KIA ORA. IT'S TUESDAY THE 22nd OF JUNE. KIA ORA. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. BARBECUE SEASON TODAY. THAT WAS THE LONGEST NIGHT. I CAN'T FIGURE OUT IF, ON AN EARLY SHIFT, IT EVEN MATTERS. SLEEP STILL FEELS THE SAME. OR LACK THERE OF. THE TEMPERATURES DROPPED DRAMATICALLY FOR SOME PEOPLE. GOOD FOR THE SNOW. WE HAVE LOTS COMING UP. WE WILL BE TALKING TO DAIRY OWNERS. AND VACCINE ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY. OUR KIDS 12 TO 15 YEARS WILL BE ABLE TO GET VACCINATED POSSIBLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR. YOU WOULD HAVE NOTICED JOHN IS NOT HERE. JOHN, ARE YOU THERE? SISTER, YES I AM HERE. I AM HERE ON TAMAKI DRIVE. BEHIND ME AS DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND. THIS IS WHY WE ARE HERE, HAURAKI GULF. TODAY THE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT RESTORING IT TO HEALTH. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN? HOW IS THE HAURAKI GULF TO BE RESTORED? THE SUN WILL RISE SOON AND IT WILL BE VERY SPECIAL. WE ARE HERE LIVE THIS MORNING AS THE GOVERNMENT TRIES TO PUT SOME OF THE CLEAN AND GREEN BACK INTO THIS MAGIC PART OF OUR COUNTRY. LOTS TO DISCUSS. BEFORE THAT, HERE IS MELISSA WITH THE NEWS. QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND VICTORIA IS SET TO RESTART FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THOSE FLYING NO LONGER NEED A PRE-DEPARTURE COVID TEST, WITH THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH SAYING THE RISK TO THE PUBLIC IS LOW. BUT ALL TRAVELLERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR FOR SYMPTOMS AND CHECK VICTORIA'S HEALTH WEBSITE FOR UPDATED LOCATIONS OF INTEREST. THERE'VE BEEN NO NEW CASES OF THE DELTA VARIANT IN THE STATE IN THE PAST WEEK. MEANWHILE, THE NEW SOUTH WALES PREMIER'S SET TO EXTEND CURRENT COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS ACROSS SYDNEY TODAY. MASK-WEARING RULES ARE IN PLACE UNTIL AT LEAST THURSDAY, AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME. IT'S AS THE BONDI CLUSTER GROWS TO 11 CASES. GIVEN THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE FURTHER RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED MORE BROADLY ACROSS OUR CITIES AND OUR STATE, THAT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OR THE EXISTING SETTINGS WE HAVE IN PLACE ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE BEYOND THE INITIAL FIVE DAYS THAT WE HAD ASKED PEOPLE TO DO. THE TRAVEL BUBBLE REMAINS OPEN. NINE PEOPLE WHO ENTERED NEW ZEALAND HAVE BEEN AT LOCATIONS OF INTEREST. ALL HAVE BEEN TESTED, WITH THREE NEGATIVE RESULTS BACK SO FAR. OUR GOVERNMENT'S PLEDGED $10M TO HELP FIJI'S BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19. IT COMES AS THE ISLAND NATION RECORDS 126 NEW CASES IN THE PAST 24 HOURS, ITS TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES BALLOONING TO 1500 SO FAR. 14 PEOPLE WITH COVID-19 HAVE DIED IN THIS CURRENT OUTBREAK BUT FIJI MEDICAL AUTHORITIES ARE ONLY COUNTING FIVE DEATHS FROM THE VIRUS, SAYING THE OTHERS DIED OF UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. MORE THAN 250,000 KIWI CHILDREN COULD BE IN LINE TO GET THE PFIZER VACCINE AFTER MEDSAFE GAVE PROVISIONAL APPROVAL FOR 12- TO 15-YEAR-OLDS TO RECEIVE THE JAB. THE FINAL TICK OF APPROVAL RESTS WITH THE GOVERNMENT, WHO WILL SEEK ADVICE FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH. A DECISION IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH. THE GOVERNMENT'S POORLY MANAGED MYCOPLASMA BOVIS RESPONSE INFLICTED SIGNIFICANT AND LASTING TRAUMA ON AFFECTED FARMERS. THAT'S ACCORDING TO AN OTAGO UNIVERSITY STUDY LOOKING AT THE IMPACT ON RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTH AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF THE DISEASE IN 2017. AROUND 180,000 ANIMALS WERE CULLED ON MORE THAN 250 FARMS IN A BID TO ERADICATE THE DISEASE. THE STUDY FOUND THE INTRUSIVE, IMPRACTICAL AND INHUMANE NATURE OF THE ERADICATION PROGRAMME IGNORED LOCAL KNOWLEDGE IN FAVOUR OF INEFFICIENT PROCESSES WHICH UPSET FARMERS. AUSTRALIA HAS A NEW DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. BARNABY JOYCE RETURNING AS NATIONALS LEADER AFTER DEFEATING MICHAEL MCCORMACK IN A SPILL. MR JOYCE RESIGNED IN 2018 AMID REVELATIONS HE WAS HAVING A CHILD WITH A FORMER STAFFER, SPENDING THE LAST THREE YEARS PLOTTING A RETURN. I WILL TRY, ALWAYS, TO BE THE BETTER PERSON. I ACKNOWLEDGE MY FAULTS, I RESIGNED, I'VE SPENT THREE YEARS ON THE BACKBENCH, I DON'T WALK AWAY FROM MAKING SURE THAT I CAN BE A BETTER PERSON, DO A BETTER JOB. HE'LL BE SWORN IN TODAY. TO SPORT, AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR THE BLACKCAPS TO WIN THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AFTER DAY FOUR WAS WASHED OUT. THE DAY'S PLAY WAS ABANDONED WITHOUT A BALL BEING BOWLED AFTER PERSISTENT RAIN MEANT THE GROUND WASN'T FIT FOR PLAY. THE BLACKCAPS MANAGED TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO OCCUPY THEMSELVES DURING THE DELAY. WHEN PLAY RESUMES TONIGHT, THEY'LL CONTINUE THEIR FIRST INNINGS, WHERE THEY TRAIL BY 116 RUNS. OBVIOUSLY IT'S PRETTY FRUSTRATING. TO BE FAIR, THE FORECAST WASN'T LOOKING VERY GOOD, SO IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE THOUGHT AFTER YESTERDAY MIGHT BE OCCURRING, BUT YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING HOPING IT'S GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY BETTER, SO THE GUYS HAVE BEEN FILLING THEIR TIME PLAYING A BIT OF TABLE TENNIS, BIT OF DARTS, MUCKING AROUND, REALLY. FORTUNATELY FOR THE BLACKCAPS, THERE IS A RESERVE DAY SET DOWN FOR WEDNESDAY. FOUR FRESH FACES HAVE BEEN NAMED IN THE ALL BLACKS SQUAD FOR THE UP-COMING THREE TESTS IN JULY ` BLUES HALFBACK FINLAY CHRISTIE, CRUSADERS FORWARD ETHAN BLACKADDER, CHIEFS MIDFIELDER QUINN TUPAEA, AND HIGHLANDERS PROP ETHAN DE GROOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR ALL BLACK DEBUTS AGAINST TONGA AND FIJI. WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH THE YEAR, WE'VE GOT FOUR TESTS IN A ROW IN SEPTEMBER, WE COULD HAVE UP TO FIVE IN A ROW IN SEPTEMBER, JUST COME OFF A BIG SUPER RUGBY COMPETITION, SO REALLY, WE'VE DECIDED TO HAVE A SQUAD THAT` WE'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER NUMBER THIS YEAR TO GET THROUGH THE YEAR, SO WE MIGHT AS WELL BRING PEOPLE IN NOW. SAM WHITELOCK'S BEEN NAMED AS CAPTAIN, TAKING OVER FROM SAM CANE, WHO IS RECOVERING FROM CHEST SURGERY. AND FINALLY ` HOT OFF THE HEELS OF HER FIRST SONG IN FOUR YEARS, LORDE'S GETTING READY TO LIGHT UP THE STAGE UP ONCE AGAIN WITH 'SOLAR POWER'. THE POP QUEEN WILL BRING THE SHOW TO KIWI AND AUSSIE STAGES NEXT FEBRUARY AND MARCH. # BLINK THREE TIMES WHEN YOU FEEL IT KICKING IN, # THAT SOLAR... OLAR... OLAR... POWER. # THE SHOW WILL KICK OFF IN CHRISTCHURCH AT NEXT YEAR'S ELECTRIC AVE, BEFORE CONTINUING THROUGH UPPER MOUTERE, LOWER HUTT, HAVELOCK NORTH AND NEW PLYMOUTH. SHE'LL FINISH THE NEW ZEALAND PORTION OF THE TOUR IN AUCKLAND, BEFORE THE SHOW GOES TRANS-TASMAN. TICKETS GO ON SALE FROM NEXT WEEK. IT IS AMAZING SHE FILMED ALL OF THAT IN NEW ZEALAND AND NO ONE NOTICED. SHE WON'T SAY. THERE WERE CLUES, RIGHT? I ASKED WHICH BEACH SHE FILMED IT AT, SHE DID NOT WANT TO GIVE IT AWAY. SHE SAID THIS IS HER BEACH AND SHE DID NOT WANT TO SPOIL IT. THE SONG IS GROWING ON ME. I'VE HARDLY HEARD OF IT. THAT TOOK A FEW LESSONS BUT I AM ENJOYING IT. WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON KNOWING EVERYTHING AND WE DID NOT CATCH HER ON THE BEACH. I WILL SAY, GO, LORDE. REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO TAYLOR SWIFT CAME TO THE COUNTRY AND NO ONE NOTICED THAT EITHER. OUT OF THE WOODS. IT WAS REALLY WINDY WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING. 120 KM/H IN SOME PLACES. SOUTHERLIES AS WELL. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR TUESDAY. IT'LL BE MOSTLY FINE IN THE UPPER NORTH ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. ALTHOUGH IT'S A BIT MORE OVERCAST UP AROUND KAITAIA, WITH THE CHANCE OF ONE OR TWO SHOWERS EARLY ON. ALL OF YOU WILL SEE THESE BRISK SOU-WESTERLY WINDS AS WELL. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TEENS FOR ALL OF YOU. YOU'RE IN FOR A LOVELY, SUNNY DAY THROUGH HERE WITH LONG FINE SPELLS. THOSE FRESH SOUTHERLY WINDS SHOULD START EASING AS THE DAY PROGRESSES, TOO. 13 DEGREES IN ROTORUA, 16 ALONG THE COAST IN WHAKATANE AND TAURANGA. THERE'S WET WEATHER FURTHER EAST, WITH HEAVIER FALLS FOR GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY THIS MORNING. WHEREAS FOR MASTERTON, THOSE SHOWERS LOOK HEAVIER AFTER LUNCH. WATCH OUT FOR THOSE STRONG SOUTHERLIES, TOO. 11 THE EXPECTED HIGH FOR MASTERTON, 14 IN NAPIER. IT'S LOVELY AND SUNNY AROUND TAUMARANUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH, AND LEVIN SHOULD BE FINE ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. BUT FOR THE REST OF YOU, IT'S OVERCAST WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, MOSTLY EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND THEN AGAIN TONIGHT. THOSE STRONG SOUTHERLIES WILL EASE DURING THE DAY TOO. 11 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON, 13, 14 FOR THE REST OF YOU. THERE'S CLOUD COVER ACROSS IN KAIKOURA WITH A FEW SHOWERS AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, INCLUDING THE WEST COAST, IT'S NICE AND FINE FROM THE GET-GO WITH THOSE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH DYING OUT. 13 DEGREES IN HOKITIKA, GREYMOUTH AND BLENHEIM. YOU'RE A BIT OVERCAST SHIFTING EAST, AND IT'LL BE FROSTY FIRST THING TOO. WATCH OUT FOR A COUPLE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING AROUND OAMARU, REACHING THOSE OF YOU IN CANTERBURY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. 9 THE EXPECTED HIGH FOR CHRISTCHURCH, TIMARU AND ALEXANDRA. AND IT'S NICE AND SUNNY IN MILFORD SOUND, BUT THE REST OF THE LOWER SOUTH HAS GREY SKIES AND A FEW SHOWERS THIS MORNING, RETURNING AGAIN TONIGHT FOR THOSE OF YOU THROUGH SOUTHLAND. 9 DEGREES IN QUEENSTOWN, 10 FOR DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR WEDNESDAY ` TOMORROW IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, APART FROM SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS ALONG THE EAST COASTS OF BOTH ISLANDS, AS WELL AS IN THE FAR SOUTH. DON'T FORGET, BESPOKE WEATHER AFTER 8 O'CLOCK. UPLOAD YOUR PHOTO AND TELL US WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR SPOT. NICE. AND NICE TO SEE THE STORMY WEATHER EASING. COMING UP ` DAIRY OWNERS SAY THE GOVERNMENT IS SENDING THEIR LIVELIHOODS UP IN SMOKE. WE FIND OUT WHY, NEXT. - What if we gave you free power... to use however you like whenever you like, just for being a customer? NAU MAI HOKI MAI. RESIDENTS IN CARTERTON ARE COMPLAINING THAT THEIR TOWN LITERALLY STINKS. OUR WELLINGTON REPORTER ABBEY WAKEFIELD HAS MORE. GOOD MORNING, ABBEY. MORENA, TEAM. THAT'S RIGHT. CARTERTON RESIDENTS ARE FED UP WITH HOW THEIR TOWN SEEMS TO STINK. I AM NO POND EXPERT BUT ACCORDING TO THEIR DISTRICT COUNCIL WHAT HAPPENED WAS NON-WASTE WATER INTO THE POND IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TOWN WHICH KILLED OFF SOME BACTERIA. NOW THEY HAVE TO TREAT THE POND BECAUSE THE GOOD BACTERIA WAS KILLED BUT THE WAY TO TREAT THE POND IS CAUSING IT TO SMELL VERY BADLY. THE RESIDENTS ARE VERY FRUSTRATED. SOME SAID, THE TOWN SHOULD BE RE-NAMED FARTERTON. ANOTHER SAID THE SMELL HAS BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE LAST YEAR. ANOTHER SAID THEY NEARLY PUKED PASSING THE POND. IT'S A BIG PROBLEM AND CARTERTON AT THE MOMENT. THEY STARTED TREATING IT LAST WEEK SO HOPEFULLY IT GETS SORTED SOON. I'M NOT SURE I COULD TOLERATE THAT IF I WAS LIVING THERE. WE WISH THOSE RESIDENTS ALL THE BEST. WITH PLANS FOR AOTEAROA TO BE SMOKEFREE BY 2025, IT MAKES SENSE TO LIMIT THE SALE OF THE PRODUCT, ESPECIALLY AROUND SCHOOLS, FOR EXAMPLE. BUT DAIRY OWNERS SAY THE MOVE TO RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF OUTLETS THAT CAN SELL TOBACCO FROM 5000 TO JUST 400 IS HITTING THEM IN THE POCKET. IN PROTEST OF THE ACTION, A GROUP OF DAIRY OWNERS ARE TODAY MARCHING TO PARLIAMENT TO SHARE HOW THEY'LL BE IMPACTED BY THE MOVE. JOINING US IN OUR AUCKLAND STUDIO TO SHARE BOTH SIDES OF THIS DEBATE IS CHAIR OF THE DAIRY AND BUSINESS OWNERS GROUP SUNNY KAUSHAL, AND ACTION FOR SMOKEFREE 2025'S ROBERT BEAGLEHOLE. MORENA. IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU BOTH WITH US. AS YOU KNOW THIS IS A CONTENTIOUS SUBJECT FOR MANY NEW ZEALANDERS. SUNNY, YOU ARE GOING DOWN TO PARLIAMENT. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY? FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND GOING COLD TURKEY IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR SOME OF THE SMOKERS AND WILL DESTROY DAIRIES. SMOKING IS DECLINING IN NEW ZEALAND. THERE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND BEFORE GOING FURTHER. SLASHING 95% OUTLET WILL DESTROY A NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH KIWIS ARE DEPENDING UPON. ESPECIALLY IN REMOTE AREAS. AND REMOTE COMMUNITIES. SECONDLY, WHAT IS PROPOSED IS GOING TO BE GENETICALLY ENGINEERED. THAT IS GOING TO BE QUITE CHALLENGING AND HARMFUL. REMOVING THE FILTERS FROM CIGARETTES IS GOING TO RESULT IN MORE HEALTH PROBLEMS. PROHIBITION HAS NEVER WORKED. HISTORY HAS TOLD US. HAS IT? BECAUSE THE SMOKING RATES ARE DECLINING. SOUTH AFRICA TRY TO PROHIBIT SMOKING. WHAT HAS HAPPENED? THERE WAS A RISE IN CRIME. LET'S TALK ABOUT CRIME. A LARGE NUMBER OF THE ROBBERIES THAT ARE HAPPENING FOR DAIRIES ARE TARGETING CIGARETTES. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. HOW MUCH REVENUE ARE YOU MAKING? DO YOU DISAGREE, ROBERT? COMPLETELY, INDIRA. WE HAVE HAD THE 2025 GOAL SINCE 2011. I HAVE ENORMOUS SYMPATHY FOR THEM, BUT LET'S GET REAL. CIGARETTES KILL 5000 PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND EVERY YEAR. 14 TODAY, 14 TOMORROW. WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE THE GOVERNMENT TO DO MORE. DAIRY OWNERS SHOULD BE APPLAUDING THE GOVERNMENT, AS UPRIGHT CITIZENS CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, THEY SHOULD BE WELCOMING EVERY EFFORT TO REDUCE CIGARETTE SMOKING. I GET THE ARGUMENT THAT YOU ARE MAKING ABOUT BUSINESSES THAT HAVE MADE HUGE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FABRIC OF OUR SOCIETY. WHAT ROBERT IS SAYING, WHEN IT COMES TO REVENUE, HOW DO YOU AND THIS IS A TRICKY QUESTION, HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY SELLING A PRODUCT THAT KILLS HALF OF ITS USERS AND SURVIVING OFF THAT REVENUE. WE ALL WANT A SMOKE-FREE PROGRAM TO KICK OFF AND BE SUCCESSFUL. WE DO SUPPORT THAT. WE ARE NOT THE ENEMIES OF THIS PROGRAM. IF YOU LOOK AT DAIRIES, THEY ARE THE SOLUTION. THEY CAN BE A REAL PART AND PARCEL OF THE SOLUTION. HOW? WE KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BUYING CIGARETTES MORE CLOSELY THAN ANYONE ELSE. WE CAN HELP. WHAT ACTIONS HAVE YOU TAKEN THAT HAS HELPED THEM QUIT SMOKING? IF YOU LOOK AT SURVEY AFTER SURVEY, ALL OF THE FIGURES, SMOKING IN NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN DECLINING AND IT HAS DECLINED A LOT. WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT THESE DAIRIES AND GAS STATIONS IN NEW ZEALAND CAN HELP WITH REDUCING SMOKING AND QUITTING ALTOGETHER IF WE ARE TAKEN INTO THE PROGRAM ALTOGETHER BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE REACH TO THE COMMUNITIES. IS THIS NOT A PART OF, LIMITING THE SALE OF TOBACCO. IT IS A PART OF THE SOLUTION. THIS IS GOING TO DEPRESS A CIGARETTES. WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THE GOVERNMENT MUST WORK ALONGSIDE WITH THE DAIRY SHOPS AND GAS STATIONS. WE CAN HELP WITH THIS PROGRAM TO REACH TARGETS QUICKER. MEANWHILE, WE NEED TIME TO TRANSITION. YOU HAVE HAD 10 YEARS TO TRANSITION AND DIVERSIFY YOUR PRODUCTS. THE NUMBERS ARE REDUCING. YEAR 10 STUDENTS, THEY ARE SMOKE-FREE. OF ALL THE DAIRIES ARE GIVEN THE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD TO SELL VAPING PRODUCTS, THIS WOULD GIVE US MORE TIME AND IT WOULD HELP THE PROGRAM ITSELF. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. I WILL GO TO ROBERT HERE. YOU ASK FOR MORE TIME BUT YOU HAVE ALREADY HAD 10 YEARS AND THERE IS STILL TIME TO GO. YOU SAY YOU WANT TO HELP BUT YOU ASKED ALSO SAYING YOU WANT TO SELL THE PRODUCT THAT IS CAUSING HARM. ROBERTS, ARE WE EVEN AT TARGET? WE ARE NOT. THIS IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. THE GOVERNMENT HAS A PLAN TO FULFIL BY 2025. WE APPLAUD THE GOVERNMENT AND THE SERIOUSNESS WITH WHICH IT IS TAKING THIS. ALTHOUGH I AM SYMPATHETIC, THEY HAVE HAD 10 YEARS. WE SEE DAIRIES MAKE APPROXIMATELY 10% REVENUE AT MOST FROM CIGARETTES. THEY NEED TO REDUCE THEIR RELIANCE ON CIGARETTES. THEY NEED TO DO MUCH MORE AROUND VAPING AND THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO ENCOURAGE THAT. FOR THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE PRODUCTS THAT PROVIDE NICOTINE WITHOUT THE NOXIOUS TAR. THIS IS A QUICK YES OR NO. LIMITING FROM 5000 TO 400, CAN WE AT LEAST AGREE HERE THAT THEY SHOULD BE SOLD AROUND SKILLS? NO. KNOW THEY SHOULD NOT. BUT THE DAIRIES SHOULD BE ABLE TO SELL THOSE FLAVOURS WHILE WE TRANSITION. I AGREE WITH THE FLAVOURS. DAIRIES SHOULD BE ABLE TO SELL FLAVOURS TO ENCOURAGE SMOKERS TO STOP. IT IS ALSO REPLACING ONE ADDICTION WITH ANOTHER, BUT THAT IS ANOTHER ARGUMENT FOR ANOTHER DAY. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND FOR THIS FASCINATING DEBATE. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` A STUDY REVEALS THE GOVERNMENT'S MYCOPLASMA BOVIS RESPONSE LEFT FARMERS FEELING TRAUMATISED. MORE ON THAT AT 6.30. ALSO AHEAD, WHAT 'PROVISIONAL' APPROVAL OF THE PFIZER VACCINE FOR 12- TO 15-YEAR-OLDS MEANS IN PRACTICE. AND WE LIVE FROM TAMAKI DRIVE. THE SUN IS JUST BEGINNING TO CREEP UP. THE GOLF IS A TREASURE, BUT WE DON'T TREAT IT AS ONE. THE MINISTER IS JOINING US LATER TO TELL US WHAT THE FUTURE OF THIS PIECE OF WATER IS. STAY WITH US. (FLY BUZZES) THINKS: Hmmm... If I get hurt, who's gonna give me a bath? HERE'S YOUR 6.30 NEWS. THE GOVERNMENT'S POORLY MANAGED MYCOPLASMA BOVIS RESPONSE INFLICTED SIGNIFICANT AND LASTING TRAUMA ON AFFECTED FARMERS. THAT'S ACCORDING TO AN OTAGO UNIVERSITY STUDY LOOKING AT THE IMPACT ON RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTH AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF THE DISEASE IN 2017. AROUND 180,000 ANIMALS WERE CULLED ON MORE THAN 250 FARMS IN A BID TO ERADICATE THE DISEASE. EXTENSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH FARMERS REVEALED THEY WERE LEFT FEELING ISOLATED, BEWILDERED AND POWERLESS. THE STUDY FOUND THE INTRUSIVE, IMPRACTICAL AND INHUMANE NATURE OF THE ERADICATION PROGRAMME IGNORED LOCAL KNOWLEDGE IN FAVOUR OF INEFFICIENT PROCESSES WHICH UPSET FARMERS. CABINET'S EXPECTED TO GIVE A FINAL SIGN-OFF ON VACCINATING THOUSANDS OF KIWI KIDS AGAINST COVID-19 NEXT WEEK. IT COMES AFTER MEDSAFE GAVE PROVISIONAL APPROVAL FOR 12- TO 15-YEAR-OLDS TO RECEIVE THE PFIZER JAB. THE GOVERNMENT STILL HAS TO SEEK ADVICE FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH BEFORE THE GREEN LIGHT IS GIVEN. FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, THE PAUSE ON QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND VICTORIA WILL BE LIFTED. OUR MINISTRY OF HEALTH SAYS THE RISK TO THE PUBLIC IS NOW LOW, AND THOSE FLYING WILL NO LONGER NEED A PRE-DEPARTURE COVID TEST. THERE'VE BEEN NO NEW CASES OF THE DELTA VARIANT IN THE STATE IN THE PAST WEEK. THE NEW SOUTH WALES PREMIER'S SET TO EXTEND CURRENT COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS ACROSS SYDNEY TODAY. MASK-WEARING RULES ARE IN PLACE UNTIL AT LEAST THURSDAY AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME. IT'S AS THE BONDI CLUSTER GROWS TO 11 CASES. GIVEN THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE FURTHER RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED MORE BROADLY ACROSS OUR CITIES AND OUR STATE, THAT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OR THE EXISTING SETTINGS WE HAVE IN PLACE ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE BEYOND THE INITIAL FIVE DAYS THAT WE HAD ASKED PEOPLE TO DO. THE TRAVEL BUBBLE REMAINS OPEN. NINE PEOPLE WHO ENTERED NEW ZEALAND HAVE BEEN AT LOCATIONS OF INTEREST. ALL HAVE BEEN TESTED, WITH THREE NEGATIVE RESULTS BACK SO FAR. IRAN'S NEW PRESIDENT'S WELCOMED EFFORTS TO REVIVE THE 2015 NUCLEAR DEAL. BUT EBRAHIM RAISI PROMISED HE WOULDN'T ALLOW TALKS WITH WORLD POWERS TO BE DRAGGED OUT. THE DEAL IS AIMED AT KEEPING IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME IN CHECK. IT'S BEEN CLOSE TO COLLAPSE SINCE THE U.S. ABANDONED IT UNDER FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. TO SPORT, AND UP TO 10,000 JAPANESE FANS WILL BE ALLOWED AT VENUES FOR NEXT MONTH'S OLYMPICS, BUT THEY'LL NEED TO KEEP IT DOWN. SPECTATORS WON'T BE ALLOWED TO SHOUT OR SPEAK LOUDLY, AND MUST BE MASKED. INTERNATIONAL FANS ARE ALREADY BANNED. MEDICAL OFFICIALS HAD EARLIER ADVISED ORGANISERS, HOLDING THE GAMES WITHOUT CROWDS WAS THE LEAST RISKY AND MOST DESIRABLE OPTION. 122-TEST ALL BLACK SAM WHITELOCK WILL CAPTAIN THE TEAM IN THE UP-COMING JULY TEST MATCHES AGAINST TONGA AND FIJI. WHITELOCK HAS LEAD THE ALL BLACKS BEFORE, BUT WILL TAKE OVER FROM SAM CANE, WHO IS STILL RECOVERING FROM CHEST SURGERY. IT IS VERY SPECIAL, FIRST OF ALL, TO BE NAMED AS AN ALL BLACK. IT IS ALWAYS SPECIAL. YOU NEVER TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE LONGER YOU'RE AROUND, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE LONGER YOU'RE AROUND, THE MORE YOU APPRECIATE IT, I THINK. THAT FIRST YEAR OR TWO, THE EXCITEMENT IS DEFINITELY THERE. AS YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OLDER, IT'S THE APPRECIATION THAT DEFINITELY GROWS. FOUR NEW FACES HAVE ALSO BEEN NAMED IN THE 36-MAN SQUAD INCLUDING CHIEFS MIDFIELDER QUINN TUPAEA. WOULD THAT NOT BE SO EXCITING, YOUR FIRST CALL UP AS AN ALL BLACK? THE OLYMPIC GAMES ARE GOING TO BE THE QUIETEST ON RECORD. YOU KNOW AND BIG MOVIE SCENES, THEY OFTEN GET CROWDS TO PRETEND LIKE THEY ARE CLAPPING. LUCKILY JAPANESE ARE KNOWN AS POLITE AND KIND. THAT WILL BE SO WEIRD. IS GOING TO BE IN ODD GAMES, YOU DON'T EVEN THINK IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, MELISSA. I WILL END UP EATING MY HAT OVER THAT, BUT I WILL STICK TO MY LINE. THEY ARE STICKING TO THEIRS AS WELL, SO ONE OF YOU WILL BE RIGHT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR TUESDAY. IT'LL BE MOSTLY FINE IN THE UPPER NORTH ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. ALTHOUGH IT'S A BIT MORE OVERCAST UP AROUND KAITAIA, WITH THE CHANCE OF ONE OR TWO SHOWERS EARLY ON. ALL OF YOU WILL SEE THESE BRISK SOU-WESTERLY WINDS AS WELL. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TEENS FOR ALL OF YOU. YOU'RE IN FOR A LOVELY, SUNNY DAY THROUGH HERE WITH LONG FINE SPELLS. THOSE FRESH SOUTHERLY WINDS SHOULD START EASING AS THE DAY PROGRESSES, TOO. 13 DEGREES IN ROTORUA, 16 ALONG THE COAST IN WHAKATANE AND TAURANGA. THERE'S WET WEATHER FURTHER EAST, WITH HEAVIER FALLS FOR GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY THIS MORNING. WHEREAS FOR MASTERTON, THOSE SHOWERS LOOK HEAVIER AFTER LUNCH. WATCH OUT FOR THOSE STRONG SOUTHERLIES, TOO. 11 THE EXPECTED HIGH FOR MASTERTON, 14 IN NAPIER. IT'S LOVELY AND SUNNY AROUND TAUMARANUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH, AND LEVIN SHOULD BE FINE ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. BUT FOR THE REST OF YOU, IT'S OVERCAST WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, MOSTLY EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND THEN AGAIN TONIGHT. THOSE STRONG SOUTHERLIES WILL EASE DURING THE DAY TOO. 11 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON, 13, 14 FOR THE REST OF YOU. THERE'S CLOUD COVER ACROSS IN KAIKOURA WITH A FEW SHOWERS AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, INCLUDING THE WEST COAST, IT'S NICE AND FINE FROM THE GET-GO WITH THOSE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH DYING OUT. 13 DEGREES IN HOKITIKA, GREYMOUTH AND BLENHEIM. YOU'RE A BIT OVERCAST SHIFTING EAST, AND IT'LL BE FROSTY FIRST THING TOO. WATCH OUT FOR A COUPLE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING AROUND OAMARU, REACHING THOSE OF YOU IN CANTERBURY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. 9 THE EXPECTED HIGH FOR CHRISTCHURCH, TIMARU AND ALEXANDRA. AND IT'S NICE AND SUNNY IN MILFORD SOUND, BUT THE REST OF THE LOWER SOUTH HAS GREY SKIES AND A FEW SHOWERS THIS MORNING, RETURNING AGAIN TONIGHT FOR THOSE OF YOU THROUGH SOUTHLAND. 9 DEGREES IN QUEENSTOWN, 10 FOR DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR WEDNESDAY ` TOMORROW IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, APART FROM SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS ALONG THE EAST COASTS OF BOTH ISLANDS, AS WELL AS IN THE FAR SOUTH. BESPOKE WEATHER JUST AFTER 8 O'CLOCK AS WELL. COMING UP, WHAT DECADES OF COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL OVERFISHING HAS DONE TO AUCKLAND'S HAURAKI GULF. MORENA. WE'RE COMING LIVE TO YOU THIS MORNING FROM THE HYUNDAI MARINE SPORT CENTRE ON AUCKLAND'S TAMAKI DRIVE. BEYOND US HERE IS THE HAURAKI GULF, RANGITOTO, DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT SILHOUETTE OF RANGITOTO. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. WAIHEKE ISLAND, GREAT BARRIER. TO THE EAST OF THE GULF IS COROMANDEL. ALL UP, IT'S 4,000 SQUARE KILOMETRES, HOW HAVE WE BEEN LOOKING AFTER IT, NOT THAT WELL. IN THE YEAR 2000, THE IDEA WAS TO ESTABLISH A MARINE PARK. BUT ACCORDING TO THE CONSERVATION MINISTER WHO PUSHED FOR THE PARK AT THE TIME, IT ISN'T WORTH THE PAPER IT WAS WRITTEN ON WE HAVE FAILED SPECTACULARLY IN OUR DUTY TO LOOK AFTER IT. DECADES OF OVERFISHING, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL IN ALMOST EQUAL MEASURE, HAVE LEAD TO A DRASTIC DECLINE IN SPECIES, WITH MANY FISH BEING AT, OR BELOW, 20% OF THEIR NATURAL LEVELS. CRAYFISH ARE NOW FUNCTIONALLY EXTINCT IN THE GULF, WHICH MEANS THERE ARE FEWER FISH AND CRAYFISH TO EAT KINA, LEAVING THEM TO GROW IN NUMBERS AND RAVAGE INSHORE KELP FORESTS, CREATING KINA BARRENS LIKE THIS, WHEN THIS IS WHAT A HEALTHY OCEAN LOOKS LIKE. QUITE REMARKABLY BARREN IN SOME PLACES. WHEN THIS IS WHAT A HEALTHY OCEAN LOOKS LIKE. THESE PICTURES ARE FROM ONE OF THE FEW RESERVES IN THE HAURAKI. FLOURISHING KELP FORESTS LIKE THIS PROVIDE FOOD AND BREEDING GROUNDS FOR FISH, THEY PRODUCE OXYGEN AND HELP TO MAINTAIN A FUNCTIONING ECOSYSTEM. BUT MUCH OF THIS HAS GONE. ABOVE THE SURFACE, SEABIRDS POPULATIONS HAVE CRASHED, THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE FROM LONGLINE AND INSHORE TRAWLING BOATS. TODAY, THE MINSTER OF OCEANS AND FISHERIES WILL MAKE A LONG-AWAITED AND LONG OVERDUE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL IT BE ENOUGH? BUT FIRST, I'M JOINED NOW BY JAMES FRANKHAM, A GREAT FRIEND OF THE SHOW AND A LONG-TIME ADVOCATE FOR THIS MAGIC PIECE OF WATER, AND PUBLISHER AND DIRECTOR OF NEW ZEALAND GEOGRAPHIC. THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. PLEASURE, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL MORNING. WE LOOK AT THIS AND THINK, WOW IT IS AMAZING, AREN'T WE LUCKY, BUT HOW HAVE WE TREATED IT? LOOKS SPECTACULAR FROM ABOVE THE SURFACE, BUT WHEN YOU DIP YOUR HEAD BENEATH THE SURFACE, IT HAS CHANGED REMARKABLY OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS OR SO. WE HAVE SEEN PREDATOR POPULATIONS, THEY HAVE BEEN DECLINING RAPIDLY. THE CRAYFISH ARE FUNCTIONALLY EXTINCT. THAT HAS LED TO AN ECOSYSTEM COLLAPSE, AND IT IS NO EXAGGERATION TO USE THAT PHRASE, BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING AROUND 50% OF THE ROCKY REEF IN THE HAURAKI GULF ARE TURNING BARREN, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY LIKE WATCHING A RAINFOREST TURN INTO A DESERT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES, IT IS HORRIFYING TO SEE. ECOSYSTEM COLLAPSE, IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE EAT THE KINA HAVE GONE? THEY HAVE NOT JUST GOD, THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED. WE HAVE EXTRACTED THEM. THE OBVIOUS ANSWER IS THE EASIEST ONE, WE ATE THE FISH. WE ATE THE CRAYFISH, WE PUT THEM IN CANDIDACY THEM OVERSEAS. WE ATE THEM AS CONSUMERS OF THE COMMERCIAL FISHERIES, SO IT IS EASY TO FIND A FEW OTHER EXAMPLES, LIKE PLASTIC STRAWS OR SOMETHING THAT IS EASIER TO ACCOMMODATE, BUT IT IS FISHING THAT IS THE BIG ISSUE OUT THERE. THIS IS A TOUGH CONVERSATION FOR OUR VIEWERS, BECAUSE THEY IMAGINE THERE ARE A GREAT NUMBER OF AUCKLANDERS WHO TREASURE THEIR FISHING OUT ON THE HAURAKI GULF. SNAPPER IN PARTICULAR. THE COMMERCIAL FISHERY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE HAURAKI GULF AND TO THE BAY OF PLENTY, BUT THE RECREATIONAL PRESSURE HAS REMAINED, SO TWO THIRDS OF THE SNAPPER AND THE HAURAKI GULF ARE BEING TAUGHT BY RECREATIONAL FISHERS. RECREATIONAL FISHERS DO HAVE A FAIR BIT OF WEIGHT ON THEIR SHOULDERS. LET'S PICK UP ON THE WORD LEADERSHIP, WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE FROM THE GOVERNMENT TODAY, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN? IT IS REALLY HARD TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING UNDERNEATH THE WATER, BECAUSE WHAT IS ABOVE THE WHAT IS SO SPECIAL, AS WE CAN SEE WITH THE SUN RISING BEHIND US, GLORIOUS, BUT WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR WHAT IS BELOW THE SEA LEVEL? I HAVE BEEN REPORTING ON THIS FOR THREE DECADES OR SO, BUT EVERY TIME WE ASK SCIENTISTS ABOUT HOW TO FIX IT, THEY SAY THE SAME THING, IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING CERTAIN AREAS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE HABITATS. NO TAKE. WHAT SORT OF PERCENTAGES ARE SCIENTISTS ARGUING SHOULD BE NO TAKE? AROUND 30% BY 2030. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 0.3% PROTECTION IN THE HAURAKI GULF THAT MEETS THAT STANDARD, IS ABOUT 100 TIMES SOUTH OF WHERE WE SHOULD BE IN NINE YEARS TIME, THE MINISTER HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENT OVER THE NEXT NINE YEARS, TO SEE THAT LEVEL OF PROTECTION THAT IS GOING TO CREATE THE HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THE SYSTEM ALIVE AND WORKING. IT WE DON'T, WHAT WILL HAPPEN? ECOSYSTEM COLLAPSE, THE KIND OF THINGS WE ARE SEEING OUT NOW CROSS HALF OF THE REEF SYSTEM NOW WILL KEEP ACCELERATION, THERE WILL BE NO FISH TO ARGUE OVER, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NO FISH FOR COMMERCIAL OR RECREATIONAL FISHERS. THAT IS HAPPENING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, THAT IS VERY REAL. THE REQUIREMENT FOR CHANGES PRESSING. THE REQUIREMENT FOR CHANGES PRESSING, AND YET, THE ARGUMENT AGAINST CHANGE, AND YOU FIND HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO EXPERTLY MAKE IT. WE CAN GO AND PULL UP SIX SNAPPER AND EVERYTHING IS FINE, BUT EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHO WANT THAT REGIME TO CONTINUE WHY WE HAVE TO DO BETTER THAN THAT. WE CAN HAVE OUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO. WE CAN CONTINUE TO FISH COMMERCIALLY AND RECREATIONALLY, BUT WE NEED TO GET RID OF DESTRUCTIVE FISHING SYSTEMS. IF WE DO THAT, WE CAN KEEP FISHING. IF WE DON'T, IT IS GOING TO WITHER AWAY TO NOTHING. THE FACT THAT WE STILL BOTTOM TRAWL ALONG HERE IS BEYOND THE PALE. THEY ARE DRAGGING THE SEA FLOOR, CHAINS ACROSS THE BOTTOM TO DO THAT BOTTOM TRAWLING, AND HOW THAT IS STILL LEGAL OR AVAILABLE WITHIN THE HAURAKI GULF IS BEYOND ME. FINAL QUESTION, HOW URGENT IS THIS ACTION? IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED 20 YEARS AGO, AND WE HAVE WAITED ALL THIS TIME, WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR FIVE YEARS FOR THE OUTCOME OF THE SEACHANGE REPORT. WE ARE SITTING ON 0.3% PROTECTION, AND WE ARE LOOKING VERY CLOSELY TO WHAT THE MINISTER WILL SAY IN OUR. YOU HAVE BEEN LOBBYING FOR THE HAURAKI GULF TO BE BETTER CARED FOR, BETTER TREATED, FOR A VERY LONG TIME, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THE MINISTER IS ANNOUNCING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR THE DAM YOU GIVE. THE MINISTER, DAVID PARKER WILL JOIN US. WE WILL HAVE REACTION FROM THE CONSERVATION MINISTER WHEN THIS WAS ANNOUNCED. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL WITH VICTORIA WILL RESTART TONIGHT. ADVICE FOR TRAVELLERS AT 7. AND NEXT, A UNIQUE STUDY OF THE PFIZER VACCINE IN NEW ZEALAND, PLUS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 'PROVISIONAL' PFIZER APPROVAL FOR 12- TO 15-YEAR-OLDS. IT WILL BE A BIT OVERCAST IN DUNEDIN THIS MORNING, WITH POSSIBLY A COUPLE OF SHOWERS AS WELL. I HAVE ALL OF YOUR WEATHER DETAILS COMING UP AFTER THE NEWS. TJ: Have I done enough to wear the jersey? Gotta sweat out that fear because this is bigger than me. I do it for my fans and my family. ION4 hydration. Sweat it out witih Powerade. ANOTHER MILESTONE WAS REACHED IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND'S VACCINE ROLLOUT YESTERDAY WHEN THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED MEDSAFE HAS GRANTED 'PROVISIONAL' APPROVAL FOR THE PFIZER COVID-19 JAB TO BE GIVEN TO 12- TO 15-YEAR-OLDS. JOINING US TO EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS, PLUS FILL US IN ON A UNIQUE VACCINE STUDY THAT'S UNDERWAY IN ROTORUA AND CHRISTCHURCH, IS MALAGHAN INSTITUTE AND VACCINE ALLIANCE AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND DIRECTOR, PROFESSOR GRAHAM LE GROS. MORENA, GRAHAM. MORENA. FROM WELLINGTON! WE HOPE YOU ARE STAYING NICE AND WARM HERE THERE. IT IS BLOWING AROUND, I HAVE TO SAY. TURN UP THE HEAT PUMP! I WILL REFERS BACK TO SOMETHING YOU SAID IN FEBRUARY TO START OFF WITH, YOU DID SAY BACK THEN THAT HAVING UNDER 16S NOT VACCINATED WAS APPROPRIATE AND MORE TRIALS WERE NEEDED, SO WHERE ARE WE AT NOW IN TERMS OF WHAT WE KNOW AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ROLLOUT? AND VERY POSITIVE ABOUT IT, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT JUST WHAT WE NEED. DOES NOT MEAN THEY WILL BE VACCINATED TOMORROW, BUT WE CAN SET UP THE FACILITIES TO DO THAT. SOME SCHOOLS ARE SIGNING UP TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CHARGE AND RESPONSIBLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO START PLANNING, BUT IT IS VERY GOOD NEWS, BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET ALL THE PEOPLE VACCINATED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND THAT DOES INCLUDE THESE CHILDREN. THEY MAY NOT GET SO SICK THEMSELVES, BUT THEY DO CONTACT OUR ELDERLY. THE APPROVAL FROM MEDSAFE FOR THE PFIZER VACCINE, IT IS PROFESSIONAL, SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, DO WE NEED MORE DATA? IT MEANS THAT IT HAS BEEN TRIALED OVERSEAS, IT HAS WORKED WELL, IT HAS BEEN SAFE THERE, WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT THEY ARE STILL WAITING FOR IS SOME MORE DATA TO COME FROM PFIZER, BUT EVERYONE CAN START TO GET READY TO DO THIS. THERE ARE 275,000 OF THE LITTLE SWEETIES THAT WE HAVE TO GET SORTED OUT. THEY WILL NOT BE VACCINATED, UNTIL OCTOBER TO THE END OF THE YEAR, SO THERE IS STILL A WAY TO GO, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A BIT OF GRUMBLING ABOUT OUR VACCINE ROLLOUT BEING TOO SLOW, IN COMPARISON TO COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, BUT WHAT YOU SAY IS THE LUXURY OF THIS IN TERMS OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A BIT MORE TIME TO GET SOME DATA, AND WE CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING, THE EFFECTS OF THE VACCINE AROUND THE WORLD? THAT IS A VERY GOOD POINT. JUST IMAGINE IF WE HAD THE VIRUS GOING AROUND, BE THIS WAY, WE CAN ACTUALLY SHOW PEOPLE, THERE HAS BEEN TRIALS DONE, THIS WORKS, THIS DOESN'T WORK, AND WE CAN GO ON A VERY MEASURED, CALM AND SUPPORTIVE WAY RATHER THAN BEING PANICKED, SO IT IS VERY GOOD IN THAT SENSE, AND IT GIVES PEOPLE A CHANCE TO DO IT PROPERLY AND EDUCATE, AND REALLY JUST OF ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORRIED. PROFESSOR, THE INSTITUTE IS LEADING THE STUDY. TELL US WHAT YOU ARE MEASURING. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT STUDY, BECAUSE WE TAKE FOR GRANTED AS NEW ZEALANDERS THAT WE ARE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, WE'RE JUST DOING A NICE LITTLE CONTROLLED STUDY TO SEE AND JUST MEASURE OURSELVES THAT THOSE PEOPLE OF PACIFIC OR POLYNESIAN DESCENT ACTUALLY RESPOND WELL, MAORI RESPOND WELL TO THE VACCINE. TESTING TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A GOOD NEUTRALISING ANTIBODY THAT CAN DEAL WITH THE VIRUS, SO ALL THAT REASSURANCE, ALSO THE REASSURANCE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THE VACCINE WILL WORK FOR THEM. WILL HAVE SOME UNIQUE DATA OF OUR OWN BUT HOW WILL THAT BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE PFIZER VACCINE? THERE ARE A FEW MORE BITS AND PIECES THAT WE ARE TAKING ALONG WITH THE BLOOD, INTERNATIONAL GROUPS HAVE ASKED US TO MONITOR AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, BUT I THINK THE MORE THAT WE CAN LEARN ABOUT HOW THIS VACCINE GOES AND UNIQUE PLACES AROUND THE WORLD, THE BID UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE OF HOW IT WORKS. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR COMING ON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT IS NOW 7 O'CLOCK. A PLAN TO REVIVE THE ECOLOGICAL HEALTH OF THE HAURAKI GULF WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER TODAY. YEARS OF COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL OVER-FISHING HAVE LED TO WHAT SOME ARE CALLING A TOTAL ECO-SYSTEM COLLAPSE. THE LONG-AWAITED GOVERNMENT STRATEGY IS IN RESPONSE TO THE 2017 SEA CHANGE TAI TIMU TAI PARI HAURAKI GULF MARINE SPATIAL PLAN, DEVELOPED BY A STAKEHOLDER WORKING GROUP. AND OCEANS AND FISHERIES MINISTER DAVID PARKER WILL JOIN JOHN WITH MORE DETAIL JUST AFTER YOUR WEATHER. THE GOVERNMENT'S POORLY MANAGED MYCOPLASMA BOVIS RESPONSE INFLICTED SIGNIFICANT AND LASTING TRAUMA ON AFFECTED FARMERS. THAT'S ACCORDING TO AN OTAGO UNIVERSITY STUDY LOOKING AT THE IMPACT ON RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTH AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF THE DISEASE IN 2017. AROUND 180,000 ANIMALS WERE CULLED ON MORE THAN 250 FARMS IN A BID TO ERADICATE THE DISEASE. THE STUDY FOUND THE INTRUSIVE, IMPRACTICAL AND INHUMANE NATURE OF THE ERADICATION PROGRAMME IGNORED LOCAL KNOWLEDGE IN FAVOUR OF INEFFICIENT PROCESSES WHICH UPSET FARMERS. MEDSAFE'S GIVEN PROVISIONAL APPROVAL FOR YOUTH AS YOUNG AS 12 TO RECEIVE THE COVID-19 JAB. THE FINAL TICK OF APPROVAL RESTS WITH THE GOVERNMENT, WHO WILL SEEK ADVICE FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH. ONE EXPERT SAYS IT'S A POSITIVE STEP FORWARD IN OUR ROLLOUT PROGRAMME. DOESN'T MEAN THAT 12 TO 15-YEAR-OLDS WILL BE VACCINATED TOMORROW WILL STOP IT MEANS PLACES CAN SET UP THEIR FACILITIES TO DO THAT. SOME SCHOOLS ARE SIGNING UP TO DO THAT. IT GIVES PEOPLE A CHANCE TO START PLANNING. QUARANTINE FREE TRAVEL BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND VICTORIA'S SET TO RESTART FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THOSE FLYING NO LONGER NEED A PRE-DEPARTURE COVID TEST, WITH THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH SAYING THE RISK TO THE PUBLIC IS LOW. AND CHECK VICTORIA'S HEALTH WEBSITE FOR UPDATED LOCATIONS OF INTEREST. THERE'VE BEEN NO NEW CASES OF THE DELTA VARIANT IN THE STATE IN THE PAST WEEK. A FIJIAN TOWN'S GONE INTO LOCKDOWN THIS MORNING, AFTER THE COUNTRY REPORTED ANOTHER 126 NEW COVID-19 CASES AND A FURTHER DEATH. THE SETTLEMENT'S GONE INTO A 48-HOUR SNAP LOCKDOWN SO RESIDENTS CAN BE SCREENED AND TESTED. THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 1500 ACTIVE CASES IN THE ISLAND NATION. AN AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL TEAM'S ARRIVED AND IS QUARANTINING FOR A WEEK. OUR GOVERNMENT'S GIVEN $10M IN SUPPORT. TO SPORT ` AND THE NEXT TWO DAYS OF THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL WILL BE CRUCIAL FOR THE BLACKCAPS AFTER THEY LOST ANOTHER DAY TO THE RAIN. PLAY WAS ABANDONED WITHOUT A BALL BEING BOWLED AFTER PERSISTENT RAIN MEANT THE GROUND WASN'T FIT FOR PLAY. THE BLACKCAPS MANAGED TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO OCCUPY THEMSELVES DURING THE DELAY. WHEN PLAY RESUMES TONIGHT, THEY'LL CONTINUE THEIR FIRST INNINGS WHERE THEY TRAIL BY 116 RUNS. IT'S PRETTY FRUSTRATING. THE FORECAST WASN'T LOOKING VERY GOOD, SO I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING WE THOUGHT, AFTER YESTERDAY, MIGHT BE OCCURRING. BUT YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING HOPING IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER. THE GUYS HAVE BEEN FILLING THE TIME PLAYING A BIT OF TABLE TENNIS, A BIT OF DARTS. MUCKING AROUND, REALLY. FORTUNATELY FOR THE BLACKCAPS, THERE IS A RESERVE DAY SET DOWN FOR WEDNESDAY. A MIX OF RETURNING PLAYERS AND FRESH FACES HAVE MADE UP A STRONG 36-MAN ALL BLACKS SQUAD FOR THE UPCOMING JULY TEST MATCHES. BLUES HALFBACK FINLAY CHRISTIE, CRUSADERS FORWARD ETHAN BLACKADDER, CHIEFS MID-FIELDER QUINN TUPAEA, AND HIGHLANDERS PROP ETHAN DE GROOT, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR ALL BLACK DEBUTS AGAINST TONGA AND FIJI. WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH THE YEAR, WE'VE GOT FOUR TESTS IN A ROW IN SEPTEMBER, WE COULD HAVE UP TO FIVE IN A ROW IN NOVEMBER, WE'VE JUST COME OFF A BIG SUPER RUGBY COMPETITION, SO REALLY, WE'VE DECIDED TO HAVE A SQUAD, WE'RE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER NUMBER THIS YEAR TO GET THROUGH THE YEAR, SO WE MAY AS WELL BRING PEOPLE IN NOW. SAM WHITELOCK'S BEEN NAMED AS CAPTAIN, TAKING OVER FROM SAM CANE WHO IS RECOVERING FROM CHEST SURGERY. AND THAT'S YOUR NEWS. I GET THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL MOTHER NATURE BUT IT MUST BE SO FRUSTRATING TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF PLAY. IT'S EXHAUSTING WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN. THAT YOU STILL HAVE TO BE COILED FOR. THEY LOOK USED TO IT. I WAS SURPRISED IT WAS THAT AND NOT GAMING OR FORTNIGHT. WORKING ON HAND EYE COORDINATION. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT FOR US? LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR TUESDAY. IT'LL BE MOSTLY FINE IN THE UPPER NORTH ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. ALTHOUGH IT'S A BIT MORE OVERCAST UP AROUND KAITAIA, WITH THE CHANCE OF ONE OR TWO SHOWERS EARLY ON. ALL OF YOU WILL SEE THESE BRISK SOU-WESTERLY WINDS AS WELL. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TEENS FOR ALL OF YOU. YOU'RE IN FOR A LOVELY, SUNNY DAY THROUGH HERE WITH LONG FINE SPELLS. THOSE FRESH SOUTHERLY WINDS SHOULD START EASING AS THE DAY PROGRESSES, TOO. 13 DEGREES IN ROTORUA, 16 ALONG THE COAST IN WHAKATANE AND TAURANGA. THERE'S WET WEATHER FURTHER EAST, WITH HEAVIER FALLS FOR GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY THIS MORNING. WHEREAS FOR MASTERTON, THOSE SHOWERS LOOK HEAVIER AFTER LUNCH. WATCH OUT FOR THOSE STRONG SOUTHERLIES, TOO. 11 THE EXPECTED HIGH FOR MASTERTON, 14 IN NAPIER. IT'S LOVELY AND SUNNY AROUND TAUMARANUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH, AND LEVIN SHOULD BE FINE ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. BUT FOR THE REST OF YOU, IT'S OVERCAST WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, MOSTLY EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND THEN AGAIN TONIGHT. THOSE STRONG SOUTHERLIES WILL EASE DURING THE DAY TOO. 11 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON, 13, 14 FOR THE REST OF YOU. THERE'S CLOUD COVER ACROSS IN KAIKOURA WITH A FEW SHOWERS AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, INCLUDING THE WEST COAST, IT'S NICE AND FINE FROM THE GET-GO WITH THOSE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH DYING OUT. 13 DEGREES IN HOKITIKA, GREYMOUTH AND BLENHEIM. YOU'RE A BIT OVERCAST SHIFTING EAST, AND IT'LL BE FROSTY FIRST THING TOO. WATCH OUT FOR A COUPLE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING AROUND OAMARU, REACHING THOSE OF YOU IN CANTERBURY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. 9 THE EXPECTED HIGH FOR CHRISTCHURCH, TIMARU AND ALEXANDRA. AND IT'S NICE AND SUNNY IN MILFORD SOUND, BUT THE REST OF THE LOWER SOUTH HAS GREY SKIES AND A FEW SHOWERS THIS MORNING, RETURNING AGAIN TONIGHT FOR THOSE OF YOU THROUGH SOUTHLAND. 9 DEGREES IN QUEENSTOWN, 10 FOR DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR WEDNESDAY ` TOMORROW IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, APART FROM SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS ALONG THE EAST COASTS OF BOTH ISLANDS, AS WELL AS IN THE FAR SOUTH. BEHIND ME IS OUR SPECIAL GUEST THIS MORNING, THE HAURAKI GULF. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I'M JOINED NOW BY OCEANS AND FISHERIES MINISTER DAVID PARKER. LET'S LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF WHAT'S GOT US TO THIS POINT. THE GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE ITS PLAN TO BRING THE GULF BACK FROM THE BRINK. IT'S TAKEN OVER SIX YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT. A SPATIAL PLAN FOR THE HAURAKI GULF. IT TOOK ANOTHER THREE YEARS TO FIND A SET OF AGREEMENTS TO START THE BALL ROLLING ON PROTECTING THE GULF. GOVERNMENTS CHANGED, AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS LANGUISHED ON THE DESKS OF MINISTERS UNTIL NOVEMBER 2018, WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED A RESPONSE STRATEGY TO THE PLAN'S PROPOSALS WOULD BE DEVELOPED. THIS IS A MEANINGFUL AND MATERIAL. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. IS THIS GOING TO BE TRANSFORMATIVE? YES IT WILL BE. TRIPLING THE AMOUNT OF THE GOLF THAT IS PROTECTED. RESTRICTING TRAWLING. LOTS OF OTHER LOCAL MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE THINGS NEED TO BE MANAGED LOCALLY. THE 18 NEW MARINE AREAS, WILL THEY BE NO TAKE AREAS? SOME OF THEM WILL BE, OTHERS WILL ALLOW CUSTOMARY TAKE. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE GULF WILL BE HIGHLY PROTECTED AFTER THIS COMPARED TO BEFORE? THREE TIMES AS MUCH AS NOW. I FORGET THE EXACT PERCENTAGE. IT STILL MEANS A LOT OF THE GULF THAT ISN'T. THERE STILL IS A LONG WAY TO GO GIVEN THE DEGRADATION OF THE SEAFLOOR? IN ADDITION TO THE HIGHLY PROTECTED AREAS, THERE ARE STRONG RESTRICTIONS TO WHERE SCALLOP DREDGING AND FLOOR TRAWLING CAN OCCUR. THOSE IN ADDITION TO THE HIGHLY PROTECTED AREAS. SHOULD THERE BE BOTTOM TRAWLING AT ALL HERE? WE THINK WE HAVE GOT TO A FAIR OUTCOME. THERE ARE SOME THAT SAY THERE SHOULD BE NONE. LIMITING THIS TO CORRIDORS. IN THE FUTURE, LONG AFTER I AM GONE, IF THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE, THAT SHOULD BE DONE. IF YOU DON'T SPEND ANY TIME IN AUCKLAND, AND I SEE THIS AS A WELLINGTONIAN, AUCKLAND DOES CHERISH THE GULF. IT'S REALLY SPECIAL. DO YOU THINK WE KNOW HOW DEGRADED AND DAMAGED WHAT'S BENEATH THE WATER HAS BECOME? OUR KNOWLEDGE WILL ALREADY BE IMPERFECT THAT WE KNOW ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN DEGRADED AND IT'S GETTING WORSE. IT'S NOT ALL RELATED TO FISHING. WE HAVE LAND-BASED POLLUTION FROM THE CITY. SOMESUCH CAN SMOTHER HABITATS. WE NEED TO DO BETTER IF WE ARE GOING TO PROTECT THE STRETCHER. *TREASURE. THE SCALES HAVE TIPPED NOW. THERE IS MORE RECREATIONAL FISHING. THAT IS THE SERIOUS DAMAGE BEING DONE, WHICH IS LEAVING KINA TO RUN RAMPANT AND EAT SCALP. *KELP. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE NEED TO TAKE AN ECOSYSTEM APPROACH. IF WE ONLY FOCUS ON ONE SYSTEM, WE DON'T GET THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS. KINA BARRENS ARE THE OUTCOME. IT'S COMPLEX TO MANAGE. BUT WE HAVE NOT DONE A VERY GOOD JOB IN DECADES PAST, SO WE NEED TO DO BETTER. THERE HAS BEEN AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY CONCERN BEHIND THESE CHANGES. THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACTING THROUGH THE LIKES OF THE HAURAKI GULF FORUM. IS IT ENOUGH? AS IT ALL YOU HOPED FOR? WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO MANA WHENUA AND FOREST AND BIRD. WHEN THESE EFFORTS BEGAN IN 2000, DO YOU THINK THIS WILL BE REGARDED AS ENOUGH? THE MOST DIFFICULT PART FOR ME IS THE LAND-BASED DISCHARGES INTO THE GULF. I THINK FISHING IS RELATIVELY EASY TO MODIFY. IF THAT WAS THE ANSWER, AND THE ONLY ANSWER, WE WOULD JUST BAN ALL FISHING. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT. YOU DON'T THINK WE NEED GREATER RESTRICTIONS ABOUT THE NUMBER COMING OUT? WE ALWAYS REVIEW THAT. IN RECENT YEARS WE HAVE CUT THE AMOUNT OF CRAYFISH THAT CAN BE TAKEN BECAUSE THOSE POPULATIONS HAVE PLUMMETED. THE LATEST ADVICE I'VE RECEIVED IS THAT WE ARE A LITTLE BIT HOPEFUL. NO TAKE, OR TAKE RESTRICTIONS DO WORK BECAUSE THOSE POPULATIONS GROW AGAIN. I THINK THOSE ISSUES ARE IN SOME WAYS EASIER TO MANAGE, VERSUS THE LAND-BASED DISCHARGES. THE AMOUNT OF SEDIMENT THAT COMES DOWN THOSE RIVERS INTO THE FIRTH OF THAMES IS PROBLEMATIC. WHAT ARE THE TIMEFRAMES? WHEN WILL WE SEE THE KELP RETURN? THE MARINE RESERVES WILL BE IN PLACE WITHIN THREE YEARS. THAT REQUIRES A CHANGE TO LEGISLATION FOR SOME OF THEM. OTHER CHANGES CAN BE IMPLEMENTED UNDER THE FISHERIES ACT. THE BIGGEST ONE IS NO BOTTOM TRAWLING, IN RESPECT OF SCOLLOP FISHERIES, ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS WE HAVE NOT IMPLEMENTED, WAS SPLITTING THE AREAS. BECAUSE THE FISH ARE ACROSS SUCH A LARGE RANGE, THAT WOULD NOT WORK. WE ARE LOOKING AT AHU MOANA LOCAL MANAGEMENT AREAS. IS THIS ENOUGH AND WILL IT SAVE THE GULF? BECAUSE WHAT JAMES SAID TO US BEFORE WAS UPSETTING. THE NEED FOR ACTION IS URGENT. THIS IS VERY MEANINGFUL ACTION. THERE WILL BE SOME CRITICS OF THIS THAT'S A IT'S GONE TOO FAR WITH HIGHLY PROTECTED AREAS, THAT WE HAVE RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL FISHING TOO MUCH. WHAT PERCENTAGE WILL BE HIGHLY PROTECTED? I THINK IS 18% FROM MEMORY. IT IS THREE TIMES THE CURRENT. IF YOU TAKE UP THE CABLE AREAS, IT'S JUST TINY. I WOULD SAY TENFOLD. I HAVE NOT MEASURED IT EXACTLY BUT A HUGE INCREASE. WHAT WILL WE SEE HAPPEN IN THOSE AREAS AND HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE? YOU WILL SEE SEAWEED GROW QUICKLY. IN RESPECT OF THE KINA BARONS, I'M NOT SO SURE. ONCE THESE THINGS TURNED SOUR, IF YOU LIKE, THEY ARE SOMETIMES HARDER TO GET BACK THEN YOU HOPE. ONE OF THE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THIS AS WE HAVE A MEASUREMENT AND A MEASUREMENT REGIME TO CHECK ON WHETHER IT IS IMPROVING. WE CAN MONITOR WHETHER WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS ENOUGH. DAVID PARKER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. WE ARE GETTING A RESPONSE FROM MANA WHENUA, FOREST AND BIRD. THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WE MADE LAST WEEK ON CHANGES TO FISHING PRACTICES ARE ALSO VERY SIGNIFICANT. HELPING TO PROTECT BLACK PETRELS. THERE WILL BE FEWER FRESH THROWN OUT. WHEN WILL THAT BE HAPPENING? IT TAKES A TOTAL OF FIVE YEARS. WE HAVE TO PRICK YOU AT THE RIGHT GEAR AND MAKE SURE WE ARE USING THE RIGHT ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THESE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING. DAVID PARKER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I AM GOING TO USHER YOU OUT. JUSTLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAND THERE LOOKING LIKE I AM IGNORING YOU. HAYLEY, I'M JUST GOING TO WALK OUT OF SHOT. WHAT YOU CAN SEE THERE IS RANGITOTO. THIS IS 4000 KM WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. JAMES WHO WAS ON LIVE WITH US ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AGO SAID SOME OF THIS NOW IS PRACTICALLY A DESERT. OUR MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN SO BAD. AS THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE GOOD ENOUGH? STAY WITH US. JOHN IS DOWN AT TAMAKI DRIVE. WE WILL GO BACK TO HIM LATER IN THE PROGRAM. COMING UP, AN UPDATE FROM GISBORNE AS THE REGION CLEANS UP AFTER DAYS OF RAIN AND FLOODING. WELCOME BACK. AND NOW WE CHECK IN WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE GISBORNE REGION, WHERE SOME AREAS ENDURED A DELUGE OF 200mm OF RAIN, AND THEN FLOODING, ON SUNDAY, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER DUMP OF UP TO 100mm LAST NIGHT. TO GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW EVERYONE IS COPING, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO GISBORNE REGION MAYOR REHETTE STOLTZ FOR ZOOMING IN WITH US BEFORE SHE HITS THE ROAD TO CHECK ON THE DAMAGE AND HOW THE CLEANUP IS PROCEEDING. MORENA. MORENA. HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP? IT IS ALL GO HERE, AS YOU SAID. WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH RAIN, BUT YOU WERE AGAIN HAMMERED OVERNIGHT. TEAMS WILL BE ON THE ROAD SHORTLY TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT, ARE THERE MORE DAMAGE? DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE ROADS? NOTHING HAS BEEN REPORTED OVERNIGHT LIKE THE FLOODING WE SAW ON SUNDAY, WHERE WATER WENT THROUGH HOUSES, WHERE A SCHOOL WAS FLOODED, SO FINGERS CROSSED WHEN WE GO OUT THIS MORNING IT WILL NOT BE THAT BAD. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE BAY WAS THE HARDEST HIT AREA OF THE REGION, HAVE YOU BEEN THERE YET TO VISIT OR ARE YOU ON YOUR WAY THERE TODAY? STRAIGHT AFTER THE INTERVIEW I AM OUT THERE TO MEET WITH US CIVIL DEFENCE TEAM AND THE RESIDENTS TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP. YESTERDAY, THE COMMUNITY CAME OUT IN NUMBERS, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF WORKING BEES JUST ASSESSING THE DAMAGE AND SEEING HOW WE CAN HELP. WHAT ARE YOUR RESIDENTS SAYING, HOW IS IT RIGHT FEELING? THERE IS ALWAYS A LOT OF SUPPORT IN SMALL COMMUNITIES, I AM PROUD OF THIS COAST, THEY KNOW HOW TO LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES, BUT WE NEED HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT, SO WE'RE LIKELY THAT OUR MINISTER HAS BEEN ON THE GROUND, BECAUSE SHE IS ON THE GROUND, AND I HAVE ALSO BEEN OFFERED ANY OTHER SUPPORT WE MIGHT NEED, SO THE NEXT TWO DAYS, WE MAY GET A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHAT SUPPORT IS NEEDED. YOU ARE STILL ASSESSING THE DAMAGE, THE FULL EXTENT IS NOT YET KNOWN. WE DO UNDERSTAND THERE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ROADS, A BRIDGE WAS WASHED AWAY, AND THAT HAS ISOLATED SOME OF THE AREAS, ARE THERE STILL ACCESS ISSUES FOR SOME RESIDENTS? WE DEFINITELY HAVE ACCESS ISSUES AS YOU MENTIONED. I KNOW STATE HIGHWAY 35 WERE STILL CLOSE. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK WITH COUNCIL VOTING TEAMS. IT IS HIGH ENOUGH PRIORITY LIST, BUT WE ALSO ARE DEALING WITH EXTENSIVE SURFACE FLOODING DAMAGE, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THERE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS SAFE ACCESS TO GET TO SCHOOL AND WORK. SPEAKING OF SCHOOL, THERE WAS A SCHOOL THAT WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY DESTROYED, HAVE YOU HEARD FROM THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY? WILL BE RALLYING AROUND THEM TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP, I KNOW THAT ASSESSORS WERE IN THERE YESTERDAY, BUT THE WATER WENT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM, SO THERE IS A LOT OF DAMAGE, BUT FINGERS CROSSED WE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP THEM TO HAVE A MASSIVE SALVATION FOR THEIR 100TH BIRTHDAY NEXT YEAR. WE KNOW THAT THE MP HAS BEEN ON LEAVE, BUT SHE HAS BEEN VISITING. IT WAS LOVELY TO SEE HER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. STAY WITH US. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE 7:30 NEWS. (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. A PLAN TO AVERT THE 'TOTAL ECOLOGICAL COLLAPSE' OF THE HAURAKI GULF WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER TODAY. A RANGE OF CHANGES TO FISHING RULES WILL BE INTRODUCED, WITH TRAWLING RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN CORRIDORS. YEARS OF COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL OVER-FISHING HAVE LED TO THE GULF'S DECLINING HEALTH. BUT OCEANS AND FISHERIES MINISTER DAVID PARKER SAYS FISHING ISSUES ARE MANAGEABLE, AND IT'S LAND BASED PROBLEMS WHICH POSE A BIGGER CHALLENGE. AND IT'S NOT ALL RELATED TO FISHING EFFORT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF LAND-BASED POLLUTION FROM THE CITY, BUT ALSO RURAL AREAS. LOTS OF SILT GETTING INTO THE FIRTH OF THAMES, FOR EXAMPLE. I THINK FISHING IS ACTUALLY RELATIVELY EASY TO MODIFY. YOU KNOW, IF THAT WAS THE ANSWER, AND THE ONLY ANSWER, YOU COULD JSUT BAN ALL FISHING. NOW, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT. 18 NEW MARINE PROTECTION AREAS WILL BE CREATED, TRIPLING THE PROTECTED AREA. AND WE'LL BE GETTING REACTION FROM LEADING ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES SHORTLY. THE GOVERNMENT'S POORLY MANAGED MYCOPLASMA BOVIS RESPONSE INFLICTED SIGNIFICANT AND LASTING TRAUMA ON AFFECTED FARMERS. THAT'S ACCORDING TO AN OTAGO UNIVERSITY STUDY LOOKING AT THE IMPACT ON RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTH AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF THE DISEASE IN 2017. AROUND 180,000 ANIMALS WERE CULLED ON MORE THAN 250 FARMS IN A BID TO ERADICATE THE DISEASE. THE STUDY FOUND THE INTRUSIVE, IMPRACTICAL AND INHUMANE NATURE OF THE ERADICATION PROGRAMME IGNORED LOCAL KNOWLEDGE IN FAVOUR OF INEFFICIENT PROCESSES WHICH UPSET FARMERS. VACCINATING OUR YOUTH AGAINST COVID-19 WILL BE ANOTHER LINE OF DEFENCE TO PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE, ACCORDING TO ONE EXPERT. YESTERDAY, MEDSAFE GAVE PROVISIONAL APPROVAL FOR 12-YEAR-OLDS TO 15-YEAR-OLDS TO RECEIVE THE PFIZER JAB. THE GOVERNMENT STILL HAS TO SEEK ADVICE FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH BEFORE GIVING IT THE GO-AHEAD. ONE DAY THE VIRUS WILL BE HERE WITH US WE NEED TO GET ALL THE PEOPLE VACCINATED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THAT DOES INCLUDE THE CHILDREN WHO ARE THE MOST ACTIVE, THEY DO CONTACT OUR ELDERLY AND MOST VULNERABLE. AUSTRALIA HAS A NEW DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. BARNABY JOYCE RETURNING AS NATIONAL'S LEADER AFTER DEFEATING MICHAEL MCCORMACK IN A SPILL. MR JOYCE RESIGNED IN 2018 AMID REVELATIONS HE WAS HAVING A CHILD WITH A FORMER STAFFER, SPENDING THE LAST THREE YEARS PLOTTING A RETURN. I WILL TRY, ALWAYS, TO BE THE BETTER PERSON. I ACKNOWLEDGE MY FAULTS, I RESIGNED, I SPENT THREE YEARS ON THE BACKBENCH. I DON'T WALK AWAY FROM MAKING SURE I CAN BE A BETTER PERSON, DO A BETTER JOB. HE'LL BE SWORN IN TODAY. TO SPORT, AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR THE BLACKCAPS TO WIN THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AFTER DAY FOUR WAS WASHED OUT. THE DAY'S PLAY ABANDONED WITHOUT A BALL BEING BOWLED AFTER PERSISTENT RAIN MEANT THE GROUND WASN'T FIT FOR PLAY. THE BLACKCAPS MANAGED TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO OCCUPY THEMSELVES DURING THE DELAY. WHEN PLAY RESUMES TONIGHT THEY'LL CONTINUE THEIR FIRST INNINGS, WHERE THEY TRAIL BY 116 RUNS. FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE, HOPEFULLY, IF WE'RE ABLE TO START WELL, AND WILL TWO FULL DAYS LEFT AND GET A BIT OF A LEAD, AND THEN, I GUESS, TURN THE SCREWS WITH THE BALL. YOU NEVER KNOW. IT'S OBVIOUSLY 98 OVERS AS WELL. SO, LIKE I SAY, IT'S A FUNNY GAME, CRICKET, AND IF WE CAN START WELL, WEATHER, OBVIOUSLY, DEPENDENT TOMORROW, THEN IT'LL PUT US IN A GOOD POSITION HEADING INTO THE BACK END OF THIS TEST. FORTUNATELY FOR THE BLACKCAPS, THERE IS A RESERVE DAY SET DOWN FOR WEDNESDAY TO MAKE UP THE LOST TIME. UP TO 10,000 JAPANESE FANS WILL BE ALLOWED AT VENUES FOR NEXT MONTH'S OLYMPICS, BUT THEY'LL NEED TO KEEP IT DOWN. SPECTATORS WON'T BE ALLOWED TO SHOUT OR SPEAK LOUDLY, AND MUST BE MASKED. INTERNATIONAL FANS ARE ALREADY BANNED. MEDICAL OFFICIALS HAD EARLIER ADVISED ORGANISERS HOLDING THE GAMES WITHOUT CROWDS WAS THE LEAST RISKY AND MOST DESIRABLE OPTION. AND FINALLY ` HOT OFF THE HEELS OF HER FIRST SONG IN FOUR YEARS ` LORDE IS GETTING READY TO LIGHT UP THE STAGE UP ONCE AGAIN WITH 'SOLAR POWER'. THE POP QUEEN WILL BRING THE SHOW TO KIWI AND AUSSIE STAGES NEXT FEBRUARY AND MARCH. # BLINK THREE TIMES WHEN YOU FEEL IT KICKING IN, # THAT SO-OH-WHOA-LAR POWER. THE SHOW WILL KICK OFF IN CHRISTCHURCH AT NEXT YEAR'S ELECTRIC AVE, BEFORE CONTINUING THROUGH UPPER MOUTERE, LOWER HUTT, HAVELOCK NORTH, AND NEW PLYMOUTH. SHE'LL FINISH THE NEW ZEALAND PORTION OF THE TOUR IN AUCKLAND, BEFORE THE SHOW GOES TRANS-TASMAN. TICKETS GO ON SALE FROM NEXT WEEK. I LOVE THAT SHE HAS CHOSEN SMALL TOWNS TO GO AND PERFORM. THAT IS AWESOME. MAYBE THE BEACH IS ON ONE OF THEM. ANY SUGGESTIONS? SOMEONE SUGGESTED IT WOULD BE ON WAIHEKE. I'M STILL STUCK ON THE NEWS ON BARNABY JOYCE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR TUESDAY. IT'LL BE MOSTLY FINE IN THE UPPER NORTH ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. ALTHOUGH IT'S A BIT MORE OVERCAST UP AROUND KAITAIA, WITH THE CHANCE OF ONE OR TWO SHOWERS EARLY ON. ALL OF YOU WILL SEE THESE BRISK SOU-WESTERLY WINDS AS WELL. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TEENS FOR ALL OF YOU. YOU'RE IN FOR A LOVELY, SUNNY DAY THROUGH HERE WITH LONG FINE SPELLS. THOSE FRESH SOUTHERLY WINDS SHOULD START EASING AS THE DAY PROGRESSES TOO. 13 DEGREES IN ROTORUA, 16 ALONG THE COAST IN WHAKATANE AND TAURANGA. THERE'S WET WEATHER FURTHER EAST, WITH HEAVIER FALLS FOR GISBORNE AND HAWKES BAY THIS MORNING. WHEREAS FOR MASTERTON, THOSE SHOWERS LOOK HEAVIER AFTER LUNCH. WATCH OUT FOR THOSE STRONG SOUTHERLIES TOO. 11 THE EXPECTED HIGH FOR MASTERTON, 14 IN NAPIER. IT'S LOVELY AND SUNNY AROUND TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH, AND LEVIN SHOULD BE FINE ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. BUT FOR THE REST OF YOU IT'S OVERCAST, WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS. MOSTLY EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND THEN AGAIN TONIGHT. THOSE STRONG SOUTHERLIES WILL EASE DURING THE DAY TOO. 11 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON. 13, 14 FOR THE REST OF YOU. THERE'S CLOUD COVER ACROSS IN KAIKOURA WITH A FEW SHOWERS AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, INCLUDING THE WEST COAST, IT'S NICE AND FINE FROM THE GET-GO WITH THOSE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH DYING OUT. 13 DEGREES IN HOKITIKA, GREYMOUTH AND BLENHEIM. YOU'RE A BIT OVERCAST SHIFTING EAST, AND IT'LL BE FROSTY FIRST THING TOO. WATCH OUT FOR A COUPLE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING AROUND OAMARU, REACHING THOSE OF YOU IN CANTERBURY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. 9 THE EXPECTED HIGH FOR CHRISTCHURCH, TIMARU AND ALEXANDRA. AND IT'S NICE AND SUNNY IN MILFORD SOUND, BUT THE REST OF THE LOWER SOUTH HAS GREY SKIES AND A FEW SHOWERS THIS MORNING. RETURNING AGAIN TONIGHT FOR THOSE OF YOU THROUGH SOUTHLAND. 9 DEGREES IN QUEENSTOWN, 10 FOR DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR WEDNESDAY ` TOMORROW IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, APART FROM SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS ALONG THE EAST COASTS OF BOTH ISLANDS, AS WELL AS IN THE FAR SOUTH. NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME WE WILL DO BESPOKE WEATHER. MATTY IS GOING DOWN NEXT WEEK TO A SPECIAL PLACE. COMING UP ` WILL THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW PLAN FOR THE HAURAKI GULF DO ENOUGH TO PROTECT ONE OF OUR MOST PICTURESQUE NATURAL MARINE ENVIRONMENTS? WE HAVE REACTION TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT NEXT. WELCOME BACK TO AUCKLAND EVERYONE. WE ALIGHT FROM WHAT WAS DAVID PARKER'S ANNOUNCEMENT 30 MINUTES AGO, HE IS MAKING IT FORMALLY. STANDING NEXT TO ME AS THE CO-CHAIR OF THE HAURAKI. AND JAMES WHO WAS HERE AN HOUR AGO PREVIEWING, AND SEE WHAT WAS REQUIRED FROM THE GOVERNMENT. DID WE GET IT, LET'S FIND OUT? NICOLE, WHAT DO YOU THINK? IT IS A GOOD START. THERE ARE GOOD POSITIVE OUTCOMES HERE. THERE ARE OTHER AREAS WE NEED TO MONITOR CLOSELY. PARTICULARLY AROUND OUR ROLE TO ADVANCE ON THE AMBITIONS OF SEACHANGE. ARE WE GOING AS FAR AS YOU WOULD LIKE? BUT IS IT A GOOD START, WHAT DO YOU THINK? IT IS A GOOD START. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER A GOOD START IS ENOUGH AT THIS POINT. DEGRADATION OF THE GULF HAS CONTINUED OVER CENTURIES. WHAT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED AS A GOOD START, BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO RESTORE THE ABUNDANT, HEALTHY SEA LIFE AND ECOSYSTEMS THAT WE ALL ASPIRE TO HAVE IN THE GULF. NICOLE IS NODDING BESIDE YOU, JAMES YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT FORESTS BECOMING DESERTS, AS IS A RESPONSE TO IT? IT IS A RESPONSE, IT IS MORE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN TWO DECADES. THERE IS A LOT OF DETAIL THAT IS MISSING OF COURSE. THERE IS AN AWFUL LONG WAY TO GO, IT MUST BE AROUND 5% OF A HIGH LEVEL OF PROTECTION, WHEN WHAT IS NEEDED AT HERE IS 30%. IT IS NICE TO BE DOWN THOSE FIRST FEW STEPS. I AGREE WITH JAMES, THE MINISTER DOES DESERVE PRAISE FOR GETTING THIS OVER THE LINE. IT HAS BEEN A FRAUGHT PROGRESS TO DO THAT. BUT WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR SOME OTHER DETAIL, WHAT DOES THE FISHING PLAN REALLY MEAN? WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE BOTTOM DRENCHING GONE. IF WE ARE NOT RESTORING, WE WILL ADJUST THE FISHING PLAN SO THAT WE DO. THE MINISTER SPOKE ABOUT THE LAND-BASED IMPACTS QUITE CORRECTLY, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ANNOUNCED IN THE PACKAGE. NICOLE, AS CO-CHAIR, WHAT WAS THIS PLACE LIKE A CENTURY OR TWO AGO? HAURAKI GULF HASN'T LOST ITSELF. BUT IT HAS BEEN DIMINISHED, AND IT HAS BEEN DIMINISHED BY A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE APPLIED TO IT ON THE 20 FIRST CENTURY. WE NEED TO ASSURE THAT SEACHANGE DELIVERS ON ITS PROGRESS. IF YOU WERE FRONT AND CENTRE, WHAT WOULD YOU HOPE MOST OF ALL TO ACHIEVE? I AM SEEING MANA WHENUA AMONG THE GULF IMPLEMENTING INDIGENOUS PRACTICES. WE CAN SEE SEACHANGE EMBARKING ON THESE MEASURES. 5% IS GOOD, BUT IT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF THE PLAN THAT I LIKE IS THE CO-GOVERNANCE, AND REALLY HONOURING THE ROLE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING ALREADY. THE TRANSFORMATION THAT WE NEED, THE SEACHANGE THAT WE NEED, TO RESTORE THE GULF IS NOT OUTSIDE OF OUR TECHNICAL ABILITIES. IT IS A QUESTION OF OUR WILL. JAMES, YOU ARE REALLY CONCERNED. ARE YOU STILL CONCERNED? I AM STILL CONCERNED. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY NO ONE IS GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT A HEALTHY ECOSYSTEM. FISHERS AND OTHER USERS WILL BE THE FIRST TO BENEFIT. NICOLE, WHAT CAN THIS PLACE BE LIKE? LOOK AFTER THE LAND. LOOK AFTER THE SEA. YOU ARE A GUARDIAN. I AM A GUARDIAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU JAMES, THANK YOU KEVIN, THANK YOU NICOLE. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. NOW I AM GOING TO BRING IN SOMEONE ELSE. I WANT TO BRING IN THE CONSERVATION MINISTER WHO ENACTED THIS MARINE PARK. SANDRA, ARE YOU THERE? MORENA. MORENA JOHN. YOU ALWAYS HAD HIGH HOPES. IS THIS THE START OF SOMETHING GOOD AND APPROPRIATE? OR HAD YOU HOPED FOR MORE? I LISTENED CAREFULLY TO THE MINISTER'S ANNOUNCEMENT, FOR THE SAKE OF POSITIVITY I WOULD SAY IT IS A GOOD GESTURE. I WOULD SAY IT IS A MINUSCULE GESTURE, IT IS NOT A BRAVE WAY FORWARD IN MY OPINION. EVEN BOTTOM TRAWLING WILL NOT BE PROHIBITED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. WE ARE IN A UNIQUE POSITION FOR CHANGE, AND IT IS NEVER TOO LATE. WE HAVE A MINISTER WHO IS THE MINISTER OF OCEANS, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT WHO IS IN THE GOVERNMENT WHO HAS AN OUTRIGHT MAJORITY. THE MINISTER ALREADY HAD IN HIS TOOLBOX THE FISHERIES, UPLIFTS OR OTHER LEGISLATION THAT COULD BE USED IN HIS TOOLBOX ON TOP OF THAT THE NATIONAL COASTAL POLICY STATEMENT. I PUT THROUGH THE HAURAKI GULF MARINE PARK ACT AND LET THE HARD WAY THAT ITS WORSE ON PAPER. 5% IS NOT GOOD IN MY OPINION. ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. WHEN THE AUCKLAND COUNCIL IS GIVING PLANNING CONSENT FOR MARINAS AND FLOATING CAR PARKS OVER PENGUIN HABITAT, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON, IT IS HARD TO HAVE HOPE. THE CHALLENGE I HAVE FOR THIS GOVERNMENT IS THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME, BUT YOU MUST DO MORE. IT IS NOT THE BEST THING TO SAY, BUT IT IS THE REALITY. THIS IS A CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE. IT HAS GOT INCREMENTAL THE WORSE. THE MINISTER SAID COMMERCIAL FISHING IS NOT THE PROBLEM, HE KEEPS REFERRING TO SEDIMENTATION. HOWEVER COMMERCIAL FISHING IS 30% GREATER THAN IT WAS IN 2000 WHEN I PUT THE LEGISLATION THROUGH. UNLESS ACTION IS PUT IN PLACE, THE BOTTOM TRAWLERS ARE STILL TRAWLING IN THE MINUSCULE NO GO SIGNS. UNLESS ACTIONS GIVE EFFECT TO ALL OF THIS LEGISLATION, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE LAST OF THE COLLAPSE. THAT IS A STRONG RESPONSE. WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, TO PARAPHRASE THIS, THIS IS NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH, AND IT IS NOWHERE NEAR PORTION IT TO THE SCALE OF THE DAMAGE DONE. IT IS AN URGENT CATASTROPHE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN OKAY IF THE HEALTH OF THE GOLF WAS GOOD. BUT ALL OF THE SIDESHOWS IT IS IN A DISASTROUS STATE. THAT IS WHY BRAVE, HIGH LEVEL MEANINGFUL ACTION IS NEEDED. 5% WILL NOT CUT IT. STILL ALLOWING FOR BOTTOM TRAWLING WILL NOT CUT IT. THE AUCKLAND COUNCIL ALLOWING MARINAS TO DESTROY HABITAT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. WE NEED FAR MORE URGENT ACTION. I COMMEND THIS TINY, TINY STEPS, BUT IT WAS SORT OF CONFIRMS TO ME THAT HE DOESN'T QUITE APPRECIATE THE URGENCY OF THE SITUATION. THIS GOVERNMENT HAS A POWER, LIKE NO OTHER BEFORE. LET'S GET ON WITH IT, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, BOY, OH BOY. WE WILL OVER THE NEXT GENERATION A MASSIVE APOLOGY. WE CAN'T SAY WE DID NOT KNOW. THANK YOU, SANDRA WAS CONSERVATION MINISTER IN 2000. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING WONDERFUL VIEWERS. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THOUSANDS OF FANS WILL BE ALLOWED AT THE TOKYO OLYMPICS, DESPITE WARNINGS FROM HEALTH OFFICIALS. MORE ON THAT AT 8. ALSO AHEAD ` THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST BREAKFAST CLUB AND THE INSPIRING TEACHER BEHIND ITS ROLL-OUT. WE HAVE SEEN JOHN OUT AND ABOUT THIS MORNING WITH A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF AUCKLAND BEHIND HIM THIS MORNING. A BIT OF RAIN IN THE SOUTH. A TARGETED PLAN TO RESTORE THE HEALTH OF THE HAURAKI GULF HAS BEEN REVEALED. THE MARINE PROTECTED AREA IN THE GULF WILL BE TRIPLED TO AROUND 18% OF ITS TOTAL AREA. THE STRATEGY ALSO INCLUDES NEW LIMITS ON COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FISHING AND RESTRICTIVE CORRIDORS FOR TRAWLERS. BUT OCEANS AND FISHERIES MINISTER DAVID PARKER SAYS FISHING ISSUES ARE MANAGEABLE AND IT'S LAND-BASED PROBLEMS WHICH POSE A BIGGER CHALLENGE. AND IT'S NOT ALL RELATED TO FISHING EFFORT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF LAND-BASED POLLUTION FROM THE CITY, BUT ALSO RURAL AREAS. LOTS OF SILT GETTING INTO THE FIRTH OF THAMES, FOR EXAMPLE. I THINK FISHING IS ACTUALLY RELATIVELY EASY TO MODIFY. YOU KNOW, IF THAT WAS THE ANSWER WE COULD JUST BAN ALL FISHING. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT. BUT FORMER CONSERVATION MINISTER SANDRA-LEE VERCOE SAYS IT'S CLEAR THAT YEARS OF UNCHECKED OVER-FISHING HAS SPARKED THE DECLINE IN THE GULF'S HEALTH. IT IS HARD TO HAVE HOPE, SELECT CHALLENGE I HAVE FOR THE MINISTER AND THE GOVERNMENT AS THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BIGGER TIME, BUT YOU MUST DO MORE QUICKLY IF WE ARE EVEN GOING TO HALT THE DECLINE. THE GISBORNE DISTRICT MAYOR SAYS THE REGION WAS HAMMERED WITH MORE RAIN OVERNIGHT. IT COMES AFTER FLOODING OVER THE WEEKEND DAMAGED HOMES, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE REGION. MAYOR REHETTE STOLTZ SAYS SHE'LL WORK WITH CIVIL DEFENCE TODAY TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE. I KNOW IN WAIPERO BAY THERE ARE MASSIVE ACCESS ISSUES THERE, SO IT'S HIGH ON OUR PRIORITY LIST. BUT WE WILL ALSO BE DEALING WITH EXTENSIVE SURFACE FLOODING DAMAGE, SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET THERE THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS SAFE ACCESS TO GET TO SCHOOL AND TO GET TO WORK. VACCINATING OUR YOUTH AGAINST COVID-19 WILL BE ANOTHER LINE OF DEFENCE TO PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE, ACCORDING TO ONE EXPERT. YESTERDAY, MEDSAFE GAVE PROVISIONAL APPROVAL FOR 12- TO 15-YEAR-OLDS TO RECEIVE THE PFIZER JAB. THE GOVERNMENT STILL HAS TO SEEK ADVICE FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH BEFORE GIVING IT THE GO-AHEAD. ONE DAY THE VIRUS WILL BE HERE WITH US. WE NEED TO GET ALL OF THE PEOPLE VACCINATED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND THAT DOES INCLUDE THESE CHILDREN. THEY ARE THE MOST ACTIVE. THEY MAY NOT GET AS SICK THEMSELVES, BUT THEY DO CONTACT OUR MOST ELDERLY AND OUR MOST VULNERABLE. MEANWHILE, THE NEW SOUTH WALES PREMIER IS SET TO EXTEND CURRENT COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS ACROSS SYDNEY TODAY. MASK-WEARING RULES ARE IN PLACE UNTIL AT LEAST THURSDAY AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME. IT'S AS THE BONDI CLUSTER GROWS TO 11 CASES. GIVEN THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE FURTHER RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED MORE BROADLY ACROSS OUR CITIES AND OUR STATE, THAT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS WILL` OR THE EXISTING SETTINGS WE HAVE IN PLACE ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE BEYOND THE INITIAL FIVE DAYS THAT WE HAD ASKED PEOPLE TO DO. THE TRAVEL BUBBLE REMAINS OPEN. NINE PEOPLE WHO ENTERED NEW ZEALAND HAVE BEEN AT LOCATIONS OF INTEREST. ALL HAVE BEEN TESTED, WITH THREE NEGATIVE RESULTS BACK SO FAR. FOUR FRESH FACES HAVE BEEN NAMED IN THE ALL BLACKS 36-MAN SQUAD FOR THE UPCOMING THREE TESTS IN JULY. BLUES HALF-BACK FINLAY CHRISTIE, CRUSADERS FORWARD ETHAN BLACKADDER, CHIEFS MID-FIELDER QUINN TUPAEA AND HIGHLANDERS PROP ETHAN DE GROOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR ALL BLACK DEBUTS AGAINST TONGA AND FIJI. WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH THE YEAR, WE'VE GOT FOUR TESTS IN A ROW IN SEPTEMBER. WE COULD HAVE UP TO FIVE IN A ROW IN NOVEMBER. WE'VE JUST COME OFF A BIG SUPER RUGBY COMPETITION. SO, REALLY, WE'VE DECIDED TO HAVE A SQUAD THAT, YOU KNOW` WE'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER NUMBER THIS YEAR TO GET THROUGH THE YEAR, SO WE MIGHT AS WELL BRING PEOPLE IN NOW. SAM WHITELOCK HAS BEEN NAMED AS CAPTAIN, TAKING OVER FROM SAM CANE WHO IS RECOVERING FROM CHEST SURGERY. UP TO 10,000 JAPANESE FANS WILL BE ALLOWED AT VENUES FOR NEXT MONTH'S OLYMPICS, BUT THEY'LL NEED TO KEEP IT DOWN. SPECTATORS WON'T BE ALLOWED TO SHOUT OR SPEAK LOUDLY AND MUST BE MASKED. INTERNATIONAL FANS ARE ALREADY BANNED. MEDICAL OFFICIALS HAD EARLIER ADVISED ORGANISERS HOLDING THE GAMES WITHOUT CROWDS WAS THE LEAST RISKY AND MOST DESIRABLE OPTION. IF WE SEND AN INCONSISTENT SIGNAL THAT WE SHOULD STOP THE OLYMPICS, PEOPLE WILL BE CONFUSED AND WE'LL SEE LARGER RISK OF LOCAL TRANSMISSION. THE COUNTRY'S PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE DECISION COULD BE REVERSED IF COVID INFECTIONS SURGE HIGHER. IT WILL BE A CASE OF THE CROWD GOES, SHH. WHY DO THEY HAVE TO BE SO QUIET? THE DROPLETS WHEN WE SPEAK. IT WILL BE SO HARD TO CONTAIN WHEN YOU ARE REALLY EXCITED AND SOMEONE HAS BROKEN A WORLD RECORD. IT IS NATURAL INSTINCT TO CHEER OUT. POLITE CLAPPING. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO WATCH. WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES. I THINK YOU WILL BE TURFED OUT IF YOU SPEAK OVER A CERTAIN LOUDNESS. NOISE POLICE. THEY WILL HAVE ONE OF THOSE MONITORS THAT MONITORS THE SOUND LEVEL. IT IS 8 O'CLOCK. I HAVE THE BROOM. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR TUESDAY. IT'LL BE MOSTLY FINE IN THE UPPER NORTH ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. ALTHOUGH, IT'S A BIT MORE OVERCAST UP AROUND KAITAIA, WITH THE CHANCE OF ONE OR TWO SHOWERS EARLY ON. ALL OF YOU WILL SEE THESE BRISK SOU-WESTERLY WINDS AS WELL. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TEENS FOR ALL OF YOU. YOU'RE IN FOR A LOVELY, SUNNY DAY THROUGH HERE WITH LONG FINE SPELLS. THOSE FRESH SOUTHERLY WINDS SHOULD START EASING AS THE DAY PROGRESSES TOO. 13 DEGREES IN ROTORUA, 16 ALONG THE COAST IN WHAKATANE AND TAURANGA. THERE'S WET WEATHER FURTHER EAST, WITH HEAVIER FALLS FOR GISBORNE AND HAWKES BAY THIS MORNING. WHEREAS FOR MASTERTON, THOSE SHOWERS LOOK HEAVIER AFTER LUNCH. WATCH OUT FOR THOSE STRONG SOUTHERLIES TOO. 11 THE EXPECTED HIGH FOR MASTERTON, 14 IN NAPIER. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TODAY. RIGHT HERE. JUST ALONG THE COAST FROM NAPIER. A TINY TOWN CALLED TE AWANGA. TIM TURVEY SENT THIS REQUEST IN. OH NO, THE PHOTO. HAD A REAL BOO-BOO. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER PHOTO HAS GONE. SHALL WE RECTIFY IT? I DON'T KNOW. BRING IT BACK. I WILL DO IT AT 830. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED THERE. WE WILL MOVE THROUGH HERE AS WELL. RAIN, WITH HEAVY FALLS, EASING TO A FEW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, ALTHOUGH SOME HEAVIER RAIN RETURNING AGAIN TONIGHT. STRONG, GUSTY SOUTHERLIES. 13 DEGREES. IT'S LOVELY AND SUNNY AROUND TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH. AND LEVIN SHOULD BE FINE ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. BUT FOR THE REST OF YOU IT'S OVERCAST WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, MOSTLY EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND THEN AGAIN TONIGHT. THOSE STRONG SOUTHERLIES WILL EASE DURING THE DAY TOO. 11 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON. 13, 14 FOR THE REST OF YOU. THERE IS THE PHOTO. I PUT IT IN THE WRONG PLACE. TE AWANGA IS OUT BY CAPE KIDNAPPERS. ABOUT 400 HOUSES WITH A GREAT CROSS SECTION OF PEOPLE THAT BASICALLY DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN THE CITY AND ENJOY A SEMI-RURAL ENVIRONMENT. THERE'S THE SEA FOR FISHING AND SWIMMING, A LITTLE RIVER, WINERIES, LOTS OF HORSES, BIKING TRACKS, CAFES, RESTAURANTS, GOLF COURSE, A FAMOUS CRICKET PITCH, ALL IN OUR LITTLE TOWNSHIP OF TE AWANGA. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT MAKES IT FAMOUS, BUT APPARENTLY IT IS. AS THIS IS WINERY ESTATE? CORRECT. CLEARVIEW. THIS AROUND IN TOWN IS AROUND THE WINERIES. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL STRETCH OF COAST. THEY ARE VERY PROUD OF IT. IT IS NOT THE NICEST DAY THERE. THERE IS RAIN WITH SOME HEAVY FALLS. ALTHOUGH SOME HEAVIER RAIN RETURNING AGAIN TONIGHT. STRONG, GUSTY SOUTHERLIES. 13 DEGREES. AND LEVIN SHOULD BE FINE ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. BUT FOR THE REST OF YOU IT'S OVERCAST WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, MOSTLY EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND THEN AGAIN TONIGHT. THOSE STRONG SOUTHERLIES WILL EASE DURING THE DAY TOO. 11 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON. 13, 14 FOR THE REST OF YOU. I HAVE HAD AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE. WE ARE IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. THERE'S CLOUD COVER ACROSS IN KAIKOURA WITH A FEW SHOWERS AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, INCLUDING THE WEST COAST, IT'S NICE AND FINE FROM THE GET-GO WITH THOSE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH DYING OUT. 13 DEGREES IN HOKITIKA, GREYMOUTH AND BLENHEIM. YOU'RE A BIT OVERCAST SHIFTING EAST, AND IT'LL BE FROSTY FIRST THING TOO. WATCH OUT FOR A COUPLE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING AROUND OAMARU, REACHING THOSE OF YOU IN CANTERBURY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. 9 THE EXPECTED HIGH FOR CHRISTCHURCH, TIMARU AND ALEXANDRA. AND IT'S NICE AND SUNNY IN MILFORD SOUND, BUT THE REST OF THE LOWER SOUTH HAS GREY SKIES. AND A FEW SHOWERS THIS MORNING RETURNING AGAIN TONIGHT FOR THOSE OF YOU THROUGH SOUTHLAND. 9 DEGREES IN QUEENSTOWN, 10 FOR DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR WEDNESDAY ` TOMORROW IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, APART FROM SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS ALONG THE EAST COASTS OF BOTH ISLANDS, AS WELL AS IN THE FAR SOUTH. THAT WAS OKAY. WE GOT THERE. IF YOU WANT YOUR SPOT TO FEATURE ON BESPOKE WEATHER, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HEAD TO BREAKFASTWEATHER.CO.NZ INTEL IS WHAT MAKES IT SO SPECIAL. YOU ARE RUSTLING IN. SORRY. A CHAIR PROBLEM. WE'RE ALMOST THERE. IT IS A FAVOURITE TIME OF THE PROGRAM. IT'S THE 22nd OF JUNE AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE CELEBRATING WITH YOU, AOTEAROA. WE STILL HAVE A GRAPHIC PROBLEM. BE AWARE THUS. WE HAVE THESE FOR YOU. TODAY'S THE DAY MILA TURNS 8 YEARS OLD. RA WHANAU MILA! MILA LOVES DOING GYMNASTICS AND PLAYS THE KEYBOARD. HOW AWESOME! YOUR WHANAU HOPES YOU HAVE THE BEST DAY EVER AND LOVE YOU LOTS. HARI HURITAU TO BOWIE WHO IS TURNING THE BIG 1 YEAR OLD TODAY! HERE HE IS WITH HIS BIG SISTER ZAYLEE WHO LOVES HIM SO MUCH. WE'RE TOLD THEY'RE A VERY HAPPY PAIR AND GIVE THEIR WHOLE WHANAU SO MUCH JOY. THEY LOOK PRETTY CHEEKY. HAVE AN AWESOME DAY BOWIE! THAT IS A CUTE NAME. I LOVE IT. TODAY'S THE DAY ESTHER TURNS 53 YEARS OLD! ESTHER'S WHANAU WANT TO WISH HER A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND HOPES SHE HAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. WE'RE TOLD SHE TUNES INTO BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING, SO A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM THE WHOLE TEAM HERE, ESTHER! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ESTHER. THAT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PHOTO. IT CAPTURES SO MUCH OF HER. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. GORGEOUS. I HOPE I HAVE THIS THE RIGHT WAY. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MOTUEKA SPCA OP SHOP WHO WON SPCA VOLUNTEERS TEAM OF THE YEAR FOR 2021! AWESOME. SERMON. LOOK AT THIS FABULOUS TEAM. HERE'S THE TEAM WHO RUN THE SHOP, AND WITHOUT THEIR SELFLESS DEDICATION THERE WOULDN'T BE THE SUCCESSFUL LITTLE OP SHOP THAT THEY HAVE. GO YOU GUYS! DOING SOME AWESOME MAHI! YOU KNOW THE TEAM HERE DOES THIS EVERY DAY. AND USE 'TODAY'S THE DAY' IN YOUR SUBJECT LINE. COMING UP ` ONE SOUTH AUCKLAND PRINCIPAL IS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO FEED HER STUDENTS. NEXT ` WE MEET THE INCREDIBLE WOMAN PUTTING SMILES ON KID'S FACES, AND FOOD IN THEIR BELLY. A BIT WINDY IN DUNEDIN. THE ALBATROSS DOES NOT LOOK BOTHERED. THAT IS JOHN'S FAVOURITE BIRD. BRACING AND. LEANING INTO THE WIND. WHAT IS THE WEATHER LIKE DOWN THERE TONIGHT? WINDY. A BIT OVERCAST WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS AS WELL. I THINK THEY JUST BRAVE IT. IT HAS BEEN BEAUTIFUL IN AUCKLAND, ESPECIALLY DOWN WHERE JOHN HAS BEEN THIS MORNING TALKING ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCING ITS PLANS TO BRING THE HAURAKI GULF BACK TO THE BRINK. WE HAVE LOTS OF FEEDBACK FROM YOU GUYS ON THIS ISSUE, WHICH IS PRETTY CONFRONTING. INTERESTING WATCHING THE DECLINE IN FISH SPECIES. MANY VIEWERS ARE PROBABLY NOT AWARE THAT IF THE RUBBISH TO PROCEED, THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONSENTED TO DO THIS. ANY RUN-OFF WILL GO DOWN TO THE FISH SPAWNING AREA OF THE HARBOUR. CURRENT HAURAKI GULF SITUATION IS APPALLING AND MUST BE ADDRESSED. IT WAS LOOKING BEAUTIFUL TODAY, BUT WE FORGET. WE LOOK AT THE SERVICE, BUT UNDERNEATH WE'RE TOLD IT IS QUITE A MESS. IT IS A DESERT NOW. WINTER IS DIFFICULT FOR MANY, IT IS, HOWEVER, AN ESPECIALLY TRYING TIME FOR CHILDREN IN POVERTY. BUT ONE SOUTH AUCKLAND PRINCIPAL IS DOING EVERYTHING SHE CAN TO ENSURE HER STUDENTS ARE FED AND READY TO LEARN. FEEDING UP TO 80 KIDS A DAY, TE KURA MAORI O NGA TAPUWAE HAS THE LARGEST BREAKFAST PROGRAMME. AND THEY ARE JUST ONE OF 829 SCHOOLS THAT KIDSCAN SUPPORTS BY PROVIDING KAI TO STUDENTS. THEIR PRINCIPAL OF OVER 25 YEARS, ARIHIA STIRLING JOINS US NOW. MORENA, ARIHIA. I AM HOPING YOU CAN HEAR ME. WE HAVE HAD SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES THIS MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? KIA ORA. I CAN HEAR YOU. NOT WELL, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY HEAR YOU. I AM GLAD YOU CAN. TELL US ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL. I KNOW YOU'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. HOW'S ABOUT YOUR STUDENTS. I HAVE BEEN A TEACHER IN SOUTH AUCKLAND FOR 35 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN THE PRINCIPAL OF TE KURA MAORI O NGA TAPUWAE 425 YEARS. DEFINITELY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WHOLE THING. WHAT HAS MADE YOU STAY SO LONG? I LOVE SOUTH AUCKLAND. I STILL LOVE TEACHING STUDENTS AN LEADING GREAT STAR. I KNOW YOU ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. 2016, YOU RECEIVE THE QUEEN SERVICE MEDAL FOR YOUR WORK IN EDUCATION AND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOUTH AUCKLAND. YOU HAVE BEEN VOLUNTEERING IN THE COMMUNITY ALONGSIDE TEACHING BEING A PRINCIPAL OVER THE PAST THREE DECADES. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BREAKFAST CLUB. YOUR SCHOOL HAS THE BIGGEST BREAKFAST CLUB IN NEW ZEALAND. FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT AWARE, THE CHARITY KIDS CAN PROVIDE FOOD AND BREAKFAST FOR YOUR CHILDREN. PRIOR TO THAT, YOU SAW A NEED, AND THE SCHOOL WAS FUNDING IT THEMSELVES. I THINK IT IS LIKE EVERY OTHER SCHOOL THAT SEES A NEED OF OUR STUDENTS. MOST MAORI TEACHERS HAVE A LANGUAGE, AND THAT LANGUAGE IS ABOUT FEEDING OUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY NEED IT MOST. IT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE OVER MY CAREER. WHAT IS REALLY GREAT IS NOW PEOPLE LIKE THIS ORGANISATION HAVE STEPPED UP TO HELP US SERVE OUR PEOPLE AND SERVE OUR CHILDREN AND A GENEROUS WAY. FOOD IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL, AND IT MAKES PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY IN OUR OWN CULTURE, FEEL GOOD. WHY NOT BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING? WHY NOT LUNCHES FOR OUR CHILDREN SO THAT OUR FAMILIES DO NOT HAVE TO FEEL THE PRESSURE TO PROVIDE THAT. WHY NOT ENSURE THAT WE HAVE FOOD IN OUR SCHOOLS? OVER THE YEARS OF DOING THIS MYSELF WITH MY TEACHERS, WITH THE GROUPS OF TEACHERS THAT SERVE THESE COMMUNITIES, AND IT IS NOT JUST ME, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY DO THAT. SO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT FREE AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT SO GENEROUSLY GIVEN TO US, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO CELEBRATE. ABSOLUTELY. TELL ME WHY THIS WAS SO IMPORTANT. YOUR SCHOOL IS IN A HIGH DEPRIVATION AREA. MANGERE. WHAT CHALLENGES WERE YOU NOTICING WITH THE KIDS THAT WERE COMING TO SCHOOL NOT HAVING ANY FOOD TO EAT, NOT EATING DURING THE DAY EITHER? WHAT CHALLENGES TO LEARNING WERE YOU OBSERVING? LIKE I SAID, I HAVE HAD A LONG CAREER IN SERVING THIS COMMUNITY. THESE SORT OF CHALLENGES THAT OUR FAMILIES HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT FOOD AND WHEN THEY CAN PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE HAS NOT JUST STARTED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOREVER. IT HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD TO HAVE ORGANISATIONS LIKE THIS THAT TAKE SOME HEAT OFF OUR CONSTANT FUNDRAISING EFFORTS TO PROVIDE THESE THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN THE BUDGETS OF MANY PEOPLE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT A SCHOOL LIKE MY OWN, WE HAD OVER 130 PARENTS AT MY HUI LAST WEEK, AND PARENTS WERE TALKING TO ME ABOUT NOT HAVING TO PROVIDE MONEY TO BUY BREAKFAST FOR THE CHILDREN IN THE MORNINGS DURING COVID. WE PROVIDE THE SNACKS. LUNCH, AND THEN FRUIT IN SCHOOLS. THAT IS A BIG PART OF THEIR WAGES THAT THEY DO NOT NEED TO PUT TOWARDS HELPING THEIR FAMILIES. OUR SCHOOL IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THE CHILDREN HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT AT NIGHT AND SLEEP WELL, AND LEAVE THE RESTAURANTS. * LEAVE THE REST TO US WHAT OTHER KIDS EATING THIS MORNING. OUR CHEF IS VERY GOOD AT MANAGING OUR MONEY. WE DO SCRAMBLED EGGS ONCE A WEEK. THIS IS THE DAY WE HAVE CHOSEN THAT. AND THE REGULAR USERS OF THE WONDERFUL PRODUCTS THAT WE GET FROM THE OTHER ORGANISATION. ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. IT FEELS LIKE A BETA BREAKFAST AND I HAD THIS MORNING. WHAT KIND OF A DIFFERENCE OF THIS MAKE FOR THE CHILDREN THAT NOW SHOW UP TO SCHOOL AND DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING HUNGRY AND REALLY ENGAGE IN THE LEARNING? I THINK YOU REALLY CANNOT GET AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE MUCH MORE SETTLED IN THEIR MINDS. THEIR MINDS ARE QUIET BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT FOOD. THEY HAVE FLOURISHING SPIRITS. BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE GOOD FOOD INTERMITTENTLY OVER THE DAY, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE GOOD RESULTS WITH KIDS BEING PHYSICALLY ABLE TO CHALLENGE THEMSELVES. IT IS A WIN, WIN AND EVERY SITUATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. SHE HAS SOME INCREDIBLE AWESOME WORK DOWN THERE AT THE SOUTH AUCKLAND COMMUNITY. SHE IS THE PRINCIPLE OF TE KURA MAORI O NGA TAPUWAE. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL WITH VICTORIA WILL RESTART TONIGHT. THE ADVICE FOR TRAVELLERS AT 8.30. ALSO AHEAD ` IT'S THE FASTEST SELLING MUSICAL THEATRE SHOW EVER IN AOTEAROA. THE LION KING IS OPENING THIS WEEK. WE SIT DOWN WITH ONE OF THE STARS. A TARGETED PLAN TO RESTORE THE HEALTH OF THE HAURAKI GULF HAS BEEN REVEALED. THE MARINE PROTECTED AREA IN THE GULF WILL BE TRIPLED TO AROUND 18% OF ITS TOTAL AREA. THE STRATEGY ALSO INCLUDES NEW LIMITS ON COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FISHING AND RESTRICTIVE CORRIDORS FOR TRAWLERS. BUT OCEANS AND FISHERIES MINISTER DAVID PARKER SAYS FISHING ISSUES ARE MANAGEABLE, AND IT'S LAND-BASED PROBLEMS WHICH POSE A BIGGER CHALLENGE. IT'S NOT ALL RELATED TO FISHING EFFORT. WE HAVE A LOT OF LAND-BASED POLLUTION FROM THE CITY, BUT ALSO RURAL AREAS. A LOT OF SILT GETTING INTO THE FIRTH OF THAMES, FOR EXAMPLE. I THINK FISHING IS ACTUALLY RELATIVELY EASY TO MODIFY. IF THAT WAS THE ANSWER, AND THE ONLY ANSWER, WE COULD JUST BAN ALL FISHING. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT. HAURAKI GULF FORM CO-CHAIR NICOLA MCDONALD SAYS THE GOAL WILL ONLY BE ACHIEVED IF THE GOVERNMENT WORKS WITH MANA WHENUA, WHICH IS ALREADY DOING ITS PART. I'M SEEING MANA WHENUA RIGHT AROUND THE GULF IMPLEMENTING INDIGENOUS METHODS OF PRACTICE. WE ARE SEEING RAHUI TAPU, MAI TAITAI, TAI PURI. THESE ARE WONDERFUL CUSTOMARY PRACTICES THAT ENSURE RESTORATIONS. THE GOVERNMENT'S POORLY MANAGED MYCOPLASMA BOVIS RESPONSE INFLICTED SIGNIFICANT AND LASTING TRAUMA ON AFFECTED FARMERS. THAT'S ACCORDING TO AN OTAGO UNIVERSITY STUDY LOOKING AT THE IMPACT ON RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTH, AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF THE DISEASE IN 2017. AROUND 180,000 ANIMALS WERE CULLED ON MORE THAN 250 FARMS IN A BID TO ERADICATE THE DISEASE. THE STUDY FOUND THE INTRUSIVE, IMPRACTICAL, AND INHUMANE NATURE OF THE ERADICATION PROGRAMME IGNORED LOCAL KNOWLEDGE, IN FAVOUR OF INEFFICIENT PROCESSES WHICH UPSET FARMERS. FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, THE PAUSE ON QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND VICTORIA WILL BE LIFTED. OUR MINISTRY OF HEALTH SAYS THE RISK TO THE PUBLIC IS NOW LOW, AND THOSE FLYING WILL NO LONGER NEED A PRE-DEPATURE COVID TEST. THERE HAVE BEEN NO NEW CASES OF THE DELTA VARIANT IN THE STATE IN THE PAST WEEK. A FIJIAN TOWN HAS GONE INTO LOCKDOWN THIS MORNING AFTER THE COUNTRY REPORTED ANOTHER 126 NEW COVID-19 CASES AND A FURTHER DEATH. THE QAUIA SETTLEMENT'S GONE INTO A 48-HOUR SNAP LOCKDOWN SO RESIDENTS CAN BE SCREENED AND TESTED. THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 1500 ACTIVE CASES IN THE ISLAND NATION. AN AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL TEAM'S ARRIVED AND IS QUARANTINING FOR A WEEK. OUR GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN $10 MILLION IN SUPPORT. IRAN'S NEW PRESIDENT HAS WELCOMED EFFORTS TO REVIVE THE 2015 NUCLEAR DEAL. BUT EBRAHIM RAISI PROMISED HE WOULDN'T ALLOW TALKS WITH WORLD POWERS TO BE DRAGGED OUT. THE DEAL IS AIMED AT KEEPING IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME IN CHECK. IT'S BEEN CLOSE TO COLLAPSE SINCE THE U.S. ABANDONED IT UNDER FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. TO SPORT ` AND THE SPECIAL MOMENT FINLAY CHRISTIE FOUND OUT HE'D MADE THE ALL BLACKS HAS BEEN CAPTURED ON VIDEO. OUT CELEBRATING WITH HIS BLUES TEAM-MATES AT THE PUB AFTER THEIR SUPER RUGBY VICTORY ` CHRISTIE GOT THE GOOD NEWS. HIS FELLOW BLUES MATES CLEARLY STOKED FOR HIM. WITH FINLAY, WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT` YOU KNOW, LIKE, HE'S FAST, HE'S... HE QUICK TO THE RUCK. THINGS HAPPEN AROUND HIM A LITTLE BIT. IT'S LIKE HE'S HAD TOO MUCH SUGAR A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE EACH GAME, AND HE RUNS AROUND AND IS VERY, VERY BUSY. THREE OTHER NEW FACES WERE NAMED IN THE 36-MAN ALL BLACK SQUAD ` CRUSADERS FORWARD ETHAN BLACKADDER, CHIEFS MID-FIELDER QUINN TUPAEA AND HIGHLANDERS PROP ETHAN DE GROOT. DID THE PUB RELEASED THE SECURITY FOOTAGE? PRESUMABLY WITH PERMISSION. THEY PROBABLY WANTED A SHOUT OUT. IMAGINE BEING PACKED FOR ONE OF THOSE TEAMS. IT WOULD BE AMAZING. I LOVE THOSE REACTION VIDEOS. I ALWAYS THINK OF THE PARENTS, THE PARENTS DID THE HARD YARDS OF DRIVING THEM BACK AND FORTH. ONE DAY... DON'T LISTEN, BOYS. HAVING SONS I THINK THEY ARE CAPABLE OF ANYTHING. THEY ARE GLORIOUS BOYS. RIGHT, MATTY. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO CALLAN AND KIM ON THE HYUNDAI MARINE CENTRE. MATTY HAS SOME PUBLICITY PHOTOS. WHAT DID YOU SAY JOHN? I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT I SAID. WHAT GOES ON TOUR STAYS ON TOUR. I WONDER IF WE CAN DO PICTURE BUSINESS CARDS? YOU HAVE AMAZING PROMOTIONS, REMEMBER THE ONE WHEN YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND YOUR COLLAR WAS UP. THAT WAS 12 YEARS AGO NOW. YOU CAN TAKE A NEW ONES NOW. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR TUESDAY. IT'LL BE MOSTLY FINE IN THE UPPER NORTH ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. ALTHOUGH, IT'S A BIT MORE OVERCAST UP AROUND KAITAIA, WITH THE CHANCE OF ONE OR TWO SHOWERS EARLY ON. ALL OF YOU WILL SEE THESE BRISK SOU-WESTERLY WINDS AS WELL. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-TEENS FOR ALL OF YOU. YOU'RE IN FOR A LOVELY, SUNNY DAY THROUGH HERE WITH LONG FINE SPELLS. THOSE FRESH SOUTHERLY WINDS SHOULD START EASING AS THE DAY PROGRESSES TOO. 13 DEGREES IN ROTORUA, 16 ALONG THE COAST IN WHAKATANE AND TAURANGA. THERE'S WET WEATHER FURTHER EAST, WITH HEAVIER FALLS FOR GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY THIS MORNING, WHEREAS FOR MASTERTON, THOSE SHOWERS LOOK HEAVIER AFTER LUNCH. WATCH OUT FOR THOSE STRONG SOUTHERLIES TOO. 11 THE EXPECTED HIGH FOR MASTERTON, 14 IN NAPIER. IT'S LOVELY AND SUNNY AROUND TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH, AND LEVIN SHOULD BE FINE ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS. BUT FOR THE REST OF YOU IT'S OVERCAST WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, MOSTLY EXPECTED THIS MORNING, AND THEN AGAIN TONIGHT. THOSE STRONG SOUTHERLIES WILL EASE DURING THE DAY TOO. 11 DEGREES IN WELLINGTON, 13, 14 FOR THE REST OF YOU. THERE'S CLOUD COVER ACROSS IN KAIKOURA, WITH A FEW SHOWERS AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, INCLUDING THE WEST COAST, IT'S NICE AND FINE FROM THE GET-GO, WITH THOSE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH DYING OUT. 13 DEGREES IN HOKITIKA, GREYMOUTH AND BLENHEIM. YOU'RE A BIT OVERCAST SHIFTING EAST, AND IT'LL BE FROSTY FIRST THING TOO. WATCH OUT FOR A COUPLE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING AROUND OAMARU, REACHING THOSE OF YOU IN CANTERBURY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. 9 THE EXPECTED HIGH FOR CHRISTCHURCH, TIMARU AND ALEXANDRA. AND IT'S NICE AND SUNNY IN MILFORD SOUND, BUT THE REST OF THE LOWER SOUTH HAS GREY SKIES AND A FEW SHOWERS THIS MORNING, RETURNING AGAIN TONIGHT FOR THOSE OF YOU THROUGH SOUTHLAND. 9 DEGREES IN QUEENSTOWN, 10 FOR DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL. AND THEN CHECKING OUT YOUR WEDNESDAY ` TOMORROW, IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, APART FROM SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS ALONG THE EAST COASTS OF BOTH ISLANDS, AS WELL AS IN THE FAR SOUTH. IS THAT YOU WENT THIS MORNING? ISN'T TIM TURVEY A GREAT NAME? LIKE AN ENID BLYTON CHARACTER. BEAR IN MIND, I GET UP AT 3:20. I HAVE BEEN UP AT FIVE HOURS AND 18 MINUTES. IF YOU GET UP AT 12:07, YOU ARE ALLOWED A DRINK. SHOW ME A CHARDONNAY. COMING UP, YOU KNOW THE MOVIE AND THE SONGS. NOW THE LION KING IS ABOUT TO HIT THE STAGE. WE FIND OUT ALL ABOUT IT NEXT. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE PUT THEMSELVES IN A GOOD POSITION IN THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AGAINST INDIA ONLY FOR THE ENGLISH WEATHER TO UNDO ALL THEIR GOOD WORK. DAY FOUR OVERNIGHT WAS LOST TO RAIN, AS WAS DAY ONE, BUT EVEN WITH TWO DAYS NOW LOST TO RAIN, A RESULT IS STILL VERY MUCH ON THE TABLE. TO EXPLAIN, LET'S BRING IN THE EXTENSIVE BREAKFAST SPORTS DEPARTMENT, ZION DAYAL. LOOK AT YOU, YOU GLORIOUS YOUNG MAN. IT IS A TOUGH OLD BATTING TRACK, COULD THERE BE A RESULT IF WE GET TO FINE DAYS? I THINK WE COULD. IN THIS CASE, THE WORLD'S TESTER CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL RULES HAVE BEEN CHANGED. I RESERVE DAY HAS BEEN SET ASIDE IN CASE ANY TIME SHOULD BE LOST. BECAUSE WE HAVE LOST A DAY ONE, AND TODAY FOR TODAY IT MEANS THE RESERVE DAY CAN BE ACTIVATED. IN TERMS OF THE RESULTS, THERE IS ONLY A MAXIMUM OF 196 OVERS. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKELY THAT A DRAW IS ON THE CARDS. BUT WHO KNOWS? THE GOOD NEWS IS AT THE SOUTHHAMPTON WEATHER FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS IS LOOKING FINE. EARLY RAIN, IT SHOULD CLEAR FOR THE FIRST BOWL. WHO KNOWS, WE COULD HAVE A RESULTS. ANYTHING IS ON THE CARDS BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY HOPING FOR A BLACKCAP'S VICTORY. IF THE BLACK CAPS WHEN THE, THEY WILL HAVE TO SCORE 300 PLUS. ESPECIALLY WITH 196 OVERS LEFT IN THE GAME, IT DOES LOOK UNLIKELY. THANKS, WHAT A GREAT SPORTS DEPARTMENT. WE'RE JUST A FEW DAYS AWAY FROM THE LION KING'S OPENING AT SPARK ARENA. IT ALREADY HOLDS THE RECORD AS THE FASTEST SELLING MUSICAL THEATRE SHOW OF ALL TIME HERE IN AOTEAROA. 100 MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD HAVE SEEN THE LION KING ON STAGE, AND NOW KIWI AUDIENCES WILL BE GETTING EXCITED TO SEE IT FOR THEMSELVES! YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SPOT FIVE YOUNG KIWIS IN THE CAST, PLAYING THE ROLES OF YOUNG SIMBA AND NALA, AND OF COURSE OUR OWN NICK AFOA AS SIMBA. BUT WITH US THIS MORNING, WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE LION KING ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ANTHONY LYN AND MUFASA ACTOR MTHOKOZISI EMKAY KHANYILE IN THE STUDIO. I ABSOLUTELY BUTCHERED THAT, BUT THEY PRACTISED SOMETIMES. THIS IS SO EXCITING. ESPECIALLY FOR YOU GUYS TO BE PUTTING ON A SHOW IN THE MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. THIS IS THE FIRST PRODUCTION OF THE LION KING TO BE RETURNING AFTER COVID. IT IS A BLESSING TO WORK ON THIS TRYING TIME. IT MUST HAVE BEEN HARD LAST YEAR. ABSOLUTELY. IT HAS BEEN GREAT TO BE HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WELCOMING. HOW ARE YOU FINDING IT? SO AMAZING. IT IS JUST LIKE SOUTH AFRICA. FOUR SEASONS IN ONE DAY. IT IS SO INCREDIBLE TO HAVE YOU HERE. IS THIS A CAST THAT HAS PERFORMED TOGETHER BEFORE? ABSOLUTELY, IT IS PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL TOUR THAT STARTED IN 2018 IN MANILA. WE WERE IN HONG KONG WHEN COVID START. THIS IS THE FIRST CITY BACK IN 18 MONTHS. WE ARE EXCITED TO BE BACK DOING WHAT WE LOVE AND DOING IT HERE. WE HAVE GOT PERFORMERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. NOT JUST PERFORMERS, PEOPLE BACKSTAGE, MANAGEMENT, PRODUCTION FROM 16 COUNTRIES ALL OF THE WORLD. WE ARE NOT ONLY AN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY IN TERMS OF GOING ALL OF THE WORLD, BUT ALSO PEOPLE PART OF THAT COMPANY ARE ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT IS A TRUE CIRCLE OF LIFE. I WAS A KID WHEN THE LION KING CAME OUT IN THE MOVIES. YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN AS WELL? I REMEMBER WATCHING IT IN PRIMARY SCHOOL. I REMEMBER BEING INTRIGUED BY THE CHARACTER OF RAFIKI. IT WAS A HUGE GLOBAL PHENOMENON. AS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THE MOVIE SO WELL, HOW DOES IT TRANSLATE TO STAGE? RATHER THAN TAKE THE MOVIE AND PUT THE MOVIE ON STAGE, THE ORIGINAL CREATOR DECIDED TO DO A THEATRICAL VERSION OF THE LION KING. THE LAME KING IS AN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM WAS A PERFECT FEATURE FILM. SO SHE WANTED TO DO WITH IT WHAT THE MOVIE COULDN'T IN A STAGE SHOW. WE HAD WATER HORSE HERE. IT IS A SIMILAR VIBE. LOTS OF PUPPETRY INDEED. TAKE WARHORSE AND TIMES IT BY... LIFESAVERSLIFE-SIZE PUPPET I MIGHT ADD? AND ELEPHANTS THE SIZE OF AN ELEPHANT. AS AN ACTOR WHEN YOU'RE FIRST STARTING OUT IN THIS PRODUCTION DID YOU HAVE TO DO SOME SORT OF WORKSHOP TO GET THE MOVEMENTS DOWN? ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE CAME FROM AROUND THE WORLD IS TO TEACH US TRADITIONAL MOVEMENT STYLES FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD. EVERYTHING IS INSPIRED FROM CULTURES ALL AROUND THE WORLD, FROM THE COSTUMES TO THE MAKE UP. ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT SPHERES ARE COACHED TO US. IT IS REALLY GREAT TO SEE. IT IS A MELTING POT OF DIFFERENT CULTURES. INCLUDING SOME NEW ZEALANDERS IN THE CAST. YOU PUT THE CALL OUT FOR SOME YOUNG NEW ZEALANDERS TO AUDITION. HOW DID THAT GO? IT WENT TREMENDOUSLY. WE HAVE FIVE NEW ZEALAND KIDS THAT WE WILL BRING ON TOUR WITH US. INCLUDING NICK WHO DID THE SHOW ON THE WEST END. IT IS LIKE FATHER AND SON COMING BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. YOU PLAY MUFASA HIS FATHER IN THE SHOW. AND IN THE MOVIE MUFASA WAS PLAYED BY JAMES EARL JONES. HE HAS A LOVELY VOICE, HE DOESN'T NEED TO SPEAK AS JAMES EARL JONES. HOW LONG IS THE RUN FOR? UNTIL JULY 18. GO TO TICKETMASTER TO GET YOUR TICKETS. NEW ZEALAND AUDIENCES YOU SHOULD COME AND CHECK IT OUT. ABSOLUTELY, YOU WILL SEE A WORLD-CLASS PRODUCTION. STAY WITH US. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK. This is what success looks like to a Jenny Craig client. I've lost 15kg and feel great. The Jenny Craig food's really tasty. Jenny Craig works for weight loss. Flexible delivery options available with Jenny Craig. I COULD SIT IN A SPA RIGHT THERE. HE OR SHE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT GENDER IT IS, IT IS CHILL. UNTIL THEY KILL YOU. THAT IS SAN DIEGO ZOO. WE WERE LOOKING AT THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT AROUND HAURAKI GOLF. YOUR FEEDBACK SAY THAT IT IS A GOOD START, BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH. THE ISSUE IS ACTUALLY ACHIEVING THE BALANCING ACT BETWEEN THE CITIES LOVE OF RECREATIONAL FISHING IN THE COMMERCIAL FISHING. RECREATIONAL FISH IS TAKING A TIME OUT. WHICH WAS QUITE SHOCKING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK, THEN YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL BEING DOWN THERE. THAT IS A PERFECT REPRESENTATION AS TO WHY WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING. WE LOVE OUR OUTDOORS, WHICH IS WHY WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING TO PROTECT IT. I LOVE WHAT NICOLE ENDED ON WHICH IS THAT WE ARE THE GUARDIANS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPANY. HAVE A WONDERFUL TUESDAY, JENNY BACK WITH US TOMORROW. THE FOURSOME WILL BE BACK. CAPTIONS BY JORDAN WAETFORD, ELLEN SINCLAIR, JADE FERNANDES AND JULIE TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021