GOOD MORNING. I THINK I WILL HAVE TO RESCUE YOU ALL. JENNY MAY'S MICROPHONE IS NOT ON. JOHN DOES NOT HAVE AN EARPIECE ON. GO, MATTY. LEAD US. WE WILL FIGHT THEM ON THE BEACHES. IT IS SO NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US. IT IS 23 JUNE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL WHEN PEOPLE POP OVER TO YOUR HOUSE UNINVITED. IT IS NOT MY JAM. YOU ARE LIKE OH, GOD. WE KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT WASN'T LIKE THESE PEOPLE JUST TURNED UP. I WAS READY. YOU WERE NOT. I JUST FORGOT TO TURN MY MICROPHONE ON. THIS IS A TV STUDIO. IT IS 6 O'CLOCK. CAN MATTY EXPLAIN WHY WE ARE LATE BY TELLING EVERYONE WHAT CONVERSATION WE WERE HAVING? GO ON, MATTY. WE WERE DISCUSSING... NO. ... SOME BEAUTIFUL CELEBRITIES. WHO WE THOUGHT WAS BEAUTIFUL. NOW YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT. STOP. THAT IS FAREWELL DRINKS FOR MATTY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. I AM SORRY. I APOLOGISE UNRESERVEDLY FOR OUR BEHAVIOUR THIS MORNING. IT IS A REALLY BIG MORNING. THERE IS A CONFIRMED COVID CASE WHO FLEW INTO WELLINGTON FOR THE WEEKEND LAST FRIDAY. THEY WERE THERE FOR FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY. WE HAVE ALL OF THE DETAILS FOR THE FLIGHTS. WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR OFFICIAL DETAILS FOR NEW ZEALAND. WE WILL ALSO GO TO FIJI WHETHER CASES ARE CONTINUING TO RISE. WE WILL CHECK IN ON THEM. THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT SUICIDE PREVENTION. OUR MATES FROM MATES AND CONSTRUCTION HAVE BEEN RECOGNISED FOR THE GREAT WORK THEY DO HERE. JUDITH COLLINS IS ALSO COMING IN. AND ANDREW LITTLE AS WELL. HE WILL ALSO HAVE THE LATEST ON THE COVID CASE. LET'S BEGIN WITH THAT IN THE 6 O'CLOCK NEWS. IT COULD BE 7 O'CLOCK, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR SO LONG. A POSITIVE COVID-19 CASE TRAVELLED FROM SYDNEY TO WELLINGTON OVER THE WEEKEND. NEW SOUTH WALES HEALTH AUTHORITY ISSUED AN ALERT LATE LAST NIGHT ABOUT TWO FLIGHTS. ABBEY WAKEFIELD IS AT THE WELLINGTON AIRPORT. AND JOINS US NOW. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US, ABBEY? NEW SOUTH WALES HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED THAT A POSITIVE CASE FLEW FROM SYDNEY TO WELLINGTON OVER THE WEEKEND. THE CASE ARRIVED ON QANTAS FLIGHT QF 163 IN WELLINGTON ON 19 JUNE AT 12:12 AM. THE CASE LEFT WELLINGTON ON THE NEW ZEALAND FLIGHT NZ 247 ON 21 JUNE AT 10:13 AM. WE HAVE APPROACHED THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH OR COMMENT. THEY SAID THEY WILL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE THIS MORNING. THERE ARE STILL NO LOCATIONS OF INTEREST UP ON THEIR WEBSITE. WE ARE GOING ON WHAT THE NEW SOUTH WALES HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE TOLD US, AND THEY SAY THAT ANYONE ON THOSE FLIGHTS ARE CONSIDERED AS CLOSE CONTACTS AND SHOULD ISOLATE IMMEDIATELY FOR 14 DAYS AND GET A COVID-19 TEST. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. THE ALERT CAME WITHIN HOURS OF QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL FROM NEW SOUTH WALES TO NEW ZEALAND BEING PAUSED FOR 3 DAYS. THE STATE RECORDED 10 NEW CASES YESTERDAY, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER IN THE BONDI CLUSTER TO 21. MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS THE SOURCE OF THOSE INFECTIONS NEEDS TO BE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED BEFORE TRAVEL CAN RESUME. OTHER AUSTRALIAN STATES ARE STEPPING UP THEIR COVID-19 DEFENCES. VICTORIA'S CLOSED ITS BORDER TO LARGE PARTS OF SYDNEY. IT MEANS NON-VICTORIANS CAN'T ENTER THE STATE IF THEY'VE BEEN IN LOCATIONS OF INTEREST DEEMED 'RED ZONES'. THERE ARE CONCERNS OVER HOW A PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENT GOT THE VIRUS. WHAT'S PLEASING IS THAT IT'S IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA THAT WE KNOW WE ARE CONCERNED THAT TRANSMISSION COULD HAVE HAPPENED. IN THIS CASE WE DON'T HAVE PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ` A SOURCE FOR THIS CHILD'S EXPOSURE. SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN INTERMEDIATE SOURCE. OTHER STATES HAVE PLACED VARYING RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVELLERS FROM NEW SOUTH WALES. THE DRIVE TO VACCINATE FIJIANS AGAINST COVID-19 IS GROWING MORE URGENT BY THE DAY AS CASES CONTINUE TO RISE. THE PACIFIC NATION HAS REPORTED A NEW DAILY HIGH OF 180 NEW CASES, AND TWO MORE DEATHS. THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 1600 ACTIVE CASES. AS OF YESTERDAY, 44% OF THE TARGET POPULATION HAD RECEIVED THE FIRST DOSE OF A VACCINE. 18,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED. ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST EVENTS AND EXHIBITION CENTRES HAS GONE INTO LIQUIDATION. AUCKLAND'S ASB SHOWGROUNDS IN GREENLANE HAS BEEN HOSTING EVENTS FOR NEARLY 180 YEARS. A CAR AUCTION WAS MEANT TO TAKE PLACE THERE THIS WEEKEND, ORGANISERS SAY THEY'VE BEEN FORCED TO POSTPONE IT DUE TO THE UNFORESEEN LIQUIDATION. LAST YEAR THE SHOWGROUNDS SUSTAINED A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR LOSS AFTER SIX MONTHS OF NO EVENTS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. FOUR NEW POLITICAL PUPPETS WERE UNVEILED LAST NIGHT AT WELLINGTON'S BACKBENCHER PUB. JACINDA ARDERN AND JUDITH COLLINS APPEARED IN LATEX GLORY. SINCE JENNY SHIPLEY WAS IN OFFICE, IT'S BEEN TRADITION TO MAKE NEW ADDITIONS EVERY TERM. THE PUPPETS COST THOUSANDS TO MAKE, OFTEN TAKING UP THE PUB'S ENTIRE MARKETING BUDGET. AND LATER IN THE SHOW, WE'LL BRING YOU THE OTHER TWO WHO HAVE JOINED THE RANKS. AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON HAVE SHOT UP ON THE LIST OF THE 209 MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES TO LIVE FOR FOREIGN WORKERS. THE CITY OF SAILS 70th IN THE WORLD, SOARING 33 PLACES, WHILE WELLINGTON HAD A SIMILAR JUMP UP FROM 123rd IN 2020, TO 94TH MOST EXPENSIVE. THE ANNUAL REPORT RANKS CITIES BASED ON EXPENSES SUCH AS HOUSING, TRANSPORT, AND FOOD. IT'S DESIGNED TO HELP COMPANIES AND GOVERNMENTS DETERMINE HOW MUCH THEY SHOULD PAY WORKERS. THE CAPITAL OF TURKMENISTAN WAS THE MOST COSTLY, FOLLOWED BY HONG KONG, BEIRUT, AND TOKYO. TO SPORT ` TWO LATE WICKETS HAVE GIVEN THE BLACKCAPS A SLIM CHANCE OF VICTORY HEADING INTO THE FINAL DAY OF THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL. AFTER A SHORT RAIN DELAY AT THE START OF DAY FIVE, THE BLACKCAPS MIDDLE ORDER STARTED TO COLLAPSE BEFORE THE TAIL-ENDERS HELPED THEM FINISH THEIR FIRST INNINGS WITH A LEAD OF 32 RUNS. TIM SOUTHEE THEN STRUCK EARLY DISMISSING INDIAN OPENER SHUBMAN GILL. THEY LIKE IT. FINGER GOES UP. THE FIRST WICKET FALLS. AND JUST MOMENTS AGO SOUTHEE DISMISSED FELLOW OPENER ROHIT SHARMA. INDIA CURRENTLY LEAD BY 31 RUNS WITH EIGHT WICKETS IN HAND. THERE'S 10 OVERS REMAINING IN THE DAY. NORMALLY THAT WOULD BE THE END OF A TEST CRICKET GAME. BUT THERE IS A RESERVE DAY, WHICH IS UNUSUAL. THEY WILL NEED TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK IT'S FAIRLY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. SO TEST CRICKET WILL GO ON EVEN LONGER. I COULD GO ON FOREVER. I COULD GO ON FOR LONGER THAN TEST CRICKET COULD GO ON FOR. I AM FEELING YOU, MATTY. WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE LATEST OUT OF WELLINGTON. ALL OF THE INFORMATION WE HAVE HAD SO FAR AS OUT OF NEW SOUTH WALES. A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED THERE IS NOTHING OUT OF WELLINGTON YET. WE WILL UPDATE YOU THE MOMENT WE HEAR. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WEATHER? IT IS PRETTY MILD, TO BE HONEST. THERE ARE SOME LOVELY CLEAR BLUE SKIES, BUT IT MEANS A BIT OF A DROP IN THE TEMPERATURES. IT WAS A BIT COLD IN AUCKLAND. YOU CAN IMAGINE SOME OTHER PLACES ARE FEELING PRETTY CHILLY THIS MORNING. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY. IT'S LOVELY AND SUNNY THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPPER NORTH, JUST A BIT MORE OVERCAST UP AROUND KAITAIA WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS FIRST THING THIS MORNING. BIT FRESH FOR ALL OF YOU WITH THOSE SOUTHERLY BREEZES. TEMPS IN THE MID-TEENS FOR ALL OF YOU. THOSE LONG FINE SPELLS THROUGH HERE AS WELL. BIT FROSTY TO START WITH THROUGH HERE, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO WRAP UP WARM. BUT THOSE CLEAR BLUE SKIES DURING THE DAY. 12 DEGREES IN TOKOROA AND ROTORUA, 15 IF YOU'RE IN HAMILTON. YOU DO NOT SEE THAT SYMBOL VERY OFTEN. IT LOOKS A BIT CHILLY. YOU'RE MORE OVERCAST FURTHER EAST WITH THE ODD SHOWER PEPPERED THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU, ALTHOUGH LESS FREQUENT AROUND DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 11 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN MASTERTON, 13 AROUND HASTINGS AND GISBORNE. THERE'S NICE, FINE WEATHER FOR MOST OF YOU OUT WEST. WITH JUST A BIT OF CLOUD FOR SOME AT TIMES. BUT IN WELLINGTON IT'S MORE OVERCAST WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, MORE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. 12 DEGREES IN THE CAPITAL AND TAUMARUNUI, 13, 14 FOR THE REST OF YOU. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LOVELY DAY FOR MOST ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT. FRESH AND FROSTY TO START WITH THOUGH. AND IN KAIKOURA THERE'S CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING WITH LUNCHTIME RAIN BEFORE BECOMING FINE THIS AFTERNOON. 13 DEGREES IN BLENHEIM AND NELSON, 14 ALONG THE COAST. YOU'LL BE SETTING OFF TO FROSTS AND CLOUD COVER SHIFTING EAST, WITH THE CHANCE OF A COUPLE OF MORNING SHOWERS ALONG THE COAST THERE. BUT THAT SHOULD ALL CLEAR AWAY AFTER MIDDAY. ALEXANDRA CERTAINLY HAS SOME SUNNIER SKIES. 9 THE EXPECTED HIGH THERE, 10 FOR THE REST. THERE'S SHOWERS FIRST THING THROUGH DUNEDIN AND SOUTHLAND, INCLUDING OVER ON STEWART ISLAND, BUT ONCE THEY'VE CLEARED, ALONG WITH THE MORNING CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU, IT'S A MOSTLY FINE DAY. 10 DEGREES IN DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL, 12 IN QUEENSTOWN. AND THEN HAVING A LOOK AT YOUR THURSDAY ` TOMORROW, IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND, APART FROM A BIT OF DRIZZLE IN THE WEST. THERE'S RAIN IN THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST, HEAVY AROUND FIORDLAND. BUT IT SHOULD BE GOOD EVERYWHERE ELSE WITH JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD. THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. A BIT CHILLY THIS MORNING FOR A LOT OF US AROUND THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU, MATTY. WE WILL DO BESPOKE WEATHER JUST AFTER EIGHT. BREAKFASTWEATHER.CO.NZ AS THE WEBSITE TO GO TO. COMING UP ` FIJI'S COVID CRISIS DEEPENS. WE'LL CROSS TO SUVA FOR THE LATEST. PLUS ` THE GOVERNMENT UNVEILED ITS PLAN FOR THE HAURAKI GULF YESTERDAY. BUT WHAT COULD AND SHOULD IT MEAN FOR OTHER UNDER-THREAT MARINE ECO-SYSTEMS AROUND THE COUNTRY? WELCOME INTO BREAKFAST. IT IS 6:15. FIJI HIT ANOTHER GRIM COVID-19 MILESTONE YESTERDAY, WITH ANOTHER 180 NEW CASES REPORTED AND WARNINGS THAT THE WORST IS YET TO COME. THERE WERE ALSO ANOTHER TWO DEATHS LINKED TO THE LATEST OUTBREAK. IT'S A LOT FOR THE SMALL ISLAND NATION WITH LESS THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE, BUT THE COMMUNITY IS RALLYING TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AT THIS CHALLENGING AND SCARY TIME. JOINING US FROM FIJI TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK HE'S DOING TO GET SUPPLIES TO THOSE WHO NEED IT IN LOCKDOWN IS RISE BEYOND THE REEF'S SEMI LOTAWA. NI SA YADRA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE SITUATION IN FIJI, JUST TALK TO US ABOUT RISE BEYOND THE REEF AND THE WORK YOU DO AND EMPOWERING YOUR COMMUNITIES. BULA VANAKA. GREETINGS FROM OUR COMMUNITIES HERE IN FIJI, WHERE THE WORKER RISE BEYOND THE REEF IS DOING A LOT. IT WAS SET UP TO MOSTLY HELP THE RURAL AND REMOTE COMMUNITIES. THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN ISOLATION. THEY DO NOT HAVE ESSENTIAL SERVICES. THAT IS THE AREA WHERE WE OVERSEE THE WORK. IT WAS SET UP TO BRIDGE THE DIVIDE BETWEEN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR. THERE ARE LOTS OF GAPS THAT EXIST BETWEEN THESE TWO AS FAR AS ACCESSING SERVICES AND ALSO THE OTHER GOVERNMENT SECTOR. WE AMPLIFY THEIR VOICE, AND WE OTHER BRIDGE. BEAUTIFUL WORK. LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW IT IS IMPACTING SOME OF THESE RURAL COMMUNITIES. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING AND HEARING? FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO, AS I MENTIONED, WE WORK MOSTLY WITH THE RURAL AND REMOTE WOMEN, AND PART OF OUR WORK STARTED IN 2013 WITH OUR BASELINE SURVEY. THE RURAL AND REMOTE WOMEN WANT TO EARN THEIR OWN INCOMES SEPARATE FROM THE FAMILY. RISE BEYOND THE REEF HAD AN OBJECTIVE FOR WOMEN'S ISSUES AND CHILD PROTECTION. WHEN WE SAW THAT IN THE COMMUNITIES, WE HAD TO PUSH BACK ALL OF OUR PRIORITIES AND BRING FORWARD WHAT THEY WANTED TO START OUR WORK. THAT HAS BEEN THE LEADING APPROACH TO OUR WORK. SINCE CASE NUMBER ONE OF COVID-19 HAPPENED IN FIJI LAST YEAR, THE TOURISM MARKET HAS SHUT DOWN. ALL OF THE WORK THAT THE WOMEN DO, WE HEAVILY RELY ON LOCAL TOURIST MARKETS. THE MARKET HAS SHUT DOWN, AND WE HAVE TWO REALLY DIG DEEP. WE HAVE TO FIND WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN CONTINUE TO OPEN THE DOORS TO ALL OF THOSE 500 WOMEN IN OUR PROGRAM. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM DURING COVID TIMES. FOR US AND NGOS, THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THEY NEED US. IN THE FACE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, A LOT OF OUR MODELS HAVE BEEN TESTED, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMES INTO QUESTION AS NONE OF US COULD HAVE MODELLED THE PANDEMIC. WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT. IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT RISE BEYOND THE REEF IS DOING, PARTNERING WITH OXFAM AND SUPPORTING YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE DELIVERING FOOD, AND THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT HELP FOR THOSE RURAL COMMUNITIES AT THE MOMENT. THEY CAME OUT OF THIS COVID RESPONSE WITH AN INITIATIVE. ON THE LOCAL DIALECT IN SELLING TO THE MARKET. THE INITIATIVE COMES FROM THE IDEA THAT WE RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE SECTOR THAT SUPPORTS OUR COVID RESPONSE, AND THE RURAL AND REMOTE COMMUNITIES ARE NOT HELPED WITH THE MARKET. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD WERE NEW ZEALAND THAT WE HAVE HAD TO SHUT DOWN AND HAVE A CONTAINMENT ZONE AND CLOSE DOWN ORDERS. A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES ARE LOCKED OUT OF THE MARKET WHERE THEY WOULD USUALLY SELL TO THEM. WHAT WE DID AS WE GET FUNDING FROM A SECTOR AND THEN WE TAKE THE MONEY AND BUY THE CRAFTS IN THEIR VILLAGE. WE BRING THE FOOD TO OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE IN THE CONTAINMENT ZONE OR HAVE TESTED POSITIVE TO FEED THEM DURING THEIR QUARANTINE DAYS. 14 DAYS OR 21 DAYS. THE BIG IDEA IS SUPPORTING THE FAMILIES. DURING THIS TOUGH TIME, BRING MONEY AND YOU PUT IT INTO THE HANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY SUPPLY FOOD AND REDISTRIBUTED INTO THE CONTAINMENT ZONES. THEY BUY WHAT THEY NEED AND IT SUPPORTS THE SMALL ECONOMY TO KEEP MOVING. ALL OF THIS THING, HERE IN FIJI, EVERYBODY COMES TOGETHER FOR THE GREATER GOOD. THAT IS HOW WE DEFINE IT. IT IS HOW WE RESPOND TO THIS TYPE OF TIME THAT WE ARE IN. AS A CRISIS AT THE MOMENT. I AM REALLY SORRY WE HAVE TO CUT OUR CONVERSATION SHORT. IT WILL BE LOVELY TO CONNECT BACK IN WITH YOU AT SOME POINT TO TALK FURTHER ABOUT THE WORK YOU DO, BUT ALSO TO CHECK ON ON HOW EVERYONE IN FIJI IS DOING AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. WE REALLY WISH OUR FRIENDS IN FIJI WELL AT THE MOMENT. YESTERDAY ON BREAKFAST, OCEANS AND FISHERIES MINISTER DAVID PARKER ANNOUNCED THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO BRING THE DAMAGED AND DEPLETED ECO-SYSTEM OF THE HAURAKI GULF BACK FROM THE BRINK OF COMPLETE COLLAPSE. A LONG OVERDUE RESPONSE TO A PROPOSED SOLUTION FROM STAKE-HOLDERS CALLED THE SEA CHANGE TAI TIMA TAI PARI, MARINE SPATIAL PLAN FOR THE HAURAKI GULF. A MIXED RESPONSE FROM OUR OTHER GUESTS. ALL OF THEM SAID IT WAS A START. SOME SAID IT WAS A GOOD START. BUT ALL FELT MORE IS STILL REQUIRED. SO WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THE PLAN, AND THE WAY IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT HAS ANSWERED THE CHALLENGE IT PRESENTED THEM WITH? AND WHAT COULD BE THE BENEFICIAL RIPPLE EFFECT FOR MARINE ECO-SYSTEMS ALL AROUND OUR COASTLINE? JOINING US TO EXPLAIN THE IMPLICATIONS, WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO WELCOME TO OUR STUDIO NIWA MARINE ECOLOGIST, DR MARK MORRISON, WHO WAS ALSO A SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR IN THE SEA CHANGE MARINE SPATIAL PLAN PROCESS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE REALLY MEAN IT. WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT YOU CAME IN. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF YESTERDAY? I THINK IT IS GREAT THAT THERE IS A PLANE COMING UP THAT IS INTEGRATED. NOT JUST THE FISHERIES, BUT THE WHOLE SYSTEM. WE TOOK WAY LESS ABOUT THE ECOSYSTEM THAT THE FISH ARE IN. THE STUFF THAT SUPPORTS THEM. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT AS WELL. IT IS REALLY EXCITING TO MOVE TOWARDS WHAT THEY CALL THE ECO-BASED MANAGEMENT. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS FOR OTHER ECOSYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE HAURAKI GULF HAS THE NUMBERS. 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE AROUND IT. ARE THERE OTHER AREAS WHERE THERE ARE SIMILAR DEPLETION, DEGRADATION AND TROUBLE? IT IS REALLY THE WHOLE NEW ZEALAND MARINE ENVIRONMENT. ALL AROUND NEW ZEALAND, THERE ARE ISSUES, AND IN THE GLOBAL THINGS LIKE THE WARMING OF THE WATERS. PLACES LIKE TASMAN GOLDEN BAYS, THEY HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE. HAWKE'S BAY. LOTS OF PLACES HAVE THE SAME THING HAPPENING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. IF WE TALK ABOUT TASMAN, GOLDEN BAY, AND HAWKE'S BAY. WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY COULD BE AN WAYS CUT-AND-PASTE IT INTO OTHER AREAS? THE EXCITING THING IS IF IT WORKS HERE, THEN THE LESSONS LEARNED CAN BE TAKEN TO THE OTHER AREAS AND IMPLEMENT IT. THIS IS A GOOD TEMPLATE. BUT WE CAN ALSO LEARN FROM IT. THERE WILL BE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVES. NEXT TIME WE PUT IT IN OTHER PLACES IT WILL BE FASTER AND MORE EFFECTIVE. I WAS REALLY STRUCK BY SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE TAKEN BENEATH THE SURFACE. THIS IS ALL NEW TO ME. THE FISH HAVE GONE, THE KELP HAS GONE, THE KINA HAS JUST TAKEN OVER. STARTED IN THE 1960S. IT DEPENDS WHERE YOU ARE IN THE COUNTRY, THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, BUT BASICALLY YOU HAVE THE KELP, SO YOU HAVE TAKEN AWAY THE PREDATORS. AND NOW THAT THE KINA ARE GETTING LARGER, THEY JUST MOW DOWN THE KELP. IT CANNOT COME BACK BECAUSE THERE ARE SUCH HIGH DENSITIES. THE KINA DO NOT DO SO WELL EITHER. THEY ARE SKINNY. IT IS NOT GOOD FOR THE SYSTEM AT ALL. THE KELP THAT WOULD HAVE GROWN BENEATH AND BY THE HERBIVOROUS FISH ARE BEING WASHED AWAY BY STORMS. THE OVERALL PRODUCT OF A SYSTEM IS MUCH LESS. HOW DAMAGED AS A MARINE ENVIRONMENT? LET'S TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE HAURAKI GULF. IT IS STILL FUNCTIONAL, BUT A LOT OF THE COMPONENTS ARE MISSING. I THINK OF SNAPPER AS THE LAST MAN STANDING. IT IS A MUCH LOWER ABUNDANCE THAN IT WAS. A LOT OF THE THINGS LIKE GREEN LIPPED MUSSELS, SEAGRASS, THEY ARE GONE. THEY ARE LARGELY REMOVED FROM THE SYSTEMS. EVEN WITH THE SNAPPER, WE ARE FINDING THAT WHEN WE SAMPLE THE COMMERCIAL CATCHES, THE GROWTH RATES ARE SLOWING IN THE GULF. THEY ARE SKINNIER AND NOT WORTH AS MUCH. THERE IS NOT AS MUCH FOOD FOR THE FISH. THERE ARE ALL OF THESE EFFECTS GOING ON. WE CAN SEE SOME OF IT BUT NOT ALL OF IT. IT IS QUITE SERIOUS. THERE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD PARTS OF THE GOLF LEFT. IT IS NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM. THERE ARE STILL SURPRISES ARE THERE. IN 2019, WE FOUND SOME REALLY NICE AREAS OF WHAT IS CALLED A TUBE WORM. IT IS THE SIZE OF THIS TABLE. I AM SURE DIVERS HAVE SEEN AND NOT REALISE WHAT IT IS. THAT IS SIGNIFICANT, AND WE DID NOT EVEN I WAS THERE. IT IS USUALLY REPORTED IN THE MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS. THERE ARE SOME POSITIVES. I DO NOT WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, AND I SUSPECT I COULDN'T, BUT YOU DO SEE YESTERDAY AS THE BEGINNING OF A MEANINGFUL FIGHT BACK ON BEHALF OF VAL MARINE ECOSYSTEMS. THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL. EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE, THERE IS AN ACTUAL PLAN AND YOU CAN READ IT. THERE IS A TIMELINE AND PEOPLE COMMITTED TO IT. IT IS OUR BEST SHOT TO HAVE A GO AT IT, AND THERE ARE ALWAYS BITS AND PIECES HERE THAT CAN BE IMPROVED. IT IS A REALLY GOOD FIRST START. WHAT A FANTASTIC GUEST. WE SO APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN THIS MORNING. IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE YOU. THAT IS A GOOD NOTE TO END ON. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` FOR CLOSE CONTACTS WHO TRAVEL TO SYDNEY OVER THE WEEKEND ARE NOW ISOLATING. WE'LL BRING YOU THE LATEST FROM HEALTH OFFICIALS AT 6:30 AM. ALSO AHEAD ` AN ORGANISATION DEDICATED TO HELPING WITH MENTAL HEALTH IN NEW ZEALAND'S CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IS BEING RECOGNISED INTERNATIONALLY. STAY WITH US. - What if we gave you free power... to use however you like whenever you like, just for being a customer? A POSITIVE COVID-19 CASE TRAVELLED FROM SYDNEY TO WELLINGTON OVER THE WEEKEND. THE NEW SOUTH WALES HEALTH AUTHORITY ISSUED AN ALERT LATE LAST NIGHT ABOUT TWO FLIGHTS. ABBEY WAKEFIELD IS AT WELLINGTON AIRPORT, AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABBEY? THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH HAS JUST SENT THROUGH THIS AND INFORMATION THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AN AUSTRALIAN TRAVELLER HAS BROUGHT COVID-19 TO NEW ZEALAND AND SINCE GONE HOME. FOR CLOSE CONTACTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND ARE ISOLATING AT HOME. SITES OF INTEREST HAVE BEEN ADVISED. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH SAYS THE MOST LIKELY CASE IS THAT THIS CASE CONTACTED THE VIRUS IN SYDNEY THE MINISTRY IS ADVISING PEOPLE ON THESE FLIGHTS TO STAY HOME THE CASE ARRIVED ON QANTAS FLIGHT QF163 IN WELLINGTON ON 19 JUNE AT 12:12 AM. THE CASE LEFT WELLINGTON ON THE NEW ZEALAND FLIGHT NZ 247 ON 21 JUNE AT 10:13 AM. I SPOKE TO MICHAEL BAKER THIS MORNING HE DESCRIBED THE SITUATION AS A CURVEBALL. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH ARE ADVISING THAT IF YOU ARE FEELING SYMPTOMATIC PLEASE GO GET A TEST AND RING HEALTHLINE. THE ALERT CAME WITHIN HOURS OF QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL FROM NEW SOUTH WALES TO AOTEAROA BEING PAUSED FOR 3 DAYS. THE STATE RECORDED 10 NEW CASES YESTERDAY, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER IN THE BONDI CLUSTER TO 21. MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS THE SOURCE OF THOSE INFECTIONS NEEDS TO BE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED BEFORE TRAVEL CAN RESUME. 15 MONTHS ON FROM COVID-19'S ARRIVAL, ITS RIPPLE EFFECT IS STILL HURTING KIWIS FINANCIALLY. A REPORT BY THE SALVATION ARMY HAS REVEALED THOSE WITHDRAWING THEIR KIWISAVER JUMPED 22% IN THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 2020. THE 'MONEY TALKS' HELPLINE HAS ALSO RECEIVED AN INCREASE IN CALLS SINCE DECEMBER. THE CHARITY IS CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO RE-THINK KIWISAVER, AS WELL AS ATTACHMENT ORDERS FOR BENEFICIARIES, WHICH DIVERTS MONEY FROM MSD TO PAY OFF DEBT. AMIDST RISING TENSIONS GLOBALLY, FOREIGN MINISTER NANAIA MAHUTA HAS MET VIRTUALLY WITH HER CHINESE COUNTERPART OVERNIGHT. WANG YI SAID THE CHINA-NEW ZEALAND RELATIONSHIP COULD BE A MODEL FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BUILT ON MUTUAL RESPECT AND COOPERATION. THAT IS DESPITE NEW ZEALAND AND ITS SECURITY PARTNERS EXPRESSING CONCERNS OVER REPORTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN XINJIANG PROVINCE, AS WELL AS CHANGES TO HONG KONG'S ELECTORAL SYSTEM. TRANSLATOR: CHINA AND NEW ZEALAND ARE COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PARTNERS WHOSE RELATIONS HAVE MAINTAINED SOUND AND STABLE DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE NO HISTORICAL GRUDGES AGAINST EACH OTHER, NOR DO WE HAVE ANY CONFLICT OF INTERESTS. CHINA ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO ITS RELATIONS WITH NEW ZEALAND AND VALUES THE MUTUAL TRUST WE HAVE BUILT SO FAR. MINISTER WANG SAID CHINA HOPES TO COMMUNICATE WITH NEW ZEALAND ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY ISSUES. FOUR KIWI POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN IMMORTALISED IN THE HALLS OF THE BACK-BENCHERS PUB. THE PUPPETS WERE UNVEILED LAST NIGHT ` RENDITIONS OF JACINDA ARDERN, JUDITH COLLINS, CHLOE SWARBRICK AND DAVID SEYMOUR. THE CARICATURES ARE BASED ON AN ART STYLE POPULARISED BY THE UK SHOW 'SPITTING IMAGE'. THEY'LL REMAIN AT THE PUB, JUST ACROSS THE ROAD FROM PAREMATA PARLIAMENT. TO SPORT ` AND TIM SOUTHEE HAS GIVEN THE BLACKCAPS A GLIMMER OF HOPE GOING INTO THE FINAL DAY OF THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP. AFTER A SHORT RAIN DELAY AT THE START OF DAY 5, THE BLACKCAPS MIDDLE ORDER STARTED TO COLLAPSE, BEFORE THE TAIL-ENDERS HELPED THEM FINISH THEIR FIRST INNINGS WITH A LEAD OF 32 RUNS. TIM SOUTHEE THEN STRUCK EARLY, DISMISSING INDIAN OPENER SHUBMAN GILL. HE THEN TOOK THE KEY WICKET OF FELLOW OPENER ROHIT SHARMA. OH CLOSE. SURELY. YES, THE FINGER GOES UP. MICHAEL GOFF. THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF BOWLING FROM TIM SOUTHEE. TIM SOUTHEE BRINGING UP 600 INTERNATIONAL WICKETS, BECOMING THE SECOND KIWI TO DO SO. INDIA FINISHED THE DAY WITH A LEAD OF 32 RUNS AND EIGHT WICKETS IN HAND. NICE. I'M DEAF IN MY LEFT EAR. THE INDIAN TEAM IS A BEAUTIFUL TEAM TO PLAY. TO BE PLAYING THEM IN A WORLD CUP FINAL IS A REMARKABLE THING. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY. IT'S LOVELY AND SUNNY THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPPER NORTH, JUST A BIT MORE OVERCAST UP AROUND KAITAIA WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS FIRST THING THIS MORNING. BIT FRESH FOR ALL OF YOU WITH THOSE SOUTHERLY BREEZES. TEMPS IN THE MID-TEENS FOR ALL OF YOU. THOSE LONG FINE SPELLS THROUGH HERE AS WELL. BIT FROSTY TO START WITH THROUGH HERE, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO WRAP UP WARM. BUT THOSE CLEAR BLUE SKIES DURING THE DAY. 12 DEGREES IN TOKOROA AND ROTORUA, 15 IF YOU'RE IN HAMILTON. YOU'RE MORE OVERCAST FURTHER EAST WITH THE ODD SHOWER PEPPERED THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU, ALTHOUGH LESS FREQUENT AROUND DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 11 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN MASTERTON, 13 AROUND HASTINGS AND GISBORNE. THERE'S NICE, FINE WEATHER FOR MOST OF YOU OUT WEST. WITH JUST A BIT OF CLOUD FOR SOME AT TIMES. BUT IN WELLINGTON IT'S MORE OVERCAST WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, MORE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. 12 DEGREES IN THE CAPITAL AND TAUMARUNUI, 13, 14 FOR THE REST OF YOU. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LOVELY DAY FOR MOST ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT. FRESH AND FROSTY TO START WITH, THOUGH. AND IN KAIKOURA THERE'S CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING WITH LUNCHTIME RAIN BEFORE BECOMING FINE THIS AFTERNOON. 13 DEGREES IN BLENHEIM AND NELSON, 14 ALONG THE COAST. YOU'LL BE SETTING OFF TO FROSTS AND CLOUD COVER SHIFTING EAST, WITH THE CHANCE OF A COUPLE OF MORNING SHOWERS ALONG THE COAST THERE. BUT THAT SHOULD ALL CLEAR AWAY AFTER MIDDAY. ALEXANDRA CERTAINLY HAS SOME SUNNIER SKIES. 9 THE EXPECTED HIGH THERE, 10 FOR THE REST. THERE'S SHOWERS FIRST THING THROUGH DUNEDIN AND SOUTHLAND, INCLUDING OVER ON STEWART ISLAND, BUT ONCE THEY'VE CLEARED, ALONG WITH THE MORNING CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU, IT'S A MOSTLY FINE DAY. 10 DEGREES IN DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL, 12 IN QUEENSTOWN. AND THEN HAVING A LOOK AT YOUR THURSDAY ` TOMORROW, IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND, APART FROM A BIT OF DRIZZLE IN THE WEST. THERE'S RAIN IN THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST, HEAVY AROUND FIORDLAND. BUT IT SHOULD BE GOOD EVERYWHERE ELSE WITH JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD. WE WILL DO BESPOKE WEATHER JUST AFTER 8 O'CLOCK. YOU ARE BESPOKING NEXT WEEK AREN'T YOU? I AM, I AM SO EXCITED. COMING UP ` WHY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IS LOOKING TO NEW ZEALAND AS AN EXAMPLE OF SUICIDE PREVENTION. OUR NEXT GUEST IS NO STRANGER TO BREAKFAST, HAVING ALREADY SHARED HIS OWN MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES. BUT NOW HE'S BACK TO TALK ABOUT THE LIFE-SAVING MAHI THAT MATES IN CONSTRUCTION DOES FOR THOSE WORKING IN THE SECTOR AROUND AOTEAROA. MATES HAS BEEN RECOGNISED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION AS AN EXAMPLE OF BEST PRACTICE WHEN IT COMES TO SUICIDE PREVENTION. SO NOW WE'RE JOINED BY MATES FIELD OFFICER RICHIE HEPI TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS MEANINGFUL WORK. MORENA, RICHIE! THANK YOU SO MUCH OR COMING IN THIS MORNING. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE RECOGNISED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION? IT IS AWESOME. IT IS SUCH A HUGE HONOUR. WE HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND FOR NOT EVEN 19 MONTHS YET. IS IT ONLY 19 MONTHS? 19 MONTHS. TO BE RECOGNISED BY AS BEST PRACTICE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DO IS VERY COOL. AND TO TO BE RECOGNISED IN THAT REPORT FOR WHAT WE DO IS VERY HUMBLING. TALK TO US ABOUT MATES AND CONSTRUCTION IN THE PROGRAM THAT YOU BEEN RUNNING? AND ALSO THE RESULTS THAT YOU ARE GETTING? WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT OVER THAT 19 MONTHS WE HAVE INDUCTED OVER 17,000 WORKERS INTO OUR PROGRAM. WHEN WE DO THE INDUCTION WE ASK PEOPLE TO TAKE A BOX IF THEY WANT TO CALL BACK FROM US. WE HAVE NOW OPERATED ON OVER 200 SITES AROUND AUCKLAND. WHEN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION TALKS ABOUT BEST PRACTICE WHAT ARE THE THINGS IN THAT PROGRAM THAT ARE MAKING IT SUCCESSFUL? OUR POINT OF DIFFERENCE AS WE WORK ON THE GROUND. I WAS MEANT TO DO TRAINING THIS MORNING BUT THEN I WAS CALLED IN TO DO THIS. WE HAVE GOT SUCH AN AWESOME TEAM SO I CALLED ON ONE OF MY BROTHERS AND ASKED THEM TO COVER THE TRAINING. WE'VE GOT GUYS OUTDOING TRAINING, WE'VE GOT GUYS DOING TOOLBOXES SITE VISITS. PEOPLE KNOW US BY NAME BECAUSE WE GO IN THERE AND WE SUPPORT OUR WORKERS. IT IS A PREDOMINANTLY MALE ISSUE AND THAT IS WHY MATES IS HERE, TO TELL MALES THAT IT IS OKAY TO TALK. TO SAY THAT IT IS OKAY NOT TO BE OKAY. THE OTHER PART OF THAT TOO IS THAT YOU HAVE TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE PEOPLE GO IT IS OKAY TO TALK ABOUT THE STUFF. IN TERMS OF THE TOOLBOXES, WHAT ARE IN THOSE TOOLBOXES? GUYS WILL TALK TO US, SOMETIMES WE'VE GOT SUCH A GOOD DYNAMIC AMONGST OUR TEAM PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO TALK TO ME OR SOMEONE ELSE. WE'VE GROWN OUR TEAM, AND WE HAVE SOME DYNAMIC YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR TEAM WHO CARE. WE ALL HAVE A BIG HEART AND WANT TO HELP PEOPLE. AND BY HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, SITTING DOWN WITH THEM IN THE TOOLBOX, LISTENING TO GUYS CONCESSIONS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. WE'LL ALL BE SITTING AROUND IN ORANGE AND 7 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, GUYS WILL TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING INTO A DARK PLACE. IT IS MOMENTS LIKE THAT WHEN YOU SIT THERE AND GO` I DIDN'T EVEN DO ANYTHING TO GET THAT CONVERSATION TO HAPPEN, THEY JUST TALK ABOUT IT THEMSELVES. AND WHEN THEY BRING IT UP, WE KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENED. AND ALL THAT WE DO IS GO IN AND SUPPORT THEM. THE LAST TIME YOU AND HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR OWN STORY, AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR OWN STORY YOU GIVE PERMISSION FOR OTHERS TO TELL THEIRS. CONGRATULATIONS, WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND ALL YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. STAY WITH US. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. THE NATIONAL PARTY LANDED SOME HARD HITS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT IN PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY REGARDING ITS PERFORMANCE IN THE MENTAL HEALTH PORTFOLIO VERSUS ITS PREVIOUS PROMISES OF TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE IN THE SECTOR. JOINING US FROM WELLINGTON TO PROVIDE SOME FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT TOPIC AND OTHERS, INCLUDING GIVING US SOME INSIGHT INTO WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SEE YOURSELF IMMORTALISED ON THE WALL OF A PUB, IS NATIONAL PARTY LEADER JUDITH COLLINS. THANK FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. LET'S START WITH THIS COVID CASE. THIS IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE RISK FOR OPENING UP THE BORDER. THE GOOD THING IS WE KNOW ABOUT IT NOW. WE NEED TO KNOW THE POINTS OF INTEREST, SO THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THOSE PLACES CAN ISOLATE. WE NEED A BIT MORE INFORMATION FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND I AM HOPEFUL THAT THEY WILL BRING MORE OF THAT TODAY. BUT WE CAN'T JUST BE SHUT OFF FOREVER. IS IT WORKING PROPERLY? TO GET IT RIGHT YOU DO WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW. YOU ALERT PEOPLE, TAKE ACTION. YOU MAKE SURE THE BUBBLE IS CLOSED PROMPTLY WHEN CASES ARISE. BUT WE NEED TO OPEN UP MORE TO THE WORLD BECAUSE NEW ZEALAND IS BEHIND THE REST OF THE WORLD. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY, YOU HAVE ACCUSED THE GOVERNMENT OF BEING NEGLIGENT. THE GOVERNMENT PLEDGED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO MENTAL HEALTH, AND AFTER TWO YEARS THERE ARE FIVE MORE BEDS. THAT'S IT. WHATEVER THEY SAY IS THERE, IT IS NOT GOING TO FRONTLINE. WHEN THEY FIRST WENT INTO GOVERNMENTS FOUR YEARS AGO THEY HAD A REVIEW OF MENTAL HEALTH, THEY STOPPED A LOT OF WORK THAT WAS ONGOING THEY HELD IT UP FOR 18 MONTHS. NOW THEY ARE HAVING ANOTHER REVIEW. IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER WAY OF NOT GETTING STUFF DONE. HOW DO YOU GET IT RIGHT? THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. WE'RE TALKING MENTAL HEALTH RIGHT NOW. IF YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE PROMISES, DELIVER ON THEM. THERE ARE PEOPLE I KNOW WHO HAVE CHILDREN IN THEIR TEENS, AND ADULTS AND THEIR FAMILY WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH EATING DISORDERS, SELF HARMING, STRUGGLING JUST TO STAY ALIVE AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. UNLESS THEIR FAMILY MEMBER PRESENTS THEMSELVES AS SUICIDAL THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. IT SEEMS FRIVOLOUS GOING FROM THAT TO WINSTON PETERS, BUT HE IS BACK. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HIS RE- EMERGENCE? I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT REALLY MATTERS. THINGS LIKE MENTAL HEALTH, TAXES BEING PUT ON. I SEE HIM AS A DISTRACTION, BUT I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GIVE HIM POINTS FOR GETTING UP EACH MORNING AND SAYING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA THIS WEEKEND FOR THE NATIONAL PARTY? WE ARE LOOKING ON CHANGES FROM A REVIEW ON THE PARTY. IN CHANGES THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THE BOARD AS WELL. WE HAVE A GENERAL MEETING IN AUGUST, BUT THAT IS TO SET UP RULES LIKE BOARD MEMBERSHIP. THE PUPPET OF YOU WAS UNVEILED LAST NIGHT, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT? I THINK IT IS NOT BAD. WE WERE ALL UNVEILED LAST NIGHT, WE WERE ALL A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED AS TO WHAT MIGHT BE UNDER THOSE COVERS, AND THERE WERE SIGHS OF RELIEF FROM US ALL. I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT. I AM REALLY, REALLY HONOURED. THANKS SO MUCH, JUDITH. JUDITH COLLINS NATIONAL PARTY LEADER. IT IS 7 O'CLOCK WE HAVE GOT THE LATEST OVER THE NEXT HOUR. WE HAVE ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD COMING TO TALK TO US. A POSITIVE COVID-19 CASE TRAVELLED FROM SYDNEY TO WELLINGTON OVER THE WEEKEND. THE NEW SOUTH WALES HEALTH AUTHORITY ISSUED AN ALERT LATE LAST NIGHT ABOUT TWO FLIGHTS. ABBEY WAKEFIELD IS AT WELLINGTON AIRPORT AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. ABBEY, OUR MINISTRY OF HEALTH HAS JUST SENT THROUGH AN UPDATE. WHAT'S THE LATEST? THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH RELEASED AN UPDATE THIS MORNING. WE CAN TELL YOU THAT FOR CLOSE CONTACTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND THEY ARE NOW ISOLATING. SITES OF INTEREST HAVE BEEN ADVISED, AND THEY SAY IT IS MOST LIKELY THAT THIS CASE CONTRACTED COVID-19 AND SYDNEY PRIOR TO FLYING TO NEW ZEALAND. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS ADVISING ANYONE ON THOSE CLOSE TO ISOLATE IMMEDIATELY. THE CASE ARRIVED ON QANTAS FLIGHT QF163 IN WELLINGTON ON 19 JUNE AT 12.12 AM. THE CASE LEFT WELLINGTON ON THE AIR NZ FLIGHT NZ 247 ON 21 JUNE AT 10.13 AM. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH ALSO SAYS GENE SEQUENCING IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY TO SEE IF THIS CASE IS LINKED TO THE CURRENT COVERT OUTBREAK IN SYDNEY. OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING THAT IF YOU ARE FEELING SYMPTOMATIC TO PLEASE RING HEALTH LINE AND TO STAY VIGILANT. THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. WE HEAD NOW TO OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT ANDREW MACFARLANE FOR MORE ON THIS. ANDREW, THE CLUSTER IN SYDNEY KEEPS GROWING. YESTERDAY WE HAD A SLIGHT SURPRISE WHEN 10 NEW CASES WERE ANNOUNCED, MEANINGLESS CLUSTER ASSOCIATED WITH BONDI HAS NOW RISEN TO 21 CASES IN TOTAL. AS YOU HEARD, THE GENE SEQUENCING IS UNDERWAY ON THE CASE THAT TRAVEL TO NEW ZEALAND, BUT THE THINKING IS THAT IT IS CONNECTED TO SYDNEY'S CLUSTER, WHICH DOES HAVE A HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE DELTA VARIANT OF THE VIRUS. OFFICIALS WILL BE TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY WHEN THEY ARE CONTACTING THOSE PEOPLE THIS MORNING. THE SITUATION IS SO CONCERNING FOR NEW ZEALAND OFFICIALS ALREADY, BEFORE THEY ANNOUNCED THIS CASE, THEY HAD REALLY MADE A CALL TO PAUSE TRANS-TASMAN TRAVEL FOR 72 HOURS. IT IS NOT QUITE SOON ENOUGH TO STOP THIS CASE FOR MAKING THE TRIP. WE WILL BE INTERESTING THIS MORNING TO SEE HOW MANY MORE CASES ARE ANNOUNCED IN SYDNEY AS PART OF THIS GROWING OUTBREAK. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, ANDREW. THE DRIVE TO VACCINATE FIJIANS AGAINST COVID-19 IS GROWING MORE URGENT BY THE DAY AS CASES CONTINUE TO RISE. THE PACIFIC NATION HA S REPORTED A NEW DAILY HIGH OF 180 NEW CASES AND TWO MORE DEATHS. THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 1600 ACTIVE CASES. AS OF YESTERDAY, 44% OF THE TARGET POPULATION HAD RECEIVED THE FIRST DOSE OF A VACCINE. 18,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED. ONE OF THE NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST EVENTS AND EXHIBITION CENTRES HAS GONE INTO LIQUIDATION. AUCKLAND'S ASB SHOWGROUNDS IN GREENLANE HAS BEEN HOSTING EVENTS FOR NEARLY 180 YEARS. A CAR AUCTION WAS MEANT TO TAKE PLACE THERE THIS WEEKEND. ORGANISERS SAY THEY'VE BEEN FORCED TO POSTPONE IT DUE TO THE UNFORESEEN LIQUIDATION. LAST YEAR, THE SHOWGROUNDS SUSTAINED A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR LOSS AFTER SIX MONTHS OF NO EVENTS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. TO SPORT, AND IT'S A SLIM CHANCE, BUT THERE'S STILL A CHANCE, THE BLACKCAPS COULD WIN THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AFTER TWO WICKETS LATE IN DAY FIVE. AFTER A SHORT RAIN DELAY AT THE START OF DAY FIVE, THE BLACKCAPS MIDDLE ORDER STARTED TO COLLAPSE BEFORE THE TAIL ENDERS HELPED THEM FINISH THEIR FIRST INNINGS WITH A LEAD OF 32 RUNS. TIM SOUTHEE THEN STRUCK EARLY, DISMISSING INDIAN OPENER SHUBMAN GILL. HE THEN TOOK THE KEY WICKET OF FELLOW OPENER ROHIT SHARMA. OH, CLOSE. SURELY. YES! THE FINGER GOES UP. THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF BOWLING FROM TIM SOUTHEE. TIM SOUTHEE BRINGING UP 600 INTERNATIONAL WICKETS, BECOMING THE SECOND KIWI TO DO SO. INDIA FINISHED THE DAY WITH A LEAD OF 32 RUNS AND EIGHT WICKETS IN HAND. THERE'S 98 OVERS TO PLAY TOMORROW. SO THERE IS A VERY SLIM CHANCE, BUT A CHANCE. A CHANCE IS A CHANCE. AS A CHANCE. THAT IS VERY PROFOUND, JENNY MAY. A CHANCE IS A CHANCE. DID YOU MAKE IT UP YOURSELF, OR IS THAT CONFUCIUS? I AM PUTTING THAT ON A POSTER AND FRAMING IT ON MY WALL. I'M A BIT WORRIED ABOUT THE DELTA VARIANT AND THE CHANCE OF CATCHING IT IF YOU STAND CLOSE TO SOMEBODY. ANDREW LITTLE IS JOINING US SHORTLY. ALSO ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD. OUR BUBBLE WITH NEW SOUTH WALES HAS BEEN PAUSED. THE BIGGEST THING IS WHAT IS A MEAN FOR US HERE? BEFORE WE GET TO ANY OF THAT, WE HAD BETTER LOOK AT THE WEATHER. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY. IT'S LOVELY AND SUNNY THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPPER NORTH, JUST A BIT MORE OVERCAST UP AROUND KAITAIA WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS FIRST THING THIS MORNING. BIT FRESH FOR ALL OF YOU WITH THOSE SOUTHERLY BREEZES. TEMPS IN THE MID-TEENS FOR ALL OF YOU. THOSE LONG FINE SPELLS THROUGH HERE AS WELL. BIT FROSTY TO START WITH THROUGH HERE, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO WRAP UP WARM. BUT THOSE CLEAR BLUE SKIES DURING THE DAY. 12 DEGREES IN TOKOROA AND ROTORUA, 15 IF YOU'RE IN HAMILTON. YOU'RE MORE OVERCAST FURTHER EAST WITH THE ODD SHOWER PEPPERED THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU, ALTHOUGH LESS FREQUENT AROUND DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 11 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN MASTERTON, 13 AROUND HASTINGS AND GISBORNE. THERE'S NICE, FINE WEATHER FOR MOST OF YOU OUT WEST. WITH JUST A BIT OF CLOUD FOR SOME AT TIMES. BUT IN WELLINGTON IT'S MORE OVERCAST WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, MORE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. 12 DEGREES IN THE CAPITAL AND TAUMARUNUI, 13, 14 FOR THE REST OF YOU. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LOVELY DAY FOR MOST ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT. FRESH AND FROSTY TO START WITH, THOUGH. AND IN KAIKOURA THERE'S CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING WITH LUNCHTIME RAIN BEFORE BECOMING FINE THIS AFTERNOON. 13 DEGREES IN BLENHEIM AND NELSON, 14 ALONG THE COAST. YOU'LL BE SETTING OFF TO FROSTS AND CLOUD COVER SHIFTING EAST, WITH THE CHANCE OF A COUPLE OF MORNING SHOWERS ALONG THE COAST THERE. BUT THAT SHOULD ALL CLEAR AWAY AFTER MIDDAY. ALEXANDRA CERTAINLY HAS SOME SUNNIER SKIES. 9 THE EXPECTED HIGH THERE, 10 FOR THE REST. THERE'S SHOWERS FIRST THING THROUGH DUNEDIN AND SOUTHLAND, INCLUDING OVER ON STEWART ISLAND, BUT ONCE THEY'VE CLEARED, ALONG WITH THE MORNING CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU, IT'S A MOSTLY FINE DAY. 10 DEGREES IN DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL, 12 IN QUEENSTOWN. AND THEN HAVING A LOOK AT YOUR THURSDAY ` TOMORROW, IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND, APART FROM A BIT OF DRIZZLE IN THE WEST. THERE'S RAIN IN THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST, HEAVY AROUND FIORDLAND. BUT IT SHOULD BE GOOD EVERYWHERE ELSE WITH JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD. THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THE GOVERNMENT CAME UNDER PRESSURE IN PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY REGARDING ITS RESPONSE TO THE COUNTRY'S MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, WITH NATIONAL'S MATT DOOCEY'S APPARENTLY LAYING BARE THE REALITY THAT TWO YEARS AFTER LABOUR'S WELLBEING BUDGET, WITH ITS $1.9 BILLION FOR MENTAL HEALTH, ONLY A FRACTION OF THAT MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT. OF 235 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR NEW FACILITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST HALF A MILLION HAS ACTUALLY GOT OUT THE DOOR. IN RESPONSE, HEALTH MINISTER ANDREW LITTLE HAS ADMITTED TO BEING VERY FRUSTRATED', AND HINTED STRONGLY THAT HE INTENDS TO ORDER AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH'S PROCESS, WHICH IS WHAT WE INTENDED TO BE THE SOLE FOCUS OF THIS INTERVIEW WHEN WE INVITED THE MINISTER ON THE SHOW YESTERDAY. BUT, OVERNIGHT, NEW SOUTH WALES HEALTH HAS ANNOUNCED THAT AT LEAST ONE CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASE IN THEIR STATE TRAVELLED TO AND FROM WELLINGTON THIS PAST WEEKEND. AND SO, WITH MINISTER LITTLE, WHO IS HEALTH MINISTER NOT COVID-19 RESPONSE MINISTER, JOINING US FROM OUR STUDIO IN THE CAPITAL THIS MORNING, WE'D REALLY LIKE TO BEGIN WITH ANY NEW INFORMATION HE MAY HAVE ABOUT THIS TRAVELLER FROM NEW SOUTH WALES. IS THERE ANYTHING NEW ON WHAT WE HAVE BEEN UPDATED THUS FAR? NOT REALLY. THIS GUY WAS ON A QANTAS FLIGHT THAT ARRIVED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY MORNING. HE LEFT ON MONDAY MORNING. WE WANT ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THAT QANTAS FLIGHT THAT ARRIVED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY MORNING TO ISOLATE AND TO CALL THE HELPLINE JUST TO CHECK WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING. WE KNOW THAT HE HAS IDENTIFIED FOR CLOSE CONTACTS, PEOPLE HE WAS WITH OVER THE WEEKEND. THEY WILL BE CONTACTED AND WE ARE WAITING FOR INFORMATION ON ANY PLACES THEY VISITED. IT WAS A PRETTY MISERABLE WEEKEND IN WELLINGTON LAST WEEK AND, SO HOPEFULLY THEY DID NOT GO OUT TOO MUCH. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE INFORMATION, BUT IN THE MEANTIME THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN EITHER TRAVELLING, THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE THOSE APPROPRIATE STEPS. THIS IS QF163. THIS IS A QANTAS FLIGHT FROM SYDNEY INTO WELLINGTON ARRIVING JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY MORNING. ESSENTIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT. LEFT FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT ARRIVED IN WELLINGTON AT ABOUT 12:12 ON SATURDAY MORNING. ANYONE ON THAT FLIGHT NEEDS TO GET A CHECK. STAY AT HOME ANYWAY. RING HEALTH LINE, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ADVISE WHETHER YOU NEED TO GET A TEST OR WHAT APPROPRIATE ACTION. DO WE KNOW YET FROM NEW SOUTH WALES IF THIS IS THE DELTA VARIANT? DO NOT KNOW ANY OF THOSE DETAILS. WE ARE SEEING A BIT OF DELTA VARIANT. THAT WOULD BE A BUMMER. WE COULD DO WITHOUT THAT. IT IS A RISK OF THE BUBBLE. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE BEEN VERY CAUTIOUS. THE BIGGEST BENEFIT WE HAVE GOT IS THE STATE WE'RE IN AT THE MOMENT. WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PRESERVE THAT, AND WE MAKE NO APOLOGY FOR APPROACHING THE OPENING OF THE BORDERS AS CAUTIOUSLY AS WE ARE. ARE WE SCANNING AS YOU WOULD LIKE? FROM WHAT YOU KNOW, I WAS STILL SCANNING AT THE SAME RATE THAT IS REQUIRED OF US? NO, I DO NOT THINK WE ARE. I SEE THE FIGURES. I AM ABSOLUTELY A DILIGENT SCANNER. I HAVE TO BE. IT IS NOW FOURTH OF HABIT. WHEN I LOOK AT THE FIGURES, THE NUMBERS ARE NOT WITH A SHOULD BE. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS THE EFFORT. CAN WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH? I KNOW YOU ARE SAYING YOU'RE VERY FRUSTRATED, BUT IF WE GO BACK TO THE WELL-BEING BUDGET, ABOUT REMARKABLE AT THE TIME. THE PROBLEM IS, AND I SPENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, I WATCHED PARLIAMENT, I READ ALL OF THE MEDIA COVERAGE, I LOOKED AT THE WRITTEN QUESTIONS, AND THEN I STARTED TO GO OVER THE LITERATURE. EVERYONE IN THE SICKNESSES WE ARE STILL UNDER THE SAME STRAIN, ACTUALLY THE SAME STRESSES, THE SAME PROBLEMS. THE $1.9 BILLION HAS NOT RESULTED IN MEANINGFUL DELIVERY YET. WHY NOT? I DISAGREE WITH THAT. LET ME PUT SOMETHING AROUND THAT. $1.9 BILLION, WHAT IT HAS DONE UP TO NOW IS ADDED 524 TIMES THE EQUIVALENT PEOPLE IN CLINICS AND USE LINE STOP SHOPS DOING FRONT-LINE PRIMARY MENTAL HEALTH CARE. THAT IS IN PLACE, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE. THIS IS A FOUR OR FIVE YEAR PROGRAM OF CHANGE. WE HAVE MADE THE COMMITMENT FOR UPGRADES OF MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES. THEY TAKE TIME. IT IS NOT CORRECT TO SAY THAT ONLY $500,000 HAS BEEN SPENT. AS I EXPLAINED IN PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY, WHICH YOU SAID YOU WASH, AND WHY MATT IS WRONG WHEN HE SAYS WHAT HE SAID, THEY HAVE INCURRED THE EXPENDITURE BEFORE THEY GET THE REIMBURSEMENT, AND IT IS ONLY WHEN THEY GET THE REIMBURSEMENT AND IT IS BOOKED AGAINST THAT $235 MILLION. HOW MANY NEW ACUTE BEDS ARE THERE? THE OTHER FICTITIOUS STORY ABOUT ONLY FIVE NEW BEDS BEING THERE, THOSE FACILITIES HAVE NOT BEEN BUILT YET. A SMALL NUMBER ADMITTEDLY, BUT THE BIG UPGRADE STUFF, THE ADDITIONAL BEDS, THEY COME FROM THE INVESTMENT, THE $235 MILLION. THE CONSTRUCTION FOR ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS IS NOT TO START UNTIL 2022. THE NATIONAL PARTY KNOWS THIS. THE ONE MENTAL HEALTH INVESTMENT THEY MADE IN THE WHOLE TIME THEY WERE IN GOVERNMENT WAS FOR THE COUNTIES MANUKAU WHICH OPENED LAST YEAR. IT TAKES TIME TO GET THESE THINGS DESIGNED, PLANNED AND BUILT. LET'S TAKE THIS AWAY, AND LET'S TAKE IT AWAY TO ANYTHING FROM THE NATIONAL'S, AND LET'S GO TO THE EXPERTS. IN MARCH, THEY SAID FRONT-LINE MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS ARE OVERWHELMED BY SKYROCKETING DEMAND AND HAVE SEEN NO MEANINGFUL PROGRESS DESPITE THE PROMISES OF THE 2018 MENTAL HEALTH ENQUIRY. IT IS PEOPLE IN THE FIELD. NEARLY 1/3 OF BEDS AND ACUTE MENTAL HEALTH UNITS ARE OCCUPIED BY LONG-TERM PATIENTS SHOULD BE TREATED IN THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS STILL THE SAME CRISIS AROUND ACUTE CARE. WE KNOW THAT ACUTE CARE AND THE DEMAND FOR IT HAS GONE UP JUST IN THE LAST REASONABLY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE WHOLE REASON FOR DOING THE FRONT-LINE STAFF THAT WE ARE DOING, AND WE PRIORITISE THE PRIMARY MENTAL HEALTH ADDICTION AND STUFF, THE MORE WE CAN HELP PEOPLE IN THE EARLY STAGES, THE BETTER CHANCE WE HAVE OF PREVENTING PEOPLE NEEDING TO GO TO THOSE ACUTE SERVICES. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE DONE THAT. THIS WAS A FOUR OR FIVE YEAR PROGRAM OF CHANGE. WE ARE BARELY 2 YEARS THROUGH THAT. WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO. THE FRUSTRATION I HAVE IS THAT I AM PLEASED ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE, AND I WANT TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE TRACKING AGAINST WHAT WE HAVE EXPECTED TO ACHIEVE WHEN WE MADE THE COMMITMENTS IN 2019, AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PLAN AHEAD LOOKS LIKE. I JUST DO NOT HAVE THAT REASSURANCE FROM THE MINISTRY YET, WHICH IS WHY HAVE INDICATED PUBLICLY THAT I AM LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET THAT REASSURANCE. USE THE WORD FRUSTRATION AND YOU ALSO USED IT YESTERDAY. WHO ARE YOU FRUSTRATED WITH? YOU JUST IF YOU ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THE MINISTRY. IF YOU TAKE THE INTENTION OF THE $1.9 BILLION AND AT THE TIME EVERYONE SAID YES, THANK YOU, WE NEED THIS. WHO WAS LETTING YOU DOWN? WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF THE FRUSTRATION YOU ARE DESCRIBING? I HAVE ASKED FOR WHAT THE MILESTONES ARE FOR THE NEXT REMAINING PERIOD. IT IS GREAT THAT WE ARE SEEING THESE NUMBERS IN THE PRIMARY MENTAL HEALTH CARE, SO THAT 520 FOLKS, THEY COVER AND UNROLLED PATIENT POPULATION OF NEARLY 1 1/2 MILLION. WE COMPLETE THE PROCESS, IT WILL BE UP TO 4 MILLION. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING NEXT. I STILL DO NOT GET WHY WE MAKE THESE COMMITMENTS ABOUT UPGRADES AND REBUILDS AND WHAT HAVE YOU TWO YEARS AND AND WE ARE STILL IN THE DESIGN AND PLANNING STAGE. THAT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO MENTAL HEALTH CAPITAL PROJECTS. IT IS HEALTH PROBE REJECTS GENERALLY. THERE ARE MULTIPLE DECISIONS TO BE MADE. AS THE MINISTER, SHOULDN'T YOU BE OVER THE MINISTRY? SHOULD YOU HAVE BEFORE NELSON WHERE ARE WE AT AND WHY IS THIS NOT HAPPENING FASTER? I HAVE WEEKLY MEETINGS AND I GET REGULAR UPDATES. I GET THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT. I WANT TO KNOW ALSO WHAT IS THE FUTURE LOOKING LIKE. I AM NOT GETTING THE INFORMATION. I HAVE TO SAY, I AM SIMPLY NOT GETTING THE INFORMATION. I GET CORRESPONDENCE FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND A LOT OF PARENTS CONCERNED ABOUT THE OFTEN YOUNG ADULT CHILDREN NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. AND THAT CONCERNS ME. OF COURSE IT DOES. I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY DOING THE BIG CHANGE STUFF BUT WE'RE ALSO DOING THE BUSINESS AS USUAL STUFF AS WELL. ONE SHOULD NOT BE SET OFF AGAINST THE OTHER. I AM NOT SURE THAT WE HAVE GOT THAT RIGHT YET. YOU WILL NOT HAVE SEEN IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN TRAVELLING, BUT WE HAD A GUY IN EARLIER FROM MATES, AND THEY ARE DOING REALLY GOOD WORK. WE ALL KNOW THAT A MENTAL HEALTH, THERE IS NO ROOM FOR ERROR. BUT EVERYONE WHO DEALS WITH THEM SAYS IT IS MEANINGFUL. I AM A TOUGH ROUGH CONSTRUCTION WORKER, AND I AM SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE LIKE ME AND WHO ARE SUPPORTING ME. NOT FUNDED BY THE MINISTRY. I JUST WONDER IS THE MINISTRY NOT ONLY SLOW-MOVING BUT EXCESSIVELY CAUTIOUS OR IS CAUTION APPROPRIATE AND MENTAL HEALTH? CAUTION IS APPROPRIATE. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THERAPEUTIC SERVICES YOU ARE SUPPORTING ALL FUNDING IS DOING THE RIGHT THING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR THE RIGHT PEOPLE. PARTICULARLY FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COMPLY WITH THE LAW THAT SAYS IF YOU ARE PROVIDING SERVICES TO CHILDREN THAT ACTUALLY THE PEOPLE ARE VETTED AND SAFE AND ALL THE REST OF IT. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT. WE ARE CAUTIOUS, BUT I DO WONDER WHETHER WE ARE EXHIBITING A SENSE OF URGENCY THAT I THINK THE COMMUNITY FEELS ABOUT SOME OF THESE ISSUES. YOU ARE RIGHT. YOUNG MEN IN CONSTRUCTION, YOUNG MEN IN THE RURAL SETTINGS, RURAL OCCUPATIONS, THEY ARE HIGH ON OUR LIST OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SERVICES IN THE RIGHT PLACES FOR THOSE PEOPLE. WE OWE A HUGE DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO THE THIRD JOHN KERWIN'S AND THE MIKE KINGS WHO OVER THE MANY YEARS HAVE ALLOWED US TO TALK MORE OPENLY ABOUT THESE THINGS. THEY HAVE ALLOWED YOUNG MEN TO REACH OUT AND GET HELP. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE HELPERS THERE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. WE HAVE TO DO SO WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY, AND AS A MINISTER, I AM SAYING THAT WE ARE NOT SATISFIED THAT WE ARE THERE YET AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE SURE WE DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THERE IS ONE THING AROUND THE SENSE OF EMERGENCY IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THERE IS ONE THING ALSO ABOUT ORGANISATIONS THAT ARE MAKING MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE. COMING UP ` AN UPDATE ON WHEN WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD EXPECTS TO HAVE FULL SERVICES BACK ONLINE, FOLLOWING LAST MONTH'S SERIOUS CYBER-ATTACK. A MONTH AGO LAST WEEK, ON THE 18th OF MAY, MEDICAL SERVICES THROUGHOUT WAIKATO WERE LEFT REELING BY A CRIMINAL CYBER-ATTACK ON THE DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NETWORK. THE ATTACK CRASHED PHONE LINES, AND COMPUTERS, AND BLOCKED ALL IT SERVICES EXCEPT EMAIL IN WAIKATO, THAMES, TOKOROA, TE KUITI AND TAUMARUNUI HOSPITALS. INITIALLY, THE BEST ESTIMATE FOR HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE TO GET ALL SERVICES BACK UP AND RUNNING WAS 2 TO 3 DAYS. JOINING US NOW VIA PHONE 36 DAYS SINCE THE CYBER-ATTACK, WITH AN UPDATE ON WHAT HAS AND HASN'T BEEN RESTORED, IS DHB CHIEF EXECUTIVE KEVIN SNEE. MORENA, NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US. HOW ARE YOU? I AM FINE. ANOTHER DAY IN THE WAIKATO DHB WHEN WE ARE CARRYING ON DELIVERING SERVICES. WHAT AN AWFUL MONTH YOU'VE HAD. A STATEMENT YOU PUT OUT A WEEK AGO, AND NUMBER SERVICES RESTORED INCLUDING DIAGNOSTICS FROM YOUR LAB INCLUDING RADIOLOGY SERVICES. YOU ARE SENDING PEOPLE OUT OF TOWN FOR RADIOLOGY WORK, IS THAT HAPPENING IN WAIKATO NOW? WE AREN'T SENDING PATIENTS AWAY ANYMORE. RADIATION THERAPY? ARE RADIOLOGY AND PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS BOTH UP AND RUNNING NOW THOSE ARE THE CORE CLINICAL SERVICES, AND THEN YOU HAVE OTHER SERVICES COMING ONLINE. THEY INCLUDE OUR CAPABILITY. PRESCRIBING PATIENT NOTES, HR SYSTEMS. GRADUALLY THE ORGANISATIONS ARE GETTING BACK TO THE POSITIONS THEY SHOULD BE IN. IT IS A BIT OF A LONG HAUL. IT HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE HASN'T IT? THE PHONE LINE, IT IS A LITTLE BIT ORDINARY, CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM, CLINICIANS CAN NOW ACCESS PATIENT INFORMATION? YES THEY CAN. YOU SEND THE CLINICIANS OUT OF TOWN WITH YOUR PATIENTS TO. EVERYONE IS BACK IN HOMEBASE AGAIN? BY THE END OF THIS WEEK EVERYONE SHOULD BE BACK. NOT ONLY HAS THIS BEEN A PAIN AND HIGHLY STRESSFUL BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE A COST OCCURRED IN TERMS OF PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE SENT AWAY. YES THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT COST. IN THE MANY MILLIONS? UNDOUBTEDLY THERE WILL BE SEVERAL MILLIONS. IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE AND THINK THANK GOD THAT IS OVER, THINGS HAVE BEEN RESTORED TO PRIOR TO THIS ATTACK, WHEN DO YOU THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? IT IS GOING TO BE AROUND A FEW WEEKS BEFORE WE HAVE GOT EVERYTHING BACK UP AND RUNNING. BEYOND THAT IT WILL BE A FEW MONTHS WHEN WE ARE DONE RE-ENTERING DATA. THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF PATIENTS WHO ARE BEING GIVEN ELECTIVE SURGERY OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AND THEY NEED TO CATCH UP, AND THAT WILL TAKE A FEW MONTHS. THE SYSTEM GETTING BACK UP AND RUNNING, WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT 90 TO 95% CAPABILITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR THE LATEST. WE HAVE THE LATEST WITH ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD AFTER NEWS AND WEATHER. Sarah?! Jenny Craig works. I've lost 15kg and feel great. Flexible delivery options available with Jenny Craig. A POSITIVE COVID-19 CASE TRAVELLED FROM SYDNEY TO WELLINGTON SEVERAL CLOSE CONTACTS AT OUR ISOLATING. THE NEW SOUTH WALES HEALTH AUTHORITY ISSUED AN ALERT LATE LAST NIGHT ABOUT TWO FLIGHTS. ABBEY WAKEFIELD IS AT WELLINGTON AIRPORT AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. MORENA, ABBEY. THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS THAT WE CAN TELL YOU THAT FOUR CLOSE CONTACTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND THEY ARE NOW ISOLATING. SITES OF INTEREST WILL BE ADVISED, AND THEY SAY IT IS MOST LIKELY THAT THIS CASE CONTRACTED COVID-19 IN SYDNEY PRIOR TO FLYING TO NEW ZEALAND. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS ADVISING ANYONE OF THOSE CLOSE CONTACTS AND ANYONE ON THOSE FLIGHTS. ARRIVED ON QANTAS FLIGHT QF163 IN WELLINGTONTHOSE ARRIVED ON QANTAS FLIGHT QF163 IN WELLINGTONT ON 19 JUNE AT 12.12 AM. THE CASE LEFT WELLINGTON ON THE AIR NZ FLIGHT NZ 247 ON 21 JUNE AT 10.13 AM. WE HAVE JUST HAD AN UPDATE FROM AIR NEW ZEALAND, WHO SAY THEY HAVE THOROUGHLY CLEANED THE AIRCRAFT. WE SPOKE TO HEALTH MINISTER ANDREW LITTLE A SHORT TIME AGO, AND HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. STAY AT HOME ANYWAY, RING HEALTHLINE, AND THEN HEALTHLINE WILL BE ABLE TO ADVISE WHETHER YOU NEED TO GET A TEST, OR WHAT APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO TAKE. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH ALSO SAYS GENOME SEQUENCING IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY TO SEE IF THIS CASE IS LINKED TO THE CURRENT COVID OUTBREAK IN SYDNEY. THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. LET'S BRING IN OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT ANDREW MACFARLANE FOR MORE ON THIS. ANDREW, THE CLUSTER IN SYDNEY KEEPS GROWING. THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE HAS BEEN PAUSED FOR 72 HOURS FOR BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND NEW SOUTH WALES. 10 NEW CASES WERE ANNOUNCED, TODAY'S UPDATE WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF IT WILL BE A TREND OF CASE NUMBERS. WE ARE HOPING TO GET MORE INFORMATION OF THE CASE FOR TRAVEL TO NEW ZEALAND. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, ANDREW. MEANWHILE NATIONAL LEADER JUDITH COLLINS SAYS PROTOCOL AROUND THE COVID CASE'S VISIT TO WELLINGTON SHOWS THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE IS WORKING. WHEN THERE ARE CASES, THEY'RE ALERTED. PEOPLE TAKE ACTION. IF THERE ARE ANY CLOSURES OF THAT BUBBLE, THAT THAT OCCURS PROPERLY AND PROMPTLY. 15 MONTHS ON FROM COVID-19'S ARRIVAL, ITS RIPPLE EFFECT IS STILL HURTING KIWIS FINANCIALLY. A REPORT BY THE SALVATION ARMY HAS REVEALED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITHDRAWING THEIR KIWISAVER JUMPED 22% IN THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 2020. THE 'MONEY TALKS' HELPLINE HAS ALSO RECEIVED AN INCREASE IN CALLS SINCE DECEMBER. THE CHARITY IS CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO RE-THINK KIWISAVER, AS WELL AS ATTACHMENT ORDERS FOR BENEFICIARIES, WHICH DIVERTS MONEY FROM MSD TO PAY OFF DEBT. TO SPORT, AND TIM SOUTHEE HAS GIVEN THE BLACKCAPS A GLIMMER OF HOPE GOING INTO THE FINAL DAY OF THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP. AFTER A SHORT RAIN DELAY AT THE START OF DAY FIVE, THE BLACKCAPS MIDDLE ORDER STARTED TO COLLAPSE BEFORE THE TAIL-ENDERS HELPED THEM FINISH THEIR FIRST INNINGS WITH A LEAD OF 32 RUNS. TIM SOUTHEE THEN STRUCK EARLY, DISMISSING INDIAN OPENER SHUBMAN GILL. HE THEN TOOK THE KEY WICKET OF FELLOW OPENER ROHIT SHARMA. (CROWD CHEERS) (CROWD CHEERS) OH, CLOSE, SURELY! YES, THE FINGER GOES UP, MICHAEL GOUGH. THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF BOWLING FROM TIM SOUTHEE. TIM SOUTHEE BRINGING UP 600 INTERNATIONAL WICKETS, BECOMING THE SECOND KIWI TO DO SO. INDIA FINISHED THE DAY WITH A LEAD OF 32 RUNS AND EIGHT WICKETS IN HAND. THERE'S 98 OVERS TO PLAY TOMORROW. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WILL BE WATCHING ALL 98. I MIGHT TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE. HAVE THE CAFFEINE. THE MORE YOU TALK ABOUT IT, THE MORE I THINK IT IS FASCINATING. IT IS ABOUT EXPOSURE. WHERE I GREW UP, PEOPLE PLAYED RUGBY NETBALL OR TOUCH, AND THAT IS ALL YOU TALKED ABOUT. HAD I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH A BIT MORE CRICKET... THERE IS ONLY ROSS TAYLOR, YOU DO NOT SEE ANY PACIFIC PEOPLE PLAYING CRICKET. I GET EXPOSED TO IT, AND I STOOD AND WHAT IT. SPEAKING OF EXPOSURE, HOW IS THE WEATHER? THAT WAS A CLUMSY SEGUE. IS NOT YOUR BEST, BUT IS NOT YOUR WORST. IT IS A CHILLY MORNING FOR A LOT OF US. IT'S LOVELY AND SUNNY THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPPER NORTH, JUST A BIT MORE OVERCAST UP AROUND KAITAIA WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS FIRST THING THIS MORNING. BIT FRESH FOR ALL OF YOU WITH THOSE SOUTHERLY BREEZES. TEMPS IN THE MID-TEENS FOR ALL OF YOU. THOSE LONG FINE SPELLS THROUGH HERE AS WELL. BIT FROSTY TO START WITH THROUGH HERE, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO WRAP UP WARM, BUT THOSE CLEAR BLUE SKIES DURING THE DAY. 12 DEGREES IN TOKOROA AND ROTORUA, 15 IF YOU'RE IN HAMILTON. YOU'RE MORE OVERCAST FURTHER EAST WITH THE ODD SHOWER PEPPERED THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU, ALTHOUGH LESS FREQUENT AROUND DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 11 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN MASTERTON, 13 AROUND HASTINGS AND GISBORNE. THERE'S NICE, FINE WEATHER FOR MOST OF YOU OUT WEST, WITH JUST A BIT OF CLOUD FOR SOME AT TIMES. BUT IN WELLINGTON IT'S MORE OVERCAST WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, MORE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. 12 DEGREES IN THE CAPITAL AND TAUMARUNUI, 13, 14 FOR THE REST OF YOU. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LOVELY DAY FOR MOST ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT. FRESH AND FROSTY TO START WITH, THOUGH. AND IN KAIKOURA, THERE'S CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING WITH LUNCHTIME RAIN BEFORE BECOMING FINE THIS AFTERNOON. 13 DEGREES IN BLENHEIM AND NELSON, 14 ALONG THE COAST. YOU'LL BE SETTING OFF TO FROSTS AND CLOUD COVER SHIFTING EAST, WITH THE CHANCE OF A COUPLE OF MORNING SHOWERS ALONG THE COAST THERE. BUT THAT SHOULD ALL CLEAR AWAY AFTER MIDDAY. ALEXANDRA CERTAINLY HAS SOME SUNNIER SKIES. 9 THE EXPECTED HIGH THERE, 10 FOR THE REST. THERE'S SHOWERS FIRST THING THROUGH DUNEDIN AND SOUTHLAND, INCLUDING OVER ON STEWART ISLAND, BUT ONCE THEY'VE CLEARED, ALONG WITH THE MORNING CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU, IT'S A MOSTLY FINE DAY. 10 DEGREES IN DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL, 12 IN QUEENSTOWN. AND THEN HAVING A LOOK AT YOUR THURSDAY ` TOMORROW, IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND, APART FROM A BIT OF DRIZZLE IN THE WEST. THERE'S RAIN IN THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST, HEAVY AROUND FIORDLAND. BUT IT SHOULD BE GOOD EVERYWHERE ELSE WITH JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD. WE WILL DO BESPOKE WEATHER JUST AFTER 8 O'CLOCK. UPLOAD A PHOTO AND TELL US WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT UP YOUR PLACE. THE BIG NEWS THIS MORNING, FOUR PEOPLE ARE ISOLATING AFTER SOMEONE WHO'S TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID TRAVELLED TO WELLINGTON FROM SYDNEY OVER THE WEEKEND. THE NEWS OF THE FLIGHT CAME THROUGH LATE LAST NIGHT, JUST AFTER IT WAS ANNOUNCED THE TRAVEL BUBBLE WITH NEW SOUTH WALES WAS ON HOLD AS A RESULT OF THE GROWING CLUSTER THERE. LET'S BRING IN 1 NEWS AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT ANDREW MACFARLANE WHO IS IN SYDNEY. HE IS UP BRIGHT AND EARLY. I WISH IT WASN'T IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES. DO WE NOT VARIANT OF THIS PERSON HAS, AS AT THE DELTA VARIANT? OR IS IT TOO SOON TO SAY THAT DEFINITIVELY? WHAT IS CIRCULATING A NEW SOUTH WALES IS THE DELTA VARIANT, SO THAT'S A BIG CONCERN, SO THE CASES THAT WE HAVE BEEN GETTING HERE ON THE DAILY HAVE BEEN THE MORE TRANSMITTABLE STRAIN OF THE VIRUS, SO THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT IS THE DELTA VARIANT THAT HAS BEEN PUT INTO THE NEW ZEALAND. BONDI JUNCTION IS A VERY POPULAR SHOPPING CENTRE HERE, AND THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE JUST CROSSED PATHS ARE FOR BARELY A MINUTE AND THAT IS ALL IT HAS TAKEN FOR THAT WANT TO TAKE THE VIRUS, I DO NOT WANT TO ALARM YOU, BUT THAT IS WHY THE STRAIGHT OF THE VIRUS IS A CONCERN, BECAUSE THE STRAIN OF TRANSMISSIBILITY IS JUST THAT BUT HIGHER. JUST TO CONFIRM, WE DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE NO GENOME SEQUENCING DONE YET. CAN WE GO TO THE DETAILS. SOME PEOPLE WILL BE JUST TUNING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME. A FLIGHT THAT LEFT A FEW DAYS AGO, AND ARRIVED AROUND MIDNIGHT THE 19TH. THE PERSON WAS ONLY IN WELLINGTON FOR A FEW DAYS. BUT WILL BE GIVEN FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE NEW SOUTH WALES SIDE OF THINGS. I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE FORMALLY ANNOUNCED THIS CASE, DEVELOP THE PERSON HAS RETURNED TO NEW SOUTH WALES, IT IS OFFICIALLY A SYDNEY CASE. HOW TRANSMITTABLE AND HOW CONTAGIOUS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, THE CT VALUE. THAT WILL BE BIT OF EXTRA INFORMATION. THE BIG QUESTION FOR PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND WAS HOW GOOD THE PERSON WAS AT SCANNING THE QR CODES, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE A BIG TEST OF THE CONTACT TRACING SYSTEM AND HOW EASY IS TO PICK UP WHEN PEOPLE COME TO NEW ZEALAND, BECAUSE IN SYDNEY, THE QR CODES ARE QUITE DIFFICULT TO SPOT, SO HOPEFULLY NEW ZEALAND'S SYSTEMS ARE A LOT EASIER AT THE PERSON HAD GATHERED AT THE CONTACT TRACING APP ON THEIR PHONE. DR BLOOMFIELD WILL BE JOINING US UP TO THE BREAK. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING, AND I KNOW YOU WILL BE ON 6 O'CLOCK TONIGHT AS WELL IS A LONG DAY FOR YOU. COMING UP ` DOCTOR ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD JOINS US WITH THE LATEST ON THE COVID CASE THAT VISITED WELLINGTON. - What if we gave you free power... to use however you like whenever you like, just for being a customer? AS YOU WOULD'VE HEARD THIS MORNING, A POSITIVE COVID-19 CASE TRAVELLED FROM SYDNEY TO WELLINGTON OVER THE WEEKEND. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF HEALTH, DR ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD. DR BLOOMFIELD, THANK YOU FOR CEMETERY JOINING US THIS MORNING GIVEN THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING, CAN WE START WITH THE GENOME SEQUENCING, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE IS NO RESULT AS OF YET, BUT WE WILL THAT RESULT BE BACK? MORENA. THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM TEND TO BE PRETTY QUICK AT GETTING THESE RESULTS TURNED AROUND, SO WE WILL HOPE TO HAVE THAT WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING LATER TODAY, AND THAT WILL GIVE US FIRST OF ALL INDICATION OF WHERE THIS CASE HAS ARISEN FROM, AND ALSO WHAT VARIANT IT MIGHT . BE THE HISTORY IS VERY SUGGESTED THAT THIS PERSON WAS ADDICTED IN SYDNEY BEFORE THEY TRAVEL TO NEW ZEALAND. DEVELOPS SYMPTOMS OUR MONDAY, AND WE GOT THE RESULT BACK LAST EVENING. EVER IS THE MORE INFECTIOUS STRAIN, WILL THAT CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE DEAL WITH THINGS HERE? WHATEVER THE STRAIN, IT IS THE SAME VIRUS, THE RESPONSE IS THE SAME AND WHAT IS VERY CRITICAL HERE IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN PLACES OF INTEREST, THEY ARE POTENTIAL CONTACTS, THAT THEY FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION WHICH WILL BE TO ISOLATE, BE TESTED, AND REMAIN ISOLATED AT LEAST UNTIL THEY HAVE THE NEGATIVE TEST, SOME PEOPLE, IF THEY HAVE POTENTIALLY BEEN A CLOSE CONTACTS, MAY BE REQUIRED TO ISOLATE THE LONGER. WE ARE ALSO OF COURSE GOING TO CONSIDER WHETHER OTHER MEASURES NEED TO BE USED, SUCH AS MASK USE AND RESTRICTIONS ON GATHERING SIZE. WE HAVE A CLOSE CONTACTS IN ISOLATION AND OVER THE NEXT 45 MINUTES, WILL BE ABLE TO RELEASE THE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE PLACES OF INTEREST IN WELLINGTON, AND I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN WELLINGTON OVER THE WEEKEND TO CHECK OUT THAT INFORMATION AND SEE IF THEY ARE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AT A PLACE OF INTEREST AND ACT QUICKLY. 45 MINUTES, DO WE HAVE ANY NOW? ARE YOU ABLE TO RELEASE ANY OF THOSE NOW? I DON'T HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION. THIS WAS ELICITED FROM THE CASE LAST EVENING, WHEN THE PERSON WAS ABLE TO BE TALKED TO IN AUSTRALIA, BUT THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM HAS BEEN PROVIDING US WITH INFORMATION AS IT HAS COME AVAILABLE TO THEM, BUT WE SPOKE TO THE PERSON LAST EVENING AS WELL. THE TEAM IS CONFIRMING ALL THE DATES AND TIMES, AND WE WILL BE RELEASING THAT INFORMATION AS SOON AS IT IS FINALISED, AS WELL AS VERY CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS, QUICKLY. WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THE PERSON TRAVELLED TO WELLINGTON AS A TOURIST, SO THERE WILL BE LIKELY SOME TOURIST SITES, BARS AND EATING PLACES, RESTAURANTS AND CAFES. DO WE KNOW THIS PERSON WAS USING THE SCANNING CODES? WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT WHETHER THEY WERE USING THE NEW ZEALAND APP, IT WILL BE HELPFUL AS A BACKUP FOR THE HISTORY OF WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN, BUT PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT WELLINGTONIAN IS WHEEZING THE APP, BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE FINDING OUT ABOUT THESE LOCATIONS, WE CAN SEND OUT A PUSH NOTIFICATION FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE AT THE TIME, WHETHER THE PERSON WAS USING THE APP OR NOT, SO IT IS A TIMELY REMINDER, THAT EVEN WHEN IT SEEMS EVERYTHING IS OKAY, TO KEEP USING THE APP EVERY DAY AS A MATTER OF HABIT. FOR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO SELF ISOLATE, WHAT ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL US ABOUT THIS FOR PEOPLE, HOW CLOSE WERE THEY TO THIS POSITIVE CASE? I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION. WE HAVE THE NAMES AND CONTACT DETAILS THROUGH THAT EVENING LAST NIGHT, THEY WERE CONTACTED QUICKLY ENOUGH TO ISOLATE, BUT I DO NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE CASE OR HOW MUCH TIME THEY SPENT WITH THEM. WHAT ABOUT THE KRUGER FLEW OVER ON THAT FLIGHT, THEY ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS? EVERYBODY WHO WAS ON THE FLIGHT, BOTH TO NEW ZEALAND AND TO SYDNEY, WE ARE CONSIDERING A CLOSE CONTACT, SO THAT IS PRETTY BROAD, AND THAT INCLUDES THE CABIN CREW. THOSE IN THE COCKPIT WOULD NOT HAVE HAD ANY CONTACT WITH THE PERSON. ALTHOUGH PEOPLE ON THE FLIGHT ARE CONSIDERED CLOSE CONTACTS AND WILL BE ISOLATED AND TESTED. 21 CASES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED IN SYDNEY. THERE ARE MORE CASES, DOES THAT CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH THE SITUATION HERE? IT WILL NOT CHANGE THE WAY WE ARE DEALING WITH THE SITUATION HERE. LAST EVENING, BEFORE WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS CASE, WE HAD ORDERED PROVIDED ADVICE TO THE MINISTER TO PAUSE THE CURRENT TRAVEL BUBBLE WITH NEW SOUTH WALES. WE DID THAT OF THE BACK OFF A COUPLE OF THE CASES THAT CAME THROUGH YESTERDAY THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO BE QUICKLY LINKED TO THE CURRENT CASES, AND WE JUST FELT THE RISK WAS STILL LOW OVERALL, BUT THERE WAS A BIT OF A FLAG THERE, SWEEP WITH A PAUSE IN PLACES 72 HOURS ANYWAY, AND WE WILL BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR AUSTRALIAN COLLEAGUES. A REMINDER TO ANYONE WHO HAS TRAVELLED BACK FROM NEW SOUTH WALES OVER THE LAST WEEK OR WEEK AND 1/2 TO CHECK AND SEE IF THEY WERE AT ANY OF THOSE PLACES OF INTEREST, AND THEY MUST ISOLATE AND GET A TEST. ANY OVERSEAS TRAVEL SHOULD BE VERY VIGILANT IF THEY HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS. GIVEN THAT WE DID NOTE THAT IT WAS THE DELTA VARIANT IN SYDNEY, THE MORE INFECTIOUS STRAIN, SHOULD WE HAVE PAUSED THE BUBBLE SOONER? WE HAVE BEEN DOING A FULL RISK ASSESSMENT ONCE OR TWICE A DAY, WE ARE ON THE TELECONFERENCES EVERY DAY WITH OUR AUSTRALIAN COUNTERPARTS, NOT JUST NEW SOUTH WALES, BUT ALL STATES AND FEDERAL HEALTH LEADERS, SO WE GET UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION, AND I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN MY TEAM WHO GO THROUGH A VERY THOROUGH ASSESSMENT, TOOK UP THE CASES, THE GENOME SEQUENCING, THE EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND THE INTELLIGENCE THAT THEY GET FROM TALKING TO THEIR COUNTERPARTS. WE HAVE DONE NO STAR RISK ASSESSMENTS, AND IT WAS OFF THE BACK OF THAT RISK ASSESSMENT YESTERDAY, EVEN THOUGH THAT WE FELT THAT THE OVERALL RISK WAS LOW, WE PUT THE TRAVEL PAUSE ON FOR 72 HOURS. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT WELLINGTON COULD MOVE ALERT LEVELS? AS POSSIBLE, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ALL THE OPTIONS THIS MORNING, AND WHETHER OTHER MEASURES MIGHT BE NEEDED. IN THE MEANTIME, USE MASKS ON OTHER TRANSPORT, USE THE APP ALL THE TIME. WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THE UPDATE AND WHERE WILL THEY BE PUT UP ON THE LOCATIONS OF INTEREST? WE WILL PUT THEM UP ON THE WEBSITE AND THERE WILL BE INFORMATION ABOUT 830 THIS MORNING, AND IF THERE ARE MORE LOCATIONS OF INTEREST THAT WE FIND OUT THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, WE WILL PUBLICISE THEM AS THEY COME TO HAND. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING, ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST EVENT CENTRES HAS GONE INTO LIQUIDATION. MORE ON THAT AT 8. ALSO AHEAD, THE SURVIVOR OF THE CENTREPOINT COMMUNE WHO'S REVEALED HER IDENTITY ALSO AHEAD, THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY BOOK WHO ORIGINALLY WROTE IT OUT OF A PSEUDONYM. SHE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT SURVIVAL AND IDENTITY, SHE IS JOINING US IN THE STUDIO. HE IS YOUR 8 O'CLOCK NEWS. SEVERAL CLOSE CONTACTS OF A POSITIVE COVID-19 CASE THAT TRAVELLED FROM SYDNEY TO WELLINGTON OVER THE WEEKEND ARE NOW ISOLATING. ABBEY WAKEFIELD IS AT WELLINGTON AIRPORT AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. MORENA, ABBEY. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH ALSO SAYS, THIS CASE WAS MOST LIKELY CONTRACTED IN AUSTRALIA PRIOR TO FLYING TO NEW ZEALAND. PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THESE FLIGHTS SHOULD ISOLATE IMMEDIATELY. THE CASE ARRIVED ON QANTAS FLIGHT QF163 IN WELLINGTON ON 19 JUNE AT 12.12 AM. THE CASE LEFT WELLINGTON ON THE AIR NZ FLIGHT NZ247 ON 21 JUNE AT 10.13 AM. WE HAVE HEARD FROM IAN NEW ZEALAND WHO HAVE SAID THEY HAVE CURRENTLY GOT THEIR CREW WHO WAS ON THAT FLIGHT ISOLATING AND THEY ARE GETTING TESTS. WE SPOKE TO DR ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD A SHORT TIME AGO. HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THE PERSON TRAVLLED TO WELLINGTON TO LOOK AROUND THE PLACE AS A TOURIST, SO THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME TOURIST PLACES, BARS, EATING SITES, RESTAURANTS AND CAFES. WE WANT TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. DR BLOOMFIELD ALSO SAYS AN ALERT LEVEL CHANGE FOR THE WELLINGTON REGION MAY BE POSSIBLE IF REQUIRED. OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING IF YOU ARE FEELING SYMPTOMATIC TO CALL HEALTHLINE AND ISOLATE AT HOME. LET'S BRING IN AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT ANDREW MACFARLANE FOR MORE ON THIS. ANDREW, THE CLUSTER IN SYDNEY KEEPS GROWING. WE ARE SITTING AT 21 CASES NOW. THE STATE PREMIER HAS ALREADY WARNED THAT MORE CASES ARCS BE DEAD IN THE COMING DAYS. THIS PERSON DID NOT DEVELOP SYMPTOMS WHILE IN NEW ZEALAND. THEY ONLY REALISED THEY MIGHT HAVE POSSIBLY CAUGHT THE VIRUS ONCE THEY ARRIVED BACK IN SYDNEY. WE ARE HOPEFULLY GOING TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM NEW SOUTH WALES OFFICIALS LATER TODAY. WE HAVE ALSO HAD A FEW MYSTERY CASES POPPING UP. A STUDENT AT A SCHOOL HAS TESTED POSITIVE IN THE LAST DAY OR SO. HOW THEY CONTRACTED IT WAS POTENTIALLY THROUGH A FLEETING CONTACT. PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD BRIEF CONTACT WITH ANOTHER. ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST EVENTS AND EXHIBITION CENTRES HAS GONE INTO LIQUIDATION. AUCKLAND'S ASB SHOWGROUNDS IN GREENLANE HAS BEEN HOSTING EVENTS FOR NEARLY 180 YEARS. A CAR AUCTION WAS MEANT TO TAKE PLACE THERE THIS WEEKEND. ORGANISERS SAY THEY'VE BEEN FORCED TO POSTPONE IT DUE TO THE UNFORESEEN LIQUIDATION. LAST YEAR, THE SHOWGROUNDS SUSTAINED A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR LOSS AFTER SIX MONTHS OF NO EVENTS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. AMIDST RISING TENSIONS GLOBALLY, FOREIGN MINISTER NANAIA MAHUTA HAS MET VIRTUALLY WITH HER CHINESE COUNTERPART OVERNIGHT. WANG YI SAID THE CHINA NEW ZEALAND RELATIONSHIP COULD BE A MODEL FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, BUILT ON MUTUAL RESPECT AND CO-OPERATION. THAT'S DESPITE NEW ZEALAND AND ITS SECURITY PARTNERS EXPRESSING CONCERNS OVER REPORTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN XINJIANG PROVINCE, AS WELL AS CHANGES TO HONG KONG'S ELECTORAL SYSTEM. TRANSLATOR: CHINA AND NEW ZEALAND ARE COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PARTNERS WHOSE RELATIONS HAVE MAINTAINED SOUND AND STABLE DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE NO HISTORICAL GRUDGES AGAINST EACH OTHER, NOR DO WE HAVE ANY CONFLICT OF INTERESTS. CHINA ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO ITS RELATIONS WITH NEW ZEALAND AND VALUES THE MUTUAL TRUST WE HAVE BUILT SO FAR. MINISTER WANG SAID CHINA HOPES TO COMMUNICATE WITH NEW ZEALAND ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY ISSUES. TO SPORT ` AND TWO LATE WICKETS HAVE GIVEN THE BLACKCAPS A SLIM CHANCE OF VICTORY HEADING INTO THE FINAL DAY OF THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL. AFTER A SHORT RAIN DELAY AT THE START OF DAY 5, THE BLACKCAPS MIDDLE ORDER STARTED TO COLLAPSE BEFORE THE TAIL ENDERS HELPED THEM FINISH THEIR FIRST INNINGS WITH A LEAD OF 32 RUNS. TIM SOUTHEE THEN STRUCK EARLY DISMISSING INDIAN OPENER SHUBMAN GILL. HE THEN TOOK THE KEY WICKET OF FELLOW OPENER ROHIT SHARMA. OH, CLOSE, SURELY. YES, THE FINGER GOES UP THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF BOWLING. TIM SOUTHEE BRINGING UP 600 INTERNATIONAL WICKETS BECOMING THE SECOND KIWI TO DO SO. INDIA FINISHED THE DAY WITH A LEAD OF 32 RUNS AND EIGHT WICKETS IN HAND THERE'S 98 OVERS TO PLAY TOMORROW. YOU KNOW WHY THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF BOWLING? WELL, YOU WILL NEVER KNOW. ONE MORE FOOTBALL STORY. ENGLAND HAVE SCORED TO TAKE AN EARLY LEAD IN THEIR FINAL EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST THE CZECH REPUBLIC, AFTER JUST MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY INISDE THE FIRST TWO MINUTES. STRIKER RAHEEM STERLING MADE UP FOR IT SHORTLY AFTER. ENGLAND COULD BE IN HERE. OVER SAKA. STERLING AT WEMBLEY AGAIN. MEANWHILE, IN THE GROUP'S OTHER GAME, CROATIA LEAD SCOTLAND 1-0. CALA MCGREGOR'S STRIKE ENDED THE FIRST GAME AT 1-1. WHY WAS THAT A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF BOWLING? HE HAD ACTUALLY LIFTED HIS BAT. HE WAS GOING TO LEAVE IT. THE BATSMEN THOUGHT HE WAS SAFE. THEN THE BALL CUT BACK IN AND HIT HIS PAD. AND HE WAS OUT. IS THAT LIKE A CURVEBALL? THAT IS TWO WAYS THE BALL CAN MOVE. ONE IS SWINGING, IN THE AIR. AND ONE IS OFF THE SEAM. IT CAN MOVE OFF THE SEAM WHEN IT HITS THE PITCH. THAT DEPENDS ON CONDITIONS AND ALL THAT? IT REALLY IS SCIENTIFIC. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE. YOU ALL RIGHT? HOLD ON A SEC. YOU TALK ABOUT NETBALL FOR THOUSANDS OF HOURS. I DO ONE LITTLE SEAM VERSUS SWING. I BLAME YOU, INDIRA. CAN YOU GUYS DO IT AT 9.01? THAT WAS ACTUALLY VERY INFORMATIVE. THOUSANDS OF HOURS. WELL DONE. THANKS, MATTY. WRIGHT, I GOT IT. TO PIECES OF LEATHER SOMEONE TOGETHER. DO YOU KNOW HOW THEY MAKE NETBALLS? (ALL LAUGH) LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY. IT'S LOVELY AND SUNNY THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPPER NORTH, JUST A BIT MORE OVERCAST UP AROUND KAITAIA WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS FIRST THING THIS MORNING. BIT FRESH FOR ALL OF YOU WITH THOSE SOUTHERLY BREEZES. TEMPS IN THE MID-TEENS FOR ALL OF YOU. THOSE LONG FINE SPELLS THROUGH HERE AS WELL. BIT FROSTY TO START WITH THROUGH HERE, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO WRAP UP WARM. BUT THOSE CLEAR BLUE SKIES DURING THE DAY. 12 DEGREES IN TOKOROA AND ROTORUA, 15 IF YOU'RE IN HAMILTON. YOU'RE MORE OVERCAST FURTHER EAST WITH THE ODD SHOWER PEPPERED THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU, ALTHOUGH LESS FREQUENT AROUND DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 11 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN MASTERTON, 13 AROUND HASTINGS AND GISBORNE. THERE'S NICE, FINE WEATHER FOR MOST OF YOU OUT WEST. WITH JUST A BIT OF CLOUD FOR SOME AT TIMES. BUT IN WELLINGTON IT'S MORE OVERCAST WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, MORE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. 12 DEGREES IN THE CAPITAL AND TAUMARUNUI, 13, 14 FOR THE REST OF YOU. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LOVELY DAY FOR MOST ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT. FRESH AND FROSTY TO START WITH, THOUGH. AND IN KAIKOURA THERE'S CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING WITH LUNCHTIME RAIN BEFORE BECOMING FINE THIS AFTERNOON. 13 DEGREES IN BLENHEIM AND NELSON, 14 ALONG THE COAST. YOU'LL BE SETTING OFF TO FROSTS AND CLOUD COVER SHIFTING EAST, WITH THE CHANCE OF A COUPLE OF MORNING SHOWERS ALONG THE COAST THERE. BUT THAT SHOULD ALL CLEAR AWAY AFTER MIDDAY. ALEXANDRA CERTAINLY HAS SOME SUNNIER SKIES. 9 THE EXPECTED HIGH THERE, 10 FOR THE REST. THERE'S SHOWERS FIRST THING THROUGH DUNEDIN AND SOUTHLAND, INCLUDING OVER ON STEWART ISLAND, BUT ONCE THEY'VE CLEARED, ALONG WITH THE MORNING CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU, IT'S A MOSTLY FINE DAY. 10 DEGREES IN DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL, 12 IN QUEENSTOWN. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TODAY. RIGHT ABOUT HERE. BESPOKE WEATHER - HARWOOD ON THE OTAGO PENINSULA. ROSEMARY SENT THIS REQUEST IN. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN ON THE DOORSTEP OF HER HOUSE. STOP IT. SHE SAID IT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, RESTFUL PLACE, AND THE WEATHER IS GREAT FOR KAYAKING, PADDLE BOARDING, AND IN THE SUMMER, SWIMMING. THERE WILL BE TWO DAYS AND SOME ARE WHERE YOU COULD SWIM THERE. ACROSS THE HARBOUR IS PORT CHALMERS. LOOKING OUT AT THAT EVERY SINGLE MORNING. WOULDN'T THAT PUT YOU IN THE BEST MOOD? THERE ARE ALSO OFTEN YACHTS SAILING AROUND. THE HOUSE PRICES ARE CHEAP AND WE JUST LOVE BEING THERE! NOT AFTER THAT. TODAY, MORNING SHOWERS, THEN BECOMING FINE. SOUTH-WESTERLIES DYING OUT IN THE MORNING, THEN NORTHERLIES DEVELOPING. HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 10 DEGREES. AND THEN HAVING A LOOK AT YOUR THURSDAY ` TOMORROW, IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND, APART FROM A BIT OF DRIZZLE IN THE WEST. THERE'S RAIN IN THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST, HEAVY AROUND FIORDLAND. BUT IT SHOULD BE GOOD EVERYWHERE ELSE WITH JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD. IF YOU WANT YOUR SPOT FEATURED, YOU CAN. OH, GOD, I DROPPED THE CLICKER. HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE. UPLOAD A PHOTO AND TELL US WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR PLACE. IF KRIS FAAFOI IS WATCHING, I WANT HIM TO KNOW WE ARE NOT CAVALIER ABOUT THE TWO DOLLAR CLICKER. STILL FOCUSED ON THE CRICKET BALL, AREN'T YOU? SWING VERSUS SEAM. IT'S THE 23rd OF JUNE AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE CELEBRATING WITH YOU, AOTEAROA. TODAY'S THE DAY HAYDEN TURNS 11 YEARS OLD! RA WHANAU HAYDEN! HERE HE IS WITH HIS KITTEN MILLIE ` WHAT A GREAT SHOT! HAYDEN LOVES HIS FOOTBALL AND WE'RE TOLD HE GETS UP EVERY MORNING TO WATCH MATTY ` TALK ABOUT PLAYING FAVOURITES! WAIT A SECOND, MATTIE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FOOTBALL. SMASHED THE ILLUSION. HAVE AN AWESOME DAY FROM ALL OF US HERE AT BREAKFAST! TODAY'S THE DAY LEILANI TURNS THE BIG 21 YEARS OLD! HARI HURITAU, LEILANI. YOUR WHANAU SAY THEY ARE SO BLESSED AND LUCKY TO HAVE YOU IN THEIR LIVES. HERE SHE IS WITH TWO FAVOURITE UNCLES, UNCLE VERN AND UNCLE DON! THAT IS SUCH A SPECIAL PHOTO, LEILANI. WE HOPE YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY CELEBRATING! TODAY'S THE DAY GRANNY JEAN TURNS 100 YEARS OLD! (APPLAUSE) NOW THAT'S IMPRESSIVE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEAN. SHE IS ABSOLUTELY LOVED AND ADORED BY HER WHANAU, INCLUDING HER SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN AND FIVE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN! HER FAMILY HOPE SHE HAS A WONDERFUL DAY AND SO DO WE. GO YOU, JEAN! AND FINALLY, TODAY'S THE DAY OUR INCREDIBLE PRODUCER MILLIE TURNS 26. MILLIE IS A TREASURE TO US ON THE BREAKFAST TEAM. SHE GENERATES A LOT OF OUR STORY IDEAS. SHE CREATES THE NEWS BULLETINS YOU SEE EVERY HALF HOUR AND SHE IS A GREAT SUPPORT FOR MANY ON THE TEAM. NOT ONLY IS SHE AN OUTSTANDING PRODUCER, SHE IS A KIND PERSON AND REALLY CARES ABOUT PEOPLE. MILLIE, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO WITH OUT YOU. WE REALLY ARE GRATEFUL. WE HOPE YOU HAVE THE BEST DAY. MILLIE, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN ON YOUR BIRTHDAY. THERE SHE IS. BRILLIANT. SHE GOT UP AT STUPID O'CLOCK. WE LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR BIRTHDAY WITH US. REMEMBER YOU NEED TO SEND US A PHOTO OR VIDEO TO GET FEATURED ON TODAY'S THE DAY. BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ AND USE 'TODAYS THE DAY' IN YOUR SUBJECT LINE. COMING UP, A REMARKABLE WOMAN. SHE IS OWNING HER STORY. HER SURVIVAL STORY. SHE IS WITH US IN THE STUDIO AFTER THE BREAK. WE ARE HAVING A CHAT ABOUT SOMETHING BIG. 21 YEARS AGO, WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE COMMUNE THAT HAD BEEN CENTREPOINT WAS SHUT DOWN. BUT THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE INSIDE CENTREPOINT DOESN'T END LIKE THAT. THE CHILDREN WHO WERE RAPED THERE, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW DO THEY SHUT DOWN THE MEMORIES? CAN THEY? MANY OF THE CHILDREN WHO LIVED AND GREW UP THERE HAVE CARRIED THE BURDEN OF TRAUMA AND ABUSE FROM THEIR TIME IN THAT SO-CALLED 'FREE LOVE' COMMUNITY. THAT'S A HORSE SHIT TITLE. THEY SUFFERED IN SILENCE FOR DECADES. LAST MONTH, A DOCUMENTARY AIRED ON TVNZ CALLED 'HEAVEN AND HELL', WHERE FORMER MEMBERS AND CHILDREN FINALLY TOLD THEIR STORIES. DURING THE RELEASE OF THE DOCUMENTARY, WE SPOKE WITH THREE WOMEN WHO GREW UP THERE AND WHO WERE A PART OF THE DOCO. NOW ONE OF THOSE WOMEN, RACHEL C KING, JOINS US AGAIN. SHE WROTE THE BOOK 'SURVIVING CENTREPOINT' THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN 2013 UNDER THE NAME ELLA JAMES, BUT NOW SHE'S REPUBLISHED IT UNDER HER REAL NAME. MORENA. WHY DID YOU GO FROM ELLA TO RACHEL? BECAUSE IF I AM TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE I NEED TO SHOW MY FACE. AND SHOW THEM THAT I AM OK. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GIVE OTHER PEOPLE THE STRENGTH TO COME FORWARD. IF MORE OF US ARE HONEST, THE SHAME CAN FALL AWAY. SINCE YOU STARTED TELLING YOUR STORY AND PARTICULARLY SINCE THE DOCUMENTARY AND YOU HAVE APPEARED ON TV TALKING ABOUT IT, IT HAS BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T SURE WHAT TO SAY. IT'S A VERY PERSONAL STORY AND JOURNEY. WHAT DO THEY SAY? IT'S A HEARTBREAKING JOURNEY. I THINK ABOUT YOU BEING 13 OR 14, WHICH IS AN AGE OF DISCOVERY. AND YOU GO ALONG HOPEFULLY AT YOUR OWN PACE. AND DISCOVER WHAT IS APPROPRIATE. (QUOTES FROM BOOK) YOU WERE 13 AND THEY WERE ADULTS. THIS IS TERRIBLE ABUSE. TO BE A VIRGIN WAS LOOKED DOWN ON. YOU WERE TOLD TO GET OVER YOURSELF, STOP BEING A DRAMA QUEEN, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. THIS IS ADULTS SAYING TO ME. AND OTHER TEENAGERS. ' FOR GODS SAKE, GET RID OF IT. THEN YOU WILL ENJOY IT' ALONGSIDE THE OPEN SHOWERS. IT WAS PREDATORY AND CYNICAL. ONE UP ONE OF OUR PRODUCERS WANTED ME TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS, WHEN YOU BEGAN WRITING THIS YOU SAID IT WAS TO PLUCK THE MEMORIES OUT OF YOUR HEAD. DID YOU THINK YOU COULD PUT THEM IN THERE AND SEE OFF YOU GO? I DON'T THINK I WAS THAT NAIVE, I JUST NEEDED A PLACE FOR THEM. THE MEMORIES NEVER GO. THEY SOFTEN OVERTIME, BUT THEY NEVER LEAVE YOU. YOU BECOME BETTER AT DEALING WITH THEM. THERE'S A SPACE FOR THOSE MEMORIES NOW OUTSIDE OF MY HEAD. WHAT I DWELL ON, AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE PHONE YESTERDAY, AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WINDSOR THREE IF YOU WERE IN, AS THIS S WORD. IT'S A BIG WORD AND YOU MADE IT THE FIRST WORD OF YOUR TITLE. SURVIVING. HOW THE HELL DO YOU SURVIVE? IT'S ON A CONTINUUM. AS EVERYDAY. *ITS EVERY DAY. YOU GET THROUGH WHAT YOU GET THROUGH AS A TEENAGER AT THE CULT. THEN YOU TRY AND BE A BIG PARENT WITHOUT THE MEMORIES DISTURBING YOU TOO MUCH. THEN YOU MOVE INTO A DIFFERENT PHASE OF YOUR LIFE. DOES NOT EVER GO AWAY. I THINK THAT SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE. EVEN WITH THERAPY, SURVIVAL IS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. DID IT GET EASIER WHEN YOU UNDERSTOOD, REALLY EXPLICITLY THE SHAME WAS NOT YOURS. THE FAULT WAS NOT YOURS, THE BLAME WAS NOT YOURS. WHEN YOU FINALLY TRULY UNDERSTOOD THAT, WAS THAT LIBERATING? VERY LIBERATING. I HAVE TO SAY THERE IS STILL A LITTLE BIT OF SHAME LEFT. THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT DOES NOT FULLY GO AWAY. I WANT TO TELL YOU YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEEL SHAME ABOUT. BUT THAT IS NO REASSURANCE AT ALL, AS IT? YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY THE VICTIM OF AN ENVIRONMENT THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE TREATED YOU LIKE THAT. YOU DO KNOW THAT, DON'T YOU? IT'S JUST THE SHAMEFUL PART OF MY HISTORY. IT'S JUST THE SHAMEFUL PART OF MY HISTORY. BUT I AM DOING OKAY/ I SINCE YOU ARE. SENSE* YOUR CHILDREN DESERVE PRIVACY, BUT THESE A BIG CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE. THEY ARE TEENAGERS NOW. THEY HAVE A SENSE OF THE WORLD. IS A GREAT TIME TO TALK ABOUT BOUNDARIES AND TO NOT BE SHAMED BY ANYONE ELSE. THIS WAS NOT MY SHAME ALL MY FAULT. I'M HOPING I AM MODELLING THIS WELL FOR THEM AS WELL AS OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE. IT'S TOUGH BEING A PARENT AND DOING THIS, BUT MY KIDS HAVE BEEN AMAZING. AND THEIR MUM IS A SURVIVOR. AND THEIR MUM IS COURAGEOUS. AND THEIR MUM KNOWS WHAT'S RIGHT. THAT IS A GREAT POSITION TO PARENT FROM. IF ONLY SOME OF THESE PRICKS HAD KNOWN THAT. THIS IS YOUR STORY. IS KIND OF HEARTBREAKING THAT IT'S YOUR STORY, BUT IS IT GOOD TO HAVE WRITTEN IT? YES, DEFINITELY. IT IS BITTERSWEET. IT'S A SAD STORY BUT I HOPE IT GIVES SOME PEOPLE HOPE. THAT THEY CAN COME FORWARD. I AM STILL HERE. I AM DOING OK. WHAT'S THE FIRST WORD OF THE TITLE AGAIN? SURVIVOR. CONGRATULATIONS ON SURVIVING, RACHEL. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS BOOK IS OUT UNDER YOUR NAME. BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT GETTING THROUGH. ITS TESTIMONY TO THE OTHERS. RACHEL C KING. SURVIVING CENTREPOINT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. STAY WITH US. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE 8:30 NEWS. SEVERAL CLOSE CONTACTS OF A POSITIVE COVID19 CASE THAT TRAVELLED FROM SYDNEY TO WELLINGTON OVER THE WEEKEND ARE NOW ISOLATING. THE NEW SOUTH WALES HEALTH AUTHORITY ISSUED AN ALERT LATE LAST NIGHT ABOUT TWO FLIGHTS. ABBEY WAKEFIELD IS AT WELLINGTON AIRPORT AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. MORENA, ABBEY. MORENA. THE LATEST INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE IS THAT FOR CLOSE CONTACTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND ARE NOW ISOLATING. SITES OF INTEREST WILL BE ANNOUNCED AS A FURTHER CONTACT TRACING IS UNDERWAY, AND THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH SAYS THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO IS THAT THIS CASE CONTRACTED COVID-19 AND SYDNEY, PRIOR TO FLYING TO NEW ZEALAND. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS ADVISING THAT ANYONE ON THIS FLIGHT SHOULD ISOLATE AND IMMEDIATELY. THE CASE ARRIVED ON QANTAS FLIGHT QF163 IN WELLINGTON ON 19 JUNE AT 12.12 AM. THE CASE LEFT WELLINGTON ON THE AIR NZ FLIGHT NZ247 ON 21 JUNE AT 10.13 AM. IN NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH US THIS MORNING AND THEY HAVE SAID THAT ALL OF THE CREW THAT WERE ON THE FLIGHT ARE NOW ISOLATING AND THEY ARE GETTING A TEST. WE SPOKE TO DR ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD A SHORT TIME AGO, AND HE SAID THAT THIS CASE WAS A TOURIST, SO THEY CAME HERE AND VISITED A FEW TOURIST LOCATIONS. AND HE ALSO SAID THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF IT ALERT LEVITATED WELLINGTON REGION MAY HAPPEN IT REQUIRED. AND HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ALL THE OPTIONS THIS MORNING, INCLUDING IF OTHER MESAURES ARE NEEDED. IN THE MEANTIME, OF COURSE, PEOPLE SHOULD BE DOING ALL THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO ANYWAY, AND CERTAINLY USING MASKS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT, STAY HOME IF YOU ARE UNWELL, USE THE APP ALL THE TIME, AND IF YOU ARE UNWELL, DO CALL HEALTHLINE AND ARRANGE TO GET A TEST. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH ALSO SAYS THAT GENOME SEQUENCING IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY TO SEE IF THIS COVID-19 CASE IS CONNECTED TO THE CURRENT OUTBREAK IN SYDNEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATES THIS MORNING. WE HEAD ACROSS THE TASMAN NOW TO OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT ANDREW MACFARLANE FOR MORE ON THIS. ANDREW, THE CLUSTER IN SYDNEY KEEPS GROWING. MORENA. IT WILL BE ANOTHER ANXIOUS WAIT FOR SYDNEYSIDERS WAKING UP THIS MORNING. YESTERDAY, WE HAD 10 CASES OVER A 24-HOUR PERIOD, MEETING THIS CLUSTER HAS NOW GROWN TO 21 CASES. THE STATE PREMIER IS WARNING PEOPLE THAT WE COULD EXPECT EVEN MORE AS CLOSE CONTACTS AT HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS CONTINUE TO HAVE TEST RESULTS RETURNED OVER THE COMING DAYS. AT THIS STAGE, THE BIG THING CAUSING CONCERN IS A NEW CASE AND A PRIMARY SCHOOL CONTACTS WHO DID NOT HAVE ANY CLEAR LINKS TO THE WIDER CLUSTER, AND THERE IS GENOME SEQUENCING UNDERWAY FOR THE PARTICULAR PERSON, SO WE WILL BE GETTING MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT CASE TODAY, AND AT 1 O'CLOCK TODAY, IT WILL BE GETTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERSON WHO IS IN NEW SOUTH WALES AND TRAVEL TO WELLINGTON, WHICH HAS PUT THE CITY ON HIGH ALERT. 15 MONTHS ON FROM COVID-19'S ARRIVAL, ITS RIPPLE EFFECT IS STILL HURTING KIWIS FINANCIALLY. A REPORT BY THE SALVATION ARMY HAS REVEALED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITHDRAWING THEIR KIWISAVER JUMPED 22% IN THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 2020. THE 'MONEY TALKS' HELPLINE HAS ALSO RECEIVED AN INCREASE IN CALLS SINCE DECEMBER. THE CHARITY IS CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO RE-THINK KIWISAVER, AS WELL AS ATTACHMENT ORDERS FOR BENEFICIARIES, WHICH DIVERTS MONEY FROM MSD TO PAY OFF DEBT. AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON HAVE SHOT UP ON THE LIST OF THE 209 MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES TO LIVE IN FOR FOREIGN WORKERS. THE CITY OF SAILS 70TH IN THE WORLD, SOARING 33 PLACES, WHILE WELLINGTON HAD A SIMILAR JUMP ` UP FROM 123RD IN 2020 TO 94TH MOST EXPENSIVE. THE ANNUAL REPORT RANKS CITIES BASED ON EXPENSES SUCH AS HOUSING, TRANSPORT, AND FOOD. IT'S DESIGNED TO HELP COMPANIES AND GOVERNMENTS DETERMINE HOW MUCH THEY SHOULD PAY WORKERS. THE CAPITAL OF TURKMENISTAN WAS THE MOST COSTLY, FOLLOWED BY HONG KONG, BEIRUT AND TOKYO. TO SPORT ` AND THE BLACKCAPS HAVE ONE MORE DAY TO SALVAGE A WIN THE FINAL DAY OF THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL. AFTER A SHORT RAIN DELAY AT THE START OF DAY 5, THE BLACKCAPS MIDDLE ORDER STARTED TO COLLAPSE BEFORE THE TAIL ENDERS HELPED THEM FINISH THEIR FIRST INNINGS WITH A LEAD OF 32 RUNS. TIM SOUTHEE THEN STRUCK EARLY DISMISSING INDIAN OPENER SHUBMAN GILL. HE THEN TOOK THE KEY WICKET OF FELLOW OPENER ROHIT SHARMA. OH, CLOSE, SURELY. YES, THE FINGER GOES UP FROM MICHAEL GOUGH. THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF BOWLING. TIM SOUTHEE BRINGING UP 600 INTERNATIONAL WICKETS BECOMING THE SECOND KIWI TO DO SO. INDIA FINISHED THE DAY WITH A LEAD OF 32 RUNS AND EIGHT WICKETS IN HAND THERE'S 98 OVERS TO PLAY TOMORROW. AND WARRIORS TEENAGE SENSATION REECE WALSH HAS OPENED UP ABOUT THE MOMENT HE WAS CALLED UP TO THE QUEENSLAND STATE OF ORIGIN SIDE. THE 18 YEAR OLD IS SET TO DEBUT AT FULLBACK FOR THE MAROONS, AND WILL BECOME THE YOUNGEST PLAYER TO PLAY ORIGIN SINCE BEN IKIN IN 1995. WALSH, WHO'S ONLY PLAYED 7 NRL GAMES, GOT THE CALL-UP AT THE MOVIES. 20 MINUTES INTO THE MOVIE, MY PHONE STARTS CALLING, AND I LOOK AT THE PHONE AND I'M LIKE, 'HOLY (BLEEP), WHAT THE'. I WAS LIKE, 'THIS IS THE NUMBER, THIS NUMBER IS CALLING ME, 'I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS'. AND I LOOKED AT MY MISSUS, AND SHE GOES, 'OH, ORIGIN'. AND I WAS JUST LIKE, 'NO WAY'. THAT IS GOLD. THEY TELL YOU TO TURN YOUR PHONE OFF! WHAT HAPPENS IF IT WAS DURING A GOOD BIT? MAYBE IT WAS ON VIBRATE. THAT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE CINEMA. DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE TWO LEATHER PIECES THAT ARE SO TOGETHER FOR THE CRICKET BALL? LINDA APPRECIATED IT. WHEN YOU SHINE A CRICKET BALL, YOU ONLY SHINE ONE SIDE. BECAUSE THE FRICTION. SO THE ROUGH SIDE IS LESS AERODYNAMIC THAN THE SHINY SIDE, WHICH MEANS MORE SWING. SHINE, SHINE, SHINE. I ACTUALLY FOUND IT REALLY INTERESTING, I SURPRISE MYSELF. I AM JUST GOTTA GO BACK OVER HERE. HANG OUT WITH MY MATE. I LOVE YOUR PASSION. UNLESS IT STARTS AGAIN, I'M GOING TO HANG OUT OVER HERE. ARE YOU FINISHED? HAVE YOU GOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, INDIRA? I WANT TO KNOW WHY THE CAPITAL OF TURKMENISTAN IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITY IN THE WORLD! WHAT IS GOING ON THERE? WE WILL ASK. I REALLY HOPE REESE WALSH MAINTAINS THAT. IT WILL GET KNOCKED OUT OF HIM AFTER HE GETS SMASHED ON SUNDAY. HE WILL BE GIVING MONOTONE COVERED GAME OF TWO HALVES ANSWERS IN ANY TIME. IT'S LOVELY AND SUNNY THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPPER NORTH, JUST A BIT MORE OVERCAST UP AROUND KAITAIA WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS FIRST THING THIS MORNING. BIT FRESH FOR ALL OF YOU WITH THOSE SOUTHERLY BREEZES. TEMPS IN THE MID-TEENS FOR ALL OF YOU. THOSE LONG FINE SPELLS THROUGH HERE AS WELL. BIT FROSTY TO START WITH THROUGH HERE, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO WRAP UP WARM. BUT THOSE CLEAR BLUE SKIES DURING THE DAY. 12 DEGREES IN TOKOROA AND ROTORUA, 15 IF YOU'RE IN HAMILTON. YOU'RE MORE OVERCAST FURTHER EAST WITH THE ODD SHOWER PEPPERED THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU, ALTHOUGH LESS FREQUENT AROUND DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 11 THE EXPECTED HIGH IN MASTERTON, 13 AROUND HASTINGS AND GISBORNE. THERE'S NICE, FINE WEATHER FOR MOST OF YOU OUT WEST. WITH JUST A BIT OF CLOUD FOR SOME AT TIMES. BUT IN WELLINGTON IT'S MORE OVERCAST WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, MORE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. 12 DEGREES IN THE CAPITAL AND TAUMARUNUI, 13, 14 FOR THE REST OF YOU. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LOVELY DAY FOR MOST ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT. FRESH AND FROSTY TO START WITH, THOUGH. AND IN KAIKOURA THERE'S CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING WITH LUNCHTIME RAIN BEFORE BECOMING FINE THIS AFTERNOON. 13 DEGREES IN BLENHEIM AND NELSON, 14 ALONG THE COAST. YOU'LL BE SETTING OFF TO FROSTS AND CLOUD COVER SHIFTING EAST, WITH THE CHANCE OF A COUPLE OF MORNING SHOWERS ALONG THE COAST THERE. BUT THAT SHOULD ALL CLEAR AWAY AFTER MIDDAY. ALEXANDRA CERTAINLY HAS SOME SUNNIER SKIES. 9 THE EXPECTED HIGH THERE, 10 FOR THE REST. THERE'S SHOWERS FIRST THING THROUGH DUNEDIN AND SOUTHLAND, INCLUDING OVER ON STEWART ISLAND, BUT ONCE THEY'VE CLEARED, ALONG WITH THE MORNING CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU, IT'S A MOSTLY FINE DAY. 10 DEGREES IN DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL, 12 IN QUEENSTOWN. AND THEN HAVING A LOOK AT YOUR THURSDAY ` TOMORROW, IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND, APART FROM A BIT OF DRIZZLE IN THE WEST. THERE'S RAIN IN THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST, HEAVY AROUND FIORDLAND. BUT IT SHOULD BE GOOD EVERYWHERE ELSE WITH JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD. THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. I AM WRITING A MEMO TO NEW ZEALAND ON AIR, I AM THINKING OF A SERIES IN WHICH I EXPLAINED THE MOVEMENT OF A CRICKET BALL. IT WILL BE CO-PRESENTED BY MATTY MACLEAN. INDIRA WILL WATCH. I WILL COME IN THE NEXT DAY IT'S A GOOD JOB. YOU WILL BE WATCHING DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. THANK YOU, JOHN CAMPBELL, FOR EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENCE. THAT'S MY PSEUDONYM. I SAW YOU TYPING. DON'T ENCOURAGE HIM. STOP ENCOURAGING HIM. COMING UP ` THE BIG BUDDY PROGRAMME HAS JUST HIT 100 MATCHES FOR YOUNG BOYS IN NEED OF FATHER FIGURES. WE MEET A PAIR WHO MET OVER 20 YEARS AGO, WHO'LL TELL US JUST HOW SPECIAL THIS BOND IS. KIA ORA ANO. BIG BUDDY DO SOME INCREDIBLE MAHI IN OUR COMMUNITIES, RECRUITING 'GOOD GUYS' TO SPEND TIME WITH OUR YOUNG TANE WHO NEED FATHER FIGURES. TODAY THEY'VE JUST HIT A VERY IMPRESSIVE MILESTONE OF 1,000 MATCHES OF LITTLE BUDDIES WITH BIG BUDDIES! JOSH GOODWIN AND MARK ROBSON KNOW ALL TOO WELL HOW SPECIAL THIS BOND IS. THEY WERE PAIRED UP IN THE BIG BUDDY PROGRAMME 22 YEARS AGO, AND TO THIS DAY, THEY REMAIN A BIG PART OF EACH OTHERS LIVES. SO WITH US ON THE COUCH THIS MORNING IS THIS AWESOME BIG BUDDY, LITTLE BUDDY PAIR, JOSH AND MARK. MORENA KORUA! MORNING. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. 22 YEARS AGO YOU TO CONNECTED. WHY DID YOU BECOME INVOLVED? I DID A MEN'S GROUP WEEKEND WHEN I WAS IN MY MID-30S. OUT OF THAT WAS A REALISATION THAT A LOT OF MAIL PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY BEING UNDER FATHERED. I WAS ALSO INTRODUCED TO THE BIG BUDDY PROGRAM. IT WAS A LIGHTBULB MOMENT THAT I AM MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP ONE PERSON AND MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE, TO USE A CLICHE. IT'S JUST BODY GOOD FUN. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE CONNECTION WAS LIKE OVER THOSE YEARS. WHERE WERE YOU AT THE TIME WHERE HE CAME BACK INTO YOUR LIFE? THAT WAS NOT AROUND, RIGHT? KNOW, JUST ME AND MY MUM. AND SHE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO HAVE A MALE ROLE MODEL? I HAVE BROTHERS BUT THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT FATHER THAN ME AND THEY ARE A BIT OLDER THAN ME. MUM HEARD ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ME TO HAVE ONE-ON-ONE TIME WITH SOMEONE WHO COULD BE A ROLE MODEL. TELL US ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP, IF I CAN TAKE YOU BACK TO THOSE EARLY DAYS, THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH MARK. IT WAS COOL. FIRST IT WAS A LITTLE STRANGE. IT WAS ME AND MUM AND NOW I GET PAIRED UP WITH MARK. WAS IT SOMETHING YOU AGREED TO? YES, I AGREED. IT WAS JUST THOSE FIRST FEW WEEKS. THE AWKWARD STAGE. MARK WAS INTO SPORTS, I WASN'T. I WAS MORE MUSICALLY INCLINED SO WE WOULD GO TO THE BEACH. WE WENT TO A CONCERT. A COUPLE OF SPORTING GAMES. OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE MORE IN COMMON. HOW IMPORTANT WAS THAT RELATIONSHIP? I'M THINKING NOW AS A YOUNG DAD. IF YOU REFLECT BACK ON THE RELATIONSHIP YOU HAD WITH MARK, HOW IMPORTANT WAS THAT FOR YOU? BACK THEN, I WASN'T THINKING IT WAS IMPORTANT AS I DO SEE IT NOW AS AN ADULT. LOOKING BACK I'M A APPRECIATIVE OF THE TIME. MARK, WHAT WAS THAT CONNECTION LIKE? IT WAS AMAZING. TO THE LITTLE WHILE, AS JOSH SAID, TO FIGURE OUT OUR COMMON GROUND. THE MUSIC THING IS BIG. JOSH IS A TALENTED GUITARIST. I WAS IN A BAND. JUST FACILITATING THAT AND MAKING SURE HE HAD THE RIGHT GEAR. ENCOURAGEMENT TO GO INTO THAT. IT'S NOT TOO LATE, JOSH. SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS TEACHING HIM TO DRIVE. MUM COULD DO THAT AS WELL, BUT IT SOMETIMES BETTER IF SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF THE FAMILY DOES THE TEACHING. IT CAN BE A BIT STRESSFUL. TALK ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP YOU HAVE NOW. YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY STILL CONNECTED. AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS, HOW COULD YOU NOT BE? IT'S GONE PAST BIG BUDDY, LITTLE BUDDY NOW. I GUESS, MARK, I'LL ASK YOU FIRST. IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE WANTING TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE BIG BUDDY PROGRAM, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM ABOUT HOW IT'S CHANGED YOUR LIFE BUT ALSO WHAT THEY CAN GIVE TO SOMEONE ELSE? I THINK ALL I CAN DO IS TOTALLY ENCOURAGE GUYS TO GET INVOLVED. YOU GET MORE OUT OF IT THAN YOU PUT IN. IT'S AN AMAZING THING TO HAVE IN YOUR LIFE. SEEING JOSH'S BABY BORN, I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THAT IF I WAS NOT A BIG BUDDY. IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY TIME-CONSUMING AND DOES NOT COST. YOU JUST FEEL LIKE YOU GET SOMETHING FOR NOTHING, REALLY. AN AMAZING RELATIONSHIP. YOU JUST MENTIONED IT, IN TERMS OF THAT WASN'T TIME-CONSUMING AS SUCH. TELL US ABOUT THE TIME YOU DID SHE WAS JOSH. LIFE HAPPENS, YOUR TIME GETS TAKEN UP. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE A LOT, RIGHT? WHEN WE STARTED, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT AN HOUR A WEEK. JUST BEING RELIABLE. BECAUSE THAT SOMETHING OFTEN THE YOUNG FELLAS NEED. A RELIABLE PRESENCE. BUT THAT WAS EASY AND IT WAS ALWAYS MUCH MORE THAN THAT. JOSH SORT OF FOLDED INTO OUR LIVES. INFORMATION THERE ARE PICTURES OF JOSH HOLDING MY KIDS WHEN THEY WERE BABIES. HE WAS THERE FOR CHRISTMAS AND BIRTHDAYS. IT'S NOT A HARD THING TO DO. JUST PART OF THE FAMILY. IT IS A HARD COMMITMENT MAKING SURE YOU CAN COMMIT OVERTIME. FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM? DO IT. IF YOU HAVE GOT TIME TO SPARE AND YOU WANT TO GIVE BACK BUT YOU'RE NOT SURE HOW, LOG ONTO THE WEBSITE. HAVE A READ AND IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU FEEL YOU CAN DO, GO FOR IT. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE. IS BEAUTIFUL TO LISTEN TO THE STORY AND KNOW THE CONNECTION THAT YOU BOTH HAVE. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE REACHED 1000 CONNECTIONS, WE STILL NEED BIG BUDDIES. OUR SPECIAL HANDSHAKE. THANK YOU BOTH. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH HAS JUST RELEASED SOME MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE MOVEMENTS OF THE COVID CASE THAT TRAVELLED TO WELLINGTON FROM SYDNEY OVER THE WEEKEND. OUR REPORTER ABBEY WAKEFIELD IS STANDING BY WITH THE INFO. THIS INFORMATION IS JUST THROUGH. IT'S A DEVELOPING SITUATION. MINISTRY OF HEALTH SAYS MORE INFORMATION MAY BECOME AVAILABLE LATER IN THE DAY. LOCATIONS OF INTEREST: RIDGES HOTEL. 19TH TO 21ST OF JUNE. ANOTHER LOCATION: UNICHEM LAMPTON QUAY. ANOTHER LOCATION: TE PAPA. THE CASE VISITED AT 3:05 PM ON 19 JUNE. LEFT AT 5:45 PM ON 19 JUNE. ANOTHER ENTRY FOR TE PAPA. AN EXHIBITION JUST ADDED THERE. 4 PM TO 5:45 PM. ANOTHER LOCATION: JACK HACKETT'S BAR. VISITED AT 845 ON 19 JUNE AND STATED OUT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THIS IS A DEVELOPING SITUATION AND WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ACROSS OUR PLATFORMS, MIDDAY AND OF COURSE 6 PM. HE OR SHE WAS IN JACK HACKETT'S BAR. AND TO PROPER BASICALLY FROM 3 PM TO 6 PM ON SATURDAY. IF YOU ARE IN EITHER OF THOSE PLACES, TO PROPER AND JACK HACKETT'S BAR, YOU NEED TO STAY AT HOME. SO ISOLATE AND GET TESTS. STAY WITH US. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE ON BREAKFAST. JUST BEFORE WE GO, CLARIFICATION AROUND HAVING TO SELF ISOLATE AND TEST. IS ONLY IF YOU ARE AT TE PAPA AND JACK HACKETT'S BAR AT THE SPECIFIED TIMES. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR, JADE FERNANDES, ELLEN SINCLAIR