CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015 KIA ORA. TONIGHT WE'RE ASSISTING THE POLICE WITH THEIR INQUIRIES, OR RATHER THEIR NON-INQUIRIES. THEY'VE REFUSED TO REOPEN ONE OF NZ'S MOST NOTORIOUS MURDER CASES, EVEN THOUGH THE MAN JAILED FOR THE CRIME HAS HAD HIS CONVICTIONS QUASHED. THEY'VE REFUSED TO PROSECUTE THE CHIEF SUSPECT, SAYING THERE'S NO NEW EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM. WELL, TONIGHT, IN THIS EPISODE OF 3D INVESTIGATES, WE GO LOOKING FOR THAT NEW EVIDENCE, AND WE FIND IT. RINGING TONE MAN: YEAH? IS HERBIE THERE? NO, HE'S NOT HERE. FOR THIS INVESTIGATION, IT'S HARDER THAN USUAL TO GET PEOPLE TO TALK. MAN: I'M NOT GOING ON CAMERA, AM I? THEY'RE SCARED,... WOMAN: WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE WANT FROM ME? I'M SORRY TO BOTHER YOU AGAIN. ...AND WITH GOOD REASON ` SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN THREATENED BY ONE OF OUR WORST CRIMINALS. THIS IS A STORY ABOUT AN UNSOLVED MURDER THE POLICE AREN'T INVESTIGATING, SO WE ARE. WHO KILLED SUSAN BURDETT, UM, IS A QUESTION THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED. AND IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, PROGRESS. RINGING TONE HELLO. HI, HERBIE. YES. IT'S PAULA CALLING, FROM TV3. OH YEAH. HI, PAULA. HOW ARE YOU GOING? HOW DID YOU GET MY NUMBER, PAULA? OOH, I'VE GOT SOURCES. (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) WE'VE GOT TO A STAGE IN THIS INVESTIGATION ABOUT MALCOLM REWA... YEAH. ...WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE TOLD US. YEAH. SO I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN` OH YEAH. ...COME AND SEE YOU. YEAH, YOU CAN COME AND SEE ME. UH, YOU AND I HAVE A PRIVATE TALK, AND THEN, WELL, I'LL THINK ABOUT GOING ON THERE. GOOD MAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, HERB. OK. I'LL TALK TO YOU TOMORROW. OK, THEN. OK. YEAH. OK, THEN. BYE. THANK YOU, PAULA. THAT ACTUALLY IS THE BREAKTHROUGH THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR OVER TWO, NEARLY THREE, YEARS NOW ` FOR HIM TO CONSIDER TALKING TO US ON CAMERA, SO FINGERS CROSSED FOR TOMORROW. ARCHIVE: SUSAN GAIL BURDETT WAS FOUND BLUDGEONED TO DEATH, BELIEVED TO BE WITH A BASEBALL BAT. THIS IS THE WOMAN OUR INVESTIGATION IS ALL ABOUT ` SUSAN BURDETT. SHE WAS RAPED AND BEATEN TO DEATH IN HER PAPATOETOE HOME. IT HAPPENED IN 1992, JUST AFTER SHE GOT HOME FROM A NIGHT OUT DOING HER FAVOURITE THING ` TENPIN BOWLING. AND THIS IS TEINA PORA. HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF THE MURDER, AND IN 1994, HE WAS FOUND GUILTY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOW CLEAR HE WASN'T THERE. THE PRIVY COUNCIL HAS QUASHED HIS CONVICTIONS. NOW EVEN THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS PORA DIDN'T DO IT. WHAT'S UNCONTESTED NOW IS THAT HE DIDN'T COMMIT THAT` THAT MURDER. < MM. UM, SO THAT'S UNCONTESTED. SO IF TEINA PORA DIDN'T DO IT, THEN WHO DID? UNSETTLING MUSIC THIS IS SERIAL RAPIST MALCOLM REWA. HE WAS CONVICTED OF SEX ATTACKS ON 25 WOMEN, BUT POLICE THINK HE COMMITTED MANY MANY MORE. REWA IS ONE OF NZ'S WORST CRIMINALS. AND HE'S ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IN 2018. ONE OF THE WOMEN HE WAS CONVICTED OF RAPING WAS SUSAN BURDETT. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF DNA EVIDENCE. HE FACED TWO TRIALS FOR HER MURDER, BUT BOTH TIMES THERE WERE HUNG JURIES. THEY COULDN'T DECIDE IF HE KILLED HER. THE PROBLEM WAS TEINA PORA. HE WAS ALREADY IN PRISON FOR THE BURDETT RAPE AND MURDER. AND EVEN THOUGH IN ALL HIS OTHER CRIMES, MALCOLM REWA ATTACKED WOMEN ON HIS OWN, WHEN IT CAME TO THE BURDETT CASE, THE POLICE SAID HE MUST HAVE TAKEN TEINA PORA WITH HIM. BUT LOOK WHAT TEINA SAYS. SO LET'S GET THIS ON THE RECORD FOR THE FIRST TIME. DO YOU KNOW EACH OTHER? DID YOU KNOW MALCOLM REWA? I NEVER EVER MET THE MAN FROM A BAR OF SOAP, MAN, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HIM. DID YOU GO WITH HIM TO COMMIT THAT CRIME WITHOUT KNOWING HIM? WERE YOU THERE AT ALL? NO. SO WITH TEINA PORA'S CONVICTIONS QUASHED AND THE CASE AGAINST MALCOLM REWA TOO CONFUSING FOR THE JURY, SUSAN BURDETT'S MURDER IS UNSOLVED. AND THE POLICE WON'T REINVESTIGATE THE CASE UNLESS FRESH EVIDENCE EMERGES. WHY WON'T YOU ACTIVELY REOPEN THE CASE? DOESN'T SUSAN BURDETT DESERVE JUSTICE? > ABSOLUTELY SUSAN BURDETT, UH, DESERVES JUSTICE. BUT MY POINT IS THAT IF WE HAD FRESH EVIDENCE, WHICH WOULD ENABLE A FRESH INVESTIGATION, WE WOULD PURSUE IT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT FRESH EVIDENCE. BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO GO LOOKING FOR THAT FRESH EVIDENCE ` THAT'S THE POINT. > IF THERE WAS FRESH EVIDENCE AROUND THIS MATTER, WE WOULD PURSUE IT. HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S FRESH EVIDENCE > IF YOU'RE REFUSING TO GO AND LOOK FOR IT? > IF THERE WAS FRESH EVIDENCE, WE WOULD PURSUE IT. WELL, LET'S SEE, BECAUSE WE HAVE FRESH EVIDENCE THAT'S NEVER BEEN USED IN COURT, AND WE SAY IT SHOULD BE. UNSETTLING MUSIC MAN: Now, tell me what you see in this image. Uh, my new shoes? OK, and this? (GASPS) Oh, my phone bill. Right, OK. Uh, this? My... tickets to Fiji. Hmm. If your credit card balance is playing on your mind, switching to an ANZ low-rate MasterCard could make a world of difference. Talk to us today. MYSTERIOUS MUSIC TO EXPLAIN THE NEW EVIDENCE AGAINST MALCOLM REWA AND WHY HE SHOULD AGAIN BE PROSECUTED FOR THE MURDER OF SUSAN BURDETT, WE NEED TO TAKE YOU BACK TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME. THIS IS THE HOUSE WHERE SUSAN BURDETT WAS RAPED AND MURDERED. I WANT YOU TO COME WITH ME NOT FAR ` JUST ACROSS THE ROAD AND DOWN THREE HOUSES ` BECAUSE THERE'S A REASON THIS PROXIMITY MATTERS SO MUCH, AND THAT IS THAT MALCOLM REWA HAD A CONNECTION HERE. AND WE'VE UNCOVERED A WITNESS WHO LIVED IN THIS HOUSE ON THE NIGHT OF SUSAN BURDETT'S RAPE AND MURDER. AND SHE TELLS US THAT SHE SAW MALCOLM REWA HERE ON HIS OWN, PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY IN HIS TRUCK. AND THAT EVIDENCE HAS NEVER BEEN HEARD. HI. IS <BLEEP> HERE? SHE DOESN'T WANT TO GO ON CAMERA. SHE'S SCARED TOO. BUT SHE TELLS US SHE OPENED THE CURTAIN ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER AND SAW MALCOLM REWA PARKED IN HIS TRUCK IN HER DRIVEWAY, ON HIS OWN, WITH NOBODY ELSE AROUND. UP TILL NOW, THERE'S ONLY BEEN PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ` DNA OF SEMEN ` CONNECTING REWA WITH SUSAN BURDETT. THERE WERE NO FINGERPRINTS, NO EYEWITNESSES, AND MALCOLM REWA CLAIMED IN HIS DEFENCE THAT HE WAS AT HOME ON THE NIGHT. SO TO NOW HAVE AN EYEWITNESS WHO SAW HIM IN SUSAN BURDETT'S STREET, ON HIS OWN, WITHOUT TEINA PORA, IS A BREAKTHROUGH. AND WE WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT OTHERS WHO KNOW THIS CASE WELL THINK ABOUT THIS NEW INFORMATION. WE'RE GOING TO SEE TIM MCKINNEL, THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR WHO TOOK ON TEINA PORA'S CASE, AND SO HAS DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF THE BURDETT INQUIRY. HEY. HI, HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. COME ON IN. SO WE HAVE SOME NEW INFORMATION THAT WE WANTED TO RUN BY SOMEBODY WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH THE CASE. ARE YOU OK FOR US TO DO THAT? ABSOLUTELY. OK. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANKS. < WE HAVE FOUND AN EYEWITNESS WHO'S TOLD US THAT SHE OPENED THE CURTAINS AT HER HOUSE ` WHICH IS THREE HOUSES AWAY FROM WHERE SUSAN BURDETT WAS MURDERED ` ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER, AND SHE SAW MALCOLM REWA IN THE DRIVEWAY... < IN HIS TRUCK... < ON HIS OWN. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT EVIDENCE, THAT INFORMATION, ON ITS OWN? IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY VITAL PIECE OF EVIDENCE,... UH, PLACING, UH, THE PERSON WHO'S BEEN CONVICTED OF SUSAN'S RAPE... IN THE VICINITY OF THE SCENE ON THE NIGHT OF HER RAPE AND MURDER, ON HIS OWN. YOU'RE A FORMER DETECTIVE. WOULD INFORMATION LIKE THIS BE USEFUL TO A RE-PROSECUTION OF MALCOLM REWA FOR MURDER? WELL, ABSOLUTELY IT COULD BE. UM, WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US IS THAT THERE IS A FRESH AND` AND COMPLETE LOOK AT THE CASE, AND THAT WOULD BE, IN MY VIEW, AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF NEW EVIDENCE. MYSTERIOUS MUSIC SHE SAYS SHE TOLD THE POLICE WHAT SHE'D SEEN. IN FACT, SHE'S ADAMANT ABOUT THAT. THESE POLICE RECORDS FROM THE TIME CONFIRM THAT SHE SPOKE TO CONSTABLES TWICE DURING WHAT POLICE CALL THE AREA CANVAS ` WHEN THEY GO DOOR TO DOOR IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF A MURDER, TRAWLING FOR INFORMATION. BUT THE DOCUMENTS DON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HER HAVING SEEN MALCOLM REWA. IT'S UNCLEAR WHY THAT IS, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE'S SO POSITIVE SHE TOLD THEM. SO IS THERE ANYONE WHO CAN CORROBORATE WHAT SHE SAYS? HERB. HI, PAULA. LONG TIME NO SEE. YEAH. GOOD TO SEE YOU. 'AND THIS IS WHERE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO TALK TO ON CAMERA FOR SUCH A LONG TIME 'BECOMES CRUCIAL.' SHALL WE GO AND HAVE THIS TALK THAT WE'VE BEEN MEANING TO HAVE FOR ` WHAT IS IT ` THREE YEARS? THREE YEARS. (CHUCKLES) ARE YOU READY? YEP. HOW COME? OH, I THOUGHT, UH, IT HAS TO COME OUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TRUTH. AND I FEEL SORRY FOR THE FAMILY. FOR SUSAN BURDETT'S FAMILY? YEAH. YOU'VE GOT STUFF TO GET OFF YOUR MIND? YEAH, A LOT. 'SO HE'S DECIDED, AFTER THREE YEARS OF US ASKING HIM, THAT HE WANTS TO DO AN INTERVIEW. 'THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ANYONE FROM MALCOLM REWA'S FAMILY HAS SPOKEN.' YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME WE MET, UM, COS YOU KNOW MALCOLM REWA WELL. YEAH. DO YOU REMEMBER HOW YOU DESCRIBED HIM TO ME? BRUTAL. BRUTAL. YEAH. YEAH, HE WAS A... OH, REALLY A NUTCASE, REALLY. HUH. YOU ALSO USED THE WORD EVIL. EVIL, YEAH, YEAH. YOU STILL THINK THAT? YEP. HERB MANAPIRI'S STEPDAUGHTER WAS MALCOLM REWA'S WIFE. HE SAW HIM FREQUENTLY, AND AT ONE POINT, EVEN GAVE REWA A JOB. HE CONFIRMS THAT THE WOMAN WHO SAW MALCOLM REWA ` OR HAMA AS HE'S KNOWN TO THIS FAMILY ` DID TELL THE POLICE AND MANY OTHERS. DID <BLEEP> TELL MANY PEOPLE THAT SHE'D SEEN HIM THAT NIGHT? SHE TOLD THE FAMILY. THE FAMILY ALL KNEW ABOUT HER STORY WHAT SHE TOLD. < WHICH WAS WHAT EXACTLY? WHAT HAMA WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY. < SHE TOLD THE FAMILY. YEAH. WHAT DOES IT SAY TO YOU THAT MALCOLM REWA WAS SEEN THERE THAT NIGHT THREE HOUSES AWAY FROM SUSAN BURDETT'S UNIT? HE DID IT. WHAT THIS IS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT THERE'S AN EYEWITNESS PUTTING MALCOLM REWA IN THE VICINITY OF THE CRIME, BECAUSE UNTIL NOW, THERE'S ONLY BEEN DNA EVIDENCE. < SO DO YOU SEE HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS? YES. < YOU DO? YEAH. < YOU KNOW THAT VERY WELL, DON'T YOU? YEAH. YEAH. < AND YOU'VE BEEN CARRYING THAT AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. YEAH. LONG TIME. AND MY FAMILY'S CARRYING IT WITH THEM TOO, YOU KNOW. UM, AND THEY'RE AFRAID. AFRAID AND PROTECTING MY GRANDCHILDREN AND STUFF LIKE THAT. < WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE,... YEAH. < ...ISN'T IT? PROTECTING THEM. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH QUITE A BIT,... < YEAH. ...WITH THIS NOW, AND WITH ME COMING TO GIVE EVIDENCE NOW, YOU KNOW, GIVING YOU AN INTERVIEW, IT'S GOING TO PUT A LOT OF STRAIN ON THEM AGAIN. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? YES, I HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW? UM, IF I'M... IF I'M GOING TO BE BETTER FOR MYSELF, YOU KNOW? WHY GO TO CHURCH AND YOU, UM... YOU KNOW YOU'RE LIVING WITH SOMETHING? YOU KNOW, THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO TELL THE TRUTH AND BRING IT OUT. SO HERE YOU ARE. YEAH, I'M NOT DOING IT FOR MONEY OR ANYTHING. I'M DOING IT FOR THE SAKE OF IT THAT WE KNOW WHAT WENT DOWN, YOU KNOW, AND HOW IT HAPPENED. MYSTERIOUS MUSIC IF THE POLICE DID KNOW ABOUT THE SIGHTING OF MALCOLM REWA, WHY DIDN'T THEY DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT? REMEMBER, IT'S NOT RECORDED IN THE INITIAL AREA CANVAS NOTES OR ANYWHERE ELSE. WHY WOULD THAT BE? < WHY COULD THAT BE? I` I DON'T KNOW. UM, I, YOU KNOW... (SIGHS) IT'S INEXPLICABLE, UM, THAT SOMETHING AS SIGNIFICANT AS THAT WOULDN'T BE RECORDED ON THE POLICE FILE. UNDOUBTEDLY, EVEN AT THAT TIME, IN 1992, WOULD HAVE BEEN OF HUGE POTENTIAL IMPORTANCE. PRESUMABLY, POLICE WOULD SAY IT'S NOT RECORDED BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T SAY IT. BUT WE HAVE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS CORROBORATING THAT SHE DID TELL THE POLICE THAT, AND SHE ALSO TOLD THE WIDER FAMILY OF THAT SIGHTING. YEAH, WELL, THAT'S... (SIGHS) THAT'S,... YOU KNOW, AN INCREDIBLY SERIOUS, UH, ALLEGATION. IF THE POLICE HAD BEEN TOLD AND DIDN'T RECORD IT, OR DID RECORD IT AND THEN MADE IT GO AWAY, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T GET MUCH MORE SERIOUS THAN THAT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CASE LIKE SUSAN'S, AND` AND A CASE THAT ENCOMPASSES A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE LIKE TEINA PORA SUFFERED. IT'S ALSO SIGNIFICANT FOR ANOTHER REASON ` IT LOOKS LIKE YET ANOTHER MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR THE POLICE TO HAVE CAUGHT MALCOLM REWA IN THE MIDST OF HIS RAPE SPREE. WHEN THE BURDETT RAPE AND MURDER HAPPENED, REWA HAD ALREADY SERVED TIME FOR A SEX OFFENCE. SO IF THE POLICE HAD FOLLOWED UP THAT SIGHTING, APPARENTLY GIVEN TO THEM WITHIN DAYS OF THE CRIME, AND CHECKED MALCOLM REWA'S HISTORY, ALARM BELLS WOULD'VE RUNG. THEY COULD HAVE TESTED HIS DNA RIGHT THEN, AND THE MATCH WOULD HAVE BEEN IMMEDIATE. BUT THEY DIDN'T. AND HE WASN'T ARRESTED AND TAKEN OFF THE STREETS FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS, DURING WHICH HE ATTACKED AT LEAST 15 MORE WOMEN. WHICH IS AN AWFUL HISTORY. SO WHAT BECOMES IMPORTANT NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO FINALLY GET A SOUND CONVICTION FOR SUSAN BURDETT'S MURDER. AND THERE'S MORE THAT CAN HELP WITH THAT. MORE NEW EVIDENCE THAT THE POLICE HAVEN'T FOUND, BUT WE HAVE. $5 isn't a lot, unless you're at Burger King, with the Cheeseburger Stunner Meal ` a flame-grilled cheeseburger, fries, a drink and a sundae for just $5. Part of the Stunner Meal range. THEY'VE REFUSED TO REOPEN ONE OF NZ'S MOST NOTORIOUS MURDER CASES, WITH THE CRIME AT THE CENTRE OF NZ'S BIGGEST EVER MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE NOW UNSOLVED, AND WITH THE POLICE NOT INVESTIGATING, WE ARE ` WITH THE BLESSING OF SUSAN BURDETT'S FAMILY. AND THERE'S ANOTHER NEW PIECE OF EVIDENCE WE BELIEVE SHOULD BE USED IN COURT IN A RE-PROSECUTION OF MALCOLM REWA FOR HER MURDER. UNSETTLING MUSIC THIS IS VIDEO THE POLICE TOOK IN 1992 AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME, SHOWING A BAT LYING ON SUSAN'S BED. THE PROSECUTION HAS PREVIOUSLY SAID THE BAT BELONGED TO HER. BUT WATCH WHAT HERB MANAPIRI, WHOSE STEPDAUGHTER WAS MALCOLM REWA'S WIFE, HAS TO SAY. YOU'VE MENTIONED, IN THE PAST, A BAT. I WANT YOU TO HAVE A LOOK AT THIS FOR ME. HAVE A LOOK AT IT. YEAH, THE OLD BASEBALL BAT. I FIRST SAW THAT WHEN I COME BACK FROM AUSTRALIA. UM,... HE TOOK` SAW IT WHERE? IN` HE HAD A HOLDEN,... AND HE TOOK ME UP TO RUAKAKA ON IT, HIM AND HIS DAUGHTER, AND I SEEN THAT BASEBALL BAT QUITE OFTEN. THIS PARTICULAR BAT? YEAH. WHY DOES IT STAND OUT IN YOUR MIND? BECAUSE OF THE COLOUR. IT'S THE OLD COLOUR, OF THE OLD BASEBALL BAT, WHAT HE USED TO CARRY. < DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IS THE BAT THAT BELONGED TO MALCOLM REWA? YEAH. < IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME? YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE. < WHAT'S`? AND I SEEN IT QUITE OFTEN. IT USED TO BE` HE USED TO CARRY IT IN HIS VAN AND STUFF LIKE THAT TOO. WHAT DID HE USE IT FOR? WHY DID HE CARRY IT AROUND? WELL, HE USED TO BEAT HIS DOGS, AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS IN THE GANG, AND THEN I SUPPOSE THAT WAS HIS WEAPON. < HE USED TO BEAT HIS DOGS WITH THIS BAT? YEAH. YEAH. < SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD REMAIN IN YOUR MEMORY? YEAH. THAT VIDEO I'VE SHOWN YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS. THAT BAT IS SITTING ON SUSAN BURDETT'S BED. YEAH. < SO WHAT ARE YOU TELLING ME? WELL, I'M TELLING YOU THAT'S HIS BAT LEFT AT THE SCENE, AND, YOU KNOW, HE STILL` THAT SHOWS THAT HE DID IT. AND WHAT'S MORE, HERB SAYS HE TOLD THE POLICE AT THE TIME. HE CAN EVEN DESCRIBE THE POLICEMAN HE SPOKE TO. BUT IT NEVER APPEARS IN ANY OF THE POLICE RECORDS. I SAID TO THEM, 'THAT'S MALCOLM REWA'S.' < DO YOU REMEMBER WHO YOU SPOKE TO? UH, IT WAS A GINGER-HAIRED DETECTIVE. < YOU REMEMBER IT WELL,... YEAH. < ...THAT CONVERSATION? YEAH. HIS NEW EVIDENCE IS COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT TWO PEOPLE CLOSE TO SUSAN TESTIFIED THAT THEY RECOGNISED THE BAT AS ONE SHE KEPT FOR SELF-DEFENCE. BUT HERB MANAPIRI IS ADAMANT. WHAT'S BEEN THE CASE UNTIL NOW IS THAT THE POLICE HAVE SAID THAT IT'S SUSAN BURDETT'S BAT THAT SHE KEPT IN ORDER TO FEND OFF ANY ATTACKER. THAT'S WHAT THE POLICE ARE SAYING ` SHE HAD IT FOR PROTECTION, BUT IT WASN'T. THAT WAS HIS FAVOURITE WEAPON IS THE BASEBALL BAT. < AND YOU'VE SEEN HIM, WITH YOUR OWN EYES, USE IT? I'VE SEEN HIM USE IT ON HIS DOGS, YEAH. WHAT HERB MANAPIRI HAS TO SAY PUTS MALCOLM REWA IN THE VICINITY AND PUTS A BAT BELONGING TO HIM AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME. SO WE ASKED PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR TIM MCKINNEL WHAT HE THINKS OF THE NEW INFORMATION WE'VE UNCOVERED. < THE POLICE ARE REFUSING TO REOPEN THE INQUIRY. AND YET WE HAVE NOW AN EYEWITNESS PUTTING MALCOLM REWA IN THE VICINITY OF THE CRIME ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER; WE HAVE SOMEONE SAYING THAT THE POLICE GOT IT WRONG ABOUT THE BAT. < AGAIN, AS A FORMER DETECTIVE, ARE THOSE TWO PIECES OF INFORMATION POTENTIALLY USEFUL IN ANY RE-PROSECUTION? UH, POTENTIALLY THEY ARE. AT` ABSOLUTELY THEY ARE POTENTIALLY USEFUL PIECES OF EVIDENCE. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE POLICE WHOSE DECISION IT IS WHETHER OR NOT TO REVIEW THIS NOW? WELL, I SIMPLY CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE POSITION THEY'RE TAKING. UM, IT'S... IT'S NONSENSICAL. IT'S UNREASONABLE. IT'S UNFAIR. IT'S UNJUST. AND I THINK THAT, UH,... (INHALES) SOMEBODY IN THE LEADERSHIP OF THE POLICE NEEDS TO HAVE SOME COURAGE. MISTAKES HAPPEN, THINGS GET MISSED,... ERRORS OCCUR. THAT'S ALL... PERFECTLY HUMAN. UH, BUT TO KNOW THERE ARE ISSUES AND TURN A BLIND EYE IS UNFORGIVABLE. SO WE HAVE HAD THE COMMISSIONER ON THE RECORD ON 3 NEWS SAYING THAT THEY WOULD TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS INVESTIGATION IF FRESH EVIDENCE EMERGES. < DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TO WARRANT THAT? YES. UNDOUBTEDLY. UNDOUBTEDLY THERE'S ENOUGH. SO WE WANTED TO SHOW THE POLICE THIS NEW INFORMATION, BUT THEY HAD NO INTEREST IN MEETING US, NO INTEREST IN FINDING OUT WHAT IT IS WE'VE UNCOVERED, DIDN'T WANT TO BE INTERVIEWED. INSTEAD, THEY'VE GIVEN US A STATEMENT, WHICH YOU'LL FIND ON OUR WEBSITE. OK, THAT WAS THE LATEST IN OUR NZ ON AIR FUNDED SERIES 3D INVESTIGATES. NEXT UP ` MASTERCHEF. BUT FROM US, A VERY GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR WATCHING. CAPTIONS BY INGRID LAUDER. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ