IT'S THURSDAY THE 14TH OF MARCH. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. THEY'RE HEADED ACROSS THE DITCH IN DROVES. NO, WE'RE NOT TALKING COPS, NURSES, DOCTORS, TRUCKIES OR EVEN TRADIES ` THIS TIME, IT'S OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS. YEP, THEY'RE ALSO BEING LURED BY BIG BUCKS. SO WHY DO MOST OF THE SECTOR SAY THEY WANT OUT? WE'RE TALKING TO AN ECE TEACHER THIS MORNING, AND WE'LL BE ASKING THE MINISTER WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. IT'S SUPPOSE TO BE A PLACE OF FUN AND LAUGHTER FOR CHILDREN ` NOW SHOCK AND SILENCE. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PICS. CARELESS AND DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR AFTER THE TOILETS AT A PALMERSTON NORTH PLAYGROUND WERE TARGETED BY VANDALS THE THIRD TIME IN A WEEK. SO WHAT'S BEING DONE TO STOP IT HAPPENING AGAIN? MORE AFTER 7. MORE AFTER 7. WHY DO YOU DO IT, AND THREE TIMES IN ONE WEEK? AND FANCY LIVING ON A REMOTE ISLAND OFF SCOTLAND'S WEST COAST? WELL,A RARE OPPORTUNITY AWAITS YOU ` $300K SALARY, GREAT WORK LIFE BALANCE, RELOCATION EXPENSES ALSO TO HELP GET YOU TO THIS BEAUTIFUL LOCATION. AS WELL AS A 10K 'GOLDEN HELLO PAYMENT' MORE ON THIS THROUGHOUT THE SHOW, BUT LET US KNOW ` HOW MUCH WOULD IT TAKE FOR YOU TO MOVE TO THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE? breakfast@tvnz.co.nz. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. A NEW ROUTE HAS BEEN USED TO DELIVER FOOD BY TRUCKS TO NORTHERN GAZA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE WEEKS. AND AMID FEARS OF FAMINE A BOAT CARRYING 200 TONNES OF FOOD IS MAKING ITS WAY FROM CYPRUS, HEADED FOR THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORY. THE BBC'S YOLANDE KNELL REPORTS. LIVE ALSO BEEN NEW AIRLIFT IS TO TRY AND ALLEVIATE THE DEEP HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. MEANWHILE, A CHARITY SHIP CARRYING 200 TONS OF FOOD IS MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN FROM CYPRUS. A NEW JETTY IS BEING SET UP SO THAT AID CAN START TO COME IN BY SEA, BUT THE UN SAYS LORRIES ARE THE FASTEST WAY TO GET AID TO THOSE WHO NEED IT. WE WELCOME THOSE IN JOBS THAT WE HAVE SEEN, AID IS ON THE WAY, IT CAN SIMPLY NOT BE PLACE THOSE LAND ROUTES. WE NEED MORE OF THEM. AFTER MORE THAN FIVE MONTHS, THE WAR RAGES ON, WITH DEVASTATING EFFECTS. A LONG-TIME ALLY OF THE LATE RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY HAS BEEN ATTACKED OUTSIDE HIS HOME IN LITHUANIA. LEONID VOLKOV SAID HIS ARM WAS BROKEN AND HIS LEG HIT 15 TIMES WITH A HAMMER. LITHUANIA IS ACCUSING RUSSIA OF ORGANISING THE ATTACK WITH VOLKOV LABELLING IT A 'GANGSTER GREETING FROM PUTIN'. SOME CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST DONALD TRUMP IN HIS GEORGIA ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE HAVE BEEN DROPPED. THE JUDGE OVERSEEING THE CASE FOUND SIX OF THE 41 COUNTS AGAINST TRUMP, AND SOME OF HIS CO-DEFENDANTS LACKED DETAIL. THE CHARGES CAN BE RE-FILED, AND THE REST OF THE SWEEPING RACKETEERING CASE REMAINS IN TACT. DONALD TRUMP WAS AMONG 19 PEOPLE CHARGED WITH A CONSPIRACY TO OVERTURN THE STATE'S 2020 ELECTION RESULTS. THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS PASSED A BILL THAT COULD SEE 'TIK TOK' BANNED ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN A MATTER OF MONTHS. THE LEGISLATION WOULD GIVE THE APP ABOUT 5 MONTHS TO SEPARATE FROM ITS CHINESE OWNER OR BE BANNED IN THE U.S. CONGRESSMEN SAY TIK TOK'S OWNERS HAVE LINKS WITH THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, ALLEGATIONS THE COMPANY DENIES. THE BILL WILL NOW GO TO THE SENATE WITH PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN STATING HE'LL SIGN IT INTO LAW IF IT REACHES HIS DESK. THE WORLD'S FIRST ELECTRIC HYDRO-FOILING FERRY WILL SOON SET SAIL IN NEW ZEALAND. THE SWEDISH-DESIGNED BOAT WILL BE USED ON FIORDLAND'S LAKE MANAPOURI, TRANSPORTING STAFF ACROSS THE LAKE TO THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST HYDRO POWER STATION. THE NEW BOAT WILL SAVE AN ESTIMATED 240 TONS OF CARBON EMISSIONS A YEAR, THE EQUIVALENT OF TAKING 52 PETROL POWERED CARS OFF THE ROAD. IT'S EXPECTED TO BE IN OPERATION BY 2025. MORE GOOD NEWS FOR THE HOUSING MARKET, WITH NEARLY 60% OF SUBURBS AROUND THE COUNTRY EXPERIENCING RISING PROPERTY VALUES. NEW DATA FROM CORELOGIC SHOWS MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED SUBURBS SAW AN INCREASE IN MEDIAN ESTIMATED PROPERTY VALUES IN THE THREE MONTHS TO MARCH. 103 OF THOSE SUBURBS SAW VALUE GAINS OF AT LEAST 2% AND SEVEN UP BY 5% OR MORE. QUEENSTOWN LED THE PACK WITH SUNSHINE BAY SEEING GROWTH OF MORE THAN 10%. TO SPORT, AND NEW ZEALAND CRICKET'S BEST HAVE BEEN CELEBRATED IN CHRISTCHURCH, WITH MELIE KERR AND RACHIN RAVINDRA TAKING THE SUPREME AWARDS. KERR SWEPT THE MAJOR WOMEN'S AWARDS CLAIMING THE T20, ODI AND SUPER SMASH PLAYER OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS THE DEBBIE HOCKLEY MEDAL FOR SECOND YEAR RUNNING. RAVINDRA BECAME THE YOUNGEST EVER PLAYER TO WIN THE SIR RICHARD HADLEE MEDAL, CAPPING AN IMPRESSIVE RISE IN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET. YOU ALWAYS HOPEFULLY SEE YOURSELF PLAYING FOR NEW ZEALAND, REPRESENTING THIS SPECIAL TEAM. AND TO BE ABLE TO DO IT WITH SUCH GREAT PEOPLE AROUND ME, WITH SUCH GREAT VETERANS TO TEACH ME GREAT LESSONS AND GREAT SUPPORT STAFF HAS BEEN SPECIAL. KANE WILLIAMSON WON ALSO FEATURED A FEW TIMES, WINNING THE BATTING AWARD AND TEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. SOME MORNING SHOWERS IN AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA. A HIGH OF 26 TODAY IN RUSSELL AND WHANGAREI. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE ITS GOING TO BE PRETTY GREY WITH A FEW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WESTERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING. WHAKATANE AND TAURANGA, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 24. TO THE EAST COAST ` ALSO GOT SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE WITH SOME SHOWERS, BUT THIS WILL CLEAR TO SUNSHNE AFTER MIDDAY. 26 THE HIGH IN GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` BIT OF CLOUD FOR MOST OF YOU THIS MORNING. THIS WILL CLEAR AFTER MIDDAY IN WHANGANUI AND PALMERSTON NORTH. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARANUI. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH, CLEARING TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY. FEW SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. HEADING SOUTH ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU HERE TODAY. SOME SHOWERS IN THE LATE EVENING IN ALEXANDRA. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 22 HERE. ASHBURTON 20. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` PACK YOUR BROLLY. SOME SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST. SOME RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN MILFORD SOUND WHICH COULD GET HEAVY. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 17. DUNEDIN IS 19. WELLINGTON WATER'S SITTING ON AN 800 LEAK BACKLOG, AND IS NOW ASKING COUNCIL TO HURRY UP ON ANOTHER $1 MILLION. A NEW REPORT'S FOUND THE COST TO FIX A LEAK HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED IN THREE YEARS. COUNCILLORS HAVE MET WITH WELLINGTON WATER THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION. COUNCILLOR BEN MCNULTY JOINS US NOW. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? WHOSE JOB IS IT TO FIX THESE LEAKS? IT'S A FRUSTRATING PROBLEM BECAUSE, LOOK, YOUR VIEWERS WOULD BE AWARE THAT WE HAVE A WATER ISSUE HERE AND WELLINGTON. PART OF THAT IS HISTORICALLY ON THE COUNCIL, BUT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD TO FIX IT. OUR VEHICLE TO DO THAT IS WELLINGTON WATER, AND WE HAVE TASKS TO THEM WITH $2 MILLION OF EMERGENCY REFER FUNDS. THINGS AREN'T WORKING, WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE MONEY FOR THEM, BUT LIKE EVERY DROP OF WATER IS WISHES, EVERY DOLLAR WE PUT INTO THE WATER STRUCTURE TO FIX IT AS PRECIOUS AS WELL. THERE'S NO MONEY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THESE LEAKS WILL CONTINUE TO GET WORSE, RIGHT? WE HAVE A STATEMENT FROM WELLINGTON WATER WHO SAYS IF WELLINGTON WATER DECIDED TO RELEASE THE SECOND MILLION-DOLLAR SOONER THIS WOULD ENSURE US TO BUILD PACE AND PROVIDE CONTRACTORS WITH CERTAINTY. THERE IS NO MONEY, IS THAT THE ISSUE? THAT MILLION BUCKS THEY ASKING FOR, YOU DON'T HAVE IT. WE ARE SITTING ON IT. WHAT WE SAID IN DECEMBER IS HEY, WE'VE GOT 2 MILLION, YOU COME BACK TO US WITH SOME CLEAR REPORTING AND TARGETS, AND THEY SAID WE CAN DO 804 THAT 2 MILLION, THIS FIRST REPORT HAS COME BACK, THEY ARE ON TRACK TO FIX JUST THAT 400 OF THE 800 THAT THEY INITIALLY TOLD US THEY COULD DO. SO IT'S A PRETTY FRUSTRATING POSITION AS GOVERNORS, WE WANT TO BE GIVING MONEY TO WELLINGTON WATER, I LIKE BEING IN A POSITION TO GIVE MONEY, BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING THE RESULTS ALL THE CERTAINTY, AND WHEN YOU ARE COMING IN OVER BUDGET AT THE FIRST HURDLE, IT IS DIFFICULT TO BUILD THAT TRUST AND FAITH. YEAH, DIFFICULT TO FIX ANYTHING, TOO. WHAT NOW? IT'S A LITTLE TECHNICAL, BUT THE COMMERCIAL MODEL AND WELLINGTON IS THAT WE DO A COST PLUS MARGIN BASIS. THERE IS NO COMMERCIAL TENSION TO DRIVE DOWN THE COST OF THOSE REPAIRS. IN AUCKLAND, THAT IS NOT THE CASE, WE SEE A COMPETITIVE MARKET WITH THE SAME CONTRACTORS. IN WELLINGTON, WE HAVE THE MASTER PLUMBER SCREAMING OUT FOR THIS WORK. THEY ARE SAYING WE CAN GET ON THE LEAKS AND WE CAN BE UP TO THERE TOMORROW IF YOU LET US, BUT THE PROGRESS ON THAT FRONT HAS BEEN GLACE SEAL. WE NEED TO INTRODUCE A COMPETITIVE TENSION INTO THE MODEL, MY THEORY IS THAT IF WE CAN WORK WITH THEM, WE ARE AT LEAST GOING TO DRIVE DOWN COST. THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT WITH WELLINGTON WATER, RIGHT? THE ISSUE STILL REMAINS. WHEN THE LEAKS GETTING FIXED? HUT CITY COUNCIL HAVE BACKED US, I THINK THERE IS QUITE BROAD SUPPORT AROUND THE REGION TO WORK WITH THEM AS WELL, THE INTENTION IS THERE, IT IS NOW UP TO WELLINGTON WATER TO PUT FORWARD A WAY TO GET THEM ON THE GROUND. WE ARE SCREAMING OUT THAT THIS IS A CRISIS. WE JUST NEED TO THROW EVERYTHING AT THE WALL TO GET PIPES FIX. WHAT'S WORKING AT THE MOMENT IS NOT WORKING, AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS. THE BIG THING IS THAT YOU CAN CLEAR WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL STEPS TOMORROW, WE WOULD HAVE ZERO DOLLARS OF DEBT, AND WE WOULD STILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY. WE ARE INCREASING OUR INVESTMENTS BY 70% THIS YEAR, WE ARE STILL FUNDAMENTALLY CAN'T AFFORD IT. THIS IS WHERE THE GOVERNMENT REFORM PIECE COMES IN. WE ARE STARTING THOSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE WELLINGTON WATER MODEL. THIS IS A PROBLEM PLAYING OUT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND, THE MONEY TO DO THE WORK IS NOT THERE, AND NEITHER IS THE CAPACITY. YOU STILL HAVE 800 LEAKS. IS THERE POTENTIAL DATES OR A TIMEFRAME YOU ARE LOOKING AT WHERE THIS CAN BE RESOLVED? WELLINGTON WATER CAME BACK TO US FOR THIS WEEK, FOR $700 MILLION THEY SAID THEY COULD CLEAR OUR ENTIRE LEAK BACKLOG. THEY SAID THEY COULD DO THAT BY THE END OF THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR. IT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT WITH SET UP THE SMALL PROJECT AT 800, THAT COME IN AT 200 TIMES THE COST, AND IS 7 MILLION ACTUALLY 14 MILLION? IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR US TO BE IN A POSITION TO SIGN YET ANOTHER CHECK. REALLY FRUSTRATING SITUATION, BEN MCNULTY. E WHAI AKE NEI ` NURSES, POLICE AND NOW EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS BEING LURED ACROSS THE TASMAN. HOW MUCH VICTORIA'S OFFERING TO MAKE THE MOVE. AUSTRALIA ` NOT JUST LURING OUR NURSES AND POLICE OFFICERS ACROSS THE DITCH. NOW EARLY CHILDCARE TEACHERS ARE BEING TARGETED TOO. THE STATE OF VICTORIA IS OFFERING UP TO $50,000 IN RELOCATION FEES. ONE NEW ZEALAND-BASED RECRUITER TOLD BREAKFAST SHE'S FIELDING HUNDREDS OF CALLS FROM ECE TEACHERS WANTING TO MAKE THE MOVE, DESCRIBING IT AS A 'MASS EXODUS'. ECE TEACHER KEN AH HONI MOVED TO VICTORIA FROM PORIRUA JUST THREE WEEKS AGO. HE'S GOT UP EARLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TASMAN TO SPEAK TO US. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, WHAT WAS THE FINAL STRAW? I'VE BEEN A TEACHER FOR 10 YEARS, GRADUATED WITH MY DEGREE IN TEACHING ECE, IT WAS THE COST OF LIVING. I WASN'T ABLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY, YOU KNOW, MY OWN. I HAD TO MOVE BACK WITH MY PARENTS. IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO DO. THEN AN OPPORTUNITY OPENED UP, AND IT WAS THROUGH THE VICTORIAN INCENTIVE. SO THEY WERE OFFERING MONEY, AND YEAH, I DECIDED TO TAKE IT. WAS THE DRAWCARD THE MONEY? YEAH, PRETTY MUCH. MONEY AND SOME OF THE WORKING CONDITIONS. TALK TO ME ABOUT SOME OF THOSE WORKING CONDITIONS. OUR VIEWERS WILL HAVE KIDS WHO GO TO ANY CE CENTRE, WHAT IS THE JOB LIFE, AND WHAT ARE THE BITS THAT MAKE THE JOB MORE DIFFICULT? IN NEW ZEALAND, WE HAVE SOME GREAT COMPANIES WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT PROVIDING QUALITY CHILDCARE, AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO INTIMATE TEACHING TIME IN NEW ZEALAND IN ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES, BUT SOME OF THE INCENTIVES THAT I'VE SEEN HAVE BEEN A REAL WAKE-UP CALL TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE LACKING HERE. CONDITIONS WILL CHANGE THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE GOVERNMENT SO MANY TIMES, AND THEY JUST CONTINUOUSLY SHUT DOWN. CAN YOU GIVE US SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO THE MINISTER NEXT, SO I WANT TO GET AN IDEA FROM YOU ABOUT WHAT ARE THE SORTS OF THINGS THAT ARE PAY RELATED, PAY ADJACENT, BUT WHAT ARE THE OTHER THINGS LIKE, WHERE YOU THINK, I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS? EXACTLY THAT, NOT ENOUGH STAFF. THERE WERE TIMES WHERE I WOULD BE SICK, AND I JUST ` THERE WASN'T ENOUGH STAFF TO SUPPORT US, SO I WOULD GO ON SICK. IT WASN'T IDEAL FOR MY OWN WELL-BEING, AND I NEEDED TIM MOVE ON. ALSO NOT THE SPREADING BUGS AROUND A CHILDHOOD CENTRE. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD MAKE YOU COME BACK AND TAKE UP ECE TEACHING AGAIN? YEAH, MAYBE IF WE ARE VALUED, IF WE ARE MORE VALUED AND SEEN AS MORE IMPORTANT, AND OUR ROLES AS EDUCATORS, NOT AS BABYSITTERS, THEN MAYBE, YET. IF WE WERE FUNDED BETTER, AND WELL LOOKED AFTER, THEN MAYBE I WOULD COME BACK. WOULD IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PAY PARITY SCHEME MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO YOU? YOU, I FEEL LIKE IT WAS A FOCUS, I JUST FEEL LIKE IT WASN'T MAKING ENOUGH. TO BE LIVING LIKE AN INDEPENDENT. YOU HAPPY NOW, KEN? YEAH, EVERYTHING IS BETTER. I'M GLAD EVERYTHING IS BETTER NOW. THE UNION REPRESENTING EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS, NZEI, SAYS THE INDUSTRY IS IN CRISIS, AND TEACHERS ARE OVERWORKED, UNVALUED AND UNDERPAID. THE UNION SAYS THERE'S A HUGE WORKFORCE SHORTAGE, WITH FEWER PEOPLE CHOOSING IT AS A CAREER, OTHERS TURNING THEIR BACK ON THE SECTOR OR HEADING OVERSEAS. THIS IS MESSAGE FROM THE UNION TO THE GOVERNMENT. WE KNOW THEIR PLANS ` FROM WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO OUR FUNDING SYSTEM TO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT PAY PARITY FOR US. IT'S SCARY, AND IT MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVEN LESS TEACHERS THAN WHAT WE DO NOW, AND WE ALREADY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH. I WANT THE FUNDING SYSTEM TO BE REVIEWED, SO THAT ALL TEACHERS ARE PROVIDED WITH PAY PARITY, AND IT'S NOT AN OPT-IN PROCESS. AND ALSO, SO IT CREATES QUALITY FOR ALL CHILDREN IN NEW ZEALAND, NOT DEPENDENT ON WHAT IS CLOSE TO WEHRE YOU LIVE. EVERY CHILD SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH EARLY CHILDCARE IN NEW ZEALAND. IT SHOULDN'T BE AN OPT-IN PROCESS. LISTENING IN TO THAT AND OUR EARLIER INTERVIEW WITH ECE TEACHER KEN IN VICTORIA IS ASSOCIATE EDUCATION MINISTER DAVID SEYMOUR. HE JOINS US NOW. YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ECE, YOU HAVE JUST HAD THE THOUGHTS OF A TEACHER AND A UNION. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT, THEY OBVIOUSLY NOT HAPPY. HE SAYS I CAN NICE GUY, AND IT IS A SHAME TO LOSE HIM. I THINK, FIRST OF ALL YOU HAVE TO RECOGNISE THAT THIS IS NOT JUST ECE. LAST YEAR, NEW ZEALAND HAD A RECORD OUTFLOW OF NEW ZEALAND CITIZENS, A NET 47,000 KIWI LEFT THE COUNTRY MORE THAN ANY OTHER YEAR. THAT IS HAPPENING IN EVERY SECTOR LARGELY BECAUSE WAGES AND PRODUCTIVITY ARE LOWER NEW ZEALAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES. THIS WHAT THIS GOVERNMENT HAS INHERITED. IN THE CASE OF ECE, PEOPLE ARE LEAVING TO. HOWEVER, OVER THE LAST YEAR WE HAVE SEEN A 3% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ECE TEACHERS, WE HAVE GONE FROM 32,600 TO ABOUT 33,700 IN THE COUNTRY. THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE WIDER STORY OF NEW ZEALAND OF WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LEAVING, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING INTO THE COUNTRY IS ACTUALLY GREAT, AND WE CAN HAVE A DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER THAT'S GOOD OR BAD ` LET'S JUST START WITH PEOPLE, MAKE CHOICES, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE CHOOSING TO LEAVE NEW ZEALAND, I THINK THAT'S VERY BAD. THERE ARE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD CHOOSING TO COME HERE, IN THE SHORT TERM AND MEANS THAT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AVAILABLE TO CHEATS ECE HAS ACTUALLY GONE UP ABOUT 3%. YOUR QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO. YOU THINK THAT MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING, YOU THINK THE SITUATION IS NOT AS BAD OR DIOCESE BEING MADE OUT TO BE? NONETHELESS, THE IDEA THAT THERE IS LOW MORALE AND THAT PEOPLE ARE VERY FRUSTRATED IN THE SECTOR IS TRUE, AND THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED AND THAT INCLUDES BEFORE I WAS THE MINISTER VISITING AND TALKING TO PEOPLE, I'D SAY THAT THERE WAS A FEW THINGS GOING ON. ONE IS MONEY, WE PUT ABOUT $2.7 BILLION INTO ECE, AND WE WILL INCREASE THAT IN THAT BUDGET. IN SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE CHILDCARE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD RIGHT? THERE IS A LOT OF TAXPAYER MONEY GOING INTO THIS AND THERE WILL BE MORE. THE ENORMOUS FLEXIBILITY AROUND THE FUNDING FORMULA, YOU JUST HAVE THE NZD I SAY THEY WANT PAY PARITY RIGHT ACROSS THE SECTOR, BUT LET'S BE CLEAR WHAT THAT MEANS. IT MEANS AN INFLEXIBLE SCALE OF PAYMENTS FOR EVERY SINGLE WORKER IN THIS COUNTRY. AND THEN THEY HAVE TO PAY THESE RATES, AND SOMETIMES DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE PAY PARITY AT THE MOMENT, AND YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. SO WHY NOT TO PAY PARITY AND NOT HAVE A PROBLEM? IN ORDER TO HAVE PAY PARITY, YOU HAVE TO APPLY. WHERE IT APPLIES, IT IS INFLEXIBLE AND CREATE STRANGE INCENTIVES. FOR EXAMPLE YOU SEE CENTRES WHERE SOMEONE WHO IS NOT VERY EXPERIENCED ACTUALLY ENDS UP GETTING PAID MORE THAN SOMEBODY WHO IS AT A LOWER PAY GRADE BUT FROM NEW ZEALAND, AND IS MORE USEFUL IN THE CENTRE. AS AT AN ISSUE TO YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBERS GOING UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS CONVERSATION, AND THAT IS RELYING ON MIGRATION. THESE ARE NOT NEW ZEALAND GRADUATES. THESE ARE KIWIS LEAVING OUR COUNTRY AND BE REPLACED BY FOREIGN WORKERS. IS ACTUALLY A PROBLEM? IF YOU THINK IT'S A PROBLEM PAY PARITY MEANS THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY SOMEBODY WHO WAS A NEW ZEALAND RECENTLY GRADUATED <1 WHO WAS FROM OVERSEAS, MAY BE LESS NEW ZEALAND EXPERIENCED, AND LESS USEFUL TO THE CANCER THAT SENT AT THAT TIME. IF YOU WANT TO PUT THIS INFLEXIBLE MODEL RIGHT ACROSS THE SYSTEM, I JUST TELL YOU THAT IS ONE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT THE UNION ASKING FOR. YOU COULD ALTER THE PAY PARITY SCHEME THOUGH, RIGHT? PEOPLE LIKE CAN I SAY AND WE NEED TO BE PAID MORE THE SALARY DIFFERENT ` IT'S $50,000 STARTING WAGE NEW ZEALAND AT 80,000 IN AUSTRALIA. UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS NOT TOO MUCH DIFFERENCE IN THE AVERAGE WAGE IN THOSE COUNTRY. WE NEED TO WAKE UP ` THAT WE GET PAID LESS THAN AUSTRALIA? KNOW, THAT IS PESSIMISTIC, ANNA. THE REALITY IS THAT THE GOVERNMENTS HAVE NOT FOCUSED ON PRODUCTIVITY, AND AS A RESULT, IT'S ATTRACTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO LEAVE NEW ZEALAND. WE NEED TO FIX PRODUCTIVITY, WE NEED TO FIX OVERREGULATION, WE NEED TO FIX HOUSING IF WE DON'T DO THOSE THINGS AS A GOVERNMENT, I SUSPECT THAT PEOPLE WILL LOSE CONFIDENCE IN US, AND IF WE DON'T DO THOSE THINGS AS A COUNTRY, PEOPLE WILL LOSE CONFIDENCE IN US. WELL YOU GAVE THE SECTOR MORE MONEY, YOU DID NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION. YES. ENOUGH TO SAY THEY NEED MORE MONEY? I THINK THERE WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF BUDGETING PROCESS. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO REDUCE THE CRAZY AMOUNT OF RULES THAT PREVENT PEOPLE FROM WORKING PROPERLY. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT ANOTHER TIME. THE REGULATION THAT MAKES IT HARDER TO RUN AS ONE OF THE MAJOR FRUSTRATION. I HAVEN'T PREPPED ALL THIS, WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN ANOTHER TIME. I AM TOTALLY PREPPED FOR IT. I PROMISE WE WILL DISCUSS ANOTHER TYPE. DAVID SEYMOUR, THANKS FOR COMING IN. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, AS IF HE DOESN'T TRAVEL ENOUGH, MATT GIBB IS IN WELLINGTON FOR A HOLIDAY. MORENA, MATT. HOLIDAY? I AM AND TRIP IT REPORTED A SMALLEY. I HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND IN WELLINGTON MAKING SURE THIS PLACE, IS UP TO SCRATCH FOR THIS LUCKY BREAKFAST VIEWERS. IF YOU GET IN THE DRAWER RIGHT NOW, THIS IS WHERE YOU GET A FAMILY HOLIDAY. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT HAS JUST GONE 630. EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS FLEEING TO AUSTRALIA SAY THEY HAVE NO CHOICE IF THEY WANT TO GET AHEAD IN LIFE. THE STATE OF VICTORIA IS OFFERING INCENTIVES TO LURE NEW ZEALAND ECE TEACHERS, INCLUDING RELOCATION SUPPORT OF UP TO $50,000. KEN AH HONI JOINED WHAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS A 'MASS EXODUS' THREE WEEKS AGO, AND SAYS HE'S NOW EARNING $30,000 MORE. CONDITIONS FOR CHANGE HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE GOVERNMENT SO MANY TIMES, AND IT JUST GETS SHUT DOWN. IT LEADS TO SHORTAGES AND WHY PEOPLE ARE LIVING. ASSOCIATE MINISTER FOR EDUCATION DAVID SEYMOUR ACKNOWLEDGED THERE IS FRUSTRATION IN THE SECTOR. WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL IS CALLING OUT WELLINGTON WATER TO STEP UP AND COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR THE BACKLOG OF 1700 WATER LEAKS ACROSS THE CITY. A NEW REPORT REVEALS THE COST TO FIX A LEAK HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED IN THREE YEARS. COUNCILLORS AND WELLINGTON WATER MET THIS WEEK, DECIDING ON AN 'ALTERNATIVE OPTION' SAYING 'THE CURRENT PLAN ISN'T WORKING'. WE'VE GOT 2 MILLION. YOU COME BACK TO US WITH SOME CLEAR REPORTING AND CLEAR TARGETS AND SAY, WE CAN DO 800 FORD 2 MILLION. YOU DO THE FIRST TRANCHE, AND WE WILL DO THE SECOND TRANCHE. THEY HAVE COME BACK AND SAY THAT THEY CAN FIX ONLY 400 LEAKS OF THE 800 THAT THEY INITIALLY TOLD US THEY CAN DO. WELLINGTON WATER SAYS IF WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO RELEASE THE SECOND $1 MILLION SOONER, IT WOULD ENABLE IT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD PACE AND PROVIDE CONTRACTORS WITH CERTAINTY. A BILL THAT COULD BAN SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM 'TIKTOK' IN THE U.S. HAS BEEN PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THE APP HAS MORE THAN 170 MILLION AMERICAN USERS, WITH LAWMAKERS CONCERNED ABOUT WHO CONTROLS THE CONTENT THEY SEE. THE ABC'S PERRY RUSSOM HAS MORE. TIKTOK'S TIME MAY SOON BE UP. TODAY, THE HOUSE PASSING THE BILL, CALLING FOR TIKTOK'S PARENT COMPANY, BYTEDANCE, TO EITHER SELL THE APP IN SIX MONTHS OR GET BLOCKED IN THE U.S., EFFECTIVELY KILLING THE APP. AND IT'S NOT ABOUT TIKTOK; IT'S ABOUT BYTEDANCE. BYTEDANCE IS A CHINESE COMPANY LAWMAKERS ARGUE IS TIED TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, PUTTING USERS DATA AT RISK. FOREIGN ADVERSARIES LIKE THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY POSE THE GREATEST NATIONAL THREAT OF OUR TIME. A TIKTOK SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY HAVE NEVER SHARED USER INFORMATION WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. # I MADE YOU LOOK. # I JUST USE IT FOR, LIKE, RECREATIONAL USE. IT REALLY KNOWS WHAT TO KIND OF SEND MY WAY. I GET MOST OF MY NEWS, ACTUALLY, THROUGH TIKTOK. LAWMAKERS SAY THAT'S ONE OF THEIR MAIN CONCERNS ` A CHINESE-OWNED COMPANY HAVING THE ABILITY TO CONTROL WHAT MORE THAN HALF THE AMERICAN POPULATION SEES AND DOES NOT SEE IN THE PALM OF THEIR HAND. ADDITIONALLY, TIKTOK'S PERVASIVE INFLUENCE AMONG YOUNG AMERICANS MAKES IT AN IDEAL TOOL FOR THE CCP TO PROPAGATE ITS NARRATIVES, SHAPE PERCEPTIVES AND ADVANCE ITS GEOPOLITICAL AGENDA. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY ACCUSES THE US OF BULLYING BEHAVIOUR. TIKTOK CREATORS ON CAPITOL HILL YESTERDAY. THIS APP IS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST AN APP FOR DUMB TIKTOK DANCES. THIS IS A LIFE-CHANGING APP. A NEW ROUTE HAS BEEN USED TO DELIVER FOOD BY TRUCKS TO NORTHERN GAZA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE WEEKS. AMID FEARS OF FAMINE, A BOAT CARRYING 200 TONS OF FOOD IS MAKING ITS WAY FROM CYPRUS, HEADED FOR THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORY. BUT ISRAEL IS FACING MOUNTING PRESSURE TO ALLOW MORE ACCESS TO GAZA. WHILE WE WELCOME THESE AIRCRAFT THAT WE HAVE SEEN, WE WELCOME THAT THERE IS NO WAY MARITIME CORRIDOR, IT CAN SIMPLY NOT REPLACE THOSE LAND ROUTES, AND WE NEED MORE OF THEM. ENOUGH FOOD FOR 25,000 PEOPLE WAS DELIVERED BY THE LORRIES. THE NEW ZEALAND CRICKETS BEST HAVE SWAPPED THE BLACK CAPS FOR A BLACK TIE TO CELEBRATE THE YEAR'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WITH TWO PLAYERS REIGNING SUPREME IN CHRISTCHURCH. RACHIN RAVINDRA BECAME THE YOUNGEST EVER PLAYER TO WIN THE SIR RICHARD HADLEE MEDAL, AS MEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR. MELIE KERR SWEPT THE MAJOR WOMEN'S AWARDS, CLAIMING THE T20, ODI AND SUPER SMASH PLAYER OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS THE DEBBIE HOCKLEY MEDAL FOR SECOND YEAR RUNNING. THIS MEANS A LOT, AND I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE PEOPLE AROUND ME, AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BIG ABOUT SURROUNDING MYSELF WITH GOOD PEOPLE. IT IS ONE OF MY CHILDHOOD DREAMS TO DO THIS. AND DARYL MITCHELL WAS AWARDED MEN'S ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR. AND FINALLY, AN AUSTRALIAN BILLIONAIRE IS RE-FLOATING HIS PLANS TO BUILD 'TITANIC 2' ` A REPLICA OF THE FAMOUS SHIP THAT SANK IN 1912. CLIVE PALMER HAS VOWED TO BUILD A VESSEL 'FAR SUPERIOR THAN THE ORIGINAL' AS HE UNVEILED DESIGNS FOR HIS PROJECT ` AGAIN. THE PROJECT IS BEING REVIVED AFTER THE PANDEMIC PUT THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT ON HOLD. MR PALMER SAYS THE SHIP WILL BE IN SERVICE IN 2027. ALL WOULD YOU WANT TO GET ON THAT? AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. SOME MORNING SHOWERS IN AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA. A HIGH OF 26 TODAY IN RUSSELL AND WHANGAREI. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE ITS GOING TO BE PRETTY GREY WITH A FEW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WESTERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING. WHAKATANE AND TAURANGA, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 24. 20 IN TAUPO. TO THE EAST COAST ` ALSO GOT SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE WITH SOME SHOWERS, BUT THIS WILL CLEAR TO SUNSHNE AFTER MIDDAY. 24 IN NAPIER AND 23 FOR MASTERTON. OVER TO THE WEST ` BIT OF CLOUD FOR MOST OF YOU THIS MORNING. THIS WILL CLEAR AFTER MIDDAY IN WHANGANUI AND PALMERSTON NORTH. WELLINGTON, 18 DEGREES IS YOUR HIGH. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH, CLEARING TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY. FEW SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. BLENHEIM WITH A HIGH OF 23. HEADING SOUTH ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU HERE TODAY. THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST SPOT TODAY. SOME SHOWERS IN THE LATE EVENING IN ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` PACK YOUR BROLLY. SOME SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST. SOME RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN MILFORD SOUND WHICH COULD GET HEAVY. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 17. DUNEDIN, SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON WITH A HIGH OF 90 DEGREES. WITH MORE THAN 5000 RESORTS AND HOTELS ACROSS THE WORLD, ALL.COM HAS A LOT OF OPTIONS FOR YOUR NEXT HOLIDAY. ONE THAT MAKES THE LIST ` WELLINGTON. MATT GIBB HAS HEADED TO THE CAPITAL TO CHECK OUT ONE OF THE PLACES YOU CAN STAY. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY ALL.COM. MORENA, MATT! IT IS A HOLIDAY. GOOD MORNING, JENNY MAY. DON'T MIND ME. I AM JUST MAKING THE MOST OF MY WORK FOR. BREAKFAST* AS YOU SAID EARLIER, I AM NOT ON HOLIDAY HERE IN WELLINGTON. I AM WORKING VERY HARD, TESTING OUT THE ACCOMMODATION YOU COULD BE STAYING AT IF YOU WIN THE COMPETITION WITH ALL.COM. HEAD TO THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IF YOU DO, YOU COULD WIN A TRIP TO WELLINGTON FOR TWO ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN, STAYING AT THE NOVOTEL WELLINGTON. YOU CAN HAVE SOME OF THE DOUGHNUTS AND HOT CROSS BUNS SUFFERS UP YOU CAN GO TO TE PAPA, AND HAVE A FAMILY PASS TO THE WETA WORKSHOP EXPERIENCE AS WELL. THIS IS GEORGINA WHO RUNS THE HOTEL. HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING? GOOD, THANK YOU. OBVIOUSLY, I LOVE A BREAKFAST BUFFET SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FAMILY HOLIDAY. KIDS MUST LOVE THIS IS LOVE. IT IS A GREAT SPOT FOR FAMILIES. TRAVELLING FOR LEISURE IS A THING. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BREAKFAST, CHILDREN DO ENJOY THE BREAKFAST COMPLIMENTARY WHEN THEY ARE STAYING WITH THEIR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS IN THE ROOM. IT IS A MORNING RITUAL. I WAS WALKING DOWN LAMBTON QUAY. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO SEE THAT I WRITE IN THE HEART OF WELLINGTON HERE. WE ARE JUST MOMENTS AWAY FROM THE WELLINGTON CABLE CAR. ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES AND YOU ARE AT THE WATERFRONT. GO UP THE CABLE CAR, YOU ARE AT THE GARDEN. YOU CAN TAKE THE SHUTTLE TO ZELANDIA. YOU HAVE THE WILLIS LANE DOWN THE ROAD AND ARCHIE BROS. TE PAPA IS A 15 MINUTE WALK AWAY. IMPORTANTLY FOR FAMILIES, FOR PARENTS, THERE IS COFFEE EVERY 15 MINUTES. THERE ARE ALSO THE DINOSAURS OF PATAGONIA. DINOSNORES ` WE ARE A HOTEL. WE HAVE TICKETS WITH ACCOMMODATION AND BREAKFAST. GREAT FOR THE HOLIDAY PERIOD OF APRIL. YOU COULD BE BRINGING YOUR FAMILY IF YOU ENTER THE COMPETITION. THESE OTHER COMPETITION DETAILS ONE MORE TIME. YOU HAVE UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO ENTER THAT FAMILY COMPETITION. FLIGHTS FOR TWO ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN HERE TO WELLINGTON, STAYING AT THE NOVOTEL, PLUS PASSES TO THE DINOSAURS OF PATAGONIA AND THE WETA WORKSHOP EXPERIENCE. KIDS MAKE IT ONE OF THESE AS WELL. (CHIRPS) HE SAYS I WILL SEE YOU SOON. SEE YOU SOON. ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY. I HAD ONE OF THOSE. I THREW IT AWAY. ME U TONU MAI ` SORRY. REMEMBER THESE BOLLARDS THAT WERE INSTALLED IN CHRISTCHURCH'S ARANUI CAUSING OUTRAGE AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS, WELL WE HAVE A BIT OF AN UPDATE ABOUT THEM. THAT'S NEXT. # I'LL BE THERE. # WE'VE GOT 99 PROBLEMS. # AND I KNOW I AM ONE OF THEM. IT IS 6:45. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. SOME OF THE NEW SPEED BUMPS AND BOLLARDS IN THE CHRISTCHURCH SUBURB OF ARANUI ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT 24 HOURS AGO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW RESIDENTS WERE FURIOUS OVER THE INSTALLATIONS AT WAINONI PARK. EASTERN EAGLES RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB SECRETARY FINA FA'AMOE TOLD US ABOUT HOW THEY WERE AN INCONVENIENCE. NOBODY WAS CONSULTED FROM THE CLUB, THE ONLY ISSUE WE HAVE IS THAT THEY HAVE BLOCKED OFF ` THEY'VE PUT THEM UP 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. COUNCILLOR KELLY BARBER IS BACK WITH US ` MORENA, KELLY. GOOD MORNING, DANIEL. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? GOOD, GOOD. MY, MY, MY, WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES. I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I THINK THE COMMUNITY WILL REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS JUST ONE OF ABOUT 20 PROJECTS IN THE AREA TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN. THIS WAS ONE THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE, AND I AM GRATEFUL THAT THE TRAFFIC TEAM AT CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY GOT TOGETHER AND THOUGHT, THERE HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING PRE-FEEDBACK FEEDBACK. BECAUSE THE FEEDBACK SESSION IS TODAY FROM 11 UNTIL 6 PM. SO IF YOU'RE IN THE AREA, GET DOWN THERE. I GOT A CALL YESTERDAY SAYING THEY RECONSIDERED, AND DUE TO THE FEEDBACK, THEY DECIDED TO TAKE THE BOLLARD IS OUT. OTHER BOLLARD IS BEING REMOVED? JUST THE ONES AROUND HAMPSHIRE PARK WHICH WERE BLOCKING OFF THE PARKING. THE INTENTION, DANIEL, WAS TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN, TO NARROW THE STREET, BUT I THINK IN THIS CASE, IT WAS PROBABLY NOT THE MOST POPULAR, AND WE GOT REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK. THE INTENTION OF THE PROJECT IS ADMIRABLE, TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN IN THE AREA, BUT THEY DID GET SOMETHING IS WRONG. AND I WOULD SAY IN THIS CASE, IT WAS WRONG. IT IS GOOD TO BE FLEXIBLE. I WAS REALLY CHUFFED TO GET THE PHONE CALL. AND THERE IS ONE OTHER ASPECT AS WELL ` IN THE MIDDLE OF HAMPSHIRE STREET OUTSIDE THE SHOPS WHERE THIS STICKY EARLIER ARANUI THINGS HAD DEVELOPED WHERE PEOPLE WOULD PARK ON THE STREET, AND IT WAS BOLLARDED OFF WITH SO MANY BOLLARD, IT WAS A SOLUTION TO MAKE IT A BIT MORE ATHLETICALLY PLEASING. IT WAS AN EXPENSIVE PROJECT ` $2.6 MILLION. HOW MUCH WILL IT COST TO NOW REMOVE THEM? I ASSUME THAT IS ALL PART OF THE BUDGET, BECAUSE THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT WAS SUPPOSEDLY THAT $2.6 MILLION. THE DEFAULT OPTION WAS TO TAKE THE ENTIRE LINE OUT IF IT WAS COMPLETELY UNSATISFACTORY TO THE LOCALS. THEY WILL HAVE BUDGETED IN THOUGH REMOVAL AS WELL. I THINK SOME OF THEM CAN STAY. SOME OF THE NARROW CORNERS WILL STAY. SOME OF THE CROSSINGS OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL. THEY WOULD BE MAD IF WE TAKE THOSE AWAY. I'M PRETTY SURE THEY WILL STAY. IT IS NOT THE WAY I WOULD HAVE DONE IT. BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. IT IS WHAT IT IS. REMIND US WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR THAT AGAIN. WAKA KOTAHI IT'S PAYING 90%. GOD BLESS THEM. IT IS NICE TO HAVE A FUNDER IN THE AREA. TAXPAYERS ARE GOING TO PAY FOR IT. I'M NOT SURE WE WILL SEE THAT OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, AGAIN, BUT WE WILL TAKE A WHILE IT IS THERE. A WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY ` WE WILL TAKE THAT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IS A GREAT NEWS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PART IN THIS. WE APPRECIATE IT. THEN HE JUST SAY IT WAS CHANGED BECAUSE OF THE INTERVIEW YESTERDAY? ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR WASTING TAXPAYER MONEY? $2.6 MILLION THEY SPENT ON THIS, AND THEN AND DID IT. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD? HONESTLY. ARE THEY NOT ALLOWED GOOGLE MAPS ON THEIR COMPUTER OR SOMETHING? HOW DO YOU DO THIS? LET'S GO TO THE AD BREAK, OTHERWISE ABF WILL JUST... GO DRINK WATER. IT'S OK, MUMMA, YOU'VE GOT THIS. E HAERE AKE NEI ` A NORTHLAND MAN'S DESPERATE PLEA FOR YOUR HELP TO FIND HIS BELOVED DOGS. HE REVEALS WHERE MANAIA AND MARLEY MAY HAVE GONE. (UPBEAT MUSIC) # THE CLUB CAN'T EVEN HANDLE ME RIGHT NOW # IT'S COMING UP TO 5 TO 7. JUST PICKING UP ON AN ARTICLE ABOUT A HEALTH WORKER AT NEW ZEALAND HEALTH WHO HAS BEEN ASKED TO STOP SENDING EMAILS WITH THE WORDS KIA ORA AND NGA MIHI ON IT AFTER PEOPLE COMPLAINED. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO RECEIVED EMAILS FROM THIS PARTICULAR WORKER, THEY CALLED, HAD A GO, AND THE MANAGER CAME TO HER AND SAID CAN YOU JUST NOT DO IT? GET OVER IT. I AM SO SICK OF EVERYBODY BEING SO OFFENDED ALL THE TIME. THE REASON WE HAVE COME TO THIS NOW IS BECAUSE WE JUST SPENT THEIR TIME AT BREAK TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE I AM WORKED UP. WHY ARE PEOPLE SO UPSET THEY ARE SAYING HI AND GOODBYE? JUST MOVE ON. A COUPLE OF COMPLAINTS? I JUST THINK THIS IS A KNEE-JERK REACTION. IT HAS GOT US TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS OKAY ON AN EMAIL. EXCLAMATION MARKS NEED TO STOP. PEOPLE SAYING HAPPY FRIYAY WITH EXCLAMATION MARKS. THERE ARE MULTIPLE Y'S AT THE END OF THE YAY. I'M NOT SITTING THERE SEETHING LIKE AN OLD MAN AT MY DESK, BUT I WOULDN'T TAKE IT TO MANAGEMENT. I WONDER IF PEOPLE WOULD BOTHER COMPLAINING THEY GOT AN EMAIL ` ANYWAY, SEND US AN EMAIL. SIGN OFF HOW YOU WOULD NORMALLY SIGN OFF. FEEL FREE TO SAY KIA ORA OR NGA MIHI. A NORTHLAND MAN WHOSE DOGS VANISHED FROM HIS YARD IN JANUARY IS ON A DESPERATE SEARCH TO FIND HIS BELOVED PETS. WHANGAREI MAN PETER SMITH CAME HOME FROM WORK TO FIND TAN-COLOURED MASTIFFS MANAIA AND MARLEY GONE. HIS PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED BY A HIGH FENCE AND HE'S SEARCHED EVERYWHERE, BUT NO SIGN OF THE DOGS. HIS SEARCH HAS DRAWN HUGE SUPPORT ONLINE, AND NOW HE NEEDS YOUR HELP. I SPOKE WITH PETER EARLIER, ASKING HIM WHEN HE KNEW HIS DOGS WERE GONE. SO I GOT BACK FROM WORK, IT WAS MY FIRST DAY OF WORK. I GOT BACK FROM WORK A LITTLE BIT EARLY, PROBABLY ABOUT 4.30. AND I THINK IT WAS ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR AFTER I GOT BACK. I WENT OUT TO CHECK ON TO BRING THEM OUT OF ` COS THEY'RE IN THEIR OWN YARD, IN THEIR OWN FENCED YARD IN MY BACKYARD. SO I JUST WENT OUT TO LET THEM OUT, AND GIVE THEM THE RUN-AROUND IN THE AFTERNOON. THEY JUST WEREN'T THERE. SO, SO THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT ` THERE'S TWO ASSUMPTIONS I GUESS, ONE, THAT THEY RAN OFF. BUT THE SECOND ONE, WHICH IS THE ONE I GUESS YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO CONTEMPLATE, IS THE FACT THAT THEY'VE BEEN STOLEN. THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION, I MEAN, THE YARD WAS CLOSED. MY YARD WAS CLOSED. UM, I MEAN, THERE CAN BE MISCHIEF, BUT I DON'T KNOW. REALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO SAY WHETHER THEY WERE STOLEN OR NOT. HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN ` HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN GONE? JANUARY 8TH. YEAH, SO` SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF MONTHS? YEAH. WITH NO SIGHTING. YEAH. IT'S REALLY STRANGE. I'M A DOG OWNER. I'VE OWNED DOGS FOR YEARS AND YEARS, SO I KNOW HOW MUCH THEY CAN BE PART OF THE WHANAU. SO HOW MUCH DO THESE DOGS MEAN TO YOU? YEAH, THEY LIKE, SO THEY CHOSE ME, IF I CAN PUT IT THAT WAY. I SORT OF WENT TO SEE HAVE A LOOK AT THEM WHEN THEY WERE EIGHT WEEKS, AND THEY APPROACHED ME. SO IT WAS LIKE, THEY WANT ME. THERE IT IS. YOU'RE THE ` YOU'RE THE ONES I'M GOING TO GET. YEAH. AND YEAH, THEY DO, THEY` THEY'VE BEEN PART OF THE FAMILY. I MEAN, THEY'RE YOUNG. TWO AND A HALF YEARS, BUT THEY HAVEN'T KNOWN ANYBODY BUT ME, EVERY DAY, AND EACH OTHER. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ACTUALLY, THE SUPPORT YOU'VE RECEIVED, NOT ONLY FROM THE COMMUNITY BUT ACTUALLY AROUND THE MOTU HAS BEEN QUITE AWESOME, QUITE OVERWHELMING, RIGHT? VERY. SOME DAYS, VERY OVERWHELMING. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT. I MUST ADMIT, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY, SENDING ME IN THEIR WISHES. AND KEEPING AN EYE OUT JUST LOOKING OUT FOR THEM. AND, UM, YEAH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT. YEAH. HEY, UM, JUST QUICKLY, PETE, WHAT SORT OF PERSONALITIES DO THEY HAVE? UH, SO... MANAIA, HE'S HE'S BEEN PROTECTIVE OF HIS SISTER SINCE THEY GOT` SINCE DAY ONE. SO, YEAH. HE'S, UH, I LIKE TO CALL THEM A BIT SPECIAL, BUT IT'S VERY ATTACHED. HE'S VERY ATTACHED TO, UH, MALI. I GUESS MARLEY'S THE MISCHIEF. SHE CAN PLAY UP NOW AND AGAIN. WHAT WOULD IT MEAN TO HAVE THEM HOME? OH, I'LL JUST CHANGE MY WORLD BACK TO WHAT IT WAS. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST BECOME AN EVERYDAY THING ` MORNING, DAY, EVENING, NIGHT-TIME, WEEKENDS. IT'S JUST BEEN THERE EVERY DAY. THEY'VE KNOWN NOTHING ABOUT US, SO. YEAH, I TOTALLY GET IT, PETE. HEY, WE LET'S HOPE WE CAN BRING THESE TO HOME, EH? AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. AND ALL THE BEST. HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY WHO'S SEEN THIS WILL GO, 'YEP. I'VE SEEN THOSE PUPS BEFORE. SEEN THOSE DOGS.' AND WE'LL GET THEM BACK TO YOU. SO THANKS SO MUCH PETE. GO WELL. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DO APPRECIATE THAT. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. RENTERS, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ` ARE YOU GRATEFUL YOUR LANDLORD MIGHT GET A BIG FAT TAX BREAK FROM THE GOVERNMENT? CHRISTOPHER LUXON THINKS YOU SHOULD BE. WE'LL GET INTO THIS DEBATE IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. PALMERSTON NORTH LOCALS ARE OUTRAGED AFTER THE PUBLIC BATHROOMS AT A PLAYGROUND WERE SMASHED UP. WE'LL FIND OUT HOW MANY TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED IN A SINGLE WEEK AND THE COST OF THE DAMAGE. THAT'S IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. AND FANCY A $300,000 DOLLAR SALARY AND THE CHANCE TO LIVE ON AN ISLAND? THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CATCHES, THOUGH. FIRST OF ALL, YOU NEED TO BE A DOCTOR. WE'LL EXPLAIN MORE SHORTLY. BUT FOR NOW, IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. THE NUMBER OF ECE TEACHERS BEING ENTICED ACROSS THE TASMAN FOR BETTER PAY HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A 'MASS EXODUS'. THE STATE OF VICTORIA IS PROMISING NEW ZEALAND EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS INCENTIVES TO MAKE THE MOVE, INCLUDING FINANCIAL RELOCATION SUPPORT OF UP TO $50,000. UNION REPRESENTATIVE MEGAN WHITE SAYS THE GOVERNMENT'S CHANGES TO FUNDING AND PAY PARITY PLANS IS A SCARY REALITY, PROMPTING TEACHERS TO LEAVE. I WANT THE FUNDING SYSTEM TO BE REVIEWED SO THAT ALL TEACHERS ARE PROVIDED WITH PAY PARITY, AND IT'S NOT AN OPT-IN PROCESS. AND ALSO SO THAT IT CREATES EQUALITY FOR ALL CHILDREN IN NEW ZEALAND, NOT DEPENDENT WHAT IS CLOSE TO WHERE YOU LIVE. EVERY CHILD SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH QUALITY CHILDCARE IN NEW ZEALAND, IT SHOULD NOT BE AN OPT IN PROCESS. ASSOCIATE EDUCATION MINISTER DAVID SEYMOUR HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THERE IS FRUSTRATION IN THE SECTOR. THE WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL SAYS THE MONEY 'IS NOT THERE' TO FIX 1700 LEAKS ACROSS THE CITY. A NEW REPORT HAS REVEALED THE COST TO FIX A LEAK HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED IN THREE YEARS. WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL GAVE WELLINGTON WATER $2 MILLION IN DECEMBER TO FIX 800 LEAKS, BUT NOW ONLY 400 CAN BE FIXED FOR THAT PRICE. COUNCILLOR BEN MCNULTY IS CALLING ON WELLINGTON WATER TO MAKE A PLAN. WE ARE SCREAMING OUT, THIS IS A CRISIS, RIGHT? WE JUST NEED TO THROW EVERYTHING AT THE WALL TO GET PIPES FIXED. WHAT'S WORKING AT THE MOMENT IS CLEARLY NOT WORKING, SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS. WELLINGTON WATER SAYS IT CAN ONLY DO THE WORK THEY ARE FUNDED TO DO AND UNDER=INVESTMENT IN THE ASSETS CREATED THE INCREASING BACKLOG OF WORK. SOME OF NEW ZEALAND'S SKI FIELDS COULD LOSE MORE THAN HALF THEIR SNOW COVER DAYS WITHIN THE NEXT 50 YEARS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. THE SOUTHERN ALPS WAS INCLUDED IN NEW RESEARCH OUT THIS MORNING THAT PREDICTS 13% OF THE WORLD'S SKI AREAS COULD LOSE ALL SNOW COVER DAYS BY THE END OF THE CENTURY UNDER A HIGH-EMISSIONS SCENARIO. EVEN UNDER LOWER EMISSION MODELS THE REPORT ESTIMATES SOUTHERN ALPS SKI AREAS LOSING SIGNIFICANT SNOW COVER. RESEARCHERS SAY THE CHANGES WOULD IMPACT LOCAL ECONOMIES AND THREATEN FRAGILE ALPINE ECOSYSTEMS IF SKI OPERATIONS WERE FORCED TO RELOCATED. THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS PASSED A BILL THAT COULD SEE 'TIKTOK' BANNED ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN A MATTER OF MONTHS. THE LEGISLATION WOULD GIVE THE APP ABOUT FIVE MONTHS TO SEPARATE FROM ITS CHINESE OWNER OR BE BANNED IN THE U.S. CONGRESSMEN SAY TIK TOK'S OWNERS HAVE LINKS WITH THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY ` ALLEGATIONS THE COMPANY DENIES. THE BILL WILL NOW GO TO THE SENATE, WITH PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN STATING HE'LL SIGN IT INTO LAW IF IT REACHES HIS DESK. TO SPORT, AND NEW ZEALAND CRICKET'S BEST HAVE BEEN CELEBRATED IN CHRISTCHURCH, WITH MELIE KERR AND RACHIN RAVINDRA BIG WINNERS AT THE CRICKET AWARDS. KERR SWEPT THE MAJOR WOMEN'S AWARDS, CLAIMING THE T20, ODI AND SUPER SMASH PLAYER OF THE YEAR AS WELL AS THE DEBBIE HOCKLEY MEDAL FOR THE SECOND YEAR RUNNING. RAVINDRA BECAME THE YOUNGEST EVER PLAYER TO WIN THE SIR RICHARD HADLEE MEDAL, CAPPING AN IMPRESSIVE RISE IN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET WITH THANKS TO MAYBE HIS DAD'S EARLY COACHING TECHNIQUE. WE WERE SERIOUSLY BIZARRE PEOPLE, TO PUT IT SIMPLY. WE WOULD GO THROUGH COUNTLESS TRAINING ROUTINES, AND WE WOULD COPY PEOPLE AND REPLICATE THEM, AND TURN INTO CANES BACK FOOT PUNCH, AND JUST THOSE LITTLE THINGS MITCHELL SANTNER WON THE MEN'S T20 INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR. FOOTBALL SUPERSTAR KYLIAN MBAPPE HAS STARTED A BEEF WITH A KEBAB SHOP. THE FRENCH PLAYER IS SUING THE SHOP IN MARSEILLE FOR USING HIS NAME IN THE DESCRIPTION OF ONE OF ITS MEAL. IT SAYS IT'S MADE FROM 'BAKER ROUND BREAD, AS ROUND AS MBAPPE'S SKULL.' THE SHOP'S OWNER POSTING TO HIS 1.8 MILLION SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS, ASKING THE STAR IF HE WAS ASHAMED FOR SUING HIM. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. SOME MORNING SHOWERS IN AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA. A HIGH OF 26 TODAY IN RUSSELL AND WHANGAREI. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE ITS GOING TO BE PRETTY GREY WITH A FEW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WESTERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING. WHAKATANE AND TAURANGA, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 24. TO THE EAST COAST ` ALSO GOT SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE WITH SOME SHOWERS, BUT THIS WILL CLEAR TO SUNSHNE AFTER MIDDAY. 26 THE HIGH IN GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` BIT OF CLOUD FOR MOST OF YOU THIS MORNING. THIS WILL CLEAR AFTER MIDDAY IN WHANGANUI AND PALMERSTON NORTH. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARANUI. WELLINGTON, YOUR HIGH AS 18. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH, CLEARING TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY. FEW SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. BLENHEIM WITH A HIGH OF 23. HEADING SOUTH ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU HERE TODAY. SOME SHOWERS IN THE LATE EVENING IN ALEXANDRA. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 22 HERE. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` PACK YOUR BROLLY. SOME SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST. SOME RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN MILFORD SOUND WHICH COULD GET HEAVY. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 17. ARE YOU RENTING? ARE YOU GRATEFUL? YOU SHOULD BE, ACCORDING TO THE PRIME MINISTER, WHO RECKONS A RECENT TAX BREAK FOR LANDLORDS ANNOUNCEMENT MEANS LOWER RENTS. WELL, IT MIGHT ` FOR SOME PEOPLE. IT WON'T MAKE ANY IMPACT FOR ME AT ALL. THIS IS ABOUT INTEREST DEDUCTIBILITY ON MORTGAGES FOR LANDLORDS. AND I'M IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION. I'M VERY FORTUNATE I DON'T HAVE ANY MORTGAGES. BUT JUST HOW MANY LANDLORDS EVEN HAVE A MORTGAGE? AND ARE THEY ACTUALLY GOING TO PASS ON THE BENEFIT? LET'S FIND OUT - WE'RE JOINED NOW BY LUKE SOMERVELL FROM RENTERS UNITED AND SUE HARRISON FROM THE PROPERTY INVESTORS' FEDERATION. ANY SIGNS YOUR RENT RISES ARE GOING TO SLOW DOWN, OR GO BACKWARDS? I DON'T SEE ANY REASON IS RIGHT THEY WOULD, I GUESS THE ARGUMENT IS THAT YOU GIVE THESE TAX BREAK TO LANDLORD, AND OR TRICKLE DOWN. THAT'S NOT REALLY HOW THE PROPERTY MARKET WORKS. BASICALLY, IT IS SET BY SUPPLY, AND BASICALLY HOW DESPERATE RENTERS ARE TO GET HOME. YOU KNOW, MAKE SENSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S NOT LIKE LANDLORDS LOOK AT A BALANCE SHEET, AND IN THIS IS HOW MUCH I WANT TO MAKE A PROFIT AND THEY FIGURE OUT THE RENT FROM THERE, IT'S NOT REALLY HOW IT WORKS. RENTERS WANT TO GET A DISCOUNT WHEN INTEREST RATES GO DOWN OR WHEN LANDLORDS PAY OFF THEIR MORTGAGE, AND WE WON'T GET A DISCOUNT FROM THIS EITHER. REALLY, THE ONLY GUARANTEE THAT ITS GOING TO BE A TAX HAND OUT FOR LANDLORDS. OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WITH HAD INTEREST COSTS INCREASED MASSIVELY ON MORTGAGES, SO, ALL IT'S DOING IS RESTORING A DEDUCTION OF INTEREST EXPENDITURE TO US. BUT WE ARE ALSO FACING RATE HIKES AND INSURANCE HIKES AND OTHER COST HIKES, AND HAD MANY OTHER TAX INCENTIVES TAKEN AWAY, OR WRITE LINE RULES APPLIED. WE ARE VOTING TO TRY AND GET BACK INTO THE MARKETPLACE WITH MORE SUPPLY, AND LUKE SUMS THAT UP VERY WELL ABOUT HOW IT WORKS. IF YOU ARE LOSING MONEY, AND IT IS COMING OUT OF YOUR OWN POCKET, THEN IT IS A STRUGGLE TO KEEP IT UP. IT IS A STRUGGLE TO EVEN PROVIDE PROPERTIES FOR RENTERS, WHICH IS BADLY NEEDED. HOW MANY OF YOUR MEMBERS HAVE COME TO YOU AND SAID I AM LOSING MONEY. I CANNOT AFFORD TO BE A LANDLORD, HOW MANY? ANECDOTALLY, BECAUSE OF COURSE A LOT OF THE INVESTORS OUT THERE ARE IN THE BABY BOOMER MARKET, OR IN THAT AGE GROUP, THEY ARE AT THE AGE WHERE THEY LIKE TO BE SLOWING DOWN, THEY HAVE INVESTED FOR MANY YEARS, AND THEY FEEL IT IS TIME TO HAND OVER THE BATTER INTO YOUNGER INVESTORS. A LOT OF THEM HAVE COME UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE, AND HAVE SAID LOOK, WE ARE TRYING TO HOLD ON BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE IT FOR SO LONG, BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO. BUT THEY CAN AFFORD TO, BECAUSE THEY WILL PRESUMABLY GET A CAPITAL GAINS. THERE IS MORE THAN ONE FACTOR THAT COMES INTO THIS ARGUMENT ABOUT WHETHER TO BEING A LANDLORD IS A PROFITABLE BUSINESS. CAN I ASK YOU, HAVE ANY OF YOUR MEMBERS COMMITTED TO YOU OR PUBLICLY THAT YOU'VE SEEN ANY COMMENTARY THAT THEY WILL USE THIS TAX BREAK TO ALTER THE WAY THAT THEY IMPOSE RENT RISES ON THEIR TENANTS? YES, PERSONALLY I HAVE SEEN 10 OR 20, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN LOOKING FOR IT. WELL YOU YOURSELF? WILL YOU YOURSELF, DO THE SAME THING? IT'S A PERSONAL DECISION, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I SHARE WITH PEOPLE HERE. IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT GOES INTO THE BUDGET, AND YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT SERIOUSLY. WE ACTUALLY ENJOY THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH RENTERS, AND PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION AND SEEING ON A SUMMER YOU CAN DO TO RETIREMENT, I'M NOT THERE FOR THE CAPITAL GAINS. LUKE I WILL ASK YOU, I HAVE JUST ASKED IF SHE WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, AND SHE DIDN'T WANT TO SAY. THE PRIME MINISTER ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO SAY. DO YOU THINK THERE ARE ANY LANDLORDS OUT THERE AT ALL THAT WILL TAKEN THIS INTO ACCOUNT? THERE MIGHT BE ONE OR TWO, RIGHT? AS SUE SAID, MAYBE 10 OR 20. AGAIN, IT IS NOT REALLY ABOUT INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE, IT IS ABOUT THE SYSTEM. AS I WAS SAYING BEFORE THERE IS NO GUARANTEEING THAT THEY WILL. AND ACTUALLY, THE OUR GOVERNMENT OWNED TREASURY HAS SHOWN THAT COST FOR LANDLORDS DON'T AFFECT RENT. AS I SAID BEFORE, IT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE, THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH HOMES, THE RENTS ARE GOING UP. RENTERS ARE PRETTY DESPERATE FOR A HOME. GOING BACK TO THE GRATEFUL COMMENT THAT THE PM MADE THE OTHER DAY, I ACTUALLY WENT TO A COMMUNITY EVENT THE OTHER DAY, AND I SPOKE TO SOME RENTERS WHO ARE DOING IT TOUGH. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO PAY FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO GET TO WORK OR TO EAT THAT DAY. I THINK IS ACTUALLY QUITE AN OUT OF TOUCH AND INSULTING COMMENTS TO THOSE PEOPLE, WHO ARE REALLY DOING IT UP. NURSES, SECURITY GUARDS, LIBRARIANS, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY IN THE WORLD AND A FEELING THE SQUEEZE REALLY HARD WITH THE RENTAL MARKET AS IT IS. WHAT IS THE ANSWER THEM? I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SWEEPING MARKET OVERHAULS COULD BE DONE, BUT PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, IS THERE ANOTHER STEP THAT THIS GOVERNMENT COULD HAVE TAKEN TO EASE THIS PRESSURE? YEAH, I MEAN, OF COURSE ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT ARE WE ` I GUESS IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING SPENT, YOU COULD PUT THAT INTO SOCIAL HOUSING, THAT WOULD TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF THE RENTAL MARKET, YOU COULD PUT IT TO COMMUNITY HOUSING. EVEN AS RENTERS, ALL WE ASK YOU FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR AS A SQUARE DEAL. ALL FROM OUR LANDLORDS, JUST A SQUARE DEAL. FAIR RENT, DECENT LIVING, AND ENFORCEABLE LEGISLATION. WHICH ` AND THEN THE GOVERNMENT CAME OUT THE OTHER DAY AND SAID WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NO CAUSE OF ACTIONS WHICH CAN BOOT RENTERS OUT OF THEIR HOMES. THAT IS NOT HELPING OUT RENTERS, AND THE POLICY WON'T DO THAT EITHER. I THINK THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD COME CLEAN AND ADMIT IT'S NOT ABOUT HELPING RENTERS. THERE ARE AROUND ACCORDING TO A 2022 SURVEY BY MASSEY UNIVERSITY, 1/3 OF LANDLORDS WHO HAVE NO MORTGAGE. WE WOULDN'T EXPECT THEM, IF THEY ARE NOT FACING OPPRESSOR TO PASS ON THE BENEFIT OF AN INTERESTED ACT ABILITY, SO WHAT WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE YOUR MEMBERS TO DO AS LUKE HAS SAID, DOWNWARD PRESSURE. IF YOUR LANDLORDS ARE FEELING PRESSURE, THEN THE GUY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HEAP IS FAIRLY PRESSURE. WHAT WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE YOUR MEMBERS TO DO TO EASE THE PRESSURE AT A COST OTHER THAN CRISIS? DO WHAT THEY'VE ALWAYS DONE, WHICH IS LOOK AFTER THE PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES, THE RENTERS. WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE RESTORATION OF THE DEDUCTIBILITY, OF THEIR MORTGAGE, IT IS GOING TO INTO YEARS TIME, BEAR IN MIND, BECAUSE WE ARE STILL UNDER THE CURRENT REGIME, HOPEFULLY EASE THEIR BUDGET. THAT GOT A LOT OF CATCHING UP TO DO IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE, THERE ARE A LOT OF SECOND-HAND HOMES IN THE MARKETPLACE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP UP WITH MAINTENANCE. THEY HAD TWO HEALTHY HOMES AND THEY WANT TO BE GOOD PROVIDERS OF THOSE HOPES. IT IS CATCH UP TIME. WE HAVE HAD TO READJUST BUDGETS TO MAKE THIS WORK. IT'S BEEN VERY VERY HARD ON A LOT OF PEOPLE INCLUDING RENTERS. HERE IS HOPING EVERYBODY, INCLUDING RENTERS, FINDS IT EASIER. THANK YOU BOTH ARE JOINING US. E HAERE AKE NEI ` VANDALS HAVE STRUCK AGAIN IN PALMERSTON NORTH. UP NEXT, THE STAGGERING NUMBER OF TIMES THESE BATHROOMS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED IN JUST ONE WEEK. (ENGINE REVS) Oh. OK, turn off the car. (PHONE RINGS) GIRL: Dad! Hey, man. Long time no talk. Yeah, just... I'm teaching Samara how to drive. (BRIGHT MUSIC) Hi! Could you do something for me? SONG: # Oh, baby, you... # Thanks. # You've got what I need # You got everything I need # You're like medicine to me... # VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Find your wonderful. New World. # JUST LIKE THE AIR I AM BREATHING. ONE COMMIT TO BREAKFAST. WE HAVE HAD QUITE A BIT OF FEEDBACK IN. THANK YOU FOR SENDING IT VIA EMAIL. WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT` I HAVE JUST READ ONE THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO READ OUT. I SENT A TEXT EMAIL REMINDER FROM WORK TO SOMEONE WITH A GREETING HERE OR ON IT. THE REPLY I RECEIVED WAS GO BEEP YOURSELF. THEY SAID I AM A KIWI. USE ENGLISH. IRONICALLY, THEY ARE USING THE MAORI WORD KIWI. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANKS TO OUR VIEWERS WHO HAVE A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOUR. ANNA ` HAPPY FRIYAY-EVE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE SAYING FRIYAY WITH!'S TO PEOPLE WHO THEY HAVE NEVER MET BEFORE. THERE WAS A YOUNGER EMPLOYEE AT BREAKFAST WHO WOULD USE! IS EVERYWHERE. SHE WOULD SAY, JUST EMAILING ABOUT THE DISASTER OR THE CAR CRASH!!! WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT EMAILS TO PEOPLE YOU'VE NEVER MET BEFORE, AND MOJI'S, FRIDAY, YOU JUST NEED TO TONE IT DOWN. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A WORKPLACE THAT HAS RECEIVED A COUPLE OF COMPLAINTS ` LITERALLY, TO COMPLAINTS ` ABOUT A PERSON USING THE WORDS KIA ORA AND NGA MIHI IN AN EMAIL. IF YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF COMPLAINTS, DON'T MAKE A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLE HILL. MAORI IS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE. DAME LAVITCH WAS WORKING AS A TELEPHONE OPERATOR AND USE THE WORD KIA ORA AND WAS REPRIMANDED BY HER BOSS. SO GO AHEAD AND SET. I HAVE HAD SOMEONE CALL ME DEAR. OR SWEETIE. A LOT OF COMPANIES ARE CRACKING DOWN OR REMINDING THEIR STAFF ABOUT ADDRESSING THEIR COLLEAGUES BY SAYING HI GUYS. KNOW, CAN'T SAY THAT ANYMORE. IT IS TO GENDER SPECIFIC. YOU CAN'T SAY GUYS. I SAY GUYS AS BEING EVERYONE. HEY, GUYS. APPARENTLY, NO. HEY, PEEPS. DID YOU SEE THOSE PEOPLE WHO GOT STUCK ON THE LIFT WHO WROTE AN EMAIL SAYING, HI, GUYS, I AM STUCK ON THE LIFT, AND THE BOT CAME BACK AND SAID, YOU CAN'T USE GENDER SPECIFIC WORDS. FRIYAY. LOOSEN UP, BROTHER. JENNY MAY, YOU DON'T USE EMAIL. YOU NEVER EMAIL US. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, YOU CAN'T BEAT WELLINGTON ON A GOOD DAY. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE ON HOLIDAY. MORENA, MATT. MORENA TO YOU ON THIS WORKING TRIP. I AM STANDING UNDER A 101 MILLION YEAR OLD FOSSIL CAST AT TE PAPA'S INCREDIBLE EXHIBITION, DINOSAURS OF PATAGONIA. I WILL HAVE MORE ABOUT WHY YOU SHOULD COME HERE WITH YOUR FAMILY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WIN THE TRIP AT PATAGONI I WILL HAVE MORE ABOUT WHY YOU SHOULD COME HERE WITH YOUR FAMILY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WIN THE WINWITHBREAKFAST.CO.NZ WELLINGTON - BEACHES, SHOPPING, MUESUEMS, THE BEEHIVE. THERE'S LOTS TO DO AND THANKS TO all.com, YOU COULD BE HEADING THERE. MATT GIBB IS IN THE CITY THIS MORNING, CHECKING OUT ONE OF THE PLACES YOU CAN STAY. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY all.com. MORENA, MATT. I HOPE YOU ARE NOT STAYING THERE. SURELY YOU'VE GOT A MORE COMFORTABLE BED LINED UP? THIS IS A JOB NOT A HOLIDAY. I AM HERE AT TE PAPA AT THE DINOSAURS OF PATAGONIA EXHIBITION. THIS IS AN ACTUAL FOSSIL FOUND IN ARGENTINA. THIS IS 101 MILLION YEARS OLD. IT IS A THIGHBONE FROM THIS DINOSAUR BEHIND ME. IMAGINE HAVING THAT WITH SOME SECRET HERBS AND SPICES. 235 CM LONG, WHICH GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE SCALE AND SIZE. IF YOU WANT TO GET AN IDEA, HOW TO TE PAPA. HERE WE ARE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY. THE MAIN STREET OF WELLINGTON IS RIGHT OUTSIDE. YOU'VE GOT LOTS OF OPTIONS FOR FAMILIES STAYING. INTERCONNECTING ROOMS SELL OUT REALLY QUICKLY. KIDS HAVE THEIR OWN ROOM WITH A TV AND ENSUITE. AND WHEN THEY ARRIVE THEY GET A LITTLE GIFT. YOUR FAMILY HOTEL? WE ARE. I'VE HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT DINO-SNOORES. DO YOU THINK TE PAPA SHOULD BE MY NEXT STOP? I DO. WHAT AN EXCITING EXHIBITION THIS IS. IT IS. YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING FROM THE SMALLEST TO THE LARGEST. THIS WAS DESCRIBED AS THE LARGEST DINOSAUR ON EARTH. LOTS OF THINGS FOR YOU TO TOUCH, FOR FAMILIES OF ALL AGES. FROM DINOSAURS TO ORKS AND SWORDS. WETA WORKSHOP IS BEEN AROUND FOR 30 YEARS. SCHOOL HOLIDAYS IS COMING UP. COME AND SEE US AND YOU CAN DO A GUIDED TOUR. THEY ARE SOME AWESOME TINFOIL SCULPTING AND SOME AWESOME GREEN SCREEN EXPERIENCES. YOU SHALL NOT PASS! WETA WORKSHOP, 30 YEARS AND GOING STRONG. IF ALL OF THAT SOUNDS LIKE A BIT OF YOU, HEAD TO WINWITHBREAKFAST.CO.NZ. A HUGE PRICE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ARE COMING UP, IT WOULD BE A NICE TREAT. I WILL BE HERE FOR THE NEXT HOUR IN THIS INCREDIBLE EXHIBITION. AND I WILL BE CATCHING UP WITH THE TEAM FROM WETA WORKSHOP POSSIBLY HAVING SOME KIND OF TRANSFORMATION. IT IS A WORKING TRIP. IT IS A HOLIDAY. I AM ON THE CLOCK. RENTERS UNITED SAYS THE PRIME MINISTER'S SUGGESTION THAT A TAX BREAK FOR LANDLORDS WOULD RESULT IN LOWER RENTS IS OUT OF TOUCH AND INSULTING. CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS DEFENDED REINSTATING INTEREST DEDUCTIBILITY FOR LANDLORDS, SAYING RENTERS WILL BE GRATEFUL COSTS ARE NOT BEING PASSED ON TO THEM. BUT LUKE SOMERVELL SAYS THERE'S NO GUARANTEE PRICES WILL COME DOWN AND DOESN'T BELIEVE THE POLICY IS GOING TO HELP RENTERS. THE GOVERNMENT'S OWN TREASURY ANALYSIS SHOWED THAT COSTS FOR LANDLORDS DON'T AFFECT RENTS. AS I SAID BEFORE, IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE` THERE'S NOT ENOUGH HOMES, THAT'S WHY RENTS ARE GOING UP, AND RENTERS ARE PRETTY DESPERATE FOR A HOME. THE PROPERTY INVESTORS FEDERATION ARGUES THE DEDUCTIBILITY CHANGE WILL STOP RENTAL PRICES FROM INCREASING AS FAST AS THEY HAVE BEEN. UNDER FIRE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER BOEING IS UNDER EVEN MORE SCRUTINY, WITH MORE DRAMA AROUND THE ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT THAT SUFFERED A MALFUNCTION EARLIER THIS YEAR. COURTNEY HAMMOND'S JOINS US NOW. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? BOEING'S PRODUCTION PROCESS HAS BEEN UNDER SCRUTINY. THE INVESTIGATION STARTED AFTER A DOOR PLUG BLASTED OUT OF AN ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT EARLIER THIS YEAR. FOOTAGE OF THE REPAIR FACILITY SHOWED THE PLUG BEING RESTORED. THIS UPDATE COMES AFTER ANOTHER BOEING PLANE SUFFERED ANOTHER ISSUE, WHEN A FLIGHT BOUND FOR AUCKLAND DROPS MIDAIR ON MONDAY. A NEW ROUTE HAS BEEN USED TO DELIVER FOOD BY TRUCKS TO NORTHERN GAZA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE WEEKS. AMID FEARS OF FAMINE, A BOAT CARRYING 200 TONNES OF FOOD IS MAKING ITS WAY FROM CYPRUS, HEADED FOR THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORY. BUT ISRAEL IS FACING MOUNTING PRESSURE TO ALLOW MORE ACCESS TO GAZA. A LONG-TIME ALLY OF THE LATE RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY HAS BEEN ATTACKED OUTSIDE HIS HOME IN LITHUANIA. LEONID VOLKOV SAID HIS ARM WAS BROKEN AND HIS LEG HIT 15 TIMES WITH A HAMMER. LITHUANIA IS ACCUSING RUSSIA OF ORGANISING THE ATTACK, WITH VOLKOV LABELLING IT A 'GANGSTER GREETING FROM PUTIN'. THE WORLD'S FIRST ELECTRIC HYDRO-FOILING FERRY WILL SOON SET SAIL IN NEW ZEALAND. THE SWEDISH-DESIGNED BOAT WILL BE USED ON FIORDLAND'S LAKE MANAPOURI, TRANSPORTING STAFF ACROSS THE LAKE TO THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST HYDROPOWER STATION. THE NEW BOAT WILL SAVE AN ESTIMATED 240 TONS OF CARBON EMISSIONS A YEAR, THE EQUIVALENT OF TAKING 52 PETROL-POWERED CARS OFF THE ROAD. IT'S EXPECTED TO BE IN OPERATION BY 2025. TO SPORT, AND NEW ZEALAND CRICKET'S BEST HAVE SWAPPED THEIR BLACK CAPS FOR BLACK TIES AT THE ANNUAL CRICKET AWARDS. RACHIN RAVINDRA BECAME THE YOUNGEST EVER PLAYER TO WIN THE SIR RICHARD HADLEE MEDAL AS MEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR. MELIE KERR SWEPT THE MAJOR WOMEN'S AWARDS, CLAIMING THE T20, ODI AND SUPER SMASH PLAYER OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS THE DEBBIE HOCKLEY MEDAL FOR THE SECOND YEAR RUNNING. THIS MEANS A LOT, AND I COULDN'T DO IT WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND ME, AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN BIG ON SURROUNDING MYSELF WITH GOOD PEOPLE. YOU CAN'T GET A BETTER GROUP OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE WHITE FERNS. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE REPRESENTING NEW ZEALAND. IT'S MY CHILDHOOD DREAM. DARYL MITCHELL WAS AWARDED MEN'S ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR. FORMER WALLABIES AND ENGLAND COACH IS AIMING HIGH IN HIS RETURN TO JAPANESE RUGBY. THE BRAVE BLOSSOMS COACH BELIEVES HE CAN LIFT THE NATION TO BECOME ONE OF THE BEST IN WORLD RUGBY. I REMEMBER EIGHT YEARS AGO OR NINE YEARS AGO TALKING ABOUT JAPAN BEING IN TOP EIGHT, AND EVERYONE THOUGHT WE WERE CRAZY, THOUGHT WE WERE ABSOLUTELY CRAZY. THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T JUMP INTO THE TOP FOUR. EVERYTHING COMES WITH A COST, SO OVER THE NEXT PERIOD OF TIME, WE NEED TO DEVELOP A NEW STYLE OF PLAY. JONES TAKES OVER JAPAN FOR A SECOND TIME AFTER RESIGNING FROM THE WALLABIES DUE TO A TERRIBLE RUGBY WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN. TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. SOME MORNING SHOWERS IN AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA. A HIGH OF 26 TODAY IN RUSSELL AND WHANGAREI. FURTHER SOUTH, SIMILAR HERE - IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY GREY WITH A FEW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WESTERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING. WHAKATANE AND TAURANGA, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 24. TO THE EAST COAST, ALSO GOT SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE WITH SOME SHOWERS BUT THIS WILL CLEAR TO SUNSHINE AFTER MIDDAY. 26 THE HIGH IN GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST, BIT OF CLOUD FOR MOST OF YOU THIS MORNING. THIS WILL CLEAR AFTER MIDDAY IN WHANGANUI AND PALMERSTON NORTH. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARANUI. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND - BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH CLEARING TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY. FEW SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. BLENHEIM WITH A HIGH OF 23. HEADING SOUTH, BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU HERE TODAY. SOME SHOWERS IN THE LATE EVENING IN ALEXANDRA. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 22 HERE. TO THE DEEP SOUTH - PACK YOUR BROLLY. SOME SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST. SOME RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN MILFORD SOUND WHICH COULD GET HEAVY. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 17. CARELESS AND DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR ` TOILETS AT A PALMERSTON NORTH PLAYGROUND HAVE BEEN TARGETED BY VANDALS YET AGAIN. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE IMAGES. IT'S THE THIRD TIME THE PLAYGROUND TOILETS HAVE BEEN VANDALISED IN A WEEK, LEAVING A COMMUNITY DISAPPOINTED AND IN DISBELIEF. FOR MORE WE'RE JOINED BY PALMERSTON NORTH MAYOR GRANT SMITH WHO IS CURRENTLY IN BLENHEIM. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING DANIEL. WHY? WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? IT A BIT OF DISBELIEF REALLY. WE ARE DISAPPOINTED AND ABSOLUTELY GUTTED. A SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY CAUSING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE. THE TOILETS THAT YOU JUST SHOWED OUR A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN RECENT TIMES. IS IT THE THIRD TIME IN A WEEK? YES IT IS. WE'VE GOT SECURITY, WE'VE GOT SOME CAMERAS, BUT THESE ARE PUBLIC TOILETS IN OUR BOTANICAL GARDENS. IT IS A GARDEN OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. A SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE CAN DESTROY SOMETHING THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ENJOY, BUT THIS IS NOT JUST TOILETS. WE'VE HAD THE NEW ZEALAND RURAL GAMES OVER THE WEEKEND. SOME MARKETS HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED THE BURN DOWN. WE'VE HAD VANDALISM OR OTHER PARKS. AS MAYOR DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING ENOUGH TO CRACK DOWN ON CRIME? SOME OF THE YOUTH HAVE CAUSE THESE PROBLEMS AND I'M NOT SINGLING OUT YOUTH, BUT YOU CAN'T DO MUCH. WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE COMMUNITY.. THESE PEOPLE LIKE TO GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO OUT THEM. THIS IS NOT NORMAL BEHAVIOUR. THE CENOTAPH IN OUR SQUARE HAS BEEN VANDALISED NINE TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR. I HAD A LOOK AT THE FACEBOOK PAGE WHERE THE PHOTOS WERE POSTED. LOTS OF COMMENTS OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE DISGUSTED, BUT ONE PERSON SAYS THE EXTENSIVE VANDALISM IS DISGRACEFUL AND COSTLY FOR RATEPAYERS. HE SAYS YOU SHOULD HOLD RESPONSIBLE PARTIES INCLUDING YOUTH AND THEIR PARENTS LIABLE THROUGH THE LEGAL SYSTEM. DOES HE HAVE A POINT? HE PROBABLY DOES. WE HAVE A FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCE WITH THESE YOUTHS COMING UP AND WE NEED THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY CONSIDER BOREDOM OR FINE IS CAUSING MAYHEM. *FUN IT IS SENSELESS VANDALISM. HE DOES HAVE A POINT, BUT WE ARE HAMSTRUNG. WHAT THE COST OF THE CRIME? WE ARE EDGING UP PAST $260,000. IT WAS 10 TO 20,000 A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SO IT HAS INCREASED MONUMENTALLY. I KNOW WE HAVE HAD LOCKDOWN SOME PEOPLE ARE DISENCHANTED, BUT THIS HAS BEEN CAUSED BY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO PUSH BACK. THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO FORK OUT MONEY TO REPAIR THIS. ABSOLUTELY. I HEARD AN INTERVIEW WE ARE ASKING ANOTHER COUNSELLOR FROM ANOTHER CITY WHO IS PAYING, AND I WILL ANSWER IT DIRECTLY, IT IS RATEPAYERS. MY BLOOD BOILS. I KNOW WE HAVE TO MOVE VERY QUICKLY, BUT I'VE ATTENDED A NUMBER OF THOSE CONFERENCES AND IT IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE KIDS TO HEAR THE CONSEQUENCES. ME U TONU MAI ` AS THE DEBATE OVER POLICE PAY CONTINUES, LABOUR SAYS THE GOVERNMENT HAS THE WRONG PRIORITIES. OUR POLITICAL PANEL IS WITH US NEXT. NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN POLICE AND THE OFFICERS' UNION WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS THE TWO SIDES DEBATE A NEW PAY OFFER FOR FRONTLINE COPS. POLICE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT CHRIS CAHILL REFUSED TO PUT THE GOVERNMENT'S LATEST OFFER TO HIS MEMBERS, DESCRIBING IT AS 'INSULTING'. THAT'S CREATED A RARE MOMENT OF UNITY BETWEEN NATIONAL AND LABOUR. BOTH PARTIES HAVE NOW BOTH HAD OFFERS REJECTED. LABOUR'S KIERAN MCANULTY AND FILLING IN FOR CHRIS BISHOP, NATIONAL'S PAUL GOLDSMITH JOIN ME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. PAUL, COPS SEEM PRETTY ANGRY. IS IT A FAIR RESPONSE? WE PUT A GOOD OFFERING, ULTIMATELY IT'S FOR THE POLICE AND UNION TO NEGOTIATE AND IT DOESN'T WORK IF YOU HAVE POLITICIANS NEGOTIATING OVER SUCH THINGS. WE ARE WORKING IN A CONTEXT WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENT MONEY AND WE ARE DOING OUR BEST. NEW ZEALANDERS EXPECT US TO BE NEGOTIATING FIRMLY, BUT ALSO RECOGNISING THE IMPORTANT ROLE POLICE PLAY. EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THE PRESSURE COOKER IN TERMS OF FINANCES, BUT THE POLICE COMMISSIONER SAYS THE GOVERNMENT HAS PRIORITISED TAX BREAKS OVER COPS. I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THE POLICE UNION IS FIGHTING VERY HARD. THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO CONSIDER ALL SORTS OF IMPORTANT THINGS. ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES WE'VE GOT IS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT PILED ON COSTS TO LANDLORDS AND NO SURPRISE, RENTS WENT UP. BUT THIS IS A GOVERNMENT THAT HAS TALKED ABOUT BEING THE GOVERNMENT OF LAW AND ORDER. THEY HAVE BEEN EXTRA THINGS THE POLICE ARE BEING ASKED TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO GANGS, BUT NOT BEING PAID WHAT THEY'RE WORTH. WE'VE MADE WHAT WE THINK IS A GOOD OFFER. YES, WE ARE GIVING THE POLICE EXTRA TOOLS THEY NEED TO DEAL WITH THE DISORDER ON OUR STREETS. SO WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THEM THE TOOLS AND BACK THEM TO DO THE JOB AND THE NEGOTIATIONS WILL CONTINUE. LABOUR DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT EITHER. YOUR OFFER PUT ON THE TABLE WAS REJECTED LAST YEAR. THE PRIME MINISTER SAID, 'IF YOU TALK TO FRONTLINE POLICE OFFICERS IS THAT TONE DEAF? I THINK IT IS TONE DEAF. IT IS PRETTY IGNORANT REALLY ABOUT THE SITUATION COPS ARE FACING. I AM NOT SURPRISED AT ALL THAT POLICE ARE FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY AT THE OFFER THAT WAS GIVEN. THEY LOOK BACK AT THE TIME UNDER THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT WHERE NURSES PAY WENT UP. AND THIS GOVERNMENT IS OFFERING SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY IN TOTAL IS NOT AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL OFFER THAT WAS MADE UNDER US. NO WONDER THEY ARE ANNOYED, BEING ASKED TO DO MORE. THE SAME WEEK THIS OFFER WAS MADE, THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THEY WILL MAKE $2.9 BILLION IN TAX RELIEF TO LANDLORDS. I AM RIGHT BEHIND THEM ON THIS ONE. THE POLICE ASSOCIATION HAS GOT IT RIGHT, THE GOVERNMENT'S PRIORITIES ARE WRONG. I HAVE TO MOVE ON. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT COPS BUT WE HAD A CONVERSATION THIS MORNING AROUND ECE TEACHERS LEAVING TO GO OVERSEAS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT EARNING ENOUGH. EVERYONE WANTS TO CROSS THE DITCH, HOW DO YOU SOLVE THAT. THE LONGER TERM ISSUE IS THAT AUSTRALIA IS A RICHER COUNTRY. YOU CAN HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT GIVES EVERYBODY MONEY AND ARE LEFT WITH THESE MESSAGE DEFICITS IN HIGHER DEBT. WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS GROW THE ECONOMY SO YOU CAN AFFORD ALL OF THESE THINGS. THESE ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS YOU CANNOT AVOID, THAT'S WHY GROWING A STRONG ECONOMY IS CRITICAL. IT'S NOT GONNA WASH WHEN PEOPLE, PROFESSIONALS LIKE POLICE WHO ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO WE RELY ON, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE COMFORTED BY ASSURANCE FROM YOU THAT IT IS PART OF THE BIGGER PICTURE. I AM NOT SURPRISED EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS ARE FRUSTRATED. THE NATIONAL PARTY NOT ONLY CAMPAIGNED ON COST OF LIVING, BUT ALSO THAT AUSTRALIA ARE TAKING SOME OF OUR WORKERS. THEY HAVE HIGHER WAGES AND BETTER CONDITIONS. THE GOVERNMENT MAKE FAIR PAY AGREEMENTS, BUT DIG THEIR HEELS IN ON AN OFFER TO POLICE. NO TALK ABOUT PAY. I'M NOT SURPRISED POLICE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS ARE LOOKING AT AUSTRALIA AS A BETTER OPTION. THAT'S A FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES. LABOUR TALK ABOUT REDISTRIBUTING MONEY AND EXPECTING . IN SOME MAGIC WAY THE MONEY GETS GENERATED WE FOCUS ON GROWING THE ECONOMY SO WE CAN GENUINELY AFFORD HIGHER INCOMES. THAT IS NO COMFORT TO COPS. JUST PAY THEM MORE. THANK YOU BOTH. E WHAI AKE NEI ` A LUXURY SUPER YACHT. KNOT TOO SHABBY FROM WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE (!) UP NEXT, WHY THERE'LL BE HUNDREDS OF THESE IN AUCKLAND'S HARBOUR OVER THE WEEKEND. # LIVING IN THE LIFE OF LUXURY. # LUXURY. # LIVING IN THE LIFE OF LUXURY. LIVING IN A LIFE OF LUXURY! LET'S KEEP GOING ON WITH THAT. HUNDREDS OF LUXURY BOATS WILL BE ON SHOW IN THE HEART OF AUCKLAND THIS WEEKEND GIVING EVERYONE THE CHANCE TO HAVE THAT BELOW DECK DAYDREAM MOMENT. THE AUCKLAND BOAT SHOW IS WHERE THE MARINE INDUSTRY SHOWS OFF WHAT'S NEW AND HOT. TO GET A SNEAK PEEK, LET'S BRING IN BROKER BLAIR MACLEOD AND CAPTAIN BEN HART ON BOARD ONE OF THE BOATS. HI, GUYS. GOOD MORNING. I'LL START WITH YOU, BEN. WHAT MAKES A YACHT A LUXURY YACHT? THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT MAKE IT A LUXURY YACHT, BUT IT IS MORE SO THE SIMPLICITY OF IT BEING ABLE TO DO IT IN STYLE. WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE OF THE DO THAT HERE IN AUCKLAND. 'S IT MAKES IT QUITE STANDOUT. TELL US ABOUT THE WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ. WHAT IS INSIDE? WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPERIENCE? ITS LAYOUT IS QUITE UNIQUE. INSIDE HERE, WE HAVE THE MAIN SALOON WHICH IS GOOD FOR ENTERTAINING. IT IS SET UP APPROPRIATELY. AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH IT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE MORE AS WE WANDER THROUGH. THERE'S A GALLEY TO THE PORT SIDE. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN CHARTER THIS? YOU CAN TAKE IT OUT WITH A NUMBER OF FRIENDS? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. IT IS A CHARTER YACHT HERE IN AUCKLAND. IT IS QUITE NEW IN THE CHARTER SCENE/ WE CAN TAKE PEOPLE OUT WHO MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD A YACHT LIKE THIS BUT STILL COME OUT AND ENJOY THE LUXURY CIDER BUT WE CAN SHOWCASE. KEEP GOING. KEEP SHOWING US AROUND AND I'LL LET THE CAMERA OPERATOR FOLLOW YOU. LEE IS WITH YOU AT THE MOMENT. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS GOING ON THE MARKET. HOW MUCH? YES, IT IS ON THE MARKET. THE OWNERS HAVE ASKED TO PRESENT HER AT $5.8 MILLION. WE ARE AT THE BOAT SHOW TO MARKET IT FOR SALE. YOU NEED A PRETTY SIZEABLE CHEQUE-BOOK, BUT SHE IS VERY MUCH ON THE MARKET. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED ANYWHERE NEAR THAT LEVEL, PLEASE COME AND HAVE A CHAT WITH US. WHO ARE YOU SELLING THIS TO? SHE WAS GOING TO APPEAL TO THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC, I WOULD THINK, BECAUSE SHE IS GOT THAT CHARTER STAMP. SHE HAS RECENTLY ENTERED THE COMMERCIAL YACHT REALM, SO FOR A MERE $10,000 A DAY YOU CAN HAVE A TASTE OF THIS. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD THE $5.8 MILLION CHEQUE-BOOK, YOU CAN TAKE OUT FOR A DAY OR 10. THAT IS ALL WE HAVE TIME FOR. WE CAN SEE THE BEAUTIFUL BEDROOM THERE, AND I IMAGINE THERE ON SUITES AS WELL. IF YOU ARE IN AUCKLAND, HAVE A LOOK AT THE YACHT. IF YOU HAVE $10,000 IN YOUR WALLET OR 5 MILLION, IT CAN BE YOURS! THANKS, GUYS. DESPITE DOUBTS FROM RENTERS, THE PROPERTY INVESTORS FEDERATION IS CONFIDENT A TAX BREAK FOR LANDLORD WILL HELP, STATING 20 OF ITS MEMBER HAVE ALREADY INDICATED IT WILL CHANGE THE WAY THEY LOOK AT INCREASING RENT. CHRISTOPHER LUXON BELIEVES REINSTATING INTEREST DEDUCTABILITY FOR LANDLORDS RESULTS IN LOWER RENT, SAYING RENTERS WILL BE GRATEFUL COSTS ARE NOT BEING PASSED ON TO THEM. SUE HARRISON SAYS IT EASES THE MOUNTING PRESSURE. A LOT OF THEM HAVE COME UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE, AND THEY ARE SAYING WE ARE HOLDING ON BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE IT FOR SO LONG BUT WE CANNOT AFFORD TO. RENTERS UNITED HAVE LABELLED THE DEDUCTABILITY CHANGE AS A TAX HANDOUT FOR LANDLORDS, WITH NO TEE'S AND CEE'S ATTACHED. EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS FLEEING TO AUSTRALIA SAY THEY HAVE NO CHOICE IF THEY WANT TO GET AHEAD IN LIFE. THE STATE OF VICTORIA IS OFFERING INCENTIVES TO LURE NEW ZEALAND ECE TEACHERS, INCLUDING RELOCATION SUPPORT OF UP TO $50,000. KEN AH HONI JOINED WHAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS A 'MASS EXODUS' THREE WEEKS AGO, AND SAYS HE'S NOW EARNING $30,000 MORE. CONDITIONS FOR CHANGE HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE GOVERNMENT SO MANY TIMES, AND THEY'RE JUST CONTINUOUSLY SHUT DOWN. IT LEADS TO SHORTAGES AND WHY PEOPLE ARE LEAVING. ASSOCIATE EDUCATION MINISTER DAVID SEYMOUR HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THERE IS FRUSTRATION IN THE SECTOR. THE PALMERSTON NORTH COMMUNITY IS 'ABSOLUTELY GUTTED' AFTER A SPIKE IN DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR. THESE PLAYGROUND TOILETS HAVE BEEN VANDALISED THREE TIMES IN JUST ONE WEEK. PALMERSTON NORTH MAYOR GRANT SMITH SAYS IT'S A WIDER ISSUE. THIS IS NOT JUST TOILETS. WE'VE HAD THE NEW ZEALAND RURAL GAMES OVER THE WEEKEND WHERE MARQUES WERE ATTEMPTED TO BE BURNED DOWN. WE'VE HAD OTHER FIRE VANDALISM AT OTHER PARKS. IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM, NOT JUST FOR PALMERSTON NORTH, BUT ACTUALLY FOR ALL COUNCILS AROUND NEW ZEALAND. THE MAJOR SAYS THE DAMAGE WILL COST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX OR REPLACE. THE US NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD CLAIMS AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER 'BOEING' IS BLOCKING AN INVESTIGATION INTO ITS PRODUCTION PROCESSES. THE INQUIRY BY THE BOARD WAS LAUNCHED AFTER A DOOR PLUG BLEW OUT FROM AN ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT IN JANUARY. THE CHAIRMAN IS CLAIMING BOEING OVERWROTE THE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE FROM THE FACILITY WHERE THAT DOOR PLUG WAS REINSTALLED. IT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER ANOTHER ONE OF THE COMPANY'S JETS EXPERIENCED A MALFUNCTION, WITH A LATAM AIRLINES FLIGHT LOSING ALTITUDE MID-AIR WHILE EN ROUTE TO AUCKLAND. THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS PASSED A BILL THAT COULD SEE 'TIKTOK' BANNED ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN A MATTER OF MONTHS. THE LEGISLATION WOULD GIVE THE APP ABOUT FIVE MONTHS TO SEPARATE FROM ITS CHINESE OWNER, OR BE BANNED IN THE U.S. CONGRESSMEN SAY TIKTOK'S OWNERS HAVE LINKS WITH THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, ALLEGATIONS THE COMPANY DENIES. THE BILL WILL NOW GO TO THE SENATE, WITH PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN STATING HE'LL SIGN IT INTO LAW IF IT REACHES HIS DESK. SOME CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST DONALD TRUMP IN HIS GEORGIA ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE HAVE BEEN DROPPED. THE JUDGE OVERSEEING THE CASE FOUND SIX OF THE 41 COUNTS AGAINST TRUMP AND SOME OF HIS CO-DEFENDANTS LACKED DETAIL. THE CHARGES CAN BE RE-FILED, AND THE REST OF THE SWEEPING RACKETEERING CASE REMAINS IN TACT. DONALD TRUMP WAS AMONG 19 PEOPLE CHARGED WITH A CONSPIRACY TO OVERTURN THE STATE'S 2020 ELECTION RESULTS. MORE GOOD NEWS FOR THE HOUSING MARKET WITH NEARLY 60% OF SUBURBS AROUND THE COUNTRY EXPERIENCING RISING PROPERTY VALUES. NEW DATA FROM CORELOGIC SHOWS MORE THAN 500 SUBURBS SAW AN INCREASE IN MEDIAN ESTIMATED PROPERTY VALUES IN THE THREE MONTHS TO MARCH. 103 OF THOSE SUBURBS SAW VALUE GAINS OF AT LEAST 2% AND SEVEN UP BY 5% OR MORE. QUEENSTOWN LED THE PACK, WITH SUNSHINE BAY SEEING GROWTH OF MORE THAN 10%. TO SPORT, AND NEW ZEALAND CRICKET'S BEST HAVE BEEN CELEBRATED AT THE ANNUAL CRICKET AWARDS WITH MELIE KERR AND RACHIN RAVINDRA TAKING THE TOP AWARDS. KERR SWEPT THE MAJOR WOMEN'S AWARDS, CLAIMING THE T20, ODI, AND SUPER SMASH PLAYER OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS THE DEBBIE HOCKLEY MEDAL FOR SECOND YEAR RUNNING. RAVINDRA BECAME THE YOUNGEST EVER PLAYER TO WIN THE SIR RICHARD HADLEE MEDAL, CAPPING AN IMPRESSIVE RISE IN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET. YOU ALWAYS HOPEFULLY SEE YOURSELF PLAYING FOR NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTING THE SPECIAL TEAM, AND TO BE ABLE TO DO IT WAS SUCH GREAT PEOPLE AROUND ME AND GREAT VETERANS TO TEACH ME LESSONS AND A GREAT SUPPORT STAFF HAS BEEN SPECIAL. KANE WILLIAMSON WON THE MEN'S BATTING AWARD AND TEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR. AND FINALLY, A WILDLIFE CENTRE IN THE U.S. HAS TAKEN A NEW APPROACH TO CARING FOR A BABY FOX. STAFF MEMBERS AT A WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTRE IN VIRGINIA HAVE DRESSED UP IN A FOX SUIT. THE DISGUISE IS MEANT TO PREVENT THE FOX PUP FROM GETTING ATTACHED TO HUMANS, SO IT CAN ONE DAY BE RELEASED BACK INTO THE WILD. IT'S NOT GETTING ATTACHED TO THAT (!) IS IN ITS ABOUT THE SMELL AS WELL? IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. THAT IS A FAR FROM FANTASTIC MR FOX. LET US HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. WHAT DO I KNOW? TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. SOME MORNING SHOWERS IN AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA. A HIGH OF 26 TODAY IN RUSSELL AND WHANGAREI. 23 IN AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH, SIMILAR HERE - IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY GREY WITH A FEW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY? THAT ONE EUROVISION DID IT NOT? WESTERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING. WHAKATANE AND TAURANGA, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 24. TO THE EAST COAST, ALSO GOT SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE WITH SOME SHOWERS BUT THIS WILL CLEAR TO SUNSHINE AFTER MIDDAY. 26 THE HIGH IN GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST, BIT OF CLOUD FOR MOST OF YOU THIS MORNING. THIS WILL CLEAR AFTER MIDDAY IN WHANGANUI AND PALMERSTON NORTH. HERE COME THE HARMONIES, JENNY MAY. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND - BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH CLEARING TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY. FEW SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. 16 DEGREES FOR YOU. DID YOU HEAR MY JOKE? I DID NOT HEAR IT. I SAID THE SHOW IS GONE TO THE DOGS. WELL DONE. HEADING SOUTH, BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU HERE TODAY. SOME SHOWERS IN THE LATE EVENING IN ALEXANDRA. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 22 HERE. DOES NOT SOUND RIGHT WHEN YOU SAY IT'S GONE. TO THE DEEP SOUTH - PACK YOUR BROLLY. SOME SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST. SOME RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN MILFORD SOUND WHICH COULD GET HEAVY. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 17. REMINDER TO ONESELF, LEAVE THE JOKES TO CROSS. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF SOMEONE SAID YOU GET TO LIVE ON AN IDYLLIC ISLAND, AND GET PAID $300,000 A YEAR TO DO SO. SLIGHT CATCH - YOU DO HAVE TO BE A DOCTOR AND SECOND SLIGHT CATCH - SAID ISLAND IS IN THE OUTER HEBRIDES, WEST OF SCOTLAND. WELL, THE HEALTH SERVICE THERE IS ON THE HUNT FOR GPs TO LIVE AND WORK IN THE ISLAND GROUP WHERE YOU WON'T JUST GET TO GAZE AT VIEWS LIKE THESE, BUT YES, YOU HEARD RIGHT, A $300,000 SALARY. FOR MORE WE'RE JOINED BY GORDON JAMIESON FROM THE WESTERN ISLES NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. THAT PLACE LOOKS AMAZING. TELL ME ABOUT IT. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL GROUP OF ISLANDS OFF THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND. IT IS IN THE LANSING CHAIN OF ISLANDS. BEAUTIFUL BEACHES, TIGHTKNIT COMMUNITIES, AND A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR JOBS IN THE HEALTH SERVICE. A GOOD BALANCE BETWEEN THE JOB AND LIFE AND ALL THE OUTDOOR SPORTS. ARE VERY GOOD PACKAGE HERE. HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE THEIR? WHAT AREA WOULD THEY BE SERVICING? ON THIS PARTICULAR ISLAND, IT IS THE MIDDLE OF THE ISLAND CHAIN, THERE IS A POPULATION OF 6 TO 7000. UNDER THREE GENERAL PRACTICES ARE ON THE ISLAND. THIS PARTICULAR PRACTICE, WE ARE LOOKING FOR FIVE OF THESE NEW DOCTORS TO COME INTO WORK THERE. HAS BEEN AN ISSUE TRYING TO GET DOCTORS THEY ARE? I ASSUME SO GIVEN THAT YOU ARE TALKING TO US IN NEW ZEALAND. THE PRACTICE WAS INDEPENDENT, BUT IT IS CHANGED AND IS NOW UNDER THE HEALTH AUTHORITY. WE ARE RELAUNCHING THE PRACTICE AND LOOKING FOR NEW DOCTORS. SOME OF THE DOCTORS THEY ARE RETIRING, SO IT IS A NATURAL PROGRESSION. IS A BIT OF HESITATION FROM ME GIVEN OUR HEALTH SYSTEM NEEDS ALL THE DOCTORS WE POSSIBLY CAN KEEP, BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU ARE WANTING OVER THERE, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT FIVE GPS. ARE THERE ANY SKILLS THEY WOULD NEED TO HAVE? I THINK IT APPEALS TO PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO FEEL CONFIDENT WITH CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITY. IT IS FOR THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO PREFERS A MORE EXCITING JOB PACKAGE ON A REMOTE ISLAND. THEY ARE WELL LINKED TO HOSPITALS ON THE MAINLAND. THAT IS SOMEONE WHO WANTS THE BALANCED BETWEEN THE ISLAND LIFE AND A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY WITH A LOT OF REWARD. OUT OF CURIOSITY, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THERE? I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 18 YEARS. I LIVE ON THE LARGEST OF THE ISLANDS. WHAT'S THAT LIKE? IT IS FANTASTIC. I CAME HERE 18 YEARS AGO INTENTIONALLY FOR SIX MONTHS, AND NOW THIS IS HOME. IT IS A VERY SAFE PLACE TO LIVE, A GOOD PLACE TO BRING UP CHILDREN WITH MANY GOOD OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. LET'S GET BACK TO THE GPS YOU NEED OVER THERE. IF WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED, GET IN TOUCH. THE JOBS ARE ON OUR WEBSITE. THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND OUR COUNTRY. THEY BOTH HAVE A GOOD REPUTATION FOR QUALITY AND THEY ARE WORLD-FAMOUS FOR SCENERY, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES. SOME PEOPLE FROM NEW ZEALAND WOULD FIT IN HERE VERY WELL. YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB AT SELLING IT, WHICH I'M NOT APPRECIATING SO MUCH! BUT WE SO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE THIS MORNING. GO WELL, AND GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. I WAS HOOKED UNTIL YOU HAD TO BE A DOCTOR. I GOOGLED WHAT THE FASTEST WAY TO BECOME A DOCTOR WAS, AND I THINK I'LL BE NEEDING A DOCTOR BY THE TIME I GRADUATE. ME U TONU MAI, HAVE YOU NOTICED THE WEATHER STARTING TO GET A BIT COOLER? WE CERTAINLY HAVE AND TO GET AHEAD OF THE AUTUMN COOKING GAME, SARAH TUCK'S HERE WITH SOME WARMING IDEAS. OH, YES. # YOU GOT TO TAKE IT EASY. # LIVE YOUR LIFE. We got a new car you have to plug in. It goes for two wee stops. (DOG BARKS) One masterpiece. And four unlucky possums! Five! VOICEOVER: Fast charge on the road and pay like you're at home. With Genesis at charge net stations. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. SUMMER IS BARELY ON THE WAY, BUT IF YOU'RE ALREADY NOTICING IT'S A BIT COOLER, THEN LET US SHOW YOU SOME WAYS TO WARM UP. SOME PROPER COMFORT FOOD IS A GREAT WAY TO DO THAT, SO WE DECIDED TO CATCH UP WITH FRIEND OF THE SHOW, SARAH TUCK, TO SEE WHAT SHE'S DISHING UP THIS AUTUMN. (LAID-BACK JAZZ MUSIC) AUTUMN'S SUCH A FANTASTIC TIME OF YEAR, AND IT'S ALSO A SEASON WHERE IT'S TIME TO CHANGE UP THE WAY WE COOK. (LAID-BACK JAZZ MUSIC) THE MAGIC ABOUT THE SPICED PUMPKIN CAKE, SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH, IS THE PUMPKIN, BUT ALSO THE SPICE MIX THAT GOES IN IT, WHICH BRINGS THE MOST INCREDIBLE DEPTH OF FLAVOUR. IT'S JUST DELICIOUS. (LAID-BACK JAZZ MUSIC) SO, THE BEEF CHEEK RAGU STARTS OFF LIKE MANY CLASSIC ITALIAN DISHES WHERE YOU COOK DOWN SOME CELERY, SOME ONION, AND IN THIS CASE, SOME PANCETTA AND SOME GARLIC, AND YOU COOK THOSE OFF FIRST. (LAID-BACK JAZZ MUSIC) SO, THESE ARE OUR CHICKEN MEATBALLS WITH RED SAUCE, MADE WITH CHICKEN THIGHS, WHICH HAVE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA FAT WHICH KEEPS THEM LOVELY AND MOIST. (LAID-BACK JAZZ MUSIC) (LAID-BACK JAZZ MUSIC) RUN ME THROUGH, BECAUSE THIS IS QUITE DIFFERENT TO WHAT YOU BROUGHT IN LAST TIME. THIS IS MY FAVOURITE TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE AFTER SUMMER, AFTER ALL THE BARBECUE SEASON IS FINISHED, YOU CAN REALLY IT STUCK IN THE COOKING AGAIN BECAUSE YOU DO LESS HARD-CORE COOKING DURING SUMMER. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THESE. TODAY, WE HAVE CHICKEN MEATBALLS IN A SIMPLE RED SAUCE. THIS IS A BEEF CHEEK RAGU AND A PUMPKIN CAKE WITH A SPICE THROUGH IT. WITH SUMMER, IT IS EASY TO PUT FOOD ON THE BARBECUE. ARE THESE DISHES THAT I COULD STILL PREPARE PORTIONS OF AN ADVANCE OR FREEZE? THE CHICKEN MEATBALLS ARE READY HALF AN HOUR. THEY ARE NOW FAST SECTION OF THE MAGAZINE. IF YOU FACTOR IN COOKING AND PREP TIME, IT'S 35 MINUTES. IF YOU'RE REALLY LAZY, YOU CAN BUY CHICKEN MINCE, RIGHT? WHEN YOU WHIZZ IT, THE CHICKEN THIGHS, THEY HAVE A BIT OF FAT. YOU CAN TOTALLY DO WITH CHICKEN MINCE AS WELL. IT IS SO EASY. THE COOKING PART OF IT, THAT USUALLY ARE TO DO STUFF, IS ONLY HALF AN HOUR MAX. IF I DID THIS ON A SUNDAY AND I COULD JUST HAVE ALL OF IT IN THE FREEZER AND COOKED THE PASTA AS I WANTED TO. THE FLAVOURS GET COMBINED AFTER A FEW DAYS. DANIEL IS SALIVATING ON THE EDGE OF HIS SEAT. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT VEGETABLES WOULD YOU SERVE WITH US. WHILE WE ARE STILL CUSSPY IN TERMS OF THE SEASON. WALLET IS STILL EARLY AUTUMN, YOU CAN SERVE THESE WITH BITTER GREENS. YOU CAN ALSO DO IT WITH A SPINACH, CREAMED SPINACH, COOKED FOR THE BUTTERCREAM ON THE SITE OR BE NICE. A SPINACH SALAD IS ALSO GOOD. GREEN BEANS ARE ALSO GOOD AS WE GET INTO THE SEASON. BEFORE WE GET ONTO THE CAKE, COVID SAW US ALL GET BACK INTO COOKING. IT SEEMS THAT THE READERS OF DISH HAVE CONTINUED WITH THIS THEME. PEOPLE ARE REALLY GETTING INTO IT. WE HAVE ONE RIGHT HERE. I HAVE SEEN THE CARAMELISED POTATO ADDITION HERE. THERE IS BEEN A JUMP. ABSOLUTELY, WE GOT OUR LATEST READERSHIP FIGURES IN, AND SURVEYS HAVE SHOWN 38% GROWTH IN READERSHIP IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, WHICH IS MASSIVE, THE OTHER SURVEY SHOWS 31% IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS. DO YOU KNOW WHICH SECTION IS THE MOST POPULAR? IS IT SAVOURY OR SWEET? BECAUSE PEOPLE USE THE MAGAZINE ON A DAILY BASIS, WE TEND TO GO HEAVIER ON THE SAVOURY DISHES. WHEN YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF BANGERS IN TERMS OF THE SWEET DISHES... I AM WONDERING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT IS A PUMPKIN CAKE. IS THIS A WAY OF GETTING VEGGIES INTO YOUR KIDS? IN THE STATES, THEY USE PUMPKIN AND SWEET DISHES A LOT, BUT THIS IS NOT SUPER SWEET. IT HAS A GORGEOUS FLAVOUR WITH THE SPICE MAKES THE RIGHT. IN THE STATES, THEY TEND TO USE CANNED PUMPKIN. YOU CAN USE YOUR OWN PUMPKIN, AND TAKE OFF THE SKIN. A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT A PUMPKIN AND SAY, OH GOD. SOME PEOPLE MICROWAVE IT FOR A LITTLE BIT JUST TO SOFTEN IT. IF YOU BUY A PUMPKIN HALF, YOU CAN TURN IT ON ITS SIDE AND GET A GOOD ANGLE ON IT, BUT WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO TURN A PUMPKIN INTO A SWEET DISH, I PREPARE A BEST BY PUTTING IT IN TINFOIL AND ROASTING IT IN THE OVEN. YOU WANT IT AS DRY AS POSSIBLE. YOU NEED TO GET IT NICE AND SOFT AND THEN PUT IT ON THE PROCESSOR. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TRY? I'M GOING TO GO STRAIGHT FOR THE CAKE. I HAVE HAD BREAKFAST THIS MORNING. WHAT CAN I SERVE YOU? I WOULD LIKELY CHICKEN MEATBALLS AND CAKE. I'M JUST LOOKING AT WHAT I AM GOING TO MAKE FOR DINNER TONIGHT. I THINK I'M GOING TO GIVE THE POTATO AND CARAMELISED ONION DISH A GO. I GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE, DANIEL. YOU ORDERED EVERYTHING OFF THE MENU. YOU HAVE THE PAGE NUMBER WHETHER RECIPE IS NEXT TO THE PICTURE. OTHERWISE YOU SPEND YOUR WHOLE TIME LOOKING THROUGH THE BOOK. IT LOOKS GOOD, HEY? IF YOU ARE NOT A FAN A PUMPKIN, I WOULD SAY THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO GET INTO IT. THE OTHER THING WITH THE MAGAZINE, WE MAKE SURE THE PICTURES ARE BIG AND CLEAR SO THAT PEOPLE CAN MATCH WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO WHAT THEY CAN SEE. A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SEE A MAGAZINE AND SAY, IT AS A WHOLE MAGAZINE OF COOKING, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN FACE THAT. WE TRY MAKE IT AS EASY AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. WE ONLY GO FOR SUPER EASY. OH, THAT IS INCREDIBLE. IT KEEPS FOR 3 TO 4 DAYS IF IT LASTS THAT LONG. THAT WILL LAST 3 TO 4 SECONDS ON THIS SET. IT HAS FENNEL SEEDS THAT ARE TOASTED. GRIND THEM DOWN. I FEEL LIKE OLIVER TWIST. I WANT MORE! I MIGHT HAVE SOME RAGU. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA, YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, THERE'S SO MUCH TO SEE AND DO IN WELLINGTON BUT, I'VE JUST BECOME DISTRACTED. IS THAT A NEW OUTFIT MATT GIBB? YES. ALL YOU GUYS ARE STUFFING YOUR FACE WITH MEATBALLS AND CAKE, I AM WORKING HARD DOWN HERE GIVING VIEWERS A TASTE OF WHAT THEY CAN EXPERIENCE IN WELLINGTON. YOU CAN BE WINNING A FAMILY HOLIDAY TO WELLINGTON. YOU CAN HAVE A WETA WORKSHOP EXPERIENCE LIKE I'M HAVING RIGHT NOW. RENTERS UNITED SAYS THE PRIME MINISTER'S SUGGESTION THAT A TAX BREAK FOR LANDLORDS WILL RESULT IN LOWER RENTS IS OUT OF TOUCH AND INSULTING. CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS DEFENDED REINSTATING INTEREST DEDUCTIBILITY FOR LANDLORDS, SAYING RENTERS WILL BE GRATEFUL COSTS ARE NOT BEING PASSED ON TO THEM. BUT LUKE SOMERVELL SAYS THERE'S NO GUARANTEE PRICES WILL COME DOWN AND DOESN'T BELIEVE THE POLICY IS GOING TO HELP RENTERS. THE GOVERNMENT'S OWN TREASURY ANALYSIS HAS SHOWED THAT COSTS FOR LANDLORDS DON'T AFFECT RENTS. AS I SAID BEFORE, IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE- THERE'S NOT ENOUGH HOMES, THAT'S WHY RENTS ARE GOING UP AND RENTERS ARE PRETTY DESPERATE FOR A HOME. THE PROPERTY INVESTORS FEDERATION ARGUES THE DEDUCTIBILITY CHANGE WILL STOP RENTAL PRICES FROM INCREASING AS FAST AS THEY HAVE BEEN. WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL SAYS WELLINGTON WATER IS '100% OVER BUDGET" AS IT SITS ON A BACKLOG OF 1,700 LEAKS. A NEW REPORT REVEALS THE COST TO FIX A LEAK HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED IN THREE YEARS. THE COUNCIL GAVE $2m TO FIX 800 LEAKS, NOW THAT WILL ONLY FIX 400. WELLINGTON WATER ASKED COUNCILLORS IN A MEETING THIS WEEK FOR $7m TO CLEAR THE WHOLE BACKLOG, BUT COUNCILLOR BEN MCNULTY SAYS IT'S DIFFICULT TO BUILD THE TRUST. WE'VE SET UP THIS SMALL PROJECT OF 800, THEY'VE COME IN AT 200 TIMES THE COST, SO IS THAT $7m ACTUALLY $14m? UNTIL WE KNOW WE ARE GETTING EFFICIENCY IN OUR SPEND IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR US TO BE IN A POSITION TO SIGN YET ANOTHER CHEQUE. WELLINGTON WATER SAYS IF THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO RELEASE THE SECOND $1m SOONER, IT WOULD ENABLE IT TO PROVIDE CONTRACTORS WITH CERTAINTY. A NEW ROUTE HAS BEEN USED TO DELIVER FOOD BY TRUCKS TO NORTHERN GAZA, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE WEEKS. AMID FEARS OF FAMINE, A BOAT CARRYING 200 TONNES OF FOOD IS MAKING ITS WAY FROM CYPRUS HEADED FOR THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORY. BUT ISRAEL IS FACING MOUNTING PRESSURE TO ALLOW MORE ACCESS TO GAZA. ONE WOULD WELCOME THESE AIRCRAFTS THAT WE HAVE SEEN. WE WELCOME THAT THERE IS NOW A MARITIME CORRIDOR AND AID IS UNDERWAY. IT COULD SIMPLY NOT REPLACE THOSE LAND ROUTES AND WE NEED MORE OF THEM. ENOUGH FOOD FOR 25,000 PEOPLE WAS DELIVERED BY THE LORRIES. SOME OF NEW ZEALAND'S SKI FIELDS COULD LOSE MORE THAN HALF THEIR SNOW COVER DAYS WITHIN THE NEXT 50 YEARS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. THE SOUTHERN ALPS WAS INCLUDED IN NEW RESEARCH OUT THIS MORNING THAT PREDICTS 13% OF THE WORLD'S SKI AREAS COULD LOSE ALL SNOW COVER DAYS BY THE END OF THE CENTURY UNDER A HIGH EMISSIONS SCENARIO. EVEN UNDER LOWER EMISSION MODELS, THE REPORT ESTIMATES SOUTHERN ALPS SKI AREAS LOSING SIGNIFICANT SNOW COVER. RESEARCHERS SAY THE CHANGES WOULD IMPACT LOCAL ECONOMIES AND THREATEN FRAGILE ALPINE ECOSYSTEMS IF SKI OPERATIONS WERE FORCED TO RELOCATED. TO SPORT, AND AUSTRALIA AND ENGLAND ARE BELIEVED TO BE SPEARHEADING A MINIMUM PAYMENT FOR TEST CRICKET, WHICH MAY BE DISCUSSED WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL MEETS IN DUBAI THIS WEEK. THE PROPOSAL IS HOPED TO MAKE TEST CRICKET MORE ATTRACTIVE TO PLAYERS AGAINST THE LURE OF BIG MONEY IN T20 LEAGUES AROUND THE WORLD. THE PROPOSED FEE WOULD START AT JUST OVER $21,000 A MATCH, BUT COULD GO UP TO $29,000 TO MATCH MINIMUM PAYMENTS IN INDIA'S IPL. THE RECENT SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR TO NEW ZEALAND IS EXPECTED TO BE USED AS AN EXAMPLE OF PLAYERS OPTING OUT OF TEST CRICKET. AND FINALLY, AN AUSTRALIAN BILLIONAIRE HAS RE-FLOATED PLANS TO BUILD A REPLICA OF THE TITANIC. NINE'S MIKE DALTON HAS THE STORY. SHE IS THE SHIP OF DREAMS. BOTH TITANIC 1 NOW LYING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ATLANTIC, AND TITANIC 2, STILL SCHEMATICS AND PEOPLE IN COSTUME IN PROMO BUT AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE, TITANIC 2 IS ALLEGEDLY BACK IN THE SLIP AFTER BEING SUSPENDED DURING COVID. UP TO THAT TIME, WE'D FULLY DESIGNED THE SHIP AND WERE IN THE PROCESS OF LETTING OUT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. MINING GOLIATH CLIVE PALMER RE-RELAUNCHING HIS OLYMPIC-CLASS OCEAN LINER DREAM. THE FIRST SHIP WILL COME INTO SERVICE, SCHEDULED AT THE MOMENT IN JUNE 2027. LOOK, I'M SORRY TO BE A DREAM-BREAKER, BUT... (RECORD SCRATCH) YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE YOU HAD BROWN HAIR. WHY SHOULD WE BELIEVE YOU NOW? BECAUSE I'VE GOT MORE MONEY NOW. WHY NOT DO IT? WHAT AM I GONNA DO? I'M 70. I'M GONNA DO IT. CLIVE IS PROMISING, ALONG WITH TITANIC 2, A FAIR-DINKEM 1912 EXPERIENCE ON-BARD, ESPECIALLY IN THIRD CLASS. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE IRISH STEW, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO AND DO DANCING, AND WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT ONE DAY OUT OF NEW YORK HARBOUR, YOU CAN JUST STRIP OFF IN YOUR UNDERPANTS TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. SOME MORNING SHOWERS IN AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA. A HIGH OF 26 TODAY IN RUSSELL AND WHANGAREI. FURTHER SOUTH, SIMILAR HERE - IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY GREY WITH A FEW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WESTERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING. WHAKATANE AND TAURANGA, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 24. TO THE EAST COAST, ALSO GOT SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE WITH SOME SHOWERS BUT THIS WILL CLEAR TO SUNSHINE AFTER MIDDAY. 26 THE HIGH IN GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST, BIT OF CLOUD FOR MOST OF YOU THIS MORNING. THIS WILL CLEAR AFTER MIDDAY IN WHANGANUI AND PALMERSTON NORTH. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARANUI. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND - BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH CLEARING TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY. FEW SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. BLENHEIM WITH A HIGH OF 23. HEADING SOUTH, BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU HERE TODAY. SOME SHOWERS IN THE LATE EVENING IN ALEXANDRA. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 22 HERE. TO THE DEEP SOUTH - PACK YOUR BROLLY. SOME SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST. SOME RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN MILFORD SOUND WHICH COULD GET HEAVY. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 17. WHETHER YOU ARE PLANNING A HOLIDAY TO PARIS, NEW YORK, OR JUST KEEPING IT LOCAL, all.com HAS MORE THAN 5,000 PLACES FOR YOU TO STAY. ONE OF THE CITIES YOU COULD BE HEADING TO IS WELLINGTON. BUT BEFORE YOU DO, MATT GIBB WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS PERFECT. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY all.com. MORENA, MATT. BIG REVEAL. , LET'S TAKE A LOOK. I'M GOING TO TEASE OUT EVEN FURTHER. THIS IS ONE OF THE PROSTHETIC TECHNICIANS AT WETA WORKSHOPS. IF PEOPLE FOR SOME REASON HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT YOU GUYS, WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO? WE MAKE COOL STUFF. WE MAKE PROPS FOR FILMS BUT WE ALSO DO BIG LOCATION-BASED ENTERTAINMENT BUT THE EXHIBIT DOWNSTAIRS. WE DO PEEPS OF STUFF. YOU WORKED AS A TECHNICIAN ON SOME MASSIVE SERIES. YOU WORKED ON THE RINGS OF POWER... AS A PROSTHETICS TECHNICIAN, TRAINEE, MAKING HOBBIT FEET. YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN MAKING ELF EARS... DWARF NOSES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS MY INSPIRATION SITTING HERE. I'M GETTING A SIMILAR KIND OF TREATMENT. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT KIDS CAN COME ALONG AND DO? ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE WORKSHOPS TO LEARN HOW TO DO THIS. KIDS 5 TO 17 CAN COME ALONG AND LEARN HOW TO APPLY A PROSTHETICS. SO IF ONE OF THE KIDS IN YOUR LIFE IS INTERESTED IN MOVIES, HEAD TO WELLINGTON, HEAD TO WETA WORKSHOPS. LET SHOW YOU WHAT AND HOW YOU CAN WIN. HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz YOU COULD WIN A FAMILY HOLIDAY. YOUR BREAKFAST WILL BE INCLUDED FOR THREE NIGHTS. YOU WILL GET A FAMILY PASS TO HEAD HERE TO TE PAPA. YOU WILL MEET ALL OF THE HUGE, INCREDIBLE DINOSAURS. AND YOU WILL ALSO HEAD ALONG TO WETA WORKSHOP. YOU WILL GET TO MEET SOMEONE LIKE RICHARD WHO MIGHT SHOW YOU HOW TO DO A THING LIKE THIS... THAT'S SO COOL. I KNOW. THEY ARE INCREDIBLE. HONESTLY, THE SKILL THAT IS INVOLVED TO TRANSFORM ACTORS THEY ARE INCREDIBLE. CAN WE GET ANOTHER CLOSE-UP ON THAT? ONO. SORRY, WE NEED A WARNING. I DO NEED TO SAY ACTUALLY, WHAT DO YOU RECKON TEAM? PRODUCER BECKY IS SAYING SHE WILL BUY ME SOME DRINKS IF I WEAR THIS ON THE FLIGHT BACK TO AUCKLAND. ABSOLUTELY. YOU MUST. I DON'T WANT THOSE HEADLINES. HORNY TELEVISION PRESENTER ON AIR NEW ZEALAND FLIGHT. LEGALLY YOU CANNOT GET ON AN AEROPLANE WITH A WEAPON ON YOUR FOREHEAD. YOU CAN'T DISCRIMINATE. PLEASURE MEETING YOU THIS MORNING. FOR DRAW ENDS AT 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. NICE MATT. ALSO SO NICE OF YOU TO BE WITH US ON YOUR HOLIDAY. E WHAI AKE NEI, DOING THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY WHEN IT COMES TO DEATH. SAYING GOODBYE TO A LOVED ONE CAN BE A COSTLY EXERCISE, SO WE'LL MEET SOME COFFIN DESIGNERS CHANGING THE WAY THINGS ARE DONE. FUNERALS ARE EXPENSIVE AND COFFINS CAN BE AN UNEXPECTED COST THAT A GRIEVING WHANAU HAS TO WORRY ABOUT. INDIGENOUS COFFIN DESIGNERS, DAVID CROFT AND JESSICA HENSON KNOW THIS AND HAVE COME UP WITH PERSONALISED SOLUTIONS SFAMILIES CAN CONSIDER. THEY JOIN US NOW. MORENA. THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. THIS IS VERY COOL AND I WANT TO ASK HOW THIS CAME ABOUT? IT CAME ABOUT FROM MY FATHER. WATCHING HIM DO IT, AND HE BUILT HIS BELOVED BARBARA ONE WHO WAS HIS WIFE. I FELL IN LOVE WITH WHAT HE HAD DONE AND PICKED UP FROM THERE. WE KNOW THE COST OF FUNERALS FOR SOME FAMILY THAT REALLY IS AN ADDED STRESS AT A TIME WHEN THEY ARE GRIEVING AND THERE IS SO MUCH SADNESS. SO THIS HAS GONE FROM YOU THINKING THIS IS GOOD, I AM ENJOYING DOING WHAT I DO BUT ACTUALLY THIS IS ABOUT WHANUA. IT IS A BIG PART OF WHY I DO WHAT I DO. THEY CAN GET IT SUBSIDISED? WE ARE ALSO SUPPLIERS, SO WE CAN SUPPLY PEOPLE OUT THERE THEY NEED. SO JESSICA YOU COME IN AND YOU PUT THE CREATIVE BITS... WITH THESE COFFINS? I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE PROMOTE AND MARKET WHAT WE DO. AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE GOT OPTIONS OUT THERE. WE TEND TO CATER TO PEOPLE WHO CAN DECORATE THEIR OWN. WE ONLY STARTED IN DECEMBER, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS NOW. THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILY ABOUT HOW THEY WANT THEIR COFFIN TO LOOK, I MEAN IT MUST BE QUITE A BEAUTIFUL CONVERSATION. WE DID MY MUMS WERE NOT LONG AGO. PERSONALISING IT FOR HER WAS SO COOL. IT IS VERY HARD AND SAD TO DO THE CONCEPT OF IT, BUT WE LOOKED AT IT AS HELPING US PROVIDE A BEAUTIFUL FAREWELL. IT IS REALLY REWARDING. I GUESS IT ALL HELPS WITH SOME SMALL PART OF HEALING. IT'S INCREDIBLY TOUGH AND SAD. YES AND VERY EXPENSIVE AT THE SAME TIME. IN TERMS OF THE RESPONSE THAT YOU GET FROM FAMILY WHEN THIS IS AN OPTION FOR THEM, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I IMAGINE IT'S, AGAIN, ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE FAMILY. IT IS AMAZING GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK AND TRYING TO PERSONALISE WHAT THEY WANT. CUSTOMISING A COFFIN TO THEIR LIKING AND TRYING TO INCORPORATE INTO THE COFFIN WHAT THEY WANT. I LIKE DOING THAT, IT IS A GOOD FEELING FOR ME. IT MUST BE CHALLENGING THOUGH SOMETIMES. WHEN WE ARE ASKING YOU TO DO STUFF. HOW DO YOU WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS AS WELL? WELL I'M THE BOSS... I LOVE IT. WE WORK REALLY WELL TOGETHER. HE DOES ALL THE BUILDING BUT WE ARE QUITE CREATIVE. HE DID ONE RECENTLY WITH SOME BEAUTIFUL CROSSES ON IT. WE BALANCE HOW WE BOTH WORK EACH OTHER OUT. IT HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY WELL AND WE ENJOY WORKING TOGETHER. THAT IS THE LOVELY PART OF BEING ABLE TO DO THIS AS WELL. WORKING FROM HOME. WHEN DID YOU SAY YOU STARTED THIS? DECEMBER. SO IT'S ONLY BEEN A FEW MONTHS? WE WENT ON A BUSINESS COURSE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO RUN IT OURSELVES THE GENERATOR HAS BEEN A MASSIVE HELP. GIVING US THE TOOLS. HOPEFULLY WE CAN HELP OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO YOU HAVE ANYTHING GOING A FEW MONTHS TO PEOPLE, WORD-OF-MOUTH, HAVE BEEN COMING TO YOU? YEAH THEY FIND OUT THROUGH THEIR CUZZIES. YOU GUYS LIVE NORTH AND DROVE DOWN TO BE WITH US THIS MORNING. WHERE ARE PEOPLE COMING TO YOU FROM? JUST UP NORTH FOR DIFFERENT PLACES? DIFFERENT PLACES, EH? WE'VE JUST BEEN FOCUSED ON OUR DIRECT FAMILY HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE MORE CLIENTELE FROM THIS AREA. SO THE EXPO IS HERE IN AUCKLAND ON FRIDAY? IN MANGERE. YOU SIT HERE THINKING IT'S AN AWKWARD CONVERSATION TO HAVE BUT AGAIN IT IS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT IS INEVITABLE. UNFORTUNATELY. TO DO SOMETHING AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL IN SOME WAY HELPS HEALING, WELL DONE YOU TWO. TO BRING SOME SORT OF JOY. I DO MY BEST. GO YOU TO. ALL THE BEST, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKIE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKIE. IN CASE YOU DIDN'T GET THAT, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKIE. E HAERE AKE NEI ` PAPATUANUKU KOKIRI MARAE IN AUCKLAND'S MANGERE HAS JUST OPENED A KOHA CAFE. WE'LL CHECK IT OUT NEXT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. PAPATUANUKU KOKIRI MARAE IN MANGERE IS A PLACE WHERE COMMUNITY THRIVES. IT USES ITS GARDENS FOR EDUCATION, KAI FOR THE MARAE AND NOW THEY HAVE OPENED UP A KOHA CAFE. TO FIND OUT MORE, REPORTER COURTNEY HAMMOND IS AT THE MARAE THIS MORNING. YES, I AM AT THE CAFE THIS MORNING. IT HAS BEEN UP AND RUNNING FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS NOW. I AM HERE WITH THE TWO ORGANISERS. DO YOU MIND TELLING ME WHAT THIS IS ABOUT? THIS WAS JUST A DREAM ON PAPER NINE YEARS AGO. IT BECAME MORE RELEVANT TO OUR COMMUNITY DURING COVID. THE INSIGHTS WE HAD IDENTIFIED HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE IN NEED OF HELP AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE NEEDING FOOD. AS A RESULT OF THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE ALIVE. IT IS AMAZING BECAUSE IT MAKES FOOD SO ACCESSIBLE, AND IT IS ALSO ABOUT WORK OPPORTUNITIES. ABSOLUTELY, I THINK THIS IS A SUSTAINABLE MODEL. THIS IS ONE PART OF A PROJECT THAT IS PART OF OUR SUCCESSION PLAN AND AS PART OF OUR NEXT GENERATION PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO BE GOOD LEADERS AND GOOD PEOPLE. TELL ME ABOUT WHAT IS ON OFFER HERE AT THE CAFE. WE HAVE A LOT OF FOOD COMING FROM THE GARDENS. FRESH, NUTRITIOUS FOOD THAT COMES FROM THE GARDEN, AND WE ALSO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES SUCH AS FAMILY MEMBERS THAT DO CUPCAKES AND SMOOTHIES. IT ALSO INVOLVES OTHER OPERATIONS AS WELL. YES, WE HAVE PARTNERED UP WITH A FEW FAMILY. WE ARE KEEPING THE ECONOMY LOCAL. THEY CAN USE THE KITCHEN AND COOK REALLY GOOD FOOD FRESH. HEALTHY, NUTRITIOUS FOOD. THIS IS THE SECOND WEEK IT'S BEEN OPEN. HOW IS IT GOING? IT'S BEEN GOING WELL. WE ARE OPEN FROM 10-2. WE ARE EXCITED TO GIVE OUR PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN THE BAKERY AND COME OVER HERE AND SIT DOWN AND EAT GOOD FOOD. DO YOU HAVE FAVOURITE MEALS ON OFFER? THE SOAP. SOUP*. IT IS ONE OF THOSE MEALS THAT IS REALLY GOOD. BEFORE WE GO, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE GIFT WORKS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, WE HAVE MEALS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. IT IS ABOUT RESCUING FOOD AND TURNING IT INTO ACCESSIBLE FOOD. THE KEYWORD IS ACCESSIBILITY. IF YOU HAVE $0.50, OR EVEN NOTHING, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN UNITY AND CREATING A SAFE SPACE FOR ALL PEOPLE NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU COME FROM. THANK YOU VAL AND LIONEL FROM THE KOHA CAFE. I'M ALWAYS A BIT NERVOUS THAT I HAVE NOT WORKED OUT THE RIGHT AMOUNT FOR SOMETHING FOR THOSE SORT OF THINGS. THAT COULD BE TO THEIR BENEFIT. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT CAFE NEAR HERE. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A GUIDELINE. ON THE BACK OF THAT, YOU ARE AMAZING BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER INITIATIVES THAT YOU DO. THIS IS ALSO ONE THING THAT THE NETBALL TEAM IS DOING. PAY AS YOU CAN TO WATCH THE GAMES. PAY WHAT YOU CAN. THAT IS A GREAT IDEA. JUST TELL ME HOW MUCH TO PAY NORMALLY AND I WILL PAY THAT. ON THAT NOTE, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. HOPE YOU ENJOYED OUR FREE CONTENT. SEE YOU TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY MAIA CARR HEKE, COURTNEY SOLE, BILLY GARRATT-JOHN AND DREW WELSH.