IT'S FRIDAY THE 15TH OF MARCH. WE'VE MADE IT TO THE END OF THE WEEK. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. MARCH 15 WILL FOREVER BE A DAY NEW ZEALANDERS REMEMBER. TODAY MARKS FIVE YEARS SINCE THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN CHRISTCHURCH. 51 PEOPLE WERE KILLED THAT DAY IN 2019, AND MANY MORE INJURED. FIVE YEARS ON, THE ONGOING TRAUMA AND THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC CONTINUES. WE HEAR FROM SURVIVORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. NEW ZEALAND RUGBY SAYS IT'S CONCERNED FOLLOWING NEWS OF AOTEAROA'S FIRST CASE OF A DEGENERATIVE BRAIN DISEASE LINKED TO CONSTANT HEAD KNOCKS IN A PROFESSIONAL RUGBY PLAYER. BILLY GUYTON, A FORMER BLUES AND NEW ZEALAND MAORI HALFBACK WHO DIED LAST YEAR AGED 33, HAD A BRAIN INJURY LIKELY TO BE CONNECTED WITH REPEATED HEAD KNOCKS. ENCEPHALOPATHY OR CTE IS CRUEL. SUFFERERS EXPERIENCE MEMORY LOSS, AGRESSION, CONFUSION, DEPRESSION, SEVERE ANXIETY AND EVENTUALLY PROGRESSIVE DEMENTIA. WE EXPLORE THE SCIENCE BEHIND THIS DIAGNOSIS AND WHY ATHLETES ARE TAKING NOTICE. ALSO ON THE PROGRAMME THIS MORNING ` CAN YOU AFFORD TO GO ANYWHERE THESE DAYS? THE PRICE OF FOOD AND FUEL HAS GONE THROUGH THE ROOF THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. NOW IN-FIGHTING AMONGST AIRPORTS AND AIRLINES MEANS FLYING ANYWHERE IS ABOUT TO GET MORE EXPENSIVE AS WELL. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE LATEST STOUSH OVER AIR NEW ZEALAND'S TICKET PRICE HIKES A LITTLE LATER THIS HOUR. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. JUST BEFORE WE GET TO CHRIS... THE WAY THAT FLYING IS GOING AT THE MOMENT, HEARING ABOUT BOEING AT THE MOMENT, I'M GONNA KEEP MY FEET ON THE GROUND. WHY NOT DO A ROADIE? PETROL IS EXPENSIVE AS WELL. PUBLIC EVENTS WILL BE HELD IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY TO MARK FIVE YEARS SINCE ATTACKS ON TWO MOSQUES. 51 PEOPLE DIED. IT'S THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE ATTACKS THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE HAS FALLEN ON A FRIDAY. A PUBLIC EVENT IS BEING HELD AT THE BRIDGE OF REMEMBRANCE AT 3pm TODAY. AROUND 300 INVITED GUESTS, INCLUDING POLITICAL LEADERS, WILL ATTEND THE MAIN EVENT INSIDE THE AL NOOR MOSQUE TONIGHT. ISRAEL SAYS IT PLANS TO MOVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS TO WHAT IT'S CALLING 'HUMANITARIAN ISLANDS'. THEY'D BE SAFE ZONES IN THE CENTRE OF THE TERRITORY AS IT PREPARES TO LAUNCH A GROUND OFFENSIVE IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF RAFAH. AS THE BBC'S ANNA FOSTER REPORTS, ANY EVACUATION WON'T BE QUICK. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SOUTHERN CITY OF RAFAH NOW, RIGHT AT THE TIP OF THE GAZA STRIP, IT IS HOME TO MORE THAN HALF OF GAZA'S POPULATION, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOME, PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN TENTS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE VERY LITTLE FOOD OR WATER OR HUMANITARIAN AID. IT IS AN ENORMOUSLY DIFFICULT POSITION FOR THEM THERE, BUT ISRAEL HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT BELIEVES IT CAN'T CARRY OUT ITS STATED AIM OF FULLY REMOVING HAMAS FROM GAZA UNLESS IT LAUNCHES A GROUND OPERATION IN RAFAH. SO IT NEEDS TO MOVE THOSE CIVILIANS OUT OF THE WAY. AND WHAT IT'S PROPOSING IS THESE HUMANITARIAN ISLANDS IN THE CENTRE OF THE STRIP. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CENTRE OF THE STRIP NOW, IT IS A PICTURE OF DESTRUCTION. AFTER MONTHS OF REPEATED AIR AND GROUND ATTACKS IN CENTRAL GAZA, THE PICTURE IS BLEAK. NOW THE ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCES HAVE SAID VERY LITTLE AT THE MOMENT. THIS IS JUST REALLY A SMALL GRAIN OF DETAIL ABOUT HOW IT WOULD WORK. BUT THEY SAY THAT THERE WOULD BE TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR PEOPLE THERE, ALSO AID FOR THOSE WHO MOVED. BUT OF COURSE, THE AID SITUATION IN GAZA REMAINS DESPERATE AND DIFFICULT. WE'VE SEEN ONCE AGAIN THIS MORNING AID DROPS OF PALLETS HANGING FROM PARACHUTES DROPPED BY THE JORDANIAN AIR FORCE AND THE U.S. MILITARY, WHICH PROVIDES A SMALL AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL AID FOR THE GAZA STRIP. AND WE'RE ALSO TRACKING AS WELL THE PROGRESS OF A BOAT, A SPANISH CHARITY BOAT WHICH IS PULLING A BARGE WHICH WOULD INAUGURATE THIS NEW MARITIME AID CORRIDOR BETWEEN CYPRUS AND GAZA. NOW THAT IS DUE TO ARRIVE IN GAZA, WE BELIEVE, IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE PROBLEM WILL BE ACTUALLY SAFELY UNLOADING AND DISTRIBUTING THAT AID TO DESPERATE PEOPLE THERE. ELON MUKS'S SPACE X COMPANY HAS LAUNCHED THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL ROCKET, BUT NOW DOESN'T KNOW WHERE IT IS. IT'S THE THIRD TEST FLIGHT FOR THIS MODEL OF ROCKET. 'STARSHIP' MADE IT FURTHER INTO THE TEST FLIGHT THAN THE FIRST TWO ATTEMPTS WHICH BOTH EXPLODED MIDAIR. IT MARKED A HUGE WIN FOR THE SPACE COMPANY BEFORE THEY ULTIMATELY LOST SIGNAL AND WITH IT, ANY WAY OF TRACKING THE ROCKET. THE SPACECRAFT IS PART OF NASA'S ARTEMIS PROGRAMME WHICH AIMS TO LAND U.S ASTRONAUTS ON THE MOON IN 2026. THE BRISBANE BRONCOS HAVE SECURED THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE NRL SEASON, BEATING THE SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS 28-18. THE BRONCOS WERE DOMINANT FROM THE START. FULLBACK REECE WALSH (21) UNSTOPPABLE WITH BALL IN HAND. PLAYS IT EVENTUALLY. PLAY FIVE HERE. WALSH LOOKING FOR A GAP. HE FINDS IT. REECE WALSH! COBBO, ARTHARS, KICKS INFIELD. MITCHELL... AND IT'S A ROOM SERVICE BOUNCE FOR REECE WALSH. YES. REECE WALSH AGAIN. DESPITE THE WIN, THE BRONCOS LOST THEIR SKIPPER ADAM REYNOLDS LATE IN THE GAME ` A KNEE INJURY FLARING UP. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. PERIODS OF RAIN FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. A HIGH OF 24 TODAY IN RUSSELL AND WHANGAREI. FURTHER SOUTH ` PACK YOUR BROLLY. EARLY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. THIS WILL TURN TO SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. WHAKATANE AND TAURANGA, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 21. TO THE EAST COAST ` SIMILAR HERE. RAINY DAY FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY WITH SOME SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 23 THE HIGH IN GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU'RE GOING TO NEED AN UMBRELLA TOO. MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU ALL WITH RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. 19 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE REGION AFTER MIDDAY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. BLENHEIM WITH A HIGH OF 22. HEADING SOUTH ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU. THIS WILL EASE TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 15 HERE. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GREY HERE ALSO. A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 13. TO YOUR WEEKEND ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, BLUE SKIES FOR MOST OF YOU THIS SATURDAY. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, SAME HERE OTHER THAN SOME CLOUD IN THE DEEP SOUTH. FOR YOUR SUNDAY ` LOTS OF SUNSHINE ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND. A BIT CLOUDIER AS WE HEAD DOWN THE COUNTRY WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE WEST AND SOUTH. WE WILL TRADE THE RAINY DAY FOR A GOOD WEEKEND. TODAY MARKS FIVE YEARS SINCE THE MOSQUE TERROR ATTACKS IN CHRISTCHURCH. ON MARCH 15 2019, 51 PEOPLE WERE MURDERED AND DOZENS MORE INJURED IN SHOOTINGS AT TWO CHRISTCHURCH MOSQUES. FAMILIES OF VICTIMS SAY THE SUPPORT FROM THROUGHOUT NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN ENORMOUS. HOWEVER, FIVE YEARS ON, THEY ARE ONCE AGAIN FACING DISTRESS AND WORRY. YOU SEE, ACC PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN THE WAKE OF AN EVENT LIKE MARCH 15TH, BUT ONLY FOR A SET AMOUNT OF TIME. TODAY, THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACKS, THOSE PAYMENTS END. WE'RE JOINED BY NOW RASHID BIN OMAR, WHO LOST HIS SON TARIQ IN THE ATTACKS, FARAH TALAL WHOSE HUSBAND ATTA WAS KILLED AND WITH THEM IS MAHA GALAL FROM THE MARCH 15 WHANAU TRUST. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT DAY. I APPRECIATE ALL THREE OF YOU COMING IN THIS MORNING. I WANT TO START WITH THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE THAT HAS COME TO LIGHT WHICH IS THAT THEIR ACC SUPPORTERS FINISHING ON THIS ANNIVERSARY. IT'S VERY HARD-WORKING WITH POLICIES, WITH ACC FOR A NO FAULT INJURY SCHEME. AS OF TODAY THE PAYMENT HAS BEEN STOPPED. THEY WERE NOTIFIED ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. I HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN FIVE MESSAGES SAYING THEY HAVE BEEN SURPRISED BY THIS STOPPING OF THE PAYMENT. WE RAISE THE ISSUE WITH THE PRIME MINISTER LAST WEEK. ON TUESDAY WE MET WITH HIM AND WE RAISE THIS CONCERN. HE WAS GREAT LISTENING TO OUR CONCERN AND WE HOPE THIS PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED SOON. THE SUPPORT ISSUE ASIDE, AND WE HAVE SOME DATA FROM ACC AND A STATEMENT, IS IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE FAMILIES AFFECTED BECAUSE OF THE TIMING? IT IS A TIMING ISSUE, IT'S QUITE DIFFICULT, BECAUSE IT IS SENSITIVE INFORMATION. THEY ARE STILL SUFFERING FROM A LOT OF TRAUMA AND IT IS REALLY HARD FOR THEM TO COPE WITH THIS INFORMATION. SO MANY ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE PAYMENT FOR RENT BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT PREPARED FOR THIS DECISION. WHEN YOU SAY THEY WERE NOT PREPARED SOME OF THE COMMUNICATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN... THEY HAVE BEEN LOST OR MISDIRECTED. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A CLEAR-CUT PATH OF COMMUNICATION. I BELIEVE IT IS A LANGUAGE BARRIER. MAYBE THEY RECEIVED THE EMAIL BUT THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE EMAIL WAS NOT EASY FOR THEM. FAR ENOUGH. PART OF THE ISSUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATED. YES. FARRAH, CAN I ASK YOU, YOU LOST YOUR HUSBAND FIVE YEARS AGO. HOW ARE YOU REFLECTING? GOOD MORNING. YES I DID, FIVE YEARS AGO THE WORLD I KNEW CHANGED FOREVER. IT MAY SEEM LIKE IT IS A BIG NUMBER, FIVE YEARS, BUT TO BE HONEST SOMETIMES THE PAIN IS STILL RAW. WE ARE AS FAMILIES ARE ALL COLLECTIVELY LEARNING TO LIVE WITH THE VOID AND COPE WITH THE PAIN. IT'S A PAIN I WISH NOBODY WOULD EVER GO THROUGH. AS THE YEARS PASS WE ARE LEARNING HOW TO IMPACT THIS TRAUMA, HOW TO DEAL WITH THE TRIGGERS, HOW TO LIVE OUR EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE ABSENCE OF IN MY CASE MY BEST FRIEND, MY HUSBAND AND THE FATHER OF MY DAUGHTER. THERE IS PAIN, IT IS THERE. WE HAVE LOST THESE 51 AMAZING PEOPLE, IT IS STILL VERY PAINFUL AND WE ARE LEARNING TO LIVE WITH GRIEF, BECOMING STRONGER. YOU SAY FIVE YEARS IS A BIG NUMBER, BUT IS NOT REALLY A BIG NUMBER IS IT? FIVE YEARS WAS ONLY FIVE YEARS AGO. I IMAGINE IF YOU ARE LIVING THROUGH THIS IT CAN SEEM LIKE YESTERDAY. 100%. IT IS NOT A BIG NUMBER AT ALL, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS OF GRIEF, AND THE FIGHT THEY DID NOT JUST DIE. IT WAS A TERROR ATTACK. IT WAS HARD AND TRAUMATIC. AND AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, YOU COME TO KNOW THESE STRUGGLES ON A DAILY BASIS. I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION, I'M SO SORRY, THIS IS A HUGE TOPIC IN YOUR LIVES AND ALL OF US IN NEW ZEALAND. YOU LOST YOUR SON I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE WORK YOU'VE DONE SINCE THEN. GOOD MORNING ANNA. IT HAS BEEN A HARD JOURNEY FOR ALL OF US. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO HELP ALL THE VICTIMS, TO GET TOGETHER AND STAY UNITED. SO WE CAN SHARE OUR GRIEF TOGETHER, AND ALSO A SENSE OF BELONGING. WE FEEL CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER. AND TODAY, I WILL BE REMEMBERED TODAY? MY MIND IS IN THOUGHTS, ALL WITH THE FAMILIES AND THE VICTIMS. IT IS VERY VERY HARD ESPECIALLY TODAY TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE LIFE LOST. AND ALSO THE PEOPLE WHO GOT INJURED STILL RECOVERING AND ALSO WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN THAT DAY. I JUST WANT TO REFLECT MYSELF, GO TO THE CEMETERY TODAY AND JUST TRY TO CONNECT MYSELF WITH MY SON. TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE AND TO REMEMBER IS THAT. THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING THE EFFORT TO COME IN AND TALK TO OUR PROGRAM ON A DAY LIKE TODAY. ONE FINAL QUESTION, IF YOU CAN SUMMARISE FOR OUR AUDIENCE THE SUPPORT THAT IS ONGOING TO THIS COMMUNITY? SORRY SAY IT AGAIN PLEASE? CAN YOU TELL OUR AUDIENCE ABOUT THE SUPPORT YOU FEEL YOUR COMMUNITY STILL NEEDS EVEN AFTER FIVE YEARS? WE DO REALLY APPRECIATES ALL WE HAVE GOT FROM ALL NEW ZEALANDERS, FROM THE PUBLIC, FROM THE GOVERNMENT, BUT AS THEY SAID IT IS A LONG JOURNEY. THEY NEED LONG-TERM SUPPORT FROM ALL AGENCIES. THEY ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO REBUILD THEMSELVES, BUT THEY CANNOT DO THAT BY THEMSELVES. THEY NEED THE COMMUNITY, ALL AGENCIES UNDER GOVERNMENT. SO I REALLY HOPE THE SUPPORT FROM THE AGENCIES UNDER THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THINKING OF YOU TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SINCE THE TRAGEDY, ACC HAS WORKED CLOSELY TO COORDINATE WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR THE SURVIVORS AND AFFECTED FAMILIES. THE SUPPORT ACC CAN PROVIDE IS GOVERNED BY OUR LEGISLATION, AND THIS INCLUDES WEEKLY FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR SPOUSES OF THE DECEASED VICTIMS FOR FIVE YEARS. WHEN WEEKLY PAYMENTS ARE SET UP, ACC INFORMS FAMILIES HOW LONG PAYMENTS WILL BE PAID FOR AND PROVIDES THIS INFORMATION ANNUALLY. OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS, ACC AND MSD HAVE BEEN WORKING TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE END OF THE WEEKLY FINANCIAL PAYMENTS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE HOUSEHOLD ITEM THAT COULD BE THE KEY TO WEIGHT LOSS. APPLE CIDER VINEGAR - IT'S OFTEN HELD IN HIGH REGARD AS A HOME REMEDY WITH CLAIMS IT CAN HELP WITH WEIGHT LOSS AND OTHER VARIOUS HEALTH BENEFITS. NOW, A NEW STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL HAS FOUND THERE COULD BE ACTUAL EVIDENCE BACKING UP THAT CLAIM. HERE TO UNPACK THAT STUDY IS DIETITIAN CARYN ZINN. MORENA! THIS APPLE A DAY CAN KEEP THE DOCTOR AWAY. IS AN APPLE CIDER VINEGAR. AS A NUTRITIONAL SCIENTIST, WHEN I SEE A HEADLINE LIKE THIS THE FIRST THING I DO IS GET INTO THE WEEDS OF IT AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF THE STUDY AND PICK IT TO BITS BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OUTCOMES, IT ALMOST LOOKS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. IT TURNS OUT THE STUDY IS QUITE SOLID. IT IS A WELL-DESIGNED STUDY, IT IS HIGH QUALITY, IT IS A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL. EXCEPT THEY DIDN'T SHOW THE DIFFERENT DIETS AND THE GROUPS. THEY REPORTED THE DIETS AND EXERCISE, BUT DIDN'T ACTUALLY SHOW THAT NOT THE ONLY THING I CAN PICK APART. WERE YOU CONCERNED AT ALL ABOUT HOW SMALL THE STUDY SAMPLE WAS? YOUNG PEOPLE FROM LEBANON OVER THREE MONTHS, WITH THE AVERAGE AGE AROUND 17 YEARS OLD, MANY WHO WERE OBESE, WERE LOSING ABOUT FIVE KGS. WHAT SURPRISED ME WAS THE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT LOSS. THAT IS QUITE SUBSTANTIAL. THAT IS WHY I WENT TO PICK IT APART. 120 PEOPLE, IT'S NOT A SMALL STUDY FOR A RANDOMISED TRIAL BUT THE OUTCOME BETWEEN THE GROUPS AND WEIGHT LOSS UNDER STATISTICAL APPLICATION WOULD HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO GET THAT NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS. IT IS NOT A LONG EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY. I'M NOT SO CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE STUDY WAS POWERED, BUT IT'S ONE STUDY THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN HUMANS. THERE ARE A FEW OTHERS THAT ARE ARRAIGNED. THERE ARE A FEW ANIMAL STUDIES AS WELL. THERE IS NOT A LOT YOU CAN PICK APART ABOUT THIS. WITH ANY OTHER HEALTH BOOSTS? APPLE CIDER VINEGAR IS HARDLY THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK. IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR CENTURIES AND BEEN USED FOR LOTS OF AILMENTS INCLUDING SKIN CONDITIONS. IT'S BEEN SHOWN IN STUDIES THAT HAVE AN IMPROVED EFFECT ON BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL AND ALSO DIGESTION OR INDIGESTION. IN THIS PARTICULAR STUDY, THE THEORY THEY PUT FORWARD COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE AN IMPORTANT EFFECT ON APPETITE CONTROL AND BEING TIED TO A FEELING OF FULLNESS, BUT WHAT THEY FIND WAS THE MECHANISM WAS RELATED TO INSULIN SENSITISING AFFECTS, IN OTHER WORDS ALLOWS THE BODY TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AT FAT BURNING AND CONTROLLING BLOOD SUGAR. THERE WAS AN IMPROVEMENT AND A COMPONENT OF CHOLESTEROL AND ALSO BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL. MY WIFE'S GRANDMOTHER USED TO SWEAR BY IT, BUT IT WAS JUST THAT PUTRID SMELL. I USE THE GOGOL EVERY TIME IT OPENED UP. ARE THERE ANY DOWNSIDES TO CONSUMING APPLE CIDER VINEGAR? PEOPLE PUT IN THEIR SALAD DRESSING EVERY DAY. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HAVING A LITTLE 10 MIL SHOTOVER IN THE MORNING ON ITS OWN YOU GO, OH THAT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. YOU CAN BUY CHEAPLY IN THE SUPERMARKETS. EVEN THE MOST EXPENSIVE KIND IS FIVE DOLLARS. YOU CAN TAKE IT EVERY DAY IF YOU WANT TO, THERE ARE SOME CAVEATS THAT BUT REALLY IT IS QUITE DIFFERENT TO TAKING A DRUG FOR WEIGHT LOSS. THERE ARE NO REAL SIDE-EFFECTS. THE ONLY THING YOU COULD POTENTIALLY CAUTION ABOUT IS OVER TIME IT CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON TOOTH ENAMEL BUT YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH THAT BY HAVING IT THROUGH A STRAW OR WASHING IT DOWN WITH SOME WATER AFTERWARDS. IT'S HARDLY A PROBLEM, BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT RELY ON THAT FOR WEIGHT LOSS PURPOSES ALONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. BEFORE I WAS TALKING TO KAREN, I WAS SAYING TO JENNY MAE WHAT'S THE POINT IN GOING TO THE GYM? I SHOULD JUST HAVE A SHOT OF THAT? YOU CAN PUT IN A GLASS OF WATER TRUCK IN THE GLASS, STIR IT UP AND DRINK IT BUT I DO PUT IN SALADS. IT GIVES YOU A BIT OF A BITE. I'D RATHER GO TO THE GYM. JUST A LITTLE SHOT GLASS BEFORE BREAKFAST. THAT'S ALL YOU NEED. YOU WILL SEE THE BENEFITS. I WONDER WHAT YOU WILL LOOK LIKE BY MONDAY. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, WE WILL GET TO MORE OF YOUR FEEDBACK. STAY WITH US. # I LOVE YOU, ALWAYS, FOR EVER. BUSY MORNING IN HERE, OBVIOUSLY. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WIDOWS FROM THE MARCH 15 TERRORIST ATTACKS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN THEIR ACC FINANCIAL SUPPORT ENDS TODAY. IT'S FIVE YEARS SINCE THE ATTACKS ON TWO MOSQUES WHICH KILLED 51 PEOPLE. MAHAL GALAL FROM THE MARCH 15 WHANAU SUPPORT TRUST SAYS THERE HAS BEEN GREAT SUPPORT, BUT THERE'S STILL A LONG JOURNEY AHEAD. AND ACC SAID IN A STATEMENT ITS THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE FAMILIES BUT CONFIRMED FINANICIAL SUPPORT PAYMENTS WILL END FOR SOME FAMILIES. AS CAMPAIGN SEASON FOR THE U.S GENERAL ELECTION GETS UNDERWAY, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS BACK IN COURT. HIS ATTORNEYS ARE LOOKING TO GET HIS CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE THROWN OUT. THE ABC'S PERRY RUSSOM REPORTS. THE TRUMP MOTORCADE PASSING SUPPORTERS THIS MORNING OUTSIDE A FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN FLORIDA. TRUMP IN COURT AGAIN, THIS TIME ARGUING HIS CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE SHOULD BE DISMISSED. TRUMP'S LAWYER WITH TWO MAIN ARGUMENTS THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAD THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE THE DOCUMENTS AND THAT SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH'S USE OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT AGAINST TRUMP IS TOO VAGUE. TRUMP IS ACCUSED OF INTENTIONALLY TAKING HIGHLY CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, STORING THEM ON HIS PROPERTIES, INCLUDING A BATHROOM AT MAR-A-LAGO. INVESTIGATORS SAY TRUMP TOLD HIS LAWYERS TO LIE TO THE FBI ABOUT STILL HAVING THE DOCUMENTS. THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING. TRUMP'S LATEST DAY IN COURT COMES A DAY AFTER THREE COUNTS AGAINST HIM IN HIS GEORGIA ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE WERE THROWN OUT. THE CHARGES ACCUSED TRUMP OF VIOLATING HIS OATH. THE JUDGE RULING THE COUNTS ARE TOO VAGUE. TRUMP STILL FACES 10 COUNTS IN THIS CASE. HE'S PLEADED NOT GUILTY. THE FUTURE OF FANI WILLIS, THE PROSECUTOR IN THIS CASE, IS STILL IN QUESTION. TRUMP'S ATTORNEYS TRIED TO PROVE WILLIS LIED ABOUT HER ROMANCE WITH NATHAN WADE, THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR SHE HIRED FOR THE CASE, WHICH CREATED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. BOTH WILLIS AND WADE TESTIFIED THE ROMANCE BEGAN AFTER HE STARTED WORKING ON THE CASE. WILLIS HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING AND MAINTAINS SHE DID NOT BENEFIT FINANCIALLY FROM THE RELATIONSHIP. THESE PEOPLE ARE ON TRIAL FOR TRYING TO STEAL AN ELECTION IN 2020. I'M NOT ON TRIAL, NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY TO PUT ME ON TRIAL. ISRAEL'S MILITARY IS PLANNING TO MOVE GAZANS TO WHAT IT'S CALLING 'HUMANITARIAN ISLANDS' AHEAD OF A GROUND OFFENSIVE IN RAFAH. MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE ARE SHELTERING IN THE SOUTHERN CITY AFTER FLEEING THE WAR IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STRIP. IT REMAINS UNCLEAR WHAT THE PROPOSED HUMANITARIAN ISLANDS WOULD LOOK LIKE OR HOW THEY WOULD OPERATE. THE MOVE FOLLOWS WARNINGS FROM THE UN AND THE U.S THAT AN ASSAULT IN RAFAH WOULD BE DISASTROUS. MASSIVE HAIL STONES DUBBED 'GORILLA HAIL' HAVE PELTED PARTS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI IN THE U.S. AS STORMS UNLEASH ON THE MIDWESTERN STATES. SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE THIS WEEK WITH WARNINGS OF TORNADOS AND HAIL THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EASE TODAY. TO SPORT, AND NEW ZEALAND HAS A NEW TENNIS PLAYER RANKED INSIDE THE TOP 200 IN THE WORLD, AFTER KIWI-BORN LULU SUN HAS SWITCHED HER NATIONAL ALLEGIANCE FROM SWITZERLAND TO NEW ZEALAND. THE 22-YEAR-OLD FROM TE ANAU IS CURRENTLY RANKED 151ST IN THE WORLD, AND HER FIRST MATCH UNDER OUR FLAG WILL BE AT THE BILLIE JEAN KING CUP IN APRIL. SUN MADE IT TO THE ROUND OF 16 AT THIS YEARS ASB CLASSIC. NO LONGER PLAYING UNDER THE SWISS FLAG. THAT IS A BIG PLUS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. PERIODS OF RAIN FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. A HIGH OF 24 TODAY IN RUSSELL AND WHANGAREI. FURTHER SOUTH ` PACK YOUR BROLLY. EARLY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. THIS WILL TURN TO SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. BREAKFAST NO LONGER PLAYING UNDER THE SWISS FLAG. THAT IS A BIG +18 TO TO THE EAST COAST ` SIMILAR HERE. RAINY DAY FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY WITH SOME SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 23 THE HIGH IN GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU'RE GOING TO NEED AN UMBRELLA TOO. MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU ALL WITH RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. 19 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. 18 IN WELLINGTON. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE REGION AFTER MIDDAY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. BLENHEIM WITH A HIGH OF 22. HEADING SOUTH ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU. THIS WILL EASE TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 15 HERE. 14 FOR OAMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GREY HERE ALSO. A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 13. MILFORD SOUND 14. TO YOUR WEEKEND ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, BLUE SKIES FOR MOST OF YOU THIS SATURDAY. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, SAME HERE OTHER THAN SOME CLOUD IN THE DEEP SOUTH. FOR YOUR SUNDAY ` LOTS OF SUNSHINE ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND. A BIT CLOUDIER AS WE HEAD DOWN THE COUNTRY WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE WEST AND SOUTH. YOU ARE LOOKING NICE. NICE, CHANGY. UP THE WAHS. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN INTERVIEW IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES TIME ON FLIGHT PRICES, AND THE TOPIC IS ALREADY GOING. YOU WILL KNOW IF YOU ARE A REGULAR VIEWER, WE FREQUENTLY CANVASSED THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE THERE ARE ONGOING STATS FOR HER IS TO BLAME FOR THE PRICE YOU PAY GOING UP AND DOWN THIS COUNTRY. NOW THINGS LIKE AUCKLAND AIRPORT AND THE DEVELOPMENT THEY ARE PLANNING THERE, THEY ARE SAYING THEY WILL NEED TO PASS THE COST ONTO THE AIRLINE, BUT THAT CAN BE ABSORBED. THE AIRLINE COMES BACK AND SAYS, NO, IT WILL BE MORE EXPENSIVE FOR YOU TO FLY. NOW, THIS MORNING, WE ARE GOING TO THE AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION, BECAUSE THEY ARE PUSHING BACK AGAIN ` IT IS A REAL TIT FOR TAT ARGUMENT THAT GOES ON FOREVER. I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. LOUISE SAYS, A MONTH AGO, WE HAD TO BOOK FLIGHTS TO AND FROM BLENHEIM ` $2300 FOR TWO PEOPLE. AFTER LIVING IN THREE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES OVER THE YEARS, NEW ZEALAND IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE TO FLY DOMESTIC, AND IT IS GETTING WORSE IS IT JUST FLIGHTS, THOUGH? THERE IS ALSO PETROL. HERE IS A PROBLEM ` IF YOU WANT TO GET FROM THE NORTH ISLAND TO THE SOUTH ISLAND, YOU HAVE THREE OPTIONS ` FLOAT, FLY OR SWIM. I THINK WE'RE SWIMMING, REALLY, AREN'T WE? THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF PRICE BETWEEN AIRLINES. JET STAR AND AIR NEW ZEALAND. JET STAR IS CHEAPER, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE BACKUP RESOURCES. THAT IS WHAT YOU PAID FOR ` THE LIGHTER LOAD MEANS THEY CAN'T GET YOU ON A PLANE IN ONE HOUR'S TIME IF IT IS CANCELLED. THERE IS THE DIFFERENT SERVICE THEY RECEIVE. I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE CHEESE. F AIR NEW ZEALAND COULD OFFER ME CHEAPER FLIGHTS, I WOULD GIVE UP ALL THE FOOD ON A TWO-HOUR FLIGHT. YOU DON'T NEED IT. SERVE APPLE CIDER VINEGAR INSTEAD. I LIKE QUALITY. I LIKE TO HOP ON A PLANE AND HAVE CHEESE. TAKE YOUR OWN. IT IS EXCITING TO RECEIVE THE ONES ON THE PLANE. YOU HAVE LITERALLY LIVED 17 HOURS AWAY. I KNOW. AND IT COST A LOT TO GET HERE. FOR A FAMILY OF FIVE ` $4000 TO GET FROM CHRISTCHURCH TO AUCKLAND. WE WERE STILL TRAVELLING WHEN OUR BOYS HIT 18 MONTHS, I THINK IT IS, THEN YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM. BRUTAL. TRYING GET AS MUCH AS YOU CAN IN BEFORE THEN. AND THEN AT AGE 12, THEY ARE CLASSED AS AN ADULT. A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT IF THEY LIVE WITHIN DRIVEABLE DISTANCE, THEY JUST DRIVE TO CHRISTCHURCH AND LIGHTER PLACES FROM THERE, BECAUSE IT IS SO EXPENSIVE TO FLY WITH THE ORIGINAL LENGTH. THAT WAS ALSO PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND TELLS US, ON SMALL ROUTES TO TINY REGIONAL CENTRES, WE ARE COMPLETELY GETTING SCREWED ON THAT. NO OTHER AIRLINES FLY DOMESTIC? ARE YOU OFFERING TO GO OR FLY THE PLANE? I HAVEN'T FLOWN THERE BEFORE. AND THEY'LL WRITE? ARE THEY ALL RIGHT* THE CHEESE WAS A BIT ODD. E WHAI AKE NEI, ARMED GANGS ARE TIGHTENING THEIR GRIP ON HAITI. WHAT'S LEAD TO THE RAPID AND DEVASTATING REBELLION THAT COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK. # DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. # AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH A LONG-SIMMERING CRISIS IN HAITI HAS COME TO A HEAD. THE CHAOS ENGULFING THE CARIBBEAN COUNTRY HAS BEEN BUBBLING FOR YEARS FINALLY SPILLING OVER EARLIER THIS MONTH. WHEN ARMED GANGS STORMED TWO PRISONS FREEING THOUSANDS OF INMATES. HAITI HAS BEEN WITHOUT A PRESIDENT SINCE THE LAST ONE WAS ASSASINATED IN 2021. IT WAS ARIEL HENRY WHO ASSUMED POWER AS THE COUNTRY'S DE FACTO LEADER. HE PROMISED FAIR AND LEGITIMATE ELECTIONS, THOUGH NEVER FOLLOWED THROUGH, ULTIMATELY LEADING TO THE GANG-LED REBELLION. WITH THE PERSUASION OF NEIGHBOURING NATIONS AND THE U.S., ARIEL HENRY HAS AGREED TO RESIGN ONCE A TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT IS FORMED, BUT RIGHT NOW HE ISN'T EVEN IN THE COUNTRY. HE'S STRANDED IN PUERTO RICO AFTER GANGS SHUT DOWN THE AIRPORT AND BLOCKED THE MAIN PORT. THE BLOCKADE IS STARVING HAITI OF FOOD AND FUEL WORSENING A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WITH AROUND ONE MILLION PEOPLE ON THE BRINK OF FAMINE. WE ARE JOINED NOW BY UNICEF REPRESENTATIVE BRUNO MAES. FROM THE CAPITAL. MORENA. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. I WENT IF YOU CAN GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW THINGS ARE IN HAITI AT THE MOMENT. MORNING, JENNY MAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ATTENTION AND THE SPACE YOU ARE GIVING FOR HAITI'S CHILDREN TODAY. UNICEF ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED OVER THE RAPID DETERIORATION OF THE SECURITY SITUATION, PARTICULARLY HERE IN THE CAPITAL. ON 29 FEBRUARY, WE HAD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHILDREN, COMPELLED TO FLEE. WE HAD 7600 PEOPLE FLEEING TO THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY. TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO FLEE ACROSS THE GUN CROSS CHECK. RECENT DAYS HAVE SEEN A DISTURBING TREND OF VIOLENCE. SEVERAL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS WERE LOOTED, BURNT. 19 POLICE STATIONS ATTACKED. EIGHT FULLY DESTROYED. TWO PRISONS ATTACKED. THE PORT WAS ATTACKED. AND VITAL SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE HOSPITALS. SO THE CAPITAL DESCENT INTO CHAOS HAS LEFT FAMILIES AND CHILDREN TO THEIR OWN ESSENTIAL PROTECTION. CHILDREN ARE ALSO FALLING VICTIM TO CROSSFIRE SHOOTING. THE SITUATION HAS ALSO LED TO TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS IN THE CAPITAL, DEPRIVING CHILDREN OF THEIR RIGHT TO EDUCATION. HOSPITALS WERE TARGETED BY AN ARMS GROUP WHERE THEY ARE BEING COMPELLED TO EVACUATE PATIENTS. IT IS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE. ONLY TO SURGICAL PLACES ARE FUNCTIONAL AND THE CITY. OVER THE PAST WEEK OR SO, REPORTS RECEIVED BY UNICEF PAINT A PICTURE OF THE CRISIS INCLUDING A SEVERE VIOLATION OF CHILDREN'S RIGHTS, INCLUDING BEING KILLED, WOUNDED. SOME PEOPLE ARE ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH AN ARMED GROUP. HOW THIS UNFOLDED AND HOW THIS QUICKLY HAS ESCALATED SINCE 29 FEBRUARY WHERE THERE WAS A SERIES OF COORDINATED, WELL PLANNED AND ORGANISED ATTACKS ON CRUCIAL STRATEGY SITES IN THE CITY, INCLUDING THE INTERNATIONAL DOMESTIC AIRPORT, THE PORT, THE PRESENCE, THE BANKS, POLICE STATIONS ` VANDALISM AND LOOTING OF GOVERNMENT FACILITIES. AND THEN YOU HAVE AROUND 5000 INMATES ESCAPED FROM THE ATTACKED PRISONS THAT HAVE JOINED THE NON-STATE ARMED GROUP AS. I'M SPEAKING, ALL INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS ARE BEING CANCELLED. A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED IN THE CAPITAL FOR ONE MONTH. THERE IS A NEW WAVE OF VIOLENCE, ADDING TO THE ALREADY ESCALATED SITUATION. AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. 3 MILLION CHILDREN ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL REQUIRE HUMANITARIAN AID DUE TO THE EXTREME VIOLENCE, MALNUTRITION. IF I CAN JUST INTERRUPTED FOR A MOMENT. YOU'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF GIVING US AN INSIGHT INTO, GOSH, THE GRIM SITUATION IN HAITI. I ONLY HAVE LESS THAN A MINUTE LEFT. MY FINAL QUESTION TO YOU ` YOU TALKABOUT AID AND WHAT IS REQUIRED THERE. WHAT DO YOU NEED, WHETHER IT IS FROM GOVERNMENTS OR AGENCIES INTERNATIONALLY, TO HELP THE SITUATION THERE? I WOULD SAY SUPPORT TO STOP THE VIOLENCE AND REOPEN CRITICAL LOGISTICAL ROUTES WILL SIGNIFICANTLY EXACERBATE THE CRISIS. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES NEED PROTECTION AND SECURITY. WE NEED TO OPEN LOGISTICAL ROADS, BECAUSE THE ROUTE SUPPLIES COMMODITIES THAT ARE NOT ENTERING HAITI NOW. WE ARE ENTERING A MORE DIRE SITUATION INTO THE COUNTRY IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. BRUNO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING AND GIVING US INSIGHT INTO THE CHAOS AND THE SITUATION THAT IS AFFECTING THE CHILDREN. THANK YOU, BRUNO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS MY PLEASURE. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE FINGER-POINTING WAR OVER OUR RISING DOMESTIC FLIGHT PRICES IS HEATING UP. SO WHO'S TO BLAME ` AIR NEW ZEALAND OR THE AIRPORTS? WE'LL DIVE INTO THAT NEXT. # HEY, I HEARD YOU WERE A WILD ONE. THE WORLD TUG OF WAR CHAMPIONSHIPS WERE HELD A MONTH AGO. OUR NATIONAL CARRIER WANTS AN URGENT INQUIRY, BUT THE AIRPORTS ASSOCIATION SAYS THERE'S ALREADY A CONSULTATION PROCESS ABOUT AUCKLAND AIRPORT GOING ON. CHIEF EXECUTIVE BILLIE MOORE JOINS ME THIS MORNING. LIGHTS GOING UP AGAIN WE'VE SEEN IN THE LATEST THAT'S RELEASED THIS WEEK 7.4% RISE IN DOMESTIC AIRFARE. IT IS HURTING, PARTICULARLY IN THE REGIONS. OTHER PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY WOULD HAVE FELT THAT. , WE WENT TO CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND AND ASKED FOR THAT PERSPECTIVE AND THESE ARE THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS THAT TRANSPARENCY AROUND PRICING. HOW MUCH OF THE TICKET PRICE CAN WE ATTRIBUTE TO THE AIRPORT? HOW MUCH ARE YOU GUYS TO BLAME FOR WHAT WE PAY? OUR PORTS ARE REGULATED. PARTICULARLY THE LARGER AIRPORTS. ALL AIRPORTS HAVE AN INFORMATION DISCLOSURE CONFIRMATION THAT MEANS THAT FEES ARE NEGOTIATED WITH THE AIRLINES. IT WILL BE DIFFERENT AROUND THE COUNTRY. 5% IS A STATIC AMOUNT. THE PARTNER IS NOT TRANSPARENT AS THE FINAL TICKET PRICE CONSUMERS SEE YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN YOURSELF WHEN YOU'VE BOOKED A FLIGHT, AIRLINES USE DYNAMIC PRICING TECHNIQUES. WHAT YOU PAY ON MONDAY MORNING IS DIFFERENT TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. IT'S A THING THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY TRANSPARENCY. WE ARE LOOKING FOR AIRFARE MONITORING WHICH WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. I'LL ASK YOU ABOUT A MOMENT. WE'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF FEEDBACK ALREADY AND A FEW PEOPLE HAVE POINTED OUT TO US, ' HANG ON.' THEY KNOW AUCKLAND AIRPORT WANTS TO DO UPGRADES AND WE HAVE HAD A NEW ZEALAND ON AN AUCKLAND AIRPORT, THERE IS NO AGREEMENT AT THE MOMENT, BUT PEOPLE ARE SAYING WHY WOULD I PAY MORE? THE TRAFFIC IS ALWAYS AWFUL AND THE CAROUSEL TAKES AGES. THERE IS NOT A GREAT REPUTATION BEHIND THESE AIRPORTS EVEN IF WE ARE BEING CHARGED FOR IT. THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS OF AUCKLAND AIRPORTS WILL IMPROVE BUT I THINK THE NUMBER ONE KEY ISSUE FOR US IS THAT THE MAIN DRIVER THAT LOWERS PRICES FOR CONSUMERS IN OUR TRAVEL THESE COMPETITION AND CAPACITY. ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS IS AUCKLAND AIRPORT, PARTICULARLY FOR DOMESTIC JETS, IS FULL. THERE IS NO ROOM FOR ANY COMPETITION TO COMMENT ON THOSE DOMESTIC ROUTES. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT AUCKLAND HAS THE ABILITY TO GROW THOSE DATES, TO GROW THAT TERMINAL SO WE CAN GET SOME MORE CAPACITY IN BECAUSE IT IS BUT THAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP TO DRIVE DOWN AIR FARES. OUR CHALLENGER NEW ZEALAND AS WE HAVE AN MONOPOLY CARRIER. NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE NO CHOICE IN HOW THEY FLY. IF YOU WANT TO GO TO A REGION, AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK COMES FROM, THOSE OF THE EXPENSIVE ROUTES. DO WE NEED ANOTHER A-LINE AND IS THAT POSSIBLE? I THINK THAT IS THE DREAM. AND NEW ZEALAND AS PART OF NEW ZEALAND'S CULTURE. THERE ARE GREAT PEOPLE THAT THAT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH, BUT THE MARKET IS NOT HEALTHY, IT'S NOT A GOOD THING TO HAVE 86% OF THE MARKET CAPTURED BY ONE PLAYER. IN THE LONG TERM IT WILL BE GREAT TO FIND SOME STEPS THAT COULD ENCOURAGE MORE COMPETITION IN THE DOMESTIC MARKET. THE EXPERIENCE IN THE REGIONS IS SO CHALLENGING. ONE EASY STEP IN THE JOURNEY WOULD BE SOME TRANSPARENT AIRFARE MONITORING. THE GOVERNMENT DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THIS NOW. CONSUMERS WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. THEY COULD HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT ON PRICES AS OUTLINED SEE THEIR NUMBERS GETTING PUBLISHED. YOU WANT THEM TO OPEN UP THE BOOKS? I'M HOPING THE AIRLINES ARE KEEN. I'M HOPING THEY WILL BE OPEN TO MORE SCRUTINY. OUR BOOKS OPEN ON THE AIRPORT SIDE. WE HAVE TO BE VERY OPEN ABOUT THE PROCESSES AND CONSULTATIONS WE GO THROUGH AND WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE HOW WE CAN PROVIDE BALANCE ON THE OTHER SIDE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. FIVE YEARS ON FROM NEW ZEALAND'S DARKEST DAY, THE SURVIVORS OF THE MARCH 15 TERRORIST ATTACK REMEMBER THOSE WHOSE LOST THEIR LIVES AND HOW THEY ARE DOING NOW. ONE OF THEM JOINS US SHORTLY. RUGBY AND ITS LINKS TO BRAIN INJURIES ARE BACK IN THE HEADLINES AFTER THE TRAGIC DEATH OF A KIWI RUGBY PLAYER. WHAT SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED ABOUT THE DEATH OF RUGBY PLAYER BILLY GUYTON. WE'LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS GROWING ISSUE OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. AND WILL THE STADE DE FRANCE IN PARIS BECOME OUR OLYMPIC FIELD OF DREAMS? AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND'S TRACK AND FIELD STARS ARE RIDING HIGH ON THE WORLD STAGE - THEY'RE BACK HOME FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPS, WE'LL CATCH UP WITH ONE OF OUR BEST MEDAL HOPES. BUT FOR NOW, IT'S 7 O'CLOCK, HERE'S CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. WIDOWS FROM THE MARCH 15 TERRORIST ATTACKS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN THEIR ACC FINANCIAL SUPPORT ENDS TODAY. THERE HAS BEEN GREAT SUPPORT, BUT THERE'S STILL A LONG JOURNEY AHEAD. THEY'RE STILL SUFFERING FROM A LOT OF TRAUMA, AND IT'S REALLY HARD FOR THEM TO COPE WELL WITH THIS INFORMATION. AND SO MANY ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE PAYMENT FOR RENT, BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT PREPARED FOR THIS DECISION. ACC SAID IN A STATEMENT ITS SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES IS GOVERNED BY ITS LEGISLATION, AND IT'S BEEN WORKING WITH FAMILIES AHEAD OF THE END TO SUPPORT. ISRAEL SAYS IT PLANS TO MOVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS TO WHAT IT'S CALLING 'HUMANITARIAN ISLANDS'. THEY'D BE SAFE ZONES IN TNE CENTRE OF THE TERRITORY AS IT PREPARES TO LAUNCH A GROUND OFFENSIVE IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF RAFAH. AS THE BBC'S ANNA FOSTER REPORTS, ANY EVACUATION WON'T BE QUICK. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SOUTHERN CITY OF RAFAH NOW, RIGHT AT THE TIP OF THE GAZA STRIP, IT IS HOME TO MORE THAN HALF OF GAZA'S POPULATION, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOME, PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN TENTS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE VERY LITTLE FOOD OR WATER OR HUMANITARIAN AID. IT IS AN ENORMOUSLY DIFFICULT POSITION FOR THEM THERE, BUT ISRAEL HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT BELIEVES IT CAN'T CARRY OUT ITS STATED AIM OF FULLY REMOVING HAMAS FROM GAZA UNLESS IT LAUNCHES A GROUND OPERATION IN RAFAH. SO IT NEEDS TO MOVE THOSE CIVILIANS OUT OF THE WAY. AND WHAT IT'S PROPOSING IS THESE HUMANITARIAN ISLANDS IN THE CENTRE OF THE STRIP. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CENTRE OF THE STRIP NOW, IT IS A PICTURE OF DESTRUCTION. AFTER MONTHS OF REPEATED AIR AND GROUND ATTACKS IN CENTRAL GAZA, THE PICTURE IS BLEAK. NOW THE ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCES HAVE SAID VERY LITTLE AT THE MOMENT. THIS IS JUST REALLY A SMALL GRAIN OF DETAIL ABOUT HOW IT WOULD WORK. BUT THEY SAY THAT THERE WOULD BE TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR PEOPLE THERE, ALSO AID FOR THOSE WHO MOVED. BUT OF COURSE, THE AID SITUATION IN GAZA REMAINS DESPERATE AND DIFFICULT. WE'VE SEEN ONCE AGAIN THIS MORNING AID DROPS OF PALLETS HANGING FROM PARACHUTES DROPPED BY THE JORDANIAN AIR FORCE AND THE U.S. MILITARY, WHICH PROVIDES A SMALL AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL AID FOR THE GAZA STRIP. AND WE'RE ALSO TRACKING AS WELL THE PROGRESS OF A BOAT, A SPANISH CHARITY BOAT WHICH IS PULLING A BARGE WHICH WOULD INAUGURATE THIS NEW MARITIME AID CORRIDOR BETWEEN CYPRUS AND GAZA. NOW THAT IS DUE TO ARRIVE IN GAZA, WE BELIEVE, IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE PROBLEM WILL BE ACTUALLY SAFELY UNLOADING AND DISTRIBUTING THAT AID TO DESPERATE PEOPLE THERE. THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IS WORSENING IN HAITI AS ARMED GANGS TIGHTEN THEIR GRIP. GANGS ARE RUNNING RAMPANT THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN COUNTRY AS THE POLITICAL TURMOIL YEARS IN THE MAKING CAME TO A HEAD EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE REBELLION GROUPS HAVE SIEGED THE MAIN AIRPORT AND BLOCKED SEA PORTS, STARVING THE COUNTRY OF FOOD AND FUEL. UNICEF SAYS FAILURE TO STOP THE VIOLENCE WILL EXASERBATE THE CRISIS. FAMILIES NEED PROTECTION. THEY NEED PROTECTION AND WE NEED TO OPEN ALL LOGISTIC ROADS. FOOD IS NOT ENTERING HAITI. WE ARE FACING A DIRE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION. HAITI'S DE FACTO PRIME MINISTER HAS AGREED TO RESIGN ONCE A TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT IS IN PLACE. ELON MUSK'S 'SPACE X' COMPANY HAS LAUNCHED THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL ROCKET BUT NOW DOESN'T KNOW WHERE IT IS. IT'S THE THIRD TEST FLIGHT FOR THIS MODEL OF ROCKET 'STARSHIP' MADE IT FURTHER INTO THE TEST FLIGHT THAN THE FIRST TWO ATTEMPTS, WHICH BOTH EXPLODED MIDAIR. IT MARKED A HUGE WIN FOR THE SPACE COMPANY BEFORE THEY ULTIMATELY LOST SIGNAL, AND WITH IT, ANY WAY OF TRACKING THE ROCKET. THE SPACECRAFT IS PART OF NASA'S ARTEMIS PROGRAMME, WHICH AIMS TO LAND U.S. ASTRONAUTS ON THE MOON IN 2026. TO SPORT, AND KIWI GOLFER RYAN FOX HAS STARTED WELL DURING THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP AT TPC SAWGRASS IN FLORIDA. FOX LEAP FROGGING HIMSELF UP THE LEADER BOARD WITH THIS HOLE-IN-ONE ON THE ICONIC 17th HOLE. COME ON DOWN THE HILL. DID HE DO IT? NO WAY! AH! FOX IS CURRENTLY THREE UNDER PAR THROUGH 16 IN A FIVE-WAY TIE FOR 13th. JUST FOUR SHOTS OFF THE LEAD. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. PERIODS OF RAIN FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. A HIGH OF 24 TODAY IN RUSSELL AND WHANGAREI. FURTHER SOUTH ` PACK YOUR BROLLY. EARLY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. THIS WILL TURN TO SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. WHAKATANE AND TAURANGA, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 21. TO THE EAST COAST ` SIMILAR HERE. RAINY DAY FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY WITH SOME SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 23 THE HIGH IN GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU'RE GOING TO NEED AN UMBRELLA TOO. MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU ALL WITH RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. 19 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE REGION AFTER MIDDAY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. BLENHEIM WITH A HIGH OF 22. HEADING SOUTH ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU. THIS WILL EASE TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 15 HERE. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GREY HERE ALSO. A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 13. TO YOUR WEEKEND ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, BLUE SKIES FOR MOST OF YOU THIS SATURDAY. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, SAME HERE OTHER THAN SOME CLOUD IN THE DEEP SOUTH. FOR YOUR SUNDAY ` LOTS OF SUNSHINE ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND. A BIT CLOUDIER AS WE HEAD DOWN THE COUNTRY WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE WEST AND SOUTH. TO BREAKING NEWS NOW ` A GREEN PARTY MP HAS STOOD DOWN FROM HER SMALL BUSINESS PORTFOLIO AFTER ALLEGATIONS OF MIGRANT EXPLOITATION. LIST MP DARLEEN TANA IS ACCUSED OF HIRING A MAN WHO IS NOW OWED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN UNPAID WAGES. WE'LL BRING YOU MORE ON THIS STORY AS IT COMES IN. NEW ZEALAND WILL BE UNITING IN PRAYER AND SILENCE TO MARK FIVE YEARS SINCE A MASSACRE SHATTERED OUR COUNTRY'S SENSE OF PEACE. 51 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AT TWO MOSQUES IN CHRISTCHURCH, AN ACT OF VIOLENCE LIVE STREAMED AROUND THE WORLD BY AN AUSTRALIAN GUNMAN. THEIR CRIME WAS THEIR FAITH AND FOR CALLING CHRISTCHURCH HOME. (SIRENS) MARCH 15TH 2019 AND THE SOUNDS OF TERROR FILLED CHRISTCHURCH. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE WOULD HURT US. 51 PEOPLE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN GUNNED DOWN JUST BEFORE FRIDAY PRAYERS. THE WORST MASS MURDER IN OUR HISTORY. THEY WERE KILLED FOR BEING MUSLIMS AND CALLING CHRISTCHURCH HOME. IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS CAN NOW ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A TERRORIST ATTACK. (SIRENS) ADDING TO THE SHOCK, THE FACT THE KILLER LIVESTREAMED THE ATTACK ON SOCIAL MEDIA. HE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN JAIL WITHOUT PAROLE. THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE WAS CONVICTED OF TERRORISM. YOUR DESIGN WAS TO DIVIDE. YOU FAILED. THE ATTACKS, PUTTING SCRUTINY ON GUN LAWS AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, WITH THE START OF THE CHRISTCHURCH CALL AND THE AMBITIOUS GOAL TO ELIMINATE HATEFUL CONTENT ONLINE. # AND WE'LL RISE UP, # HIGH LIKE THE WAVES, WE WILL RISE UP... # THE STORY OF MARCH 15TH ISN'T ABOUT THE MURDERER. IT'S ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES HE ATTACKED, HOW THEY CAME TOGETHER, AND HOW THEY CONTINUE TO DO SO IN LOVE AND SUPPORT, COMING TOGETHER IN STRENGTH AGAINST AN ADVERSARY WHO ATTACKED OUR SHARED VALUES. FIVE YEARS ON, LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS AS WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED. # YOU... # A TRAGIC LOSS OF SO MANY LIVES THAT DEEPLY IMPACTED FAMILIES AND LEFT THE COMMUNITY REELING. SARA QASEM, WHO LOST HER FATHER, JOINS US NOW. AS-SALAM ALAY-KUM. FIVE YEARS. DOES IT GET ANY EASIER? THAT IS A TOUGH QUESTION TO ANSWER. DOESN'T GET EASIER? PERHAPS IN SOME WAY I SUPPOSE. WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR LIVES. IT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM MOVING ON. WE HONOUR THE LEGACY OF THE LOVED ONES THAT WE LOST. ALSO, UNDERSTAND WHAT POSITIVE IMPACT WE CAN HAVE TWO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE UNITY... (SOUND DROPS` SOME MEANING AND PURPOSE FROM THIS TREMENDOUS PAIN. YOU MENTIONED HONOUR, HEY WE WILL BE MARKING TODAY? FOR ME PERSONALLY, I CARRY THE ESSENCE IN THE LEGACY OF MY FATHER WITH ME. I HAVE A FANTASTIC SUPPORT NETWORK THAT'S HELPED GUIDE ME TRYING TO CREATE MEANINGFUL PURPOSE FROM THIS PAIN. I HOPE TO BE SPEAKING ON A FEW DIFFERENT PUBLIC SETTINGS TO BRING LIGHT TO THIS, TO HELP SPREAD THIS MESSAGE OF ENSURING THAT THE FUTURE OF NEW ZEALAND IS ONE IN WHICH EVERYONE FEELS AS THOUGH THEY ARE SAFE AND THAT THEY BELONG. WE DO THAT THROUGH REFLECTING ON A DAY LIKE TODAY. ARE NOT ONLY TODAY BUT ACTUALLY EVERY DAY. FIVE YEARS AGO, WE LEARNED SOME TOUGH LESSONS AS A COUNTRY. FIVE YEARS ON, WHERE ARE WE NOW DO YOU THINK? I THINK NEW ZEALAND IS AN INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL PLACE WITH A LOT OF POTENTIAL. WE SAW IT IN THE WAY THAT THE WIDER FAMILY OF NEW ZEALAND RESPONDED RIGHT AFTER THE ATTACKS. I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND US FOR SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE. WHAT COMES TO MIND FOR ME IS THINGS SUCH AS, THE CHRISTCHURCH CALL, WHICH LOOKS TO ELIMINATE ONLINE EXTREMIST CONTENT. THIS IS NOT A NATIONWIDE ACHIEVEMENT, IT'S A GLOBAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR ANYONE WHO HAS COME ON BOARD FOR THIS. I ALSO LIKE TO THINK ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH WE'VE STEPPED FORWARD WITH SCOPE TO EMBRACE UNITY. I LIKE TO APPLAUD THE WAYS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CHANGE THE NEW ZEALAND LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN RELATION TO HATE SPEECH LAWS AND THE GUN REFORM LAWS. I DO THINK SPEECH WITH THE INTENT TO INCITE VIOLENCE HAS ANY PLACE. HOLDING BACK WITH A LOT OF KINDNESS AND GRATITUDE, I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT I AM HONEST AND SAY THERE IS STILL MUCH WORK TO BE DONE. GREAT TO TALK TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I WILL PRAISE AND LOVE AND STRENGTH ARE COMING AWAY. EVENTS TO REMEMBER THE VICTIMS ARE BEING HELD ACROSS THE COUNTRY. FOR MORE WE'RE JOINED BY ABDUR RAZZAQ, THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE FEDERATION OF ISLAMIC ASSOCIATIONS. WHAT IS PLANNED TODAY IN CHRISTCHURCH? AROUND THE COUNTRY, EVERYONE REMEMBERS THIS DAY. IT IS A DAY WITH THREE THEMES. THE FIRST THING YOU'VE HEARD IS TO REMEMBER, RESPECT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRAUMA THEY ARE FEELING. THEY DO NOT PAINT IT IN YEARS AND DAYS, IT IS THE MOMENT AND EVERY MOMENT THEY FACE THE TRAUMA. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHAT WE SHOW TO THE WORLD. AND THE WORK THAT STILL REMAINS TO BE DONE AFTER THE ROYAL COMMISSION. WE HAVE MAJOR GATHERINGS IN AUCKLAND, AND SOUTH AUCKLAND WE ARE EXPECTING A THOUSAND PEOPLE. THERE IS AN INTERFAITH VISUAL IN WELLINGTON. LOTS IS HAPPENING IN CHRISTCHURCH. THERE IS A MAJOR GATHERINGS TO HONOUR THE VICTIMS WHERE POLITICAL LEADERS, DIPLOMATS AND PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE COMING PLUS MANY OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS. WE HAVE A NATIONWIDE PROGRAM WITH SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SO YOUNG PEOPLE CAN TELL US WHAT THE LESSONS FROM MARCH 15 ARE. FOR THE PUBLIC YOU ARE LISTENING FIVE YEARS ON, WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT HAVE YOU RECEIVED AND WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THEM? STARTING WITH WHAT HAPPENED AFTER MARCH 15, THE HEALING PROCESS STARTED WITH THE OUTPOURING. IT CAME FROM ALL DEMOGRAPHICS, ALL PARTS OF NEW ZEALAND AND OTHER PLACES. BUT WAS SO MEANINGFUL. IT HAS MADE NEW ZEALAND WHO WE ARE. THAT LOVE AND CARE HAS REALLY BEEN THE JOURNEY WE HAVE TAKEN TOGETHER. YOU SEE THAT IN THE WORK THAT POLITICIANS HAVE DONE, THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE DONE, THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND WE ARE IMMENSELY GRATEFUL TO THE PUBLIC. A LOT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE. SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE INCOMPLETE, MANY HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. WE WANT THE LESSONS LEARNED TO BE IMPLEMENTED. SO THAT THE SACRIFICES ARE WORTHWHILE. HOW WE CAN LIVE TOGETHER WITH DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. WE MUST CHERISH DIFFERENCES. HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW WE MAKE OUR COUNTRY SAFE? THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE ON INVESTMENT TO BE MADE. THERE ARE MANY AREAS THAT NEED SUPPORT. SO THE WORK STILL CARRIES ON. THANK YOU WE THINK THE WHOLE COMMUNITY OUT THERE FOR ALL THAT THEY HAVE DONE. E HAERE AKE NEI, THE SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERY OF A BRAIN INJURY FOR ONE OF OUR FORMER RUGBY PLAYERS THAT COULD HAVE MAJOR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE GAME. THE CONVERSATION COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK. (UPBEAT MUSIC) KIA ORA ANO. NEW ZEALAND RUGBY SAYS IT'S CONCERNED FOLLOWING THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND BASED PROFESSIONAL RUGBY PLAYER WITH A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. FORMER BLUES AND MAORI ALL BLACK HALFBACK BILLY GUYTON DIED LAST YEAR OF A SUSPECTED SUICIDE. HE WAS JUST 33. NOW A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF HIS BRAIN SHOWS HE HAD CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY OR CTE. NEUROSCIENTIST HELEN MURRAY JOINS US NOW. MORENA. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS? THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT DIAGNOSIS. AS YOU SEE, AS YOU SAID, IT IS THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND RUGBY PLAYER TO BE DIAGNOSED. IT DOES AFFECT PEOPLE LATER IN LIFE AS WELL. WE TALK ABOUT BRAIN INJURY, BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ONE OR TWO CONCUSSIONS OR ONE BIG HEAD KNOCK. CTE IS ABOUT INJURIES THAT HAPPEN OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. IT IS NOT ABOUT HOW MANY CONCUSSIONS SOMEONE HAS THIS UP A CONCUSSION IS A SYMPTOM OF A HEAD INJURY. BUT YOU CAN HAVE MANY IMPACTS OVER A SPORTING CAREER THAT YOU DON'T KNOW I CAUSING DAMAGE IN YOUR BRAIN. THE ACCUMULATION OF HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF THOSE IMPACTS OVER A CAREER CAN OPEN THE DOOR TO THAT DISEASE. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RISKS OF CTE? WE WORRY ABOUT SOME OF THE INJURIES PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING. THEY ARE EXPERIENCING SADDAM'S THAT ARE QUITE SIMILAR TO DEMENTIA. SO THERE IS A PROGRESSIVE DECLINE IN COMMON FUNCTIONS THAT AFFECT PEOPLE'S DAILY LIFE. YOU ARE AN ATHLETE. YOU PLAY ICE HOCKEY. SO YOU'VE GOT ATHLETE ONE SIDE, AND THEN THE SCIENCE ON THE OTHER. WHAT ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ATHLETES AND PEOPLE WHO YOU HAVE CONTACT OR CONNECTION WITH. HOW CONCERNED, OR ARE THEY THINKING ABOUT THE SETTLE, CTE? SINCE I STARTED PLAYING, COMPETITOR NOW, THERE IS WAY MORE AWARENESS ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO REST AFTER CONCUSSION AND LEGAL BRAIN RECOVER. PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS OF THESE HEAD INJURIES. OUR COMMUNITY IS MORE AWARE OF THIS NOW. IT IS ALSO GOOD FOR ATHLETES TO THINK ABOUT LOOKING AFTER THEMSELVES. YOU TALK ABOUT ATHLETES LOOKING AFTER THEMSELVES, BUT RESEARCH INFORMS A LOT OF IT. SO WHAT MORE RESEARCH NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THIS AREA? WE ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUSPECTED CTE, BUT THE BIGGEST THING THAT ALICE IS THAT THEY NEED A DIAGNOSIS. AT THE MOMENT, WE CAN ONLY DO IT RETROACTIVELY AFTER SOMEONE'S PASSED AWAY. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HELP PEOPLE WHILE THEY ARE ALIVE. PEOPLE NEED THAT DIAGNOSIS EARLY ` BRAIN SCANS OR BLOOD TEST. WE LOOK AT THAT TISSUE ONCE SOMEONE HAS PASSED AWAY, AND WE SEE WHAT IS DIFFERENT COMPARED TO A NORMAL BRAIN. CAN WE USE THAT INFORMATION TO PAVE THE WAY FOR A DIAGNOSIS? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RUGBY IN THIS INSTANCE, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SCIENCE AND STUDIES DONE IN THE USA AROUND CTE IN FOOTBALL PLAYERS AS WELL. ARE THESE THE KINDS OF SPORTS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT? THE POTENTIAL FOR CONTINUOUS HEAD KNOCKS? THAT'S RIGHT. IT IS NOT THE SPORT, OR THE TYPE OF SPORT; IT IS THE HEAD IMPACTS YOU ARE RECEIVING. ANY TYPE OF REPEATED HEAD INJURY OVER TIME. WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE MILITARY AND EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THERE IS MORE RESEARCH TO BE DONE. WHAT CAN PEOPLE CONTRIBUTE? OR HOW CAN PEOPLE HELP IN THAT WAY? THE RESEARCH IN NEW ZEALAND IS REALLY STARTING TO TAKE OFF NOW. WE ARE LOOKING TO START STUDIES WHERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW PEOPLE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. WE LOOK AT SOMEONE WHO THINKS THEY MAY HAVE CTE AND LOOK AT THEM. DO BRAIN SCANS AND BLOOD TESTS AND LOOK AT HOW THE CONDITION PROGRESSES AS THEY WILL HELP US TO DEVELOP NEW TESTS AND DIAGNOSTIC TOOL. IT IS A LONG STUDY, BUT IT IS RESEARCH WE NEED TO BE DOING. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN THIS MORNING. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, WE WILL GET TO MORE OF YOUR FEEDBACK. STAY WITH US. LOTS OF IT COMING THROUGH. HEAPS. A GREEN MP HAS BEEN SUSPENDED WHILE AN INVESTIGATION IS CARRIED OUT INTO ALLEGATIONS OF MIGRANT WORKER EXPLOITATION. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DARLEEN TANA HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY BY A MAN WHO SAYS HE IS OWED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN WAGES. THE GREEN PARTY SAYS IT CANNOT COMMENT ON A CASE WHILE THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. THE PARTY HAS APPOINTED ITS OWN INDEPENDENT LAWYER TO INVESTIGATE AS WELL. PUBLIC EVENTS WILL BE HELD TODAY, AS THE COUNTRY MARKS FIVE YEARS SINCE THE CHRISTCHURCH MOSQUE ATTACKS. A WIDOW WHO LOST HER HUSBAND SAYS EVEN WITH TIME PASSING, THE PAIN IS STILL RAW. 51 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A TERRORIST ATTACKED TWO MOSQUES IN THE CITY IN 2019. FARAH TALAL SAYS AS FAMILIES ARE STILL LEARNING HOW TO LIVE THEIR LIVES. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE'RE ALL, AS FAMILIES, COLLECTIVELY LEARNING TO LIVE WITH THE VOID THAT HAS BEEN LEFT BY THE ABSENCE. WE'RE LEARNING TO COPE WITH THE PAIN, AND IT'S A PAIN THAT I WISH THAT NO ONE WOULD EVER GO THROUGH, ON THE TRAUMA. WIDOWS FROM THE MARCH 15 TERRORIST ATTACKS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN THEIR ACC FINANCIAL SUPPORT ENDS TODAY. ISRAEL'S MILITARY IS PLANNING TO MOVE GAZANS TO WHAT IT'S CALLING 'HUMANITARIAN ISLANDS' AHEAD OF A GROUND OFFENSIVE IN RAFAH. MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE ARE SHELTERING IN THE SOUTHERN CITY AFTER FLEEING THE WAR IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STRIP. IT REMAINS UNCLEAR WHAT THE PROPOSED HUMANITARIAN ISLANDS WOULD LOOK LIKE OR HOW THEY WOULD OPERATE. THE MOVE FOLLOWS WARNINGS FROM THE UN AND THE U.S. THAT AN ASSAULT IN RAFAH WOULD BE DISASTROUS. AS CAMPAIGN SEASON FOR THE U.S. GENERAL ELECTION GETS UNDERWAY, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS BACK IN COURT. HIS ATTORNEYS ARE LOOKING TO GET HIS CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE THROWN OUT. THE ABC'S PERRY RUSSOM REPORTS. THE TRUMP MOTORCADE PASSING SUPPORTERS THIS MORNING OUTSIDE A FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN FLORIDA. TRUMP IN COURT AGAIN, THIS TIME ARGUING HIS CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE SHOULD BE DISMISSED. TRUMP'S LAWYER WITH TWO MAIN ARGUMENTS THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAD THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE THE DOCUMENTS AND THAT SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH'S USE OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT AGAINST TRUMP IS TOO VAGUE. TRUMP IS ACCUSED OF INTENTIONALLY TAKING HIGHLY CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, STORING THEM ON HIS PROPERTIES, INCLUDING A BATHROOM AT MAR-A-LAGO. INVESTIGATORS SAY TRUMP TOLD HIS LAWYERS TO LIE TO THE FBI ABOUT STILL HAVING THE DOCUMENTS. THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING. TRUMP'S LATEST DAY IN COURT COMES A DAY AFTER THREE COUNTS AGAINST HIM IN HIS GEORGIA ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE WERE THROWN OUT. THE CHARGES ACCUSED TRUMP OF VIOLATING HIS OATH. THE JUDGE RULING THE COUNTS ARE TOO VAGUE. TRUMP STILL FACES 10 COUNTS IN THIS CASE. HE'S PLEADED NOT GUILTY. THE FUTURE OF FANI WILLIS, THE PROSECUTOR IN THIS CASE, IS STILL IN QUESTION. TRUMP'S ATTORNEYS TRIED TO PROVE WILLIS LIED ABOUT HER ROMANCE WITH NATHAN WADE, THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR SHE HIRED FOR THE CASE, WHICH CREATED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. BOTH WILLIS AND WADE TESTIFIED THE ROMANCE BEGAN AFTER HE STARTED WORKING ON THE CASE. WILLIS HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING AND MAINTAINS SHE DID NOT BENEFIT FINANCIALLY FROM THE RELATIONSHIP. THESE PEOPLE ARE ON TRIAL FOR TRYING TO STEAL AN ELECTION IN 2020. I'M NOT ON TRIAL, NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY TO PUT ME ON TRIAL. KIWI GOLFER RYAN FOX HAS HAD A OPENING ROUND AT THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP TO REMEMBER, HOLING OUT ON ONE OF GOLF'S MOST TREASURED HOLES. COME ON DOWN THE HILL. NO WAY! DO IT, BIG MAN. KIWI MAGIC RIGHT THERE. FOX FINISHED HIS FIRST ROUND WITH A THREE UNDER PAR 69, AND IS CURRENTLY IN A SEVEN WAY TIE FOR TWELFTH, FOUR SHOTS OFF THE LEAD. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS COMING UP SOON. PERIODS OF RAIN FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. A HIGH OF 24 TODAY IN RUSSELL AND WHANGAREI. 20 DEGREES IN AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` PACK YOUR BROLLY. EARLY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. THIS WILL TURN TO SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. WHAKATANE AND TAURANGA, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 21. TO THE EAST COAST ` SIMILAR HERE. RAINY DAY FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY WITH SOME SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 23 THE HIGH IN GISBORNE. 22 IN NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU'RE GOING TO NEED AN UMBRELLA TOO. MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU ALL WITH RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. 19 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. WELLINGTON, YOUR HIGH IS 18 DEGREES. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE REGION AFTER MIDDAY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. BLENHEIM WITH A HIGH OF 22. HEADING SOUTH ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU. THIS WILL EASE TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 15 HERE. 14 DEGREES FOR ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GREY HERE ALSO. A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 13. 14 IN MILFORD SOUND. HERE IS THE GOOD NEWS. SATURDAY, HELLO! FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, BLUE SKIES FOR MOST OF YOU THIS SATURDAY. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, SAME HERE OTHER THAN SOME CLOUD IN THE DEEP SOUTH. FOR YOUR SUNDAY ` LOTS OF SUNSHINE ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND. A BIT CLOUDIER AS WE HEAD DOWN THE COUNTRY WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE WEST AND SOUTH. WHY YOU POINTING AT ME? BECAUSE WE ARE INTERESTED IN YOUR STORY ABOUT TEACHERS. THIS IS ON THE BACK OF THE EMAIL CONVERSATION WE HAVE HAD ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE CALL YOU, AS I NOTICED A LITTLE WHILE AGO THE KIDS CALL TEACHERS BUY THEIR FIRST NAME. WHEN I WAS AT SCHOOL, NOT THAT LONG AGO, YOU HAD TO CALL THEM AT MY LAST HIGH SCHOOL, IT WAS SIR. ALL MALE TEACHERS WERE SIR. TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO STOP CALLING ANY MAIL OLDER THAN ME SIR. ALL, PARENTS BY THEIR FIRST NAME. THAT ONE IS A HUGE NO-NO. IS A JUST PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL YOU CALL YOUR TEACHERS BY THEIR FIRST NAME OR IS IT ALL SCHOOLS YOU CAN DO IT? IS IT OKAY AS A STUDENT? MY BOYS ADDRESS THEIR TEACHERS AS SIR OR MR OR MRS. I THINK IT IS A SIGN OF RESPECT BECAUSE THEY WERE AN AUTHORITY IN WHAT I FEEL LIKE IS THAT WE ARE LOSING BASIC COURTESY, BASIC RESPECT, BASIC MANNERS. I THINK THIS HELPS TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO RESPECT. THE FIRST NAME PUTS YOU ON A SIMILAR LEVEL, WHEREAS MR ALSO HELPS YOU RECOGNISE THAT THAT PERSON IS AUTHORITY. WHEN I SEE MY TEACHER BACK AT SCHOOL, I'M ALWAYS HI MRS, HOW ARE YOU? WHAT ARE YOUR KIDS THOUGH? STILL NOT FIRST NAMES. IT IS A SIGN OF RESPECT. SHOULD NOT BE UP TO THE TEACHERS THEMSELVES? WE HAVE A LOT OF PRONOUNS NOWADAYS. DON'T START ON THAT. MR OR MRS MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE RIGHT TITLE TO SAY THAT TO SOMEONE. I THINK FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TEACHER AT A SCHOOL, IF THEY SAY, I WANT YOU TO CALL ME CHANGY, THEN THAT SHOULD BE OK. I WAS GOING TO WATCH TV (!) AT WHAT POINT DOES THAT BECOME RIDICULOUS? CHRIS. IF THAT IS YOUR PREFERENCE. IF THAT IS THE CHOICE OF A LEADER. AND ARTICLE FROM 2009. TEACHERS SAY IT REMOVES A CERTAIN LEVEL OF AUTHORITY. IT ENCOURAGES MORE CURIOUS AND QUESTIONING STUDENTS. CRITICS SAY GIVE STUDENTS MORE FREEDOM THAN THEY ARE PREPARED FOR. WHAT DO YOU THINK? CHANEL, 29, I RUN INTO MY OLD TEACHERS IN TOWN AND I STILL CALL THE MR OR MISS. I AM STILL THE SAME, BECAUSE THAT IS HOW YOU GREW UP. HOW FAR DOES THIS GO? DO YOU STOP CALLING YOUR UNCLE OR AUNTIE UNSEEN MARGARET AND UNCLE BARRY? MY KIDS WILL CALL ME DANIEL IF THEY CAN SEE I'M NOT LISTENING TO THEM. I HAD TO ALWAYS DO THAT AS A CHILD IN THE SUPERMARKET LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. IS IT OKAY FOR STUDENTS TO CALL TEACHERS BUY THEIR FIRST NAME? BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ. THIS WEEK, MATT GIBB HAS BEEN HOPPING AROUND THE COUNTRY CHECKING OUT SOME OF THE BEST PLACES TO STAY. AND THANKS TO ALL.COM, WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE AWAY A FAMILY TRIP TO WELLINGTON SO YOU CAN EXPERIENCE IT YOURSELF. THE TRIP INCLUDES FLIGHTS, PASSES TO TE PAPA'S NGA TANIWHA O RUPAPA DINOSAURS OF PATAGONIA EXHIBITION, A WETA WORKSHOP EXPERIENCE, PLUS A THREE-NIGHT STAY AT NOVOTEL WELLINGTON. NOW IT'S TIME TO ANNOUNCE OUR WINNER. DRUM ROLL. ONE JOB, JENNY MAY. CONGRATULATIONS SHARON ST CLAIR-NEWMAN FROM OTAGO. (CHEERING) SHARON SAYS SHE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE HER DINOSAUR-MAD GRANDDAUGHTER. SHARON'S PARTNER IS IN NEED OF A WELL-DESERVED BREAK, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT CHANCE FOR A GRANDPARENT TRIP AWAY. SHARON, ENJOY AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR HOW IT GOES. TAKE A PHOTO AND SEND IT THROUGH TO US. THE SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY ALL.COM. NO ONE EVER SENDS US POSTCARDS OR PHOTOS! THE COUNTDOWN IS ON TO THE PARIS OLYMPICS. WHY OUR TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES ARE ALREADY EXCITED ABOUT THEIR POSSIBLE SUCCESS. IN JUST FOUR MONTHS' TIME, THE FLAME WILL BE LIT, THE CROWDS WILL ROAR, AND PARIS WILL COME TO LIFE AS THE 33RD OLYMPIAD BEGINS. IF THE RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES ARE ANYTHING TO GO BY, STADE DE FRANCE IS SET TO HOST SOME AMAZING KIWI SPORTING MOMENTS. THIS WEEK'S WILL GIVE US A PREVIEW WITH THE NATIONAL TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS TAKING PLACE. HE'S TAKING A REST FROM THE COMPETITION, BUT KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON RESULTS WILL BE WORLD INDOOR CHAMPION AND HIGH JUMPER, HAMISH KERR. HE JOINS US NOW. HAMISH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK WE ONLY HAD YOU IN THE PROGRAM A FEW DAYS AGO. THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE AT THE WORLD CHAMPS. YOU MUST STILL BE RIDING HIGH OFF THAT. IT HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND. FEELS LIKE 24 ROWS AGO THAT I WAS CHATTING TO YOU GUYS. A LITTLE BIT AS HAPPENED SINCE THEN. IT HAS BEEN AN AWESOME JOURNEY AND AN AWESOME RIDE. YOU WERE ONE OF A SWEEPING HOST OF OUTSTANDING RESULTS FROM OUR KIWI ATHLETES. SOMEONE SAID, AS IS THE GOLDEN AREA FOR NEW ZEALAND ATHLETICS? I AM QUITE BIASED TOWARDS THAT, BY 100% THINK IT IS. WE SENT 10 PEOPLE TO WORLD INDOORS AND WE HAD FOUR MEDALS, TO FURTHER TOP FOUR FINISHES AND GOT GOOD PERFORMANCES FROM LESS EXPERIENCED ATHLETES. I THINK WE HAVE AN AMAZING CROP OF ATHLETES. WE ARE ONLY GOING TO GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH. SPEAKING OF HEADING TO PARIS. YOU ARE NOT COMPETING, WHY NOT? I LOVE COMPETING AT NATIONAL'S, IT IS SEIZURE LEAVE THE BEST PLACE IN NEW ZEALAND TO BE COMPETING IN EACH YEAR. WITH THE FOCUS BEING ON PARIS AND THE TRAINING WE HAD TO DO THIS YEAR, I WAS NOT CONDUCIVE TO BRING A GOOD PERFORMANCE THIS WEEKEND SO MADE THE DECISION TO LET SOMEONE ELSE TAKE THE REINS AND TAKE THAT TITLE, THERE WAS SOMETHING WILL PAY DIVIDENDS FOR IN THE FUTURE. IT DEPENDS HOW LONG YOU'VE GOT TO LISTEN TO ME, IT IS GOING TO BE SUCH AN EXCITING WEEKEND. YOU HAVE ZOE HOBBS IN THE HUNDRED METRES. YOU HAVE LONG JUMP, HIGH JUMP, SHOT PUT ALL ON SATURDAY. ON SUNDAY, YOU HAVE WOMAN'S HIGH JUMP. THE RANGE OF DIFFERENT ATHLETES AND PERFORMANCES COULD BE PRETTY SPECIAL. THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON DOING, IS IT? HOMEGROWN IS NOT TAKING UP YOUR TIME, IS IT? REASSURE US HERE. COME SAY HI TO ME AT THE STADIUM. WHAT DOES YOUR PREP INVOLVED BETWEEN NOW AND PARIS? AT THE MOMENT, I HAVE GONE IN SEARCH BASED TRAINING. IT INVOLVES HEAVY LIFTING. FEEL LIKE MY FORM HAS LONG PASSED, ... INCREASED TECHNICAL SIDE OF THINGS. IN TERMS OF COMPETITION, I HAVE TWO DIAMOND LEAGUES IN CHINA NEXT MONTH FOLLOWED BY COMPETITION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND THEN I WILL HEAD HOME AND GO TO THE US FOR TRAINING AND EUROPE FOR THE FINAL COMPETITIONS BEFORE PARIS. I WONDER IF WE CAN GET THE FOOTAGE UP. AS YOU GO TO DO YOUR RUN-UP, THERE IS A SMILE YOU DO RIGHT BEFORE YOU START. CHRIS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THAT IS A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT AT PSYCHING SOMEONE OUT OR THAT AS A QUIRK YOU ARE DEVELOPED. WHAT IS THE SECRET BEHIND THAT? I DON'T ALWAYS DO IT. I DO IT WHEN I'M FEELING GOOD, AND I THINK IT WAS QUITE EASY TO DO IT LAST WEEKEND BECAUSE I WAS FEELING PRETTY GOOD. I THINK PART OF THAT IS THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO REMEMBER BEFORE I START MY RUN-UP IS HOW LUCKY I AM AND HOW MUCH I ENJOY WHAT I DO. JUMPING IS PRETTY NICHE AND YOU CAN GET CAUGHT UP IN THE DEEPER MEANING OF IT SOMETIMES. I AM SUPER GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AS A JOB. REMINDING MYSELF OF THAT AND NOT TAKING IT TOO SERIOUSLY AS SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME EXECUTE MY JUMPER WELL. THAT IS A GOLD WINNING SMILE. GOOD LUCK TO PARIS, AND GOOD LUCK TO OTHER ATHLETES COMPETING THIS WEEKEND. THANKS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` 20% OF A WHOLE AUCKLAND ISLAND HAVE TEAMED TOGETHER TO HELP THEIR FELLOW LOCALS WHO NEED A HELPING HAND. WE MEET THE ARCHITECTS BEHIND THE VOLUNTEER ARMY. # I LIKE THE WAY YOUR HEART WORKS. # SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS UNTIL THEY COME KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR. AND NOW THOSE NEEDING AN EXTRA HELPING HAND ON AOTEA GREAT BARRIER ISLAND CAN EXPECT A VISIT, THANKS TO LOCAL MAN LEON FOSTER. ALREADY BUSY WITH COMMUNITY WORK IN HIS SPARE TIME, LEON HAS NOW ROUNDED UP THE COMMUNITY, PUTTING TOGETHER 'AOTEA ARMY' ` VOLUNTEERS ALL WILLING TO GIVE UP THEIR TIME TO HELP OTHERS. LEON JOINS US NOW TO TELL US ALL ABOUT IT. THE SOUNDS GREAT. HOW DID THIS ALL BEGIN? I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AND MY HOLIDAYS AND CHRISTMAS, DOING IT ON MY OWN. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING, CAN I GIVE YOU HAND? A WEEK OR TWO AGO I THOUGHT, I WILL PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WILLING TO HELP. WE ARE HELPING THE ELDERLY AND FAMILIES IN NEED. IN TERMS OF THOSE HELPING OUT, DID YOU EXPECTED TO BE DESPERATE? THIS BIG* NO, I DO NOT EXPECT IT AT ALL THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE SALE IT'S COMING FORWARD. CLEANING, CLEARING YARDS, WEED WHACKING, THE CHILD WE GOT COMING UP THIS WEEKEND IS SENDING SOME WALLS, GETTING IN AND GETTING STUFF DONE FOR THE ELDERLY. SOME OF YOUR VOLUNTEERS COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. WE HAVE FOLLOWED TEARS FROM ALL OVER. LOCAL BUSINESSES SPONSORING IT, SPONSORING SOME VOUCHERS FOR FOOD, ARE STORED DOWN THE ROAD IS SPONSORING A DINNER FOR TWO, LOCAL HAIRDRESSER WHO IS SPONSORING A HERE AND PAMPER PACKAGE FOR THE CLIENTS, SO YEAH, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN FROM EVERYWHERE. RYAN FROM FUEL, WEED WORKERS AND LAWNMOWERS. PEOPLE COMING IN FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, AS YOU SAID. WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? THE GIFT OF GIVING, DANIEL. THE GIFT OF GIVING. I'VE HAD A ROUGH LIFE, AND I NOW I'M GIVING BACK. I THOUGHT WELL, WHY NOT START? I GET A LOT OF ENJOYMENT OUT OF HELPING. IT ALSO LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVICES DON'T HAVE MUCH FUNDING. THEY SEEMS TO HAVE DIMINISHED THEIR FUNDING. THEY CAN ONLY HELP LIONS FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. THEY ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF FUNDING. I THOUGHT, HEY, HOW ABOUT GIVE THEM A HAND? I HAVE A WORKING BEE THIS WEEKEND AT A LADY'S PLACE, IT IS ACTUALLY THE MEMORIAL FOR HER MOTHER WHO DIED A YEAR AGO, JUST HAPPENS TO FALL ON THE SAME DAY, WE ARE MEETING AT THE HALL AND NINE IN THE MORNING, AND CONVOY IN UP TO HER PLACE. HER SON IS GOING TO BE THERE, AND HE HAS A LIST OF WHAT HE IS DOING, AND WE ARE GOING TO GET IN AND GET IT DONE. HOW CAN PEOPLE VOLUNTEER? THEY CAN GO TO MY AOTEA ARMY PAGE, IT'S GOTTEN A BIT BIGGER THAN I THOUGHT WITH YOU GUYS CONTACTING ME AND STUFF, I'VE ALSO GOT MY LOCAL JOB AT THE TIMBER YARD HERE, SO YEAH, I HAVE MY JOB AS WELL, AND I AM ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THE SOCIAL CLUB HERE. I AM ONLY DOING A JOB ONCE EVERY THREE WEEKS BECAUSE I HAD LOTS ON MY PLATE. TO DO MORE WOULD BE GREAT. HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE THE COMMUNITY THERE? BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY. I FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS PLACE AND THE COMMUNITY WHEN I GOT HERE. THE BONDS WHEN WE GET TOGETHER, EVERYBODY DROPS EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE. THAT IS THE WAY IT IS. PEOPLE WERE DISARMING FOR PEOPLE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU SO WHY NOT FOR THEM? A GREEN MP HAS BEEN SUSPENDED WHILE AN INVESTIGATION IS CARRIED OUT INTO ALLEGATIONS OF MIGRANT WORKER EXPLOITATION. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DARLEEN TANA HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY BY A MAN WHO SAYS HE IS OWED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN WAGES. THE GREEN PARTY SAYS IT CANNOT COMMENT ON A CASE WHILE THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. THE PARTY HAS APPOINTED ITS OWN INDEPENDENT LAWYER TO INVESTIGATE AS WELL. THE AIRPORT ASSOCIATION IS CALLING ON AIR NEW ZEALAND TO BE 'TRANSPARENT' ABOUT PRICING AMID 'RECORD HIGH' DOMESTIC AIRFARES. NEW ZEALAND HAS THE LEAST COMPETITIVE DOMESTIC AVIATION MARKET IN THE WORLD, WITH AIR NEW ZEALAND CONTROLLING 86% OF THE MARKET. AIRPORTS ASSOCIATION CHIEF EXECUTIVE BILLIE MOORE SAYS PASSENGERS NEED MORE CHOICE. IT'S NOT A GOOD THING TO HAVE 86% OF THE MARKET CAPTURED BY ONE PLAYER. LONG TERM, IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC TO TRY AND FIND SOME STEPS THAT COULD ENCOURAGE SOME MORE COMPETITION IN THE DOMESTIC MARKET. AS YOU SAY, THE EXPERIENCE OF PEOPLE IN THE REGIONS IS JUST SO CHALLENGING. NZ AIRPORTS ASSOCIATION ALSO WANTS TICKET PRICES TO BE INDEPENDENTLY MONITORED. HAITI IS FACING ITS MOST ACUTE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN MORE THAN A DECADE AS ARMED GANGS TIGHTEN THEIR GRIP ON THE CAPITAL. GANGS ARE RUNNING RAMPANT THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN COUNTRY, AFTER POLITICAL UNREST YEARS IN THE MAKING CAME TO A HEAD EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE REBELLION GROUPS HAVE SIEGED THE MAIN AIRPORT AND BLOCKED MARINE PORTS, STARVING THE COUNTRY OF FOOD AND FUEL. UNICEF SAYS FAILURE TO STOP THE VIOLENCE WILL EXACERBATE THE CRISIS. FAMILIES NEED PROTECTION. THEY NEED SECURITY, AND WE NEED TO RE-OPEN ALL THE LOGISTICAL ROADS BECAUSE THE WHOLE HEALTH SUPPLIES, COMMODITIES, FOOD, IS NOT ENTERING IN HAITI NOW. WE ARE FACING A MORE DIRE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION INTO THE COUNTRY IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THESE TWO ISSUES. MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE IN HAITI ARE NOW ON THE BRINK OF FAMINE. MASSIVE HAIL STONES DUBBED 'GORILLA HAIL' HAVE PELTED PARTS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI IN THE U.S. AS STORMS UNLEASH ON THE MIDWESTERN STATES. SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE THIS WEEK, WITH WARNINGS OF TORNADOS AND HAIL THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EASE TODAY. ELON MUSK'S SPACE-X COMPANY HAS LAUNCHED THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL ROCKET, BUT NOW DOESN'T KNOW WHERE IT IS. IT'S THE THIRD TEST FLIGHT FOR THIS MODEL OF ROCKET ` 'STARSHIP' MADE IT FURTHER INTO THE TEST FLIGHT THAN THE FIRST TWO ATTEMPTS, WHICH BOTH EXPLODED MIDAIR. IT MARKED A HUGE WIN FOR THE SPACE COMPANY BEFORE THEY ULTIMATELY LOST SIGNAL, AND WITH IT, ANY WAY OF TRACKING THE ROCKET. THE SPACECRAFT IS PART OF NASA'S ARTEMIS PROGRAMME, WHICH AIMS TO LAND U.S. ASTRONAUTS ON THE MOON IN 2026. NEW ZEALAND HAS A NEW TENNIS PLAYER RANKED INSIDE THE TOP 200 IN THE WORLD. KIWI BORN LULU SUN HAS SWITCHED HER NATIONAL ALLEGIANCE FROM SWITZERLAND TO NEW ZEALAND. THE 22-YEAR-OLD FROM TE ANAU IS CURRENTLY RANKED 151ST IN THE WORLD AND HER FIRST MATCH UNDER OUR FLAG WILL BE AT THE BILLIE JEAN KING CUP IN APRIL. SUN MADE IT TO THE ROUND OF 16 AT THIS YEARS ASB CLASSIC. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. PERIODS OF RAIN FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. A HIGH OF 24 TODAY IN RUSSELL AND WHANGAREI. 22 IN AUCKLAND. EARLY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. THIS WILL TURN TO SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. WHAKATANE AND TAURANGA, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 21. TO THE EAST COAST ` SIMILAR HERE. RAINY DAY FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY WITH SOME SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 23 THE HIGH IN GISBORNE. 19 IN MASTERTON. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU'RE GOING TO NEED AN UMBRELLA TOO. MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU ALL WITH RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. 19 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE REGION AFTER MIDDAY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. BLENHEIM WITH A HIGH OF 22. HEADING SOUTH ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU. THIS WILL EASE TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 15 HERE. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GREY HERE ALSO. A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 13. TO YOUR WEEKEND ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, BLUE SKIES FOR MOST OF YOU THIS SATURDAY. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, SAME HERE OTHER THAN SOME CLOUD IN THE DEEP SOUTH. FOR YOUR SUNDAY ` LOTS OF SUNSHINE ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND. A BIT CLOUDIER AS WE HEAD DOWN THE COUNTRY WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE WEST AND SOUTH. A GROUP OF SURVIVORS AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE MARCH 15 ATTACKS HAVE FORMED A CRICKET TEAM. AND THEY SAY PLAYING THE SPORT HAS HELPED THEM ALL IN THE HEALING PROCESS. THE CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM IS YASIR AMIN. HE JOINS US NOW. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. I KNOW ` I THINK IT IS YOUR DAD THAT IS WITH YOU AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CRICKET TEAM. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. SO LOVELY TO HAVE YOU HERE. FIVE YEARS ON FROM MARCH 15, HOW ARE YOU, HOW IS DAD? WE ARE PRETTY GOOD, AND MY DAD IS ALL RIGHT. TELL ME ABOUT THIS CRICKET TEAM AND WHY YOU DECIDED TO JOIN? THAT IS WAS AN IDEA AFTER THE MARCH 15, WE WERE MENTALLY DISTURBED, AND HE GOT AN IDEA, WE WERE PLAYING FOR A DIFFERENT TEAM ACROSS THE CITY AND HE GATHERED US ALL AND TOLD US, WE NEED EACH OTHER AT THIS MOMENT, AND WHY DON'T WE HAVE OUR OWN TEAM, SO WE CAN MEET EACH OTHER REGULARLY, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WE ARE FACING, WE CAN SHARE THINGS, THAT WAS THE IDEA BEHIND IT, AND WE GATHERED MORE THAN 12 GUYS AROUND CHRISTCHURCH CITY, AND IT'S GONE PRETTY WELL SO FAR. IT HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS. YOU'VE JUST TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU COULD TALK ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS, LOOK BACK AT MARCH 15 AS WELL, HOW HAS ALL OF THAT HELPED WITH HEALING? CRICKET IS A PASSION, IT IS IN OUR BLOOD, WHEN WE PLAY CRICKET, WE ARE ONLY INTO OUR CRICKET, NOTHING ELSE. THAT IS THE REASON WE WERE PLAYING IT. WHEN WE ARE PLAYING CRICKET WE FORGET EVERYTHING. IT HELPS US TO MENTALLY RELAX, AND SHARE THINGS WITH EACH OTHER. BEAUTIFUL. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE NAME OF THE CRICKET CLUB, THE CORNERED TIGERS CRICKET CLUB. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT NAME? WE ARE ALL INSPIRED BY THE 92 WORLD CUP HERO IMRAN KHAN, WHO NAMED HIS TEAM THE CORNER TIGER. THAT'S WHY WE NAMED OUR TEAM THAT. I WONDER WHETHER YOU CAN ASK ME A QUESTION FOR ME, I KNOW YOUR STORY WITH YOUR DAD, AND YOUR DAD WAS INJURED, I WONDER, WHAT IT MEANS FOR HIM TO BE PART OF THIS GROUP. CAN YOU ASK THAT? YES. HE SAID I REALLY ENJOY CRICKET. HE ALWAYS LOOKS AFTER US, EACH AND EVERY PLAYER, MOSTLY WHEN HE COMES TO WATCH THE CRICKET, WE WIN. THAT IS ALWAYS GOOD. HOW IS THE TEAM GOING? WE STARTED FROM THREE AND SIX, AND WE ARE OMITTING OURSELVES EVERY YEAR, DOING A LOT BETTER. LAST YEAR WE WERE AT NUMBER ONE SPOT. COUPLE OF GOOD BATTERS, WE ARE DOING ALRIGHT. IT IS NOT ONLY CRICKET, IT IS A FAMILY GET-TOGETHER AS WELL. WE HAVE A FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AND OUR CRICKET TEAM. WE HAVE HAD FAMILY MEMBERS OF OTHER FAMILIES WISH TO PLAY WITH US. THAT IS WONDERFUL NEWS. JUST TO WRAP THINGS UP, MARCH 15, TALKING FIVE YEARS AGO NOW, AND I WONDER HOW YOU AND OTHERS WILL REFLECT TODAY. IT'S FIVE YEARS AGO, IT WAS A REALLY SAD DAY, FOR THE HUMANITY, FOR THE WHOLE NEW ZEALAND, BUT IT HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE LEARNT HOW TO LIVE WITH THAT, AND ALTHOUGH WE CANNOT ERASE THOSE MEMORIES, WE HAVE LEARNT, AND WE ARE DOING REALLY WELL, AND THE COMMUNITY IS VERY SUPPORTIVE. DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ARE SUPPORTIVE TOO. SO, YEAH. STILL, WE THINK WE ARE IN A GOOD PLACE. WE HAVE MOVED ON. FINALLY, IT FEELS RUDE OF ME TO TALK TO YOU, BUT NOT TO KNOW WHO IS WITH YOU. WHO ELSE IS WITH YOU WHO MADE THE EFFORT TO COME DOWN AND BE WITH US? SORRY? WHO IS WITH YOU TODAY? MY CRICKET'S TEAM IS WITH ME. A FEW PLAYERS ARE HERE, SOME ARE BUSY BECAUSE IT IS MARCH 15. SOME PEOPLE ARE SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY ARRANGEMENTS. HABIB IS HERE, OTHER FRIENDS ARE HERE WITH ME. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEN BEING HERE WITH YOU. OUR LOVE IS WITH YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BYE. I WATCH CRICKET EVERY SATURDAY, BUT IF YOU NEED A SCORER,� I'M CAN DO THAT. ME U TONU MAI ` FROM THE HAVELOCK MUSSEL FESTIVAL TO WOMAD IN NEW PLYMOUTH, THERE'S PLENTY GOING ON IN YOUR COMMUNITY. OUR COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD IS NEXT. IT'S TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD, WHERE WE CHECK OUT DIFFERENT EVENTS IN YOUR CORNER OF THE MOTU. TO A BIG EVENT FIRST ` 27,000 PEOPLE WILL VISIT THE FIELDAYS IN FIELDING OVER THE COMING THREE DAYS. THE PRIME MINISTER'S ALREADY PAID A VISIT, AND THE EVENT'S KICKED OFF, SO LET'S CHAT TO EVENT MANAGER, JONATHAN PAUL! SOMEONE TOOK PART IN A FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE LAWNMOWER EVENT? HE DID, HE HAD A RACE JUST BEHIND US HERE. HE ENJOYED IT. AS THERE ARE RACING EXHIBIT HERE, OR ABOUT THE CUTTING OF THE LAWN? A BIT OF BOTH. IT'S ABOUT SHOWING SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO PEOPLE WHO COME ALONG. AND LOOK SAY THE WEATHER WILL BE GOOD. ANOTHER THING THAT PIQUED MY INTEREST WAS A STRONG MAN COMPETITION. HOW DOES ONE GET INVOLVED, ASKING FOR A FRIEND. ANYONE CAN GO ALONG AND HAVE A WATCH, AND SEE THE GUYS AND GIRLS THERE LIFTING ALL THE WEIGHTS AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY LEFT. IT'S SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT. AS THIS AS BIG AS IT'S BEEN BEFORE? YES. WE HAVE THE BIGGEST ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP I HAVE SEEN IN RECENT MEMORY. WE HAVE THE EXCAVATOR AND FENCING COMPETITION, WE HAVE A FREESTYLE MOTOCROSS SHOW KICKING OFF A SWELL. IF YOU'RE NOT A FARMER, IS THERE SOMETHING IN IT FOR YOU? YES, WE HAVE TRACTORS AND NEWTS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SMALLER CARS, AND THE LIFESTYLE PAVILION, AND YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE CUISINE PAVILION. COVERING ALL THE BASES. JONATHAN PAUL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FROM FIELDING. TIME FOR A SEAFOOD SENSATION NOW, SO WE'RE HEADING TO HAVELOCK IN THE MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS. THE PICTURESQUE TOWN'S HOSTING ITS ANNUAL MUSSEL FESTIVAL,THIS BUT THERE'S MORE THAN JUST FOOD ON OFFER. TO FIND OUT MORE, LET'S HEAD THERE NOW WITH HAVELOCK MUSSEL FESTIVAL CHAIR SIMON GIBB AND EVENT ORGANISER KARA FIELDING. I'M GOING TO SAY, CONTROVERSIAL CHOICE FOR A FESTIVAL FOOD. I'M DOING THE SEGMENT AND NOT JENNY MAY. MUSCLES ARE SURE ON THE MENU, WE ALSO HAVE OYSTERS AND SALMON, WHITEFISH AS WELL, SO YEAH, IT IS A BIG DAY. TALK US THROUGH, I'M JUST HAVING A LOOK. WHY MUSCLES ARE SESAME SPECIAL ABOUT THIS HALL? WE HAVE A MUSCLE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE LOCAL COMPANIES, THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL RACES AND TEAM RACES. THE CURRENT RECORD IS ONE MINUTE AND 66 SECONDS TO OPEN 100 MUSCLES. ANGELA HUNTLEY HOLDS THE RECORD, SHE'S HELD THE LAST TWO OR THREE RECORDS. AS SHE BACKED THIS YEAR? NO, UNFORTUNATELY, SHE WORKS FOR A WINE COMPANY. SOMEONE ELSE'S CHANCE TO CLAIM THE TITLE. WILL IT BE EITHER OF YOU TO OR A MEMBER OF THE CROWD? THEY WILL ALL HAVE A GO AT IT. THEY WILL ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHALLENGE FOR THE RECORD. THAT IS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. ANYONE CAN HEAD ALONG THIS WEEKEND? YES, ANYONE CAN. WE ALSO HAVE A DEDICATED KIDS ZONE, AND A CULINARY TENT WITH A CELEBRITY CHEF. PLUS LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALL THE BEST. ENJOY THE MUSCLE FESTIVAL. NOW IT'S TIME FOR A BIG EVENT SWEEPING THROUGH NEW PLYMOUTH. IT'S WOMAD, THE WORLD OF MUSIC, ARTS AND DANCE FESTIVAL. IT'S AN EVENT FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, WITH THREE DAYS FULL OF MUSIC, FOOD, ACTIVITIES, PERFORMANCES AND MORE. LET'S HEAD DOWN THERE NOW TO CHECK IT OUT WITH PROGRAMME DIRECTOR, EMERE WANO. MORENA! IT LOOKS LIKE A NICE DAY THERE. BUT HOW HAS THE PREPARATIONS BEEN FOR THE BIG EVENT? IS QUITE A WELL OILED MACHINE HERE, DESPITE THE LOVELY DROPS OF TEARS FROM OUR ANCESTORS, THEY ARE BEING THEIR BLESSING FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL EVENT, THE SUN IS GOING TO COME OUT AND IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING. THE PREPARATION HAS BEEN GOING WELL, THE SITE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, THE TEAM ARE HAPPY, AND WE ARE ALL JUST READY TO OPEN THOSE GATES AND LET OUR PEOPLE COME THROUGH AND TO BE ENTERTAINED BY THE AMAZING ACTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HERE THIS WEEKEND. LET'S LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO COME THROUGH. HOW MANY ARE YOU EXPECTING, AND WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS FESTIVAL THAT DRAWS ON PEOPLE? WE ARE EXPECTING BETWEEN 12 AND 15,000 PEOPLE THIS WEEK AND, I THINK WHAT THEY REALLY LIKE ABOUT WOMAD IS THAT IT IS SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER FESTIVAL. WE BRING CULTURE, MUSIC, SONG AND DANCE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT IS A PLACE OF DISCOVERY, AND YOU WILL COME UP AGAINST ARTISTS YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF BEFORE, AND YOU WILL THINK WHAT IS THAT, BUT THEN WALK AWAY A FAN. THERE IS SOMETHING FOR THE KIDS, AND THOSE THAT LOVE FOOD, WE HAVE FOOD FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, SO IT IS ALL OF THAT KIND OF THING. WE HAVE SPEAKERS, POETS, AUTHORS, AND A PLACE YOU CAN COME AND LEARN ABOUT MAORI CULTURE. IT IS A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR FAMILIES, WHANAU TO BRING THEIR FAMILIES, AND ENJOY THE WHOLE WEEKEND. IT SOUNDS VERY EXCITING AND LIKE YOU HAVE CATERED FOR EVERY WALK OF LIFE. EVEN THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BEHAVE FOR US. WHAT'S HAPPENING NEAR YOU NEXT WEEKEND? LET US KNOW ` MARKETS, EVENTS, FESTIVALS. HEAD TO whatsonbreakfast.co.nz. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE. HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR GARDEN PREPPED FOR WINTER? OUR GISSY GARDENER HAS ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW. # THE CLUB CAN'T EVEN HANDLE ME RIGHT NOW. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WE WANT TO GET TO SOME OF YOUR FEEDBACK. BEEN ASKING ABOUT SCHOOLS, IS IT OKAY TO CALL YOUR TEACHERS BY THE FIRST NAME OR SHOULD WE BE USING MR AND MRS? DANIEL? I RECKON STICK TO IT. THE TEACHER IS IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY AND IT IS A SIGN OF RESPECT. AND LATER ON, ALONG WITH MANNERS, THAT IS WHAT YOU GET OUT OF IT, RESPECT. ALTHOUGH, IF THE TEACHER SAYS, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CALL ME JENNY MAY, AND SHOULDN'T THAT BE THE RIGHT OF THE TEACHER? KIDS ONLY WITH US FOR TWO YEARS AND INTERMEDIATE AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT TEACHERS FOR THEIR SUBJECTS SAYING MR AND MRS TAKE SO THE PRESSURE OF LEARNING NEW NAMES. THEY EVENTUALLY LEARN OUR NAMES, THEY CAN JUST A MR OR MUST AND THAT IS NOT LIKE THAT TO REMEMBER YOUR FIRST NAME. KEEP YOUR FEEDBACK COMING IN. A GREEN MP HAS BEEN SUSPENDED WHILE AN INVESTIGATION IS CARRIED OUT INTO ALLEGATIONS OF MIGRANT WORKER EXPLOITATION. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DARLEEN TANA HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY BY A MAN WHO SAYS HE IS OWED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN WAGES. GREENS CO LEADER MARAMA DAVIDSON SAYS THE ALLEGATIONS ARE SERIOUS. THE PARTY WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ALLEGATIONS LAST MONTH. WE ALWAYS ASK CANDIDATES TO DECLARE ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BRING THE PARTY INTO DISREPUTE, SO, NO, THIS WAS NOT A CLEARED. THE ALLEGATIONS DID NOT COME TO OUR ATTENTION AT ALL UNTIL 1 FEBRUARY. AT THAT STAGE, THEY HAD BEEN REFERRED TO THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY FOR REMEDIATION, WHICH IS CONFIDENTIAL. THE PARTY HAS APPOINTED ITS OWN INDEPENDENT LAWYER TO INVESTIGATE AS WELL. FAMILIES OF MARCH 15 TERROR ATTACK VICTIMS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS WITH THE PRIME MINISTER AFTER THE END OF THEIR ACC SUPPORT TODAY. IT'S THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACKS WHICH KILLED 51 PEOPLE, AND ACC SUPPORT FOR THE VICTIMS IS ENDING, AS PER THE LEGISLATION WHICH GOVERNS SUCH SUPPORT. MAHA GALAL FROM THE MARCH 15 WHANAU SUPPORT TRUST SAYS THERE'S STILL A LONG JOURNEY AHEAD. WE'VE BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. I HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN FIVE MESSAGES FROM WIDOWS SAYING THAT THEY'RE SURPRISED WITH THE STOPPING FOR THE PAYMENT. ACC SAID IN A STATEMENT IT'S BEEN WORKING WITH FAMILIES AHEAD OF THE END TO SUPPORT. A NEUROSCIENTIST SAYS THE DEATH OF A NEW ZEALAND-BASED RUGBY PLAYER, WHO HAS SINCE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A TRAUMATIC BRAIN CONDITION IS SIGNIFICANT. FORMER BLUES AND MAORI ALL BLACK HALFBACK BILLY GUYTON DIED LAST YEAR OF A SUSPECTED SUICIDE. NOW, A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF HIS BRAIN SHOWS HE HAD CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY, OR CTE. NEURO SCIENTIST HELEN MURRAY SAYS ATHLETES NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT HOW MANY CONCUSSIONS SOMEONE HAS, A CONCUSSION IS A SYMPTOM OF A HEAD INJURY, BUT YOU CAN HAVE LOTS OF IMPACTS OVER A SPORTING CAREER THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ARE REALLY CAUSING DAMAGE IN YOUR BRAIN. THE ACCUMULATION OF HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF THOSE IMPACTS OVER A CAREER CAN DAMAGE THE BRAIN IN A WAY THAT LEADS TO PROGRESSIVE DISEASE. MURRAY SAYS SYMPTOMS OF CTE CAN BE SIMILAR TO DEMENTIA. ISRAEL SAYS IT PLANS TO MOVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS TO WHAT IT'S CALLING 'HUMANITARIAN ISLANDS'. THEY'D BE SAFE ZONES IN THE CENTRE OF THE TERRITORY AS IT PREPARES TO LAUNCH A GROUND OFFENSIVE IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF RAFAH. AS THE BBC'S ANNA FOSTER REPORTS, ANY EVACUATION WON'T BE QUICK. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SOUTHERN CITY OF RIGHT AT THE TIP OF THE GAZA STRIP, WHICH IS HOME TO MORE THAN HALF OF GAZA'S POPULATION, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOME AND LIVING IN TENTS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE LITTLE FOOD OR HUMANITARIAN AID. IT IS AN ENORMOUSLY DIFFICULT POSITION FOR THEM THERE. AS WELL IS MADE IT CLEAR IT CANNOT CARRY OUT ITS DAY-TO-DAY WITHOUT FULLY REMOVING HAMAS FROM GAZA. NEEDS TO MOVE THE CIVILIANS OUT OF THE WAY. WHAT IT IS PROPOSING IS THIS MAN AT SYRIAN ISLANDS AT THE CENTRE OF THE STRIP. IT IS A PICTURE OF DESTRUCTION AFTER MONTHS OF ATTACKS. THE PICTURE IS BLEAK. THE ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCES HAVE SAID LITTLE. THIS IS A LITTLE GRAIN OF DETAIL ABOUT HOW IT WOULD WORK. THEY SAY THERE WILL BE TEMPORARY HOUSING THERE. ALSO AID FOR THOSE WHO MOVED. THE ADA SITUATION AND GAZA REMAINS DESPERATE. WE HAVE SEEN AGAIN THIS MORNING PALLETS DROPS FROM THE JORDANIAN AIR FORCE AND THE US WHICH PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT OF AID. WE ALSO TRACKING THE PROGRESS OF A SPANISH CHARITY BOAT WHICH WOULD INAUGURATE THIS NEW MARITIME AID CORRIDOR BETWEEN CYPRUS AND GAZA. THIS IS SET TO ARRIVE IN GAZA AND THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THEY WILL BE SAFELY UNLOADING AND DISREPUTE IN THE AID. ELON MUSK'S SPACE X COMPANY HAS LAUNCHED THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL ROCKET, BUT NOW DOESN'T KNOW WHERE IT IS. IT'S THE THIRD TEST FLIGHT FOR THIS MODEL OF ROCKET. 'STARSHIP' MADE IT FURTHER INTO THE TEST FLIGHT THAN THE FIRST TWO ATTEMPTS, WHICH BOTH EXPLODED MIDAIR. IT MARKED A HUGE WIN FOR THE SPACE COMPANY, BEFORE THEY ULTIMATELY LOST SIGNAL, AND WITH IT, ANY WAY OF TRACKING THE ROCKET. THE SPACECRAFT IS PART OF NASA'S ARTEMIS PROGRAMME, WHICH AIMS TO LAND U.S. ASTRONAUTS ON THE MOON IN 2026. TO SPORT, AND KIWI GOLFER RYAN FOX HAS MADE HISTORY AT ONE OF GOLFING'S FAVOURITE HOLES AT THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP THIS MORNING. FOX JUMPING UP THE LEADERBOARD WITH THIS HOLE IN ONE ON THE ICONIC 17TH HOLE. COMING ON DOWN THE HILL. CAN HE DO IT? NO WAY! FOX IS CURRENTLY THREE UNDER PAR THROUGH 16 IN A FIVE WAY TIE FOR THIRTEENTH, JUST FOUR SHOTS OFF THE LEAD. 17* AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. PERIODS OF RAIN FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE FURTHER SOUTH. 20 DEGREES FOR AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` PACK YOUR BROLLY. EARLY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. THIS WILL TURN TO SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. 18 FOR ROTORUA. TO THE EAST COAST ` SIMILAR HERE. RAINY DAY FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY WITH SOME SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 23 THE HIGH IN GISBORNE. 19 FOR MASTERTON. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU'RE GOING TO NEED AN UMBRELLA TOO. MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU ALL WITH RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. WELLINGTON, YOU ARE ON TRACK FOR 18. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE REGION AFTER MIDDAY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. BLENHEIM WITH A HIGH OF 22. HEADING SOUTH ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU. THIS WILL EASE TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 15 HERE. 14 FOR ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GREY HERE ALSO. A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 13. 14 IN MILFORD SOUND. IT DOES GET BETTER. TO YOUR WEEKEND ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, BLUE SKIES FOR MOST OF YOU THIS SATURDAY. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, SAME HERE OTHER THAN SOME CLOUD IN THE DEEP SOUTH. FOR YOUR SUNDAY ` LOTS OF SUNSHINE ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND. OTHERWISE, YOU ARE CLEAR! CAN I SAY UP THE WAHS. WHILE IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO KEEP ENJOYING THE SUMMER CROPS IN YOUR VEGE GARDEN, AS IT GETS A BIT CHILLIER, NOW MAY BE THE TIME TO START PREPPING A WINTER GARDEN. TO TELL US HOW, WE'RE JOINED BY FRIEND OF THE SHOW, GISBORNE GARDENER ADRIAN SUTHERLAND. GOOD MORNING! IT IS RAINING THERE IN GISBORNE, BUT MUST BE PRETTY GOOD FOR THE GARDEN. YES IT IS. A JUST DATA TO RAIN. THAT IS WHY I AM IN THE GLASSHOUSE. YOU ARE RIGHT, THERE IS STILL PLENTY TO EAT, PLENTY OF FOOD IN THE GARDEN. IT HAS BEEN BEAUTIFUL WEATHER BUT THIS RAIN IS WELCOME. IN THE INTRODUCTION, I TALKED ABOUT GETTING THINGS PREPPED FOR THE WINTER MONTHS. HOW DO WE DO THAT? SOME BASIC FUNDAMENTALS. SOME GOOD COMPOST TO PUT THE PLANTS AND. YOU CAN EITHER BUY IT BY THE TRAILER, OR BY THOSE 40 L BAGS FROM YOUR LOCAL GARDEN CENTRE AND LAID IT STRAIGHT OVER THE GARDEN. PULL OUT A FEW WEEDS. LATE STRAIGHT OVER THE GARDEN, NICE AND THICK, 5 TO 10 CM THICK. NOT MUCH EFFORT INVOLVED. PRIOR TO THAT, IT'S GOOD TO KEEP THE GARDEN CLEAR OF WEEDS. WITH THIS LITTLE BIT OF RAIN, THE VEGETABLES WILL CONTINUE TO GROW, AND THE WEEDS. KEEP ON TOP OF THEM REGULARLY. IT IS BETTER THAN A WHOLE SATURDAY OR SUNDAY WEEDING. NOBODY WANTS THAT. NOBODY. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU FROM THE VIEWERS. WHAT VEGGIES CAN I PLANT NOW THAT DON'T NEED MUCH ATTENTION? SOME OF OUR GO TWOS ARE SILVER BEET AND SPINACH. WE ALWAYS HAD THAT IN OUR GARDEN. MOST KINDS OF LET US GROW WELL IN THE WINTER. SNOW PEAS ARE GOOD TO GROW. YOU CAN HAVE SOME FRESH PEAS IN THE WINTER. THEY ARE PRETTY LOW MAINTENANCE. WITH SPINACH, YOU CAN PICK LEAVES ONE BY ONE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO HARVEST THE WHOLE THING. THEY ARE EASY CARE AND KEEP GROWING THROUGHOUT THE WINTER. I HAVE AN INCREASING NUMBER OF ANTS ATTACKING THE GARDEN. WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? ANTS ARE USUALLY A SIGN OF DRY WEATHER. THEY BUILD THE NEST WHEN THE GROUND STARTS TO CRACK. THEY WILL FIND PLACES TO BUILD NESTS. DRY POT PLANTS. KEEP THE GARDEN NICE AND MOIST. FRESH COMPOST. I AM AGAINST THE NUCLEAR OPTION OF CHEMICALLY KILLING THINGS. TRY TO APPROACH IT MORE NATURALLY. WATER, GOOD COMPOST, ELIMINATING SPACES FOR ANTS TO HIDE. REMOVE SPACES WHERE THEY COULD NEST. YOU ARE A GEM, AND WE SO APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US EVERY WEEK. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE PLANTING? BEHIND ME, I HAVE SPINACH AND SILVER BEET SEEDLINGS. THOSE I WILL BE PLANTING. WAS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. E WHAI AKE NEI ` IT'S THE MINI SUPERMARKET. THAT'S A NEW ZEALAND FIRST. WE'VE SENT OUT REPORTER COURTNEY HAMMOND TO CHECK IT OUT. MORENA, COURT. I AM AT SOMERVILLE SCHOOL THIS MORNING, WITH STUDENT TO BE LEARNING HOW TO RUN A SUPERMARKET OH, OK. NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST MINI-SIZED SUPERMARKET WILL OPEN TODAY INSIDE A SCHOOL. THE WOOLWORTHS 'WOOLIES' HAS BEEN SET UP TO HELP THE PUPILS AT SOMERVILLE SCHOOL, SUPPORTS CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS. BUT BEFORE THEY GATHER A BASKET FULL OF GOODIES, OUR REPORTER COURTNEY HAMMOND HAS BEEN GIVEN EARLY BIRD ACCESS TO THE AISLES AND JOINS US NOW. IT IS AMAZING TO BE HERE THIS MORNING. SARAH, I WANT TO START WITH YOU. DO YOU MIND TELLING ME HOW THIS WORKS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO GIVE A SIMULATED SHOPPING EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS SUCH AS THIS FOR YOUNG STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. IT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE A REAL SUPERMARKET. IT IS TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION, NUMEROUSLY AND LITERACY AND CONFIDENCE FOR STUDENTS AND TO GIVE THEM SOME RETAIL EXPERIENCE. HOW EXCITED ARE YOU, BELINDA ABOUT THIS COMING TO YOUR SCHOOL? IT IS THE FIRST OF NEW ZEALAND. OUR STUDENTS DO NOT ALWAYS GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE REAL-LIFE CONTEXTS FOR THEIR LEARNING. THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AMAZING ADDITION TO OUR PROGRAMS. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO LEARN TO DO? IT GOES RIGHT FROM THE LEARNERS WHO CANNOT GO TO THE SUPERMARKET BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A SCARY PLACE TO GO. IF WE CAN TRAIN THEM UP IN A SUPERMARKET IN A FAMILIAR ENVIRONMENT, THEY CAN LEARN THOSE SKILLS IN A GOOD WAY. WE TRAIN PEOPLE HOW TO BE CHECKOUT OPERATORS, THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE I WOULD LEARN IN A RETAIL WORK EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITY WHICH IS WHERE THEY ARE HEADING. I THINK IT IS TIME WE GO FOR A TOUR. WE WILL GET SOME OF OUR FRESH PRODUCE. WILL GET SOME CARROTS FOR TODAY. AND THEN WALK OVER TO OUR PERISHABLES, WILL GET A BIT OF YOGHURT TODAY. WE ALL THE PRODUCTS ARE PLACED AS IMPORTANT AS WELL. WE ARE TRYING TO DO A FLOW OF WHAT A SUPERMARKET WOULD BE SO IT IS FAMILIAR FOR THEM, TO GET THEIR GROCERY ITEMS AND HEAD TO THE REGISTER TO PAY FOR THE GOODS. THEY AN ORDER OF THE TYPES OF ITEMS YOU MAY NEED FOR MEALS. CORRECT. WE HAVE OUR BREAKFAST, SNACKING, DINNER, AND THEN PERSONAL HYGIENE. MOVING FORWARD, BELINDA AND THE TEAM WILL PUT PRODUCTS ON THE SHELVES THAT THEY CAN INCORPORATE INTO COOKING LESSONS. THE PRODUCTS ARE ACTUALLY USED? REAL PRODUCTS USED WITHIN THE SCHOOL, AND THE IDEAS ARE ENDLESS FOR HOW THE SCHOOL CAN INCORPORATE THEM INTO REAL LEARNING. WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE IDEAS? EVEN JUST CREATING SHOPPING LISTS IN THE CLASSROOM IS A BIG LEARNING OPPORTUNITY. THEY WILL COME TO THE STORE TO DO CLICK AND COLLECT JUST LIKE THEY WOULD IN THE REAL WORLD. OR, THEY CAN BRING THEIR SHOPPING LIST AND HERE, GRAB THE ITEMS THEY WANT, AND BRING THE ITEMS BACK TO CLASS. IT REALLY IS LIMITLESS OR WE CAN DO. SHOULD WE HEAD TO THE CHECKOUT? LET'S GO. LOOK AT THIS, HERE WE GO. WE ARE JOINED NOW BY THE CHECKOUT OPERATORS FOR TODAY. SHALL WE WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS? SARAH, DO YOU MIND TELLING ME WHAT WE'RE DOING? WE ARE PICKING UP THE PRODUCTS AND SCANNING THEM, AND THEN PACKING THEM FOR A HAPPY SHOPPER. WE WILL SEE IN A MOMENT THE ACTUAL WEIGHING OF THE PRODUCE LIKE IN OUR STORES. AS THE CUSTOMER, I HAVE EDUCATIONAL MONEY TO PAY FOR MY GOODS. IT IS NONRETAIL, IT IS NOT FOR SALE SO ALL THE ITEMS WILL GO BACK ON THE SHELF. IT IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR THE STUDENTS TO LEARN HOW TO USE THE REGISTER AND SHOP. HOW EXCITED ARE YOU BOTH ABOUT THIS OPENING? HOW EXCITED? 100% EXCITED. THAT IS SO LOVELY. YES, ANNA? WHAT IS THE MONEY THAT WE ARE USING TO PAY FOR THIS? WHAT IS EDUCATIONAL MONEY? CAN WE GET A CLOSE-UP OF THE MONEY? SURE. IT IS PLAIN MONEY. NOT LEGAL TENDER? YES, AND ALL THE STUDENTS GET THEIR OWN MONEY. EACH CLASSROOM, BELINDA WILL BE GIVEN A WEEKLY BUDGET THEY WILL EITHER SHOP ONLINE OR COME INTO THE STORE. AMAZING, THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. VERY COOL. E HAERE AKE NEI ` FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN KEEPING AUCKLANDERS SAFE FOR 150 YEARS. WE'VE SENT OUT LACHIE MCLEOD AHEAD OF THEIR CELEBRATIONS. MORENA, LACHIE. FROM FOOD TO FIRETRUCKS, WE LITERALLY HAVE IT ALL THIS MORNING BREAKFAST. WE ARE CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF THE AUCKLAND FIRE BRIGADE. WE WILL SEE YOU AFTER THE BREAK. # I GET KNOCKED DOWN, BUT I GET UP AGAIN. 150 YEARS OF FIRE FIGHTING SERVICE IN AUCKLAND WILL BE CELEBRATED OVER THE WEEKEND. THE ORIGINAL VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT STARTED IN 1874, AND NOW THEY SERVICE MORE THAN 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE. WE'VE SENT BREAKFAST REPORTER LACHIE MCLEOD DOWN TO CHECK IT OUT. QUICK QUESTION, DO THEY STILL SLIDE DOWN THE POLLS? I HAVEN'T MANAGED TO FIND A POLL YET, BUT WHEN I'M DONE WITH THIS, I WILL LOOK. WE'RE HERE FOR THE FIRETRUCKS, DANIEL. I HAVE GRAHAM AND MURRAY HERE THIS MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US. 150 YEARS, A PRETTY SPECIAL MILESTONE TO BE SHARING. CERTAINLY IS. 150 YEARS OF FIREFIGHTING AND ORGAN. THE OPEN DAY ON SUNDAY 10 AM TO 3 PM, I WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR MUMS AND ANTS TO BRING THE KIDS DOWN TO LOOK AT FIRE ENGINES. NOT ONLY FIRE ENGINES, BUT OTHER AGENCIES, POLICE, ST JOHN, AUCKLAND'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, RED CROSS, URBAN SEARCH AND RED SCARE, THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. YOU WORK FOR MOTOR, AND ONE OF YOUR BIG ROLES IS GETTING THESE TRACKS UP TO SCRATCH. HOW HAS THIS PROCESS BEEN? MOTAT HAS A LOT RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY, SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET THESE ON SHOW FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENJOY. IT HAS BEEN 18 MONTHS OF HARD SLOG PREPARING THE APPLIANCES, A LOT OF REPAIR WORK. ARE CURATORIAL TEAM HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH, WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT THEM, MORE THAN WE EVER HAVE, IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY BIG LOGISTICAL EXERCISE, IT'S BEEN PLANNED WITH MILITARY PRECISION, AND IT WILL INVOLVE A LOT OF HOURS OF FERRYING FIREPLACES BACK AND FORTH. SIX WILL BE DRIVEN, FORMAL BEYOND TRANSPORTERS. IT WILL BE A GREAT DAY. VERY GOOD JOB, IT'S LOOKING ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL IN THIS TRUCK. MURRAY, YOU HAVE HAD A CAREER WHERE YOU WERE TRIBE IN THE STRIKES BACK DRIVING THESE TRUCKS IN THEIR PRIME* BACK THEN, YES, THEY WERE THE ULTIMATE TECHNOLOGY. WE THOUGHT WE WERE MADE AS FIREFIGHTERS HAVING THESE TRUCKS. THIS ONE BROUGHT BACK A MEMORY OF CARS. THIS 1 TO MY LEFT IS A SPECIAL STORY. THAT WAS BROUGHT IN FROM THE STATES? IT'S ONE OF A KIND, REALLY, AND IT WAS ALSO BUILT UP HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, BUT WHEN IT WAS COMMISSIONED, AS CITY STATION, I CAN REMEMBER THE DAY WE JUST THOUGHT WE WERE MADE TO HAVE THIS WONDERFUL LOOKING AMERICAN-STYLE FIRE ENGINE. DURING ITS 31 YEARS OF SURFACE, IT HAS TRULY PROVEN ITSELF TIME AND TIME AGAIN AS ONE OF THE LARGEST MAJOR FIRE TRUCKS OF AUCKLAND. AND HAS HAD AN ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER. YOU CAN SEE EIGHT MORE OF THESE VEHICLES DOWN ON SUNDAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK. HEAD ON DOWN THERE, IT'S FREE, CHECK OUT SOME FIRETRUCKS. HE MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO TOUCH THE PEDALS, LACHIE. THANKS FOR THE WONDERFUL WEATHER OUTLOOK. CAPTIONS BY COURTNEY SOLE, BILLY GARRATT-JOHN, DREW WELSH AND MAIA CARR HEKE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024