TONIGHT ` IS IT TIME FOR KIWI FORCES TO BE PART OF THE BATTLE AGAINST ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS? SHEDDING LIGHT ON AUCKLAND'S BLACKOUT. YOU MIGHT HAVE SCOFFED, BUT JUST HOW WELL PREPARED ARE YOU FOR DISASTER? AND COULD THIS SOW THE SEED TO FIND A CURE FOR CANCER? DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THE PRIME MINISTER'S MADE THE MOST DEFINITIVE MOVES YET TOWARDS GETTING NZ INVOLVED IN THE BATTLE AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE EXTREMISTS. BUT IS THIS A FIGHT WE SHOULD BE JOINING? HERE'S DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR.. MICHAEL PARKIN. THE DECISION ON WHETHER NZ WILL JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST ISIS LOOKS SET TO BE MADE WITHIN THE MONTH, AND JOHN KEY SAYS HE'S NOT WAITING ON A CALL FOR HELP. MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO, I THINK, MOVE TO A POSITION WHERE NZ DETERMINES WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO, IF ANYTHING, AND THEN TAKES THOSE STEPS, AS OPPOSED TO SOMEONE PARTICULARLY ASKING US TO DO THAT. THE PRIME MINISTER WANTS TO HAVE NZ'S PLAN READY BY THE TIME HE MEETS OTHER WORLD LEADERS FOR APEC AND THE G20 IN NOVEMBER. THAT'S A, SORT OF, NOT UNREALISTIC TIME TABLE. THE ULTIMATE DECISION LIES WITH JOHN KEY, BUT HE STILL WANTS TO SQUEEZE A DEBATE IN HERE IN PARLIAMENT TO PUT PRESSURE ON OPPOSITION PARTIES TO BACK A LIKELY PLAN TO SEND THE SAS INTO IRAQ. PARTIES THAT SUPPORT MILITARY ACTION WON'T BE ABLE TO CRITICISE THE GOVERNMENT IF A NZ SOLDIER GETS CAPTURED OR KILLED. AND PARTIES THAT DON'T OFFER SUPPORT WILL BE PORTRAYED AS BEING SOFT ON SECURITY. HE'S SOFTENING THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY UP. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ENGAGED IN A WAR. AND WESTERN NATIONS ARE RIGHT TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THEM, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT'S RIGHT FOR NZ TO COMMIT AND PUT AT RISK NZERS FIGHTING IN A WAR IN THAT REGION. AUSTRALIA, CANADA, THE UK AND UNITED STATES HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED ELITE SOLDIERS TO TAKE ON THE ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS, AND THE NZDF IS WATCHING CLOSELY. NZ MILITARY FOR QUITE SOME YEARS HAS HAD A PRESENCE IN THE ARAB EMIRATES, AND THAT PRESENCE IS STILL THERE. AND ARE ANY OF THOSE LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL DEPLOYMENT? NO, THEY'RE NOT LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT ANY POTENTIAL DEPLOYMENT. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE'LL BE GIVEN A FULL RANGE OF NZ'S ANTI-ISIS OPTIONS LATER THIS WEEK. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. AND ONE YOUNG KIWI MUSLIM IS WARNING NZERS TO GET READY TO BE SEEN AS A TARGET IF WE CHOOSE TO JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST ISIS. ALI TAHIR WAS BORN IN IRAQ BUT HAS LIVED HERE MOST OF HIS LIFE. HE FEELS VERY STRONGLY ABOUT NOT SENDING NZ TROOPS TO IRAQ. WE'VE BEEN THERE 20 YEARS AGO, AND WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY SORT OF BENEFIT FROM IT, EXCEPT BEING POTENTIALLY IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF ANY POTENTIAL TERRORISTS, SO WE DON'T WANNA GO DOWN THAT TRACK ONCE AGAIN. HE SAYS IF WE JOIN THE BATTLE AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE EXTREMISTS HE FEARS KIWIS HERE MAY TURN ON HIS FAMILY AND OTHER MUSLIMS, AS SEEN IN AUSTRALIA A HOMELESS FAMILY STRUGGLING TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE IS DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT A GOVERNMENT MOVE TO GET RID OF MORE STATE HOUSES. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD WITH THE STORY. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ANY MORE. JASON HOWE, HIS PARTNER AND THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS ARE AT THEIR WIT'S END, DEEP IN DEBT AND UNABLE TO GET EMERGENCY HOUSING. AND THEN I HEARD LAST NIGHT THAT THEY WANNA SELL ALL THE HOUSES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. SO IF THEY'RE GONNA SELL ALL THE HOUSES, WHERE ARE WE GONNA GO? THE BUILDER BROKE HIS WRIST IN JULY. HE'S BEEN ON ACC EVER SINCE, SLIPPING BEHIND ON THEIR RENT AND CAR PAYMENTS AND NOW LIVING IN A MOTEL. WE'VE BEEN ON THE WAITING LIST FOR HOUSING CORP FOR FIVE MONTHS NOW, AND IT SHOULDN'T BE THIS WAY WHEN MY PARTNER SUFFERS CANCER, COLON CANCER AND TYPE-I DIABETIC. I'M SCARED THAT I'M GONNA LOSE MY KIDS, THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. BUT THEY SAY WORK AND INCOME'S TOLD THEM THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING. THEY'RE NOW ON THE WAITING LIST FOR A STATE HOUSE. THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO SELL SOME OF ITS STATE HOUSING STOCK, MAINLY IN LOW-DEMAND AREAS, AND ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY GROUPS TO PROVIDE MORE. OUR GOAL IS HOUSING MORE PEOPLE IN NEED. OUR GOAL IS NOT TO OWN THE MOST HOUSES. WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING WON'T NECESSARILY ADD A SINGLE EXTRA HOUSE. WE NEED MORE HOUSES, AND THESE PEOPLE JUST DON'T SEEM TO GET IT. HOWEVER, BILL ENGLISH SAYS LOCAL COUNCIL PLANNING PROCESSES ARE THE BIGGEST SINGLE FACTOR CAUSING INEQUALITY AND A LACK OF SUPPLY. FOR JASON HOWE AND HIS FAMILY, THE OPTIONS ARE GRIM,... NOW WE'VE GOT NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO SLEEP IN MY CAR. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NEXT. ...BUT HOPING SOMEONE WILL HELP THEM SOON. KATIE BRADFORD, ONE NEWS. HONE HARAWIRA'S STILL REFUSING TO ACCEPT DEFEAT IN THE NORTHERN MAORI SEAT OF TE TAI TOKERAU. HE'S FORCED A RECOUNT OF THE RESULT, WHICH SAW LABOUR'S KELVIN DAVIS WIN THE SEAT BY 739 VOTES. THE RECOUNT'S EXPECTED TO TAKE UP TO FIVE DAYS AND MEANS THE FINAL CONFIRMATION OF LIST MPS WILL BE DELAYED, POSSIBLY UNTIL NEXT WEEK. A POST MORTEM WILL BE CARRIED OUT TOMORROW ON THE MAN WHO DIED ON WAIHEKE ISLAND AFTER A HOUSEBOAT CAUGHT FIRE. IT'S THE OWNER'S SECOND HOUSEBOAT TO BE DESTROYED BY FIRE IN THREE MONTHS. DANIELLE STANBURY REPORTS. THE OWNER OF THIS CHARRED HOUSEBOAT TRIED DESPERATELY TO GET HELP FOR HIS FRIEND WHO WAS TRAPPED INSIDE AS FIRE RIPPED THROUGH IT. I HEARD A KNOCK INSIDE OF THE BOAT. LOOKED OUT AND THE OWNER WAS THERE, BURNT FACE AND ARMS QUITE BADLY, SAYING THERE'S SOMEBODY ON THE BOAT, AND IT WAS ON FIRE. BUT BY THE TIME NEIGHBOUR TOM FOSTER-CHRISTIE GRABBED HIS FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND RAN TOWARDS THE BLAZE, IT WAS TOO LATE. WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINUTES, THE WHOLE CABIN WAS PRACTICALLY GONE. POLICE HAVEN'T FORMALLY IDENTIFIED THE DEAD MAN. THE BOAT'S INJURED OWNER IS KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'CRAKA' WALKER. HE'S A GOOD MAN. HE'S ALWAYS HAPPY TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE, QUITE` VERY FRIENDLY. AND UNTIL THE SCENE EXAMINATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, UNTIL WE HAVE A POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION, WE CAN'T SAY EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENED. CRAKA ESCAPED THE BLAZE, BUT SUFFERED SERIOUS BURNS. HE WAS HELICOPTERED TO MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL WHERE HE'S NOW IN INTENSIVE CARE. HE WAS IN QUITE A BIT OF DISTRESS AT THE TIME. HE WAS, I EXPECT, IN A HELL OF A LOT OF PAIN. THE OWNER HAD ONLY BEEN LIVING ON THE BOAT A SHORT TIME. BEFORE THAT, THIS WAS HIS HOME. IT TOO WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO. I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. I MEAN, THIS KIND OF STUFF DOESN'T HAPPEN DOWN HERE. A POST MORTEM WILL BE CARRIED OUT TOMORROW, AND POLICE SAY THEY'LL CONTINUE TALKING TO WITNESSES UNTIL THEY FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS. INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEGUN AT A MADRID HOSPITAL WHERE A SPANISH NURSE HAS CONTRACTED EBOLA. GLOBAL FEARS ABOUT THE SPREAD OF THE DEADLY DISEASE ARE GROWING, BECAUSE THE WOMAN'S THE FIRST PERSON TO HAVE CAUGHT THE VIRUS OUTSIDE AFRICA. SHE'D TREATED TWO SPANISH PRIESTS WHO DIED OF THE VIRUS AFTER BEING INFECTED IN AFRICA. THE OUTBREAK HAS NOW KILLED MORE THAN 3400 PEOPLE. AND THAT'S ONLY THE REPORTED DEATHS. THE ACTUAL NUMBER IS THOUGHT TO BE A LOT HIGHER. ALMOST ALL OF THOSE KILLED WERE IN THESE THREE COUNTRIES IN WEST AFRICA ` GUINEA, LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE. IN SIERRA LEONE YESTERDAY, 120 PEOPLE DIED WITHIN JUST 24 HOURS. HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S CHRISTINE AHERN. IT'S AN UNENVIABLE FIRST. A SPANISH NURSE THE ONLY PERSON THE ONLY PERSON TO EVER CONTRACT THE DISEASE HAVING NEVER TRAVELLED TO WEST AFRICA. SHE WAS TREATING A PRIEST WHO WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH THE DISEASE IN SIERRA LEONE AND TRANSPORTED TO SPAIN FOR TREATMENT. HE HAS SINCE DIED. THE NURSE IS NOW IN ISOLATION IN A MADRID HOSPITAL, AND THE HUNT IS ON TO SEE WHO ELSE SHE MAY HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH. IT COMES AS THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT WAS BRIEFED ON THE CRISIS BY TOP HEALTH AND SECURITY OFFICIALS, ANNOUNCING BEEFED-UP PASSENGER-SCREENING MEASURES AT AIRPORTS. WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE WORKING ON PROTOCOLS, UH, TO ADDITIONAL PASSENGER SCREENING, BOTH AT THE SOURCE AND HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE AMERICAN CAMERAMAN STRUCK DOWN BY THE DISEASE IN LIBERIA HAS ARRIVED IN NEBRASKA, MANAGING TO WALK FROM THE PLANE, AND WAS GIVEN A POLICE ESCORT TO THE HOSPITAL. OF COURSE IT'S STILL QUITE FRIGHTENING, BUT HE'S HANGING IN HE SOUNDS VERY STRONG. THE PROGNOSIS IS NOT IS POSITIVE FOR DALLAS PATIENT THOMAS ERIC DUNCAN. HE'S NOW BEEN GIVEN AN EXPERIMENTAL DRUG IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT BY DOCTORS TO SAVE HIS LIFE. THE APARTMENT HE STAYED IN HAS NOW BEEN DECONTAMINATED. WE HAVE DESTROYED HIS PERSONAL ITEMS. THEY WERE DESTROYED OVER THE WEEKEND. ALL THAT WAS SAVED WAS SOME PHOTOS AND A BIBLE. BACK HERE, A WOMAN WHO ALLEGES TWO SOLDIERS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER IN AN ARMY TRUCK BROKE DOWN IN THE HIGH COURT IN WHANGANUI TODAY. MICHAEL ISSAC GALVIN AND KEITH WILLIAMS COOK HAVE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGES. THE WOMAN, WHO WE CAN'T IDENTIFY FOR LEGAL REASONS, WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT HOW MUCH SHE DRANK AT A PARTY IN WAIOURU TWO YEARS AGO. SHE SAYS SHE HAD ONE OR TWO DRINKS EVERY HOUR AND IS ADAMANT SHE DIDN'T AGREE TO HAVE SEX WITH THE MEN. A MELBOURNE MAN'S BEEN CHARGED WITH THE DEATH OF A TOURIST FOLLOWING LAST WEEK'S HEAD-ON CRASH NEAR FAIRLIE. ONE WOMAN DIED AT THE SCENE, WHILE TWO OTHERS WERE SERIOUSLY HURT IN THE CRASH. SHU NA LO (27) FACES ONE CHARGE OF CARELESS USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE CAUSING DEATH AND TWO COUNTS OF CARELESS USE CAUSING INJURY. LO'S BEEN REMANDED ON BAIL AND WILL BE BACK IN COURT LATER THIS MONTH. A FEW HUNDRED CUSTOMERS REMAIN WITHOUT POWER IN THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND AFTER WILD WEATHER FELLED TREES AND POWERLINES. LOCALS RALLIED TO HELP EACH OTHER IN THE TINY RANGITIKEI SETTLEMENT OF TURAKINA UNTIL POWER CAME BACK ON, WHICH WAS MUCH APPRECIATED BY THIS 90-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT. ONE WANTED TO COOK MY BREAKFAST, BUT ONE BROUGHT ME` TWO BROUGHT ME FLASKS OF HOT WATER SO I COULD MAKE MY TEA. ELECTRICITY SUPPLIER POWERCO SAYS POWER SHOULD BE BACK SOON FOR THOSE STILL AFFECTED. AND A WELL-KNOWN SCULPTURE DAMAGED BY LIGHTNING IN THE CAPITAL COULD BE FIXED BY CHRISTMAS. THE 26M NEEDLE-SHAPED 'ZEPHYROMETER' WAS STRUCK DURING STORMY WEATHER IN AUGUST. THE DISMANTLED SCULPTURE WILL BE TAKEN TO CHRISTCHURCH TO BE ASSESSED BY THE ARTIST WHO MADE IT. REPAIRS ARE EXPECTED TO COST BETWEEN $100,000 AND $200,000. VECTOR SAYS ONLY SOME POCKETS OF AUCKLAND ARE TONIGHT WITHOUT POWER. THERE WERE MORE CUTS TODAY AS WORK WAS DONE ON THE NETWORK, AND THE COMPANY WARNS THAT MAY CONTINUE THIS EVENING AS PEOPLE USE MORE POWER. ENERGY MINISTER SIMON BRIDGES HAS WRITTEN TO THE ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY REQUESTING AN INQUIRY, BUT IT WON'T ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF COMPENSATION. I THINK WE'LL LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC QUANTUM, IF YOU LIKE, OF WHAT'S GONE ON, THE IMPACT ON AUCKLAND. UH, I DON'T THINK WE'LL PROBABLY GO FURTHER THAN THAT. I THINK, ULTIMATELY, YOU'VE GOT TO SAY` FIRSTLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT AND WHO, IF YOU LIKE, IS AT FAULT. VECTOR SAYS AUCKLANDERS SHOULD CONSERVE POWER TO HELP EASE PRESSURE ON THE NETWORK. SO THE POWER'S BACK ON, BUT EMERGING FROM A FEW NIGHTS IN THE DARK, HOW WELL PREPARED WERE AUCKLANDERS FOR LIFE WITHOUT POWER? AND AFTER ROUGHING IT ` EVEN JUST FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS ` HAVE WE LEARNT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING PREPARED? DAMIAN CHRISTIE WENT TO FIND OUT. IT'S EASY TO MAKE FUN OF AUCKLANDERS GOING WITHOUT POWER, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CUTS CENTRED ON THE LEAFY SUBURB OF REMUERA. AMONG THE HARROWING TALES OF WOE, THESE DOGS WITHOUT TELLY. WELL, WE ALL HAVE ANIMAL PLANET IN ALL THE PLAY PARKS AND IN OUR EXECUTIVE SUITES. THEY ALL HAVE FLAT-SCREEN TVS, AND THERE'S NO TV FOR OUR GUESTS. SIX GOLDFISH TAKEN IN THEIR PRIME. THESE ARE THE FIRST CASUALTIES OF THE POWER OUTAGE IN AUCKLAND. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ARE TERMINAL. BUT THERE'S A SERIOUS LESSON, AND IT'S NOT ABOUT BUYING A BATTERY-POWERED DVD PLAYER FOR THE BICHON. WE SURVEY EVERY YEAR PREPAREDNESS IN AUCKLAND. UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY ABOUT ONE IN 10 REALLY ARE FULLY PREPARED. MOST PEOPLE IN THE CITY ASSUME IT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO SOMEBODY ELSE. TONIGHT, THE CHANDELIERS ARE ON ALONG REMUERA ROAD. BUT IF THE LIGHTS GO OUT, HOW CLOSE IS YOUR TORCH? IF YOU GET WOKEN UP DURING THE NIGHT AND THE POWER IS OFF, YOU NEED YOUR TORCH WITHIN EXACTLY` YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS. IT'S NOT THE TIME TO WANDER AROUND IN THE DARK OVER BROKEN THINGS LOOKING FOR A TORCH. DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE NEAREST TORCH IS? YEP. YEAH, I DO KNOW WHERE THAT IS, AND WE DO HAVE SOME WATER PUT ASIDE AND BATTERIES AND A RADIO. I DO, BECAUSE I'M AN EARTHQUAKE REFUGEE, SO FOR ME, IT WAS NO BIG DEAL. THERE WERE NO CRACKS IN THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO CRACKS IN THE ROAD, THERE WAS NO LIQUEFACTION. WE ACTUALLY HAD NO CANDLES OR BATTERIES OR WORKING TORCHES. A RUN ON TORCHES AND BATTERIES AT THE LOCAL DAIRY SUGGESTS OTHERS WERE CAUGHT SHORT TOO. IT KINDA SHOWS THAT THEY WEREN'T THAT PREPARED, THAT THEY NEEDED TO COME IN AND BUY ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. BUT AT LEAST WE HAD IT, SO THEY COULD BE ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT TONIGHT. WHAT ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO? I THINK HOT SHOWERS AGAIN, YEAH. AND A LITTLE BIT MORE APPRECIATIVE OF LIFE'S LITTLE LUXURIES. DAMIAN CHRISTIE, ONE NEWS. STAY WITH US FOR ` A ROAD MAP OF THE BRAIN AND HOW IT MIGHT HELP FIGHT ALZHEIMER'S. PLUS ` WHILE THE WORLD WAS FALLING APART ABOVE, THEY CREATED A WORLD UNDERGROUND. AMID THE TORMENT OF THE TRENCHES ` SEE THE ART CREATED BY SOLDIERS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. AND THIS ` YES, IT SEEMS THEY REALLY DO HAVE PUNCH-UPS. AS WE WEIGH UP WHETHER TO JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST ISIS, AUSTRALIAN SPECIAL FORCES COULD BE ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ WITHIN DAYS. BUT AS CHANNEL NINE'S PETER STEFANOVIC EXPLAINS, THE THREAT OF ISLAMIC STATE FORCES SHOWS NO SIGN OF ABATING. THE DARK SYMBOL OF THE WORLD'S LATEST WAR. THE BLACK FLAG OF ISLAMIC STATE RAISED TRIUMPHANTLY ON A HILL OVERLOOKING THE SYRIAN TOWN OF KOBANI. ANOTHER FLAG FLYING ON TOP OF A BUILDING INSIDE THE CITY. THIS VIDEO WAS SHOT FROM THE TURKISH SIDE OF THE BORDER. THE FIGHT HAS COME TO EUROPE'S DOORSTEP. EXPLOSIONS THE SYRIAN KURDS HAVE FOUGHT FOR WEEKS TO DEFEND THIS PLACE, BUT ISIL IS PROVING TOO STRONG. IF THE MILITANTS CLAIM IT, IT WILL GIVE THEM CONTROL OF THIS WHOLE STRETCH OF BORDER. TURKISH TANKS ARE POISED ON THE FRONTIER, BUT FOR NOW THEY REMAIN IN A DEFENSIVE POSITION. THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER BREAKTHROUGH OF SORTS. BRITISH-OPERATED DRONES HAVE SPOTTED THE ISIL EXECUTIONER KNOWN AS JIHAD JOHN AND A GROUP OF HOSTAGES WEARING THEIR TRADEMARK ORANGE SUITS. BUT WITHOUT A GROUND ATTACK, THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. EXPLOSIONS JUDGING BY ISIL'S FRIGHTENING ADVANCE, COALITION FORCES CANNOT COME FAST ENOUGH. THE WINNERS OF THIS YEAR'S NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE ARE SCIENTISTS WHO HELPED DISCOVER THE BRAIN'S INTERNAL 'GPS SYSTEM'. UK-BASED RESEARCHER PROFESSOR JOHN O'KEEFE AND NORWAY-BASED HUSBAND-AND-WIFE TEAM MAY BRITT MOSER AND EDVARD MOSER SHARE THE AWARD. IT'S HOPED THEIR WORK ON HOW THE BRAIN HELPS US TO NAVIGATE OUR WAY IN THE WORLD COULD LEAD TO TREATMENTS FOR ALZHEIMER'S. WHAT WE DISCOVERED WAS THAT THIS PART OF THE BRAIN, THE HIPPOCAMPUS, WHICH RESIDES RIGHT INSIDE THE TEMPLES HERE, CONTAINS CELLS AND MACHINERY FOR LOCATING YOUR POSITION IN AN ENVIRONMENT. IT'S LIKE THE BRAIN'S GPS. IT'S A POSITION FINDER. THE NEXT STAGE OF RESEARCH WILL INVOLVE STUDYING A LARGER NUMBER OF BRAIN CELLS. AND AUSTRALIAN SCIENTISTS ARE APPARENTLY ASTOUNDED BY A CANCER-FIGHTING DRUG PRODUCED FROM THE SEEDS OF A RAINFOREST TREE. A COMPOUND FROM THE PLANT DESTROYED TUMOURS IN � OF TEST CASES AND STARTED WORKING IN FIVE MINUTES. RIGHT NOW THE COMPOUND KNOWN AS EBC46 CAN ONLY BE USED ON EXTERNAL TUMOURS AND CANCERS LIKE MELANOMA. IT HASN'T YET BEEN USED ON HUMANS, BUT CLINICAL TRIALS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN WITHIN MONTHS. DRAMATIC FOOTAGE HAS EMERGED OF THE CRASH THAT LEFT FORMULA 1 DRIVER JULES BIANCHI FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE. THIS IS THE SPILT SECOND WHERE IT ALL WENT WRONG AS A RECOVERY TRACTOR CLEARING ONE CRASH ENDED UP INVOLVED IN ANOTHER. THE YOUNG FRENCH DRIVER REMAINS IN A JAPANESE HOSPITAL WITH SEVERE INJURIES, BUT IT'S UNDERSTOOD HE'S NOW BREATHING ON HIS OWN. CONDITIONS, I MEAN, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, REMAINS CRITICAL. THEY WILL SEE THE DOCTORS TOMORROW. JULES BEEN WELL ASSISTED SINCE THE REALLY REALLY BEGINNING. AN URGENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT IS NOW UNDER WAY. NOW TO THE DISCOVERY OF SOME UNEXPECTED TREASURES CREATED BY SOLDIERS STUCK IN UNDERGROUND CAVES IN FRANCE DURING WWI. HERE'S THE BBC'S NICK HIGHAM. TODAY IT'S PEACEFUL FARMLAND. BUT FOR THREE YEARS DURING WWI, THIS WAS THE FRONT LINE. AND BELOW IT WAS A HIDDEN WORLD ` OLD LIMESTONE QUARRIES COMMANDEERED AS UNDERGROUND REFUGES FROM THE CARNAGE OF THE TRENCHES. MOST ARE STILL HIDDEN, KNOWN ONLY TO A FEW HISTORIANS AND LOCAL FARMERS. AND IN THIS SUBTERRANEAN WORLD, THERE ARE UNEXPECTED TREASURES. CARVINGS, DRAWINGS, INSCRIPTIONS. SOME ARE BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED, SOME GROTESQUE. YOU'LL FIND THEM IN CAVES AND TUNNELS ALL ALONG THE WESTERN FRONT. THIS FORMER QUARRY NEAR THE CITY OF SOISSONS WAS FIRST OCCUPIED BY FRENCH SOLDIERS IN 1914. THEY BUILT A CHAPEL, WHERE LOCALS STILL SOMETIMES CELEBRATE MASS. IT WAS DECORATED WITH SCULPTURES OF PRAYING SOLDIERS CUT INTO THE ROCK. BUT NOW THESE PLACES ARE AT RISK. JUST INSIDE ONE OF THE ENTRANCES TO THIS COMPLEX, A SOLDIER CARVED A PORTRAIT OF MARIANNE, THE SYMBOL OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. A FEW YEARS AGO, A FARMER DISCOVERED THAT PEOPLE HAD BEEN TRYING TO CHISEL IT OUT, PRESUMABLY TO SELL IT. THAT'S WHY THIS CAVE AND MANY OTHERS LIKE IT ARE NOW SECURELY BARRED. WHILE THE WORLD WAS FALLING APART ABOVE, THEY CREATED A WORLD UNDERGROUND THAT WAS HUMAN, THAT HAD FEELING, THAT WAS FULL OF EMOTION AND HOPE. JEFF GUSKY'S PHOTOGRAPHS RECORD A SUBTERRANEAN WORLD WHERE SOLDIERS LIVED AND LOOKED FOR BEAUTY, EVEN AS THEY FACED DEATH. RIGHT, NOW TO SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BUT NO LESS COMPELLING. HOW'S THIS FOR A PUNCH-UP? TWO KANGAROOS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT ON CAMERA BATTLING IT OUT ON A SUBURBAN STREET IN AUSTRALIA. MALE KANGAROOS BOX FOR SPORT OR WHEN ASSERTING THEIR DOMINANCE. THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO HAS BEEN WATCHED BY MORE THAN 400,000 PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE. JUST AHEAD, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER FOR WEDNESDAY. PLUS,... MAKE THE MOST OF THEY'VE GOT. ...WORDS OF WISDOM ON HOW TO LIVE A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE AS NZ'S OLDEST PERSON DIES. This is $156,000 in real shredded cash. 156,000 ` that's how much interest BNZ could help you shred off your mortgage with our tailored home loan. And you could pay it off over 11 years faster than a standard mortgage. Bring your home loan to BNZ and see how much you could shred. BNZ ` be good with money. 'MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT YOU'VE GOT' ` WORDS PEG GRIFFIN LIVED BY. SHE WAS BELIEVED TO BE OUR OLDEST NZER. YESTERDAY, AGED 110, SHE DIED. THIS FROM DANIEL FAITAUA. SHE WAS NZ'S SUPER CENTENARIAN. IN MAY, SURROUNDED BY FOUR GENERATIONS OF HER FAMILY, PEG GRIFFIN CELEBRATED HER 110TH BIRTHDAY AT THE KAPITI REST HOME. SHE WAS VERY RELUCTANT TO MOVE INTO THE REST HOME, BECAUSE SHE LIVED IN HER OWN HOME, HAD HER OWN GARDEN, HAD EVERYTHING, GROWN HER OWN VEGGIES AND SO... SO QUITE STUBBORN? > STUBBORN. STUBBORN AND MISCHIEF. MISCHIEF COUPLED WITH A FINELY TUNED SENSE OF HUMOUR. SHE WAS ALWAYS MAKING JOKES, AND SHE LIVENED THE PLACE UP. I'M 105. LAUGHTER I DON'T KNOW. 109. WE WERE ALSO WITH PEG WHEN SHE CELEBRATED HER 109TH BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU... EVEN FOR COMING TO MY PARTY. BORN ELEANOR, SHE WAS NICKNAMED PEG AFTER THE MUSICAL 'PEG OF MY HEART'. SHE MOVED TO ENGLAND AND GOT MARRIED AND RETURNED TO NZ TO RAISE THREE CHILDREN ON HER OWN. SHE'D SEEN TWO WARS, A GREAT DEPRESSION, SEVERAL RECESSIONS AND 37 GOVERNMENTS. JUST LAST MONTH, SHE VOTED IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. I WENT IN I SAID TO HER, 'PEG, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET THE PRIME MINISTER?' AND SHE SAID 'WHY? WHY WOULD HE WANT TO MEET ME?' I SAID, 'WELL, MAYBE IT'S COS YOU'RE THE OLDEST VOTER.' AND SHE SAYS, 'SILLY PEOPLE.' THE SECRET TO A LONG LIFE, IN PEG'S OWN WORDS, WAS JUST TO ENJOY LIFE. MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR LIVES. MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT THEY'VE GOT. PEG PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY AFTER SUFFERING FROM A STROKE LAST WEEK. HER FUNERAL IS ON MONDAY. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. NOW TO HOW WEDNESDAY'S WEATHER IS LOOKING. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD AND INGRID LAUDER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.