(SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) HOW ARE YOU GOING? ACTUALLY, I HAVE A QUESTION. MORENA, EVERYBODY. THE THREE OF US WILL JUST DUCK OUT. WE WILL GO AND GET A COFFEE. THE ONLY REASON I AM ASKING YOU ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE I HAVE NOT HAD TOO MUCH SINCERITY COMING FROM MY CO-WORKERS ABOUT MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD NOT WANTING TO GO TO SCHOOL. CAN YOU HELP ME OUT? THIS IS GENUINE. ONE OF THEM WANTS TO GO TO SCHOOL; ONE DOESN'T. A MINUS FOR THE LONG HAUL? IT IS WHEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. EVERY SINGLE DAY, CRIES AND DOES NOT WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL. EMAIL US, PLEASE. MORENA, ERIN. WELCOME TO THE SHOW. MORENA, INDIRA. IT IS THE ONLY THING THAT IS ON MY MIND. ERIN, IT IS SO LOVELY. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE. MATTY IS JUST LIVING HIS BEST LIE. MORE ON THAT LATER IN THE PROGRAM. CORRECTION: LIFE. MAKIN DEREK, I HOPE YOU HAD A WONDERFUL WEEKEND. I DID. SHE DOES NOT REMEMBER ANY OF IT. I DID NOT RETAIN ANY INFORMATION EVEN THOUGH I READ THE NEWS. I CAUGHT UP WITH SOME BEST FRIENDS WHO CAME UP FROM NELSON. SHUT OUT TO EVERYONE WHO WENT TO PASIFIKA. IT WAS A TERRIBLE DAY ON SATURDAY. BIG SHOW AHEAD. LET'S BEGIN AS WE DO EVERY MORNING, SLIGHTLY LATE. A SECOND MIQ WORKER FROM THE GRAND MILLENNIUM HOTEL HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. THE WORKER WAS A CLOSE CONTACT OF LAST THURSDAY'S CASE, AND SEVERAL LOCATIONS OF INTEREST HAVE NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED. KATIE STEVENSON JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE HOTEL. KATIE, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED THIS CASE LAST NIGHT AND SAYS THE WORKER AND THEIR PARTNER HAVE NOW BEEN MOVED TO THE JET PARK AUCKLAND QUARANTINE FACILITY. BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS A CLOSE CONTACT OF LAST THURSDAY'S CASE AND HAD BEEN SOME ISOLATING, THERE IS CONSIDERED TO BE VERY LITTLE ADDITIONAL RISK TO THE COMMUNITY. IN SAYING THAT, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LOCATIONS OF INTEREST THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. THESE ARE ALL IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF MT ROSKILL. THE TIMES THAT THESE CASES VISITED THOSE LOCATIONS ARE ON THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH WEBSITE. PEOPLE SHOULD GO AND HAVE A LOOK IF THEY WERE AT THE LOCATIONS. THEY ARE BEING CLASSED AS CASUAL CONTACTS. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS ALSO NOW RELEASING THE GENE SEQUENCING FOR LAST THURSDAY'S CASE. THAT IS A WORKER WHO ALSO WORKS HERE AT THE GRAND MILLENNIUM HOTEL, AND THEY HAVE FOUND A LINK BETWEEN THAT CASE AND THE CASE OF A CLEANER WHO WAS ANNOUNCED AS POSITIVE OR COVID-19 ON MARCH 21. THE CASE THAT WAS ANNOUNCED LAST NIGHT, THE GENE SEQUENCING IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION AND IT IS STILL UNCLEAR IF THEY HAD BEEN VACCINATED. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. CALLS TO SCRAP INTEREST-FREE LOANS FROM THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN BY THE GOVERNMENT. FIGURES RELEASED UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT SHOW ALMOST 560,000 PEOPLE OWE CLOSE TO $2 BILLION TO THE MINISTRY. THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SAYS WIPING THE DEBT IS NOT UP FOR CONSIDERATION. 50,000 MORE PEOPLE ARE NOW IN DEBT, AND EACH PERSON OWES UP TO $500 MORE THAN THREE YEARS AGO. SUPPORTS ARE IN PLACE FOR A REASON. AND I'D MUCH RATHER THEM SEEK OUT SUPPORT THROUGH MSD THAN GET HIGH INTEREST LOANS FROM ELSEWHERE. KIRI ALLAN, WHO LED THE NATION THROUGH THE MARCH TSUNAMI THREAT, BEGINS HER CERVICAL CANCER TREATMENT TODAY. THE CABINET MINISTER RELAXED AT THE SUPER RUGBY MATCH IN THE CAPITAL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF UNDERGOING FIVE HOURS OF CHEMOTHERAPY FOLLOWED BY RADIOTHERAPY. PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN HAS DESCRIBED KIRI ALLAN AS 'REMARKABLE' AS SHE RECEIVED HER CANCER DIAGNOSIS WHILST LEADING THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE TSUNAMI EMERGENCY. THE QUEEN'S DESCRIBED PRINCE PHILIP'S DEATH AS HAVING LEFT A HUGE VOID IN HER LIFE. THAT'S ACCORDING TO HER SON THE DUKE OF YORK WHO SPOKE AFTER A SERVICE IN WINDSOR, ALSO ATTENDED BY HIS BROTHER PRINCE EDWARD. PRINCE ANDREW SAYS HIS DEATH IS LIKE 'LOSING THE GRANDFATHER OF THE NATION'. THE QUEEN, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, IS AN INCREDIBLY STOIC PERSON. SHE DESCRIBED HIS PASSING AS A 'MIRACLE', AND SHE'S 'CONTEMPLATING' I THINK IS THE WAY THAT I WOULD PUT IT. SHE'S DESCRIBED IT AS HAVING LEFT A HUGE VOID IN HER LIFE. PRINCE ANDREW SAID THE ROYAL FAMILY IS RALLYING AROUND TO SUPPORT HER MAJESTY. WE'LL CROSS LIVE TO WINDSOR FOR MORE SHORTLY. TO SPORT AND A LAST-GASP STRIKE HAS HELPED THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX TO A DRAMATIC WIN OVER WESTERN UNITED IN WOLLONGONG. BEN WAINE (19) ROSE HIGHEST IN THE BOX TO PUT THE BALL IN THE BACK OF THE NET IN WHAT LOOKED TO BE A LAST MINUTE WINNER. THIS IS POTENTIALLY THE WINNER FOR WELLINGTON PHOENIX. THE FLAG IS UP. HANG ON A SECOND. AND IT IS GOING TO BE A GOAL FOR BEN WAINE. THE GOAL EVENTUALLY CONFIRMED BY THE VAR AFTER A NERVY WAIT TO HAND THE NIX A 3-2 VICTORY, KEEPING THEIR TOP SIX HOPES ALIVE. HOW OLD IS THAT BOY? BEAUTIFUL. THE NIX ` THE ONLY KIWI SPORTING SIDE TO WIN ACROSS THE TASMAN THIS WEEKEND. THERE WERE CONTRASTING FORTUNES FOR SOME OF THE KIWIS PLAYING IN THE NRL OVERNIGHT. FORMER WARRIOR ISAIAH PAPALI'I CROSSED OVER FOR THE EELS AGAINST THE DRAGONS. BRILLIANT PAPALI'I! THIS IS ON HERE. BUT IT WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH AS THEY LOST THEIR FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON 26-12. MEANWHILE, THE WESTS TIGERS WERE UNABLE TO GIVE LATE CLUB ICON TOMMY RAUDONIKIS A WINNING SEND OFF AGAINST THE COWBOYS. AUCKLAND-BORN WINGER MURRAY TUILANGI SCORING TWICE FOR NORTH QUEENSLAND. ONE MORE HERE. DRINKWATER HAS IT ON A STRING. THE KICK. GOING BACKWARDS FOR NOFOALUMA! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? MURRAY TUILANGI HAS JUST DONE! DESPITE A LATE TIGERS FIGHTBACK, THE COWBOYS HELD ON 34-30 FOR THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON. STILL ACROSS THE TASMAN, A BREAK-IN HAS LEFT POLICE IN A FLAP. A FEATHERED FELON TOOK UP RESIDENCE AT A DELI IN ADELAIDE AND WAS DETERMINED TO DEFEND ITS NEW-FOUND HOME. THE TURKEY REFUSED TO LET CUSTOMERS LEAVE. POLICE WERE BEMUSED, BUT THIS BLOKE CAME TO THE RESCUE. RATHER THAN END UP IN A TURKEY SANDWICH, THE INTRUDER WAS TAKEN TO AN ANIMAL SANCTUARY. THEY ARE STROPPY ANIMALS. YOU DO NOT GO WONDERING WHAT A TURKEY THANKS. AT LEAST YOU KNOW WHERE YOU STAND. I AM QUITE PARTIAL TO TURKEY, WHICH IS A BIT CRUEL. ALTHOUGH THEY ARE HARD TO COOK. IT IS A BALANCING ACT. THEY ARE SO LEAN. AND SO MUCH OF THEM. ANYWAY... MORENA, ERIN. HOW HAVE YOU BEEN? NOT TOO BAD. I AM GENERALLY UP AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY ANYWAY. I THOUGHT I WOULD COME AND JOIN YOU. HOW OLD IS BABY? 10 MONTHS. HOW GOOD IS IT JUST TO KIND OF BE OUT OF THE HOUSE? PRETTY GOOD, JUST BETWEEN YOU AND I AND EVERYBODY ELSE. EVERYONE KNOWS. THANKS, MUM. I LOVE IT. KIA ORA, GOOD MORNING. YOU'RE WAKING TO A PRETTY WARM MORNING. TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE AVERAGES. STILL FEELING A BIT SUMMERY TODAY. IT'S GREY UP TOP, AND A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. BUT STILL WARM ` 25, 26 DEGREES. THE FALLS BECOME A BIT HEAVIER AS WE TRACK SOUTH. TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE CAN EXPECT SOME RAIN COME AFTERNOON OR EVENING. 24 IN TAURANGA. THE EAST COAST LOOKS GOOD, ALTHOUGH THE CLOUD WILL COME AND GO, AND JUST THE CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER. 24 FOR HASTINGS AND DANNEVIRKE. AND A SIMILAR PICTURE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND. A BIT GREY ABOVE FROM TIME TO TIME, AND MAYBE A SHOWER OR TWO LATER IN THE DAY. WHANGANUI AND TAUMARUNUI ` 25. WELLINGTON ` 20. THE EAST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND'S LOOKING ALMOST LIKE A SUMMERS DAY. FINE, JUST A BIT OF CLOUD DEVELOPING LATER ON, AND A RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE RANGES OF WESTLAND FROM ABOUT LUNCHTIME TODAY. SO HEAVY FALLS DEVELOPING IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS AND HAIL TOO. 19 FOR BOTH GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. A MOSTLY FINE MONDAY FOR YOU CHRISTCHURCH. CLOUD ROLLING IN FROM AFTERNOON, SO TOO IN OTHER AREAS HERE. MORNING SHOWERS FOR TIMARU, BUT AFTERNOON OR EVENING IN OAMARU. 24 FOR CHRISTCHURCH. HEAVY FALLS AT TIMES TO MILFORD SOUND. SHOWERS ARRIVE LATE MORNING TO QUEENSTOWN AND SOME POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS. DUNEDIN AND SOUTH TO STEWART ISLAND WILL SEE THE SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. COOLER ON 18 FOR DUNEDIN AND GORE. AND A QUICK LOOK AT TOMORROW. RAIN OR SHOWERS FOR MOST IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. COULD BE HEAVY IN WESTLAND. AND NORTH ` RAIN TO THE NORTHEAST ` IT DOES CLEAR, AND JUST A FEW SHOWERS FOR THE REST. YOU DO NOT MUCK AROUND. YOU GET USED TO PEOPLE, AND YOU ARE DOING WORK WHILE MATTY` OBVIOUSLY WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION WHILE HE DOES THE WEATHER. YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE. HE JAB IS ON A BIT MORE. AND WE ALSO HECKLE AN INTERRUPTION. SO I CAN EXPECT THAT AT 6.30. THIS IS THE TIME WHEN WE NORMALLY TALK ABOUT THE BESPOKE WEATHER. WE HAVE A CHANGE UP FOR IT TODAY. NORMALLY YOU WOULD EMAIL IT IN. TODAY, WE HAVE A BIT MORE DETAIL WITH EXCITING THINGS. IT IS GETTING A MAKEOVER. SO PLEASE START UP LOADING YOUR PHOTOS. HEAD TO BREAKFASTWEATHER.CO.NZ THERE IS AN EASY PROCESS TO DO THAT NOW. DO PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO DO THAT? THEY WERE WHEN WE GET TO THIS. AND THERE WILL BE MORE COMING UP ABOUT IT LATER IN THE PROGRAM. HAVE YOU GONE THERE? IT IS VERY EASY. YOU FILL OUT ALL OF THE FORMS AND IT ASKED TO FILL OUT YOUR PHOTO. YOUR PHOTO MUST BE ON YOUR COMPUTER. IF YOU LOG IN ON YOUR PHONE, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THE PHOTOS ON YOUR PHONE. ANY MORE IT SUPPORT, JUST COME TO JENNY MAY. NO! MATTY WILL POTENTIALLY PAY A VISIT AND DO THE SHOW LIVE. THANKS FOR STEALING THAT. HE IS NOT GOING TO DO THAT (!) I WILL JUST TAKE IT BACK. BESPOKE WEATHER, TAKING US AND YOU PLACES. AFTER THE BREAK ` WE REMEMBER THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, PRINCE PHILIP. WE'RE LIVE TO WINDSOR NEXT. WHAT A LONG AND REMARKABLE LIFE. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE PHILIP, WHO DIED LATE ON FRIDAY NIGHT NEW ZEALAND TIME AGED 99. THE DUKE HAD BEEN IN HOSPITAL, BUT HE SPENT HIS FINAL WEEKS AT WINDSOR CASTLE WITH HIS WIFE QUEEN ELIZABETH II BY HIS SIDE. ELIZABETH AND PHILIP HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR 73 YEARS. IN A MOMENT, WE'RE JOINED BY ROYAL COMMENTATOR FOR CNN ` VICTORIA ARBITER. BUT FIRST, LET'S GO TO 1 NEWS EUROPE CORRESPONDENT, DANIEL FAITAUA, WHO'S IN WINDSOR. MORENA E HOA. A SIGN OF SPRING THERE. YES, INDEED. LOVELY BLOOMING TREES HERE AND LOTS OF DAFFODILS THAT ARE POPPING UP. WE ARE JUST OUTSIDE WINDSOR CASTLE BY THE LONG WALK. IT IS BEAUTIFUL WALKING THROUGH HERE AND GETTING THAT SPRING VIBE. WHO IS THERE? AND DESCRIBE THE MOOD AMONGST THEM. THE MOOD HAS BEEN QUITE REFLECTIVE, SOMBRE. WE ARE IN DAY THREE WHERE A NATION IS MORNING. IT IS QUIET. YOU DO SEE THE CROWDS HERE, BUT EVERYONE IS REALLY QUIET. THE FLORAL TRIBUTES, THEY ARE STILL BRINGING THEM IN. YOU TALK TO LOCALS HERE, AND THERE IS A REAL COMMON THEME. YES, THEY ARE SAD THAT PRINCE PHILIP HAS PASSED AWAY AND THEY BRING THESE FLORAL TRIBUTES, BUT THEY ARE EVEN SADDER BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT THE QUEEN. THIS IS A COUPLE THAT HAS BEEN TOGETHER FOR 73 YEARS, ANOTHER QUEEN IS ALONE. SHE IS A WIDOW NOW. MANY COME HERE AND REALLY FEEL SORRY FOR HER AND THE FAMILY. BUT IT IS ALL ABOUT THE QUEEN. THAT IS THE MOOD HERE AT THE MOMENT. I AM SURE THAT WILL BE THE MOOD UNTIL PRINCE PHILIP'S FUNERAL. WHATEVER YOU THINK OF THE INSTITUTION, IT IS A VERY HUMAN STORY. 73 YEARS TOGETHER IS A REMARKABLE MARRIAGE. AND HE WAS A VERY PARTICULAR CONSORT. HE ABSOLUTELY KNEW HIS ROLE. AND SHE MUST ALWAYS HAVE FELT SAFE WITH HIM IN A WORLD THAT COULD TURN AGAINST THE MONARCHY AT ANY STAGE. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. DO NOT FORGET THAT HE EPITOMISE THE ALPHA MALE. HE WAS THE MAN THAT JUST BELIEVES THAT HE WAS IN THE ROLE. WHEN HE MARRIED ELIZABETH AND SHE BECAME QUEEN, HE HAD TO TAKE A STEP BACK. NEVER DID HE OVERSHADOW, OR EVEN EMBARRASS THE QUEEN. HE ALWAYS WAS THERE BY HER SIDE. AND I THINK THAT WILL BE HIS LEGACY. THAT IS WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR. THE MAN SHE COULD TURN TO WHENEVER SHE NEEDED HIM, BUT NEVER DID OVERSHADOW HER AT ALL, AND YOU THAT HIS PLACE WAS JUST TO BE THERE AS A CONFIDANT. IT IS ALSO SAD AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE QUEEN IS ON HER OWN AT WINDSOR CASTLE AND SEEKING SOLACE FROM HER FAMILY. YOU SAID BEFORE IT WAS QUIET. I AM REALLY STRUCK BY HOW QUIET IT IS. THERE ARE PEOPLE DOING THE THINGS YOU WOULD EXPECT THEM TO DO AT TIMES LIKE THIS, POSING FOR PHOTOS, TAKING STOCK. BUT THERE IS NOT A SOUND BEHIND YOU. NO. YOU CAN HEAR THE BIRDS ARE CHIRPING. IT IS THAT SOMBRE MOOD, AND PEOPLE ARE JUST WALKING HERE AND JUST PLACING THE FLOWERS DOWN. THEY ARE PAUSING AND REFLECTING. THEY SEE US AS MEDIA HERE, AND THEY WILL COME UP TO US AND ASK US WHERE WE ARE FROM. WE TELL THEM WE'RE FROM NEW ZEALAND, AND THEY WILL SAY THEY HAVE FRIENDS IN NEW ZEALAND WHO ARE ALWAYS WANTING TO KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE YOU. THAT IS HOW YOU DESCRIBE IT. IT IS A VERY SOMBRE, REFLECTIVE DAY. 6 DEGREES. 720 IN THE EVENING. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. YOU HAVE HAD A VERY BUSY FEW DAYS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. WE ARE GOING TO NOW BRING IN VICTORIA ARBITER. SO JUST HOW SIGNIFICANT IS PRINCE PHILIP'S DEATH? WHAT'S HIS LEGACY? AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? FOR ALL THAT AND MORE, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO BE JOINED BY ROYAL COMMENTATOR FOR CNN AND MANY OTHERS, VICTORIA ARBITER. TELL US ABOUT PRINCE PHILIP AS YOU HAVE SEEN HIM. PRINCE PHILIP REALLY WAS A REMARKABLE MAN. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME IN HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HIM, BECAUSE I THINK PRINCE PHILIP IS OFTEN CHARACTERISED AS THAT OUTSPOKEN, RATHER GRUFF INDIVIDUAL, PRIOR TO MAKING RATHER INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS OR NOT SAYING THINGS IN A TERRIBLY PC FASHION. THERE WERE SO MUCH MORE TO HIM. HE WAS SOMETHING OF A RENAISSANCE MAN. HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL PAINTER. HE LOVED TO PAINT WITH OILS. HE WROTE OVER 14 BOOKS THAT WERE PUBLISHED. HE WROTE FORWARDS TWO DOZEN MORE. HE WAS A PILOT. A LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT PARTICULARLY LIKE FLYING WITH HIM. HE WAS NOT SCARED OF ANYTHING. HE HAD A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOUR. BUT THERE WAS ALSO AN INCREDIBLY COMPASSIONATE AND EMPATHETIC SIDE TO PRINCE PHILIP. I THINK THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY LOVELY OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. THERE HAVE BEEN STORIES FROM PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO SHARED THEIR FUNNY, AMUSING INTRODUCTIONS TO HIM, AND OTHERS HER SHED MORE POIGNANT ONES. THERE WAS ONE JUST TODAY, A GENTLEMAN WHO SERVED AS A BUTLER AT THE WHITE HOUSE, HE WAS AFRICAN-AMERICAN, AND PRINCE PHILIP WAS THERE ON A TRIP SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND EXCUSED THEMSELVES FROM THE MAIN PARTY AND PHANTOMS UP IN A ROOM WITH HIM. AND PRINCE PHILIP POURED HIM A DRINK. THE BUTLER COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY WAS POURING HIM A DRINK. THEY SHOT THE BREEZE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN PRINCE PHILIP WENT BACK TO THE BUSINESS OF BEING A ROYAL. IT IS IMPORTANT AT TIMES LIKE THIS TO REMEMBER THERE IS A FULL PERSON, NOT JUST THE ONE CHARACTERISED BY THE MEDIA. I LOVE THE DETAIL THAT HIS BACK OFTEN HAD A DRINK AND ARE PROBABLY RETURNED GOOD TO GO. BUT THAT WAS HIS ROLE. LET'S TALK ABOUT HIM AS A HUSBAND. I HAD NOT REALISED THAT HE HAD WRITTEN SO MOVINGLY THAT THERE WAS A LETTER I READ YESTERDAY FROM VERY EARLY ON AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE QUEEN WHO WAS NOT YET QUEEN IN WHICH SHE TALKED ABOUT BEING UTTERLY AND COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH HER. WHO KNOW HE EXPRESSED THEMSELVES IN THOSE TERMS? AND HE FULFILLED THIS ROLE AS CONSORT AND AS HUSBAND FOR SEVEN DECADES. HE WAS ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO HER. I THINK IT WILL BE FAIR TO SAY THAT THE PART OF THE REASON FOR THE QUEEN'S TREMENDOUS SUCCESS IN HER ROLE IS BECAUSE OF PRINCE PHILIP. HE WAS JUST ALWAYS THERE, A TREMENDOUS SUPPORT. IT IS QUITE INTERESTING BECAUSE THE QUEEN BY NATURE IS RELATIVELY SHY, BUT PRINCE PHILIP NEW TO RECOGNISE THE SIGNS IF SHE WAS IN SITUATIONS SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE AND WAS PERHAPS BECOMING A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE, NOT BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE BUT JUST GETTING OVERWHELMED BY THE SHEER NUMBER OF PEOPLE OR WANTING HER ATTENTION. HE COULD SWOOP IN AND HAVE WOULD HAVE THE PERFECT ONE-LINER. IT IS QUITE LOVELY THAT THE RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPED IN QUITE AN OLD-FASHIONED REGARD. THEY EXCHANGE LETTERS DURING THE WAR WHEN HE WAS AWAY AT SEA. THERE WAS A REAL FRIENDSHIP AT THE BASIS OF THE ROMANCE. I THINK THAT IS WHAT SERVED THEM SO WELL OVER THE YEARS. I KNOW COVID-19 HAS ALTERED EVERYTHING, AND I KNOW THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY GRAND FUNERAL IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH COMMONWEALTH LEADERS. I AM SURE NEW ZEALAND WOULD HAVE SENT SOMEBODY. BECAUSE OF COVID-19 IT IS GOING TO BE A FAMILY FUNERAL. I CAN'T HELP FEELING IT IS SOMETHING RATHER LOVELY ABOUT THAT. PARTICULARLY FOR THE QUEEN HERSELF, WHO GETS TO BE KIND OF PRIVATELY WITH HER MAN ONE LAST TIME. THE QUEEN REALLY IS INCREDIBLY STOIC AND INCREDIBLY BRAVE. IN ROYAL CIRCLES, THEY HAVE A PHRASE, YOU DO NOT WEAR YOUR PRIVATE GRIEF ON A PUBLIC SLEEP. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN MARRIED TO SOMEONE FOR OVER 73 YEARS, THE VERY IDEA OF THE WHOLE WERE TRAINING THEIR EYES ON YOU IN A TIME OF OVERWHELMING GRIEF WOULD BE VERY HARD. PRINCE PHILIP HAD ALWAYS WANTED A SMALLER FUNERAL. HE DID NOT WANT ALL THE POMP AND PAGEANTRY. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MILITARY PRESENCE. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN MILITARY REPRESENTATIVES FROM COMMONWEALTH NATIONS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE ANY OF THAT. THERE ARE ONLY 30 GUESTS ALLOWED AT THE FUNERAL. SUCH A SMALL FUNERAL THAT EVEN BORIS JOHNSON HAS ALREADY SAID I WILL NOT COME. LET'S LEAVE THAT SPACE FOR A FAMILY MEMBER. IT WILL BE NICE FOR THE FAMILY TO REALLY COME TOGETHER AND MOURN PRIVATELY AT ST GEORGE'S CHAPEL. RESULT APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US THIS MORNING. WE KNOW HOW BUSY YOU ARE AT THE MOMENT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` A SECOND MIQ WORKER FROM AUCKLAND'S GRAND MILLENNIUM HOTEL HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. MORE ON THAT AT 6.30. ALSO AHEAD ` MORE THAN 25 ORGANISATIONS HAVE SIGNED AN OPEN LETTER TO THE GOVERNMENT CALLING FOR AN OVERHAUL OF THE MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT. AND GOVERNOR GENERAL DAME PATSY REDDY, THE QUEEN'S REPRESENTATIVE IN NEW ZEALAND, JOINS US AS WE LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE OF PRINCE PHILIP. A SECOND MIQ WORKER FROM THE GRAND MILLENNIUM HOTEL HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. THE WORKER WAS A CLOSE CONTACT OF LAST THURSDAY'S CASE, AND SEVERAL LOCATIONS OF INTEREST HAVE NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED. KATIE STEVENSON JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE HOTEL. KATIE, WHAT INFORMATION IS BEING RELEASED AT THISS TAGE? PLINTH QUARANTINE FACILITY. BECAUSE THIS WORKER HAD BEEN CONSIDERED A CLOSE CONTACT AS OF LAST THURSDAY'S CASE, THEY HAVE BEEN SELF ISOLATING, AND THERE IS CONSIDERED TO BE LITTLE ADDITIONAL RISK TO THE COMMUNITY. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL LOCATIONS OF INTEREST THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. THESE ARE ALL IN THE SUBURB OF MOUNT ROSCOE. WHITE SWAN MOBILE, AND BAKE AND BEANS. THOSE LOCATIONS ARE ON THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH WEBSITES. ANYONE WHO WAS AT THOSE LOCATIONS AT THE SAME TIME ARE TOLD TO MONITOR FOR ANY COVID-19 SYMPTOMS. GENOME SEQUENCING IS UNDERWAY FOR THIS CASE, AND WE CAN ALSO EXPECT SOME MORE INFORMATION AROUND WHETHER THIS WORKER WAS VACCINATED. BECAUSE THAT A FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER SAYS PRINCE PHILIP'S DEATH IS AN 'IDEAL OPPORTUNITY' TO MEND ANY RIFTS IN THE ROYAL FAMILY. SIR JOHN MAJOR, WHO GUIDED PRINCES WILLIAM AND HARRY AFTER THEIR MOTHER DIED, SAID HE HOPED IT WOULD END FRICTION BETWEEN THE PAIR. BRITAIN HAS OBSERVED A THIRD OF EIGHT DAYS OF MOURNING. THE DUKE'S SON PRINCE ANDREW HAS SAID THE QUEEN HAS DESCRIBED PRINCE PHILIP'S DEATH AS HAVING LEFT A HUGE VOID IN HER LIFE. ROYAL COMMENTATOR VICTORIA ARBITER SAYS HE WAS ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO HER MAJESTY. WHAT'S QUITE LOVELY IS THEIR RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPED IN QUIRE AN OLD-FASHIONED REGARD. THEY EXCHANGED LETTERS DURING THE WAR WHEN HE WAS AWAY AT SEA. THERE WAS A REAL FRIENDSHIP AT THE BASIS OF THEIR ROMANCE, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT SERVED THEM SO WELL OVER THE YEARS. THERE ARE URGENT CALLS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO OVERHAUL THE MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT. AN OPEN LETTER SIGNED BY 25 ORGANISATIONS URGES THE GOVERNMENT TO UPDATE THE DRUG LAWS AND TREAT DRUG USAGE AS A HEALTH ISSUE. NEW ZEALAND DRUG FOUNDATION DIRECTOR SARAH HELM SAYS THE ACT IS OUTDATED AND OUT OF STEP WITH EVIDENCE, PUBLIC OPINION AND GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES. POLLS RELEASED BY THE HELEN CLARK FOUNDATION LAST MONTH FOUND CANNABIS LEGALISATION OR DECRIMINALISATION WAS FAVOURED. IT'S HOPED NAMING-AND-SHAMING, AS WELL AS A $750 INSTANT FINE, WILL DETER THOSE DUMPING RUBBISH IN CANTERBURY'S NATIONAL PARKS. ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY'S INTRODUCED THE FINE AFTER PICKING UP MORE THAN 60 TONNES OF RUBBISH ACROSS THE REGION'S THREE NATIONAL PARKS IN A SINGLE YEAR AT A COST OF MORE THAN $150,000. CANTERBURY'S NATIONAL PARKS INCLUDE THE SHORES OF LAKE TEKAPO AND THE BANKS OF THE WAIMAKARIRI AND ASHLEY-RAKAHURI RIVERS. THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL PUBLISH THE NAMES OF ALL THOSE CAUGHT ON ITS WEBSITE. TO SPORT, AND THERE HAVE BEEN MASS CASUALTIES FOLLOWING THE BRUISING SUPER RUGBY CLASSIC BETWEEN THE HURRICANES AND CRUSADERS IN WELLINGTON. JACK GOODHUE AND JOE MOODY WILL GET SCANS TODAY ON LEG INJURIES AND LOOK SET FOR LENGTHY STINTS ON THE SIDELINES. MOODY FORCED OFF IN HIS 100TH GAME FOR THE CRUSADERS. MEANWHILE THERE WERE MORE HEADACHES FOR THE ALL BLACKS SELECTORS AS ARDIE SAVEA LOOKS TO BE NURSING A KNEE INJURY. THE SKIPPER WILL ALSO BE ASSESSED TODAY BY HURRICANES STAFF WHILE NGANI LAUMAPE IS AWAITING THE CITING COMMISSIONER AFTER HIS YELLOW CARD IN THE 30-27 GOLDEN POINT CRUSADERS WIN. MANCHESTER UNITED HAS COME FROM BEHIND TO BEAT TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR AND DAMAGE ITS HOPES OF FINISHING IN THE TOP FOUR. MANCHESTER UNITED HAS A LEAD. MASON GREENWOOD SCORING IN STOPPAGE TIME TO ROUND OFF A 3-1 WIN FOR UNITED. THAT RESULT BOOSTING WEST HAM'S AMBITIONS OF COMPLETING ITS HIGHEST-EVER FINISH IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE ERA. THE HAMMERS REMAIN IN FOURTH AFTER BEATING LEICESTER CITY 3-2. DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE HURRICANE SCOOTER MARK NO. IT WAS A CRACKER OF A GAME. THE LEARNING THAT WE CAN TAKE FROM THAT IS, THE CRUSADERS KNOW HOW TO WIN, YOU KICK INTO THEIR HALF. I WAS AT HOME IN THE FIDDLE POSITION. THE CRUSADERS COMING OFF THAT LOSS, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT QUITE, CAN YOU TAKE IT LIKE THAT, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET BACK ON YOUR FEET. I'M NOT SAYING THE HURRICANE IS WHEN ANY GOOD. THEY WERE EXTRAORDINARILY GOOD. FINGERS CROSSES INJURY IS ONLY SHORT-TERM. I THOUGHT NOBODY WAS LISTENING TO ME THIS MORNING. WE HAD NO CHOICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS AROUND MY SONS, HAVE BEEN AT KURA FOR THE LAST THREE OR SO WEEKS. ONE ABSOLUTELY HATES IT. I'VE ASKED A MINOR NUMBER OF OCCASIONS, I THINK THAT HE IS A HOMEBODY. MICHELLE SAID THAT THEY HAVE KIDS STAY IN THEIR PRESCHOOL UNTIL THEY ARE SIX. LISTEN TO YOUR SON, HAVE LOTS OF VISITS OVER THE WEEKENDS, PLOUGH THE FIELDS, FIND THE CLASSROOMS AND MAKE REALLY FAMILIAR. THANK YOU, RACHELLE. GOT SOME BEAUTIFUL FEEDBACK HERE. WE WILL GET THROUGH IT. THANK YOU. RICHARD CERDA TURNED HIS LIFE UPSIDE DOWN. HIS FIVE YOU'RE NOT WANTING TO GO TO SCHOOL? IT'S A BIT HIT AND MISS. IT IS LIKE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL. AND THEY CAN'T COMMUNICATE EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE FEELING. THANK YOU. I WILL READ THROUGH ALL OF THESE. HELD IS YOUR OLDEST? FOR. IF ANYONE'S GOT ANY SLEEPING TIPS, CINNAMON. LET'S CHECK OUT YOUR WEATHER. IT WAS A WARM AND HUMID NIGHT ` TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE AVERAGES. STILL FEELING A BIT SUMMERY IN SPOTS. IT'S GREY UP TOP, AND A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. BUT STILL WARM ` 25, 26 DEGREES. THE FALLS BECOME A BIT HEAVIER AS WE TRACK SOUTH. TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE CAN EXPECT SOME RAIN COME AFTERNOON OR EVENING. 24 IN TAURANGA. THE EAST COAST LOOKS GOOD, ALTHOUGH THE CLOUD WILL COME AND GO, AND JUST THE CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER. 24 FOR HASTINGS AND DANNEVIRKE. AND A SIMILAR PICTURE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND. A BIT GREY ABOVE FROM TIME TO TIME, AND MAYBE A SHOWER OR TWO LATER IN THE DAY. WHANGANUI AND TAUMARUNUI ` 25. WELLINGTON ` 20. THE EAST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND'S LOOKING ALMOST LIKE A SUMMERS DAY. FINE, JUST A BIT OF CLOUD DEVELOPING LATER ON, AND A RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE RANGES OF WESTLAND FROM ABOUT LUNCHTIME TODAY. SO HEAVY FALLS DEVELOPING IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS AND HAIL TOO. 19 FOR BOTH GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. A MOSTLY FINE MONDAY FOR YOU, CHRISTCHURCH. CLOUD ROLLING IN FROM AFTERNOON, SO TOO IN OTHER AREAS HERE. MORNING SHOWERS FOR TIMARU, BUT AFTERNOON OR EVENING IN OAMARU. 24 FOR CHRISTCHURCH. HEAVY FALLS AT TIMES TO MILFORD SOUND. HEAVY FALLS AT TIMES TO MILFORD SOUND. SHOWERS ARRIVE LATE MORNING TO QUEENSTOWN AND SOME POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS. DUNEDIN AND SOUTH TO STEWART ISLAND WILL SEE THE SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. COOLER ON 18 FOR DUNEDIN AND GORE. AND A QUICK LOOK AT TOMORROW ` RAIN OR SHOWERS FOR MOST IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. COULD BE HEAVY IN WESTLAND. AND NORTH ` RAIN TO THE NORTHEAST. IT DOES CLEAR. AND JUST A FEW SHOWERS FOR THE REST. AND THAT'S YOUR 630 WHETHER. PLEASE SENDING YOUR BESPOKE WEATHER SHOTS TO A NEW SPOT UPLOAD YOUR PHOTOS THERE, WE'VE GOT SOME EXCITING NEWS ABOUT THE SPOKE WEATHER COMING SOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DON'T FORGET THAT TODAY IS THE DAY WE WANT TO CELEBRATE SOMEONE OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE COMING UP ` THERE ARE CALLS FOR THE MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT TO BE URGENTLY UPDATED. NEXT ` WHY 25 ORGANISATIONS ARE PUSHING THE GOVERNMENT TO ACT. THERE ARE CALLS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO URGENTLY OVERHAUL THE MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT. IN AN OPEN LETTER, SIGNED BY A BROAD RANGE OF ORGANISATIONS, CALLS FOR AN UPDATE TO THE DRUG LAWS TO ENSURE THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITIES. THE LETTER CALLS FOR A SYSTEM THAT PUTS HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FIRST, AND TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER PROSECUTED FOR LOW-LEVEL DRUG OFFENCES. THE NATIONAL HAUORA COALITION IS ONE OF THE ORGANISATIONS THAT HAS SIGNED THE LETTER, AND WE'RE JOINED BY THE CLINICAL DIRECTOR AND LEADER FOR SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT ` DR RAWIRI JANSEN. MORENA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. YOU ARE AN AIRPORT, SO YOU MAY HAVE TROUBLE SEEING OR HEARING US AND ALSO OUR VIEWERS, YOU MIGHT HAVE A BIT OF DIFFICULTY SHARING AT SOME STAGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR YOUR TIME. TALK TO US ABOUT THE NATIONAL HAUORA COALITION. WHY HAS YOUR ORGANISATION PUT ITS NAME TO THIS OPEN LETTER? CAN YOU HEAR ME, DR? WE ARE HAVING A FEW TECHNICAL ISSUES. WILL TRY AND GET BACK TO YOU. WE HAVE SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES THIS MORNING. HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME BACK TO. THEY WANT DRUG USE TO BE TREATED AS A HEALTH AND SOCIAL ISSUE RATHER THAN A CRIMINAL ISSUE. THEY LEAVE THOUSANDS A YEAR WITH A CONVICTION THAT IMPACTS MENTAL HEALTH, RELATIONSHIPS HOUSING AND EDUCATION. THERE ARE NUMBER OF ORGANISATIONS THAT ARE PUT THEIR NAMES TO THIS LETTER ASKING FOR THE OVERHAUL OF THAT MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT. WHO GETS CRIMINALISED? IT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST MAORI AND PASIFIKA WE WOULD LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK ON IT. LET'S TRY AND GET BACK TO HIM NOW. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU NOW. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR ORGANISATION HOW DID THIS COLLECTIVE OF ORGANISATIONS COME TOGETHER? AT THE MOMENT WE'VE GOTTA SYSTEM WHICH REALLY CRIMINALISES QUITE AN ORDINARY ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOUR. A MINOR SITUATION WHERE A YOUNG PERSON IS SPOKEN TO BY THE POLICE AND HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF CANNABIS, ENDS UP ESCALATING TO A LIFELONG IMPACT. THAT A FIX FAMILY AND COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE ORGANISATIONS UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY SAYING LET'S DO BETTER THAN THAT. LET'S PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH GOOD ADVICE, AND A DIFFERENT PATHWAY AND A MUCH BETTER OUTCOME. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE START THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. YOU HAVE DESCRIBED THIS AS BEING A PIVOTAL MOMENT. WHY IS THIS A PIVOTAL MOMENT? THERE IS A CRESCENDO OF ACTIVITY. WE HAVE SOME CLEAR EVIDENCE INTERNATIONALLY. WE HAD A REFERENDUM THAT CAME WITHIN MILLIMETRES OF PASSING. A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE COULD HAVE MADE THE DIFFERENCE. ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THE VAST MAJORITY OF NEW ZEALANDERS REALLY WANT A HARM MINIMISATION. THAT'S PART OF IT. OUR SOCIETY IS MOVING TOWARDS A MORE COMPASSIONATE STANCE AND INTERNATIONALLY WE HAVE SOME STRONG EVIDENCE AS WELL. THERE IS A BETTER APPROACH. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT LEGISLATION. IT SAYS OUR LAWS REDUCED HELP WHEN WE NEED IT. TALK TO US ABOUT THE STIGMA AND INEQUITIES THAT EXIST AS A RESULT OF THIS APPROACH? LET'S BE REALLY CLEAR. THE CURRENT APPROACH DISPROPORTIONALLY IMPACTS ON MAORI AND PACIFIC. WE GO DOWN THIS CRESCENDO OF ACTIVITY THAT LEADS TO A CRIMINAL CONVICTION. THEY ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE LEGAL IMPACTS FROM THAT AND IT AFFECTS THE EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. IT AFFECTS THE WHOLE FAMILY, NOT JUST THE ONE PERSON. WE CAN DO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT. WHAT IS A SOCIAL BASED APPROACH LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THAT? IT LOOKS LIKE THE ORDINARY THING. OCCASIONALLY A FAMILY WILL COME AND TALK ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS OR DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE. WE WANT EVERYBODY A SOCIETY ` IF THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT CANNABIS, THE BEST APPROACH IS TO REFER SOMEBODY TO A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SO THAT THE PERSON CAN GET SOME SUPPORT AND INFORMATION AND BE PROVIDED WITH INFORMATION TO BE SAFE FROM DRUGS. THE LETTER HAS BEEN WRITTEN. WHAT NOW? I'M HOPING THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A NATIONAL CONVERSATION. IT TAKES THE RECENT ACTIVITY AROUND THE REFERENDUM TAKES IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. WE ARE MOVING AS SOCIETY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TOWARDS A HEALTHY RESPONSE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` A SECOND MIQ WORKER FROM THE GRAND MILLENNIUM HOTEL IS BEING QUARANTINED IN AUCKLAND AFTER TESTING POSITIVE TO COVID-19. ALSO AHEAD ` THE PM JOINS US IN STUDIO FOR OUR WEEKLY CATCH UP. AND NEXT ` GOVERNOR-GENERAL DAME PATSY REDDY AS WE LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE AND SERVICE OF PRINCE PHILIP. OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH, MORENA. LOOKING AT A GOOD DAY ` FINE, JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD ROLLING IN THIS AFTERNOON. THE NOR'EASTERS COULD BE FRESH THIS AFTERNOON. HEADING FOR A LOVELY 24 DEGREES. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON BREAKFAST. THE DEATH OF PRINCE PHILIP, THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, HAS BEEN GREETED WITH SADNESS BY MANY AROUND THE WORLD. AMONG THEM, GOVERNOR-GENERAL DAME PATSY REDDY, THE QUEEN'S REPRESENTATIVE IN NEW ZEALAND. SHE JOINS US FROM GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN WELLINGTON TO REFLECT ON THE PRINCE'S PASSING AND LEGACY. MORENA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. GOOD TO BE HERE. SAD MOMENT IN TIME FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY, FOR THE QUEEN, HER CHILDREN, AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN AS WELL. BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMONWEALTH. SOMEONE WHO SPENT 65 YEARS SERVING ALONGSIDE THE QUEEN. THIS IS A VERY SAD TIME. IT IS A VERY SAD TIME. BUT IT IS A PERFECT TIME FOR US TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT A LIFE OF SERVICE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH HAS LED. BEING MARRIED FOR 73 YEARS TO THE QUEEN AND SPENDING ALL OF HER TIME AS QUEEN SUPPORTING HER. BUT DOING A LOT OF THINGS ON HIS OWN AS WELL, AND HE STARTED THAT ROLE IN A TIME WHERE THERE WERE NO ROLE MODELS FOR BEING THE SUPPORT PERSON FOR A WOMAN IN THE '50S. HE MANAGED TO CONTINUE ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS OF HIS OWN. I THINK PEOPLE DO NOT REALISE HE CAME AT LEAST FOUR TIMES TO NEW ZEALAND ON SOLO VISITS. BUT HE CAME ALL OF THOSE MANY TIMES, I THINK 10 OR 11 TIMES, WITH THE QUEEN. HE WAS ALWAYS A WONDERFUL SUPPORT TO HER. I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT WE REMEMBER THAT HE WAS A TRAILBLAZER IN HIS OWN RIGHT, BEING A SUPPORT TO A WOMAN WHO WAS MOST FAMOUS IN THE WORLD, AND PROBABLY STILL IS. I KNOW YOU HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF THE 1963 AND 1972 IS, BUT I DO WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE VISIT THAT YOU HAD IN LONDON IN 2016. PRINCE PHILIP, HE DID NOT WANT TO BE FUSSED OVER IN HIS DEATH. I GUESS THE PANDEMIC HAS MADE SURE OF THAT FOR HIM. DID YOU GET THE SENSE DURING THAT MEETING WITH THE QUEEN AND PRINCE PHILIP THAT HE JUST HAD THAT NO-NONSENSE, GET ON WITH THINGS KIND OF APPROACH? WHAT KIND OF MAN WAS HE? HE WAS VERY MUCH A NO-NONSENSE PERSON. BUT THAT MAKES THEM SOUND A BIT GRUFF. TO BE FRANK, I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. HE WAS ACTUALLY VERY CHARMING. HE WAS ENGAGED WITH US. HOW MANY GOVERNORS GENERAL HAS HIM IN HIS LIFETIME? CERTAINLY IF YOU THINK OF ALL OF THE ROUND COUNTRIES, THERE WILL BE MANY DOZENS OF THEM. WE HAD LUNCH WITH THEM. HE HAD A BEER WITH LUNCH. HE WOULD FIT IN VERY WELL WITH A KIWI HOUSEHOLD. I WAS TOO NERVOUS TO HAVE ANY ALCOHOL AT ALL. I STUCK TO WATER. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IS BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM, IT WAS A VERY EQUAL ENGAGEMENT OVER LUNCH. I WAS INTERESTED TO HEAR ANY ADVICE AT THE QUEEN HAD FOR ME COMING INTO MY ROLE, BUT WE TALKED MORE GENERALLY ABOUT THEIR RECOLLECTIONS OF THEIR VISITS TO NEW ZEALAND, AND THE VIEWS OF THE WORLD TODAY, OR IS IT WAS IN 2016, AND IT WAS A VERY EQUAL AND INTERESTING CONVERSATION. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, HE WAS A BIT SUSPICIOUS OF YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND WHO WERE VEGETARIANS. THAT IS RIGHT. WE GOT OUR MEALS AND WE HAD BEEN ASKED IN ADVANCE WHETHER WE HAD ANY DIETARY PREFERENCES, SO WE HAD SAID WE DID NOT EAT MEAT OR FISH. AND THE DUKE AIM OUT IS AND IS OUR MEALS WERE SERVED, I THINK THEY WERE HAVING FISH, BUT HE SAID OH, SO I SEE YOU ARE A VEGETARIAN. WHY IS THAT? AND SO WE EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS HEALTH PREFERENCES AND ALSO WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THE PLANET AND THAT WE WERE INTERESTED AND CONCERNED ABOUT ANIMAL WELFARE, THE NORMAL THINGS WE WOULD TALK ABOUT. AND HE SAID, WELL, YOU WOULD GET ON VERY WELL WITH MY OLDER SON. AND EXPLAINED THAT ONE OF HIS SISTERS WAS VEGETARIAN. HE DID POINT OUT THAT SHE WAS RATHER MAD. (LAUGHTER) THAT IS BRILLIANT. HE DID SAY IT IN A LOVING WAY. I'M SURE HE DID. THE FUNERAL IS COMING UP ON SATURDAY. HOW ARE WE GOING TO REMEMBER HIM AND CELEBRATE HIS LIFE HERE? I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REMEMBER HIM AS THE UNIQUE, TRULY UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL HE WAS ` A MAN OF GREAT PUBLIC SERVICE, A MAN WHO HAD A WONDERFUL CAREER AND HIS OWN RIGHT AND HAD GIVEN GREAT WAR SERVICE, BUT ALSO WHO HAD BEEN PREPARED TO TAKE THAT LITERAL TWO STEPS BEHIND HIS WIFE THE ENTIRE SPAN OF HIS LIFE FROM THEN ON AND HAD DONE SO UNCOMPLAINING LEE AND WITH HIS OWN SENSE OF WIT AND GOOD HUMOUR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR THOSE WONDERFUL MEMORIES. THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. A SECOND MIQ WORKER FROM AUCKLAND'S GRAND MILLENNIUM HOTEL HAS GONE INTO QUARANTNE AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. THE WORKER WAS A CLOSE CONTACT OF LAST THURSDAY'S CASE, AND SEVERAL LOCATIONS OF INTEREST HAVE NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED. KATIE STEVENSON JOINS US LIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE HOTEL. KATIE, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED THIS CASE LAST NIGHT, AND SAYS THE WORKER AND THEIR PARTNER HAVE NOW BEEN MOVED TO THE JET PARK AUCKLAND QUARANTINE FACILITY. BECAUSE THEY WERE IDENTIFIED AS A CLOSE CONTACT OVER LAST THURSDAY'S CASE, THEY HAVE BEEN SELF ISOLATING, AND IS CONSIDERED TO BE VERY LITTLE ADDITIONAL RISK TO THE COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LOCATIONS OF INTEREST THEY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FROM BOTH THE LATEST CASE LAST NIGHT AND THE CASE FROM LAST THURSDAY. THEY ARE ALL IN THE SUBURB OF MOUNT ROSKILL. THE TIMES OF THESE CASES VISITED ARE THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH WEBSITE, AND ANY PEOPLE WHO VISITED DURING THOSE TIMES ARE BEING ASKED TO MONITOR FOR ANY COVID-19 SYMPTOMS. DIMINISHES HEALTH ALSO RELEASE THE GENOME SEQUENCING OF LAST THURSDAY'S CASE. THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED IT HAS A LINK TO THE PREVIOUS CASE OF A CLEANER AT THE GREAT MILLENNIUM HOTEL, WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED ON MARCH 21. THIS LATEST CASE THAT WAS ANNOUNCED LAST NIGHT, IS STILL UNDER THE INVESTIGATION, AND IT IS STILL UNCLEAR WHETHER THE WORKER HAS BEEN VACCINATED. HEALTH EXPERTS ARE CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO OVERHAUL NEW ZEALAND'S DRUG LAWS. IN AN OPEN LETTER, SOCIAL AND HEALTH ORGANISATIONS PETITION FOR AN UPDATED DRUG LAW SYSTEM WITH AN END TO PROSECUTIONS FOR LOW-LEVEL DRUG OFFENCES. NATIONAL HAUROA COALITION'S CLINICAL DIRECTOR DOCTOR RAWIRI JANSEN SAYS NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR CHANGE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF NEW ZEALANDERS REALLY WANT A HARM MINIMISATION AND A HEALTH RESPONSE TO CANNABIS AND OTHER DRUGS, AND THAT'S PART OF IT. OUR SOCIETY IS MOVING TOWARDS A MORE COMPASSIONATE STANCE WITH RESPECT TO DRUGS, AND INTERNATIONALLY WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY STRONG EVIDENCE. AS I SAY THERE'S A BETTER APPROACH AND IT ISN'T CRIMINILISING IT; IT'S ACTUALLY TREATING IT AS A HEALTH ISSUE. THE QUEEN'S DESCRIBED PRINCE PHILIP'S DEATH AS 'HAVING LEFT A HUGE VOID IN HER LIFE.' THAT'S ACCORDING TO HER SON THE DUKE OF YORK, WHO SPOKE AFTER A SERVICE IN WINDSOR, ALSO ATTENDED BY HIS BROTHER PRINCE EDWARD. PRINCE ANDREW SAYS HIS DEATH IS LIKE 'LOSING THE GRANDFATHER OF THE NATION.' THE QUEEN, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, IS AN INCREDIBLY STOIC PERSON. SHE DESCRIBED HIS PASSING AS A 'MIRACLE', AND SHE'S 'CONTEMPLATING' I THINK IS THE WAY THAT I WOULD PUT IT. AND SHE'S 'CONTEMPLATING' I THINK IS THE WAY THAT I WOULD PUT IT. SHE'S DESCRIBED IT AS HAVING LEFT A HUGE VOID IN HER LIFE. PRINCE ANDREW SAID THE ROYAL FAMILY IS RALLYING AROUND TO SUPPORT HER MAJESTY. TO SPORT, AND A LAST-GASP STRIKE HAS HELPED THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX TO A DRAMATIC WIN OVER WESTERN UNITED IN WOLLONGONG. BEN WAINE (19) ROSE HIGHEST IN THE BOX TO PUT THE BALL IN THE BACK OF THE NET IN WHAT LOOKED TO BE A LAST-MINUTE WINNER. AND IT IS BEN WAINE, WHO SCORES PARTICULARLY THE WONDERFUL WELLINGTON PHOENIX! HANG ON A SECOND. IT IS GOING TO BE A GOAL! THE GOAL EVENTUALLY CONFIRMED BY THE VAR AFTER A NERVY WAIT TO HAND THE 'NIX A 3-2 VICTORY, KEEPING THEIR TOP SIX HOPES ALIVE. THE 'NIX THE ONLY KIWI SPORTING SIDE TO WIN ACROSS THE TASMAN THIS WEEKEND. IN THE OTHER CATEGORY, THE WARRIORS. NOT WINNING LIKE MY BELOVED HURRICANE'S.. YOU ARE FROM CRUSADERS COUNTRY? YOU HAVE NOT GLOATED ONCE, SO THANK YOU. I AM EMBODYING MATT'S DISINTEREST. KIA ORA, GOOD MORNING. IT WAS A WARM AND HUMID NIGHT, TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE AVERAGES. STILL FEELING A BIT SUMMERY IN SOME SPOTS. IT'S GREY UP TOP, AND A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. BUT STILL WARM ` 25, 26 DEGREES. THE FALLS BECOME A BIT HEAVIER AS WE TRACK SOUTH. TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE CAN EXPECT SOME RAIN COME AFTERNOON OR EVENING. 24 IN TAURANGA. THE EAST COAST LOOKS GOOD, ALTHOUGH THE CLOUD WILL COME AND GO, AND JUST THE CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER. 24 FOR HASTINGS AND DANNEVIRKE. AND A SIMILAR PICTURE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND. A BIT GREY ABOVE FROM TIME TO TIME, AND MAYBE A SHOWER OR TWO LATER IN THE DAY. WHANGANUI AND TAUMARUNUI ` 25. WELLINGTON ` 20. THE EAST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND'S LOOKING ALMOST LIKE A SUMMERS DAY. FINE, JUST A BIT OF CLOUD DEVELOPING LATER ON, AND A RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE RANGES OF WESTLAND FROM ABOUT LUNCHTIME TODAY. SO HEAVY FALLS DEVELOPING IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS AND HAIL TOO. 19 FOR BOTH GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. A MOSTLY FINE MONDAY FOR YOU CHRISTCHURCH. CLOUD ROLLING IN FROM AFTERNOON, SO TOO IN OTHER AREAS HERE. MORNING SHOWERS FOR TIMARU, BUT AFTERNOON OR EVENING IN OAMARU. 24 FOR CHRISTCHURCH. HEAVY FALLS AT TIMES TO MILFORD SOUND. SHOWERS ARRIVE LATE MORNING TO QUEENSTOWN AND SOME POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS. DUNEDIN AND SOUTH TO STEWART ISLAND WILL SEE THE SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. COOLER ON 18 FOR DUNEDIN AND GORE. AND A QUICK LOOK AT TOMORROW. RAIN OR SHOWERS FOR MOST IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. COULD BE HEAVY IN WESTLAND. AND NORTH ` RAIN TO THE NORTHEAST ` IT DOES CLEAR, AND JUST A FEW SHOWERS FOR THE REST. THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. AT THIS TIME EVERY MONDAY MORNING, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE JOINED BY THE PRIME MINISTER FOR A DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUES OF THE DAY. AND, BY GOLLY, THIS MORNING THE ISSUES ARE MANY AND VARIED, INCLUDING THE DEATH OF PRINCE PHILIP, THE REMARKABLE SAMOAN ELECTION, A NEW BORDER-RELATED COVID-19 CASE AND THE ALMOST $2 BILLION OF DEBT OWED BY BENEFICIARIES TO THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. PRIME MINISTER, TENA KOE, WELCOME. MORENA. LET'S START WITH PRINCE PHILIP. YOU HAVE NOT MET HIM. HE MOVED AWAY FROM IN 2017, AND MY FIRST OCCASION TO MEET WITH HER MAJESTY WAS AFTER, SO MY INTERACTION TO BE PREDOMINANTLY WITH HER. SINCE COVID, HER CONTACT WITH NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. ON TWO OCCASIONS, SHE HAS CALLS TO CHICKEN. *CHECK IN FROM TIME TO TIME, SHE SHARES HER LOVELY MEMORIES OF NEW ZEALAND. IN GENERAL TERMS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STRUCK ME RECENTLY 1953? DO WE HAVE THAT FOOTAGE STANDING BY? INTERESTINGLY, WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS, SHE MENTIONED THAT IN THE SUMMERTIME IN NEW ZEALAND, AND SHE MENTIONED HER VISIT AND HER MEMORY OF A POOL AT CHRISTMAS TIME. BUT NONE OF THE HOMES WE TEND TO BE HAD A POOL, BUT THERE IT IS, THERE IS A FOOTAGE OF IT. IN 1953, HERE IS THIS MEMORY THAT SHE STILL HAS A NEW ZEALAND. LET'S GO TO SAMOA. QUITE REMARKABLE, GIVEN THE DOMINANCE OF SAMOA. HAVE YOU MET HER? I HAVE, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, SHE SERVED AS THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, SO HER CONNECTION AND KNOWLEDGE AND ENGAGEMENT WITH NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT OVER THE YEARS, SO YES, WE HAVE MET, AND SHE HAS MET A NUMBER OF MINISTERS HERE AS WELL. IT IS REALLY INTERESTING TO WATCH WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE, OVER THE COMING WEEKS I UNDERSTAND IT'LL BE A FEW WEEKS OVER CERTAINTY OVER THE FINAL RESULT. BY GOLLY, HE HAS GOT A BIT OF POWER. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE THAT LANDS. WOULD LET SIGNAL ANY CHANGE IN THE RELATIONSHIP WITH NEW ZEALAND? BUSINESS AS USUAL. THE FANTASTIC THING IS BOTH WITH THE CURRENT PRIME MINISTER AND THE CONTENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER, BOTH STRONG VILLAGES WITH NEW ZEALAND. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE COVID-19 CASE, THIRD CASE OUT OF GREAT MILLENNIUM. THEY WERE A CLOSE CONTACT. THEY WERE ALREADY IN ISOLATION, THIS SECOND TEST CAME BACK POSITIVE, TO THE SYSTEM IS WORKING AS IT SHOULD. BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN IN ISOLATION, YOU ARE NOT SITTING HERE NERVOUSLY? NOT AT ALL, AND WHEN I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE MINISTER FOR COVID-19, ONE OF THE CREATURES THEY ALWAYS ASK IS IT SOMEONE WE HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED. YOU ARE ABOUT TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT WIDE INFORMATION. THE PUBLIC HEALTH PEOPLE ARE STILL DOING A WIDER INVESTIGATION, AND I STILL EXPECT TO PUT UP WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE VACCINE LATER TODAY. CAN WE GO BACK TO WHY CASE B WAS NOT VACCINATED? AS THAT GOOD ENOUGH? NO, WE WANT EVERYONE ON THE FRONT LINE TO BE VACCINATED. WE CAN SEE THE EFFORTS BEING MADE FOR THE APPOINTMENTS THAT THE PERSON DID NOT ATTEND. THAT AS A MATTER THAT COMES TO THEM AND THEIR EMPLOYER ARE THE SECURITY AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IN THEIR WORKFORCES VACCINATED. THEY ARE SITTING AT 79% AT THE MOMENT, IS A GOOD ENOUGH? NO, BECAUSE WE NEED EVER TO BE VACCINATED. FROM MONDAY THROUGH TO THE END OF APRIL, WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT VACCINATED IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THEY ARE REDEPLOYED AND MOVED ON, WAS ALWAYS A POINT WE HAD TO GET TO. WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A HEALTH AND SAFETY OBLIGATION TO PEOPLE AT THE FRONT LINE, IS A BIG CALL, BUT WE HAD ALWAYS MADE A CALL THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO PROVIDE AT THAT STAGE. THAT IS FOR ANYONE, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE A HOTEL WORKER, A SECURITY GUARD, A HEALTHCARE WORKER. EVERYONE AND MIQ HAS TO BE VACCINATED. I WANT TO DISCUSS INDIA. HOW DO YOU PERSUADE THE NATION OF INDIA AND THE ETHNIC INDIAN NEW ZEALANDERS THAT THEY ARE NOT BEING SIGNALLED OUT FOR SOMETHING THAT NOT HAS HAPPENED IN ITALY, UK, OR THE US. FOR ME, IF WE SAW, OTHER HIGH RISK COUNTRIES AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE ARE NOT SEEING THEM COMING INTO NEW ZEALAND. HAD WE SEEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED IN BRAZIL OR UNITED STATES, I WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING. WE WERE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OBJECTIVES COMING IN, THAT IS WHY WE REQUIRED PREDEPARTURE TESTING. EXCEPT THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE IN INDIA. IT IS ONLY A PAUSE, THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT PERMANENTLY STOP CITIZENS FOR COMING HOME. GIVEN THE SENSE OF ELEVATED RISK FROM ANDY AT THE MOMENT, HOW DO WE STOP IT? AT THE MOMENT, WE ARE GIVING PEOPLE A 72 HOUR WINDOW TO BE TESTED. WHAT WE CAN SEE FROM PEOPLE COMING IN AND TESTING POSITIVE, AND THE GENOME SEQUENCING, AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF EXITING THE COUNTRY, AND THE CITY, AND THE AIRPORT, THAT IS BECOMING HIGH-RISK. WE COULD SHORTEN THE WINDOW FOR TESTING, WE CAN LOOK AT WHETHER TESTING IS TAKING PLACE. THAT MAY REQUIRE A FORM OF ISOLATION OR QUARANTINE BEFORE FLYING? WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE OPTIONS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE OPEN LETTER ABOUT ADOPTING A EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH TO THE DRUG REFORM. TO ENSURE THAT DRUG USE IS TREATED AS A MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL ISSUE. I AGREE WITH IT, AND WE AGREE WITH IT. WHAT WE ARE ARGUING IS TO PUT ASIDE THE SUPPLY, BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO TAKE A REALLY FOCUSED, APPROACH ON SUPPLY. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT POSESSION. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE AMENDED THE DRUG ACT TO SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOUND WITH POSSESSION, TO TAKE IT AS A MENTAL HEALTH CASE. WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE IMPACT. HOUSES WORKING ON THE GROUND? ARE WE TESTING A DECREASE IN THE COURT-BASED APPROACH? LOOKS LIKE WE ARE, BUT I WANT TO SEE IT EVENLY HAPPENING/ I WANT TO LOOK AT THE ETHNIC DATA. PROHIBITION CONTINUES TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST MAORI PASIFIKA. I DO NOT KNOW ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN BUSTED. EVEN BEFORE THIS HAS BEEN INTO PLAY, IT HAS BEEN MY MEMORY IS CORRECT, ABOUT 20% OF THOSE IN POSSESSION ENDING UP IN THE COURT SYSTEM. FOR EVERY DRUG, EVER AS SOMETHING JUST FOR YOURSELF, WE WANT TO TAKE A HEALTH-BASED APPROACH. THE POLICE WILL HAVE GUIDELINES ABOUT HOW TO ENACT WHAT WE HAVE CHANGED. BUT LET'S HAVE A DEBATE, WOULD WE GET THE DATA BACK TO DO A BIT OF A REVIEW ABOUT WHAT WE PUT INTO PLACE, LET'S HAVE IT OPEN DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER IT IS HAPPENING HOW WE INTEND. LET'S SEE HOW IT'S WORKING UNDERGROUND. A STORY ON 1 NEWS LAST NIGHT, ALMOST 560,000 PEOPLE OWE MORE THAN $1 BILLION. THE SPEAKS OF A CRISIS. YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT HARDSHIP GRANTS, BECAUSE THESE HOUSEHOLDS ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH MONEY. INCOME ADEQUACY IS AN ISSUE, AND SO OF COURSE I WILL TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE TO CHANGE THAT, THE FAMILIES PACKAGE. IT IS STILL TOUGH. WE WILL KEEP GOING. THE SECOND ISSUE IS THAT WE HAVE MADE IT EASIER TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE LIKE HARDSHIP GRANTS, WE HAVE MADE THE EASIER. WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE AWAY FROM THIRD TIER LENDERS. MSD, YOU ARE NOT PAYING INTEREST. THAT IS THE WAY OF AVOIDING PEOPLE GETTING INTO DIFFICULT SITUATIONS. SOME PEOPLE GET INTO DEBT BECAUSE OF OVER PAYMENT. OUR SYSTEM IS A BIT CLUNKY, SO WE ARE LOOKING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIMES PEOPLE ARE OVERPAID. IT IS A REFUND SITUATION. WE WANT TO APPROVE THE WAY IRD AND MST WORK TOGETHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. COMING UP ` BLACK FERNS SEVENS STAR PORTIA WOODMAN JOINS US NEXT ON HOW THE PANDEMIC HAS COMPLICATED THE TEAM'S OLYMPIC PREPARATIONS. THE GLOBAL COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS DISRUPTED EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE OVER THE PAST YEAR, AND HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORTING EVENTS HAVE CERTAINLY NOT BEEN IMMUNE. AS A RESULT, THIS WEEKEND MARKED THE FIRST TIME THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS HAVE TAKEN TO THE PADDOCK SINCE LOCKDOWN LAST YEAR AS THEY SEEK TO PEAK IN TIME FOR THE TOKYO OLYMPICS IN JULY. ZOOMING IN FROM WELLINGTON TO TALK ABOUT GETTING BACK AMONGST IT AND HOW THEIR OLYMPIC PREPARATIONS ARE SHAPING UP ZOOMING IN FROM WELLINGTON TO TALK ABOUT GETTING BACK AMONGST IT AND HOW THEIR OLYMPIC PREPARATIONS ARE SHAPING UP IS BLACK FERNS SEVENS PLAYER PORTIA WOODMAN. MORENA, PORTIA. I AM GOOD. TIRED, BUT GOOD. HOW WAS GETTING BACK ON THE FIELD? IT WAS REALLY COOL. I THINK WE MISSED THE VIBE OF TRAVELLING AWAY FROM WHANGANUI, GETTING ON A PLANE, HAVING TO PLAN OUR TRAININGS AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF. ONCE WE GOT ON THE FIELD, IT WAS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. IT WAS REALLY AWESOME. YOU HAVE BEEN DOGGED BY INJURIES THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WHAT HAVEN'T YOU HAD? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I HAD A HAMSTRING, I RECENTLY JUST HAD A TWEAK ON MY BACK. YOU'VE BEEN IN CAMP SINCE LAST TUESDAY. UNTIL TOMORROW, SO WHAT HAS BEEN THE FOCUS IN CAMP? AND HOW MUCH TALK HAS BEEN ON THE OLYMPICS? THIS IS PRETTY MUCH RECREATION OF THE OLYMPICS. WE LEFT ON TUESDAY, BUT WE STARTED OUR TRAVEL WEEK WE TRAINED ON SUNDAY, AS IF IT WAS A DAY THAT WE LANDED IN THE COUNTRY. WE HAD A DAY OFF MONDAY, SO THIS WEEK, BECAUSE WERE SPLIT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. WE HAD TO MANAGE THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. IN TERMS OF OLYMPICS, EVERYBODY'S GOT THERE IN THE BACK OF THEIR MIND. BUT WE ARE TRYING TO FOCUS ON THIS WEEKEND. JUST WANTING TO GET INDIVIDUAL ROLES, AND AS A TEAM, COMBINE UNITY ON IT. IN TERMS OF OLYMPIC GAMES, IT'S DEFINITELY THERE. WITH MY BACK INJURY IF IT IF IT WAS THE OLYMPICS, WE COULD JUST GO ON FROM THERE. BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO PUSH IT TOO FAR. I DON'T WANT TO INJURE ANYTHING ELSE. THE TEAM HAS MADE THAT THE DECISION NOT TO GO TO FRANCE FOR THE LAST TWO ROUNDS OF THE WORLD SERIES, BUT THAT MEANS THAT THERE IS A LOT MORE PRESSURE ON YOU GUYS TO PUT PRESSURE ON EVERYONE ELSE IN THE SQUAD. SEE HAVE TO DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, RIGHT? YOU PLAY AGAINST OTHER INTERNATIONAL TEAMS. YOU GUYS ARE USED TO THAT, BUT DOES THIS HAVE TO GO UP ANOTHER LEVEL? YES. SO HAVE WE BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO, SPLIT OUR TEAM WE WILL HAVE THE NEW GIRLS VERSUS THE OLD GIRLS, BUT WE KIND OVER IT THIS WEEKEND WAS KIND OF THE STEP INTO, HOW DO WE GO AGAINST PASIFIKA AND THEIR GAME PLAN? IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO KIND OF ADJUST AND ADAPT OUR GAME AS WE PLAY RATHER THAN GETTING INTO THE COMPETITION, THE TECHNICAL SIDE, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO AUSTRALIA POSSIBLY PLAYING AGAINST THEM. TO PLAY GETS A GREAT SIDE LIKE AUSTRALIA WILL BE PRETTY AWESOME. WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD, AND THIS IS WHAT I BEEN PONDERING WITH ATHLETES, IF THE OLYMPUS GO-AHEAD IN JULY, ARE YOU GOING? GIVING THAT YOU ARE FIT AND ABLE? NOT FOR ME, NO. THIS IS BEEN A FIVE YEAR BUILT UP. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WHAT IS THE NEXT DAY FOR YOU GUYS? A BIT OF A POOL SESSION. A BIT OF A STRETCH SESSION. AND GET AS MUCH RECOVERY AND GET OUR BODIES RIGHT. NEXT WEEK WILL BE TRAINING IN OUR OWN TIME AND DOING WHAT WE WANT. THANK YOU, PORTIA. SUPERSTAR! ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREATS. BUT FIRST, HERE'S INDIRA WITH THE NEWS. I JUST WANT TO SAY, THE WOMAN WHO HAS 25 SETTLED SOME MORE IS JOINING US SOON. UNVACCINATED BORDER WORKERS WILL BE RE-EPLOYED, FOLLOWING AN UNVACCINATED MIQ WORKER FROM AUCKLAND'S GRAND MILLEMMIUM HOTEL TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN SAYS SAFETY IS THE PRIORITY IN THIS DECISION. FROM MONDAY THROUGH TILL THE END OF APRIL, THAT BECOMES THE FINAL WINDOW WHERE IF PEOPLE ARE NOT VACCINATED IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THEN THEY ARE RE-DEPLOYED. THEY ARE MOVED ON. AND THAT WAS ALWAYS THE POINT THAT WE HAD TO GET TO. WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A HEALTH AND SAFETY OBLIGATION TO PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE FRONTLINE IN MANAGED ISOLATION. ITS A BIG CALL, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THE VIEW THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO BE MOVED ON AT THAT STAGE. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S DESCRIBED PRINCE PHILIP AS 'CHARMING' AND 'IMPRESSIVE'. THE DUKE (99) DIED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AT WINDSOR CASTLE. HE VISITED NEW ZEALAND FOUR TIMES ON HIS OWN, AND PLAYED A SUPPORT ROLE FOR 10 OF THE QUEEN'S VISITS ` A ROLE DAME PATSY REDDY SAYS HE MADE HIS OWN. I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE REMEMBER THAT HE WAS A TRAILBLAZER IN HIS OWN RIGHT, BEING A SUPPORT TO A WOMAN WHO WAS THE MOST FAMOUS WOMAN IN THE WORLD AND PROBABLY STILL IS. HEALTH EXPERTS ARE URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO UPDATE OUR DRUG LAWS. IN AN OPEN LETTER, SOCIAL AND HEALTH ORGANISATIONS ARE PETITIONING FOR AN END TO PROSECUTIONS FOR LOW-LEVEL DRUG OFFENCES. THE NATIONAL HAUROA COALITION'S CLINICAL DIRECTOR DR RAWIRI JANSEN SAYS NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR CHANGE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF NEW ZEALANDERS REALLY WANT A HARM MINIMISATION AND A HEALTH RESPONSE TO CANNABIS AND OTHER DRUGS, AND THAT'S PART OF IT. OUR SOCIETY IS MOVING TOWARDS A MORE COMPASSIONATE STANCE WITH RESPECT TO DRUGS, AND INTERNATIONALLY WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY STRONG EVIDENCE. AS I SAY THERE'S A BETTER APPROACH AND IT ISN'T CRIMINILISING IT; IT'S ACTUALLY TREATING IT AS A HEALTH ISSUE. KIRI ALLAN, WHO LED THE NATION THROUGH THE MARCH TSUNAMI THREAT, BEGINS HER CERVICAL CANCER TREATMENT TODAY. THE CABINET MINISTER RELAXED AT THE SUPER RUGBY MATCH IN THE CAPITAL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF UNDERGOING FIVE HOURS OF CHEMOTHERAPY FOLLOWED BY RADIOTHERAPY. PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN HAS DESCRIBED KIRI ALLAN AS 'REMARKABLE' AS SHE RECEIVED HER CANCER DIAGNOSIS WHIST LEADING THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE TSUNAMI EMERGENCY. TO SPORT, AND ARE THE NERVES GETTING TO MASTERS LEADER HIDEKI MATSUYAMA? THE OVERNIGHT LEADER HAS MADE A HORROR START TO THE FINAL ROUND AT AUGUSTA, HITTING HIS FIRST SHOT INTO THE TREES. THE JAPANESE GOLFER ENDING UP WITH A BOGEY TO SLIP TO TEN UNDER PAR. BUT HE'S STILL TWO SHOTS AHEAD OF HIS NEAREST RIVAL AS HE AIMS TO BECOME THE FIRST JAPANESE MAN TO CLAIM THE COVETED GREEN JACKET. THERE HAVE BEEN MASS CASUALTIES FOLLOWING THE BRUISING SUPER RUGBY CLASSIC BETWEEN THE HURRICANES AND CRUSADERS IN WELLINGTON. JACK GOODHUE AND JOE MOODY WILL GET SCANS TODAY ON LEG INJURIES AND LOOK SET FOR LENGTHY STINTS ON THE SIDELINES. MOODY FORCED OFF IN HIS 100TH GAME FOR THE CRUSADERS. MEANWHILE THERE WERE MORE HEADACHES FOR THE ALL BLACKS SELECTORS AS ARDIE SAVEA LOOKS TO BE NURSING A KNEE INJURY. THE SKIPPER WILL ALSO BE ASSESSED TODAY BY HURRICANES STAFF, WHILE NGANI LAUMAPE IS AWAITING THE CITING COMMISSIONER AFTER HIS YELLOW CARD IN THE 30-27 GOLDEN POINT CRUSADERS WIN. I THINK, LIKE I WAS SAYING BEFORE, THE TEAMS IN THIS COMPETITION ARE SO CLOSE. WE HAD TO DIG DEEP, WE JUST HAD TO HOLD THE BALL, BE PATIENT WITH THAT. WE PROBABLY DIDN'T GET THAT AS MUCH AS WE LIKED, BUT WE HUNG TOUGH AND WE SNUCK THAT ONE AWAY. STOP LAUGHING. THIS IS STILL HURTING. MY APOLOGIES. I WAS HAVING SUCH A GAME GOOD GAME COME ON MARNIE AND THAT'S YOUR NEWS. KIA ORA, GOOD MORNING. CHANCES ARE MANY OF YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN CHUCKING THE DUVET OFF LAST NIGHT. IT'S GREY UP TOP, AND A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. BUT STILL WARM ` 25, 26 DEGREES. THE FALLS BECOME A BIT HEAVIER AS WE TRACK SOUTH. TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE CAN EXPECT SOME RAIN COME AFTERNOON OR EVENING. 24 IN TAURANGA. THE EAST COAST LOOKS GOOD, ALTHOUGH THE CLOUD WILL COME AND GO, AND JUST THE CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER. 24 FOR HASTINGS AND DANNEVIRKE. AND A SIMILAR PICTURE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND. A BIT GREY ABOVE FROM TIME TO TIME, AND MAYBE A SHOWER OR TWO LATER IN THE DAY. 22 FOR NEW PLYMOUTH. THE EAST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND'S LOOKING ALMOST LIKE A SUMMERS DAY. FINE, JUST A BIT OF CLOUD DEVELOPING LATER ON, AND A RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE RANGES OF WESTLAND FROM ABOUT LUNCHTIME TODAY. SO HEAVY FALLS DEVELOPING IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS AND HAIL TOO. A MOSTLY FINE MONDAY FOR YOU CHRISTCHURCH. CLOUD ROLLING IN FROM AFTERNOON, SO TOO IN OTHER AREAS HERE. MORNING SHOWERS FOR TIMARU, BUT AFTERNOON OR EVENING IN OAMARU. 21 AND ALEXANDRA. 24 IN CHRISTCHURCH. HEAVY FALLS AT TIMES TO MILFORD SOUND. SHOWERS ARRIVE LATE MORNING TO QUEENSTOWN AND SOME POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS. DUNEDIN AND SOUTH TO STEWART ISLAND WILL SEE THE SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. COOLER ON 18 FOR DUNEDIN AND GORE. AND A QUICK LOOK AT TOMORROW. RAIN OR SHOWERS FOR MOST IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. COULD BE HEAVY IN WESTLAND. AND NORTH ` RAIN TO THE NORTHEAST ` IT DOES CLEAR, AND JUST A FEW SHOWERS FOR THE REST. WE LOVE HEARING ABOUT YOUR TOWN IN BESPOKE WEATHER, AND NOW BESPOKE WEATHER COULD BE COMING TO YOU. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HEAD TO BREAKFASTWEATHER.CO.NZ AND SHARE A PHOTO OF YOUR TOWN. AND THANKS TO SKODA, MATTY COULD PAY YOU A VISIT. AT THE END OF EACH MONTH, MATTY WILL CHOOSE A FAVOURITE BESPOKE ENTRY, THEN HE'LL DO THE WEATHER LIVE FROM THAT LOCATION. WHAT STARTED WITH JUST A BROOMSTICK. IT HAS NOW COME TO THIS. DO YOU HAVE EVER SPOKE FOR TODAY? I DO. MADDY IS LIVING HIS BEST LIFE AT THE MOMENT. COMING UP ` SAMOA MAY BE LOOKING AT A NEW AFTER ONE OF THE STRONGEST AND CLOSEST ELECTION RACES IN DECADES. THE LEADER OF THE FAST PARTY AND POTENTIALLY THE NEW PRIME MINISTER JOINS US NEXT. (ALL CHANT) - The planet doesn't know which stuff you're doing just because you can't say no. So start at the bottom of your list and cross a few things off. YOU ARE WITH BREAKFAST. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR NEXT INTERVIEW. SHE HAS 25 SEATS, WHAT MAKES IT REMARKABLE IS THAT THE HR PP PARTY HAS 25 SEATS AS WELL. HR PP AND THE PRIME MINISTER IS CONTROLLED SINCE IT'S ALMOST BEEN A ONE-PARTY STATE FOR THE BEST PART OF FOR DECADES. AND EVEN WHEN INDEPENDENCE, WHEN THEY END UP KIND OF CORRALLED THIS REMARKABLE WOMAN HAS DONE SOMETHING QUITE EXTRAORDINARY. SHE COULD POTENTIALLY BE THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER OF SOME MORE. WE ARE EXPECTING HER TO ZOOM IN ANY STAGE BUT WE ARE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. WHAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT THEY'VE NEVER REALLY HAD AN OPPOSITION. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE SO THIS IS A HUGE THING. IT IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR SAMOA. HE HAS RUN THE COUNTRY, IT IS BEEN A SPECTACULAR EXERCISE IN MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK FOR YOU. THIS WOMAN, LEADING THE FAST PARTY, SHE MAY BE PRIME MINISTER WE ARE HOPING TO DO THE INTERVIEW ANY MOMENT. IN THE MEANTIME, YOU'VE BEEN HELPING ME OUT WITH MY ISSUES AT THE MOMENT. I'M A MOTHER OF TWIN BOYS HAVE JUST TURNED FIVE AND ARE HEADING OFF TO SCHOOL. ONE LOVES IT, HEALER ABSOLUTELY LOVES BEING AT SCHOOL. HE IS MORE EMPATHETIC TO HIS BROTHER, SAYING THAT HE DOESN'T LIKE IT EITHER WHEN IN REALITY HE LOVES IT. THE OTHER ONE HAS TEARS, IT IS REALLY REALLY UNSETTLING SUSIE SAYS THEY MAY NEED TO MAKE A GOOD FRIEND AT SCHOOL. YAH, HE HASN'T CONNECTED WITH ONE FRIEND AT SCHOOL. HE IS CONNECTING ONTO HIS BROTHER'S FRIENDS THAT HE HAS MANAGED TO CONNECT WITH. HE MAY FEEL THAT OUR FAMILY MEMBER MAY DIE WHILE HE IS AT SCHOOL, WHEN I READ THAT, BELLS WENT OFF. BECAUSE MY SONS HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT DYING. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT DEATH. AND I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT MAY HAVE AN EFFECT ON HIM. THAT MADE JUST A LITTLE BIT ANXIOUS AND MAY NEED MORE HUGS AND THEIR LIFE. THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN JUST GORGEOUS. KINDNESS, AND SO MANY PEOPLE, THE THREE OF US HAVE HAD CHILDREN WHO HAVE STARTED SCHOOL. AND EVERY CHILD TAKES A DIFFERENTLY. YOU CAN'T TELL. AFTER ABOUT SIX WEEKS, JAMES SAID' DAD HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL FOR? THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` A FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BELIEVES PRINCE PHILIP'S DEATH PROVIDES A CHANCE TO MEND ROYAL RIFTS. MORE ON THAT AT 8. ALSO AHEAD, WHY POSTNATAL DEPRESSION ISN'T JUST SOMETHING NEW MOTHERS SUFFER FROM. WE LOOK AT HOW DADS CAN ALSO BE AFFECTED. GOOD MORNING. AUCKLAND` LOOK AT THAT CLOUDY IN AUCKLAND, MAYBE A BIT OF DRIZZLE THAT COULD BE SHOWERS BY AFTERNOON. 25 DEGREES. CHANGE IS COMING TO SAMOA. POSSIBLY REMARKABLE CHANGE. AS WE DISCUSSED ON BREAKFAST ON FRIDAY, SAMOA WENT TO THE POLLS, AND THE ELECTION WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING SAMOA HAS SEEN BEFORE. AFTER MORE THAN TWO DECADES AS PRIME MINISTER, TUILA-EPA SAILELE MALI-E-LENGA-OI WAS THE SECOND LONGEST SERVING PRIME MINISTER IN THE WORLD, AND HIS HRPP PARTY HAS DOMINATED SAMOAN POLITICS FOR FOUR DECADES. BUT THAT COULD ALL COME TO AN END ONCE THE RESULTS ARE FINALISED. FIAME NAOMI MATA'AFA IS THE LEADER OF THE FA'A-TUA-TUA ILE ATUA SAMOA UA TASI PARTY, ALSO KNOWN AS FAST, AND HAS PUT UP AN INCREDIBLE CHALLENGE. AS THE RESULTS NOW STAND, FAST AND HARPP BOTH HAVE 25 SEATS, AND IN THE MIDDLE, THERE IS ONE INDEPENDENT MP. BUT WHATEVER HAPPENS NOW, FIAME NAOMI MATA'AFA HAS CHANGED THE FACE, AND THE FUTURE OF SAMOAN POLITICS, AND WE ARE SO DELIGHTED TO HAVE HER JOIN US FROM SAMOA. TALOFA LAVA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, FA'AFETAI TELE LAVA, AND CONGRATULATIONS! TALOFA LAVA, MR CAMPBELL. GOOD MORNING. I THINK IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERSTATE HOW EXTRAORDINARY THIS RESULT IS. TELL ME HOW YOU ARE FEELING ON THIS MONDAY MORNING. STILL FEELING VERY THANKFUL FOR THE RESPONSE FROM THE COUNTRY. THEN OF COURSE, THOSE WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO VOTE, THEIR SUPPORT FOR US AND THE RESULT THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE THE OFFICIAL COUNT THIS WEEK. WILL HAVE THE FINAL RESULT BY THE END OF THE WEEK. FEELING VERY THANKFUL. MUCH OF THAT DIASPORA IS A NEW ZEALAND. YOU AND THE FAST PARTY HAVE HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FROM NEW ZEALAND. IT IS QUITE A PHENOMENON. I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE IN MY 36 YEARS IN POLITICS. INDIVIDUALS HAVE RECEIVED SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE CAMPAIGNS, BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS FOR A PARTY. AT THE LAST COUNT, WE WERE VERY CLOSE TO A HALF. THAT IS TELLING. CAN WE TATOOK ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INDEPENDENT CAN WE TALK ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INDEPENDENT MP? AS THEY GO WITH YOU, YOU BECOME PRIME MINISTER. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO HIM ABOUT WHAT YOU MIGHT DO? NO WE HAVE NOT, WE ARE MEETING TODAY. WE HAVE THE ELECTION ON FRIDAY, GIVE PEOPLE TIME TO ABSORB THE RESULT. WE ARE SET TO HAVE A MEETING TODAY. HE HAS SAID PREVIOUSLY THAT IF WE WON, HE WOULD COME TO US. WE WILL SEE. TELL ME HOW THIS HAPPENED, BECAUSE IF WE GO BACK TO THE LAST ELECTION, HR PP SECURED 35 OF THE ELECTED SEATS, AND THEN PICKED UP 12 INDEPENDENTS. YOU BECAME DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IN THIS GOVERNMENT. YOU WALKED AWAY OUT OF OUTRAGE AFTER THREE BILLS THAT CROSS THE LINE IN TERMS OF THEIR IMPACT ON SAMOAN DEMOCRACY. HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO BUILD A POLITICAL FORCE AND POLITICAL CONSISTENCY SO FAST? I CAN'T TAKE ALL THE CREDIT. IN FACT, MY COLLEAGUES WHO WERE IN PARLIAMENT WITH ME IN THE LAST TERM, THERE WERE FOUR OF US. THE FORMER SPEAKER, THE INDEPENDENT MEMBER, AND FORMER HR PP CANDIDATE. THREE OF US ALL LEFT AT SOME POINT LAST YEAR. ESSENTIALLY, THE THREE GENTLEMEN THAT I REFER TO, THE REALLY BEGAN TO ORGANISE THE PARTY, AND IT WAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED IN JULY. WITH 12 PEOPLE. INCREDIBLE. ALONG THE WAY, WE GAINED MORE MEMBERSHIP, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE CANDIDATES. I, MYSELF WAS AN POSITION WHERE I NEEDED TO FINISH MY LAST TERM IN PARLIAMENT AS AN INDEPENDENT, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE LAW MEANS. BUT I STILL JOINED THE FAST ACTIVITIES, AND I ENDORSED FAST WHEN WE REGISTERED IN OCTOBER. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUT THERE, IT WAS NO SECRET. THE LEGAL CONSTRAINTS WERE SUCH, AND I DID WANT TO HONOUR MY CONSTITUENCY REPRESENTATION IN THE LAST TERM. IT WAS QUITE A LOT TO TELL MY CONSTITUENCY THAT I WAS RESIGNING. AS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. SO I DID NOT WANT TO CREATE FURTHER ACTS FOR MY CONSTITUENCY. I WAS THEN ABLE TO FORMALLY JOIN THE FAST PARTY. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A WHILE NOW, YES. I KNOW OF YOU, AND ALL OF OUR SAMOAN NEW ZEALANDERS KNOW IF YOU. YOU ARE EDUCATED AT SAMUEL MARSDEN IN WELLINGTON. THAT IS VERY POSH AND PROPER. THEN VICTORIA UNIVERSITY. YOUR DAD WAS THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF NEWLY INDEPENDENT SAMOA. THIS IS A REMARKABLE STORY, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE THING WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR WOMAN IN SAMOA? IF YOU BECOME PRIME MINISTER, HOW EXTRAORDINARY WILL THIS BE FOR SAMOAN WOMEN? I DON'T THINK IT IS JUST PRIME MINISTER, I THINK IT IS IN ANY FIELD WHERE WOMEN HAVE TRAILBLAZED. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CONSCIOUS OF BEING A ROLE MODEL. THE MESSAGE FROM WOMAN IS THAT ONCE YOU CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU CAN DO THIS, THEN IT BECOMES SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNGER WOMEN. YOU CAN, YOU HAVE, AND YOU ARE. WE SO APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US THIS MORNING. THE INDEPENDENT MP WILL BE THE KING OR QUEEN MAKER. CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL YOU HAVE ACHIEVED, THIS IS QUITE A REMARKABLE RESULT, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US THIS MORNING. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CONVERSATION. I DID LOVE THE LAST PART OF THAT, GIVING WOMEN THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY CAN DO THIS. OF COURSE WE CAN. LISTEN TO HER AND YOU GO, JUST BEAUTIFUL. BEAUTIFUL, POIGNANT, POWERFUL. THE CURRENT PRIME MINISTER DID CALL ME STUPID. WHETHER OR NOT SHE BECOMES FOREIGN MINISTER, SOMETHING REMARKABLE HAS HAPPENED. AT SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE LEGACY THAT YOU LEAVE. SHE WAS THE SECOND FEMALE MP IN SAMOAN PARLIAMENT. YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE OTHER WOMEN WHO ARE WATCHING, NOT LONG AGO, THEY HAD PUT A 10% MANDATE. ALSO EXCITING TIMES BECAUSE HERE IS THE NEWS. WHETHER SHE WINS THE SAMOAN GENERAL ELECTION OR NOT, FIAME NAOMI MATA'AFA IS HAPPY WITH THE IMPACT SHE'S HAD ON THE COUNTRY'S POLITICS. SHE AND THE INCUMBENT TUILA-EPA AIONO SAILELE MALI-E-LENGA-OI HAVE BOTH WON 25 SEATS, LEAVING AN INDEPENDENT MP AS THE KINGMAKER. IF SHE WINS, SHE'LL UNSEAT THE SECOND-LONGEST SITTING PRIME MINISTER IN HISTORY, AND TOPPLE A PARTY THAT'S BEEN IN POWER FOR NEARLY FOUR DECADES. IT IS QUITE A PHENOMENA. NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE AND MY 36 YEARS IN POLITICS. I AM SURE INDIVIDUALS HAVE RECEIVED MORE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR THE RESPECTIVE CAMPAIGNS, BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS FOR A PARTY. AND PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN SAYS WHOEVER WINS THE SAMOA GENERAL ELECTION, THE RELATIONSHIP WITH NEW ZEALAND WILL REMAIN STRONG. BUSINESS AS USUAL. I MEAN, THE FANTASTIC THING IS THAT BOTH WITH THE CURRENT PRIME MINISTER AND THE CONTENDER FOR PRIME MINISTER, BOTH STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH NEW ZEALAND. PLANS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR PRINCE PHILIP ARE EXPECTED TO BE REVEALED LATER TODAY. MEANWHILE, A FORMER BRITISH PM SAYS THE DUKE'S DEATH PROVIDES AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY TO MEND RIFTS IN THE ROYAL FAMILY. SIR JOHN MAJOR, WHO GUIDED PRINCES WILLIAM AND HARRY AFTER THEIR MOTHER DIED, SAID HE HOPED IT WOULD END FRICTION BETWEEN THE PAIR. BRITAIN'S OBSERVED A THIRD OF EIGHT DAYS OF MOURNING. THE DUKE'S SON PRINCE ANDREW SAID THE QUEEN'S DESCRIBED PRINCE PHILIP'S DEATH AS 'HAVING LEFT A HUGE VOID IN HER LIFE'. ROYAL COMMENTATOR VICTORIA ARBITER SAYS HE WAS ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO HER MAJESTY. WHAT'S QUITE LOVELY IS THEIR RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPED IN QUITE AND OLD-FASHIONED REGARD. THEY EXCHANGED LETTERS DURING THE WAR WHEN HE WAS AWAY AT SEA. THERE WAS A REAL FRIENDSHIP AT THE BASIS OF THEIR ROMANCE, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT SERVED THEM SO WELL OVER THE YEARS. TO SPORT, AND BLACK FERNS SEVENS STAR PORTIA WOODMAN ADMITS THE RUGBY SIDE HAS TO CHANGE UP ITS MINDSET AHEAD OF UNPRECEDENTED PREPARATIONS FOR THE TOKYO OLYMPICS. THE TEAM WON'T ATTEND THE TWO WORLD SERIES TOURNAMENTS IN PARIS NEXT MONTH, WHICH ARE THE ONLY GLOBAL EVENTS BEFORE THE GAMES. INSTEAD, THERE COULD BE MATCHES FOR THE SEVENS SIDE HELD IN AUSTRALIA. THE TECHNICAL AND STRATEGIC SIDE IS UP AGAIN. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO AUSTRALIA AND POSSIBLY PLAYING AGAINST THEM. TO TEST OURSELVES INDIVIDUAL AND OTHER TEAM AGAINST ANOTHER SIDE, ANOTHER GREAT SIDE LIKE AUSTRALIA, WOULD BE REALLY AWESOME. MANCHESTER UNITED HAS BEATEN TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 3-1 DAMAGING THEIR HOPES OF FINISHING IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE'S TOP FOUR. MANCHESTER UNITED HAVE THE LEAD! THAT RESULT BOOSTING WEST HAM'S AMBITIONS OF COMPLETING ITS HIGHEST EVER FINISH IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE ERA. THE HAMMERS REMAIN IN FOURTH AFTER BEATING LEICESTER CITY 3-2. WHILE CHRIS WOODS' EFFORTS WEREN'T ENOUGH FOR BURNLEY, NEWCASTLE UNITED STAR ALLAN SAINT MAXIMIN BAMBOOZLING BURNLEY'S DEFENCE, AND THE CAMERAS, TO SEAL A 2-1 WIN. HOW GOOD IS THAT? THANK YOU. YOU ROCK. WE ALL RIGHT, DON'T WE? ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? ROCK ISN'T REALLY MY GENRE. WE ALL ROCK. CAN I MANAGE THIS? CHANCES ARE MANY OF YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN CHUCKING THE DUVET OFF LAST NIGHT, ITS WARM AND HUMID IN SPOTS. IT'S GREY UP TOP, AND A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. BUT STILL WARM ` 25, 26 DEGREES. THE FALLS BECOME A BIT HEAVIER AS WE TRACK SOUTH. TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE CAN EXPECT SOME RAIN COME AFTERNOON OR EVENING. 24 IN TAURANGA. THE EAST COAST LOOKS GOOD, ALTHOUGH THE CLOUD WILL COME AND GO, AND JUST THE CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER. 24 FOR HASTINGS AND DANNEVIRKE. AND A SIMILAR PICTURE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND ` A BIT GREY ABOVE FROM TIME TO TIME, AND MAYBE A SHOWER OR TWO LATER IN THE DAY. WHANGANUI AND TAUMARANUI ` 25, WELLINGTON ` 20 . OH! I DIDN'T POINT TO THE THING. I HAVE BALLSED IT. WE DON'T REALLY NEED A GEOGRAPHY LESSON. JUST UP STATE HIGHWAY THREE FROM PALMERSTON NORTH. IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THE WINDMILLS AND DOWN THE OTHER SIDE. IF YOU COME OVER THE WAIRARAPA. A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET OVER IT'S SAINT MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH. ISN'T THAT GORGEOUS? THAT IS THE FIRST OF A NEW BESPOKE WEATHER. ASHHURST COULD BE IN WITH A CHANCE TO HAVE MATTY COME AND VISIT. I HAD VERY GOOD FISH AND CHIPS THERE ONCE. THE EAST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND'S LOOKING ALMOST LIKE A SUMMERS DAY FINE, JUST A BIT OF CLOUD DEVELOPING LATER ON, BUT A RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE RANGES OF WESTLAND FROM ABOUT LUNCTIME TODAY. SO HEAVY FALLS DEVELOPING IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS AND HAIL TOO. 19 FOR BOTH GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. A MOSTLY FINE MONDAY FOR YOU CHRISTCHURCH. CLOUD ROLLING IN FROM AFTERNOON, SO TOO IN OTHER AREAS HERE. MORNING SHOWERS FOR TIMARU, BUT AFTERNOON OR EVENING IN OAMARU. 24 FOR CHRISTCHURCH. HEAVY FALLS AT TIMES TO MILFORD SOUND. SHOWERS ARRIVE LATE MORNING TO QUEENSTOWN AND SOME POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS. DUNEDIN AND SOUTH TO STEWART ISLAND WILL SEE THE SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. COOLER ON 18 FOR DUNEDIN AND GORE. AND A QUICK LOOK AT TOMORROW ` RAIN OR SHOWERS FOR MOST IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. COULD BE HEAVY IN WESTLAND. AND NORTH ` RAIN TO THE NORTHEAST. IT DOES CLEAR, AND JUST A FEW SHOWERS FOR THE REST. SORRY, BROOM. GO AND POINTED OUT JUST NOW. WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT HERE. KNOW, LOWER. JUST BELOW THE SUN? LOWER, AND THEN A LITTLE BIT RIGHT. YES, HERE! SORRY. I WAS LOOKING AT THE WRONG ICON. MUST TRY HARDER. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME. WE ALL REMEMBER MATTY'S FIRST TIME WITH THE BROOM. WHEN I SAY WE DO NOT NEED A GEOGRAPHY LESSON ON THIS, CLEARLY I DO. I AM TOTALLY WITH YOU. COMING UP ` ANXIETY AFTER THE BIRTH OF A CHILD. NEXT, HOW POSTNATAL DEPRESSION CAN AFFECT NEW DADS. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE TALKED ABOUT POST NATAL DEPRESSION WITH OUR PARENTING EXPERT TE KARERE SCARBOROUGH. AND WHILE THAT CHAT FOCUSED ON WOMEN, WE WERE OVERWHELMED WITH FEEDBACK FROM DADS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED IT TOO. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT'S COMMON FOR GUYS TO GET POSTNATAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND THERE'S A GROWING BODY OF EVIDENCE THAT THEY ALSO EXPERIENCE HORMONE CHANGES WHEN THEIR BABY'S BORN TE KARERE JOINS US NOW TO EXPLAIN. MORENA. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO YOU HAD A CONVERSATION WITH INDIRA AROUND POSTNATAL DEPRESSION, BUT THIS MORNING WE WANT TO FOCUS ON MEN. HOW COMMON IS THIS? YOU REFLECT ON WOMEN GETTING IT, BUT OUR THOUGHTS DO NOT NECESSARILY GO TOWARDS DAD'S AND WHAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING AS WELL. EVEN BRINGING UP THE IDEA OF MEN GOING TO A POSTNATAL DEPRESSION, SOME OF US MIGHT SCOFF AT IT. THE STATISTICS IN NEW ZEALAND ARE DEFINITELY MORE THAN A LOT OF US THINK. ONE IN 10 MEN WILL EXPERIENCE POSTNATAL DEPRESSION. WHAT IS REALLY INTERESTING AS THEIR EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS ARE OFTEN ATTACHED TO THE EXPERIENCE OF THEIR PARTNER, AND SO THIS MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGE CAN HAPPEN DURING THE PREGNANCY, ESPECIALLY IF THE PARTNER HAS HAD A TRAUMATIC PREGNANCY. POSTNATAL DEPRESSION FOR MEN CAN ACTUALLY HAPPEN BEFORE THE BABY HAS EVEN ARRIVED. HOW DO WE RECOGNISE IT? I GUESS THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PARTS OF THIS. TALKING ABOUT IT IS TOUGH. BUT HOW DO YOU RECOGNISE THAT YOU HAVE IT IN THE FIRST INSTANCE? I KNOW THIS IS ABOUT MEN, BUT I THINK ABOUT MY TIME AND I GO, IT WAS JUST HARD. THAT IS THE CATEGORY YOU PUT IT IN. PARENTING IS JUST HARD. BUT HOW DO MEN RECOGNISE IT AND THEN SELLS FIRST THAT THERE IS IT SOMETHING QUITE RIGHT. THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS THAT MARKED WITHIN NEW BABIES AT HOME, EMOTIONS ARE UP AND DOWN ANYWAY, THANKS FEEL CHAOTIC, THE ENTIRE WORLD IS AROUND EAT, SLEEP, POOP OF BABY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO ISOLATE HOW YOU'RE FEELING AMONGST THAT. THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT KEYS AROUND WHO MIGHT BE MORE LIKELY TO GET DEPRESSION AND HOW THAT MIGHT SHOW. IF YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH, THEN YOU ARE MORE LIKELY THAN OTHERS TO EXPERIENCE THIS DEPRESSION OR ANXIETY BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHTENED STRESS AROUND THE HOME. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE PHYSICALLY AS TIREDNESS, EATING MORE THAN YOU ARE USED TO OR NOT SO MUCH, SLEEPING TOO MUCH OR NOT ENOUGH AT ALL, BUT ESPECIALLY EMOTIONALLY, YOU MIGHT FILL A BIG CHANGES, A LOT OF SADNESS THAT DOES NOT APPEAR BUT HANGS AROUND, ANGER, AND I THINK YOU START MOVING INTO SHAME OR GUILT. THERE IS A REALLY INTERESTING AND SAD CYCLE THAT HAPPENS WE'RE YOU WANT TO HOLD ON THE FORD AS A FATHER, AND SO YOU GO THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO DO, AND THEN YOU FEEL OVERWHELMED BY THAT RESPONSIBILITY SO YOU AREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT AND YOU TURN BACK TO I CANNOT HOLD DOWN THE FORT AND THE CYCLE CONTINUES ON AND ON AND IT CAN SPIRAL INTO QUITE A DEEP DEPRESSION FOR SOME MEN. HOW DO WE RECOGNISE IT AS MOTHERS, AND FAMILY, AS FRIENDS? ARE PART OF IT IS JUST INTUITIVELY KIND OF COMPARING WHAT THEY ARE LIKE IN THE SEASON COMPARED TO PREVIOUS SEASONS. IT IS EASY TO GO OH, THEY ARE JUST TIRED AND OVERWHELMED. THAT IS HOW YOU ARE WHEN YOU FIRST HAVE A BABY. IT IS REALLY PUSHING INTO SEEING HOW THEY ARE REALLY DOING. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AS WE STILL BELIEVE AS MEN AND SOCIETY AND SOME OF THESE OLD SCHOOL TROPES AROUND WHAT FATHERHOOD AND MANHOOD LOOKS LIKE. I AM A MAN AND I PROVIDE AND I AM ALWAYS RELIABLE. MEN HAVE MINDS THAT NEED TO DEAL WITH THE COMPLEXITIES OF LIFE. THEY HAVE HEARTS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE MAY APPEAR HARD AND TENDER AND WANT LOVE AND INTIMACY, AND SO WE NEED TO STOP ISOLATING MEN IS A PARTICULAR ROLE AND SEE THEM AS A FULL HUMAN BEING. IT IS AROUND HAVING SOME OF OUR FAMILY THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF IT CHECKING IN. ONE OF THE BIG THING FOR ME AROUND MEN IS OFTEN MEN ARE NOT THAT OFTEN AND SUPPORTING OTHER MEN, AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT WE HAVE THESE STRANGE BOUNDARIES. WE DO NOT LIKE TO PUSH ON. WE DO NOT PUSH PAST THAT. MAYBE WE SHOULD SAY I SHOULD TAKE YOU UP FOR BREAKFAST ON SATURDAY AND MAYBE WE SHOULD GO AND SEE A GP ON THE WAY THROUGH. HOW DO YOU PUSH IN? IF THAT IS NOT YOUR NATURAL TENDENCY TO DO SO, EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY SEE SOMETHING IS NOT 100% RIGHT, PUSHING THAT BOUNDARY IS TOUGH. YOU HAVE TO DO IT WHEN YOU HAVE THE TRUST OF THE RELATIONSHIP. BUT IF YOU DO HAVE THE TRUST OF THE OTHER PERSON, I THINK YOU HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE RIGHT TO DO SO. THAT IS WHAT LOVE IN OUR FAMILY MIGHT LOOK LIKE. LIFE WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE LIVED ALONE. IF PEOPLE CANNOT STEP UP FOR THEMSELVES BECAUSE MAYBE THEY ARE JUST IN A HAZE OR THEY ARE FEELING OVERWHELMED, THEN IT IS OUR ROLE TO STEP UP IN A LOVING WAY. IF SOMEONE HAD A BROKEN ARM AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE WAS AFFECTED, THERE WILL BE NO SHAME ON THEM ACCESSING HEALTH. IT SHOULD BE THE SAME ATTITUDE WITH MENTAL HEALTH. IF IT IS AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF OUR LIFE, THERE IS NO SHAME OR GUILT OR EMBARRASSMENT AND ACCESSING REALLY HIGH-QUALITY HELP. THE TRUE FOR MEN AT THE END OF THE DAY IS THE SAME FOR ALL HUMAN BEINGS ` THERE IS LIFE AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. LIFE DOES NOT HAVE TO ALWAYS BE LIKE THIS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT WILL BE EASY, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THINGS CAN CHANGE, AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN ALL DO TO HELP THAT CHANGE, WHICH MAY INCLUDE ASKING THE RIGHT PEOPLE FOR HELP. THAT IS THE BIGGEST PART. PUTTING YOUR HAND UP AND SAYING I AM HERE AND I AM STRUGGLING. THERE IS NO SHAME IN THAT. IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU. I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME, BUT I APPRECIATE THIS, AND IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT TOPIC YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH OUR MEN. STAY WITH US, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK. IT IS 8:23. IT'S THE 12TH OF APRIL, AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE CELEBRATING WITH YOU, AOTEAROA. TODAY'S THE DAY LYN AND GRAEME ARE CELEBRATING THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY OF 50 YEARS. THEIR WEDDING WAS THE FIRST AT THE THEN BRAND-NEW ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH IN HOWICK VILLAGE, BUT THE HISTORIC CHURCH WAS TOO SMALL FOR THEIR 100 GUESTS. THEY NOW LIVE IN TAURANGA, KEEPING THEMSELVES BUSY WITH FAMILY AND A GOOD SIZED HOME GARDEN. HOW MANY YEARS? 50. HOW IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VILLAGE IN THOSE DAYS. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN OUTING. TODAY'S THE DAY LACHIE TURNS 5! THIS IS HIM CELEBRATING WITH FAMILY YESTERDAY AND WEARING HIS NEW SUPERHERO CAPE MADE BY HIS AUNTY CHELSEA. IT HAS 'SL' FOR SUPER LACHIE ON THE BACK BECAUSE HE IS SO SUPER! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 25 YEARS AGO, MAT AND MEL CLARK SAID 'I DO' IN GREY LYNN HERE IN AUCKLAND. TODAY THEY LIVE IN THE BEAUTIFUL WAIRARAPA AND WILL BE CELEBRATING WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY. MEL SAYS IT'S A WONDERFUL MARRIAGE FILLED WITH LOVE, FUN, AND SO MANY AMAZING EXPERIENCES. MAT SAYS HE MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE AND THAT IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE MEL IN HIS LIFE. THEY BOTH FEEL SO BLESSED TO BE TOGETHER. BRINGS A TEAR TO THE EYE. FINALLY, TODAYS THE DAY LEOLA TURNS 100! (APPLAUSE) GOT HER CARD. SHE IS CELEBRATING WITH MORNING TEA AT HER REST HOME, THEN GOING OUT FOR LUNCH WITH FAMILY. SHE IS A WONDERFUL MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND FRIEND. YOUR FAMILY SAY YOU ARE A TREASURE TO ALL. A BIG, BIG HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY, LEOLA. I RECKON SHE WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR FOR 101. SHE IS LOOKING GOOD. IF YOU ARE CELEBRATING TODAY, WE ARE SENDING ALL OF OUR LOVE TO YOU. WE DO THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY. LET US KNOW, BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES. BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ AND USE 'TODAY'S THE DAY' IN YOUR SUBJECT LINE. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY CONFUSION ANYMORE BECAUSE WE HAVE A WEBSITE FOR BESPOKE WEATHER. THAT IS HOW FLASH WE HAVE GOT BREAKFAST. FLASH AS. TODAY'S THE DAY IS STILL THE SAME. YOU NEVER SAY DO MUCH ON BREAKFAST. WHAT IS MAKING USE? MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` HEALTH EXPERTS ARE URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO PUT AN END TO PROSECUTIONS FOR LOW-LEVEL DRUG OFFENCES. ERIN, THIS IS YOU. ALSO AHEAD ` POPSTARS IS BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER. WE TALK TO THE GROUP THAT STARTED IT ALL ` TRUE BLISS. HEALTH EXPERTS ARE CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO UPDATE DRUG LAWS. IN AN OPEN LETTER, SOCIAL AND HEALTH ORGANISATIONS ARE SEEKING AN END TO PROSECUTIONS FOR LOW-LEVEL DRUG OFFENCES. THE NATIONAL HAUORA COALITION'S CLINICAL DIRECTOR DR RAWIRI JANSEN SAYS NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR CHANGE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF NEW ZEALANDERS REALLY WANT A HARM MINIMISATION AND A HEALTH RESPONSE TO CANNABIS AND OTHER DRUGS, AND THAT'S PART OF IT. OUR SOCIETY IS MOVING TOWARDS A MORE COMPASSIONATE STANCE WITH RESPECT TO DRUGS, AND INTERNATIONALLY WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY STRONG EVIDENCE. AS I SAY, THERE'S A BETTER APPROACH AND IT ISN'T CRIMINALISING IT. IT'S ACTUALLY TREATING IT AS A HEALTH ISSUE. TRIBUTES CONTINUE TO POUR IN FOR PRINCE PHILIP, WITH OUT GOVERNOR-GENERAL DESCRIBING HIM AS 'CHARMING' AND 'IMPRESSIVE.' THE 99-YEAR-OLD DUKE DIED THREE DAYS AGO AT WINDSOR CASTLE. HE VISITED NEW ZEALAND FOUR TIMES ON HIS OWN, AND PLAYED A SUPPORT ROLE FOR 10 OF THE QUEEN'S VISITS, A ROLE DAME PATSY REDDY SAYS HE MADE HIS OWN. I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE REMEMBER THAT HE WAS A TRAILBLAZER IN HIS OWN RIGHT, BEING A SUPPORT TO A WOMAN WHO WAS THE MOST FAMOUS WOMAN IN THE WORLD, AND PROBABLY STILL IS. IT'S HOPED NAMING AND SHAMING, AS WELL AS A $750 INSTANT FINE, WILL DETER THOSE DUMPING RUBBISH IN CANTERBURY'S NATIONAL PARKS. ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY HAS INTRODUCED THE FINE AFTER PICKING UP MORE THAN 60 TONS OF RUBBISH ACROSS THE REGION'S THREE NATIONAL PARKS IN A SINGLE YEAR, AT A COST OF MORE THAN $150,000. CANTERBURY'S NATIONAL PARKS INCLUDE THE SHORES OF LAKE TEKAPO, AND THE BANKS OF THE WAIMAKARIRI AND ASHLEY-RAKAHURI RIVERS. THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL PUBLISH THE NAMES OF ALL THOSE CAUGHT ON ITS WEBSITE. TO SPORT, AND MASTERS LEADER HIDEKI MATSUYAMA HAS STEADIED HIMSELF IN THE FINAL ROUND. THE OVERNIGHT LEADER MADE A HORROR START TO THE FINAL ROUND AT AUGUSTA, HITTING HIS FIRST SHOT INTO THE TREES ON HIS WAY TO A BOGEY. BUT HE'S SINCE RECOVERED AND MOVED BACK TO ELEVEN UNDER, TWO SHOTS AHEAD OF HIS NEAREST RIVAL. MATSUYAMA IS AIMING TO BECOME THE FIRST JAPANESE MAN TO CLAIM THE COVETED GREEN JACKET. A LAST-GASP STRIKE HAS HELPED THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX TO A DRAMATIC WIN OVER WESTERN UNITED IN WOLLONGONG. BEN WAINE (19) ROSE HIGHEST IN THE BOX TO PUT THE BALL IN THE BACK OF THE NET IN WHAT LOOKED TO BE A LAST-MINUTE WINNER. AND IT IS BEN WAINE WHO SCORES FOR THE WONDERFUL WELLINGTON PHOENIX. THE FLAG IS UP. HANG ON A SECOND. AND IT IS GOING TO BE A GOAL FOR BEN WAINE. THE GOAL EVENTUALLY CONFIRMED BY THE V.A.R. AFTER A NERVY WAIT TO HAND THE 'NIX A 3-2 VICTORY, KEEPING THEIR TOP SIX HOPES ALIVE. THE 'NIX THE ONLY KIWI SPORTING SIDE TO WIN ACROSS THE TASMAN THIS WEEKEND. STILL ACROSS THE TASMAN, A BREAK-IN HAS LEFT POLICE IN A FLAP. A FEATHERED FELON TOOK UP RESIDENCE AT A DELI IN ADELAIDE AND WAS DETERMINED TO DEFEND ITS NEW FOUND HOME. THE TURKEY REFUSED TO LET CUSTOMERS TO LEAVE. POLICE WERE BEMUSED, BUT THIS BLOKE CAME TO THE RESCUE. RATHER THAN END UP IN A SANDWICH, THE TERSE TURKEY WAS TAKEN TO AN ANIMAL SANCTUARY. YEAH! I'LL TAKE IT TO AN ANIMAL SANCTUARY (!) DO WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT THE TURKEY ARRIVED AT THE ANIMAL SECRETARY? THEY ARE MAKING BREAD SOURCE AS WE SPEAK. (LAUGHTER) EW. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. IT'S A WARM AND HUMID DAY FOR MANY OF YOU. IT'S GREY UP TOP, AND A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. BUT STILL WARM ` 25, 26 DEGREES. THE FALLS BECOME A BIT HEAVIER AS WE TRACK SOUTH. TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE CAN EXPECT SOME RAIN COME AFTERNOON OR EVENING. 24 IN TAURANGA. THE EAST COAST LOOKS GOOD, ALTHOUGH THE CLOUD WILL COME AND GO, AND JUST THE CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER. 24 FOR HASTINGS AND DANNEVIRKE. AND A SIMILAR PICTURE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND ` A BIT GREY ABOVE FROM TIME TO TIME, AND MAYBE A SHOWER OR TWO LATER IN THE DAY. WHANGANUI AND TAUMARANUI ` 25, WELLINGTON ` 20 . THE EAST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND'S LOOKING ALMOST LIKE A SUMMERS DAY FINE, JUST A BIT OF CLOUD DEVELOPING LATER ON, BUT A RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE RANGES OF WESTLAND FROM ABOUT LUNCHTIME TODAY. SO HEAVY FALLS DEVELOPING IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS AND HAIL TOO. 19 FOR BOTH GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. A MOSTLY FINE MONDAY FOR YOU CHRISTCHURCH. CLOUD ROLLING IN FROM AFTERNOON, SO TOO IN OTHER AREAS HERE. MORNING SHOWERS FOR TIMARU, BUT AFTERNOON OR EVENING IN OAMARU. 24 FOR CHRISTCHURCH. HEAVY FALLS AT TIMES TO MILFORD SOUND. HEAVY FALLS AT TIMES TO MILFORD SOUND. SHOWERS ARRIVE LATE MORNING TO QUEENSTOWN AND SOME POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS. DUNEDIN AND SOUTH TO STEWART ISLAND WILL SEE THE SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. COOLER ON 18 FOR DUNEDIN AND GORE. AND A QUICK LOOK AT TOMORROW ` RAIN OR SHOWERS FOR MOST IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. COULD BE HEAVY IN WESTLAND. AND NORTH ` RAIN TO THE NORTHEAST. IT DOES CLEAR, AND JUST A FEW SHOWERS FOR THE REST. THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. IS NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US. IF YOU WONDER WHERE MATTY IS, LIVING HIS BEST LIFE. WE ARE GOING TO CATCH UP WITH HIM JUST BEFORE NINE. IF HE ASSERT HIMSELF AND IS ACTUALLY UP. HE MIGHT BE HUNG OVER. HEATED REPLY TO A MESSAGE THAT I SENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, HE SAID HE WAS ON THE WINES. THE COWBOY HAT. LIVING HIS BEST LIFE, THAT IS FOR SURE. COMING UP ` THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR KICKSTARTING THE TV SHOW MUSIC GROUPS. TRUE BLISS JOIN US NEXT. (POP MUSIC) I COULDN'T HEAR A THING. THEY WERE THE VERY FIRST STARS OF THE ORIGINAL KIWI TALENT SHOW POPSTARS BACK IN 1999! AN ALL-FEMALE POP BAND WAS CREATED ` TRUE BLISS. NOW, MORE THAN 20 YEARS ON, THE SHOW IS BACK IN ACTION AND PREMIERING TONIGHT ON TVNZ 1 AND 2. WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE WITH US IN STUDIO TODAY TWO OF THE TRUE BLISS MEMBERS FROM THE ORIGINAL SHOW, ERIKA TAKACS AND JOE COTTON. MORENA KORUA! JOE IS DOWN THE LINE IN WELLINGTON. MORENA. NO, I'M IN AUCKLAND. WE WILL JUST START OFF HERE. I READ THIS, IT WAS RIGHT IN MY PRIME VIEWING TIME, AND A MEMBER THINKING YOU GUYS WERE SO COOL. WE ARE STILL COOL. I ALSO MEMBER THINKING THAT IT WAS SOMETHING I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE, BUT NOBODY HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE. NOBODY HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE, AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT BEFORE, WE WERE FLYING BY THE SEAT OF THEIR PANTS, WONDERING IF IT WAS GOING TO WORK. NOW HAS TURNED INTO THIS. YOU MADE HISTORY. I LIVED IN LONDON WHEN ONE DIRECTION WAS FORMED, BUT THAT IS HISTORY, WHETHER YOU THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT HISTORY OR NOT, IT WAS IMPORTANT HISTORY. YOU GUYS MADE HISTORY. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE, WHAT WAS THE ROLLERCOASTER OF THE SHOW LIKE? WAS AS GLAMOROUS AS WE THOUGHT IT WAS? NOTHING IS AS GLAMOROUS AS IT APPEARS ON SCREEN. THE STUDIO, THE PEOPLE WORKING BEHIND THAT MACHINE, THAT SIDE OF THINGS IS NOT AS GLAMOROUS. WE GOT TO DRESS UP, WE GOT TO GO ON TOUR, HAD HIS PERSONAS, WE WERE BROADCASTED NATIONWIDE ON MAGAZINES EVERYWHERE, SO THAT WAS PRETTY FULL ON. THAT BUT WAS DIFFERENTLY GLAMOROUS. I SAW SOME OF THE FOOTAGE, AND I THINK YOU JUST DID YOUR FIRST PERFORMANCE ONE LEVEL UP IN A BUILDING. NOW HAS CREATED ALL THE FORMATS THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE. DID YOU EVER EXPECT THAT THEY COULD BE POSSIBLE? WE KNEW THAT THE FORMAT WORKS ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH A TOY NEW ZEALAND, AND AFTER THAT WENT TO 42 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, AS POPSTARS. THAT TO ME IT'S REALLY CLOSE TO HOME. I AM NOT HEARING JOE, SHE THERE? I'M HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME! ERIKA CAN HEAR ME! I WANT TO ASK, I WILL GIVE YOU MY EARPIECE. GIVE US YOUR CORD. (LAUGHTER) I'M NOT SURE SHOULD BE HERE. HI, JOE CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO GET A SENSE FROM YOU, WHAT WILL THIS CONTEST HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH? AT THE NEW VERSION OF THE SHOW, BUT WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT? I JUST THINK THAT I AM SO PROUD OF THE SERIES, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON MUSICIANSHIP. IT IS NOT ABOUT TRYING TO PICK A GROUP BASED ON THEIR GENDER OR THE GENRE OF MUSIC, IT IS ABOUT FINDING PURE TALENT. THEY WILL BE THROWN IN THE DEEP END, BUT I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE REALLY SURPRISED AT HOW INCREDIBLY TALENTED SOME OF THESE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS ARE. WOW! MY WORD. WHAT DO YOU THINK THOSE OF US SITTING AT HOME, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? I WOULD SAY JUST DON'T THINK ABOUT IT` DON'T THINK ABOUT IT LIKE OUR SERIES, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT TO THE ORIGINAL. DON'T GO INTO IT WITH ANY JUDGEMENT, JUST WATCH AND ENJOY. THIS COULD BE A WHOLE LOT LESS PVC, AND I THINK THAT WILL PROBABLY BE A GOOD THING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. WILL BE REALLY ENTERTAINING. SOME PRETTY AWESOME JUDGES THAT HAVE GOT ON-BOARD. WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT KIMBRA? SHE IS INSANELY, INSANELY TALENTED. SO ITS VINCE, SO IS NATHAN. I AM SO EXCITED TO WATCH THE SHOW MYSELF. AND TO WATCH THESE NEW, TALENTED PEOPLE HOPEFULLY GET SOME KIND OF CAREER AND THE INDUSTRY THE WEIGHT THAT WE HAVE. HOPEFULLY MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN WE HAVE BEEN. WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? 23 YEARS AGO THAT YOU GUYS WERE ON OUR SCREENS WITH POPSTARS/ SINCE THE POPSTARS SERIES, I CAME TO WORK FOR TVNZ, THAT I MET MY HUSBAND, THEN WE HAVE TRAVELLED, WE HAVE FOUR CHILDREN AND TRAVELLED THE WORLD WORKING IN FILM AND TV. SINCE 2017, BEFORE ROSS GOT BACK TOGETHER AND WE HAVE BEEN SINGING TOGETHER AS A FOURSOME. ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT EVENTS, BARS, GETTING TOGETHER AND HAVING A GOOD TIME. WHAT IS THE BOND LIKE BETWEEN YOU GUYS? INCREDIBLY TIGHT. THEIR WHOLE POPSTARS EXPERIENCE IS WHAT DRIVES BACK IN TOGETHER. NO ONE HAS EXPERIENCED WHAT WE WENT THROUGH TOGETHER, BEING THE FIRST ONES TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE. WE ARE GOING TO BE LITTLE OLD LADIES, SITTING IN OUR ROCKING CHAIRS. WE HAVE OPENED THE INVITATION FOR CARLY TO JOIN US. SHE POLITELY DECLINES. WE WERE A GROUP OF FOUR MORE THAN WE WERE A GROUP OF FIVE. WHAT DO PEOPLE GET WHEN YOU SEE YOU GUYS NOW? I THINK I WARDROBE IS A BIT BETTER THESE DAYS. THEY JUST GET A LOT OF FUN, THEY GET A BIT OF NOSTALGIA, WE BRING OUT THE ONE HIT. AND THEY GET ENTERTAINING, ROTARY, BECAUSE WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A VERY LONG TIME. HOPEFULLY, I THINK IT IS PRETTY GOOD SINGING. TO WATCH THE SPECTACLE THAT IS TRUE BLISS. TONIGHT, PEOPLE GET TO SEE A BRAND-NEW VERSION. IT IS PREMIERING ON BOTH OF OUR CHANNELS, AT 730. WILL YOU BE WATCHING? OF COURSE, AND SO WILL MY KIDS. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO REMINISCE ABOUT YOUR TIME. THANK YOU JOE AND ERIKA. IT WILL BE ON CHANNEL 1 AND TWO TONIGHT AT 730. STAY WITH US, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. SUPPOSE WE SHARE READS AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO IS GOING TO START. WHAT NOW? SO WHERE THE BLOODY HELL IS MATTY? WHERE ARE YOU? MORENA. I'M IN MY HOTEL ROOM. I'VE GONE INTERNATIONAL. WHOA! I'VE FLOWN TO AUSTRALIA. YEAH. YOU GET ALL OF THE GOOD GIGS. I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING YOU ON INSTAGRAM, AND ALL I HAVE SEEN SOFAR IS WINE, MORE WINE, AND A COUPLE OF PHOTOS OF YOU DRINKING WINE. WHERE ARE YOU? WE FLEW INTO SOUTH AUSTRALIA, IMMEDIATELY, THEY DROVE US TO THE BAROSSA VALLEY. WHAT IS MEANT TO DO? WHEN IN BAROSSA. YESTERDAY WE WENT TO A COUPLE OF WINERIES, I WENT TO THE SET OF MCLEOD'S DAUGHTERS. (GASPS) THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THE WAY YOU WERE DRESSED. LET'S HAVE A LOOK. BE STILL, MY BEATING HEART. CLAIRE! FAIR DINKUM, RIGHT? JUST CALL ME A MCLEOD'S DAUGHTER AND BE DOUBLE THAT. WHAT YOU ACTUALLY DOING? AS WE ALL KNOW, THE BUBBLE OPENS ON MONDAY, SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BETTER COME OVER HERE AND SEE WHAT NEW ZEALANDERS CAN DO WHEN THEY COME OVER HERE. WE ARE HAVING INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES, WE GOT PICKED UP BY A GUY WHO RUNS A SHUTTLE SERVICE, AND HE SAID WE ARE THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL VISITORS IN 13 MONTHS. WHAT DID YOU DO ON THE PLANE? IT MUST'VE BEEN SO EXCITING. IT WAS SO BIZARRE, AND ODDLY, IT WAS BUSIER THAN I ANTICIPATED IT WOULD BE. A LOT OF NEW ZEALANDERS KNOW THEY ARE ABLE TO GET HOME NOW, SO THEY ARE BOOKING TRIPS IN COMING TO SEE FAMILY. WHEN WE GOT TO THE AIRPORT HERE IN ADELAIDE, IT WAS LIKE A SCENE OUT OF LOVE ACTUALLY. THE REUNIONS AT THE AIRPORT WAS SOME OF THE MOST MAGICAL THINGS. MASSIVE HUGS, BIG TEARS, INCREDIBLE FAMILY REUNIONS. FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THAT IS WHAT THE BUBBLE IS ABOUT, IT IS ABOUT FAMILY, BEING ABLE TO COMPLETE OTHER. I AM JUST REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. WE KNOW. THANKS, MATTY. WE MISS YOU BUT WE ARE SO DELIGHTED YOU ARE DOING THIS. I AM FILMING ALL OF THIS WEEK, AND ON 19TH I WILL BE LIVE WITH YOU AND SHARING ALL OF MY ADVENTURES WITH YOU. YOUR BESPOKE BROOM IS BEING BEAUTIFULLY LOOKED AFTER IN YOUR ABSENCE. I ACTUALLY MESSED UP THE FIRST ONE, SORRY ABOUT THAT. I MISS IT UP MOST DAYS, IT IS FINE. IT IS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE YOU, MATTY. WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT WEEK. LOVE YOU. LOVE YOU TOO, SEE YOU SOON. HE REALLY IS LIVING THE LIFE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMPANY AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR, JESSIE PURU AND ELLEN SINCLAIR.