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Primary Title
  • 3rd Degree
Date Broadcast
  • Wednesday 27 August 2014
Start Time
  • 20 : 30
Finish Time
  • 21 : 30
Duration
  • 60:00
Channel
  • TV3
Broadcaster
  • MediaWorks Television
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Current affairs
Hosts
  • Duncan Garner (Host)
  • Samantha Hayes (Host)
NOTE: CAPTIONS COMPUTER GENERATED USING OCR FROM DVB-SUBPICTURES. CA. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT - THE EVERYDAY JOE WHO GOTA KNOCK TO THE HEAD AND WAS TOUCHED BY GENIUS. NOTE: CAPTIONS COMPUTER GENERATED USING OCR FROM DVB-SUBPICTURES. CA. I DESCRIBED IT LIKE AN AWAKENING. IT WAS SO DRAMATIC. NOTE: CAPTIONS COMPUTER GENERATED USING OCR FROM DVB-SUBPICTURES. CA. ALSO, A NZER ON HOLIDAY - I REMEMBER JUST THE MOST TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE FEELING. HOW DID HE END UP DEAD, UPSIDE DOWN IN A BARREL? DID YOU PUT HIM IN THE WATER DRUM? UPSIDE DOWN IN A BARREL? DID YOU PUT HIM IN THE WATER DRUM? NO. AND A KIWI CORPORATE HIGH-FLYER NOW SAVING LIVES IN GAZA. HERE'S A KID WHO WAS JUST INNOCENTLY PLAYING. ONE DAY HIS WORLD IS FINE, AND THE NEXT DAY, HERE HE IS IN HOSPITAL, A VICTIM OF A WAR WHICH FOR THE KIDS MAKES NO SENSE. OK. OUR FIRST STORY TONIGHT IS ABOUT AN ORDINARY BLOKE WHO WAKES UP ONE DAYAND DISCOVERS THAT SOMETHING'S HAPPENED TO HIM. HE'S TURNED INTO SOME SORT OF GENIUS. IT WOULD BE A GOOD FEELING, WOULDN'T IT? IT SOUNDS LIKE A MOVE SCRIPT, DOESN'T IT? WELL, IT IS A MOVIE SCRIPT, AND THEY'RE TURNING THIS INTO A HOLLYWOOD FILM. BUT BEFORE ALL THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE TRUE STORY. SARAH HALL TRAVELLED TO SEATTLE TO MEET THE MAN WHO BECAMEA MATHEMATICAL SAVANT. THE UNIVERSE ITSELF IS PURE GEOMETRY, WHICH IS PURE EQUATIONS. OVERWHELMING GEOMETRY. TRILLIONS, THE SPEED OF LIGHT... HOWA STAR WORKS... IT KINDA LOOKS PIXELATED LIKE A TV SCREEN. ALL THE MOTIONS OF EVERYTHING IN MY FIELD. 99.999... IT LITERALLY FORCES YOU TO SEE IN CALCULUS. JASON PADGETI' IS OBSESSED WITH MATHS. HE SEES IT EVERYWHERE - IN NATURE, IN EVERY PIECE OF THE WORLD AROUND HIM. I FIND MYSELF STILL GETTING LOST SOME DAYS JUST LOOKING AT TREES, OR CLOUDS OR WATER. WHAT IS REMARKABLE ABOUT THIS STORY IS JASON WASN'T BORN THIS WAY. HE WASN'T HIGHLY INTELLIGENT OR PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN MATHS. IN FACT, HE WAS JUST AN AVERAGE KID WITH NO INTEREST IN SCHOOL AT ALL. ALL I DID WAS CHASE GIRLS AND SKIP CLASSES AND GOOF OFF. WHEN SOMEBODY WOULD SAY SOMETHING ABOUT MATH MY BIGGESTANSWER WAS 'WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO USE THAT? HOW DOES IT APPLY IN THE REAL WORLD?' JASON DROPPED OUT OF COLLEGE AND WORKED IN HIS FATHER'S FUTON STORE. LIFE WAS ANYTHING BUT SERIOUS. LIFE CONSISTED LITERALLY OF GOING OUT WITH MY FRIENDS NIGHTLY. LITERALLY, THAT WAS WHAT LIFE CONSISTED OF. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I MANAGED TO GET UP EACH DAY BECAUSE I WOULD WAKE UP WITH A HANGOVER AND HAVE TO GO TO WORK AND THEN FEEL BETTER A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER, AND THEN THAT SAME NIGHT, I WOULD BE GOING BACK OUT WITH MY FRIENDS AGAIN. LET'S REWIND TO ONE OF THOSE TYPICAL NIGHTS BUT THIS TIME JASON WAS MUGGED BY TWO MEN HIS LIFE WOULD TAKE A DRAMATIC AND EXTRAORDINARY TWIST. SO, JASON YOU CAME OUT OF THIS CLUB, DOWN THESE STEPS ONE NIGHT AND WERE BASICALLY HIT FROM BEHIND? RIGHT. I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING COMING. WE'D LEFT THE KARAOKE BAR. I GOT HIT FROM BEHIND. I SAW THIS FLASH OF LIGHT THAT PEOPLE DESCRIBE WHEN THEY GET KNOCKED OUT THE NEXT THING I WAS ON MY KNEES TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE I WAS, WHY I WAS BEING ATFACKED, WHO WAS HFITING ME. I REMEMBER THINKING I WAS BEING ATFACKED BYA GANG. YOU WERE HIT MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE HEAD, WEREN'T YOU? BYA GANG. YOU WERE HIT MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE HEAD, WEREN'T YOU? YES. MANY TIMES. THE HOSPITAL TOLD JASON HE HAD A SIMPLE CONCUSSION AND SENT HIM HOME. BUT THE NEXT MORNING HE WOKE UP AND NOTICED SOMETHING INCREDIBLY STRANGE WHEN HE TURNED ON THE TAP IN HIS KITCHEN. REFLECTIVE MUSIC SO THE DAY AFTER I WAS ATFACKED, I REMEMBER TURNING ON THE FAUCETAND SEEING THE WATER GO DOWN THE DRAIN. AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. IT'S LIKE LI'I'I'LE TANGENT LINES CURVING INTO A SPIRAL AS IT GOES DOWN THE DRAIN. BUT IT'S A RECURSIVE FORM OF THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM. AND THE GEOMETRY OF IT IS DESCRIBED BY THAT EQUATION. JUST THE PURE BEAUTY OF WATCHING THESE LITTLE TANGENTS AS THEY CHANGE AND THEN GET SMALLER AS THEY GO DOWN THE DRAIN IS ABSOLUTELYAMAZING. JASON PADGETPS BRAIN HAD BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. ALL OF A SUDDEN HE COULD SEE THE GEOMETRY IN EVERYTHING AROUND HIM. IT WAS VERY DISORIENTATING. I REMEMBER THINKING IT WAS THE PAIN MEDICINE BECAUSE IT WAS VERY STRONG STUFF, AND EVERYTHING HAD THIS DISCRETE, YOU KNOW, CHUNKY LOOK TO lT.. WITH LITTLE TRAILS- Ll'l'I'LE TRAILERS BEHIND THE MOTION. SO YOU WERE SEEING THE WORLD FOR THE FIRST TIME? IT WAS- I DESCRIBE IT LIKE AN AWAKENING. IT WAS SO DRAMATIC. BUT JASON HAD NO EXPLANATION, NO UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HE WAS SEEING. ALL OF THE OBJECTS AROUND HIM NOW HAD A JITFERINESS TO THEM. WHAT ONCE LOOKED LIKE CURVES WERE NOW MADE UP OF TINY LI'I'I'LE EDGES. EVERYBODY WHO IS WATCHING TV NOW, IF YOU HIT PAUSE AND PAUSE AND PAUSE, THREE OR FOUR TIMES IN A ROW, YOU'LL SEE INDMDUAL PICTURE FRAMES. EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE THAT BUT IN REAL TIME IT'S NOT THAT DRAMATIC. BUT IT'S ENOUGH THAT EVERYTHING HAS THIS PIXELATED LOOK TO IT. TO TRY TO EXPRESS WHAT HE WAS SEEING, JASON BEGAN TO DRAW, OBSESSIVELY. HE WOULD SPEND HOURS, SOMETIMES DAYS SITTING AT HIS KITCHEN TABLE WORKING ON HIGHLY COMPLEX PICTURES. I STARTED DRAWING FRACTALS. I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE FRACTALS BUT ONCE I STARTED DRAWING THINGS, I COULD SEE HOW THAT NEXT SHAPE, HOW ALL THE LINES WITH IT, EVEN IF THERE WAS HUNDREDS OF THEM, WOULD CONNECT TO THE OTHER ONE. YOU JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE WHAT YOU WERE DOING. I HAD NO TRADITIONAL MATHEMATICAL SKILLS OR LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE IT. YET WHAT YOU WERE DOING WERE VERY COMPLEX MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS. YES, AND AT THE TIME I HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY WERE THAT COMPLEX. JASON'S INJURED BRAIN HAD GONE HAYWIRE. THIS AVERAGE JOE WAS NOW SEEING MATHS IN EVERYTHING AROUND HIM. FRACTALS, GEOMETRY AND ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS FORMULAS OF ALL - Pl. WAS THERE A POINT WHERE YOU THOUGHT, 'GOD, I'M JUST GOING MAD?' DEFINITELY. I QUESTIONED IT BECAUSE WE'VE ALL SEEN SOMEBODY WHO IS CRAZY AND TALKING TO THEMSELVES ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND WE THINK, 'OH, THAT GUY IS CRAZY, BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW IT.' AND I THOUGHT, WHAT IF I'M THAT GUY WHO'S SAYING, "I SEE Pl." 'AND I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT SEES IT, AND IT'S NOT REAL?' INTERESTING. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? IS IT SOME KIND OF ONE-OFF MIRACLE? WELL, IT COULD BE A ONE-OFF, OR PERHAPS THERE'S SOME WAY TO UNLOCK THAT GENIUS INSIDE ALL OF US. THAT'S NEXT. Sam felt fine spending $45 on perfectly good wine. And why wouldn't he, after they enjoyed the entire show together, right from the start, because he got to the station two minutes early, all thanks to saving valuable time paying Doug the lawn guy with his phone. Time really is money. To keep both running smoothly, talk to ANZ about switching banks today. WELCOME BACK TO 3RD DEGREE. SO, JASON PADGETI' WAS A RUN OF THE MILL SORT OF BLOKE, AND HE WORKED IN A FURNITURE SHOP. BUT HE WAS MUGGED ONE NIGHT FOR HIS LEATHER JACKET. HE GOTA PRETTY BAD KNOCK TO THE HEAD, AND IT'S CHANGED HIS LIFE FOREVER. LEATHER JACKET. HE GOTA PRETTY BAD KNOCK TO THE HEAD, AND IT'S CHANGED HIS LIFE FOREVER. IT SERIOUSLY HAS. HERE'S SARAH HALL AGAIN. JASON PADGETI' STILL OCCASIONALLY WORKS IN HIS FATHER'S FUTON STORE IN TACOMA, JUST NORTH OF SEATTLE ON AMERICA'S WEST COAST. BUT EVEN AS HE SELLS TO CUSTOMERS, HE CAN'T GETAWAY FROM MATHS. YOU HAVE THESE TWO RIGHT ANGLES HIT THAT MAKES THIS NICE LITTLE BOUNCE BACK, AND BY GETTING RID OF THOSE RIGHT ANGLES AND HAVING EVERY ANGLE BE A PRIME, IT'S, LIKE- SO WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO JASON? WHY HAD THIS AVERAGE MAN TURNED INTO A MATHEMATICAL FREAK OF NATURE? WELL, HIS BRAIN HAD BEEN INJURED IN THE MUGGING. SOME OF HIS NEURAL PATHWAYS HAD BEEN DESTROYED, BUT OTHERS HAD OPENED UP. JASON HAD BECOME A SAVANT. WHAT THEY SAY IS BASICALLY WHEN ONE PART OF THE BRAIN IS DAMAGED DUE TO THE PLASTICITY OF THE BRAIN, SOMETIMES IT MAKES MORE NEURAL CONNECTIONS TO COMPENSATE FOR AREA THAT HAS BEEN DAMAGED, AND DEPENDING ON WHERE THOSE CONNECTIONS ARE MADE, IT'S LIKE INCREASED PROCESSING POWER, IF YOU WANNATHINK OF IT THAT WAY. MOST PEOPLE WHO GET BASHED IN THE HEAD DO NOT WAKE UP A GENIUS. YEAH, IN THE VAST MAJORITY AND I MEAN THE VAST MAJORITY, LIKE, 99.99999% OF ALL HEAD INJURIES THE RESULT IS VERY BAD IN MOST CASES. I DON'T SUGGEST TRYING IT. DON'T GO HITTING YOURSELF IN THE HEAD TO PASS THE TEST. IT'LL WORSEN YOUR SCORES. WHEN WAS SIR WALTER RALEIGH EXECUTED? OCTOBER 291618. AND WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK WAS THAT? IT WAS A THURSDAY. SAVANTS LIKE KIM PEEK, ON WHOM THE MOVIE RAIN MAN WAS BASED, ARE NORMALLY PEOPLE WITH A MENTAL DISABILITY SUCH AS AUTISM WHO DEMONSTRATE AN EXTRAORDINARY CAPABILITY. WHO WAS THE GAME-WINNING PITCHER IN GAME THREE OF THE 1926 WORLD SERIES? THE CARDINALS WON, AND IT WAS GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER. BUT WHAT MAKES JASON SO INTERESTING TO SCIENTISTS IS HE IS AN ACQUIRED SAVANT. HE WAS BORN NORMALLY BUT BECAME THIS WAYAFTER A BRAIN INJURY. WHAT I THINK IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IS PART OF WHAT HE LOSTAND GAINED- CERTAINLY HE CHANGED IN MANY WAYS. HIS VISUAL PROCESSING WHICH HELPS PUT TOGETHER A SMOOTH IMAGE SO THAT YOU DON'T WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT THE DETAILS, BUT YOU GET THE PICTURE OF WHAT IT IS, HE'S NOT DOING. SO HE'S SEEING HOW HIS BRAIN CONSTRUCTS THE VISUAL IMAGE. DO YOU THINK, THEREFORE, THAT YOUR BRAIN IS JUST SEEING THINGS THAT OUR BRAINS PERHAPS JUST FILTER OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED IT TO SURVIVE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS? EXACTLY. THAT IS EXACTLY IT. WE DO NOT NEED IT TO SURVIVE. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO IT, BUT DON'T NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT. YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS YOU CATCH THAT BALL, OR AS LONG AS THAT WOLF CAN CATCH THAT CARIBOU THEN YOU DON'T NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE DEEPER MEANING BEHIND IT. JASON IS ONE OF ONLY 40 ACQUIRED SAVANTS IN THE WORLD. THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT TALENTS. FOR INSTANCE, FELLOVVAMERICAN DEREK AMATO DOVE INTO A POOL, HITTING HIS HEAD. THE NEXT DAY HE WOKE UP A MUSICAL SAVANT. HOW ON EARTH CAN SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER PLAYED THE PIANO BEFORE HAVE A KNOCK TO THE HEAD AND THEN SIT DOWN AND BE ABLE TO PLAY AT THAT LEVEL? YOU KNOW... THAT IS A TRULY REMARKABLE THING, THE FACT THAT HE HAD APPARENTLY LITTLE OR NO EXPERIENCE WITH PIANO BEFORE HE SAT AND DID IT. DOESN'T THAT SUGGEST THAT IT'S DORMANT WITHIN ALL OF US? WELL, WE WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT. YOU KNOW... I WOULD HOPE SO, BUT I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, I THINK MANY OF THE THINGS WE DO THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED ARE REALLY PRETTY REMARKABLE. I MEAN, LINGUISTIC COMMUNICATION, YOU KNOW, IS VERY COMPLICATED AND WE ALL LEARN TO DO IT. SO I THINK THE SAVANTS ARE MAYBE A REMINDER TO ALL OF US NOT TO TAKE FOR GRANTED THE TRULY INCREDIBLE ABILITIES THAT OUR BRAINS GIVE US. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE WORLD'S FASCINATION WITH SAVANTS? I DO, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ARE DOING BY TAKING FUNCTIONAL MRIS OF MY BRAIN AND OF OTHER SAVANTS IS THEYARE SAYING IS THERE A WAY TO PHARMACEUTICALLY INDUCE THIS IN OTHER PEOPLE? SO IF YOU ARE BAD AT ENGLISH, YOU CAN TAKE AN ENGLISH PILL OR A MATH PILL, AND THESE THINGS ARE ACTUALLY COMING. THERE WILL BE A POINT, SOMETIME IN THE NEXT 10 TO - I DON'T THINK LONGER THAN 3O - YEARS, ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ENHANCE OUR BRAINS. BUT IF WE CAN ONE DAY JUST POP A PILL TO MAKE US MORE INTELLIGENT, THERE COULD BE ATERRIBLE TRADE-OFF. UNLOCKING THE GENIUS HAS ALSO CHANGED JASON'S PERSONALITY DRAMATICALLY. THE DAY HE WOKE UP AS A MATH WHIZZ, HE ALSO WOKE UP WITH OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER. IT WAS DRAMATIC. I COULDN'T LEAVE THE HOUSE. I WOULD WASH MY HANDS REPEATEDLY. I GOT TO WHERE I WAS LYSOLLING MY MONEYAND THEN PUTTING IT IN MICROWAVES FOR 3O SECONDS TO KILLALL THE GERMS ON IT. JASON KEPT HIMSELF ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD, ONLY SPENDING TIME WITH HIS DAUGHTER MEGAN. YEAH, IT'S LIKE BILLIONS OF LITTLE DIAMONDS SPARKLING, BUT THE WAY THAT THE WAVES OVERLAP... EVENTUALLY JASON LEARNED TO CONTROL HIS OCD ENOUGH FOR HIM TO ENROL IN UNIVERSITY TO STUDY MATHS. HE FINALLY HAS THE LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE WHAT HE SEES AROUND HIM. TRIGONOMETRY, YOU KNOW, IS DESCRIBING WAVES AND THE HEIGHT OF THE WAVES, THE LENGTH OF THE WAVE, THE PHASE, IF SOMETHING'S OUT OF PHASE. IT'S AMAZING HOW WHEN WE LOOK ATALL OF THIS, YOU CAN DESCRIBE IT WITH MATH. JASON SAYS HIS BRAIN NEVER SWITCHES OFF NOW. HE CONSTANTLY THINKS ABOUT MATHS. EVEN WHEN HE WAS UNDER ANAESTHETIC FOR A RECENT OPERATION, HE DREAMT ABOUT Pl. BUT HE SAYS HE WOULDN'T CHANGE HIS NEW WORLD FOR ANYTHING. IT'S BEAUTIFUL, AND THE UNDERLYING MATHEMATICAL GRACE OF EVERYTHING IS JUST AWESOME, AND I NEVER GET TIRED OF LOOKING AT IT. GIVEN THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS ABOUT BEING ATTACKED THAT NIGHT? I DON'T NOW. YOU KNOW, THE GOOD FAR OUTWEIGHS THE BAD, SO I WOULDN'T GIVE IT UP FOR ANYTHING. IT'S NOT SURPRISING, REALLY. JASON'S LIFE REALLY HAS CHANGED, AND HE NOW TRAVELS AROUND AMERICA GMNG LECTURES ABOUT THAT TRANSFORMATION, AND HE'S WRITTEN A BOOK. IT'S CALLED TOUCHED BY GENIUS, AND THAT IS ABOUT TO BE MADE INTO A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE. HM. OK, COMING UP NEXT-THE KIWI WHOSE OVERSEAS TRIP TURNED UGLY, REALLY UGLY. HE ENDED UP DROWNED IN A BARREL. THAT'S NEXT. < DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIS KILLING? HE ENDED UP DROWNED IN A BARREL. THAT'S NEXT. WELCOME BACK. IF YOU'RE A KIWI ON HOLIDAY IN THE PACIFIC, YOU DON'T EXPECT TO END UP DEAD IN A 44-GALLON DRUM OF WATER. BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO HANS DALTON WHEN HE WENT TO SAMOA WITH HIS SISTER. YEAH, AND WE SHOULD WARN YOU WITH THIS. THERE ARE SOME GRAPHIC PICTURES IN THIS STORY. OF HANS' INJURIES. AND AS PHIL VINE WILL EXPLAIN, HANS LOOKED LIKE HE COULD HAVE BEEN BASHED BEFORE HE FINISHED UP IN THAT BARREL. SO, WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED? PHIL WENT THERE SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS. BOB TI-ILITTLEBIRDS THIS WAS THE SAMOA WHICH HANS DALTON HAD COME TO SEE, HIS FATHER'S COUNTRY- PICTURE-PERFECT VILLAGES, SMILING CHILDREN, LAPPING WAVES. HE ENDED UP DEAD INA BARREL. WHEN I SAW HIS BEATEN BODY, WHICH WAS BEATEN AND BEATEN AND BEATEN AND BEATEN, THAT JUST CONFIRMED MORE THAT THERE'D BEEN SOME FORM OF FOUL PLAY. AND SOMEWHERE AMONG THESE BLUE RANKS, THE FAMILY BELIEVES HIS KILLER OR KILLERS COULD BE HIDING. THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TORTURED AND MURDERED HANS ARE STILLAT LARGE. FACE TO FACE, MAN TO MAN, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE KILLING OF HANS DALTON? HANS WAS MY CHERUB CHILD. HE WAS THE PEACEFUL, VERY VERY GENTLE LOVING SOUL. AND THAT'S HIM JUST BEFORE SCHOOL? YES, PROBABLY AROUND ABOUT 4. HE HAD HIS MISCHIEVOUS SIDE. HE WAS VERY HUMOROUS, VERY FUNNY, BUT EXTREMELY CARING, THOUGH NOT WITHOUT HIS PROBLEMS. HANS BATTLED A MENTAL ILLNESS BROUGHT ON BY SMOKING MARIJUANA AS A TEENAGER. SOMETIME AFTERWARDS, HE STARTED TO HAVE PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS. VERY DEEP FEARFUL PARANOIA. 'THEY ARE COMING TO GET ME. THEY'RE COMING TO GET ME.' HANS MANAGED IT WELL WITH DAILY MEDS. DECEMBER BEFORE LAST THEY ORGANISED A FAMILY VACATION TO SAMOA. GOING WITH HIM HANS SISTER TASH, A TRAINED SOCIAL WORKER. HE WAS A TERRIFIC UNCLE. HE LOVED MY BOYS, LOVED HIS NIECES, AND I JUST REMEMBER LOTS OF LAUGHTER, AND HE WAS LIKE A BIG KID IN AWAY. YEAH. THEY HAD A GREAT FIRST FEW DAYS AT THE FAMILY HOME NEAR APIA- KICKING BACK, SWIMMING, HANGING OUT. THEN ON DECEMBER 11, CYCLONE EVAN STRUCK. WINDS OF ZOOKMIH. IN THE PANDEMONIUM HANS MISSED ONE OF HIS MEDS. WITH THAT TYPE OF MEDICATION THAT HE WAS ON THEN, IT'S VERY SERIOUS AND CAN ACTUALLY BRING ON A PSYCHOTIC EPISODE WHEN YOU MISS IT. IT CAN INDUCE A PSYCHOTIC EPISODE, AND IT CAN BE VERY PHYSICALLY DANGEROUS TO YOU AS WELL. AS TASH'S VIDEO SHOWS, HANS COULDN'T SLEEP. HE STARTED PACING THE ROOM GRAPPLING WITH HIS PARANOIA. AND HE WAS LYING DOWN FOR SHORT PERIODS, AND THEN IT WAS LIKE HIS MIND COULDN'T SWITCH OFF. I KNEW THE MORE THAT HE DIDN'T REST THE MORE HE WOULD BECOME UNWELL. WITH NO POWER OR WATER AFTER THE CYCLONE, TASH AND HANS MOVED TO AGGIE GREYS RESORT WHERE HE BECAME MORE AGITATED. TASH ASKED FOR HELP AND THE MENTAL HEALTH NURSE CAME WITH A POLICE ESCORT - STANDARD PRACTICE, SHE WAS TOLD. POLICE HELD THE 38-YEAR-OLD DOWN AND THEY INJECTED HIM WITH SEDATIVES. NOT A WISE MOVE. THEY WILL NOT CALM HIM; THEY WILL MAKE HIM AGITATED AND AGGRESSIVE. AT THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, A CONVERTED CARPORT, HANS WAS LOCKED UP AND BROKE A WINDOW. POLICE TOOK HIM TO THE CENTRAL STATION. TASH WAS ALLOWED IN. HE WANTED TO HOLD MY HAND, AND HE SAID, 'LOOK IN MY EYES, TASH. AM I GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT?' HOW DID YOU REPLY? UM... I JUST SAID YEAH. I GUESS THAT MUST HAUNT YOU NOW, THAT LAST CONVERSATION WITH HIM? MM, IT DOES. IT HAUNTS ME EVERY DAY. AFTER SHE LEFT, THEY TRANSFERRED HANS TO PRISON BECAUSE HE WAS MAKING TOO MUCH NOISE. ON BOXING DAY, WHEN TASH AND HER UNCLE TURNED UP TO VISIT, THEY WERE GIVEN THE NEWS. HE TURNED ROUND TO US IN THE CAR AND JUST BURST INTO TEARS AND SAID, 'HANS IS DEAD.' WHAT WERE YOU THINKING THEN? WE JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. WE WERE IN TOTAL SHOCK. THEN SHE WENT TO MEET HER MUM OFF THE PLANE FROM AUCKLAND TELLING HER. 'MY BROTHER IS DEAD,' AND I REMEMBER JUST MOST THE TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE FEELING OF I'M NEVER GOING TO EATAGAIN, I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO SMILE AGAIN. IT WAS JUST... IT WAS JUST HORRIBLE. CHRISTINE AND TASH WENT STRAIGHT TO THE HOSPITAL MORTUARY. I SAW MARKS ALL OVER HIS BODY THAT WEREN'T THERE THE EVENING BEFORE. BIG BRUISES ACROSS HIS STOMACH. UM, HIS FACE SWOLLEN AND EARS AND HEAD BRUISED AS WELL AS DIFFERENT PARTS OF HIS BODY AND HIS LEGS AND ARMS. THEY WERE TOLD THAT HANS WAS FOUND AROUND DAWN UPSIDE DOWN IN A 44-GALLON DRUM OF WATER IN HIS SOLITARY CELL AT TAFAIGATA PRISON. POLICE FIRST CLAIMED IT WAS SUICIDE. I KNOW THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING IS CAPABLE OF DOING THAT, BUT IN THIS INSTANCE, I JUST KNEW THAT HANS HADN'T. A NZ PATHOLOGIST SAID HANS HAD DROWNED, BUT SHE FOUND AWIDE RANGE OF INJURIES 'NOT CONSISTENT WITH REASONABLE RESTRAINT'. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A HUGE, MAYBE 50 OR MORE, TERRIBLE WOUNDS TO HANS' BODY FROM BEATINGS. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A HUGE, MAYBE COULD IT HAVE JUST BEEN AN ACCIDENT? HANS' BODY FROM BEATINGS. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A HUGE, MAYBE COULD IT HAVE JUST BEEN AN ACCIDENT? NO. NO, NOT AT ALL. HOW CAN YOU BEATAND BEAT AND BEAT AND BEAT SOMEBODY AND SAY IT'S AN ACCIDENT? A COUPLE OF WEEKS IN, SAMOAN POLICE CHANGED THEIR TUNE. THEY CHARGED ANOTHER INMATE, JONATHAN CRICHTON, WITH MURDER. CRICHTON WAS IN A NEXT-DOOR CELL THAT NIGHT. CHRISTINE RETURNED TO SAMOA FOR THE TRIAL. IN THE COURTROOM A CONSTANT REMINDER OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HER SON HANS. THAT DRUM THAT WAS THERE DAY AFTER DAY... FOR ME I KEPT RELMNG HIS FINAL MOMENTS AND FEELING WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR HIM AS HIS LIFE WAS ENDED IN THAT WAY. YEAH, THEY PUT THE INMATE CRICHTON ON TRIAL FOR MURDER, BUT YOU LOOK AT HIM - THE GUY'S TINY, ISN'T HE, COMPARED WITH HANS. IT'S QUITE HARD TO IMAGINE THAT HE ACTUALLY COULD HAVE PUT HANS IN THE BARREL AGAINST HIS WILL. MM. NOW, THE POLICE WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAD A KEY TO HANS' CELL. THE PROSECUTION TRIED TO SAY THAT THE LOCK WAS PICKED, GET THIS, WITH A PIECE OF A CORNED-BEEF CAN. BUT THAT DIDN'T STAND UP IN COURT, AND THE JUDGE THREW THE CASE OUT. ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT - PHIL GOES LOOKING FOR THE COP WITH THE KEY. WELCOME BACK. WELL, HANS DALTON MISLAID HIS MEDS DURINGA CYCLONE IN SAMOA. HE WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL, BUT HE ENDED UP IN A PRISON CELL AND DEAD IN A BARREL. NOW, THE POLICE FIRST SAID THAT IT WAS SUICIDE, AND THEN THEY CHANGED THEIR STORY AND CHARGED A FELLOW INMATE WITH HIS MURDER. BUT THAT CASE WAS THROWN OUT. YEAH, AND THERE WAS ONE KEY TO THE CELL, AND PHIL VINE IS TRYING TO TRACK DOWN THE MAN WHO HAD THE KEY. WE'RE ON THE HUNT IN BEAUTIFUL SAMOA, TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF AN UGLY DEATH IN CUSTODY. WE'VE GOT THE NAMES OF TWO OF THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WERE THERE AT THE JAIL. AND WE'VE BEEN SEARCHING ALL OVER THE ISLAND TO TRY AND TRACK THEM DOWN. WE PARTICULARLY WANT TO TALK TO THE POLICE OFFICER IN CHARGE - THE ONE WHO HAD THE ONLY KEY TO HANS DALTON'S CELL, WHERE HE WAS LOCKED UP ALONE. THERE'S BELIEF, AND THERE'S SUSPICIONS THAT ONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS KILLED HANS DALTON, AND THAT POLICE OFFICER'S STILL OUT THERE. THE FAMILY AREN'T THE ONLY ONES POINTING FINGERS AT POLICE. THE WAY I SEE IT, DALTON WOULD'VE BEEN MAKING A LOT OF NOISES AND THEY PROBABLY WOULD'VE GONE BACK TO TRYAND KEEP HIM QUIET, MAYBE GIVEN HIM ONE CHANCE, TWO CHANCES, THREE CHANCES, MAYBE FOUR CHANCES, AND DALTON WOULD'VE STILL BEEN CARRYING ON. IT WOULD'VE UPSET THEM, AND, YEAH, UM, OBVIOUSLY, GOT TO THE POINT BEYOND. THEY DID WHAT THEY DID. YOU THINK THEY DID THAT TO KEEP HIM QUIET? THEY DID WHAT THEY DID. DID YOUR OFFICERS HURT HANS DALTON? NO. I DON'T THINK SO. DO YOU KNOW SO? DO YOU KNOW THAT THEY DIDN'T? THE THING IS, LILO, HANS DALTON'S FAMILY BELIEVE HE WAS TORTURED AND KILLED BY THE SAMOAN POLICE. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? THERE WERE 5O WOUNDS ON HIS BODY WHEN THE PATHOLOGIST LOOKED AT IT. REALLY? REALLY? > WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT? MM-HM. > WELL, HERE'S A LESS WIDE QUESTION - WHO DO YOU BELIEVE KILLED HANS DALTON? WELL, IF THE HEAD OF POLICE CAN'T ANSWER OUR QUESTION, WHO CAN?' PRESUMABLY, THE OFFICERS THEMSELVES; FOUR ON AT THE PRISON THAT NIGHT. WE GOTA LEAD ON ONE OF THEM. HELLO. HE'S ROMA, A JUNIOR OFFICER SACKED AFTER HANS' DEATH. (BARKS) THE GUY WE REALLY NEED TO TALK TO IS HIS SENIOR, THE OFFICER WITH THE KEY. TALOFA. 'THEY WON'T LET US INTO JAIL, BUTA GUARD ON THE GATE RECOGNISES ONE OF THE OTHER COPS' NAMES.' ARE THEY WORKING HERE STILL OR ARE THEY SOMEWHERE ELSE? ONLY ONE. OR ARE THEY SOMEWHERE ELSE? ONLY ONE. ONE WORKING HERE? OK. SO ONE OF THE PRISON OFFICERS, WHO WAS PRESENT WHEN HANS DALTON WAS IN THIS PRISON, AND POSSIBLY THERE WHEN HE DIED, IS STILL WORKING, ACCORDING TO THAT GUY, IN THE JAIL. WE FIND OUT HE'S THE ONE WE'RE AFTER - SENIOR CONSTABLE TAFANUA. THAT'S HIM -THE MAN WHO HAD THE ONLY KEY TO HANS' CELL. I JUST WANNAASK YOU, FACE TO FACE, MAN TO MAN, < DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE KILLING OF HANS DALTON? < WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT ANSWER? DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIS KILLING? YOU DIDN'T BEAT HIM? SO WHAT DOES HANS' FAMILY THINK OF THAT? LOGISTICALLY, IT DOESN'T ADD UP. HE WAS THE ONLY ONE, YOU KNOW, IN CHARGE OF THE KEY. ALLSING THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO GO TO CHURCH EVERY DAY. EVERY SUNDAY, THEY DRESS IN WHITE AND GO TO CHURCH. NOW, UM, THE ONLY HOPE I HAVE IS THAT WE- IN THIS COUNTRY, WE PRAY TO A GOD OF JUSTICE, AND THAT, EITHER WAY, WHETHER THAT'S TODAY, TOMORROW OR- THIS WILL BE EXPOSED AND WHOEVER KILLED HIM WILL BE FOUND. THEY NEED TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK THEIR TRUTH SO THAT, YOU KNOW, HEALING CAN TAKE PLACE, AND HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE LEARNING AND THESE KIND OF THINGS WILL NOT BE REPEATED TO OTHER PEOPLE. OK, WELL, SINCE HANS' DEATH, THEY'VE STARTED BUILDING A NEW HOSPITAL WITH A PROPER MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, SO THAT PATIENTS LIKE HANS AREN'T SENT TO PRISON. THE POLICE COMMISSIONER PHIL VINE SPOKE TO HAS BEEN SUSPENDED PENDING THE OUTCOME OF AN INQUIRY, AND HANS' FAMILY HAS LAUNCHED A CML ACTION AGAINST THE SAMOAN GOVERNMENT; THEY'RE SUING THEM FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN AN EFFORT TO GET THE CASE REOPENED. OK, COMING UP NEXT, MIKE MCROBERTS IN GAZA. HE'S FINDING REASONS TO SMILE AMONGST ALL THAT MISERY AND HOPE IN THE HEARTS OF THE CHILDREN. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL CREATURES EVER FOR ANYONE TO DEAL WITH. Nobody said ii would be easy. But through your hard work and the National Party's economic management, NZ is heading in the right direction. Right now, our economy is growing faster than Australia and 28 other OECD countries. This election, the choice is simple - stay on course to prosperity or risk it all on who-knows-what direction? Keep the team that's working - National. WELCOME BACK. WELL, AFTER 5O DAYS OF CONFLICT IN THE GAZA STRIP, THERE'S NOW RENEWED HOPE FOR A LASTING TRUCE. OVERNIGHT, A NEW CEASEFIRE WAS ANNOUNCED, AND THE ISRAELIS HAVE AGREED TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN AID TO GET THROUGH TO THOSE WHO DESPERATELY NEED IT. MIKE MCROBERTS HAS JUST BEEN IN GAZA TO SEE THE IMMENSE CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD. ALLOHANTINARABIC GUIFIRE MANYELLS,ALLOHANT A FUNERAL IN GAZA CITY. HE'S ONE OF TWO MEN KILLED IN AN AIRSTRIKE THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. UNDOUBTEDLY A MILITARY CASUALTY IN A CONFLICT WHERE MOSTLY CMLIANS HAVE PAID THE PRICE. THIS IS THE THIRD WAR SINCE THE ISRAELI BLOCKADE BORDER RESTRICTIONS CAME INTO PLAY IN 2007, BUT BY FAR, THIS HAS BEEN THE WORST WAR WITH THE NUMBER OF KILLED, THE DEVASTATION OF THE BOMBING AND THE LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. AND THE IMPACT OF THIS WAR WILL CONTINUE LONG AFTER THE FIGHTING HAS FINISHED. GUIFIRE, IEIYHL GUNFIRE ANNOUNCES THE ARRIVAL OF THE SECOND BODY. MENYELL DEATH, AS IN LIFE HERE, IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS. SHORTLY AFTER WE LEFT THIS FUNERAL CORTEGE, IT WAS TARGETED IN AN AIRSTRIKE, KILLING FOUR OF THE MOURNERS. HEY, HOW ARE YOU? KILLING FOUR OF THE MOURNERS. HEY, HOW ARE YOU? SALAAM. SALAAM. 'I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING ON THIS SCALE SINCE I WAS INVOLVED IN THE ASIAN TSUNAMI. 'WHOLE COMMUNITIES' HOMES ARE WIPED OUT.' 'ALEX SNARY IS WORLD VISION'S NATIONAL DIRECTOR FOR THIS REGION. 'THE FORMER NZ ARMY OFFICER AND ONE-TIME CORPORATE HIGH FLYER 'MADE THE DECISION 20 YEARS AGO TO PURSUE HUMANITARIAN WORK.' HELLO. I CAME TO A POINT IN MY LIFE WHERE MY CAREER WAS GOING WELL. UM, I WAS IN SENIOR MANAGEMENTAND DOING WELL. BUT I REALLY HAD TO ASK MYSELF, 'IS THIS THE MEANING OF MY LIFE? IS THIS WHAT MY LIFE IS GOING TO BE? 'WHEN I DIE, WILLI LOOK BACK AND THINK ABOUT THE MONEY I MADE 'OR DID I WANT TO MAKE A MORE MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD?' NOWHERE IN THE WORLD AT THE MOMENT NEEDS HIS CONTRIBUTION MORE. AT AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL, A Z-YEAR-OLD BOY IS BARELY CONSOLABLE, A VICTIM OF THE PREVIOUS NIGHTS BOMBINGS. HE WAS IN HIS HOUSE, AND THE PLAYGROUND NEXT TO IT WAS TARGETED BY A BOMB. SHRAPNEL CAME THROUGH THE WINDOW, AND YOU CAN SEE HE'S GOTA HEAD WOUND FROM THAT. THE WAR HAS TAKEN ITS GREATEST TOLL ON CHILDREN - HUNDREDS KILLED, THOUSANDS WOUNDED OR LEFT PARENTLESS AND HOMELESS. IT'S ALWAYS THE KIDS WHO PAY THE COST, REALLY, YOU KNOW. AND HERE'SA KID WHO WAS JUST INNOCENTLY PLAYING, AND ONE DAY HIS WORLD IS FINE, AND THE NEXT DAY, HERE HE IS IN THE HOSPITAL, YOU KNOW, A VICTIM OF A WAR WHICH, FOR THE KIDS, MAKES NO SENSE. CHILDREN SPEAK IN ARABIC BUT THEN THERE'S LITTLE ABOUT THIS CONFLICT THAT MAKES SENSE. MORE THAN 80,000 INHABITANTS OF SHEJAIYA WERE SENT FLEEING FOR THEIR LIVES UNDER HEAVY BOMBARDMENT. AS MANY AS 90 NEVER MADE IT. ATHIRD OF THE HOMES ARE NOW UNINHABITABLE. (LAUGHS) ARE NOW UNINHABITABLE. (LAUGHS) (Y ELLS) 280,000 HAVE BEEN LEFT HOMELESS. MANY ARE IN UN SCHOOLS - SO-CALLED TEMPORARY SHELTERS, ALTHOUGH, WITH NO HOMES TO GO BACK TO OR THE MEANS TO REBUILD, THERE'S NOTHING TEMPORARY ABOUT IT. (SPEAKS IN ARABIC) SOME HAVE TAKEN PRIVATE SHELTER, OFTEN WITH FRIENDS OR RELATIVES. AN EXTENDED FAMILY OF 3O FROM THE NOW-PUMMELLED REGION OF BEIT HANOUN ARE LMNG IN A GARAGE. MEALS ARE PREPARED IN AN ALLEYWAY NEXT DOOR. WE'RE TOLD THEY HAVE TO TAKE OUT LOANS TO BUY FOOD, BUT OF COURSE, THERE'S BREAD AND COFFEE FOR THEIR GUESTS. THERE ARE ONLY TWO ROOMS... SO 10 OF THEM SLEEP IN HERE? THERE ARE ONLY TWO ROOMS... SO 10 OF THEM SLEEP IN HERE? 1O WOMEN SLEEP HERE. MEN SPEAK IN ARABIC THE OTHER 1O ARE SLEEPING HERE IN THIS LITTLE SPACE HERE. HOW DO THEY EVEN FIT THE MATTRESS? THERE'S NOT EVEN- YOU CAN'T EVEN FIT 1O MATFRESSES HERE. HOW DO THEY EVEN FIT THE MATTRESS? ...THE TOILET, BECAUSE THERE ARE 30. 1O MATTRESSES HERE. HOW no THEY EVEN FIT THE MATTRESS? ...THE TOILET, BECAUSE THERE ARE a0. (SPEAKS m ARABIC) ...AND JUST ONE TOILET FOR EVERYONE. CAN YOU IMAGINE IN THE MORNING 3O PEOPLE WAITING TO USE THE TOILET? OH MY GOODNESS. PEOPLE SPEAK IN ARABIC THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THEIR ACCOMMODATION. ALEX HELPS WITH THEIR FOOD BILL. SO, MOHAMMED, WE'RE GONNA SORT OUT SOME MORE FOOD FOR THEM, YEAH? WE'LL GET IN ANOTHER FOOD PARCEL. YEAH. SO THAT THAT CAN HELP. AS I VISITED FAMILIES AGAIN TODAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN, 'OK, WHAT DO YOU NEED THIS WEEK? 'HOW DO WE GET YOU THROUGH THIS WEEK? HOW DO WE GET YOU THROUGH NEXT WEEK? 'AND THEN WE'LL THINK ABOUT HOW WE GET YOU BACK INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, ETC, DOWN THE TRACK.' SO THE BEST THING IS- THE BEST APPROACH IS TO TAKE IT ONE STEP ATA TIME. BABYORIES, MAN SPEAKS INARABIO BENEATH A NEIGHBOURING HOME, FOUR FAMILIES, 23 IN ALL, SHARE A SINGLE ROOM. THERE'S NOT EVEN ATOILET. THE WOMEN GO UPSTAIRS, AND THE MEN USE THE LOCAL MOSQUE. A LACK OF CLEAN WATER AND STIFLING LMNG CONDITIONS HAS LEFT MANY CHILDREN IN GAZAWITH SKIN RASHES. EVEN THE YOUNGEST KNOW THERE'S LITTLE POINT IN COMPLAINING. FOR YEARS, GAZA HAS BEEN ON THE BRINK OF A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. THIS WAR HAS ENSURED IT. THIS IS THE KIND OF DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS GOING TO TAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS, TO REPAIR. FOR SOME INEXPLICABLE REASON, THIS WATER MAIN WAS BOMBED, AND I SAY INEXPLICABLE BECAUSE LOOK AROUND; THERE'S NOTHING ELSE HERE. BUT WHAT IT HAS MEANT IS THAT THESE APARTMENTS BEHIND ME AND THESE AGRICULTURAL GARDENS NO LONGER HAVE WATER. (SPEAKS IN ARABIC) THIS IS ONE OF HUNDREDS OF HOMES DIRECTLY AFFECTED - ANOTHER EXTENDED FAMILY OF 2O WHO NOW RELY ON OCCASIONAL WATER DELIVERIES FROM THE LOCAL AUTHORITY. LIKE MOST OF THE WATER IN GAZA, IT'S UNDRINKABLE. IT'S VERY SALTY, YEAH, SO YOU CAN'T DRINK THIS. (SPEAKS IN ARABIC) SAYAH ABU AL-ASH TELLS ME IF THEY DIE IN THIS HOUSE, IT WON'T BE FROM THE BOMBING BUT FROM THE LACK OF WATER. IF YOU TRY AND TACKLE THE WHOLE THING AT ONCE OR LOOK AT THAT, IT IS OVERWHELMING, AND TO BE HONEST, THE HUMANITARIAN COMMUNITY HERE IS OVERWHELMED. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS ONE OF TWO EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTRES, PROVIDING FOOD PARCELS AND HYGIENE KITS. UH, WE GOTA HUNDRED PEOPLE COMING IN TODAY, AND THIS IS ONLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. AS YOU'VE HEARD, MANY PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO ACTUALLY COME OUT, BECAUSE THE CEASEFIRE'S STOPPED NOW. WOMANSPEAKSINARABIO ONE WOMAN I MET THIS WEEK DESCRIBED PEACE AS AN ANAESTHETIC, BECAUSE IT EVENTUALLY WEARS OFF AND REALITY RETURNS. EVEN WHEN THE FIGHTING ENDS, THESE PEOPLE WILL STILL BE HOMELESS WITHOUT THE MEANS TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. IT'S THE MAIN MARKET IN THE GAZA CITY. WHAT FOOD IS AVAILABLE HAS NOW DOUBLED IN PRICE. LIKE, TOMATOES, FOR EXAMPLE. 1 KILO OF TOMATO BEFORE THE START OF THE SITUATION IN GAZA, IT WAS, LIKE, 1 SHEKEL, BUT NOW IT HAVE REACHED 5 SHEKELS FOR 1 KILO, WHICH IS A HUGE INCREASE FROM 1 SHEKEL TO 5 SHEKELS. 'HAJAR MASOUD WORKS WITH CHILDREN AFFECTED BY THE WAR. 'SHE LIVES IN GAZAAND HASA FAMILY OF HER OWN AND KNOWS THE CHILDREN'S NEEDS WELL.' 'THEY WANT TO GO OUTAND PLAY, BUT THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THIS.' THEY WANT TO GO TO BUY CHOCOLATES AND SWEETS, BUT THEYARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THIS. THEY JUST WANT TO OPEN THEIR WINDOWS AND LOOK OUT, BUT THEYARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THIS. EVERY SINGLE ACTION OF THESE ACTIONS, THEY ARE TRYING TO REALISE IN THEIR MINDS, BUT THEY CAN'T. THEY ARE REALLY VERY INNOCENT TO UNDERSTAND THIS. THEY JUST WANT TO PLAY. THEY JUST WANT TO- TO BE HAPPY, TO INTERACT. THEY JUST WANTANY CHANCE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN BACK TO THEIR NORMAL LIFE, SO- TO BE A CHILD. > OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN BACK TO THEIR NORMAL LIFE, SO- TO BE A CHILD. > TO BE A CHILD, EXACTLY. AND THEY DESERVE THIS. ALLOHANT AND HERE'S WHERE THEY CAN DO JUST THAT - A CHILD-FRIENDLY SPACE WHERE KIDS CAN FORGET ABOUT THE WAR THAT'S GOING ON AROUND THEM. THERE'S SUCH A DEMAND THAT THEY COME HERE IN TWO-HOUR SHIFTS. BUT YOU CAN SEE WHY. CHILDREN SPEAK IN ARABIC SOME OF HAJAR'S HELPERS ARE TEENAGE VETERANS OF TWO CONFLICTS THEMSELVES, ATTENDEES OF SIMILAR PROGRAMMES FOLLOWING THE WARS IN 2008 AND 2012. HAJAR IS JUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF THE DIFFERENCE THEY'RE MAKING. 'THIS IS THE THING THAT REALLY MAKES ME ADORE WHAT I DO' AND THE THINGS THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THE PEOPLE. AND THATS WHY I REALLY LIKE MY WORK AS A HUMANITARIAN WORKER. AND YOU CAN TELL THAT WHEN YOU SEE HOW YOU REACT WITH THE CHILDREN. > YOU'RE COMPLETELY IMMERSED IN THAT, AREN'T YOU? IT'S... > THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING- BEAUTIFUL CREATURES EVER FOR ANYONE TO DEAL WITH. THEIR SMILE- NOTHING EQUALS THEIR SMILE. WHAT DO YOU HOPE FOR YOUR FUTURE? I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO SEE CHILDREN HERE HAPPY, AND THAT'S IT. THIS IS MY ONLY HOPE. INSHALLAH. MM, INSHALLAH, INDEED, WHICH OF COURSE MEANS 'GOD WILLING'. NOW, MIKE WAS IN GAZAWITH THE SUPPORT OF WORLD VISION, AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT THEY DO, YOU CAN MAKE A $3 DONATION. IT'S REALLY EASY. YOU JUST TEXT THE WORD 'GAZA' TO THIS NUMBER - 4483. SO THAT'S 'GAZA' TO THE NUMBER 4483. ALL RIGHT, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE JUST A Ll'l'I'LE BIT MORE, YOU CAN DO THAT. YOU CAN HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE, AND ALL THE DETAILS ARE ON THERE. RIGHT. THATS ALL FROM US THIS WEEK AT 3RD DEGREE. WE'RE BACK NEXT WEDNESDAY. WE'LL CATCH YOU THEN.