TONIGHT ` HOW A HELICOPTER CRASHED, KILLING ITS PILOT, IS REVEALED, BUT IT'S PROVIDED NO RELIEF FOR THE FAMILY OF FIREFIGHTER AND WAR HERO STEVE ASKIN. FINGERS HAVE BEEN POINTED AND BLAME LAID, BUT FOR SOME HAVELOCK NORTH LOCALS, IT'S NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH. THE SONG WAS 'LOSE YOURSELF'. NATIONAL HOPES NOT TO LOSE ITS CASE AS ITS FIGHT WITH A RAP HEAVYWEIGHT COMES TO AN END. IT'S BEEN REVEALED HOW THE HELICOPTER PILOT BATTLING THE PORT HILLS FIRES WAS KILLED ` BUT NOT WHY. THE FAMILY OF DECORATED FORMER SAS SOLDER STEVE ASKIN SAY THE REPORT INTO THE FEBRUARY ACCIDENT BRINGS ANSWERS , BUT NOT CLOSURE FOR THEM. ALI PUGH REPORTS. IT WAS THIS CATASTROPHIC CRASH NEAR CHRISTCHURCH'S TRANSMISSION TOWER IN THE MIDST OF THE PORT HILLS FIREFIGHT THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF HELICOPTER PILOT AND FATHER OF TWO STEVE ASKIN. TODAY, SOME LIGHT WAS SHED ON WHAT UNFOLDED IN THE AIR. THE EVIDENCE SHOWED THAT DURING THE FLIGHT BACK TO THE DIPPING POND, THE MONSOON BUCKET ROSE UP BEHIND THE HELICOPTER, AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT, IT MUST'VE CONTACTED THE TAIL ROTOR. THAT IMPACT WITH THE CABLE SAW THE CHOPPER LOSE ALL CONTROL. STEVE ASKIN MADE ONE FINAL MAYDAY CALL, BEFORE FATALLY CRASHING INTO THE HILLSIDE. TODAY'S INTERIM REPORT BY THE TRANSPORT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION HAS ASKED THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY TO HIGHLIGHT TO PILOTS THE RISKY NATURE OF HELICOPTERS CARRYING UNDERSLUNG LOADS, SOMETHING STEVE ASKIN'S FATHER SAYS THE FORMER SOLDIER WAS WELL AWARE OF. STEVE HAD DONE A LOT OF HOURS FLYING WITH MONSOON BUCKETS AND OTHER LOADS UNDER A HELICOPTER, AND HE, LIKE EVERY PILOT, KNEW THERE ARE INHERENT SAFETY RISKS WITH HAVING SOMETHING DANGLING BELOW A HELICOPTER. AND YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP IT DOWN BELOW. MONSOON BUCKETS WERE A CRUCIAL PART OF THE FIREFIGHTING STRATEGY WITH THE PORT HILLS BLAZES, GIVEN THEIR SHEER BREADTH AND THE COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHY. BUT GIVEN THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT WAS A RELATIVELY FINE DAY, VISIBILITY WAS CLEAR, AND STEVE ASKIN WAS AN EXPERIENCED PILOT, WITH MORE THAN 80 HOURS OF FIREFIGHTING EXPERIENCE, EXACTLY WHY THIS CRASH OCCURRED IS STILL UNKNOWN. WHY THE BUCKET ROSE SO HIGH IS A FURTHER LINE OF INQUIRY TO BE LOOKED AT, INVOLVING BOTH THE FLIGHT PATH AND THE WAY THE HELICOPTER WAS FLOWN, THE WEATHER AND OTHER FACTORS. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW, PARTICULARLY FROM A SAFETY POINT OF VIEW FOR OTHERS IN THE INDUSTRY, WHAT PRECIPITATED THAT ACTION, THAT CONNECTION. THE COMMISSION EXPECTS TO PUBLISH ITS FINAL REPORT WITHIN A YEAR. ALI PUGH, 1 NEWS. AN INJECTION OF CASH FOR LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE TOILETS, CAR PARKS AND FREEDOM CAMPING FACILITIES HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED TO KEEP UP WITH THE TOURISM BOOM. IT'S A HELPING HAND FOR THOSE IN REGIONS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP, BUT SOME SAY THE BOOST DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH, AS JESSICA MUTCH REPORTS. WHEN TOURISTS ROLL INTO TOWN, SO DOES THE MONEY. BUT THEY CAN PUT PRESSURE ON THE FACILITIES. I WOULD SAY THAT RUNNING WATER AT ALL OF THEM WOULD BE VERY USEFUL, COS THE ONE WE STAYED AT HAD NO RUNNING WATER. YOU COULD PROVIDE WHATEVER, AND THEY ARE STILL GOING TO CRAP IN THE BUSHES. YOU'RE NEVER EVER GOING TO STOP THAT PERCENTAGE. IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE. WHETHER YOU CHOP ALL THE BUSHES DOWN ` THAT MIGHT BE THE IDEA. AND SOME REGIONS ARE STRUGGLING. JUST NOT ENOUGH FACILITIES TO COPE WITH WHAT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE EXPLOSION IN NUMBERS. SO THE NEW TOURISM MINISTER HAS JUMPED ON BOARD,... HIGH HEELS, HAND BAGS (LAUGHS). ...ANNOUNCING $102M OVER FOUR YEARS TO PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT LOCAL COUNCILS CAN'T AFFORD. COUNCILS WILL HAVE TO APPLY FOR FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND CHIP IN. IT IS NOT FAIR TO PUT ALL OF THE BURDEN ON RATEPAYERS IN SMALL TOWNS, AND EVEN SOME OF THE BIGGER ONES. $102M IS GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN THE REGIONS. TOURISTS LIKE IT TOO. I THINK MORE AND MORE TOILETS AND MAYBE SHOWERS AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. PEOPLE CAN USE THEM, AND THERE IS NO GARBAGE OR PEOPLE DUMPING STUFF OUTSIDE. BUT SOME SAY IT'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY. THEY KNOW THERE IS INCREASING VOTER CONCERN 120 DAYS BEFORE AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN. ACTUALLY, MOST OF THIS IS OLD MONEY. THERE IS A TINY, NEW TOP-UP OF ADDITIONAL MONEY. THE MONEY IS IN LIEU OF LEVYING VISITORS DIRECTLY AT THE AIRPORT SO NO TO A TOURIST TAX? NO TO A TOURIST TAX. ANOTHER $76M OVER FOUR YEARS WILL GO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION FOR THINGS LIKE EXTENDING WALKWAYS ON DOC LAND. THE WALKS HELP, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE NEW ZEALAND ARE HERE FOR THE SCENERY. NEARLY FIVE MILLION TOURISTS ARE SET TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND EACH YEAR BY 2022. THE MINISTER SAYS WE NEED TO BE READY. JESSICA MUTCH, 1 NEWS. THE LABOUR PARTY'S LOOKING TO SOLVE WHAT IT CALLS A LOOMING CRISIS, A SHORTAGE OF FAMILY DOCTORS, WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE. THE OPPOSITION SAYS DOCTORS ARE GETTING OLDER, ARE OVERWORKED AND THERE AREN'T ENOUGH NEW GPS BEING TRAINED. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE HAS MORE. CATHY STEVENSON HAS BEEN A GP FOR 18 YEARS. I THINK GENERAL PRACTICE IS INCREDIBLY REWARDING FOR LOTS OF REASONS, BUT PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PATIENT AND OFTEN THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL, AND IT'S A RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU GET TO BUILD OFTEN OVER MANY YEARS. BUT NEW ZEALAND'S FACING A CHRONIC SHORTAGE OF GPs. OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS FACING A MAJOR STRAIN. WE KNOW WE HAVE ENOUGH STUDENTS GOING INTO THE MEDICAL SYSTEM AT THE START. AND AT THE OTHER END, WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH GPS COMING OUT. FAMILY DOCTORS ARE MOSTLY OVER 50. AND IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, 44% INTEND TO RETIRE. GPs ARE DEALING WITH MORE AND MORE PATIENTS. LAST YEAR, THEY HANDLED 63,000 PATIENT VISITS EVERY DAY. THAT'S 12,000 PER DAY MORE THAN IN 2008. THIS IS A LOT OF WORK. THIS IS IMPORTANT. IT IS ABSOLUTELY PRIME IN THE HEALTHCARE OF NEW ZEALANDERS. AND THE WORKLOAD'S CREATING MORE PRESSURE. 22% OF GPs SAY THEY FEEL BURNT OUT. THERE IS A RISK THAT INCREASED WORKLOAD WITH NO ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT COULD ACCELERATE SOME GPs' RETIREMENT PLANS AT A TIME WHEN WE NEED MORE GPs, NOT LESS. THE ROYAL COLLEGE SAYS WE NEED TO START TRAINING MORE DOCTORS, AND FAST. AT AN ABSOLUTE MINIMUM, WE SHOULD BE TRAINING ABOUT 300 GPs PER ANNUM. WE'RE CURRENTLY TRAINING 200. HEALTH MINISTER JONATHAN COLEMAN SAYS THERE ARE ENOUGH MEDICAL STUDENTS. NOW THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THEM INTO GENERAL PRACTICE. BUT OF COURSE IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN CHALLENGING GETTING DOCTORS TO GO AND PRACTISE IN REMOTE RURAL AREAS. I LOVE MY JOB, AND I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED MY JOB, AND I HOPE I AM ALWAYS ABLE TO KEEP ON DOING IT. AND DR STEPHENSON HOPES MORE MEDICAL STUDENTS WILL FEEL THE SAME WAY. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS. AND LABOUR'S PROMISING FREE CONSULTATIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IF IT GETS INTO GOVERNMENT. IT'S PROPOSING TO SPEND $43M TO SET UP NEW MENTAL HEALTH TEAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AN AUCKLAND MAN (19) HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ARSON IN CONNECTION WITH LAST WEEKEND'S FIRES IN PIHA AND ANOTHER ONE IN THE CENTRAL CITY. FLAMES DESTROYED THE BEACHSIDE COMMUNITY'S TAKEAWAY SHOP IN THE EARLY HOURS OF SUNDAY MORNING, AT THE SAME TIME FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED ANOTHER BLAZE IN THE HILLS ABOVE. POLICE SAY THERE'VE BEEN AT LEAST 15 SUSPICIOUS FIRES AROUND PIHA IN THE PAST FORTNIGHT. THE TEENAGER WILL APPEAR IN THE TAURANGA DISTRICT COURT TOMORROW. POLICE ARE NOT RULING OUT FURTHER CHARGES. DONALD TRUMP HAS STAUNCHLY DEFENDED HIS SHOCK FIRING OF FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY. BUT THE PRESIDENT'S EXPLANATION DID LITTLE TO HALT SPECULATION THAT MR COMEY WAS SACKED TO STOP AN AGENCY PROBE INTO THE TRUMP TEAM'S RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA. CHANNEL NINE'S LIZZIE PEARL HAS MORE. AT HOME, IN A BASEBALL CAP, JAMES COMEY ` FIRED. AS FOR WHY, DONALD TRUMP PUT IT SIMPLY. BECAUSE HE WASN'T DOING A GOOD JOB, VERY SIMPLY. HE WAS NOT DOING A GOOD JOB. THE WHITE HOUSE LATER SAYING THE DIRECTOR OF THE FBI HAD COMMITTED ATROCITIES BY GOING AROUND THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IN THE HILLARY CLINTON EMAIL INVESTIGATION. AND FRANKLY, HE'D BEEN CONSIDERING LETTING DIRECTOR COMEY GO SINCE THE DAY HE WAS ELECTED. THIS WAS NEWS TO COMEY, WHO WROTE IN A LETTER TO HIS FORMER FBI COLLEAGUES... UNTIL NOW, DONALD TRUMP HAD ONLY PRAISE FOR JAMES COMEY. AND IT TOOK GUTS FOR DIRECTOR COMEY TO MAKE THE MOVE THAT HE MADE. GOOD JOB BY THE FBI. DEMOCRATS AND EVEN SOME REPUBLICANS ARE NOW QUESTIONING THE PRESIDENT'S ABOUT-FACE. IN THE DAYS BEFORE HE WAS FIRED, JAMES COMEY REPORTEDLY ASKED FOR MORE AGENTS FOR THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION, AN INQUIRY HE WAS LEADING INTO WHETHER ANYONE FROM THE TRUMP CAMP COLLUDED WITH RUSSIA BEFORE THE ELECTION. WERE THOSE INVESTIGATIONS GETTING TOO CLOSE TO HOME FOR THE PRESIDENT? THE WHITE HOUSE'S TIMING HERE WAS LESS THAN IMPECCABLE. AND WHAT A DAY FOR IT. FOR THE IMAGE-SAVVY PRESIDENT, HIS FIRST VISITOR TO THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER HIS DRASTIC ACTION ` THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER. A VICTIM OF LAST YEAR'S HAVELOCK NORTH WATER CONTAMINATION SAYS HE HAS ONGOING STRUGGLES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED BY AN INQUIRY INTO THE HEALTH CRISIS. HE'S NOT ALONE. SOME OF THE MORE THAN 5000 PEOPLE HIT BY GASTRO ILLNESS STILL HAVE SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS. KATIE BRADFORD HAS MORE. HAVELOCK NORTH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSPEOPLE ARE ANGRY AND STILL FEELING THE EFFECTS OF LAST YEAR'S GASTRO OUTBREAK. HEADS SHOULD'VE ROLLED LONG BEFORE NOW. PLUMBER SCOTT KELLY SPENT FOUR WEEKS IN HOSPITAL AFTER CONTRACTING CAMPYLOBACTER FROM THE CONTAMINATED WATER. I HAD AN OPERATION IN JANUARY TO REMOVE A SECTION OF MY BOWEL, WHICH IS STILL GIVING ME COMPLICATIONS GOING TO THE TOILET. AND IT'S STILL TAKING ITS TOLL EMOTIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY TOO. IT'S BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT. I HAD TO TAKE OUT A 20 GRAND LOAN JUST TO PAY THE MORTGAGE AND JUST TO MAKE THE FAMILY ALL GOOD, COS I'VE BEEN NOT WORKING. BUTCHER PAUL GREANEY STILL SPENDS HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS A WEEK BUYING BOTTLED WATER TO MAKE HIS PRIZE-WINNING SAUSAGES. THAT'S ON TOP OF LOST BUSINESS. DOLLAR VALUE, WE'RE TALKING $20,000-PLUS IN LOST PRODUCT AND SALES, AND IT'S A COST WE HAVE TO ADD IN TO WHAT WE DO NOW. PHASE ONE OF A GOVERNMENT INQUIRY'S BLAMED FAILINGS AT THE HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL, THE HAWKE'S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL AND DRINKING WATER AUTHORITIES. THE COUNCILS ARE PROMISING CHANGES, BUT PEOPLE ARE SCEPTICAL. LET'S GET THE PROBLEMS SOLVED AND FIXED. LET IT NOT HAPPEN AGAIN, AND THERE HAS TO BE SOME REIMBURSEMENT SCHEME OR SOMETHING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS. WHILE LIFE IS MAINLY BACK TO NORMAL HERE IN HAVELOCK NORTH, THERE IS ONE BIG CHANGE. MANY BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO BUY WATER IN. THEY DON'T LIKE THE TASTE AND EFFECTS OF THE CHLORINATED WATER, AND THEY DON'T TRUST THE WATER THAT COMES OUT OF THEIR TAPS. CHLORINE MASKS A PROBLEM; IT DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. SCOTT KELLY WON'T RISK THE TREATED WATER. IF I DRINK IT, I'M BACK INTO HOSPITAL. IT'S CLEAR THIS CONTAMINATION'S LEFT A LINGERING BAD TASTE FOR SOME. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. NATIONAL DENIES HIT SONG 'LOSE YOURSELF' IS AN ORIGINAL, AS THE DEFENCE SUMS UP ITS CASE IN THE COURT BATTLE AGAINST RAP STAR EMINEM. THE PARTY DENIES BREACHING COPYRIGHT WHEN IT USED THE SONG 'EMINEM-ESQUE' IN ITS 2014 ELECTION CAMPAIGN. DEFENCE LAWYER GREG ARTHUR SAYS FOR MUCH MUSIC, THE BUILDING BLOCKS ARE THE SAME, AND THE ONLY PART THAT'S ORIGINAL IS THE MELODY. THE PROSECUTION SUMS UP TOMORROW. JUST AHEAD ` SOME SERIOUS QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT MILITARY TRAINING IN AUSTRALIA, AS A SECOND SOLDIER DIES WITHIN A WEEK. AND ` WHY THIS AMERICAN REPORTER COULD BE HEADING TO PRISON FOR ASKING TRUMP STAFF QUESTIONS. See what could happen to our KiwiSaver account in the future if you review it now. We could have that much more? - Uh-huh. - That's brilliant. Join the Kiwi Wealth KiwiSaver Scheme and you can try our exclusive Future You tool. Visit kiwiwealth.co.nz. A YOUNG AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER HAS BEEN KILLED, BUT NOT ON THE FRONT LINE. THE 25-YEAR-OLD DIED AFTER AN ACCIDENT DURING A LIVE FIRE EXERCISE NEAR DARWIN. IT'S THE SECOND DEATH IN LESS THAN A WEEK, RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF COMBAT TRAINING. CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN REPORTS. A MAKE-BELIEVE BATTLEFIELD OUTSIDE DARWIN. AND WITH LIVE-FIRE, IT'S AS CLOSE TO WAR AS YOU CAN GET. THESE IMAGES OF OUR DIGGERS IN ACTION WERE RECENTLY POSTED ON THE 5TH BATTALION'S FACEBOOK PAGE. (BANG!) BUT YESTERDAY, THEIR TRAINING EXERCISE BECAME A REAL-LIFE EMERGENCY. YOUNG SOLDIER PRIVATE JASON CHALLIS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT AND FATALLY WOUNDED. THE SCENE OF YESTERDAY'S SHOOTING AT THE MT BUNDEY BASE TODAY WAS OVERRUN WITH POLICE AND DEFENCE TEAMS, INVESTIGATING JUST HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED. PREPARING OUR SOLDIERS FOR A BATTLEFIELD IS PROBABLY THE MOST DANGEROUS INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU CAN EVER HAVE. THE TRAINING HERE IS ALL ABOUT THRUSTING A SOLDIER INTO A WAR ZONE AND EXPERIENCING THE INTENSITY OF A FIREFIGHT WITH LIVE AMMUNITION. IT'S CRUCIAL, IT'S DANGEROUS, AND OF COURSE, SAFETY IS MEANT TO BE PARAMOUNT. LIVE FIRE DOES TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. IT REALLY STEPS IT UP AND BRINGS IT CLOSER, OR A LOT CLOSER, TO WARLIKE SITUATION. STUART GADENNE WAS A COMMANDO FOR SIX YEARS AND IS WELL AWARE OF THE RISKS ` BUT ALSO KNOWS ITS IMPORTANCE. WITHOUT IT, I DON'T THINK THAT OUR SOLDIERS WOULD BE NEARLY AS BATTLE-READY AS THEY ARE. BUT IT'S THE SECOND DEATH DURING A MILITARY TRAINING EXERCISE IN LESS THAN A WEEK. TROOPER STUART REDDEN (21) DIED LAST THURSDAY WHEN A TREE BRANCH CAME DOWN ON HIS ARMOURED VEHICLE NEAR ROCKHAMPTON. FOR NOW, THE ARMY HAS SUSPENDED ALL TRAINING ACTIVITIES ACROSS ITS COMBAT BRIGADES WHILE ITS SAFETY PROCEDURES ARE PUT UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND DOZENS HAVE BEEN INJURED AFTER A WALL COLLAPSED DURING A WEDDING PARTY IN NORTHERN INDIA. THE GUESTS HAD TAKEN SHELTER FROM HEAVY RAIN UNDER A TIN SHACK WHEN THE WALL CAME DOWN IN THE STORM. MANY WERE TRAPPED UNDER THE DEBRIS. FIVE CHILDREN ARE AMONG THE DEAD. YOUNG VENEZUELAN PROTESTERS HAVE LOBBED ROCKS AND MOLOTOV COCKTAILS AT POLICE, AS THE DEATH TOLL IN THE NATIONWIDE CLASHES CONTINUES TO RISE. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED TODAY IN PROTESTS IN THE CAPITAL CARACAS. IN SIX WEEKS OF DEMONSTRATIONS, AT LEAST 39 PEOPLE HAVE DIED, HUNDREDS HAVE BEEN INJURED AND THOUSANDS DETAINED. WITH AN ECONOMY IN FREE FALL, PROTESTORS ARE DEMANDING ELECTIONS TO VOTE OUT THE RULING SOCIALIST PARTY. POLICE IN POLAND ARE LOOKING FOR AN ELDERLY WOMAN WHO WAS RUN OVER BY A TRUCK AND, INCREDIBLY, GOT UP AND WALKED AWAY. THE TRUCK WAS WAITING FOR OTHER CARS TO PASS AT A CROSSROAD WHEN THE WOMAN STRODE IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER GOT OUT TO HELP HER, BUT SHE IGNORED HIM. POLICE NOW PLAN TO FIND THE WOMAN AND FINE HER FOR JAYWALKING. VIDEO'S BEEN RELEASED OF THE HEART-STOPPING MOMENT A MOTORCYCLIST WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AFTER CRASHING INTO A TRUCK IN CHINA. REMARKABLY, AS THE FIRE TAKES HOLD OF THE VEHICLE, THE RIDER ROLLS ON THE GROUND, MANAGING TO PUT OUT THE FIRE ON HIS CLOTHES. HE WALKED AWAY WITH JUST MINOR INJURIES. A REPORTER IN THE US HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR SHOUTING QUESTIONS AT TWO TRUMP AIDES. DAN HEYMAN ASKED HEALTH SECRETARY TOM RICE AND WHITE HOUSE ADVISOR KELLYANNE CONWAY ABOUT COVERAGE UNDER THE NEW REPUBLICAN HEALTHCARE PLAN. THE VETERAN JOURNALIST WANTED TO KNOW IF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WAS CLASSED AS A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION. HE NOW FACES A PRISON SENTENCE FOR CAUSING A DISTURBANCE. IT'S A LEADING TOPIC IN RUGBY RIGHT NOW AS MORE PLAYERS FALL VICTIM TO CONCUSSION INJURIES, BUT A NEW TRIAL BY NEW ZEALAND RUGBY HOPES TO MAKE PLAYERS MINDFUL OF THE CONDITION AND MAKE DIAGNOSING IT THAT MUCH EASIER. SEAN HOGAN EXPLAINS. RONGOTAI COLLEGE RUGBY IS THE BREEDING GROUND OF TWO OF OUR MOST EXPLOSIVE STARS. ARDIE SAVEA SCORES THE WINNING TRY. HE GETS IT BACK INSIDE TO JULIAN SAVEA. BUT FOR THESE PLAYERS TO FOLLOW THE PATH OF THOSE WHO'VE GONE BEFORE, GETTING THEIR HEADS RIGHT IS WHERE IT ALL BEGINS. SO, YOU'VE TAKEN A HIT. YOU MAY HAVE BEEN CONCUSSED. WHAT SHOULD YOU AVOID DOING? A NEW CONCUSSION EDUCATION PROGRAMME FROM NEW ZEALAND RUGBY IS BEING TRAILED AT 20 SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY TEAMS. PLAYERS DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT CONCUSSION. THERE'S CONFUSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 'IF I HAVE A CONCUSSION, AM I GOING TO HAVE POTENTIALLY 'ALL THESE TERRIBLE THINGS HAPPEN?' PLAYERS COMPLETE A SERIES OF BASIC TESTS INVOLVING MEMORY... I'LL READ IT AGAIN, 'FINGER, PENNY, BLANKET, LEMON, INSECT.' ...AND BALANCE. THE RESULTS ARE RECORDED INTO AN APP. THE IDEA BEING IS THAT YOU GET A BASELINE AND THAT CAN HELP, POTENTIALLY, IF THEY DO SUSTAIN A SUSPECTED CONCUSSION DURING THE SEASON, IT MAY HELP THE DOC. CONCUSSION CONSEQUENCES HAVE BEEN FRONT OF MIND LATELY, WITH MANY CURRENT HIGH-PROFILE CASES. DANE COLES IS STILL SIDELINED, AND JAMES BROADHURST'S CONDITION FORCED HIM TO GIVE THE GAME AWAY. IF YOU RAISE AWARENESS, THEN YOU ARE LIKELY TO HAVE A HIGHER INCIDENCE OF REPORTING, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A GOOD THING. WE WILL SIT THERE AND GO, 'OH MY GOD, LOOK AT ALL THESE CONCUSSIONS,' BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S A GOOD THING. COACHES ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING ANOTHER LINE OF DEFENCE. IT JUST PROVIDES SOME REAL CLARITY AND REMOVES ALL THE MURKY WATERS, IF YOU LIKE. IF SUCCESSFUL, THE PROGRAMME COULD BE ROLLED OUT TO ALL FIRST-15 RUGBY TEAMS TO TRY AND PIN THE ISSUE DOWN. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` WE'LL SHAKE OUR HEADS IN DISBELIEF AT THE WEATHER, THEN REMEMBER IT IS AUTUMN. AND POSSIBLY ONE OF THE POSHEST BANDS IN ROCK. THE CHAPS OF PINK FLOYD CELEBRATE HALF A CENTURY. THEY WERE WEIRDLY PSYCHEDELIC, THEN STADIUM ROCK MONSTERS. AND CHANCES ARE MOST PEOPLE COULDN'T NAME ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS. BUT THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE WITH A RETROSPECTIVE ON 50 YEARS OF ENGLISH BAND PINK FLOYD. LISETTE REYMER WITH THIS. # OOH... 50 YEARS SINCE THEIR DEBUT ALBUM WAS RELEASED, THEIR CREATIVE GENIUS IS BEING HONOURED. # SO YOU THINK YOU COULD TELL... 350 PIECES OF MEMORABILIA ` INSTRUMENTS, MUSICAL SCORES, THE LANDMARK ALBUM COVERS ` ON DISPLAY IN THE BIGGEST EXHIBITION EVER PUT ON BY BRITAIN'S LEADING MUSEUM, V&A. # IS THERE ANYBODY IN THERE? NOTORIOUSLY RESISTANT ABOUT PLAYING ROCK STARS... I DO REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE WENT ON THE ROAD, THERE WAS... A BIG RESISTANCE TO... PUBLICITY AND TO` I THINK WE WERE A BIT PO-FACED AND SNOTTY. ...THE EXHIBITION TELLS HOW PINK FLOYD BECAME RECOGNISABLE THROUGH THEIR PSYCHEDELIC VISUAL SPECTACLES. WE WOULD HAVE THE MADDEST IDEAS, AND WE'D FOLLOW THEM THROUGH A LONG WAY. OBVIOUSLY, SOME WERE JUST TOO MAD AND GOT DISCARDED. BUT WE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY AND EFFORT INTO THE STRANGEST IDEAS. IDEAS THAT BROUGHT US THE FAMOUS REFRACTING PRISM, A BUSINESSMAN ABLAZE AND THAT GIANT INFLATABLE PIG WHICH FLEW OVER LONDON. THERE WAS NO ONE TO TELL US, 'YOU CAN'T DO IT THAT WAY.' PINK FLOYD'S ERA-DEFINING ALBUM 'DARK SIDE OF THE MOON' IS A CHART RECORD-SETTER IN NEW ZEALAND. # TIRED OF LYING IN THE SUNSHINE... IT SPENT 297 WEEKS IN THE ALBUM TOP 40. THAT'S NEARLY SIX YEARS. THIS EXHIBITION ENOUGH TO MAKE VISITORS WISH THEY WERE THERE, BACK IN AN ERA WHERE PINK FLOYD RULED THE MUSIC WORLD. LISETTE REYMER, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH PINK FLOYD. (PINK FLOYD'S 'SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND') # YOU SHONE LIKE THE SUN. # SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND. # NOW THERE'S A LOOK IN YOUR EYES, # LIKE BLACK HOLES IN THE SKY. # SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ # YOU WERE CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE # OF CHILDHOOD AND STARDOM, # BLOWN ON THE STEEL BREEZE. # COME ON, YOU TARGET FOR FARAWAY LAUGHTER, # COME ON YOU STRANGER, # YOU LEGEND, YOU MARTYR, AND SHINE! THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER AND TOM PEDLAR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017