TONIGHT, ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK ` LABOUR LOSES ANOTHER MINISTER, AS SCANDAL TAINTS MEKA WHAITIRI. AND A GIRL (12) WHO IS THOUGHT TO BE A NZER IS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE AFTER ANOTHER SHARK ATTACK WITHIN 24 HOURS IN THE WHITSUNDAYS IN QUEENSLAND. AND A NEW ZEALANDER WHO ADMITTED HELPING HIS MOTHER TO DIE HAS NOW BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN SOUTH AFRICA. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018. LABOUR'S MEKA WHAITIRI HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF HER MINISTERIAL POST AFTER ALLEGEDLY BEING INVOLVED IN AN ASSAULT ON A STAFF MEMBER. ALONG WITH CLARE CURRAN, SHE IS THE SECOND MINISTER TO BE DEMOTED IN AS MANY WEEKS. WITH MORE, HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER MAIKI SHERMAN. ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER MINISTER GONE. MEKA WHAITIRI WILL BE REMOVED AS A MINISTER WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT. SACKED OVER AN ALLEGATION MEKA WHAITIRI ASSAULTED HER STAFF MEMBER ` AN INCIDENT WHICH TOOK PLACE DURING THIS TRIP TO GISBORNE WITH THE PRIME MINISTER. WHILE THE FACTS ARE IN DISPUTE, THE REPORT SAYS AN INCIDENT OCCURRED. MINISTERIAL SERVICES HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS, MEKA WHAITIRI INITIALLY WORKING FROM HER ELECTORATE, BUT RETURNING FOR THE TE WAIROA TREATY SETTLEMENT. I'M CO-OPERATING FULLY WITH THE INVESTIGATION. THE MP RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT FULL-TIME THIS WEEK, EVEN GIVING A SPEECH IN THE HOUSE JUST YESTERDAY. THE HONOURABLE MEKA WHAITIRI. BUT TODAY'S NEWS SENT MEKA WHAITIRI BACK INTO HIDING. THE PRIME MINISTER REFUSED TO GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL ON THE REPORT, SAYING IT'S AN EMPLOYMENT MATTER AND SHE WANTED TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF THE STAFF MEMBER INVOLVED. HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS WILL PREPARE A VERSION OF THE REPORT FIT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE. THE STAFF MEMBER HAD ONLY BEGUN WORKING FOR MEKA WHAITIRI A FEW WEEKS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. BUT 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS THE MP HAS A HISTORY OF POOR STAFF TREATMENT, INCLUDING DURING HER TIME AS SENIOR PRIVATE SECRETARY OF THE LATE LABOUR MP PAREKURA HOROMIA. IT EVEN DREW ATTENTION FROM THE OFFICE OF THEN PRIME MINISTER HELEN CLARK. LOOK, I THINK WE'VE GOT A GOVERNMENT IN CHAOS. WE'VE SEEN WEAK LEADERSHIP AND WEAK GOVERNMENT NOW FOR WEEKS. TWO MINISTERS, VERY SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES, INASMUCH AS THEY JUST SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH EARLIER. JACINDA ARDERN, THOUGH, FOCUSING ONLY ON THE NOW. I HAVE MADE THE DECISION SOLELY ON THIS INCIDENT. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS MEKA WHAITIRI WILL SEEK SUPPORT FOR MANAGING STAFF AND EXPECTS THE MP TO RETURN TO PARLIAMENT NEXT WEEK. A GIRL (12), REPORTEDLY A NEW ZEALANDER, IS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE AFTER BEING BITTEN BY A SHARK IN THE WHITSUNDAY ISLANDS IN NORTH QUEENSLAND. THE ATTACK HAPPENED CLOSE TO WHERE A WOMAN WAS MAULED LESS THAN 24 HOURS AGO. THE GIRL WAS TREATED BY A VET, WHO MANAGED TO STEM THE FLOW OF BLOOD FROM A SEVERED ARTERY. WITH DETAILS, HERE'S CHANNEL 9'S ALEX BERNHARDT. IN THE SAME PLACE LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST ATTACK, A GIRL (12) SAVAGED ON THE LEG BY A SHARK. A SHARK-ATTACK MAUL BITE TO THE PATIENT'S THIGH AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOOD LOSS AND SEVERE INJURIES. IT IS VERY, VERY UNLUCKY, AND IT'S EXTREMELY UNFORTUNATE. MY HEART GOES OUT TO THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THE VICTIMS OF THESE HORRIBLE SITUATIONS. THE YOUNG GIRL BITTEN AT CID HARBOUR IN THE WHITSUNDAYS WAS AIRLIFTED TO MCKAY HOSPITAL FOR EMERGENCY SURGERY. YESTERDAY'S VICTIM, MOTHER OF TWO JUSTINE BARWICK, WAS ALSO BITTEN ON THE LEG THERE, THE TASMANIAN TOURIST'S LIFE SAVED BY A SERIES OF LUCKY COINCIDENCES ` AN EMERGENCY DOCTOR WHO JUST HAPPENED TO BE SAILING IN THE AREA. SHE HAD SEVERE, LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AND WAS IN AN EXTREME STATE OF HYPOVOLAEMIC SHOCK WHEN I ARRIVED. AND THE RESCUE HELICOPTER, ALSO NEARBY AND ABLE TO REACH HER JUST IN TIME, THE OPERATION TO GET HER ON BOARD A COMPLEX ONE TAKING 40 MINUTES. WHEN SHE ARRIVED AT HOSPITAL, A TRAUMA TEAM WAS READY AND WAITING. VERY SCARED, COLD, IN SHOCK, SO IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS. BUT YEAH, SHE'S VERY LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. IN ONE OF THE GREAT HOLIDAY PLAYGROUNDS OF AUSTRALIA, TONIGHT TWO PEOPLE ARE IN HOSPITAL BADLY HURT. AND LOCALS AND TOURISTS ALIKE ARE NERVOUS ABOUT GOING IN THE WATER. THE SCALE OF HOUSING NEW ZEALAND'S METH TESTING SCANDAL HAS BEEN REVEALED. 2500 PEOPLE WERE KICKED OUT OF THEIR STATE HOMES AND $120M WAS WASTED IN UNNECESSARY CLEAN-UPS. TODAY, AN APOLOGY AND COMPENSATION WAS REVEALED. WITH DETAILS, HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. AFTER YEARS OF DENYING IT WAS MISUSING METH TESTS,... IN HINDSIGHT, HOUSING NEW ZEALAND WAS WRONG TO APPLY THEM MORE BROADLY. TODAY HOUSING NEW ZEALAND IS PUTTING UP ITS HAND AND SAYING, 'WE GOT IT WRONG. WE GOT IT WRONG ON A NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS, 'AND PEOPLE GOT HURT.' ...THE AGENCY'S FINALLY ADMITTED USING BOGUS SCIENCE TO EVICT HUNDREDS OF ITS TENANTS. BUT ITS FORMAL APOLOGY AND PROMISE OF COMPENSATION MET WITH A LUKEWARM RESPONSE. IT JUST DOESN'T CUT IT ` LIKE, THE MONEY, YOU KNOW. IT WILL DEFINITELY HELP, BUT THEY'VE GOT TO FIX A LOT OF THINGS IN MY HEAD AND THE KIDS' HEADS. ARE THEY AFFECTED FOR LIFE? WELL, AN INITIAL AMOUNT WOULD HELP PEOPLE ADDRESS SOME OF THE IMMEDIATE MATERIAL NEEDS, BUT THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING AT EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE. THOSE UNFAIRLY EVICTED WILL BE OFFERED BETWEEN $2000 AND $3000 IN COMPENSATION. BUT HOUSING NEW ZEALAND'S RECORDS ARE SO SLACK, IT DOESN'T KNOW WHERE MANY OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE GONE. THE BOARD'S CHAIRWOMAN DIDN'T FRONT TO APOLOGISE, HEADING OFF ON AN OVERSEAS HOLIDAY INSTEAD. BUT SHE AND KEY STAFF INVOLVED IN THE SCANDAL WILL ALL KEEP THEIR JOBS. I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN ADRIENNE YOUNG-COOPER, WHO WAS CHAIR OF THE BOARD THROUGH A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN SOME OF THE WORST OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS GOING ON. UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, TENANTS WERE EVICTED FOR TINY TRACES OF METH ` LESS THAN WHAT'S FOUND ON BANKNOTES ` AND PRESUMED GUILTY FROM THE OUTSET. BUT TODAY THE PARTY RUBBISHED THE APOLOGY. WELL, THEY NEED TO FIND A SPINE, ACTUALLY, AND STAND UP FOR THE FACT THAT NEW ZEALAND TAXPAYERS DON'T WANT TO BE PROVIDING HOUSES FOR PEOPLE TO COMMIT ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES. OH MY GOODNESS, SHE SHOULD HANG HER HEAD IN SHAME FOR BEING THE GOVERNMENT THAT PUSHED AND WHIPPED UP THIS HYSTERIA. AS IT LOOKS TO RECOVER FROM THE SCANDAL, THE HOUSING AGENCY IS PROMISING A MORE HUMANE APPROACH. IT WILL GENERALLY ONLY TEST A HOUSE NOW IF IT SUSPECTS THERE HAS BEEN METH MANUFACTURING. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. A NEW ZEALANDER WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF ASSISTING HIS MOTHER'S SUICIDE HAS NOW BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN SOUTH AFRICA. EUTHANASIA ACTIVIST SEAN DAVISON HAS NOW BEEN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS FRIEND ANRICH BURGER, A DOCTOR WHO BECAME A QUADRIPLEGIC. LAURA TWYMAN REPORTS. THIS IS SEAN DAVISON LEAVING NEW ZEALAND SIX YEARS AGO AFTER FIVE MONTHS' HOME DETENTION FOR HELPING HIS TERMINALLY ILL MOTHER TO DIE. I DID IT FOR THE LOVE OF MY MOTHER. IS WAS A COMPASSIONATE THING TO DO. NOW HE HAS APPEARED IN COURT IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, FACING A MURDER CHARGE FOR THE 2013 DEATH OF HIS FRIEND HE SAYS WANTED TO DIE, DESCRIBING TO A SOUTH AFRICAN NEWS ORGANISATION HOW HE HELPED DR ANRICH BURGER, A QUADRIPLEGIC AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT, TO END HIS OWN LIFE. HE WASN'T NERVOUS. HE WASN'T ANXIOUS. HE SPOKE ABOUT BEAUTIFUL THINGS ` ABOUT THE LOVE FOR HIS MOTHER, THE LOVE FOR HIS FIANCEE. HIS CONCERN ` HE WANTED THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE FREEDOM HE DESPERATELY NEEDED. IT WAS A PEACEFUL, RELAXED TIME. HIS EYES WERE JUST SO HAPPY. I'D NEVER SEEN HIM HAPPY. A MAN ABOUT TO DIE. HE WAS VERY, VERY PEACEFUL AND RELAXED. WOW. AND HE TOOK THE MEDICINE HIMSELF? HE DRANK IT HIMSELF. AT THE TIME OF THIS INTERVIEW, HE SAID HE HADN'T BEEN CONTACTED AS PART OF ANY POLICE INVESTIGATION. HE ALSO HAD NO FEAR OF PROSECUTION. HE ASKED ME TO BE INVOLVED IN HIS DEATH, BUT HE PLANNED IT. THIS WAS NOT A CRIME, SO THERE SHOULD BE NO PROSECUTION. DR BURGER COMMITTED SUICIDE. RIGHT. HE WROTE HIS OWN PRESCRIPTION. HE COLLECTED IT. HE ARRANGED FOR THE HOTEL. I WAS AT THE END WITH HIM. BUT HE CLEARLY SPECIFIED HIS WISH TO DIE. IN COURT, THE 57-YEAR-OLD HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO MURDER. HE HAS BEEN RELEASED ON BAIL AND WILL REAPPEAR IN NOVEMBER. LAURA TWYMAN, 1 NEWS. YOUR INCOME TAX WON'T GO UP. NOR WILL GST. BUT THE MUCH TALKED-ABOUT AND CONTROVERSIAL CAPITAL GAINS TAX IS BEING LOOKED INTO. THE HIGH-POWERED GROUP EXAMINING OUR TAX SYSTEM HAS TWO OPTIONS ON HOW TO TAX THE MONEY KIWIS MAKE FROM INVESTMENTS AND BUSINESSES. WITH DETAILS, HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY. THE FINANCE MINISTER SAYS THE TAX SYSTEM IS UNFAIR. ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO GO TO WORK EVERY DAY IN NEW ZEALAND AND PAY TAXES ON THEIR WAGES AND SALARIES LOOK AT SOMEBODY WHO ISN'T PAYING TAX ON INCOME THAT THEY GET FROM ANOTHER SOURCE, AND THEY WONDER WHY. SO THE MAN WHO USED TO DO HIS JOB, SIR MICHAEL CULLEN, IS IN CHARGE OF A TEAM LOOKING INTO IT. TODAY IT PRESENTED ITS IDEAS. THE KEY ISSUE IS CAPITAL INCOME. HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE INCOME MADE THROUGH INVESTMENTS LIKE PROPERTY OR BUSINESS. SOME TYPES OF CAPITAL AREN'T TAXED IN NEW ZEALAND. BY INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, WE HAVE A NARROW RANGE OF CAPITAL INCOME WHICH IS TAXED. SO THE GROUP CAME UP WITH SOME OPTIONS. FIRST OPTION IS AN EXTENSION OF WHAT IS DEEMED INCOME, TAXING NOT ONLY INVESTMENT PROPERTY, BUT SHARES IN BUSINESSES AS WELL. THIS OPTION SCRAPS THE BRIGHTLINE TEST THAT ONLY TAXES SECOND HOMES SOLD WITHIN FIVE YEARS ` THAT HOME TAXED NO MATTER WHAT. THE SECOND OPTION ` ALL INVESTMENT ASSETS ARE TAXED ANNUALLY ACCORDING TO THEIR EQUITY AT THE TIME, NOT WHEN THE ASSET IS SOLD. IT ALSO MEANS YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF ESTIMATE OF THE RETURN ON THAT CAPITAL ASSET EACH YEAR. AND FOR SOME ASSETS, THAT MIGHT BE SIMPLE. BUT FOR OTHER ONES, SUCH AS LAND-BASED ASSETS, IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY REQUIRE A VALUATION DONE EVERY YEAR, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET AN ACCURATE ESTIMATE, AND THAT'S PRETTY COSTLY. DON'T FORGET THE GOVERNMENT HAS RULED OUT TAXING THE FAMILY HOME AND THE LAND UNDERNEATH IT. IT HAS ALSO SAID NO TO INCREASING THE INCOME TAX RATE AND GST. THE TAX WORKING GROUP NOW WANTS FEEDBACK BEFORE PRESENTING ITS FINAL REPORT IN FEBRUARY. THE UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE NEW TAXES NEW ZEALANDERS ARE GONNA FACE IS NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING TO HELP THE ECONOMY. ANY CHANGES WILL COME IN AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION. JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY, 1 NEWS. AFTER MONTHS OF TALK OF LOW BUSINESS CONFIDENCE, SOME POSITIVE NEWS FOR THE ECONOMY AND THE GOVERNMENT ` THE LATEST GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT FIGURES MEASURING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SHOW THE HIGHEST QUARTERLY GROWTH RATE IN TWO YEARS, WITH GROWTH RISING 1% OVERALL. WELL, THIS IS REAL GROWTH IN THE ECONOMY ACROSS ALL SECTORS. IT INCLUDES ALL SOLID EXPORT GROWTH, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US, AND GOOD SOLID GROWTH WITHIN EVERY ASPECT OF THE ECONOMY. THIS IS BASED ON REAL DATA FROM THE ECONOMY. HOWEVER, ECONOMISTS SAY THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WILL BE THE REAL TEST, WITH ANNUAL GROWTH AT 2.7% THE LOWEST SINCE 2014. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN HANDING OUT HOT MEALS AND HUGS AS HE ASSESSED THE DAMAGE ACROSS AMERICA'S FLOOD-RAVAGED EAST COAST. WATER LEVELS ARE CONTINUING TO RISE IN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, SIX DAYS AFTER HURRICANE FLORENCE HIT. WITH MORE, HERE'S CHANNEL 9'S CHARLES CROUCHER. THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF TRIES HIS HAND AT CONSOLER IN CHIEF. TO THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES, AMERICA GRIEVES WITH YOU AND OUR HEARTS BREAK FOR YOU. STROLLING IN FLOOD WATERS IN THE CAROLINAS ALMOST A WEEK AFTER HURRICANE FLORENCE MADE LANDFALL. OUR STATE TOOK A GUT PUNCH, MR PRESIDENT, AND OUR PEOPLE ARE STILL REELING. AFTER BEING CRITICISED FOR CASUALLY TOSSING PAPER TOWEL AFTER HURRICANE MARIA, THE PRESIDENT TODAY HANDING OUT MEALS... AND HANDING OUT HUGS,... EARLIER READING FROM A PREPARED STATEMENT. WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR LOSS. WE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOUR SIDE. WE'RE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY. 36 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THE STORM. BUT WITH WHOLE CITIES STILL CUT OFF OR UNDERWATER, THAT FIGURE WILL CERTAINLY RISE. THIS EVENT'S NOT OVER. THE RIVERS ARE STILL CRESTING. AND SO WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO THE LIFE SAFETY AND LIFE SUSTAINMENT MISSION. MOST OF THE WATER IS NOW BOUND FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE EMERGENCY TEAMS ARE BRACING. WASHINGTON IS WITH YOU. TRUMP IS WITH YOU. WE ARE ALL WITH YOU 100%, AND WE'LL GET THROUGH IT. DONALD TRUMP IS THE SUBJECT OF ACCLAIMED U.S. FILMMAKER MICHAEL MOORE'S LATEST DOCUMENTARY. MOORE EXAMINES THE FORCES HE BELIEVES CONTRIBUTED TO TRUMP'S ELECTION VICTORY, DRAWING PARALLELS WITH THE RISE OF HITLER IN 1930'S GERMANY. MOORE HAS JUST SPOKEN ON THE RED CARPET AT HIS LOS ANGELES PREMIERE. MICHAEL CROPP REPORTS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE LAST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THE LEFT-WING FILMMAKER MICHAEL MOORE PULLS NO PUNCHES. HOW THE (BLEEP) DID THIS HAPPEN? ECHOES: THE AMERICAN DREAM IS DEAD. MICHAEL MOORE'S APPROACH IS AS PROVOCATIVE AS EVER. THIS TIME HIS TARGET IS PRESIDENT TRUMP, A MAN WHO MOORE SAYS BELIEVES ONLY IN HIMSELF. HE HATES DEMOCRACY. IF WE ALLOW HIM TO CHIP AWAY AT OUR RIGHTS, AT OUR CONSTITUTION, THE THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE IN, THE THINGS THAT WE HOLD DEAR, WE MAY NOT HAVE THE AMERICA THAT WE THOUGHT WE HAD OR WE WANNA HAVE. THE NEW FILM, CALLED FAHRENHEIT 11/9, REFERS TO HIS EARLIER DOCUMENTARY FAHRENHEIT 9/11, ABOUT THE AFTERMATH OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERROR ATTACKS; THIS ONE TAKING ITS TITLE FROM THE DAY OF TRUMP'S UPSET VICTORY OVER HILLARY CLINTON. HE REALLY DOESN'T WANNA SCRAP WITH ME ` I AM RELENTLESS, I AM WITHOUT FEAR. AND I'M ON THE SIDE OF THE PEOPLE. MOORE LOOKS AT THE ANGST SOME HAVE FELT SINCE TRUMP'S ELECTION AND ARGUES ESTABLISHMENT POLITICS IN THE U.S. IS FAILING THE AVERAGE CITIZEN, USING THE FLINT WATER CRISIS AS AN EXAMPLE. # MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY... # HE SAYS THOSE FAILURES DROVE THE APPEAL OF THE OUTSPOKEN REALITY TV STAR. TRY TO IMPEACH HIM, JUST TRY IT ` YOU'LL HAVE A SPASM OF VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN. I HATE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, BUT I'D NEVER KILL 'EM. STOP RESISTING. AND THERE'S ONE ANOTHER POTENTIAL ESCAPE ` MICHAEL MOORE SAYS THERE'S ALWAYS CANADA. MICHAEL CROPP, 1 NEWS. A MURI AKE I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA. COMING UP ` BONO MEETS THE POPE AT THE VATICAN. SO WHAT DID THE PAIR DISCUSS IN THEIR PRIVATE MEETING? AND ITS A NEW WORLD RECORD THEY'RE AFTER ` THE BIGGEST WAVE EVER RIDDEN BY A WOMAN. THE SEARCH IS ON FOR A SURFER TO TAKE THE HONOURS. * NIGELLA LAWSON: Hello, chocolate lovers. James Henry Whittaker came to New Zealand because he was restless to find a better way. It's something that Whittaker's have stuck to generation after generation for well over a hundred years, and now Andrew and Brian have made a luscious new caramel filling. It's creamier, more buttery and velvety. Better in every way ` just as JH would expect. Exactly. Well said. (UPBEAT MUSIC) (CHEERING AND LAUGHTER) SONG: # Oh, oh, hey! # Oh, oh, hey! (RATTLING) # Oh, oh, hey! # Oh, oh, hey! # VOICEOVER: Tic Tac. Refresh every little moment. PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY TO ACCOMMODATE MORE REFUGEES IN NEW ZEALAND, AFTER THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED IT WILL INCREASE THE QUOTA BY 500. IT WILL MEAN CHANGES FOR HOW AND WHERE WE WELCOME REFUGEES, WHICH ALL STARTS WITH SIX WEEKS AT THE MANGERE REFUGEE CENTRE IN AUCKLAND. YVONNE TAHANA WAS THERE TODAY. BABY STEPS INTO A NEW, NEW ZEALAND LIFE. THIS TODDLER WAS BORN IN AN INDONESIAN REFUGEE CAMP. HIS DAD HAD BEEN STATELESS SINCE FLEEING SOMALIA IN 1990. THREE WEEKS IN, THE FAMILY ARE AT MANGERE'S REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT CENTRE AND MAKING FRIENDS WITH THIS AFGHANI TEENAGER. I WAS EXCITED AND HAPPY TO BECOME A KIWI. SO NOW I AM A KIWI, YEAH. THIS WHOLE CENTRE OPERATES LIKE A SMALL VILLAGE. IT'S NOW A GROWING VILLAGE, AFTER THE GOVERNMENT CONFIRMED IT'S RAISING THE REFUGEE QUOTA TO 1500. YEAH, I ALMOST CRIED, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO WAITING. AND WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DELIVERY MODEL. AT THE MOMENT WE HAVE SIX INTAKES. WE MAY CHANGE TO SEVEN INTAKES. THE CENTRE CURRENTLY HAS 196 BEDS ACROSS SIX BLOCKS, BUT IT'S EXPANDING TO MEET THE DEMAND. NEW BUILDING PROJECTS WILL TAKE IT UP TO 250 TO 260 BEDS. NEW ZEALAND TAKES ON REFUGEES BASED ON REFERRALS FROM THE UN. BUT IN THE LAST DECADE, WE'VE TAKEN ON MORE REFUGEES ORIGINALLY FROM MYANMAR AND BHUTAN THAN ANYWHERE ELSE, AND MORE RECENTLY FROM CONFLICT ZONES LIKE SYRIA AND AFGHANISTAN. BUT NEW ZEALAND RANKS 95TH IN THE WORLD FOR ITS INTAKE, AUSTRALIA TAKING MORE THAN 18,000. I DO THINK WE NEED TO STEP UP, AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THAT WE BRING IN GO. AFTER SPENDING SIX WEEKS HERE, REFUGEES ARE RESETTLED IN FIVE REGIONS. BUT SIX MORE ARE BEING OPENED UP. SO, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR COUNCILS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO PUT UP THEIR HAND AND SAY, 'YEAH, WE WANT TO BE ONE OF THE NEW SIX.' FOR THESE NEW FRIENDS, THE HORIZON IS LOOKING A LOT BRIGHTER. IT'S THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY, I THINK. WELL, NOW I'M IN NEW ZEALAND ` THANK GOD. THIS CENTRE NOW SET TO BE A WELCOME OASIS FOR MANY MORE FAMILIES. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. MORE DISTURBING DETAILS HAVE EMERGED ABOUT A SUSPECTED SERIAL RAPE INVESTIGATION IN THE U.S. A WELL KNOWN SURGEON AND HIS GIRLFRIEND HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH DRUGGING AND ASSAULTING TWO WOMEN. BUT POLICE SAY MORE WOMEN HAVE SINCE COME FORWARD. HERE'S ABC'S KAYNA WHITWORTH. A GROWING INVESTIGATION INTO A CALIFORNIA COUPLE ACCUSED OF USING THEIR GOOD LOOKS AND CHARM TO PREY ON WOMEN. TONIGHT AUTHORITIES SAY THEY HAVE THREE MORE POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF DR GRANT ROBICHEAUX AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, CERISSA RILEY. THE SURGEON, WHO WAS ONCE NAMED ORANGE COAST MAGAZINE'S BACHELOR OF THE YEAR, SEEMED LIKE THE PERFECT CATCH ON THIS REALITY SHOW. I'M LOOKING FOR A WIFE TO RAISE A FAMILY WITH. BUT POLICE SAY HE HAS A DARK SIDE. THE COUPLE NOW CHARGED WITH DRUGGING AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTING TWO WOMEN ` ONE OF THOSE ALLEGED ATTACKS FILMED. AND YOU SAID THAT IT WAS THEIR M.O. THAT THEY WOULD SEND HER OUT FIRST TO MEET THE WOMEN? THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SEEN, YES. INVESTIGATORS NOW SEARCHING FOR MORE POSSIBLE VICTIMS ON THOUSANDS OF VIDEOS SEIZED FROM THE COUPLE. ONE NEIGHBOUR SAYS POLICE HAD BEEN TO THEIR APARTMENT BEFORE. MY MOM TOLD ME A STORY THAT SHE HEARD SCREAMING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A YEAR OR TWO AGO. AND THE POLICE CAME. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TELLS ME IT'S POSSIBLE THEY COULD HAVE HUNDREDS OF VICTIMS, BUT WE KNOW SINCE YESTERDAY THREE WOMEN HAVE COME FORWARD, AND WE'RE LEARNING LATE TODAY OF POSSIBLE THREE MORE, ATTORNEYS FOR THE COUPLE SAYING THEY DENY ALL ALLEGATIONS OF NON-CONSENSUAL SEX. THE POPE HAS MET WITH BONO, THE FRONTMAN FOR THE IRISH BAND U2. BONO AND THE POPE MET FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES AT THE VATICAN TO DISCUSS POVERTY. DURING HIS TRIP TO IRELAND LAST MONTH, POPE FRANCIS BEGGED FOR FORGIVENESS OVER THE CLERGY'S YEARS OF ABUSE. WE TALKED ABOUT THE POPE'S, UM,... FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE CHURCH. AND I EXPLAINED HOW, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS TO SOME PEOPLE LIKE THE... THE ABUSERS ARE BEING MORE PROTECTED THAN THE VICTIMS. AND YOU COULD SEE THE PAIN IN HIS FACE, AND I FELT HE WAS SINCERE. AND I THINK HE'S AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN FOR EXTRAORDINARY TIMES. IN THE PAST THREE YEARS IRISH VOTERS HAVE REJECTED THE VATICAN'S VIEWS AND APPROVED ABORTION AND GAY MARRIAGE IN REFERENDUMS. FOLLOWING ON FROM THE WORLD SURF LEAGUE'S DECISION TO AWARD EQUAL PRIZE MONEY FOR MEN AND WOMEN ACROSS ALL ELITE TOUR EVENTS, THEY'VE NOW ADDED THE WOMEN'S XXL BIGGEST WAVE CATEGORY TO THE BIG WAVE AWARDS. THEY'RE SCOURING THE ARCHIVES TO FIND THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE BIGGEST WAVE SUCCESSFULLY RIDDEN BY A FEMALE SURFER SO FAR. HERE'S SOME OF THE CONTENDERS. (SIX60'S 'CLOSER') # CLOSER, CLOSER. # THIS NIGHT IS OVERDUE. # I CAN'T HELP MYSELF. # ONE THING I WANNA DO, # IS GET CLOSER TO YOU, # CLOSER TO YOU, # CLOSER, CLOSER. # THERE'S ALMOST 40 BIG WAVES IN THE RUNNING FOR THE WORLD RECORD, SOME SPANNING BACK AS FAR AS 2009. JUST AHEAD ` A VERY RARE BABY HAS ARRIVED. THE RHINO CALF IS A MONTH OLD AND NEEDS A NAME. NOW TO A FIRST LOOK AT AN ADORABLE EASTERN BLACK BABY RHINO CALF THAT WAS BORN LAST MONTH IN THE U.S. THE FEMALE BABY RHINO, WHO IS YET TO BE NAMED, IS JUST 4 WEEKS OLD. THE CLEVELAND ZOO HAS LAUNCHED A COMPETITION TO NAME ITS NEWEST ADDITION. THE PUBLIC CAN VOTE ON CALLING HER NIA, DALIA OR ZINA. FEWER THAN 5000 BLACK RHINOS REMAIN THE WILD. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER. # OOH-AH-AH. # YOU WANTED SOMETHING PERFECT. # YOU'RE SO CAUGHT UP IN WANTING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. # YOU MADE SOME BAD DECISIONS, # BUT YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T HIDE THE WAY YOU'RE FEELING. # SAY YOU WANNA COME BACK WHEN IT'S ALL OVER, # TAKING BACK MY WORDS AND THINGS I TOLD YOU. # OOH-AH-AH. ECHOES: # HOW DID I GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO HOLD YA? # HOLD YA? # IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG? # COS I SEE YOU'RE BREAKING RULES, AND... # I THINK YOU'RE BAD AT LOSING. # HAS IT BEEN TOO LONG? # LONG? # COS I'M SO CONFUSED, # AND YOU'RE SO CONFUSING, THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND FAITH HAMBLYN.