(SPEAKS MAORI) WELCOME INTO YOUR PLACE ON THIS WEDNESDAY, 7 APRIL. HOW ARE YOU GOING? KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL TODAY? I CAN HAVE A COLLECTIVE SIGH OF RELIEF. YOU ARE JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH YOURSELF. EXCEPT FOR THOSE WITH THE TEACHERS ONLY DAY TODAY. YOU ARE JOKING. AS AN THAT THE HOLIDAYS NEXT WEEK? AND THEN CHRISTMAS IS COMING. HOLD ON A SECOND. ALL I WANT TO SAY IS THAT I FEEL YOU, I AM HEAD WITH YOU. WHAT ARE YOU FEELING? HAVING THE KIDS AT HOME CAN BE A BIT STRESSFUL. I HAD TO GO HOME TO A HOUSEFUL YESTERDAY. FIGHTS EVERYWHERE. HAD TO KICK THEM ALL OUT SO I COULD CLEAN THE HOUSE. AND THEN, I AM HUNGRY. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE? I DO NOT KNOW. ANYWAY... YOU WANT TO GO AND LIE DOWN ON THE COUCH? I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT IT. THE REST OF US DO. IT'S WEDNESDAY THE 7th OF APRIL. KIA ORA. WELCOME TO JENNY MAY'S INTERNAL DIALOGUE. YOU DO NOT WANT TO GO THERE. IT IS A HARD PLACE TO BE. AS WELL AS DIPPING INTO JENNY MAY'S INTERIOR THIS MORNING, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO DISCUSS THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY, THE TRAVEL BUBBLE. THE 19TH, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, TOGETHER WE ARE ONE. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL POSSIBLE OPTIONS. LOTS OF THAT ON THE PROGRAM THIS MORNING. A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION THAT WILL BE HAVING AN AROUND ABOUT 10 MINUTES TIME, THE ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY THAT KIRI ALLAN HAS STAGE III CERVICAL CANCER. WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING. IT IS TIMELY, IT IS IMPORTANT, AND VERY GENEROUS OF THOSE WHO ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH US THIS MORNING. AND IF SHE IS SITTING UP IN BED SOMEWHERE, WATCHING US, WE SEND YOU OUR LOVE. HERE IS INDIRA, WHO NEVER JUST DRIBBLES ON AIMLESSLY. SHE ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING MEANINGFUL TO SAY. HE IS YOUR 6 O'CLOCK NEWS. WELCOMING AUSTRALIANS BACK TO AOTEAROA COULD BRING A $1 BILLION BOOST TO OUR ECONOMY ONCE THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE OPENS ON APRIL 19th. BEFORE COVID-19, AUSTRALIA WAS OUR BIGGEST OVERSEAS MARKET, MAKING UP 40% OF INTERNATIONAL VISITORS. YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT HAS GIVEN MANY INDUSTRY WORKERS A SENSE OF SECURITY. THIS IS THE LIFELINE WE NEEDED; THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR. THIS IS THE SAVIOUR FOR BUSINESSES IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD. BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, AUSTRALIAN TOURISM INJECTED NEARLY $3 BILLION INTO NEW ZEALAND'S LOCAL ECONOMIES. TRAVEL WILL BE MANAGED UNDER A 'TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEM'. FLIGHTS WILL OPERATE ON A STATE-BY-STATE BASIS, DEPENDING ON THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN THE COMMUNITY. FLIGHTS COULD BE SUSPENDED IN THE CASE OF A LARGE OUTBREAK, MEANING AT ANY TIME FLYERS ARE AT RISK OF GETTING STUCK ACROSS THE DITCH. MORE THAN A THOUSAND MANAGED ISOLATION SPOTS ARE EXPECTED TO FREE UP ONCE THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE COMMENCES. BUT 500 OF THOSE ROOMS WILL BE SET ASIDE IN CASE OF AN OUTBREAK TO FREE UP ONCE THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE COMMENCES. BUT 500 OF THOSE ROOMS WILL BE SET ASIDE IN CASE OF AN OUTBREAK IN AUSTRALIA, AND SOME FACILITIES COULD BE DECOMMISSIONED FOR OTHER PURPOSES WE WILL LOOK TO DECOMMISSION THESE FACILITIES, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE CONSIDERING WHETHER THEY COULD BE USED FOR OTHER LOW-RISK COUNTRIES SUCH AS THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. AS A RESULT OF THIS, WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE A LARGE NUMBER OF VACANT QUARANTINE SPACES. KIINGI TUHEITIA IS LEADING SUPPORTERS TO THE HIGH COURT THIS MORNING AS A LAND RIGHTS DISPUTE IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU CONTINUES. IN FEBRUARY, NGATI WHATUA ORAKEI BEGAN PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE CROWN FOR ITS PROPOSAL TO GIVE TWO OF ITS LAND SITES TO OTHER IWI. THE MAORI KING SAYS HE IS ATTENDING NOT AS PROTEST BUT TO UNITE IWI. KIRITAPU ALLAN IS URGING WOMEN TO GET REGULAR SMEAR TESTS AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH CERVICAL CANCER. THE MINISTER FOR CIVIL DEFENCE SAYS SHE IGNORED SYMPTOMS DURING HER BUSY ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND IS WARNING WOMEN AGAINST DELAYING A CHECK UP. MS ALLAN FOUND OUT HER DIAGNOSIS ON THE DAY OF THE TSUNAMI SCARE LAST MONTH. SHE'S ON MEDICAL LEAVE FROM PARLIAMENT TO FOCUS ON HER HEALTH. 60% OF ADULTS IN THE UK HAVE NOW HAD THEIR FIRST COVID-19 VACCINE. THAT'S ALMOST 32 MILLION PEOPLE, WITH 5.5 MILLION FULLY IMMUNISED WITH A SECOND DOSE. DESPITE THE SUCCESS OF THE VACCINATION CAMPAIGN, SOME SCIENTISTS ARE WARNING RESTRICTIONS MIGHT NEED TO BE IN PLACE FOR SOME TIME YET. YES, THE VACCINE ROLL OUT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC, BUT WE STILL DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW GOOD THEY ARE AT PREVENTING INFECTION. SO WE'VE HARDLY SEEN ANY REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE. THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO OFFER ALL ADULTS A VACCINE BY THE END OF JULY. TO SPORT, AND THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE ANNOUNCEMENT HASN'T CHANGED THE WARRIORS' APPROACH TO THIS SEASON, ACCORDING TO FORWARD TOHU HARRIS. THE NEW TRAVEL AGREEMENT ALLOWS FOR THE WARRIORS TO LEAVE THEIR NEW SOUTH WALES BASE IN LATE JUNE AND PLAY THEIR FIRST HOME GAME IN AUCKLAND ON JULY 2nd AGAINST THE DRAGONS. BUT HARRIS SAYS FOR NOW THE TEAM IS COMFORTABLE IN AUSTRALIA AND WILL TAKE THINGS AS THEY COME. WE KNOW THE POSITION THAT WE'RE IN AT THE MOMENT, AND IF WE GET TO GO HOME, THEN THAT'S A BONUS. YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIT HARDER THE OTHER WAY ROUND. IF WE WERE AT HOME, AND THEN THERE WAS DATE WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO AWAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, THAT'S A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, SITUATION. BUT AT THE MOMENT, WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY WHERE WE ARE. NORTH KOREA HAS BECOME THE FIRST NATION TO PULL OUT OF THE TOKYO OLYMPICS SAYING THE DECISION IS TO PROTECT ITS ATHLETES FROM COVID-19. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE COUNTRY WON'T BE PARTICIPATING AT A SUMMER OLYMPICS SINCE BOYCOTTING THE 1988 GAMES IN SEOUL. THE NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT CLAIMS THERE ARE NO CASES OF THE VIRUS WITHIN IT'S BORDERS, HOWEVER EXPERTS SAY THAT'S UNLIKELY. I WONDER WHAT THE ATHLETES THINK ABOUT THAT? THEY HAVE NO SAY IN IT. THEY DO AS THEY ARE TOLD. THE WARRIORS HAVE IMMIGRATED. THERE ARE SO MANY YOUNG NEW ZEALANDERS LIVING IN AUSTRALIA. WHY SHOULD THEY NOT JOIN THEM? THEY HAD TO WITH THE BORDER CLOSES. THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY REALLY HAPPY THERE. NO, WE DO NOT HAVE TO COME HOME. WE WILL STAY HERE A BIT LONGER. WE HAVE NOT DONE DISNEY WORLD YET. MORENA, MATT E. MORENA. GO, THE WARRIORS. IT IS THEIR YEAR. THANK YOU, MATTY. IT IS THE HURRICANE'S YEAR TOO. AND THE HIGHLANDERS BEAT THE CRUSADERS. WHICH MEANS THAT THEORETICALLY WE ARE BETTER THAN THE CRUSADERS. WHAT ARE WE ON THIS MORNING? OH DEAR. IT HAS BEEN QUITE WEIRD. YOU STARTED IT. THIS IS WHAT YOUR WEDNESDAY LOOKS LIKE. BIT OF CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE UPPER NORTH BUT FINE SPELLS IN AMONGST THAT AS WELL. WHITIANGA COULD SEE ONE OR TWO AFTERNOON SHOWERS, POSSIBLY REACHING AUCKLAND THIS EVENING. 23, 24 DEGREES FOR ALL OF YOU. THERE'S THAT MIX OF FINE SPELLS AND CLOUD COVER THROUGH HERE AS WELL, AND DO WATCH OUT FOR THE CHANCE OF BRIEF LIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST PLACES. BUT ALL IN ALL, NOT BAD. 21 DEGREES IN TAUPO AND ROTORUA, 23 FOR HAMILTON AND THE COAST. IT'S LOOKING OVERCAST FURTHER EAST, AND YOU'LL GET HIT BY THE ODD SHOWER THROUGH HAWKES BAY AND GISBORNE. STILL THOSE MILD TEMPERATURES, THOUGH. 20 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN MASTERTON, 21 FOR HAWKES BAY AND GISBORNE. YOU'RE IN FOR AN OVERCAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH TAUMARUNUI WITH POSSIBLY ONE OR TWO SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH. BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE OUT WEST, THE DAY LOOKS NICE AND FINE WITH SUNNY SKIES ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. 19 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON, 21 FOR PALMERSTON NORTH AND NEW PLYMOUTH. THINGS ARE LOOKING LOVELY ACROSS IN THE UPPER SOUTH AND ALONG THE WEST COAST. LITTLE BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR A COUPLE OF PLACES BUT THAT'LL LIFT PRETTY QUICKLY, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ONCE IT DOES. 19 DEGREES IN WESTPORT AND KAIKOURA, 20 FOR NELSON AND BLENHEIM. THERE'S SOME LOW MORNING CLOUD ALONG THE EAST COAST THERE, BUT ONCE THAT BREAKS UP IT'LL BE NICE AND FINE. JUST WATCH OUT FOR THOSE NOR-EASTERLIES PICKING UP THIS AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, THOUGH, IS LOVELY AND CLEAR ALL DAY. 17 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN TIMARU AND OAMARU, 19 IF YOU'RE IN CHRISTCHURCH. AND IT'S MOSTLY FINE IN THE LOWER SOUTH. BIT OF CLOUD THROUGH SOUTHLAND, AND WATCH OUT FOR A COUPLE OF SHOWERS IN INVERCARGILL AND STEWART ISLAND. BUT OTHERWISE IT SHOULD BE GOOD. 16 DEGREES IN INVERCARGILL, 19 FOR QUEENSTOWN. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR THURSDAY. TOMORROW IT'S FINE IN THE NORTH ISLAND'S SOUTH, BUT A BIT MORE OVERCAST EVERYWHERE ELSE WITH THE CHANCE OF SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS. THERE'S A COUPLE OF SHOWERS AROUND FIORDLAND AND STEWART ISLAND, BUT IT'S NICE AND FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE. DO NOT FORGET TO GET YOUR BESPOKE WEATHER REQUESTS IN. BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ SEND US A PHOTO AND TELL US WHAT MAKES YOUR PLACE SPECIAL. I WAS TRYING TO COVER FOR YOU, JOHN. THEY CUT TO THE WIDE SHOT. I DIDN'T EXPERIMENT. IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO ALL OF YOUR PRINTING, BEARING IN MIND THE MACHINE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OFFICE, RUN OVER AND GET IT AND RETURN DURING THE WEATHER. THE ANSWER IS NO. WHAT WE SANG EARLIER ABOUT DRIVEL? I HAVE JUST DROPPED MY LANYARD AND MY TEA. THERE'S TEA EVERYWHERE. IF YOU DROP IT IN YOUR TEA, THEY TAKE IT OFF YOU AT RECEPTION. IT IS REALLY GOOD THAT WE HAVE A BREAK NOW. YOU CAN TIDY UP. COMING UP ` AFTER LABOUR MP KIRI ALLAN REVEALED HER CERVICAL CANCER DIAGNOSIS, NEW ZEALAND WOMEN ARE BEING URGED TO PRIORITISE THEIR HEALTH AND GET TESTED. WELCOME BACK INTO BREAKFAST. YESTERDAY MORNING, LABOUR MP KIRITAPU ALLAN REVEALED THE DEVASTATING NEWS THAT SHE WAS IN THE FIGHT OF HER LIFE, HAVING BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE III CERVICAL CANCER. KIRITAPU HAS TAKEN A LEAVE OF ABSENCE WHILE SHE UNDERGOES TREATMENT. BUT SHE ALSO TOOK THE TIME TO URGE WOMEN TO GET TESTED AND NOT LEAVE IT TOO LATE. SO WHY AREN'T WOMEN GETTING TESTED? AND WHY IS IT NOT BEING A PRIORITY? KAPA HAKA STAR TALEI MORRISON DIED IN 2018 FROM CERVICAL CANCER, BUT NOT BEFORE LAUNCHING THE 'SMEAR YOUR MEA' CAMPAIGN, ENCOURAGING WOMEN TO GET TESTED. AND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE HER MOTHER SANDY MORRISON IN STUDIO WITH US ALONGSIDE THE CANCER SOCIETY'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE LUCY ELDER WHO JOINS US FROM OUR WELLINGTON STUDIO. MORENA TO YOU BOTH. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. LUCY, I WILL COME TO YOU SHORTLY, BUT I WANT TO START WITH SANDY. MORENA. TENA KOE, JENNY MAY. KIA ORA. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER'S STORY. BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH IS WHAT YOUR REACTION WAS TO KIRITAPU ALLAN'S ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY. THOSE WERE VERY PROFOUND WORDS. (SPEAKS MAORI) I THINK THAT AS WELL AS MAKING PUBLIC HER VERY COURAGEOUS STATEMENT ON HER JOURNEY TO COME, I THINK LIKE MY DAUGHTER, SHE SAW A CAUSE GREATER THAN HERSELF. AND THERE IS NOTHING BUT IMPRESSIVENESS AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE USED THE WORD IS EXTRAORDINARY, BUT WHAT A VERY SELFLESS STATEMENT TO MAKE THAT IN THE MIDST OF HER OWN JOURNEY, SHE THOUGHT OF OTHERS. I JUST WENT TO MY HEART AND SENT ALL OF THE MANY LESSONS TO HER, BUT NOT JUST TO HER, TO ALL OF HER FAMILY AS WELL. I DID THINK OF THEM IN THIS BATTLE AS WELL. AS YOU WELL KNOW, IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE ONE PERSON, IT HAS RIPPLE EFFECTS. YESTERDAY, KIRITAPU MENTIONED IN HER SOCIAL MEDIA POST AT THE LAST TIME SHE HAD A SMEAR WAS WHEN YOUR DAUGHTER WAS GOING TO HER BATTLE IN 2018, AND IT WAS FRONT OF MIND AT THAT TIME BECAUSE SHE HAD A CONNECTION WITH HER. AND THEN JUST GOT ON WITH LIFE. WHY ARE WE NOT TAKING BETTER CARE OF OURSELVES? WHY WE NOT WALKING THROUGH THOSE DOORS ARE SAYING THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO. I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN INHERENT SENSE OF SERVICE VERY VERY STRONGLY. AND WHEN WE FULFIL THAT SENSE OF SERVICE, LIKE MANY WOMEN, WE TEND TO PUT US ARE SECONDARY. I THINK WE ARE JUST USED TO DOING THE WORK. WE HEAR THAT A LOT, JUST DO THE MAHI, AND I THINK MAYBE IT IS TIME TO STOP AND CONCENTRATE ON WHAT AM I FEELING, HOW AM I FEELING, IS THERE ANYTHING POSSIBLY NOT RINGING TRUE FOR ME AND HOW I KNOW MY OWN BODY? I THINK IT IS THOSE MESSAGES THAT WE NEED TO STOP TAKE AND CONSOLIDATE. IN TERMS OF YOUR DAUGHTER'S STORY, WHAT WAS HER BARRIER TO TESTING? SHE HAD BEEN IN PAIN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND HAD HAD A VERY BAD EXPERIENCE. SHE DID HAVE LOTS OF FOLLOW-UP GP ADVICE, BUT IT WAS SADLY THE WRONG ADVICE. AND SO SHE CARRIED ON WITH THANKING HER SYMPTOMS HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WHEN IN FACT THEY HAD BEEN MISDIAGNOSED. THERE IS SELF AGENCY THAT SHOULD JUST PUSHED YOU, JUST PUSH YOU TO TAKE THE LITTLE STEP, AND WHAT I ALWAYS CANNOT GET OVER IS THAT WE ARE EDUCATED, AND SO FOR US WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF EDUCATION, ALL THE ASSUMPTIONS WE HAVE ABOUT EACH OTHER, I JUST WANT TO SAY STOP ALL THOSE ASSUMPTIONS AND GO BACK TO FUNDAMENTALS OVER A CUP OF TEA. JUST CHECK IN WITH YOUR SISTERS, YOUR DAUGHTERS, YOUR MOTHERS, YOUR AUNTIE'S, YOUR COUSINS, JUST TAKE TIME TO CHECK IN WITH EACH OTHER. THAT IS BEAUTIFUL. LUCY, I WANT TO BRING YOU IN HERE NOW. YOU KNOW SANDY AND YOU KNOW THE STORY OF HER DAUGHTER. IN TERMS OF STOPPING WOMEN FROM COMING FORWARD AND HAVING THAT TEST, WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS THAT YOU KNOW AND ARE AWARE OF FOR WOMEN? THERE IS QUITE A LOT ABOUT EXPOSING THAT AREA OF YOUR BODY TO A DOCTOR. THERE ARE MANY NURSES. WE SEE DIFFERENT RATES OF SMEAR TESTING ACROSS DIFFERENT CULTURES. THE TARGET IS 80% OF WOMEN THAT THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH HAZARD. WE ARE CLOSEST TO THAT TARGET FOR EUROPEAN WOMAN. I THINK THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ACROSS A CUP OF TEA TO ACTUALLY SUPPORT ANYONE YOU KNOW WITH A CERVIX WHO IS BETWEEN THE AGE OF 25 AND 69 TO HAVE THE REGULAR SMEAR TEST IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT IN TIME WE CAN WORK ON. THERE ARE SOME ENCOURAGING RESEARCH AROUND SELF TESTING. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS LOOKING AT THAT. WE REALLY ENCOURAGE THAT FROM THE CANCER SOCIETY, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE TAKING THE TEST IN THEIR OWN HOME THAN NEEDING TO GO AND GET UP ON A TABLE WITH A NURSE. IS THAT TEST FUNDED? THE TEST IS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TEST. IT IS AN HPV TEST. IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE MINISTRY OF OTHERS LOOKING AT INTRODUCING A NEW ZEALAND, BUT THERE HAS BEEN GOOD RESEARCH AND TRIALS BEHIND IT. YOU ARE CALLING FOR IT TO BE FUNDED. IT IS AVAILABLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES. IT IS A TEST THAT THE SCREENING PROGRAM WOULD PUSH UP TO ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS RATHER THAN ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS. A LOT OF WOMEN WILL GET THE LETTER AND I GET A PHONE CALL TO SAY THEY ARE DUE FOR A SMEAR, AND IT IS EASY TO SAY I AM REALLY BUSY THIS MONTH AND PUSH IT OUT. IF IT WAS LESS FREQUENT, THAT WOULD HELP. THAT WAS MY STORY. I WAS SUPPOSED TO GET ONE IN 2019 AND LEFT A BOY YEAR AND JUST RECENTLY HAD TO HAVE A BIOPSY. THANKFULLY I AM OKAY, BUT IT IS A STORY THAT IS FAMILIAR TO SO MANY WOMEN. THERE ARE TWO THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE A WRAPUP. FIRST ONE IS HOW MUCH INCREASE IN ENGAGEMENT DID YOU HAVE YESTERDAY AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT? WE HAD A MASSIVE SPIKE OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT CERVICAL CANCER ON OUR WEBSITE. OVER SIX MONTHS OF TRAFFIC ON THOSE PAGES IN THE FIRST FEW HOURS. THAT IS THE POWER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INSPIRATIONAL LIKE HER SHARING HER STORY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT IS AN AREA THAT PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, THERE CERVIX AND BLEEDING AND THINGS. I KNOW THERE ARE THREE THINGS YOU SAY CAN BE DONE THEY COULD ALMOST ELIMINATE CERVICAL CANCER IN THIS COUNTRY. ONE OF THE OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS IS HPV VACCINATION FOR CHILDREN. IT SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS, BUT IF YOUR CHILD MISSED THAT, IT IS FREE UNTIL THE AGE OF 26. WE WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET THAT VACCINATION. AND THEN REGULAR SCREENING, AND THEN THE LAST THING IS THE SELF TESTING THAT WE ARE WANTING TO SEE INTRODUCED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I WANT TO COME BACK TO YOU, SANDY, BECAUSE SPEAKING WITH LUCY ABOUT THE PREVENTATIVE STUFF, AND THIS IS WHAT WAS IN YOUR DAUGHTERS LAST MONTH OF LIFE. SHE REALLY PUSHED FOR WOMEN TO PUT IT ASIDE AND PUT THE BUSINESS ASIDE AND TO TEST IT. CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THAT? I AM ACTUALLY REMINDED IN JANUARY 2018 WHEN SHE INTERVIEWED HERSELF ON BREAKFAST WITH HAYLEY HOLT AND JACK TAME. SHE JUST WANTED TO GET IT ALL OUT. SHE WAS USING THIS MEDIUM TO EDUCATE. THAT WAS A VERY STRONG MESSAGE. I THINK THE OTHER THING FOR THE CAMPAIGN IS THAT WE GO TO THE PEOPLE. WE MUST GO TO THE PEOPLE. AND MY DAUGHTER USED KAPA HAKA AS HER PLATFORM TO GO TO PEOPLE. IT GIVES A MESSAGE TO MANY PEOPLE. IT WAS VERY POWERFUL. WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT HEALTH AND EQUITY THESE DAYS, AND IN MANY WAYS I THINK THAT IS PART OF OUR MODEL, TO GO TO THE PEOPLE. HAVING THE CHAMPIONS. THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER CHAMPIONS AS WELL. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE OTHER WOMEN WHO WE ARE WORKING WITH AS WELL AND ARE IN TOUCH WITH AS WELL. ACCESS TO GOOD MEDICINE JUST TO KNOW HOW WE ARE IN A PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM AND THEY NEED TO BE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE. USING TE REO MAORI IS WAYS OF REACHING A WOMEN AS WELL. AND FOR US AS WOMEN, AS I SAID, WE ALWAYS USE PROTECT WHAKAPAPA, AND I WANT TO STRESS THAT INTERGENERATIONAL SUPPORT. KIRITAPU ALLAN HAD HER DAUGHTER AND HER PARENTS. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT GIVES YOU HOPE AND WISDOM. ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL COME INTO THE EQUATION AS WELL. HOW ARE YOU? I AM FINE. WE ALL HAVE THE RESILIENCE OF OUR ANCESTORS THAT COME TO THE FORE AT CRITICAL TIMES IF WE NEED, AND A REALLY GOOD MOTTO THAT I HAVE IS KEEP THE FAITH. WHATEVER THAT FAITH MEANS TO YOU, JUST A STRONG IN THEIR FAITH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND HAVING THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION, AND ALSO A MOMENT FOR US TO REMEMBER YOUR DAUGHTER. I JUST WANT TO FINISH THIS CONVERSATION SO THAT WE ARE FULL OF GRATITUDE FOR YOU, KIRITAPU ALLAN, AND FOR REMINDING US TO PUT OURSELVES AND OUR HEALTH FIRST. (SPEAKS MAORI) THANK YOU FOR BEING BRAVE ENOUGH TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE. A LOVE AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU AS YOU FACE THE CHALLENGES AHEAD. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` WHY NORTH KOREA IS PULLING OUT OF THE TOKYO OLYMPICS IN JULY, MAKING IT THE FIRST COUNTRY TO DO SO. MORE ON THAT AT 6.30. ALSO AHEAD ` A DATE IS SET FOR THE TRANS TASMAN BUBBLE, BUT AS WE'VE BEEN TOLD, FLYER BEWARE. WE WEIGH UP THE RISK WITH THE REWARD OF GETTING ON THAT FLIGHT. AND IT IS A MOSTLY FINE DAY ACROSS NEW ZEALAND. A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER AND AUCKLAND THIS MORNING. I HAVE ALL YOUR WEATHER DETAILS COMING UP SHORTLY. WOMEN ARE BEING URGED TO PRIORITISE THEIR HEALTH AND NOT PUT OFF SEEING THE DOCTOR. IT FOLLOWS THE NEWS FROM LABOUR MINISTER KIRITAPU ALLAN THAT SHE HAS STAGE THREE CERVICAL CANCER, TAKING THE TIME IN HER ANNOUNCEMENT TO TELL WOMEN NOT TO LEAVE THINGS TOO LATE. THE CANCER SOCIETY SAYS THEY'VE ALREADY SEEN A MASSIVE SPIKE IN PEOPLE LOOKING AT CERVICAL CANCER ON ITS WEBSITE. OVER SIX MONTHS OF TRAFFIC IN A FEW HOURS. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY'S WELCOMING AUSTRALIANS BACK TO AOTEAROA COULD BRING A BILLION DOLLAR BOOST TO OUR ECONOMY, ONCE THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE OPENS ON APRIL 19TH. BEFORE COVID-19, AUSTRALIA WAS OUR BIGGEST OVERSEAS MARKET ` MAKING UP 40% OF INTERNATIONAL VISITORS. YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT HAS GIVEN MANY INDUSTRY WORKERS A SENSE OF SECURITY. THIS IS THE LIFELINE WE NEEDED; THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR. THIS IS THE SAVIOUR FOR BUSINESSES IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD. BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, AUSTRALIAN TOURISM INJECTED NEARLY $3 BILLION INTO NEW ZEALAND'S LOCAL ECONOMIES. TRAVEL WILL BE MANAGED UNDER A 'TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEM'. FLIGHTS WILL OPERATE ON A STATE-BY-STATE BASIS, DEPENDING ON THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY COULD BE SUSPENDED IF THERE IS A LARGE OUTBREAK. MORE THAN $1000 MANAGED ISOLATION SPOTS ARE EXPECTED TO FREE UP ONCE THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE COMMENCES. BUT 500 OF THOSE ROOMS WILL BE SET ASIDE IN CASE OF AN OUTBREAK IN AUSTRALIA, AND SOME FACILITIES COULD BE DECOMMISSIONED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. CANADA'S IN THE GRIPS OF A 'VERY SERIOUS' THIRD WAVE OF COVID-19 ACCORDING TO THE COUNTRY'S PRIME MINISTER. JUSTIN TRUDEAU SAYS HOSPITALISATIONS ARE SURGING, WITH MORE THAN 5000 NEW CASES A DAY OVER THE PAST WEEK. AND FRANCE HAS SEEN ITS HIGHEST NUMBER OF PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE WITH COVID-19 IN A YEAR. MORE THAN 5500 PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING HIGH-LEVEL TREATMENT. TURKEY'S SEEN ALMOST 50,000 CASES IN A SINGLE DAY ` THE HIGHEST NUMBER SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC. A NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN CAME BACK INTO PLACE LAST WEEK. TO SPORT, AND SANZAAR SAYS IT'LL PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS ON WHAT THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP COULD LOOK LIKE TODAY AFTER THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE ANNOUNCEMENT. THE COMPETITION'S ORGANISERS SAY IT'S BEEN GOING OVER THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP LATER THIS YEAR. THE BUBBLE IS ALSO A BIG BOOST FOR THE UPCOMING TRANS-TASMAN SUPER RUGBY COMPETITION, DESPITE AUSTRALIAN TEAMS SHOWING WILLINGNESS TO HAVE HUBS IN NEW ZEALAND CITIES. NORTH KOREA HAS BECOME THE FIRST NATION TO PULL OUT OF THE TOKYO OLYMPICS IN JULY, SAYING THE DECISION IS TO PROTECT ITS ATHLETES FROM COVID-19. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE COUNTRY WON'T BE PARTICIPATING AT A SUMMER OLYMPICS SINCE BOYCOTTING THE 1988 GAMES IN SEOUL. THE NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT CLAIMS THERE ARE NO CASES OF THE VIRUS WITHIN ITS BORDERS. HOWEVER EXPERTS SAY THAT'S UNLIKELY. AND FINALLY, THE TRAIN DRIVER OF MASTERTON'S ICONIC MINIATURE RAILWAY HAS BEEN AWARDED FOR HIS 40 YEARS BEHIND THE WHEEL. GARY ESLER HAS RECEIVED A COMMUNITY AWARD FOR BEING THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE TOWN'S TINY TRAIN. THE HISTORIC RAILWAY IS IN THE TOWN'S QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK. IT'S A HIT WITH BOTH LOCALS AND VISITORS, COSTING JUST $1 TO RIDE. I REMEMBER THAT. IT'S FASTER THAN THE TRAIN YOU TOOK YESTERDAY JON THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL INTERVIEW. THE CANCER SOCIETY SAW MORE THAN SIX MONTHS WORTH OF SURGES IN A FEW HOURS YESTERDAY. THAT WAS REMARKABLE. THAT IS THE POWER OF PEOPLE TELLING THEIR STORIES. I WAS LOOKING FOR MY SMEAR TEST INFORMATION I THOUGHT, JEEPERS I STILL HAVE TO GO AND GET TESTED AGAIN IN SIX MONTHS TIME AND I COULDN'T REMEMBER THE DATES. AND URGED ME INTO RINGING THE DOCTOR AND FINDING OUT. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO DO TELL THEIR STORIES BECAUSE IT DOES MATTER. KIRI HAS RAISED A GOOD POINT. WE ARE GOING TO INVESTIGATE THIS, BECAUSE IT SEEMS A NO-BRAINER. IF IT IS CHEAP AND EFFICIENT, THEN WHY ARE WE USING IT? SELF TESTING WERE CUT DOWN HUGE BARRIERS FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO IN THEIR CULTURE FIND IT TOUGH SOMEONE IN OUR FEEDBACK SAID THAT IT IS ACTUALLY AN UNDERTAKING. YOU HAVE TO TAKE TIME OFF WORK, AND SO TO MAKE IT SIMPLE FOR PEOPLE MEANS MORE PEOPLE WILL DO IT AND IT WILL BE FASTER. AND IT WILL CONTINUE THE MESSAGING. IF IT IS OUT THERE LIKE IT IS, WHERE WE DO GET TESTS AND DO THINK ABOUT IT, AND IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS GO BY AND THEN LIFE HAPPENS. SO THE MESSAGING IS REALLY IMPORTANT I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR SANDY COMING IN AND TALKING ABOUT THE SMEAR YOUR MEA CAMPAIGN NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO LOSE THEIR CHILD WE WILL PUSH INTO SELF TESTING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AND THAT'S YOUR NEWS. THIS IS WHAT YOUR WEDNESDAY LOOKS LIKE. BIT OF CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE UPPER NORTH BUT FINE SPELLS IN AMONGST THAT AS WELL. WHITIANGA COULD SEE ONE OR TWO AFTERNOON SHOWERS, POSSIBLY REACHING AUCKLAND THIS EVENING. 23, 24 DEGREES FOR ALL OF YOU. THERE'S THAT MIX OF FINE SPELLS AND CLOUD COVER THROUGH HERE AS WELL, AND DO WATCH OUT FOR THE CHANCE OF BRIEF LIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST PLACES. BUT ALL IN ALL, NOT BAD. 21 DEGREES IN TAUPO AND ROTORUA, 23 FOR HAMILTON AND THE COAST. IT'S LOOKING OVERCAST FURTHER EAST, AND YOU'LL GET HIT BY THE ODD SHOWER THROUGH HAWKE'S BAY AND GISBORNE. STILL THOSE MILD TEMPERATURES, THOUGH. 20 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN MASTERTON, 21 FOR HAWKE'S BAY AND GISBORNE. YOU'RE IN FOR AN OVERCAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH TAUMARUNUI WITH POSSIBLY ONE OR TWO SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH. BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE OUT WEST, THE DAY LOOKS NICE AND FINE WITH SUNNY SKIES ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. 19 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON, 21 FOR PALMERSTON NORTH AND NEW PLYMOUTH. THINGS ARE LOOKING LOVELY ACROSS IN THE UPPER SOUTH AND ALONG THE WEST COAST. LITTLE BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR A COUPLE OF PLACES BUT THAT'LL LIFT PRETTY QUICKLY, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ONCE IT DOES. 19 DEGREES IN WESTPORT AND KAIKOURA, 20 FOR NELSON AND BLENHEIM. THERE'S SOME LOW MORNING CLOUD ALONG THE EAST COAST THERE, BUT ONCE THAT BREAKS UP IT'LL BE NICE AND FINE. JUST WATCH OUT FOR THOSE NOR-EASTERLIES PICKING UP THIS AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, THOUGH, IS LOVELY AND CLEAR ALL DAY. 17 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN TIMARU AND OAMARU, 19 IF YOU'RE IN CHRISTCHURCH. AND IT'S MOSTLY FINE IN THE LOWER SOUTH. BIT OF CLOUD THROUGH SOUTHLAND, AND WATCH OUT FOR A COUPLE OF SHOWERS IN INVERCARGILL AND STEWART ISLAND. BUT OTHERWISE IT SHOULD BE GOOD. 16 DEGREES IN INVERCARGILL, 19 FOR QUEENSTOWN. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR THURSDAY. TOMORROW IT'S FINE IN THE NORTH ISLAND'S SOUTH, BUT A BIT MORE OVERCAST EVERYWHERE ELSE WITH THE CHANCE OF SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS. THERE'S A COUPLE OF SHOWERS AROUND FIORDLAND AND STEWART ISLAND, BUT IT'S NICE AND FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE. BESPOKE WHETHER WE WILL DO AFTER 8 O'CLOCK. WE WILL ALSO DO TODAY'S THE DAY AFTER 8 O'CLOCK SO SHE KNOWS IN AS WELL. COMING UP ` THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE IS COMING. AFTER THE BREAK ` WHAT YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF IN TERMS OF TRAVEL INSURANCE. WELCOME BACK THIS MORNING, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE AND WHAT THAT STEP-BY-STEP RETURN TO INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL INVOLVES AND MEANS AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF ISOLATION. EXCITING? ABSOLUTELY. BUT THERE'S RISK. WE STILL LIVE IN A COVID WORLD, AND AN OUTBREAK IN EITHER COUNTRY COULD SEE BORDERS SNAP SHUT. THE PRIME MINISTER'S WARNED IF YOU GET STUCK, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN. 'FLYER BEWARE' IS THE PHRASE BEING USED. AFTER 7, WE LOOK AT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR TOURISM AND THE HEALTH CHECKS AND BALANCES REQUIRED. BUT LET'S BEGIN WITH THE TRAVEL ITSELF ` RULES, RISK, AND CAN YOU INSURE AGAINST IT? AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO BRING IN DAVID COOMBES, THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FLIGHT CENTRE. I'M GONNA SHAKE YOUR HAND, DAVID. IT'S A GOOD THEY WERE BEEN WAITING FOR IT FOR OVER A YEAR. WHEREAT ABOUT 1200 LAST YEAR, 400 NOW. IT'S BEEN A TOUGH TIME FOR OUR PEOPLE. THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. IT'S THE FIRST STEP TO WHERE WE NEED TO GET TO. SO MANY PEOPLE ARE KEEN TO GET TO AUSSIE AND VISIT FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WE WILL TAKE THE STEP AND CELEBRATE IT, AND LOOK FORWARD TO MORE. THE GCS BIKE IN YOUR WEBSITES AFTER THAT? KIWIS LOVE TRAVELLING. LOTS OF KIWIS HAVE FAMILIES IN AUSSIE, AND LOTS OF PEOPLE IN AUSSIE WILL BE COMING BACK HERE FOR SURE. LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR SITUATION. SO I GUESS WITH THIS SYSTEM IF YOU END UP IN VICTORIA OR MELBOURNE AND AGAINST THE RED LIGHT SO YOU CAN'T TRAVEL, CAN YOU ENSURE THE COSTS OF STAYING ON AND MOST SITUATIONS? WHAT OUR POLICY DOESN'T COVER IS THE FLYER BEWARE TOURISM COMPANIES CAN'T COVER THE COSTS OF THOSE. THIS IS A MANIFESTATION OF THE PANDEMIC SITUATION. SO FOR 17,000 KIWIS STUCK IN AUSTRALIA, WHAT WE CAN COVER YOU FOR SOME COVID INCIDENCES IF IT IS INDIVIDUAL FOR INSTANCE IF YOU CONTRACT COVID IF YOU'RE ON A CENTRAL LEADER AND YOUR LIVE GETS REVOKED, WE WILL COVER YOU FOR THAT. WE DO HAVE A POLICY THAT COVERS A LOT OF COVID INCIDENCES, WHAT IT CAN'T COVER AS A MASS LOCKDOWN THEY ARE MAKING THE EXACT SAME POINT AS OF GOVERNMENT IS MAKING, FLYER BEWARE. WE HAVE SEEN SOME STATES IN AUSTRALIA DO THIS. IF YOU HAVE TO WAIT IT OUT, THAT IT WILL BE AN EXPENSE BASICALLY. IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS, YOU WANT SOMEONE ON THE END OF THE PHONE. YOU WANT SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO REARRANGE YOUR TRAVEL ARRANGEMENT OR REARRANGE YOUR BOOKINGS TO SORT OUT ACCOMMODATION, IN THAT INSTANCE YOU'RE GONNA BE ON YOUR OWN. THAT'S WHY WE SEE FAMILY AND FRIENDS TRAVEL BOUNCING BACK SO MUCH. PEOPLE ARE REALLY KEEN TO GET ACROSS THE DITCH. SO THE TRAVEL THAT IS HAPPENING FASTEST, PEOPLE WITH FAMILY IN AUSTRALIA. YES, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT YOUNG TRAVELLERS WITH LESS COMMITMENTS WILL TRAVEL SOON AND TRAVEL FOR HOLIDAY AND GET AWAY AND EXPLORE THE COUNTRY PEOPLE HAVE SHORT MEMORIES, THEY LOVE TO TRAVEL. THEY WILL WAIT, SEE HOW IT GOES, AND IF WE HAVE A GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR WHILE THE DEMAND WILL RAMP UP PRETTY QUICKLY. IT TOOK ABOUT A GOOD ENVIRONMENT. IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, HOW TOUGH IS IT BEEN? THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IMPACTED ON OUR INDUSTRY. IT HAS BEEN REALLY TOUGH. SO NOT GREAT. THOUSANDS OF JOB LOSSES WHERE RESILIENT, AND WE ARE HERE TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS WE THINK IT'LL COME BACK PRETTY QUICKLY. WE KNOW WHY PEOPLE GO TO AUSTRALIA. OR THE FLASH RESTAURANTS, AND BRIGHT LIGHTS. WHAT IS THE NEW ZEALAND STORY YOU WILL SELL ACROSS THE DITCH? WE ARE CREATING A PRODUCT FOR AUSSIES. SO GET OUT AND EXPLORE THE WHOLE COUNTRY. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY IT IS. SO GET OUT OF THE BEACHES AND GET THEIR KIWI EXPERIENCE. I HOPE THE NEXT TWO WEEKS ARE SUPER BUSY FOR YOU. WITH READY BROUGHT A FEW BACK, AND WE CAN BRING A LOT MORE BACK. OUR WHOLE INDUSTRY IS BUZZING A BIT TODAY. THANKS. WE WISH YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE WELL. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` WHILE WE ARE CELEBRATING NEWS OF A TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE, MANY COUNTRIES ACROSS THE WORLD ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH GROWING COVID CASES AND FRESH RESTRICTIONS. MORE ON THAT AT 7. ALSO AHEAD ` DESPERATE TO SEE LOVED ONES, AND DESPERATE FOR BUSINESS. WE HEAR FROM THOSE MOST IN NEED OF THE TRANS TASMAN BUBBLE. AND NEXT ` NATIONAL LEADER JUDITH COLLINS GIVES US HER 2 CENTS ON THE BIG TRAVEL BUBBLE NEWS. A LITTLE BIT OF MORNING CLOUD HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH. OIL WITH THE DETAILS COMING UP JUDITH COLLINS PICKS THE SONG. IT IS TERRIBLE. YOU HAVE MADE JOHN'S DAY. RIGHT, LET'S RETURN TO THE PRIME MINISTER'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MUCH ANTICIPATED TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE, GOING AHEAD FROM APRIL 19th ` THAT'S MONDAY WEEK. THE NATS HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, EVEN PETITIONING FOR IT, WHICH MEANS THEY THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, JUST TOO LATE. LET'S BRING IN JUDITH COLLINS FOR HER WEEKLY WEDNESDAY MORNING CHAT. MORENA, AND JUST BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WANT TO SIGNAL THAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH REPORTING TOO. BUT LET'S START WITH THE BUBBLE. WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THE BUBBLE? I AM DELIGHTED. I AM DELIGHTED FOR ALL OF THE TOURIST OPERATORS AND THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR, TRAVEL AGENTS, AND I AM EVEN MORE DELIGHTED FOR THE FAMILIES WHO CAN ACTUALLY BE REUNITED. BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP, AND WE HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR IT SINCE OCTOBER AT LEAST. REALLY PLEASED THAT HAS HAPPENED. HOW DO WE GET THIS RIGHT? IF COVID-19 SNACKS AND AS A RESULT OF THE BUBBLE, WILL YOU PLAY POLITICS THEN AND SAY GOVERNMENT, YOU HAVE FAILED US? EVERYONE CAN SEE THAT WE CANNOT JUST BE CLOSED OFF FROM OUR NEAREST NEIGHBOURS JUST FOR EVER. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. IF AUSTRALIA CAN TRUST US TO COME THERE, THEN WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO WORK OUT HOW WE CAN DO IT. I THINK IT HAS BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME AND WE NEED TO DO IT. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE NOT PLAY POLITICS WITH PEOPLE BRINGING IN COVID-19. IT IS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE PUT THE COUNTRY FIRST ON THIS ONE. LET'S ABSOLUTELY ACCEPT THAT YOU THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. I KNOW YOU HAVE SAID IT IS TAKEN TOO LONG. I WANT TO MOVE ON TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH REPORTING. I'M NOT SURE ALL OUR VIEWERS WILL KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. I THINK THIS IS A RESULT IN THE FIRST INSTANCE OF REALLY GOOD WORK BY HENRY COOK AND THE STAFF TEAM. A ROUTINE REPORT WAS DELAYED FOR OVER A YEAR AS OFFICIALS BATTLE BEHIND-THE-SCENES TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF DATA IN IT. I'M QUOTING FROM HENRY COOK'S WORK. IT LOOKS LIKE THE MESSAGE WAS BEING MASSAGED. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS BEING SANITISED. WE ARE GOING TO TRY AND GET SOMEONE INTO EXPLAIN HOW AND WHY THIS HAPPENED, BUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THIS? IT LOOKS AWFULLY TO ME, JOHN, THAT THERE WAS SOME MASSAGING GOING ON OF THOSE STATISTICS. THERE WAS CLEARLY AN ARGUMENT GOING ON WITHIN THE TOP ECHELONS, THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT SOME STATISTICS SHOULD BE REPORTED ON, SUCH AS SUICIDE STATISTICS AND WAIT TIMES. AND BECAUSE THEY WERE APPARENTLY NEGATIVE. WELL, YES, IT IS NEGATIVE. THAT IS WHY IT NEEDS TO BE REPORTED ON. AND WE CANNOT FIX PROBLEMS IF WE DO NOT KNOW THE EXTENT OF THEM. WE HAVE NOW GOT A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE LOOKED AT ALL THE EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE IS THE OPPOSITION, AND WILL BE PUTTING IN A COMPLAINT TO THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION ABOUT THIS. IT LOOKS ON THE FACE OF IT AS THOUGH IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO BE DECEITFUL, AND ACTUALLY IT IS EXTREMELY CRUEL TO PLAY WITH THE SORT OF THING. I AM WORKING ON WHAT HENRY COOK HAS UNCOVERED, AND THIS IS A SERIES OF OIA'S WHICH REVEAL THAT INFORMATION WAS REMOVED. IS THAT DECEITFUL? IS THAT TOO STRONG A WORD, OR DO YOU STAND BY THAT DESCRIPTION? I USE THAT WORD CAREFULLY. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE MUST FEEL WHEN THEY CANNOT GET ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND A LOVED ONE COMMITS SUICIDE. AND TO FIND OUT THAT IMPORTANCE TO STICK LIKE THIS HAVE BEEN HELD BACK OR ATTEMPTED TO BE HELD BACK ON THE BASIS THAT THEY ARE NEGATIVE, THEY TELL A NEGATIVE STORY, WELL, IT IS NEGATIVE AND WE DO NEED TO FIX IT. THE GOVERNMENT MADE VERY BIG PROMISES AROUND MENTAL HEALTH. WE DO NOT KNOW IF THIS HAS COME FROM THE MINISTERS OFFICE. WE SINCERELY HOPE IT HAS NOT. BUT THE FACT IS THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE. WE NEED TO FIND US. THAT WOULD BE TERRIBLE, BUT IN A WAY A SELF CENSORING BUREAUCRACY IS NOT MUCH BETTER. AND AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN A MINISTER IN THESE POSITIONS, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT NO SELF CENSORING BUREAUCRACY DECIDES WHAT A MINISTER ALL THE PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW BECAUSE IT MIGHT CAUSE THEM SOME DIFFICULTY. THAT WOULD BE EXTRAORDINARY. THAT'S WHY WE THINK IT SHOULD GO TO THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION. WE WILL FOLLOW-UP. JENNY MAY SAID YOU SAID SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL ABOUT KIRITAPU YESTERDAY. I MISSED THAT. I WAS SHOCKED ABOUT THE NEWS ABOUT HER HAVING STAGE III CERVICAL CANCER. I JUST THOUGHT SHE DID SUCH A GREAT JOB DURING THE LATEST SOON ARMY THREAT AND TO FIND OUT THAT SHE KNEW THIS WAS ALL GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND FOR HER AT THE SAME TIME THAT SHE HAD TO STEP UP IN HER FIRST BIG MINISTERIAL TEST. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST EXTRAORDINARY THAT SHE WENT THROUGH THAT. I CAN IMAGINE SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN PUTTING HERSELF IN THE BACKGROUND AND PUTTING HER JOB FIRST. BUT IT IS JUST A REMINDER THAT WHAT PEOPLE SEE IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT IS GOING ON BEHIND-THE-SCENES. ALL THE BEST TO HER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. WE APPRECIATE IT. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT SANDY WAS TALKING ABOUT. WE HAVE SUCH A STRONG WANT TO SERVICE AND THAT OTHER PEOPLE'S NEEDS ARE GREATER THAN OURS, AND SO WE DO PUT OURSELVES IN THE BACKGROUND. KIRITAPU HAS REMINDED US TO PUT OURSELVES IN THE FOREFRONT AND LOOK AFTER OURSELVES FIRST. THANK YOU, JUDITH, FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. SOME OF IT IS VERY MOVING AND VERY PERSONAL. HERE SHE IS WITH THE NOSE. *NEWS WELCOMING AUSTRALIANS BACK TO AOTEAROA COULD BRING A BILLION DOLLAR BOOST TO OUR ECONOMY ONCE THE TRANS TASMAN BUBBLE OPENS ON APRIL 19th. BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, AUSTRALIA WAS OUR BIGGEST OVERSEAS MARKET, MAKING UP 40% OF INTERNATIONAL VISITORS. TRAVEL WILL BE MANAGED UNDER A 'TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEM'. FLIGHTS WILL OPERATE ON A STATE-BY-STATE BASIS, DEPENDING ON THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY COULD BE SUSPENDED IF THERE IS A LARGE OUTBREAK. AND THE PRIME MINISTER HAS WARNED IF NEW ZEALANDERS GET STUCK, THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN. THERE IS SOME COVID-19 INSURANCE. YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT POLICY AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IT COVERS. WHAT IT DOESN'T COVER AS A FLYER BEWARE SITUATION. IF THE GOVERNMENT CALLED THE LOCKDOWN, TRAVEL INSURANCE CANNOT COVER IT. THAT IS WHY WE ARE SEEING FAMILY AND FRIENDS TRAVEL BOUNCING BACK FASTERS, BECAUSE YOU CAN CULTIVATE YOUR MATES PLACE ALL YOUR MUM'S PLACE IF SOMETHING GOES DOWN. MEANWHILE, CANADA'S IN THE GRIPS OF A 'VERY SERIOUS' THIRD WAVE OF COVID-19, ACCORDING TO THE COUNTRY'S PRIME MINISTER. JUSTIN TRUDEAU SAYS HOSPITALISATIONS ARE SURGING, WITH MORE THAN 5000 NEW CASES A DAY OVER THE PAST WEEK. AND FRANCE HAS SEEN ITS HIGHEST NUMBER OF PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE WITH COVID-19 IN A YEAR. MORE THAN 5500 PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING HIGH-LEVEL TREATMENT. TURKEY HAS SEEN ALMOST 50,000 CASES IN A SINGLE DAY ` THE HIGHEST NUMBER SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC. A NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN CAME BACK INTO PLACE LAST WEEK. BACK HERE, AND WOMEN ARE BEING URGED TO PRIORITISE THEIR HEALTH AND NOT PUT OFF SEEING THE DOCTOR. IT FOLLOWS THE NEWS FROM LABOUR MINISTER KIRITAPU ALLAN THAT SHE HAS STAGE III CERVICAL CANCER, TAKING THE TIME IN HER ANNOUNCEMENT TO TELL WOMEN NOT TO LEAVE THINGS TOO LATE. OVER SIX MONTHS OF TRAFFIC ON THOSE PAGES IN THE FIRST FEW HOURS. THAT IS THE POWER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INSPIRATIONAL LIKE HER SHARING HER STORY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT IS AS WE TALKED ABOUT AN AREA THAT PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR CERVIX AND BLEEDING AND THINGS. TO SPORT, AND THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE ANNOUNCEMENT HASN'T CHANGED THE WARRIORS' APPROACH TO THIS SEASON, ACCORDING TO FORWARD TOHU HARRIS. THE NEW TRAVEL AGREEMENT ALLOWS FOR THE WARRIORS TO LEAVE THEIR NEW SOUTH WALES BASE IN LATE JUNE AND PLAY THEIR FIRST HOME GAME IN AUCKLAND ON JULY 2nd AGAINST THE DRAGONS. BUT HARRIS SAYS FOR NOW THE TEAM IS COMFORTABLE IN AUSTRALIA AND WILL TAKE THINGS AS THEY COME. WE KNOW THE POSITION THAT WE'RE IN AT THE MOMENT, AND IF WE GET TO GO HOME, THEN THAT'S A BONUS. YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIT HARDER THE OTHER WAY ROUND. IF WE WERE AT HOME, AND THEN THERE WAS A DATE WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO AWAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, THAT'S A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, SITUATION. BUT AT THE MOMENT, WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY WHERE WE ARE. JOSH IOANE HAS BEEN DECLARED AVAILABLE FOR HIGHLANDERS SELECTION AGAIN AFTER BEING STOOD DOWN FOR DISCIPLINARY ISSUES. THE ALL BLACK ALONG WITH FIVE HIGHLANDERS TEAMMATES WERE PUNISHED FOR BREAKING TEAM PROTOCOLS AND WERE LEFT OUT OF THE SIDE WHICH BEAT THE CRUSADERS LAST WEEKEND. THEIR RETURN COMES AT A CRUCIAL TIME AFTER INJURIES TO THOMAS UMAGA-JENSEN AND FOLAU FAKATAVA. HE HAS BEEN PUNISHED, HASN'T HE? IMAGINE BEING DROPPED FOR BEING NAUGHTY, AND THEN WATCHING THE TEAM IN YOUR ABSENCE GO ON AND SMASH THE TOP TEAM ON THE DAY. I HAVE BEEN ON THOSE INSTANCES WHERE YOU ARE INJURED, NOT BEING NAUGHTY. HOW EXCITED WERE YOU? BEING NAUGHTY, JENNY MAY. NO, I WAS INJURED, AND I WAS ON THE SIDELINE AND THEN YOU SEE THE TEAM OPERATE BETTER WITHOUT YOU. YOUR CONFIDENCE STARTS TO GO DOWN. ELISE IT IS JUST A WEEK FOR HIM. HE HAS JUST HAD TO WATCH ONE GAME. HE HAS DONE HIS TIME. MORENA, MATTY. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT WITH THE BUBBLE COMING UP. THIS IS WHAT YOUR WEDNESDAY LOOKS LIKE. BIT OF CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE UPPER NORTH, BUT FINE SPELLS IN AMONGST THAT AS WELL. WHITIANGA COULD SEE ONE OR TWO AFTERNOON SHOWERS, POSSIBLY REACHING AUCKLAND THIS EVENING. 23, 24 DEGREES FOR ALL OF YOU. THERE'S THAT MIX OF FINE SPELLS AND CLOUD COVER THROUGH HERE AS WELL, AND DO WATCH OUT FOR THE CHANCE OF BRIEF LIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST PLACES, BUT ALL IN ALL, NOT BAD. 21 DEGREES IN TAUPO AND ROTORUA, 23 FOR HAMILTON AND THE COAST. IT'S LOOKING OVERCAST FURTHER EAST, AND YOU'LL GET HIT BY THE ODD SHOWER THROUGH HAWKE'S BAY AND GISBORNE. STILL THOSE MILD TEMPERATURES, THOUGH ` 20 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN MASTERTON, 21 FOR HAWKE'S BAY AND GISBORNE. YOU'RE IN FOR AN OVERCAST WEDNESDAY, THROUGH, TAUMARUNUI, WITH POSSIBLY ONE OR TWO SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH, BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE OUT WEST, THE DAY LOOKS NICE AND FINE, WITH SUNNY SKIES ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. 19 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON, 21 FOR PALMERSTON NORTH AND NEW PLYMOUTH. THINGS ARE LOOKING LOVELY ACROSS IN THE UPPER SOUTH AND ALONG THE WEST COAST ` LITTLE BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR A COUPLE OF PLACES, BUT THAT'LL LIFT PRETTY QUICKLY, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ONCE IT DOES. 19 DEGREES IN WESTPORT AND KAIKOURA, 20 FOR NELSON AND BLENHEIM. THERE'S SOME LOW MORNING CLOUD ALONG THE EAST COAST THERE, BUT ONCE THAT BREAKS UP IT'LL BE NICE AND FINE. JUST WATCH OUT FOR THOSE NOR'EASTERLIES PICKING UP THIS AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, THOUGH, IS LOVELY AND CLEAR ALL DAY. 17 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN TIMARU AND OAMARU, 19 IF YOU'RE IN CHRISTCHURCH. AND IT'S MOSTLY FINE IN THE LOWER SOUTH ` BIT OF CLOUD THROUGH SOUTHLAND, AND WATCH OUT FOR A COUPLE OF SHOWERS IN INVERCARGILL AND STEWART ISLAND, BUT OTHERWISE IT SHOULD BE GOOD. 16 DEGREES IN INVERCARGILL, 19 FOR QUEENSTOWN. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR THURSDAY ` TOMORROW IT'S FINE IN THE NORTH ISLAND'S SOUTH BUT A BIT MORE OVERCAST EVERYWHERE ELSE, WITH THE CHANCE OF SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS. THERE'S A COUPLE OF SHOWERS AROUND FIORDLAND AND STEWART ISLAND, BUT IT'S NICE AND FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE. THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. THAT IS A LOVELY PHOTO BEHIND YOU. CENTRAL OTAGO, I WOULD HAZARD A GUESS. BEAUTIFUL. IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS, KIWIS AND AUSSIES WILL BE ABLE TO TRAVEL ACROSS BOTH SIDES OF THE TASMAN WITHOUT HAVING TO QUARANTINE ` THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE WILL START ON APRIL 19th. SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR NEW ZEALAND AND AUSSIE TOURISM? AND HOW ARE KIWIS FEELING ABOUT SEEING THEIR LOVED ONES AFTER SUCH A LONG TIME? JACKIE COTTER'S ONLY CHILD LIVES IN MELBOURNE, AND THE CLOSED BORDERS MEAN SHE HAS MISSED HER GRADUATION AND HER 21st BIRTHDAY. JACKIE JOINS US NOW FROM OUR CHRISTCHURCH STUDIO ALONGSIDE CHRIS HALL FROM APT TRAVEL, WHO IS JOINING US FROM MELBOURNE, AND CHRIS ADAMS, WHO OPERATES FIORDLAND JET IN TE ANAU. MORENA! MORNING TO YOU ALL. I WANT TO START WITH YOU FIRST, CHRIS, IN MELBOURNE. YOU ARE GOOD GETTING UP AT THIS TIME IN THE MORNING TO BE WITH US HOW ARE YOU FEELING? YOU MUST BE BUZZING AFTER THE NEWS. IT WAS EASY TO WAKE UP EARLY TO TALK TO YOU, BECAUSE WE CANNOT WAIT TO TELL ALL OF THE KIWIS ABOUT THE OPENING. IT IS SO EXCITING FOR US. WE ARE AN AUSTRALIAN OWNED COMPANY, AND WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING TOYS BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS. SO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS OPEN, HAVE AUSTRALIANS BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO NEW ZEALAND AND ALSO HAVE NEW ZEALANDERS COME TO AUSTRALIA, IT IS A GREAT DAY. HOW MANY INQUIRIES DID YOU GET AFTER THAT ANNOUNCEMENT CAME OUT YESTERDAY OF PEOPLE WANTING TO TRAVEL EITHER FROM NEW ZEALAND OR FROM AUSTRALIA? JUST TALKING ABOUT AUSTRALIANS WANTING TO COME TO NEW ZEALAND, EVEN IN THE LEAD UP WHEN YOUR PRIME MINISTER MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON 6 APRIL THAT THERE WILL BE SOME TYPE OF ANNOUNCEMENT, ALREADY, WE SAW THE ENQUIRIES JUMP EXPONENTIALLY. WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF BOOKINGS IN THE BAG TO TRAVEL TO NEW ZEALAND BETWEEN JANUARY TO NOW. THEY WERE ALL CANCELLED. THE PENT-UP DEMAND HAS BEEN REALLY STRONG. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS WHERE WE WOULD NORMALLY SEE ABOUT 3000 PEOPLE TRAVEL WITH US FROM AUSTRALIA TO NEW ZEALAND AND A FULL GEAR WE ARE EXPENDING THAT TO HAPPEN IN JUST 1/2 YEAR. AND THE DEMAND WE ARE SEEING IS VERY STRONG. ARE THERE ANY PARTICULAR PLACES? WHAT GETS AUSTRALIANS EXCITED ABOUT COMING ACROSS HERE? ARE THERE PLACES THEY LOVE AND WANT TO VISIT? WE HAVE BEEN LOCKED IN OUR ISLAND FOR A YEAR AS WELL. LOOKING OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN BUBBLE, THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT NEW ZEALAND IN GENERAL. BUT IN PARTICULAR AUSTRALIANS LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO WHAT THEY CAN GET ON OUR OWN HOME. THE SOUTH ISLAND ALWAYS RESONATES. THE FANTASTIC LANDSCAPES. WHEN YOU TRAVEL TO THE WILD OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, THAT REALLY TAKES A LOT OF BOXES FOR AUSTRALIANS, PARTICULARLY THE HIKING, THE ADVENTURE STUFF IN QUEENSTOWN, PRICE CHURCH ITSELF, THE GLACIER, ALL THOSE TYPES OF AREAS THAT RESONATE FOR AUSTRALIANS. THERE IS A 10 DAY TOUR OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, WHICH IS GOOD FOR ALL OF THE OPERATORS DOWN THERE, BECAUSE IT IS ALL OF THE ACCOMMODATION. EVERYONE GETS THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF AUSTRALIANS TRAVELLING TO NEW ZEALAND ON A TOY LIKE OURS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GETTING UP SO EARLY THIS MORNING. IT IS GREAT NEWS, SO IT IS EASIER TO GET UP. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. CHRIS WAS TALKING ABOUT AUSTRALIANS WANTING TO COME TO THE SOUTH ISLAND. WE CANNOT WAIT. THEY HAVE BEEN ONE OF OUR GOOD CUSTOMERS OVER THE YEARS AND KNOW THEY ARE BOOKING AND COMING BACK THAT IS GREAT. WE ARE READY AND WAITING. HOW DID YOU REACT TO YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT? WHEN YOU YESTERDAY WAS GOING TO BE A FIRM DATE, BUT YOUR REACTION MUST'VE BEEN ONE OF THANK GOODNESS, FINALLY. WE CAN ALL GET UP FOR IT. THERE ARE 6000 PEOPLE A DAY THAT COME FROM AUSTRALIA TO NEW ZEALAND. A LOT OF COMING TO VISIT FAMILY AND FRIENDS. IF WE CAN GET A SLICE OF THEM WHEN THEY COME TO VISIT, THE DESTINATIONS ARE DESPERATE. IT WILL KEEP TOURISM SURVIVING. IT WAS GOING TO BE A STRUGGLE, ANOTHER WINTER WITHOUT TOURISM. HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY BOOKINGS FROM AUSTRALIA FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT? NOT AS YET. WE HAVE HAD A REALLY GOOD RUN OF NEW ZEALANDERS TRAVELLING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. I AM SURE THAT THE AUSTRALIANS WILL COME. THE FAMILIES WILL PROBABLY TRAVEL FIRST. WE ARE READY AND WAITING. WHAT DOES YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN FOR YOUR BUSINESS AND BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE? WE CAN BE FULLY STAFFED. WE KNOW WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE A BUSINESS GOING FORWARD. INSTEAD OF RUNNING BOATS WITH FOUR PEOPLE ON IT, THEY WILL BE NEAR FULL. THEY WILL BE HAPPY CUSTOMERS. WHEN TOURISTS TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY TO NEW ZEALAND, THEY SPEND MORE MONEY AND DO MORE ACTIVITIES AND KIWIS. WHEN THEY COME HERE, THEY WILL DO THREE OR 4 ACTIVITIES. IT WILL BE GREAT. DID YOU CELEBRATE YESTERDAY? WE HAD A COUPLE OF DRINKS AS EVERYBODY PROBABLY DID. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE TOURISM ASPECTS OF THIS TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE OPENING AND THE FACT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO QUARANTINE ON THE WAY BACK INTO NEW ZEALAND FOR THOSE TWO WEEKS OR 14 DAYS, SO WE WILL BRING AND MUM JACKIE NOW. GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU? I AM THRILLED. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS A BIT DIFFERENT FOR YOU, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT ABOUT TERRORISM, IT WAS ABOUT CONNECTION AND RECONNECTING AGAIN WITH YOUR DAUGHTER. HOW DID YOU REACT YESTERDAY AND HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE? FIRST OF ALL WE JUST YELLED AT WORK, BECAUSE WE WERE LISTENING TO IT. HAD THE BOSS BESIDE ME, SO WE WERE ALLOWED TO. I GOT STRAIGHT ON AND BOOKED MY FEARS. WE DO YOU WORK? I WORK AT CHRISTIAN SUPERSTORE, A BOOKSHOP IN CHRISTCHURCH. YOUR BOSS IS A GOOD MAN FOR LETTING YOU HOLLOW YESTERDAY. WHAT DID YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN FOR YOU? YOU GET TO CONNECT WITH YOUR DAUGHTER. AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, WE MISSED HER 21ST IN JANUARY, AND DID NOT GET TO CELEBRATE HER GRADUATION. THEY DID NOT HAVE AN OFFICIAL ONE THOUGH. SHE HAS BEEN STUDYING IN MELBOURNE FOR THREE YEARS DOING A PRACTICAL COURSE, SO SHE COULD NOT DO IT ONLINE TO COME BACK. SHE IS MY ONLY CHILD. MY BROTHER AND SISTER-IN-LAW ARE IN THE STATE. THAT IS IT FOR IMMEDIATE FAMILY. I AM SO EXCITED. HOW HAS THE LAST YEAR ALSO BEEN NOT BEING ABLE TO PHYSICALLY BE WITH YOUR DAUGHTER? FIRST OF ALL, WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE, BECAUSE SHE DID MANAGE TO COME HOME FOR THE FIRST BIT OF ISOLATION. SHE STARTED AT UNIVERSITY, AND THEN CAME BACK, AND THEN HAD TO GO BACK IN THE MID YEAR. EVEN THOUGH IT HAS ONLY BEEN NINE MONTHS, IT HAS BEEN THE LONGEST NINE MONTHS OF MY LIFE. IT IS THE LONGEST WE HAVE EVER BEEN APART. AND SHE IS JUST MY WORLD. TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GIVE HER A HUG AND HAVE A COFFEE AND HANG OUT WITH HER. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU ARE GOING TO DO WHEN YOU HEAD TO MELBOURNE? APART FROM HUGGING AND CRYING AND THAT, PROBABLY GO AND HAVE A COFFEE AND GO SOMEWHERE NICE TO HAVE A MEAL AND BOOK A THEATRE TICKET MAY BE. WHEN ARE YOU HEADING OVER? I AM HEADING OVER FOR MOTHER'S DAY. ALL GOING WELL, IT WILL BE THE BEST MOTHER'S DAY YET. TRAVEL SAFE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING AND SHARING YOUR LOVE FOR YOUR DAUGHTER. IT IS MY PLEASURE. AND THE EXCITEMENT OF HEADING ACROSS. BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WILL BE MANY PEOPLE WHO WILL BE DOING EXACTLY THE SAME AS YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THREE FASCINATING INTERVIEWS. I JUST WENT AND LOOKED AT APT, YOU ARE TALKING TO CHRIS IN MELBOURNE. THE TRIP IS NINE NIGHTS. $5000 A HEAD. THAT IS AUSTRALIANS COMING HERE. YOU GO TO THE GLACIERS. YOU BASICALLY GO TO THE SOUTH ISLAND WONDERLAND. $5000 A HEAD. IT IS SOLD OUT. THE TOBA IS GONE AND IT IS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL NOVEMBER. PEOPLE ARE IN LIKE ROBBERS DOGS. THAT WAS ALL GREAT AND POSITIVE STUFF. BUT LET'S NOT FORGET THOSE WHO CANNOT JOIN THEIR FAMILIES, BUT ALSO CHOOSING NOT TO GO AT THIS EARLY POINT IN TIME. WE ARE THINKING OF YOU, AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL GET TO CONNECT WITH YOUR LOVED ONES VERY SOON. COMING UP, IT'S TIME TO DUST OFF THE PASSPORT ` QUARANTINE-FREE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL IS COMING. THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IS WITH US NEXT. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, AND I SUSPECT SOME OF YOU WILL ALREADY HAVE FLIGHTS BOOKED, READY TO DASH ACROSS THE DITCH ON THE 19th OF APRIL OR IN THE WEEKS AFTER THAT BUBBLE-OPENING DATE. SO FAR THIS MORNING, AS YOU'VE SEEN, WE'VE DISCUSSED TRAVEL RISKS, WHAT THE IMPACT ON TOURIST OPERATORS AND THE PEOPLE THEY EMPLOY MAY BE AND WHO WE'RE MOST LIKELY TO SEE ARRIVING FROM AUSTRALIA. NOW WE WANT TO DISCUSS THE HEALTH RISKS AND MANAGING THEM ` IN SHORT, ENSURING OUR COVID-FREE STATUS IS PROTECTED AS WELL AS POSSIBLE AND THAT WE'RE READY TO ACT EFFECTIVELY SHOULD THE BUBBLE SOMEHOW LET COVID IN. JOINING US NOW FOR HIS DAILY SLOT ON BREAKFAST IS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER GRANT ROBERTSON. HIS SECOND APPEARANCE IN TWO DAYS. MOST HAVE YOU BACK. HOW WAS YOUR TRAIN TRIP? I REALLY ENJOYED IT. THE THING ABOUT THEIR TRAINERS, IT REVEALS DECADES OF UNDERFUNDING. IT'S A DIESEL TRAIN. CAN ONLY GO TO SOUTH AUCKLAND, BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRIC LINES ARE RAIL IS ` NO ELECTRIFICATION, IT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE THAT WE'VE HAD YEARS OF UNDERFUNDING WILL PUT MILLIONS INTO FIXING THE TRACKS, AND UPGRADING ENGINES, WERE GETTING ON WITH CHANGING THAT. THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANTED TO ASK ME ABOUT, THOUGH. YOU WANT THOSE AUSSIES TAKING THE TRAIN FROM HAMILTON TO AUCKLAND. IF THEY TRAIN FROM CHRISTCHURCH TO GREYMOUTH, AND THEY GO EXPLORING, AND AWFULLY IS ONE OF THEM HAS CORONAVIRUS HOW ARE WE GOING TO DEAL? THERE'S GOING TO BE A MASSIVE PUSH ON URGING PEOPLE TO USE A COVID TRACER APP WE WILL BE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO THAT. AND ALSO THE INFORMATION ABOUT WE'RE GOING REALLY MATTERS. AND WILL BE THE SIZING THAT BOOKINGS ARE LARGELY ONLINE, SO WE WILL HAVE EMAIL ADDRESSES WE THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT THIS, AND WE WERE EMPHASISING THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO CHECK TRAVELLERS AND MAKING SURE KIWIS ARE KEEPING GOOD RECORDS OF WHO HAS BEEN THERE AS WELL. CAN YOU REDUCE THE BALANCING ACT? WHEN I LOOK AT NEW ZEALAND AND GO GLOBAL TERMS WE ARE HUNDRED AND 78TH IN THE WORLD FOR THE NUMBER OF COVID CASES. AS ONE OF THE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE NEAR THE BOTTOM. ON THE ONE HAND, WE DON'T WANT THIS VIRUS COME INTO THE COUNTRY, ON THE OTHER HAND WE DO WANT PEOPLE SPENDING MONEY IN OUR COUNTRY. HAVE YOU BEEN TOO CAUTIOUS? I'M NEVER GOING TO APOLOGISE FOR PRIORITISING KIWI SAFETY. OUR COMPANY'S HAVE BEEN OPERATING FAR BETTER THAN THOSE OVERSEAS BECAUSE OF HER OWN FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT WITHIN THE COUNTRY. ACTUALLY OUR ECONOMY HAS BEEN OPERATING AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAN MOST OTHER COUNTRIES. YOU ARE RIGHT THAT IT IS A BALANCING ACT, THERE IS NO RISK FREE OPERATION. THIS IS A VERY LOW RISK SITUATION. THE SEXUALLY A MOMENT FOR US TO PUT ASIDE THE TRANS-TASMAN RIVALRY AND SAY THAT BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE DONE WELL. BOTH HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS A FORM OF ELIMINATION, AND WE ARE NOW THE FIRST TWO COUNTRIES WHO HAVE DONE THAT, WHO HAVE NOW HAVE THIS FREE TRAVEL. I THINK THAT IS A TESTAMENT OF THE HARD WORK THAT WE PUT INTO BOTH COUNTRIES. THIS A SENSE OF IF THERE ARE GREATER AVAILABILITY OF MIQ SPACES NOT OCCUPIED BY AUSTRALIANS, AS THEY ARE RISK ATTACHED TO PEOPLE COMING FROM HIGH RISK DESTINATIONS? DO WE HAVE TO DOUBLE OUR EFFORTS IN TERMS OF GETTING MIQ RIGHT? WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE FACT THAT THERE WILL BE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE FROM HIGH RISK DESTINATIONS COMING IN. MIQ HAS WORKED VERY WELL, HUNDRED 30,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THROUGH MIQ SINCE WE STARTED IT AT THE END OF MARCH LAST YEAR. WE HAVE KNOWN A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PROBLEMS. WE HAVE NOT STOP BEING VIGILANT, AND WE WILL KNOW THAT WE WILL HANDLE THIS. WE WILL GO BACK THROUGH THOSE FACILITIES AND ASK IF THEY ALL FIT FOR PURPOSE? PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WERE LOOKING AT THESE ISSUES AROUND VENTILATION SYSTEMS WHICH YOU SAW AT THE PULLMAN AND SO ON. THERE WILL BE SOME ROOMS FREED UP. WE NEED A BUFFER FOR PEOPLE BUT THERE WILL BE SOME OTHER ROOMS FREED UP. THE EXACT NUMBER OF THOSE WE ARE WORKING ON AT THE MOMENT. ARE YOU PICKING THE HURRICANE'S OVER THE CRUSADERS THIS WEEKEND? OF COURSE, JON. AND I KNOW YOU WILL BE AS WELL. BUT MY OTHER TEAM, THE HIGHLANDERS BEAT THEM AT THE WEEKEND. THEY SHOULD GIVE THE TROPHY TO THE HURRICANE'S RIGHT NOW. AS MINISTER FOR SPORT, YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` WHY THIS ITALIAN TOWN IS SEEKING UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS. MORE ON THAT AT 7.30. ALSO AHEAD, COMBATTING VACCINE CONSPIRACIES IN THE COMMUNITY ` THE JAB CAB HITTING THE STREETS OF TAURANGA. HERE IS YOUR 7.30 NEWS. WELCOMING AUSTRALIANS BACK TO AOTEAROA COULD BRING A BILLION DOLLAR BOOST TO OUR ECONOMY ONCE THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE OPENS ON APRIL 19TH. BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, AUSTRALIA WAS OUR BIGGEST OVERSEAS MARKET, MAKING UP 40% OF INTERNATIONAL VISITORS. A TRAVEL AGENT ACROSS THE TASMAN SAYS AUSSIES ARE EXCITED TO COME TO NEW ZEALAND. WHAT WE'RE SEEING, THOUGH, IS WHERE WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE ABOUT 3000 PEOPLE TRAVEL WITH US FROM AUSTRALIA TO NEW ZEALAND IN A FULL YEAR, WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO HAPPEN JUST IN THE HALF YEAR, THAT` OR WE'VE GOT ABOUT HALF A YEAR TO TRAVEL NOW, AND THE DEMAND WE SEE IS REALLY STRONG. TRAVEL WILL BE MANAGED UNDER A TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEM ` FLIGHTS WILL OPERATE ON A STATE-BY-STATE BASIS DEPENDING ON THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY COULD BE SUSPENDED IF THERE IS A LARGE OUTBREAK, AND THE PRIME MINISTER HAS WARNED IF NEW ZEALANDERS GET STUCK, THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER GRANT ROBERTSON SAYS THERE WILL BE A FOCUS ON REMINDING AUSTRALIANS TO KEEP TRACK OF THEIR LOCATIONS. THERE'S GOING TO BE A MASS PUSH ON MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE USING THE COVID TRACER APP. THAT'LL BE COMMUNICATED TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE TRAVELLING AND WE'LL BE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO THAT. ALSO, THE INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE NOW GIVE, AS YOU ALWAYS HAVE DONE, ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE GOING REALLY MATTERS. MEANWHILE, CANADA IS IN THE GRIPS OF A 'VERY SERIOUS' THIRD WAVE OF COVID-19, ACCORDING TO THE COUNTRY'S PRIME MINISTER. JUSTIN TRUDEAU SAYS HOSPITALISATIONS ARE SURGING, WITH MORE THAN 5000 NEW CASES A DAY OVER THE PAST WEEK. AND FRANCE HAS SEEN ITS HIGHEST NUMBER OF PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE WITH COVID-19 IN A YEAR. MORE THAN 5500 PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING HIGH-LEVEL TREATMENT. TURKEY'S SEEN ALMOST 50,000 CASES IN A SINGLE DAY ` THE HIGHEST NUMBER SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC. A NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN CAME BACK INTO PLACE LAST WEEK. TO SPORT, AND LEWIS CLAREBURT HAS BROKEN THE NEW ZEALAND OPEN RECORD IN THE MEN'S 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY AT THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE WELLINGTON SWIMMER TOOK TWO SECONDS OFF THE RECORD HE SET IN 2019 WHEN HE CLAIMED THE BRONZE MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SOUTH KOREA. THE 21-YEAR-OLD HAD ALREADY MET THE OLYMPIC STANDARD IN THE EVENT, AND HIS TIME LAST NIGHT WAS SIX SECONDS FASTER THAN THE STANDARD SET. AND FINALLY ` CALLING ITSELF A 'DYING TOWN' MAY NOT SOUND LIKE THE BEST WAY OF ATTRACTING VISITORS, BUT CIVITA IN ITALY HAS LEARNED TO MAKE A LIVING OUT OF IT, AND IT'S NOW SEEKING UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS. CENTURIES AGO, THE TOWN WAS MUCH LARGER, BUT LANDSLIDES, EARTHQUAKES AND EROSION HAVE SEEN ENTIRE NEIGHBOURHOODS COLLAPSE, IT'S NOW ABOUT THE SIZE OF TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS, SITTING SPECTACULARLY ALONE AT THE TOP OF A CLIFF, AND CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED BY FOOT. UNESCO WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO GIVE IT HERITAGE STATUS IN JUNE. GOSH. ISN'T THAT INCREDIBLE? STUNNING. THANK YOU, INDIRA. THEY WOULD GET ON BESPOKE WOULDN'T THEY, MATTY? THIS IS ABOUT US. I HAVE A COUPLE OF LOVELY REQUESTS IN. NONE OF THEM FROM ITALY? KNOW, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. NO ONE HAS BEEN THERE. WE CANNOT GO THERE. GOOD POINT. NO PHOTOS COMING IN FROM ITALY. A COUPLE OF BEAUTIFUL ONES FROM HERE, THOUGH. WE WILL GET TO THAT JUST AFTER 8 O'CLOCK, BUT FOR NOW, THIS IS WHAT YOU WEDNESDAY LOOKS LIKE. BIT OF CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE UPPER NORTH, BUT FINE SPELLS IN AMONGST THAT AS WELL. WHITIANGA COULD SEE ONE OR TWO AFTERNOON SHOWERS, POSSIBLY REACHING AUCKLAND THIS EVENING. 23, 24 DEGREES FOR ALL OF YOU. THERE'S THAT MIX OF FINE SPELLS AND CLOUD COVER THROUGH HERE AS WELL, AND DO WATCH OUT FOR THE CHANCE OF BRIEF LIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST PLACES, BUT ALL IN ALL, NOT BAD. 21 DEGREES IN TAUPO AND ROTORUA, 23 FOR HAMILTON AND THE COAST. IT'S LOOKING OVERCAST FURTHER EAST, AND YOU'LL GET HIT BY THE ODD SHOWER THROUGH HAWKE'S BAY AND GISBORNE. STILL THOSE MILD TEMPERATURES, THOUGH ` 20 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN MASTERTON, 21 FOR HAWKES BAY AND GISBORNE. YOU'RE IN FOR AN OVERCAST WEDNESDAY, THROUGH, TAUMARUNUI, WITH POSSIBLY ONE OR TWO SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH, BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE OUT WEST, THE DAY LOOKS NICE AND FINE, WITH SUNNY SKIES ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. 19 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON, 21 FOR PALMERSTON NORTH AND NEW PLYMOUTH. THINGS ARE LOOKING LOVELY ACROSS IN THE UPPER SOUTH AND ALONG THE WEST COAST ` LITTLE BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR A COUPLE OF PLACES, BUT THAT'LL LIFT PRETTY QUICKLY, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ONCE IT DOES. 19 DEGREES IN WESTPORT AND KAIKOURA, 20 FOR NELSON AND BLENHEIM. THE PAN FLUTE. IT'S` POP SONGS DONE A CLASSICALLY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN TELL, BUT I WAS SMILING BECAUSE I COULD HEAR THE PAN FLUTE. IT WAS LIKE BEING IN LORD OF THE RINGS. BILBO! SKPPING OUT! FROM HOBBITON! I HAVE THE RING! LET US CARRY ON. THERE'S SOME LOW MORNING CLOUD ALONG THE EAST COAST THERE, BUT ONCE THAT BREAKS UP IT'LL BE NICE AND FINE. JUST WATCH OUT FOR THOSE NOR'EASTERLIES PICKING UP THIS AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, THOUGH, IS LOVELY AND CLEAR ALL DAY. 17 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN TIMARU AND OAMARU, 19 IF YOU'RE IN CHRISTCHURCH. AND IT'S MOSTLY FINE IN THE LOWER SOUTH ` BIT OF CLOUD THROUGH SOUTHLAND, AND WATCH OUT FOR A COUPLE OF SHOWERS IN INVERCARGILL AND STEWART ISLAND, BUT OTHERWISE IT SHOULD BE GOOD. 16 DEGREES IN INVERCARGILL, 19 FOR QUEENSTOWN. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR THURSDAY ` TOMORROW IT'S FINE IN THE NORTH ISLAND'S SOUTH BUT A BIT MORE OVERCAST EVERYWHERE ELSE, WITH THE CHANCE OF SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS. THERE'S A COUPLE OF SHOWERS AROUND FIORDLAND AND STEWART ISLAND, BUT IT'S NICE AND FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE. WE LOVE OUR SOUNDIE, AND HE DOES A STUNNING JOB MOST OF THE TIME. THAT ONE TIME! THAT ONE TIME. I THOUGHT IT WAS NICE. ANYWAY, LET US GET THIS SHOW BACK ON TRACK. COMING UP, PFIZER FOR WHANAU ` THE INITIATIVE HELPING OUR COMMUNITIES GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION ABOUT VACCINES. GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION ABOUT VACCINES. TOMMY WILSON JOINS US NEXT. NAU MAI, HOKI MAI, WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT IS 7:43. FROM TODAY, A 'JAB CAB' WILL BE ROAMING THE STREETS OF TAURANGA. THIS IS TOMMY WILSON'S INITIATIVE, CALLED 'PFIZER FOR WHANAU'. THEIR GOAL IS TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE OFTEN SWAYED BY CONSPIRACY. AS OUR VACCINE ROLLOUT PICKS UP SPEED, THEY'LL BE HANDING OUT CRUCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE VACCINE TO THOSE WHO NEED IT. TOMMY WILSON JOINS US FROM OUTSIDE THE JAB CAB IN TAURANGA FOR MORE ON THIS AWESOME INITIATIVE ALONG WITH KARL GOLDSBURY, WHO'S ALSO PART OF THE PROGRAMME. MORENA KORUA. MORENA. IT LOOKS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL DAY. BEFORE WE CARRY ON, (SPEAKS TE REO), WHO WAS SITTING BEHIND YOU? THAT IS MY HANDSOME BAND OF BROTHERS, SOME OF OUR STAFF. THEY ARE PART OF THE WHANAU KOROWAI OF KINDNESS, AND THEY ARE SUPPORTING US THIS MORNING. WE HAVE THE THREE AMIGOS RIGHT BEHIND US. THEY ARE THE BACKUP VOCALS. I LOVE IT. IT IS LOVELY THEY ARE THERE TO SUPPORT YOU BUT ALSO THIS INITIATIVE. TELL US ABOUT THE JAB CAB AND WHY YOU FELT THERE WAS A NEED FOR ` IS SERVICE THE RIGHT WORD? ` FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN TAURANGA. JUST A YEAR AGO, YOU ARE INTERVIEWING US HERE WHEN WE FIRST CAME INTO COVID, AND THE CHALLENGE WAS TO GET THE RIGHT MESSAGE OUT THERE IN A LANGUAGE THAT ARE WHANAU COULD UNDERSTAND. WHEN I SAY OUR WHANAU, MOSTLY THE LONELY AND THE BROKENHEARTED, TO GET THAT MESSAGE ACROSS, WE WANT TO CARRY ON WITH THIS INITIATIVE, WHICH IS TO TAKE THE FEAR OUT OF VACCINATION, JUST LIKE WE TOOK THE FEAR OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. WE START ON OUR OWN BACKYARD AND START A CLEAR MESSAGE, AND THEN I FAMILY CAN MAKE UP THEIR OWN MIND. BUT LET US GIVE THEM THE MESSAGE. WE COULD GO WITH GOOD OLD ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD, WHO I MET LAST WEEK, AND ALL THE SCIENTISTS, BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU HAVE BILLY T JR. MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND. LET US GET OUT THE MESSAGE OUT THERE. AS WE ALWAYS SAY, KNOWLEDGE WINS ALL BATTLES, SO IT IS KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE TO GO TO OUR PEOPLE, BUT KNOWLEDGE THEY CAN UNDERSTAND. KARL, I WANT TO BRING YOU WHEN. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO CONNECT WITH OUR COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE VACCINE? YEAH, I THINK IT WILL BE CRUCIAL, I SUPPOSE. I AM ONE OF THOSE ONES THAT ARE STILL GETTING CONVINCED, SO IT IS GOOD FOR ME TO BE A PART OF THIS SO I CAN SEE AT ALL TO, BECAUSE I THINK I NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER AS WELL, SO BEING A PART OF IT WILL HELP ME TO HELP OTHERS. I GUESS THAT IS WHAT TOMMY IS SAYING IT IS GOOD TO HAVE THE SCIENTISTS, BUT THEY SPEAK ONE LANGUAGE, BUT IT IS ABOUT GETTING THAT MESSAGE AND SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE OF THE COMMUNITY. IS THAT HOW YOU FEEL? YEAH, THAT IS EXACTLY HOW I FEEL. THAT IS WHAT I AM WANTING FOR MYSELF AND FOR OTHERS TOO. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THINGS. TELL ME, THEN, HOW DOES THE JAB CAB WORK? HOW WILL IT WORK? THE JAB CAB AS THE VEHICLE TO BRING OUR WHANAU IN` WE WANT TO SET UP HERE TO THE RIGHT A ROOM WHERE OUR FAMILY CAN COME IN AND WE WILL HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THERE, AND WHEN IT COMES TIME, BECAUSE IT WILL BE IN WEEKS NOT MONTHS NOW, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PICK THEM UP ` BECAUSE MANY OF THEM DON'T HAVE TRANSPORT ` JUST LIKE WE DID WHEN WE WERE TESTING FOR COVID HERE YEAR AGO, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SET UP WITH THE LOCAL DHB CLINIC WHERE THEY CAN COME IF THEY CHOOSE TO GET VACCINATED. THE JOB FOR THEM IS TO GO OUT IN THE JAB CAB AND VISIT OUR FAMILY AND SHOW THEM THE MESSAGE IN A LANGUAGE THEY CAN UNDERSTAND, WHICH WE CALL LOW COOL ENTERTAINING LANGUAGE, BECAUSE HUMOUR IS A POWERFUL EDUCATION TOOL. LET US TAKE THE FEAR OUT OF THINGS. YOU HAVE FAMILIES THAT YOU ARE GOING TO TARGET? HOW WILL THAT WORK IN TERMS OF WHO YOU KNOW NEED THIS INFORMATION AND HOW YOU GET THAT TO THEM? YEAH. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 135 FAMILIES UNDER OUR CARE. WE SEE ON AVERAGE 80 A WEEK. THAT HAS BEEN 4000 IN THE LAST YEAR. WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF FRIENDS. KARL HAS BEEN DOING WORK IN THE PRISONS. THE AT RISK YOUTH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. WE JUST START A KNOWN BACKYARD AND PUT OUT A MESSAGE THAT WE BELIEVE THEY CAN UNDERSTAND SO THEY CAN MAKE UP THEIR MINDS. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, COMMS IS KEY. LET US GET THE COMMS HAPPENING NOW. WE HAVE TURNED THE CORNER, AND THE COUNTRY FEELS LIKE WE HAVE TURNED A CORNER WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY THAT THE BUBBLE IS UP AND RUNNING, AND I WANT TO GO TO THE WORLD CUP IN TWO YEARS, SO MY REASONS ARE SELFISH. KARL, HOW IMPORTANT IS THE COMMUNICATION, THAT CONVERSATION, THAT FACE-TO-FACE LISTENING TO SOMEBODY'S, SEEING SOMEBODY AND HAVING THAT COMP STATION FACE-TO-FACE? *CONVERSATION? REAL IMPORTANT. AS LONG AS THOSE KORERO ARE GOING ON, THAT IS THE MAIN INGREDIENT TO ANYTHING, KNOWING WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. YOU GET PEOPLE TO BUY YOUNGER, I SUPPOSE. AND COMING FROM THE RIGHT PLACE AS WELL. WHEN WILL THIS ROLL OUT? WE ARE STARTING TODAY. WE HAVE GOT THE CARDS PRINTED IN THE JAB CAB READY TO GO. IT WILL BE ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN AND A GIANT JAB FOR MANKIND. WE ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ON AIR, SO WE ARE GETTING THIS MESSAGE OUT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT IN TERMS OF IF PEOPLE WANT MORE INFORMATION, WHERE CAN THEY GET THAT FROM? THE KUMARA VINE CAN NEVER BE UNDERESTIMATED, SO WORD OF MOUTH WE HAVE PRESS GOING OUT TODAY. WE'LL MET WITH THE SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE MAORI DHB IN WELLINGTON LAST WEEK TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE INFORMATION WRITTEN, SO THAT IS WHAT WE WILL BE DOING, AND THEN WE WILL BE OPENING UP SHOP, SO ANYBODY CAN DROP INTO JAB CAB CENTRAL AND GET SOME ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THEY NEED. WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF CLINICIANS HERE AS WELL ` A GOOD TO GET A HOLD OF THOSE MAORI EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. AND SHARE THE INFO, GET THE RIGHT PICTURE. IT IS JUST ABOUT HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND SHARING THE INFORMATION SO THAT PEOPLE CAN MAKE UP THEIR OWN MINDS. ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE YOU. APPRECIATE OUR CONVERSATIONS THIS MORNING, AND WE WISH YOU BOTH, ALL OF YOU, THE VERY BEST IN ROLLING OUT ANOTHER MASSIVE INITIATIVE BY YOU, TOMMY. TENA KOE, TENA KOUTOU. IT IS 7.52. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING, WHILE WE ARE CELEBRATING NEWS OF A TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE, MANY COUNTRIES ACROSS THE WORLD ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH GROWING COVID CASES. MORE ON THAT AT 8. ALSO AHEAD, GET READY TO JUMP OFF THE TOP ROPE ` IT'S WRESTLEMANIA TIME. WE CHAT TO ONE OF THE HEADLINERS OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING'S BIGGEST SHOW. THAT GUY WHOSE BUTT WE ARE SEEING THERE. THAT GUY IS THINKING, LUCKY ME! YOU'RE RIGHT THERE, MATTY? WELLINGTON THIS MORNING, NICE AND COME THERE. SOME LOVELY CLEAR BLUE SKIES, AND PLENTY OF THOSE TO GO AROUND. ALL OF YOUR WEATHER DETAILS COMING UP AFTER THE GUY'S BUTT. (LAUGHS) YOU ARE WITH BREAKFAST. ST JOHN PROVIDES LIFE-SAVING SERVICES TO PEOPLE, OFTEN AT A CRITICAL TIME IN THEIR LIFE, BUT TO CONTINUE DOING THIS, THE ORGANISATION NEEDS MONEY. THIS WEEK, IT BEGINS ITS ANNUAL APPEAL, THEIR MOST SIGNIFICANT FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR. TO SHOW US WHAT IS NEEDED, LET'S GO LIVE TO KATIE STEVENSON, WHO IS JOINING US FROM AN AMBULANCE. MORENA, KATIE. I AM HERE IN MOUNT WELLINGTON, IT HAS BEEN SUCH A LOVELY MORNING SPENDING TIME WITH THE PARAMEDICS HERE AND HEARING ABOUT WHAT THEY DO, AND I HAVE A COUPLE WITH ME, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING WITH US THIS MORNING. WHY IS THIS FUNDRAISING SO IMPORTANT, WHAT IS THE DEMAND THAT YOU GUYS ARE SEEING? THANKS FOR COMING ALONG TO ST JOHN. WE ARE SEEING NEARLY HALF A MILLION PATIENTS EVERY YEAR, AND THAT IS INCREASING BY 3% EVERY YEAR. DEMAND IS INCREASING, WE NEED MORE EQUIPMENT EVERY YEAR FOR OUR PATIENTS. IN TERMS OF THIS EQUIPMENT, WHAT YOU BRING SOME OF THAT OUT SO YOU CAN TALK US THROUGH IT. WHAT IS IT THAT THIS FUNDRAISING IS USED FOR? TALK US THROUGH THIS. THIS IS OUR NEW STRIKER STRETCHER. IT IS AN AMAZING PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, IT IS MORE COMFORTABLE FOR PATIENTS AS WELL, BUT THAT IS AROUND $30,000 THAT COSTS. AND HAS GREAT STRAPS ON IT, IT IS SAFE, IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT. WHAT ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF ON HERE, TALK US THROUGH THIS. WE HAVE OUR DEFIBRILLATOR HERE, AN EXPENSIVE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND IMPORTANT, IT IS TAKEN INTO EVERY SINGLE JOB, A RESTART PARTS. THERE IS A LOT OF DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION ON THERE. BACK IT SENT THROUGH THE HOSPITAL'S, TELLING THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO PAY FOR. VERY EXPENSIVE AND VERY IMPORTANT. AND LASTLY, TALK US THROUGH THIS, WHAT IS ALL THAT. THIS IS OUR FIRST RESPONSE, AND HAS EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED, AIRWAY GEAR, IV GEAR, MEDICINES. WE CARRIED OUT AROUND WITH US. IT GETS WELL USED BEFORE WE HAVE TO REPLACE A LOT OF THIS EQUIPMENT. IN TERMS OF THIS FUNDRAISING APPEAL WEEK, WAS THAT LOOK LIKE FOR YOU GUYS? WE HAVE SOME GREAT VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE, THE COMMUNITY WANT TO SUPPORT US AND WE ARE AGREEABLY THANKFUL FOR THAT. THE AMBULANCE IS OVER $200,000, SO THERE IS A LOT THAT WE NEED TO COLLECT, THERE ARE VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE SHAKING THE BUCKET, AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE QR CODES WHICH IS A NEW INITIATIVE WHICH WILL BE ON THE BUCKETS, SO IF PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE CASH, YOU CAN SCAN THE CODE. WE ARE PRETTY GOOD AT THAT, AND IT WILL TAKE YOU TO A SITE WHEN YOU CAN DONATE WHAT YOU WANT TO DONATE. EVERY DOLLAR HELPS US. THANK YOU SO MUCH WILL BE WITH US THIS MORNING, WE DO APPRECIATE IT. IF YOU DO WANT TO DONATE, THERE SHOULD BE SOME INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN, WE WILL BE BACK A LITTLE BIT LATER WITH A STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO ST JOHN HAS SAVED HIS LIFE. THANK YOU KATIE, THAT WAS LOVELY, AND IF YOU DO HAVE A TWO DOLLAR COIN, IT REALLY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. ST JOHN ARE VERY GRATEFUL. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. WHAT'S COMING UP IN THE LAST HOUR, INCLUDING BESPOKE WEATHER AFTER THE NEWS, BUT HERE IT IS WITH INDIRA. WELCOMING AUSTRALIANS BACK TO AOTEAROA COULD BRING A BILLION DOLLAR BOOST TO OUR ECONOMY, WITH TRAVEL AGENTS ACROSS THE TASMAN REPORTING A BIG SURGE IN BOOKINGS TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND. WHAT WE'RE SEEING, THOUGH, IS WHERE WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE ABOUT 3000 PEOPLE TRAVEL WITH US FROM AUSTRALIA TO NEW ZEALAND IN A FULL YEAR, WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO HAPPEN JUST IN THE HALF YEAR THAT` WE'VE GOT ABOUT HALF A YEAR TO TRAVEL NOW, AND THE DEMAND WE SEE IS REALLY STRONG. AND TOURISM OPERATORS HERE SAY THE BUBBLE, WHICH OPENS ON APRIL 19, WILL BE A LIFELINE FOR MANY. THE DESTINATIONS ARE DESPERATE. IT'S GOING TO KEEP TOURISM SURVIVING, BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE A STRUGGLE ` ANOTHER WINTER WITHOUT TOURISM. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. FLIGHTS WILL OPERATE ON A STATE-BY-STATE BASIS AND TRAVEL WILL BE MANAGED UNDER A 'TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEM,' WITH A GO, PAUSE AND SUSPEND ACTION PLAN. DEPENDING ON THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN THE COMMUNITY, FLIGHTS WILL LIKELY BE SUSPENDED IF THERE IS A LARGE OUTBREAK. AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER GRANT ROBERTSON SAYS THERE WILL BE A FOCUS ON REMINDING VISITING AUSTRALIANS TO KEEP TRACK OF THEIR LOCATIONS. THERE'S GOING TO BE A MASS PUSH ON MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE USING THE COVID TRACER APP. THAT'LL BE COMMUNICATED TO TRAVELLERS WHEN THEY'RE TRAVELLING AND WE'LL BE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO THAT. ALSO, THE INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE NOW GIVE, AS YOU ALWAYS HAVE DONE, ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE GOING REALLY MATTERS. MEANWHILE, CANADA IS IN THE GRIPS OF A 'VERY SERIOUS' THIRD WAVE OF COVID-19, ACCORDING TO THE COUNTRY'S PRIME MINISTER. JUSTIN TRUDEAU SAYS HOSPITALISATIONS ARE SURGING, WITH MORE THAN 5000 NEW CASES A DAY OVER THE PAST WEEK. AND FRANCE HAS SEEN ITS HIGHEST NUMBER OF PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE WITH COVID-19 IN A YEAR. MORE THAN 5500 PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING HIGH-LEVEL TREATMENT. TURKEY'S SEEN ALMOST 50,000 CASES IN A SINGLE DAY ` THE HIGHEST NUMBER SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC. A NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN CAME BACK INTO PLACE LAST WEEK. BACK HERE, AND A SO-CALLED 'JAB CAB' WILL BE ROAMING THE STREETS OF TAURANGA FROM TODAY, AIMING TO CONNECT TO THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE TRUSTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE COVID VACCINE. WE WANT TO CARRY ON WITH THIS INITIATIVE, WHICH IS TO TAKE THE FEAR OUT OF VACCINATION, JUST LIKE WE TOOK THE FEAR OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. AND WE START IN OUR OWN BACKYARD AND START A CLEAR MESSAGE; THEN OUR FAMILY AND WHANAU CAN MAKE UP THEIR OWN MIND. TO SPORT, AND LIVERPOOL HAVE AN UPHILL BATTLE IN THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FIRST-LEG QUARTER-FINAL AGAINST REAL MADRID, THE REDS 2-0 DOWN AT HALF-TIME TO THE SPANISH GIANTS IN MADRID. OH, IT'S A MISTAKE FOR ALEXANDER ARNOLD ` A COSTLY MISTAKE ` AND ASENSIO PUTS REAL MADRID 2-0 UP! MANCHESTER CITY, MEANWHILE, IS IN A MUCH HEALTHIER POSITION. AN EARLY GOAL HAS THEM 1-0 UP AT THE BREAK AGAINST GERMAN SIDE BORUSSIA DORTMUND. NORTH KOREA HAS BECOME THE FIRST NATION TO PULL OUT OF THE TOKYO OLYMPICS IN JULY, SAYING THE DECISION IS TO PROTECT ITS ATHLETES FROM COVID-19. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE COUNTRY WON'T BE PARTICIPATING AT A SUMMER OLYMPICS SINCE BOYCOTTING THE 1988 GAMES IN SEOUL. THE NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT CLAIMS THERE ARE NO CASES OF THE VIRUS WITHIN ITS BORDERS, HOWEVER EXPERTS SAY THAT'S UNLIKELY. AND FINALLY, CALLING ITSELF A 'DYING TOWN' MAY NOT SOUND LIKE THE BEST WAY OF ATTRACTING VISITORS, BUT CIVITA IN ITALY HAS LEARNED TO MAKE A LIVING OUT OF IT, AND IT'S NOW SEEKING UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS. CENTURIES AGO, THE TOWN WAS MUCH LARGER, BUT LANDSLIDES, EARTHQUAKES AND EROSION HAVE SEEN ENTIRE NEIGHBOURHOODS COLLAPSE. IT'S NOW ABOUT THE SIZE OF TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS, SITTING SPECTACULARLY ALONE ON TOP OF A CLIFF, AND CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED BY FOOT. UNESCO WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO GIVE IT HERITAGE STATUS IN JUNE. YOU WOULD EARN A BEER WALKING UP THAT HILL. WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'A'? I THINK I WOULD TAKE A SIX PACK WITH ME. TIME OF BESPOKE WEATHER, MATTY THIS ONE IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL ONE. THEY ALWAYS ARE. THEY NEVER DISAPPOINT, DO THEY? WE WILL GET TO THAT VERY SOON, LET'S START YOUR WEATHER AND SEE HOW YOUR WEDNESDAY IS LOOKING. BIT OF CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE UPPER NORTH, BUT FINE SPELLS IN AMONGST THAT AS WELL. WHITIANGA COULD SEE ONE OR TWO AFTERNOON SHOWERS, POSSIBLY REACHING AUCKLAND THIS EVENING. 23, 24 DEGREES FOR ALL OF YOU. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TODAY. VERY QUICKLY. JOHN, CAN YOU COME BACK PLEASE? RIGHT UP THE TIP. BRYANT SIA SNET THIS IN. I HAVE GOT A REAL AFFINITY WITH THE FAR NORTH. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE COUNTRY. I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY AND MY JOB, BUT ALSO IN LIFE, ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH ISLAND, BUT TO SEE SOMEWHERE NEW IS REALLY SPECIAL. YOU WENT TO THIS BAY IN PARTICULAR? NOT QUITE, BUT REALLY CLOSE. TAPOTUPOTU BAY. THIS IS A PHOTO OF IT. ISN'T THAT ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL? BRYANT TOOK THIS PHOTO ALONG A SECTION OF THE TE PAKI COASTAL TRACK. WE WENT TO CAPE REINGA, AND THERE IS A PART OF THE TRACK THAT EXTENDS OUT FROM THE CAPE, BUT IT IS CLOSED AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE OF FERAL DOGS, YOU ARE JOKING. BUT THIS SECTION BY TAPOTUPOTU BAY IS OPEN, I AM SAYING THAT RIGHT, AREN'T I? THAT PART IS OPEN, AND BRYANT WAS ABLE TO WALK PART OF IT. LOOK AT THE COLOUR OF THE WATER. IT IS INSANE. THAT IS A SPECIAL PART OF THE WORLD, ISN'T IT? THIS IS SO MUCH OF THE FAR NORTH. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, MATTY. WE WERE JUST BLOWN AWAY BY IT. IS THAT THE PART THAT SWINGS AROUND TO SPIRITS BAY? IF YOU'D DRIVE IN ON THE ROAD WHERE THE HIKOI STARTED AND YOU GO LEFT TO THE CAMPSITE, YOU CAN WALK ALL THE WAY ALONG AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL. HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET THE FULL TRACK REOPENED BECAUSE IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL. GOOD ON YOU, BRYANT. THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD ONE. TODAY IN THE BAY, IT'S A CLOUDY START, BUT THAT'LL BREAK AWAY TO REVEAL A MUCH FINER AFTERNOON. 20 DEGREES. THERE'S THAT MIX OF FINE SPELLS AND CLOUD COVER THROUGH HERE AS WELL, YOU ALL RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S A BIG QUESTION. IT'S AN EXISTENTIAL QUESTION. THERE'S THAT MIX OF FINE SPELLS AND CLOUD COVER THROUGH HERE AS WELL, AND DO WATCH OUT FOR THE CHANCE OF BRIEF LIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST PLACES, BUT ALL IN ALL, NOT BAD. 21 DEGREES IN TAUPO AND ROTORUA, 23 FOR HAMILTON AND THE COAST. IT'S LOOKING OVERCAST FURTHER EAST, AND YOU'LL GET HIT BY THE ODD SHOWER THROUGH HAWKE'S BAY AND GISBORNE. STILL THOSE MILD TEMPERATURES, THOUGH ` 20 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN MASTERTON, 21 FOR HAWKES BAY AND GISBORNE. YOU'RE IN FOR AN OVERCAST WEDNESDAY, THROUGH, TAUMARUNUI, WITH POSSIBLY ONE OR TWO SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH, BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE OUT WEST, THE DAY LOOKS NICE AND FINE, WITH SUNNY SKIES ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. 19 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON, 21 FOR PALMERSTON NORTH AND NEW PLYMOUTH. THINGS ARE LOOKING LOVELY ACROSS IN THE UPPER SOUTH AND ALONG THE WEST COAST ` LITTLE BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR A COUPLE OF PLACES, BUT THAT'LL LIFT PRETTY QUICKLY, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ONCE IT DOES. 19 DEGREES IN WESTPORT AND KAIKOURA, 20 FOR NELSON AND BLENHEIM. THERE'S SOME LOW MORNING CLOUD ALONG THE EAST COAST THERE, BUT ONCE THAT BREAKS UP IT'LL BE NICE AND FINE. JUST WATCH OUT FOR THOSE NOR'EASTERLIES PICKING UP THIS AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, THOUGH, IS LOVELY AND CLEAR ALL DAY. 17 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN TIMARU AND OAMARU, 19 IF YOU'RE IN CHRISTCHURCH. AND IT'S MOSTLY FINE IN THE LOWER SOUTH ` BIT OF CLOUD THROUGH SOUTHLAND, AND WATCH OUT FOR A COUPLE OF SHOWERS IN INVERCARGILL AND STEWART ISLAND, BUT OTHERWISE IT SHOULD BE GOOD. 16 DEGREES IN INVERCARGILL, 19 FOR QUEENSTOWN. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR THURSDAY ` TOMORROW IT'S FINE IN THE NORTH ISLAND'S SOUTH BUT A BIT MORE OVERCAST EVERYWHERE ELSE, WITH THE CHANCE OF SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS. THERE'S A COUPLE OF SHOWERS AROUND FIORDLAND AND STEWART ISLAND, BUT IT'S NICE AND FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE. THAT WAS A PRETTY SPECTACULAR BESPOKE WEATHER. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE FAR NORTH, YOU HAVE TO GO. I AM SO PLEASED THAT I DID IT AND SO ANNOYED THAT IT WOULD BE SO LONG TO DO IT. YOU WILL BE BACK NOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN. BEAUTIFUL, WE HAVE DREW MCINTYRE STANDING BY, HE IS A DELIGHTFUL GUEST. BEFORE THAT, WHAT IS THE TIME JENNY MAY? IT IS 8:10. LIONEL RICHIE ON YOUR WEDNESDAY MORNING. WHEN DID I START GETTING REALLY OLD? YOU SAID IT IS LIONEL RICHIE AS YOUR SMALL HEART DIED. WE HAD COLD CHISEL, AN ORCHESTRAL VERSION OF ABBA, AND THEN LIONEL RICHIE. IT'S THE 7th OF APRIL, AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE CELEBRATING WITH YOU, AOTEAROA. TODAY'S THE DAY SADIE IS CELEBRATING A VERY BIG BIRTHDAY ` SHE'S TURNING 9. HER WHANAU TELL US SHE'S HAVING AN EXTRA-SPECIAL BIRTHDAY PARTY THIS YEAR AFTER HER LAST BIRTHDAY WAS DERAILED BY LEVEL-FOUR LOCKDOWN, SO THIS YEAR SHE'S GOT THE DAY OFF SCHOOL TODAY TO ENJOY THE SEA AT HAHEI. GO, SADIE! WE'RE TOLD SHE'S JUST THE MOST DELIGHTFUL WEE GIRL WITH SUCH A BIG PERSONALITY. HARI HARITAU FROM MUM, DAD AND ALL THE WHANAU. THERE YOU GO, BEAUTIFUL GIRL. HAVE THE BEST TODAY. THAT LOOKS LIKE A BESPOKE WEATHER LOCATION AS WELL. SORRY, I WAS STILL THINKING ABOUT THE PAN FLUTE VERSION OF ABBA. I ONCE WENT ON A DATE WITH SOMEONE WHOSE DAD SAID, DO YOU LIKE MUSIC, AND THEN HE TOOK ME TO THE HAMMOND ORGAN. I WAS DESPERATE TO IMPRESS HIS DAUGHTER, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A HAMMOND ORGAN, I LOVE IT. TODAY'S THE DAY ANARU IS CELEBRATING HIS 6th BIRTHDAY. WE'RE TOLD HE JUST LOVES DOING ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING AND LOVES ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE. THAT IS A NICE WAY TO BE DESCRIBED! HIS WHANAU SAY HE'S A HAUTUTU ` A MISCHIEF ` BUT HE'S THEIR HAUTUTU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANARU. WE HOPE YOU HAVE THE BEST DAY. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WAY OF BEING DESCRIBED. ABSOLUTELY. TODAY'S THE DAY GEORGIA IS HEADING OFF FOR HER FIRST-EVER DAY AT SCHOOL! THAT IS A PHOTO FOR THE GRAM. SHE CELEBRATED HER 5th BIRTHDAY OVER THE WEEKEND, AND SHE'S SO EXCITED TO HEAD OFF TO BIG KID SCHOOL TODAY. GEORGIA, YOUR MUM AND DAD ARE SENDING YOU SO MUCH AROHA. AND WISHING YOU THE VERY BEST OF LUCK. YOU ARE GOING TO BE GOOD. IT WILL BE GREAT. AND FINALLY ` TODAY'S THE DAY BERNIE IS TURNING 86! WE'RE TOLD BERNIE IS AN ABSOLUTE ICON IN HIS HOME TOWN OF DANNEVIRKE, AND HE'S STILL FIT AS A FIDDLE, EVEN RUNNING HIS FAMILY NURSERY WITH HIS ELDEST SON. BERNIE'S UP EVERY MORNING TO TEND TO THE GARDENS RIGHT THROUGH TILL DUSK, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. GO, BERNIE! WE HOPE YOU TAKE A WELL-DESERVED BREAK AND PUT YOUR FEET UP TODAY. ALL YOUR FAMILY ARE SENDING YOU THEIR LOVE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! WE LOVE IT, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ALL THAT HAS SENT IN PHOTOS THAT WE MENTIONED TODAY, BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EVERYBODY ELSE WHO WE DID NOT MENTION WHO MIGHT BE CELEBRATING TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGISE TO DREW MCINTYRE. HE IS STANDING BY, WONDERING WHAT TV PROGRAM I AM BEAMING INTO. BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ ` AND USE 'TODAY'S THE DAY' IN YOUR SUBJECT LINE. ARE YOU OK NOW, MATTY? I AM FINE, THANK YOU. WE ARE ALL OVER THIS. COMING UP ` IT'S THE BIGGEST SHOW IN SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT. SHAZ, YOU ARE ON THE MONEY THIS MORNING. NEXT, ONE OF PRO WRESTLING'S BIGGEST NAMES TELLS US ALL ABOUT WRESTLEMANIA. HE WILL PICK SOME DECENT MUSIC, I'M SURE. MUSIC AS CHOSEN BY OUR GUEST. NEXT WEEKEND, PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING'S BIGGEST SUPERSTARS WILL ENTER THE RING OF WRESTLEMANIA 37 FOR 2 DAYS OF BIG MOVES, BIG HITS AND BIG HAIR. THIS IS BIG. HOW BIG? SO BIG THAT NEARLY A BILLION PEOPLE TUNED INTO LAST YEAR'S WRESTLEMANIA, WHICH WAS PERFORMED WITH NO CROWD, THANKS TO THE PANDEMIC. THIS IS HIGH-VOLUME, HIGH-STAKES, BIG-MONEY THEATRE, AND SCOTSMAN DREW MCINTYRE IS ONE OF THE BEST ` TWO-TIME WWE CHAMPION, ONE-TIME NXT CHAMPION, ONE-TIME WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION, AND A TWO-TIME WWE RAW TAG TEAM CHAMPION. AND IF YOU'RE THINKING TO YOURSELF, 'YEAH, BUT HOW'S HIS BRAIN?' HE HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN CRIMINOLOGY. SO AS YOU WATCH HIM CHALLENGE FOR THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP BELT, YOU CAN NOW THINK, 'AND HE'S BRAINY TOO.' DREW MCINTYRE, ALL THE WAY FROM TAMPA, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. IT IS SO NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US, HOW ARE YOU? I AM FANTASTIC, THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION. I WAS ASKED TO PICK THE MUSIC, AND I WANTED TO STICK WITH LIONEL RICHIE, BUT I FIGURED IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE SOME WWE MUSIC INSTEAD. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR A BREAK FROM LIONEL. WAS A STRANGE YEAR, AND YOU HAVE HAD COVID-19, RIGHT? AND HAS BEEN A STRANGE YEAR, PERFORMING WITHOUT OUR FANS IN THE BUILDING AND CONTRACTING, 19 MYSELF, I GOT LUCKY. MY SYMPTOMS WERE MINIMAL AND I WAS ABLE TO COME INTO THE SHOW, SPEAK ABOUT IT, AND I AM LIKE A HERMIT THESE DAYS, I TRAIN IN MY GARAGE, MY FOOD IS DELIVERED, I WEAR MY MASK, I SOCIALLY DISTANCE AND I STILL CAUGHT IT. WE HAVE TO KEEP FOLLOWING PROTOCOLS, AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE A PLATFORM TO TALK ABOUT IT AND I'M GLAD THE WWE HAS TAKEN TESTING SERIOUSLY. I MAY HAVE PASSED THAT ON TO A COLLEAGUE OR A FAN. AND I DO NOT THINK WE CAN OVERSTATE HOW IMPORTANT YOUR USE OF THAT PLATFORM WAS IN THE CONTEXT OF SOME OF WWE'S VIEWERS WHO WERE A BIT SUSPICIOUS, I THINK, ABOUT ISOLATION, MASK WEARING, AND YOUR MESSAGING WAS REALLY GETTING TO AN AUDIENCE THAT NEEDED TO HEAR IT. I WAS SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT PLATFORM TO TELL THE TRUTH, AND NOW WE ARE ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO GET VACCINATED AS SOON AS YOU ARE ELIGIBLE, WITH MEDICINE TODAY, WE ARE SO LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO GET VACCINATED, GET BACK TO NORMAL, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MY FAMILY IN SCOTLAND. WE CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE FANS BACK IN THE BUILDING FOR WRESTLEMANIA, AS WELL AS COME BACK TO NEW ZEALAND. DO USE THE PHRASE COMING BACK TO NEW ZEALAND, AS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR PREVIOUS VISIT. YOU MENTIONED YOUR FAMILY. YOU SENSED THAT YOU WANTED TO GET INTO WRESTLING, AND YOUR FAMILY WANTED YOU TO DO WELL IN YOUR STUDIES. THAT WAS THE DEAL WITH MY DAD EVER SINCE I WAS YOUNGER, EVERYONE THOUGHT I WAS INSANE, SCOTLAND IS JUST AS SMALL AS NEW ZEALAND, SIMILAR POPULATIONS, AND TO SAY THAT I WILL BE IN WWE. AS I GOT A BIT OLDER, I WANTED TO GET INTO THE TRAINING, BECAUSE I WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, AND THEY SAID SO LONG AS I WAS PASSIONATE THEY WILL SUPPORT ME THE WHOLE TIME. I JOINED THE W WEA AT AGE 21, SO IF YOU PUT EVERYTHING INTO YOUR DREAM, INTO YOUR SOUL, IF YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT PERSON IN AMERICA YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. WHERE DID THE DREAM COME FROM? I REMEMBER HIDING BEHIND THE COUCH, THE SOFA WITH MY BROTHER, WE WERE FORBIDDEN TO WATCH THE WRESTLING, BUT WE WERE CAPTIVATED BY THESE LARGER THAN LIFE SUPERSTARS. I WAS GLUED TO THE SCREEN AND I THOUGHT, WOW, THESE PEOPLE SPEAK TO ME, AND I SAT DOWN AND WATCH THEM AND AS I GOT OLDER AND UNDERSTOOD HOW WRESTLING WORK, I WAS ABLE TO ARTICULATE IT BETTER THAT AS A KID, YOU LOVE YOUR COMICS, TV SHOWS, MOVIES. THESE STORIES THAT THEY WERE TELLING IN THE RING WAS MY STORY TIME, SO I WAS DOWN FRONT OF THE TELEVISION, AND THE WRESTLING HAS BEEN MY STORY TIME AND I'M SO CAPTIVATED BY THE EMOTION AND THE STORIES ABOUT TELLING. AND THE CLASSIC GOOD AGAINST BAD, THE CROWD FAVOURITE, THE OUTSIDER, THE UNDERDOG, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THE BASIS OF STORIES SINCE WE BEGAN TO TELL STORIES. WE HAVE SOME FOOTAGE OF YOU, AND I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU'RE SMITING SOME GUY. THE THING I REALLY LIKE IS YOUR LOOK, YOU HAD HIM DOWN, HE IS TENDER, AND LOOK AT THIS LOOK. I AM THINKING YOU ARE CHANNELLING MEL GIBSON PLAY WILLIAM WALLACE IN BRAVEHEART. I LOVE THE LOOK SO MUCH! I AM TECHNICALLY FROM SCOTLAND, AND I AM WHERE WILLIE WALLACE IS FROM, SO I AM AS CLOSE TO THAT MODERN-DAY BRAVEHEART AS YOU CAN GET. MY ACCENT IS A LOT CLOSER THAN MEL GIBSON'S WAS. TELL US ABOUT WHAT IS COMING UP, THIS IS BIG, ISN'T IT? A BILLION VIEWERS THIS TIME LAST YEAR, HOW ARE YOUR CHANCES? WRESTLEMANIA IS SO BIG, IT IS OUR BIGGEST SHOW OF THE YEAR, LIKE A SUPER BOWL OR A WORLD CUP, AND LAST YEAR WAS SO UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS NOT GOING TO GO AHEAD, I WAS READY TO GET MY FIRST WORLD TITLE SHOT, MY FAMILY WERE GOING TO BE THERE FROM SCOTLAND, MY WIFE, 80,000 PEOPLE, AND THEN WHEN COVID-19 HAD, IT WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. THE WWE SAID WE WOULD PUSH AHEAD, WE WENT ON A CLOSED SET WITH NO FANS, WE GAVE THE WORLD WRESTLEMANIA, WE HEARD THE FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE WATCHING, IT WAS UP 60% FROM THE YEAR PRIOR, AND MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY. FAST FORWARD ONE MORE YEAR, WE ONCE AGAIN FIGHTING FOR THE TITLE, I AM IN MY AMERICAN HOME TOWN, WE ARE IN FRONT OF 25,000 PEOPLE LIVE IN PERSON, AND I MISS THE FANS SO MUCH. I CAN ONLY COMPARE IT TO EUROPEAN SOCCER FANS AND HOW LOUD AND PASSIONATE THEY ARE. THOSE 25,000 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SOUND LIKE 400,000 PEOPLE. I'M GOING TO WIN BACK MY WWE TITLE. YOU HAVE BEEN TO NEW ZEALAND, DREW. I DID MANY YEARS AGO, I WAS 24, 25, AND I LOVED IT. I MISS IT SO MUCH, I GOT TO SPEND A WEEK BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, I CAME ALONG WITH ONE OF THE CHAMPIONS FROM THE 70S, HE TOOK ME TO MEET SOME OF THE SITES, I SPOKE TO SOME OF THE FANS IN PERSON AND I SAW HOW PASSIONATE THEY ARE, AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA PEOPLE HERE KEEP TAGGING ME, AND I CANNOT WAIT TO GET BACK. I WAS 25, I WAS DRINKING PRETTY HEAVILY, SO AT THAT AGE, I WAS MORE INTO THAT, BUT NOW I AM MORE INTO WANTING TO GO TO THE SCENERY, THE ARCHITECTURE, AND SEEING THE REAL NEW ZEALAND. YOU HAVE BEEN A DELIGHTFUL GUEST IN NEW ZEALAND FOR THE PAST 10 MINUTES, WE HAVE ENJOYED YOUR COMPANY. THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK IN REMAINING TOP OF THE TOP. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ALL THE WAY FROM TAMPA. IT HAS BEEN LOVELY HAVING A CHAT WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, AND VERY SOON I WILL BE THERE IN PERSON, WE WILL DO THIS AGAIN, AND WE WILL HAVE A LIVE SHOW IN NEW ZEALAND, I WILL BE RAISING THE BELT UP HIGH. THANK YOU THANK YOU, TAKE CARE. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` WHILE WE ARE CELEBRATING NEWS OF A TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE, MANY COUNTRIES ACROSS THE WORLD ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH GROWING COVID CASES. MORE ON THAT AT 8.30. ALSO AHEAD, HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS ` AND WIN SOME BIG PRIZES IN THE PROCESS. HERE IS YOUR 8.30 NEWS. WELCOMING AUSTRALIANS BACK TO AOTEAROA COULD BRING A BILLION-DOLLAR BOOST TO OUR ECONOMY, WITH TRAVEL AGENTS ACROSS THE TASMAN REPORTING A BIG SURGE IN BOOKINGS TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND. WHAT WE'RE SEEING, THOUGH, IS WHERE WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE ABOUT 3000 PEOPLE TRAVEL WITH US FROM AUSTRALIA TO NEW ZEALAND IN A FULL YEAR, WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO HAPPEN JUST IN THE HALF YEAR, THAT` OR WE'VE GOT ABOUT HALF A YEAR TO TRAVEL NOW, AND THE DEMAND WE SEE IS REALLY STRONG. AND TOURISM OPERATORS HERE SAY THE BUBBLE, WHICH OPENS ON APRIL 19, WILL BE A LIFELINE FOR MANY. THE DESTINATIONS ARE DESPERATE. IT'S GONNA KEEP TOURISM SURVIVING, BECAUSE IT WAS GONNA BE A STRUGGLE, ANOTHER WINTER WITHOUT TOURISM. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. FLIGHTS WILL OPERATE ON A STATE-BY-STATE BASIS, AND TRAVEL WILL BE MANAGED UNDER A TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEM, WITH A 'GO, PAUSE AND SUSPEND' ACTION PLAN DEPENDING ON THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN THE COMMUNITY. FLIGHTS WILL LIKELY BE SUSPENDED IF THERE IS A LARGE OUTBREAK. AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER GRANT ROBERTSON SAYS THERE WILL BE A FOCUS ON REMINDING VISITING AUSTRALIANS TO KEEP TRACK OF THEIR LOCATIONS. THERE'S GOING TO BE A MASS PUSH ON MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE USING THE COVID TRACER APP. THAT'LL BE COMMUNICATED TO TRAVELLERS WHEN THEY'RE TRAVELLING, AND WE'LL BE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO THAT. ALSO THE INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE NOW GIVE ` AS YOU ALWAYS HAVE DONE ` ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE GOING REALLY MATTERS. MEANWHILE, CANADA IS IN THE GRIPS OF A 'VERY SERIOUS' THIRD WAVE OF COVID-19, ACCORDING TO THE COUNTRY'S PRIME MINISTER. JUSTIN TRUDEAU SAYS HOSPITALISATIONS ARE SURGING, WITH MORE THAN 5000 NEW CASES A DAY OVER THE PAST WEEK. AND FRANCE HAS SEEN ITS HIGHEST NUMBER OF PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE WITH COVID-19 IN A YEAR ` MORE THAN 5500 PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING HIGH-LEVEL TREATMENT. TURKEY'S SEEN ALMOST 50,000 CASES IN A SINGLE DAY ` THE HIGHEST NUMBER SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC. A NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN CAME BACK INTO PLACE LAST WEEK. BACK HERE, AND A SO-CALLED 'JAB CAB' WILL BE ROAMING THE STREETS OF TAURANGA FROM TODAY, AIMING TO CONNECT TO THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE TRUSTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE COVID VACCINE. 'PFIZER FOR WHANAU' ORGANISER TOMMY WILSON SAYS HE DOESN'T WANT HIS COMMUNITY TO BE SCARED ABOUT THE VACCINE. WE WANT TO CARRY ON WITH THIS INITIATIVE, WHICH IS TO TAKE THE FEAR OUT OF VACCINATION, JUST LIKE WE TOOK THE FEAR OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. AND WE START IN OUR OWN BACKYARD AND START A CLEAR MESSAGE; THEN OUR FAMILY AND WHANAU CAN MAKE UP THEIR OWN MIND. AND HEALTH MINISTER ANDREW LITTLE IS THE LATEST POLITICIAN TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE, GETTING THE JAB A LITTLE EARLIER THIS MORNING. IS THAT IT? YUP. THAT WAS EASY. SINCE STARTING ITS ROLLOUT AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, NEW ZEALAND HAS ADMINISTERED MORE THAN 85,000 DOSES OF THE PFIZER VACCINE TO BORDER AND FRONTLINE HEALTH WORKERS AND OTHER AT-RISK GROUPS . NEW ZEALAND WOMEN ARE BEING URGED TO PRIORITISE THEIR HEALTH AND NOT PUT OFF SEEING THE DOCTOR. IT FOLLOWS THE NEWS FROM LABOUR MINISTER KIRITAPU ALLAN THAT SHE HAS STAGE THREE CERVICAL CANCER. THE CANCER SOCIETY SAYS THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A MASSIVE SPIKE IN PEOPLE LOOKING AT CERVICAL CANCER ON ITS WEBSITE. FOR EXAMPLE, OVER SIX MONTHS OF TRAFFIC ON THOSE PAGES IN THE FIRST FEW HOURS, AND THAT IS THE POWER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INSPIRATIONAL LIKE HER SHARING HER STORY, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, BECAUSE IT AS AN AREA THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CERVIX AND BLEEDING AND THINGS. TO SPORT, AND LEWIS CLAREBURT HAS BROKEN THE NEW ZEALAND OPEN RECORD IN THE MEN'S 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY AT THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE WELLINGTON SWIMMER TOOK TWO SECONDS OFF THE RECORD HE SET IN 2019, WHEN HE CLAIMED THE BRONZE MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SOUTH KOREA. THE 21-YEAR-OLD HAD ALREADY MET THE OLYMPIC STANDARD IN THE EVENT, AND HIS TIME LAST NIGHT WAS SIX SECONDS FASTER THAN THE QUALIFICATION MARK . SANZAAR WILL TODAY PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS ON WHAT THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP COULD LOOK LIKE AFTER THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE ANNOUNCEMENT. THE COMPETITION'S ORGANISERS SAY IT'S BEEN GOING OVER THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP LATER THIS YEAR. THE BUBBLE IS ALSO A BIG BOOST FOR THE UPCOMING TRANS-TASMAN SUPER RUGBY COMPETITION, DESPITE AUSTRALIAN TEAMS SHOWING A WILLINGNESS TO HAVE HUBS IN NEW ZEALAND CITIES. NICE. WHY WOULDN'T YOU? THANK YOU, INDIRA. WELCOME. MORENA, MATTY. COMPOSED? THE PAN FLUTE MUSIC THIS MORNING HAS BEEN SOMETHING TO BEHOLD. IT HAS BEEN A GLORIOUS TREAT. A FEAST FOR THE SENSES. ONLY IF YOUR SENSES ARE REALLY HUNGRY. SPEAKING OF HUNGRY, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT DOUGHNUTS VERY SHORTLY. SOME COMING IN? I HOPE SO. WE WILL GET TO THAT SHORTLY. THIS IS WHAT YOUR WEDNESDAY LOOKS LIKE. BIT OF CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE UPPER NORTH, BUT FINE SPELLS IN AMONGST THAT AS WELL. WHITIANGA COULD SEE ONE OR TWO AFTERNOON SHOWERS, POSSIBLY REACHING AUCKLAND THIS EVENING. 23, 24 DEGREES FOR ALL OF YOU. THERE'S THAT MIX OF FINE SPELLS AND CLOUD COVER THROUGH HERE AS WELL, AND DO WATCH OUT FOR THE CHANCE OF BRIEF LIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST PLACES, BUT ALL IN ALL, NOT BAD. 21 DEGREES IN TAUPO AND ROTORUA, 23 FOR HAMILTON AND THE COAST. IT'S LOOKING OVERCAST FURTHER EAST, AND YOU'LL GET HIT BY THE ODD SHOWER THROUGH HAWKE'S BAY AND GISBORNE. STILL THOSE MILD TEMPERATURES, THOUGH ` 20 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN MASTERTON, 21 FOR HAWKES BAY AND GISBORNE. YOU'RE IN FOR AN OVERCAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH TAUMARUNUI, WITH POSSIBLY ONE OR TWO SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH, BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE OUT WEST, THE DAY LOOKS NICE AND FINE, WITH SUNNY SKIES ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. 19 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON, 21 FOR PALMERSTON NORTH AND NEW PLYMOUTH. THINGS ARE LOOKING LOVELY ACROSS IN THE UPPER SOUTH AND ALONG THE WEST COAST ` LITTLE BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR A COUPLE OF PLACES, BUT THAT'LL LIFT PRETTY QUICKLY, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ONCE IT DOES. 19 DEGREES IN WESTPORT AND KAIKOURA, 20 FOR NELSON AND BLENHEIM. THERE'S SOME LOW MORNING CLOUD ALONG THE EAST COAST THERE, BUT ONCE THAT BREAKS UP IT'LL BE NICE AND FINE. JUST WATCH OUT FOR THOSE NOR'EASTERLIES PICKING UP THIS AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, THOUGH, IS LOVELY AND CLEAR ALL DAY. 17 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN TIMARU AND OAMARU, 19 IF YOU'RE IN CHRISTCHURCH. AND IT'S MOSTLY FINE IN THE LOWER SOUTH ` BIT OF CLOUD THROUGH SOUTHLAND, AND WATCH OUT FOR A COUPLE OF SHOWERS IN INVERCARGILL AND STEWART ISLAND, BUT OTHERWISE IT SHOULD BE GOOD. 16 DEGREES IN INVERCARGILL, 19 FOR QUEENSTOWN. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR THURSDAY ` TOMORROW IT'S FINE IN THE NORTH ISLAND'S SOUTH BUT A BIT MORE OVERCAST EVERYWHERE ELSE, WITH THE CHANCE OF SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS. THERE'S A COUPLE OF SHOWERS AROUND FIORDLAND AND STEWART ISLAND, BUT IT'S NICE AND FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE. THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. THANK YOU, MATTY. COMING UP, HOW EATING DELICIOUS DONUTS WITH A PACIFIC TWIST IS AN EXAMPLE OF MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES. FROM BRUNCH AT THE LOCAL CAFE TO A BUNCH OF FLOWERS FROM THE FLORIST DOWN THE ROAD, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF WAYS YOU CAN MAKE A BIG IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESSES. AND NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME TO DO IT, BECAUSE FRIDAY IS SMALL BUSINESS DAY. THIS WEEK, WE'RE CELEBRATING SOME OF THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES, AND JOINING US THIS MORNING ARE GRACE TAUBER AND SHENINE DUBE FROM DOE DONUTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING, WE APPRECIATE IT. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PRODUCTS HERE. BEAUTIFUL, TELL US ABOUT DOE DONUTS. HOW DID IT START? IN OUR EARLY 20S, WE DECIDED TO MOVE TO SYDNEY, WE WORKED COOKING AT HOME A LOT, WE WERE VERY HOMESICK SO WE WOULD MAKE FOOD AT HOME THAT REMINDED US OF BACK HOME, AND IN PARTICULAR WE WOULD COOK COOK ISLANDS DOUGHNUTS. BACK THEN, DOUGHNUTS WERE SO POPULAR IN SYDNEY THAT WE DECIDED TO FILL AND GLAZE THESE DOUGHNUTS THAT WE WERE MAKING AT HOME, AND THEN WE MOVED BACK TO NEW ZEALAND, WE STARTED TO DO MARKETS AND THEN WE DECIDED TO TURN IT INTO A BUSINESS. BASICALLY, WE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE OUR OWN BOSS, WE NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD START A DONOR BUSINESS TOGETHER, BUT IT TURNED OUT SO WELL FOR US. ALONG THE JOURNEY AS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, WE HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH ALONG THE WAY NOT JUST ABOUT A PRODUCT BUT ABOUT EVERYDAY BUSINESS SKILLS. WAS FOOD EVEN SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE THINKING OF GETTING INVOLVED IN AT THE TIME? NOT IN A MILLION YEARS, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MIND BLOWING... TO SEE HOW WE HAVE TURNED OUT HERE. A LOT OF TRIAL AND ERROR, I ASSUME. THAT KIND OF PACIFIC FLAIR WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU GUYS. I THINK WE REALLY WANTED TO PUT THAT INTO OUR BRAND AND INTO OUR DOUGHNUTS, BECAUSE THAT IS WHO WE ARE AND WE WANTED TO SHOWCASE THAT. I DO NOT KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT COOK ISLANDS DOUGHNUTS, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? IT IS A DONOR YOU CAN HAVE SAVOURY OR SWEET, OFTEN SERVED WITH MAIN MEALS. VERY VERSATILE. I THINK ONE THING ABOUT THEM IS WHEN YOU TASTE THEM, IT IS LIKE COMFORT FOOD, BASICALLY. IT IS JUST A WARM, DELICIOUS BREAD TREAT. I ASSUME THESE OTHER SWEET ONES HERE. WE SORT OF ADAPTED THE RECIPE OVER THE YEARS TO GET A MORE VERSATILE RECIPE, SO IT IS NOT EXACTLY A COOK ISLANDS DOUGHNUT BREAD. HOW IS THE LAST YEAR BEEN FOR YOU, BECAUSE LAST YEAR WAS A BIG YEAR FOR YOU. WE WERE PLANNING TO OPEN A SHOP IN JUNE, SO WE WERE WORKING TOWARDS THAT FOR A LONG TIME, AND THEN COVID-19 HIT, AND WE REALISED WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, SO WE WILL JUST PUT IT OFF FOR A WHILE. WE WERE ALREADY SET UP AS A BUSINESS BECAUSE WE ALREADY ARE AN E-COMMERCE BUSINESS. FOR US, IT WAS ALREADY GREAT, BUT WE DID NOT KNOW IF PEOPLE WANTED TO ORDER OUR DOUGHNUTS DURING DIFFERENT LEVELS, SO YOU DON'T KNOW, SO YOU JUST HAVE TO GET THROUGH IT. HOW CRUCIAL IS THAT FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE YOU GUYS? FIRST OF ALL, BIG SHOUT OUT TO XERO AND THE TEAM BEHIND SMALL BUSINESS DAY, AND 9 APRIL IS ABOUT GETTING OUT THERE AND SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES AROUND THE COUNTRY, IS ABOUT RETHINKING HOW WE SPEND OUR MONEY AFTER THE PAST 12 MONTHS, JUST BRINGING AWARENESS TO THE FACT THAT BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING OR HAVE STRUGGLED IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS AND THE SAME SMALL BUSINESSES ARE WHAT KEEPS OUR COUNTRY TICKING ALONG AND BRINGS US WITH COMMUNITY. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE BEEN GOOD AT GETTING OUT AND SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES? WE ARE SO GRATEFUL AND SAFE OR THAT THERE ARE SO VERY PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT OUR BUSINESS, AND AS SMALL BUSINESSES, WE SUPPORT OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES AND AS A COMMUNITY, KIWIS LIKE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER. IT IS GREAT. IS THERE AN AMAZING COMMUNITY OF SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE PROVIDING IDEAS FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL? OTHER BUSINESSES DO REACH OUT TO US, AND WE DO TRY AND DO AS MANY COLLABORATIONS AS WE CAN TO HELP EACH OTHER, AND I THINK AS WELL, SOCIAL MEDIA IS SO IMPORTANT, IT IS REALLY ABOUT THE FOLLOWING. WHAT DO WE CALL IT? CROSS POLLINATION. JUST HELPING EACH OTHER. A BIG DAY ON FRIDAY FOR YOU GUYS, THEN? WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT, WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND EAT AT LOCAL EATERIES, WE WILL HAVE THREE DIFFERENT LUNCHES MAYBE. WE WILL ALSO POST ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA WHICH WE ALREADY DO ALL THE TIME, BUT JUST BRINGING THAT AWARENESS. PERFECT. WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND YOU? WE HAVE OUR OWN WEBSITE, DOEDONUTS.CO.NZ THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE ARE GOING TO DIG INTO SOME OF THESE THEY LOOK DELICIOUS. DO YOU MIND? PLEASE DO. IT'S NICE THAT YOU ASKED. AND NOT ONLY CAN YOU SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES THIS WEEK ` YOU CAN ALSO WIN SOME BIG PRIZES. IF YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS, HEAD TO SMALLBUSINESSDAY.CO.NZ, SIGN UP AND YOU COULD WIN ONE OF FIVE $10,000 THOUSAND CASH PRIZES; OR SHOP WITH A SMALL BUSINESS ON FRIDAY AND YOU COULD WIN $150,000 IN CASH AND PRIZES. THANK YOU SO MUCH ARE WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. GOOD LUCK AS WELL. MATTY, PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO BRING THOSE DOUGHNUTS OVER THIS WAY. EARLIER THIS MORNING, WE SPOKE TO ST JOHN ABOUT ITS ANNUAL FUNDRAISING APPEAL. WE'RE NOW GOING TO TALK TO SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN ON THE RECEIVING END OF THE CRITICAL SUPPORT THE ORGANISATION PROVIDES. LET'S GO BACK LIVE TO KATIE STEVENSON. MORENA, TEAM. I HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PERSON WITH ME, I HAVE JOHN, AND ALEX, AND ALEX PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN JOHN'S STORY. CAN YOU TELL US, HOW DID ST JOHN COME TO BE INVOLVED IN YOUR LIFE? ONE MORNING LAST YEAR, I WOKE UP QUITE EARLY AND I WAS FEELING REALLY UNWELL, AND I DIDN'T HAVE CHEST PAINS OR ANYTHING, BUT THEN I STUPIDLY HUNG OUT AT HOME THINKING I WOULD GET BETTER, BUT I STARTED FEELING WORSE AND WORSE, AND THEN EVEN MORE STUPIDLY I DROVE MYSELF TO A&E. WITHIN TWO MINUTES OF ARRIVING, I HAD A CARDIAC ARREST. ALEX ARRIVED REALLY QUICKLY AND PERFORMED CPR, AND HE GAVE ME A SHOCK WITH ONE OF THESE LITTLE THINGS. ENOUGH LITERACY PUT THROUGH MEETUP POWERHOUSE FOR A MONTH, I THINK, SO I'M SO GRATEFUL TO THESE GUYS. THERE'S ONLY SO MANY MINUTES TO SPARE, I THINK. I AM REALLY GRATEFUL. ALEX, I WANT TO BRING YOU WHEN HERE, WHAT STATE WAS JOHN AND WHEN YOU ARRIVED? WHEN WE MET HIM, HE WAS A LOT LESS HEALTHY THAN HE IS NOW. AND HAS BEEN NICE TO MEET HIM NOW THAT HE HAS RECOVERED. WHEN WE MET HIM, HE WAS AN CARDIAC ARREST, I WAS IN THE SECOND CREW THAT RESPONDED TO HIM, AND LIKELY THE TEAM AT THE ACCIDENT AND MEDICAL CENTRE WERE ONTO IT, BUT AS YOU SAID, 50+ SHOCKS HE RECEIVED DURING THAT CARE. IS THAT QUITE A LOT FOR A PERSON? IT HAS TO BE A RECORD. NOT THE SORT OF RECORD I REALLY WANT TO HOLD. NORMALLY IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE PERSON'S PRESENTATION, AND FORTUNATELY JOHN SUFFERED A VERY SERIOUS HEART ATTACK WHICH WAS THEN FOLLOWED BY A CARDIAC ARREST, SO BECAUSE OF THAT BLOCKAGE IN YOUR HEART, IT KEPT GOING BACK INTO THAT FUNNY RHYTHM, UNFORTUNATELY 50 TIMES WAS NECESSARY. BUT YOU ARE LOOKING GREAT, HOW LONG AGO WAS THIS? IT WAS 12 MONTHS AGO, I HAD NINE WEEKS IN HOSPITAL BECAUSE MY VALVES WERE BROKEN, BUT IT IS EASIER TO GIVE CPR THAT WAY. IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO RECOVER, AND I AM PRETTY GOOD NOW. IT IS NICE TO BE HERE AND NICE TO MEET UP WITH THESE GUYS AGAIN, JUST SEEING THE PARAMEDICS THIS MORNING, SOME OF THEM I DO NOT REMEMBER TOO CLEARLY, OBVIOUSLY. IT IS A GREAT SERVICE, AND IT IS AND RESTING THAT NOBODY THINKS THEY WILL EVER NEED ST JOHN, SO IF PEOPLE CAN DONATE THIS WEEK, WHATEVER AMOUNT, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU OR A WORK COLLEAGUE OR A LOVED ONE WILL NEED THEM. I THINK THAT IS A LOVELY MESSAGE TO AND ON, THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOHN AND ALEX FOR YOUR TIME. I AM SURE YOU APPRECIATE ALEX AS WELL. I'M GOING TO SHOUT HIM A COFFEE. IF YOU CAN DONATE ANYTHING, IT WILL HELP. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND MEANINGFUL WORK. WE LOVE ST JOHN AND THE WORK THEY DO IN OUR COMMUNITY. STAY WITH US. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK. WE WILL BE WITH SOME MORE PAN FLUTE MUSIC, WE HOPE. (SOMBRE PAN FLUTE MUSIC) SO GOOD. SO GOOD! (LAUGHS) (MUSIC CONTINUES) SO, SO GOOD. SO GOOD. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE PAN FLUTE. PEOPLE OUT THERE WILL BE LOVING US. THIS IS MY FAVOURITE. THIS IS VERY ANCHORMAN. WE WILL JUST SIT AROUND. IT WILL BE REALLY GOOD. NEW LOW-COST TELEVISION. WE ARE A MINUTE AND 1/2 UNDER, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS. (LAUGHTER) THERE IS A GREAT SONG WHERE TYLER THE CREATOR AT THE END LOOKS DOWN THE CAMERA AND SAYS, I HAVE NOTHING COOL TO SAY. AND THAT IS US. THIS IS THE PART WHERE YOU PULL OUT YOUR OWN FLUTE AND SAY, I DID NOT COME PREPARED FOR THIS.' WE WILL END WITH THIS. WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW. IF YOU TUNE IN AGAIN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.