IT'S MONDAY THE 11th OF MARCH. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU WITH US. FEARS OF AN EXODUS OF HEALTH WORKERS AS CONCERNS GROW OVER THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF KIWI-BASED NURSES DITCHING NZ FOR A BETTER LIFE IN OZ, LURED BY MORE MONEY, BETTER CONDITIONS, BETTER BENEFITS AND BETTER WEATHER. SO WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE HERE TO RETAIN OUR NURSES AND WHAT IMPACT ARE THE CURRENT VACANCIES HAVING ON HOSPITALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY? WE'LL FIND OUT AROUND 7 OCLOCK. AUSTRALIA VS NEW ZEALAND ` WHICH IS THE BETTER PLACE TO LIVE? LET US KNOW. I'M GOING TO BE HORRIFIED BY THE PEOPLE SAYING AUSTRALIA. ALSO ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING - HALF A MILLION OF YOU ARE IN FOR A MASSIVE TAX BREAK BUT THERE'S A CATCH YOU HAVE TO BE LANDLORD TO GET IT NOW, THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROMISED THERE'S A FLOW ON EFFECT IT SAYS RE-INSTATING INTEREST DEDUCTABILITY WILL HELP DRIVE DOWN RENTAL PRICES - BUT WILL IT? AFTER A YEAR OF PRICES GOING UP, YOU'D HOPE THERE'D FINALLY BE SOME RELIEF IT MIGHT GO DOWN SOME RELIEF IT MIGHT GO DOWN BUT THERE'S MIXED OPINIONS AS TO WHETHER WE CAN TRUST OUR LANDLORD TO PASS ON THE BENEFIT. TO PASS ON THE BENEFIT. WE'RE GOING IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS THIS MORNING. AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE SERIOUS CHAT ASIDE AFTER 8. IT'S OSCARS TIME. SO WE'LL TAKE YOU TO THE U.S. FOR THE LATEST ON THE ACADEMY AWARDS. PLUS, WE'LL TOUCH BASE WITH A KIWI NOMINEE WHO WILL BE ON HIS WAY TO THE AWARDS. PLUS, PULL UP YOUR COWBOY BOOTS, DOUBLE UP YOUR DENIM ` WE'RE GOING LINE DANCING A LITTLE LATER IN THE SHOW. AND THAT'S ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID ABOUT THAT. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. I OWN COWBOY BOOTS. A SEARCH FOR A MISSING OFF THE SOUTH TARANAKI COAST WILL BE REVIEWED THIS MORNING. POLICE HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR THE DIVER NEAR PATEA WHEN THEY WERE REPORTED MISSING AT AROUND 1:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE CO-ORDINATED A SEARCH WHICH STRETCHED INTO LAST NIGHT. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION IS ASKED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH POLICE. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS CRITICISED ISRAELI LEADER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, HIS MOST STRIDENT MESSAGE TO DATE DURING THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE BBC'S ANNA FOSTER REPORTS. THERE'S LITTLE HOPE TO BE FOUND AMID THE RUBBLE IN GAZA. ANOTHER NIGHT OF ISRAELI STRIKES HAS TAKEN ITS TOLL. IMAGES LIKE THIS TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD. ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, ISRAEL'S MAIN ALLIES SEES THEM TOO. THE U.S PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAID HE STILL SUPPORTED ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF BUT HE CAUTIONED THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS HE WAS SANCTIONING. HE MUST, HE MUST, HE MUST PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE INNOCENT LIVES BEING LOST AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE ACTIONS TAKEN. HE'S HURTING, IN MY VIEW, HE'S HURTING ISRAEL MORE THAN HELPING ISRAEL BY MAKING THE REST OF THE WORLD... IT'S CONTRARY TO WHAT ISRAEL STANDS FOR, AND I THINK IT'S A BIG MISTAKE. MILITARY AIRDROPS ABOVE THE STRIP DELIVER SOME FOOD, BUT NOT ENOUGH, BUT THAT STILL WON'T MEET THE GROWING AND DESPERATE NEED. IN CYPRUS AN AID SHIP IS READY TO SET SAIL, LOADED WITH SUPPLIES. THE CHARITY BEHIND IT SAY THEY'RE CONFIDENT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO UNLOAD THEM WHEN THEY ARRIVE OFF GAZA'S BEACHES. IN THE LONGER TERM, A U.S SHIP THAT WILL BUILD A TEMPORARY PIER TO DO THE JOB HAS SET SAIL, BUT THE PROJECT'S COMPLETION DATE IS STILL TWO MONTHS AWAY. AN EXPLOSION HAS RIPPED THROUGH ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR MARKETS IN THE SOMALIAN CAPITAL OF MOGADISHU. THE BLAST KILLED AT LEAST ONE PERSON AND DESTROYED A LARGE NUMBER OF SHOPS. AUTHORITIES SAY IT WAS A BOMB PLANTED NEAR THE MARKET WHICH WAS TRIGGERED. NO GROUP IS YET TO CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY. THE PRINCESS OF WALES HAS RELEASED A PHOTO TO MARK MOTHERS DAY IN THE UK. IT'S THE FIRST OFFICIAL IMAGE OF HER SINCE SHE WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL FOR ABDOMINAL SURGERY TWO MONTHS AGO. THE PHOTO WITH HER THREE CHILDREN WAS TAKEN BY HER HUSBAND, PRINCE WILLIAM. NUMEROUS CONSPIRACY THEORIES HAVE SWIRLED DURING HER ABSENCE FROM PUBLIC LIFE, BUT KENSINGTON PALACE SAYS SHE IS UNLIKLEY TO RESUME DUTIES UNTIL AFTER EASTER AS PLANNED. THE AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT SUPPLIERS CHARGE SUPERMARKETS FOR GROCERY ITEMS IS AT ITS SLOWEST SINCE 2021. THE INFOMETRICS SUPPLIER COST INDEX COMMISSIONED BY FOODSTUFFS TRACKS WHAT IT COSTS SUPERMARKETS TO PUT GOODS ON THE SHELVES. IT SHOWS PRODUCTS WERE 3.7% MORE EXPENSIVE IN FEBRUARY THAN THEY WERE AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. ALMOST ALL DEPARTMENTS INCREASED WITH FROZEN FOODS ONE OF THE HIGHEST. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS WILL CHASE A RARE TEST VICTORY OVER AUSTRALIA WHEN THE FINAL DAY OF THE SECOND TEST GETS UNDERWAY IN CHRISTCHURCH LATER THIS MORNING. NEW ZEALAND NEED ANOTHER SIX WICKETS FOR THE WIN WHICH AUSTRALIA REQUIRE ANOTHER 202 RUNS WITH MITCH MARSH AND TRAVIS HEAD AT THE CREASE. BLACKCAPS OPENER TOM LATHAM WEARY THAT THEY'RE A DANGEROUS PAIR. I THINK THE NATURE OF THE WAY THEY PLAY, THEY PLAY THEIR SHOTS. BUT, I GUESS, IN TURN, THAT SORT OF PROVIDES US WITH OPPOTUNITIES THAT YOU KNOW THEY'RE GONNA GO AFTER THE GAME, AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THE POSITIVE OPTION. SO, YEAH, IT SETS UP FOR A GREAT DAY TOMORROW. COVERAGE OF THE FINAL DAY GETS UNDERWAY AT 10.30 ON TVNZ+ AND OUR DUKE CHANNEL. THERE COULD BE A NEW LEADER IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE THIS MORNING WITH MANCHESTER CITY AND LIVERPOOL BATTLING FOR THE TOP SPOT. CITY DRAWING FIRST BLOOD WITH A SNEAKY GOAL FROM JOHN STONES. THAT'S A CLEVER BALL, AND STONES AT THE FRONT POST HAS BEEN ABLE TO SMUGGLE IT IN. AND IT'S A REHEARSED CORNER KICK THAT PAYS HUGE DIVIDENDS FOR MANCHESTER CITY. LIVERPOOL HAVE JUST EQUALISED FROM THE PENALTY SPOT. IT'S NOW 1-1 IN THE SECOND HALF. AND EARLIER, TOTTENHAM CLOSED THE GAP WITH THE TOP FOUR WITH A 4-0 WIN OVER ASTON VILLA. THE COWBOYS HAVE JUMPED STRAIGHT TO THE TOP OF THE NRL LADDER WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 43-18 WIN OVER THE DOLPHINS. THE NORTH QUEENSLANDERS RUNNING IN SEVEN TRIES ` ALL CONVERTED ` FIVE OF THEM COMING IN THE FIRST HALF. BIT OF COUNTER-ATTACK GOES FOR THE TACKLE OF O'SULLIVAN. HE'S GOT HIM BACK ON THE INSIDE. THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE. THE COWBOYS, DRAGONS, EELS AND RAIDERS MAKE UP THE TOP FOUR AFTER ROUND ONE. AND FINALLY, THE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR TODAY'S OSCARS HAVE BEEN TICKED OFF, WITH THE CEREMONY NOW JUST HOURS AWAY. FIRST THING THIS MORNING IN LOS ANGELES, CREWS WERE WORKING ON THE FAMOUS RED CARPET, STAPLING IT INTO PLACE AND ` IN SOME SPOTS ` EVEN IRONING IT. THE BIGGEST STARS IN ENTERTAINMENT WILL START ARRIVING FROM AROUND 9.30 NEW ZEALAND TIME, WITH THE EVENT ITSELF KICKING OFF AT 1pm. AND WE'LL BE CHECKING IN WITH OUR U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH LATER IN THE SHOW FOR WHAT TO EXPECT FROM TODAY'S CEREMONY. PLUS, WE'LL CHAT WITH A NOMINEE. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` MAINLY FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN RUSSELL AND WHANGAREI. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AUCKLAND REACHING A HIGH OF 22. FURTHER SOUTH ` SUNSHINE FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. FUTHER SOUTH., CLOUDY START BUT BLUE SKIES HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOOON. 26 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` PARTLY CLOUDY WITH THE ODD SHOWER FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. STRONG WESTERLIES THIS MORNING IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 28 THE HIGH IN GISBORNE AND HASTINGS OVER TO THE WEST ` PRETTY GREY DAY THROUGH HERE. A FEW SHOWERS FROM YOUR LATE AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARANUI AND WHANGANUI. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` SIMILAR HERE WITH SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH THE REGION. RAIN DEVELOPING THIS MORNNG FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH, EASING THIS EVENING. A HIGH OF 26 IN BLENHEIM TODAY. HEADING SOUTH ` SOME GREY SKIES HERE AND THERE WITH THE ODD FOR SHOWER FOR MOST OF YOU. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 23 HERE. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` PACK YOUR BROLLY. SHOWERS THIS MORNING THROUGHOUT THE REGION. SOME HEAVY RAIN IN OBAN, CLEARING TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY. QUEENSTOWN, WITH A HIGH OF 22 HERE. GOOD NEWS ` YOU'RE IN FOR A TAX BREAK, BUT ONLY IF YOU'RE A LANDLORD WITH INVESTMENT PROPERTIES. LANDLORDS WILL BE ABLE TO DEDUCT 80% OF THEIR INTEREST EXPENSES FROM APRIL. THAT SHIFTS TO 100% NEXT YEAR. THE COALITION GOVERNMENT'S GOAL? TO STIMULATE INVESTMENT AND ADDRESS THE PRESSING HOUSING SHORTAGE WHICH IT SAYS WILL TRICKLE DOWN TO BENEFIT THE RENTERS TOO. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY KELVIN DAVIDSON FROM CORELOGIC. MORENA. IN BROADER TERMS, WHAT IMPACT WILL THIS HAVE ON THE HOUSING MARKET? IT'S A SMALL TAX BILL FOR INVESTORS I'M NOT CONVINCED WE WILL SEE A FLOOD OF INVESTORS BECAUSE MORTGAGE RATES ARE STILL HIGH IT STILL COSTS A LOT TO GET INTO THESE PROPERTIES AND MORTGAGE RATES ARE STILL PRETTY LOW. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THE TAX BREAK WILL MAKE INVESTING IN RENTAL PROPERTIES MORE ATTRACTIVE WHICH WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT THE HOUSING SHORTAGE. IS THAT THE CASE? SOME INVESTORS WILL COME BACK. IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS WE'VE SEEN FEWER INVESTORS PURCHASING. WITHOUT THIS HUGE FLOOD OF MIGRATION WHICH HAS BEEN PUSHING UP DEMAND FOR RENTAL PROPERTIES. IS A LOT GOING ON IN THE RENTAL SECTOR. WHAT ABOUT FIRST HOME BUYERS? PRESUMABLY WITH MORE INVESTORS THERE IS LESS OPPORTUNITY FOR FIRST HOME BUYERS TO GET INTO THAT MARKET. POSSIBLY. IF WHAT INVESTOR BASE PROPERTY THAT IS ONE LESS ON SALE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO PURCHASE. I'M NOT SURE WE'LL SEE A HUGE FLOOD OF INVESTORS. THERE MIGHT BE A FEW MORE INVESTORS. BUT NOT BACK TORRENTS OF INVESTORS COMING BACK. IT TAKES SOME OF THE HEAT OUT FOR RENTS. BUT IT'LL BE I THINK OF THEM RISING MORE SLOWLY THAN THEY HAVE DONE. THAT'S PROBABLY THE IMPACTS WE WILL HAVE HERE. MIGRATION IS ALREADY HIGH AND THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THAT RENTAL STOCK. I WANT TO STAY ON THAT... AS YOU SAY THE GOVERNMENT IS ANTICIPATING RENTAL PRICES WILL EASE PRESSURE ON RENTS BUT THE QUESTION IS WILL IT GIVEN THE FACT INVESTORS OR PROPERTY OWNERS DO NOT HAVE TO PASS ON THE BENEFIT TO THE TENANTS. IT WILL SEE THE RENTS RISE MORE SLOWLY THAN IT WOULD HAVE DONE. THAT'S NOT WHAT TENANTS WILL BE LOOKING FOR BUT AT LEAST IT IS LESS PRESSURE ON THE SUPPLY OF RENTALS. MIGRATION MAY EASE AS WELL. SOME LANDLORDS WILL PASS THE BENEFIT ON FOR SURE. IT WILL REDUCE PRESSURES ON THEIR FINANCES AS WELL. MORTGAGE RATES ARE STILL HIGH AND THERE IS STILL A DEMAND FOR RENTAL PROPERTY DUE TO MIGRATION. MORTGAGE RATES ARE A BIG CHALLENGE FOR EVERYONE. THIS IS A $3.5 BILLION TAX BREAK. CAN THE GOVERNMENT AFFORD NOT TO HAVE THAT MONEY? WHEN YOU LOOK AT INFRASTRUCTURE, SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, ROADS...? PUBLIC FINANCES ARE UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE. I'M NOT SURE HOW BIG OF IMPORTANCE THIS IS. PEOPLE SAY THIS IS A TAX BREAK FOR LANDLORDS. NO ONE WAS CALLING A TAX BREAK WHEN LABOUR CAME IN, SO IT IS RETURNING THINGS TO THE STATUS QUO I'M PUTTING PEOPLE ON A LEVEL FOOTING SIMILAR TO BUSINESS INVESTMENTS. NOBODY WAS CALLING A TAX BREAK BACK THAN. THE RETURNS THINGS TO WHERE THINGS WERE. $2.9 BILLION OVER THREE YEARS, I SHOULD SAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I DON'T EXPECT CALVIN TO KNOW WHETHER FIND $2.9 BILLION. BY SO MUCH MONEY. WE GET YOUR EMAIL SAYING POLICE AND HOSPITAL SHOULD BE FUNDED MORE, I THINK I COULD FIND SOMEWHERE TO PUT $2.9 BILLION AND THAT IS NOT INTO LANDLORDS BACK POCKETS. WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU THINK THIS WILL HELP YOUR BOTTOM LINE AND IF YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO HELP PASS THIS ON TO YOUR TALENTS. I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM ONE OF THOSE LANDLORDS WHO SAYS I CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THIS. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM ONE OF THOSE. OR IF IT HAS CHANGED YOUR MIND GETTING INTO THE PROPERTY MARKET. | I'D LIKE TO THINK I'M PRETTY ONTO IT WITH THOUGHTS WHEN NEUROSCIENTIST ABOUT THE SCIENCE BEHIND INTUITION. (ENGINE REVS) Oh. OK, turn off the car. (PHONE RINGS) GIRL: Dad! Hey, man. Long time no talk. Yeah, just... I'm teaching Samara how to drive. (BRIGHT MUSIC) Hi! Could you do something for me? SONG: # Oh, baby, you... # Thanks. # You've got what I need # You got everything I need # You're like medicine to me... # VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Find your wonderful. New World. CALL IT A SIXTH SENSE, A HUNCH, A FEELING OR VIBE ` WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, WE TEND TO USE INTUITION IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT. AUTHOR OF 'THE INTUITION TOOLKIT', PROFESSOR JOEL PEARSON, HAS SPENT DECADES STUDYING THE SCIENCE BEHIND OUR GUT FEELING. EARLIER I SPOKE WITH JOE AND FIRSTLY ASKED HIM TO DEFINE INTUITION. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO DEFINE IT. I DEFINE IT AS THE PRODUCTIVE USE OF UNCONSCIOUS INFORMATION. ALOFT AND ADDED THE EXTRA WORDS, LEARNT PRODUCTIVE USE. YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO DO IT IT IS NOT INNATE. ONE OF THE FIRST ELEPHANTS IN THE ROOM YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY IS THAT NOBODY AGREES WITH THAT DEFINITION. I THINK IT IS THE MOST PRACTICAL AND HELPFUL IN CREATING ADVICE TO HELP EVERYONE MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. BUT DEFINITION HELPS US BUILD A SCIENCE AROUND INTUITION. WHILE IT IS INTERESTING, IT'S HARDER TO STUDY SCIENTIFICALLY. HOW CAN IT BE USED TO HELP PEOPLE? I WOULD SAY YOU WALK INTO A CAFE, IN THE SECOND YOU WALK INTO THE DOOR AND YOU TAKE IN WHAT THE CAFE LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING IN YOUR BODY GOES IT FEELS A BIT DIRE AND HEAVY. YOU THINK LET'S NOT HAVE A COFFEE HERE. THE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF TIMES YOU BE THE CAFE'S BEFORE BUT IS ALL THE LEARNING, AND YOUR BRAIN HAS LEARNED ALL THE INFORMATION AND IS TRIGGERING POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE ASSOCIATIONS. EVEN THOUGH IT IS UNCONSCIOUS. YOUR GUT FEELING IS FEELING YOUR BODY RESPONDING AND YOU FEEL THE INFORMATION EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT CONSCIOUSLY THINKING CAFE'S WITH THESE KINDS OF TABLECLOTHS AND THESE WINDOWS MEAN THE COFFEE IS GOING TO BE BUT. YOU JUST FEEL IT. RELYING ON A GUT FEELING CAN SEEM A BIT AIRY FAIRY, SO HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO MEASURE IN SCIENCE THE WAY INTUITION WORKS? THE BEST WAY TO THINK ABOUT INTUITION, IF YOU FOLLOW THE RULES IN THE BOOK IS IT GIVES YOU ALL THE ACCESS TO ALL THIS EXTRA INFORMATION. MOST OF WHAT WE ARE PROCESSING IS UNCONSCIOUS. SO IT USES MATTER FOR A NEUROSCIENCE. THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG IS WHAT YOU SEE FLOATING ON THE OCEAN AND THE BULK OF IT IS UNDERNEATH. THAT IS WHAT IT IS LIKE WITH INFORMATION IN THE BRAIN. ALL THIS INFORMATION IN THE BRAIN, THE TRICK IS CAN WE GET ACCESS ABOUT A WAY THAT IS RELIABLE AND USEFUL. THAT'S WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT. WE CAN DO IF WE FOLLOW THESE FIVE RULES. WE HEAR ACCESS THE EXTRA INFORMATION. YOU HAVE DEVELOPED SOME SIMPLE RULES, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THEM? 'S' IS SELF-AWARENESS. IF YOU ARE HIGHLY EXCITED, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE STRESSED OR ANXIOUS, STAIRWAY FROM INTUITION. M STANDS FOR MASTERY. YOU CANNOT BE A CHESS PLAYER IF YOU'VE NEVER PLAYED CHESS. I IS FOR IMPULSES AND ADDICTIONS. WE DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE THE FEELING OF ADDICTIVE THINGS THAT'S NOT INTUITION BUT IT CAN FEEL LIKE IT. SO WE WANT TO STEER CLEAR OF THOSE TWO THINGS. WE DON'T WANT TO USE OUR INTUITION FOR FOOD. THEN THERE IS L, WHICH IS LEARNED ABILITY. WE TEND TO RELY ON EMOTION A LOT SOMETIMES I CALL THIS THE SHARK ATTACK RULE. WHERE EVEN THOUGH THE PROBABILITY OF BEING ATTACKED BY A SHARK, EVEN SEEING A SHARK IS RARE, PEOPLE ARE TERRIFIED ABOUT AND BECOME REALLY EMOTIONAL. DO NOT USE YOUR INTUITION, FOLLOW THE RATIONAL NUMBERS. THE E IS FOR ENVIRONMENT THE LEARNING BEHIND INTUITION IS CONTEXT SPECIFIC WHICH MEANS IF I LEARN IT HERE AT HOME IT WILL NOT APPLY AS WELL ARTWORK OR VICE VERSA. STEVE JOBS WAS FAMOUS AT MASTERING INTUITION. HE WENT TO INDIA TO LEARN HOW TO MASTER INTUITION. WHEN HE MADE DECISIONS ABOUT HIS HEALTH HE MADE WHAT EVERYBODY AGREES IS REALLY POOR DECISIONS ABOUT HIS HEALTH. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HAVING AMAZING INTUITION AT WORK BUT NOT AT HOME. SO THAT SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND, INTUITION WILL NOT TRANSFER WELL BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTS. THAT'S A TRICKY ONE BECAUSE IF YOU TRUST THAT YOU THEN START RELYING ON ITS. I DO NOT HAVE A GUT FEELING. IT IS NON-EXISTENT. YOU DON'T HAVE THAT LITTLE VOICE? KNOW I'M QUITE REACTIVE I WOULD SAY. ISN'T ABOUT TRUSTING THAT? ABOUT HAVING A HISTORY OF FOLLOWING YOUR INTUITION WHICH THEN GIVES YOU THE CONFIDENCE TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IT? I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE GOT GOOD INTUITION. INTERESTING THAT THE NEUROSCIENTIST WE SPOKE TO SAID DO NOT GO WITH YOUR GUT IF YOU ARE EMOTIONAL. I THINK SOMETIMES, DON'T YOU BECOME EMOTIONAL...? I THOUGHT IF YOU HIDE INTUITION YOU ARE RELYING ON EMOTION TO HELP YOU FORMAT FEELING. I SAID TO MY HUSBAND ONCE, YOU SEEM QUITE LUCKY. HE SAID NO I'M NOT. I'M CONSTANTLY UPDATING INFORMATION HE SAID. IT DOES NOT RELY ON GUESSING. HE NARROWS TIME GUESSWORK TO THE MINIMAL. SO NOTHING TO DO WITH INTUITION AT ALL? I HAVE TO SAY MY HUSBAND HAS VERY GOOD INTUITION. HE PICKS UP VIBES. IT'S USEFUL IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS, PARTICULARLY WITH OUR KIDS. IN A ROOM HE CAN PICK OUT PEOPLE BASED ON WHAT HE IS FEELING I GO THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT A PERSON, HAVE A CONVERSATION. I THOUGHT IT WAS INTUITION LIKE I FEEL WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF MILK. THAT'S CLAIRVOYANTS. WE ARE NOT A HOUSEHOLD OF INTUITION. LET US KNOW, HOW IS YOUR INTUITION? ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, WE WILL GET TO MORE OF YOUR FEEDBACK. IS YOUR LANDLORD GOING TO GIVE YOU A BREAK? WILL TALK ABOUT IT SOON. Right now, this man is saving a woman from bleeding to death after complications during childbirth. - (YAWNS) - She's currently assisting a car-crash victim, with a serious brain bleed. And she's keeping a teenage boy alive, whose disorder is life-threatening. (INTRIGUING, PULSING MUSIC) Everyday people can save lives every day. # WATCH ME DANCE, # DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT IS 630. LANDLORDS WILL AGAIN BE ABLE TO CLAIM TAX DEDUCTIONS FOR INTEREST ON RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT PROPERTY, BUT THERE ARE DOUBTS ON WHETHER IT WILL LEAD TO LOWER RENTS. LANDLORDS WILL BE ABLE TO DEDUCT 80% OF THEIR INTEREST EXPENSES FROM THE START OF NEXT MONTH, SHIFTING TO 100% PERCENT NEXT YEAR. THE COALITION GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WILL STIMULATE INVESTMENT AND ADDRESS THE PRESSING HOUSING SHORTAGE, SAYING IT WILL TRICKLE DOWN TO BENEFIT THE RENTERS TOO. BUT ECONOMIST KELVIN DAVIDSON SAYS IT WON'T REDUCE RENT FOR TENANTS. IT TAKES SOME OF THE HEAT OUT ` THEY MAY NOT RISE AS QUICKLY ` BUT POTENTIALLY NOT FALLING, EITHER. YOU DON'T TEND TO SEE RENTS GO DOWN. IT WILL JUST BE A THING OF RISING MORE SLOWLY THAN THEY OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE DONE. THE REINTRODUCTION WILL COST $2.9b OVER THREE YEARS. THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING DIVER OFF THE SOUTH TARANAKI COAST WILL RESUME THIS MORNING. THE DIVER WAS REPORTED MISSING FROM A BOAT NEAR PATEA SHORTLY AFTER 1.30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE CO-ORDINATED THE SEARCH WHICH STRETCHED INTO LAST NIGHT. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION IS ASKED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH POLICE. AN AID SHIP LOADED WITH FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES IS READY TO DEPART FROM CYPRUS BOUND FOR GAZA, AMID ESCALATING FEARS OF AN ALL OUT FAMINE IN THE TERRITORY. THERE ARE STILL PLANS FOR THE U.S MILITARY TO BUILD A TEMPORARY PIER IN THE STRIP, BUT THAT LIKELY WON'T HAPPEN FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, COMPLICATING EFFORTS TO DELIVER HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE BY SEA. WE'RE JUST HOURS AWAY FROM HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST NIGHT ` THE OSCARS. AND AS TIME TICKS DOWN, THE SPECULATION'S HEATING UP ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE TAKING ONE OF THE COVETED TROPHIES HOME. HERE'S THE ABC'S TIM PULLIAM. YOU ARE THE MAN WHO GAVE THEM THE POWER TO DESTROY THEMSELVES. FROM OPPENHEIMER... YOU GUYS EVER THINK ABOUT DYING? ...TO BARBIE... PLEASE SEND HELP. THERE'S MURDER IN OSAGE. ...TO KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON ` TONIGHT, THESE BLOCKBUSTER FILMS AMONG THE TEN BEST PICTURE NOMINEES BATTLING FOR THE OSCARS GOLD. WE STILL HAVE WHAT I CONSIDER PERSONALLY, MAYBE THE BEST LINE-UP OF BEST PICTURE NOMINEES IN OVER 25 YEARS. AND FOR BEST ACTRESS, THE RACE IS FIERCE. ANNETTE BENING, CAREY MULLIGAN, EMMA STONE, LILY GLADSTONE, AND SANDRA HULLER. IT'S REALLY, REALLY EXCITING. IT'S LONG OVERDUE, BUT IT'S VERY WELCOME. (LAUGHS) AND WHO WILL WIN FOR BEST ACTOR? WILL IT BE TWO-TIME OSCAR NOMINEE PAUL GIAMATTI? I CAN TELL BY YOUR FACES THAT MANY OF YOU ARE SHOCKED. 12-TIME OSCAR NOMINEE BRADLEY COOPER? OR FIRST-TIME NOMINEES, COLMAN DOMINGO... YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAW? A STAR. ...CILLIAN MURPHY... JUST DROPS BELOW ONE VOTE. YOU HIT THAT BUTTON, YOU ABORT, UNDERSTOOD? ...OR JEFFREY WRIGHT? WHY AM I THE LAST TO KNOW? YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S SORT OF BETWEEN CILLIAN MURPHY FOR 'OPPENHEIMER' AND PAUL GIAMATTI FOR 'THE HOLDOVER'. BUT NO MATTER WHO WINS OR LOSES, THERE SHOULD BE PLENTY OF LAUGHS WITH HOST JIMMY KIMMEL. I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD NOTICE IF I JUST DID THE SAME JOKES I DID LAST YEAR. OSCAR PRODUCERS TAPPING THE COMEDIAN TO EMCEE HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST NIGHT A FOURTH TIME. A 67 YEAR OLD MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER OVERNIGHT IN CHRISTCHURCH, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A MAN IN THE CENTRAL CITY. POLICE WERE CALLED TO A PROPERTY JUST AFTER 10pm LAST NIGHT AFTER RECEIVING REPORTS OF A STABBING. THE VICTIM WAS A 22 YEAR OLD. TO SPORT, AND A FLURRY OF WICKETS IN THE FINAL SESSION HAS THE BLACKCAPS WITHIN REACH OF AN UNLIKELY TEST WIN OVER AUSTRALIA, THOUGH THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF WORK TO DO. AFTER SETTING AUSTRALIA 279 FOR VICTORY, THE NEW ZEALAND BOWLERS BLITZED THE AUSSIE TOP ORDER. MATT HENRY AND BEN SEARS WITH TWO WICKETS EACH. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) OH! BEN SEARS, YOU LITTLE RIPPER. NEW ZEALAND HAVE FOUR IN THIS FINAL SESSION. YEAH, I THINK IT'S A WICKET WHERE IF YOU GET IT RIGHT WITH A NEW BALL, IT CAN BE CHALLENGING. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY BOUNCE THERE, AND OBVIOUSLY MOVING OFF THE WICKET AS WELL. SO I THINK THE NATURE OF THE WAY THE GUYS BOWLED TONIGHT ` ASKED GOOD QUESTIONS AROUND THAT THIRD, FOURTH STUMP AND OBVIOUSLY MANAGED TO GET SOME NICE RESULTS. SO, YEAH, VERY HAPPY. AUSTRALIA WILL RESUME 77/4, STILL NEEDING ANOTHER 202 RUNS. THE BLACKCAPS NEED SIX MORE WICKETS. AND YOU CAN WATCH THEIR PROGRESS ON TVNZ+ AND DUKE FROM 10.30 THIS MORNING. THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE RACE IS HEATING UP THIS MORNING WITH CONTENDERS MANCHESTER CITY AND LIVERPOOL GOING HEAD TO HEAD. CITY OPENED THE SCORING THROUGH JOHN STONES AND A SNEAKY CORNER BEFORE LIVERPOOL EQUALISED CARE OF A SECOND HALF PENALTY. AND EDERSON HAS COMITTED THE FOUL ON DARWIN NUNEZ AND MICHAEL OLIVER POINTS TO THE SPOT. MAC ALLISTER MAKES NO MISTAKE! AND EARLIER, TOTTENHAM CLOSED THE GAP WITH THE TOP FOUR WITH A BIG 4-0 WIN OVER ASTON VILLA. GO ON. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` MAINLY FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN RUSSELL AND WHANGAREI. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AUCKLAND REACHING A HIGH OF 22. 24 IN WHITIANGA. FURTHER SOUTH ` SUNSHINE FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. FUTHER SOUTH., CLOUDY START BUT BLUE SKIES HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOOON. 26 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. AND 24 IN TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` PARTLY CLOUDY WITH THE ODD SHOWER FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. STRONG WESTERLIES THIS MORNING IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 28 THE HIGH IN GISBORNE AND HASTINGS OVER TO THE WEST ` PRETTY GREY DAY THROUGH HERE. A FEW SHOWERS FROM YOUR LATE AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARANUI AND WHANGANUI. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` SIMILAR HERE WITH SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH THE REGION. RAIN DEVELOPING THIS MORNNG FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH, EASING THIS EVENING. A HIGH OF 26 IN BLENHEIM TODAY. AND 17 DEGREES ON THE WEST COAST. HEADING SOUTH ` SOME GREY SKIES HERE AND THERE WITH THE ODD FOR SHOWER FOR MOST OF YOU. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 23 HERE. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` PACK YOUR BROLLY. SHOWERS THIS MORNING THROUGHOUT THE REGION. SOME HEAVY RAIN IN OBAN, CLEARING TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY. QUEENSTOWN, WITH A HIGH OF 22 HERE. ME U TONU MAI - FIND OUT WHY THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY HAVE THEIR GAZES FIRMLY SET ON THE NIGHT SKIES. # USED TO BE AFRAID OF LOVE AND WHAT IT MIGHT DO. # GOD DAMN, YOU GOT ME IN LOVE AGAIN. TODAY MARKS THE START OF A VERY IMPORTANT MONTH FOR NEARLY 2 BILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. RAMADAN IS A MONTH OF PRAYER, REFLECTION AND FASTING, AND IT CAN BE AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR, DEPENDING ON SIGHTINGS OF THE NEW MOON. FOR 2024, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT COULD BE TONIGHT. HERE IS A LIVE SHOT OF MAKKAH UNDER THE LIGHT OF A NEW CRESCENT MOON. JOINING ME NOW ON THE COUCH IN AUCKLAND IS SHEIKH MOHAMMED AMIR. WE JUST MADE THE POINT THAT RAMADAN DOESN'T HAVE A SPECIFIC START DATE. IT IS DEPENDENT ON THE MOON. HOW DO YOU WORK IT OUT? THE IS LLAMA MONTH STARTS BY THE APPEARANCE OF THE NEW MOON. SO THE ISLAMIC MONTH IS EITHER 29 DAYS OR 30 DAYS. HOW DO YOU LET EVERYONE KNOW? BEFORE THE 29TH OF EACH MONTH, WE SEND A CIRCULAR TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ASKING THEM TO LOOK OUT FOR THE MOON. ON THE 29TH, PEOPLE GO TO DIFFERENT SITES TO SITE THE MOON. THIS IS THE CASE FOR RAMADAN AND EID. PEOPLE GO OUT TO LOOK AT THE MOON. IT IS A SPECIAL OCCASION. HOW WILL YOU CELEBRATE THIS YEAR? WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU? THE CELEBRATION IS A COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY. AND WHERE THE PEOPLE GET TOGETHER EITHER IN THE MOSQUE OR WITH FAMILY IN THE HOUSE. THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMUNITY OR FAMILY GATHERINGS, ESPECIALLY AT THE TIME OF DOING THE FAST JUST BEFORE THE SUNSET. AND THE PEOPLE PREPARE THE FEAST, BECAUSE GOING THROUGH A WHOLE DAY OF ABSTAINING FROM FOOD ENTERING, THIS IS THE TIME TO BREAK THE FAST. IT IS A VERY HAPPY MOMENT. I CAN IMAGINE. THERE IS A MOMENT OF HARDSHIP, BEING ABLE TO GET FROM DAWN TILL DUSK WITHOUT BREAKING FAST. DOES THAT TAKE ON A NEW ROLE OR NEW REFLECTION FOR YOU THIS YEAR WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SITUATION, PERHAPS IN GAZA THIS YEAR, WHERE MUSLIMS ARE ALL READY LIVING IN HARDSHIP? ABSOLUTELY, WE LOOK AT THE SITUATION IN GAZA WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE. WE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THAT. BUT GENERALLY, IT IS A MONTH OF BLESSING AND PATIENCE AND GENEROSITY. IN GENERAL, WHATEVER THE SITUATION MAY BE, THE MONTH OF RAMADAN IS THE MONTH OF GENEROSITY IN HELPING ONE ANOTHER. YOU TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL BE DOING AT HOME OR AT THE MOSQUE OR AT YOUR COMMUNITY GATHERINGS. IS THERE ANYTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE CELEBRATE IN NEW ZEALAND COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES OVERSEAS? IF YOU ARE LIVING IN A PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM COUNTRY, IT WILL BE VERY DIFFERENT, WON'T IT? EVERYONE WILL BE FASTING. AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY, EVERYONE IS FASTING, SO YOU CAN SEE THE ENVIRONMENT OF RAMADAN MUCH MORE THAN IN NEW ZEALAND. BUT WE TRY OUR BEST. WHERE EVER IT IS POSSIBLE IN THE MOSQUE OR THE ISLAMIC CENTRE, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKEND, PEOPLE HAVE A COMMUNITY IFTAR, WHERE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED PEOPLE, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE MOSQUE, GET TOGETHER, MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AND THEY WILL FAST TOGETHER. DO NEW ZEALANDERS UNDERSTAND WHAT RAMADAN IS? I THINK IT IS VERY MUCH UNDERSTOOD BY THE YOUNGER POPULACE AND THE PUBLIC. BECAUSE ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME WITH SOCIAL MEDIA BEING SO ACTIVE, PEOPLE ARE BEING MORE INFORMED ABOUT THE MONTH OF RAMADAN YOU CAN SEETHIS YEAR WITH THE SITUATION IN GAZA, PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT OBSERVING IT. SO PEOPLE HAVE COME TO KNOW ABOUT IT IN NEW ZEALAND AS WELL AS AMONG THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY. THERE IS A LOT OF AWARENESS. THERE IS ALSO SOME CROSSOVER IN PARTICULAR IN NEW ZEALAND, BECAUSE IT IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARCH 15 ATTACKS. THAT MUST BE A TIME OF REFLECTION FOR YOU ALSO. ABSOLUTELY. THE MONTH OF RAMADAN IS A MONTH OF REFLECTION, CONTEMPLATION AND SYMPATHISING WITH PEOPLE. THEREFORE, IT IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO REMEMBER ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH HARDSHIP, ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SACRIFICED. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR COMING INTO TALK TO US ABOUT RAMADAN. WHAT DO I SAY? BLESSINGS FOR RAMADAN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT IS A PLEASURE FOR ME TO BE HERE. E HAERE AKE NEI - THE BLACKCAPS SIT ON THE CUSP OF HISTORY. WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TODAY TO KNOCK OVER AUSTRALIA. # BABY, WHY DON'T YOU JUST NEED ME IN THE MIDDLE? 31 YEARS- THAT'S HOW LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE THE BLACKCAPS HAVE WON A TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN NEW ZEALAND. BUT THAT COULD SOON ALL CHANGE AFTER DOMINATING THE THIRD DAY OF THE SECOND TEST YESTERDAY. FOR MORE ON THIS WEEKEND IN SPORT, 1NEWS SPORTS REPORTER KATE WELLS JOINS US NOW. HAVE I JUST JINXED THAT? HIGH GOOD AS NEW ZEALAND LOOKING? EVERY TIME WE WATCH THE CRICKET WE THINK THAT LOOKS GOOD BUT THEN THE WICKET FALLS, BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING GOOD. I'VE GOT MY NOTES WITH ALL THE NUMBERS. NEW ZEALAND MADE 372 IN THE SECOND INNINGS, WHICH IS MUCH IMPROVED FROM THE FIRST TEST. AUSTRALIA NEED 202 TO WIN THEY ARE FOUR DOWN. IN BOTH TESTS, BEN SEARS DID WILL TOO. IF WE CAN GET ONE OR BOTH OF THEM OATS THAT WILL BE GOOD. DANIEL I'M COMING TO YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE A CRICKET TRAGIC. I THINK WITH THE BOWLING IN PARTICULAR THAT PACE AND AUSTRALIA'S ATTACK IS FULL OF PACE. IT IS A GOOD CHANGE TO BRING IN, IT KEEPS THE ENERGY HIGH AND ALL THE FIELDERS ARE ON A KNIFE EDGE. THERE IS EXCITEMENT WITHIN THE GROUP. DANIEL WHAT DO YOU THINK? I ECHO KATE'S SENTIMENTS. I LIKE THE TEAM BOND THAT IS OWED THE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NEW FACES THAT HAVE COME IN THAT HAVE REALLY ENHANCED THE BLACK CAPS PERFORMANCE. BEN PHILLIPS HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING TAKING CRUCIAL WICKETS. SO VERY EXCITING. TALKING ABOUT MELTDOWNS, THE CRUSADERS AND SUPER RUGBY. THIS IS A PRETTY INCREDIBLE RESULT. WE KNOW THE CRUSADERS HAVE NOT BEEN ON GOOD FORM BUT SO GOOD TO SEE THEM DOING SO WELL. THAT WAS NOT A FLUKE. THE CRUSADERS ARE A COMPLETELY NEW TEAM THIS YEAR. THEY HAVE A NEW COACH AND DO NOT HAVE SOME SENIOR LEADERS, BUT THEY ARE REALLY FALLING TO PIECES AT THE START OF THE SEASON AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD A START LIKE THIS SINCE 1996 WHICH IS WHEN SUPER RUGBY BEGAN. THREE LOSSES OUT OF THREE GAMES. ZERO POINTS. I SPOKE TO THE ASSISTANT COACH ON FRIDAY AND HE SAID THEY ARE FEELING REALLY GOOD AND POSITIVE SO HOPEFULLY THAT TRANSLATES TO A WIN FOR THEM SOON JUST TO GET THE CONFIDENCE UP. I AM LOATH TO GO TO THIS NEXT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NRL AND THE WARRIORS. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I AM INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED BY DANIEL WHO HAS NO JUMPED OFF OF THE BANDWAGON. I'VE STOPPED BELIEVING. THE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON... THE BAND-WAH-GON. THEY STARTED OFF VERY WELL. THE SHARKS CAME THROUGH, BUT THEY'RE MISSING SOME PLAYERS. THAT GOT PLAYERS IN NEW POSITIONS. ANDREW WEBSTER THE COACH SAID THIS IS A LONG SEASON AND IT IS MORE LIKE A MARATHON SO THEY ARE NOT GETTING AHEAD OF THEMSELVES. THE ATTENDANCE IS REALLY POSITIVE TO. THE GATES OPENED AT FIVE AND PEOPLE WERE STREAMING IN WITH KICK-OFF NOT UNTIL EIGHT. SO IT IS GREAT TO HAVE SOME POSITIVITY BACK. | OUR FAMILY GOES TO ALL THE HOME GAMES. I THINK THEY WERE THERE FROM ABOUT 5:30 SO IN TERMS OF THE SEASON WE SHOULD BE TAKING TOO MUCH IT'S ONLY THE FIRST GAME. THEY HAVE THE STORM IN MELBOURNE ON SATURDAY SO ANOTHER BIG TASK BUT WILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. ANYTHING ELSE THAT CAUGHT YOUR EYE OVER THE WEEKEND? LYDIA COE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE HALL OF FAME BUT UNFORTUNATELY SHE DID NOT WIN SO SHE IS STILL CHASING THAT ONE MORE WIN AND THEN SHE WILL MAKE THE IMPRESSIVE HALL OF FAME. BEFORE YOU GO WE WERE HAVING A CHAT ABOUT THE NETBALL, AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT ON OUR LIST OF THINGS TO CHAT ABOUT, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A SILVER BURNS COACH AT THE MOMENT. THEY ARE ASKED THE PROCESS TO BE AN OPEN ONE. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE DIRECTION APPLE NEW ZEALAND MIGHT TAKE? IT'S REALLY INTERESTING. EVERYONE WAS PERPLEXED AND CONFUSED WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME OUT. BUT KEEPING PEOPLE INVOLVED IS A GOOD THING. LED US TO WORLD CUP VICTORY SO IF WE KEEP EXPERTISE INVOLVED AND BRING IN SOME NEW IDEAS, EVEN IF IT IS SOMEBODY FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY... WHAT? I'D BE KEEN TO SEE SOME FRESH IDEAS. SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IN THE ENGLAND SEEM TO BE POSITIVE. NOT SURE I AM READY FOR AN AUSSIE COACH. THANKS SO MUCH. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS A 67-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A MAN IN CENTRAL CHRISTCHURCH OVERNIGHT. POLICE WERE CALLED TO A PROPERTY IN THE CITY JUST AFTER 10pm LAST NIGHT AFTER RECEIVING REPORTS OF A STABBING. THE MAN (67) IS DUE TO APPEAR IN CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT LATER TODAY. THE REINTRODUCTION OF INTEREST DEDUCTIBILITY TAX FOR LANDLORDS WON'T EASE THE PRESSURE ON THE HOUSING MARKET, ACCORDING TO ONE ECONOMIST. FROM NEXT MONTH, LANDLORDS WILL BE ABLE TO DEDUCT 80% OF THEIR INTEREST EXPENSE, INCREASING TO 100% NEXT YEAR. THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVES IT WILL STIMULATE INVESTMENT AND ADDRESS THE PRESSING HOUSING SHORTAGE. BUT KELVIN DAVIDSON SAYS 'RENTS WON'T FALL'. ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS AND POLICE HAVE SCUFFLED IN TEL AVIV AMID ONGOING CALLS FOR AN END TO VIOLENCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. THERE WAS HOPE A CEASEFIRE COULD BE REACHED BY THE START OF RAMADAN. PROTESTS IN ISRAEL DEMANDING AN END TO FIGHTING SO HOSTAGES CAN BE FREED HAVE BEEN A REGULAR OCCURRENCE IN RECENT WEEKS. AND TONIGHT MARKS THE BEGINNING OF RAMADAN, THE HOLY MONTH FOR THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. NEARLY 2 BILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WILL BEGIN A MONTH OF PRAYER, REFLECTION AND FASTING. THE TIME RAMADAN STARTS VARIES EVERY YEAR, DEPENDING ON THE SIGHTINGS OF THE NEW MOON. SHEIKH MOHAMMED AMIR SAYS, DESPITE THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA, RAMADAN OBSERVATIONS WILL GO AHEAD AS USUAL AROUND THE WORLD. IT IS A MONTH OF BLESSING. A MONTH OF PATIENCE AND SYMPATHISING WITH OTHERS. THE MONTH OF RAMADAN IS ABOUT GENEROSITY. AN EXPLOSION HAS RIPPED THROUGH ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR MARKETS IN THE SOMALIAN CAPITAL OF MOGADISHU. THE BLAST KILLED AT LEAST ONE PERSON AND DESTROYED A LARGE NUMBER OF SHOPS. AUTHORITIES SAY IT WAS A BOMB PLANTED NEAR THE MARKET WHICH WAS TRIGGERED. NO GROUP IS YET TO CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY. THE PRINCESS OF WALES HAS RELEASED A PHOTO TO MARK MOTHER'S DAY IN THE UK. IT'S THE FIRST OFFICIAL IMAGE OF HER SINCE SHE WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL FOR ABDOMINAL SURGERY TWO MONTHS AGO. THE PHOTO WITH HER THREE CHILDREN WAS TAKEN BY HER HUSBAND, PRINCE WILLIAM. NUMEROUS CONSPIRACY THEORIES HAVE SWIRLED DURING HER ABSENCE FROM PUBLIC LIFE, BUT KENSINGTON PALACE SAYS SHE IS UNLIKLEY TO RESUME DUTIES UNTIL AFTER EASTER, AS PLANNED. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS ARE SIX WICKETS AWAY FROM THEIR FIRST TEST WIN OVER AUSTRALIA IN MORE THAN 12 YEARS ` BUT IT WON'T BE EASY. AUSTRALIA WILL BEGIN THE FINAL DAY 77/4, NEEDING ANOTHER 202 FOR VICTORY. MATT HENRY AND BEN SEARS CLAIMED TWO WICKETS EACH IN THE FINAL SESSION TO KEEP NEW ZEALAND IN THE MATCH. BATTER TOM LATHAM SAYS THE TEAM ISN'T GETTING AHEAD OF THEMSELVES AS THEY CHASE A RARE WIN OVER THE AUSSIES. I GUESS THAT'S THE END TARGET, BUT I GUESS THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN BETWEEN THAT, SO HOPEFULLY THE BOWLERS CAN REST UP TONIGHT AND COME BACK TOMORROW, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN PUT ON A GOOD SHOW. THE FINAL DAY GETS UNDERWAY AT 11, WITH COVERAGE BEGINNING ON TVNZ+ AND DUKE FROM 10.30. THIS MORNING'S BLOCKBUSTER CLASH BETWEEN MANCHESTER CITY AND LIVERPOOL HAS ENDED IN A 1-1 DRAW, LEAVING ARSENAL AT THE TOP OF THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE.AND CITY DREW FIRST BLOOD WITH A WELL WORKED CORNER MOVE. THAT'S A CLEVER BALL, AND STONES AT THE FRONT POST HAS BEEN ABLE TO SMUGGLE IT IN. AND IT'S A REHEARSED CORNER KICK MOVE THAT PAYS HUGE DIVIDENDS FOR MANCHESTER CITY. LIVERPOOL EQUALISED WITH A SECOND-HALF PENALTY. THE RESULT LEAVES ARSENAL AND LIVERPOOL EQUAL IN POINTS BUT THE GUNNERS AHEAD ON GOAL DIFFERENCE. MANCHESTER CITY ARE A POINT BEHIND. AND FINALLY, WET CONCRETE OFTEN GETS THINGS PRESSED INTO IT, BUT NEVER QUITE LIKE THIS, AFTER A KANGAROO EMERGED FROM BUSHES AND CALMLY HOPPED THROUGH THE NEWLY-LAID FOOTPATH IN BRISBANE. TRADIES NOT HAPPY, BUT THE KANGAROO UNBOTHERED AS IT HOPPED AWAY. THE FOOTPATH KANGA-RUINED. I DIDN'T EVEN WRITE THAT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` MAINLY FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN RUSSELL AND WHANGAREI. AUCKLAND REACHING A HIGH OF 22. FURTHER SOUTH ` SUNSHINE FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. FUTHER SOUTH., CLOUDY START BUT BLUE SKIES HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOOON. 26 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` PARTLY CLOUDY WITH THE ODD SHOWER FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. STRONG WESTERLIES THIS MORNING IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 28 THE HIGH IN GISBORNE AND HASTINGS OVER TO THE WEST ` PRETTY GREY DAY THROUGH HERE. A FEW SHOWERS FROM YOUR LATE AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARANUI AND WHANGANUI. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` SIMILAR HERE WITH SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH THE REGION. RAIN DEVELOPING THIS MORNNG FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH, EASING THIS EVENING. A HIGH OF 26 IN BLENHEIM TODAY. HEADING SOUTH ` SOME GREY SKIES HERE AND THERE WITH THE ODD FOR SHOWER FOR MOST OF YOU. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 23 HERE. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` PACK YOUR BROLLY. SHOWERS THIS MORNING THROUGHOUT THE REGION. SOME HEAVY RAIN IN OBAN, CLEARING TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY. QUEENSTOWN, WITH A HIGH OF 22 HERE. CONCERNS ARE GROWING ABOUT THE CONTINUED EXODUS OF HEALTH WORKERS AS A NEW ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN TRIES TO LURE KIWIS ACROSS THE DITCH. NARRATOR: QUEENSLAND HEALTH NEEDS DOCTORS, NURSES, MIDWIVES AND ALLIED HEALTH WORKERS JUST LIKE YOU. WE RECOGNISE MOST NEW ZEALAND QUALIFICATIONS, THERE IS RELOCATION AND HOUSING SUPPORT, ATTRACTIVE SALARY PACKAGES AND INCENTIVES, VISA SUPPORT AND OF COURSE THERE IS AN UNRIVALED LIFESTYLE. DO SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD FOR YOUR CAREER AND GREAT FOR YOU. THE ATTRACTION OF AUSTRALIA'S BETTER PAY AND WARMER WEATHER ALSO COMES AMID A BACKDROP OF PUBLIC SERVICE CUTS HERE IN AOTEAROA. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY KERRI NUKU FROM THE NEW ZEALAND NURSES ORGANISATION. HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT ARE SKILLED NURSES ARE GOING TO AUSTRALIA? WE ARE VERY CONCERNED. WE HAVE BEEN CALLING OUT THE GOVERNMENT ARRAIGNED THE NURSING WORKFORCE SHORTAGE SO EVERY NURSE LOST IS OF SIGNIFICANT CONCERN TO NURSING. WHAT IS THE LURE TO AUSTRALIA? WHILE NURSES GETTING THERE THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING HERE? THE ADVERT WAS ABOUT INCENTIVISING NEW ZEALANDERS. WHAT NURSES HAVE HARD OR FELT WITHIN NEW ZEALAND IS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN UNDERMINED. THEY HAVE BEEN MADE PROMISES AND THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED. SO THE FRUSTRATION OF NOT GETTING CLARITY ON THE INCENTIVISE ASIAN OF AUSTRALIA WAS WELL PUT. NURSES WILL GO. THEY ARE A VITAL COMMODITY TO THE HEALTH SYSTEM. THEY WILL GO WHERE THERE IS A PROMISE OF BETTER CONDITIONS. PAINT IS A PICTURE OF THE CURRENT NURSING WORKFORCE. HOW MANY VACANCIES ARE UNFULFILLED AND HOW MANY NURSES OR OVERSEAS? THE LAST QUESTION IS REALLY DIFFICULT. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF NURSES REGISTERED TO GO AND WORK IN AUSTRALIA. SOME GO ON SHORT-TERM CONTRACTS, SOME MOVE PERMANENTLY. THE ISSUES WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR PHASE AND VACANCIES. THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. SERVICES, PRACTICES START TO CLOSE. AGED CARE FACILITIES NOT TO CLOSE AS A RESPONSE. SO THE PROBLEM IS SIGNIFICANT. COVERT NEARLY EXPOSED THE GRAVITY OF THE ISSUE WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? AS YOU SAY THIS IS NOT NEW. THIS IS HAPPENING EVERY YEAR AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SOLUTION TO THIS. WHAT COULD THE SOLUTION BE? WE NEED TO SEE A WORK PLAN AND WE NEED TO BE INVOLVED. ARE MEMBERS ARE IMPACTED BY THAT. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE QUALIFIED NURSES COMING INTO THE COUNTRY WHICH HAS EXPONENTIALLY INCREASED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. WE THEN NEED TO START TO MANAGE THAT FLOW WE SHOULD NOT BE DEPENDENT ON INTERNATIONALLY QUALIFIED NURSES TO BOLSTER OUR WORKFORCES. WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE MANAGE STUDENTS AND NURSES GOING THROUGH THE TRAINING MAKING SURE THEY GET THE JOBS THEY DESERVE AND ENSURE THEY ARE SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN. IS NURSING STILL A POPULAR CAREER CHOICE? TRADITIONALLY MANY USED TO THINK THAT. MY MUM WAS A NURSE SO I CARRIED ON THE TRADITION. BUT NO BC HAD A MOTHER AND FATHER HAS BEEN BURNT OUT BY THE SYSTEM. SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN INCENTIVISE YOUNG PEOPLE. WITH A SHORTAGE OF NURSES, WHAT COULD WE SEE IF WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER OF NURSES STUFFING. QUALITY OF CARE AND DELIVERY TO PATIENTS WILL GO DOWN. WE WILL START TO SEE AN EROSION OF QUALITY CARE THE CLOSING OF BEDS, SERVICES, ACCESS AND ENTRY MORE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN. WE ARE ALREADY SEEING AN RGB PRACTICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE A DOCTOR. WE WILL START TO SEE MORE FEATURES LIKE THAT. ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE BEING URGED TO FIND COST SAVINGS AHEAD OF THE UPCOMING BUDGET. SURELY THAT WILL CREATE FURTHER SHORTAGE? ABSOLUTELY. PRIOR TO THE ELECTIONS THEY WAS COMMITMENT BY ALL FRONTLINE WORKERS BEING PAID EQUITY. ANYONE WHO INTERACTS WITH PATIENTS, WE ARE NOT SEEING THAT ACROSS THE OTHER SECTORS OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM. AGED CARE, PRIMARY CARE. WE ARE SAYING, COMMITS THE PROMISES. WOULD YOU SAY TO THE GOVERNMENT? COMMITS TO OUR WORKFORCE. DEVELOP A STRATEGY. IF YOU WANT TO RETAIN THE QUALIFIED NURSES... NURSES TRAINED HERE ARE WELL SOUGHT AFTER SO WE NEED TO RETAIN THAT SKILL AND INTELLECTUAL KNOWLEDGE SHARE. DO NOT CREATE A DISPROPORTIONATE PAYMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. DID I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO INTO NURSING? I THINK I WOULD GO TO AUSTRALIA. IT WOULD ENCOURAGE ME TO TAKE MY SKILLS. IT DEPENDS ON YOUR PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES. IF YOU HAVE SUPPORT AROUND YOU AS YOU ARE DOING A JOB... YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WOULD BE ATTRACTIVE TO SOMEBODY WHO SAYS WORKING CONDITIONS AGAPE HERE ARE NOT UP TO SCRATCH. YOU CAN GET THE EQUIVALENT OF MORE MONEY. THE WEATHER IS BETTER. WE WILL LOSE AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF WORKFORCE WHO ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO NEW ZEALAND AND RETIRE HERE. THEY HAVE NOT PAY TAX AND CONTRIBUTED. THEY WILL BE PAYING THEM THE SUPER BENEFIT. IT IS NOT THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM OF NOT ENOUGH NURSES THIS IS CAUSING A HUGE PROBLEM DANE THE TRUCKS. OUR ECONOMY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS. ALISON SAYS I AM SICK OF BEING OVERWORKED, SHORTSTAFFED AND NOT BEING ABLE TO DELIVER THE CAT IS NEEDED. BUT IS A BIG ISSUE I IMAGINE FOR NURSES. THEY CANNOT GIVE THE CAT TO NURSES WHO NEED IT. THEIR ATTENTION IS SPLIT BETWEEN SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE PARTICULARLY WITHIN OUR HOSPITAL SERVICE. SO MANY GOOD REASONS TO GO, BUT I IMAGINE A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO STAY HERE SO THAT IS PART OF THE BATTLE. YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM EVEN MORE REASON TO STAY. THEY WANT TO STAY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND CLOSE TO THEIR FAMILIES. YOU CAN'T COMPETE WITH THE WEATHER AND OTHER FACTORS, SO WE NEED TO MAKE MORE OF AN EFFORT. THEY WERE HOPING FOR MORE INCENTIVES SO STAFF STAY. I WENT TO THE AUSTRALIA THREE YEARS AGO, THE WORK IS NO DIFFERENCE BUT DOUBLE THE WAGES AND IN ALL RAIN CHEAPER COST OF LIVING. THEY WILL BE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THE WAGES BY THE TIME YOU SAY I WON'T LEAVE MY FAMILY, WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM THOUGH? $2.9 BILLION? MANY NURSES TAKE A SHORT CONTRACTING OVER SIX MONTHS AND THEN COME BACK, BECAUSE AUSTRALIA IS NOT FAR IT FEELS LIKE IT IS CLOSE TO HOME. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO TRAIN TO BE A NURSE? I HAVE A GOOD BEDSIDE MANNER. I TRIED TO APPLY TO BE A NURSE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND NOT A WORD OF A LIE, I WAS TOLD I WAS TOO OLD AND THERE WOULD BE YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO WOULD PROBABLY TAKE THE JOB. REALLY? BUT IS SILLY WE SHOULD NOT BE SAYING THAT. THIS NOT EVEN THAT LONG AGO. I WAS YOUNG THAN. E HAERE AKE NEI- AS FIGHTING CONTINUES IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHAT PALESTINIAN NEW ZEALANDERS ARE PLEADING ON OUR GOVERNMENT TO DO FOR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. THE DISCUSSION COMING UP NEXT. # WHAT ABOUT US? THE IMMIGRATION MINISTER'S BEING ACCUSED OF DOUBLE STANDARDS AS FAMILIES OF THOSE STUCK IN GAZA PLEAD FOR HER TO ISSUE SPECIAL VISAS ALLOWING THEIR LOVED ONES TO ESCAPE THE WAR ZONE. WHEN SHE WAS IN OPPOSITION, ERICA STANFORD ACCUSED THE GOVERNMENT OF BEING TO SLOW TO ISSUE THE EXACT SAME VISA TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE IN UKRAINE. THAT WAS AFTER JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT'S NOW MORE THAN 150 DAYS INTO ISRAEL'S ASSAULT ON THE GAZA STRIP. WE'RE NOW JOINED BY KATRINA MITCHELL-KOUTTAB, A PALESTINIAN FROM THE NEW ZEALAND-ARAB ASSOCIATION. WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. YOU ARE OF THE OPINION THAT THE MINISTER HAS A BIT OF A DOUBLE STANDARD GOING HERE. YES. AND FROM OUR WIDER COMMUNITY, ANNA, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US ON. WE ARE CALLING ON THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT TO CREATE THESE SPECIAL HUMANITARIAN VISAS FOR PALESTINIANS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND FOR SUPPORT FROM DIPLOMATS, BECAUSE AT THE RAFAH CROSSING, EVEN IF PEOPLE HAVE PAID THE VISA FEE, PEOPLE ARE BEING STOPPED FROM GOING THROUGH. ERICA STANFORD WAS CRITICISING THE GOVERNMENT AFTER 14 DAYS FOR NOT ISSUING THESE VISAS BECAUSE BOMBS WERE FALLING ON UKRAINE. IT HAS BEEN 150 DAYS. BOMBS ARE NOT JUST FALLING ON PALESTINIANS, BUT THEY ARE DYING OF STARVATION. THIS IS BEING CALLED A WAR ON CHILDREN. EVERY TWO HOURS, A MOTHER DIES. AND EVERY 15 MINUTES, A CHILD DIES. WHY ARE THERE THESE DOUBLE STANDARDS? WE'VE GOT A STATEMENT FROM ERICA STANFORD. CAN YOU GIVE SOME REFERENCE TO OUR VIEWERS. YOU TALKED JUST THEN ABOUT THE CROSSING. I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR ` THERE IS NO AIRPORT IN GAZA WHERE PEOPLE CAN TURN UP AND BOOK A FLIGHT. IT IS NOT A MATTER OF TURNING UP AT THE GATE AND GOING, I HAVE A VISA. I CAN LEAVE. IT HAS BEEN BLOCKADED FOR OVER 16 YEARS. THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO GET IN ` TO ARE CONTROLLED BY ISRAEL AND ONE BY EGYPT. THERE IS NO WAY IN AND NO WAY OUT. IN ORDER TO GET A TRAVEL PERMIT ` BE AWARE THAT PALESTINIANS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN PASSPORT AND MANY DON'T HAVE PAPERS TO GET OUT ` IT IS A COMPLICATED PROCESS, BUT ONE THAT HAS BEEN EXPEDITED BY OTHER GOVERNMENTS INTERNATIONALLY. I KNOW A FAMILY FROM JAPAN THAT WITHIN THREE DAYS OF THE WAR WAS TAKEN UP BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT ARE STILL SAYING THAT THEY ARE JUST MONITORING THE SITUATION AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHY THEY ARE WAITING. THE RAFAH CROSSING HAS ALREADY BEEN BOMBED BY ISRAEL. WE HAVE NO WATER. FOOD IS RUNNING OUT. PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING ON THE STREETS, AND DISEASES. EVEN WHEN PEOPLE ARE CROSSING AT THIS POINT, ISRAEL IS DECIDING TO KEEP ONE FAMILY MEMBER BEHIND. I DON'T KNOW IF THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC IS AWARE OF THAT. IF YOU HAVE A SITUATION WITH TWO CHILDREN AND A HUSBAND AND THEY TELL YOU, YOU CAN GO WITH YOUR CHILDREN. YOUR HUSBAND IS NOT ALLOWED TO GO. WHY IS THAT? WE FEEL IT IS JUST ONE OF THOSE ADDED TERRORS AND TRAUMA. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THAT IS. IT IS CONFESSES, LAWYERS, PEOPLE WHO CAN MAKE AN IMPACT IN GAZA IN THE FUTURE WHO ARE BEING DENIED THE POSSIBILITY OF LIVING. AND SO IF YOU HAD TO MAKE THAT DECISION, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? WOULD YOU LEAVE YOUR CHILD BEHIND IN ORDER TO SAVE YOUR FAMILY OR YOUR HUSBAND, OR WOULD YOU STAY BEHIND KNOWING THAT TOMORROW YOU MAY NOT BE AROUND? ERICA STANFORD SAID THE FOCUS AT THE MOMENT IS ON HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT. THEY HAVEN'T RULED OUT A SPECIAL VISAS AS SHE IS MONITORING THE SITUATION TO STOP HOW MANY VISAS ARE WE TALKING AND WHAT YOU MAKE OF THAT RESPONSE? IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. IT IS A DOUBLE STANDARD. SHE WAS JUMPING UP AND DOWN ABOUT UKRAINE. THE GOVERNMENT IS WELL AWARE OF THE SITUATION. WE ARE NOT SURE WHY SHE IS WAITING. WE DON'T SEE WHY NEW ZEALAND POLICY HAS CHANGED SO MUCH THAT THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING. WE WOULD LIKE THE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE MORE HUMANITARIAN UNDERSTANDING, BECAUSE AT THE MOMENT IT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO SAY ONE THING A FEW YEARS AGO AND THEN DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE HAVE AROUND 40 FAMILIES WHO ARE LOOKING TO GET AROUND 300-400 PEOPLE OUT. IT IS NOT A HUGE NUMBER. WHY IS SHE NOT ENABLING PEOPLE WHO WILL INEVITABLY DIE TO LEAVE? IF YOU CAN THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN SITUATION, IF YOU HAVE FAMILY INSIDE THE USA OR THE UK, BUT BECAUSE GAZA IS BLOCKADED, FAMILIES CANNOT LEAVE. SO IF YOU ARE IN NEW ZEALAND LOOKING AT YOUR BROTHERS, SISTERS, PARENTS, NIECES AND NEPHEWS, IN ONE EVENING, YOU COULD LOSE ALL OF THEM. WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE LOST 120 MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY. WE HAVE SOMEONE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHOSE FATHER WAS SNIPED IN THE HEAD AND SHOT LAST WEEK. SO IT IS UP IN THE AIR WHETHER OUR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE DIED OR SURVIVED. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I AM SORRY IT IS ABOUT SUCH A DIFFICULT ISSUE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA, YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER, PLUS WE WILL GET TO MORE OF YOUR FEEDBACK. STAY WITH US. # IT'S MURDER ON THE DANCE FLOOR. A LOT OF FEEDBACK. IN REGARDS TO KIWI BASED NURSES GOING TO AUSTRALIA IN NUMBERS BECAUSE A BETTER PAY AND CONDITIONS. KATE HAS WRITTEN IN, I WORK IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. WE HAVE GOOD CONDITIONS AND I LOVE MY JOB. HOWEVER, A STAFF MEMBER IS MOVING TO QUEENSLAND. WE ARE STRAPPED FOR NURSES. WHY ARE GOVERNMENTS NOT SUBSIDISING NURSES TO TRAIN LIKE THEY USED TO? WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE ELECTION LAST YEAR THAT THEY WERE GOING TO LOOK AT ALLOWANCES AND LOOK AT THE BOND ALLOWANCE IF YOU WORKED FOR A FEW YEARS. THOSE HE SORT OF INCENTIVE IS THAT IF THEY CAME BACK WOULD YOU MAKE YOU STAY, OR WOULD YOU SAY, I AM JUST OUT OF HERE. A NURSING STUDENT HAS SAID, NO I AM OUT. SHE IS GOING ACROSS THE DITCH FOR BETTER PAY AND CONDITIONS. IT WAS NICE TO HAVE YOU. LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. YOU LIKE HER? LET US KNOW. A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A MAN IN CENTRAL CHRISTCHURCH OVERNIGHT. POLICE WERE CALLED TO A PROPERTY ON HEREFORD STREET JUST AFTER 10pm LAST NIGHT, AFTER RECEIVING REPORTS THAT A MAN HAD BEEN STABBED. THE VICTIM (22) DIED AT THE SCENE. A MAN (67) WILL APPEAR IN THE CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT LATER TODAY. THERE ARE CALLS TO PRIORITISE NURSES AS MORE NEW ZEALAND HEALTH WORKERS ARE LURED ACROSS THE TASMAN. A RECENT AD FROM QUEENSLAND HEALTH TARGETS MEDICAL STAFF IN NEW ZEALAND, CANADA AND THE UK ENCOURAGING THEM TO 'MAKE A HEALTHY CAREER MOVE'. THE ATTRACTION OF BETTER PAY IN AUSTRALIA COMES AMID A BACKDROP OF PUBLIC SERVICE CUTS IN AOTEAROA. THE NEW ZEALAND NURSES ORGANISATION'S KERRI NUKU SAYS THE LOCAL SECTOR NEEDS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL NURSES. TURN DOWN THE TAP. WE SHOULDN'T BE DEPENDENT ON INTERNATIONALLY QUALIFIED NURSES TO BOOSTER UP OUR WORKFORCE. THAT REQUIRES LOOKING AT HOW WE MANAGE NURSES AND STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE TRAINING AND RETAIN THEM, THEN GIVE THEM BETTER JOBS THAT THEY DESERVE. AND PAY THEM, AND ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS WHEN THEY ARE AT WORK. THE NURSES UNION AND TE WHATU ORA SAYS A PAY INCREASE FOR NEW ZEALAND NURSES WILL COME INTO FORCE NEXT MONTH. THE IMMIGRATION MINISTER'S COME UNDER FIRE, ACCUSED OF DOUBLE-STANDARDS AS FAMILIES OF THOSE STUCK IN GAZA PLEAD FOR HER TO ISSUE SPECIAL VISAS. WHEN SHE WAS IN OPPOSITION, ERICA STANFORD CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE VISAS TO THOSE IN UKRAINE WHO HAD FAMILIES IN NEW ZEALAND. THAT WAS AFTER JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THE WAR WITH RUSSIA BROKE OUT. IT'S NOW MORE THAN 150 DAYS INTO THE ISRAEL'S ASSAULT ON THE GAZA STRIP, AND THE MINISTER HASN'T IMPLEMENTED A SPECIAL VISA FOR PALESTINIANS TRYING TO ESCAPE THE WAR ZONE. BOMBS ARE NOT JUST FALLING ON PALESTINIANS, THIS IS BEEN NAMED A WAR AGAINST CHILDREN. EVERY HOUR, THERE ARE TWO MOTHERS THAT DIE, AND EVERY 15 MINUTES, A CHILD DIES. THE QUESTION WE HAVE IS WHAT IS SHE WAITING FOR AND WHY ARE THERE THESE DOUBLE STANDARDS? IMMIGRATION NEW ZEALAND SAYS UKRAINE WAS A 'UNIQUE SITUATION' DUE TO SCALE AND SIZE, WHILE THE IMMIGRATION MINISTER HAS SAID SHE IS MONITORING THE SITUATION IN GAZA. AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE HAVE DIED DURING ISRAELI ATTACKS ON GAZA OVERNIGHT AFTER ARTILLERY FIRE HIT AN AREA WHERE DISPLACED PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN TENTS. THE DEATH TOLL IS REPORTEDLY NEARING 31,000 IN THE GAZA STRIP. AROUNDN 130 HOSTAGES TAKEN ON OCTOBER 7 ARE BELIEVED TO STILL BE IN GAZA, BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW MANY ARE STILL ALIVE. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS WILL CHASE A RARE TEST VICTORY OVER AUSTRALIA WHEN THE FOURTH DAY OF THE SECOND TEST GETS UNDERWAY IN CHRISTCHURCH LATER THIS MORNING. NEW ZEALAND NEED ANOTHER SIX WICKETS FOR THE WIN, WHICH AUSTRALIA REQUIRING ANOTHER 202 RUNS, WITH MITCH MARSH AND TRAVIS HEAD AT THE CREASE. BLACKCAPS OPENER TOM LATHAM WEARY THAT THEY'RE A DANGEROUS PAIR. I THINK THE NATURE OF THE WAY THEY PLAY, THEY PLAY THEIR SHOTS, BUT IN TURN THAT PROVIDES US WITH OPPORTUNITIES. YOU KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO GO AFTER THE GAME, AND THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE POSITIVE OPTION. IT SETS UP FOR A GREAT DAY TOMORROW. COVERAGE OF THE FINAL DAY GETS UNDERWAY AT 10.30 ON TVNZ+ AND OUR DUKE CHANNEL. THE COWBOYS HAVE JUMPED STRAIGHT TO THE TOP OF THE NRL LADDER WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 43-18 WIN OVER THE DOLPHINS. THE NORTH QUEENSLANDERS RUNNING IN 7 TRIES, ALL CONVERTED, 5 OF THEM COMING IN THE FIRST HALF. BIT OF COUNTER-ATTACK GOES FOR THE TACKLE OF O'SULLIVAN. HE'S GOT HIM BACK ON THE INSIDE. THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE. THE COWBOYS, DRAGONS, EELS AND RAIDERS MAKE UP THE TOP 4 AFTER ROUND 1. EARLY DAYS. AND FINALLY, EXCITEMENT'S BUILDING IN LOS ANGELES IN THE FINAL COUNTDOWN TO THE OSCARS. THESE ARE LIVE PICTURES COMING IN FROM THE DOLBY THEATRE, WHERE THE RED CARPET IS ALL SET UP. THE FORMAL ARRIVALS DON'T START FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS. THE PEOPLE YOU'RE SEEING HERE ARE STAFF OF THE EVENT AND MEDIA. WHILE MOST OF THE CHAT IS ABOUT WHO WILL TAKE HOME THE GOLD STATUES, WHAT MIGHT MATTER MORE IS WHO SCORES THE MOST MEME-ABLE MOMENT OF THE EVENT, GUARANTEEING THEM SOCIAL MEDIA IMMORTALITY. HERE'S THE ABC'S WILL GANTS. (APPLAUSE) FROM MADE UP CELEBRITIES... THE WICKEDLY TALENTED, THE ONE AND ONLY, ADELE DAZEEM. ...TO MADE UP DIALOGUE. YOU GET OUT OF HERE! YOU GET OUT OF HERE! THESE DAYS, THE TRUE AWARDS SHOW GOLD STANDARD IS THE MOST MEMORABLE AND MEMEABLE MOMENT. THE SALLY FIELD QUOTE FROM HER OSCAR WIN MANY YEARS AGO. YOU LIKE ME. RIGHT NOW, YOU LIKE ME! IN TODAY'S PARLANCE WOULD BE LIKE, MEME GOLD, BECAUSE IT'S SUCCINCT, IT CAN BE USED IN OR OUT OF CONTEXT, AND EVOKE MEANING. SO, WHAT MAKES A PERFECT AWARD SHOW MEME? PERFECT PAIRING OF GREAT PERSON, GREAT QUOTE, LOOKING GREAT. AND, YOU KNOW WHO I WANT TO THANK? I WANT TO THANK ME. WHEN WE LOOK BACK ON AWARD SHOWS GONE BY, WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITES? THE DIOR DRESS, AND JENNIFER LAWRENCE FALLING ON THE STAGE. YOU GUYS ARE JUST STANDING UP BECAUSE YOU FEEL BAD THAT I FELL, AND THAT IS REALLY EMBARRASSING, THANK YOU. I JUST LOVE THAT MOMENT, I LOVE HER. I THINK IT IS, LIKE, A CLASSIC AWARD SHOW MOMENT. (APPLAUSE) NO MENTION OF THE SLAPPER, WAS THERE? AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` MAINLY FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN RUSSELL AND WHANGAREI. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AUCKLAND REACHING A HIGH OF 22. FURTHER SOUTH ` SUNSHINE FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. FURTHER SOUTH, CLOUDY START BUT BLUE SKIES HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 26 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. AND 20 IN TAUPO. TO THE EAST COAST ` PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH THE ODD SHOWER FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. STRONG WESTERLIES THIS MORNING IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 28 THE HIGH IN GISBORNE AND HASTINGS. 27 IN NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` PRETTY GREY DAY THROUGH HERE. A FEW SHOWERS FROM YOUR LATE AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARUNUI AND WHANGANUI. AND WELLINGTON, YOUR HIGH IS 20. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` SIMILAR HERE WITH SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH THE REGION. RAIN DEVELOPING THIS MORNING FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH, EASING THIS EVENING. A HIGH OF 26 IN BLENHEIM TODAY. 17 DEGREES ON THE WEST COAST. HEADING SOUTH ` SOME GREY SKIES HERE AND THERE WITH THE ODD FOR SHOWER FOR MOST OF YOU. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 23 HERE. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` PACK YOUR BROLLY. SHOWERS THIS MORNING THROUGHOUT THE REGION. SOME HEAVY RAIN IN OBAN, CLEARING TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY. QUEENSTOWN, WITH A HIGH OF 22 HERE. MILFORD SOUND, YOU HAVE SOME SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON AND A HIGH OF 18. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A HOLIDAY, ALL.COM OFFERS A GREAT RANGE OF HOTELS AND RESORTS FROM AFFORDABLE TO LUXURY. THERE'S MORE THAN 5000 PROPERTIES WORLDWIDE TO CHOOSE FROM, SO WE SENT MATT GIBB TO CHECK OUT SOME OF THE PLACES YOU COULD STAY. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY ALL.COM. MATE, WHAT A PLACE THIS IS. PULLMAN, AUCKLAND CITY. SUCH A FANTASTIC SPOT FOR A GETAWAY IF YOU'RE HEADING TO AUCKLAND, OR STAYCATION IF YOU LIVE HERE. YEAH, YEAH FOR SURE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE KIWIS TRAVELLING. OBVIOUSLY, THE HOTEL LENDS ITSELF THAT WAY. WE HAVE OUR ROOMS ON THE HOTEL SIDE WHICH ARE INTERCONNECTING FOR FAMILIES, BUT ALSO WE HAVE THE APARTMENT PRODUCTS AS WELL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO STAY A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND YOU NEED TO COOK FOR YOURSELF. SO, FITS THE PURPOSE FOR KIWIS TRAVELLING AROUND NEW ZEALAND. SOME GOOD OPTIONS, AND WALKING IN TODAY, THE PLACE IS LOOKING BEAUTIFUL. THERE'S BEEN A BIT OF WORK DONE RECENTLY? YEAH, WE FINISHED OUR REFURB LAST YEAR, SO WE MANAGED TO DO ALL THE ROOMS, LOBBY SPACES, ALL OF OUR RESTAURANT AREAS AS WELL. SO THE PLACE IS LOOKING REALLY NICE. BACK TO A BEAUTIFUL FIVE STAR STANDARD. THIS LOCATION WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THE VIEW IS STUNNING. YOU'VE GOT SO MANY OF AUCKLAND'S BEST LOCATIONS RIGHT AROUND THIS PLACE. YEAH, YOU'VE GOT ALBERT PARK RIGHT BEHIND US TWO MINUTES AWAY. YOU'VE GOT THE MUSEUM NOT TOO FAR AWAY, AS WELL. WE'VE GOT THE CBD STRAIGHT DOWN SHORTLAND STREET, SPARK ARENA FOR THE CONCERT STUFF GOING ON, AND OBVIOUSLY A BEAUTIFUL WAIHEKE OUT THERE, WHICH THE FERRY TERMINAL IS JUST DOWN THE ROAD. SO FROM A FAMILY POINT OF VIEW, IT'S FANTASTIC. THAT TAPESTRY TERRACE BAR LOOKS FANTASTIC. IT MUST GET QUITE BUSY. DOES IT? OH, LOOK, YEAH, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY OUT THERE WITH A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE, AND JUST ENJOYING THE SUN. FULL FUNCTIONING GYM DOWNSTAIRS 25 METRE INDOOR POOL, TWO SAUNAS, STEAM ROOM, DOWNSTAIRS JACUZZI AND THEN, OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE GOT OUR BEAUTIFUL LUXE SPA. WELCOME TO LUXE SPA. SUCH A NICE WAY TO TREAT SOMEONE SPECIAL IN YOUR LIFE. AND SPEAKING OF SPECIAL PEOPLE, JUSTIN, ACTUALLY, MY CAMERA OPERATOR, GIVE ME THAT CAMERA. GIVE ME THAT` GIVE ME THAT CAMERA. HOW ABOUT TODAY, IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU? TELL YOU WHAT, THERE'S A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING IN THIS JOB, AND IT DOES GET TENSE. WELCOME TO THE SPA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TREATMENT. I WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS. LET'S GO. THIS IS EASY. CAMERA WORK'S REALLY EASY. YOU JUST FOLLOW SOMEONE AND` I RECKON PRESENTING IS EASIER. THIS IS THE SPA AREA. WE GET A FEW THINGS DOWN HERE, A FEW THINGS DOWN HERE. HOW DO YOU FEEL, JUSTIN? I'M FEELING RELAXED. I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE FOREHEAD STOPS AND THE HEAD BEGINS WHEN YOU'RE BALDING. NOW, NO ONE KNOWS. YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE END OF THE STORY. JUSTIN, JUST DO A TV PRESENTER SIGN OFF NOW, AND WE'LL GET OUT OF HERE. OH, LOOK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED A BREAK FROM THE STRESS OF THE LIFE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A COUPLE KIDS, SO, YOU KNOW, OR A 9 TO 5. JUST COME OUT HERE TO THE PULLMAN, HEAD DOWN TO THE LUXE SPA. JUST INDULGE IN IT, RELAX, LET THE STAFF DO THEIR THING. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. OK. THAT'S ENOUGH. HE IS A NATURAL IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA! THIS WEEK, THANKS TO ALL.COM, WE'RE GIVING YOU THE CHANCE TO WIN A FAMILY TRIP TO WELLINGTON. IT INCLUDES FLIGHTS, PASSES TO TE PAPA'S NGA TANIWHA O RAPAPA DINOSAURS OF PATAGONIA EXHIBITION, A WETA WORKSHOP EXPERIENCE, PLUS A 3-NIGHT STAY AT NOVOTEL WELLINGTON. TO ENTER, HEAD TO WINWITHBREAKFAST.CO.NZ. ENTRIES NEED TO BE IN BY THURSDAY 4PM, AND WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THE WINNER ON FRIDAY. I'M GLAD JUSTIN FINALLY GOT TO UNWIND. SUCH A HARD WORKER. AND A NATURAL PRESENTER TOO. ME U TONU MAI ` ONE OF OUR POLITICAL PANELISTS HAD A BIT OF A PROMOTION OVER THE WEEKEND. THE GREEN'S CHLOE SWARBRICK WILL TELL US ALL ABOUT IT NEXT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THERE'S A NEW ERA FOR THE GREEN PARTY. CHLOE SWARBRICK HAS JOINED MARAMA DAVIDSON AS CO-LEADER, REPLACING JAMES SHAW. SHE JOINS US THIS MORNING ALONGSIDE PANEL DEBUTANT NZ FIRST MP ANDY FOSTER. MORENA KORUA. THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. CHLOE, LET'S START WITH YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN NEW ZEALAND POLITICS WE HAVE TWO WOMEN LEADING A PARTY. THAT IS PRETTY COOL. I AM THE FIRST RAINBOW COLEADER. I AM JUST SHY OF 30. AS I SAID YESTERDAY, I FEEL IMMENSE GRATITUDE. IT IS A PRETTY WILD AND SURREAL EXPERIENCE. I ASKED ALL OF THOSE WHO PUT THEIR FAITH AND TRUST IN ME TO PUT THAT FAITH AND TRUST IN THEMSELVES AS WELL AND OUR COMMUNITIES AND COLLECTIVE CAPACITY TO TRANSFORM OUR WORLD IF WE WORK TOGETHER. IF WE THINK ABOUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND SCALE OF CHALLENGES BEHIND US AND THE GREATEST RATES OF WEALTH INEQUALITY IN THIS COUNTRY, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE UNIFICATION AND COOPERATION ON A SCALE MANY OF US HAVE NOT SEEN IN GENERATIONS. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. DO YOU FEEL ANY DIFFERENT? NOT YET. APOLOGIES FOR THOSE I'VE NOT GOT BACK TO YET. MY PHONE IS BLOWING UP FOR THE PAST DAY OR SO. I THINK IT WILL SINK IN. I'VE BEEN DOING SOME PLANNING WITH MARAMA. I AM PRIVILEGED TO WORK WITH SOMEONE WHO INSPIRES ME. WE HAVE THE LARGEST EVERGREEN PARTY CAUCUS WE HAVE EVER HAD, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SIMULTANEOUSLY GETTING STUCK IN AND HOLDING THIS PARTY TO ACCOUNT, AND PAINTING THE VISION FOR NEW ZEALAND THAT ALL OF US DESERVE. I WANT TO THROW TO YOU ANDY AND WHETHER YOU WANT TO OFFER YOUR CONGRATULATIONS. OF COURSE, CONGRATULATIONS. OBVIOUSLY BIG SHOES TO STEP INTO AND I WISH YOU WELL. NOT TOO WELL, BUT I WISH YOU WELL. CHEERS (!) IS THIS A TAX FOR THE RICH? I SAY THAT BASED ON THE 2021 DATA THAT LANDLORD'S OWN PROPERTIES. AREN'T THEY THE REAL WINNERS OUT OF THIS? IT IS EASY TO PICK ON PEOPLE AT THE TOP OF THE SCALE, BUT AT THE MOMENT, IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT BUYING A PROPERTY TO RENT, THE NUMBERS DO NOT STACK UP. WHAT HAS HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF REMOVING INTEREST ADDUCT ABILITY AND CHANGES IN INTEREST RATES AND THE COST OF BUILDING IS THAT BUILDING TO RENT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE AT THE MOMENT. WE NEED MORE RENTAL PROPERTIES ON THE MARKET. THIS IS RESTORING A DEDUCTION WHICH ANY OTHER BUSINESS WOULD BE ABLE TO CLAIM. THERE WAS ALREADY AN EXCLUSION THAT EXISTED FOR BUILT TO RENT PROPERTIES. GOVERNMENTS EVERYTHING ALL DAY MAKE DECISIONS. THIS INTEREST ADDUCT ABILITY REVERSAL IS GOING TO COST THE BETTER PART OF $1 BILLION, WHICH IS $1 BILLION OF FORECASTED REVENUE THEY CANNOT GO INTO OTHER PROJECTS, SUCH AS ENSURING THAT EVERY SCHOOL KID GOES TO SCHOOL WITH A FULL STOMACH AND GETS THEIR SCHOOL LUNCH. ULTIMATELY, I WOULD SAY THIS IS ANOTHER NOTCH TO THE TRAJECTORY OF THIS GOVERNMENT FAVOURING THOSE ON THE TOP END. CAN WE AFFORD THIS? $2.9 BILLION OVER THREE YEARS. CAN WE AFFORD TO DO IT, AND WITH THAT MONEY BE BETTER SPENT ON HEALTH, SCHOOLS AND LUNCHES? IT IS NOT WHAT IT IS COSTING BECAUSE YOU ARE TAKING THE MONEY FROM SOMEONE IN THE FIRST PLACE. IT IS NOT AN EXPENDITURE. THAT IS HOW TAX WORKS. I AM WELL AWARE OF HOW TAXES WORK. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM SOMEONE AND SPENDING SOMETHING. THE NUMBER OF RENTAL PROPERTIES HAS DROPPED, AND THAT IS PARTLY A RESPONSE TO THIS. WE ARE MAKING IT MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO RENT PROPERTIES OUT THIS NEEDS TO BE DIRECTLY CHALLENGED BECAUSE IS ANOTHER POINT OF ARGUMENT THE GOVERNMENT HAS PUT FORWARD THAT THEY DOING THIS FOR THE SAKE OF RENTERS, WHEN RENTERS RATE ADVOCATES HAVE MADE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT WE ARE VERY UNLIKELY TO SEE REDUCTIONS IN RENT AS A RESULT OF THIS BILLION DOLLAR POLICY AND REVERSAL. WE CAN WAIT AND SEE, BUT WE KNOW THAT IF WE WERE TO SPEND THAT BILLION DOLLARS ON PUBLIC HOUSING OR IMPLEMENT A RENTAL WARRANT OF FITNESS, WE WILL BE MOVING IN A BETTER DIRECTION, AND EVIDENCE-BASED DIRECTION TO REDUCE RENTS AND REGULATE THE MARKET. I THINK IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT PUBLIC HOUSING, KO HAS NOT BEEN DOING A SPECTACULAR JOB, AND THE COST OF THEM IS ASTRONOMICAL. THERE IS A REAL PROBLEM AND THE PUBLIC HOUSING AREA WITH KO. I WAS GOING TO GO TO OUR NURSES WHO WERE JUMPING OVER THE DUTCH, BUT WE HAVE RUN OUT OF TIME. WE NEED TO KEEP OUR NURSES HERE. WE NEED TO PAY THEM PROPERLY, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, A FAIR TAX SYSTEM PAYING EFFECTIVE TAX RATE. WE NEED TO GROW THE ECONOMY SO THEY CAN AFFORD TO DO IT. WE'VE ALSO SEEN THE TRAJECTORY OF GDP CONTINUE TO GO UP. I'M SURE YOU TOO COULD ARGUE THIS OUT, AND I USUALLY GET TOLD OFF THE GOING OVER TIME. CHLOE, I THROWING THIS ONE ON YOU. THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. THANKS FOR THE GRACE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` IT'S TIME TO GET BEJWELLED. AND WE DON'T MEAN NECKLACES AND RINGS, WE MEAN TOOTH GEMS. THEY'RE AVAILABLE IN NEW ZEALAND NOW ` IS THIS A TREND FOR YOU? AND WHY IT IS A CONCERN FOR DENTISTS. # I AM COMING UP ADDING TO YOUR PERSONAL STYLE, YOU THINK CLOTHING, MAYBE TATTOOS OR EVEN PIERCINGS. BUT WHAT ABOUT PERSONALISING YOUR TEETH? CRYSTALS TO DIAMONDS, TOOTH GEMS ARE GAINING POPULARITY. SO MUCH SO IT INSPIRED ONE CHRISTCHURCH WOMAN TO OPEN HER OWN BUSINESS. SO BEFORE YOU BLING YOUR GNASHERS, WE'RE JOINED BY DAZZLE TEETH'S JENNIFER WILLIAMS. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, DANIEL. HOW DID YOU GET INTO THIS? LIKE MOST PEOPLE, YOU SEE SOMETHING COOL ONLINE, AND IT IS A RISING TREND OVERSEAS, AND I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A NICHE MARKETS TO GET TRAINED AND, SO WHEN NEW ZEALAND CATCHES ON, I AM READY TO GO. I THINK PEOPLE ARE USED TO WANTING TO EXPRESS THEIR PERSONALITY GREW THEIR APPEARANCE, AND TOOTH GEMS IS JUST ANOTHER OUTLET. HOW DO YOU APPLY THE GEM TO THE TOOTH? WITHIN MY BUSINESS, I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT SAFE AND HYGIENIC APPLICATIONS IT IS SIMILAR TO THE PROCESS OF BRACES WHERE WE ARE USING DENTAL PRODUCTS TO APPLY A LEADFREE CRYSTAL ON TOP OF THE TOOTH, WHICH PROVIDES A NON-INVASIVE TOOTH GEM. YOU SAY YOU ARE INTO SAFE AND HYGIENIC PRACTICES, BUT YOU ARE NOT A QUALIFIED DENTIST, ARE YOU? KNOW, AND YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A QUALIFIED DENTIST FOR THIS KIND OF SERVICE. IT IS NON-INVASIVE, AND IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE TOOTH. I HAVE READ IS THAT DENTISTS SAYING THAT THEY CAN SHIP TEETH, ACCUMULATES PLACQUE, AND STRIP ENAMEL. I CAN UNDERSTAND. SOME PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE A PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THAT'S WHY I SUGGESTED THAT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING A TOOTH GEM, YOU SHOULD FIND A TOOTH GEM TECHNICIAN. IT CAN BE REMOVED AND CAUSE NO HARM TO THE TOOTH. KIM KARDASHIAN'S A SEVEN YEAR OLD SON HAS A TOOTH GEM. IS THERE AN AGE LIMIT? NO, BUT IF YOU ARE UNDER 15, I WAS SUGGEST CALLING A GUARDIAN AND SEEING IF THEY ARE OKAY WITH THE PROCEDURE. THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS SERVICE IS THAT IT ATTRACTS A DIVERSE RANGE OF CLIENTELE. COMING IN FOR SOMETHING DAINTY, OR A FULL TOOTH GLAMOUR MOMENTS. OUR MOST POPULAR SERVICE ARE TWO CRYSTALS, JENNIFER WILLIAMS FROM DAZZLE TEETH. A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF A 22-YEAR-OLD FOLLOWING A STABBING IN CENTRAL CHRISTCHURCH OVERNIGHT. POLICE WERE CALLED TO A PROPERTY ON HEREFORD STREET JUST AFTER 10PM LAST NIGHT, AFTER REPORTS THAT A MAN HAD BEEN STABBED. CHRISTCHURCH CITY MISSIONER CORINNE HAINES TOLD BREAKFAST THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT THE MEN'S SHELTER FACILITY, WHICH ALSO HOUSES A LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT HUB. A MAN (67) WILL APPEAR IN THE CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT LATER TODAY. THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING DIVER OFF THE SOUTH TARANAKI COAST WILL RESUME THIS MORNING. THE DIVER WAS REPORTED MISSING FROM A BOAT NEAR PATEA SHORTLY AFTER 1.30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE CO-ORDINATED THE SEARCH WHICH STRETCHED INTO LAST NIGHT. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION IS ASKED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH POLICE. THERE ARE FEARS MORE NEW ZEALAND NURSES WILL BE LURED TO AUSTRALIA AMID PUBLIC SERVICE CUTS AND A NEW CAMPAIGN TARGETING THEM. A RECENT AD FROM QUEENSLAND HEALTH IS AIMED AT MEDICAL STAFF IN NEW ZEALAND, CANADA AND THE UK, ENCOURAGING THEM TO 'MAKE A HEALTHY CAREER MOVE'. THE NEW ZEALAND NURSES ORGANISATION'S KERRI NUKU SAYS THE LATEST CAMPAIGN IS A 'SIGNIFICANT CONCERN'. THEY'VE BEEN UNDERMINED. THEY'VE BEEN MADE PROMISES AND THEY'VE BEEN REMOVED, ETC ETC. THE FRUSTRATION OF NOT GETTING CLARITY AND THE INCENTIVISATION OF AUSTRALIA WAS REALLY WELL PUT. NURSES WILL GO. THEY'RE AN ABSOLUTELY VITAL COMMODITY TO THE HEALTH SYSTEM, SO THEY'LL BE LURED WHEREVER THERE IS A PROMISE OF BETTER CONDITIONS. CURRENTLY NEW GRADUATES HERE RECEIVE ABOUT $73,000 PER YEAR, WITH THOSE ON THE HIGHEST RATE EARNING OVER $100,000. THE REINTRODUCTION OF INTEREST DEDUCTIBILITY TAX FOR LANDLORDS WON'T EASE THE PRESSURE ON THE HOUSING MARKET, ACCORDING TO ONE ECONOMIST. LANDLORDS WILL BE ABLE TO DEDUCT 80% OF THEIR INTEREST EXPENSES FROM APRIL, SHIFTING TO 100% NEXT YEAR. THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVES IT WILL STIMULATE INVESTMENT, AND ADDRESS THE PRESSING HOUSING SHORTAGE, BUT KELVIN DAVIDSON SAYS 'RENTS WON'T FALL'. IT'S PROBABLY NOT NECESSARILY WHAT TENANTS WILL BE LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF RENTS COMING DOWN, BUT AT LEAST LESS PRESSURE ON THAT SUPPLY OF RENTALS, AND MIGRATION MIGHT SORT OF EASE DOWN AS WELL. SO I THINK WE'LL SEE SOME OF THAT HEAT COME OUT OF RENTS. THE REINTRODUCTION WILL COST $2.9b OVER THREE YEARS. PALESTINIAN FAMILIES OF THOSE STUCK IN GAZA ARE PLEADING FOR THE IMMIGRATION MINISTER TO ISSUE SPECIAL VISAS. WHEN IN OPPOSITION, ERICA STANFORD CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE THE HUMANITARIAN VISAS TO THOSE IN UKRAINE JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THE WAR WITH RUSSIA BROKE OUT. NOW SHE'S BEING ACCUSED OF DOUBLE STANDARDS, DUE TO HER RELUCTANCE TO OFFER THE SAME VISAS TO GAZANS WITH FAMILIES IN NEW ZEALAND. WE ARE AWARE THAT ERICA STANFORD IN OPPOSITION, WAS CRITICISING THE GOVERNMENT AFTER 14 DAYS FOR NOT ALLOWING THESE VISAS, STATING THAT IT WAS BECAUSE BOMBS WERE FALLING ON UKRAINE. IT HAS NOW BEEN 150 DAYS. BOMBS ARE NOT JUST FALLING ON PALESTINE, PEOPLE ARE DYING. IMMIGRATION NEW ZEALAND SAYS UKRAINE WAS A 'UNIQUE SITUATION' DUE TO SCALE AND SIZE. THE IMMIGRATION MINISTER SAYS SHE IS MONITORING THE SITUATION IN GAZA. ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS AND POLICE HAVE SCUFFLED IN TEL AVIV AMID ONGOING CALLS FOR AN END TO VIOLENCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. THERE WAS HOPE A CEASEFIRE COULD BE REACHED BY THE START OF RAMADAN. PROTESTS IN ISRAEL DEMANDING AN END TO FIGHTING SO HOSTAGES CAN BE FREED HAVE BEEN A REGULAR OCCURRENCE IN RECENT WEEKS. THE PRINCESS OF WALES HAS RELEASED A PHOTO TO MARK MOTHERS DAY IN THE UK. IT'S THE FIRST OFFICIAL IMAGE OF HER SINCE SHE WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL FOR ABDOMINAL SURGERY TWO MONTHS AGO. THE PHOTO WITH HER THREE CHILDREN WAS TAKEN BY HER HUSBAND, PRINCE WILLIAM. NUMEROUS CONSPIRACY THEORIES HAVE SWIRLED DURING HER ABSENCE FROM PUBLIC LIFE, BUT KENSINGTON PALACE SAYS SHE IS UNLIKELY TO RESUME DUTIES UNTIL AFTER EASTER AS PLANNED. TO SPORT ` AND A FLURRY OF WICKETS IN THE FINAL SESSION HAS THE BLACKCAPS WITHIN REACH OF AN UNLIKELY TEST WIN OVER AUSTRALIA THOUGH THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF WORK TO DO. AFTER SETTING AUSTRALIA 279 FOR VICTORY, THE NEW ZEALAND BOWLERS BLITZED THE AUSSIE TOP ORDER. MATT HENRY AND BEN SEARS WITH 2 WICKETS EACH. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) OH! BEN SEARS, YOU LITTLE RIPPER. NEW ZEALAND HAVE FOUR IN THIS FINAL SESSION. YEAH, I THINK IT'S A WICKET WHERE IF YOU GET IT RIGHT WITH A NEW BALL, IT CAN BE CHALLENGING. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY BOUNCE THERE, AND OBVIOUSLY MOVING OFF THE WICKET AS WELL. SO I THINK THE NATURE OF THE WAY THE GUYS BOWLED TONIGHT ` ASKED GOOD QUESTIONS AROUND THAT THIRD, FOURTH STUMP AND OBVIOUSLY MANAGED TO GET SOME NICE RESULTS. SO, YEAH, VERY HAPPY. AUSTRALIA WILL RESUME 77 FOR 4, STILL NEEDING ANOTHER 202 RUNS. THE BLACKCAPS NEED 6 MORE WICKETS AND YOU CAN WATCH THEIR PROGRESS ON TVNZ+ AND DUKE FROM 10.30 THIS MORNING. ARSENAL'S ON TOP OF THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE AFTER THIS MORNING'S BLOCKBUSTER CLASH BETWEEN MANCHESTER CITY AND LIVERPOOL ENDED IN A 1-1 DRAW. CITY OPENED THE SCORING THROUGH JOHN STONES AND A SNEAKY CORNER BEFORE LIVERPOOL EQUALISED WITH A SECOND HALF PENALTY. EDISON HAS COMMITTED THE FOUL ON TOMMY NUNEZ. AND MICHAEL OLIVER POINTS TO THE SPOT. MCALLISTER MAKES NO MISTAKE! THE RESULT LEAVES ARSENAL AND LIVERPOOL EQUAL ON POINTS, BUT THE GUNNERS AHEAD ON GOAL DIFFERENCE. MANCHESTER CITY ARE JUST A POINT BEHIND. AND IN THE RACE FOR FOURTH, TOTTENHAM HAVE HANDED ASTON VILLA A 4-NIL DEFEAT. THE BIG WIN PULLS SPURS TO WITHIN 2 POINTS OF FOURTH PLACED VILLA, THOUGH SPURS HAVE A GAME IN HAND. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` MAINLY FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN RUSSELL AND WHANGAREI. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AUCKLAND REACHING A HIGH OF 22. FURTHER SOUTH ` SUNSHINE FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. CLOUDY START BUT BLUE SKIES HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 26 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH THE ODD SHOWER FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. STRONG WESTERLIES THIS MORNING IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 28 THE HIGH IN GISBORNE AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` PRETTY GREY DAY THROUGH HERE. A FEW SHOWERS FROM YOUR LATE AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARUNUI AND WHANGANUI. AND WELLINGTON, YOUR HIGH IS 20. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` SIMILAR HERE, WITH SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH THE REGION. RAIN DEVELOPING THIS MORNING FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH, EASING THIS EVENING. A HIGH OF 26 IN BLENHEIM TODAY. 17 DEGREES ON THE WEST COAST. HEADING SOUTH ` SOME GREY SKIES HERE AND THERE WITH THE ODD FOR SHOWER FOR MOST OF YOU. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 23 HERE. PACK YOUR BROLLY. SHOWERS THIS MORNING THROUGHOUT THE REGION. SOME HEAVY RAIN IN OBAN, CLEARING TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY. QUEENSTOWN, WITH A HIGH OF 22 HERE. MILFORD SOUND, YOU HAVE SOME SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON AND A HIGH OF 18. YOU'RE HERE, WE'RE HERE - BUT, FOR HOW MUCH LONGER? EVENTS OF THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR ` NEW ZEALAND'S MEDIA SECTOR IS IN CRISIS, WITH NEWSHUB SET TO SHUT ITS DOORS, AND TVNZ PROPOSING TO AXE FOUR NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMMES. MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER MELISSA LEE SAYS SHE'S WORKING ON A BILL TO IMPROVE THE SECTOR, AND JOINS US NOW. MORENA, MINISTER. 250 ODD JOBS ON THE LINES. HAS THIS CHANGED YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE OF NEW ZEALAND'S MEDIA INDUSTRY? CAN I JUST START BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE SITUATION. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE OUR FACE. MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH EVERYBODY. MY PLAN BEFORE I WAS A POLITICIAN, I WAS A JOURNALIST. I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF JOURNALISM. SINCE OPPOSITION, I HAVE BEEN ACTIVE AND WORKING WITH THE MEDIA SECTOR TO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES, WE ALL KNOW THAT RECENT EVENTS IN THE MEDIA THAT SEEM TO COME OUT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, IT'S NOT JUST HAPPENS ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT'S BEEN COMING FOR SOME TIME. AUDIENCES HAVE MOVED TO DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. WHERE ARE ALL UNDERSTANDING THE SITUATION. NO MORE SO THAN THIS AUDIENCE. I AM WONDERING IF THIS SITUATION HAS CHANGED TO YOUR PLANS FOR WHAT YOU ARE HOPING TO DO. AS I WAS TRYING TO LAY DOWN, ONCE HE BECAME GOVERNOR, I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MY OFFICIALS TO UNDERSTAND, BRING THE CONCERNS FROM THE SECTOR TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH MY OFFICIALS TO WORK WITH ME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LEADERS OF THE GOVERNMENT CAN PULL TO HELP THIS SECTOR. SOME LEADER NEED LEGISLATION OR CHANGES IN THE REGULATORY SETTING. I WILL BE TAKING MY PLAN TO CABINET. I CANNOT TALK SPECIFICS ABOUT THE PLAN. WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT MY PLAN INCLUDES MODERNISING THE BROADCASTING ACT OF 1989. IT WAS SO LONG AGO BEFORE MODERN TECHNOLOGY HAPPEN. LOOKING AT HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION AS THE SECTOR CONTINUES TO TRANSITION ONLINE. ENSURING THE SECTOR STILL TRUSTED TO SHARE INFORMATION. I KNOW IT IS FRUSTRATING, BUT I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE LAST WEEK. WHAT THAT INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY THAT BOTH CHANNELS ON TV NZ BECOME COMMERCIAL FREE? I CANNOT TALK ABOUT ANY DETAILS, BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN TO CABINET PROCESS. WHICH YOU CONSIDER THAT FOR YOU PERSONALLY? I THINK WE ARE WORKING THROUGH MANY OPTIONS AS TO WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY HELP THIS SECTOR. SO YOU ARE LOOKING AT BROADER THINGS, IT IS NOT JUST TVNZ? TWO WEEKS AGO, IT WAS WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY. THE SECTOR IS IN CRISIS. IT HAS BEEN COMING FOR YEARS. ONE OF THE FRUSTRATING THINGS THAT I FIND IS THAT THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT TOOK SIX YEARS TO FIX THIS. BUT HAS IT BEEN? TRACY MARTIN HAS JUST TOLD MEDIA WATCH THAT TV NZ PAINTED QUOTE A VERY ROSY PICTURE OF ITS REVENUE ONLY TWO YEARS AGO. SO THAT IS NOT THE STORY TV NZ HAS BEEN TELLING THE GOVERNMENT. TRACY MARTIN WAS THE LEAD FOR TRYING TO MERGE. WARNER BROTHERS COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY COLLAPSED MUCH EARLIER. LET'S GO BACK. I HAD A MEETING WHEN THE HALF-YEAR FINANCIALS CAME THROUGH, AND I MET WITH THE TVNZ LEADERSHIP, TO TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIALS. IT WAS A WIDE RANGING CONVERSATION ABOUT BROADER MEDIA SECTOR AS WELL AS WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY IS NEWS. DID YOU EXPECT A HEADS UP ON JOB LOSSES? THEY DID TELL ME WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT THE FINANCIALS, THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO RESTRUCTURE. THERE WERE POTENTIALLY HAVING TO LOOK AT SOME JOB CUTS. I WAS NOT EXPECTING IT TO BE ANNOUNCED THE FOLLOWING WEEK. WHAT QUESTIONS DID YOU ASK ABOUT THE JOB LOSSES? I WAS DOING AN INTERVIEW WITH NEWS TALK SAID TO BE WHEN HEADED TO WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT, I WAS IN AN INTERVIEW AND I HADN'T HAD AN ALERT IN TERMS OF A HEADS UP. CAN I ASK YOU, SHOULD NEW ZEALANDERS EXPECT TO HAVE ACCESS TO FREE TO AIR NEWS, AND MAYBE SOME CURRENT AFFAIRS? I WOULD HOPE SO. IN TERMS OF FREE TO AIR, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TO YOU? WE LIKE TO HAVE OUR CONTENT READILY ACCESSIBLE. READY ACCESSIBILITY WOULD MEAN THAT IT IS FREE, RIGHT? OR, IT WOULD BE BEHIND A PAY WALL, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE COLLECTIVITY. WELL, A PAY WALL IMPLIES IT IS NOT FREE, WHICH IS NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS. THAT NEW ZEALANDERS CAN HAVE AN EXPECTATION, THEY WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO GET SOME NEWS THAT IS NOT BEHIND A PAY WALL? IT IS CURRENTLY SO. TV NZ'S MODEL IS THAT IT RELIES ON ADVERTISING. GOVERNMENT HAS ACTUALLY SUPPORTED CONTENT BROADCASTING AS WELL AS OTHER MEDIA THROUGH NEW ZEALAND ON AIR. I THINK IT IS TO THE TUNE OF AROUND $300 MILLION A YEAR THROUGH NEW ZEALAND ON AIR, AND OTHERS. THESE OTHER MECHANISMS THAT THE GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY HAS. IN TERMS OF THE TV NZ OPERATION, IT IS UP TO TV NZ TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY RUN THEIR OPERATIONS. IT IS NOT SOMETHING A MINISTER OR ANY GOVERNMENT SHOULD GET INTO AS TO HOW THEY MAKE PROGRAMS OR PROGRAM THE CHANNELS. THAT SHOWS THAT TV NZ PROPOSING TO CUT, A PROFITABLE, THE STAFF HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY ARE PROFITABLE. DO YOU AGREE WITH THE DECISION TO CANCEL POSITIVE YIELD SHOWS? THE DECISION TO CUT ANY PROGRAM IS NOT SOMETHING I HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER. IT IS A TVNZ DECISION. I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE CONTROL, BUT IT IS MAKING MONEY, DO YOU THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO CUT IT? IF THEY GAVE TVNZ MORE MONEY, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO CUT SHOWS. THAT IS TV NZ TO DECIDE. I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHAT TV AS IT DOES. THAT IS PURELY A DECISION FOR TV NZ MANAGEMENT AND BOARD. BUT WHEN WE HEAR FROM OTHER MINISTERS, SURELY IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO KEEP SHOWS THAT DO ACTUALLY MAKE MONEY FOR THE STATION. THAT IS A DECISION FOR TV NZ BOARD AND TV NZ MANAGEMENT IS TO MAKE. DAVID SEYMOUR ` YOU SET OFF THE BACK OF THEM, I THINK IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM, SO I WELL. HAVE YOU HAD THAT CONVERSATION? I THINK THE CONTEXT WAS DAVID APPARENTLY SAID SOMETHING, AND I HADN'T SEEN IT, AND WHAT I TALK TO HIM TO REMIND HIM OF HIS RESPONSIBILITY AS A SHAREHOLDING MINISTER. IT IS NOT MY JOB TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. BUT I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM CASUALLY, ON THE WEEKEND, AND IS JUST REMINDED HIM, AND HE SAID YES, HE KNOWS HIS RESPONSIBILITIES. AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE CONVERSATION, REALLY. CAN YOU EXPAND ON WHAT YOUR COMMENT WAS? I JUST TOLD HIM, I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS RESPONSIBILITIES. THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ME AND DAVID AS OUR OWN. DAVID HAS HIS VIEWS, AND I HAVE MINE. I WILL NOT COMMENT ON HIS COMMENTS. I AM HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE FUTURE OF MEDIA. ALL THE BEST FOR THOSE PLANS. ME U TONU MAI ` THE OSCARS HAVE JUST GOT UNDERWAY, SO WILL BARBIE AND OPPENHEIMER STEAL THE SHOW? OR IS THERE ANOTHER FILM READY TO STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT? IT'S OSCARS DAY ` THE 96TH EDITION OF THE ACADEMY AWARDS AND OUR MAN IN THE U.S. ISN'T IN LOS ANGELES, BUT HE IS IN NEW YORK, WHICH IS CLOSER THAN HERE, SO LET'S CROSS NOW TO LOGAN CHURCH. LOGAN, LET'S START AT THE TOP WITH BEST PICTURE. WHAT ARE YOU PREDICTING? BUT HOW GOOD IS THAT JACKET? I HEARD WHISPERINGS FROM SOME ON THE UPPER LEVELS THAT SOME MAY NOT BE HAPPY WITH A SERIOUS NEWS REPORTER WEARING AT SUCH A SPARKLY ENSEMBLE. WE ARE LOVING IT. WHAT ARE YOU PREDICTING? THE ONLY FILM ANYONE IS TALKING ABOUT WILL LIKELY GO TO OPPENHEIMER IT IS LEADING IN TERMS OF THE MOST NOMINATIONS. THE SECOND IS POOR THINGS, THEN BARBIE. CILLIAN MURPHY IS ALSO EXPECTED TO WIN BEST ACTOR. WHERE WILL THE COMPETITION BE THIS YEAR? BEST ACTRESS IS WHERE THINGS WILL BE QUITE EXCITING. OPPENHEIMER HAS TIED UP THE CATEGORIES, BUT BEST ACTRESS IS WHERE THIS MIGHT GET EXCITING. IT IS DOWN TO LILY GLADSTONE, AND HOLLYWOOD HEAVYWEIGHT EMMA STONE. BOTH OF THOSE FILMS ARE VERY DIFFERENT, BUT I WAS ON THE OSCARS SITES EARLIER TODAY WITH NOTHING BETTER TO DO, AND IT LOOKS LIKE LILY GLADSTONE IS THE FAVOURITE TO WIN THE CATEGORY. ALL POWER TO HER, AND WE WILL SEE HOW THE NIGHT PLAYS OUT. NEW ZEALAND IS USUALLY REPRESENTED, SET THE SCENE THIS YEAR? AND ONE BE THE OSCARS IF IT DIDN'T HAVE SOME NEW ZEALANDERS. WHERE WE FIT IN AS AN GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY WITH BEST VISUAL EFFECTS CATEGORY. HER MOUSE HAS WORKED ON IT OTHER THAN OUR FANTASTIC WETA WORKSHOP. IT'S VERY HARD TO GO ANYWHERE AND HOLLYWOOD WITHOUT RUNNING INTO AT LEAST ONE ONTO TALENTED KIWIS DOING SOMETHING EXCITING IN THE FILM INDUSTRY. WE ARE SOMEWHERE IN THE OSCARS. WE ARE GOING TO GO TO 1 OF OUR KIWIS WHO IS NOMINATED. VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR ON GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOLUME 3, GUY WILLIAMS JOINS US LIVE FROM THE CAR ON THE WAY TO THE RED CARPET. HELLO, GUY! THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHO IS IN THE CAR? MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND TWO SONS. YOU ARE LOOKING GORGEOUS, MRS WILLIAMS. GAYA, HOW ARE YOU FEELING HEADING INTO THIS? IT'S NEVER EASY. THE OTHER NOMINEES IN THE CATEGORIES ARE AMAZING. IF WE WIN, SUPER PROUD OF THE TEAM, IF WE DON'T, SUPER PROUD OF THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE. DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE THIS YEAR THAN YOU HAVE IN THE PAST? I WOULD LOVE TO SAY YES. I WANT TO ASK YOUR BEAUTIFUL WIFE, DO YOU THINK THAT THIS YEAR IS HIS YEAR? NO, I DON'T KNOW. WETA DID A GREAT JOB ON IT. FINGERS CROSSED. HAVE THE BEST NIGHT, DAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING, AND WE ARE SO PROUD TO HAVE US THERE REPRESENTING US IN NEW ZEALAND. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US AND TAKING YOUR TIME AS YOU HEAD TO THE BIG DANCE. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, JUST LIKE FIRE, COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, PINK WOWED TWO SOLD OUT AUCKLAND CROWDS. WE'LL SEE IF OUR REVIEWER IS RAISING A GLASS. FIRE CREWS HAVE BEEN BATTLING TWO LARGE WILDFIRES IN THE WAITAKI DISTRICT OVERNIGHT. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE FIRST ALERTED TO A FIRE IN THE NORTHERN AREA, AROUND 30km FROM MIDDLEMARCH, BEFORE THEN RECEIVING WORD ABOUT A SECOND FIRE NEAR DUNTROON. THREE HELICOPTERS AND EIGHT GROUND CREWS ARE WORKING TO BRING THE FIRES UNDER CONTROL. SOME ROADS ARE CLOSED IN THE AFFECTED AREAS, WITH THREE PROPERTIES EVACUATING FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY. A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF A MAN (22) FOLLOWING A STABBING IN CENTRAL CHRISTCHURCH OVERNIGHT. POLICE WERE CALLED TO A PROPERTY ON HEREFORD STREET JUST AFTER 10pm AFTER REPORTS THAT A MAN HAD BEEN STABBED. CHRISTCHURCH CITY MISSIONER CORINNE HAINES TOLD BREAKFAST THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT THE MEN'S SHELTER FACILITY, WHICH ALSO HOUSES A LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT HUB. A MAN (67) WILL APPEAR IN THE CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT LATER TODAY. CONCERNS ARE GROWING IN THE HEALTH SECTOR, WITH 4000 VACANCIES AND MORE NEW ZEALAND NURSES LURED ACROSS THE TASMAN. A RECENT CAMPAIGN FROM QUEENSLAND HEALTH IS TARGETING MEDICAL STAFF IN NEW ZEALAND, CANADA AND THE UK. THE ATTRACTION OF AUSTRALIA COMES AMID A BACKDROP OF PUBLIC SERVICE CUTS IN AOTEAROA. THE NEW ZEALAND NURSES ORGANISATION'S KERRI NUKU SAYS NURSES WILL BE LURED BY THE BETTER CONDITIONS. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF NURSES REGISTER INTEREST TO GO WORK IN AUSTRALIA. SOME OF THEM DO GO, SOME OF THEM GO ON SHORT-TERM CONTRACTS, SOME OF THEM GO AND MOVE PERMANENTLY. THE ISSUE IS WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 4000 NURSE VACANCIES THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF VACANCIES. SHE SAYS AS A CONSEQUENCE, WE'RE SEEING SERVICES AND PRACTICES CLOSE. MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER MELISSA LEE SAYS SHE DOES HAVE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE TV INDUSTRY, BUT SHE'S TIGHT-LIPPED ON WHAT THEY ARE. IT FOLLOWS THE SHOCK ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWSHUB'S CLOSURE, WHICH IS SET TO SHUT ITS DOORS IN JUNE, AND TVNZ ALSO PROPOSING TO AXE MUCH-LOVED PROGRAMMES, INCLUDING FAIR GO AND SUNDAY. MELISSA LEE WOULDN'T ANSWER QUESTIONING AROUND WHETHER TVNZ SHOULD BE COMMERCIAL FREE. IN TERMS OF THE TVNZ OPERATION, IS UP TO TVNZ TO DECIDE HOW THEY RUN THE OPERATIONS. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE MINISTER OR ANY GOVERNMENT SHOULD GET INTO IN TERMS OF HOW THEY GATHER NEWS AND HOW THEY MAKE PROGRAMS OR HOW THEY PROGRAM THEIR CHANNELS. PROGRAMMES SUNDAY AND FAIR GO INCLUDING NEWS BULLETINS 1 NEWS TONIGHT AND MIDDAY ARE SET TO BE CANCELLED IN MAY. AND AT LEAST TEN PEOPLE HAVE DIED DURING ISRAELI ATTACKS ON GAZA OVERNIGHT AFTER ARTILLERY FIRE HIT AN AREA WHERE DISPLACED PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN TENTS. THE DEATH TOLL IS REPORTEDLY NEARING 31,000 IN THE GAZA STRIP. AROUND 130 HOSTAGES TAKEN ON OCTOBER 7 ARE BELIEVED TO STILL BE IN GAZA, BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW MANY ARE STILL ALIVE. THE PRINCESS OF WALES HAS RELEASED A PHOTO TO MARK MOTHERS DAY IN THE UK. IT'S THE FIRST OFFICIAL IMAGE OF HER SINCE SHE WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL FOR ABDOMINAL SURGERY TWO MONTHS AGO. HERE'S THE BBC'S DANIELA RELPH. A FAMILY PHOTO FOR MOTHER'S DAY, BUT IT'S HOPED WILL CALM SOME OF THE MORE EXTREME GOSSIP ABOUT THE PRINCESS'S RECOVERY. HER HUSBAND, THE PRINCE OF WALES, WAS BEHIND THE LENS. WITH THE PHOTO, A PERSONAL MESSAGE. SIGNED OFF WITH A C FOR CATHERINE. THE LAST TIME WE OFFICIALLY SAW THE PRINCESS OF WALES IN PUBLIC WAS CHRISTMAS DAY WHEN SHE MET THE CROWDS AT SANDRINGHAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S VERY SWEET OF YOU TO COME SAY HELLO TO US. HAVE A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS. A FEW WEEKS LATER, SHE WAS IN HOSPITAL HAVING ABDOMINAL SURGERY. HER EXACT CONDITION HAS NEVER BEEN MADE PUBLIC, AND THE TEAM AROUND HER HAVE FURIOUSLY PROTECTED HER PRIVACY. KENSINGTON PALACE WILL HOPE THE PHOTO OF THE PRINCESS ADDRESSES THE PUBLIC CURIOSITY ABOUT HER AND QUELLS WILDER SPECULATION. WE STILL DON'T EXPECT TO SEE HER BACK ON ROYAL DUTY UNTIL AFTER EASTER. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS ARE SIX WICKETS AWAY FROM THEIR FIRST TEST WIN OVER AUSTRALIA IN MORE THAN 12 YEARS, BUT IT WON'T BE EASY. AUSTRALIA WILL BEGIN THE FINAL DAY 77/4, NEEDING ANOTHER 202 FOR VICTORY. MATT HENRY AND BEN SEARS CLAIMED TWO WICKETS EACH IN THE FINAL SESSION TO KEEP NEW ZEALAND IN THE MATCH. BATTER TOM LATHAM SAYS THE TEAM ISN'T GETTING AHEAD OF THEMSELVES AS THEY CHASE A RARE WIN OVER THE AUSSIES. I GUESS THAT'S THE END TARGET, BUT I GUESS THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN BETWEEN THAT, SO HOPEFULLY THE BOWLERS CAN REST UP TONIGHT AND COME BACK TOMORROW, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN PUT ON A GOOD SHOW. DAY FOUR GETS UNDERWAY AT 11, WITH COVERAGE BEGINNING ON TVNZ PLUS AND DUKE FROM 10.30. THE COWBOYS HAVE JUMPED STRAIGHT TO THE TOP OF THE NRL LADDER WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 43-18 WIN OVER THE DOLPHINS. THE NORTH QUEENSLANDERS RUNNING IN SEVEN TRIES, ALL CONVERTED, FIVE OF THEM COMING IN THE FIRST HALF. BIT OF COUNTER-ATTACK GOES FOR THE TACKLE OF O'SULLIVAN. HE'S GOT HIM BACK ON THE INSIDE. THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE. THE COWBOYS, DRAGONS, EELS AND RAIDERS MAKE UP THE TOP FOUR AFTER ROUND ONE. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` MAINLY FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN RUSSELL AND WHANGAREI. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AUCKLAND REACHING A HIGH OF 22. FURTHER SOUTH ` SUNSHINE FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. CLOUDY START BUT BLUE SKIES HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 26 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. 24 IN TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH THE ODD SHOWER FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. STRONG WESTERLIES THIS MORNING IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 27 IN NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` PRETTY GREY DAY THROUGH HERE. A FEW SHOWERS FROM YOUR LATE AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARUNUI AND WHANGANUI. AND WELLINGTON, YOUR HIGH IS 20. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` SIMILAR HERE WITH SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH THE REGION. RAIN DEVELOPING THIS MORNING FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH, EASING THIS EVENING. A HIGH OF 26 IN BLENHEIM TODAY. HEADING SOUTH ` SOME GREY SKIES HERE AND THERE WITH THE ODD FOR SHOWER FOR MOST OF YOU. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 23 HERE. 19 DEGREES IN OAMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` PACK YOUR BROLLY. SHOWERS THIS MORNING THROUGHOUT THE REGION. SOME HEAVY RAIN IN OBAN, CLEARING TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY. MILFORD SOUND, YOU HAVE SOME SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON AND A HIGH OF 18. THANKS, CHRIS. CROWDS 45,000 STRONG WERE ENTERTAINED BY PINK AT AUCKLAND'S EDEN PARK OVER THE WEEKEND. THE ARTIST CERTAINLY GOT THE PARTY STARTED WITH AN ARRAY OF ACROBATIC TRICKS AND SOULFUL SOUNDS, SOME OF WHICH WERE EVEN SUNG BY HER 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, WILLOW. AMONG THE 45-ODD THOUSAND IN ATTENDANCE WAS 1 NEWS DIGITAL PRODUCER LUCY ANDERSON. SHE JOINS US NOW. LUCY, GOOD MORNING. I CAN SEE YOU STILL HAVE THE PINK HANGOVER. TOTALLY, DANIEL. IT WAS AMAZING. DID IT EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS? THAT DID. YOU GO TO A CONCERT AND THINK, SHE IS GOING TO SING AND DANCE. I KNOW THEIR ACROBATICS INVOLVED, BUT WHEN YOU SEE ARE LITERALLY FLYING ACROSS EDEN PARK, THAT WAS AMAZING. WHAT WERE YOUR HIGHLIGHTS? IT HAS GOT TO BE THE ACROBATICS. THE BACKUP SINGERS AND DANCERS WERE AMAZING. AND A DAUGHTER, WILLOW, WHO WAS 12. PINK SPOKE TO THE AUDIENCE A LOT AND SAID THAT WILLOW AND HER WROTE SONGS DURING COVID. THE CROWD JUST WENT WILD. TALK TO ME ABOUT PINK, BECAUSE I WAS NOT AWARE THAT SHE WAS A GYMNAST. I THINK THAT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS WHEN YOU SEE HER UPSIDE DOWN AND SHE IS STILL SINGING. IT MUST BE PRETTY AMAZING. IN TERMS OF THE VIBE, WHAT WAS IT LIKE? YOU WERE AMONGST 45,000 PEOPLE. IT WAS AMAZING. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN IN PINK WEEKS. OUR GOOD FRIEND MELISSA STOKES WAS IN THE CROWD. JUST A SEA OF PINK. THAT WAS ALMOST LIKE TAYLOR SWIFT MEETS HARRY STYLES. THERE WERE YOUNG KIDS, GRANDKIDS, GRANDPARENTS. WASN'T JUST HER SINGING AND PERFORMING? WITHIN MOMENTS WHERE SHE WAS INTERACTING WITH THE AUDIENCE? THERE WERE LOTS OF MOMENTS LIKE THAT. SHE TALKED ABOUT HER TWO KIDS AND HUSBAND. SHE SAW SOME WHITAKER'S AND SAID, I DO NOT WANT THIS. SHE WAS VERY ENTERTAINING, IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT. YOU TALK ABOUT HER DAUGHTER. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? ONE FAN THAT I SPOKE TO SAID THAT WAS A HIGHLIGHT. THAT WAS SO SPECIAL, YOU CAN TELL SHE IS IN ALL OF HER MUM. DID SHE GET TO SING? THAT SHE HAD VOCALS? YEAR, I ALMOST PREFER HER SINGING THE CHORUS. INCREDIBLY TALENTED, AND SHE IS ONLY 12. IN TERMS OF THIS CONCERT, DO YOU THINK IT WAS OVERSHADOWED BY TAYLOR SWIFT? THIS WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW THAT PINK WAS TOURING UNTIL I HEARD THAT SHE WAS COMING HERE. THE LAST FEW MONTHS, HEADLINES HAVE BEEN DOMINATED BY TAYLOR SWIFT. I DID NOT GO TO THE TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT BUT I THINK PINK WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD AND I THINK IS TOTALLY BEEN OVERSHADOWED. THERE WAS SOME PUBLIC TRANSPORT ISSUES AND WOES GOING ON. IT WAS SUCH A BIG WEEKEND. WERE YOU CAUGHT UP IN IT? LUCKILY, I WAS NOT, BUT I SAW LOTS OF IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IT LOOKS PRETTY HECTIC. IT IS SOMETHING EDEN PARK PROBABLY NEED TO SORT OUT SINCE THERE IS A PUSH TO HAVE MORE THAN SIX CONCERTS PER YEAR. WHO IS YOUR NEXT CONCERT? NO ONE. I AM HOLDING OUT HOPE THAT TAYLOR SWIFT WILL CHANGE YOUR MIND AND COME HERE, BUT I AM NOT THAT HOPEFUL. I'M SURE THERE ARE FANS HOPING ALL THAT IS WELL. GOOD TO TALK TO YOU. YOU TOO. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WHAT EXPLORERS FOUND OFF THE COAST OF CHILE IN A NEW EXPEDITION. SOME INCREDIBLE PICTURES. WE ARE DEEP DIVING NEXT. # JUST COME ON, COME ON, RAISE YOUR GLASS. DEEP IN THE SUBMARINE TRENCHES OFF THE COAST OF CHILE IS AN UNCHARTED ECOSYSTEM. SCHIMDT OCEAN INSTITUTE HAS BEGUN TO TRAVERSE IT, EMBARKING ON A SIX WEEK VOYAGE, DISCOVERING AROUND 100 NEW SPECIES WITH THE HELP OF A DEEP SEA ROBOT AND TRAPS KNOWN AS LANDERS. THE EXPEDITION TOOK PLACE ON TWO UNDERWATER MOUNTAINS, 'NAZCA' AND 'SALAS Y GOMEZ'. BREAKFAST'S FOREIGN PRODUCER COURTNEY HAMMOND SPOKE TO ONE OF THE MARINE BIOLOGISTS WHO WAS PART OF THE EXPEDITION. THOUSANDS OF METRES BELOW THE OCEAN'S SURFACE, UP TO 100 NEW MARINE SPECIES, UNCOVERED. FROM SPONGES AND CORALS TO FISH AND SEA SPIDERS. SO BIODIVERSE. IT'S STILL MIND BLOWING. MARINE BIOLOGIST PAIGE MARRIOTT WAS A KEY PART OF THE EXPEDITION, SORTING THE CREATURES AS THEY SURFACED FOR THE FIRST TIME. USUALLY, THE TRAPS ARE FULL OF CRUSTACEANS OR FISH, AND THEN MY JOB WAS TO PULL OUT ALL THE ANIMALS FROM THOSE, SORT THEM, SEX THEM, ID THEM, AND THEN GET THE LANDER READY FOR THE NEXT SEAMOUNT TO DROP AGAINST. ON DAY ONE OF THE SIX WEEK EXPEDITION, SHE KNEW IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY. OF COURSE, GOING TO A NEW PLACE, YOU ALWAYS, IN MARINE SCIENCE, EXPECT NEW SPECIES. NOWADAYS WE JUST HAVE SO MANY GREAT TOOLS THAT CAN DETECT WHAT'S NEW AND UNKNOWN. BUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE FIRST FEW DAYS, I THINK, THEY WERE STARTING TO REALISE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GETTING ONE UNKNOWN OR TWO UNKNOWN, OR ONE NEW RANGE EXTENSION OR TWO NEW RANGE EXTENSIONS, IT WAS MANY AND MANY AND MANY, JUST ON THE FIRST DAY. I THINK THEY STARTED TO REALISE, OKAY, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EXPEDITION OF, JUST, PURE DISCOVERY. SOME UNEXPECTED CREATURES EMERGED TOO. WE SAW A LOT OF REALLY INTERESTING SEA SPIDERS, WHICH TO SOME ARE PEOPLE'S WORST NIGHTMARE, BUT TO US, AN AMAZING ORGANISM. SO THIS IS THE LAND AND SEA, AND THEY'RE JUST PHENOMENAL TO WATCH UNDERWATER. THE CRINOIDS, OR FEATHER STARS, ARE ALSO JUST SO ABUNDANT AND BEAUTIFUL. FINDING SO MANY CONSIDERED A SCIENTIFIC BONANZA. BEFORE THE TRIP, THERE WAS ABOUT 400 SPECIES KNOWN FROM THE REGION THAT WE WERE OPERATING IN. AND AFTER THE EXPEDITION, WE THINK WE HAVE OVER 600. A LOT OF THESE ARE DEEPER RECORDS, SO THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SAMPLED OR SEEN BEFORE. SO THE FACT THAT THEY THINK WE'VE GOT OVER 30% INCREASE IN BIODIVERSITY IN JUST ONE VOYAGE IS EXTRAORDINARY. THESE PICTURES WERE CAPTURED BY A REMOTE CONTROLLED ROBOT, WHICH TRAVELLED 4500m TO THE OCEAN'S FLOOR. THE VIDEO FOOTAGE AND IMAGES THAT HAVE COME OUT OF IT, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO FUEL WORK IN THIS SPACE BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MUCH USEFUL INFORMATION THAT HAS COME OUT OF THESE IMAGES THAT, YEAH, YOU JUST NORMALLY CAN'T GET. AND THE NEXT STEP ` NAMING THE NEW CREATURES. SO WE'RE ALL GOING TO TRY AND MEET AND WORK THROUGH DESCRIBING AND DOCUMENTING ALL OF THESE NEW SPECIES TO GET PUBLISHED. AND THAT HOPEFULLY WILL COME WITH THIS KIND OF PUSH FOR PROTECTION, PUSH FOR PUBLICATION, PUSH FOR PROMOTION IN TERMS OF HOW BIODIVERSE AND INCREDIBLE THIS REGION OF THE WORLD IS. IT'S HOPED THE SUCCESS OF THE VOYAGE WILL LEAD TO FURTHER CONSERVATION EFFORTS. IT'S CERTAINLY WORKING. THE FACT THAT THEY'RE PUTTING SO MUCH EFFORT INTO PROTECTING THESE DEEP SEA AND ISOLATED ENVIRONMENTS IS REALLY A TESTAMENT TO HOW BIODIVERSE THE AREAS THAT WE WERE SAMPLING ARE, AND HAVING THIS NEW INFORMATION, AND CHILE'S SUCCESSES IN MARINE PROTECTION SO FAR, THIS IS KIND OF THE NEXT STEP TO HOPEFULLY SHOW THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY THAT THIS AREA OF THE SOUTHEAST PACIFIC IS WORTHY OF A HIGH SEAS MARINE PARK. I LOVE THAT WE GET TO NAME THEM. TO BE GET TO NAME THEM? SHE WAS NOT CLEAR, SO WE SHOULD SUBMIT ANYWAY. A RANGE OF SEAFOOD. DEEP-FRIED? I LOVE SEAFOOD. YUMMY. I THOUGHT THERE WAS AN ANGRY LOOKING NEMO. I LOVE IT. E HAERE AKE NEI ` LINE DANCING IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY EVENTS AT THE AUCKLAND ARTS FESTIVAL. NOT NORMAL LINE DANCING. WE ARE GONNA LEARN HOW TO PERFECT THE SQUARE DANCE NEXT. ONE OF US, AT LEAST. # AIN'T NO HOLD THEM. # JUST DANCE # PULL UP YOUR COWBOY BOOTS, DOUBLE UP YOUR DENIM, AND SADDLE UP COWBOY, COMEDY-DANCE DUO TOM SAINSBURY AND LARA FISCHEL-CHISHOLM ARE TAKING ON LINE DANCING FOR THEIR SHOW 'BOOT-SCOOTIN' BOOGIE', AND THEY'RE HERE TO SHOW US THEIR STUFF. WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT MOMENT, BUT I AM FASCINATED BY THIS, BECAUSE TOM, YOU HAVE BEEN THREATENING THIS FOR AWHILE. I WASN'T AN EXPERT UNTIL THREE MONTHS AGO. I WAS WATCHING THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS. YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ON A RESEARCH TRIP TO GORE. THE BUDGET HASN'T EXTENDED THAT FAR. WE LEARNT FROM YOUTUBE. ENTHUSIASM GOES FAR. ONE OF THE MAIN TENETS OF LINE DANCING THAT ARE ATTRACTIVE TO YOU? WE'VE DONE MANY DANCE SHOWS OVER THE YEARS, AND WE FELT LIKE LINE DANCING WAS THE NEXT ONE TO DO. WEAR DONE IN A WESTERN SHOW BEFORE, AND IT WAS AN EXTENSION. WE CAN GO FURTHER. AND IT LOOKS SO GOOD GETTING A BIGGER GROUP OF PEOPLE TO DANCE TOGETHER. IF I GO TO THE SHOW, I'M GOING TO BE LINE DANCING? YES. YOU CAN HAVE A LITTLE BREAK, BUT YOU WILL BE. IT'S GOING TO BE ` WE WILL BE TEACHING THE DANCE, GOING THROUGH IT SLOWLY, AND YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE. IF IT'S TOO HARD YOU CAN STEP OUT AND GRAB SOME MOONSHINE, I MIGHT BE ON THE SIDELINE WITH THE MOONSHINE. DO YOU HAVE TO COME DRESSED TO IMPRESS? IT HELPS. THERE ARE PRIZES FOR BEST DRESSED. FREE PONY RIDES. BEFORE YOU SHOW US YOUR MOVE, WE ARE GOING TO BRING IN JENNY MAY. SHE DOES COME FROM THE FARM. I'M VERY SORRY, BUT THIS IS ALL I COULD MUSTER UP. COLOUR US IMPRESSED. YOU'RE GOING TO BE A NATURAL. I'M GOING TO EXIT STAGE LEFT. IT'S REALLY EASY. FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT ` WE GOING TO BEGIN WITH SOME FIDDLING. THE FIRST MOVE IS` TAPPED THE HIP. A BIG SMILE WITH YOUR BUTT. THEN WE ARE GOING TO LASSO TO THE SIDE, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SHOOT THIS WAY, THEN THIS WAY. UP, UP. HEEL TOE HEEL CLAP, TAP, TAP, ROUND, AROUND. LASSO, LASSO, FINGER GUN. FIDDLING. YOU'VE GOT THIS, SO EASY. HEEL TOE, SMILEY BUTT. LASSO, FINGER GUN. YOU CAN DO ANYTHING AFTER THAT. SCOPE THE FOOT OUT THE WAY, STEP TOGETHER, AND THEN WE MARCH IT BACKWARDS. CAPTIONS BY BILLY GARRATT-JOHN, COURTNEY SOLE, DREW WELSH AND MAIA CARR HEKE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 (UPBEAT MUSIC) BACK, TWO. # MY BOOT SCOOTING BABY IS DRIVING ME CRAZY #