TONIGHT ` HER VICTIM WAS TORTURED AND LEFT FOR DEAD. NOW ONE WOMAN BEHIND THE SADISTIC ATTACK IS BEHIND BARS. ALL BUT CRUSHED AFTER A FOUR-YEAR RESISTANCE ` SYRIA'S REGIME MOVES IN ON ALEPPO'S LAST REBEL ENCLAVES. NZ NOW GETS TO SEE WHAT ALL THE FUSS WAS ABOUT, AND THERE REALLY WAS A LOT OF FUSS ` NOT ALL OF IT GOOD. MOANA THE MOVIE ROLLS IN. A WOMAN WHO TOOK PART IN THE KIDNAP AND TORTURE OF A GIRL (19) IN MAY HAS BEEN JAILED FOR JUST OVER THREE YEARS. THE VICTIM WAS AT HER SENTENCING TO DESCRIBE HOW SHE WAS SADISTICALLY ATTACKED BEFORE BEING LEFT FOR DEAD NORTH OF AUCKLAND. HERE'S WILL HINE. JACLYN KEATES TODAY APPEARED FOR SENTENCE FOR HELPING KIDNAP AND ATTACK SOMEONE SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. THE COURT WAS TOLD THE TARGET WAS TAKEN FROM CENTRAL AUCKLAND BY A GROUP IN MAY AS A RESULT OF A GRUDGE. THE VICTIM, THEN 19, WAS STRIPPED NAKED, BOUND WITH PLASTIC CABLE TIES AND BEATEN. HER HAIR WAS CUT OFF WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS. HER HANDS WERE HELD DOWN AND STOMPED ON, BREAKING ONE OF HER FINGERS. SHE WAS ALSO SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, THOSE DETAILS TOO GRAPHIC TO REPORT. THEN, ABOUT 18 HOURS AFTER BEING ABDUCTED, SHE WAS TAKEN TO THIS ISOLATED SPOT IN DOME VALLEY, NORTH OF AUCKLAND, BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GROUP. THERE SHE WAS BEATEN SOME MORE, THIS TIME WITH A HAMMER. SHE WAS LEFT TO DIE, AND THAT SHE SURVIVED IS NOTHING SHORT OF MIRACULOUS. KEATES' LAWYER SAID HIS CLIENT HAD FACED UP TO HER DEMONS AFTER INITIALLY DENYING INVOLVEMENT. SHE'D INVITED ME TO COME TO THE PRISON TO GIVE ME INSTRUCTIONS TO PLEAD GUILTY, TO SEEK RESOLUTION. SHE ADMITTED CHARGES OF KIDNAPPING, ASSAULT WITH A WEAPON AND INJURING WITH INTENT. THE VICTIM'S MOTHER SOBBED AS HER DAUGHTER DETAILED THE TORMENT INFLICTED BY HER CAPTORS, THE YOUNG WOMAN TOLD THE COURT THAT SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO DIE. SHE REMAINED COMPOSED AS SHE READ HER STATEMENT BUT LATER BROKE DOWN AS THE JUDGE RECOUNTED HER ORDEAL. THIS WAS A PARTICULARLY CRUEL, SADISTIC AND SUSTAINED ATTACK ON A YOUNG WOMAN WHO WAS FROM THE OUTSET COMPLETELY AT THE MERCY OF YOUR GROUP. FIVE OTHER PEOPLE ALSO FACE CHARGES AND WILL GO ON TRIAL IN FEBRUARY. WILL HINE, 1 NEWS. POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN AFTER AN 18-MONTH-OLD BOY WAS KIDNAPPED FROM HIS HOME IN ROTORUA OVERNIGHT. THE TODDLER WAS FOUND SAFE AND WELL THIS MORNING AFTER HIS FATHER JAMES KIFF POSTED ON FACEBOOK TO SAY HE'D BEEN ABDUCTED FROM HIS BED. THE ARRESTED MAN (17) IS NOT KNOWN TO THE BOY'S FAMILY AND WILL APPEAR IN ROTORUA DISTRICT COURT TOMORROW MORNING. THE EAST COAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND IS BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF TONIGHT WITH POWER NOW FULLY RESTORED TO 40,000 RESIDENTS. CONTRACTORS HAVE BEEN BATTLING THE ELEMENTS TO RESTORE ELECTRICITY AFTER A FATAL PLANE CRASH DAMAGED POWER LINES IN A REMOTE AREA. BRIAR WELLS HAS BEEN IN GISBORNE. WITH SCHOOL AND WORK CALLED OFF FOR THE DAY AND NO POWER, THE SIMMONS FAMILY HAVE BEEN FORCED TO GO BACK TO THE BASICS, PATIENTLY WAITING FOR THE LIGHTS TO COME BACK ON. ONCE THE FREEZER'S STARTED THAWING OUT, AND WE GET FRUSTRATING, BUT AT THE MOMENT IT HASN'T BEEN THAT LONG. JUST SOME OF THE 40,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE BLACKOUT AFTER AN AGRICULTURAL PLANE CLIPPED POWER LINES AND CRASHED IN DENSE BUSH YESTERDAY, KILLING THE PILOT AND HIS CO-WORKER, LINES CREWS WORKING NON-STOP THROUGH THE NIGHT AND ALL DAY, TRYING TO FIX THE DAMAGED POWER LINES. MUCH OF THE BATTLE WAS GETTING MACHINERY TO THE STEEP SITE, POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS NOT HELPING THE SITUATION. LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN MADE PEOPLE HAVE TO STAND DOWN STAND DOWN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. THE UNCERTAINTY OF JUST WHEN THINGS WOULD BE BACK TO NORMAL CAUSED GRIDLOCK AT PETROL STATIONS, ABLE TO OPEN AFTER GENERATORS WERE DELIVERED. EVERYTHING ` ICE, GAS BOTTLES, PETROL. IT'S QUITE EXCITING FOR THE KIDS, AND WE'RE JUST DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO LET THEM OPEN PRESENTS EARLY. FOR THOSE DESPERATE FOR A HOT CUP OF COFFEE AND SOME LUNCH,... OH YEAH. GOOD TO GET SOMETHING IN THE STOMACH, EH, OTHER THAN WEET-BIX AND SPAGHETTI. ...RELIEF TEAMS WERE CALLED IN, BARBECUES AND SAUSAGES IN TOW. IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN PLAN FOR, SO SUDDENLY IT JUST THROWS EVERYTHING OUT. IN TOWN MOST RETAILERS WERE CLOSED. THOSE DETERMINED TO STAY OPEN WERE FORCED TO WORK IN THE DARK. THIS IS ONE OF OUR BUSIEST WEEKS OF THE YEAR, OF COURSE, SO IT WILL HAVE SOME IMPACT, BUT HOPEFULLY THEY'LL ALL COME BACK IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. CIVIL DEFENCE SAYS MOST HAVE BEEN FARING WELL, BUT ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO CHECK IN ON THEIR LOVED ONES AND NEIGHBOURS. IF PEOPLE HAVE GOT NEIGHBOURS WHO THEY THINK MAY BE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ABOUT THINGS IN TERMS OF TURNING OFF THEIR APPLIANCES AND THAT KIND OF THING, FOR GOODNESS' SAKE, POP ACROSS THE ROAD OR HOP NEXT DOOR. I'D LIKE TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS OF TERM. WOULD BE GOOD IF IT CAME BACK ON TODAY, BUT WE'RE FINE AT THE MOMENT. AN EARLY START TO THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS. BRIAR WELLS, 1 NEWS. THE PIKE RIVER MINE FAMILIES WENT TO PARLIAMENT TODAY WITH A NEW PLAN TO RECOVER SOME OF THE VICTIMS' BODIES. WHAT THEY GOT IN RETURN WAS A PROMISE FROM WINSTON PETERS THAT HE'D LEAD THEM INTO THE MINE. SO IS HE FOR REAL, OR IS IT A POLITICAL PLOY? HERE'S KATIE BRADFORD. PIKE RIVER FAMILIES CAME TO PARLIAMENT WITH A NEW PLAN TO RE-ENTER THE MINE ENTRANCE OR DRIFT, AND NZ FIRST'S LEADER WINSTON PETERS WAS BACKING THEM. I AM THAT CONFIDENT IN THE EXPERT ADVICE THAT YOU HAVE THAT I'M OFFERING TO BE ON THE FIRST PARTY BACK IN. IT CAN BE DONE SAFELY. NOT ONLY DO THE FAMILIES SAY THEIR RE-ENTRY PLAN'S SAFE, THEY SAY IT'S ESSENTIAL. WE DON'T WANT A CRIME SCENE SEALED UP, AND WE WANT JUSTICE, AND WE WANT THIS DRIFT REOCCUPIED. BUT THE NEW PRIME MINISTER ISN'T SWAYED BY WINSTON PETERS' PROMISE. I DON'T THINK ANYONE WILL TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY. THERE'S A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THERE, AND HE SHOULDN'T TRIVIALISE IT. WE WANT THEM TO LISTEN TO US. IT'S ALL ABOUT GOING DOWN THE DRIFT. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GOT THE WRONG IMPRESSION, THINK THAT WE WANT TO DO THE WHOLE MINE. BERNIE MONK HAS BEEN THE FACE OF THIS FIGHT FOR SIX YEARS. I'M ON MY 12TH CEO AND MY EIGHTH GOVERNMENT MINISTER AND NOW MY SECOND PRIME MINISTER. I'VE HAD IT RIGHT UP TO THE EYEBALLS. THE OTHER PIKE RIVER FAMILIES WERE MADE A PROMISE, AND THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD KEEP THAT PROMISE. ONE OF THE DEMANDS FROM THE PIKE RIVER FAMILIES HERE TODAY IS THAT AN ENTIRE NEW ENTITY IS SET UP TO RUN THE PIKE RIVER MINE. THEY WANT IT TAKEN OUT OF THE HANDS OF SOLID ENERGY ONCE AND FOR ALL. BUT THEY SAY THAT NEEDS TO BE FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT. WHOEVER OWNS IT DOESN'T MAKE THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE. BILL ENGLISH DIDN'T MEET THE FAMILIES TODAY BUT SAYS HE WILL. I'M HERE TOMORROW AS WELL, IF HE WANTS TO COME AND MEET ME. THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE SAYS THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE EITHER, ALTHOUGH ENVIRONMENT MINISTER NICK SMITH IS HAPPY TO KEEP TALKING. I'VE MET WITH BERNIE MANY TIMES, AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK TO BERNIE AGAIN. AND THE FAMILIES SAY THEY'LL MEET AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY AND WAIT AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO GET IN THERE. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. OUR NEW PM'S FIRST FULL DAY IN CHARGE DIDN'T GET ANY CRUISIER, EITHER. BILL ENGLISH GOT A GRILLING ABOUT CHILD POVERTY AND A KEY CABINET MEMBER RESIGNED. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN ON A NOT-SO-WARM WELCOME TO THE TOP JOB. PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH ` UNDER FIRE IN PARLIAMENT AND UNDER PRESSURE CHOOSING A NEW CABINET. IT'LL BE A BALANCE, REWARDING LOYALTY WHILE ALSO SATISFYING AN AMBITIOUS BACKBENCH. IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. THE MINISTRY WILL BE ANNOUNCED NEXT SUNDAY FOR A SWEARING IN ON TUESDAY. ONE MINISTER'S JUMPED ALREADY. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER'S STEPPING DOWN AT NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION. I CAN'T SEE MYSELF BEING IN THIS POSITION FOR FOUR YEARS, A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. THE MP FOR AUCKLAND'S MAUNGAKIEKIE ELECTORATE STRUGGLED WITH THE PRISON FIGHT CLUB SCANDAL WHEN HE WAS CORRECTIONS MINISTER. BUT HE INSISTS THERE'S BEEN NO PRESSURE. HE DID THE JOB WITH REAL PRIDE AND RESPECT. THAT DECISION MAY HAVE EASED THE PRESSURE A BIT FOR MR ENGLISH. BUT IT WAS NO EASY FIRST DAY AS PRIME MINISTER IN PARLIAMENT. PIKE RIVER FAMILIES WERE WATCHING AND OPPOSITION PARTIES WERE REMINDING HIM OF JOHN KEY'S PROMISE TO RE-ENTER THE MINE IF POSSIBLE. WHY WILL HE NOT ` SIMPLY, TO QUOTE THE PRIME MINISTER ` GET SOME GUTS AND DO THE RIGHT THING? IT IS SIMPLY NOT THE RIGHT THING FOR A POLITICIAN TO OVERRIDE WORKPLACE SAFETY. BUT HE WASN'T JUST CHALLENGED ON PIKE RIVER. A NEW REPORT ON CHILD POVERTY GAVE THE OPPOSITION FRESH AMMUNITION. WILL HE SIGN UP TO ANDREW BECROFT'S TARGET OF REDUCING CHILD POVERTY BY 10% IN THE NEXT YEAR AND TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO GET THERE, OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO HEAR MORE EMPTY WORDS, JUST LIKE WE DID FROM HIS PREDECESSOR? THE HARD BIT WITH DEALING WITH CHILD POVERTY IS THE SOCIAL DYSFUNCTION WHICH HAS BEEN THERE FOR 20 OR 30 YEARS AND THIS GOVERNMENT IS ADDRESSING THAT IN A MORE FOCUSED, THOROUGH AND TRANSPARENT WAY THAN ANY PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT. MR ENGLISH HAS ONE MORE DAY OF THIS BEFORE PARLIAMENT ENDS FOR THE YEAR. BUT STAY TUNED FOR HIS NEW-LOOK CABINET ON SUNDAY. CORIN DANN, 1 NEWS. AND NZ'S REVOLVING DOOR OF POLITICS HAS SEEN A COMEBACK BID FROM A SEASONED CAMPAIGNER TODAY. LAILA HARRE IS RE-JOINING LABOUR, 30 YEARS AFTER QUITTING THE PARTY. HARRE'S MOST RECENT STINT IN POLITICS WAS HER ILL-FATED LEADERSHIP OF THE INTERNET PARTY IN THE LAST ELECTION. BUT THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE ALLIANCE PARTY IS HUNGRY FOR MORE. SHE NOW WANTS TO STAND IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION. THE LEFT, I GUESS, HAVE CONSOLIDATED AROUND LABOUR AND THE GREENS, AND LABOUR, I THINK, ARE REALLY STRONGLY RECONNECTING TO THEIR ROOTS, AND THEY ARE MY ROOTS IN THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT. LABOUR SAYS THEY WILL CONSIDER HER NOMINATION DEPENDENT ON HER SUPPORT. NEWS THAT SYRIA'S ARMY IS ON THE BRINK OF WINNING BACK ALEPPO IS BEING MET WITH POLAR OPPOSITE REACTIONS IN THE DIVIDED CITY. CIVILIANS IN ALEPPO'S WEST ARE TAKING TO THE STREETS IN CELEBRATION. THEY'RE SHOUTING 'MAY GOD SALUTE THE ARMY'. THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONTROLLED MOST OF THE WESTERN SIDE FOR THE DURATION OF THE FOUR-YEAR FIGHT FOR ALEPPO. MEANWHILE IN THE EAST, ONCE A REBEL STRONGHOLD, TANKS AND TROOPS ADVANCE FURTHER INTO SMALL INSURGENT HOLDOUTS. THE UN TODAY SOUNDING THE ALARM OVER REPORTS OF ATROCITIES COMMITTED AGAINST CIVILIANS, INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN. THE BBC'S LYSE DOUCET HAS MORE. EXPLOSIONS A BRUTAL BATTLE FOR A MAJOR CITY ` THE LAST NEIGHBOURHOODS HELD BY THE REBELS IN EAST ALEPPO ARE UNDER INTENSE FIRE. BOOM! TODAY MORE AREAS FELL TO THE SYRIAN ARMY AND ITS RUSSIAN AND IRANIAN ALLIES. GENERAL ZAID AL-SALEH SHOWS A GROUP OF JOURNALISTS THEIR LATEST ADVANCE IN THE DISTRICT OF SHEIKH SAEED. 'THE BATTLE IS AT AN END,' HE SAYS. ONLY 10% OF EAST ALEPPO IS STILL IN REBEL HANDS, BUT VICTORY COMES WITH A HEAVY PRICE ` SO LITTLE IS LEFT NOW. (SPEAKS LOCAL LANGUAGE) TRANSLATOR: WE WILL REBUILD IT. IT IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE YOUTH WHO DIED. WE CAN REBUILD THE STONE, BUT WE CANNOT REBUILD HOMELAND. AS THE FIGHTING INTENSIFIES, THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES ARE FLEEING FRONT LINES, INTO THE WEST OF ALEPPO. SOME SPEAK OF COMING UNDER FIRE FROM REBEL FIGHTERS AS THEY TRY TO ESCAPE. ONCE THEY MAKE IT OUT, YOUNG MEN GET TAKEN IN BY SYRIAN SECURITY FORCES. THERE'S GROWING CONCERN THAT MEN ARE GOING MISSING. THE ARMY SAYS IT HAS TO DO IT. TRANSLATOR: THE MEN WHO CAME OUT OF THE AREA GET TAKEN IN FOR QUESTIONING. WE NEED TO CHECK WHO THEY ARE AND WHETHER THEY HAVE DONE MILITARY SERVICE. IF THEY HAVEN'T, WE PUT THEM IN THE ARMY. GUNFIRE ALEPPO HAS BEEN AT WAR FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. THIS IS THE WORST OF IT. FRANTIC EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO TRY TO GET THE MOST VULNERABLE OUT, INCLUDING HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN. THE FIGHTERS WANT AN EXIT TOO. THOSE TALKS ARE ALSO GETTING NOWHERE, AS THE SYRIAN ARMY CLOSES IN ON VICTORY. JUST AHEAD ` HE WAS ALL ABOUT THE LITTLE GUY AND BLUE-COLLARED WORKERS. BUT DONALD TRUMP'S CABINET IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKE A WHO'S WHO OF BUSINESS BILLIONAIRES. FURTHER PROOF OF BEING CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. THIS UNDERWATER FILM MAKER WANTED FOOTAGE OF A GREAT WHITE. HE GOT IT AND THEN SOME. THERE'S BEEN THE CONTROVERSY, THE STORMING OF THE US BOX OFFICE, AND NOW IT'S HERE. MOANA THE MOVIE ARRIVES. WE'RE WITH THE STARS. HE CAMPAIGNED ON RETURNING POWER TO AMERICA'S BLUE COLLAR WORKERS, BUT US PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD TRUMP'S HELL-BENT ON MAKING HIS CABINET THE WEALTHIEST AND LEAST EXPERIENCED IN US HISTORY. BILLIONAIRE WILBUR ROSS, WHO MADE HIS FORTUNE RESTRUCTURING FAILED COMPANIES, HAS BEEN PICKED FOR SECRETARY OF COMMERCE. HIS DEPUTY WILL BE TODD RICKETTS, CO-OWNER OF CHICAGO CUBS AND SON OF A BILLIONAIRE. SMALL BUSINESS WILL BE HEADED BY WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT TYCOON LINDA MCMAHON. AND EXXON MOBIL BOSS REX TILLERSON IS EXPECTED TO BE NAMED SECRETARY OF STATE TOMORROW. IF THE OIL MILLIONAIRE IS APPOINTED, IT UNDERSCORES GLOBAL FEARS THAT AMERICAN DIPLOMACY IS STILL ALL ABOUT SECURING THE WORLD'S NATURAL RESOURCES. WITHIN THE US ITSELF, THERE ARE MAJOR CONCERNS OVER HIS LACK OF EXPERIENCE AND CLOSE TIES TO RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN. THE ABC'S PHILIP WILLIAMS HAS MORE. REX TILLERSON HAS BEEN A COMPANY OIL MAN ALL HIS WORKING LIFE SELLING ENERGY TO THE WORLD, BUT HIS FORMAL DIPLOMATIC CV IS ONE BIG BLANK. IF HE LOOKS AT A BUSINESS EXECUTIVE WHO HAS SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATED DEALS FOR HIS COMPANY AROUND THE WORLD, TRUMP SEES THAT AS SOMETHING THAT THAT PERSON COULD DO FOR THE UNITED STATES. AND THE DEALS REX TILLERSON HAS DONE WITH RUSSIA HAVE BEEN HUGE, ENSURING EXXON MOBIL HAS A LARGE SLICE OF THE CONTROVERSIAL RUSSIAN DECISION TO DRILL IN THE ARCTIC, SOMETHING CONSERVATIONISTS ARE STRONGLY OPPOSED TO. THERE'S THE ADDED SPIN-OFF FOR DONALD TRUMP, WHO'S MADE IT CLEAR HE WANTS A BIG IMPROVEMENT IN THE RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA. REX TILLERSON KNOWS VLADIMIR PUTIN WELL ` A POTENTIALLY INVALUABLE CONTACT FOR AN OTHERWISE GREEN SECRETARY OF STATE. HOW TO LOOK AT RUSSIA IS JUST CLEARLY A POINT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRUMP AND HIS CRITICS, AND TRUMP HAS TAPPED PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO SHARE HIS VIEW OF RUSSIA AS NOT NECESSARILY AN ADVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES. MR TILLERSON HAS ALSO COURTED CONTROVERSY OVER CLIMATE CHANGE, INITIALLY DENYING MANMADE EFFECTS, ALTHOUGH SOFTENING THAT STANCE MORE RECENTLY. HE'S COMFORTABLE IN HIGH CIRCLES AND WILL HAVE A VERY FULL CONTACT BOOK OF THE RICH AND POWERFUL. WITH MASSIVE ISSUES LIKE SYRIA, THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, UKRAINE AND CLIMATE CHANGE UNRESOLVED, THE HOPE IS HE'LL FIND GLOBAL SOLUTIONS AS EFFECTIVELY AS HE FINDS OIL. A BRITISH BACKPACKER IN AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN RESCUED BY POLICE AFTER SENDING DESPERATE TEXT MESSAGES TO ENGLAND PLEADING FOR HELP. MARY KATE HEYS TEXTED HER FATHER IN MANCHESTER WHEN A MAN SHE CLAIMS WAS IN A 'MANIC STATE' REFUSED TO LET HER OUT OF HIS CAR. THE 20-YEAR-OLD SAYS SHE WAS SNATCHED FROM MOOLOOLABA ON QUEENSLAND'S SUNSHINE COAST AND TAKEN ON A TWO-HOUR ROADTRIP TO GYMPIE BECAUSE HER ABDUCTOR SAID HE WAS BEING CHASED BY ALIENS. SHE WAS RESCUED AFTER SENDING HER LOCATION TO HER FATHER VIA GOOGLE MAPS. STAYING IN THE LUCKY COUNTRY, AND AN UNDERWATER FILMMAKER CHASING FOOTAGE OF A GREAT WHITE SHARK GOT HIS WISH, BIG TIME. HIS CAMERA SHAKING WHEN THE FEROCIOUS PREDATOR RAMMED ASH GIBB FROM BEHIND OFF THE COAST OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA BEFORE TURNING TO GIVE HIM A STEELY GLARE. I SAID I WANTED TO FILM A GREAT WHITE. THAT WAS THE SCARIEST, MOST EXCITING THING EVER. GIBBS SAYS HE TRIED TO STAY CALM BY REMINDING HIMSELF OF HIS BELIEF THAT SHARKS DON'T EAT HUMANS ON PURPOSE, PROVING SOME BELIEFS TAKE MORE CONVICTION THAN OTHERS. IF YOU THOUGHT FROZEN'S 'LET IT GO' WAS CATCHY, I'VE GOT BAD NEWS FOR YOU PARENTS ` THERE'S A NEW DISNEY FILM ON THE SCENE, AND IT'S LITTERED WITH EARWORMS. BUT THIS ONE'S EXTRA SPECIAL BECAUSE IT'S BURSTING WITH KIWI TALENT. LISETTE REYMER WAS THERE AS MOANA PREMIERED AT AUCKLAND'S SYLVIA PARK TONIGHT. THE VERDICT IS IN... AMAZING, BRO, IT'S AWESOME. I LIKED THE SINGING. IT JUST FEELS COOL HAVING THE CULTURE OUT THERE, EH? YEAH, I HOPE THERE'S A MOANA 2. 3, 4, 5. AND, REALLY, WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE? IT'S ACTUALLY MAUI, SHAPESHIFTER, DEMIGOD OF THE WIND AND SEA, HERO OF MEN. A DEMIGOD VOICED BY A HOLLYWOOD HUNK... I INTERRUPTED. FROM THE TOP, HERO OF MEN. GO. ...READING A SCRIPT PENNED BY ONE OF NZ'S FINEST, TAIKA WAITITI. WHENEVER I HAD A BAD JOKE, I THOUGHT, 'OH, THAT'S TAIKA. 'CROSS THAT ONE OUT, REWRITE THAT ONE.' YEP, THAT'S RIGHT, JERMAINE CLEMENT FEATURES TOO,... WORKING IN ANIMATION IS THE FIRST JOB I EVER WANTED TO DO AS A LITTLE KID, SO IT'S REALLY COOL. ...ALONG WITH A BUNCH OF KIWI STARS. WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE. I'M SO BUZZING THAT I'M IN A FILM, THE SAME FILM AS THE ROCK. THE FILM FOLLOWS A YOUNG GIRL, MOANA, ON A MISSION TO SAVE HER PEOPLE WITH THE HELP OF THE ONCE-MIGHTY MAUI. I KNOW ` NOT EVERY DAY YOU GET A CHANCE TO MEET YOUR HERO. (GRUNTS) AND OF COURSE THERE'S A FEW INCREDIBLY CATCHY TUNES THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURE. # WHAT CAN I SAY EXCEPT YOU'RE WELCOME? # THE MUSIC COMES COURTESY OF ANOTHER A-LISTER, LIN MANUEL MIRANDA, WHO WROTE THE HIT BROADWAY SHOW 'HAMILTON'. HIS FAVOURITE SONG OF THE FLICK, 'SHINY', WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY FOR JERMAINE. # SHINY. SOAK IT IN COS IT'S THE LAST YOU'LL EVER SEE. # C'EST LA VIE, MON AMIE. # I THINK JEMAINE KIND OF STEALS THE SHOW WITH A COUPLE OF SCENES THAT HE'S IN. BUT THE FILM HASN'T BEEN WITHOUT CONTROVERSY. FIRST CAME COMPLAINTS OVER THE DEPICTION OF MAUI AS AN OBESE POLYNESIAN, BEFORE DISNEY WAS ACCUSED OF CULTURAL APPROPRIATION FOR SELLING THIS COSTUME. PRIMARILY ITS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE JUST GONNA SEE AN AWESOME STORY ABOUT THIS COOL LITTLE BROWN CHICK WHO HAS TO OVERCOME HER FEARS. THAT'S CERTAINLY BEEN THE CASE IN THE STATES, WHERE MOANA HAS TOPPED THE BOX OFFICE THREE WEEKENDS STRAIGHT AND ALREADY BROUGHT IN OVER $200M. (GROANS) REALLY? BLOW DART IN MY BUTT CHEEK. AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF, THE DISNEY FLICK JUST RECEIVED TWO GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS. FOR SOME PEOPLE I HOPE IT'S INSPIRING, AND THEN FOR OTHERS I HOPE THEY JUST HAVE A GOOD LAUGH. LISETTE REYMER, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` STANDING ON A CORNER IN WINSLOW, ARIZONA, AND GIVING YOU A WEATHER OUTLOOK. THEN ` YESTERDAY HE RAN MORE THAN TWO MARATHONS TO BEAT A GOLFING RECORD. WE REVEAL WHAT HE'S RUNNING FOR TODAY. GOLFING MARATHON MAN BRAD LUITEN IS RECOVERING TONIGHT FROM HIS BACK-BREAKING 13 ROUNDS OF GOLF IN 12 HOURS. THE NEW WORLD-RECORD HOLDER, WHO RAN MORE THAN TWO MARATHONS AROUND HELENSVILLE GOLF COURSE, WINDING DOWN IN THE ONLY WAY HE KNOWS, BY GOING RUNNING. MARTIN TASKER CAUGHT UP WITH THE HUMAN ENERGIZER BUNNY. LOOKING ABSURDLY SPRIGHTLY, BRAD LUITEN LOPES AROUND AUCKLAND'S VICTORIA PARK THIS AFTERNOON, NOT PREPARED TO MISS OUT ON HIS OTHER CHALLENGE OF RUNNING A MINIMUM 10 K'S A DAY. WHAT ACHES MOST? ME LEGS, MY HAMSTRINGS, MY ITBS, MY QUADS ` EVERYTHING ABOUT MY LEGS, YEAH. AND HOW DO YOU SORT THAT OUT? JUST RUN. (LAUGHS) JUST TRY AND RUN IT OFF. AND HE'S NOT JOKING. INSPIRED BY BRITISH MARATHON RUNNER RON HILL, WHO'S RUN A MILE EVERY DAY SINCE 1964, BRAD IS AT 712 OF A THOUSAND 10K DAYS. WHY? SET MYSELF GOALS. JUST LIKE YESTERDAY, SET YOURSELF GOALS ` SOMETHING HIGH TO ACHIEVE. FEEL PROUD TO DO IT. I'VE GOT HEAPS OF RUNNING GOALS I WANT TO HIT, SO I KNOW IF I KEEP TRAINING HARD, THEN I'M GOING TO HIT THOSE GOALS. AS HE DID LATE YESTERDAY,... CHEERING ...PUTTING ASIDE THE PAIN AND PUTTING HIS WAY TO THE RECORD, BUOYED BY ADRENALINE AND A LITTLE ARMY OF SUPPORTERS TO GET HIM ACROSS THE LINE. CHEERING, WHOOPING OH, IT WAS SO HARD. I AM NOT GOING TO LIE. FIRST 10 ROUNDS WERE EASY, THEN IT JUST GOT HARD AS. ROUND 11, ROUND 12 ` HARD. 13 ` HARDEST. BUT THAT WAS THE RECORD ROUND, SO THAT GOT ME THROUGH, AND THEN THE LAST THREE HOLES TO GET 237. HAPPY. MENTION HAD BEEN MADE OF HIS OTHER WORLD RECORD, 10K ON CRUTCHES, AFTER A BROKEN LEG STOPPED HIM RUNNING. THAT WAS EASY COMPARED TO THIS. THAT'S ONLY AN HOUR, 13. THIS IS NEARLY 12 HOURS OF PAIN. THE PAIN EASED BY THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LIFTING THE OLD RECORD OF 221 HOLES OF GOLF IN 12 HOURS BY 16 HOLES. ROUND NINE WAS THE BEST, COMPLETED IN 44 MINUTES AND JUST 84 STROKES ON THE PAR-71 COURSE. THE NEXT CHALLENGE? I DON'T KNOW. GETTING UP THE STAIRS FOR A BEER. LAUGHTER I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA DO THAT, BUT I'M GONNA TRY. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HE'S RAISED AWARENESS AND FUNDS FOR THE BOWEL CANCER CHARITY. MARTIN TASKER, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER, AND IRON BUTTERFLY. IRON BUTTERFLY'S 'IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA' FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JESSICA BOELL AND JAKE EBDALE.