's going to be, 'The early bird catches the worm.' First off the rank and all that sort of thing. I'm gonna be first off the rank. But isn't the problem going to be that a lot of people had to relocate businesses, they've been forced into signing leases. They just can't move back. Yeah, but a lot of them have only signed two` or three`year leases. We're nearly two years through it anyway. It'll take me a year to get a building up, so I'm not particularly worried. There's plenty of scope there. Is there the will to move back? Yes, there is for some. Some will be hesitant. But those that move first will get the best positions, so I would encourage anyone, if they're thinking about, get in early. You get the best choices. And that's where the best deals will be cut. Is there a bit of a Catch-22 situation here? People will come back if the businesses are there, and the businesses will come back if the people are there, but until one of them happens everything else just stays in limbo? No, I don't believe that at all. We tested that with Restart. We put a retail precinct in the centre of the city with absolutely nothing around it, and yet the thing just jumped out of the woodwork. It's been a tremendous success. I believe the same thing. But you'll see the city grow from the edges in, rather than the centre out. So places like Oxford Terrace, that's where the action will actually start from. But there's a whole lot of landlords like me who are ready to go. We're just waiting for the CCDU's master plan to come out and tell us where the principal buildings are going to be. Look ` and I don't mean to be rude or anything ` but you are a landlord, that is your business, you need those people back into the city. Is this wishful thinking on your part? No. A landlord is very much a long-term visionary person. You don't make a decision just for today's, um, instant gratification or instant cash rewards like you do in a retail shop ` you make the sale today and great, the cash goes in the till tonight ` it doesn't happen like that for a landlord. So we actually have to make decisions that are long-term. And I will be making decisions that are 50-year, long-term things. But they'll be the right ones. Yes, there's a risk, but I've got a whole lot of insurance money sitting beside me. If I don't spend it, I'll lose it. And it'll be good to see you spending that money. Do you, though, need incentives to get people back into the centre of Christchurch? I think you need some. One of the ones is the depreciation side. At the moment, the buildings that have been pulled down, um, there's a view that in fact we should be paying depreciation as if we sold those buildings. They weren't sold, they were destroyed. There's been a provision to allow us to delay paying the depreciation we've claimed in years gone by back to IRD. But that should be written off, and there should be a revisit of depreciation. We're gonna have to take some brave moves from everyone. That includes the Government and Inland Revenue, the tax side. Look, I tell you ` not necessarily a brave move, but brave, I suppose, when you set it in Christchurch ` Bob Jones had suggested: make central Christchurch a lake, put all the businesses around the shoreline. This would solve your problem, wouldn't it? No. (LAUGHS) Some people have said Bob Jones is an amusing person who likes headlines. No, it's not like that at all. Christchurch will actually be the leading city in NZ, because it will be strong buildings, it will stand the earthquakes that we are obviously going to get, and you'll get them elsewhere in NZ. You had a big one up in the North Island yesterday. This is all part of what's` Yes, it was indeed. Just finally, are people gonna have to balance off loyalty to the city they love, on one hand, and fear on the other? No. I've got to be financially driven. I'll make sure my tenants want to be there on a financial basis. You'll want to be in a safe building. You'll want to be where the action is. You'll want to have lovely new premises. That's what will primarily drive it. Antony Gough, appreciate your time tonight. Hope things go well for you there, down in Christchurch. Thanks very much. Stay with us ` the superyachts for the very super rich. In the highly competitive, outrageously expensive world of superyachts, there's no such thing as 'that'll do' or 'good enough'. It has to be perfect. And it's that commitment to perfection that's keeping our skilled workers in a job, and as Michael Holland reports, branching out to new ones. THUMPING MUSIC There could be no greater challenge, surely... The pressure's on to get it right. ...than trying to satisfy those who can afford one of these. They pay top dollar. They expect to get what they want. MUSIC CONTINUES How steep is this mountain you are climbing? > This mountain is very steep. You could say it's the Mt Everest of manufacturing. And base camp for this nautical Everest, crafting the interiors for some of the world's finest floating status-symbols-cum-playthings, is here in Onehunga, Auckland. In this end of the game, if you don't have quality, don't bother cos you won't even register. So quality is a given. These doors take 90 man hours each to make. 90 man hours each? 90 man hours each, yeah. You are being an old woman ` near enough is good enough, surely? No, it's not good enough not for this. Not good enough at all. It has to be just so? It has to be right. A must-have for a bit of grandeur? Absolutely. If ou want the interior of your boat to have a nautical feel and to look grand, then certainly you will be wanting a very nice veneer. MUSIC CONTINUES We have the dining area, which is currently in two-coffee-table mode, which then converts to make an eight-seater dining table. The 30m catamaran Quintessential is Superyacht Interiors' latest work of precision with, as the discerning would expect, all that opens and shuts. We'll take this layout plan, and we asign hours ` manufacturing hours, design hours, polish hours, installation hours. Four guest cabins, an owner's suite and a crew area, all of which have their own en suite, and then the crew area. In excess of 50,000 hours to produce the interior of this boat. We are talking around $20,000 a square metre. Generally, it's handcrafted. All our orders are custom made. It's bespoke, specific to an individual, and you need craftsmen to deliver that very specifically. It's four hours per side sanding. Just sanding? Just sanding. And you're happy with that? I might get it done, yeah. What are the challenges converting this interior designer's wish list into reality? Fitting it all inside the space here. The interior designer isn't really thinking sometimes about the curves and the shape of the hull. This is the cockpit bar area that at a push of a button, we can lower the screen, which opens it through to the main saloon area. Is there such a thing as perfection? If you had absolute perfection, you would never finish the job. So you have to have a cut-off point. Our cut-off point is what's called superyacht standard. It has to be exceptional. And that standard has Superyacht Interiors scaling new heights, literally,... in New York. A softening of the superyacht market on the back of the global financial doldrums,... It is bouncing upwards a little bit, but it's at a very slow pace. ...sees the company eyeing up the lucrative luxury apartment scene in the Big Apple, no less. We put our thinking caps on, and we got to work. Does that mean that the global financial crisis has in some way done this company a favour? Yes, it has. Out of a crisis, it has presented us with an opportunity to make sure that our lives in the future is much rosier. Referrals from superyacht clients are helping open the door for apartment fit-outs. No real surprise that those who happen to own luxury on the water are also likely to have a swanky New York hideaway. This silver inlay moulding runs around the perimeter of every room, around the ceilings, around the skirting boards, around every single door frame. That foil being applied ever so delicately is, in fact, genuine silver leaf. There's 1.2km of silver leafing in this apartment. That's what the owner wants, so that's what the owner gets. It's a point of difference, I guess for him, a point of pride. The Big Apple ` big opportunity? You bet. Yes, it is. < You've taken a big bite? Yes, we have. At the end, this will look like a million bucks? Oh, it will be, yeah. It will have to be. Because it almost cost that? Yeah. And the potential target of the company? The private jet market. Tomorrow night ` the two Brits giving our local athletes the chance to succeed in the States. FUNKY MUSIC We don't sign anyone if we don't think they're gonna get a scholarship. MUSIC CONTINUES It is just gonna be a huge adventure. There's just hundreds of kids who are all really good. I'm getting a scholarship which covers fees and all my tennis. I'm very confident that she is gonna get a scholarship. A package worth about NZ$175,000. It's all of a sudden gonna, like, dawn on me that I'm moving to America. It is the land of opportunity. That's NZ Close Up.