GOOD MORNING. IT'S THURSDAY THE 22ND OF JUNE. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. THANKS FOR JOINING US. TODAY ON THE PROGRAM ` MICHAEL WOOD WAS GIVEN THE CHOP YESTERDAY AFTER IT WAS REVEALED THAT HE OWNED A NUMBER OF SHARES WITH CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT HE HAD FAILED TO DISCLOSE. HE'S THE THIRD MINISTER TO DEPART CHRIS HIPKINS' CABINET THIS YEAR AS CONCERNS ARE RAISED ABOUT DISCIPLINE WITHIN THE LABOUR CAUCUS. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. MORE NOISES HAVE BEEN HEARD TODAY IN THE SEARCH AREA FOR THE TITAN SUBMERSIBLE, BUT WITH JUST 20 HOURS OF OXYGEN REMAINING TIME IS RUNNING OUT, THE U.S. COAST GUARD SPOKE A SHORT TIME AGO. THE OCEAN IS A VERY COMPLEX PLACE. OBVIOUSLY HUMAN SOUNDS, NATURE SOUNDS, AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DISCERN WHAT THE SOURCE OF THOSE NOISES ARE AT TIMES, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS TEAM HAS MULTIPLE SENSORS. THEY ARE IN THE AREA. THEY ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD TO ANALYSE THE DATA, AND THEY ARE FEEDING THE RESULTS BACK TO THE UNIFIED TEAM, AND THEY ARE MAKING DECISIONS. IT IS A VERY TIGHT OPERATIONAL LOOP THAT IS MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON DATA, AND NOTHING IS RULED OUT. WE HAVE A TITANIC EXPERT JOINING US SHORTLY TO EXPLAIN MORE. AND MAKING HEADLINES THIS MORNING ` SEVEN PEOPLE ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION WITH NINE MORE INJURED AFTER A LARGE EXPLOSION IN PARIS. THE BLAST HAS SET BUILDINGS ON FIRE AND LEFT RUBBLE STREWN ACROSS THE STREET. MORE ON THAT IN YOUR NEWS. AND NEW ZEALAND HAS PICKED UP ITS FIRST GOLD IN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS. AARON CAMPBELL HAS TAKEN OUT THE TOP PRIZE IN BOCCE. IT IS KIND OF LIKE PETANQUE. AARON CERTAINLY KNOWS. WE'LL BE TALKING TO HIM JUST BEFORE 9 O'CLOCK. THE SEARCH FOR THE SUBMERSIBLE MISSING IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN HAS MOVED AFTER 'BANGING' NOISES WERE DETECTED. THE U.S. COAST GUARD SAYS THE NOISES HEARD HAS GIVEN THEM A TARGET IN THE DESPERATE SEARCH. IT'S ESTIMATED THE CREW OF FIVE HAVE LESS THAN A DAY OF OXYGEN LEFT ON BOARD. THE BBC'S NOMIA IQBAL REPORTS. THIS IS THE FIRST IMAGE FROM THE SEARCH OPERATION CLOSE TO WHERE THE TITANIC SANK. IN THE MIDST OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC ` DEEP ENERGY, A PIPE LAYING SHIP WITH REMOTE CONTROL UNDERWATER VESSELS HAS JOINED THE HUNT FOR THE TITAN. IT'S BEEN THREE DAYS SINCE IT VANISHED WITHOUT A TRACE AND WITH IT, THREE BRITISH CITIZENS. BILLIONAIRE EXPLORER HAMISH HARDING, BUSINESSMAN SHAZAD DAWOOD AND HIS TEENAGE SON SULEIMAN. ALSO ON BOARD IS A VETERAN FRENCH DIVER, PAUL HENRI GNANDUILLET, AND STOCKTON RUSH, THE HEAD OF THE FIRM BEHIND THE EXPEDITION TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. THE U.S. COAST GUARD HAS TOLD THE BBC TONIGHT TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO FIND THEM. HE ALSO CONFIRMED THAT TAPPING NOISES WERE HEARD DEEP UNDERWATER, CLOSE TO WHERE THE SEARCH IS TAKING PLACE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. WE'VE RELOCATED OUR REMOTE-OPERATED OR THE REMOTE-OPERATED VEHICLES ON SITE TO SEARCH IN THOSE AREAS, BUT AT THIS TIME, I DON'T HAVE ANY CONFIRMATION OF WHAT THE NOISE IS. THE PROTOCOL FOR TRYING TO ALERT SEARCHING FORCES ` AND THAT IS IN THE NAVY ANYWAY ` IS THAT ON THE HOUR AND THE HALF HOUR, YOU BANG LIKE HELL FOR THREE MINUTES. RESCUE TEAMS SAY THEY WILL KEEP SEARCHING AS LONG AS THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SURVIVAL. BUT THEY ARE PART OF A DESPERATE RACE ABOVE AND DEEP INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE PASSENGERS INSIDE THE TITAN HAVE LESS THAN A DAY OF OXYGEN LEFT. THE BEST THING THEY CAN DO IS JUST CONSERVE THEIR BREATHING. EVERY BREATH THAT THEY TAKE CONSUMES OXYGEN, AND THAT'S THEIR LIMITING FACTOR. SO THEY NEED TO MINIMISE THE OXYGEN THEY BREATHE IN, THE CARBON DIOXIDE THEY BREATHE OUT. THEY COULD BE SLEEPING, THEY COULD TAKE SOME SLEEPING MEDICINE. BUT THE BEST THING TO DO IS JUST TO REST AND CONTINUE TO BANG ON THE WALL. FRENCH RESEARCH VESSEL LE TALENT IS DUE TO ARRIVE TODAY WITH MORE SPECIALIST UNDERWATER KIT. IT'S BRINGING A ROBOT THAT CAN REACH 20,000FT BELOW SEA LEVEL ` A CONTRIBUTION TO WHAT LOOKS TO NOW BE THE DEEPEST SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION EVER ATTEMPTED. BUT FIRST, THE TEAMS HAVE TO FIND THE TITAN, AND IF THEY DO, SOMEHOW GET THE MEN TRAPPED INSIDE IT TO SAFETY. 24 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED AFTER A GAS EXPLOSION SPARKED A FIRE IN BUILDINGS IN PARIS. THE BLAST OCCURRED IN A DESIGN AND FASHION SCHOOL IN THE CENTRAL CITY. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE STILL SEARCHING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE OF THE BUILDINGS WHERE AT LEAST TWO ARE BELIEVED TO BE MISSING. POLICE HAVE WARNED PEOPLE TO AVOID THE AREA. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS HAD LASTING IMPACTS ON NEW ZEALAND LEARNERS, ACCORDING TO THE EDUCATION REVIEW OFFICE. THE LATEST RESEARCH SHOWS POORER COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR ARE CONTINUING TO STRUGGLE WITH STUDENTS' ATTENDANCE, BEHAVIOUR AND LEARNING SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. ERO HAS RECOMMENDED MORE TARGETED SUPPORT FOR THOSE STRUGGLING THE MOST AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO CATCH UP ON LEARNING THEY'VE MISSED. THE RESEARCH ALSO FOUND LEARNERS ARE HAPPIER THAN THEY'VE EVER BEEN IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, SAYING BEING CONNECTED TO FRIENDS AND LESS WORRY ABOUT COVID ARE THE BIGGEST DRIVERS. THE TRANS-TASMAN MANUKA HONEY WARS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN WON BY THE AUSSIES, WITH NEWS AOTEAROA WILL NOT APPEAL A RECENT TRADEMARK RULING BY THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE. IT FOUND MANUKA HONEY CANNOT BE EXCLUSIVELY USED IN NEW ZEALAND ON THE BASIS IT'S A DESCRIPTIVE TERM. REPRESENTATIVES HERE HAD SAID THEY WOULD FIGHT TO PROTECT THIS INDIGENOUS TERM BUT HAVE CONFIRMED THEY WON'T APPEAL THE DECISION. THE AUSTRALIAN MANUKA HONEY ASSOCIATION WELCOMED THE MOVE AND SAYS THERE'S ROOM FOR BOTH COUNTRIES IN THE MARKET. CAMPAIGNERS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE HAURAKI GULF ARE SET TO DELIVER A PETITION TO PARLIAMENT TODAY CALLING FOR THE END OF BOTTOM TRAWLING. THE COALITION OF ORGANISATIONS DUBBED THE 'HAURAKI GULF ALLIANCE' HAS COLLECTED MORE THAN 36,000 SIGNATURES IN SUPPORT OF THEIR CAUSE. A RECENT REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION FOUND COMMERCIAL FISHING HAD RIPPED UP NEARLY 200 TONS OF CORAL FROM THE NEW ZEALAND SEAFLOOR ACROSS 13 YEARS. THE BIGGEST CULPRIT WAS BOTTOM TRAWLING, RESPONSIBLE FOR 99% OF THE DREDGED CORAL. THE WOMEN'S BLACK STICKS HAVE SUFFERED A 2-1 LOSS TO BELGIUM IN THEIR LATEST 'PRO LEAGUE' MATCH THIS MORNING, WITH BELGIUM GETTING ON THE SCOREBOARD IN THE FIRST MINUTE. SHE IS THERE AS WELL. THERE'S THE TRY` THIS IS VANDEN BORRE. OH, WHAT A START THIS IS FOR BELGIUM. FIRST ATTACK THAT LEADS TO A PENALTY CORNER. NEW ZEALAND SCORING IN THE FINAL QUARTER, BUT IT WAS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. THE MEN ARE IN ACTION LATER IN THE MORNING. LOOK AWAY NOW, NEW SOUTH WALES FANS ` THE STATE OF ORIGIN SHIELD WILL STAY IN QUEENSLAND AFTER THE MAROONS THUMPED THE BLUES IN GAME TWO. THE BLUES HAD NO ANSWER FOR THE HOME TEAM ` THE QUEENSLANDERS SCORING 22 UN-ANSWERED POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF. CARRYING IT CENTRE THROUGH THE HANDS. WALTZED OVER THE TOP. PICKED UP ON THE BUMP ` HOLMES WITH THE PUT-DOWN! IT'S HIS SECOND. CHERRY-EVANS OUT THE BACK ` WALSH ` WALSH PASSES TO COATES, AN AERIAL PUT-DOWN! AND REECE WALSH HAS PUT HIS WINGER OVER. SHE IS MAD. WE NEED A CAMERA ON HER. THE MAROONS WINNING 32-6 TO CLINCH THE SERIES. THE FINAL GAME WILL BE PLAYED IN SYDNEY. SHE IS WEARING BLUE. HAVE A LOOK. UP THE NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES. AND STOP SENDING ME VIDEOS AND MESSAGES, PEOPLE. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO A FEW WEATHER WARNINGS FIRST ` THERE IS AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING FOR COROMANDEL PENINSULA, BAY OF PLENTY AND GISBORNE TAIRAWHITI. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` YOU'LL NEED THE UMBRELLA TODAY. RAIN CONTINUES FOR YOU ALL, HEAVIER IN WHITIANGA. 17 THE HIGH IN AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` LOOKING VERY SIMILAR HERE. TAURANGA, WHAKATANE, AND ROTORUA, THERE'S THUNDERSTORMS FOR YOU. 15 THE HIGH IN HAMILTON. TO THE EAST COAST ` RAIN CONTINUES HERE TOO. THIS WILL DEVELOP INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. 13 THE HIGH IN DANNEVIRKE. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU'LL OPEN THE CURTAINS TO CLOUD AND A FEW SHOWERS. THESE WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF YOU. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A VERY MIXED BAG HERE. RAIN FOR THE TOP HALF BUT LOVELY FOR WESTPORT THROUGH TO HOKITIKA. 16 THE HIGH IN NELSON. 14 FOR KAIKOURA. HEADING SOUTH ` YOU'LL START THE DAY WITH CLOUDY PERIODS. CHRISTCHURCH GETS THE RAIN. HIGH CLOUD FOR EVERYONE ELSE. 13 THE HIGH FOR OAMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` A FOGGY START FOR YOU. CLEARING TO A MOSTLY FINE AFTERNOON WITH A BIT OF HIGH CLOUD ABOUT. DUNEDIN ` YOUR HIGH IS 14. THANK YOU, SAM, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT SPORTS BULLETIN. IT WAS A GREAT SPORTS BULLETIN. E WHAI AKE NEI ` COMING UP ` MORE ON THE SUBMERSIBLE THAT IS MISSING IN THE ATLANTIC. THE FERAL CAT-KILLING COMPETITION CANCELLED EARLIER THIS YEAR IS BACK ON ` WE HEAR WHY THE ORGANISER IS DOUBLING DOWN Right now, this man is saving a woman from bleeding to death after complications during childbirth. - (YAWNS) - Everyday people can save lives every day. # SUGAR, YES PLEASE, # WOULD YOU COME AND PUT IT DOWN ON ME? WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. NEWS THAT IS SURE TO GET MANY OF YOU FIRED UP ` THE NORTH CANTERBURY HUNTING COMPETITION IS BACK ON AGAIN AFTER SOME TWEAKS TO THE RULES. THE AIM IS TO CAPTURE AND KILL FERAL CATS, BUT CONCERNS FOR ANIMAL WELFARE ` AND THE POSSIBILITY SOMEONE'S CUTE FAMILY KITTY WILL ACCIDENTALLY BE TRAPPED ` HAVE ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISERS CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE HALT TO THE TOURNAMENT. WE'LL SPEAK WITH THEM IN A MOMENT, BUT FIRST, WE'RE JOINED BY COMPETITION ORGANISER MAT BAILEY. THANK YOU FOR COMING ON THE PROGRAM THIS MORNING. YOU FACED A LOT OF HEAT AND BACKLASH WHEN THIS COMPETITION WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED. WHY WOULD YOU BRING IT BACK? WE DID. WE ARE IN ROUND TWO. WE ARE USED TO IT NOW. FOR US, IT IS JUST RAISING THE AWARENESS. WE HAVE GOT A MAJOR ISSUE OUT HERE ON FARM AND IN OUR NATIVE BUSH. WE WANT TO DO OUR PART TO CLEAR THESE ANIMALS OF OUR FARMS AND SAVE SOME NATIVE SPECIES. YOU HAVE GOT A PROBLEM, AND I COMPLETELY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, BUT TELL ME FIRST WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO CHANGE THE RULES AROUND THE COMPETITION. FIRSTLY, WE HAVE PUT THE FEAR SECTION INTO THE OPEN, WHICH MEANS IT IS IN THE ADULT SECTION. WE HAVE LAID OUT SOME RULES. YOU NEED TO BE 10 KM OUTSIDE OF ANY TOWNSHIP, LIFESTYLE BLOCK, AND YOU NEED TO BE BOX TRAPPING. YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO HUNT FOR THE THREE DAYS, BUT MOST PEOPLE ARE ONLY HUNTING FOR TWO DAYS, BECAUSE THEY NEED THE EXTRA DAY TO PREPARE FOR THE WAY AND. YOU NEED TO TALK TO THE FARMERS AND NEIGHBOURS. YOU ALL NEED TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN IT COMES TO THIS. WHAT ELSE HAVE WE GOT IN THERE? ENJOY THE OUTDOORS WHILE DOING YOUR PART FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE COUNTRY, REALLY. THERE WILL BE SOME CONCERN, AND I KNOW WE WILL TALK TO SAFE SOON, BUT THIS DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU ARE STILL NOT GOING TO MISIDENTIFY A CAT THAT IS NOT FERAL, THAT WHEN THEY ARE TRAPPED THEY BECOME ANXIOUS AND PERHAPS MOVE AROUND A LITTLE MORE, AND YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TELL FROM THEIR BEHAVIOUR WHETHER THEY ARE FERAL OR NOT. YOU CANNOT CHECK THEIR MICROCHIP FOR EXAMPLE. WE GET A LOT OF THAT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AREAS. WE ARE WELL AWAY FROM TOWNSHIPS AND FARMERS. IF A DOMESTIC CAT HAS TRAVEL THAT FAR, THE QUESTION NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THEIR OWNER AS TO SAY WHY IS YOUR CAT SO FAR OUT ON SOMEONE'S PROPERTY. IT IS PROBABLY UP TO NO GOOD. A WILDCAT WHEN IT IS TRAPPED IS MAD. YOU CANNOT GO ANYWHERE NEAR THE CAGE. THEY WILL CUT YOUR FINGER. IT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS WHEN A FERAL CAT IS CAGE COMPARED TO A DOMESTIC CAT. WE USED TO HAVE CATS AND YOU WOULD PUT IT IN CASE YOU TAKE IT TO THE VET, BUT THEY GET UPSET, BUT THEY ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO THESE PREDATORS. HAVE YOU HEARD FROM ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISERS? THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU THE LAST TIME WE COVERED THIS, AND I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A PROTEST PLANNED IT YOUR WAY AND. WE HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THEM, BUT WE ARE PUSHING ON WITH THIS. WE ARE TAKING THE SIDE OF THE BIRDS. THEY HAVE GOT THEIR OWN PERSPECTIVE; WE HAVE HOURS. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY CANNOT FOCUS THE ENERGY ON GETTING SOME LEGISLATION IN PLACE. WE AGREE WITH SAFE THAT THINGS NEED TO COME INTO PLACE WHERE CATS NEED TO BE MICROCHIP, DESEXED AND REGISTERED. THEY SHOULD BE MANDATORY. THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE GETTING THIS OVERFLOW OUT INTO THE COUNTRYSIDE AND THE NATIVE BUSH, BUT IF PROTESTERS WANT TO COME AND TAKE THE SIDE OF THE FERAL CAT, THAT IS FINE. WE TAKE THE SIDE OF OUR NATIVE ANIMALS. WE DO NOT GO TO TOWN AND PROTEST AT THEIR EVENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND SAY THEY ARE KILLING ALL OF OUR NATIVE SPECIES. IF THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, THAT IS FINE. HOW MANY FERAL CATS WOULD YOU EXPECT TO BE KILLED? IT COULD BE IN THE HUNDREDS. IT IS HARD TO SAY. ON THE FARM WHERE I AM, I WOULD KILL ABOUT 40 A YEAR EASY. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE. THE HUNTERS ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO DO IT. IT STARTS TOMORROW. THEY WILL BE SETTING TRAPS. WE HAVE HAD RECORD ENTRIES THIS YEAR. WE CLOCKED OVER 1500 ENTRIES, WHICH I THINK MAKES THIS THE BIGGEST HUNTING COMPETITION IN THE COUNTRY, IF NOT IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. IT IS MAINLY DUE TO ALL OF THE MEDIA ATTENTION. WE HAVE HAD OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FROM OUR SPONSORS AND THE RURAL COMMUNITY, AND EVEN URBAN PEOPLE SAYING THINGS NEED TO CHANGE HERE IN THE COUNTRY, AND WE WANT TO DO OUR PART OUT HERE ON THE RURAL SIDE, AND WE HOPE THE TOWN CAN DO THEIR PART. THEY DO SO THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS BAD PUBLICITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. WE HOPE THE EVENTS GO OFF WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE. CHEERS, MATE. THANK YOU. SO THAT'S THE JUSTIFICATION FOR WHY THE CAT KILLING COMPETITION IS GOING AHEAD. BUT IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ANIMAL WELFARE GROUPS WHO FEAR DOMESTIC CATS COULD GET CAUGHT UP IN THE HUNT. SAFE'S WILL APPLEBY JOINS US NOW. MORENA. WE HAVE HAD YOU ON BEFORE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE GOT YOU BACK. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE NEW RULES? IS IT ENOUGH TO ALLAY YOUR FEARS? MORENA. TO BE HONEST, DOESN'T REALLY GO FAR ENOUGH FOR US. I DO KNOW THEY HAVE INTRODUCED NEW ROLES, AND HAS MOVED INTO AT THE ADULT SECTION, AND I WOULD NOTE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE CAN STILL COMPETE IN THE OPEN SECTION. THE TRAPPING OF THE CATS IN THESE CAGES, IT IS GOING TO CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STRESS FOR THOSE CATS. THEY ARE GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY TERRIFIED. THAT IS NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE BEST WELFARE NEEDS OF THESE ANIMALS. THERE IS STILL A RISK THAT SOMEONE CATS COULD BE MISIDENTIFIED. IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR COMPANION CATS TO ACT QUITE FERAL WHEN THEY ARE TRAPPED IN A CAGE. IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR VETS TO HAVE TO WEAR GLOVES JUST TO GIVE SOMEONE'S COMPANION CAT THEIR ANNUAL VACCINATION BECAUSE THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE IS SO STRESSFUL FOR THEM. WE STILL SEE SOME RISKS HERE. AND WE AGREE THERE IS A REAL PROBLEM WITH CATS IN NEW ZEALAND. THEY ARE A NATURAL PREDATOR AND THEY ARE A THREAT TO NATIVE SPECIES. THERE IS A LOT OF COMMON GROUND. I PUSH BACK ON THE NOTION THAT IT IS ABOUT TAKING SIDES. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL ANIMALS. WE WANT TO SEE STRATEGY PUT INTO PLACE THAT IS GOING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM LONG-TERM. WE HAVE BEEN KILLING CATS FOR DECADES NOW, THE PROBLEM IS ONLY GETTING WORSE. WE NEED MORE REALISTIC LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS. I WANT TO PICK UP ON A COUPLE OF POINTS. FIRSTLY, THE CAT WILL BE TRAPPED IN A CAGE AND IT WOULD FIND IT AN UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE, BUT I AM NOT SURE, IF YOU CAN WALK ME THROUGH, HOW ELSE, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER WAY TO TRAP A FERAL CAT, HUMANELY OR NOT, SURELY IT INVOLVES A CAGE AT SOME POINT, AND SECONDLY, THEY ARE FINDING CATS 10 KM AWAY FROM ANY KIND OF RESIDENTIAL AREA, THAN THAT PROBABLY IMPLIES THAT CAT IS IN THE WRONG PLACE MAY BE DOING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WILDLIFE OUT THERE. SURE, IT COULD IMPLY THAT THEY ARE FAR AWAY AND THEY COULD BE FERAL, BUT THESE ARE ALL CATS. THEY ARE ALL THE SAME CATEGORY ENDED THE DAY. OLDER DOMESTIC CATS CAN LOOK A BIT FERAL. THEY CAN LOOK A BIT ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES. THEY ARE NOT IN THE PRIME OF THEIR LIFE ANYMORE. IN TERMS OF THE SOLUTIONS HERE, WE CANNOT JUST CONTINUE TRAPPING AND KILLING CATS LIKE THIS, BECAUSE IT IS NOT A SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM SOLUTION. WE NEED A NATIONAL CATS TRAGEDY. WE NEED MANDATORY DEFECTS IN, NEUTERING, MICROCHIP AND, WE NEED MORE CONTROLS ON BREEDING, BECAUSE THERE'S BASICALLY NO REGULATION FOR BREEDING CATS IN NEW ZEALAND. WE NEED A NATIONWIDE STRATEGY. THAT IS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE WELFARE NEEDS OF OUR NATIVE SPECIES AND ALLOCATE POPULATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING ON THE PROGRAM THIS MORNING. NO PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AWAY MY CATS. THERE IS A CERTAIN CLUB THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED. THEY ARE NOT FERAL; THEY JUST SCRATCH THINGS. THEY SCRATCH EVERYWHERE. AND THEY DROP HERE. THEY SOUND FERAL. ANYWAY, WITH TIME RUNNING OUT TO SAVE THE PASSENGERS ON THE TITAN SUBMERSIBLE WE ASK AN EXPERT IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO BE SAVED. # IT'S JUST A SUPER CUT OF US. # SUPER CUT OF US. # WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. I DO LIKE MY CATS, BY THE WAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR BEFORE THE FEEDBACK STARTS. BEFORE YOUR CATS WRITE IN. THE FIVE PASSENGERS ON THE TITAN SUBMERSIBLE HAVE LESS THAN 20 HOURS OF OXYGEN LEFT ACCORDING TO THE U.S. COAST GUARD. MORE BANGING NOISES HAVE BEEN HEARD TODAY IN THE AREA OF WHERE THE SUBMERSIBLE IS BELIEVED TO BE. OUR GUEST IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE WORLD'S FOREMOST EXPERTS ON THE TITANIC. HE'S A LEADING AUTHOR, PRESENTER AND HISTORIAN ` TIM MALTIN JOINS US THIS MORNING FROM THE UK. TIM, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. GOOD MORNING FROM NEW ZEALAND. GOOD MORNING. HELLO FROM LONDON. THIS IS A DIRE SITUATION, WE ARE ALL AWARE OF WHAT IS AT STAKE, FIVE LIVES, FIRST AND FOREMOST. YOU HAVE BEEN STUDYING, WRITING ABOUT, PRESENTING DOCUMENTARIES, WRITING TELEVISION SERIES ON THE TITANIC FOR MANY YEARS. YOU ARE A MAN WHO PROBABLY KNOWS THE WRECK BETTER THAN ANYONE. JUST WHAT KIND OF AREA, IF THE SUBMERSIBLE IS ANYWHERE IN THE VICINITY OF THE TITANIC WRECK ` JUST WHAT KIND OF AREA WHAT THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN, AND HOW DANGEROUS WOULD THAT BE? THE FIRST THING AS IT IS TWO AND A HALF MILES DOWN, IT IS DARK, IT IS COLD ` YOU CANNOT SEE YOUR HAND IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE UNLESS YOU HAVE A BIG SEARCHLIGHT GOING AHEAD TO ILLUMINATE A SMALL SITE. THE WRECK SITE IS ENORMOUS. THE BOW IS IN GOOD CONDITION, SITTING PROUDLY, TOWERING 70 FEET ABOVE THE MUD OF THE SEA FLOOR, BUT THE STERN IS LIKE A BOMB HAS GONE OFF, THE STERN IS LIKE A JUNKYARD. YOU HAVE CABLES, BITS OF CRANES, BITS OF TORN METAL ` LOTS OF THINGS THAT YOU COULD SNAG A SUBMERSIBLE ON. MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU GET IS DRAGNET THAT ACTUALLY BREAK OFF OF FISHING VESSELS, AND THEY END UP SNAGGED ON THE WRECK. THEY ARE CALLED GHOST NETS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE SUBMARINE COULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN ONE OF THESE GHOST NETS. SO MANY POSSIBILITIES TO EXPLORE. I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE BANGING NOISES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. WE KNOW THAT THE WRECK IS DECAYING, CONTINUES TO DECAY, WE KNOW WHERE IT IS, AND THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE OCEAN CURRENTS AT PLAY ` COULD THESE BANGING NOISES BE PUT DOWN TO NATURAL DECAY ON THE WRECK ITSELF, PIECES STILL FALLING OFF OR FALLING AWAY? I DO NOT THINK THE NOISES CAN BE PUT DOWN TO THAT. I THINK THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THE NOISES COULD BE PUT DOWN TO, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS A LOT OF MATERIAL AROUND THE SEARCH AND RESCUE ` THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMERCIAL SHIPS IN THAT AREA. I DO NOT HOLD OUT A LOT OF HOPE FOR THE BANGING NOISES THEMSELVES ` I THINK IF THEY WERE BANGING NOISES FROM HUMANS, THEY WOULD BE MORE DEFINITE, AND MORE REGULAR. I THINK THE BEST HOPE WE ALL HAVE IS THAT THEY WILL BE FOUND ALIVE ` IT WILL TAKE A BIT OF A MIRACLE, BUT THE BEST HOPE WOULD BE IF THE SUBMARINE CAN SOMEHOW GET TO THE SURFACE AND BE SPOTTED BY ONE OF THE HELICOPTERS OR ONE OF THE SURFACE SHIPS. MY FEAR IS THAT IF THE SUBMARINE IS ON THE SEA LAYER ` EVEN IF WE FIND IT, WHAT DO WE DO? HOW CAN WE THEN ACTUALLY RESCUED AT SUB? I AM NOT SURE THERE IS ANY SUB CAPABLE OF RECOVERING THAT SUB. THEY MAY BE ABLE TO ATTACH A TETHER AND THEN CRANE IT UP TO THE SURFACE, AS FAR AS I CAN SEE, THAT IS THE ONLY POSSIBLE HOPE. TIME IS RUNNING OUT. TIME CERTAINLY IS. LESS THAN 20 HOURS OF OXYGEN, ACCORDING TO THE US COAST GUARD. WE SPOKE TO A NUMBER OF EXPERTS ABOUT THE SEARCH ITSELF, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE A DIVE, EXCUSE THE PUN, AND TO THE EXPLORATION AROUND THE TITANIC. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS NEW, THE WRECK WAS DISCOVERED IN 1985, AND MANY BRAVE SOULS HAVE BEEN TO THE WRECK SINCE. IT DOES TAKE BRAVERY, DOESN'T IT, TO PUT YOURSELF IN THAT POSITION? IT DOES. IN FACT, ONE HAS TO SIGN A WAIVER TO GO DOWN TO THE TITANIC. THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT ALTHOUGH THE SUBMERSIBLE WAS AS SAFE AS YOU COULD MAKE IT, I AM NOT SURE WHETHER IT WAS AS SAFE AS SOME OF THE NAVY SUBMARINES THAT FOUND THE WRECK IN 1985. I AM NOT SURE IT IS AS SAFE AS SOME OF THE SUBMERSIBLES THAT JAMES CAMERON USED WHEN HE MADE THE FILM. COULD THE SUBMERSIBLE HAVE BEEN SAFER, AND COULD HAVE BEEN MORE REGULATION AND OVERSIGHT? ALTHOUGH THESE WEALTHY PEOPLE DID KNOW THE RISKS, DID THEY REALLY KNOW THAT THEY WERE PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH WHETHER THEY WERE GOING TO BE COMING BACK OR NOT? VERY SADLY, THERE IS A YOUNG BOY AMONG THE CREW. DID HE REALLY KNOW THE RISKS? DID HIS FATHER REALLY KNOW THE RISKS WHEN THEY SIGNED UP? TIM, IT IS ANOTHER CHAPTER IN YOUR LIFELONG OBSESSION. WE HOPE THIS ONE HAS A HAPPY ENDING. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. HAVE A LOVELY EVENING. MORE NOISES HAVE BEEN HEARD IN THE SEARCH FOR THE SUBMERSIBLE MISSING IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE REPORTED 'BANGING' NOISES DETECTED HAVE PROMPTED THE U.S. COAST GUARD TO MOVE AND EXPAND THE SEARCH. THE COAST GUARD SAYS THE NOISES HEARD HAS GIVEN IT A TARGET IN THE SEARCH. IT'S ESTIMATED THE CREW HAVE LESS THAN A DAY OF OXYGEN LEFT ON BOARD. I THINK WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SEARCH AND RESCUE CASE, YOU ALWAYS HAVE HOPE. THAT IS WHY WE ARE DOING WHAT WE DO. WITH RESPECT TO THE NOISES, WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, TO BE FRANK. THE GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE SEARCHING IN THE AREA WHERE THE NOISES WERE DETECTED, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. IT'S ESTIMATED THE CREW HAVE LESS THAN A DAY OF OXYGEN LEFT ON BOARD. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS HAD LASTING IMPACTS ON NEW ZEALAND LEARNERS ACCORDING TO THE EDUCATION REVIEW OFFICE. THE LATEST RESEARCH SHOWS POORER COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR ARE CONTINUING TO STRUGGLE WITH STUDENTS' ATTENDANCE BEHAVIOUR AND LEARNING SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. ERO HAS RECOMMENDED MORE TARGETED SUPPORT FOR THOSE STRUGGLING THE MOST, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO CATCH UP ON LEARNING THEY'VE MISSED. THE RESEARCH ALSO FOUND LEARNERS ARE HAPPIER THAN THEY'VE EVER BEEN IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, SAYING BEING CONNECTED TO FRIENDS AND LESS WORRY ABOUT COVID ARE THE BIGGEST DRIVERS. THE CONTROVERSIAL FERAL CAT KILLING COMPETITION IS MAKING A RETURN AFTER ORGANISERS RECEIVED OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR IT TO GO AHEAD. THE NORTH CANTERBURY COMPETITION WAS AXED BACK IN APRIL AFTER RECEIVING PUBLIC AND GLOBAL BACKLASH FROM ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS. IT ORIGINALLY ENCOURAGED KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF 14 TO HUNT FERAL CATS, BUT ORGANISER MAT BAILEY SAYS CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE. WE ARE WELL AWAY FROM TOWNSHIPS, FARMERS, YOU KNOW. IF A DOMESTIC CAT HAS TRAVELLED THAT FAR, I THINK THE QUESTION NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE OWNER AS TO WHY IS YOUR CAT SO FAR OUT ON SOMEONE'S PROPERTY? IT'S PROBABLY UP TO NO GOOD. IT SHOULD HAVE A COLLAR ON IT. A WILD CAT, WHEN IT'S TRAPPED, IS POSSESSED BY THE DEVIL. THESE THINGS ARE MAD. LIKE, YOU CAN'T GO ANYWHERE NEAR THE CAGE. THEY WILL TAKE YOUR FINGER OFF. THE CATEGORY HAS BEEN MOVED INTO THE ADULTS SECTION, AND CATS NOW NEED TO BE CAUGHT IN A CAGE FIRST. CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND HAS FOUND PRE-PAY POWER CUSTOMERS ARE PAYING 15% MORE TO TURN ON THE LIGHTS DESPITE MORE OFTEN BEING THE MOST IN NEED. ISSUES SUCH AS POOR CREDIT RATINGS MEAN THESE CUSTOMERS ARE UNABLE TO SIGN-UP FOR MONTHLY ELECTRITY PLANS. THE CONSUMER WATCHDOG SAYS THE SITUATION IS 'REMARKABLY UNFAIR'. THE RESEARCH SHOWS 40,000 HOUSEHOLDS GO WITHOUT POWER AT SOME POINT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT. 24 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED AFTER A GAS EXPLOSION SPARKED A FIRE IN PARIS. THE BLAST OCCURRED IN A DESIGN AND FASHION SCHOOL IN THE CENTRAL CITY. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE STILL SEARCHING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE OF THE BUILDINGS WHERE AT LEAST TWO ARE BELIEVED TO BE MISSING. POLICE HAVE WARNED PEOPLE TO AVOID THE AREA. INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI IS IN THE U.S. AND FLEXED HIS COUNTRY'S CULTURAL REACH. MODI HAS LED A YOGA SESSION ON THE LAWN OF THE UNITED NATIONS, CELEBRATING THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA. THE REST OF MODI'S TRIP MIGHT NOT BE SO RELAXING, THE U.S. IS EXPECTED TO TRY TO CHARM THE PM, HOPING TO USE INDIA AS A COUNTER BALANCE TO CHINA'S GROWING INFLUENCE IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. TO SPORT, AND QUEENSLAND HAVE SECURED THE STATE OF ORIGIN FOR ANOTHER YEAR, DANCING CIRCLES AROUND NEW SOUTH WALES, WINNING 32-6. THE BLUES HAD NO ANSWER FOR THE HOME TEAM ` THE QUEENSLANDERS SCORING 22 UNANSWERED POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF. THE MAROONS THANKING THE FANS FOR BACKING THEM ALL THE WAY. JUST NEVER GET SICK OF LOSING IN FRONT OF THIS CROWD. THANKS SO MUCH FOR EVERYONE WHO CAME HERE TONIGHT. THEY HONESTLY MAKE IT SO SPECIAL, MATE. WE'LL SAVOUR THIS TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT, FINALLY, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT LEFT TO SAY TO 'EM? SEE YOUSE NEXT YEAR. (LAUGHS) THE FINAL GAME WILL BE PLAYED IN SYDNEY. LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT IT. I AM BLUE UNTIL THE BITTER END. UP THE BLUES. SO DESPERATE. SHH! AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO A FEW WEATHER WARNINGS FIRST ` THERE IS AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING FOR COROMANDEL PENINSULA, BAY OF PLENTY AND GISBORNE TAIRAWHITI. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` YOU'LL NEED THE UMBRELLA TODAY. RAIN CONTINUES FOR YOU ALL, HEAVIER IN WHITIANGA. 17 THE HIGH IN AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` LOOKING VERY SIMILAR HERE. TAURANGA, WHAKATANE, AND ROTORUA, THERE'S THUNDERSTORMS FOR YOU. 15 THE HIGH IN HAMILTON. TO THE EAST COAST ` RAIN CONTINUES HERE TOO. THIS WILL DEVELOP INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. 13 THE HIGH IN DANNEVIRKE. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU'LL OPEN THE CURTAINS TO CLOUD AND A FEW SHOWERS. THESE WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF YOU. WHANGANUI ` YOUR HIGH IS 19. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A VERY MIXED BAG HERE. RAIN FOR THE TOP HALF BUT LOVELY FOR WESTPORT THROUGH TO HOKITIKA. 16 THE HIGH IN NELSON. HEADING SOUTH ` YOU'LL START THE DAY WITH CLOUDY PERIODS. CHRISTCHURCH GETS THE RAIN. HIGH CLOUD FOR EVERYONE ELSE. 13 THE HIGH FOR OAMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` A FOGGY START FOR YOU. CLEARING TO A MOSTLY FINE AFTERNOON WITH A BIT OF HIGH CLOUD ABOUT. DUNEDIN ` YOUR HIGH IS 14. SCOTTY, THAT WAS UNFAIR. YOU MADE ME LAUGH DURING THAT BULLETIN. YOU ARE LOOKING AT ME, YOU ARE PULLING FACES ABOUT THE CAT STORY. IF SOMETHING IS POSSESSED BY THE DEVIL, I WOULD SHOOT IT AS WELL. THAT IS ALL I AM GOING TO SAY. FERAL. CAN'T WAIT FOR THE FEEDBACK TO START FLOODING IN. I AM SO GLAD I AM NOT THE PERSON WHO HAS TO HOLD THE CAT KILLING MENTAL THIS WEEK. CORRECTION: MANTLE DO YOU KNOW HOW I GOT THESE CATS? I FLEW TO THE WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES, I LANDED IN SEOUL, AND I GOT A CALL FROM A FAMILY WITH TWO KITTENS IN THE LOUNGE, AND THEY DID NOT TELL ME THEY WERE GETTING THEM, AND THEY ARE STILL ALIVE. NOW IT IS TIME TO GET YOUR REVENGE. DON'T WORRY, THEY HAVE NO NUTS. GOOD. ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISERS WILL BE HAPPY WITH THAT. YOU HAVE DONE YOUR PART. I DID NOT DO IT PERSONALLY. DO YOU LET YOUR CATS OUT? DO I LET HIM OUT? THEY ARE HOPELESS, THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING ANYWAY. THEY ARE BIRD KILLERS. MURDERERS. YOU ALWAYS CHECK THE FEEDBACK LOG. I HAVE PLENTY OF SUPPORT. THE NORTH CANTERBURY HUNTING COMPETITION IS BACK ON WITH FERAL CATS. IS THIS YOUR CUP OF TEA OR NOT, MOST OF YOU SAY NO. MAKE UP OF TEA IS BIRDSONG. IT WOULD BE A GOOD WEEKEND TO KEEP YOUR BIRDS UNDER CONTROL. IT IS A NORTH CANTERBURY? VICKI SAYS DISCUSSING HUMANS, IT IS OUR FAULT THE CATS ARE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. FERAL CATS ARE A HUGE PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, IT SHOULD GO AHEAD. WE DID AN INTERVIEW ON THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO AROUND CALLS FOR FERAL CATS TO BE ADDED TO THE PREDATOR FREE LIST FOR 2050. THE SPCA WAS TALKING ABOUT DE-SEXING AND KEEPING YOUR CATS UNDER CONTROL IN YOUR HOME AT NIGHT. LOCK THE DOORS. LOCK YOUR CATS UP. I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS HAS SUDDENLY TURNED ON ME? WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS GET ONE OF THOSE CAT RUNS, CUT A HOLE IN THE WALL, STICK ONE OF THOSE PLASTIC CYLINDERS, AND DO ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE HAVE A VERY HIGHLY PRIZED BURMESE, YOU LET THEM RUN THROUGH THE WALL. WOULD YOU LIKE SOME CATS? YOU HAVE NOT SOLD THEM TO US. SOMEONE SAYS BEST NEWS I HAVE HEARD TODAY. WHICH BIT? CHRISTINE SAYS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO GO AHEAD. YOU ARE ALL FIRED UP. WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE HEARING YOUR FEEDBACK. IS IT JUST BECAUSE THE WORD CAT IS IN THERE? IF IT WAS A STOAT OR A RAT OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WAS A PREDATOR... I THINK SAFE WOULD FEEL THE SAME WAY, BUT WE WOULD NOT BE GETTING FEEDBACK LIKE THIS. PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THEIR CAT BEING SHOT. 10 KM AS THE NEW RANGE. YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN A CAGE, A BOX TRAP, AND THEN THEY HAVE SPECIFIED THE KIND ARRIVAL AND BULLET YOU HAVE TO USE TO KILL THE CAT. I THINK SAFE MIGHT BE OKAY WITH EVERYTHING UP TO THE TRAPPING BIT. IT IS A BIT AFTER THAT. WE DID SHOW SOME BEAUTIFUL LITTLE KITTENS, DOMESTICATED KITTENS, THEN USE ALL THE FERAL CATS. THEY ARE BIG. I THOUGHT IT WAS A COUGAR OR A JAGUAR. I THINK THAT WAS A MOUNTAIN LION FOOTAGE THAT GOT IN THERE BY ACCIDENT. THAT THING IS HUGE. I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS MUCH CAT CHAT. THEY ALSO KILL PEKAPEKA AND KEA. I AM NOT A FAN. IS GARETH MORGAN GOING DOWN? WE DID DO SOME BACKGROUND RESEARCH, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THERE IS SOME SUPPORT FOR THIS COMPETITION, WITH THE REVISED RULES. WE ARE GETTING TOLD TO WRAP UP. ME U TONU MAI ` STAY WITH US ` THE FORMER POLICE COMMMISSIONER IS STEPPING IN AT ORANGA TAMARIKI, WE ASK THE CHILDRENS COMMISSIONER ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST TWO MEMBERS OF STAFF NEXT. - The day doesn't begin until we've got our coffee order in. Yup, we've become a nation of coffee snobs, which is why Z's trained baristas use NAU MAI HOKI MAI ANO. TWO SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD AT ORANGA TAMARIKI. FORMER POLICE COMMISSIONER MIKE BUSH HAS BEEN CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE. JOINING US NOW IS CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER, HER HONOUR JUDGE FRANCES EIVERS. MORENA. LOVELY TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. ONE OF THESE ALLEGATIONS WAS REPORTED DIRECTLY TO 1 OF YOUR INSPECTORS DURING AN UNANNOUNCED VISIT TO 1 OF THE FACILITIES ` I WONDER HOW MUCH INFORMATION YOU ARE ABLE TO GIVE US ABOUT THAT APPROACH ` HOW IT HAPPENED AND WHAT WAS ACTUALLY SAID? MORENA. I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT WAS SAID BECAUSE IT IS PART OF A POLICE INVESTIGATION THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO COMPROMISE, IT IS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THESE CHILDREN THAT THIS IS ABOUT. I AM WHAT IS CALLED A NATIONAL PREVENTATIVE MONITOR, WHICH IS THE OPTIONAL RADICAL AGAINST TORTURE, AND IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION, WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE A TEAM THAT GOES INTO PLACES OF DETENTION WHERE CHILDREN ARE KEPT TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE NOT TREATED INHUMANELY, BADLY, CRAWLEY, OR TORTURED ` THAT COME STRAIGHT OUT OF THAT CONVENTION AND OUR LAW. I AM PART OF THAT TEAM, IT IS A ROUTINE VISIT THAT THEY DO, THIS WAS UNANNOUNCED ` FROM WHAT I KNOW, IT WAS ASKING QUESTIONS, IT WAS STAFF, EVERYONE THERE, AND IT CAME OUT OF THAT QUESTIONING. THAT IS HOW IT AROSE. SORRY. HOW SERIOUS WAS THE ALLEGATION THAT WAS REPORTED TO YOUR INSPECTOR? A SERIOUS ALLEGATION, WHICH IS SOON AS I BECAME AWARE OF IT, WE PUT OUR PROCESS INTERPLAY, WHICH IS THAT WE CONTACTED ORANGA TAMARIKI WHO INVOLVE THE POLICE AND WE WENT FROM THERE. IT WAS SERIOUS ENOUGH FOR US TO ACT IMMEDIATELY. AS A RESULT OF THIS, WE NOW HAVE A SHORT REVIEW, WHICH WILL COME OUT IN AUGUST. THERE HAS BEEN OVER A DOZEN REVIEWS INTO ORANGA TAMARIKI PRACTICES OVER RECENT YEARS, NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE WHICH IS BEING LED BY FORMER POLICE COMMISSIONER MIKE BUSH. THERE ARE SYSTEMIC ISSUES WITHIN ORANGA TAMARIKI ` IS ANOTHER REVIEW REALLY GOING TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE THAT ARE INSIDE THESE FACILITIES? I GUESS WHAT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND DISHONEST THAT WE PUT A POLICE INVESTIGATION ALONGSIDE IT. I AGREE, THERE ARE PROBABLY HUGE SYSTEMIC ISSUES WITHIN ORANGA TAMARIKI ` THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN THROUGH THE ROYAL COMMISSION AND THE STORIES THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THAT. WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT WE RECOGNISE THAT, AN ACTION IS TAKEN. CERTAINLY FROM THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE MY JOB, AND THE JOB OF MY TEAM, IS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE WELL-BEING AND WELFARE OF MOKOPUNA. I AM COMMUNICATING WITH ORANGA TAMARIKI REGULARLY ABOUT THIS ` WILL BE GIVING A CLOSE EYE ON IT, AND I AM HOPING THAT THIS REPORT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN. IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. YES, ANOTHER REPORT, YES, ANOTHER REVIEW, BUT I HAVE TO SAY, THERE HAS BEEN DECISIVE ACTION ON THIS, AND THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE SERIOUS ENOUGH TO INVOLVE THE POLICE. I AM HOPING THAT SOME GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS WILL COME OUT OF THAT ` NOT ONLY GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THEY NEED TO BE ACTED ON. LATER THAT BACK IN 2021, AND THIS IS BEFORE YOU CAME INTO THE ROLE OF CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER, THEY RECOMMENDED THAT THESE FACILITIES SHUT DOWN. SHOULD THEY BE, AND YOU SUPPORT THAT? OTHER FIT FOR PURPOSE? I ADVOCATE STRONGLY FOR THEM TO BE CLOSED DOWN, AND THIS OFFICE HAS FOR MANY YEARS. THESE ARE OLD MODELS THAT GO BACK TO THE FIFTIES, SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN INSIDE ONE OF THEM, BUT THEY ARE AKIN TO A PRISON. WHY ARE WE PUTTING OUR CHILDREN AND PRISONS? THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF RESIDENCES, THERE IS A CARE AND PROTECTION ONE, WHERE MOKOPUNA WHO HAVE ISSUES WITH THEIR BEHAVIOUR THAT THEIR WHANAU CANNOT DEAL WITH, THEY ARE THEN PLACED IN, AS A LAST RESORT, CARE AND PROTECTION RESIDENCES, SO THAT THEY CAN SORT OF GET HELP, GET ASSISTANCE TO GO BACK TO THEIR WHANAU. WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THEY ARE OFTEN IN THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THE OTHER TYPE OF RESIDENCE OF THE YOUTH JUSTICE RESIDENT, WHICH IS WHERE YOUNG OFFENDERS ARE PLACED. ALL OF THEM ARE LIKE PRISONS. THEY ARE CONCRETE WALLS. YOU CAN READ ANY OF OUR REPORTS FROM OUR TEAM WHICH ARE PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE, AND IT IS THE SAME THEMES ` THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH STAFF, STAFF ARE NOT SUPERVISED, THERE IS NOT CULTURAL SUPERVISION FOR THEM. MOKOPUNA TO GO IN THERE USUALLY GO IN THERE BECAUSE OF SOME SORT OF TRAUMA, AND A COMBINATION OF A LOT OF COMPLEX ISSUES IN THEIR LIVES, AND THERE IS NOT A LOT OF ASSISTANCE FOR THEM TO DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES. THERE IS EDUCATION, BUT IT IS ALL THAT IS PROVIDED. THE KAIMAHI WITHIN THOSE RESIDENCES, AS A GENERAL RULE, WORK HARD, BUT IT ONLY TAKES A COUPLE OF BAD APPLES TO MAKE THINGS UNSAFE. THE FACT THAT THIS IS HIGHLIGHTED AS A GOOD THING, IN THE SENSE THAT THESE CHILDREN NEED TO BE SAFE, THEY DESERVE TO BE SAFE. THEY ARE ALREADY CHILDREN WHO HAVE HAD A REALLY ROUGH TIME. YES, ABSOLUTELY. CLOSE THEM DOWN. STRONG PROPONENT OF THAT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER FRANCES EIVERS. TENA KOE. E HAERE AKE NEI, COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR ` MICHAEL WOOD HAS BEEN GIVEN THE BOOT ` THE LATEST MINISTERIAL SCANDAL FOR LABOUR THIS YEAR, SO CAN CHRIS HIPKINS GET HIS PARTY IN ORDER IN TIME FOR THE ELECTION? BUT NEXT ` KIWIS LOVE A BARGAIN. BUT ARE WE GETTING THE SHOPPING DEAL WE THINK WE ARE WHEN IT COMES TO DUTY-FREE? THAT ANSWER IS NEXT. KIA ORA, EVERYONE. WELCOME BACK. PICKING UP A FEW BOTTLES OF DUTY-FREE WINE, PERFUME OR A NOVELTY-SIZE TOBLERONE AT THE AIRPORT IS A TRADITION FOR MANY OVERSEAS TRAVELLERS. BUT ARE YOU ACTUALLY GETTING THE BEST DEAL ON THESE PRODUCTS? IT'S A QUESTION TRAVEL JOURNALIST JOSH MARTIN ENDEAVOURED TO FIND OUT. WHEN COMPARING PRICES FOR A VIKTOR AND ROLF PERFUME, HE FOUND AT AE DUTY FREE AT AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IT'S $208. CHEMIST WAREHOUSE, THE SAME BOTTLE IS ON SALE FOR ALMOST $30 LESS. CHEMIST WAREHOUSE AND THOSE BIG BRAND FRAGRANCES, GOODNESS ME. JOSH JOINS US NOW FOR MORE. HE IS A BRITISH-BASED NEW ZEALAND BORN JOURNALIST. ARE WE GETTING RIPPED OFF DUTY FREE? GOOD MORNING. WE MIGHT JUST BE. I THINK THE ASSUMPTION THAT TRAVELLERS MAKE WHEN THEY ARE ABOUT TO JET OFF ON HOLIDAY IS THAT THE BEST PLACE TO PICK UP A BOTTLE OF SPIRITS OR MAYBE SOME AIR PODS, SOME TECH, A PAIR OF SUNNIS, IS A DUTY FREE AND THE DEPARTURES LOUNGE. IT IS A FAIRLY RUDIMENTARY PRICE COMPARISON. IT IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. AIRPORTS JACOBI PRICES UP. I THINK WE CAN ALL SAFELY ASSUME THAT. RECENTLY TRAVELLING BACK, $10 FOR A BOTTLE OF WATER AT A CONVENIENCE STORE INSIDE AN AIRPORT. THEY HAVE GOT YOU. YOU ARE A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE. ABSOLUTELY. THE INDUSTRY CALLS THAT DWELL TIME. WHEN YOU CLEAR SECURITY AND MAY BE CUSTOMS, BUT YOUR GATE HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED, OR YOU ARE NOT BOARDING YET, YOU HAVE PROBABLY GOT 60 OR MAYBE 90 MINUTES, AND YOU WANT ENTERTAINING. YOU ARE SLIGHTLY BORED. IT MIGHT BE GRABBING A COFFEE OR LOOKING AT THE SHOPS. YOU CANNOT EXACTLY SHOP AROUND. THAT IS ANOTHER ROLEX I AM NEVER GOING TO BUY AT THE AIRPORT. I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE DUTY-FREE CONCEPT. WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING IS DUTY-FREE, THAT MEANS THAT GOVERNMENT DUTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PRICING, SO WHY ARE WE STILL FINDING, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE SAID YOUR STUDY WAS NOT SCIENTIFIC, BUT WHY ARE WE STILL FINDING THESE EXAMPLES OF DUTY-FREE SHOPPING THAT IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN DOMESTIC SHOPPING THAT DOMESTIC RETAILERS CAN OFFER HERE IN NEW ZEALAND? IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT WHAT ITEMS ARE NORMALLY SUBJECT TO QUITE HIGH TAXES, SO TRADITIONALLY THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE ALCOHOL AND CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO, THINGS THAT GOVERNMENTS SLAP MASSIVE TAXES ON SO YOU DO NOT BUY THEM. DUTY-FREE STORES, IF THEY ARE NOT HAVING TAXES, THOSE SHOULD BE CHEAPER, AND THAT IS WHAT I FOUND WHEN COMPARING NEW ZEALAND HIGH STREETS WITH THE AIRPORTS, THEY WERE. IT IS JUST THOSE THINGS WERE NEVER SUBJECT TO EXTRA DUTIES AND TAXES LIKE WHITAKER'S CHOCOLATE BARS OR A PAIR OF RAY BANS. THAT IS WHERE THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION OF HOW MUCH OF THE SAVING ARE WE GOING TO PASS ON TO CONSUMERS, AND OFTEN IT IS NOT ENOUGH. IT IS NOT WHAT THE TAX VALUE WOULD BE. ARE WE GOING TO BE MAKING SOME ADVISEMENTS HERE FOR PEOPLE TRAVELLING, FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE OF A TRAVEL JOURNALIST, AS A SEASONED TRAVELLER? I THINK IT PAYS` IF YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE THAT SORT OF PURCHASE WHERE IT IS WORTH LOOKING INTO, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE SHOPPING AROUND. DO NOT JUST ASSUME THAT THE DEPARTURES LOUNGE IS THE BEST PLACE TO PICK UP SOME NEW COLOGNE OR A WATCH. IT IS BEST TO RUN A SEARCH. YOU MAY FIND THAT IF YOU'RE HEADING TO THE STATES OR AUSTRALIA, WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS THAT HIGH STREET MALL ARE SHOPS THAT IS EDIFIED, YOU WILL PROBABLY FIND DEALS THERE AS WELL. GREAT TO CATCH UP WITH YOU. ALL THE WAY FROM MANCHESTER AS WELL. AS THE CITY RECOVERED YET? I THINK THEY ARE DOING A BIT OF CLEANUP AT THE MOMENT. THERE MIGHT STILL BE SOME PARTIES GOING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND THANK YOU FOR THE ADVICE AS WELL. NOTHING LIKE A COUPLE OF BOTTLES OF KARIBA ON YOUR WAY TO AUSTRALIA. SAM IS HERE WITH YOUR NEWS. I COULD NOT HAVE SAID THAT ANY BETTER. WHAT A MAN. MORE NOISES HAVE BEEN HEARD IN THE SEARCH FOR THE SUBMERSIBLE MISSING IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE REPORTED 'BANGING' NOISES DETECTED HAVE PROMPTED THE U.S. COAST GUARD TO MOVE AND EXPAND THE SEARCH. THE COAST GUARD SAYS THE NOISES HEARD HAS GIVEN IT A TARGET IN THE SEARCH. CONTACT WITH THE SUB, WHICH HAS FIVE PEOPLE ON BOARD, WAS LOST ON MONDAY WHEN IT MADE A 3800m DIVE TO THE TITANIC SHIPWRECK. I THINK WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SEARCH AND RESCUE CASE, YOU ALWAYS HAVE HOPE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE DO. WITH RESPECT TO THE NOISES SPECIFICALLY, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, TO BE FRANK WITH YOU. THE GOOD NEWS IS I CAN TELL YOU WE'RE SEARCHING IN THE AREA WHERE THE NOISES WERE DETECTED, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO. IT'S ESTIMATED THE CREW HAVE LESS THAN A DAY OF OXYGEN LEFT ON BOARD. THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER SAYS THERE ARE CLEARLY HUGE SYSTEMIC ISSUES AT ORANGA TAMARIKI AND IS A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR CLOSING RESIDENCES. IT FOLLOWS THE REVELATION TWO SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AGAINST STAFF AT ORANGA TAMARIKI RESIDENCES FOR INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR. JUDGE FRANCES EIVERS SAYS SHE HOPES AN INVESTIGATION AND RAPID REVIEW OF RESIDENCES WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. YES, ANOTHER REPORT, YES, ANOTHER REVIEW, BUT I HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS` THERE HAS BEEN DECISIVE ACTION ON THIS, AND THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE SERIOUS ENOUGH TO INVOLVE POLICE, SO I'M HOPING THAT SOME GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS WILL COME OUT OF THIS, BUT NOT ONLY GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS ` THEY NEED TO BE ACTED ON. TOMORROW FORMER POLICE COMMISSIONER MIKE BUSH WILL TAKE LEADERSHIP OF ORANGA TAMARIKI RESIDENCES AND CONDUCT A RAPID REVIEW. AN ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST BELIEVES THE LATEST CHANGES TO THE CONTROVERSIAL FERAL CAT KILLING COMPETITION DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH. THE NORTH CANTERBURY HUNTING COMPITION AXED THE CATEGORY BACK IN APRIL AFTER RECEIVING LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL BACKLASH. IT ORIGINALLY ENCOURAGED KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF 14 TO HUNT FERAL CATS, BUT NEW CHANGES WOULD MEAN IT IS MOVED TO THE ADULT SECTION, AND CATS NOW NEED TO BE CAUGHT IN A CAGE FIRST. THE TRAPPING OF THE CATS IN THESE CAGES ` IT'S GONNA CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STRESS FOR THOSE CATS. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA BE INCREDIBLY TERRIFIED. THAT'S NOT IN THE BEST` NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE BEST WELFARE NEEDS OF THESE ANIMALS, AND THERE STILL IS A RISK THAT SOMEONE'S CAT COULD BE MISIDENTIFIED. SAFE IS CALLING FOR A NATIONAL CAT STRATEGY TO BE ROLLED OUT. JUST AS THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA'S RELATIONSHIP LOOKED TO BE ON THE MEND, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS REIGNITED TENSIONS. SPEAKING AT A FUNDRAISING EVENT IN CALIFORNIA, BIDEN LABELLED PRESIDENT XI JINPING A 'DICTATOR' AND SAID HIS CHINESE COUNTERPART IS EMBARRASSED AFTER THE U.S. SHOT DOWN AN ALLEGED CHINESE SPY BALLOON. BEIJING HAS RESPONDED TO BIDEN'S COMMENTS, CALLING THEM ABSURD AND IRRESPONSIBLE. THE REMARKS COME JUST DAYS AFTER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN MET WITH MR XI TO SMOOTH OVER RECENT TENSIONS. 24 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED AFTER A GAS EXPLOSION SPARKED A FIRE IN PARIS. THE BLAST OCCURRED IN A DESIGN AND FASHION SCHOOL IN THE CENTRAL CITY. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE STILL SEARCHING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE OF THE BUILDINGS, WHERE AT LEAST TWO ARE BELIEVED TO BE MISSING. POLICE HAVE WARNED PEOPLE TO AVOID THE AREA. TO SPORT, AND QUEENSLAND HAVE SECURED STATE OF ORIGIN BRAGGING RIGHTS AFTER THRASHING THE BLUES IN GAME TWO. NEW SOUTH WALES HAD NO ANSWER FOR THE HOME TEAM ` THE QUEENSLANDERS SCORING 22 UNANSWERED POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF. CARRYING IT CENTRE THROUGH THE HANDS. WALTZED OVER THE TOP. PICKED UP ON THE BUMP ` HOLMES WITH THE PUT-DOWN! IT'S HIS SECOND. CHERRY-EVANS OUT THE BACK ` WALSH ` WALSH PASSES TO COATES, AN AERIAL PUT-DOWN! AND REECE WALSH HAS PUT HIS WINGER OVER. I'M NOT EVEN LISTENING ANYMORE. THE BLUES DID SCORE A TRY. GAME THREE. JENNY-MAY WAS SAYING THAT THE BLUES DID SCORE A TRY. LATER ON WE SEE THAT? PERHAPS THE 32 WAS MORE INTERESTING. THE MAROONS WINNING 32-6 TO CLINCH THE SERIES. THE FINAL GAME WILL BE PLAYED IN SYDNEY. UP THE BLUES. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO A FEW WEATHER WARNINGS FIRST ` THERE IS AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING FOR COROMANDEL PENINSULA, BAY OF PLENTY AND GISBORNE TAIRAWHITI. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` YOU'LL NEED THE UMBRELLA TODAY. RAIN CONTINUES FOR YOU ALL, HEAVIER IN WHITIANGA. 17 THE HIGH IN AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` LOOKING VERY SIMILAR HERE. TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA, THERE'S THUNDERSTORMS FOR YOU. 15 THE HIGH IN HAMILTON. TO THE EAST COAST ` RAIN CONTINUES HERE TOO. THIS WILL DEVELOP INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. MASTERSON, YOUR HIGH IS 14. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU'LL OPEN THE CURTAINS TO CLOUD AND A FEW SHOWERS. THESE WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF YOU. WHANGANUI, YOUR HIGH IS 19. 16 FOR TAUMARUNUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A VERY MIXED BAG HERE. RAIN FOR THE TOP HALF BUT LOVELY FOR WESTPORT THROUGH TO HOKITIKA. GREYMOUTH, YOUR HIGH IS 17. DOUBLE SUN. HEADING SOUTH ` YOU'LL START THE DAY WITH CLOUDY PERIODS. CHRISTCHURCH GETS THE RAIN. HIGH CLOUD FOR EVERYONE ELSE. 13 THE HIGH FOR OAMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` A FOGGY START FOR YOU, CLEARING TO A MOSTLY FINE AFTERNOON WITH A BIT OF HIGH CLOUD ABOUT. DUNEDIN, YOUR HIGH IS 14. THANKS, SAM. WHEN CHRIS HIPKINS CAME IN AS PRIME MINISTER, HE PUSHED THROUGH WHAT MANY TERMED A 'POLICY BONFIRE.' BUT WITH FOUR MONTHS TO GO UNTIL ELECTION DAY, THE REAL HEAT WILL NOW BE ON HIS MINISTERS ` THE ONES THAT ARE LEFT, OF COURSE. THE LATEST TO GO IS MICHAEL WOOD, RESIGNING AFTER FRESH REVELATIONS OF MORE SHARES RELATING TO HIS MINISTERIAL PORTFOLIO. WHEN I STOOD MICHAEL DOWN AS THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT, I ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT, AND HE INDICATED THERE WAS NOT. IT'S BECOME EVIDENT, THEREFORE, THAT IN NOT ADEQUATELY MANAGING HIS AIRPORT SHARES WAS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, AND IT WAS THEREFORE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR MICHAEL TO CONTINUE AS A MINISTER. THERE WERE EVEN MORE DEVELOPMENTS. NOW CHANGES TO NEW ZEALAND'S SYSTEM FOR MANAGING CABINET MINISTERS' CONFLICTS OF INTEREST COULD BE ON THE HORIZON. BUT IS IT TOO LATE? WE'RE JOINED NOW BY FORMER LABOUR MP SUE MORONEY, AND FORMER NATIONAL MP WAYNE MAPP. MORENA. MORENA TO YOU BOTH. THANK YOU FOR COMING ON THE PROGRAM. I'M NOT SURE YOU ARE THE RIGHT COMMENTATORS, BECAUSE YOU BOTH ESCAPED RELATIVELY UNSCATHED FROM YOUR POLITICAL CAREERS. HOW DOES A MINISTER IN THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT GET INTO SO MUCH BOTHER? I THINK THE ONLY PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION IS THAT HERE WE HAVE A MINISTER WHO WAS EXTREMELY COMPETENT, AND FOCUSED ON THE REALLY COMPLEX ISSUES THAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS ADDRESSING. SIMPLY FORGOT TO WATCH HIS BACK. I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE WORKED IN WORKPLACES ALONGSIDE PEOPLE WHO ARE SO BUSY WATCHING THEIR BACKS THAT THEY ARE NOT COMPETENT AT THEIR JOB, THIS WAS COMPLETELY THE OPPOSITE SITUATION. IT IS VERY SAD BOTH FOR THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT, BUT INDEED I BELIEVE FOR THE COUNTRY AS WELL, BECAUSE HE IS ONE OF THOSE MINISTERS THAT WAS REALLY PUSHING THROUGH ON ISSUES THAT HAVE BECOME STUCK FOR SOME YEARS. YOU TALK ABOUT COMPETENCY, BUT THE HERALD IS THIS MORNING REPORTING THAT WOULD WAS ASKED 16 TIMES ABOUT AS SHE IS, AND AT ONE POINT, THERE WAS VERY CLEARLY AN INDICATION FROM HIS OFFICE THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING HIS SHARES. THAT IS JUST NOT ACCURATE INFORMATION, THAT CALLS INTO QUESTION HOW WE CAN TRUST OUR MINISTERS. THAT IS CLEARLY NOT COMPETENT AT YOUR JOB. I THINK WHAT MICHAEL WOOD HAS DONE AS HE HAS RECOGNISED THAT THE PUBLIC TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN MINISTERS AND THEIR ROLES IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN HIS POLITICAL CAREER AT THIS POINT, AND HE HAS DONE THE RIGHT THING BY RESIGNING. HE HAS TAKEN AWAY THE DESTRUCTION THAT THIS ISSUE IS BEING CAUSED. WHAT IT TELLS YOU IS THE CALIBRE OF THE GUY, THAT HE IS NOT TRYING TO DEFEND IT AT ALL. HE HAS IT I GOT IT WRONG, AND A STEP DOWN. HE IS KEEPING THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN THE PROCESS OF, AND THE PRIME MINISTER HAS BACKS THAT UP BY COMING UP WITH MORE ROBUST PROCESSES TO PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THOSE PROCESSES GOING FORWARD. CHRIS HIPKINS SAID HE WOULD HAVE SACKS IF HE HADN'T RESIGNED. THAT IS THE RIGHT DECISION FOR HIM TO TAKE. WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN FROM MICHAEL WOOD AS HE HAS NOT TRIED TO EXCUSE IT. HE IS SAID HE WAS NOT FOCUSED ON THE SMALL THINGS BUT WAS FOCUSED ON THE BIG THINGS INSTEAD. HE SAID HE NEEDED TO BE FOCUSED ON BOTH. YOU DO AS A MINISTER. WHEN YOU'RE HOLDING HIGH PUBLIC OFFICE, YOU HAVE TO BE DOTTING THE EYES AND CROSSING THE T'S. MICHAEL HAS ACCEPTED THAT HE WAS NOT DOING THAT AND HE HAS STOOD DOWN. YOU SPEND A BIT OF TIME ON THE OPPOSITION BENCHES, SO HOW WILL THE NATIONAL PARTY BE FEELING RIGHT NOW? IT IS EXTRAORDINARY TO LOSE THREE MINISTERS IN THREE MONTHS. AT THIS RATE, THERE WILL BE HARDLY ANY MINISTERS BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE ELECTION. BUT THIS ONE IS EXTRAORDINARY. MY BACKGROUND IS AS A LAWYER, SO I KNOW ABOUT THESE KIND OF DOCUMENTS. EVERY MP GETS THE DOCUMENT AND HAS DEVELOPED OUT. IT IS REASONABLY DETAILED. YOU HAVE TO JUST TAKE THE TIME TO DO IT. WHAT HE DID NOT DO THIS IS REALLY BIZARRE, ACTUALLY. AND HE IS GOING TO HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO RUMINATE ON THAT, IT WOULD SEEM. IT DOES SEEM THAT AT SOME POINT, HE WAS NOT REALLY TELLING THE FULL STORY, THE STORY THAT HE APPARENTLY KNEW AT LEAST AT SOME LEVEL. AS A TRUSTEE, YOU HAVE GOT TO KNOW WHAT TRUST YOU ARE MANAGING ACTUALLY OWNS. LOOKING FORWARD, FOR ALL OF THE MPS, THAT IS, I THINK THERE NEED TO BE SOME HARD SESSIONS BY PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES AND HOW TO DO THESE THINGS. MAYBE FOR CABINET MINISTERS, THERE NEEDS TO BE TRUSTS, WHICH IS QUITE A COMMON PRACTICE, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LARGER SHAREHOLDINGS. THE STEPS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN SO FAR MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH. YOU MIGHT NEED TO GO THE FULL WAY TO THE MINE TRUST, WHICH MEANS YOU DO NOT LIKELY NO WHAT THE TRUST OWNS, AND THEN THEY CANNOT BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. IT IS AN INTERESTING POINT. WE HAD WAS PETER'S LONG, AND HE SAID A BLIND TRUST IS JUST 2020 IN HINDSIGHT. I WONDER IF WE WILL NEED TO GO AS FAR AS AUSTRALIA, WHERE YOU HAVE TO DIVEST YOURSELVES OF SHEARS. DO YOU THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO BRING IN? I DO NOT THINK SO. I THINK THAT IS TOO HIGH AN EXPECTATION. A BLIND TRUST WILL ACTUALLY ACHIEVE THE PURPOSE PERFECTLY WELL. WE ARE TALKING MINISTERS RATHER THAN MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. IT IS QUITE A COMMON PRACTICE OVERSEAS TO DO THIS. WHY WOULD WE NOT DO IT HERE, ESPECIALLY FOR MINISTERS? WHAT DO YOU RATE MICHAEL WOOD'S CHANCES IS COMING BACK AS A MINISTER AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION, SHOULD LABOUR BE A GOVERNMENT? HE HAS POSSIBLY MADE IT A BIT HARDER FOR LABOUR TO MAYBE GET RE-ELECTED. EVERYONE SAYS, EVEN THE OPPOSITION CAN SEE THAT HE IS ACTUALLY QUITE COMPETENT, SO PEOPLE HAVE COME BACK FROM BOTH SIDES OF IT, AND IT TAKES TIME, AND WE'RE GOT TO REBUILD TRUST. I WILL BRING YOU BACK AND IS, SO. WHAT YOU RATE MICHAEL WOOD'S CHANCES AS? HE IS QUITE HOPEFUL, AND HE HAS HAD A VERY WELL-ROUNDED POLITICAL CAREER, AS WAYNE POINTED OUT, FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. DOES HE HAVE A WAY BACK? HAS HE PROBABLY MADE THE CHANCES OF MAYBE GETTING BACK INTO GOVERNMENT A BIT HARDER? I HAVE SEEN POLITICAL CAREERS RESCUED FROM MUCH GREATER SITUATIONS OVER TIME, SO I THINK THERE IS A WAY BACK FOR MICHAEL. I THINK THE CURRENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES IS GOING TO BE MORE PROBLEMATIC FOR A FUTURE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND WHAT IT IS MY CURRENT LABOUR GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE REPRESENTATIVES OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY COMES IN FROM BIG BUSINESS BACKGROUNDS, AND WITH INVESTMENT AND SHE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE, SO THESE NEW RULES THAT THE MINISTER HAS BROUGHT AND I THINK IS GOING TO BE MORE DIFFICULT FOR NATIONAL TO ACTUALLY DEAL WITH. THEY HAVE SET THE BAR VERY HIGH THEMSELVES BY THE WAY THEY HAVE ARGUED THIS, SO IT IS GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY DEAL WITH THAT GOING FORWARD. I THINK IT HAS BEEN A ZERO GAME THIS WEEK. WE HAVE HAD THE PROMISE TO DEFENDING THE WOOD SITUATION. WE HAVE A CHRISTOPHER LUXON DEFENDING HIS FAMILY'S USE OF THE CLEAN CAR REBATE. I WANT TO ASK WAYNE ABOUT THOSE ISSUES IN A MOMENT, AND YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THESE RULES MIGHT MEAN, BUT TELL ME, YOU HAVE BEEN A WHIP. WHAT SORT OF CONVERSATIONS WILL BE GOING ON INSIDE LABOUR? AS A JOURNALIST, WHEN WE HAD MICHAEL WOOD, I DIDN'T THINK TO SAY HAVE YOU GOT ANY OTHER SHEARS WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THAT MAYBE YOU SHOULD BE REMEMBERING RIGHT NOW? IT IS POINTLESS SENDING AN EMAIL, BUT AS HE IGNORED 16 OF THEM, BUT TO SOMEONE NEED TO GO AROUND IN EVERY SINGLE DOOR, AS A LABOUR, MP, YOU ARE A MINISTER, TELL ME WHAT YOU HAVE? I REMEMBER WHEN THE INTEREST REGISTER CAME IN, WHICH WAS NOT THAT LONG AGO AND NEW ZEALAND ACTUALLY, AND AS WETS, WE WERE ON EVERYONE'S BACKS AND GETTING THE TRAINING IN PLACE, AND WAYNE IS QUITE RIGHT. IT HAPPENED QUITE THOROUGHLY AT THAT POINT IN TIME. WHETHER THAT HAPPENS FOR INCOMING MPS, I REALLY DO NOT KNOW. THERE WILL BE A MIX OF ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS GOING ON BETWEEN WHIPS AND THE MPS. THEY WILL BE ACROSS ALL PARTIES, BECAUSE AS I SAY, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE PROBLEMATIC FOR THE NATIONAL PARTY THAT IT IS FOR THE LABOUR PARTY IN TERMS OF THEIR WEALTH AND WHERE IT IS INVESTED. I DO NOT AGREE THAT BLIND TRUSTS` YOU COULD SAY THAT MICHAEL WOOD WAS ACTUALLY OPERATING IN A BLIND TRUST MODEL. HE DID NOT KNOW, BUT SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, WHAT THOSE ENTITIES WERE INVOLVED IN INVESTING. I DO NOT THINK` JOHN KEY USED HIS BLIND TRUST AS AN EXCUSE AROUND THIS ISSUE. DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU WERE RIPPED, ANYONE MISLEAD YOU ON WHAT THEY WERE HOLDING? NOT THAT I DISCOVERED. IT WAS NOT AN ISSUE AT THAT POINT IN TIME. WE WERE IN OPPOSITION THEN. I THINK THE SCRUTINY IS MUCH LESS ON OPPOSITION MPS OVER THESE SORTS OF ISSUES THAN THEY ARE ON THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY. I WILL JUST QUICKLY THROW BACK TO WAYNE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY FOUR-MONTH UP FROM AN ELECTION, AND EVEN WITH ALL OF THE SCANDAL AROUND LABOUR, THE POLES ARE STILL PRETTY TIGHT. WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT NATIONAL'S POSITION AT THE MOMENT? THE POLES HAVE BEEN TAKEN BEFORE MANY OF THESE INCIDENTS, SO THIS IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT, MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT THAT. I DO NOT QUITE AGREE WITH SUE ABOUT BLIND TRUSTS. THEY ARE EFFECTIVE, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW, YOU CANNOT KNOW WHAT IS A TRUST. IN THIS INSTANCE, HE WAS A TRUSTEE. HE WAS IN A POSITION TO KNOW, AND IT WAS MAYBE A SPECIAL KIND OF BLIND TRUST IN THIS INSTANCE, WILFULLY. FOR HIM, IT IS A REAL PERSONAL STEP BACK, AND IT WILL IMPACT ON LABOUR. THOSE POLES WILL CHANGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR THOUGHTS THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. STAY WITH US. E HAERE AKE NEI, UP NEXT ` THE BIG BANKS AND THEIR BILLION-DOLLAR PROFITS ARE IN THE SPOTLIGHT, SO WHAT DOES THE COMMERCE COMMISSION PLAN TO DO ABOUT IT? WE ASK THEM AFTER THE BREAK. # MONEY MONEY MONEY WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. A COMMERCE COMMISSION MARKET STUDY INTO COMPETITION IN THE RETAIL BANKING SECTOR IS UNDERWAY. IT'S NOT THEIR FIRST RODEO. THE COMMISSION HAS PROBED A NUMBER OF SECTORS INCLUDING FUEL, SUPERMARKETS AND BUILDING PRODUCTS. BUT WHAT EXACTLY DOES A MARKET STUDY INVOLVE? JOHN SMALL FROM THE COMMERCE COMMISSION JOINS US NOW. TALK TO US ABOUT A MARKET STUDY, WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? IT'S A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF HOW SECTOR IS WORKING, HOW DO FIRMS COMPETE, HOW DO FIRMS WIN CUSTOMERS OFF EACH OTHER, WHAT YOUR CUSTOMERS WANT? THAT'S THE FOCUS, ON THE DYNAMICS AND HOW TRADING RELATIONSHIPS GET FORMED AND EVOLVE OVER TIME. FROM THAT, YOU CAN SEE WHETHER THERE ARE WAYS THAT PROCESS COULD BE IMPROVED SPEEDED UP IF YOU LIKE. SO THAT FIRMS ARE WORKING A BIT HARDER AND GIVING CUSTOMERS MORE FOR THEIR MONEY. IT'S A DEEP DIVE INTO A SECTOR WITH AN AIM TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE IT WORK BETTER. HOW DO YOU CONDUCT THESE AND HOW LONG DO THEY TAKE GENERALLY? WE START BY GOING TO THE FIRMS OF MOST INTEREST AND WE MEET WITH THEM AND SAY WE'VE GOT THIS PROJECT, CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR BOARD PAPERS, ET CETERA. WE TALK TO THEIR COMPETITORS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM ORDINARY USES OF BANKING SERVICES, WHAT THEY THINK, WHAT THEY WANT, THAT KIND OF THING. THAT'S THE PROCESS, WE GET A LOT OF DATA AND INFORMATION. WE HAVE A TEAM OF GOOKS, IF YOU LIKE. WE ANALYSE IT THROUGH MANY PERSPECTIVES INCLUDING FINANCE ABILITY OF THE BUSINESS. WE PUT A COMPETITION LENS ON IT AND SEE CAN WE MAKE THIS WORK BETTER OR IS THIS IS A GOODS THAT GETS? NORMALLY THEY TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS, THIS 1+ ABOUT 14 MONTHS, A BIT LONGER. WE KNOW POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE ASKED FOR A SELECT COMMITTEE REVIEW WHICH WON'T TAKE AS MUCH TIME BUT THIS IS A DEEP DIVE, ISN'T IT? THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME? IT'S A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT. THESE ARE NOT BEING LOOKED AT PROPERLY FROM A COMPETITION PERSPECTIVE FOR DECADES. ENSURING THAT THE BANKING SYSTEM IS A SAFE, SECURE AND RELIABLE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ANYTHING WE COME UP WITH IS GOING TO BE DURABLE AND SUSTAINABLE, AND THEREFORE THE LONG-TERM IT'S NOT A QUICK FIX. SOME PEOPLE SUGGESTED BUSINESS BANKING SHOULD BE THERE. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN? IT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF CUSTOMERS TO LOOK AT. IN NEW ZEALAND, A LOT OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES ARE FINANCED BY HOME MORTGAGES. YOU'VE GOT A HOUSE AND USE IT TO FINANCE YOUR BUSINESS. IT'S RELEVANT FOR COMPETITION SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT WE GO WITH THE BUSINESS IS, ESSENTIALLY. IF THAT PUSHES US INTO THE BUSINESS BASE A BIT, THAT IS FINE. JOHN SMALL FROM THE COMMERCE COMMISSION. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` AFTER THE BREAK ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS AFTER 8 THIS MORNING ` CAN HEAVY DRINKERS HANDLE THEIR ALCOHOL? A CHICAGO SCIENTIST SAYS SHE HAS THE ANSWER. I AM LISTENING TO THAT. # GET DRENCHED IN SWEAT EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF REACHING THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC IS BEING DEPLOYED IN THE ATLANTIC IN THE HOPE IT CAN BE USED TO FIND THE LOST SUBMERSIBLE. IT COMES AS MORE NOISES HAVE BEEN DETECTED IN THE SEARCH FOR THE 'TITAN'. THE REPORTED 'BANGING' NOISES HAVE PROMPTED THE U.S. COAST GUARD TO MOVE AND EXPAND SEARCH OPERATIONS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC. CONTACT WITH THE SUB WAS LOST ON MONDAY AS IT MADE THE 3.8km DIVE TO THE TITANIC WRECK. THE UNIFIED COMMAND TEAM IS WORKING TIRELESSLY TO BRING ALL KNOWN ASSETS AND EXPERTISE TO BEAR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS COMPLEX OPERATION. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ASSETS AS WELL AS CAPABILITY TO SEARCH BELOW THE SURFACE.. WE HAVE FIVE ASSETS SEARCHING FOR THE TITAN. IT'S ESTIMATED THE FIVE ON BOARD HAVE LESS THAN A DAY OF OXYGEN LEFT. ONE FORMER MP HAS LABELLED MICHAEL WOOD'S FAILURE TO DECLARE HIS CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 'BIZARRE'. FORMER NATIONAL MP WAYNE MAPP SAYS IT'S UNLIKELY WOOD WASN'T AWARE OF THE DISCLOSURES HE HAD TO MAKE. MAPP SAYS MOVING FORWARD, THE STRUCTURES IN PLACE NEED TO BE TIGHTENED UP FOR ALL MPs AROUND THEIR ASSETS. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME DECENT SESSIONS BY PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES IN HOW YOU DO THESE THINGS. FRANKLY, MAYBE THEY HAVE TO SIT ALONGSIDE MPs TO ACTUALLY DO THEM. MAYBE FOR CABINET MINISTERS THERE NEEDS TO BE BLIND TRUSTS. MICHAEL WOOD RESIGNED AS A MINISTER YESTERDAY AFTER IT EMERGED HE HAD FINANCIAL INTERESTS IN A NUMBER OF AREAS WITH POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. AFTER SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS OF INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR BY STAFF AT ORANGA TAMARIKI RESIDENCES, THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONERS IS REPEATING CALLS TO CLOSE THEM DOWN. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGATIONS AND A RAPID REVIEW OF THESE RESIDENCES ARE GETTING UNDERWAY NOW. JUDGE FRANCES EIVERS SAYS THESE PLACES ARE AKIN TO PRISONS AND RELY ON AN OLD MODEL DATING BACK TO THE 1950S. THESE CHILDREN NEED TO BE SAFE. THEY DESERVE TO BE SAFE. THEY'RE ALREADY CHILDREN WHO HAVE HAD A REALLY ROUGH TIME, SO, YES, ABSOLUTELY, CLOSE THEM DOWN. STRONG PROPONENT OF THAT. THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER SAYS SHE'S HOPEFUL A REVIEW OF THE RESIDENCES WILL 'MAKE A DIFFERENCE'. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS HAD LASTING IMPACTS ON NEW ZEALAND LEARNERS, ACCORDING TO THE EDUCATION REVIEW OFFICE. THE LATEST RESEARCH SHOWS POORER COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR ARE CONTINUING TO STRUGGLE WITH STUDENTS' ATTENDANCE, BEHAVIOUR AND LEARNING SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. ERO HAS RECOMMENDED MORE TARGETED SUPPORT FOR THOSE STRUGGLING THE MOST AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO CATCH UP ON LEARNING THEY'VE MISSED. THE RESEARCH ALSO FOUND LEARNERS ARE HAPPIER THAN THEY'VE EVER BEEN IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, SAYING BEING CONNECTED TO FRIENDS AND LESS WORRY ABOUT COVID ARE THE BIGGEST DRIVERS. AS A MARKET STUDY INTO THE BANKING SECTOR GETS UNDERWAY, THE COMMERCE COMMISSION SAYS IT WON'T BE A 'QUICK FIX'. RECENT STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE INTO FUEL, SUPERMARKETS AND BUILDING PRODUCTS. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION'S JOHN SMALL SAYS IT'S WORTH THE DEEP DIVE RATHER THAN A SHORT SELECT COMMITTEE INQUIRY. EVERYBODY BENEFITS FROM HAVING A SAFE AND SECURE AND RELIABLE BANKING SYSTEM YOU CAN TRUST. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING WE COME UP WITH IS GOING TO BE DURABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND THEREFORE THE LONG-TERM IT'S NOT A QUICK FIX. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ARE DUE AHEAD OF THE ELECTION BEFORE THE FULL FINDINGS ARE RELEASED NEXT AUGUST. TO SPORT, AND QUEENSLAND HAVE SECURED STATE OF ORIGIN SUPREMACY FOR ANOTHER YEAR, THRASHING NEW SOUTH WALES 32-6 IN GAME TWO. THE BLUES HAD NO ANSWER FOR THE HOME TEAM ` QUEENSLAND RUNNING OUT TO A 20-0 LEAD. THE MAROONS THANKING THE FANS FOR BACKING THEM ALL THE WAY. JUST NEVER GET SICK OF LOSING IN FRONT OF THIS CROWD. THANKS SO MUCH FOR EVERYONE WHO CAME HERE TONIGHT. THEY HONESTLY MAKE IT SO SPECIAL, MATE. WE'LL SAVOUR THIS TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT, FINALLY, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT LEFT TO SAY TO 'EM? SEE YOUSE NEXT YEAR. (LAUGHS) THE FINAL GAME WILL BE PLAYED IN SYDNEY. ONE MORE YEAR, JENNY MAY. THEY SAY YOU HAVEN'T LOST WHEN YOU'VE BEATEN, YOU'VE LOST WHEN YOU QUIT. WE'RE NOT QUITTERS. THE FINAL GAME WILL BE PLAYED IN SYDNEY AND JENNY MAY WILL GO ACROSS AND REPORT LIFE FOR US. THE WOMEN'S BLACK STICKS HAVE SUFFERED A 2-1 LOSS TO BELGIUM IN THEIR LATEST PRO LEAGUE MATCH THIS MORNING, WITH BELGIUM GETTING ON THE SCOREBOARD IN THE FIRST MINUTE. SHE IS THERE AS WELL. THERE'S THE TRY` THIS IS VANDEN BORRE. OH, WHAT A START THIS IS FOR BELGIUM. FIRST ATTACK THAT LEADS TO A PENALTY CORNER. NEW ZEALAND SCORIING IN THE FINAL QUARTER, BUT IT WAS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. THE MEN ARE IN ACTION LATER IN THE MORNING. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO A FEW WEATHER WARNINGS FIRST ` THERE IS AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING FOR COROMANDEL PENINSULA, BAY OF PLENTY AND GISBORNE TAIRAWHITI. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` YOU'LL NEED THE UMBRELLA TODAY. RAIN CONTINUES FOR YOU ALL, HEAVIER IN WHITIANGA. FURTHER SOUTH ` LOOKING VERY SIMILAR HERE. TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA, THERE'S THUNDERSTORMS FOR YOU. 15 THE HIGH IN HAMILTON. TO THE EAST COAST ` RAIN CONTINUES HERE TOO. THIS WILL DEVELOP INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. 13 THE HIGH IN DANNEVIRKE. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU'LL OPEN THE CURTAINS TO CLOUD AND A FEW SHOWERS. THESE WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF YOU. TAUMARUNUI YOUR HIGHEST 16. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A VERY MIXED BAG HERE. RAIN FOR THE TOP HALF BUT LOVELY FOR WESTPORT THROUGH TO HOKITIKA. KAIKOURA YOUR HIGH AS 14. HEADING SOUTH ` YOU'LL START THE DAY WITH CLOUDY PERIODS. CHRISTCHURCH GETS THE RAIN. HIGH CLOUD FOR EVERYONE ELSE. ALEXANDRA, CHILE AT 7 . TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` A FOGGY START FOR YOU, CLEARING TO A MOSTLY FINE AFTERNOON WITH A BIT OF HIGH CLOUD ABOUT. DUNEDIN, YOUR HIGH IS 14. 10 FOR GORE. I LOVE THAT FOG GRAPHIC. THIS MORNING WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ABOUT THE NORTH CANTERBURY FERAL CAT COMPETITION THAT IS BACK ON, IT IS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND. THEY'VE CHANGED THE RULES, RIGHT? SO I NEED TO CLARIFY THIS, WE DID THE INTERVIEW THIS MORNING. THEY CANNED IT LAST TIME BECAUSE OF THE BACKLASH. BECAUSE THEY WERE SHOOTING CATS. THEY SAID IT IN THE OPEN DIVISION BUT KIDS CAN STILL GO INTO THE OPEN DIVISION BUT THEY CANNOT GET THE PRIZES THAT ARE ON OFFER IN THE KID'S DIVISION. THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT I WAS WANTING TO KNOW. WHAT OTHER RULES, WHAT ARE THE NEW CHANGES? IF YOU'RE NOT FROM AUCKLAND AND YOU DO LIVE IN NORTH CANTERBURY YOU PROBABLY ARE OKAY WITH A GUN AT A YOUNG AGE.. THE WHOLE IDEA WAS THAT KIDS GO OUT WITH A GUN AND SHOOT A FERAL CAT. AND FERAL AS AND NOT THE NEIGHBOURS GINGER TOM. YOU HAVE TO ATTRACT THEM IN A BOX TRACK, THOSE OBLONG CAGES. IT HAS HOLES, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SAYING YOU DON'T WANT TO STICK YOUR FINGERS MERIT. THE TYPE OF GUN YOU HAVE TO USE AS STIPULATED, YOU HAVE TO USE A MINIMUM .22 RIFLE. BUT YOU HAVE TO CATCH IT FIRST. YOU CAN'T TAKE POTSHOTS? THEY'RE PUTTING IN THE CAGE AND YOUR LATE: HOW DO YOU CATCH THIS? FERAL CATS MAY ONLY BE HUNTED WITH BOX TRAPS ALLOWING FOR ANIMAL CAPTURE AND IDENTIFICATION. IF IT'S IN ITS CAGE AND FLIPPING OUT, YOU'RE LIKE I GUESS THAT'S A FERAL CAT. YOU SHOULD IT THROUGH THE BOX. YOU COMPLAIN WHEN THE KIDS ARE INSIDE ALL DAY ON VIDEO GAMES YOU GET THEM OUT IN THE FRESH AIR, BUSH AND A GUN AND EVERYONE IS UP IN ARMS. CLEARLY I'M VERY EXPERIENCED. THERE TRACK AND THEN SCAN FOR A CHAT. THIS VIEWER SAID THERE BEHIND REDUCING FERAL CAT NUMBERS BUT I DON'T THINK THE RULES CAN BE ENFORCED. ANYONE WHO DOESN'T LIKE THE CAT BEING KILLED IS SURELY AGAINST ALL KINDS OF HUNTING YOU'RE NOT OKAY WITH ANYTHING BEING SHOT. THAT'S MY QUESTION. POSSUMS, RABBITS WHAT THE DIFFERENCE. BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR MOGGY'S, NOT ME SPECIFICALLY. AND WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I DON'T LIKE THEM NOW, IF YOU DO, GOOD ON YOU. BUT OVER 40% OF HOUSES ACTUALLY HAVE CATS. THAT'S THE ISSUE BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR PETS AND THE THOUGHT OF A CAT BEING KILLED IN A COMPETITION... HAVE YOU EVER READ KUJO? HE HAD SOMETHING ELSE. ANYWAY, KEEP YOUR FEEDBACK COMING IN. BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ SOME WOULD SAY IT'S EVEN FERAL. THE FEEDBACK? SAMOA IS A TRUE PARADISE ON EARTH. WITH ITS WARM CULTURE, BREATHTAKING SCENERIES, IT'S THE PERFECT PACIFIC ISLAND DESTINATION FOR YOUR NEXT HOLIDAY. THIS WEEK, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH SAMOA TOURISM TO GIVE YOU THIS AMAZING EXPERIENCE AND IT'S THE LAST CHANCE TO ENTER SO TO BE IN TO WIN, HEAD TO WINWITHBREAKFAST.CO.NZ THE COMPETITION CLOSES AT 4PM TODAY. MAKE SURE THAT YOU GO TO WINWITHBREAKFAST.CO.NZ BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF YOU HAVE PUT YOUR ENTRIES AND ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE WHICH MEANS YOU ARE NOT IN THE DRAW. ME U TONU MAI. STAY WITH US. MICHAEL WOOD MIGHT BE OUT AS A MINISTER BUT HAS CHRIS HIPKINS GOT TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM? WE ASK OUR PANEL NEXT. EVEN HE IS LAUGHING. THIS IS TYPICAL. I GET LEFT BY MY OWN ON THE COUCH. I KNOW I AM A PART-TIME LOVER, BUT GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME. FORMER TRANSPORT MINISTER MICHAEL WOOD HAS RESIGNED FROM CABINET AFTER HE REPEATEDLY FAILED TO IDENTIFY, DISCLOSE AND MANAGE HIS CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. YES, THIS IS THE SAME MINISTER FORCED TO SELL AIRPORT SHARES AFTER 16 SEPARATE INTERACTIONS WITH THE CABINET OFFICE REGARDING HIS HOLDINGS. BUT FRESH REVELATIONS OUT YESTERDAY ABOUT OTHER SHAREHOLDINGS AND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS FORCED HIS AND THE PRIME MINISTER'S HAND. FOR MORE, OUR POLITICAL PANEL LABOUR'S TANGI UTIKERE AND NATIONAL'S CHRIS PENK WEIGH IN. YOU ARE THE CHIEF WHIP OF THE LABOUR PARTY. GET THESE PEOPLE UNDER CONTROL. WHAT IS GOING ON? MORENA. YESTERDAY WE DID HEAR FROM THE PRIME MINISTER THAT HE WAS MORE THAN FRUSTRATED OVER THE SITUATION, AND FAIR ENOUGH. WHEN HE MET WITH MICHAEL, THERE WERE ASSURANCES THAT WERE GIVEN THAT THINGS WERE GOING TO BE PUT INTO ORDER, AND SUBSEQUENT TO THAT IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE AUCKLAND AIRPORT SHARE ISSUE WAS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, AND AS A RESULT, HE IS NO LONGER A MINISTER. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS. THERE ARE NOW FRESH REVELATIONS. WE HAVE A PRIME MINISTER TRY TO GET A CABINET WORKING. YOU ARE LESS OF A CABINET AT THE MOMENT THAN A FLIMSY FLAT PACK. YOU HAVE MPS JUMPING SHIP, AND ARE MONTHS AWAY FROM AN ELECTION, AND IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY SURELY TO GO THROUGH THE MEMBERS OF YOUR GOVERNMENT AND MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THE RULES. ARE YOU DOING YOUR JOB, SIR? I TAKE MY JOB VERY SERIOUSLY. THERE ARE RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS ON ALL OF OUR MEMBERS AND COLLEAGUES. WHAT THIS HAS IDENTIFIED IS THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE IN TERMS OF HOW CABINET MINISTERS CONFLICT OF INTEREST ARE MANAGED. THE PRIME MINISTERS SHOWN LEADERSHIP IN IDENTIFYING THAT. HE ANNOUNCING CHANGES YESTERDAY THAT WILL MAKE THE PROCESS MUCH MORE SMOOTHER AND MUCH MORE ACCOUNTABLE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN IN THE PLAY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. IT IS THE PRIME MINISTER SHOWING SOME LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE IN THE SPACE. I DO IN SOME WAYS FEEL FOR THE PRIME MINISTER, BECAUSE IF HE CANNOT TRUST HIS OWN CABINET MINISTERS TO BE UPFRONT WITH HIM AND BE ACCOUNTABLE TO HIMSELF AND THE RULES, HOW CAN THE PUBLIC TRUST THAT CABINET? WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT WE HAVE A PRIME MINISTER WHO HAS IDENTIFIED VERY FIRM STANDARDS IN TERMS OF EXPECTATIONS FOR MINISTERS, AND WHEN MINISTERS DO NOT LIVE UP TO THOSE STANDARDS DUE TO THEIR ACTIONS ARE IN THIS CASE, AN ACTION, THEN THEY ARE NO LONGER MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE. COW I ASK YOU ONE THING ` WHAT ABOUT THE PARTY ITSELF, AND THOSE OF YOU IN THE HOUSE IS SITTING MPS IN THIS LABOUR GOVERNMENT, WHAT HAVE BEEN THE DISCUSSIONS AMONGST YOURSELVES AS A CAUCUS AROUND THESE DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING FORMER MINISTER WARD? THIS IS CLEARLY A DISTRACTION WE WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE. LAST MONTH WE ANNOUNCED BUDGET 2023, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON GIVING SUPPORT TO HOUSEHOLDS IN NEW ZEALAND THAT ARE FINDING IT TOUGH RIGHT NOW. THEY DO HAVE THIS AS A DISTRACTION IS UNNECESSARY. WE ARE A TIGHT UNIT, A TIGHT TEAM, AND OUR CAUCUSES HAVE FOCUSED ON HEADING INTO THE ELECTION, DELIVERING A PLAN THAT WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO KIWIS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. HAVE YOU BEEN GIVEN ASSURANCES BY YOUR CAUCUS THAT EVERYONE ELSE'S SQUEAKYCLEAN, THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS PLAYING BY THE RULES? I HAVE REGULAR CONVERSATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF MY CAUCUS. WE HAD A REGISTER THAT WAS RELEASED EARLIER IN THE YEAR. I HAVE OPEN, FRANK AND FREE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO CHANGE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. ASSURANCES HAVE BEEN GIVEN, AND YOU HAVE ACCEPTED THEM? THE ASSURANCES THAT I HAVE RECEIVED FROM COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS HAVE FOLLOWED UP ON MATTERS FROM TIME TO TIME, THAT IS NO DIFFERENT. I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THE ASSURANCES THAT COLLEAGUES HAVE HAD WITH ME AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN OURSELVES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NATIONAL AND ACTIVE BEEN PRETTY DIRECT IN THE TERMS OF THE CRITICISM AROUND THIS CABINET. YOU HAVE SAID IT IS FALLING APART. DO YOU STAND BY THAT? CLEARLY, IT IS. IT IS VERY CHAOTIC AT THE MOMENT. AS CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAID YESTERDAY, WE ARE READY TO GO FOR AN ELECTION OF THE PRIME MINISTER CANNOT RUN A COUNTRY ANYMORE THAN RUNNING HIS OWN CABINET, THEN CLEARLY THE WHEELS HAVE FALLEN OFF. IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE. WE ARE LOOKING AT ONE PARTY IN PARTICULAR HERE, BECAUSE THAT IS THE PARTY IN GOVERNMENT. YOU HOPE TO BE A GOVERNMENT. ARE YOU GUYS ALL SQUEAKYCLEAN AS WELL? WE HAVE GOT THE OBLIGATIONS TO FOLLOW THE RULES LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. I THINK THOSE OF AUBURN DECLARED APPROPRIATELY. IF THERE ARE ANY ANOMALIES, AND I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY AND DO NOT EXPECT IT TO BE ANY, WE WILL ADDRESS THAT UPFRONT, HONESTLY AND TRANSPARENTLY AND PROPERLY. WE WILL NOT TAKE HALF A DOZEN, 16 TIMES WHATEVER IT IS ENDED UP BEING NOW IN TERMS OF MICHAEL WOULD TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT. YOU ARE BOTH A PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE AS WELL. THE PUBLIC ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING CLOSELY AT PRIVILEGE AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND ALL SITTING MPS AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO HIDE. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WITH THE WORK AND THAT SELECT COMMITTEE? THE COMMITTEE HAS GOT REALLY IMPORTANT WORK TO DO. I AM NOT USUALLY A MEMBER OF THAT. DELIBERATION IS CURRENTLY IN RESPECT OF OTHER LABOUR MPS. WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE MINUTE. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE JUST OUTSIDE OF THIS BUILDING THAT THE AFFAIRS OF STATE ARE BEING CONDUCTED IN A STRAIGHTFORWARD, TRANSPARENT AND HONEST WAY. WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT LATELY IN TERMS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT MINISTERS NOW, WHICH IS WHY THERE IS THAT OVERALL IMPRESSION OF CHAOS AND A LACK OF DIRECTION AND A LACK OF LEADERSHIP FROM MR HIPKINS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. GENTLEMEN, I HOPE YOU HAVE A FABULOUS DAY DOWN THERE, WHEREVER YOU MAY BE. THANKS, SCOTTY. E WHAI AKE NEI. COMING UP ` IT'S THE SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR. SO WHAT BETTER WAY THAN TO SEND OUR SPORTS DEPARTMENT TO GET IN A MORNING DIP? MORENA, LACHIE. GOOD MORNING. WE'LL BE TALKING TO A FEW FAMILIAR KIWI FACES FOR THE LIVE OCEAN WINTER DIP. MAYBE I MIGHT GO FOR A DIP. I AM STILL DECIDING. WE WILL SEE AFTER THE BREAK. # I KNOW THAT WILL BE SAFE AND SOUND # I CAN LIFT YOU UP WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY CLICKED, TODAY IS THE SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE BOTTOMED OUT IN OUR DESCENT INTO THE HELLISH LAND WE CALL WINTER. IT ALSO MEANS THE LIVE OCEAN WINTER DIP RETURNS. OUR SPORT DEPARTMENT IS STILL DECIDING IF HE'LL TAKE THE PLUNGE OR NOT, BUT JOINS US WITH SOME FAMILIAR FACES. HOW'S IT GOING LACHIE? HAVE YOU BEEN IN YET? I.E. READY TO GO? AND TELL US WHO YOUR MATES ARE. I AM NOT QUITE CONVINCED YET BUT I MIGHT GO IN.. WE'VE GOT KAYDEN BEN AND JOHNO. WISE TODAY SO IMPORTANT? I DON'T THINK YOU'VE GOT MUCH CHOICE, TO BE HONEST. IT'S A SHORT STAY HERE IN NEW ZEALAND SO WE'RE DOING THE LIVE OCEAN WINTER DEBT. IS GOOD TO GET INTO THE OCEAN AND SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION FOR EVERYTHING IT DOES. HOW CAN PEOPLE GET INVOLVED? IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE REALLY, JUST JUMP IN THE OCEAN. IF YOU'RE NOT NEAR THE OCEAN JUST JUMP ON A LAKE. IT PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN US HAVING A HEALTHY FISH ON THIS PLANET. SO JUST JUMP IN. YOU'VE DONE A FEW SWIMS IN YOUR TIME, WHAT IS YOUR HOTTEST TO BOOK KEEPING WARM IN THE COLD? LOTS OF ENERGY, LOTS OF SPLASHING AROUND AND WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF THE WATER, GET A GOOD HOT BEVERAGE INTO YOU. A GOOD HOT BEVERAGE. I THINK WE MAY HAVE TO GIVE IT A GO. JOHNO SPENT 32 HOURS IN THEIR SWIMMING SO IF HE CAN GET BACK IN THE WATER YOU CAN DO IT ONCE. HE'S LIKE OLD, WHAT NOW? (CHEERING) GO ON, BOY. GO LACHIE! THE BOYS ARE GOING TO KEEP GOING IN. HE HAS COME BACK TO REPORT. ALL MY GOODNESS. TELL US HOW YOU'RE FEELING. CAN YOU FILL YOUR BODY? (PANTS) IF I WASN'T WOKEN UP, I AM CERTAINLY AWAKE NOW. I NEED A COFFEE NOW OR MAY BE A MILO. YOU CAN HAVE A HOT CHOCOLATE. THAT SOME OF THE BEST BRANDING I'VE THE SEEN FOR BREAKFAST. IT GETS BETTER EVERY TIME BUT IT'S TURNED INTO A BEAUTIFUL MORNING. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT, IT'S JUST AMAZING. THIS IS YOUR FOURTH SWIM? NO, SECOND. HOW ARE YOU FEELING PRETTY MUCH A BIT COLD TO BE HONEST. ONE OF THESE THINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER. I AM FEELING REFRESHED. THE WHOLE BREAKFAST CREW WILL BE INTO THE VIADUCT LATER FOR A PLUNGE. YOU'VE DONE IT, WE WILL DO IT. THERE WILL BE A GOOD VIDEO IN THE VIADUCT OF YOU JUMPING IN. THERE WILL BE NO EVIDENCE OF IT. NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT KIND OF PLUNGE. GOOD MEN, WELL DONE, GO YOU GOOD THING. IF YOU'RE NEAR THE BEACH, NEAR THE OCEAN, DO JUMP IN. HERE IS SAM WITH THE NEWS. MORE NOISES HAVE BEEN HEARD IN THE SEARCH FOR THE SUBMERSIBLE MISSING IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE REPORTED 'BANGING' NOISES DETECTED HAVE PROMPTED THE U.S. COAST GUARD TO MOVE AND EXPAND THE SEARCH. CONTACT WITH THE SUB, WHICH HAS FIVE PEOPLE ON BOARD, WAS LOST ON MONDAY AS IT MADE A 3800m DIVE TO THE TITANIC SHIPWRECK. THE COAST GUARD SAYS IT STILL DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE NOISES ARE, BUT IT'S GIVEN SEARCH CREWS A TARGET. I THINK WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SEARCH AND RESCUE CASE, YOU ALWAYS HAVE HOPE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE DO. WITH RESPECT TO THE NOISES SPECIFICALLY, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, TO BE FRANK WITH YOU. THE GOOD NEWS IS WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS WE'RE SEARCHING IN THE AREA WHERE THE NOISES WERE DETECTED AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO. IT'S ESTIMATED THE CREW HAVE LESS THAN A DAY OF OXYGEN LEFT ON BOARD. A FORMER LABOUR MP SAYS TOUGHER RULES AROUND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS ON BOTH SIDES OF PARLIAMENT'S DEBATING CHAMBER. CHRIS HIPKINS HAS ANNOUNCED CHANGES AROUND DISCLOSING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FOLLOWING RECENT REVELATIONS AROUND MICHAEL WOOD. SUE MORONEY SAYS THE NEW PROCESSES COULD BE PARTICULARLY TRICKY FOR AN INCOMING NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. WE KNOW THAT THE REPRESENTATIVES OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS GENERALLY COME FROM BIG BUSINESS BACKGROUNDS AND WITH INVESTMENTS AND SHARES ALL OVER THE PLACE, SO THESE NEW RULES THAT THE PRIME MINISTER HAS BROUGHT IN I THINK IS GONNA BE MORE DIFFICULT FOR NATIONAL TO ACTUALLY DEAL WITH. MICHAEL WOOD RESIGNED AS A MINISTER YESTERDAY AFTER IT EMERGED HE HAD FINANCIAL INTERESTS IN A NUMBER OF AREAS WITH POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. AS THE BANKING SECTOR PREPARES TO GO UNDER THE MICROSCOPE, THE COMMERCE COMMISSION SAYS A LONGER DEEP DIVE IS BETTER FOR EVERYONE. RECENT MARKET STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE FUEL, BUILDING SUPPLIES AND SUPERMARKET SECTORS. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION'S JOHN SMALL SAYS THIS TYPE OF STUDY ALLOWS THEM TO LOOK INTO WHEREVER THE RESEARCH TAKES THEM. IT'S A DEEP DIVE, AND IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW` IT'S A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT. THESE SECTORS HAVE NOT REALLY BEEN LOOKED AT PROPERLY FROM A COMPETITION PERSPECTIVE FOR DECADES, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TAKE THE TIME TO GET IT RIGHT. BANKS HAVE SAID THEY'LL COOPERATE BUT BELIEVE THE SECTOR IS ALREADY COMPETITIVE. THE TRANS-TASMAN MANUKA HONEY WARS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN WON BY THE AUSSIES, WITH NEWS AOTEAROA WILL NOT APPEAL A RECENT TRADEMARK RULING BY THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE. IT FOUND MANUKA HONEY CANNOT BE EXCLUSIVELY USED IN NEW ZEALAND ON THE BASIS IT IS A DESCRIPTIVE TERM. REPRESENTATIVES HERE HAD SAID THEY WOULD FIGHT TO PROTECT THIS INDIGENOUS TERM BUT HAVE CONFIRMED THEY WON'T APPEAL THE DECISION. THE AUSTRALIAN MANUKA HONEY ASSOCIATION WELCOMED THE MOVE AND SAYS THERE'S ROOM FOR BOTH COUNTRIES IN THE MARKET. JUST AS THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA'S RELATIONSHIP LOOKED TO BE ON THE MEND,PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS REIGNITED TENSIONS. SPEAKING AT A FUNDRAISING EVENT, BIDEN LABELLED PRESIDENT XI JINPING A 'DICTATOR' AND SAID THE SHOOTING DOWN OF AN ALLEGED CHINESE SPY BALLOON WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR HIS CHINESE COUNTERPART. BEIJING HAS RESPONDED TO BIDEN'S COMMENTS, CALLING THEM ABSURD AND IRRESPONSIBLE. THE REMARKS COME JUST DAYS AFTER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN MET WITH MR XI TO SMOOTH OVER RECENT TENSIONS. AT LEAST 25 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED AFTER A GAS EXPLOSION SPARKED A FIRE IN PARIS. THE BLAST OCCURRED IN A DESIGN AND FASHION SCHOOL IN THE CENTRAL CITY. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE STILL SEARCHING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE OF THE BUILDINGS, WHERE AT LEAST TWO ARE BELIEVED TO BE MISSING. POLICE HAVE WARNED PEOPLE TO AVOID THE AREA. TO SPORT, THE QUEENSLAND HAVE SECURED STATE OF ORIGIN BRAGGING RIGHTS AFTER THRASHING THE BLUES IN GAME TWO. NEW SOUTH WALES HAD NO ANSWER FOR THE HOME TEAM ` THE QUEENSLANDERS JUMPING OUT TO A 20-0 LEAD IN BRISBANE. CARRYING IT CENTRE THROUGH THE HANDS. WALTZED OVER THE TOP. PICKED UP ON THE BUMP ` HOLMES WITH THE PUT-DOWN! IT'S HIS SECOND. CHERRY-EVANS OUT THE BACK ` WALSH ` WALSH PASSES TO COATES, AN AERIAL PUT-DOWN! AND REECE WALSH HAS PUT HIS WINGER OVER. GINNIE MAE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING. THE MAROONS WINNING 32-6 TO CLINCH THE SERIES. THE FINAL GAME WILL BE PLAYED IN SYDNEY. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO A FEW WEATHER WARNINGS FIRST ` THERE IS AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING FOR COROMANDEL PENINSULA, BAY OF PLENTY AND GISBORNE TAIRAWHITI. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` YOU'LL NEED THE UMBRELLA TODAY. RAIN CONTINUES FOR YOU ALL, HEAVIER IN WHITIANGA. FURTHER SOUTH ` LOOKING VERY SIMILAR HERE. TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA, THERE'S THUNDERSTORMS FOR YOU. TO THE EAST COAST ` RAIN CONTINUES HERE TOO. THIS WILL DEVELOP INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. 13 THE HIGH IN DANNEVIRKE. 14 IN MASTERTON. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU'LL OPEN THE CURTAINS TO CLOUD AND A FEW SHOWERS. THESE WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF YOU. NEW PLYMOUTH, YOUR HIGH AS 16. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A VERY MIXED BAG HERE. RAIN FOR THE TOP HALF BUT LOVELY FOR WESTPORT THROUGH TO HOKITIKA. WESTPORT, YOUR HIGH AS 18. HEADING SOUTH ` YOU'LL START THE DAY WITH CLOUDY PERIODS. CHRISTCHURCH GETS THE RAIN. HIGH CLOUD FOR EVERYONE ELSE. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` A FOGGY START FOR YOU, CLEARING TO A MOSTLY FINE AFTERNOON WITH A BIT OF HIGH CLOUD ABOUT. DUNEDIN, YOUR HIGH IS 14. 10 FOR GORE AND QUEENSTOWN. AMERICAN SCIENTISTS ARE HOPING THEY CAN BUST THE OL' MYTH THAT HEAVY DRINKERS CAN HANDLE THEIR LIQUOR. NEW RESEARCH FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HAS REVEALED PEOPLE WITH ALCOHOL USE DISORDER WERE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIRED ON COGNITIVE TESTS FOR UP TO THREE HOURS AFTER THEY HAD HAD THEIR LAST DRINK. NOW THAT MIGHT SOUND REALLY OBVIOUS, BUT TO EXPLAIN MORE WE'RE JOINED BY ANDREA KING, A PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE WHO AUTHORED THE STUDY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO STRUGGLE WITH AN ALCOHOL DISORDER BUT THEY FELT AFTER DRINKING THOSE IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THERE LIQUOR? THEY WOULDN'T BE AS IMPAIRED THAT MAY BE ANOTHER STRINGER WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO ` WE REALLY TESTED GROUPS OF DRINKERS WHO CARRIED FROM SOCIAL TO HEAVY DRINKERS. JUST TO EXPLAIN WHAT SORT OF TASK YOU ASKED THEM TO DO, WHAT DID THEY HAVE TO DO AFTER THEY HAD A DRINK? ONE WAS TO INSERT PEGS INTO A BOARD WE LOOKED AT HOW QUICKLY THEY COULD ROTATE A PEG AND PUT IT ON THE BOARD. THEY ARE SECOND ONE WAS CODING SYMBOLS AS FAST AS YOU CAN INTO SHORT-TERM MEMORY AND SOME EXECUTIVE FUNCTION AND DO SOME CODING UNDER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. CERTAINLY THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN A SOBER PERSON AND SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD ANY ALCOHOL. BUT WHAT DIFFERENCES DID YOU NOTICE BETWEEN LATE MEDIUM AND HEAVY? THE TASK WITH THE PEGS, WE FOUND THAT PEOPLE 30 MINUTES AFTER DRINKING A DOSE THAT GOT PEOPLE TO THE LEGAL LIMIT THEY WERE SIMILARLY IMPAIRED. WE DIDN'T GIVE THEM ANY MORE ALCOHOL BUT WE FOUND PEOPLE WHO WERE HEAVIER DRINKERS HAD A QUICKER RECOVERY. SO THEY PERCEIVED THEY WERE LESS IMPAIRED AT THAT TIME. WITH THE SYMBOLS, THEY DID SHOW LESS IMPAIRMENT THAN THE LATE DRINKERS. WE CHALLENGE THEM WITH AN EVEN HIGHER DOSE AND SAW SIGNIFICATION IMPAIRMENT AT AN EVEN HIGHER DOSE. THE EQUIVALENT OF HAVING SEVEN OR EIGHT DRINKS. SURELY ANYONE AFTER SEVEN OR EIGHT DRINKS WOULD SHOW SOME IMPAIRMENT. HOW DO WE GET TO THIS POINT WHERE WE THOUGHT IF YOU CAN HANDLE YOUR BOOZE THAT YOU WILL BE FINE? PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT AND BEEN ABLE TO DRINK AND DRIVE AND DO OTHER TASKS AND THINK THEY'RE FINE. THERE WAS KIND OF A WAY TO MINIMISE THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL. AT THESE LEVELS, WE SEE PEOPLE WITH DUI OFFENCES AT 2 TO 3 TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE RAMIFICATIONS FOR PEOPLE IN THEIR LIFE. WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WERE FUNCTIONING ALCOHOLICS BECAUSE THEY COULD GO AROUND THEIR DAILY LIFE AND EVEN A HEAVY DOSE OF ALCOHOL IS GOING TO IMPAIR YOUR ABILITY TO DO A TASK. WHAT'S INTERESTING IS WE FOUND THEY WERE VERY MUCH FEELING THE PLEASURABLE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL AT THE SAME TIME. SO PEOPLE WHO ARE SENSITIVE TO FEELING HEAD-ON NECK AND FEELGOOD EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL, MAYBE THAT'S WHY BECAUSE THE EFFECTS ON THE BRAIN ARE THERE FOR THEM. THAT'S WHY THEY DISMISSED THAT THEY ARE IMPAIRED. WHEN THEY WENT INTO THE STUDY, BEFORE THEY EVEN HAD A DRINK, DID THEY THINK THEY WERE THE SORTS OF PEOPLE WHO COULD HANDLE THEIR DRINK? WE HAD A PLACEBO-CONTROLLED BUT WE DO FIND OVER AND OVER IN OUR STUDY IS THAT PEOPLE WHO TEND TO BE HEAVY DRINKERS THINK THEY CAN HANDLE THEIR BOOZE AND THAT THEY CAN DO THINGS THAT ARE LESS EXPERIENCED DRINKER CAN'T DO. WERE THEY SURPRISED THAT THE RESULTS? THEY WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED. FOR ETHICAL REASONS WE DON'T GIVE PEOPLE IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK BUT WE ARE HOPING TO PUT THIS DATA IN AGGREGATE TO HAVE MORE OF A PUBLIC-HEALTH DISCUSSION OF THE EFFECTS. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THEIR LIMITATIONS. I WANTED TO ASK IF THERE WAS ANY EFFECT IN TERMS OF TOLERANCE PERCEIVED BENEFIT IS PROBABLY NOT A BENEFIT ANYWAY. BUT IN RECOVERY TIME? WE SAW THEY STARTED RECOVERING QUICKER WITHIN 60 TO 120 MINUTES. THAT MAY HELP YOU WITH THE RECOVERY PART BUT INITIALLY WHEN YOU'RE FEELING IT, YOU MAY NEED TO DRINK MORE. RAISING BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVELS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND. WE FOUND THAT THEY NEVER GOT BACK TO BASELINE EVEN THREE HOURS LATER SO THOSE EFFECTS DO PERSIST. HOW CAN PEOPLE USE THIS INFORMATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE? I HOPE THEY LEARNED THAT IF THEY FEEL MACHO AND CAN HANDLE THERE LIQUOR TO THINK AGAIN AND BE VERY SAFE. BE IN A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN DRINK AND HAVE A DRIVER THERE ARE A LOT OF ACCIDENTS AND INJURY RELATED TO ALCOHOL SO FINDING SUPPORT. WHEN YOU'RE DRINKING HEAVILY THERE ARE A LOT OF EFFECTS ON YOUR BODY. REALLY TRYING TO REDUCE YOUR DRINKING AND ABSTAIN FROM DRINKING AND TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. DON'T EXPECT TO DO ANY BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE. PROF ANDREA KING PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIOURAL NEUROSCIENTIST. JUST TO SOME BREAKING NEWS AND IN NEW ZEALAND PLANE THAT WAS FLYING FROM AUCKLAND TO WROTE ON HAS BEEN TURNAROUND AFTER BEING HIT BY LIGHTNING. IT HAS LANDED SAFELY IN AUCKLAND AND WILL UNDERGO STANDARD ENGINEERING CHECKS. IT HAD TO BURN ENOUGH FUEL TO BE ABLE TO LAND SAFELY AGAIN. SO YOU'RE SET UP ON YOUR HOLIDAY TO THE BEAUTIFUL ISLANDS, THAT IS THE LAST THING YOU WANT BUT THEY ARE SAFE. ME U TONU MAI. STAY WITH US. THERE'S A NEW WAY TO IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE WORLD OF PINK FLOYD. THAT'S NEXT. HOW GOOD. # DIGGING AWAY THE MOMENTS THAT MAKE UP A DULL DAY WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT'S BEEN 50 YEARS SINCE PINK FLOYD'S 'DARK SIDE OF THE MOON' ALBUM DROPPED. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEW ZEALAND, A NEW IMMERSE EXPERIENCE IS BEING OFFERED, COMBINING MUSIC FROM THE ALBUM AND PSYCHADELIC VISUALS AT PERPETUAL GUARDIAN PLANETARIM IN DUNEDIN. OTAGO MUSEUM EVENTS MANAGER RACHEL MACJEFF JOINS US NOW TO EXPLAIN. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. YOU MUST BE PUMPED FOR THIS BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PINK FLOYD FANS ARE. TELL US ABOUT IT. WE HAVE THIS BRAND-NEW SHOW. IT'S THE FIRST TIME IT'S SCREENING IN NEW ZEALAND AND IT IS THE FULL DARK SIDE OF THE MOON SCREENING AT THE PLANETARIUM. I MISS HIM IN THAT YOU'VE HAD A TASTE OF THIS. WHAT DO YOU RECKON? WE HAVE. SO WE DID A PREVIEW FOR OUR TEAM WHO LOVED IT. THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING BACK. IT'S UNLIKE ANYTHING WE HAVE SHOWN BEFORE. THIS IS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE. THERE IS A LOT OF NOSTALGIA AROUND PINK FLOYD BUT ALSO NEW AUDIENCES COMING TO SEE IT. WE HAVE SOLD OUT ALL SESSIONS TONIGHT. WHERE SHOWING SOME PICTURES OF IT NOW. YOU TALK ABOUT THE PREVIEW SCREENINGS BEING SOLD OUT. DID YOU EXPECT THIS KIND OF RESPONSE FROM PEOPLE? WE HOPE FOR THIS KIND OF RESPONSE WHERE TRYING TO CREATE EXCITING EXPERIENCES FOR EVERYONE THIS IS VERY MUCH FOR ADULTS AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE PINK FLOYD. IT SURPASSED OUR EXPECTATIONS AND WE HAVE A WAITLIST FOR UPCOMING SCREENINGS. YOU TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE MUSEUM NORMALLY DOES THINGS THAT ARE EDUCATIONAL. WHY THIS PARTICULAR SHOW? IT TIES IN WITH THE ANNIVERSARY. 50 YEARS. SO I THINK OUR TEAM ARE PINK FLOYD FANS AS WELL. IT WAS SUGGESTED A LONG TIME AGO AND WE WERE LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO SECURE THE LICENSE. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD ATTRACT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THE MUSEUM. THAT IS THE CASE. HOW LONG WILL THIS EXPERIENCE RUN FOR? CAN PEOPLE GET TICKETS? BECAUSE OF OUR SOLD-OUT SCREENINGS, WE HAVE MORE ON SALE. WE HAVE A LIMITED LICENSE SO THERE IS ONLY A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE CAN SCREEN IT FOR SO WE ARE TRYING TO GET AS MANY SESSIONS AS POSSIBLE. HOPEFULLY EVERYONE WHO LOVED PINK FLOYD WILL BE ABLE TO COME AND SEE THIS AWESOME PINK FLOYD FILM, SHOW, CONCERT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ELSEWHERE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND BROUGHT TO NEW ZEALAND. BUT THOSE WHO DEVELOPED IT ACTUALLY WORKED WITH PINK FLOYD SO THAT MUST BE EXCITING FOR YOU AS WELL. IT'S THE EXPERIENCE AS PINK FLOYD WANTS YOU TO ENJOY IT SO THEY HAD A LOT OF INFLUENCE OVER HOW IT WAS DEVELOPED IN THE VISUALS AND ENHANCE THE SONGS. IT IS DIFFERENT FROM WATCHING SOMETHING ON TV, IT IS DEFINITELY A SURROUND EXPERIENCE. IMMERSING YOURSELF IN THE ALBUM IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. RACHEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANKS VERY MUCH. THE 2023 EDITION OF THE GLASTONBURY MUSIC FESTIVAL IS OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY. DESPITE A HISTORY SPANNING MORE THAN 50 YEARS, THIS YEAR IS SET TO BE BIGGER THAN EVER. FOR MORE WE'RE JOINED BY TESSA PARKER. IT'S ALREADY RAINED. PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO MIND, THE FESTIVAL IS OFF TO A GOOD START? YES, THE FESTIVAL IS OFF TO A GOOD START, THE GATES OPEN. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE CAMPING OUT. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT STARTED POURING IN AS THE WEATHER. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE PREDICTED FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THAT IS NOT ENTIRELY UNUSUAL CONSIDERING THE FESTIVAL'S HISTORY. WHAT IS UNUSUAL THIS YEAR IS THE SIZE OF THE FESTIVAL. 210,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT GLASTONBURY THIS YEAR WHICH IS HUGE CONSIDERING THAT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN ONE PLACE CAMPING IN THE MUD. I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT GOING TO THE FESTIVAL COSTS PEOPLE ALMOST NZ$700 WHICH IS A LOT OF MONEY. THE FESTIVAL HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AND IT IS BEEN RUNNING FOR ABOUT 50 YEARS. WHEN IT STARTED IN 1970 AND HAD 5000 PEOPLE AND COST ONE DOLLAR TO ATTEND. WHEN IT FIRST STARTED, IT WAS A BIT OF A HAPPY ALL LOVE AND PEACE AND HAS COME UNDER CRITICISM FOR BECOMING MORE COMMERCIAL AND I THINK THAT $700 TICKET PRICE REFLECTS THAT. THERE ARE NAMES WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 70S BUT THIS IS THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE. IN THE LINEUP FOR THE FIRST TIME AS ELTON JOHN. HE HAS SPOKEN TO THE BBC AND SAID IT WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM HIS FAREWELL TOUR WHICH HE HAS TRAVELLING THE WORLD WITH. HE IS PERFORMING ON SUNDAY. OTHER PEOPLE INCLUDE GUNS AND ROSES AND THE ARCTIC MONKEYS. ARCTIC MONKEYS ARE A BIT SHAKY, THEY WERE MEANT TO PERFORM ON FRIDAY BUT THEY ALSO WERE MEANT TO HAVE A SHOW IN DUBLIN WAS CANCELLED BECAUSE THE SINGER HAS MENINGITIS. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT IF YOU'RE THE LEAD SINGER. WATCH THIS SPACE. LOTS OF MUD AND MAYBE NOT AS MANY PERFORMANCES. THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO SEE AND DO AN CLASSIC BREASTPLATE TO DO THAT. SPEAKING OF FERAL, THREE DAYS IN GLASTONBURY. I DON'T WANT TO SHOOT ANYONE NOW, I'M JUST SAYING. IT'S PROBABLY CATS. ANYWAY. LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL SAMOA. WITH ITS WARM CULTURE, BREATHTAKING SCENERIES. IT'S THE PERFECT PACIFIC ISLAND DESTINATION FOR YOUR NEXT HOLIDAY. THIS WEEK, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH SAMOA TOURISM TO GIVE YOU THIS AMAZING EXPERIENCE, AND IT'S THE LAST CHANCE TO ENTER. SO TO BE IN TO WIN, HEAD TO WINWITHBREAKFAST.CO.NZ. THE COMPETITION CLOSES AT 4pm TODAY. GET YOURSELF TO SAMOA, LIGHTNING STRIKES NOTWITHSTANDING. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` AFTER THE BREAK, YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, DIGBY'S HITTING THE TOOLS THIS MORNING. MORENA, DIGGERS. WE ARE HERE IN CANTERBURY AND WITH THE SPIKE IS THIS MORNING AS THEY BATTLE IT OUT FOR THE TOP JOB. MORENA. WELCOME BACK. THE U.S. COAST GUARD SAYS FINDING THE SUBMERSIBLE LOST IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN REMAINS A RESCUE OPERATION. DESPITE ESTIMATES THE FIVE MEN ONBOARD WOULD HAVE LESS THAN 18 HOURS OF OXYGEN LEFT, SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS INSIST THERE'S STILL HOPE. IT COMES AS MORE 'BANGING' NOISES HAVE BEEN DETECTED, PROMPTING THE U.S. COAST GUARD TO EXPAND THE SEARCH. CONTACT WITH THE SUB WAS LOST ON MONDAY AS IT MADE THE 3.8KM DIVE TO THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC. THIS IS A SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION, 100%. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RESCUE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUT EVERY AVAILABLE ASSET THAT WE HAVE AND EFFORT TO FIND THE TITAN AND THE CREWMEMBERS. MORE EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF REACHING THE DEPTHS OF THE WRECK IS BEING DEPLOYED IN THE HOPE IT CAN BE USED TO FIND THE LOST VESSEL AND CREW. THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER SAYS THERE ARE CLEARLY HUGE SYSTEMIC ISSUES AT ORANGA TAMARIKI AND SUPPORTS CLOSING RESIDENCES. IT FOLLOWS THE REVELATION TWO SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AGAINST STAFF AT ORANGA TAMARIKI RESIDENCES FOR INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR. JUDGE FRANCES EIVERS SAYS SHE HOPES AN INVESTIGATION AND RAPID REVIEW OF RESIDENCES WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. YES, ANOTHER REPORT, YES, ANOTHER REVIEW, BUT I HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS` THERE'S BEEN DECISIVE ACTION ON THIS, AND THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE SERIOUS ENOUGH TO INVOLVE THE POLICE, SO I'M HOPING THAT SOME GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS WILL COME OUT OF THAT` THIS, BUT NOT ONLY GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS ` THEY NEED TO BE ACTED ON. FORMER POLICE COMMISSIONER MIKE BUSH WILL TAKE LEADERSHIP OF ORANGA TAMARIKI RESIDENCES AND CONDUCT A RAPID REVIEW. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS HAD LASTING IMPACTS ON NEW ZEALAND LEARNERS, ACCORDING TO THE EDUCATION REVIEW OFFICE. THE LATEST RESEARCH SHOWS POORER COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR ARE CONTINUING TO STRUGGLE WITH STUDENTS' ATTENDANCE, BEHAVIOUR AND LEARNING SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. ERO HAS RECOMMENDED MORE TARGETED SUPPORT FOR THOSE STRUGGLING THE MOST, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO CATCH UP ON LEARNING THEY'VE MISSED. THE RESEARCH ALSO FOUND LEARNERS ARE HAPPIER THAN THEY'VE EVER BEEN IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, SAYING BEING CONNECTED TO FRIENDS AND LESS WORRY ABOUT COVID ARE THE BIGGEST DRIVERS. ONE FORMER MP HAS LABELLED MICHAEL WOOD'S FAILURE TO DECLARE HIS CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 'BIZARRE'. FORMER NATIONAL MP WAYNE MAPP SAYS IT'S UNLIKELY WOOD WASN'T AWARE OF THE DISCLOSURES HE HAD TO MAKE. MAPP SAYS MOVING FORWARD, THE STRUCTURES IN PLACE NEED TO BE TIGHTENED UP FOR ALL MP'S AROUND THEIR ASSETS. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME DECENT SESSIONS BY PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES ON HOW YOU DO THESE THINGS, AND FRANKLY, MAYBE THEY HAVE TO SIT ALONGSIDE MPS TO ACTUALLY DO THEM. MAYBE FOR CABINET MINISTERS THERE NEEDS TO BE BLIND TRUSTS. MICHAEL WOOD RESIGNED AS A MINISTER YESTERDAY AFTER IT EMERGED HE HAD FINANCIAL INTERESTS IN A NUMBER OF AREAS WITH POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND HAS FOUND PRE-PAY POWER CUSTOMERS ARE PAYING 15% MORE TO TURN ON THE LIGHTS, DESPITE MORE OFTEN BEING THE MOST IN NEED. ISSUES SUCH AS POOR CREDIT RATINGS MEAN THESE CUSTOMERS ARE UNABLE TO SIGN UP FOR MONTHLY ELECTRITY PLANS. THE CONSUMER WATCHDOG SAYS THE SITUATION IS 'REMARKABLY UNFAIR'. THEIR RESEARCH SHOWS 40,000 HOUSEHOLDS GO WITHOUT POWER AT SOME POINT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT. INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI IS IN THE U.S. AND FLEXED HIS COUNTRY'S CULTURAL REACH. MODI'S LED A YOGA SESSION ON THE LAWN OF THE UNITED NATIONS CELEBRATING THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA. THE REST OF MODI'S TRIP MIGHT NOT BE SO RELAXING ` THE U.S. IS EXPECTED TO TRY TO CHARM THE PM, HOPING TO USE INDIA AS A COUNTERBALANCE TO CHINA'S GROWING INFLUENCE IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. TO SPORT, AND QUEENSLAND HAVE SECURED STATE OF ORIGIN SUPREMACY FOR ANOTHER YEAR, THRASHING NEW SOUTH WALES 32-6 IN GAME TWO. THE BLUES HAD NO ANSWER FOR THE HOME TEAM ` QUEENSLAND RUNNING OUT TO A 20-0 LEAD. THE MAROONS THANKING THE FANS FOR BACKING THEM ALL THE WAY. JUST NEVER GET SICK OF LOSING IN FRONT OF THIS CROWD. THANKS SO MUCH FOR EVERYONE WHO CAME HERE TONIGHT. THEY MAKE IT SO SPECIAL, MATE. WE'LL SAVOUR THIS TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT, FINALLY ` WHAT HAVE YOU GOT LEFT TO SAY TO 'EM? SEE YOUSE NEXT YEAR. JENNY MAYERS BEING VERY CRITICAL OF OUR SPORTS DEPARTMENT. THAT HE JUST SAY HE NEVER GETS SICK OF LOSING? THERE IS ONE MORE GAME TO GO. WHERE IS IT BEING PLAYED? IN SYDNEY. CAN I ASK THE QUEENSLAND FANS TO STOP MESSAGING ME. STOP MESSAGING ME. ALL THE WAY UNTIL THE END. IF YOU WANT JENNY MAY'S PHONE NUMBER OR EMAIL, I WILL HAPPILY PASS THAT ON. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO A FEW WEATHER WARNINGS FIRST ` THERE IS AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING FOR COROMANDEL PENINSULA, BAY OF PLENTY AND GISBORNE TAIRAWHITI. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` YOU'LL NEED THE UMBRELLA TODAY. RAIN CONTINUES FOR YOU ALL, HEAVIER IN WHITIANGA. 17 THE HIGH IN AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` LOOKING VERY SIMILAR HERE. TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA, THERE'S THUNDERSTORMS FOR YOU. 15 THE HIGH IN HAMILTON. TO THE EAST COAST ` RAIN CONTINUES HERE TOO. I HAVE GOTTEN WAY AHEAD OF MYSELF. THIS WILL DEVELOP INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. 13 THE HIGH IN DANNEVIRKE. WE HAVE CAUGHT UP, HERE WE GO. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU'LL OPEN THE CURTAINS TO CLOUD AND A FEW SHOWERS. THESE WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF YOU. WHANGANUI, YOUR HIGH IS 19. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A VERY MIXED BAG HERE. RAIN FOR THE TOP HALF BUT LOVELY FOR WESTPORT THROUGH TO HOKITIKA. 16 THE HIGH IN NELSON. HEADING SOUTH ` YOU'LL START THE DAY WITH CLOUDY PERIODS. CHRISTCHURCH GETS THE RAIN. HIGH CLOUD FOR EVERYONE ELSE. 13 THE HIGH FOR OAMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` A FOGGY START FOR YOU, CLEARING TO A MOSTLY FINE AFTERNOON WITH A BIT OF HIGH CLOUD ABOUT. DUNEDIN, YOUR HIGH IS 14. RIGHTOH. THAT WAS COMPREHENSIVE. YOUNG APPRENTICE SPARKIES HAVE BEEN COMPETING ACROSS THE MOTU THIS WEEK, ALL VYING FOR THE ESTEEMED TITLE OF NEW ZEALAND'S TOP ELECTRICAL APPRENTICE ` SOMETHING OUR PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS WANTED TO BE WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER. HI. MY NAME'S CHRIS. WHEN I WAS A KID, I WANTED TO BE AN ELECTRICIAN, BUT I ENDED UP BECOMING PRIME MINISTER INSTEAD. CAN YOU CHANGE A LIGHTBULB? THAT IS A QUESTION. NOW OUR CHRISTCHURCH REPORTER DIGBY WERTHMULLER IS GOING TO GIVE IT A GO I HOPE YOU ARE WEARING RUBBER SOLES. FROM ONE OF THE 13 LOCATIONS THE CHALLENGES ARE BEING HELD AT. MORENA, DIGBY. THEY LET ME LOOSE A LITTLE EARLIER ON THE POWER TOOLS. WE ARE HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH. IT HAS BEEN RUNNING ALL WEEK, IT HAPPENS ACROSS 13 LOCATIONS, DUNEDIN, INVERCARGILL, TIMARU ` THEY HAVE ALREADY COMPETED, AND THEY HAVE FINISHED. IT WILL SLOWLY MAKE ITS WAY UP THE COUNTRY TO WHANGAREI. THEY WILL PACK FIVE COMPETITORS FROM EACH REGION ACROSS THE THREE CHALLENGES TO GO UP TO THE GRAND FINALE ` THE BEST APPRENTICE OF THEM ALL. LEAH AS AN APPRENTICE, AND SHE JOINS US NOW. ARE YOU A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS AHEAD OF TODAY'S CHALLENGE? DEFINITELY NERVOUS. READY FOR THE CHALLENGE. HOW MANY? THERE ARE THREE CATEGORIES THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT MODULES. THIS ONE HERE ` YOU HAVE TO WIRE UP THE LIGHT SWITCHES, POWER POINTS, ALSO FAULT FINDING AND WIRING UP A SWITCHBOARD. IS ALL DONE ON TIME, ISN'T IT? YOU GET AN HOUR PER MODULE. THERE ARE THREE CATEGORIES IN THE COMPETITION ` RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN APPRENTICE FOR? THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR. BEING AN APPRENTICE. YOU ARE GOING TO SHOW ME HOW TO STRIP THE THING. SHOW ME HOW. I WILL PUT THE GLOVES ON FOR SOME SAFETY. GLOVES AND GLASSES. GET THAT ON. I SHOULD PROBABLY TELL YOU THAT I AM ALSO COLOURBLIND. THIS PROPERLY WILL NOT HELP. THAT'S NOT GOOD. WHAT YOU ARE DOING? I AM STRIPPING THE CABLES BACK. WHY DO WE DO THAT? TO EXPOSE THE COPPER. HAVE YOU EVER HAD AN ELECTRIC SHOCK ON THE JOB? AND I HAVEN'T, NOT YET. I GREW UP ON THE FARM, SO I AM ACCUSTOMED TO THE OLD ELECTRIC FENCE SHOCK. HOPEFULLY NONE TODAY. LET'S GIVE IT A GO. YOU JUST CLIP IT ON HERE. THIS WAY. YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG. THAT WAY, SO THE CABLE GOES IN THERE. GOES ON LIKE THAT. AND YOU JUST SNAP IT DOWN. PERFECT. IT IS LIKE I HAVE DONE IT BEFORE. THEN YOU SLIDE IT OFF. YOU SEE THE ODD VIDEO ONLINE OF THEM` SPARKY IS DOING IT REALLY QUICK ` ARE YOU PRETTY? CAN YOU DO THIS ONE REALLY QUICK. FAST AS YOU CAN GO. NO PRESSURE. YOU HAVE TO BE QUICKER THAN THIS. NO PRESSURE. THERE WE GO. YOU HAVE TO DO THESE LITTLE ONES AS WELL. GOOD LUCK TODAY. THE WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW? YES. IN AUGUST, THE WINNERS OF THE REGIONALS GET FLOWN UP TO THE FINAL TO COMPETE. VERY EXCITING. GODSPEED. DON'T SHOCK YOURSELF. WE WILL TRY NOT TO. THANKS. NOT SURE WE WILL BE SEEING YOU AT THE FINALS. E WHAI AKE NEI, COMING UP ` THESE IMAGES ARE SET TO GRACE THE SCREENS AT THE NEW ZEALAND MOUNTAIN FILM AND BOOK FESTIVAL. WE LET YOU KNOW WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR NEXT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THE NZ MOUNTAIN FILM AND BOOK FESTIVAL IS IN ITS 21st YEAR. WHAT STARTED AS A SMALL EVENT IN WANAKA HAS TURNED INTO AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED FESTIVAL, RECEIVING 190 SUBMISSIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. JOINING US NOW IS FESTIVAL DIRECTOR MARK SEDON. MARK, 190, THAT IS A LOT OF SUBMISSIONS. YOU MUST BE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT VIEWERS ARE GOING TO WATCH AND READ THIS YEAR/. IT WAS A BIG JOB TO WATCH THEM ALL, I TELL YOU. HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO GET THE 190? ABOUT FIVE OR SIX WEEKS OF EVENINGS. FAR OUT. DO YOU SET DOWN WITH POPCORN, OR DO YOU SKIP THE BITS THAT YOU THINK, OH, NO, THIS WILL NOT MAKE IT. YOU CAN TELL NORMALLY IN THE FIRST FIVE OR 10 MINUTES OF IT IS A GOOD FILM, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS AN HOUR-LONG, IT IS CAPTURED PRETTY QUICK. IN TERMS OF THAT, IT HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF DECADES, WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS YEAR? BIG DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR IS THE NEW ZEALAND FILMMAKERS ` THEY HAVE WON SOME INTERNATIONAL AWARDS, AND IT IS INCREDIBLE WHERE NEW ZEALAND ADVENTURE FILM MAKING HAS COME IN THE LAST DECADE. THE STORIES ARE WORLD-CLASS, AND BEFORE MAKING ITS WORLD-CLASS. THAT IS THE EXCITING PART. WHAT SORT OF STORIES? TOOK US THROUGH SOME OF THE STANDOUTS. THERE ARE FEW DIFFERENT ONCE ` THERE IS A BUNCH OF KIWIS CLAIMING A BIG WALL IN THE HIMALAYAS ` SPENDING 15 DAYS ON A BIG WALL AT 7000M. THERE IS ANOTHER GREAT ONE WITH YOUNG AUCKLANDERS WHO MADE A FILM ON THE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH ONE THE BEST ENVIRONMENTAL FILM, IT IS ALL ABOUT REDUCING PLASTICS. THAT IS INTERESTING. I WOULD THINK FOR A MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL OR MOVIE FESTIVAL, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON THE SLOPES AND SKI SPORTS AND ADVENTURE, BUT IT IS NOT JUST THAT, IS IT? YOU CAN SKI OFF A CLIFF WITH A PARACHUTE, OR YOU CAN SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT ` WE HAVE A BIG SPEECH IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO THINGS. THERE IS QUITE A RANGE OF THINGS. CORRECTION: SPECTRUM HALF THE PEOPLE THAT COME NOT INTERESTED IN ANY OF THE SPORES THAT ARE IN IT, THEY JUST ENJOY IT FROM THE COMFORT OF THEIR TEAR WITH A HOT DRINK. CORRECTION: SPORTS WE ALL KNOW THAT PLANE PRICES ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGH AT THE MOMENT ` IF WE ARE NOT IN QUEENSTOWN, HOW CAN WE WATCH THE FILMS? YOU CAN WATCH IT ONLINE, THEY ARE ONLINE FOR A MONTH FROM THIS FRIDAY TO LATER IN JULY, AND WE ALSO SEND OUR NATIONAL TOUR TO SMALL VENUES AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE ARE DOING FUNDRAISERS FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS. MOST TOWNS IN NEW ZEALAND HAVE A LITTLE TOUR GOING ON. HOW MANY FILMS WITH THEIR BE ON AT SOME OF THESE SMALL TOWNS? ARE THERE 10 OR SO ON OFFER? THEY PLAY 10 OR 12 OVER TWO NIGHTS, OR YOU CAN WATCH ALL 60 ONLINE, IF YOU ARE A REAL ADDICT. I DO NOT IMAGINE YOU WILL GET ANYWHERE NEAR WATCHING THE 190 YOU HAVE MANAGED TO GET THROUGH. OUT OF THAT NEARLY 200 FILMS, HAVE YOU GOT A FAVOURITE? I DO. BEING THE HEAD JUDGE, THE GRAND PRIZE ONE ` THESE AMERICAN GUYS USED A PARAGLIDER TO FLY FROM A VILLAGE AND PAKISTAN TO THE BOTTOM OF A MOUNTAIN AT 6000 M, AND CLAIMED THE STICK NICKEL MOUNTAIN, AND THEN FLEW BACK DOWN INTO THE VILLAGE, SAVE THEMSELVES A WEEK OF WALKING. I AM A MOUNTAIN GUIDE AND A PARAGLIDER PILOT, AND THEY USED THOSE TWO THINGS TO GET TO THE MOUNTAIN AND DO SOMETHING QUITE UNIQUE ` THAT FOR ME WAS A STANDOUT. THAT WON THE GRAND PRIZE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE FILM MAKERS. I GUESS YOU MUST ALSO BECAUSE ALYSSA PRIZE THAT YOU ARE SEEING NEW PLACES, OR HEARING NEW STORIES. JUST GOING BACK TO IT, WHAT IS REALLY EXCITING AS THE NEW ZEALAND CONTENT. WE HAVE 14 FILM MAKERS COMING FROM AROUND NEW ZEALAND TO THE FESTIVAL TO INTRODUCE THEIR FILMS AND WALK THE RED CARPET. THAT IS PRETTY COOL, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE CINEMA AND THE PEOPLE IN THE MOVIES ARE SITTING AROUND YOU. IS THAT THE MOST NUMBER OF NEW ZEALAND FILM MAKERS YOU HAVE HAD IN ANY ONE YEAR AT THE FESTIVAL? WE NORMALLY GET 10 ALSO. THERE ARE A LOT MORE THIS YEAR. AND SEEMS TO BE THE THING TO DO, IF YOUR THUMB GET SELECTED, COME TO WANAKA. THEIR A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING WITH HIM WHO ARE IN THE FILMS. MARK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS THOSE FILMS AS MUCH AS YOU DID. THANKS, ANNA. E HAERE AKE NEI, AFTER THE BREAK ` NEW ZEALAND HAS PICKED UP ITS FIRST GOLD IN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS. WE SPEAK TO THE WINNER NEXT. # THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL # THE LOSER HAS TO FALL. # A BOCCE PLAYER FROM LEVIN HAS CLAIMED THE FIRST KIWI GOLD MEDAL AT THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS WORLD SUMMER GAMES IN BERLIN. THAT CHAMPION, AARON CAMPBELL, JOINED US EARLIER! AARON, MY MAN. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU FEELING, MATE? CONGRATULATIONS ON THE GOLD MEDAL. OH, FEEL` I FEEL GREAT. I FEEL` I FEEL VERY PROUD OF MYSELF. YEAH, AND YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOURSELF, AARON. YEAH. GIVE US A LOOK AT THAT MEDAL. COME ON, PUT IT` YEAH. SO WE CAN ALL SEE IT. GOD, LOOK AT IT. IT'S JUST GLORIOUS. HEY, AARON, WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN YOU STOOD ON THE PODIUM AND THAT MEDAL WAS HANDED TO YOU? I WAS JUST- I WAS JUST OVER THE MOON. I WAS JUST` I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. YEAH. HEY, MATE, I KNOW IT WAS` YOU WERE A BIT NERVOUS DURING THE MATCH AS WELL BECAUSE YOUR OPPONENT WENT UP 3-2 ON YOU. SO HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO PULL IT BACK? OH, I JUST` JUST FOCUSED ON MY GAME AND I GOT THERE. YEAH. YEAH, YOU DID, AND YOU DID THAT IN STYLE TOO, AARON. ROWENA, HOW PROUD ARE YOU OF AARON AND THE REST OF THE TEAM ACTUALLY? OH, SO PROUD. I MEAN, JUST WATCHING BRINGS A FEW TEARS TO THE EYES OF` OF ANYONE STANDING THERE WATCHING THESE GUYS UP ON THE PODIUM AND JUST ALL OF THAT WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE PAYING OFF. AND YEAH, JUST VERY, VERY PROUD. YEAH. HOW DO YOU THINK THAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN GOING SO FAR, ROWENA? OH, THEY'VE OVERCOME A LOT OF CHALLENGES. THE TIREDNESS AND EVERYTHING. EVERYONE IS` IS JUST GOING NEXT LEVEL. THEY'VE ALL PUT ALL THEIR EFFORT OUT THERE AND JUST KEPT KICKING GOALS. SOMEONE GOT FOUR GOALS IN FOOTBALL TODAY AND WE'RE JUST` ACROSS THE FIELD, THEY'RE ALL DOING SO WELL. IT'S AWESOME. YEAH, IT IS AWESOME. HEY, AARON, THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME OVERSEAS, RIGHT? SO WHAT DO YOU RECKON ABOUT BERLIN? HOW'S THE TRAVEL BEEN? UH, I'M ACT` I'VE BEEN JUST, UM, JUST TRAVELLING AROUND GERMANY AND SEEING ALL THE DIFFERENT CULTURES AND STUFF. WOULD YOU DO IT AGAIN? DO YOU WANT TO DO MORE TRAVEL? OH, YEAH. I WOULD LOVE TO DO MORE AGAIN. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO YOUR FAMILY BACK IN LEVIN? YES, I'VE SPOKEN TO MY MUM MULTIPLE` QUITE A FEW TIMES. YEAH, AND WHAT DOES MUM RECKON? HOW DOES MUM RECKON YOU'VE GONE? OH, GEEZ. MUM THINKS I'M` SUPER PROUD OF ME AND STUFF, AND... YEAH, WE'RE ALL` WE'RE ALL SUPER PROUD OF YOU, AARON. VERY HAPPY. (LAUGHS) SO ARE YOU COMPETING IN ANYTHING ELSE, OR ARE YOU GOING TO WATCH ANY OF THE OTHER ATHLETES COMPETE? UM, WELL, I'VE GOT ONE MORE GAMES ON` ON THE FRIDAY. DOUBLES. DOUBLES. AWESOME. WHO'S YOUR PARTNER IN THE DOUBLES, AARON? BLAIR SMITH FROM... IS IT CANTERBURY? YEAH, FROM CANTERBURY. ROWENA, THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF DAYS LEFT IN COMPETITION, SO HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THE TOURNAMENT SO FAR? I SHOULDN'T SAY THE TOURNAMENT, BUT THE OLYMPICS SO FAR FOR OUR NEW ZEALAND TEAM? OH, LOOK, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT. WE'VE ONLY GOT THE THREE DAYS TO GO AND SEVEN SLEEPS TILL WE'RE ON THE PLANE HOME. SO EVERYONE IS REALLY PROUD OF WHERE THEY'VE GOT TO. THE COACHES ARE VERY HAPPY WITH HOW THE ATHLETES HAVE GONE. AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE DAYS OF FINALS COMING UP AND MEDAL CEREMONY. SO WHO KNOWS WHAT WE'LL DO AND HOW MANY MORE MEDALS AND RIBBONS WE'LL GET. AND THERE'S BEEN SO MANY PERSONAL BESTS AS WELL. SO THAT'S EVEN BETTER. YEAH. HEY, AARON, JUST BEFORE WE GO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING TO ANYBODY BACK HOME HERE? I WANT TO SAY HI TO MY MUM AND ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY BACK HOME. SAY, I LOVE YOU GUYS. I MISS YOU GUYS AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU GUYS WHEN WE RETURN HOME. BEAUTIFUL, AARON. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. GO WELL IN THE PAIR AS WELL, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. SENDING LOTS OF LOVE AND GOOD WISHES TO YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WHAT A CHAMPION. LEVIN DA VIDA LOCA MUST BE GOING OFF. STREET PARADE. WE WILL CATCH UP MORE OF OUR ATHLETES TOMORROW MORNING. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY SMASHING IT. HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE A FEW MORE MEDALS IN THE BAG. HOW CUTE HOLDING IT UP. THAT WAS A NICE-LOOKING MEDAL, I HAVE NEVER WON ANYTHING THAT COOL. JOURNALISM AWARDS? NO, MOVING ON. WE WILL CATCH UP WITH OUR SPECIAL OLYMPIANS TOMORROW. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. ARE YOU COMING BACK TOMORROW? NO, I AM NOT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. JACK TAME IS GOING TO JOIN US. JACK TAM-E. 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