TONIGHT ` THE DILEMMA FACING RESCUERS TRYING TO FREE A SOCCER TEAM FROM THEIR UNDERGROUND CAVE PRISON. HELP HAS ARRIVED, BUT THE MONSOON RAINS ARE ALSO COMING. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF KIWIBUILD HOMES ARE BEING BUILT, SO WHO QUALIFIES FOR THE SCHEME? AND WE'RE ON A WHALE WATCH FROM THE SUBURBS. YES, A RARE VISITOR DROPS IN ON THE CAPITAL. WE GO WHALE SPOTTING FROM THE SHORE. CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND JEAN TENG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 WE BEGIN WITH THE RACE AGAINST TIME TO SAVE 12 SCHOOL BOYS AND THEIR FOOTBALL COACH STRANDED IN A FLOODED UNDERGROUND CAVE. WITH MONSOON RAINS COMING, THAI AUTHORITIES FACE A DILEMMA OVER HOW TO CARRY OUT THE DIFFICULT RESCUE. DIVERS, INCLUDING A DOCTOR AND A NURSE, ARE TONIGHT WITH THE TEAM, PROVIDING FOOD AND MEDICAL TREATMENT. WE TALK TO A DIVER WHO'S BEEN IN THE CAVE SHORTLY, BUT FIRST THIS REPORT FROM CHANNEL NINE'S ALICE MONFRIES. THEY TELL THEIR FAMILIES THEY'RE IN GOOD HEALTH... (SPEAKS THAI) ...AND IN GOOD SPIRITS. (EXCITED CHATTER) A DAY AFTER THEIR STARTLED FACES WERE BEAMED AROUND THE WORLD, 12 BOYS AND THEIR SOCCER COACH ARE ALL SO THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THEY'RE GETTING. THE BOYS HAVE NOW BEEN JOINED BY 10 NAVY SEALS ALONG WITH MEDICS ASSESSING THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. FAMILY MEMBERS WATCHED THESE IMAGES INTENTLY, STILL DESPERATELY WAITING TO HOLD THEIR BOYS AGAIN. (SPEAKS THAI) 'I WILL HUG HIM,' THIS MOTHER SAYS. 'I MISS HIM SO MUCH.' ABOVE GROUND, THE ACTIVITY IS CONSTANT ` WATERPROOF PACKS OF PORK AND STICKY RICE TO BUILD THEIR STRENGTH. THE ENTRANCE TO THE CAVE IS JUST UP THAT PATH, AND THESE PIPES RUN DEEP INSIDE IT, PUMPING OUT HUGE VOLUMES OF WATER, AT SOME STAGES UP TO 1.6 MILLION LITRES AN HOUR, TO TRY AND GET THAT WATER LEVEL DOWN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BEFORE MORE RAINS COME. AND MORE RAIN IS CERTAIN. IT'S MONSOON SEASON, AND ANY SEVERE FLOODING COULD TAKE MONTHS TO RECEDE. THE OTHER FEAR, THAT THE CAVE THAT IS NOW THEIR SANCTUARY COULD ALSO FLOOD. THE BOYS ARE AGED BETWEEN 11 AND 16. EVEN THEIR COACH IS JUST 26, AND IT'S WHEN YOU SEE THEIR FACES YOU REALISE JUST HOW YOUNG THEY ARE. IT'S BELIEVED MOST CAN'T SWIM AND RESCUERS ARE WAITING ON DIVING MASKS SMALL ENOUGH TO ENSURE THEY WON'T COME OFF THE BOYS' FACES. THEY TALK ABOUT TEACHING THEM TO DIVE AND THEN DO IT. THAT'S A BIT OF A LONG SHOT, TO BE HONEST, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, WITHIN THE TIME SCALE BEFORE THE CAVE FLOODS AGAIN. ONCE THEY FLOOD, THE CAVES BECOME A TREACHEROUS MIX OF STRONG CURRENTS AND POOR VISIBILITY ` CONFRONTING EVEN FOR EXPERIENCED DIVERS. IT WAS A QUESTION HE COULDN'T ANSWER. IT WAS A QUESTION HE COULDN'T ANSWER. BUT TODAY MEDICAL TEAMS AND SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING DRILLS FOR WHEN A RESCUE DOES TAKE PLACE, PRACTISING TAKING MEDICAL SUPPLIES INTO THE CAVES AND HOW THEY WOULD CARRY POTENTIALLY INJURED PATIENTS OUT. HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT THEY'VE BEEN FOUND? THE SOCCER TEAM ENTERED THE CAVES AS PART OF AN INITIATION RITE TO SCRAWL THEIR NAMES ON A WALL AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. THEY COULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN HOW THEIR NAMES WILL NOW BE FOREVER ETCHED IN ITS HISTORY. AN EXPERT CAVE DIVER BASED IN THAILAND WHO'S BEEN A PART OF THE RESCUE OPERATION AT CHIANG RAI SAYS IT'S ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS DIVES HE'S EVER EXPERIENCED. AS AUTHORITIES CONTEMPLATE HOW THEY'LL GET THE KIDS OUT, HE BELIEVES THERE MAY BE A WAY UP. LAURA TWYMAN SPOKE TO HIM EARLIER. CAVE DIVING IS HIS PROFESSION, BUT FOR BEN REYMENANTS, THE JOURNEY INTO THIS CAVE WAS FAR FROM EASY,... THIS WOULD BE MY TOP THREE MOST DANGEROUS DIVES THAT I'VE DONE. PEOPLE DON'T DIVE THAT CAVE ` EVER. IT IS TOO DANGEROUS. ...EXPLAINING JUST HOW NARROW SOME PASSAGEWAYS ARE. YOU HAVE TO TAKE OFF YOUR GEAR, PUSH THROUGH, DIG A LITTLE BIT AND ZERO VISIBILITY. EXPERIENCING FIRST-HAND JUST HOW LONG THE JOURNEY IS TO THE AREA WHERE THE TEAM IS WAITING,... IT'S 2.5KM IN, SO EVERY DIVE IS ROUGHLY FOUR HOURS WHEN YOU'RE AWAY FROM THE NEAREST BREATHING GAP. AND THAT COMES AFTER A TWO-HOUR CLIMB AND WRESTLE WITH ALL THE GEAR. ...SAYING HE NEVER WOULD HAVE MADE IT THROUGH HAD IT NOT BEEN TO SAVE LIVES. I'M USUALLY CALLED FOR THE BODIES, NEVER FOR LIVE PEOPLE, TO RECOVER FROM WRECKS OR CAVES. 12 KIDS WITH THEIR WHOLE LIVES IN FRONT OF THEM. IT PUTS A BIT OF PRESSURE. BEN'S HAD TO STEP AWAY FROM THE RESCUE SITE FOR NOW WITH BROKEN GEAR, BUT HEARS RESCUE PLANS ARE CHANGING RAPIDLY. IF THE WATER DROPS ANOTHER 2M, THEY CAN PROBABLY FLOAT THEM OUT WITH LIFE JACKETS, AND THERE'S ONLY ONE OR TWO PLACES WHERE THEY HAVE TO MAKE A LITTLE DIP DIVE. GET THEM OUT ` THE SECOND OPTION. THE KIDS ACTUALLY CLAIM THEY HEARD BIRDS AND CHICKENS. THAT INFORMATION LEAVING HOPE THERE COULD ALSO BE A WAY UP. FOR NOW IT'S BELIEVED THE TEAM IS OUT OF HARM'S WAY,... THIS ROOM, IT STAYS DRY THE ENTIRE MONSOON, SO FORTUNATELY SAFE, BUT, YES, HOW SAFE CAN YOU KEEP A KID IN A DARK ROOM FOR THREE MONTHS HERE? ...WITH AROUND 5000 PEOPLE AT THE SITE HOPING THE RESCUE WON'T TAKE THAT LONG. LAURA TWYMAN, 1 NEWS. THE CRITERIA WERE REVEALED TODAY OVER WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO BUY A HOME UNDER THE GOVERNMENT'S KIWIBUILD SCHEME. COUPLES EARNING UP TO $180,000 WILL BE ALLOWED TO BUY ONE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOMES, WHILE $120,000 IS THE INCOME CAP FOR A SINGLE PERSON. THE GOVERNMENT SAYING 92% OF FIRST-HOME BUYERS WILL GET THE GREEN LIGHT UNDER THESE MEASURES. BUT YOU'LL STILL NEED TO ENTER A BALLOT, AND ONLY NEW ZEALAND CITIZENS OR PERMANENT RESIDENTS WILL QUALIFY. BUILDING 100,000 HOMES IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS IS THE AIM OF THE KIWIBUILD POLICY, WITH THE FIRST 100,000 TO BE READY BY JULY NEXT YEAR HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH WITH MORE DETAILS. THE SCAFFOLDING'S UP AT MCLENNAN PARK IN SOUTH AUCKLAND TODAY, AND BY OCTOBER, 30 OF THESE WILL BE THE FIRST KIWIBUILD HOMES. WE'VE NOW LEARNED MOST FIRST HOME BUYERS, LIKE ORLANDO AND KYLIE PRITCHARD, ARE ELIGIBLE TO GO INTO THE BALLOT. IT WOULD BE LOVELY TO JUST HAVE SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF, AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY OUR DREAM TO HAVE OUR OWN HOME. SO-CALLED 'SECOND-CHANCERS' ALSO GET A LOOK IN. THAT'S PEOPLE LIKE SARAH ARCHER WHO'VE OWNED A HOUSE BEFORE. IT'D BE AWESOME. FOR ME, I'M LOOKING TO BUY A PROPERTY ON MY OWN. SO, I'VE OWNED A PROPERTY BEFORE, AND AT THAT TIME, I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY WITH MY NOW EX-HUSBAND. AND SO FOR ME NOW TO BE ABLE TO BUY A PROPERTY BY MYSELF WOULD BE GREAT. THE RULES ARE YOU HAVE TO OWN THE HOME FOR THREE YEARS BEFORE YOU CAN SELL IT. YOU HAVE TO LIVE THERE, BUT YOU CAN RENT OUT A ROOM. IT'S GOLDILOCKS ` IT'S NOT TOO HOT; IT'S NOT TOO COLD. WE JUST THINK THAT THREE YEARS IS JUST ABOUT RIGHT. LOOK, NOW WE'VE GOT POLICY BY NURSERY RHYME. ORIGINALLY, LABOUR'S POLICY WAS IF SOMEONE SOLD A KIWIBUILD HOME IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, THEY'D HAVE TO PAY BACK ANY CAPITAL GAIN, BUT NOW THAT'S BEEN DITCHED. WE DON'T EXPECT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF CAPITAL GAIN. AND THE OTHER THING TO WEIGH UP IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE BUY THESE HOMES, THEY'RE PUTTING UP THE MONEY; THEY'RE TAKING THE RISK. IT'S THEIR PROPERTY. THERE'S NO ASSET TESTING, AND NATIONAL SAYS THAT'S A JOKE. STRUGGLING NEW ZEALAND FAMILIES ARE GOING TO BE COMPETING NEW ZEALANDERS WHO HAVE PAID TAX OVERSEAS FOR YEARS AND YEARS THAT HAVE JUST COME HOME, NEW ZEALANDERS WHO HAVE GOT INHERITANCES, WHO HAVE GOT SUBSTANTIAL OTHER ASSETS. THE MAXIMUM PRICE FOR A KIWIBUILD HOUSE IN AUCKLAND AND QUEENSTOWN IS $650,000 FOR A THREE-BEDROOM HOME, $600,000 FOR A TWO-BED AND $500,000 FOR A ONE-BED. FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, THE MAXIMUM PRICE WILL BE $500,000. IT'S STILL A STRUGGLE. YOU'RE STILL FAR AWAY FROM THE DREAM. THE GOVERNMENT'S PROMISING 1000 HOUSES WILL BE BUILT BETWEEN NOW AND JULY NEXT YEAR ` ALL PART OF THE PLAN TO TAKE THE HEAT OUT OF THE HOUSING MARKET. A SCIENTIST IS WARNING NEW ZEALAND'S MOST REVERED TREE, TANE MAHUTA, COULD BE DEAD WITHIN THREE MONTHS. SHE'S CALLING FOR URGENT ACTION TO STOP KAURI DIEBACK DISEASE KILLING THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST KAURI LOCATED AT NORTHLAND'S WAIPOUA FOREST ABOUT TWO HOURS WEST OF WHANGAREI. HELEN CASTLES IS THERE. IT'S A REALLY BIG TREE. THE PRIDE OF THE WAIPOUA FOREST ` BUT THERE ARE DIRE WARNINGS IT'S SET FOR A FALL. IT REALLY IS A MATTER OF MONTHS, WE THINK, BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE, BEFORE TANE IS INFECTED. TWO WEEKS AGO, A KAURI DIEBACK-INFECTED TREE WAS FOUND IN THE SAME VICINITY AS TANE MAHUTA. THE BIGGEST THING IS THE SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING ASPECT. IT'S GETTING A HANDLE ON WHAT IS THE ISSUE AND UNDERSTANDING HOW MANY TREES ARE IMPACTED THROUGHOUT THE FOREST. THE TREE-KILLING DISEASE IS SPREAD BY MUD, AND PEOPLE ARE THE MAIN CULPRITS. METHODS TO COMBAT IT INCLUDE TRACK IMPROVEMENTS, HYGIENE STATIONS, TARGETED CLOSURES AND ONGOING SCIENCE RESEARCH. IS THERE STILL MORE WE COULD DO? ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK IT DOES HINGE LARGELY ON THAT SCIENCE. WAIPOUA FOREST GETS THOUSANDS OF VISITORS EVERY YEAR, BUT SCIENTISTS BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE CLOSED. THE FOREST AND PARTICULARLY TANE IS AT A TIPPING POINT WHERE URGENT ACTION IS NEEDED WHILE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE SOME SOLUTIONS. THE INFECTED TREE IS JUST 60M FROM TANE MAHUTA, AND IT'S AMONG A GROUP OF TREES IN A CATCHMENT THAT ARE ALSO SHOWING SIGNS OF KAURI DIEBACK. TE ROROA SAYS THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES SHOULD'VE DONE MORE TO HELP. OUR FRUSTRATION REALLY IS THAT THERE'S BEEN... THAT MPI HAVE BEEN SLOW TO REACT TO SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT TE ROROA HAVE HAD PREVIOUSLY. MPI ADMITS THE EXISTING KAURI DIEBACK PROGRAMME ISN'T SUFFICIENT. THE PARTNERSHIP MODEL HASN'T DELIVERED THE OUTCOMES THAT NEW ZEALANDERS WOULD EXPECT FOR MANAGING KAURI DIEBACK. MPI IS NOW PURSUING A NATIONAL PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN IT HOPES TO HAVE READY BY THE END OF 2019. IT'S HOPED THIS GIANT KAURI HOLDS OUT THAT LONG. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. AN ENERGETIC SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE HAS BEEN TEASING ONLOOKERS IN WELLINGTON THIS WEEK. BUT TODAY IT PUT ON A LENGTHY SHOW IN THE HARBOUR. IT'S THE FIRST RECORDED SIGHTING OF THE SPECIES IN THE CAPITAL IN EIGHT YEARS. SCIENTISTS JUMPING AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS REPORTS. A RARE VISITOR TO THE CAPITAL. MY PHONE WAS RINGING OFF THE HOOK, AND THEY WERE LIKE, 'THERE'S A WHALE IN THE HARBOUR,' AND I WAS LIKE, 'YEAH, OK.' BUT IT WASN'T JUST ANY WHALE. THIS IS A SOUTHERN RIGHT, AND THAT REQUIRES INVESTIGATING. IT SEEMED REALLY CONTENT. I MEAN, WE SPENT HOURS WITH THE WHALE, AND IT WAS DOING SO MUCH SURFACE FEEDING. IT'S THE FIRST TIME NIWA WHALE EXPERT KIM GOETZ HAS BEEN SO CLOSE TO THE WHALE THAT WAS ONCE HUNTED TO THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION. BE CAREFUL. YOU DON'T WANT HIM TO COME UP ON THE BOAT. AT ONE POINT IT JUST BREACHED AND CAME DOWN REALLY CLOSE TO THE BOAT, AND ALL THE WATER CAME AT US, SO IT GOT ITS LAST LAUGH REALLY. WHEN THE WHALE WAS BREACHING REALLY CLOSE, YEAH, THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT SCARY. THE RESEARCHERS ABLE TO GET A DNA SAMPLE FROM THE CURIOUS MAMMAL AND RECORD ITS CALLS. YOU CAN SEE THE WHALE BEHIND ME FROM HERE IN THE WELLINGTON SUBURB OF KAIWHARARA. IT'S NOT KNOWN HOW LONG THIS VISITOR WILL STICK AROUND, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK. ITS ARRIVAL COMES JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER ANOTHER RARE FIND OFF THE COAST OF GISBORNE ` A WHITE HUMPBACK WHALE, LIKE THIS ONE, WAS SPOTTED BY FISHERMEN. THERE WERE THREE HUMPBACK WHALES THERE, AND ONE OF THEM WAS WHITE, AND WE WERE COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY. IT WAS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPERIENCE. IT'S BELIEVED IT COULD BE THE FAMOUS WHALE 'MIGALOO', SEEN HERE IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS. IT'D STILL BE RARE THAT THESE TWO THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. IT'S PRETTY NEAT. WHILE ONE POD OF WHALES JOURNEYS NORTH, THE SOUTHERN RIGHT'S HEADING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. AND IF ITS ENERGY LEVELS ARE ANYTHING TO GO BY,... (SPLASH!) ...IT'S THOROUGHLY ENJOYED ITS STAY. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS, 1 NEWS. THE HOODOO HAS ENDED, THE HOPES ARE SOARING ` ENGLAND WINS ITS WORLD CUP SHOOTOUT TO MAKE IT TO THE QUARTER FINALS. THE BOOMERS BOUNCE HOME, BRUISES AND ALL, TO SOME SERIOUS QUESTIONS AROUND WHO STARTED THIS VIOLENT CLASH WITH THE PHILIPPINES IN A WORLD CUP QUALIFIER. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BRUTAL ON A RUGBY FIELD. ON THE BASKETBALL COURT, IT'S LEFT MANY SPEECHLESS. THE AUSTRALIAN MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM HAS RETURNED HOME BLAMING THE OPPOSITION COACH AFTER THEIR BRAWL WITH THE PHILIPPINES. CHANNEL NINE'S JAYNE AZZOPARDI WITH THIS. NO VICTORIOUS HOMECOMING ` JUST A SOMBRE WALK OF SHAME. IT WAS DANIEL'S KICKERT'S ELBOW THAT MANY BELIEVED SPARKED THE BRAWL AS HE RUSHED TO DEFEND TEAMMATE CHRIS GOULDING WHO'D BEEN PUSHED TO THE GROUND. I THINK I'VE OVERSTEPPED A LITTLE BIT WITH MY RESPONSE TO THE ESCALATION IN THE GAME, AND I REGRET THOSE THINGS. BUT NOT BADLY INJURED. HE COPPED THE WORST OF IT UNTIL ASSISTANT COACH LUC LONGLEY STEPPED IN. NEITHER HAS SLEPT SINCE. IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING 48 HOURS. MY MAIN PRIORITY NOW IS TO GET HOME, SPEND SOME TIME WITH MY FAMILY. LUC LONGLEY ISN'T HIDING HIS ANGER. THE NBA LEGEND SAYS THE BRAWL IS THE WORST THING HE'S EVER SEEN IN THE GAME, SAVING HIS FIERCEST CRITICISM FOR THE PHILIPPINE'S COACH. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT, NOT EVEN ON YOUTUBE. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THEIR COACH, CHOT REYES, INCITED THEM TO COME OUT AND THUG US. BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA IS PRAISING THE TEAM'S RESTRAINT WHEN ITS CLEAR THOSE ON THE BENCH WANTED TO JOIN IN. THE TEAM NEEDED AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY STAFF TO HELP THEM OUT OF THE COUNTRY, EVEN MOVING HOTELS IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT. WE WERE GENUINELY SCARED. THE PLAYERS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, FEARED FOR HOW WE WERE GONNA GET OUT OF THERE. AS THIS VISION SHOWS, THERE WAS TENSION BETWEEN THE TEAMS EVEN DURING THE WARM-UP, THE FILIPINOS ANGRY THE AUSTRALIANS HAD REMOVED STICKERS FROM THE COURT, CLAIMING THEY WERE UNSAFE ` AND WORSE. THEY DESERVED TO WIN, BUT WE DIDN'T DESERVE TO GET THAT DISRESPECT OR THAT BULLYING FROM THEM. THE INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL FEDERATION IS INVESTIGATING AND HEAVY SANCTIONS ARE EXPECTED. NEW ZEALAND'S FORMER TOP MILITARY ATTACHE TO WASHINGTON'S VOWED TO CLEAR HIS NAME AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO MAKE AN INTIMATE RECORDING IN THE EMBASSY'S TOILETS. FRED KEATING, ON THE LEFT, APPEARED IN AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT THIS MORNING. IN A STATEMENT, HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE CHARGE HAS ALREADY TARNISHED HIS PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL REPUTATION. A COVERT CAMERA WAS DISCOVERED IN THE EMBASSY TOILETS LAST JULY, AND WHILE NO INDECENT IMAGES WERE FOUND ON IT, THE CROWN ALLEGES IT WAS FORENSICALLY LINKED TO THE FORMER NAVY COMMODORE. HE'LL GO ON TRIAL NEXT YEAR. MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE HAVE DROWNED AFTER A FERRY CAPSIZED OFF THE INDONESIAN ISLAND OF SULAWESI. THE CAPTAIN OF THE BOAT WAS ABLE TO STEER HIS SHIP ONTO A REEF ALLOWING MORE THAN 100 PASSENGERS TO EVACUATE, SEEN HERE CLINGING TO THE SIDE OF THE FERRY WAITING FOR RESCUERS. ABOUT THREE PASSENGERS ARE STILL MISSING. THE BOAT'S HULL WAS LEAKING, CAUSING IT'S ENGINE TO FAIL. POLICE IN ENGLAND HAVE DECLARED A MAJOR INCIDENT AFTER TWO PEOPLE WERE EXPOSED TO AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE AFTER A MAJOR INCIDENT NEAR SALISBURY, SOUTH WEST OF LONDON. THE PAIR IN THEIR 40S WERE FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IT WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE A DRUGS RELATED INCIDENT IN AMESBURY. IT HAPPENED JUST 16KM FROM WHERE FORMER RUSSIAN SPY SERGEI SKRIPAL AND HIS DAUGHTER YULIA WERE POISONED WITH A MILITARY NERVE AGENT. A WOMAN WHO WORKED AT A HOSPITAL IN ENGLAND HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF MURDERING EIGHT BABIES. THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL AT THE COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL IS ALSO SUSPECTED OF ATTEMPTING TO KILL ANOTHER SIX BABIES. HOSPITAL MANAGERS CALLED IN THE POLICE TO INVESTIGATE AFTER THEY COULDN'T EXPLAIN THE HIGH NUMBER OF DEATHS AND NEAR-DEATHS IN THE HOSPITAL'S NEO-NATAL UNIT. POLICE HAVE NOT SAID IF THE SUSPECT WAS A DOCTOR OR NURSE, BUT HER HOME AND CAR HAVE BEEN SEARCHED. SEARING HEAT IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES IS FUELLING DOZENS OF WILDFIRES. COLORADO IS BATTLING ONE OF THE WORST BLAZES IN THE STATE'S HISTORY, WHICH HAS ALREADY DESTROYED MORE THAN A HUNDRED HOMES. THE BLAZE, LABELLED THE SPRING FIRE, IS BURNING ACROSS MORE THAN 300 SQUARE KILOMETRES OF LAND. ENGLAND HAS ENDED ONE OF THE MOST WELL-KNOWN HOODOOS IN SPORT, NOTCHING UP THIER FIRST-EVER SHOOTOUT WIN AT A FOOTBALL WORLD CUP, THE THREE LIONS WINNING OVER COLOMBIA TO SEAL A QUARTER-FINAL SPOT. DEWI PREECE HAS ALL THE DRAMA. IT HAD ALL THE MARKINGS OF A WELL-WORN ENGLAND SCRIPT. CUADRADO TAKES! AND MINA SCORES! A 93RD-MINUTE EQUALISER TO LET THE WIN SEEMINGLY SLIP THROUGH THEIR FINGERS. THEN BECOMING THE FIRST TEAM TO FALL BEHIND IN THE PENALTY SHOOTOUT. OSPINA GOT ACROSS! AND COLOMBIA HAVE ADVANTAGE. BUT FOR THE THIRD TIME IN THE ROUND OF 16, IT GAVE THE MAN BETWEEN THE STICKS THE CHANCE TO SHINE. PICKFORD STOPS IT! AND ENGLAND NOW REACH OUT AND TOUCH IT. THAT SAVE, COUPLED WITH MATEUS URIBE'S EFFORT THAT CLATTERED THE CROSS BAR, MEANT A SIMPLE ENOUGH EQUATION FOR ERIC DIER ` SCORE, AND ENGLAND FINALLY CONQUER THEIR PENALTY SHOOTOUT DEMONS. AND ENGLAND WIN ON PENALTIES! A NEW-LOOK ENGLAND DOING JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE IT THROUGH. WE STOOD TALL, AND WE WAS THERE WHEN IT MATTERED, AND OBVIOUSLY THE PENALTY SHOOTOUT, WE STEPPED UP. INCREDIBLY PROUD OF EVERYONE. IN A HIGHLY-CHARGED ENCOUNTER, EIGHT YELLOW CARDS WERE DISHED OUT ` SIX TO THE MEN IN YELLOW ` AS THE GAME CONSTANTLY THREATENED TO BOIL OVER. SO IT WASN'T A GREAT SURPRISE WHEN THE FIRST GOAL OF THE GAME CAME FROM THE PENALTY SPOT AFTER HARRY KANE WAS BROUGHT DOWN IN THE BOX. ATTEMPTS BY COLOMBIAN PLAYERS TO SCUFF UP THE PITCH DIDN'T SEEM TO AFFECT THE ENGLISH CAPTAIN, WHO EXTENDED HIS LEAD AS THE TOURNAMENT'S GOLDEN BOOT WITH SIX GOALS. HARRY KANE IS ENGLAND'S PRICELESS GEM! WHILE COLOMBIA SEEMED TO LACK THEIR USUAL FIREPOWER WITH STAR MAN JAMES RODRIGUEZ LOOKING ON, JORDAN PICKFORD WAS FORCED TO PRODUCE A BRILLIANT SAVE IN EXTRA TIME. BUT FROM THE RESULTING CORNER, COLUMBIAN DEFENDER YERRI MINA CLIMBED HIGHEST TO SCORE HIS THIRD HEADED GOAL FROM A CORNER IN THE LAST THREE GAMES. WHILE ENGLAND FANS BURIED THEIR HEADS, GARETH SOUTHGATE WAS DETERMINED TO SHOW THEY WERE NOT THE THREE LIONS OF OLD. WE KNEW THAT IT WAS A PROCESS WE WERE IN CHARGE OF, AND THE GUYS EXECUTED IT BRILLIANTLY. AND IN REWRITING HISTORY, JORDAN PICKFORD MAY HAVE STAKED HIS CLAIM FOR THE OTHER HAND OF GOD. DEWI PREECE, 1 NEWS. AND NEXT UP ENGLAND FACE A GUTSY SWEDISH SIDE WHICH DEFIED THE ODDS TO REACH THE WORLD CUP QUARTERFINALS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 24 YEARS, SWEDEN BOOKING ITS SPOT IN THE LAST EIGHT WITH THIS DEFLECTION. IT CRUSHED THE DREAMS OF SWITZERLAND WHICH WAS LOOKING FOR ITS FIRST WIN IN A KNOCKOUT GAME SINCE 1938. BIG OPPORTUNITY HERE AND IN! TOOK A LITTLE DEFLECTION ON THE WAY. EMIL FORSBERG ARRIVED AT THIS WORLD CUP, ALL RIGHT. THE SWEDES SHOWED THEY'LL BE TOUGH FOR ENGLAND TO CRACK ` THEIR DEFENCE BLOCKING A WHOPPING NINE SHOTS. JUST AHEAD, A WEATHER FORECAST MANY ARE ALREADY SAYING COULD BE AN OSCAR CONTENDER. AND WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN THE INTERNET, A CROWD AND COOPERATION MEET? A LIFE SAVING MOMENT AT A U.S. TRAIN STATION ` THAT'S WHAT. NOW TO A LOOK AT HOW STRANGERS AT A TRAIN STATION CAME TOGETHER TO SAVE A FELLOW PASSENGER, THEIR COOPERATION ECHOING A VIRAL VIDEO. THE ABC'S TOM LLAMAS HAS MORE. IT WAS JUST AFTER 5.30PM, RUSH HOUR. A TRAIN PULLS INTO THE MASS AVENUE TRAIN STATION IN BOSTON. DOORS OPEN AND PASSENGERS START TO GET OUT. A WOMAN FALLS. HER LEG TRAPPED BETWEEN THE TRAIN CAR AND THE PLATFORM. A SMALL GROUP OF FELLOW COMMUTERS JUMP INTO ACTION. I SAW A MAN JUST RUNNING FULL-SPEED ACROSS THE PLATFORM AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS YELLING FOR SOMEONE TO CALL 911 OR CALL FO HELP. OF PETER SHAMON THAT MIGHT HAVE SAVED HIS LIFE. I HAD SAID TO SOME PEOPLE AROUND ME, 'I SAW A VIDEO ON THIS. 'IF WE ALL PUSH, IT CREATES A LITTLE BIT OF A SPACE FOR THEM 'TO PICK HER UP AND GET HER OUT OF THERE.' HE WAS REFERRING TO THIS VIDEO OF A SIMILAR INCIDENT IN AUSTRALIA FOUR YEARS AGO. PASSENGERS RUSHED TO PUSH A TRAIN CAR OFF A PASSENGER WHO WAS STUCK. SHAMON IS CREDITED FOR GETTING DOZENS OF THOSE BOSTON PASSENGERS TO DO THE SAME. WORD HAD SPREAD, AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S HANDS ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR. I MEAN, IT HAPPENED LIKE THAT. IT WAS FIVE SECONDS AND SHE WAS OUT. DOZENS OF STRANGERS COMING TOGETHER TO SAVE A LIFE. WE'RE ALL GETTING SMARTER COS OF THE INTERNET, AND THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU'VE LEARNED TO DO. THIS IS A LITTLE TRICK I'VE PICKED UP THIS WEEK, NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH THE BLACK KEYS. (THE BLACK KEYS' GOTTA GET AWAY) FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND JEAN TENG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.