TONIGHT ` THE JUDGE SUMMED HIM UP IN JUST ONE WORD. ONE OF NZ'S WORST EVER SEX OFFENDERS STARTS A LONG PRISON SENTENCE. FROM PIPE DREAM TO A POSSIBLE REALITY. MEDICAL MARIJUANA COULD GET THE GREEN LIGHT AS A POLL SHOWS KIWIS ARE RIGHT BEHIND IT. IS IT SIMPLY PASSING THE BUCK? MOVES TO CHANGE WHO DECIDES WHETHER TO PUT FLUORIDE IN OUR WATER. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. TONIGHT, ONE OF NZ'S WORST EVER SEX OFFENDERS HAS BEEN JAILED FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS. ROBERT BURRETT SEXUALLY ABUSED A DOZEN GIRLS AS YOUNG AS 5 WHILE WORKING AS A CARETAKER AND BUS DRIVER AT A CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOL. SOME OF HIS VICTIMS WERE DISABLED. KIM SAVAGE REPORTS. THE COURT HAS RULED WE CAN'T SHOW RECENT IMAGES OF ROBERT BURRETT. AT 64, HE'S NOW MUCH OLDER THAN IN THIS PHOTO, AND FOR TWO YEARS, HE'S SEXUALLY ABUSED SCHOOLGIRLS, SOME AS YOUNG AS 5 YEARS OLD. MOST OF THIS OFFENDING OCCURRED IN THE CARETAKER'S SHED IN THE SCHOOL GROUNDS WHERE YOU WORKED AS A CARETAKER. YOU HAD FITTED THIS SHED WITH CURTAINS AND A LOCK. THE REST TOOK PLACE WHILE HE WAS A BUS DRIVER, TRANSPORTING SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. YOU GROOMED AND MANIPULATED CHILDREN. IN FEBRUARY, BURRETT ADMITTED 21 CHARGES, INCLUDING RAPE AND SEVERAL FORMS OF INDECENT ASSAULT, RELATING TO 12 GIRLS BETWEEN 2013 AND 2015. HIS LAWYER TODAY TOLD THE COURT OF HIS CLIENT'S REMORSE. I HAVE WATCHED MR BURRETT SLOWLY COME TO GRIPS WITH THE GRAVITY OF HIS OFFENDING. THAT HARM OUTLINED BY ONE OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE VICTIMS, NONE OF WHOM CAN BE IDENTIFIED. MEDIA WEREN'T ALLOWED TO FILM BURRETT IN COURT DURING TODAY'S SENTENCING, TO PROTECT HIS VICTIMS' IDENTITIES. AS THE 19�-YEAR SENTENCE WAS HANDED DOWN, BURRETT STOOD CALMLY IN THE DOCK WITH HIS ARMS FOLDED, LISTENING INTENTLY TO WHAT THE JUDGE HAD TO SAY. BURRETT ALSO WORKED AT OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE PAST. THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SAYS IT'S FOUND NOTHING IN ITS RECORDS WHICH FORESHADOWED HIS BEHAVIOUR. BUT, NOW, IF SCHOOLS ARE AWARE OF SOMETHING UNTOWARD, THEY MUST COME FORWARD. THEY MUST REPORT TO THE EDUCATION COUNCIL, AND IF THEY DON'T, IT IS NOW AGAINST THE LAW, AND THEY CAN RECEIVE A SEVERE FINE FOR NOT DOING SO. BURRETT THE ONE TODAY RECEIVING PUNISHMENT FOR HIS CRIMES. WITH CREDIT FOR THE TIME YOU'VE ALREADY SPENT IN PRISON ON REMAND, IT IS UNLIKELY YOU WOULD BE RELEASED UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 2034, WHEN YOU WILL BE ABOUT 83 YEARS OF AGE. STAND DOWN IN CUSTODY. WITH 10 YEARS TO PASS BEFORE BURRETT CAN EVEN BE CONSIDERED FOR PAROLE. KIM SAVAGE, ONE NEWS. CHILLING PHOTOS OF WINZ DOUBLE KILLER RUSSELL TULLY'S SHOOTING SPREE HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC. JUST A WARNING ` YOU MIGHT FIND THE IMAGES DISTRESSING. THE STILL IMAGES, WHICH SHOW THE DOUBLE MURDERER WEARING A BLACK BALACLAVA, HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF THE 61-SECOND SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE OF HIS DEADLY RAMPAGE. WINZ OPPOSED THE RELEASE OF THE PHOTOS, BUT THE JUDGE RULED THEY SHOULD BE MADE PUBLIC TO ALLOW COMPLETE REPORTING OF TULLY'S OFFENDING. JOHN KEY'S AT THE CENTRE OF AN EMBARRASSING DISCLOSURE IN THE MIDST OF THE PANAMA PAPERS LEAK. IT'S EMERGED HE HAS MONEY IN A COMPANY WHICH HAPPENS TO SPECIALISE IN SETTING UP FOREIGN TRUSTS BASED HERE. MR KEY MAINTAINS THAT HE HAS NO ACTUAL FOREIGN TRUSTS HIMSELF. BUT AS POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN EXPLAINS, THE TIMING OF THE REVELATION IS AWKWARD. LATE THIS AFTERNOON HERE AT PARLIAMENT, WE HAD A REVELATION ` LATE THIS AFTERNOON HERE AT PARLIAMENT, WE HAD A REVELATION ` THE RELEASE OF THE MPs' PECUNIARY INTERESTS, THEIR FINANCIAL INTERESTS. IT'S A REGULAR RELEASE ONCE A YEAR. NOW, ON THAT, THE PRIME MINISTER REVEALED THAT HE HAS A SHORT-TERM DEPOSIT WITH A LAW FIRM CALLED THE ANTIPODES TRUST GROUP LTD. A SHORT-TERM DEPOSIT THERE. NOW, THIS IS A TRUSTEE FIRM. IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT IT ALSO DOES DO TRUSTS FOR FOREIGN COMPANIES, IF YOU LIKE, OR COMPANIES LOOKING TO SET-UP TRUSTS USING A NZ JURISDICTION. THAT IS OF COURSE AWKWARD TIMING FOR THE PRIME MINISTER, GIVEN THAT IT IS THIS ISSUE OF FOREIGN TRUSTS THAT IS RIGHT AT THE CENTRE OF THE PANAMA PAPERS SCANDAL. NOW, THE PRIME MINISTER IS ADAMANT HE HAS NO FOREIGN TRUST; THIS WAS SIMPLY MONEY THAT HE HAS PREVIOUSLY HAD WITH HIS LAWYER IN A DIFFERENT FIRM. THAT LAWYER HAS NOW CHANGED TO THIS FIRM. THE MONEY IS USED FOR THE ADMINISTERING OF HIS OWN PRIVATE FAMILY TRUST IN NZ THAT WE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT FOR MANY MANY YEARS; THERE IS NOTHING NEW IN THAT. ONCE AGAIN, IT IS ABOUT THE TIMING, COMING OUT ON THE DAY WHEN ANDREW LITTLE WAS REALLY GOING AFTER THE PRIME MINISTER OVER THE PRIME MINISTER'S TAX DETAILS AND WHETHER HE SHOULD RELEASE THEM. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE PRIME MINISTER THIS EVENING DID ISSUE A STATEMENT IN WHICH THEY SAY... KEN WHITNEY, THAT IS THE PRIME MINISTER'S LAWYER ` HAS BEEN HIS LAWYER FOR A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME ` THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS YEAR'S PECUNIARY INTERESTS AND LAST YEAR'S IS THAT HE HAS CHANGED FIRMS AND THAT THE SHORT-TERM DEPOSIT IS USED TO PAY COSTS INCURRED FROM THE PRIME MINISTER'S FAMILY TRUST. THE SURPLUS FROM THAT THEN IS REINVESTED WITH TRADING BANKS IN NZ. JUST TO STRESS, THIS IS A LEGITIMATE INDUSTRY, AS WE HAVE HEARD IN THE DEBATE OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. IT'S BEEN OPERATING IN NZ FOR MANY MANY YEARS. THERE'S NO SUGGESTION THAT THERE HAS BEEN ANYTHING WRONG DONE HERE. THE ISSUE IS AROUND THE PERCEPTION OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND WHETHER OR NOT HE COULD HAVE TOLD US ABOUT THIS EARLIER. IN AN AUSTRALIAN FIRST, THE STATE OF VICTORIA HAS TONIGHT PASSED A BILL ALLOWING PEOPLE TO LEGALLY ACCESS MEDICAL CANNABIS IN 'EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES'. CHILDREN WITH SEVERE EPILEPSY WILL BE GIVEN FIRST ACCESS EARLY NEXT YEAR IN THE FORM OF OILS, SPRAYS AND VAPORISERS. THE TREATMENT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY TWO SPECIALISTS, AND NONE OF THE PRODUCTS ARE DESIGNED TO BE SMOKED. VICTORIA'S MOVE MAY WELL HASTEN EFFORTS TO MAKE A BROAD RANGE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA PRODUCTS AVAILABLE IN NZ WITHIN TWO YEARS. OUR GOVERNMENT'S CONFIRMED IT'S LOOKING AT OPTIONS. NEW FIGURES SHOW THE PUBLIC OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTS EASIER ACCESS. RYAN BOSWELL HAS MORE. LIVING WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, ASTHMA AND ARTHRITIS, HUHANA HICKEY'S IN CONSTANT PAIN; PAIN SHE MANAGES WITH MEDICAL MARIJUANA. YOU DON'T END UP IN A FOG ALL THE TIME WHERE YOUR BRAIN ISN'T ALWAYS FEELING LIKE IT CAN'T THINK, CAN'T FUNCTION, CAN'T COORDINATE. DR HICKEY'S ONE OF 100 KIWIS WHO USE THE ONLY READILY AVAILABLE PRODUCT, SATIVEX, BUT IT'S NOT SUITABLE FOR EVERYONE. PETER DUNNE WANTS TO MAKE MORE PRODUCTS AVAILABLE, BUT ONLY IF THEY'RE PROVEN TO BE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. HE'S NOW LOOKING AT RESEARCH BEING DONE IN AUSTRALIA. SO I WOULD EXPECT THE RESULTS OF THOSE WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN A YEAR OR TWO, AND THAT'S THE POINT AT WHICH WE CAN THEN SEE IF THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED IN AUSTRALIA AND LOOK TO DO LIKEWISE HERE. THE LATEST ONE NEWS COLMAR BRUNTON POLL SHOWS MOST KIWIS ARE ON SIDE. WE ASKED... NEARLY THREE-QUARTERS OF PEOPLE WERE IN FAVOUR, JUST OVER 20% AGAINST. I THINK THAT'S ABOUT WHERE I THINK PUBLIC OPINION IS AT. IN FACT, I'D HAVE VOTED YES IN THE POLL TOO. PAUL HOLMES AND MARTIN CROWE USED CANNABIS TO MANAGE THEIR PAIN FROM CANCER TREATMENT. HELEN KELLY'S DOING THE SAME. LABOUR'S DAMIEN O'CONNOR SAYS SICK PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE FORCED TO BREAK THE LAW. MY BILL GOES BEYOND PHARMACEUTICAL GRADE; IT DOES ALLOW THE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS THEMSELVES TO HAVE INVESTIGATED WHAT WOULD BE A SAFE PRODUCT FOR PRESCRIBING. PETER DUNNE SAYS HE COULD MOVE SOONER IF CLINICAL TRIALS WERE DONE HERE, BUT NO ONE'S OFFERED, AND HE SAYS THERE'S ONLY FOUR PHARMACEUTICAL-GRADE CANNABIS PRODUCTS AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE ` ONE BEING SATIVEX. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE DYING OUT THERE, AND WE NEED THIS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. A TWO-YEAR WAIT JUST TOO LONG FOR SOME. RYAN BOSWELL, ONE NEWS. 'LET THE HEALTH EXPERTS DECIDE WHETHER TO PUT FLUORIDE IN WATER.' THAT'S THE LOGIC BEHIND MOVES TO TAKE THE DECISION AWAY FROM LOCAL COUNCILS AND GIVE IT TO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS. IT COULD GIVE AN EXTRA MILLION AND A HALF KIWIS DIRECT ACCESS TO THE TOOTH DECAY PREVENTER. BUT AS WILL HINE REPORTS, CRITICS SAY IT WOULD BE A BACKWARDS STEP. SICK MOUTHS, PAINFUL TEETH, AND A PROBLEM THE GOVERNMENT SAYS CAN BE ADDRESSED BY FLUORIDATION. 40% OF UNDER-5S IN NZ HAVE HAD A ROTTEN TOOTH. THAT'S UP TO 60% IN MAORI. THE BEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR COMBATTING THAT IS FLUORIDATION OF THE WATER SUPPLY. UNTIL NOW, LOCAL BODIES HAVE DECIDED WHETHER TO FLUORIDATE, BUT THAT'S LED TO COSTLY REFERENDUMS AND COURT BATTLES FOR COUNCILS LIKE SOUTH TARANAKI, HAMILTON AND WHAKATANE. WE'RE LAY PEOPLE. WE'RE THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO DO THE BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND AT TIMES WE GET OVERWHELMED WITH TECHNICAL ASPECTS FOR OR AGAINST FLUORIDE. SO THE PLAN IS TO HAND DECISION MAKING TO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS. LIKE COUNCILS, THEY HAVE ELECTED MEMBERS BUT COME WITH MORE HEALTH EXPERTISE. THERE'S STILL CHOICE AROUND FLUORIDATION, BUT THE DHB'S WILL BE MAKING THAT DECISION. BUT, YES, I WANT TO SEE MORE FLUORIDE IN NZ WATER SUPPLIES. THE IDEA IS LIKELY TO FACE RESISTANCE AT SELECT COMMITTEE STAGE. IT WOULD MEAN THAT WE WERE ONE OF ONLY THREE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD WITH MANDATORY FLUORIDATION. IT'S HUGELY BACKWARDS. BUT THAT VIEW GOES AGAINST ESTABLISHED THINKING. ORGANISATIONS HERE AND OVERSEAS ENDORSE FLUORIDATION AS A WAY TO IMPROVE DENTAL HEALTH. IF WE CAN GET MORE FLUORIDE IN THE WATER, THEY TELL ME THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DECREASE TOOTH DECAY BY 40% IN CHILDREN, UP TO 30% IN ADULTS, AND THAT CAN ONLY BE A GOOD THING. A PROMISE OF CHANGE FOR AROUND HALF THE COUNTRY CURRENTLY WITHOUT ADDED FLUORIDE IN THE WATER. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. ANY HOPE OF THE HOUSE MARKET COOLING HAS BEEN THROWN UNDER THE BUS, WITH NEW FIGURES SHOWING PRICES REACHING RECORD HIGHS. AND IT'S NOT JUST IN AUCKLAND. THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A HOUSE IN AUCKLAND IS NOW $820,000 ` THE FIRST TIME IT'S BREACHED THE 800,000 MARK. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY OF SAILS. THE BAY OF PLENTY, WELLINGTON, MARLBOROUGH AND CANTERBURY HAVE ALL SET NEW RECORDS IN WHAT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS AUCKLAND'S HALO EFFECT. WE SAW THAT INVESTORS AND FIRST-HOME BUYERS BEGIN TO MOVE OUT TO THE REGIONS. IT STARTED IN NORTHLAND, MOVED DOWN THROUGH TO HAMILTON, AND NOW WE'RE SEEING IT IN WELLINGTON RIGHT DOWN TO THE SOUTH ISLAND. THE NUMBER OF HOUSES BEING SOLD AT AUCTION HAS ALSO GONE UP DRAMATICALLY THIS YEAR. NEARLY A QUARTER OF ALL HOMES ARE NOW SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER. AND ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE IS NEWS THAT A KEY PLAN TO EASE AUCKLAND'S HOUSING CRISIS IS ITSELF IN CRISIS. THE GOVERNMENT'S FREED UP JUST 5% OF THE CROWN LAND IT PROMISED FOR NEW HOUSING LAST YEAR. AND AS POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD REPORTS, THE MONEY ALLOCATED TO THE SCHEME HAS BEEN SPENT. GOVERNMENT HOUSE, MANGERE CEMETERY AND POWER SUBSTATIONS ` ALL ON AN OFFICIAL LIST OF LAND IN AUCKLAND WHICH OFFICIALS SUGGESTED COULD BE USED FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS LIST. ALL OF THE PROPERTIES I'VE LOOKED AT ARE SENSIBLE AND ARE GOING TO BE USED. THE IDEA FROM THE OPPOSITION THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S GONNA HAVE HOUSING BUILT ON CEMETERIES, BUILT ON POWERSTATIONS, BUILT ON GOVERNMENT HOUSE, IS SIMPLY MISCHIEF-MAKING. AND NICK SMITH SAYS THE LIST IS OLD ` FROM 2007. LABOUR CAN'T BELIEVE HE NEVER SAW IT. HIS OFFICIALS RELEASED THIS LIST, SAYING IT WAS THE LIST THAT WAS USED AS THE BASIS OF NICK SMITH'S ANNOUNCEMENT. PHIL TWYFORD SAYS IT SHOWS LAST YEAR'S ANNOUNCEMENT ` MADE IN TIME TO BID FOR BUDGET FUNDING ` WAS RUSHED. WELL, THIS IS CLASSIC NICK SMITH ` IT'S HALF-BAKED, SCRAMBLED TOGETHER. HE HASN'T DONE HIS HOMEWORK. IT'S A FARCE. THE CROWN LAND BUY-BACK'S CERTAINLY SLOW ` AND EXPENSIVE ` GIVEN THE MINISTER'S CONFIRMED THAT OF THE 500HA PROMISED, ONLY 25HA HAVE BEEN SECURED, USING UP ALL HIS $54M BUDGET. I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO 500HA WITH THE EXISTING BUDGET OF $54M. WELL, THIS WOULD BE FUNNY IF IT WASN'T SO TRAGIC. AUCKLANDERS DESPERATELY NEED HOUSES TO LIVE IN. DR SMITH SAYS 1000 HOMES WILL BE BUILT ON THAT 25HA. SO WORK HAS BEGUN ON JUST 5% OF THIS PROJECT, LEAVING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE TO FIND, AND FUND, THE REMAINDER OF THAT 500HA. NICK SMITH SAYS HE'S ASKED FOR MORE MONEY IN NEXT MONTH'S BUDGET. WELL, YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. NICK SMITH'S STILL PROMISING WE'LL SEE 500HA OF DEVELOPMENT ` HE JUST CAN'T SAY WHEN. KATIE BRADFORD, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` ONE OF THE TEENAGERS ACCUSED OF MURDERING A MAN AT AN AUCKLAND HOTEL TALKS OF PORNOGRAPHY AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AT HIS TRIAL. WILLIAM PRETENDS TO BE A RACING DRIVER AND KATE BLENDS IN WHILE PLAYING SOCCER. WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST ON THE ROYAL TOUR OF INDIA. FIRST HIS WIFE AND EX-WIFE WERE CALLED IN TO BOOST NUMBERS. NOW HIS KIDS LEAVE HIM MORE RED-FACED THAN USUAL. MORE WOE FOR DONALD TRUMP. ONE OF THE TEENAGERS ACCUSED OF MURDERING A MAN IN AN AUCKLAND HOTEL IN 2014 SAYS HE ATTACKED HIM IN SELF-DEFENCE. THE DEFENCE CLAIMS THE MAN (54) SHOWED THE TEEN PORNOGRAPHY BEFORE SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HIM. CHRIS CHANG WAS IN COURT. LEONARD NATTRASS-BERQUIST AND HIS FRIEND STAND ACCUSED OF MURDER. IN COURT, HE DESCRIBED EVENTS LEADING TO THE ALLEGED ATTACK ON IHAIA GILLMAN-HARRIS. HE SAYS IT STARTED WHEN THE OLDER MAN PULLED OUT A LAPTOP IN THE MOTEL ROOM. HE SAID, 'DO YOU LIKE THIS?' WHEN I LOOKED OVER, HE SPUN THE LAPTOP AROUND TO ME AND I COULD SEE THEM PRETTY PLAIN. THE IMAGE` I COULD SEE PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES. NATTRASS-BERQUIST SLAMMED THE LAPTOP SHUT. I PUSHED MYSELF BACK FROM HIM AND ASKED HIM WHAT THE <BLEEP> THAT WAS ABOUT, TO WHICH HE REPLIED THAT WE HAD BEEN DICKING HIM AROUND FOR TOO LONG, AND WE NEEDED TO START PAYING WHAT WE OWED TO HIM. THE DEFENCE SAYS THE 54-YEAR-OLD THEN SHOVED THE TEENAGER ON TO THE BED. HE HELD ONE HAND ON HIS THROAT AND HE PLACED THE OTHER HAND ON HIS PENIS. BEAUEN WALLACE-LORETZ RETURNED FROM THE BATHROOM TO FIND GILLMAN-HARRIS ON TOP OF HIS FRIEND. A FIGHT BEGAN. WALLACE-LORETZ EVENTUALLY SMASHED THE BACK OF THE VICTIM'S HEAD WITH A BOTTLE. THE LAW, QUITE APPROPRIATELY, SAYS THAT YOU'RE ENTITLED TO DEFEND YOURSELF OR ACT IN THE DEFENCE OF ANOTHER. THE ACCUSED SAID HE ONLY FOUND OUT GILLMAN-HARRIS HAD DIED THE FOLLOWING DAY. I FELT TERRIBLE. NO MATTER WHAT, NO ONE DESERVES THAT. WHILE THE CROWN SAYS TEXT MESSAGES BETWEEN THE PAIR SHOW MURDEROUS INTENT, THE ACCUSED SAY THEY WERE JUST TALKING TOUGH. THE DEFENCE CASE CONTINUES TOMORROW. CHRIS CHANG, ONE NEWS. CHARGES HAVE BEEN LAID AGAINST THE 60 MINUTES CREW DETAINED IN LEBANON FOR THEIR ROLE IN A BOTCHED ATTEMPT TO SNATCH TWO CHILDREN BACK TO AUSTRALIA. AUSTRALIAN MEDIA ARE REPORTING JOURNALIST TARA BROWN AND THREE OTHER CREW MEMBERS EACH FACE FOUR CHARGES, INCLUDING KIDNAPPING AND ASSAULT. THEY'LL BE INTERVIEWED IN THE COMING DAYS. THE CREW HAD TRAVELLED TO BEIRUT TO FILM THE STORY OF BRISBANE MOTHER SALLY FAULKNER, WHO IT'S ALLEGED WAS TRYING TO RETRIEVE HER CHILDREN FROM THEIR FATHER. DONALD TRUMP MAY BE FIGHTING NEXT WEEK'S PRIMARY IN THE HOME COMFORT OF HIS OWN STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT TWO OF HIS OWN CHILDREN WON'T BE VOTING FOR HIM. ERIC AND IVANKA TRUMP FAILED TO CHANGE THEIR PARTY AFFILIATION FROM INDEPENDENTS IN TIME AND THEREFORE CAN'T TAKE PART. BUT WAIT ` IT GETS EVEN MORE EMBARRASSING FOR THE TRUMPS, GIVEN IVANKA'S BEEN CAMPAIGNING ON BEHALF OF HER DAD, REMINDING PEOPLE TO REGISTER. YOU NEED TO ACTUALLY BE REGISTERED AS A REPUBLICAN. YOU JUST WRITE DOWN THE NAME 'TRUMP', AND YOU ARE DONE, AND THAT'S IT. VERY EXCITING. THERE IS A SILVER LINING THOUGH ` TWO OF TRUMP'S OTHER CHILDREN DID REGISTER AND WILL STILL BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR THE REPUBLICAN FRONTRUNNER. ROYALS KATE AND WILL HAVE RETRACED THE FINAL STEPS OF SPIRITUAL LEADER MAHATMA GANDHI ON THE SECOND DAY OF THEIR TOUR TO INDIA AND BHUTAN. LATER THEY CELEBRATED AN EARLY 90TH BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE QUEEN IN NEW DELHI. CHANNEL NINE'S AMELIA BALLINGER REPORTS. A GARDEN PARTY FOR 2000 PEOPLE, AND ALL EYES WERE ON JUST TWO. IN AN INDIAN-INSPIRED ALICE TEMPERLEY ENSEMBLE, IT WAS THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE WHO REALLY STOOD OUT. THE ROYAL COUPLE WERE THE GUESTS EVERYONE WANTED TO TALK TO. THIS EVENT WASN'T TOLD ABOUT THE YOUNG ROYALS; IT WAS AN EARLY CELEBRATION OF THE QUEENS UPCOMING 90TH BIRTHDAY. KATE AND WILLIAM WERE IN CHARGE OF CUTTING THE CAKE AND SHARED THEIR PERSONAL ADMIRATION FOR THE MONARCH. I'M INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE MY GRANDMOTHER IN MY LIFE. AS SHE TURNS 90, SHE'S REMARKABLY ENERGETIC AND A DEDICATED GUIDING FORCE FOR HER FAMILY. AND I'M SO GLAD THAT MY CHILDREN ARE HAVING THE CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW THE QUEEN. SHE MAY BE MY GRANDMOTHER, BUT SHE IS ALSO VERY MUCH THE BOSS. THE COUPLE STARTED TODAY IN MUMBAI, WHERE THEY MET WITH ASPIRING YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS WHO DEMONSTRATED THEIR START-UP BUSINESS IDEAS. WHILE WILLIAM TURNED HIS HAND AT TRADITIONAL INDIAN COOKING, HE COULDN'T CONVINCE HIS WIFE TO TRY THE RESULT. AFTER TRAVELING TO THE CAPITAL, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS PAID TRIBUTE TO THE COUNTRIES WAR DEAD AT INDIA GATE, WHERE KATE STRUGGLED AGAINST THE BREEZE IN AN EMILIA WICKSTEAD DRESS. THEY THEN HONOURED INDIA'S FATHER, MAHATMA GANDHI, TOURING HIS HOME AND SCATTERING PETALS AT THE SPOT WHERE HE WAS ASSASSINATED IN 1948. THE COUPLE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF THEIR TIME IN INDIA, BUILDING ON RELATIONSHIPS THE QUEEN HAS WORKED HARD TO MAINTAIN THROUGHOUT HER REIGN. AND TOMORROW THEY'LL MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT. JUST AHEAD ` WE'LL SERVE UP A WEATHER SMOOTHIE WITH EXTRA KALE. AND THEY THOUGHT THEY FOILED SECURITY, AND IN A WAY, THEY HAD. A WEIRD WAY TO ROB A BANK. AND WHY LED ZEPPELIN'S FRONTMEN ARE NOW FACING THE MUSIC OVER THIS TIMELESS CLASSIC. THE TWO PEOPLE IN OUR NEXT STORY ARE A SHINING EXAMPLE OF HOW NOT TO ROB A BANK. AND WE REALLY DO MEAN SHINING. THE TWO WERE CAUGHT ON CAMERA ATTEMPTING TO ROB A BANK IN BRAZIL, THE TWO WERE CAUGHT ON CAMERA ATTEMPTING TO ROB A BANK IN BRAZIL, WRAPPED IN TIN FOIL. HONESTLY, WE DON'T KNOW WHY EITHER. THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY GET ANY MONEY, BUT THE MASTER CRIMINALS LEFT BEHIND A POWER DRILL. IT'S BELIEVED THEY HAD TWO ACCOMPLICES... WHO MAY WELL HAVE BEEN COVERED IN GLADWRAP (!) FINALLY, TONIGHT ` A ROCKING RIFF OR A RIGHT RIP-OFF? THE LED ZEPPELIN CLASSIC STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF A COPYRIGHT TRIAL 45 YEARS AFTER ITS RELEASE. BAND MEMBERS ROBERT PLANT AND JIMMY PAGE ARE ACCUSED OF STEALING THE SONG'S OPENING CHORDS FROM ANOTHER GROUP. ABC'S ANNE BARKER HAS MORE. LED ZEPPELIN PLAYS 'STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN' THEY'RE THE FAMOUS OPENING NOTES OF 'STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN', AND NOW, THEY'RE FAMOUS ALL OVER AGAIN. SONGWRITERS ROBERT PLANT AND JIMMY PAGE ARE ACCUSED OF STEALING THEM FROM ANOTHER SONG, 'TAURUS', RELEASED BY THE BAND 'SPIRIT' IN 1968. SPIRIT'S 'TAURUS' A US JUDGE SAYS THERE'S ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO SEND THE PAIR TO TRIAL. # IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, A LONG TIME # LED ZEPPELIN PERFORMED ALONGSIDE SPIRIT THAT SAME YEAR. SPIRIT SONGWRITER RANDY WOLFE IS LONG DEAD, BUT HIS TRUSTEE HAS BROUGHT A LAWSUIT CLAIMING PAGE AND PLANT STOLE THE NOTES WITHOUT GIVING CREDIT TO WOLFE ` THOUGH NOT ALL EXPERTS AGREE. ALL ART IS BASED ON RECYCLING IDEAS. IT'S A CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARTISTS AND BETWEEN THE PUBLIC, SO THAT'S JUST PART OF IT. THE CASE HAS SEVERAL PRECEDENTS, INCLUDING THE SUIT AGAINST MEN AT WORK, FOUND GUILTY OF PLAGIARISING THE KOOKABURRA SONG IN 'DOWN UNDER'. FLUTE RIFF FROM 'LAND DOWN UNDER' AND IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME LED ZEPPELIN HAS BEEN SUED FOR STEALING MUSIC. THEY HAVE TAKEN OLD BLUES SONGS, REWORKED THEM AND TURNED THEM INTO NEW THINGS. PLANT AND PAGE CLAIM, IN THEIR DEFENCE, RANDY WOLFE WAS A SONGWRITER FOR HIRE WHO HAD NO COPYRIGHT CLAIM AND THAT HIS MELODY WAS SO CLICHED IT DIDN'T DESERVE COPYRIGHT PROTECTION. NOW A JURY WILL DECIDE WHEN THEY FACE THE MUSIC NEXT MONTH IN COURT. # ...TO HEAVEN. # NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH LED ZEPPELIN. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND ALEX WALKER.