IT'S MONDAY THE 7TH OF AUGUST. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. HOPE YOU HAD A FANTASTIC WEEKEND. AUCKLAND IS SET TO GET A SECOND HARBOUR CROSSING AFTER YEARS OF DEBATE. BUT WITH CONSTRUCTION ONLY DUE TO START IN SIX YEARS TIME THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TIME OF THE PROJECT. WE'LL SPEAK TO BIKE AUCKLAND AND THE TRANSPORT MINISTER AFTER 7AM. AND MAKING HEADLINES THIS MORNING ` THE USA HAVE CRASHED OUT OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP ON PENALTIES TO SWEDEN AFTER NEITHER SIDE WERE ABLE TO FIND THE NET DURING REGULAR OR EXTRA TIME. STAR MEGAN RAPINOE CRUMBLING UNDER THE PRESSURE. RAPINOE FOOTS IT OVER THE BAR! (CHEERING) FELL APART... IT MARKS A DISAPPOINTING END TO A TOURNAMENT WHERE THEY NEVER LOOKED LIKE THEY GOT GOING. MORE ON THAT IN YOUR NEWS. I WENT TO WATCH TWO USA GAMES AND AT NO POINT DID THEY LOOK LIKE A CHAMPION TEAM. THEY ARE GONE. AND AFTER NINE DAYS OF EVADING CAPTURE AN AUCKLAND PIG ON THE RUN HAS FINALLY BEEN CAUGHT. THAT'S THE SECOND IN A MONTH THAT HAS CAUSED HAVOC IN OUR BIGGEST CITY. STAY WITH US UNTIL THE END OF THE SHOW TO FIND OUT WHY IT TOOK SO LONG TO BE CAPTURED. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE TALKING TO SOMEONE THIS MORNING. THE GREEN PARTY WANTS TO GIVE FREE DENTAL CARE TO PEOPLE. WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER ON THIS MORNING. NOW CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. DRIVERS IN THE SOUTH ISLAND ARE ADVISED TO TAKE CARE THIS MORNING WITH MULTIPLE ROAD SNOW FALL WARNINGS IN PLACE FOR KEY ROUTES. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ON ARTHUR'S AND PORTER'S PASSES THIS MORNING. FURTHER SOUTH ` WARNINGS ARE IN PLACE FOR LINDIS PASS, THE CROWN RANGE ROAD AND MILFORD ROAD. QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED OVER WHETHER PLANS FOR AN ADDITIONAL WAITEMATA HARBOUR CROSSING WOULD DO MUCH TO EASE TRAFFIC. THE NORTHERN INFRASTRUCTURE FORUM HAS GIVEN THE PROJECT A TICK OF APPROVAL FOR CATERING TO MULTIPLE MODES OF TRANSPORT. BUT CHAIR SIMON BRIDGES SAYS THE MODELLING FOR DE-CONGESTION IS 'UNDER-WHELMING.' THE $40b PROJECT WILL INITIALLY SEE TWO NEW ROAD TUNNELS BEING BUILT, WITH CONSTRUCTION DUE TO START 2029. ONCE THOSE ARE FINISHED, TWO FURTHER TUNNELS WILL CONNECT WYNYARD QUARTER AND ALBANY VIA LIGHT RAIL, AND ONE EXISTING LANE ON THE HARBOUR BRIDGE WILL BE RE-ALLOCATED TO CYCLING. ONE INMATE HAS BEEN HOSPITALISED WITH SERIOUS INJURIES AFTER AN ASSAULT AT AUCKLAND PRISON AT PAREMAREMO. POLICE WERE ADVISED OF THE ALLEGED 'PRISONER ON PRISONER' ASSAULT JUST AFTER 4PM YESTERDAY. IN A STATEMENT, THE ACTING DIRECTOR FOR THE DETENTION CENTRE SAID A FULL REVIEW INTO THE INCIDENT WILL BE CARRIED OUT. A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED FOLLOWING A FATAL SHOOTING IN PALMERSTON NORTH. POLICE WERE CALLED TO A PROPERTY ON CROYDON AVE JUST AFTER 2.30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER REPORTS A GUN HAD BEEN FIRED. A MAN WAS LATER CONFIRMED TO HAVE DIED AT THE HIGHBURY ADDRESS. POLICE ARE NOW ON THE HUNT FOR THE GUNMAN. A RESCUE OPERATION IS CONTINUING AFTER A TRAIN DERAILED IN SOUTHERN PAKISTAN, LEAVING AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE DEAD AND A HUNDRED INJURED. AROUND 10 CARRIAGES WENT OFF THE TRACKS IN THE PROVINCE OF SINDH, SOME OVERTURNING AND TRAPPING PASSENGERS. THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT IS NOT YET KNOWN, THOUGH ACCIDENTS ARE COMMON IN PAKISTAN DUE TO THE COUNTRY'S POORLY MAINTAINED RAIL SYSTEM. AUTHORITIES IN CHINA ARE ASSESSING DAMS, DYKES AND LEVEES IN THE WAKE OF WIDESPREAD FLOODING. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS HIT THE COUNTRY IN RECENT WEEKS, RAISING CONCERNS DOWNSTREAM OF MAJOR WATERWAYS. IN THE NORTH-EAST, MORE THAN 130,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVACUATED AS TORRENTIAL RAIN DAMAGED ROADS AND CUT POWER. ROAD BRIDGES LINKING CRIMEA AND RUSSIAN-OCCUPIED UKRAINE TERRITORY HAVE COME UNDER ATTACK AS UKRAINE PUSHES FORWARD WITH ITS COUNTEROFFENSIVE. RUSSIA SAYS THE MISSILES THAT HIT THE TWO BRIDGES IN CRIMEA WERE ALL LONG RANGE MISSILES SUPPLIED TO UKRAINE BY THE UK. IT COMES AFTER A BLOOD TRANSFUSION CENTRE IN THE COUNTRY'S NORTH EAST WAS HIT BY A RUSSIAN BOMB, LEAVING TWO PEOPLE DEAD. A CONTROVERSIAL BARGE PLANNED TO HOUSE ASYLUM SEEKERS IN THE U.K. IS EXPECTED TO GET ITS FIRST OCCUPANTS IN THE COMING DAYS. MORE THAN 15,000 PEOPLE HAVE CROSSED THE CHANNEL TO THE U.K. THIS YEAR ALONE. THE BBC'S JOHNATHAN BLAKE HAS MORE. FLOATING ACCOMMODATION FOR MIGRANTS SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UK. THE BIBBY STOCKHOLM BARGE HAS BEEN MOORED AT PORTLAND IN DORSET FOR NEARLY THREE WEEKS BUT STANDS EMPTY. SAFETY CONCERNS HAVE DELAYED GETTING PEOPLE ON BOARD, BUT IT'S NOW EXPECTED THE FIRST 50 OR SO MEN TO BE HOUSED ON THE BARGE WILL MOVE IN VERY SOON. WE EXPECT IT TO BE IN THE COMING DAYS, SO YOU WON'T HAVE LONG TO WAIT. AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD. UP TO 500 PEOPLE COULD BE ACCOMMODATED HERE. THE BARGE HAS MEDICAL FACILITIES AND A RECREATION AREA. IT'S ONE WAY THE GOVERNMENT HOPES TO CUT THE COST OF HOTELS FOR THOSE ATTEMPTING TO CLAIM ASYLUM. THE BILL CURRENTLY RUNNING AT ABOUT �6 MILLION PER DAY. BUT IT'S PROMPTED PROTESTS FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO DON'T WANT THE BARGE ON THEIR DOORSTEP AND CAMPAIGN GROUPS WHO ARGUE IT'S INHUMANE. SHAVING FOAM. OKAY, THANK YOU. OTHERS ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO WELCOME THOSE WHO'LL BE HOUSED ON BOARD. LABOUR HAS PLEDGED TO SPEED UP ASYLUM CLAIMS, BUT ADMIT THEY WOULD STILL NEED ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION FOR MIGRANTS AT FIRST IF THE PARTY CAME TO POWER. BECAUSE OF THE COMPLETE AND UTTER CHAOS AND SHAMBLES OF THE TORY ASYLUM CRISIS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE IN A VERY SHORT TERM PERIOD TO USE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S THERE, INCLUDING THE BARGES AND THE HOTELS. MORE THAN 15,000 PEOPLE HAVE CROSSED THE CHANNEL IN SMALL BOATS SO FAR THIS YEAR. YESTERDAY, 77 MADE THE JOURNEY ACCOMMODATING. THOSE ARRIVING IS ONLY PART OF THE CHALLENGE FACING THE GOVERNMENT. THE SILVER FERNS HAVE FINISHED THE NETBALL WORLD CUP WITH ANOTHER LOSS, FALLING TO JAMAICA FOR THE SECOND TIME TO END THE TOURNAMENT IN FOURTH. THE SILVER FERNS LOSING 52-45, DEPARTING THE WORLD CUP WITHOUT A MEDAL FOR THE FIRST TIME. THERE IT IS! JAMAICA TAKE THE BRONZE MEDAL IN CAPE TOWN. AND NEW ZEALAND SINK TO THEIR WORST WORLD CUP RESULT IN HISTORY. AND AUSTRALIA HAVE BEATEN ENGLAND 61 - 45 IN THE FINAL TO BE CROWNED WORLD CHAMPIONS. DEFENDING CHAMPIONS THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP, LOSING TO SWEDEN ON PENALTIES. RETIRING SUPERSTAR MEGAN RAPINOE BLAZING HER SHOT HIGH, BEFORE SWEDEN CLAIMED THE WIN AND A PLACE IN THE LAST 8. ... WOMEN'S WORLD CUP CAMPAIGNS AGAINST` AND SHE'S PUT IT OVER THE TOP! I DON'T BELIEVE IT. AND... THERE! HAS IT GONE OVER THE LINE? HIGH DRAMA. AND THE LINESMAN SAYS 'NO'. ALISA NAEHER MADE THE SAVE. BUT THEY'RE GONNA CHECK THAT. AND IT ALL HANGS IN THE AIR AND ON THE VERDICT OF STEPHANIE FRAPPART. IT'S CONFIRMED! PERHAPS WHAT SEEMED LIKE AN ETERNITY. IT'S THE WORST RESULT FOR THE U.S. IN THE HISTORY OF THE TOURNAMENT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO A CLOUDY DAY, WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR ALL OF YOU UP HERE. FURTHER SOUTH ` A CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU HERE. AND A MORNING SHOWER FOR YOU IN HAMILTON. YOUR HIGH WILL REACH 14 TODAY. TO THE EAST COAST ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO A FINE MORNING WITH FROSTS HERE. HIGH CLOUD DEVELOPING FOR SOME OF YOU. 13 THE HIGH IN DANNEVIRKE. OVER TO THE WEST ` CLOUD WITH A FEW SHOWERS FOR YOU THIS MORNING. RAIN DEVELOPING FURTHER FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 15 THE HIGH FOR NEW PLYMOUTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A WET MORNING FOR YOU ALL HERE, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR NELSON THROUGH TO KAIKOURA. SHOWERS CONTINUING ON THE WEST COAST. 12 THE HIGH FOR GREYMOUTH. HEADING SOUTH ` HIGH CLOUD FOR YOU THIS MORNING, WITH SHOWERS INCREASING FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 11 THE HIGH FOR OAMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` HIGH CLOUD AND SHOWERS FOR HERE, INCREASING FROM MID-MORNING. THERE'S A ROAD SNOWFALL WARNING FOR THE HIGHER PASSES, CROWN RANGE ROAD AND MILFORD ROAD. DRIVE SAFE. THE DAY CLEARING TO SUN FOR THE AFTERNOON IN THE MILFORD SOUND, WITH 9 THE HIGH FOR YOU TODAY. THANKS, CHRIS. THE GREEN PARTY WANTS TO MAKE DENTAL CARE FREE FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS REGARDLESS OF AGE OR INCOME, CALLING DENTIST VISITS A LUXURY FEW CAN AFFORD. A 2020 SURVEY FOUND THE AVERAGE ROUTINE CHECK UP COSTS $74. ADD ON AN X-RAY AND THAT JUMPS TO $98. NEED A FILLING? YOU'RE LOOKING AT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. MORE EXTENSIVE WORK CAN COST THOUSANDS. FOR MORE ON WHAT DRIVES THESE PRICES, WE'RE JOINED BY DOCTOR MO AMSO FROM THE NEW ZEALAND DENTAL ASSOCIATION. BEFORE WE EVEN TALK ABOUT COSTS, AND AS YOU AND I WERE DISCUSSING, THE ANXIETY THAT COMES WITH GOING TO THE DENTIST. LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS POLICY FIRST. FREE DENTAL CARE FOR EVERYONE. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS IN THE FIRST INSTANCE. WE WELCOME POLITICAL APPETITE FOR ENGAGING THE PROFESSION. AND THE POLITICAL APPETITE FOR TACKLING THIS PROBLEM. IT IS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT THERE ARE OTHER BARRIERS TO ACCESSING DENTAL CARE. THEY ARE TACKLING THE BIGGEST BARRIER WHICH IS COST, BUT THEY ARE ALSO RECOGNISING THERE ARE OTHER BARRIERS SUCH AS AREA. THOSE OTHER GOOD THINGS. IN TERMS OF THE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES, WHERE ARE THOSE IN THIS POLICY? THIS POLICY UNFORTUNATELY HAS NOTHING INNER ABOUT DISEASE PREVENTION. WE HAVE LONG ADVOCATED FOR INITIATIVES THAT WOULD EASE THE BURDEN OF DISEASE. THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM. WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING IN THE POLICY ABOUT THAT. ABOUT WATER FLUORIDATION... THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT HOW MUCH DENTAL DISEASE WE HAVE. A DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH IN RECOGNISING OTHER DETERMINANTS OF DENTAL DISEASE. WE THINK IT DEFINITELY COULD BE OTHER THINGS THAT COULD BE PUT INTO THE POLICY. I AM JUST HAVING A LOOK AT THIS POLICY QUICKLY. FREE FILLINGS, SEALANTS, DENTAL VANS, ET CETERA. THOSE ARE THE BASICS WHEN IT COMES TO DENTAL CARE. ANYTHING BEYOND THAT, THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF TAKING CARE OF DISEASE. ABSOLUTELY. IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT PROVIDING SPECIALIST CARE WHICH IS A LOVELY IDEA. BUT SPECIALIST CARE AND A HOSPITAL SETTING. HOSPITALS ARE OVERWHELMED. I DENTAL SERVICES AND HOSPITALS, THEY PROVIDE SPECIALIST CARE FOR UNWELL PEOPLE. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY BURDENED. WE HAVE 3000 CHILDREN WAITING FOR A GP IN AUCKLAND ALONE. WE HAVE 1000 SPECIAL NEEDS ADULTS WAITING FOR HOSPITAL. IT MISSES THE OPPORTUNITY TO UTILISE EXISTING DENTAL CLINICS. WHO ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT CARE. WE KNOW FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THE COST OF GOING TO THE DENTIST IS PROHIBITIVE. I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT COST SHORTLY BUT ACTUALLY, WHAT I THINK IS MORE IMPORTANT IS HOW OUR TEETH AND WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR GUMS HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR HEALTH/ CAN YOU TALK US THROUGH THAT IN TERMS OF OUR TEETH AND OUR GUMS AND HOW MUCH IMPACT AS ON THE REST OF OUR BODY? THERE IS AN UNDENIABLE LINK BETWEEN HOW WELL YOU FEEL IN GENERAL COMPARED TO HOW WELL YOU ARE IN YOUR MOUTH. THERE IS A LINK BETWEEN SOME OF THE COMMON DISEASES LIKE DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE, PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS. THE WORSE ORAL HEALTH IS, THE WORSE YOUR GENERAL HEALTH WILL BE. IT ALSO HAS SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS. DO YOU COVER YOUR TEETH WHEN YOU SMILE OR DO YOU HAVE PEARLY WHITES THAT GIVE YOU A CONFIDENT SMILE? CAN YOU GET A JOB? I HAVE TREATED SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE BENEFIT WHO NEEDED TO GET THEIR TEETH FIXED BEFORE THEY COULD GO FOR A JOB INTERVIEW. AS A POLICY, THIS IS REALLY GOING INTO MAKING PEOPLE SMILE, AS THE POLICY CLAIMS, BUT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON WITH THE GREEN PARTY TO MAKE SURE IT IS A SUSTAINABLE POLICY. AND THE ISSUES WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING, AND I AM NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT TAXES BECAUSE IT IS NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE... IF THIS POLICY GOES AHEAD AND WE GET THIS UNDERWAY, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A FUTURE GOVERNMENT SCRAPS THAT? DO WE HAVE A SUSTAINABLE WEIGHT OF FUNDING THIS DENTAL CARE FOR EVERYONE? I WOULD LIKE TO THINK YES, BUT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING THAT IS CONTENTIOUS AND NOT WIDELY ACCEPTED, ONE DOES BEGIN TO WONDER, IS THE SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG TERM? WE WANT CHANGE. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE ACCESS DENTAL CARE. WE WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN SUSTAINABLE IN SO WE DON'T END UP LOSING... BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR IT. YOU TALK ABOUT FUNDING AND THE TERMS OF GOING TO THE DENTIST. WHY IS IT SO EXPENSIVE? WE GET ASKED THIS VERY OFTEN. DENTAL CLINICS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE OFTEN SMALL BUSINESSES. THEY ARE VERY LITTLE TO NO FUNDING FROM THE GOVERNMENT. SOMEONE ASKED ME THE OTHER DAY, WHY IS IT SO EXPENSIVE? AND I SAID, HAS YOUR INSURANCE GOT UP? HAS YOUR COST OF GROCERIES GONE UP? IT IS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE. THE COST OF HUMAN RESOURCES LIKE STAFFING AND SALARIES HAS GONE UP. DENTAL CLINICS HAVE HAD TO PUT UP THEIR PRICES BECAUSE OF PROVIDING CARE HAS SIMPLY JUST GOT UP. WE RECOGNISE IT IS QUITE A SIGNIFICANT BURDEN AND A BARRIER FOR PEOPLE ACCESSING CARE. WE KNOW CONSISTENTLY THAT 2/5 NEW ZEALANDERS ARE STRUGGLING TO ACCESS THE DENTIST BECAUSE OF COSTS. ONE NOT TRY TO START WITH THAT 40% WHO ARE DELIBERATELY PUTTING OFF DENTAL VISITS BECAUSE OF COSTS. ONE NOT TRY TO STAGE THIS POLICY SO WE CAN START WITH THEM AND MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH. WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT WORKFORCE ISSUES. WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF DENTISTS AND HEALTH THERAPISTS. BOTH PROVISIONS AND EVERY ORAL HEALTH POSITION IS ON THE LIST FOR IMMIGRATION BECAUSE WE RECOGNISE THERE IS A SHORTAGE. THERE IS DEFINITELY ROOM FOR US TO GROW MORE. BUT TRAINING THE WORKFORCE ARE NEW ZEALANDERS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. I THINK THE TIMELINE IS A BIT TIGHT. DO WE KNOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGE IS THAT WE ARE DOWN IN TERMS OF THE WORKFORCE FOR THE DENTAL INDUSTRY? WE DON'T KNOW. DOCTOR MO AMSO FROM THE NEW ZEALAND DENTAL ASSOCIATION. IT IS INEQUITABLE. WE ARE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS AFTER 7 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING WITH SOMEONE WHO SAYS SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO TRAVEL AN HOUR OR MAYBE TWO HOURS TO GET TO A DENTIST IN THE FIRST PLACE. IT IS A SEPARATE ISSUE, BUT IT STARTS QUITE EARLY WHEN... IT IS OBVIOUSLY FREE FOR KIDS TO GO TO THE DENTIST BUT IT IS ABOUT GETTING INTO THE HABIT IF YOU CAN OF STARTING EARLY AND ACTUALLY TREATING DENTAL HEALTH AS A PRIORITY. DENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS ALL OF YOUR HEALTH. IT IS RIGHT UP THERE. THAT IS WHAT YOUR GUEST SAID? IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE REST OF YOUR BODY AND I HAVE TO DO CONFESS... I HAVE GOT A TOOTH OF MINE, WHERE THE FILLING HAS COME OUT AND IT HAS BEEN OUT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. I AM STARTING TO NOW GET THE IMPACTS OF THAT. AND I AM TAKING PANADOL TO TRY AND EASE THE PAIN. AND I HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE DENTIST FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. ONE, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE COST. AND TWO, BECAUSE I AM A BIT ANXIOUS ABOUT IT. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. LET US KNOW. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WENT TO THE DENTIST? IF HAS BEEN A WHILE, WHAT OTHER REASON STOPPING YOU GOING? E WHAI AKE NEI, COMING UP ` THERE'S BEEN POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ALL OVER THE PLACE THIS PAST WEEKEND. WE'LL CATCH YOU UP NEXT. # WAKE UP # # GET UP # WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEKEND IN POLITICS. THE GREENS ARE PROMISING TO MAKE DENTAL CARE FREE FOR EVERYONE, AND THE GOVERNMENT'S REVEALED AN AMBITIOUS $45b AUCKLAND HARBOUR CROSSING PLAN. AND TO WRAP IT ALL UP, WE'RE JOINED BY SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. IT IS SO NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US. WE KNOW THAT DENTAL CARE IS WILDLY UNAFFORDABLE FOR SOME PEOPLE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF INEQUITIES IN OUR DENTAL CARE SYSTEM. TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GREENS AND WHAT IT IS THEY ARE PLANNING. I THINK THE GREEN SUMMED IT UP PRETTY WELL YESTERDAY. THEY SAID GOING TO THE DENTIST IS TOO BLOODIED EXPENSIVE. THAT SUMS IT UP IN A KNOT SHALL. BASICALLY WHAT THEY ARE PLANNING IS TO START ROLLING THINGS OUT. JUST OVER $1 BILLION A YEAR TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IN NEW ZEALAND CAN GO TO THE DENTIST FOR A CHECKUP AND GET FILLINGS DONE FOR FREE. IN THE YEAR IS COMING THEY WOULD RAMP IT UP SO YOU COULD GET MORE EXPENSIVE DENTISTRY OPTIONS AS WELL. AND THE BUDGET WOULD RAMP UP TO $1.7 BILLION. THE PROBLEM IS THE WAY THEY ARE GOING TO FUND THIS. THEY ARE PROPOSING A WEALTH TAX. THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT HAVE ALREADY SAID, IT IS NOT THE RIGHT TIME. WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THIS. THAT IS THE PROBLEM FOR THE GREENS, EVEN THOUGH THIS PROGRAM WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. IS THAT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM THOUGH? WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE PARTIES ON OTHER SIDES OF THE SPECTRUM WHO ARE GETTING OPULENT IN THE POLLS. HOW MUCH SWAY WOULD A PARTY LIKE THE GREENS HAVE WHEN TALKING ABOUT A POLICY LIKE THIS? THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THE VOTERS ARE THE ONES TO MAKE THE CALL ON THE ELECTION DAY. IT IS UP FOR VOTERS TO VOTE FOR THE PARTY THEY BELIEVE IN. IF THE GREENS GOT ENOUGH MOMENTUM, THEY CAN SURELY THROW THEIR WEIGHT AROUND AND TRYING GET POLICIES LIKE THIS OVER THE LINE. I DO THINK THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS POLICY IS ONE OF THE FACT THAT THE DENTAL ASSOCIATION PUT OUT THERE IN RESPONSE TO THE SAYING, 205 NEW ZEALANDERS WHAT OFF GOING TO THE DENTIST... CORRECTION: TWO IN FIVE ARE OTHER PARTIES GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT A SIMILAR DENTAL PROGRAM? THIS WILL LIKELY BE A REALLY POPULAR POLICY WITH VOTERS. IT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST FOR A LONG TIME. IT WAS EXTENDED FROM CHILDREN UP UNTIL PEOPLE UNDER 18. IT WOULD MAKE IT FREE FOR EVERYONE. AND GIVEN THE UPTAKE OR THE INTEREST WE ARE SEEING IN THIS POLICY, WHAT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IS WHAT OTHER PARTIES DO. SPEAK IN A POLICY, LABOUR HAS ANNOUNCED A PRETTY AMBITIOUS PLAN TO HAVE TWO ROAD TUNNELS AND A LIGHT RAIL TUNNEL ACROSS THE AUCKLAND HARBOR. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? THIS IS INTERESTING. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY WEEK THERE ARE NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT ROADS. IT IS KIND OF THE ELECTION OF THE ROAD. NATIONAL PARTY WITH THEIR BIG PLAN ABOUT BUILDING HIGHWAYS. NOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS COME OUT AND SAID, THIS IS THE PLAN TO BUILD MULTIPLE TUNNELS UNDER THE HARBOUR IN AUCKLAND TO OPEN UP MORE WAYS TO GET INTO THE CITY. TO ROAD TUNNELS AND A LIGHT RAIL TUNNEL. IT WILL COST BETWEEN 35 AND $45 BILLION. IT WILL REDUCE TRAFFIC INTO THE CITY. IT IS A HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE LABOUR PARTY, ESPECIALLY THE LIGHT RAIL, THEY HAVE STILL FAILED TO GET THAT OFF THE GROUND MANY YEARS LATER. YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMEWHAT SCEPTICAL, I THINK, ABOUT THIS PROJECT COMING IN ON TIME OR WITHIN BUDGET. IT IS SCEPTICAL BUT IF YOU ARE IN AUCKLAND WHO HAS SAT IN TRAFFIC, THIS COULD BE POPULAR FOR THEM. ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT. IT IS PARTICULARLY PROBLEMATIC FOR GETTING OVER THE NORTH SHORE AND BACK INTO THE CITY. JUST FINALLY, TO WRAP THINGS UP, A PRETTY HUMOROUS MOMENT IN THE HOUSE LAST WEEK. IT HAD ME IN FITS OF LAUGHTER. ABSOLUTELY. NICOLA WILLIS HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING ON LAST WEEK AND IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PAID PARENTAL LEAVE BILL. THEY SAID, THE PARENTS COULD SPLIT THE TIME OF THEIR PARENTAL LEAVE INSTEAD OF TAKING TIME OFF INDIVIDUALLY. THEY COULD TAKE IT TOGETHER. BASICALLY, THE GOVERNMENT SHOT THAT DOWN. I TALKED TO THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER,, AND SHE SAID THEY WERE GOING TO VOTE IT DOWN ANYWAY. IT SEEMED LIKE PRETTY PETTY POLITICS. UNFORTUNATELY FOR NICOLA WILLIS, SHE PROPERLY WON'T BE REMEMBERED FOR THAT LAST BIT BUT MAY BE FOR THIS EXCHANGE HERE WITH THE FINANCE MINISTER. HE NOW HAS TO BE THE ONE WHO FINDS SOME WAY OF REPAIRING THE FISCAL HOLE IN NATIONAL'S PLANS. HOW BIG IS HIS HOLE? AND... (LAUGHING) THAT IS NOT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, I CAN ASSURE YOU. APOLOGIES, MR SPEAKER. NOW, AS JOURNALIST, WE SET UP ABOVE THE POLITICIANS AND WATCH QUESTION TIME HAPPENING. I WAS SITTING UP AND WATCHING THIS. WHAT THE CAMERA DIDN'T QUITE CATCH AS SHE SAT DOWN AFTER ASKING THAT QUESTION, SHE SAT BACK DOWN AND JUST PUT HER HAND OVER HER FACE LIKE THIS. I WAS SHRIEKING WITH LAUGHTER. IT WAS BRILLIANT. WE NEED MOMENTS LIKE THAT. ARE VERY QUICK RESPONSE FROM GRANT ROBERTSON AS WELL. SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, WHERE SHOULD OUR KIDS BE TAUGHT ABOUT SEX? AT HOME OR SCHOOL? THE RESEARCH RE-IGNITING THE DEBATE, BEFORE SEVEN. CARE THIS MORNING, WITH MULTIPLE ROAD SNOW FALL WARNINGS IN PLACE FOR KEY ROUTES. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ON ARTHUR'S AND PORTER'S PASSES THIS MORNING. FURTHER SOUTH, WARNINGS ARE IN PLACE FOR LINDIS PASS, THE CROWN RANGE ROAD AND MILFORD ROAD. DELAYS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ALONG AUCKLAND'S SOUTH WESTERN MOTORWAY DUE TO A CAR FIRE THIS MORNING. THE CAR IS BLOCKING THE LEFT NORTHBOUND LANE FROM GEORGE BOLD MEMORIAL DRIVE TO STATE HIGHWAY 20. TRAFFIC DEPARTING THE AIRPORT MAY BE AFFECTED. THE NORTHERN INFRASTRUCTURE FORUM HAS GIVEN PLANS FOR AN ADDITIONAL WAITEMATA HARBOUR CROSSING IN AUCKLAND ITS APPROVAL, DUE TO THE PROJECT CATERING FOR MULTIPLE MODES OF TRANSPORT. BUT CHAIR SIMON BRIDGES SAYS THE MODELLING FOR WHAT IT WOULD DO TO EASE TRAFFIC IS "UNDER WHELMING." THE FORTY BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT WILL INITIALLY SEE TWO NEW ROAD TUNNELS BEING BUILT, WITH CONSTRUCTION DUE TO START IN 2029. ONCE THOSE ARE FINISHED TWO FURTHER TUNNELS WILL CONNECT WYNYARD QUARTER AND ALBANY VIA LIGHT RAIL, AND ONE EXISTING LANE ON THE HARBOUR BRIDGE WILL BE RE-ALLOCATED TO CYCLING. THE NEW ZEALAND DENTAL ASSOCIATION SAYS WHILE THE GREEN'S NEW DENTAL POLICY IS GOOD STEP FORWARD, THERE IS STILL ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. THE PROPOSAL WOULD ESTABLISH A NATIONAL DENTAL SERVICE, PROVIDING FREE CARE ACROSS THE BOARD ` AN INITIATIVE THAT WOULD COST $1.4b DOLLARS. BUT AN INDUSTRY EXPERT SAYS 'DISEASE PREVENTION' IS THE MISSING ELEMENT. WHILE COST HAS BEEN TARGETED, SUGAR REDUCTION, WATER FLUORIDATION AND WATER ONLY SCHOOLS WOULD MITIGATE DENTAL DISEASE. THE POLICY IS NOTHING IN IT ABOUT DISEASE PREVENTION. WE HAVE LONG ADVOCATED FOR INITIATIVES, PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES THAT REDUCE THE BURDEN OF DISEASE THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM. A DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH IN RECOGNISING OTHER DETERMINANTS OF DENTAL DISEASE. DOCTOR MO AMSO SAYS POLITICAL ACTION HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING WITH A 2020 SURVEY SHOWING A ROUTINE CHECK-UP COSTING ON AVERAGE $74. A RESCUE OPERATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER A TRAIN DERAILED IN SOUTHERN PAKISTAN, LEAVING AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE DEAD AND A HUNDRED INJURED. AROUND 10 CARRIAGES WENT OFF THE TRACKS IN THE PROVINCE OF SINDH, SOME OVERTURNING AND TRAPPING PASSENGERS. THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT IS NOT YET KNOWN, THOUGH ACCIDENTS ARE COMMON IN PAKISTAN DUE TO THE COUNTRY'S POORLY MAINTAINED RAIL SYSTEM. DONALD TRUMP WANTS A NEW JUDGE FOR HIS ELECTION FRAUD CASE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT CLAIMING THERE ARE "VERY POWERFUL GROUNDS" TO CHANGE THE JUDGE. IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST, TRUMP SAID THERE'S "NO WAY" HE CAN GET A FAIR TRIAL, BUT GAVE NO DETAILS ON WHY HE BELIEVES JUDGE TANYA CHUTKAN SHOULD BE REPLACED. TRUMP IS FACING CHARGES OVER HIS ALLEGED EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. PROSECUTORS HAVE ALSO REQUESTED A COURT ORDER TO LIMIT WHAT TRUMP POSTS ABOUT THE CASE. A CROWD OF ONE AND A HALF MILLION PILGRIMS HAS TURNED OUT TO SEE THE POPE IN THE PORTUGUESE CAPITAL OF LISBON. THE OPEN AIR MASS WAS PART OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S 'WORLD YOUTH DAY'. MANY OF THE WORSHIPPERS HAD CAMPED OUT OVERNIGHT TO BAG THEIR SPOT FOR THE EVENT. POPE FRANCIS TOLD THE CROWD TO FOLLOW THEIR DREAMS AND WORK FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE. THE SILVER FERNS HAVE FINISHED THE NETBALL WORLD CUP WITH ANOTHER LOSS, FALLING TO JAMAICA FOR THE SECOND TIME TO END THE TOURNAMENT IN FOURTH. THE SILVER FERNS LOSING 52-45, DEPARTING THE WORLD CUP WITHOUT A MEDAL FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND THERE IT IS, JAMAICA TAKE THE BRONZE MEDAL IN CAPE TOWN. AND NEW ZEALAND SYNCED TO THEIR WORST WORLD CUP RESULT IN HISTORY. AND AUSTRALIA HAVE BEATEN ENGLAND 61-45 IN THE FINAL TO BE CROWNED WORLD CHAMPIONS. SWEDEN HAVE PRODUCED A MAJOR UPSET IN THE ROUND OF 16, KNOCKING OUT THE UNITED STATES IN A PENALTY SHOOTOUT WIN. RETIRING SUPERSTAR MEGAN RAPINOE BLAZING HER SHOT HIGH, BEFORE SWEDEN CLAIMED THE WIN AND A PLACE IN THE LAST EIGHT. UNITED STATES COACH VLATKO ANDONOVSKI SAYS THIS MOMENT SHOULDN'T DEFINE RAPINOE'S CAREER. SHE IS A LEGEND. IF I HAD MY LIFE ON THE LINE RIGHT NOW, AND... I HAD TO PICK WHO IS GOING TO TAKE THE PENALTY, SHE IS MY FIRST CHOICE. NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. IT IS A GAME OF SOCCER. SOMETIMES THE BALL IS GOING TO GO TWO INCHES TO THE LEFT OR TWO INCHES TO THE RIGHT. IT'S THE WORST RESULT FOR THE U.S. IN THE HISTORY OF THE TOURNAMENT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO A CLOUDY DAY, WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING THROUGH OUT YOUR DAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR ALL OF YOU UP HERE. FURTHER SOUTH ` A CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU HERE, AND A MORNING SHOWER FOR YOU IN HAMILTON. YOUR HIGH WILL REACH 14 TODAY. TO THE EAST COAST ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO A FINE MORNING WITH FROSTS HERE. HIGH CLOUD DEVELOPING FOR SOME OF YOU. 13 THE HIGH IN DANNEVIRKE. OVER TO THE WEST ` CLOUD WITH A FEW SHOWERS FOR YOU THIS MORNING. RAIN DEVELOPING FURTHER FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 15 THE HIGH FOR NEW PLYMOUTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A WET MORNING FOR YOU ALL HERE. CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR NELSON THROUGH TO KAIKOURA. SHOWERS CONTINUING ON THE WEST COAST. 12 THE HIGH FOR GREYMOUTH. HEADING SOUTH ` HIGH CLOUD FOR YOU THIS MORNING, WITH SHOWERS INCREASING FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 11 THE HIGH FOR OAMARU. 13 DEGREES WITH SHOWERS LATER ON FOR CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` HIGH CLOUD AND SHOWERS FOR HERE, INCREASING FROM MID MORNING. THERE'S A ROAD SNOWFALL WARNING FOR THE HIGHER PASSES, CROWN RANGE ROAD AND MILFORD ROAD. DRIVE SAFE THE DAY CLEARING TO SUN FOR THE AFTERNOON IN THE MILFORD SOUND, WITH 9 THE HIGH FOR YOU TODAY. THANKS CHRIS, IT IS 6:38. HERE'S A QUESTION, SHOULD SEXUALITY EDUCATION BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS? OR SHOULD IT BE TAUGHT IN YOUR HOMES? NATIONAL PARTY SAYS SCHOOLS ARE THERE TO TEACH THE BASICS, YOUR READING, WRITING, MATHS ET CETERA. A NUMBER OF YOUR READY CENTRE FEEDBACK THROUGH, AND AGREE WITH THAT IN TERMS OF THAT THE SCHOOL SHOULD BE THERE TO TEACH THE BASICS. SCHOOL SHOULD TRY AND TEACH WITH R'S FIRST. MATHS, ENGLISH, SCIENCES ET CETERA. I PREFER TO TALK TO MY CHILD ABOUT IT MYSELF. I WOULD RATHER CREATE A SPACE AT HOME WHEN MY CHILD CAN TALK TO ME IF SHE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, WHICH IS FANTASTIC, BUT IT'S NOT THE CASE FOR EVERY CHILD. MY CONCERN AS SOME KIDS MAY BE MISSING OUT ON CRUCIAL INFORMATION THAT MAY HELP THEM WHEN THEY BECOME ADULTS OR TEENAGERS. SOME OF THE RESEARCH TELLS US THAT IF THEY'RE NOT GETTING INFORMATION FROM RELIABLE ADULTS, WHERE DO THEY GO? THEY GO TO THE INTERNET OR ASK QUESTIONS TO THEIR FRIENDS. WE KNOW WHAT CAN POTENTIALLY HAPPEN THERE. I'VE GOT A RESEARCH EXPERT COMING ON NEXT, AND IT TURNS OUT THAT WE NEED HELP AS ADULTS TALKING TO YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY INTERVIEWED A NUMBER OF TEENAGERS ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS THE PAD WITH ADULTS IN THEIR LIVES, AND IT TURNS OUT WE NEED SOME HELP. THAT'S WHY I THINK IT SHOULD BE IN SCHOOLS, IT CAN BE PART OF THE CURRICULUM. IT CAN BE DECIDED VERY SPECIFICALLY WHAT CAN BE TALKED ABOUT AND TAUGHT, SO THAT EVERY KID IS GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT OF INFORMATION. OTHERWISE, THERE'S A BIG GAP FROM ONE KID TO ANOTHER. IF PARENTS ACCOUNTABLE ENOUGH TO TALK ABOUT IT WITH THE CHILDREN, THE REALITY IS THERE ARE SOME PARENTS THEY FIND IT REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE, WITH IT'S A RELIGIOUS THING, SOCIAL THING, I DON'T KNOW. PERSONALLY, I'M GONNA BE COMFORTABLE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH MY THIS IS WHERE A SCHOOL CAN STEP IN AND FILL THEM IN. ON THIS LINE, I GO AS A PARENT, THAT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO BE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH MY KIDS. LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK, KEEP IT COMING IN. WE GOING TO BILLING THIS CONVERSATION SHORTLY. THERE IS A LOT OF DEBATE WHEN IT COMES TO THE TEACHING OF SEX EDUCATION, SO SHOULD IT BE DONE IN SCHOOL OR AT HOME? WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS AFTER THE BREAK. (STARTLES) Shhh. (SOFT GRUNT) You've had a big day, Dad. VOICEOVER: Imagine if instead of the kids wearing you out... (SNORING) ..you wore them out. Get AIA Vitality and start thriving. NATIONAL'S LEADERS SAY SEX AND SEXUALITY EDUCATION IS A JOB FOR PARENTS, NOT SCHOOLS. AT A PUBLIC MEETING IN ALEXANDRA IN JUNE, NICOLA WILLIS SAID 'THAT'S THE JOB FOR ME AND MY HUSBAND 'TO DO WITH OUR KIDS, 'BASED ON OUR VALUES AND OUR VIEWS OF THE WORLD'. AND JUST OVER A FORTNIGHT AGO, CHRISTOPHER LUXON TOLD CANTABRIANS THAT 'SEXUALITY ISSUES SHOULD BE DEALT WITH IN THE HOME' BUT RESEARCHERS DISPUTE THIS. SO FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY HEALTH EDUCATION LECTURER TRACY CLELLAND. WE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK ALREADY, AND IT IS PRETTY DIVIDED. IN TERMS OF THE RESEARCH, HOW AND WHO SHOULD BE TALKING TO OUR KIDS? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'M OUT OF THE COUNTRY, AND IT IS 2 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. I WANTED TO DO THAT BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO ME. IT'S A COMBINATION DEAL. I'VE DONE RESEARCH WITH PARENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND ALSO RESEARCH WITH YOUNG PEOPLE. BOTH OF THEM ARE SAYING IT NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT IN THE HOME. PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR THE APPEARANCE VALUES, THAT IS CRUCIAL, BUT ALSO THEY WANT TO HEAR IT AT SCHOOL, THEY WANT TO HEAR WHAT OTHER ADULTS SAY. YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING THAT INFORMATION, THEIR PARENTS ARE NOT TALKING TO THEM. THAT THEY NOT GETTING THAT INFORMATION, THEY ARE TURNING TO PORNOGRAPHY OUT OF CURIOSITY, OR THEY ARE ASKING THEIR FRIENDS AND GETTING THE WRONG INFORMATION. IT'S INTERESTING, BECAUSE CAROLYN SAYS IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE OUR KIDS. WHAT ABOUT AS A PARENT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, AND ALSO THE FACT THAT IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT BRINGS ANXIETY FOR YOU. WE INTERVIEWED A LOT OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THAT I RECREDIT OUR ONLINE PLATFORM BEYOND THE BIRDS AND BEES. YOUNG PEOPLE SAID WE WANT THIS INFORMATION AND ACCESS IT, AND PARENTS NEED IT AS WELL. WE TRADED SOMETHING FOR THEM TOGETHER. YES, IT IS AN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION FOR MANY PARENTS, AND LOTS DON'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE BASE, BUT WE FOUND FROM RESEARCH IS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE JUST WANT THEIR PARENTS TO HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH THEM. THAT'S US FROM YOUNG AGE, DOESN'T IT? THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE, WE TALK ABOUT BODIES, GENDER STEREOTYPES, ENJOYING YOUR BODY AND WHO YOU ARE. MY RESEARCH WITH PARENTS, I FOUND THAT CAME THROUGH CLEARLY IN FOCUS GROUPS WAS THAT IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT AS A YOUNG CHILD, HAD LONG-TERM APPLICATIONS AS ADULTS. THEY TALK ABOUT THE SHAME THEY STILL FELT ABOUT THEIR BODIES WHEN SEXUALITY WASN'T TALKED ABOUT, SO THEY GREW UP THINKING IT WAS DIRTY. WE HAVE TO DRINK SHALL HAVE OPEN COMMUNICATION, SO IF A CHILD HAS A QUESTION THEY CAN COME TO YOU. LOTS OF THEM TOLD STORIES ABOUT THEIR EIGHT YEAR OLD, THEIR NINE YEAR OLD, ASKING THEM QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT SEX TOY IS. AN EIGHT YEAR OLD IS ASKING THEIR MOTHER. THE MOTHER ANSWER BEAUTIFULLY BECAUSE SHE REALISED SHE SET UP THIS ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU COULD ASK THESE QUESTIONS IN A SAFE SPACE. YOU NEED SEXUALITY EDUCATION AT HOME BECAUSE IT'S OCCURRING EVERYWHERE. IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE HOME, BUT IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE IN THE SCHOOL SO THEY CAN HEAR DIFFERENT VALUES, DIFFERENT BELIEFS. A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOT RECEIVING ANYTHING, THEY TOLD US THE NUMBER ONE THING THEY WANT FROM SEXUALITY EDUCATION IS THE SKILLS TO NAVIGATE DIFFICULT RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GETTING THAT. CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THIS PLATFORM YOU HAVE, ATTENDANCE PLATFORM ON MY PHONE THE OTHER NIGHT. MY BOYS ARE SEVEN YEARS OF AGE, THEY ARE TWIN BOYS, THEY ASK QUESTIONS AND I WILL BE VERY STRAIGHT UP IN TERMS OF THE ANSWERS, BUT THIS APP IN PARTICULAR IS NOT JUST ABOUT QUESTIONS ABOUT SEX, IT'S ALSO ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS, WHAT IS A RELATIONSHIP? WHAT IS A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP? THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF IT. IN THE MEDIA I GET VERY CONCERNED WHEN I HEAR POLITICIANS TALKING ABOUT SEX EDUCATION. SEXUALITY AND RELATIONSHIP EDUCATION... W THAT'S WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE WANT THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE RELATIONSHIPS IN A DIGITAL WORLD. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ANSWERS THEY ARE FINDING. WHAT THEY WANTED TO KNOW, WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT, THEY WANTED TO FIND A SAFE AND RELIABLE INFORMATION IN ONE SPACE. THERE WILL BE SECTIONS PARENTS MIGHT DISAGREE WITH, BUT THEY CAN SHARE THOSE VALUES WITH THEIR CHILDREN IF THEY AGREE OR DISAGREE. PARENTS CAN USE IT UP SKILL THE KNOWLEDGE BASE, AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. ONE THING IMPORTANT, JENNY, PARENTS DON'T NEED TO GET A RIGHT, THEY JUST NEED TO ASK QUESTIONS. I'M SURE WE CAN CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION FOR A LONG TIME, BUT I SO APPRECIATE YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND GIVING US INFORMATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE TOPIC, IT'S A COMBINATION DEAL. STEP UP, PARENTS. MANY PEOPLE REMAIN LOYAL TO THEIR WORKPLACES, BUT CAN LEAVING BE BETTER FOR GETTING YOU A PAY RISE? MORE ON THAT NEXT. I AM OFF. - Hey, Toyota. - (BABY FUSSES) - WHISPERS: Got something safe? It's kind of a big deal for me now. - Yeah, take your pick! WHISPERS: 'Oh, sorry. 'These all come with Toyota Safety Sense as standard.' - Will it be looking for signs of danger? - Well, yeah. It has a pre-collision system with autonomous emergency braking. - Can it help me stay in my lane? - Actually, it can. (CAR ALARM BEEPS) - (MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) - Can it help me keep a safe distance from others? - Yep, that too. - Do you do 5am test drives? ASKING FOR A PAY RISE IS A LOT EASIER SAID THAN DONE, BUT NOW THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A RECESSION, MORE MONEY MIGHT BE ON YOUR MIND. AND WITH THE LATEST UNEMPLOYMENT DATA, NOW MIGHT BE THE TIME TO START JOB HUNTING FOR BETTER PAY. TO EXPLAIN, WE'RE JOINED BY FINANCIAL JOURNALIST FRANCES COOK. THE IDEA IS TO GET A PAY RISE, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO QUIT YOUR JOB. IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT. IT REALLY DOES COME DOWN TO THAT. I REALLY KNEW THAT PEOPLE COULD JOB POP AND THAT OFTEN LEAD TO A HIGHER PAY RISE. SOMEONE SAID TO ME, IS THIS GOING TO RUIN MY PROSPECTS? I SAID, LET'S LOOK AT THIS. IF YOU STAY AT ONE COMPANY AND YOU KEEP ASKING FOR A PAY RISE, YOU OFTEN GET BETWEEN 1 TO 3%. WHICH IS FINE, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE MUCH OF A DENT. IF YOU LEAVE AND GO SOMEWHERE NEW, ON AVERAGE, YOU GET BETWEEN 10 AND 20%. WHICH IS JUST A MASSIVE. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. IS THAT A CONCERN THEN IN TERMS OF COMPANIES NOT VALUING THEIR EMPLOYEES THAT THEY HAVE IN THE BUSINESS AT THAT TIME? THERE IS CERTAINLY NO COMMENT THERE WHERE IF YOU WOULD DEVELOP YOUR OWN TALENT, PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO STICK WITH WHAT THEY KNOW AND THEY PROBABLY WOULD STICK AROUND FOR 5 TO 10% JUST TO HAVE THAT VALUE OF THE KNOWN. DO WE KNOW WHY JOB POPPING TENDS TO GET YOU MORE MONEY? ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS, YOU HAVE THE MOST LEVERAGE WHEN YOU ARE ON THE JOB HUNT AND YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD MULTIPLE INTERVIEWS AND THESE COMPANIES DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE PAID. THEY ALSO DON'T KNOW WHO WANTS YOU. YOU HAVE THE MOST POWER WHEN YOU ARE WALKING INTO THIS NEW JOB AND THEY SAY, YES WE WANT TO YOU. AND YOU SAY, WHAT IS THE SALARY, WHAT OTHER PERKS? AND THAT IS YOUR TIME TO ASK FOR EVERYTHING YOU CAN. YOU START ON A POSITIVE FOOT BUT IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST POWER THERE. ARE WE IN A POWERFUL POSITION AS EMPLOYEES AT THE MOMENT IN TERMS OF THE LABOUR MARKET? THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS THAT CAME OUT LAST WEEK... UNEMPLOYMENT HAS GONE UP BY THE TINIEST SMIDGEN BUT IT IS STILL TINY/ WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE? IF YOU ARE SITTING AT HOME GOING, I COULD DO WITH A PAY RISE, I THINK I HAVE OWNED IT. ESPECIALLY WITH THE COST OF LIVING. I ALWAYS THINK THE COMPLIMENTS AND WHICH IS THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH THINGS. GOOD THING, YOUR REQUEST, GOOD THING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OFFERING ME THIS ROLE, REALLY EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING FOR THE SALARY? I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO MAKE SURE I AM PROPERLY COMPENSATED AND I CAN THROW ALL MY ENERGY INTO BEING THE BEST WORKER FOR YOU THAT I CAN. FINANCIAL JOURNALIST FRANCES COOK, THANK YOU. JENNY MAY IS TAKING NOTES. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S A TASTE OF WHAT'S COMING UP AT 7AM. LABOUR SAYS IT WILL BUILD A SECOND AUCKLAND HARBOUR CROSSING WITH TWO TUNNELS; ONE FOR CARS AND ANOTHER FOR LIGHT RAIL. BUT WE'VE HEARD THESE BIG PROMISES BEFORE, SO CAN THEY ACTUALLY FOLLOW THROUGH? TRANSPORT MINISTER DAVID PARKER IS WITH US SHORTLY. IT'S DECISION DAY FOR AB'S COACH IAN FOSTER AS HE REVEALS HIS SQUAD FOR THE UPCOMING WORLD CUP. WE'RE GETTING SET FOR SOME HUGE CALLS. MORE ON THAT AFTER 8AM. AND HE'D BEEN ON THE RUN FOR NINE DAYS. WE'LL MEET THE PIG WHO SUCCESSFULLY EVADED CAPTURE AND TERRORISED AUCKLAND MOTORISTS. BUT WITH HIS OWNER YET TO COME FORWARD, HOW HE ESCAPED REMAINS A MYSTERY. STAY WITH US UNTIL THE END OF THE SHOW FOR THE LATEST IN THIS SIZZLING INVESTIGATION. THAT IS AWFUL. ALL BIG STORIES. TRAFFIC DEPARTING AUCKLAND AIRPORT MAY BE DISRUPTED BY A CAR FIRE ON THE SOUTH WESTERN MOTORWAY THIS MORNING. THE CAR IS BLOCKING THE LEFT NORTHBOUND LANE FROM GEORGE BOLT MEMORIAL DRIVE TO STATE HIGHWAY 20. WAKA KOTAHI SAYS EMERGENCY SERVICES HAVE NOW MADE THE SITE SAFE BUT MOTORISTS ARE STILL ASKED TO TAKE EXTRA CARE. AN ALLEGED 'PRISONER ON PRISONER' ASSAULT AT AN AUCKLAND PRISON IN PAREMAEREMO HAS RESULTED IN ONE PERSON HOSPITALISED WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. POLICE WERE ADVISED OF THE ASSAULT JUST AFTER 4PM YESTERDAY. IN A STATEMENT, THE ACTING DIRECTOR FOR THE DETENTION CENTRE SAID A FULL REVIEW INTO THE INCIDENT WILL BE CARRIED OUT. THE NEW ZEALAND DENTAL ASSOCIATION SAYS IT'S PREPARED TO WORK WITH THE GREEN PARTY TO MAKE ITS NEW DENTAL POLICY SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM. THE PROPOSAL WOULD ESTABLISH A NATIONAL DENTAL SERVICE PROVIDING FREE CARE ACROSS THE BOARD, AN INITIATIVE THAT WOULD COST $1.4b. A 2020 SURVEY SHOWED A ROUTINE CHECK-UP COSTS ON AVERAGE $74. BUT WHILE COST HAS BEEN TARGETED, DOCTOR MO AMSO SAYS "DISEASE PREVENTION" IS THE MISSING ELEMENT. RAISE CAPTIONS 0:00-0:06 WOMEN SEEN ANYTHING IN THIS POLICY ABOUT DISEASE REDUCTION. CORRECTION: WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH RECOGNISING OTHER DETERRENTS OF DENTAL DISEASE. WE THINK THERE COULD BE OTHER THINGS THAT COULD BE ADDED TO THE POLICY. A RECENT POLL SHOWED ONLY 43% OF PEOPLE HAD VISITED THE DENTIST IN THE PAST YEAR. A CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY HEALTH LECTURER SAYS MORE SEX EDUCATION IS NEEDED INSIDE NEW ZEALAND HOUSEHOLDS, AND THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WANT AN OPEN DIALOGUE ABOUT SEX WITH THEIR PARENTS. IT FOLLOWS NATIONAL PARTY LEADERS SAYING SEXUAL EDUCATION SHOULD BE TAUGHT BY PARENTS AT HOME, RATHER THAN AT SCHOOL. LECTURER TRACY CLELLAND, WHO HAS SURVEYED BOTH PARENTS AND YOUTH ABOUT THEIR SEXUAL EDUCATION, SAYS IT'S THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WHEN IT'S A "COMBINATION DEAL" BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND PARENTS. YOU NEED TO HAVE SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE HOME. IT IS OCCURRING EVERYWHERE. THEY ARE LEARNING MESSAGES ABOUT HOW RELATIONSHIPS WORK. AND NEEDS TO BE IN THE HOME, IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE IN THE SCHOOL SO THEY CAN LEARN DIFFERENT VALUES AND DIFFERENT BELIEFS. CLELLAND SAYS PARENTS WHO DIDN'T HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SEX GROWING UP CARRIED LONG-TERM SHAME WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE TOPIC. A RESCUE OPERATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER A TRAIN DERAILED IN SOUTHERN PAKISTAN, LEAVING AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE DEAD AND A HUNDRED INJURED. AROUND 10 CARRIAGES WENT OFF THE TRACKS IN THE PROVINCE OF SINDH, SOME OVERTURNING AND TRAPPING PASSENGERS. THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT IS NOT YET KNOWN THOUGH ACCIDENTS ARE COMMON IN PAKISTAN DUE TO THE COUNTRY'S POORLY MAINTAINED RAIL SYSTEM. ROAD BRIDGES LINKING CRIMEA AND RUSSIAN OCCUPIED UKRAINE TERRITORY HAVE COME UNDER ATTACK AS UKRAINE PUSHES FORWARD WITH ITS COUNTEROFFENSIVE. RUSSIA SAYS THE MISSILES THAT HIT THE TWO BRIDGES IN CRIMEA WERE ALL LONG RANGE MISSILES SUPPLIED TO UKRAINE BY THE UK. IT COMES AFTER A BLOOD TRANSFUSION CENTRE IN THE COUNTRY'S NORTH EAST WAS HIT BY A RUSSIAN BOMB, LEAVING TWO PEOPLE DEAD. AUSTRALIA HAVE BEEN CROWNED NETBALL WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS AFTER A CONVINCING 61-45 VICTORY OVER ENGLAND. THE DIAMONDS HAVE FEATURED IN EVERY WORLD CUP FINAL, THE WIN BECOMING THEIR 12TH SUCCESSFUL WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT STUFF. THE DIAMONDS HAVE DONE IT. THEY ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS. THIS WAS THE ONLY ONE MISSING. WHAT A FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN. MEANWHILE, THE SILVER FERNS HAVE HAD THEIR WORST FINISH IN HISTORY, LOSING TO JAMAICA TO CLAIM FOURTH POSITION. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO A CLOUDY DAY, WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR ALL OF YOU UP HERE. FURTHER SOUTH ` A CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU HERE, AND A MORNING SHOWER FOR YOU IN HAMILTON. YOUR HIGH WILL REACH 14 TODAY. TO THE EAST COAST ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO A FINE MORNING WITH FROSTS HERE. HIGH CLOUD DEVELOPING FOR SOME OF YOU. 13 THE HIGH IN DANNEVIRKE. OVER TO THE WEST ` CLOUD WITH A FEW SHOWERS FOR YOU THIS MORNING, RAIN DEVELOPING FURTHER FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 15 THE HIGH FOR NEW PLYMOUTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A WET MORNING FOR YOU ALL HERE, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR NELSON THROUGH TO KAIKOURA. SHOWERS CONTINUING ON THE WEST COAST. 12 THE HIGH FOR GREYMOUTH. HEADING SOUTH ` HIGH CLOUD FOR YOU THIS MORNING, WITH SHOWERS INCREASING FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 11 THE HIGH FOR OAMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` HIGH CLOUD AND SHOWERS FOR HERE, INCREASING FROM MID MORNING. THERE'S A ROAD SNOWFALL WARNING FOR THE HIGHER PASSES, CROWN RANGE ROAD AND MILFORD ROAD. DRIVE SAFE. THE DAY CLEARING TO SUN FOR THE AFTERNOON IN THE MILFORD SOUND, WITH 9 THE HIGH FOR YOU TODAY. THANKS, CHRIS. 'A BOLD PLAN FOR AUCKLAND'S FUTURE'. THAT'S HOW PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS IS DESCRIBING THE GOVERNMENT'S STAGED DESIGN FOR THREE TUNNELS FOR AUCKLAND'S SECOND HARBOUR CROSSING. IT WOULD BE NEW ZEALAND'S BIGGEST EVER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. THE GOVERNMENT'S WANTING TO BUILD TWO 5-6KM LONG THREE-LANE TUNNELS UNDER WAITEMATA HARBOUR, ONE IN EACH DIRECTION FOR CARS AND TRUCKS. THEY'D CONNECT BETWEEN THE CENTRAL AUCKLAND MOTORWAY AND AKORANGA ON THE NORTH SHORE. AND, TO BE BUILT AFTER AT LEAST ONE OF THE ROAD TUNNELS IS FINISHED, A SEPARATE 21KM LIGHT RAIL TUNNEL, GOING FROM WYNYARD QUARTER TO ALBANY. ONCE BOTH ROAD TUNNELS ARE FINISHED, TWO LANES ON THE EXISTING HARBOUR BRIDGE WOULD TURN INTO DEDICATED BUS LANES, AND A SET OF OUTSIDE LANES REPURPOSED FOR CYCLING AND WALKING. THE GOAL IS TO START BY 2029, COSTING UP TO $45b. BUT THE OPPOSITION'S QUESTIONING THAT FIGURE, CALLING IT A FANTASY. KAREN HORMANN IS THE CHAIR OF BIKE AUCKLAND AND JOINS ME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS PLAN AND WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE IN THE FIRST INSTANCE. GOOD MORNING. WE THINK THAT THE TIMELINE IS A LONG WAY OFF. IT IS DECADES. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CROSS THE BRIDGE USING ACTIVE MODE IS LIKE RIDING A BIKE, WALKING... AND WE WANT TO DO THAT NOW. THIS PLAN ISN'T PROPOSED TO BEGIN UNTIL 2029 AND THEN IT WILL BE A FEW YEARS UNTIL THERE IS ACTUALLY A CYCLEWAY OR A WALK BRIDGE OVER THE HARBOUR CROSSING. IN THE MEANTIME, WHAT ARE YOU WANTING? WE HAVE A PROPOSAL WHICH WE HAVE USED WAKA KOTAHI DATA. WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THERE IS CAPACITY ON THE BRIDGE TO TAKE A LANE AND USE THAT FOR WALKING AND CYCLING. WE CAN DELIVER THAT CHEAPLY AND SAFELY AND WE CAN DO THAT NOW. AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE KEEN TO DO. WHAT IS THE COST FOR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? AND WHAT IS THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE USED FROM WAKA KOTAHI TO SUPPORT THIS? THE COST WILL BE AROUND $30 MILLION, WHICH COMPARED WITH A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, SEEMS QUITE NOT A LOT. WE THINK THAT IS... VERY AFFORDABLE, IN TERMS OF USING EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT IS THE DATA YOU HAD FROM WAKA KOTAHI THAT SUPPORTS THIS? WE HAVE LOOKED AT TRAFFIC FLOWS SINCE 2013. FROM 2016, PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC HAS BEEN DECLINING. AND THERE IS SPACE RIGHT NOW FOR US TO TAKE A LANE WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE TRAFFIC. WE KNOW THE GOVERNMENT SCRAPPED ITS PLANS FOR A SKY PATH. BECAUSE AFTER QUITE A BIT OF BACKLASH. THERE WASN'T ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR IT. DO YOU THINK THERE IS ENOUGH SUPPORT NOW? AND IS THIS SOMETHING THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE RECONSIDERING? A LOT OF THE BACKLASH WAS ABOUT COST. THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY CHEAPER. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THE SAME LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION WHEN USING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS THERE. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DEMANDING TO CROSS THE HARBOUR SINCE IT WAS BUILT. WE BELIEVE THE APPETITE IS THERE. IT FILLS A LOT OF NEEDS. IT ADDRESSES THE COST OF LIVING. RIDING A BIKE IS CHEAP. IT ADDRESSES HEALTH CONCERNS. IT JUST MAKES SENSE SUSTAINABLE IN. WE THINK IT IS A GREAT INITIATIVE FOR RIGHT NOW. WITH THE $30 MILLION YOU ARE SAYING IT WOULD TAKE, WHAT IS THAT GOING INTO? IT WOULD NEED SOME BARRIERS. THERE ARE SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR LATE BARRIERS TO GO ONTO THE BRIDGE TO PROTECT CYCLISTS AND WALKERS FROM THE TRAFFIC. THERE WOULD BE SOME... FENCING AND THINGS ON THE SIDES OF THE BRIDGE AND THEN JUST BUILDING THE ACCESS WAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. CHAIR OF BIKE AUCKLAND, KAREN HORMANN, THANK YOU. WATCHING THAT INTERVIEW IS TRANSPORT MINISTER DAVID PARKER WHO SAYS WAKA KOTAHI IS SPEEDING UP ITS WORK TO ACQUIRE THE LAND TO MAKE THE PROJECT HAPPEN. HE JOINS ME THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD WHAT KAREN WAS TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF HAVING A LANE ON THE HARBOUR BRIDGE AND LOOKING AT THAT NOW AND THAT IT IS A POSSIBILITY. IT COULD BE DONE NOW FOR $30 MILLION. WHY ARE WE DOING IT? BECAUSE OF PEAK FLOWS. THE DATA FROM WAKA KOTAHI IS THAT WE ARE ALREADY PRESSED FOR CONGESTION ACROSS THE BRIDGE IN PEAK TIMES AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GIVE UP A LANE AT THE STAGE. I DO AGREE IT IS PART OF THIS PROJECT. YOU NEED TO MAKE SPACE FOR ACTIVE MODES OF TRANSPORT LIKE CYCLING AND WALKING. YOU NEED TO GIVE A DEDICATED LANE TO THE BUSES. IN THE FUTURE BOTH WAYS, BUT AT THE START, ONE WAY. THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND. WHEN THE BRIDGE IS CLOGGED UP, YOU CAN'T MAXIMISE THE UTILITY. THE INTERCHANGES ARE NOT AS GOOD AS THEY SHOULD BE. THERE IS A SUBWAY IN A WALKWAY THAT IS PART OF THIS PLAN. THAT WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS AVAILABLE. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE PLAN YOU ARE PUTTING FORWARD AND CAN LABOUR DELIVER ON IT? NO SINGLE GOVERNMENT CAN. SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS NEED TO. WHETHER IT IS A TUNNEL OR TRANSMISSION GULLY, THEY TAKE A LONG TIME TO PLAN. YOU HAVE TO REACH A CROSS GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT. THIS GOVERNMENT HASN'T DELIVERED THOUGH WHEN IT HAS COME TO LIGHT RAIL. THIS WAS A PROMISE THAT WAS BACK IN 2017. AND 2021, THAT WAS SCUPPERED. CAN THIS GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY DELIVER THIS AMBITIOUS PLAN TO START IN 2029? IT IS TRUE THE LIGHT RAIL HAS BEEN DELAYED. I WON'T DEFEND THOSE DELAYS. I WOULD NOTE THAT THEY ARE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE INVESTMENTS AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU DO IT RIGHT. WE HAVE IN THE MEANTIME JUST ABOUT COMPLETED THE CITY RAIL LINK WITH TRANSMISSION GULLY. SO, YES. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT IS RAISED HERE IS COST AND THESE NUMBERS ARE EYE WATERING LEAD LARGE. HAS TO BE AFFORDABLE AND YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL FUNDING OPTIONS. THE POPULATION OF AUCKLAND WAS 450,000 WHEN THE HARBOUR BRIDGE WAS BUILT. I DO WANT TO GO BACK. I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVEN'T ANSWERED THE QUESTION IN TERMS OF CAN THIS GOVERNMENT DELIVER ON WHAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY PROPOSING? WE GO BACK TO THE LIGHT RAIL. IT WAS AN ELECTION PROMISE AND IT WASN'T DELIVERED ON. WE CERTAINLY CAN. I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT TRAFFIC PROJECT NOW FACING AUCKLAND IS GETTING PUBLIC TRANSPORT DOWNSTATE HIGHWAY 16. YOU WILL SEE ANNOUNCEMENTS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS PUSHING FORWARD A SEPARATED NORTHERN BUSWAY MODEL WHICH HAS BEEN HUGELY SUCCESSFUL EVEN THOUGH IT GETS CLOGGED AT THE BRIDGE. THE OPPOSITION ARE SAYING $45 BILLION IS NOT A CORRECT AMOUNT AND THAT IT WILL BE PASSED THAT. IS THAT ENOUGH? THE WATERVIEW TUNNEL WHICH IS A THREE LANE TUNNEL, COST UNDER $2 BILLION. THE TUNNELS ALONGSIDE THE AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE ARE ABOUT TWICE THAT LENGTH, SO WE EXPECT THEM TO BE TWICE THAT EXPENSIVE. WE EXPECT IT WILL BE AROUND 15 OR $16 BILLION. AND THE LANE ON THE BRIDGE TO ACCOMMODATE CYCLING. WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO DRILL DOWN TO THOSE ELEMENTS. HOW DO WE PAY FOR THIS? WE ARE SAYING ALL OPTIONS NEED TO BE LEFT ON THE TABLE INCLUDING TOLLS. AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE IS PAID FOR BY TOLLS. THERE IS AN EMERGING CONSENSUS. WHAT ARE VALUE UP TOOLS? IF A PIECE OF LAND AROUND A NEW TRANSPORT CONNECTION IS GOING TO INCREASE USUALLY IN VALUE, IF THE GOVERNMENT SOMETIMES ACQUIRES THAT LAND OR LEASES IT LATER OR IMPOSES A RATE THAT SHE IS THE VALUE OF THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY. THERE WERE FIVE OPTIONS THAT WERE PUT ON THE TABLE BY WAKA KOTAHI. WHY THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR WHICH IS THE MOST AMBITIOUS? THAT AS THEIR PREFERRED OPTION AND THE GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS THAT ADVICE. WE ARE GOING TO DRILL DOWN INTO THE COST. TRANSPORT MINISTER DAVID PARKER, THANK YOU. E HAERE AKE NEI, UP NEXT ` WE'RE GETTING OUR TEETH INTO THE DENTAL DEBATE NEXT. THE GREENS WANT TO MAKE IT FREE, BUT FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES, EVEN HAVING A DENTIST IS A LUXURY. WE'RE HEADING TO ONE OF OUR WORST SERVED SPOTS. AUCKLAND ` CLOUDY PERIODS WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS. AREAS OF MORNING FOG. LIGHT WINDS AND AFTERNOON WESTERLIES. HIGH OF 15 DEGREES. HAMILTON ` CLOUDY PERIODS, WITH A SHOWER OR TWO. RAIN DEVELOPING LATE AT NIGHT. LIGHT WINDS AND AFTERNOON WESTERLIES. HIGH OF 14 DEGREES. CHRISTCHURCH ` MORNING FOG CLEARING. THE ODD SHOWER FROM AFTERNOON. LIGHT WINDS, SOUTHERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH OF 16 DEGREES. MANY ISOLATED COMMUNITIES AROUND AOTEAROA DON'T HAVE A PERMANENT DENTIST. THEY HAVE TO DRIVE HOURS TO GET TO ONE. HICKS BAY ON THE EAST COAST BEING ONE OF THEM. THE GREENS RECKON THEY HAVE THE SOLUTION, PLEDGING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PORTABLE DENTAL CLINICS FOURFOLD. JOINING US TO DRILL DOWN INTO THEIR PLANS IS HICKS BAY RESIDENT TINA NGATA. IT IS SO NICE OF YOU BACK ON THE SHOW, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. HOW FAR DO PEOPLE HAVE TO TRAVEL TO GET TO THE DENTIST? IN OUR COMMUNITY, CAN BE 3 1/2 TO 4 HOURS TO DRIVE TO THE CLOSEST SITUATED DENTAL CLINIC. THERE ARE MOBILE CLINICS FUNDED TO DELIVER TO OUR CHILDREN, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM FOR OVER THREE YEARS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN THAT PEOPLE TRAVEL THAT FAR TO A DENTIST? I'M ASSUMING, A, THEY AREN'T GOING, AND B, IT'S A WHILE BEFORE VISITS. THERE ARE A LOT OF COSTS LOADED, TRAVEL COSTS, WEAR AND TEAR ON YOUR VEHICLES. BUSY EXTRA FUEL COSTS THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO PAY, SUCH DEFINITELY NOT AN EQUITABLE SITUATION. MANY PEOPLE WON'T BE ABLE TO TAKE TIME OUT OF THEIR JOBS TO DO THAT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE'S DENTISTRY IN THOSE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY? WE KNOW THAT POOR DENTAL HYGIENE IS LINKED TO DIGESTIVE, AND BLOOD CANCERS. COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH IN THOSE HEALTH CONDITIONS, WHICH INDICATES THE LACK OF INVESTMENT AND ACCESS, AS WORKFORCE SHORTAGES AND OTHER ISSUES THAT IMPACT UPON US BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE SERVICES. EVEN THOUGH THEY CAME THREE YEARS AGO, THEY WEREN'T DOING ANY WORK ON OUR CHILDREN'S TEETH. THAT FIND A PROBLEM, GIVE YOU A PAPER, AND TELL YOU TO DRIVE TO GISBORNE. I WAS READING SOME OF THE STATS, 53% OF MAORI ADULTS HAVE NOT HAD THE DENTAL NEEDS MET. IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO INVEST AT THE FRONT END, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY A LOT MORE IN THE END, TENDING TO HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY FALL UPON COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO GET HEALTHCARE ACCESS IN THE SAME WAY OTHER COMMUNITIES CAN. WHAT YOU MAKE ON THE FACE OF THINGS OF THE SUGGESTION BY THE GREENS? WE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT BOOSTED INVESTMENT IN ADULT DENTAL CARE. THERE ARE SOME REAL STRUCTURAL ISSUES LIKE WORKFORCE, AND GETTING TO RURAL AND ISOLATED COMMUNITIES. TINA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHTS, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA, AFTER THE BREAK ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS ` THE FINAL OF THE NETBALL WORLD CUP HAS JUST HAPPENED. WHOSE TAKEN IT OUT, KRUZE? YES, WELL UNFORTUNATELY, IT WASN'T THE SILVER FERNS THIS TIME. AUSTRALIA TAKE UP THE NIPPLE WORLD CUP. ALLURE REACTION AFTER THE BREAK. # MR SWEET SWEET FANTASY WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. MOTORISTS IN AUCKLAND ARE BEING ADVISED TO TAKE EXTRA CARE, WITH FOG MAKING DRIVING CONDITIONS DIFFICULT ACROSS THE CITY THIS MORNING. A CRASH HAS JUST BEEN CLEARED ON THE NORTH WESTERN MOTORWAY BETWEEN GREAT NORTH RD AND ST LUKE'S RD. WAKA KOTAHI SAYS TO TAKE CARE. TRANSPORT MINISTER DAVID PARKER MAINTAINS THE GOVERNMENT CAN DELIVER ON THEIR PROMISE OF AN ADDITIONAL WAITEMATA HARBOUR CROSSING, DESPITE FAILING TO ACHIEVE THEIR 2017 LIGHT RAIL POLICY. THE $40b PROJECT WILL INITIALLY SEE TWO NEW ROAD TUNNELS BUILT, WITH CONSTRUCTION DUE TO START 2029. ONCE THOSE ARE FINISHED, TWO FURTHER TUNNELS WILL CONNECT WYNYARD QUARTER AND ALBANY VIA LIGHT RAIL AND ONE EXISTING LANE ON THE HARBOUR BRIDGE WILL BE RE-ALLOCATED TO CYCLING. PARKER SAYS A RANGE OF OPTIONS ARE BEING CONSIDERED WHEN IT COMES TO PAYING FOR THE PROJECT. WE ARE SAYING MORE OPTIONS NEED TO BE LEFT ON THE TABLE, INCLUDING TOLLS. AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE AS I'VE CAUSED MAINLY PAID FOR BY TOLLS. IT IS PROPOSED GOING DOWN, UNDER TAKAPUNA, SORRY UNDER DEVONPORT. THERE IS EMERGING CONSENSUS AROUND CARBON. BIKE AUCKLAND SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE OPTIONS FOR WALKERS AND CYCLISTS NOW, RATHER THAN DECADES IN THE FUTURE. A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED FOLLOWING A FATAL SHOOTING IN PALMERSTON NORTH. POLICE WERE CALLED TO A PROPERTY ON CROYDON AVE JUST AFTER 2.30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER REPORTS A GUN HAD BEEN FIRED. A MAN WAS LATER CONFIRMED TO HAVE DIED AT THE HIGHBURY ADDRESS. POLICE ARE NOW ON THE HUNT FOR THE GUNMAN. AUTHORITIES IN CHINA ARE ASSESSING DAMS, DYKES AND LEVEES IN THE WAKE OF WIDESPREAD FLOODING. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS HIT THE COUNTRY IN RECENT WEEKS, RAISING CONCERNS DOWNSTREAM OF MAJOR WATERWAYS. IN THE NORTH-EAST, MORE THAN 130,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVACUATED AS TORRENTIAL RAIN DAMAGED ROADS AND CUT POWER. SEX EDUCATION SHOULD TAKE PLACE BOTH AT SCHOOL AND IN THE HOME, ACCORDING TO A CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY HEALTH LECTURER. IT FOLLOWS NATIONAL PARTY LEADERS SAYING THOSE CONVERSATIONS BELONG AT HOME RATHER THAN AT SCHOOL. BUT LECTURER TRACY CLELLAND, WHO HAS SURVEYED BOTH PARENTS AND YOUTH, SAYS CAREGIVERS NEED HELP TALKING ABOUT SEX AND THAT MANY RANGATAHI FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT RECEIVING ANY EDUCATION AT ALL. YOU NEED TO HAVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION IN THE HOME, COS IT'S OCCURRING EVERYWHERE. THEY'RE SEEING MEDIA, LEARNING MESSAGES ABOUT HOW RELATIONSHIPS WORK, SO IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE HOME BUT ALSO NEEDS TO BE IN THE SCHOOL SO THEY CAN HEAR DIFFERENT VALUES, DIFFERENT BELIEFS. CLELLAND SAYS PARENTS WHO DIDN'T HAVE OPEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SEX GROWING UP CARRIED LONG-TERM SHAME WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE TOPIC. JOB HOPPING COULD BE THE ANSWER FOR AN OVERDUE PAY RISE. RESEARCH OUT OF THE U.S. HAS REVEALED NEGOTIATING A PAY RISE WITH YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYER RESULTS IN AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF 1% TO 3%, BUT SHIFTING JOBS COMPLETELY HAS A MUCH HIGHER SUCCESS RATE OF 10% TO 20% PAY BUMP. YOU HAVE THE MOST LEVERAGE WHEN YOU ARE ON THE JOB HUNT, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD MULTIPLE INTERVIEWS. IN THESE COMPANIES DON'T KNOW REALLY WHAT YOU ARE PAID WHERE YOU ARE. THEY ALSO DON'T KNOW WHO OURS WANTS YOU. SO YOU ALSO HAVE THE MOST POWER WHEN YOU ARE WALKING INTO THIS NEW JOB AND THEY SAY, WE WANT YOU. WHEN YOU SAY GREAT, WHAT OTHER SALARY? WHAT ARE THE PERKS? FRANCES COOK SAYS JOB JUMPING COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. TO SPORT, AND SILVER FERNS COACH DAME NOELINE TAURUA SAYS SHE'S 'HAPPY' WITH THE SILVER FERNS' EFFORT AT THE NETBALL WORLD CUP. THAT'S DESPITE THE FERNS RECORDING THEIR WORST EVER FINISH AT THE TOURNAMENT, BEATEN 52-45 BY JAMIACA IN THE PLAYOFF FOR THIRD. ANOTHER FOURTH-QUARTER SLUMP NOT PHASING TAURUA IN THE POST-MATCH INTERVIEWS. WE ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LEDGER SO TO SPEAK, BUT ALSO I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUDER. THIS IS HOW CRAZY IT IS. WE DID OUR BEST, AND I THINK EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO WENT OUT THERE TRIED THEIR HARDEST, AND THIS IS WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE, PROBABLY CERTAIN THINGS HAPPENED, WHICH HAS BEEN A REGULAR OF OURS. BUT IN REGARDS TO THE INTENT AND WHAT PEOPLE PUT OUT THERE, I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER. AUSTRALIA HAVE BEATEN ENGLAND 61-45 IN THE FINAL TO BE CROWNED WORLD CHAMPIONS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO A CLOUDY DAY, WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR ALL OF YOU UP HERE. FURTHER SOUTH ` A CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU HERE, AND A MORNING SHOWER FOR YOU IN HAMILTON. YOUR HIGH WILL REACH 14 TODAY. 15 IN TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO A FINE MORNING WITH FROSTS HERE. HIGH CLOUD DEVELOPING FOR SOME OF YOU. OVER TO THE WEST ` CLOUD WITH A FEW SHOWERS FOR YOU THIS MORNING. RAIN DEVELOPING FURTHER FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 15 THE HIGH FOR NEW PLYMOUTH. AND 16 FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A WET MORNING FOR YOU ALL HERE, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR NELSON THROUGH TO KAIKOURA. SHOWERS CONTINUING ON THE WEST COAST. 17 AND SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON IN BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` HIGH CLOUD FOR YOU THIS MORNING, WITH SHOWERS INCREASING FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` HIGH CLOUD AND SHOWERS FOR HERE, INCREASING FROM MID-MORNING. THERE'S A ROAD SNOWFALL WARNING FOR THE HIGHER PASSES, CROWN RANGE RD AND MILFORD RD. DRIVE SAFE. THE DAY CLEARING TO SUN FOR THE AFTERNOON IN THE MILFORD SOUND, WITH 9 THE HIGH FOR YOU TODAY. THANKS, CHRIS. THE SILVER FERNS HAVE SLUMPED TO THEIR WORST RESULT AT A NETBALL WORLD CUP ` FINISHING FOURTH AFTER LOSING TO JAMAICA 45-52. JOINING US NOW FROM CAPE TOWN IS TE KARERE REPORTER AND FORMER NZ MEN'S CAPTAIN KRUZE TANGIRA. MORENA, E HOA. GOSH, THAT WAS TOUGH TO WATCH. BOTH THOSE GAMES WOULD HAVE TO WATCH AGAINST JAMAICA THIS MORNING. WHERE ARE WE AT FOR THE SILVER FRIENDS? YES, VERY TOUGH TO BE HERE IN CAPE TOWN COURTSIDE AND WATCH THE SILVER FERNS COME OUT WITH THEIR WORST RESULT IN THEIR HISTORY. I THINK IT WENT WRONG AND THE ATTACKING END. IT WAS HARD TO FIND SHOOTERS AND GET SOME FLOW ON THAT ATTACK. I THINK DEFENCE DID REALLY WELL. THEY WERE HUNTING THE BALL OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE WHICH IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE AS GOOD AS JHANIELE FOWLER. DESPITE THE GREAT EFFORTS FROM THE SILVER FERNS THIS MORNING, IT WAS JUST A TOUGH LOSS FOR THE TEAM. AND OF COURSE, THERE WERE MANY EMOTIONS AS WELL. I AGREE WITH YOUR THOUGHTS IN TERMS OF THAT ATTACKING WAS JUST REALLY TOUGH ON THOSE MID-COURTERS. YOU WERE AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE SILVER FERNS GAME, WHAT WAS THE FEELING LIKE AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE? I SAID TIME FOR EVERYONE IN THAT PRESS CONFERENCE. I WAS OBVIOUSLY LISTENING TO THE WHAKAARO THE COACH MAY STEP DOWN FROM HER ROLE SO THIS MAY BE HER LAST WORLD CUP AND IT IS A BIG MOMENT WHEN THEY DECIDE TO STEP BACK FROM THE GAME. DESPITE THE EFFORTS FROM THE SILVER FERNS HERE IN CAPE TOWN, IT IS GOOD TO SEE THAT THERE WERE STILL SMILES AND THAT THE COACH WAS STILL PROUD OF HER PLAYERS. HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THAT GRACE NWEKE'S INJURY AND HER ABSENCE FROM THE TEAM HAD AN IMPACT? THIS HAPPENED RELATIVELY EARLY IN THE TOURNAMENT. SHE IS A TALL SHOOTER. SHE WOULD HAVE ALLEVIATED SOME OF THAT PRESSURE AT THE ATTACK ON. HOW MUCH YOU THINK THEY MISSED HER? YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT JAMAICA AND WHAT THEY DO THEIR AND THEIR ATTACK. JANELLE FOWLER STANDING AT A SIMILAR HEIGHT. THEY'RE THROWING THE BALL TO HER AND THERE ARE NO OTHER OPTION. I THINK A TOUGH LOSS FOR THE TEAM. I THINK IT HITS THE COACH WHEN INJURY CAME IN SHE DIDN'T HAVE MANY OTHER OPTIONS. SHE WAS FORCED INTO COMBINATIONS THAT SHE WASN'T QUITE EXPECTING. SO THAT WAS A HUGE LOSS FOR THAT TEAM. AND THEY'D PLANNED THE ATTACK AROUND HAVING GRACED THERE. AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SORT OF RECOVER FROM THAT. CHANGES WERE MADE IN THE ATTACKING END IN THIS GAME AGAINST JAMAICA SOME WORKED AND SOME DIDN'T. I THINK THIS IS HER FIRST TIME IN THE LAST THREE GAMES SINCE SOUTH AFRICA. THE COACH IS TRYING DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS AND THEY JUST WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE GAME AGAINST AMERICA THIS MORNING. KRUZE, YOU HAVE DONE A FABULOUS JOB FOR US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DESPITE THE RESULT, I HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED YOURSELF. TENA KOE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, IT WAS VERY TOUGH TO WATCH THAT GAME ON SATURDAY MORNING WHEN THEY LOST THAT SEMI-FINAL TO ENGLAND BUT I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THIS TEAM AND THE PLAYERS WHO WERE PART OF IT. YES, WE HAD THE EXPERIENCE BUT A NUMBER OF YOUNG PLAYERS. SO KEEP THE FAITH, THESE PLAYERS ARE GOING TO COME THROUGH IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. HAVE YOU JUST TAKEN THE WARRIORS MANTRA OF KEEPING THE FAITH AND GIVEN IT TO THE SILVER FERNS? THAT WAS THE ONLY THING I COULD ACTUALLY COME OUT WITH. DIEHARD. AT LEAST THE WARRIORS ARE STILL GOOD. ME U TONU MAI. STAY WITH US. THE GREEN PARTY WANTS TO INTRODUCE FREE DENTAL CARE. BUT HOW DO THEY PLAN TO PAY FOR IT? WE'LL DISCUSS WITH OUR PANEL NEXT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT IS 7:45. THE GREEN PARTY WANTS TO MAKE DENTAL CARE FREE FOR EVERYONE IN NEW ZEALAND. IT'S AN INITIATIVE WITH A PRICE TAG OF $1.4b NEXT YEAR, PAID FOR BY A WEALTH TAX. WE'RE JOINED NOW BY GREEN MP CHLOE SWARBRICK AND TE PATI MAORI CO-LEADER DEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER. GOOD MORNING, YOU TOO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. CHLOE, THE SOUNDS ON THE FACE OF IT A POSITIVE IDEA. MANY VIEWERS ARE SAYING I HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE DENTIST IN YEARS AND COST AS A REASON FOR THAT. WHAT THE DATA TELLS US IS THAT MANY NEW ZEALAND ADULTS ARE NOT GOING TO THE DENTIST IS BECAUSE OF THAT COST. THE AVERAGE COST OF GOING TO THE DENTIST IS $350 WHICH IS 40% OF SOMEONE WHO IS ON MINIMUM WAGE. WE ALSO KNOW THAT 15,000 NEW ZEALANDERS ARE LANDING IN OUR HOSPITALS BECAUSE OF UNTREATED DENTAL ISSUES EVERYTHING CLEAR. SO IT IS ENTIRELY FEASIBLE TO DO THIS AND WE CAN PAY FOR IT WITH A WEALTH TAX. WE WILL GET MORE TO THE DETAILS ON THAT SHORTLY. DEBBIE, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS? WE KNOW THAT MAORI ARE OBVIOUSLY AFFECTED BY POOR DENTAL HEALTH. WE HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED FREE DENTAL HEALTH AND IT IS GREAT TO SEE THAT WE ARE LANDING ON THE SAME PLACE OF ADDRESSING POVERTY AND ADDRESSING COMPLEXITY SUCH AS AFFORDABILITY. THE EXTENSION OUR PARTY HAS IS ALSO ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BUILDING THE WORKFORCE AND INVESTING IN NURSES IN RURAL AREAS. AT THE MOMENT, PEOPLE ARE QUEUEING UP TO DENTAL BUSES WHEN THEY ARRIVE. WE ARE SO SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. AND SICK OF HEARING OTHER PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT SAYING WE CAN'T AFFORD IT. WE CAN. THE SOLUTIONS ARE THERE, YOU JUST HAVE TO BE WILLING. OTHER MAJOR PARTIES WILLING? YOU ARE SUGGESTING A WEALTH TAX TO PAY FOR IT. LABOUR STIFFLY SAID THEY ARE NOT PUTTING A WEALTH TAX. WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENTS OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS WITH NATIONALS ROAD DOING PROJECTS, IT SEEMS LIKE MONEY GROWS ON ROADS, NOT ON TREES. WE HAVE OUTLINED OUR POLICY VERY CLEARLY IT IS HIGHLY FEASIBLE AND IT IS A MATTER OF POLITICAL WILLPOWER. WE HAVE MADE IT INCREDIBLY CLEAR HOW WE WILL COST AND PAY FOR THESE THINGS. IT IS A SIMPLE AS THAT. WOULD YOU PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN PLACE? WE ALREADY HAVE AND HAVE BEEN EMPHATIC IN THE HOUSE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND EMPHASISING THE NEED IS THAT WE HAVE IN THE OVERALL HEALTH SYSTEM OVERHAUL. THAT IS AGAIN ABOUT MAKING IT. WE HAVE 2.1 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING ON $30,000 A YEAR. IF WE DON'T OVERHAUL THE CHANGES THAT WE NEED, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE COMPLEXITIES GROW FROM POVERTY. OUR TAX POLICY HAS ADDRESSED THE NET WEALTH TAX. WE WOULD POSITIVELY IMPACT ON 98% OF OUR POPULATION WITH TAX CUTS. AGAIN, THE PROBLEM IS NOT WITH US AS A HIGHLY AUTHENTIC MINOR PARTIES, IT IS ACTUALLY THE BIG PARTIES THAT ARE TOO BUSY TRYING TO PLEASE THE SUPERRICH, THE 2% THAT ONLY 50% OF THE WEALTH IN NEW ZEALAND. WE NEED TO PUSH BACK AT THESE BIG PARTIES WHO ARE REFUSING TO BRING ABOUT THE CHANGE THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED AS A NATION. THE STATUS QUO IS NOT INEVITABLE. THE HIGHEST RATES OF WEALTH INEQUALITY THAT WE HAVE EVER SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY ARE NOT INEVITABLE, THEY ARE BROUGHT ABOUT BY POLICIES WHICH NOT ONLY SEES WEALTH CONCENTRATED IN A FEW FAMILIES. IT ALSO SEES THOSE TOP 311 FAMILIES PAIN EFFECTIVE TAX RATE OF LESS THAN HALF OF THAT OF THE AVERAGE NEW ZEALANDER. MULTI MILLIONAIRES ARE PAYING LESS THAN HALF THE EFFECTIVE TAX OF OUR TEACHERS, NURSES, FIREFIGHTERS THAT IS A POLITICAL CHOICE. WE CAN MAKE A POLITICAL CHOICE TO FIX THE TAX SYSTEM AND PAY FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICES THAT WE ALL DESERVE. WE ORIFICE OR COUNTRY. CORRECTION: WE ARE A FIRST WORLD COUNTRY. PEOPLE WORKING 80 HOURS A WEEK IN ORDER TO FEED THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILY. WE ARE NOT RICH IN THE ORDER ENVY AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE SUPER WEALTHY, WE DISAGREE WITH THE WAY THE TAX SYSTEM HAS BEEN DESIGNED. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMPLAINING ARE OFTEN NOT AFFECTED BY THE TAX POLICIES WE ARE PROPOSING. IT IS ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT GOVERNMENTS AND A NATION THAT IS HAPPY TO LET THE RICH GET SUPER, SUPER WEALTHY AND THE STRUGGLING POOR GET MORE STRUGGLING. WE HAVE TO END IT NOW AND WE ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO PUSH BACK. WE HAVE SEEN IN THE POLLS RECENTLY A BIG SPIKE IN THE MINOR PARTIES SUCCESS. I KNOW THAT POLLS AREN'T EVERYTHING AND WE ARE A FEW MONTHS OUT FROM THE ELECTION, BUT HOW IS THIS GOING TO PLAY OUT INTO THE ELECTION THIS YEAR? THAT THE MINOR PARTIES HAVE A MUCH LOUDER VOICE? I THINK IT SHOWS THAT NEW ZEALANDERS ARE FED UP WITH THE LANDSCAPING OFFERED BY THE TWO LEGACY PARTIES. THE REALITY IS THAT INNOVATION AND IDEAS AND EVIDENCE BASED POLICIES TEND TO BE COMING FROM THOSE WHO ARE INVESTIGATING EXACTLY THAT AND PUTTING THE SOLUTIONS ON THE TABLE. SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT NEW ZEALANDERS ARE OPERATING OUTSIDE THOSE DEFAULTS IN FINDING SOLUTIONS. WE HAVE MADE THESE POLITICAL DECISIONS IN THE PAST IN THE 30S AND 40S, IN THE MIDST OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND WE WERE EXPERIENCING EXTREME HARDSHIP, THE POLITICAL CHOICES TO TAX THOSE WHO PROFITED HANDSOMELY AND TO INTRODUCE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE ENJOY TO THIS DAY. THERE IS A POLITICAL DECISION. LET'S MOVE ONTO THE DECISIONS BEING MADE BY THE POLITICAL PARTIES. LABOUR WANTS HARBOUR CROSSINGS. WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT KUCHMA LABOUR ALSO WANTED SEABED MINING. SO WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT WHO HAS COMPLETELY DROPPED THE BALL. THERE ARE A HOST OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN AND WE'RE JUST NOT SEEING IT. IT IS ALMOST THE SAME CRITIQUE THAT WE HAVE GIVEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS INTERVIEW. THERE IS JUST NOT THE WELL AND THE COURAGE TO PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP WE NEED TO TRANSITION AWAY FROM WHAT IS DESTROYING OUR PLANET AND DESTROYING OUR FAMILIES. OUR PARTY HAS A REAL BELIEF IN ORANGA WHENUA, WE ARE NOT SEEING THIS GOING FORWARD. WE ARE JUST SEEING BUILDING MORE ROADS. NO INVESTMENT GOING INTO TAIRAWHITI. WE HAVE THE SAME PERSON SELLING THEM THE SAME SONG. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. E WHAI AKE NEI ` A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY ACROSS THE DITCH AFTER DEATHS AT A DINNER PARTY WITH TOXIC MUSHROOMS ON THE MENU. A REAL-LIFE WHODUNIT. THAT'S NEXT. # THE HOPE YOU GAVE AND TOOK IT AWAY # I LOVE YOUR SMILE. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. A MURDER INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY IN AUSTRALIA AFTER THREE PEOPLE DIED, WITH A FOURTH FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIFE, AFTER EATING WILD MUSHROOMS AT A DINNER PARTY. HOMICIDE DETECTIVES ARE NOW QUESTIONING A WOMAN (48) IN RURAL VICTORIA. 9 NEWS REPORTER AMBER JOHNSTON REPORTS REVEREND IAN WILKINSON, A LOCAL PASTOR AT THE KORUMBURRA BAPTIST CHURCH, FIGHTING FOR LIFE AS POLICE LAUNCH A HOMICIDE PROBE. IT'S A REALLY SHOCKING SITUATION. ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED ARE VERY WELL KNOWN IN OUR COMMUNITY, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED ARE VERY WELL KNOWN IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS A TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY AND VERY WELL RESPECTED AND LOVED. REVEREND WILKINSON'S WIFE, HEATHER, HER SISTER AND HER HUSBAND DIED AFTER EATING TOXIC WILD MUSHROOMS AT A LUNCH WITH FRIENDS. A PIECE THE SIZE OF A 20c COIN IS SUFFICIENT TO KILL A PERSON. POLICE SAY THE TWO COUPLES WERE DINING WITH FRIENDS AT A HOME IN LEONGATHA LAST SATURDAY. THE GROUP BECAME SICK THE FOLLOWING DAY AND WENT TO HOSPITAL THINKING IT WAS GASTRO, BUT THEIR CONDITIONS DETERIORATED. HEATHER (66) AND HER SISTER GAIL (70) DIED THIS WEEK. HER HUSBAND, DON (70), LAST NIGHT. REVEREND WILKINSON AND ANOTHER FRIEND REMAIN IN HOSPITAL, WHILE OTHER GUESTS FROM THE LUNCH HAVE SINCE BEEN DISCHARGED. BASICALLY, IT'S RUSSIAN ROULETTE THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED. OTHER PEOPLE MAY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED TO SOME DEGREE, BUT NOT RECEIVED AS MUCH OF THE TOXIN. THE HOMICIDE SQUAD RAIDED A HOME IN LEONGATHA YESTERDAY, THE HOMICIDE SQUAD RAIDED A HOME IN LEONGATHA YESTERDAY, WITH DETECTIVES QUESTIONING A LOCAL WOMAN (48). SHE HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. THE VICTORIAN HEALTH DEPARTMENT RELEASED A WARNING ABOUT DEATH CAP AND YELLOW STAINING MUSHROOMS IN APRIL, REPORTING A SPIKE IN THE STATE DUE TO COOL AND WET CONDITIONS. DON'T GO OUT AND COLLECT MUSHROOMS TO EAT IN THE WILD. IT'S JUST NOT WORTH THE RUSSIAN ROULETTE THAT YOU'RE PLAYING WITH YOURSELF AND POTENTIALLY OTHERS. THAT IS A BIT SCARY, ISN'T IT? CHRIS WILL HAVE YOUR NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORT SHORTLY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GO QUICKLY TO YOUR FEEDBACK, BECAUSE THERE HASN'T SO MUCH OF IT AROUND WHETHER SCHOOLS SHOULD BE TEACHING SEXUALITY EDUCATION OR WHETHER PARENTS OR AN ADULT OR CAREGIVER SHOULD BE TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN. A NUMBER OF YOU SAY A COMBINATION OF BOTH. AT HOME AND IN SCHOOL. I THINK THAT IS MOSTLY COMING FROM THE FACT THAT IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE, AND YOU ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION AS ADULTS AND CAREGIVERS THAT ACTUALLY WHAT YOU DO KNOW IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE CHILDREN. ALL YOU ARE STARING THEM IN THE WRONG DIRECTION OR NOT ANSWERING IT THE WAY YOU SHOULD BE BECAUSE I AM ASSUMING AS A PARENT, WHEN A YOUNG KID COMES TO YOU WITH SOME BIG QUESTIONS, IT IS HARD TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH DO I TELL THEM, WHAT DO I TELL THEM, HOW DO I MAKE SURE I AM NOT LYING TO THEM BUT I AM GIVING THEM JUST ENOUGH INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE EDUCATED WELL ENOUGH? WHICH IS WHY I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR THE STUFF TO BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL, BECAUSE THEN THERE IS CURRICULUM INVOLVED AND THOUGHT HAS GONE INTO WHAT DO WE TELL KIDS AND HOW MUCH DO WE TELL KIDS AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERY KID HAS THE SAME ACCESS TO THE SAME KIND OF INFORMATION SO THAT SOME KIDS WHO MAY BE DO NOT HAVE PROGRESSIVE PARENTS WHO ARE WILLING TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THIS KIND OF STUFF ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO TO GET THE INFORMATION. MAYBE IT IS A CASE OF SCHOOLS DOING A BIT OF EDUCATION WITH THE PARENTS AS WELL AND SAYING THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TEACHING THE STUDENTS THIS TERM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND LAY IT OUT FROM THE BEGINNING. WHY CAN'T WE FIND OUR OWN INFORMATION? THERE IS A NEW APP THAT HAS COME OUT WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. IF WE DO NOT FEEL LIKE WE ARE UP TO IT, MAYBE WE SHOULD DO OUR OWN RESEARCH. FOR ME AS A PARENT, I BELIEVE THAT I SHOULD BE TEACHING MY SONS ALL ABOUT THAT. IF I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER, THEN I WILL SAY I DO NOT KNOW. LET ME COME BACK TO YOU ON THAT. IT IS OKAY. KEEP YOUR FEEDBACK COMING IN. THIS IS A FASCINATING TOPIC THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DELVE INTO. IT HAS JUST GONE 8 O'CLOCK. HERE IS CHRIS WOOD VENUES. AUCKLANDERS HAVE WOKEN UP TO A BLANKET OF FOG COVERING THE CENTRAL CITY THIS MORNING. MUCH OF THE CBD HAS BEEN HIDDEN FROM SIGHT. DESPITE THE THICK CLOUD, FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF AUCKLAND AIRPORT HAVE NOT BEEN AFFECTED. TRANSPORT MINISTER DAVID PARKER SAYS AUCKLAND CAN'T AFFORD TO GIVE UP A LANE ON THE HARBOUR BRIDGE DUE TO CONGESTION. THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED ONE EXISTING LANE ON THE HARBOUR BRIDGE WILL BE RE-ALLOCATED TO CYCLING, BUT ONLY AFTER TWO NEW ROAD TUNNELS AND A LIGHT RAIL TUNNEL HAVE BEEN BUILT. DESPITE LABOUR FAILING TO DELIVER ON ITS 2017 LIGHT RAIL POLICY, MR PARKER IS CONFIDENT THIS PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED BUT NEEDS CROSS PARTY SUPPORT. WELL, NO SINGLE GOVERNMENT CAN. SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS NEED TO. WHETHER IT'S WATERVIEW TUNNEL OR TRANSMISSION GULLEY, THOSE LARGE PROJECTS, THEY TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO PLAN AND DELIVER. SO YOU EFFECTIVELY DO HAVE TO REACH SOME SORT OF A CROSS-GOVERNMENT AGREEMENTS THAT THESE THINGS WILL BE DELIVERED THROUGH THE PERIOD OF TIME. WITH CONSTRUCTION DUE TO START 2029, BIKE AUCKLAND SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE OPTIONS FOR WALKERS AND CYCLISTS NOW RATHER THAN DECADES IN THE FUTURE. WE'VE LOOKED AT TRAFFIC FLOWS, ACTUALLY, SINCE 2013. AND FROM 2016, PEAK FLOW TRAFFICS HAVE BEEN DECLINING. AND THERE IS SPACE RIGHT NOW FOR US TO TAKE A LANE WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON PEAK TRAFFIC. HORMANN SAYS IT WOULD COST $30 MILLION TO MAKE THE HARBOUR BRIDGE ACCESSIBLE FOR CYCLISTS AND WALKERS. THE ENTIRE ADDITIONAL HARBOUR CROSSING PROJECT IS FORECAST TO COST $40 BILLION. AFTER ABOUT TWO YEARS SINCE IT HAD A LOCALLY-BASED DENTIST, ONE RESIDENT IN HICKS BAY ON THE EAST COAST SAYS THEIR COMMUNITY IS FACING INEQUITABLE ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE. A NEW POLICY PROPOSAL ANNOUNCED BY THE GREENS AT THE WEEKEND WOULD ESTABLISH A NATIONAL DENTAL SERVICE PROVIDING FREE CARE ACROSS THE BOARD. THE INITIATIVE THAT WOULD COST $1.4 BILLION. A 2020 SURVEY SHOWED A ROUTINE CHECK-UP COSTS ON AVERAGE $74. BUT ONE HICKS BAY RESIDENT SAYS WHILE THEY SUPPORT BOOSTED INVESTMENT, STRUCTURAL ISSUES REMAIN THE BIGGEST OBSTACLES FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES. IT CAN BE 3 1/2 TO 4 HOURS TO DRIVE THE CHILDREN TO THE CLOSEST ARE SITUATED DENTAL CLINIC. THERE ARE MOBILE CLINICS THAT ARE FUNDED TO DELIVER TO OUR CHILDREN UP TO YEAR EIGHT, BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN THEM FOR OVER THREE YEARS AND OUR COMMUNITY. A RECENT POLL SHOWED ONLY 43% OF PEOPLE HAD VISITED THE DENTIST IN THE PAST YEAR. LAWYERS FOR DONALD TRUMP SAY THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS NEVER TRYING TO OVERTURN THE RESULT OF THE 2020 U.S. ELECTION; HE WAS JUST ASKING HYPOTHETICALS. TRUMP IS FACING CHARGES OVER HIS ACTIONS FOLLOWING THE ELECTION, BUT HIS DEFENCE TEAM SAYS THE FORMER PRESIDENT BELIVED HE HAD WON THE ELECTION AND ANY ACTIONS WEREN'T CRIMINAL. EVERY SINGLE THING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS BEING PROSECUTED FOR INVOLVED ASPIRATIONAL ASKS. ASKING STATE LEGISLATORS. ASKING STATE GOVERNORS. ASKING STATE ELECTORAL OFFICIALS TO DO THE RIGHT THING. IN FACT, EVEN ASKING VP PENTZ WAS PROTECTED BY FREE SPEECH. PROSECUTORS HAVE ALSO REQUESTED A COURT ORDER TO LIMIT WHAT TRUMP SAYS PUBLICLY ABOUT THE CASE. THE SILVER FERNS HAVE FINISHED THE NETBALL WORLD CUP WITH ANOTHER LOSS, FALLING TO JAMAICA FOR THE SECOND TIME TO END THE TOURNAMENT IN FOURTH. THE SILVER FERNS LOSING 52-45, DEPARTING THE WORLD CUP WITHOUT A MEDAL FOR THE FIRST TIME. THERE IT IS. JAMAICA TAKE THE BRONZE MEDAL IN CAPE TOWN. AND NEW ZEALAND SINK TO THEIR WORST WORLD CUP RESULT IN HISTORY. AND AUSTRALIA HAVE BEATEN ENGLAND 61-45 IN THE FINAL TO BE CROWNED WORLD CHAMPIONS. THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS ARE OUT OF THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP ` THE UNITED STATES LOSING TO SWEDEN 5-4 IN A PENALTY SHOOT OUT. RETIRING SUPERSTAR MEGAN RAPINOE BLAZED HER SHOT OVER THE GOAL. VETERAN OF SO MANY WOMEN'S WORLD CUP CAMPAIGNS. OH, SHE'S PUT IT OVER THE TOP. I DON'T BELIEVE IT.. LINA HURTIG'S SHOT APPEARED TO BE SAVED TWICE BY AMERICAN KEEPER ALYSSA NAEHER BEFORE THIS DRAMATIC VAR REVIEW. ALYSSA NAEHER MADE THE SAVE. BUT THEY'RE GONNA CHECK THAT. AND IT ALL HANGS IN THE AIR AND ON THE VERDICT OF STEPHANIE. (WHISTLE TRILLS) IT'S CONFIRMED! WE HAD TO WAIT WHAT SEEMED LIKE AN ETERNITY! IT'S THE WORST RESULT FOR THE U.S. IN THE HISTORY OF THE TOURNAMENT. KIWI INDYCAR DRIVER SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HAS CLAIMED SECOND AT THE SERIES' LATEST STOP IN NASHVILLE. MCLAUGHLIN STARTED THE RACE IN POLE POSITION BUT LOST OUT TO KYLE KIRKWOOD WHO CLAIMED THE WIN BY LESS THAN A SECOND. SCOTT DIXON FINISHED THE RACE IN FIFTH WITH MARCUS ARMSTRONG FURTHER DOWN IN 13TH. AND FINALLY, THE BARBIE MOVIE IS BREAKING MORE RECORDS AT THE BOX OFFICE, RAKING IN MORE THAN US$1 BILLION WORLDWIDE. IT'S THE FIRST FILM DIRECTED SOLELY BY A FEMALE DIRECTOR TO REACH THE MARK. ONLY AROUND 50 FILMS HAVE EVER PULLED IN $1 BILLION. BARBIE'S GLOBAL SUCCESS HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY BOX OFFICE SALES IN SOME OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST MOVIE MARKETS, INCLUDING AUSTRALIA AND THE UK. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO A CLOUDY DAY, WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. FOG FOR AUCKLAND. 15 THE HIGH FOR ALL OF YOU UP HERE. FURTHER SOUTH ` A CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU HERE, AND A MORNING SHOWER FOR YOU IN HAMILTON. YOUR HIGH WILL REACH 14 TODAY. TO THE EAST COAST ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO A FINE MORNING WITH FROSTS HERE. HIGH CLOUD DEVELOPING FOR SOME OF YOU. 16 DEGREES AND SUNNY FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` CLOUD WITH A FEW SHOWERS FOR YOU THIS MORNING. RAIN DEVELOPING FURTHER FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 15 THE HIGH FOR NEW PLYMOUTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A WET MORNING FOR YOU ALL HERE, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR NELSON THROUGH TO KAIKOURA. SHOWERS CONTINUING ON THE WEST COAST. 12 THE HIGH FOR GREYMOUTH. HEADING SOUTH ` HIGH CLOUD FOR YOU THIS MORNING, WITH SHOWERS INCREASING FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 11 THE HIGH FOR OAMARU. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU HAVE SOME SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND A HIGH OF 13 DEGREES. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` HIGH CLOUD AND SHOWERS FOR HERE, INCREASING FROM MID-MORNING. THERE'S A ROAD SNOWFALL WARNING FOR THE HIGHER PASSES, CROWN RANGE RD AND MILFORD RD. DRIVE SAFE. THE DAY CLEARING TO SUN FOR THE AFTERNOON IN THE MILFORD SOUND, WITH 9 THE HIGH FOR YOU TODAY. INVERCARGILL, SHOWERS AND A HIGH OF 8 DEGREES. THANKS, CHRIS. YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF CTE, OR CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY. IT'S A BRAIN DISEASE TOP ATHLETES, LIKE FORMER ALL BLACK CARL HAYMAN, AND NOW, THE LIKES OF LEAGUE LEGEND WALLY LEWIS ARE SADLY EXPERIENCING. TAKE A LOOK. UM... THERE'S THE BIG ONE. I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER THE NAME OF WHAT IT'S CALLED. PROBABLE CTE. PROBABLE, UM... YEAH. CT. WHAT'S WALLY'S PARTNER, LINDA, HELPING HIM OUT, THAT'S WALLY'S PARTNER, LINDA, HELPING HIM OUT, CONFIRMING HE'S BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY, BETTER KNOWN AS CTE. CTE IS A RESULT OF REPETITIVE HEAD TRAUMA, COMMON IN SPORTS LIKE LEAGUE, BUT DIFFERENT TO A CONCUSSION. AND THOUGH CTE MAY BE THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE DESTINY FOR ALL. HERE TO DISCUSS IS SIR GRAHAM LOWE, LEAGUE LEGEND AND FORMER COACH OF WALLY LEWIS, AND NEUROSCIENTIST DR CHRIS NOWINSKI. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. GRAHAM, FIRST OF ALL, MUST BE HEARTBREAKING FOR YOU TO WATCH CLIPS LIKE THAT AND SEE WALLY AND A SPACE LIKE THAT. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING LAST WEEK WHEN SOMEBODY FROM TV NZ CAME TO SEE ME AND TOLD ME ABOUT HIM, AND I GOT ON THE PHONE HIM STRAIGHT AWAY. IF YOU KNOW HIM, WHEN YOU GET` HE WAS A PERSON WHO WILL COME UP WITH MAGIC MOMENTS, MAGIC SENTENCES, MAGIC PLAYS, AND WHEN YOU WATCH HIM, AND YOU KNOW IT IS ACTUALLY STARTING TO HAPPEN TO HIM, YOU COULD NOT SEE IT, AND I WAS WITH HIM A MONTH AGO, IT IS HEARTBREAKING. THIS IS A SPORT THAT YOU LOVE SO MUCH, AND THE SPORT, SADLY, HAS DONE THIS TO WALLY. THAT IS WHAT THEY SAY. IT IS FROM REPETITIVE HEAD KNOCKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT IT IS ALSO A DIFFICULT TIME AND AN INTERESTING TIME FOR THIS BOOK, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? HOW QUICKLY WE NEED TO GET ONTO THESE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS, CHRIS? THIS IS NOT A TERM THAT MOST OF US HAVE EVER HEARD OF A FEW YEARS AGO, AND NOW IT SEEMS TO BE AROUND MORE AND MORE. THERE IS MORE RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT THESE REPETITIVE HEAD KNOCKS ACTUALLY DO. WE NEED TO ACT WITH URGENCY. WHAT YOU ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS. THE MORE WE RESEARCH THIS, THE WORSE IT GETS. WE HAVE LOOKED AT 400 NFL PLAYERS, 93% OF THEM HAVE HAD THIS DISEASE. IT IS NOT A RARE DISEASE. WHEN PEOPLE PLAY A LOT OF YEARS OF SPORTS LIKE FOOTBALL AND RUGBY, NOW THAT WE HAD DIAGNOSED THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND RUGBY PLAYER, JUSTIN JENNINGS, AND OTHERS EARLIER THIS YEAR, I HOPE THAT PEOPLE DO NOT WAIT FOR ANOTHER 50 CASES BEFORE WE ACT. THAT ACTION WOULD BE A PROTOCOL. DO ANYTHING YOU CAN TO PROTECT THE DISEASE. JUST REMIND PEOPLE WHAT IT IS THAT CTE ACTUALLY DOES TO YOUR BRAIN. IT IS THE NERVE BRAIN DISEASE THAT ACTUALLY STARTS AS LESIONS AND YOUR BRAIN THAT ARE CAUSED BY THESE HARDHATS IN THE SENSITIVE AREAS OF YOUR BRAIN, AND IT STARTS TO SPREAD EVEN AFTER YOU HAVE STOPPED PLAYING THE GAME. YOU GET IT IN YOUR TEENS OR 20S WHILE YOU ARE PLAYING, AND THEN YOU JUST WAIT TO SEE HOW FAST IT SPREADS. HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU? THIS IS THIS WHAT YOU HAVE PLAYED BEFORE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW AND LOVE HAVE PLAYED FOR A LONG TIME. DOES THAT MAKE YOU CONCERNED? THOSE IMAGES THAT WE JUST SAW OF WALLY'S BRAIN, THAT IS FRIGHTENING. THAT LOOKED LIKE A KID HAS DRAWN IT. THAT IS FRIGHTENING. THE SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND THIS. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE SCIENTISTS SAY WE SHOULD DO NOW. I KNOW IN RUGBY LEAGUE, THERE ARE PROTOCOLS GOING ON ALL OF THE TIME. THEY ARE OFF THE FIELD FOR 11 MINUTES STRAIGHT AWAY IF THEY ARE PICKED UP WITH IT. BUT WHAT MORE CAN WE BE DOING? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. IT IS A QUESTION A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE ASKING THEMSELVES. ALSO PARENTS WHOSE KIDS ARE STARTING TO PLAY THE SPORT AND THEY ARE DOING THOSE TACKLES AND BANGS ON THE FIELD. WHAT CAN WE DO TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN STILL PLAY THE GAME THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE SO WELL BUT PLAY IT IN A WAY THAT IS SAFE FOR PEOPLE THAT WE WILL NOT CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS IN 50 OR 60 YEARS? CHANGES CAN BE MADE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THOSE CONCUSSION PROTOCOLS THAT WE REFERENCED WILL NOT PREVENT CTE. IT IS REPETITIVE HAT THAT WE DO NOT FEEL. PART OF THE PROBLEM OF NOT FEELING IT IS THAT RUGBY IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THEIR GAME IS CAUSING THIS, WHETHER IT IS WELL RUGBY, NEW ZEALAND RUGBY, THEY ARE STILL CLAIMING THEY NEED MORE SCIENCE TO MAKE THESE CHANGES THAT WE NEED. I THINK THAT IS A SHAME. THIS IS LIKE SMOKING AND LUNG CANCER. THE MORE CIGARETTES OR MORE HITS YOU TAKE, THE GREATER YOUR RISK. HOW DO YOU REDUCE THAT? YOU START LATER. I DO NOT THINK IT SHOULD BE PLAYING SPORTS AND GET EXPOSED TO THIS. MAYBE FLAG IT AND HAVE THEM STARTED A LATER AGE, MAYBE 14. AND THEN WE NEED TO REDUCE ALL OF THE HITS THAT WE CAN. AND THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SOME HARD CHOICES ABOUT HOW MANY HITS DOES IT TAKE ON THOSE GAMES? MOST OF THE PEOPLE PLAYING THESE GAMES ARE NOT GETTING PAID FOR IT. IT IS A HUGE COST TO LOSE YOUR BRAIN HELP FOR A SPORT. WE HAVE LET THAT IS FAR MORE WISELY THAN WE THOUGHT. ARE THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN PUT INTO PLACE? THE OBVIOUS THING TO ME FOR RUGBY LEAGUE AND RUGBY UNION, WE CAN DEEP OUR IT. YOU SEE THESE ATHLETES PLAYING BOTH OF THESE GAMES, THEY ARE EXPLOSIVE AND GETTING BIGGER AND FASTER THAN EVER. IF WE CAN DEPOWER, AND WE CAN DO THAT IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, AND NO ONE DISAGREES WHAT A TERRIBLE THING THIS IS, BUT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHICH STEPS WE TAKE. IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT THAN BEING A SCIENTIST LOOKING AT THE EFFECTS OF THINGS, AND THEN COMING UP WITH A SOLUTION AS WELL. IT HAS GOT TO BE BALANCED OUT. I AM NOT BEING DISRESPECTFUL TO THE SCIENCE, BUT ARE WE GOING TO SAY TO THE KIDS WE CANNOT PLAY ANYMORE? THAT IS A BIG THING. A LOT OF KIDS WILL BE SAYING, BUT THIS IS WHAT BRINGS ME JOY, I LOVE PLAYING RUGBY ON THE FIELD. CAN WE FIND THAT BALANCING ACT? WE HAVE TO, AND WE HAVE TO DO IT QUICKLY. I BECAME A NEUROSCIENTIST BECAUSE TOO MANY CONCUSSIONS ENDED MY CAREER. I PLAYED AMERICAN FOOTBALL AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY. WE HAVE JUST LOST MY COLLEGE ROOMMATE WITH CTE AT 44. THE LEVEL OF URGENCY FROM MY SIDE AS WE NEED TO DO THIS QUICKLY. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE UNITED STATES IS THAT FOOTBALL HAS CHANGED, BUT IT IS MORE POPULAR THAN EVER FOR THE ADULTS. THE MONEY IS STILL BEING MADE MORE THAN EVER. WE ARE BEING SMARTER THAN EVER WITH HOW THE KIDS ARE GETTING TACKLED, PARTICIPATION AND THAT IS DOWN. FOR AMERICAN FOOTBALL WE ARE SUPPORTING BILLS THAT WOULD MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO PLAY THAT KIND OF FOOTBALL BEFORE AGE 12, BECAUSE IT IS JUST NOT FAIR TO BE POUNDING HITS ON THE HEAD WHILE THEIR BRAIN ARE STILL DEVELOPING. RUGBY IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, BUT THOSE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE NEED TO HAVE. WE NEED TO SAY IS THIS VIRTUA CHILD, AND WHAT SORT OF LEVEL OF DANGER SHOULD THEY BE EXPOSED TO? THE GOOD PARTS OF RUGBY HAPPEN PROBABLY WHEN YOU ARE A BIT OLDER. WHEN YOU ARE SIX, EIGHT, 10, NOTHING REALLY MATTERS. WE ARE GETTING THE CHILDREN ACTIVE IN LEARNING ABOUT THE GAME. YOU DO NOT NEED THE HITS. YOUNG KIDS PLAYING RUGBY AND RUGBY LEAGUE 12 AND UNDER ARE NOT GETTING SMASHED IN THE HEAD ALL OF THE TIME. IT IS A DIFFERENT GAME TO OUR CONVERTIBLE. WE HAVE GOT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. WE REALLY APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOUR INSIGHTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US IN HAVING THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION, BECAUSE AS YOU SAY, CHRIS, WE HAVE GOT TO LOOK AT IT BEFORE IT BECOMES A BIGGER PROBLEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOTH OF YOU. THANKS, MATTY. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU MISSED SUNDAY'S SPECIAL LAST NIGHT ON CTE, YOU CAN CATCH UP BY WATCHING IT ON TVNZ+ OR OUR WEBSITE ` ONENEWS.CO.NZ IT IS A TOUGH ONE. ONE OF MY SEVEN-YEAR-OLD WANTS TO PLAY LEAGUE NEXT YEAR, AND I AM REALLY UNCERTAIN ABOUT IT. YOU ARE RIGHT WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PARENTS TRY TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS FOR THE KIDS. ME U TONU MAI. STAY WITH US. IT'S ALL BLACKS SQUAD-NAMING DAY. SO WHO IS IN AND WHO IS OUT? WE'LL HAVE ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW AFTER THE BREAK. VOICEOVER: Imagine if you could start thriving. AIA Vitality is a science-backed health and wellbeing program that gives you the guidance, tools and rewards you need to thrive. So get AIA Vitality and start thriving. AFTER ANOTHER WIN THE ALL BLACKS NOW TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO THE RUGBY WORLD CUP IN PARIS LATER THIS YEAR. FOR MORE ON THE SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT WE ARE JOINED BY SPORTS REPORTERR ZION DAYAL. WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT, ZION? HOW ARE YOU GOING? GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK ON THE CUT WITH US. TALK TO ME ABOUT THE SQUAD. A BIG DAY. EVERYONE HAS THEIR OPINION ON WHO SHOULD BE BOARDING THAT PLANE TO PARIS. THAT WILL BE ANSWERED AT 5 O'CLOCK. IT HAS BEEN FOUR OR FIVE STRONG PERFORMANCES FROM THE ALL BLACKS. I DO NOT THINK THERE WILL BE TOO MANY BOLTERS OUTSIDE OF THE SQUAD. THERE ARE 36 GUYS THAT NEED TO BE WHITTLED DOWN TO 33. WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE PLAYED WELL, BARRING THE WEEKEND'S PERFORMANCE, BUT THAT WAS A PERFORMANCE FOR THEM TO BLOOD NEW PLAYERS AND GIVE GUYS AGO WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY. I THINK A STRONG SQUAD. THEY CAN PLAY RUGBY, GOOD RUGBY. THERE WERE SOME THINGS AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, WHEN THEY LOST TO IRELAND, BUT A YEAR ON, THEY LOOK GOOD. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHO GETS ON THAT PLANE. AS YOU WERE SAYING AT THE END OF LAST YOU, WE WERE ALL GOING, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS, AND IAN FOSTER COPPED QUITE A BIT OF FLAK. WHAT DO WE RECKON ABOUT WHERE HE NOW HAS HIS TEAM AS OPPOSED TO WHERE HE HAD THEM LAST YEAR? HE HAS DONE THE JOB FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR. HE HAS RETAINED THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE BLEDISLOE CUP AS WELL. I THINK HE SEEMS IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION. AROUND THE SET PIECE AREA WERE JASON RYAN, THAT HAS IMPROVED A LOT. THIS TEAM IS IN A GOOD PLACE. IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE WON ON THE WEEKEND TO CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM. IT WAS IMPORTANT. I THINK THAT PERFORMANCE SHOWED EXPERIENCE. THE LIKES OF SAM WHITELOCK AND ARDIE SAVEA, ESPECIALLY IN THE SECOND HALF WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE ORBITS BACK ON TRACK AND WINNING. I KNOW WE ARE STILL ON THE ORBITS PICTURES, BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT NETBALL? THE SILVER FERNS ARE SLUMPED TO THEIR WORST EVER RESULT AT A NETBALL WORLD CUP. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF IT? THEY WERE NOT OUT OF THEIR DEPTH. YOU LOOK AT THE SEMI-FINAL, AND IT CAME DOWN TO THE FOURTH-QUARTER. ONE MOMENT, ONE INTERCEPTION. YOU SAW THE EMOTION AND HOW THEY WANTED TO KEEP THEIR STATUS AS WORLD CHAMPIONS. IT WAS TOUGH TO SEE AFTER THE GAME, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, CAME DOWN TO THAT ONE INTERCEPTION, AND THE FERNS, I KNOW THAT NOELINE TAURUA DOES NOT LIKE TO SAY, BUT THEY CRACKED UNDER PRESSURE IN THE END. I THINK SO TO JAMAICA AS WELL. THEY WERE MY FAVOURITES TO WIN THE TOURNAMENT. THEY LOST THEIR MOMENT. THEY TURNED OVER THE BALL AGAINST THE AUSTRALIANS, AND YOU CANNOT DO THAT. I CERTAINLY EXPECTED IT TO BE IN AUSTRALIA, JAMAICA FINAL AT THE VERY LEAST. WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. WE SHOULD REALLY END ON THE WARRIORS. IT WOULD BE RUDE NOT TO. THEY ARE PLAYING IN HAMILTON, BUT THIS IS NOT THEIR HOME GAME. IT IS QUITE NICE, BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT THE SACRIFICES THAT THE WARRIORS HAVE MADE, AND ONLY ONE TEAM HAD BROUGHT AGAIN HERE. LOOK AT THE RUN OF FORM THEY HAVE AT THE MOMENT. THEY DID NOT PRODUCE THE BEST PERFORMANCE ON THE WEEKEND, BUT UNLIKE THE PAST TEAMS AND PAST SEASONS, THEY FOUND A WAY TO WIN, AND THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND PLEASING BANK. THEY GO DOWN TO HAMILTON AGAINST THE WEST TIGERS, SO HOPEFULLY... SOMETIMES THEY CAN COME BACK IN. NICE, ZION. GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK TO THE BREAKFASTING. IT IS LOVELY OF YOU. HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT US. THE ALARM WAS A BIT EARLIER THIS MORNING. THE MAKE UP LADIES DID A BIT OF A GOOD JOB. TOO MANY LATE NIGHTS ON PONSONBY ROAD, ZION. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA, AFTER THE BREAK ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, IT MAY BE MIDWINTER CHRISTMAS PARTY SEASON BUT THERE IS ONE MAJOR SHORTAGE THAT COULD HAVE YOU WORRIED AHEAD OF DECEMBER. TESSA PARKER, WHAT'S GOING ON? THAT IS RIGHT. THE COUNTRY NEEDS YOU. THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF SANTAS AT THE MOMENT. WE WILL LEARN WHAT IT TAKES TO DON THE RED SUIT AFTER THE BREAK. # SEE THE JOY AND THE CHILDREN'S EYES. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT'S JUST GONE 830. TRANSPORT MINISTER DAVID PARKER MAINTAINS THE GOVERNMENT CAN DELIVER ON ITS PROMISE OF AN ADDITIONAL WAITEMATA HARBOUR CROSSING IN AUCKLAND DESPITE FAILING TO ACHIEVE ITS 2017 LIGHT RAIL POLICY. THE $40b PROJECT WILL INITIALLY SEE TWO NEW ROAD TUNNELS BUILT WITH CONSTRUCTION DUE TO START 2029. ONCE THOSE ARE FINISHED, TWO FURTHER TUNNELS WILL CONNECT WYNYARD QUARTER AND ALBANY VIA LIGHT RAIL AND ONE EXISTING LANE ON THE HARBOUR BRIDGE WILL BE RE-ALLOCATED TO CYCLING. PARKER SAYS A RANGE OF OPTIONS ARE BEING CONSIDERED WHEN IT COMES TO PAYING FOR THE PROJECT. WE'RE SAYING MORE OPTIONS NEED TO BE LEFT ON THE TABLE, INCLUDING TOLLS. AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE WAS OF COURSE MAINLY PAID FOR BY TOLLS, OR LARGELY PAID FOR BY TOLLS. TOLLING IN RESPECT OF THE SPURS GOING DOWN UNDER TAKAPUNA, AND` SORRY UNDER DEVONPORT, AND COMING UP AROUND TAKAPUNA. THINGS LIKE VALUE UPLIFT TOOLS WILL HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED. IT'S INTERESTING. THERE IS EMERGING CONSENSUS AROUND PARLIAMENT. ALL THOSE SORTS OF TOLLS NEED TO BE PAID. BIKE AUCKLAND SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE OPTIONS FOR WALKERS AND CYCLISTS NOW, RATHER THAN DECADES IN THE FUTURE. A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED FOLLOWING A FATAL SHOOTING IN PALMERSTON NORTH. POLICE WERE CALLED TO A PROPERTY ON CROYDON AVE JUST AFTER 2.30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER REPORTS A GUN HAD BEEN FIRED. A MAN WAS LATER CONFIRMED TO HAVE DIED AT THE HIGHBURY ADDRESS. POLICE ARE NOW ON THE HUNT FOR THE GUNMAN. A RESCUE OPERATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER A TRAIN DERAILED IN SOUTHERN PAKISTAN, LEAVING AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE DEAD AND 100 INJURED. AROUND 10 CARRIAGES WENT OFF THE TRACKS IN THE PROVINCE OF SINDH, SOME OVERTURNING AND TRAPPING PASSENGERS. THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT IS NOT YET KNOWN, THOUGH ACCIDENTS ARE COMMON IN PAKISTAN DUE TO THE COUNTRY'S POORLY-MAINTAINED RAIL SYSTEM. ROAD BRIDGES LINKING CRIMEA AND RUSSIAN-OCCUPIED UKRAINE TERRITORY HAVE COME UNDER ATTACK AS UKRAINE PUSHES FORWARD WITH ITS COUNTEROFFENSIVE. RUSSIA SAYS THE MISSILES THAT HIT THE TWO BRIDGES IN CRIMEA WERE ALL LONG RANGE MISSILES SUPPLIED TO UKRAINE BY THE UK. IT COMES AFTER A BLOOD TRANSFUSION CENTRE IN THE COUNTRY'S NORTH EAST WAS HIT BY A RUSSIAN BOMB, LEAVING TWO PEOPLE DEAD. A CROWD OF 1.5 MILLION PILGRIMS HAS TURNED OUT TO SEE THE POPE IN THE PORTUGESE CAPITAL OF LISBON. THE OPEN-AIR MASS WAS PART OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S 'WORLD YOUTH DAY'. MANY OF THE WORSHIPPERS HAD CAMPED OUT OVERNIGHT TO BAG THEIR SPOT FOR THE EVENT. POPE FRANCIS TOLD THE CROWD TO FOLLOW THEIR DREAMS AND WORK FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE. A LEADING NEUROSCIENTIST SAYS THE SPORTING INDUSTRY NEEDS TO ACT WITH URGENCY OVER CTE. THE BRAIN DISEASE IS SEEN ON ATHLETES INVOLVED IN CONTACT SPORTS, THE RESULT OF REPEATED HEAD TRAUMA, AND CAN LEAD TO EARLY ONSET DEMENTIA AND, IN SOME CASES, SUICIDE. BOSTON UNIVERSITY HAS DIAGNOSED CTE IN THE BRAINS OF 91% OF FORMER NFL PLAYERS IT HAS STUDIED. WE HAVE NOW LOOKED AT 400 NFL PLAYERS, AND 93% OF THEM HAVE HAD THIS DISEASE. SO IT IS NOT A RARE DISEASE WHEN YOU PLAY A LOT OF SPORTS LIKE FOOTBALL AND RUGBY. THEN FIRST NEW ZEALAND RUGBY PLAYER, JUSTIN JENNINGS, WHO HAD A FALL EARLIER THIS YEAR. I HOPE PEOPLE DON'T WAIT FOR ANOTHER 50 CASES BEFORE WE ACT. DR NOWINSKI RECOMMENDS EVERY SPORT ADOPTS CTE PROTOCOL, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF HITS PLAYERS TAKE TO THE HEAD. TO SPORT, AND SILVER FERNS COACH DAME NOELINE TAURUA SAYS SHE'S 'HAPPY' WITH THE SILVER FERNS' EFFORT AT THE NETBALL WORLD CUP. THAT'S DESPITE THE FERNS RECORDING THEIR WORST EVER FINISH AT THE TOURNAMENT, BEATEN 52-45 BY JAMIACA IN THE PLAYOFF FOR THIRD. ANOTHER FOURTH-QUARTER SLUMP NOT PHASING TAURUA IN THE POST-MATCH INTERVIEWS. WE ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LEDGER SO TO SPEAK, BUT ALSO I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUDER. THIS IS HOW CRAZY IT IS. WE DID OUR BEST, AND I THINK EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO WENT OUT THERE TRIED THEIR HARDEST, AND THIS IS WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE, PROBABLY CERTAIN THINGS HAPPENED, WHICH HAS BEEN A REGULAR OF OURS. BUT IN REGARDS TO THE INTENT AND WHAT PEOPLE PUT OUT THERE, I COULDN'T BE MORE HAPPIER. AUSTRALIA HAVE BEATEN ENGLAND 61-45 IN THE FINAL TO BE CROWNED WORLD CHAMPIONS. DEFENDING CHAMPIONS THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP, LOSING TO SWEDEN ON PENALTIES. RETIRING SUPERSTAR MEGAN RAPINOE BLAZING HER SHOT HIGH, BEFORE SWEDEN CLAIMED THE WIN AND A PLACE IN THE LAST EIGHT. ... WOMEN'S WORLD CUP CAMPAIGNS AGAINST` AND SHE'S PUT IT OVER THE TOP! I DON'T BELIEVE IT. AND... THERE! HAS IT GONE OVER THE LINE? HIGH DRAMA. AND THE LINESMAN SAYS 'NO'. ALISA NAEHER MADE THE SAVE. BUT THEY'RE GONNA CHECK THAT. AND IT ALL HANGS IN THE AIR AND ON THE VERDICT OF STEPHANIE FRAPPART. IT'S CONFIRMED! WE HAD TO WAIT WHAT SEEMED LIKE AN ETERNITY. IT'S THE WORST RESULT FOR THE U.S. IN THE HISTORY OF THE TOURNAMENT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO A CLOUDY DAY, WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR ALL OF YOU UP HERE. FURTHER SOUTH ` A CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU HERE, AND A MORNING SHOWER FOR YOU IN HAMILTON. YOUR HIGH WILL REACH 14 TODAY. TO THE EAST COAST ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO A FINE MORNING WITH FROSTS HERE. HIGH CLOUD DEVELOPING FOR SOME OF YOU. 13 THE HIGH IN DANNEVIRKE. AND 16 WITH SUNSHINE IN NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` CLOUD WITH A FEW SHOWERS FOR YOU THIS MORNING. RAIN DEVELOPING FURTHER FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 15 THE HIGH FOR NEW PLYMOUTH. AND 14 FOR PALMERSTON NORTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A WET MORNING FOR YOU ALL HERE, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR NELSON THROUGH TO KAIKOURA. SHOWERS CONTINUING ON THE WEST COAST. HEADING SOUTH ` HIGH CLOUD FOR YOU THIS MORNING, WITH SHOWERS INCREASING FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 13 FOR CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` HIGH CLOUD AND SHOWERS FOR HERE, INCREASING FROM MID-MORNING. THERE'S A ROAD SNOWFALL WARNING FOR THE HIGHER PASSES, CROWN RANGE RD AND MILFORD RD. DRIVE SAFE. THE DAY CLEARING TO SUN FOR THE AFTERNOON IN THE MILFORD SOUND, WITH 9 THE HIGH FOR YOU TODAY. THANKS, CHRIS. IT IS 8:37. THE LASTING EFFECTS OF COVID-19 HAVE TRIGGERED A RECRUITMENT DRIVE TO GET 'SANTA'S HELPERS' EMPLOYMENT RATES BACK TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. BUT WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO DON THE RED SUIT? BUT WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO DON THE RED SUIT? REPORTER TESSA PARKER IS LEARNING RIGHT NOW. MORNING, MATTIE. AND MORNING TO MAKE GREAT EDUCATOR IN BECOMING A CENTRES HELPER. YOU HAVE BEEN HELPING OUT OUR OLD MATE CENTRE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. SANTA, I HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG TIME AND HE CONTACTED ME TO SAY HE WAS SNOWED UNDER. NOTHING TO DO WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, HE WAS SNOWED UNDER WITH WORK. SO I HAVE BEEN HELPING FOR 10 YEARS. IT SEEMS LIKE AN INCREDIBLE JOB. AND OF COURSE REQUIRES THIS INCREDIBLE OUTFIT. WHAT ARE THE KEY THING IS A GOOD HELPER NEEDS? REALLY, YOU HAVE TWO FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE TO HAVE A POLICE CHECK, BUT AFTER THAT, ONCE YOU ARE EMPLOYED BEFORE WE GO ON, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MUST DO IS PUT ON A LOT OF DEODORANT. IT CAN BE VERY HOT IN THE SUIT. JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SUIT IS NICE AND CLEAN. BRUSHED DOWN. AND YEAH, JUST BE PRESENTABLE. WE WERE TALKING BEFORE, IT IS JUST NOT ABOUT LOOKING THE PART, IT IS ABOUT THE FEELING, GETTING INTO THE EMOTION. SO LET'S TAKE A SEAT, BECAUSE YOU DO SIT A LOT IN THIS ROLE. WHAT ARE YOUR TOP TIPS FOR GETTING INTO THE VIBE? I HAVE ALREADY KIND OF APPROACHED A STATUESQUE MODE. JUST BE NATURAL. BE YOURSELF. CHRISTMAS IS ABOUT JOY AND HAPPINESS. SO JUST BE JOYFUL AND HELP TO SPREAD THAT JOY. AND IF YOU DO, HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE LIKE ME AND YOU WILL GET THE BEST JOB SATISFACTION YOU HAVE EVER HAD IN YOUR LIFE. THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT NOTE BECAUSE WE HEARD BEFORE THAT WE NEED SOME MORE PEOPLE TO HELP OUT AND WE ARE APPEALING SPECIFICALLY TO OLDER NEW ZEALANDERS. IS THAT WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT THE JOB THE JOY? I GIVE TO THE CHILDREN BUT THEY GIVE BACK TO ME TOO. SO IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE JOB FOR ME. OF COURSE YOU LOOK INCREDIBLE. ONE THING I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW IT'S OBVIOUSLY I HAVE GONE FOR A BIT OF THE FAUX LOOK, WHEREAS ERIC HERE IS GOING AU NATURAL. I GROW MY BEARD FROM JUNE EVERY YEAR, I DON'T TRIM IT. IT DOES LOOK THE PART AND I HAVE HAVE PEOPLE TELL ME THEY HAVE COME BACK EVERY YEAR FOR 10 YEARS TO HAVE A PHOTO BECAUSE THEY LIKE THE LOOK OF THE BED. ERIC, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TELLING US ABOUT YOUR LIFE HELPING OUT SANTA. WE APPRECIATE IT. I AM GOING TO GET TRAINED UP. HO HO HO. HO HO HO. NEEDS SOME WORK, TESS. WHAT I QUALIFY? HE'S BEEN GOING SINCE JUNE SO THAT IS TWO MONTHS OF GROWTH, IMPRESSIVE. CHINESE GENES ARE NOT GREAT FOR THE GROWTH. IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS, GET IN TOUCH BECAUSE THEY ARE DESPERATE. E WHAI AKE NEI, COMING UP ` KAIKOHE HAS BECOME HOME TO FIVE NEW PROJECTS THAT CELEBRATE MAORI DESIGNS. THE CURATORIAL ROPU JOIN US NEXT. CURATORIAL? WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. SOMETHING SPECIAL IS SHOWING AT ART GALLERY OBJECTSPACE AT THE MOMENT. POHEWA POHEWA, AN ART EXHIBITION SHOWING EVERYTHING FROM T-SHIRTS TO HARAKEKE TO PAVING STONES, IS ON, FEATURING FIVE PROJECTS THAT CELEBRATE MORI DESIGN. THE DISPLAYS REVEL IN HOW SIMPLE MATERIALS CAN BE CREATED INTO SOMETHING REVOLUTIONARY. HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE EXHIBITION ARE GRAHAM TIPENE AND ZOE BLACK. MORENA. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. ZOE, TELL US ABOUT THIS PROJECT. IT IS AN EXHIBITION THAT CELEBRATES MAORI DESIGN. AND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH THE SHOW IS TALK ABOUT ITS EXPANSIVENESS. BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT MAORI DESIGN IS, THERE MIGHT BE SOME KOWHAIWHAI THAT COME TO MIND OR SOMETHING TYPICAL THAT COMES ABOUT WITH OUR VISUAL LANGUAGE. SO WE WANTED TO EXPAND ON THAT VISION AND HOW HAPU-CENTRIC OUR DESIGN AS. AND ALSO THE LAND IN THE REGION THAT TELLS A STORY IN PARTICULAR WAYS. I WONDER IF YOU CAN EXPAND ON WHAT HAPU-CENTRIC MEANS. SO WE WANTED TO THINK ABOUT DESIGN AS IT EXISTS IN KAIKOHE WHICH IS REALLY DIFFERENT TO DESIGN AS IT EXISTS IN CHRISTCHURCH. WE WANTED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS UNIQUE TO US AND OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD AND THAT IS REALLY DIFFERENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I WONDER IF YOU CAN TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING ON SCREEN NOW. WE ARE SEEING THESE INCREDIBLE BANNERS BY DESIGN STUDIO CALLED ARCO. THEY WANTED TO BRING TE REO TO THE STREETS. AND THE FOCUS ON THAT WAS DRIVEN BY CHILDREN IN THE AREA WHO WANTED TO SEE MORE TE REO ON THE STREETS. THEY SPENT SEVEN YEARS DEVELOPING SEVEN DIFFERENT NEURAL IS MURALS BASED ON DIFFERENT WHAKATAUKI THAT THE CHILDREN HAD. THEY TRANSLATED THE MURALS INTO THESE BANNERS AND THEY ARE PART OF THE OBJECT SPACE. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR EACH PLACE TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEIR STORY IN THEIR OWN UNIQUE WAY? IT IS IMPORTANT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT THIS DESIGN THINKING IS THEREFORE OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THESE DESIGNS ARE CONNECTED TO MYSELF, MY PEOPLE. NORMALISING THE DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT GOES INTO SOMETHING SMALL, SOMETHING BIG. JUST MAKING SURE THAT US AS DESIGNERS AND CREATORS DON'T FORGET THE DEEPER STUFF AND NORMALISING IT FOR OUR CHILDREN AND AT A YOUNG AGE. IT IS NORMAL FOR THEM, THERE IS LESS STRUGGLE TO BRING UP THE DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE. THAT IS THE DREAM, THAT THERE IS LESS STRUGGLE FOR THEM. AND HAS COME FROM THE FACT THAT IT IS SO IT IS OUT THERE. NOT JUST FOR OUR KIDS BUT FOR EVERYONE. GROWING UP 40 YEARS AGO THERE WAS MINIMAL MAORI DESIGN, ESPECIALLY IN AUCKLAND. THAT IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE PARTS AND THE OBJECTS THAT WE ARE CREATING ARE ACCESSIBLE. AND WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING AND SEEING, AND BEING INSPIRED TO GO HOME AND THINK ABOUT TAKING ON DESIGN AND CREATIVITY WITH A MAORI LENSE. WINNERS EVERYTHING OPEN? HOW LONG DOES IT GO FOR? WE ARE OPEN TUESDAY TO SUNDAY. WE ARE OPEN UNTIL 3 SEPTEMBER FOR THIS KAUPAPA SO PLENTY OF EXHIBITION TIME TO COME AND SEE THE SHOW BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS COMING UP THAT REALLY CELEBRATE THE MAORI EXCELLENCE ON DISPLAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. E HAERE AKE NEI ` ANOTHER PIG HAS BEEN CAUGHT IN AUCKLAND AFTER BEING ON THE RUN FOR NINE DAYS. SO HOW DID IT MANAGE TO ESCAPE? FIND OUT NEXT. # SORRY WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THE PORKY PROBLEM OF AUCKLAND'S STATE HIGHWAY 16 IS NOW OVER. FOR OVER A WEEK, A PESKY PIG HAS BEEN CAUSING HAVOC ON THE ROADS, BUT NOW THIS LITTLE PIGGY HAS BEEN CAUGHT. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THE CITY'S HAD TO DEAL WITH A RUNAWAY SWINE, WITH AUCKLAND COUNCIL HAVING TO IMPOUND SEVEN PIGS IN THE PAST MONTH. SEVEN?! TO EXPLAIN, WE'RE JOINED BY AUCKLAND COUNCIL ANIMAL MANAGEMENT'S AARON NEARY ALONGSIDE HIS NEW FRIEND. PLEASE TELL ME HIS NAME IS KEVIN BACON. HE DOES NOT HAVE A NAME JUST YET. HE HAS BEEN HERE A FEW DAYS. WE ARE STILL PICKING A GOOD NAME FOR HIM. KEVIN BACON IS GOOD. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? HOWL OF THESE PIGS GETTING ONTO THE ROAD AND CAUSING HAVOC? NO IDEA AT THIS STAGE. THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A BIT OF A SPIKE THESE LAST FEW WEEKS. IT MIGHT JUST BE COINCIDENCE. WITH PORKY, OR KEVIN AS YOU WANT TO CALL THEM, WE'RE NOT SURE. HE IS NOT FERAL. HE IS AN ESCAPED PETS OR A DUMPED ANIMAL OR FALLEN OFF THE BACK OF A TRUCK OR TRAILER. NOT SURE ABOUT ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS. THERE WAS A SPATE OF SEALS IN WELLINGTON FOR A TIME, BUT THIS IS AUCKLAND'S BIG ISSUE NOW. WHAT IS IT ABOUT PIGS THAT IS CAUSING THEM TO GO A LITTLE BIT NUTS? (LAUGHS) I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GOING NUTS. I THINK HE IS JUST TRYING TO FIND A HOME. THE SIDE OF A MOTORWAY IS NOT THE BEST PLACE FOR A PIG. AGAIN, WE HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A SPATE LATELY. NOT REALLY SURE OF THE REASON. HE DEFINITELY LIKES THE BANANA. I THINK HE IS JUST HAVING A NAP RIGHT NOW. IF PEOPLE SEE A PEG ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, IT IS A HAZARD BECAUSE YOU DO NOT WANT TO FLATTEN IT. GOOD POINT. WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE DO A PC ONE ON THE START OF THE ROAD AND WANT TO ALERT THE AUTHORITIES? DO NOT STOP AND GET OUT AND HAVE A LOOK. IF YOU DO SEE A PIG ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, ONCE IT IS SAFE TO DO SO CALL THE POLICE INITIALLY. WE WILL COME OUT AND ATTEND AS SOON AS WE CAN. IF IT IS A MOTORWAY, THE POLICE WILL ATTEND STRAIGHTAWAY AND CALL US FOR ASSISTANCE WHEN NEEDED. KEVIN IS OBVIOUSLY NOT A FERAL PIG. BUT IF YOU DO SEE ONE, THEY QUITE DANGEROUS? THEY CAN BE. THEY ARE CERTAINLY MORE DANGEROUS THAN THESE TAMER AND FRIENDLIER PIGS. BUT I FERAL PIG WILL MOST LIKELY JUST RUN AWAY IF ANYONE TRIES TO APPROACH IT. YOU CERTAINLY WOULD NOT GET THIS CLOSE TO A FERAL PIG. I GUESS THE BOARDS WITH THE TASKS ARE THE ONES YOU WANT TO LOOK OUT FOR. YOU ARE NOT LIKELY TO GET VERY CLOSE TO THEM. WE DOESN'T RANK IN TERMS OF AWARENESS OF THE CALLOUTS THAT YOU GET FOR ANIMALS ON THE LOOSE IN AUCKLAND? IT IS UP THERE. THE GOOD THING ABOUT ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AS WE DO GET QUITE A FEW STRANGE JOBS COME THROUGH. A PEG ON THE MOTORWAY IS A FAIRLY NEW ONE. WE HAVE PICKED UP AN EMU IN THE PAST. A PIG ON THE MOTORWAY IS AN INTERESTING ONE. HOW DID YOU END UP CATCHING HIM? WE SET A TRAP AFTER THE FIRST COMPLAINT, AND WE TRIED SOME DIFFERENT BAIT. WE HAD NO SUCCESS WITH THAT. WE MOVED THE TRACK TO CLOSER WHERE HE WAS. AND THEN WE GOOGLED WHAT A PIGS FAVOURITE FOOD MIGHT BE. IT CAME UP AS CORN, BUT THAT IS OUT OF SEASON, SO THE NEXT BEST THING WAS BANANAS, AND HE LOVES THE BANANAS. WE SET THE TRAP WITH SOME BANANAS, AND HE WANDERED IN AND HAD A MUNCH AND WE CAUGHT HIM. HE IS LOOKING VERY COMFORTABLE THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. 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