KIA ORA. IT'S MIDDAY. SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST ANOTHER GREEN MP ` THE PARTY SUSPENDING HER WHILE INVESTIGATIONS ARE CARRIED OUT. WE'RE LIVE FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS. PLUS, MEMORIALS FOR THE 51 KILLED IN THE MOSQUE ATTACKS, FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY ` WHY LIFE COULD BE ABOUT TO GET EVEN TOUGHER FOR SURVIVING FAMILIES. AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A BRAIN INJURY DIAGNOSIS FOR A FORMER RUGBY PLAYER. CAPTIONS BY DREW WELSH AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 A GREEN MP HAS BEEN SUSPENDED WHILE AN INVESTIGATION IS CARRIED OUT INTO ALLEGATIONS OF MIGRANT WORKER EXPLOITATION. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DARLEEN TANA HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY BY A MAN WHO SAYS HE IS OWED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN WAGES. LILLIAN HANLY IS WITH US FOR THE LATEST. THESE ALLEGATIONS AROUND MISCONDUCT IN A NEARBY SHOP OWNED BY HER HUSBAND. THEY ALLEGED THAT HER HUSBAND HIRED A WORKER WHO WAS A NEW ZEALAND ON A VISITOR VISA AND PAID HIM IN CASH UNTIL HE COULD SECURE A WORK VISA. HE IS OWED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN HOLIDAY PAY AND IN WAGES. THE GREEN PARTY HAS SUSPENDED THE MP AND APPOINTED AN INDEPENDENT LAWYER TO LOOK INTO THE ISSUE. IN THE MEANTIME, SHE WILL NOT ATTEND CAUCUS AND WILL NOT BE IN PARLIAMENT. WE ALWAYS ASK CANDIDATES TO DECLARE ANYTHING THAT MIGHT, UH, BRING THE PARTY INTO DISREPUTE. SO, NO, THIS WASN'T DECLARED. THE ALLEGATIONS DID NOT COME TO OUR ATTENTION AT ALL UNTIL THE 1st OF FEBRUARY, AND AT THAT STAGE, THEY HAD BEEN REFERRED TO THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY FOR MEDIATION ` WHICH, NECESSARILY, IS CONFIDENTIAL. IT COMES AT A TIME WHEN THE GREEN PARTY HAS ALREADY TAKEN A FEW HATS. LAST YEAR, ONE STOOD DOWN FOR ALLEGATIONS OF BULLYING. THIS WEEK, GOLRIZ WAS IN COURT FOR SHOPLIFTING ALLEGATIONS. TODAY MARKS FIVE YEARS SINCE THE CHRISTCHURCH TERRORIST ATTACKS ON TWO MOSQUES WHICH KILLED 51 PEOPLE. NOW, SPOUSES WHO LOST LOVED ONES ARE EXPRESSING CONCERN THEIR ACC FINANCIAL SUPPORT ENDS TODAY. DIGBY WERTHMULLER HAS THIS REPORT. (SIRENS WAIL) IT WAS LABELLED 'NEW ZEALAND'S DARKEST DAY'. WE'RE LEARNING TO COPE WITH THE PAIN, AND IT'S A PAIN THAT I WISH THAT NO ONE WOULD EVER GO THROUGH. AND WHILE THE COUNTRY COMES TOGETHER TO REFLECT AND REMEMBER THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF MARCH 15th, ACC FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR MANY OF THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES ENDS TODAY, AS IT ONLY LASTS FOR FIVE YEARS. I HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN FIVE MESSAGES FROM WIDOWS SAYING THEY HAVE BEEN SURPRISED WITH THIS STOPPING FOR THE PAYMENT. THE NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE WIDOWS TWO MONTHS AGO, BUT MAHA GALAL TOLD BREAKFAST THE LANGUAGE BARRIER MEANT MANY DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THEIR PAYMENTS WOULD BE ENDING. THEY'RE STILL SUFFERING FROM A LOT OF TRAUMA, AND IT'S REALLY HARD FOR THEM TO COPE WELL WITH THIS INFORMATION, AND SO MANY WIDOWS ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE PAYMENT FOR RENT BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT PREPARED FOR THIS DECISION. ACC SAID IN A STATEMENT... IT ADDED THAT WHEN WEEKLY PAYMENTS ARE SET UP, ACC INFORMS FAMILIES HOW LONG PAYMENTS WILL BE PAID FOR. PUBLIC EVENTS WILL BE HELD ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY TO COMMEMORATE THE TRAGEDY. TODAY WE'VE GOT MAJOR GATHERINGS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN AUCKLAND, SOUTH AUCKLAND, WE ARE EXPECTING A THOUSAND PEOPLE. AND IT COINCIDES ALSO WITH RAMADAN, SO THE BREAKING OF THE FAST. ABDUR RAZZAQ SAYS DESPITE THE PASSING OF TIME, THERE'S STILL MORE WORK TO BE DONE FOLLOWING THE ROYAL COMMISSION. REMEMBER, RESPECT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE SHOHADA AND THE TRAUMA THAT THEY'RE FEELING. IT'S NOT` THEY DON'T COUNT IT IN YEARS AND DAYS; IT'S THE MOMENTS, IN EVERY MOMENT THAT THEY FACE THIS TRAUMA. (SIRENS WAIL) A DATE NOW ETCHED IN THE HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND. AND DIGBY, THERE IS A COMMEMORATIVE EVENT PLANNED FOR TONIGHT? YES, THAT IS RIGHT. A SPECIAL EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE MOSQUE THIS EVENING. THEY ARE EXPECTING AROUND 300 INVITED GUESTS TO ATTEND, WHICH WILL ALSO INCLUDE POLITICAL LEADERS SUCH AS THE PRIME MINISTER, LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS AND DAVID SEYMOUR, AS WELL AS AMBASSADORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. THIS YEAR'S ANNIVERSARY IS OF SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST TIME THE ANNIVERSARY HAS FALLEN ON THE SAME DAY THE ATTACKS OCCURRED FIVE YEARS AGO. TONIGHT, THERE WILL BE SPEECHES FROM THE SURVIVORS AND A MEAL THAT THEY WILL SHARE TO BREAK THEIR FAST. TO KEEP THINGS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH FROM TODAY'S ANNIVERSARY HAVE BEEN REFLECTION AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK STILL TO DO FOR THE SURVIVORS. FOR NOW, MANY WILL BE LOOKING BACK AND REMEMBERING WHEN THEY WERE ON THAT DAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND OUR FOREIGN MINISTER'S PAID RESPECTS TO THE VICTIMS OF THE SHOOTING BY VISITING THE BIGGEST MOSQUE IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING A VISIT TO THE INDONESIAN CAPITAL, JAKARTA. AS THE WORLD'S LARGEST MUSLIM MAJORITY COUNTRY, INDONESIA WAS THE FIRST NATION NEW ZEALAND OFFICIALS VISITED AFTER THE CHRISTCHURCH TERROR ATTACKS. AS HE DID IN 2019, WINSTON PETERS TODAY OFFERING CONDOLENCES FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE THREE INDONESIAN VICTIMS. IN MEETINGS WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS, HE ALSO DISCUSSED A SHARED COMMITMENT TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND TOLERANCE. THE AIRPORT ASSOCIATION IS CALLING ON AIR NEW ZEALAND TO BE 'TRANSPARENT' ABOUT PRICING AMID 'RECORD HIGH' DOMESTIC AIRFARES. NEW ZEALAND HAS THE LEAST COMPETITIVE DOMESTIC AVIATION MARKET IN THE WORLD, WITH AIR NEW ZEALAND CONTROLLING 86% OF THE MARKET. AIRPORTS ASSOCIATION CHIEF EXECUTIVE BILLIE MOORE SAYS PASSENGERS NEED MORE CHOICE. THE MAIN DRIVER THAT LOWERS PRICES FOR CONSUMERS IN AIR TRAVEL IS COMPETITION AND CAPACITY. ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW IS THAT AUCKLAND AIRPORT, PARTICULARLY FOR DOMESTIC JETS, IS FULL. THERE'S NO MORE ROOM FOR ANY FURTHER CAPACITY OR JETS TO COME IN OR ANY FURTHER COMPETITION TO COME IN ON THOSE DOMESTIC ROUTES. THE AIRPORTS ASSOCIATION ALSO WANTS TICKET PRICES TO BE INDEPENDENTLY MONITORED. TO SOME BREAKING NEWS THIS MIDDAY ` AND THERE ARE REPORTS 11 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED AND MORE THAN A HUNDRED INJURED WHILE WAITING FOR AID. GAZA'S HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS THE CROWD WAS ATTACKED BY ISRAELI FORCES. ISRAEL SAYS THAT SEVERAL DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF EVENTS EXIST AND WHAT HAPPENED IS NOT CLEAR. WE'LL BRING YOU MORE ON THIS STORY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ISRAEL SAYS IT PLANS TO MOVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS TO WHAT IT'S CALLING 'HUMANITARIAN ISLANDS'. THEY'D BE SAFE ZONES IN THE CENTRE OF THE TERRITORY, AS IT PREPARES TO LAUNCH A GROUND OFFENSIVE IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF RAFAH. AS THE BBC'S ANNA FOSTER REPORTS, ANY EVACUATION WON'T BE QUICK. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SOUTHERN CITY OF RAFAH NOW, RIGHT AT THE TIP OF THE GAZA STRIP, IT IS HOME TO MORE THAN HALF OF GAZA'S POPULATION. PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES, PEOPLE WHO HAVE VERY LITTLE FOOD OR WATER OR HUMANITARIAN AID. IT IS AN ENORMOUSLY DIFFICULT POSITION FOR THEM THERE, BUT ISRAEL HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT BELIEVES IT CAN'T CARRY OUT ITS STATED AIM OF FULLY REMOVING HAMAS FROM GAZA UNLESS IT LAUNCHES A GROUND OPERATION IN RAFAH, SO IT NEEDS TO MOVE THOSE CIVILIANS OUT OF THE WAY, AND WHAT IT'S PROPOSING IS THESE HUMANITARIAN ISLANDS IN THE CENTRE OF THE STRIP. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CENTRE OF THE STRIP NOW, IT IS A PICTURE OF DESTRUCTION AFTER MONTHS OF REPEATED AIR AND GROUND ATTACKS IN CENTRAL GAZA. THE PICTURE IS BLEAK. NOW, THE ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCES HAVE SAID VERY LITTLE AT THE MOMENT. THIS IS JUST REALLY A SMALL GRAIN OF DETAIL ABOUT HOW IT WOULD WORK, BUT THEY SAY THERE WOULD BE TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR PEOPLE THERE, ALSO AID FOR THOSE WHO MOVED. BUT, OF COURSE, THE AID SITUATION IN GAZA REMAINS DESPERATE AND DIFFICULT. WE'VE SEEN ONCE AGAIN THIS MORNING AID DROPS OF PALETTES HANGING FROM PARACHUTES, DROPPED BY THE JORDANIAN AIR FORCE AND THE U.S. MILITARY, WHICH PROVIDES A SMALL AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL AID FOR THE GAZA STRIP. WE'RE ALSO TRACKING AS WELL THE PROGRESS OF A BOAT, A SPANISH CHARITY BOAT, WHICH IS PULLING A BARGE WHICH WOULD INAUGURATE THIS NEW MARITIME AID CORRIDOR BETWEEN CYPRUS AND GAZA. THAT IS DUE TO ARRIVE IN GAZA, WE BELIEVE, IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE PROBLEM WILL BE ACTUALLY SAFELY UNLOADING AND DISTRIBUTING THAT AID TO DESPERATE PEOPLE THERE. RUSSIANS ARE HEADING TO THE POLLS OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE RESULT ISN'T IN QUESTION. IT'S ALMOST CERTAIN VLADIMIR PUTIN WILL BE HANDED A FIFTH TERM IN OFFICE. THE BBC'S STEVE ROSENBERG REPORTS. THESE DAYS, WHEN VLADIMIR OVCHINNIKOV PAINTS RUSSIA, THE RESULT IS VERY DARK. FROM A MOUNTAIN OF SKULLS AND A DICTATOR'S AMBITION TO THIS ` RUSSIA'S WAR IN UKRAINE LIKENED TO STALIN'S TERROR. THE 86-YEAR-OLD ARTIST HAD TAKEN HIS ANTI-WAR MESSAGE ONTO THE STREETS, GRAFFITIING, 'STOP THE WAR.' ALL THESE PAINTINGS WERE SCRUBBED OUT AND VLADIMIR FINED TWICE, FOR DISCREDITING THE RUSSIAN ARMY. BUT HE CONTINUES TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE INVASION OF UKRAINE. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) TRANSLATOR: I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A CRIME AGAINST THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF A NEIGHBOURING COUNTRY. IT'S A CRIME. AND IF I KEEP SILENT ABOUT IT, IT'S LIKE I'M CONDONING IT. (BELL TOLLS) BUT THERE IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF RUSSIA, ONE MUCH BRIGHTER ` THE OFFICIAL VERSION. THE PICTURE THE AUTHORITIES WANT RUSSIANS TO SEE IS NOT OF A COUNTRY THAT IS AGGRESSIVE ABROAD AND REPRESSIVE AT HOME, BUT A RUSSIA WITH A GLORIOUS PAST AND A BRIGHT FUTURE ` OF HEROES AND PATRIOTS WHO NOT ONLY LOVE THEIR COUNTRY BUT ALSO THEIR CURRENT PRESIDENT. (CLAMOURING) INSTEAD OF DICTATORSHIP, IT'S DEVOTION TO THE LEADER ON STATE TV AND AN ACTION-MAN PRESIDENT FLYING HIGH AND ON COURSE FOR AN ELECTION LANDSLIDE. MIND YOU, VLADIMIR PUTIN FACES NO SERIOUS CHALLENGE; HIS FIERCEST CRITICS ARE IN EXILE OR IN PRISON ` OR, IN ALEXEI NAVALNY'S CASE, DEAD. BUT HE'S ON THE BALLOT. ALTHOUGH WHEN I CAUGHT UP WITH COMMUNIST CANDIDATE NIKOLAI KHARITONOV, HE PRAISED PUTIN. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) 'VLADIMIR PUTIN,' HE SAID, ''IS CONSOLIDATING THE NATION FOR VICTORY.' AND BACK IN BOROVSK, MANY SEEM TO BELIEVE THAT. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) 'I HOPE PUTIN WINS,' LYUDMILA SAYS, 'ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE TALENTED LEADERS WHO COULD RUN THE COUNTRY 'IN AN EMERGENCY.' A PUTIN-LESS RUSSIA MEANS AN EMERGENCY. (BELL TOLLS) NOW, THAT IS A PICTURE THE KREMLIN WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEE PAINTED. A NEW NON-INVASIVE EYE TREATMENT HAS HELPED A WOMAN WHO WAS LEGALLY BLIND SEE CLEARLY AGAIN. THE LASER PROCEDURE WAS QUICK, AND THE EYES ADJUST IN ONLY A DAY. NINE'S EMILY RICE EXPLAINS. ACCOUNTANT AND MUM OF TWO JANETTE WAS SO SHORT-SIGHTED THAT WHEN SHE REMOVED HER GLASSES OR CONTACT LENSES, SHE WAS DEEMED LEGALLY BLIND. I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE, LIKE, ONE OR TWO METRES AHEAD OF ME. IT WAS PRETTY BLURRY, YEAH. (LAUGHS) SO THE 39-YEAR-OLD WENT TO SEE DR CHRISTOPHER CHAN. THE OPHTHALMOLOGIST RECOMMENDED A NEW LASER EYE TREATMENT NOW AVAILABLE, CALLED SMART SIGHT. I'M VERY EXCITED WITH THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE IT'S FAST, IT'S PAINLESS... THE LASER COMPONENT OF THE SURGERY TAKES LESS THAN A MINUTE. GENTLE PULSES OF LIGHT CREATE A THIN LAYER OF TISSUE CALLED A LENTICULE IN THE CORNEA. THROUGH A TINY INCISION, THE SURGEON THEN REMOVES THE TISSUE, WHICH RESHAPES THE EYE, IMPROVING VISION IN 24 HOURS. WHAT IT DOES IS IT CHANGES THE SHAPE OF THE EYE, FRONT SURFACE OF THE EYE. PRETTY MUCH STRAIGHT AFTER SURGERY, I SAT UP AND... EVERYTHING WAS A BIT HAZY AT FIRST, BUT I NOTICED THE CLOCK IN PARTICULAR ` I COULD ACTUALLY READ THE TIME, AND THAT WAS PRETTY AMAZING, YEAH. THE TREATMENT FOR NOW IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WITH SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS AND ASTIGMATISM. THE CLINIC HERE DOES OFFER A FREE ASSESSMENT TO GAUGE PATIENT SUITABILITY. THE AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT LASER OPTIONS AVAILABLE, AND A PATIENT'S CHOICE TO UNDERGO ANY SURGICAL PROCEDURE IS UNIQUE TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND SHOULD BE MADE WITH CONSIDERATION OF THE ADVICE OF THEIR DOCTOR. THIS PARTICULAR SURGERY IS NOW AVAILABLE IN NEW SOUTH WALES, VICTORIA, QUEENSLAND AND W.A. IT'S NOT CHEAP ` THE COST TO TREAT ONE EYE STARTS AT $3300 ` BUT IT MEANS AFTER 20 YEARS, JANETTE HAS DITCHED HER GLASSES. HAITI IS FACING ITS MOST ACUTE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN MORE THAN A DECADE AS ARMED GANGS TIGHTEN THEIR GRIP ON THE CAPITAL. GANGS ARE RUNNING RAMPANT THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN COUNTRY AFTER POLITICAL UNREST YEARS IN THE MAKING CAME TO A HEAD EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE REBELLION GROUPS HAVE LAID SIEGE TO THE MAIN AIRPORT AND BLOCKED MARINE PORTS, STARVING THE COUNTRY OF FOOD AND FUEL. UNICEF SAYS FAILURE TO STOP THE VIOLENCE WILL EXACERBATE THE CRISIS. CHILDREN, FAMILIES, THEY NEED PROTECTION. THEY NEED SECURITY. AND WE NEED TO RE-OPEN ALL THE LOGISTICAL ROADS, BECAUSE THE WHOLE HEALTH SUPPLIES, COMMODITIES, FOOD IS NOT ENTERING IN HAITI NOW. SO WE ARE FACING A MORE DIRE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION INTO THE COUNTRY IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THESE TWO ISSUES. MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE IN HAITI ARE NOW ON THE BRINK OF FAMINE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` HOW DO YOU LOSE A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR ROCKET? WELL, IT'S HAPPENED ` SPACE X LOSING CONTACT WITH ITS LATEST CRAFT SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF. MORE ON THAT NEXT. PLUS, MEET THE HIGH-RANKING TENNIS PLAYER SWITCHING SIDES TO NEW ZEALAND. AND A ONE-IN-A-MILLION FEAT FOR GOLFER RYAN FOX ON ONE OF THE SPORT'S MOST TREASURED SPOTS. ELON MUSK'S 'SPACEX' COMPANY HAS LAUNCHED THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL ROCKET FOR ITS THIRD AND LONGEST TEST FLIGHT YET. 'STARSHIP' MADE IT HALFWAY AROUND THE GLOBE BEFORE ULTIMATELY LOSING SIGNAL. DESPITE NOT KNOWING WHERE THE ROCKET ACTUALLY IS, THE LAUNCH IS STILL BEING CONSIDERED A BIG SUCCESS FOR SPACEX. THE BBC'S PALLAB GHOSH HAS MORE. ...OBJECTIVES THAT'LL EVENTUALLY GET US TO THAT GLORIOUS RAPID, REUSABLE FUTURE. TWICE BEFORE, STARSHIP BLEW UP JUST MINUTES AFTER LAUNCH. WAS THIS GOING TO BE THIRD TIME LUCKY? (ENGINES ROAR) WE ARE CLEAR OF THE RUBBLE. WE ARE SEEING 33 OUT OF 33 RAPTOR ENGINES IGNITED. AND NOW THE CRITICAL PART, WHERE IT BLEW UP BEFORE. THE SUCCESSFUL SEPARATION OF THE UPPER AND LOWER SECTIONS. OK, WE GOT A STARSHIP ON ITS WAY TO SPACE AND A BOOSTER ON THE WAY BACK TO THE GULF. OH, MAN. UH, I NEED A MOMENT TO PICK MY JAW UP FROM THE FLOOR, BECAUSE THESE VIEWS ARE JUST STUNNING. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) AND HERE'S A VIEW OF THE LOWER SECTION FALLING BACK TO EARTH. WE'RE GETTING A FEW ENGINES. BUT THEN COMMUNICATION IS LOST. AND ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL ` LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME OTHER VIDEO. BUT BACK IN SPACE, IT'S ALL GOING FINE, AND THE UPPER SECTION BEGINS RE-ENTRY INTO THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. THIS IS WHERE THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE IS DOING THE WORK TO SLOW US DOWN. ITS HEAT SHIELD RED HOT... UNTIL ITS SIGNAL IS LOST. YEAH. AGAIN, THIS IS THE FURTHEST AND FASTEST THAT STARSHIP HAS EVER FLOWN. BUT OVERALL, IT'S BEEN A GOOD DAY FOR THE FLIGHT TEAM. LOOKS LIKE SUCCESS TODAY. THEY HAVEN'T MANAGED TO BRING THE BOOSTER BACK, BUT THAT'S, I THINK, A READILY SOLVABLE PROBLEM, WITH A FEW MORE TRIALS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE STARSHIP ACTIVITIES IN ORBIT HAVE GONE VERY WELL. UH, WOW. THINGS KEEP GOING WRONG BECAUSE SPACEX IS TESTING BRAND-NEW TECHNOLOGIES. BUT EACH TIME, THEY GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. STARSHIP IS ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS. IT'S 120m TALL ` THAT'S NEARLY 400ft. THE ROCKET HAS TWO MAIN PARTS ` AT THE BOTTOM IS A SUPER-HEAVY BOOSTER, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL, WITH ITS 33 ENGINES; ON TOP IS THE SPACECRAFT, WHICH CAN CARRY A CARGO OR A CREW OF AN ASTONISHING 100 PEOPLE. AND WHAT MAKES IT REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT, IN THEORY, BOTH PARTS ARE REUSABLE. THE EVENTUAL AIM IS TO BUILD A SPACECRAFT ABLE TO SEND ASTRONAUTS BACK TO THE MOON ` AND MAYBE ONE DAY TAKE THEM TO MARS. A NEUROSCIENTIST SAYS THE DEATH OF A NEW ZEALAND BASED RUGBY PLAYER WHO HAS SINCE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A TRAUMATIC BRAIN CONDITION IS SIGNIFICANT. FORMER BLUES AND MAORI ALL BLACK HALFBACK BILLY GUYTON DIED LAST YEAR OF A SUSPECTED SUICIDE. NOW A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF HIS BRAIN SHOWS HE HAD CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY, OR CTE. NEUROSCIENTIST HELEN MURRAY SAYS ATHLETES NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HOW MANY CONCUSSIONS SOMEONE HAS. A CONCUSSION IS A SYMPTOM OF A HEAD INJURY, BUT YOU COULD HAVE LOTS OF IMPACTS OVER A SPORTING CAREER THAT ARE` YOU DON'T KNOW ARE REALLY CAUSING DAMAGE IN YOUR BRAIN, AND THE ACCUMULATION OF HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF THOSE IMPACTS OVER A CAREER CAN DAMAGE THE BRAIN IN A WAY THAT LEADS TO PROGRESSIVE DISEASE. MURRAY SAYS SYMPTOMS OF CTE CAN BE SIMILAR TO DEMENTIA. THE BRISBANE BRONCOS HAVE SECURED THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE NRL SEASON, BEATING THE SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS 28-18. THE BRONCOS WERE DOMINANT FROM THE START, FULLBACK REECE WALSH (21) UNSTOPPABLE WITH BALL IN HAND. PLAYS IT EVENTUALLY. PLAY FIVE HERE. WALSH LOOKING FOR A GAP. HE FINDS IT. REECE WALSH! COBBO, ARTHARS, KICKS INFIELD. MITCHELL... AND IT'S A ROOM SERVICE BOUNCE FOR REECE WALSH. YES. REECE WALSH AGAIN. DESPITE THE WIN, THE BRONCOS LOST THEIR SKIPPER ADAM REYNOLDS LATE IN THE GAME ` A KNEE INJURY FLARING UP. NEW ZEALAND CAN NOW CLAIM A TENNIS PLAYER RANKED INSIDE THE TOP 200 IN THE WORLD AFTER KIWI-BORN LULU SUN SWITCHED HER NATIONAL ALLEGIANCE FROM SWITZERLAND TO NEW ZEALAND. THE 22-YEAR-OLD FROM TE ANAU IS CURRENTLY RANKED 151ST IN THE WORLD, AND HER FIRST MATCH UNDER OUR FLAG WILL BE AT THE BILLIE JEAN KING CUP IN APRIL. SUN MADE IT TO THE ROUND OF 16 AT THIS YEARS ASB CLASSIC. KIWI GOLFER RYAN FOX HAS HAD A OPENING ROUND AT THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP TO REMEMBER, HOLING OUT ON ONE OF GOLF'S MOST TREASURED HOLES FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE PGA TOUR. COME ON DOWN THE HILL. UNDER THREE, CAN HE DO IT? NO WAY! DO IT, BIG MAN! KIWI MAGIC, RIGHT THERE. FOX FINISHED HIS FIRST ROUND WITH A THREE UNDER PAR 69 AND IS CURRENTLY TIED FOR 12th ` FOUR SHOTS OFF THE LEAD. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (DUA LIPA'S 'DANCE THE NIGHT') # BABY, YOU CAN # FIND ME UNDER THE LIGHTS, DIAMONDS UNDER MY EYES. # TURN THE RHYTHM UP. # DON'T YOU WANNA JUST # COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE? # OOH, MY OUTFIT SO TIGHT # YOU CAN SEE MY HEARTBEAT TONIGHT. # I CAN TAKE THE HEAT, BABY, BEST BELIEVE ` # THAT'S THE MOMENT I SHINE. # COS EVERY ROMANCE SHAKES AND IT BENDS. # DON'T GIVE A DAMN. # WHEN THE NIGHT'S HERE, I DON'T DO TEARS, # BABY, NO CHANCE. # I COULD DANCE, # I COULD DANCE, I COULD DANCE... # WATCH ME DANCE, # DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY. # MY H ART COULD BE BURNIN', BUT YOU WON'T SEE IT ON MY FACE. # WATCH ME DANC , # DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY. # I'LL STILL KEEP THE PARTY RUNNIN', NOT ONE HAIR OUT OF PLACE. # LATELY, I BEEN # MOVIN' CLOSE TO THE EDGE. STILL BE LOOKIN' MY BEST... FROM THE WHOLE MIDDAY TEAM, HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY DREW WELSH AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.