(LAUGHTER) GOOD MORNING. IT'S TUESDAY THE 22nd OF AUGUST. OH MY GOD. IT IS THAT LATE ALREADY. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START COUNTING DOWN TO CHRISTMAS. DO NOT PANIC YET. NOW YOU'VE DONE IT. MOVING ON. TREE UP. TREE UP! LABOUR IS STARING DOWN THE BARREL OF ELECTION DEFEAT, DROPPING TO 29% ON OUR LATEST 1 NEWS-VERIAN POLL ` THE PARTY'S WORST RESULT IN SIX YEARS. NATIONAL AND ACT ARE COMFORTABLY IN THE DRIVING SEAT AND ABLE TO FORM THE NEXT GOVERNMENT ON THE NUMBERS. WE'LL HAVE ALL THE ANALYSIS THROUGH THE MORNING. IF ELECTED, LABOUR IS PROMISING TO GET TOUGH ON VAPING. STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL BE CAPPED TO NO MORE THAN 600 AND ALL RETAILERS INCLUDING DAIRIES WILL NEED A LICENSE TO SELL VAPING PRODUCTS. WE'LL HAVE MORE THAT SHORTLY. MAKING HEADLINES THIS MORNING ` BRITISH NURSE LUCY LETBY WILL NEVER BE RELEASED FROM PRISON. SHE WAS SENTENCED OVERNIGHT FOR THE MURDERS OF SEVEN BABIES AND THE ATTEMPTED MURDERS OF SIX OTHERS. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE TRAGIC CASE IN THE NEWS. AND IN SOME UNEXPECTED NEWS ` SIR STEVE HANSEN HAS SAID GIDDAY TO THE WALLABIES, JOINING THE TEAM IN AN ADVISORY ROLE LEADING UP TO THE WORLD CUP. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS JUST BEFORE 7 O'CLOCK. WHAT? I DO NOT HAVE TOO MUCH OF AN ISSUE WITH IT. COME ON. HE DOES WEAR SOME WEIRD HATS. WHAT WILL HE WEAR? WE KNIGHTED HIM IN THIS COUNTRY. IN THE LEAD UP TO THE WORLD CUP, AND I IMAGINE THAT HE WOULD BE GOING, MATE, I AM NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ALL BLACKS. LET'S KEEP IT TO THE COACHING STAFF AND WHERE I CAN HELP YOU. I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS JUST MY ASSUMPTION. I DO NOT HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT. IN THIS DAY AND AGE WERE PROFESSIONAL COACHING... WE ARE NOT FRIENDS WITH AUSTRALIA, JENNY-MAY. HE IS FRIENDS WITH EDDIE JONES, THOUGH. ONE OF HIS COACHES QUIT JUST BEFORE THEY FLEW OUT TO THE WORLD CUP. WHAT DO YOU RECKON? EMAIL US. NOW CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. DESPITE A WAVE OF NEW POLICIES, INCLUDING REMOVING GST FROM FRUIT AND VEGETABLES AND MORE PARENTAL LEAVE, LABOUR HAS FALLEN TO ITS LOWEST POLL RESULT IN SIX YEARS IN THE LATEST 1 NEWS-VERIAN POLL. THE POLL PUTS NATIONAL AHEAD ON 37%, AND LABOUR ON 29%. WITH THESE NUMBERS, ACT AND NATIONAL COULD COMFORTABLY FORM A COALITION. MEANWHILE, CHRIS HIPKINS AND CHRISTOPHER LUXON ARE NECK AND NECK FOR THE PREFERRED PM STAKES SEPARATED BY JUST 1%. LABOUR'S PROMISING TO CRACK DOWN FURTHER ON YOUTH VAPING IF RE-ELECTED. THE POLICY INCLUDES A CAP ON THE NUMBER OF VAPE STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, A LICENSE FOR ALL STORES TO BE ALLOWED TO SELL VAPES, HARSHER PENALTIES FOR STORES THAT SELL PRODUCTS TO YOUTH AND MAKING PRODUCTS LESS VISIBLE FROM STORE FRONTS. THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE VAPING DAILY HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED BETWEEN 2019 AND 2021, AN INCREASE PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS IS UNACCEPTABLE. POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE BEEN CALLED ON TO STOP MAKING CANCER AND CANCER TREATMENT AN ELECTION CYCLE ISSUE. IT FOLLOWS NATIONAL ANNOUNCING A NEW HEALTH POLICY THAT WOULD ROLL BACK THE GOVERNMENT'S SCRAPPING OF A $5 PRESCRIPTION FEE IN ORDER TO FUND 13 CANCER TREATMENTS. STUART JOHNSTONE, WHOSE WIFE DIED OF CANCER AND WAS DIAGNOSED HIMSELF LAST YEAR, SAYS POLITICIANS SHOULD BE PUSHING FOR BETTER HEALTH CARE ALL YEAR ROUND, NOT AS A WAY TO GET VOTES. STOP ACTUALLY, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, PLAYING WITH THIS IN AN ELECTION CYCLE. SO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, FORGET TRYING TO SCORE POLITICAL POINTS OVER ONE OR THE OTHER, JUST ACTUALLY MAKE IT LOOKING AFTER NEW ZEALANDERS, MAKE IT BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR EVERY GOVERNMENT, EVERY DAY IN THE LIFE OF EVERY NEW ZEALANDER. JOHNSTONE MOVED TO AUSTRALIA TO ACCESS BETTER HEALTH CARE. HE SAYS HE HAD RADIATION TREATMENT THAT WOULD HAVE COST $100,000 IN AOTEAROA BUT WAS FREE IN AUSTRALIA. LUCY LETBY THE UK'S MOST PROLIFIC CHILD SERIAL KILLER WILL SPEND THE REST OF HER LIFE BEHIND BARS. THE 33-YEAR-OLD NURSE WAS CONVICTED OF MURDERING SEVEN BABIES AND ATTEMPTING TO KILL SIX OTHERS. SHE REFUSED TO APPEAR IN THE DOCK FOR HER SENTENCING HEARING. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT, MEI HERON, SENT THIS REPORT. LUCY IS THE FORTH WOMAN EVER TO BE HANDED SUCH A HARSH SENTENCE OF LIFE IN PRISON WITH NO CHANCE OF PAROLE. IT COMES AT THE END OF A 10 MONTH TRIAL THAT HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY HARROWING FOR THE PARENTS OF THE BABIES THAT SHE KILLED. IT IS THE LONGEST MURDER TRIAL IN BRITAIN'S HISTORY. THE JUDGE DESCRIBING HER CRIMES AS CRAWL, CALCULATED AND CYNICAL. THIS WAS A CRAWL, CALCULATED AND CYNICAL CAMPAIGN OF CHILD MURDER, INVOLVING THE SMALLEST AND MOST VULNERABLE OF CHILDREN. EARLIER IN COURT, THE PARENTS GAVE VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT AND SPOKE ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES THEY HAD FACED SINCE LOSING THEIR BABIES. FOR THE ONES THAT HAD SURVIVED, PARENTS SPOKE ABOUT THE ONGOING HEALTH ISSUES THAT THOSE BABIES ARE FACING, SOME OF THEM CANNOT WALK OR TALK, AND ALSO ARE BLIND. BUT LUCY WAS NOT IN COURT TO HEAR ANY OF IT. SHE WAS NOT EVEN THERE TO HEAR THE SENTENCING FROM THE JUDGE. THE UK PRIME MINISTER SAYING THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND CALLED IT A COWARDLY ACT. HE IS LOOKING TO CHANGE THE LAW SO THAT OTHERS CANNOT DO THE SAME. THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT IS SET TO DECIDE TODAY WHEN IT WILL BEGIN DISCHARGING TREATED WATER FROM THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT INTO THE PACIFIC. AROUND 1.3 MILLION TONS OF WATER, ENOUGH TO FILL MORE THAN 500 OLYMPIC-SIZED SWIMMING POOLS, HAS BEEN STORED AT THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SINCE IT WAS KNOCKED OUT BY THE 2011 TSUNAMI. THE FACILITY'S OPERATOR SAYS THE WATER, WHICH WAS USED TO COOL THE PLANT'S REACTORS, HAS BEEN TREATED, DILUTED AND FILTERED TO REMOVE NEARLY ALL RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES. DESPITE THAT, AND THE UN'S ATOMIC WATCHDOG GIVING ITS APPROVAL, THERE'S BEEN OPPOSITION TO THE PLAN TO RELEASE THE WATER INTO THE OCEAN. PEOPLE WHO DRESSED AS MEMBERS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN FOR A QUIZ NIGHT IN KAIMAI HAVE APOLOGISED TO EVENT ORGANISERS. IN A STATEMENT, THE QUIZ TEAM SAID THEY'RE 'DEEPLY ASHAMED' AND THAT THEY'D SHOWN 'POOR JUDGEMENT AND A LACK OF AWARENESS 'ABOUT THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION.' THE KAIMAI SETTLERS COMMITTEE, WHO RAN THE EVENT, SAID THEY REGRET NOT ASKING THE TEAM TO LEAVE AND WILL BE REVIEWING THEIR PROCEDURES GOING FORWARD. MINOR WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE TO AN INTERISLANDER FERRY HAS FORCED IT TO CANCEL FERRY SERVICES, WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON THE FORECAST. THREE KAITAKI SAILINGS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. WITH BAD WEATHER ON THE WAY, BOTH INTERISLANDER AND BLUEBRIDGE ARE WARNING SERVICES THAT DO GO AHEAD WILL BE 'ROUGH' AND DELAYS MAY OCCUR. TO SPORT, AND ALL BLACKS FANS, BRACE YOURSELVES ` FORMER COACH SIR STEVE HANSEN IS JOINING THE WALLABIES TO HELP THEM PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING RUGBY WORLD CUP. HANSEN HAS JOINED THE TEAM IN A SHORT TERM ADVISORY ROLE AFTER ACCEPTING AN INVITATION FROM EDDIE JONES. THE ALL BLACKS FINDING OUT THE NEWS AT TRAINING THIS MORNING. YEAH? (LAUGHTER) WAIT, ACTUALLY? YEAH. WHAT, LIKE A CAMP KIND OF SETUP? HE HAS TO TURN UP TO THE GAME. YEAH. WHAT ARE YOU UP TO? THAT HURTS A LITTLE BIT, TO BE FAIR. OH, YEAH, I'M ACTUALLY GOBSMACKED. I KNOW HE'S QUITE TIGHT WITH FILI. I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD MATES. HE'S QUITE AN ICON IN THE ALL BLACKS SETUP. YEAH, MATE. OH, I'M ACTUALLY, YEAH, A BIT SPEECHLESS. BUT... BIT DISAPPOINTING, BUT, YEAH, WE CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT THAT. THE WORLD-CUP-WINNING COACH IS NOT BEING PAID BY RUGBY AUSTRALIA AND SHOULD BE WITH THE TEAM FOR A WEEK. DAN COLES IS SHOCKED. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S A MAINLY FINE START TO YOUR DAY THIS MORNING, WITH BLUE SKIES THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST. 17 THE HIGH FOR RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE A BLUE SKIES FOR YOU ALL TODAY, WITH SOME SOUTHWESTERLIES LATER IN THE DAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S A CLOUDY MORNING FOR YOU ALL TODAY, WITH SOME SHOWERS. THESE WILL CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. 14 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` IT'S A BIT OF A MIXED BAG TODAY. A FINE START FOR SOME OF YOU, WITH SOME CLOUD AND SHOWERS FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. 14 THE HIGH FOR LEVIN. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` IT'S A FINE MORNING FOR MOST, BEFORE SOME CLOUD HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON FOR THOSE ON THE WEST. 13 THE HIGH FOR GREYMOUTH. HEADING SOUTH ` IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE BLUE SKIES FOR YOU ALL TODAY. OTHER THAN A BIT OF MORNING FROST AND CLOUD FOR CHRISTCHURCH. 12 IS THE HIGH FOR ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IT'LL FROSTY START TO YOUR DAY FOR THOSE IN QUEENSTOWN AND DUNEDIN, WITH BLUE SKIES FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. 12 THE HIGH FOR GORE. THANKS, CHRIS. CANADA'S CALLED IN THE MILITARY AS IT TACKLES ITS WORST WILDFIRE SEASON ON RECORD. AT LEAST 1000 FIRES ARE BURNING ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. THESE ARE THE DOZENS DEEMED OUT OF CONTROL. AT LEAST 30,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE WESTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCE HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO EVACUATE. AND IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, EVACUATION ORDERS ARE IN PLACE FOR THE CAPITAL YELLOWKNIFE. ONE THOSE FORCED TO FLEE THE FLAMES IS CABIN RADIO NEWS EDITOR OLLIE WILLIAMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU HAVE EVACUATED YOUR HOME. YOU HAVE HAD TO GO QUITE AWARE WAY WEST. BY CANADIAN STANDARDS, THIS IS ALMOST CLOSE. WE ARE ABOUT 630 KM WEST. IT IS THE THIRD COMMUNITY ON THE LEFT. I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT KEEPING AN EYE ON THINGS. THERE'S NOT MUCH CLOSER WE CAN REASONABLY BE. WE ARE IN TODAY FIVE OF THE EVACUATION RIGHT NOW. IT MUST BE A PRETTY STRESSFUL EXPERIENCE FOR YOU HAVING TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AND HOPE THAT IT IS GOING TO BE OKAY. IT IS NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO AS A JOURNALIST AND KEEP DOING THAT FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. I WAS ACTUALLY JUST ON THE PHONE WITH MY OWN INSURANCE COMPANY BEFORE JOINING YOU HERE BECAUSE I SUDDENLY REMEMBERED I NEED TO DO THAT. IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IN MY HEAD FOR SURE. YOU WILL BE UP-TO-DATE WITH THE SITUATION IN YELLOWKNIFE. WHAT IS IT LIKE ON THE GROUND THERE? IT IS ACTUALLY REASONABLY POSITIVE. THEY GOT EVERYBODY OUT, AND IT IS AMAZING THAT WE GOT EVERYBODY UP. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 21,000 PEOPLE. IT IS NOT THAT BIG OF A PLACE, BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE ROAD SOUTH FOR HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF KILOMETRES. THERE IS ONLY ONE LANE IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE SLIGHTEST THING THAT COULD HAVE GONE WRONG COULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE ISSUE. MIRACULOUSLY, IT ALL WORKS. WE GOT EVERYBODY OUT. THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW IN YELLOWKNIFE IS THAT THE FIRE IS ABOUT 15 KM OUTSIDE THE CITY, BUT THERE HAS BEEN RAIN, ESPECIALLY LAST NIGHT INTO THIS EVENING, AND WE'RE JUST HEARING IN THE LAST HOUR OR SO FROM THE WILDFIRE AGENCY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO TRY DIRECTLY ATTACKING THE FIRE TODAY, WHICH HAS BEEN TOO EXTREME FOR THEM TO DO RECENTLY, SO THAT IS A REAL POSITIVE STEP FORWARD. IT DOES NOT WHEN WE HAVE A CLUE WHEN WE GET TO GO HOME YET, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT MAYBE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO KEEP THIS FIRE OUTSIDE THE CITY. THAT IS A HUGE RELIEF. 15 KM ` THAT IS PRETTY CLOSE. THAT IS AS CLOSE AS YOU WANT THE WILDFIRE TO BE. THEY HAVE BEEN BUILDING THESE HUGE WILDFIRE DEFENCES OUTSIDE THE CITY. PEOPLE WHO STAYED BEHIND, THE MILITARY HAVE BEEN CALLED IN AND TAKING PART, LOADING THESE MASSIVE RUGBY PITCH WIDE FIRE BREAKS TO TRY AND STOP THE FIRE GETTING ANY CLOSER OF A KID BURNING THE WAY IT WAS. THE FACT THAT IT NOW HAS RAIN ON IT, BOTH AS WELL AS IT CAN. HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN YELLOWKNIFE? ABOUT 10 YEARS. WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY IS IT? IT IS SMALL AND ISOLATED. IT HAS A LOT OF CHARACTER AS A RESULT. IT IS A MINING TOWN. THERE IS A LOT OF DIAMOND MINING THERE. YOU ALSO HAVE A LOT OF GUYS IN TOWN AND KNOW HOW TO USE HEAVY EQUIPMENT. WHEN AN EVACUATION ORDER LIKE THIS GOES ON, THEN THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT CAN PUT THEIR HAND UP AND SAY PUT ME BEHIND THE WHEEL OF SOMETHING, AND LET'S GET RID OF A BUNCH OF TREES. WE DO HAVE PEOPLE WITH THE SKILLS AND THE COMMUNITY TO TRY AND BUILD THE BIGGEST DEFENCES THAT WE CAN GET. BUT IT IS A SMALL PLACE. EVERYBODY IS VERY TIGHTKNIT. WE ARE ALL SPREAD ACROSS THE WHOLE OF CANADA PRETTY MUCH NOW. SO NOW, FOR ME AS A RADIO JOURNALIST, THE AIM IS TO TRY AND KEEP ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WHO KNOWS HOW LONG WE WILL BE A PART. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS? DO YOU ALL GO BACK? WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE MAP, THERE WAS AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF FIRES, AND YOU HAVE TO THINK THE RESOURCES GOING INTO THAT CANNOT STRETCH FOREVER. IT IS A HUGE DRAIN. WE BRIEFLY MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE FIREFIGHTERS FROM NEW ZEALAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES ATTENDING, BUT THAT IS A LOT OF FIREFIGHTING THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME NOW. FIRST OF ALL, HUGE THANKS TO YOU GUYS FROM NEW ZEALAND FOR COMING AND HELPING OUT. YOU CANNOT BEGIN TO IMAGINE HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE FIREFIGHTERS FROM EVERY COUNTRY THAT HAVE COME HERE TO HELP US, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND RIDICULOUS NUMBER OF FIRES. I THINK WE ARE IN NINE TIMES AT LEAST THE AVERAGE CANADIAN WILDFIRE SEASON RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF THEM BURNING. YELLOWKNIFE IS NOT EVEN THE ONLY COMMUNITY UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER AT THE MOMENT. THERE ARE EIGHT. ABOUT 69% OF THE TERRITORY'S POPULATION ARE DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES. AMONG THEM, THE PEOPLE WHOSE JOBS THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE TO TRY AND COORDINATE STUFF LIKE THAT, SO YOU ARE LOOKING AT AN INCREDIBLY STRETCH SYSTEM, TRYING TO KEEP ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITY SOMEHOW TOGETHER, AND IT IS GOING TO BE A HUGE OPERATION TO GET THROUGH THIS, AND WE ARE ONLY IN THE EARLY DAYS. IT IS SUMMER, BUT WE'RE HEADING INTO AUTUMN. ANY RELIEF IN SIGHT? NOT AS MUCH AS YOU WOULD LIKE. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE ONLY PART OF CANADA THAT WILL STAY WARMER THAN AVERAGE HEADING INTO THE FALL IS GOING TO BE US IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, AND WE'RE TOLD IT COULD BE SNOWFALL BEFORE THE SEASON ENDS. THAT IS A LONG WAY AWAY. CERTAINLY A HUGE SWING INTEMPERATE THAT YOU NEED. STAY SAFE, OLLIE, AND I HOPE YOUR HOME IS STILL STANDING. ME TOO. THANKS, ANNA. AROUND THE WORLD THIS WEEK. THERE'S PLENTY HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD THIS WEEK. COURTNEY HAMMOND HAS WRAPPED UP ALL THE BIG STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT. WILDFIRES ARE RAGING ACROSS CANADA. PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL VISIT HAWAII FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE DEVASTATING FIRES THERE. DONALD TRUMP IS DUE TO MAKE A COURT APPEARANCE BY THE END OF THE WEEK, AND INDIA IS ON TRACK TO MAKE SPACE EXPLORATION HISTORY. LET'S KICK THINGS OFF WITH THE FIRES IN CANADA. IT IS EXPERIENCING ITS WORST FIRE SEASON ON RECORD. ABOUT 30,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA HAVE BEEN FORCED TO EVACUATE. HUNDREDS OF FIRES ARE BURNING OUT OF CONTROL ACROSS THE PROVINCE, AND SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO HELP FIREFIGHTERS TACKLE THE FAST SPREADING FLAMES. MEANWHILE, JOE BIDEN WILL VISIT HAWAII TODAY TO ASSESS THE DESTRUCTION LEFT BEHIND BY THE FIRES EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE DEATH TOLL NOW STANDS AT 114. ABOUT 80% OF THE BURN ZONE HAS BEEN SEARCHED. ALTHOUGH THE SEARCH FOR VICTIMS IS WRAPPING UP, OFFICIALS SAY 850 PEOPLE ARE STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR. IT IS EXPECTED THAT NUMBER WILL RISE. PRESIDENT BIDEN'S TRIP TO HAWAII COMES AMID MOUNTING SCRUTINY OVER HIS RESPONSE TO THE FIRES. AFTER DECLINING TO COMMENT ON THE DISASTER TWICE. HIS LIKELY RIVAL IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION, DONALD TRUMP, IS EXTENDING HIS LEAD OVER OTHER REPUBLICANS IN THE PRIMARY'S, DESPITE HIS ONGOING LEGAL TROUBLES. ACCORDING TO A NEWS POLL, TRUMP IS AT 62%, AND HIS NEAREST RIVAL, FLORIDA GOVERNMENT, DOES NOT EVEN COME CLOSE. HE HAS CONFIRMED HE WILL NOT BE PARTICIPATING IN THE DEBATES, WHICH ARE SCHEDULED TO START THIS WEEK. THE REPUBLICAN FRONT-RUNNER CLAIMS AS POPULARITY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. ANTON IS LEGAL WOES, HE HAS BEEN GIVEN UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING TO SURRENDER TO GEORGIA STATE AUTHORITIES ON HIS LATEST INDICTMENT. HE IS ACCUSED OF LEADING A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN AN EFFORT TO REVERSE HIS 2020 ELECTION DEFEAT. INDIA IS NOW IN THE RUNNING TO BE THE FIRST COUNTRY TO LAND ON THE MOON'S SOUTH POLE. IT'S A SPACECRAFT WHICH WAS LAUNCHED OVER A MONTH AGO IS DUE TO TOUCH DOWN ON THE LUNAR SURFACE TOMORROW. IT IS CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR A SAFE LANDING SPOT. RUSSIA HAD ALSO LOST A A BID TO REACH THE SOUTH POLE, AND THEY BELIEVE THEY COULD BE RESERVES OF FROZEN WATER. BUT THE COUNTRY'S FIRST LUNAR MISSION AND NEARLY 50 YEARS ENDED IN FAILURE OVER THE WEEKEND, WHEN LUNA 25 CRASHED INTO THE MOON'S SURFACE. AND THAT IS A RAP ON ALL OF TODAY'S BIGGEST STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. E WHAI AKE NEI. COMING UP ` LABOUR'S STEPPING UP ITS WAR ON VAPING, NOW PROMISING TO CAP RETAILERS AND HOW THEY SELL PRODUCT. MORE ON THAT AFTER THE BREAK. # OOH, I FEEL IT IN THE AIR. MORENA. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IF RE-ELECTED, LABOUR RECKONS IT CAN STEM SOARING RATES OF YOUTH VAPING WITH A RANGE OF NEW CRACKDOWN MEASURES. NO MORE THAN 600 VAPE STORES WILL BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE AROUND AOTEAROA, AROUND HALF THE CURRENT NUMBER. ALL RETAILERS, INCLUDING DAIRIES, WILL NEED TO GET A LICENSE TO SELL VAPING PRODUCTS. THE AIM TO STOP CLUSTERS OF STORES IN POORER AREAS AND NEAR SCHOOLS. THERE'D BE MUCH HARSHER PENALTIES FOR RETAILERS CAUGHT SELLING TO UNDER 18s ` FINES RISING FROM $10,000 TO $15,000 AND THEY'D LOOK TO MAKE VAPE PRODUCTS LESS VISIBLE TO YOUNG EYES AT THE FRONT OF STORES, LIKE TOBACCO IS NOW. THESE WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO MEASURES THAT'LL COME INTO FORCE IN ONE MONTH, INCLUDING BANNING NEW VAPE STORES FROM OPENING WITHIN 300m OF SCHOOLS AND MARAE, AND REDUCING THE LEVEL OF NICOTINE ALLOWED IN VAPES. JOINING US NOW IS BEN YOUDAN FROM ASH. SO, BEN, WILL ANY OF THIS ACTUALLY WORK? HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. HOW MUCH OF AN ISSUE IS VAPING IN THIS COUNTRY AT THE MOMENT? IT IS NOT A PARTICULARLY SIMPLE ISSUE. ON ONE HAND, IT HAS BEEN A REALLY BIG DEAL FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO QUIT SMOKING, AND HAS BEEN A BIG DEAL IN REDUCING THE SMOKING RATES, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE POPULATIONS THAT HAVE TRADITIONALLY SMOKED A VERY HIGH RATES. THE SMOKING RATE FOR MAORI WOMEN DROPPED BY A THIRD. THAT IS UNPRECEDENTED. ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE ARE SEEING AND HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH VAPING OR TRYING VAPING, AND TO AN EXTENT, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE VAPING EVERY DAY, AND CLEARLY WE DO NOT WANT THAT TO BE HAPPENING. HOW MUCH OF A WILD WEST IS IT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF THE REGULATIONS OR LACK OF REGULATIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE? IT TOOK A VERY LONG TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO REGULATE ON VAPING. IT TOOK FOUR YEARS AND TWO HEALTH MINISTERS TO FINALLY GET SOMETHING IN PLACE AROUND WHO COULD SALVATOR'S AND HOW IT WAS SOLD. WHETHER A BIG INCREASE IN YOUNG PEOPLE GETTING A HAND ON THEM. WE HAVE SEEN A RISE IN YOUTH VAPING STARTING TO SLOW, AND POSSIBLY DECLINE, BUT WE DO NOT KNOW WHETHER IT IS THE BEGINNING OF A TREND YET. BUT I THINK MOST OF THE INDUSTRY IS PRETTY GOOD, BUT THERE IS A LEVEL THAT IS A BIT OF A WILD WEST. THE CURRENT REGULATIONS WERE A BIT TOO LATE AND QUITE RUSHED IN TERMS OF CURBING SOME OF THAT. WE HAD LABOUR RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A FEW NEW MESSAGES, WHICH I MENTIONED, THE LIKES OF CURBING ANY LOCATIONS WITHIN 300 M OF SCHOOLS AND MARAE, THEY REDUCE THE MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION OF NICOTINE ALLOWED IN VAPES. HAVE THOSE MEASURES GONE FAR ENOUGH? AGAIN, IT WAS PROBABLY TOO LATE. 300 M IS A FAIRLY ARBITRARY DISTANCE FROM ANYWHERE. I THINK THERE ARE VERY FEW KIDS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO WALK FURTHER THAN 300 M TO GET TO SCHOOL OR NOT. IF YOU LOOK AT A CITY LIKE AUCKLAND, YOU ARE VERY UNLIKELY TO HAVE A VAPE STORE BUT IS NOT WITHIN 500 M OF A SCHOOL, AND EVEN IF YOU TRY TO BAN THAT, I THINK YOU WOULD END UP WITH STORES IN BOMBAY OR RODNEY AT THE FAR NORTH. I THINK IT IS A BIT OF A VIRTUAL SIGNAL, REALLY, ESPECIALLY AS THERE IS ALREADY A LOT OF STORES OUT THERE. DO YOU THINK THAT THESE NEW MEASURES THAT LABOUR HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY GET INTO GOVERNMENT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE AMOUNT OF YOUTH THAT ARE VAPING AT THE MOMENT? I THINK SOME OF IT IS GOOD AND IMPORTANT. LICENSING RETAILERS ARE MAKING SURE THERE ARE STANDARDS OF QUALITY ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ARE SELLING PRODUCTS AND HUTU AND HARSHER PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT BEEN HAPPENING SO FAR. IN REGARDS FOR DROPPING STORES DOWN TO 600, I DO NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS. I THINK IT IS DEFINITELY AT ODDS WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO TRY GET SMOKING RATES DOWN TO 5% AND SMOKE-FREE NEW ZEALAND, BECAUSE WHAT IT IS GOING TO DO IS MAKE IT MUCH HARDER FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE QUIT SMOKING WITH VAPING TO ACCESS A PRODUCT THAT IS KEEPING THEM OFF CIGARETTES. I GUESS IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS DO NOT HAVE READILY AVAILABLE ACCESS TO VAPING. I THINK THAT IS DEFINITELY AN EXTREMELY WORTHY AND IMPORTANT AIM, WE ASKED THE KIDS WHO VAPE EVERY YEAR, AND THE VAST WHO GET ACCESS IS THROUGH PARENTS OR OLDER BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND IT IS A 5% WHO ARE BUYING THEM FROM BRICK AND MORTAR RETAIL STORES. IT IS WE SIMPLIFY THE ISSUE RATHER THAN ACTUALLY GENUINELY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE DRIVERS ARE BEHIND KIDS THAT ARE EXPERIMENT WITH VAPING AND WANTING TO TRIED AND HOW THEY ARE RECTALLY GETTING IT. IT IS JUST GOING TO SHIFT BACK TOWARDS LASCELLES AND GRADY, ILLICIT MARKET, AND THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPLY PEOPLE, AND MAKE AN ENEMY OUT OF VAPE STORES, WHICH IS NOT GOOD FOR ADULTS TRYING TO QUIT. INSTEAD OF MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS EDUCATION FOR KIDS AROUND WHY VAPING MIGHT BE HARMFUL TO THEM. IT IS ABOUT EDUCATION, BUT ALSO I THINK SCHOOLS ARE REALLY STRUGGLING. THEY HAVE NOT HAD THE SUPPORT THEY NEED FROM THE GOVERNMENT AROUND US. THE LAW SAYS IT IS ILLEGAL TO SMOKE ON A SCHOOL CAMPUS, WHICH IS VERY ENOUGH, BUT WE HAVE SEEN A BIG RISE AND PUNITIVE STANDOUTS FOR KIDS, AND THE PROBLEM AS IT IS NOT VAPING THAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM; IT IS A BAD RESPONSE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. AND WHEN WE TREAT AN ISSUE OF SUBSTANCE USE WITH KIDS IN A WAY THAT IS PUNITIVE OR STIGMATISING, KIDS DO NOT TALK ABOUT IT, AND IT GOES UNDERGROUND, AND THEY JUST DOES NOT HELP SOLVE THE ISSUE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. ME U TONU MAI. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS ` IS CHRIS HIPKINS JOB IN JEOPARDY AFTER LAST NIGHT'S 1 NEWS-VERIAN POLL? WE'LL HAVE ALL THE ANALYSIS AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT HAS JUST GONE 730. WITH JUST SEVEN WEEKS UNTIL THE ELECTION THE LABOUR PARTY HAS SUNK TO ITS LOWEST POPULARITY IN SIX YEARS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS SLUMPED TO 29%. THAT'S DESPITE A RAFT OF NEW POLICIES, INCLUDING CHOPPING GST OFF FRUIT AND VEGE AND EXTENDED PARENTAL LEAVE. NATIONAL AND ACT COULD COMFORTABLY FORM A COALITION AND GOVERN WITH 65 SEATS IN PARLIAMENT. IT'S TIGHT IN THE PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER STAKES, WITH CHRISTOPHER LUXON JUST A PERCENTAGE POINT BEHIND CHRIS HIPKINS. STATE HIGHWAY 6, NEAR QUEENSTOWN, HAS BEEN BLOCKED FOLLOWING A SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH. POLICE WERE CALLED AROUND 4.30am AND MOTORISTS ARE ASKED TO DELAY TRAVEL. INITIAL ENQUIRIES SUGGEST THERE ARE SERIOUS INJURIES. MINOR WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE TO AN INTERISLANDER FERRY HAS FORCED IT TO CANCEL FERRY SERVICES WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON THE FORECAST. THREE KAITAKI SAILINGS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. WITH BAD WEATHER ON THE WAY, BOTH INTERISLANDER AND BLUEBRIDGE ARE WARNING SERVICES THAT TO GO AHEAD WILL BE 'ROUGH' AND DELAYS MAY OCCUR. LUCY LETBY, THE UK'S MOST PROLIFIC CHILD SERIAL KILLER, WILL SPEND THE REST OF HER LIFE BEHIND BARS. THE NURSE (33) WAS CONVICTED OF MURDERING SEVEN BABIES AND ATTEMPTING TO KILL SIX OTHERS. SHE REFUSED TO APPEAR IN THE DOCK FOR HER SENTENCING HEARING. I THINK IT'S COWARDLY THAT PEOPLE THAT COMMIT SUCH HORRENDOUS CRIMES DO NOT FACE THEIR VICTIMS AND HEAR FIRST HAND THE IMPACT THAT THEIR CRIME HAVE HAD ON THEM, AND THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES. LUCY LETBY IS JUST THE FOURTH WOMAN IN BRITISH HISTORY TO RECEIVE MULTIPLE LIFE SENTENCES. 850 PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING AFTER THE DEADLY WILDFIRES IN MAUI, ACCORDING TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES. THE GRIM UPDATE COMES WITH U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SET TO VISIT THE DEVASTATED ISLAND TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE BLAZES. 114 PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED TO HAVE DIED. THE FIRES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE WORST NATURAL DISASTER IN THE STATE OF HAWAII'S HISTORY. CANADA IS DEPLOYING ITS MILITARY TO BATTLE THE HUNDREDS OF WILDFIRES STILL RAGING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN THE WESTERN PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 35,000 PEOPLE ARE UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS AS A STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS IMPOSED. IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, FLAMES ARE BEING HELD AT BAY JUST 15km OUTSIDE THE MAIN CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE, WHERE ALL 20,000 RESIDENTS WERE EVACUATED FROM OVER THE WEEKEND. A RESIDENT FROM A NEIGHBOURING TOWN WHO WAS ALSO FORCED TO LEAVE SAID SOME INCOMING RAIN COULD BRING REPRIEVE. THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW IN YELLOWKNIFE IS THAT THE FIRE IS ABOUT 15 KM OUTSIDE THE CITY. BUT THERE HAS BEEN RAIN. ESPECIALLY LAST NIGHT INTO THIS MORNING A LOT OF RAIN. AND WE'RE JUST HEARING NOW FROM THE WILDFIRE AGENCY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO TRY DIRECTLY ATTACKING THE WILDFIRE TODAY WHICH HAS BEEN TOO EXTREME FOR THEM TO DO RECENTLY. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE A CLUE WHEN WE GET TO GO HOME YET, BUT IT DOES MEAN MAYBE, JUST MAYBE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO KEEP THE FIRE OUTSIDE THE CITY. THIS SERIES OF BLAZES MARKS CANADA'S WORST WILDFIRE SEASON ON RECORD. THERE ARE FEARS DEATH VALLEY, ONE OF THE DRIEST AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES, COULD EXPERIENCE MONSOON STORMS IN THE NEXT WEEK. THE PARK REMAINS CLOSED AS EX-HURRICANE HILARY BRINGS HISTORIC LEVELS OF RAIN. NICHOLE ANDLER, WHO WORKS AT DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, SAYS WHILE THE AREA DOES RARELY RECEIVE RAIN, THE LEVEL OF WATER IN THE REGION IS 'CONCERNING'. WE DO HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE BY THE END OF THE WEEK THAT WE WILL HAVE MONSOON STORMS. SO ALL THIS EXTRA MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE, IN THE GROUND, COULD GENERATE ADDITIONAL STORMS AND VERY SPECIFIC PLACES. ADHLER SAYS STORMS ARE GETTING LARGER AND MORE AGGRESSIVE, WITH FLOODS NOW BECOMING FREQUENT. WOOLWORTHS NEW ZEALAND IS POURING $45 MILLION INTO SAFER STORES AS CRIME CONTINUES TO CLIMB ACROSS ITS SHOPS. IN THE PAST SIX YEARS, THE GROCERY COMPANY SAYS PHYSICAL ASSAULTS HAVE MORE THAN TRIPLED, THERE'S BEEN AN 800% RISE IN SECURITY INCIDENTS AND A MORE THAN 300% INCREASE IN THEFT. WOOLWORTHS IS NOW INTRODUCING 30 ADDITIONAL TROLLEY LOCK SYSTEMS, NEW CAMERA TECHNOLOGY AT SELF CHECKOUTS AND DOUBLE ENTRY GATES IN A DOZEN STORES. TO SPORT, AND THE ALL BLACKS HAVE REACTED TO THE NEWS A FORMER COACH IS HELPING AUSTRALIA PREPARE FOR THE WORLD CUP. SIR STEVE HANSEN HAS JOINED THE WALLABIES IN A SHORT-TERM ADVISORY ROLE AFTER ACCEPTING AN INVITATION FROM EDDIE JONES. THE ALL BLACKS HAVING MIXED REVIEWS AFTER FINDING OUT AT TRAINING THIS MORNING. THEY JUST TOLD ME JUST THEN. EVERYONE'S GOTTA DO WHAT THEY GOTTA DO, AND, YEAH, GOOD ON HIM. THE WORLD CUP-WINNING COACH WON'T BE PAID BY RUGBY AUSTRALIA AND WILL ONLY BE WITH THE TEAM FOR A WEEK. RIGHT, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S A MAINLY FINE START TO YOUR DAY THIS MORNING, WITH BLUE SKIES THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST. 17 THE HIGH FOR RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` THERE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE BLUE SKIES FOR YOU ALL TODAY, WITH SOME SOUTHWESTERLIES LATER IN THE DAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE AND HAMILTON. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S A CLOUDY MORNING FOR YOU ALL TODAY, WITH SOME SHOWERS. THESE WILL CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. 14 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` IT'S A BIT OF A MIXED BAG TODAY. A FINE START FOR SOME OF YOU, WITH SOME CLOUD AND SHOWERS FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. 14 THE HIGH FOR LEVIN, AND 10 FOR WELLINGTON. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` IT'S A FINE MORNING FOR MOST, BEFORE SOME CLOUD HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON FOR THOSE ON THE WEST. 13 THE HIGH FOR GREYMOUTH. HEADING SOUTH ` IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE BLUE SKIES FOR YOU ALL TODAY, OTHER THAN A BIT OF MORNING FROST AND CLOUD FOR CHRISTCHURCH. 12 IS THE HIGH FOR ALEXANDRA. 11 FOR THE REST. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IT'LL FROSTY START TO YOUR DAY FOR THOSE IN QUEENSTOWN AND DUNEDIN, WITH BLUE SKIES FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD TODAY 12 THE HIGH FOR GORE. THOUGH THUNDERSTORMS OVER DANE COLE'S EARLIER. NOT VERY HAPPY. HE WAS BLINDSIDED. THAT STEVE HANSEN IS GOING TO HELP OTHER WALLABIES BEFORE THEIR WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN. AS A NONSPORTING PERSON, IT IS NICE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT NEWS AND SEE HOW SOMEONE ACTUALLY REACTS TO IT. BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SO SCRIPTED, AND WE GOT TO SEE HOW THEY ACTUALLY FEEL ABOUT IT. IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD BUT EVERYONE IS QUITE SURPRISED. AND IT HURT BECAUSE HE WAS SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR... IT'S ONE WEEK AND HE IS NOT BEING PAID FOR IT. I SUSPECT, THIS IS MY TAKE ON IT, HE IS A NEW ZEALANDER. HE WENT OVER TO COACH AND HE LED THEM TO WIN AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS. HE IS BACK NOW AND HE WAS A SELECTOR INITIALLY. HE SAID, I WILL NOT GIVE UP ANYTHING ABOUT THE IRISH TEAM. I SUSPECT STEVE HANSEN WILL BE THE SAME. HE WILL NOT GIVE UP ANYTHING ABOUT THE ALL BLACKS HE WILL BE THERE AS A COACH. I IMAGINE HE WILL BE DOING SOME HEAVY LIFTING THERE. HE OBVIOUSLY HOLDS SOME VALUE TO THEM. HE IS A FRIEND OF EDDIE JONES IS. IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING FRIENDS OF YOUR USELESS AT THE JOB. IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING FRIENDS AT THE WORLD CUP, IT IS ABOUT WHAT HE HAS AS A COACH. COACHING AT A WORLD CUP. AND I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT EDDIE JONES IS UP TO. YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS. YOU CAN'T SAY, LOOK, A MAN'S GOTTA WORK, A MAN'S GOT TO DO HIS JOB. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT IS FAIR PLAY. IF YOU WORK IN THE BANKING SECTOR AND YOU WORK FOR ANOTHER BANK, FINE. BUT YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT HE IS GOING TO TAKE SOME OF THAT IP FROM THE ALL BLACKS. YOU CAN'T SAY HE IS GOING TO HOLD THAT INTEGRITY FOR THE ALL-BLACK'S FEES GOING TO DO THE DIRTY ON US. I TOTALLY DISAGREE AND I THINK THE REACTION IS A BIT OTT. IS THAT NEW ZEALAND TO DRAG OTHER PEOPLE DOWN? THE WALLABIES NEED HELP. THIS IS TO SIR STEVE HANSEN WHO HAS BEEN SO INTEGRAL TO THE ALL-BLACK SUCCESS AND IT DOES FEEL LIKE A BETRAYAL. STRIP HIM OF HIS KNIGHTHOOD. HE IS A NEW ZEALANDER. TO BE FAIR, YOU ARE COMPLETELY SPLIT. HALF AND HALF. IT IS EITHER ALL GOOD, UP TO HIM AND HE IS AN ADULT HE CAN DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. THE OTHER HALF IS OLD, STRIP HIM OF HIS KNIGHTHOOD. YOU ARE BANKING A LOT ON IT BEING UNSUCCESSFUL. KEEP IT COMING ME U TONU MAI. STAY WITH US. WE NEED A LICENCE TO DRIVE ON THE ROAD. SO WHY DON'T WE NEED THE SAME TO DRIVE ON WATER? MORE ON THAT NEXT. # SORRY BUT I BLAME THE CHEMICALS BUNKER BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT IS COURTED TO 7. WHEN TALIA RAINES WAS STRUCK BY A BOAT WHILE ROWING, SHE HAD A LONG, SLOW ROAD TO RECOVERY. FAIR GO'S GILL HIGGINS SPOKE WITH TALIA AND HER FAMILY LAST NIGHT, WHO WERE SHOCKED TO LEARN OF THE SKIPPERS MEAGRE PENALTY, DESPITE SERIOUS FACIAL INJURIES TO THE 13-YEAR-OLD. I FRACTURED MY JAW. A COUPLE OF MY TEETH ARE GONE. ONE OF THEM WAS, LIKE, IN MY GUM SOMEWHERE. AND I COULDN'T TALK OR ANYTHING COS MY LIPS WERE SO SWOLLEN. A SLAP ON THE WRIST AND 200 BUCKS. IT WAS ALMOST JUST AS PAINFUL AS THE ACCIDENT ITSELF. IT MADE ME SICK. SO IS NEW ZEALANDS LACK OF LICENSING FOR SKIPPERS AND EDUCATION ON BOAT SAFETY FAILING US? JOINING US NOW IS WAIKATO REGIONAL COUNCIL HARBOURMASTER CHRIS BREDENBECK. MORENA, CHRIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. LOOKING AT THE PENALTY THAT WAS GIVEN OUT IN THAT INSTANCE, DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU? IT IS FAIRLY UNDERWHELMING BUT TO BE FAIR, IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME BECAUSE THOSE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT IN NEW ZEALAND SO IT IS UNDERWHELMING AND IT IS DISAPPOINTING FOR THE FAMILY. THIS WHOLE THING IS QUITE MIND BLOWING BECAUSE YOU NEED A LICENSE TO BE HAVING TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A VEHICLE BUT YOU CAN GET BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A VOTE WITHOUT ANY QUALIFICATIONS. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IN NEW ZEALAND IT IS A PRETTY CHALLENGING SPACE TO WORK AND, THAT IS THE SHORE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN PUSHED FOR, FROM THOSE OUTSIDE OF THE LAWMAKERS, TO HAVE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS. WHY ARE WE STILL HERE? WHY HASN'T THIS PROGRESS ANY FURTHER? THIS NEEDS OUR POLITICAL CHAMPION. IT NEEDS SOMEONE IN GOVERNMENT WHO WANTS TO ACTUALLY MAKE A REAL CHANGE AND INCREASE THE SAFETY OF VOTING IN NEW ZEALAND. WITHOUT THAT, IT'S NOT GETTING ANY FURTHER. WE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR IT FOR YEARS. AND DESPITE FRUSTRATING, DEFINITELY. HERE'S THE THING, CHRIS. YOU DON'T NEED A LICENSE. YOU DON'T NEED TO SHOW THAT YOU KNOW THE RULES, SO TO SPEAK, ON THE WATER. YOU DON'T NEED TO SHOW THAT YOU KNOW THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR BEING ON A BOAT WHEN YOU ARE THE SKIPPER. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE INCIDENTS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN OR HEARD ABOUT WITH THOSE BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A BOAT AND THE MISTAKES THAT THEY ARE MAKING WHICH PUTS OTHER PEOPLE IN DANGER? EVERY YEAR WE HAVE AN EXPERIENCED SKIPPERS WITH NO REAL KNOWLEDGE COMING TO REFUND BY CROSSING. PEOPLE ARE DROWNING EVERY YEAR IN OUR REGION. IT IS NOT ALL DOWN TO A LACK OF LICENSING OR COMPULSORY KNOWLEDGE BUT IT IS CERTAINLY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IF PEOPLE ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GETTING THEMSELVES AND FOR BEFORE THEY CITE. I KNOW IN AUSTRALIA, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSE AND HE'D HAVE TO REGISTER YOUR BOAT. WHY ARE WE SO FAR BEHIND? I HAVE BEEN ASKING MYSELF THAT FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS IN THIS INDUSTRY. BUT THE SYSTEMS ARE THERE. AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME. WE COULD IMPLEMENT THIS IN NEW ZEALAND, WE JUST NEED THE POLITICAL DECISION-MAKERS TO RECOGNISE THE ISSUE AND MAKE SOME LEGISLATIVE CHANGE TO ALLOW FOR IT TO HAPPEN. I FIND IT MIND LIKE THAT THERE IS NO POLITICAL WILL BEHIND SOMETHING LIKE THIS GIVEN THE FACT THAT 15 TO 20 RECREATIONAL BOATIES DAY EACH YEAR. FOR PEOPLE WATCHING THIS AND GOING, IT IS ABOUT TIME I DID SOMETHING, WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES OUT THERE? THOUGH COAST GUARD HAS SOME GREAT RESOURCES. I THINK THE SYLLABUS OF THAT IS A GREAT DEPOSITORY OF KNOWLEDGE. IF THEY WERE TO ATTEND THAT, THEY WOULD SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON BARS. AND IT WOULD JUST MAKE THEIR RISK ASSESSMENT A LOT MORE THOROUGH AND THEY WOULD MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ON THE WATER. THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE. THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE TESTED ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE, BUT WHEN IT GOES BAD, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO KNOW THE RULES THAT ARE ON THEM. BUT WITHOUT THAT TESTING IN THE FIRST PLACE, IT IS FRAUGHT. IT IS MIND BLOWING. CHRIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. E HAERE AKE NEI, UP NEXT ` SIR STEVE HANSEN IS JOINING THE WALLABIES AHEAD OF THE RUGBY WORLD CUP, AND WE AREN'T SURE HOW WE FEEL ABOUT IT. MORE ON THAT NEXT. # KNOW THAT WE'LL STILL HAVE EACH OTHER # YOU CAN STAND UNDER MY UMBRELLA # HOW LONG I'VE WAITED FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU # TO FEEL THE SAME. # SO HOLD ME CLOSE AND TAKE MY BREATH AWAY. FROM THE FLOWING WATERS TO SCENIC FORESTS, ROTORUA HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, AND THANKS TO LEGEND OF THE PEAKS, YOU COULD BE HEADING THERE. THE RUNNING AND WALKING FESTIVAL HAPPENING THIS NOVEMBER IS GIVING AWAY ENTRIES FOR TWO TO ANY EVENT OF THEIR CHOICE. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE. THE PRIZE PACKAGE INCLUDES THE POLYNESIAN SPA, TE PUIA, THE SKYLINE AND THREE NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION IN ROTORUA. TO ENTER, HEAD TO LEGENDOFTHEPEAKS.COM.WIN. WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THE WINNER LIVE ON AIR THIS FRIDAY. 6:55. THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S RUGBY TEAM, THE WALLAROOS, HAVE HIT OUT AT RUGBY AUSTRALIA OVER FUNDING DISPARITIES BETWEEN THE MEN AND WOMEN'S SPORT. IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, CURRENT PLAYERS SHARED A STATEMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING IT'S TIME FOR THE GOVERNING BODY TO INVEST PROPERLY IN THE WOMEN'S GAME AND REFERENCED THE SUCCESS OF THE MATILIDAS IN THE FIFA WORLD CUP. SPORTS COMMENTATOR SCOTTY STEVENSON JOINS US NOW. MORENA. OUR THANKS BAD FOR THEM AT THE MOMENT? YES. THEY SOUND LIKE THEY ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME. WHAT A BUNCH OF WORD CONFETTI THAT FOLLOWED THAT STATEMENT FROM RUGBY AUSTRALIA AS WELL. A LOT OF WE MUST TRY HARDER, WE MUST DO BETTER. HOW LONG DO YOU NEED? THE WALLAROOS DESPERATE TO BE RESOURCE. ONE OF THE ISSUES WE SAY, QUITE OFTEN IT IS AN ARGUMENT ABOUT PAY PARITY, ABOUT PRIZE-MONEY PARITY, BUT WHAT THESE WOMEN DESPERATELY WANT OUR RESOURCES. THEY WANT THE SAME LEVEL OF COACHING THAT THE WALLABIES GET. THEY WANT THE SAME TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION THEY GET. THEY WANT THE SAME SUPPORT STAFF THAT THEY GET. THAT IS A FAIR ARGUMENT. THEY ARE BOTH TEAMS REPRESENTING THE COUNTRY. ONE IS GIVEN THE EARTH AND ONE HAS TO DIG IN THE DIRT. IS THIS A CASE WHERE WE CANNOT EXPECT DECADES OF INEQUALITY TO CHANGE OVERNIGHT, THAT WE NEED TO GIVE IT TIME TO KIND OF EMBED IN? I DO NOT THINK ANYONE IS SAYING THIS IS AN OVERNIGHT ISSUE. HOW LONG DOES THIS NEED TO GO ON? THE BLACK FANS HAVE MADE HUGE STRIDES UNDER NEW ZEALAND RUGBY. BASED ON NOT QUITE THERE. WOMEN'S RUGBY IS GROWING. THE OTHER ARGUMENT DOES MY HEAD AND IS THAT THEY ARE JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH. NO TEAM IS GOING TO BE GOOD ENOUGH IF YOU DO NOT GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. THAT IS THE UNDERLYING ISSUE OF THE STATEMENT. THIS IS THE MAIN THRUST. WE SOURCE US APPROPRIATELY SO WE CAN IMPROVE SO WE CAN BETTER REPRESENT OUR COUNTRY, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING. IT IS PRETTY OUTRAGEOUS THAT AT THE SAME TIME THAT THEY ARE JUST ASKING FOR A BIT OF SUPPORT AND RESOURCES, AUSTRALIAN RUGBY ARE FLYING OVER THE WIVES AND THE GIRLFRIENDS OF SOME OF THE MEN'S PLAYERS TO FAREWELL THEM BEFORE THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. CRUCIAL SUPPORT STAFF, MATTY, AGAIN, AND THE WALLABIES ARE GETTING THEIR SUPPORT STAFF, AREN'T THEY? IT WAS SUCH A TERRIBLE LOOK IN THE CONTEXT OF WHERE WE ARE AT AND WHAT WE HAVE JUST WITNESSED THE FANTASTIC GLOBAL TOURNAMENT CELEBRATING WOMEN IN FOOTBALL, AND THEN FOR THE WALLAROOS TWO VILLAGE THIS WAS THE TIME TO MAKE THE STATEMENT JUST SHOWS HOW MUCH THEY ARE HURTING. LET'S MOVE ONTO THE SUPPORT STAFF. SIR STEVE HANSEN IS CROSSING THE DITCH. I SEE THAT. I WOULD SAY WE HAVE A GREAT TRADITION IN THIS COUNTRY OF PEOPLE HELPING EACH OTHER DESPERATELY IN NEED. LOOK AT WHAT SIR EDMUND HILLARY DID IN NEPAL, BUILDING SCHOOLS ARE NOW STEVE HANSEN HAS JUST BEEN CHEWED UP WHEN HE SAYS THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN DESPERATE FOR HELP, LET ME GO IN THERE. VERY CHARITABLE AND SELFLESS ACT FROM HIM. SHOULD WE BE UPSET ABOUT IT? SOME PEOPLE IN OUR FEEDBACK ARE SAYING STRIP HIM OF HIS KNIGHTHOOD. CALM DOWN. THIS IS TREASON AND UNACCEPTABLE. WHEN SIR GRAHAM HENRY LEFT THE ORBITS, STEVE HANSEN TOOK CHARGE OF THE TEAM, AND THEN GRAHAM HENRY WENT OFF TO HAVE ARGENTINA. THAT WENT DOWN LIKE A CUP OF COLD SICK FOR STEVE HANSEN WHO MAY HAVE LABELLED HIM SOMETHING THAT I WILL NOT MENTION ON TV. APART FROM HELPING A CHARITY IN NEED, AS STEVE HANSEN IS DOING, THERE IS ALSO A DOUBLE STANDARD AND A DOUBLE XL SHIRT. HE SAYS HE IS NOT BEING PAID FOR THIS. I HAVE TO WONDER, AS STEVE HANSEN REALLY SOMEONE THAT WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS JUST OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF HIS OWN HEART? I HAVE JUST COVERED THAT. HE HAS LOOKED AT THE WALLABIES AND SEEN HOW DESPERATE THEY ARE AND HE HAS SAID TO HIMSELF, I CAN HELP YOU. I CAN PUT ON MY CAPE AND ARMOUR AND I CAN COME IN, AND I CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. WHAT A MOVE. WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING THE SKY. IT IS A SELFLESS ACT. HE MAY NOT BE GETTING PAID, BUT CURRENCY IS CURRENCY. I WOULD SAY THIS TO ` PRETTY TO STABILISING, REALLY. I SAW AN INTERVIEW WITH DAN COLES OVERNIGHT IN LONDON AND THEY HAD NO WAY THIS WAS HAPPENING. HE WAS LOST FOR WORDS. THIS IS EDDIE JONES AT HIS BEST, STIRRING EVERYONE UP, BUT I AM SURPRISED THAT AFTER STEVE HANSEN FELL FOR EDDIE JONES'S TACTICS IN THE 2019 WORLD CUP THAT HE WOULD FALL THEM AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD TO SEE YOU. WHERE IS THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER? BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S A TASTE OF WHAT'S COMING UP AFTER 7am. LABOUR IS ON THE BRINK OF ELECTION DEFEAT BEFORE IT'S GOT ITS ELECTION CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY. THE PARTY RECORDED JUST 20% IN OUR 1 NEWS-VERIAN POLL LAST NIGHT ` THE PARTY'S WORST RESULT IN SIX YEARS. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS WITH FORMER CABINET MINISTER KRIS FAAFOI AND PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS SHORTLY. OVER A THIRD OF DIVORCES ARE CAUSED BY FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. WE'LL SPEAK TO A DIVORCE LAWYER AND A FINANCIAL EXPERT ON HOW YOU CAN MAKE YOUR MONEY BETTER. THAT'S AFTER 7.30. AND SHE'S THE TV ICON THAT YOU MAY KNOW AS TINA FROM TURNERS. SIENI LEO'O, WHO'S ALSO KNOWN AS BUBBAH, JOINS US ON THE COUCH AFTER 8.30 TO TALK ABOUT BEING ON TVNZ'S NEW SERIES OF TASKMASTER. IT IS BANG ON SEVEN. LOOK AT THAT. POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE BEEN CALLED ON TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO CANCER TREATMENT IN NEW ZEALAND CONSISTENTLY, RATHER THAN AS AN ELECTION ISSUE. IT FOLLOWS NATIONAL ANNOUNCING A NEW HEALTH POLICY THAT WOULD ROLL BACK THE GOVERNMENT'S SCRAPPING OF A $5 PRESCRIPTION FEE, IN ORDER TO FUND 13 CANCER TREATMENTS. STUART JOHNSTONE, WHOSE WIFE DIED OF CANCER, AND WAS DIAGNOSED HIMSELF LAST YEAR, SAYS POLITICIANS SHOULD BE PUSHING FOR BETTER HEALTH CARE ALL YEAR ROUND, NOT AS A WAY TO GET VOTES. STOP ACTUALLY, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, PLAYING WITH THIS IN AN ELECTION CYCLE. SO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, FORGET TRYING TO SCORE POLITICAL POINTS OVER ONE OR THE OTHER, JUST ACTUALLY MAKE IT LOOKING AFTER NEW ZEALANDERS, MAKE IT BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR EVERY GOVERNMENT, EVERY DAY IN THE LIFE OF EVERY NEW ZEALANDER. JOHNSTONE MOVED TO AUSTRALIA TO ACCESS BETTER HEALTH CARE. HE SAYS HE HAD RADIATION TREATMENT THAT WOULD HAVE COST $100,000 IN AOTEAROA BUT WAS FREE IN AUSTRALIA. LABOUR'S PROMISE OF STRICTER VAPING REGULATIONS DON'T GO FAR ENOUGH, ACCORDING TO ONE SMOKEFREE ORGANISATION. IF RE-ELECTED, LABOUR'S NEW POLICY INCLUDES HARSHER PENALTIES FOR STORES THAT SELL PRODUCTS TO YOUTH AND A LIMIT OF 600 VAPE STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT BEN YOUDAN FROM ASH SAYS THE PROPOSED CAP IS AT ODDS WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S SMOKE FREE POLICY. WHAT IS GOING TO DO IS MAKE IT MUCH HARDER FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE QUIT SMOKING WITH VAPING TO ACCESS A PRODUCT THAT IS KEEPING THEM OFF CIGARETTES. THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE VAPING DAILY HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED BETWEEN 2019 AND 2021 ` AN INCREASE PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS IS UNACCEPTABLE. POLICE ARE ASKING MOTORISTS TO DELAY TRAVEL, WITH STATE HIGHWAY 6 BLOCKED NEAR QUEENSTOWN FOLLOWING A CRASH. POLICE WERE ALERTED TO THE SINGLE VEHICLE INCIDENT AROUND 4.30am, WITH INITIAL INDICATIONS SUGGESTING SERIOUS INJURIES. THE ROAD IS BLOCKED JUST SOUTH OF KINGSTON. WAIKATO'S HARBOUR MASTER SAYS A COMPULSORY LICENCE FOR SKIPPERS IS NEEDED TO PROTECT PEOPLE ON THE WATER. CHRIS BREDENBECK SAYS HE'S OFTEN SHOCKED AT THE LACK OF EDUCATION OR KNOWLEDGE PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT BASIC BOATING BEFORE HOPPING BEHIND A WHEEL. IN AUSTRALIA, A SKIPPER LICENCE IS MANDATORY, BUT IN NEW ZEALAND, IT'S NEVER GONE PAST A PAPER BEING PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT. THIS NEEDS A POLITICAL CHAMPION. IT NEEDS SOMEBODY IN GOVERNMENT TO ACTUALLY WANT TO MAKE A REAL CHANGE AND WANT TO INCREASE THE SAFETY AND BOATING AND NEW ZEALAND, AND WITHOUT THAT, IT IS JUST NOT GETTING ANY FURTHER. WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR IT FOR YEARS, AND IT IS QUITE FRUSTRATING. IN 2022, THERE WERE 17 DEATHS RELATED TO RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ON THE WATER. U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS EN ROUTE TO HAWAII FOR HIS FIRST TRIP SINCE THE WILDFIRES DEVASTATED THE ISLAND OF MAUI EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT COMES AMID GROWING SCRUTINY OVER HIS ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO THE DISASTER, AS QUESTIONS REMAIN AROUND WHAT MORE COULD'VE BEEN DONE TO SAVE LIVES. MR BIDEN WILL BE INSPECTING THE DAMAGE AND MEETING WITH OFFICIALS AND SURVIVORS. THE DEATH TOLL NOW STANDS AT 114, WITH NEARLY 80% OF THE BURN ZONE SEARCHED FOR BODIES. TO SPORT, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SPANISH FOOTBALL FEDERATION HAS APOLOGISED FOR HIS ACTIONS AFTER THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP FINAL. LUIS RUBIALES, SEEN HERE IN THE TOP RIGHT OF YOUR SCREENS, KISSED VETERAN FORWARD JENNI HERMOSO DURING THE MEDAL PRESENTATION. HE'S SINCE APOLOGISED, TELLING A SPANISH BROADCASTER IT WAS 'A KISS BETWEEN TWO FRIENDS CELEBRATING'. HERMOSO STATED SHE 'DIDN'T LIKE IT', ADDING IT WAS A 'SPONTANEOUS MUTUAL GESTURE OF THE IMMENSE JOY'. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S A MAINLY FINE START TO YOUR DAY THIS MORNING, WITH BLUE SKIES THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST. 16 DEGREES FOR WHANGAREI. FURTHER SOUTH ` THERE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE BLUE SKIES FOR YOU ALL TODAY, WITH SOME SOUTHWESTERLIES LATER IN THE DAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. 17 DEGREES IS THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S A CLOUDY MORNING FOR YOU ALL TODAY, WITH SOME SHOWERS. THESE WILL CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. 14 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. 13 FOR HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` IT'S A BIT OF A MIXED BAG TODAY. A FINE START FOR SOME OF YOU, WITH SOME CLOUD AND SHOWERS FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. 14 THE HIGH FOR LEVIN. 10 DEGREES AND SUNNY BY THE AFTERNOON FOR WELLINGTON. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` IT'S A FINE MORNING FOR MOST, BEFORE SOME CLOUD HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON FOR THOSE ON THE WEST. 13 THE HIGH FOR GREYMOUTH. HEADING SOUTH ` IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE BLUE SKIES FOR YOU ALL TODAY, OTHER THAN A BIT OF MORNING FROST AND CLOUD FOR CHRISTCHURCH. 12 IS THE HIGH FOR ALEXANDRA. ALEXANDRA, YOU ARE STARTING ON -3. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IT'LL FROSTY START TO YOUR DAY FOR THOSE IN QUEENSTOWN AND DUNEDIN, WITH BLUE SKIES FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. 11 DEGREES FOR QUEENSTOWN AND MILFORD SOUND. THANKS, CHRIS. THE 2023 CAMPAIGN IS REALLY HEATING UP, SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE NUMBERS HAVE LANDED. IN OUR LATEST 1 NEWS-VERIAN POLL, NATIONAL IS ON 37, UP TWO FROM OUR POLL A MONTH AGO; LABOUR HAS SLID TO THE 20s ` A BIG DROP OF FOUR; ACT IS ON 13, UP ONE; THE GREENS ARE ON 12, PICKING UP TWO; NEW ZEALAND FIRST IS ON FOUR, NUDGING AT THAT 5% NEEDED TO GET BACK INTO PARLIAMENT; AND TE PATI MAORI IS STEADY ON THREE. WHEN WE TRANSLATE THE NUMBERS INTO SEATS IN PARLIAMENT, REMEMBERING THE MAGIC NUMBER IS 61, A NATIONAL ACT COALITION WOULD GIVE THEM 65, A COMFORTABLE MAJORITY ON THE OTHER SIDE. LABOUR'S ON 37, SO EVEN WITH THREE FROM TE PATI MAORI AND 15 FROM THE GREENS, THAT'S 55 ` NOT ENOUGH. NOW, LET'S BRING UP THE PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER NUMBERS, AND THE TOP TWO ARE NECK AND NECK, CHRIS HIPKINS ON 21, DROPPING THREE SINCE LAST MONTH. CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS JUST BEHIND ON 20 ` JUST 1 PERCENTAGE POINT IN IT. ACT LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR HAS DIPPED SLIGHTLY TO SIX, AND NEW ZEALAND FIRST LEADER WINSTON PETERS ON THREE. THIS POLL WAS TAKEN AFTER THE FIRST FLURRY OF CAMPAIGN PROMISES. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY FORMER CABINET MINISTER KRIS FAAFOI. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE POLL RESULTS FROM LAST NIGHT? IT IS A TOUGH ROAD AHEAD. I THINK IT IS BEEN A PRETTY DIFFICULT THREE MONTHS FOR THE GOVERNMENT WITH COMINGS AND GOINGS. IF YOU LOOK WIDER, AS THE POLL SHOW LAST NIGHT, THE COST OF LIVING IS STILL THE SHADOW THAT HANGS OVER EVERYONE. I THINK AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS TENURE, THE PRIME MINISTER WAS TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE COST OF LIVING, BUT HE HAS BEEN DRAGGED TO BE TALKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS. I THINK YOU ARE SEEING THAT REFLECTED IN THE POLL. IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH ROAD FOR LABOUR OVER THESE LAST FEW MONTHS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, INCLUDING THEIR OWN MEMBERS WITHIN THE PARTY MAKING MISTAKES ET CETERA. BUT WHERE DO YOU THINK THINGS HAVE REALLY GONE WRONG FOR THEM? AS YOU SAY, I THINK THE PRIME MINISTER HAS ADMITTED THAT THE LAST THREE MONTHS HAVE REALLY BEEN NOT AS FOCUSED ON ISSUES THAT ARE BETTER TO NEW ZEALANDERS. IT IS LOOKING INWARDS RATHER THAN LOOKING AT PEOPLE THAT ARE STRUGGLING IN HOUSEHOLDS. HE IS ON IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES, AND HE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT. WHEN POLITICIANS ARE AFFECTING WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THEN A CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE. GENERALLY IN POLITICS, AND IT HAPPENED IN THE LAST ELECTION, AND WE HAD NINE YEARS OF IT IN OPPOSITION. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOURSELF, PEOPLE USUALLY TURN OFF. HOW TOUGH IS IT FOR LABOUR TO CALL BACK FROM WHERE THEY ARE AT THE MOMENT? AND CAN THEY DO IT BEFORE THE ELECTION? I THINK THE FIRST THING IS TO RESET THE TREND THAT WAS IN THE POLL. HOW DO YOU DO THAT? HOW DO YOU RESET THAT TREND? I THINK THE PRIME MINISTER IS PRETTY HONEST ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST. HE NEEDS TO START TALKING WERE THINGS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO NEW ZEALANDERS, AND THE NEED TO BE RESET, AND I AM SURE THAT WILL HAPPEN SOON. IF YOU LOOK AT THE WIDER POLL NUMBERS, THERE IS A MAJORITY FOR NATIONAL ACT AT 65. THERE ARE STILL EIGHT WEEKS TO GO IN THIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN, AND THE PEOPLE I AM SPEAKING TO FROM RIGHT AROUND THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM IS A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN EIGHT WEEKS. A 5% CHANGE IN THE OVERALL LEFT RIGHT BLOCK VOTE IS 6 FEET, AND YOU IS UP TO A DEADLOCK. HAVING COVERED A FEW ELECTIONS MYSELF AND BEEN ELECTED IN SOME ELECTIONS, A LOT CAN CHANGE IN EIGHT WEEKS, AND I THINK YOU WILL SEE THE DYNAMICS OF THAT ELECTION CAMPAIGN HEAT UP. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE STRANDING IS THAT THE PRIME MINISTER IS LOSING SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC AS PREFERRED LEADER. WHAT DOES HE NEED TO DO? WHAT DOES PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO GET BACK IN FAVOUR? IT IS JUST ANOTHER BORING ANSWER, UNFORTUNATELY. IT IS REFLECTED IN THE BIGGEST ISSUE FOR NEW ZEALAND AT THE MOMENT. THEY NEED TO STOP TALKING ABOUT, AND I'M SURE HE WILL SAY THIS, STOP TALKING ABOUT THE INTERNAL WORKINGS OF THE LABOUR PARTY AND GOVERNMENT AND REALLY TALK TO PEOPLE THAT HE HAS A SOLUTION TO FIX THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS. EVERY FAMILY IS FEELING THE PINCH AT THE MOMENT. WHEN HE IS TALKING ABOUT BREAD AND BUTTER ISSUES WHEN HE FIRST BECAME THE PRIME MINISTER, THE POLL RATINGS WERE SOMETHING LIKE 38%. HE NEEDS TO GET BACK INTO THAT SPACE SO THAT NEW ZEALANDERS KNOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT IT CAN MAKE ENDS MEET. IF YOU CANNOT GET BACK INTO THAT SPACE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL A NUMBER OF POLLS THAT NEED TO COME OUT, SHOULD CHRIS HIPKINS STEP ASIDE AS THE PARTY LEADER? THAT IS A DECISION FOR HIM. I THINK YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO RUN MINISTERS WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL AT ELECTION TIME. THAT IS A DECISION FOR HIM, AND A DECISION FOR THE PARTY AT THE END OF THE DAY. WHAT I DO KNOW ABOUT CHRIS HIPKINS AS HE GETS UP EVERY MORNING AND IS UP FOR A SCRAP. I WOULD WATCH THE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS VERY CLOSELY. THE NATIONAL ACT HAS A MAJORITY OF 5%. CHRIS HIPKINS IS ALL WE NEED TO DO TO GET BACK IN THE GAME A SHIFT THAT BY FIVE OR 6%. THAT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE. I THINK IT IS A TOUGH ROAD AHEAD WHEN YOU HAVE A TREND AND A NARRATIVE IN PEOPLE'S MINDS FORMING THAT THE PARTY VOTE IS DROPPING. WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU NOWADAYS TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE AND LOOKING AT HOW YOUR FORMER PARTY IS DOING, BUT ALSO POLITICS IN GENERAL? I AM QUITE ENJOYING LIFE OUTSIDE OF POLITICS, THANKS, JENNY-MAY. I FEEL FOR COLLEAGUES THAT I HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH A PREVIOUS 12 YEARS AS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. I AM VERY INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT WE SEE SOME OF THE LONGER TERM ISSUES DEBATED ON POLICIES. ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS FOR THE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS AS THERE ARE LITTLE TO NO FISCAL HEADROOM LEFT IN THE KITTY FOR ANYONE TO MAKE ANY BIG BANG PROMISES, SO OVER THE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS, I THINK MOST NEW ZEALANDERS ARE LOOKING FOR THE CAMPAIGNS TO RAISE ITS SCIENCE IS A BIT. THEY WANT TO LOOK BEYOND AND TALK WHAT THE VISION IS FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. I THINK NEW ZEALANDERS ARE LOOKING A BIT MORE FOR MORE THAN A HEADLINE, AND I THINK OF THE EIGHT WAS, I AM HOPING TO SEE THEM. A LOT OF THE MINOR PARTIES ARE STARTING TO TAKE A LOT OF THE BOATS ON THESE POLLS, AND IS THAT A CLEAR INDICATION TO YOU THAT THE BIGGER PARTIES ARE JUST NOT RESONATING WITH VOTERS AT THE MOMENT? ABSOLUTELY. YOU HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN ACROSS THE TASMAN IN THE LAST FEDERAL ELECTIONS, AND IF YOU'RE NOT HITTING THE MARK, YOU SEE SOME RELATIVELY BOLD POLICIES FROM THE SMALLER PARTIES ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT, AND I THINK NEW ZEALANDERS ARE IN THIS KIND OF RIGHT AT THE MOMENT, AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOME ALTERNATIVES TO CHASE SOME OF THE BIGGER PICTURE ISSUES IN THE COUNTRY AT THE MOMENT. STILL EIGHT WEEKS AGO. WHILE WE ARE SEEING A FLURRY OF POLICIES COMING UP, THERE ARE STILL SOME POLICY PROMISES TO COME FROM BOTH PARTIES, AND I AM HOPING IT IS A REALLY SERIOUS CONTEST OF IDEAS RATHER THAN A LOLLY SCRAMBLE. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOMETHING THAT HAS GOT SOME MEAT TO IT. YOU KNOW CHRIS HIPKINS INCREDIBLY WELL, BUT I WONDER ABOUT CHRISTOPHER LUXON AND YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHETHER HE WOULD MAKE A GOOD PRIME MINISTER. I THINK HE HAS STILL GOT EIGHT WEEKS TO GO. I THINK ABOUT JOHN KEY WHEN HE BECAME PRIME MINISTER, AND THE BIG QUESTION BACK THEN WAS WHETHER OR NOT HE HAD THE CHOPS TO DEAL WITH THE CAMPAIGN PROPER. IT IS AN INTENSE HEAT THAT YOU GO THROUGH IN THE LAST KIND OF SIX OR THAT YOU GO THROUGH IN THE LAST KIND OF SIX OR 7 TO 8 WEEKS. I SAW HIM AT A CONFERENCE LAST WEEK WHERE HE PERFORMED QUITE WELL. I THINK ALL EYES WILL BE ON CHRISTOPHER LUXON NOW. WHEN YOU GET AN INCREASE IN THE POLL, THE SCRUTINEER INCREASES A BIT, AND THAT IS THE DIRECTION I THINK THE PRESS GALLERY WILL GO ON. THEY WILL START ASKING FOR MORE DEEPER QUESTIONS OF HIM, AND WHETHER OR NOT HE HAS THE ABILITY TO BE THE PRIME MINISTER. I THINK THE NEXT DATE WAS WILL BE FASCINATING. WHAT YOU THINK A NATIONAL, AXE COALITION WILL LOOK LIKE? IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE NEGOTIATIONS GO. AND THAT IS A HYPOTHETICAL AT THE MOMENT. IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT COMES OUT IN THE NUMBERS ON THE DAY AND HOW MUCH INFLUENCE ACT MIGHT HAVE. THEY HAD SOME PRETTY FAR OUT POLICIES. I ALWAYS THINK THAT THE MAIN PARTIES, THE LARGER PARTIES ARE IN THE COALITIONS, SO THEY WILL TAKE A LOT OF INFLUENCE ON WHAT THE POLICIES WILL LOOK LIKE. IT IS WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE A NATIONAL PARTY GOVERNMENT THAT CAN TAKE SOME OF THE EDGES OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT NEW ZEALANDERS MIGHT BE CONCERNED ABOUT AND VICE VERSA ABOUT THE LABOUR, GREENS AS WELL. SPEAKING OF COALITIONS, SO STEVE HANSEN IS OFF TO HELP OUT EDDIE JONES WITH THE WALLABIES AS THEY BUILD UP TO THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. IS THAT OKAY OR NOT SO MUCH? THE MAN HAS GOT TO EAT. (LAUGHTER) I DO NOT THINK HE IS SHY OF A DOLLAR OR TWO. I AM NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT. OTHERS HAVE DONE IT. I DID SEE THAT DANE COLES WAS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IT. I'M NOT SURE IT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE AT THE END OF THE DAY. I AM WITH YOU ON THAT ONE. THEY GET FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR INSIGHT. KA KITE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL GET MORE OF YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT SHORTLY. WE ARE A NATION DIVIDED RIGHT NOW. UP NEXT ` PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS' PATH TO HOLDING ON TO THE TOP JOB COME OCTOBER IS BECOMING ALL THE MORE DIFFICULT. HE JOINS US NEXT. # I WAKE UP AND I DON'T SEE YOUR NAME ON MY PHONE # IN THE MOMENT I THINK THAT I'M BETTER ALONE WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THE WHEELS OF THE GOVERNMENT COULD BE COMING OFF BEFORE THEY HAVE EVEN PROPERLY GOT STUCK INTO THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN. LABOUR HAS CONTINUED ITS SLIDE IN THE LATEST 1 NEWS-VERIAN POLL LAST NIGHT TO THE PARTY'S WORST RESULT IN SIX YEARS. NATIONAL'S HAD A SMALL BUMP, NOW COMFORTABLY ABLE TO FORM A COALITION AND A GOVERNMENT. HOW'S PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS FEELING ABOUT IT ALL? HE JOINS ME NOW. GOOD MORNING, PRIME MINISTER. NOT A GOOD POLL RESULT HOW WORRIED ARE YOU? IT SHOWS THAT WE ARE GOING INTO THIS CAMPAIGN AS THE UNDERDOG AND WE HAVE A BIG CLAIM AHEAD OF US. I AM ABSOLUTELY DETERMINED TO GET OUT THERE AND CAMPAIGN HARD. I AM DETERMINED TO WIN THIS ELECTION AND I THINK WE CAN DO THAT. WE HAVE A POSITIVE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND I THINK NEW ZEALANDERS CAN SEE US TALKING ABOUT IT, RATHER THAN WHAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN RECENT MONTHS. WHEN THEY LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CUTS AT NATIONAL AND ACT ARE PROPOSING, I THINK WE CAN TURN THIS AROUND. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO CAMPAIGN HARD AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE DOING. THIS IS 1/5 POLL ON A ROAD SHOWING A DECLINE. IT SHOWS WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH SOME DIFFICULT ISSUES. AND I THINK THE POLES ARE REFLECTING THAT. WE ARE GETTING ONTO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER EIGHT WEEKS AWAY FROM THE ELECTION. I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE PAYING ATTENTION. THIS IS ONLY ONE POLE. IT IS CERTAINLY AN ENERGIZER FOR THE LABOUR TEAM TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND PUTTING OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD. THIS IS A NOTICEABLE SHIFT IN TONE FOR YOU. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THIS POLL WAS TAKEN WHEN YOU WERE DANGLING THE GST FREE CARROT IN FRONT OF VOTERS AND IT DIDN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO OUR POLL RESULTS. THEY HAVEN'T SEEN A POPULARITY RISE FOR LABOUR AFTER YOU OFFERED THAT IN FRONT OF THEM. I THINK THE POLL RESULTS FROM TV ONE, GIVEN WHEN THE LAST HEAVY ONE POLE WAS TAKEN, REFLECTS THAT THERE ARE BEEN A WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES THAT I HAVE DEALT WITH AS A PRIME MINISTER. AND THERE ARE ALSO THINGS THAT NEW ZEALANDERS WANT TO SEE ME IN THE GOVERNMENT FOCUS ON. I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT OVER THE EIGHT WEEKS THEY ARE GOING TO WANT TO SEE ASSET OUT OUR POSITIVE PLAN FOR NEW ZEALAND'S FUTURE. I AM VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NEW ZEALAND'S FUTURE ` WE ARE TURNING THE CORNER ECONOMICALLY. WE ARE SEEING INFLATION COME DOWN AND UNEMPLOYMENT VERY LOW. THERE ARE GOOD ECONOMIC PROSPECTS AHEAD FOR THE COUNTRY. IT IS GOING TO BE GOOD FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE ARE SEEING INCREASED SCRUTINY OF NATIONAL NOW THAT THEY ARE THE FRONT RUNNER WE WILL SEE INCREASED SCRUTINY OF THE CUTS THEY ARE PROPOSING. I THINK WE NEW ZEALANDERS SEE THAT, THINGS WILL SHIFT AROUND A BIT. I JUST WANT TO TALK TO ABOUT WHEN THIS POLLING WAS DONE AGAIN THOUGH. YOU ARE OFFERING SOME SOLID POLICY, YOU SAY. GST ON FRUIT AND VEG AND PARENTAL LEAVE WAS ALSO ANNOUNCED DURING THIS POLLING PERIOD. BUT THESE ARE NOT LENDING WAS VOTERS IF THEY ARE GOING TO GO AND VOTE, ACCORDING TO OUR POLL, IT IS NOT WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR. WITH RESPECT TO THE MEDIA, SEEING SOMETHING ON THE TV NEWS ONCE DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY WILL REGISTER IT. WE ARE JUST STARTING THE CAMPAIGN. WE ARE GOING TO GET OUT THERE AND CAMPAIGN ON EXACTLY WHAT WAS ON OFFER. A LOT OF NEW ZEALANDERS ARE NOT TUNED INTO THE CAMPAIGN AT THE MOMENT BUT IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS THEY WILL BE. THE NUMBERS ARE MOVING AROUND QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY, THOUGH. IT SUGGESTS PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED. AND WE HAVE SEEN THE LIKES OF WINSTON PETERS MAKING A COMEBACK THE PHOENIX RISING AGAIN. WOULD YOU WORK WITH HIM? I'M NOT RULING IT OUT. I AM VERY COMFORTABLE ABOUT THAT. I HAVE SAID OUR PREFERRED GOVERNING ARRANGEMENT IS THAT WE WILL WORK TOGETHER IN GOVERNMENT. I SAID I WILL DO THAT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. WOULD YOU HIM OUT? LIKE I JUST SAID, I AM GOING TO SET OUT IN MORE DETAIL THAT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH HIS POSITION NOW, WHY WOULDN'T YOU JUST RULE IT OUT? I AM NOT MAKING THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY. OK. IF YOU LOOK AT ANNOUNCEMENTS YOU'RE MAKING AROUND VAPING MORE RESTRICTIONS. WHAT OUTCOME ARE YOU HOPING TO ACHIEVE IS THAT? I RECOGNISE THAT WE HAVE SEEN A REAL GROWTH IN THE VAPING INDUSTRY SINCE WE HAVE BEEN IN GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE TAKEN A NUMBER OF STEPS TO PUT A LID ON THAT. WE HAVE MADE A NUMBER OF DECISIONS AROUND REMOVING DISPOSABLE VATS FROM CIRCULATION. NARROWING DOWN THE FLAVOURS AND NARROWING DOWN THE MARKETING OF VAPING. THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE THERE. VAPING IS A LEGITIMATE WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE UP SMOKING AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE VAPING ARE STILL AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET OFF CIGARETTES BECAUSE IT IS LESS HARMFUL, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE TAKING UP VAPING. SO WE ARE GOING TO NARROW DOWN THE NUMBER OF RETAIL OUTLETS TO JUST 600 WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TO CIGARETTES AS WELL. SO YOU WON'T SEE VAPING SHOPS POPPING UP A CROSS FROM SKILLS WITH A SHOULDN'T BE SELLING THEM. YOU SAID IN THE PAST, IT IS A COMPLICATED LEGAL ISSUE TO SHUT SHOP SO HOW ARE YOU AND FORSAKE? IN ORDER TO SELL THEIR APES, YOU HAVE TO GET A LICENSE. WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE PROLIFERATION OF EIGHT SHOPS AND OUR LOW SOCIO-ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES. IT IS OUR POOREST COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SEEING THE PLOT PROLIFERATION OF APES. IT IS OFTEN WEAR SKILLS AND PARKS ARE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE LICENSES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT BREAKING THE LAW, THEN YOU WILL LOSE THE LICENSE. SO THE CONSEQUENCES WILL BE QUITE HIGH. ARE YOU ONLY GOING TO START A LICENSING POLICY AS SHOPS SHUTS? FOR THEY NOT GET A NEW LICENSE OR NOT BE ABLE TO OPEN WITHOUT A LICENSE? THERE WILL BE A LICENSING REGIME. WE WILL WORK TO THAT AFTER THE ELECTION BUT THERE WILL BE AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEN THE REGIME TEXT AND. ONCE THAT IS BEEN DETERMINED, THERE WILL BE LEGISLATIVE FRAMING THAT'S PUT IN PLACE A STOP IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LICENSE, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SALIVATE. HOW MANY STORES WILL HAVE TOO CLOSE? CORRECTION: SELL VAPES THESE ARE THOUSANDS OF NEW ZEALAND BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO CLOSE. ULTIMATELY THERE WILL BE FEWER VAPOUR STORES. THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT KIDS, WHICH SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE CONCERNS, AREN'T BUYING THEM FROM SHOPS THEY ARE GETTING THEM FROM ADULTS, FRIENDS AND OLDER SIBLINGS. SO ACCESS TO A VAPOUR SHOP DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM. WHAT EVIDENCE HE I YOU RELYING ON THAT CLOSING DOWN STORED WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE? IN MEANS THERE WILL STILL BE AVAILABILITY FOR ADULTS WHO WANT TO USE VAPING IN ORDER TO GIVE UP SMOKING. BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THE PROLIFERATION OF STORES ON STREET CORNERS THAT WE HAVE SEEN RECENTLY. I ACCEPT THAT THERE IS NEVER GOING TO BE A PERFECT REGIME HERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MAKE VAPING SO RESTRICTIVE THAT PEOPLE FIND IT IS EASIER TO KEEP SMOKING THEN SWITCH TO VAPING. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY MADE THAT TRANSITION WHO DON'T WANT TO GO BACK AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO GO BACK. I DO ALSO DON'T WANT YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET HOLD OF THEM. HOW MUCH MORE MONEY ARE YOU PUTTING INTO ENFORCING THOSE RULES? THERE WILL BE IN FORCE AND OF THESE RULES, THE SAME AS THERE WILL BE ENFORCEMENT OF THE SMOKE-FREE RULES IN TERMS OF NARROWING DOWN THE NUMBER OF STORES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND CAN SELL THEM. MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE ONLY SELLING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE LEGALLY ENTITLED TO BUY THEM. SO WE HAVE THE MYSTERY SHOPPER EXERCISES THAT THEY HAVE BOYS BEEN, BUT THERE WILL BE FEWER STORES. SO I THINK IT WILL BE MORE EFFECTIVE BECAUSE THAT SAME COMPLIANCE REGIME WILL ACTUALLY ONLY BE COVERING A SMALLER NUMBER OF STORES WHICH MEANS IT CAN BE MORE INTENSIVE. WE ARE NOT SURE HOW YOU ARE GOING TO SHUT DOWN THOSE STORES SO FAR, BUT THE CLAIM FROM ASHES THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH ENFORCEMENT OF THE RULES AND THAT THAT IS THE ISSUE. SO HAVE YOU PUT ANY MONEY ASIDE FOR ENFORCING THE RULES? THERE IS AN FORSTMANN AT THE MOMENT BOY AND YOU ARE DEALING WITH THOUSANDS OF RETAILERS` THEY ARE SAYING IT DOESN'T WORK. WHEN YOU NARROW IT DOWN TO 600 RETAILERS, IT WILL WORK A LOT BETTER. SOME OF THOSE RETAILERS WILL BE VERY ATTENTIVE FOLLOWING THE RULES BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LOSE THEIR LICENSE AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONCENTRATE OUT ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES ON THOSE STORES TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE RULES. WE TALKED ABOUT ACCESS TO TOBACCO AND THAT THAT IS RESTRICTED. IT IS STILL AVAILABLE AND EVERY GAS STATION AND TERRY UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY. WHY ARE THEY VAPES BEING TREATED DIFFERENTLY WITH SHUTTING DOWN BUSINESSES AND RESTRICTING ACCESS TO AS A SMOKING CESSATION TOOL? BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF STORES THAT SELL CIGARETTES ARE GOING TO BE REDUCED TO 600 IS ALSO PUT THEM ON THE SAME BASIS. THAT IS THE NUMBER WE NEED TO GET A GOOD GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD WITHOUT SEEING THE PROLIFERATION. I DON'T WANTED TO BE HARDER FOR PEOPLE GIVING UP SMOKING TO TAKE UP VAPING. BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE STORES POPPING UP IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL GATE. I CAN THINK OF ONE OF MY OWN ELECTORATE WHERE THAT HAPPENED. I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT. PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS WILL SOON BE SETTING OUT WHO THE LABOUR PARTY DOES AND DOESN'T WANT TO WORK WITH THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. BUT IS 'VERY COMFORTABLE' WITH WINSTON PETERS RULING OUT PARTNERING WITH HIM. IT FOLLOWS THE LABOUR PARTY RECIEVING IT'S WORST POLL RESULT SINCE CHRIS HIPKINS BECAME PRIME MINISTER. THE PARTY'S DIPPED TO 29% IN THE PARTY VOTE, AND WOULD BE UNABLE TO FORM A GOVERNMENT WITH COALITION PARTNERS. FORMER CABINET MINISTER KRIS FAAFOI SAYS THE DYNAMICS OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN WILL HEAT UP AS LABOUR FIGHTS FOR SURVIVAL. ALL EYES WILL BE ON CHRISTOPHER LUXON NOW. WHEN YOU INCREASE IN THE POLLS THE SCRUTINY INCREASES. WISHED UP ASKING SOME MORE DEEPER QUESTIONS ABOUT HIM AND WHETHER OR NOT HE'S GOT THE ABILITY TO BE A PRIME MINISTER. THE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS GOING TO BE FASCINATING. THE UK'S MOST PROLIFIC CHILD SERIAL KILLER WILL SPEND THE REST OF HER LIFE BEHIND BARS. THE 33-YEAR-OLD NURSE WAS CONVICTED OF MURDERING SEVEN BABIES AND ATTEMPTING TO KILL SIX OTHERS. SHE REFUSED TO APPEAR IN THE DOCK FOR HER SENTENCING HEARING. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT, MEI HERON, SENT THIS REPORT. LUCY LETBY IS THE FOURTH WOMEN EVER TO BE HANDED SUCH A HARSH SENTENCE AS LIFE IN PRISON WITH NO CHANCE OF PAROLE. IT COMES AT THE END OF A 10-MONTH TRIAL THAT HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY HARROWING FOR THE PARENTS OF THE BABAIES THAT SHE KILLED. IT IS THE LONGEST MURDER TRIAL IN BRITAIN'S HISTORY. THE JUDGE DESCRIBING HER CRIMES AS 'CRUEL, CALCULATED AND CYNICAL.' THIS WAS A CRUEL, YOU SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TWINS. SOME BABIES WERE HEALTHY, OTHERS HAD MEDICAL ISSUES OF WHICH YOU WERE AWARE. EARLIER IN COURT, THE PARENTS GAVE VICTIM-IMPACT STATEMENTS AND SPOKE ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES THEY'D FACED SINCE LOSING THEIR BABIES. FOR THE ONES THAT HAD SURVIVED, PARENTS SPOKE ABOUT THE ONGOING HEALTH ISSUES THAT THOSE BABIES ARE FACING ` SOME OF THEM CANNOT WALK OR TALK AND ALSO ARE BLIND ` BUT LUCY LETBY WAS NOT IN COURT TO HEAR ANY OF IT. SHE WASN'T EVEN THERE TO HEAR THE SENTENCING FROM THE JUDGE. THE UK PRIME MINISTER SAYING THAT IT'S UNACCEPTABLE AND CALLED IT A COWARDLY ACT, AND HE'S LOOKING TO CHANGE THE LAW SO THAT OTHERS CANNOT DO THE SAME. U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WILL MAKE HIS FIRST OFFICIAL TRIP TO HAWAII TODAY SINCE WILDFIRES RAVAGED THE ISLAND OF MAUI EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE FIRES NOW STANDS AT 114, WITH NEARLY 80% OF THE BURN ZONE SEARCHED FOR BODIES. WHILE SEARCH EFFORTS ARE WRAPPING UP, OFFICIALS SAY SOME 850 PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING. THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT COMES AMID GROWING SCRUTINY OVER HIS ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO THE DISASTER, AS QUESTIONS REMAIN AROUND WHAT MORE COULD'VE BEEN DONE TO SAVE LIVES. MR BIDEN WILL BE INSPECTING THE DAMAGE AND MEETING WITH OFFICIALS AND SURVIVORS. STORMS ARE BECOMING LARGER AND MORE AGGRESSIVE IN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE OF THE DRIEST AREAS TO FLOOD. LAST MONTH DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK WAS ONE OF THE HOTTEST PLACES ON EARTH. NOW THE PARK IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING THANKS TO HURRICANE HILARY. YOU DO HAVE AN EXTRA LEVEL OF CONCERN, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. IN 2015, WE HAD A MAJOR FLOOD WHERE WE WERE STILL JUST SAT OVER THE GRAPEVINE CANYON IN THE SCOTTY'S CASTLE AREA AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. NICHOLE ADHLER SAYS DEATH VALLEY COULD EXPERIENCE MONSOON STORMS IN THE NEXT WEEK DUE TO MOISTURE IN THE GROUND. AUSTRALIA HAVE TAKEN THE PAVLOVA AND NOW SIR STEVE HANSEN, SIR STEVE HANSEN HAS JOINED THE TEAM IN A SHORT TERM ADVISORY ROLE AFTER ACCEPTING AN INVITATION FROM EDDIE JONES. ALL BLACKS HOOKER DANE COLES SAYS THE NEWS STINGS A BIT. YEAH, IT DOES KIND OF A BIT, EH? HE'S A GREAT MAN... LAUGHS: YEAH... YEAH, I'M ACTUALLY GOBSMACKED. I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE TAKING THE` HAVING A BIT OF A LAUGH, BUT, OH, MATE, YEAH... HE'S OBVIOUSLY NOT IN THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE MOMENT, SO I JUST HAVE TO, KIND OF, LEAVE IT. I SUPPOSE HE CAN HELP OUT EDDIE. HOPEFULLY HE DOESN'T TELL THEM ALL OTHER SECRETS, BUT I THINK HE WILL BE RESPECTFUL, YOU KNOW. THAT IS THE MAIN THING. IF HE IS RESPECTFUL ` WHICH I THINK YOU WILL BE ` TO THE ALLBLACKS, THERE WILL BE NO PROBLEMS. THE TWO-TIME WORLD CUP WINNING COACH WON'T BE PAID BY RUGBY AUSTRALIA AND WILL ONLY BE WITH THE TEAM FOR A WEEK. KIWI SPRINTER ZOE HOBBS HAS NARROWLY MISSED OUT ON QUALIFYING FOR THE 100m FINAL AT THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPS IN BUDAPEST THIS MORNING. HOBBS FINISHED FOURTH IN HER SEMI-FINAL HEAT, RUNNING A 11.02 TIME. SHE MISSED THE CUT BY ONE-HUNDREDTH OF A SECOND SHE MISSED THE CUT BY ONE-HUNDREDTH OF A SECOND OUT OF A QUALIFYING SPOT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S A MAINLY FINE START TO YOUR DAY THIS MORNING WITH BLUE SKIES THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST. 17 THE HIGH FOR RUSSELL. AND 14 FOR AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE A BLUE SKIES FOR YOU ALL TODAY WITH SOME SOUTHWESTERLIES LATER IN THE DAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S A CLOUDY MORNING FOR YOU ALL TODAY, WITH SOME SHOWERS.WHEN THESE WILL CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. 14 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. AND 13 FOR HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` IT'S A BIT OF A MIXED BAG TODAY. A FINE START FOR SOME OF YOU, WITH SOME CLOUD AND SHOWERS FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. 14 THE HIGH FOR LEVIN. AND 10 DEGREES FOR WELLINGTON. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` IT'S A FINE MORNING FOR MOST, BEFORE SOME CLOUD HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON FOR THOSE ON THE WEST. 13 THE HIGH FOR GREYMOUTH. AND WESTPORT. IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE BLUE SKIES FOR YOU ALL TODAY, OTHER THAN A BIT OF MORNING FROST AND CLOUD FOR CHRISTCHURCH. 12 IS THE HIGH FOR ALEXANDRA. AFTER A FROSTY START, -3. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IT'LL FROSTY START TO YOUR DAY FOR THOSE IN QUEENSTOWN AND DUNEDIN, WITH BLUE SKIES FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. ME U TONU MAI. STAY WITH US. BRITNEY SPEARS HAS SAID NO MORE TO HER MARRIAGE WITH SAM ASHGARI. IS THE STIGMA AROUND DIVORCE CHANGING AS TIME GOES ON? WE SPEAK WITH A DIVORCE COACH NEXT. HERE AT BREAKFAST, WE LIKE TO GET THINGS RIGHT, SO HERE GOES ` YESTERDAY ACT DEPUTY LEADER BROOKE VAN VELDEN APPEARED ON OUR POLITICAL PANEL AND, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WE DISCUSSED COMMENTS MADE BY ACT LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR ABOUT THE MINISTRY OF PACIFIC PEOPLES. LAST WEEK HE SAID, 'IN MY FANTASY, HE LATER SAID THE COMMENTS WERE A JOKE. WHEN I PARAPHRASED HIS WORDS YESTERDAY, I DIDN'T GET THEM RIGHT. WE ALSO DISCUSSED AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AT THE MINISTRY, WHICH, FOR CLARITY, HAPPENED BEFORE DAVID SEYMOUR MADE HIS REMARKS, NOT AFTER. AND FOR THAT, WE APOLOGISE. BRITNEY SPEARS HAS SPLIT FROM HUSBAND SAM ASHGARI, CITING SHE COULDN'T TAKE THE PAIN ANYMORE. WHEN GWYNETH PALTROW AND CHRIS MARTIN DIVORCED, THEY ANNOUNCED THEY WERE CONSCIOUSLY UNCOUPLING. ARE WE MOVING INTO AN ERA WHERE THERE IS LESS STIGMA AROUND DIVORCE? DIVORCE COACH KIMBERLEE SWEENEY JOINS US NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. HOW HAVE ATTITUDES TO DIVORCE CHANGED OVER TIME AS SOCIETY HAS EVOLVED? I THINK IT IS MORE ACCEPTED. THERE IS NOT AS MUCH THEY CAN. SOMETIMES WITH RELIGION, THERE IS STILL, BUT IN GENERAL, I THINK PEOPLE ARE OPEN-MINDED IF IT IS NOT WORKING. ARE WE TO ACCEPTING THOUGH? IN MY YEARS AS A DIVORCE COACH, I HAVE REALISED THAT, AND I'VE DONE TRAINING AROUND RELATIONSHIP COACHING TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE GIVE IT A GO. MY THING IS TO ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOU'RE DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE BEFORE WALKING AWAY. LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE STUCK IN AN UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIP. WHAT IS IT THAT YOU DO TO HELP PEOPLE? ENCOUNTER A PERSONAL CONNECTION, RIGHT? YES, I WENT TO MY OWN DIVORCE A FEW YEARS AGO. BACK THEN THERE WASN'T MUCH SUPPORT ASIDE FROM COUNSELLORS. I FELT I NEEDED TO LEARN HOW TO COPARENT AND ESTABLISH A DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP AS COPARENTS. COMING OUT OF THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, I REALISE PEOPLE NEED HELP NOT ONLY THROUGH HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT LEAVING AND HELP THE CHILDREN AND WANTING TO TALK TO THEIR LAWYERS ABOUT, AND SAVING A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY WITH LAWYERS. CAN YOU OFTEN GET THROUGH THE OTHER SIDE? SOMETIMES THE FORCES CAN BE UGLY, SAD, EMOTIONAL, FILLED WITH ANGER. HOW MANY COUPLES DO YOU THINK YOU THROUGH THE OTHER SIDE AND MANAGED TO MAINTAIN SOME SENSE OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OTHER PERSON? I FIND GENERALLY COUPLES THAT USE THE ALTERNATIVES, WHETHER TO DIVORCE COACH OR REMEDIATION, THEY DID THAT COME OUT OF THE OTHER SIDE AS FRIENDS AND IS GOOD COPARENTS, RATHER THAN THOSE WHO END UP IN COURT. THAT IS WHY WE BROUGHT IN A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS IN NEW ZEALAND TO HELP PEOPLE TO THE PROCESS WITH A GOVERNING BOARD OF PROFESSIONALS, TO HELP PEOPLE AMICABLY SO THAT THEY CAN COME OUT OF THE OTHER SIDE. AT A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME, YOU CLEARLY LOVE THAT PERSON. THERE WAS CLEARLY A LOT OF LOVE IN THAT RELATIONSHIP, BUT THAT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE. THERE MUST BE SOME SORT OF LOBSTER LEFT IN THE RELATIONSHIP. IT'S REMINDING CLIENTS THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PERSON AT SOME POINT THAT YOU DID FOR THEM LOVE WITH, AND AS MUCH AS THE LOVE MIGHT NOT BE THERE ANYMORE, YOU'VE STILL GOT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF RESPECT FOR THAT PERSON. I WAS LOOKING AT THE STATS. 7593 COUPLES WERE GRANTED DIVORCE LAST YEAR. THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. AS IS THE PEOPLE WHO WERE MARRIED. THERE WERE ABOUT 18,000 MARRIAGES THAT WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR. SHOULD WE SEE DIVORCE IS A SAD THING? I THINK IT IS A SAD THING. AT THE SAD THING FOR FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY IN THIS ECONOMIC CLIMATE. FOR ALL SORTS OF REASONS, IT IS SAD. WHAT WOULD YOUR ADVICE BE FOR COUPLES THAT ARE LOOKING TO BREAK UP. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM? TRY EVERYTHING POSSIBLE FIRST. EVEN HOW THE RELATIONSHIP NEEDS A TUNEUP ONCE IN AWHILE. GET SOME HELP TO SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE BEFORE YOU CALL IT QUITS. BUT IF YOU DO DECIDE THAT CALLING IT QUITS AS THE BEST OPTION, WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE? TALK THINGS FIRST BEFORE IT GETS TOO HEATED. A DIVORCE COACH OR MEDIATOR CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. SPEAKING OF DIVORCES, MANY OF THEM ARE CAUSED AS A RESULT OF FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. WE'LL LOOK AT HOW PARTNERS CAN MANAGE THEIR MONEY BETTER TOGETHER AFTER THE BREAK FROM THE FLOWING WATERS TO SCENIC FORESTS, ROTORUA HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. AND THANKS TO LEGEND OF THE PEAKS, YOU COULD BE HEADING THERE. THE RUNNING AND WALKING FESTIVAL HAPPENING THIS NOVEMBER IS GIVING AWAY ENTRIES FOR TWO TO ANY EVENT OF THEIR CHOICE. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! THE PRIZE PACKAGE INCLUDES THE POLYNESIAN SPA, TE PUIA, THE SKYLINE, AND THREE NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION IN ROTORUA. TO ENTER, HEAD TO legendofthepeaks.com/win. WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THE WINNER LIVE ON-AIR THIS FRIDAY. MONEY CAN BE A HARD THING TO JUGGLE WHEN IN A RELATIONSHIP, AND ACCORDING TO FORBES, 38% OF DIVORCES ARE CAUSED BY FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, BUT IT ISN'T ALWAYS EASY TO BRING UP WHO'S PAYING THE BILLS. TO TELL US HOW TO MAKE THESE CONVERSATIONS A LITTLE LESS AWKWARD WITH YOUR PARTNER IS FINANCIAL JOURNALIST FRANCES COOK. MORENA. SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US THIS MORNING. IT IS AN AWKWARD TOPIC TO BE TALKING ABOUT, BUT WHY IS IT SO AWKWARD FOR US TO BE TALKING ABOUT OUR FINANCES? THE PROBLEM WITH MONEY IS THAT IT COMES WITH THE BAGGAGE. IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE ULTIMATE COUPLE FIGHT. MONEY TOUCHES ON THOSE SENSITIVE PARTS OF OURSELVES. HOW MUCH WE THINK WERE WORTH, HOW SMART WE ARE... IT'S NOT TRUE THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS, BUT THAT'S HOW WE OFTEN FEEL ABOUT IT. AND THEN YOU COME INTO THE RELATIONSHIP SETTING WHERE YOU LOVE EACH OTHER AND CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER, THAT THE NEW TRAIN GET THROUGH LIFE TOGETHER. YOU'VE GOT POTENTIALLY DIFFERENT LONG-TERM GOALS, THINGS ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. THIS IS THE PERFECT COCKTAIL FOR HAVING A FIGHT. IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE TO NOT FIGHT ABOUT MONEY, BUT IT DEFINING A DIFFICULT, YOU CELEBRATE BECAUSE THAT IS SO NORMAL. IT CAN BE TRIGGERING BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS EASIER BECAUSE YOU GOT SOME FABULOUS IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO DO THIS. THE BEST WAY IS THAT IF YOU STRUGGLE WITH MONEY CONVERSATIONS WE ARE NOT USED TO TALKING ABOUT MONEY, GETTING BACK INTO THE GROOVE AND TOOK MENTORING IS A POSITIVE CONVERSATION. START LISTENING MORE FUN AND TOTALLY OUT OF THE HERE AND NOW. WE HAD THIS BIG LOTTO WINNER 37 MILLION. TALK YOUR PARTNER ABOUT WHAT YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO. WHAT THEY ARE TELLING YOU IS WHETHER THEY SAY, I GO TRAVELLING, I'D BUY A HOUSE, I'D LOOK AT MY PARENTS, WHATEVER ELSE. YOU'RE LOOKING INTO THEIR MONEY GOALS. FROM THERE IT IS WALKING BACKWARDS. IF WE DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT FOR A LOTTO ONE, HOW WOULD WE DO THAT TOGETHER? IT GIVES YOU A ROADMAP ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THOSE LONG-TERM GOALS. RATHER THAN IF YOU START BY SAYING, WHY ISN'T THIS BUILDING PAID? YOU A 110% ABOUT TO HAVE A FIGHT. THAT SUFFUSES THE SITUATION RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING, RIGHT? I'M QUITE INTERESTED IN THE MONEY DATES AS WELL. ONCE YOU HAVE THIS MORE POSITIVE CONVERSATIONS, THAT GIVES YOU A MORE POSITIVE TRACK RECORD. YOU FEEL A BIT BETTER ABOUT IT, AND YOU CAN START HAVING A MONEY DATE. SOME PEOPLE LIKE IT WEEKLY, SOME PEOPLE LIKE AT MONTHLY. I'M A BIG FAN OF, IF YOU LIKE WINE OR CHOCOLATE, GET A TREAT TO BRIBE YOURSELF AND KEEP A POSITIVE. SIT DOWN WITH THAT TREAT, GO THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNTS AND ASK WHAT'S GOING WHERE. ARE WE HAPPY WITH THAT? WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO GET THERE? YOU NOT SPRINGING IT ON SOMEONE AFTER A LONG DAY. IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BOUNCE OUT KNOWING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THINGS TO EXPLODE. GET AHEAD OF IT AND GIVE YOURSELF THOSE TREATS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. STAY WITH US FOR THE ALL-IMPORTANT POLL RESULTS. WE HAVE STILL GOT 20 SECONDS TO FILL OVER HERE. SORRY I HAVE STILL GOT MY CEREAL. COMING UP AFTER 8 O'CLOCK, WE GOING TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT SIR STEVE HANSEN ` ABOUT HIM HELPING OUT THE WALLABIES. IT IS NOT THAT MUCH OF A BIG DEAL, IS IT? IT IS A BIG DEAL. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IF YOU ARE WRONG? NOTHING GETS MATTY FIRED UP LIKE A BIT OF SPORT (!) THAT COMING UP SHORTLY. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. HERE'S CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. WITH THE LATEST POLITICAL POLL SHOWING NATIONAL AND ACT COULD FORM A COALITION COMFORTABLY, ONE FORMER CABINET MINISTER SAYS CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL FACE MORE SCRUTINY. THE 1 NEWS VERIAN POLL HAS LABOUR SLIDING TO IT'S LOWEST POPULARITY IN 6 YEARS AT 29%, WHILE NATIONAL HAS CLIMBED UP TO 37%. KRIS FAAFOI SAYS CHRIS HIPKINS HAS BEEN DISTRACTED TALKING ABOUT INTERNAL ISSUES. WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT BREAD-AND-BUTTER ISSUES WHEN HE FIRST BECAME THE PRIME MINISTER, HIS POLL RATINGS AND THE PARTY'S POLL RATINGS WERE AT SOMETHING LIKE 38%. HE NEEDS TO GET BACK INTO THAT SPACE SO THAT NEW ZEALANDERS KNOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT IT CAN MAKE ENDS MEET. CHRIS HIPKINS IS STILL EDGING AHEAD IN POPULARITY, UP A PERCENTAGE POINT ON CHRISTOPHER LUXON. CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS HE DOESN'T WANT PROPOSED VAPING RESTRICTIONS TO HINDER THOSE TRYING TO QUIT SMOKING. IF RE-ELECTED, LABOUR'S PROMISED TO CAP THE NUMBER OF VAPE STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT'LL ALSO INTRODUCE A LICENCE FOR ALL STORES TO BE ALLOWED TO SELL VAPES, AND BRING IN HARSHER PENALTIES FOR STORES THAT SELL PRODUCTS TO YOUTH. VAPING IS A LEGITIMATE WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE UP SMOKING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS STILL AVAILABLE TO THOSE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY PULL IS LESS HARMFUL THAN CIGARETTES. BUT I DO NOT WANT TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE TAKING UP A VAPING. BUT BEN YOUDAN FROM SMOKEFREE ORGANISATION 'ASH' SAYS THE PROPOSED CAP OFF 600 VAPE STORES ACROSS AOTEAROA IS AT ODDS WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S SMOKE-FREE POLICY. IT IS GOING TO GET MUCH HARDER FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE QUIT SMOKING WITH VAPING TO ABSCESS THE PRODUCT THAT IS KEEPING THEM OFF CIGARETTES. ACCESS* LABOUR'S NEW POLICY WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO MEASURES THAT COME INTO FORCE IN A MONTH, INCLUDING BANNING NEW VAPE STORES FROM OPENING WITHIN 300m OF SCHOOLS AND MARAE. IT'S UNDERSTOOD A CRASH ON STATE HIGHWAY 6 NEAR QUEENSTOWN HAS RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURIES. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH AT AROUND 4.30am NEAR KINGSTON. THE ROAD IS BLOCKED AND MOTORISTS ARE ASKED TO DELAY TRAVEL. MINOR WEATHER-RELATED DAMAGE TO AN INTERISLANDER FERRY HAS FORCED IT TO CANCEL FERRY SERVICES WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON THE FORECAST. FOUR KAITAKI SAILINGS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. WITH BAD WEATHER ON THE WAY, BOTH INTERISLANDER AND BLUEBRIDGE ARE WARNING SERVICES THAT DO GO AHEAD WILL BE 'ROUGH', AND DELAYS MAY OCCUR. CANADA IS DEPLOYING ITS MILITARY TO BATTLE THE HUNDREDS OF WILDFIRES STILL RAGING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN THE WESTERN PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 35,000 PEOPLE ARE UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS, AND A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN IMPOSED. IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, FLAMES ARE BEING HELD AT BAY JUST 15km OUTSIDE THE MAIN CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE, WHERE ALL 20,000 RESIDENTS WERE EVACUATED OVER THE WEEKEND. A RESIDENT FROM A NEIGHBOURING TOWN WHO WAS ALSO FORCED TO LEAVE SAID SOME INCOMING RAIN COULD BRING REPRIEVE. THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW IN YELLOWKNIFE IS THAT THE FIRST IS ABOUT 15km OUTSIDE THE CITY, BUT THERE'S BEEN RAIN. ESPECIALLY LAST NIGHT INTO THIS MORNING, A LOT OF RAIN. WE'RE JUST HEARING IN THE PAST HOUR OR SO FROM THE NWT'S WILDFIRE AGENCY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY DIRECTLY ATTACKING THE FIRE TODAY, WHICH HAS BEEN TOO EXTREME FOR THEM TO DO RECENTLY. SO THAT'S A REAL POSITIVE STEP FORWARD. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE A CLUE WHEN WE GET TO GO HOME YET, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO KEEP THIS FIRE OUTSIDE THE CITY. THIS SERIES OF BLAZES MARKS CANADA'S WORST WILDFIRE SEASON ON RECORD THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT IS SET TO DECIDE TODAY WHEN IT WILL BEGIN DISCHARGING TREATED WATER FROM THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT INTO THE PACIFIC. AROUND 1.3 MILLION TONNES OF WATER ` ENOUGH TO FILL MORE THAN 500 OLYMPIC SIZED SWIMMING POOLS ` HAS BEEN STORED AT THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SINCE IT WAS KNOCKED OUT BY THE 2011 TSUNAMI. THE FACILITY'S OPERATOR SAYS THE WATER, WHICH WAS USED TO COOL THE PLANT'S REACTORS, HAS BEEN TREATED DILUTED AND FILTERED TO REMOVE NEARLY ALL RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES. DESPITE THAT AND THE UN'S ATOMIC WATCHDOG GIVING ITS APPROVAL. DESPITE THAT AND THE UN'S ATOMIC WATCHDOG GIVING ITS APPROVAL, THERE'S BEEN OPPOSITION TO THE PLAN TO RELEASE THE WATER INTO THE OCEAN. ALL EYES ARE ON INDIA AFTER THE RUSSIANS' MISSION BACK TO THE MOON FAILED. INDIA'S SPACECRAFT IS NOW MOVING CLOSER TO THE LUNAR SURFACE SEARCHING FOR A SAFE LANDING SPOT. IF SUCCESSFUL, IT'LL BE THE FIRST TO LAND AT THE MOON'S SOUTH POLE. THE INDIAN SPACECRAFT, WHICH LAUNCHED OVER A MONTH AGO, IS DUE TO LAND ON THE MOON TOMORROW NIGHT. TO SPORT ` AND, ALL BLACKS, FANS BRACE YOURSELVES. SIR STEVE HANSEN IS JOINING THE WALLABIES TO HELP THEM PREPARE FOR THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. HANSEN HAS JOINED THE TEAM IN A SHORT-TERM ADVISORY ROLE AFTER ACCEPTING AN INVITATION FROM EDDIE JONES. WILL NOT BE PAID BY RUBY AUSTRALIA, AND WILL ONLY BE WITH THEM FOR A WEEK. THE PRESIDENT OF THE SPANISH FOOTBALL FEDERATION HAS APOLOGISED FOR HIS ACTIONS AFTER THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP FINAL. LUIS RUBIALES ` SEEN HERE IN THE TOP RIGHT OF YOUR SCREENS ` KISSED VETERAN FORWARD JENNI HERMOSO DURING THE MEDAL PRESENTATION. HE'S SINCE APOLOGISED, TELLING A SPANISH BROADCASTER IT WAS QUOTE 'A KISS BETWEEN TWO FRIENDS CELEBRATING.' WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AS WE SAW IT AS SOMETHING AS NATURAL AND NORMAL AND WITH NO BAD FAITH AT ALL. IF THERE HAS BEEN PEOPLE WHO FEEL DAMAGE FROM THIS, I HAVE TO APOLOGISE. I ALSO CAN LEARN FROM THIS AND NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU ARE A PRESENT OF AN IMPORTANT INSTITUTION, YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL, ESPECIALLY IN CEREMONIES OF THIS TYPE. HERMOSO STATED SHE 'DIDN'T LIKE IT,' ADDING IT WAS A 'SPONTANEOUS MUTUAL GESTURE OF THE IMMENSE JOY.' AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S A MAINLY FINE START TO YOUR DAY THIS MORNING, WITH BLUE SKIES THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST. 17 THE HIGH FOR RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` THERE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE BLUE SKIES FOR YOU ALL TODAY, WITH SOME SOUTHWESTERLIES LATER IN THE DAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. CLOSE GUYS, TOP TO BOTTOM. BLUE SKIES, , TOP TO BOTTOM. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S A CLOUDY MORNING FOR YOU ALL TODAY, WITH SOME SHOWERS. THESE WILL CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. OVER TO THE WEST ` IT'S A BIT OF A MIXED BAG TODAY. A FINE START FOR SOME OF YOU, WITH SOME CLOUD AND SHOWERS FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. 10 DEGREES AND SUNNY BY THE AFTERNOON FOR WELLINGTON. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` IT'S A FINE MORNING FOR MOST, BEFORE SOME CLOUD HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON FOR THOSE ON THE WEST. 13 THE HIGH FOR GREYMOUTH. HEADING SOUTH ` IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE BLUE SKIES FOR YOU ALL TODAY, OTHER THAN A BIT OF MORNING FROST AND CLOUD FOR CHRISTCHURCH. 12 IS THE HIGH FOR ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IT'LL FROSTY START TO YOUR DAY FOR THOSE IN QUEENSTOWN AND DUNEDIN, WITH BLUE SKIES FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. 12 THE HIGH FOR GORE. 11 DEGREES FOR QUEENSTOWN AND MILFORD SOUND. THE LATEST ONE NEWS VERIAN POLL SHOWS LABOUR HAS SUNK BELOW 30% IN THE PARTY VOTE, ITS WORST PERFORMANCE SINCE CHRIS HIPKINS BECAME PARTY LEADER. FOR MORE ANALYSIS, WE'RE JOINED BY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. WHY IS 29 WORSE THAN 30? IT IS A BIG PSYCHOLOGICAL BARRIER WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS, IT IS A KIND OF THE DANGER ZONE FOR A LOT OF PARTIES. IT IS THE NUMBER THAT SIMON BRIDGES WAS ROLLED ON. IT IS ALSO A NUMBER THAT WHEN YOU GET IN THAT ZONE, FOR THE PARTY IT REALLY IS DANGER TERRITORY. I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE POLICY DROPS THAT LABOUR HAS MADE IN RECENT MONTHS ` SUCH AS REMOVING GST FROM FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES ` THESE DON'T SEEM TO BE RESONATING WITH VOTERS. WITH SOME OF THESE BIG POLICIES SUCH AS GST AND EXTRA PAID PARENTAL LEAVE, AND THE EDUCATIONAL ONE ON SUNDAY, AND VAPING TODAY ` THESE ARE BIG POLICIES. EITHER THEY ARE NOT RESONATING WITH PEOPLE OR THEY ARE JUST NOT LANDING. THEY WILL ALSO TAKE A BIT OF TIME TO BED IN. WE DID POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GST POLICY. I WILL JUST TELL YOU THAT I AM JUST GETTING MYSELF BACK IN FEEDBACK, SO I WILL TRY MY BEST TO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. IT IS A BIT HARD TO HEAR MYSELF BACK IN MY HEAD. I WONDER IF THAT IS OUR SOUND GUY. HANG IN THERE. I'M CONCENTRATING REALLY HARD. CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE MINOR PARTIES? GREENS, NEW ZEALAND FIRST ` NEVER COUNT WINSTON OUT ` AND THE MAORI PARTY, WHAT DOES THIS TELL IS ABOUT WHERE VOTERS ARE HEADING? IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE TWO BIG PARTIES ARE RESONATING. I THINK WHAT IS REALLY INTERESTING IS THAT SOME OF THOSE OTHER VOTERS ARE LOOKING FOR A POLITICAL HOME. THE GREENS HAVE SNAFFLED UP SOME OF THAT SUPPORT. IT SEEMS THAT NATIONAL HAS DONE AS WELL, BUT THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A BOOST FOR NEW ZEALAND FIRST ` THEY ARE AT FOUR. THAT IS CRUCIAL BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE OR THEREABOUTS FOR THE 5% THRESHOLD TO GET BACK INTO PARLIAMENT. I THINK WITH SOME OF THE SMALLER PARTIES, LIKE TOP, THEY WILL HAVE TWO DO WELL, BECAUSE ONE ISN'T CLOSE ENOUGH TO GET HIM. THEY WILL HAVE TOGET IN* I WILL THINK THAT THE MINOR PARTIES, IT IS GOOD WITH THESE POLLS. IT IS KEY THAT WINSTON PETERS IS SITTING ON THAT NUMBER SO CLOSE TO THE ELECTION. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT POLE BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE HAD LABOUR IN THE 20S. IT IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN THAT GAP CLOSED BETWEEN CHRISTOPHER LUXTON AND CHRIS HIPKINS. YOU ARE DOING AMAZING DESPITE THE FEEDBACK. CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS THAT WERE ON OF THE POLL? TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT TOPICS PEOPLE CARE ABOUT? I FIND THAT ONE REALLY INTERESTING. IT IS BASICALLY ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE INFLUENCED BY, SO WHAT ARE THE KEY ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT YOU WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO VOTE? THE BIG ONE, NO SHOCK ` COST OF LIVING. 50% OF PEOPLE SAID THAT. NEXT ON THE LIST IS CRYING, THAT HAS NATURALLY GONE UP. HEALTHCARE, CLIMATE CHANGE, EDUCATION. I THINK THAT IS VERY TELLING AND INTERESTING AND THE PARTIES WILL BE LOOKING AT NUMBERS LIKE THAT AND THINKING, ' THE COST OF LIVING IS THE BIG ONE, BUT HOW DO WE COUPLE .CAPITALISE ON THE OTHERS?" CAN WE TALK ABOUT CHRISTOPHER LUXTON? I MEAN, HE IS DROPPING, RIGHT? NATIONAL WILL BE LOOKING AT THIS POLL AND THINKING THIS IS A GOOD POLE FOR THEM. 20 IS NOT A GOOD NUMBER, BUT NEITHER IS 21. NATURAL BE WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT. NEW ZEALANDERS AND EXCITED BY EITHER OF THE LEADERS OF THE TWO MAIN PARTIES. BECAUSE THEY ARE CLOSE, THAT WILL BE WHAT IS GIVING CHRISTOPHER LUXTON SOME COMFORT. CHRISTOPHER HIPKINS IS A VERY POLITICIAN. CAMPAIGNING IS HIS THING. THAT IS WHEN SOME PEOPLE START SEEING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM. FOR LABOUR, THEY REALLY HAVE TO SAY, RIGHT, BAD POLL, WE ARE TRACKING DOWN, WE HAVE TO DIG IN AND FIGHT ` IF THEY WANTED TO BE AN EXCITING AND CLOSE ELECTION. POLLS, THEY AREN'T PERFECT, BUT WIDE OF THE MATTER? YOU ARE RIGHT. THEY ARE A SNAPSHOT IN TIME ` WE TALK TO A THOUSAND PEOPLE. BECAUSE WE ALSO REGULARLY, WHAT IT DOES IS IT SHOWS US THE TRENDS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING. WE ONLY POLLED A MONTH AGO BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING SO CLOSE TO THE ELECTION. A FOUR PERCENTAGE DROP FOR LABOUR IS A BIG DEAL. WE CAN COMPARE THAT TO OTHER POLLS, AND IT IS THERE AND THEREABOUTS. NO ONE WAS THAT SHOCKED THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE SHOWING UP IN THE POLLS. THEY ARE A SNAPSHOT IN TIME, AND THEY SHOW HOW A GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE FEELING. THEY HAVE A I'M ABOUT TO GO ACROSS THE ROAD TO PARLIAMENT AND INTERVIEWED SOME MPS GOING INTO THE CAUCUS ROOM. LABOUR WILL BE FEELING THE WEIGHT OF THIS POLL, AND NATIONAL WILL BE FEELING QUITE BUOYED GOING INTO IT. THANK YOU, JESS, DESPITE THE TECHNICAL ISSUES. ME TONU MAI, STAY WITH US. ITS THE NEW WAY TO FIND YOUR NEXT JOB ALL THANKS TO AN ALGORITHM ` THAT'S NEXT. (FUNKY MUSIC) IT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS 'TINDER FOR JOBS,' A NEW EMPLOYMENT APP CALLED 'ZEIL'. ANNA MOWBRAY, A FAMILIAR FACE IN THE BUSINESS INNOVATION SPACE, A CO-FOUNDER OF TOY COMPANY ZURU, IS THE BRAINS BEHIND THE PLATFORM THAT LAUNCHES TODAY. SHE JOINS US NOW TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS NEW VENTURE ` AND WHY. HOW DO I SAY IT? DID I PRONOUNCE IT RIGHT? IT IS A MODERN DAY CAREER APP. IT IS ABOUT CONNECTING GREAT TALENT INTO INCREDIBLE ORGANISATIONS MORE SEAMLESSLY. IT IS ABOUT CHANGING THE JOURNEY ABOUT FINDING A JOB. APPS ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE OUR JOBS EASIER, BUT THE RECRUITMENT SPACE IN NEW ZEALAND ` THERE IS A SEEL, TRADME, ME WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT? THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE IN THAT SPACE. IT IS A DIGITISATION AS WHAT HAS HAPPENED FROM THE CLASSIFIED IN THE BACK OF THE NEWSPAPER. IT IS AN EMOTIONAL JOURNEY ` HOW DO WE MAKE IT MORE FUN AND MORE ENGAGING? IT IS REALLY ABOUT BUILDING THAT STORY. FOR ORGANISATIONS, IT IS ABOUT LEARNING TO MANIFEST THAT STORIES, BUILD BRAND EQUITY AND OPTIMISE THE DATA. IF I WAS A USER, WHAT AM I GOING TO SEE THAT IS DIFFERENT? WILL I BE ASKED TO FILL OUT A FORM? INTUITIVELY, IT HELPS YOU WRITE YOUR CV. YOU GET HIT WITH VISUALS, AND ON THOSE VISUALS, YOU SWIPE RIGHT. IT IS ALL ABOUT THAT INTENT AND THAT PREFERENCE ALL IN ONE MOVE ` SWIPE RIGHT TO APPLY. PEOPLE HAVE DONE THIS ` THEY SWIPE LEFT AND THEY THINK, NO, I WANT THAT BACK. YOU CAN GOING AND SEE WHAT YOU HAVE SAVED, WHAT YOU HAVE PASSED ON, WHAT JOBS YOU HAVE LOOKED AT. ARE YOU WORKING WITH CERTAIN INDUSTRIES? MARK WE HAVE GOT OVER 2200 INDUSTRIES ON THE PLATFORM. WE HAVE OVER 2200 BRANDS. WE ALREADY HAVE 400 JOBS THERE ARE READY. AND IT IS EVERYTHING ` JOBS FROM BARRISTERS TO ANYTHING. WE WANT TO FOCUS ON ICONIC KIWI START-UPS, REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ANCHORING TO THE CORE OF NEW ZEALAND. ARE YOU HOPING THAT SEEK WILL JUMP ON BOARD WITH THIS? AT THE END OF THE DAY, SEEK IS ONE OF OUR COMPETITORS, BUT WE WILL BE INTEGRATING INTO THE ORGANISATIONS. WHERE COMPANIES TRACK THE CANDIDATES THROUGH THE PIPELINE ` WE WILL INTEGRATE INTO THAT TO MAKE IT SEEM MORE SEAMLESS. A LOT OF THE TIME YOU HAVE STILL GOT TO GO INTO THESE ORGANISATIONS BACK ENDS AND FILL OUT MORE PAPERWORK ` WE WANT TO GET RID OF THAT. HOW DOES THIS MAKE LIFE EASIER FOR EMPLOYERS? THE LIKES OF THE BIG RECRUITERS LIKE FONTERRA, IS THIS JUST ANOTHER ONE WHERE THEY HAVE TO GET USED TO ANYTHING? YES, BUT ULTIMATELY, THESE ORGANISATIONS HAVE INCREDIBLE ASSETS, AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY UTILISING THAT ON BILLBOARDS OR MARKETING CAMPAIGNS ` SO WHY NOT INTEGRATE THAT AND GET A BETTER RETURN? FOR US IT IS ALL ABOUT TAKING THE CANDIDATES AWARENESS OF A BRAND AND CONVERTING IT INTO THAT OF AN APP. SOUNDS LIKE A BRAND SELLING ITSELF TO A POTENTIAL EMPLOYEE? IT IS ABOUT BUILDING BRAND EQUITY, AND DOING IT IN A WAY THAT IS NATIVE TO THEM. CANDIDATES THESE DAYS DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT ANOTHER ROLE, THEY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE CULTURAL NUANCES AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ORGANISATION IS ABOUT. IT SOUNDS DIFFERENT TO THE TRADITIONAL WAY OF HOW WE THINK ABOUT EMPLOYMENT. WE HAVE BEEN BUILT ON THE BACKBONE OF DATA. WE WANT TO ALLOW A CANDIDATES TO FIND THE ROLE THAT IS RIGHT FOR THEM. YOU CAN NOW SEARCH FOR COMPANY THAT ARE TECH, OR RAINBOW FRIENDLY, FOR EXAMPLE, IT IS MAKING IT MORE JOBSEEKER FRIENDLY. WITHOUT PROJECTING TOO MUCH, THE ECONOMY IS NOT PROJECTED TO BE GOING UP, HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT THIS PLATFORM WILL BE ABLE TO STAND ON ITS OWN 2 FEET? THE JOB MARKET IS ALWAYS VERY PSYCHIC. CYCLIC* THAT SAID, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 17 MILLION JOB SEARCHES OVER THE PAST YEAR. WE HAVE HAD OVER A MILLION CV SEARCHES, SO CANDIDATES ARE LOOKING FOR WORK. IT IS UPON IS TO INSPIRE THEM ENOUGH TO COME AND WORK FOR US. IF I WANT TO HAVE A WELL ON DIGITAL DATING FOR AN EMPLOYEE, IT IS ZEIL? YES, Z-E-I-L. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA. AFTER THE BREAK, YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, THERE'S A NEW PAINTING EXHIBITION CELEBRATING OUR CLASSIC CARS. WE'VE REVVED UP TESSA PARKER AND SENT HER OUT TO INSPECT. MORENA, TESS. THE THING ABOUT CARS IS THAT THEY CAPTURE MEMORIES AND REPRESENT AN WHOLE AREA IN TIME. WE ARE GOING TO BE CHECKING OUT THESE INCREDIBLE WORKS AFTER THE BREAK. YEAH, IT'S GOOD. IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THE PEOPLE. ARE YOU GONNA HAVE A BIG... ...WITH THE NEW ZEALAND SPIRIT. GOOD TO TALK TO YOU. (LAUGHTER) (LAUGHTER) NOW, SIR STEVE HANSEN... THE SHOE WAS ON THE OTHER FOOT. CAN WE GET SOME PERSPECTIVE HERE? IT IS ONE WEEK. THERE IS NO ISSUE WITH SIR STEVE HANSEN DOING A WEEK WITH THE WALLABIES. HE HAS BEEN OUT OF ALL BLACKS COACHING FOR SOME TIME AND WON'T BE AWARE OF THE CURRENT SEQUENCE. COACHES ARE PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE AND CAN GO WHERE EVER THEY ARE CONTRACTED. HE IS JUST GOING TO HELP OUT AS MATES. JENNY MAY WANTS A CRACK AT THE DIAMONDS, DOESN'T SHE? ON THE FLIPSIDE, JEFFREY, TRAITOR! TAKE HIS KNIGHTHOOD AWAY AND CHANGES PASSPORT TO AN AUSSIE ONE. TELL US HOW YOU REALLY FEEL. KEEP YOUR FEEDBACK COMING. BREAKFAST ON ONE. PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS WILL SOON SET OUT WHO THE LABOUR PARTY DOES AND DOESN'T WANT TO WORK WITH, BUT IS 'VERY COMFORTABLE' WITH WINSTON PETERS RULING OUT PARTNERING WITH HIM. IT FOLLOWS THE LABOUR PARTY RETURNING ITS WORST POLL RESULT SINCE CHRIS HIPKINS BECAME PRIME MINISTER. THE PARTY'S DIPPED TO 29% IN THE PARTY VOTE, AND WOULD BE UNABLE TO FORM A GOVERNMENT WITH COALITION PARTNERS. LOOK, WINSTON PETERS HAS RULED OUT WORKING WITH US. I'M VERY COMFORTABLE ABOUT THAT. I'VE SAID IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, I'LL SET OUT OR PREFERRED GOVERNING ARRANGEMENTS, SO THE PARTIES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH IN GOVERNMENT. THAT WILL INCLUDE WHETHER THERE ARE ANY PARTIES THAT WE WON'T BE WILLING TO WORK WITH IN GOVERNMENT. I'VE SAID THAT I'LL DO THAT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. MR HIPKINS SAYS HE DOESN'T BELIEVE NEW ZEALANDERS ARE TUNED IN WITH THE ELECTION AT THE MOMENT. THE POLL HAS CHRIS HIPKINS BARELY AHEAD IN THE PREFERRED PRIME MINSTER RACE, SITTING AT 21% WHILE CHRIS LUXON SITS AT 20%. 20 ISN'T GREAT. NEW ZEALANDERS AREN'T EXCITED BY EITHER OF THE LEADERS, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE CLOSE, IT'S GIVING CHRISTOPHER LUXON SOME COMFORT. OVER THE CAMPAIGN, CAMPAIGNING AS A SLOWING. WE WILL SEE THEM LINING UP SIDE-BY-SIDE. I THINK THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE WILL START TO SEE THE TWO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM. POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE BEEN CALLED ON TO STOP MAKING CANCER AND CANCER TREATMENT AN ELECTION CYCLE ISSUE. IT FOLLOWS NATIONAL ANNOUNCING A NEW HEALTH POLICY THAT WOULD ROLL BACK THE GOVERNMENT'S SCRAPPING OF A $5 PRESCRIPTION FEE IN ORDER TO FUND THIRTEEN CANCER TREATMENTS. STUART JOHNSTONE, WHO'S WIFE DIED OF CANCER AND WAS DIAGNOSED HIMSELF LAST YEAR SAYS POLITICIANS SHOULD BE PUSHING FOR BETTER HEALTH CARE ALL YEAR ROUND, NOT AS A WAY TO GET VOTES. STOP ACTUALLY, AGAIN, PLAYING WITH THIS IN AN ELECTION CYCLE. FORGET TRYING TO SCORE POLITICAL POINTS OVER ONE OR THE OTHER. JUST ACTUALLY MAKE IT LOOKING AFTER NEW ZEALANDERS. MAKE IT BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR EVERY GOVERNMENT EVERY DAY IN THE LIFE OF EVERY NEW ZEALANDER. JOHNSTONE MOVED TO AUSTRALIA TO ACCESS BETTER HEALTH CARE. HE SAYS HE HAD RADIATION TREATMENT THAT WOULD HAVE COST $100,000 IN AOTEAROA, BUT WAS FREE IN AUSTRALIA. LUCY LETBY, THE UK'S MOST PROLIFIC CHILD SERIAL KILLER, WILL SPEND THE REST OF HER LIFE BEHIND BARS. THE NURSE (33) WAS CONVICTED OF MURDERING 7 BABIES ATTEMPTING TO KILL 6 OTHERS. SHE REFUSED TO APPEAR IN THE DOCK FOR HER SENTENCING HEARING. I THINK IT'S COWARDLY THAT PEOPLE WHO COMMIT SUCH HORRENDOUS CRIMES DO NOT FACE THEIR VICTIMS AND HEAR FIRST-HAND THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE HAD ON THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES. LUCY LETBY IS JUST THE FOURTH WOMAN IN BRITISH HISTORY TO RECEIVE MULTIPLE LIFE SENTENCES. DONALD TRUMP HAS AGREED TO A $337,000 BOND AMONG OTHER RELEASE CONDITIONS IN HIS LATEST CRIMINAL CASE. THE FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO TURN HIMSELF IN THIS WEEK. HE'S FACING 13 CRIMINAL CHARGES RELATING TO EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE STATE'S 2020 ELECTION RESULTS. THE NEW BOND AGREEMENT COMES AFTER A MEETING BETWEEN TRUMP'S LEGAL TEAM AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THIS MORNING. THERE ARE FEARS DEATH VALLEY, ONE OF THE DRIEST AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES, COULD EXPERIENCE MONSOON STORMS IN THE NEXT WEEK. THE PARK REMAINS CLOSED AS EX HURRICANE HILARY BRINGS HISTORIC LEVELS OF RAIN. NICHOLE ANDLER WHO WORKS AT DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK SAYS WHILE THE AREA RARELY SEES RAIN, THE LEVEL OF WATER IN THE REGION IS 'CONCERNING.' WE DO HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE BY THE END OF THE WEEK THAT WE WILL HAVE MONSOONAL STORMS ` SO ALL THIS EXTRA MOISTURE IN THE AIR IN THE GROUND COULD GENERATE ADDITIONAL STORMS IN VERY SPECIFIC PLACES ANDLER SAYS STORMS ARE GETTING LARGER AND MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH FLOODS NOW BECOMING FREQUENT. TO SPORT, AND THE ALL BLACKS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT OFF GUARD AS FORMER COACH SIR STEVE HANSEN IS JOINS THE WALLABIES TO HELP THEM PREPARE FOR THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. HANSEN HAS JOINED THE TEAM IN A SHORT TERM ADVISORY ROLE, AFTER ACCEPTING AN INVITATION FROM EDDIE JONES. THE ALL BLACKS FINDING OUT THE NEWS AT TRAINING THIS MORNING. YEAH?! (LAUGHS) WHAT, ACTUALLY? YEAH. QUIETLY: SHIT. (STAMMERS) WHAT, LIKE IN CAMP KIND OF SETUP? YEAH. SHIT, WHAT ARE YOU UP TO? IT HURTS A LITTLE BIT, TO BE FAIR. OH, YEAH, I AM ACTUALLY GOBSMACKED. I KNOW IS GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD MATES THERE. HE'S A BIT OF AN ICON IN THE ALL BLACKS SETUP. YEAH, I'M ACTUALLY A BIT SPEECHLESS. BIT DISAPPOINTING, BUT WE CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT THAT. THE WORLD CUP WINNING COACH WON'T BE PAID BY RUGBY AUSTRALIA AND WILL ONLY BE WITH THE TEAM FOR A WEEK. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S A MAINLY FINE START TO YOUR DAY THIS MORNING, WITH BLUE SKIES THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST. 17 THE HIGH FOR RUSSELL. 16 DEGREES FOR WHANGAREI. FURTHER SOUTH ` THERE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE BLUE SKIES FOR YOU ALL TODAY, WITH SOME SOUTHWESTERLIES LATER IN THE DAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S A CLOUDY MORNING FOR YOU ALL TODAY, WITH SOME SHOWERS. THESE WILL CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. 14 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. 13 FOR HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` IT'S A BIT OF A MIXED BAG TODAY. A FINE START FOR SOME OF YOU, WITH SOME CLOUD AND SHOWERS FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. 14 THE HIGH FOR LEVIN. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` IT'S A FINE MORNING FOR MOST, BEFORE SOME CLOUD HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON FOR THOSE ON THE WEST. HEADING SOUTH ` IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE BLUE SKIES FOR YOU ALL TODAY, OTHER THAN A BIT OF MORNING FROST AND CLOUD FOR CHRISTCHURCH. 12 IS THE HIGH FOR ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IT'LL FROSTY START TO YOUR DAY FOR THOSE IN QUEENSTOWN AND DUNEDIN, 12 THE HIGH FOR GORE. JOHN, DO YOU WANT TO COME AND SAY HI? YOU'RE GOING TO RUN OFF, OK. EVERY VINTAGE OR CLASSIC CAR HAS A STORY BEHIND IT. THEY'RE VEHICLES THAT SHOULDN'T REALLY BE ON THE ROAD ANY MORE, BUT SOMEONE TOOK THE TIME AND CARE TO HELP THEM LIVE ON. UP AND COMING ARTIST ELLIOT LOVE WAS SO ENCAPSULATED BY THEM, THEY BECAME THE MAIN FOCUS OF HIS WORK. REPORTER TESSA PARKER IS CURRENTLY CHECKING OUT HIS LATEST EXHIBITION. MORNING TESS. MORNING, AND I GUESS MORNING TO JOHN. HE LOVED TO SURPRISE US, DOESN'T HE? REBECCA, YOU'RE AN EXPERT WITH ELLIOTT'S WORK. IS FOCUSING ON CARS FROM THE 80S AND 90S. MAY BE A LITTLE BIT FORGOTTEN. WHY IS THAT? HIS PREDOMINATE LEDGER ONTO THE 80S AND 90S BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HIM AND HIS FRIENDS WERE PURCHASING OUT OF SCHOOL. THEY ARE SYMBOLIC OF ELEMENTS OF FREEDOM AND NOSTALGIA. IS ALSO ANAESTHETIC TO THEM THAT HE IS DRAWN TO. WE'VE BEEN TALKING THIS MORNING, AND I PROMISED I WOULDN'T TALK ABOUT IT SO MUCH, BUT I MAY HAVE LOST MY 1997 GREEN RAV4. TELL ME ABOUT THOSE MEMORIES. FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, CARS ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH ADVENTURE. IT REALLY DOES COME BACK TO A TRIGGER FOR HIM TO WORK IN THIS WAY WITH ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY. THIS EXHIBITION WHICH OPENS THIS EVENING IS CALLED ENTROPY. IT COMES DOWN TO NOT ONLY THE CARS THAT IS WORKING WITH, BUT ALSO THE SURROUNDINGS. YOU WILL SEE THINGS LIKE A CAR WITH A HONDA REC, WHICH IS AN ABANDONED CAR. YOU SAID GOODBYE TO THAT, AS THIS WAS ABANDONED. IT REALLY DOES COME DOWN TO... IT'S AN OBSESSION. AND OBSESSION, AGAIN, I CAN RELATE TO. HOW DOES HE FIND THE SPECIAL CARS? IT'S AN INSTINCTUAL PROCESS FOR HIM. WHICHEVER CITY HE IS AND HE WILL EXPLORE, FREQUENTLY BY FOOT JUST BY WANDERING AND IF HE SEES A CAR IN THE RIGHT SCENE IN THE RIGHT PLACE IT WILL JUST BE SOMETHING THAT HE IS DRAWN TO. HE IS COLLECTING THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE DISAPPEARING. HE'S DESCRIBED THEM AS LIKE BEING IN A VIDEOGAME. HE CAN SEE THE STEPS LAID OUT IN FRONT OF THEM TO GO DOWN AN ALLEYWAY OR TO WALK SOMEWHERE. I LOVE THAT ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT. IT'S BEEN CATHARTIC FOR ME WITH MY RECENT CARLOS. EVERYONE TO COME AND CHECK IT OUT AT THE PARNELL ART GALLERY. IF YOU DON'T BUY A CAR YOU CAN BUY A PICTURE OF A CAR! YOU MAY KNOW HER AS TINA FROM TURNERS, BUT THERE IS AN INCREDIBLE STORY BEHIND SIENI LEO'O OLO, ALSO KNOWN AS BUBBAH. SHE'S WITH US NEXT. # BETTER THAN ALL THE REST... OUR NEXT GUEST MIGHT BE INSTANTLY FAMILIAR AS TINA FROM TURNERS WHO LOVES 'CARS, CARS, CARS, CARS', BUT BUBBAH, THE COMEDIAN WHO PLAYS THE CHARACTER, HAS BEEN WORKING HARD ON CULTIVATING AN AUDIENCE FOR HER OWN BRAND OF COMEDY, AND THE COMMITMENT IS CERTAINLY PAYING OFF. TAKE A LOOK. BUBBA... WHEN YOU LOOK AT RAY, MEL, KAREN, DAI AND I, WE'RE NOT A GROUP OF FRIENDS THAT YOU WOULD SEE AT AN ARCADE OR JUST HANGING OUT. IT'S A VERY RANDOM GROUP. WILL OUR FRIENDSHIP LAST? WHERE'S THIS GOING? I HOPE IT'S GOING SOMEWHERE! I'VE DECIDED FOR US. YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS. (AUDIENCE GASPS) SOME PICTURES OF THE TASKMASTER GROUP. NO WAY! OH MY GOD! (AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) I GOT YOU! CAN I JUST SAY WE'VE NEVER LOOKED BETTER! OK, WELL, CLEARLY, YOU GET FIVE POINTS. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) THE DEDICATION! WAS THAT IT? YOU GOT FIVE POINTS?! , THAT WAS TASKMASTER, WHICH YOU ARE PART OF, WHAT THE HEY? I DON'T KNOW. I WANTED TO WIN. AT WHAT POINT DID YOU GO, OKAY, THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT. THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. TWO DAYS BEFORE. I WALKED ONTO STAGE LIKE YEAH! HOW LONG THAT IT TAKE? AN HOUR AND 1/2, IT WAS REALLY QUICK. I HAVE TO ASK, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN IN SAMOA FOR THE PAST SIX WEEKS, WHAT DID THE WHANAU THINK? I COULDN'T EXPLAIN THAT I GOT IT FOR A SHOW, SO I SAID IT WAS JUST A BUNCH OF FRIENDS. YOU ARE NUTS. THAT IS A BIT OUT THERE ` BUT IF THAT PART OF YOU? AND IT WAS FREE. PRODUCTION PAID FOR IT. TALK TO ME ABOUT YOU STARTING TO DO SHOWS IN YOUR BACKYARD. (LAUGHS) I STARTED THERE, I THINK. I WOULD DO SHOWS IN MY BACKYARD FOR SOUTH AUCKLAND POLYNESIANS` WELL, POLYNESIANS FROM EVERYWHERE, JUST HAPPENED THAT I WAS IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. FOR A GOLD COIN DONATION AS WELL, THIS IS WHERE THINGS STARTED FOR YOU? I STARTED AS IN A THEATRE COMPANY 16 AND FOUND MY WAY INTO COMEDY. SOUTHSIDE POLYNESIANS ON MY AUDIENCE, SO I THOUGHT, BACKYARD, I RECKON THEY WILL COME. AND THEN I JUST KEPT ON DOING IT. TALK TO ME HOW THINGS ARE GOING ` YOU HAVE HAD A MASSIVELY SUCCESSFUL CAREER SO FAR. TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR PROGRESSION OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. EVERYDAY, I AM THANKFUL. WHAT A BLESSING. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT HAS GOT THIS FAR, AND I HOPE IT KEEPS GOING. AS A COMEDIAN, I IMAGINE` BECAUSE I'M NOT FUNNY. I THINK YOU ARE FUNNY. CHRIS IS OUR FUNNY GUY ON THE SHOW, SO I LIVE IT WITH HIM. IN TERMS OF YOUR CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION, I WONDER WHETHER THAT GOES BACK TO WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER, WERE YOU ALWAYS THAT KID? YEAH, PROBABLY. ALL THE OTHERS WOULD COME BACK FROM WORK, AND I WOULD SHOW THEM THE THINGS THAT I TAUGHT THE KIDS. I THINK IT IS BECAUSE I'M SAMOAN ` WE'RE SILLY. WIDE YOU GO BACK? I WENT BACK BECAUSE I HADN'T GONE BACK SINCE COVID. I JUST LIVED OFF THE LAND. EVERYTHING I DID, I DID FROM LOVE. SPEAKING OF LOVE, YOU WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO YOUR GRANDPARENTS. HI NANNA AND PA! HI, I LOVE YOU GUYS! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. HOW ARE YOU ENJOYING TASKMASTER? I HAVEN'T WATCHED IT YET. BUT BEING PART OF IT. AMAZING, AGAIN, I GOT TO PLAY GAMES! I SHOULD HAVE LOOKED IT UP BEFORE I WENT ON. NO, NO, NO. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING ON THE SHOW. FOR MORE COMEDY, FOR MORE COMEDY, YOU CAN WATCH TASKMASTER ON TV2 AT 7.30PM ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS. AND IF YOU'RE BUSY THEN, YOU CAN WATCH IT LATER ON TVNZ+ E HAERE AKE NEI, AFTER THE BREAK ` BRADLEY COOPER HAS BEEN FACING BACKLASH FOR HIS LATEST ACTING ROLE. WE'LL HAVE ALL THE LATEST YOU NEED TO KNOW OUT OF HOLLYWOOD NEXT. FROM THE FLOWING WATERS TO SCENIC FORESTS, ROTORUA HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. AND THANKS TO LEGEND OF THE PEAKS, YOU COULD BE HEADING THERE. THE RUNNING AND WALKING FESTIVAL HAPPENING THIS NOVEMBER AND IS GIVING AWAY ENTRIES FOR TWO TO ANY EVENT OF THEIR CHOICE. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE. THE PRIZE PACKAGE INCLUDES THE POLYNESIAN SPA, TE PUIA, THE SKYLINE, AND THREE NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION IN ROTORUA. TO ENTER, HEAD TO legendofthepeaks.com/win. WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THE WINNER LIVE ON-AIR THIS FRIDAY. IT'S THIS TIME EVERY FORTNIGHT WHERE WE'RE CHECKING ON ALL THE GOINGS ON IN THE HOLLYWOOD WORLD. HERE FOR MORE IS OUR L.A.-BASED ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER CAROL RAMOS WHO JOINS US THIS MORNING. BRITNEY SPEARS HAS BEEN HITTING THE HEADLINES AGAIN. ANY CHANCE OF A CAREER REVIVAL AT THIS POINT? OOPS, SHE HAS DONE IT AGAIN. SHE'S BACK IN THE NEWS FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. SHE WAS IN THE NEWS A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN SHE WAS TRYING TO GET OUT FROM UNDER HER FATHER'S CONSERVATORSHIP, AND THAT MADE HEADLINES. SHE TRIED TO REVIVE HER CAREER, AND NOT MUCH HAPPENED. THEN SHE GOT MARRIED. AND EVERY BODY SAID THERE IS A BIG AGE DIFFERENCE OF THERE. TURNS OUT THAT SHE'S GETTING NOW DIVORCED. EVEN THOUGH HER LAWYERS SAY SHE HAS AN AIRTIGHT PRENUP, THE HUSBAND SAYS THAT MAYBE NOT, AND HE WILL SEE HER IN COURT. THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST INSTAGRAM DIVORCES, BECAUSE THEY HAVE BOTH TAKEN TO SOCIAL MEDIA POSTING PICTURES ABOUT THEMSELVES, TALKING ABOUT THEIR MARRIAGE AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP. I DO NOT SEE HER HERE IN LAS VEGAS ANY TIME SOON. THERE ARE SOME OTHER STARS WHO ARE DOING SOMETHING BETTER ON THE CAREER FRONT. AND ICONIC SINGER HAS MANAGED TO PULL OFF A BEATLES REUNION. WHO DOESN'T LOVE DOLLY PARTON? SHE IS DOING AN ALBUM OF ROCK SONGS OUT ON NOVEMBER 17, IT IS CALLED ROCKSTAR. ONE OF THE SONGS IT'S CALLED LET IT BE, SO SHE ASKED PAUL MCCARTNEY FOR ADVICE. HE SAID EVEN BETTER, I WILL CALIBRATE REVIEW, AND GUESS WHAT, I WILL BRING RINGO ALONG. SO BOTH RINGO AND PAUL WILL BE PERFORMING THE SONG WITH DOLLY. THAT IS NOT THE ONLY COLLABORATION ` ELTON JOHN WILL BE WORKING WITH HER, AND DEBBIE HARRIE. THE WHOLE ALBUM CAME ABOUT BECAUSE SHE WAS BEING INDUCTED INTO THE RUCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 2022. SO SHE IS GETTING BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HER FRIENDS. AS HE SAID, WHO DOESN'T LOVE DOLLY? PAUL BRADLEY COOPER IS NOT THAT POPULAR THE MOMENT THOUGH. FACING A BITTER BACKLASH FOR HIS CURRENT ROLE. A LOT OF 'NOSY' PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT A PROSTHETIC NOSE THAT HE IS USING IN HIS LATEST FILM. IT IS THE BIOPIC ABOUT THE LEGENDARY CONDUCTOR LEONARD BERNSTEIN. HE SAID HE FEELS HE CAN GET INTO THE ROLE BY USING THE PROSTHETIC NOSE. SOME PEOPLE SAID THAT IT IS BASICALLY PERPETUATING ETHNIC STEREOTYPES, PUT THE CONDUCTORS CHILDREN HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER SAYING THAT THEY TOTALLY SUPPORT BRADLEY. SAYING THAT IF HE NEEDS THE NOSE TO FEEL LIKE THEIR FATHER, THEN MORE POWER TO HIM. THEY COULD HAVE JUST HIRED OWEN WILSON, COULDN'T THEY? THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. BUSY OLD SHOW. WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. (LAUGHTER) CAPTION BY JULIE TAYLOR, COURTNEY SOLE, DREW WELSH AND TOM CLARKE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023