DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. TONIGHT ` TWO HORRIFIC ROAD CRASHES CLAIM SEVEN LIVES ` JUST A WEEK OUT FROM CHRISTMAS. THE CYCLONE'S GONE, BUT THE PROBLEMS ARE COMPOUNDING FOR SAMOA AS IT FACES AN OUTBREAK OF DISEASE. AND COULD A LOCALLY DEVELOPED DRUG BE A BREAKTHROUGH FOR SUFFERERS OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS? SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN TWO CRASHES JUST A WEEK OUT FROM CHRISTMAS. A FAMILY OF FIVE DIED IN THEIR CAR, DISCOVERED WRECKED TODAY DOWN A BANK WHAKAMARU RD, JUST SOUTH OF TOKOROA. AND TWO TOURISTS WERE KILLED IN A SEPARATE CRASH ON STATE HIGHWAY 1, JUST NORTH OF ATIAMURI. DANIELLE STANBURY REPORTS. TWISTED AROUND A TREE TRUNK, BENT BEYOND RECOGNITION. FORESTRY WORKERS CAME ACROSS THIS GRUESOME SCENE DOWN A BANK OFF STATE HIGHWAY 32 JUST AFTER 1.30 THIS AFTERNOON. THE VEHICLE LEFT THE ROAD AND STRUCK A TREE. THE FAMILY OF FIVE INSIDE HAD NO CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. THE TWO PARENTS AND THEIR THREE YOUNG BOYS ` AGED 11, 2 AND JUST 3 WEEKS OLD ` WERE WHAKAMARU LOCALS. IT WAS AN AWFUL DAY FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED, NOT ONLY EMERGENCY SERVICES, BUT THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF THOSE FAMILIES THAT WERE KILLED TODAY. A REAL TRAGEDY ALL ROUND, ESPECIALLY GIVEN IT'S SO CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS. NO ONE KNOWS HOW LONG THEY LAY IN THE BUSH UNDETECTED, BUT POLICE SAY THE FAMILY WERE LAST SEEN IN THEIR HOMETOWN ON SUNDAY NIGHT. WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD AND LET US KNOW IF THEY HAVE SEEN THEM SO WE CAN DETERMINE A CLOSER TIME FOR THE CRASH. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE ALREADY IN THE AREA FOR A SEPARATE CRASH 30KM AWAY. A TRUCK AND CAR COLLIDED HEAD-ON, KILLING TWO TOURISTS FROM INDIA. THE OFFICIAL HOLIDAY PERIOD DOESN'T START UNTIL NEXT WEEK, BUT POLICE SAY IT'S A TIMELY REMINDER THAT OUR LIVES CAN CHANGE IN AN INSTANT. A TRAGEDY SUCH AS THIS AFFECTS EVERYBODY. WE ALL HAVE FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND IF WE HAVE CHILDREN, IT JUST` IT CUTS CLOSER TO THE BONE FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THESE DEADLY CRASHES, CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR HAS BEEN LEFT IN RUINS. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS A MASSIVE CLEAN UP'S UNDER WAY ACROSS FIJI IN THE WAKE OF CYCLONE EVAN. WITH NO FATALITIES REPORTED, THE COUNTRY'S COME THROUGH THE CYCLONE RELATIVELY UNSCATHED. IT'S NOW HEADING SOUTH TOWARDS NZ, AFTER EARLIER KILLING AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE IN SAMOA. OUR REPORTER PAUL HOBBS REPORTS FROM FIJI. IT WAS TIME TO CHALLENGE EVAN'S MIGHT WITH SOME MUSCLE OF THEIR OWN. AND WHAT THEY LACKED IN SOPHISTICATION WAS MADE UP FOR WITH TEAMWORK. AS THE ROADS WERE CLEARED AND THE MAKESHIFT SHUTTERS CAME DOWN, FIJIANS WERE SIMPLY GRATEFUL THE CYCLONE'S DEADLY RECORD WASN'T REPEATED HERE. EVERYONE IS SAFE. EVERYONE IS GOOD. IT'S A SENSE OF RELIEF FOR FAMILY IN THE VILLAGES. NO ONE IS HURT. BUT IT LEFT ITS MARK. HOMES WERE LOST AS GUSTS OF AROUND 200KM/HR BATTERED THE COUNTRY'S WEST COAST. THOUSANDS OF LOCALS TOOK SHELTER AT EVACUATION CENTRES. WE DON'T KNOW, WHEN WE GO BACK, THE HOUSE WILL BE THERE OR NOT. THIS CRIPPLED WOMEN SADLY ALREADY KNEW THE ANSWER. I'M SO SORRY. (SOBS) FOR A CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOL GROUP, THOUGH, THE CYCLONE SERVED UP AN UNEXPECTED ADVENTURE. LIKE, AT SOME STAGES IT WAS A BIT FREAKY WITH THE HOWLING WIND, BUT I ACTUALLY QUITE ENJOYED IT. SHE WASN'T ALONE. (LAUGHS) THIS SCHOOL TRIP SEEMED TO HAVE IT ALL. SO THIS WAS MY BEDROOM BEFORE THE ROOF COLLAPSED. A MASSIVE GUST OF WIND CAVED IN THE CEILING. AND I WAS DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTERWARDS THAT I REALISED IT ACTUALLY SPILT ABOVE MY HEAD AND FELL AROUND ME. AT THE TOURIST RESORT OF DENARAU, EVAN'S FORCE TRAPPED A PALMERSTON NORTH FAMILY IN THEIR UNIT. WHEN IT GOT TO ABOUT 6 O'CLOCK, THERE WAS NO WAY ANYBODY WAS GOING OUTSIDE. WE'VE LIVED THROUGH IT, AND YEAH, WE'RE HERE TO TELL THE TALE, BASICALLY. AND SO HAS FIJI, THIS RESILIENT PACIFIC NATION GETTING BACK TO BUSINESS IN TYPICAL ISLAND STYLE. THE CYCLONE'S TOLL WILL BE GREAT, BUT IT HASN'T WIPED THE SMILE OFF ITS PEOPLE'S FACES. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS, NADI. IN SAMOA, CYCLONE EVAN'S LEGACY MAY PROVE LONGER LASTING. THE COUNTRY'S NOW FACING A TYPHOID EPIDEMIC IN THE WAKE OF WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER REPORTS FROM THE CAPITAL, APIA. IF IT HADN'T ALREADY BEEN TOUGH ENOUGH, SAMOA IS BRACING FOR ITS NEXT DISASTER ` A LOOMING HEALTH CRISIS. IT'S MAJOR, NATIONWIDE. YUP. HERE'S THE PROBLEM ` MOST HOMES STILL HAVE NO RUNNING WATER. VILLAGES ARE GETTING THEIR SUPPLIES FROM UNSANITARY POOLS LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO OPTION. I THINK IF NO WATER, IT'S NO LIFE. HEALTH AUTHORITIES ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH CYCLONE-RELATED INJURIES AND ILLNESS. AS OF NOW WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF INJURIES. AND THEN WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT, SEEING A LOT OF CHILDREN WITH DIARRHOEA. BUT THE FEAR NOW IS TYPHOID. WE ARE REALLY CONCERNED AND DOING ALL WE CAN TO PREVENT THAT. WE ARE ALREADY WORKING WITH WHO TO TRY AND MOBILISE SOME TYPHOID, YOU KNOW, VACCINATIONS FOR US. RED CROSS IS PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL AUTHORITIES. THEY'RE FINDING HUGE PROBLEMS IN THE HOMES THEY'RE VISITING. INFECTIONS ARE RIFE AND CONDITIONS UNLIVEABLE. THE RISK OF DISEASE SPREADING IS HIGH IN THESE DEVASTATED COMMUNITIES, AND THAT'S WHY TEAMS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO HELP CONTAIN IT. THE FLASH FLOODS CAUSED BY CYCLONE EVAN WASHED UP A RAFT OF DEBRIS, WHICH IS ADDING TO THE UNSANITARY CONDITIONS. THERE'S QUITE A BAD ODOUR OF DEAD ANIMALS ` THE PIGS, THE DOGS, THE CHICKENS ALL AROUND HERE. THE GROWING HEALTH PROBLEMS ARE STRETCHING MEDICAL AUTHORITIES TO THE LIMIT. CAN WE COPE? ALREADY THE STAFF ARE VERY TIRED ` BOTH THE HOSPITAL AND OUT IN PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT EVERYBODY IS TRYING. THEY'RE NOW PREPARING TO MEET A CHALLENGE THEY KNOW WILL TEST THEM TO THE LIMIT. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS, APIA. MPS ARE SET TO GET A PAY RISE THIS CHRISTMAS. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE INDEPENDENT BODY THAT DECIDES ON THEIR PAY HAS RECOMMENDED AN INCREASE IN LINE WITH THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 1.9% OR JUST BELOW. JOHN KEY SAYS HE'S WRITTEN TO THE REMUNERATION AUTHORITY AGREEING TO IT. MORE DETAILS ON THE PAY RISE ARE SET TO BE RELEASED ON THURSDAY. BACKBENCHERS CURRENTLY GET JUST UNDER $142,000, WHILE THE PRIME MINISTER'S ON $411,000. MEANWHILE, HIGHER FUEL TAX INCREASES WILL SEE US ALL PAYING MORE FOR PETROL OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THE GOVERNMENT'S RAISING THE TAX BY THREE CENTS A LITRE EACH YEAR FROM NEXT YEAR. IT'S AIMED AT GETTING THE COUNTRY'S ACCOUNTS BACK IN SURPLUS, WITH SOME EXTRA MONEY FOR NEW SPENDING. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN HAS DETAILS, AND SOME GRUMPY MOTORISTS. FILLING UP BEFORE HITTING THE ROAD IN SUMMER BREAK IS PAINFUL ENOUGH. BUT COME 2015, MOTORISTS WILL BE COUGHING UP ANOTHER 9C A LITRE. IT'S ALREADY PRETTY HIGH ALREADY, EH? PAY AS YOU GO ` LOVE IT. I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS. MORE THAN 40% OF THE LISTED PRICE OF A LITRE OF PETROL IS MADE UP IN GOVERNMENT TAXES, WITH THE REST GOING ON THINGS LIKE SHIPPING AND IMPORT MARGINS. NOW THE GOVERNMENT'S TAPPING MOTORISTS FOR MORE IN ORDER TO MEET A FUNDING SHORTFALL IN ITS MAJOR ROAD BUILDING PROGRAMME. WE WANT TO BRING FORWARD THE START DATES FOR A NUMBER OF THOSE MAJOR PROJECTS. ACTUALLY, WE SHOULD BE DEFERRING THESE PROJECTS AND SPENDING OUR TRANSPORT DOLLARS ON SMARTER PROJECTS. BUT THE NEW PETROL TAX ALSO SERVES ANOTHER PURPOSE; MR ENGLISH ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WITHOUT IT, THE GOVERNMENT WOULDN'T GET THE BOOKS BACK IN THE BLACK BY 2014/15. WITHOUT THE CHANGES, WE WOULD HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF THE SURPLUS TRACK. MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM MR KEY ` 9C MORE A LITRE ON YOUR PETROL PRICES IN ORDER TO SCRAPE ACROSS THE LINE INTO SURPLUS. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST FORECAST, THE GOVERNMENT WILL ONLY HAVE A $66M SURPLUS IN 2014/15. THAT'S $130M LESS THAN FORECAST JUST SIX MONTHS AGO. GROWTH WILL BE WEAKER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT, AT 2.5% IN COMING YEARS, ALTHOUGH STILL BETTER THAN MANY OF OUR TRADING PARTNERS. AND UNEMPLOYMENT IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 6% IN TWO YEARS. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THE EMPLOYMENT MARKET REMAINS WEAKER THAN WE WOULD WANT TO SEE IT. SO WHILE MOTORIST MAY TAKE A HIT IN JULY FROM THE TAX HIKE, THEY MAY YET ALSO BENEFIT NEXT YEAR WITH THE GOVERNMENT CONFIRMING THAT IT'S PUT SOME $800M ASIDE FOR NEW BUDGET SPENDING. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. HEALTH AUTHORITIES SAY THEY'RE SEEING THE WORST OUTBREAK OF PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING EVER IN BAY OF PLENTY. TEN PEOPLE HAVE NEEDED HOSPITAL TREATMENT, AND THE DANGER'S AFFECTING A GROWING AREA OF THE NORTH ISLAND. HELEN CASTLES HAS MORE. IT'S SHELLFISH LIKE THIS THAT'S OFF LIMITS AT DOZENS OF BEACHES THIS SUMMER. IT LOOKS SAFE ENOUGH, BUT EATING IT COULD LEAD TO PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING. THE TOXINS THAT CAUSE THIS POISONING HAS BEEN KNOWN TO KILL PEOPLE OVERSEAS. THERE HAVE ALREADY REPORTS OF PEOPLE BEING ADMITTED TO INTENSIVE CARE IN THE BAY OF PLENTY AREA, SO THIS IS VERY SERIOUS. IF LEVELS RISE MUCH MORE, WE COULD BE SEEING FATALITIES. THE SHELLFISH CONTAMINATION HAS SPREAD ALONG LARGE AREAS OF COASTLINE FROM HOKIANGA DOWN TO TARANAKI. IN BAY OF PLENTY, HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE WORRIED PEOPLE ARE IGNORING THE WARNING SIGNS. PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO IGNORE THEM ARE BASICALLY PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE, IN THIS CASE, POTENTIALLY WITH THEIR LIVES. IN THE PAST WEEK, 20 PEOPLE IN THE BAY OF PLENTY HAVE BEEN POISONED. 10 WERE ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL. SYMPTOMS KICK IN WITHIN 24 HOURS. THEY INCLUDE... CHRIS DOUGLAS HAD A LUCKY ESCAPE ` HE'D FALLEN SICK AFTER EATING POISONED PIPI. NUMB IN THE FINGERS AND NUMB IN THE TOES. AND IT STARTED MOVING UP THE OLD BODY, YOU KNOW, COME UP PAST MY ANKLES AND UP TO MY KNEES, AND IT MOVED FROM MY FINGERTIPS UP TO MY ELBOWS. PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING IS CAUSED BY TOXINS FROM ALGAE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT COOKING CONTAMINATED SHELLFISH DOESN'T REMOVE THE TOXINS. IT IS OK TO EAT CRAYFISH, CRABS AND FISH AS LONG AS YOU DON'T EAT THE GUTS. THE TOXIC ALGAE HAS BEEN KNOWN TO REMAIN IN THE WATER FOR UP TO 18 MONTHS. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` HIGH HOPES FOR A NEW DRUG AIMED AT TREATING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. THE FUNERALS BEGIN FOLLOWING THE CONNECTICUT MASSACARE. AND THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD IN FORENSICS ` NO LONGER THE STUFF OF TV DREAMS. If you want to give your guests a special treat over the festive season, nothing beats the Bombay Berry. One part Bombay Sapphire gin, three parts cranberry juice and these huge home-made berry ice cubes. And the ice tray you need to make them is free when you buy Bombay Sapphire off The Mix stand this month. Bombay Sapphire is the perfect gin for mixing. It has a really light, citrusy style that doesn't overpower the other flavours of the drink. For a single serve, cut yourself a lime wedge. It's gonna help bring out the botanical flavours in the Bombay Sapphire. Fill your glass with your huge berry ice cubes, 40ml of Bombay Sapphire gin, top it up with cranberry juice ` about 120ml ` and just remember that same one part Bombay Sapphire to three part cranberry juice when you're making up a jug. Bombay Berry using Bombay Sapphire. Cheers. For the recipe... or go to themix.co.nz Look out for Bombay Sapphire and a free ice tray on The Mix stand this month while stocks last. themix.co.nz ` check it out. 1 AS AMERICA COMES TO TERMS WITH THE WEEKEND'S MASS SHOOTING, FUNERALS HAVE BEEN HELD FOR TWO OF THE 20 CHILDREN SHOT DEAD IN THEIR PRIMARY SCHOOL AT SANDY HOOK IN NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT. REBECCA EDWARDS REPORTS. THE SORROW TOO MUCH FOR SOME, AS NOAH POZNER (6) WAS THE FIRST TO BE FAREWELLED IN NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT; HIS MOTHER TELLING STORIES ABOUT HER BOY. WHEN SHE TOLD HIM, 'I LOVE YOU,' HIS ANSWER WAS, 'NOT AS MUCH AS I LOVE YOU.' ANOTHER FUNERAL, JUST A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY, FOR JACK PINTO, ALSO JUST 6. THE YOUNG SPORTS FAN HONOURED BY HIS FAVOURITE NEW YORK GIANTS FOOTBALLER. JESSICA REKOS WAS ANOTHER OF THE SMALL VICTIMS. SHE LOVED HORSES AND WANTED COWGIRL BOOTS FOR CHRISTMAS. HER GRIEF-STRICKEN PARENTS HAVE SPOKEN OF THE DESPERATION THEY FELT ON THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING. I JUST POINT-BLANK FOUND A STATE TROOPER AND WAS, LIKE, 'ARE THERE ANY SURVIVORS? YOU KNOW, 'ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT, STANDING HERE AS A PARENT, 'MY CHILD IS GONE?' AND HE SAID, 'YES.' TODAY IT WAS REVEALED THERE WERE ACTUALLY TWO ADULT SURVIVORS OF THE SHOOTING. INVESTIGATORS WILL IN FACT SPEAK WITH THEM WHEN IT'S MEDICALLY APPROPRIATE, AND CERTAINLY THEY WILL SHED A GREAT DEAL OF LIGHT ON THE FACT AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS TRAGIC INVESTIGATION. FOR THE EACH LIFE LOST, THOUGH, MEMORIALS ARE GROWING, SYMBOLS OF CHRISTMAS DOING SERVICE AS SYMBOLS OF GRIEF. WHILE THE SCHOOLS IN NEWTOWN REMAIN CLOSED, IN OTHER AREAS, CHILDREN RETURNED TO THEIR CLASSROOMS, SOME UNDER POLICE GUARD. WITH SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY REMAINING A CRIME SCENE, UP TO A HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS ARE NOW SETTING UP AN UNUSED MIDDLE SCHOOL IN A NEIGHBOURING TOWN FOR THE STUDENTS. AND AS THE DEBATE HEATS UP OVER AMERICA'S CONTROVERSIAL GUN LAWS, SO IS INTEREST IN THE WEAPONS. YESTERDAY WAS THE BIGGEST DAY WE'VE EVER DONE IN 20 YEARS. TODAY WILL PROBABLY ECLIPSE THAT. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT FACING A TOUGH ROAD IF HE WANTS TO MAKE CHANGES IN A COUNTRY WHERE FOR SOME, GUNS HAVE BECOME A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. THE NURSE AT THE CENTRE OF THE ROYAL PRANK CALL HAS BEEN BURIED IN SOUTHERN INDIA. JACINTHA SALDANA'S HUSBAND AND TWO CHILDREN WERE AMONG THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS AT A PRAYER SERVICE. AFTERWARDS SHE WAS LAID TO REST IN A CEMETERY IN SHIRVA. HER DEATH IS BEING INVESTIGATED IN LONDON AS AN APPARENT SUICIDE. A MAN WHO SWINDLED HIS VICTIMS OUT OF MORE THAN $3M HAS BEEN SENT TO JAIL FOR EIGHT YEARS. LOIZOS MICHAELS HAS BEEN SENTENCED ON 30 FRAUD CHARGES, MOST OF THEM RELATED TO THE ELABORATE DECEPTION OF TWO FORMER CHRISTCHURCH CASINO EXECUTIVES. THE JUDGE SAID MICHAELS HAD TAKEN A PREDATORY APPROACH TO HIS OFFENDING. YOU HAD THE ABILITY, IN MY VIEW, TO INGRATIATE YOURSELF TO OTHERS AND TO DRAW THEM INTO SCHEMES TO A POINT WHERE IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO EXTRICATE THEMSELVES, WHERE THEY WERE COMMITTED TO PAY OUT MORE MONEY IN THE HOPE, PERHAPS, RATHER THAN THE EXPECTATION, TOWARDS THE END, THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE SOMETHING OR ANYTHING BACK. MICHAELS WILL HAVE TO SPEND THREE YEARS AND NINE MONTHS IN PRISON BEFORE BEING ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE. HOPES ARE HIGH FOR THE FUTURE OF A NEW DRUG TO TREAT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ` AN AUTO-IMMUNE DISEASE WHICH AFFECTS MORE THAN 3000 NZERS. IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED HERE, AND IN EARLY TRIALS, HAS ALREADY IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF SEVERAL PATIENTS. HEALTH REPORTER LORELEI MASON EXPLAINS. STEPHEN MUDGWAY HAS BEEN MAKING THE TRIP INTO CHRISTCHURCH'S CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. ALL RIGHT. USUAL BED. LINING UP ALONGSIDE OTHER MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENTS FOR A WEEKLY DOSE OF HOPE ` A DRUG CALLED MIS416. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE A CURE, BUT IT MAKES LIFE A LOT MORE BEARABLE. HE SAYS WITHIN HOURS OF HIS FIRST SHOT, HIS HAND-EYE CO-ORDINATION IMPROVED, AS DID HIS EYESIGHT, AND HE COULD STAND FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME. I WENT FROM 18 HOURS TO ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE HOURS' SLEEP, AND I COULD SEE A FUTURE, WHEREAS BEFORE THAT I COULDN'T SEE A FUTURE ` THE FUTURE WAS JUST DARK AND DIM. CURRENT DRUGS FOR SECONDARY PROGRESSIVE MS ONLY TREAT THE SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE. BUT MIS416 IS THE FIRST AIMED AT MODULATING THE PART OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM WHICH IS ATTACKING ITSELF. WE'VE GOT AN IMMUNE SYSTEM THAT IS OUT OF CONTROL IN THESE PATIENTS, AND WE ARE RAMPING UP THAT PART OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR REGAINING CONTROL. BETWEEN MARCH AND JUNE THIS YEAR, 15 PATIENTS CAME ONCE A WEEK TO THIS CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT TO GET INJECTED WITH 500 MICROGRAMS OF MIS416. SINCE THE TRIAL ENDED, SEVERAL PATIENTS HAVE REMAINED ON THE DRUG ON A COMPASSIONATE BASIS. STEPHEN MUDGWAY IS ONE OF THEM. I'D FIND IT VERY HARD GIVING UP THIS DRUG, COS I WOULDN'T LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE WAY I WAS. WE CERTAINLY AREN'T TAKING THE PATIENTS ALL THE WAY BACK TO BEING IN PERFECT HEALTH, BUT WHAT WE DO SEEM TO BE DOING IS REVERSING DISABILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED OVER THE PRECEDING SIX TO 12 MONTHS. THE DRUG HAS COST $50M TO DEVELOP SO FAR AND HAS JUST GAINED A US PATENT. THE NEXT, LARGER TRIAL, INVOLVING 150 PATIENTS, WILL BEGIN IN AUSTRALIA NEXT YEAR. LORELEI MASON, ONE NEWS. NZ RESEARCHERS ARE ALSO DEVELOPING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES FOR SOLVING CRIME. FORENSICS INVESTIGATOR ESR IS WORKING ON PROCESSES TO TRANSFORM DNA ANALYSIS AND POLICE WORK. RENEE GRAHAM TOOK A LOOK. THE WORLD OF FORENSIC CRIME FIGHTING IS GETTING MORE AND MORE HIGH-TECH, AND NZ RESEARCH SCIENTISTS WITH ESR ARE AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF DEVELOPMENTS. THE COMBINATION OF TECHNOLOGIES IS GONNA RESULT IN A LARGE LEAP FORWARD. FOR THREE YEARS THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH POLICE ON MOBILE DNA TESTING LABORATORIES FOR IMMEDIATE ANALYSIS AND DATA BANK SEARCHES AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES WITH THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS TO MAP SCENES AND IDENTIFY BODIES, DEBRIS OR WEAPONS. ESR AIMS TO PROCESS EVIDENCE AT A CRIME SCENE AT A MUCH FASTER RATE. SO NEW TECHNOLOGIES LIKE THIS LED DEVICE ALLOWS THEM TO FIND TRACE EVIDENCE ON THE SPOT, LIKE FOOTPRINTS, BLOOD AND FIBRES. NONE WOULD BE VISIBLE WITHOUT THE SPECIAL LIGHT. IF YOU CATCH AN OFFENDER EARLIER, THEN POTENTIALLY YOU'RE REDUCING VICTIMISATION IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE POTENTIALLY, THE PERSON COULD HAVE GONE OUT AND CONTINUED OFFENDING. LIVE VIDEO TECHNOLOGY MEANS POLICE CAN TALK DIRECTLY TO SCIENTISTS AT THE LAB AND TRANSMIT EVIDENCE. CAN YOU SEE THE CARTRIDGE CASES? ESR IS ALSO IMPROVING 3D SOFTWARE THAT GIVES JURORS DETAILED VIRTUAL TOURS OF A CRIME SCENE. ACADEMY-AWARD-WINNING FORMER WETA WORKSHOP WIZARD SEB MARINO IS LEADING THAT WORK ON GRAPHICS SO REALISTIC THEY'LL BE LIKE A PHOTO. THEY COULD ZOOM IN, THEY COULD PULL UP INFORMATION, LIKE BLOOD-SPATTER ANALYSIS, DNA SAMPLES ` ALL SORTS OF AND ANY SORT OF INFORMATION THAT IS DEEMED TO BE RELEVANT. ESR SAYS THE TECHNOLOGIES IT'S DEVELOPING HERE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO HELP CRIME FIGHTING ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` IT WAS TIPPED AS A PROBABLE DRAW, BUT THE AUSSIE BOWLERS KEPT WORKING TOWARDS A RESULT IN HOBART. AND I'LL BE BACK WITH A DAMP START TO WEDNESDAY FOR MOST. NOW TO THE MOST VIEWED STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE TODAY. A FAMILY OF FIVE DISCOVERED DEAD IN A CAR IN WAIKATO HAVE BEEN NAMED. A MASSIVE CLEAN-UP IS UNDERWAY ACROSS FIJI AS IT DEALS WITH THE DESTRUCTION WROUGHT BY THE BIGGEST CYCLONE IN 20 YEARS. AND JOHN KEY HAS CAUSED A STORM ON TWITTER BY POSTING A GRAPHIC THAT PORTRAYS DOCTORS AS MEN AND NURSES AS WOMEN. ACROSS THE TASMAN, THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM HAS BAGGED ITS FIRST WIN OF THE SUMMER, BOWLING OUT SRI LANKA INSIDE THE LAST HOUR. BUT THE FINAL DAY OF THE FIRST TEST WAS CLOUDED BY THE TOURISTS' ALLEGATIONS OF BALL TAMPERING BY THE AUSSIES' CHIEF DESTROYER. THE ABC'S DAMIEN MCIVER WRAPS THE MATCH. FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE TESTS, THE AUSTRALIANS ENTERED A FINAL DAY RELYING ON THEIR BOWLERS FOR VICTORY. STANDING IN THEIR WAY WERE MAHELA JAYAWARDENE AND KUMAR SANGAKKARA ` TWO MEN WITH MORE THAN 20,000 TEST RUNS BETWEEN THEM. AN INJURY TO PACEMAN BEN HILFENHAUS INCREASED THE WORKLOAD FOR AUSTRALIA'S BOWLERS, BUT AS ALWAYS, PETER SIDDLE WAS UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. HAS HE GOT HIM? YES, HE HAS. JAYAWARDENE DEPARTED; THE BATSMAN DUG IN, BUT SO DID SIDDLE. WITH 30 OVERS REMAINING, WITH 30 OVERS REMAINING, THE AUSTRALIANS STILL NEEDED FIVE WICKETS. ENTER PETER SIDDLE. OH, THAT'S CLOSE. THAT'S CLOSE. THAT'S OUT. THE VICTORIAN WAS DRAGGING AUSTRALIA HOME ALMOST SINGLE-HANDEDLY, UNTIL MITCHELL STARK FOUND HIS RANGE. AND IT HIT THE WICKETS! THE 22-YEAR-OLD HAS ALWAYS SHOWN POTENTIAL. THIS TIME HE DELIVERED. THE AUSTRALIAN BOWLERS HAVE BEEN STERNLY QUESTIONED THIS SUMMER, BUT AFTER 119 OVERS OF SRI LANKAN RESISTANCE, THEY FINALLY HAD AN ANSWER. FINALLY. THEY GET THAT FEELING BACK. SIDDLE WAS THE CLEAR STANDOUT FOR MAN OF THE MATCH, BUT THE VICTORIAN IS FACING SCRUTINY OVER CLAIMS HE TAMPERED WITH THE BALL DURING SRI LANKA'S FIRST INNINGS. IT'S UP TO THE OFFICIALS TO SEE WHETHER THERE IS ANYTHING HAPPENED, AND IF SO, TAKE ACTION. THE ISSUE IS BEING BROUGHT BEFORE THE MATCH REFEREE, BUT NO OFFICIAL COMPLAINT HAS BEEN LAID. SO MITCHELL STARC AND PETER SIDDLE DOING THE DAMAGE FOR THE HOME SIDE, AND ONLY TWO SRI LANKANS PUTTING UP ANY REAL RESISTANCE. SO MITCHELL STARC AND PETER SIDDLE DOING THE DAMAGE FOR THE HOME SIDE, AND ONLY TWO SRI LANKANS PUTTING UP ANY REAL RESISTANCE. AUSTRALIA WINNING BY 137 RUNS TO LEAD THE SERIES ONE NIL AND RECORD THEIR FIRST WIN AT HOME IN FOUR TESTS. WEATHER TIME NOW, WITH RENEE, HI, EVERYONE. IT STAYS WARM AND MUGGY OVER THE NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW ` THE FRONTS AND TROUGHS HANGING AROUND. A COUPLE OF WEAK FEATURES GIVE THE SOUTH ISLAND A BIT OF A NUDGE. NOTHING MUCH WITH THEM. A COUPLE OF HIGHS SPREADING ONTO THE SOUTH ISLAND HELPING TO CLEAR THE SKIES THERE. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND THAT'S YOUR WEATHER. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.