CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021. WELCOME INTO YOUR PLACE ON 13 APRIL. HOPE YOUR WEEK HAS STARTED REALLY WELL. ERIN, WELCOME BACK. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU WITH US FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. SOMETIMES YOU REALISE YOU ARE IN THE WIDE SHOT, AND EVERYBODY'S BACKS GO UP AS IF WE WERE VICTORIAN SCHOOLGIRLS. MORENA, INDIRA. I FEEL SO FAR AWAY FROM YOU. YOU HAVE A LITTLE PIECE OF GAFFER TAPE THERE. IT'S LIKE WHEN I WAS A KID, AND YOU WOULD GET FOR KIDS IN THE BACK OF THE CAR, NONE OF THEM WEARING SEAT BELTS. YOU'RE TOO CLOSE TO ME. THERE IS A BIT OF GAFFER TAPE TO TELL US WHERE WE ARE SITTING. OUR DIRECTORS GO, ARE YOU SITTING IN THE RIGHT SPOT? I AM IN THE RIGHT SPOT. ANYONE WOULD THINK YOU WERE HERE FIRST. ONLY BY ABOUT 800 YEARS. WELCOME, ERIN. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU WITH US. HOW WAS YOUR DAY, INDIRA? IT WASN'T TOO BAD. NOTHING TOO TERRIBLE HAPPENED. WE HOPE YOUR DAY YESTERDAY WENT WELL. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU WITH US. LOTS OF IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS THIS MORNING, INCLUDING WITH THE NURSES COLLECTIVE AND THE LATEST PAY AGREEMENT, WHICH THEY HAVE BASICALLY REJECTED. THE ISSUES AROUND PROBLEM GAMBLING, AND HOW COUNCILS CAN MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE BY RESTRICTING THE NUMBER OF POKIES IN YOUR COMMUNITY. RESIDENCE IN MATATA, ONLY TWO RESIDENTS REMAINING. WE WILL DO A ONE-ON-ONE ON VACCINES WITH PROF LEGROS. WHY OUR COUNTRY IS INCREASINGLY GOING FOR PFIZER. AND A GREAT NEW ZEALANDER, TA JOE WILLIAMS, FIRST MAORI ON THE SUPREME COURT. NOW INDIRA WITH THE NEWS. THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS AN UNDETECTED COVID-19 CASE COULD BE IN THE COMMUNITY, CAUSED BY A DELAY IN TESTING. IT COMES AS A GRAND MILLENNIUM SECURITY WORKER WHO TESTED POSITIVE LAST WEEK HAS BEEN GNOMICALLY LINKED TO A CLEANER WHO TESTED POSITIVE LAST WEEK HAS BEEN GENOMICALLY LINKED TO A CLEANER AT THE SAME AUCKLAND HOTEL, WHO TESTED POSITIVE LAST MONTH. MIQ WORKERS ARE REQUIRED TO BE TESTED ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS. HOWEVER, IT WAS REVEALED LAST WEEK'S CASE B HAD NOT BEEN TESTED FOR THE VIRUS SINCE MID-MARCH. WELL, I THINK GIVEN THE TIME DELAY THERE ALMOST HAS TO BE ANOTHER CASE IN BETWEEN THESE CASE A AND B, BECAUSE THE TIME INTERVAL WAS SO LONG THAT WOULD SUGGEST THERE IS AN UNDETECTED CASE THERE. COUNCILS ARE MAKING EFFORTS TO REDUCE POKIE MACHINES, IN A BID TO HELP CURB SPENDING ON THE SLOTS. A REPORT BY AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY FOUND SOME COUNCILS ARE DOUBLING DOWN BY INTRODUCING POLICIES TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF GAMING MACHINES ALLOWED PER VENUE. BUT THERE ARE ALSO QUESTIONS WHETHER THE COMMUNITY SECTOR RELIES TOO HEAVILY ON FUNDING FROM GAMING, LEADING TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. THE GOVERNMENT HAS APPOINTED A FORMER SENIOR PUBLIC SERVANT TO REVIEW NZ'S EXPORT CONTROLS. IT COMES AMID REVELATIONS KIWI COMPANIES WERE ABLE TO EXPORT MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE BEEN BLACKLISTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS. SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT SENT OVERSEAS INCLUDES TECHNOLOGY TO HELP FIRE MORTARS. THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY APPROVED EXPORTS TO COUNTRIES IN 2016 AND 2018, WHEN THEY WERE BLACKLISTED FOR THEIR ACTIONS IN YEMEN. WE WANT TO SEE STRICT CONTROLS IN PLACE WITH EVIDENCE, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY SERIOUS, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SAUDI ARABIA AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER COUNTRIES, AND WE CAN'T IGNORE THIS AND HOPE THIS WILL GO AWAY. CHEEKY TILL THE END ` THAT'S HOW PRINCE HARRY'S DESCRIBED HIS GRANDFATHER PRINCE PHILIP. IN A STATEMENT ISSUED MINUTES AFTER HIS BROTHER, PRINCE WILLIAM, HARRY SAID THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WAS A MAN OF SERVICE, HONOUR AND GREAT HUMOUR AND A LEGEND OF BANTER. WILLIAM WROTE HE AND KATE WILL SUPPORT THE QUEEN IN THE YEARS AHEAD, SAYING THE 99-YEAR-OLD PHILIP WOULD'VE WANTED THEM TO 'GET ON WITH THE JOB'. ON THE FOURTH DAY OF NATIONAL MOURNING, BRITISH MPs OBSERVED A MINUTE'S SILENCE. IN THE CONSTANT LOVE HE GAVE TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, AS HER LIEGEMAN OF LIFE AND LIMB, IN THE WORDS HE SPOKE AT THE CORONATION, HE SUSTAINED HER THROUGHOUT THIS EXTRAORDINARY SECOND ELIZABETHAN AGE, NOW THE LONGEST REIGN OF ANY MONARCH IN OUR HISTORY. IT COMES AS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS, OUTDOOR PUB AREAS, SHOPS AND HAIRDRESSERS REOPENED IN ENGLAND, AS RULES WERE ALSO EASED IN THE REST OF THE UK. THERE HAS BEEN ANOTHER EXPLOSIVE EVENT AT THE VOLCANO IN THE CARIBBEAN THAT FIRST ERUPTED LAST FRIDAY. MOST OF THE ISLAND OF ST VINCENT IS NOW COVERED IN A THICK LAYER OF ASH, WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ARE DESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS AS A BATTLE ZONE, WHICH HAVE FORCED 16,000 RESIDENTS TO EVACUATE. SCIENTISTS WARN THE ERUPTIONS COULD CONTINUE FOR SOME WEEKS. TO SPORT, AND IT'S BEEN A ORDINARY RETURN TO INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE FOR BEN STOKES AGAINST THE PUNJAB KINGS 11. THE ENGLAND ALL-ROUNDER BOWLED JUST ONE OVER FOR RAJASTHAN ROYALS, HIT FOR 12 RUNS AND WITHOUT A WICKET. THE KINGS 11 RUTHLESS WITH THE BAT, SMASHING 30 BOUNDARIES AS THEY SCORED 221, KL RAHUL SCORING 91 RUNS. IT LATER GOT EVEN WORSE FOR STOKES WITH THE BAT. TOO MANY PEOPLE WANT IT. IT IS TAKEN EVENTUALLY. IT WAS APTLY BEN STOKES WHICH CAUSED ALL OF THIS DISRUPTION, THE MAYHEM AND PANIC WAS ALL CAUSED BY BEN STOKES, BECAUSE HE WAS JUST STANDING THERE WITH HIS HEAD DOWN AND THE BALL WAS ABOUT TO COME DOWN AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD. STOKES' SKIPPER, THOUGH, MAY HAVE SAVED HIS BLUSHES, SAMJU SAMSON CLOSING IN ON A MATCH-WINNING CENTURY. IT IS THE FIRST 100 OF THE IPL SEASON. UPDATE US, SPORTS DEPARTMENT! A TOUCHING ACT OF RESPECT FOLLOWING HIDEKI MATSUYAMA'S HISTORIC MASTERS VICTORY HAS GONE VIRAL. THE JAPANESE GOLFER'S CADDIE, SHOTA HAYAFUJI, HAS WON THE HEARTS OF GOLF FANS AFTER HE BOWED TOWARDS THE AUGUSTA COURSE AS MATSUYAMA WAS WHISKED AWAY FOR INTERVIEWS. AFTER BECOMING THE FIRST JAPANESE MAN TO WIN THE GREEN JACKET, MATSUYAMA SAID HIS FIRST THOUGHTS WERE FOR HIS CADDIE AND HOPES HIS TRIUMPH INSPIRES FUTURE STARS IN JAPAN. AND FINALLY, MOVE OVER KUNG FU PANDA. MOSCOW ZOO HAS ITS OWN 'ROCKET' PANDA. TO COMMEMORATE THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF COSMONAUT YURI GAGARIN'S SPACE FLIGHT, RU YI WAS GIVEN HIS OWN COSMIC EXPERIENCE. THE BIG BEAR CHECKED OUT THE BAMBOO ROCKET SHIP BRIEFLY BEFORE DECIDING TO ABORT THE MISSION BY TEARING THE CRAFT APART AND THEN EATING IT. IT WAS MADE OUT OF BAMBOO, HIS FAVOURITE FOOD. TASTES GOOD! I HAVE ASKED VICTOR, OUR SPORTS DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE TWO BALLS LEFT. FIVE OF THE LAST BALL. ARE WE GOING TO WAIT? TO CHASE DOWN 221 IN T20 IS EXTRAORDINARY. THAT WOULD BE REMARKABLE. AND A CENTURY FROM THE CAPTAIN. THAT IS A GAME OF CRICKET. SHOULD I DO THE WEATHER REALLY FAST? APPARENTLY I AM FASTER THAN MATTY. LET'S TRY AND GET THIS BEFORE THE GAME IS DONE. A SOGGY DAY TODAY. TAKE YOUR BROLLY, YOUR GUMBOOTS. TAURANGA HEADING FOR 25. HAWKE'S BAY IS THE ONE BRIGHT SPOT IN TODAY'S FORECAST, WITH MOSTLY SUNNY WEATHER, ANOTHER SOGGY ONE IN THE WEST OF THE ISLAND. HEADING FOR 19. A HIGH CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN IN WESTLAND. 19 FOR YOU. GREY SKIES ALONG THE EAST COAST, AND THAT TURNS TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. THEY COULD BE PRETTY HEAVY SHOWERS, TOO. 22 IN CHRISTCHURCH. THE RAIN CLEARS FROM MILFORD SOUND TO A FINE AFTERNOON. EVERYWHERE ELSE WILL SEE RAIN ARRIVE LATE MORNING, AND WITH THAT THE SOUTHERLIES OR SOUTH-WESTERLIES ROLL IN. IT COULD BE STRONG IN DUNEDIN. DUNEDIN WILL SEE 18. 14 FOR MILFORD SOUND AND QUEENSTOWN. TOMORROW IT'S RAINY OR SHOWERY ACROSS ALL OF THE NORTH ISLAND, BUT IT DOES CLEAR. THE LEFTOVER SHOWERS CLEAR, BUT FURTHER RAIN DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT IN WESTLAND AND FIORDLAND. QUICK! WE GOT THE COMMENTARY? PUNJAB WIN BY FOUR RUNS. THEY NEEDED FIVE OFF THE LAST BALL, FOR TO TIE. ASHDEEP WHEN IS IT FOR THE PUNJAB KINGS. SAMPSON IS CAUGHT IN THE DEEP. THAT IS THE WORST PIECE OF CRICKET COMMENTARY IN HISTORY. YOU KNOW WHEN MATTY GLAZES OVER? IF YOU ARE STILL WITH US, WE APPRECIATE YOU. WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY, AND YOU SEE THEM PLAYING ENGLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, I USED TO LISTEN TO THE CRICKET. IN COMES RICHARD COWEN. I USED TO LISTEN TO MY TRANSISTOR RADIO IN BED. MATTY MACLEAN DIDN'T. IF HE HAD BEEN BORN, HE WOULDN'T. COMING UP ` NURSES SAY THEY'LL REJECT THE FIRST OFFER FROM THE DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD. AFTER THE BREAK ` THEY'LL TELL US WHY. NURSES ARE PLANNING TO REJECT THE FIRST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD OFFER IN THEIR MULTI-EMPLOYER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT. THE OFFER INCLUDES AN PAY INCREASE OF ABOUT 1.38%, BUT NURSES SAY THIS JUST ISN'T ENOUGH TO REFLECT THE WORK THAT THEY DO, WITH STAFF SAYING THEY FEEL UNDERVALUED IN AN OVERWORKED ENVIRONMENT. FOR MORE, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME THREE EXPERIENCED AND VALUED NURSES, NIKKI READ, CLAIRE JOHNSTON AND KAREN MARSHALL, BEAMING IN FROM OUR CHRISTCHURCH STUDIO. MORENA. GOOD MORNING TO THE THREE OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING, TO GIVE US YOUR VOICE, TO TELL US YOUR STORIES ABOUT THIS LATEST PAY OFFER. I AM GOING TO THROW THIS TO ALL OF YOU. TELL US ABOUT HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN A NURSE, BUT ALSO THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU ARE FACING IN CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL. MORENA. I HAVE BEEN A NURSE FOR 40 YEARS. I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. I AM A SENIOR NURSE, A CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST THAT DESCRIBES. CHALLENGES I FACE ARE NOT UNIQUE TO CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL. THEY WILL BE FELT BY NURSES GLOBALLY. IN NEW ZEALAND, WE ARE DEVALUED FOR OUR KNOWLEDGE, OUR SKILLS. WE ARE SEVERELY UNDER RESOURCED. IT IS MAKING NURSING AND PROVIDING DIRECT PATIENT CARE VERY CHALLENGING. WHAT IS THAT UNDER RESOURCING LOOK LIKE FOR YOU IN CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL? STAFFING LEVELS, AND THAT IS NOT UNIQUE. WE HAVE A LACK OF NURSES ON THE FLOOR AND KAREN OR CLAIRE MAY BE BETTER TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT. IT HAS BEEN HISTORICAL, A BIG LACK OF NURSING STAFF. IT IS GROWING. WE HAVE NURSES WHO ARE LEAVING. AUSTRALIA IS OPENING ITS SHORES FOR NURSES. MANY ARE GOING OVER THERE, WHETHER THEY HAVE BETTER CONDITIONS. THAT IS PART OF THE ISSUE. KAREN AND CLAIRE, IF I CAN COME TO YOU. TELL ME HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE JOB AND EXPAND ON THE CONVERSATION WE ARE HAVING WITH NIKKI IN TERMS OF UNDER RESOURCING AT CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL, THAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I HAVE BEEN NURSING FOR 30 YEARS. IT IS THE ONLY CAREER I WANTED SINCE I WAS SEVEN. TODAY I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND NURSING AS A PROFESSION TO YOUNG CHILDREN OR MATURE STUDENTS THAT WANTED TO GET INTO NURSING. THE UNDER RESOURCING IS HISTORICAL. IT IS ACROSS ALL FIELDS OF NURSING. SIGNIFICANTLY NOW WITH COVID 19, WHICH IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY IN A HURRY, WE ARE UTILISING NURSES IN CHRISTCHURCH, OVER 100 NURSES WORKING IN MIQ FACILITIES, AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HAVE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, WHO PROVIDE EXPERIENCE INTO OUR HOSPITALS. THE UNDER RESOURCING MEANS THAT WE ARE SHORTSTAFFED ON THE FLOOR, IN THE COMMUNITY, AND EVERY ASPECT OF NURSING, NOT JUST DHB'S. WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT A CAREER, WE ARE NOT GOING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE INTO NURSING, BECAUSE OF THAT. NURSES ARE LEAVING. WE ARE AN AGEING WORKFORCE. WITH OUR COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE, IN 20 YEARS TIME, WE WON'T BE NURSING ANY MORE. ATTRACTING NURSES INTO SENIOR NURSING ROLES AS LESS ATTRACTIVE BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT PAY OFFER THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN. THE IMPACT ON THE FLOOR IS THAT PATIENTS WHO ARE AT RISK, THAT HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR PATIENTS AND COMMUNITY, IN HOSPITALS, AND ANY FACILITY, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TIME. WE HAVE IN THE UNION, WE ARE FREE NOT TO CARE. WE ARE RUSHING FROM ONE TASK TO ANOTHER. YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE GIVEN YOU ALL TO WHAT YOU WANT TO PUT INTO YOUR NURSING, PARTICULARLY IN REHABILITATION. THAT TAKES TIME. IF IT IS FASTER FOR YOU TO DO IT, SO YOU CAN GET PATIENTS TO OTHER COLLEAGUES, YOU HAVE TO DO THAT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO ENABLE THEM TO DO THAT THEMSELVES. THE IMPACT IS THEY HAVE TO GO HOME REQUIRING EXTRA CARE, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT REACHING THEIR POTENTIAL. I WANT TO COME BACK TO KAREN. YOU HAVE BEEN AT THE NEGOTIATION TABLE. I WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE, CLEAR. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN NURSING, AND WHAT FRUSTRATIONS ARE YOU FACING? FACIN THE 1.38% WAGE INCREASE, WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT THE SKILLS THAT YOU HAVE? I HAVE BEEN NURSING FOR 35 YEARS. IT HAS NEVER BEEN AS BAD AS WHAT IT HAS BEEN THIS YEAR AT CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL. YOUR SHIFT IS FULLY STAFFED AT THE BEGINNING, BUT STAFF ARE MOVED TO OTHER AREAS TO FILL THE GAPS. EVERYONE IN SHORT OVER THE SHIFT. FOR HOURS OVERTIME UNTIL THREE IN THE MORNING EVERY NIGHT. THEY ARE SHORT OF PATIENT WATCHERS, BECAUSE PATIENTS ARE IN THEIR 90S THAT COME INTO HOSPITAL NOW. THEY GET CONFUSED AND MUDDLED, AND THEY NEED SOMEONE TO LOOK OUT FOR THEM. THAT PLACES A LOT OF EXTRA STRESS ON EVERYONE. NIKKI. I WAS GOING TO SAY ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THE STAFFING AS THE COMPLEXITY OF PATIENTS THAT WE SEE NOW IS MUCH GREATER. THEY HAVE MULTIPLE COMORBIDITIES, MULTIPLE CHRONIC ILLNESSES. NURSES ARE WELL-PLACED TO BE PROVIDING CARE FOR, HOWEVER, THOSE IMPACTS ON THE STAFFING CONSIDERABLY, BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF CARE REQUIRED IS GREATER. IF YOU DON'T DO IT PROPERLY AT FIRST AND DO IT WELL, THESE PATIENTS END UP BEING READMITTED AND READMITTED. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU HAVE ADEQUATE STAFF FOR GOOD, HIGH-QUALITY PATIENT CARE, SO THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GO BACK OUT TO THEIR HOMES OR INTO THE COMMUNITY AND KEEP WELL. FOR ME, MY FOCUS IS ON PREVENTATIVE CARDIOLOGY. THAT WORK DOES TAKE TIME. IT IS INPUT REQUIRED PATIENTS. I HAVE A POSTGRADUATE MASTERS IN CLINICAL NURSING. I ALSO PRESCRIBE, BUT I GET NO COMPENSATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR FINANCIAL, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. NO RECOGNITION OF THAT, PROVIDING THAT CARE. KAREN, WE HAVE LESS THAN TWO MINUTES LEFT IN THIS INTERVIEW. THIS IS SUCH A BIG CONVERSATION. I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. YOU TOLD STORIES OF NURSES AND THE STRUGGLES THAT THEY ARE FACING. WHEN YOU SAW THAT 1.38% WAGE INCREASE PER ANNUM, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THAT? DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL AS THOUGH YOU WERE BEING HURT? IS THERE A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE DHB AND THE WARDS? THERE IS A DISCONNECT IN THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT EQUAL FOR ALL OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS WITHIN NURSING. WE HAVE HEALTHCARE ASSISTANCE, NURSES, COMMUNITY NURSES, MIDWIVES AND SENIOR NURSES. SOME OF THOSE OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS, THERE WAS NO PAY OFFER FOR THEM. THAT IS PARTICULARLY OUR SENIOR NURSES WORKING AS DUTY MANAGERS OR CLINICAL CHARGE NURSES OR CTC'S. THOSE OF THE NURSES THAT PROVIDE OUT OF HOURS OR CYNICAL NURSE MANAGERS ARE DOING THE DAY-TO-DAY STUFF IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES AND NURSES BEING MOVED OUT OF AREAS AND HAVING TO MANAGE THEIR MANAGERS ABOVE THEM AND STAFF UNDERNEATH THEM. THEY ARE CONSTANTLY DEESCALATING AND PROVIDING CARE TO THEIR NURSING COLLEAGUES. THE NEGOTIATING TEAM, THEY HEARD US, BUT THEY WEREN'T HEARING US. OUR MEMBERSHIP HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL IN PROVIDING THOSE REAL-LIFE STORIES TO PUT CONTEXT BEHIND OUR CLAIMS. THE SENIOR NURSES ARE THE ONES THAT WE WILL LOSE OUT OF THE PROFESSION. THEY ARE PROVIDING TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO A NEW NURSES, WHICH IS A PIVOTAL PART OF THEIR ROLE, BUT WE ARE NOT HAVING ENOUGH TIME TO DO THAT. IF THERE IS A CRISIS, I WORK ON THE FLOOR AS WELL, SO YOU HOPE THERE WILL NOT BE A CRISIS HAPPEN, BECAUSE WHILE YOU CAN ATTEND TO THAT, THOSE OTHER PATIENTS ARE MISSING OUT. THEN THERE IS A RISK OF FALLS. I AM SORRY; WE HAVE TO FINISH THIS CONVERSATION. I WANT TO ASK FINALLY, IS THE REAL THREAT OF STRIKE ACTION AT SOME POINT? WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MEETINGS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WITH ALL MEMBERS TO DISCUSS OUR NEXT PLAN OF ACTION. OUR MEMBERS ARE ENGAGED IN PARTICIPATING AND LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW THE CRISIS THAT NURSING IS FACING. THAT WILL BE A DECISION MADE BY ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM AS TO WHAT KIND OF ACTION WE WILL TAKE FURTHER. THE ONUS IS ON THE DHB FOR A BETTER OFFER. WE APPRECIATE THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU AND SO MANY NURSES DO ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NIKKI, KAREN AND CLAIRE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THE FUTURE OF POKIE MACHINES MAY BE IN DOUBT AS COUNCILS TRY TO STEM PROBLEM GAMBLING IN THE COMMUNITY. MORE ON THAT AT 6.30. ALSO AHEAD, THE AREA WAS DECLARED UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION ` THE CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY SO OTHER COMMUNITIES DON'T SUFFER THE SAME FATE AS MATATA. BRAZIL'S HEALTH SYSTEM IS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE, AS COVID HITS THE COUNTRY HARD. WE SPEAK WITH A BRAZILIAN IN NZ ON THE SITUATION AT HOME. NURSES ARE SET TO TURN DOWN THE FIRST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD OFFER IN THEIR MULTI-EMPLOYER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT. THE OFFER INCLUDES A PAY RISE OF ABOUT 1.38%. BUT CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST NIKKI REID SAYS IT ISN'T ENOUGH TO REFLECT THE WORK THAT THEY DO. WE ARE DEVALUED FOR OUR KNOWLEDGE, OUR SKILLS. WE ARE SEVERELY UNDERRESOURCED. AND IT'S MAKING NURSING AND PROVIDING DIRECT PATIENT CARE VERY CHALLENGING. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS GROWING EXPONENTIALLY, WARN TOP GLOBAL HEALTH OFFICIALS. 4.4 MILLION NEW CASES WERE REPORTED IN THE PAST WEEK ALONE, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION DIRECTOR GENERAL SAYING THE CRISIS IS FAR FROM OVER. HE'S POINTED THE FINGER AT CONFUSION AND COMPLACENCY FROM GOVERNMENTS. IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, THE WORLD SAW SIX CONSECUTIVE WEEKS OF DECLINING CASES. WE HAVE NOW SEEN SEVEN CONSECUTIVE WEEKS OF INCREASING CASES AND FOUR WEEKS OF INCREASING DEATHS. LAST WEEK SAW THE FOURTH MOST CASES REPORTED SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. COUNCILS ARE MAKING EFFORTS TO REDUCE POKIE MACHINES, IN A BID TO HELP CURB SPENDING ON THE SLOTS. A REPORT BY AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY FOUND SOME COUNCILS ARE DOUBLING DOWN BY INTRODUCING POLICIES TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF GAMING MACHINES ALLOWED PER VENUE. BUT THERE ARE ALSO QUESTIONS WHETHER LOCAL COMMUNITIES RELY TOO HEAVILY ON FUNDING FROM GAMING, LEADING TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. THE MAORI PARTY'S IN DANGER OF FACING CHARGES FOR FAILING TO DECLARE $300,000 WORTH OF DONATIONS IN TIME. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION STATES IF A DONATION OF MORE THAN $30,000 IS MADE BY A SINGLE DONOR WITHIN 12 MONTHS, IT MUST BE DECLARED WITHIN 10 DAYS. LAST YEAR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WERE DONATED TO THE MAORI PARTY AND WERE UNDECLARED UNTIL THIS YEAR. POLICE ARE ASSESSING THE MATTER, AND THE PARTY'S PRESIDENT SAYS IT WAS A HONEST MISTAKE BETWEEN "VOLUNTEERS" AND "ROOKIES". TROPICAL CYCLONE SEROJA HAS BATTERED COASTAL PARTS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, LEAVING ONE TOURIST TOWN IN VIRTUAL RUINS. THE CYCLONE, WHICH HAD ALREADY LEFT A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION ACROSS EAST TIMOR, UNLEASHED 170KM/HR WINDS. EIGHT HOURS NORTH OF PERTH, KALBARRI, WAS THE HARDEST HIT, VIRTUALLY TURNED UPSIDE DOWN, THE DEVASTATION LEAVING TOURIST OPERATORS DISTRAUGHT. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN LOCKDOWN LONELINESS AFFECTS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FOUR TIMES MORE THAN PEOPLE WITHOUT. A RECENT STUDY BY THE HELEN CLARK FOUNDATION SHOWS LAST YEAR'S NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN HEIGHTENED LONELINESS DUE TO REDUCED 'CHECKING IN' ON VULNERABLE PEOPLE. MULTIPLE GROUPS AT RISK INCLUDED UNEMPLOYED, SINGLE PARENTS AND RECENT MIGRANTS. THE REPORT CALLS ON THE GOVERNMENT TO ALTER SYSTEMATIC ISSUES SUCH AS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND MENTAL HEALTH. TO SPORT, AND THERE'S BEEN HIGH DRAMA IN THE INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE CLASH BETWEEN THE RAJASTHAN ROYALS AND PUNJAB KINGS 11. ROYALS SKIPPER SANJU SAMSON NEARLY SINGLE-HANDEDLY PULLED OFF THEIR WHOPPING RUN CHASE OF 222 TO WIN. SAMSON SCORED THE FIRST CENTURY OF THE IPL SEASON TO LEAVE FANS ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS. BUT NEEDING FIVE OFF THE LAST BALL, THE CAPTAIN COULDN'T FINISH THE JOB. HE HAS GOT ENOUGH! HAS HE? NO, HE HASN'T! IT WILL BE OUT! IT WILL BE THE PUNJAB KING TO CELEBRATE. THE KINGS 11 WERE LET OFF THE HOOK, WINNING BY FOUR RUNS. AND FROM THE IPL TO THE EPL, AND THE RELEGATION BATTLE CONTINUES TO HEAT UP IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL, WEST BROMWICH ALBION BOOSTING THEIR HOPES OF SURVIVAL AGAINST SOUTHAMPTON. THE BAGGIES CURRENTLY 3-NIL UP OVER THE SAINTS. VICTORY WOULD HAVE WEST BROM EIGHT POINTS AWAY FROM ESCAPING THE RELEGATION ZONE. ENGLISH FOOTBALL, IF YOU ARE NOT INTO IT, YOU DO NOT KNOW ANY OF THOSE TEAMS. SOME OF THE ANGUISH LANGUAGE IS JUST NUTS. THROUGH ` HOW MANY WAYS CAN YOU SPELL THAT VOWEL SOUND. WAIT TILL YOU LEARN MAORI. ONE WORD MEANS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THING IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT. FOOTBALL IS COMPLICATED. WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE? JUST SAY THE BLUE TEAM, THE RED TEAM. YOU NEED A DEGREE TO UNDERSTAND IT. AND THE EYES GLAZE OVER AGAIN. THERE IS RAIN OR SHOWERS OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTRY. WHITIANGA, IT COULD BE RAIN THIS MORNING, BUT SOME DECENT FINE BREAKS FOR ALL HERE. 23 IN AUCKLAND. THE RAIN IN TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA DOES CLEAR UP. OTHER SPOTS MAY JUST SEE SOME SHOWERS. TAURANGA 25. HAMILTON 23. HAWKE'S BAY IS THE BRIGHT SPOT IN TODAY'S FORECAST. MOSTLY SUNNY, AND LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES ` 27. GISBORNE WILL SEE RAIN IN THE MORNING BUT WILL CLEAR. 25 DEGREES THERE. ANOTHER SOGGY ONE IN THE WEST OF THE ISLAND. WELLINGTON, THE FALLS COULD BE HEAVIER IN THE AFTERNOON, ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHERLIES. 19 FOR YOU. 20 IN LEVIN. A HIGH CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN IN WESTLAND, AND WE STILL HAVE A RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE RANGES. YOU CAN EXPECT ANOTHER 60mm TO 90mm TODAY, PEAK FALLS THIS MORNING. BUT FOR THOSE IN THE EAST, IT'S LOOKING GOOD. NELSON WILL CLEAR TOO. GREY SKIES ALONG THE EAST COAST, AND THAT TURNS TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. THEY COULD BE PRETTY HEAVY SHOWERS, TOO. 22 IN CHRISTCHURCH. THE RAIN CLEARS FROM MILFORD SOUND TO A FINE AFTERNOON. EVERYWHERE ELSE WILL SEE RAIN ARRIVE LATE IN THE MORNING. AND WITH THAT THE SOUTHERLIES OR SOUTH-WESTERS ROLL IN TOO. IT COULD BE STRONG IN DUNEDIN. DUNEDIN 18 DEGREES. 14 FOR MILFORD SOUND AND QUEENSTOWN. TOMORROW, IT'S RAINY OR SHOWERY ACROSS ALL OF THE NORTH ISLAND, BUT IT DOES CLEAR. THE WET MOSTLY MOVES ON FROM THE SOUTH ISLAND. THE LEFTOVER SHOWERS CLEAR, BUT FURTHER RAIN DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT IN WESTLAND AND FIORDLAND. AND THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. A REMINDER, WE HAVE THE NEW FANCY WEBSITE FOR YOU TO SEND BESPOKE WITH THE PHOTOS TO. YOU CAN UPLOAD YOUR PHOTO AND TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR BESPOKE SPOT. ONCE A MONTH, MATTY WILL PICK HIS FAVOURITE AND VISIT. IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE TVNZ WEBSITE, BUT IT IS A SPECIFIC BREAKFAST PAGE FOR YOU. YOU WILL SEE JOHN AND I AT THE TOP AND MATTY WITH HIS BROOM. JUST KEEP SCROLLING DOWN. STOP TOUCHING MY COMPUTER. IT IS VERY EASY. AT ALL OF YOUR PHOTOS ARE ON YOUR PHONE, LOGIN FROM YOUR PHONE. OTHERWISE YOU HAVE TO TRANSFER YOUR PHOTOS FROM YOUR PHONE TO YOUR COMPUTER. OR YOU CAN BLUETOOTH IT. SEND IT IN AN EMAIL. THAT IS BESPOKE. COMING UP ` MORE THAN 4000 DEAD IN 24 HOURS. NEXT ` IS THE COVID SITUATION IN BRAZIL SHOWING ANY SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN? WE'RE TURNING NOW TO COVID-19, AND NZ'S TOTAL DEATH TOLL 26, BRAZIL'S 353,000 ` THAT'S A STAGGERING DIFFERENCE, EVEN ALLOWING FOR POPULATION SIZE. BRAZIL'S POPULATION IS 42 TIMES OURS; THEIR DEATH TOLL IS 13,000 TIMES GREATER. IMAGINE THAT. IMAGINE THE GRIEF, THE FEAR, THE EXHAUSTION. AND IMAGINE WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THEIR ECONOMY. AND IT'S NOT STOPPING. LAST WEEK, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE COUNTRY RECORDED MORE THAN 4000 DEATHS IN 24 HOURS ` TERRIBLE. SO FOR BRAZILIANS IN NZ, AND THERE'S ROUGHLY 7000 BRAZILIAN NZERS, WHAT'S IT LIKE TO WATCH THIS CATASTROPHE UNFOLD FROM AFAR? ANDRE DE SILVA IS A NZER FROM SAO PAULO. HE LIVES HERE WITH HIS YOUNG FAMILY, AND HE JOINS US NOW. BOM DIA, AND GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. WE APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS TOUGH FOR BRAZIL. IT IS VERY CONCERNING. IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS. I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. LUCKILY I AM HERE WITH MY WIFE AND KIDS, BUT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SITUATION, ESPECIALLY OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN BRAZIL. IT IS TOUGH NEWS ABOUT YOUR BROTHER IN THE LAST WEEK. EXACTLY. IT HAS BEEN TWO DAYS THAT MY BROTHER CONFIRMED. I WAS IN TOUCH WITH HIM. HE SAID HE GOT THE SWAB TEST DONE ABOUT A WEEK OR 10 DAYS AGO, BUT HE JUST GOT CONFIRMED POSITIVE FOR COVID 19. IT IS LIKELY TO BE THAT P1 STRAIN, WHICH IS MORE SEVERE, MORE CONCERNING. IT IS A VICIOUS STRAIN. WE WISH YOU AND YOUR BROTHER WELL. WE SENT HIM OUR LOVE. HOW YOUR MUM AND DAD GOING? THEY ARE OK. LUCKILY THEY ARE RETIRED, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO MOVE TOO MUCH. I AM IN TOUCH WITH THEM, STAY HOME, STAY SAFE. DON'T DO ANY UNNECESSARY MOVING. BUT IT IS CONCERNING. IN THE CONTEXT, 350,000 LOST LIVES, THAT IS A SEPARATE CONVERSATION. HOW ARE PEOPLE SURVIVING ECONOMICALLY? THE BRAZILIAN ECONOMY HAS TAKEN A BASHING. THAT IS CORRECT. HOW ARE PEOPLE GETTING BY? WHAT KIND OF STATE-SUPPORTED PEOPLE GETTING? REALISTICALLY, THERE IS NO PLAN FROM THE GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL PLAN. FROM TIME TO TIME, THEY HAVE A KIND OF SUPPORT, BUT IT IS MINIMAL, VERY MINIMAL. IN NEW ZEALAND DOLLARS, THIS WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT TO NZ$200 A MONTH. AS THE ECONOMY IS GOING BADLY, PRICES ARE INCREASING. INFLATION. HAVE YOU LOST PEOPLE TO COVID 19? I LOST A COUPLE OF FRIENDS IN MY HOMETOWN. YOUR HOMETOWN, YOU ARE FROM THE COUNTRY. THERE IS NO PART OF BRAZIL THAT HAS ESCAPED. NOT AT ALL. WHAT HAPPENS IS A KIND OF DELAY. WE HAVE A DELAY OF TWO MONTHS ROUGHLY, SO WE ARE SEEING IN THE BIG CITIES, IT TAKES ABOUT TWO MONTHS TO BE HAPPENING THE SAME, THE SAME SITUATION IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. IS THERE ANY SENSE THAT THE SITUATION IS IMPROVING IN BRAZIL? NO. NOT AT ALL. PEOPLE ARE HOPELESS. IMAGINE IF THERE WAS A SERIOUS ACTION BEING TAKEN FOR MITIGATION AND CONTROL OF THE SITUATION; IF THIS WAS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, IF THE CURVE WAS GOING DOWN, IT WOULD TAKE A PERIOD OF TIME ARE GOING DOWN, BUT THIS IS NOT HAPPENING. THERE IS NO ACTION. THERE IS NO NATIONAL PLAN. HERE WE ARE. YOU HAVE TWO CHILDREN, AND THEY ARE LIVING GREAT KIWI LIVES, ABLE TO RUN AROUND AND PLAY WITH THE FRIENDS, AND YOU ARE WATCHING THIS TRAGEDY, THIS CATASTROPHE UNFOLD AT HOME. THAT MUST BE STRANGE. IT IS REALLY SAD. THE FEELING OF HAVING YOUR HANDS TIED. THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO, NOTHING WE CAN DO. I AM REALLY GLAD TO BE HERE WITH MY WIFE AND KIDS. THE KIDS LOVE IT HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. ME AND MY WIFE AS WELL FORCE. WE ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. SEEING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN NEW ZEALAND, NOT ONLY REGARDING THE GOVERNMENT ACTIONS, BUT THE SOCIETY IN GENERAL, PEOPLE ARE COOPERATING. EVERY CITIZEN, THEY HAVE THE SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE MUST DO TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN BRAZIL IS THE OPPOSITE. IT IS REALLY SAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE AND A PRIVILEGE. WE REALLY WISH YOUR BROTHER WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN THE COUNTRY. TAKE CARE. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` NURSES ARE UNIMPRESSED AT THE LATEST PAY RISE OFFER FROM DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS. MORE ON THAT AT 7. ALSO AHEAD ` HOW GAMING INDUSTRY GRANTS COULD BE INFLUENCING LOCAL COUNCILS TO TAKE A SOFTER STANCE ON POKIE MACHINES. AND NEXT ` THE CONTINUING CONCERNS OVER THE PROCESS THAT RESULTED IN MATATA RESIDENTS BEING REMOVED FROM THEIR HOMES. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IN MAY 2005 THE COMMUNITY OF MATATA, ON THE EASTERN BAY OF PLENTY COAST, WAS ENGULFED BY 300,000m3 OF SILT, LOGS AND BOULDERS AFTER EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTED IN A MASSIVE DEBRIS FLOW. NO ONE DIED, BUT 27 HOMES WERE DESTROYED AND 87 OTHER PROPERTIES DAMAGED, AT A COST OF $20M. AFTER YEARS OF TRYING AND FAILING TO MITIGATE THE RISK OF ANOTHER DEBRIS FLOW WITH VARIOUS ENGINEERING OPTIONS, IN 2012 WHAKATANE DISTRICT COUNCIL DECIDED THE 'MANAGED RETREAT' OF RESIDENTS WAS THE BEST APPROACH. NOW JUST TWO FAMILIES REMAIN, IN AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION BY AUTHORITIES. JOINING US NOW IS A MEMBER OF ONE OF THOSE FAMILIES, RACHEL WHALLEY, WHO'S CALLING FOR AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO THE BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO FOR A DECADE AND A HALF. GOOD MORNING, RACHEL. WE HAVE HAD A FEW TECHNICAL ISSUES, SO WE HAVE YOU BY PHONE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. CAN I START THE CONVERSATION BY ASKING HOW LONG YOU HAVE LIVED IN MATATA? TOOK US THROUGH THE NIGHTMARE, IN GENERAL TERMS, THAT THIS HAS BEEN OVER THE LAST 12, 13, 14 YEARS. MY FAMILY, WHICH IS MY HUSBAND'S FAMILY, HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE SINCE THE EARLY 1990S. IT IS A WONDERFUL PLACE, AND WE LIVE HERE WITH MUM. IT WAS THEIR RETIREMENT HOME, EVERYTHING THEY PUT THEIR LIFE'S WORK IN. MUM AND DAD BOTH WORKED AT THE MILLS IN KAWERAU. THIS IS WHERE THEY CAME TO ENJOY THEIR RETIREMENT. IT IS AN INTERGENERATIONAL PLACE FOR THEM. DAD DIED HERE, AND I CAME HOME NEARLY A DECADE AGO TO LOOK AFTER DAD AND TO BE WITH MUM. AND WE ARE STILL HERE. TO LOOK AFTER MUM. SO WE ARE DEVASTATED THAT WE HAVE BEEN FORCED FROM OUR HOME. AND WE DON'T FEEL THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE HAVE REALLY HAD A FAIR CHANCE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO US, NOT WITH US. LET'S TALK ABOUT 2006. THE DISTRICT COUNCIL ASKED BUILDING AND HOUSING IF THEY COULD PREVENT HOMEOWNERS FROM RETURNING BY DEEMING THEIR HOMES ARE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS. THEY SAID NO. SIX HOUSES WERE BUILT BACK IN THE DEBRIS FLOW ZONE ON THE UNDERSTANDING THE COUNCIL WOULD REDUCE THE RISK. THAT YOU BELIEVE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE LIVING IN MATATA? ABSOLUTELY. BUT IT WAS A HUGE EVENT. WHEN YOU LOOK INTO THE EVENT ITSELF, WE DIDN'T THINK YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME ISSUES AROUND HOW THE EVENT HAPPENED, AND TO BE HONEST, OUR HOME WAS NOT AFFECTED AND THAT MAJOR EVENT. THERE IS NO DISPUTING WHAT A SERIOUS EVENT IT WAS. 27 HOMES, AND THAT WAS ALL OF MATATA, NOT JUST THE END OF TOWN WE LIVE IN. IT IS THIS AREA THAT HAS BEEN SINGLED OUT OUT OF ALL THE AREAS. AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH WAY WE HAVE TRIED TO GET INTO THE PROCESS, WE HAVE COME UPON UNWORKABLE SOLUTIONS. THE COUNCIL CAN'T TELL US WHY IT HAS TO BE DONE. THAT IS WHY THE FRUSTRATION ABOUT IT IS THAT THEY CAN TALK ABOUT CONSULTATION, BUT WE HAVE JUST NOT BEEN ENGAGED WITH. IF THE GOVERNMENT THINKS IT IS GOING TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE STRATEGY, THEN THEY NEED TO HAVE A FAIR LOOK AT IT, A FAIR AND INDEPENDENT LOOK. RACHEL, WE HAVE ABOUT TWO MINUTES LEFT. TWO QUESTIONS, REALLY. DO THINK LOCAL AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAVE ACTED IN GOOD FAITH? AND IN 2016, THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OFFERED A BUYOUT FOR RESIDENTS. WHY DIDN'T YOU TAKE THAT UP? THE PROCESS WAS SUPPOSEDLY VOLUNTARY, BUT THE MECHANISM BEHIND IT, IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN AGENDA. THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO USE THE RANGE OF TOOLS TO GET IT. WE DIDN'T ENGAGE IN A BUYOUT, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T FEEL THAT WE NEEDED TO LEAVE HERE, AND WE WANTED TO HAVE OUR LIVE HERE. AND IT TURNS OUT THAT AFTER ALL WE HAD BEEN THROUGH, REGARDLESS, THE COUNCIL WOULD USE THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT TO REMOVE US. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DIFFICULTIES WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN THAT REGARD. WE UNDERSTAND THE RISKS, AND THE RELATIVE RISKS. WE ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT COMES FROM THE SEA THAN THE HILLS BEHIND US. LET'S PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE. RACHEL, WE HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS. I KNOW THERE IS A PROCESS, AND YOU WANT AN ENQUIRY, AND A FORMAL APOLOGY, BUT WHAT NOW? WHERE WILL YOU GO? WHAT WILL YOU DO? RICKY AND I HAVE HAD TO BUY ANOTHER PROPERTY. WE ASKED TO STAY IN OUR HOME IN PERPETUITY. WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT THIS RELATIVE RISK, AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR MUM, WHO HAS MORE RISK GETTING OUT OF BED EVERY DAY, THAT SHE DOES FROM POTENTIAL DEBRIS FLOW THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN. WE ASKED TO STAY IN OUR HOME. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DRAW A RED LINE AND SAY YOU CAN GET LOST NOW. OR YOU CAN GET LOST BY 2021. THEY COULD HAVE WORKED MORE CLOSELY WITH EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, IN A WAY THAT WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED THEM. TO GET THROUGH THIS. RACHEL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU AND YOUR WHANAU. WE WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST IN THE PROCESS THAT CONTINUES AHEAD OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, RACHEL FOR YOUR TIME. GOSH, THAT SOUNDS DISTRESSING. THE PEOPLE OF THAT COMMUNITY HAVE HAD A ROUGH, ROUGH FEW YEARS. REALLY TOUGH. SEVERAL YEARS. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S INDIRA WITH THE NEWS. NURSES SAY THEY'RE BURNT OUT, TURNING DOWN THE FIRST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD OFFER IN THEIR MULTI-EMPLOYER AGREEMENT. THE OFFER INCLUDES A PAY RISE OF ABOUT 1.3%. WE ARE NOT FREE TO CARE. WE ARE BRUSHING FROM ONE TASK TO ANOTHER, BECAUSE WE CAN'T PUT THAT CARE ASPECT AND. WE DON'T GO HOME FEELING PROUD, BECAUSE YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE GIVEN ALL TO WHAT YOU WANT TO PUT INTO YOUR NURSING. HONG KONG'S LOOKING TO RELAX QUARANTINE RULES FOR NZERS ENTERING THE CITY. BUT IT'S PINNED ON MORE HONGKONGERS GETTING VACCINATED. THE CHINESE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION IS SET TO LOOSEN SOME RESTRICTIONS, ONLY FOR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE RECEIVED BOTH DOSES. THE LOW-RISK COUNTRIES, THAT IS SINGAPORE, NZ AND AUSTRALIA ` HAS ALREADY STARTED WITH A 14-DAY QUARANTINE, INSTEAD OF A 21-DAY QUARANTINE FROM 9 APRIL. SO IN DUE COURSE, WHEN WE ANNOUNCE THIS FURTHER RELAXATION BASED ON VACCINATION, THEN THESE THREE LOW-RISK COUNTRIES WILL MOVE ON TO SEVEN-DAY INSTEAD OF 14-DAY. CHIEF EXECUTIVE CARRIE LAM ALSO SAID THERE HAD BEEN PROGRESS TOWARDS A TRAVEL BUBBLE WITH SINGAPORE. BRAZILIANS IN NZ FEEL UNEASY, WATCHING COVID-19 RAVAGE THEIR HOME COUNTRY. THE DEATH TOLL THERE IS NEARING 350,000, WITH 4000 DEATHS RECORDED IN A SINGLE 24-HOUR PERIOD LAST WEEK. ANDRE DE SILVA SAYS FRIENDS AND FAMILY BACK HOME FEEL HOPELESS, WITH MINIMAL SUPPORT AND NO NATIONAL PLAN FROM BRAZIL'S GOVERNMENT. THIS IS REALLY SAD. THIS IS REALLY SAD. AND THE FEELING OF HAVING YOUR HANDS TIED, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO. SO WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO BE HERE WITH WIFE AND KIDS. WHAT IS HAPPENING IS LIKE THE OPPOSITE. CHEEKY TILL THE END ` THAT'S HOW PRINCE HARRY'S DESCRIBED HIS GRANDFATHER PRINCE PHILIP. IN A STATEMENT ISSUED MINUTES AFTER HIS BROTHER PRINCE WILLIAM'S STATEMENT, HARRY SAID THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WAS A MAN OF SERVICE, HONOUR AND GREAT HUMOUR AND A LEGEND OF BANTER. WILLIAM WROTE HE AND KATE WILL SUPPORT THE QUEEN IN THE YEARS AHEAD, SAYING THE 99-YEAR-OLD PHILIP WOULD HAVE WANTED THEM TO 'GET ON WITH THE JOB'. ON THE FOURTH DAY OF NATIONAL MOURNING, BRITISH MPs OBSERVED A MINUTE'S SILENCE. TO SPORT, AND HE MAY BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE CRICKETER IN THE INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE, BUT CHRIS MORRIS WASN'T TRUSTED TO HIT THE MATCH-WINNING RUNS BY HIS RAJASTHAN ROYALS SKIPPER, SANJU SAMSON SENDING HIS BATTING PARTNER BACK TO THE CREASE IN THE PENULTIMATE BALL OF THEIR RUN CHASE AGAINST THE KINGS ELEVEN. FIVE REQUIRED. TO BALLS REMAINING. THAT ONE IS HARD. STRAIGHT AT THE MAN. WHAT HAS HE DECIDED TO DO HERE? MY GOODNESS. HE HAS TURN THE RUN DOWN. SO HE NEEDS SIX HERE FOR ONE OF THOSE DREADED SUPER OVERS. SAMSON WAS NEARLY JUSTIFIED IN HIS DECISION NOT TO LET MORRIS FACE THE LAST BALL OF THEIR RUN CHASE OF 222, BUT WAS CAUGHT ON THE BOUNDARY ON 119, NEEDING FIVE RUNS TO WIN. THE SOUTH AFRICAN ALL-ROUNDER WAS BOUGHT BY THE ROYALS FOR A RECORD $3.13M IN FEBRUARY'S AUCTION. WHOA. I REMEMBER THAT. YEAH. HOW LONG DOES THE IPL SEASON GO FOR? IT IS NOT VERY LONG./ 3.1 MILLION BUCKS. FOR SEVEN WEEKS? YES. I THINK I CAN CLEAR THE SCHEDULE FOR THAT. THAT WILL ONLY BUY YOU A COUPLE OF HOUSES IN AUCKLAND. THAT WILL DO. THAT IS THE TRUTH. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF SOMEONE YOU LOVE HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY GAMBLING. GET IN TOUCH. MORENA. SO NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US. HOW HUMID WAS IT YESTERDAY? IT WAS HOT. IT FELT LIKE SUMMER, BUT IT WAS HUMID. MORENA. YOU'RE WAKING TO A BIT OF A SOGGY DAY TODAY. ALMOST EVERYONE WILL SEE RAIN OR SHOWERS, SO DO CHUCK THE BROLLY OR COAT IN FOR WORK. A FEW SHOWERS AROUND FOR THE UPPER NORTH. WHITIANGA, IT COULD BE RAIN THIS MORNING, BUT SOME DECENT FINE BREAKS FOR ALL HERE. 23 IN AUCKLAND. THE RAIN IN TAURANGA, WAKATANE AND ROTORUA DOES CLEAR UP. OTHER SPOTS MAY JUST SEE SOME SHOWERS ` TAURANGA 25, HAMILTON 23. HAWKES BAY IS THE BRIGHT SPOT IN TODAY'S FORECAST, MOSTLY SUNNY, AND LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES ` 27. GISBORNE WILL SEE RAIN IN THE MORNING, BUT WILL CLEAR ` 25. ANOTHER SOGGY ONE IN THE WEST OF THE ISLAND. WELLINGTON, THE FALLS COULD BE HEAVIER IN THE AFTERNOON, ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHERLIES ` 19 FOR YOU, 20 IN LEVIN. A HIGH CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN IN WESTLAND, AND WE STILL HAVE A RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE RANGES. YOU CAN EXPECT ANOTHER 60MM TO 90MM TODAY. PEAK FALLS THIS MORNING. BUT FOR THOSE IN THE EAST IS LOOKING GOOD. NELSON WILL CLEAR TOO ` 19 FOR YOU, 22 IN KAIKOURA. GREY SKIES ALONG THE EAST COAST, AND THAT TURNS TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. THEY COULD BE PRETTY HEAVY SHOWERS TOO ` 22 IN CHRISTCHURCH, 17 OAMARU. THE RAIN CLEARS FROM MILFORD SOUND TO A FINE AFTERNOON. EVERYWHERE ELSE WILL SEE RAIN ARRIVE LATE MORNING. AND WITH THAT THE SOUTHERLIES OR SOU'WESTERS ROLL IN TOO. IT COULD BE STRONG IN DUNEDIN ` DUNEDIN 18, 14 MILFORD SOUND AND QUEENSTOWN. TOMORROW IT'S RAINY OR SHOWERY ACROSS ALL OF THE NORTH ISLAND, BUT IT DOES CLEAR. THE WET MOSTLY MOVES ON FROM THE SOUTH ISLAND. THE LEFTOVER SHOWERS CLEAR, BUT FURTHER RAIN DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT IN WESTLAND AND FIORDLAND. THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US. WE'RE GOING TO TURN NOW TO POKIE MACHINES, AND THE HARM THEY DO FOR SOME OF US. IN BROAD TERMS, THERE ARE TWO PARTS TO THIS INTERVIEW ` THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM, AND HOW WE CAN ADDRESS IT, INCLUDING ONE COUNCIL'S QUITE STRIKING ATTEMPT TO DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND WHEN 60 MORE POKIES WERE ABOUT TO ENTER THEIR COMMUNITY. BY LAW, LOCAL COUNCILS NEED TO COME UP WITH POLICY TO REGULATE THE USE OF POKIES. AND COUNCILS THAT LIMIT OR REDUCE POKIE NUMBERS DO HELP REDUCE PROBLEM GAMBLING. THERE'S A DIRECT CAUSE AND EFFECT BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF POKIES AND THE NUMBER OF PROBLEM GAMBLERS. BUT ` AND IT'S A BIG BUT ` SOME OF THE CASH FROM THESE MACHINES ENDS UP BACK IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THE FORM OF GAMING GRANTS. AND THE QUESTION IS, DOES THAT CREATE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR COUNCILS? DOES THE MONEY COUNCILS GET FROM POKIES INFLUENCE THEIR DECISIONS TO RESTRICT POKIE NUMBERS? WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THIS, A NEW REPORT, OUT THIS MORNING FROM AUT, CALLED 'CAPPING PROBLEM GAMBLING IN NZ'. IT LOOKS AT HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAN BE EFFECTIVE IN ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM. AND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE ITS AUTHOR, DR CHRISTOPHER ERWIN, FROM AUT, WITH US THIS MORNING, ALONGSIDE A REGULAR BREAKFAST GUEST, THE PROBLEM GAMBLING FOUNDATION'S ANDREE FROUDE. IT IS LOVELY TO HAVE YOU WITH US. LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS REPORT. WHAT DOES THIS TELL US ABOUT THE KIND OF CONTROL THAT COUNCILS MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE OVER POKIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES? IT HAS BEEN A MOST 20 YEARS SINCE THE GAMBLING ACT WAS PASSED. THAT PROVIDED A NATIONAL AS TO HOW MANY POKIES YOU COULD HAVE AN ANTIESTABLISHMENT. IT GAVE LOCAL COUNCILS OR TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES THE POWER TO ENACT THEIR OWN LOCAL POLICIES. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THIS REPORT HAS TAKEN A LOOK AT WHAT DIFFERENT POLICIES HAVE BEEN ENACTED AND HOW EFFECTIVE THEY HAVE BEEN IN REDUCING THE AVAILABILITY OF POKIES AND THE AMOUNT OF LOSSES THAT PLAYERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. THIS AS MEANINGFUL WORK. THE ACT WAS THE FIRST SERIOUS, MEANINGFUL LEGISLATIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PROBLEM GAMBLING IN THIS NEW ZEALAND. HOW MANY OF US SUFFER FROM SOME FORM OF GAMBLING PROBLEM, MEANING WE SOMETIMES CAN'T HELP OURSELVES AND WE LOSE WAY MORE THAN WE CAN AFFORD TO? IT AS A SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL ISSUE IN THIS COUNTRY. POKIES REMAINS THE MOST HARMFUL FORM OF GAMBLING. THEY ARE THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY. APPROXIMATELY 252,000 PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED BY GAMBLING HARM. IT IS NOT JUST THE GAMBLER; IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THEIR LIVES THAT ARE AFFECTED, THE FAMILIES, WORKPLACES. IT IS LIKE TENTACLES. IT IS WIDESPREAD IN NEW ZEALAND. POKIES ARE THE MOST HARMFUL. 250,000, SO 5% OF THE POPULATION. IT IS THE CITY OF HAMILTON'S POPULATION. IT IS DOWNPLAYED, BUT HARM OCCURS ON A SPECTRUM. LET'S COME BACK TO AUT'S DR. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE FOUND. LET'S ABREAST ON THE POSITIVE FOR A WHILE. WHAT MEANINGFUL INTERVENTIONS AND COUNCIL ACTIONS HAVE YOU FOUND? WHAT WORKS BEST? BEYOND THE BASELINE THAT WAS IN THE ACT OF 2003, THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF INTERVENTIONS. THE FIRST THING COUNCILS COULD DO WAS SET A NUMBER, . THE SECOND ONE THAT THEY COULD DO WAS THEY COULD SAY OF OUR POPULATION IS GOING UP, WE WILL ALLOW MORE MACHINES. THEY TAKE THAT ABSOLUTE AND THEY MAKE IT ON A PER CAPITA BASIS. THE THIRD THING, THE MOST INTERESTING POLICY APPROACH THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN, AS THE SINKING LOAD. THIS IS THE POLICY APPROACH THAT WE DON'T SEE OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. IT IS UNIQUE TO NEW ZEALAND. THIS POLICY IS PLAYING A LONG GAME TOWARDS COMPLETELY ELIMINATED POKIES. TERRITORIAL AUTHORITY THAT PUTS ON A SINKING LID, THE NUMBER OF POKIES IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT BECOMES THE CAP. IT DOESN'T PERMIT THE TRANSFER OF LICENSES TO OTHER VENUES. IF YOU HAVE A PUBLIC CLOSES OR A CLUB THAT WANTS TO MOVE LOCATION, THOSE LICENSES ARE FORFEITED. THAT IS THE END OF THE LICENSEES. HENCE THE SINKING LID. WHO WAS MAKING THAT WORK? SPECIFICALLY, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SAY. I KNOW YOU ARE A VERY BIG FAN OF THE SINKING LID FOUNDATION. THIS IS SOMETHING YOU ADVOCATE FOR. THERE ARE 26 COUNCILS AT THE MOMENT TO HAVE INTRODUCED THE SINKING LOAD POLICY. WE WANT TO SEE MORE COUNCILS DO IT. IT DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH. IT TAKES A LONG TIME. IT IS A LONG MOVE. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE COUNCILS HAVE MORE POWER TO REDUCE POKEY NUMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE 50% OF VENUES IN OUR POOREST COMMUNITIES, SO THE MONEY IS COMING FROM PEOPLE WHO CAN LEAST AFFORD TO BE LOSING IT. THAT IS A BIG PART OF THE PROBLEM. IT IS. IT IS INTERESTING THAT THE SAME COMMUNITIES THAT ARE TARGETED FOR ALCOHOL SALES. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATION ABOUT THESE COMMUNITIES AND THE PREVALENCE OF LIQUOR RENDERS. THEY ARE THE SAME COMMUNITIES THAT GET THE POKEY MACHINES DISPROPORTIONATELY. IT STARTS TO SMELL CYNICAL. IT REALLY DOES. WE WANT TO SEE THAT CHANGE, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES BEING IMPACTED. THEY DON'T GET THE BENEFIT OF COMMUNITY FUNDING TO THE SAME DEGREE THAT THEY ARE USING ALL THAT MONEY OUT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. THIS IS FASCINATING. I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I WENT BACK AND WENT THROUGH THE GAMBLING ACT 2003. THE POWER LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE AS PRESCRIBED WITHIN THOSE THREE OPTIONS. THEY CAN'T GET RID OF POKIES; THEY DON'T HAVE THAT POWER. DOESN'T SEEM SO. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THESE BASELINE GAMBLING ACT. IF TA'S DID ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THOSE BASELINE RESTRICTIONS, WE ARE SEEING A DECREASE. WHEN ARE YOU SEEING THAT? POKEY EXPENDITURE IS DOWN 10%. WHAT HAS HAPPENED? EXPENDITURES, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT OF THE NATIONAL BASELINE IN REDUCING THE POKEY EXPENDITURE. FOR THOSE THAT WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND RATHER THAN THE BASELINE, ADDITIONAL DECREASES IN THE AVAILABILITY AND PLAYER LOSSES. LOSSES HAVE A DECREASE BETWEEN 10 AND 14%, WHICH IS NOTHING TO BAT AN EYELID AT. WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN? IT IS FAIR TO SAY YOU REGARD TO POKIES AS WHAT? THIS GORGE ON SOCIETY. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN? WE WANT TO SEE THEM OUT OF OUR POOR COMMUNITIES. WE WANT TO SEE THE NUMBERS GO RIGHT DOWN. WE WANT TO SEE THE RELIANCE THE ON COMMUNITY GROUPS AND SPORTS GROUPS, WHO DO GREAT THINGS, BUT WE WANT TO SEE THE RELIANCE ON FUNDING FROM POKIES REDUCED. SO THAT WE ARE NOT FUNDING OUR COMMUNITY GROUPS AND SPORTS GROUPS FROM THE POOREST PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY. THAT IS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR COUNCILS. I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT WITH THE HAMILTON COUNCIL. WORK AND PEOPLE FIND THIS REPORT? THEY CAN FIND ONLINE. WE ARE AT AUT. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH WILL BRING YOU TO THE WEBSITE WITH A DOCUMENT WAS PUBLISHED THIS MORNING. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICY AND INTERVENTION. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMING IN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION. COMING UP ` THREE YEARS AGO, HAMILTON CITY COUNCIL RULED OUT TAKING MORE MONEY FROM THE GAMING INDUSTRY. NEXT ` WHAT IMPACT IT'S HAD ON COUNCIL ACTIVITIES AND THE COMMUNITY. YOU ARE WITH BREAKFAST. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE DAMAGE POKIE MACHINES DO TO OUR COMMUNITIES, AND THE INHERENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITHIN COUNCILS WHICH HAVE A ROLE IN REGULATING SLOT MACHINES BUT BENEFIT FROM GAMBLING INDUSTRY GRANTS. IN 2018 TO 2019, HAMILTON CITY COUNCIL STARED THIS CONFLICT OF INTEREST DOWN. CONFRONTED WITH THE PROSPECT OF 60 MORE POKIES IN THEIR COMMUNITY, THEY SAID NO, AND THEN SPENT $150,000 FIGHTING THE SKYCITY CASINO APPLICATION. THEY WON. AND IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT VICTORY IN ALL KIDS OF WAYS. JOINING US NOW IS DAVE MACPHERSON, WHO WAS ONE OF THE COUNCILLORS WHO PUSHED FOR THE MOVE. DID I GET THAT RIGHT, DAVE? IS THAT A FAIR PRECIS OF WHAT HAPPENED? IT IS, AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE THE COMMUNITY HAD TO SPEND THAT SORT OF MONEY. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF SUPPORTING COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, BUT IT WAS GOING TO BE WORSE FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN THE LONG RUN IF WE ALLOW THOSE TO GO. IN HAMILTON, WE HAVE THE POKIES AND POKEY BARS, BUT JUST AS MANY IN THE CASINO THERE. IT IS LIKE A GIANT POKEY BAR. WE COULDN'T CUT IT OUT, BUT WE WANT TO STOP GROWING. BY 60. I WAS LOOKING AT THE COUNCIL MINUTES, NOTICE OF MEETING, THE REGULATORY AND HEARING COMMITTEES OPEN AGENDA, AND PEOPLE WERE RUNNING THE PROS AND CONS OF 60 EXTRA POKIES IN HAMILTON. AND ONE OF THE PROS FOR ALLOWING THEM WAS A PERCEPTION THAT A REDUCTION IN GAMING MACHINE NUMBERS WILL RESULT IN A REDUCTION IN FUNDING ALLOCATED TO COMMUNITY GROUPS, WITH A CONCERN THIS WILL HAVE ADVERSE IMPACT. HOW DID YOU OVERCOME THAT ARGUMENT? FIRSTLY, IT IS NOT TRUE. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AVAILABLE FOR COMMITTEE GROUPS HAS BEEN RELATIVELY STATIC IN HAMILTON. SOME OF US WOULD LIKE IT TO DROP, BUT THE CITY COUNCIL ZONE FIGURES SHOWED THAT WASN'T REDUCING, DESPITE A FALL OVER THE YEARS IN THE NUMBER OF POKEY BARS AND POKEY MACHINES. AND SECONDLY, WE WOULD PREFER THE COMMUNITY DIDN'T HAVE THAT RELIANCE ON POKEY MACHINES, OR THE INCOME FROM THEM. SOME COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, UNFORTUNATELY, WERE ADDICTED TO THE INCOME FROM POKEY MACHINES, AND THAT IS NOT HEALTHY. IT HAS REPLACED FUNDING THAT USED TO COME FROM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES A COUPLE OF DECADES AGO. I WANT TO MOVE ON, BUT I WANT TO ADDRESS THIS. IS THERE AN INHERENT INTEREST IN THE FACT THAT COUNCILS THAT GET TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY HAVE A FLOATING LID OR A SINKING LID, ALSO RECEIVE COMMUNITY FUNDING FROM THOSE POKIES? YOU THINK THAT IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? IT ABSOLUTELY IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. INTERES EVERY TIME WE HAVE HAD A HEARING SINCE 2003, THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN TOLD YOU ARE GOING TO HURT THE COMMUNITY. UNFORTUNATELY, THE GREATER HARM IS THE ADDICTION TO PROBLEM GAMBLING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS AFFECTING PEOPLE, AND AFFECTING COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS. WE DECIDED THE GREATER HARM WAS FROM PROBLEM GAMBLING, RATHER THAN THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF POKEY MACHINE INCOME, WHICH WAS ONLY SMALL ANYWAY. THIS WAS A MEANINGFUL VICTORY FOR THE HAMILTON CITY COUNCIL. IT IS A BUMMER YOU HAD TO PAY THIS MONEY. BUT YOU THINK IT WAS WORTH SPENDING $150,000. DO YOU FEEL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT CLOSEST TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY ARE IN, HAS ENOUGH POWER AND CONTROL OVER THE NUMBER OF POKIES? DEFINITELY NOT. THE 2003 GAMBLING ACT WAS A HALFBAKED MEASURE, DESIGNED TO STOP IT GETTING WORSE, BUT NOT TO DO MUCH ABOUT THE EXISTING LEVEL OF PROBLEM. WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN STOP NEW BARS OR EXTRA POKIES AND CASINOS, AND THAT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE. WE WERE LIKE THE POWER TO SLOWLY DROP THE NUMBERS AND FIND ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF INCOME TO STOP THAT RELIANCE, OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, ON GAMBLING MONEY THAT IS ACTUALLY HARMING PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY. YOU ARE SAYING THE GAMBLING INDUSTRY STILL HAS MORE POWER THAN THEY SHOULD HAVE. ABSOLUTELY. THEY HAVE MORE POWER BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY POUR INTO COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS THAT ARE DESPERATE FOR SUPPORT. DAVE MACPHERSON, HAMILTON CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, DAVE. WE ARE FOLLOWING UP ON THAT REPORT FROM AUT, AVAILABLE ONLINE. INTERESTING TO READ ABOUT WHAT HAMILTON DID AND HOW THEY ACHIEVE THAT VICTORY AGAINST 60 NEW POKIES. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` LOCAL BODY COUNCILS BATTLE TO DEAL WITH PROBLEM GAMBLING FUELLED BY POKIES. MORE ON THAT AT 7.30. ALSO AHEAD ` THE COVID VACCINE ROLLOUT IS RAMPING UP. WE TAKE A LOOK AT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE GETTING A JAB. HERE IS YOUR 730 NEWS. THERE ARE FEARS MONEY IS PREVENTING COUNCILS FROM DEALING WITH PROBLEM GAMBLING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS REQUIRED TO REGULATE THE USE OF POKIES, BUT MUCH OF THAT CASH ENDS UP BACK WITH COUNCILS AS GRANTS. ACCORDING TO ADVOCATES, THAT CREATES A CLEAR CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND A LACK OF INCENTIVE TO STAMP THEM OUT. WE'VE GOT 50% VENUES OUR POOREST COMMUNITIES IN NEW ZEALAND. SO THE MONEY IS COMING FROM THE PEOPLE WHO CAN LEAST AFFORD TO BE LOSING IT, AND WE WANT TO SEE THAT CHANGE, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES BEING IMPACTED, AND THEY DON'T GET THE BENEFIT OF COMMUNITY FUNDING TO THE SAME DEGREE THAT THEY'RE LOSING ALL THAT MONEY OUT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. BUT HAMILTON CITY COUNCIL HAS TAKEN A STAND AGAINST THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST. OVER TWO YEARS AGO FIGHTING AN APPLICATION BY SKY CITY CASINO WHO WANTED TO INSTALL 60 MORE POKIE MACHINES IN THE COMMUNITY. EVERY TIME WE HAVE HAD A HEARING SINCE 2003, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN TOLD YOU'RE GOING TO BE HARM HARMING THE COMMUNITY. UNFORTUNATELY, THE GREATER HARM IS THE ADDICTION TO PROBLEM GAMBLING SORT OF ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY ARE AFFECTING PEOPLE AND AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AROUND THE PLACE AS WELL. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS GROWING MORE AND MORE RAPIDLY WARN TOP GLOBAL HEALTH OFFICIALS. 4.2 MILLION NEW CASES WERE REPORTED IN THE PAST WEEK ALONE. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION DIRECTOR-GENERAL SAYING THE CRISIS IS FAR FROM OVER. HE'S POINTED THE FINGER AT CONFUSION AND COMPLACENCY FROM GOVERNMENTS. IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, THE WORLD SAW SIX CONSECUTIVE WEEKS OF DECLINING CASES. WE HAVE NOW SEEN SEVEN CONSECUTIVE WEEKS OF INCREASING CASES AND FOUR WEEKS OF INCREASING DEATHS. LAST WEEK SAW THE FOURTH HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES REPORTED SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. A HUGE CLEAN UP IS UNDERWAY IN COASTAL PARTS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AFTER TROPICAL CYCLONE SEROJA WREAKED HAVOC. THE CYCLONE, WHICH HAD ALREADY LEFT A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION ACROSS EAST TIMOR, UNLEASHED 170km/h WINDS. KALBARRI, EIGHT HOURS NORTH OF PERTH, WAS THE HARDEST HIT ` VIRTUALLY TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. THE DEVASTATION LEAVING TOURIST OPERATORS DISTRAUGHT. TO SPORT, AND CONNOR MCGREGOR CONTINUES TO PROVE HE'S NO STRANGER TO CONTROVERSY. THE IRISH UFC FIGHT HAS TOLD FOLLOWERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HIS TRILOGY FIGHT FOR DUSTIN PORIER IS OFF. NO REASON WAS GIVEN, BUT MCGREGOR SAID HE'D BE FIGHTING SOMEONE ELSE ON JUNE 10TH. PORIER CLAIMED VICTORY THE LAST TIME THEY FOUGHT IN JANUARY AFTER MCGREGOR CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT. AND THEY MAY HAVE BEEN EDGED IN 'EL CLASICO' OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT FC BARCELONA HAS BUMPED REAL MADRID OFF TOP SPOT AS THE MOST VALUABLE TEAM IN WORLD FOOTBALL. DESPITE THE CRIPPLING FINANCIAL IMPACT ON SPORT DUE TO COVID-19, BARCELONA IS NOW WORTH A WHOPPING $6.8 BILLION, ACCORDING TO FORBES. IN FACT, THE PANDEMIC HAS INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTORS, HELPING THE AVERAGE VALUE OF CLUBS RISE BY 30%. THAT'S NUTS. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S NUTS, AS UFC. HE IS A WACKY CHARACTER. I DO LIKE WATCHING THE FIGHT, THOUGH. THAT'S WHERE I SPENT MY HONEYMOON. AT THE UFC. RHONDA ROUSEY IS AMAZING. SHE GOT BEATEN THE DAY I WENT TO WATCH HER AT THE UFC. IF YOU COULD PITCH MY WORST HONEYMOON EXPERIENCE, YOU JUST DID IT. I WAS PREGNANT, TO NO THANKS. I CAN'T REALLY STOMACH WATCHING IT TO BE HONEST. NO. NO. WE WILL DO WEATHER. YOU'RE WAKING TO A BIT OF A SOGGY DAY TODAY. A FEW SHOWERS AROUND FOR THE UPPER NORTH. WHITIANGA, IT COULD BE RAIN THIS MORNING, BUT SOME DECENT FINE BREAKS FOR ALL HERE. 23 IN AUCKLAND. THE RAIN IN TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA DOES CLEAR UP. OTHER SPOTS MAY JUST SEE SOME SHOWERS. TAURANGA 25. HAMILTON 23. HAWKE'S BAY IS THE BRIGHT SPOT IN TODAY'S FORECAST ` MOSTLY SUNNY AND LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES ` 27. GISBORNE WILL SEE RAIN IN THE MORNING BUT WILL CLEAR. 25. ANOTHER SOGGY ONE IN THE WEST OF THE ISLAND. WELLINGTON, THE FALLS COULD BE HEAVIER IN THE AFTERNOON, ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHERLIES. 19 FOR YOU. 20 IN LEVIN. A HIGH CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN IN WESTLAND. AND WE STILL HAVE A RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE RANGES. YOU CAN EXPECT ANOTHER 60mm-90mm TODAY. PEAK FALLS THIS MORNING, BUT FOR THOSE IN THE EAST, IT IS LOOKING GOOD. NELSON WILL CLEAR TOO. 19 FOR YOU. 22 IN KAIKOURA. GREY SKIES ALONG THE EAST COAST, AND THAT TURNS TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. .THEY COULD BE PRETTY HEAVY SHOWERS TOO. 22 IN CHRISTCHURCH. 17 FOR OAMARU. THE RAIN CLEARS FROM MILFORD SOUND TO A FINE AFTERNOON. EVERYWHERE ELSE WILL SEE RAIN ARRIVE LATE MORNING, AND WITH THAT THE SOUTHERLIES OR SOU'WESTERS ROLL IN TOO. IT COULD BE STRONG IN DUNEDIN. DUNEDIN ` 18. 14 FOR MILFORD SOUND AND QUEENSTOWN. TOMORROW, IT'S RAINY OR SHOWERY ACROSS ALL OF THE NORTH ISLAND, BUT IT DOES CLEAR. THE WET MOSTLY MOVES ON FROM THE SOUTH ISLAND. THE LEFT OVER SHOWERS CLEAR, BUT FURTHER RAIN DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT IN WESTLAND AND FIORDLAND. AND THAT YOUR WEATHER. DO YOU HAVE A BESPOKE? JUST CHECKING ON THAT. COME ON, PEOPLE HAVE GOT ONE FOR THIS MORNING? JUST CHECKING. WE DO LOVE BESPOKE, BUT WE DO LOVE TODAY IS THE DAY AS WELL. AFTER THE BREAK ` THE REALISTIC RISKS AND REWARDS INVOLVED IN GETTING VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19. (BIRDS SQUAWKING, BONGO DRUMMING) Excuse me, where am I? You're lost in the procrastination place. Yeah, right. That makes sense. MAN: Slap yourself out of it. Whoo! Hey, uh,... Jimmy, you're riding with Rodney. - Far out. Big Rod, eh? - Everyone gets Rodneyed on their first day. - Hop in, mate. Don't worry about these bumholes! - (CHUCKLES) - Nah, they're good guys. Yeah, the guys always joke that I like to be on site before they've even left the base. But you know, I like to get there early, have a muffin, relax. You like muffins? (ENGINE REVS) Oh, I just got a new V8. Not a bogey-green one, though! (BOTH CHUCKLE) Hey, let's take the scenic route, eh? It's longer, but I make it fun. That's why the guys do paper, scissors, rock to see who comes with me. - Cos no one wants to go with that other dude you guys work with, eh? The one we were having a crack at this morning? - Who, Grubby Aaron? - Nah, you know, the guy that's always gunning it. - No one wants to ride with him. Yeah! Oh, man, he's got a V8 too. WITH MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOSES OF THE PFIZER VACCINE NOW ADMINISTERED ACROSS NEW ZEALAND, THE COUNTRY'S ROLLOUT IS RAMPING UP. MEANWHILE, COUNTRIES OVERSEAS ARE GRAPPLING WITH NEWS OF SIDE EFFECTS FROM THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE. SO HAVE WE HIT THE JACKPOT BY DOUBLING DOWN ON THE PFIZER VACCINE, OR DO WE NEED A MORE REALISTIC RECALIBRATION OF OUR EXPECTATIONS? ZOOMING IN FROM WELLINGTON TO PROVIDE US WITH THE NEED TO KNOW IS PROFESSOR GRAHAM LE GROS, DIRECTOR OF VACCINE ALLIANCE AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND. MORENA, GRAHAM. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU BACK ON THE SHOW. I WANT TO START THIS CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW AND IN THIS MOMENT WHEN IT COMES TO THE DIFFERENT VACCINES. I WONDER FIRST OF ALL GO AROUND SIDE-EFFECTS. BEFORE WE TOOK ASTRAZENECA, LET'S TALK ABOUT SIDE-EFFECTS IN GENERAL. AND HOW COMMON THEY ARE WHEN IT COMES TO VACCINES. DEPENDING ON THE VACCINE, IT CAN BE QUITE A FEW SIDE-EFFECTS. THESE VACCINES HAVE BEEN REMARKABLE IN GENERAL. 800 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE HAD A VACCINE AROUND THE WORLD. WE ARE ONLY THING UP ADVERSARY GIVEN THE AMOUNT, WE ARE LOOKING IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. OTHER VACCINES IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN QUITE TROUBLESOME IN SOME AREAS. WHERE LOOKING REMARKABLY WELL. MONITORED BY HOW QUICKLY VACCINES HAVE BEEN ROLLED OUT. IT TOOK ABOUT ASTRAZENECA. HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED HERE ALTHOUGH WE HAVE AN ADVANCED PURCHASE AGREEMENT, THERE ARE REPORTS OF BLOOD CLOT, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE SIDE-EFFECTS OF THIS ASTRAZENECA VACCINE? WE DON'T KNOW A LOT. THERE HAVE BEEN VERY FEW CASES. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 5 TO 10 PER MILLION. THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLOTTING WERE SEEN THIS KIND OF CLOTTING BUT THIS IS QUITE DIFFERENT THE JURY IS OUT ON WHAT ASTRAZENECA IS DOING. TO BE HONEST, WE ARE REALLY IN A GOOD SITUATION. THIS IS A VERY RARE EVENT. THIS LEVEL IS COMMON. ALTHOUGH WE HAD THAT ADVANCED PURCHASE, IT HAS BEEN APPROVED HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. WE DON'T HAVE THE VIRUS CIRCULATING HERE, WE ARE SENSITIVE ABOUT GIVING THIS TO OUR COMMUNITIES BEFORE WE KNOW ALL THE FACTS ABOUT IT. THE RISK OF ACTUALLY HAVING THE VIRUS, IT'S JUST NOT WORTH IT. WE CAN BE EXTREMELY PRECAUTIONARY AND TAKE OUR TIME AND JUST SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH ASTRAZENECA. I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE CALM, AND JUST WAIT AND WATCH WE GET IT IN REAL TIME THROUGH THE MEDIA. AT THE MOMENT EVERYONE IS JUST SAYING IT DOESN'T LOOK A BIT CONCERNING, IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE GETTING VACCINATED. IT TOOK ABOUT THE PFIZER VACCINE. WHAT OTHER SIDE-EFFECTS? SOME PEOPLE HAVE A RED SORE ARM, VERY FEW HAVE A RED ARM. SOME PEOPLE BREAK OUR RED SPOTS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE IN A MILLION PEOPLE. SIMILAR TO THE FLU VACCINE SYMPTOMS. THAT IS YOUR BODY RESPONDING TO THE WAY THAT WE WANT IT TO RESPOND IF THERE WAS A SCALE OF THE MOST PREFERRED VACCINE, WHERE WOULD PFIZER SIT ON THAT SCALE? PFIZER IS DOING SO WELL. IT IS LOOKING FANTASTIC IN TERMS OF ITS SAFETY AND ITS PROFILE THE WAY IT STIMULATOR IMMUNITY, AGAINST ALL THE DIFFERENT VARIANTS, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME RECENT REPORTS WITH A SOUTH AFRICAN VARIANT ISN'T QUITE AS WELL AS THE OTHER VARIANTS, WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE TAKEN THIS VACCINE. THIS TALK ABOUT HOW WORKS. HOW DOES IT GIVE US PROTECTION? THERE IS A VERY SMALL PART OF THE VIRUS THAT WE NEED TO BE IMMUNE TO. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS IT MAKES THAT ONE PART. THAT NEEDLEPOINT, THAT IT USES TO GET INTO THE CELLS. IT'S PROVING EFFECTIVE AT STOPPING THE VIRUS DID IN ITS TRACKS. CAN YOU STILL GET COVID IF YOU'VE BEEN VACCINATED? THAT IS AN OPEN QUESTION. WE CAN'T SAY CONCLUSIVELY. WHAT WE ARE CERTAIN OF AND THOSE WHO HAVE HAD THE PFIZER VACCINE, THE STOPPING SYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS ALL AROUND YOU. THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT IT STOPPING TRANSMISSION TO OTHER PEOPLE. FROM UPPER CLINICAL STUDIES, AND HAS A REALLY GOOD EFFECT IN STOPPING TRANSMISSION. WE NEED A VERY SPECIFIC STUDY TO PROVE THAT CONCLUSIVELY IT'S ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE THE CLINICAL STUDY YET. JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER VACCINE, IT WILL STOP TRANSMISSION. WE KNOW THAT THESE VACCINES WERE DEVELOPED AND THEY WERE DISTRIBUTED QUICKLY. ARE THERE TRIALS THAT ARE STILL CONTINUING TO TELL US MAY BE ABOUT FURTHER SIDE-EFFECTS OR HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE OR EVEN HOW THEY WORK? THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION. WE HAVE TO GET OUR HEAD AROUND THIS. WE GOING TO BE WORKING THROUGH WHAT IS THE BEST VACCINE OVER THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS. REMEMBER, AS FAR AS REAL WE ARE, THIS VACCINE IS ONLY GUARANTEED FOR ONE YEAR. IT MAY BE THAT SOME OF THE OTHER VACCINES WILL STIMULATE 5 TO 10 YEAR IMMUNITY. WE JUST DON'T KNOW. WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THIS. PEOPLE IN OUR POPULATION OR COMMUNITY CAN DEVELOP POOR IMMUNITY, BECAUSE OF THEIR BODY OR THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM. WE CAN'T IDENTIFY THOSE SUBGROUPS IN THEIR POPULATION YET, BUT ONCE THE VACCINATION IS ROLLED OUT THROUGH ALL THE POPULATION, WILL START TO SEE THAT. IT WILL PROTECT THEM TO MAKE SURE WE GET OTHER TREATMENTS. WE STILL NEED TO WORK OUT WHAT IS THE BEST VACCINE. OBVIOUSLY THE GOAL IS 100% OF THE POPULATION VACCINATED BUT THE REALITY IS SOMEONE WILL CHOOSE NOT TO. SO WHAT IS THE REALISTIC TARGET, AND WHY? IT DEPENDS ON HOW WE WANT TO LIVE OUR LIVES. WE NEED 100%. EVERYONE WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE IN THEIR OWN PART. YOU COULD LIVE WITH 70% OR 60% WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING. AS SOON AS YOU SAY 70% IS OKAY PEOPLE WILL LOG OUT AND HOPE OTHERS TAKE THE VACCINE. THE MORE PEOPLE THAT DO IT, THE SAFER ALL OUR VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE. THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE A NEW RESPONSE OF THE VACCINE, AND IT COULD BE REALLY SICK. I HUNDRED PERCENT IF WE CAN. HOW WE GOING IN TERMS OF OUR ROLLOUT? THERE ARE SOME SAYING THAT IT'S A BIT TOO SLOW. SOME ARE SAYING THAT BIAS BEING SLOW, THAT WAS STILL ABLE TO GET THEIR DATA FROM ROLLOUTS OVERSEAS. HOW WE DOING IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS? I THINK WE'RE DOING OKAY. I THINK EVERYONE WILL WANT TO SEE MORE SO THEY CAN PLAN THEIR LIVES OVER THE NEXT YEAR. THOSE SORT OF THINGS ARE CLEAR. THE SLOWER WE CAN DO IT AND THE SO WE CAN ROLL IT OUT FOR NEW ZEALAND, THE SAFER IT IS BECAUSE WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON OVERSEAS. INFANTS, PREGNANT PEOPLE, ALL THOSE OTHER PEOPLE HOW DO WE GIVE THEM THE VACCINE? HOW PROTECTED ARE THEY ONCE A GET THE VACCINE FROM THE REAL VIRUS? AND THAT IS THE POINT. IT'S THE REAL VIRUS THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO GET. IF YOU GET THE VIRUS INFECTION AND THEY GET REALLY SICK. IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. THANK YOU FOR THOSE VERY INFORMATIVE TIPS THIS MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. TALK ABOUT SIDE-EFFECTS, BUT THE REALITY IS YOU CAN GET SIDE-EFFECTS FROM EVERY VACCINE. SUBSEQUENT GOT THE BEST VACCINE, BASED ON RESULTS THAT ARE COMING FROM OVERSEAS. WE ARE IN A GOOD POSITION. IN THE WHOLE SCHEME OF THINGS. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID ` NEW ZEALAND NURSES AREN'T HAPPY, AND AUSTRALIA'S WORKFORCE IS BECKONING. MORE ON THAT 8. ALSO AHEAD ` HE WAS THE FIRST MAORI SUPREME COURT JUDGE, AND NOW HE'S BEEN KNIGHTED. WE SIT DOWN WITH TA JOE WILLIAMS. GOOD MORNING AUCKLAND. LOOKING LOVELY THIS MORNING. YOU COULD BE IN FOR JUST A FEW SHELLS BUT PLENTY OF LONG FINE BRAKES AS WELL. 23DEGREES. WAS HER MICROPHONE ADJUSTING? YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REPEAT WHAT I JUST AIRED. IF IT WAS YOUR PERFORMANCE REVIEW, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY... WE HAVE A REMARKABLE MAN JOINING US. A MAN WHO HAS GIVEN SO MUCH TO THIS COUNTRY, AND HAS SO MUCH MORE TO GO. HE IS STILL A YOUNG MAN. KNIGHTED OVER THE WEEKEND AT HOME. IT WAS SUCH A GOOD STORY. YVONNE TAHANA ALSO HAD SOME OLD FOOTAGE OF HIM SINGING BACK ON THE DAY. WE HAVE GOT TO BRING THAT UP. I AM GOING TO ASK HIM TO SING. TODAY'S THE DAY IS A BIT LATER THIS MORNING. IT IS ON AT 8:30 AM. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. HERE'S INDIRA WITH THE NEWS. NURSES ARE SET TO TURN DOWN THE FIRST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD OFFER IN THEIR MULTI-EMPLOYER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT. THE OFFER INCLUDES A PAY RISE OF ABOUT 1.38%. CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST NIKKI REID SAYS SOME NURSES ARE CHOOSING TO WORK IN AUSTRALIA BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS ARE BETTER. WE ARE DEVALUED FOR OUR KNOWLEDGE, OUR SKILLS. WE ARE SEVERELY UNDER RESOURCED, AND IT'S MAKING NURSING AND PROVIDING DIRECT PATIENT CARE VERY CHALLENGING. HONG KONG IS LOOKING TO RELAX QUARANTINE RULES FOR NEW ZEALANDERS ENTERING THE CITY, BUT IT'S PINNED ON MORE HONG KONGERS GETTING VACCINATED. THE CHINESE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION IS SET TO LOOSEN SOME RESTRICTIONS ONLY FOR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE RECEIVED BOTH DOSES. THE LOW-RISK COUNTRIES, THAT IS SINGAPORE, NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA, HAS ALREADY STARTED WITH A 14-DAY QUARANTINE INSTEAD OF A 21-DAY QUARANTINE FROM THE 9th OF APRIL. SO IN DUE COURSE, WHEN WE ANNOUNCE THIS FURTHER RELAXATION BASED ON VACCINATION, THEN THESE THREE LOW-RISK COUNTRIES WILL MOVE ON TO SEVEN-DAY INSTEAD OF 14-DAY. CHIEF EXECUTIVE CARRIE LAM ALSO SAID THERE'D BEEN PROGRESS TOWARDS A TRAVEL BUBBLE WITH SINGAPORE. COUNCILS ARE MOVING TO FIX THE HARM OF PROBLEM GAMBLING IN COMMUNITIES, BUT NOT ALL RESPONSES ARE EQUAL. LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS REQUIRED TO REGULATE THE USE OF POKIES, BUT SOME OF THAT CASH ENDS UP BACK WITH COUNCILS AS GRANTS. ACCORDING TO THE PROBLEM GAMBLING FOUNDATION, THAT'S SLOWING THE SOLUTION OF ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S BIGGEST SOCIAL ISSUES. APPROXIMATELY 252,000 PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED BY GAMBLING HARM. YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE GAMBLER; IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THEIR LIVES WHO ARE AFFECTED ` THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR WORKPLACES. IT'S LIKE TENTACLES. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS, OUTDOOR PUB AREAS SHOPS AND HAIRDRESSERS REOPENED IN ENGLAND AS RULES WERE ALSO EASED IN THE REST OF THE UK. IT MEANT FRIENDS COULD REUNITE OVER A PINT, BUT ONLY WHEN SITTING OUTSIDE. WE'VE BEEN IN LOCKDOWN FOR THE BEST PART OF A YEAR. JUST SEEING A FEW FRIENDS AND HAVING A DRINK. EVERYTHING'S, YOU KNOW, DISTANCED, AND IT'S JUST MARVELLOUS. (LAUGHS) IT'S JUST MARVELLOUS! RESTRICTIONS ARE SET TO EASE FURTHER IN A MONTH SHOULD CASES KEEP DECLINING. TO SPORT, AND THERE'S BEEN HIGH DRAMA IN THE INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE CLASH BETWEEN THE RAJASTHAN ROYALS AND PUNJAB KINGS XI. ROYALS SKIPPER SANJU SAMSON NEARLY SINGLE-HANDEDLY PULLING OFF THEIR WHOPPING RUN CHASE OF 222 TO WIN. SAMSON SCORING THE FIRST CENTURY OF THE IPL SEASON TO LEAVE FANS ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS. BUT NEEDING 5 OFF THE LAST BALL, THE CAPTAIN COULDN'T FINISH THE JOB. HE'S GOT ENOUGH! HE'S GOT ENOUGH! HAS HE? NO, HE HASN'T! NO, HE HASN'T! HE'LL BE OUT! IT'LL BE THE PUNJAB KINGS WHO CELEBRATE. THE KINGS XI LET OFF THE HOOK, WINNING BY FOUR RUNS. NICE. INCREDIBLE TO SCORE 220 IN A T20. WEATHER TIME. YOU HAVE THE BROOM AT THE READY. BECAUSE OF YESTERDAY'S MESS UP I HAVE WRITTEN VERY BOLDLY IN THE AUTOCUE STOP FOR BESPOKE WEATHER. THE THING IS TO NOT BE LIKE ANCHORMAN AND READ THAT OUT. IF MATTY IS WATCHING THIS, OH DEAR. THANK GOODNESS HE IS ABROAD AND WILL NOT BE SEEING THIS SHAMBLES. MORENA. YOU'RE WAKING TO A BIT OF A SOGGY DAY TODAY. ALMOST EVERYONE WILL SEE RAIN OR SHOWERS SO DO CHUCK THE BROLLY OR COAT IN FOR WORK. A FEW SHOWERS AROUND FOR THE UPPER NORTH. WHITIANGA ` IT COULD BE RAIN THIS MORNING, BUT SOME DECENT FINE BREAKS FOR ALL HERE. 23 IN AUCKLAND. THE RAIN IN TAURANGA, WAKATANE AND ROTORUA DOES CLEAR UP. OTHER SPOTS MAY JUST SEE SOME SHOWERS. TAURANGA ` 25. HAMILTON ` 23. HAWKE'S BAY IS THE BRIGHT SPOT IN TODAY'S FORECAST. MOSTLY SUNNY AND LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES ` 27 DEGREES. GISBORNE WILL SEE RAIN IN THE MORNING BUT WILL CLEAR ` 25 DEGREES. ANOTHER SOGGY ONE IN THE WEST OF THE ISLAND. WELLINGTON THE FALLS COULD BE HEAVIER IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHERLIES. 19 FOR YOU. 20 IN LEVIN. A HIGH CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN IN WESTLAND, AND WE STILL HAVE A RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE RANGES. YOU CAN EXPECT ANOTHER 60mm-90mm TODAY. PEAK FALLS THIS MORNING, BUT FOR THOSE IN THE EAST IS LOOKING GOOD. NELSON WILL CLEAR TOO. 19 FOR YOU. 22 IN KAIKOURA. GREY SKIES ALONG THE EAST COAST, AND THAT TURNS TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. THEY COULD BE PRETTY HEAVY SHOWERS TOO. 22 IN CHRISTCHURCH. 17 OAMARU. STOP! STOP! OK. WE ARE HEADING ABOUT HERE. JUST ABOVE THE LUMP. WAIMATE. THIS WAS SENT IN FROM TRACEY GRAY IN WAIMATE. SHE SAYS IT'S AN AWESOME WEE TOWN THAT GETS TOO MUCH STICK FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN, AND HER 7 YEAR OLD SON JAX WOULD BE SUPER EXCITED TO MEET MATTY! ALSO DOUBLE RAINBOW! ALSO DOUBLE RAINBOW! I CAN ONLY SEE ONE. A SLIGHT ONE TO THE RIGHT. THERE IT IS. LIKE CURVY TRAIN TRACKS. THANKS, TRACEY. WHY DOES IT GET SUCH A HARD TIME FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN THERE? I THINK IT IS JUST A PECKING ORDER. IT IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE MY AREA. NELSON PICKS ON MOTUEKA. RIGHT. THE RAIN CLEARS FROM MILFORD SOUND TO A FINE AFTERNOON. EVERYWHERE ELSE WILL SEE RAIN ARRIVE LATE MORNING, AND WITH THAT THE SOUTHERLIES OR SOU'WESTERS ROLL IN TOO. IT COULD BE STRONG IN DUNEDIN. DUNEDIN ` 18. 14 ` MILFORD SOUND AND QUEENSTOWN. TOMORROW IT'S RAINY OR SHOWERY ACROSS ALL OF THE NORTH ISLAND, BUT IT DOES CLEAR. THE WET MOSTLY MOVES ON FROM THE SOUTH ISLAND. THE LEFT OVER SHOWERS CLEAR, BUT FURTHER RAIN DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT IN WESTLAND AND FIORDLAND. WE ARE A FUNNY BUNCH, AREN'T WE, THAT WE PICK ON EACH OTHER. GENERALLY THOSE WHO ARE JUST UP OR DOWN THE ROAD FROM US. WHEN I WAS AT SCHOOL, THE RIVALRY IS STILL THERE. NOW IT IS BETWEEN RUGBY CLUB. THE DRIVE IS 20 MINUTES BETWEEN THE PLACES. IT MAKES YOUR PLACE WHAT IT IS. BUT NOW, FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS, AND MY PARTNER IS FROM NELSON, AND I AM I FROM THE MOT. THAT WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WHEN YOU GET TO UNIVERSITY, THE SLATES ARE CLEAR. I AM SURE NOW SOME BOYS WOULD HAVE SAID NO, NO, NO. NOT A GIRL FROM THE MOT. THEY WOULD HAVE MISSED OUT. THAT WAS A WRONG CHOICE. COMING UP ` FROM A ROCKSTAR TO SUPREME COURT JUDGE, AND NOW A KNIGHTHOOD. SIR TA JOE WILLIAMS JOINS US NEXT. IT IS A VERY SPECIAL SONG THAT HAS REAL SIGNIFICANCE WHICH WE WILL EXPLAIN IN A MINUTE. IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL WEEKEND FOR OUR NEXT GUEST, TA JOE WILLIAMS, SIR JOE WILLIAMS. IF YOU SAW 1 NEWS OVER THE WEEKEND, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOME OF IT, IN A BEAUTIFUL STORY BY YVONNE TAHANA. TA JOE WILLIAMS RETURNED TO HIS TURANGAWAEWAE, THE SMALL TOWN OF MANAIA IN THE COROMANDEL, TO BE KNIGHTED BY GOVERNOR-GENERAL DAME PATSY REDDY. HIS IS A REMARKABLE LIFE ` A LAW DEGREE FROM VIC, A MASTERS IN LAW WITH FIRST CLASS HONOURS, FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA, THE YOUNGEST CHIEF JUDGE OF THE MAORI LAND COURT, THE FIRST TE REO MAORI SPEAKER ON THE COURT OF APPEAL, AND THE FIRST MAORI JUDGE APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT ` OUR HIGHEST. HE IS BOTH ADMIRED AND BELOVED, A COMBINATION THAT SPEAKS OF A MAN WHO HAS AIMED HIGH AND REACHED THOSE HEIGHTS, BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN WHERE HE CAME FROM. WE'RE REALLY DELIGHTED TO HAVE HIM WITH US TODAY. STILL A YOUNG MAN, BUT WITH SO MUCH ALREADY TO LOOK BACK ON. TA JOE WILLIAMS, NGATI PUKENGA AND TE ARAWA, KEI TE RANGATIRA, TENA KOE. IT IS SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. TENA KOE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME ON. WHEN THE PROVERBIAL HITS THE FAN AND WE'RE ALL ADULTS, WE WILL JUST GIVE YOU ON AND ASK YOU TO SMILE. (LAUGHS) NO MATTER HOW BAD THINGS ARE GOING, YOU MAKE PEOPLE FEEL BETTER. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD, BECAUSE YOU WERE RAISED IN HAWKE'S BAY. BY MY GREAT UNCLE AND GREAT AUNT. THE OLD MAN MOVED DOWN TO HAWKE'S BAY FOR WORK. THERE ARE TWO HUGE FREEZING WORKS THERE, AND HE WAS A FREEZING WORKER. SO I GREW UP THERE WITH MY COUSINS, WHO WERE ALSO RAISED BY THEM. MY MUM AND DAD AS I CALL THEM, ALSO RAISE MY MOTHER. IT IS A NETWORK. AND WHAT BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THEY MUST HAVE BEEN. THEY WERE PRETTY COOL PEOPLE. I WONDER ABOUT THE SENSE OF POSSIBILITY THEY FILLED YOU WITH. HOW DOES A BOY FROM THAT BACKGROUND END UP ON THE SUPREME COURT? WHAT WE ARE TOLD AS A CHILD BUT WHAT WAS POSSIBLE? MY PARENTS WERE PRETTY HUMBLE. I REMEMBER TELLING DAD THAT I WAS GOING TO GO TO UNIVERSITY AND THAT I WANTED TO LEARN MAORI. IN THE OLD MAN WAS A NATIVE SPEAKER, HE COULD NOT SPEAK ENGLISH UNTIL HE WENT TO SCHOOL. BUT HE BELONGS TO THE GENERATION THAT SADLY FELT THAT THEIR CULTURE WAS A HANDICAP. AND SO HE DELIBERATELY DID NOT TEACH US TE REO. AND WHEN I TOLD THEM THAT I WAS GOING TO UNIVERSITY FIRST OF ALL TO DO A BA IN MAORI AND LATER I PICKED UP LAW, HE SAID WHY DO YOU NOT GET A TRADE, BOY? SO I THINK THEY WERE KIND OF BLOWN AWAY BY WHERE IT ALL WENT. THEY HAVE BOTH PASSED AWAY NOW, BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY BEYOND WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, OR ANYBODY. TO BE FAIR, IT WAS LUCK. IF I HAD BEEN BORN 10 YEARS EARLIER OR 10 YEARS LATER, MY LIFE TRAJECTORY WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT. IT IS JUST THAT I WAS BORN THAT AT A TIME WHEN I CAME UP, THESE ISSUES WERE FRONT AND CENTRE. AND THAT IS JUST PURE LUCK. SO I AM NOT GOING TO BLAME IT ON ANY INHERENT TALENT AT ALL EXCEPT THE ABILITY TO SCREAM INTO A MICROPHONE WITH A BACKING BAND BEHIND ME. I'M GOING TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO JOHN OURSELVES BE, BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT SONG. JENNY MAY HAS THAT TOO. A FATHER THAT THOUGHT THE GREATEST GIFT HE COULD GIVE HER WAS TO PULL BACK ON BEING MAORI AND TO ESSENTIALLY SAY TO AMPLIFY WITH THE MAC PAKEHA WORLD. I WANT TO PLAY THAT SONG AGAIN. A SONG CALLING FOR MAORI USED TO TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR IDENTITY. IT IS ENOUGH TO BE YOU. IT IS MORE THAN ENOUGH. IT IS A MIRACLE TO BE YOU. LATER ON, WHEN DAD WAS MUCH OLDER AND I WAS AT UNIVERSITY, HE STOPPED SPEAKING ENGLISH TO ME. AND SO THE WORLD FINALLY GAVE HIM PERMISSION TO BE THE MAN HE ALWAYS WAS. AND YOU COULD SEE THE WEIGHT FALL OFF HIS SHOULDERS. FOR A LOT OF HIS LIFE, HE CARRIED THIS KIND OF SHAME KNOWING THAT HE WAS A SECOND-CLASS CITIZEN, BEING TREATED AS A SECOND-CLASS CITIZEN, AND I KNOW AS A YOUNG BOY, BECAUSE I SAW IT. AND IT WAS HEARTBREAKING TO WATCH. EVEN AS A LITTLE BOY, I SAW THE WAY HE WAS TREATED IN OFFICIAL OFFICES, INSTALLS AND SO ON. THE WAY MY BROTHER AND SISTER WERE TREATED. AND I FELT IT KEENLY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS I TOOK THE TRACK THAT I DID. THIS WORLD THAT WE ARE IN NOW IS INFINITELY DIFFERENT AND INFINITELY BETTER, BOTH FOR MAORI AND PAKEHA AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN THIS COUNTRY OF OURS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT SONG BECAUSE IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. I WANT TO GET REALLY SERIOUS NOW AND TALK ABOUT THE PERMISSION TO BE YOU. IT IS A TERRIBLE THING THAT THE TANGATA WHENUA HAD SO LATE IN THE LIFE OF POSTCOLONIAL NEW ZEALAND RECEIVED PERMISSION TO BE THEMSELVES, AND WE CELEBRATE YOU ON THE APPEAL COURT, WE CELEBRATE YOU ON THE SUPREME COURT, BUT THE TERRIBLE FACTORS THAT IF YOU ARE IN THE DISTRICT COURT AND THE HIGH COURT AND YOU'RE LOOKING OUT AT THE DOCK, THE PEOPLE LIKELY TO BE STANDING BEFORE YOU ARE STILL DISPROPORTIONATELY LIKELY TO BE MAORI. HOW DO WE SOLVE THAT PROBLEM? THAT TERRIBLE SIDE EFFECT OF COLONISATION. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. IT IS THE INEVITABLE, SADLY, SIDE EFFECT OF COLONISATION. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE EXACTLY THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCE ARISES IN AUSTRALIA, IN CANADA AND IN THE US AND FOR EXACTLY THE SAME REASONS. SO THIS IS A LONG GAME. AND IT STARTS WITH US HAVING PERMISSION TO BE OURSELVES. IT STARTS WITH MAORI DEFENDANTS, AND THERE ARE TOO MANY OF THEM, SEEING THEMSELVES ON THE BENCH. WHEN I WAS A TRIAL JUDGE. THIS MIGHT TAKE SOME EXPLAINING. BEFORE I WAS A HIGH COURT JUDGE, I WAS THE CHAIR OF THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL AND THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE MAORI LAND COURT, AND MY JOB AS A POSITIVE JOB. I WAS INVOLVED IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF TE AO MAORI. THROUGH THE REPARATIONS OF THE TREATY SETTLEMENT PROCESS AND THROUGH THE AGRI BUSINESS, AND IT WAS WONDERFUL WORK. I CHANGED TO THE HIGH COURT AND THE ONLY MAC MARIS I EVER SAW WITH THE DEFENDANT. AND I TOOK TO SAYING TENA KOE, MR WHOEVER IT WAS, AND THAT PERSON'S HEAD WOULD COME UP IMMEDIATELY, OR I WOULD SAY MORENA. AND IF I GOT A SENSE THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH MAORI, I WOULD SPEAK TO THEM IN IT. AND THE WHOLE VIBE OF THE TRIAL WOULD CHANGE. JUST A BIT SIMPLE AFFIRMATION. THAT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD, BUT THESE ARE KIND OF GRAINS OF SAND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. OUR WONDERFUL CHIEF DISTRICT COURT JUDGES CHANGING THE WAY OUR COURTS ARE OPERATING WITH HIS NEW MODEL WHICH INTRODUCES MAORI INTO THE WAY THE COURT IS OPERATING, TAKES A THERAPEUTIC APPROACH AND TRIES TO REDUCE THE TERRIBLE ASYMMETRY OF MAORI AND POLYNESIAN PARTICIPATION IN OUR SYSTEM, AND IT IS THE WORK OF A LIFETIME. IT IS EVERY DAY, BUT IT IS HAPPENING, AND I AM SO FULL OF HOPE. AND HERE YOU ARE ON THE SUPREME COURT. I JUST WANT TO BRING IN, IT WAS A LOVELY STORY THAT YVONNE DID ON SUNDAY. IT WAS SO JOYFUL. I WAS SITTING AT HOME BEAMING. OH, REALLY? IT WAS GORGEOUS. I'M CALLING ON OUR SHOWROOM. I HOPE THIS IS THE VISION OF THE KNIGHTHOOD. SHE CAME TO YOU, WHICH IS NOT COMMON. GOVERNORS GENERAL DO NOT OFTEN DO OUT CALLS. THEY ARE NOT OBOE DRIVERS. *UBER DRIVERS THEY WOULD BE GOOBER DRIVERS. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? HOW JOYFUL AND LIFE AFFIRMING AND MEANINGFUL WAS IT TO BE KNIGHTED AT HOME? IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. THERE WERE SOME BACKGROUND ABOUT DAME PATSY. BEFORE SHE WAS GOVERNOR GENERAL, SHE WAS THE CROWN'S LEAD NEGOTIATOR IN TAURANGA. AND SHE NEGOTIATED ACROSS THE TABLE FROM MY COUSINS. SO WHEN I ASKED HER IF SHE WOULD MIND COMING TO MANAIA, SHE JUMPED AT THE CHANCE. IT WAS A CLOSING OF THE CIRCLE. IT WAS WONDERFUL. IT WAS AFFIRMING FOR THE ENTIRE TRIBE. IT WAS A HUGE EVENT FOR US. THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF YOU ROARING WITH LAUGHTER. I WANT TO COME BACK TO YOU ON CAMERA, AND I WANT TO END BY YOU SPEAKING TO THE LITTLE YOUTHS OF NOW. SO THE BOYS AND GIRLS WHO ARE IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES TO THE ONE THAT YOU WERE IN ROUGHLY 50 YEARS AGO, WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE? MY MESSAGE TO THEM IS THAT THEY CAN. MY MESSAGE TO THEM IS TO DREAM AND IMAGINE IN A WAY THAT THEIR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS DID NOT. MY MESSAGE TO THEIR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS AS TO DREAM FOR THOSE CHILDREN, BECAUSE THE WORLD WE ARE IN IS CHANGING, AND THAT MAORI DIMENSION OF NEW ZEALAND IS GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE STRATOSPHERE. THIS IS THEIR TIME. WHAT A FANTASTIC NOTE TO END ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR JOE WILLIAMS. PROVING INTENT MAGNIFICENT MINUTES WHEN KNIGHTHOOD IS A GOOD THING. IT IS BEEN BEAUTIFUL HAVING YOU WITH US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ARE WELCOME. LOVELY TO TALK TO YOU. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` SLOT MACHINES IN THE COMMUNITY ARE UNDER THREAT BUT PLAYING HARD BALL COULD COST LOCAL BODY COUNCILS MUCH NEEDED GRANT MONEY. MORE ON THAT AT 8.30. ALSO AHEAD ` THE SMALL BUSINESS RUN BY 12-YEAR-OLDS OUT OF THEIR CLASSROOM HELPING CHARITIES IN PARAPARAUMU. WE'RE GOING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY. OTAUTAHI, CHRISTCHURCH ` A BIT OF CLOUD AROUND, AND A FEW SHOWERS THAT COULD BE HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON. A TOP OF 22 DEGREES. AND BREAKING NEWS IN BREAKING NEWS ` THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING IN THE U.S. POLICE IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, SAY THERE ARE MULTIPLE VICTIMS IN A N ATTACK AT A HIGH SCHOOL. AUSTIN-EAST HIGH SCHOOL IS UNDER LOCKDOWN. KNOXVILLE POLICE SAY AN OFFICER IS ONE OF THE VICTIMS, AND THE SITUATION IS DESCRIBED AS 'ACTIVE'. PEOPLE ARE BEING TOLD TO AVOID THE AREA. THE GREAT POKIES DEBATE IS IN FULL SWING WITH FEARS SOME LOCAL BODY COUNCILS ARE FACING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THEY WANT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SLOT MACHINES, BUT THAT COULD COST THEM GRANT MONEY. BUT THE HAMILTON CITY COUNCIL HAS TAKEN A STAND ` FIGHTING AN APPLICATION BY SKY CITY CASINO WHICH WANTED TO INSTALL 60 MORE POKIES IN THE COMMUNITY. EVERY TIME WE HAVE HAD A HEARING SINCE 2003, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN TOLD YOU'RE GOING TO BE HARMING THE COMMUNITY. UNFORTUNATELY, THE GREATER HARM IS THE ADDICTION TO PROBLEM GAMBLING SORT OF ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY ARE AFFECTING PEOPLE AND AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AROUND THE PLACE AS WELL. NURSES CLAIM THEY'RE BURNT OUT AND CAN'T CARE FOR PATIENTS THE SAME WAY THEY USED TO. THEY ARE SET TO TURN DOWN THE FIRST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD OFFER IN THEIR MULTI EMPLOYER AGREEMENT. THE OFFER INCLUDES A PAY RISE OF ABOUT 1.38%. WE HAVE, IN THE UNION, 'FREE TO CARE, PROUD TO NURSE.' WE'RE NOT FREE TO CARE ANY MORE. WE'RE RUSHING FROM ONE TASK TO ANOTHER BECAUSE WE CAN'T PUT THAT CARE ASPECT IN. YOU DON'T GO HOME FEELING PROUD, BECAUSE YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GIVEN YOUR ALL TO WHAT YOU WANT TO PUT INTO YOUR NURSING. BRAZILIANS IN NEW ZEALAND FEEL UNEASY WATCHING COVID-19 RAVAGE THEIR HOME COUNTRY. THE DEATH TOLL THERE IS NEARING 350,000, WITH 4000 DEATHS RECORDED IN A SINGLE 24 HOUR PERIOD LAST WEEK. ANDRE DE SILVA SAYS FRIENDS AND FAMILY BACK HOME FEEL HOPELESS, WITH MINIMAL SUPPORT AND NO NATIONAL PLAN FROM BRAZIL'S GOVERNMENT. THIS IS REALLY SAD. THIS IS REALLY SAD, AND THE FEELING OF HAVING YOUR HANDS TIED. THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO. NOTHING WE CAN DO. WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO BE HERE WITH WIFE AND KIDS. WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BRAZIL IS THE OPPOSITE. TO SPORT, AND THERE'LL BE AN END OF AN ERA THIS SEASON AT THE CRUSADERS. TIGHTHEAD PROP MICHAEL ALAALATOA WILL LEAVE THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS AT THE END OF THE SUPER RUGBY SEASON TO JOIN IRISH CLUB LEINSTER. THE 29-YEAR-OLD DEBUTED FOR THE CRUSADERS IN 2016 AFTER TWO SEASONS WITH THE WARATAHS IN SYDNEY. HE REPRESENTED SAMOA AT TEST LEVEL, PLAYING FOR MANU SAMOA AT THE 2019 WORLD CUP IN JAPAN. A TOUCHING ACT OF RESPECT FOLLOWING HIDEKI MATSUYAMA'S HISTORIC MASTERS VICTORY HAS GONE VIRAL. THE JAPANESE GOLFER'S CADDIE, SHOTA HAYAFUJI, HAS WON THE HEARTS OF GOLF FANS AFTER HE BOWED TOWARDS THE AUGUSTA COURSE AS MATSUYAMA WAS WHISKED AWAY FOR INTERVIEWS. AFTER BECOMING THE FIRST JAPANESE MAN TO WIN THE GREEN JACKET, MATSUYAMA SAID HIS FIRST THOUGHTS WERE FOR HIS CADDIE AND HOPES HIS TRIUMPH INSPIRES FUTURE STARS IN JAPAN. AND, FINALLY, IT'S THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF COSMONAUT YURI GAGRIN'S FIRST SPACE FLIGHT, SO HOW TO CELEBRATE IT? RU YI, THE MOSCOW ZOO PANDA WAS GIVEN HIS OWN COSMIC EXPERIENCE. THE BIG BEAR CAREFULLY CHECKED OUT THE ROCKET SHIP WITH BAMBOO ATTACHMENTS BEFORE ABORTING THE MISSION. HE TORE THE CRAFT APART AND ATE THE FUSELAGE ` I MEAN FOLIAGE. OH! DEAD JOKE. STEVENS STEPHEN STEWART'S DAD JOKE I LOVE IT. SHONA HAS JUST SENTENCE ON FEEDBACK AND SHE IS ISSUE WITH YOUR POSTURE. I AM ENABLING SLOUCHES. THIS IS A STRONG MESSAGE THERE THAT EVEN IF YOU SLOUCHES CAN END UP ON THE TELLY. THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. JENNY MAY AND JON JON THAT'S ONLY PART I TOOK NOTICE OF. WE'RE BOTH BLIND AS BATS AND CAN'T EVEN READ OUR OWN KEYBOARD. THIS MUCH TO BE PROUD OF THE PITIFUL COUNTRY. THANK YOU, FRANCINE. JOE WILLIAMS IS A BEAUTIFUL MAN. YOU CAN BE WHAT YOU CAN SEE. ABSOLUTELY. WHEN I SAW THAT PHRASE I THOUGHT OF YOU, JENNY MAY. WE CAN GET KYLIE ON. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL INTERVIEW THAT YOU STOOD WITH SIR JOE WILLIAMS. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MAN. PERMISSION TO BE YOU IS WHAT'S ABOUT TO ME. LOOK AT YOUR POSTURE. WHAT SHONA DOESN'T KNOW THAT AFTER A BABY, ROCKING A CORSET. WELL WE WILL NEED A CORSET. I WILL GET ONE. I'LL GET YOU ONE. DO THEY WORK? TIM WILSON USED ONE. WORTH A TRY. MY IMPRESSION OWNER. MORENA. ANOTHER HUMID DAY FOR MANY NORTH ISLAND SPOTS TODAY. BUT A BIT COOLER FOR THE LOWER SOUTH. A FEW SHOWERS AROUND FOR THE UPPER NORTH. WHITIANGA, IT COULD BE RAIN THIS MORNING, BUT SOME DECENT FINE BREAKS FOR ALL HERE. 23 IN AUCKLAND. THE RAIN IN TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA DOES CLEAR UP. OTHER SPOTS MAY JUST SEE SOME SHOWERS. TAURANGA, 25. HAMILTON, 23. HAWKE'S BAY IS THE BRIGHT SPOT IN TODAY'S FORECAST ` MOSTLY SUNNY AND LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES ` 27. GISBORNE WILL SEE RAIN IN THE MORNING BUT WILL CLEAR. 25. ANOTHER SOGGY ONE IN THE WEST OF THE ISLAND. WELLINGTON, THE FALLS COULD BE HEAVIER IN THE AFTERNOON, ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHERLIES. 19 FOR YOU. 20 IN LEVIN. A HIGH CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN IN WESTLAND, AND WE STILL HAVE A RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE RANGES. YOU CAN EXPECT ANOTHER 60mm-90mm TODAY. PEAK FALLS THIS MORNING. BUT FOR THOSE IN THE EAST, IT IS LOOKING GOOD. NELSON WILL CLEAR TOO. 19 FOR YOU. 22 IN KAIKOURA. GREY SKIES ALONG THE EAST COAST, AND THAT TURNS TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. THEY COULD BE PRETTY HEAVY SHOWERS TOO. WE JUST CAN PAUSE HERE FOR A BESPOKE FORECAST FOR WAIMATE. WITHOUT MATTY I SCREWED IT UP AGAIN. WAIMATE, BECAUSE YOUR BESPOKE FORECAST WAS FORGOTTEN AT 8 ` MAYBE SOME SHOWERS THAT COULD BE HEAVY LATER THIS MORNING AND A HIGH OF 18. THE RAIN CLEARS FROM MILFORD SOUND TO A FINE AFTERNOON. EVERYWHERE ELSE WILL SEE RAIN ARRIVE LATE MORNING, AND WITH THAT, THE SOUTHERLIES OR SOU'WESTERS ROLL IN TOO. IT COULD BE STRONG IN DUNEDIN. DUNEDIN, 18. 14 FOR MILFORD SOUND AND QUEENSTOWN. TOMORROW,IT'S RAINY OR SHOWERY ACROSS ALL OF THE NORTH ISLAND, BUT IT DOES CLEAR. THE WET MOSTLY MOVES ON FROM THE SOUTH ISLAND. THE LEFT OVER SHOWERS CLEAR, BUT FURTHER RAIN DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT IN WESTLAND AND FIORDLAND. THAT'S WHOEVER. IT'S THE 13th OF APRIL, IT'S THE 13th OF APRIL, AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE CELEBRATING WITH YOU, AOTEAROA. TODAY'S THE DAY MALKAI TURNS 2. MALI IS ONE OF THE WELLINGTON NEWSROOM BABIES. HE'S SO HELPFUL, AND EVEN GOES ON THE MORNING COFFEE RUN SOMETIMES TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR REPORTERS GET THEIR MUCH-NEEDED CAFFIENE. MALKAI IS A KIND AND HAPPY KID WHO LOVES TRUCKS AND ICE CREAM. NOW THAT I KNOW, YOU CAN SEE MAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! THAT TWO YEARS HAS RACED BY HASN'T IT. AND TODAY'S THE DAY FESOLAI TURNS 84. HER VILLAGES IN SAMOA ARE FALEASIU AND SAFUNE. SHE IS A MOTHER TO 15 AND A GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT-GRANDMOTHER TO FOUR GENERATIONS ` OVER 100 KIDS! A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM US. MANUIA LOU ASO FANAU. IN A BIG HUG FROM ME TO YOU. 100 GRANDKIDS HAPPY BIRTHDAY. TODAY'S THE DAY IAN IS CELEBRATING A BIG BIRTHDAY. IT'S HIS 70th. HERE HE IS PICTURED WITH TWO OF THIS FAVOURITE THINGS IN LIFE ` HIS CARAVAN AND HIS GOOD DOG CINDY. IAN'S PARTNER BEV SAYS HE IS GENEROUS, INCLUSIVE AND VERY MUCH LOVED BY ALL HIS FRIENDS AND WHANAU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IAN. AND FINALLY, TODAY'S THE DAY MANISELA IS CELEBRATING HIS 41st BIRTHDAY. WE'RE TOLD MANISELA'S A VERY MUCH-LOVED HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDFATHER. OFA ATU FROM ALL YOUR FANAU, AND A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM ALL OF US HERE AT BREAKFAST. THAT'S A LOVELY PHOTO, ISN'T IT? IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO GIVE YOUR SHED OUT THIS MORNING, WE DO THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY FLICK US AN EMAIL. BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ AND USE 'TODAY'S THE DAY' IN YOUR SUBJECT LINE. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET YOURS COMING UP ` WERE GOING TO HEAD UP THE COAST. WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS FOR HOW LONG? THERE'S A SHARK. NOT A SINGLE VIEWER HAS EMAILED AND ASKED ABOUT IT THE PRETEND SHARK IS GONE THAT'S NOT REAL, IT'S FAKE NEWS. IT'S JUST GOLDFISH. SHOULD DO IT WHEN I WOULD DO SERIOUS INTERVIEWS. NEVER DURING A SERIOUS INTERVIEW. EXTRAORDINARILY OVERPRICED, NONEVENT. THERE IS NOTHING. THERE IS LITTLE ENEMY OR WHATEVER IT IS CALLED. THIS IS BETTER THAN A STILL GRAPHIC. SHARON SAYS SHE IS HAPPY TO FINALLY SEE. THAT WAS SO QUICK, SHARON. MONTAGUE, TALIA. LET'S GO TO SCHOOL. SCHOOL LIFE FOR MOST 12-YEAR-OLDS IS ABOUT LEARNING THE BASICS ` MATHS, ENGLIGH, A BIT OF SCIENCE AND ART ` BUT THE STUDENTS IN ROOM FOUR AT RAUMATAI SOUTH SCHOOL HAVE GONE A STEP FUTHER ` LEARNING ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO START A BUSINESS. OUR REPORTER ABBEY WAKEFEILD IS THERE NOW WITH ROOM FOUR. WHAT'S GOING ON, ABBEY?STANDING VERY PROPERLY. WE ARE IN THE MIGHTY WHAT ROOM ARE WE IN? ROOM FOUR. WITH GOT A VERY SPECIAL BUSINESS IT UP HERE. TELL ME ABOUT THE SUCCESSFUL SNOW CONE BUSINESS THAT YOUR CLASSROOM HAS SET UP? LAST YEAR THE PTA GAVE US $250 TO SPEND, AND THEY DECIDED TO BUY A SNOW CONE MACHINE. AND IT WENT FROM THERE. WE'VE GOT THE BUSINESS DATA, MEDICARE. HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE YOU RAISED FROM THE SNOW CONE BUSINESS? WE FIRST DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO DONATE THE MONEY SO WE DONATED $1000 TO THE SPCA. AND WE RECENTLY GAVE AWAY $500 WORTH OF FOOD TO A FOOD BANK. THE NEXT CHARITY WILL BE DONATING TO IS A WOMAN'S REFUGE. DID YOU THINK YOUR BED MAKING ALL THIS MONEY? WHERE SHE HAD NO PLAN OF SELLING IT. SO ARE VERY HAPPY. YOU ARE YOU HAVE LEFT THE SCHOOL NOW AND AARON KAPITI COAST HOW DO YOU FEEL RUNNING YOUR OWN BUSINESS? PRETTY EXCITING BUT PRETTY SCARY. IT IS PRETTY WEIRD WHEN PEOPLE ARE QUEUEING UP AND DEMANDING THE SNOW CONES. THAT'S A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY YOU'VE GOT. BUT IF YOU LEARN FROM THIS BUSINESS? WE'VE LEARNED A LOT. WE HAD BUSINESS MEETINGS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING IT, AND HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO BETTER SO WE CAN IMPROVE THE BUSINESS. WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING I DID NOT EXPECT TO BE HAVING A SNOW CONE. I WOULD LOVE TO TRY ONE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE FOR ME. IT'S QUITE LOUD. THAT IS A VERY FUNKY MACHINE. HOW MUCH IS IT? $800. WE HAVE LEMON, LIME, STRAWBERRY, AND COCA-COLA. I HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE FLAVOURS. CHUCK AS MUCH ICE IN THERE AS YOU CAN AND PUT AS MUCH THERAPY AS YOU CAN. DELICIOUS. YOU'RE GOING TO GO INTO SUGAR OVERLOAD, MATE. GOT SOME LEMON THERE. OH, NICE SO $1000 TO THE SPCA, $500 OR FOOD BANK, AND NOW THEY ARE RAISING MONEY FROM THE SALE OF THESE GLORIOUS THINGS FOR WOMAN'S REFUGE. THIS IS LESSON ABOUT ENTERPRISE AND ALSO ABOUT SUPPORTING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? HONESTLY, THEY'RE DOING SOME REALLY GREAT WORK. I'M JUST ABOUT TO TRY ONE, SO IS THAT THE LINE? JUST CHUCK IT IN THERE, MUCH AT ALL UP TOGETHER. YOU'RE A GOOD SPORT, ABBY. SCRUMPTIOUS. SO GOOD. THESE GUYS HAVE A COUPLE OF GALAS COMING UP. IF YOU WANT THESE DELICIOUS LOGOS, COME AND SEE YOU ROOM FOUR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ABBY, SO WHAT WE'VE GOT YOU THERE, HAD THEY DECIDE WHICH CHARITY THEY GOING TO GIVE TO? DO THE STUDENTS DECIDE OR IS THAT PART OF THE TEACHERS AND PUT? IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. THE STUDIO JUST ASKING HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHICH CHARITY GETS THE MONEY? IS IT A STUDENT DECISION OR A TEACHER DECISION? THE STUDENTS MADE ALL OF THE DECISIONS. WHEN THEY ALL KINDA STARTED, WE LISTED ABOUT TENSION CHARITIES AND THEN THE CLASS VOTED ON THREE OF THEM. SO WE DECIDED ON THOSE THREE. WHAT DO THE CHARITY SAY WHEN YOU GIVE THEM ALL THIS MONEY THAT YOU HAVE RAISED FROM THE SNOW CONES? THE WOMAN AT THE SPCA WAS NEARLY IN TEARS. THAT IS SUCH GOOD WORK, YOU GUYS. YOU'VE GOT AN AMAZING SNOW CONE BUSINESS, AND THEY'RE DOING IT FOR A GOOD CAUSE. ABBY CAN YOU REMIND US WHAT ROOM THERE AND AGAIN? THEY FORGOTTEN WHAT ROOM YOU WIN. CAN YOU JUST REMIND THEM ONE MORE TIME QUESTION MARK ROOM FOR! THANKS, ABBY. BEAUTIFUL AND GO WAIMATE AS WELL. WEDNESDAY WE WILL GET IT RIGHT. JENNIFER AND JON WOULD LOVE US TO GO. IT'S FROM JENNIFER AND JON. I THINK WE SHOULD GET SOME JENNIFER IS BACK ON THE SHOW. THIS USELESS PIECE OF INFORMATION, MY MOTHER ACTUALLY THE NAME JENNIFER SO THAT'S WHERE THE JENNY AND MY NAME CAME FROM. AND MAY IS FROM MY NANNA MAY. THEY WOULD LOVE FOR US TO COME TO WAIMATE AND SEE WHAT WERE ALL ABOUT. I THINK THAT SHE WANTED MATTIE. IT'S ALWAYS BLOODIED MATTIE ISN'T IT YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE IS REALLY LIKE. WE'LL BE BACK AFTER THE BREAK. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMPANY THIS MORNING. WE ARE LEAVING YOU WITH JOE WILLIAMS. NOW SUPREME COURT JUDGE. THE SONG ARE SELLING US TO STAND IN REFERENCE TO THAT YOUNG MAORI WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OUR GUESTS THIS MORNING. AND TO YOU FOR BEING WITH US. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN, FAITH HAMBLYN, JULIE TAYLOR AND JESSIE PURU. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.