AN APOLOGY AND A BACKTRACK FROM GOOGLE OVER HOW IT'S HANDLED THE GRACE MILLANE SUPPRESSION SAGA. FIRST AID FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH ` HOW WORKPLACES ARE NOW TACKLING PAIN THAT'S MORE THAN SKIN DEEP. AND PUT OFF BY CLASSICAL MUSIC? PERHAPS NZ TRIO CAN HELP, AS IT STARTS A TOUR AIMED AT ATTRACTING NEW AUDIENCES. CAPTIONS BY ELLA WHEELER AND CHELSEA BRADY CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2019 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. GOOGLE'S APOLOGISED FOR BREACHING THE NAME SUPPRESSION OF THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING BRITISH BACKPACKER GRACE MILLANE. IT'S A MAJOR TURNAROUND FOR THE INTERNET GIANT, WHICH EARLIER THIS WEEK SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THAT IT COULD OR WOULD DO TO STOP THE SAME FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. ANDREW MACFARLANE HAS MORE. A MAJOR TURNAROUND FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST INTERNET COMPANIES. IT SAYS THAT BECAUSE ON TUESDAY GOOGLE TOLD JUSTICE MINISTER ANDREW LITTLE THERE WAS NOTHING IT CAN OR WOULD DO TO STOP GRACE MILLANE'S ACCUSED KILLER BEING NAMED ON ITS PLATFORM, DESPITE THE COURT SUPPRESSING HIS IDENTITY. MR LITTLE SUGGESTING HE MAY CONSIDER LEGAL ACTION. I THINK THAT JUST SHOWS CONTEMPT FOR NEW ZEALAND AND ITS JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. BUT TODAY, THE COMPANY CHANGED ITS TUNE. IT FIRST CAME UNDER FIRE ABOUT THE CASE IN DECEMBER WHEN IT SENT OUT A GOOGLE TRENDS EMAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS NAMING THE BRITISH BACKPACKER'S ALLEGED KILLER. THEY'VE SAID THAT THEY'RE SUSPENDING THE EMAIL SERVICE THAT SENDS NEWS LINKS TO NEW ZEALAND SUBSCRIBERS. I WELCOME THAT. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING, BUT, OF COURSE, THAT'S A SHORT-TERM SOLUTION. ONE SUGGESTION ` A DATABASE FOR JOURNALISTS AND OTHERS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE UP TO DATE WITH COURT SUPPRESSION ORDERS. I MEAN, GOOGLE IS A PUBLISHER OF NEWS. THEY DO IT THROUGH ALGORITHMS. THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW ZEALAND LAW, AND THEY WILL STILL NEED TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THEIR ALGORITHM PROBLEM. TECH EXPERT PAUL BRISLEN SAYS IT'S A SMART MOVE FROM GOOGLE. UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE MINISTER AND FROM A LOT OF PUBLIC OUTCRY, GOOGLE'S FINALLY REALISED THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO LET THIS LIE, THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY AN IMPORTANT MATTER. AND FOLLOWING THE CHRISTCHURCH MOSQUE KILLINGS, THE PRIME MINISTER ALSO DEMONSTRATED HER DETERMINATION TO FORCE INTERNET COMPANIES TO BE SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE, MEETING WITH FRANCE'S EMANUEL MACRON AND OTHER WORLD LEADERS TO DISCUSS OPTIONS EARLIER THIS YEAR. SO WHAT GOOGLE IS FINALLY DOING IS WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE RIGHT AT THE VERY BEGINNING. DESPITE GOOGLE'S BACKTRACK, MR LITTLE SAYS HE'S STILL PLANNING TO TAKE UP THE ISSUE WITH JUSTICE MINISTERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. ANDREW MACFARLANE, 1 NEWS. AUCKLAND MAYOR PHIL GOFF WANTS HARD QUESTIONS PUT TO THE OWNER OF A CENTRAL CITY BUILDING AFTER A HEAVY CLADDING PANEL FELL ONTO A BUSY INNER-CITY STREET BELOW. THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE MAJOR TRAFFIC DISRUPTIONS IN THE CBD FOR SEVERAL DAYS YET AFTER MORE PANELS WERE FOUND TO BE CRUMBLING. KIM BAKER WILSON REPORTS. INCH BY INCH, A BUILDING UNDER SCRUTINY. AND THIS IS WHY. I JUST HEARD A BANG AND I HAPPENED TO SEE OUT THE CORNER OF MY EYE, LIKE, SOME DEBRIS FLY ACROSS THE ROAD JUST OVER HERE. JUST SAW SOMETHING FLY DOWN, MAKE A REALLY BIG NOISE WHEN IT HIT THE GROUND. NOW ON THE 13TH FLOOR, A GAPING HOLE. AND THE PROBLEMS DON'T END THERE. THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN OVER THE BUILDING THIS MORNING, AND HAVE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF PANELS THAT ARE LOOSE. IT'S COME AS A COMPLETE SURPRISE. WE OBVIOUSLY KNEW THERE WAS SOME FAILURE IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE PANEL, BUT IT'S COME AS A COMPLETE SURPRISE THAT THESE PANELS SHOULD FALL OFF. X MARKS THE SPOT OF EACH PROBLEM PANEL. THERE WAS ALREADY WORK TO REPLACE THEM FROM THE GROUND UP. IT JUST DIDN'T COME FAST ENOUGH. THE PROBLEMS WITH THE BUILDING WERE IDENTIFIED MAYBE FOUR YEARS AGO, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO. THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A CLAIM. THAT CLAIM WORTH MORE THAN $40M. NOW ABSEILERS HAVE BEEN CALLED IN FOR WORK THAT WILL GO ACROSS THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. COMMUTERS STUCK IN LENGTHY JAMS YESTERDAY... IT'S TAKEN THEM ABOUT HALF AN HOUR TO GET UP THIS ONE STRETCH OF ROAD FROM THE MOTORWAY. ...COULD BE IN FOR MORE OF THE SAME. WHEN, I THINK, ANYTHING FALLS FROM A HEIGHT, THERE IS A REAL DANGER TO PEOPLE BELOW IT. HENCE THE ROAD BEING SHUT. IT'S FOR GOOD REASON. WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE NO ONE IS INJURED. NO CHANCE OF THIS NORMALLY BUSY ROAD OPENING UP AGAIN UNTIL OFFICIALS ARE CONVINCED IT'S SAFE. IT COULD MEAN DAYS OF LOST INCOME FOR SOME. IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A NORMAL FRIDAY TRADE FOR US, THAT'S FOR SURE. I THINK PEOPLE ARE WORKING FROM HOME INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH SITTING IN TRAFFIC FOR AN HOUR JUST TO GET INTO WORK. I DON'T BLAME THEM. (LAUGHS) AND NO BLAME YET FROM COUNCIL OFFICIALS, WHO SAY IT'S TOO SOON TO SAY WHAT'S HAPPENED. KIM BAKER WILSON, 1 NEWS. A HUGE CRACK'S OPENED UP ON A SUBURBAN ROAD IN TAUPO, CUTTING WATER TO 30 HOMES AND PROMPTING EVACUATIONS. IT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER ANOTHER PIECE OF EARTH BROKE AWAY, RESULTING IN 800,000 LITRES OF WASTEWATER POURING INTO THE LAKE. SAM KELWAY REPORTS. IT LOOKS LIKE THE AFTERMATH OF AN EARTHQUAKE ` SINKING GROUND CREATING A CRACK THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL TAUPO STREET. IT HAS UNFORTUNATELY GONE THROUGH THE HOUSE THAT'S IN BEHIND US, SO THAT'S UNINHABITABLE AT THE MOMENT. THOSE PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED LAST NIGHT. THE DAMAGE UNWELCOME, BUT NO SURPRISE FOR RESIDENTS. BACK IN AROUND 2004, WHEN THE FIRST PROBLEMS STARTED TO OCCUR, HOUSES WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF CRACKING, MOVEMENT, TOMOS OPENING UP, VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE AREA. THIS IS A KNOWN SUBSIDENCE BOWL. SO IT DOES DROP EVERY YEAR. OBVIOUSLY NOT AT THIS SORT OF SCALE OR THIS SORT OF RATE. LOCALS WERE NOTIFIED OF THE RISK TO THEIR HOMES FROM SUBSIDENCE IN 2001, AND HAVE BEEN IN DISPUTE WITH THE COUNCIL AND CONTACT ENERGY ABOUT WHO'S RESPONSIBLE EVER SINCE. CONTACT ENERGY OPERATES THE WAIRAKEI AND POIHIPI POWER STATIONS NEAR TAUPO, WHICH USE GEOTHERMAL HEAT TO CREATE ELECTRICITY. SOME RESIDENTS BLAME THEM. THEY'D ALWAYS BEEN ADVISED THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN. AND, UNFORTUNATELY, NOW IT HAS HAPPENED AND AFFECTING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. CONTACT ENERGY SAYS THE SUBSIDENCE IS CONTINUING AT EXPECTED RATES, AND THE LATEST MOVEMENT WAS MORE LIKELY CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN. THE STREETS LOST POWER BRIEFLY OVERNIGHT, AND IT'S TAKEN MOST OF TODAY TO FIX THE WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE. COUNCIL'S PUT PORTALOOS AND WATER TANKERS IN PLACE. THE ROADS REMAIN CLOSED AS THE HUGE FRACTURES ARE REPAIRED. THE COUNCIL SAYS THERE'S NO LINK TO TUESDAY'S BURST WATER MAIN, WHICH SAW 800,000 LITRES OF WASTEWATER AND SEWAGE POURED INTO THE LAKE. BUT THE EVENTS ARE PUTTING A STRAIN ON RESOURCES. LOOK, THE TEAM ARE TIRED. THEY'RE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. WE'VE GOT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COMING IN FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, DOING THE PHYSICAL WORK AND HELPING US IN THE CO-ORDINATION SPACE. BUT YEAH, WE ARE AT BREAKING POINT. COUNCIL FIXING THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS, BUT TAUPO RESIDENTS WANT SECURITY. FROM HERE, WE'D LIKE TO SEE BOTH COUNCIL AND CONTACT STEP UP AND GIVE US A PLAN GOING FORWARD OF WHAT THEY INTEND TO DO. THIS THE LATEST TRENCH IN A NEAR 20-YEAR BATTLE. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. THE VICTIMS OF SURGICAL MESH IMPLANTS, SOME OF WHOM HAVE SUFFERED DEBILITATING PAIN, ARE BEING GIVEN A CHANCE TO HAVE THEIR SAY. THE HEALTH MINISTRY'S HOLDING A SERIES OF FORUMS AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE TREATMENT. AS KATIE BRADFORD EXPLAINS, THERE'S ALSO HOPE IT'LL LEAD TO AN APOLOGY AND COMPENSATION. DON'T BE AFRAID. WE'VE FOUGHT FOR THIS FOR SO LONG. A SEVEN-YEAR BATTLE, AND FINALLY SOME GOOD NEWS. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE TRAUMATIC FOR SOME PEOPLE, BECAUSE IT'S A HIGHLY PERSONAL STORY TO BE TOLD. CARMEL BERRY IS JUST ONE OF THOUSANDS OF KIWIS LEFT IN EXCRUCIATING PAIN FOLLOWING THE INSERTION OF SURGICAL MESH. IN HER CASE, IT WAS FOLLOWING A HYSTERECTOMY. SHE'S SINCE HAD OVER 12 DIFFERENT PROCEDURES. THE GRIEF OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN. THE MESH WAS INSERTED IN PEOPLE FOR VARIOUS REASONS ` TO TREAT PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE, HERNIA AND URINARY INCONTINENCE. BUT THE EXACT NUMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN LEFT IN PAIN AS A RESULT IS UNKNOWN. THE TYPES OF HARM IS FAR-REACHING AND FAR-RANGING. ANGER, GRIEF, PAIN ` WHATEVER IT IS, THE GOVERNMENT IS FINALLY GIVING PEOPLE LEFT TRAUMATISED, PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY, THE CHANCE TO HAVE THEIR SAY. THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FORUM WILL TRAVEL THE COUNTRY AND EXPECTS TO TALK TO ABOUT 500 PEOPLE. SO THAT THEY CAN FEEL HEARD, THAT THEY FEEL ACKNOWLEDGED, AND THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WHAT WE CAN DO NEXT. AND THERE'S A PROMISE THAT IF PEOPLE CAN'T GO TO MEETINGS, THEY'LL STILL GET TO CONTRIBUTE. PHONE CALLS, ZOOMING INTERVIEWS, AND WE MAY WELL GO AND MEET WITH THEM. BETWEEN 2005 AND 2018, MEDSAFE RECEIVED 1070 ADVERSE EVENT REPORTS RELATING TO SURGICAL MESH AND RELATED DEVICES. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE COMPLAINTS ` 992 ` CAME FROM ACC. 44 WERE FROM PATIENTS AND 28 FROM THE DEVICE SUPPLIERS. GLOBALLY, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PAID OUT FOR HARM CAUSED BY THE MESH IMPLANTS. AND SOME HERE HOPE FOR AN APOLOGY AND EVEN COMPENSATION. YES, IF A HEARTFELT, MEANINGFUL APOLOGY WAS ONE OF THE OUTCOMES, YES, I THINK PEOPLE WOULD BE DELIGHTED. THAT LEADS TO A CONVERSATION WITH ACC. AND IT'S HOPED THE HEALTH MINISTERS WILL LISTEN TOO. THEY NEED TO BE THERE. THEY NEED TO LISTEN, AND THEY NEED TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS. THE FIRST RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FORUMS KICK OFF IN AUCKLAND LATER THIS MONTH. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. TWO TRADESMEN NARROWLY AVOIDED INJURY TODAY AFTER A BUS CRASHED INTO A HOUSE IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF FLATBUSH. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE JUST BEFORE MIDDAY. THE HOUSE WAS UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS, WITH THE OCCUPANTS DUE TO MOVE IN NEXT WEEK. NO ONE ON THE BUS WAS INJURED. OVERSEAS NOW, AND IT RAINED, BUT NOTHING SEEMED TO DAMPEN DONALD TRUMP'S ENTHUSIASM AS HE HOSTED A CONTROVERSIAL INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION IN WASHINGTON DC. THE EVENT FEATURED TANKS, MILITARY FLYOVERS AND FIREWORKS. US CORRESPONDENT REBECCA WRIGHT REPORTS. IT MIGHT HAVE RAINED ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SALUTE TO AMERICA PARADE,... HELLO, AMERICA. HELLO. ...BUT THAT DID NOT DAMPEN THE PRESIDENT'S ENTHUSIASM. INDEPENDENCE WILL NEVER FADE, NEVER FAIL, BUT WILL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER. (CROWD CHEERING) IT WAS A MADE-FOR-TV INDEPENDENCE DAY PRODUCTION DELIVERED FROM THE STEPS OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. WE CELEBRATE OUR HISTORY, OUR PEOPLE, AND THE HEROES WHO PROUDLY DEFEND OUR FLAG. AMERICANS LOVE OUR FREEDOM. WE ARE AMERICANS, AND THE FUTURE BELONGS TO US. THE PRESIDENT PAID AN EFFUSIVE TRIBUTE TO AMERICA'S MILITARY PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. THE ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, COAST GUARD, MARINES, AND, VERY SOON, THE SPACE FORCE. (CROWD CHEERING) THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF EVEN TURNING HIS HAND TO RECRUITING. TO YOUNG AMERICANS ACROSS OUR COUNTRY, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO JOIN OUR MILITARY AND MAKE A TRULY GREAT STATEMENT IN LIFE, AND YOU SHOULD DO IT. AMERICA'S MILITARY HARDWARE IN THE STREETS AND OVERHEAD. FOR OVER 65 YEARS, NO ENEMY AIR FORCE HAS MANAGED TO KILL A SINGLE AMERICAN SOLDIER, BECAUSE THE SKIES BELONG TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE EVENT WAS CRITICISED FOR RESEMBLING MILITARY PARADES MORE OFTEN SEEN IN NORTH KOREA, AND FOR USING WEAPONS AS POLITICAL PROPS. AWAY FROM THE OFFICIAL EVENT, PROTESTERS TOOK EXCEPTION TO THE PRESIDENT LEADING CELEBRATIONS THIS YEAR. THERE SHOULDN'T BE TANKS IN THE CAPITAL FOR THIS, COS THAT'S JUST NOT NORMAL. I THINK IT'S NOT WHAT THE FOURTH OF JULY IS ABOUT. DEMOCRATIC RIVALS WEREN'T IN D.C. THEY WERE ATTENDING MORE FOLKSY CELEBRATIONS ELSEWHERE. AND IN THE END, DONALD TRUMP STUCK MOSTLY TO THE DAY'S PATRIOTIC SCRIPT. WE ARE ONE PEOPLE CHASING ONE DREAM AND ONE MAGNIFICENT DESTINY. AND DESPITE THE SHOW OF MILITARY FORCE, IT WAS THE TRADITIONAL FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS THAT CREATED THE BIGGEST BANG OF THE DAY. (GRAND MUSIC PLAYS) REBECCA WRIGHT, 1 NEWS. A NEW VERSION OF THE FIRST AID COURSE IS GROWING IN POPULARITY, BUT THIS ONE FOCUSES ON MENTAL, RATHER THAN PHYSICAL HEALTH. AND WITH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION PREDICTING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN THE WORKPLACE IN THE NEXT DECADE, MORE AND MORE BUSINESSES ARE STEPPING UP. ANDREW MACFARLANE EXPLAINS. MOST FIRST AID COURSES INVOLVE CPR DUMMIES, BANDAGE WRAPPING OR PULSE CHECKING. I WONDER HOW THAT WAS FOR ALL OF US? BUT THIS ONE'S DESIGNED TO HELP TREAT WOUNDS THAT AREN'T PHYSICAL. IT'S FIRST AID FOR PEOPLE SUFFERING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. I THINK A LOT OF THE TIME WE PICTURE PEOPLE IN DISTRESS AS SOMEONE HAVING AN ABSOLUTE REALLY BIG BREAKDOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, BUT ACTUALLY DISTRESS CAN LOOK REALLY SUBTLE. THE COLIBERATE COURSE IN WELLINGTON'S WORKED WITH ALMOST 550 PEOPLE IN TWO YEARS, AND IT'S PART OF A GROWING TREND, WITH SIMILAR PROGRAMMES BEING RUN BY THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION AND THE RED CROSS TOO. ACTUALLY, IT'S REALLY ESSENTIAL THAT IN OUR WORKPLACE WE'RE SUPPORTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND LET DISTRESS ARISE AND BE ABLE TO MITIGATE IT AND MANAGE IT AS IT COMES UP. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION PREDICTS THAT MENTAL ILLNESS WILL BE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DISABILITY AND ABSENCE IN THE WORKPLACE BY 2030 IF IT'S NOT PROACTIVELY ADDRESSED. IT'S SO COMMON IN THE WORLD TO NOT TALK ABOUT ANYTHING AROUND MENTAL HEALTH, AND PARTICULARLY THAT IT CAN AFFECT ANYONE AT ANY TIME. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT THAT IT'S A SAFE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY'VE GOT SOMEONE TO GO TO. EMMA BARNES IS THE HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR A TECH COMPANY AND HAS SEEN THOSE SCENARIOS FIRST-HAND. NOW WE HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR PEOPLE, PICKING UP ON THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THEIR LIVES THAT ALLOW US TO GIVE THEM SOME SUPPORT AND SOME FLEXIBILITY. WORKSAFE NEW ZEALAND SAYS IT SUPPORTS ANY INITIATIVE WHICH RAISES AWARENESS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH, AS WELL AS PHYSICAL HEALTH, IN THE WORKPLACE. KINDNESS ` THAT'S THE WAY FORWARD. ANDREW MACFARLANE, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ` SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS ROCKED BY ITS STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE IN NEARLY TWO DECADES, BUT IS THERE A BIGGER ONE ON ITS WAY? AND THE GROUND WAS SHAKING IN SOUTH CAROLINA TOO. WHAT CAUSED THIS IMPROMPTU FIREWORKS DISPLAY? AFTERSHOCKS ARE CONTINUING TO ROCK SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT, AFTER THE STATE'S STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE IN NEARLY 20 YEARS. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE SHAKING. WORKERS RUNNING FOR COVER INSIDE THIS RESTAURANT. PICTURES FALLING OFF THE WALLS. THE 6.4 MAGNITUDE QUAKE STRUCK NEAR THE TOWN OF RIDGE CREST, ABOUT 240KM NORTH OF LOS ANGELES. AND IT WAS FELT AS FAR AWAY AS LAS VEGAS. GAS LEAKS AND HOUSE FIRES HAVE BEEN KEEPING EMERGENCY CREWS BUSY, WITH THE HOSPITAL NEAR THE EPICENTRE FORCED TO EVACUATE. AS ABC'S EVA PILGRIM REPORTS. (SIRENS BLARE) TONIGHT, DAMAGE REPORTS COMING IN. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ROCKED BY A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE ` THE LARGEST TO HIT THE REGION IN 20 YEARS. (GLASS SHATTERING) SURVEILLANCE INSIDE THIS RESTAURANT CAPTURING THE INTENSE SHAKING. EMPLOYEES RUNNING FOR COVER, PICTURES FALLING OFF THE WALL. THE 6.4 QUAKE HITTING AT 10.30AM LOCAL TIME IN THE MOJAVE DESERT. THE EPICENTRE 11 MILES NORTH-EAST OF THE TOWN OF RIDGECREST, NEAR THE CHINA LAKE NAVAL AIRBASE. ALL OF A SUDDEN, NEXT THING WE KNOW, WE JUST STARTED FEELING RAPID SHAKING, AND I WAS GRABBING FOR HER, AND THINGS WERE FLYING OFF THE WALLS. NEAR THE EPICENTRE, THIS HOUSE COMPLETELY ENGULFED. WE HAVE MULTIPLE INJURIES. WE'VE HAD TWO HOUSE FIRES. WE'VE HAD SMALL VEGETATION FIRES, POWER LINES DOWN, GAS LEAKS. 20 VICTIMS TAKEN TO RIDGECREST HOSPITAL WHERE, AT THE SAME TIME, THEY HAD TO EVACUATE PART OF IT DUE TO UNSAFE CONDITIONS. THE COMPUTERS WERE FLYING OFF ON TO THE GROUND. THE WATER BOTTLE CONTAINER WAS SHAKING. ALL THE CUPBOARDS AND DOORS WERE OPENING. ROADS RIPPED OPEN OUTSIDE OF TOWN. THIS LIQUOR STORE DESTROYED. CONTENTS OF THESE SUPERMARKET SHELVES TOSSED TO THE FLOOR. A BIG JOLT, AND FELT ALL OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE QUAKE, LASTING AT LEAST 20 SECONDS, FELT AS FAR AWAY AS LAS VEGAS. IN LOS ANGELES, WATER MAINS BURSTING. CROWDS OF PEOPLE POURING OUT OF BUILDINGS, ON TO THE STREETS. SEISMOLOGIST LUCY JONES SAYS THIS WAS A STRIKE-SLIP QUAKE. THAT MEANS THE TWO PLATES ALONG THE FAULT MOVED PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, BUT IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. SHE SAYS 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE MAIN QUAKE, THERE WAS A 4.2 SHOCK, AND THIS EVENT IS NOT OVER YET. THERE IS ABOUT A ONE IN 20 CHANCE THAT THIS LOCATION WILL BE HAVING AN EVEN BIGGER EARTHQUAKE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS ` THAT WE HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE BIGGEST EARTHQUAKE OF THIS SEQUENCE. STAYING IN THE U.S., AND RESIDENTS OF A SOUTH CAROLINA TOWN WERE TREATED TO AN UNEXPECTED DAYTIME DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS AFTER MULTIPLE STORAGE CONTAINERS WENT UP IN FLAMES. ROCKETS OF ALL KINDS GOING OFF IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS AS FIRE CREWS TRIED TO BATTLE THE BLAZE AT THE FIREWORKS OUTLET. IT TOOK 45 MINUTES TO PUT OUT THE EXPLOSIVE FIRE, WITH ONE FIRE OFFICER CALLING IT A 'ONCE IN A CAREER CALL-OUT'. THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. JUST AHEAD ` THE WEATHER FOR YOUR WEEKEND. PLUS ` THE CLASSICAL MUSIC TRIO AIMING TO ATTRACT NEW AUDIENCES. What makes you happy? 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WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE, KIND OF, OUR AGE HAVE THIS PERCEPTION THAT CLASSICAL MUSIC IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT REALLY FOR THEM. (DRAMATIC CLASSICAL MUSIC) CELLIST ASHLEY BROWN'S PLAYED WITH NZ TRIO SINCE IT FIRST FORMED IN 2002. THIS YEAR HE'S EXPLORING SOUNDS TO INVIGORATE NEW AUDIENCES. PEOPLE WILL REACT REALLY, REALLY WELL TO A STRONG RHYTHM. IN OTHER SITUATIONS, MAYBE JUST SOMETHING'S THAT'S GENTLE AND ETHEREAL, AND THEY, ALL OF A SUDDEN UNDERSTAND, 'OH, WELL, CLASSICAL MUSIC'S NOT JUST THIS WEIRD THING 'THAT'S FOR SOMEONE ELSE. I GET IT. THAT'S COOL.' NZTRIO'S NEW SHOWS ` TECHTONIC ` ARE INSPIRED BY IMMIGRATION AND THE COLONISATION OF NEW ZEALAND. FITTING FOR THE TWO NEW MEMBERS WHO'VE RETURNED HOME TO TAKE PART. ACCOMPLISHED VIOLINIST AMALIA HALL,... (DRAMATIC CLASSICAL MUSIC) ...AND AWARD-WINNING PIANIST SOMI KIM. BOTH ORIGINALLY FROM AUCKLAND, AMALIA'S SPENT A LOT OF HER CAREER TOURING EUROPE, AND SOMI'S BEEN IN LONDON FOR THE PAST 6 YEARS. THEY'RE EXCITED TO PERFORM ON HOME TURF AGAIN. IT WAS JUST PURE ELATION, REALLY. AND IT WON'T BE JUST THE CLASSICS AUDIENCES WILL HEAR. THERE'S ONE THING ASHLEY WON'T LEAVE OUT OF HIS SHOW ` SOME KIWI FLAIR. YOU KNOW, WE'LL PLAY SOME OF THE OLD MASTERS LIKE BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS, RACHMANINOFF, THAT KIND OF THING. BUT WE WILL ALSO CHUCK IN ` ALWAYS ` A NEW ZEALAND PIECE. AND WE FIND, ALL OVER THE WORLD, PEOPLE GO AWAY FROM THE CONCERT TALKING ABOUT THE NEW ZEALAND PIECE. NZTRIO'S TOUR STARTS OFF IN CHRISTCHURCH NEXT WEEK. EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN, 1 NEWS. TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER NOW WITH PHONY PEOPLE AND 'WHY I LOVE THE MOON'. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ELLA WHEELER AND CHELSEA BRADY CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.