IT'S WEDNESDAY THE 13th OF MARCH. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST COMING UP ON THE PROGRAM ` SPEED BUMPS AND BOLLARDS HAVE POPPED UP AROUND CHRISTCHURCH, AND IT'S GOT PEOPLE RILED UP. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PICS FROM OUTSIDE A RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB IN ARANUI. AROUND 30 CARPARKS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY, LEAVING JUST TWO FOR THE CLUB AND COMMUNITY CENTRE NEXT DOOR. WHAT ABOUT THE 200-300 THAT SHOW UP ON SATURDAY TO PLAY SPORT? WE SPEAK WITH AN ANNOYED LOCAL AND A COUNCILLOR WHO THINKS THE CONSULTATION PROCESS COULD'VE BEEN BETTER JUST AFTER 7. PLUS, THE BLUE LINE IS WEARING THIN. POLICE HAVE REJECTED THEIR LATEST PAY OFFER. THEY ALSO SAID NO TO THE LAST ONE FROM THE THEN-LABOUR GOVERNMENT. NOW, THIS LATEST ONE FROM THE NEW NATIONAL GOVERNMENT'S SO BAD, THEY'RE REFUSING TO EVEN VOTE ON IT. SO FOR ALL THIS TALK OF LAW AND ORDER, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO KEEP OUR FRONT LINE HAPPY? WE'LL BE TALKING TO THE POLICE ASSOCIATION BOSS SHORTLY. NOT ONLY KEEP THEM HAPPY BUT KEEP THEM FROM CROSSING THE DITCH. AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS ONE BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ ` HOW OLD IS TOO OLD TO KEEP WORKING IN A HIGH-ROLE POSITION? BECAUSE THE CHIEF OMBUDSMAN IS BEING FORCED TO RETIRE DUE TO A A VERY OLD LAW, WHICH STATES HE MUST MUST RESIGN ONCE HE TURNS 72. AND GUESS WHAT? HE'S TURNING 72 THIS WEEK, WITH NO SIGNS OF MENTAL IMPAIRMENT NOR LOSING HIS MARBLES. BONKERS RIGHT? HAPPY BIRTHDAY. ABSOLUTE BONKERS IN MY MIND. WHAT DO YOU THINK? NO. TAKE ON A MENTORING ROLE. HE CAN FLY A PLANE. HE WAS A PREVIOUS JUDGE. HE IS STILL COMPETENT. AGE SHOULD NOT BE A FACTOR. I PLAN TO SAY ON BREAKFAST UNTIL I AM 80. WE CAN DISCUSS IT. THE TIME RIGHT NOW IS 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. AN AID SHIP LOADED WITH FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES HAS FINALLY DEPARTED FOR GAZA. THE SHIP HAD SPENT DAYS IN PORT IN CYPRUS, WHILE PREPARATIONS WERE MADE FOR ITS ARRIVAL OFF THE COAST OF THE BESIEGED TERRITORY. IT'S NOW EN ROUTE AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET TO GAZA. 200 TONNES OF AID IS ON BOARD. CONTROVERSIAL INFLUENCER ANDREW TATE AND HIS BROTHER HAVE APPEARED IN A ROMANIAN COURT AFTER AN ARREST WARRANT WAS ISSUED IN THE U.K. THE PAIR ARE ACCUSED OF A RANGE OF SEXUAL OFFENCES. THEY DENY ALL THE ALLEGATIONS. THE COURT IN BUCHAREST HAS POSTPONED A DECISION ON THE ARREST WARRANT AND THE BROTHERS REMAIN IN CUSTODY. ROMANIAN AUTHORITIES ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING THE TATES OVER ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, RAPE AND GANG ACTIVITY. RUSSIAN POLICE HAVE RAIDED BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS IN AN ONGOING CRACKDOWN ON WHAT THEY CALL 'INDECENCY'. MUSICIANS AND CONCERTGOERS WERE ARRESTED IN THE RAIDS ACCUSED OF 'DISRESPECTING RUSSIA' BY NOT ADHERING TO THE COUNTRY'S CONSERVATIVE IDEALS. IT'S A MANIFESTATION OF TOUGH CENSORSHIP RULES WHICH ARE SEEN AS PREVENTING 'NEGATIVE WESTERN INFLUENCES' FROM GAINING A FOOTHOLD IN RUSSIA. SWEDISH CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG HAS BEEN DETAINED BY POLICE DURING HER BLOCKADE OF THE COUNTRY'S PARLIAMENT. THUNBERG AND HER SUPPORTERS ARE CALLING FOR GREATER ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, ACCUSING THE GOVERNMENT OF BEING COMPLICIT IN ONGOING ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION. THE GROUP SAYS IT INTENDS TO CONTINUE THE PROTEST. IF YOU'RE HAVING A BANANA WITH YOUR BREAKFAST ` LISTEN UP. RISING COSTS WORLDWIDE ARE SET TO BE A MAJOR TOPIC OF DISCUSSION WHEN THE WORLD BANANA FORUM MEETS TODAY. THE BBC'S MATT MCGRATH EXPLAINS. IN ITS NATURAL YELLOW WRAPPER, THE TASTY, NUTRITIOUS BANANA IS THE PERFECT PORTABLE SNACK, BUT A KEY ELEMENT IN OUR LOVE AFFAIR WITH THIS FANTASTIC FRUIT IS COST. GLOBAL WARMING IS DRIVING AN INCREASE IN EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS THAT ARE HITTING PRODUCTION IN TROPICAL REGIONS CRITICAL TO SUPPLIES. INCREASINGLY POWERFUL FLOODS AND STORMS ARE ALSO BOOSTING THE SPREAD OF DISEASES. AS WELL AS CLIMATE CHANGE, PRODUCERS ARE ALSO FACING INCREASING FERTILISER AND ENERGY COSTS, PARTICULARLY AS THEY ATTEMPT TO TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS. I PROJECTED, YOU KNOW, IF SUPPLY REMAINS WHAT IT IS AT THE MOMENT, IF THERE'S NOT A MAJOR INCREASE IN SUPPLY, I PROJECT THAT, YOU KNOW, BANANA PRICES COULD, REMAIN RELATIVELY HIGH. DESPITE THE LIKELIHOOD OF HAVING TO PAY MORE, THESE SHOPPERS IN WALES SAY IT'S NOT GOING TO DETER THEM FROM THEIR FAVOURITE FRUIT. I HAVE ONE EVERY DAY. JUST THE ONE? JUST ONE IN MY PORRIDGE EVERY MORNING. IF THEY WENT UP IN PRICE. WOULD YOU CONTINUE TO BUY THEM? I WOULD, BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THEY'RE GOOD FOR MY HEALTH, SO. I EAT ONE MOST DAYS. MOST DAYS? YEAH. IT'D BE A SHAME, BUT IF YOU WANT BANANAS, YOU HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE. A FOUR-MEMBER CREW FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HAS SAFELY SPLASHED BACK DOWN TO EARTH AFTER A SIX MONTH DEPLOYMENT TO THE ORBITING OUTPOST. THE CREW, FROM THE U.S., JAPAN RUSSIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION, RETURNED TO EARTH WITH TIME SENSITIVE MATERIAL FOR RESEARCH. IT TOOK JUST OVER A DAY FOR THE CAPSULE TO MAKE THE TRIP FROM SPACE. FORMER ALL BLACK AND HIGHLANDERS COACH TONY BROWN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS NEW ROLE WITH SOUTH AFRICA. THE NEW LOOK SOUTH AFRICAN COACHING STAFF FRONTED MEDIA TODAY. BROWN'S ADDITION TO THE SPRINGBOKS STAFF MEANS THERE IS NOW A NEW ZEALAND COACH WITH EVERY RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. WHEN I GOT ASKED TO COACH THE ALL BLACKS, OH... IT WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO NOW. IT WAS` FOR ME, IT JUST DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT. UM, I'VE OBVIOUSLY HAD A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH JAMIE JOSEPH, AND IF HE HAD HAD GOT THE ALL BLACK COACHING JOB, THEN 100% I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN WITH HIM. BUT IT JUST DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT FOR ME TO COACH WITH THE OTHER GUYS THAT WERE GOING FOR THAT JOB. THE NEW LOOK SPRINGBOKS WILL FACE WALES IN THEIR FIRST OUTING AS COACHES. AND FINALLY, RESIDENTS IN A WESTERN JAPANESE CITY HAVE BEEN TOLD TO STEER CLEAR OF A STRAY CAT, WHICH REPORTEDLY FELL INTO A VAT OF DANGEROUS CHEMICALS. GRAINY SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE CAPTURED THE CAT MAKING ITS ESCAPE AND WET PAW PRINTS WERE FOUND ON THE FACTORY FLOOR. LOCALS HAVE BEEN TOLD NOT TO TOUCH THE FELINE SHOULD THEY FIND IT, BUT WERE GIVEN NO GUIDANCE ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. SEARCHES ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE CAT, WHICH HAS BEEN DUBBED 'ATOMIC KITTEN' AFTER THE BRITISH '90s GIRL GROUP. WELL DONE TO THE BREAKFAST PRODUCES FOR COMING UP WITH THAT ONE. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OF YOU WITH SOME SHOWERS HERE AND THERE. THIS WILL CLEAR IN THE EVENING. A HIGH OF 25 IN RUSSELL AND WHITIANGA. GONNA HAVE TO ASK FOR SOME SUPPORT TO CLICK THROUGH HERE FROM THE STUDIO, BECAUSE I FORGOT THE CLICKER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. IT'S A PARTLY CLOUDY ONE FOR ALL OF YOU. SOME SHOWERS IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. WHAKATANE, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 27. 26 FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT OF CLOUD THIS MORNING. PACK YOUR BROLLY ` THIS WILL INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. 28 THE HIGH IN HASTINGS. 27 FOR GISBORNE AND NAPIER. THIS IS THE OLD ONE, JENNY MAY. THIS IS THE OLD CLICKER. OVER TO THE WEST ` MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY THROUGH HERE WITH A FEW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT. STRONG NORTHERLIES IN WELLINGTON. 24 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARANUI. 22 FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND PALMERSTON NORTH. (LAUGHS) IS IT? WE ARE DOUBLE-CLICKING NOW. THIS IS A SHAMBLES, THIS WEATHER. WE'VE GONE PAST TOO QUICKLY. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` SIMILAR HERE WITH SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH. SOME EARLY RAIN AND DRIZZLE FOR THOSE SOUTH OF THE REGION. THIS WILL TURN TO FINE IN THE AFTERNOON. NELSON WITH A HIGH OF 22. HEADING SOUTH ` A FEW MORNING SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. MAINLY FINE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU AFTER MIDDAY. ASHBURTON, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 19 HERE. AND 17 FOR TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` BLUES SKIES FOR THOSE AT THE OF THE REGION. HOWEVER, SOME SHOWERS TODAY FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 17. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ONE LITTLE WHETHER CLICKER COULD CAUSE THAT MUCH CONSTERNATION. THANKS, CHRIS. POLICE OFFICERS ARE LIVID WITH WHAT THEY SAY IS A DISGRACEFUL PAY OFFER FROM THE GOVERNMENT. THE REJECTED OFFER INCLUDES A $5000 PAY INCREASE BACKDATED TO NOVEMBER, A 4% RISE IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR AND ANOTHER 4% IN 2025. CHRIS CAHILL FROM THE NEW ZEALAND POLICE ASSOCIATION LABELLED THE OFFER 'A KICK IN THE GUTS, 'INSULTING, DEMORALISING, FARCICAL, DISRESPECTFUL AND AN ABSOLUTE JOKE.' CLEARLY YOU DON'T MINCE YOUR WORD. WHERE YOU SURPRISED BY THIS OFFER? THOSE WERE THE WORDS OF OUR MEMBERS. THAT IS THE FEEDBACK WE GOT, BUT I AGREE WITH THEM. WE WERE SURPRISED. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING OVER A YEAR TO GET SOMETHING ON THE TABLE. WE'VE BEEN MUCKED AROUND BY SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS. THEY PUT OFF ON THE TABLE AND DIDN'T BACKDATE IT FULLY. $5000 MIGHT SOUND GOOD, BUT IT IS CLOSER TO $3000 DUE TO NOT BACKDATING. THE 4% THAT SHOULD KICK IN ON 1 JULY THIS YEAR HAS BEEN MOVED TO 1 SEPTEMBER. THEY HAVE PUT OTHER CLAUSES IN THERE. FOR EXAMPLE, OFFICERS WOULD LOSE ABOUT $1100 A YEAR. IT DOESN'T COME CLOSE TO ADDRESSING THE ISSUES OUR MEMBERS HAVE ASKED FOR. HOW DISAPPOINTING IS IT THAT IT CAME FROM ONE OF YOUR OWN? YEAH, I MEAN, WITHOUT A DOUBT, MARK HAS BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE POLICE, BUT HE HAS TO FRONT UP. HE'S COME OUT AND SAID WE'RE GOING TO CRACKDOWN ON THE GANGS, SHUT THE YOUTH CRIME DOWN, LOWER THE ROAD TOLL ` ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE PUTTING MORE DEMAND ON OFFICERS. THEY ARE GOING TO WORK HARDER AND LONGER. HE'D NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE MINISTER OF FINANCE, PRIME MINISTER, AND GET US A BETTER PACKAGE. I'VE GOT A MESSAGE FROM MARK MITCHELL. WE WENT TO A PRESS THAT YESTERDAY. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HE HAS TO SAY IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE ABOUT THE PROPOSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWING PROPERTY INVESTORS TO MAKE MONEY AT THIS TIME. THEY'RE TWO ENTIRELY SEPARATE THINGS. WHAT WE'VE SAID IS THAT WE WANT TO STRENGTHEN OUR ECONOMY, AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RENTERS, THE PROBLEM WE'VE GOT THERE IS THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE RENTING HOUSES HAVE HAD A MASSIVE INCREASE IN THEIR RENT. WE ARE IN A COST OF LIVING CRISIS, SO LITERALLY, OFTEN, EVERY DOLLAR MATTERS. AND SO THAT IS WHY WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT ISSUE. THE PAY NEGOTIATION, OBVIOUSLY, IS A SEPARATE ISSUE. AND THAT IS US AS AN INCOMING GOVERNMENT IN A TOUGH ECONOMIC POSITION TRYING TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN THROUGH A GOOD-FAITH PROCESS WITH THE POLICE ASSOCIATION. SO, CHRIS, A TOUGH ECONOMIC POSITION THE GOVERNMENT IS IN. IS THAT A GOOD ENOUGH EXCUSE? THEY'VE GOT CHOICES. COST OF LIVING CRISIS ` THEY ARE DEAD RIGHT. POLICE OFFICERS ARE FACING THAT AS WELL. I GOT REPORT YESTERDAY. TWO OFFICERS, BOTH IN THE POLICE, HAVE HAD TO MOVE HOME TO LIVE WITH THEIR PARENTS. OTHERS HAVE GOT $50 TO SPARE PER FORTNIGHT AFTER PAYING THEIR MORTGAGE AND GREAT. OTHERS ARE PAYING $1500 PER FORTNIGHT IN RENT, WHICH GIVES THEM VERY LITTLE MONEY TO LOOK AFTER THEIR CHILDREN. THE GOVERNMENT HAS CHOICES WAS NOT THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO GIVE LANDLORDS A TAX BREAK. IT IS A CHOICE THEY MADE, SO THEY CAN ALSO MAKE A CHOICE TO GIVE POLICE OFFICERS AN APPROPRIATE LEFT AND PAY. A CONSTABLE IN THE POLICE AFTER SIX YEARS WILL EARN $22,000 LESS THAN A NURSE THAT HAS BEEN WORKING FOR SIX YEARS. HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT'S OFFER? IS ACTUALLY LOWER, BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS OFFER KICKED IN FROM 1 APRIL. THIS ONE DOESN'T KICK UNTIL 1 NOVEMBER. THAT TAKES CLOSE TO $2000 AWAY STRAIGHT AWAY. THE PREVIOUS OFFER HAD ABOUT $600 FOR A MEDICAL HEALTH CHECK EVERY YEAR, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT IF YOU WANT TO KEEP OFFICERS FIT AND ON THE FRONTLINE. THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CLAWBACKS THAT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED THAT WERE NOT THERE PREVIOUSLY. POLICE OFFICERS ARE LEGALLY UNABLE TO STRIKE, BUT WORK TO RULE IS BEING PROPOSED. WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? OFFICERS ARE REALLY ANGRY. THERE IS A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS OUT THERE. THE REALITY IS LEGALLY, WHEN YOU SAY THEY CAN'T STRAIGHT, THAT ACTUALLY EXTENDS TO ALL FORMS OF INDUSTRIAL ACTION. SO OFFICERS HANDS ARE REALLY TIGHT AROUND THIS IS NOT THAT IS WHY THERE IS A MORAL DUTY AROUND TEACHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, THEY ALL TOOK INDUSTRIAL ACTION. THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO LOOK AFTER US. THERE IS SOME ACTION WE CAN TAKE AND SOME PUBLIC FACING INTERACTIONS WITH MINISTERS AND THE PAYMENTS ARE BETTER GOING TO BE RATHER UNCOMFORTABLE. BUT WE WOULD MUCH RATHER GET BACK AROUND THE NEGOTIATING TABLE AND HAVE A BETTER CONVERSATION AROUND THE REALITY THAT OFFICERS ARE FACING. BUT IN TERMS OF WORK TO RULE, WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC AND SAFETY? DOES THAT MEAN THAT OFFICERS ATTENDING, SAY, A THIEF, WHEN 5 O'CLOCK HIT, DO THEY GET TO CLOCK OFF AND GO HOME? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS NEED TO WORK OVERTIME. THERE ARE MULTIPLE JOBS WAITING TO BE ATTENDED AT THE INNOVATION EFFORT. THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO BE ATTENDED. AS YOU SAY, THERE ARE ISSUES AROUND WHAT POLICE CAN ACTUALLY DO. A LOT OF TIMES, THEY WILL STOP ISSUING SPEEDING TICKETS AND ONLY ISSUE WARNING. ALL OF THOSE ARE INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS THAT AREN'T LEGAL FOR US TO DO. WE ARE LIMITED IN THOSE MATTERS, BUT WE ARE NOT LIMITED INVOICING OUR OPINIONS ABOUT THIS. THE MINISTER CAN GO BACK TO HIS CABINET TO GET A BETTER OFFER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. KIA ORA. I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT WORK TO RULE. I WAS JUST LISTENING TO CHRIS TALKING ABOUT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A COP GOES TO AN INCIDENT? I WAS A POLICE OFFICER MANY MOONS AGO. I DON'T KNOW HOW THINGS THEY HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME FOR SOME PAID OUT THIS PART OF THE HAZARDS UP THEY GO INTO A JOB, THEY MIGHT FINISH THEIR SHIFT AT 5 AM, THERE IS ANOTHER SHIFT COMING ON, AND THERE IS A BIG HANDOVER THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. NORMALLY THEY WOULD STAY, BECAUSE THAT IS THE JOB THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE STARTED AT 430 IN THE MORNING, SOMEONE HAS DONE A BURGLARY AT A HOUSE, THEY WILL DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO FINISH THAT. AS THEY STOP AT THE TIME THAT THEIR SHIFT ENDS, THEN THEY GO HOME AND SOMEBODY ELSE HAS TO PICK THAT UP WHICH MEANS THAT IS POTENTIALLY A COP THAT IS NOT ON THE FRONT LINE AT THE TIME. SO THAT IS THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT THEY COULD DO. WHETHER THEY WOULD DO THAT, OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T, THEY JUST WANT TO BE PAID FOR WHAT THEY DO. WHICH EVERY DAY IS DANGEROUS. AND WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS COMING UP WITH TOUGHER RULES ON CRIME, FOR THEM TO BE ASKING GANG MEMBERS TO REMOVE THEIR PATCHES, RAN RAIDS, YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT OFFICERS ON THE FRONTLINE WOULD GET PAID A LOT FOR THAT. I AM INTRIGUED BY THIS CONCEPT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PRIME MINISTER. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE I THINK CHRIS CAHILL HAS ALLUDED TO SOME POSSIBLY UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATIONS THAT MIGHT BE COMING UP. OBVIOUSLY THE PRIME MINISTER HAS POLICE PROTECTION AROUND HIM, NOT THAT I AM PLAYING IN ANY WAY THAT WOULD CHANGE, BUT IF YOU ARE TALKING TO THE GUY WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR PAY, HE IS NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY TURNING UP TO IT. IT IS GOING TO BE HARD TO TAKE FOR A LOT OF INDUSTRIES, BECAUSE EVERYONE IS AFFECTED BY IT. THEY SAY, COST OF LIVING, NO MONEY, SORRY. THEY ARE ALSO AFFECTED BY THE COST OF LIVING. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TAX BREAKS FOR LANDLORDS, THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT THE GOVERNMENT COULD BE SPENDING ELSEWHERE. LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. E WHAI AKE NEI ` NEW ZEALANDERS ARE HEADING TO LESSER-KNOWN DESTINATIONS. ONE TRAVEL ADVISOR REVEALS WHAT WE'VE BEEN BOOKING. # I AM ON TOP OF THE WORLD. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THE PINCH MIGHT BE ON THE BACK POCKET FOR MANY NEW ZEALANDERS BUT THERE'S BEEN NO LET UP IN THE TRAVEL BUG FOR MANY KIWIS. AND THEY'RE NOT JUST HEADING ACROSS THE DITCH ` IT'S THE LESSER-KNOWN DESTINATIONS MAKING THE MAP. FOR WHAT'S HOT AND WHAT'S NOT, EVE LAWRENCE FROM INTREPID TRAVEL NEW ZEALAND JOINS US NOW. I AM FASCINATED BY WHAT COUNTS AS A LESSER-KNOWN DESTINATION. LESSER-KNOWN DESTINATIONS ARE COUNTRIES THAT ARE WELL-KNOWN, LIKE VIETNAM, MOROCCO, INDIA, BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT TRAVELLING TO THE MAJOR CITIES; THEY ARE DOING UNIQUE EXPERIENCES WITHIN COMMUNITIES INSTEAD. IS THIS A RECENT PHENOMENON ON? PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SITTING HOME FOR TWO YEARS AND THINKING, WHERE CAN I GO THAT NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE? I THINK IT IS DRIVEN BY THE FOCUS ON OVER TOURISM. WE HAVE PLACES IN NEW ZEALAND LIKE MILFORD SOUND, FOR EXAMPLE, SO PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING TO TRAVEL WITH MORE PURPOSE, RATHER THAN RESORT DESTINATIONS. SO THEY'RE DOING DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND HOLIDAYING DIFFERENTLY WHEN THEY GET TO THESE PLACES? DEFINITELY HOLIDAYING DIFFERENTLY. 10 TO 15 YEARS AGO, THEY MIGHT HAVE GONE TO A RESORT AND FLOPPED ON THE BEACH, READING A GOOD BOOK. NOW IT IS ABOUT HAVING THAT PURPOSE DRIVEN TRAVEL AND CREATING UNIQUE MEMORIES FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR TOP I DON'T WANT TO BE AGEIST, BUT IS THERE A PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHIC WE ARE SEEING THIS TREND FOR? WE ARE SEEING IT FOR ALL AGES. I WOULD SAY IT IS MORE PREVALENT FOR THE 50+ AGE BRACKET, BUT THERE ARE ALSO YOUNGER PEOPLE DOING IT. IN THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS, PEOPLE ARE SAYING, I CAN'T AFFORD TO DO MUCH. ARE THESE DESTINATIONS CHEAPER TO GET TO, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AS POPULAR? IT IS INTERESTING, BECAUSE 67% OF KIWIS ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS, AND 68% ARE WORRIED THEIR WAGES ARE NOT KEEPING UP. PEOPLE ARE PRIORITISING THEIR WAGES AND TRAVELLING TO ANOTHER LOCATION OVER BUYING LUXURY ITEMS FOR THEMSELVES AT HOME. WE ARE DEFINITELY SEEING A RISE, AT THE MOMENT, IT IS PEOPLE WITH THAT DISPOSABLE INCOME. BUT PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK ONCE THOSE PRICES START TO FALL. I HAVE SEEN FIRST HAND, INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK WILL SHOW YOU EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO THAT HAS EVER BEEN CREATED ABOUT A DESTINATION ONCE YOU HAVE CHOSEN IT. MY HUSBAND GOT INSTAGRAM INFLUENCED FOR A HOTEL, AND THE BOOKING TURNED OUT TO BE DOUBLE THE PRICE OF WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE SITE WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO FIND INFORMATION THAT YOU MAY NOT FIND IN A LONELY PLANET GUIDE, FOR EXAMPLE. SOCIAL MEDIA HAS ITS PLACE, BUT THOSE TEND TO BE IMPULSE PURCHASES. DO YOUR RESEARCH. LONG GONE ARE THE DAYS OF GETTING REALLY GREAT LAST MINUTE DISCOUNTS, ESPECIALLY WITH AIRLINES AND TRAVEL. BUT WITH A TOUR OPERATOR IF YOU WANT TO DO A TOUR. NOT JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE WE ARE A TOUR OPERATOR. BUT THEY HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH SUPPLIERS, SO THEY CAN GET A GOOD DEAL. SORRY, I AM JUST STILL GETTING OVER THE LOSS OF LAST-MINUTE DEALS. IT IS STILL BEST TO BOOK EARLY. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR PACK FOR 2024? I WOULD PICK CAMBODIA. WHY CAMBODIA? THERE ARE LOTS OF EXPERIENCES THAT YOU CAN DO. PEOPLE ARE ALSO INCREDIBLE. IT IS SOMEWHERE I'VE ALSO WANTED TO VISIT. IT IS ON MY LIST. HOPEFULLY MAKE IT THERE. THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS MORNING. WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT. I'VE NEVER BEEN TO CAMBODIA. IT'S NOT A DESTINATION I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT. HAVE YOU BEEN THERE? NO, I HAVEN'T. NOT TO CAMBODIA. IT IS ON THE LIST, BUT I FEEL I AM NOT GOING ANYWHERE ANYTIME SOON. SHE MENTIONED MOROCCO. WHILE BABY IS LITTLE, YOU CAN GO. PUT HER IN A SUITCASE. I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT MOROCCO. BUT CAMBODIA. IT IS GREAT. IT IS CLOSE TO THAILAND. IS THERE A CAMERA ON ME? OVER THE BORDER FROM THAILAND. INTERESTINGLY, THOUGH, JET STAR ARE DOING A SURVEY OF SINGLE PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND, AND THEY ARE BASICALLY LOOKING FURTHER AFIELD AND HAVING TO TRAVEL AND BASICALLY SAYING, WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE TO FIND ` EXPAND THE CHOICE. SOME VERY INTERESTING FINDINGS COMING UP. 80% OF PEOPLE WHO ANSWERED THE SURVEY ARE SAYING THEY CAN'T FIND SOMEONE HERE. PEOPLE ARE GOING DESTINATION HOLIDAYING TO FIND LOVE. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS WITH TRAVEL THAT PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING A ICKY. THEY FIND THAT PERSON, AND THEN BEING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, TAKING SHOES OFF ON THE PLANE AND REFUSING TO TRY A LOCAL CUISINE. SO IT COMES WITH ITS DRAWBACKS. WHY WOULD YOU GO TO CAMBODIA AND REFUSED TO TRY THE LOCAL CUISINE? WHAT I YOU DOING THERE? I DON'T KNOW. I AM FUSSY LIKE THAT. I WOULD PROBABLY TRY AND FIND A LOCAL FISH AND CHIP PLACE. FOR GOODNESS SAKE. I'M THINKING THE SHOES OFF THING. ON THE PLANE? YES. WHEN YOU ARE FLYING. I THINK IT IS OK ON A LONG HAUL FLIGHTS. IF IT IS LONGER THAN FIVE HOURS. BUT GOING FROM HERE TO WELLINGTON, IT IS NOT OK. I USED TO TAP PEOPLE ON THE HEAD AND SAY, CAN YOU PUT YOUR SHOES BACK ON, PLEASE? ON THE HEAD? THE GOOD THING ABOUT DOING THAT, THOUGH, TRAVELLING TO FIND SOMEONE, IS THAT YOU WILL QUICKLY FIND OUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT IF YOU ARE COMPATIBLE OR NOT, BECAUSE THESE ISSUES LIKE SHOES OFF ON PLANE COULD BE DEALBREAKERS. OH, I HAVE TO FIND THE LOCAL FISH AND CHIP SHOP EVERYWHERE WE GO. I CAN'T DO THAT. I AM GETTING TAPPED ON THE HEAD. SHOES OFF. THANKFULLY, DANIEL IS NO LONGER LOOKING AFTER THAT. I DID A GOOD JOB. 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 ` STAY WITH US. ON POLICE OFFICERS NOT GETTING PAID ENOUGH MONEY. # HOW WILL I KNOW IF HE REALLY LOVES ME? SOME POLICE OFFCIERS ARE STRUGGLING TO AFFORD TO LIVE, EVEN MOVING HOME, WITH THE POLICE ASSOCIATION CALLING OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S 'DEMORALISING' PAY OFFER. POLICE OFFICERS HARE REJECTED THE LATEST PAY OFFER FROM THE GOVERNMENT WHICH INCLUDES A $5000 PAY INCREASE BACKDATED TO NOVEMBER AND A 4% RISE IN SEPTEMBER AND ANOTHER NEXT YEAR. POLICE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT CHRIS CAHILL SAYS OFFICERS ARE BARELY GETTING BY WHILE THE GOVERNMENT WOULD RATHER GIVE LANDLORDS A TAX BREAK. I GOT REPORT YESTERDAY, THERE'S TWO OFFICERS, BOTH IN THE POLICE, WHO'VE HAD TO MOVE HOME TO LIVE WITH THEIR PARENTS SO THEY CAN GET RENTERS IN TO ACTUALLY PAY THEIR MORTGAGE. OTHERS THAT HAVE GOT $50 TO SPARE A FORTNIGHT AFTER PAYING THEIR MORTGAGE AND RATES, OTHERS WHO ARE PAYING THEIR RENT, GIVES THEM VERY LITTLE TO PAY. CAHILL SAYS THE GOVERNMENTS PAY OFFER IS LOWER THAN WHAT WAS PUT FORWARD BY THE PREVIOUS LABOUR GOVERNMENT, DESPITE NATIONAL PROMISING TO CRACK DOWN ON CRIME. DISPLACED PALESTINIANS IN GAZA SAY AN AID SHIP EN ROUTE FROM CYPRUS WILL DO LITTLE TO IMPROVE THEIR SITUATION. 200 TONNES OF AID IS ON BOARD THE SHIP, BUT AID AGENCIES AND DISPLACED PEOPLE ALIKE SAY IT'S JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET OF WHAT'S NEEDED. DISPLACED PEOPLE SAY THE VIOLENCE NEEDS TO STOP TO ALLOW ANY IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR LIVES. THE SHIP IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE OFF GAZA'S COAST IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. LEBANON SAYS AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN THE COUNTRY'S NORTH. ONE OF THE STRIKES REPORTEDLY DAMAGED A WAREHOUSE USED TO STORE FOOD. THE STRIKES MARK ANOTHER ESCALATION IN TENSION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HEZBOLLAH, WHICH IS SUPPORTIVE OF HAMAS IN GAZA. ISRAEL SAYS IN FIVE MONTHS OF ATTACKS ON LEBANON, IT'S KILLED 300 HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS. JUST DAYS AFTER ONE OF ITS AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A TECHNICAL FAULT THAT INJURED PASSENGERS ON ITS WAY TO AUCKLAND, THE SCRUTINY IS INTENSIFYING FOR PLANE MANUFACTURER BOEING AFTER REPORTS THE COMPANY FAILED DOZENS OF SAFETY TESTS. HERE'S THE ABC'S DEREK DENNIS. NEW CONCERNS ABOUT QUALITY CONTROL AT BOEING. AUDITS THE FAA CONDUCTED AFTER A DOOR PANEL BLEW OFF IN MID-FLIGHT ON THIS ALASKA AIRLINES PLANE IN JANUARY. INVESTIGATORS LATER FOUND FOUR BOLTS WERE MISSING. FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, THE FAA TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION TO INCREASE ITS OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUT SAFETY FIRST. THE FAA ALSO CONDUCTED 13 AUDITS OF BOEING'S SUPPLIER, SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS SEVEN REPORTEDLY RESULTED IN A FAILING GRADE. THE TIMES SAY DOCUMENTS SHOW THE FAA... BOEING RESPONDING OVERNIGHT, SAYING... SPIRIT SAYS THEY'LL ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND CONTINUE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE SAFETY WITH THE GOAL OF ZERO DEFECTS. THE ISSUES WITH BOEING ARE HAVING A RIPPLE EFFECT. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES IS FOLLOWING UNITED WITH A HIRING FREEZE. BOEING HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DELIVER PLANES ON TIME, FORCING IT TO TRIM ITS 2024 SCHEDULE. AND WE'LL SPEAK WITH AN AVIATION EXPERT ON BOEING'S ISSUES IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. TO SPORT, AND SOME OF THE WHITE FERN'S INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS HAVE STRUGGLED IN THE LATEST ROUND AS THE ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE EDGED THE MUMBAI INDIANS. AMELIA KERR'S MUMBAI SIDE STRUGGLED WITH THE BAT POSTING JUST 113 RUNS. SOPHIE DEVINE WAS OUT CHEAPLY FOR JUST FOUR, BUT HER ROYAL CHALLENGERS COMFORTABLY CLAIMED THE SEVEN-WICKET WIN. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OF YOU WITH SOME SHOWERS HERE AND THERE. THIS WILL CLEAR IN THE EVENING. A HIGH OF 25 IN RUSSELL AND WHITIANGA. 23 IN AUCKLAND. SOME SHOWERS IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. WHAKATANE, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 27. 26 IS THE HIGH ON TAURANGA. WITH SOME RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. 28 THE HIGH IN HASTINGS. HEADING SOUTH ` A FEW MORNING SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. SOME EARLY RAIN AND DRIZZLE FOR THOSE SOUTH OF THE REGION. THIS WILL TURN TO FINE IN THE AFTERNOON. HEADING SOUTH ` A FEW MORNING SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. MAINLY FINE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU AFTER MIDDAY. ASHBURTON, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 19 HERE. CHRISTCHURCH, YOUR HIGH AS 18. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` BLUES SKIES FOR THOSE AT THE OF THE REGION. HOWEVER, SOME SHOWERS TODAY FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. GORE, 14 AND 17 FOR MILFORD SOUND. 6:35. LOTS OF FEEDBACK FOLLOWING THE INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS CAHILL. ROGER HAS WRITTEN AND SAYING, OUR POLICE ARE IMPORTANT, NO QUESTION. THIS IS EXPOSING OUR INSECURITY IN THE WORKPLACE WHICH IS BEING VOICED FROM SO MANY ON THE FRONT LINE. NEW ZEALAND LOSS COULD BE AUSTRALIA'S GAIN. REMOVING GANG PATCHES AND PRIORITISING THIS POLICE PAY, SAYS IZZY, THEY DON'T COMPARE TO NURSES. THEY DON'T ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS. POLICE OFFICERS DO GO TO POLICE COLLEGES FOR TRAINING, BUT THEY DO CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER THOSE TWO YEARS, BUT YES YOU ARE RIGHT. THEY ARE GETTING PAID WHILE UP SKILLING. SONIA HAS WRITTEN AND, I AM WATCHING MORNING AFTER MORNING ABOUT A MYRIAD OF GOVERNMENT CUTTING SPENDING. I'M JUST REALLY WONDERING HOW NATIONAL, HOW THE GOVERNMENT, WHAT THEY ARE PRIORITISING AT THE MOMENT. AGAIN, THE PART THAT IS PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE COPS IS, YES, IT IS A COST OF LIVING CRISIS, BUT THEY ARE CHOOSING, SOME OF THEM, TO LEAVE NEW ZEALAND. WE HAVE DONE MANY INTERVIEWS ON THIS PROGRAM ABOUT HOW COPS, IS NOT ENOUGH OF THEM ON THE FRONTLINE IN CERTAIN TOWNS, SMALL TOWNS, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE LOSING THESE COPS TO OVERSEAS. THEIR MIND, DURING THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN, THERE WERE SO MUCH TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS OF POLICE OFFICERS. IF YOU GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY, WERE GOING TO BE TOUGH ON CRIME, YOU CAN'T SAY, WHO'S WITH ME, AND THERE IS NO ONE BEHIND YOU. IF YOU ARE GOING TO RECRUIT 500 COPS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS... ME U TONU MAI ` THE SUDDEN DROP OF THE LATAM AIRLINES FLIGHT INTO AUCKLAND HAS THRUST BOEING BACK INTO THE HEADLINES. ONE AVIATION EXPERT ANSWERS IF BOEING SHOULD BOW OUT OF THE MARKET. IT'S 6.41. AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER 'BOEING' IS AT THE CENTRE OF INTENSE SCRUTINY WITH ITS PRODUCTION PROCESSES UNDER INVESTIGATION AS SEVERAL PLANES EXPERIENCE MALFUNCTIONS. THE LATEST INCIDENT SAW 50 PEOPLE INJURED ON A LATAM AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM SYDNEY TO AUCKLAND WHEN THE BOEING 787-9 DREAMLINER WE SPOKE WITH AVIATION PROJECTS KEITH TONKIN ABOUT THE CONCERN THESE EVENTS ARE CAUSING IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PRETTY INTERESTING INCIDENTS RECENTLY AND THERE IS A LOT OF REPORTING AND I THINK THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME GENERAL CONCERNS AND REASONABLE CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THESE INCIDENTS ARE CONNECTED, AND PEOPLE ARE SPREADING THEIR WINGS AGAIN AFTER COVERT AND PEOPLE WANT TO BE SURE THEY ARE SAFE AND THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ARRIVE IN ONE PIECE. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR BOEING'S REPUTATION? THEY ARE ATTRACTING A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THEMSELVES AND FOR THE WRONG REASONS. THE SORTS OF OUTCOMES THAT THIS IS CAUSING FOR THEM, THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT HAVE NOW BEEN STARTED AND THE LEGAL TROUBLE THAT THEY ARE NOW BECOMING INVOLVED IN. THEY HAVE AUDITS AND INVESTIGATIONS IMPENDING, WHAT IS THE NEXT ACTION FOR BOEING WITH THIS VISION AND WILL IT HALT PRODUCTION? BOEING HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED BY THE FAA,M WITH THE DOOR PLUG ISSUE WITH THE M9 AIRCRAFT, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PROBLEMATIC RESPONSES. BOEING, SEEMINGLY, HAS NOT BEEN FULLY COOPERATING WITH ITS STAFF AND SO THAT HAS BEEN TROUBLING AS WELL WE KNOW THAT BOEING MAKE UP A MAJOR PART OF THE FLEET OF NZ. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE AVIATION INDUSTRY IS SAFE, MAKING SURE OUR PASSENGERS GET WHEN THEY NEED TO IN ONE PIECE. A LOT OF INCIDENTS ARE BEING REPORTED AT THE MOMENT, ON MOST DAYS IT'S RELATIVELY SIMPLE AND NOT CONNECTED, BUT BROADLY SPEAKING, BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE THAN USUAL, WE MIGHT HAVE SOME ELEVATED CONCERN, AND THE MAIN THING IS TO BE AWARE OF WHO YOU ARE TRAVELLING WITH AND WHAT SORT OF AIRCRAFT YOU ARE FLYING ON, AND THINK OF YOUR OWN SAFETY WHILE DOING THAT. WHAT THE INCIDENTS LIKE MONDAYS FLIGHT TO DO TO THE AIRLINES REPUTATION? HARM TO THE PASSENGERS, FIRST OF ALL. FROM GETTING TO THE AIRPORT TO MEETING YOUR LOVED ONES AT THE OTHER END. DOBBY INVESTIGATING VERY THOROUGHLY HOW THAT HAPPENED, AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN DO SOMETHING TO PREVENT IT IN THE FUTURE. SHOULD AIRLINES BE CONSIDERING SWITCHING MANUFACTURING COMPANIES, AND IF SO, WHO TO? AT THE MOMENT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT BOEING IS PROBABLY NOT RECEIVING AS MUCH INTEREST AS OTHER MANUFACTURERS ARE. UNLESS THERE IS A REALLY GOOD REASON FOR CHANGE, WE DON'T EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WHAT DO THESE INCIDENTS MEAN FOR AVIATION SAFETY OVER TIME? THE AVIATION INDUSTRY WILL BE REALLY HIGHLY REGULATED, AND THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE SYSTEM ITSELF ARE VERY STRONGLY FOCUSED ON ACHIEVING THOSE HIGH STANDARDS, AND SO WE DON'T EXPECT THAT THAT WILL CHANGE. THERE ARE JUST SOME INCIDENTS WHERE THAT STANDARD IS NOT ACHIEVED AND WE WILL TRY TO MAKE THAT RIGHT AGAIN. THAT IS KEITH TONKIN FROM AVIATION PROJECTS. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE CHIEF OMBUDSMAN'S BEEN FORCED TO RETIRE. SO HOW OLD IS TOO OLD TO HOLD DOWN A JOB? THAT'S NEXT. WHAT A QUESTION. # ONLY HUMAN # # AND IT FEELS LIKE SUMMER. DOES IT? DOES IT FILE SUMMER FOR AUCKLAND? MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS, EASING THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWESTERLIES, DYING OUT THIS EVENING. THOUGHT OF SUMMERY ` HIGH OF 23 DEGREES GOOD MORNING, HAMILTON. IT IS SO DARK THESE DAYS CLOUDY PERIODS. A FEW SHOWERS, MAINLY THIS MORNING. WESTERLIES DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON, DYING OUT THIS EVENING. HIGH OF 24 DEGREES. WELLINGTON LOOKING A BIT SHAKY THERE. BECOMING CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATE MORNING, EASING THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHERLIES, TURNING LIGHTER SOUTHERLY LATE MORNING. HIGH OF 20 DEGREES. COME IN, CHRISTCHURCH. MOSTLY CLOUDY. A FEW MORNING SHOWERS AND FINE SPELLS. IS THAT SNOW? NO, I THINK IT IS JUST SOME DRY GRASS. HIGH OF 90 DEGREES. THAT WAS A DEFINITIVE WEATHER REPORT, WASN'T IT? OH, I'M NOT SURE. OH, I GOT THE BEST ONE THIS MORNING. YEAH, BEAUTIFUL. DUNNER STUNNER ON THE WAY. LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD THIS EVENING. IT SAYS THERE IS A CHANCE OF A SHOWER, BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 17 DEGREES IS YOUR HIGH TODAY. AND FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, I LOVE THIS CAMERA. THIS IS A LIVE SHOT OF THE JELLYFISH INSIDE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM. JUST A FUN FACT ABOUT JELLYFISH ` ONE SPECIES MAY BE IMMORTAL. ONE SPECIES MAY BE ABLE TO CHEAT DEATH. FOUND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND THE WATERS OF JAPAN, THESE JELLYFISH CAN UNDERGO CELLULITE TRANS DIFFERENTIATION, WHATEVER THAT IS. ACTUALLY, NONE OF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. DOESN'T MATTER. IT JUST KEEPS REFORMING ITSELF. ACTUALLY, YOU CAN JUST WATCH THIS SHOT. I HAVE BEEN TO THAT AQUARIUM, AND IT IS A GIANT WALL. TALLER THAN YOU. IT IS FULL OF JELLYFISH SWIMMING AROUND. AMAZING. AND THEY HAVE SPECIAL LIGHTS THAT LIGHT THEM UP, SO YOU CAN SEE THEM PROPERLY AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE WATER. JELLYFISH ONLY LIVE FOR ABOUT A YEAR, SOME FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. NOT THESE ONES. THAT SET NOW ` SOME RICH PERSON WILL BE AFTER THE MEDITERRANEAN TO FIND THOSE JELLYFISH. WE ARE DONE FOR. IT IS OVER ROVER. AND IMAGINE BEING FORCED TO RETIRE FROM YOUR POST? CHIEF OMBUDSMAN PETER BOSHIER IS BEING FORCED TO RETIRE FROM HIS POST EARLY THIS WEEK. AN OMBUDSMAN MUST RETIRE AT THE AGE OF 72, UNDER THE OMBUDSMEN ACT 1975. HE TURNS 72 ON SATURDAY. HIS FORCED RETIREMENT IS RAISING QUESTIONS AROUND THE AGE OF RETIREMENT. FOR MORE WE'RE JOINED BY GEOFF PEARMAN, A SPECIALST IN THE FIELD OF AGE AND WORK. GOOD MORNING. MORENA, DANIEL. I AM A MAN WHERE RULES ARE RULES, BUT IN MY OPINION, THIS IS DONE. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT? I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. IT IS NOT JUST NA OMBUDSMAN; THE SAME CRITERIA APPLY TO JUDGES AND CORONERS. DO YOU AGREE WITH IT? NO. OBVIOUSLY NOT. BUT ONE OF THE STRANGE QUIRKS OF THIS IS THAT, WHILE THE ACT RELATING TO THE OMBUDSMAN IS CLOSE TO 50 YEARS OLD, YOU COULD SAY, IT WAS ATTITUDE AT THAT TIME, PARLIAMENT LAST LOOKED AT THE JUDGES ISSUE IN 2007. THERE WAS BARELY A WHIMPER ABOUT IT BEING DISCRIMINATORY. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT, BUT IS THERE ANY APPETITE TO DO THAT? I THINK THERE IS A WIDER ISSUE HERE, DANIEL, AND THAT WE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT NEW ZEALAND'S RETIREMENT AGE. THAT IS USED BY JOURNALISTS, POPULAR PRESS, IT IS USED BY EMPLOYERS, BY PEOPLE ON THE STREET. NEW ZEALANDERS DO NOT HAVE A RETIREMENT AGE. WHAT WE HAVE IS AN AGE OF ENTITLEMENT TO A PENSION. NOTHING CHANGES AFTER YOUR 65TH BIRTHDAY ` YOU GET A PENSION AND THE GOLD CARD. THAT IS IT. WE STILL TALK ABOUT THIS RETIREMENT AGE. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS ACTUALLY HAS EMPLOYERS THINK THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO RETIRE OR SHOULD RETIRE AT 65 IS THAT HAS PEOPLE THINKING, I SHOULD RETIRE AT 65, AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE. IS THIS DISCRIMINATORY, IN YOUR VIEW? I AM NOT A LAWYER, BUT I WOULD THINK IT IS A CONTRAVENTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE THINKING WAS AROUND PUTTING THIS RULE IN? I THINK IF YOU DO GO BACK TO THE EARLY 70S, WHAT ARE STILL PRESENT IS AGEISM AND THE VIEW THAT WE HAVE OF PEOPLE AS THEY AGE. THAT POSSIBLY, AS JUDGES, AS OMBUDSMAN AGE, THEN THEY MAY WELL LOSE THAT ABILITY TO EXERCISE JUDGEMENT. THE IRONIC THING IS IF YOU TRACK WHAT HAPPENS TO JUDGES WHEN THEY DO RETIRE, A NUMBER COME BACK AND LEAD ROYAL COMMISSIONS AND COMMISSIONS OF ENQUIRY. AND THERE IS NO QUESTION BY PARLIAMENT ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO EXERCISE JUDGEMENT. THERE IS NO MENTAL IMPAIRMENT, AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY ARE COMPETENT, ARE THEY? YES. MENTAL IMPAIRMENT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH AGE. IT DOESN'T MEAN SUDDENLY AT THE AGE OF 72, YOU LOSE THE ABILITY TO MAKE JUDGEMENT. MENTAL IMPAIRMENT HAS TO BE DEALT WITH IN THE WORKPLACE AS A HEALTH ISSUE, AS A SOCIAL ISSUE. DON'T DEAL WITH IT BY SIMPLY PUTTING A MANDATORY AGE THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. WHAT VALUES DO OLDER PEOPLE BRING TO THESE POSITIONS? I THINK WHAT THEY BRING IS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, A LOT OF INSIGHTS AND WISDOM, BUT THEY ALSO BRING THE NETWORKS THAT THEY'VE BUILT UP, AND IN THIS CASE, THE NETWORKS THEY BUILT UP INTERNATIONALLY. IF YOU LOOK AT A JUDGE OR AN OMBUDSMAN, THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM THAT HAS ACCUMULATED OVER TIME. AND THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE, SO THEY CAN'T DEVIATE. IT IS NOT AS IF THEY ARE GOING TO GO OFF TO THE SIDE. WE WON'T TALK ABOUT THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT THIS IS A CASE WHERE IT IS A HOT TOPIC IN THE USA AT THE MOMENT. HOW OLD IS TOO OLD TO BE A PRESIDENT? THERE IS NO AGE. IT IS ABOUT YOUR ABILITY TO DO THE JOB. PEOPLE WOULD ARGUE THAT THE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR THE PRESIDENT ARE NOT COMPETENT, WOULD YOU HAVE A VIEW ON THAT? I DO. I THINK THAT IS THE DISCUSSION. ARE THEY ABLE TO DO THE JOB/ AND IF YOU COME BACK INTO THE WORKPLACE, IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THE JOB THEY ARE IN, WHAT JOB ARE THEY ABLE TO DO? YES.. DON'T FORCE YOUR PEOPLE INTO RETIREMENT. SIT DOWN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, WHAT IS THE CONTRIBUTION YOU WANT TO MAKE? THIS IS PARTICULARLY THE CASE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED IN VERY PHYSICALLY DEMANDING JOB. THEIR BODY MAY WELL BE BREAKING DOWN, BUT THEY ARE STILL ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE IN DIFFERENT WAYS. AS A SOCIETY, WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. WE STILL HAVE THOSE SKILLS SHORTAGES. PREACH. I AM LOVING THIS DISCUSSION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ON BREAKFAST. I TOTALLY AGREE. I DON'T THINK IT IS ABOUT ` IF OUR KAUMATUA GET TO A CERTAIN AGE, THEY CAN STILL PASS ON WHATEVER KNOWLEDGE THEY HAD TO WHOEVER IS COMING INTO THEIR ROLES OR ONTO THE NEXT GENERATION. IN TERMS OF US POLITICS, THAT SPEAKS MORE ABOUT THE POLITICAL SYSTEM. ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE SHORT TERM LIMITS, SO THE MOST YOU WILL GET IS EIGHT YEARS. YOU CAN PRESS THE RED BUTTON A COUPLE OF TIMES. I AGREE, JENNY MAY. JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A CERTAIN AGE, IF YOU ARE STILL COMPETENT, YOU ARE STILL ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH THE JOB WAS NOT LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. HOW OLD IS TOO OLD? BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. NEW SPEED BUMPS AND BOLLARDS HAVE JUST BEEN INSTALLED IN CHRISTCHURCH'S ARANUI, BUT $2.6 MILLION LATER AND THE RESIDENTS ARE OUTRAGED. WE'LL FIND OUT WHY WITH THE LOCAL RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB SECRETARY AND A COUNCILLOR SHORTLY. LABOUR HAS SLAMMED THE GOVERNMENT'S PAY OFFER TO POLICE, SAYING THEY ARE ASKING THEM TO DO MORE WITHOUT PAYING THEM TO DO SO. HOWEVER, LABOUR'S OFFER WAS ALSO REJECTED LAST YEAR. SO IS THEIR CRITICISM HYPOCRISY? WE'LL ASK LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS IN 20 MINUTES. AND THINGS ARE REALLY HEATING UP ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING. THE NEW ZEALAND HOTTEST CHILLI CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE COMING UP. SO WE'VE SENT OUT NELSON REPORTER JESS RODEN WHAT A HOSPITAL PASS THIS WAS TO SEE IF SHE CAN HANDLE THE HEAT. THAT'S COMING UP A LITTLE LATER. BUT FOR NOW, IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. THANKS, TEAM. THE POLICE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT IS EXPECTING SOME 'UNCOMFORTABLE' DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PRIME MINISTER FOLLOWING THE REJECTION OF THE LATEST PAY OFFER. POLICE OFFICERS HAVE REJECTED AN OFFER FROM THE GOVERNMENT WHICH INCLUDES A $5000 PAY INCREASE BACKDATED TO NOVEMBER AND A 4% RISE IN SEPTEMBER AND ANOTHER NEXT YEAR. NEW ZEALAND POLICE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT CHRIS CAHILL SAYS THIS COMES AFTER THE GOVERNMENT IS EXPECTING POLICE TO STEP UP. 'WE'RE GONNA CRACK DOWN ON THE GANGS, WE'RE GONNA SHUT THE YOUTH 'CRIME DOWN, WE'RE GONNA LOWER THE ROAD TOLL' ` ALL THESE THINGS ARE PUTTING MORE DEMAND ON OFFICERS. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK HARDER, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK LONGER. WELL, THERE'S A QUID-PRO-QUO TO THAT AND THAT IS FOR HIM TO GO BACK TO THE MINISTER OF FINANCE` PRIME MINISTER AND GET US A BETTER PACKAGE. NEW ZEALAND OFFICERS ARE ALSO BEING LURED TO AUSTRALIA, WHERE THEY'RE OFFERED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS MORE. AN AID SHIP LOADED WITH FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES HAS FINALLY DEPARTED FOR GAZA. THE SHIP HAD SPENT DAYS IN PORT IN CYPRUS WHILE PREPARATIONS WERE MADE FOR ITS ARRIVAL OFF THE COAST OF THE BESIEGED TERRITORY. IT'S NOW EN ROUTE, AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET TO GAZA. 200 TONNES OF AID IS ON BOARD. CONTROVERSIAL INFLUENCER ANDREW TATE AND HIS BROTHER HAVE APPEARED IN A ROMANIAN COURT AFTER AN ARREST WARRANT WAS ISSUED IN THE U.K. THE PAIR ARE ACCUSED OF A RANGE OF SEXUAL OFFENCES. THEY DENY ALL THE ALLEGATIONS. THE COURT IN BUCHAREST HAS POSTPONED A DECISION ON THE ARREST WARRANT AND THE BROTHERS REMAIN IN CUSTODY. ROMANIAN AUTHORITIES ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING THE TATES OVER ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, RAPE AND GANG ACTIVITY. AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER BOEING IS FACING MOUNTING SCRUTINY AFTER ANOTHER ONE OF ITS PLANES EXPERIENCED A MALFUNCTION THIS WEEK. MONDAY'S LATAM AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM SYDNEY TO AUCKLAND SAW 50 PEOPLE INJURED WHEN THE BOEING 787 DREAMLINER DROPPED MIDAIR. THE COMPANY IS ALREADY UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR ITS PRODUCTION PROCESSES, WITH NEW REPORTS IT FAILED DOZENS OF SAFETY TESTS. AN AVIATION EXPERT SAYS THERE IS REASONABLE CONCERN ABOUT RECENT INCIDENTS. I THINK BOEING IS DEFINITELY ATTRACTING A LOT OF ATTENTION TO ITSELF AND FOR THE WRONG REASONS, MOSTLY, BECAUSE OF ALL THE ISSUES IN THE DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED AND THE SORTS OF OUTCOMES THAT ARE CAUSING GRIEF FOR THEM AND THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT HAVE NOW BEEN STARTED AND THE LEGAL TROUBLE THAT IT HAS NOW BECOME INVOLVED IN. BOEING SAYS IT IS WORKING TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LATAM AIRLINES FLIGHT. ROCKETLAB'S COMPLETED ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH FROM ITS COMPLEX ON THE MAHIA PENINSULA EARLY THIS MORNING. IT'S THE SPACE COMPANY'S THIRD LAUNCH OF THE YEAR AND 45th ELECTRON ROCKET LAUNCH. THE MISSION, NAMED 'OWL NIGHT LONG', WILL DELIVER A RADAR SATELLITE FOR A JAPANESE EARTH IMAGING COMPANY TO ORBIT. KIWI COACHES ARE SLOWLY TAKING HOLD OF SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE RUGBY, WITH TONY BROWN STARTING HIS SPRINGBOK TENURE. THE NEW LOOK SOUTH AFRICAN COACHING STAFF FRONTED MEDIA FOR THE FIRST TIME. BROWN'S ADDITION TO THE SPRINGBOKS STAFF MEANS THERE IS NOW A NEW ZEALAND COACH WITH EVERY RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. AS SOON AS HE RUNG ME, I SAID YES AND I GOT SO MUCH RESPECT FOR WHAT HE'S DONE WITH SOUTH AFRICA THAT I'M JUST EXCITED TO COME IN AND BE A PART OF IT. WATCH HIM OPERATE, LEARN FROM HIM. LEARN FROM ALL THE OTHER COACHES. THE NEW LOOK SPRINGBOKS WILL FACE WALES IN THEIR FIRST OUTING AND FINALLY, QUEEN CAMILLA'S BEEN ROYALLY AMUSED UPON MEETING HER LIKENESS IN DOLL FORM. THE DOLL WAS MADE TO MARK INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY WHICH WAS LAST WEEK. THE QUEEN HOSTED A FUNCTION AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE DURING WHICH SHE WAS PRESENTED WITH THE 'QUEEN CAMILLA BARBIE'. SHE JOKED THAT THE DOLL MANUFACTURERS HAD TAKEN '50 YEARS OFF HER LIFE' ` SO NO NEED FOR PHOTOSHOP THEN. STOP IT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OF YOU WITH SOME SHOWERS HERE AND THERE. THIS WILL CLEAR IN THE EVENING. A HIGH OF 25 IN RUSSELL AND WHITIANGA. 23 WITH SHOWERS THIS MORNING IN AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. IT'S A PARTLY CLOUDY ONE FOR ALL OF YOU. SOME SHOWERS IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. WHAKATANE, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 27. 26 IN TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT OF CLOUD THIS MORNING. PACK YOUR BROLLY ` THIS WILL INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. 28 THE HIGH IN HASTINGS. AND 27 FOR GISBORNE AND NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY THROUGH HERE WITH A FEW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT. STRONG NORTHERLIES IN WELLINGTON. 24 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARANUI. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` PRETTY AVERAGE. SOME EARLY RAIN AND DRIZZLE FOR THOSE SOUTH OF THE REGION. THEN, HELLO, SUNSHINE AFTERNOON. 18 DEGREES ON THE WEST COAST. HEADING SOUTH ` A FEW MORNING SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. MAINLY FINE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU AFTER MIDDAY. ASHBURTON, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 19 HERE. AND 17 AND CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON FOR TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` BLUES SKIES FOR THOSE AT THE OF THE REGION. HOWEVER, SOME SHOWERS TODAY FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. 14 DEGREES IN GORE. LOOKING ALL GOOD, THOUGH, FROM MILFORD SOUND TO DUNEDIN. CLEAR AND A HIGH OF 17 DEGREES. THANKS, CHRIS. THERE'S A WHOLE LOAD OF NEW BUMPS AND BOLLARDS IN CHRISTCHURCH'S ARANAUI, AND THEIR ARRIVAL APPEARS TO HAVE HIT A FEW BUMPS WITH THE RESIDENTS TOO. THE PROJECT 90% OF WHICH WAS FUNDED BY WAKA KOTAHI IS COSTING $2.6m. IT'S CAUSED INCONVENIENCES TO OUR NEXT GUEST. FIONA FA'AMOE IS THE EASTERN EAGLES RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB SECRETARY, AND SHE JOINS ME THIS MORNING. MORENA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. HAVE I GOT YOUR NAME RIGHT, FIONA? FINA. SORRY, FINA. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. WHAT SORT OF ISSUE ARE THESE BOLLARD'S CAUSING. THEY HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE FEBRUARY. THEY CAME UP ON 20 FEBRUARY. I NOTICED THEM THE NEXT MORNING ON 21 FEBRUARY. SO, YEAH. NOT REALLY GOOD. THE CLUB HAS BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME, I SUSPECT. WAS ANYBODY ACTUALLY CONSULTED FROM THE CLUB? NO. NOBODY WAS CONSULTED FROM THE CLUB WAS NOT THE ONLY ISSUE WE HAVE IS THAT THEY HAVE BLOCKED OFF, THEY'VE PUT THEM UP JUST ON THE SIDE, BEHIND ME DOWN THERE, WHICH LIMITS OUR PARKING FOR OUR VISITORS AND ALSO OTHER COMMUNITY USERS WHO USE THE HALL WHICH IS ACROSS FROM ME ON THE LEFT. THESE THINGS HAVE GONE UP, AND THEY HAVE TAKEN UP HOW MANY CAR PARKS? ABOUT 20 CAR PARKS ON HAMPSHIRE STREET. AND WE HAVE TWO OTHER CAR PARKS, BUT ONE IS A SMALL ONE, AND WONDERS FOR THE COMMUNITY HALL. THAT IS AN ISSUE, RIGHT, IN ITSELF. WHAT HAPPENS ON SATURDAY? SATURDAY, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE PARKING ON THE GRASS OR THEY WILL GO THROUGH THE BOLLARDS. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED PEOPLE WHO TURN UP TO PLAY LEAGUE, TO PLAY SPORT, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, DEFINITELY. AND WHEN WE HAVE COMMUNITY EVENTS AS WELL. SO IT DOESN'T JUST AFFECT OUR CLUB; IT ALSO AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY WHEN THEY HAVE EVENTS AT THE PARK. AND NO DOUBT IT WILL BE CHAOS, BECAUSE ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN AROUND ANY FIELDS ON THE WEEKEND WHEN THERE IS FULL-TIME, THERE IS COUSIN PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. WHAT HAVE OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACTUALLY SAID TO YOU ABOUT THE ISSUE THAT THESE BOLLARDS ARE CAUSING? THEY SAID THEY WANT TO BOTHER THEM OVER AND GET RID OF THEM. THEY UNDERSTAND THE SAFETY OF THE BOLLARD, BUT THEY ALSO DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE BLOCKING PARKING WHICH IS FOR OUR CLUB AND PARK USERS. SO THAT IS THEIR MAIN CONCERN WAS THE PARKING ` WHERE IS EVERYBODY SUPPOSED TO PARK? FINA, I DON'T KNOW THAT AREA, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THOSE BOLLARDS ARE THERE TO TRAIN KEEP THE KIDS SAFE WITH THE SCHOOL THAT IS NOT FAR FROM WHERE THE CLUBBERS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU? YES. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT IN SAYING THAT, THE BOLLARD'S ARE A BIT TOO WIDE ON THE RIGHT. LEFT COULD HAVE PUT THEM ON THE FOOTPATH. IT IS JUST A BIT DANGEROUS. BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN. BUT OUR MAIN CONCERN WAS THE PARKING FOR OUR CLUB USERS AND CLUB VISITORS AND COMMUNITY USES AS WELL. HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNSEL AT ALL? NO. THERE IS A MEETING ON THURSDAY. SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF. THAT MEETING ON THURSDAY, WHAT I YOU EXPECTING TO HAPPEN THEN? THAT WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING TO HAVE THEIR SAY ABOUT THE BOLLARD AND THE SPEED BUMPS IN THE AREA THEY HAVE BEEN PUT UP. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE COMING DOWN. THEY WILL BE HELD HERE AT WAINONI PARK. SO WE ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE COME AND HAVE THEIR SAY ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THE BOLLARD'S AND SPEED BUMPS. FINA, YOU'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO HAVE YOUR SAY. KELLY BARBER COMING ON JUST AFTER YOU. IT'S EVERYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY? I THINK I MIGHT SAVE IT FOR THE MEETING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR TV. THERE ARE ENOUGH. HEY, FINA, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING AND GETTING UP EARLY AND BEING OUTSIDE TO BE WITH US ON THE TELLY. YOU'VE SPOKEN ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AS WE SAY, OVER 90% OF THE BUMPS AND BOLLARDS ARE BEING FUNDED BY WAKA KOTAHI, AND THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL IS RELATIVELY POWERLESS. COUNCILLOR KELLY BARBER HAS BEEN BUSY SPEAKING TO AFFECTED RESIDENTS AND PLANS TO TAKE THAT FEEDBACK BACK TO THE TRANSPORT AGENCY. HE JOINS ME THIS MORNING. MORENA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE? HAVE THE COMMUNITY BEEN CONSULTED PROPERLY ON THIS? WELL, TO MY MIND, IT COULD BE A LOT BETTER, JENNY MAY. THIS PART OUTSIDE IN HAMPSHIRE STREET OUTSIDE THE PARK IS ACTUALLY PART OF A BIGGER PROJECT WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY DESIGNED TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN AT SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS. THERE ARE SOME PECULIAR LITTLE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON AT THE HAMPSHIRE STREET SHOPS. PEOPLE USED TO PARK ON THE ROAD WAS SO IT HAS BEEN BOLLARDED OFF IF YOU LIKE. IT IS NOT THAT AESTHETICALLY APPEALING. THERE HAS BEEN WORKED UNDER OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS. THE PART THAT FINA IS TALKING ABOUT, I TEND TO AGREE WITH HER. THIS IS INSET PARKING THAT WAS SORT OF OFF THE ROAD TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN PULL THEIR CARS OFF THE ROAD. IT IS QUITE A NARROW ROAD ANYWAY. BUT, REALLY, THIS IS JUST PART OF A WIDER PROJECT TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN IN THE AREA AND MAKE IT SAFER FOR KIDS. WAKA KOTAHI, AS YOU MENTIONED FUNDED AT 10%. THE COUNCIL FUNDED SOME OF IT TOO. WHY WOULDN'T YOU TAKE FREE MONEY? LOCALS WERE ASKED, WHERE DO YOU NOT FEEL SAFE AND WHAT IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE MADE? AND THEY HAD A SERIES OF DESIGN JAMS. BUT I THINK IT IS GREAT TO CONSULT WITH THE KIDS, BUT THERE ARE ALSO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT NEED TO BE CONSULTED. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT IT, BECAUSE RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR ANSWER, YOU SAID THAT YOU DON'T THINK THAT PROCESS MAY HAVE BEEN HANDLED ...PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN CONSULTED WIDELY. IS THAT THE CASE? THE VAST MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS DIDN'T ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT ANYTHING HAPPENING UNTIL THE BOLLARD WENT UP. THERE IS A SITUATION ON ANOTHER ROAD NOT FAR FROM THERE. THERE WAS CONSULTATION DONE ABOUT PUTTING A CYCLEWAY ON EITHER SIDE. COUNCIL STAFF WENT DOWN THERE AND ASKED THE QUESTION, DO YOU WANT CHILDREN TO BE SAFE TRAVELLING TO SCHOOL ON THEIR BIKES? WHO IS NOT GOING TO SAY YES? I WAS ASKED BY THE ARANUI COMMUNITY TRUST INCORPORATED SOCIETY WERE AT THE HEART OF JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING GOOD THAT HAPPENS AT THIS COMMUNITY. THEY SAID, GO DOWN AND CHAT TO THE RESIDENTS. I WENT DOWN FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AND KNOCKED ON DOORS. PEOPLE WERE GOBSMACKED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO LOSE OVER 100 PARKS AROUND THEIR HOUSES. FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY WITH LONG DRIVEWAYS AND HOUSES WITHOUT A PEOPLE, IT IS A REAL PROBLEM FOR THEM. IT SEEMS MY BONE, ACTUALLY, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN A PROPER CONSULTATION PROCESS THAT HAS HAPPENED HERE. WELL, I DO WANT TO ASK` SORRY, YOU GO. IT IS GETTING THERE. AS A RESULT OF THAT FEEDBACK, OUR COMMUNITY BOARD ASKED FOR THAT PORTION ` THE TAKING OF 105 PARKS ` TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THEIR PROJECT. THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER MODIFICATIONS. THERE IS ST JAMES SCHOOL JUST AROUND THE CORNER WHICH WANTED A CROSSING, BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT THEIR DROP-OFF AND PICKUP ZONE TAKEN AWAY AND BOLLARDED OFF TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN. THAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED. IT IS SLOWLY GETTING THERE. THAT BOLLARD IS THERE NOW. JUST TO WRAP UP OUR CONVERSATION, THERE IS A HUI HAPPENING TOMORROW.. WHAT CAN HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF THAT? THERE IS ALREADY A LOT OF MONEY THAT HAS BEEN POURED INTO THIS? I SUSPECT THAT WAKA KOTAHI ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE THOSE OUT. SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? THAT IS THE DEFAULTS, JENNY MAY, TO TAKE THOSE OUT. IT IS A LOT OF MONEY. I THINK SOMETHINGS WILL PROBABLY END UP STAYING, BUT WE WILL FIND OUT FROM THE PEOPLE. THERE IS A SEPARATE CONSULTATION. THE COUNCIL STAFF WILL ALSO BE THERE. THEY ARE CORROBORATING EVERY THING THAT IS SAID. THE THING ABOUT THE ARANUI COMMUNITY AS THEY ARE NOT AFRAID TO CALL BULLSHIT WHEN THEY SEE IT. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THERE WILL BE SOME GOOD RESULTS FROM THIS. AS A WASTE OF MONEY ` $2.6 MILLION AND THEY ARE GOING TO PULL THE BOLLARD IS OUT? IS IT A WASTE OF MONEY? I THINK SOME OF THE TEST. IT WILL DEPEND WHAT THE PEOPLE THINK. OBVIOUSLY YOU SAW CHATTING TO LOCALS, AND ONE LADY SAID, I AM REALLY HAPPY WITH THOSE. THAT IS ONE OPINION. IT IS TAXED THAT MONEY, NOT RATEPAYER. WE SO APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS MORNING. TENA KOE. E HAERE AKE NEI ` SOMEONE WHOSE ALSO HAD TO NAVIGATE HIS FAIR SHARE OF BUMPS IS CHRIS HIPKINS. HE'S WITH US NEXT. # EVERY NOW AND THEN, YOU REMIND ME. 'IT'S NOT ONLY INSULTING, IT'S EMBARRASSING, A KICK IN THE GUTS 'AND AN ABSOLUTE JOKE.' POLICE OFFICERS ARE CLEARLY NOT HAPPY WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S LATEST PAY OFFER. LABOUR WAS QUICK TO HOP ON THE BAND WAGON SAYING POLICE WERE BEING ASKED TO BE DOING MORE FOR LESS. BUT THEIR OFFER WAS ALSO REJECTED WHEN LABOUR WAS IN POWER. SO WHAT DOES HE MAKE OF THE MESS POLICE PAY IS IN NOW? AN OFFER THAT WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY BETTER. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS JOINS ME THIS MORNING. MR HIPKINS, POLICE ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT HAPPY WITH THIS PAYOFF, BUT THEY WEREN'T HAPPY WITH YOURS EITHER, SO HOW MUCH RESPONSE ABILITY DO YOU TAKE FOR THIS? THEY PROBABLY WAITED UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION TO CONTINUE, THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT CLEARLY HAVE THE WRONG PRIORITIES. THEY BASICALLY ARE BETTING THE FARM ON TAX CUTS AND ULTIMATELY NEW ZEALAND CANNOT PAY THAT PRICE. IT'S TALK ABOUT THE PRICE IN A MOMENT. THE DEAL ON OFFER IS A LITTLE WORSE THEN THEY SAY THAT LABOUR OFFERED, BUT THEY DID REJECT YOUR OFFER. WITH A GREEDY WHEN THEY REJECTED THE OFFER? KNOW, LIKE I SAID AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT IT WAS A FAIR OFFER. THEY REJECTED IT SO WE GOT AROUND THE TABLE. I NEVER THOUGHT THAT GETTING AROUND HIS TABLE WOULD BE BEING PRESENTED WITH A WORSE OFFER. THEY CAN'T TAKE INDUSTRIAL ACTION, BUT SHOULD THEY BE ABLE TO? PLEASE HAVE A THING CALLED FINAL OFFER ARBITRATION, WHICH MEANS THAT ULTIMATELY, IF AN AGREEMENT CAN'T BE REACHED, IT GETS TAKEN OUT OF THE POLICE UNION AND THE GOVERNMENT, AND AN INDEPENDENT PANEL WILL CHOOSE WHO THEY THINK IS BEING MORE REASONABLE. THE PLACE WILL PUT FORM THEIR FINAL CLAIM AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL PUT FORWARD THEIR FINAL OFFER, THE PANEL WILL CHOOSE WHO HAS BEEN MOST REASONABLE. THERE IS A SAFEGUARD IN THERE THAT MEANS THAT POLICE CAN'T BE WAITED OUT, AND ULTIMATELY THEY WILL GET THE FERROUS STEEL AS A RESULT OF THAT. THAT IS REASSURING TO THE PUBLIC, BUT POLICE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY CANNOT TAKE INDUSTRIAL ACTION. SO HOW ARE YOU RAISING THAT? I THINK IT'S RIGHT THAT THEY CANNOT. IT WOULD LEAVE OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY VULNERABLE AND UNSAFE, AND THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC WILL BE PAYING THE PRICE FOR THAT. ULTIMATELY, ARBITRATION WOULD BE THE COMPROMISE AND WOULD GIVE THEM A GOOD DEAL, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT IF THE GOVERNMENT IS BEING UNREASONABLE, THE POLICE WILL BE GRANTED A PAYOFF AS IT NEVER COULD LIVE MORE THAN WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS OFFERING THEM. WHEN I ASKED YOU ABOUT LABOURS OFFER, YOU SAID THERE WERE WAITING TO SEE NATIONALS OFFER. DO YOU THINK POLICE MADE A MISTAKE IN WAITING FOR NATIONALS OFFER? THAT IS UTIMATELY A QUESTION FOR THEM. BUT DO YOU THINK THAT WAS MISTAKE? I THINK IT JUST SHOWS THAT THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT HAS GOT THEIR PRIORITIES ALL WRONG. I THINK IT WAS JUST ALL SLOGANS AND RHETORIC. THE BANK BALANCE IS NOT LOOKING INCREDIBLY GOOD AT THE MOMENT. THAT'S JUST ABSOLUTE HOGWASH. LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN SPENDING MONEY ON ALREADY. $900 MILLION A YEAR ON TAX BREAKS AND LANDLORDS. TAX BREAKS WILL MAKE LANDLORDS MILLIONAIRES, SO WHEN THEY'RE SAYING, SORRY POLICE NO MONEY FOR YOU, BUT WERE GOING TO HAND OUT $900 MILLION TO MEGA LANDLORDS, THERE WAS GOING TO RING A BIT HOLLOW. CAN YOU PUT ON THE TABLE TODAY THAT YOU WOULD OFFER POLICE OFFICERS A BETTER DEAL THERE LAST YEAR? CAN YOU PROMISE THAT? THE REALITY IS THAT I CAN PROMISE ANYTHING AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE I AM NOT IN GOVERNMENT, I HOPE THIS ISN'T TOO TRICKY A QUESTION PETER BOSHIER IS BEING FORCED TO RESIGN, HAPPY 72ND BIRTHDAY TO HIM. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD BE FORCED TO RETIRE. I THINK HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AS THE OMBUDSMAN. I HOPE HE IS ABLE TO CONTINUE IN THAT ROLE. HOW LONG DO YOU PLAN TO STAY IN POLITICS? WHILE, I'M A LONG WAY OFF 72. I'M QUITE HAPPILY STILL IN MY MID-40S I HAVE PINNED ELECTED ME YET. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHRIS HIPKINS, LABOUR LEADER JOINING ME FROM WELLINGTON THIS MORNING. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, WE WILL GET TO MORE OF YOUR FEEDBACK. STAY WITH US. I THINK SO. WE'LL SEE YOU SOON. (POP MUSIC( WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THE POLICE ASSOCIATION SAYS 'OFFICERS' HANDS ARE TIED' WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING ACTION ON THE LATEST PAY OFF FROM THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN LABELLED 'INSULTING'. POLICE OFFICERS HAVE REJECTED THE OFFER, WHICH INCLUDES A $5000 PAY INCREASE BACKDATED TO NOVEMBER, AND A 4% RISE IN SEPTEMBER AND ANOTHER NEXT YEAR. POLICE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT CHRIS CAHILL SAYS OFFICERS CAN'T STRIKE, BUT THEY WILL TAKE ACTION. STOP ISSUING SPEEDING TICKETS AND ONLY ISSUE WARNINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ALL THOSE ARE SEEN AS INDUSTRIAL ACTION AND AREN'T LEGAL FOR US TO DO. WE'RE QUITE LIMITED WHEN IT COMES TO INDUSTRIAL MATTERS, BUT DON'T THINK WE'RE LIMITED IN VOICING HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THIS. THAT'S THE HEAT WE INTEND TO KEEP ON THE MINISTER, SO HE'S GOING BACK TO HIS CABINET TO GET A BETTER OFFER. POLICE MINISTER MARK MITCHELL SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BARGAIN FOR POLICE BUT IT'S A TOUGH ECONOMY. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS NATIONAL ISN'T DELIVERING ON ITS PROMISES. THEY REJECTED THE OFFER THAT WE HAD PUT FORWARD AND ENDED UP WITH AN OFFER FROM THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT WHICH IS WORSE IN THE ONE THEY PROJECTED FROM US. I THINK THAT SHOWS A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT HAVE THEIR PRIORITIES WRONG. THE PROMISE RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION WAS ALL RHETORIC. A FRUSTRATED RESIDENT IN THE CHRISTCHURCH SUBURB OF ARANUI HAS BEEN LEFT SHOCKED BY THE REMOVAL OF AROUND A DOZEN CAR PARKS REPLACED BY BOLLARDS. HUNDREDS OF NEW BOLLARDS WERE INSTALLED TWO WEEKS AGO AS PART OF A PROJECT LED BY THE NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY. FINA FA'AMOE DESCRIBES THE SITUATION AS A 'NIGHTMARE' WITH ONLY TWO CAR PARKS NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE USING WAINONI PARK ON A SATURDAY MORNING. NOBODY WAS CONSULTED FROM THE CLUB. THE ONLY ISSUE WE HAVE IS THAT THEY'VE BLOCKED OFF` THEY'VE JUST PUT THEM UP JUST ON THE SIDE BEHIND ME DOWN THERE, WHICH LIMITS OUR PARKING FOR OUR VISITORS AND ALSO OTHER COMMUNITY USERS WHO USE THE COMMUNITY HALL WHICH IS JUST ACROSS FROM ME ON MY LEFT. CITY COUNCILLOR KELLY BARBER TOLD BREAKFAST COUNCIL COULD HAVE DONE BETTER, AND HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF IN-DEPTH CONSULTATION. THE CHIEF OMBUDSMAN HAS BEEN FORCED TO RETIRE DUE TO AN ALMOST 50 YEAR OLD LAW, CHIEF OMBUDSMAN PETER BOSHIER WILL BE MADE TO RETIRE WITH A 49-YEAR-OLD LAW PROHIBITING HIM FROM KEEPING HIS POST. HE TURNS 72 THIS SATURDAY. A SPECIALST IN THE FIELD OF AGE AND WORK SAYS NEW ZEALAND HNEEDS TO RE-ADJUST THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF SO-CALLED 'RETIREMENT AGE'. NEW ZEALAND DOES NOT HAVE A RETIREMENT AGE. WHAT WE HAVE IS AN AGE OF ENTITLEMENT TO AN AGE PENSION, AND THAT'S 65, BUT NOTHING ELSE CHANGES ON YOUR 65TH BIRTHDAY. YOU GET THE PENSION AND YOU GET A GOLD CARD. PEARMAN SAYS MENTAL ABILITY SHOULD BE DEALT WITH AS A HEALTH ISSUE, NOT AN AGE ISSUE. DISPLACED PALESTINIANS IN GAZA SAY 200 TONNES OF AID EN ROUTE FROM CYPRUS WILL DO LITTLE TO IMPROVE THEIR SITUATION. AID AGENCIES AND DISPLACED PEOPLE ALIKE SAY IT'S JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET OF WHAT'S NEEDED. DISPLACED PEOPLE SAY THE VIOLENCE NEEDS TO STOP TO ALLOW ANY IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR LIVES. THE SHIP IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE OFF GAZA'S COAST IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. A ROMANIAN COURT HAS APPROVED THE EXTRADITION OF CONTROVERSIAL INFLUENCER ANDREW TATE AND HIS BROTHER. AN ARREST WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR THE PAIR IN THE UK FOR A RANGE OF ALLEGED SEXUAL OFFENCES. THE ROMANIAN COURT RULED THE BROTHERS CAN BE RETURNED TO BRITAIN TO FACE CHARGES, BUT ONLY AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN TRIED ON SIMILAR CHARGES IN ROMANIA, AND IF FOUND GUILTY, AFTER ANY PRISON TIME. THE BROTHERS DENY ANY WRONGDOING. TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED DEAD AFTER AN EXPLOSION COMPLETELY DESTROYED A HOUSE IN THE U.S. CITY OF PITTSBURGH. IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT CAUSED THE BLAST, WHICH WAS HEARD KILOMETRES AWAY FROM THE SCENE. TWO OTHER HOMES IN THE RURAL AREA WERE DAMAGED. A FOUR-MEMBER CREW FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HAS SAFELY SPLASHED BACK DOWN TO EARTH AFTER A SIX-MONTH DEPLOYMENT TO THE ORBITING OUTPOST. THE CREW, FROM THE U.S., JAPAN, RUSSIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION RETURNED TO EARTH WITH TIME SENSITIVE MATERIAL FOR RESEARCH. IT TOOK JUST OVER A DAY FOR THE CAPSULE TO MAKE THE TRIP FROM SPACE. TO SPORT, AND NETBALL NEW ZEALAND IS EYEING A POTENTIAL BID FOR THE 2031 WORLD CUP. WORLD NETBALL DECLINED NEW ZEALAND'S BID TO HOST LAST YEAR'S WORLD CUP INSTEAD AWARDING IT TO SOUTH AFRICA. THE LAST TIME AOTEAROA HOSTED THE EVENT WAS IN AUCKLAND IN 2007. EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR 2031 WORLD CUP HAVE NOT YET BEEN CALLED FOR. AND FINALLY, RESIDENTS IN A WESTERN JAPANESE CITY HAVE BEEN TOLD TO STEER CLEAR OF A STRAY CAT WHICH REPORTEDLY FELL INTO A VAT OF DANGEROUS CHEMICALS. GRAINY SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE CAPTURED THE CAT MAKING ITS ESCAPE, AND WET PAWPRINTS WERE FOUND ON THE FACTORY FLOOR. LOCALS HAVE BEEN TOLD NOT TO TOUCH THE FELINE SHOULD THEY FIND IT, BUT GIVEN NO GUIDANCE ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. SEARCHES ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE CAT WHICH HAS BEEN DUBBED 'ATOMIC KITTEN' AFTER THE BRITISH 90s GIRL GROUP. IT WILL BE THE ONE THAT IS GLOWING GREEN. SO THE CAT IS STILL ALIVE? WE DON'T KNOW THAT. IT'S READY TO GO. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OF YOU WITH SOME SHOWERS HERE AND THERE. THIS WILL CLEAR IN THE EVENING. A HIGH OF 25 IN RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH, SIMILAR HERE. ITS A PARTLY CLOUDY ONE FOR ALL OF YOU. SOME SHOWERS IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. WHAKATANE, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 27. 26 IS THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST, BIT OF CLOUD THIS MORNING. PACK YOUR BROLLY. THIS WILL INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. 28 THE HIGH IN HASTINGS. 27 IN GISBORNE AND NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST, MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY THROUGH HERE, WITH A FEW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT. STRONG NORTHERLIES IN WELLINGTON. YOUR HIGH IS 20. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND. SIMILAR HERE, WITH SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH. SOME EARLY RAIN AND DRIZZLE FOR THOSE SOUTH OF THE REGION. THIS WILL TURN TO FINE IN THE AFTERNOON. 18 DEGREES ON THE WEST COAST. HEADING SOUTH, A FEW MORNING SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. MAINLY FINE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU AFTER MIDDAY. TO THE DEEP SOUTH, BLUES SKIES FOR THOSE AT THE OF THE REGION. HOWEVER, SOME SHOWERS TODAY FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 17. MILFORD SOUND, ALSO LOOKING NICE WITH A HIGH OF 17. WITH MORE THAN 5,000 RESORTS AND HOTELS, ALL.COM HAS A RANGE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR YOUR NEXT HOLIDAY. BUT BEFORE YOU GO, MATT GIBB WANTED TO TRY OUT THE PLACES YOU COULD STAY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE PERFECT. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGT TO YOU BY ALL.COM. (UPBEAT MUSIC) PAUL, THIS IS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S NEWEST HOTELS, BUT ITS STORY GOES BACK A LONG WAY, DOESN'T IT? OH. IT IS. LOOK, THE BUILDING IS ICONIC. THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN WAIKATO TAINUI AND AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GOES BACK SOME YEARS, BUT THIS AREA IS ALSO HISTORIC. THE TAINUI WAKA LANDED IN THE VICINITY. THE DESIGN COMPONENTS ARE TAKEN FROM THE LAND AND SEA TO SKY, AND WE'VE ENCAPSULATED SO MUCH IN THE BUILDING WITH CARVINGS AND REPRESENTATIONS THAT ARE FROM TAINUI. SO, PAUL, THERE ARE 311 ROOMS HERE? THERE IS. SIX OF THEM JUNIOR SUITES, 39 EXECUTIVE ROOMS, NICELY ELEVATED, GREAT VIEWS, SPECIAL STAYS. YOU CAN LIE IN BED, WATCH THE PLANES TAKE OFF. WE HAVE LOTS OF AEROPLANE BUFFS COMING TO STAY HERE. THEY'RE CRAZY, BUT WE LOVE IT TOO, BECAUSE IT'S AMAZING. LOOK AT YOU TODAY, UP HERE WATCHING EVERYTHING. I LOVE IT, IT'S FANTASTIC. HAVE A NIGHT, HAVE BREKKIE, CHECK IN OVER AT THE TERMINAL. COME BACK AND HAVE BREKKIE AGAIN, OR A COFFEE. OR YOU DO THAT AT NIGHT WITH DINNER, YOU SEE? THAT'S IT. YOU CAN COME BACK HERE, RELAX, BEAT THE LOUNGE CROWD, THE CHECK IN QUEUES, AND YOU'RE ALL DONE. I MEAN YOU'RE BASICALLY PART OF THE AIRPORT YOURSELF, AREN'T YOU. IT'S 100M ACROSS TO DEPARTURES. WE ARE. WE'RE WHANAU AT THE END OF THE DAY. A BIG AUCKLAND AIRPORT FAMILY. NANCY, THIS LOOKS ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS. YOU'RE THE EXECUTIVE CHEF HERE AT TE KAAHU, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MENU. SO IT'S QUITE A MODERN CONTEMPORARY MENU WITH INFLUENCES OF AOTEAROA, UTILISING WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. I BRING MY KAFFIR LIME LEAVES. OUR MIXOLOGIST JASON BRINGS IN THE KAWAKAWA LEAVES FOR US. - THAT'S AWESOME. - YEAH, LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT. KEEPING IT QUITE SIMPLE WITH GOOD FLAVOUR BOOSTS. HONESTLY, IF IT TASTES ANYWHERE NEAR AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS, YOU'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB, NANCY. - THIS LOOKS INCREDIBLE. - THANK YOU. WHETHER YOU'RE FLYING OUT OR YOU JUST FANCY A BIT OF PLANE SPOTTING, TE ARIKINUI PULLMAN, AUCKLAND AIRPORT IS THE PLACE TO COME. 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. VERY QUICKLY, A LOT OF YOU ARE EMAILING US ABOUT OUR PENSIONERS BEING FORCED TO RETIRE AT A CERTAIN AGE. I THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT THE BOLLARDS. NO, WE HAVE MOVED ON FROM THAT. MOVING ON VERY QUICKLY. KEEP YOUR FEEDBACK COMING ON. I AGREE, WE SHOULD NOT JUST BE PUSHING OUR ELDERLY OUT OF POSITIONS JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE. COULD BE A FEW SHORTAGES ON THE FRONT LINE. FINDING A HOME CAN BE A DIFFICULT PROCESS, EVEN MORE SO IF YOU'RE ELDERLY. A GERONTOLOGIST HAS SOME ADVICE. NEXT. # I CAN BY MYSELF FLOWERS. # WRITE MY NAME IN THE SAND. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. A LACK OF HOUSING POLICY FOR THE ELDERLY AMOUNTS TO 'NEGLIGENCE'. THAT'S HOW ONE RESEARCHER HAS DESCRIBED THE ESCALATING RENTAL CRISIS AND HOW IT'S AFFECTING MANY OF OUR SENIOR CITIZENS. LAST WEEK WE REPORTED ON A TAURANGA PENSIONER WHO'S BEEN IN A CARAVAN FOR THREE YEARS WAITING FOR AN AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE. I NEVER, EVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE IN THIS POSITION AT THIS TIME IN MY LIFE. I'M RETIRED, I'M ON A LOW INCOME, AND IT FEELS LIKE I'VE BEEN LEFT OUT. LYNETTE'S STORY ILLUSTRATES WHAT POLITICAL RESEARCHER CAROLE GORDON CALLS AN ELDERLY CARE CRISIS THAT HAS NO SOLUTION. SHE JOINS US NOW. MORENA, CAROLE. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. AS WE HEARD FROM LYNETTE, SHE FEELS LIKE SHE HAS BEEN LEFT OUT. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE LOTS OF LYNETTE'S. AS IT IS BEEN REPORTED, I'VE SAID THAT IT IS A POLICY FAILURE. WE HAVE KNOWN SINCE THE BABY BOOMERS WERE BORN THAT WE WOULD NEED TO APPLY APPROPRIATE POLICIES TO THEM GETTING OLDER AS THEY MOVED OUT OF THE WORKFORCE. I DON'T TEND TO USE THE WORD RETIRE. AND I DON'T CALL THEM PENSIONERS BECAUSE WE GET SUPER. IT IS KIND OF GOT A BAD TONE, SO IN THIS AREA OF INCREASED LONGEVITY IT IS REALLY GOOD TO HAVE SOME OTHER WORDS AND I AM A PROMOTER OF THAT. SORRY ABOUT THAT LITTLE INTERLUDE. THAT IS FINE, I GET IT. IF YOU ARE SAYING THOSE WHO HAVE RETIRED, IT AS IMPLYING THAT THAT IS IT, BUT ACTUALLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DO RETIRE CARRY ON. OH, NO, WITH A BIT OF A TECHNICAL GLITCH. WE HAVE LOST HER. CAROL, CAN YOU HEAR ME? OH, BUMMER. BUMMER, BUMMER, BUMMER. MAYBE WE WILL TRY AND GET HER BACK. I ALSO KNOW THAT SHE IS PART OF SMART GROWTH WHICH IS A COMMITTEE THAT LOOKS AT LONG-TERM URBAN PLANNING. CAROL, WE LOST YOU! EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAID IN THE LAST 30 SECONDS WE DID NOT HEAR ANY OF IT. COULD YOU PLEASE START AGAIN? I WAS JUST SAYING THAT INTERNATIONALLY IT IS KNOWN THAT MORE PEOPLE OVER 55 DO START-UPS AND START UP NEW AND INNOVATIVE BUSINESSES. IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE RESPONDING TO THE SOCIAL PILOT OF THE TIME AND THEY BRING THEIR WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE TO THOSE NEW BUSINESS ENDEAVOURS. AND A 100 YEAR LIFE, IF YOU ARE 40 TODAY, YOU CAN EXPECT IN OUR LIFE EXPECTANCY IN NEW ZEALAND TO LIVE BETWEEN 90 AND 95. THAT AGE OF 65 IS ONLY MATURITY. CAROL, YOU TALK ABOUT THIS BEING A POLICY FAILURE. IT IS A POLICY FAILURE. TALK ME THROUGH THAT A LITTLE MORE. HOW DO YOU SOLVE THIS ISSUE? WE HAVE GOT TO RECOGNISE OUR DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE NOW IN NEW ZEALAND MORE OLDER PEOPLE THAN CHILDREN, AND WE HAVE NOT ADJUSTED TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A STRUCTURALLY AGEING POPULATION. SOMEHOW OR OTHER, OUR CULTURE DOES NOT EVEN REFLECT THE BEAUTIFUL VALUES THAT SAY OUR ELDERS ARE PRECIOUS. AS PEOPLE AGE, AND THAT IS MY EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW, EVEN THOSE WHO OWN A HOME WANT THE RIGHT SIZE TO A HOME THAT IS MORE MANAGEABLE FOR LATER LIFE. JUST LIKE TEENAGERS RIGHT SIZE INTO WHAT HOUSE THEY WANT WITH MATES. ELDERS ALSO WANT TO HAVE LESS HOME SIZE TO MANAGE. BOTH FINANCIALLY AND PHYSICALLY, AND WE DO NOT HAVE THOSE HOUSES. I DO HAVE TO WRAP THINGS UP, BUT I DON'T WANT TO IN THIS WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW. I JUST WONDER IF YOU COULD QUICKLY TELL US WHAT SOLUTIONS THERE ARE. ARE THERE ANY? THE SOLUTIONS ARE BOTH AT LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL THE URBAN PLANNING AND IF THE POLICY FRAMEWORKS ARE NOT CORRECT, THEY SHOULD BE ACTIVELY ADVOCATING THE GOVERNMENT TO GET THE CORRECTIONS. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. WE'RE PLAYING WITH RMA AND URBAN DESIGN AND THE THINGS ARE NOT KNITTING TOGETHER INSUFFICIENT SPEED TO MEET THE CURRENT DEMAND. WE HAVE DEVELOPER DRIVEN GROWTH, AND SO THAT DOES NOT MEET THE NEEDS OF ELDERS. THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE IN GREENFIELD'S. CAROL, THANK YOU SO MUCH OF BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE DIDN'T EXPLAIN THE ROLE. AS SOMEONE WHO STUDIES CHANGES IN AN AGEING POPULATION. I WISH WE HAD LONGER WITH THE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THOSE FLIGHTS TO PARIS ARE GETTING FILLED UP. WE MEET THE PARALYMPIAN SHOOTER WHOSE SILVER MEDAL HAS LOCKED HIM DOWN A TICKET. PARALYMPIAN MICHAEL JOHNSON HAS BOOKED HIS SPOT FOR PARIS LATER THIS YEAR. THE SHOOTING PARA SPORT ATHLETE HAS JUST WON SILVER AT THE WORLD CHAMPS IN NEW DELHI WHERE HE AND THE TEAM ARE STILL COMPETING. WE SPOKE EARLIER THIS MORNING WHERE I CONGRATULATED HIM ON HIS SILVER MEDAL AND WHETHER THAT WAS HIS GOAL? I AM OVER HERE AT THE NEW DELHI WORLD CUP. IT IS THE LAST CHANCE FOR US PARA-ATHLETES TO EARN QUOTAS FOR THE NEXT PARALYMPIC GAMES. IT HAS BEEN GOING GREAT, WE HAVE QUITE A BIG TEAM. WE HAVE FIVE SHOOTING ATHLETES PLUS SUPPORT STAFF. THE GOAL IS ALWAYS TO TRY AND WIN A MEDAL. IT IS ALWAYS TO TRY AND WIN THE GOLD. IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY. LAST YEAR YOU BATTLED SOME CHALLENGES. WE HAD THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PERU, AND HAD A FEW STRUGGLES WITH MY RIFLE. I GOT 20 SHOTS IN A 60 SHOT MATCH AND MY RIFLE BROKE DOWN. MY SHOTS WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO. THE HARDER YOU TRIED THE WORSE IT SEEMED TO GET. I KNEW EVEN THOUGH I WAS HAVING A BAD RESULTS, YOU'VE STILL GOT TO FINISH. YOU CANNOT JUST STOP. YOU HAVE TO BE COMMITTED. I HAD MY WORST EVER FINISH, I FINISHED AT THE BOTTOM AND I REALISED I'VE GOT TO WORK OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS ON HOW I CAN IMPROVE AND BE MORE COMPETITIVE AND SO I SPENT THE LAST FIVE MONTHS WORKING ON DIFFERENT POSITIONS, WORKING ON DIFFERENT SETUPS AND IT'S REALLY SUCCESSFUL. IT IS NOT JUST SUCCESS FOR YOU BUT YOUR LOADER TOO. MY LOADER WAS SUPPORTING ME. BECAUSE OF MY CLASSIFICATION AS A SHOOTER, I NEED SOMEONE WHO SETS UP MY EQUIPMENT AND LOAD MY RIFLE. IT'S HAVING THE RIGHT PERSON AND THE RIGHT MIX. SHE HAS BEEN AMAZING. SO YOU QUALIFY FOR PARIS, WHAT IS THE PATHWAY NOW? NOW IT IS REALLY EXCITING. WE NEED TO WORK OUT WHAT OUR LOGISTICS WILL BE. WHAT WE MIGHT BE DOING TO GET OUR EQUIPMENT SERVICED AND ANY OTHER CHECKS AND THEN JUST THE TRAINING CAMP PRIOR. WE WILL HAVE A FEW TRAINING CAMPS IN NEW ZEALAND, WE WILL GO TO EUROPE AND DO SOME THINGS THERE AS WELL. PARIS WILL BE YOUR SIXTH PARALYMPIC EVENT. HOW DOES THAT ACCOLADE FEEL? PRETTY AMAZING. I FIRST STARTED SHOOTING IN 2001 AND I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S 2024. 23 YEARS LATER I AM STILL DOING IT. I TOOK UP THE SPORT AS A HOBBY AND IT HAS BEEN A CAREER AND IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. IT HAS BEEN LIFE CHANGING. FROM HAVING A PHYSICAL DISABILITY TO SOMETHING THAT'S TAKEN ME OVER THE WORLD ALSO I'VE MET ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE AND MADE FRIENDS IN THE SHOOTING COMMUNITY. IT HAS BEEN AMAZING. MY SIX PARALYMPIC GAMES, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE. THANK YOU. THE POLICE ASSOCIATION IS CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO LOOK AT ITS PRIORITIES AFTER WHAT IT'S LABELLED AN 'INSULTING' PAY OFFER TO THE FRONT LINE POLICE OFFICERS WHILE GIVING LANDLORDS A TAX CUT. OFFICERS HAVE REJECTED THE OFFER, WHICH INCLUDES A $5,000 PAY INCREASE BACKDATED TO NOVEMBER AND A 4% RISE IN SEPTEMBER AND ANOTHER NEXT YEAR. NEW ZEALAND POLICE ASSOCIATION'S CHRIS CAHILL SAYS THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFER IS LOWER THAN WHAT IT RECEIVED FROM THE PREVIOUS LABOUR GOVERNMENT. THE GOVERNMENT HAS CHOICES. THE GOVERNMENT HAS CHOSEN TO GIVE LANDLORDS A TAX BREAK. SO, IT'S A CHOICE THEY MADE. SO, THEY CAN ALSO MAKE THE CHOICE TO GIVE POLICE OFFICERS AN APPROPRIATE LIFT IN PAY. CAHILL SAYS THIS COMES AS NATIONAL PROMISES A CRACKDOWN ON CRIME. THERE ARE NEW REPORTS AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER BOEING FAILED DOZENS OF SAFETY TESTS FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION INTO ITS PRODUCTION PROCESSES. THE INQUIRY INTO THE PRODUCTION OF BOEING'S 737 MAX WAS LAUNCHED AFTER A DOOR PANEL BLEW OFF A JET DURING AN ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT. THE COMPANY IS FACING MOUNTING SCRUTINY WITH ANOTHER ONE OF ITS PLANES EXPERIENCING A MALFUNCTION THIS WEEK. MONDAY'S LATAM AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM SYDNEY TO AUCKLAND SAW 50 PEOPLE INJURED WHEN THE BOEING 787 DREAMLINER DROPPED MIDAIR. AN AVIATION EXPERT SAYS THERE IS REASONABLE CONCERN ABOUT RECENT INCIDENTS. BOEING HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND THE NATIONAL TRANSPORT SAFETY BUREAU IN RELATION TO THE DOOR PLUG ISSUE. THERE'S BEEN SOME PROBLEMATIC RESPONSES TO THE INVESTIGATIONS BEING CONDUCTED, AND BOEING IS NOT FULLY COOPERATING WITH ITS STAFF AND WHEN INFORMATION IS BEING REQUESTED, SO THAT'S A BIT TROUBLING, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS THAT ARE NOW OCCURRING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE CONNECTED. BOEING SAYS IT IS WORKING TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MONDAY'S LATAM AIRLINES FLIGHT. MORE PROBLEMS FOR THE INTERISLANDER, WITH A 'MECHANICAL FAULT' FOUND DURING TESTING. LUCY BENDELL IS HERE WITH THE LATEST. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? HERE WE GO AGAIN. THE INTERISLANDER IS OUT OF ISSUE DUE TO A MECHANICAL FAULT. THIS WILL CANCEL ALL PASSENGER SAILINGS TODAY. WELLINGTON TO PICTON WAS MEANT TO RETURN AT 1 AM. THIS COMES AFTER MANY DISRUPTIONS AND CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING THE SAME FERRY WHEN IT WAS CANCELLED FOUR WEEKS IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR DUE TO A HOLE IN THE HULL. THEY HAVE CONTACTED ALL AFFECTED PASSENGERS. THIS COULD CONTINUE UNTIL FRIDAY. IF YOU NEED TO CROSS ENOUGH HURRY BLUE BRIDGE ARE STILL RUNNING. A $2.6m PROJECT LED BY THE NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY HAS BEEN MET WITH BACKLASH FROM RESIDENTS IN THE CHRISTCHURCH SUBURB OF ARANUI. HUNDREDS OF NEW BOLLARDS WERE INSTALLED TWO WEEKS AGO. COUNCILLOR KELLY BARBER SAYS THERE'S BEEN AN 'OVERWHELMING RESPONSE' FROM LOCALS WHO DON'T WANT TO LOSE PARKING. HE ADMITS ITS BEEN A FAILURE. THIS IS PART OF A WIDER PROJECT TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN. WAKA KOTAHI FUNDED IT TO 90%, COUNCIL CONTRIBUTED 10%. LOCALS ARE SET TO VENT THEIR FRUSTRATION ON THE ISSUE AT A FEEDBACK MEETING TOMORROW, BEING HELD BY THE CITY COUNCIL. AN AID SHIP LOADED WITH FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES HAS FINALLY DEPARTED FOR GAZA. THE SHIP HAD SPENT DAYS IN PORT IN CYPRUS, WHILE PREPARATIONS WERE MADE FOR ITS ARRIVAL OFF THE COAST OF THE BESIEGED TERRITORY. IT'S NOW EN ROUTE, AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET TO GAZA. 200 TONNES OF AID IS ON BOARD. ROCKETLAB'S COMPLETED ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH FROM ITS COMPLEX ON THE MAHIA PENINSULA EARLY THIS MORNING. IT'S THE SPACE COMPANY'S THIRD LAUNCH OF THE YEAR AND 45TH ELECTRON ROCKET LAUNCH. THE MISSION, NAMED 'OWL NIGHT LONG' WILL DELIVER A RADAR SATELLITE FOR A JAPANESE EARTH IMAGING COMPANY TO ORBIT. TO SPORT, AND THE ALL WHITES HAVE CONFIRMED THEIR FIRST FIXTURE OF THE SEPTEMBER INTERNATIONAL WINDOW. NEW ZEALAND WILL FACE MEXICO AT THE FAMOUS ROSE BOWL STADIUM IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. THE ALL WHITES PREVIOUSLY PLAYED MEXICO AT THE STADIUM IN 2010, MEXICO WINNING THAT GAME 2-0 IN FRONT OF OVER 90,000 FANS. THE TEAM WILL USE THE GAME AS A STEP TOWARDS ITS GOAL OF QUALIFYING FOR THE 2026 WORLD CUP. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING, TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OF YOU WITH SOME SHOWERS HERE AND THERE. THIS WILL CLEAR IN THE EVENING. A HIGH OF 25 IN RUSSELL AND WHITIANGA. FURTHER SOUTH, SIMILAR HERE. ITS A PARTLY CLOUDY ONE FOR ALL OF YOU. SOME SHOWERS IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. WHAKATANE, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 27. TO THE EAST COAST, BIT OF CLOUD THIS MORNING. PACK YOUR BROLLY. THIS WILL INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. 28 THE HIGH IN HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST, MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY THROUGH HERE, WITH A FEW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT. STRONG NORTHERLIES IN WELLINGTON. 24 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARANUI. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND. SIMILAR HERE, WITH SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH. SOME EARLY RAIN AND DRIZZLE FOR THOSE SOUTH OF THE REGION. THIS WILL TURN TO FINE IN THE AFTERNOON. NELSON WITH A HIGH OF 22. HEADING SOUTH, A FEW MORNING SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. MAINLY FINE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU AFTER MIDDAY. ASHBURTON, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 19 HERE. TO THE DEEP SOUTH, BLUES SKIES FOR THOSE AT THE OF THE REGION. HOWEVER, SOME SHOWERS TODAY FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 17. FOR NEARLY 160 YEARS, OTAGO MUSEUM HAS BEEN HOME TO TREASURES FROM NEW ZEALAND AND BEYOND. BUT WITH OPERATING COSTS RISING THERE ARE CONCERNS A LACK OF FUNDING IS LEAVING THE MUSEUM IN A PRECARIOUS POSITION. IT'S NOW JOINING OTHER CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY APPEALING FOR HELP. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY MUSEUM DIRECTOR IAN GRIFFIN. MORENA! I WAS THINKING YOU MIGHT BE INSIDE THE MUSEUM IT'S PRECARIOUS THE SITUATION ISN'T IT? YES TIMES ARE GETTING VERY TOUGH. WE ARE FUNDED BY THE LOCAL RATEPAYERS BUT TO KEEP THE DOOR OPEN WE HAVE TO GENERATE $5 MILLION VIA COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY. COSTS ARE GOING UP AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO PAY HUGE AMOUNTS TO COME TO MUSEUMS. SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH OUR RESERVES, AND IF WE DON'T CHANGE SOMETHING IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS WE WILL RUN OUT OF MONEY. MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE SUFFERING FROM THIS UNDERFUNDING AND WE ARE ALL COLLECTIVELY SAYING WE KNOW TIMES ARE TOUGH BUT WE NEED SOME HELP. WE STRONGLY FEEL MUSEUMS ARE NECESSARY. IF YOU TALK TO MANY SCIENTISTS OR ARTISTS AND YOU ASKED THEM WHAT INSPIRED THEM TO TAKE UP THEIR CAREER THEY WILL OFTEN SAY A MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT BEING TREASURE HOUSES, WE CONTRIBUTE TO OUR LOCAL REGIONS. YOU TALKED A BIT AT THE START ABOUT WHERE YOU GET MONEY FROM. YOU MENTIONED RATEPAYER FUNDS. WHEN YOU SAY YOU RAISE IT YOURSELVES, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? HOW TO MAKE MONEY? WE HAVE A CAFE IN THE MUSEUM,'S GOT SOME COOL STUFF. WE ALSO HIRE OUT OUR VENUE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT MEETINGS ALL WEDDINGS AND WE HAVE A SCIENCE CENTRE RECHARGE ADMISSIONS TO. SO WE WORK HARD TO OFFSET THE RATEPAYERS FUNDING WHICH WE REALLY APPRECIATE. WE HAD AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT DONE, FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF RATEPAYER FUNDING WE GET, WE GENERATE SIX DOLLARS FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY. WE HAVE THE SAME ECONOMIC IMPACT AS A STADIUM. PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT MUSEUMS IN THAT WAY, BUT WE ARE USEFUL AS WELL AS HAVING A GREAT TIME AT. YOU ARE PUTTING INTO THE ECONOMY, BUT I DON'T HEAR YOU CHARGE AN ADMISSION FEE. WE DO CHARGE FOR OUR SCIENCE CENTRE THAT WE KEEP OUR GALLERIES FREE AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT. WE DON'T WANT ACCESS TO BE LIMITED TO THE INSTITUTION. WE KNOW FOR A FACT ONE IN FIVE ENDS UP PAYING TO GO TO THE SCIENCE CENTRE SO WE THINK OUR ATTENDANCE WOULD FALL IF WE STARTED CHARGING. THE OTHER POINTS IS IN THESE TIMES WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH HAVING A PLACE LIKE A MUSEUM WHERE YOU CAN GO AND VISIT AT THE WEEKEND AND HAVE A NICE SAFE ENJOYABLE DAY OUT AT LOW COST THAT IS QUITE AN IMPORTANT THING. LET'S NOT SCARE OFF THE LOCALS, BUT WHY DO YOU CHARGE TOURISTS A FEE? THAT'S TRUE AND THAT WOULDN'T MAKE ENOUGH OF A DIFFERENCE. IT WOULD HELP, A WOULD PROPERLY MAKE ANOTHER 10% BUT IT WOULDN'T COVER THE PROBLEM AND ONE THING I HAVEN'T SPOKEN ABOUT TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN WE HAVE TO GENERATE $5 MILLION A YEAR BUT THE MAINTENANCE WE ARE DOING WE ARE PUTTING OFF. OUR MUSEUM DOES NOT HAVE A SPRINKLER SYSTEM. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO TRY AND RAISE THE FUNDING FOR THAT, BUT NOT HAVING SPRINKLERS IN A MUSEUM IS A BAD PLACE TO BE. GIVES ME MY GREY HAIRS. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU UPDATED THE GALLERY OR HAD A BRAND-NEW EXHIBITION ROLE THROUGH TOWN? WE REGULARLY HAVE EXHIBITIONS COME THROUGH THAT WE CHARGE FOR, BUT WE HAVE NOT UPDATED ANY OF OUR MAJOR GALLERIES SINCE 2001. THESE ARE THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. ITS TOUGH OUT THERE IN THE WORLD AS WE ALL KNOW, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IF WE THINK OUR HERITAGE AND CULTURE IS IMPORTANT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY OF FUNDING THIS IS SUSTAINABLE. ART CAMPAIGN SAYS THE GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS IN THIS COUNTRY PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE AND WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE FUND THESE INSTITUTIONS. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE NEED TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND THINK OF A WAY OF GETTING NATIONAL FUNDING SO INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY CAN FIGURE OUT WAYS OF BECOMING MORE SUSTAINABLE. HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU NEED AND WHEN YOU NEED IT BY? IN THE CASE OF MY INSTITUTION, IF WE CAN GET 1,000,000 1/2 DOLLARS A YEAR IT WOULD HELP FUND... I'M SURE WE CAN RAISE THAT. SHE SAID WITH NO MONEY TO OFFER, A DOZEN;. IT'S NOT. ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WITH HUNDREDS OF MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES IT DOES ADD UP TO QUITE A LOT OF MONEY. A NATIONAL FUND THAT EVERYBODY CAN APPLY TO WOULD BE A FAIR WAY OF DOING IT. BUT WE ARE NOT ALONE IN HAVING PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. I'M SITTING HERE IN DUNEDIN TODAY REPRESENTING MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHICH ALL HAVE SIMILAR ISSUES. ALL THE BEST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. ME U TONU MAI, THE NEW ZEALAND CHILLI EATING CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE GEARING UP FOR ANOTHER ROUND. IF YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL THATS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT OUR NELSON REPORTER JESS RODEN IS PREPARING TO EAT. MORENA, JESS. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN SO NERVOUS FOR AN INTERVIEW. WE WILL BE LEARNING ABOUT AND TRYING SOME OF THE WORLD'S HOTTEST CHILIS. SHOULD HEAD INTO THE FARMS' GLASSHOUSE TO SEE WHAT SHE CAN FIND. JESS, IS IT BURNING UP IN THERE? I THINK I MISS READ THE EMAIL WHEN THIS CAME THROUGH. I THOUGHT WE WERE TRYING CHOCOLATE. AS SOMEBODY WHO HAD A MEDIUM BUTTER CHICKEN ON THE WEEKEND AND FIND IT TOO SPICY, THIS WILL BE SUPER INTERESTING. I AM JOINED BY TROY FROM THE FARMS. WE ARE IN AN AMAZING GREENHOUSE. AND ANY CHILIS DO YOU GUYS HAVE HERE? WE HAVE A FEW THOUSAND PLANTS. IN TERMS OF RANGE, WHAT ABOUT SPICE? WE GO FROMIT ALL RIGHT UP TO THE HOTTEST IN THE WORLD. HOTTEST IN THE WORLD? HOW DIFFICULT WOULD THAT BE FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME TO EAT? I THINK YOU'D PROBABLY BE HEADING TO THE HOSPITAL. PROBABLY NOT RECOMMENDED. IS QUITE A FOLLOWING OF PEOPLE WHO REALLY ENJOY EATING HOT STUFF. IT IS A MASSIVE COMMUNITY WORLDWIDE. IT'S A $32 BILLION INDUSTRY. AND REALLY INTERESTINGLY, COMING UP THERE'S A COMPETITION FOR CHILI EATING, A NATIONAL COMPETITION. THERE ARE REGIONALS. CHRISTCHURCH IS 30TH OF MARCH. AND NELSON IS 27TH OF APRIL. ARE THE RULES FOR ATTRIBUTING A PETITION? YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO EAT OR DRINK ANYTHING AND IF YOU THROW UP YOU ARE OUT. LAST PERSON STANDING. I WOULD BE OUT OF THAT, THERE IS JUST NO WAY. WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO HAVE A CHILLI FARM? EVEN IN GOING A COUPLE OF YEARS. WE ARE IN OUR SECOND SEASON NOW. IT HAS ESCALATED BECAUSE WE HAD A FEW PLANTS AND BROUGHT THEM HERE IN THIS BIG GLASSHOUSE AND NOW YOU CAN SEE THINGS HAVE ESCALATED. YOU WERE SHOWING ME SOME OF THE WORLD'S HOTTEST CHILIS OVER HERE. JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE NOT TRYING THESE ONES BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE QUITE IRRESPONSIBLE. THIS WOULD BE A GOOD ONE FOR JUST A TRY. THIS IS PROBABLY THE HOTTEST YOU CAN BUY IN THE WORLD. VERY VERY NASTY. EVEN IF YOU HAD A LITTLE BITES, NOT SAYING WE ARE, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? YOUR EARS WOULD BE THUMPING, HEART RACING, YOU WOULD THINK YOU WERE GOING TO DIE. YOU WOULD GET STOMACH CRAMPS AND BE UP MOST OF THE NIGHT. SOME PEOPLE REALLY ENJOYED TRYING THE RIGHT? I GIVE MY CHILIS TO A FEW GUYS WHO TEST THEM BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO GET THEM REALLY HOT, AND THEY GET OFF ON THE ENDORPHIN RUSH THEY GET FROM IT. THE MORE YOU HAVE, THE MORE YOU GET USED TO IT. I'VE BEEN DELAYING AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. WE SHOULD PROBABLY TRY SOME? ONE WOULD BE ENOUGH. WHAT ARE YOU GOING FOR? WE'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY HERE. THIS IS SCOTCH BONNET. IT TASTES PRETTY GOOD. BUT IT IS WARM. I'M SHAKING A LITTLE BIT. IT'S CALLED A SCOTCH BONNET. I'M A BIT NERVOUS. CHRIS, I SHOULD SAY, JUST IN CASE I CAN'T TALK AFTER THIS YOU GUYS HAVE SOME IN THE STUDIO, BUT DO NOT GO TO THE HOTTEST ONE FIRST. I WOULD JUST BITE A PIECE OF THE CORNER. I WANT TO SEE JESS'S REACTION. WE HAVE SOME MILK FOR YOU. IT'S A SLOW SITUATION. A REALLY SPICY CAPSICUM. SHE'S GONE BACK FOR SECONDS. WE ARE NOT GOING UP. THAT WAS A MISTAKE. WHILE YOU GRAB THE MILK, WE CAN TRY SOMETHING. MAY BE A DRAGONS BREATH? THANK YOU JESS. TROY IS WILLING TO TRY ONE A BIT HOTTER. THIS IS A MILLION SCOVILLE'S. IT IS A GHOST CHILI. THE GHOST CHILI. WHAT IS THE NEXT ONE AFTER A GHOST CHILI? HIS EYES ARE WATERING. THEY ARE WARM. WE ARE GOING TO TRY SOMETHING HERE. DEVIL'S TONGUE. DRAGONS BREATH. WHO COMES UP WITH THESE NAMES? THEY ALL SOUND LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO KILL YOU. DIFFERENT BREEDERS. SOME OF THEM ARE PRETTY UGLY. I'M GONNA GO FOR ONE HERE JESS. THAI BIRDS EYE. THE SMALLER CHILI, THE HOTTER IT IS. HE'S GONE FOR HALF OF THE ENTIRE CHILI. IT WAS ONLY A SMALL ONE. BACK OF THE THROAT NOW. WE'VE GOT MILK ON STANDBY. COMING TO THE FRONT OF THE TOUNGE NOW. TINGLING ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT'S GETTING THERE. NOT NUMB YET. I HAVE A BULLETIN TO READ SOON. ARE YOU GONNA DO A SECOND BITE? MAYBE NOT. YOU GUYS CAN TAKE IT FROM HERE. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA, YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, COULD THE WALK TO THAT PIE SHOP FOR LUNCH BE ABOUT TO BE ELIMINATED? MORE ON THAT COMING UP. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THE POLICE ASSOCIATION SAYS 'OFFICERS' HANDS ARE TIED' WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING ACTION ON THE LATEST PAY OFF FROM THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN LABELLED 'INSULTING'. POLICE OFFICERS HAVE REJECTED THE OFFER, WHICH INCLUDES A $5000 PAY INCREASE BACKDATED TO NOVEMBER AND A 4% RISE IN SEPTEMBER AND ANOTHER NEXT YEAR. POLICE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT CHRIS CAHILL SAYS OFFICERS CAN'T STRIKE, BUT THEY WILL TAKE ACTION. STOP ISSUING SPEEDING TICKETS AND ONLY ISSUE WARNINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ALL THOSE ARE SEEN AS INDUSTRIAL ACTION AND AREN'T LEGAL FOR US TO DO. WE'RE QUITE LIMITED WHEN IT COMES TO INDUSTRIAL MATTERS, BUT DON'T THINK WE'RE LIMITED IN VOICING HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THIS. THAT'S THE HEAT WE INTEND TO KEEP ON THE MINISTER, SO HE'S GOING BACK TO HIS CABINET TO GET A BETTER OFFER. POLICE MINISTER MARK MITCHELL SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BARGAIN FOR POLICE BUT IT'S A TOUGH ECONOMY. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS NATIONAL ISN'T DELIVERING ON ITS PROMISES. WELL, THEY` THEY REJECTED THE OFFER THAT WE HAD PUT FORWARD AND THEY'VE ENDED UP WITH AN OFFER FROM THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT WHICH IS ACTUALLY WORSE THAN THE ONE THEY PROJECTED FROM US. SO, I` I` I MEAN, I THINK THAT JUST SHOWS THAT THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT HAVE GOT THEIR PRIORITIES ALL WRONG AND THEIR RHETORIC WAS JUST THAT ` IT WAS ALL SLOGANS AND RHETORIC. A SPECIALIST IN THE FIELD OF AGE AND WORK SAYS 'NEW ZEALAND DOESN'T HAVE A RETIREMENT AGE, JUST A PENSION AGE' IN THE WAKE OF NEWS THE CHIEF OMBUDSMAN IS BEING FORCED TO STEP DOWN. CHIEF OMBUDSMAN PETER BOSHIER, WHO WILL TURN 72 ON SATURDAY, WILL BE RETIRING BECAUSE OF A 49 YEAR-OLD LAW PROHIBITING HIM FROM KEEPING HIS POST. GEOFF PEARMAN SAYS NEW ZEALAND'S RULES NEED A RE-WRITE. THE ACT RELATING TO THE OMBUDSMAN IS NEARLY 50 YEARS OLD, AND YOU COULD SAY, 'WELL, THAT WAS THE ATTITUDE AT THE TIME'. PARLIAMENT LAST LOOKED AT THIS ISSUE IN 2007 WHEN THEY LOOKED AT JUDGES AND RAISED THE AGE TO 70 WITH A TWO-YEAR EXTENSION. THERE WAS BARELY A WHIMPER AT THAT STAGE ABOUT BEING DISCRIMINATORY. PEARMAN SAYS MENTAL ABILITY SHOULD BE DEALT WITH AS A HEALTH ISSUE, NOT AN AGE ISSUE. CONTROVERSIAL INFLUENCER ANDREW TATE AND HIS BROTHER CONTINUE TO DENY ANY WRONGDOING AFTER A NEW ARREST WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR THEM IN THE UK FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL OFFENCES. A ROMANIAN COURT HAS APPROVED THEIR EXTRADITION TO THE UK, BUT ONLY AFTER THE COMPLETION OF LEGAL ACTION FOR SIMILAR ALLEGATIONS IN ROMANIA. THE BBC'S NICK BEAKE SPOKE TO THE BROTHERS IN ROMANIA. IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, THE TATE BROTHERS ARRIVED BACK AT THEIR HOUSE HERE, PRAISING THE DECISION OF THE ROMANIAN COURT TODAY TO ALLOW THEM TO COME BACK. I ASKED ANDREW TATE IF HE HAD FAITH IN THE BRITISH LEGAL SYSTEM. HE WAS PRAISING THE ROMANIAN SYSTEM TODAY. THAT'S NOT A QUESTION HE ANSWERED DIRECTLY. I ALSO ASKED HIM WHETHER THE NATURE OF THE ALLEGATIONS THE BEDFORDSHIRE POLICE SAY THEY ARE LOOKING INTO, WHETHER THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT AND WHETHER HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, AND IN THE COURSE OF OUR EXCHANGE, HE WAS REALLY TALKING MORE ABOUT THE SORT OF ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM BEING LIKENED TO SPEEDING OFFENSES, VERY MINOR OFFENSES. NOW, AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT HERE, THE BROTHERS MUST NOT LEAVE ROMANIA. THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THE DATE WILL BE FOR THE ALLEGATIONS THEY FACE HERE, BUT AS WE'VE BEEN HEARING TODAY, AFTER THOSE PROCESSES ARE OVER, THEN THERE IS THE PROSPECT OF THE BROTHERS BEING EXTRADITED BACK TO THE UK. CONSTRUCTION OF A JETTY IS UNDERWAY IN GAZA TO ALLOW THE FIRST AID DELIVERY BY SEA. THESE PHOTOS WERE PROVIDED BY THE CHARITY ARRANGING THE DELIVERY, BELIEVED TO SHOW THE FIRST STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION OF A BASIC JETTY. A SMALL VESSEL CARRYING 200 TONNES OF AID IS EN ROUTE FROM CYPRUS AND SHOULD ARRIVE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. A PORT TO BE BUILT BY THE U.S. ARMY WILL TAKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND ALLOW LARGER VESSELS TO DELIVER AID. SWEDISH CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG HAS BEEN DETAINED BY POLICE DURING HER BLOCKADE OF THE COUNTRY'S PARLIAMENT. THUNBERG AND HER SUPPORTERS ARE CALLING FOR GREATER ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, ACCUSING THE GOVERNMENT OF BEING COMPLICIT IN ONGOING ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION. THE GROUP SAYS IT INTENDS TO CONTINUE THE PROTEST. TO SPORT, AND NETBALL NEW ZEALAND IS EYEING A POTENTIAL BID FOR THE 2031 WORLD CUP. WORLD NETBALL DECLINED NEW ZEALAND'S BID TO HOST LAST YEAR'S WORLD CUP, INSTEAD AWARDING IT TO SOUTH AFRICA. THE LAST TIME AOTEAROA HOSTED THE EVENT WAS IN AUCKLAND IN 2007. EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR THE 2031 WORLD CUP HAVE NOT YET BEEN CALLED FOR. AND FINALLY, RESIDENTS IN A WESTERN JAPANESE CITY HAVE BEEN TOLD TO STEER CLEAR OF A STRAY CAT, WHICH REPORTEDLY FELL INTO A VAT OF DANGEROUS CHEMICALS. GRAINY SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE CAPTURED THE CAT MAKING ITS ESCAPE, AND WET PAWPRINTS WERE FOUND ON THE FACTORY FLOOR. LOCALS HAVE BEEN TOLD NOT TO TOUCH THE FELINE SHOULD THEY FIND IT, NOT EVEN A PAT, BUT GIVEN NO GUIDANCE ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. SEARCHES ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE CAT, WHICH HAS BEEN DUBBED 'ATOMIC KITTEN'. DON'T TOUCH IT. DON'T TOUCH IT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OF YOU WITH SOME SHOWERS HERE AND THERE. THIS WILL CLEAR IN THE EVENING. A HIGH OF 25 IN RUSSELL AND WHITIANGA. 23 FOR AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH, SIMILAR HERE. ITS A PARTLY CLOUDY ONE FOR ALL OF YOU. SOME SHOWERS IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. WHAKATANE, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 27. TO THE EAST COAST, BIT OF CLOUD THIS MORNING. PACK YOUR BROLLY. THIS WILL INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. 28 THE HIGH IN HASTINGS. 27 FOR GISBORNE AND NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST, MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY THROUGH HERE, WITH A FEW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT. STRONG NORTHERLIES IN WELLINGTON. 20 DEGREES THERE. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND. SIMILAR HERE, WITH SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH. SOME EARLY RAIN AND DRIZZLE FOR THOSE SOUTH OF THE REGION. THIS WILL TURN TO FINE IN THE AFTERNOON. NELSON WITH A HIGH OF 22. HEADING SOUTH, A FEW MORNING SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. MAINLY FINE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU AFTER MIDDAY. ASHBURTON, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 19 HERE. 18 AND CHRISTCHURCH AND BLUE SKIES. TO THE DEEP SOUTH, BLUES SKIES FOR THOSE AT THE OF THE REGION. HOWEVER, SOME SHOWERS TODAY FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 17. DUNEDIN, ALSO 17 DEGREES. 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 THREE-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. CHRIS, YOU LOOK TO HAVE RECOVERED. OH, YOU'VE TAKEN ABOUT HALF OF THE MILK. THE NEWS BULLETIN MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE KEY TO GET OUT OF THE SYSTEM. I AM ALL RIGHT. HOW IS JESS GOING? THAT'S GOOD. OK. SHE IS STILL ALIVE, THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS. STILL ALIVE, CERTAINLY. IT IS STILL KINDA BURNING AS YOU CAN TELL, BUT IT KIND OF CREPT UP ON ME, BECAUSE AS YOU GUYS SAW, I TOOK THE SECOND BITE AND INSTANTLY REGRETTED IT. I HAVE BEEN SHAKING A LITTLE BIT SINCE. THESE GUYS TOLD ME IT WILL GO AWAY AFTER 10 MINUTES. I CAN STILL KINDA FEEL IT ON MY LIPS. MY LIPS ARE A LITTLE NUMB, I SUPPOSE, BUT I CAN SEE HOW PEOPLE DO ENJOY IT TO A CERTAIN DEGREE. CHRIS, I THINK YOU MIGHT JUST HAVE A HIGHER TOLERANCE AND THRESHOLD THAN I DO. MINE WAS UP TO 350 ON THE SCALE AND YOURS WAS 500. BIG PROPS TO YOU, I AM IMPRESSED. DANIEL WAS NOT IMPRESSED. HE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A CHILLY. I WAS WAITING FOR TEARS AND MOMENTS OF US FRANTICALLY RUNNING AROUND TRYING TO HELP YOU. WE CAN STILL GET THAT. WE CAN SEE IF THAT WORKS IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A GO. GOOD LUCK WITH THE MILD BUTTER CHICKEN. THANKS, JESS. THANKS FOR TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM. IF YOU'VE EVER FANCIED A STEAK 'N' CHEESE PIE FOR LUNCH THIS IS ME! BUT THE WALK TO THE BAKERY IS FAR TOO LONG OR WORSE, THERE IS NO READILY AVAILABLE BAKERY CLOSE BY WELL, WE HAVE THE SOLUTION FOR YOU. IT'S CALLED PIE-BOT AND WE SENT REPORTER COURTNEY HAMMOND TO FIND OUT MORE. I KNEW YOU WOULD LOVE THIS ONE. I AM HERE IN AUCKLAND AND AM CHECKING OUT THE NEXT NEW BUSINESS. I'M HERE WITH THE CREATORS. CAN YOU PLEASE START BY TELLING ME HOW THIS IDEA CAME ABOUT. HIGH BOT IS NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST HOT PIE VENDING MACHINE. IT ALL STARTED A YEAR AGO WHEN WE WERE WORKING AT A COMPANY TOGETHER AND MUSIC GO TO THE BAKERY ALL THE TIME. OUR BOSSES GAVE US A BIT OF SMACK GOING ALL THE TIME. WE THOUGHT, WHY NOT BRING THE BAKERY TO US? WE WENT FULL-TIME AND SO THIS. WE SPENT THE FIRST THREE MONTHS PROTOTYPING THIS. WE ARE NOW GOING TO AS MANY PLACES IN NEW ZEALAND AS WE CAN. TELL ME HOW IT ACTUALLY WORKS. WE KEEP THE PIES HERE EVERY MORNING AND HAVE AN AWESOME TEAM OF DELIVERY DRIVERS THAT DISTRIBUTE THEM TO ALL OUR SITES ACROSS AUCKLAND. THE TRAINEES LOVE IT. THEY ARE ALWAYS WAITING THERE TO STOCK UP THE PIES. EVERYONE WANTS TO GET THEIR HOT PIE. TO BE FAIR, PIES ARE IN NEW ZEALAND CULTURAL ICON. AS SOON AS OUR VAN GOES ON-SITE, THE SWARM OF TRADIES FOLLOW US. WALK ME THROUGH THE PROCESS, SHALL WE BUY A PIE? YOU GET YOUR CARD AND YOU TOUCH THE SCREEN, AND THEN YOU TAP YOUR CARD ON THE PAYMENT TERMINAL AND THE DOORS UNLOCK. JUST GOTTA WAIT FOR THE GREEN LIGHT. DESCRIBES MANY PIES AS YOU WANT. HOW MANY CAN I TAKE? HOW'S IT GOING TO KNOW? YOU CAN TAKE MORE THAN ONE. ANY FLAVOURS? ANY PREFERENCE? I GO FOR THE BUTTER CHICKEN. I'LL GO FOR THE MINCE AND CHEESE. THEY ARE NICE AND HOT. THE MACHINE KEEPS IT WARM. YOUR CARD WILL CHARGE ACCORDINGLY. ON THE SCREEN, YOU WILL SEE IT IS DETECTED YOUR TAKEN THREE PIES AND IT WILL CHARGE YOUR CARD ACCORDINGLY. YOU CAN TAKE THE WHOLE CABINET, IN YOUR CARD WILL BE CHARGED. IS IT ALL RIGHT IF WE TRY THEM OUT? WHILE YOU DO THAT, I WANT TO ASK, WHAT I WANT TO BUTTER CHICKEN, AND PUT IT BACK. DO YOU GET A REFUND? WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND? ONCE THE DOORS ARE OPEN, YOU CAN TAKE WHATEVER YOU WANT, SOON AS THE DOORS CLOSE, YOU ARE GOOD TO GO. CHEERS. CAN WE PUT THEM IN OUR WORKPLACES? CAN BE PURCHASED ONE AND HAVE THEM ALL SET UP IN THE TVNZ OFFICE FOR OUR LUNCH BREAKS? CAN WE GET THIS IN THE TVNZ OFFICE? ABSOLUTELY. IS NOT JUST LIMITED TO CONSTRUCTION SITES. WE REALLY WANT TO GO NATIONAL WITH PIEBOT. IT IS AN AWESOME AVENUE. WE NEED TO TALK TO WORK GUYS. I THINK DANIEL WAS ANGLING FOR IT IS A RESIDENTIAL VERSION THAT HE CAN SHIP TO HOME. THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. ENJOY THE PIE, COURTNEY. I WILL. BRING SOME BACK FOR US. E WHAI AKE NEI. WHO'S KEEN ON A BIT OF DOWN-SOUTH ABBEY? WE GIVE YOU THE GRAND TOUR. OH. NEXT. (THEATRICAL MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. REAL ESTATE AGENTS ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO COME UP WITH EXCITING NEW WAYS TO MARKET A PROPERTY, AND A COUPLE IN INVERCARGILL HAVE GONE ALL OUT TO SELL A BIT OF LOCAL HISTORY. LENNEL HOUSE WAS COMPLETED IN 1882, BUILT BY NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST SURVEYOR GENERAL JOHN TURNBULL THOMSON. AND NOW IT CAN BE YOURS, FOR THE RIGHT PRICE. I DON'T THINK THE COSTUMES THROWN IN, BUT WE WILL FIND OUT. AGENT KYLIE YOUNG JOINS US NOW, ALONG WITH OWNER LAURA THOMPSON. GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH. OH, THERE ARE THREE OF YOU THERE. WHO HAVE I GOT? LAURA. KYLIE. AND HANNAH. GOOD MORNING. I LOVE IT, THANK YOU TO ALL THREE OF YOU FOR BEING HERE. HANNAH AND LAURA, TELL ME ABOUT THIS PLACE AND THE DRESS UP. WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE? IS A PRETTY UNIQUE PROPERTY TO MARKET. THE MOST UNIQUE MARKET WILL PROPERLY EVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MARKET, SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE A BIT OF FUN AND GET OUT 1880S DRESSES OUT. IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN. WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY AND INTRODUCTION THAT I READ, I KNOW THAT LOCALS KNOW THE PLACE THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY KNOW THAT FULL HISTORY. I WONDER WHETHER YOU COULD GIVE US A FULL INSIGHT. THAT WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY 1880S. IT WAS BUILT AS A RETIREMENT HOME AND WAS KNOWN FOR SURVEY IN INVERCARGILL IN 1856. IT WAS ORIGINALLY 160 HA, AND HAS SINCE BEEN SUBDIVIDED DOWN TO WHAT IT IS TODAY WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 3 ACRES, WHICH ARE STILL HUGE AMOUNTS OF LAND AND RESIDENTIAL INVERCARGILL. KYLIE, HAVE YOU HAD ANY BITES? WE HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF INTEREST. A FEW EMAILS COMING AND MAINLY FROM PEOPLE WANTING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE A WEDDING VENUE OR BED AND BREAKFAST. I KNOW THE BEEN A BUSLOAD OF PEOPLE DRIVING PAST YESTERDAY. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY WERE DOING, BUT, YEAR, THAT IS PRETTY INTERESTING. TELL ME ABOUT YOU SELLING THIS PLACE. WHY ARE YOU SELLING IT? WE ARE VERY CONFLICTED WITH OUR DECISION TO SELL. MY ELDEST CHILD IS SIX AND WE HAVE A THREE AND FOUR-YEAR-OLDS. IT IS A HECTIC TIME OF LIFE. THE ELDEST BOY IS GOING TO SMASH THE FOR SALE SIGN AWAY. 3 ACRES AND THREE BOYS IS PRETTY FORLORN IN ITSELF. IT HAS BEEN HARD BECAUSE MY PARTNER'S PARENTS HAD THEIR HOUSE FOR 25 YEARS. DOES COME WITH ITS CHALLENGES. BUT HAS SOME AMAZING ASPECTS, BUT IT IS A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY TO PUT INTO IT. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT YOUR KIDS WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT SAD ABOUT IT. KYLIE, IF PEOPLE WANT TO BUY THIS PLACE OR ARE INTERESTED HOW DO THEY MAKE CONTACT? THEY CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH HANNAH AND I. EITHER THROUGH THE TRADE ME WEBSITE, THROUGH OUR PERSONAL FACEBOOK PAGES OR GIVE US A CALL. LOVE IT. I HOPE FOR YOU, LAURA, THAT THIS PLACE GOES, AND GO WELL AND TRYING TO GET THIS PLACE OLD. KYLIE, LOVELY TO SEE YOU. REALISE THAT YOU AND I GO WAY BACK FROM THE NETBALL AROUND, SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU. A FEW HAIRCUTS AGO. LOVELY FOR YOU OR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. E HAERE AKE NEI, DO YOU FANCY YOURSELF AS A TRUCKIE? WELL THERE'S A BIG RECRUITMENT DRIVE ON RIGHT NOW. WE'VE SENT OUT OUR CHRISTCHURCH REPORTER DIGBY WERTHMULLER TO SEE IF HE HAS WHAT IT TAKES. DIGBY, SHINE IT UP. MORNING, GUYS. WITH AN AGEING WORKFORCE AMONGST THE TRUCKIES, TODAY IS ALL ABOUT ENTICING THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS. # LIFE AS A HIGHWAY. THE HUNT IS ON FOR THE TRUCKIES OF OUR FUTURE, AS THE SECTOR FACES AN AGE-OLD PROBLEM. IN A BID TO FIND NEW RECRUITS, THE INDUSTRY IS TURNING TO THE NEXT GENERATION WITH MORE THAN 100 STUDENTS EXPECTED TO ATTEND A TRANSPORT EXHIBITION IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY. OUR CHRISTCHURCH REPORTER DIGBY WERTHMULLER IS THERE TO CHECK IT OUT. MORENA, DIGBY! DOES IT LOOK LIKE AN INTERESTING CAREER CHOICE? I TELL YOU WHAT, THERE ARE SOME SHINY, FLASH TRUCKS HERE AT THE CONFERENCE THAT IS ON TODAY AND TOMORROW. A LOT OF THESE TRUCKS HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN IN NEW ZEALAND. A LOT OF NEW ELECTRIC TRUCKS, TRUCKS WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES, IT IS ALL QUITE EXCITING AND THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF SCHOOLKIDS COMING DOWN A LITTLE LATER. THEY WILL ALL BE ABLE TO LEARN WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A TRUCKEE. WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS HERE. HOW YOU THIS MORNING? IT'S A VERY COOL OPPORTUNITY, AND THEY NEED TO BE MORE GIRLS IN THE INDUSTRY SO IT'S CALLED SEE PEOPLE DOWN HERE. WHAT GOT YOU INTO TRUCKS? I'M REALLY INTO CARS. I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED HEAVY MACHINERY AND STUFF LIKE THAT. ALWAYS INTERESTED ME. WHAT'S YOUR DREAM? I'D LIKE TO GET ALL MY LICENCES AND GO TO THE MINES IN AUSTRALIA, EXCAVATING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND SO TODAY, IT'S ABOUT NETWORKING AS IT? YES WE ARE HERE WITH OUR SCHOOL AND STUFF. THAT SUPER EXCITING. DOES YOUR DAD DRIVE? NO, I'VE JUST ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR HEAVY MACHINERY. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTO CARS, FIXING THEM AND STUFF LIKE THAT. ONE OF MY DREAMS. DO YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE TRUCK HERE TODAY? THIS ONE IS PRETTY COOL WITH THE LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING. IT'S COOL TO SEE ELECTRIC STUFF OUT. WERE GOING TO HEAD OVER THIS WAY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE FULLY ELECTRIC TRUCK OVER HERE AS WELL AS DAVID WHO IS ONE OF THE ORGANISERS. WHEN THE DOORS OPEN? 930 AND WE ARE EXPECTING 600 PEOPLE. IT IS ALL ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY. WE HAVE SOME EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HOW GOOD IS IT TO HAVE YOUNG GIRLS GETTING INTO THEIR INDUSTRY? IT'S AWESOME. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY AND IT'S GOOD TO GET THE YOUNG ONES THROUGH. IT'S AN EXCITING CAREER. 9 O'CLOCK DOORS OPEN. YOU CAN GET YOUR TICKETS ONLINE AT THE NZ TRUCKING ASSOCIATION WEBSITE. WE'VE GOT 30 SECONDS, GETTING THE BIGGEST TRUCK YOU CAN FIND. WE WANT TO KNOW IF YOU CAN TOUCH THE PEDDLES. NICE WORK DIGBY. TOOT THE HORN. FIND THE HORN. IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE IT'S ELECTRIC. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. HAVE A GREAT DAY. 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