IT'S TUESDAY THE 19TH OF MARCH. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` UNRULY STATE HOUSE TENANTS ARE BEING WARNED THEY'LL GET THE BOOT IF THEY MISBEHAVE, BUT THE POLICY IS ALREADY RUNNING INTO PROBLEMS WITH FEARS IT WILL LEAVE AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF CHILDREN HOMELESS AND WON'T SOLVE THE SOCIAL PROBLEM OF PEOPLE WHO BREAK THE RULES ANYWAY. WE'LL BE TALKING TO THE PRIME MINISTER ABOUT WHAT ADVICE HE RECEIVED ON THE POLICY JUST AFTER 7 THIS MORNING. ALSO COMING UP ON THE PROGRAM ` EVER ENCOUNTERED THE FRUSTRATING SCENARIO OF SOMEONE PARKING IN A MOBILITY CARPARK WITHOUT A PERMIT? HAVE YOU CONFRONTED THE PERSON OR HAVE YOU SIMPLY GIVEN THEM THE 'STARE' AS YOU PASS THEIR VEHICLE? BOTH. WHAT IF THE VEHICLE IS A LAMBORGHINI, (LAUGHTER) AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ONCE, BUT TWICE ` NO. HOW MUCH DOES THAT ADD TO YOUR ANGER AND FRUSTRATION? BUT ANOTHER ISSUE HERE IS WHO DO YOU COMPLAIN TO? AND WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES? IF YOU DO HAVE A PERMIT, HOW FRUSTRATING IS THIS SCENARIO FOR YOU? AND TO ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN THIS CARRY ON, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. HAVE YOU CONFRONTED THE PERSON? breakfast@tvnz.co.nz OH, I'M GOING TO EMAIL AND. I'VE GOT AN EXAMPLE. COMING UP THIS HOUR ` THE ROYAL RECOVERY. A HAPPY AND HEALTHY PRINCESS KATE HAS BEEN REPORTEDLY SPOTTED OUT AND ABOUT IN PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE UNDERGOING SURGERY IN JANUARY. OH, YEAH RIGHT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAID PRINCESS KATE WAS SEEN ALONGSIDE PRINCE WILLIAM DURING A TRIP TO HER FAVOURITE FARM SHOP IN WINDSOR. BUT HERE'S THE THING, THERE ARE NO PHOTOS. SO GIVEN THE ALTERED PHOTO OF HER AND THE KIDS, WAS IT KATE? OH, DANIEL. WE'RE CROSSING TO LONDON FOR THE LATEST. IF IT WAS A PHOTO, WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT ANYWAY AT THIS POINT? NO. I WANT TO SEE HER IN THE FLESH, WALKING IN A VIDEO. I'M SURPRISED NONE OF THE PUBLIC TOOK PHOTOS. I WILL PONDER THAT. THE HIGH COST OF LIVING REMAINS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR NEW ZEALANDERS BASED ON NEW RESEARCH. 59% OF RESPONDENTS TO THE IPSOS ISSUES MONITOR SURVEY SAID IT WAS THEIR TOP CONCERN. HOUSING AND HEALTHCARE REMAIN IN SECOND PLACE, AHEAD OF LAW AND ORDER, DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT'S FOCUS ON CRIME. THE NEW GOVERNMENT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE HAVING A HONEYMOON ACCORDING TO THIS POLL, AND IT'S SHOWING NATIONAL ON 4.6, SO NOT REALLY ANY BETTER THAN THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT JUST BEFORE IT WAS DEFEATED. THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT HAD A 4.7 RATING OUT OF 10 JUST BEFORE LAST YEAR'S ELECTION. ISRAELI TROOPS HAVE LAUNCHED ANOTHER MILITARY OPERATION ON THE BIGGEST HOSPITAL IN GAZA ` AL SHIFA. THE BBC'S ANNA FOSTER REPORTS. (GUNSHOTS BLAST) GUNFIRE RINGS OUT IN THE STREET NEAR GAZA'S BIGGEST HOSPITAL. INSIDE IT, MEDICS ARE STILL WORKING, AND PATIENTS ARE STILL BEING TREATED. ISRAEL CALLED ITS OPERATION A TARGETED MISSION, SAYING IT USED CAUTION AND CARE. HAMAS ACCUSED ISRAEL OF ACTING AGAINST ALL INTERNATIONAL LAWS. WE KNOW THAT SENIOR HUM US TERRORISTS HAVE REGROUPED INSIDE THE HOSPITAL AND ARE USING IT TO COMMAND ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAEL. THE ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCES RELEASED THESE PICTURES, SAYING THEY SHOW ITS TROOPS UNDER FIRE. IT'S A SHORT CLIP WHICH DOESN'T CONFIRM THE TIME OR SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. INTERNATIONAL MEDICS WHO'VE WORKED IN GAZA SAY THEIR COLLEAGUES NEED TO BE PROTECTED. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE IDF HAVE PROVIDED ANY CREDIBLE EVIDENCE SINCE OCTOBER THE 7TH, AND INDEED BEFORE THEN, THAT THESE HOSPITALS WERE BEING USED AS A HAMAS COMMAND CENTRES. TALKS ON A HUMANITARIAN CEASE FIRE IN GAZA ARE DUE TO RESUME TODAY. BUT AGAINST THAT BACKDROP, A MILITARY GROUND OFFENSIVE IN GAZA'S SOUTHERN CITY OF RAFAH IS STILL LOOMING. DONALD TRUMP'S LAWYERS SAY HE CAN'T PAY THE $740 MILLION FINE HE INCURRED FOR INFLATING THE VALUE OF HIS ASSETS. TRUMP LOST THE CIVIL FRAUD CASE, AND IN ORDER TO APPEAL, NEEDS TO STUMP UP THE MONEY AS A BOND WHICH WILL BE HELD IN TRUST WHILE THE CASE PROCEEDS. HIS LAWYERS SAY HE HAS APPROACHED 30 INSURANCE COMPANIES TO UNDERWRITE THE BILL, BUT NONE WOULD DO SO, MAKING THE FINE A 'PRACTICAL IMPOSSIBILITY'. THE BOND IS DUE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. OTHERWISE, IT'S POSSIBLE HIS ASSETS, INCLUDING TRUMP TOWER, COULD BE SEIZED. MALAYSIA'S PITCHING A 'DOWNSIZED' COMMONWEALTH GAMES IF IT'S TO STEP IN TO HOST THE EVENT. THE 2026 GAMES HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A HOST SINCE THE AUSTRALIAN STATE OF VICTORIA PULLED OUT LAST YEAR, CITING A BUDGET BLOWOUT. COST IS ALSO A CONCERN FOR MALAYSIA, WHICH HAS PROPOSED USING HOTELS TO HOUSE ATHLETES AND OFFICIALS AND USING EXISTING STADIUMS, AMONG OTHER MONEY SAVING MEASURES. WE ALSO FEEL THAT THIS CAN BE A DOWNSIZED GAMES. FOR EXAMPLE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE 15 SPOTS, IT CAN BE 10 SPOTS, AND THEN WE HAVE A SMALLER OPENING AND A SMALLER CLOSING. MALAYSIA LAST HOSTED THE GAMES IN KUALA LUMPUR IN 1998. AFTER MUCH SPECULATION, SECRETIVE STREET ARTIST BANKSY HAS CONFIRMED A GIANT WORK ON A LONDON WALL IS ONE OF HIS WORKS. HERE'S THE BBC'S ELLIE PRICE. WHEN BANKSY COMES TO TOWN, SO DOES EVERYONE ELSE. A TREAT FOR THE LOCALS WHO JUST HAPPEN TO BE PASSING. I THINK IT'S AMAZING, HONESTLY. WE WERE JUST OUT ON A LITTLE MORNING WALK AND HAPPENED TO STUMBLE ACROSS IT. LOCALS TOLD US THE WALL GOT ITS MAKEOVER IN THE EARLY HOURS OF YESTERDAY MORNING, THE GREEN BEING TAKEN AS A STATEMENT ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE WITHOUT THE TREE. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY BIG THING BECAUSE OF ITS SCALE AND THE CLARITY OF THE MESSAGE, AND THE FACT THAT IT EXISTS IN THIS BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN A REALLY CLEVER AND SMART WAY. THE LAST TIME ANYONE FOUND A NEW BANKSY, THIS ONE IN SOUTH LONDON, IT WAS REMOVED IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. CONFIRMATION THIS WORK, WHICH DOESN'T HAVE A NAME YET, IS THE REAL DEAL WILL ONLY ATTRACT MORE VISITORS, AND AT 30 FOOT HIGH WITH A BIG TREE IN FRONT ON IT, IT'S HOPEFULLY NOT GOING ANYWHERE SOON. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` THERE'LL BE BLUE SKIES ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SOME FRESH SOUTHEASTERLIES HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. A HIGH OF 23 TODAY IN KAITAIA. 21 IN AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. A NICE FINE DAY FOR YOU ALL, APART FROM SOME EARLY CLOUD IN HAMILTON. SOUTHEASTERLIES DEVELOPING AFTER MIDDAY. TAURANGA, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 21. AND 15 FOR TAUPO. TO THE EAST COAST ` PACK YOUR BROLLY AS YOU HEAD OUT. FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING FOR ALL OF YOU. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 18 THE HIGH IN NAPIER. AND 17 IN GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG SUNSHINE FOR THOSE NORTH OF THE REGION. FURTHER SOUTH ` CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SOME SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN WELLINGTON. YOUR HIGH IS 14 DEGREES. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` CLOUDY START FOR THOSE IN KAIKOURA AND BLENHEIM. HOWEVER, IT'LL BE A FINE DAY FOR THE REST OF YOU... SOME NORTHEASTERLIES IN NELSON WITH A HIGH OF 19. 19 ON THE WEST COAST AS WELL. HEADING SOUTH ` BIT OF CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, THIS WILL CLEAR TO BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. CHRISTCHURCH, 15. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` APART FROM SOME MORNING CLOUD FOR THOSE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REGION, THERE'LL BE SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. LIGHT WINDS THIS AFTERNOON IN QUEENSTOWN, WITH A HIGH OF 18. AND FOR MILFORD SOUND AND DUNEDIN, YOU ARE ALSO SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 14. I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE WRITTEN INTO LETTING GO, BUT I CAN'T ` THE PRINCESS OF WALES HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN SPOTTED OUT IN PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HER ABDOMINAL SURGERY. THE SIGHTING COULD SIGNAL AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD IN HER RECOVERY AMID INTENSE SPECULATION OVER HER HEALTH AND HER WHEREABOUTS. FOR MORE, OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON IS OUTSIDE KENSINGTON PALACE IN LONDON. MEI, REPORTS ARE REASSURING BUT NO PICTURES. WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PRINCESS? WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PRINCESS? IF I HAD A POUND OR A DOLLAR FOR EVERY TIME SOMEONE ASKED ME THAT, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO AFFORD AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO PHOTOSHOP. JOKES ASIDE, I THINK THERE IS A REAL INTENSE QUESTION ABOUT WHERE IS KATE MIDDLETON. WHERE IS PRINCESS CATHERINE? IT IS ALL OVER THE FRONT PAPERS AND MAGAZINES. PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHERE SHE IS. LIKE YOU SAY, THERE IS A SIGHTING THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED. PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED SEEING HER OUT AND ABOUT. BUT THERE ARE NO PHOTOS. LIKE YOU AND ANNA WERE TALKING ABOUT JUST BEFORE, THE REAL PROBLEM THEY HAVE IS EVEN IF THERE WERE PHOTOS, WILL PEOPLE BELIEVE THOSE PHOTOS AFTER THE RECENT PHOTOSHOP SAGA? IF THEY ISSUE A STATEMENT, WILL PEOPLE BELIEVE IT? THERE SEEMS TO BE A REAL TRUST ISSUE HERE. NO DOUBT, IT IS A TOPIC EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT HERE. I ASKED A FEW PEOPLE WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS WERE ON IT HERE. I'M SURE, SHE HAD THIS MAJOR SURGERY. SHE'S RECOVERING. YOU NEVER KNOW. IT COULD BE SOMETHING DARK OR MYSTERIOUS OR ILLNESS. WE'LL SEE. I THINK THEY NEED PRIVACY, AND WE SHOULD GIVE THEM PRIVACY. I THINK IT'S NONSENSE. SHE NEEDS TO BE RESPECTED, AND SHE NEEDS TO BE ALLOWED TO RECUPERATE IN HER OWN WAY. I REALLY THINK THAT IT'S JUST CRAZY IDEAS, AND SHE'S LIKE, 'TAKE IT EASY, GUYS'. WHAT ARE THE CRAZY RUMOURS THAT YOU'VE HEARD SO FAR ABOUT IT? WELL, THAT THEY'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THEIR MASSAGE. WELL, THAT THEY'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THEIR MARRIAGE.* ALL SILLY. I DON'T BELIEVE THEM, REALLY. IT DOES SEEM LIKE EVERY DAY, THERE IS ANOTHER CRAZY RUMOUR. I WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND BEFORE WHO HEARD THAT SHE HAD CUT SOME BANGS AND THEY TURNED OUT SO TERRIBLY THAT SHE WAS WAITING FOR THEM TO GROW OUT. AS MUCH AS THIS IS SO RIDICULOUS, IT IS WORTH REMEMBERING THE ORIGIN OF ALL OF THIS WHICH IS THE FACT THAT SHE HAD MAJOR SURGERY, THAT THIS WAS INITIALLY A MAJOR HEALTH ISSUE FOR HER. IT HAS REALLY BEEN OVERRUN BY CONSPIRACY THEORIES. GIVEN THESE THEORIES, DO YOU THINK IT WILL HELP OR HINDER SPECULATION ON HER WHEREABOUTS? HOW BIG OF A PROBLEM IS THIS FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY? IT IS A REAL MAJOR PROBLEM FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY IN THE SENSE THAT IT IS HARD TO KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT THING TO DO HERE IS. IF KENSINGTON PALACE BRING HER OUT INTO PUBLIC WELL BEFORE SHE IS READY, IT DOES FEEL LIKE THEY ARE GIVING INTO PUBLIC PRESSURE, GIVING INTO THE SPECULATION. IT'S IT'S QUITE A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT THAT BASICALLY IF ANYONE SPECULATES ABOUT ANYTHING, IF THE PUBLIC AND MEDIA PUT ENOUGH PRESSURE, THEY WILL FOLD. DON'T FORGET, WHEN THEY FIRST ANNOUNCED THIS ABDOMINAL SURGERY, THEY ANNOUNCED THAT THE RECOVERY WILL BE LONG ENOUGH THAT SHE WON'T BE SEEN IN PUBLIC UNTIL AFTER EASTER. THAT IS STILL ABOUT A MONTH AWAY. THAT IS A LONG TIME HERE. THAT IS THE ISSUE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE ` THE ISSUE OF TRUST AND THE FACT THAT KENSINGTON PALACE, THE ROYAL FAMILY, THAT KIND OF STUCK BETWEEN TWO WORLDS. THE PREVIOUS WORLDS OF PRIVACY. THE ROYAL FAMILY WERE REALLY PRIVATE ABOUT THEIR HEALTH. DON'T FORGET, THE QUEEN WAS INTENSELY PRIVATE ABOUT HER HEALTH SITUATION. I THINK HER CAUSE OF DEATH IS STILL LISTED AS OLD AGE. THAT IS HOW THEY OPERATED BACK THEN. NOW, HOWEVER, PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING MUCH MORE INFORMATION AND QUICKER INFORMATION, AND THE ROYAL FAMILY IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BALANCE THAT. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT NEXT? WE KNOW THAT SHE WILL PROBABLY BE SEEN IN PUBLIC AFTER EASTER. I THINK THE DATE IS 17 APRIL. THE PROBLEM IS THAT SHE WILL BE SCRUTINISED RIGHT UP UNTIL THEN. AND EVEN WHEN SHE MAKES HER FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE, ALL THE BODY LANGUAGE EXPERTS WILL BE OUT, LOOKING AT HOW SHE IS INTERACTING WITH PRINCE WILLIAM AND THE PUBLIC. PRINCE WILLIAM WILL ALSO BE MAKING PUBLIC APPEARANCES BETWEEN THEN AND NOW. THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS ABOUT HER HEALTH AND HOW HE ANSWERS. I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THEM NOT DISCUSSING HEALTH IN PUBLIC, BUT KING CHARLES HAS TALKED ABOUT HIS HEALTH ISSUES. DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON HIM? THE BUCKINGHAM PALACE WERE FORCED TO MAKE A STATEMENT TODAY AFTER RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA HAD SAID THAT THE KING HAD DIED. IN FACT, THEY SAID THE KING HAD NOT DIED, THAT HE IS STILL IN GOOD HEALTH AND RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR CANCER. WITH BOTH THE KING AND PRINCESS CATHERINE BOTH OUT OF CIRCULATION, I THINK THERE IS A REAL APPETITE FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THE ROYALS, THE ROYAL FAMILY, AND ACTION. WITH THOSE TWO NAMES NOT BEING PRESENT, I THINK THAT IS WHERE THOSE RUMOURS ARE BEING CREATED. DO YOU THINK IT SOME POINT, WHEN OR IF WE SEE KATE, DO YOU THINK SHE WILL TALK ABOUT HER HEALTH ISSUES? THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OUT THAT THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY AT SUNDAY FOR HER TO TALK ABOUT HER HEALTH ISSUE. IF THIS IS AN INTENSELY PRIVATE MEDICAL ISSUE FOR HER, IF THIS IS SOMETHING TO DO WITH WOMEN'S HEALTH, FOR INSTANCE, SHE WILL WANT TO USE A CERTAIN PLATFORM, I IMAGINE, TO TALK ABOUT THOSE ISSUES AND BRING AWARENESS TO STOP I CAN'T IMAGINE A SIMPLE STATEMENT WILL BE ENOUGH FOR HER OR A SIMPLE PHOTO OR AN INSTAGRAM POST. YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT, GIVEN ALL THEIR WORK THROUGH DIFFERENT CHARITIES, THEY MIGHT USE A VERY PUBLIC PLATFORM OR A PUBLIC SPEECH TO BE ABLE TO BRING AWARENESS TO WHATEVER SHE DESIRES TO TALK ABOUT. SO I THINK WE CAN EXPECT, AND IT HAS BEEN REPORTED HERE THAT WE CAN EXPECT MORE DETAILS FROM THE PRINCESS HERSELF IN COMING MONTHS. THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. DID THAT ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS, DANIEL? NO. I COME TO WORK WITH THESE THEORIES, AND I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU ALL, BUT YOU ROLL YOUR EYES. I THINK THERE IS MORE TO THIS. I AM IN THIS TERRIBLE SITUATION WHERE I AM DESPERATE TO KNOW, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DON'T WANT ME TO KNOW. THERE IS THAT PHOTO, AND NOW THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE OTHER PHOTO. THE QUEEN IS SITTING WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN. HERE SHE IS, REPORTEDLY BEING SIGHTED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, BUT NO ONE HAS SNAPPED A PHOTO. IT IS ALSO THE POSITION THEY HOLD IN SOCIETY. PEOPLE JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW SHE IS DOING. IT SEEMS REALLY ODD. NO ONE IS GOING TO TELL YOU ANYTIME SOON. DANIEL WELL. THIS PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE PLAYED OUT THIS WAY IF THEY HADN'T MUCKED AROUND WITH THAT PHOTO IN THE FIRST PLACE. EVERYONE SAYS, WHO CARES, IT IS THEIR PHOTO. YOU SHOULD CARE. IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A MOMENT IN TIME IN HISTORY WITH HISTORICAL FIGURES. YOU SHOULD CARE THAT IT WAS DOCTORED. BEFORE THE PHOTO WENT OUT, THERE WAS SPECULATION, WASN'T THERE? IT WASN'T AS RAMPANT, THOUGH, AS DANIEL. WHETHER YOU ARE A ROYAL WATCHER OR NOT, EVERYONE... THAT NOT GIVING UP THEIR TITLES. DON'T GIVE PEOPLE TITLES* SHE IS RECOVERING, DANIEL. LEAVE IT AT THAT. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE SINGLES TAX, DOES BEING ON YOUR OWN END UP COSTING SO MUCH MORE? WHEN DELVE INTO THE PRICE OF BEING SOLO. I YOU IMPLYING THAT THAT IS WILLIAM AT THE MOMENT? # WILL NEVER BE ROYALS. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. DO SINGLES END UP PAYING MORE THAN COUPLES? SOMETIMES IT CAN CERTAINLY FEEL THAT WAY. BE IT DINNER OUT, SPLITTING HOLIDAY EXPENSES OR BUYING BIRTHDAY PRESENTS, SOMETIMES THE SPLIT CAN FEEL MORE COSTLY IF YOU'RE SOLO. IN SOME PLACES YOU CAN END UP MISSING OUT ON TAX ADVANTAGES IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF A COUPLE. SO HOW CAN YOU BEST DEAL WITH THAT SINGLE STATUS FINANCIALLY? HERE TO DISCUSS FROM THE FINANCIAL PLATFORM 'THE CURVE' IS SOPHIE HALLWRIGHT. SOPHIE, GOOD MORNING. I THINK, IS IT STILL MORNING FOR YOU OVER IN THE UK? BEING SINGLE SOUNDS LIKE IT SUCKS NOW, NOT JUST SOCIALLY, BUT ALSO IN THE BACK POCKET. I THINK OTHERS ARE STARTING TO WAKE UP TO IT STOP I WENT TO SEE A HOUSE THE OTHER DAY, AND A MARRIED COUPLE IS LIVING THERE, THEY'RE DOING IT FOR FINANCIAL REASONS, BUT THEY SPLIT IT BASED ON FINANCIAL UNIT. THEY USED TO DO IT BY ROOM. NOW IT IS ROOM IN THE FRIDGE AND A SEAT ON THE COUCH. PEOPLE ARE BECOMING A BIT MORE AWARE, BUT IF IT DOESN'T AFFECT YOU, YOU ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO CARE AS MUCH A STOP THAT SOUNDS LIKE A VERY CLINICAL APPROACH. CAN YOU GIVE US EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SMUGLY COUPLED UP AND THINKING, LIKE DANIEL HERE, DOESN'T REALLY COST THAT MUCH? I THINK, HONESTLY, THERE IS THE OBVIOUS STUFF LIKE RENT AND BILLS AND POWER. OF COURSE YOU SPLIT THAT. BUT I WOULD SAY THE BIGGEST TOLL FOR ME IS THE SOCIAL SIDE OF THINGS ` SPLITTING DINNERS. THE AMOUNT OF HOLIDAYS I HAVE BEEN ON WITH GIRLFRIENDS, COUPLES, WHERE I AM THE ONLY SINGLE PERSON. YOU PAY THE SAME AMOUNT. WHEN YOU ARE ON THE FOLDOUT COUCH AND EVERYONE IS IN THEIR GORGEOUS KING-SIZE ROOM. I DON'T THINK YOU REALISE WHEN YOU ARE A UNIT, JUST BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE AREN'T UNITS. YOU END UP PAYING DOUBLE. YOU DRAW THE SHORT STRAW, ENDING UP ON THE COUCH. IT HAPPENS MORE THAN YOU WOULD BELIEVE. WHY YOU FRIENDS OF THESE PEOPLE? IT IS JUST SMALL THINGS I WAS THINKING BEFORE, LIKE TAKING A BOTTLE OF WINE TO A FRIENDS HOUSE. IF YOU ARE A COUPLE, ONE PERSON WOULD BUY IT ONE WEEK AND NEXT IT WOULD BE YOUR PARTNER. WHEN IT IS ALWAYS ON YOU, PETROL, EVERYTHING IS A FIXED COST FOR YOU AND ONLY YOU. I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH YOU BEFORE ABOUT HOW TO HAVE AWKWARD CONVERSATIONS. IS THIS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HAVING TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE AWKWARD CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR FRIENDS? I WOULD SAY SO. IT DEPENDS HOW COMFORTABLE YOU ARE. IF YOU ARE AND A RENT SITUATION OR PAYING A MORTGAGE, AND IT IS SOMETHING PEOPLE, SPECIALLY IN THE UK, ARE TALKING ABOUT. YOU GO TO A HOUSE VIEWING AND ASK, HOW DOES EVERYONE SPLIT THE BILLS? IT IS SOMETHING PEOPLE TALK ABOUT. ESPECIALLY WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME. PEOPLE DIDN'T USED TO TALK ABOUT IT. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER SINCE THE UNIVERSITY DAYS GO, HOLD ON THE SECOND STOP I NOTICE YOU ARE USING TERMITE UNIT OR PER ROOM. IS THAT THE WAY TO DO IT? PROJECTED ONTO AN INANIMATE OBJECT AS A WAY TO MAKE IT FAIRER, RATHER THAN SAYING, YOU GUYS ARE A TWO AND I AM A ONE? FAIRE RATHER THAN SAYING, YOU GUYS ARE A TWO AND I AM A 18 BEEN IN AWKWARD SITUATIONS BEFORE. LAST YEAR I LIVED WITH A SINGLE COUPLE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE AWKWARD SITUATION. MANY PEOPLE REALISE THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS TO SPLIT IT PER PERSON. DINNER, HOLIDAYS, EVEN CHRISTMAS. THINK ABOUT IF YOU ARE AND A COUPLE, AND IT IS ALL OF THEIR IN-LAWS AND THE COUSINS YOU HAVE TO BUY FOR. EVERYTHING IS MORE EXPENSIVE, BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED. SO I THINK IN TERMS OF HAVING THE CONVERSATION, IT IS PROBABLY JUST AS SIMPLE AS BEING AWKWARD THE FIRST TIME YOU SAY IT. LIKE, HEY, CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE WAY THAT RENT OR BILLS... OR AT THE START OF THE MEAL IF YOU ARE FEELING ANXIOUS ABOUT THE FACT THAT ` THIS IS QUITE SEXIST, BUT A LOT OF THE TIME THE GUYS WILL GET UP AND PAY ` AND YOU HAVE TO SAY, HEY, LET'S PAY FOR OUR FOOD & DRINK SEPARATELY. YOU HAVE TO BE BRAVE AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION, OTHERWISE IT LITERALLY COST YOU. CHRISTMAS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ANYWAY, BECAUSE IT GETS RAMPANTLY OUT OF CONTROL QUITE QUICKLY. IT IS FAIRER FOR EVERYONE. FINALLY, TO USE ANYTHING LIKE SPLITWISE? IN TERMS OF GROUP HOLIDAYS, MAY BUSINESS PARTNER AND I OBVIOUSLY HAVING A FINANCIAL PLATFORM ` YOU GO ON DATES AND ON HOLIDAY, AND EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE FINANCIAL CONVERSATION WILL BE ON THE TABLE. WE USE AN APP LIKE THAT FOR REALLY SIMPLE STUFF TOO. THE OTHER THING IS WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT STUFF LIKE SPLITTING TOILET PAPER, WHICH CAN FEEL REALLY INSIGNIFICANT. BUT I JUST THINK THAT IF EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE, EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS. IT IS A REALLY TOUGH TIME OUT THERE FOR A LOT OF US. HOPEFULLY IT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN WEAVE INTO A HOLIDAY OR YOUR HEALTH ENVIRONMENT FOR SURE. HOUSE* ENVIRONMENT IS AT OK, THEN, TO TURN UP WITH HALF A BOTTLE OF WINE IF IT IS JUST YOU? NO. THAT IS NOT THE MESSAGE. IT DOESN'T GO DOWN IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF A COUPLE. JUST STAY AT HOME. DRINK HALF. TAKE HALF TO YOUR MATES PLACE. THEY ARE THE GUESTS THAT ANNOY ME. YOU INVITE THEM TO YOUR HOUSE, THEY OPEN THE WINE, DRINK IT, AND THEN THEY GO HOME. THAT IS A BIG NO-NO. PEOPLE DO IT. DO THEY? NOBODY ELSE'S RANKING IT, SO I AM TAKING A HOME. YOU KNOW WHY EVERYONE ELSE ISN'T DRINKING IT ` YOU ARE TOO BUSY DRINKING IT. IF YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT'S KIND OF BEEN POURING OUT OF THAT THING... I'M TAKING IT WITH ME, THANKS. WOW. YOU WON'T BE GETTING ANOTHER INVITE. DANIEL WON'T BE INVITING YOU ANYTIME SOON. I DON'T DRINK WINE. IT'S FINE. I MISS DRINKING WINE. 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. YOU HAVEN'T GOT LONG TO GO. I KNOW. I'M GOING TO HAVE WINE BEDSIDE. # YOU BETTER GET THIS PARTY STARTED. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WE GOT TALKING ABOUT IF YOU TAKE SOMETHING TO SOMEONE'S HOME WHETHER YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE IT BACK. I SAID FOR WINE, I CAN TAKE IT HOME. WHAT IF I TURN UP WITH A SIXPACK OF SODA WATER AND CHIPS AND THE HOST ALREADY HAS CHIPS. CAN I TAKE THE CHIPS HOME? A BOTTLE OF SODA WATER AND A PACKET OF CHIPS. NO, YOU LEAVE IT. SCROOGE. THE HOST IS HOSTING YOU, PROVIDING YOU WITH A MEAL AND COMPANY. YOU DO NOT SAY, CAN I TAKE MY STUFF BACK. YOU JUST TAKE IT BACK. LORD ALMIGHTY. WE GOING TO CHRIS, HE HAS NEWS. WE WILL HAVE ETIQUETTE LESSONS AFTERWARDS. THERE'S BEEN NO HONEYMOON PERIOD FOR THE NATIONAL-LED GOVERNMENT, SAYS ONE POLITICAL COMMENTATOR AFTER NEW RESEARCH. IN THE LATEST IPSOS ISSUES MONITOR, THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT WAS RATED 4.6 OUT OF 10. JUST BEFORE LAST YEAR'S ELECTION, THE PREVIOUS LABOUR GOVERNMENT HAD A 4.7 RATING. WHEN THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT CAME INTO OFFICE, IT FELL STRAIGHT INTO CONTROVERSIES, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE TREATY, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE PROPOSITION OF A PRINCIPLES OF THE TREATY BILL BY THE ACT PARTY, AND ALSO SOME COALITION SHENANIGANS FROM BOTH PETERS AND SEYMOUR. THE SURVEY ALSO IDENTIFIED COST OF LIVING AS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN FOR PEOPLE, FOLLOWED BY HEALTHCARE, HOUSING AND CRIME. ISRAELI TROOPS HAVE LAUNCHED ANOTHER MILITARY OPERATION ON THE BIGGEST HOSPITAL IN GAZA ` AL SHIFA. THE BBC'S ANNA FOSTER REPORTS. (GUNSHOTS BLAST) GUNFIRE RINGS OUT IN THE STREET NEAR GAZA'S BIGGEST HOSPITAL. INSIDE IT, MEDICS ARE STILL WORKING, AND PATIENTS ARE STILL BEING TREATED. ISRAEL CALLED ITS OPERATION A TARGETED MISSION, SAYING IT USED CAUTION AND CARE. HAMAS ACCUSED ISRAEL OF ACTING AGAINST ALL INTERNATIONAL LAWS. WE KNOW THAT SENIOR HAMAS TERRORISTS HAVE REGROUPED INSIDE THE SHIFA HOSPITAL AND ARE USING IT TO COMMAND ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAEL. THE ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCES RELEASED THESE PICTURES, SAYING THEY SHOW ITS TROOPS UNDER FIRE. IT'S A SHORT CLIP WHICH DOESN'T CONFIRM THE TIME OR SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. INTERNATIONAL MEDICS WHO'VE WORKED IN GAZA SAY THEIR COLLEAGUES NEED TO BE PROTECTED. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE IDF HAVE PROVIDED ANY CREDIBLE EVIDENCE SINCE OCTOBER THE 7TH, AND INDEED BEFORE THEN, THAT THESE HOSPITALS WERE BEING USED AS A HAMAS COMMAND CENTRES. TALKS ON A HUMANITARIAN CEASE FIRE IN GAZA ARE DUE TO RESUME TODAY. BUT AGAINST THAT BACKDROP, A MILITARY GROUND OFFENSIVE IN GAZA'S SOUTHERN CITY OF RAFAH IS STILL LOOMING. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE CELEBRATING IN THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL AFTER VLADIMIR PUTIN'S LANDSLIDE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WIN. PRESIDENT PUTIN WAS HANDED A FIFTH TERM, SECURING 87% OF THE VOTE. HE THANKED THE CROWD FOR THEIR SUPPORT, DESPITE FACING NO REAL OPPOSITION, WITH SERIOUS CHALLENGERS UNABLE TO STAND FOR ELECTION. TODAY'S RALLY IN MOSCOW MARKS TEN YEARS SINCE RUSSIA ILLEGALLY ANNEXED CRIMEA. ALLEGED SIGHTINGS OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES HAVE DONE NOTHING TO QUASH SPECULATION ABOUT HER WELLBEING. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON SAYS THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES ARE ONLY GATHERING STEAM. THIS DOES FEEL LIKE EVERY DAY THERE IS ANOTHER CRAZY RUMOUR. I WAS JUST TALKING TO SOMEONE BEFORE, AND SHE SAID SHE HEARD THAT THE PRINCESS HAD CUT SOME BANGS AND SHE WAS WAITING FOR THEM TO GROW OUT. AS MUCH AS THIS IS RIDICULOUS, IT IS WORTH A MEMBER IN THE ORIGIN OF ALL OF THIS WHICH IS THAT SHE HAD MAJOR SURGERY. THIS WAS A MAJOR HEALTH ISSUE FOR PRINCESS CATHERINE WHICH WAS OVERRUN BY CONSPIRACY THEORIES. ORGANISERS FOR THE 2032 OLYMPICS IN BRISBANE HAVE SCRAPPED PLANS TO DEMOLISH AND REBUILD THE GABBA CRICKET GROUND, BUT REJECTED A RAFT OF RECOMMENDATIONS AIMED AT KEEPING THE COST OF THE GAMES DOWN. THE REVIEW OF THE CITY'S OLYMPIC PLANS WAS LAUNCHED AFTER THE COST OF REDEVELOPING THE GABBA TRIPLED. IT RECOMMENDED BUILDING A NEW $3.6b STADIUM IN THE CITY, BUT QUEENSLAND'S STATE PREMIER SAYS THAT COST IS TOO HIGH. INSTEAD, SUNCORP STADIUM WILL BE REDEVELOPED TO HOST THE OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONIES, ALONG WITH SCALED DOWN PLANS FOR THE GABBA. NOTTINGHAM FOREST HAVE BEEN PLUNGED INTO THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE'S RELEGATION ZONE AFTER BEING DOCKED POINTS FOR FINANCIAL BREACHES. FOREST, THE CURRENT HOME OF ALL WHITES STRIKER CHRIS WOOD, HAVE BEEN PENALISED FOR BREAKING THE LEAGUE'S PROFITABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY RULES, GOING OVER THE THRESHOLD BY $72m. THE CLUB'S ADMITTED THE BREACH BUT IS EXPECTED TO APPEAL THE PUNISHMENT. THE FOUR-POINT DEDUCTION DROPS THEM TO 18TH ON THE TABLE. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` THERE'LL BE BLUE SKIES ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SOME FRESH SOUTHEASTERLIES HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. A HIGH OF 23 TODAY IN KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. A NICE FINE DAY FOR YOU ALL, APART FROM SOME EARLY CLOUD IN HAMILTON. SOUTHEASTERLIES DEVELOPING AFTER MIDDAY. TAURANGA, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 21. 20 DEGREES FOR WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` PACK YOUR BROLLY AS YOU HEAD OUT. FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING FOR ALL OF YOU. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 18 THE HIGH IN NAPIER. 15 FOR MASTERTON. OVER TO THE WEST ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG SUNSHINE FOR THOSE NORTH OF THE REGION. FURTHER SOUTH ` CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SOME SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN WELLINGTON. AND A HIGH OF 14. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` CLOUDY START FOR THOSE IN KAIKOURA AND BLENHEIM. HOWEVER, IT'LL BE A FINE DAY FOR THE REST OF YOU. SOME NORTHEASTERLIES IN NELSON WITH A HIGH OF 19. HEADING SOUTH ` BIT OF CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, THIS WILL CLEAR TO BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. CHRISTCHURCH, 15. 14 FOR ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` APART FROM SOME MORNING CLOUD FOR THOSE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REGION, THERE'LL BE SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. LIGHT WINDS THIS AFTERNOON IN QUEENSTOWN, WITH A HIGH OF 18. THANKS, CHRIS. WE HAVE YOU TALKING THIS MORNING. ONE MENTION OF A DISABILITY CAR PARK AND EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. WE HAVE ALL SEEN IT, AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE NOT DONE IT. THAT HAS BEEN SPARKED BY THE FACT THAT THERE IS A NEW ZEALAND RAPPER. HE PARKED AS LAMBORGHINI. THAT DOES MAKE IT MORE OFFENSIVE. NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE. ONCE IN TAUPO, THEN AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE. HE'S DEFINITELY DONE AT MORE THAN TWICE, HE'S JUST BEEN CAUGHT TWICE BECAUSE IT'S A VERY DISTINCT CAR. MANY OF YOU ARE EITHER SAYING THE ABUSE THAT COMES YOUR WAY BY ASKING SOMEONE TO MOVE OR WHY THEY ARE PARKED THERE AND SECONDLY, WE DO YOU GO TO TO GET SOME BACKUP ON THIS? WHO ARE ENFORCING PEOPLE THAT ARE PARKED IN MOBILITY CAR PARKS THAT DO NOT HAVE A PERMIT? THEREIN LIES A MASSIVE ISSUE. WHAT ANNOYS ME IS PEOPLE SAY, I WILL JUST BE A SECOND. THIS HAPPENED THE OTHER DAY, WE HAVE A PHOTO OF IT. THIS GUY PARKED IN A SPOT. YOU CAN SEE AS INDICATOR LIGHTS ARE ON. HE PUT THEM ON AS HE JUMPED OUT AND TURNED HIS CAR OFF. JUST WAIT FOR ME TO COME BACK. YOU TRY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I THOUGHT, THAT IS SURELY A COUNCIL CAR PARK, BUT I COULD NOT FOUND IN AUCKLAND COUNCIL EMAIL ADDRESS. I EMAILED CCS WHO ADMINISTERED THE PROGRAM IN AUCKLAND. THEY SAID, ISN'T THAT ANNOYING? CONTACT THE COUNCIL. WHO? IT DEPENDS ON WHO OWNS THE CAR PARK. IF YOU PARKED A PACK AND SAVE, THEN YOU GO INSIDE. ONE OF YOU WROTE IN TO SAY THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED. YOU WENT ON TO TELL STAFF THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED BUT NOBODY IS WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. THEY SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE STAFF TO GO OUT. ANDY, I USED TO BE A SECURITY GUARD. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING, WE'LL JUST MENTION IT TO THE PERSON AND HOPE THEY GET THE MESSAGE. I WOULD GET THE ABUSE AND POTENTIAL VIOLENCE, SO IT WAS NOT WORTH IT. I WOULD HOPE SUPERMARKETS WILL BE ABLE TO GO ON THE PA SYSTEM AND ANNOUNCED THAT THERE IS A CARD WITH THE LICENSE PLATE PARKING AND DISABILITY SPOT. I DON'T THINK IT IS A REAL DETERRENCE. WHO WAS GIVING UP THE TICKETS? IT IS NOT BEING POLICED. HUNDRED AND $50 IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE DRIVING A LAMBORGHINI OR TESLA. THEY THINK THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO PARK IN A DISABILITY PARK. KEEP YOUR FEEDBACK COMING IN. ME U TONU MAI ` EVICTING KAINGA ORA TENANTS OVER ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR. HOUSING ADVOCATES TALK ABOUT WHAT MAKING IT EASIER WILL MEAN. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. KAINGA ORA TENANTS CAN EXPECT A TOUGHER APPROACH TO EVICTIONS IF THEY ENGAGE IN ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OR GET BEHIND ON RENT. HOUSING MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP SAYS KAINGA ORA HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO END 'SUSTAINING TENANCIES FRAMEWORK' AND TAKE STRONGER MEASURES AGAINST PERSISTENT ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR. FOR WHAT THIS MIGHT MEAN FOR TENANTS, WE'RE JOINED BY BROOKE PAO STANLEY FROM AUCKLAND ACTION AGAINST POVERTY. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON THE PROGRAM THIS MORNING. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT? MY INITIAL REACTION WAS THAT THIS IS A CALLOUS CALL THAT CONTINUES TO PUNISH PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR, AS IF POVERTY IS NOT THE FOUNDATION FOR WHICH THE SYSTEM IS BUILT. WE NEED MORE PUBLIC HOUSING AND WE NEED MORE HOLISTIC SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE AND FAMILIES LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING. I GUESS THAT WAS THE POINT OF THE SUSTAINABLE TENANCIES FRAMEWORK, IT WAS A HOLISTIC APPROACH AND IDENTIFY THOSE TENANTS THAT MIGHT FAIL, AND PUTTING SOME WRAPAROUND SERVICES AROUND THEM. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT FRAMEWORK? DID IT JUST NOT WORK? I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT IS NOT JUST PEOPLE IN KO HOUSING THAT EXHIBIT ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR. THAT IS A RESPONSE TO THE TRAUMA OF POVERTY. I THINK WHAT WE TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF HOLISTIC RESPONSES ARE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE GROUNDED IN LOVE AND CARE FOR PEOPLE. WE ARE ALWAYS PUSHING FOR LIVABLE INCOMES TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO THRIVE, AND MORE SERVICES LIKE HEALTHCARE, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, EDUCATION ARE FREE AND UNIVERSAL. THEY GO BACK TO THE TENANCY FRAMEWORK, CHRIS BISHOP ANNOUNCED THERE ARE NO INCENTIVES FOR TENANTS TO IMPROVE OR STOP DELIBERATELY DAMAGING THEIR TAXPAYER HOUSE. WHAT ABOUT THE LANDLORDS? WHAT ABOUT THE NEIGHBOURS WHO HAVE COMPLAINED? WE ARE TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS ONLY SOME TENANTS, NOT ALL. A SMALL MINORITY, ACTUALLY. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT IS NOT JUST TENANTS IN KO HOUSING. THIS IS A VARIED HUMAN RESPONSE TO THE TRAUMA OF POVERTY. I THINK PEOPLE CAN DO IS TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBOURS. I KNOW I CAN SEEM IN TERMINATING PEOPLE CAN FEEL CERTAIN WAYS, BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO BUILD CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY. WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE WAITING ON THE SOCIAL HOUSING LIST HER BEEN WAITING FOR MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS TO FIND A HOME AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL IN THOSE HOMES WHO HAVE UNRULY BEHAVIOUR AS THE GOVERNMENT DESCRIBED. DON'T THOSE PEOPLE ON THE LIST DESERVE A HOME IF THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT LOOKING AFTER IT? FOR SURE, BUT WE NEED TO RENDER THAT HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO WORK WITH THESE FAMILIES THAT ARE IN KO THAT EXHIBIT ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR. WE NEED MORE PUBLIC HOUSING AND HOLISTIC SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE AND FAMILIES AND PUBLIC HOUSING. WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO ARE MOVED ON? IF YOU ARE TAKING SOMEONE OUT OF THESE HOMES, WHERE DO THEY GO TO FROM HERE? OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE GOING TO BE MORE EVICTIONS, POTENTIALLY, SO WHERE DO THEY GO? WE DO NOT KNOW IF THERE ARE CHILDREN INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE FAMILIES OR INSIDE OF THESE HOMES. THAT COULD CREATE A NEW PROBLEM. THAT IS LOOKING TO INCREASE HOMELESSNESS. PEOPLE WILL MOVE INTO EMERGENCY AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE CONDITIONS OF THOSE SPACES, BUT THERE IS NO CRITERIA OR CONDITIONS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE SPACES ARE SAFE AND WELL FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN. WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO TO COMBAT ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOURS IS GOING TO MAKE IT WORSE FOR ALL OF US IN OUR COMMUNITIES. IS GOING TO HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE EFFECT ON THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THOSE TENANTS THAT ARE CLEARLY CAUSING AN ISSUE FOR THE COMMUNITY? IT IS HARD. THE SPACE IS HARD, ON THE WORK THAT IS REQUIRED AND ISSUES THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE FACING OUR COMPLEX. WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE GROUNDED THEIR SOLUTIONS WITH LOVE AND CARE, THAT IS ACTUALLY IT. WE NEED SERVICES THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS FREE OF CHARGE AND FREE OF PREJUDICE AND JUDGEMENT. I AM THINKING ABOUT SOLUTIONS. THE FRAMEWORK WAS MEANT TO BE A HELL A STICK APPROACH FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR THEM NOT TO SUCCEED AS BEING A GOOD TENANT. IF THAT WAS NOT THE ANSWER, WHAT IS THE ANSWER? IT IS MAKING THINGS FREE. THE BARRIER TO EXISTING IS ENSURING THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THE SERVICES AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO THRIVE AND LIVE IN THEIR OWN DIGNITY AND TO ENSURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE PUT IN PLACE TO SUPPORT PEOPLE TO THRIVE. EVERYBODY THAT IS HERE DESERVES TO BE HERE AND DESERVES ALL OF THOSE THINGS. OR THOSE THINGS ARE OUR BIRTHRIGHTS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY TO THE GOVERNMENT, BY JOSTLING TO SAY FOR OUR PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES. I WANT US TO REMEMBER AND OUR INHERENT DIGNITY AND POWER. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE OUR MOST RADICAL HOPES AND DREAMS AND VISIONS FOR NOW IN THE FUTURE, AND THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMAIN IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE A ROUGH COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THE THING THAT IS GOING TO HOLD US TOGETHER, AND HAS ALWAYS, AS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING FROM AUCKLAND ACTION AGAINST POVERTY. E HAERE AKE NEI ` AUTUMN IS HERE. BUT DON'T QUITE PUT YOUR SHORTS IN THE DRAW JUST YET. A METEROLOGIST REVEALS WHY. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT IS 6:54. IF YOU GRABBED AN EXTRA BLANKET OR YOUR WINTER JAMMIES THIS WEEKEND, YOU'RE NOT ALONE. AUTUMN IS WELL AND TRULY HERE. AND WHILE WARMER DAYS MAY STICK AROUND FOR A LITTLE LONGER, CHILLIER NIGHTS ARE COMING. TO UNPACK THIS WE'RE JOINED BY NIWA PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST CHRIS BRANDOLINO. MORENA. ATA MARIE. GOOD MORNING, DANIEL. TELL US, IT IS WARMER IN THE DAYS, BUT WHY IS IT COLDER IN THE NIGHTS? WELL, MORE RECENTLY, WE HAVE REACHED THE EQUINOX. IF YOU ARE KEEPING SCORE AT HOME, IT IS JUST AFTER 4 O'CLOCK TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THAT IS WHERE THE DAYS AND NIGHTS ARE ABOUT EQUAL. BUT WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO A PERIOD WHERE THE NIGHTS GET LONGER THAN THE DAYS. SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE COOLER AIR FORCE UP THE SUN HEATS THE EARTH, SO WITHOUT THE SUN, WE DON'T HIT THE EARTH. HIGH-PRESSURE ` GOING FROM THE ASH AND MICHAEL CONTRIBUTION TO THE METEOROLOGICAL CONTRIBUTION ` HIGH-PRESSURE IS MOVING IN, AND THAT CREATES CLEAR SKIES, LIGHT WIND, LOW HUMIDITY. THAT PATCH ON THE MAP IS FOR TOMORROW. THAT REALLY IS AN IDEAL SET UP FOR THE HEAT THAT WE ACCUMULATE DURING THE DAY TO ESCAPE INTO OUTER SPACE. WE CALL THAT RADIATIAL COOLING. THAT IS THE REASON WE HAVE NOTICED COOLER TEMPERATURES IN OUR AIR. IT IS COOLER. IT WAS OVER TASMANIA YESTERDAY. THAT BROUGHT COOLER TEMPERATURES. AUTUMN EQUINOX IS WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY. YOU LOST ME THERE. AUTUMNAL EQUINOX. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS TO DEFINE A SEASON. OFTEN TIMES, YOU WILL SEE THE METEOROLOGICAL DEFINITION. THAT THE START OF MARCH IS THE START OF AUTUMN, AND THE START OF JUNE IS THE START OF WINTER. WHEREAS THE ASTRONOMICAL DEFINITION IS WHERE THE SUN CROSSES POINTS ON THE PLANET, SUCH AS THE EQUATOR, AND THAT IS THE EQUAL KNOTS. EQUINOX* SO WE ARE GOING TO BE EXPERIENCING OUR AUTUMNAL EQUINOX. THESE SEASONS WILL EVOLVE AND CHANGE. THOSE ARE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OR DEFINITIONS, I SHOULD SAY, OF THE SEASON. WE'RE JUST GOING TO CALL AWAY. AUTUMN IS THAT SEASON WHERE WE ARE TRANSITIONING FROM SUMMER TO WINTER. IT CAN BE A BUMPY RIDE AS WE GO FROM WARM TOO COLD. THAT CHILLY PHASE WE WILL BE EXPERIENCING FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WHEN YOU SAY A BUMPY RIDE, DO WE SEE MORE RAINFALL OR MORE DRY SPELLS? IT DEPENDS. EVERY YEAR IS DIFFERENT. LAST YEAR, AS YOU KNOW, IT WAS TOO WET. WE HAD OUR AIR COMING OFTEN TIMES FROM THE NORTH AND THE NORTH-WEST. THAT WAS BECAUSE OF LA NINA. THAT WAS INFLUENCING OUR WEATHER. THIS YEAR, IT IS WANING OR EASING EL NINO. SO WE ARE SEEING WEST OR EVEN SOUTHWEST WINDS. SO WHEN THAT AREA GOES SOUTHWEST, WE GET CHILLY TEMPERATURES AND DRY. SO WHEN YOU ARE GETTING READY FOR WORK, MAYBE HOP ON THE TV ROOM, IT IS WORTH LOOKING AT. THIS IS THE NEXT MONTH OF RAINFALL. AND WE ARE BASICALLY DESCRIBING THE EXPECTATION OF RAINFALL FOR THE NEXT MONTH. WE SEE A LOT OF DARK BROWN. THAT MEANS REALLY WELL BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. A MIDDLE SCENARIO IS STILL PRETTY BROWN, NOT QUITE AS DARK, SO BELOW NORMAL, MAYBE NOT QUITE SO BELOW NORMAL. EVEN A QUITE WET SCENARIO, DANIEL, WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF GREEN. PERHAPS THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THERE ARE THREE SCENARIOS TO CONSIDER FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, AND ALL OF THOSE SCENARIOS ARE RATHER DRY, WITH SOME DRIER THAN OTHERS. WHILE, YES, IT WILL RAIN OVER THE NEXT MONTH. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT WON'T RAIN AT ALL ` IT WELL. BUT IT MIGHT LAST FROM MARCH INTO MID APRIL. WE HAD SOME EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND PERHAPS SOME MORE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK BEFORE THE EASTER HOLIDAYS AND STOP WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS TYPICAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT MUCH OF THE COUNTRY IS GOING TO FIND RAINFALL THAT IS SUBPAR FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR OVER THE NEXT MONTH. THAT IS PROBLEMATIC FOR PLACES LIKE THE SOUTH ISLAND WHERE WE HAD AN ADVERSE EVENT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF RAINFALL. NORTHLAND IS DRY. MUCH OF THE EAST PART OF THE SOUTH ISLAND IS DRY. THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES THEY COULD USE THE RAIN. NIWA PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST AND FRIEND OF THE SHOW. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP AFTER 7 O'CLOCK ` BAD BEHAVIOUR FROM STATE HOUSE TENANTS WILL SEE MORE PEOPLE HOMELESS. THAT'S THE WARNING TO THE GOVERNMENT AS THEY SEEK TO GET TOUGHER ON THOSE IN SOCIAL HOUSING. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON JOINS US FOR MORE SHORTLY. ALSO COMING UP ` HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? A KIWI RAPPER'S BEEN SPOTTED PARKING IN A MOBILITY SPOT NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE. A DISABILITY ADVOCATE REACTS A LITTLE LATER. AND IT'S A BUCKET-LIST GOAL FOR MANY, BUT IS CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST BECOMING TOO DANGEROUS? SIR EDMUND HILLARY'S GRANDSON WEIGHS IN ON THE NEW RULES FOR MOUNTAINEERS A LITTLE LATER THIS HOUR. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. THE HIGH COST OF LIVING REMAINS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR NEW ZEALANDERS, BASED ON NEW RESEARCH. 59% OF RESPONDENTS TO THE IPSOS ISSUES MONITOR SURVEY SAID IT WAS THEIR TOP CONCERN. HOUSING AND HEALTHCARE REMAIN IN SECOND PLACE, AHEAD OF LAW AND ORDER, DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT'S FOCUS ON CRIME. THE NEW GOVERNMENT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE HAVING A HONEYMOON ACCORDING TO THIS POLL, AND IT'S SHOWING NATIONAL ON 4.6, SO NOT REALLY ANY BETTER THAN THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT JUST BEFORE IT WAS DEFEATED. THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT HAD A 4.7 RATING OUT OF 10 JUST BEFORE LAST YEAR'S ELECTION. 'MORE HOUSING AND MORE SUPPORT' IS WHAT ONE ADVOCATE SAYS IS NEEDED AS THE GOVERNMENT GETS TOUGH ON KAINGA ORA TENANTS. MINISTERS SENT A LETTER TO THE STATE HOUSING AGENCY'S BOARD, OUTLINING THE CORE FUNCTIONS THE GOVERNMENT CAN EXPECT THE AGENCY TO FOCUS ON. BROOKE PAO STANLEY FROM AUCKLAND ACTION AGAINST POVERTY SAYS THE TOUGH APPROACH WILL JUST MAKE THINGS WORSE. THE ISSUES OUR COMMUNITY ARE FACING ARE COMPLEX. I KNOW THIS. ABOUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE GROUND THEIR SOLUTIONS WITH LOVE AND CARE. THAT IS ACTUALLY AT. WE NEED TO HAVE SERVICES TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THOSE FREE OF CHARGE AND ALSO FREE OF PREJUDICE AND JUDGEMENT. WE'LL BE TALKING TO PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON JUST AFTER THE NEWS AND WEATHER. CHILLIER NIGHTS ARE ON THE WAY FOR MANY. A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY MOVING OVER AOTEAROA, WHICH COULD CLEAR SKIES FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY, ALLOWING THE HEAT OF THE DAY TO ESCAPE. TOMORROW ALSO MARKS THE AUTUMN EQUINOX, MEANING THE NIGHTS WILL BE LONGER THAN THE DAYS. WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO A PERIOD WHERE, AS WE KNOW, THE NIGHTS WILL GET LONGER THAN THE DAY. SO WE HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ALL THE AIR. THE SUN HEATS THE EARTH, SO WITHOUT THE SUN, WE DON'T HIT THE EARTH. HEAT* THE CHILLIEST NIGHTS FOR MANY ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT. ISRAELI FORCES HAVE LAUNCHED ANOTHER RAID ON THE BIGGEST HOSPITAL IN GAZA. WITNESSES HAVE DESCRIBED INTENSE FIGHTING AROUND THE AL SHIFA HOSPITAL, WHERE THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS ARE SHELTERING. ISRAEL CLAIMS HAMAS IS USING THE SITE IN GAZA CITY AS A COMMAND CENTRE,. AND THAT 20 SUSPECTED FIGHTERS HAVE BEEN KILLED AND 80 DETAINED. WE KNOW THAT SENIOR HAMAS TERRORISTS HAVE REGROUPED INSIDE THE SHIFA HOSPITAL AND ARE USING IT TO COMMAND ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAEL. MEDICS WHO HAVE WORKED IN GAZA SAY THEIR COLLEAGUES NEED TO BE PROTECTED. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THE IDF HAVE PROVIDED ANY CREDIBLE EVIDENCE SINCE OCTOBER 7 THAT THESE HOSPITALS ARE BEING USED AS HAMAS COMMAND CENTRES. CEASEFIRE TALKS ARE DUE TO RESTART IN QATAR TODAY. DONALD TRUMP'S LAWYERS SAY HE CAN'T PAY THE $740 MILLION FINE HE INCURRED FOR INFLATING THE VALUE OF HIS ASSETS. TRUMP LOST THE CIVIL FRAUD CASE, AND IN ORDER TO APPEAL, NEEDS TO STUMP UP THE MONEY AS A BOND WHICH WILL BE HELD IN TRUST WHILE THE CASE PROCEEDS. HIS LAWYERS SAY HE HAS APPROACHED 30 INSURANCE COMPANIES TO UNDERWRITE THE BILL, BUT NONE WOULD DO SO, MAKING THE FINE A 'PRACTICAL IMPOSSIBILITY'. THE BOND IS DUE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. OTHERWISE, IT'S POSSIBLE HIS ASSETS, INCLUDING TRUMP TOWER, COULD BE SEIZED. KIWIS AND STORM HALFBACK JAHROME HUGHES WILL SERVE A ONE-GAME BAN FOR AN INCIDENT INVOLVING THE REFEREE DURING MELBOURNE'S WIN OVER THE WARRIORS. THE NRL JUDICIARY CHARGED HUGHES WITH CONTRARY CONDUCT AFTER HE KNOCKED OVER THE REF CLOSE TO THE STORM GOAL LINE. HUGHES ENTERED AN EARLY GUILTY PLEA TO THE CHARGE. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` SOME OF THE COOLER NIGHTS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. THERE'LL BE BLUE SKIES ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SOME FRESH SOUTHEASTERLIES HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. WITH A HIGH OF 21 DEGREES FOR AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. A NICE FINE DAY FOR YOU ALL, APART FROM SOME EARLY CLOUD IN HAMILTON. SOUTHEASTERLIES DEVELOPING AFTER MIDDAY. TAURANGA, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 21. AND 17 FOR ROTORUA. TO THE EAST COAST ` PACK YOUR BROLLY AS YOU HEAD OUT. FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING FOR ALL OF YOU. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 18 THE HIGH IN NAPIER. AND 17 FOR HASTINGS AND GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG SUNSHINE FOR THOSE NORTH OF THE REGION. FURTHER SOUTH ` CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SOME SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN WELLINGTON. 14 DEGREES IS YOUR HIGH. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` CLOUDY START FOR THOSE IN KAIKOURA AND BLENHEIM. HOWEVER, IT'LL BE A FINE DAY FOR THE REST OF YOU. SOME NORTHEASTERLIES IN NELSON WITH A HIGH OF 19. HEADING SOUTH ` BIT OF CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, THIS WILL CLEAR TO BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 18 HERE. 15 FOR CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` APART FROM SOME MORNING CLOUD FOR THOSE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REGION, THERE'LL BE SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. LIGHT WINDS THIS AFTERNOON IN QUEENSTOWN, WITH A HIGH OF 18. AND, DUNEDIN, ALSO LOOKING NICE AND CLEAR. A HIGH OF 14 DEGREES. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT. BAD BEHAVIOUR FROM STATE HOUSING TENANTS HAS REACHED BREAKING POINT. NOW, IT'S PROMISING A CRACKDOWN ON UNRULY BEHAVIOUR FROM THOSE LIVING IN SOCIAL HOUSING ` MORE EVICTIONS ARE ON THE WAY. BUT THOSE PEOPLE DON'T JUST DISAPPEAR. SO WHERE DOES THE PRIME MINISTER EXPECT THEM TO GO? AND HOW MANY MORE CHILDREN WILL IT SEE LIVING ON THE STREETS? CHRISTOPHER LUXON JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING, MR LUXON. CAN YOU GIVE US A NUMBER ` HOW MANY CHILDREN WILL BE LIVING ON THE STREETS? THAT IS A DECISION FOR KAINGA ORA TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY IMPLEMENT THAT POLICY. BUT WHEN WE HAVE REALLY UNRULY, ABUSIVE, THREATENING TENANTS AT THE PROPERTIES, THERE HAS TO BE CONSEQUENCES ULTIMATELY FORCED THAT IS THE FAIR THING TO DO ` FAIR TO THE NEIGHBOURS AND PEOPLE ON THE STATEHOUSE WAITLIST STOP WE ARE SAYING TO PEOPLE, LOOK, HOLD UP YOUR OBLIGATIONS AND MEET YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES. THE VAST MAJORITY OF TENANTS DO. YOU ARE SAYING THERE IS TOO MUCH LEEWAY AT THE MOMENT. HOW MANY WARNINGS WILL ATTEND AND GET UNDER THIS CRACKDOWN? THAT IS ULTIMATELY A DECISION FOR KAINGA ORA. WE DON'T WANT TO EVICT ANYONE FROM A KAINGA ORA ULTIMATELY. BUT IF THERE IS ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR IMPACTING ON THE NEIGHBOURS, THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE, AND THERE WILL BE A WARNING NOTICE PROCESS AND ULTIMATELY AN EVICTION. WE WANT TO AVOID THAT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR STOP IT IS QUITE INTERESTING TO ME ` EVERY MP IN THIS PARLIAMENT WILL GET STORIES ABOUT KO MEMBERS. I HAD A FAMILY COME UP TO ME ONCE WHO SHOWED ME THEIR HOUSE THAT THEY HAD JUST MOVED INTO SOME THEY WERE SO EXCITED, AND THEY SHOWED ME ALL THE ROOMS INSIDE. BUT THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE BEING ABUSED BY THEIR NEIGHBOURS. THEIR WASHING GETS TAKEN OFF THE LINE AND THROWN ON THEIR BALCONY. I'M SORRY, THAT HAS TO STOP. YOU ARE GETTING HELP AND SUPPORT FROM THE TAXPAYER, AND THERE HAS TO BE RESPONSIBILITY THAT GOES WITH THAT. ABSOLUTELY. I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD DISAGREE WITH YOU. I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD GIVE THEM SOME IDEA OF HOW FAR THEY CAN EXPECT AT LEAST TO GO IN TERMS OF HOW MANY WARNINGS THEY WILL GET. CERTAINLY, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY MORE EVICTIONS WILL YOU BE EXPECTING TO SEE AS A RESULT OF THIS CRACKDOWN? THAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE FOR KAINGA ORA TO DECIDE THAT. DO YOU HAVE A FIGURE AROUND EVICTIONS? AROUND THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS, WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING AROUND 335 INCIDENTS OF BAD BEHAVIOUR. THERE HAVE BEEN ONLY THREE OF ACTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR UNRULY TENANTS. THAT DOESN'T WORKFORCE UP AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT TO EVICT PEOPLE. IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE A KAINGA ORA WE WANT PEOPLE TO TREAT IT AS THEIR OWN. KAINGA ORA HOUSE* IT IS NOT FAIR FOR PEOPLE TO BEHAVE THIS WAY. WHAT WOULD BE A RATIO THAT YOU WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH? WHAT WOULD MATCH THE LEVEL OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT UNRULY BEHAVIOUR? WHAT DOES THE ADVICE SUGGEST YOU DO? THERE HAS BEEN A PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT THAT HAS HAD A DIFFERENT POLICY WHICH IS ACTUALLY ABOUT KEEPING PEOPLE AND THEIR HOUSES, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR BEHAVIOUR. WHAT WE ARE SAYING TO THE LEADERSHIP OF KAINGA ORA, OUR EXPECTATION AS A GOVERNMENT TO USE THAT YOU CAN MOVE AWAY FROM THAT POLICY, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HELD PEOPLE TO ACCOUNT, AND THAT THEY TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY. THAT IS ALL THIS IS DOING. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY CHILDREN YOU EXPECT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS TIGHTENED UP POLICY? I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS AT HAND. BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS TODAY THERE ARE 3500 KIDS WAKING UP IN EMERGENCY HOUSING. THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE WAITLIST TO GET THEIR SHOT AT A HOUSE AS A RESULT. WE DON'T WANT TO EVICT FAMILIES, BUT ADULTS AND PARENTS HAVE CHOICES AND DECIDE TO MAKE A CHOICE NOT TO BE ABUSIVE AND THREATENING AND DISRUPTIVE. THE BEST THING IS, WE ARE SETTING AN EXPECTATION AND CHANGING BEHAVIOUR. WHERE THERE IS EXTREME DISRUPTION, ABUSE, THREATENING BEHAVIOUR GOING ON, WE EXPECT OUR AGENCIES TO BE IN THERE SUPPORTING THESE CHILDREN. THAT IS IMPORTANT. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS ADULTS GET TO CHOOSE THEIR BEHAVIOUR, AND THEY CAN CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOUR. CAN WE DRILL DOWN ON THIS? AS ADULTS ARE SELFISH ENOUGH TO THINK THAT THEY UNRULY BEHAVIOUR TAKES PRECEDENT OVER HAVING A HOUSE, THAT THE CHILDREN ALSO AREN'T A PRIORITY. THE CHILDREN WILL ALSO GET A BOOT FROM THE HOUSE, THOUGH. BECAUSE THEY DON'T JUST MOVE OUT TO ANOTHER HOUSE; THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. SO WHERE DO YOU EXPECT THOSE PARENTS WITH CHILDREN TO GO WITH THOSE CHILDREN? IN THOSE EXTREME SITUATIONS WHERE THERE IS REPEATED ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR GOING ON FROM THOSE PARENTS, THERE COULD BE A LOT MORE GOING ON IN THAT FAMILY, AND THAT IS WHY WE EXPECT OUR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO BE WORKING WITH THOSE FAMILIES AND LOOKING AFTER THOSE CHILDREN, AND WORKING WITH THOSE CHILDREN. THERE ARE ALREADY FAMILIES LIVING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THEY MAY BE AN EMERGENCY HOUSING OR WITH A COMMUNITY HOUSING PROVIDER WHO WOULD LIKE A SHOT AT THEIR STATEHOUSE AS WELL. IN THAT CASE, THOSE FAMILIES WOULD GET A WARNING, THEY GET A NOTICE, THEY ULTIMATELY END UP GETTING EVICTED. THEY LIVE THE SAME CONSEQUENCES THAT MANY FAMILIES ARE IN TODAY THAT WOULD DESPERATELY LIKE TO GET INTO A STATEHOUSE WAITLIST FOR STOP AT MIGHT WELL MEAN LIVING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS OR IN EMERGENCY HOUSING. I THINK ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS IS ACTUALLY COMMUNITY HOUSING. COMMUNITY HOUSING PROVIDERS PUT IN A LOT OF PASTORAL CARE AND WRAPAROUND SUPPORT, MORE THAN A KAINGA ORA COMMUNITY. I HAVE SEEN THOSE PROPERTIES. THERE IS GREAT PASTORAL CARE FROM FOLK LIKE THE SALVATION ARMY, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, OR IWI ORGANISATION AS WELL. THERE ARE KIDS WAKING UP TODAY IN SCUNGY HOTEL ROOMS WHO WOULD LOVE TO GET A HOUSE. THERE ARE THOSE WAKING UP TODAY IN A HOUSE ARE NOT CHOOSING TO UPHOLD THEIR OBLIGATION. IT IS NOT FAIR. THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE THREATENING, ABUSIVE AND REPEATEDLY BEHAVING POORLY, AND SO, THERE NEEDS TO BE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT. DO YOU ACCEPT THAT THERE WILL BE FAMILIES FOR WHICH THERE ARE NONE OF THOSE OPTIONS SUITABLE, THAT THEY WILL END UP ON THE STREETS WITH NOWHERE TO GO? THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO AVOID PEOPLE GETTING EVICTED. THAT'S WHY ADULTS NEED TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOUR. AT SOME POINT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL OF US ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR CHOICES AND OUR DECISIONS, AND WE NEED TO STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. THAT IS THE CENTRAL THESIS FOR THIS. YES, WE HAVE TO BUILD MORE STATE HOUSES AND DO A LOT MORE WORK AND STATE SOCIAL HOUSING, AND YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO GET SUPPORT WHEN YOU DESPERATELY NEED IT, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN WHEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU HAVE A STATEHOUSE IS UP MY GRANDMOTHER HAD WON ALL HER LIFE. SHE LOOKED AFTER AS IF IT WERE HER OWN. SHE WAS INCREDIBLY PROUD AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE A STATE HOUSE. THAT IS THE VAST MAJORITY OF HOW THESE KAINGA ORA BEHAVE. BUT FOR THE MINORITY WHO REFUSED TO UPHOLD THEIR OBLIGATIONS, THERE NEED TO BE CONSEQUENCES FOR STOP WHEN YOU STAND ON THE POLICE PAY OFFER? THEY ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. THE POLICE AND THE POLICE ASSOCIATION ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT NEGOTIATION IN GOOD FAITH. WE ARE DOING OUR JOB IN GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO FIGHT AND REDUCE CRIME ACROSS NEW ZEALAND. THAT NEGOTIATION HAS BEEN ONGOING, AND IT WILL CONTINUE IN GOOD FAITH AS WE GO FORWARD. DO YOU SEE IT BEING RESOLVED ANYTIME SOON? I HOPE SO. OUR POLICE TO A FANTASTIC JOB. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO TO KEEP US SAFE. WE ARE TRYING TO BACK THEM UP BY GIVING THEM MORE TOOLS. OBVIOUSLY THIS NEGOTIATION IS IMPORTANT. EVERYONE IS WORKING INCREDIBLY HARD AND IN GOOD FAITH. WE HAVE INHERITED A NEGOTIATION FROM THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE. THAT IS ALL WE CAN DO. I THINK THEY WANT MORE MONEY, THOUGH, NOT MORTALS. NOT MORE TOOLS* WE GET THAT. AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH WHAT IS A FAIR NEGOTIATION FOR EVERYBODY. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE FINANCIAL SITUATION THAT WE HAVE, DOING THE BEST WE POSSIBLY CAN. OTHER CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HAD RECENTLY ` WINSTON PETERS, PRESUMABLY ABOUT HIS COMMENTS COMPARING THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT TO NAZI GERMANY. HOW DID THAT DISCUSSION GO? I TALKED TO HIM REGULARLY. WE HAD A CHAT YESTERDAY. MY ONE POINT FROM YESTERDAY AS CHRIS HAD CANS REFERRING TO THE GOVERNMENT AS A DICTATORSHIP, THE MAORI PARTY CALLING US WHITE SUPREMACIST. THAT IS NOT HELPFUL. MY MESSAGE TO ALL IS TO WATCH THE LANGUAGE. BUT CHRIS HIPKINS IS NOT IN POWER. HE'S NOT IN GOVERNMENT. THIS IS THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF THIS COUNTRY, MAKING COMMENTS COMPARING US TO NAZI GERMANY, AND IS NOW REFUSING TO ACCEPT THAT HIS COMMENTS WERE OFFENSIVE. THAT IS NOT WHAT I WOULD SAY. EVERY POLITICAL LEADER NEEDS TO BE CALLED TO ACCOUNT, TO SAY WATCH THE LANGUAGE. WE WANT CIVILITY IN OUR POLITICS, AND EXTREME RHETORIC THAT IS TRYING TO MISCHARACTERISE PEOPLE ISN'T APPROPRIATE FOR ANY POLITICAL LANDSCAPE. DID YOU PUT IT THAT WAY TO WINSTON PETERS? DID YOU USE THAT WORD IS WITH HIM? WE HAD OUR CONVERSATION. IT REMAINS PRIVATE, BUT REST ASSURED WE HAD A CHAT ABOUT IT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE IPSOS WITCH ASKED KIWIS WHAT THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ` INFLATION IS STILL NUMBER ONE ACROSS THE BOARD. MANY KIWIS SAY THAT THEY RANK YOUR GOVERNMENT'S PERFORMANCE AT FOUR 4.6/10. BARELY SCRAPING WHAT THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT DID. WE WANT TO BE IN THE BEST PLACE TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY THROUGH THOSE ISSUES. THESE ARE ISSUES WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT NOW FOR 1.5 YEARS. THAT IS FIXING INFLATION AND THE COST OF LIVING, RESTORE LAW AND ORDER, DELIVER BETTER PUBLIC SERVICE AROUND HEALTH AND EDUCATION. THAT IS WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS FOCUSED ON. THERE IS MORE WORK TO DO. WE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD, AND YOU HAVE SEEN US COME OUT AND 115 DAYS AND DELIVER OUR 100 DAY PLAN FOR STOP WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO NEW ACTIVITY FOR QUARTER TWO. 4.6/10, THOUGH. WE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THAT NUMBER? I AM NOT TOO HUNG UP ON POLLS. I AM FOCUSING ON DELIVERING RESULTS FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. RESTORE LAW AND ORDER AND RESTORE PUBLIC SERVICES AND EDUCATION. E HAERE AKE NEI ` NEW ZEALAND'S BIGGEST DRINKERS HAVE BEEN REVEALED, AND THOSE RESULTS MAY SURPRISE YOU. # IT'S NOT A MIRACLE I NEEDED. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH ISLAND DRINK MORE ALCOHOL THAN THOSE IN THE NORTH ISLAND, AND THOSE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND DRINK THE LEAST AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL IN THE COUNTRY. THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE COUNTRY'S FIRST LARGE-SCALE TRIAL USING WASTEWATER TO MONITOR ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION. TEN WATER CATCHMENT AREAS COVERING 40% OF THE POPULATION WAS MONITORED OVER SIX MONTHS IN 2021. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DOCTOR LISA PILKINGTON. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. WHY DID YOU DESIGN SUCH A RESEARCH PROJECT? OUR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IS A VERY PROBLEMATIC DRUG. THERE OF BEEN NO STUDIES LOOKING AT ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION USING WASTEWATER BEFORE, BUT IT IS BEEN SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE OVERSEAS. HOW DOES IT WORK? WHAT IS THE COMPOUND THAT YOU TEST? WHEN YOU DRINK ALCOHOL, IT IS ETHANOL, THE BODY CONVERTS IT TO A RANGE OF METABOLITES. THE REASON THAT WE TARGET THAT IS BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT ENTER THE WASTEWATER THROUGH ANY OTHER MEANS THAN ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION. BY LOOKING AT WHAT WE CALL THE BIOMARKER, WE CAN ANALYSE THE LEVELS IN THE WASTEWATER AND THEN CALCULATE BACK TO LOOK AT THE CONSUMPTION IN THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT CATCHMENT. I MENTIONED THAT WHAT CAME IN THE STUDY WAS THAT PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH ISLAND DRINK MORE THAN THE NORTH ISLAND, AND IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, THEY DRINK THE LEAST. WHAT WERE SOME OTHER INTERESTING RESULTS THAT YOU FOUND? THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING OVER THE COURSE OF THE STUDY, BECAUSE THERE WERE OFTEN EVENTS GOING ON THAT YOU COULD RELATE BACK AND GO, I CAN SEE WHY THERE WAS A SPIKE. THINGS LIKE SPORTING EVENTS AND HOLIDAYS, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN DRINKING. ONE FRIDAY NIGHT IN DUNEDIN, WE SAW IT WAS THE O WEEK PARTY FOR SEMESTER TWO. YOU GET A LOT OF INSIGHTS THAT YOU WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE KNOWN FOR THE REGIONS. WE ALSO FOUND SMALLER SETTLEMENTS LOOKS LIKE THEY CONSUMED MORE ALCOHOL THAN SOME OF THE MAJOR URBAN AREAS. WHY IS THE STUDY BEING DONE AGAIN? IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC TO BE CONTINUED AS AN ONGOING PROGRAM. ONE OF MY COLLABORATORS RUNS THE NATIONAL WASTEWATER ILLEGAL DRUG TESTING PROGRAM. IT WOULD BE NEAT TO SEE A SIMILAR KIND OF THING HAPPEN WITH ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IS ONE OF OUR MOST HARMFUL DRUGS. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT THIS KIND OF TESTING WOULD CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE? AS A COMPLEMENT TO THE OTHER STUDIES AROUND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION. YOU CAN LOOK AT SALES DATA AND SURVEYS, BUT ONE MUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THE STUDY IS LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE POPULATION, IT IS NOT LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL DRINKING HABITS. THAT CANNOT BE DISSECTED WITH THE STUDY. IT IS LOOKING AT OVERALL TRENDS. IF YOU HAVE THIS ONGOING MONITORING, YOU CAN DIRECT RESOURCES TO WHERE THEY NEEDED OR YOU CAN MONITOR POLICY CHANGES AND LEGISLATURE. IS A REASON WHY IT HASN'T? A LOT OF IT IS FUNDING. WE DID THIS RESEARCH AS PART OF A STUDENT PROJECT. WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS LOOK AT THE FEASIBILITY, SET UP AND FIND A WAY TO ANALYSE THE WASTEWATER. IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL FOR IT TO CONTINUE ON, BUT AT THE MOMENT, IT IS RELATED TO FUNDING. WE BECAME USE OF THIS KIND OF TESTING DURING COVERT BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN WE FIND OUT WHERE IT STILL WAS BY TESTING WASTEWATER. WAS THIS AS A RESULT OF THAT, OR IS THIS BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY IN OTHER COUNTRIES? THAT DATA AND WAVE RESEARCHING FOR ALCOHOL HAD ALREADY BEEN OUT THERE. IT HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE INTERNATIONALLY AND OTHER PLACES. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE IN TERMS OF THE TIME AND AMOUNT OF POPULATION COVERAGE. THERAPY IN DIFFERENT STUDIES AROUND AUSTRALIA. THEY DO A LONG-TERM SURVEILLANCE AS PART OF REGULAR TESTING. THEY HAVE SHOWN THAT AS PART OF THEIR MONITORING FOR ILLICIT DRUGS AS WELL. WE HAVE SEEN IT OVERSEAS, BUT IT'S BRINGING IT HERE TO GAIN INSIGHTS INTO OUR COMMUNITIES. PROPERLY WE CAN USE A DATA IN THE FUTURE WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH INITIATIVES AND OUTCOMES. FASCINATING RESEARCH, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, WE WILL GET TO MORE OF YOUR FEEDBACK ASKING YOU FOR IT IS OKAY TO PARK AND A DISABILITY CAR PARK. YOU ARE FUMING! IT IS A BIG NO-NO. THE PRIME MINISTER CAN'T SAY HOW MANY MORE EVICTIONS THERE'LL BE UNDER A CRACKDOWN ON STATE HOUSING POLICY OR HOW MANY CHILDREN WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE TOUGHER POLICY. THE GOVERNMENT HAS DIRECTED KAINGA ORA TO 'STRENGTHEN' ITS APPROACH TO 'TERMINATIONS' FOR ANTI-SOCIAL AND DISRUPTIVE SOCIAL HOUSING TENANTS. MINISTERS SENT A LETTER TO THE STATE HOUSING AGENCY'S BOARD OUTLINING THE CORE FUNCTIONS THE GOVERNMENT EXPECT THE AGENCY TO FOCUS ON. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY CHILDREN YOU EXPECT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS TIGHTENED UP POLICY? LOOK, I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS AT HAND, ANNA, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS TODAY THERE ARE 3500 KIDS THAT ARE WAKING UP IN FAMILIES IN THE EMERGENCY HOUSING. THERE ARE 25,000 HOUSEHOLDS THAT ACTUALLY ARE DESPERATE, ON A STATE HOUSE WAITLIST, TO GET THEIR SHOT AT A STATE HOUSE AS A RESULT. BUT AUCKLAND ACTION AGAINST POVERTY'S BROOKE PAO STANLEY SAYS THE GOVERNMENT ISN'T FOCUSING ON THE RIGHT AREA. WE NEED TO REMEMBER HOUSING AS A HUMAN RIGHT. EVERYONE IS DESERVING OF PUBLIC HOUSING AND HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO WORK WITH THESE FAMILIES THAT MIGHT BE EXHIBITING PERSISTENT ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR BUT WE NEED A MUST BUILD OF PUBLIC HOUSING AND HOLISTIC SUPPORT OF FAMILIES. SOUTH ISLANDERS ARE CONSUMING MORE ALCOHOL THAN PEOPLE IN THE NORTH ISLAND. THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND MONITORED 10 WATER CATCHMENT AREAS COVERING 40% OF THE POPULATION OVER A 6 MONTH PERIOD IN 2021. THE RESULTING DATA FOUND PEOPLE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND DRINK THE LEAST. LISA PILKINGTON SAYS IT GIVES THE POSSIBILITY FOR LONG TERM SURVEILLANCE ON ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION. LOOKING AT THE POPULATIONIT DOES NOT LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL DRINKING HABITS THAT CANNOT BE DISSECTED WITH THE STUDY. IF YOU HAVE AN ONGOING MONITORING IT MEANS YOU CAN DIRECT RESOURCES WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED OR YOU CAN MONITOR POLICY CHANGES. RESEARCHERS ALSO SAID IT WAS POSSIBLE TO LINK DETECTABLE SPIKES IN DRINKING TO BIG EVENTS. FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS PAID A SURPRISE VISIT TO THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER. OBAMA WAS SEEN ENTERING THE FRONT DOOR OF NUMBER 10 DOWNING STREET, AND LEAVING ABOUT AN HOUR LATER. THE REASON FOR THE BRIEF VISIT IS UNKNOWN, THOUGH DOWNING STREET HAS CONFIRMED HE AND THE PM DISCUSSED A RANGE OF TOPICS, INCLUDING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. ALLEGED SIGHTINGS OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES HAVE DONE NOTHING TO QUASH SPECULATION ABOUT HER WELLBEING. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON SAYS THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES ARE ONLY GATHERING STEAM. IT DOES FEEL LIKE EVERY DAY THERE IS ANOTHER CRAZY RUMOUR. IN FACT, I WAS JUST TALKING TO SOMEONE BEFORE, AND SHE SAID SHE HEARD THAT MAYBE, THE PRINCESS HAD CUT SOME BANGS, AND THEY'D TURNED OUT SO TERRIBLY THAT SHE WAS WAITING FOR THEM TO GROW OUT. AS MUCH AS THIS IS SO RIDICULOUS, IT IS WORTH REMEMBERING THE ORIGIN OF ALL OF THIS, WHICH IS THAT SHE HAD MAJOR SURGERY. THAT THIS WAS INITIALLY A MAJOR HEALTH ISSUE FOR PRINCESS CATHERINE THAT'S REALLY BEEN OVERRUN BY CONSPIRACY THEORIES. MALAYSIA'S PITCHING A "DOWNSIZED" COMMONWEALTH GAMES IF IT'S TO STEP IN TO HOST THE EVENT. THE 2026 GAMES HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A HOST SINCE THE AUSTRALIAN STATE OF VICTORIA PULLED OUT LAST YEAR, CITING A BUDGET BLOWOUT. COST IS ALSO A CONCERN FOR MALAYSIA WHICH HAS PROPOSED USING HOTELS TO HOUSE ATHLETES AND OFFICIALS AND USING EXISTING STADIUMS, AMONG OTHER MONEY SAVING MEASURES. WE ALSO FEEL THAT THIS CAN BE A DOWNSIZED GAMES. FOR EXAMPLE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE 15 SPOTS, IT CAN BE 10 SPOTS, AND THEN WE HAVE A SMALLER OPENING AND A SMALLER CLOSING. MALAYSIA LAST HOSTED THE GAMES IN KUALA LUMPUR IN 1998. NEW ZEALAND'S SLIPPED TO A THIRD LOSS AT THE WOMEN'S CURLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CANADA. A DAY AFTER RECORDING THE TEAM'S FIRST EVER WIN AT THE WORLD CHAMPS, AN 8-6 VICTORY OVER SCOTLAND, THE KIWIS HAVE BEEN DEFEATED 8-2 BY SWEDEN. THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN ACTION AGAINST A WINLESS ESTONIA TRAILING 4-1 IN THE SIXTH END. FRENCH AUTHORITIES HAVE SHOWN OFF THE MEASURES THAT WILL BE IN PLACE AROUND THE OLYMPIC FLAME DURING THE TORCH RELAY FOR THE PARIS GAMES. POLICE DEMONSTRATED THE PLAN WITH AN EXERCISE IN FRONT OF THE FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTER, INCLUDING A STAGED ATTACK. THE TORCHBEARER WILL TRAVEL WITHIN A SECURITY BUBBLE PROTECTED BY AROUND 100 OFFICERS AND ANTI-DRONE EQUIPMENT. THE FLAME WILL BE LIT IN GREECE NEXT MONTH BEFORE STARTING ITS JOURNEY TO PARIS FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY IN JULY. 129 DAYS AWAY. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, SOME FRESH SOUTHEASTERLIES HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. A HIGH OF 23 TODAY IN KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH, SOUTHEASTERLIES DEVELOPING AFTER MIDDAY. TAURANGA, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 21. TO THE EAST COAST ` PACK YOUR BROLLY AS YOU HEAD OUT. FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING FOR ALL OF YOU. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 18 THE HIGH IN NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG. SUNSHINE FOR THOSE NORTH OF THE REGION. FURTHER SOUTH CLOUDY PERIODS, WITH SOME SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN WELLINGTON. 19 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` CLOUDY START FOR THOSE IN KAIKOURA AND BLENHEIM. HOWEVER, IT'LL BE A FINE DAY FOR THE REST OF YOU. SOME NORTHEASTERLIES IN NELSON WITH A HIGH OF 19. HEADING SOUTH, BIT OF CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, THIS WILL CLEAR TO BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 18 HERE. TO THE DEEP SOUTH. APART FROM SOME MORNNG CLOUD FOR THOSE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REGION THERE'LL BE SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. LIGHT WINDS THIS AFTERNOON IN QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 18. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE PARKING IN MOBILITY SPACES WITHOUT A PERMIT. I LIKE THIS ONE FROM PAUL, TRY BEING YOUNGER LOOKING AND HAVE A DISABLED PARKING BADGE. THE ABUSE YOU GET FROM PEOPLE NOT BELIEVING YOU HAVE A DISABILITY. HIS WIFE HAS A CONDITION WHERE SHE GETS FATIGUED QUICKLY. SHE IS USUALLY GOOD IN THE MORNING AND IT DOESN'T KICK IN UNTIL THE AFTERNOON BUT PEOPLE LOOK AT HER AND SAY, WHY YOU PARKING THERE? GARY HAS WRITTEN IN. HIS CHILD HAS A DISABILITY. HE WROTE THE COUNCIL AND THEY SAID THEY NEED TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION. HE SAYS WHY WOULD YOU BOTHER? THE PROBLEM IS WHO OWNS THE CAR PARK? IS IT COUNCIL OWNED OR PRIVATELY OWNED? WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF YOU EMAILING US SAYING YOU HAVE GONE INTO THE SUPERMARKET TO TELL THEM SOMEONE IS PARKED IN THE MOBILITY SPACE AND THEY SAY WE DO NOT HAVE THE STAFF TO DEAL WITH IT. MANY PEOPLE SAY IT IS NOT JUST ENTITLED DRIVERS. THEY USUALLY SEE COURIER DRIVERS USING THE SPOT. ME U TONU MAI, ARE THEY CONTRACTORS OR EMPLOYEES? WHY UBER IS TAKING FOUR DRIVERS BACK TO COURT TODAY AFTER A HISTORIC VERDICT NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO. A LANDMARK CASE IS BACK IN COURT TODAY. UBER IS APPEALING A 2022 EMPLOYMENT COURT DECISION THAT FOUND UBER DRIVERS ARE IN FACT EMPLOYEES AND SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS THAT COME WITH THAT. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY ANITA ROSENTRETER FROM THE FIRST UNION AND UBER DRIVER STEVE FAIRLEY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. STEVE, WHAT IS AT STAKE FOR YOU? THE ABILITY TO LIVE A DECENT LIFE ARE NOT BE CONSTANTLY STRESSED ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY I AM MAKING. HOW YOUR MENTAL STATE IS. THE WAY IT IS TODAY, YOU'VE GOT TO BE ONLINE. IF YOU ARE NOT ONLINE, YOU WILL NOT GET TRIPS. THERE IS A DEGREE OF ALGORITHMIC STRATEGY. IT'S LIKE FEEDING THE ALGORITHM. THAT'S PREVALENT IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND IT'S VERY REAL. AS A DRIVER, IF YOU ARE USING THE APP EVERY DAY, I'M ONLINE MORE NOW THAN I WAS A YEAR AGO. ARE YOU SURPRISED? NOT AT ALL. THEY ARE A CORPORATION THAT IS GOING TO APPEAL. THEY LITIGATE QUITE A LOT. IT'S JUST YOU ARE ALWAYS FIGHTING. ANITA, GOOD MORNING. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS CASE? YOU SAID IN YOUR INTRO IT'S A LANDMARK JUDGEMENT THAT UBER DRIVERS WON IN 2022. UBER IS APPEALING IT AND WE EXPECTED THAT. THEY HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF EXPLOITATION OF DRIVERS NUMEROUS TIMES. WE ARE REALLY HOPING THIS DECISION IS UPHELD. IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT DECISION THAT DOES NOT JUST AFFECT UBER DRIVERS. WHAT IS AN EMPLOYEE? IF EMPLOYERS LIKE UBER CONCERN AROUND AND SAY YOU ARE NOT AN EMPLOYEE, WE WILL NOT GIVE YOU HOLIDAYS OR KIWISAVER CONTRIBUTIONS, WHAT STOPS EVERY EMPLOYER IN NEW ZEALAND FROM DOING THIS? IN TERMS OF AN OUTCOME, WHAT ARE YOU HOPING FOR? WE ARE HOPING THE JUDGEMENT WILL BE UPHELD. IT WOULD BE EXTRA NICE IF UBER WAS NOT ABLE TO TAKE IT TO THE SUPREME COURT. BUT WE KNOW THAT THE HEARING ITSELF WILL NOT PRESENT US WITH AN OUTCOME. WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE PANEL OF JUDGES HAS DECIDED. IT IS JUST THE NATURE OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM. IT IS QUITE SLOW-MOVING BUT THAT BEING SAID IT'S AN EFFECTIVE AND GENUINELY INDEPENDENT SYSTEM. I HAVE BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED AT EXACTLY HOW THE DEVOTION OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE LEGAL SYSTEM TO REALLY DO THE UPMOST TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THEY ARE PRODUCING IS A SOLID JUDGEMENT. THEY ARE ASKING ALL THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND MAKING ALL THE RIGHT ASSESSMENTS. I THINK IT WILL COME THROUGH FOR US. STEVE, HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU A POSITIVE OUTCOME? I AM ADAMANT THAT WE WILL WIN. THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY OTHER CASES THROUGH THE WORLD I GUESS IT IS OUR TURN NEXT. IT WILL TAKE A HUGE AMOUNT OF TIME. I'VE BEEN A UBER DRIVER FOR FIVE YEARS I'D HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN THE CASE AS A UNION DELEGATE. IT ONLY TAKES YOU TO GET ACTIVATED FOR THE FIRST TIMEDEACTIVATED FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THE MOST RIDICULOUS THINGS. I GOT DEACTIVATED FOR WEARING GLASSES. YOU CALL A HELPLINE AND IT REACHES SOMEONE IN THE PHILIPPINES. AS NICE AS THEY ARE, THEY CANNOT REALLY HELP. THEY ARE OFTEN WORKING TO A SCRIPT AS WELL. YOU ARE BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE WITH WHAT YOU DO. DO YOU JUST GRIN AND BARE IT OR DO YOU FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS? GOOD LUCK FOR THE FIGHT. THANK YOU. E WHAI AKE NEI, NEW RULES FOR MOUNTAINEERS CLIMBING IN THE HIMALAYAS. SIR EDMUND HILLARY'S GRANDSON REVEALS WHAT ITS LIKE TO SCALE EVEREST. NEPAL'S GOVERNMENT IS INTRODUCING NEW RULES FOR MOUNTAINEERS IN THE HIMALAYAS. LAST YEAR WAS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST ON MOUNT EVEREST, WITH 17 PEOPLE KILLED. THERE'S ALSO MAJOR CONCERNS AROUND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF WASTE. UNDER NEW RULES TEAM SIZES ARE LIMITED, HUMAN WASTE MUST BE TAKEN BACK TO BASE CAMP AND CLIMBERS MUST CARRY TRACKING DEVICES. ALEXANDER HILLARY IS FROM THE HIMALAYAN TRUST AND IS ALSO SIR EDMUND HILLARY'S GRANDSON. HE JOINS US NOW FROM WANAKA. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE NEW RULES? IN NEW ZEALAND WE KNOW WHAT I MEANT TO BE STRONG ADVOCATES FOR OUR LAND AND THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN NEPAL RIGHT NOW. THEY WANT TO PRESERVE THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THIS ALPINE ENVIRONMENT. FOR ANYONE WHO HAS VISITED THE HIMALAYAS, YOU WILL KNOW THAT IT IS A MIND BLOWING ENVIRONMENT. IT IS CHANGING THOUGH, AND THE COMMUNITIES HAVE THE EDUCATION AND THE MEANS TO STAND UP FOR THEIR HOME. I HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE HIMALAYAS, LET ALONE TO BASE CAMP. NOW THERE IS A BAn ON SPAS, BAKERIES, CAFE'S, I WAS NOT EVEN AWARE THEY COULD BE THERE. WHAT PART OF THE IMPACT OF THOSE THINGS HAD? MOUNT EVEREST HAS BEEN AN AMAZING THING FOR NEPAL. IT IS CHANGE LIVELIHOODS FOR THE ENTIRE REGION AND THE COUNTRY ON A WIDER SCALE. IT'S AN AMAZING TOURISM INDUSTRY, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO VISIT THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD. THEY HAVE BEEN RESOURCEFUL AND COME UP WITH ALL SORTS OF BUSINESS VENTURES, AND IT IS UP TO NEPAL TO SHAPE THE MOUNTAIN INTO WHAT THEY WANTED TO BE. WE ARE FACING SIMILAR CHALLENGES HERE IN NEW ZEALAND WITH MILFORD SOUND. WE CAN'T, AS A TAONGA FOR THE COUNTRY, WE CAN'T JUST SHUT IT OFF WE HAVE TO SHAPE IT. I'M SURPRISED THAT THESE RULES ARE ONLY JUST COMING IN NOW. HAVE THEY BEEN LATE TO FRUITION IN TERMS OF HAVING TO CARRY A TRACKING DEVICE? LOOK, WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE PRISTINE ENVIRONMENTS, AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IS REALLY CHALLENGING. KIWIS ACTUALLY HAVE A BIT OF A PART IN THIS STORY WHICH IS QUITE SPECIAL. WHAT I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT THESE CHANGES START TO HAPPEN, AND SHERPAS ARE STARTING TO BE LEADERS IN THIS INDUSTRY. THEY ARE RUNNING UNBELIEVABLY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES. THEY ARE SOME OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL GUIDES WE HAVE ON THE PLANET. THESE RULES WILL BE A BIT OF A CHANGE FOR CLIMBERS PARTICULARLY WHO HAVE MADE MORE THAN ONE ATTEMPT AT A SUMMIT. DO YOU THINK THEY WILL HAVE ISSUES OR DO YOU THINK THEY WILL HAVE COMPLAINTS? I'M SURE THERE WILL BE COMPLAINTS, BUT I THINK THEY ARE ALL REASONABLE TO. IF YOU WANT TO CLIMB, AND GO TO THE MOUNTAINS, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE WALKING AROUND IN FAECES AND RUBBISH. THE 54 M OF ICE THAT HAVE MELTED OFF THE GLACIER IN THE PAST YEARS, AND THEY CALL THE HIMALAYAS THE THIRD POLE FOR A GOOD REASON, THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF ICE THERE AND IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE WORLD, AS THE ICE MELTS, WASTE AND RUBBISH WILL APPEAR FROM EXPEDITIONS LONG-ON. I THINK WE NEED TO SHAPE UP, AND CHANGE UP THOSE PRACTICES. ALEXANDER HILLARY JOINING US FROM WANAKA. HE HAD GREAT DICTION. I WAS SURPRISED THAT SOME OF THE RULES YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE YOUR OWN HUMAN WASTE DOWN? PEOPLE LITERALLY STACKED IN A QUEUE WAITING TO GET THE SUMMITS, AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE BACK THEN DID NOT HAVE TO TAKE THEIR HUMAN WASTE BACK DOWN. FANCY BEING AT ONE WITH NATURE AND THEN GOING, I'LL JUST LEAVE MY TRASH CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS HE CAN'T PREDICT HOW MANY EVICTIONS THERE WILL BE UNDER A NEW TOUGHER APPROACH BY KAINGA ORA. THE GOVERNMENT HAS DIRECTED THE STATE HOUSING AGENCY TO 'STRENGTHEN' ITS APPROACH TO 'TERMINATIONS' FOR ANTI-SOCIAL AND DISRUPTIVE SOCIAL HOUSING TENANTS. MINISTERS SENT A LETTER TO THE STATE HOUSING AGENCY'S BOARD, OUTLINING THE CORE FUNCTIONS THE GOVERNMENT EXPECT THE AGENCY TO FOCUS ON. WHERE DO YOU EXPECT THOSE PARENTS WITH CHILDREN TO GO WITH THOSE CHILDREN? AND THOSE EXTREME SITUATIONS WHERE THERE IS REPEATED ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR GOING ON FROM THOSE SPIRITS, I WOULD SAY THERE WILL COULD BE A LOT MORE GOING ON IN THAT FAMILY AND THAT IS WHY WE EXPECT OUR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO BE WORKING WITH THOSE AGENCIES AND LOOKING AFTER THE CHILDREN. ONE ACTION AGAINST POVERTY ADVOCATE SAYS THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT APPROACH AND 'MORE HOUSING AND SUPPORT' IS NEEDED. THE HIGH COST OF LIVING REMAINS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR NEW ZEALANDERS BASED ON NEW RESEARCH. 59% OF RESPONDENTS TO THE IPSOS ISSUES MONITOR SURVEY SAID IT WAS THEIR TOP CONCERN. HOUSING AND HEALTHCARE REMAIN IN SECOND PLACE, AHEAD OF LAW AND ORDER, DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT'S FOCUS ON CRIME. THE NEW GOVERNMENT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE HAVING A HONEYMOON ACCORDING TO THIS POLL, AND IT'S SHOWING NATIONAL ON 4.6, SO NOT REALLY ANY BETTER THAN THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT JUST BEFORE IT WAS DEFEATED. THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT HAD A 4.7 RATING OUT OF 10 JUST BEFORE LAST YEAR'S ELECTION. CHILLIER NIGHTS ARE ON THE WAY FOR MANY. A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY MOVING OVER AOTEAROA, WHICH COULD CLEAR SKIES FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY, ALLOWING THE HEAT OF THE DAY TO ESCAPE. TOMORROW ALSO MARKS THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX, MEANING THE NIGHTS WILL BE LONGER THAN THE DAYS. WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO A PERIOD WHERE, AS WE KNOW, THE NIGHTS WILL GET LONGER THAN THE DAY. SO WE HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE COOLER AIR. THE SUN HEATS THE EARTH, SO WITHOUT THE SUN, WE DON'T HEAT THE EARTH. THE CHILLIEST NIGHTS FOR MANY ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT. THOUSANDS HAVE GATHERED IN THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL TO CELEBRATE PRESIDENT PUTIN'S LANDSLIDE ELECTION WIN IN WHICH HE SECURED 87% OF THE VOTE. TODAY'S RALLY IN MOSCOW ALSO MARKS TEN YEARS SINCE RUSSIA ILLEGALLY ANNEXED CRIMEA. THE BBC'S STEVE ROSENBERG HAS MORE. AFTER THE LANDSLIDE, CAME THE LOVE. VLADIMIR PUTIN PORTRAYED BY THE KREMLIN AS A NATIONAL HERO. MARKING 10 YEARS SINCE RUSSIA ANNEXED CRIMEA. LONG LIVE RUSSIA, HE CRIED. DOWN AT THE RUSSIAN ELECTION COMMISSION, THEY COUNTED ALL THE VOTES, AND THEY PRESENTED ALL THEIR FIGURES. SO, IT IS SIX MORE YEARS OF PRESIDENT PUTIN. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR RUSSIA, AND FOR THE WORLD? IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING GOOD FOR RUSSIA OR UKRAINE OR THE WORLD, BECAUSE PUTIN WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPRESS CIVIL SOCIETY, IN THAT SENSE, HE BECOMES FULL-BLOODED AUTOCRAT, DICTATOR. DONALD TRUMP'S LAWYERS SAY HE CAN'T PAY THE $740m FINE HE INCURRED FOR INFLATING THE VALUE OF HIS ASSETS. TRUMP LOST THE CIVIL FRAUD CASE AND IN ORDER TO APPEAL, NEEDS TO STUMP UP THE MONEY AS A BOND WHICH WILL BE HELD IN TRUST WHILE THE CASE PROCEEDS. HIS LAWYERS SAY HE HAS APPROACHED 30 INSURANCE COMPANIES TO UNDERWRITE THE BILL, BUT NONE WOULD DO SO, MAKING THE FINE A 'PRACTICAL IMPOSSIBILITY'. THE BOND IS DUE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, OTHERWISE IT'S POSSIBLE HIS ASSETS, INCLUDING TRUMP TOWER, COULD BE SEIZED. AMERICA'S ABOUT TO DESCEND INTO MARCH MADNESS AS THE TOP COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAMS COMPETE FOR THE NATION TITLE. 68 MEN'S AND 68 WOMEN'S TEAMS HAVE NOW BEEN CONFIRMED FOR THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. ONE OF THE TRADITIONS OF MARCH MADNESS IS PICKING THE WINNER OF EACH OF THE 67 MATCH-UPS OR BRACKETS. IT'S NOT EASY THOUGH ` THE ODDS OF PICKING A PERFECT BRACKET IS ONE IN 147 QUINTILLION. NEVER HEARD OF A QUINTILLION? THAT'S A 1 WITH 18 ZEROES. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, THERE'LL BE BLUE SKIES ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SOME FRESH SOUTHEASTERLIES HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. A HIGH OF 23 TODAY IN KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH, SIMILAR HERE. A NICE FINE DAY FOR YOU ALL APART FROM SOME EARLY CLOUD IN HAMILTON. SOUTHEASTERLIES DEVELOPING AFTER MIDDAY. TAURANGA, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 21. TO THE EAST COAST, PACK YOUR BROLLY AS YOU HEAD OUT. FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING FOR ALL OF YOU. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 18 THE HIGH IN NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST, BIT OF A MIXED BAG. SUNSHINE FOR THOSE NORTH OF THE REGION FURTHER SOUTH, CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SOME SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN WELLINGTON. 19 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND. CLOUDY START FOR THOSE IN KAIKOURA AND BLENHEIM. HOWEVER, IT'LL BE A FINE DAY FOR THE REST OF YOU. SOME NORTHEASTERLIES IN NELSON WITH A HIGH OF 19. HEADING SOUTH, BIT OF CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, THIS WILL CLEAR TO BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 18 HERE. TO THE DEEP SOUTH. APART FROM SOME MORNNG CLOUD FOR THOSE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REGION, THERE'LL BE SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. LIGHT WINDS THIS AFTERNOON IN QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 18. ANGER AND FRUSTRATION FROM NEW ZEALAND'S DISABLED COMMUNITY AFTER A KIWI RAPPER PARKED HIS BRIGHT ORANGE LAMBORGHINI IN TWO MOTABILITY CAR PARKS WITHOUT A PERMIT. THE RAPPER TOM FRANCIS IS NO STRANGER TO MAKING HEADLINES, LAST SEEN ON FAIR GO LAST YEAR. NEW ZEALAND COMPANIES REGISTER SHOWS THE OWNER OF SPEEDY FIREWOOD IS A MAN CALLED 'THOMAS DOUGLAS FRANCIS MACDONALD'. WELL, PEOPLE WELCOME TOM FRANCIS. THIS IS RAPPER THOMAS MACDONALD, A.K.A, TOM FRANCIS, ON 'THE PROJECT' IN 2021. YOU KNOW, WENT BACK TO HAWKES BAY AND UH, I WENT AND LIKE CUT THREE OR FOUR OF LOADS OF FIREWOOD, OR SOMETHING? - WOAH! - YEAH, AND THEN I DELIVERED IT... BUT I THINK HE FORGOT THE DELIVERING PART. TO HER, ANYWAY. THOMAS MACDONALD'S BUSINESS SPEEDY FIREWOOD ALSO HAS A REPUTATION. WE'VE COME ACROSS NEWSPAPER ARTICLES WHERE HE'S DONE THIS PREVIOUSLY. MOBILITY ADVOCATE LEE WARN JOINS US NOW. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. I DON'T KNOW IF ANNOYING IS THE RIGHT WORD? ANNOYING IS POSSIBLY THE RIGHT WORD. BUT IF'S FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING YOU OR I CAN DO ABOUT IT. THIS LATEST ABUSE IS ` IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE A HIGH-PROFILE PERSON OR A PERSON WITH A RISK CAR. IT IS NEVER AN 86 TOYOTA COROLLA. IT IS ACROSS-THE-BOARD THOUGH, IT IS NOT A SOCIAL STATUS OR ONLY RICH PEOPLE DO. IT IS EGG AND ERRORS, ARROGANCE, OR ADOLESCENCE. WE'VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE WRITING AND TO TELL US ABOUT THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES, OR THE ABUSE AND EXCUSES THEY'VE HEARD. BUT WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM PEOPLE ABOUT WHY PEOPLE FEEL THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO PARK IN THIS CAR PARKS THAT DO NOT HAVE A PERMIT? THEY DO HAVE THE RIGHT, OBVIOUSLY ` I ACTUALLY HAD SOMEBODY TELL ME THAT THEY HAD THE RACE ENTITLEMENT. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO THAT. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MY RACE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH MY DISABILITY. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE I WAS JUST IN THE MOMENT. A WOMAN CAME UP AND ASKED IF THE OTHER GUY WAS OKAY, NOT ME. IT BROUGHT UP A WHOLE RAFT OF OTHER ISSUES. BUT IT'S BECAUSE WHEN THEY ARE CONFRONTED, AND YOU WOULD HAVE GOT THIS WITH ALL YOUR EMAILS AND MESSAGING, IS THAT WHEN THEY ARE CONFRONTED, THEY ARE BACKED INTO A CORNER, AND THEY COME OUT SWINGING. THEY ARE ALWAYS RIGHT. I JUST GOT TO DELIVER THIS, I WILL ONLY BE A MINUTE, I'VE GOT A PERMIT BUT IT IS AT HOME, THERE ARE ALL THESE EXCUSES, AND THEY ARE NEVER JUSTIFIABLE. THE OTHER ISSUE THAT WE HAD THIS MORNING ` TRIED TO FIND WHERE YOU COULD SEND A PHOTO OF AN OFFENCE, NO RESPONSE. THAT IS PART OF THE COUNCILS PROBLEM TOO, RIGHT? THERE ARE PLACES TO COMPLAIN, BUT THERE ARE NO ONE WHO WANTS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. YOU HAVE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY. THE PRIVATE RESPONSIBILITY IS ON THE OWNERS OF THE LANDLORD OR THE RENTERS ON THAT PROPERTY, BUT THERE ISN'T ANY GOVERNANCE OR POLICY TO SAY YOU'VE GOT THIS LAND, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD KOUTOU COMPLIANCE AND A MOBILITY CARPET. IT IS NEVER FOLLOWED UP AGAIN. THEY DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING SURE THOSE ACCESSIBLE CAR PARKS ARE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WITH PERMITS. AND THEN ON PUBLIC ROADS, YOU HAVE TO CALL AN OFFICER TO COME AND GIVE SOMEONE A TICKET. HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE? IF IT TAKES 15 MINUTES, AND THEY'RE GONE IN 10 ` YOU HAVE STOPPED ANYTHING. YOU CAN BE FINED FOR THIS, SOME PLACES $150, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH OF A DETERRENT, EH? HOW MUCH THAT TICKET WORTH? IN THE UK, THE FINES AROUND $1000. IT'S A VERY OBVIOUS, IT'S PAINTED, THERE IS A SIGN, WHEN YOU PARK, YOU ARE GOING TO LOOK AT HOW YOU PARK, AND IT IS JUST SO SIMPLE. A FRIEND OF MINE TIM HAS DECIDED AN APP WHICH IS BEING IMPLEMENTED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WHERE WHEN PEOPLE ENTER THE ACCESSIBLE CAR PARK, EVEN IF THEY ARE THERE FOR 30 SECONDS OR A MINUTE, THEY WILL GET AN AUTOMATIC TICKET SENT OUT. WHEN THAT IS ROLLED OUT, THAT TAKES THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE OWNERSHIP OF ANYONE DOING ANYTHING PHYSICALLY ABOUT IT AWAY. THEN THERE IS NO MORE ABUSE, ORITE KNOCKED ON THE WINDOW AND THE PERSON TOLD ME TO F OFF. IT IS TAKEN AWAY, AND THERE IS NO MONEY FOR THAT. MORE NEED* THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT IS A NEW ISSUE. WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE YOU ARE TELLING ME. THERE IS A BUILDING KOUTOU COMPLIANCE WHICH STATES SPECIFIC SIZING, BUT IT FILLED UNDER THE BUILDING KOUTOU CONVEYANCE, SO PRIVATE INDICES WHEN YOU BUILD A BUILDING, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ACCESSIBLE CAR PARK THE SIZE BY THE SIZE. BUT ALL COULD ROADS, THERE IS NO BUILDING, THEY JUST PUT THE ACCESSIBLE CAR PARKS IN. SO NONE OF THE ACCESSIBLE CAR PARKS ON AUCKLAND ROADS ARE UP TO CODE, BECAUSE THERE IS NO CODE. NOT BIG ENOUGH, NOT WIDE ENOUGH, SO IF SOMEONE IS GETTING OUT OF THE DRIVER'S DOOR, IF THEY'VE GOT TO PARK AWAY FROM THE CURB, THEIR VAN OR VEHICLE IS IN THE TRAFFIC. SO MANY ISSUES, AND WE HAVE RUN OUT OF TIME. WHAT IS THE SOLUTION, IF YOU CAN GIVE ME ONE AND 20 SECONDS? SOLUTION! WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I HELD ABUSE, BUT IT IS LIKE SQUASHING ANTS. IT'S ABOUT GOING FOR THE JUGULAR. I FOUND CONTACTING MY LOCAL MPS AND COUNCIL AND DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY THROUGH THE RIGHT PROCESSES. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO ANYTHING. THINK ABOUT THE ACTIONS YOU ARE TAKING AND TAKE THOSE ACTIONS. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND IT WAS SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON. I'M JUST WONDERING, I DON'T NEED A DISABILITY CAR PARK, BUT IT STILL IRKS ME WHEN I SEE IT, CAN I GO OVER AND TALK TO THEM? CAN WE ALL BANDS TOGETHER? NO. PLEASE DON'T. IF YOU DO IT AS AN INDIVIDUAL, DESIRED CHANCE YOU GET ATTACKED OR ABUSED. ABLE-BODIED ` WE GET ABUSE, AND YOU'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR, THEY ARE STILL ABUSING YOU. I'M THE TYPE THAT KNOCKS ON THE WINDOW, AND THEY PRETEND THEY CAN'T HEAR ME WHEN I TALK TO THEM, AND THEY GIVE ME GESTURES IN THE CAR. AND I STAND THERE SAYING MOVE THE CAR, MOVE THE CAR. BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME NOT TO ANY MORE? WHAT ABOUT IF YOU HAVE WHAT IF YOU TELL THE SUPERMARKET TO NAME AND SHAME THEM OVER THE PA SYSTEM? ANYTHING THAT TAKES YOU OUT OF THE INDIVIDUAL ASPECT IS A GREAT IDEA. PUBLIC SHAME, ALL FOR IT, I PERSONALLY DON'T DO IT, BUT ANYTHING THAT TAKES YOU AWAY FROM THE CONFRONTATION. JUST DON'T PARK THERE! PEOPLE ALWAYS HAVE AN EXCUSE. THE SERIAL OFFENDERS LIE. ME U TONU MAI, IT'S THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM. BLUES AND CRUSADERS ALUMNI HAVE CAUGHT UP FOR A BREAKFAST AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND'S BIG CLASH. WE'LL HEAD TO EDEN PARK, NEXT. We got a new car you have to plug in. It goes for two wee stops. (DOG BARKS) One masterpiece. And four unlucky possums! Five! VOICEOVER: Fast charge on the road and pay like you're at home. With Genesis at charge net stations. AUCKLAND FINE. SOUTHEASTERLIES, BECOMING FRESH FOR A TIME THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH OF 21 DEGREES. HAMILTON, FINE. SOUTHEASTERLIES DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. HIGH OF 20 DEGREES. WELLINGTON ` A FEW SHOWERS, CLEARING TO CLOUDY PERIODS THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTHERLIES, EASING THIS EVENING. HIGH OF 14 DEGREES. CHRISTCHURCH ` OCCASIONAL RAIN, CLEARING THIS MORNING, THEN BECOMING FINE THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLIES EASING THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH OF 16 DEGREES. DUNEDIN FINE APART FROM MORNING CLOUD AND FOG. NORTHEASTERLIES DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH OF 14 DEGREES. AND FOR SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT, THIS IS A LIVE SHOT OF THE HIPPOS AT SAN DIEGO ZOO. RANDOM HIPPO FACTS ` HIPPOS LIVE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, WHERE THE SUN'S UV RAYS ARE INCREDIBLY STRONG. HIPPOS HAVE ADAPTED AN ABILITY TO PRODUCE A RED, OILY LIQUID WHICH ACTS AS A NATURAL SUNBLOCK. FASCINATINGLY, HIPPOS CAN IDENTIFY A FRIEND FROM FOE BY SMELLING THEIR POOP. HIPPOS USE MIDDENS, OR OUTDOOR AREAS WHERE THEY REPEATEDLY GO TO THE BATHROOM. HIPPOS CAN THEN SNIFF THE AREA TO FIND OUT WHO'S BEEN THERE, AND IF THEY'RE CONSIDERED A FRIEND. ONE OF SUPER RUGBY'S MOST FIERCE RIVALRIES IS SET TO BE RE-IGNITED THIS WEEKEND WHEN THE BLUES HOST THE CRUSADERS AT EDEN PARK. HISTORY SUGGESTS THE CRUSADERS HAVE THE UPPER HAND HAVING ONLY LOST TWICE TO THE BLUES IN THE PAST DECADE. BUT GIVEN HOW THE CRUSADERS ARE TRACKING AT THE MOMENT ` WINLESS ` IT COULD ALL CHANGE. FOR MORE, ZION DAYAL IS AT BLUES HQ FOR A SPECIAL ALUMNI BREAKFAST. MORNING, ZION. GOOD MORNING GUYS, DOESN'T GET MUCH BIGGER THAN THIS FOR THE BROTHERS COMING UP AGAINST THE CRUSADERS. IT EXTENDS BACK TO WELL IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. WE ARE AT ALONG MY PRACTICES MORNING, WHERE A LOT OF BIG BOYS ARE EATING A LOT OF FOOD. THAT INCLUDES FORMER AND CURRENT PLAYERS OF THE BLUES. I WILL START WITH YOU BRAD, AND WEEKS LIKE THESE AS A BLUES PLAYER, BACK IN THE DAY, DID YOU USE TO CIRCLE THE CALENDAR WHEN YOU AND THE CRUSADERS CAME UP AGAINST EACH OTHER ALWAYS. THE CRUSADERS WERE RIGHT UP THERE WITH ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS. IT WAS ALWAYS AN EXCITING WEEK ESPECIALLY AGAINST THOSE GUYS. IT IS GOOD TO SEE THESE YOUNG FELLOWS GOING PRETTY WELL. I WISH THEM ALL THE BEST FOR SATURDAYS GAME. YOU HAVE A FOOT IN BOTH CAMPS ` MY HEART WAS I WAS AT HOME WITH THE PLAYERS. EVERYONE LOOKS IN GREAT NICK. ARE YOU SURE? THE BOYS SHY AND KEEP ACTIVE, THE WAY LIFE IS NOW. TRY* I WILL COME OVER TO YOU NOW, WHEN YOU SEE THIS GAME COME UP ON THE CALENDAR, IT IS ONE THIS TEAM MUST RELISH. WE LOOK AT THESE GAMES LIKE A SEMI-FINAL OR A FINAL. THE BLOOD IS ALREADY BOILING FOR THEIR SATURDAY GAME. DO YOU LOOK MUCH INTO THE STRONGHOLD THE CRUSADERS HAVE HELD? NO, WE LOOK AT OURSELVES IN THE GAMES WE NEED TO IMPROVE. IT'S THE FIRST GAME AT IMPACT THE SEASON, AND YOU HAVE A SPECIAL JAZZY THAT YOU HAVE, IT LOOKS ` A LOT OF FANS ARE OPPRESSED BY IT, IT IS THE HERITAGE JERSEY. HERE WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK FOR OUR FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP. IT IS A SPECIAL JERSEY. SOME OF THESE OLD BOYS ARE LOOKING AND FANTASTIC NICK. HE CAME UNTIL THREE YEARS AGO AND TOOK A STOP OFF AT THE BATCH, AND THE OTHER BOYS HAD TO LEAVE THEIR TOPS ON. TO BREAKING NEWS NOW ` A MAN WILL APPEAR IN COURT TODAY CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF OPOTIKI MONGREL MOB PRESIDENT STEVEN TAITINI. HE WAS STRUCK DURING A HIT AND RUN IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR. THE TANGI OF STEVEN TAITINI MADE NATIONAL HEADLINES LAST YEAR WHICH SAW A NUMBER OF THE LOCAL SCHOOLS CLOSED. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA, YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. COMING UP... MJOLLNIR? (ROARING) MJOLLNIR! IT ONCE BELONGED TO THOR, BUT NO LONGER. FIND OUT HOW HIS FAMOUS HAMMER COULD BE YOURS. A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF A BAY OF PLENTY GANG BOSS LAST YEAR. THE MAN WILL APPEAR IN COURT TODAY AND HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CHARGED WITH PERVERTING THE COURSE OF JUSTICE. STEVEN TAIATINI WAS KILLED IN A HIT AND RUN LAST YEAR IN WHAT'S BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN A RETRIBUTION ATTACK. 'MORE HOUSING AND MORE SUPPORT' IS WHAT ONE ADVOCATE SAYS IS NEEDED AS THE GOVERNMENT GETS TOUGH ON KAINGA ORA TENANTS. MINISTERS SENT A LETTER TO THE STATE HOUSING AGENCY'S BOARD, OUTLINING THE CORE FUNCTIONS THE GOVERNMENT EXPECT THE AGENCY TO FOCUS ON. BROOKE PAO STANLEY FORM AUCKLAND ACTION AGAINST POVERTY SAYS THE TOUGH APPROACH WILL JUST MAKE THINGS WORSE. THE ISSUES THAT OUR COMMUNITY OUR FACING IS COMPLEX. I KNOW THIS, BUT WE NEED TO ENSURE PEOPLE GROUND THEIR SOLUTIONS WITH LOVE AND CARE AND WE NEED TO HAVE SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THOSE FREE OF CHARGE AND ALSO FREE OF PREJUDICE AND JUDGEMENT. CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS HE CAN'T PREDICT HOW MANY EVICTIONS WILL HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF THE NEW DIRECTION. THE PRIME MINISTE 'HAD A CHAT' TO HIS DEPUTY WINSTON PETERS AFTER COMMENTS COMPARING POLICY OF THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT TO 'NAZI GERMANY'. LUXON REFUSED TO OUTLINE WHAT WAS EXACTLY SAID TO PETERS INSTEAD TELLING ALL POLITICAL LEADERS TO 'WATCH THEIR LANGUAGE' WE WANT CIVILITY IN OUR POLITICS AND THE EXTREME RHETORIC TRYING TO POLARISE AND MISCHARACTERISE PEOPLE IS NOT APPROPRIATE FROM ANY POLITICAL LEADER. A LANDMARK CASE IS BACK IN COURT TODAY WITH UBER DRIVERS FIGHTING TO BE LABELLED 'EMPLOYEES'. UBER IS APPEALING A 2022 EMPLOYMENT COURT DECISION THAT FOUND UBER DRIVERS ARE IN FACT EMPLOYEES AND SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS THAT COME WITH THAT. FIRST UNION'S ANITA ROSENTRETER SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE DECISION TO BE UPHELD. IF EMPLOYERS LIKE UBER CAN AROUND AND SAY YOU ARE NOT AN EMPLOYEE WHAT IS STOPPING ALL OF THE OTHER EMPLOYERS IN NEW ZEALAND? WORKERS NEED ADEQUATE PROTECTIONS. SOUTH ISLANDERS ARE CONSUMING MORE ALCOHOL THAN PEOPLE IN THE NORTH ISLAND. THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND MONITORED 10 WATER CATCHMENT AREAS COVERING 40% OF THE POPULATION OVER A 6 MONTH PERIOD IN 2021. THE RESULTING DATA FOUND PEOPLE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND DRINK THE LEAST. LISA PILKINGTON SAYS IT GIVES THE POSSIBILITY FOR LONG TERM SURVEILLANCE ON ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION. THIS IS LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE POPULATION COMMUNITY. SO, IT'S NOT LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL DRINKING HABITS, SO THAT CAN'T BE DISECTED WITH THE STUDY BUT IT IS LOOKING AT OVERALL TRENDS. THE IDEA THAT IF YOU HAVE THIS KIND OF ONGOING MONITORING, YOU CAN DIRECT RESOURCES WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED OR YOU CAN MONITOR ANY KIND OF POLICY CHANGES. RESEARCHERS ALSO SAID IT WAS POSSIBLE TO LINK DETECTABLE SPIKES IN DRINKING TO BIG EVENTS. ALLEGED SIGHTINGS OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES HAVE DONE NOTHING TO QUASH SPECULATION ABOUT HER WELLBEING. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON SAYS THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES ARE ONLY GATHERING STEAM. IT DOES FEEL LIKE EVERYDAY THERE IS ANOTHER CRAZY RUMOUR. IN FACT, I WAS JUST TALKING TO SOMEONE BEFORE AND SHE HAD HEARD THAT MAYBE PRINCESS CATHERINE HAD CUT SOME BANGS AND THEY HAD TURNED OUT SO TERRIBLY SHE WAS WAITING FOR THEM TO GROW OUT. AND SO, AS MUCH AS THIS IS SO RIDICULOUS IT IS WORTH REMEMBERING HERE THE ORIGIN OF ALL OF THIS WHICH IS THE FACT THAT SHE HAD MAJOR SURGERY. THAT THIS WAS INITIALLY A MAJOR HEALTH ISSUE FOR PRINCESS CATHERINE THAT HAS BEEN OVERRUN WITH CONSPIRACY THEORIES. FORMER U.S PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS PAID A SURPRISE VISIT TO THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER. OBAMA WAS SEEN ENTERING THE FRONT DOOR OF NUMBER 10 DOWNING STREET AND LEAVING ABOUT AN HOUR LATER. THE REASON FOR THE BRIEF VISIT IS UNKNOWN THOUGH DOWNING STREET HAS CONFIRMED HE AND THE PM DISCUSSED A RANGE OF TOPICS INCLUDING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. ELUSIVE STREET ARTIST 'BANKSY' HAS CONFIRMED A MURAL THAT SUDDENLY APPEARED ON THE SIDE OF A BUILDING IN LONDON IS HIS LATEST CREATION. THE MURAL FEATURES GREEN PAINT SPLATTERED ON A WALL BEHIND A CUT BACK TREE RESEMBLING LEAVES. THE ARTIST UPLOADED BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. CROWDS HAVE GATHERED TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE MURAL, WITH LOCALS SAYING THEY'RE PROUD THEIR STREET WAS CHOSEN AS A CANVAS BY 'BANKSY'. NEW ZEALAND'S SLIPPED TO A THIRD LOSS AT THE WOMEN'S CURLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CANADA. A DAY AFTER RECORDING THE TEAM'S FIRST EVER WIN AT THE WORLD CHAMPS, AN 8-6 VICTORY OVER SCOTLAND, THE KIWIS HAVE BEEN DEFEATED 8-2 BY SWEDEN. THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN ACTION AGAINST ESTONIA, LEADING 6-5 AFTER 8 ENDS. AND FINALLY, FORGET THE SIN BIN. THE NRL'S SOUTHS RABBITOHS HAVE BROUGHT IN A SWEAR JAR FOR THE PLAYERS. IT FOLLOWS AN EXPLETIVE LADEN, LIVE RADIO INTERVIEW BY LATRELL MITCHELL AFTER THE SIDE'S LOSS TO THE BRONCOS LAST WEEKEND. THE LEAGUE'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE HAS REMINDED PLAYERS TO 'BE RESPECTFUL' DURING INTERVIEWS. MITCHELL WON'T BE PUNISHED AND SAYS HIS LANGUAGE WASN'T INTENDED TO OFFEND. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, THERE'LL BE BLUE SKIES ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SOME FRESH SOUTHEASTERLIES HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. A HIGH OF 23 TODAY IN KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH, SIMILAR HERE ` A NICE FINE DAY FOR YOU ALL APART FROM SOME EARLY CLOUD IN HAMILTON. SOUTHEASTERLIES DEVELOPING AFTER MIDDAY. TAURANGA, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 21. TO THE EAST COAST, PACK YOUR BROLLY AS YOU HEAD OUT. FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING FOR ALL OF YOU. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 18 THE HIGH IN NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST, BIT OF A MIXED BAG. SUNSHINE FOR THOSE NORTH OF THE REGION. FURTHER SOUTH, CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SOME SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN WELLINGTON. 19 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND. CLOUDY START FOR THOSE IN KAIKOURA AND BLENHEIM. HOWEVER, IT'LL BE A FINE DAY FOR THE REST OF YOU. SOME NORTHEASTERLIES IN NELSON WITH A HIGH OF 19. HEADING SOUTH, BIT OF CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, THIS WILL CLEAR TO BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 18 HERE. TO THE DEEP SOUTH, APART FROM SOME MORNNG CLOUD FOR THOSE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REGION THERE'LL BE SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. LIGHT WINDS THIS AFTERNOON IN QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 18. THE MAGIC OF THOR'S HAMMER IS SET TO HELP THE MEDICAL WIZARDS WHO CARE FOR THE CAPITAL'S UNWELL CHILDREN. A ONE-AND-A-HALF TONNE REPLICA OF THE FAMOUS MARVEL PROP IS BEING AUCTIONED OFF ONLINE - WITH THE WELLINGTON HOSPITALS FOUNDATION GETTING THE PROCEEDS FOR TE WAO NUI - THE REGIONAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. THE FOUNDATION'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE GUY RYAN JOINS US NOW FROM THE WELLINGTON WATERFRONT. MORENA! GOSH IT IS HUGE! HOW DID THIS ALL COME ABOUT? AS NEW ZEALANDERS, ALL OF US DEPEND ON ACCESS TO GREAT HEALTHCARE. WELLINGTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION EXISTS TO SUPPORT OUR HOSPITALS. THE MARVEL SUPERHERO EXHIBITION GAVE US A CALL, AND ASKED IF WE WANTED TO USE THE FUNDS. CAN YOU LIFT IT? I'VE BEEN TRAINING ALL MORNING. DOING PUSH-UPS, EASY. HOW HEAVY IS IT? I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. SUPER HEAVY, I CAN'T LIFT IT BUT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO. WHAT OTHER LOGISTICS BY MOVING IT? WHERE THERE IS A WELL THOSE AWAY. WE GOT A HAIR AND WITH THE AUCTION CLOSING THE SUNDAY IF YOU WIN THE HAMMER WE WILL FIND A WAY TO GET IT TO WHERE YOU NEED IT. WHAT WOULD SOMEBODY WANT WITH THOR'S HAMMER? FOR ME PERSONALLY I LOVE THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. I LOVE THE CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION THAT GOES INTO IT. THERE IS A HUGE FAN BASE OF MARVEL FUNDS AROUND THE WORLD. WE DON'T ALL NEED TO BE SUPERHEROES TO SUPPORT THE CAUSES WE CARE ABOUT. ALL OF US CAN SUPPORT CHILD HEALTH. IF YOU WIN THE AUCTION AND THE HAMMER, CONGRATULATIONS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ROOM BUT YOU WANT TO SUPPORT THE CAUSE, YOU CAN STILL MAKE A DONATION THROUGH THE WEBSITE. HOW MUCH INTEREST HAVE YOU HAD SO FAR? THERE IS A FAIR BIT OF INTEREST. WE NEED YOU TO BE A CHAMPION TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD. THE AUCTION FOR THE HAMMER AT THE MOMENT IS CLOCKING JUST OVER $4000. WOR THE AUCTION FOR THE HAMMER AT THE MOMENT IS CLOCKING JUST OVER $4000.01 OF THE PROJECTS WE ARE FUNDRAISING FOR IS A BRAND-NEW NEONATAL TRANSPORT INCUBATOR. WE ARE TRYING TO RAISE NORTH OF HALF A MILLION. THE PROCEEDS FOR THIS AUCTION WILL PLAY A VITAL ROLE BUT WE ALSO NEED THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNTRY TO GET BEHIND THIS CAMPAIGN. LOTS OF WAYS TO SUPPORT. YOU'VE ALSO HAD INTEREST FROM OVERSEAS? YES. MARVEL IS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN AMAZING COMMUNITY OF SUPPORTERS AND PARTNERS BEHIND THE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION. BUT EQUALLY THOR'S HAMMER WILL TAP INTO A NEW SUPPORTER BASE. IF YOU LOVE THE MARVEL UNIVERSE AND THE CHARACTERS HELP US SPREAD THE WORD. WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO SPREAD THE WORD. I LOVE THE INTEREST FROM AROUND THE WORLD BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE THE SHIPPING COST? YOU WOULD HAVE TO BREAK IT DOWN. I READ IT LIGHTS UP. HOW COOL IS THAT AT NIGHT? E WHAI AKE NEI, HUNDREDS OF FILMMAKERS ARE SET TO DESCEND ON OTAKI. WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHATS BRINGING THEM THERE. MORE THAN 200 FILMMAKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WILL DESCEND ON THE OPENING NIGHT OF THE LARGEST INDIGENOUS FILM FESTIVAL ON EARTH TOMORROW. TAKING PLACE AT OTAKI ON THE KAPITI COAST, THE MAORILAND FILM FESTIVAL MAY BE IN ITS 11TH YEAR, BUT IN 2024 IT'S BEING RUN BY A NEW GENERATION AND HAS BEEN BROUGHT TOGETHER DURING A TIME OF HEIGHTENED DEBATE ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, TO DISCUSS THAT AND SOME TOP FILM PICKS WE'RE JOINED BY THE NEW FESTIVAL DIRECTOR MADELEINE HAKARAIA DE YOUNG. MORENA, MADELEINE. HAS EVERYTHING GONE TO PLAN? I THINK SO. WE OPEN UP TOMORROW. EVERYONE IS IN THAT LAST MAD RUSH. ALL THE FILMMAKERS ARE ON THEIR WAY AND WERE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PUT ON SOME FILMS THIS WEEK. JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT IS FREEZING A LITTLE BIT. ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT THIS YEAR AND THIS IS JUST POPPED INTO MY HEAD, WHY DOES IT HAPPEN IN OTAKI? WE STARTED IT HERE 17 YEARS AGO I MADE A SHORT FILM ABOUT OUR AUNTIE'S. IT BROUGHT OTAKI TO LIFE WITH THE THOUGHT WE COULD BE PART OF THIS FILM WORLD. WE THOUGHT WE'D BRING THE WORLD TO OTAKI TO CELEBRATE OUR STORIES WITH ALL OF AOTEAROA. YOU HAVE EXPANDED THE EVENTS ON OFFER THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL? WE HAVE A CELEBRATION OF OUR THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL. WE HAVE GOT EXHIBITIONS ALL THROUGH OTAKI'S MAIN STREET. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A FOCUS ON NEW ZEALAND'S INDIGENOUS CULTURE BUT PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO SHARE THEIR FILMS. WHERE IS EVERYONE COMING FROM AND WHAT ARE THEY BRINGING? WITH GOT 168 TITLES AT THIS FESTIVAL. WE HAVE GOT PEOPLE COMING FROM FINLAND AND THE NORTHERN ARCTIC. WE'VE GOT FILMS COMING FROM SIERRA LEONE, FROM ALL ACROSS THE PACIFIC AND ALL ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. THEY ARE ALL COMING, OVER 200 ON THEIR WAY. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO SHOW THEIR FILMS BECAUSE WE ARE HEARING VOICES WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO BRING TO THE FESTIVAL BEFORE. IF THERE IS ONE FILM WE HAVE TO WATCH, DO YOU HAVE A PICK? I THINK ONE OF THE FILMS I'M EXCITED TO SCREEN IS ABOUT A LITTLE BOY. HE LOVES FLEETWOOD MAC. IT'S A FISH OUT OF WATER FEELING OF ONE YOU ARE A LITTLE KID AND YOU GET SENT TO YOUR GRANDPARENTS AND YOU HAVE TO WORK OUT WHO YOU ARE AND HOW YOU FIT IN WITH THE WIDER EXTENDED FAMILY. I WATCHED IT I REMEMBER MY CHILDHOOD BEING SENT TO MY GRANDPARENTS. ALL THE BEST FOR THE FESTIVAL. E HAERE AKE NEI, WANAKA'S KIWI SCULPTURE. FIND OUT WHY WHAT'S BECOME KNOWN AS 'FIRST FLIGHT' HAS GONE VIRAL. A GIANT SCULPTURE OF A STEEL KIWI WITH BALLOONS STRAPPED ONTO ITS BACK HAS GARNERED A LOT OF ATTENTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA RECENTLY. WITH TALK ABOUT IT'S CREATIVE USE OF RAW MATERIAL AND IMPRESSIVE SIZE, THE SCULPTOR OF THE PIECE, CALLED 'FIRST FLIGHT', HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF PRAISE AND IS HERE TO TELL US MORE. NICHOLAS, MORENA. TELL ME ABOUT THE SCULPTURE. LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO 1ST FLIGHT. THIS IS ALL STEEL, THIS IS A SCULPTURE I HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE AFTER MAKING LOTS OF PICTURES OF BIRDS, I THOUGHT WHAT IF THE KEY WE WERE STREAMING OFF-LINE? I COULD MAKE KIWI WERE DREAMING OF FLYING* INITIALLY I THOUGHT ABOUT DOING PLANE WINGS, BUT THEN I THOUGHT BALLOONS WERE MORE POETIC. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS EXPECTING, BUT I LOVE IT. I HAVE USED MOSTLY RECYCLED MATERIALS, WE HAVE LOTS OF OFFCUTS, I WORK AT METAL WORKS, WE USE LOTS OF STEEL, AND I'VE USED MOSTLY OFFCUTS FROM THE SCRAP BIN, THE BALLOONS ARE ALSO MADE OF STEEL, I USE A TECHNIQUE CALLED HYDRO FORMING, SO BASICALLY, THEY HAVE BEEN INFLATED BY WATER. IT WAS CHALLENGING FOR ME, BECAUSE IT WAS MY FIRST TIME USING THAT TECHNIQUE, AND I HAVE HAD A FEW EXPLOSIONS IN THE MAKING, BUT IT WAS GOOD FUN. LOOKS FANTASTIC. HOW MUCH DID YOU SELL IT FOR? I COMPLETED AT ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO, AND LAST WEEK I GOT AN EMAIL THAT A COMPANY OF AUCKLAND WANTED TO BUY IT, AND IT WAS PRICED AT $29,500. WE HAVE TO GO, BUT YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS FOR SALE AS WELL? HOW DO PEOPLE GET IN TOUCH? THEY CAN FIND ME ON MY WEBSITE OR INSTAGRAM. I KNOW YOU TOOK THAT SCULPTURE DOWN LAKESIDE, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT SHOT IS SPECTACULAR. CONGRATULATIONS, WELL DONE, MATE. CAPTIONS BY BILLY GARRATT-JOHN, COURTNEY SOLE, DREW WELSH & MAIA CARR HEKE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024