MORENA, IT'S FRIDAY THE FIFTH OF APRIL. WELCOME IN TO BREAKFAST. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` THEY'RE ALREADY IN PLACE IN AROUND HALF THE COUNTRY, AND THEY GIVE A VOICE TO THOSE WHO OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT HAVE ONE. SO, WHAT'S BEHIND THE PUSH TO HAVE MAORI WARDS ACROSS OUR LOCAL COUNCILS TOSSED OUT? AND NO, JUST TO CLEAR UP SOME FREQUENT CONFUSION, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT HOSPITAL WARDS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATION! AND WHO SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR SAY? PLUS, WHY EVEN THE MENTAL HEALTH MINISTER APPEARED CAUGHT OFF-GUARD OVER PROPOSALS TO SCRAP THE SUICIDE PREVENTION OFFICE. SOME ARE CALLING IT A SWIFT U-TURN, SO WAS IT EVER AN OPTION? WHY WOULD IT EVER BE AN OPTION? WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO THAT AT AROUND 7:40. PLUS, AUCKLAND'S TROUBLED BRIDGE WHICH HAS LEFT SOME BUSINESS OWNERS FEELING CUT OFF FROM THEIR MAIN SOURCE OF CUSTOMERS. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE WYNYARD BRIDGE, AND HOW MUCH LONGER DOES ITS ONGOING CLOSURE MAKE THE WALK AROUND THE CITY'S WATERFRONT? THAT'S COMING UP WITHIN THE HOUR, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S MELISSA WITH THE NEWS. RESCUE EFFORTS FOR PEOPLE TRAPPED BY TAIWAN'S HUGE EARTHQUAKE ARE CONTINUING, WITH HUNDREDS BELIEVED TO BE TRAPPED IN THE COUNTRY'S MOUNTAIN GORGES. THE SHAKE BLOCKED TUNNELS AND ROADS WHEN IT HIT, MAKING GETTING RESCUERS IN AND VICTIMS OUT AN DIFFICULT TASK. THE BBC'S RUPERT WINGFIELD HAYES IS THERE. THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN TAIWAN, FAMED FOR THEIR RUGGED BEAUTY. BUT YESTERDAY, BEAUTY TURNED TO HORROR. THE HUGE SCARS DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE SHOW THE PATHS OF THE ROCKSLIDES, SOME BOULDERS AS BIG AS CARS. MANY HUNDREDS ARE STILL TRAPPED HERE. AT A DRESSING STATION, RESCUE TEAMS UNLOAD A STEADY STREAM OF VICTIMS THEY'VE MANAGED TO BRING OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS. THEIR WOUNDS ARE QUICKLY DRESSED, BUT THEIR MENTAL SCARS MAY TAKE MUCH LONGER TO HEAL. IT IS YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE COMING TRUE. IT'S LIKE THEY SHOW IN THE MOVIES. YOU NEVER THINK YOU'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE IT THAT WAY. SO, THESE ARE MORE RESCUE TEAMS HEADING UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS HERE BEHIND ME. THIS IS CALLED TAROKO GORGE, AND THIS IS A VERY FAMOUS TOURIST SPOT. IT'S A VERY NARROW, DEEP GORGE THAT RUNS WAY UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS HERE, AND THIS IS WHERE MOST OF THE MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE NOW LISTED AS TRAPPED ARE THOUGHT TO BE. THERE ARE MANY, MANY SEARCH TEAMS IN THERE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE AND TRYING TO GET THEM OUT. IN HUALIEN CITY, THE PHYSICAL SCARS FROM THE QUAKE WILL SOON BE REMOVED, BUT NOT THE MEMORY OF WHAT IT FELT LIKE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCED IT. WINSTON PETERS HAS WRAPPED UP HIS TWO-DAY VISIT TO BELGIUM, COINCIDING WITH THE NATO FOREIGN MINISTER MEETING. SECURITY WAS THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AMONG THE DIPLOMATS TODAY. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, IT'S EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE AT THE MOMENT IS VERY COMPLICATED. THERE IS A GROWING CONCERN ON CYBERATTACKS THAT ARE FAR MORE REAL NOW THAN THEY WERE THREE YEARS AGO. A LARGE HOUSE FIRE IN WEST AUCKLAND LAST NIGHT SAW PLUMES OF SMOKE OVER THE SUBURB OF MASSEY. FIRE AND EMERGENCY WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AFTER RECEIVING MULTIPLE CALLS JUST AFTER 8.20. A TWO STOREY HOUSE WAS WELL INVOLVED WHEN FIVE FIRE TRUCKS ARRIVED. IT'S UNDERSTOOD NO PEOPLE WERE IN THE HOUSE AT THE TIME. TO SPORT, AND 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS DAME NOELINE TAURUA WILL BE RE-APPOINTED SILVER FERNS COACH IN AN ANNOUNCEMENT LATER TODAY. NETBALL NEW ZEALAND, IN CONSULTATION WITH TAURUA, OPENED THE POSITION TO APPLICATIONS IN FEBRUARY. TAURUA'S LED THE NEW ZEALAND SIDE SINCE 2018 THE HIGHLIGHT OF HER TENURE THE WORLD CUP WIN IN 2019. THE SILVER FERNS ARE CURRENTLY RANKED SECOND IN THE WORLD BUT HAVE HAD SOME DISAPPOINTING RECENT RESULTS, INCLUDING MISSING THE MEDALS AT LAST YEAR'S WORLD CUP. IT'S BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD FOR THE WHITE FERNS AFTER DROPPING THEIR ONE DAY SERIES TO ENGLAND. THE ENGLISH CLINCHED THE SERIES WITH A 52 RUN WIN IN GAME 2 IN HAMILTON THEIR FIFTH WIN IN SIX GAMES OVER NEW ZEALAND ACROSS THE TOUR. BUT STAND-IN CAPTAIN AMELIA KERR DOESN'T THINK THE WHITE FERNS ARE FAR FROM FINDING SUCCESS. IT'S A TOUGH LOSS, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVES AND YOU FIND WAYS ON BOTH SIDES WITH THAT IF YOU CAN IMPROVE JUST THAT LITTLE 5-10%, THE GAME BECOMES A WHOLE LOT CLOSER. THE SERIES AND TOUR CONCLUDES WITH THE THIRD ONE-DAYER IN HAMILTON ON SUNDAY. THE MELBOURNE STORM HAVE JUMPED TO THE TOP OF THE NRL LADDER, AFTER A THRILLING 34-32 WIN OVER THE BRONCOS. IT WAS A FRANTIC FINISH, THE STORM COMING BACK WITH TWO TRIES IN THE FINAL MINUTES. WENT THERE THE FIRST HALF, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IT NOW. HE'S GONNA LOOK, HE DOES IT, BACK TO THE END GOAL! AND NOW YOU'VE SEEN IT ALL@ AND THE WARRIORS ARE IN ACTION TOMORROW, TAKING ON THE RABBITOHS IN SYDNEY. IT MIGHT NOT BE THE USUAL MODE OF TRANSPORT, BUT THE NEW YORK MARATHON HAS BEEN ASKED TO PAY A TOLL FOR USING ONE OF THE BIG APPLE'S BRIDGES. THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT AUTHORITY SAYS THE NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS, THE CLUB WHICH ORGANISES THE MARATHON IN NOVEMBER, SHOULD PAY AROUND $1.2m TO MAKE UP FOR LOST REVENUE ACROSS THE VERRAZZANO-NARROWS BRIDGE. THE ORGANISERS ARGUE THE CITY ENJOYS A MASSIVE ECONOMIC BOOST FROM THE ANNUAL RUN, THE 50,000 PARTICIPANTS HELPING BRING AROUND $700m INTO THE CITY EVERY YEAR. LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, SOME SHOWERS EARLY ON TODAY ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL CLEAR THIS MORNING TO CLOUDY PERIODS, KAITAIA AND WHITIANGA WITH A HIGH OF 22. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. EARLY SHOWERS, WHICH COULD GET HEAVY FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION, THIS WILL CLEAR TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE WITH A HIGH OF 23. TO THE EAST COAST ` MOSTLY GREY THROUGH HERE ALSO, WITH A FEW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SOME SOUTHERLIES IN GISBORNE WITH A HIGH OF 20. OVER TO THE WEST, IT'LL BE CLOUDY MORNING HERE TOO WITH THE ODD SHOWER, HOWEVER, THIS WILL CLEAR TO BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE AFTER MIDDAY. TAUMARUNUI WITH A HIGH OF 22. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND, PARTLY CLOUDY MORNING FOR MOST, FEW SPOTS OF DRIZZLE, BUT THIS WILL TURN TO FINE PRETTY EARLY ON. NELSON AND BLENHEIM YOU'LL BE REACHING A HIGH OF 18. HEADING SOUTH ` SOME MORE CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON IN CHRISTCHURCH. OAMARU, YOU'RE REACHING A HIGH OF 14. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` CLOUDY PERIODS WITH THE ODD SHOWER HERE AND THERE FOR MOST. THIS WILL CLEAR TO FINE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF YOU. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 16. LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR SATURDAY ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, IT'LL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE EAST. OTHERWISE, MAINLY FINE ELSEWHERE. MOSTLY BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, PRETTY SIMILAR. SOME MORE CLOUD ON THE EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, OTHER THAN SOME CLOUD IN THE FAR SOUTH, IT'LL BE A FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. WHEN YOU PUT YOUR RECYCLING IN THE RECYCLING, YOU MIGHT THINK IT GOES TO, WELL, THE RECYCLING. BUT AN EAGLE-EYED CRICKET FAN WHO NOTICED RECYCLING BINS WERE BEING EMPTIED INTO GENERAL RUBBISH SKIPS AT THE RECENT BLACK CAPS TEST AT HAGLEY OVAL. WE WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE COMPANY WASTE CO ABOUT THIS, BUT THEY DIDN'T RESPOND TO OUR REQUESTS FOR COMMENT. SOMEONE HAPPY TO SPEAK IS ZERO WASTE NETWORK'S SUE COUTTS SAYS THIS SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER CASE OF GREENWASHING, AND SHE JOINS US NOW. MORENA, SUE! WHO IS AT FAULT HERE FOR HAVING THESE RECYCLING ITEMS THROWN INTO THE GENERAL SKIP? IT'S DEPRESSING TO SEE THIS STILL HAPPENING. YOU NEED TO HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM AT AN EVENT. YOU HAVE THE EVENT ORGANISER WHO SAYS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, YOU HAVE A CONTRACTOR WHO'S JOB IT IS TO DO THE JOB, AND YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE AT THE EVENT TO PLAY THEIR PART. LOOKING AT THE PHOTOS THAT THE PERSON TOOK ON THE DAY, THE RECYCLING LOOKS GOOD. ANY RECYCLE CENTRE THE COUNTRY WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE IT. WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THAT GOT LAZY AND THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD GET AWAY WITH NOT DOING A GOOD JOB. PEOPLE DO CARE AND ARE KEEN TO SEE THEIR RECYCLING EFFORTS. WASTE COAST SEEMED TO PUT THE BLAME ON THE CUSTOMERS, PUTTING CONTAMINATED ITEMS IN THE RECYCLING. THAT SOMETHING WAS SEEN HAPPEN A BIT, THERE IS THIS TALK ABOUT CONTAMINATION, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AT THIS EVENT, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT WAS THE REASON. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM IN PLACE TO PUT THE RECYCLING ON THE RIGHT PLACE IN THE END. CONTAMINATION, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? AT AN EVENT, CUPS HAVE ALL BEEN DRUNK FROM, THE DRINKS ARE SO EXPENSIVE THAT PEOPLE USUALLY DRINK THE WHOLE DRINK. WHEN WE TALKING ABOUT GROSS CONTAMINATION OF RECYCLING, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NAPPIES, FOOD SCRAPS, THAT TYPE OF THING, WHICH WASN'T IN THOSE BINS. WHEN WE ARE AT HOME, IT'S EASY ENOUGH TO GIVE THINGS A RINSE BEFORE PUTTING THEM IN THE RECYCLING. IT'S SURELY UNREASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO DO THE SAME AT AN EVENT. NO ONE WOULD EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN. WE HAVE COMPANIES AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AT RECYCLING AT EVENTS. THEY WORK TOGETHER WITH THE PUBLIC TO DO A REALLY GOOD JOB. AN EVENT ORGANISER WAS ALSO WILLING TO PAY TO GET THE JOB DONE. IT CAN BE DONE WELL, THERE'S NOT A CETACEAN THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO GO TO THE TAP AND RINSE OUT THEIR BEER CAN, IT'S NO PROBLEM TO THE RECYCLING. WHAT IS IT THAT WALLBIRDS AND OTHER EVENTS DID SO WELL, HOW CAN PEOPLE LEARN> PEOPLE NEED THE EVENT ORGANISERS TO SET A CLEAR EXPECTATION AND TELL PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. THERE NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED THROUGH BY THE EVENT COMPANY, THEY NEED TO HIRE SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DOING, HAS AN EXPERIENCE OF THE JOB, KNOWING THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE RIGHT JOB, AND I THINK IT'S WORKING WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE AT THE EVENT TO REASSURE THEM THAT IT'S ALL WORKING, BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAY, RECYCLING IS ALL ABOUT TRUST AND CONFIDENCE, WHEN PEOPLE PUT THEIR EFFORT AND THEY WANT TO FEEL LIKE IT PAYS OFF. IF PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT IT'S GOING INTO THE THE RIGHT PLACE, THAT THEY FEEL INSPIRED AND THEY WANT TO DO IT. IF THEY SEE A PILE AT THE BACK, THEN PEOPLE LOSE TRUST. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REALLY WORKING HARD LATELY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT RECYCLING WORKS, THAT WE WANT TO SEE IT HAPPENING, THAT WE WANT TO GET GOOD SYSTEMS GOING, AND IT'S JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE ARE BLAMING THE PEOPLE. THAT'S USUALLY THE FALLBACK. PEOPLE AREN'T DOING A GOOD ENOUGH JOB. YOU JUST CAN'T GET AWAY WITH SAYING THAT NOWADAYS. WE SEE PEOPLE DOING A GREAT JOB AT RECYCLING AT EVENTS, AND THE BUYER SET HIGHER NOW. PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO DO IT. WE ALL WANT TO RECYCLE, OF COURSE YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO RECYCLE IF IT'S AN OPTION. WHAT WOULD BE A MESSAGE TO EVENTS AND PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY ABOUT STOPPING PEOPLE AND FOR THE SORT OF DOBBING PEOPLE IN* THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL GETTING AWAY WITH DOING A POOR JOB AT RECYCLING, IF YOU SEE IT HAPPENING, YOU HAVE TO LET SOMEBODY KNOW. YOU NEED TO BE FOLLOWING IT UP, AND ASKING IF THEY DID WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO. WE EXPECT THAT IN EVERY INDUSTRY THAT SOMEONE DOES WHAT THEY SAY THEY ARE GOING TO DO. YOU CAN'T PRETEND YOU ARE DOING RECYCLING, GETTING PAID AND THEN FINDING OUT THAT YOU DIDN'T DO THE JOB. I FEEL LIKE IT IS ALWAYS GOING TO FALL ON PEOPLE LIKE SUE. HOW DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING? I FIND THE RULES AROUND RECYCLING SOMETIMES QUITE CONFUSING. WASHING OUT THE TUBS, IT'S ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS, THE EXTRA STEPS. FOR AN EVENT, WHATEVER YOU ARE SERVING SHOULD BE RECYCLING. IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE RECYCLE BINS, DON'T SERVE CUPS THAT ARE NOT RECYCLABLE. THAT'S WHERE IT GETS COMPLETELY CONFUSING. E WHAI AKE NEI ` COULD WE GET BETTER AT PLAYING THE TAX SYSTEM TO OUR ADVANTAGE? ONE FINANCIAL INFLUENCER SAYS YES AND JOINS US NEXT. # MONEY, GET BACK. # I'M ALL RIGHT JACK, KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY STACK. IT'S TIME WE ALL LEARNED TO USE OUR TAX SYSTEM BETTER. THINK EFFICIENCY, NOT AVOIDANCE. THAT'S THE CALL FROM FINANCIAL INFLUENCER THE MAORI MILLIONAIRE, WHO RECKONS WE CAN JOIN THE TOP ONE PERCENT. TE KAHU-KURA BOYNTON JOINS US. MORENA! I'M WONDERING, WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO LOOK INTO THIS? I IDEALLY, WILL BE JOINING OR THE 1% ALSO. THAT'S WHY I LOOKED INTO THIS. WHAT IS THE 1%, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM AND US WITH THE TAX? THE 1% UNDERSTAND HOW THE TAX SYSTEM WORKS AND HOW TO USE IT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. THESE ARE THINGS THAT ORDINARY PEOPLE DO NOT DO. WE WAIT FOR OUR TAX RETURN, AND EXCEPTED AS IS. PEOPLE DON'T USUALLY RESEARCH WHAT THEY CAN DO TO IMPROVE THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION WHEN IT COMES TO TAXES. FOR ME, I COME TO WORK, GET PAID A SALARY, MY TAX COMES OUT NORMALLY, WHAT AM I MISSING? THAT'S AN EMPLOYEE MINDSET. THINK LIKE INVESTORS AND BUSINESS OWNERS. THAT IS WHAT THE TOP 1% THOUGH. WHEN THEY LOOK AT PERSONAL INCOME, THAT'S ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE ACTUAL INCOME. SO MUCH AS COMING FROM CAPITAL GAINS, COMPANIES, TRUSTEE, AND IT IS A WIDE VARIETY OF SOURCES THAT ORDINARY PEOPLE TO REALLY CONSIDER. THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT YOU NEED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO GET INVOLVED, YOU CAN START SMALL BY DOLLAR COST AVERAGING TO BRING THESE EXTRA SOURCES OF INCOME AND. IF WE DO NOT START THINKING LIKE THEM, WE WILL NEVER GET THERE. YOU'VE GIVEN US IDEA OF THE SORTS OF THINGS YOU SHOULD EXPLORE, HELP ME OUT THOUGH, YOU LOOK AT THE IRD WEBSITE, AND GO I MY GOD I CANNOT TOUCH THIS. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DECLARE OTHER SOURCES OF INCOME. AS OUR TAX SYSTEM, CATERED OR IS THIS A MATTER OF YOU JUST HAVE TO SIT DOWN TO READ IT? FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON IT PROBABLY IS QUITE COMPLICATED. FOR ME, I PAY AN ACCOUNTANT. IF WE CAN USE OTHER PEOPLE'S KNOWLEDGE THEN WE SHOULD. IF YOU DO HAVE SPARE MONEY, INVESTING AND AN ACCOUNTANT WILL BE GOOD. WE DON'T WANT TO BE IMPRISONED, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THIS LEGALLY. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO HAVE FOUND CREATIVE ACCOUNTANCY ADVICE. I AM JUST WONDERING, IS THERE SOME FLUIDITY AND THE WAY THE RULES ARE INTERPRETED BY ACCOUNTANTS AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS, AND YOUR OPINION? IN MY EXPERIENCE, IT IS QUITE A KNOWLEDGE THING. ONE ACCOUNT AND I HAD DIDN'T TELL ME ABOUT TRAVEL LOGS THAT I COULD CREATE TO CLAIM BACK ON THAT. THEN I WENT TO A DIFFERENT ACCOUNTANT, WHO SAID THAT I COULD. I SAID WELL, THIS IS IF AN INFORMATION FROM TWO DIFFERENT ACCOUNTANTS. WHAT THIS TELLS US IS THAT IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH YOUR ACCOUNTANT, OR YOUR TAXES EACH YEAR, TO JUST CHANGE ACCOUNTANTS. FIND ONE THAT WORKS FOR YOU FIND ONE THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH. YOU'VE MENTIONED SOME THINGS, THIS WAS RAISED BY ONE OF OUR PRODUCERS LAST NIGHT, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I CAN CLAIM AND WHAT I CANNOT. TRAVEL LOGS, WHAT ELSE? THIS IS A COMPANY, SO UNDERNEATH MY BUSINESS. CREATING INCOME FOR MY BUSINESS. SO IF I AM TRAVELLING FOR WORK, ANYTHING RELATED TO CREATING THAT INCOME IS THERE. THE DIFFERENCE FOR EMPLOYEES, YOU PAY TAX ON YOUR EARNED INCOME. AS A CONTRACT OR A BUSINESS OWNER, YOU PAY TAX ON PROFIT. YOU CAN CLAIM BACK EXPENSES HERE, BUT AS AN EMPLOYEE YOU CANNOT I WAS ABSOLUTELY TAKING NOTES ABOUT HOW TO JOIN THE 1%. START A TRAVEL LOG, AVOID PRISON. AN EXCITING GUEST JOINING US ON THE SHOW TODAY, JUDY BAILEY. I'VE BEEN READING SOME OF THE BOOK, AND IT IS ABOUT AGEING AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO BE HAPPY AS WE GET OLDER. IS THERE ANY TIPS ON HOW TO LOOK THAT GOOD? MEDITERRANEAN DIET. OTHER THINGS TOO. WE WERE ALSO THINKING, WHAT IS YOUR PRIME AGE? I READ THIS THING LAST NIGHT, AND IT WAS SAYING ONCE YOU HIT 40, IT'S GREAT. AND ANOTHER WOMAN WAS SAYING WHAT PART OF IT IS GREAT/ WHEN DOES THE GOOD STUFF COME? LATE 20S EARLY 30S IS THE SWEET SPOT. BUT WHAT YOU WANT TO LIVE THEM AGAIN? I WOULDN'T MIND. YOU HAVE SO MUCH MORE STAMINA FOR GOING OUT MULTIPLE NIGHTS IN A ROW. NOT HAVING TO RUN AFTER THE KIDS. A WHOLE LOT OF FUN AND NOT A WHOLE LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, THERE ARE FEW BETTER SPOTS TO PUT YOUR FEET UP THAN THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH IN RUSSEL. THAT'S WHERE MATT GIBB IS THIS MORNING. SPEAKING OF AGEING GRACEFULLY, HOW ABOUT THIS PLACE, ARE INCREDIBLE HISTORIC HOTEL. I WILL BE PUTTING TO THE TEST WHAT OUR WINNERS WILL BE WILLING FOR THEMSELVES. STAY TUNED (R & B MUSIC) (PHONE CHIMES) OK, OK! My Uber One membership savings don't disappoint. (MUSIC STOPS) You know what is disappointing? I was in one of the most iconic girl groups and no-one recognises me. (SCOFFS) MAN: Michelle! (R & B MUSIC) Michelle, you spit that out! Hmm? Naughty Michelle! Michelle, naughty! (MUTTERS) Who calls their dog Michelle? Sorry, but are you Michelle Williams? Yes! (CHUCKLES) Yeah. (R & B MUSIC) Dropped your wallet. (MUSIC STOPS) At least my Uber One savings don't disappoint. (R & B MUSIC) Can't take you anywhere, Michelle! TODAY AS WELL. IT IS 630, WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT IS THE CLIMATE/FOR CHANGE. SCHOOLS STRIKES FOR CLIMATE. I WANT TO KNOW IF YOUR KIDS ARE HEADING TO THAT TODAY, BECAUSE HAPPEN AROUND THE COUNTRY. THEY GOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF TRACTION. WAS THAT BEFORE COVID? BEFORE. IT THREW THEM OFF THEIR KILTER BECAUSE THEY WERE GAINING TRACTION. THEY CAME BACK LAST YEAR. I'M KEEN TO KNOW HOW MANY KIDS ARE HEADING OFF TODAY. THEY ARE EXPECTING BIG NUMBERS, BUT THERE ARE ALSO A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT THEY ARE PROTESTING ABOUT WHICH WE ARE GOING TO DIVE INTO, BECAUSE THERE ARE SIX TOPICS. CLIMATE IS THE MAIN ONE, BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY PROTEST TOPICS. WOULD THAT NOT MONEY THE WATERS? THEY CAN BECOME PROBLEMATIC. ARE THEY CLIMATE RELATED? SOME ARE. SORT OF ADJACENT. GET THE FIRST ONE KNOCKED OFF. IF YOU CAN DO THE OTHER FOUR DAYS OF THE WEEK AND HAVE A WHOLE DAY OF SCHOOL. SCHOOL STRIKE ALL WEEK. THAT IS COMING UP TO 630. IS TIME FOR YOU NEWS, SPORT AND WHETHER. WINSTON PETERS HAS WRAPPED UP HIS TWO-DAY VISIT TO BELGIUM, COINCIDING WITH THE NATO FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON IS IN BRUSSELS FOLLOWING THE WORLD DIPLOMATS AND THEIR MEETINGS. SHE SENT THIS REPORT. WINSTON PETERS HAS JUST LEFT BRUSSELS AFTER A BUSY DAY HERE AT NATO HQ. IT WAS A MEETING BETWEEN THE INDO PACIFIC NATIONS, AUSTRALIA, KOREA, NEW ZEALAND AND JAPAN. THEY MET WITH NATO AND THE EUROPEAN UNION PARLIAMENT TO DISCUSS THE ISRAEL AND GAZA WAR, BUT ALSO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA, CHINA'S RISE AND ITS INFLUENCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC. THAT IS A REASON WHY NEW ZEALANDERS HERE. NOT ONLY DID THEY GET TO TALK ABOUT THESE GLOBAL MATTERS, NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN ABLE TO TALK ABOUT ITS SPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP WITH NATO. THEY CALLED AN INDIVIDUALLY TARGETED PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. WINSTON PETERS SAYS THEY HAVE MADE GOOD PROGRESS WITH THAT AND ARE WORKING ON SOME KEY AREAS. EVERYTHING IS CONCERNING EVERYONE AT THIS POINT. EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE AT THE MOMENT IS VERY COMPLICATED, AND IT COMES DOWN TO CYBER ATTACKS ON THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE IS A GROWING CONCERN FOR ATTACKS THAT ARE FAR MORE REAL NOW THAN THEY WERE THREE YEARS AGO. WINSTON PETERS IS A BUSY SCHEDULE COMING. HIS GOING TO SWEDEN AND THEN UNITED STATES, WHERE HE WILL MEET WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL. PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOUNT ON ISRAEL OVER THE ONGOING WAR IN GAZA WITH A CONVERSATION PLANNED BETWEEN ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER AND U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. THE BBC'S HUGO BACHEGA HAS MORE. SO, ISRAEL IS UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS ATTACK BECAUSE IT HAS RAISED NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WAY THE COUNTRY'S CONDUCTING ITS WAR AGAINST HAMAS IN GAZA. THERE'S BEEN SOME ANGRY FRUSTRATION, ANGRY REACTION, ESPECIALLY FROM THE U.S., WHICH IS THE COUNTRY'S CLOSEST ALLY. NOW, PRESIDENT BIDEN'S GOING TO SPEAK WITH PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU LATER TODAY. BIDEN OFFICIALS HAVE EXPRESSED REPEATEDLY THE FRUSTRATION OVER SOME OF ISRAEL'S ACTIONS IN GAZA. IN PARTICULAR, ABOUT THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION. THE WORDS HAVEN'T CHANGED THE ISRAELI STRATEGY, AND THE U.S. POSITION REMAINS THE SAME, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE VAST EXPORT OF WEAPONS TO ISRAEL. IS THIS GOING TO CHANGE? WE STILL DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK THE STRONG INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS IS AN INDICATION THAT PATIENCE WITH ISRAEL COULD BE RUNNING OUT. THERE ARE CALLS FOR RUBBISH COLLECTORS TO STEP UP AFTER RECYCLING FROM A RECENT BLACKCAPS TEST AT HAGLEY PARK WAS SPOTTED BEING PUT IN WITH GENERAL RUBBISH. A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SAY THE YELLOW BINS AT THE CHRISTCHURCH VENUE ARE BEING EMPTIED INTO RUBBISH SKIPS, AND DESTINED FOR THE LANDFILL. ZERO WASTE NETWORK'S SUE COUTTS SAYS IT'S A CASE OF GREENWASHING, AND IT'S UP TO THE VENUE. IT'S REALLY DEPRESSING TO SEE THIS SORT OF THING STILL HAPPENING. YOU REALLY NEED TO HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM AT AN EVENT. WE LOOKED AT A FEW DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE CHAIN TO GET THAT HAPPENING. YOU HAVE THE EVENT ORGANISERS WHO SAYS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, WHO SETS EXPECTATIONS. YOU HAVE THE CONTRACTOR WHOSE JOB IT IS TO DO THE JOB, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE AT THE EVENT PLAY THEIR PART BY PUTTING THE RIGHT THING IN THE RIGHT BIN. SHE SAYS THERE'S A MAJOR MISCONCEPTION YOU CAN'T RECYCLE NON-RINSED ITEMS, BUT SMALL AMOUNTS OF LIQUID IS OK. GOOD NEWS, COFFEE LOVERS. SCIENTISTS ARE USING NEW SOLAR-POWERED SENSORS TO TRY TO OFFSET THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON COFFEE PLANTS. THE SENSORS, WHICH ARE WIRED UP TO THE PLANTS, PROVIDE CONTINUOUS UPDATES ON THEIR HEALTH AND HYDRATION LEVELS. THEY'RE BEING TRIALLED AT A PLANTATION IN TANZANIA, A MAJOR GLOBAL COFFEE PRODUCER, WHICH HAS SUFFERED EXTENDED DROUGHTS IN RECENT YEARS. RESEARCHERS SAY THE SENSORS COULD BENEFIT COFFEE GROWERS, AND ULTIMATELY COFFEE DRINKERS WORLDWIDE. THIS TECHNOLOGY AIMS TO RECORD AND DECODE PLANTS' ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER WE CAN HELP WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF WATER OR OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES. WHILE TESTS ARE STILL UNDERWAY, THE RESEARCH TEAM PLANS TO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SOFTWARE, WHICH WILL LET THEM KNOW WHEN THE COFFEE PLANTS NEED HELP. TO SPORT ` AND DAME NOELINE TAURUA'S EXPECTED TO BE RE-APPOINTED AS SILVER FERNS COACH LATER TODAY. NETBALL NEW ZEALAND, IN CONSULTATION WITH TAURUA, OPENED THE POSITION TO APPLICATIONS IN FEBRUARY. TAURUA'S LED THE NEW ZEALAND SIDE SINCE 2018. THE SILVER FERNS ARE CURRENTLY RANKED SECOND IN THE WORLD, BUT HAVE HAD SOME DISAPPOINTING RECENT RESULTS, INCLUDING MISSING THE MEDALS AT LAST YEAR'S WORLD CUP. A DIVER'S MADE AN UNWANTED SPLASH AT THE OPENING OF ONE OF THE AQUATICS VENUES FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICS. THE CENTRE WILL HOST ARTISTIC SWIMMING, DIVING AND WATERPOLO EVENTS. WITH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE INAUGURATION, ONE OF THE DIVERS SLIPPED ON HIS BOARD, FALLING INTO THE WATER. THE DIVER LATER POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA HIS BACK IS FINE, BUT NOT HIS EGO. NOT SO MUCH. HE JUST NEEDS TO GET BACK ON THE DIVING BOARD, HE WILL BOUNCE BACK. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, SOME SHOWERS EARLY ON TODAY ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL CLEAR THIS MORNING TO CLOUDY PERIODS, KAITAIA AND WHITIANGA WITH A HIGH OF 22. AUCKLAND, YOU ARE ON 20. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. EARLY SHOWERS, WHICH COULD GET HEAVY FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION, THIS WILL CLEAR TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. TOKOROA IS ON 21. TAUPO ON 19. TO THE EAST COAST ` MOSTLY GREY THROUGH HERE ALSO, WITH A FEW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SOME SOUTHERLIES IN GISBORNE WITH A HIGH OF 20. 19 IN HAWKE'S BAY. OVER TO THE WEST, IT'LL BE CLOUDY MORNING HERE TOO WITH THE ODD SHOWER, HOWEVER, THIS WILL CLEAR TO BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE AFTER MIDDAY. YOU ARE HEADING FOR 21 IN NEW PLYMOUTH. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND, PARTLY CLOUDY MORNING FOR MOST, FEW SPOTS OF DRIZZLE, BUT THIS WILL TURN TO FINE PRETTY EARLY ON. WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH AIMING FOR A HIGH OF 17. HEADING SOUTH ` SOME MORE CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON IN CHRISTCHURCH. YOU ARE HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 15. ASHBURTON ON 13. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH THE ODD SHOWER HERE AND THERE FOR MOST. THIS WILL CLEAR TO FINE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF YOU. DUNEDIN, YOU ARE HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 15. LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR SATURDAY ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, IT'LL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE EAST. OTHERWISE, MAINLY FINE ELSEWHERE. MOSTLY BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, PRETTY SIMILAR. SOME MORE CLOUD ON THE EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, OTHER THAN SOME CLOUD IN THE FAR SOUTH, IT'LL BE A FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. THANKS, MELISSA. RENOWNED AS ONE OF AOTEAROA'S MOST BELOVED HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS, THE BAY OF ISLANDS IS A FAVOURITE FOR MANY, AND IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY. IT'S THE WINTERLESS NORTH, AND IT'S WHERE MATT GIBB IS TODAY, CHECKING OUT A FEW OF THE PLACES TO VISIT. YES, I KNOW EVERY TIME, ANOTHER HOLIDAY. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY NORTHLAND INC. MORENA, MATT. I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO PUSH BACK ON THAT. I'M GOING TO FULLY ADMIT THAT I'M ON HOLIDAY. THIS IS A FANTASTIC COUPLE OF DAYS FOR ME GETTING TO SEE WHAT OUR WINNERS WILL BE EXPERIENCING WHEN THEY COME UP HERE TO THE BAY OF ISLANDS HANGING OUT WITH ANTON. YOU ARE ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL OLD HOTEL. THESE DAYS, RUSSELL IS A BEAUTIFUL IDYLLIC SPOT. IT WAS NOT ALWAYS SO PEACEFUL WAS IT? WELCOME BACK TO THE BAY. IN THE 1800S, THIS WAS KNOWN AS THE HELLHOLE OF THE PACIFIC. THE POPULATION WAS SIMILAR TO NOW, ROUGHLY 800 PEOPLE AND UP TO 600 WHALERS WOULD, BUT ONCE. THE WHALERS WERE TROUBLE, WEREN'T THEY? WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY DEALING WITH RASCALS. IN TERMS OF THE HISTORY OF THE AREA, IT MEANS SO MUCH TO THE FORMATION OF NEW ZEALAND. YOU LOOK BACK TO 1840 AND THINGS WERE HAPPENING RIGHT HERE. AROUND 1840, THIS HOTEL WAS ALREADY 13 YEARS OLD. IT HAS BEEN HERE FOR 197 YEARS. THIS IS WHERE THE TREATY WAS WRITTEN. NOT SIGNED, IT WAS SIGNED ACROSS THE WATER BUT THIS IS WHERE IT WAS WRITTEN. FIRST CHURCH AS WELL? THE FIRST CHURCH IS THERE, AND IT HAS MUSKET HOLES FROM THE WAR THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. IF YOU ARE A HISTORY BUFF, RUSSELL WAS AMAZING, BUT IF YOU LOVE A SUMMER HOLIDAY, THERE IS SO MUCH THAT ARE IN THE BAY OF ISLANDS. WE LOVE BEING UP HERE. LIFE IS ABOUT 25 KM SLOWER. THE ONLY TRAFFIC IS AT THE BOAT RAMP OR AT THE BAR. THERE IS NO NEED FOR WINTER WOOLLIES. THERE IS NO NEED FOR EVEN SHOES APPEAR. IT IS CURRENTLY 17 DEGREES. IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT EXTENDING SUMMER, IT IS 17 DEGREES RIGHT NOW. WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING SOMEONE AS YOUR WAY. WILL BE ANNOUNCING A WINNER WHO CAN BRING A FRIEND AND STAY TWO NIGHTS HERE AT THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH AND HEADING OUT FOR A CRUISE TO THE HOLE IN THE ROCK. I THINK THEY WILL HAVE A GOOD TIME. I THINK THAT WHAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO AS THEY LEAVE, IF THEY WANT TO COME BACK, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU DO THAT THIS MORNING. I WISH SOMEONE TOLD ME THIS MORNING. I WOULD'VE MAYBE BROUGHT SOME TOGS. WE WILL SEE ABOUT THAT. THE WATER IS NOT THAT COLD, MATE. DO STAY TUNED, WILL BE COMING TO YOU IN ABOUT AN HOURS TIME TO SHOW WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO. THANKS NORTHLAND. WILL BE SOME STORIES AND THEY ARE. NO TUB THUMPING NEXT ELECTION. ME U TONU MAI ` SEARCHES ARE CONTINUING FOR HUNDREDS LEFT TRAPPED BY TAIWAN'S EARTHQUAKE. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. TEN PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND HUNDREDS ARE STILL STRANDED ONE DAY AFTER TAIWAN'S WORST EARTHQUAKE IN 25 YEARS. THE QUAKE HIT NEAR THE EASTERN COUNTY OF HUALEIN, COLLAPSING BUILDINGS, ROADS AND TUNNELS, LEAVING RESCUERS SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS. EARLIER, WE SPOKE WITH JOURNALIST GREGOR STUART HUNTER WHO IS IN TAIWAN. I ASKED HIM WHAT THE VERY LATEST WAS ON THE GROUND. THINGS ARE LARGELY GETTING BACK TO NORMAL AFTER A CHALLENGING 24-HOUR IS. THE ROAD AND RAIL LANE LINKS INTO THE CITY HAD BEEN SEVERELY AFFECTED AND CUT OFF QUITE A LOT OF TRANSPORT IN AND OUT OF THE CITY. INITIALLY THE ONLY WAYS IN WORK BY AIR OR SEA. WE ARE STILL HEARING THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 600 PEOPLE STRANDED, AND THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE ROAD NETWORK. AS FAR AS EVERYONE IS CONCERNED, LIFE HAS GONE BACK TO NORMAL IN TAIPEI. THE HIGH-SPEED RAIL NETWORK ALONG THE WEST COAST HAD BEEN AFFECTED SUBSTANTIALLY, BUT TODAY, EVERYTHING IS BACK UP AND RUNNING. IT FEELS LIKE THIS IS A SHOW OF TAIWAN'S RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF A NATIONAL DISASTER. IN TERMS OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL MISSING OR STRANDED, WE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED? MOUNTAINOUS PART OF TAIWAN'S EAST COAST IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO TECTONIC PLATES. IT IS NO STRANGER TO LARGE EARTHQUAKES OF THIS KIND. IT IS ALSO INVOLVED WITH NATURAL BEAUTY, WITH THE GORGE AND NATIONAL PARK, WHICH IS ONE OF TAIWAN'S MAIN TOURIST ATTRACTIONS. THAT HAS BEEN THE AREA THAT IS MOST AFFECTED. HAS THERE BEEN MUCH OF A RESPONSE AND IS THERE MORE COMING? THERE AS BEEN A REAL OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM AROUND THE ASIA AND REST OF THE WORLD. JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER WAS VERY QUICK TO SEND OFFERS OF SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO TAIWAN, AND MANY OF TAIWAN'S NEIGHBOURS HAVE DONE SO AS WELL, INCLUDING THE PHILIPPINES AND DIPLOMATIC ALLIES SUCH AS PARAGUAY WERE QUICK TO SEND AID. WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED SOME OFFERS FROM CHINA TO HELP, ALTHOUGH AT THE SAME TIME, THE DIPLOMATIC SITUATION BETWEEN CHINA AND TAIWAN ARE QUITE CHARGED AS IT IS. THAT WAS MET WITH SOME SCEPTICISM, AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK DISCOVERED THAT CHINA HAD CONSIDERED SENDING ITS REGULAR MILITARY AIRCRAFT'S AND VESSELS AROUND TAIWANESE WATERS. THAT WAS TREATED WITH QUITE A DEGREE OF SCEPTICISM. AS FAR AS INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE IS CONCERNED, TAIWAN IS GRATEFUL FOR THE DEGREE OF SUPPORT. IS THERE MORE NEED FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE TO BECOMING AN, OR IS THAT PRETTY WELL COVERED? THE RESPONSE WAS PRETTY QUICK TO BEGIN WITH. AS IT STANDS, WE ARE WAITING TO SEE FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES WHAT ELSE IS NEEDED, THERE WAS A QUICK TURN OF ACTION. THIS WAS THE BIGGEST EARTHQUAKE AND 1/4 OF A CENTURY. THE LAST EXAMPLE OF THE MAJOR EARTHQUAKE WAS A 1999 WHICH REALLY LEAD TO A RETHINK AND OVERHAUL OF BUILDING CODES. TAIWAN REALLY LEARNT A LOT FROM THAT EVENT, AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE RESILIENCE ON SHOW OVER THIS WEEK. IT IS STILL EARLY DAYS AND PEOPLE OF DIED. IT ALMOST FEELS COLD TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT THE REALITY OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OR SETS AND AT SOME POINT. HOW DEVASTATING TO THINK THIS WILL BE ECONOMICALLY? IT IS GOT TO BE VIEWED AS THE EARTHQUAKE HAD A SPARSELY POPULATED PART OF THE ISLAND. THE 1999 EARTHQUAKE WAS ABOUT $10 BILLION IN DAMAGE, BUT THAT WAS A MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD EVENT AND LIKE I SAID, LESSONS HAVE BEEN LEARNED FROM THAT. THE BIG QUESTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD IS AROUND TAIWAN'S TECH MANUFACTURING SECTOR, IN PRINCIPALLY, THE LINCHPIN OF THAT PRODUCE CHIPS THAT GO INTO EVERYTHING FROM APPLE, NVIDIA, THEY ARE THE MOST ADVANCED CHIPMAKER AND THEY HAVE VERY QUICK TO ASSURE PUBLIC THAT THEY ARE BASICALLY UP AND RUNNING AT FULL STRENGTH BY THE END OF THE DAY. THESE ARE FACILITIES THAT COST A MINIMUM OF $25 BILLION APIECE WHICH RUN AROUND THE CLOCK. LOST TIME FOR THEM REPRESENTS A HUGE AMOUNT OF LOST PROFITS, SO THEY WERE LOOKING TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. E HAERE AKE NEI ` A KEY LINK ON AUCKLAND'S WATERFRONT WILL BE OUT OF ACTION UNTIL LATE THIS YEAR. YEAH, YIKES. WHY SOME BUSINESSES ARE CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A BIG SUMMER FOR HOSPO VENUES IN AUCKLAND'S WYNYARD QUARTER, BUT ONE OF THE MAIN ACCESS WAYS TO THE AREA HAS BEEN CLOSED OFF, PROBABLY UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. WE SENT OUR PRODUCER CHRISTINA HUANG DOWN TO INVESTIGATE. WE'RE HERE AT THE WYNYARD CROSSING BRIDGE AT AUCKLAND VIADUCT. NORMALLY, IT WOULD TAKE ME ABOUT 15 SECONDS TO GET ACROSS USING THE BRIDGE TO WYNYARD QUARTER, BUT I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE A SWIM TODAY, SO LET'S TRY AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. # AND WE'RE BURNING ALL THE BRIDGES. # BURNING ALL THE BRIDGES NOW. (ELECTRONIC MUSIC) # AND THEN WE'RE BURNING ALL THE BRIDGES. # BURNING ALL THE BRIDGES NOW. (ELECTRONIC MUSIC) # CAN WE FORGET ABOUT IT? (ELECTRONIC MUSIC) # CAN WE FORGET ABOUT IT? SO, IT'S JUST TAKEN ME ABOUT 17 MINUTES TO GET FROM THE VIADUCT TO THE BUSINESSES ON WYNYARD QUARTER. BUSINESSES IN THE AREA ARE NOW CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION AS THE BRIDGE CLOSURE IS IMPACTING THEIR EARNINGS. WYNYARD PAVILION'S GENERAL MANAGER ALEX PEARSON JOINS US THIS MORNING. HOW BADLY HAS BUSINESS BEEN HIT? IT'S BEEN PRETTY BAD. WHEN LOOKING AT A LONG YEAR NOW WITH NO BRIDGE. EVERY DAY IS VERY UNCERTAIN. IT'S MAKING EVERYONE NERVOUS. YOU WERE A HARBOUR FOR HOSPITAL VENUES, RIGHT? YOU ARE THE END OF THAT AREA, RATHER THAN THE MIDDLE. HOW DIFFICULT WAS IT ` SO THE BRIDGE ISSUE STARTED HAPPENING, NOW THEY HAVE JUST LEFT IT OPEN? IT HAPPEN FOR A WEEKEND, VERY UP-AND-DOWN IN OUR PEAK SUMMER PERIOD, AND NOW WE'RE ALREADY BEHIND. IS IT GOING TO MAKE IT ANY EASIER THAT YOU'RE GOING INTO WINTER? NO, IT WILL MAKE IT EVEN HARDER. PEOPLE WON'T MAKE THE 20 MINUTE WALK AROUND. IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR EVERYONE. WHAT DISCUSSIONS HAVE YOU HAD WITH AUCKLAND AREA COUNCIL> THERE'S GOING TO BE NO RELIEF, THEY CLAIM THAT THEY ARE FULLY ACCESSIBLE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE DATA TO SHOW HOW WE WILL BE AFFECTED. THE SAME AS US, WE COULD SHOW THE DATA, WE COULD SHOW THE DAYS IN SUMMER, WE HAVE BEEN BUSY WITH THE BRIDGE WORKING, AND THEN WHEN IT HAS BEEN BROKEN WE HAVE SEEN THE DECLINE. BOATS CAN GET THROUGH, BUT COUNCIL SAID THAT AS THEIR LEGAL OBLIGATION. IN TERMS OF WHAT YOUR OPTIONS ARE, CAN YOU TAKE LEGAL ACTION? AT THE MOMENT, WE ARE TALKING TO THE COUNCIL, WE INVITE THEM TO TALK TO US STEP-BY-STEP, WE ARE EXPLORING OUR OPTIONS AND IDEALLY WE WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND SHOW THEM THE FIGURES, AND THEY WILL COME BACK TO US. THEY HAVE SAID, NO THANKS TO HELP YOU WITH RENT RELIEF. THEY ALSO TOLD US THEY WILL NOT BE OFFERING FINANCIAL COMPENSATION, IN TERMS OF, THEY ARE SAYING WE WILL PUT SOME SCIENCE TO POINT PEOPLE AROUND, IS THAT GOING TO HELP ENOUGH TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THE 40 TO 50% DROP OFF? NO. WE ARE HEADING INTO A REALLY HARSH TIMES, WINTER IN HOSPO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. GET DOWN TO WYNYARD PAVILION AND BUY YOURSELF A BEER. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP AFTER 7 O'CLOCK ` ARE MAORI WARDS UNDEMOCRATIC? THE COALITION SAYS YES. SO, NEXT YEAR'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS WILL FEATURE REFERENDA ON THE EXISTENCE OF THE WARDS. BUT THAT'S SPARKED ALLEGATIONS OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OVERREACH. MORE IN THIS IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. MASS LAYOFFS AT THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH COULD SEE THE SUICIDE PREVENTION OFFICE SHUT ITS DOORS. THE PROPOSAL THOUGH, APPEARED TO COMPLETELY BLINDSIDE THE NEW MINISTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH, WHO IS DETERMINED TO KEEP IT OPEN. SO WHAT ABOUT THE STAFF AFFECTED? WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION WEIGH IN LATER THIS HOUR. AND, FOR WELL OVER A DECADE, YOU PROBABLY HAD AN EVENING APPOINTMENT WITH JUDY BAILEY AT 6PM. BUT NOW OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT, SHE'S LIKE ALL OF US, AND HAD TO GET USED TO GETTING OLDER, AND SHE'S WRITTEN A BOOK ALL ABOUT IT. WHICH SHE'LL TELL US ABOUT IT IN TWENTY MINUTES. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK, HERE'S MELISSA WITH THE NEWS. THERE ARE REPORTS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE DEAD FOLLOWING THE EARTHQUAKE IN TAIWAN HAS RISEN TO TEN. THE 7.4 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT THE ISLAND ON WEDNESDAY, THE MOST POWERFUL IN 25 YEARS. MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED IN THE QUAKE, AND AROUND 600 ARE KNOWN TO STILL BE TRAPPED. RESCUE EFFORTS ARE CONTINUING TODAY IN THE MOUNTAINOUS EAST COAST REGION WHERE MOST ARE STRANDED. IN SOME WAYS, IT REFLECTS THE LESSONS OF WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IN THE PAST 25 YEARS. THIS IS THE BIGGEST EARTHQUAKE AND 1/4 CENTURY, THE LAST EXAMPLE OF A MAJOR QUAKE REALLY LED TO A RETHINK AND OVERHAUL OF BUILDING CODES, SO WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT. YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE RESILIENCE ON SHOW. WINSTON PETERS HAS WRAPPED UP HIS TWO-DAY VISIT TO BELGIUM, COINCIDING WITH THE NATO FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON IS IN BRUSSELS FOLLOWING THE WORLD DIPLOMATS AND THEIR MEETINGS. ACROSS THESE LAST TWO DAYS, NEW ZEALAND HAS HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO NATO, AND BE ABLE TO STRENGTHEN ITS PARTNERSHIP. WINSTON PETERS TODAY SAID TODAY THAT NEW ZEALAND'S RELATIONSHIP WITH NATO IS STRONGER THAN EVER AND THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK ACROSS SOME KEY AREAS. EVERYTHING IS CONCERNING EVERYBODY AT THIS POINT OF TIME. EVERYTHING ASPECT OF LIFE AT THIS POINT IS VERY COMPLICATED. CYBERATTACKS ESPECIALLY, THERE ARE A GROWING CONCERN OF ATTACKS IN A FAR MORE REAL NOW. THERE THEY GOT TO DISCUSS A WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING ISRAEL GAZA WAR, THE UKRAINE WAR, BUT ALSO THE RISE OF CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC, AS WELL AS CHINA'S FRENCH UPPER RUSSIA AND HOW THAT PLAYS A PART IN THE UKRAINE WAR AS WELL. A LARGE HOUSE FIRE IN WEST AUCKLAND LAST NIGHT SAW PLUMES OF SMOKE OVER THE SUBURB OF MASSEY. FIRE AND EMERGENCY WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AFTER RECEIVING MULTIPLE CALLS JUST AFTER EIGHT TWENTY. A TWO STOREY HOUSE WAS WELL INVOLVED WHEN FIVE FIRE TRUCKS ARRIVED. IT'S UNDERSTOOD NO PEOPLE WERE IN THE HOUSE AT THE TIME. HAGLEY PARK HAS BEEN TOLD TO STOP 'CUTTING CORNERS' AFTER SPECTATORS AT A RECENT BLACKCAPS TEST SAW RECYCLING HEADING FOR LANDFILL. THE YELLOW BINS AT HAGLEY OVAL WERE SEEN BEING EMPTIED INTO GENERAL RUBBISH SKIPS AT THE TEST. ZERO WASTE NETWORK'S SUE COUTTS SAYS IT'S DISAPPOINTING. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME AT THE END AND SEE ALL THE BAGS THAT ARE GOING OFF TO THE RECYCLE CENTRE, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME FOLLOW-UP BY THE EVENT COMPANY. THEY NEED TO HIRE SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND CAN DO A GOOD JOB, AND HAS SOME EXPERIENCE AT THAT. SHE SAYS IT'S UP TO THE VENUE TO PROPERLY MANAGE ITS RECYCLING, AND ALLOCATE A BUDGET SO THAT IT'S DONE PROPERLY. TO SPORT, AND THE MELBOURNE STORM HAVE JUMPED TO THE TOP OF THE NRL LADDER, AFTER A THRILLING 34-32 WIN OVER THE BRONCOS. IT WAS A FRANTIC FINISH, THE STORM COMING BACK WITH TWO TRIES IN THE FINAL MINUTES. WENT THERE THE FIRST HALF, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IT NOW. HE'S GONNA LOOK, HE DOES IT, BACK TO THE END GOAL! AND NOW YOU'VE SEEN IT ALL! AND THE WARRIORS ARE IN ACTION TOMORROW, TAKING ON THE RABBITOHS IN SYDNEY. AND FINALLY, AS THE COUNTDOWN TO THE PARIS OLYMPICS CONTINUES, LESSER KNOWN SPORTS ARE MAKING THEIR PUSH FOR FUTURE INCLUSION. AMONG THEM ` POLE DANCING. WHILE RECOGNISED BY THE GLOBAL ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL SPORTS FEDERATIONS, POLE DANCING DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME STATUS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. ENTHUSIASTS SAY IT TAKES STRENGTH AND COORDINATION, IS ARTISTIC, AND FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. THERE WAS BREAKDANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS STREET DANCE, WHICH ALL HAVE THEIR SPECIAL PLACE. LITTLE BY LITTLE, POLE DANCING HAS BEEN GETTING THERE. NOT IN A CABARET DYNAMIC IN WHICH WE ARE USED TO SEEING OR HOW IT IS PRESENTED IN FILMS, BUT REALLY, IN A SPORT DYNAMIC. AND REALLY, POLE DANCING TODAY IS CONSIDERED A SPORT IN ITS OWN RIGHT IN THE SENSE THAT IT IS GYMNASTICS ON A BAR. BREAKDANCING IS SET TO MAKE ITS OLYMPIC DEBUT IN PARIS, THOUGH HAS ALREADY BEEN DROPPED FOR THE LOS ANGELES GAMES IN FOUR YEARS. THEY HAVE POLE VAULTING. I'M A TRADITIONALIST. I'M JUST SICK OF THIS. THERE IS A SPORT FOR EVERYONE THESE DAYS IN THE OLYMPICS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, SOME SHOWERS EARLY ON TODAY ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL CLEAR THIS MORNING TO CLOUDY PERIODS, KAITAIA AND WHITIANGA WITH A HIGH OF 22. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. EARLY SHOWERS, WHICH COULD GET HEAVY FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION, THIS WILL CLEAR TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE WITH A HIGH OF 23. TO THE EAST COAST ` MOSTLY GREY THROUGH HERE ALSO, WITH A FEW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SOME SOUTHERLIES IN GISBORNE WITH A HIGH OF 20. OVER TO THE WEST, IT'LL BE CLOUDY MORNING HERE TOO WITH THE ODD SHOWER, HOWEVER, THIS WILL CLEAR TO BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE AFTER MIDDAY. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND, PARTLY CLOUDY MORNING FOR MOST, FEW SPOTS OF DRIZZLE, BUT THIS WILL TURN TO FINE PRETTY EARLY ON. NELSON AND BLENHEIM YOU'LL BE REACHING A HIGH OF 18. HEADING SOUTH ` SOME MORE CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON IN CHRISTCHURCH. OAMARU, YOU'RE REACHING A HIGH OF 14. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` CLOUDY PERIODS WITH THE ODD SHOWER HERE AND THERE FOR MOST. THIS WILL CLEAR TO FINE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF YOU. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 16. LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR SATURDAY ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, IT'LL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE EAST. OTHERWISE, MAINLY FINE ELSEWHERE. MOSTLY BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, PRETTY SIMILAR. SOME MORE CLOUD ON THE EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, OTHER THAN SOME CLOUD IN THE FAR SOUTH, IT'LL BE A FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. OUR HOSPITALS ARE OVERFLOWING, POLICE ARE BEING ASKED TO PULL GANG PATCHES AND HALF OUR KIDS ARE SKIPPING SCHOOL, BUT THE LATEST GOVERNMENT FOCUS IS ON A GROUP OF LOCAL COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES THAT RARELY GARNER MUCH ATTENTION. A REFERENDUM ON WHETHER OR NOT TO KEEP MAORI WARDS WILL BE ON THE BALLOT AT NEXT YEARS' LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS. AND, NO, UNLIKE THE PROCLAMATIONS OF SOME ONLINE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS, THIS IS NOT ABOUT SPLITTING UP YOUR LOCAL HOSPITAL WARDS. SIMEON BROWN IS THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE, AND SAYS THE BILL ALLOWS LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO DECIDE HOW THEIR COUNCILS ARE GOVERNED. LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEW ZEALAND THOUGH, SAYS ITS A COMPLETE OVERREACH FROM THE COALITION. I THINK LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS SHOWING THAT IT'S MORE THAN CAPABLE OF MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF WARDS, THE NUMBER OF COUNCILLORS, WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE MAORI WARDS, AND THE VOTING SYSTEM FOR LOCAL DEMOCRACY. FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO SINGLE OUT MAORI WARDS AND THE NEED TO HAVE A REFERENDUM JUST ON THAT ISSUE REALLY IS NOT THE CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO BE HAVING WITH THE GOVERNMENT. EITHER YOU TRUST LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW IT'S SET UP AND WE GET ON WITH IT, OR WE HAVE REFERENDUM FOR ALL OF IT, WHICH SEEMS REALLY UNNECESSARY. THIS IS ABOUT YOU, AND YOUR VOTE, THOUGH, SO WE HIT THE STREETS AND ASKED PEOPLE IN AUCKLAND FOR THEIR THOUGHTS. I WOULD SAY YES. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO DO. ULTIMATELY, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY. IF IT COULD BENEFIT THE HERE AND NOW PEOPLE TODAY, THAT WOULD BE OF USE. NOT SOMETHING THAT I'VE GIVEN A LOT OF THOUGHT TO, TO BE HONEST. BUT I WOULD'VE THOUGHT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO HAVE THEM. FOR REPRESENTATION, YEAH. OH, YEAH. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. IT SEEMS REASONABLE ENOUGH. I'VE ONLY BEEN LIVING IN NEW ZEALAND ` I SUPPOSE I'VE ONLY BEEN LIVING HERE FOR FIVE YEARS, SO I HAVE VERY LITTLE AWARENESS, UNFORTUNATELY. WE WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER SIMEON BROWN THIS MORNING, BUT HE WAS UNAVAILABLE. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY PERA PANIORA, THE FIRST MAORI WARD COUNCILLOR FOR KAIPARA DISTRICT COUNCIL. IS THIS AN ISSUE SO VITAL THAT YOU THINK WE NEED TO TACKLE IT AT THE MOMENT? IT'S A HUGE ISSUE, THERE IS A LACK OF REPRESENTATION FOR MAORI AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL, YOU HAVE THEM IN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A NUMBER OF DECADES, THEN NOTHING NEW, AND THEY ARE IN MY VIEW DEMOCRATIC. MY QUESTION REFERENCE THE GOVERNMENT'S MOVE TO TRY AND ROLL BACK THE PRESENCE OF THEM, IF PEOPLE SEEM SO UNAWARE THEY ARE EVEN AFFECTING THEIR DAILY LIVES. THAT'S THE POINT, ISN'T IT? WHO HAS THE PROBLEM WITH THE MAORI WARDS, IS AT THE GENERAL PUBLIC OR A FEW SMALL COALITION PARTNERS? THIS WAS FAIRLY WELL SIGNALLED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THEIR CAMPAIGN, SO I IMAGINE YOU ARE NOT SURPRISED. NO, I AM NOT SURPRISED. IT IS JUST ANOTHER RACIST, SYSTEMATIC ATTACK ON MAORI. WHY DON'T YOU CLARIFY FOR US WHY YOUR PLAN WILL BE FOR A GOVERNMENT THAT IS OBVIOUSLY HAS THE MANDATE TO DO THIS, THEY CAN PUSH THROUGH WHEN THEY WANT, HOW WILL YOU RESPOND? THIS HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY ONE OF THE IRONICALLY MINOR PARTIES OF THE THREE. LEGAL ADVICE IS BEING SOUGHT RIGHT NOW, I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS LEGAL FOR COUNCILS TO MOVE A MOTION TO EVEN PARLIAMENT CANNOT ENACT RETROSPECTIVE LAWS, SO IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING ONE. I SEE QUITE RIGHTLY, THEY ARE LOOKING TO GO BACK IN TIME AND DO THE PROCESS IN TERMS ... IT'S JUST ANOTHER RACIST ATTACK. IT'S UNPRODUCTIVE AND WILL BE COSTLY. AT THE TIME, WE'RE LOOKING AT INFLATED RATES AND INCREASES OF RATES. ARE WE DOING SUCH A HORRIBLE JOB THAT AWARDS NEED TO BE DISESTABLISHED? NO. WHAT IS THE POINT? YES, WE ARE IN A RECESSION, IS THIS REALLY A WISE USE OF FUNDS? ABSOLUTELY. IN TERMS OF THE DISESTABLISHMENT, IT DOES NEED TO FOLLOW A REPRESENTATION REVIEW, REPRESENTATION REVIEWS ARE VERY COSTLY, THAT'S WHY A COUNCIL DON'T DO THEM UNLESS THERE ARE STATUTORILY REQUIRED TO DO THEM. CAN YOU PUT A NUMBER ON THE COST? SO TYPICALLY, WE ARE STILL GOING THROUGH A REPRESENTATION REVIEW, IT IS AT LEAST $20,000 FOR A SMALL COUNCIL LIKE OURS, EASILY UP TO 40,000, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT OTHER COUNCILS THAT ARE LARGER THAN OURS IT IS 100,000, IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGES, THAT EQUATES TO 1% RISE IN COUNCIL RATES. RATEPAYERS ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS CHANGE BECAUSE ` AND THAT'S WITHOUT THE LEGAL ` BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY SAID YOU'RE GOING TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE. IT AS AN OPERATIONAL EXPENSE, SO WILL BE TOUCHED IN THE RATEPAYERS. SECONDLY, I UNDERSTAND THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEW ZEALAND, AND THEY CAN SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES ON THIS, HE WILL BE SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE. I AM A PRACTISING LAWYER MYSELF AND I CANNOT UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW ` THEY'VE PRESENTED TWO OPTIONS, THE FIRST OPTION HAS TWO OPTIONS TO IT, I CANNOT SEE HOW THAT OPTION WILL WORK, BECAUSE AGAIN AS I MENTIONED IT'S ALREADY BEEN ENACTED LEGISLATIVELY, ANDMY WARD HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED. SOME PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THAT MY COUNCIL IS ACTING ON IT. PEOPLE IN OUR COUNCIL DELIVERED A PETITION TO OUR LOCAL COUNCIL. 1 OF THOSE COUNSELLORS'S SAID I WAS A GOOD COUNSELLOR, AND MY RESPONSE TO HIM WAS THAT I WANT TO REPRESENT THE MAORI VOICE. THERE'S NO ONE AROUND MY COUNCIL TABLE THAT CONTINUALLY ADVOCATES FOR THE RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF MAORI PEOPLE. YOU'VE BEEN A DELIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS A WHOLE LOT MORE TO COME. CAN WE EXPLAIN ALSO, I CAME INTO THIS KIND OF KNOWING WHAT A WARD WAS. IT'S NOT A ONE PERSON, TO VOTE THING, IT IS A ONE-FOR-ONE. IT'S JUST A WHOLE BUNCH OF MPS. NOW, WHAT IS THAT CALLED? DEMOCRACY. E WHAI AKE NEI ` IT IS TIME TO WELCOME THE MOTHER OF THE NATION BACK INTO THE STUDIO! WE'RE LEARNING HOW TO GET OLDER, WITH NONE OTHER THAN JUDY BAILEY. WELCOME BACK. IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 20 YEARS SINCE JUDY BAILEY READ HER FINAL NEWS BULLETIN, RIGHT HERE IN THIS VERY STUDIO. SINCE THEN, SHE HAS IMMERSED HERSELF IN A RANGE OF FOUNDATIONS, CAUSES AND CAMPAIGNS. SHE'S ALSO LIKE ALL OF US, AGING, AND HAS WRITTEN A BOOK TO HELP PREPARE FOR IT. MORENA JUDY. IT MUST BE STRANGE SITTING HERE IN THIS STUDIO! IT IS A LOVELY. IVORY RUN INTO SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I KNOW. IT IS LIKE BEING HOME. YOU HAVE WRITTEN THIS BOOK IT IS CALLED EVOLVING. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT AGEING WHEN A LOT OF US ARE RUNNING FROM IT? I THINK IT IS TO BE EMBRACED. SO MANY PEOPLE DO NOT GET TO DO IT. SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SAID TO ME WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, OLD AGE IS NOT FOR SISSIES. I THOUGHT, WELL, I AM CLEARLY AGEING, SITE BETTER FIGURE OUT HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS THING OF AGE. IT IS BEEN A REAL JOURNEY FOR ME. I HAVE HAD SO MUCH FUN RESEARCHING FOR THE BOOK, AND DISCOVERED ALL SORTS OF THINGS ABOUT HOW TO LEAD A HAPPY AND INTERESTING AND INVOLVED LIFE. WHAT IS THE SECRET? WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE MOST WHEN YOU ARE DOING THE BOOK? THE SECRET TO HAVING A HAPPY AND HEALTHY OLD AGE APPARENTLY IS RELATIONSHIP. IT IS FUNNY THAT RELATIONSHIPS SHOULD BE CENTRAL TO OUR WELL-BEING AT THAT AGE, BECAUSE IT IS CENTRAL AT THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN WE ARE BABIES. THAT FIRST RELATIONSHIP SETS YOU UP FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, AND IT IS THE SAME AT THE END. I'M NOT SAYING THE END. I FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU TURN 65, YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER THREE GOOD DECADES AHEAD OF YOU. THAT IS THE OTHER THING THAT I'M REALLY INTERESTED AND IS THAT PEOPLE UNIVERSALLY TALK ABOUT OLD WHEN YOU TURN 65. MY GOODNESS, THERE IS SUCH A RANGE OF ABILITIES AND INTERESTS AND LIFE LIVED AFTER THAT TIME. THREE GOOD DECADES. I LOVED IN THE BOOK, BECAUSE IT IS A DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE IN THE NEWSROOM A LOT, YOU HAD TO CALL A 50-YEAR-OLD ELDERLY. WHEN YOU ARE YOUNGER, YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING ABOVE YOU AS OLD. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE CREEPING UP THERE. I KNOW, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN LIFE BEGINS TO TELESCOPE AND YOU THINK, I BETTER MAKE THE MOST OF THIS. THERE IS A WONDERFUL QUOTE FROM A ROMAN EMPEROR, MARCUS, AND HE SAYS, OUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED. USE THEM TO OPEN THE WINDOWS OF YOUR SOUL TO THE SUN, WHICH IS WHAT I JUST LOVE. THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. YOU MENTIONED RELATIONSHIPS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, BUT WHAT ELSE DID YOU FIND WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO HAVE? THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO A HEALTHY AGEING, ANYTHING THAT I THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS THAT YOU NEED TO START YOUNG. YOU NEED TO START WHILE YOU WERE YOUR AGE, IN YOUR 40S AND 50S, HOW YOU ARE LIVING IN YOUR 40S AND 50S WILL HAVE A HUGE BEARING ON HOW WELL YOU AGE. SAME OLD THINGS. DON'T DRINK TOO MUCH, HAVE A HEALTHY DIET, GET PLENTY OF EXERCISE, AND SURROUND YOURSELF WITH PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU. YOU ALSO HAD A NOTE ABOUT OWNING A HOME IS IMPORTANT, HAVING A HOME OR OWNING A HOME? HAVING A HOME IS A REALLY SUPPORT FOR YOU WHEN YOU RETIRE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT PAYING RENTS. HAVING A HOME THESE DAYS ARE SUCH A DIFFICULT THING TO ACQUIRE, SO I THINK THAT WE ARE VERY LUCKY IF WE MANAGE TO REACH RETIREMENT AND HAVE A HOME THAT IS MORTGAGE FREE. TO START SAVING FOR YOUR RETIREMENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE SUPERANNUATION IS NOT GOING TO CUT IT. I LOVED THAT BEING AN OPTIMIST CAN EXTEND YOUR LIFE. YES, APPARENTLY SO! BUT I AM NOT AN OPTIMIST. I AM A WEST PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WHEN THINGS TURN OUT WELL, BUT IT HAS. HAVING THAT SENSE OF THINGS BEING HALF FULL RATHER THAN HALF EMPTY, MAKING LEMONADE OUT OF LEMONS, THAT SORT OF THING. IT IS LOVELY TO SEE YOU, JUDY. THE BOOK HAS NUTRITION TIPS, CHAPTERS ON GRIEF AND GETTING OLDER, BECOMING A GRANDPARENT, YOU ARE TICKING IT ALL OFF FOR US. THE BOOK IS CALLED EVOLVING. THANK YOU JUDY FOR COMING AND. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME, IT HAS BEEN A DELIGHT. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. STAY WITH US. IT IS 730. RATEPAYERS WILL BE THE ONES FORKING OUT FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL TO DITCH MAORI WARDS. LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER SIMEON BROWN SAYS THE BILL ALLOWS LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO DECIDE HOW THEIR COUNCILS ARE GOVERNED. BUT PERA PANIORA, THE FIRST MAORI WARD COUNCILLOR FOR KAIPARA DISTRICT COUNCIL, SAYS IT WILL BE COSTLY. IT'S AT LEAST $20,000 FOR A SMALL COUNCIL LIKE OURS, EASILY UP TO $40,000. I IMAGINE THAT OTHER COUNCILS THAT ARE LARGER THAN OURS IT IS $100,000. THAT EQUATES TO A 1% RISE IN COUNCIL RATES FOR US. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 35 MAORI WARDS WITHIN COUNCILS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND WITH ANOTHER 13 SET TO BE INTRODUCED NEXT YEAR. THE U.S. PRESIDENT HAS ISSUED A STARK WARNING TO THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ` PROTECT CIVILIANS OR ELSE. IN A PHONE CALL, JOE BIDEN HAS TOLD BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO TAKE STEPS TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS IN GAZA OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES. IT'S THE FIRST CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE PAIR FOLLOWING ISRAEL'S AIR STRIKES THAT KILLED SEVEN AID WORKERS. IT'S A STRONG STANCE FROM THE U.S., WHICH IS ISRAEL'S STAUNCHEST ALLY. DESPITE THIS, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS FOLLOWING THROUGH ON A DEAL TO SEND A FRESH ROUND OF BOMBS TO ISRAEL. RESCUE EFFORTS FOR PEOPLE TRAPPED BY TAIWAN'S HUGE EARTHQUAKE ARE CONTINUING, WITH HUNDREDS BELIEVED TO BE TRAPPED IN THE COUNTRY'S MOUNTAIN GORGES. THE SHAKE BLOCKED TUNNELS AND ROADS WHEN IT HIT, MAKING GETTING RESCUERS IN AND VICTIMS OUT A DIFFICULT TASK. THE BBC'S RUPERT WINGFIELD HAYES IS THERE. THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN TAIWAN, FAMED FOR THEIR RUGGED BEAUTY. BUT YESTERDAY, BEAUTY TURNED TO HORROR. THE HUGE SCARS DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE SHOW THE PATHS OF THE ROCKSLIDES, SOME BOULDERS AS BIG AS CARS. MANY HUNDREDS ARE STILL TRAPPED HERE. AT A DRESSING STATION, RESCUE TEAMS UNLOAD A STEADY STREAM OF VICTIMS THEY'VE MANAGED TO BRING OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS. THEIR WOUNDS ARE QUICKLY DRESSED, BUT THEIR MENTAL SCARS MAY TAKE MUCH LONGER TO HEAL. IT IS YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE COMING TRUE. IT'S LIKE THEY SHOW IN THE MOVIES. YOU NEVER THINK YOU'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE IT THAT WAY. SO, THESE ARE MORE RESCUE TEAMS HEADING UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS HERE BEHIND ME. THIS IS CALLED TAROKO GORGE, AND THIS IS A VERY FAMOUS TOURIST SPOT. IT'S A VERY NARROW, DEEP GORGE THAT RUNS WAY UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS HERE, AND THIS IS WHERE MOST OF THE MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE NOW LISTED AS TRAPPED ARE THOUGHT TO BE. THERE ARE MANY, MANY SEARCH TEAMS IN THERE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE AND TRYING TO GET THEM OUT. IN HUALIEN CITY, THE PHYSICAL SCARS FROM THE QUAKE WILL SOON BE REMOVED, BUT NOT THE MEMORY OF WHAT IT FELT LIKE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCED IT. EMMANUEL MACRON SAYS HE HAS 'NO DOUBT' RUSSIA WILL ATTEMPT TO TARGET THE PARIS OLYMPICS. ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN PARIS UNDER A NEUTRAL FLAG AND ARE BARRED FROM TAKING PART IN THE OPENING CEREMONY. THE FRENCH PRESIDENT EXPECTING MOSCOW TO RUN A MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN TO UNDERMINE THE EVENT. 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS DAME NOELINE TAURUA WILL BE REAPPOINTED SILVER FERNS COACH IN AN ANNOUNCEMENT LATER TODAY. NETBALL NEW ZEALAND, IN CONSULTATION WITH TAURUA, OPENED THE POSITION TO APPLICATIONS IN FEBRUARY. TAURUA HAS LED THE NEW ZEALAND SIDE SINCE 2018. THE HIGHLIGHT OF HER TENURE ` THE WORLD CUP WIN IN 2019. THE SILVER FERNS ARE CURRENTLY RANKED SECOND IN THE WORLD BUT HAVE HAD SOME DISAPPOINTING RECENT RESULTS, INCLUDING MISSING THE MEDALS AT LAST YEAR'S WORLD CUP. IT MIGHT NOT BE THE USUAL MODE OF TRANSPORT, BUT THE NEW YORK MARATHON HAS BEEN ASKED TO PAY A TOLL FOR USING ONE OF THE BIG APPLE'S BRIDGES. THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT AUTHORITY SAYS THE NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS, THE CLUB WHICH ORGANISES THE MARATHON IN NOVEMBER, SHOULD PAY AROUND $1.2 MILLION TO MAKE UP FOR LOST REVENUE ACROSS THE VERRAZZANO-NARROWS BRIDGE. THE ORGANISERS ARGUE THE CITY ENJOYS A MASSIVE ECONOMIC BOOST FROM THE ANNUAL RUN ` THE 50,0000 PARTICIPANTS HELPING BRING AROUND $700 MILLION INTO THE CITY EVERY YEAR. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (UPBEAT MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` SOME SHOWERS EARLY ON TODAY ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL CLEAR THIS MORNING TO CLOUDY PERIODS. 20 FOR AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. EARLY SHOWERS, WHICH COULD GET HEAVY FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. THIS WILL CLEAR TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. HAMILTON, YOU ARE ON 21 WITH TOKOROA TODAY. TO THE EAST COAST ` MOSTLY GREY THROUGH HERE ALSO, WITH A FEW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SOME SOUTHERLIES IN GISBORNE WITH A HIGH OF 20. 19 IN HAWKE'S BAY. OVER TO THE WEST ` IT'LL BE CLOUDY MORNING HERE TOO WITH THE ODD SHOWER. HOWEVER, THIS WILL CLEAR TO BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE AFTER MIDDAY. YOU ARE HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 19 IN PALMERSTON NORTH. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` PARTLY CLOUDY MORNING FOR MOST. FEW SPOTS OF DRIZZLE, BUT THIS WILL TURN TO FINE PRETTY EARLY ON. NELSON AND BLENHEIM YOU'LL BE REACHING A HIGH OF 18. 17 ON THE COAST. HEADING SOUTH ` SOME MORE CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON IN CHRISTCHURCH. OAMARU, YOU'RE REACHING A HIGH OF 14. ASHBURTON AND TIMARU ON 13. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` CLOUDY PERIODS WITH THE ODD SHOWER HERE AND THERE FOR MOST. THIS WILL CLEAR TO FINE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF YOU. ALMOST ALL OF YOU. GORE, YOU ARE ON 13 DEGREES. LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR SATURDAY ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, IT'LL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE EAST. OTHERWISE, MAINLY FINE ELSEWHERE. MOSTLY BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, PRETTY SIMILAR. SOME MORE CLOUD ON THE EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, OTHER THAN SOME CLOUD IN THE FAR SOUTH, IT'LL BE A FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. LOOKS ALRIGHT, DOESN'T IT? THE LAST WEEKEND OF DAYLIGHT SAVING. IT'S VERY DARK IN THE MORNING. RENOWNED AS ONE OF AOTEAROA'S MOST BELOVED HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS, THE BAY OF ISLANDS HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE HEARTS OF MANY, AND IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY. IT'S THE WINTERLESS NORTH, AND IT'S WHERE MATT GIBB IS TODAY, CHECKING OUT A FEW OF THE PLACES TO VISIT. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY NORTHLAND INC. COME ON IN, MATT. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT FOR US? MORENA, CHRIS. THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE WITH A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE WHAT OUR WINNERS WILL BE EXPERIENCING. HIS WHAT I'VE BEEN GETTING UP TWO OF THE LAST WEE WHILE. (UPBEAT MUSIC) I'VE DECIDED TO TAKE A LITTLE ROAD TRIP NORTH OF AUCKLAND. SO THE BRYNDERWYNS UPGRADE IS UNDERWAY, WHICH MEANS I'M GONNA TAKE THE SCENIC ROUTE AND CHECK OUT SOME OF THE SPOTS ALONG THE WAY. YOU CAN RIDE SHOTGUN. COME ON. (UPBEAT MUSIC) THIS IS THE WAY TO TRAVEL. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO DRIVE. NO STEERING. IT'S 10 MINUTES ON THE CAR FERRY FROM OPUA TO BEAUTIFUL RUSSELL. THIS IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE PART OF THE WORLD. HOW GOOD IS THIS? (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME TO RUSSELL. CHECK THAT VIEW OUT. HONESTLY, LOOK AT THAT. JUST LOOK. KORORAREKA, OR RUSSELL, HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE THE EARLY 1800S, WHEN IT WAS KNOWN AS THE HELLHOLE OF THE PACIFIC. THESE DAYS, IT'S A MUST SEE FOR ANY TRIP TO THE BAY OF ISLANDS. OUR ROADIE CONTINUES NOW. WE'RE OFF TO PAIHIA TO JUMP ON BOARD A FULLER'S ADVENTURE TO THE HOLE IN THE ROCK, MOTU KOKAKO. (UPBEAT MUSIC) GABBY, THIS IS A PRETTY COOL JOB YOU'VE GOT. YOU GET TO COME OUT IN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PARTS OF THE WORLD, TAKE PEOPLE AROUND AND SHOW THEM WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT THIS AREA. HOW GOOD'S THAT? OH IT'S AMAZING. I NEVER, EVER GET SICK OF IT. SO THE HOLE IN THE ROCK ITSELF, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. WHAT IS IT LIKE? WHAT AM I GOING TO SEE WHEN I GET THERE? THERE'S TONS OF FISH LIFE EVERYWHERE. THERE'S SOMETIMES THE DOLPHINS ARE EVEN ALL AROUND THE HOLE IN THE ROCK. AND THERE IT IS, THE FAMOUS HOLE IN THE ROCK. AND AFTER A GREAT DAY OUT ON THE WATER, IT'S BACK TO RUSSELL TO TAKE IN THE SUNSET AT THE ICONIC DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH HOTEL. # SING US A SONG. YOU'RE THE PIANO MAN # I THINK THERE'S TWO PLACES IN NEW ZEALAND OR PUBS THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO SORT OF, SORT OF MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET TICKED OFF THEIR LIST, I SUPPOSE.A AND ONE WOULD BE THE CARDRONA DOWN SOUTH. AND FOR US NORTH ISLANDERS, IT'S THIS BAD GIRL HERE. IT'S JUST AN AMAZING PLACE TO LIVE. IT'S PRETTY HARD TO BEAT, ISN'T IT? I MEAN, IT'S ALL HERE. OUR WINNERS ARE GOING TO BE HAVING AN AMAZING TIME. WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING OUR LUCKY WINNER JUST AFTER 830 THIS MORNING. SO GOOD LUCK IF YOU HAVE ENTERED. YOU MIGHT BE COMING HERE TO THE R TUCKER THOMPSON. IT IS A TOP SAILING SHIP. IT IS A TOPSAIL SCHOONER. WE OPERATE HERE OUT OF THE BAY OF ISLANDS IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT SAILING TRUST. WE GET ABOUT 20 YOUTH VOYAGES A YEAR. EACH ONE HAS ABOUT 12 KIDS ON BOARD. WE AIM TO FIND THAT OURSELVES. WE OPERATE A SUMMER DAY SALE, TAKING TOURISTS OUT, AND WE WILL BE OPERATING THAT UNTIL THE END OF APRIL. AFTER THAT, WE LAUNCH INTO OUR WEEK-LONG YOUTH VOYAGES. YOU CAN COME AND SEE IT. THIS IS ONE OF OUR RAINY DAYS WHICH HASN'T HAPPENED FOR WEEKS. IT'S NOT RAINING; IT'S BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU FOR GETTING US UP HERE NORTHLAND INC. YOU COULD BE COMING AND HANGING OUT WITH ANGUS. A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN I SEE THERE IN THE WINTERLESS NORTH THERE, MATT. LIQUID SUNSHINE. WE CAN'T ALWAYS HAVE A SUNNY HOLIDAY, CAN WE? ME U TONU MAI ` THE DEPARTMENT TRYING TO REDUCE OUR SUICIDE RATE COULD BE FACING CLOSURE AS GOVERNMENT COST SAVINGS TARGETS TIGHTEN. MORE ON THAT NEXT. # SOLAR POWER. We got a new car you have to plug in. It goes for two wee stops. (DOG BARKS) One masterpiece. And four unlucky possums! Five! VOICEOVER: Fast charge on the road and pay like you're at home. With Genesis at charge net stations. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. MAJOR PROPOSED CUTS TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COULD IMPACT THE SPECIFIC PART OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TASKED WITH REDUCING OUR SUICIDE RATE. THE ANNOUNCEMENT THE SUICIDE PREVENTION OFFICE COULD CLOSE SEEMED TO EVEN TAKE THE MINISTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH BY SURPRISE, PROMPTING HIM TO CALL THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF HEALTH DIRECTLY. WITH ME NOW IS DUANE LEO, THE NATIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION. MORENA. IT LOOKS LIKE THE MINISTER SAYS THE SUICIDE PREVENTION OFFICE REMAIN OPEN. WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THAT? MORENA, CHRIS. THAT IS GOOD NEWS FOR US. YESTERDAY THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE MINISTRY THAT THEY WERE BASICALLY SLASHING 134 JOBS, AND PART OF THAT WAS THE SUICIDE PREVENTION. WE MADE SURE WHEN THE INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO US, WE CHECKED IT THOROUGHLY. AND WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER OUR RESPONSE WE WENT BACK TO THE MINISTER TO CLARIFY. THEY DIDN'T INFORM US THAT THAT WAS INCORRECT, SO WE WENT AHEAD WITH MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT. IT IS GOOD WE GOT A RESPONSE, BECAUSE LAST WEEK WE WERE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE UP FOR LOSING THEIR JOBS. THIS WEEK WE'VE GOT A MINISTER THAT HAS TAKEN SOME NOTICE. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY AS WELL THAT IN TERMS OF BEING CAUGHT BY SURPRISE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ENGAGE AND LOOK AT EFFICIENCIES AND NOT JOB REDUCTION. THESE PROPOSALS WENT BACK TO THE RELEVANT MINISTERS, AND THEY SIGNED OFF ON THESE. SO WE ARE SURPRISED THAT HE IS NOT AWARE OF THIS. I WAS GOING TO ASK IF YOU ARE SURPRISED BY HIS SURPRISES.I WANT TO READ SOME OF HIS STATEMENT, BECAUSE HE SAID HE WAS DISAPPOINTED TO READ THE STATEMENT WHICH HE CONSIDERED MISLEADING. WAS IT MISLEADING? AS I SAID BEFORE, WE CLARIFIED OUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH. SO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE YESTERDAY. OUR DELEGATES, OUR MEMBERS, OUR ORGANISERS REVIEWED THIS, AND THEY PUT TOGETHER A COMMUNICATION WHICH WAS ATTACKED ARTICULATED* WE ALSO TALKS TO THE MINISTRY WHO DIDN'T TELL US ANYTHING WAS MISLEADING. THESE ARE PROPOSALS SIGNED OFF BY GOVERNMENT MINISTERS. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IT IS QUITE DISAPPOINTING, BECAUSE YOU ARE RUSHING THROUGH THESE PROPOSALS SIMPLY TO MEET THE TAX CUTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROMISED. THEY ARE PRIORITISING TAX CUTS OVER ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES, AND WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THIS NOW AND THE PROPOSALS THAT ARE COMING UP DAILY. WHAT IS THAT STEAK AND WHAT WOULD IT MEAN FOR PEOPLE OF THE SUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICE WERE TO BE REDUCED? TO THINK THERE ` WE LIKE TO JUST BE CLEAR THAT IF THE MINISTER SAYS IT WILL CHANGE, WILL THEY ALTAR THE PROPOSAL? THERE IS THE PROPOSAL THAT SAYS THE OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED. THE MINISTER IS SAYING THAT IS NOT THE CASE, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PROPOSAL CHANGED. SECONDLY, IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT IS DONE, THIS OFFICE CAME INTO BEING IN 2019. THE WHOLE IDEA WAS THAT IT SHOULD BE CENTRALISED, AND THERE SHOULD BE EXPERTS IN THAT FIELD SUPPORTING VULNERABLE NEW ZEALANDERS AND A DISTRESSING TIME. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THAT WOULD BE LOST IF THIS PROPOSAL WENT AHEAD AS IT WAS TABLED YESTERDAY. AS THE MINISTER IS SAYING THAT IS NOT THE CASE, THERE NEEDS TO BE A MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF HEALTH, AND THAT PROPOSAL NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. THERE IS THE POINT OF HAVING A PLACE TO GO TO. IF PEOPLE'S JOBS ARE AFFECTED, OBVIOUSLY, BUT PEOPLE NEED A PLACE TO GO. THEY DEVELOPED AN ACTION PLAN, AND THEY WERE WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES. I THINK THERE WERE THREE VACANT ROLES, AND THE OTHER ROLES WERE SET TO BE BASICALLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MINISTRY. EVERYONE'S BUSINESS IS NO ONE'S BUSINESS. THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE ENQUIRY IN 2019 WAS TO PUT THAT SERVICE IN ONE PLACE WHERE IT COULD BE USED FOR EXPERTISE AND ALSO ADVISE OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. WE ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE WE ALMOST HAVE UP TO 1000 JOBS AT RISK WITH THE PROPOSALS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE. THE GOVERNMENT IS PRIORITISING $15 MILLION WORTH OF TAX CUTS OVER PUBLIC SERVICES THAT NEW ZEALANDERS NEED. SOMETIMES IT CAN FEEL LIKE PROPOSALS, WHERE THERE IS A PERIOD OF CONSULTATION. THERE IS GOING TO BE COUNTERPROPOSALS. HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THEY BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES? IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSALS, WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. SO WHEN THESE CUTS WERE ANNOUNCED ` THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH WAS 6.5%, AND THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BASELINE FUNDING GONE. IT IS NOT BEING PUT INTO OTHER AREAS; IT IS BEING TAKEN OUT TO FUND TAX CUTS. OUR MEMBERS, DELEGATES AND ORGANISERS HAVE BEEN PUTTING UP COUNTERPROPOSALS AND IDEAS FOR EFFICIENCIES. WE NOW HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF CONSULTATION AND WILL BE ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF OUR MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE OUR VOICES ARE HEARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE FINAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR SWIMMERS TO QUALIFY FOR THE OLYMPICS IS COMING UP. WE'VE SENT OUT TE KARERE'S KRUZE TANGIRA TO SEE IF HE CAN KEEP UP WITH THE BEST. WE'LL CHECK OUT HOW HE GOT ON NEXT. YEAH, WELL, GIVE HIM A COUPLE OF LAPS AT LEAST. (UPBEAT MUSIC) # DAYDREAM, LOCK IN YOUR EYES, # AND I GOT THAT RED LIP, CLASSIC THING THAT YOU LIKE. # AND WHEN WE GO CRASHING DOWN, # WE COME BACK EVERY TIME... WELCOME BACK. THE NEW ZEALAND SWIMMING CHAMPS KICK OFF NEXT TUESDAY, GIVING ATHLETES ONE LAST CHANCE TO QUALIFY FOR THE OLYMPICS. WE SENT TE KARERE REPORTER KRUZE TANGIRA OUT TO CATCH UP WITH WORLD CHAMPION SWIMMER LEWIS CLAREBURT. I'M HERE IN MY SPEEDOS, AND I'M WITH CURRENT WORLD CHAMPION LEWIS CLAREBURT. LEWIS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. IT'S A PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU THIS MORNING. NOW, YOU DO HAVE A BIG COMPETITION COMING UP NEXT WEEK ON TUESDAY ` THE SWIMMING CHAMPS DOWN IN HAWKE'S BAY ` THE LAST TIME SWIMMERS CAN QUALIFY FOR THE OLYMPICS. HOWEVER, YOU'VE ALREADY QUALIFIED FOR THE OLYMPICS. SO DOES THAT TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE OFF YOU HEADING INTO THIS EVENT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK FOR ME IT JUST MEANS THAT I CAN GO AND HAVE FUN, RIGHT? GO RACE AS FAST AS I CAN, BUT NOT HAVE THE PRESSURE OF HAVING TO QUALIFY. WELL, SPEAKING, I GUESS, OF THE EVENTS THAT YOU WILL BE DOING, I KNOW YOU'RE, AS I MENTIONED, A WORLD CHAMP IN THE 400m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY, BUT AT THE ANY OTHER EVENTS THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO, I GUESS, PUSH FOR BETTER TIMES NEXT WEEK? I MEAN, IDEALLY ALL THE EVENTS THAT I'M GOING TO DO AT THE TRIALS, I'LL HOPEFULLY QUALIFY FOR THE OLYMPICS. THAT'S AN IDEAL WORLD. BUT, REALISTICALLY, PROBABLY MAYBE ONE OR TWO EXTRA WOULD BE NICE. YEAH, SO, LIKE I'VE, I'VE QUALIFIED FOR THE 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY, YEAH, SO, LIKE, I'VE QUALIFIED FOR THE 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY, BUT IT'D BE NICE TO GET THE 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY AND THE 200 BUTTERFLY ON TOP OF THAT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER BIG SWIMMERS OUT THERE THAT ARE SORT OF ON YOUR TOES AND THAT MAY PUSH YOU, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT FIRST PLACE NEXT WEEK? YEAH, I THINK A LOT OF THE EVENTS ARE GONNA BE QUITE COMPETITIVE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FREESTYLE BOARD. IN THE 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY, ONE OF MY OLD TRAINING PARTNERS, SAM, I'M GOING TO BE GOING HEAD TO HEAD, SO THAT'LL BE GOOD FUN. NOW, AS I MENTIONED, YOU ARE WORLD CHAMP IN THE 400m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY. LET'S GO BACK TO THAT MOMENT. FEBRUARY, YOU WERE CROWNED WORLD CHAMPION. I MEAN, DO YOU STILL PINCH YOURSELF ` THE FACT THAT YOU ARE WORLD CHAMPION; YOU'RE FROM NEW ZEALAND, AND YOU BEAT THE BEST IN THE WORLD? YEAH, FOR SURE. I MEAN, I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'LL EVER PROBABLY SINK IN MAYBE UNTIL I RETIRE, YOU KNOW, FROM SWIMMING. YOU KNOW, I GO FROM ONE EVENT TO STRAIGHT` YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE NEXT ONE. SO, FOR ME, YOU KNOW, IT'S SUCH AN AWESOME FEELING TO WIN THAT CHAMPIONSHIP. BUT I JUST WENT STRAIGHT TO, YOU KNOW` MOVE STRAIGHT TO THE NEXT ONE, YEAH. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE OLYMPICS. AS MENTIONED, YOU HAVE ALREADY QUALIFIED AND YOU'LL BE LEAVING AT THE END OF JUNE. YOUR SECOND OLYMPICS ` OBVIOUSLY, THE FIRST TIME IN TOKYO. HOW ARE YOU FEELING HEADING INTO THAT EVENT? LOOK, I'M JUST EXCITED, YOU KNOW. THIS TIME AROUND, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT BIGGER. YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE SPECTATORS. I GUESS I'M GOING IN WITH MAYBE A BIGGER NAME THAN I DID IN TOKYO, AND I'M JUST EXPECTING TO WALK INTO THE STADIUM AND IT TO BE SUPER LOUD, SUPER BUSY, AND JUST, LIKE, IT'S GONNA BE EXCITING, YEAH. NOW, I THOUGHT, I'VE GOT A, YOU KNOW, WORLD CHAMPION SWIMMER NEXT TO ME, SO WHY NOT GIVE HIM A RACE IN THE POOL? SO, LEWIS, LET'S GET IN THE POOL AND GET OURSELVES READY. OOH. (CHUCKLES) LET ME TELL YOU ` IT'S A LITTLE BIT COLD THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, LEWIS IS GONNA GIVE ME A BIT OF A HEAD START, AND WE'RE GONNA RACE TO THE END. FINGERS CROSSED I CAN BEAT HIM. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M NEXT TO A WORLD CHAMP, SO I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA BEAT HIM THIS MORNING. BUT YOU READY TO DO THIS, LEWIS? YEAH, LET'S DO IT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT. GIVE US A COUNTDOWN. ALL RIGHT. I'M NERVOUS. THREE. TWO. ONE. (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) CLOSER THAN I THOUGHT. HE WAS NOT EVEN KICKING, GUYS. LEWIS WAS GLIDING FOR THE FIRST PART OF THAT. SMOOTH LIKE A PAIR OF DOLPHINS. CLEARLY YOU WERE CONCENTRATING ON THE INTERVIEW. SWIMMERS LIKE TO BE VERY STREAMLINED. YOU DO NOT WANT ANYTHING HOLDING YOU BACK. MM-HM. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. A PROPOSAL TO HOLD REFERENDUMS ON MAORI WARDS HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A RACIST ATTACK ON MAORI, WITH THE PRICE FALLING ON RATEPAYERS. LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER SIMEON BROWN SAYS THE BILL ALLOWS LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO DECIDE HOW THEIR COUNCILS ARE GOVERNED. BUT PERA PANIORA, THE FIRST MAORI WARD COUNCILLOR IN KAIPARA, SAYS IT WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN RATES, COSTING UP TO $100,000 FOR EACH REFERENDUM. IT'S JUST ANOTHER RACIST ATTACK. IT'S VERY UNPRODUCTIVE. IT'LL BE COSTLY AS WELL. AND AT A TIME WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT INFLATED RATES AND INCREASES IN RATES, I MEAN, WHAT IS THE POINT? ARE WE DOING SUCH A HORRIBLE JOB THAT OUR WARDS DO NEED TO BE DISESTABLISHED? I DON'T THINK SO. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 35 MAORI WARDS WITHIN COUNCILS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND, WITH ANOTHER 13 SET TO BE INTRODUCED NEXT YEAR. WINSTON PETERS HAS WRAPPED UP HIS TWO-DAY VISIT TO BELGIUM, COINCIDING WITH THE NATO FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON IS IN BRUSSELS FOLLOWING THE WORLD DIPLOMATS AND THEIR MEETINGS. SHE SENT THIS REPORT. ACROSS THESE LAST TWO DAYS, NEW ZEALAND HAS HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO NATO AND BE ABLE TO STRENGTHEN ITS PARTNERSHIP. WINSTON PETERS TODAY SAID TODAY THAT NEW ZEALAND'S RELATIONSHIP WITH NATO IS STRONGER THAN EVER, AND THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK ACROSS SOME KEY AREAS. CYBERSECURITY, AI ` EVERYTHING IS CONCERNING EVERYBODY AT THIS POINT IN TIME. EVERYTHING ASPECT OF LIFE AT THIS POINT IS VERY, VERY COMPLICATED, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO CYBERATTACKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE IS A GROWING CONCERN OF ATTACKS THAT ARE FAR MORE REAL NOW THAN THEY WERE JUST THREE YEARS AGO. THE MAJOR EVENT OF THE DAY WAS A MEETING BETWEEN THE INDO-PACIFIC NATIONS ` THAT'S AUSTRALIA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, JAPAN AND NEW ZEALAND ` MEETING WITH NATO AS WELL AS THE EU PARLIAMENT. THERE, THEY GOT TO DISCUSS A WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES, INCLUDING ISRAEL-GAZA WAR, THE UKRAINE WAR, BUT ALSO THE RISE OF CHINA, ITS INFLUENCE IN THE INDO-PACIFIC, AS WELL AS CHINA'S FRIENDSHIP WITH RUSSIA AND HOW THAT PLAYS A PART IN THE UKRAINE WAR AS WELL. THE U.S. PRESIDENT HAS WARNED THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER OF CONSEQUENCES IF MEASURES AREN'T TAKEN TO PROTECT CIVILIAN LIVES IN GAZA. JOE BIDEN ISSUED THE STARK MESSAGE DURING A PHONE CALL WITH BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, THE FIRST SINCE THE ISRAELI AIR STRIKES THAT KILLED SEVEN AID WORKERS. MR BIDEN REPORTEDLY TOLD THE ISRAELI PM THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN GAZA IS UNACCEPTABLE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. HE MADE CLEAR THE NEED FOR ISRAEL TO ANNOUNCE AND TO IMPLEMENT A SERIES OF SPECIFIC, CONCRETE AND MEASURABLE STEPS TO ADDRESS CIVILIAN HARM, HUMANITARIAN SUFFERING AND THE SAFETY OF AID WORKERS. HE MADE CLEAR THAT U.S. POLICY WITH RESPECT TO GAZA WILL BE DETERMINED BY OUR ASSESSMENT OF ISRAEL'S IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THESE STEPS. DESPITE THE STRONG STANCE FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THE U.S. IS STILL FOLLOWING THROUGH ON A DEAL TO SEND A FRESH ROUND OF BOMBS TO ISRAEL. THERE ARE REPORTS THE DEATH TOLL AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE IN TAIWAN HAS RISEN TO 10. THE 7.4 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT THE ISLAND ON WEDNESDAY ` THE MOST POWERFUL IN 25 YEARS. MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE QUAKE, AND AROUND 600 ARE KNOWN TO STILL BE TRAPPED. RESCUE EFFORTS ARE CONTINUING TODAY IN THE MOUNTAINOUS EAST COAST REGION, WHERE MOST ARE STRANDED. THERE'S A VERY QUICK PLAN OF ACTION OUT. AND THIS IN SOME WAYS REFLECTS THE LESSONS THAT WERE LEARNED BY TAIWAN OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS. THIS BEING THE BIGGEST EARTHQUAKE IN A QUARTER CENTURY. THE LAST EXAMPLE OF A MAJOR QUAKE IN 1999 REALLY LED TO A RETHINK AND AN OVERHAUL OF BUILDING CODES. SO TAIWAN REALLY LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT EVENT AND HAVE YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE RESILIENCE ON SHOW OVER THE COURSE OF THIS WEEK. TO SPORT, AND LIVERPOOL'S ON TRACK TO RETURN TO THE TOP OF THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE THIS MORNING. A WIN OVER SHEFFIELD UNITED WOULD LIFT THEM ABOVE ARSENAL, WHO THEY'RE CURRENTLY JUST BEHIND ON GOAL DIFFERENCE. SOME SLACK WORK FROM THE SHEFFIELD GOALIE HANDING THE REDS THE LEAD. OH NO. THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS. THEY HAVE GOT IT. LIVERPOOL TAKE IT. APPROACHING HALFTIME, IT'S 1-0 TO LIVERPOOL. AND FINALLY, A DIVER HAS MADE AN UNWANTED SPLASH AT THE OPENING OF ONE OF THE AQUATICS VENUES FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICS. THE CENTRE WILL HOST ARTISTIC SWIMMING, DIVING AND WATER POLO EVENTS. WITH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE INAUGURATION, ONE OF THE DIVERS SLIPPED ON HIS BOARD, FALLING INTO THE WATER. THE DIVER LATER POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HIS BACK IS FINE, BUT NOT HIS EGO. LET'S SEE HOW YOUR WEATHER IS LOOKING FOR TODAY. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` SOME SHOWERS EARLY ON TODAY ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL CLEAR THIS MORNING TO CLOUDY PERIODS. KAITAIA AND WHITIANGA WITH A HIGH OF 22. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. EARLY SHOWERS, WHICH COULD GET HEAVY FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. THIS WILL CLEAR TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE WITH A HIGH OF 23. TO THE EAST COAST ` MOSTLY GREY THROUGH HERE ALSO, WITH A FEW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SOME SOUTHERLIES IN GISBORNE WITH A HIGH OF 20. 13 IN NAPIER. SORRY, NAPIER, YOU ARE ON 19. OVER TO THE WEST ` IT'LL BE CLOUDY MORNING HERE TOO, WITH THE ODD SHOWER. HOWEVER, THIS WILL CLEAR TO BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE AFTER MIDDAY. LEVIN, YOU ARE HEADING FOR 20 DEGREES. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` PARTLY CLOUDY MORNING FOR MOST. FEW SPOTS OF DRIZZLE, BUT THIS WILL TURN TO FINE PRETTY EARLY ON. THE COAST, YOU ARE ON 17 DEGREES. HEADING SOUTH ` SOME MORE CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON IN CHRISTCHURCH. YOU ARE HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 15 IN CHRISTCHURCH AND ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` CLOUDY PERIODS WITH THE ODD SHOWER HERE AND THERE FOR MOST. THIS WILL CLEAR TO FINE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF YOU. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 16. LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR SATURDAY ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, IT'LL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE EAST. OTHERWISE, MAINLY FINE ELSEWHERE. MOSTLY BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY ` PRETTY SIMILAR. SOME MORE CLOUD ON THE EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, OTHER THAN SOME CLOUD IN THE FAR SOUTH, IT'LL BE A FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. THANKS, MELISSA. DOING GOOD AND DONATING TO CHARITY USED TO BE A JANGLING BUCKET, FUMBLING AROUND FOR SPARE CASH, AND MAKING AT LEAST A GOLD COIN DONATION. BUT IF YOU WANT TO DONATE TO A CHARITABLE CAUSE THESE DAYS, YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO REACH INTO YOUR POCKET METAPHORICALLY, NOT LITERALLY. COLLECTION BUCKETS ARE GONE, SO TOO ARE THE VOLUNTEERS. CHARITIES LOOKING TO BRING IN BIG FUNDING ARE RESORTING TO A NEW MODEL. JUST LIKE YOUR NETFLIX, SPOTIFY, OR WEEKLY MAGAZINE, CHARITIES ARE USING A SUBSCRIPTION FEE TO FUND OPERATIONS. IT DOES SEEM TO BE SLOWLY SEEING AN INCREASE IN DONATIONS, ESPECIALLY AMONGST YOUNGER GENERATIONS. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY BERNADETTE MURPHY FROM THE FUNDRAISING INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND AND BLIND LOW VISION NZ. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. HOW COME I CANNOT JUST CHUCK A COUPLE OF DOLLARS IN A BUCKET OUTSIDE THE WAREHOUSE ANYMORE? I THINK MOST PEOPLE DO NOT CARRY CASH ANYMORE. WE HAD QR CODES. THERE WAS A LOT OF UPTAKE HAPPENING WITH THOSE. IT WAS A SHIFT TOWARDS A DIGITAL ELEMENT. WHEN WE THINK OF SUBSCRIPTION, WE THINK OF PAY FOR TV. IT IS REGULAR GIVING, WE CALL IT. WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE LEVELS, WHICH IS VERY POSITIVE FOR US IN THE CHARITABLE SECTOR. THIS SAYS YOU SIGN UP, AND THEN YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO FORGET ABOUT IT. THAT IS FINE IF IT DOES NOT IMPACT YOUR BOTTOM LINE AND YOUR BANK ACCOUNT CAN HANDLE IT, BUT THAT DOES HAVE A BENEFIT TO THE CHARITY AND PEOPLE THINK, I HAVE SET IT UP AND I WILL LET IT RUN. SET AND FORGET MODEL. WE HAVE A VERY STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DONOR, SO WE DO NOT FORGET ABOUT THEM. WE SHARE THEIR STORIES AND WHAT THE IMPACT IS THAT THEY ARE HAVING WITH SETTING THAT UP. IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO FORECAST FURTHER INTO THE FUTURE. IF WE ARE GETTING A ONE-OFF DONATION, WE ARE GOING, CAN WE PROVIDE THESE SERVICES NEXT WEEK? WHEN YOU HAVE A REGULAR DONOR ON A REGULAR BASIS, YOU CAN FEEL SECURE IN THE CHARITY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GIVE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE. I CALL IT A SUBSCRIPTION MODEL. WHAT DID YOU CALL IT? REGULAR GIVING. PEOPLE EXPECT SOMETHING BACK FOR IT. WHAT DO I GET IF I AM JUST GIVING MONEY INTO THE ETHER? YOU GET THAT GOOD FEELING. FOR US, IT IS ABOUT THE IMPACT. THE DONOR MAKES US BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CHANGE SOMEONE'S LIFE IN A POSITIVE WAY. WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT THE DONOR. WE JUST WILL NOT BE HERE. THAT IS THE END OF THE STORY. IT IS ABOUT GIVING AND CHANGING SOMEONE'S LIFE. YOU TALKED ABOUT ABOUT HOW IT ALLOWS YOU TO FORECAST, BUT I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU CAN TALK AS THOUGH IT, PEOPLE OFTEN SAY WERE CHARITIES, A SET AMOUNT GOES TO RUNNING THE CHARITY. HOW MUCH IS RUNNING A SUBSCRIPTION MODEL OR A REGULAR GIVING PROGRAM COST IN TERMS OF WHERE DOES MY MONEY GO? HOW MUCH GOES TO THE COMPANY THAT I HAD TO TALK TO TO SET UP THE PAYMENT AS OPPOSED INTO YOUR POCKET? WE TRY TO KEEP THOSE VERY LOW. THE COST OF LIVING HAS GONE UP. SO THAT MEANS OUR CHARGE HAS GONE UP AS WELL. WE TRY TO KEEP THAT AS FAR AWAY FROM THE COST OF THE SERVICE AS POSSIBLE. I CANNOT GIVE YOU AN EXACT FIGURE, BECAUSE IT CHANGES. IT IS DEFINITELY LESS THAN 40%. I THINK PEOPLE MIGHT SAY LESS THAN 40%? WE STILL NEED TO GO TO WORK AND DO OUR JOB TO BE ABLE TO FUNCTION AS WELL. BUT WE KEEP IT REALLY LOW. WE ARE THINKING IT IS ABOUT 25% OF MOST ORGANISATIONS. BUT WE ARE REALLY FEELING THE IMPACT OURSELVES NOW. GET PASSED ON TO THE CHARITY, AND WE DO NOT WANT TO STOP PROVIDING THAT SERVICE TO PEOPLE. WE TALK ABOUT THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS. WE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO KEEP COSTS AS LOW AS POSSIBLE AND TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE AS BEST WE CAN, AND NOTHING CHANGES FOR THE END USERS. HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SIGN UP? IN TERMS OF WE ARE PAYING FOR HIGHER FUEL, GROCERIES, RENTS, AND WE WANT TO GIVE, BUT THERE IS A COST. WE ARE SEEING A LOT MORE PEOPLE DOING FUNDRAISING ON OUR BEHALF FOR THE ORGANISATION, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO DO IT. REGULAR GIVING, WE ARE NOT GETTING MORE REGULAR GIVERS, BUT PEOPLE ARE GIVING A LARGER AMOUNT, WHICH SAYS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WE ARE ENGAGING WITH OUR FEELING GOOD ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, SO THERE IS A TRUST RELATIONSHIP. THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT FACTOR WITH THE DONOR AND THE CHARITY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE OFTEN THINK ABOUT IS THAT I WILL GO TO THE SHOPS ON A SUNDAY AND THERE IS A BUCKET, AND THEY WILL GIVE A COUPLE OF DOLLARS. THAT IS NOT REALLY THE AUDIENCE YOU ARE FINDING THAT ASSIGNING UP TO THE REGULAR GIVING MODEL. IT IS A YOUNGER AUDIENCE. 35 TO 50. THEY ARE MORE DIGITALLY ORIENTED. THE OLDER GENERATION ARE NOT AN OLDER GENERATION NOW. IT IS ME; I AM THE OLDER GENERATION COMING THROUGH. COVID TAUGHT US ALL OF THAT. WE ARE USED TO IT. TIMES ARE CHANGING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. ALL THE BEST FOR THIS YEARS FUNDRAISING. ME U TONU MAI ` FROM THE KATIKATI FOOD EXHIBITION TO THE POUND PUP POOL PARTY IN NGARUAWAHIA, IT'S ALL GO IN YOUR COMMUNITY THIS WEEKEND. OUR COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD IS NEXT. # ROLLING # IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. HELLO. IT'S TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD WHERE WE FIND OUT WHAT EVENTS ARE HAPPENING NEAR YOU. SO FIRST, GET YOUR SKATES ON ` ROLLER DERBY IS COMING TO TAMAKI MAKAURAU, AND IT'S JUST ONE OF 12 SPORTS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND AT THE INAUGURAL RAINBOW GAMES. TO TELL US ABOUT ALL THE THINGS ROLLING INTO THE TRUSTS ARENA THIS WEEKEND, WE'RE JOINED BY ORGANISER TOM LEONARD. MORENA. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. TELL US ABOUT THIS. KIA ORA. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. IT HAS BEEN AMAZING. WE ARE TECHNICALLY IN DAY TWO. THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS LAST NIGHT. IT WAS A PRETTY SPECTACULAR SHOW AND AN AWESOME WELCOME FOR OUR VISITORS. TELL ME WHAT HAPPENS? IS IT DARBY OR DERBY? DERBY. WE HAVE A PROGRAM GOING ON, SO WE HAD SOME STUDENTS COME ON. WE ALSO HAD A HUI GOING ON BEFORE THE REST OF THE SPORTS TAKE PLACE. WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON THIS WEEKEND? WE HAVE GOT BADMINTON, INDOOR BOWLS, NETBALL, BASKETBALL, TOUCH FOOTBALL, SWIMMING, DEMO BOWLING, TENNIS AND RUNNING. THERE IS 12 IN TOTAL. HOW DO YOU GET INVOLVED IF YOU WANT TO COME DOWN? REGISTRATIONS HAVE ACTUALLY CLOSED ALREADY. WE HAVE BEEN RECRUITING PARTICIPANTS FOR THE LAST YEAR. BUT PEOPLE ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME AND SUPPORT AND SPECTATOR ACROSS ALL OF THE VENUES. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE YOU GOT INVOLVED IN IT? WE HAVE HAD AN AMAZING TURNOUT FOR THE FIRST YEAR. WE HAVE 650 PARTICIPANTS FROM OVER 20 COUNTRIES COMPETING THIS YEAR. THE BIGGER SPORT HAS BEEN BADMINTON, WHICH IS HAD A REALLY BIG UPTAKE. THERE ARE UP TO 90 PLAYERS. THAT IS AWESOME. IF WE WANT TO COME AND SUPPORT, WE CAN COME ON DOWN TO THE VENUES. ABSOLUTELY. YOU CAN SIGN UP ON MY BEFORE YOU GET THERE. YOU WILL BE ASKED TO REGISTER A REGISTRATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HOPE THE WEEKEND GOES REALLY WELL. THANKS, TOM. OUR COUNTRY HAS A VAST RANGE OF DELECTABLE FOODS TO MUNCH ON, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE THANKS TO THE BAY OF PLENTY. NOW, ALONGSIDE THE FLAVOURS OF PLENTY FESTIVAL, YOU CAN CHECK OUT A EXHIBITION AT KATIKATI'S WESTERN BAY MUSEUM, SHOWCASING THE WORK BEHIND THE REGION'S FOOD DELIGHTS. TO TELL US ALL ABOUT IT, WE'RE JOINED BY THE MUSEUM MANAGER PAULA GAELIC. MORENA. OH MY GOODNESS. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? ATA MARIE. I AM JUST TRYING TO GET MYSELF IN THE MOMENT. IT IS PARADISE HAPPENING HERE IN THE BAY OF PLENTY. THE FLAVOURS OF PLENTY FOOD FESTIVAL KICKED OFF YESTERDAY. 15 OF THE BEST KAI PRODUCERS, CHEFS, BREWERS, CREATORS, EVERYBODY AROUND THE FOOD INDUSTRY HAS GOT INVOLVED WITH THIS 11 DAY EVENTS. YOU ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE LONG LUNCHES, FOOD TOURS, FOOD COMPETITIONS, COOKING COMPETITIONS, SO FROM THE FOURTH OF APRIL TO 14 APRIL. LOOK, I AM WEARING THIS HELMET, SOMETHING LIKE YOU WOULD EXPECT TO BE WORN TO MARS, I GUESS, AND SO TO COINCIDE WITH THE FLAVOURS OF FOOD FESTIVAL, WE HERE AT WESTERN BAY NEWS MUSEUM CREATED THE FOOD BOWL OF PLENTY. WE WANTED TO SHOWCASE THE FOODS OF THE WESTERN DISTRICT. WHAT IS THIS HELMET IS EXACTLY? WHAT I AM WEARING IS ONE OF THE FIRST SPRAY HELMETS THAT THEY USE. OKAY. YES, YES. I CANNOT PUT THE LID DOWN, BECAUSE OTHERWISE I WILL STEAM UP. DON'T DO THAT. (LAUGHS) WE THOUGHT IT WAS A SPACE HELMET. THE THINGS WE DO, RIGHT? I AM ALSO HOLDING ONE OF OUR STORIES, THE CRAZY LOOKING HORNED MELON. IT LOOKS VERY EXOTIC. IT IS. IT CHANGES ITS FLAVOUR AS IT RIPENS. THESE ARE GROWN IN TE PUKE. THOUSANDS OF TRAYS ARE EXPORTED EVERY YEAR. AND WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TE PUKE, THE TRUFFLE FARM MAKES AMAZING TRUFFLE BUTTER, SALT AND EVEN A BEVERAGE WITH TRUFFLE FLAVOURING. BEE NZ OF KATIKATI, THE BEES, NOT THE BANK, THEY HAVE A MILKING MACHINE. THE BIG GOES IN, STINGS, LEAVES ITS VENOM, AND DEPARTS WITH STAYING INTACT, SO IT CAN STAND ANOTHER DAY. THERE ARE JUST SO MANY THINGS IN THIS EXHIBITION. WE HAVE PASSION FRUIT, CHEESE, SALAMI, YOU NAME IT, WE HAVE GOT IT. YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE LEGEND FOR NOT ONLY DOING THIS ENTIRE INTERVIEW WITH THIS MASSIVE HELMET ON BUT FOR RUNNING THROUGH ALL OF THE GOODIES THAT IT HAS GOT TO OFFER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. I WAS THERE OVER THE EASTER WEEKEND AT THE KIWI FRUIT ORCHARDS. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU. COME AND ENJOY THE EXHIBITION. THANK YOU. OVER AND OUT. (LAUGHTER) SHE KNEW WE WERE CALLING IT A SPACE HELMET. ALL RIGHT. IT'S A POOL PARTY, NOT JUST FOR YOU, BUT FOR YOUR POOCH TOO. WITH SUMMER AT ITS END, WAIKATO DISTRICT COUNCIL IS CLOSING ITS POOLS, BUT BEFORE THAT HAPPENS, YOUR FURRY FRIENF CAN GET ONE LAST DIP IN. BUT BEFORE THAT HAPPENS, YOUR FURRY FRIEND CAN GET ONE LAST DIP IN. TO TELL US MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY WAIKATO POUND PUPS' ZOEY JACKSON. WHAT ON EARTH ARE WE OFFERING DOGS IN THE WAIKATO THIS WEEKEND? WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL POUND PUP PARTY. THIS IS QUITE LITERALLY BRING YOUR DOG ALONG AND THROW THEM IN THE POLL? YES. BRING YOUR DOG ALONG FOR A FUN DAY. YOU CAN HOP ON WITH YOUR DOG. WE HAVE RAMPS TO HELP DOGS AND AN OUT OF THE POLLS. ARE THERE ANY RULES YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW? AS LONG AS YOUR DOG IS FRIENDLY, WELL SOCIALISED, WHEN THE DOG IS NOT IN THE POOL, MAKE SURE IT IS WELL-BEHAVED. THIS SEEMS LIKE QUITE A CHAOTIC SCENE. IS IT CHAOS? I WOULD NOT SAY CHAOS. IT IS FUN. WE DO HAVE A TIMESLOT FROM 1 PM TILL 2 PM FOR THE SMALL AND NERVOUS DOGS THEY REQUIRE A BIT MORE TIME AND SPACE. WHAT KIND OF DOG GOES FOR THAT? LOTS OF THEM. THERE ARE MANY ANXIOUS DOGS, ANNA. IS THIS THE ANXIOUS CHIHUAHUA HOURS? THIS RAISES MONEY, DOESN'T IT? IT DOES. THEY GO TOWARDS ORGANISATIONS THAT HELP REHOME POUND DOGS. THIS YEAR, WE ARE DONATING TO AN ANIMAL SANCTUARY. THE IMPOUNDED DOGS ALSO GET TO COME ALONG. YES THEY DO. WE HOPE THEY WILL COME ALONG AND FIND THEIR FOREVER HOMES. IT HAS A DOUBLE MEANING. THEY GET A LAST TASTE OF SUMMER SWIM AND POTENTIALLY A NEW OWNER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. ARE YOU GOING TO GET IN THE WATER YOURSELF? I WILL BE TAKING MY DOG DOTTIE, AND I WILL BE IN THE POOL. IS A ROUTE TO ASK IF YOU'RE GOING FOR THE ANXIOUS HOURS? I WILL BE THERE FOR THE WHOLE TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. SORRY, BUT PAULA WINS WITH THE BIG HELMET. OVER AND OUT. LOVE IT. WHAT'S HAPPENING NEAR YOU NEXT WEEKEND? LET US KNOW ` MARKETS, EVENTS, FESTIVALS. HEAD TO whatsonbreakfast.co.nz. I WAS GOING TO SAY .NZ. BUT THERE IS A CO IN THERE. A MURI I NG WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, MATT GIBB'S BEEN CATCHING UP WITH THE LOCALS IN PAIHIA. WHO'VE YOU GOT WITH YOU, MATT? I HAVE JUST CAUGHT A FERRY. THE SUNSHINE IS BACK. I CAUGHT THE FERRY ACROSS FROM RUSSELL TO PAHIA. I WILL CATCH UP WITH THE MAYOR AND HAVE SOME MUSIC FOR YOUR FRIDAY MORNING. I WILL SEE YOU AFTER THE NEWS AND WEATHER. Hoki mai ano. RATEPAYERS WILL BE THE ONES FORKING OUT FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL TO DITCH MAORI WARDS. LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER SIMEON BROWN SAYS THE BILL ALLOWS LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO DECIDE HOW THEIR COUNCILS ARE GOVERNED. BUT PERA PANIORA, THE FIRST M?ORI WARD COUNCILLOR FOR KAIPARA DISTRICT COUNCIL, SAYS IT WILL BE COSTLY. IT'S AT LEAST $20,000 FOR A SMALL COUNCIL LIKE OURS, EASILY UP TO $40,000. I'D IMAGINE THAT OTHER COUNCILS THAT ARE LARGER THAN OURS IT'S $100,000. IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGES FOR KAIPARA, THAT EQUATES TO A 1% RISE IN COUNCIL RATES. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 35 MAORI WARDS WITHIN COUNCILS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND WITH ANOTHER 13 SET TO BE INTRODUCED NEXT YEAR. THE PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION SAYS THE MINISTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SHOULD'VE KNOWN ABOUT A PROPOSAL TO DISBAND THE SUICIDE PREVENTION OFFICE. PROPOSED CUTS TO PUBLIC SERVICES COULD IMPACT THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH OFFICE TASKED WITH REDUCING SUICIDE RATES. THE MINISTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH MATT DOOCEY SAYS THE ANNOUNCEMENT TOOK HIM BY SURPRISE, BUT THE PSA'S NATIONAL SECRETARY DUANE LEO SAYS HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE. OUR DELEGATES, OUR MEMBERS, OUR ORGANISERS REVIEWED THIS, PUT TOGETHER A COMMUNICATION, WHICH I HAVE ARTICULATED, BUT ALSO CHECKED WITH THE MINISTRY, AND THEY DID NOT TELL US THAT ANYTHING WE SAID IN THAT WAS MISLEADING. AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE POINT HERE ` YOU'VE GOT A MINISTER THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN AWARE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN HIS MINISTRY. THESE ARE PROPOSALS THAT WERE SIGNED OFF BY GOVERNMENT MINISTERS. THE MINISTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH NOW SAYS THE PUBLIC SERVICE WILL NOT CLOSE. HAGLEY PARK HAS BEEN TOLD TO STOP 'CUTTING CORNERS' AFTER SPECTATORS AT A RECENT BLACKCAPS TEST SAW RECYCLING HEADING FOR LANDFILL. THE YELLOW BINS AT HAGLEY OVAL WERE SEEN BEING EMPTIED INTO GENERAL RUBBISH SKIPS AT THE TEST. ZERO WASTE NETWORK'S SUE COUTTS SAYS IT'S DISAPPOINTING. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME AT THE END AND SEE ALL THE BAGS THAT ARE GOING OFF TO THE RECYCLE CENTRE, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME FOLLOW-UP BY THE EVENT COMPANY. THEY NEED TO HIRE SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND CAN DO A GOOD JOB AND HAS SOME EXPERIENCE AT THAT. SHE SAYS IT'S UP TO THE VENUE TO PROPERLY MANAGE ITS RECYCLING AND ALLOCATE A BUDGET SO THAT IT'S DONE PROPERLY. RESCUERS ARE WORKING TO REACH MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE STRANDED AFTER TAIWAN'S WORST EARTHQUAKE IN 25 YEARS. THE 7.4 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT THE ISLAND ON WEDNESDAY. 10 PEOPLE HAVE NOW BEEN CONFIRMED DEAD, AND MORE THAN 1000 ARE INJURED. RESCUE EFFORTS ARE CONTINUING TODAY IN THE MOUNTAINOUS EAST COAST REGION WHERE MOST ARE STRANDED. JOE BIDEN HAS TOLD THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN GAZA IS UNACCEPTABLE. IN A PHONE CALL THIS MORNING, THE U.S. PRESDIENT URGED THE ISRAELI PM TO DO MORE TO PROTECT CIVILIAN LIVES, WARNING OF CONSEQUENCES IF HE DIDN'T ADDRESS THE CRISIS. IT WAS THE FIRST CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS FOLLOWING THE ISRAELI AIR STRIKES THAT KILLED SEVEN AID WORKERS IN GAZA. MR BIDEN TOLD BENJAMIN NETANYAHU THAT U.S. POLICY WITH RESPECT TO GAZA WILL BE DETERMINED BY ISRAEL'S NEXT ACTIONS. HE MADE CLEAR THE NEED FOR ISRAEL TO ANNOUNCE AND TO IMPLEMENT A SERIES OF SPECIFIC, CONCRETE AND MEASURABLE STEPS TO ADDRESS CIVILIAN HARM, HUMANITARIAN SUFFERING AND THE SAFETY OF AID WORKERS. DESPITE THE STRONG STANCE FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THE U.S. IS STILL FOLLOWING THROUGH ON A DEAL TO SEND A FRESH ROUND OF BOMBS TO ISRAEL. EMMANUEL MACRON SAYS HE HAS 'NO DOUBT' RUSSIA WILL ATTEMPT TO TARGET THE PARIS OLYMPICS. ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN PARIS UNDER A NEUTRAL FLAG AND ARE BARRED FROM TAKING PART IN THE OPENING CEREMONY. THE FRENCH PRESIDENT IS EXPECTING MOSCOW TO RUN A MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN TO UNDERMINE THE EVENT. (SPEAKS FRENCH) TRANSLATOR: I HAVE NO DOUBT. I HAVE NO DOUBT, INCLUDING IN INFORMATIONAL TERMS. EVERY DAY, RUSSIA FUELS RUMOURS ABOUT THE FACT WE COULD NOT DO THIS OR THAT, SO IT WOULD BE A RISK. AND THAT'S WHY WE MUST HOLD. AND FORTITUDE, SELF CONFIDENCE, A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRUTH ARE THE STRENGTH OF DEMOCRACIES AND GREAT NATIONS. THE GAMES GET UNDERWAY IN LATE JULY. TO SOME SPORTS NEWS ` AND THE MELBOURNE STORM HAVE JUMPED TO THE TOP OF THE NRL LADDER AFTER A THRILLING 34-32 WIN OVER THE BRONCOS. IT WAS A FRANTIC FINISH ` THE STORM COMING BACK WITH TWO TRIES IN THE FINAL MINUTES. THEY WENT THERE THE FIRST HALF. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HIM HERE. HE'S GONNA LOOK. HE DOES IT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT PLAY, BUT... STAGGS! STAGGS KICKED IT BACK TO THE END GOAL! AND NOW YOU'VE SEEN IT ALL. AND THE WARRIORS ARE IN ACTION TOMORROW, TAKING ON THE RABBITOHS IN SYDNEY. HERE'S HOW YOUR HUARERE IS SHAPING UP TODAY. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` SOME SHOWERS EARLY ON TODAY ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL CLEAR THIS MORNING TO CLOUDY PERIODS. KAITAIA AND WHITIANGA WITH A HIGH OF 22. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. EARLY SHOWERS, WHICH COULD GET HEAVY FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. THIS WILL CLEAR TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE WITH A HIGH OF 23. TO THE EAST COAST ` MOSTLY GREY THROUGH HERE ALSO, WITH A FEW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SOME SOUTHERLIES IN GISBORNE WITH A HIGH OF 20. OVER TO THE WEST ` IT'LL BE CLOUDY MORNING HERE TOO WITH THE ODD SHOWER. HOWEVER, THIS WILL CLEAR TO BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE AFTER MIDDAY. TAUMARUNUI WITH A HIGH OF 22. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` PARTLY CLOUDY MORNING FOR MOST. FEW SPOTS OF DRIZZLE, BUT THIS WILL TURN TO FINE PRETTY EARLY ON. NELSON AND BLENHEIM YOU'LL BE REACHING A HIGH OF 18. HEADING SOUTH ` SOME MORE CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON IN CHRISTCHURCH. OAMARU, YOU'RE REACHING A HIGH OF 14. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` CLOUDY PERIODS WITH THE ODD SHOWER HERE AND THERE FOR MOST. THIS WILL CLEAR TO FINE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF YOU. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 16. LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR SATURDAY ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, IT'LL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE EAST. OTHERWISE, MAINLY FINE ELSEWHERE. MOSTLY BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, PRETTY SIMILAR. SOME MORE CLOUD ON THE EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, OTHER THAN SOME CLOUD IN THE FAR SOUTH, IT'LL BE A FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. THANKS, MELISSA. COASTAL TOWNS, CLEAR BLUE BEACHES, SCENIC FLIGHTS AND EVEN BOAT TOURS ` THE BAY OF ISLANDS IS A FAVOURITED HOLIDAY DESTINATION, AND IT'S NOT HARD TO TELL WHY. MATT GIBB IS WORKING HARD AND HAS HEADED THERE TODAY. WORKING HARD ` WHO WROTE THIS? HE'S THERE. HE'S THERE. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY NORTHLAND INC. HE IS THERE. THAT'S RIGHT. I TOOK THE FERRY ACROSS FROM RUSSELL TO PAIHIA WE'VE GOT TUNES THIS MORNING. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE IN THE BAY OF ISLANDS. HONESTLY, I AM GOING TO USE ISLAND TIME TO NOT HAVE TO GO TO WORK TODAY. I AM NOT THE MAYOR, BUT I AM GOING TO GIVE THE MAYOR THE DAY OFF. YOU ARE THE YOUNGEST MAYOR OF THE FAR NORTH. OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT YOU GET TO PROMOTE THIS BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE COUNTRY. I AM SO PROUD TO BE THE MAYOR OF THE FAR NORTH. THIS IS THE GREATEST DISTRICT OF THE COUNTRY. IT IS THE BIRTH OF OUR NATION ` THE HISTORY, THE CULTURE. WE HAVE OUR ANCESTOR KUPE. WE HAVE THE TOP OF CAPE REINGA. NO MATTER WHAT YOUR AGE IS, WHAT YOU ARE INTO. YOU HAVE SOLD ME. I MOVING UP TO THE FAR NORTH. THIS MAN IS PASSIONATE. THIS IS WHY WE NEED MORE YOUNG MAYORS AROUND NEW ZEALAND. IT IS ALWAYS SOME UP HERE, RIGHT? IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD YOUR HOLIDAY UP TO NORTHLAND, WHY WAIT? WHAT WOULD YOUR HIGHLIGHTS BE OF THE REGION? WHAT I LOVE ABOUT OUR REGION IS THAT IT WILL CATER TO EVERYONE. IF YOU WANT A ROMANTIC GETAWAY, IT'S QUITE BEAUTIFUL HERE AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, CANDLELIGHT DINNER, WANT TO PROPOSE TO YOUR GIRLFRIEND OR YOUR BOYFRIEND. AWAY YOU GO. IF YOU WANT TO DO SHOPPING, TODAY I AM WEARING A LOCAL STORE ` NEW ZEALAND HIBISCUS SHIRT. IF YOU WANT SOME OF THAT ACTION, IF YOU WANT ADVENTURE, WE CAME OVER FOR MY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY, AND I JUMPED ON THE PARASAIL TO THE BAY OF ISLANDS. THAT WAS FANTASTIC. IF YOU WANT CULTURE, WE HAVE WAITANGI NATIONAL TRUST UP THERE. ONE LUCKY VIEWER IS ABOUT TO FIND OUT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE COMING HERE AND HANGING OUT IN THE BEAUTIFUL BAY OF ISLANDS. WE HAVE FLIGHTS, TWO NIGHTS STAYING AT THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH, HEADING OUT TO WAITANGI. YOU'VE GOT THE WINNER IN YOUR HEAD. DO YOU REMEMBER HIM? I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE DRUM ROLL. THE LUCKY WINNER OF THE INCREDIBLE COMPETITION IS... DAVID BLACKETT FROM MANAWATU-WHANGANUI. YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND TIME IN THE ISLANDS. NAU MAI HAERE MAI, BRO. THEY ARE GOING TO PLAY US OUT. SEE YOU NEXT TIME. SHOULD WE GET HIM TO ANNOUNCE ALL OUR WINNERS? HE WAS GREAT. YOU CAN PROPOSE THERE. HE'S LIKE A BACHELOR THERE, ISN'T HE, GOING AROUND NEW ZEALAND AND FINDING THE BEST DATE SPOTS? E WHAI AKE NEI ` THEY'RE SET TO PROTEST IN THEIR THOUSANDS. WHY TEENAGERS ARE DITCHING SCHOOL TODAY. # SHOP OF THE TOP. # I'VE GOT TO LOSE MY COOL. # FEELING LIKE I JUST NEED TO SPEAK MY BRAIN. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THIS AFTERNOON, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TAKING TO THE STREETS, DEMANDING URGENT CLIMATE JUSTICE. BUT THAT'S JUST ONE OF SIX DEMANDS TO THE GOVERNMENT. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY ACTIVIST NATE WILBOURNE. KIA ORA. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE REASON IS FOR THIS STRIKE TODAY? NGA MIHI. ACROSS AOTEAROA TODAY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SCHOOL STRAKES FOR CLIMATE AOTEAROA. AS YOUNG PEOPLE WANT ACTION NOW. WHAT DO YOU WANT ACTION ON? WHAT IS THE MAIN CAUSE BEHIND IT? WE DO HAVE SIX KEY DEMANDS SPREAD ACROSS A RANGE OF KAUPAPA. THESE INCLUDE KEEPING THE BAN OF OIL AND GAS, ENDING THE FAST TRACK APPROVAL BILL, ENDING THE GENOCIDE AND TOITU TE TIRITI. THE THING ABOUT NEW ZEALANDERS AS WE ARE FREE TO GO OUT AND PROTEST ABOUT WHATEVER WE LIKE WITHIN REASON AND HAVE OUR VOICES HEARD, BUT I WONDER IS THERE A WORRY THAT YOUR MESSAGE GETS DELETED WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS? AS PEOPLE THINK IT IS ABOUT CLIMATE, AND THEN YOU TALK ABOUT PALESTINE? I REASSURE PEOPLE THAT WHEN WE ARE COMING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE THEY ARE ALL INTERSECTION OF. THEY ARE ALL RELATED. IT IS ABOUT ADDRESSING ALL THE INEQUALITIES IN BETWEEN. HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE ON BOARD? BECAUSE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING THIS AT HOME, THEY WILL BE THINKING, I REALLY CARE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE WAS THAT HAS BEEN FRONT OF MY MIND, BUT MAYBE IT IS NOT SOMETHING I'VE GIVEN A LOT OF THOUGHT TO. I WANT TO GET BEHIND THIS COURSE, BUT IT SEEMS VERY CONVOLUTED. HOW DO YOU CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT THAT IS THE WAY TO GO? DO IT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND OUR FUTURE. WE KNOW WHAT IS UP AND WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR. WE ARE FIGHTING FOR A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU RECKON YOU WILL GET THERE TODAY? A BIT OF AN ESTIMATE, WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE SIX DIGITS. THAT WOULD BE IDEAL. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE DEFINITELY UP THERE AROUND ABOVE 90,000. WHAT PROPORTION OF THOSE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT ARE SCHOOLKIDS? HOPEFULLY A LOT. IT IS HARD TO GET AN INDICATION OF THESE NUMBERS, THOUGH. BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE SCHOOLS DON'T SUPPORT STUDENTS STRIKING, EVEN THOUGH IT IS SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL ACTION. WE ARE HOPING THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE STRIKING WILL BE STUDENTS. ON OCCASION, POLITICIANS WILL COME OUT TO THE STEPS OF PARLIAMENT, AND THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE. IF YOU HAVE A MINUTE OVER POLITICIAN'S TIME, WHAT IS THE MESSAGE YOU WOULD GIVE TO THEM, AIRING IN MIND IT WILL BE A LIMITED TIME ONLY? I WOULD SAY TO THEM TO LISTEN TO THE FACTS AND EVIDENCE. STOP MAKING U-TURN POLICIES. ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WILL BE. IN THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT'S 100 DAY, 36 POINT PLAN, ALL OF THEIR POLICIES ARE HARMFUL TO OUR WHANAU, THE WHENUA, OUR PEOPLE. I WANT THEM TO LISTEN TO YOUNG PEOPLE. LISTEN TO US, BECAUSE OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NEEDS PROTECTING NOW. IT IS A DISGRACE AND DISGUSTING THAT THE GOVERNMENT THINKS IT IS OK TO PUT PROFIT BEFORE THE PLANET. DO YOU THINK THE SAME MESSAGE WOULD APPLY TO THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT? THESE STRAKES HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS BEFORE THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT. THERE WAS CLIMATE ACTION. WE SAW THAT THROUGH THE PRESSURE OF OUR STRAKES, A CLIMATE EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED BY JACINDA ARDERN. BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT TIME FOR ACTION AGAINST THE POLICIES BEING PROPOSED. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, NATE. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE MEGA SURFATHON HAS KICKED OFF IN CHRISTCHURCH. REPORTER RYAN BOSWELL HAS ARRIVED TO HIT THE WAVES. MORENA, RYAN. SURELY HE'S GOT A WETSUIT ON. NOT A WETSUIT? COME ON, RYAN. NOT YET. CLOSE TO 50 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE SERVING ALL DAY TODAY, ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT AND TOMORROW FOR A VERY WORTHWHILE CAUSE. I WILL HAVE DETAILS AFTER THE BREAK. - ALL: Hooray! - Hip hip! - Hooray! - Happy birthday, mate. - It's your bowel screening test. I've done mine. - WOMEN: Me too! - Uso, you've got this! # Pull the stick from the test. # Put it in the poo. Just follow the pictures... - Koro. You can 'poo' it! - # Put it in the pottle. Put on the date. # Don't delay or procrastinate. (ALL CHEER) # Early detection can save the day. # COMING UP TO 9 O'CLOCK. A 36-HOUR CONTINUOUS SURFING RELAY HAS KICKED OFF AT CHRISTCHURCH'S SUMNER BEACH. HEART SURF IS RAISING FUNDS FOR VICKIE HUDSON-CRAIG, A LOCAL WOMAN WHOSE FAMILY IS HAVING TO SELF-FUND HER CANCER TREATMENT. PEOPLE ARE BEING ASKED TO DONATE TO SPONSOR THE SURFERS TAKING PART TO RAISE MONEY. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY 1 NEWS REPORTER RYAN BOSWELL. STILL NO SPEEDOS. TELL US WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE BEACH THIS MORNING. STILL NO SPEEDOS. IT IS A WEE BIT CHILLY DOWN HERE THIS MORNING. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY DEDICATED, GETTING UP NICE AND EARLY. THE SERVICE STARTED GOING OUT AT 6 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, AND THEY WILL SERVE THROUGH THE NIGHT, SO THEY WILL BE ON THE HOUR, EVERY HOUR, GOING OUT IN PAIRS OR THREES, AND THEY WILL BE KEEPING UP THE FIGHT TO TRY AND RAISE MONEY. IT IS A VERY SPECIAL BECAUSE FOR GS. *JESS VICKIE AS A GOOD FRIEND OF YOURS, BUT SHE HAS STRUGGLED WITH HER CANCER, AND GETTING THE SUPPORT THAT SHE NEEDS. SHE HAS GOT THE CHALLENGE EVERY DAY OF BATTLING MELANOMA, WHICH IS INCURABLE, BUT ON TOP OF THAT, THEY HAVING TO FUND $5500 FOR HER DRUGS TO KEEP ALIVE EACH MONTH. SHE HAS A MASSIVE CHALLENGE JUSTIN STAYING HEALTHY AND ON TOP OF THAT THEY HAVE A HUGE FINANCIAL BURDEN, WHICH JUST SEEMS COMPLETELY INSANE. HOW MUCH MONEY ARE YOU HOPING TO RAISE WITH THIS EVENT TODAY? I AM HOPING THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WE CAN RAISE AT LEAST $30,000. THAT IS JUST UNDER SIX MONTHS OF TREATMENT FOR HER, BUT ANYTHING WE CAN GET AS A BONUS, BUT WE HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE SO FAR. WE CAN GET A BIG BUZZ GOING AND SEE UPWARDS OF 30 GRAND. I GUESS AT THE SAME TIME, YOU WANT TO PUT A BIT OF PRESSURE ON THE GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE NATIONAL PARTY IN THE LEAD UP TO THE ELECTION DID PROMISE TO FUND CANCER DRUGS, IN PARTICULAR THEY DID PROMISE TO FUND VICKIE'S, AND SHE IS STILL WAITING FOR THAT. HER SPECIFIC DRUG WAS ONE OF THE ONES THEY LISTED AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE FUNDED, AND WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED. WE WERE REALLY BOOSTED BY THAT. WE'RE FOUR MONTHS INTO THE YEAR NOW, AND NOBODY SEEMS TO HAVE ANY ANSWERS. THEY ARE DRAGGING THEIR TOES. WE CANNOT SIT AROUND AND LET THEM CONTINUE. WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION. IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF THEY COULD COME ON BOARD IN SUCH A FULFIL THEIR PROMISES SO THAT IS ONE LESS THING THAT THEY NEED TO WORRY ABOUT. THIS IS A GREAT COMMUNITY INITIATIVE. YOU CANNOT RELY ON THE GOVERNMENT. I AM SO THRILLED THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS GOT RIGHT BEHIND YOU. HOW CAN PEOPLE HELP OUT IF THEY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE OR EVEN YELL OUT IN SUPPORT? I GUESS THE BIGGEST THING THEY CAN DO IS GO ONTO THE HEART SURF GIVE A LITTLE AND DONATE ANYTHING FROM A COUPLE OF DOLLARS TO WHATEVER YOU HAVE GOT DOWN THE BACK OF THE COUCH, OR JUST COME ALONG TO THE BEACH AND SHARE AND SUPPORT AUTO YOUR FRIENDS AND SHARE IT WITH A NEIGHBOUR, AND I THINK ONE OF THE AMAZING UPSHOT OF THIS IS THAT THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT THAT IS HAPPENING, THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE SERVING HAVE NEVER MET VICKIE, AND THEY HAVE JUST BEEN TOUCHED BY THE STORY. WE ARE ON INSTAGRAM AS WELL. JUST COME DOWN AND SHARE FOR US. IT IS A BIT COLD. WE COULD USE SOMETHING TO MAKE A SMILE. I UNDERSTAND THAT VICKIE WAS OUT IN THE WATER THIS MORNING. SHE WAS OUT AND HER HUSBAND RYAN AND MY HUSBAND HAMISH AS WELL. THEY KICKED OFF THE SURFACE 6 AM. IT WAS VERY FLAT OUT THERE. THEY GOT A BIT COLD JUST FLOATING AROUND. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS ARE FOR PICKUP. THEY DID A VERY BRAVE, PITCH BLACK SURF. I HOPE IT GOES WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. AS IT JESS MENTION, YOU CAN GO ON THE GIVE A LITTLE PAGE AND LOOK AT HEART SURF TO DONATE TO A VERY WORTHWHILE CAUSE. I THINK WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET FITZY, THE CAMERAMAN, AND HAS BUDGIE SMUGGLERS LATER ON TODAY. HE WOULD BE A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES. THE CAMERA IS NOT DOING THAT NO PAN, SO I THINK YOU ARE IN WITH A SHOP THERE. CAN YOU SEE THE SERVERS BEHIND YOU? YOU WOULD LOOK GREAT, FITZY. HE WOULD BE GOOD. THERE ARE A FEW OUT THERE AT THE MOMENT. THEY WERE OUT BEFORE THE SUN ROSE THIS MORNING, JUST INCREDIBLE. THEY DID HAVE ONE SPOT THAT WAS QUITE TOUGH TO FILL. 2 AM. IT WAS A BIT TOUGH. THEY HAVE MANAGED TO GET A FEW PEOPLE TO JUMP IN THE WATER AT THAT TIME, WHICH IS JUST INCREDIBLE. IT IS A REALLY GREAT COMMUNITY EFFORT. FITZY AND RYAN. THEY MIGHT BE THE 2 AM SLOT. IT IS SUCH A SHAME IT IS A FRIDAY AND WE CANNOT CHECK IN WITH YOU TOMORROW. THANK YOU SO MUCH, RYAN. I KNOW YOU WILL BE COVERING THIS FOR 6 PM NEWS AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. AND DON'T FORGET ` DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ENDS THIS WEEKEND. BEFORE YOU GO TO BED ON SATURDAY NIGHT, YOU'LL NEED TO CHANGE YOUR CLOCK BACK ONE HOUR. ENJOY THE SLEEP IN. WE WILL SEE YOU AND DO IT ALL AGAIN NEXT WEEK. CAPTIONS BY MAIA CARR HEKE, DREW WELSH, COURTNEY SOLE AND JULIE TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.