(SPEAKS IN TE REO MAORI) I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO JENNY MAY. DON'T PRETEND LIKE YOU DID NOT JUST SIT DOWN AND THREE SECONDS EARLY EITHER. WELCOME INTO BREAKFAST. YOU DO NOT GET TO DO THE WELCOME, THAT IS A PRIVILEGE OF HAVING BEEN IN THE STUDIO. I WAS HERE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. ANYWAY, MORENA. YOU ARE LOOKING HANDSOME, MATTY. YOU BOTH GOT A HAIRCUT, YOU BOTH LOOK GREAT. YOU'VE GOT YOUR PINK SHIRT ON AS WELL. TRYING TO LOOK AS SMART AS MY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES. THE SHIRT IS A BIT DIFFERENT, I LIKE IT. THANK YOU. YOU ARE LOOKING REALLY SMART. IT'S THURSDAY THE 8TH OF APRIL. KIA ORA. WE HAVE A BUSY PROGRAM TODAY, WE WILL GET TO THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND. WE WILL GO DOWN THERE IN SEARCH OF THEM, WE WILL ALSO LOOK AT MENTAL HEALTH IN THIS COUNTRY, $1.9 BILLION OF NEW SPENDING, HOW ARE THEY GOING AND WHY DOES IT APPEAR THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO SHUT THEIR CRITICS UP? AS A PACK TO SHOW, WE WILL ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT THE VACCINE, THE ROLLOUT, AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT GANGS. THE ISSUE IN PARTICULAR IN NAPIER AROUND GANGS, WE HAVE THE POLICE MINISTER COMING IN, AS WELL AS A FORMER GANG MEMBER WHO WORKS TO REHABILITATE THOSE WHO HAD BEEN IN THE GANGS TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS, SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM WITH THE GANG ISSUE IN THIS COUNTRY. THERE IS A LOT GOING ON. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN BUY A HOME IF YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WAS STRUGGLING TO GET INTO A HOUSE, WE HAVE A FEW IDEAS. WE PROMISE WE WILL NOT TELL YOU TO NOT BUY AVOCADOS OR COFFEE. IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S INDIRA WITH THE NEWS. A GROUP OF INDEPENDENT EXPERTS WILL HELP THE GOVERNMENT ENVISAGE WHAT A POST COVID VACCINATION FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE FOR NEW ZEALAND. THE COVID-19 ADVISORY GROUP WILL FACE A NUMBER OF DECISIONS WITH OUR BORDER AND PUBLIC HEALTH SETTINGS AFTER THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN VACCINATED. THE NEWS COMES AS THE NATIONAL PARTY SAYS THE COUNTRY'S VACCINE ROLLOUT IS FACING SIGNIFICANT DELAYS. INFORMATION OBTAINED BY THE OPPOSITION IN A 'LEAKED' MINISTRY OF HEALTH REPORT' SAID MORE THAN 300,000 VACCINES SHOULD'VE BEEN ADMINISTERED BY NOW. WHY HAS NEW ZEALAND ONLY ADMINISTERED 90,286 OF THE 390,413 OF THE COVID-19 VACCINATIONS DOSES, WHICH IS WHAT THE MINISTRY SAID SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED BY NOW IN THIS LEAKED MINISTRY OF HEALTH REPORT FROM JANUARY THIS YEAR? MINISTER OF COVID-19 RESPONSE CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS THE MINISTRY PLANNED A VARIETY OF MODELS FOR THE VACCINE ROLLOUT THAT DIDN'T FACTOR IN ARRIVAL DATES, AND THAT THEY WERE 'SLIGHTLY BEHIND SCHEDULE'. THE EUROPEAN DRUG REGULATOR NOW SAYS UNUSUAL BLOOD CLOTS SHOULD BE LISTED AS A VERY RARE SIDE EFFECT OF THE COVID-19 ASTRAZENECA VACCINE. THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY SAYS THERE'S NO DEFINITE CASUAL LINK AFTER A STUDY LOOKED AT 86 CASES OF PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCED BLOOD CLOTTING AFTER GETTING THE JAB. BUT IT'S ADVISING COUNTRIES TO CONTINUE THE ROLLOUT. OUR SAFETY COMMITTEE ` THE PHARMACO VIGILANCE AND RISK ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE OF THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY ` HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE BENEFITS OF THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE IN PREVENTING COVID-19 OVERALL OUTWEIGHED THE RISK OF SIDE EFFECTS. THE VACCINE IS UNDERGOING AN APPROVAL PROCESS IN NEW ZEALAND. PROTESTORS WILL GATHER AT THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND OFFICES THIS MORNING TO DEMAND THE RESIGNATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE TONY GIBSON. FIRST UNION WILL DELIVER A LETTER TO EXECUTIVES AFTER A DAMNING HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT RELEASED WEEKS AGO SHOWED SYSTEMIC FAILINGS. THE REVIEW SAID THE PORT NEEDED TO PRIORITISE SAFETY OVER PROFIT, AND FOUND ISSUES WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE. THE REVIEW WAS COMMISSIONED AFTER THREE DEATHS AT THE PORT IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. AND WE'LL BE DOWN AT THE PORT TO SPEAK TO THE MARITIME AND FIRST UNION JUST AFTER 7.30. OVER A THIRD OF MAORI ARE VICTIMS OF CRIME ` 8% HIGHER THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION. THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT BY THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AIMED AT IDENTIFYING FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO MAORI CRIME VICTIMISATION. IT STATES POOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AS ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES. THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE HOPES TO USE THE FINDINGS TO IMPROVE CRIME SUPPORT SERVICES FOR MAORI. THE SALVAGE OF A DUTCH SHIP DRIFTING OFF THE COAST OF NORWAY HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO BAD WEATHER. THERE'S NO ONE ONBOARD THE VESSEL WHICH WAS EVACUATED DAYS AGO IN HIGH SEAS. EMERGENCY CREWS SCRAMBLED TO PREVENT IT FROM SINKING AND CAUSING AN OIL SPILL. IT'S HOPED THE WEATHER WILL BE BETTER TOMORROW TO TOW IT TO SAFER WATERS. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACK CAPS HAVE NAMED A 20-MAN-STRONG SQUAD FOR JUNE'S TOUR OF ENGLAND, INCLUDING THREE DEBUTANTS. RACHIN RAVINDRA AND JACOB DUFFY HAVE EARNED A MAIDEN TEST CALL-UP ALONG WITH DEVON CONWAY. RAVINDRA (21) NOW IN LINE TO BE THE YOUNGEST BLACKCAPS TEST PLAYER SINCE ISH SODHI. AFTER THE FIRST TWO TESTS AGAINST ENGLAND, THE SQUAD WILL BE TRIMMED TO 15 FOR THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AGAINST THE HOSTS. FOR A LOT OF THE GUYS, IT WILL BE THE FIRST TRIP OVERSEAS FOR A LONG TIME. SO, YEAH. JUST TRAVELLING IN THESE CURRENT TIMES IS DIFFERENT TO WHAT WE'RE USED TO AS WELL. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE GUYS ARE GONNA HAVE TO ADAPT TO AS WELL. THINGS ARE DIFFERENT OUT THERE NOW, BUT IT'S EXCITING TO GO OVERSEAS AND PLAY. AUSTRALIA'S 22 YEAR OLD GRIP ON THE ROSE BOWL CONTINUES AFTER THEY BEAT THE WHITE FERNS LAST NIGHT IN MOUNT MAUNGANUI. THAT'S DESPITE LEIGH KASPEREK'S SIX FOR 46 ` A BOWLING RECORD AGAINST THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S TEAM. BUT NEW ZEALAND WERE UNABLE TO CHASE DOWN THEIR TARGET OF 272 TO WIN ` ALL OUT FOR 200. THE BEIJING WINTER GAMES IS QUICKLY BECOMING ANOTHER OLYMPICS UNDER SCRUTINY, BUT NOT FOR COVID-19 REASONS LIKE TOKYO. THE US STATE DEPARTMENT HAS CONFIRMED THEY'RE CONSIDERING A BOYCOTT OF NEXT YEAR'S WINTER GAMES BECAUSE OF CHINA'S HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND REPRESSION OF MINORITIES. STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN NED PRICE SAYS THE US WILL CONSULT WITH OTHER NATIONS OVER A JOINT BOYCOTT IN FEBRUARY 2022. GOSH, THAT IS BIG. I SAW A REPORT THIS MORNING THAT SAID SOME OF THE UNIFORMS ARE ALLEGEDLY BEING MADE BY CAMP LABOUR. I JUST FOR THE HEADLINE IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF PARAGRAPHS, BUT IF THAT IS THE CASE,... ARE YOU ORGANISED? ARE YOU SORTED? I AM ON TOP OF IT LIKE ED ON EVEREST. TO BE FAIR, THOSE IN GLASS HOUSES, JENNY MAY. I DO NOT KNOW WHY YOU RAISED IT. I AM JUST SAYING, WHEN YOU STARTED ON BREAKFAST, USED TO BE THE FIRST ONE AND, YOU ARE HOURS BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE. THIS IS MY PEN. AS THE TWO OF YOU HAVE SAT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, YOU HAVE GOTTEN WORSE AND WORSE TOGETHER. WROSTER AND WORSTER. YEAH, MISS, SHE HAS BEEN WORSE. I AM TRYING NOT TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU GUYS SET FOR ME SOMETIMES. I AM THE FIRST ONE HERE ALWAYS. YOU HAVE MISSED THE SHOW, I HAVE NEVER DONE THAT. BEFORE I STARTED, I HEARD ABOUT THAT. PULL YOUR HEADS IN. WHAT WAS THAT YOU ARE SAYING ABOUT GLASSHOUSES? WE WILL HAVE A LOOK AT HOW YOUR WEATHER IS LOOKING HERE'S HOW YOUR THURSDAY'S SHAPING UP. IT'S A BIT OVERCAST IN THE UPPER NORTH, WITH A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS EXPECTED FOR ALL OF YOU, MORE LIKELY THIS MORNING AROUND WHANGAREI AND RUSSELL, BUT IN AMONGST THAT, THERE'S THE ODD FINE PATCH AS WELL. TEMPERATURES IN THE EARLY 20S FOR ALL OF YOU. THAT CLOUD COVER'S THROUGH HERE AS WELL, WITH THE ODD POSSIBLE SHOWER FOR MOST PLACES, BUT AGAIN, THOSE FINE BREAKS SHOULD START POKING THROUGH AFTER LUNCH. 20 DEGREES FOR TAUPO AND ROTORUA, 23 IN HAMILTON. THERE'S GREY SKIES THROUGH GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY WITH A COUPLE OF MORNING SHOWERS, ALTHOUGH THE AFTERNOON LOOKS CLEARER. WHEREAS FURTHER SOUTH IT'S MOSTLY FINE ONCE THE LOW CLOUD THIS MORNING CLEARS. 21 THE EXPECTED HIGH THROUGH GISBORNE, NAPIER AND DANNEVIRKE. IT'S LOOKING MOSTLY FINE OUT WEST ONCE THAT MORNING CLOUD LIFTS AS WELL. JUST WATCH OUT FOR THE CHANCE OF ONE OR TWO SHOWERS LATER ON AROUND NEW PLYMOUTH AND TAUMARUNUI. 20 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON, 21 IN LEVIN AND NEW PLYMOUTH. YOU SHOULD HAVE A LOVELY DAY ACROSS IN THE UPPER SOUTH AND ALONG THE WEST COAST ` LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER AT TIMES, BUT NOTHING MAJOR. 18 DEGREES IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, 23 FOR THOSE OF YOU IN BLENHEIM. BIT OF MORNING CLOUD SHIFTING EAST, BUT ONCE THAT'S LIFTED, IT'S SMOOTH SAILING WITH LONG FINE SPELLS. ALTHOUGH WATCH OUT FOR SOME POSSIBLE FOG THIS EVENING, ROLLING INTO CANTERBURY. 18 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN TIMARU AND OAMARU, 22 IF YOU'RE IN CHRISTCHURCH. AND IT'S OVERCAST IN MILFORD SOUND, WITH THE CHANCE OF A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, WHEREAS THE REST OF THE LOWER SOUTH IS NICE AND FINE ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. 19 DEGREES IN DUNEDIN, GORE AND INVERCARGILL. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR FRIDAY ` TOMORROW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH A BIT OF RAIN IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. A BIT MORE OVERCAST IN THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND, BUT MOST PLACES SHOULD SEE SOME BLUE SKIES TODAY. I WAS A BIT DISTRACTED BY THE MUSIC, IT WAS VERY SLOW IN THAT IT RAMPED UP REALLY QUICKLY. OUR SOUNDIE WILL NOT THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME THAT IS, BUT HE HAS JUST COME IN FROM A CLUB. HE THOUGHT HE WOULD DROP IT INTO A SHIFT, HE BROUGHT HIS CLUB MUSIC WITH HIM. AND IS CALLED A KIDS CLUB, YOU ARE COMING IN FROM LEAVING THE KIDS AT HOME, WE APPRECIATE YOU. COMING UP ` IMPORTANT DATA WAS REMOVED BY THE GOVERNMENT FROM A MENTAL HEALTH REPORT THAT WAS ALSO SERIOUSLY DELAYED. AFTER THE BREAK, THE HEAD OF THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION IS ASKING WHY. (ENGINE RUMBLES) PHONE: My dad always taught me that you gotta ride like everyone's out to get you. (LOUD WHOOSHING) (ENGINE RUMBLES SOFTLY) (ENGINE RUMBLES LOUDLY) I'll be learning to ride a bike for as long as I live. (ENGINE RUMBLES IN BURSTS) Ride for your whole life, not a short amount of time. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY. YESTERDAY ON BREAKFAST, WE DISCUSSED MENTAL HEALTH, AND WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A ROUTINE REPORT ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT WAS DELAYED, AND DELAYED, THEN APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN SANITISED. THE PICTURE WAS STILL BLEAK, BUT A SERIES OF BEHIND-THE-SCENES EMAILS, SHOW KEY INDICATORS BEING REMOVED, INCLUDING SUICIDE NUMBERS. 'I WOULD PREFER THAT SUICIDE DATA IS NOT INCLUDED.' ONE EMAIL SAYS. ANOTHER SAYS, 'REMOVE 685' ` THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SUICIDES IN NEW ZEALAND DURING THE 2018 ` 19 YEAR. WHY? THE ANSWER TO THAT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK. BUT STUFF'S WORK IN REVEALING THIS ACCOMPANIES GROWING CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DELIVERY OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. REMEMBER, A $1.9 BILLION MENTAL HEALTH PACKAGE WAS AT THE CENTRE OF ITS SO-CALLED WELLBEING BUDGET IN 2019. THIS WAS LAUDED BY THOSE IN THE MENTAL HEALTH SECTOR, BUT THERE'S AN INCREASING SENSE THAT THE HOPES AND PROMISES AREN'T YET BEING REALISED IN ACTION. AND IN FEBRUARY, MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION CEO SHAUN ROBINSON ACCUSED A MINISTRY OF HEALTH OFFICIAL OF TRYING TO SILENCE HIM FOR POINTING THIS OUT. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? SHAUN ROBINSON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION, IS WITH US NOW. I LIKE YOUR SUIT. IS NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE, I APPRECIATE THE DAMN YOU GIVE. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS REPORT, WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN AN EXERCISE IN SANITISING THE TOUGH STUFF, DO WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON HERE AND WHY? I THINK IT IS EITHER A VERY BAD MISTAKE OR IT AS A BAD JUDGEMENT CALL, OR IT IS A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO MAKE THINGS LOOK BETTER THAN THEY ARE. EITHER WAY, IT IS NOT GOOD. IF IT WAS JUST A COCK-UP AND THEY CHOSE NOT TO PUT THE STATISTICS ON THE ROUTINE REPORT FOR SOME SILLY REASON, THAT IS REALLY BAD FOOT TRANSPARENCY, BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING YEAR-ON-YEAR. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE OFFICIALS, AND THEY SAY THEY ARE TRYING TO DO SOME NEW THINGS, THIS WAS NOT CAPTURED IN THE REPORT, AND MY RESPONSES DO NOT TAKE STUFF OUT, PUT MORE STUFF IN. I KIND OF JUST DO NOT THEOLOGICALLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING, AND UNFORTUNATELY THE EMAILS PAINT A PICTURE OF TRYING TO MINIMISE THE BAD NEWS THAT WAS GOING OUT. I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE WELL-BEING BUDGET, AT THE TIME WERE YOU DELIGHTED BY THE EXTRA SPENDING? IT WAS A GREAT PACKAGE, AND WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS FOCUSING ON, THERE IS STILL A LOT OF GOOD STUFF IN THAT, BUT I THINK THE TWO BIG PROBLEMS, ONE, I THINK THEY UNDERESTIMATED THE SIZE OF THE NEED, OUR RESEARCH SHOWS, AND IT IS PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH EVEN GOVERNMENT RESEARCH, THAT RIGHT NOW TODAY, PROBABLY A MILLION PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND ARE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH MAKES IT THE BIGGEST HEALTH ISSUE IN NEW ZEALAND, AND THEREFORE UNSURPRISINGLY AFTER YEARS OF NEGLECT, THE CURRENT SERVICES ARE MASSIVELY OVERWHELMED, AND THAT HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE, NOT BETTER. WAIT TIMES ARE HUGE, YOUNG PEOPLE CANNOT GET INTO COUNSELLING OR ADDICTION SERVICES OR EATING DISORDER SERVICES, IT IS JUST APPALLING. THEY HAVE UNDERESTIMATED THE SIZE OF THE DEMAND, AND THEN THEIR OWN ENQUIRY WHICH THEY SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS GETTING TOLD THEM TO DO THREE THINGS, INCREASED SERVICES AND MAKE EARLY SERVICES AVAILABLE, BUT ALSO PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS INTO PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING DISTRESSED, GET UP THERE AT THE TOP OF THE CLIFF, KEEP PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE EDGE, DO THE PREVENTATIVE WORK. THE OTHER THING WAS EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY WITH SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW TO LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES WHEN THEY ARE STRUGGLING. UNFORTUNATELY, ALMOST ALL OF THE EFFORT HAS GONE INTO EXPANDING SERVICES. BOTTOM OF THE CLIFF SERVICES? PRETTY MUCH, WHAT THEY INHERITED WAS A CLIFF WITH VIRTUALLY NO AMBULANCE AND YOU HAD TO CRAWL 100 M TO GET TO AN AMBULANCE, AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT TO MY REAL INCIDENT AND PUT SOME LADDERS UP THE CLIFF, BUT THAT DOES NOT STOP THE OVERWHELMING DRIVERS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE TOP, SO THEIR EFFORTS TO EXPAND SERVICES WILL FAIL, IT IS LIKE A RACE TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND WHICH IS JUST CONSTANTLY GOING TO OVERWHELM SERVICES, SO THEIR EFFORTS AND SERVICES NEED THEIR FRIEND, THAN A PREVENTION AND EMPOWERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY, AND UNFORTUNATELY, FROM WHAT I COULD TELL FROM THE MINISTRY, ALL THE MONEY IS LOCKED UP IN THE SERVICE STUFF. IF THAT IS THE APPROACH YOU TAKE, THERE IS A STRONG INCENTIVE TO NOT SHOW HOW BIG THE DEMAND IS AND NOT SHOW THAT THINGS AREN'T SUCCEEDING. I JUST WANT TO QUOTE ONE SENTENCE FROM SOMETHING I READ LAST NIGHT, BECAUSE IT TELLS US EVERYTHING. THE ESTIMATED REDUCTION IN LIFE EXPECTANCY WITH SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH OR ADDICTION CHALLENGES IS 25 YEARS. THAT IS THE SCALE OF THE RISK WE ARE DEALING WITH, AND YOU ARE SAYING THAT WE ARE STILL TREATING, WE ARE STILL RESPONDING TO THE IMPACT RATHER THAN PRE-EMPTIVELY DEALING WITH THE NEED. ABSOLUTELY, AND TO BE FAIR TO THE GOVERNMENT, THEY HAVE PUT MONEY INTO THINGS LIKE FAMILY VIOLENCE, HOUSING, TRYING TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS, BUT THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS THAT IS NOT DELIVERING SERVICES, THAT IS NOT BLOWING IN THEIR OWN RESEARCH, SPORT NEW ZEALAND JUST PRODUCED SOME RESEARCH THAT SHOWS THAT TWO AND 1/2 HOURS OF EXERCISE A WEEK, GIVES YOU A BETTER WELL-BEING SCORE. THIS IS A CONVERSATION YOU HAD BACK IN FEBRUARY, ARE YOU AS A WHISTLEBLOWER AND CONVENIENT? AS IS INDICATIVE OF THE MINISTRY NOT WANTING TO SAY HOW BADLY THINGS ARE GOING? AND IF YOU PUT $1.9 BILLION EXTRA SPENDING INTO HEALTH SERVICES, THAT IS DEPENDENT ON PEOPLE BEING AVAILABLE, SO I'LL BE PLAYING CATCH UP? I THINK THAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE APPROACH. WITH MANY OF THESE THINGS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THEY DO NOT REQUIRE TRADING LOTS OF DOCTORS OR NURSES OR PSYCHOLOGISTS, THEY CAN BE DONE AND ARE BEING DONE ON A SMALL SCALE, BUT THAT WHOLE APPROACH OF PROVIDING SERVICES ONE-ON-ONE WILL JUST FAIL, REALLY. I AM HOPING THAT ANDREW LITTLE IS A NEW MINISTER, I HAVE MET WITH HIM ONCE AND TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES, AND HE SEEMED TO LISTEN. I DO FEEL FOR THE MINISTRY OFFICIALS IN THAT THEY GET LOCKED IN. I HAVE HEARD MINISTRY OFFICIALS SAY THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF GOOD IDEAS BUT THEY DO NOT FIT WITH THE FUNDING HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO, BUT I'M GOING FOR GOODNESS SAKE, WE ARE ONLY TWO YEARS DOWN THE TRACK, WE HAVE TO BE ABOUT BETTER THAN THAT, WE CAN SURELY BE MORE FLEXIBLE. SO WE NEED A PLAN THAT OUTLINES HOW THOSE 38 THINGS THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO DOING I GOING TO BE DONE, WE STILL DO NOT HAVE THAT, AND THEN WE NEED TO REAPPRAISE WHERE THAT INVESTMENT IS GOING ACROSS THAT RANGE OF THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN, PARTICULARLY THAT WE NEED TO DO THOSE THREE THINGS, PREVENTION, EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO LOOK AFTER THEIR OWN MENTAL WELL-BEING, AS WELL AS EXPANDING SERVICES. IS ONLY THE COMBINATION OF THOSE THREE THINGS THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. ANDREW LITTLE WILL JOIN US IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES, AND YOU HAVE HOPE THAT HE HAS A NEW MINISTER HAS A CAPACITY TO HOVER OVER THIS AND SEE WHERE THEY COULD DO BETTER, WHAT YOU LIKE TO SAY TO HIM? THAT IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, MAKE SURE THAT THE PLAN THAT THEY ARE DEVELOPING IS ACTUALLY AN AMPLE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THOSE 38 RECOMMENDATIONS. MAKE SURE THAT DATA IS PROVIDED CONSISTENTLY SO THAT CONFIDENCE IS BOOSTED, AND THEN MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR OWN ENQUIRY, PREVENTION, EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO LOOK AFTER THEIR OWN WELL-BEING, AS WELL AS A SPENDING SERVICES. I WANT TO EXPAND ON WHAT YOU ARE SEEING, HOW BIG IS THIS CRISIS? IS ENORMOUS AND IT IS GETTING WORSE, AND WE CANNOT LAY ALL THAT LAME AT THIS GOVERNMENT'S DOOR, THIS HAS BEEN BUILDING UP FOR DECADES, WE HAVE A CULTURE THAT DOES NOT DEAL WITH EMOTIONS WELL, DOES NOT DEAL WITH LIFE CRISES WELL. WE HAD A MASSIVELY CHANGING WORLD, WHICH AGAIN IS WHY WE ARE NOT JUST GOING TO FIX THAT BY WAITING UNTIL THERE ARE SERVICES PROVIDED, THINGS ARE JUST REALLY BAD, AND $1.9 BILLION SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT IS ROUGHLY ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE UNDERFUNDING FROM THE PREVIOUS 10 YEARS ADDED UP TO. ARGUABLY, YOU COULD SUCK ALL OF THAT UP INTO DHB SERVICES TO TRY AND MEET THE DEMAND, BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO THAT AND DO SOME NEW THINGS AT THE SAME TIME. ORIGINALLY, POST THE WELL-BEING BUDGET, MINISTER DAVID CLARKE SAID THIS WAS JUST THE BEGINNING, THERE WOULD BE MORE, BUT THAT COMPLETELY DRIED UP. SHAUN ROBINSON, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN, AND WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE SQUEAKY WHEEL THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR ALL OF US. IT IS NOT JUST ME, THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. I WAS JUST LOOKING AT WHAT THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSIONER WROTE TO THE PREVIOUS HEALTH MINISTER SAYING EXACTLY THE SAME THING YOU ARE SAYING. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. AND BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ` A REMINDER. IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING THERE IS HELP AVAILABLE, AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE PLACES YOU CAN GET HELP AND SUPPORT. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, AND IT IS OK TO ASK THE HELP. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` PRIMARY INDUSTRIES ARE CALLING FOR A PACIFIC BUBBLE AS THEY STRUGGLE TO FILL JOBS WITH THE NEW ZEALAND LABOUR POOL. MORE ON THAT AT 6.30. ALSO AHEAD, WE'VE NEARLY ADMINISTERED 100,000 COVID VACCINES, BUT IS THE ROLL OUT GOING AS PLANNED? IT IS NICE AND CALM IN AUCKLAND THIS MORNING, THIS IS THAT RIGHT NOW, A BIT OF CLOUD COVER AND SOME SHOWERS LATER ON, I HAVE ALL YOUR WEATHER DETAILS COMING UP SHORTLY. WHAT NEW ZEALAND'S FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE AFTER THE COUNTRY'S BEEN VACCINATED WILL BE SHAPED BY A GROUP OF INDEPENDENT EXPERTS. THE COVID-19 ADVISORY GROUP WILL ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON A NUMBER OF DECISIONS, INCLUDING OUR BORDER AND PUBLIC HEALTH SETTINGS. THE GROUP WILL BE CHAIRED BY SIR DAVID SKAGG AND REPORT TO THE MINISTER OF COVID-19 RESPONSE CHRIS HIPKINS AND ASSOCIATE MINISTER OF HEALTH AYESHA VERRALL. THE NEWS COMES AS THE NATIONAL PARTY SAYS THE COUNTRY'S VACCINE ROLLOUT IS FACING SIGNIFICANT DELAYS. INFORMATION OBTAINED BY THE OPPOSITION IN A 'LEAKED MINISTRY OF HEALTH REPORT' SAID MORE THAN 300,000 VACCINES SHOULD'VE BEEN ADMINISTERED BY NOW COMPARED TO THE 90,000 DELIVERED. MINISTER OF HEALTH CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS THE PROGRAMME IS 'SLIGHTLY BEHIND SCHEDULE'. AND MODELLING DIDN'T FACTOR IN ARRIVAL DATES OR DELAYS OF VACCINES. THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION'S CONCERNED AFTER KEY INFORMATION WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE HIDDEN IN A DELAYED MENTAL HEALTH REPORT. MINISTRY OF HEALTH EMAILS SHOW ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE SPECIFIC SUICIDE STATISTICS IN NEW ZEALAND DURING 2018 AND 2019. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION SHAUN ROBINSON SAYS THE MINISTRY'S MADE A MISTAKE. THAT'S REALLY BAD FOR TRANSPARENCY, FOR US BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING YEAR ON YEAR, AND I'VE SPOKEN TO THE OFFICIALS, AND THEY'RE SAYING, 'LOOK, WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOME NEW THINGS, 'THIS WASN'T CAPTURED IN THE REPORT.' MY RESPONSE IS, 'WELL, DON'T TAKE STUFF OUT. PUT MORE STUFF IN.' ANGER IS GROWING AT THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND, WITH MANY DEMANDING THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S RESIGNATION. FIRST UNION WILL TODAY DELIVER A LETTER TO EXECUTIVES IN LIGHT OF A DAMNING HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT THAT WAS RELEASED LAST WEEK, HIGHLIGHTING SYSTEMATIC FAILURES. THE REVIEW SAID THE PORT NEEDED TO PRIORITISE SAFETY OVER PROFIT AND FOUND ISSUES WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE. THREE PEOPLE HAVE DIED AT THE WORKPLACE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. EMPLOYERS IN PRIMARY INDUSTRIES ARE CALLING FOR A PACIFIC BUBBLE IN THE HOPE OF RECRUITING MUCH NEEDED SEASONAL WORKERS. WITHOUT LABOUR FROM THE PACIFIC, COMPANIES HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO GET PRODUCTS OFF THE GROUND. AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO SECURE ENOUGH WORKERS FROM NEW ZEALAND'S LABOUR POOL. WITH THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE OPENING IN A FEW WEEKS TIME, INDUSTRY FIGURES ARE ASKING FOR PACIFIC WORKERS TO FILL SOON TO BE VACANT MIQ SPOTS. NOW WITH THE MIQ FREEING UP, AND FROM 1000-1300 BEDS, NOW'S THE TIME TO FILL THE SKILL SHORTAGE FOR THE PRIMARY INDUSTRIES. IT'S BEEN REVEALED TIGER WOODS WAS DRIVING AT NEARLY TWICE THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN HE CRASHED HIS CAR IN FEBRUARY. THE GOLF LEGEND'S VEHICLE LEFT THE ROAD AT AROUND 140kph AND FLIPPED SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE ACCIDENT IN CALIFORNIA. WOODS WAS LAST MONTH RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL AS HE CONTINUES TO RECOVER FROM A NUMBER OF SERIOUS LEG INJURIES. INVESTIGATORS SAID THERE WERE NO SIGNS THE 15-TIME MAJOR CHAMPION WAS IMPAIRED AT THE WHEEL. TO SPORT, AND THE WHITE FERNS HAVE COME UP SHORT AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN THE SECOND ONE DAYER AT MOUNT MAUNGANUI. THE AUSSIES RETAINING THE ROSE BOWL FOR A 22ND YEAR. WHITE FERN BOWLER LEIGH KASPEREK NABBED SIX WICKETS FOR NEW ZEALAND, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH FOR THE FERNS, WHO FELL 72 RUNS SHORT OF VICTORY IN THEIR RUN CHASE. PUT DOWN, AND COULD BE A RUN-OUT. SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RUN-OUT. IT IS A RUN-OUT! AND THAT ENDS THE GAME, AND THIS WINNING STREAK ` THE WORLD RECORD WINNING STREAK CONTINUES. AUSTRALIA EXTENDING THEIR WORLD RECORD WINNING STREAK WITH A 23RD CONSECUTIVE ODI VICTORY, REDUCING SUNDAY'S THIRD ONE DAYER TO A DEAD RUBBER. BLACK CAPS COACH GARY STEAD HAS NAMED THREE NEWCOMERS IN THE 20-MAN SQUAD FOR JUNE'S TOUR OF ENGLAND. UNCAPPED TEST DUO RACHIN RAVINDRA AND JACOB DUFFY HAVE EARNED MAIDEN CALL-UPS, ALONG WITH DEVON CONWAY. RAVINDRA (21) NOW IN LINE TO BE THE YOUNGEST BLACKCAPS TEST PLAYER SINCE ISH SODHI. THE SQUAD WILL BE TRIMMED TO 15 FOR THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AGAINST ENGLAND FOLLOWING THE FIRST TWO TESTS. JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THE WHITE FRIENDS. HOW IMPRESSIVE IS AUSTRALIA? THERE IS A LOT TO PLAY FOR. THERE ARE SOME WIFE INTO HEAVEN SHOWED US THE BEST. THEY WILL. THEY ABSOLUTELY WILL. AND THAT'S YOUR NEWS. THEY SAID TO CUT THE WEATHER PLEASE, AND I TOLD THEM NOT TO TELL ME BUT TO TELL THEM. HERE'S HOW YOUR THURSDAY'S SHAPING UP. IT'S A BIT OVERCAST IN THE UPPER NORTH, WITH A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS EXPECTED FOR ALL OF YOU, MORE LIKELY THIS MORNING AROUND WHANGAREI AND RUSSELL, BUT IN AMONGST THAT THERE'S THE ODD FINE PATCH AS WELL. TEMPERATURES IN THE EARLY 20s FOR ALL OF YOU. THAT CLOUD COVER'S THROUGH HERE AS WELL, WITH THE ODD POSSIBLE SHOWER FOR MOST PLACES, BUT AGAIN, THOSE FINE BREAKS SHOULD START POKING THROUGH AFTER LUNCH. 20 DEGREES FOR TAUPO AND ROTORUA, 23 IN HAMILTON. THERE'S GREY SKIES THROUGH GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY, WITH A COUPLE OF MORNING SHOWERS, ALTHOUGH THE AFTERNOON LOOKS CLEARER, WHEREAS FURTHER SOUTH IT'S MOSTLY FINE ONCE THE LOW CLOUD THIS MORNING CLEARS. 21 THE EXPECTED HIGH THROUGH GISBORNE, NAPIER AND DANNEVIRKE. IT'S LOOKING MOSTLY FINE OUT WEST ONCE THAT MORNING CLOUD LIFTS AS WELL. JUST WATCH OUT FOR THE CHANCE OF ONE OR TWO SHOWERS LATER ON AROUND NEW PLYMOUTH AND TAUMARUNUI. 20 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON, 21 IN LEVIN AND NEW PLYMOUTH. YOU SHOULD HAVE A LOVELY DAY ACROSS IN THE UPPER SOUTH AND ALONG THE WEST COAST. LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER AT TIMES, BUT NOTHING MAJOR. 18 DEGREES IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, 23 FOR THOSE OF YOU IN BLENHEIM. BIT OF MORNING CLOUD SHIFTING EAST, BUT ONCE THAT'S LIFTED, IT'S SMOOTH SAILING WITH LONG FINE SPELLS. ALTHOUGH WATCH OUT FOR SOME POSSIBLE FOG THIS EVENING ROLLING INTO CANTERBURY. 18 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN TIMARU AND OAMARU, 22 IF YOU'RE IN CHRISTCHURCH. AND IT'S OVERCAST IN MILFORD SOUND, WITH THE CHANCE OF A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, WHEREAS THE REST OF THE LOWER SOUTH IS NICE AND FINE ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. 19 DEGREES IN DUNEDIN, GORE AND INVERCARGILL. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR FRIDAY ` TOMORROW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH A BIT OF RAIN IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. DON'T FORGET ABOUT'S BESPOKE WEATHER AFTER 8 O'CLOCK THANKS MATTIE I'M STILL RECOVERING FROM THE PAMPHLET YESTERDAY. SO GOOD. YOU HAVE STARTED SOMETHING NOW. COMING UP ` THE MENTAL HEALTH REPORT WAS RELEASED LAST WEEK, BUT NOT IN ITS ENTIRETY. HEALTH MINISTER ANDREW LITTLE JOINS US NEXT. EARLIER THIS MORNING, WE SPOKE TO THE HEAD OF THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION, SHAUN ROBINSON. REMEMBER, IN FEBRUARY, SHAUN FELT A MINISTRY OF HEALTH OFFICIAL WAS TRYING TO SILENCE HIS CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DELIVERY OF ITS OWN MAJOR MENTAL HEALTH REFORMS. AND REMEMBER, AND WE COVERED THIS ON THE PROGRAMME YESTERDAY, AS REVEALED BY STUFF, A SERIES OF MINISTRY OF HEALTH EMAILS APPEAR TO SHOW THE PROCESS OF SANITISING A REPORT ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. I'M QUOTING STUFF'S HENRY COOKE HERE, 'MANY INDICATORS USUALLY INCLUDED IN THE REPORT HAD BEEN REMOVED 'AFTER A MONTHS-LONG AND CONTENTIOUS EDITING PROCESS.' AGAIN, SHAUN ROBINSON IS BEWILDERED BY THIS. A BIT LIKE RAIL IN THIS COUNTRY, DECADES OF CHRONIC UNDER-INVESTMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES MEANS CATCHING UP WILL TAKE TIME, AND THE GOVERNMENT'S WELLBEING BUDGET WAS A NEAR $2 BILLION ATTEMPT TO DO THAT. BUT ARE WE CATCHING UP? AND SHOULD THE PEOPLE AND REPORTS BEST QUALIFIED TO ASSESS HOW WE'RE GOING BE SANITISED, EDITED AND SILENCED? WE'RE NOW JOINED BY HEALTH MINISTER ANDREW LITTLE. MORENA. THANKS FOR COMING. I APPRECIATE IT. YOU SPOKE TO JENNY MAY ABOUT THIS BACK IN FEBRUARY THERE ARE REPORTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT DOING TWO THINGS, AND I REJECT BOTH OF THOSE. I HAVE SPOKEN ON THE SHOW BEFORE ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING. 400 NEW POSITIONS ARE FUNDED THROUGHOUT GP CLINICS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CLINICS. FOR FREE COUNSELLING, FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THE SUICIDE PREVENTION OFFICE. WE HAVE PUT MORE MONEY INTO ACUTE MENTAL FACILITIES. THERE IS QUITE A BIT HAPPENING. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS THIS REPORT, THIS IS THE GUY AT THE TOP OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES. THIS REPORT HISTORICALLY HAS AN INTERESTING SORT OF BACKGROUND. IT IS NOT A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THIS SORT OF CAME OUT. USUALLY VERY VERY LATE. IT WAS OVER A YEAR LATE. I ACCEPT ALL OF WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THE REPORT, BUT IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE IT WAS SANITISED. AND IT WAS SANITISED IN WAYS AND IT THAT IT MADE THE PICTURE LOOK LESS BAD. YOU HAVE A WHOLE HEAP OF OTHER DATA SOURCES. THE CORONER'S ANNUAL REPORT ON SUICIDE STATISTICS FOR EXAMPLE. WHICH IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON A DATABASE OF A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER STATISTICS. I DON'T GET THE CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF SANITISATION. YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THE SUICIDE PREVENTION OFFICE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. YOUR OWN REPORT SAID THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE TARGETS. YOU DON'T HAVE TARGETS. WE KEEP HEARING FROM SEAN ROBERTSON THE STUFF. HE SAYS YOURS PRESSING NEED YOU DON'T HAVE TARGETS OR AN ACTION PLAN. YOU ARE WRONG ON EVERY COUNT, JON. WE WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE A SUICIDE TARGET. ONCE SUICIDE IS ONE SUICIDE TO MANY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YOUR OWN REPORT SAID YOU NEED TARGETS. YOU DON'T HAVE TARGETS. THERE IS IS IN A PERSON ON THE PLANET THAT DOESN'T AGREE WITH THAT. WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A SUICIDE TARGET. THIS GOVERNMENT MADE THAT DECISION ABSOLUTELY CRYSTAL CLEAR. WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A TARGET. SO, IS IT ABOUT THE POLITICS? PLEASE LET ME ANSWER. IF WE HAVE A TARGET, WE ARE SAYING THERE IS AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF SUBSIDENCE COUNTRY. WE DON'T ACCEPT THAT. WE ARE NEVER GOING TO ACCEPT THAT. YOUR OWN REPORT ` YOU CAN'T SAY WE OBJECT TO SUICIDE, THEREFORE WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A TARGET. WE NEED TO HAVE INTENTIONS AROUND WHERE WE ARE AIMING. WE HAVE INTENTIONS. HOW ARE THEY DEFINED? ONE IS ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR SUICIDE. LAST WEEK I WAS IN HASTINGS LAUNCHING A NEW APPROACH TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS FOR THAT CITY AND FOR THE AREA AND THAT IS A VERY MUCH APPEAR SUPPORTED AND PEER DRIVEN APPROACH. ACTUALLY BEING THERE TO SUPPORT THOSE CRISES ARE ARE A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS YOU AREN'T JUST GONNA ROCK UP TO THE HOSPITAL AND ` � A DEDICATED PLACE WHERE YOU CAN STAY LONGER IF YOU NEED TO. THEY ARE THERE TO SUPPORT YOU THROUGH IT. THAT IS THE STUFF WE ARE DOING. BUT NO ONE DOES SAY THAT SUICIDE IS ACCEPTABLE. WE SPOKE TO SEAN ROBERTSON, I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT HE SAID JUST BEFORE THE NEWS AT SEVEN. THIS IS WHAT HE'S HOPING FOR. HE HAS HIGH HOPES FOR YOU. HE THINKS YOU ARE THE MENTOR DO THE JOB MAKE SURE THAT THEY PLAN THAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING IS ACTUALLY AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THOSE 38 RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE AND TRANSPARENCY TO SEE IT'S HAPPENING. MAKE SURE THE DATA IS PROVIDED CONSISTENTLY SO THAT CONFIDENCE IN WHAT'S HAPPENING IS BOOSTED. AND THEN MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE ADVICE YOUR OWN INQUIRY. PREVENTION, EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO LOOK AFTER THEIR OWN WELL-BEING, AS WELL AS EXPANDING SERVICES. CAN I PICK UP ON THIS FIRST POINT OF THE PLAN? THIS COMES BACK TO THE VICE YOU KEEP GETTING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WHERE IS YOUR ACTION PLAN? THERE WAS A PLAN PRODUCE IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR. IT WAS A PLAN TO GET US THROUGH TO THE NEXT PHASE. VERY MIND THAT WE HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING COMMISSION, THE SUICIDE PREVENTION OFFICE THE ACCESS AND CHOICE PROGRAM, THE NUMBER ONE RECOMMENDATION OUT OF THE REPORT WAS TO HAVE SERVICES TO DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE MOMENT. WE HAVE PLANS TO ENGAGE WITH THE SECTOR AND COMMUNITY ON WAYS TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, SUCH AS WHAT WE DID IN HASTINGS LAST WEEK. THE REPORT IS THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE ENOUGH IS JUST TOTALLY WRONG. IS IT? YOU ARE DETERMINED TO DO GOOD STUFF. AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE WAS PRETTY MUCH CATCH UP FOR 10 YEARS OF UNDER FUNDING IS THE PATH TO MEANINGFUL TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS? OR DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE METRICS THAT WE ARE NOT NOT SEEING I THINK PART OF THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS THAT IT'S WHAT WE DOING HOUSING, AS WHAT WE'RE DOING IN EMPLOYMENT, IT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THOSE ARE DETERMINANTS OF PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH STATUS THE OTHER THING IS THAT AS A REPORT RECOMMENDED, WE ARE TRYING OUT DIFFERENT THINGS. WE ARE TRYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE ACTUALLY YOU ARE DEALING WITH LONG NORMAL PEOPLE. CORRECTION:: VULNERABLE PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO CHANGE DRAMATICALLY WHAT WE DO AND THE WAY WE DO IT. BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST CLEARLY ISN'T WORKING. WE ARE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US. IF THIS WORKS, IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IT HAS TO WORK. THAT'S WHY THIS MATTERS. STAY WITH US... WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK... VACCINES HAVE ROLLED OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS. THE COUNTRY'S MEDICINE SAFETY REGULATOR MEDSAFE RELEASED THEIR FIRST REPORT INTO THE ROLLOUT OF THE PFIZER/BIONTECH VACCINE. THE REPORT RECORDED 147 ADVERSE REACTIONS AFTER THE JAB OUT OF THE FIRST 15,000 DOSES. TO DISCUSS AND OUR VACCINE ROLLOUT, WE ARE JOINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE IMMUNISATION ADVISORY CENTRE AND FRESHLY APPOINTED TO THE GOVERNMENT'S INDEPENDENT EXPERT ADVISORY GROUP AROUND POST-VACCINATION FUTURE, NIKKI TURNER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING, I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU ONE QUESTION AROUND THE NEW ADVISORY GROUP THAT YOU ARE WORTH, THIS IS A GOOD THING, RIGHT? IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE WORLD WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE AND HOW NEW ZEALAND FITS INTO THAT AND A WORLD WHERE MORE PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED, IT WILL CHANGE. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ROLLOUT, IN TERMS OF NUMBERS. THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF HEALTH DR ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD ANNOUNCED THERE WERE 90,000 PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN VACCINATED SO FAR SINCE WE STARTED IN FEBRUARY. THEY SAID THEY ARE SLIGHTLY BEHIND, ARE WE? SHOULD WE BE FURTHER AHEAD? AND DEPENDS WHAT YOU EXPECT, FIRSTLY PEOPLE KEEP ASKING WHY WE DIDN'T START EARLIER. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE COUNTRIES THAT STARTED EARLIER WENT WITH EMERGENCY APPROVAL, RUSHED AHEAD BECAUSE THEY HAD PEOPLE DYING IN LARGE NUMBERS. NEW ZEALAND WAITED, AND THE ADVANTAGE NOW AS WE ARE IN THE POSITION WE CAN SAY WE HAVE A VACCINE THAT HAS EXTENSIVE SAFETY MONITORING AND DATA BEHIND IT, AND WE CAN BE VERY COMPETENT AS A COUNTRY THAT WE ARE ROLLING OUT WITH AN EXCELLENT VACCINE. AND IS REALLY EARLY DAYS TO TELL HOW WELL WE ARE DOING, WE'RE JUST A MONTH INTO IT, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE DONE WELL WITH BORDER AND MIQ STAFF. THAT IS WHERE WE WERE STARTING FROM, THOSE OF THE MOST EXPOSED PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, WE NOW HAVE TO SCALE UP AND MAKE SURE OUR PROCESSES WORK SMOOTHLY AS WE GO TO BIG NUMBERS, IS I THINK IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL AND WHAT WE NEED TO MEASURE IS ARE WE GETTING THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO AND ARE WE SCALING UP MORE EFFECTIVELY THE COMMUNICATION AND THE CONVERSATIONS WE ARE HAVING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES SO THAT THEY DO FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT THIS VERY EXCELLENT VACCINE WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO NOW HAVE. I DO WANT TO GET TO THAT SHORTLY, BUT 1ST TO YOUR POINT OF OF THE DATA THAT IS COMING IN, ASTRAZENECA, THE EUROPEAN REGULATOR SAYS THAT BLOOD CLOTTING WILL BE A VERY RARE SIDE EFFECT OF THE VACCINE WHICH WE HAVE ORDERED DOSES OF YET TO BE APPROVED IN NEW ZEALAND, BUT WE ARE GETTING THAT DATA IN FROM OVERSEAS BEFORE WE ARE SET TO ROLL OUT THIS VACCINE. I CANNOT SAY HOW USEFUL THAT IS TO NEW ZEALAND, BECAUSE WE HAVE ACCESS TO A VACCINE WITH TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOSES, THOROUGH DATA BEHIND IT, AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ASSOCIATION WITH BLOOD CLOTS WITH THIS VACCINE. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PFIZER VACCINE IS BEING ROLLED OUT HERE. WE KNOW THERE ARE POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OR REACTIONS, THAT IS THE CASE WITH ALL VACCINE, SO HOW REACTIVE SHOULD WE BE TO THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE VACCINE? THE SIDE-EFFECTS BEING REPORTED IN NEW ZEALAND ARE WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT AND IN LINE WITH EVERYTHING WE HAD BEEN HEARING. THERE HAVE BEEN THREE SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTIONS, ONLY ONE OF WHICH WAS PROBABLY RELATED TO THE VACCINE, ALL OF THOSE ARE COMPLETELY FINE. ALL OTHER EVENTS ARE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH VACCINATION, YOU CERTAINLY CAN GET SORE ARMS, I HAD MY FIRST VACCINE MYSELF I DEFINITELY HAD A SORE ARM, YOU CAN GET HEADACHES, FEVER, ACHES AND PAINS, DIZZINESS, LOSS OF US DO NOT LIKE NEEDLES SO YOU CAN FEEL A BIT FAINT. THOSE RM DEEDS WE EXPECT, THEY ARE FINISHED AND WHETHER ONE OR TWO DAYS OFTEN. THE SECOND DOSE GENERALLY PROVIDES MORE REACTION THAN THE FIRST DOSE, BY FELT PRIVILEGED TO SAY THAT I HAD A SORE ARM KNOWING THAT THIS VACCINE IS SO EFFECTIVE AND BUZZER WAS HAVING A RESPONSE WITH ME. NOT ONLY IS IT EFFECTIVE, YOU'RE SAYING IT IS SAFE SO FAR. I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH THAT IT HAS LARGE NUMBERS ON IT NOW, THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING A FEW MONTHS BY THE COUNTRIES THAT ARE URGENTLY NEEDED IT, THERE IS GOOD SAFETY DATA OUT OF COUNTRIES DOUBT MONITORING VERY CLOSELY LIKE THE STATE, LIKE ANGLE ENGLAND, THEY ARE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS VACCINE IS NOT EXPECTED TO DO ANYTHING UNTOWARD. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING, THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GOOD DAY, THANK YOU. THAT WAS A FULL ON HALF-HOUR. AND A BIG ONE TO FOLLOW, A CONVERSATION ABOUT GANGS. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S INDIRA WITH THE NEWS. THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION SAYS THE MINISTRY MADE A MISTAKE BY ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE KEY INFORMATION IN A DELAYED MENTAL HEALTH REPORT. MINISTRY OF HEALTH EMAILS SHOW ATTEMPTS TO LEAVE OUT SPECIFIC SUICIDE STATISTICS IN NEW ZEALAND DURING 2018 AND 2019. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION SHAUN ROBINSON SAYS THE MINISTRY NEEDS TO BE TRANSPARENT. I KIND OF JUST DON'T REALLY SEE THE LOGIC IN WHAT THEY WERE DOING, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE EMAILS DO PAINT A BIT OF A PICTURE OF TRYING TO SORT OF MINIMISE THE BAD NEWS THAT WAS GOING OUT. BUT THE MINISTER OF HEALTH ANDREW LITTLE SAYS THE REPORT HASN'T BEEN SANITISED. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A REPORT IN 2021 TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 2018-2019, AND YOU HAVE A WHOLE HECK OF OTHER DATA SOURCES ` THE CORONER'S REPORT ON SUICIDE STATISTICS FOR EXAMPLE, THE NATIONAL SERVICE FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ONLINE DATABASE OF A WHOLE HEAP OF HEALTH STATISTICS, IT'S PRETTY HARD TO CONCEAL STUFF. SO I DON'T GET THE CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT THERE IS SOMEHOW A SANITISATION PROJECT. A GROUP OF INDEPENDENT EXPERTS WILL HELP THE GOVERNMENT LOOK AT WHAT A POST COVID VACCINATION FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THE COUNTRY. THE COVID-19 ADVISORY GROUP WILL FACE A NUMBER OF DECISIONS WITH OUR BORDER AND PUBLIC HEALTH SETTINGS. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO START THINKING AHEAD WHAT THE WORLD IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE AND HOW NEW ZEALAND FITS INTO THAT IN A WORLD WHERE MORE PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED, IT WILL CHANGE. THE EUROPEAN DRUG REGULATOR NOW SAYS UNUSUAL BLOOD CLOTS SHOULD BE LISTED AS A VERY RARE SIDE EFFECT OF THE COVID-19 ASTRAZENECA VACCINE. THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY SAYS THERE'S NO DEFINITE CASUAL LINK AFTER A STUDY LOOKED AT 86 CASES OF PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCED BLOOD CLOTTING AFTER GETTING THE JAB. BUT IT'S ADVISING COUNTRIES TO CONTINUE THE ROLLOUT. PROTESTORS WILL GATHER AT THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND OFFICES THIS MORNING TO DEMAND THE RESIGNATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE TONY GIBSON. FIRST UNION WILL DELIVER A LETTER TO EXECUTIVES AFTER A DAMNING HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT RELEASED WEEKS AGO SHOWED SYSTEMIC FAILINGS. THE REVIEW SAID THE PORT NEEDED TO PRIORITISE SAFETY OVER PROFIT AND FOUND ISSUES WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE. THE REVIEW WAS COMMISSIONED AFTER THREE DEATHS AT THE PORT IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACK CAPS HAVE NAMED A 20-MAN-STRONG SQUAD FOR JUNE'S TOUR OF ENGLAND, INCLUDING THREE DEBUTANTS. RACHIN RAVINDRA AND JACOB DUFFY HAVE EARNED A MAIDEN TEST CALL-UP ALONG WITH DEVON CONWAY. RAVINDRA (21) NOW IN LINE TO BE THE YOUNGEST BLACKCAPS TEST PLAYER SINCE ISH SODHI. AFTER THE FIRST TWO TESTS AGAINST ENGLAND, THE SQUAD WILL BE TRIMMED TO 15 FOR THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AGAINST THE HOSTS. AND THAT'S YOUR NEWS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, INDIRA. LET'S LOOK AT YOUR THURSDAY WEATHER, THAT IS A SHORT WEEK GONE. IT'S A BIT OVERCAST IN THE UPPER NORTH, WITH A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS EXPECTED FOR ALL OF YOU, MORE LIKELY THIS MORNING AROUND WHANGAREI AND RUSSELL, BUT IN AMONGST THAT THERE'S THE ODD FINE PATCH AS WELL. TEMPERATURES IN THE EARLY 20s FOR ALL OF YOU. THAT CLOUD COVER'S THROUGH HERE AS WELL, WITH THE ODD POSSIBLE SHOWER FOR MOST PLACES, BUT AGAIN, THOSE FINE BREAKS SHOULD START POKING THROUGH AFTER LUNCH. 20 DEGREES FOR TAUPO AND ROTORUA, 23 IN HAMILTON. THERE'S GREY SKIES THROUGH GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY, WITH A COUPLE OF MORNING SHOWERS, ALTHOUGH THE AFTERNOON LOOKS CLEARER, WHEREAS FURTHER SOUTH IT'S MOSTLY FINE ONCE THE LOW CLOUD THIS MORNING CLEARS. 21 THE EXPECTED HIGH THROUGH GISBORNE, NAPIER AND DANNEVIRKE. IT'S LOOKING MOSTLY FINE OUT WEST ONCE THAT MORNING CLOUD LIFTS AS WELL. JUST WATCH OUT FOR THE CHANCE OF ONE OR TWO SHOWERS LATER ON AROUND NEW PLYMOUTH AND TAUMARUNUI. 20 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON, 21 IN LEVIN AND NEW PLYMOUTH. YOU SHOULD HAVE A LOVELY DAY ACROSS IN THE UPPER SOUTH AND ALONG THE WEST COAST. LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER AT TIMES, BUT NOTHING MAJOR. 18 DEGREES IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, 23 FOR THOSE OF YOU IN BLENHEIM. BIT OF MORNING CLOUD SHIFTING EAST, BUT ONCE THAT'S LIFTED, IT'S SMOOTH SAILING WITH LONG FINE SPELLS. ALTHOUGH WATCH OUT FOR SOME POSSIBLE FOG THIS EVENING ROLLING INTO CANTERBURY. 18 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN TIMARU AND OAMARU, 22 IF YOU'RE IN CHRISTCHURCH. AND IT'S OVERCAST IN MILFORD SOUND, WITH THE CHANCE OF A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, WHEREAS THE REST OF THE LOWER SOUTH IS NICE AND FINE ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. 19 DEGREES IN DUNEDIN, GORE AND INVERCARGILL. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR FRIDAY ` TOMORROW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH A BIT OF RAIN IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. DON'T FORGET THE SPOKE WEATHER JUST AFTER 8 O'CLOCK, SEND US YOUR PHOTO, TELL US WHAT MAKES YOUR SPOT SPECIAL, AND WE WILL CELEBRATE THAT JUST AFTER EIGHT. THANKS, MATTY. LAST WEEK, WE DID A NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS ON THE INCREASE OF VIOLENCE ` GANG VIOLENCE, TO BE PRECISE ` IN NAPIER. WE SPOKE TO THE NAPIER MAYOR, THE POLICE ASSOCIATION, AND TO JARROD GILBERT, A LEADING ACADEMIC AUTHORITY ON GANGS. THIS MORNING, TWO GUESTS WHO WANT TO MEANINGFULLY ADDRESS THE ISSUE, NOT ONLY IN NAPIER ` IN A MOMENT, RELATIVELY NEW POLICE MINISTER POTO WILLIAMS, BUT FIRST, BILLY MACFARLANE. BILLY SPENT 14 YEARS IN PRISON FOR HIS PART IN A MAJOR METHAMPHETAMINE RING, BUT NOW HE RUNS THE PUWHAKAMUA PROGRAMME IN ROTORUA, WHICH AIMS TO HELP PEOPLE TURN AWAY FROM A LIFE OF CRIME. WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE BILLY HERE WITH US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW YOU ARE NOT HERE SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS INTERVIEW, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN THIS MORNING. I WANT TO ESTABLISH YOU FIRST, YOU WERE NOT IN GANGS. I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE FACING WITH OUR GANGS, YOU DEAL WITH FORMER GANG MEMBERS. YOU HAVE A CLOSE ASSOCIATION AND THAT WAY WITH GANGS. LET'S LOOK AT THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE AT THE MOMENT, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS GANG VIOLENCE IN NAPIER. YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND THE SCENE, CAN I SAY THE SCENE? FOR A LONG TIME, HAVE YOU SEEN THINGS ESCALATE WITHIN GANGS? I HAVE. I FIRST WENT TO PRISON WHEN I WAS 17 FOR A DRIVING CHARGE, MADE FRIENDS WITH GANG MEMBERS WHILE I WAS IN PRISON, LIVED WITH THEM, ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, I NEVER BECAME A PATCHED GANG MEMBER BUT I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS IN GANGS. I HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW ON THIS WHOLE THING, MINE IS A TIKANGA-BASED VIEW WITH THE WORK THAT I DO WITH MEN IN OUR CULTURE, GETTING TO LOOK AT THEIR VALUES AND THEIR BEHAVIOUR, AND OUR CULTURE IS BASED ON LOVE AND KINDNESS, BUT WE KNOW THAT THE VALUES OF THE GANG CULTURE IS PROMINENTLY BASED ON FEAR AND INTIMIDATION. AS I SAID, THERE IS A MAJOR ISSUE IN NAPIER, AND DIFFERENT ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF GANGS, SO WHY ARE WE SEEING THIS ESCALATION? WHAT IS HAPPENING WITHIN THE GANGS THEMSELVES THAT WE ARE SEEING WHAT WE'RE SEEING AT THE MOMENT? I THINK SOCIETY IS A MESS, IT IS NOT JUST THE GANG MEMBERS THAT ARE ALL OUT OF CONTROL, AS GOOD PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT OF CONTROL AS WELL, PEOPLE ARE BECOMING JUDGE MENTAL, YOU LOOK AT SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE WAY THAT PEOPLE ARE TAKING ISSUES WITH THE MEN SAT ON THE ROOF OF WAIKERIA, DOING THEIR PROTEST, SOCIAL MEDIA WAS SAYING SHOOT THEM, BURN THEM, THAT WAS THE GOOD PEOPLE SAYING THAT. AS SOCIETY IS COMING VERY UNCARING, AND OF A LOOK BACK AT THE GANG POPULATION AND CRIME STATISTICS, AND WE LOOK AT THE FALL OF PEOPLE GOING TO OUR MARAE, ENGAGING IN OUR CULTURE, WE KNOW THAT ONE IN 80 GANG MEMBERS IS A FLUENT SPEAKER OF OUR LANGUAGE, AND MOST OF THEM HAVE LEARNED THAT IN PRISON, SO THERE IS A MESSAGE STRAIGHT AWAY AND THERE THAT IF WE GROW UP REALLY STRONG WITH OUR CULTURE, WE DO STEP AWAY FROM BAD BEHAVIOUR. WHAT YOU ARE DOING AS WELL, AS A LONG-TERM SOLUTION, AND THERE IS A DISCONNECT BETWEEN SOME GANG MEMBERS, MAORI GANG MEMBERS, WHO ARE DISCONNECTED FROM THEIR CULTURE, DO NOT FEEL VALUED AS MAORI, AND TEND TO GO TOWARDS A GROUP WHO LOOK AT THEM AND VALUE THEM FOR WHO THEY ARE, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS, WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF GUESTS ON THE SHOW TALKING ABOUT POLICING GANGS HARD IN THE INITIAL PART AND SPECIFICALLY TARGETING CERTAIN CHAPTERS OF GANGS TO TRY AND I GUESS DAMPEN THE ISSUE, DAMPEN THE VIOLENCE THAT WE ARE SEEING CURRENTLY. DO YOU HAVE ANY SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS TO WHAT THE ISSUE WAS AT THE MOMENT? AGAIN I KEEP REFERRING BACK TO NAPIER, I KNOW YOU'RE FROM ROTORUA. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE PROBLEM AND DECIDE WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO, WHO ARE WE TRYING TO POLICE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT NOT ALL GAMERS ARE CRIMINALS OR ENGAGED ABOUT BEHAVIOUR. DO WE KNOW THAT? I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE IN GANGS, BUT THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF LEADERS, GOOD AND BAD. IF YOU ARE A GOOD LEADER, YOU ARE ALWAYS A GOOD LEADER. IF YOU ARE SETTLING AROUND WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE BEHAVING BADLY, YOU ARE A BADLY, AND WE KNOW THAT THE CULTURE OF GANGS IS NOT ADMIRED WITH GOOD LEADERSHIP, SO WE NEED TO STOP TOWING AROUND PROBLEM. SO YOU ARE SAYING WITHIN THE FAMILY STRUCTURE OF THOSE SORT OF GANGS, WE NEED TO START CALLING THAT OUT. WE HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN WHO ARE BORN AND HAVE GANG COLOURS PUT ON THEIR COTS. THEY SAY IF YOU'RE GRANDFATHER WAS A GANG MEMBER, AND YOUR FATHER WAS A GANG MEMBER, WHAT IS A CHARGE YOUR SON WILL BE A GANG MEMBER? ARE WE PLANTING A NEW SEED ON OUR CHILDREN THESE DAYS? IT IS AKIN TO POOR LEADERSHIP. I LOVE THE WORK YOU ARE DOING, AND I'M SAD THAT WE HAVE TO CUT THIS CONVERSATION SHORT, BUT I DO WANT YOU TO HANG AROUND BECAUSE WE HAD THE POLICE MINISTER COMING IN AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU AND GET A REACTION FROM YOU. PROGRAMMES LIKE BILLY'S ARE ONE RESPONSE. IF THEY WORK, THEY'LL CHANGE THIS COUNTRY. BUT WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE OF THE RECENT INCREASE IN GANG VIOLENCE AND GUN VIOLENCE ` THE TWO ARE OFTEN RELATED. AND IF WE CAN'T PREVENT THAT BEHAVIOUR, WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO IT, WHICH IS A POLICE MATTER. DO POLICE HAVE THE STAFF THEY NEED ` AND THE STRATEGIES THEY NEED ` TO GET THIS RIGHT? JOINING US NOW FROM WELLINGTON IS POLICE MINISTER POTO WILLIAMS. MORENA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING, MINISTER. WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND I COULD GO BACK TO NAPIER, BUT IN GENERAL, WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH THE INCREASE IN VIOLENCE WITH GANGS? THANK YOU, AND NAPIER IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF AN ISSUE THAT IS BEFORE US, AND THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE COMMUNITIES ARE FEELING A SENSE OF ANXIETY AT THE RECENT GANG ACTIVITY THAT IS HAPPENING THERE. I THINK THE ANSWER IS A BIT OF AN AND WHILE WE DEAL WITH THE ISSUE THAT IS IN FRONT OF US, WE NEED TO LOOK AT LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS, SO IF WE START WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US, WE KNOW THAT BRINGING IN RESOURCE, BRINGING IN GOOD IDEAS AND OPTIONS TO THE TABLE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF IT. IF WE LOOK AT THE HAWKE'S BAY, THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A GANG FOCUSED UNIT THERE AND THEY HAVE HAD THAT SINCE 2019, SPECIFICALLY TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES AND TO BUILD CONNECTIONS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES, THAT IS GREAT, BUT WHEN VIOLENCE HAPPENS, WHEN IT ESCALATES, WHAT POLICE DO AS THEY BRING EXTRA RESOURCE TO THE AREA, AND THAT DOES TWO THINGS. FIRSTLY IT DEALS WITH KNOWN GANG ACTIVITY AND IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEAL WITH WHETHER IT IS AROUND FIREARMS, WHETHER IT IS AROUND INCREASED VIOLENCE, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES REASSURANCE TO THE COMMUNITY. THE OTHER PART OF THE ISSUE IS TO LOOK AT LONG-TERM HOW WE DEAL WITH THE GANG SITUATION. I REALLY CONCUR WITH BILLY, IT IS ABOUT BUILDING OUR RELATIONSHIPS INTO THE COMMUNITY, THE POLICE CANNOT DO THIS ON THEIR OWN, BUT ALONGSIDE IS WORKING WITH NGOS, WORKING WITH IWI, AND HAVING TO VIEW AND OUR MIND THAT YOU'D WANT TO DISRUPT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM GETTING A BOWL WITH GANGS IN THE FIRST PLACE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AS GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND THAT IS PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENSURE THAT THEY WILL NOT GET INTO GANGS IN THE FIRST PLACE, WHETHER THAT IS ABOUT EDUCATION OR EMPLOYMENT OR CONNECTING THEM UP WITH OTHER SUPPORTS AND BUILDING RESILIENCE LONG-TERM IN THE COMMUNITY TO DEFLECT THEM AWAY FROM STARTING WITH GANGS IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND PART OF THAT FOR MAORI IN PARTICULAR IS FINDING VALUE WITHIN THEMSELVES, AND IT IS GREAT WORK THAT BILLY IS DOING, BUT ONE OF THE SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS? YOU TALK ABOUT RESOURCES, WE HAD THE POLICE ASSOCIATION SAYING THEY NEED EXTRA STAFF AND NAPIER, WE HAD JARROD GILBERT WHO IS AN EXPERT IN GANGS, AND HE SAID THAT POLICE NEED TO TARGET SPECIFIC CHAPTERS IN GANGS, BUT THAT REQUIRES MORE POLICE ON THE GROUND. DO NAPIER HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES? DO THEY HAVE ENOUGH COPS THERE? IS ANY INTENTION TO PUT MORE POLICE THERE? THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED, WE HAVE ALREADY REDEPLOYED EXTRA STAFF INTO THE HAWKE'S BAY, AND AS I SAY, WE DO THAT AS A RESPONSE TO WHAT IS HAPPENING. WE REDEPLOY OUR STAFF TO AREAS WHERE WE KNOW THERE IS EXTRA ACTIVITY AND THE REQUIREMENT TO DO TWO THINGS, DEAL WITH THAT ACTIVITY BUT ALSO PROVIDE REASSURANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY. I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT AS A GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE INCREASED RESOURCES TO THE POLICE, WE HAVE THE LARGEST WORKFORCE EVER IN POLICE, AND MY VISITS TO STATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY, I KNOW THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE TACTICAL AND SPECIALIST TEAMS DEALING WITH GANGS, BUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR FRONT-LINE OFFICERS IS COMMITTED TO DEALING WITH THE GANG ISSUE, BUT NOT ONLY THAT, THE POLICE RECENTLY PUT IN PLACE AN OPERATION TO DEAL WITH GANGS AND THE HEART THAT COMES FROM THEM, WHEN THAT IS FIREARMS, VIOLENCE, OR ILLICIT DRUGS. ALREADY IN EASTERN DISTRICTS, WE KNOW THAT THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE SIX WEEKS IT HAS BEEN IN OPERATION. WE HAVE SEIZED OVER $170,000 WORTH OF ASSETS IN CASH, WE HAVE MADE 32 ARRESTS. THERE HAVE BEEN 83 SEARCHES WHERE WARRANTS HAD BEEN ISSUED. WE HAVE STARTED TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THAT, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WHERE THESE HOTSPOTS OCCUR, THAT IS WHERE POLICE NEED TO REDEPLOY EXTRA RESOURCES IN ORDER TO MINIMISE THE IMPACT OF THAT HARM. OUR TIME HAS RUN OUT, BUT IT IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO HAVE, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING, MINISTER. POLICE MINISTER POTO WILLIAMS. BILLY, OFF THE BACK OF THAT, YOU'RE THINKING SIMILARLY IN TERMS OF LONG-TERM PREVENTION WITH THE MINISTER. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE DONE FOR THE MEN THAT ARE IN PRISON, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT IS WHERE THE BREEDING GROUND FOR OUR GANGS. WE NEED TO PUT MORE OF OUR CULTURE INTO OUR PRESENCE, AND I SAYING WE CAN'T PUNISH OUR WAY OUT OF THIS PROBLEM. IT WILL JUST ARMED THEM AND THEY WILL FIGHT BACK, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, AND TRY AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS AND TRY FIX THEM. HISTORICALLY, PRISONS HAVE NOT WORKED FOR US, AND WE NEED TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS TO TRY AND FIX IT PROPERLY. WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BE WITH US. COMING UP ` HOW ONE MARAE IS ENCOURAGING THEIR COMMUNITY TO GET IN LINE FOR THEIR COVID VACCINE. THAT INTERVIEW IS COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK. AS PUBLIC VACCINATION EFFORTS ARE STARTING TO KICK IN TO GEAR, WE JOIN THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE FIRST MARAE-BASED VACCINATION CENTRE, AT MANUREWA MARAE. COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE GETTING THEIR JABS TODAY TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME TO KEEP THEIR WHANAU SAFE AND HEALTHY. IT COMES AS JUST OVER 6000 MAORI HAVE RECEIVED THEIR FIRST VACCINE SHOT OUT OF THE 71,000 WHO'VE HAD THEIR FIRST JAB. JOINING US THIS MORNING IS MANUREWA MARAE CHIEF EXECUTIVE TAKUTAI MOANA NATASHA KEMP. KIA ORA, TAKUTAI. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD, THANK YOU. A BIG DAY TODAY. ARE YOU GETTING YOUR JAB TODAY? I AM. I HAVE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY FOR TODAY. I AM EXCITED THAT I'M ABLE TO GET MY VACCINATION HERE AT OUR MARAE LEAD VACCINATION CENTRE. WHAT DID IT TAKE TO GET YOU SET UP HERE? MANUREWA MARAE HAS BEEN PART OF OUR RESPONSE. WE ALSO HAVE MOBILE TESTING SERVICES HERE JUST BEEN SUPPORTED BY AN MANUKAU DHB WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING OURSELVES FOR THE VACCINATION. WE KNEW IT WAS COMING, AND IT WAS A RESPONSE THAT WE WANTED TO BE A PART OF. OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN PREPARED, BUT ONCE THE VACCINATION WAS HERE, WE WE GET OURSELVES UP TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE THE RESPONSE OUT. BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET INFORMATION, BUT ALSO THE RIGHT INFORMATION. AND AS A MARAE, YOU ARE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COME TO BECAUSE THEY TRUST WHO YOU ARE. IT IS IMPORTANT AS A CENTRE THAT IT IS SET UP THEIR, RIGHT? CORRECT. THIS IS OUR LOCAL LEAD RESPONSE. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS FOR WHANAU IN ALLOWING ALFANO IN OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE ACCESS. I KNOW THAT THAT IS BEEN SET UP AS A VACCINATION CENTRE, BUT IN TERMS OF INFORMATION, IF WHANAU THAT ARE LIVING IN YOUR AREA AND AT SOUTH AUCKLAND, IF THEY QUESTIONS AROUND THE VACCINE, AND THEY WANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE VACCINE, AS IS A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN COME TO? YES THEY CAN. IF FAMILY SHOULD TURN UP. OUR MARAE, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO BEFORE YOU EVEN GET THE VACCINATION, THERE ARE A FEW STEPS INVOLVED FOR FAMILY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A TALK WITH PEOPLE THERE. WITH PEOPLE THAT KNOW ABOUT VACCINATION. WE HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE HERE ARE HERE. SO AT ANY STAGE WHERE THEY TURN UP AT THE GATE AT MANUREWA MARAE, THERE IS ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE TALK SO THAT THEY ARE INFORMED, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY BUT IT IS ABOUT OUR FAMILIES. IF THEY DECIDE THAT THIS IS THE PLACE IN OR IF THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE NOT QUITE READY, THEN THAT'S OKAY TOO. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT AS A SAFE PLACE WHERE THERE NOT BEEN JUDGED, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES CAN COME AND GET INFORMATION AS WELL. HERE AT THE MARAE, WE HAVE PLACES SET OUT FOR WHANAU WHO CAN JUST HAVE A TALK SO THAT THEY ARE PREPARED FOR THE DAY AND ANYTHING THAT COMES IN FRONT OF US. WHO ELSE IS GETTING THE JAB AND HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT LEADERS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES THAT THEY ARE GETTING THE JAB IS DONE AS WELL? I'M GETTING MINE TODAY. WE ALSO HAVE OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AS WELL AS OUR ELDERS. THEY WILL BE THE FIRST UP HERE TO GET THEIRS. IT IS ABOUT LEADERSHIP FOR US. WHAT TIME IS A VACCINATION SECTOR SHUTTING? OUR FIRST GROUP UP AT 9 AM AND LATER THIS MORNING OUR TEAM WILL BE VACCINATED FROM 11 O'CLOCK ONWARDS. GOOD LUCK. FROM WHAT I HEAR YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF A SORE ARM, AND IT'S BEEN THE REACTION FROM A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. IT IS A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST GO AND ASK QUESTIONS AND NOT BE JUDGED. IF YOU ARE UNCERTAIN ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO HAVE THE VACCINE IT IS A PLOT SAFE PLACE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO GO. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO PLACES LIKE THAT TO HELP YOU MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. YES SOMEONE THAT YOU TRUST. WE ARE GOING TO CATCH UP WITH JON WAS DONE AT THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND. BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS NOW 730 OR SO. THE NEWS. A MAN AT THE FRONT LINE OF THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS AND GANGS IN ROTORUA SAYS CRIME IS ON THE RISE. BILLY MACFARLANE RUNS THE PUWHAKAMUA PROGRAMME, WHICH TURNS LIVES BACK TOWARD LAWFUL GOOD. HE SAYS BRINGING OFFENDERS BACK TO THEIR TIKANGA OR CULTURE HELPS ENORMOUSLY. OUR SOCIETY IS CHANGING. WE'RE BECOMING VERY UNCARING, AND, AGAIN, IF I GO BACK TO... IF WE LOOK AT THE RISE IN GANG POPULATION AND THE CRIME STATISTICS AND WE ALSO LOOK AT THE FALL OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO OUR MARAE THAT ARE ACTUALLY ENGAGING FULL ON IN OUR CULTURE. AND POLICE MINISTER POTO WILLIAMS SAYS SHE AGREES, ACCEPTING POLICE CAN'T HANDLE THE ISSUE ALONE AND MUST WORK ALONGSIDE LOCAL IWI AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS. AS A GOVERNMENT, WE'VE GOT A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, AND THAT'S ABOUT PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN STOP THEM GETTING INTO GANGS IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE FIRST MARAE-BASED VACCINATION CENTRE OPENS IN AUCKLAND TODAY. COMMUNITY LEADERS IN MANUREWA ARE GETTING VACCINATED IN A BID TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING, BUT ONCE WE KNEW THE VACCINATION WAS HERE AND IT WAS TIME AND WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED IT WAS TO COME INTO SOUTH AUCKLAND, WE GET OURSELVES UP TO PREPARE OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO LEAD THIS RESPONSE. YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UK UNDER THE AGE OF 30 WILL NO LONGER BE OFFERED THE OXFORD-ASTRAZENECA VACCINE AMID CONCERNS OVER BLOOD CLOTTING. IT COMES AS THE EUROPEAN DRUG REGULATOR SAYS UNUSUAL BLOOD CLOTS SHOULD BE LISTED AS A VERY RARE SIDE EFFECT. THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY SAYS THERE'S NO DEFINITE CASUAL LINK AFTER A STUDY LOOKED AT 86 CASES OF PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCED BLOOD CLOTTING AFTER GETTING THE JAB, BUT IT'S ADVISING COUNTRIES TO CONTINUE THE ROLLOUT. WHAT NEW ZEALAND'S FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE AFTER THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN VACCINATED WILL BE SHAPED BY A GROUP OF INDEPENDENT EXPERTS. THE COVID-19 ADVISORY GROUP WILL ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON A NUMBER OF DECISIONS, INCLUDING OUR BORDER AND PUBLIC HEALTH SETTINGS. THE GROUP WILL BE CHAIRED BY SIR DAVID SKAGG AND REPORT TO THE MINISTER OF COVID-19 RESPONSE CHRIS HIPKINS AND ASSOCIATE MINISTER OF HEALTH AYESHA VERRALL. FIGHTING OFF COVID IS NO MEAN FEAT FOR A 104-YEAR-OLD, BUT TRY DOING IT TWICE. COLOMBIAN WOMAN CARMEN HERNANDEZ DID JUST THAT, APPLAUDED BY HOSPITAL STAFF AS SHE WAS DISCHARGED AFTER A THREE-WEEK STAY. SHE GOT THE VIRUS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN JUNE AND THE SECOND TIME SHORTLY AFTER BEING VACCINATED. ONCE SHE'S FULLY RECOVERED, MS HERNANDEZ WILL GET HER SECOND DOSE. TO SPORT, AND IT'S BEEN REVEALED TIGER WOODS WAS DRIVING AT NEARLY TWICE THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN HE CRASHED HIS CAR IN FEBRUARY. THE GOLF LEGEND'S VEHICLE LEFT THE ROAD AT AROUND 140km/h AND FLIPPED SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE ACCIDENT IN CALIFORNIA. WOODS WAS LAST MONTH RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL AS HE CONTINUES TO RECOVER FROM A NUMBER OF SERIOUS LEG INJURIES. INVESTIGATORS SAID THERE WERE NO SIGNS THE 15-TIME MAJOR CHAMPION WAS IMPAIRED AT THE WHEEL. TO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINALS, AND PARIS SAINT GERMAIN HAS STRUCK EARLY AGAINST BAYERN MUNICH IN A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR'S FINAL. IT'S A WONDERFUL CHANCE, AND HE'S SCORED IT. WOW. THEY COULD'VE BEEN ONE DOWN. NOW THEY'RE ONE UP. PSG NOW 2-0 UP OVER THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS IN THE FIRST LEG. MEANWHILE, IT'S 0-0 IN THIS MORNING'S OTHER QUARTER-FINAL BETWEEN PORTO AND CHELSEA. IS THAT SNOW? YES. HOW COOL. LATE IN THE PIECE TO BE GETTING SNOW. TALKING ABOUT WHETHER... *WEATHER I HAVE BEEN LISTENING... WELL, I HAVEN'T, ACTUALLY. I WILL TELL YOU. THE GOOD THING IS THAT WHERE YOU LIVE IS THE FIRST THING I TALK ABOUT ` THE UPPER NORTH. I AM A BIT TIRED NOW. GO FOR A LIE DOWN. IT IS THURSDAY. HERE'S HOW YOUR THURSDAY'S SHAPING UP. IT'S A BIT OVERCAST IN THE UPPER NORTH, WITH A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS EXPECTED FOR ALL OF YOU, MORE LIKELY THIS MORNING AROUND WHANGAREI AND RUSSELL, BUT IN AMONGST THAT THERE'S THE ODD FINE PATCH AS WELL. TEMPERATURES IN THE EARLY 20s FOR ALL OF YOU. DID YOU GET THAT, JENNY MAY? NO, I DIDN'T, ACTUALLY. I AM GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF WATER IN MY TANKS? A LITTLE BIT. THAT CLOUD COVER'S THROUGH HERE AS WELL, WITH THE ODD POSSIBLE SHOWER FOR MOST PLACES, BUT AGAIN, THOSE FINE BREAKS SHOULD START POKING THROUGH AFTER LUNCH. 20 DEGREES FOR TAUPO AND ROTORUA, 23 IN HAMILTON. THERE'S GREY SKIES THROUGH GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY, WITH A COUPLE OF MORNING SHOWERS, ALTHOUGH THE AFTERNOON LOOKS CLEARER, WHEREAS FURTHER SOUTH IT'S MOSTLY FINE ONCE THE LOW CLOUD THIS MORNING CLEARS. 21 THE EXPECTED HIGH THROUGH GISBORNE, NAPIER AND DANNEVIRKE. IT'S LOOKING MOSTLY FINE OUT WEST ONCE THAT MORNING CLOUD LIFTS AS WELL. JUST WATCH OUT FOR THE CHANCE OF ONE OR TWO SHOWERS LATER ON AROUND NEW PLYMOUTH AND TAUMARUNUI. 20 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON, 21 IN LEVIN AND NEW PLYMOUTH. YOU SHOULD HAVE A LOVELY DAY ACROSS IN THE UPPER SOUTH AND ALONG THE WEST COAST. LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER AT TIMES, BUT NOTHING MAJOR. 18 DEGREES IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, 23 FOR THOSE OF YOU IN BLENHEIM. BIT OF MORNING CLOUD SHIFTING EAST, BUT ONCE THAT'S LIFTED, IT'S SMOOTH SAILING WITH LONG FINE SPELLS. ALTHOUGH WATCH OUT FOR SOME POSSIBLE FOG THIS EVENING ROLLING INTO CANTERBURY. 18 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN TIMARU AND OAMARU, 22 IF YOU'RE IN CHRISTCHURCH. AND IT'S OVERCAST IN MILFORD SOUND, WITH THE CHANCE OF A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, WHEREAS THE REST OF THE LOWER SOUTH IS NICE AND FINE ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. 19 DEGREES IN DUNEDIN, GORE AND INVERCARGILL. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR FRIDAY ` TOMORROW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH A BIT OF RAIN IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NICE. BESPOKE WEATHER JUST AFTER 8 O'CLOCK ` EMAIL US. SEND US A PHOTO IF YOU LIVE IN A PLACE THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT TO THE WEATHER MAP. COMING UP ` UNION LEADERS ARE CALLING FOR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF PORT OF AUCKLAND TO RESIGN. NEXT, WE'RE LIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE PORTS. WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY TO BREAKFAST. WE LIVE FROM THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND. WE WERE GOING TO BE JOINED TODAY BY TONY GIBSON. HAD BEEN CALLS FOR HIM TO RESIGN. AFTER THE DAMNING HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT THAT WAS RELEASED LAST WEEK. THERE HAD BEEN OCCASIONS IN WHICH PRODUCTIVITY WAS PRIORITISED, ARGUABLY, PROBLEMATICALLY, AT THE EXPENSE OF HEALTH AND SAFETY. HE HAD AGREED TO BE INTERVIEWED BY BREAKFAST, THEN HE CANCELLED. TO BE FRANK, GIVEN THIS IS OWNED BY AUCKLAND, GIVEN THIS IS A LARGE PORT ON OUR LARGEST CITY, THAT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THAT IS WHY WE'RE HERE. TONY GIBSON, WE THINK YOU SHOULD FRONT. PEOPLE ARE CALLING FOR HIS RESIGNATION. THERE WILL BE A GROUP HERE THIS MORNING AT 10 O'CLOCK TO PRESENT A LETTER TO THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND CALLING FOR HIM TO RESIGN AFTER THE DEATHS OF TWO WORKERS AT THE SPORT. WE ARE JOINED THIS MORNING BY TWO PEOPLE ` THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. WHY DOES THIS MATTER? WE NEED HEALTH AND SAFETY ROLES THAT ARE DRIVEN FROM WORKERS, NOT FROM ABOVE. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS A BIT OF A TECHNICAL ISSUE. WE WILL GO BACK TO THE PORTS SHORTLY. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT JOHN MOVES SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION. IT IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO BE HAD AROUND THE SAFETY AT THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND. CAN WE GO TO A BREAK NOW? OKAY. LET US GO TO A BREAK. JOIN US AFTER THE BREAK. HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE BACK WITH JOHN. WELCOME BACK TO THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND. TONY GIBSON, THE CEO, IS NOT FRONTING. HE WAS BOOKED TO APPEAR HERE AND HE CANCELLED. AND JOINING US HERE IS RUSSELL MAYN, THE AUCKLAND BRANCH SECRETARY FOR THE MARITIME UNION OF NEW ZEALAND, AND ROBERT REID, THE GENERAL SECRETARY FOR FIRST UNION, WHO WILL THIS MORNING PRESENT A LETTER TO THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND OFFICES ALSO CALLING FOR THE RESIGNATION. WE LOST TRANSMISSION BEFORE. WHY DOES THIS MATTER? CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO OUR AUDIENCE WHY WE'RE HERE? BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT OUR UNION AND THE EXPERTISE THAT EXISTS WITHIN IT SHOULD PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AT THE PORT. IS AT PLAYING ANY ROLE? AT THE MOMENT, THE ROLE IT HAS PLAYED IS BY GOING TO THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY TO GET THE ASIC LEVEL OF HEALTH AND SAFETY PUT BACK INTO THE PORT, AND THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. LET US TALK ABOUT PRODUCTIVITY. THERE ARE INCENTIVES WORK FASTER, GET MORE DONE. NOW THE PORTS ARE SAYING THEY HAVE LISTENED AND THE INCENTIVES HAVE GONE. WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT WHY THOSE INCENTIVES HAVE GONE? WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THE STATEMENT FROM THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND THAT THE BONUSES WERE WITHDRAWN FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY REASONS IS MORE THAN MISLEADING, BECAUSE IT IS JUST UNTRUTHFUL. I HAVE A MEMORANDUM THAT WAS PUT ON THE BOARD FOR THE MEMBERSHIP, AND THAT WAS ON 3 AUGUST 2020, WHICH READS, OPEN ORATION OR PERFORMANCE BONUS SUSPENDED ` THE FINANCIAL IMPACT CAUSED BY COVID 19 HAVE BEEN WELL COMMUNICATED ACROSS THE BUSINESS. THE COMPANY ARE CURRENTLY MAKING CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO THE REDUCED FINANCIAL FORECAST. THIS HAS INCLUDED REALIGNING AND ORGANISING A ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE AND REDUCING STAFFING, SUSPENDING CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS AND TRAVEL AND SUSPENDING THE PERFORMANCE BONUS. YOU WANT SAYING IT IS NOT ABOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY? THAT IS WHAT THE MEMORANDUM SAYS. WHEN WE HAVE ASKED PREVIOUSLY, FOLLOWING THE DEATH, I MET IMMEDIATELY WITH PORT COMPANY MANAGEMENT. THE TWO THINGS WE REQUESTED WAS THAT FIRSTLY THE SPEED OF THE STRADDLE WAS REDUCED, SO THE AVERAGE OF THE PORTS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND. THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED. SECONDLY, THE PERFORMANCE BONUS WAS REMOVED, BECAUSE WE COULD SEE THAT FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS BY TWO EXPERTS WHO GAVE EVIDENCE AT PIKE RIVER` AND ALSO A PROFESSOR FROM AUSTRALIA WHO DEALS WITH THE TRAINS AND THE MINDS ` OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TOP IN THE CLASS ` SAY THAT THIS PERFORMANCE BONUS WILL LEAD TO THE DEATH OF WORKERS. AND THAT WAS IGNORED. I WANT TO BRING YOU IN HERE. WE ARE IN MARITIME UNION TERRITORY HERE. WHY IS FIRST UNION CALLING FOR HIM TO GO AND WHY DOES HIS RECOGNITION, WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR HIM TO RESIGN? THIS MORNING, I COME WITH TWO HATS PRESIDENT OF OUR UNION, BUT ALSO A RATEPAYER IN AUCKLAND. AS FAR AS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT, I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A DAMNING REPORT AS THE ONE THAT WAS ON ABOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY HERE. IN OUR UNION, WE HAVE HAD SIMILAR HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES, AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THE FOREST SECTOR, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN, WE HAVEN'T DONE IT PERFECTLY, BUT IN THE FOREST SECTOR, OURSELVES AS A UNION, THE FOREST CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, WORK SAFE, ACC HAVE ALL GOT TOGETHER, WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS EVERY MONTH TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DRIVING THE SAFETY CULTURE THROUGH THE FOREST INDUSTRY. DEATHS HAVE DROPPED. THERE ARE STILL DEATHS, SO WE ARE STILL PUSHING ON THAT, BUT WE COME TO A PLACE LIKE THIS, WHERE THE COMPANY WILL NOT EVEN TALK TO THE UNION HERE ABOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES. IT SEEMS TO WANT TO GET RID OF THE UNION, AND I WILL JOB AS A UNION IS ALWAYS TO KEEP PEOPLE IN WORK, AND WE OFTEN REPRESENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE MAYBE MUCKED UP OR DONE SOMETHING WRONG, BUT I JUST FIND IT IT COMPLETELY INCONGRUOUS, AND I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE PERSON WHO IS LEGALLY IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS ON THE SPORT SAID OF THE DAMNING REPORT NOT, I AM RESIGNING, I AM VERY SORRY, BUT I AM STAYING ON TO HELP FIX THINGS THAT I DIDN'T REALISE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. RUBBISH. WHEN WE ASKED FOR AN INTERVIEW, THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO LOOK FORWARD RATHER THAN REITERATE THE EVENTS OF THE PAST. TONY GIBSON IS NOT GOING, BUT RECENTLY, SOMEBODY USING THE CELL PHONE WHILE OPERATING A STRADDLE CRANE, WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM? THEY WERE SO MERRILY DISMISSED. THE REASON IT IS GIVEN IS BECAUSE THE COMPANY HAS LOST CONFIDENCE IN THEM. SO THIS WAS A CRANE OPERATOR WHO HAD THE CELL PHONE, WAS USING THEIR CELL PHONE? USING THE CELL PHONE IN THE STRADDLE. THEY WERE FIRED AFTER THE DISCIPLINARY MEETINGS. THE CEO, WHO HAS PRESIDED OVER THE CULTURE THAT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED, KEEPS HIS JOB AND SAYS, ' IT IS NOT ABOUT ME AND IT IS ABOUT PUTTING RIGHT BUT COUNTS.' HOW YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN BE AHEAD OF AN ORGANISATION LIKE THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND AND SAY YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON... OUR MEMBERSHIP IS ENTITLED TO SAY THEY HAVE LOST TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN THE CEO. ARE WE BEING TOO TOUGH ON TONY GIBSON? I DON'T THINK SO AT ALL. THE POINT THAT ROBERT HAS MADE THIS IS A COMPANY THAT IS OWNED BY THE PUBLIC OF AUCKLAND. IT IS NOT OWNED BY TONY GIBSON OR BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD. IT SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE BACK TO THE PEOPLE OF AUCKLAND. AND THE COUNCIL AND ITS OWNERS. IT SEEMS TO ME IT IS NOT. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT FOR THE LAST 8 TO 9 YEARS IT HAS BEEN A LAW UNTO ITSELF AND IT HAS DRIVEN ITS OWN AGENDA AT THE COST OF THE LIFE OF TWO WORKERS. AND WE HAVE HAD COUNSELLORS, THE MERE BEING AS DIPLOMATIC AS YOU CAN, BUT IF YOU READ BETWEEN THE LINES, THEY ARE ALSO SAYING TONY GIBSON MUST GO. WE HAVE TO GET` IT IS ALMOST LIKE HAVING THE OLD CHAIR OF THE PIKE RIVER STILL BEING IN CHARGE OF THE RESCUE OPERATION AT PIKE RIVER. ALTHOUGH PETER WHITTLE IS AN AUSTRALIAN HAS NOT BEEN PROSECUTED, SO IT SPEAKS TO THE SAME ISSUES. BUT HE HAD THE DECENCY TO LEAVE AND RUN AWAY TO AUSTRALIA. DECENCY IS NOT A WORD I WOULD APPLY TO PETER WHITTLE. YOU ARE MEETING AT 2 O'CLOCK TODAY TO PRESENT A LETTER CALLING FOR TONY GIBSON'S RESIGNATION. IS THIS A STUNT? ARE WE PICKING ON A GUY WHO CAN MAKE A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER? KNOW, IT IS NOT A STUNT. IT IS APPLYING THE LAW, THE LAW THAT WAS PASSED BY THE NATIONAL PARTY AFTER PIKE RIVER, APPLYING IT TO THE SITUATION. I SET ON A NUMBER OF BOARDS IS AN OLD-TIME UNIONIST NOW IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR. THE FIRST OR SECOND ITEM ON EVERY ONE OF THOSE BOARD MEETINGS AS HEALTH AND SAFETY. WE TAKE IT VERY SET THE ASLEEP IF WE ARE ON A BOARD AND WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR GENERAL SECRETARY ALSO TAKES THE THING SERIOUSLY. HOW CAN YOU HAVE A CASE HERE WHERE THE PERSON IN CHARGE SAYS HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THAT PERSON HAS TO GO. FINAL QUESTION DOES TONY GIBSON HAVE TO GO? YES, HE DOES. ROBERT AND RUSSELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. I WANT TO EXTEND THE INVITATION TO TONY GIBSON, CEO OF THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND, WHO WAS GOING TO COME ON BREAKFAST AND CANCELLED, WE WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU. THAT IS THAT FROM THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND FOR THE TIME BEING. JUST BEFORE YOU GO, I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A HUGE EMPHASIS ON TONY GIBSON DURING THIS CONVERSATION AND OTHER CONVERSATIONS OF THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT ULTIMATELY, THIS IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT HOW WE KEEP OUR WORKERS ON THE PORTS SAFE. IT IS. AND IT IS NOT ONLY` ROBERT CITES THE EXAMPLE OF PIKE 29 PEOPLE WORK. IT IS ABOUT HEALTH & SAFETY CODE WORKPLACES. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT DROVE HELEN KELLY TO THE LAST HOURS OF HER LIFE, SHE WAS MAKING THIS FIGHT. IF YOU ARE NOT SAFE WHEN YOU GO TO WORK, SOMETHING IS BADLY WRONG. WE HAVE HAD A CULTURE OF TOO MANY DEATHS IN NEW ZEALAND WORKPLACES, AND THAT IS WHY YOU ARE HERE TODAY AND WHY YOU ARE SAYING UNIONS SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN SAFETY. HELL OF A GOOD POINT, JENNY MAY. THANK YOU, JOHN. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE THIS MORNING AT MAKING THE EFFORT TO GO DOWN THERE AND HAD THAT IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. WE WILL SEE YOU SHORTLY. WE ARE GOING TO PIVOT AND A HUGELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION PUG DOGS. PUG DOGS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY POPULAR, BEING LABELLED AS ONE OF THE 'IN' BREEDS FOR POTENTIAL DOG OWNERS. AND WHILST PUGS ARE A DELIGHTFUL PET, SOME PEOPLE TEND TO UNDERESTIMATE THE BREED'S HIGH PRIORITY NEEDS COMPARED TO OTHER DOGS. COMING TO UPPER HUTT THIS WEEKEND IS A 'HUG A PUG' FUNDRAISER FOR NEW ZEALAND PUG RESCUE, AND WE'VE SENT OUR WELLINGTON REPORTER ABBEY WAKEFIELD TO GET A SNEAK PEEK. MORENA. AWW1 AW! MORENA. YES, WE ARE DOWN HERE IN UPPER HUTT, WITH, AS YOU CAN SEE, A WHOLE LOT OF PUGS. THIS IS BRUCE HERE. I HAVE BEEN LOWERING HIM WITH TREATS ALL MORNING. THE REASON THAT THERE IS A HUG A PUG EVENT THIS WEEKEND IS THAT IT IS A FUNDRAISER FOR NEW ZEALAND PUG RESCUE. YOU MAY BE WONDERING, WHY DO THESE ADORABLE LITTLE GUYS NEED RESCUING? WELL, IT IS ACTUALLY BECAUSE THEY DO NEED A LOT OF ATTENTION AS YOU CAN SEE, WITH THE FLAT FACE, IT CAN MAKE IT A BIT HARD TO BREATHE, AND SOMETIMES THEY GET THE ODD AIR INFECTION AND SKIN INFECTION, SO THAT CAN MEAN A FEW EXTRA VISITS TO THE VET. SOME OWNERS WHEN THEY GO TO BUY A PUG ARE NOT USUALLY AWARE OF THAT. I HAVE GOT THE ORGANISER HERE, VANESSA, AND VANESSA, WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO DO THIS EVENT? I THINK JUST BEING PART OF THE PUG COMMUNITY, GIVING YOU THREE SEE THE AMAZING WORK THAT THEY DO. THE HOURS THAT GET PUT INTO IT, NOT TO MANAGE THE MONEY, IS INCREDIBLE, SO WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THEM. I TALKED TO BRENT YESTERDAY. SHE SAID AT THE MOMENT SHE IS LOOKING AFTER 12 PUGS AT A TIME SHE HAS HAD TO LOOK AFTER ABOUT 20. SHE DOES DO A LOT OF WORK. YES. IT IS AMAZING. IT IS A FULL-TIME JOB AND MORE. CRAZY. THIS IS BANDIT. HE IS ONE OF MY FULL STOP I HAVE TWO, BUT THE OTHER ONE IS RUMMAGING FOR TREATS SOMEWHERE. BETTER AREAS. THAT IS BUSTER. HOW MANY PUGS HAVE YOU GOT ATTENDING THIS EVENT OVER THE WEEKEND? AT THE MOMENT, WE ARE AT 96. AND COUNTING. THERE ARE STILL MORE COMING IN. WE HAVE GOT ABOUT 20 PUGS HERE TODAY, SO IMAGINE THERE BEING ABOUT 100 PUGS HERE ON SATURDAY AT 2 PM. JUST QUICKLY, VANESSA, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO HUG A PUG? THEY USUALLY COME TO YOU. THEY ARE PRETTY SOCIAL. THE ONE THING TO NOT DO IS TO COME WITH YOUR HAND STRAIGHT ON THE HEAD LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THAT CAN BE INTIMIDATING. USUALLY` HE IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO COMPLY, BUT USUALLY THEY JUST COME TO YOU. I LOVE ATTENTION. HEY, COME ON! DON'T BE CAMERA SHY. COME ON. ONE OF YOU. JUST SCOOP THEM UP. ANYONE GOT SOME TREATS? HAD ME THE TREATS. PUT YOUR MICROPHONE DOWN IN GRAB1. FIRST WAY TO HUG A PUG. THIS GUY IS 13 KG. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME AND HUG A PUG FOR A GOOD CAUSE IN UPPER HUTT THIS WEEKEND, COME DOWN TO UPPER HUTT. 2 PM START, TWO DOLLARS DONATION TO HUG ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL DOGS. BEAUTIFUL. LOVE IT. WELL DONE THIS MORNING. WE DO LOVE A CUTE PUG. THANK YOU, ABBY WAKEFIELD. TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER THEY ARE CUTE OR UGLY. THEY ARE CUTE�! I AM NOT A DOG PERSON. THEY ARE CUTE. IF YOU'RE INTO PUGS, YOU ARE INTO PUGS. ANGER IS GROWING AT THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND, WITH MANY DEMANDING THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S RESIGNATION. FIRST UNION IS TODAY DELIVERING A LETTER TO EXECUTIVES IN LIGHT OF A DAMNING HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT THAT WAS RELEASED LAST WEEK. THE REVIEW SAID THE PORT NEEDED TO PRIORITISE SAFETY OVER PROFIT AND FOUND ISSUES WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A DAMNING REPORT AS THE ONE THAT WAS DONE ABOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY HERE. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE PERSON WHO IS LEGALLY IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS ON THE SPORT SAID OF THE DAMNING REPORT NOT MEA CULPA, I AM RESIGNING, I'M VERY SORRY, BUT I AM STAYING ON TO HELP FIX THINGS THAT I DID NOT REALLY REALISE WAS HAPPENING. RUBBISH. THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION SAYS THE MINISTRY MADE A MISTAKE BY ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE KEY INFORMATION IN A DELAYED MENTAL HEALTH REPORT. MINISTRY OF HEALTH EMAILS SHOW ATTEMPTS TO LEAVE OUT SPECIFIC SUICIDE STATISTICS IN NEW ZEALAND DURING 2018 AND 2019. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION SHAUN ROBINSON SAYS THE MINISTRY NEEDS TO BE TRANSPARENT. I KIND OF JUST DON'T REALLY SEE THE LOGIC IN WHAT THEY WERE DOING. AND, UNFORTUNATELY, THE EMAILS DO PAINT A BIT OF A PICTURE OF TRYING TO SORT OF MINIMISE THE BAD NEWS THAT WAS GOING OUT. BUT THE MINISTER OF HEALTH ANDREW LITTLE SAYS THE REPORT HASN'T BEEN SANITISED. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A REPORT IN 2021, TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 2018 AND 2019, AND YOU HAVE A WHOLE HEAP OF OTHER DATA SOURCES, THE CORONER'S ANNUAL REPORT ON SUICIDE STATISTICS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NATIONAL SERVICE FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ONLINE DATABASE A WHOLE HEAP OF STATISTICS, IT'S PRETTY HARD TO CONCEAL STUFF, SO I DON'T GET THE CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT THERE WAS SOMEHOW A SANITISATION PROJECT. TOURISM AUSTRALIA'S LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO TRY AND LURE KIWIS ACROSS THE DITCH ONCE THE BUBBLE OPENS. THEY SHOWED US THE BUNGEE JUMP, BUT HOW ABOUT THIS TO GET YOUR BLOOD PUMPING? ALL THIS, ALL THIS? OR EVEN JUST THIS. NEW ZEALAND, ISN'T IT TIME YOU ADDED ANOTHER 1ST TO YOUR LIST? NEW ZEALANDERS ARE THE SECOND LARGEST MARKET IN TERMS OF ARRIVALS INTO AUSTRALIA AND THE FOURTH MOST VALUABLE IN TERMS OF SPEND. FOR THE PAST YEAR, THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN TELLING AUSSIES TO SEE THEIR OWN BACKYARD. TOURISM AUSTRALIA'S MANAGING DIRECTOR SAYS SHE'S NOT CONCERNED THEY'LL LOSE OUT WITH AUSTRALIANS HEADING HERE. PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, OUR TRAVEL NUMBERS BETWEEN OUR COUNTRIES ARE ACTUALLY QUITE EVEN. SO I THINK THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR BOTH OF US. BUT ALSO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF A BLUEPRINT FOR OPENING UP TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN BOTH OF OUR TOURISM INDUSTRIES WILL TRULY RECOVER. MS HARRISON SAYS SHE'S EXPECTING TRANS-TASMAN AIR TRAVEL TO BE BACK TO PRE-COVID LEVELS BY THE END OF THE YEAR. EMPLOYERS IN PRIMARY INDUSTRY FIGURES ARE ASKING FOR PACIFIC WORKERS TO FILL SOON TO BE VACANT MIQ SPOTS. AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE BUSINESSES SAY THEY CAN'T SECURE ENOUGH WORKERS FROM NEW ZEALAND'S LABOUR POOL. COMPANIES ARE LOSING PRODUCTS AND MISSING DEADLINES AND WITHOUT EXTRA STAFF, THEY SAY THAT'LL CONTINUE. UP TO 1300 QUARANTINE BEDS WILL FREE UP EVERY FORTNIGHT WHEN THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE OPENS IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACK CAPS HAVE NAMED A 20-MAN-STRONG SQUAD FOR JUNE'S TOUR OF ENGLAND, INCLUDING THREE DEBUTANTS. RACHIN RAVINDRA AND JACOB DUFFY HAVE EARNED A MAIDEN TEST CALL UP ALONG WITH DEVON CONWAY. RAVINDRA (21) NOW IN LINE TO BE THE YOUNGEST BLACK CAPS TEST PLAYER SINCE ISH SODHI. AFTER THE FIRST TWO TESTS AGAINST ENGLAND, THE SQUAD WILL BE TRIMMED TO 15 FOR THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AGAINST THE HOSTS. TWO SWIMMERS HAVE GONE UNDER PARALYMPIC QUALIFYING TIMES AT THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN AUCKLAND. CAMERON LESLIE IN THE MEN'S 200 FREESTYLE AND JESSE REYNOLDS IN THE MEN'S 100 BACKSTROKE PRODUCED PERFORMANCES TO BACK UP THEIR PREVIOUS QUALIFYING EFFORTS. GABRIELLA BENN WON THE WOMEN'S 400m FREESTYLE IN A NEW ZEALAND RECORD TIME. GO OUR SWIMMERS. THANK YOU, INDIRA. JOHN IS MAKING HIS WAY BACK FROM THE PORT. MATTY IS MAKING HIS WAY FROM WEIR? SOMEWHERE. (LAUGHS) OBVIOUSLY USUALLY AT THIS TIME WE GO FROM YOU STRAIGHT ACROSS TO WEATHER. NORMALLY AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY ALSO BECAUSE IT IS JUST AFTER FIVE MINUTES FROM EIGHT, WE HAVE TODAY IS THE DAY. I AM SO SORRY. BUT THERE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THIS MORNING. I FORGOT MY CLICKER. OH, GOD. GOD AND WHO WAS THE FIRST 1 TO POINT OUT PEOPLE BEING LATE AT THE START OF THE SHOW? I WAS SO ENTHRALLED BY EVERYTHING. I PICKED WHERE I WANTED TO GO AND HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN TO UPLOAD THE PHOTOS AND PUT IT IN THE SYSTEM. JUST IN CASE YOU ARE NEW TO THE SHOW, MATTY CARRIES US ALL THE TIME. HE IS THE PROFESSIONAL ONE AND IS ALWAYS HERE ON TIME. HE WAS GIVING ME A HARD TIME THIS MORNING. IT IS KARMA. WHAT IS IT ABOUT GLASSHOUSES AND STONES? I AM SO HARD-WORKING. I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO. YOU DID MAKE ME A CUP OF TEA, SO I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. THANK YOU. I THINK IT IS THERE. WE WILL FIND OUT. AND GO! I AM NOT POSITIVE AT ALL. HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET TO YOUR BESPOKE WEATHER SHORTLY. IT'S A BIT OVERCAST IN THE UPPER NORTH, WITH A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS EXPECTED FOR ALL OF YOU, MORE LIKELY THIS MORNING AROUND WHANGAREI AND RUSSELL, BUT IN AMONGST THAT THERE'S THE ODD FINE PATCH AS WELL. TEMPERATURES IN THE EARLY 20s FOR ALL OF YOU. THAT CLOUD COVER'S THROUGH HERE AS WELL, WITH THE ODD POSSIBLE SHOWER FOR MOST PLACES, BUT AGAIN, THOSE FINE BREAKS SHOULD START POKING THROUGH AFTER LUNCH. 20 DEGREES FOR TAUPO AND ROTORUA, 23 IN HAMILTON. THERE'S GREY SKIES THROUGH GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY, WITH A COUPLE OF MORNING SHOWERS, ALTHOUGH THE AFTERNOON LOOKS CLEARER, WHEREAS FURTHER SOUTH IT'S MOSTLY FINE ONCE THE LOW CLOUD THIS MORNING CLEARS. 21 THE EXPECTED HIGH THROUGH GISBORNE, NAPIER AND DANNEVIRKE. IT'S LOOKING MOSTLY FINE OUT WEST ONCE THAT MORNING CLOUD LIFTS AS WELL. JUST WATCH OUT FOR THE CHANCE OF ONE OR TWO SHOWERS LATER ON AROUND NEW PLYMOUTH AND TAUMARUNUI. 20 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON, 21 IN LEVIN AND NEW PLYMOUTH. YOU SHOULD HAVE A LOVELY DAY ACROSS IN THE UPPER SOUTH AND ALONG THE WEST COAST. LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER AT TIMES, BUT NOTHING MAJOR. 18 DEGREES IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, 23 FOR THOSE OF YOU IN BLENHEIM. BIT OF MORNING CLOUD SHIFTING EAST, BUT ONCE THAT'S LIFTED, IT'S SMOOTH SAILING WITH LONG FINE SPELLS. ALTHOUGH WATCH OUT FOR SOME POSSIBLE FOG THIS EVENING ROLLING INTO CANTERBURY. 18 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN TIMARU AND OAMARU, 22 IF YOU'RE IN CHRISTCHURCH. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING. FINGERS CROSSED. HERE. DOESN'T EVEN MAKE IT TO OUR WEATHER MAP. CHATHAM ISLANDS. YOU ARE ASKING US THIS MORNING WHETHER WE HAD BEEN. JOHN HAS NOT BEEN. I HAVE NOT BEEN. I WENT REALLY BRIEFLY FOR WORK ONCE, BUT IT WAS KIND OF A FLY IN, FLY OUT VISIT. BUT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. SOME BEAUTIFUL COASTLINES. VERY RUGGED. BUT STUNNING. WHAT WERE YOU DOING THERE? I WAS THERE FOR WORK, FOR BREAKFAST. I CANNOT REMEMBER. IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. I JUMPED IN THE WATER. I WENT SWIMMING AND IT WAS FREEZING. AMAZING PEOPLE THERE. SO DOWN-TO-EARTH, REALLY HUMBLE, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WHO LOOKED AFTER US REALLY WELL. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE PHOTO. THERE ARE TWO OF THEM. VERY BUSY. OH NO! THERE WE GO. STUNNING COASTLINE. THE CLEAR BLUE WATER. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. SHE SENT THIS ONE AND AS WELL OF THE LOVELY SUNSET. ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. THIS IS FROM PITT ISLAND. SHE SAID HER BROTHER HAS A TOURIST LODGE AT FLOWER POT BAY. LOTS OF KIWIS VISITING. A LOT OF KIWIS ARE PROBABLY THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME. SHE HAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL PHOTO SHE SENT IN. IT IS MOSTLY FINE. HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 16 DEGREES. YOU MADE IT. WE GOT THERE. NOW YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE MAP. AND IT'S OVERCAST IN MILFORD SOUND, WITH THE CHANCE OF A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, WHEREAS THE REST OF THE LOWER SOUTH IS NICE AND FINE ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. 19 DEGREES IN DUNEDIN, GORE AND INVERCARGILL. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR FRIDAY ` TOMORROW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH A BIT OF RAIN IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NICE, MATTY. YOU GOT THERE. BARELY. WE WILL NOT LET YOU LIVE IT DOWN. THAT IS WHAT FAMILIES DO. THAT IS WHAT THIS FAMILY DOES. COMING UP ` BUYING PROPERTY IS A MASSIVE INVESTMENT. NEXT, HOW TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT GETTING ROPED INTO THE WRONG PURCHASE. YOU ARE WITH BREAKFAST. THE IMPACT OF AOTEAROA'S HOUSING CRISIS IS VIRTUALLY INESCAPABLE AT THIS POINT, AND FOR THOSE FORTUNATE ENOUGH EVEN TO BE IN THE POSITION OF GETTING ON TO THE PROPERTY LADDER, IT'S A REALLY, REALLY COMPETITIVE MARKET. OFTEN FACED WITH HUGE NUMBERS OF PROSPECTIVE BUYERS FOR A GIVEN PROPERTY MEANS BUYERS ARE OFTEN KEEN TO RUSH THE PROCESS TO GET THAT OFFER IN FIRST. BUT ARE WE LEAPING INTO PURCHASING A PROPERTY HEAD-FIRST WITHOUT REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE GETTING OURSELVES INTO? TO BREAK DOWN THE SOMETIMES MURKY WORLD OF HOMEOWNERSHIP, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME BELINDA MOFFAT, REAL ESTATE AUTHORITY'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE, BEAMING IN FROM OUR WELLINGTON NEWSROOM. MORENA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. MORENA, JENNY MAY. BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THIS CONVERSATION AROUND HOUSING, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE OUR EA. YOU ARE AN INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT AGENCY, BUT IT IS MUCH MORE THAN THAT. WE DO A RANGE OF THINGS. WE LICENSE REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS, SALESPEOPLE, BRANCH MANAGERS AND AGENTS, AND WE HAVE OVER 15,000 LICENSEES, WE CALL THEM. WE ALSO PROVIDE EDUCATION TO THEM BECAUSE WE WANT OUR AGENTS TO BE EXPERIENCED AND SKILFUL. SO WE SUPPORT THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OBLIGATIONS ARE, AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW A CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH WE SUPPORT THEM TO COMPLY WITH, BUT IF THINGS GO WRONG, PEOPLE CAN COMPLAIN TO US, AND WE DO PROCESS COMPLAINTS THROUGH OUR COMPLAINTS AND DISCIPLINARY PROCESS. WE ALSO HAVE A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE OF SUPPORTING CONSUMERS WITH CONSUMER INFORMATION SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND. AS YOU SAID THIS IS A REALLY CHALLENGING TRANSACTION ENVIRONMENT. YOU GIVE INDEPENDENT INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE BUYING AND/OR SELLING HOMES. THAT IS WHERE OUR CONVERSATION BEGINS. WE KNOW THAT THE CURRENT MARKET HOUSE PRICES ARE SOARING. THE AVERAGE PRICE HERE IN AUCKLAND IS $1.1 MILLION. SO WE HAVE HARD-WORKING REALLY GOOD PEOPLE WHO CANNOT GET ON THE PROPERTY LADDER. BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO STRESS HERE IS THAT IN OUR DESPERATION, WE DO NOT WANT TO RUSH THINGS. THERE ARE SOME FUNDAMENTAL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF, SO THAT IS WHERE YOU COME IN. WHAT DO WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF BEFORE WE BUY A HOME? THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS IT IS REALLY COMPETITIVE, BUT WE ARE SAYING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING TO BUY, DO NOT LET THE FEAR OF MISSING OUT BECAUSE YOU TO RUSH TO THE FINISH LINE. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT ALL BUYERS DO REALLY GOOD HOMEWORK. WE USE AN EXPRESSION, LOOK UNDER THE LID BEFORE YOU BID. AND WE DO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET LEGAL ADVICE, TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPERTY, THE LAND INFORMATION MEMORANDUM, UNDERTAKE A PROPERTY INSPECTION WITH A QUALIFIED PROPERTY INSPECTOR, GET A REGISTERED VALUATION, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL EQUIP YOU TO MAKE A REALLY GOOD DECISION ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO BUY. HAVE YOU HEARD ANY STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT LOOKED AT A PROPERTY, BOUGHT IT, AND THEN FOUND SO MANY DIFFERENT ISSUES? I AM SURE THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO JUMP IN AND SO DO NOT DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE. WE DO HEAR THOSE STORIES. THERE ARE PREDICTIONS THROUGH THE REGIME, WHICH IS THAT WHERE AN AGENT IS INVOLVED THEY DO HAVE OBLIGATIONS TO DISCLOSE INFORMATION TO BUYERS ABOUT THE PROPERTY. I WOULD SAY TO THE BUYERS, ASK THE QUESTIONS AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT THE ISSUES AND THE RISKS THAT MIGHT ARISE. ASKED FOR THE INFORMATION, AND THE AGENTS WILL THEN DO THEIR WORK TO TALK TO THE VENDOR, WHICH IS THE SELLER, TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. AND AGAIN I EMPHASISE SEEK ADVICE IF YOU THINK THERE COULD BE RISKS OR ISSUES, BECAUSE AS YOU SAID BEFORE, THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS, AND THE LONG-TERM EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL COST CAN BE SIGNIFICANT IF SOMETHING DOES GO WRONG. AUGUST THROUGH THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTY OWNERSHIP AND THE RESTRICTIONS THAT COME WITH EACH OF THOSE. THE MOST COMMON IS FREEHOLD. BUT TALK TO US ABOUT LEASEHOLD. LEASEHOLDERS WHERE SOMEONE ELSE OWNS THE LAND, BUT WHAT THE BUYER PURCHASES AS THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO POSSESSION OF THE LAND AND THE BUILDINGS. SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE CHEAPER THAN A FREEHOLD PURCHASE, BUT IT IS ONLY A LEASEHOLD FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, AND YOU ARE REQUIRED TO RETURN THE PROPERTY BACK TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER IN THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE LEASEHOLD. THERE'S ALSO A GROUND RENT, AND IF THE VALUE OF THE LAB INCREASES, THEN THE GROUND RENT MAY INCREASE AS WELL. THEY CAN CATCH YOU OUT. AGAIN, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE ABOUT WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE OWNERSHIP MODEL THAT YOU ARE BUYING INTO. I THINK THE REALITY IS AS I SAID BEFORE THAT THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS SO IT CAN BE CHEAPER THAN RENTING, BUT YOU DO NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS THE PERIOD OF TIME WITHIN WHICH THE GROUND RENT COULD BE INCREASED. SOME OF THESE LEASEHOLDS MIGHT HAVE A SEVEN-YEAR PERIOD, SOME MIGHT HAVE A 21 YEAR PERIOD, BUT YOU REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COSTS AND YOUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THAT AGREEMENT WILL BE. I AM PUTTING YOU UNDER THE PUMP HERE, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T TOLD YOU READ, SO CAN WE COVER OFF UNIT TITLES AND ALSO CROSS LEASES? UNIT TITLES, MOST PEOPLE THINK OF THOSE AS APARTMENTS. THAT IS WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE OWNERS, AND THE PURCHASER WILL OWN THE PARTICULAR APARTMENT, BUT THEN ALSO AN UNDIVIDED SHARE WITH OTHER OWNERS IN THE COMMON PROPERTY. SO THERE IS USUALLY A BODY CORPORATE, BUT AGAIN YOU NEED TO BE REALLY CAREFUL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OTHER MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS, ARE THERE ANY ISSUES WITH THE BODY CORPORATE AND THE COMMON AREAS, AND OTHER ANY OTHER FUTURE COST THAT WILL ARISE? IS BODY CORPORATE BEING WELL-RUN? IS THERE A MAINTENANCE PLAN. THOSE ARE THINGS TO LOOK FOR. IN A CROSS LEASE, YOU OWNERSHIP OF THE FREEHOLD TITLE IN THE COMMON AREA WITH OTHER CROSS LEASEHOLDERS. CAN YOU HOLD A LEASEHOLD INTEREST IN THE PARTICULAR AREA THAT YOU OWN. AGAIN, YOU NEED TO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR NEIGHBOURS, WITH THE PEOPLE YOU SHARE THAT CROSS LIZ WEBB TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WORK THAT MAY NEED TO BE DONE IN THOSE COMMON AREAS. AGAIN HAVING GOOD ADVICE FROM A LAWYER ABOUT WHAT THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND MISTRESSES ARE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THAT IS THE COMMON THEME THROUGHOUT THE CONVERSATION. DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE. I GET SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. BRILLIANT. STAY WITH US. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK. WELCOME BACK. WELCOME BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TONY GIBSON DID NOT COME WITH US. I LIKE THIS. IS THIS THE M PEOPLE? BLACKBOX? I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT. IF YOU ARE IN A PUB QUIZ, YOU NEED MATTY AND YOUR TEAM. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE SONG, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS CALLED RIDE ON TIME. I THINK THERE IS A STORY ABOUT SOMEONE FROM SWEDEN MAY BE MISUNDERSTANDING THE LYRICS, BECAUSE IT WAS MEANT TO BE CALLED RIGHT ON TIME. BUT SOMEONE MISUNDERSTOOD. MAYBE THEY ARE A PUBLIC TRANSPORT VAN. IT'S THE 8th OF APRIL, AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE CELEBRATING WITH YOU, AOTEAROA. TODAY'S THE DAY LOUISA TURNS 66! SHE NEVER MISSES THE BREAKFAST SHOW AND SAYS IT'S THE BEST WAY TO START HER DAY. YOUR KIDS SAY YOU'RE THE GREATEST MOTHER, NANA, GUITARIST AND COOK; YOU HAVE THE BEST HUGS AND BIGGEST HEART. YOUR WHANAU IN TARANAKI SAY THEY HOPE YOU HAVE AN AWESOME DAY. HAPPY 66TH BIRTHDAY. YOU KNOW THAT SHE IS JUST GOING TO BE WONDERFUL, DON'T YOU? THAT IS WHERE YOU WERE LAST WEEK! TODAY'S THE DAY TE TIMATANGA FROM DARGAVILLE TURNS 15! HE HAS GONE UP THE WEST COAST. YOUR ENTIRE WHANAU ARE SO PROUD OF THE AMAZING YOUNG MAN YOU ARE BECOMING. THEY SAY KEEP BEING YOU ALWAYS, AND ISN'T THAT NICE. AND BRING ON THE CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEKEND! MUCH LOVE FROM MUM AND THE FAM. GOODNESS ME. I WAS ONLY THINK YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE US ANOTHER DIRECTION. AND FINALLY, TODAY'S THE DAY OUR AMAZING PRODUCER CHARLOTTE CELEBRATES A BIRTHDAY. CHARLOTTE MIGHT AS WELL BE 21 ` SHE'S THE LIFE OF THE PARTY AND ALWAYS KEEN TO HANG WITH THE KIDS. CHARLOTTE HAS PRODUCED SOME INCREDIBLE WORK HERE ON BREAKFAST, AND THE SHOW WOULDN'T BE THE SAME WITHOUT HER. SHE'S A FANTASTIC MUM TO GINNY AND WILLIAM AND A GREAT MENTOR TO SO MANY ON THE TEAM. WE LOVE YOU, CHAR! HAVE THE BEST DAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. SHE HAS A GREAT TURN OF PHRASE, CHARLOTTE. SHE IS BRILLIANTLY FUNNY. SHE CUTS TO THE CHASE. I LOVE THAT ABOUT HER. WE DO THIS EVERY DAY. YOU JUST HAVE TO EMAIL US ON THE SAME DAY ` BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ ` AND USE 'TODAY'S THE DAY' IN YOUR SUBJECT LINE. STAY WITH US. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE 8.30 NEWS. Hey, man. Oh, hey. Come to check out the car? BOTH: Yeah. - Josh. - Jen. Hi. She's in pretty good nick. Only done 110,000 K's. WOF and rego. You know, full service history. (OMINOUS MUSIC) What is this? This is a one-star safety-rated car. Yeah. Try and get in. (HORN TOOTS) My body's, like, folded in half. I don't understand what's going on. People don't often think about how a car will crash and how it will protect you. That's what a star safety rating tells you. Just can't imagine` If we crashed in a car like this, there's no way we would survive. (OMINOUS MUSIC) HERE IS YOUR 8.30 NEWS. A MAN AT THE FRONT LINE OF THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS AND GANGS IN ROTORUA SAYS CRIME IS ON THE RISE. BILLY MACFARLANE RUNS THE PUWHAKAMUA PROGRAMME, WHICH TURNS LIVES BACK TOWARD LAWFUL GOOD. HE SAYS BRINGING OFFENDERS BACK TO THEIR TIKANGA, OR CULTURE, HELPS ENORMOUSLY. OUR SOCIETY IS CHANGING. WE'RE BECOMING VERY UNCARING, AND, AGAIN, I GO BACK TO... IF WE LOOK AT THE RISE IN GANG POPULATION AND THE CRIME STATISTICS AND WE ALSO LOOK AT THE FALL OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO OUR MARAE THAT ARE ACTUALLY ENGAGING FULL-ON IN OUR CULTURE. AND POLICE MINISTER POTO WILLIAMS SAYS SHE AGREES, ACCEPTING POLICE CAN'T HANDLE THE ISSUE ALONE AND MUST WORK ALONGSIDE LOCAL IWI AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS. AS A GOVERNMENT, WE'VE GOT A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, AND THAT'S ABOUT PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN STOP THEM GETTING INTO GANGS IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE FIRST MARAE-BASED VACCINATION CENTRE OPENS IN AUCKLAND TODAY. COMMUNITY LEADERS IN MANUREWA ARE GETTING VACCINATED IN A BID TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING, BUT ONCE WE KNEW THE VACCINATION WAS HERE AND IT WAS TIME, AND WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED IT WAS TO COME INTO SOUTH AUCKLAND, WE GEARED OURSELVES UP TO PREPARE OUR MARAES AND OUR WORKFORCE AND OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO LEAD THIS RESPONSE. YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UK UNDER THE AGE OF 30 WILL NO LONGER BE OFFERED THE OXFORD-ASTRAZENECA VACCINE AMID CONCERNS OVER BLOOD CLOTTING. IT COMES AS THE EUROPEAN DRUG REGULATOR SAYS UNUSUAL BLOOD CLOTS SHOULD BE LISTED AS A VERY RARE SIDE EFFECT. THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY SAYS THERE'S NO DEFINITE CASUAL LINK AFTER A STUDY LOOKED AT 86 CASES OF PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCED BLOOD CLOTTING AFTER GETTING THE JAB ` BUT IT'S ADVISING COUNTRIES TO CONTINUE THE ROLLOUT. A GROUP OF INDEPENDENT EXPERTS WILL HELP THE GOVERNMENT LOOK AT WHAT A POST COVID VACCINATION FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THE COUNTRY. THE COVID-19 ADVISORY GROUP WILL FACE A NUMBER OF DECISIONS WITH OUR BORDER AND PUBLIC HEALTH SETTINGS. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO START THINKING AHEAD WHAT THE WORLD WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE AND HOW NEW ZEALAND FITS INTO THAT, IN A WORLD WHERE MORE PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED, IT WILL CHANGE. MAORI ARE VICTIMS OF CRIME MORE THAN ANY OTHER ETHNIC GROUP, AND THAT HASN'T CHANGED FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. A MINISTRY OF JUSTICE REPORT THIS MORNING REVEALED 38% OF MAORI ARE VICTIMISED ` 8% HIGHER THAN THE REST OF NEW ZEALAND. A SIMILAR REPORT MADE THE SAME FINDINGS IN 2006. THERE ARE CALLS FROM WITHIN THE MINISTRY FOR LARGE-SCALE AND PRACTICAL CHANGES FOR MAORI VICTIMS OF CRIME. ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR FACTOR INVOLVED FOR THOSE AFFECTED. TO SPORT, AND IT'S BEEN REVEALED TIGER WOODS WAS DRIVING AT NEARLY TWICE THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN HE CRASHED HIS CAR IN FEBRUARY. THE GOLF LEGEND'S VEHICLE LEFT THE ROAD AT AROUND 140km/h AND FLIPPED SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE ACCIDENT IN CALIFORNIA. WOODS WAS LAST MONTH RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL AS HE CONTINUES TO RECOVER FROM A NUMBER OF SERIOUS LEG INJURIES. INVESTIGATORS SAID THERE WERE NO SIGNS THE 15-TIME MAJOR CHAMPION WAS IMPAIRED AT THE WHEEL. AND THAT'S YOUR NEWS. THANK YOU, INDIRA. YOU ARE WELCOME. WHAT IS GOING ON? NO, NO. SHE JUST SAID WEATHER, AND THEN THEY CUT TO YOU. THIS IS NOT OUR IMAGINARY DIRECTOR. SHE IS OUR REAL FRIEND. SHE SAID, CUT TO MATTY, AND SO TAKE IT AWAY MATTY. WHAT SHE SAYS GOES. SHE JUST SAID IT AGAIN. WEATHER. GO, MATTY. (PAN FLUTE MUSIC) OH! THE BLOODY PAN FLUTE. THIS WILL HAUNT MY NIGHTMARES CELINE DION PAN FLUTE. IS IT POWER OF LOVE? 'I'M YOUR LADY'. I AM GOING TO LOOK AT UP. IT IS BAD, WHATEVER IT IS. ANYWAY, IT'S A BIT OVERCAST IN THE UPPER NORTH, WITH A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS EXPECTED FOR ALL OF YOU, MORE LIKELY THIS MORNING AROUND WHANGAREI AND RUSSELL, BUT IN AMONGST THAT THERE'S THE ODD FINE PATCH AS WELL. TEMPERATURES IN THE EARLY 20s FOR ALL OF YOU. THAT CLOUD COVER'S THROUGH HERE AS WELL, WITH THE ODD POSSIBLE SHOWER FOR MOST PLACES, BUT AGAIN, THOSE FINE BREAKS SHOULD START POKING THROUGH AFTER LUNCH. 20 DEGREES FOR TAUPO AND ROTORUA, 23 IN HAMILTON. THERE'S GREY SKIES THROUGH GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY, WITH A COUPLE OF MORNING SHOWERS, ALTHOUGH THE AFTERNOON LOOKS CLEARER, WHEREAS FURTHER SOUTH IT'S MOSTLY FINE ONCE THE LOW CLOUD THIS MORNING CLEARS. 21 THE EXPECTED HIGH THROUGH GISBORNE, NAPIER AND DANNEVIRKE. YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT. # COS I'M YOUR LADY. I LOVE CELINE. IS THE CELINE? I SAW HER ONCE. NO! I SAW HER TOO. HER LAST CONCERT SHE HAD HERE, BRILLIANT. LOVER. *LOVE HER. SHE IS GOOD. ANYWAY, IT'S LOOKING MOSTLY FINE OUT WEST ONCE THAT MORNING CLOUD LIFTS AS WELL. JUST WATCH OUT FOR THE CHANCE OF ONE OR TWO SHOWERS LATER ON AROUND NEW PLYMOUTH AND TAUMARUNUI. 20 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON, 21 IN LEVIN AND NEW PLYMOUTH. YOU SHOULD HAVE A LOVELY DAY ACROSS IN THE UPPER SOUTH AND ALONG THE WEST COAST. LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER AT TIMES, BUT NOTHING MAJOR. 18 DEGREES IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, 23 FOR THOSE OF YOU IN BLENHEIM. I KIND OF MISS THE PAN FLUTE NOW. THIS IS SO BAD. THAT IS DISTRACTED. HANG ON, MATTY. SO GOOD. IT IS ATROCIOUS. I LOVE IT. BIT OF MORNING CLOUD SHIFTING EAST, BUT ONCE THAT'S LIFTED, IT'S SMOOTH SAILING WITH LONG FINE SPELLS. ALTHOUGH WATCH OUT FOR SOME POSSIBLE FOG THIS EVENING ROLLING INTO CANTERBURY. 18 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN TIMARU AND OAMARU, 22 IF YOU'RE IN CHRISTCHURCH. AND IT'S OVERCAST IN MILFORD SOUND, WITH THE CHANCE OF A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, WHEREAS THE REST OF THE LOWER SOUTH IS NICE AND FINE ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. 19 DEGREES IN DUNEDIN, GORE AND INVERCARGILL. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR FRIDAY ` TOMORROW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH A BIT OF RAIN IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT IS CALLED THE POWER OF LOVE. THANK YOU. SEE? CELINE DION AND A PAN FLUTE SOLO. CAN THINGS GET WORSE? THEY CAN ONLY GET BETTER. BECAUSE... I AM LOVING IT. AS SOMEBODY WHO PLAYED THE FLUTE FOR MANY YEARS, I APPRECIATE THE BAD FLUTE. ONE MAN'S TRASH, I GUESS, RIGHT? FOCUS. MOVE ON. MOVING INTO MATTY FOCUS MODE. FROM THE PAN FLUTE. THIS WEEK WE'RE CELEBRATING SMALL BUSINESSES, BECAUSE TOMORROW IS SMALL BUSINESS DAY. AND TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER, YOU CAN WIN SOME PRIZES. IF YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS, HEAD TO SMALLBUSINESSDAY.CO.NZ, SIGN UP, AND YOU COULD WIN ONE OF FIVE $10,000 CASH PRIZES; OR SHOP WITH A SMALL BUSINESS ON FRIDAY AND YOU COULD WIN $150,000 OF CASH AND PRIZES. AND THIS MORNING, WE'RE TALKING TO A CRAFTY DUO WHO TURNED THE NEED FOR A TABLE IN THEIR FLAT INTO A BUSINESS. NICK LEE AND GUIDO LOEFFLER ARE THE MEN BEHIND 'INNATE FURNITURE' AND ARE BEAMING IN FROM THEIR STUDIO IN CHRISTCHURCH. MORENA. I AM SO SORRY ABOUT PAN FLUTE. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL THERE. YOU MAKE YOUR FURNITURE THERE? IS A STUDIO SHOWROOM? YEAH, THIS IS A SHOW ROOM. THERE WERE THREE LITTLE OFFICERS. WE KNOCKED THE WALLS OUT AND REFITTED IT AND PUT SOME OF THE FURNITURE AND HERE. TELL US ABOUT YOUR BEGINNINGS, BECAUSE THEY WERE PRETTY HUMBLE. YOU ARE FLATTING TOGETHER AND NEEDED TO MAKE SOME FURNITURE? YEAH. WE WERE FLATTING TOGETHER AND MADE A COUPLE OF TABLES AS A HOBBY, AND I BLOCK DOWN LAST YEAR, WE PUT IT ONLINE, AND IT KIND OF BLEW UP, SO WE PUT IT ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE AND WE GOT MORE ORDERS IN THE WEEK THAN WE DID IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, SO WE GOT A LITTLE WORKSHOP AND GOT CRACKING. WHAT WE WERE DOING BEFORE YOU GOT INTO FURNITURE MAKING? WELL, I HAVE BEEN A MUSICIAN FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS. IN LOCKDOWN, PRETTY MUCH STOPPED. AND I HAD A LITTLE DESIGN COMPANY A WHILE AGO, AND THEN WORKED FOR A COMPANY SUPPLYING A NATURAL SUSTAINABLE TIMBER, SO THAT CROSSED OVER, AND HERE AND 1/2 AGO, I WENT TO AFRICA FOR A BIT AND CAME BACK AND STARTED MAKING TABLES. HOW IS IT ALL BEEN GOING? STRENGTH TO STRENGTH? PRETTY MUCH. AT THE END OF LOCKDOWN, WE MOVED INTO A LITTLE WORKSHOP, AND THEN AFTER ABOUT SIX WEEKS, WE MOVED INTO A BIGGER SPACE, AND THEN IT WAS GO GO GO AND UP AND UP. LOVING IT. PRETTY STRESSFUL, PRETTY ENJOYABLE. IT STARTED FROM THE IDEA THAT` YOU DID NOT LIKE THE FLATPACK MODEL THAT A LOT OF THE CHEAPER COMPANIES DID, BUT HE DIDN'T NECESSARILY LOVE THE IDEA OF SPENDING THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON FURNITURE; YOU WANTED TO FIND A MIDDLE GROUND, RIGHT? YEAH. WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON SUSTAINABILITY AND PRESENTING THAT OPTION TWO NEW ZEALANDERS. WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF THAT IS IMPORTED OVERSEAS, CHEAPER VERSIONS OF STUFF THAT MAY LAST ONE OR TWO YEARS, AND YOU HAVE THE HIGHER END MODELS, WHICH IS THE MORE BESPOKE ASPECT, AND WE WANTED TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE WITH THAT, WITH THE PRICE AND ALSO THE CRAFTSMANSHIP, AND THEN INTEGRATING THAT WITH SUSTAINABILITY, NATURAL PRODUCTS, LOCAL BUSINESSES, LOCAL PRODUCTS. INCORPORATING THAT ALL INTO ONE PACKAGE, REALLY. HOW HAVE YOU FOUND IT HAS A SMALL BUSINESS IN TERMS OF NEW ZEALANDERS GETTING ON BOARD AND SUPPORTING YOU? IT HAS BEEN VERY AMAZING. I THINK LOCKDOWN PROBABLY GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO LOOK... WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH SUPPORT. IT HAS BEEN PRETTY WILD FOR SOMETHING SIMPLE AS A TABLE. THE MODEL IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE FOCUS HEAVILY ON LOCAL SUPPLIERS. WHETHER IT IS TIMBER FROM THE WEST COAST OR NATURAL OILS... AND THEN WE KEEP THINGS RELATIVELY AFFORDABLE. MEET THAT PRICE POINT IN THE MIDDLE, AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WELL, THEY ARE REALLY NICE LOOKING, SUSTAINABLE, LOCALLY MADE THEY TAKE ALL THE BOXES. THEY WANT TO SUPPORT US. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU SHOULD BE PROUD. WE CAN PEOPLE FIND YOU? INNATEFURNITURE.CO.NZ. WE ALSO FOCUS A LOT ON COMMERCIAL FIT OUTS NOW, SO WE HAVE PROGRESSED FROM JUST DINING TABLES TO COMMERCIAL SPACES. WE DID 20 TABLES IN WELLINGTON AND A FEW DIFFERENT RETAIL SPACE AROUND CHRISTCHURCH ` INNATECOMMERCIALFURNITURE.CO.NZ. ALSO FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM. YOU SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD. NICE. THAT IS A CAN-DO STORY. FROM INNATE TO CLAIRE TURNBULL ` ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO LOOK AFTER DURING THE WINTER WHEN AILMENTS INCREASE, AND WE DO NOT THINK IT OFTEN ENOUGH, AS OUR BRAINS. HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF OUR BRAINS AS WELL GETS COLDER AND DARKER? STAY WITH US. IT'S GETTING TO THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN ` WINTER IS STARTING TO DESCEND UPON US. WE ALSO SPEND MORE TIME INDOORS. IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO KEEP YOURSELF HEALTHY DURING THIS TIME, AND THAT ESPECIALLY INCLUDES YOUR BRAIN. OUR GREAT FRIEND OF THE SHOW CLAIRE TURNBULL IS BACK WITH US. SO NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US. THIS IS REALLY PERSONAL, ISN'T IT? TELL ME ABOUT YOUR YEAR SO FAR. IN JANUARY, I HAD AN ISSUE WHERE I LOST MY SPEECH. I WAS UNABLE TO RECALL INFORMATION. I WAS BLACKING OUT AND HAD CRAZY HEADACHES AND THEY THOUGHT I HAD A BRAIN TUMOUR. LUCKILY I DO NOT, BUT IT TURNS OUT I HAD OPPOSED VIRAL REACTION WHICH CAUSED EXTREME SWELLING IN MY BRAIN, AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSED THE SPEECH PROBLEMS. AND NOW FOUR MONTHS LATER, I AM ABLE TO SPEAK PROPERLY, BUT I STILL HAVE TO SLEEP DURING THE DAY, GO TO BED REALLY EARLY, PUT NOISE CANCELLING HEADPHONES ON, TREAT MYSELF LIKE SOMEONE WITH EXTREME CONCUSSION. YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR BRAIN LIKE IT WAY YOU WOULD TAKE CARE OF AN INJURY TO ANOTHER PART OF THE BODY. WE OFTEN THINK ABOUT OUR PHYSICAL BODY, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE OUTSIDE. BUT REALLY, OUR BRAIN IS TO OR 3% OF OUR BODY WEIGHT, IT CONTROLS OUR NERVOUS SYSTEM. IT IS SOMETHING WE TAKE FOR GRANTED UNTIL IT DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE OTHER THING IS THE IMPACT ON MOOD AND OPPRESSION. WE KNOW WHAT A TOUGH TIME IT HAS BEEN RECENTLY. WHAT WE EAT HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR MENTAL WELL-BEING. IT IS TIME TO OPEN A CONVERSATION ABOUT BRAIN HEALTH. I AM DELIGHTED. I ALSO DELIGHTED THAT ON THE FACE OF IT YOU SEEM TO BE REALLY WELL. I WILL SLEEP AFTER THIS. WHAT I RECOGNISE INSTANTLY BECAUSE I AM A BIG FAN OF FISH, AS OMEGA OILS. WE HAVE THE OILY FISH HERE. THERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN ALL EAT MORE OF. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THESE ASSETS THROUGH FOOD. THIS IS NEW ZEALAND KING SALMON. YOU GET TWO DIFFERENT TYPES. SARDINES, MACKEREL. HOW MUCH IS A LITTLE TENET THAT SALMON? A COUPLE OF DOLLARS. REALLY DELICIOUS ON TOAST. PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOW LEVELS OF OMEGA THREE APPEAR TO HAVE HIGH RATES OF DEPRESSION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ABOUT THE FUNCTION OF THE BRAIN BUT ALSO ABOUT YOUR MOOD. A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED SUPPORT IN THAT SPACE. WE ALSO HAVE NUTS AND SEEDS. THEY HAVE GOT MAGNESIUM, ZINC, WHICH ARE PRECURSORS FOR SEROTONIN, NATURAL ANTIDEPRESSANT. NUTS GET A LOT OF AIRTIME, BUT I THINK SEEDS NEED SOME MORE LOVE. MAGNESIUM, WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? ZINC. THEY ARE PRECURSORS OF SEROTONIN. I THINK A LOT OF WHAT WE DO AS WE ARE TRYING TO BOOST OUR MOOD BY BOOSTING OUR SEROTONIN, AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE ON MEDICATION TO SUPPORT THEM. BUT THINGS THAT CAN REALLY HELP ` LOOKING AFTER YOUR GUT HEALTH, AND GETTING OUTSIDE. WHEN YOU EXPOSE YOUR EYES TO NATURAL LIGHT, YOU MAKE SEROTONIN. PEOPLE TAKE SUPPLEMENTS. BUT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS ACTUALLY THIS IS REALLY CHEAP, GOOD FOOD WHEN YOU DO NOT NEED THE SUPPLEMENT. WE ABSOLUTELY EAT THAT STUFF. FOR EXAMPLE VEGETABLES, NO SURPRISE THERE. THE MORE THAT YOU HAVE, REDUCING YOUR RATES OF DEPRESSION THERE. EGGS RL A GOOD BRAIN FOOD. THEY HAVE BE VITAMIN C. IT IS A CHEAP WAY TO GET SOME NUTRITION AND FOR YOUR BRAIN. WE CAN PEOPLE FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS? WHICH WEBSITE ARE WE SENDING THEM TO? YOU CAN FIND ALL OF MY WORK ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE. FOLLOW MY WEBSITE AND YOU WILL FIND ALL SORTS OF INFORMATION AND I WILL SHARE MORE TIPS ON BRAIN HEALTH. I CANNOT BELIEVE FOR A WOMAN WHO POTENTIALLY LOST THE POWER OF SPEECH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR... I AM A DETERMINED PERSON. YOU ALSO HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOUR BODY AND REST. THAT WAS THE HARDEST THING FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME TO DO. BUT IT WORKS, LISTEN TO YOUR BODY, TAKE MICRO BREAKS. IT IS SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK. IT IS SO GOOD TO HEAR YOU AND SEE YOU LOOKING SO WELL. GO, CLAIRE TURNBULL. I AM GOING TO EAT THE SALMON DURING THE BREAK. I WILL DESCRIBE WHAT IT IS LIKE AFTER THE BREAK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. WE WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE TODAY. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE PLEASURE AND PRIVILEGE OF YOUR COMPANY. WE GET A LOVELY SENSE OF WHO YOU ARE THROUGH THINGS LIKE BESPOKE WEATHER AND TODAY'S THE DAY AND YOUR RESPONSE TO INTERVIEWS WE ARE DOING. WE REALLY APPRECIATED. WE HAVE SEVEN SECONDS TO GO. IN A DEER IS GOING TO... PLAY THE FLUTE. NO. I WAS JUST THINKING OF THE CHORUS.