IT'S FRIDAY THE 25th OF AUGUST. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. WE HAVE MADE IT TO THE END OF THE WEEK. ON THE SHOW TODAY ` POLICE PATROLS HAVE BECOME A REGULAR FEATURE AT AN AUCKLAND HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S HAD A NUMBER OF WHAT IT CALLS 'ANTI-SOCIAL' INCIDENTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. WE'LL BE JOINED BY THE PRINCIPAL TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON, AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. MAKING HEADLINES THIS MORNING ` FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO SURRENDER THIS MORNING AT THE ATLANTS JAIL IN THE CASE THAT ALLEGES THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO OVERTURN THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 ELECTION. TRUMP WILL HAVE HIS MUGSHOT TAKEN. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. AND POPSTAR CHARLIE PUTH IS BRINGING HIS TOUR TO NEW ZEALAND. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH HIM. YOU CAN CATCH THAT INTERVIEW AFTER 7.30. GLAD YOU HAVE LEARNED HOW TO SAY HIS NAME PROPERLY. YOU WERE TRYING TO STEER ME IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. SPECIFICALLY SO THAT I WOULD BUTCHER IT IN MY INTERVIEW. LUCKILY, I DIDN'T LET YOU. I WOULD NEVER SET YOU UP AFTER THAT. ALSO AFTER 8 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, THE WINNER OF AMERICA'S GOT TALENT IS GOING TO JOIN US. HE IS A MAGICIAN. DO YOU LIKE MAGIC TRICKS? I HAVE A BOOK. WE ALSO HAVE THE LEGEND OF THE PEAKS WINNER. IT IS A GREAT FRIDAY, ANNA. NOW CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. A GAS LEAK IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND WHICH CLOSED ROADS AND FORCED PEOPLE TO BE EVACUATED LAST NIGHT HAS BEEN CONTAINED. EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A LEAK FROM A MANHOLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF CUSTOMS STREET AND GORE STREET JUST BEFORE 6pm. GAS DETECTION GEAR HAS BEEN USED TO ENSURE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS ARE SAFE TO ENTER AND THE ROADS HAVE RE-OPENED. SOME BLUEBRIDGE FERRY SAILINGS ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED TODAY DUE TO AN ENGINEERING ISSUE WITH THE CONNEMARA. TWO SERVICES YESTERDAY AND THREE TODAY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. IT'S BEEN A TOUGH WEEK FOR CUSTOMERS TRYING TO GET ACROSS THE STRAIT. THE INTERISLANDER'S KAITKAI WAS OUT FOR A FEW DAYS DUE TO A BROKEN DOOR, WHILE WEATHER WARNINGS HAVE ALSO PLAGUED BOTH OPERATORS. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS BROKEN HIS SILENCE ON THE PRESUMED DEATH OF WAGNER MERCENARY BOSS YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN. IN A TELEVISED ADDRESS, PUTIN SENT HIS CONDOLENCES TO THE VICTIMS OF THE PLANE CRASH, WHICH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE KILLED PRIGOZHIN. THE PRESIDENT DESCRIBED PRIGOZHIN AS A 'TALENTED BUSINESSMAN'. RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES SAY ALL 10 PEOPLE ON THE PRIVATE JET DIED WHEN IT CRASHED NEAR MOSCOW YESTERDAY MORNING. THE CRASH CAME JUST TWO MONTHS AFTER PRIGOZHIN LED A SHORT-LIVED REBELLION AGAINST THE RUSSIAN MILITARY. DONALD TRUMP WILL SURRENDER TO AUTHORITIES IN ATLANTA TODAY IN THE FOURTH CRIMINAL CASE BROUGHT AGAINST HIM THIS YEAR. THE FORMER PRESIDENT, ALONG WITH 18 OTHER CO-DEFENDANTS, IS FACING CHARGES RELATING TO ALLEGED EFFORTS TO OVERTURN HIS 2020 ELECTION DEFEAT IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. WHEN TRUMP HANDS HIMSELF IN AT FULTON COUNTY JAIL, IT'S EXPECTED HE'LL BE FINGERPRINTED AND HAVE HIS MUGSHOT TAKEN. HIS FORMER LAWYER RUDY GIULIANI AND OTHER ALLIES HAVE SURRENDERED THIS WEEK. SOME OF JAPAN'S NEIGHBOURS ARE TAKING ACTION AFTER THE COUNTRY BEGAN RELEASING TREATED RADIOACTIVE WATER FROM ITS FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT INTO THE PACIFIC. WHILE AUTHORITIES ASSURE THE WATER IS SAFE, THERE IS STILL CONCERN. THE BBC'S SHAMAIAA KHALIL REPORTS. A DAY THAT CRIPPLED JAPAN AND SHOCKED THE WORLD. IN 2011, THOUGH COUNTRY'S MOST POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERED US AN ARMY THAT SWEPT THROUGH THE EAST COAST, KILLING MORE THAN 18,000 PEOPLE AND CAUSING THE WORST NUCLEAR DISASTER SINCE SHE NOBLE. THE WASTE FROM THE DESTROYED NICOLA REACTORS HAS BEEN BUILDING UP HERE IN THESE TANKS. THERE IS MORE THAN A MILLION TONS OF IT. TODAY, IT IS FINALLY BEING RELEASED. AS WE SPEAK, TREATED RADIOACTIVE WASTE WATER IS BEING PUMPED INTO THE WATER FROM THAT POWERPLANT JUST BEHIND ME. THERE IS A DEEP LACK OF TRUST IN THIS PROCESS. MANY LOCALS HAVE TOLD US JUST HASN'T BEEN TRANSPARENT ENOUGH. OFFICIALS SAY THE AMOUNT OF RADIATION THEY ARE RELEASING INTO THE SEA IS GOING TO BE WELL BEYOND INTERNATIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS. SCIENCE MAY BACK THIS CLAIMS, BUT IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR THE REPUTATION OF THE CONSUMER. PROTESTERS IN TOKYO STAYED RALLY EARLIER THIS WEEK FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO STOP THE RELEASE. JAPAN'S NEIGHBOURS ARE FURIOUS. CHINA HAS ANNOUNCED AN IMMEDIATE BAN ON JAPANESE SEAFOOD IMPORTS, AND PREVIOUSLY ACCUSED TOKYO OF TREATING THE OCEAN AS ITS SEWAGE DUMP. HONG KONG WILL IMMEDIATELY ACTIVATE IMPORT CURBS ON SOME PRODUCTS FROM THE COUNTRY. THIS IS A BATTLE OF PERCEPTION FOR JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT. IT HAS YET TO CONVINCE ITS NEIGHBOURS AND THE PEOPLE THAT THIS WILL BE NO MORE RADIOACTIVE THAN RAISE FROM ANY OTHER NUCLEAR POWER PLANT FROM AROUND THE WORLD. BUT THIS WILL NOT BE EASY BECAUSE FACTS ARE AGAINST A FEAR. AUSTRALIANS HAVE BEEN WARNED THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR BUSHFIRE SEASON, WITH AN INCREASED RISK FORECAST FOR LARGE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY IN THE COMING MONTHS. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT AZIZ AL SA'AFIN FILED THIS REPORT FROM SYDNEY. NEW SOUTH WALES, QUEENSLAND AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES AS WELL AS PARTS OF VICTORIA AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA HAVE BEEN PUT ON HIGH ALERT. THE AUSTRALIAN FIRE AUTHORITIES COUNCIL WARN WITH THEIR LATEST OUTLOOK THE FIRE SEASON COULD START EARLIER THAN EXPECTED AND LIKELY TO BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SINCE THE 2019-2020 BLACK SUMMER FIRES. SEVERAL YEARS OF RAINFALL AND A WET START TO WINTER MEAN SEVERAL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE GRAPPLING WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF VEGETATION READY TO BURN, NOT HELPED BY THE ABOVE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES EXPECTED IN THE COMING MONTHS. A 'ONE IN A BILLION' CHANCE ` THAT'S WHAT NEW RESEARCH SAYS THE RISK OF MAD COW DISEASE SPREADING THROUGH BLOOD DONATION IN AOTEAROA ANNUALLY. CURRENTLY, ANYONE WHO LIVED IN THE UK, IRELAND OR FRANCE FOR SIX MONTHS OR MORE BETWEEN 1980 AND 1996 ARE EXCLUDED FROM DONATING BLOOD IN NEW ZEALAND. THE FINDINGS COME AFTER THE NZ BLOOD SERVICE MADE A SUBMISSION TO MEDSAFE THIS MONTH, RECOMMENDING THE BAN BE LIFTED. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CASES OF MAD COW DISEASE GLOBALLY SINCE 2019. TO SPORT, AND THE ALL BLACKS HAVE HAD THEIR FINAL RUN BEFORE THEIR CLASH AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA TOMORROW MORNING. THE TEAM IS EXCITED TO PLAY IN FRONT OF A SOLD OUT TWICKENHAM, WHERE THEY LAST FACED OFF AT THE 2015 RUGBY WORLD CUP. CAPTAIN SAM CANE SAYS IT WILL BE A VERY SURREAL EXPERIENCE. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO PUT ON THE BLACK JERSEY, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY A SPECIAL AND UNIQUE OCCASION PLAYING SPRINGBOKS AT TWICKENHAM, SOLD OUT, SO, YEAH, THE GROUP'S PRETTY EXCITED TO GET BACK OUT, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, THAT THE STARTING GROUP HASN'T ACTUALLY PLAYED IN A WEE WHILE NOW, SO JUST TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK OUT THERE AND HOPEFULLY PUT IN ONE THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF. THE TEST MATCH KICKS OFF SATURDAY MORNING. THE PARRAMATTA EELS HAVE STUNNED THE NRL LEADING PENRITH PANTHERS 32-18. THE EELS LED FROM THE THIRD MINUTE ` WINGER MAIKA SIVO SCORING FOUR TRIES. CAMPBELL GILLARD, NICE PLAY. GOOD PLAY. IT IS THAT OVER THE TOP SENSATIONAL! HE'S GOT TWO. THEY CUT THAT SIDE. YOU BET YOU CAN. THE LOSS MEANS THE PANTHERS COULD DROP TO SECOND, MEANING A POSSIBLE FINALS MATCH-UP WITH THE THIRD PLACED WARRIORS. THE EELS FINISH THEIR SEASON JUST OUTSIDE THE TOP EIGHT. RIGHT, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH AFTER MIDDAY. 14 THE HIGH FOR RUSSELL. 15 IN KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO BE OPENING UP THE BLINDS TO SOME CLOUD TODAY, WITH A BIT OF MORNING FROST AND FOG FOR THOSE IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA 15 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. 14 FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` MORNING FROST AND FOG FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH. OTHERWISE IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY, WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FROM MIDDAY FOR SOME. 15 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. AND 14 AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` A BIT OF MORNING FROST AND CLOUD FOR MOST OF YOU TODAY, WITH BLUE SKIES HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. 14 THE HIGH FOR LEVIN. AND ALSO PALMERSTON NORTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` IT'S A BIT OF A MIXED BAG TODAY. A CLOUDY MORNING FOR THOSE ON THE EAST. THIS WILL TURN TO FINE HEADING TO MIDDAY. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR THOSE ON THE WEST. 13 THE HIGH FOR GREYMOUTH. AND 12 FOR KAIKOURA. HEADING SOUTH ` IT'S ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU GUYS, WITH SOME LOW FOG ACROSS THE REGION. 12 THE HIGH FOR TIMARU. AND CHRISTCHURCH. 14 FOR ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH SOME LOW FOG FOR THOSE IN DUNEDIN. SHOWERS HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 14 THE HIGH FOR GORE. AND IT'S LOOKING... I JUST DECIDED TO FINISH THE WEATHER BULLETIN THERE BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL DONE. BUT NO. SATURDAY ` IT'S A MAINLY CLOUDY DAY ACROSS THE MOTU. SHOWERS AND RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE DEEP SOUTH. SUNDAY ` MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE NORTH, WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN FURTHER SOUTH. SNOWFALL MAY FALL TO 500m FROM CANTERBURY TO SOUTHLAND. I AM SO FOCUSED ON WORK. I'M NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT THE WEEKEND. AIR NEW ZEALAND'S BOSS IS WARNING THE ERA OF CHEAP FLIGHTS IS OVER. THAT'S DESPITE THE NATIONAL AIRLINE REPORTING $412 MILLION IN NET PROFIT, UP FROM ITS NET $591 MILLION LOSS LAST YEAR. AND THERE'S AT LEAST ONE NEW CARRIER IN TOWN, INCREASING COMPETITION. AIR NZ CEO GREG FORAN JOINS US NOW. MORENA, GREG. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US A SITE YOU WILL BE ON CLOUD NINE. WE ARE CERTAINLY A LITTLE BIT BOYD COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. BEING IN THE BLACK AND ABLE TO STAND ON OUR OWN 2 FEET IS A GOOD PLACE TO BE IN. YOU HAVE A FULLY UNDERLYING PROFIT OF $480 MILLION. GIVEN WITH THINGS WERE AT FOR THE AIRLINE, HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO TURN THINGS AROUND SO QUICKLY? I THINK WE'VE HAD A WONDERFUL TAILWIND. WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE DEMAND HAS COME BACK QUICKER THAN WE EXPECTED AND THAT HAS LED TO HIGHER PRICING AS WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. PRICES ARE AROUND ABOUT 30 TO 35% UP ON LAST YEAR, BUT IT OBVIOUSLY DEPENDS ON WHEN YOU BOOK IF YOU BOOK EARLY, YOU CAN GET SOME CHEAPER FARES. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS NOT REALLY THAN YOU NORMAL WE ARE LOOKING AT HERE. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT YEAR AHEAD. A DIFFERENT YEAR AHEAD FOR CUSTOMERS, ACCORDING TO YOU. WE CAN'T EXPECT THINGS TO RETURN TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS AND IT COMES TO L AND PRICING. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED COST INCREASES, LIKE EVERYWHERE IN NEW ZEALAND. COST INCREASES FROM SUPPLIERS TO THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY. FOR THE PRICE OF BUYING A NEW PLANE. THEY ARE ABOUT $200 MILLION APIECE TO GET A DREAMLINER. AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PROFIT, IT IS A GOOD AMOUNT BUT IT BUYS THREE PLANES AND WE NEED TO BUY EIGHT. YOU HAVE STILL MANAGED TO PUT TOGETHER A $585 MILLION PROFIT. AS I SAID, WE HAVE HAD THE BENEFIT OF GOOD TAILWIND'S, AND PRICES ARE UP. WHICH IS STAGGERING, GREG. SO WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET IN AND BOOK EARLY. I CHECKED SOME PRICES THIS MORNING AND, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN SOME COMMENTARY ABOUT PRICING. GETTING FROM AUCKLAND TO CHRISTCHURCH, IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT NEXT WEEK, THEN IT IS GOING TO BE THREE OR $400 EACH WAY. IF YOU BOOK AND SAY OCTOBER, I CAN GET TO CHRISTCHURCH AND BACK FOR $114 EACH WAY. I HEAR YOU MENTION THIS, GREG. SLADE TESTED IT THIS MORNING. I PICKED A WEEKEND IN NOVEMBER TO GO AND SEE MY PARENTS AND QUEENSTOWN. IT IS NOT THE CHEAPEST PLACE TO GO TO BUT IT IS WHERE MY MUM AND DAD LIVE AND I WANT TO GO THERE. THE CHEAPEST I COULD GO THEREFORE WAS $509. SO FOR ME AND MY HUSBAND TO GO, IT IS MORE THAN $1000. THAT IS UNAFFORDABLE AND UNATTAINABLE FOR MOST NEW ZEALANDERS. I WANT TO GO. I CAN'T DEBATE WHAT YOU LOOKED AT THIS MORNING. I WAS LOOKING AT PRICES THIS MORNING AS WELL, AND TO GET TO CHRISTCHURCH AND BACK, AS I SAID. I THINK IT WAS THE 17TH OR 18TH OF OCTOBER. IT WAS $114 EACH WAY. WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN IS SOME PRICES WILL REFLECT PEOPLE WANT TO DEFLATE FLY AT PARTICULAR TIMES OF THE DAY. THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE APPLIES BOOK EARLY AND HE WILL GET THE LOWER PRICE. THAT IS NOT THE REALITY OF AIR TRAVEL, GREG. FIONA MESSAGE DOES THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A SHORT NOTICE THAT WERE MY MUM WAS IN INTENSIVE CARE AND IN WHANGAREI. SOMETIMES PEOPLE DO NEED TO TRAVEL LATE. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN YOU DO TRAVEL LATE, OFTEN THE PRICES ARE MORE EXPENSIVE. I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, MATTY. THE CYCLONES WE HAD EARLIER THIS YEAR. WE PUT ON FLIGHTS BETWEEN NAPIER AND GISBORNE BECAUSE THE ROAD HAD BEEN CLOSED. WE PUT A FLAT FARE OF $98. THE ISSUE WAS THAT THE FLIGHTS SOLD OUT. YOU MIGHT SAY WELL, PUT ON MORE PLANES. IF YOU WANT TO PUT ON MORE PLANES TO THAT ROUTE, WE NEED TO TAKE THEM OFF ANOTHER ROUTE. EVERY PLANE WE HAVE A SLAYING. THAT IS WHY MAKING A PROFIT AND BUYING MORE PLANES, LIKE WE HAVE IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. GET SOME MORE SEATS OUT THERE AND THAT HELPS BRING PRICES DOWN. PRICES ARE UP AND YOU SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO RETURN TO PRE-COVID PRICES. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT MOVING FORWARD? AS WE PUT CAPACITY BACK IN, AND THAT CAPACITY CAN BE OURS, SO MORE SEATS BECOME AVAILABLE. NEW PLANES, NEW COMPETITORS COME IN. WE SEE THIS ALREADY OCCURRING INTERNATIONALLY. I AM VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL SEE AN EASING OF PRICES. MY COMMENTARY ABOUT THE PRICES NOT GOING TO WHERE THEY WERE AGAIN AS SOME OF THE COSTS WE ARE INCURRING ACTUALLY DON'T GO AWAY. SO IF AN OVERSEAS AIRPORT INCREASES ITS LANDING CHARGES BY 30, 40 OR 50% THAT HAS HAPPENED IN SOME CASES THOSE COSTS DON'T GO AWAY. ISN'T THAT JUST THE PRICE OF DOING BUSINESS, GREG? SHOULD IT BE ON THE CUSTOMERS TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF WHAT IT IS THAT YOU HAVE TO INCUR TO DO BUSINESS? THIS IS A COMPLEX EQUATION, MATTY. WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IN NEW ZEALAND AS FOR ALL OF NEW ZEALAND. WE WANTED TO BE A WORLD LEADING AIRLINE. TO BE A WORLD LEADING AIRLINE, YOU NOT ONLY HAVE TO GET YOUR PRICING COMPETITIVE, BUT YOU HAVE TO INVEST IN HANGERS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY. WHAT WE DO IT IN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN THREAD THAT NEEDLE SO THAT WE CREATE A WORLD LEADING PRODUCT FOR NEW ZEALAND INC. THAT IS ALSO VERY COMPETITIVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. E WHAI AKE NEI, COMING UP ` WE'RE EXPECTING THE MUGSHOT OF THE CENTURY. AS DONALD TRUMP SURRENDERS TO A COURT, WILL THIS BE THE THE CASE TO CRACK HIS CAMPAIGN? WE'RE WITH A LEGAL EAGLE IN GEORGIA NEXT. # CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND # YOU JUST WANT ATTENTION. VULCAN BACK TO BREAKFAST. DONALD TRUMP WILL SURRENDER TO A JAIL IN ATLANTA GEORGIA TODAY IN THE FOURTH CRIMINAL CASE BROUGHT AGAINST HIM THIS YEAR. COURTNEY HAMMOND BRINGS US UP TO DATE ON THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S MOUNTAIN OF LEGAL FIGHTS. (ROCK MUSIC) IF YOU FEEL LIKE DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN IN COURT A LOT LATELY, YOU'RE NOT WRONG. THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS CURRENTLY FACING A TOTAL OF 91 CRIMINAL CHARGES, STEMMING FROM FOUR DIFFERENT INDICTMENTS. THE FIRST IS CENTRED ON ALLEGED HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS TO ADULT ACTRESS STORMY DANIELS IN 2017. THAT CASE BROUGHT BY THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY, WITH CHARGES INCLUDING FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. THE SECOND CASE IS WHETHER MR TRUMP BROKE FEDERAL LAWS BY MISHANDLING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AFTER LEAVING OFFICE. THAT CASE WILL BE HEARD IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, WITH THE MAIN CHARGES INCLUDING THE UNLAWFUL RETENTION OF NATIONAL DEFENCE INFORMATION. THE THIRD CASE RELATES TO THE JANUARY 6th CAPITOL RIOTS. THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS, INCLUDING CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE CIVIL RIGHTS AND DEFRAUD THE GOVERNMENT. THE FOURTH IS THE ONE WE'RE SEEING PLAY OUT NOW. LIKE THE FIRST, IT DIFFERS FROM THE OTHER TWO, BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP IS UP ON STATE RATHER THAN FEDERAL OR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CHARGES. HE AND 18 OTHER DEFENDANTS ARE FACING CHARGES INCLUDING RACKETEERING AND CONSPIRACY OVER ALLEGED EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE RESULT OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, HIGHLIGHTED BY THIS PHONE CALL. HE DIDN'T FIND THE VOTES BUT HE DID FIND HIMSELF AND A SPOT OF BOTHER. AND FOR MORE ON WHAT THE PROCESS WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT SURRENDERS TODAY, WE ARE JOINED BY FORMER FULTON COUNTY PROSECUTOR TANYA MILLER. GOOD AFTERNOON, TANYA, WHERE YOU ARE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ON THE PROGRAM. THE BIG TALKING POINT FOR US TODAY IS THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE GOING TO SEE DONALD TRUMP GET HIS MUG SHOT TAKEN. EVERYONE WHO IS ARRESTED IN FULTON COUNTY GETS FINGERPRINTED CERTAIN, PERSONAL INFORMATION IS TAKEN ABOUT YOU AND YOUR MUGSHOT IS TAKEN. THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO KEEP OUR CRIMINAL RECORD IS COMPLETE. THERE IS NO REASON THAT WE CAN SEE TO TREAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT ANY DIFFERENT. THAT IS MY IMPRESSION OF WHAT OUR SHERIFF HAS SAID. IT IS PROBABLY A DISCRETIONARY MATTER FOR SOME FOLKS, BUT HERE, WE HAVE OPTED TO FOLLOW THE POLICY THAT WE FOLLOW WITH EVERY PERSON WHO COMES THROUGH THAT JAIL. THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION THAT GOES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN LAWYERS IN ADVANCE. IN A NOTE THAT TRUMP HAS ALREADY AGREED TO ADD $200,000 BOND AND TO NOT TARGET THE WITNESSES IN THIS CASE. THAT MIGHT BE A TOUGH CALL FOR HIM, CONSIDERING HIS HISTORY WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF HE REACHES THAT CONDITION? A BOND ORDER, ONCE IT IS SIGNED BY THE JUDGE, IS AN ORDER OF THE COURT. THE COURT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE THAT ORDER. SO IF, FOR EXAMPLE, HE WERE TO ENGAGE IN THAT SORT OF CONDUCT TRYING TO INFLUENCE WITNESSES ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR ANY OTHER ARENA THE STATE WOULD FILE A MOTION TO BRING HIM INTO COURT AND ASK THE JUDGE TO ADMONISH HIM NOT TO DO IT. AND HE WOULD HAVE HIS BOND REVOKED WHICH MEANS HE WOULD HAVE TO SET IN THE FULTON COUNTY JAIL IN TELLER'S CASE WAS TRIED. THE CHANCES OF THAT ARE UNLIKELY RIGHT THOUGH? HE MAY BE ABLE TO SKIP THROUGH WAS JUST A WARNING? I THINK THAT IS RIGHT. AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, HOLDING THE FORMER PRESIDENT IN THE COUNTY JAIL FOR VIOLATING A BOND CONDITION WOULD BE AT EXTREME REMEDY FOR SOME I THINK HE WOULD BE ACTING ON ADVICE ON HIS NEW DEFENCE COUNSEL THAT HE JUST HIRED TODAY AND WILL NOT ENGAGE IN THAT KIND OF CONDUCT THAT COULD SUBJECT HIM TO THAT FORM OF JEOPARDY. BUT THE JUDGE DOES HAVE THE POWER TO DO THAT IN EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES OR STOP WE HARDLY EVER GET TELEVISED COURT CASES. WE CERTAINLY DON'T GET THE LIVE STREAMING THAT WE SEE IN AMERICA. BUT WE SAW WHEN THESE CHARGES WERE FIRST ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF TELEVISED CONTENT OUT OF AT LANTANA, GEORGIA. WHEN WE SEE THAT OUT OF THIS PROCESS AND YOUR STATE? WILL WE SEE THE TELEVISED CONTENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH? YES. WE HAVE RULES AND FULTON COUNTY, WHICH IS THE COUNTY WHERE THE CASE WILL BE TRIED. IT ALLOWS THE MEDIA TO REQUEST ACCESS TO THE COURTROOM. WE WILL HAVE CAMERAS ON THE COURT ROOM. FEDERAL TRIALS DO NOT ALLOW CAMERAS IN THE COURTROOM. THAT IS WHY YOU ALWAYS SEE THE SKETCHES BY SKETCH ARTIST OF WHO IS IN THE COURTROOM AND WHAT IS OCCURRING INSIDE. THE PUBLIC IN THE WORLD WILL SEE THE INS AND OUTS OF THIS TRIAL AS IT TAKES PLACE IN REAL-TIME. JUST FINALLY, YOU ARE THE FORMER CHIEF COUNTY PROSECUTOR. CAN YOU TELL ME IF YOU HAVE EVER SEEN A CASE, NOT PROBABLY ON THIS SCALE, BUT OF THIS SORT OF ELECTIONEERING DISRUPTION COME ACROSS YOUR DESK? NO. THIS IS A UNIQUE CASE FOR LOTS OF REASONS, NOT LEAST OF WHICH IT INVOLVES THE FORMER PRESIDENT. THIS IS A HISTORICAL CASE, NOT JUST FOR FULTON COUNTY AND GEORGIA, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND INDEED THE WORLD. SO NO, WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. WE HAVE NEVER HAD THE KIND OF ELECTION MEDDLING THAT IS ALLEGED IN THIS INDICTMENT OCCUR IN FULTON COUNTY. ARE YOU GOING TO BE WATCHING EVERYTHING UNFOLD? I THINK IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS CITIZENS IN THIS COUNTRY TO WATCH AND UNDERSTAND THIS HISTORIC MOMENT IN HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. FORMER CHIEF FULTON COUNTY PROSECUTOR. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING WAS NOT ME U TONU MAI. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, THE ALL BLACKS FINE-TUNE WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS AHEAD OF A CLASH OF THE TITANS AT TWICKENHAM. THE EXPERT WORD FROM A FORMER ALL BLACK NEXT. # AT SOMETHING THAT I FEEL WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT HAS JUST GONE 6:30 AM. ROADS ARE BACK OPEN IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND AFTER A GAS LEAK YESTERDAY EVENING FORCED PEOPLE TO BE EVACUATED. EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A LEAK FROM A MANHOLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF CUSTOMS ST AND GORE ST JUST BEFORE 6pm. GAS DETECTION GEAR HAS BEEN USED TO ENSURE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS ARE SAFE TO ENTER. DESPITE POSTING A HUGE PROFIT, AIR NEW ZEALAND WARNS CHEAPER FARES AREN'T ON THE WAY. THE NATIONAL AIRLINE REPORTED $412 MILLION IN PROFIT, AFTER A $591 MILLION LOSS LAST YEAR. CEO GREG FORAN SAYS IT'S BENEFITED FROM 'WONDERFUL TAILWINDS'. DEMAND HAS COME BACK QUICKER AND STRONGER THAN WE EXPECTED, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S LED TO HIGHER PRICING, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. YOU KNOW, PRICES ARE AROUND ABOUT 30%, 35% UP ON LAST YEAR. AIR NEW ZEALAND'S REVENUE HAS LIFTED 135% TO NEARLY $6.5 BILLION. SECURITY IS RAMPING UP AROUND THE ATLANTA FULTON COUNTY JAIL WITH TRUMP SURRENDERING TO AUTHORITIES TODAY. THE FORMER PRESIDENT, ALONG WITH WITH 18 OTHER CODEFENDANTS, IS FACING CHARGES RELATING TO ALLEGED EFFORTS TO OVERTURN HIS 2020 ELECTION DEFEAT IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. WHEN TRUMP HANDS HIMSELF IN AT FULTON COUNTY JAIL, IT'S EXPECTED HE'LL BE FINGERPRINTED AND HAVE HIS MUGSHOT TAKEN. THIS IS TRUMP'S FOURTH CRIMINAL CASE BROUGHT AGAINST HIM THIS YEAR. AN ENGINEERING ISSUE WITH THE CONNEMARA MEANS SOME BLUEBRIDGE FERRY SAILINGS ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT TODAY HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. TWO SERVICES YESTERDAY, AND THREE TODAY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. IT'S BEEN A TOUGH WEEK FOR CUSTOMERS TRYING TO GET ACROSS THE STRAIT. THE INTERISLANDER'S KAITKAI WAS OUT FOR A FEW DAYS DUE TO A BROKEN DOOR, WHILE WEATHER WARNINGS HAVE ALSO PLAGUED BOTH OPERATORS. EMPEROR PENGUIN COLONIES IN ANTARCTICA HAVE EXPERIENCED UNPRECEDENTED BREEDING FAILURES, SUPPORTING FEARS CLIMATE CHANGE COULD PUSH THEM TO QUASI-EXTINCTION BY THE END OF THE CENTURY. THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC STUDY SAY THE FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED IN PARTS OF ANTARCTICA WHERE THERE WAS A COMPLETE LOSS OF SEA ICE IN 2022 DUE TO A MASSIVE HEATWAVE IN EAST ANTARCTICA. BASED ON CURRENT GLOBAL WARMING TRENDS, MORE THAN 90% OF COLONIES ARE UNDER THREAT. OUR PREDICTIONS SUGGEST THAT BY THE END OF THE CENTURY, THEY'LL BE EXTINCT. THERE'LL BE JUST A FEW COLONIES HOLDING ON, AND THEY WILL REALLY BE ON A KNIFE EDGE. THIS YEAR ALONE, 19 OF THE 62 EMPEROR PENGUIN COLONIES HAVE HAD BREEDING FAILURE AROUND THE ANTARCTIC COASTLINE. AND THE ALL BLACKS ARE AIMING FOR A PERFORMANCE TO BE PROUD OF AS THEY PREPARE TO TAKE ON THE SPRINGBOKS AT TWICKENHAM IN THEIR LAST HIT-OUT BEFORE THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. THE LONDON MATCH HAS SOLD OUT QUICKLY. HOME FOE ENGLAND PLAY THE FOLLOWING DAY, WITH PLENTY OF TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE. THE ALL BLACKS ARE EXCITED TO PLAY IN FRONT OF KIWI FANS WHO DON'T USUALLY SEE THEM IN ACTION. TALKING TO A FEW OF THE BOYS, MOST PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAND OFF THEIR TICKETS PRETTY, PRETTY WILLINGLY TO FRIENDS AND SOM FAMILY WHO ARE LIVING ON THIS SIDE OF THE WORLD. SO WE KNOW WE'VE GOT SUPPORT ALL AROUND THE WORLD, NOT JUST IN NEW ZEALAND. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A SPECIAL AND UNIQUE OCCASION, AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SLIGHTLY MORE BLACK JERSEYS IN THE CROWD. THE TEST MATCH KICKS OFF SATURDAY MORNING. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH AFTER MIDDAY. 14 THE HIGH FOR RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO BE OPENING UP THE BLINDS TO SOME CLOUD TODAY, WITH A BIT OF MORNING FROST AND FOG FOR THOSE IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA 15 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` MORNING FROST AND FOG FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH. OTHERWISE IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY, WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FROM MIDDAY FOR SOME. 15 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` A BIT OF MORNING FROST AND CLOUD FOR MOST OF YOU TODAY, WITH BLUE SKIES HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. 14 THE HIGH FOR LEVIN. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` IT'S A BIT OF A MIXED BAG TODAY. A CLOUDY MORNING FOR THOSE ON THE EAST. THIS WILL TURN TO FINE HEADING TO MIDDAY. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR THOSE ON THE WEST. 13 THE HIGH FOR GREYMOUTH. HEADING SOUTH ` IT'S ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU GUYS, WITH SOME LOW FOG ACROSS THE REGION. 12 THE HIGH FOR TIMARU. 14 FOR ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH SOME LOW FOG FOR THOSE IN DUNEDIN. SHOWERS HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 14 THE HIGH FOR GORE. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE WEEKEND. SATURDAY ` IT'S A MAINLY CLOUDY DAY ACROSS THE MOTU. SHOWERS AND RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE DEEP SOUTH. SUNDAY ` MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE NORTH, WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN FURTHER SOUTH. SNOWFALL MAY FALL TO 500m FROM CANTERBURY TO SOUTHLAND. I AM OFF TO QUEENSTOWN THIS WEEKEND. WHY DID YOU READ THAT? NO ONE WANTS TO SEE IT. I WAS DRIVING TO WORK THIS MORNING, AND I SAW DAFFODILS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE ARE HERE. WE'RE THROUGH THE WORST OF IT. IT HAS ONLY RAINED ABOUT THREE OR FOUR DAYS THIS WEEK. I WORRY THAT YOU HAVE JINXED IT. I AM SHOOTING MY SHOT. THE UNFORTUNATE THING I THINK PEOPLE FORGET IS THAT I GET LIGHTER DURING SPRING, BUT AT LEAST HERE IN THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND, IT OFTEN GETS EVEN WETTER, AND WE HAVE ALREADY HAD AN INSANELY WET HERE. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY THAT HERE IN THE STUDIO IT IS ALWAYS DRY AND SUNNY. IT IS. WE HAVE A STORY ON AFTER SEVEN THIS MORNING ABOUT A SCHOOL IN AUCKLAND THAT HAD A MASSIVE STANDDOWN OF STUDENTS, A HUGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS STOOD DOWN AFTER AN INCIDENT. ANOTHER OUR REGULAR POLICE PATROLS ON THE SCHOOL GROUNDS. THE PARENTS WHO KNOW WHICH SCHOOL IT IS HAVE ALREADY STARTED EMAILING US WITH THEIR FEEDBACK ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS, WHICH WE WILL PUT TO THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL WHEN HE COMES ON IN ABOUT HALF AN HOUR. THERE ARE ENOUGH. IF YOU ARE A PARENT SENDING YOUR KID OFF TO SCHOOL, ALL YOU HOPE, ALL YOU EXPECT, IS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE SAFE DURING THE DAY. YES, WE KNOW WHAT SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS ARE LIKE. THERE IS THE ODD BIT OF BULLYING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THE SOUND LIKE NEXT LEVEL VIOLENCE AT THE SCHOOL. I KNOW I HAVE BEEN OUT OF SCHOOL FOR A WHILE NOW, BUT I WENT TO A BIG STATE SCHOOL IN AUCKLAND FOR FEW YEARS, THERE WAS NEVER A COP ON THE GROUNDS, AND THERE WAS NEVER MORE THAN FOUR OR FIVE GIRLS STOOD DOWN ON ANYONE INCIDENT. IS THIS JUST THE REALITY OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH? WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME THAT YOUTH CRIME HAS GONE UP. SOCIAL MEDIA PLAYS A BIG MASSIVE PART IN HOW OUR KIDS ARE INTERACTING THESE DAYS. POLICE ON THE SCHOOL GROUNDS. IT REEKS OF AMERICA. IT REALLY DOES. SORRY, WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH POLICE. WHAT IS GOING ON THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM ON THE SCHOOL GROUNDS? I THINK IT IS A TERRIBLE INDICTMENT. I THINK I AM WONDERING WHETHER IT IS MORE COMMONPLACE THAN WE REALISE. THE POLICE TOLD US IN THE AREA THAT IT HAPPENS AT OTHER SCHOOLS. LET US KNOW. WE WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF YOUR KID SCHOOL HAS REGULAR POLICE PATROLS. GET IN TOUCH. YOU CAN STAY ANONYMOUS. JUST LET US KNOW WHAT THE SCHOOL IS IN WHAT AREA YOU ARE IN. AND HOW CONCERNING IS THAT AS A PARENT AS WELL? WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THIS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. ME U TONU MAI, STAY WITH US. WITH THE 24 COUNTDOWN TO THE AB'S WORLD CUP WARM-UP CLASH UNDERWAY, WE'RE LIVE TO AN ALL BLACK LEGEND IN LONDON. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IN EXACTLY 24 HOURS, THE ALL BLACKS TAKE ON THE SPRINGBOKS IN LONDON ` A WORLD CUP WARM UP THAT'S ANYTHING BUT A FRIENDLY. THERE'S A TON OF PHYSICAL PREP INVOLVED. BUT OFF THE FIELD THEY'RE STEPPING UP THEIR MENTAL GAME TOO. NZ RUGBY HAS SIGNED A MULTI-YEAR DEAL WITH TECH PLATFORM GROOV, CO-FOUNDED BY ALL BLACK LEGEND AND NOW GLOBALLY RECOGNISED MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE SIR JOHN KIRWAN. HE HOPEFULLY HAS A STABLES AND CONNECTION FOR US TODAY. I THINK IT MIGHT BE A BIT DODGY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? HOW ARE YOU? GREAT START, CHRIS (!) MUCH LIKE HE WAS AND IS ALL BLACK CAREER, VERY SOLID CAREER. AND THERE IS STILL OF ME. I DID WARN YOU THERE MIGHT BE SOME ISSUES. WE WILL TRY AND GET HIM BACK ON THE LINE, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ALL BLACKS PLAYING IN 24 HOURS, BUT FOR THIS TECHNOLOGY, LOOKING AT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH GOING INTO GAMES, AND ALSO IN BIG TOURNAMENTS LIKE THIS. KEEN TO KNOW ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA AND HOW THAT PLAYS A PART WITH PLAYERS, BECAUSE OFTEN PLAYERS DECIDE TO SWITCH FROM SOCIAL MEDIA AND BIG TOURNAMENTS BECAUSE OF THE BAD FEEDBACK THEY CAN GET. VERY ENOUGH. IF YOU ARE SO FOCUSED ON GETTING OUT THERE AND PLAYING A GOOD GAME, AND SOMETIMES YOU DO NOT HAVE A GOOD GAME. I DO NOT KNOW THAT READING THE RECKONINGS OF... NEVER READ THE COMMENTS. ... SOME RANDOM GUY WHO HAS NEVER PLAYED A GAME OF PROFESSIONAL RUGBY IN HIS LIFE, I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT WILL HELP YOU. I CAN SEE SIR JOHN IS LISTENING. HE IS MOVING. IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS ENJOYING IT. COME ON, SIR JOHN. I CAN HEAR THE BANTER. IT IS VERY GOOD. EXCELLENT. THAT IS THE FEEDBACK WE WANTED. HOPEFULLY THIS CONNECTION WILL STAND UP. TELL US ABOUT THE APP. WHY HAVE YOU GOT THIS BIG DEAL? IT HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC DAY. WE HAVE ANNOUNCED A PARTNERSHIP. WE FORMED IT IN NEW ZEALAND. IT IS STILL GOING STRONG AND NEW ZEALAND, AND WE HAVE LOST TODAY IN THE UK IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ALL BLACKS. SAM WHITELOCK, ANTON LIENERT-BROWN, AND BEAUDEN BARRETT WERE REALLY GREAT TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND HOW LOOKING AFTER YOUR MENTAL HEALTH CAN HELP YOU PERFORM. A PRETTY EXCITING DAY. THANKS LARGELY TO PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF, IT IS DEFINITELY NOT A TABOO THING TO TALK ABOUT THESE DAYS. THEY WILL OFTEN TALK ABOUT IT AND POST MATCH INTERVIEWS ARE GOING INTO BIG TOURNAMENTS LIKE THESE. WHEN YOU DO A THING LIKE A WORLD CUP THAT IS VERY BIG, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT THEIR MINDSET IS GOOD? YOUR MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS TO BE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE TO PERFORM AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE. IT WILL BE SIMILAR FOR YOU GUYS WORKING IN TELEVISION. IT IS HIGH-PERFORMANCE AND YOU HAVE TO PERFORM EVERY DAY. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO LOOK AFTER YOUR MENTAL HEALTH, AND IF YOU LOOK AFTER YOUR MENTAL HEALTH, THEN THAT HELPS YOU PERFORM. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY. THE RELATIONSHIP WITH GROOV MEANS WE CAN HELP THEM ACHIEVE THAT GOAL AND WORK HERE IN THE UK AS WELL. WHAT IS THE TECHNOLOGY ACTUALLY DO? IT SURFACES WHERE YOU ARE. OUR TECHNOLOGY WILL SURFACE WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE WORKPLACE AND JUST GIVE YOU GENTLE PROMPTS TO LOOK AFTER YOUR MENTAL HEALTH ON A DAILY BASIS. SOMETIMES LIFE CAN GET A BIT HECTIC, AND YOU NEED A PROMPT DURING THE DAY TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AFTER YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. WHAT WE DO THROUGH THE DATA IS HELP YOU BUILD A PREVENTATIVE MENTAL HEALTH FOR YOURSELF, WHAT SUITS YOU. I AM NOT BIG INTO YOGA, BUT SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT BE. EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT. TAKING BREAKS THROUGHOUT THE DAY HAS BEEN PROVEN BY CLINICAL SIGNS THAT IT CAN HELP YOU AVOID BURNOUT AND PERFORM AT YOUR BEST. IT MIGHT SEEM COUNTERINTUITIVE TO HAVE IT ON YOUR PHONE AND ALSO HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA ON YOUR PHONE. WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO PLAYERS DURING A TOURNAMENT REGARDING SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE YOU CAN POTENTIALLY HAVE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FROM FANS? I THINK COMPARTMENTALISATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN THIS MODERN WORLD. IT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN LEARN. I THINK SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY IS A BIG PART OF ALL OF OUR LIVES. WHAT YOU DO NEED TO DO IS LEARN TO TAKE CONTROL OF THAT. I THINK GOING INTO BIG TOURNAMENTS LIKE THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THEY ARE AS A STRATEGY AROUND TAKING TIME OFF. TURN YOUR COMPUTER OFF AND TURN YOUR PHONE OFF AND GET OUT INTO NATURE. JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT BALANCE RIGHT. TECHNOLOGY IS AN AMAZING THING, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES NOT CONTROL US; WE CONTROL IT. SOMETIMES IT CAN GET PRETTY HARSH ON YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD PLAN AROUND THAT AS WELL. THERE IS A STRONG TEAM NAME FOR THE GAME AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA. WHAT YOU THINK THAT CABLE TELLS ABOUT THE STATE BEARING GOING INTO THE TOURNAMENT? I WAS TALKING TO IAN FOSTER YESTERDAY, AND I SAID THE SAME THING. IT IS A REALLY STRONG SIDE. WE HAVE NOT PLAYED FOR TWO WEEKS. WE ARE PLAYING AND ANOTHER 2 1/2 WEEKS. THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. HE REALLY WANTS TO PLAY A STRONGER SIDE. I THINK CODIE TAYLOR ALSO TOOK A KNOCK IN TRAINING. THIS IS PROBABLY THE STRONGER SIDE HE CAN PUT OUT. THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE THIS SQUAD WILL BE AGAINST FRANCE. WE CAN EXPECT THE BEST PERFORMER TOMORROW, THEY'LL BE LOOKING TO WIN A REALLY TAKE SOME MOMENTUM INTO THE WORLD CUP. THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE FACING SUCH A BIG TOURNAMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AND GETTING THROUGH THE STRUGGLES OF TECHNOLOGY AS WELL THIS MORNING. LIVE FROM LONDON, SIR JOHN KIRWAN. E HAERE AKE NEI, UP NEXT ` BREAKFAST TAKES FLIGHT FOR A GOOD CAUSE. THE POWERFUL BACKSTORY THAT MADE US WANT TO SEE ONE BOY'S CHOPPER DREAM COME TRUE. DON'T YOU LOOK GOOD IN A LITTLE HEADSET THERE? THANK YOU. # I WANT TO GET AWAY. # I WANT TO FLY AWAY. # EVERY BOY AND EVERY GIRL # SPICE UP YOUR LIFE I'M SORRY, I HEARD THIS VERSION OF THIS SPICE UP YOUR LIFE SONG YESTERDAY, AND I AM A PERSIST WITH THAT. YOU HAD MY WEDDING AFTER HARASSING THE DJ FOR IT. BUT I GOT MY WISH AND IT WAS PLAYED. AN UPLIFTING VOYAGE NOW. FOR A KID WHO HAS NEVER LET A SERIOUS HEART CONDITION HOLD HIM DOWN, LEIGHTON LEEVARD (12) IS LIVING LIFE TO THE FULL. WITH A LOVE OF HIGH-OCTANE SPORTS AND ACTING, HE'S APPEARED IN ADVERTS WITH REESE WITHERSPOON AND OPRAH WINFREY. HE'S ALSO AN AMBASSADOR FOR HEART KIDS NZ, AND WHEN HE WAS GIVEN THE CHANCE TO TAKE FLIGHT IN A RESCUE CHOPPER, HE LEAPT AT IT. I WENT ALONG TO WITNESS A DREAM BECOME REALITY. IT'S A PRETTY GOOD DAY TO FLY, LEIGHT. CHUCKLES: YEAH. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? OH, GOOD. I'M SUPER EXCITED. YEAH? YEAH. HAVE YOU EVEN BEEN UP IN THE CHOPPER BEFORE? I HAVE WHEN I WAS, LIKE, REALLY LITTLE, BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A RESCUE HELICOPTER. AND YOU WERE LITTLE LITTLE. LITTLE, LITTLE. SO CAN'T REALLY REMEMBER IT. OH, YEAH, YEAH. SO WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT, THEN? I'M JUST EXCITED TO GO AROUND FLYING IN A HELICOPTER AND REMEMBER WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GO FLYING IN ONE. YEAH, I'M JUST SUPER EXCITED. I CAN SEE IT. I CAN HEAR IT IN YOUR VOICE. I'M ROBERTA. HI, ROBERTA. I'M LEIGHTON. NICE TO MEET YOU. HI. READY TO GO UP IN A HELICOPTER? OH, YEAH. TELL ME ABOUT UPLIFTING KIND. HOW DID THIS ALL BEGIN? MY INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE IS AS A PILOT AND PRIMARILY IN THE AIR AMBULANCE SECTOR. AND SO BACK IN 2020, WE KICKED OFF UPLIFTING KIND, WHICH WILL COME ABOUT BECAUSE IN THE BACK OF, YOU KNOW, BACK OF MOST AEROPLANES OR HELICOPTERS, THERE'S THE ODD SPARE SEAT. SO WE THOUGHT HOW BEST TO USE THOSE TO DO SOME GOOD. AND SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY DOING GOOD? WELL, YEAH, IT'S SORT OF AVIATION'S WAY OF BEING ABLE TO GIVE BACK. SO WE INITIALLY REACHED OUT TO A BUNCH OF FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES ` MOST OF THEM ARE CHARITY BASED ` AND SAID, IF WE COULD PUT SOME OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE BACK OF A HELICOPTER OR AN AEROPLANE OR ON A SKYDIVE, WOULD YOU BE KEEN? AND THEY'RE ALL ABOUT IT. WE'VE NOW FLOWN OVER 400 PEOPLE. 400 PEOPLE ` THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE PUTTING SMILES ON THEIR FACES FOR. WELL, WE'VE BEEN, YEAH, VERY LUCKY. WE'VE VERY QUICKLY BUILT A NETWORK OF AVIATION PARTNERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND HERE TODAY, THIS IS SORT OF A KICK OFF OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH A WESTPAC RESCUE AUCKLAND HELICOPTER. READY? YEAH. WE'VE GOT LEIGHTON AND HIS MUM OUT HERE TODAY TO GO FOR A FOR HOON IN A HELICOPTER. YOU AND I HAVE HUNG OUT BEFORE, RIGHT? YES. ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, YOU AND I LIT UP THE SKY TOWER TOGETHER. FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO. YEAH. BOTH: THREE, TWO, ONE. ALL: OH. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. HOW ARE YOU DOING? YEAH, GOOD. HOW'S LIFE BEEN FOR YOU? OH, YEAH. GOOD. YEAH. BECAUSE YOU'RE A HEART KID AMBASSADOR. SO TELL ME ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS. I GOT CHOSEN TO BE AN AMBASSADOR SO I COULD PROMOTE HEART KIDS, LOOK AFTER THE YOUNGER ONES AND SHOW THEM HOW TO BE A HEART KID AND BE A ROLE MODEL FOR THEM. YEAH, AND A GOOD ROLE MODEL YOU ARE, LEIGHTON. TELL ME ABOUT WHAT HAS MADE YOU A HEART KID? TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU WERE FACING WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER. SO WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I USED TO RASH UP, AND I HAD A HEART CONDITION CALLED AVM. IT'S ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION WHERE I HAD TOO MUCH BLOOD PUMPING IN THROUGH TO MY HEART. THEY HAD TO GET A COIL AND A SPRING OF MY HEART SO THEY COULD SLOW DOWN THE PULSING OF THE HEART AND NOT MAKE IT OVERWORK. HOW TOUGH WAS THAT? HOW HARD WAS THAT AS A LITTLE KID TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH? AS A TWO-YEAR-OLD, IT WAS A LOT OF WORK AND IT WAS REALLY TOUGH FOR ME. BUT WE STILL STANDING NOW AND STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE. AND THRIVING AS WELL. SO THIS IS OUR AW169 SIMULATOR. A LOT OF THEM ARE GOING THROUGH A FAIR BIT OF HARDSHIP. I MEAN, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS UNWELL PEOPLE THAT WE TAKE; WE TAKE DISADVANTAGED FOLK AS WELL. CAN YOU HEAR ME OK? YEP. I'M JUST GONNA WIND UP. I REMEMBER ONE OF OUR LADIES FROM ONE OF THE CHARITIES SAID TO US, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE TAKEN SOME KIDS FLYING TODAY. FOR THIS CERTAIN FAMILY, IT'S A HUGE ORDEAL JUST TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE BEACH. SO YOU'RE FLYING IT NOW. OK. IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE KIDS THAT ARE IMPACTED. I ALMOST WONDER WHETHER IT'S... THE PARENTS GET TEARY-EYED WHEN THEY SEE WHAT THEIR KIDS GET` THEY'RE GETTING A BREAK FROM WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. SO THAT'S WHERE WE GET A KICK. OH, HERE WE GO. WE'RE GONNA CRASH. (LAUGHS) IT IS EXCITING AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE AN ORGANISATION THAT LOOKS TO HELP PEOPLE AS MUCH AS WE CAN. AND REALLY HAVING A JOINT VENTURESHIP, AND HAVING A SYNERGY WITH AN ORGANISATION SUCH AS THIS IS EXCITING FOR US. IT'S PRETTY COOL, RIGHT? WELL, NOT MANY PEOPLE GET THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON A RESCUE HELICOPTER, SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY. LET'S GET YOU IN, SHALL WE? YEAH. LET'S DO IT. YOU READY? YEAH. THAT'S YOUR SEAT. JUST GET YOUR HAND ON THAT SEATBELT. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'LL DO FOR THE KIDS TO GET UP IN A CHOPPER LIKE THIS? I THINK FOR EVERYONE WHO DON'T FLY HELICOPTERS EVERY DAY, IT'S PRETTY EXCITING. IT GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T NORMALLY DO. WE KNOW THAT WHEN ` WE OBVIOUSLY LAND IN AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL A LOT, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO STARSHIP ` AS WE GET AIRBORNE, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE KIDS COMING OUT. THEY'RE EXCITED TO SEE US AND WE DO OUR BEST TO WAVE AT THEM AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AS WELL. SO, LOOK, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING. SO, LOOK, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY OH, LOOK AT THAT SMILE. THAT WAS AMAZING. HOW WAS IT? OH, GREAT. YEAH. SO THANKFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. WHAT WAS THE COOLEST PART? OH, DEFINITELY FLYING OVER AND SEEING ALL THE, LIKE, WATER SLIDES AND EVERYTHING. DEFINITELY MY FAVOURITE PART. YEAH. THAT GRIN'S GONNA BE HARD TO TAKE OFF YOUR FACE FOR A WHILE, EH? (LAUGHS) YEAH. IT AS SUCH, SUCH A COOL PROGRAM UPLIFTING KIND. THEY TAKE THERE'S DISADVANTAGE OF SICK KIDS AND DO SOMETHING TO PUT A SMILE ON THEIR FACES. IT IS VERY COOL. THE CHOPPER GUY GOT TO MEET THE MATTY MACLEAN. WE HUNG OUT ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO, WHICH MAKES ME FEEL VERY OLD. WHEN I'M MEET THESE KIDS WHO I MET FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO WHO ARE CREEPING UP TO MY HEIGHT LEVEL. IT IS A SCARY THING. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S A TASTE OF WHAT'S COMING UP AFTER 7am. UNIFORMED CONSTABLES ARE PATROLLING WHANGAPAROA COLLEGE IN A BID TO STOP WHAT THE SCHOOL HAS CALLED ANTISOCIAL INCIDENTS. THE PRINCIPAL WILL JOIN US RIGHT AFTER THE NEWS AND WEATHER. THERE'S SOME RELIEF FOR AUCKLAND HOMEOWNERS HIT BY THE FLOODS. WE CRUNCH THE $2 BILLION BUYOUT PACKAGE AND ASK IF EVERYONE'S HAPPY. MORE ON THAT AFTER 7.20. HE'S THE AMERICAN SINGER-SONGWRITER BEHIND SONGS LIKE 'WE DON'T TALK ANY MORE'. CHARLIE PUTH IS NOW BRINGING HIS TOUR TO NEW ZEALAND. I SAT DOWN FOR A CHAT WITH HIM, AND YOU CAN CATCH THAT INTERVIEW AFTER 7.30. RIGHT NOW THOUGH, IT HAS JUST GONE 7 O'CLOCK. HERE IS CHRIS WITH THE LATEST NEWS. THE AIR NEW ZEALAND BOSS SAYS WONDERFUL TAILWINDS HAVE LED TO SOARING DEMAND, AS PRICES HAVE ALSO LIFED AROUND 30% ON LAST YEAR. THE NATIONAL AIRLINE REPORTED $412 MILLION IN PROFIT AFTER A $591 MILLION LOSS LAST YEAR. CEO GREG FORAN SAYS WITH MORE COMPETITORS AND NEW PLANES, HE'S CONFIDENT PRICES WILL EASE. MY COMMENTARY AROUND THE PRICES NOT GOING BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE IS THAT SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WE'RE INCURRING ACTUALLY DON'T GO AWAY, SO IF AN OVERSEAS AIRPORT INCREASES ITS LANDING CHARGES BY 30% OR 40% OR 50%, AND THAT'S HAPPENED IN SOME CASES, THOSE COSTS DON'T GO AWAY. AIR NEW ZEALAND SAYS IT HAS MORE THAN $3.5 BILLION IN AIRCRAFT INVESTMENT COMING OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SOME BLUEBRIDGE FERRY SAILINGS ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED TODAY DUE TO AN ENGINEERING ISSUE WITH THE CONNEMARA. TWO SERVICES YESTERDAY AND THREE TODAY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. IT'S BEEN A TOUGH WEEK FOR CUSTOMERS TRYING TO GET ACROSS THE STRAIT. THE INTERISLANDER'S KAITKAI WAS OUT FOR A FEW DAYS DUE TO A BROKEN DOOR, WHILE WEATHER WARNINGS HAVE ALSO PLAGUED BOTH OPERATORS. FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS DUE TO SURRENDER AT A JAIL IN GEORGIA TODAY. HE'S CHARGED WITH ILLEGALLY TRYING TO OVERTURN THE RESULT OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE BBC'S SARAH SMITH REPORTS. EIGHT PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS, ALL LINED UP AND READY TO GO. YET, THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE DONALD TRUMP STILL PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE. WHO HERE WOULD SUPPORT HIM FOR PRESIDENT IF HE IS CONVICTED OF ANY CRIMES? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WOULD. CENTRE STAGE, SIGNED HIS CHECKS OUT THE OTHER BEFORE RAISING HIS HAND. HOW MUCH YOU SUPPORT THE GUY YOU ARE RUNNING AGAINST? RUNNING A POOR 2ND TO TRUMP IN THE POLLS, HE DID NOTHING TO CLOSE THAT GAP. MEET VIVEK RATHER SHAMI ` LOUD, EXTREME AND PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN. HE IS RUNNING AGAINST THE OTHERS. THE ONLY WOMAN ON STAGE MAY HAVE QUOTED MARGARET THATCHER, BUT SHE DOESN'T EXCITE THE PARTIES MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN BASE. THEY WILL NOT TOLERATE CRITICISM AGAINST TRUMP FROM ANYONE. THAT GOT THE LOUDEST BOOZE OF THE NIGHT. THE FRONT RUNNER BELIEVES HE IS TOO BIG A LEAD TO NEED TO BOTHER WITH THE DEBATE. HIS DELIBERATE SPOILER AS THIS INTERVIEW, BROADCAST ONLINE AT THE SAME TIME. DEVICE IT THERE FOR AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS OR WHATEVER IS GOING TO BE AND GET HARASSED BY PEOPLE WHO SHOULDN'T EVEN BE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT? THIS IS THE VENUE FOR TODAY'S EPISODE OF THE TRUMP SHOW FULTON COUNTY JAIL IN GEORGIA. SUPPORTERS ARE READY TO MEET THE FORMER PRESIDENT WHEN HE TURNS UP LATER TODAY TO SURRENDER HIMSELF ON CHARGES OF ELECTION INTERFERENCE. OTHER DEFENDANTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN BOOKED AND BAILED. FOR THE FIRST TIME, A MUG SHOT OF DONALD TRUMP SHOULD BE PUBLISHED LATER TONIGHT. RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT HAS BROKEN HIS SILENCE ON THE PRESUMED DEATH OF WAGNER MERCENARY BOSS YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN. IN A TELEVISED ADDRESS, PUTIN SENT HIS CONDOLENCES TO THE VICTIMS OF THE PLANE CRASH, WHICH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE KILLED PRIGOZHIN. THE PRESIDENT DESCRIBED PRIGOZHIN AS A 'TALENTED BUSINESSMAN'. RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES SAY ALL 10 PEOPLE ON THE PRIVATE JET DIED WHEN IT CRASHED NEAR MOSCOW YESTERDAY MORNING. THE CRASH CAME JUST TWO MONTHS AFTER PRIGOZHIN LED A FAILED REBELLION AGAINST THE RUSSIAN MILITARY. SOME OF JAPAN'S NEIGHBOURS ARE TAKING ACTION AFTER THE COUNTRY BEGAN RELEASING TREATED RADIOACTIVE WATER FROM ITS FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT INTO THE PACIFIC. WHILE AUTHORITIES ASSURE THE DISCHARGE OF THE WATER IS SAFE, CHINA HAS ANNOUNCED IT IS BANNING ALL SEAFOOD FROM JAPAN. THE MOVE WAS AIMED AT PREVENTING THE RISK OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF FOOD, BUT EXPERTS SAY THERE IS NO EVIDENCE BACKING CONCERNS AROUND SEAFOOD, AS THE RADIATION RELEASED IS SO LOW. TACKLE TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN A MAJOR TALKING POINT AMONGST THE RUGBY COMMUNITY, WITH ENGLAND LOSING TWO PLAYERS FOR THE START OF THE RUGBY WORLD CUP AFTER HIGH HITS. THE ALL BLACKS WILL PLAY SOUTH AFRICA AT A SOLD-OUT TWICKENHAM IN 24 HOURS. THE SQUAD ARE MAKING SURE THEY GET THEIR TACKLING TECHNIQUE RIGHT BEFORE GAME DAY. WE'RE A TEAM THAT... WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON HITTING BELOW THE BALL, THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT, AND THE RULES ARE... TO US, WE BELIEVE THEY'RE PRETTY CLEAR, SO, YEAH, WE'LL JUST KEEP DEFENDING THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN, AND WE KNOW THAT THE HEAD IS A NO-GO ZONE, AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE OUR TECHNIQUE IS SPOT ON. THE TEST MATCH KICKS OFF TOMORROW MORNING. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER TODAY. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH AFTER MIDDAY. 14 THE HIGH FOR RUSSELL. AUCKLAND WITH A HIGH OF 15. FURTHER SOUTH ` YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO BE OPENING UP THE BLINDS TO SOME CLOUD TODAY, WITH A BIT OF MORNING FROST AND FOG FOR THOSE IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA 15 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. 13 FOR ROTORUA. TO THE EAST COAST ` MORNING FROST AND FOG FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH. OTHERWISE IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY, WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FROM MIDDAY FOR SOME. 15 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` A BIT OF MORNING FROST AND CLOUD FOR MOST OF YOU TODAY, WITH BLUE SKIES HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. 14 THE HIGH FOR LEVIN. AND ALSO PALMERSTON NORTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` IT'S A BIT OF A MIXED BAG TODAY. A CLOUDY MORNING FOR THOSE ON THE EAST. THIS WILL TURN TO FINE HEADING TO MIDDAY. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR THOSE ON THE WEST. 13 THE HIGH FOR GREYMOUTH. HEADING SOUTH ` IT'S ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU GUYS, WITH SOME LOW FOG ACROSS THE REGION. 12 THE HIGH FOR TIMARU. 12 IN CHRISTCHURCH AND 16 FOR ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH SOME LOW FOG FOR THOSE IN DUNEDIN. SHOWERS HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 14 THE HIGH FOR GORE. ALL RIGHT, THE WEEKEND. SATURDAY ` IT'S A MAINLY CLOUDY DAY ACROSS THE MOTU. SHOWERS AND RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE DEEP SOUTH. SUNDAY ` MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE NORTH, WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN FURTHER SOUTH. SNOWFALL MAY FALL TO 500m FROM CANTERBURY TO SOUTHLAND. THANKS, CHRIS. POLICE OFFICERS ARE REGULARLY PATROLLING AN AUCKLAND SCHOOL'S GROUNDS UP TO THREE TIMES A DAY, BUT THE COLLEGE INVOLVED SAYS IT WELCOMES THE ATTENTION. WHANGAPARAOA COLLEGE JUST NORTH OF AUCKLAND HAS HAD INCIDENTS OF BULLYING AND VIOLENCE, WITH GROUPS FIGHTING AND POSTING THE FOOTAGE ONLINE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS TERM, LOCAL COMMUNITY CONSTABLES HAVE BEEN WALKING THE BEAT INSIDE THE SCHOOL YARD. WITH US NOW TO DISCUSS THIS IS WHANGAPAROA COLLEGE PRINCIPAL STEVE MCCRACKEN. STEVE, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON BECAUSE YOUR SCHOOL IS OBVIOUSLY THE FOCUS OF THIS INTERVIEW, AND YOU HAVE FRONTED UP FOR IT. WHY THOUGH? WHY DO YOU HAVE POLICE WALKING INSIDE YOUR SCHOOL SO OFTEN? IT IS PART OF A WRAPAROUND APPROACH THAT WE HAVE BEEN TAKING. WE ARE PART OF A NETWORK WHERE MULTIAGENCY APPROACHES COME TOGETHER AND LOOK AT THE BEST WAYS OF SERVING AND HELPING OUR COMMUNITY ADDRESS VIOLENCE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. LET'S BE RELIEVED CLEAR, THERE IS NO PLACE FOR VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY LET ALONE AND SKILLS. IT IS NOT JUST YOUR COMMUNITY, IS THAT? IT IS IN YOUR SCHOOL. THIS IS NOT A COMMUNITY; THIS IS YOUR SCHOOL. THIS IS VERY MUCH A PROACTIVE APPROACH THAT WE ARE TAKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE POLICE ASSAULT WE HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY POLICE THIS TERM TO SAY HEY, CAN WE BE JUST A PRESENCE IN YOUR SCHOOL? WE STILL GO THROUGH OUR DISCIPLINE PROCESSES WHEN THINGS DON'T GO AWAY. IT IS ALMOST LIKE A YOUTH AID APPROACH WHERE THEY GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT IN A POSITIVE MANNER. YOU WOULDN'T NEED A PROACTIVE APPROACH IF THERE WASN'T SOMETHING WRONG THOUGH? I THINK THAT THERE IS A WAY IN WHICH WE CAN BE REALLY PART OF A WIDE COMMUNITY. I THINK THIS IS JUST ONE ASPECT THAT WE DO TO ACHIEVE THAT. IN ONE INCIDENT, YOU HAD 31 STUDENTS TO DOWN AND 10 SUSPENDED. WHAT HAPPENED? THERE WAS A FIGHT. IT WAS ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA. WE TOOK A REALLY POSITIVE, PROACTIVE APPROACH TO BE A CIRCUIT BREAKER. WE STOOD THE LEARNERS DOWN AND SOME OF THEM UNFORTUNATELY ARE NO LONGER WITH US. THAT IS MORE THAN A WHOLE CLASSROOMS WORTH AND THAT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STOOD DOWN FOR HAVING FIGHTS AT SCHOOL. IT IS NOT THAT BAD THAT THEY GET POLICE AND TO CONTROL THE GROUNDS FOR SURE I DON'T THINK IT'S A CULTURE. IT IS WAY WE SUPPORT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. YOU ALSO HAVE CCTV TO PROTECT THE BUILDING. WE ARE A VERY OPEN BUILDING. ON WEEKENDS. WE DON'T HAVE FENCES AND GATES. IS IT TO PROTECT THE STUDENTS? WE DO REVIEW FOOTAGE WHEN THINGS DON'T GO RIGHT. I HAVE A MESSAGE FROM PARENTS SHE SAYS THE SCHOOL HAS A PROBLEM WITH FIGHTING, THREATS, VAPING, DRUGS. SHE SAYS STUDENTS ARE TOLD TO HANG AROUND CCTV IN CASE THERE IS AN INCIDENT. IT IS THAT CORRECT? WE'RE NOT SURE THAT THAT IS HAPPENED. WE ARE JUST LIKE OTHER SCHOOL IN TERMS OF THINGS THEY ARE FACING NOW. SOCIAL MEDIA IS A BIG THINGS FOR US IN TERMS OF THOSE WANTING TO HAVE THAT NOTORIETY, THAT ONE-UPMANSHIP. WE DO HAVE ISSUES WITH VAPING, AND WE ARE REALLY PROACTIVE IN HOW WE ADDRESS IT. SHE SAYS, THERE ARE AND ENORMOUS EXPENSE AMOUNT OF SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS. STUDENTS COME BACK TO SCHOOL THEN CONTINUE BULLYING. WE HAVE A PROCESS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER SCHOOL UNDER LEGISLATION. THAT STANDS UP AS A CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR US AND ALLOWS US TO REGROUP. IT ALLOWS THE LEARNERS AND THE FAMILIES TO REGROUP BEFORE RETURNING TO SCHOOL. ANY STUDENT UNDER 16 IS ENTITLED TO AN EDUCATION. WHEN WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE EXHAUSTED THE RESOURCES, WE HAVE NO OTHER WAY TO DEAL WITH OTHER THAN TO SUSPEND THEM. THE FINAL POINT WAS, KIDS ARE ANXIOUS AND SCARED. IF I HAD ANOTHER SCHOOL WAS LIKE THIS, I NEVER WOULD HAVE UNROLLED MY CHILD THE SUMMER YOU SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE SAFE? STUDENTS ARE SAFE. WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS, STAFF AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY ARE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. POLICE HAD NO ONE AVAILABLE TO TALK TO US ASSAULT THEY WERE WILLING BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE. SO THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY REFLECTIVE OF THAT. WE DO HAVE A SHORTAGE OF FOR TROLLING POLICE IN THIS COUNTRY. IS THIS A FAIR AND REASONABLE USE OF POLICE RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THEY COULD BE DOING DURING THE DAY? OR THE POLICE THAT WE HAVE HAD ON-SITE SO FAR ARE YOUTH AID OFFICES. THAT IS PART OF THEIR JOB. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK POLICE WILL NEED TO PATROL YOUR GROUNDS THAT REGULARLY CUSHION UP WE HAVE A PLAN WITH THE YOUTH AID TEAM AND WE ARE GOING TO ASSESS IT AFTER ABOUT 6 TO 12 MONTHS TO SEE IF WE HAVE HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY. WHAT WOULD YOUR HOPE BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOU ULTIMATELY DON'T NEED POLICE ON-SITE? YES. IT WOULD MAKE OUR LIFE SO MUCH EASIER AND THEIR LIFE SO MUCH EASIER. IDEALLY, POLICE WOULD BE OUT OF A JOB. WOULDN'T WE ALL LATE POLICE TO BE OUT OF A JOB WHICH MY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. BUYOUTS ARE ON THE WAY FOR FLOOD-AFFECTED AUCKLANDERS. E HAERE AKE NEI ` HOW THAT PROCESS WILL WORK, AND HOW RESIDENTS FEEL ABOUT IT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S GOVERNING BODY HAS VOTED TO ENDORSE, IN PRINCIPLE, A COST-SHARING DEAL WITH GOVERNMENT TO FUND MORE THAN $2 BILLION OF FLOOD RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE WORKS. THAT INCLUDES $774 MILLION GOING TOWARDS BUYING OUT AN ESTIMATED 700 HOMES, $820 MILLION FOR BUILDING RESILIENCE AGAINST FUTURE FLOOD EVENTS, AND $390 MILLION FOR REBUILDING THE TRANSPORT NETWORK. WE'RE JOINED NOW BY MURIWAI RESIDENT LAUREN WETINI. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. I AM SO SORRY THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO YOU. HOW ARE YOU DOING? PRETTY TIRED, PRETTY EXHAUSTED FROM A REALLY LONG PROCESS. THE NIGHT ITSELF WAS ONE THING, BUT NOW, IT HAS BEEN A TIRING AND LONG PROCESS. I HATE TO BRING YOU BACK THERE, BUT CAN WE START WITH THAT NIGHT? IT WAS A TERRIFYING NIGHT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. AT ABOUT 10:30 PM, THE CYCLONE STARTED TO REALLY KICK IN WITH THE WIND, AND WE WERE ABOUT TO GO TO BED, MY HUSBAND AND I, AND WE HAD THIS REALLY LOUD THUNDER KIND OF SOUND, BUT WE KNEW IT WAS NOT FUN THOUGH, AND WE RAN OUT TO OUR FRONT DECK. THE POWER HAD GONE OUT, AND WE HAD NO VISIBILITY, AND MY HUSBAND USES PHONE TORCH TO SEE THAT THE NEIGHBOURS HOUSE TWO DOORS DOWN FROM US HAD COLLAPSED. IN THAT MOMENT, IT WAS LIKE, FIRST OF ALL, LET'S GO MAKE SURE NO ONE WAS IN THE HOUSE, WHICH WE ESTABLISHED THEY WENT, AND WE GOT THE KIDS UP, WE HAVE THREE KIDS, AND SO DOES MY NEIGHBOUR, AND WE JUST LITERALLY GOT IN THE CAR TO ESCAPE. WE DID NOT REALISE WE COULD NOT ESCAPE BECAUSE THERE WAS ANOTHER BIG SLIP BLOCKING THE ROAD. WE GOT THE KIDS AND BLANKETS, NO SHOES, JUST PYJAMAS, AND WALK DOWN SOME BUSH STEERS, WHICH WERE NOT REALLY STEERS ANYMORE. IT WAS MORE LIKE A MUDDY WATERFALL. WE ESCAPED BY FOOT. THAT IS A TERRIFYING NIGHT. YOU GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT, AND NOW YOU ARE DEALING WITH MONTHS OF UNCERTAINTY. WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS? WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN HAVING TO DEAL WITH? THE FIRST 6 TO 8 WEEKS AFTER THE EVENT WAS JUST LIKE A FULL-TIME JOB TRYING TO RESOURCE OURSELVES AGAIN, BECAUSE WE COULD NOT GO HOME TO GET ANYTHING. EVERY DAY, THERE WILL BE SOMETHING LIKE TWEEZERS OR MEDICINE FOR THE KIDS, AND EVERY DAY THERE WAS SOMETHING WE DID NOT HAVE, AND WE WERE ALSO ON THE PHONE TO INSURANCE OR THE BANK FOR SUPPORT PAYMENTS, AND IT WAS JUST SO INCREDIBLY EXHAUSTING. SOME PEOPLE JUST HAD TO GO STRAIGHT BACK TO WORK AND JUGGLE ALL OF THAT AS WELL. AFTER TWO MONTHS, YOU FIND WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO LIVE FOR A WHILE, STILL NOT KNOWING HOW LONG YOU SHOULD GET A RENTAL FOR, TO BE HONEST, AND YOU JUST OUGHTA GET INTO A WEIRD SPACE OF, WE KNOW NEWS IS COMING, AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET ON WITH OUR LIVES, BUT IT IS THIS HEAVY WEIGHT, LIKE A BALL AND CHAIN YOU ARE DRAGGING INTO EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING. AT THIS POINT, THERE ARE SOME NEWS COMING, BUT IT IS TAKEN SO LONG, AND IT IS SO FRUSTRATING AT HOW SLOW THE ANSWERS ARE COMING, BASICALLY. YOU JUST WANT CERTAINTY, WHICH IS SO UNDERSTANDABLE. THERE IS NOW GOING TO BE MORE THAN $2 BILLION WORTH OF FLOOD -RELATED COSTS FUNDED, AND WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE YOU? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY? NOT REALLY. AT THIS POINT, WE DO NOT KNOW IF WE'RE CATEGORY THREE. WE ARE MEANT TO FIND OUT ON MONDAY WHETHER OUR HOUSE IS CATEGORY THREE. JUST IMAGINE, OUR HOUSE AND PROPERTY IS TOTALLY UNDAMAGED AS IS OVER 80% OF THE HOUSES THERE. THEREFORE OUR INSURANCE DOES NOT KICK IN. THEREFORE WE ARE COMPLETELY RELIANT ON THE COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT TO GIVE US A REALLY GOOD OFFER FOR OUR HOMES, AND WE ARE COMPLETELY IN THE DARK ABOUT WHAT THAT OFFER IS. WE HAVE NO IDEA. SORRY TO CUT AND, BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE UNDAMAGED, BUT THE FEAR IS THAT YOU CANNOT RETURN THERE BECAUSE OF THE SLIPS AND THE DAMAGE AROUND IT AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FUTURE DAMAGES WELL. THAT IS RIGHT. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE RISK AND THE FUTURE RISK FOR THOSE HOUSES LIKE OURS THAT ARE ON A HILL ` WILL THERE BE A LANDSLIDE AGAIN? WE DO NOT KNOW. HOW DESPERATELY DO YOU NEED A DECISION MADE WAS TO MARK SO DESPERATE. WE JUST DID A WELL-BEING SURVEY, AND WE GOT THE RESULTS A FEW DAYS AGO, AND HONESTLY, I WAS IN TEARS READING THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. IT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING. WE JUST NEED ANSWERS. I THINK THE CALL IS, CAN WE JUST HAVE THIS DONE AND DUSTED BY CHRISTMAS SO THAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN BOOKEND 2023 AND GO INTO 2024 WITH A PLAN. LAUREN, I AM SO SORRY THAT YOU HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON, AND YOU AND I HAVE A SPECIAL CONNECTION, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY RENTED YOUR HOUSE OVER SUMMER SO THAT MY HUSBAND AND I COULD GET MARRIED. I KNOW HOW SPECIAL THAT PART OF THE WORLD IS. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, AND I AM SO SORRY THAT YOU CANNOT RETURN HOME. ALL THE BEST MOVING FORWARD. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON SHARING YOUR STORY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS, MATTY. AUCKLAND DEPUTY MAYOR DESLEY SIMPSON IS WITH US NOW. MORENA. CERTAINTY IS ALL THOSE RESIDENTS NEED. SHE WAS IN TEARS AT THE END OF THAT INTERVIEW JUST WAITING ON AN ANSWER. WHEN CAN YOU ASSURE LAUREN AND THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE THAT THEY WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF CERTAINTY ABOUT THEIR FUTURE? MATTY, WASN'T THAT TERRIBLE? I THINK ALL OF AUCKLAND, IN FACT ALL OF NEW ZEALAND WILL JOIN WITH US AND JUST REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT BACK IN THEIR HOMES, AND THEY DO WANT CERTAINTY. WHILE WE HAVE DONE WITH THE GOVERNMENT IS PUT TOGETHER A DEAL THAT DOES NOT JUST DO THE BUYOUT OF HOMES; IT ACTUALLY DEALS WITH SOME OTHER THINGS THAT COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR AS WELL, AND THAT IS SOME TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE. WE STILL HAVE ROADS CLOSED. AND THERE IS MONEY TO FIX THAT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR NORMALLY. THE PROCESS FROM NOW IS THAT I THINK ON MONDAY, WE START TALKING TO THE REGION, AS LAUREN ALLUDED TO ABOUT WHERE THEY FIT IN THE CATEGORISATION. THEY ARE NOT RELATED TO THE STAGGERING OF THE PROPERTIES. THEY ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, THERE ARE PLACES THAT ARE NOT DAMAGED BUT THE GEOTECH WORK AND THE MODELLING IS TELLING US THAT THOSE HOMES MAY NOT EVER BE ABLE TO BE LIVED IN AGAIN. THAT WORK IS HAPPENING, AND IT IS GOING TO TAKE TIME, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE GOT TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE SOME MONEY AND A LITTLE BIT OF CERTAINTY AROUND THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS IS LIKE LAUREN SAID, FAMILIES LIKE HERS ARE SOLELY RELIANT ON THIS BUYOUT NOW OF PROPERTIES BECAUSE INSURANCE DOES NOT COVER IT. HOW WILL COUNCIL VALUE THOSE PROPERTIES OUT THERE TODAY WAS A FAIR AND REASONABLE PRICE TO PLAY? THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL, AND WE HAVE NOT COME TO THAT. LATE YESTERDAY, WE ONLY APPROVED IN PRINCIPLE THE DEAL. EXACTLY WHAT THAT BUYOUT LOOKS LIKE, THAT IS YET TO BE DETERMINED. WHAT HAPPENS IS THE STAFF ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A WHOLE LOT OF OPTIONS. IT COMES BACK TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL IS TO LOOK AT, AND WE HAVE TO CONSULT WITH ALL OF AUCKLAND, BECAUSE OUR SHARE OF THAT BUYOUT HAS TO BE PAID FOR IN SOME WAY BY COUNCIL AND THEREFORE BY AUCKLANDERS. THE COST SHARING AND HOW THAT WORKS WILL BE PART OF A CONSULTATION THAT WILL GO OUT IN MID-SEPTEMBER. CAN WE EXPECT RATE RISES HERE IN AUCKLAND AS A RESULT? THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY YOU HAVE TO FIND. IT IS A LOT OF MONEY. AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO ASK AUCKLAND. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OPTIONS, AND RATES AS ONE OF THEM, BUT IT IS NOT THE ONLY ONE, AND IT MAY NOT BE THE ANSWER. FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE PUT IT ONTO DEBT, WHICH IS STILL A COST TO RATEPAYERS, WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO THAT, AND WE COULD PAY THAT OVER 5 TO 7 YEARS AND STILL KEEP WITHIN OUR LIMITS. THAT IS ONE OPTION. BUT WE WILL BE TALKING TO AUCKLANDERS ABOUT THAT. FAMILIES ARE NOW STARING DOWN THE BARREL OF A CHRISTMAS WITHOUT RESOLUTION HERE. CAN YOU COMMIT TO RESIDENTS LIKE LAUREN KNOWING WHAT THEIR FUTURE HOLES BEFORE WE TOOK OVER INTO 2024? NO, I CAN'T CORRIE SORRY MATTY. SPOKE TO MATT TUCKER, AND HE COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT. I WILL NOT DO THAT EITHER. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT IS THE CASE, AND I THINK EVERYONE WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE RESOLVED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WORST CASE SCENARIO, BEGINNING OF 2024. I THINK LAUREN IS RIGHT, WOULDN'T IT BE LOVELY TO END 2023, WHAT A YEAR IT HAS BEEN, WITH SOME CERTAINTY? WE'LL BE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN, BUT I CANNOT GUARANTEE IT. WILL YOU GO AND MEET WITH THEM? THEY SAID YOU HAD NOT TAKEN THEM UP ON THE OFFER. I HAVE ANOTHER NUMBER OF TIMES, AND WE WERE WAITING TO GET THE DETAILS OF THIS, AND WE WILL GO UP NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA, AFTER THE BREAK ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, AMERICAN SINGER CHARLIE PUTH. AN AUCKLAND SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SAYS HAVING POLICE PATROL SCHOOL GROUNDS IS A 'PROACTIVE APPROACH'. WHANGAPARAOA COLLEGE IN NORTH AUCKLAND HAS HAD INCIDENTS OF BULLYING, AS WELL AS GROUPS FIGHTING AND POSTING THE FOOTAGE ONLINE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. FROM THE START OF THIS TERM, LOCAL COMMUNITY CONSTABLES HAVE BEEN PATROLLING THE SCHOOL YARD UP TO THREE TIMES A DAY. WE WERE APPROACHED BY POLICE EARLIER THIS TERM TO SAY, HEY, LOOK, CAN WE COME AND JUST BE A BIT OF A PRESENCE IN YOUR SCHOOL? WE STILL GO THROUGH OUR OWN DISCIPLINE PROCESSES AND THINGS WHEN THINGS DON'T GO RIGHT. BUT IT'S VERY MUCH A` ALMOST LIKE A YOUTH AID TYPE APPROACH. SINCE PATROLS BEGAN, THE SCHOOL HAS DEALT WITH ONE SERIOUS FIGHT, RESULTING IN 31 STUDENTS BEING STOOD DOWN AND 10 SUSPENDED. THE SCHOOL WILL BE REASSESSING WHETHER POLICE PATROLS ARE STILL NEEDED, IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS TIME. A RESIDENT IN MURIWAI, WEST AUCKLAND SAYS PEOPLE ARE AT BREAKING POINT AS THE COUNCIL WORKS THROUGH A BUYOUT PLAN IN THE WAKE OF DEVASTATING FLOODS. THE GOVERNING BODY VOTED TO ENDORSE, IN PRINCIPLE, A COST SHARING DEAL WITH GOVERNMENT, FUNDING MORE THAN $2b OF FLOOD RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE WORKS. LAUREN WETINI SAYS SHE WAS IN TEARS READING THE IMPACT OF THE FLOODS ON HER MURIWAI COMMUNITY IN A RECENT WELLBEING SURVEY. VOICE BREAKS: IT'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING, SO WE JUST` WE NEED ANSWERS, YEP. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE CALL IS, CAN WE JUST HAVE THIS DONE AND DUSTED BY CHRISTMAS, SO THAT WE KNOW` WE CAN BOOKEND 2023 AND THEN GO INTO 2024 WITH A PLAN. OF THE FUND, $774M WILL GO TOWARDS BUYING AROUND 700 HOMES. DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WILL SURRENDER TO AUTHORITIES IN ATLANTA LATER THIS MORNING, IN THE FOURTH CRIMINAL CASE BROUGHT AGAINST HIM THIS YEAR. THE FORMER PRESIDENT, ALONG WITH 18 OTHER CO-DEFENDANTS, IS CHARGED WITH TRYING TO OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION RESULT IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. WHEN TRUMP HANDS HIMSELF IN AT FULTON COUNTY JAIL, IT'S EXPECTED HE'LL BE FINGERPRINTED AND HAVE HIS MUGSHOT TAKEN. TRUMP'S FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF HAS JUST TURNED HIMSELF IN TO FACE CHARGES FOR HIS ALLEGED ROLE IN WHAT PROSECUTORS ARE CALLING A 'CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE'. IT'S BEING CALLED A 'CATASTROPHIC LOSS' IN THE ANTARCTIC. VAST COLONIES OF EMPEROR PENGUINS SAW NO CHICKS SURVIVE LAST YEAR AS SEA ICE DISAPPEARS. A NEW STUDY SUPPORTS PREDICTIONS THAT MORE THAN 90% OF EMPEROR PENGUIN COLONIES WILL BE ALL BUT EXTINCT BY THE END OF THE CENTURY DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. THE BBC'S REBECCA MORELLE REPORTS. THEY LIVE IN THE MOST REMOTE PART OF THE PLANET ` ADAPTED TO SURVIVE THE HARSHEST CONDITIONS. BUT FOR EMPEROR PENGUINS, THE SEA ICE THAT THEY DEPEND ON IS VANISHING. AND THIS YEAR HAS SEEN A RECORD MELT, LEADING TO A CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF CHICKS. THIS IS REALLY A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME. WE EXPECT THAT EMPEROR PENGUINS ARE GOING TO REALLY SUFFER WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THIS IS REALLY POIGNANT, BECAUSE MOST OF THESE PENGUINS WILL NEVER HAVE SEEN A HUMAN BEING IN THEIR LIFE. BUT IT'S HUMAN-INDUCED CLIMATE CHANGE WHICH IS DRIVING THEIR FUTURES, AND A FUTURE WHICH IS LOOKING REALLY BLEAK AT THE MOMENT. TO BREED SUCCESSFULLY, EMPEROR PENGUINS NEED NINE MONTHS OF SOLID SEA ICE. THE CHICKS ARE CARED FOR BY THEIR PARENTS AS THEY DEVELOP AND GROW. THEY NEED TO STAY ON THE ICE UNTIL THEY REPLACE THEIR FLUFFY DOWN FOR WATERPROOF FEATHERS. THE PROBLEM IS THE ICE IS MELTING MUCH EARLIER IN THE SEASON, AND IF THE CHICKS ENTER THE WATER BEFORE THEY'RE READY, THEY DON'T SURVIVE. THE RED LINE ON THIS MAP SHOWS WHERE THE SEA ICE USED TO REACH AT THE END OF ANTARCTICA'S SUMMER. 2023 HAS SEEN A RECORD LOW. ONLY THE WHITE AND LIGHT BLUE AREAS ARE ICE. THIS AREA LOST ALL OF ITS SEA ICE. FIVE EMPEROR PENGUIN COLONIES ARE LOCATED THERE, AND FOUR LOST ALL OF THEIR CHICKS. THAT'S AN ESTIMATED 5000 TO 10,000 BIRDS. OUT OF 66 COLONIES ACROSS THE CONTINENT, 19 FAILED ` EITHER PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY ` TO BREED. AND SCIENTISTS SAY IF THIS TREND CONTINUES, OVER 90% WILL BE DOOMED TO EXTINCTION BY THE END OF THIS CENTURY. ANTARCTICA'S ENTERING INTO UNCHARTERED TERRITORY. AND FOR EMPEROR PENGUINS, IT'S LEADING TO LOSSES ON AN UNPRECEDENTED SCALE. TO SPORT ` AND THE ALL BLACKS ARE AIMING FOR A PERFORMANCE TO BE PROUD OF AS THEY PREPARE TO TAKE ON THE SPRINGBOKS IN THEIR LAST HIT-OUT BEFORE THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. THE MATCH AT TWICKENHAM HAS SOLD OUT, WHILE ENGLAND PLAY THE FOLLOWING DAY WITH PLENTY OF TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE. THE ALL BLACKS ARE EXCITED TO PLAY IN FRONT OF KIWI FANS WHO DON'T USUALLY SEE THEM IN ACTION. TALKING TO A FEW OF THE BOYS, MOST PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAND OFF THEIR TICKETS PRETTY WILLINGLY TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO ARE LIVING ON THIS SIDE OF THE WORLD. WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT SUPPORT ALL AROUND THE WORLD, NOT JUST HERE, NOT JUST IN NEW ZEALAND. I SAID IT'S GONNA BE A SPECIAL AND UNIQUE OCCASION, AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SLIGHTLY MORE BLACK JERSEYS IN THE CROWD. THE TEST MATCH KICKS OFF SATURDAY MORNING. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH AFTER MIDDAY. FURTHER SOUTH, YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO BE OPENING UP THE BLINDS TO SOME CLOUD TODAY, WITH A BIT OF MORNING FROST AND FOG FOR THOSE IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` MORNING FROST AND FOG FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH. OTHERWISE, IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FROM MIDDAY FOR SOME. 15 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` A BIT OF MORNING FROST AND CLOUD FOR MOST OF YOU TODAY, WITH BLUE SKIES HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. 14 DEGREES FOR PALMERSTON NORTH TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` IT'S A BIT OF A MIXED BAG TODAY. A CLOUDY MORNING FOR THOSE ON THE EAST. THIS WILL TURN TO FINE HEADING TO MIDDAY. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR THOSE ON THE WEST. 13 THE HIGH FOR GREYMOUTH. HEADING SOUTH ` ITS ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU GUYS, WITH SOME LOW FOG ACROSS THE REGION. 12 THE HIGH FOR TIMARU. AND CHRISTCHURCH. 14 IN ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH SOME LOW FOG FOR THOSE IN DUNEDIN. SHOWERS HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 14 THE HIGH FOR GORE. IT'S A MAINLY CLOUDY DAY ACROSS THE MOTU. SHOWERS AND RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE DEEP SOUTH. MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE NORTH, WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN FURTHER SOUTH. SNOWFALL MAY FALL TO 500M FROM CANTERBURY TO SOUTHLAND. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT AUCKLAND AT THE MOMENT. IT'S A VERY NICE SUNRISE! YOU'RE GOT A HIGHER 14 DEGREES TODAY, CURRENTLY SIX DEGREES. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SOME PATCHY MORNING FOG. LOVE THAT SHOT. YES, BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK THIS MORNING. EARLY IN THE MORNING WE TALKED ABOUT THE SCHOOL WHICH IS INTRODUCED PATROLLING POLICE OFFICERS IN A BID TO TRY AND CURB SOME ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON. A LOT OF YOUR FEEDBACK POINTED OUT THERE ARE OTHER SCHOOLS WHERE THIS HAPPENS. I AM SURPRISED, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT MYSELF. AND I COVERED A LOT OF NEWS ITEMS IN THE PAST A LONG TIME. BUT ALSO, I WENT TO SCHOOL WHERE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. BUT IT DOES HAPPEN AROUND THE COUNTRY, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN POLICE TO PATROL SCHOOLS. I'VE BEEN OUT OF SCHOOL FOR NEARLY 10 YEARS, BUT DOES. FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS WITH THERE WERE ALWAYS POLICE PATROLLING OUR SCHOOL DUE TO AN INCREASE IN FIGHTS BREAKING OUT, WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH GANG VIOLENCE. I GUESS THAT IS THE POINT. THAT IS WHAT THE PRINCIPLE OF WHANGAPARAOA WAS MEANING. YOU START AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, AND THEN YOU MOVE THE ISSUE. I THINK THIS IS GREAT. MY SON GO TO THE SCHOOL AND I WOULD WANT TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY OFFICERS. EVERY SCHOOL HAS BULLYING WHETHER YOU HEAR ABOUT IT OR NOT. HIGHER SECURITY FOR THIS, POLICE SHOULD NOT BE DEALING WITH THIS. WHAT A WASTE OF RESOURCES. I APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON WHAT POLICE LEARN, BUT WE ARE SHORT OF OFFICERS. THIS IS A CONSTANT COMPLAINT IN THE NEWS. ON THE FLIPSIDE, WE KNOW HOW MUCH OF AN ISSUE YOUTH CRIME IS, IN THE POLICE ARE DEALING WITH AT THE FRONT LINE IF THEY ARE AT SCHOOLS. IT MIGHT DETER THEM. POLICE PATROLS ARE READY BEGUN AT THE SCHOOL WHEN A FIGHT BROKE OUT THAT WAS SO BAD IT RESULTED IN 40 STUDENTS BEING SUSPENDED OR EXPELLED. BREAKFAST ON ONE. WE ARE COLLECTIVELY HAS A SHOW ON SOCIAL MEDUIA. I AM ON IT, I SCROLL. YOU MAY KNOW HIM AS THE SINGER OF 'WE DON'T TALK ANY MORE' AND 'ATTENTION' ` TALK ABOUT ATTENTION, WHO SHOWS THIS OVERLAY? NOW, CHARLIE PUTH IS BRINGING HIS TOUR TO NEW ZEALAND. OUR CHAT WITH HIM AFTER THE BREAK. LOOKS STEAMY! YOU MAY KNOW OUR NEXT GUEST FROM HITS LIKE 'WE DON'T TALK ANY MORE', 'ATTENTION', OR HIS PERFECT PITCH. BUT NOW, THIS AMERICAN SINGER-SONGWRITER IS TAKING ALL THESE BANGERS AND MORE TO AOTEAROA! POP ICON CHARLIE PUTH IS COMING TO AUCKLAND THIS NOVEMBER AS A PART OF HIS LATEST INTERNATIONAL WORLD TOUR. I CAUGHT UP WITH HIM EARLIER. CHARLIE, MY FRIEND. HOW ARE YOU? VERY WELL. VERY NICE TO MEET YOU. HEY, I WAS READING. THIS IS CRIMINAL ` YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO NEW ZEALAND BEFORE. IS THAT RIGHT? WELL, I WAS THERE... SHORT ANSWER, YES. LONG ANSWER ` I WAS THERE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, JUST COS IT WAS, LIKE, ONE OF THOSE STOP-IN PROMO THINGS SIX YEARS AGO. YEAH. I FLEW IN, LANDED, DID SOMETHING, DIDN'T GET TO SEE ANYTHING AT ALL. WENT RIGHT BACK TO THE AIRPORT. SEE, WE DON'T COUNT THAT, CHARLIE. THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. I AGREE. I HOPE THAT, COME NOVEMBER, I'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO HANG AROUND. I'M PLANNING TO BE VERY... VERY INSPIRED BY MY TIME IN NEW ZEALAND. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO BE INSPIRED BY? JUST THE WAY THAT PEOPLE ARE KIND OF INFLUENCES MY MUSIC. SOME OF MY BEST SONGS HAVE BEEN MADE ABROAD WHILE TRAVELLING. GOOD MUSIC OF MINE HAS NEVER BEEN MADE JUST SITTING ON MY FLOOR NEXT TO MY GREEN COUCH EATING SUSHI. THIS IS` I NEED TO TRAVEL TO MAKE GOOD MUSIC, SO, FOR THAT, I'M LOOKING TO BE INSPIRED. WHAT IF THERE WAS A GUITAR THAT WENT, (SINGS) 'BANG, 'BANG, BANG'? (GUITAR PLAYS 'BANG, BANG, BANG') THERE'S GOTTA BE, LIKE, SOME SORT OF PLUCKY GUITAR THAT GOES, BUM, BUM, BUM, BUM-BUM. (GUITAR PLAYS 'BUM, BUM, BUM, BUM-BUM') # WOW, WOW. # # WOW, WOW. # DO YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE? HAVING FOLLOWED YOU IN YOUR CAREER, AND ESPECIALLY FOLLOWING YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I LOVE THE WAY YOU BREAK DOWN YOUR INTERPRETATION OF MUSIC OR HOW YOU MAKE MUSIC. DO YOU THINK YOU'RE UNIQUE IN THE WAY THAT YOU DO THINGS, OR ARE WE JUST GETTING AN INSIGHT INTO HOW MOST ARTISTS WORK? I THINK A LOT OF ARTISTS WORK LIKE THIS. I THINK I MAYBE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO SHOWCASE IT... IN A WAY THAT'S RELATABLE. GOING TO... NOT EVEN MUSIC SCHOOL, BUT JUST BEING IN SCHOOL, SOME OF MY FAVOURITE TEACHERS ALWAYS MADE THE LESSONS... THEY INCORPORATED COMEDY INTO THE LESSONS, AND IT MADE LEARNING GEOMETRY AND HISTORY A LOT MORE INTERESTING, BECAUSE I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ENTERTAINED. IT WAS THE TEACHERS THAT JUST, LIKE, READ OUT THE BOOK AND DIDN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT IMPARTING THE KNOWLEDGE OR WISDOM ` I'D ALWAYS DREAD GOING THERE. SO MAYBE IF PEOPLE WATCH ME, LIKE YOU ON THE INTERNET, THEY'LL BE INSPIRED TO MAKE A SONG AND REALISE THAT THEY DON'T NEED, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF MUSIC TRAINING TO MAKE A SONG. YOU CAN JUST BE INSPIRED BY YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND MAKE A SONG. AND YOU'VE LIVED A LIFE, RIGHT? DO YOU LOOK BACK` DOES IT FEEL LIKE A BLUR? OR DO YOU REALLY` CAN YOU KIND OF WATCH HOW YOUR CAREER HAS PROGRESSED AND REALLY TAKE STOCK OF WHAT IT HAS BEEN AND HOW IT'S TRANSPIRED OVER THE YEARS? I FEEL LIKE SEVEN YEARS JUST... FLEW BY. I FEEL LIKE I WAS SIGNED AS A MUSICAL ARTIST IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MUSIC INDUSTRY. I THINK IT'S CHANGED, ESPECIALLY AFTER 2020. SO MUCH LIVE MUSIC AND HOW PEOPLE RECEIVE MUSIC AND INTERPRET MUSIC AND THEIR LISTENING HABITS HAVE CHANGED DRASTICALLY. AND THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO... YOU KNOW, THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS CRAZY, BUT IT'S ALWAYS KEEPING ME ON MY TOES, AND SO IT'S NEVER BORING. SO WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT THAT EARLY SUCCESS ` I'M THINKING OF 'SEE YOU AGAIN', FOR EXAMPLE, 12 WEEKS AT NUMBER ONE ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS, THREE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS, A GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATION ` WHAT WAS THAT TIME LIKE? THAT MUST HAVE BEEN WILD TO TRACK THAT JUST INSANE OVERNIGHT SUCCESS. # IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. # WITHOUT YOU, MY FRIEND. # AND I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT # WHEN I SEE YOU AGAIN. # IT WAS DEFINITELY` IT WAS DEFINITELY SURREAL. AND IT'S SOMETHING OUT OF THE MOVIES. IT FELT ALMOST LIKE SO ON THE NOSE THAT I'D NEVER THOUGHT THAT I COULD EXPERIENCE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS MY FIRST SONG THAT PEOPLE KNEW ME BY, IT WAS PRETTY... CRAZY. BUT EVEN THEN, I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF, 'WHAT AM I GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH? 'LIKE, AM I JUST GONNA BE KNOWN 'AS THE GUY PLAYING THE PIANO IN THE MOVIE? 'LIKE, HOW DO I SHOW PEOPLE THAT I ACTUALLY`' THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT I PLAYED PIANO. THAT WAS, AGAIN, SEVEN YEARS AGO. BUT... REVERSE ENGINEER. I HAD TO WORK BACKWARDS. I HAD A SUCCESSFUL SONG, BUT NOBODY KNEW ME, SO I HAD TO TAKE THE TIME TO HAVE PEOPLE` I FEEL LIKE ` STILL ` PEOPLE ARE STILL GETTING TO KNOW ME. YOU'VE HAD A GREAT COUPLE OF YEARS. 'LIGHT SWITCH', OBVIOUSLY HUGE. I WAS READING ` 123 MILLION VIEWS ON TIKTOK, THAT VIDEO HAS HAD, WHERE YOU DREAMT UP THE SONG. THAT IS WILD. LET ME TURN THIS LIGHT ON. (THUNK!) OH MY GOD. THIS IS ACTUALLY KIND OF DOPE. I'M FREAKING OUT RIGHT NOW. # YOU TURN ME ON LIKE A LIGHT SWITCH. (CLICK) # IF THAT MEANS 123 MILLION PEOPLE EITHER DESPISED IT OR WERE IFFY ABOUT IT OR WERE SUPER INSPIRED BY IT, THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. I KNOW IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE I'M TELLING THE TRUTH, BUT I REALLY DO THIS FOR OTHER PEOPLE. I WANT TO MAKE MEMORIES FOR THEM ` THEM TO MAKE THEIR MEMORIES WITH MY MUSIC. WELL, I WAS WONDERING THIS ACTUALLY ` THIS WEEK, I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT, COS I READ A RUMOUR THAT THE SPICE GIRLS MIGHT BE REUNITING, AND THEY WERE MY... THEY WERE MY FIRST LOVE, CHARLIE. LIKE, I LOVED THEM ` POSTERS ON THE WALL, WATCHED THE MOVIE, LIP SYNCS, ALL THE REST OF IT. I LOVE THE SPICE GIRLS. WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE? WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE? BABY SPICE. I WAS ALWAYS BA` I WAS ALWAYS BABY, CHARLIE. I WAS ALWAYS BABY. ALWAYS BABY. BUT EVEN WHEN RECORDS LIKE '2 BECOME 1' CAME OUT IN 1996 AND 'WANNABE' AND THEN A YEAR LATER, 'SPICE UP YOUR LIFE', AND 'IF U CAN'T DANCE' ` WHICH IS THE LAST SONG ON THE BRACELET ALBUM ` I WOULD LOOK AT THE CD. DO YOU REMEMBER THE CD AND HOW` OH, I REMEMBER. IT HAD... LIKE, IT HAD TEXTURE TO IT. THAT DOESN'T... MUSIC FELT SO SPECIAL BACK THEN BECAUSE YOU HAD TO PAY AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THAT CD. HAD TO WAIT IN LINE AT THE RECORD STORE; YOU COULDN'T` OR YOU HAD TO ORDER IT. YOU COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT AWAY. AND NOW MUSIC, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST HIT A BUTTON AND THEN YOU CAN PLAY IT. MY GOAL IS TO MAKE MY MUSIC FEEL SPECIAL, LIKE YOU'RE WAITING IN LINE FOR IT LIKE I DID FOR THE SPICE GIRLS` AND YOU PRESUMABLY DID FOR THE SPICE GIRLS RECORD. MUSIC STILL CAN STILL FEEL SPECIAL IN MY... IN MY MIND. I LOVE IT. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL YOUR SUCCESS. 'LIPSTICK', THE LATEST SINGLE IS OUT NOW. IT'S A VERY SEXY SONG, CHARLIE. AND YOU'RE GONNA BE HEADING DOWN UNDER, OBVIOUSLY, YOUR SHOW, THE CHARLIE LIVE EXPERIENCE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH AT SPARK ARENA HERE IN AUCKLAND. WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU HERE, MY FRIEND. I CAN'T WAIT TO BE THERE. AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SPEND MORE THAN TWO HOURS IN NEW ZEALAND, FINALLY. GOOD. GOOD. ENJOY IT, LAP IT UP, AND WE'LL SEE YOU VERY SHORTLY. APPRECIATE YOU, MAN. CHEERS. THANK YOU. I OFFERED TO OFF-CAMERA. WILL SEE IF HE TAKES ME UP ON THE OFFER. AND GET AS NUMBER WHILE YOU'RE AT IT? I'M A MARRIED MAN, ANNA. REMEMBER, IF YOU'RE HEADING OUT THE DOOR ` TAKE US WITH YOU! YOU CAN STREAM BREAKFAST ON THE TVNZ+ APP AND GO BACK AND WATCH THAT BIT YOU MISSED FROM YESTERDAY'S SHOW. E WHAI AKE NEI. COMING UP ` STARSHIP HOSPITAL DOES A LOT FOR CHILDREN IN NEED. AFTER THE BREAK, A PRETTY SPECIAL GIFT IS COMING THEIR WAY. WELCOME BACK. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL STARSHIP IS A LIFELINE FOR MANY, BEING THERE FOR FAMILIES WHEN THEY NEED IT MOST. TAKE A LISTEN. I REMEMBER LIKE TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. AND THEN WHEN I WOKE UP IN HOSPITAL TWO DAYS LATER. HE WAS COMING AROUND THE CORNER ON HIS DIRT BIKE, AND THERE'S A SHED, HAD A SORT OF CONCRETE PATH COMING UP FROM THE FRONT OF IT, AND HE HIT THE LIP OF THE CONCRETE PATH AND WENT OVER THE HANDLEBARS. AND THE POLICE THAT CAME TO DO THE INVESTIGATION STUFF SAID THAT THEY THINK IT WAS ABOUT 15m THAT HE FLEW THROUGH THE AIR AND THEN FOLDED HIMSELF IN HALF OVER THE BACK OF A CAGE TRAILER. HE WAS SORT OF IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND WHEN HE WAS AWAKE HE WAS SCREAMING AND THEN HE WAS GONE AGAIN. SO I RANG 111 AND YOU COULD TELL THEY WERE TAKING IT PRETTY SERIOUSLY STRAIGHT AWAY. AND YEAH, THEY GOT THE CHOPPER THERE PRETTY QUICK. HE WAS IN A COMA FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN IN THE PICU FOR A FEW WEEKS, LIKE A WEEK AND A HALF. SO IT WAS CHRISTMAS DAY IN THERE, AND NEW YEAR'S DAY. IT'S A GOOD VIEW OF THE SKY CITY FIREWORKS FROM THE PICU UNIT. I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE DOCTORS AT STARSHIP SUGGESTED THAT WE GOT A RECOVERY PUPPY FOR ETHAN BECAUSE EVEN AFTER WE LEFT THE HOSPITAL, IT WAS STILL GOING TO BE QUITE A LONG RECOVERY. SO WE DID. WE GOT OUR LITTLE ROTTWEILER, RUDY. SHE WAS BORN ON THE DAY OF ETHAN'S ACCIDENT. SO IT'S KIND OF A HAPPY DAY FOR HER BIRTHDAY WHEN WE THINK BACK ON ETHAN'S ACCIDENT. CATCH. GOOD GIRL. SHE'S GOOD SUPPORT. SHE'S... SHE'S THE BEST DOG IN THE WORLD. SHE'S AWESOME. ALL THE DOCTORS AND NURSES, THEY WERE JUST INCREDIBLE. LIKE THE NURSES, JUST THE WAY THEY ATTEND AND LOOK AFTER YOU, LIKE, IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE. ANY SORT OF MONEY THAT HELPS AND WILL HELP THEM GO TOWARDS HELPING PEOPLE MORE LIKE MYSELF. SO ANYTHING THAT ANYONE CAN DO TO CONTRIBUTE. AND THAT FACILITY IS JUST AMAZING. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD HAVE ETHAN WITH US IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM AND STARSHIP. ETHAN'S STORY SHOWS THAT STARSHIP IS AN IMPORTANT, BUT NOT CHEAP FACILITY TO RUN. EVERY DOLLAR MATTERS, AND OFTEN IT IS CHARITABLE DONATIONS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THE LIONS FOUNDATION LAUNCHED A FUNDRAISING TARGET OF $400,000 DOLLARS ON BREAKFAST A FEW YEARS AGO, AND THEY JOIN US NOW TO TELL US IF THEY HAVE REACHED THEIR GOAL. WARKWORTH LIONS' PETER HENDERSON, ALONGSIDE STARSHIP CLINICAL DOCTOR JOHN BECA. PETER, I WILL START WITH YOU. THIS IS A HUGE FUNDRAISING EFFORT. HOW HAVE YOU GOT THERE? IT IS A HUGE FUNDRAISING EFFORT AND IT IS A LIONS CLUBS OF NEW ZEALAND ` NOT THE LION FOUNDATION. THAT IS THE FIRST THEY. I BETTER GET THAT RIGHT. GET THAT RIGHT. WE SET A TARGET OF 406,700 WHICH WAS TO BUY AND INTENSIVE-CARE SPACE. IT CAME FROM A MEETING WITH THE IDEA WAS FLOATED. ORGANS LIONS GOT BEHIND IT AND THE WHOLE COUNTRY GOT INVOLVED. A $406,700, WE ARE GIVING 431,700. LIONS CLUBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY GOT BEHIND IT WITH DONATIONS, AND THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION GAVE A $70,000. WE HAVE SURPASSED THE TARGET AND WE CAN GIVE THAT TO THE CHILDREN OF NEW ZEALAND AND THE FAMILIES FOR THE FUTURE. IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL PROJECT, AND WE ARE PROUD TO BE LINES THAT WE CAN DO IT. WE ARE VOLUNTEERS ` 100% OF WHAT IS COLLECTED GOES TO OUR CHARITIES. IN THIS CASE, THAT 431,700 BELONGS TO STARSHIP. HAND THAT GIANT CHECK OVER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM SAYING THANK YOU, BUT I THINK STARSHIP... THIS IS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY. YOU MUST BE DELIGHTED. A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO THE WARKWORTH LINES. *LIONS I KNOW IT HAS BEEN YEARS OF WORK IN THE MAKING. WE CANNOT THANK THEM ENOUGH. WE HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLY OVERWHELMED BY THE GENEROSITY OF NEW ZEALANDERS GENERALLY IN THIS PROJECT. IT IS THE BIGGEST PROJECT THE STARSHIP FOUNDATION HAS EVER UNDERTAKEN. THE GENEROSITY OF PEOPLE THROUGH NEW ZEALAND ` BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS ` THAT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE GIFT AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL. WE ARE RUNNING A BIT LATE TO NEWS SO I AM SORRY TO PURSUE TO THE END BUT I WANT TO ASK ` WHAT WILL THE MONEY BE USED FOR? THE MONEY WILL BE USED FOR EXPANDING THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. STARSHIP INTENSIVE CARE OUTLOOKS AFTER OUT NEW ZEALAND'S SICKEST CHILDREN. WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF BITS EVERY SECOND DAY PRIOR TO COVID AND WE ARE DOING THAT AGAIN NOW. THIS WILL DO US 50% MORE BEDS ` SO 22 TO 32. IT WILL GIVE US A MUCH BETTER AND NURTURING SPACES FOR WHANAU OF THE CHILDREN IN picu. IT IS GIVING US BITTER SPACES FOR STAFF TO HELP SUPPORT EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND BITTER PUBLIC SPACES. THEY COULD UPGRADE FOR THE WHOLE OF STARSHIP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHAT AN AMAZING GIFT. OR THE BEST. I AM SURE THAT MANY, AS YOU SAID, WILL GO TO SOME AMAZING USES. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE DEPUTY AUCKLAND MAYOR SAYS SHE CAN'T GUARANTEE A RESOLUTION WILL BE REACHED FOR FLOOD-AFFECTED HOMEOWNERS IN AUCKLAND BY THE END OF THE YEAR. HER WARNING FOLLOWS A COUNCIL VOTE TO, IN PRINCIPLE, ENDORSE MORE THAN $2B OF FLOOD RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE WORKS, INCLUDING A BUYOUT SCHEME. EXACTLY WHAT THAT BUYOUT LOOKS LIKE IT IS YET TO BE DETERMINED. WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE STAFF ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A WHOLE LOT OF OPTIONS. IT COMES BACK TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCILLORS TO LOOK AT, AND THEN WE HAVE TO CONSULT WITH ALL OF AUCKLAND BECAUSE OUR SHARE OF THAT BUYOUT HAS TO BE PAID FOR IN SOME WAY BY COUNCIL, AND THEREFORE AUCKLANDERS. THE COST SHARING WILL BE PART OF CONSULTATION THAT GOES OUT IN MID-SEPTEMBER. AN AUCKLAND COLLEGE PRINCIPAL HOPES SCHOOL-GROUND POLICE PATROLS WILL BE A, QUOTE, 'CIRCUIT BREAKER'. FROM THE START OF THIS TERM, LOCAL COMMUNITY CONSTABLES HAVE BEEN PATROLLING WHANGAPARAOA COLLEGE IN NORTH AUCKLAND UP TO THREE TIMES A DAY. THE SCHOOL HAS HAD INCIDENTS OF BULLYING AND GROUPS FIGHTING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. SINCE PATROLS BEGAN, ONE SERIOUS INCIDENT RESULTED IN 31 STUDENTS BEING STOOD DOWN AND 10 SUSPENDED. THERE WAS A FIGHT. LET'S JUST BE REALLY HONEST, IT WAS FILMED. IT WAS ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WE TOOK A REALLY POSITIVE AND PROACTIVE APPROACH IN TERMS OF A BIT OF A CIRCUIT BREAKER BY STANDING THE LEARNERS DOWN, AND SOME OF THOSE LEARNERS UNFORTUNATELY ARE NO LONGER WITH US. THE SCHOOL WILL BE REASSESSING WHETHER POLICE PATROLS ARE STILL NEEDED IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS' TIME. DONALD TRUMP HAS LEFT HIS ESTATE IN NEW JERSEY, HEADING TO GEORGIA AS HE PREPARES TO HAND HIMSELF IN TO AUTHORITIES. THESE ARE LIVE PICTURES FROM OUTSIDE FULTON COUNTY JAIL WHERE TRUMP SAYS HE WILL SURRENDER LATER THIS MORNING IN THE FOURTH CRIMINAL CASE BROUGHT AGAINST HIM THIS YEAR. THE FORMER PRESIDENT, ALONG WITH 18 OTHER CO-DEFENDANTS, IS CHARGED WITH TRYING TO OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION RESULT IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. WHEN HE HANDS HIMSELF IN AT FULTON COUNTY JAIL, IT'S EXPECTED HE'LL BE FINGERPRINTED AND HAVE HIS MUGSHOT TAKEN. TACKLE TECHNIQUE IS A BIG FOCUS AHEAD OF THE RUGBY WORLD CUP, WITH TWO ENGLAND PLAYERS FORCED TO MISS THE START AFTER HIGH HITS. IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS, THE ALL BLACKS WILL PLAY SOUTH AFRICA AT A SOLD OUT TWICKENHAM, SO THE SQUAD HAVE BEEN FINE-TUNING THEIR TACKLING TECHNIQUE. WE'RE A TEAM THAT` WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON HITTING BELOW THE BALL THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT. AND... THE RULES ARE... TO US, WELL, I BELIEVE THEY'RE PRETTY CLEAR. SO... WE'LL KEEP DEFENDING THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN AND WE KNOW THAT THE HEAD IS A NO-GO ZONE. AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE OUR TECHNIQUE'S SPOT-ON. THE TEST MATCH KICKS OFF TOMORROW MORNING. AND NEW ZEALAND RUGBY'S SIGNED A MULTI-YEAR DEAL WITH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM GROOV, CO-FOUNDED BY FORMER ALL BLACK SIR JOHN KIRWAN. GROOV'S TECHNOLOGY WILL DELIVER PROACTIVE BITE-SIZED NUDGES TO PROMOTE WELLBEING THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. KIRWAN SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET YOUR MENTAL BALANCE RIGHT. TAKING LITTLE BREAKS IN YOUR DAY HAS BEEN PROVEN THROUGH CLINICAL SCIENCE IT CAN REALLY HELP YOU AVOID BURNOUT AND JUST PERFORM AT YOUR BEST. JUST MAKING SURE YOU'VE GOT THAT BALANCE RIGHT. TECHNOLOGY IS AN AMAZING THING, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T CONTROL US, WE CONTROL IT. THE PARTNERSHIP EXTENDS FROM GRASSROOTS THROUGH TO THE ALL BLACKS AND BLACK FERNS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH AFTER MIDDAY. 14 THE HIGH FOR RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH, YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO BE OPENING UP THE BLINDS TO SOME CLOUD TODAY, WITH A BIT OF MORNING FROST AND FOG FOR THOSE IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. TAUPO, SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 12. TO THE EAST COAST ` MORNING FROST AND FOG FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH. OTHERWISE, IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FROM MIDDAY FOR SOME. 15 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. 13 FOR GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` A BIT OF MORNING FROST AND CLOUD FOR MOST OF YOU TODAY, WITH BLUE SKIES HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. 14 THE HIGH FOR LEVIN AND PALMERSTON NORTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` IT'S A BIT OF A MIXED BAG TODAY. A CLOUDY MORNING FOR THOSE ON THE EAST. THIS WILL TURN TO FINE HEADING TO MIDDAY. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR THOSE ON THE WEST. 13 THE HIGH FOR GREYMOUTH. HEADING SOUTH ` ITS ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU GUYS, WITH SOME LOW FOG ACROSS THE REGION. 12 THE HIGH FOR TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH SOME LOW FOG FOR THOSE IN DUNEDIN. SHOWERS HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 14 THE HIGH FOR GORE. IT'S A MAINLY CLOUDY DAY ACROSS THE MOTU. SHOWERS AND RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE DEEP SOUTH. MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE NORTH, WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN FURTHER SOUTH. SNOWFALL MAY FALL TO 500M FROM CANTERBURY TO SOUTHLAND. WHICH MIGHT BE WELCOME RELIEF FOR OUR NEXT GUEST. THE FIS PARK AND PIPE JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE UNDERWAY AT CADRONA, AND NEW ZEALAND HAS SOME SUPERSTARS IN THE MIX. LOOKING TO CARVE OUT GOLD ON THE SNOWBOARDING SLOPES IS AVA BEER, WHO JOINS US NOW. LOOK AT THAT. LOOKS GORGEOUS. IT IS LOVELY. IT IS VERY NICE. WHAT IS THE SNOW LIKE? THE SNOW IS REALLY GOOD. IT HAS BEEN GOOD THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THE COURSE WILL BE MINT. I AM SO JEALOUS. I AM A QUEENSTOWN BOY, SO I KNOW CARDRONA WELL. HOW ARE YOU FEELING HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND? EXCITED BUT NERVOUS. THIS IS A BIG EVENT. TELL US ABOUT IT. IT IS FOR SLOPESTYLE AND BIG AIR. IT IS A BIG DEAL ARE PRETTY EXCITING. TELL ME ABOUT WHAT PREPARATIONS HAVE BEEN LIKE? HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? AND YOU COMPETE REGULARLY, BUT LOOKING AT A MASSIVE EVENT LIKE THIS, HOW DO YOU PREPARE?" WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE PARKS HAVE PUT THIS COURSE UP AND IT HAS BEEN NICE SO FAR. YOU JUST WORKED INTO YOUR TRICKS ` TRY AND GET A GOOD RUN DOWN AND THAT SHOULD BE GOOD. TELL ME ABOUT WHAT IT IS YOU COMPETE IN. I WILL BE COMPETING IN SLOPESTYLE AND BIG AIR. WHAT DO YOU DO IN SLOPESTYLE, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HIT THE SLOPES REGULARLY? PARDON? WHAT DO YOU DO IN THE SLOPESTYLE EVENT, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT SKIING OR SNOWBOARDING? IT IS SOME JUMPS AND A COUPLE OF RAILS, WHICH I LIKE PIECES OF METAL ON THE GROUND YOU HIT. YOU TRY AND LINK UP A LINE TOGETHER. AND BIG AIR IS JUST BIG AIR, RIGHT? YEAH. THE BIG AIR AT CARDRONA IS PRETTY BIG BUT NICE ONCE YOU HIT IT. HOW WILL YOU GO? WHAT ARE YOUR CHANCES HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND? THE LEVEL OF COMPETITION IS PRETTY HIGH, BUT IT SHOULD BE VERY GOOD. I JUST WANT TO PUT DOWN A GOOD RUN AND HOPEFULLY MAKE TOP EIGHT AND THE FINALS, FINGERS CROSSED. CAN YOU GO ALL THE WAY? IS THAT A GOAL FOR YOU? I WANT TO, BUT IT SHOULD BE GOOD. I WANT TO LAND A RUN. PEOPLE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO COMPETE. WHO ARE YOU MOST EXCITED TO COMPETE AGAINST? THERE IS A 30 NATIONS, SO IT IS A BIG FIELD. EVERYONE SHOULD BE GOOD TO COMPETE AGAINST. I HAVE SOME FRIENDS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, SO THAT WOULD BE FUN. WHO DO YOU LOOK UP TO? WE DO WELL ON THE WORLD STAGE, DON'T WE? I LOOK UP TO EVERYONE THAT I SNOWBOARD WITH, HEAPS OF MY FRIENDS. IT MUST BE COOL TO SEE THAT SUCCESS OF SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE, LIKE ZOI, WHO HAVE GONE ON TO DO AMAZING THINGS AT THE OTHER BACKS AND WORLD CHAMPS, AND TO FEEL LIKE THAT COULD BE YOU. HOPEFULLY. WE WILL SEE HOW THINGS GO, BUT FINGERS CROSSED THAT I WILL MAKE IT. ALL THE BEST FOR THIS WEEKEND. IT LOOKS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL DAY BEHIND YOU. I KNOW IT MIGHT BE A BIT TOUCH AND GO THIS WEEKEND, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU GET SOME BLUE SKIES AND AMAZING SNOW TO COMPETE. GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. FROM THE CHRISTCHURCH CAT SHOW TO THE HAWKE'S BAY MARATHON, THERE'S PLENTY GOING ON AROUND AOTEAROA THIS WEEKEND. ME U TONU MAI. STAY WITH US. OUR COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD IS NEXT. IT'S TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD, WHERE WE ZIP AROUND THE COUNTRY CHECKING OUT WHAT EVENTS ARE HAPPENING IN YOUR CORNER OF THE COUNTRY. FIRST UP ` WE'RE HEADING DOWN TO CHRISTCHURCH FOR THE CANTERBURY ALLBREEDS CAT CLUB SPRING SHOW. WE'RE JOINED BY ORGANISER ISOBEL STOUT. MORENA! AND A COUPLE OF HER FURRY FRIENDS. WE KNOW QUITE A BIT ABOUT DOG SHOWS ` THEY GET A LOT OF ATTENTION, SO AS A CAT SHOW THE SAME THING? SIMILAR. EACH BREED OF CAT HAS A BREED STANDARD IN THE SAME WAY A DOG DOES. BUT INSTEAD OF THE OWNERS PARADING THEIR DOGS IN FRONT OF THE JUDGE, THE OWNERS SIT BACK AND LET THE HANDLERS AND JUDGES DO ALL THE WORK. EACH CAT IS TAKEN BEFORE THE JUDGE AND THE JUDGE ASSESSES THE CAT'S FEATURES AGAINST THE BREED'S STANDARDS AND THEY DECIDE WHO MEETS AT THE BREED'S STANDARDS BEST AND IS BEST IN SHOW. WE ALL KNOW THE PHRASE HERDING CATS. I CANNOT IMAGINE THEY ARE JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE ARE LOOKING AT FOOTAGE OF THEM BEING LIFTED UP AND GIVEN A GENTLE PAT. DO THEY GET TEMPERAMENT ASSESSMENTS? NO, THEY DO GET ASSESSED ON TEMPERAMENT. THAT IS A FACTOR. IT IS ALSO A COMMON TRAIT OF THE BREED, THESE TWO IN PARTICULAR. THIS ONE IS A BURMA AND THIS ONE IS A MANCOON. THEY HAVE PRETTY NICE TEMPERAMENTS ANYWAY, BECAUSE AS YOU SAY, A SHOW IS NOISY AND THEY GET TAKEN IN AND OUT OF CAGES. THEY GET HANDLED QUITE A LOT. THIS FELLA IS TRYING TO MAKE A BREAK. I WAS GOING TO SAY, HE IS A SETTING SO CLOSE TO THE CAMERA, HE IS KIND OF MISLEADING, BECAUSE A MANCOON IS A MASSIVE CAT. CAN ANYONE IN CANTERBURY COME ALONG? WE WOULD BE THRILLED TO HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE OF THE PUBLIC, ALONG. DOORS OPEN AT 11 AM ON SUNDAY. WE ARE AT NUMBER FIVE MICHELLE ROAD. THE BEST FEATURE MOST PEOPLE THINK IS PROBABLY WHAT WE CALL CUDDLE CORNER, WHERE YOU GET TO BE ABLE TO CUDDLE OUR CATS. I THINK WE HAVE A PERSIAN, A MANCOON. WE HAVE SOME DOMESTICS AS WELL. COME ALONG, AND IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A PEDIGREE KITTEN, IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT BREEDS. THE BREEDERS WILL BE THERE TO HELP YOU LEARN ABOUT THE KITTENS, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO STAY IN TOUCH AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN THEY HAVE LITTERS AVAILABLE. YOU WILL BE SPOILT FOR CHOICE, I PROMISE. IT SOUNDS VERY INTERESTING. YOU HAVE PLENTY OF RIBBONS AND TROPISM THE BACKGROUND, SO I HOPE YOU ADD TO THAT HAUL THIS WEEKEND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HOPE TO SEE HEAPS OF PEOPLE AND THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF RIBBONS AND PLENTY OF FLUFFIES TO CUDDLE. NEXT ` WE'RE HEADING UP THE MOTU TO NAPIER WHERE THE HAWKES BAY MARATHON IS KICKING OFF THIS WEEKEND. TO TELL US WHAT TO EXPECT, WE'RE JOINED BY MARATHON RACE DIRECTOR KEEGAN MCCAULEY. MORENA! IT HAS BEEN A WAY TO GET HERE. FINALLY, IT IS RACE DAY ` WELL, NOT TODAY, BUT YOU MUST BE LOOKING FORWARD TO TOMORROW. IT HAS BEEN A WEE WHILE. NORMALLY IT IS HELD IN MAY, BUT I WAS THERE WITH CYCLONE GABRIELLE, IT CHANGED OUR PLANS A BIT. WE ARE FINALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO DELIVER IT THIS YEAR ` SIX MONTHS LATER, BUT AT LEAST EVERYONE GETS A RUN. HAS THE COURSE HAD TO CHANGE? YES. THE MARATHON COURSE AS THE HALF MARATHON COURSE HAVE CHANGED SLIGHTLY WITH A BIT OF DAMAGE AROUND THE RIVERBANKS WHERE WE NORMALLY RUN. THE MARATHON ON IS NOW STARTING AT ANDERSON PARK IN NAPIER AND TAKING IN A LOOP UP TOWARDS WESTSHORE AND BACK DOWN TO HAUMOANA. I TAKE IT YOU ARE ALL SOLD OUT, BUT PLENTY OF PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND WATCH. STILL MORE ENTRIES FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO ENTER. THEY CAN COME DOWN TO OUR REGISTRATION CHECK IN TODAY FROM 10 AM THROUGH TO 9 PM AND REGISTER ON-SITE. PLENTY OF SPOTS FOR SPECTATORS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE ` ESPECIALLY DOWN AT ELEPHANT HILL, THE FINISH LINE. IT IS JUST THE SORT OF THING YOU NEED AFTER A SORT OF ROUGH YEAR DOWN YOUR WAY TO HAVE TOURISTS AND VISITORS WITH THEIR FAMILIES COMING INTO THE REGION SO YOU MUST BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WEEKEND. IT IS GREAT FOR THE REGION. A LOT OF THE LOCALS ARE LOOKING OUT FOR MORE EVENTS TO GET THE TOURISTS BACK. IT IS A GREAT IMPACT ECONOMICALLY ON THE REGION EACH YEAR. CANNOT WAIT TO WELCOME MORE PEOPLE DOWN HERE. ARE YOU RUNNING YOURSELF? I AM NOT ALLOWED TO. IT WOULD BE NICE TO COME ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. UNFORTUNATELY NOT. I DON'T MEAN TO PRY, IT IS NOT INJURY PREVENTING YOU? OR AS A CHEATING IF YOU ARE THE RACE DIRECTOR BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE SHORTCUTS? PROBABLY A BIT OF THAT. DEFINITELY NOT INJURY. ENJOY THE WEEKEND ANYWAY AND I HOPE ALL YOUR RUNNERS HAVE A SUCCESSFUL AND FUN TIME HEADING ONTO THAT SLIGHTLY ALTERED COURSE FOR THE MARATHON THIS WEEKEND. SIGN UP IF YOU ARE IN THE REGION. AND FINALLY, WE'RE HEADING TO PORIRUA, WHICH IS IN FOR A BUSY WEEKEND. IT'S NATIONAL POETRY DAY, SO NO BETTER TIME FOR A TYPEWRITING BONANZA. AND IF THAT'S NOT FOR YOU, YOU MIGHT LIKE TO HEAD ALONG TO THE LOCAL FLOWER SHOW. WE'VE SENT OUR REPORTER JESSICA SWAN TO CHECK IT ALL OUT. ARE YOU A PRO GARDENER YET, JESS? NOT YET, BUT THAT IS WHAT THIS WEEKEND IS FOR. TO START OFF AND GIVE US THE DETAILS, I AM WITH JILL. TALLIS ABOUT THE SHOW. THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY IS CELEBRATING SPRING WITH ITS ANNUAL SPRING FLOWER SHOW. IN FACT, IT IS A 56 THE ONE. WE HAVE WONDERFUL EXHIBITS, INCLUDING DAFFODILS, ARE FABULOUSLY STOCKED PLANT STORE, ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND WORKSHOPS AND MORE. TELL ME ABOUT WHAT FLOWERS PEOPLE CAN SEE. DAFFODILS, OBVIOUSLY ` WE WILL HAVE SOME GOOD GROWERS HERE, BUT ALSO CUT FLOWERS, VEGETABLES, HERBS. WE HAVE A FLORAL ART, SO A WHOLE RANGE OF THINGS. YOU HAVE A SPECIAL WORKSHOP AND SOME PROOF OF IT OVER HERE, WHAT IS THAT ABOUT? THAT AS A WORKSHOP MAKING CYCLE AND GARDENS IN SHOES OR BOOTS. WE HAVE A GREAT STOCK OF THOSE AND WE PROVIDE THE SUCCULENTS. THE SECOND ONE IS ON SUNDAY AND IT IS MAKING FLEXOR FLOWERS. *FLAX THIS IS NOT THE ONLY THING HAPPENING INN PORIRUA. FOR NATIONAL POETRY DAY, BY PHANTOM BILL STICKERS, THE LIBRARY AND ME ARE PUTTING ON A TYPEWRITER BONANZA, WHICH IS BASICALLY A LOT OF TYPEWRITERS, AND WE ARE INVITING A LOT OF CHILDREN TO WRITE A LOT OF POEMS. CAN YOU GIVE US SOME DETAILS? WHERE WILL IT BE, WHO WILL BE INVOLVED? IT IS FOR CHILDREN. I OFTEN RUN A TYPEWRITER CAFE FOR ADULTS WHERE ADULTS TYPED LETTERS. I THOUGHT, CHILDREN LOVE THIS SORT OF THING, AND THEY ARE REALLY INTO TYPEWRITERS AND THEY ARE VERY GOOD AT WRITING POETRY. IT IS ON AT 3:30 PM AT THE LIBRARY UNTIL 5 PM. YOU CAN DROP IN AND HAVE A GO AT A TYPEWRITER IF YOU HAVE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE. I WILL TEACH YOU, AND YOU CAN WRITE A POEM. LOTS HAPPENING HERE. YOU CAN GET YOUR FINGERS ON THE TYPEWRITERS OR YOUR NOSES SMELLING THE FLOWERS. HAVE YOU EVER USE A TYPEWRITER, JESS? I DON'T THINK I HAVE. I LOOKED AT THEM, AND I THINK THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL. WE HAVE SOMEONE DOING A GOOD JOB TRYING IT OUT DOWN HERE. NOT BAD. THE TOUGH THING ABOUT LEARNING TO WRITE USING A TYPEWRITER IS YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LETTER. STOP IT, CHRIS. WE ARE NOT HERE FOR THE DAD JOKES. WHAT IS HAPPENING NEAR YOU WEEKEND? LET US KNOW ` MARKETS, FESTIVALS, CAT SHOWS AND TYPEWRITERS. VERY PROUD OF YOURSELF, AREN'T YOU? DOING MY BIT FOR THE TEAM. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA. AFTER THE BREAK ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, AUCKLAND RUGBY'S GOT SOMETHING SPECIAL LINED UP THIS WEEKEND. AND LACHIE'S GOING TO TELL US ALL ABOUT IT. THAT IS RIGHT. WE ARE BACK AT EDEN PARK FOR ANOTHER BUMPER WEEKEND OF FOOTY. FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN WATCH SOME CODE AND SUPPORT THE HAWKE'S BAY FUND RELIEF. AN AUCKLAND COLLEGE PRINCIPAL SAYS HAVING POLICE PATROLS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS IS A 'PROACTIVE APPROACH'. SINCE THE START OF THIS TERM, LOCAL COMMUNITY CONSTABLES HAVE BEEN PATROLLING WHANGAPARAOA COLLEGE IN NORTH AUCKLAND UP TO THREE TIMES A DAY. THE SCHOOL HAS HAD INCIDENTS OF BULLYING AND GROUPS FIGHTING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. SINCE PATROLS BEGAN, ONE SERIOUS INCIDENT RESULTED IN 31 STUDENTS BEING STOOD DOWN AND 10 SUSPENDED. THERE WAS A FIGHT. LET'S JUST BE REALLY HONEST, IT WAS FILMED. IT WAS ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WE TOOK A REALLY POSITIVE AND PROACTIVE APPROACH IN TERMS OF A BIT OF A CIRCUIT BREAKER BY STANDING THE LEARNERS DOWN, AND SOME OF THOSE LEARNERS UNFORTUNATELY ARE NO LONGER WITH US. THE SCHOOL WILL BE REASSESSING WHETHER POLICE PATROLS ARE STILL NEEDED IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS TIME. AN ENGINEERING ISSUE WITH THE CONNEMARA MEANS SOME BLUEBRIDGE FERRY SAILINGS ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT TODAY HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. TWO SERVICES YESTERDAY AND THREE TODAY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. IT'S BEEN A TOUGH WEEK FOR CUSTOMERS TRYING TO GET ACROSS THE STRAIT. THE INTERISLANDER'S KAITKAI WAS OUT FOR A FEW DAYS DUE TO A BROKEN DOOR, WHILE WEATHER WARNINGS HAVE ALSO PLAGUED BOTH OPERATORS. A 'ONE IN A BILLION' CHANCE ` THAT'S WHAT NEW RESEARCH SAYS IS THE RISK OF MAD COW DISEASE SPREADING THROUGH BLOOD DONATION IN AOTEAROA ANNUALLY. CURRENTLY, ANYONE WHO LIVED IN THE UK, IRELAND OR FRANCE FOR SIX MONTHS OR MORE BETWEEN 1980 AND 1996 ARE EXCLUDED FROM DONATING BLOOD IN NEW ZEALAND. THE FINDINGS COME AFTER THE NZ BLOOD SERVICE MADE A SUBMISSION TO MEDSAFE THIS MONTH RECOMMENDING THE BAN BE LIFTED. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CASES OF MAD COW DISEASE GLOBALLY SINCE 2019. DONALD TRUMP IS NOW ON HIS WAY TO GEORGIA TO HAND HIMSELF IN TO AUTHORITIES. THESE ARE LIVE PICTURES FROM OUTSIDE FULTON COUNTY JAIL, WHERE THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAYS HE WILL SURRENDER LATER THIS MORNING IN THE FOURTH CRIMINAL CASE BROUGHT AGAINST HIM THIS YEAR. ALONG WITH 18 OTHER CO-DEFENDANTS, HE'S CHARGED WITH TRYING TO OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION RESULT IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. WHEN HE HANDS HIMSELF IN AT FULTON COUNTY JAIL, IT'S EXPECTED HE'LL BE FINGERPRINTED AND HAVE HIS MUGSHOT TAKEN. AUSTRALIANS HAVE BEEN WARNED THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR BUSHFIRE SEASON, WITH AN INCREASED RISK FORECAST FOR LARGE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY IN THE COMING MONTHS. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT AZIZ AL SA'AFIN FILED THIS REPORT FROM SYDNEY. NEW SOUTH WALES, QUEENSLAND AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES, AS WELL AS PARTS OF VICTORIA AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA HAVE BEEN PUT ON HIGH ALERT. THE AUSTRALIAN FIRE AUTHORITIES COUNCIL WARNED WITH THEIR LATEST OUTLOOK, THE FIRE SEASON COULD START EARLIER THAN EXPECTED, AND LIKELY TO BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SINCE THE 2019-2020 BLACK SUMMER FIRES. SEVERAL YEARS OF RAINFALL AND A WET START TO WINTER MEANS SEVERAL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE GRAPPLING WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF VEGETATION READY TO BURN, NOT HELPED BY THE ABOVE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES EXPECTED IN THE COMING MONTHS. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS BROKEN HIS SILENCE ON THE PRESUMED DEATH OF WAGNER MERCENARY BOSS YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN. IN A TELEVISED ADDRESS, PUTIN SENT HIS CONDOLENCES TO THE VICTIMS IN A TELEVISED ADDRESS, PUTIN SENT HIS CONDOLENCES TO THE VICTIMS OF THE PLANE CRASH, WHICH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE KILLED PRIGOZHIN. THE PRESIDENT DESCRIBED PRIGOZHIN AS A 'TALENTED BUSINESSMAN'. RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES SAY ALL 10 PEOPLE ON THE PRIVATE JET DIED WHEN IT CRASHED NEAR MOSCOW YESTERDAY MORNING. TO SPORT ` AND THE ALL BLACKS ARE AIMING FOR A PERFORMANCE TO BE PROUD OF, AS THEY PREPARE TO TAKE ON THE SPRINGBOKS IN THEIR LAST HIT-OUT BEFORE THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. THE MATCH AT TWICKENHAM HAS SOLD OUT, WHILE ENGLAND PLAY THE FOLLOWING DAY WITH PLENTY OF TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE. THE ALL BLACKS ARE EXCITED TO PLAY IN FRONT OF KIWI FANS WHO DON'T USUALLY SEE THEM IN ACTION. TALKING TO A FEW OF THE BOYS, MOST PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAND OFF THEIR TICKETS PRETTY WILLINGLY TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO ARE LIVING ON THIS SIDE OF THE WORLD. WE KNOW WE'VE GOT SUPPORT ALL AROUND THE WORLD, NOT JUST IN NEW ZEALAND. I SAID IT'S GOING TO BE A SPECIAL AND UNIQUE OCCASION, AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SLIGHTLY MORE BLACK JERSEYS IN THE CROWD. THE TEST MATCH KICKS OFF SATURDAY MORNING. THE PARRAMATTA EELS HAVE STUNNED THE NRL LEADING PENRITH PANTHERS 32-18. THE EELS LED FROM THE THIRD MINUTE, WINGER MAIKA SIVO SCORING FOUR TRIES. CAMPBELL-GILLARD, NICE PLAY! THEN GUTHERSON, GOOD PLAY. OVER THE TOP! SENSATIONAL CATCH. SIVO HAS GOT TWO. THEY COME THAT SIDE ` THEY COME THAT SIDE! AND FOR SIVO, YOU BETCHA CAN! THEY'VE DONE IT. SIVO'S GOT FOUR FOR THE NIGHT. THE LOSS MEANS THE PANTHERS COULD DROP TO SECOND, MEANING A POSSIBLE FINALS MATCH-UP WITH THE THIRD PLACED WARRIORS. THE EELS FINISH THEIR SEASON JUST OUTSIDE THE TOP EIGHT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH AFTER MIDDAY. 15 IN AUCKLAND FURTHER SOUTH, YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO BE OPENING UP THE BLINDS TO SOME CLOUD TODAY, WITH A BIT OF MORNING FROST AND FOG FOR THOSE IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` MORNING FROST AND FOG FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH. OTHERWISE, IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FROM MIDDAY FOR SOME. 15 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. AND 13 FOR GISBORNE OVER TO THE WEST ` A BIT OF MORNING FROST AND CLOUD FOR MOST OF YOU TODAY, WITH BLUE SKIES HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. 14 THE HIGH FOR LEVIN. AND 12 IN THE CAPITAL. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` IT'S A BIT OF A MIXED BAG TODAY. A CLOUDY MORNING FOR THOSE ON THE EAST. THIS WILL TURN TO FINE HEADING TO MIDDAY. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR THOSE ON THE WEST. HEADING SOUTH ` ITS ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU GUYS, WITH SOME LOW FOG ACROSS THE REGION. 12 IN CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH SOME LOW FOG FOR THOSE IN DUNEDIN. SHOWERS HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 14 THE HIGH FOR GORE. IT'S A MAINLY CLOUDY DAY ACROSS THE MOTU. SHOWERS AND RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE DEEP SOUTH. MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE NORTH, WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN FURTHER SOUTH. SNOWFALL MAY FALL TO 500M FROM CANTERBURY TO SOUTHLAND. EDEN PARK HAS BEEN CONVERTED BACK TO ITS NORMAL STATE AND AUCKLAND RUGBY ARE PLANNING ON RETURNING WITH A BUMPER WEEKEND OF CODE ` A DOUBLE HEADER TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE FLOOD-HIT HAWKE'S BAY REGION. SO WE SENT OUR SPORTS DEPARTMENT DOWN TO SEE WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. MORNING, LACHIE. MORNING CHRIS. I DO HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. A SPECIAL WEEKEND. IN PART, A BUMPER WEEKEND. I'M JOINED BY TWO NPC PLAYERS. I'LL START WITH YOU. WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS WEEKEND? AUCKLAND IS JUMPING ON BOARD WITH HAWKE'S BAY TO RAISE MONEY FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY THE FLOODS. $10 FOR EVERY LOCAL THAT PURCHASE A TICKET WILL GO TOWARDS THEIR FUNDRAISER. WE ALSO GOT $10 TICKETS FOR VIRTUAL REALITY ON THE SOUTH STAND AT EDEN PARK. YOU'RE CLASHING AGAINST EACH OTHER GOING FOR A ONE. IT'S NOT USUALLY A TEAM HELPING ANOTHER TEAM DISPLAYING AWAY FROM HOME. WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT, EVERY TIME OTHERWISE WANTED TO PLAY AGAINST HAWKE'S BAY. BUT NOW IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN. A LITTLE BIT OF BAD BLOOD. HOW THE LADIES LOOKING? THEY ARE EXCITED. WE KNOW THAT CANTERBURY HAD BEEN THE TEAM TO BEAT FOR A FEW YEARS, I THINK THE GIRLS ARE UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING OUT EDEN PARK FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WE HOPE TO GET THE WIN SO WE CONSIDER CELLS UP THE GOOD PLAY-OFFS. YOU PLAYED HAWKE'S BAY IN ROUND ONE. BUT WASN'T LIKE GOING BACK AND SEEING THE DEVASTATION STILL HANGING AROUND? HAWKE'S BAY IS A BEAUTIFUL REGION. EVEN THOUGH WE FOUND PEOPLE WERE IN HIGH SPIRITS, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL DOING A PRETTY TOUGH. THE FUNDRAISER THE RUGBY IS PUTTING ON AS GOOD AND WILL GO A LONG WAY. AND YOU WERE BORN AND RAISED HAWKE'S BAY. HOPEFULLY WOULD GET A FEW TICKETS ON THE SOUTH STAND. GOING BACK HOME, YOU SAID YOU WENT A WEEK AFTER. WHAT WAS IT LIKE? IT WAS DEVASTATING GOING HOME AND SEEING MY MARAE BEING SWEPT AWAY. IT HITS HARD. IT'S TOUGH, MAN. MY FAMILY WERE ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES ARE NOT AFFECTED. FOR THEM TO GO HELP FRIENDS AND FAMILY CRUSHED ME BECAUSE I COULDN'T DO MUCH. HOPEFULLY THIS WEEKEND, I CAN HELP A LITTLE BIT WITH THE FUNDRAISER. YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR MARAE AND OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN EFFECTED BY THE FLOOD. ARE THINGS LIKE THIS IMPORTANT TO KEEP AT THE FRONT OF PEOPLE'S MINDS? IT WILL BE HELPFUL. THESE PLAYERS THAT AREN'T FROM THE BAY, DO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE REGION? I'M NOT TOO SURE, HOPEFULLY I GET A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO ME, AND HOPE REALLY JUMP ON BOARD AND WE CAN HELP HAWKE'S BAY GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING ME. ALL THE BEST, BUT I DO HAVE TO SAY, UP THE BAY. IF YOU'RE IN SOUTHLAND AND ASK, HOW CAN I HELP THE SELF? THE SOUTH STAND! THAT IS LOOKING MCLEOD IN AUCKLAND. HE'S WOWED AUDIENCES AT AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, AND NOW HE'S MADE HIS WAY TO AOTEAROA. MAGICIAN DUSTIN TRAVELLA JOINS US AFTER THE BREAK, AND HE MIGHT HAVE A TRICK OR TWO UP HIS SLEEVE! HE'S BEEN SERVING UP ASTOUNDING ILLUSIONS OVER IN THE STATES, AND HAS EVEN WON AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, BUT NOW, MAGICIAN DUSTIN TAVELLA IS MAKING HIS WAY TO AOTEAROA IN A BRAND NEW TOUR. HE'S VISITING FOUR CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND TO SHOW US WHAT TRICKS ARE UP HIS SLEEVE, HE JOINS US NOW. MORENA! FIRST TIME IN NEW ZEALAND. I WAS WANTED TO COME HERE, DREAM COME TRUE. I WONDERED WHAT KICKSTARTED THIS FOR YOU. CAN YOU MEMBER A DEFINITIVE MOMENT WHEN YOU REALISE, I AM OBSESSED WITH MAGIC? THERE IS A PLACE IN AMERICA CALLED ATLANTIC CITY. TO BIT LIKE VEGAS. MY GRANDPARENTS WOULD GAMBLE ALL THE TIME. THEY WOULD GET FREE ROOMS AND FREE SHOWS. WHENEVER THERE WAS A MAGIC SHOW IN TOWN, THEY WOULD TAKE MY SISTER AND PARENTS. I THINK THAT IS WHERE I FELL IN LOVE SEEING PEOPLE PERFORM. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FALLING IN LOVE WITH SOMETHING AND DECIDING WHAT TO MAKE IT YOUR CAREER. WHAT WAS THAT TRAJECTORY LIKE? PEOPLE USED TO SAY, DUSTIN, I STILL LOVE MAGIC, AND THEN I TURNED 12! I WAS BEEN A BIG KID, SO THE REAL THING I'VE HELD ONTO IS THE CHILD LIKENESS THAT MAGIC BRINGS OUT. IT BRINGS OUT THE THING THAT WE HAVE IN COMMON WHICH IS INSIDE US, WHICH IS INSIDE US, I'M AMAZED BY PEOPLE'S PERFORMANCE STYLES AND THE WAY THEY PUT EGGS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS. THAT IS THE PLACE I TRY TO COME FROM. SOME PEOPLE WOULD CALL ME A STORYTELLER BECAUSE I TRY AND MAKE MY MAGIC VERY PERSONAL. IT IS REAL STORIES FROM OUR LIVES. I WANT TO ASK YOU MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME. PICKER CARD, ANY CARD. I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU SIGN IT. ON THIS? ON THE FACE, IT DOESN'T MATTER. JACK OF SPADES, RIGHT? DID YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO PICK THE JACK OF SPADES? I'M SURE YOU'VE NEVER SIGNED A JACK OF SPADES BEFORE. IT'S NOT LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF JACK OF SPADES WITH YOUR SIGNATURE ON IT. BUT YOU'LL NEVER SIGNED A JACK OF SPADES? I NEVER HAVE. I WANT YOU TO HOLD THIS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN NORMAL. YOU ARE GOING TO HOLD THIS IN YOUR TEETH. THIS GUY TRUSTS ME! SIGNED THE CARD AS WELL. EIGHT OF HEARTS. THIS IS GOING TO GO IN MY MOUTH, SHE KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING! I'M GOING TO PUT THE EIGHT OF HEARTS IN MY MOUTH. HOLD YOUR HAND OUT LIKE THIS. THAT WAS WEIRD, RIGHT? NO! WHAT? NO WAY! HOW DID YOU DO THAT? THAT'S YOUR SOUVENIR. YOU GUYS HAVE, LIKE, KISSED. THIS IS MIND-BOGGLING. EVERYONE GOES, HOW DO YOU DO IT? MAGICIANS NEVER GIVE AWAY THEIR SECRETS. TOOK AWAY THAT FUN THING ABOUT MAGIC WHERE YOU WONDER. I STOP TELLING PEOPLE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE ROBBED THEM AS IT TAKES THE WONDER OUT OF IT. THAT BLEW MY MIND. IS IT THE MOST FUN THING AS A PERFORMER TO COME UP WITH THE MAGIC? I LOVE CREATING, SO COMING UP WITH NEW THINGS IS FUN. SEEING PEOPLE'S REACTION ON SEEING THAT LITTLE COULD COME OUT. IN 2023, IT'S HARD FOR THE LITTLE KID TO COME OUT. TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE WITH A SMILE ON THEIR FACES FUN. ARE DEFINITELY PUT A SMILE ON MY FACE, BACK UP YOUR IN AUCKLAND ON MONDAY NIGHT. SO EXCITING! SO PUMPED, IT'S GOING TO BE FUN. IN THE SHOW, I LIKE TO LET PEOPLE IN MY LIFE, PROCESS AND JOURNEY. WE CAN SIT HERE AND DO TRICKS ALL DAY LONG, BUT I THINK ALL OF US HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING MAGIC INTO THE WORLD. THAT IS OUR MESSAGE. THERE IS A MAGIC FAR BETTER THAN CARD TRICKS, AND THAT IS THE MAGIC INSIDE OF US. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR MAGIC THIS MORNING. E HAERE AKE NEI ` AFTER THE BREAK ` WE ANNOUNCE THE WINNER OF OUR 'LEGENDS OF THE PEAK' COMPETITION. STAY WITH US. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. AUCKLAND, PARTLY CLOUDY AND PATCHY MORNING FOG. LOOKING PRETTY GOOD FROM THE SKY TOWER. IT DOES NOT SAY ` RAIN. THAT IS MUSIC TO MY EARS. LET'S GO TO DUNEDIN ` NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DUNEDIN, SORRY. BECAUSE WE JUST KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE GOOD. THIS WEEK, WE PARTNERED WITH LEGEND OF THE PEAKS TO GIVE YOU THE CHANCE TO WIN AN AMAZING THREE-NIGHT TRIP TO ROTORUA. THERE IS SO MUCH TO SEE AND DO, AND NOW IS THE TIME TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER. FOR SOME HELP, WE'RE JOINED BY LEGEND OF THE PEAKS' TAKURUA MUTU. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND BEAMING AND FROM ROTORUA. JUST REMIND US, WHAT IS IN THIS WINNING PACKAGE? MORENA. FIRSTLY, THANKS HEAPS TO THE TEAM AT BREAKFAST. YOU HAVE BEEN AWESOME, AND ALL THE PEOPLE BEHIND-THE-SCENES. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS GETTING IN BEHIND THE KAUPAPA TO SUPPORT BETTER MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES. TO THE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT ENTERED, THANKS FOR WATCHING AND TAKING PART IN THE COMPETITION, BROUGHT TO YOU BY LEGEND OF THE PEAKS, HAPPENING 10TH AND 11TH OF NOVEMBER IN ROTORUA. A REMINDER ON THE PRIZE PACKAGE YOU ARE COMPETING FOR. WE WILL PROVIDE AN AWESOME TREAT LONG WEEKEND AWAY FOR TWO AND A ROTORUA. WE WILL PROVIDE FLIGHTS, THREE NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION, DINNER AND LUGING AT SKYLINE, MOUNTAIN BIKES FOR YOU TO USE, ENTRIES TO THE EVENT OF YOUR CHOICE AT LEGEND OF THE PEAKS, AT A DOUBLE PASS TO RELAX IN THE BEAUTIFUL DELUXE POOLS AT THE POLYNESIAN SPA. I HAVE TO SAY, I WOULD PROBABLY BE THE WORST TRAILER RUNNER YOU WOULD FIND, BUT I WOULD LOVE DOING THAT. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MOST PERFECT THREE DAY WEEKEND AWAY. JENNY-MAE, HAS NOT OPENED HER INBOX YET, AND YOU ARE CALLED AS WELL, ANNA, SO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO THROW ONE YOUR WAY. YOU WOULD BE WAITING THE WHOLE THREE DAYS FOR ME TO GET TO THE END OF THE COURSE. THAT IS THE PROBLEM. I WILL WALK WITH YOU. THERE IS SOMEONE WHO HAS WON THIS PRIZE, AND I THINK YOU HAVE GOT THE PLEASURE OF ANNOUNCING THE WINNER. THAT IS RIGHT. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, THE WINNER IS ` FROM AUCKLAND, SOUTH AUCKLAND ` CONGRATULATIONS, MAY. THAT IS FANTASTIC. SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE YOU. WE WILL SEND YOU AN EMAIL AND GIVE YOU A BUZZ. CANNOT WAIT TO HAVE YOU HERE IN BEAUTIFUL ROTORUA. SUCH A CALL PRIZE AND AN AMAZING WEEKEND THAT MAY WELL HAVE. OUR ENTRIES ARE STILL OPEN IF PEOPLE WANT TO GET INVOLVED? ENTRIES ARE OPEN UNTIL THE FIRST WEEKEND OF NOVEMBER. IF PEOPLE WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THE EVENT, WE HAVE FIVE, 10, AND 21 KM DISTANCES. WE ALSO HAVE A KIDS FOREST RUN WHICH WILL BE FREE FOR CHILDREN. WE HAVE NOT WORKED OUT HOW MANY KIDS, BUT STAY TUNED. CAN ANNA DO THE KIDS RUN? THAT WAS NOT THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK. I THINK SOME OF YOU ARE COMING DOWN TO COME AND VISIT, SO WHY NOT SEND ANNA DOWN TO DO THE KIDS ONE. SHE CAN RUN IT WITH OUR MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE FAITH, YOU GUYS. I WAS GOING TO QUICKLY ASK, BECAUSE YOU SAID THERE WAS SOME ENTRIES AVAILABLE. I AM NOT A RUNNER BECAUSE I FIND IT BORING RUNNING ON PAVEMENT, BUT I IMAGINE RUNNING THROUGH A FOREST TRAIL WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL. I AM THE SAME. I AM NOT A RUNNER. GOING IN THE FOREST IS BEAUTIFUL AND COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO JUST RUNNING ON YOUR PAVEMENT ON THE SIDEWALK. RUNNING IN THE FOREST IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FEELING. AND YOU CAN WALK AT THESE EVENTS AS WELL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BIG 42 KM MARATHON. EVERYTHING ELSE IS QUITE WALKABLE. THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO HEAR. IT IS STARTING OUT THERE. *STUNNING KA KITE, WHANAU. WE LOVE HAVING YOUR COMPANY. HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEKEND AND WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR, COURTNEY SOLE,