KIA ORA, NAU MAI KI TE HOTAKA O IN CASE YOU MISSED IT. KO TANE TOKU INGOA. TIME TO TAHUNA TE AHI WITH A LOOK AT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING HERE IN AOTEAROA AND OVERSEAS. MO TE WIKI O TE REO MAORI TENEI, KIA KAHA TATOU. OVERSEAS, IT'S BEEN A DEVASTATING WEEK FOR LIBYA WITH RESCUERS CONTINUING TO RECOVER BODIES AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF TWO DAMS UNLEASHED A MASSIVE FLASH FLOOD THAT KILLED AT LEAST 5000 PEOPLE. TRANSLATOR: PEOPLE WERE MORE AFRAID THE SEA WAVES WOULD RISE AND HIT THEM. THEY DID NOT THINK THAT THE DAM WOULD COLLAPSE. THE COASTAL CITY OF DERNA HAS STRUGGLED TO GET HELP AFTER MONDAY'S DELUGE WASHED AWAY MOST ACCESS ROADS, WITH THOUSANDS STILL MISSING AND TENS OF THOUSANDS LEFT HOMELESS. MEANWHILE, MOROCCO IS STILL REELING FROM THE 6.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS THE BIGGEST TO HIT THE NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRY IN 120 YEARS. MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND THE TOLL IS EXPECTED TO RISE AS RESCUERS STRUGGLE TO REACH HARD-HIT REMOTE AREAS. OUR THOUGHTS GO OUT TO ALL OF THOSE AFFECTED. IN TECH NEWS, APPLE HAS RELEASED ITS NEW MOBILE DEVICE, THE IPHONE 15. IT HAS A BETTER CAMERA, FASTER PROCESSORS AND DUE TO REQUIREMENTS BY THE EUROPEAN UNION, A MORE STANDARD CHARGING PORT. THE RELEASE COMES AS FRENCH AUTHORITIES BANNED SALES OF THE IPHONE 12 DUE TO ITS HIGH LEVELS OF RADIATION. APPLE, HOWEVER, DISPUTES THIS, SAYING IT MEETS THE REQUIRED REGULATIONS. NOW, LAST WEEK WE FEATURED THE NATIONAL AIMS GAMES FOR 11 TO 13 YEAR OLDS IN TAURANGA. WELL, A TOP PRIZE FOR GOLF WAS TAKEN OUT BY 12 YEAR OLD BAYLEIGH TEEPA-TARAU FROM TANEATUA IN ONLY HIS FOURTH MATCH OF HIS LIFE. HE WON WITH A STABLEFORD SCORE OF 87. AND ON TOP OF THAT, HIS TEAM ALSO WON GOLD, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD TO PLAY ON BORROWED GOLF CLUBS. BUT THAT COULD BE ABOUT TO CHANGE. THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO PROVIDE THESE BOYS WITH SOME SETS. TE REO MAORI HAS SEEN A STRONG RESURGENCE AND REVITALISATION, BUT THE 1970S FOR REO MAORI WAS VERY DIFFERENT TO HOW IT IS TODAY. 51 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, SUPPORTED BY MORE THAN 30,000 SIGNATURES, A PETITION WAS PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT BY HANA TE HEMARA, OF NGA TAMATOA. SO WE USE IT AS A POLITICAL PRESSURE TO MAKE PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IT, WHETHER WE OUGHT TO HAVE MAORI LANGUAGE IN SCHOOLS OR NOT. WHEN THE MAORI AFFAIRS ACT WAS AMENDED IN 1974, TE REO MAORI WAS MADE AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF AOTEAROA. THE PETITION MARKED A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR MAORI. TE REO MAORI CONTINUES TO THRIVE, PARTICULARLY AMONG THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS. KA RAWE. AWAY FROM PETITIONS, PARLIAMENT TO VOTING, THERE'S A LOT OF POLITICAL NOISE AROUND AT THE MOMENT WITH AN ELECTION JUST AROUND THE CORNER. BUT HOW DOES VOTING WORK EXACTLY? WELL, CHECK THIS OUT. (UPBEAT MUSIC) VOTING ― IT'S HOW YOU GET TO HAVE YOUR SAY IN HOW YOUR COUNTRY IS RUN. BUT WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT? WELL, THROUGHOUT HISTORY, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING HERE IN AOTEAROA, HAVE FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM A SAY IN HOW THE COUNTRY IS RUN. EVERY THREE YEARS, AOTEAROA HOLDS A GENERAL ELECTION. BEFORE 1996, OUR ELECTIONS WERE BASED ON THE FIRST-PAST-THE-POST SYSTEM. THIS MEANT EVERYBODY GOT ONE VOTE, AND THE POLITICAL PARTY WITH THE MOST VOTES BECAME THE RULING GOVERNMENT. BUT IN 1996, WE SWITCHED TO MIXED MEMBER PROPORTIONAL, OR MMP. UNDER MMP, EVERY NEW ZEALANDER OF VOTING AGE HAS TWO VOTES TO ELECT MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. THE FIRST VOTE IS FOR A CANDIDATE FROM YOUR ELECTORAL DISTRICT, THE AREA YOU LIVE IN. THE SECOND IS THE PARTY VOTE FOR THE POLITICAL PARTY THE VOTER WANTS TO FORM THE GOVERNMENT. NEW ZEALAND'S PARLIAMENT HAS A SINGLE HOUSE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WITH ENOUGH SEATS FOR 120 MPS. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SEATS A PARTY HAS IS DETERMINED BY HOW MANY PEOPLE VOTED FOR THEM. WHEN YOU VOTE FOR A POLITICAL PARTY, YOU ARE VOTING TO GIVE THEM A GREATER SHARE OF SEATS IN PARLIAMENT AND THEREFORE MORE INFLUENCE IN HOW THE COUNTRY IS RUN. MMP MEANS THERE IS A GOOD MIX OF DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTIES IN PARLIAMENT SO THAT MORE PEOPLE FEEL REPRESENTED AND NO ONE PARTY HAS EXCLUSIVE CONTROL OF THE COUNTRY. THIS MEANS THAT EVERYONE HAS A VOICE IN PARLIAMENT'S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SO ONCE YOU TURN 18 AND YOU'RE FINALLY OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE, MAKE SURE YOU HONOUR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT FOUGHT FOR THAT RIGHT. DON'T LET THEM DOWN. USE YOUR VOTE. USE YOUR VOICE. AE. TAUTOKO. NOW, TAYLOR SWIFT CLEANED UP AT THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS, TAKING HOME NINE OF THE 11 AWARDS, INCLUDING ARTIST OF THE YEAR IN A CATEGORY MADE UP ENTIRELY OF WOMEN NOMINEES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN VMA HISTORY. AND A TRUE TAYLOR SWIFT FAN COULD ONLY IMAGINE THIS NEXT GIG IN THEIR WILDEST DREAMS. USA TODAY IS ADVERTISING FOR A DESIGNATED REPORTER TO CAPTURE THE EXCITEMENT AROUND SWIFT'S ONGOING TOUR AND UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASE. YES, THE SUCCESSFUL REPORTER WILL BE EXPECTED TO GIVE READERS AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF SWIFT'S HUGE TOUR AS IT TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD. UNFORTUNATELY, SWIFTIE FANS FROM AOTEAROA CANNOT APPLY UNLESS YOU ARE FROM AMERICA. THAT IS UNFORTUNATE. AND JUST BEFORE WE FINISH OFF THE SHOW, GOT TO SEND A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO MANUKA, OUR NATIONAL MIXED DIVISION ULTIMATE FRISBEE TEAM WHO JUST COMPETED AT AOUGC LAST WEEKEND. THEY BEAT OUT THE NUMBER-ONE SEEDED TEAM IN THE WORLD EARLY ON AND DOMINATED AUSTRALIA IN THE FINAL TO WIN AOTEAROA ITS FIRST EVER GOLD MEDAL AT A WORLD FLYING DISC FEDERATION EVENT. TINO RAWE KOUTOU. KA MAU TE WEHI. WELL, THAT'S IN CASE YOU MISSED IT FOR THIS WEEK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WE WILL BE BACK AGAIN NEXT FRIDAY. NGA MANAAKITANGA O TE WA. NOHO ORA MAI.