IT'S MIDDAY. THE GOVERNMENT OFFERS TO BUY OUT FLOOD-DAMAGED PROPERTIES. WHO'LL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY? TENSIONS AT WHAT WAS MEANT TO BE AN AUCKLAND BUDGET SPEECH ` WHY WERE ONLY SOME MEDIA WERE INVITED? PLUS ` IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? NASA LOOKS INTO UFO'S AND OUTER WORDILY LIFE. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND STACEY SPARY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 A NEW GOVERNMENT SCHEME GIVING THOSE IN CYCLONE AND FLOOD-AFFECTED REGIONS THE OPTION TO BE BOUGHT OUT HAS JUST BEEN ANNOUNCED. CO-FUNDED BY BOTH GOVERNMENT AND COUNCIL, AROUND 700 PROPERTIES ARE EXPECTED TO QUALIFY WITH MONEY ALREADY SET ASIDE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. FOR MORE ON THIS, WE'RE JOINED BY JACOB JOHNSON IN THE AUCKLAND NEWSROOM. JACOB, BREAK DOWN THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR US. THE GOVERNMENT HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL HELP LOCAL COUNCILS RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO FOOT THE BILL WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGING FLOOD DAMAGED AND CYCLONE DAMAGED PROPERTIES. THAT WILL INCLUDE A VOLUNTARY BUYOUT OPTION FOR HOMES DEEMED TOO MUCH OF A RISK TO REBUILD. THE GOVERNMENT HAS CALLED THAT CATEGORY THREE. THEY HAVE ALSO OFFERED TO PAY FOR PROPERTY AND COMMUNITY LEVEL. THEY ARE NOT HELPING IN THAT REGARD BUT THERE IS A BOLLINGER BUYOUT OPTION THAT YELLOW AND RED STICKERED HOMEOWNERS HAVE CALLED FOR FOR AGES. I HAVE SPOKEN TO MANY OF THEM AND THEY WILL WELCOME THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. WHAT'S THE TIMELINE SURROUNDING THESE BUYOUTS? THIS HINGES ON HOW PROPERTY AND LAND IS CATEGORISED. A LOT OF THAT WORK IS STILL ONGOING. IN THE HAWKE'S BAY, INDICATIVE ASSESSMENTS OF PROPERTIES ARE ONGOING. IT WILL BE STARTING IN AUCKLAND FROM THE MIDDLE OF JUNE. THAT'S ON THE COUNCIL SIDE OF THINGS. ON THE GOVERNMENT SIDE OF THINGS, A DECISION ON HOW THE VOLUNTARY BUYOUT PROCESS WILL BE MADE IN THE COMING WEEKS. THAT INCLUDES A CRITERIA FOR THE VALUATION OF PROPERTIES AND THE TREATMENT OF UNINSURED PROPERTIES. A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO GET BUT A WELCOME ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THOSE IN TOUGH POSITIONS TODAY. AUCKLAND MAYOR WAYNE BROWN'S BEEN OUTLINING HIS PROPOSALS TO ADDRESS OUR BIGGEST CITY'S BUDGET DEFICIT. SELLING AIRPORT SHARES, CUTS TO SERVICES AND RATE INCREASES ARE ALL POSSIBLE LEVERS THE MAYOR COULD USE TO FIX THE $325M SHORTFALL. BUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT GOT OFF TO A ROCKY START, WITH SOME MEDIA STOPPED FROM GOING IN. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE QUITE INTERESTED IN THE FACT THAT I'VE GOT TO FIX THE BUDGET FOR AUCKLAND, BUT IT APPEARS SOME OF THE MEDIA HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY DON'T WANT` BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ALL INVITED, BUT SOME OF THE MEDIA HAVE BEEN PRETTY NASTY, AND WE DID INVITE MEDIA WHO ARE SENSIBLE, AND THE MEDIA WHO ARE NOT WEREN'T INVITED AND HAVE NOW DECIDED SOME OF THEM TO BUGGER OFF. WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME. FOR MORE ON THIS, WE'RE JOINED BY LOGAN CHURCH OUTSIDE THE AUCKLAND TRANSPORT OFFICES. LOGAN, WHAT HAPPENED? TO PUT IT BLUNTLY, AND USING THE MAYOR'S WORDS, WE CHOSE NOT TO BUGGER OFF. AND NEEDS TO FIND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE BEEN EAGERLY AWAITING THE SPEECH BY THE MAYOR OF WHAT HE WANTS DONE. TO OUR SURPRISE, THIS SPEECH HAD STARTED AND SOME MEDIA WERE INVITED. ONE NEWS AND A NUMBER OF MEDIA ORGANISATIONS WERE NOT. WE CAME DOWN HERE TO AUCKLAND TRANSPORT WHERE THE SPEECH WAS TAKING PLACE BUT WHEN THEY TRY TO ENTER THE ROOM TO HEAR WHAT THE MAYOR HAD TO SAY, THEY WERE BARRED BY OFFICIALS. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TOLD THEM THAT THE ONLY MEDIA THAT WERE INVITED WERE THOSE THAT WOULD CONVEY THE MAYOR'S MESSAGES. IT WAS ONLY AFTER NEGOTIATION FROM AUCKLAND TRANSPORT OFFICIALS WHERE WE ALLOWED INTO THE ROOM. THERE IS A BIGGER ISSUE HERE AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS BEEN A CONCERTED EFFORT BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE MAYOR TO CONTROL THE MESSAGE AROUND CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES AND WHATEVER YOUR POLITICAL LEANING IS, THAT'S NOT GREAT FOR LOCAL DEMOCRACY. AND WHAT DOES THE MAYOR WANT TO DO? THE MIA DOES HAVE A PLAN. IT'S NOT A PLAN THAT EVERYBODY AGREES WITH BUT HE DOES HAVE A PLAN AND YOU MENTION SOME OF THE BEFORE. A RANGE OF BUDGET CUTS AND SOME INVESTMENT HE WANTS TO MAKE ESPECIALLY INTO COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE WAKE OF THE AWFUL FLOODING THAT WE HAVE SEEN THIS YEAR AND AUCKLAND. THE BIG TICKET ITEM AS HE WANTS TO SELL AUCKLAND COUNCIL STEAK CORRECTION: STAKE IN THE AUCKLAND AIRPORT AND PAY DOWN THE DEBT. ALL OF THIS IS YET TO BE DISCUSSED BY COUNCIL OVER THE COMING WEEKS. A SCRAP METAL FIRE THAT SENT TOXIC SMOKE ACROSS AUCKLAND FOR MOST OF YESTERDAY HAS NOW BEEN PUT OUT. THE BLAZE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND CAUSED WIDESPREAD DISRUPTION, FORCING LOCAL RESIDENTS TO STAY INDOORS, NEARBY SCHOOLS TO CLOSE, AND PUTTING THE ENTIRE RAIL NETWORK ON PAUSE AS KIWIRAIL OFFICES WERE EVACUATED. IT WAS THE NINTH FIRE AT THE CAR YARD IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THE FAMILIES OF TWO WOMEN WHOSE DEATHS ARE STILL UNSOLVED WERE AMONG THOSE AT A DEMONSTRATION AT PARLIAMENT TODAY. ABOUT 100 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE EVENT, CALLING FOR MORE AWARENESS AROUND CASES OF MISSING PERSONS AND UNRESOLVED DEATHS. POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE CASES OF ARIKI RIGBY, WHO WAS FOUND DEAD IN A HAWKE'S BAY CARPARK LAST SEPTEMBER, AND BREANNA MURIWAI, WHO WENT MISSING ON THE KAPITI COAST LAST AUGUST. DESPITE A CONSISTENT FEW MONTHS, THERE'S A WARNING THE ELECTION COULD BRING MORE UNCERTAINTY IN THE HOUSING MARKET. THE LATEST NEW ZEALAND PROPERTY REPORT SHOWS PRICES HAVE STABILISED OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS, SITTING AT AN AVERAGE OF JUST OVER $800,000. REALESTATE.CO.NZ'S VANESSA WILLIAMS SAYS RESULTS FLUCTUATE MONTH TO MONTH. BUT WHAT THAT DOES TELL ME IS THAT THERE'S A TREND OF FLATTENING. WHETHER IT'S GONNA DROP AGAIN ` I MEAN, GOVERNMENT POLICY COULD CHANGE, THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT, SORT OF, DO INFLUENCE THE PROPERTY MARKET, BUT GIVEN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN, EVEN GIVEN THE OCR RATES THAT RISE THIS MONTH, WE HAVE SEEN THREE CONSISTENT MONTHS OF THAT BEING STABLE. WHILE PRICES MAY BE RELATIVELY LOW FOR NOW, THEY'RE STILL UP MORE THAN 22% ON PRE-COVID LEVELS. A WOMEN DOCTOR'S GROUP HAS SLAMMED THE NATIONAL PARTY FOR COMMITTING TO BRINGING BACK PRESCRIPTION FEES, SAYING IT WOULD COMPROMISE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. THE FEE WAS WIPED IN LABOUR'S 2023 BUDGET, BUT NATIONAL SAYS IF ELECTED, IT WOULD BE REINSTATED AND WOULD BE APPLIED TO CONTRACEPTION. THE GROUP, NEW ZEALAND WOMEN IN MEDICINE, SAYS REMOVING BARRIERS TO BIRTH CONTROL IS ESSENTIAL FOR SEXUAL HEALTH, AND THE FEE WOULD DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT LOW-INCOME WOMEN. U.S. LAWMAKERS ARE MEETING SHORTLY TO TRY AND PREVENT A NATIONAL DEBT PAYMENT DEFAULT. THE U.S. DEBT CEILING BILL IS SET TO GO BEFORE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN JUST HALF AN HOUR'S TIME. IF SUCCESSFUL, IT WILL THEN BE PUT BEFORE THE SENATE. THE PROPOSED DEAL INCLUDES A TWO YEAR EXTENSION OF THE COUNTRY'S DEBT LIMIT PAIRED WITH BUDGET CUTS. LAWMAKERS ARE RUSHING TO APPROVE THE DEAL BY TUESDAY ` THE EARLIEST DATE THE U.S. RISKS A FIRST EVER DEFAULT ON ITS NATIONAL DEBT. NASA HAS REVEALED ITS UFO TEAM HAS INVESTIGATED MORE THAN 800 SIGHTINGS AT ITS FIRST PUBLIC BRIEFING ON THE STUDY OF UNEXPLAINED FLYING OBJECTS. THE PANEL, WHICH WAS SET UP LAST YEAR, HAS BEEN LOOKING AT DATA ON WHAT THEY CALL 'UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA', OR UAPs. WHILE THE SPACE AGENCY SAYS IT HASN'T YET DISCOVERED ANY EVIDENCE OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE, THE UFO TEAM IS STILL LOOKING. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THERE IS ANYTHING UNUSUAL, FROM OUTSIDE THIS EARTH AMONG THEM AND IT COULD BE ONE AND A THOUSAND, SO AS FAR AS SCIENCE GOES, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION. AS FAR AS THE US GOVERNMENT GOES, ITS NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES THAT MATTER AND THEY WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER THESE OBJECTS ARE CREATED BY ADVERSARIES. THE FULL REPORT OF NASA'S FINDINGS WILL BE RELEASED IN JULY. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` A WEAPON IN YOUR HANDS. HOW OUR PHONES ARE DOING US PHYSICAL HARM. ACC'S NUMBERS ARE IN. PLUS, A LAST GASP COMEBACK BY QUEENSLAND ACC IS WARNING OUR MOBILE PHONES MIGHT BE MORE DANGEROUS THAN WE THINK. RECENT DATA SHOWS INJURIES INVOLVING OUR DEVICES ARE COSTING US MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. JESSICA SWAN TAKES A LOOK AT HOW WE CAN KEEP DIALLING SAFELY. FOR MANY OF US, OUR PHONES ARE IN OUR HANDS PROBABLY A BIT TOO MUCH ` EVERY DAY. AND SOME OF US ARE PAYING THE PRICE. I HAVE TRIPPED ONCE BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT IT, AND I ALMOST RUN INTO PEOPLE SOMETIMES WHEN I'M GOING LIKE THIS. WHEN I'M LYING IN BED. BOOM ` STRAIGHT ON THE FACE. PRETTY PAINFUL? YEAH. A LITTLE BIT. I'VE DROPPED IT ON MY FACE BEFORE, EMBARRASSINGLY. ALMOST 10,000 KIWIS MADE A CLAIM AFTER INJURING THEMSELVES IN MOBILE PHONE-RELATED ACCIDENTS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. POSSIBLY COULD ACTUALLY BE A LOT MORE BECAUSE THIS INFORMATION COMES FROM THE ACC FORMS, SO IT RELIES ON PEOPLE ACTUALLY MENTIONING PHONE THAT WAS IN USE AT THE TIME OF THEIR INJURY. SO, KIND OF, TREAT IT AS A BARE MINIMUM. MULTI-TASKING SEEMS TO BE THE MAIN CAUSE. MOST OF THESE INJURIES ARE OCCURRING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE EITHER LOSING CONTROL, THEY'RE LOSING THEIR BALANCE, THEY'RE COLLIDING WITH THINGS, THEY'RE GETTING KNOCKED OVER. ALSO LIFTING AND CARRYING IS RIGHT UP THERE TOO, SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS INDICATE THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING MORE THAN ONE THING AT A TIME. MOST INJURIES WERE TO THE FACE, INCLUDING MORE A THOUSAND DENTAL INJURIES AND MORE THAN 350 TO THE EYES. LOWER BACK AND NECK INJURIES WERE THE NEXT MOST COMMON. OVERALL, THESE CLAIMS COST $12.5M ` THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO BUYING MORE THAN 5700 OF THE LATEST MODEL IPHONE, AND MOSTLY ` IT'S AVOIDABLE. WE WANT PEOPLE TO FLIP THAT AND HAVE FORESIGHT RATHER THAN HINDSIGHT. TO STAY SAFE ON YOUR CELL PHONE, ACC HAS A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS, INCLUDING ` DON'T USE YOUR PHONE ON THE STAIRS, BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU'RE LYING DOWN AND SCROLLING SOCIAL MEDIA, AND CLEAR ANY TRIP HAZARDS IN YOUR HOME. WHILE INJURIES ARE REPORTED ACROSS ALL AGES, IT'S A SPECIAL WARNING FOR THOSE BETWEEN AGE 15 AND 29, THE GROUP MOST LIKELY TO BE INJURED. JESSICA SWAN, 1 NEWS. SMALL POWER RETAILERS ARE LEADING THE PACK IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ACCORDING TO A NEW CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND SURVEY. IT FOUND PROVIDERS LIKE POWERSHOP AND FRANK ENERGY HAVE A SMALLER MARKET SHARE BUT DO A BETTER JOB OF KEEPING PEOPLE HAPPY. LARGER PROVIDER MERIDIAN SAT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. ACROSS THE BOARD, CUSTOMER SATISFACTION RATINGS FOR POWER COMPANIES WAS JUST 54%. A FAILED RUSSIAN MISSILE HAS BEEN CAUGHT ON CAMERA PLUMMETING INTO A ROAD IN KYIV. THE DASHCAM FOOTAGE CAPTURED THE MOMENT THE MISSILE FELL OUT OF THE SKY AND NEARLY HIT A CAR. THE WEAPON WAS LAUNCHED IN RUSSIA'S DAYLIGHT ATTACK ON THE CAPITAL TWO DAYS AGO. UKRAINE SHOT DOWN 11 CRUISE AND BALLISTIC MISSILES IN THE ASSAULT. ANOTHER LEADING FIGURE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAS RAISED HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY'S SAFETY. THE WARNING COMES AS DOZENS OF OTHER EXPERTS SAY A.I. COULD LEAD TO THE EXTINCTION OF HUMANITY. THE BBC'S ZOE KLEINMAN HAS MORE. BIG TECH IS SPENDING BILLIONS ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. (UPBEAT MUSIC) PHOTO-REALISTIC IMAGES GENERATED WITH APPLICATIONS LIKE MIDJOURNEY ARE GOING VIRAL ONLINE. CHATBOTS LIKE CHAT GPT ARE ANSWERING MILLIONS OF QUESTIONS EVERY DAY. THIS IS THE FUN FACE OF GENERATIVE AI. BUT TODAY, ANOTHER SO-CALLED GODFATHER OF AI, A PIONEER OF THE TECH, VOICED CONCERNS OVER ITS RAPID RISE DRIVEN BY DEVELOPERS. GOVERNMENTS NEED TO TRACK WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO AUDIT THEM. AND THAT'S JUST LIKE A MINIMUM THING WE DO FOR ANY OTHER SECTOR, LIKE BUILDING AEROPLANES OR CARS OR PHARMACEUTICALS. ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE IS THE GOAL OF CREATING HUMAN LEVEL OR BEYOND INTELLIGENCE. ONE OF THE BOSSES OF A LEADING UK AI FIRM SAYS THE PACE OF CHANGE IS UNPREDICTABLE. A YEAR AGO, ALL OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN INCOMPREHENSIBLE. TEACHERS CAN NO LONGER SET ESSAYS AT SCHOOL BECAUSE OF CHAT GPT. YOU SEE IMAGES BEING... IMAGINED FROM NOTHING. WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE IN A YEAR? A FEW YEARS? NOBODY CAN TELL. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO TAKE SOME ACTIONS NOW TO PUT THE APPROPRIATE GUARDRAILS AROUND IT. BUT ITS ACCELERATING POWER HAS BEEN MATCHED BY GROWING FEARS AND WHETHER WE'RE SEEING A NEW AI ARMS RACE. ONE OF THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPERS OF AI HAS TOLD ME ITS USE IN THE MILITARY SHOULD BE BANNED. THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST PLACE WHERE WE COULD PUT A SUPER INTELLIGENT AI. I THINK... THERE'S ENOUGH EXAMPLES IN SCIENCE FICTION. THE PROBLEM IS IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG AND WE LOSE CONTROL OF AN AI AND IT HAPPENS TO BE AN AI THAT CAN KILL PEOPLE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT AI KILLING YOU TODAY. WORRY MORE ABOUT YOUR BANK DETAILS BEING STOLEN. AI IS ALREADY BEING USED TO GENERATE SPAM AND MISINFORMATION FROM DEEP FAKE IMAGES TO FAKE NEWS. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF FOCUSING ON RISKS THAT DON'T EXIST YET AND IGNORING THE ONES THAT DO. WHEN AGAIN, IF THAT HARM WERE SO VERY POTENT AND IT WAS SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL BE SCARED OF, THEN ANYBODY WHO SIGNED THAT LETTER, ALL THE CEOS COULD JUST AGREE TO NOT BUILD IT. THAT'S LITERALLY HOW EASY IT IS TO STOP IT. THEY CAN JUST NOT BUILD IT. THERE'S A NEW DRUMBEAT OF EXPERTS CALLING OUT THE DANGER OF AI, AND THE WORLD IS SITTING UP AND PAYING ATTENTION. THE SOLUTION IS REGULATION. WE KNOW SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AI POSES NOW. POLITICIANS ARE STARTING TO TRY AND ANSWER THEM. IF YOU SOMETIMES STRUGGLE TO FINISH YOUR GREENS, RELIEF COULE BE ON THE WAY. RESEARCHERS ARE DEVELOPING PEAS THAT DON'T TASTE LIKE PEAS. THE IDEA IS TO PRODUCE AN ALTERNATIVE TO SOYA TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND FOR PLANT-BASED FOOD. THE BBC'S PALLAB GHOSH HAS MORE. THESE PEA PLANTS ARE BEING GROWN AT MUDLEY FARM JUST OUTSIDE NORWICH. WHEN THEY'RE GROWN, CHRIS HARRISON WILL USE THEM TO PRODUCE MEAT SUBSTITUTES. THIS IS WHAT THEY'LL LOOK LIKE AFTER THEY'VE BEEN PROCESSED. THESE PROTEIN CHUNKS ARE SOLD TO FOOD FIRMS TO MAKE INTO PLANT BASED ALTERNATIVES TO MEAT DISHES, LIKE THIS CHILLI. MM, THIS IS REALLY DELICIOUS. BUT IT'S EASIER TO MAKE SPICY FOOD, BECAUSE A PEA PROTEIN TASTES OF... PEAS. ONCE YOU START TO USE MILDER FLAVOURINGS, THEN YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO TASTE THE PEA FLAVOURS COMING THROUGH. BURGERS, FOR EXAMPLE. YEAH, EXACTLY THAT. SO A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO MAKING BURGERS THAT AREN'T` THAT DON'T HAVE THAT VEGETABLE FLAVOUR. THAT'S PROBABLY BEEN THE BIGGEST FOCUS OF THAT INDUSTRY IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THESE PEA SEEDS COULD BE THE ANSWER. THEY'RE OF A WILD VARIETY FOUND IN INDIA WHICH HAVE NO FLAVOUR. THEY CAN'T BE GROWN COMMERCIALLY, BUT SCIENTISTS HAVE COME UP WITH AN INGENIOUS ANSWER. IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE, WE HAVE A FLAVOURLESS TRAIT. IN THIS ONE WE HAVE IMPROVED NUTRITIONAL QUALITY. BUT NEITHER OF THESE ARE VARIANTS THAT WOULD BE GROWN BY THE FARMER. AND WE NEED TO REALLY GET THOSE TRAITS INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHICH THE FARMER IS PREPARED TO GROW. SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE GOING TO INTERBREED WITH THESE THREE TYPES. THESE ARE THE FIRST PLANTS TO HAVE BEEN CROSSBRED WITH SOME OF THESE SEEDS. THERE'S BEEN AN ENORMOUS INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR PLANT-BASED FOODS. IN THE UK, IT'S GROWING AT 30% A YEAR, AND GROWING PEAS COULD SAVE FARMERS �15 MILLION EACH YEAR. THAT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEED ANY FERTILISER, AND THAT WOULD REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS BY A WHOPPING 24,000 TONNES EACH YEAR. AND BRITISH-GROWN FLAVOURLESS PEAS WOULD REDUCE THE NEED FOR IMPORTED SOYA, WHICH IS WIDELY USED IN MANY PLANT BASED FOODS. WE ALL KNOW WE'RE FACING A CLIMATE EMERGENCY. A LOT OF SOYA IS PRODUCED IN SOUTH AMERICA, AND A FAIR PROPORTION OF IT IS PRODUCED FOLLOWING RAINFOREST DEFORESTATION. AND THAT OBVIOUSLY CARRIES A BIG FOOTPRINT. THE AIM NOW IS TO PRODUCE A COMPLETELY NEW VARIETY OF PEA THAT'S MORE NUTRITIOUS, EASY TO HARVEST, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, DOESN'T TASTE AT ALL LIKE A PEA. QUEENSLAND'S TAKEN OUT GAME ONE OF STATE OF ORIGIN ` A LATE COMEBACK EARNING THE MAROONS A 26 - 18 OVER NEW SOUTH WALES. WILSON LONGHURST REPORTS. DEEP IN AUSSIE RULES TERRITORY, BUT PLENTY OF ORIGIN PASSION ON SHOW IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. ADELAIDE TURNING IT ON FOR GAME ONE. QUEENSLAND AND NEW SOUTH WALES BRINGING THE INTENSITY. ...GOES A PENALTY TO QUEENSLAND. OH, GILBERT'S COME FLYING IN FROM MILES AWAY! THE MAROONS DRAWING FIRST BLOOD ` TWO QUICK TRIES GIVING THEM A 10 POINT LEAD AFTER 11 MINUTES. THE HAMMER! IT'S HAMMER TIME IN ADELAIDE! TAKE IT, BILLY! AND PASS TO COBBO! IT'S ANOTHER ONE FOR QUEENSLAND! AN EARLY ONSLAUGHT! QUEENSLAND JUST AS IMPRESSIVE ON DEFENCE, BUT AFTER A PAIR OF NEAR MISSES, THE BLUES WERE ON THE BOARD. A PASS FROM MARTIN! THERE'S THE PERFECT COMBINATION. IT YIELDS THE FIRST TRY FOR NEW SOUTH WALES. 10 - 6 AT HALF TIME. SOME MESSY PLAY FROM THE MAROONS HANDED THE BLUES THE LEAD. THERE'S A LOOSE ONE. PICKED UP BY HIM! A LOOSE BALL OUT OF NOWHERE! SELWYN COBBO'S SECOND PUT THE CANE TOADS BACK IN FRONT, BUT IT DIDN'T LAST LONG. BALL GOES BACK. HE GIVES IT AWAY. CRICHTON! CRICHTON SCORES. NEW SOUTH WALES UP BY TWO WITH 12 MINUTES TO PLAY. THOMAS FLEGLER'S SIN BINNING PUTTING QUEENSLAND DOWN TO 12 MEN, BUT NOT OUT. AND HE'S MISSED HIM... AND THE HAMMER... AND QUEENSLAND MIGHT BE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN! CAMERON MUNSTER SEALING THE RESULT. THE MAROONS A WIN AWAY FROM RETAINING ORIGIN BRAGGING RIGHTS. COLLINS... THE MAROONS HAVE GOT IT WON NOW! WHEN YOU PLAY ORIGIN, YOU WANNA WIN. SO, TO GET THE FIRST GAME AND A WIN LIKE THAT, IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL. AND I'M SURE IT'S GONNA BE BUILD A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE GROUP. THE TEAMS WILL SQUARE OFF AGAIN IN MORE FAMILIAR TERRITORY ` GAME TWO IN BRISBANE IN THREE WEEKS. WILSON LONGHURST, 1 NEWS. CARLOS ALCARAZ IS INTO THE THIRD ROUND AT THE FRENCH TENNIS OPEN, BUT THE MEN'S WORLD NUMBER ONE DIDN'T HAVE IT ALL HIS WAY. THE SPANIARD DROPPED THE SECOND SET TO JAPAN'S TARO DANIEL, BUT BOUNCED BACK TO WRAP UP THE MATCH IN FOUR SETS. (AUDIENCE GASP) THAT'S... ENTERTAINING STUFF FROM CARLOS ALCARAZ WHO'S BEEN SHARP AT THE NET. ALCARAZ REMAINING A FAN FAVOURITE AT ROLAND GARROS, DRAWING COMPARISONS TO RAFAEL NADAL. THEY'VE BEEN NEXT TO YOU ALL THE TIME. DO YOU FEEL THAT? YES, I MEAN... IT'S... IT'S AMAZING. IT'S AMAZING TO PLAY HERE. NOVAK DJOKOVIC ALSO PROGRESSING ` THE TWO TIME FRENCH OPEN CHAMP WINNING HIS SECOND MATCH IN STRAIGHT SETS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. FIRST SLOUGH, THEN SCRANTON ` NOW AUSTRALIA. A NEW SPIN OFF 'THE OFFICE' IS IN THE WORKS ` SET ACROSS THE TASMAN. THE BRITISH SHOW SPAWNED AN EQUALLY POPULAR AMERICAN VERSION, BUT THE AUSSIES ARE SET TO BREAK THE MOULD WITH A FEMALE BOSS. AUSTRALIAN ACTRESS FELICITY WARD HAS BEEN CAST TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF RICKY GERVAIS AND STEVE CARELL. THE SPIN OFF WILL INCLUDE INPUT FROM PLENTY OF KIWIS, INCLUDING JACKIE VAN BEEK AND JESSE GRIFFIN NAMED IN KEY ROLES. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. # DA, DA, DA, DA, DA, DA, DA, DA, DA, DA. # DA, DA, DA, DA, DA, DA, DA, DA, DA, DA. # DA JACKIE WILSON SAID # IT WAS 'REET-PETITE'. # KINDA LOVE YOU GOT KNOCK ME OFF MY FEET. # LET IT ALL HANG OUT. # OH, LET IT ALL HANG OUT. # AND YOU KNOW # I'M SO WIRED-UP. # DON'T NEED NO COFFEE IN MY CUP. # LET IT ALL HANG OUT. # LET IT ALL HANG OUT. # DING-A-LING-A-LING DING-A-LING-A-LING-DING. # DING-A-LING-A-LING DING-A-LING-A-LING-DING. # DO-DA-DO-DA. # I'M IN HEAVEN. # I'M IN HEAVEN. # I'M IN HEAVEN. # THANKS FOR JOINING US. TE KARERE IS HERE AT FOUR, FOLLOWED BY THE ONE NEWS TEAM AT SIX. PLUS, YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH ALL OF TODAY'S NEWS ONLINE AT 1NEWS.CO.NZ. BUT FROM THE WHOLE MIDDAY TEAM, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND STACEY SPARY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023