DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A WOMAN IS CRITICALLY INJURED BY A TRAIN AFTER HER WHEELCHAIR GETS STUCK AT AN AUCKLAND STATION. DAVID SHEARER RESHUFFLES THE PACK, HOPING A MIX OF OLD AND NEW WILL GAIN TRACTION AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. AND WHAT AN ENTRANCE! ALL THE WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM THIS YEAR'S OSCARS. A WOMAN IS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE TONIGHT, AFTER SHE WAS HIT BY A TRAIN IN SUBURBAN AUCKLAND WHILE TRAPPED IN HER WHEELCHAIR. A MAN AND A WOMAN FRANTICALLY TRIED TO HELP FREE THE WOMAN AS A FREIGHT TRAIN APPROACHED. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS REPORTS. BELLS RING THESE WARNING BELLS CAME TOO LATE FOR A YOUNG WOMAN ` CLIPPED BY A TRAIN AND THROWN FROM A WHEELCHAIR WHEN THIS AUCKLAND RAILWAY CROSSING HAD HER TRAPPED. THE WOMAN'S MOBILITY SCOOTER WAS STUCK IN THE TRACKS. SHOCKED ONLOOKERS WERE CLEARLY STILL REELING JUST MOMENTS AFTER RESPONDING TO THE URGENT SITUATION AND TRYING DESPERATELY TO HELP. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET HER OFF, AND THEY COULDN'T. SO THEY JUST ENDED UP PUSHING HER CHAIR FORWARD, AND IT GOT STUCK. THE WHEELS WERE REALLY FIRMLY WEDGED IN BETWEEN THE RAILS. THEY SEEMED TO FIT EXACTLY. THE MOTORISED WHEELCHAIR SO HEAVY, IT WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT. THE TRAIN DRIVER SAID HE THOUGHT HE'D GOT ALL THREE OF US, BECAUSE WE WERE THAT CLOSE TO THE TRAIN BEFORE HE SAW US DISAPPEAR. THE FEMALE JOGGER WHO TRIED TO HELP JUST SCRAPED OUT OF THE WAY. SHE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. THE WOMAN, WHOSE WHEELCHAIR WAS LEFT A TWISTED MESS, IS CRITICAL AND UNDER CLOSE WATCH. WARNING BELLS HAVE BEEN SOUNDING HERE ALL MORNING. YOU CAN'T MISS THEM. WITNESSES, THOUGH, SAY THE WOMAN WAS CROSSING THE TRACK BEFORE THE BELLS WERE SOUNDING. BUT THAT 40-SECOND WARNING WASN'T ENOUGH. VIVIAN NAYLOR HAS WORKED WITH KIWIRAIL TO ADVISE ON DISABLED ACCESS. SHE VISITED THE SITE WITH ONE NEWS. THE PATH, WHICH WAS UPGRADED IN 2011, IS UNEVEN, WITH LARGE GAPS. IT'S NOT A CROSSING I WOULD RECOMMEND ANYBODY WITH A MOBILITY IMPAIRMENT, WHETHER WALKING OR WHEELING, TO CROSS. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOME GAP, AND THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOME BUMPING, BECAUSE OF THE KEEPING EVERYTHING EXACTLY RIGHT ON GRADE IS NOT ALWAYS THE EASIEST THING. BUT WE WOULD EXPECT IT TO WORK. A MEMBER OF KIWIRAIL STAFF WAS ON SITE THIS AFTERNOON, SUPERVISING EVERY CROSS. VIVIAN NAYLOR WAS ORDERED TO STAY OFF THE CROSSING, WHICH TODAY BROUGHT PEDESTRIANS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO DEATH. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, ONE NEWS. A VETERAN (30) AND A FORMER PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER ARE AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE THE UPHILL TASK OF TRYING TO TURN AROUND THE LABOUR PARTY'S FORTUNES. ANNETTE KING MAKES A COMEBACK TO THE FRONT BENCH, AND ROOKIE DAVID CLARK HAS BEEN PROMOTED IN LEADER DAVID SHEARER'S RESHUFFLE. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN REPORTS. LABOUR'S NEW DREAM TEAM OUT ON PARADE. THIS ADJUSTMENT WILL BE MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF OUR FIREPOWER BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE HOUSE. DAVID SHEARER SHOWING, LIKE JOHN KEY WITH HIS CABINET RESHUFFLE, THAT HE'S NOT AFRAID TO TREAD ON TOES. IN A BIG SURPRISE, MR SHEARER HAS BROUGHT BACK THE BATTLE-HARDENED ANNETTE KING TO TAKE ON TONY RYALL IN HEALTH. RISING STAR CHRIS HIPKINS GETS EDUCATION. PHIL TWYFORD RELIEVES MS KING OF HER HOUSING DUTIES. ROOKIE DUNEDIN MP DAVID CLARK IS THE BOLTER, GETTING THE PRIZED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ROLE. ON THE OUTER, THOUGH, IS ATTACK DOG TREVOR MALLARD, FALLING TO A POSITION THAT PUTS HIM OUTSIDE CABINET. JOINING HIM IN THE WILDERNESS ARE CHRISTCHURCH MPS LIANNE DALZIEL AND RUTH DYSON, WHILE NANAIA MAHUTA IS STRIPPED OF THE PRIME EDUCATION ROLE. WITH HER DEMOTION, LABOUR IS FORCED TO RELY ON SHANE JONES FOR A MAORI VOICE ON THE FRONT BENCH. HIS PLACE IS BEING HELD OPEN, AWAITING THE OUTCOME OF AN AUDITOR GENERAL'S INQUIRY INTO AN IMMIGRATION CASE HE OVERSAW WHEN A MINISTER. HIS PLACE WOULD BE OPEN TO HIM ONCE THAT REPORT COMES OUT, SHOULD THAT REPORT CLEAR HIM. AS FOR THE RECALLED ANNETTE KING, SHE LOOKS ANYTHING BUT JADED, COMING OUT SWINGING TODAY AT HEALTH MINISTER TONY RYALL. TONY RYALL DOES AND HAS INTIMIDATED THE HEALTH SECTOR. HE'S KEPT THE LID ON IT. HE'S KEPT IT NAILED DOWN. DAVID CLARK WAS STILL IN PRIMARY SCHOOL WHEN ANNETTE KING FIRST ENTERED PARLIAMENT. BUT IF HE WAS NERVOUS ABOUT TAKING ON NATIONAL'S BIG-HITTING STEVEN JOYCE, HE'S NOT SHOWING IT. STEVEN JOYCE, WELL, HE'S A TOUGH CUSTOMER, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. I THINK HE'S GOT A SOFT UNDERBELLY. HE'S LEFT HIMSELF OPEN IN THAT HE HASN'T DELIVERED AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AS FOR WANNABE LEADER DAVID CUNLIFFE, MR SHEARER HAS LEFT HIM UNRANKED AND OUT OF THE TOP 20. BUT THERE WAS A SMALL PEACE GESTURE ` MR CUNLIFFE WAS GIVEN THE ROLE OF REVENUE SPOKESMAN. ORION IS DEFENDING PLANS TO INCREASE ELECTRICITY PRICES FOR CHRISTCHURCH RESIDENTS TO COVER THE COST OF ITS EARTHQUAKE REBUILD. THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD COULD END UP PAYING CLOSE TO $9 EXTRA A MONTH. THE PROPOSED PRICE HIKE NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE COMMERCE COMMISSION. BUT ORION IS CONFIDENT IT WILL GET THE GREEN LIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER ORGANISATION HAS HAD TO PRODUCE 2000 PAGES TO JUSTIFY ITS EXPENDITURE, BUT WE'VE GLADLY DONE THAT, AND WE'VE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO IT. THE DECISION IS DUE OUT IN NOVEMBER, BUT ANY CHANGES WON'T COME INTO AFFECT UNTIL APRIL 2014. MORE DETAILS ARE EMERGING ABOUT SOLID ENERGY'S FINANCIAL TROUBLES TONIGHT. THE STATE-OWNED MINING COMPANY WENT AHEAD WITH A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION PLAN THREE YEARS AGO, DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT'S DISAPPROVAL. THE PRIME MINISTER ADMITS SOLID ENERGY ASKED FOR A $1B LOAN BACK IN 2009 TO INVEST IN A RANGE OF ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY PROJECTS. THE GOVERNMENT SAID NO, BUT STOPPED SHORT OF BLOCKING IT FROM BORROWING MONEY FROM OTHER SOURCES. WHERE THEY WANTED TO GO, THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOT AT ALL COMFORTABLE WITH IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY WERE GOING WITH THEIR OWN FINANCING ` YOU COULD ARGUE PROBABLY NOT AS COMFORTABLE AS THE COMPANY WAS, BUT THEY WERE WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS TO DO THAT. THE PRIME MINISTER DOUBTS SOLID ENERGY IS NOW WORTH MORE THAN THE NEARLY $400M DEBT IT'S NOW CARRYING. QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED OVER WHY A SCANDANAVIAN COMPANY WAS HIRED TO HELP WITH THE ULTRAFAST BROADBAND SET UP. TELECOMMUNICATIONS GIANT ERICSSON WILL SUPPLY THE DUCTING FOR THE CABLES, BUT THE GREENS SAY NZ FIRMS WERE NEVER GIVEN THE OPPORTUNIY TO BID FOR THE JOB. MATT MCLEAN EXPLAINS. SET TO REVOLUTIONISE THE WAY WE USE THE INTERNET ` ULTRAFAST BROADBAND, COMING TO A COMPUTER NEAR YOU. BUT THE GREENS CLAIM NZ COMPANIES HAVE BEEN CUT OUT OF THE LOOP. NZ MANUFACTURERS WHO COULD HAVE PRODUCED THIS DUCTING WEREN'T EVER REALLY GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN PITCH FOR THE CONTRACT. KIWI FIRM CHORUS WAS GIVEN THE CONTRACT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO ROLL OUT THE BROADBAND NETWORK. THEY, IN TURN, HAVE HIRED SWEDISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY ERICSSON TO SUPPLY FIBRE DUCTING. THE GREENS SAY WHEN THE GOVERNMENT GAVE CHORUS THE CONTRACT, THEY SHOULD HAVE MADE IT A REQUIREMENT THAT NZ COMPANIES WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID FOR THE FIBRE DUCTING WORK. COUNTRIES ` SUCH AS AUSTRALIA, FOR EXAMPLE ` MAKE THAT PART OF POLICY WHEN TENDERING BIG GOVERNMENT JOBS. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THIS IS NZ TAXPAYER MONEY, AND I THINK MOST NZERS WOULD LIKE NZ COMPANIES TO BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, AT LEAST, TO TENDER FOR THESE GIANT GOVERNMENT PROJECTS. BUT ERICSSON SAYS IT'S PLANNING ON BUILDING A FACTORY IN PORIRUA, CREATING 30 JOBS FOR LOCALS. LOCATING THE FACILITY IN NZ WILL, OF COURSE, ALLOW US GREATER FLEXIBILITY. BUT EPL, A CHRISTCHURCH-BASED FIBRE DUCTING COMPANY, SAYS IT'S MISSED OUT ON A HUGE OPPORTUNITY. I THINK THE TRAGEDY IS THAT FOR A BUSINESS LIKE US, IT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT'S LOST FOR US TO GAIN SOME TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANTAGE. CHORUS COULDN'T BE REACHED FOR COMMENT, AND THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S A BUSINESS DECISION AND CHORUS IS FREE TO HIRE WHOEVER IT LIKES FOR THE WORK ` WORK THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING ROLLED OUT. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS. A MAN WILL APPEAR IN COURT IN TAUPO THIS WEEK AFTER ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING A CYCLIST DURING AN IRONMAN TRAINING SESSION. A MOTORIST (21) IS ALLEGED TO HAVE PUSHED THE VICTIM OFF HIS BIKE. THE MAN SUFFERED SUSPECTED PELVIC INJURIES AND A BROKEN BONE. CHARGES AGAINST ONE OF THE MEN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING A POLICE OFFICER IN KAWHIA HAVE BEEN DROPPED. JACK MAIKUKU (49) FACED TWO COUNTS OF ASSAULTING CONSTABLE PERRY GRIFFIN LAST MONTH. BUT HIS LAWYER SAYS AFTER REVIEWING FOOTAGE, POLICE NO LONGER BELIEVE HE WAS INVOLVED. ANOTHER MAN STILL FACES CHARGES. THE FAMILY OF A JAPANESE NURSE KILLED IN THE CHRISTCHURCH QUAKE IS ENSURING HER MEMORY'S KEPT ALIVE. RIKA HYUGA'S PARENTS ARE GIVING SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS WHO WANT TO TAKE UP NURSING. JOY REID WAS AT THE FIRST PRESENTATION. AT THE POLYTECH WHERE RIKA HYUGA HAD HOPED TO BECOME A NZ REGISTERED NURSE, SHE'S INSTEAD HELPING OTHERS REACH HER UNFINISHED GOAL. THIS FUND HAS COME ABOUT AS ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT'S COME OUT OF THE TRAGEDY OF THE EARTHQUAKE. RIKA HYUGA HAD TRAINED AS A NURSE IN JAPAN AND WAS STUDYING ENGLISH BEFORE GETTING REGISTERED AS A NURSE HERE. UNFORTUNATELY THE EARTHQUAKE MEANT THAT DREAM WAS NEVER REALISED. SHE DIED WITH 114 OTHERS IN THE CTV BUILDING. HER JAPANESE PARENTS WERE IN CHRISTCHURCH ON FRIDAY FOR THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY. WHILE THEY PREFER TO STAY IN THE BACKGROUND THEMSELVES, THEY'VE TOLD THE NURSING SCHOOL THEY'RE DETERMINED TO SEE THEIR DAUGHTER'S LEGACY LIVE ON. RIKA LOVED NURSING, AND ONE OF THE AIMS OF THE FUND IS TO LIVE OUT HER VISION, AND HER AMBITION, IN A WAY THAT SHE COULD NEVER DO. TODAY, FOUR NURSING STUDENTS AND TWO JAPANESE STUDENTS WERE GIVEN $2000 EACH, THANKS TO RIKA HYUGA'S PARENTS. I'M VERY HUMBLED. IT'S AN AMAZING GESTURE THIS GENTLEMAN HAS MADE TO KEEP THE MEMORY OF HIS DAUGHTER ALIVE. IT'S SUCH A GREAT PLEASURE TO THINK THAT MONEY CAN GO TOWARDS HELPING ME AND THEN I'M REALLY HELPING THEM IN HELPING THEIR DAUGHTER TO CONTINUE WITH HER NURSING. THE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE AWARDED TWICE A YEAR. JOY REID, ONE NEWS. IT'S HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST NIGHT, AND WHILE THE OFFICIAL CEREMONY WRAPPED UP A FEW HOURS AGO, THE STARS ARE NOW OUT PARTYING AT MORE GLITZY EVENTS IN LA. SO, JUST WHO HAS THE MOST TO CELEBRATE? SARAH BRADLEY TAKES US THROUGH THE WINNERS, LOSERS AND UNSCRIPTED DRAMA. AT LAST MONTH'S SAG AWARDS, AS THE BEST ACTRESS GONG WAS ANNOUNCED, WINNER JENNIFER LAWRENCE'S DRESS APPEARED TO COME APART AT THE SEAMS. SO YOU WOULD HAVE EXPECTED HER TO CHOOSE A SAFE OPTION FOR THE OSCARS. WRONG. WATCHED BY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, THE 22-YEAR-OLD TRIPPED ON HER WAY UP TO COLLECT THE GOLD STATUE FOR HER ROLE IN SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK. YOU GUYS ARE JUST STANDING UP COS YOU FEEL BAD THAT I FELL, AND THAT'S REALLY EMBARRASSING, BUT THANK YOU. JENNIFER LAWRENCE JOINED FELLOW WINNERS DANIEL DAY-LEWIS IN HIS HISTORY-MAKING THIRD BEST ACTOR GONG FOR LINCOLN; CHRISTOPH WALTZ, BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FOR DJANGO UNCHAINED; AND ANNE HATHAWAY, BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FOR HER SHOW-STOPPING TURN IN LES MISERABLES. IT CAME TRUE. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE ACADEMY FOR THIS. BUT ANNE HATHAWAY'S AWARD, LIKE JENNIFER LAWRENCE'S THREATENS TO BE UPSTAGED BY HER OUTFIT, WITH ITS PROMINENT BODICE SEAMS ALREADY GARNERING THE MONIKERS LES NIPPLE-RABLES AND NIPPLE-GATE. CRITICS' FAVOURITE, AUSTRIAN FILM AMOUR TOOK OUT BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM. ANG LEE WON BEST DIRECTOR FOR THE LIFE OF PI, AND FOR BEST PICTURE, THE OSCAR GOES TO... ...ARGO. DIRECTOR BEN AFFLECK WAS OVERCOME. YOU HAVE TO WORK HARDER THAN YOU` THAN YOU THINK YOU POSSIBLY CAN, CAN'T HOLD GRUDGES. AND IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU GET KNOCKED DOWN IN LIFE, COS THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. ALL THAT MATTERS IS THAT YOU GOTTA GET UP. # KRISTEN STEWART, WE SAW YOUR BOOBS IN 'ON THE ROAD'... # SETH MCFARLANE, CREATOR OF THE FAMILY GUY, HAD HIS FIRST TURN HOSTING THE OSCARS, WHICH HAVE TENDED TO MORE RECENTLY LOOK FOR YOUNG, UP-AND-COMING TALENT RATHER THAN THE TRIED AND TRUE. THEATRICAL MUSIC SARAH BRADLEY, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` SEVERE WEATHER FORCES THOUSANDS OF AUSTRALIANS TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES. PLUS ` A TEARFUL ADMISSION FROM THE PARENTS OF REEVA STEENKAMP ABOUT HER DEATH AT THE HANDS OF OSCAR PISTORIUS. CAR ENGINE REVS CAR ENGINE REVS Oh. (SIGHS) OK. Try again. Like a swan... gliding along the lake. > CAR ENGINE REVS CAR HORN HONKS Left here now. Left here now. Left here now. Left here now. I am. I am! Why don't you drive then?! (SIGHS) (GROANS) (SIGHS) Right. In your right mirror. Left mirror. CRUNCHING, SQUEAKING Well, did you pass? Well, did you pass? Yep. Well, did you pass? Yep. That's my job done. Whoo-hoo! Don't bail out just yet. Your teen is more likely to crash on their restricted than any other time in their life. Go to safeteendriver.co.nz. Find out how you can stay involved. Just trying to keep you safe. Yeah, I know. 1 KIWIBANK HAS INCREASED ITS PROFIT AND SAYS THAT'S LARGELY DUE TO CUSTOMERS SWITCHING FROM OTHER BANKS. AFTER-TAX PROFIT FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS OF 2012 ROSE TO $58M FROM $38M A YEAR EARLIER. KIWIBANK NOW HAS 10% OF THE PERSONAL BANKING MARKET AND SAYS IT'S GROWING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MIX OF THAT MARKET SHARE, WE'RE STRONGLY REPRESENTED IN THAT SORT OF 18-45 AGE GROUP, AND THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT AGE GROUP, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR FUTURE PROFITABILITY. PAUL BROCK ALSO SAYS HE THINKS HOME MORTGAGE RATES ARE ABOUT AS LOW AS THEY CAN GO, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT TO BE SURE. SEVERE WEATHER IS CONTINUING TO CAUSE HAVOC ON AUSTRALIA'S EAST COAST, FORCING THOUSANDS TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES. THE TOWN OF KEMPSEY IN NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES IS STILL CUT OFF, WHILE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN QUEENSLAND ARE BRACED FOR MORE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL HAS THE LATEST. A WATER SPOUT TWISTS AND TURNS OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND AS ANOTHER WHIPS ACROSS THE WHITE WATER, TRIGGERING PANIC AT A LOCAL BEACH. MAN: DON'T GO NEAR THE TWISTER! SEVERE WEATHER IS ONCE AGAIN PUNCHING HOLES IN THE REPUTATION OF THE SO-CALLED 'SUNSHINE STATE'. FORECASTERS SAY THIS LATEST DELUGE IS HEAVY, BUT QUEENSLAND'S TOWNS SHOULD BE SPARED A SECOND FLOODING DISASTER THIS MONTH. AGAIN, THE MESSAGE IS, IF IT'S FLOODED, FORGET IT. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS CAUSEWAYS OR BRIDGES THAT HAVE GOT FLOODWATERS GOING ACROSS THEM. NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES IS ALSO BEING DRENCHED. PADDOCKS ARE NOW LAKES, WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FORCED TO EVACUATE KEMPSEY AND OTHER COMMUNITIES . MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE AND COUNTLESS ANIMALS REMAIN ISOLATED IN THE STRICKEN REGION TONIGHT. WE NOW MOVE TO GETTING PEOPLE WITH MEDICAL EMERGENCIES OUT OF THOSE COMMUNITIES AND TO MEDICAL ATTENTION. FURTHER SOUTH, KIAMA LOCALS WITH THE BEST VIEWS WERE MOST EXPOSED TO THE FREAK CYCLONIC WINDS THAT HIT THE SEASIDE TOWN. SEVERAL HOMES WERE DESTROYED AND 170 DAMAGED IN THE MAYHEM. I THOUGHT THERE WAS A PLANE CRASH. I CAME OUT, AND THERE WAS A HUNK OF ROOF RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY DOOR, ROOFING IRON ALL THE WAY DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. IN SYDNEY, THE CLEAN-UP IN MALABAR WAS MADE ALL THE MORE DIFFICULT BY ASBESTOS IN THE ROOFS THAT WERE PEELED OFF HOMES. AUSTRALIA'S SUMMER OF WILD WEATHER APPEARS TO BE FAR FROM OVER. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY. REEVA STEENKAMP'S PARENTS HAVE BROKEN THEIR SILENCE ABOUT THE SHOCK DEATH OF THEIR DAUGHTER AT THE HANDS OF OSCAR PISTORIUS. THEY SAY THEY'RE STILL STRUGGLING TO COME TO TERMS WITH THEIR DAUGHTER'S DEATH. CHANNEL NINE'S PETER STEFANOVIC HAS THIS STORY. CAPTURED ON SECURITY CAMERAS, THE LAST TIME REEVA STEENKAMP WAS FILMED ALIVE. SHE SEEMED HAPPY IN HER CAR AS SHE PULLED UP AT THE ENTRANCE OF OSCAR PISTORIUS' ESTATE. NINE HOURS LATER, SHE'D BE DEAD. ON SOUTH AFRICAN TELEVISION, HER MUM AND DAD SPOKE ABOUT RECEIVING THAT DREADED PHONE CALL. HE SAID, 'THERE'S BEEN AN ACCIDENT AND SHE'S BEEN SHOT.' AND I SAID, 'ALL I WANT TO KNOW NOW IS IF SHE'S ALIVE OR IF SHE'S DEAD.' OSCAR PISTORIUS REMAINS HIDDEN INSIDE HIS UNCLE'S HOME IN PRETORIA WHERE HIS BROTHER CARL LEFT, FACING QUESTIONS OF HIS OWN. WOMAN: WILL YOU BE MAKING A STATEMENT LATER? TWO DAYS BEFORE OSCAR'S BAIL HEARING, CARL WAS IN COURT ON A MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE RELATING TO THE 2008 DEATH OF A FEMALE MOTORCYCLIST. WHILE OSCAR PISTORIUS IS STAYING HERE, HE WILL AT LEAST BE COMFORTABLE, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCLUSIVE PARTS OF PRETORIA. THE HOME HAS SWEEPING VIEWS OF THE CITY, IT'S THREE STOREYS HIGH, AND WHAT'S MORE ` IT COMES WITH ITS OWN SECURITY GUARDS, SO PISTORIUS WILL BE WELL PROTECTED. OSCAR PISTORIUS WANTS TO SEE THE STEENKAMP FAMILY, BUT THEY'RE NOT READY. BARRY, UM, YEAH, HOW DO YOU COPE? WHISPERS: HE DOESN'T COPE. > JUST AHEAD ` A BITTER BLOW FOR ONE OF THE RISING STARS OF THE NRL JUST DAYS OUT FROM THE START OF THE SEASON. AND I'LL BE BACK WITH MORE SUNSHINE AND LIGHT WINDS. JUST 10 DAYS OUT FROM THE START OF THE NRL SEASON, ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST NEW STARS OF THE GAME HAS BEEN SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY. BULLDOGS FULLBACK AND NRL PLAYER OF THE YEAR BEN BARBA IS FACING A RAFT OF PERSONAL PROBLEMS, AND HIS CLUB SAYS HE NEEDS PROFESSIONAL HELP. CHANNEL NINE'S DANNY WEIDLER HAS MORE. IT'S NOT JUST THE BULLDOGS WHO'LL BE HURTING TONIGHT. IT'S KIDS EVERYWHERE WHO WORSHIP THE LITTLE MAN WHO GREW TO BECOME THE GAME'S BIGGEST STAR. HIS RISE TO THE TOP LAST SEASON WAS ONE OF THE GAME'S GREAT STORIES. HIS DEMISE IS A SPORTING TRAGEDY. DON'T THINK FOR ONE MINUTE THIS IS NOTHING OTHER THAN DRASTIC ACTION. WE'VE JUST SUSPENDED THE DALLY M PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND THE PIN-UP BOY OF THE GAME FOR 2013. THE CURSE OF BEING THE FACE OF THE GAME IS NOTHING NEW. BRETT STEWART, TODD CARNEY AND EVEN BENJI MARSHALL HAVE RAN INTO TROUBLE AFTER BEING PUT FORWARD AS THE PLAYER TO LOOK UP TO. TODAY THE DOGS GOT ON THE FRONT FOOT AND MADE BARBA'S PERSONAL TURMOIL PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE. MUTLTUDES OF ISSUES. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ALCOHOL; YOU CAN TALK ABOUT GAMBLING; YOU CAN TALK ABOUT PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. IN A STATEMENT, BARBA SAID: THIS WAS BARBA AND CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART, AINSLIE CURRIE, IN HAPPIER TIMES. I'M GLAD SHE'S HOLDING ON TO MY ARM. BUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN IN TROUBLE PRIVATELY FOR SOME TIME. AND HE MADE IT PUBLIC THROUGH A POST ON INSTAGRAM BY DECLARING HIS LOVE FOR LAUREN TWIDDLE. THIS ANGERED CURRIE, THE MOTHER OF HIS TWO CHILDREN, WHO LABELLED TWIDDLE A HOMEWRECKER. THE DOGS SAY THEY'RE SUPPORTING BOTH BARBA AND CURRIE. PRIORITY IS NOT ABOUT GETTING BEN BACK ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD. IT'S ABOUT BEN AND HIS CHILDREN, AND MAKING SURE THEY'VE GOT GOOD SUPPORT STRUCTURES AROUND THEM. ON THE WEEKEND, HE WAS OUT CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF DALEY CHERRY-EVANS' FIRST CHILD, AND THE DOGS DECIDED ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH. ON THE FIELD, THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF BARBA'S DEMONS, SCORING THREE TRIES FOR THE INDIGENOUS ALL-STARS JUST A FORTNIGHT AGO. NO ONE IS SURE WHEN WE'LL SEE HIS MAGIC AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW WHEN HE'LL COME BACK TO PLAYING FOOTY. IT COULD BE SIX WEEKS; IT COULD BE SIX MONTHS. WEATHERTIME NOW WITH RENEE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THE HIGH BEGINS TO ELONGATE TOMORROW, WITH FRONTAL ACTIVITY PRESSING AGAINST ITS SOUTHERN FLANK AND A SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION SINKING INTO ITS NORTHEAST FRINGE. THIS SAME SUBTROPICAL FEATURE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME RAIN AFFECTING NORTH-EASTERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND ON THURSDAY. HOWEVER, THE HIGH REMAINS FIRM, WITH A HIGH CENTRE EITHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY. WITH THE HIGH RESEMBLING A SAUSAGE TOMORROW, THE EXPOSED NORTH OF THE COUNTRY SITS OUT IN AN EASTERLY FLOW, WHILE THE SOUTH ISLAND DIPS ITS TOES IN WESTERLIES. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND THAT'S YOUR WEATHER. SEE YOU TOMORROW. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY AMY PARK AND VIRGINIA PHILP. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013