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Start your day off right with New Zealand's Breakfast, giving you breaking news, the latest weather, and everything else you need to get a head start for the day.

  • 1American researcher Joan Wolf has reignited the breast v bottle debate, with claims that there is little evidence that breast milk is better for babies than infant formula. Interview with neonatologist Dr Jane Alsweiler.

  • 2Contact Energy is slashing 10% of its workforce, with the loss of over 100 jobs, despite a big forecast profit. Analysis.

  • 3Five million dollars of taxpayer money will be sunk into trying to fix the shambolic Novopay system. Will any of that money be used to compensate the schools that have been left out of pocket? Interview with the Minister Responsible for Novopay.

  • 4The Kiwi Living Wage Campaign is pushing for workers to be paid a minimum of $18.40 an hour. A look at one small business that is already attempting to pay its employees a living wage, followed by an interview with the woman behind the successful campaign in London.

  • 5Politics: including; New Zealand First MP Richard Prosser's anti-Muslim comments; living wage campaign; Novopay.

  • 6A look at some of the gadgets promising to make the back to school experience easier for all.

  • 7This week is Heart Health Week. A look at the importance of keeping the heart healthy plus a 15 second heart challenge. Breakfast presenter Rawdon Christie undergoes a heart check.

Primary Title
  • Breakfast
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 14 February 2013
Start Time
  • 06 : 00
Finish Time
  • 09 : 00
Duration
  • 180:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Start your day off right with New Zealand's Breakfast, giving you breaking news, the latest weather, and everything else you need to get a head start for the day.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Current affairs
  • Interview
  • News
  • Newsmagazine
Hosts
  • Rawdon Christie (Presenter)
  • Toni Street (Presenter)
UPBEAT MUSIC Do we need more places like this? MUSIC CONTINUES Do we need better recreation centres for ethnic communities? Are we training enough nurses? Does everyone count in the future of our country? Yes, we do. Tuesday the 5th of March is Census Day. Census information is used by businesses, iwi, councils and the government to make decisions on issues that affect us all. Fill in your forms online or on paper, because you count. WHIMSICAL MUSIC TINKLING When you save, you don't pay interest; you earn it. That makes saving the cheapest way to buy the things you want. In fact, once you start saving, you'll be surprised what you can afford. Grow your savings ` it's all part of being sorted.
Reporters
  • James Ransley (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Nadine Chalmers-Ross (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Rawdon Christie (Interviewer)
  • Toni Street (Interviewer)
Speakers
  • Bill Newson (National Secretary, Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union [EPMU])
  • Cathy McGachie (Spokesperson, New Zealand Heart Foundation)
  • Chris Hipkins (MP, Labour Party)
  • Deborah Littman (Metro Vancouver Alliance)
  • Dr Jane Alsweiler (Neonatologist, The University of Auckland)
  • Jami-Lee Ross (MP, National Party)
  • Jesse Chalmers (Owner, TONZU)
  • John Buckley (Technology Commentator)
  • Steven Joyce (Minister Responsible for Novopay)
Locations
  • New Zealand
  • London, United Kingdom (England)