CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021. HOW GORGEOUS IS THIS? MORENA FROM AUCKLAND'S VIADUCT HARBOUR, WHERE THE FIRST AMERICA'S CUP RACE IS SET TO GET UNDERWAY TODAY. SCOTTY STEVENSON IS JOINING US. THIS HAS BEEN HOME SINCE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. IT'S WEDNESDAY THE 10TH OF MARCH. KIA ORA. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE THE FIRST RACE OF THE 36TH AMERICA'S CUP GETS UNDERWAY THIS AFTERNOON. WE HAVE A JAMPACKED SHOW FOR YOU. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, LET'S POP BACK OUTSIDE AGAIN. MATTY, WHERE ARE YOU? I MIGHT NOT KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF RACING, BUT I DO KNOW HOW TO ENJOY MYSELF. I AM IN THE AMERICA'S CUP VILLAGE. I WILL BE FIGURING OUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND THE AMERICA'S CUP RACING. IT WILL BE A VERY FUN MORNING. BOTH OF US, MATTY. I AM NOT SAVVY WHEN IT COMES TO THE AMERICA'S CUP. I'M GLAD WE HAVE SCOTTY WITH US. DON'T EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM ME. WE ARE GOING TO CATCH UP WITH PETER LESTER AND PHIL ROBERTSON, MY CO-COMMENTATORS LATER. THEY WILL BE FULL OF INFORMATION. IT IS AN AMERICA'S CUP SPECIAL TODAY. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS LAST FRIDAY. HERE WE ARE ON WEDNESDAY, WAITING WITH ANTICIPATION FOR THE FIRST RACE. NOW INDIRA WITH THE NEWS. NZERS ARE SET TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY STAND IN LINE TO RECEIVE A COVID-19 VACCINE. THE GOVERNMENT WILL ANNOUNCE THE NEXT STEPS FOR ITS VACCINE ROLLOUT TODAY AND WHETHER OR NOT SOME SPORTS STARS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO JUMP THE QUEUE. THE BLACKCAPS ARE DUE TO TRAVEL TO INDIA AND ENGLAND AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND HAVE BEEN LOBBYING TO GET A JAB BEFORE DEPARTING. MEANWHILE, BORDER WORKERS' FAMILIES WERE THE LATEST HIGH RISK GROUP TO GET VACCINATED AGAINST THE VIRUS. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN SOME CONCERNS AROUND PEOPLE FEELING LIKE THEY'RE SLIGHTLY OSTRACISED BY THEIR COMMUNITY. PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT LIVING NEAR THEM AND WORRIED THEY MIGHT BRING THE PANDEMIC BACK WITH THEM FROM WORK. THE LATEST ROUND OF VACCINATIONS CAME AS THE COUNTRY OPENED ITS LARGEST VACCINATION CENTRE YESTERDAY, WITH TWO MORE SET TO OPEN IN THE COMING WEEKS. THE SOUTH AUCKLAND CLINIC WILL PRIORITISE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS OF BORDER WORKERS. 150 PEOPLE WILL BE VACCINATED EACH DAY AT THE CLINIC, WITH NUMBERS SET TO INCREASE. NZERS CAN ONCE AGAIN TRAVEL ACROSS THE TASMAN WITHOUT NEEDING TO QUARANTINE. AUSTRALIA'S TOP HEALTH OFFICIALS FINISHED MEETING LAST NIGHT, DECIDING TO REINSTATE THE ONE-WAY TRAVEL BUBBLE FROM THURSDAY AT MIDNIGHT, AUCKLAND NOW BEING DEEMED LOW RISK. HOWEVER, SOME STATES ARE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT DIFFERENT RULES, SO TRAVELLERS ARE BEING ADVISED TO CHECK THE ARRANGEMENTS THEY HAVE IN PLACE BEFORE FLYING. AS THE TRAVEL CORRIDOR STARTS BACK UP, NATIONAL'S CALLING ON OUR GOVERNMENT TO OPEN THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE. THE OPPOSITION'S SUGGESTING AUSTRALIANS TRAVELLING TO THE COUNTRY BE REQUIRED TO SHOW A NEGATIVE PRE-DEPARTURE TEST AND NOT HAVE TO ISOLATE. AND NATIONAL LEADER JUDITH COLLINS WILL JOIN US JUST BEFORE 7AM. SENIOR ROYALS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN CRISIS TALKS AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE OVER THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX'S INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH WINFREY. PRINCE CHARLES WAS BACK TO BUSINESS IN LONDON THE MORNING AFTER THE INTERVIEW WAS WATCHED BY 11M PEOPLE IN THE UK. SIR, CAN I ASK, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE INTERVIEW? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HE WAS VISITING A VACCINE CLINIC, NOT ANSWERING A QUESTION ABOUT HARRY AND MEGHAN'S COMMENTS. MEANWHILE, THE DUCHESS' FATHER, THOMAS MARKLE, HAS APPEARED ON ITV'S 'GOOD MORNING BRITAIN'. I LOVED` I LOVE MY DAUGHTER VERY MUCH. HAD I KNOWN SHE WAS HAVING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, I WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE FOR HER. BIGGEST PROBLEM HERE IS SHE HAS PRETTY MUCH GHOSTED ALL OF HER FAMILY, ON HER MOTHER'S SIDE AND MY SIDE. SO, YOU KNOW, SHE REALLY HAD NO ONE TO REACH OUT TO. AS THE FALLOUT CONTINUES, PRINCE PHILIP REMAINS IN A LONDON HOSPITAL. HIS STAY HAS NOW STRETCHED TO THREE WEEKS. TO SPORT, AND IN A SURPRISE TO NO ONE, WORLD RUGBY HAS CONFIRMED THE POSTPONEMENT OF THIS YEAR'S WORLD CUP IN NEW ZEALAND. OFFICIALS RATIFIED THE DECISION IN AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OVERNIGHT, CITING UNCERTAINTIES CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. WORLD RUGBY ALSO ANNOUNCED A FUNDING PACKAGE OF JUST UNDER $4M TO HELP AFFECTED UNIONS. THE EVENT WILL NOW BE HELD HERE NEXT YEAR, ALONG WITH THE WOMEN'S CRICKET WORLD CUP. SONNY BILL WILLIAMS HAS OFFICIALLY RETIRED FROM ALL FORMS OF RUGBY, BUT HIS SPORTING CAREER IS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE. WILLIAMS SAYS PERSISTENT KNEE INJURIES STOPPED HIM FROM CONTINUING ON THE RUGBY FIELD AND HE NOW WANTS TO FOCUS ON BEING A FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL BOXER. I SPOKE TO MY MANAGER, I SAID, 'BRO, 'I THINK I'M KEEN TO GET IN THE RING, YOU KNOW, 'FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS ` I'M 35.' SO I OBVIOUSLY SPOKE TO THE WIFE FIRST, AND SHE HAD BLANK EYES, BUT LIKE USUAL, SHE SUPPORTED ME. THE FORMER RUGBY STAR ISN'T COMPLETELY LOST TO THE NRL; HE'LL CONTINUE ON IN A MENTORING ROLE AT THE ROOSTERS. AND THE BIG DAY HAS FINALLY ARRIVED. TEAM NZ BEGIN THEIR AMERICA'S CUP DEFENCE THIS AFTERNOON. STANDING IN THEIR WAY IS ITALY'S LUNA ROSSA, AFTER WINNING THE PRADA CUP LAST MONTH. THE FIRST RACE GETS UNDERWAY JUST AFTER 4 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON, WITH TWO RACES SCHEDULED FOR EACH DAY. UP TO 13 RACES CAN BE ORGANISED OVER THE NEXT WEEK. THE FIRST TO SEVEN VICTORIES WILL WIN THE CUP. I CAN HEAR YOUR VOICE, YOUR DULCET TONES UNDER THAT. JUST SEEING IT MAKES ME EXCITED. I CAN HEAR YOUR VOICE, YOUR DULCET TONES UNDER THAT. JUST SEEING IT MAKES ME EXCITED. I QUESTION THE APPETITE FOR THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RESTART FOOTBALL, RUGBY UNION FOR MEN. WITH THE RIGHT APPETITE, WE COULD HAVE HELD QUALIFYING GAMES. WITH THE RIGHT INVESTMENT, WE COULD HAVE HELD THIS TOURNAMENT. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE RIGHT APPETITE, I WONDER WHETHER YOU MEAN WHETHER THERE IS APPETITE FOR THE WOMEN'S GAME WITHIN THE ORGANISATION. THERE IS AN APPETITE TO LOOK LIKE THEY ARE SUPPORTING IT. THE DECISION THAT COME FROM THE WORLD RUGBY COMMITTEE. WE SPOKE TO FARRAR PALMER, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. THE FACT THAT IT IS GOING TO BE HELD AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CRICKET WORLD CUP, I THINK THAT IS A GOOD THING. IT WILL BE A BIG YEAR FOR WOMEN'S SPORT. FINGERS CROSSED IT DOESN'T GET PUT ON THE BACK BURNER AGAIN. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE AMERICA'S CUP. RACE ONE AND TWO THIS AFTERNOON. MATTY IS OUT AND ABOUT SOMEWHERE. HE IS IN THE JOGGING RUSH-HOUR. IF YOU LEAN BACK EVER SO SLIGHTLY ON THE COUCH, HELLO! NO, CAN'T SEE YOU. GREAT CORE STRENGTH FROM JENNY MAY ON THAT MANOEUVRE. MAYBE IT IS A BIT TOO DARK. I CAN SEE YOU VERY CLEARLY. MORNING, MATTY. IT IS PROBABLY TINTED FOR SECURITY. WE ARE IN THE AMERICA'S CUP VILLAGE. IS VERY EXCITING, BECAUSE RACING STARTS IN EARNEST TODAY. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE POURING INTO THE VIADUCT IN AUCKLAND TODAY. THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, I WILL FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR EXPERIENCE IF YOU ARE IN THE AMERICA'S CUP VILLAGE. I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT RACING, BUT I KNOW A LOT ABOUT HOW TO ENJOY MYSELF AT SPORTING EVENTS, BECAUSE IT IS NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT BEING THE MOST TECHNICAL WITH KNOWLEDGE. WE WILL GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE VILLAGE. THIS IS WHAT TODAY'S LOOKING LIKE AROUND THE COUNTRY IT'S LOOKING OVERCAST IN THE UPPER NORTH, WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS STARTING TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THOSE NORTH-WESTERLY WINDS WILL START TO PICK UP TOO. 23 DEGREES FOR WHITIANGA, AUCKLAND AND RUSSELL. A SIMILAR STORY THROUGH HERE, WITH THAT CLOUD INCREASING AS THE DAY PROGRESSES, DELIVERING A FEW SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH, WHICH LOOKS TO TURN TO HEAVIER RAIN FOR SOME OF YOU TONIGHT. 19 DEGREES FOR TAUPO, TOKOROA AND ROTORUA. 22 FOR THOSE OF YOU IN HAMILTON. THINGS LOOK NICE AND FINE FURTHER EAST, WITH SUNNY SKIES AND JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD AROUND GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY. WARM, TOO. 27 THE EXPECTED HIGH FOR HAWKE'S BAY. WITH A FEW SHOWERS HITTING YOU LATE AFTERNOON, EARLY EVENING. OUT WEST, THERE'S SHOWERS DELVEOPING THIS MORNING FOR MOST PLACES, TURNING TO HEAVIER RAIN THIS EVENING, AND POSSIBLY THUNDERY AROUND TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH, ALTHOUGH WHANGANUI AND PALMERSTON NORTH SHOULD STAY DRY DURING THE DAY, UNTIL RAIN SETS IN TONIGHT. ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT, AND KAIKOURA IS CALM WITH JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD UNTIL WET WEATHER ARRIVES TONIGHT. A WARM 27 DEGREES FOR YOU. BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, YOU'LL SEE RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY, POSSIBLY HEAVY AND THUNDERY FOR THE COAST. WATCH OUT FOR THOSE STRONG, GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS TOO. 20 DEGREES IN WESTPORT AND NELSON. IT'S OVERCAST OUT EAST, AND YOU'LL SEE RAIN ARRIVE FOR ALL OF YOU, STARTING FURTHER SOUTH IN ALEXANDRA THIS MORNING AND SWEEPING UP THE COAST INTO THE AFTERNOON, AS THIS FRESH SOUTHERLY CHANGE ARRIVES. 22 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. 18 FOR THE REST. AND YOU'LL START THE DAY WITH RAIN IN THE LOWER SOUTH, POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR SOME OF YOU WITH THAT COLDER SOUTH-WESTERLY FLOW. BUT THAT SHOULD START EASING THIS AFTERNOON. IN FACT, MILFORD SOUND SHOULD END THE DAY WITH FINE SPELLS. 17 DEGREES IN QUEENSTOWN. 19 FOR DUNEDIN. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR THURSDAY, TOMORROW THERE'S WET WEATHER ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND, HEAVIER IN THE EAST, BUT CLEARING IN THE NORTH AND WEST. IT'S FINE IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH THE RAIN OR SHOWERS EVERYWHERE ELSE GRADUALLY CLEARING. I TELL YOU WHAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TVNZ HAS DONE, BUT THEY HAVE SECURED THEMSELVES A VERY PRIME LOCATION HERE ON THE VIADUCT FOR THE STUDIO. THAT IS THE STUDIO. THIS IS WHERE I AM. GOOD MORNING IN THE AMERICA'S CUP VILLAGE. WE HAVE AMERICA'S CUP FEVER, AS WE SHOULD. IT IS EXCITING THAT IT IS HERE AND HAPPENING. THERE IS A LOT GOING ON, A LOT YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN. BIG THINGS, SMALL THINGS. I TOOK A QUIZ THIS MORNING TO FIND OUT WHICH AMERICA'S CUP TEAM MEMBER I WOULD BE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD GET. IT TURNS OUT I GOT HELMSMAN PETER BURLING, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY ASPECTS THEY MENTIONED, LIKE INTELLIGENCE OR GOOD AT COMPUTING THE BEST DECISION-MAKING SKILLS OR TECHNICAL ASPECTS. NONE OF THOSE THINGS. THE LAST LINE I THOUGHT I COULD SEE MYSELF. IT SAID YOU LIKE TO BE IN THE LIMELIGHT. MAYBE THAT'S WHY I GOT PETER. MASSEY, YOU ARE A LEADER AND I WOULD FOLLOW YOU ANYWHERE. PETER BURLING COULDN'T DO YOUR JOB. AND I AM THANKFUL YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO HIS. THAT IS ALL I AM SAYING. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TVNZ GOT THE SPOT, THERE IS NO CHRISTMAS BONUS FOR YOU THIS YEAR. THAT IS HOW WE GOT IT. SORRY, MATE. WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT. IT IS A NICE STUDIO. IF YOU ARE AROUND, COME AND SAY HI. I WILL TO KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS YOU CAN DO. THANK YOU, MATTY. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT WHERE YOU WILL BE WATCHING THE AMERICA'S CUP. IF YOU ARE LIKE ME, I TAKE A PASSING INTEREST, BUT I AM ALL IN NOW, BOOTS AND ALL. LET US KNOW IF YOU WILL WATCH IT AT WORK OR HOME, WHAT YOUR INTEREST IS IN THE AMERICA'S CUP. COMING UP ` WE TALK TO BUSINESSES THAT WERE GEARING UP FOR A HUGE AMERICA'S CUP SEASON, BUT ENDED UP IN AND OUT OF LOCKDOWN. WE ARE AT THE VIADUCT BASIN. THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS WILL GO HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH LUNA ROSSA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS A QUESTION I PUT TO 1 OF THE GRINDERS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. HOW READY IS TO NEW ZEALAND? I THINK ABOUT THAT AS AN ATHLETE, AND I THINK THAT IS THE HARDEST PART, IS TO SIMULATE WHAT COMPETITION CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKE. HE GAVE A GOOD EXPLANATION ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARING. THAT INTERVIEW IS COMING UP LATER ON IN THE MORNING. WE ARE INTERESTED IN HOW YOU YOU ARE WATCHING THE AMERICA'S CUP. HOW GOOD HAS IT BEEN TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT? IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE. THE SCARCITY OF AMERICA'S CUP EVENTS IS ONE THING. YOU LEARN SO MUCH AS YOU GO. PETER LESTER, PHIL ROBERTSON AND ALL THE GUESTS IN THE STUDIO, YOU ARE LEARNING ALL THE TIME. THE BOATS ARE TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED. YOU ARE LEARNING ABOUT THIS AND THAT. IT HAS BEEN A BIG LEARNING CURVE. IT HAS BEEN A REAL PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF THE BROADCASTING. ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO RUSHWORTH CAFE ON THE VIADUCT WAS PLANNING FOR A HUGE AMERICA'S CUP SEASON. BUT INSTEAD THEY'VE ENDED UP IN AND OUT OF LOCKDOWN. THEY'RE IN THE PRIME SPOT FOR EVENTS, SERVING UP COUNTLESS COFFEES AND CHEESE SCONES DURING THE RUGBY WORLD CUP, ROYAL VISITS AND THE VOLVO OCEAN RACE. DESPITE AMERICA'S CUP BEING RIGHT ON THEIR FRONT DOORSTEP THIS YEAR, IT'S A LOT QUIETER THAN ANYONE WAS EXPECTING. JOINING FROM HIS CAFE IS RUSHWORTH OWNER JAMES GARDINER. MORENA. GOOD MORNING. GOOD TO SEE YOU. I'M SURE I WILL SEE YOU LATER. THIS HAS BEEN A REAL CHALLENGE FOR YOU. IT IS NOT WHAT WE IMAGINED TWO YEARS AGO. WE WERE INVESTING IN THE CUP. HAVING SAID THAT, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO AN EXCITING WEEKEND. THERE IS A LOT OF ATMOSPHERE. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THE ONE THING YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS INGRATIATE YOURSELF TO ALL THE TEAMS. YOU ARE VERY WELL PATRONISED BY ALL THE AMERICA'S CUP TEAMS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE HERE AND BROADCASTERS AND FORECAST GREW. THAT MUST BE A BENEFIT TO YOU. ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE BEEN GRATEFUL TO HOST THE TEAMS HERE. THEY ARE A GOOD BUNCH OF GUYS. THEY ALL KNOW EACH OTHER AND GET ON WELL. IT IS NICE TO BE A HUB IN THE COMMUNITY. TALK TO US ABOUT WHEN YOU STARTED BUSINESS. YOU GUYS HAVE BACK TO YOUR SKILLS AS BUSINESS OWNERS AGAINST BIG EVENTS. OPENING RUSHWORTH, IS THAT PART OF THE DEAL? YOU KNEW AN EVENT WAS COMING, SO YOU WANTED IN ON THAT? WE OPENED ABOUT A MONTH FOR THE WORK BE WORLD CUP IN 2011. WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THESE INTERNATIONAL TOUR EVENTS CAN OFFER THE AREA. THEY WERE A GREAT TIME FOR US. THERE HAS BEEN OTHER HIGHLIGHTS, LIKE THE ROYAL VISIT AND SO FORTH. IT IS GOOD TO BE DOWN HERE FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP. IT HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL TO US, BUT NOT ON THE SCALE THAT WE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED. YOU ARE NOT BIG CAFE, IT IS A LOVELY SMALL VENUE, BUT YOU HAVE STAFF AND COSTS IN HOSPITALITY BUSINESS. IT IS ABOUT MANAGING COSTS. HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO KEEP A LID ON THINGS WHEN YOU ARE GOING IN AND OUT OF RESTRICTIONS? IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR. WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE A LOYAL CLIENT BASE, WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF US. WE HAVE APPRECIATED THE GOVERNMENT HELP IN TERMS OF WAGE SUBSIDIES. THAT HAS ENABLED US TO GET THROUGH AND GET THE TEAM TOGETHER, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO US. THE PEOPLE WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE WE THINK ARE GOING TO BRING US BACK WHEN THE GOOD TIMES RETURN. THAT HAS BEEN IMPORTANT. THE AMERICA'S CUP HAS BEEN A BENEFIT TO US. I FEEL FOR THE BUSINESSES IN THE CBD, WHO ARE NOT FEELING THOSE BENEFITS. WE WILL KEEP PLODDING ON. TALK TO ME ABOUT ONE VERY CRUCIAL STAFF MEMBER, AND THAT IS YOUR MOM. I HAVE SAMPLED YOUR MUM'S BAKING. I HOPE YOU ARE PAYING HER. WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE. MY MUM HAS DONE ALL OUR BAKING, US CONS AND MUFFINS AND CAKES. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT TIME SHE GETS UP IN THE MORNING; IT IS BEST NOT TO ASK. IT IS PROBABLY ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS JENNY MAKE IT UP. SHE NEVER BRINGS CONS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE IS DOING WITH HER MORNING. THE AMERICA'S CUP BEGINS TODAY. HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT DURING THIS EVENT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO LEVEL ONE. WHAT WILL THIS DO FOR YOU GUYS IN TERMS OF BOOSTING A BUSINESS? THAT WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO US. LEVEL TWO IS QUITE STAFF INTENSIVE FOR US. WE HAVE ONE SERVER AT THE TABLES. IT IS ANOTHER COST THAT HAS INCURRED. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING SOME CRAFT DOWN HERE. THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO GET HERE ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME. WILL BE GREAT TO SEE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. FABULOUS. IT IS ALL WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU. WE WILL SEE YOU THIS AFTERNOON FOR A CUPPA. WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IF THE EVENT CONTINUES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. WHAT A GOOD MAN! IT CRACKED ME UP YOU TALKING ABOUT HIS MOM DOING THE BAKING DOWN THERE. IT GOT ME THINKING, I WOULD REALLY LOVE A CHEESE SCONE. WHAT IS THE DISH THAT YOUR MOM DOES THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN DO IT BETTER? I AM ASSUMING IT IS THE CHEESE SCONE. THE MELTING MOMENTS AND THE BROWNIES THAT SHE MAKES ARE OUTSTANDING. ALSO MY MUM CAN DO ANYTHING FROM THE ALISON HOLST MICROWAVE COOKBOOK. GO, THE MICROWAVE. CHOP SUEY. HOW OFTEN DOES THE CHOP SUEY COME OUT? SHE LIVES IN DARWIN. MY HUSBAND WHO WAS A CHEF HAS ALWAYS TRIED. YOU DON'T HAVE THE SOY SAUCE. I THINK IT IS LESS ABOUT THE INGREDIENTS THAT GO IN AND THE LOVE. YOU CAN TASTE THE LOVE. MY MUM CAN MAKE ANYTHING OUT OF LEFTOVERS, ANYTHING. SIX KIDS WITHOUT ANY MONEY. MY DAD USED TO ALWAYS SAY IF WE HAD TO COOK DINNER, WE WILL BE ABLE TO TASTE IT IF YOU ARE MAD. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR MUM. WHAT CAN SHE MAKE THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN MAKE ANY BETTER? THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ABOUT THE AMERICA'S CUP. I WILL BE ON THE COUCH WITH RED SOCKS ON AND A RED WINE. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` AUSTRALIA'S GIVING THE GREEN LIGHT TO QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL FROM NZ AGAIN ` WHEN YOU CAN BOOK A FLIGHT FOR, AT 7. ALSO COMING UP ` AUCKLANDERS WILL TELL YOU THE WATERFRONT AREA HAS BEEN A BIT OF AN EYESORE WITH ALL THE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION, SO WHY THE BIG DELAY IN THE PROJECT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FINISHED LAST WEEKEND? THE GOVERNMENT IS SET TO ANNOUNCE WHO IS NEXT IN LINE TO RECEIVE A COVID-19 VACCINATION TODAY. IT WILL LAY OUT A ROADMAP FOR THE VACCINE ROLLOUT AFTER FAMILIES OF BORDER WORKERS BECOME THE LATEST HIGH RISK GROUP TO GET THE JAB. AN ADDITIONAL 8.5 MILLION DOSES OF THE PFIZER-BIONTECH JAB HAS BEEN PURCHASED BY THE GOVERNMENT ` ENOUGH TO COVER EVERYONE IN NZ. AUSTRALIAN HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT AGAIN TO THE ONE-WAY TRAVEL BUBBLE AFTER PREVIOUSLY PAUSING IT OVER AUCKLAND'S COVID-19 CLUSTER. IT MEANS QUARANTINE-FREE FLIGHTS INTO AUSTRALIA CAN CONTINUE FROM FRIDAY THIS WEEK. BUT SOME STATES ARE YET TO UPDATE THEIR ADVICE ON PEOPLE ARRIVING FROM NZ. TRAVELLERS ARE ADVISED TO CHECK RESTRICTIONS BEFORE MAKING PLANS. AND AS THE ONE-WAY TRAVEL CORRIDOR OPENS BACK UP, NATIONAL IS CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE A TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE A PRIORITY. THE OPPOSITION SAYS NZ SHOULD ADOPT A FLEXIBLE APPROACH LIKE AUSTRALIA, IN CASE OF A COMMUNITY OUTBREAK. AND IN SOME BREAKING NEWS, THE ROYAL FAMILY HAS JUST ISSUED A STATEMENT FOLLOWING MEGHAN AND HARRY'S EXPLOSIVE SIT-DOWN INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH. OUR REPORTER WILSON LONGHURST IS STANDING BY WITH THE DETAILS. MORENA, WILSON. WHAT'S THE LATEST? MORENA, WE SAW PRINCE CHARLES OUT AND ABOUT EARLIER TODAY AT A VACCINE CLINIC, AND HE WAS FACED WITH A QUESTION ABOUT THE BOMBSHELL INTERVIEW. BUT NOW THE PALACE HAS OFFICIALLY BROKEN ITS SILENCE. THE QUEEN HERSELF HAS ISSUED A STATEMENT. THE WHOLE FAMILY IS SADDENED TO LEARN THE FULL EXTENT OF HOW CHALLENGING THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN FOR HARRY AND MEHGAN THE ISSUES RAISED, PARTICULARLY THAT OF RACE, ARE CONCERNING. WHILE SOME RECOLLECTIONS MAY VARY, THEY ARE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY AND WILL BE ADDRESSED BY THE FAMILY PRIVATELY. HARRY, MEGHAN AND ARCHIE WILL ALWAYS BE MUCH LOVED FAMILY MEMBERS. WE WILL GET MORE ABOUT THIS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SHE HAS ADDRESSED THE MAIN ISSUE, THAT OF RACE. BACK HERE, OTAGO RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY LEAD CONTAMINATION IN THEIR WATER SUPPLY WILL FINALLY GET ANSWERS TODAY. IN EARLY FEBRUARY, RESIDENTS IN THREE EAST OTAGE TOWNS WERE TOLD TO STOP DRINKING THEIR TAP WATER AFTER LEAD WAS DISCOVERED IN THE SUPPLY, DESPITE ITS PRESENCE BEING SIGNALLED MONTHS EARLIER. LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING AND WERE SET TO PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS AT A PUBLIC MEETING LAST FRIDAY. THE EVENT WAS RESCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS AND WILL BE HELD AT THE EAST OTAGO EVENTS CENTRE AT 7 O'CLOCK TONIGHT. EIGHT PEOPLE ARE DUE TO APPEAR IN COURT FOLLOWING PROTESTS AT A WEST AUCKLAND DEVELOPMENT SITE WHERE NATIVE TREES WERE CUT DOWN. DEMONSTRATORS CLASHED WITH POLICE YESTERDAY, TRYING TO STORM THE LAND TO STOP THE TREE REMOVAL. ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN CALLING ON THE COUNCIL TO PURCHASE THE SITE TO SAVE THE GREENERY, IN A DISPUTE THAT HAS BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH SINCE JULY LAST YEAR. THESE TREES HERE ARE SOME OF THE RAREST OF THEIR KIND WITHIN TAMAKI MAKAURAU. AND NORTH OF TAMAKI MAKAURAU, ONE OF THE TREES LAYING DOWN THERE WAS THE ONLY ONE I KNOW OF EVER OF ITS KIND, AND TO SEE THAT TAKEN AWAY AND TO SEE THE POLICE JUST ASSIST IN THAT, IT BREAKS MY HEART. SEVERAL ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AT THE SITE SINCE PROTESTS BEGAN LAST YEAR. DOZENS OF PROTESTERS IN MYANMAR WHO HAD BEEN CORNERED BY SECURITY FORCES HAVE NOW ESCAPED. AROUND 200 PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED IN AN AREA SEALED OFF BY POLICE. AT LEAST 40 OF THEM WERE ARRESTED. MORE ANTI-COUP DEMONSTRATIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY, MORE THAN FIVE WEEKS AFTER THE MILITARY SEIZED POWER. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACK FERNS WILL HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR TO DEFEND THEIR WORLD CUP TITLE ON HOME SOIL. WORLD RUGBY HAS RATIFIED IT'S DECISION WORLD RUGBY HAS RATIFIED ITS DECISION TO POSTPONE THE RUGBY WORLD CUP IN NZ UNTIL NEXT YEAR. RUGBY'S INTERNATIONAL GOVERNING BODY SAYS UNCERTAINTIES DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS WHAT HAS FORCED THE DELAY. AND NATHAN BROWN HAS NAMED THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE STARTING LINE-UP FOR HIS FIRST NRL GAME IN CHARGE OF THE WARRIORS, THE NZ SIDE ALSO GETTING AN UNEXPECTED INJURY BOOST BEFORE SATURDAY'S CLASH WITH THE GOLD COAST TITANS, HOOKER WAYDE EGAN AND BACK-ROWER ELIESA KATOA BOTH RETURNING TO FULL FITNESS IN TIME FOR SEASON OPENER. I AM VERY EXCITED I AM EXCITED ABOUT WHAT MATTY IS DOING FOR US THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT SAILING, BUT I AM IN THE SAME BOAT AS YOU, MATTY. WHERE ARE YOU NOW? I DON'T KNOW THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS, BUT IT IS NOT THAT HARD. THERE ARE TWO BOATS. I KNOW WHICH ONE THE TEAM NEW ZEALAND BOAT IS. AND YOU JUST HOPE... FIRST TO 7. YOU WATCH THE BOATS. YOU WAIT FOR THE BOAT YOU WANT TO WIN TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE FIRST. AND THAT IS IT. YOU GOT IT. UP WIND, DOWNWIND. FRONT OF THE BOAT, BACK OF THE BOAT. NAILED IT. IN SAYING THAT, I HAVE FOUND WHERE THEY KEEP THE CHAMPAGNE. TIME FOR A MIMOSA. IS JESS ALONGSIDE YOU? WE NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU STAY AWAY FROM THE CHAMPERS. THAT WOULD BE FUNNY TELEVISION. HAVE A WORD TO JESS AND MAKE SURE SHE KEEPS ME AWAY FROM IT. WE ARE IN THE AMERICA'S CUP VILLAGE, FIGURING OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO COME AND ENJOY IT. THERE IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH GOING ON WHILE THE RACING IS HAPPENING. WE WILL CHAT TO SOMEONE SHORTLY WHO HAS ALL THE INSIDE SCOOP. HERE'S HOW YOUR WEDNESDAY'S SHAPING UP. IT'S LOOKING OVERCAST IN THE UPPER NORTH, WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS STARTING TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THOSE NOR'WESTERLY WINDS WILL START TO PICK UP TOO. 23 DEGREES FOR WHITIANGA, AUCKLAND AND RUSSELL. SIMILAR STORY THROUGH HERE, WITH THAT CLOUD INCREASING AS THE DAY PROGRESSES, DELIVERING A FEW SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH, WHICH LOOKS TO TURN TO HEAVIER RAIN FOR SOME OF YOU TONIGHT. 19 DEGREES FOR TAUPO, TOKOROA AND ROTORUA, 22 FOR THOSE OF YOU IN HAMILTON. THINGS LOOK NICE AND FINE FURTHER EAST, WITH SUNNY SKIES AND JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD AROUND GISBORNE AND HAWKES BAY. WARM TOO ` 27 THE EXPECTED HIGH FOR HAWKES BAY. BUT FURTHER SOUTH, THERE'S GREYER SKIES WITH A FEW SHOWERS HITTING YOU LATE AFTERNOON, EARLY EVENING. OUT WEST THERE'S SHOWERS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING FOR MOST PLACES, TURNING TO HEAVIER RAIN THIS EVENING, AND POSSIBLY THUNDERY AROUND TAUMARANUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH. ALTHOUGH WHANGANUI AND PALMERSTON NORTH SHOULD STAY DRY DURING THE DAY UNTIL RAIN SETS IN TONIGHT. ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT, AND KAIKOURA'S CALM, WITH JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD UNTIL WET WEATHER ARRIVES TONIGHT. A WARM 27 DEGREES FOR YOU. BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE YOU'LL SEE RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY, POSSIBLY HEAVY AND THUNDERY FOR THE COAST. WATCH OUT FOR THOSE STRONG, GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS TOO. 20 DEGREES IN WESTPORT AND NELSON. IT'S OVERCAST OUT EAST, AND YOU'LL SEE RAIN ARRIVE FOR ALL OF YOU, STARTING FURTHER SOUTH IN ALEXANDRA THIS MORNING AND SWEEPING UP THE COAST INTO THE AFTERNOON AS THIS FRESH SOUTHERLY CHANGE ARRIVES. 22 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH, 18 FOR THE REST. AND YOU'LL START THE DAY WITH RAIN IN THE LOWER SOUTH, POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR SOME OF YOU WITH THAT COLDER SOU'WESTERLY FLOW. BUT THAT SHOULD START EASING THIS AFTERNOON. IN FACT, MILFORD SOUND SHOULD END THE DAY WITH FINE SPELLS. 17 DEGREES IN QUEENSTOWN, 19 FOR DUNEDIN. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR THURSDAY, TOMORROW THERE'S WET WEATHER ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND, HEAVIER IN THE EAST, BUT CLEARING IN THE NORTH AND WEST. IT'S FINE IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH THE RAIN OR SHOWERS EVERYWHERE ELSE GRADUALLY CLEARING. THIS IS THE VILLAGE, THE AMERICA'S CUP VILLAGE. SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT THIS PLACE IS CARMEN. NICE TO HAVE YOU DOWN HERE. YOU MUST BE SO EXCITED FOR TODAY. A BIT STRESSED OUT, I AM SURE. ABSOLUTELY, THE TEAM CAN'T WAIT FOR IT TO GET UNDERWAY. AND HAS BEEN A LONG HAUL TO GET TO THIS POINT. THE TEAMS ARE REALLY EXCITED AND THEY WANT TO GET OUT ON THE WATER. THERE IS GOING TO BE SO MANY PEOPLE POURING THEMSELVES INTO THE VILLAGE, WHICH IS WHERE YOU COME IN. OBVIOUSLY WE ARE OPERATING UNDER LEVEL 2, SO WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL. BARS AND CAFE'S ARE OPEN, SO COME ON DOWN. WE ARE HANGING OUT FOR LEVEL 1. AND LEVEL 2, THERE ARE 22 FAN ZONES AROUND THE COUNTRY, FROM DUNEDIN TO THE FAR NORTH, PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO CELEBRATE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE UNDER LEVEL 2. THIS IS ONE OF THE FAN ZONES HERE. IT IS A SIMILAR SET UP, WITH THE BIG SCREEN. THERE IS A MIX. I WAS LISTENING TO THE RADIO THIS MORNING. THE GUYS UP NORTH ARE GETTING READY FOR A SAUSAGE SIZZLE. THERE IS A RANGE OF YACHT CLUBS IN THE OCTAGON IN DUNEDIN, THERE IS A BIG SCREEN. THERE IS AMAZING STUFF HAPPENING. WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT DECISION ON FRIDAY TO GO INTO LEVEL 1, BECAUSE THERE IS EPIC STUFF HAPPENING IN THE WEEKEND. WHAT OTHER BIG THINGS PEOPLE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO? WE START FROM 11 O'CLOCK EVERY DAY, AND WE GO THROUGH TO 10 O'CLOCK ON THE WEEKENDS. WE HAVE PRERACE SHOWS WE CAN SEE THE TEAMS. THERE WILL BE GOODIES TO HAND OUT AS WELL. WE HAVE TOURISM NEW ZEALAND ON BOARD. THEY ARE DOING ROCK THE DOCK FROM 230 TO 330. LOOK UP INTO THE AIR THIS AFTERNOON IF YOU ARE IN AUCKLAND. SATURDAY NIGHT WE HAVE TAMMY NIELSEN AFTER THE RACING. WHO KNOWS WHAT THE DECISION MIGHT BE ON SUNDAY, BUT AFTER THE FINAL RACE WE HAVE THE FEELERS AND ZED. THE BUZZ IS STARTING TO RAMP UP, AND IT IS AN EXCITING TIME. EXCITING PLACE TO BE HERE IN AUCKLAND. EXCITING AROUND THE COUNTRY, ENJOYING THIS EPIC CELEBRATION AND RACE. IT IS VERY EXCITING. NIGHT, MATTY. WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU LATER. IF YOU ARE HEADING TO 1 OF THOSE 22 FAN ZONES AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ. JULIANNE IS LIKE, I WILL BE WATCHING THE RACE IN THE COMFORT OF MY LOUNGE. GEORGINA IS ON A DAY OFF AND WILL BE AT HOME WATCHING IT. THE FIRST RACE IS AT 4:15 PM. COVERAGE STARTS AT 3 PM. THERE WILL BE A RANGE OF GUESTS, AND PLENTY OF ENTERTAINMENT. COMING UP, CONES AND CONSTRUCTION ` IT'S THE MOST PAINFUL PART OF AUCKLAND'S INNER-CITY DRIVING, SO WHAT'S HOLDING UP QUAY ST DEVELOPMENT? IF YOU'VE VISITED DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, YOU'LL KNOW THE CHAOS THAT GREETS VISITORS ` CONES AND CONSTRUCTION, TRAFFIC CONGESTION HAVE ALL INVADED QUAY ST. IT AIN'T PRETTY, THAT'S FOR SURE. SIX PROJECTS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED BY NOW, BUT SO FAR ONLY THREE HAVE BEEN. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE THIS. THE PLAN WAS FOR THE MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT TO BE FINISHED LAST YEAR JUST IN TIME FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP. BUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND OTHER DELAYS HAVE HELD THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT UP FOR MONTHS, LEAVING IT LOOKING LIKE THIS. TO TALK US THROUGH IT, WE'RE JOINED BY AUCKLAND COUNCIL INFRASTRUCTURE DIRECTOR BARRY POTTER. KIA ORA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE PICTURES OF WHAT IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE DOWNTOWN, SO WE CAN GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THERE ARE A LOT OF CONES, LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON DOWN THERE, WHICH MEANS THERE IS LOTS OF TRAFFIC, AND PEDESTRIANS ARE HAVING TO NAVIGATE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE STREETS. WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE PROJECT? SIX PROJECTS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER LAST YEAR. WE ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. SOME OF IT IS SLOWER. WORKS AROUND QUAY STREET ARE SLOWER THAN WE HOPED. THE SEAWALL UNDER THE STREET AND A MODERATE EARTHQUAKE COULD TAKE KEY STREET INTO THE TIDE. WHEN THE PLANS WERE MADE, THAT WASN'T TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE THE WORK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HAVE BEEN DONE BY DECEMBER? THAT WAS ALL KNOWN ABOUT. WE DIDN'T KNOW THE EXTENT OF SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AROUND THAT WILL. THE OTHER THING IS THAT COVID 19 HAS HAD AN IMPACT AS WELL. THAT HAS SLOWED DOWN THOSE WORKS AROUND THEIR. WHAT I WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THE DISRUPTION AND THANK AUCKLAND IS FOR THEIR PATIENTS OR THOSE WORKS. YOU CAN'T DO THE SCALE OF WORK WITHOUT HAVING SOME IMPACT, AS WE ALL KNOW WHEN WE HAVE DONE OUR KITCHENS AND BATHROOMS AT HOME, MOST OF THE WORKS ARE DONE. THE WORKS AROUND THE BASES THEMSELVES ARE DONE. IT FITS INTO A BIGGER PROGRAM OF WORK FOR AUCKLAND, WHICH IS MAKING THE CITY CENTRE A PLACE TO BE IN. THAT STRETCHES FROM WESTHAVEN OVER THE WATERFRONT THROUGH QUAY STREET. THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN YESTERDAY TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW. THESE ARE THE CONES THAT ARE DOWN THERE. TRAFFIC IS SLOW. I HAVE COME INTO TOWN AS A PEDESTRIAN TRYING TO WALK THROUGH THEIR. WHAT FEEDBACK HAVE YOU HAD FROM BUSINESSES, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED, IN THE PUBLIC? THOSE BUSINESSES SEE WHAT IS COMING IN A FEW WEEKS TIME, WHEN IT IS COMPLETED, THEY ARE HAPPY. IT IS A TRANSFORMATION OF SPACE DOWN THERE. AN AREA THAT IS GOING TO BE IN A REMARKABLE PLACE. THAT WILL BE SPECTACULAR. IT WILL BE READY IN A FEW WEEKS TIME. WE ARE ON THE VIADUCT. THE PROJECTS THAT WERE MEANT TO BE COMPLETED, IN TERMS OF BEING READY FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP, THEY ARE DONE. IT IS JUST THE CENTRAL CITY ROADS THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETED. THE ONE-PIECE AROUND QUAY STREET HE HAS YET TO BE COMPLETED. THE SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE CPO IS DONE. ALBERT STREET IS DONE. THE VAST BULK OF THE WORK IS DONE. ALL THE BASES IN THE AREA WHERE CROWDS WILL AREA ARE COMPLETE. THE ROAD, WHEN WILL THAT BE FINISHED? THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. WHEN IT IS DONE, I WILL TAKE YOU DOWN THERE AND TAKE YOU AROUND AND BUY YOU A COFFEE. WHAT ARE THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS? IN THE NEXT LITTLE WHILE, THE NEXT ONE IS THE CPO, WHICH IS THE PART OF BRITOMART STATION. THAT IS A STUNNING SPACE THAT WILL BE REDONE. IT IS REMARKABLE. PEOPLE WOULD BE PROUD OF THAT. I WANT TO SAY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF ALL OF THIS WORK IS BEING THE INVOLVEMENT OF MANA WHENUA. THEY HAVE BOUGHT A RICHNESS OF THE SOLUTIONS AND DESIGNS. THEY HAVE TOLD THEIR HISTORY, WHICH IS RICH IN LONG, THROUGH THE COMPLETED WORKS. YOU WILL GET TO SEE THAT WHEN I SHOW YOU AROUND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING, COMING IN SO EARLY. I APPRECIATE YOUR MAHI. I HAVE MY RED SOX ON 14 NEW ZEALAND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. COMING UP, WE'LL HAVE YOUR 7 O'CLOCK NEWS AND WEATHER. PLUS, IT'S TIME TO SAIL. TEAM NZ LINE UP AGAINST LUNA ROSSA ` WHO HAS THE EDGE FOR THE OPENING OF THE AMERICA'S CUP? BUT FIRST, JUDITH COLLINS ON WHY WE NEED A CLEARER COVID VACCINE ROLL-OUT PLAN AND THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING A TWO-WAY TRANS-TASMAN TRAVEL BUBBLE OFF THE GROUND. WELCOME BACK. LIVE IN AUCKLAND'S VIADUCT. WE CROSS NOW TO WELLINGTON, WHERE POLITICAL ISSUES OF GREAT PITCHING MOMENT ARE DELIBERATED OVER. AND DEBATED AND JOINING US TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT THE LIVES OF EVERYDAY NZERS IS NATIONAL PARTY LEADER JUDITH COLLINS. GOOD MORNING, SCOTTY. LET'S START WITH YOUR HOUSE REVIEW INTO THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN. HAVE YOUR MPS SEEN IT? THEY ALL HAVE ACCESS TO SEE IT. IT IS AN INTERNAL REVIEW. IT IS DONE BY EXTERNAL PEOPLE, BUT IT IS FOR THE NATIONAL PARTY AND WE ARE KEEN TO KEEP IT TO THE NATIONAL PARTY MPS, THE BOARD, AND TO OUR MEMBERS, BECAUSE ACTUALLY WE DON'T WANT TO GET DISTRACTED OF THINGS THAT MATTER TO NEW ZEALANDERS, LIKE A TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE. THERE IS SOME IRONY THAT A LEAK SAID THAT THIS REVIEW SAID THERE WERE LEAKS AND POOR BEHAVIOUR. WHO KNEW?! WHOSE POOR BEHAVIOUR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? IT IS PROBABLY BEST THAT EVERYBODY REALISES THAT THERE WERE LEAKS, THERE WERE POOR BEHAVIOUR, IT WAS A VERY CHALLENGING LAST THREE YEARS. AND I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR EVERY PARTY TO HAVE GONE THROUGH TOUGH TIMES, TO HAVE A THINK ABOUT, A LOOK AT IT, AND TO LEARN FROM THOSE LESSONS AND THEN TO MOVE ON. SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO DO, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY CONFRONTING, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS ALSO HONEST AND VERY FAIR. FINAL POINT ON THIS REVIEW. WILL IT LEAD TO STRUCTURAL CHANGE WITHIN THE NATIONAL PARTY? THERE ARE CERTAINLY SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND THAT. PARTICULARLY AROUND THE BOARD AND SOME OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES. BUT THEY WILL ALL BE DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD WITH MEMBERSHIP, AND I THINK IT IS ALWAYS HEALTHY TO DO THAT. YOU WILL SEE THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES. AUSTRALIA HAS ANNOUNCED THAT FROM FRIDAY NEW ZEALANDERS CAN TAKE GREEN ZONE FLIGHTS WITHOUT QUARANTINE. YOU THIS MORNING HAVE CALLED FOR AN OPENING OF THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE. WHO ARE YOU TAKING EXPERT ADVICE FROM TO SAY THE TIME IS NOW? ACTUALLY, I THINK WE CAN ALL LOOK AT THIS AND SAY AUSTRALIA IS ABLE TO OPEN THEIR BORDERS TO NEW ZEALANDERS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CLOSE THEM WHEN THERE IS ANY COVERT CASES OVER HERE. WE COULD DO THE SAME. WE WERE PROMISED THE SMARTEST BORDER IN THE WORLD FROM GRANT ROBERTSON. AT THE MOMENT, WE HAVE THE MOST CLOSE BORDER, IT FEELS LIKE, IN MANY WAYS, NOT SMART. 40% OF OUR TOURISM IS DEPENDENT ON AUSTRALIANS. AND IF WE LET AUSTRALIANS COME THROUGH AND STOP TREATING THEM LIKE THEY COME FROM THE US OR OTHER COVID-19 HOTSPOT, WE WOULD FREE UP 40% OF PLACES AND MANAGED ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE FACILITIES. THAT MEANS MORE KIWIS BEING ABLE TO COME HOME FROM EUROPE AND THE US, AND IT MEANS WE COULD GET IN THE FAMILIES OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS LIKE NURSES WHO ARE WAITING FOR THEIR FAMILIES. IT IS TOUGH, BECAUSE WE ARE NOW WAITING ON A VACCINE PLAN FROM THIS GOVERNMENT. YOU HAVE BEEN VOCAL AS A PARTY ABOUT ASKING THE GOVERNMENT WHAT IS YOUR PLAN. ARE YOU CLEAR AND YOUR OWN MIND ABOUT WHAT THIS WILL OUTLINE? THE VACCINATION PLAN? NO, THE GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN US A VIEW OF THE PLAN. BUT WE KNOW IT WILL HOPEFULLY LOOK LIKE THE AUSTRALIAN PLAN, WHICH IS UP ON THEIR WEBSITES IN AUSTRALIA, SO YOU OR I IF WE WERE LIVING IN AUSTRALIA CAN GO ON TO THAT WEBSITE, PUT IN THEIR DETAILS AND COME BACK BEING TOLD APPROXIMATELY WHEN THEY WILL GET ELIGIBLE OR BE ABLE TO GET VACCINATED. THAT IS THE SORT OF PLAN I HOPE THE GOVERNMENT WILL RELEASE TODAY. AND I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE IN THE QUEUE, AND BY THE WAY, WHEN? THERE ENOUGH. YOU ARE ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY AROUND THE PLAN, A TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE, AND YOU HAVE SCIENTIFIC BACKING FOR THOSE DECISIONS. YOU THINK YOUR EXPERTS ARE TELLING YOU A TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE SHOULD BE IN OPERATION. AT THE AUSSIES CAN DO IT, SURELY WE CAN DO IT BETTER. THEY HAVE HAD ONE WITH US SINCE OCTOBER, AND THEY SEEM TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE. YOU KNOW WE CAN DO IT BETTER THAN THEM! I'M SURE WE CAN. I LIKE YOUR CONFIDENCE. JUDITH COLLINS, LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I THINK THAT IS A GOOD POINT. WE SHOULD KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THE QUEUE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE VACCINE ROLLOUT. WE ARE HERE AT THE VIADUCT THIS MORNING, BECAUSE WE ARE WAITING FOR RACES ONE AND TWO THIS AFTERNOON, 4:15 PM. P BUT COVERAGE STARTS AT 3 PM. BUCKINGHAM PALACE HAS ISSUED A STATEMENT OVER THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX'S BOMBSHELL INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH WINFREY. WILSON LONGHURST HAS DETAILS AND REACTION FOR US NOW. WILSON? MORENA. THE STATEMENT HAS COME FROM THE QUEEN HERSELF. SHE SAYS THE WHOLE FAMILY IS SADDENED TO LEARN THE FULL EXTENT OF HOW CHALLENGING THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN FOR HARRY AND MEGAN. THE ISSUES RAISED CONCERNING. SOME RECOLLECTIONS MAY VARY, BUT THEY ARE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND WILL BE ADDRESSED BY THE FAMILY PRIVATELY. THEY WILL BE MUCH LOVED FAMILY MEMBERS. THEY HAVE ADDRESSED RACE, WHICH IS THE BIG ISSUE THAT STRUCK MANY. SHE HAS SAID SOME RECOLLECTIONS MAY VARY, ESSENTIALLY SAYING WHAT THEY SAID IN THIS INTERVIEW AS THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY, AND THAT IS WHAT IS BEING SHARED SO FAR. THIS IS A SHORT STATEMENT THAT TOOK ALMOST 2 DAYS TO PRODUCE AFTER ALLEGATIONS OF RACISM. THE QUEEN SAYS THE FAMILY WILL INVESTIGATE THIS PRIVATELY. THE STATEMENT WAS ISSUED BY BUCKINGHAM PALACE OVER ALLEGATIONS THAT MEGAN WAS BULLYING PALACE STAFF MEMBERS AND SAYING IT WOULDN'T BE TOLERATED AND THERE WOULD BE AN INVESTIGATION. THIS IS OF DIFFERENT TONE. BACK HERE, THE GOVERNMENT'S SET TO ANNOUNCE WHO'S NEXT IN LINE TO RECEIVE A COVID-19 VACCINATION TODAY. A ROADMAP FOR THE VACCINE ROLLOUT WILL BE REVEALED AFTER FAMILIES OF BORDER WORKERS BECAME THE LATEST HIGH RISK GROUP TO GET THE JAB. AN ADDITIONAL 8.5 MILLION DOSES OF THE PFIZER-BIONTECH VACCINE HAVE BEEN PURCHASED BY THE GOVERNMENT ` ENOUGH TO COVER EVERYONE IN NZ. AUSTRALIAN HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT AGAIN TO THE ONE-WAY TRAVEL BUBBLE AFTER PREVIOUSLY PAUSING IT OVER AUCKLAND'S COVID-19 CLUSTER. IT MEANS QUARANTINE-FREE FLIGHTS INTO AUSTRALIA CAN CONTINUE FROM FRIDAY THIS WEEK. BUT SOME STATES ARE YET TO UPDATE THEIR ADVICE ON PEOPLE ARRIVING FROM NZ. TRAVELLERS ARE ADVISED TO CHECK RESTRICTIONS BEFORE MAKING PLANS. MEANWHILE, NATIONAL IS CONTINUING TO CALL ON THE GOVERNMENT TO OPEN THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE. JUDITH COLLINS SAYS NZ CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER. WE CAN ALL LOOK AT THIS AND SAY AUSTRALIA IS ABLE TO OPEN THEIR BORDERS TO NZERS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CLOSE THEM WHEN THERE'S ANY COVID CASES OVER HERE. WE COULD DO THE SAME. BACK HERE, OTAGO RESIDENTS WHO'VE BEEN AFFECTED BY LEAD CONTAMINATION IN THEIR WATER SUPPLY WILL FINALLY GET ANSWERS TODAY. IN EARLY FEBRUARY, RESIDENTS IN THREE EAST OTAGO TOWNS WERE TOLD TO STOP DRINKING THEIR TAP WATER AFTER LEAD WAS DISCOVERED IN THE SUPPLY, DESPITE ITS PRESENCE BEING SIGNALLED MONTHS EARLIER. LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING AND WERE SET TO PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS AT A PUBLIC MEETING LAST FRIDAY. THE EVENT WAS RESCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS AND WILL BE HELD AT THE EAST OTAGO EVENTS CENTRE AT 7 O'CLOCK TONIGHT. DOZENS OF PROTESTERS IN MYANMAR WHO HAD BEEN CORNERED BY SECURITY FORCES HAVE NOW ESCAPED. AROUND 200 PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED IN AN AREA SEALED OFF BY POLICE. AT LEAST 40 OF THEM WERE ARRESTED. MORE ANTI-COUP DEMONSTRATIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY, MORE THAN FIVE WEEKS AFTER THE MILITARY SEIZED POWER. TO SPORT, AND IN A SURPRISE TO NO ONE, WORLD RUGBY HAS CONFIRMED THE POSTPONEMENT OF THIS YEAR'S WORLD CUP IN NZ. OFFICIALS RATIFIED THE DECISION IN AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OVERNIGHT, CITING UNCERTAINTIES CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. WORLD RUGBY ALSO ANNOUNCED A FUNDING PACKAGE OF JUST UNDER $4M TO HELP AFFECTED UNIONS. THE EVENT WILL NOW BE HELD HERE NEXT YEAR, ALONG WITH THE WOMEN'S CRICKET WORLD CUP. THOMAS BACH IS SET TO BE RE-ELECTED AS INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE PRESIDENT. THE GERMAN WILL RUN UNOPPOSED FOR OFFICE UNTIL 2025, IN WHAT WILL BE HIS SECOND TERM. HIS REAPPOINTMENT COMES AS REPORTS OUT OF JAPAN SURFACE SUGGESTING THAT THERE WILL BE NO INTERNATIONAL FANS AT THE TOKYO GAMES. AN OFFICIAL DECISION IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH. WE HAVE BEEN SAYING IT WOULD BE SURPRISING IF THE OLYMPICS GO AHEAD. I DOUBT THERE WILL BE ANY CROWDS THERE. ARE NOT SURE IF ANYONE WOULD WANT TO GO. JAPAN DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE OLYMPICS AND THE PLAN. JAPANESE FANS OF THE BEST FANS IN THE WORLD. THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL AT THE WORLD CUP. BEAUTIFUL HOSTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK THIS MORNING. WE HAVE BEEN ASKING WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING THIS AFTERNOON'S RACE. NATHAN WILL BE AT HOME WITH HIS PARTNER WATCHING THE RACE. FRIDAY THEY WILL DRIVE UP FROM WELLINGTON TO WATCH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY RACING. YOU CAN ALSO COME DOWN HERE TO THE VIADUCT BASIN, BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH HAPPENING. WHERE ARE YOU? I AM IN THE VILLAGE. WE MET A GUY 10 MINUTES AGO WHO GOT OUT OF ISOLATION YESTERDAY. HE IS OVER FROM AUSTRALIA TO CHECK OUT THE RACING. IT IS AMAZING. HE IS BUZZING AND SO EXCITED TO BE HERE. THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN AND AROUND AUCKLAND. FINDING THE BEST SPOTS TO WHAT OR SITTING AT HOME AT THE COUCH OR IN YOUR OWN AMERICAS CUP TEAM VILLAGE THAT ARE SCATTERED AROUND AOTEAROA. IT'S LOOKING OVERCAST IN THE UPPER NORTH, WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS STARTING TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THOSE NORTH-WESTERLY WINDS WILL START TO PICK UP TOO. 23 DEGREES FOR WHITIANGA, AUCKLAND AND RUSSELL. A SIMILAR STORY THROUGH HERE, WITH THAT CLOUD INCREASING AS THE DAY PROGRESSES, DELIVERING A FEW SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH, WHICH LOOK TO TURN TO HEAVIER RAIN FOR SOME OF YOU TONIGHT. 19 DEGREES FOR TAUPO, TOKOROA AND ROTORUA. 22 FOR THOSE OF YOU IN HAMILTON. THINGS LOOK NICE AND FINE FURTHER EAST, WITH SUNNY SKIES AND JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD AROUND GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY. WARM AS WELL ` 27 THE EXPECTED HIGH FOR HAWKE'S BAY. BUT FURTHER SOUTH, THERE'S GREYER SKIES, WITH A FEW SHOWERS HITTING YOU LATE AFTERNOON, EARLY EVENING. OUT WEST, THERE'S SHOWERS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING FOR MOST PLACES, TURNING TO HEAVIER RAIN THIS EVENING, AND POSSIBLY THUNDERY AROUND TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH, ALTHOUGH WHANGANUI AND PALMERSTON NORTH SHOULD STAY DRY DURING THE DAY, UNTIL RAIN SETS IN TONIGHT. ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT, AND KAIKOURA IS CALM WITH JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD UNTIL WET WEATHER ARRIVES TONIGHT. A WARM 27 DEGREES FOR YOU. BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, YOU'LL SEE RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY, POSSIBLY HEAVY AND THUNDERY FOR THE COAST. WATCH OUT FOR THOSE STRONG, GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS AS WELL. 20 DEGREES IN WESTPORT AND NELSON. IT'S OVERCAST OUT EAST, AND YOU'LL SEE RAIN ARRIVE FOR ALL OF YOU, STARTING FURTHER SOUTH IN ALEXANDRA THIS MORNING AND SWEEPING UP THE COAST INTO THE AFTERNOON, AS THIS FRESH SOUTHERLY CHANGE ARRIVES. 22 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. 18 FOR THE REST. AND YOU'LL START THE DAY WITH RAIN IN THE LOWER SOUTH, POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR SOME OF YOU WITH THAT COLDER SOUTH-WESTERLY FLOW. BUT THAT SHOULD START EASING THIS AFTERNOON. IN FACT, MILFORD SOUND SHOULD END THE DAY WITH FINE SPELLS. 17 DEGREES IN QUEENSTOWN. 19 FOR DUNEDIN. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR THURSDAY, TOMORROW THERE'S WET WEATHER ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND, HEAVIER IN THE EAST, BUT CLEARING IN THE NORTH AND WEST. IT'S FINE IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH THE RAIN OR SHOWERS EVERYWHERE ELSE GRADUALLY CLEARING. A LOT GOING ON DOWN IN THE VILLAGE. WE ARE UNDER ALERT LEVEL TO, SO THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS, BUT PLENTY TO GET IN AMONGST. HOPEFULLY THIS WEEKEND WE WILL BE ON LEVEL ONE. BE ON LEVEL 11 OF THE BOATS THIS MORNING HAS US ON THIS MORNING. I CAN SEE THE TV ON IN YOUR BOAT. WE CAN CONTINUE TO HANG OUT IN THE AMERICA'S CUP VILLAGE, AND I WILL SHOW YOU A FEW MORE THINGS THAT YOU WILL GET AMONGST DURING THE RACE. THAT STARTS TODAY. VERY EXCITED. WILL COME BACK TO YOU AGAIN AFTER 730. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO A RESIDENT AT MANGROVE RETIREMENT VILLAGE. LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON, AS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL MORNING, LATER THIS AFTERNOON, FOUR YEARS OF PLANNING, PREPARATION, PRACTICE, AND A LITTLE WAITING IS FINALLY OVER, AND THE 36TH AMERICA'S CUP GETS UNDERWAY. TEAM NZ WILL LINE UP AGAINST ITALIANS LUNA ROSSA AND THAT OLD NEMESIS, JIMMY SPITHILL. OUR NEXT TWO GUESTS WOULD MUCH RATHER IT WAS THEM, BUT WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THEM WITH US ` AMERICAN MAGIC SKIPPER TERRY HUTCHINSON AND INEOS TEAM UK GRINDER DAVID 'FREDDIE' CARR. MORENA KORUA. WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN UP TO? WANT TO BE POLITE ABOUT THIS. YOU ARE OUT, BUT WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS? MY ASSUMPTION WAS YOU WOULD BE KICKING BACK, BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. AMERICAN MAGIC'S CASE, WE HAVE BEEN DEBRIEFING THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF THE PROGRAM. WHEN YOU START THESE THINGS, IT IS FULL STEAM AHEAD STRAIGHTAWAY. IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PAST. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR PRINCIPLES TO MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT THINGS WE DID WELL AND THINGS WE DID POORLY. IN THE EVOLVING WORLD OF AND CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT, MAKE SURE WE DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES TWICE. FOR YEARS IN THE MAKING, THIS IS ALL OVER FOR YOU GUYS. SORRY TO KEEP BRINGING THAT UP. HOW IS THAT, IT HAS BEEN A MASSIVE FOUR YEARS, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE IS NOTHING. IS THERE A BIG HOLE? THERE IS A BIG HOLE. THE TWO WEEKS AFTER WE WERE KNOCKED OUT BY PRADA ON THE PART OF CUP FINAL, AS AMERICAN MAGIC DID, WE DEBRIEFED. WE DEBRIEFED WHY WE WON'T GREAT IN THE CHRISTMAS REGATTA AND THE THINGS WE DID IN THE ROUND ROBINS. LAST WEEK I STRUGGLED WHERE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE TEAM ENVIRONMENT. I WAS OVER ON THE COROMANDEL, WHO I AM MISSING FOR THE THREE YEARS, AND YOU FIND YOURSELF GOING THAT WAS A BIT TOUGH; TRYING TO STEP AWAY FROM THE AMERICA'S CUP MINDSET. IT IS TRICKY. HOW WILL YOU BE WATCHING TODAY? THAT MUST BE TOUGH TO SIT BACK AND GO THOSE TWO BOATS ARE OUT THERE; WE SHOULD BE OUT THERE. HOW TOUGH IS THAT? AS A SAILING FAN, I WOKE UP EXCITED. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS FOR THIS. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY COOL PLACE. THE AC75 IS A CALL BOAT. THE RACING IS CLOSE. THE SAILING IS GOING TO BE AMAZING. THEN YOU ARE LIKE, I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE. THAT IS WHEN YOU GET BROUGHT BACK DOWN TO EARTH. TODAY IS RACE ONE, RACE TO. I WANT TO KNOW HOW DO THEY APPROACH THIS RACE, BOTH BOATS? IS IT A CASE YOU GET IN THERE, YOU GIVE EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT TO SEE WHAT BOAT CAN DO, WHAT YOU CAN DO UNDER PRESSURE? EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND HAVEN'T BEEN IN RACE CONDITIONS AGAINST ANOTHER BOAT SINCE SEPTEMBER. YOU HAVE TO STRAIGHT FIRST, QUICKLY. YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE A TEAM LIKE LUNA ROSSA ANY MARGIN. DO YOU GIVE UP EVERYTHING IN THIS FIRST RACE? 100%. THOSE GUYS ARE SEASONED, SO THEY KNOW THE DEAL. THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR OLYMPIC PROGRAMS, SO THEY UNDERSTAND. YOU DON'T WANT TO GET DOWN TO A TEAM LIKE LUNA ROSSA. YOU COME OUT LOOKING AT THE FORECASTED DAY, IT IS 10 TO 15 OUT OF THE NORTH-WEST, WHICH IS A SHIFTY DIRECTION COMING OVER LAND. IT IS NOT AN EASY DIRECTION TO RACE. COURSE C AS THE BEST OF THE VENUES FOR CONSISTENT RACING, BUT IT IS NERVOUS FOR BOTH TEAMS. YOU LOST ME WHEN YOU TALKED A SHIFTING WINDS. NORTH-WESTERLY, 10 TO 15 KNOTS. FOOD IS THAT FAVOUR? LUNA ROSSA OR US? IT IS NOT AN EASY ANSWER, BECAUSE KNOWING A LOT ABOUT BOTH BOATS AND THEIR SETUPS, I WOULD BE GIVING THE EDGE TO TEAM NEW ZEALAND. ANYTHING OVER 12 KNOTS OF BREEZE. TODAY IS RACE DAY. WHAT IS A TYPICAL DAY LOOK LIKE FOR THE TEAMS? IS THERE A ROUTINE THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY GO THROUGH? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? 100%. YOU TRAIN FOR THIS DAY. YOU TRY TO MAKE THIS DAY AS NORMAL AS POSSIBLE. THEY ARE TRYING TO SEE THIS DAY AS A NORMAL TRAINING DAY. THAT SOUNDS LIKE NONSENSE BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST RACE OF THE AMERICA'S CUP, BUT IN TEAM NEW ZEALAND'S CASE, I LIKE THE YOUNG STYLE OF TEAM, BUT PETE AND BLAIR HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS. THEY DID THE BUSINESS IN BERMUDA. THEY CARRIED THE FLAG AND THE OLYMPIC STADIUM IN RIO AND WENT ON TO GET GOLD. THEY CAN DEAL WITH PRESSURE. THEY WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE PRERACE WARMUP, AND THAT WILL PUT THEM INTO A GOOD STATE. WHO ARE YOU PICKING? I THINK IT IS FORECAST DEPENDENT. HAND ON HEART, THE KIWIS WHEN THIS ONE. THERE BOAT IS FASTER. THE FASTEST BOAT IN THE AMERICA'S CUP OFTEN WINS, ALWAYS WINS. TERRY? I AM WITH FREDDIE, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING LOOKING AT THE LONG-RANGE FORECAST OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, I THINK THE ITALIANS ARE GOING TO BE STRONGER, MOSTLY EXPERTS. TEAM NEW ZEALAND IS A MUCH FASTER, MORE REFINED PACKAGE. THAT IS A NICE BOAT, BUT THE ITALIANS HAVE DONE A NICE JOB OF EVOLVING FROM THE GET GO. THE BOAT IS HEDGED TOWARDS THE LIGHTER WIND CONDITIONS. WHO ARE YOU PICKING? TEAM NEW ZEALAND, BUT IT WILL BE CLOSER THAN MOST ARE EXPECTING. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND INSIGHT. THANK YOU FOR GETTING UP AND READY FOR US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. COMING UP ` AN OPPORTUNITY MISSED FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP. WHY SOME ARE CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO LET SUPERYACHT OWNERS INTO THE COUNTRY. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT SEEMS ONE OF THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS FROM HOSTING THE AMERICA'S CUP IS SLOWLY SINKING ` THE INCOME DERIVED FROM THE SUPERYACHTS OF THE SUPER-WEALTHY. JOINING US TO DISCUSS WHY THE SUPER-WEALTHY OWNERS OF SUPERYACHTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN TREATED DIFFERENTLY WHEN APPLYING TO ENTER THE COUNTRY, NZ MARINE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PETER BUSFIELD. PETER, GOOD MORNING. A RATHER CHEEKY INTRODUCTION, BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WEALTHY PEOPLE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SUPERYACHTS. HOW MANY WERE WE EXPECTING IN THE PRE-COVID-19 TIMES TO BE HERE IN THIS TIME? WE HAD 160 SUPERYACHTS BOOKED IN AND MANY OF THEM WERE ON THE WAY WHEN COVID-19 HIT. WE SAW A LOT HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND GO BACK TO THE UNITED STATES. UNDERSTANDABLE UNDER THE CLOSED BORDERS. HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN WORTH TO NEW ZEALAND'S MARINE ECONOMY? OVER $400 MILLION. ABOUT 50% OF THE ECONOMIC GAIN RELATED TO POSTING THE AMERICA'S CUP. HOW MANY OF THOSE BUSINESSES, REPAIRS, FIT OUTS, REFURBISHMENTS, ACROSS THE ENTIRE SECTOR, HOW MANY OF THOSE BUSINESSES WOULD HAVE BEEN GEARED UP WITH WOODS AND PRODUCTS ON ORDER TO SERVICE THOSE YACHTS? THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER 200 COMPANIES GEARING UP. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER THAT SPECIALISE ONLY IN SUPERYACHTS. SOME HAVE CLOSED THE DOORS AND REDUCED STAFF. FORTUNATELY, THE GOVERNMENT LISTENED TO US AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A FEW SUPERYACHTS IN. WE GOT 20 IN. IN A NORMAL YEAR, 40 OR 50, AND AMERICA'S CUP 160. THE INDUSTRY IN THAT SECTOR IS SUFFERING. THERE WAS A GOVERNANCE STIPULATION THERE WAS A MINIMUM SPEND REQUIRED IF SUPERYACHTS WERE TO COME IN TO NEW ZEALAND AND GET THROUGH AT REGULATIONS. WE WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT FOR PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND. AND THE MEDIA, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK WHY ARE WE PANDERING TO THE RICH. I SEE IT AS PANDERING TO THE POOR. THIS IS A WEALTH TRANSFER FROM WEALTHY PEOPLE OVERSEAS TO THE POORER OR MIDDLE-CLASS IN NEW ZEALAND. WHEN AN AUSTRALIAN TOURIST GOES TO QUEENSTOWN, THEY MIGHT SPEND $2000. SUPERYACHTS SPENT $200,000. IT IS A WEALTH TRANSFER TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND. WE SHOULD LOOK FORWARD TO PEOPLE SPENDING THEIR MONEY HERE. THEY ARE WEALTHY, BUT LET THEM SPEND THEIR MONEY IN NEW ZEALAND. WE SAW A STORY OF A SUPERYACHY THAT HAD TO TURN BACK. THE CREW WAS TOO LARGE TO OPERATE IN A BUBBLE. THE SKIPPER SAID WE WOULD CHEW THAT MINIMUM SPEND UP IN A MATTER OF DAYS. AND MUST BE DISHEARTENING TO HEAR THAT FROM THE SKIPPER OF A BOAT AND THINK THAT IS MONEY THAT IS GONE. PARTICULARLY SINCE IT HAS GONE TO AUSTRALIA. WHAT HAS HAPPENED HAS HAPPENED. WE HAVE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE. THE AMERICA'S CUP HAS GIVEN US A PLATFORM. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME BENEFIT IN 2021 AND 2022. THERE IS A LEGACY WE CAN ENJOY. THE AMERICA'S CUP WILL HAVE A LONG-TERM BENEFIT STILL TO THE INDUSTRY? ABSENTLY, BUT WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE AND TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY. IF WE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE 1000 SUPERYACHT OWNERS AND CREW, 160 BOATS, THAT WILL BE LIKE 120,000 AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS. AND THEY WOULD ISOLATE ON THE YACHTS, NOT TAKE UP SPACE IN HOTELS. WE HAVE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB OVER THE LAST YEAR, KEEPING THE BORDER IS CLOSED, WE HAVE A CHANGE THE MINDSET AND BE INNOVATIVE AND TAKE THE ECONOMIC VALUE SO WE CAN INCREASE THE LIVING STANDARD OF ALL PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND WITH THIS WEALTH TRANSFER. I WANT TO GO BACK ONE SECOND. 1000 CREW ON THOSE SUPERYACHTS AND PASSENGERS WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT SPEND OF 120,000 AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS. THINK ABOUT THE CARBON FOOTPRINT. IS BETTER FOR NEW ZEALAND. 120,000 AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS OR 1000 PEOPLE OFF SUPERYACHTS? THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. NEXT, YOUR 7.30 NEWS AND WEATHER. PLUS, APART FROM A WIN, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE TWO KEY TEAM NZ MEMBERS WANT US TO FOCUS ON AS WE WATCH THE RACING. Sarah! Jenny Craig works. Start today and save $30 on your first weekly menu on our Rapid Results weight loss plan. Call Jenny Craig now. HERE IS YOUR 730 NEWS. THE ROYAL FAMILY HAS ISSUED A STATEMENT FOLLOWING PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN'S EXPLOSIVE TV INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH WINFREY. DANIEL FAITAUA IS OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE WITH THE DETAILS. KIA ORA, DANIEL. WHAT HAVE THE ROYALS HAD TO SAY? THE QUEEN HAS SAID THAT THIS ACCUSATIONS OF RACISM WILL BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY AND WILL BE ADDRESSED PRIVATELY. THEIR RESPONSE TO THE BOMBSHELL INTERVIEW. IN A STATEMENT RELEASED WENT TO SAY THAT A WHOLE FAMILY WAS SAID AND TO LEARN HOW CHALLENGING THE PAST FEW YEARS HAD BEEN FOR HARRY AND MEGAN. HARRY AND MEGAN AND ARCHIE WILL ALWAYS BE MUCH LOVED. WHETHER THE STATEMENT IS ENOUGH TO HALT CALLS FOR AN INVESTIGATION, I DOUBT IT. THE STATEMENT BASICALLY SAYS WE WILL TAKE FOR HER AND WE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT RIGHT NOW. YOU HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION WHETHER THIS IS A PUBLIC OR A FAMILY MATTER? HARRY HAS PLACED IN THE PUBLIC ARENA. HE HAS RAISED MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. AND TO SOME NEWS JUST IN ` UK TELEVISION HOST PIERS MORGAN HAS LEFT HIS ROLE AT GOOD MORNING BRITAIN. THE 55-YEAR-OLD MEDIA PERSONALITY DELIVERED CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS IN THE WAKE OF HARRY AND MEGHAN'S INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH. HIS NETWORK, ITV, ISSUED A SHORT STATEMENT SAYING AFTER DISCUSSIONS THEY ACCEPTED HIS DECISION TO LEAVE. THE GOVERNMENT'S SET TO ANNOUNCE WHO'S NEXT IN LINE TO RECEIVE A COVID-19 VACCINATION TODAY. A ROADMAP FOR THE VACCINE ROLLOUT WILL BE REVEALED, AFTER FAMILIES OF BORDER WORKERS BECAME THE LATEST HIGH RISK GROUP TO GET THE JAB. AN ADDITIONAL 8.5m DOSES OF THE PFIZER-BIONTECH VACCINE HAVE BEEN PURCHASED BY THE GOVERNMENT ` ENOUGH TO COVER EVERYONE IN NEW ZEALAND. MEANWHILE, NATIONAL'S HOPING THE COUNTRY'S VACCINE PLAN MODELS AUSTRALIA'S PROGRAMME, WHICH IS DETAILED ON ITS WEBSITE. YOU OR I, IF WE WERE LIVING IN AUSTRALIA OR OTHER KEY WAS LIVING IN AUSTRALIA, CAN GO ON TO THEIR WEBSITE AND PUT ON THE DETAILS AND THEY CAN COME BACK AND BE TOLD APPROXIMATELY WHEN THEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO BE VACCINATED. QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL TO AUSTRALIA'S BEEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT ONCE AGAIN. AUSTRALIA'S TOP HEALTH OFFICIALS FINISHED MEETING LAST NIGHT, DECIDING TO REINSTATE THE ONE-WAY TRAVEL BUBBLE FROM THURSDAY AT MIDNIGHT, AUCKLAND NOW BEING DEEMED LOW RISK. HOWEVER, SOME STATES ARE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT DIFFERENT RULES SO TRAVELLERS ARE BEING ADVISED TO CHECK THE ARRANGEMENTS THEY HAVE IN PLACE BEFORE FLYING. THE JURY SELECTION IS UNDERWAY THIS MORNING FOR THE TRIAL OF THE FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF KILLING GEORGE FLOYD. HIS DEATH, AFTER BEING KNELT ON BY DEREK CHAUVIN, SPARKED WORLDWIDE PROTESTS AGAINST RACISM AND POLICE BRUTALITY. CHAUVIN'S CHARGED WITH UNINTENTIONAL MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER. THREE OTHER OFFICERS WILL STAND TRIAL LATER THIS YEAR ON DIFFERENT CHARGES. TO SPORT, AND DESPITE MISSING OUT ON THE AMERICA'S CUP, MEMBERS FROM INEOS TEAM UK AND AMERICAN MAGIC SAY THEY'RE EXCITED TO SEE THE EVENT FINALLY GET UNDERWAY TODAY. AMERICAN MAGIC SKIPPER TERRY HUTCHINSON SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE TEAMS TO MAKE A POSITIVE START. I MEAN, IT'S A SEVEN RACE SERIES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU DON'T WANT TO GET DOWN TO A TEAM LIKE LUNA ROSSA. I THINK YOU COME OUT, LOOKING AT THE FORECAST TODAY, IT'S 10-15 OUT OF THE NORTH-WEST, WHICH IS A SHIFTY DIRECTION COMING OVER THE LAND, SO IT'S NOT AN EASY DIRECTION TO RACE IN. AND THAT'S YOUR NEWS. I HAVE LOVED TALKING TO THOSE GUYS. WONDERFUL GUYS. FREDDIE IS A REAL GENTLEMAN, ESPECIALLY FOR A BIG OX. THEY ARE OIL MACHINES, THOSE BOYS. THEY'VE DONE WELL. HE MADE A GREAT POINT THAT TO GET THIS FAR AS A SAILOR AND SOMEONE INVOLVED WITH THE CUP, YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE RACING BUT THAT IS SOMEONE WHO CHALLENGED AND WANTED TO BE THE CHALLENGER. IS A BIT OF HEARTBREAK. I WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN THE FACT THAT YOU JUST GO ALL OUT. RACE ONE, IT'S ALL ON. YOU HAVE TO WIN SEVEN RACES OUT OF 13. YOU THINK MAY BE THE FIRST ONE YOU JUST FIGURED OUT. JUST MAKES IT MORE EXCITING. RACING STARTS AT 415. WILL BE RIGHT HERE FROM THREE ON TV AND Z1. MITTY IS CRUISING AROUND THE VIADUCT WORKING OUT WHAT WE CAN DO. MORENA. I HAVE TO SAY I HAVE A BASIC MYSELF OUTSIDE OF A BAR THAT SELLS CHAMPAGNE FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR NOW. THEY HAVE NOT POURED ME A GLASS YET. THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT. YEAR, THEY SAW OUR CHRISTMAS SHOW AND REALISE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DRINK CHAMPAGNE. IT CAN BE VERY FUNNY! VERY FUNNY TELEVISION. SOMEONE BRING HIM A GLASS. THERE IS A FINE LINE THOUGH. IT HASN'T STOPPED US, IT'S NOT TEA IN THE DELMAR CUP. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF TIME FOR THAT OVER THE COMING WEEK, OR HOWEVER LONG THE STRETCHES ON FOUR. 1ST TO 7, OF COURSE. FIRST RACE TODAY. VERY EXCITING AND HERE WE HAVE THE TEAM NEW ZEALAND BASE OVER HERE. IF ANY OF THE GUYS ARE WATCHING POP YOUR HEAD UP. I'M SURE THEY WATCH BREAKFAST RELIGIOUSLY. IT'S A VERY EXCITING PLACE TO BE. WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THE RACING CONDITION SHORTLY BUT HERE IS THE REST OF THE COUNTRIES WHETHER THIS WEDNESDAY. IT'S LOOKING OVERCAST IN THE UPPER NORTH, WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS STARTING TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THOSE NORTH-WESTERLY WINDS WILL START TO PICK UP TOO. 23 DEGREES FOR WHITIANGA, AUCKLAND AND RUSSELL. A SIMILAR STORY THROUGH HERE, WITH THAT CLOUD INCREASING AS THE DAY PROGRESSES, DELIVERING A FEW SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH, WHICH LOOK TO TURN TO HEAVIER RAIN FOR SOME OF YOU TONIGHT. 19 DEGREES FOR TAUPO, TOKOROA AND ROTORUA. 22 FOR THOSE OF YOU IN HAMILTON. THINGS LOOK NICE AND FINE FURTHER EAST, WITH SUNNY SKIES AND JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD AROUND GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY. WARM AS WELL ` 27 THE EXPECTED HIGH FOR HAWKE'S BAY. BUT FURTHER SOUTH, THERE'S GREYER SKIES, WITH A FEW SHOWERS HITTING YOU LATE AFTERNOON, EARLY EVENING. OUT WEST, THERE'S SHOWERS DELVEOPING THIS MORNING FOR MOST PLACES, TURNING TO HEAVIER RAIN THIS EVENING, AND POSSIBLY THUNDERY AROUND TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH, ALTHOUGH WHANGANUI AND PALMERSTON NORTH SHOULD STAY DRY DURING THE DAY, UNTIL RAIN SETS IN TONIGHT. ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT, AND KAIKOURA IS CALM WITH JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD UNTIL WET WEATHER ARRIVES TONIGHT. A WARM 27 DEGREES FOR YOU. BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, YOU'LL SEE RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY, POSSIBLY HEAVY AND THUNDERY FOR THE COAST. WATCH OUT FOR THOSE STRONG, GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS AS WELL. 20 DEGREES IN WESTPORT AND NELSON. IT'S OVERCAST OUT EAST, AND YOU'LL SEE RAIN ARRIVE FOR ALL OF YOU, STARTING FURTHER SOUTH IN ALEXANDRA THIS MORNING AND SWEEPING UP THE COAST INTO THE AFTERNOON, AS THIS FRESH SOUTHERLY CHANGE ARRIVES. 22 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. 18 FOR THE REST. AND YOU'LL START THE DAY WITH RAIN IN THE LOWER SOUTH, POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR SOME OF YOU WITH THAT COLDER SOUTH-WESTERLY FLOW. BUT THAT SHOULD START EASING THIS AFTERNOON. IN FACT, MILFORD SOUND SHOULD END THE DAY WITH FINE SPELLS. 17 DEGREES IN QUEENSTOWN. 19 FOR DUNEDIN. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR THURSDAY, TOMORROW THERE'S WET WEATHER ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND, HEAVIER IN THE EAST, BUT CLEARING IN THE NORTH AND WEST. IT'S FINE IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH THE RAIN OR SHOWERS EVERYWHERE ELSE GRADUALLY CLEARING. THIS AFTERNOON, FOR RACING HERE IN AUCKLAND, IT IS NICE AND CALM AT THE MOMENT.POTENTIALLY SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS BUT AS I POINTED OUT TO ME ON THE WATER THEY ARE USED TO GETTING WET THE SHOWERS WILL NOT BOTHER THEM. 11 KN EXPECTED LATER TODAY WHICH IS ON THE LOWER SIDE, BUT ENOUGH OF THE SPEED TO ENSURE THE RACING WILL GO AHEAD THIS AFTERNOON. SO EXCITING AND THERE IS A BUZZ IN THE AIR. I AM LIKING IT. SHOWERS ARE IMPORTED ON THE WATER BECAUSE QUITE OFTEN THERE IS A LULL IN THE BREEZE AFTER SHOWER COMES THROUGH. THE YOU GO. WE ARE ALL LEARNING THIS MORNING. YOU LOOK GREAT. THE SUN IS ON YOUR FACE AND YOU ARE SMILING. MATTY, AWAY OVER YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER? YES. THAT'S US RIGHT THERE WITH THE FOUR BLACK WINDOWS. WE WILL TALK TO YOU SOON. THE BUBBLY IS OVER THERE. THE YEARNING LOOK AS REAL. SEE IF YOU CAN GET YOURSELF ONE. GO AND GET A MUM, IT IS A TYPE OF CHAMPAGNE. WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE TACK A LITTLE BIT, SEE WHAT I DID THERE? WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE GEARS FOR A BIT AND HEAD TO SOME DEVELOPING NEWS OUT OF THE UK. AS YOU WOULD'VE HEARD THIS MORNING, BUCKINGHAM PALACE HAVE RELEASED A STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN'S BOMBSHELL INTERVIEW. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT DANIEL FAITAUA JOINS US WITH MORE. DANIEL. I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS DEVELOPING NEWS. I KNOW I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING YOU. TELL US HOW IT'S DEVELOPING. AFTER ABOUT 40+ HOURS, ALMOST 2 DAYS SINCE THE INTERVIEW WE TEAR IN THE US, THERE HAS BEEN MOUNTING PRESSURE ON THE PALACE TO GIVE SOME FORM OF RESPONSE. WHEN YOU THAT THEY HAD BEEN IN A CRISIS AND THERE WERE CRISIS TALKS GOING ON. THEY HAVE COME OUT WITH A STATEMENT IN THE QUEEN HAS SAID ACCUSATIONS OF RACISM WILL BE TAKEN. SERIOUSLY, ESPECIALLY THOSE MADE AGAINST THE FAMILY. THEY WILL ALSO BE ADDRESSED PRIVATELY. SHE ALSO WENT ON TO SAY THAT HARRY AND MEGAN ARE ALWAYS ON THE THOUGHTS AND THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE FULL EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM. THEY WANT TO BE THERE FOR THEM AND THEY STILL LOVE THEM. THE QUESTION NOW IS IS THE STATEMENT ENOUGH TO QUELL ANY FURTHER INVESTIGATION? IS IT A FAMILY MATTER OR A PUBLIC MATTER? AND HAS BEEN PUT IN THE PUBLIC ARENA. IT RAISES MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. INTERESTING THAT THE HEAD OF A COLONISING EMPIRE IS BEING ACCUSED OF RACISM. WHERE DOES THIS GO FROM A PUBLIC POINT OF VIEW IN THE UK? WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE TO THE INTERVIEW IN THE PUBLIC EYE AND WHAT WILL BE THAT RESPONSE TO THE STATEMENT? THE FULL INTERVIEW JUST YET IN BRITAIN LAST NIGHT. THAT RESPONSE HAS BEEN QUITE HARSH. SHOCKING ALLEGATIONS, BOMBSHELL QUESTIONS IN THE PAPERS. QUESTIONS AS TO WHO IT WAS ? MANY BRITS ARE LOYAL ESPECIALLY TO THE QUEEN. THE QUEEN IS PUT ON A PEDESTAL AND SHE IS SEEN AS A FIGURE OF HOPE. SHE IS NOT JUST A REFLECTION OF BRITAIN IN THE UK, THIS IS WHY PEOPLE VISIT THE UK. IT IS ABOUT THE MONARCHY, IT IS ABOUT THE ROYALS. IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE COMMONWEALTH ` 54 NATIONS UNDER HER WATCH. SHE TAKES PRIDE IN IT. THIS IS GOOD TO HAVE AN IMPACT. HARRY AND MEGAN MAY HAVE DRAWN THE LINE AND SAID THEY ARE NOW LIVING THE FAIRYTALE, BUT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE HURTING OUR INCLUDING THE ROYAL FAMILY AND MEGAN MICHAEL'S FATHER WHO ALSO APPEARED ON BREAKFAST SHOW. PRINCE PHILIP IS STILL IN HOSPITAL. ANY UPDATE? PRINCE PHILIP IS LYING IN BED IN HOSPITAL. MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT IS AN APPROPRIATE TIMING. HE HAS HAD A SUCCESSFUL SURGERY NUMBER OF DAYS AGO. HE HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED BACK TO A PRIVATE HOSPITAL. HE IS STILL IN HOSPITAL IN GOOD SPIRITS, HOPEFULLY OUR SPEED TO GET RECOVERY. I KNOW YOU WILL KEEP US ABREAST OF ALL THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AS THE ROYALS HAVE A RECKONING. WE WILL JOIN YOU AT THE BY DUTCH AHEAD OF THE FIRST AND SECOND RACE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. SHOULD BE SAID I SHOULD BE BEHIND MY TV. RED SOX ON WHICH SHALL NOT BE WASHED UNTIL THE CUP IS ONE, AS PER TRADITION. GO PETE AND THE BOYS. SELL HER LIKE SHE SHOULD BE SAILED. I LOVE IT. AS TEAM NZ AND LUNA ROSSA PREPARE TO BATTLE IT OUT ON THE WATER, A REMINDER WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE IS ALSO WORTH FIGHTING FOR. ( TECHNO MUSIC) # LIKE A RAY OF SUN. YOU ARE HERE WITH BREAKFAST AT THE TVNZ STUDIOS, RIGHT ON THE VIADUCT. IT IS 7:49. THE ACTION ON THE HAURAKI GULF WILL BE GETTING GLOBAL ATTENTION THIS AFTERNOON, BUT AS ALL EYES ARE WATCHING THE RACE ON THE WATER, IT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING UNDER THE SURFACE THAT TEAM NEW ZEALAND'S BLAIR TUKE AND PETER BURLING ALSO WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO. THE PAIR FOUNDED LIVE OCEAN IN 2019 TO QUICKEN THE PACE OF ACTION TO SAVE NEW ZEALAND'S MARINE SPACES AND RESTORE OUR WATERS BACK TO ABUNDANCE. A CAMPAIGN'S BEEN LAUNCHED TO COINCIDE WITH THE RACING. IT AIMS TO REMIND PEOPLE WHAT THE HAURAKI GULF USED TO BE LIKE, WITH VOICES REMINISCING ABOUT THE PAST TO EXPOSE THE ALARMING ECOLOGICAL DECLINE IN THE GULF TODAY. ON THE 15TH OF JANUARY, 1973, THE CHILDREN MADE A TINY AQUARIUM IN A ROCK POOL WITH ALL SORTS OF TINY FISH THEY'D FOUND. SO, THE AQUARIUM WAS THIS BIG ROCK POOL WHICH USED TO JUST BE SO FULL OF LIFE. YOU KNOW, THERE WERE ALWAYS CRABS AND ALL SORTS OF FISH IN THERE, AND LOTS OF SEAWEED AND KELP AND SPONGE. IT'S STILL THERE, BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN IT. IT'S JUST EMPTY. MUM'S DIARY ENTRIES ABOUT THE GREY SHAGS ` THEY'RE ACTUALLY SPOTTED SHAG. AS A CHILD, I STILL REMEMBER THEM. MAYBE THEY WERE STILL THERE TILL AROUND THE '80S. NOW YOU NEVER SEE THEM. LIVE OCEAN'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE SALLY PATERSON JOINS ME NOW AS WELL AS NICOLA MCDONALD, THE CO-CHAIR OF THE HAURAKI GULF FORUM FOR TANGATA WHENUA. MORENA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. I WILL START WITH YOU, SALLY. THIS IS PERFECT TIMING. WE HAVE BEEN HYPING UP THE AMERICA'S CUP THIS MORNING, BUT IT IS SEXY WHAT IS GOING ON UNDERNEATH THOSE BOATS THAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. TALK TO US ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN. THE CAMPAIGN REALLY STARTED OVER A CONVERSATION WITH JAMES FRANK AT NEW ZEALAND GEOGRAPHIC, WHO HAS BEEN ON BREAKFAST A LOT, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CHALLENGE OF ENGAGING THE NEXT GENERATION WITH A HAURAKI GULF WHEN THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN IT IN ITS PRIME/ WHAT HAPPENS IN THE GOLF AS IT BECOMES A SNAPPER STORY. ACTUALLY, THERE IS A WHOLE ECOSYSTEM AND THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON. RIGHT THROUGH THE SEABED, TO THE SEABIRDS IN THE WHOLE ECOSYSTEM. TO ENGAGE PEOPLE WE NEED TO SHOW THEM WHAT HAS BEEN LOST THROUGH THIS PERSONAL STORIES. WE WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION WHAT IS THE FUTURE? JUST LISTEN TO THE CLIP, I FELT A REAL SADNESS COME OVER ME. THAT SHE WAS GETTING PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT IT. YOU WANT TO ENGAGE PEOPLE, FIRST AND FOREMOST. WE HAVE BEEN INUNDATED WITH HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF MESSAGES OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL MEMORIES. ARE USED TO BE BOIL UP THAT WERE A BECAUSE BACK THEN IN SIZE. PEOPLE TALK ABOUT GOING TO THE SHORE AND JUST PICKING UP A CRAYFISH, NO SCUBA GEAR NEEDED. OF JUST USING AN ORANGE PEEL AND A PIECE OF WOOD TO CATCH FISH. THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LOT. WHAT WE NEED TO REALISE IS THAT WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR THEIR ABUNDANCE, AND WE CAN HAVE A VITAL GOLF ONCE AGAIN. KIA ORA NICOLA/. IF THE HAURAKI GULF WAS A PATIENT, WE WOULD BE RUSHING IT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. IT IS A SERIOUS SITUATION. THE HAURAKI GULF IS IMPACTED BY POLLUTION AND OVERFISHING AND CLIMATE CHANGE. NEW ZEALANDERS, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. TELL US ABOUT THE DECLINE IN SPECIES AND THE OTHER ISSUES IT IS FACING. THERE IS DECLINE RIGHT ACROSS ALL FISH STOCKS.THERE ARE REPORTS THAT SLAPPERS COMING BACK BUT IT IS ON A SMALL-SCALE. AS SALLY SAID, WE NEED TO WIND BACK THE CLOCK TO WIN THE HAURAKI GULF WAS ABUNDANT. WHILST WE SEE SNAPPER RECOVERING, IT IS CERTAINLY NOT AT THE STATE THAT IT SHOULD BE. THAT GOES FOR CRAYFISH AND OTHER SPECIES OF BERNARD. WE ARE TAKING FAR TOO MUCH, AND WE NEED TO TAKE STOCK AND HAVE ANOTHER LOOK AT HOW WE REALLY COVER THE GOLF SO ALL CAN ENJOY IT. WHAT CAN BE DONE NOW TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CHANGE? WE HAD THE MINISTER ON THE SHOW EARLIER THIS YEAR. A YEAR AGO WE HAD THE CONSERVATION MINISTER. THERE SEEMS TO BE A BIT OF DEFLECTING AND SAY THAT THERE ARE COMPLICATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING MEANINGFUL CHANGE, BUT YOU SAID THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CHANGES THAT CAN BE MADE THAT ARE NOT THAT COMPLICATED AND CAN BE MADE NOW. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEW ZEALAND HISTORY, WE HAVE A MINISTER OF OCEANS. DAVID PARKER ARE SMART AND CAPABLE. WE HAVE A NEW CONSERVATION MINISTER WHO WAS YOUTHFUL AND ENERGETIC AND PASSIONATE. I AM CALLING ON A MINISTER IS TO SAY THERE ARE SOME BASIC SMALL CHANGES THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT WILL ACTUALLY AFFECT HUGE CHANGE. THINGS LIKE, LET'S LOOK AT DAY TAKE FOR RECREATIONAL FISHERS. DO WE NEED TO HAVE THE SIZE OF THE DAILY LIMIT IS WHAT IT IS NOW OR SHOULD WE REDUCE IT SO THAT WE DO HAVE SUSTAINABLE FISHING? MOST FISHERS LOVE THE OCEAN AND WE DON'T WANT TO PREVENT ANYONE FROM HAVING THAT CONNECTION, BUT THERE ARE CHANGES THAT WE CAN LOOK AT LIKE DAILY LIMITS AND WE CAN LOOK AT INCLUDING MARINE PROTECTED AREAS. WE NEED MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE GOT. SALLY, JUST ONE THINKS OF ITSELF LIKE A LOT NEEDS TO BE DONE. I GUESS THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE THAT IT CAN BE AND IT WILL BE. ABSOLUTELY, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE IT A PRIORITY. THE REAL ANSWER IS THAT IT IS NOT RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND GIVING YOUR VOICE ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. YOU ARE THE CO-CHAIR. TENA KORUA. COMING UP ` THEY'VE CRUSHED THE OTHER CHALLENGERS, BUT CAN LUNA ROSSA MIX IT WITH TEAM NEW ZEALAND? THE RACE FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP IS NEARLY HERE. HERE IS YOUR 8 O'CLOCK NEWS. BUCKINGHAM PALACE HAS BROKEN ITS SILENCE ON ISSUES RAISED IN PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN'S EXPLOSIVE TV INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH WINFREY. DANIEL FAITAUA JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM LONDON WITH ALL THE DETAILS AND REACTION. KIA ORA DANIEL, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? THE QUEEN HAS SAID ACCUSATIONS OF RACISM IN THE ROYAL FAMILY WILL BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY AND WILL BE ADDRESSED PRIVATELY. AROUND RESPONSE TO THE BOMBSHELL INTERVIEW IN THE US. THE PALACE RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING MEGAN, HARRY, ARCHIE WILL ALWAYS BE LOVED MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY. THE STATEMENT SAYS WE WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE. WE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT. BUT OF COURSE, IS IT A PUBLIC OR FAMILY MATTER GIVEN THAT HARRY AND MEGAN PUT IT IN THE PUBLIC ARENA, RAISING MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. AND UK TELEVISION HOST, PIERS MORGAN, HAS LEFT HIS ROLE AT GOOD MORNING BRITAIN. THE MEDIA PERSONALITY (55) DELIVERED CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS IN THE WAKE OF HARRY AND MEGHAN'S INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH. HIS NETWORK, ITV, RECEIVED 41,000 COMPLAINTS. MR MORGAN WALKED OUT OF A SEGMENT WHERE HE WAS DISCUSSING RACISM. BACK HERE, THE GOVERNMENT'S SET TO ANNOUNCE WHO'S NEXT IN LINE TO RECEIVE A COVID-19 VACCINATION TODAY. A ROADMAP FOR THE VACCINE ROLLOUT WILL BE REVEALED, AFTER FAMILIES OF BORDER WORKERS BECAME THE LATEST HIGH RISK GROUP TO GET THE JAB. AN ADDITIONAL 8.5m DOSES OF THE PFIZER-BIONTECH VACCINE HAVE BEEN PURCHASED BY THE GOVERNMENT, ENOUGH TO COVER EVERYONE IN NEW ZEALAND. AUSTRALIAN HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT AGAIN TO THE ONE-WAY TRAVEL BUBBLE, AFTER PREVIOUSLY PAUSING IT OVER AUCKLAND'S COVID-19 CLUSTER. IT MEANS QUARANTINE FREE FLIGHTS INTO AUSTRALIA CAN CONTINUE FROM FRIDAY THIS WEEK. BUT SOME STATES ARE YET TO UPDATE THEIR ADVICE ON PEOPLE ARRIVING FROM NEW ZEALAND. TRAVELLERS ARE ADVISED TO CHECK RESTRICTIONS BEFORE MAKING PLANS. MEANWHILE, NATIONAL'S CONTINUING TO CALL ON THE GOVERNMENT TO OPEN THE TWO-WAY TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE. JUDITH COLLINS SAYS NEW ZEALAND CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER. WE CAN ALL LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, AUSTRALIA IS ABLE TO OPEN THEIR BORDERS TO NEW ZEALANDERS AND THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CLOSE THEM WHEN THERE'S ANY COVID CASES OVER HERE. WE COULD DO THE SAME. AS ALL EYES TURN TO THE ACTION ON THE HAURAKI GULF THIS AFTERNOON... IT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING UNDER THE WATER THAT'S DRAWING ATTENTION TOO. LIVE OCEAN'S LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO EXPOSE THE ALARMING ECOLOGICAL DECLINE IN THE HAURAKI. THE GULF FORUM'S NICOLA MCDONALD SAYS WE NEED MORE PROTECTED MARINE AREAS. IF THE GULF WAS A PATIENT, WE WOULD BE RUSHING IT TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. IT IS A SERIOUS CONDITION. THE GOLF IS AFFECTED BY SEDIMENT, OVERFISHING, CLIMATE CHANGE. AND THE MARINE INDUSTRY SAYS BARRING SUPER YACHT OWNERS FROM ENTERING THE COUNTRY IS A MISSED ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. AROUND 160 SUPER YACHTS WERE BOOKED TO ARRIVE ON OUR SHORES FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP, BUT SINCE THEIR OWNERS AREN'T CONSIDERED CRITICAL WORKERS, MANY HAVEN'T MADE THE TRIP. FORTUNATELY, THE GOVERNMENT DID LISTEN TO US LAST YEAR AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A FEW SUPERYACHTS IN FOR MAJOR REFITS. I THINK WE GOT 20 IN. IN A NORMAL YEAR, WE'D GET 40 OR 50, AND THIS IS AN AMERICA'S CUP YEAR, IT WOULD BE 160, SO WE GOT A FEW IN, BUT THOSE FEW IS LESS THAN 50% OF WHAT WE'D GET IN A NORMAL YEAR, SO THE INDUSTRY AND THAT SECTOR IS REALLY SUFFERING. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACK FERNS WILL HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR TO DEFEND THEIR WORLD CUP TITLE ON HOME SOIL. WORLD RUGBY HAS RATIFIED ITS DECISION TO POSTPONE THE WORLD CUP IN NEW ZEALAND UNTIL NEXT YEAR. RUGBY'S INTERNATIONAL GOVERNING BODY SAYS UNCERTAINTIES DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS WHAT HAS FORCED THE DELAY. SONNY BILL WILLIAMS HAS OFFICIALLY RETIRED FROM ALL FORMS OF RUGBY, BUT HIS SPORTING CAREER IS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE. WILLIAMS SAYS PERSISTENT KNEE INJURIES STOPPED HIM FROM CONTINUING ON THE RUGBY FIELD, AND HE NOW WANTS TO FOCUS ON BEING A FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL BOXER. I SPOKE TO MY MANAGER. I SAID 'BRO, I THINK I'M KEEN TO GET IN THE RING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. I'M 35.' OBVIOUSLY I SPOKE TO THE WIFE FIRST, AND SHE HAD BLANK EYES, BUT LIKE USUAL, SHE SUPPORTED ME. THE FORMER RUGBY STAR ISN'T COMPLETELY LOST TO THE NRL. HE'LL CONTINUE ON IN A MENTORING ROLE AT THE ROOSTERS. AND THAT'S YOUR NEWS. I MUST APOLOGISE TO SBW. I THOUGHT HE SAID HIS WIFE HAD BLACK EYES. WHEN HE SAID HE SPOKE TO HIS MANAGER AND THEN HIS WIFE, WE ALL KNOW, HIS WIFE IS THE BOSS. GOING FROM RUGBY LEAVE, A BRUTAL SPORT IN ITSELF, TO BOXING, ALSO BRUTAL. HE IS AN AMAZING ATHLETE, WE KNOW THAT. I THINK HE WILL SMASH IT. LITERALLY. MATTY, HOPEFULLY YOU ARE NOT SMASHED. YOU DID NOT MAKE YOUR WAY TO THAT BAR, DID YOU? NOTHING WAS HAPPENING AT THE MUMM BAR, WHICH IS ONE BAR IN THE PRECINCT BY ITSELF, SO I HAVE HEADED DOWN TO THE LONG LINE OF BARS TO SEE IF THAT CHANGES ANYTHING. HOW ARE YOU GOING? GOOD, I HAVE JUST MADE A FRIEND. LINDEN. GIVE US A WAVE. SAY HELLO TO NEW ZEALAND. LINDEN HAS DRIVEN THIS BOAT ALL THE WAY FROM DUNEDIN. HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU? FOUR DAYS FROM DUNEDIN TO AUCKLAND TO CHECK OUT THE AMERICA'S CUP. THERE IS A REAL BUZZ IN THE AIR. HE IS ONE OF MANY PEOPLE WHO WILL BE HEADING OUT TO THE WATER. THE PEOPLE WE WILL BE SPEAKING TO NEXT HAVE SOME SOUND ADVICE OF THE WATER IS WHERE YOU ARE HEADING TO CHECK OUT THE ACTION. THIS IS WHAT TODAY'S LOOKING LIKE AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH YOUR WEATHER. IT'S LOOKING OVERCAST IN THE UPPER NORTH, WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS STARTING TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THOSE NORTH-WESTERLY WINDS WILL START TO PICK UP TOO. 23 DEGREES FOR WHITIANGA, AUCKLAND AND RUSSELL. A SIMILAR STORY THROUGH HERE, WITH THAT CLOUD INCREASING AS THE DAY PROGRESSES, DELIVERING A FEW SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH, WHICH LOOK TO TURN TO HEAVIER RAIN FOR SOME OF YOU TONIGHT. 19 DEGREES FOR TAUPO, TOKOROA AND ROTORUA. 22 FOR THOSE OF YOU IN HAMILTON. THINGS LOOK NICE AND FINE FURTHER EAST, WITH SUNNY SKIES AND JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD AROUND GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY. WARM AS WELL ` 27 THE EXPECTED HIGH FOR HAWKE'S BAY. BUT FURTHER SOUTH, THERE'S GREYER SKIES, WITH A FEW SHOWERS HITTING YOU LATE AFTERNOON, EARLY EVENING. OUT WEST, THERE'S SHOWERS DELVEOPING THIS MORNING FOR MOST PLACES, TURNING TO HEAVIER RAIN THIS EVENING, AND POSSIBLY THUNDERY AROUND TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH, ALTHOUGH WHANGANUI AND PALMERSTON NORTH SHOULD STAY DRY DURING THE DAY, UNTIL RAIN SETS IN TONIGHT. ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT, AND KAIKOURA IS CALM WITH JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD UNTIL WET WEATHER ARRIVES TONIGHT. A WARM 27 DEGREES FOR YOU. BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, YOU'LL SEE RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY, POSSIBLY HEAVY AND THUNDERY FOR THE COAST. WATCH OUT FOR THOSE STRONG, GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS AS WELL. 20 DEGREES IN WESTPORT AND NELSON. IT'S OVERCAST OUT EAST, AND YOU'LL SEE RAIN ARRIVE FOR ALL OF YOU, STARTING FURTHER SOUTH IN ALEXANDRA THIS MORNING AND SWEEPING UP THE COAST INTO THE AFTERNOON, AS THIS FRESH SOUTHERLY CHANGE ARRIVES. 22 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. 18 FOR THE REST. AND YOU'LL START THE DAY WITH RAIN IN THE LOWER SOUTH, POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR SOME OF YOU WITH THAT COLDER SOUTH-WESTERLY FLOW. BUT THAT SHOULD START EASING THIS AFTERNOON. IN FACT, MILFORD SOUND SHOULD END THE DAY WITH FINE SPELLS. 17 DEGREES IN QUEENSTOWN. 19 FOR DUNEDIN. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR THURSDAY, TOMORROW THERE'S WET WEATHER ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND, HEAVIER IN THE EAST, BUT CLEARING IN THE NORTH AND WEST. IT'S FINE IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH THE RAIN OR SHOWERS EVERYWHERE ELSE GRADUALLY CLEARING.IN BIG SHOUT OUT TO MAX, LINDEN'S BOY. LYNDON IS ONE OF MANY PEOPLE WHO WILL BE HEADING OUT ON THE WATER TO WATCH THE AMERICA'S CUP. IF YOU HAVE IT OR CAN GET IT, GOOD ON YOU. THIS IS MARTIN, THE ON WATER MANAGER, OPERATIONS MANAGER. BASICALLY YOU TELL PEOPLE IF THEY ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE OR NOT. PRETTY MUCH. WE ALLOW THE RACE TO BE SET UP. WE MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC STAY OUTSIDE THE COURSE AND DON'T INTERFERE WITH THE RACING. AND DON'T END UP FRONT PAGE NEWS OVERSEAS. DO YOU GET A SENSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE HEAD OUT ONTO THE WATER? WE ANTICIPATE GETTING A FEW MORE THAN THE PRADA CUP, PARTICULARLY OVER THE WEEKEND. YOU NEED TO TELL ME WHO TO TALK TO TO GET MYSELF ON THE WATER. WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN MAKE SOME ARRANGEMENTS. WHAT YOU PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW IF THEY ARE HEADING OUT? WHERE YOU CAN AND CAN'T GO. IF YOU GO ON OUR WEBSITE THERE IS INFORMATION FOR BOATIES. THEY CAN GET AN APP LIKE PREDICT WIND. THAT IS A REALLY GOOD ONE BECAUSE THAT SHOWS THEN WE ATE YOU ARE IN RELATION TO THE EDGE OF THE COURSE. IF YOU END UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COURSE AND YOU SEE A REALLY FAST BOAT COMING CLOSE TO YOU, GOOD CHANCE YOU ARE IN THE WRONG PLACE. OR ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES IN ONE OF THESE 20 BOATS BEHIND ME WILL BE RACING TOWARDS YOU CHASING YOU OUT. REMAINS THE PEOPLE WHAT IS THE APP? DOWNLOAD PREDICT WIND. OR YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING ON THE AMERICA'S CUP WEBSITE. THEY ARE BOTH FREE AND THERE TO MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR YOU AND US. IT IS EXCITING, RIGHT? IT IS. THIS IS THE DAY. WE ARE THE HOME TEAM. WE WILL SEE WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO. HOPEFULLY MORE WHAT THEY CAN DO RATHER THAN WHAT THEY CAN'T DO. YES, BUT I AM IMPARTIAL I AM HERE TO HELP THE EVENT. I AM NOT IMPARTIAL, I AM HERE TO SEE GO TEAM NEW ZEALAND. VERY EXCITING. BY ALL MEANS, GET OUT AND ENJOY IT. GET AMONGST. THE FIRST RACE IS THIS AFTERNOON JUST AFTER 4 PM. 4:15, BUT COVERAGE STARTS HERE AT 3 PM. JUST A REMINDER, MARTIN AND HIS TEAM DO A FANTASTIC JOB. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT, PLEASE LISTEN TO THE MARSHALS AND THE SAFETY FOCUS ON THE WATER. DUE TO THE WINDS, THEY MAY HAVE TO CHANGE THE ALIGNMENT OF THE COURSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, YOU COULD DELAY RACING. YOU COULD IN FACT SEE A CANCELLATION FOR THE DAY IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE THAT GUY. IT IS 8:13. IT'S THE 10TH OF MARCH, AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE CELEBRATING WITH YOU, AOTEAROA. RA WHANAU TO AMIE WHO IS THE BIG 5 YEARS OLD TODAY! A BIG DAY FOR AMIE ` SHE'S ALSO HAVING HER LAST DAY AT DAYCARE TODAY TOO, AND IS VERY EXCITED TO START BIG GIRL SCHOOL! WE HOPE YOU HAVE A VERY SPECIAL DAY AMIE, WITH LOTS OF AROHA FROM ALL THE WHANAU. NANA RAE IS TURNING 90 TODAY! SHE IS LOVED BY ALL HER CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND EVEN GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN! APPARENTLY SHE STILL CAN TAKE ON ANYONE IN A GAME OF CARDS. GO, NANA RAE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! SOUNDS LIKE MY NANNA. A MASSIVE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EDMUND WHO'S 24 TODAY! YOUR WHANAU LOVE YOU HEAPS AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY LOOKING AFTER MUM AND DAD AND SPOILING YOUR NIECES. HAVE AN AWESOME DAY, EDMUND! WICKED. AND TODAY'S THE DAY ALLAN AND ZELDA CELEBRATE THEIR 65TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY! THEY'VE LIVED IN OR AROUND CAMBRIDGE ALL THEIR MARRIED LIFE, AND THEIR WHANAU SAY THEIR HOME IS ALWAYS FILLED WITH LOVE AND LAUGHTER. GO, YOU TWO. BEAUTIFUL. HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY. WE LOVE CELEBRATING WITH YOU GUYS. HEY, WE'RE NOT THERE, WE ARE HERE! WE CANNOT TELEPORT OURSELVES BACK INTO THE STUDIO. EMAIL US. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AMAZING. WE ARE COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM THE VIADUCT BECAUSE, AS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THIS AFTERNOON IT IS RACE ONE AND TWO OF THE AMERICA'S CUP. IS THE FIRST TIME WE GET TO SEE OUR TEAM ON THE WATER. THE CONVERSATIONS WE WERE HAVING EARLIER WERE AROUND WHAT YOU DO ON DAY ONE? DO YOU GO ALL OUT? OR DO YOU HOLD BACK? APPARENTLY, YOU GIVE IT THE JANDAL. WE HAVE BEEN ASKING WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO WATCH THE AMERICA'S CUP? THERE SEEMS TO BE MORE INTEREST NOW THAT WE ARE OUT OF THE PRADA CUP. BEAR WITH ME, WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER OUTAGES MADE US MAKE A BOAT. WE WERE TO TEST WHETHER IT COULD FLOAT OR MOVE. I USED A FISHING SINKER AS A WEIGHT. MY TEACHER SUGGESTED WRITING TO SIR PETER BLAKE. HE REPLIED TO US WITH A SIGNED PERSONAL LETTER. IT IS SUCH AN HONOUR TO HAVE. MOE MAI RA E TE RANGATIRA. I HAVE THE SAME STORY. BY VIRTUE OF MY NAME BEING THE FIRST, I GOT TO KEEP THE LETTER. HOW OLD WERE YOU? I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD. I AM MUCH OLDER NOW, BUT I STILL ACT SEVEN. COMING UP, COMING UP ` IT'S NEARLY TIME TO SET SAIL, SO WHO HAS THE EDGE IN THE OPENING RACES OF THE AMERICA'S CUP? # MAKE MY HEART GO. THE LONG WAIT IS OVER, AND THIS AFTERNOON, THE 36TH AMERICA'S CUP FINALLY GETS UNDERWAY. TEAM NEW ZEALAND DEFENDING THE AULD MUG AGAINST CHALLENGERS LUNA ROSSA. FOR THEIR EXPERT OPINIONS, LET'S BRING IN TVNZ SAILING COMMENTATORS, TWO TIME NEW ZEALAND SAILOR OF THE YEAR AND FORMER AMERICA'S CUP SAILOR, PETER LESTER, AND FORMER WORLD MATCH RACING CHAMP AND HELMSMAN OF THE SPAIN SAIL GP TEAM, PHIL ROBERTSON. GREAT TO SEE YOU, BOYS. WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN HEARING OUT THERE? WHAT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE AND HAVE THEY MADE AS MANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AS WE HAVE BEEN LED TO BELIEVE? YOU HAVE GOT TO LOOK AT IT AND ITS COLLECTIVE. WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT A LOT WITH SALES AND MASTER MOTHERS. EACH CHANGE, YOU GET A LITTLE GAIN. WHEN YOU PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER IT TURNS INTO A CHUNK. I THINK THEY HAVE MADE A CHUNK. I WATCH THEIR TRAINING YESTERDAY AND THEY DIDN'T LINE UP BUT WHAT REALLY STRUCK ME WAS HOW MANOEUVRABLE THE KIWI BOAT WAS. ARE WE GOING TO SEE A RACE THAT ALLOWS US TO SEE THIS BOATS MANOEUVRING IN CLOSE QUARTERS? 100%. IT IS RACE ONE. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE PART A TEAM COMING OUT OF THE BOX. I KNOW THAT THEY ARE SUSPICIOUS THEY ARE OF A CLICK OFF THE PACE OF THEY WILL NEED TO PUSH OFF THE FRONT. THEY WILL NEED TO PUT THEIR ELBOWS OUT AND DEFEND THE LEAD. IT IS GREAT TO BE A PRETTY EXCITING PRE-START. IT IS ALL ON FROM RACE ONE. IT WILL TELL A PRETTY COOL STORY. - IT IS OFF OUT BY AND WAIHEKE ISLAND.MARAETAI IT WON'T BE AS SHIFTY AS YESTERDAY BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL BE IN NORWEST. WIND WILL BECOME AROUND IT'LL BE LIKE AN OPEN VERSION OF CORSI. FLAT WATER SO THE BOAT WILL BE POWERED UP. THEY HAVE DONE SO MUCH RACING DOWN THERE I DO NOT THINK THERE IS A HOMETOWN ADVANTAGE ON THIS COURSE. IT'S UNFORTUNATE IT'S A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC. UNLESS YOU'RE AT THE HOWICK GOLF CLUB. GOOD COURSE AREA. IT IS TAILOR-MADE FOR THE SORT OF RACING. WE HAVE HEARD THE NARRATIVE A LOT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT PART IS RACE FIT AND MATCH FIT. THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THE CREW IS COLLECTED. NZ HAS BEEN HAD TO TRAILED BY THEIR RACE BOAT. TO NEW ZEALAND HAVE NOT RACES BEFORE CHRISTMAS. IT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE BECAUSE YOU CAN TRAIN BY YOURSELF A LOT LIKE A HERO ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. THE PROBLEM THAT HE NEW ZEALAND OR FACES THAT ANOTHER BOAT RESPONSE MUCH DIFFERENTLY TO YOUR YOUR CHASE BOAT AS MUCH AS YOU TRY TO SIMULATE IT. IT WILL BE DIFFERENT. IF YOU'VE GOT PACE, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. THE WORD ON THE STREET IS THAT TEAM NEW ZEALAND HAS SPEED TO BURN. THEY MAY PLAY CONSERVATIVE AT THE START ESPECIALLY RACE ONE, ESPECIALLY COMPARE TO PRADA. ESPECIALLY COMPARE TO PRADA. DO YOU THINK PEOPLE AND WILL PUSH HARD ON THIS PRE-START GIVEN THAT HIS BOAT, WHILE MINERVA BALL, IS DANGEROUS? I THINK BERMAN WILL GO FOR A LOW-RISK START. MY INTEL IS TELLING ME THAT THEY MIGHT BE 7% QUICKER IF YOU'RE IN THAT 14 TO 15, 16 NOT RACE. THAT HAS MASSIVE. EVEN IF THEY ARE BEHIND ON THE FIRST MARK, AND THEY HOLD ONTO THE BOTTOM MARGATE, THE PINCH POINT IS THE PASSING OPPORTUNITY TO GET SPLITS AT THE BOTTOM MARGATE. GOING INTO LEAGUE THREE IN LEAGUE FIVE, THERE WILL BE PASSING OPPORTUNITIES IF THE KIWIS ARE BEHIND BUT I DO NOT THINK THEY WILL BE BEHIND. WE TALK LIKE THIS BEFORE THE MURDER IN 2017. *BERMUDA WE SAID THEY WERE VULNERABLE BUT I THINK THEY WILL BE VERY COMPETITIVE IN ALL FACETS. LET'S TALK ABOUT LUNA ROSSA. YOU CAN'T WRITE A TEAM FEATURING JIMMY SPITHILL OFF DURING THIS CUP. HE AND PRADA AS A UNIT HAD BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY KNOW THEY'RE DOING. THEY CALL ON THE PITBULL FOR A REASON. IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO THAT THEY LINED UP HERE IN THE FINAL AS WELL. THEY HAVE STUFF THAT THEY WANT TO PUT RIGHT AGAINST A NEW ZEALAND TEAM. WE CAN'T TAKE THEM LIGHTLY, FOR SURE. THEY ARE TOUGH, TOUGH COMPETITOR. THEY HAVE DONE EVERY SINGLE RACE IN THE PRADA SERIES. THEY WILL BE MATCH FIT AND READY FOR IT. THEY HAVE BEEN PRACTISING FOR THIS DAY. I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THEY HAVE FOUND MORE SPEED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS IN THE EARLY START. IT WILL BE A LONG DAY, KEEP YOUR STAMINA UP. COMING UP ` WE GET OUT ON THE WATER WITH TEAM NEW ZEALAND. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A BOAT RACE, WHEN YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO RACE? HERE IS YOUR 830 NEWS. BUCKINGHAM PALACE HAS BROKEN ITS SILENCE ON ISSUES RAISED IN PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN'S EXPLOSIVE TV INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH WINFREY. DANIEL FAITAUA JOINS US NOW, LIVE FROM LONDON, WITH ALL THE DETAILS AND REACTION. KIA ORA, DANIEL. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? THE QUEEN HAS SAID ACCUSATIONS OF RACISM IN THE ROYAL FAMILY WILL BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY.IT WILL BE ADDRESSED PRIVATELY, AND A REAR SPEECH` RESPONSE RATHER. IN RESPONSE TO THE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. A STATEMENT FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE SAID THE WHOLE FAMILY IS SAID AND TO HEAR THE FULL EXTENT OF HOW CHALLENGING THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAVE BEEN FOR HARRY AND MEGAN. THEY ALSO SAID THAT HARRY, MEGAN AND ARCHIE WILL ALWAYS BE BELOVED FAMILY MEMBERS. WHETHER THE STATEMENT WILL BE ENOUGH TO QUELL INVESTIGATION, THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. THE QUESTION IS OF COURSE, THE STATEMENT BASICALLY SAYS THAT THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF IT. IS AT A FAMILY MATTER OR A PUBLIC MATTER GIVEN THAT IT HAS BEEN PUT IN A PUBLIC SPACE? AND UK TELEVISION HOST PIERS MORGAN HAS LEFT HIS ROLE AT GOOD MORNING BRITAIN. THE 55-YEAR-OLD MEDIA PERSONALITY DELIVERED CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS IN THE WAKE OF HARRY AND MEGHAN'S INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH. HIS NETWORK, ITV, RECEIVED 41,000 COMPLAINTS. MR MORGAN WALKED OUT OF A SEGMENT WHERE HE WAS DISCUSSING RACISM. BACK HERE, THE GOVERNMENT'S SET TO ANNOUNCE WHO'S NEXT IN LINE TO RECEIVE A COVID-19 VACCINATION TODAY. A ROADMAP FOR THE VACCINE ROLLOUT WILL BE REVEALED AFTER FAMILIES OF BORDER WORKERS BECAME THE LATEST HIGH RISK GROUP TO GET THE JAB. AN ADDITIONAL 8.5m DOSES OF THE PFIZER-BIONTECH VACCINE HAVE BEEN PURCHASED BY THE GOVERNMENT ` ENOUGH TO COVER EVERYONE IN NEW ZEALAND. MEANWHILE, NATIONAL'S HOPING THE COUNTRY'S VACCINE PLAN MODELS AUSTRALIA'S PROGRAMME, WHICH IS DETAILED ON ITS WEBSITE. YOU OR I, IF WE WERE LIVING IN AUSTRALIA OR OTHER KIWIS LIVING ON AUSTRALIA, CAN GO INTO THAT WEBSITE AND PUT ON THE DETAILS AND THEY CAN COME BACK BEING TOLD APPROXIMATELY WHEN THEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO GET VACCINATED. QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL TO AUSTRALIA'S BEEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT ONCE AGAIN. AUSTRALIA'S TOP HEALTH OFFICIALS FINISHED MEETING LAST NIGHT, DECIDING TO REINSTATE THE ONE-WAY TRAVEL BUBBLE FROM THURSDAY AT MIDNIGHT. AUCKLAND NOW BEING DEEMED LOW RISK. HOWEVER, SOME STATES ARE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT DIFFERENT RULES, SO TRAVELLERS ARE BEING ADVISED TO CHECK THE ARRANGEMENTS THEY HAVE IN PLACE BEFORE FLYING. OTAGO RESIDENTS WHO'VE BEEN AFFECTED BY LEAD CONTAMINATION IN THEIR WATER SUPPLY WILL FINALLY GET ANSWERS TODAY. IN EARLY FEBRUARY, RESIDENTS IN THREE EAST OTAGO TOWNS WERE TOLD TO STOP DRINKING THEIR TAP WATER AFTER LEAD WAS DISCOVERED IN THE SUPPLY, DESPITE ITS PRESENCE BEING SIGNALLED MONTHS EARLIER. LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING AND WERE SET TO PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS AT A PUBLIC MEETING LAST FRIDAY. THE EVENT WAS RESCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS, AND WILL BE HELD AT THE EAST OTAGO EVENTS CENTRE AT 7 O'CLOCK TONIGHT. TO SPORT, AND THE BIG DAY IS FINALLY HERE. THE AMERICA'S CUP GETS UNDERWAY THIS AFTERNOON IN AUCKLAND. SAILING COMMENTATOR PHIL ROBERTSON SAYS TEAM NEW ZEALAND'S LACK OF COMPETITIVE RACING COMPARED TO LUNA ROSSA COULD HURT THEM. IT WILL MAKE QUITE A BIG DIFFERENCE. YOU CAN GO OUT BY A SELF IN TRAIN AND LOOK LIKE A HERO ANY DAY OF THE WEEK, BUT THE PROBLEM THAT NEW ZEALAND WILL FACE IS THAT ANOTHER IS BOAT RESPONSE MUCH DIFFERENTLY TO YOUR CHASE BOAT. AS MUCH AS YOU TRY TO SIMULATE IT, IT WILL BE DIFFERENT. IF YOU'VE GOT PACE, DOES NOT REALLY MATTER. WORD ON THE STREET IS THAT NEW ZEALAND HAS SPEED TO BURN. AND NATHAN BROWN HAS NAMED THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE STARTING LINE-UP FOR HIS FIRST NRL GAME IN CHARGE OF THE WARRIORS. THE NEW ZEALAND SIDE'S ALSO GETTING AN UNEXPECTED INJURY BOOST BEFORE SATURDAY'S CLASH WITH THE GOLD COAST TITANS. HOOKER WAYDE EGAN AND BACK-ROWER ELIESA KATOA BOTH RETURNING TO FULL FITNESS IN TIME FOR THE SEASON OPENER. AND FINALLY, AMERICA'S FIRST DOGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER ONE REPORTEDLY BIT A SECURITY GUARD. CHAMP AND MAJOR, THE LATTER THE ACCUSED BITER, HAVE BEEN SENT BACK TO THE BIDEN FAMILY HOME IN DELAWARE ACCORDING TO US MEDIA REPORTS. THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY SAID SHE DIDN'T HAVE SPECIFIC DETAILS, BUT ADDED THE DOGS OFTEN HEAD HOME. MAJOR IS THE FIRST RESCUE DOG TO LIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, WHILE CHAMP JOINED THE FAMILY WHEN JOE BIDEN WAS VICE PRESIDENT. AND THAT'S YOUR NEWS. JUST GOING BACK TO THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU HAD WITH PHIL ROBERTSON AROUND HOW INMATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND WILL GO HAVING NOT RACED SINCE DECEMBER, WILL ACTUALLY, WE WILL BE CATCHING UP WITH THE GRINDER AT AROUND 15 MINUTES TIME. I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT ON A CHASE BOAT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND HE WAS VERY GENEROUS IN HIS CONVERSATION THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A FINAL WHEN YOU HAVEN'T BEEN RACING THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS? WAS THE CHASE BOAT INVOLVED IN RACING THE DAY YOU OUT? NO, WE WERE ONE WITH ONLY TWO ENGINES. IT WAS THE CHASE BOATS WITH FOUR ENGINES THEY WERE OUT DOING THEIR THING. IT WAS STILL AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. HE WAS VERY GENEROUS. HIS AUNT ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE PREPARED FOR TODAY... CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT. MORENA, CHECK IT OUT. THIS IS WHAT TODAY'S LOOKING LIKE AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH YOUR WEATHER. HAVE YOU MADE IT TO A BAR? THIS IS YOUR LAST WITH A CROSS. THIS IS A BAR WITH NO CHAMPAGNE. I HAVE GIVEN UP ON THE QUEST FOR CHAMPAGNE. I HAVE COME INTO THE MARITIME MUSEUM INSTEAD. A LOT OF HISTORY IN THIS PLACE, A LOT OF GOOD HISTORY. IT BODES WELL.THIS IS BLACK MAGIC ` TEAM NEW ZEALAND IS BOAT FROM 1995. THEY BEAT YOUNG AMERICA FIVE NIL IN THAT AMERICA'S CUP SERIES. I FEEL THE GOOD OMENS IN THE MARITIME MUSEUM THIS MORNING. WE WILL BE CHATTING VERY SHORTLY TO SOMEONE WHO IS INVOLVED IN THE PETER BLAKE TRUST. PETER BLAKE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE 1995 WHEN. WE WILL CHAT ABOUT HIM AND HIS LEGACY AND WHAT SUPPORTERS CAN DO TO GET BEHIND THIS YEAR'S TEAM NEW ZEALAND CHALLENGE SERIES. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT SHORTLY BUT FIRSTLY LET'S SEE HOW YOUR WEATHER IS LOOKING THIS WEDNESDAY. IT IS LOOKING OVERCAST IN THE NORTH 22 FOR THOSE OF YOU IN HAMILTON. THINGS LOOK NICE AND FINE FURTHER EAST, WITH SUNNY SKIES AND JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD AROUND GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY. WARM AS WELL ` 27 THE EXPECTED HIGH FOR HAWKE'S BAY. BUT FURTHER SOUTH, THERE'S GREYER SKIES, WITH A FEW SHOWERS HITTING YOU LATE AFTERNOON, EARLY EVENING. OUT WEST, THERE'S SHOWERS DELVEOPING THIS MORNING FOR MOST PLACES, TURNING TO HEAVIER RAIN THIS EVENING, AND POSSIBLY THUNDERY AROUND TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH, ALTHOUGH WHANGANUI AND PALMERSTON NORTH SHOULD STAY DRY DURING THE DAY, UNTIL RAIN SETS IN TONIGHT. ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT, AND KAIKOURA IS CALM WITH JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD UNTIL WET WEATHER ARRIVES TONIGHT. A WARM 27 DEGREES FOR YOU. BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, YOU'LL SEE RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY, POSSIBLY HEAVY AND THUNDERY FOR THE COAST. WATCH OUT FOR THOSE STRONG, GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS AS WELL. 20 DEGREES IN WESTPORT AND NELSON. IT'S OVERCAST OUT EAST, AND YOU'LL SEE RAIN ARRIVE FOR ALL OF YOU, STARTING FURTHER SOUTH IN ALEXANDRA THIS MORNING AND SWEEPING UP THE COAST INTO THE AFTERNOON, AS THIS FRESH SOUTHERLY CHANGE ARRIVES. 22 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. 18 FOR THE REST. AND YOU'LL START THE DAY WITH RAIN IN THE LOWER SOUTH, POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR SOME OF YOU WITH THAT COLDER SOUTH-WESTERLY FLOW. BUT THAT SHOULD START EASING THIS AFTERNOON. IN FACT, MILFORD SOUND SHOULD END THE DAY WITH FINE SPELLS. 17 DEGREES IN QUEENSTOWN. 19 FOR DUNEDIN. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR THURSDAY, TOMORROW THERE'S WET WEATHER ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND, HEAVIER IN THE EAST, BUT CLEARING IN THE NORTH AND WEST. IT'S FINE IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH THE RAIN OR SHOWERS EVERYWHERE ELSE GRADUALLY CLEARING.IN THIS IS JAMES GIBSON FROM THE PETER BLAKE TRUST. MORENA. THIS IS THEM, RIGHT? THE ORIGINAL RED SOX WORN BY SUE PETER BLAKE. THAT'S RIGHT THAT'S THE ONE FROM 95 WHERE PETER BLAKE WORE THEM EVERY DAY THAT HE WAS ON THE YACHT. HE WAS PRETTY SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT IT IN THE WONDER HE WAS NOT ON THE YACHT, NEW ZEALAND DID NOT WIN. PEOPLE BECAME AWARE OF THAT AND DECIDED TO REALLY GET IN BEHIND THAT. PEOPLE BOUGHT RED SOX AND RED SOCK FEVER SWEPT NEW ZEALAND. IT WAS PART OF THE STORY WHEN WE WON A 95. I WAS YOUNG THEN, BUT I REMEMBER IT BECAUSE IT BECAME A NATIONAL OBSESSION. ABSOLUTELY, THE 95 WHEN WAS A BIG ACHIEVEMENT. THE RED SOX ARE A BIG PART OF THAT. BACK THEN IT WAS JUST A BIT OF FUN AND PEOPLE CHUCKED ON A PAIR OF RED SOX WHEN THEY COULD BUT IT IS TURNED INTO SOMETHING FOR THE TRUST, RIGHT? WE USE IT AS A FUNDRAISER NOW SO PEOPLE CAN GET OUT AND BUY RED SOX THE WAREHOUSE IN THE PROCESS WILL COME TO US. IF YOU WEAR THE RED SOX, IS A CHANCE TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE SUPPORTING INMATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND. HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE GOING ON TO WATCH NEW ZEALAND WHEN AGAIN. WHAT KIND OF THINGS TO THE TRUST TO? WE TRY TO CONTINUE ON WHAT THEY WOULD DO WHEN PETER BLAKE WOULD GO ON ENVIRONMENTAL TRIPS. WE RUN PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE. WE RUN EXPEDITIONS WITH NAVY, SCIENTIST, YOUNG PEOPLE. WE USE RITUAL REALITY TO SHOWCASE WATER ENVIRONMENTS IN SCHOOLS. WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE EXCITED AND INTERESTED ABOUT PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT. WE BOTH HAVE OUR RED SOX ON. THE RACING STARTS TODAY. WE NEED TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT IN THE RED SOX IS THE PERFECT WAY TO DO THAT. VERY EXCITING. SUPER EXCITING. WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO FIND YOURSELF TODAY. THANK YOU JAMES. IT IS AWESOME WORK THAT YOU DO. GO AND FIND YOURSELF A BAR NOW, MATTY. DO YOU HAVE RED SOX ON TODAY SCOTTY? THERE ARE READ IN MY SOCKS BUT I AM AN OBJECTIVE COMMENTATOR. I WILL SAVE MY BIAS FOR LATER. SO YOU FORGOT? YES. WE ASKED FOR YOUR FEEDBACK AND MARY SAID SHE IS FROM WINTON AND TODAY SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAVE TRAVELLED TO AUCKLAND. THEY ARE GOING TO BE ON THE WATER. IT IS HER HUSBAND'S BIRTHDAY PRESENT IN THEIR SUPER DUPER EXCITED. I AM EXCITED FOR YOU, MARY. IT IS A LONG WAY FROM WINTON. RACE ONE INTO TODAY AND THEN TOMORROW IS A DAY OFF TOMORROW IS A DAY OFF THEN THEY KEEP PRESSING UNTIL THEY FIND A WINNER. COMING UP WE GET ON THE FLOORS WITH EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND. ARE THEY READY TO DEFEND CUP? Hello, New Zealand. I'm here to remind you that Jenny Craig works for weight loss. This could be you. 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REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WAS IT ALWAYS A DREAM TO BE PART OF THE AMERICA'S CUP? UH, YEAH, YEAH. I MEAN, AS A YOUNG BOY, IT SORT OF, HAS ALWAYS BEEN HYPED RIGHT UP WITH MY FAMILY AND JUST SAILING AND THEN SEEING IT ON TV AS A FIVE YEAR OLD WATCHING THE GUYS WIN IT IN '95, SO YEAH, THAT WAS A IT WAS A PRETTY BIG MOMENT. AS THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS, TEAM NEW ZEALAND WASN'T PART OF THE PRADA CUP SERIES, THAT SERIES WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CHALLENGERS. THE FACT IS, THAT TEAM NEW ZEALAND HASN'T ACTUALLY RACED AGAINST ANOTHER BOAT SINCE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, AND THAT WAS PART OF THE WORLD SERIES. AND WHILST THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE RACECOURSE AREA, THEY'RE FORCED TO USE THEIR CHASE BOATS AS OPPOSITION. BIG QUESTION FOR ME IS, ARE THEY READY AND HOW READY ARE THEY TO DEFEND THE AMERICA'S CUP? YOU KNOW, THE FIRST COUPLE OF RACES, YOU KNOW, COULD BE A BIT OF A BIT OF A DUST UP AND COULD BE QUITE HARD FOR US, BUT WE'VE SORT OF MADE EVERY EFFORT TO PREPARE FOR THOSE CONDITIONS WITHOUT ACTUALLY LINING UP TO ANOTHER BOAT. WE'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE AN EXPERT CREW ON THE CHASE BOAT WHO SIMULATE WHAT JIMMY SPITHILL MIGHT DO COME RACE ONE. WE SEE YOU GUYS ON THE BOAT, BUT IT'S A HUGE TEAM THAT GETS YOU GUYS OUT THERE, THAT GETS YOU READY, RIGHT? WE'RE A TEAM OF, YOU KNOW, OVER 120. HUGE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FROM SUPPLIERS, SPONSORS, ESPECIALLY IN A ENVIRONMENT LIKE THIS WHERE YOU'VE GOT A GLOBAL PANDEMIC GOING ON HERE. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. I MEAN, SPONSORSHIP IN SPORT SEEMS LIKE A RISKY BUSINESS, AND WE'RE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE OUR SPONSORS STICK WITH US AND BE ABLE TO HELP US PUT ON SUCH AN EVENT. YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT INNOVATION. IT'S ABOUT PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES. IT'S ABOUT THAT LEADING EDGE, YOU KNOW, BEING BETTER THAN THE REST, AND I THINK WE REALLY FOUND THAT, THAT NICHE WITH THE TEAM EARLY ON. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME REAL HIGHS AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME REAL LOWS AS WELL. BUT WE'RE COMING OFF A HIGH AND HOPEFULLY, THE NEXT WEEK WE'LL STAY ON THAT HIGH. AND IT IS, IT'S BEEN A GREAT RELATIONSHIP RIGHT FROM DAY ONE. WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WATCHING, WHETHER THEY COME OUT ONTO THE BEACHES TO WATCH, WHEREVER THEY CAN, OR THAT ARE SITTING AT HOME WATCHING YOU GUYS, WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO KNOW? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. UM, I THINK PROBABLY THAT, THAT IT'S BEEN A WHOLE HEARTED EFFORT TO PUT ON THIS DISPLAY FOR THE FOR THE COUNTRY AND COME OUT AND TRY AND WIN SOME RACES. IT'S A TWO YEAR GIG FOR A LOT OF US, AND FOR THOSE THREE YEARS, YOU YOU'RE DEDICATION YOUR TIME COMPLETELY TO MAKING SURE WE CAN PERFORM AND BRING A GOOD RESULT TO THE COUNTRY. WOW. IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE TO BE OUT ON THE WATER AND WATCHING EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND TRAIN. QUESTION, DID YOU THINK YOU HEARD THEM THE WAY YOU DID// IT'S MORE, SITTING THERE AND LOOKING AT IT. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT WHEN YOU ARE WATCHING IT ON TELEVISION OR STANDING ONSHORE. TO ACTUALLY BE OUT ON THE BOAT, IT WAS VERY QUIET. AT ONE POINT WE GOT VERY CLOSE. THEY CHANGE OVER THEIR TEAMS DURING TRAINING. EVERYBODY WOULD COME TO A HALT AND THE CHASE BOATS WOULD GO ALONGSIDE IT. SOME CREW WOULD COME ON SOME CREW WOULD COME OFF. THERE WAS AN AIRY SILENCE. THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF SOUND OR TALKING. IT WAS A WELL OILED MACHINE. EVERYBODY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. IT REALLY WAS A PRIVILEGE TO BE OUT THERE. ALSO KNOWING, BECAUSE SO MANY OF YOU, KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT THE RACING. I KNOW THAT IT WAS, I WAS FULL OF GRATITUDE TO BE OUT ON THE WATER AND TO BE CLOSE TO THAT TEAM. STAY WITH US. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK. NAU MAI HOKI MAI ANO. WELCOME BACK, MATTY. I WAS HALF EXPECTING SOME CHAMPAGNE WHEN I GOT HERE.