IT'S THURSDAY THE 21ST OF MARCH. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. MASSIVE FINES AND TOUGHER ENFORCEMENT ` WILL THAT BE ENOUGH TO STOP RETAILERS SELLING VAPES TO UNDERAGE SHOPPERS? WE'LL BE GETTING THE LATEST FROM AN ANTI-VAPING CAMPAIGNER AND THE MINISTER DRIVING THESE NEW RULES THROUGH. THAT'S AFTER 7. REMEMBER WHEN THE BIGGEST HEADLINE IN THIS COUNTRY WAS ABOUT WHETHER WEET-BIX SHOULD BE SOLD AT THE WAREHOUSE? WELL THE COMMERCE COMMISSION'S DISMISSED A COMPLAINT AGAINST SANITARIUM FOR PULLING THE CEREAL FROM THE STORE'S SHELVES. WE'RE DELVING INTO THIS TO FIND OUT WHY IT COULD BE A SLIPPERY SLOPE FOR OUR ALREADY EXPENSIVE GROCERIES. AND WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE LIKE THIS. THEY WORK, AND WORK, AND WORK. WE'RE TALKING A WORKAHOLICS ` WHETHER IT'S ACTUALLY POSSIBLE TO BE ADDICTED TO YOUR JOB AND TO PUT YOURSELF OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW THROUGH EMPLOYMENT REHAB. THAT'S IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. IT HAS GOT US TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS A WORKAHOLIC. IT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMEBODY WHO IS OBSESSED BY WORK, WHO SACRIFICES PERSONAL THINGS AND HOME LIFE OR WORKING. ALSO IF YOU CANNOT JUST PUT THE COMPUTER DOWN. YOU PUT YOURSELF THROUGH A SELF-IMPOSED TIMELINE IN TERMS OF YOUR DEADLINES WHICH IS AGAIN SELF-IMPOSED. IS THAT NOT JUST A STRONG WORK ETHIC? I THINK THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. BEING A WORKAHOLIC YOU CANNOT STOP, LOOKING AT EMAILS, SITTING AT THE COMPUTER, CONTINUING YOUR MAHI. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. YOU GOT TO KNOW YOUR BOUNDARIES. THE VAPING INDUSTRY IS WELCOMING THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S CRACK DOWN ON YOUTH VAPING. ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER CASEY COSTELLO ANNOUNCING DISPOSABLE VAPES WILL BE BANNED AND FINES FOR RETAILERS WHO SELL TO UNDER-18S WILL INCREASE FROM $10,000 TO $100,000. THEY'RE STEPS THE VAPING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION SAY THEY'VE ASKED THE MINISTRY TO IMPLEMENT PREVIOUSLY. COSTELLO IS PROMISING TO INCREASE ENFORCEMENT AND SAYS THERE'LL BE TIGHTER RESTRICTIONS FOR STOREFRONT DISPLAYS. THE ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER WILL JOIN BREAKFAST JUST AFTER 7. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AT THE LONDON CLINIC WHICH TREATED CATHERINE, THE PRINCESS OF WALES, FOLLOWING CLAIMS A STAFF MEMBER TRIED TO ACCESS PRIVATE MEDICAL RECORDS. IT'S BELIEVED AT LEAST ONE STAFF MEMBER WAS INVOLVED. THE BBC'S JONNY DYMOND HAS MORE. PRIVACY AND THE PRINCESS ` THE MIRROR MAKES A SPLASH WITH A STORY ABOUT AN ATTEMPT TO ACCESS PRIVATE MEDICAL INFORMATION REGARDING KATE, THE PRINCESS OF WALES. SHE WAS HERE TWO MONTHS AGO FOR AN ABDOMINAL OPERATION. SINCE THEN, SHE'S BEEN OUT OF SIGHT, BUT HARDLY OUT OF MIND. FROM THE PALACE. SILENCE. FROM THE HOSPITAL, A STATEMENT. ALL OF THIS ` THE HOSPITAL VISIT. THE LONG RECOVERY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ORDINARY. A WOMAN, WIFE AND MOTHER GETTING BETTER AFTER AN OPERATION. THE PALACE HAS BEEN FLABBERGASTED BY THE RESPONSE. THE CONCERN OFTEN THAT THE PRINCESS'S RIGHT TO PRIVACY HAS BEEN SHREDDED IN A WORLD OF PHONE AND FEED. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THE PRINCESS'S PRIVATE MEDICAL RECORDS. SOME OF THE MOST PROTECTED PERSONAL DATA THERE IS HAVE COME TO OTHERS' ATTENTION. A DECADE AGO, PHONE PRANKSTERS DUPED A NURSE INTO REVEALING SOME PETTY DETAILS. PROFILE IS PART OF ROYAL DUTY. FOR A MONARCH, OPTING OUT IS NOT AN OPTION, BUT THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES ARE LESS BOUND BY LAW AND TRADITION. THAT'S ONE REASON THEY ISSUED THEIR OWN PHOTO LAST WEEK, A MOVE THAT BACKFIRED AS ITS AUTHENTICITY WAS QUESTIONED BY PUBLISHERS WORLDWIDE. IRELAND'S PRIME MINISTER HAS UNEXPECTEDLY QUIT SAYING HIS COALITION GOVERNMENT'S MORE LIKELY TO BE RE-ELECTED UNDER A NEW LEADER. LEO VARADKAR BECAME THE COUNTRY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRIME MINISTER IN 2017 AND WAS RE-ELECTED IN 2022. HE SAYS HIS REASONS WERE BOTH POLITICAL AND PERSONAL AND WHILE HIS RESIGNATION'S AS PARTY LEADER IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY HE'LL REMAIN IN PARLIAMENT AS CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER AND A BACKBENCHER. HIS PARTY, THE CENTRE-RIGHT FINE GAEL, WILL APPOINT A NEW LEADER IN APRIL. THE NEXT IRISH ELECTION IS IN MARCH 2025. EIGHT CREW HAVE BEEN FOUND DEAD AFTER A SOUTH-KOREAN TANKER CAPSIZED OFF JAPAN'S WEST COAST. THE SHIP IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ANCHORED DUE TO STORMY WEATHER. THE COAST GUARD SAID IT WAS CARRYING NEARLY A THOUSAND TONS OF ACRYLIC ACID, THOUGH NO LEAKS HAVE BEEN REPORTER. ONE PERSON HAS SURVIVED THE ACCIDENT, WHILE TWO OTHERS ARE STILL MISSING. A RESCUE OPERATION IS UNDERWAY. TO SPORT NOW, AND AS LYTTLETON GEARS UP FOR THE SAIL GP THIS WEEKEND IN CHRISTCHURCH. NEW ZEALAND SAILING GREAT PETER BURLING TOLD 1 NEWS IT'S AN ADVANTAGE SAILING ON HOME TURF. 22,000 SPECTATORS ARE EXPECTED OVER TWO DAYS, MAKING IT THE WORLD'S LARGEST TICKETED SAILING EVENT. THE NEW ZEALAND SAIL GP TEAM HAVE ARRIVED IN CHRISTCHURCH LAST NIGHT. I THINK IT'S AWESOME TO TRAVEL A LITTLE BIT LESS DISTANCE THAN WE NORMALLY DO. I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST HOME ADVANTAGE FOR US IS JUST COMING IN SUPER FRESH TO THIS EVENT. OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF US HAVE SAILED IN LYTTLETON IN OUR YOUTH, BUT WE DON'T SPEND A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME DOWN HERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK HAVING THE HOME CROWD CHEERING YOU ON JUST GIVES YOU THAT EXTRA LITTLE BIT OF MOTIVATION AS WELL. RACING KICKS OFF AT 3pm THIS SATURDAY. SIMONA HALEP'S TAKEN A SWIPE BACK AT CAROLINE WOZNIACKI AFTER RECEIVING A WILDCARD ENTRY TO THE MIAMI OPEN. HALEP, WHO'S PLAYED HER FIRST MATCH SINCE THE 2022 US OPEN AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR A BANNED SUBSTANCE LOST TO PAULA BADOSA IN THREE SETS. SHE HIT BACK AT WOZNIACKI WHO SUGGESTED PLAYERS RETURNING FROM DOPING BANS SHOULD HAVE TO WORK THEIR WAY UP 'FROM THE BOTTOM.' WHY DID SHE SAY THAT? IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE... YEAH, YEAH, BUT WHY DID SHE SAY THAT? BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG. I DIDN'T CHEAT. I DIDN'T DOPE. SO IT'S BETTER IF WE READ THE DECISION THAT IT WAS A CONTAMINATED SUPPLEMENT. IT WAS NOT DOPING. HALEP'S ALWAYS MAINTAINED SHE NEVER DOPED. THE LATEST ARTWORK BY ELUSIVE STREET ARTIST BANKSY HAS BEEN DEFACED. THE MURAL APPEARED ON A BUILDING IN LONDON AT THE WEEKEND WITH BANKSY CLAIMING IT AS HIS OWN ON TUESDAY. IT FEATURED SWATHES OF GREEN PAINT ON A WALL BEHILD A NEARBY CUT-BACK TREE, GIVING THE APPEARANCE OF LEAVES. THE ARTWORK LASTED ALL OF FOUR DAYS BEFORE IT WAS VANDALISED AND STREWN WITH WHITE PAINT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` SOME PATACHES OF CLOUD IN AUCKLAND TODAY. OTHERWISE, BLUE SKIES FOR THE REST OF YOU. A HIGH OF 22 TODAY IN RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. SOME MORNING FROST IN TOKOROA, BUT IT'LL BE A NICE FINE DAY THROUGHOUT THE REGION. WHAKATANE, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 22. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT OF MORNING CLOUD TODAY WITH SOME LIGHT SHOWERS IN GISBORNE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. 22 THE HIGH IN MASTERTON. OVER TO THE WEST ` FROSTY START IN TAUMARUNUI. THIS WILL TURN TO FOG EARLY ON. OTHERWISE A FINE DAY FOR EVERYONE THROUGH HERE. PALMERSTON NORTH WITH A HIGH OF 21. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG FOR THOSE IN NORTH. YOU'LL BE OPENING UP THE BLINDS TO A FINE DAY. FURTHER SOUTH, MOSTLY CLOUDY ONE FOR YOU WITH SHOWERS THIS MORNING. BLENHEIM WITH A HIGH OF 22. HEADING SOUTH ` FINE MORNING FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. THIS WILL TURN TO CLOUD HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 23. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IF YOU'RE IN MILFORD SOUND OR OBAN, PACK YOUR BROLLY. YOU'VE GOT SOME SHOWERS TODAY. ELSEWHERE, IT'S BLUES SKIES THIS MORNING WITH SOME HIGH CLOUD AFTER MIDDAY. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 20. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF A STUDY INTO WHETHER NEW ZEALANDERS ARE GETTING THE BEST DEAL FROM OUR BANKS IS SET TO BE RELEASED IN THE COMING HOURS. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION BEGAN THE RESEARCH IN JUNE LAST YEAR FOLLOWING INCREASING CONCERN ABOUT SOARING BANK PROFITS. WHILE MOST ARE DOING IT TOUGH IN THIS COST OF LIVING CRISIS, BANKS IN NEW ZEALAND MADE $7.21B BETWEEN THEM LAST YEAR. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION STUDY FOCUSES ON COMPETITION IN THE SECTOR FOR PERSONAL BANKING SERVICES. FOR MORE WE'RE JOINED BY SAM STUBBS FROM KIWISAVER PROVIDER SIMPLICITY. GOOD MORNING. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE COMMERCE COMMISSION SIGNAL HERE? THEY HAVE TO START TALKING SERIOUSLY ABOUT OPEN BANKING. WE ARE WAY BEHIND THE BALL. OPENING BANKING WOULD MEAN YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR BANK LIKE YOU WOULD YOUR POWER COMPANY. BANKS ARE MAKING $300 A SECOND FROM NEW ZEALANDERS. IT'S 20% MORE THAN THE AVERAGE NEW ZEALANDER THAN THE AVERAGE AUSSIE. THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL LACK OF COMPETITION. THE GOVERNMENT HAVE TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY BECAUSE IT'S COSTING THE AVERAGE NEW ZEALANDER $2000 A YEAR. IF THE GOVERNMENT IS SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING THE COST OF LIVING DOWN THERE HAVE TO GET THE COST OF BANKING DANE. EXPLAINED TO US WHAT OPEN BANKING MEANS. IT MEANS YOU AS A CUSTOMER GET TO CHANGE YOUR BANK AS EASILY AS YOU CHANGE YOUR POWER OR PHONE COMPANY. AND IT CAN GIVE DATA WITH YOUR PERMISSION THAT SAYS HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT I DO WITH MY BANKING AND WHERE CAN I SAVE MONEY. THE INDUSTRY IS FOCUSED ON YOU GETTING THE BEST DEAL AND THERE IS MORE COMPETITION FOR BANKING SERVICES. EVEN IN AUSTRALIA THEY WERE DOING IT FIVE YEARS AGO. WHAT THE COMMERCE COMMISSION NEED TO DO IS FORCE IT TO HAPPEN HERE. TURKEYS DON'T VOTE FOR CHRISTMAS. IF WHAT HAPPENED IN AUSTRALIA HAPPENS OVER HERE, IT GIVES ONE TO $2 BILLION PER YEAR. I REALLY HOPE THEY HAVE A LOOK AT HOW BIG AN INFLUENTIAL AND DOMINANT THE ANZ BANK IS. I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE SPLIT UP. IT CREATED AN ENORMOUS GIANT OF A BANK. THEY SHOULD LOOK AT KIWI BANK, IT IS A ONE ARMED BOXER WITH HEAVY WEIGHTS IN THE RING. KIWI BANK HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GET MORE THAN A 5% MARKET SHARE. BUT IS OUR BANK, IT'S THE ONE WE OWN. THE GOVERNMENT OWNS 100% OF IT. WHY SHOULD WE CARE? WE SHOULD REALLY CARE BECAUSE BANKING PROFITS ARE ABOUT $2000 PER PERSON PER YEAR NEW ZEALANDER IS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WITH THE FOUR MOST PROFITABLE COMPANIES ARE BANKS. WE HAVE GOT A CRAZY SITUATION. WE ARE PAYING TOO MUCH ON MORTGAGES AND GETTING TOO LITTLE. WE HAVE FOUR MASSIVELY POWERFUL BANKS WITH TOO MUCH CONTROL, TOO MUCH INFLUENCE AND COMPETITION IS NOT ALLOWED TO COME IN. WHEN WAS THE LAST ENQUIRY INTO PERSONAL BANKING? I CAN'T REMEMBER, A LONG LONG TIME AGO. IN TERMS OF CHANGES, WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE? I WANT TO SEE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WITH MORE COMPETITION. I WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO FORCE THE BANKS TO ALLOW COMPETITORS THE CUMIN. THE INDUSTRY HAS WEATHERED ON THE VINE BECAUSE OF THE LUCK OF OPEN BANKING. THE BANKS HAVE HAD TOO MUCH INFLUENCE. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION HAS TO TELL THE GOVERNMENT TO DO IT. IF THEY ARE SERIOUS ABOUT GETTIN THE COST OF LIVING DOWN THIS IS FUNDAMENTAL. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT COST US A LOT BUT IT DOES. YOU SAY THE COMMERCE COMMISSION NEEDS TO GO TO THE GOVERNMENT. WILL THAT HAPPEN? THIS IS AN ACID TEST FOR THE GOVERNMENT. IT SAYS IT IS SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING THE COST OF LIVING DOWN. IF THEY DON'T ENACT THE RECOMMENDATIONS, ESSAYS ABOUT WHAT THEY SAY RATHER THAN WHAT THEY DO. THEY HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN VERY COZY WITH THE BANKS. THIS IS AN ACID TEST ABOUT WHETHER THEY WILL ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING. ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU. E WHAI AKE NEI ` CAN'T STOP WORKING? YOU'RE NOT ALONE. AN ESTIMATED 10% OF PEOPLE BATTLE WITH WORK ADDICTION. AN EXPERT REVEALS HOW TO BREAK THE HABIT. IN TODAY'S HYPER-CONNECTED WORLD, IT'S HARDER THAN EVER TO SWITCH OFF FROM WORK. BUT FOR SOME PEOPLE, OVERWORKING ISN'T JUST A BAD HABIT; IT'S AN ADDICTION, CALLED WORKAHOLISM. WE'RE JOINED BY LEADING LIFE COACH NICK HATTER. WHAT IS A WORKAHOLIC? A WORKAHOLIC IS SOMEONE WHO IS DRIVEN TO WORK COMPULSIVELY. THEY HAVE AN OBSESSION OF IT. IT'S A BIT LIKE AN ALCOHOLIC. THEIR LIFE REVOLVES AROUND ALCOHOL, THEY CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT AND IT IS THE SAME WITH WORKAHOLISM. YOU WOULD HAVE SPOKEN TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN THEY WERE A WORKAHOLIC, BUT WANTS THEIR HABITS WERE POTENTIALLY POINTED OUT IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THEY WERE. PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING THIS MORNING, WHO MIGHT ASK WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE OR FEEL LIKE? THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. THERE'S A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS YOU CAN ASK YOURSELF TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE ENTERING INTO WORKAHOLIC TERRITORY. IN MY BOOK, THE SEVEN QUESTIONS, I HAVE 20 QUESTIONS I GIFT TO READERS TO ASK IF THEY HAVE WORKAHOLISM. YOU WORK HARD, YOU GET PROMOTED. IT'S A HEAD IN ADDICTION. HAS YOUR LIFE BECOME UNMANAGEABLE? WHAT I MEAN BY UNMANAGEABLE, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE YOU EXPERIENCING HEALTH PROBLEMS? A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO OVERWORK CAN DEVELOP THINGS LIKE IBS, CROHN'S, GOT PROBLEMS, ALL THAT STUFF. INSOMNIA IS SOMETHING A LOT OF WORKAHOLICS GO THROUGH. I SUFFER FROM IT AS A RECOVERING WORKAHOLIC. DO YOU FIND YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT WORK ALL THE TIME EVEN WHEN YOU ARE NOT WORKING? THERE IS NOT JUST ONE QUESTION. THERE ARE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF TO FIND OUT IF YOU ARE GOING INTO THAT KIND OF WORKAHOLIC TERRITORY. ANOTHER KEY QUESTION IS HAVE ANY FRIENDS OR FAMILY POINTED OUT TO YOU? , ANY PARTNERS OR FRIENDS SAY YOU ARE NEVER AROUND. THAT'S ANOTHER LITMUS TEST. SITTING HERE, PEOPLE LISTENING TO THIS WILL GO, THAT KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE ME. WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT IT? I WONDER WHETHER SOME PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO DO BE AVAILABLE AND SO DON'T TAKE THAT BREAK OR DON'T ACTUALLY LOOK AT THEIR BEHAVIOUR AND SAY, ACTUALLY THIS IS A BIT OUT OF HAND. THIS IS HAVING AN IMPACT ON MY HEALTH AND MY FAMILY'S. YOU HAVE TO DO CERTAINLY SET BOUNDARIES. WHETHER THAT IS WITH CLIENTS OR EMPLOYERS. IT IS NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO ARE EMPLOYED BUT HAVE BOSSES WHO ARE WORKAHOLICS, IT CAN BE BUSINESS OWNERS. YOU NEED TO SET SOME KIND OF BOUNDARIES IT MIGHT BE TECHNOLOGICAL, IT MIGHT BE AROUND WHEN YOU RESPOND TO EMAILS, WHEN YOU GO TO WORK. IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PARTS OF RECOVERY FROM WORKAHOLISM. YOU CAN INSTALL SOFTWARE TO. I HAVE SOFTWARE ON MY MACBOOK CALLED COLD TURKEY BLOCKER. IF I AM ON MY COMPUTER PAST A CERTAIN TIME IT WILL SLOW IT. I LIKE THE IDEA. IN TERMS OF PREVALENCE, DO WE KNOW ANY NUMBERS? IS THERE ANY RESEARCH INTO HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WORKAHOLICS? YES. I LOOKED INTO THIS A BIT. IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU DEFINE A WORKAHOLIC. LOOKING INTO SOME PSYCHOLOGY LITERATURE, BUT NUMBER IS BETWEEN 10 AND 30% OF SOCIETY. IT IS AROUND 30% OF PEOPLE WHO SELF IDENTIFY AS WORKAHOLIC. OR IT COULD BE AROUND 10% DEPENDING ON YOUR CRITERIA. BUT IT IS A GROWING PROBLEM, AND IN FACT JUST BEFORE THIS INTERVIEW TODAY I LOOKED AT GOOGLE TRENDS TO LOOK WHAT THE SEARCH VOLUME IS FOR THINGS LIKE BURNOUT RECOVERY I MAY HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST DECADE THE SEARCH TREND FOR THAT HAS BEEN INCREASING OVER TIME IN TERMS OF PEOPLE GOING ONTO GOOGLE LOOKING INTO BURNOUT RECOVERY. IF YOU ARE WORKING TO THE POINT OF BURNOUT, WHERE YOU ARE SO WELL YOU CANNOT GET OUT OF BED OR HAVE NO ENERGY BECAUSE YOU ARE SO EXHAUSTED, THAT AS A SIGN THAT YOU HAVE WORKAHOLISM AND THAT IS ON THE INCREASE. I REALLY WISH WE HAD MORE TIME, BUT WE ARE OUT OF TIME. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME JOINING US FROM LONDON. BASED ON THE THREE QUESTIONS THAT NICK WAS ASKING, I WAS ONE OUT OF THE THREE WITCHES INSOMNIA. SO I THINK I AM IN OVERWORK, NOT A WORKAHOLIC. IS WORKAHOLIC ABOUT A THING? YES I THINK IT IS. WHEN IT IS HAVING AN IMPACT ON YOUR PERSONAL HEALTH AND THOSE AROUND YOU WHO ARE NOTICING IT. THAT'S HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE. MY HUSBAND SAID I KNOW YOU LOVE YOUR WORK AND IT IS FULL ON, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO CHANGE BECAUSE I WAS CONSTANTLY GOING BACK TO MY COMPUTER, CONSTANTLY. ENGAGED IN A CONVERSATION AND THEN BACK TO MY COMPUTER. IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE JOB THAT WE ARE IN? , FOR US THAT'S PART OF OUR JOB, WE ARE ON CALL. AND SOME PEOPLE DO SOMETHING THEY LOVE AND THINK IS NOT WORK BECAUSE THEY LOVE IT SO MUCH. BUT IF YOUR HOBBY BECOMES YOUR JOB, YOU NEED TO GET A NEW HOBBY. YOU NEED TO HAVE BOUNDARIES, YOU NEED TO DO THINGS OUTSIDE OF WORK THAT NOT WORK, YOU NEED THAT SEPARATION. IF YOU THINK YOU ARE A WORKAHOLIC, EMAIL US. THEY ARE ALREADY EMAILING AWAY. DO YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO YOU BELIEVE IS A WORKAHOLIC AND HAVE YOU TRIED TO SAY TO THEM, I THINK YOU ARE WORKING TOO MUCH? WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. IF YOU THINK YOU'RE A WORKAHOLIC LET US KNOW AS WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS NICK SAID, IS PEOPLE WHO ARE SEARCHING OVERWORKING, WORKAHOLIC HAS GONE UP. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WERE ON OUR COMPUTERS MORE NARROWLY POST COVID. WE GOT USED TO OPERATING THAT WAY. ME U TONU MAI, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, WE WILL GET TO YOUR FEEDBACK. STAY WITH US. # DREAM EACH NIGHT OF SOME VERSION OF YOU. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WE ARE GOING TO GET TO YOUR 630 NEWS WITH CHRIS SHORTLY. BUT WE'VE GOT SOME OF YOUR FEEDBACK COMING IN AROUND WHETHER YOU ARE AN ALCOHOLIC. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE AN ALCOHOLIC. WORKAHOLIC. SOMETIMES THEY GO HAND IN HAND. MAYBE I NEED ONE. WORKAHOLIC. THIS IS ANONYMOUS ` I WANTED A BETTER LIFESTYLE. BUT LATELY MY BOSS HAS BEEN ENFORCING THE CONTACT I SIGNED WHICH SAYS TO WORK THE HOURS DICTATED BY MY BOSS. I AM ON SALARY, SO I DON'T GET MORE PAY. THIS IS MAKING MY LIFE MISERABLE, AND SHE KEEPS REMINDING THE STAFF THAT THIS IS IN OUR CONTRACT, AND THE FEAR OF LOSING OUR JOBS IS TOO MUCH. THAT WAS TO MY POINT THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT ` DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD BE WORKING OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOURS, BECAUSE THAT IS THE EXPECTATION FROM YOUR BOSS? BUT IT IS ACTUALLY NOT HEALTHY. NO. BUT THERE IS THAT SENSE OF GUILT THAT WE DISCUSS. I'VE GOT TO DO IT, OTHERWISE... AND FOR SOME PEOPLE, AS WE'VE JUST GOT THROUGH, I HAVE TO DO TO JOBS, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS REQUIRED TO PAY THE BILLS. WITH BANKS MAKING $300 A SECOND, THERE'S CALLS TO OPEN OUR BANKING COMPETITION IN NEW ZEALAND. TODAY RESULTS ARE RELEASED INTO WHETHER NEW ZEALANDERS ARE GETTING THE BEST DEAL FROM OUR BANKS. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION BEGAN RESEARCH IN JUNE LAST YEAR, FOLLOWING BANK PROFITS REACHING $7.21 BILLION. YOU HAVE GOT A CRAZY SITUATION WHERE WE ARE ALL PAYING TOO MUCH IN MORTGAGES, GETTING TOO LITTLE FOR TERM DEPOSITS, BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUR MASSIVELY POWERFUL BANKS WITH TOO MUCH CONTROL, TOO MUCH INFLUENCE, AND COMPETITION IS NOT ALLOWED TO COME IN. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION IS SET TO RELEASE ITS DRAFT REPORT AT 8.30 THIS MORNING AND 1NEWS BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD WILL JOIN US FOR THE RESULTS. THE VAPING INDUSTRY IS ASKING FOR STRONG ENFORCEMENT ON THE GOVERNMENT'S CRACKDOWN ON YOUTH VAPING. ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER CASEY COSTELLO ANNOUNCING A BAN ON DISPOSABLE VAPES AND INCREASING FINES FOR RETAILERS WHO SELL TO UNDER-18S FROM $10,000 TO $100,000, BUT THE VAPING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION SAYS THE LEGISLATION WON'T CHANGE ANYTHING UNLESS AUTHORITIES 'STEP UP'. COSTELLO IS PROMISING TO INCREASE ENFORCEMENT AND SAYS THERE'LL BE TIGHTER RESTRICTIONS FOR STOREFRONT DISPLAYS. THE ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER WILL JOIN BREAKFAST JUST AFTER 7. TROPICAL FISH COULD HOLD THE ANSWERS TO HOW ALZHEIMERS PROGRESSES. AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS ARE USING ZEBRA FISH TO HELP UNDERSTAND THE ROLE GUT BACTERIA PLAYS IN THE DISEASE. THE SPECIES HAVE GENETIC SIMILARITIES TO HUMANS. CHANNEL 9'S GABRIELLA ROGERS REPORTS. THESE TROPICAL FISH ARE HELPING TACKLE SOME OF THE MOST DEVASTATING DEGENERATIVE DISEASES. MORE THAN 8000 ZEBRA FISH LIVE HERE. IT'S LIKE A LIBRARY OF WATER TANKS, A RICH DATABASE FOR DEMENTIA. RESEARCHERS AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY. WITH THE RIGHT KIND OF LIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE IMMUNE CELLS. YOU CAN SEE THE BRAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE GUT, YOU CAN SEE THE HEART, AND SO ON. GENETIC SIMILARITIES WITH HUMANS MAKE THEM AN IDEAL PLATFORM FOR PRADEEP CHOLAN TO INVESTIGATE HOW THE GUT MICROBIOME IMPACTS THE PROGRESSION OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. IF WE ARE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF CHANGES OCCUR IN THE GUT MICROBIOME, SAY, 10 YEARS BEFORE THE SYMPTOMS DEVELOP, THEN THIS CAN LEAD TO EARLY DIAGNOSIS. AND THE POTENTIAL FOR EARLY TREATMENT THROUGH DIET AND PROBIOTICS. PRADEEP HAS BEEN AWARDED $400,000 FROM THE DEMENTIA AUSTRALIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, ONE OF 24 PROJECTS TO RECEIVE FUNDING. HE WILL TRANSPLANT FAECAL BACTERIA FROM PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE INTO ZEBRAFISH AND SEE THE EFFECTS ON INFLAMMATION AND DISEASE. THE MAIN BENEFITS OF USING ZEBRA FISH OVER MICE IS THAT THEY ARE TRANSPARENT AND CAN PRODUCE HUNDREDS OF OFFSPRING, MAKING EXPERIMENTS FASTER AND MORE COST EFFECTIVE. DONNA LEIGH (59), WHO HAS EARLY ONSET DEMENTIA, HOPES THE RESEARCH WILL LEAD TO BETTER STRATEGIES FOR PATIENTS IN THE FUTURE. I KNOW THE GUT HAS CAUSES A LOT OF PROBLEMS, HEALTH PROBLEMS, ANYWAY. SO THAT'S WHY I TAKE PROBIOTICS. TO SPORT, AND INJURY HAS BENCHED THE ALL WHITES CAPTAIN CHRIS WOOD FOR THIS WEEK'S TOUR TO EGYPT, PROMPTING THE CALL UP FOR WELLINGTON PHOENIX SKIPPER ALEX RUFER. NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL CONFIRMED ON TUESDAY MORNING THAT WOOD, NOWAY-BASED MIDFIELDER JOE BELL AND PHOENIX DEFENDER TIM PAYNE HAVE WITHDRAWN FROM THE SQUAD. RUFER, CONSIDERED AN UNLUCKY OMISSION, WAS LISTED AS THE ONLY REPLACEMENT. THIS YEAR, WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD GAMES COMING UP. SO WE CAN BARELY TEST OURSELVES. AND I THINK IF WE REALLY PLAY EVERY GAME LIKE WE DID AGAINST IRELAND, FOR ABOUT 60 MINUTES OF IT, THEN I THINK WE WILL MAKE EVERYONE PROUD, AND ALSO WE WILL START TO GET THE RESULTS THAT WE WANT. THE ALL WHITES PLAY EGYPT IN CAIRO ON SATURDAY. AND A CLASH OF THE TITANS IN THE FOOTBALLING WORLD WITH THE WORST-RANKED COUNTRY HOPING TO PULL OFF ITS FIRST VICTORY IN 20 YEARS TODAY. THIS IS THE LAST TIME SAN MARINO WON A MATCH, BEATING LIECHTENSTEIN 1-0 IN 2004. THE 210TH RANKED TEAM PLAY AT HOME THIS MORNING AGAINST SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, FLYING HIGH AT 147 IN THE FIFA RANKINGS. OUT OF THE 206 GAMES THEY'VE PLAYED, THE'VE WON ONCE, DRAWN NINE, AND LOST 196 TIMES. OUCH. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` SOME PATACHES OF CLOUD IN AUCKLAND TODAY. OTHERWISE, BLUE SKIES FOR THE REST OF YOU. A HIGH OF 22 TODAY IN RUSSELL. AND 21 THERE FOR AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. SOME MORNING FROST IN TOKOROA, BUT IT'LL BE A NICE FINE DAY THROUGHOUT THE REGION. WHAKATANE, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 22. 21 IN TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT OF MORNING CLOUD TODAY WITH SOME LIGHT SHOWERS IN GISBORNE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. 22 THE HIGH IN MASTERTON. FROSTY START IN TAUMARUNUI. THIS WILL TURN TO FOG EARLY ON. OTHERWISE A FINE DAY FOR EVERYONE THROUGH HERE. 21 IN WHANGANUI. 17 IN THE CAPITAL. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG FOR THOSE IN NORTH. YOU'LL BE OPENING UP THE BLINDS TO A FINE DAY. FURTHER SOUTH, MOSTLY CLOUDY ONE FOR YOU WITH SHOWERS THIS MORNING. BLENHEIM WITH A HIGH OF 22. 18 ON THE WEST COAST. HEADING SOUTH ` FINE MORNING FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. THIS WILL TURN TO CLOUD HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 23. CHRISTCHURCH, YOUR HIGH IS 20 DEGREES. IF YOU'RE IN MILFORD SOUND OR OBAN, PACK YOUR BROLLY. YOU'VE GOT SOME SHOWERS TODAY. ELSEWHERE, IT'S BLUES SKIES THIS MORNING WITH SOME HIGH CLOUD AFTER MIDDAY. INVERCARGILL, SOME SUNSHINE THIS MORNING. CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON WITH A HIGH OF 21. ME U TONU MAI ` AS CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES GROW. A HOSPITAL IS NOW INVESTIGATING HOW STAFF ATTEMPTED TO ACCESS HER MEDICAL RECORDS. MORE ON THAT NEXT. (UPBEAT MUSIC) # AND WE'LL NEVER BE ROYALS. IT IS 6:40. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THE DRAMA SURROUNDING THE PRINCESS OF WALES' WHEREABOUTS HAS NOT BEEN PUT TO BED JUST YET. AN INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDERWAY AT THE CLINIC WHERE SHE WAS TREATED AFTER REPORTS A STAFF MEMBER HAS BEEN SLEUTHING THROUGH MEDICAL RECORDS. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST. MEI, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS ALLEGED BREACH? GOOD MORNING, DANIELLE. WE FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE BREACH WHEN IT APPEARED ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE DAILY MIRROR. THEY CLAIM A STAFF MEMBER HERE AT THIS HOSPITAL TRIED TO ACCESS KATE'S MEDICAL RECORDS. THE HOSPITAL, WHILE THEY HAVEN'T CONFIRMED ANY BREACH, PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING ANY BREACH OF PATIENT INFORMATION WOULD BE INVESTIGATED. THEY SAID THERE IS NO PLACE FOR ANY ONE POTENTIALLY BREACHING THE TRUST OF PATIENTS OR COLLEAGUES. THEY SAY THEY WERE ACUTELY AWARE OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DUTIES. THEY HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO MONITOR ANY BREACH OF INFORMATION AND THAT IT WOULD BE INVESTIGATED THOROUGHLY. IT IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE THAT WILL BE INVESTIGATING. WE KNOW THE NATIONAL COMMISSION'S OFFICE, WHICH IS LIKE THE PRIVACY COMMISSION, ALSO RECEIVED A REPORT AND WILL BE LOOKING INTO IT. THERE IS A STATEMENT FROM THE HOSPITAL. ANY WORD FROM KENSINGTON PALACE? NO WORD FROM KENSINGTON PALACE YET. THAT IS NOT UNUSUAL, BUT THIS IS CLEARLY NOT A GOOD THING FOR KENSINGTON PALACE. FIRSTLY, IF THIS IS TRUE, IT IS A SERIOUS, MAJOR BREACH. THIS HOSPITAL SEES A LOT OF HIGH-PROFILE PATIENTS, INCLUDING KING CHARLES. HE WAS HERE VERY RECENTLY FOR HIS TREATMENT AS WELL. BUT THIS IS A HEADACHE FOR KENSINGTON PALACE THAT FEELS LIKE IT NEVER REALLY ENDS. YOU WOULD THINK TWO MONTHS AGO WHEN KATE LEFT THIS HOSPITAL AFTER MAJOR SURGERY THAT SHE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED MAYBE A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF REST AND RECUPERATION, A BIT OF TIME OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT, BUT THIS TODAY PROVES THAT THAT IS NOT HAPPENING. IN THE LATEST COUPLE OF DAYS, YOU AND I HAVE BEEN SHARING LINKS, BECAUSE VIDEO OF KATE HAS EMERGED. HAS THAT DONE ENOUGH TO QUELL RUMOURS? I BELIEVE LAST TIME WE TALKED ON BREAKFAST, IT WAS YOU DEMANDING VIDEO PROOF OF KATE. THE PUBLIC DELIVERED. BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ENOUGH ` YOU ARE RIGHT. IT SEEMS CRAZY TO THINK THAT VIDEO PROOF OF KATE WALKING ABOUT ` YOU WOULD THINK WOULD QUELL THE RUMOURS. BUT PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT IS A BODY DOUBLE, IT IS DEFINITELY NOT HER. THEY ARE SAYING SHE HAS THE WRONG GAIT. PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHERE SHE IS AND FEEL THEY NEED MORE PROOF. GIVEN SHE IS EXPECTED TO NOT BE OUT IN PUBLIC FOR AT LEAST A FEW WEEKS, THE RUMOUR MILL MAY CONTINUE TO SPEND FOR A BIT LONGER. ANOTHER ROYAL MAKING HEADLINES, HARRY'S MANY CASES AGAINST THE PRESS ARE DUE IN COURT AGAIN TODAY. WHAT DO YOU KNOW? IT IS A BUSY DAY FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY, ISN'T IT? THIS IS A PRE-TRIAL HEARING FOR A NUMBER OF CLAIMANTS AGAINST RUPERT MURDOCH AND HIS PAPERS CLAIMING THAT THEIR PRIVACY HAS BEEN BREACHED. PRINCE HARRY IS JUST ONE OF THOSE MANY CLAIMANTS. HIS LAWYERS IN COURT TODAY SAY THAT THEY THINK RUPERT MURDOCH SHOULD ALSO APPEAR IN TRAIL. THIS PREHEARING TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO LAST A FEW DAYS, ALTHOUGH PRINCE HARRY ISN'T EXPECTED HERE IN LONDON FOR THIS TRIAL. WHAT IT DOES HIGHLIGHT, THOUGH, IS THE PRIVACY ISSUE THAT THESE ROYALS FACE HERE. THEY DEMAND PRIVACY. THEY WANT PRIVACY. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A FAMILY THAT NEEDS THE PUBLIC TO BE INTERESTED IN THEM AND THEIR WORK. MEI, BEFORE I LET YOU GO, CAN I ASK YOU, THAT VIDEO OF KATE ` DO YOU THINK IT WAS HER? I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO SAY YES TO THIS, BECAUSE KENSINGTON PALACE DID COME OUT AND SAY THAT IT WAS HER. AND THAT IS PRETTY UNUSUAL, BUT IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, THOUGH, THAT IT WAS PRETTY GRAINY FOOTAGE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT PHONE IT WAS TAKEN OFF, BUT MY IPHONE CAN TAKE BETTER FOOTAGE THAN THAT. BUT I THINK IT WAS KATE AND WILLIAM THAT WE SAW THERE. THIS IS MY BLURRY ANSWER. GOOD TO TALK TO YOU, AND I WILL KEEP TEXTING YOU. JUST LEAVE HER ALONE. NOT MEI. SHE PROBABLY AGREES. LEAVE MEI ALONE AS WELL. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR FEEDBACK THAT IS COMING THROUGH AROUND WHETHER YOU THINK YOU ARE A WORKAHOLIC. ACTUALLY MANY OF YOU ARE SAYING, YES, ACTUALLY I AM. BUT IT IS HARD TO TELL. CHRISTIE SAYS, IT IS HARD TO TELL IF IT IS COMPULSION OR IF IT IS BECAUSE OF THE ENORMOUS WORKLOAD THAT COMES FROM TEACHING. I WAS AT WORK UNTIL 6 O'CLOCK. DIDN'T GET DINNER UNTIL 11 PM, AND THEN AGAIN AT 530 THIS MORNING. THIS IS A PATTERN FOR ME ` EVERY SUNDAY SPENT PREPARING FOR WORK. I WOULD LIKE TO WORK LESS. I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO WHILE STILL DOING MY JOB WELL. THIS IS A THEME COMING THROUGH IN YOUR FEEDBACK. THE FACT THAT IF YOU OWN A BUSINESS, THAT IS PART AND PARCEL OF OWNING A BUSINESS. WE ARE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE OVERWORKING AND WORKAHOLICS, BUT IT IS A MEANS TO AN END. TEACHERS OR BUSINESS OWNERS FEEL THEY HAVE TWO TO* WAY OUT OF THE SITUATION. WE ARE AWARE THAT WE ARE WORKAHOLICS, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? THE EXPERT YOU SPOKE TO SAID THERE WAS A CHECKLIST OF 20 QUESTIONS. ONE OF THEM WAS, IS YOUR WORK UNMANAGEABLE, OR IS IT AFFECTING YOUR FAMILY? ARE YOU AN INSOMNIAC? HAS YOUR DIET CHANGED? AND THEY WERE QUESTIONS THAT OF COURSE MANY OF US HERE WERE LIKE, YES. WELL, ME. YOU. I THINK I AM AN OVERWORKING. I THINK I WAS A WORKAHOLIC, BUT I THINK I AM AN OVERWORKING. JENNY SAYS, WHAT IF YOU HAVE TWO JOBS BECAUSE YOU ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY? IS THAT BEING A WORKAHOLIC. KNOW. NO.* IF YOU ARE COMPELLED TO WORK AND YOU CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE BUT YOUR WORK. YOU CAN'T GO TO WORK, BUT YOUR ACTUAL WORK. THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THE OTHER SIDE AS IF YOU ARE A PARENT AND YOUR LOVED ONES ARE SAYING TO YOU, LET IT GO. LET GO OF THE PHONE. DON'T ANSWER THOSE EMAILS. TALK TO US. THAT IS ANOTHER SIGN THAT YOU COULD BE A WORKAHOLIC. I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT, CHANGY. IF YOU ARE SITTING, HAVING DINNER OR WHATEVER, AND CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT WORK AND GETTING BACK TO DOING SOMETHING, ALMOST LIKE, LET'S GET THIS OVER AND DONE WITH, THEN I THINK YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM. ONE OF OUR STUDIO CAMERA SAID, IS IT JUST A GOOD WORK ETHIC, RATHER THAN BEING A WORKAHOLIC? YOU CAN BE A GOOD WORK AND WORK HARD AND EFFICIENTLY AND DO YOUR JOB WELL WITHOUT BEING OBSESSED WITH WORK. ANYWAY, THIS IS AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION, AND WE LOVE WHAT YOU ARE HAVING TO SAY, SO KEEP YOUR FEEDBACK COMING IN. E HAERE AKE NEI ` FANCY SOME CAULIFLOWER FOR DESSERT? WHY THE HUMBLE VEG COULD BE THE NEXT BIG THING IN AFTER DINNER SWEET TREATS. THAT'S NEXT. YOU CAN HAVE CAULIFLOWER BASES. THE PLANT BASED ALTERNATIVE BY EAT-KINDA HAS WON NUMEROUS NZ FOOD AWARDS AND COULD EVEN BE MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE DITCH. WE'RE JOINED BY CREATORS MRINALI KUMAR AND JENNI MATHESON. MORENA. WHILE ON EARTH DID YOU GO FOR COLLEGE I SCREEN? I HAVE BEEN VEGAN FOR 20 YEARS. THERE WERE NO ALTERNATIVES BACK THEN SO I HAD TO CREATE MY OWN ALTERNATIVES. HOW DOES IT WORK? BIG SECRET. WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF MAKING AN ICE CREAM THAT IS NOT DAIRY BASED? IT'S THE SAME PROCESS AS DAIRY. THE ICE CREAM MEETING PART IS VERY SIMILAR, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT OUR OWN MAGIC TO TURN CAULIFLOWER INTO SOMETHING DELICIOUS. THIS IS GONE OFF. CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW MUCH INTEREST THIS HAS GARNERED? WE LAUNCHED IN MARCH LAST YEAR. THANKS TO HELL PIZZA, THEY GAVE US A TRIAL PERIOD. WE SOLD AT NATIONWIDE AND GOT PRESS IN NEW ZEALAND, THEY MANAGED TO GET INTO COUNTDOWN STORES IN OCTOBER. WHEN YOU WENT TO HELL PIZZA, WERE THEY SCEPTICAL? THOUGH THEY THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING. THEY LOVE GETTING ON STUFF LIKE THAT. THEY WERE AMAZED BY IT AND WAITED FOR US TO GET TO THIS FINAL PRODUCT. YOU NEED PEOPLE TO BUY INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT YOU? IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IT IS CAULIFLOWER PEOPLE ARE SCEPTICAL. PEOPLE ARE BEEN TRYING IT AND GETTING EXCITED ABOUT IT. JENNY MAY, DANIEL YOU ARE TRYING THIS. WHAT IS IT LIKE? DON'T TALK WITH YOUR MATE OPEN. IT IS SO RICH AND CREAMY. DANIEL SAID TO ME THIS ISN'T CAULIFLOWER. I SAID THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THE INTERVIEW. YOU DON'T EVEN TASTE IT. I'VE GOT CHOCOLATE. IT LOOKS LIKE ICE CREAM. THAT'S A GOOD START. PAST THE FIRST TEST. THERE IS NO DAIRY IN THIS. NO DAIRY. SO IT JUST TASTES LIKE A NORMAL ICE CREAM BUT QUITE SMOOTH AND DELICIOUS. WHAT ARE THE GOALS FOR YOU? IS A GLOBAL DOMINATION NEXT? FROM DAY ONE WE WANT TO TAKE SOMETHING FROM NEW ZEALAND AROUND THE WORLD. WE ARE ONE STEP CLOSER TO THAT. WE SEE THIS AS A GLOBAL BRANDS LIKE BEN & JERRY'S. AND WHAT IS THE FEEDBACK YOU'VE HAD FROM THE FOOD AWARDS YOU'VE PICKED UP? A THEY ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP GOING? ABSOLUTELY. THE PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGING US. WE ARE GETTING STORES COMING TO US ASKING TO ARRANGE US. ICE CREAM MUST BE A COMPETITIVE MARKET. DO YOU NEED TO HARNESS YOUR POINT OF DIFFERENCE? THERE ARE A FEW POINTS OF DIFFERENCE. WE WANTED A BRAND THAT WAS KIND, FIRST WITH OUR PACKAGING. WE ARE WORKING WITH NEW ZEALAND FARMERS TO PROCESS CAULIFLOWER THAT WOULD HAVE GONE TO WASTE. ITS ALLERGEN FRIENDLY. ANYONE WHO HAS INTOLERANCES CAN ENJOY OUR PRODUCTS. SO IT'S CAULIFLOWER IS THE DON'T LOOK SO NICE THAT YOU USE? WE GROW A LOT OF CAULIFLOWER NEW ZEALAND, SO IT IS THE PERFECT PRODUCT FOR US. HEALTH BENEFITS, ANYTHING ABOUT CAULIFLOWER YOU CHOSE OVER SOMETHING ELSE? IT WAS JUST THE FAMILY FAVOURITE AT THE TIME. WE GOT 65 PUMPKINS GROW OUT OF OUR COMPOST, SO THE ORIGINAL RECIPE WAS PUMPKIN AND EVOLVED OVER TIME. I TRIED OTHER VEGETABLES BUT CAULIFLOWER IS CREAMY, IT IS WHITE AND HAS A NEUTRAL FLAVOUR. WHAT IS THE MARKET YOU MOST WANT TO CRACK? ALL AROUND THE WORLD, BUT AT THE END OF THE WORLD IT IS EVERYONE'S DREAM TO CRACK THE STATES. THEY ARE DESERT KINGS AND QUEENS OVER THERE MAY. IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE ARE SO FAR AWAY AND YOU NEED INVESTMENT CAPITAL TO GET THAT, .WE HAVE A GREAT PRODUCTS THAT CONSUMERS WANT. PEOPLE FROM THE STATES AND AUSTRALIA ARE ASKING FOR THE PRODUCT. ANYONE WATCHING HE WANTS TO HELP, HIT US UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. QUESTION PLEASE... WHAT IS CAULIFLOWER REPLACING? THE DAIRY. SERIOUSLY. ALTHOUGH WE WERE JUST HAVING A CHAT, I LOVE IT, IT IS NOT TOO SWEET, BUT YOU ARE A SWEET TOOTH. I NOTICED IT'S NOT AS SWEET AS I USED TO. WHICH IS A GOOD THING. BROWN SUGAR? IT'S SO GOOD. I'M IMPRESSED. AND YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA USE PUMPKIN? PUMPKIN WAS THE ORIGINAL RECIPE. YOU'VE GOT TO TALK SO I HAVE TO TAKE THIS OFF YOU. A PLAN TO TACKLE YOUTH VAPING HAS BEEN REVEALED BY THE GOVERNMENT. DISPOSABLE VAPES ARE SET TO BE SCRAPPED AND FINES FOR RETAILERS WHO SELL TO UNDER 18'S INCREASED TENFOLD. SO WHAT DOES AN ANTI VAPING GROUP MAKE OF THE CHANGES? THEY'LL JOIN US SHORTLY, AS WELL AS THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE. WHEN SANITARIUM DECIDED TO PULL WEET-BIX FROM THE SHELVES OF THE WAREHOUSE LAST YEAR, THERE WAS GREAT OUTCRY. WEET-BIX WERE SWIFTLY RETURNED TO THE SHELVES BUT THE COMMERCE COMMISSION NOW SAYS IT WON'T INVESTIGATE SANITARIUM FOR WHAT IT DID. WE'LL FIND OUT WHY IN 20 MINUTES TIME. AND, TODAY IS DAY TWO OF POLYFEST. OVER 75,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND WHAT HAS BECOME THE BIGGEST SCHOOL CULTURAL COMPETITION IN THE WORLD. WE'LL SPEAK TO SOME OF THE PERFORMERS A LITTLE LATER THIS HOUR. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK, HERE'S CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. BANKS ARE COSTING YOU $2,000 DOLLARS A YEAR. NOW THERE'S CALLS FOR MORE COMPETITION IN THE SPACE. RESULTS INTO WHETHER NEW ZEALANDERS ARE GETTING THE BEST DEAL FROM OUR BANKS ARE OUT TODAY. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION BEGAN RESEARCH IN JUNE LAST YEAR, FOLLOWING BANK PROFITS REACHING $7.21 BILLION. SAM STUBBS FROM KIWISAVER PROVIDER SIMPLICITY SAYS OPEN BANKING WOULD OPEN UP COMPETITION. WHAT THE COMMS COMMISSION NEEDS TO DO IS FORCE IT TO HAPPEN IN NEW ZEALAND, BECAUSE THE BANKS HAVE SAID FOR THE LONGEST TIME, 'WE WILL DO IT, WE WILL DO IT, WE WILL DO IT.' TURKEYS DON'T VOTE FOR CHRISTMAS, RIGHT? THE BANKS KNOW THAT OVERSEAS THAT ACTUALLY BRINGS THEIR PROFIT DOWN. AND IF WHAT HAPPENS OVERSEAS HAPPENED IN NEW ZEALAND, THAT IS $1-2 BILLION MORE MONEY THAT GOES FROM BANK PROFITS INTO KIWIS' POCKETS. THAT IS AROUND $300 PER PERSON PER YEAR. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION'S DRAFT REPORT IS DUE AT 8.30 THIS MORNING, AND 1 NEWS BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD WILL JOIN US FOR THE RESULTS. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AT THE LONDON HOSPITAL WHERE CATHERINE, THE PRINCESS OF WALES UNDERWENT ABDOMINAL SURGERY. IT FOLLOWS REPORTS A STAFF MEMBER HAS BEEN SLEUTHING THROUGH PRIVATE MEDICAL RECORDS, AMID CONTINUED SPECULATION OVER THE PRINCESS' WHEREABOUTS. CATHERINE HAD SURGERY IN JANUARY AND WAS EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE WHILE SHE RECOVERS. BUT THE PRINCESS'S ABSENCE HAS LED TO WEEKS OF CONSPIRACIES ABOUT HER HEALTH. THIS IS A HEADACHE FOR KENSINGTON PALACE. THE SAGA NEVER ENDS. YOU WOULD THINK TWO MONTHS AGO WHEN KATE LEFT THIS HOSPITAL THAT SHE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED A FEW MONTHS OF REST AND RECUPERATION. BUT THIS TODAY AGAIN PROVES THAT IS NOT HAPPENING. THE LONDON CLINIC, WHICH IS FREQUENTLY USED BY THE ROYALS, SAID IT HAD NO PLACE FOR BREACHING THE TRUST OF ITS PATIENTS. IRELAND'S PRIME MINISTER HAS UNEXPECTEDLY QUIT, SAYING HIS COALITION GOVERNMENT'S MORE LIKELY TO BE RE-ELECTED UNDER A NEW LEADER. LEO VARADKAR BECAME THE COUNTRY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRIME MINISTER. IN 2017 AND WAS RE-ELECTED IN 2022. HE SAYS HIS REASONS WERE BOTH POLITICAL AND PERSONAL. HE'LL REMAIN IN PARLIAMENT AS CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER UNTIL HIS PARTY, THE CENTRE-RIGHT FINE GAEL, APPOINTS A NEW LEADER IN APRIL. THE NEXT IRISH ELECTION'S SET FOR MARCH 2025 EIGHT CREW HAVE BEEN FOUND DEAD AFTER A SOUTH-KOREAN TANKER CAPSIZED OFF JAPAN'S WEST COAST. THE SHIP IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ANCHORED DUE TO STORMY WEATHER. THE COAST GUARD SAID IT WAS CARRYING NEARLY A THOUSAND TONS OF ACRYLIC ACID, THOUGH NO LEAKS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. ONE PERSON HAS SURVIVED THE ACCIDENT, WHILE TWO OTHERS ARE STILL MISSING. A RESCUE OPERATION IS UNDERWAY. NOW A WIN IN SPORT FOR THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX WOMEN WHO'VE BEATEN ADELAIDE UNITED 4-0, KEEPING THEIR A-LEAGUE HOPES ALIVE. TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS, THE PHOENIX MUST NOW WIN EACH OF THEIR REMAINING THREE MATCHES. THEY'LL HOST WESTERN SYDNEY IN THE FINAL ROUND ON MARCH 30 WHICH COULD BE AN EFFECTIVE PLAYOFF FOR SIXTH IF THE PLAY GOES THEIR WAY. SIMONA HALEP'S TAKEN A SWIPE BACK AT CAROLINE WOZNIACKI.. AFTER RECEIVING A WILDCARD ENTRY TO THE MIAMI OPEN. HALEP, WHO'S PLAYED HER FIRST MATCH SINCE THE 2022 US OPEN, AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR A BANNED SUBSTANCE, LOST TO PAULA BADOSA IN THREE SETS. SHE HIT BACK AT WOZNIACKI WHO SUGGESTED PLAYERS RETURNING FROM DOPING BANS SHOULD HAVE TO WORK THEIR WAY UP 'FROM THE BOTTOM.' WHY DID SHE SAY THAT? IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE... YEAH, YEAH, BUT WHY DID SHE SAY THAT? BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG. I DIDN'T CHEAT. I DIDN'T DOPE. SO IT'S BETTER IF WE READ THE DECISION THAT IT WAS A CONTAMINATED SUPPLEMENT. IT WAS NOT DOPING. HALEP'S ALWAYS MAINTAINED SHE NEVER DOPED. AND A CLASH OF THE TITANS IN THE FOOTBALLING WORLD WITH THE WORST-RANKED COUNTRY HOPING TO PULL OFF ITS FIRST VICTORY IN 20 YEARS TODAY. THIS IS THE LAST TIME SAN MARINO WON A MATCH, BEATING LIECHTENSTEIN 1-0 IN 2004. THE 210th RANKED TEAM PLAY AT HOME THIS MORNING AGAINST SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS. FLYING HIGH AT 147 IN THE FIFA RANKINGS. OUT OF THE 206 GAMES THEY'VE PLAYED, THEY'VE WON ONCE, DRAWN NINE AND LOST 196 TIMES. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` SOME PATACHES OF CLOUD IN AUCKLAND TODAY. OTHERWISE, BLUE SKIES FOR THE REST OF YOU. A HIGH OF 22 TODAY IN RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. SOME MORNING FROST IN TOKOROA, BUT IT'LL BE A NICE FINE DAY THROUGHOUT THE REGION. WHAKATANE, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 22. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT OF MORNING CLOUD TODAY WITH SOME LIGHT SHOWERS IN GISBORNE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. 22 THE HIGH IN MASTERTON. OVER TO THE WEST ` FROSTY START IN TAUMARUNUI. THIS WILL TURN TO FOG EARLY ON. OTHERWISE A FINE DAY FOR EVERYONE THROUGH HERE. PALMERSTON NORTH WITH A HIGH OF 21. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG FOR THOSE IN NORTH. YOU'LL BE OPENING UP THE BLINDS TO A FINE DAY. FURTHER SOUTH, MOSTLY CLOUDY ONE FOR YOU WITH SHOWERS THIS MORNING. BLENHEIM WITH A HIGH OF 22. HEADING SOUTH ` FINE MORNING FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. THIS WILL TURN TO CLOUD HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 23. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IF YOU'RE IN MILFORD SOUND OR OBAN, PACK YOUR BROLLY. YOU'VE GOT SOME SHOWERS TODAY. ELSEWHERE, IT'S BLUES SKIES THIS MORNING WITH SOME HIGH CLOUD AFTER MIDDAY. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 20. DISPOSABLE VAPES WILL BE BANNED AND FINES FOR SHOPS SELLING TO MINORS WILL INCREASE TENFOLD UNDER NEW GOVERNMENT RULES. ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER CASEY COSTELLO SAYS RETAILERS WILL FACE PENALTIES UP TO $100,000 IF THEY SELL VAPES TO UNDER-18S. SHE'S PROMISING INCREASED ENFORCEMENT AND SAYS THERE'LL BE TIGHTER RESTRICTIONS FOR STOREFRONT DISPLAYS. THE RULES WILL BE IN PLACE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY VAPE-FREE KIDS SPOKESPERSON TAMMY DOWNER. WELCOME. THE MINISTER WILL JOIN US SHORTLY. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE LATEST RULES? I FEEL LIKE THEY ARE A SMOKESCREEN. THEY ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THE MARKET. VAPING HAS BECOME AN ISSUE OVER THE LAST GOVERNMENT AND LOOKS LIKE IT WILL CONTINUE. BANNING DISPOSABLES WILL MAKE ZERO IMPACT. WHY DO YOU SAY THAT? BECAUSE THE REFILLABLE OF APES AND PODS ARE ALREADY UNDER $10. IT WILL NOT CHANGE THE AVAILABILITY OF THEM. IN TERMS OF THAT, WHAT WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE TO YOU VAPING? THE KEY THINGS WE HAVE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT IS REDUCING AVAILABILITY. IT IS LIKELY TO STILL GROW UNDER THIS GOVERNMENT'S RULINGS. THEY ARE TOO CHEAP FOR KIDS. THEY ARE SO EASY TO GET HOLD OF. THIS BANNING OF DISPOSABLES IS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. IT WILL NOT CHANGE THE BEHAVIOUR OF HOW PEOPLE ARE USING THEM. IF THEY COULD REDUCE THE NUMBER RIGHT DOWN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ONES THAT DO SELL ALSO NEEDS TO BE SIGNIFICANT UP WAITED. A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE ACROSS EACH REGION ENFORCING 7 1/2 DAYS AND STORES. IT IS UNREALISTIC TO IMAGINE I HAVE ANY IMPACT. LIKE A COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLAR FINES BEFORE THEY GET ANYTHING CLOSE TO THE BIG ONE. THESE CHANGES WILL NOT COME IN UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. DOES THIS TIMELINE SIT COMFORTABLY WITH YOU? NOT AT ALL. IF THIS GOVERNMENT IS PREPARED TO CHUCK OTHER THINGS THROUGH URGENTLY WHY IS THIS NOT SEEN URGENTLY? IT FEELS LIKE A THINLY VEILED CONCERN THAT IS ACTUALLY MORE ABOUT ACCOMMODATING THE INDUSTRY. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE ISSUE? REALLY SCARY. THE AMOUNT OF KIDS THAT ARE PICKING IT UP, WE SAW THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH DATA, WE HAVE GOT PARENTS, HEALTH WORKERS, TEACHERS EVERY DAY TELLING US STORIES OF KIDS BEING TRAPPED BY ADDICTION. THEY ARE UNABLE TO GET OFF. THIS IS THE OTHER GAPING HOLE IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT, NO SUPPORT FOR KIDS WHO ARE CURRENTLY ADDICTED. PARENTS WHO GO OUT LOOKING FOR HELP, BURNING THROUGH MONEY PAYING FOR A GP HAVING TO GO BACK AND FORTH. WHAT SUPPORT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE? INVEST IN THE HEALTH AND EXPERTS THAT ARE EITHER ALREADY DOING IT FOR SMOKING. WHY, HELP THEM PROVIDE THE SERVICE MORE BROADLY? HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT? LACKLUSTRE. FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY'VE HAD TO LOOK AT SOLUTIONS FOR THIS ISSUE. NOT ENOUGH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. LISTENING IN ON THAT CONVERSATION IS ASSOCIATE HEALTH CASEY COSTELLO. SHE JOINS US FROM OUR WELLINGTON STUDIO. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US MINISTER. YOU HER TAMMY, SHE SAID THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SUPPORT. AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF THE ISSUE. I'M SORRY I CANNOT HEAR. CAN YOU HEAR ME KNOW? YES. MY QUESTION TO YOU WAS YOU HER TAMMY AND HER CONCERNS. SHE SAID WHAT WAS MISSING FROM YESTERDAY IS NO SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE VAPING AT THE MOMENT AND CANNOT GET OFF AT BUT ALSO ACCESSIBILITY AND AFFORDABILITY. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE? THERE ARE A RANGE OF THINGS SITTING IN THAT I DON'T THINK SHE HAS MENTIONED. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DISPOSABLE VAPING WHICH IS WHY WE ARE TAKING THE TIME TO ENSURE THAT WHAT WE ARE GETTING RID OF HIS ALL OF THAT LOW-COST THROWAWAY TYPE MECHANISM. THAT IS WHY WE ARE TAKING TIME TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE ALLOW WITH INTO THE MARKETS IS CLOSELY REGULATED AND IT GETS RID OF THAT LOW-COST. THAT WAS THE THING WHEN THE AMENDMENTS FIRST CAME THROUGH ABOUT GETTING RID OF DISPOSABLES BY THE REMOVABLE BATTERY OPTION IN DECEMBER, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE MARKET PIVOTED TO MAKE PRODUCTS AVAILABLE THAT FIT WITHIN THE CRITERIA THAT WERE STILL CHEAP AND THROWAWAY. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE DEFERRED OTHER OPTIONS TO LATER THIS MONTH, TAKING TIME TO MAKE SURE WE GET SOME CONTROL OVER THE MARKET. THAT SHE PRODUCT, EXACTLY AS SHE IS TALKING ABOUT, IS TAKEN OFF THE MARKET. BUT WE HAVE TO GET BALANCE. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WE HAVE ACHIEVED RECORD LEVELS OF SMOKE WERE TRYING TO GET A BALANCE HAD TO MAKE SURE VAPING IS AVAILABLE AS A TOOL UNDER CONTROL VAPING USE. THAT WAS STATED IN YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS SHE TALKED ABOUT WAS THE AVAILABILITY OF VAPES. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STORES ARE NOTHING IN THE RULES THAT ADDRESSES THAT. ACCESSIBILITY. THAT IS WHAT I WILL TOUCH ON AS WELL. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE NEXT STAGE IN REGULATORY MOVEMENTS THAT WILL ENFORCE THIS. HEALTH AS A REGULATOR IN THE SPACE, AND THEY WERE NOT EQUIPPED TO BE AN ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. ALSO ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY AS THE NEXT STAGE, THAT SURROUND THE RETAIL STORES THEMSELVES, HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO DISPLAY. AT THE MOMENT THEY ARE LIKE CANDY WONDERLAND IS. WE WANT TO STRENGTHEN THE DISPLAY MECHANISM. SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH TOBACCO. MAKE THAT CONCEALED, NOT THE PUBLIC VIEW. BEHIND PERHAPS OPAQUE GLASS. THAT IS THE ADVICE WE ARE LOOKING AT. WE ALSO WANT TO EXPAND THE RESTRICTIONS PREVENTING FURTHER STORES BEING OPEN IN A RANGE OF SPACES. I HEAR THAT. AND I HAVE AT. BUT IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY WITH OF VAPES THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT HAD LEGISLATED FOR THE REDUCTION WHY NOT KEEP THAT PIECE OF LEGISLATION? BECAUSE THE ISSUE THERE WAS A WHOLE RANGE OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. REDUCING SUPPLY DOES NOT REDUCE DEMAND. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS REDUCE DEMAND. WE ARE TRYING TO DO PRACTICAL STEPS. THERE ARE A RANGE OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AROUND GOING DOWN TO 600 STORES. THAT MEANS THOSE ALREADY ADDICTED TO SMOKING WERE GOING TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL COST OF TRAVELLING FURTHER TO TRY AND GET THEIR CIGARETTES. WE WANT TO DO PRACTICAL STEPS TO GET RID OF DEMAND AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE AIMING AT. AS WE TIGHTEN UP THESE CONTROLS, WE WILL REDUCE DEMAND AND WE WILL PUT RANGE OF MEASURES IN PLACE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. THE PENALTIES WILL BE EFFECTIVE IF WE CREATE PROSECUTIONS AND THAT IS WHAT THE ENFORCEMENT READS AIM WILL ENSURE AND THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM. I HEARD YOU ON RNZ SAYING THERE ARE 15 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT MUST BE LOOKING AT THOUSANDS OF VAPES STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PRESUMABLY THAT WILL BE MORE MONEY THAT HAS TO GO TOWARDS IT? AT THIS STAGE WE ARE WORKING WITH EXACTLY THAT REGIME. THERE HAVE BEEN INFRINGEMENT NOTICES THAT HAVE OCCURRED BUT WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE PROSECUTION. WE ARE DRIVING TO PRIORITISE PROSECUTIONS. RETAILERS CANNOT AFFORD THIS PROCESS OF PROSECUTION. I THINK IT IS A DETERRENT AND RETAILERS WILL, AS WE START TO GET UP AND GET SUPPORT BEHIND THESE ENFORCEMENT REGIMES, AS WE WORK THROUGH REVIEWING THE REGIME THAT IS IN PLACE. ONLINE STORES, IT IS RELATIVELY EASY FOR KIDS TO GET VAPES ONLINE. THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY THAT LOOKED ONLINE STORES. SAMPLE BUYS THE SUPPORT PROSECUTION WILL BE PART OF THE NEW LEGISLATION. CASEY COSTELLO, THANKS FOR JOINING US. E HAERE AKE NEI ` REMEMBER WHEN WEETBIX WERE PULLED OFF THE SHELVES AT THE WAREHOUSE, SPARKING OUTRAGE? NOW THE COMMERCE COMMISSION IS IN HOT WATER OVER ITS REACTION TO THAT DECISION. MORE ON THAT NEXT. # STILL BE LOOKING MY BEST. # I STAY ON THE BEAT, # YOU CAN COUNT ON ME. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. 7:20. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION WON'T BE INVESTIGATING SANITARIUM FOLLOWING A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE COMPANY'S DECISION TO WITHDRAW WEETBIX FROM THE WAREHOUSE LAST YEAR. SANITARIUM BACKTRACKED ON THAT DECISION AFTER PUBLIC OUTCRY. NOW ONE CONSUMER ADVOCACY GROUP'S CALLING THE LACK OF INVESTIGATION, 'ASTONISHING.' ERNIE NEWMAN FROM THE GROCERY ACTION GROUP JOINS ME NOW. GOOD MORNING, ERNIE. GOOD MORNING, DANIEL. ASTONISHING ` WHY DO YOU SAY THAT? THEY ARE PARTICULARLY PUBLIC. BECAUSE WEET-BIX IS A COMMON PRODUCT, SO EVERYONE CAN RELATE TO IT. WE HAVE OUR SUPERMARKET DUOPOLY WITH A MAJOR COMPETITION ISSUE. THE WAREHOUSE IS COMING ON AS A NEW ENTRANT AND DECIDES IT WILL STOCK WEET-BIX AND PUTS IT ON THE SHELF AT A PRICE MATERIALLY LOWER THAN THE OTHER SUPERMARKETS, AND THEN THE PRODUCT IS WITHDRAWN FROM SUPPLY TO THE WAREHOUSE. THERE IS SOMETHING VERY FISHY ABOUT THAT. THE WAREHOUSE IMMEDIATELY RAISED A COMPLAINT WITH THE COMMERCE COMMISSION. ON THE FACE OF IT, THEY HAVE A VERY PUBLIC YELLOW CARD, IF NOT A RED ONE. AND THE COMMERCE COMMISSION SAYS, NOTHING TO SEE HER. THAT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE PROTECTION OF CONSUMERS. HOW WILL THIS BENEFIT CONSUMERS? THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOUR IS VERY, VERY DETRIMENTAL TO COMPETITION. WE KNOW OUR SUPERMARKET INDUSTRY IS BROKEN. OWNERSHIP OF IT IS CONSOLIDATED IN THE HANDS OF TWO COMPANIES, SO YOU'VE GOT TO PEOPLE THAT ESSENTIALLY MAKE ALL THE DECISIONS ON PRICING. WE'VE GOT A STRUGGLING NEW ENTRANT IN THE WAREHOUSE. THEY NEED TO BE ENCOURAGED TO FOSTER COMPETITION, AND INSTEAD, THEY HAVE THIS COMPLAINT. NOW, MAYBE THE COMMERCE COMMISSION COULD NOT FIND ANY ILLEGAL WRONGDOING. BUT IT IS A WARNING TO OTHER COMPANIES WHO MIGHT ENGAGE. IN A STATEMENT TO 1 YEARS, THE COMMERCE COMMISSION SAID, IT WAS NOT CLEAR THAT SANITARIUM'S CONDUCT AMOUNTED TO BREACH OF THE COMMERCE ACT. AND THEY WILL NOT INVESTIGATE FURTHER. IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU AND HOW DISAPPOINTED ARE YOU? EVERYONE WHO LOOKS AT THIS CAN SEE THAT SOMETHING HE IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION MAY HAVE REACHED THAT CONCLUSION, BUT THEY NEED TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A LOT MORE BACKGROUND AND EXPLANATION, AND THEY ALSO NEED TO TAKE ACTION. IT WILL DETER OTHER COMPANIES PUTTING SANCTIONS AND PLACE AGAINST NEW ENTRANTS LIKE THE WAREHOUSE AS THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT THAT IN PLACE. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FROM THE COMMERCE COMMISSION? TO REVERSE THE DECISION? I THINK THEY NEED TO PUT A VERY PUBLIC WARNING ACROSS THE INDUSTRY ABOUT THE KIND OF BEHAVIOURS THAT ARE NOT ACCEPTED. WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH THE MOST EXPENSIVE GROCERY MARKET IN THE WORLD. WE'VE GOT THE MOST CONCENTRATED ` 90-ODD% OF OUR MARKET INTO HANDS. AUSTRALIA HAS A PROBLEM OF A SUPERMARKET DUOPOLY AS WELL. WE'VE GOT A FAR WORSE SITUATION THAN THEIRS. OUR KIDS ARE GOING HUNGRY. PEOPLE ARE CHANGING THEIR EATING HABITS. SO THE COMMERCE COMMISSION NEEDS TO BE OUT THERE AND A LOT MORE AGGRESSIVE AND FIGHTING FOR GOOD SERVICE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. IT IS 7:25. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WEET-BIX ITSELF. OFTEN, GIVEN THE TITLE, IT IS ICONIC. IT IS MUCH LAUDED BY BLACK FERNS AND ALL BLACKS ` HOW MANY CAN YOU DO? BUT IS IT JUST ME? GO ON, SAY IT. IT IS JUST QUITE AN AVERAGE BREAKFAST, LIKE DUSTY CARDBOARD, ISN'T IT? THAT'S WHY YOU ADD... MILK AND BANANA. OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SUGAR. IT IS ONE OF THOSE PRODUCTS THAT IT IS SACRILEGIOUS IF YOU EXPRESS ANY DOUBT. BUT THERE MUST BE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO AGREE WITH ME. WHAT ABOUT THE BITES, THOUGH? THEY ADD LITTLE BITS OF FRUIT AND THAT, BUT IT IS NOT TRADITIONAL WEET-BIX. IT IS ICONIC, CHRIS CHANG. DO YOU EAT IT? I CAN ONLY DO PROBABLY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR. I REMEMBER AS A KID PUTTING LOADS OF BUTTER ON IT. DID YOU HAVE BREAD? BREAD WAS DEFINITELY CHEAPER. YES. TOAST YOUR BREAD, JENNY MAY. ANYBODY ELSE WITH CHANGY? A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, WE WILL GET TO MORE OF YOUR FEEDBACK STAY WITH US. # I COME AND I GO. # TELL ME ALL THE WAYS YOU NEED ME. # I'M NOT HERE FOR LONG ` CATCH ME BEFORE I GO HOUDINI. IT'S 7.30. HERE'S CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. THE NEW RULES INTRODUCED TO CRACK DOWN ON VAPES ARE BEING DESCRIBED AS OUT OF TOUCH BY VAPE-FREE ADVOCATES. THE RULES WILL BAN DISPOSABLE VAPES, AND FINES ISSUED TO SHOPS SELLING THEM TO MINORS WILL INCREASE TENFOLD. ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER CASEY COSTELLO SAYS RETAILERS WILL FACE PENALTIES UP TO $100,000 IF THEY SELL VAPES TO YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. BUT A VAPE-FREE ADVOCATE SAYS MAKING ALL VAPES MORE EXPENSIVE AND HARDER TO GET WOULD MAKE A GREATER DIFFERENCE. THE KEY THINGS THAT WE HAVE TALKED TO IS INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY. THEY ARE TOO CHEAP. BANNING DISPOSABLES IS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. IT WON'T CHANGE THE BEHAVIOUR OF HOW PEOPLE USE VAPES. THE RULES WILL BE IN PLACE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. A GROUP OF CONCERNED NEW ZEALANDERS ARE WANTING TO ACCELERATE ACTION ON THE FAILURES OF THE GROCERY SECTOR. IT COMES AS THE COMMERCE COMMISSION DISMISSED THE WAREHOUSE'S COMPLAINT OVER FOOD MAKER SANITARIUM'S DECISION TO QUIT SUPPLYING IT WITH WEET-BIX CEREAL LAST OCTOBER. SANITARIUM BACKTRACKED ON THE MOVE AFTER PUBLIC OUTCRY, BUT A CONSUMER ADVOCACY GROUP WANTS ANSWERS TO WHY THEY'RE NO LONGER INVESTIGATING. WE DO HAVE A MAJOR ISSUE HERE. PEOPLE ARE GOING HUNGRY AND CHANGING THEIR EATING HABITS BECAUSE THE PRICES ARE TOO HIGH. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION NEEDS TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND FIGHTING THE FIGHT FOR CONSUMERS. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION TOLD 1NEWS IT WAS 'NOT CLEAR THAT SANITARIUM'S CONDUCT AMOUNTED TO A BREACH OF THE COMMERCE ACT'. IT'S NOW REPORTED THREE LONDON CLINIC STAFF MEMBERS ARE BEING INVESTIGATED FOR ACCESSING CATHERINE, THE PRINCESS OF WALES'S MEDICAL RECORDS. THE ALLEGED DATA BREACH COMES AS SPECULATION OVER THE PRINCESS' WHEREABOUTS CONTINUES. CATHERINE HAD SURGERY IN JANUARY AND WAS EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE UNTIL EASTER WHILE SHE RECOVERS, BUT HER ABSENCE HAS LED TO WEEKS OF CONSPIRACIES ABOUT HER HEALTH. THIS IS A HEADACHE FOR KENSINGTON PALACE, IT FEELS LIKE IT NEVER REALLY ENDS. YOU WOULD THINK THAT TWO MONTHS AGO WHEN KATE FIRST LEFT THIS HOSPITAL AFTER MAJOR SURGERY THAT SHE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED MAYBE A COUPLE MONTHS OF REST AND RECUPERATION, A BIT OF TIME OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT, BUT THIS TODAY, AGAIN, PROVES THAT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING. THE LONDON CLINIC, WHICH IS FREQUENTLY USED BY THE ROYALS, SAID IT HAD NO PLACE FOR BREACHING THE TRUST OF ITS PATIENTS. STREET ARTIST BANKSY'S LATEST PIECE OF WORK HAS BEEN DEFACED JUST FOUR DAYS AFTER ITS APPEARANCE. THE WORK WAS SEEN STREWN WITH WHITE PAINT ON A BUILDING IN LONDON AT THE WEEKEND, THE MURAL FEATURED SWATHES OF GREEN PAINT ON A WALL BEHIND A NEARBY, CUT-BACK TREE, GIVING THE APPEARANCE OF LEAVES. BANKSY CLAIMED THE WORK AS HIS OWN ON TUESDAY. A SWEDISH PHARMACY HAS BANNED THE SALE OF ANTI-AGING SKINCARE TO KIDS. THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 15 WILL NOW NEED PARENTAL CONSENT TO BUY PRODUCTS WHICH INCLUDE EXFOLIATING INGREDIENTS SUCH AS AHA AND BHA ACIDS, AND VITAMIN A. NEARLY 400 PHARMACIES ACROSS SWEDEN WILL INTRODUCE THE AGE RESTRICTIONS AMID RISING CONCERNS OVER CHILDREN TURNING TO THESE PRODUCTS PREMATURELY. A BIG WIN IN SPORT FOR THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX WOMEN, WHO HAVE BEATEN ADELAIDE UNITED 4-0, KEEPING THEIR A-LEAGUE HOPES ALIVE. TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS, THE PHOENIX MUST NOW WIN EACH OF THEIR REMAINING THREE MATCHES. THEY'LL HOST WESTERN SYDNEY IN THE FINAL ROUND ON MARCH 30, WHICH COULD BE AN EFFECTIVE PLAYOFF FOR SIXTH IF THE RESULT GOES THEIR WAY. AND A CLASH OF THE TITANS IN THE FOOTBALLING WORLD, WITH THE WORST-RANKED COUNTRY HOPING TO PULL OFF ITS FIRST VICTORY IN 20 YEARS TODAY. THIS IS THE LAST TIME SAN MARINO WON A MATCH, BEATING LIECHTENSTEIN 1-0 IN 2004. THE 210TH-RANKED TEAM PLAY AT HOME THIS MORNING AGAINST SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, FLYING HIGH AT 147 IN THE FIFA RANKINGS. OUT OF THE 206 GAMES THEY'VE PLAYED, THEY'VE WON ONCE, DRAWN NINE, AND LOST 196 TIMES. THEY'RE JUST HAVING FUN. IF ONLY GOT A PARTICIPATION OF 32,000. IT'S ALL ABOUT PARTICIPATION. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` SOME PATCHES OF CLOUD IN AUCKLAND TODAY. OTHERWISE, BLUE SKIES FOR THE REST OF YOU. A HIGH OF 22 TODAY IN RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. SOME MORNING FROST IN TOKOROA, BUT IT'LL BE A NICE FINE DAY THROUGHOUT THE REGION. WHAKATANE, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 22. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT OF MORNING CLOUD TODAY WITH SOME LIGHT SHOWERS IN GISBORNE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. 22 THE HIGH IN MASTERTON. OVER TO THE WEST ` FROSTY START IN TAUMARUNUI. THIS WILL TURN TO FOG EARLY ON. PALMERSTON NORTH WITH A HIGH OF 21. THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG FOR THOSE IN NORTH. YOU'LL BE OPENING UP THE BLINDS TO A FINE DAY. WITH SHOWERS THIS MORNING. BLENHEIM WITH A HIGH OF 22. FINE MORNING FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. THIS WILL TURN TO CLOUD HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 23. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IF YOU'RE IN MILFORD SOUND, PACK YOUR BROLLY. YOU'VE GOT SOME SHOWERS TODAY. DO YOU REMEMBER THIS? LOOKING FOR A BLACK ROCK THAT MAYBE CAME FROM OUTER SPACE. THE STATEMENT SOUNDS ABSURD, BUT THE DOCTOR IS CERTAIN THE METEORITE THAT ROCKETED ITS WAY TO EARTH YESTERDAY MORNING BROKE UP IN ITS DESCENT. I THINK THERE'S MAYBE AT LEAST ONE OTHER PIECE, AND MAYBE MANY MORE. THE LAST METEORITE TO BE FOUND IN NEW ZEALAND CRASHED THROUGH THE ROOF OF AN AUCKLAND HOME 20 YEARS AGO. BUT NOW THERE'S BEEN A NEW ARRIVAL ON OUR SHORES, ALBEIT WITH A LESS EXTRAVAGANT ENTRY. SCIENTISTS FROM FIREBALL AOTEAROA BELIEVE THEY HAVE TRACKED DOWN ITS LANDING ZONE. THE TEAM IS NOW GATHERING SOUTH OF TEKAPO TO START THE SEARCH. BUT BEFORE THEY BEGIN, WE'RE JOINED BY OTAGO UNIVERSITY GEOLOGIST MARSHALL PALMER WHO IS ON HIS WAY TO THE SEARCH ZONE. WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR TODAY? I AM HERE JUST OUTSIDE TEKAPO WITH SOME AWESOME WEATHER. WE ARE MEETING AT 8 O'CLOCK AND WE WILL TAKE PEOPLE OUT TO THE SEARCH AREA. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS BROKEN UP THE AREA INTO A GRID, AND WE WILL HAVE TEAMS GOING TO EACH GRID, EACH BLOCK IN THE GRID AND CLEARING OUT THAT BLOCK AND THEN WE WILL SHIFT INTO THE NEXT BLOCK AND SYSTEMATICALLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. LUCKY YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR IT. WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? WE ARE LOOKING FOR A DARK ROCK ON A LIGHT BACKGROUND OF THE GROUND. WE ARE QUITE LUCKY HERE. THE SEARCH AREA IS FLAT. IT IS MADE UP OF GREYWACKE. WE ARE LOOKING FOR A BLACK ROCK SITTING ON TOP OF THAT. I HAVE GOT AN EXAMPLE OF AN IN METEORITE RIGHT HERE. IT WILL BE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. HOW REARWARD AN OCCURRENCE LIKE THIS BE? THE LAST TIME WE GOT AN EVENT LIKE THIS WAS 2022 WHEN WE SET UP OUR METEOR TRACKING CAMERA NETWORK. WE IS TO MAKE THERE IS ABOUT FOUR OBJECTS OVER 100 G COMING ONTO NEW ZEALAND'S LANDMASS EVERY YEAR. THEY ARE VERY HARD TO FIND IF YOU DON'T DETECT THEM BEFORE THEY COME IN. ONCE YOU DO FIND IT, OR PIECES OF IT, WHAT IS THE VALUE TO YOU AND WHAT CAN YOU LEARN ABOUT? IN THIS CASE, THIS PARTICULAR METEORITE WE HAVE CALCULATED ITS TRAJECTORY IS UNUSUAL. IT HAS COME BETWEEN EARTH AND THE SUN. MOST METEORITES COME FROM THE ASTEROID BELT WHICH IS BEYOND EARTH IN AN ORBIT BETWEEN MARS AND JUPITER. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM IT, BUT IT COULD BE A STRANGE AND UNUSUAL STONE. YEAH, THESE OBJECTS ` SOME OF THEM CAN BE AS OLD AS THE EARTH OR OLDER THAN THE EARTH AND THEY GIVE US INSIGHT INTO HUMANS PLACE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND THE UNIVERSE. THERE PRETTY NIFTY THINGS. AND MUST BE LIKE CHRISTMAS COMING EARLY. WHAT IS THE PROCESS AFTER? DO YOU GO BACK TO THE LAB AND LOOK AT IT? WE DO SOME ANALYSES AND GET A CLASSIFICATION ON IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. GOOD LUCK ON THE SEARCH. ROCK ON, MAN. ME U TONU MAI ` 'DON'T BORROW MONEY FOR TAX CUTS.' THAT WAS THE WARNING FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND. SO WILL THE GOVERNMENT LISTEN? OUR POLITICAL PANEL IS NEXT. # SHAKE IT OFF # # YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN. NEW ZEALAND'S TAX SYSTEM IS 'UNFAIR AND UNBALANCED.' THOSE WERE THE WORDS OF THE FORMER FINANCE MINISTER GRANT ROBERTSON DURING HIS VALEDICTORY YESTERDAY AS HE BOWED OUT OF PARLIAMENT. ROBERTSON'S STATEMENT IS IN LINE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS RECOMMENDATIONS TO INTRODUCE TAX POLICY REFORM, INCLUDING SUGGESTIONS LIKE A CAPITAL GAINS TAX. BUT NEITHER LABOUR NOR NATIONAL HAVE IMPLEMENTED ONE. HERE FOR MORE IS OUR BATTLE OF THE HUTT PANEL I NEED A BELL. ...OF LABOUR'S GINNY ANDERSEN AND NATIONAL'S CHRIS BISHOP. GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH. GRANT ROBERTSON'S SPEECH ` HE CALLED THE TAX SYSTEM UNFAIR AND UNBALANCED. YOU WERE IN GOVERNMENT FOR SIX YEARS. WHY DIDN'T YOU DO ANYTHING? THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL BE LOOKING AT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR TAX SYSTEM IS UNFAIR. THIS GOVERNMENT HAS JUST GOT ITS PRIORITIES WRONG, TO BE PUTTING LANDLORDS TAX CUTS AHEAD OF THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY AND POLICE PAY ` THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT SHOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE. CHRIS? WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH LANDLORDS IS RESTORED THE POSITION. INTEREST IS AS EXPENSIVE AS IT IS FOR EVERYTHING. IT IS A COMPLETELY LEGITIMATE TAX SITUATION THAT WE ARE RETURNING TO. THAT WOULD PUT DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON RENTS. I THINK IT IS A GOOD THING TO DO. WE WANT TO LOWER INCOME TAX AS WELL. YOU WILL SEE MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE BUDGET. THE BIG PROBLEM IS WE HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A FOCUS ON BRINGING DISCIPLINE TO GOVERNMENT SPENDING. WE WANT TO GET THE DEBT UNDER CONTROL. THE TREASURY THEMSELVES HAVE POINTED OUT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO LINK BETWEEN GIVING LANDLORDS AND TAX CUT AND LOWER RENTS. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THERE. ALL IT MEANS IS MORE MONEY IN THE POCKETS OF LANDLORDS. WHAT WE THINK IS $2.9 BILLION GOING TOWARDS TAX CUTS FOR LANDLORDS WHEN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY... IF YOU GO AND READ THE REGULATORY` AND MAKES THE EXACT POINT. THE FACTS ARE WHAT THEY ARE. THERE HAS BEEN NO CUTS TO DISABILITY ALLOWANCES. CRITERIA HAVE BEEN CHANGED. WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT FUNDING HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED. THAT IS OUR BUDGET ALLOCATION WE INHERITED FROM THE LAST GOVERNMENT AND SO WE ARE SORTING THE SITUATION OUT. THEY ANNOUNCED IT ON FACEBOOK. THAT IS HOW THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY FOUND OUT. THAT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE TO THOSE PEOPLE RELYING ON THOSE SERVICES AND THOSE PARENTS WHO ARE DOING IT TOUGH AND ARE DOING LONG HOURS LOOKING AFTER KIDS WITH DISABILITIES. THE MINISTER HAS ACCEPTED THE COMMUNICATION WAS BAD, AND WE ARE SORTING THAT OUT. IN TERMS OF THE IMF, IT IS NOT A GLOWING REPORT FOR YOU, CHRIS. THEY WARNED YOU NOT TO WORRY MORE MONEY FOR TAX CUTS. CAN YOU GUARANTEE YOU WON'T BORROW MONEY? WE ARE NOT BORROWING FOR TAX CUTS. WE HAVE INHERITED A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT FROM THE LAST GOVERNMENT. GOVERNMENT SPENDING EXCEEDS GOVERNMENT AND COME IN A STRUCTURAL SENSE. THAT IS A SITUATION WE HAVE INHERITED BECAUSE GOVERNMENT SPENDING WENT UP OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. WE BORROWED FOR BACK COVID. WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE BORROWING FOR TAX CUTS, BUT WE WILL DELIVER TAX RELIEF FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THE FACT THAT IF YOU ARE PROMISING NOT TO BORROW AND NOT CUT FRONT-LINE SERVICES, THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY THERE. IT WILL MEAN POLICE WON'T GET PAID WHAT THEY DESERVE. THERE IS A FREEZE ON NON-SWORN POLICE STAFF. WE ARE ALREADY SEEING THAT WITH THIS DISABILITY COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A SAVINGS PROGRAM. THAT IS NOT TRUE. THAT IS AN OUTRIGHT MISTRUTH. IT GALLS ME YOU CONFRONT UP TO THE MEDIA. YOU MAKE THE POLICE SERVICE ANGRY. TREASURY HAVE JUST QUOTED THE TREASURY CONSIDERS IT UNLIKELY THAT LANDLORDS WILL PASS ON THE TAX CHANGE TO RENTERS. WHAT IS THAT ABOUT, CHRIS? GO AND READ THE REPORT. HE JUST READ THE REPORT. THEY SAID IT PUTS DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON RENTS BECAUSE IT LEADS TO INCREASED ACTIVITY IN THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MARKET, IN OTHER WORDS LANDLORDS GOING BACK INTO THE MARKET. THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE DOING IT. ANOTHER IS FAIRNESS. THE REALITY IS WHAT THE LAST GUYS DID WAS UNPRINCIPLED, UNFAIR AND WRONG AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE REVERSING IT. IT IS NOT RIGHT AT ALL. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT. THEY WILL KEEP IT, AND TENANTS WILL KEEP PLAYING HIGH RENTS. NATIONAL CAMPAIGN HARD ON REDUCING THE COST OF LIVING, AND THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING TO ADDRESS THAT. ALL THEY HAVE DONE IS PUT MONEY BACK INTO THE POCKETS OF PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE IT. BACK TO YOUR CORNERS. TAKE A BREATHER. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WINSTON PETERS. YESTERDAY HE SAID THE PRIME MINISTER WAS MISINFORMED BY MEDIA WHEN HE REFERENCED NAZI GERMANY. WHY CAN'T THE PRIME MINISTER RAIN WINSTON PETERS IN? WINSTON PETERS IS WINSTON PETERS. YOU HAVE HEARD THE PRIME MINISTER SAY` IS THAT OK? HE THINKS THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE CIVILITY. WE NEED TO SETTLE DOWN. THE MAORI PARTY SAYS WE ARE ENGAGING IN GENOCIDE. CHRIS HIPKINS SAID WE WERE RUNNING A DICTATORSHIP. IT IS SELF-EVIDENT TO MOST NEW ZEALANDERS. THIS IS QUITE A ROBUST SEGMENT THIS MORNING. I WILL GIVE YOU A QUICK REPLY, GINNY, HE IS THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF THE CABINET. THERE IS COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY THAT WINSTON CONSISTENTLY DISREGARDS. CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS NO CONTROL OVER HIS GOVERNMENT, AND WINSTON DOES WHATEVER HE WANTS. HE IS THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING FOR THIS GOVERNMENT. DING, DING, DING. I CALL THAT A DRAW. I AM EXHAUSTED. E WHAI AKE NEI ` POLYFEST IS KICKING OFF TODAY WITH THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS SET TO ATTEND. WE'VE SENT OUR REPORTER LUCY BENDELL TO GET AMONGST THE CELEBRATIONS. MORENA, LUCE. (UPBEAT DRUM MUSIC PLAYS) WE ARE DOWN HERE AT THE POLYFEST WITH THE DIVERSITY STAGE WINNERS. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THE WORLD'S BIGGEST SECONDARY SCHOOL PACIFIC AND MAORI CULTURAL FESTIVAL HAS BEGUN. POLYFEST SHOWCASES TRADITIONAL MUSIC, DANCE, COSTUMES, AND FOR ALL THAT FUN COLOUR, WE SENT OUT REPORTER LUCY BENDELL DOWN THERE TO CHECK IT OUT. DOWN HERE AT THE ASB POLY FEST AND I AM REALLY EXCITED. THIS IS FOUR DAYS OF EVENTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS, IT BRINGS 8000 EVENTS FROM ACROSS NEW ZEALAND HERE INTO AUCKLAND. AVONDALE COLLEGE BRINGS 400 STUDENTS, THAT HAS 13 DIFFERENT CULTURE GROUPS. YOU GUYS PERFORMED YESTERDAY. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW IT FELT BEING ON THE STAGE. AT FIRST, IT WAS A BIT NERVOUS, BUT ONCE WE ALL GOT ON STAGE, WE'LL JUST ABOUT THE ENERGY. IT WAS NOT ALL ABOUT PERFORMANCE, WE ALL MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE NOT OVERTHINKING THINGS AND WE JUST ENJOYED OURSELVES ON THE STAGE. IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF PRACTICE AND TRAINING FOR A BIG PERFORMANCE LIKE THIS. TALK ME THROUGH WHAT YOU GUYS DID BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE TO GET HERE. WE'VE BEEN PRACTISING FOR TWO MONTHS, AND WE HAVE BEEN PRACTISING EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL FROM 345 TO 530, AND WE ALSO HAVE SATURDAY PRACTICES WHICH IS BASICALLY A WHOLE SCHOOL DAY, 9 AM TO 3 PM. WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF PRACTICES AND WORKING UP TO THIS. THAT IS A HUGE COMMITMENT. THERE ARE 18 OF YOU HERE TODAY, BUT THERE ARE 32 WHEN THE GROUP. TELL ME, IT IS QUITE HARD TO GET INTO. THERE WERE A FEW AUDITIONS. TALK TO ABOUT GETTING INTO THE TEAM. WE HAD ABOUT 70 PEOPLE SIGN UP TO JOIN OUR GROUP. UNFORTUNATELY, WE WERE LIMITED AND COULD ONLY TAKE 32. WE TAUGHT A LITTLE BIT OF THE DANCE AND WE PUT PEOPLE INTO GROUPS AND WE RECORDED EACH GROUPS DANCING, AND FROM THERE, WE PICKED UP THE BEST OF THE BEST. THAT IS AMAZING. WHERE THE TALK ABOUT THESE AMAZING COSTUMES. TELL ME ABOUT THESE COSTUMES, AND TALK ME THROUGH THE COLOURS. THE FESTIVAL IS ALL ABOUT BRINGING JOY TO THE CROWD, ESPECIALLY AS IT WAS MEANT TO HELP THE PHILIPPINES BECOME MORE JOYFUL AFTER AN ECONOMIC CRISIS. THESE VIBRANT COLOURS AND FRILLS WAS SUPPOSED TO EXAGGERATE THE MOVEMENTS OF OUR DANCE. THAT IS WHAT IT HAS BECOME. IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL. I WANT TO CHECK OUT A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR PERFORMANCE, SO IF YOU CAN SHOW US A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR PERFORMANCE, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. I LOVE THE COLOURS. YEAH. (MUSIC PLAYS) (MUSIC PLAYS) (MUSIC PLAYS) (MUSIC PLAYS) ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT, LUCY. BENDER, HER NICKNAME I AM TOLD. MORE VISIBILITY AND AGGRESSION IS BEING ASKED OF FROM THE COMMERCE COMMISSION BY A CONSUMER ADVOCACY GROUP. IT COMES AS THE COMMERCE COMMISSION DISMISSED THE WAREHOUSE'S COMPLAINT OVER FOOD MAKER SANITARIUM'S DECISION TO QUIT SUPPLYING IT WITH WEET-BIX CEREAL LAST OCTOBER. SANITARIUM BACKTRACKED ON THE MOVE AFTER PUBLIC OUTCRY. ERNIE NEWMAN FINDS IT 'ASTONISHING' THE COMMISSION SEEMS UNINTERESTED IN FOLLOWING THROUGH. THERE'S SOMETHING VERY FISHY ABOUT THAT. THE WAREHOUSE IMMEDIATELY RAISED A COMPLAINT WITH THE COMMERCE COMMISSION. ON THE FACE OF IT, SOMEBODY SHOULD'VE GOT A VERY PUBLIC YELLOW CARD, IF NOT A RED ONE, AND THEN FIVE MONTHS LATER, THE COMMISSION SIMPLY SHRUGGED ITS SHOULDERS AND SAID, 'OH, NOTHING TO SEE HERE'. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION TOLD 1NEWS IT WAS 'NOT CLEAR THAT SANITARIUM'S CONDUCT AMOUNTED TO A BREACH OF THE COMMERCE ACT'. THERE'S RENEWED CALLS FOR MORE COMPETITION IN THE BANKING SPACE, RESULTS INTO WHETHER NEW ZEALANDERS ARE GETTING THE BEST DEAL FROM OUR BANKS ARE OUT AT 8.30 THIS MORNING. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION BEGAN RESEARCH IN JUNE LAST YEAR FOLLOWING BANK PROFITS REACHING $7.21 BILLION. SAM STUBBS FROM KIWISAVER PROVIDER SIMPLICITY SAYS OPEN BANKING WOULD OPEN UP COMPETITION. WHAT THE COMMERCE COMMISSION NEEDS TO DO IS FORCE IT TO HAPPEN IN NEW ZEALAND, BECAUSE THE BANKS HAVE SAID FOR THE LONGEST TIME, 'WE'LL DO IT, WE'LL DO IT, WE'LL DO IT'. BUT, LOOK, TURKEYS DON'T VOTE FOR CHRISTMAS, RIGHT? THE BANKS KNOW THAT OVERSEAS, THAT ACTUALLY BRINGS THEIR PROFIT DOWN, AND IF WHAT HAPPENED IN NEW ZEALAND` OR WHAT HAPPENS OVERSEAS HAPPENS IN NEW ZEALAND, THAT MEANS ABOUT $1.2b MORE MONEY THAT GOES FROM BANK PROFITS INTO KIWI'S POCKETS. THAT'S AROUND ABOUT $300 PER PERSON PER YEAR. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION'S DRAFT REPORT IS DUE AT 8.30 THIS MORNING, AND 1NEWS BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD WILL JOIN US FOR THE RESULTS. VAPE-FREE ADVOCATES AREN'T CONDIENT THE LATEST VAPE RESTRICTIONS WILL GO FAR ENOUGH TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THE RULES INTRODUCED YESTERDAY WILL SEE DISPOSABLE VAPES BANNED AND FINES INCREASED TENFOLD. RETAILERS COULD FACE PENALTIES UP TO A $100,000 IF THEY SELL VAPES TO YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. BUT A VAPE-FREE ADVOCATE SAYS IT'S TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. THIS GOVERNMENT IS PREPARED TO CHUCK THROUGH ALL SORTS OF THINGS UNDER REGENCY. WHITE IS NOT SEEN AS URGENT ENOUGH? IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING LEAVE VEILED CONCERN THAT IS MORE ABOUT ACCOMMODATING THE INDUSTRY. THE RULES SET BE IN PLACE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AT THE LONDON CLINIC WHICH TREATED CATHERINE, THE PRINCESS OF WALES, FOLLOWING CLAIMS A STAFF MEMBER TRIED TO ACCESS HER PRIVATE MEDICAL RECORDS. IT'S BELIEVED THREE STAFF MEMBERS ARE INVOLVED. THE BBC'S JONNY DYMOND HAS MORE. 'PRIVACY AND THE PRINCESS'. THE MIRROR MAKES A SPLASH WITH A STORY ABOUT AN ATTEMPT TO ACCESS PRIVATE MEDICAL INFORMATION REGARDING KATE, THE PRINCESS OF WALES. SHE WAS HERE TWO MONTHS AGO FOR AN ABDOMINAL OPERATION. SINCE THEN, SHE'S BEEN OUT OF SITE, BUT HARDLY OUT OF MIND. FROM THE PALACE, SILENCE. FROM THE HOSPITAL, A STATEMENT: ALL OF THIS, THE HOSPITAL VISIT, THE LONG RECOVERY, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ORDINARY, A WOMAN, WIFE AND MOTHER GETTING BETTER AFTER AN OPERATION. THE PALACE HAS BEEN FLABBERGASTED BY THE RESPONSE. THE CONCERN OFTEN THAT THE PRINCESS'S RIGHT TO PRIVACY HAS BEEN SHREDDED IN A WORLD OF PHONE AND FEED. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THE PRINCESS'S PRIVATE MEDICAL RECORDS, SOME OF THE MOST PROTECTED PERSONAL DATA THERE IS, HAVE SOME TO OTHERS' ATTENTION. A DECADE AGO, PHONE PRANKSTERS DUPED A NURSE INTO REVEALING SOME PETTY DETAILS. PROFILE IS PART OF ROYAL DUTY. FOR A MONARCH, OPTING OUT IS NOT AN OPTION, BUT THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES ARE LESS BOUND BY LAW AND TRADITION. THAT'S ONE REASON THEY ISSUED THEIR OWN PHOTO LAST WEEK, A MOVE THAT BACKFIRED AS ITS AUTHENTICITY WAS QUESTIONED BY PUBLISHERS WORLDWIDE. EIGHT CREW HAVE BEEN FOUND DEAD AFTER A SOUTH-KOREAN TANKER CAPSIZED OFF JAPAN'S WEST COAST. THE SHIP IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ANCHORED DUE TO STORMY WEATHER. THE COAST GUARD SAID IT WAS CARRYING NEARLY A THOUSAND TONNES OF ACRYLIC ACID, THOUGH NO LEAKS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. ONE PERSON HAS SURVIVED THE ACCIDENT WHILE TWO OTHERS ARE STILL MISSING. A RESCUE OPERATION IS UNDERWAY. A SWEDISH PHARMACY HAS BANNED THE SALE OF ANTI-AGING SKINCARE TO KIDS. THOSE UNDER 15 WILL NOW NEED PARENTAL CONSENT OR A RELEVANT SKIN CONDITION TO BUY ADVANCED SKIN PRODUCTS CONTAINING INGREDIENTS LIKE AHA AND BHA ACIDS, AND VITAMIN A. NEARLY 400 PHARMACIES ACROSS SWEDEN WILL INTRODUCE THE AGE RESTRICTIONS AMID RISING CONCERNS CHILDREN ARE TURNING TO THESE PRODUCTS PREMATURELY. SIMONA HALEP'S TAKEN A SWIPE BACK AT CAROLINE WOZNIACKI AFTER RECEIVING A WILDCARD ENTRY TO THE MIAMI OPEN. HALEP PLAYED HER FIRST MATCH SINCE THE 2022 U.S. OPEN AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR A BANNED SUBSTANCE, LOSING TO SPANIARD PAULA BADOSA IN THREE SETS. THE ROMANIAN HIT BACK AT WOZNIACKI, WHO EARLIER SUGGESTED PLAYERS RETURNING FROM DOPING BANS SHOULD HAVE TO WORK THEIR WAY UP 'FROM THE BOTTOM.' WHY SHE SAY THAT? IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE. YEAH, YEAH, BUT WHY? WHY SHE SAY THAT? BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG. I DIDN'T CHEAT. I DIDN'T DOPE. SO IT'S BETTER IF WE READ THE DECISION THAT IT WAS A CONTAMINATED SUBSTANCE, AND IT WAS NOT DOPING. THE 32-YEAR-OLD HAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED SHE NEVER DOPED. A NUMBER OF INJURIES TO STAR PLAYERS HAVE OPENED THE DOOR FOR OTHER ALL WHITES ON THE EVE OF THEIR FRIENDLY AGAINST EGYPT. NEW ZEALAND WILL BE WITHOUT SKIPPER CHRIS WOOD, NORWAY-BASED MIDFIELDER JOE BELL, AND PHOENIX DEFENDER TIM PAYNE. PHOENIX SKIPPER ALEX RUFER HAS BEEN DRAFTED IN TO JOIN THE SQUAD IN CAIRO. THIS YEAR, WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD GAMES COMING UP, SO WE CAN REALLY TEST OURSELVES. I THINK IF WE PLAY EVERY GAME LIKE WE DID AGAINST IRELAND FOR ABOUT 60 MINUTES OF IT, THEN I THINK WE'LL MAKE EVERYONE PROUD AND ALSO WE WILL START TO GET THE RESULTS THAT WE WANT. THE ALL WHITES PLAY IN EGYPT'S CAPITAL ON SATURDAY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` SOME PATCHES OF CLOUD IN AUCKLAND TODAY. OTHERWISE, BLUE SKIES FOR THE REST OF YOU. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. SOME MORNING FROST IN TOKOROA, BUT IT'LL BE A NICE FINE DAY THROUGHOUT THE REGION. WHAKATANE, YOU'RE GETTING A HIGH OF 22. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT OF MORNING CLOUD TODAY WITH SOME LIGHT SHOWERS IN GISBORNE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. 22 THE HIGH IN MASTERTON. 20 FROM NAPIER THROUGH TO DANNEVIRKE. OVER TO THE WEST ` FROSTY START IN TAUMARUNUI. THIS WILL TURN TO FOG EARLY ON. OTHERWISE A FINE DAY FOR EVERYONE THROUGH HERE. PALMERSTON NORTH WITH A HIGH OF 21. WELLINGTON, YOUR HIGH IS 17. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG FOR THOSE IN NORTH. YOU'LL BE OPENING UP THE BLINDS TO A FINE DAY. FURTHER SOUTH, MOSTLY CLOUDY ONE FOR YOU WITH SHOWERS THIS MORNING. BLENHEIM WITH A HIGH OF 22. HEADING SOUTH ` FINE MORNING FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. THIS WILL TURN TO CLOUD HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 23. CHRISTCHURCH, 20 DEGREES. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IF YOU'RE IN MILFORD SOUND OR OBAN, PACK YOUR BROLLY. YOU'VE GOT SOME SHOWERS TODAY. ELSEWHERE, IT'S BLUES SKIES THIS MORNING WITH SOME HIGH CLOUD AFTER MIDDAY. QUEENSTOWN WITH A HIGH OF 20. DUNEDIN, YOU ARE ON TRACK FOR A HIGH OF 19 DEGREES. BULLER'S STORMWATER DRAINS NEED A MASSIVE UPGRADE TO PREVENT MORE DAMAGING FLOODING IN THE AREA. DESPITE THAT, THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT REJECTED A PLEA FOR $12m TO CARRY OUT THE WORK. THE NEW GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'LL 'CONSIDER' A CASE FOR NEW STOP BANKS. TO MAKE HIS PITCH, BULLER DISTRICT MAYOR JAMIE CLEINE JOINS US NOW. MORENA, MAYOR CLEINE. MORNING, DANIEL. WHY DID THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT PROJECT A $12 MILLION COST? THE $12 MILLION WAS REFERRED TO WHAT WAS GOING TO BE THE NEW THREE WATER ENTITY, WHICH WAS A SENSIBLE WAY FORWARD BECAUSE THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ENGINEERING AND COSTLY EXERCISE. THE ENTITY WAS WHERE IT WAS GOING TO LIE, IN WITH THE DISESTABLISHMENT OF THOSE IT LEFT US WITH A BIG FUNDING PROBLEM. HOW CRITICAL IS THIS UPGRADE? IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. IT MUST BE INTEGRATED INTO THE FLOOD WALLS THEMSELVES. ENGINEERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT A BATH TUB EFFECT. THE NEW GOVERNMENT, AS I MENTIONED, IS CONSIDERING IT. WHAT CONVERSATIONS AND LINKS THAT YOU GONE SO TO DISCUSS THIS WITH THE TRANSPORT MINISTER AND GOVERNMENT? I HAVE WRITTEN TO THE MINISTER ALERTING HIM TO THE ISSUES IS THE RESILIENT WESTPORT PACKAGE EXCLUDED THIS. HE REFERRED ME BACK TO MY OWN COUNSEL ON THE WEST COAST REGIONAL COUNCIL. IT FEELS LIKE A STALEMATE RIGHT NOW. WE WILL CARRY OUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS. IN THE MEANTIME, WE WILL CARRY OUT SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY CONCEPT DESIGNS SO WE DON'T HOLD THE PROJECT UP IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, BUT THAT WILL LEAD TO IMMEDIATE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR FUNDING GAPS THAT WE NEED TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT. WHAT ARE THE FEELING FROM LOCALS? THERE IS EUGENE'S IT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY ARE FRUSTRATED. THEY WANT A CERTAIN FUTURE THAT THIS PROTECTION IS GOING TO BE BUILT SOME OF THAT WORK IS UNDERWAY, AND THE WEST COAST REGIONAL COUNCIL ARE STARTING PHYSICAL WORKS ON STAGE I PROJECTS, BUT THE BIG RING WALL AND THE ABILITY TO DEAL WITH STORMWATER ISSUES IS YET TO BE APPROACHED BY THE FUNDERS. IF THE GOVERNMENT DO NOT COME TO THE PARTY, WHAT IS PLAN B? I THINK WHAT IT WILL DO IS POTENTIALLY RESTRICT THE DESIGN OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE ENGINEERING TEAM. WE WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO FIND ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES. THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE HERE IS THAT OUR COST TO RATEPAYERS IS $1000 MORE THAN ANY OTHER COUNCIL IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. ADDING IT TO EXISTING RATEPAYERS ADDS TO A STRETCHED GROUP. IS THAT GOING TO BE AN ULTIMATUM? WOULD YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO RATEPAYERS AND GET THEM TO PAY THIS? ULTIMATELY, IT WILL HAVE TO BE A CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT I THINK YOU TO QUESTION THE AFFORDABILITY AND INDEED THE FAIRNESS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WITH COMMITMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT, THERE IS A SOLUTION THAT IS DOABLE. WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS. IF THE GOVERNMENT IS LISTENING RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM? I SAY TO THEM THAT WE WOULD LIKE A SECURE FUNDING PATHWAY FOR THE COMPONENTS OF THE RESILIENT WESTPORT PACKAGE THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERFUNDED. WE'RE LOOKING FOR INTEGRATED SOLUTION. IN TERMS OF THE UPGRADES, HOW SOON DOESN'T NEED TO BE DONE? THE UPGRADE IS A THREE-YEAR PACKAGE OF WORK, BUT THE DESIGNS WILL GET UNDERWAY VERY SOON ON THE DESIGN OF THE STORMWATER INTEGRATION. I WOULD ANTICIPATE WITHIN 6 TO 8 MONTHS WE WILL BE LOOKING AT A COSTED CONCEPT THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE FUNDING FOR. $12 MILLION WAS A BIT OF AN ESTIMATE IN 2022 WHEN THE CASE WAS SUBMITTED. A LOT MORE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE PROBLEM NOW, IT TO BE QUITE FRANK, THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THAT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING AND GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU, DANIEL. ME U TONU MAI ` FOOD INSECURITY IS AT AN ALL-TIME LOW FOR OUR TAMARIKI. FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN FEED A FAMILY FOR JUST $5. SO GOOD. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. $5 MAY BE THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR A CUPPA AT YOUR LOCAL CAFE, BUT FOR MANY ACROSS THE MOTU, A FIVER CAN GET YOU SO MUCH MORE. THE NUMBER OF KIWI KIDS EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY HAS SEEN THE LARGEST YEAR ON YEAR JUMP OVER THE PAST DECADE, AND THAT'S WHY WITH EVERY FIVE BUCKS DONATED TO CHARITY KIWI HARVEST. THEY'RE PROMISING TO FEED ONE FAMILY A DAY. TO EXPLAIN THIS AMAZING CAUSE, WE'RE JOINED BY AMBASSADOR AND CHEF PETER GORDON. MORENA. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. DANIEL, YOU CAN BRING THE WATER AND NOW. MAKE SURE WE HAVE YOU ALL SORTED. GOSH, KIWI HARVEST. THIS SOUNDS LIKE AN AMAZING CHARITY. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT CAN'T WORK, BUT IN NEW ZEALAND, WE HAVE FOOD POVERTY AND WE HAVE ALL THIS FOOD WASTE. WE HAVE TONS OF FOOD GOING TO WASTE. KIWI HARVEST OPERATES WITH DONATIONS, SO FARMERS AND SHOPS AND SUPERMARKETS. THEY WILL BE THINGS THAT ARE ABOUT TO EXPIRE ALL THE NEW FRESH PRODUCE IS COMMON AND THEY NEED TO GET RID OF THE OLD STUFF. HISTORICALLY, THAT WOULD JUST GO TO LANDFILLS. PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE REALISING THAT ARE STILL GOOD QUALITY. THEY WORK AS A HUB AND SEND VEHICLES OUT TO PICK IT UP AND BRING IT BACK TO HERE WHERE IT IS DISTRIBUTED. BECAUSE THE FOOD IS FREE, THE COST TO COLLECT THE FOOD AND REDELIVER IT IS ALL THAT WE ARE COVERING. THAT IS WITH A FIVE DOLLARS COMES IN. I WENT TO THE SHOP AND TRIED TO BUY FOOD TO FEED FOR PEOPLE FOR FIVE DOLLARS, THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH RICE AND POTATOES YOU CAN HAVE. THIS IS WHY THIS IS GREAT. HOW MANY PLACES DO KIWI HARVEST DISTRIBUTE SO? IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, THEY ARE IN INVERCARGILL, DUNEDIN AND QUEENSTOWN. THE NORTH ISLAND, THEY ARE IN AUCKLAND AND THE NORTH SHORE. THEY DISTRIBUTE TWO DIFFERENT CHARITIES. I'M THINKING ABOUT HAVING THOSE HUBS IN DIFFERENT PLACES. THAT IS THE GREAT PART ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THERE ARE DIFFERENT PLACES THAT WILL GET RID OF THEIR FOOD. WE DO WANT TO GIVE IT TO SOMEONE, BUT WHO DO WE GIVE IT SO? FROM THAT POINT ON, WE HAVE ALL THIS FOOD, WHERE NOW? VOLUNTEERS WILL COME IN BOX IT UP AND IT MAY GO TO A WOMAN'S REFUGE OR HOMELESS CHARITY. THEY LOOK AFTER 36,000 PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND, WHICH INCLUDES OVER 9000 FAMILIES. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD FOOD FOR WHATEVER REASON. COST OF LIVING IS GONE UP, THEY LOST THEIR JOB, OR THE SORTS OF THINGS. THIS CAN BE A STOPGAP AND MAKING SURE YOU DON'T STARVE. WE PRODUCE SO MUCH FOOD, SO TO HAVE ANY FOOD POVERTY IS A DISGRACE. YOU TALK ABOUT A NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS. HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED? KIWI HARVEST APPROACHED ME IN 2021 AND THEY SAID WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN AMBASSADOR TO HELP WITH THIS BECAUSE WE ARE A CHARITY AMONGST OTHERS. I THOUGHT, WHAT YOU DO IS SO AMAZING, SO I JUMPED ON BOARD, AND A YEAR OR SO AGO, I ASKED FOR MATES TO HELP ME IN THE FOUR OF US DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD. IT IS SO GOOD, IT IS REALLY COOL AND WE ARE HELPING PEOPLE. IF THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT GO, WOULD LIKE TO JUMP ON THIS INITIATIVE, OR EVEN INDIVIDUALS CAN HELP? THEY CAN DO CASH DONATIONS. OR IF YOU GO ONLINE, YOU CAN FIND A WAY TO DONATE. THE CAMPAIGN IS THAT FIVE DOLLARS A DAY WILL FEED A FAMILY OF FOUR FOR THREE MEALS. YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND DO THAT. IF YOU ARE A FOOD PRODUCER OR FOOD RETAILER, GIVE THEM A CALL BECAUSE SOME THINGS MAY BE APPROPRIATE, LIKE IF THEY WERE ABOUT TO GET TO TONS OF TOMATOES ARE ALREADY GOING OFF, THAT WOULD NOT BE GOOD, BUT IF YOU SOME TOMATOES THAT ARE ABOUT TO GO OFF, THAT WOULD BE GOOD. BEFORE YOU GO. I LOOKED UP THE PRICE OF WEET-BIX, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT THIS MORNING. IT WAS CHRIS THAT WENT, OH. I AM NOT REALLY SURE, IT IS A BIT DRY. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? I THINK THE WORDS I USED WERE DRY CARDBOARD. DUSTY CARDBOARD. YOU WERE MOANING. HE WAS. NOW THAT YOU HAVE SAID IT, I FEEL A BIT SILLY. WHEN WE WERE KIDS, WE WOULD PUT THEM IN A BOWL AND POUR MILK ON IT, OR ORANGE JUICE IF WE WERE FLASH, AND LIVE IN THE FRIDGE OVERNIGHT. IT WOULD BE A BIT LIKE A MOIST, CRUNCHY CAKE. A FEW PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN IN ALSO JOINING ME. I KNOW IT IS SACRILEGE, BUT YES, I AGREE. IT IS INEDIBLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY ADDING BUTTER. NOT THE BUTTER. WHEN I GREW UP, MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO HEAT UP MILK IN A SAUCEPAN. I WAS NOT AS FLASHES YOU. WE DID NOT HAVE APPLE JUICE, BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF SUGAR IF WE NEEDED IT FOR A BIT OF SWEETNESS. HE DID NOT THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WEET-BIX THIS MORNING. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT KIWI HARVEST. GO CHECK THEM OUT. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. SOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST SCOOTERS HAVE ARRIVED IN NEW ZEALAND. FIND OUT WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. HAVE YOU BEEN SANDING THE FLOORBOARDS? THEY'RE VERY NICE. A STALEMATE IS PLAYING OUT BETWEEN THE BULLER DISTRICT COUNCIL AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OVER WHO WILL FUND WESTPORT'S FLOOD MANAGEMENT. THE TOWN'S STORMWATER SYSTEM NEEDS A $12m UPGRADE TO STOP WESTPORT BECOMING WHAT ITS MAYOR DESCRIBED AS 'A BATHTUB' ONCE NEW FLOOD WALLS ARE BUILT. JAMIE CLEINE SAYS THE FUNDING WOULD OF COME FROM THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT'S THREE WATERS REFORM, WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN REPEALED. THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE IS ON ANOTHER TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST, TOUCHING DOWN IN SAUDI ARABIA THIS MORNING. ANTONY BLINKEN WILL HOLD TALKS WITH ARAB LEADERS, CONJURING UP A POST-WAR PLAN TO GOVERN GAZA. SEPARATELY, IN QATAR, NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN ISRAELI AND HAMAS DELEGATIONS ARE CONTINUING IN A RENEWED ATTEMPT TO SECURE A CEASEFIRE. IT'S HOPED AN AGREEMENT WOULD SEE AID ALLOWED INTO GAZA AND THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES, THOUGH A BREAKTHROUGH STILL LOOKS TO BE WEEKS AWAY. DOWNING STREET'S RESPONDED TO THE NEWS THREE LONDON CLINIC STAFF MEMBERS ARE BEING INVESTIGATED FOR ACCESSING CATHERINE, THE PRINCESS OF WALES' MEDICAL RECORDS. IT SAYS 'THERE ARE STRICT RULES ON PATIENTS THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED' AND IS CALLING ON THE PUBLIC TO 'GET BEHIND' THE PRINCESS AND HER HUSBAND PRINCE WILLIAM AS SHE RECOVERS. THE ALLEGED DATA BREACH COMES AS SPECULATION OVER THE PRINCESS' WHEREABOUTS CONTINUES. CATHERINE HAD SURGERY IN JANUARY AND WAS EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE UNTIL EASTER, BUT HER ABSENCE HAS LED TO WEEKS OF CONSPIRACIES ABOUT HER HEALTH. THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH IS ONCE AGAIN FINLAND. FOR SEVEN STRAIGHT YEARS NOW, IT'S TAKEN OUT THE TOP SPOT IN THE UN-SPONSORED WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT. OTHER NORDIC COUNTRIES DENMARK, SWEDEN AND ICELAND ALSO FEATURED IN THE TOP TEN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE REPORT BEGAN. THE U.S. AND GERMANY HAVE DROPPED OUT OF THE TOP 20. A BIG WIN FOR THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX WOMEN WHO HAVE BEATEN ADELAIDE UNITED 4-0 KEEPING THEIR A-LEAGUE HOPES ALIVE. TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS, THE PHOENIX MUST NOW WIN EACH OF THEIR REMAINING THREE MATCHES. THEY'LL HOST WESTERN SYDNEY IN THE FINAL ROUND ON MARCH 30. WHICH COULD BE AN EFFECTIVE PLAYOFF FOR SIXTH IF THE RESULT GOES THEIR WAY. AND A CLASH OF THE TITANS IN THE FOOTBALLING WORLD WITH THE WORST-RANKED COUNTRY HOPING TO PULL OFF ITS FIRST VICTORY IN 20 YEARS TODAY. THIS IS THE LAST TIME SAN MARINO WON A MATCH, BEATING LIECHTENSTEIN 1-0 IN 2004. THE 210TH-RANKED TEAM PLAY AT HOME THIS MORNING AGAINST SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, FLYING HIGH AT 147 IN THE FIFA RANKINGS. OUT OF THE 206 GAMES THEY'VE PLAYED, THEY'VE WON ONCE, DRAWN NINE, AND LOST 196 TIMES. THE PERILS OF INTERNET SHOPPING ARE WELL KNOWN. WILL THE ITEM YOU'VE ORDERED TURN OUT TO BE WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING? DAN DAFYDD THOUGHT HE'D ORDERED 80 EASTER EGGS, BUT IN FACT, 80 BOXES OF THEM ARRIVED ON HIS DOORSTEP. THE BBC'S KATRINA RENTON HAS THE STORY. DAN'S SHOP SERVES A TINY COMMUNITY. HE WAS ORDERING CHOCOLATE EGGS FOR EASTER, BUT HE GOT EGG-STRA BY MISTAKE. I ORDERED 80 EGGS, OR SO I THOUGHT. BUT I ORDERED 80 CASES. THERE ARE 60 PUPILS AT THE ONLY SCHOOL ON THE ISLAND. WITH 720 CHOCOLATE EGGS. DAN HATCHED A PLAN. I AM READY TO MAKE A COMPLAINT, BEFORE IT BECAME CLEAR IT WAS MY MISTAKE. DAN'S CUSTOMERS HAD BEEN CRACKING JOKES ABOUT THE SITUATION. A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING IF I'VE GOT EASTER EGGS. SCRAMBLING FOR A SOLUTION, HE DECIDED TO RAFFLE. BEING A SMALL ISLAND SURROUNDED BY SEA, AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY INSTANCES OVER THE YEARS WHERE IT HAS COME TO THE RESCUE. THE CHARITIES SAYS IT IS EXTREMELY GRATEFUL SO THE SHOP HAS BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE SUNNYSIDE. I WAS SEEING A DIFFERENT PUN. IT LEFT ME SHELLSHOCKED. THE YOKE IS ON HIM. THE YOLK IS ON HIM. HERE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` SOME PATCHES OF CLOUD IN AUCKLAND TODAY. OTHERWISE, BLUE SKIES FOR THE REST OF YOU. A HIGH OF 22 TODAY IN RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. SOME MORNING FROST IN TOKOROA, BUT IT'LL BE A NICE FINE DAY THROUGHOUT THE REGION. WHAKATANE, 22. THE EAST COAST ` BIT OF MORNING CLOUD TODAY WITH SOME LIGHT SHOWERS IN GISBORNE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. 22 THE HIGH IN MASTERTON. OVER TO THE WEST ` FROSTY START IN TAUMARUNUI. THIS WILL TURN TO FOG EARLY ON. OTHERWISE A FINE DAY FOR EVERYONE THROUGH HERE. PALMERSTON NORTH WITH A HIGH OF 21. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG FOR THOSE IN NORTH. YOU'LL BE OPENING UP THE BLINDS TO A FINE DAY. FURTHER SOUTH, MOSTLY CLOUDY ONE FOR YOU WITH SHOWERS THIS MORNING. HEADING SOUTH ` FINE MORNING FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. THIS WILL TURN TO CLOUD HEADING INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 23. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IF YOU'RE IN MILFORD SOUND OR OBAN, YOU'VE GOT SOME SHOWERS TODAY. SCOOTERING HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 100 YEARS, BUT COMPETITIVE FREESTYLE SCOOTERING HAS ONLY BEEN A THING SINCE THE EARLY 2000S. THIS WEEKEND, NAPIER'S BAY SKATE HAS PULLED OFF A BIT OF A COUP, SECURING THE WORLD'S FIRST CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR OCEANIA, WHICH KICKS OFF TOMORROW. BAY SKATE'S KYLE HENDERSON IS THERE NOW ALONGSIDE SCOOTER CHAMP CORY GRIFFITHS. GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH. I LOVE THIS. TELL ME ABOUT HOW YOU MANAGED TO PULL THIS OFF. TO PULL THIS OFF, I'VE GOT NO IDEA. WE THREW THE IDEA OUT THERE. WE WERE MEANT TO HOSTED LAST YEAR BUT WE HAD THE CYCLONE COME THROUGH. WE HAVE RUN NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL IS HERE FOR A FEW YEARS AND PULLED TOGETHER A PRETTY GOOD SHOW. HOW MANY COMPETITORS DO YOU THINK WILL SHOW UP? WE HAVE GOT 102 REGISTERED RIDERS COMPETING ACROSS PARK AND STREET. HAVE OF THEM HAVE MADE UP OF AUSTRALIAN RIDERS AND THE OTHER HALF-HOUR NEW ZEALAND RIDERS. STOP IT! I WANT TO BRING YOU IN HERE, CORY. I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A THING. WHEN DID YOU GET INTO IT? I GOT INTO IT AT A REALLY YOUNG AGE. I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED MY ACTION SPORTS. WHEN I WAS SINGLE DIGITS I PICKED IT UP. I HAVE COMPETED EVER SINCE I WAS 15. I AM NOW 23 AND STILL GOING. WICKED. THE CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR OCEANIA... I PRESUME YOU ARE COMPETING. I AM NOT GOING TO BE DOING WHAT THIS COREY IS DOING. I AM GOING TO BE DOING THE GRAINS ON THE RAILS. THERE IS DIFFERENT EVENTS SO TO SPEAK. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES ` THIS IS THE PARK STYLE. THIS IS THE STREET STYLE OVER THE OTHER SIDE. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT JUST OVER UNDER IT COMPETITORS AT THE EVENT WHICH STARTS TOMORROW. HOW GOOD IS THIS FOR THE REGION ITSELF? IT IS SO GOOD. WE WERE EXPECTING AT LAST YEAR AND HAD TAKEN AWAY IN THE NINTH HOUR. BUT TO BRING IT BACK ` ALL OF THESE RIDERS COMING INTO THE CITY. VISITING THE OTHER FACILITIES AND ACCOMMODATION HAS MADE A REAL GOOD BOOST TO THE ECONOMY HERE. SO MANY RIDERS AROUND TOWN HAS BROUGHT A BUZZ. ARE YOU A SCOOTERER? HE WAS RIDING JUST BEFORE. I GREW UP IN THE SKATE PARK AND NOW I AM THE GUY WHO HELPS THROW IT ALL TOGETHER. FOR ME, IT IS ABOUT GIVING BACK TO THE NEXT GENERATION. AND GIVE THEM MORE FUN THAN I HAD GROWING UP. TRYING GET THEM OVERSEAS. WHAT WAS THE OTHER COREY DOING? HE IS DOING PARK STYLE. YOU SAW HIM DOING UPSIDE DOWN TWICE. YOU ARE GOING TO SHOW US... YOU WANT ME TO SHOW YOU SOME STREET STYLE? WE WILL MAKE HIM DO SOME TRICKS. RUDE NOT TO. COREY WENT TO THE WORLD CHAMPS LAST YEAR. HE PLACED SIXTH IN THE WORLD. HE HITS THE RAILS LIKE THIS. THOSE ARE HAND RAILS TO HELP PEOPLE GO UPSTAIRS. AND HE IS GRINDING DOWN THEM. THIS IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT SKATERS... IS THIS THE SAME THING BUT WITH A SCOOTER? YES. FOR ME PERSONALLY, I ENJOYED THE SCOOTERING BECAUSE IT IS A MIX BETWEEN SKATEBOARD AND BMX. WITH THE OTHER COREY, YOU GET THE HIGHFLYING ACROBATIC MOVES LIKE THE DOUBLE FLIPS. SERIOUSLY, IT LOOKS SO COOL. PEOPLE CAN COME ON DOWN? SEMIFINALS ARE TOMORROW STARTING AT 10.30. HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE IT DONE BY 6 O'CLOCK TOMORROW NIGHT IF ALL GOES TO PLAN, AND THE TOP QUALIFIERS ARE THROUGH. WE GO THROUGH THE FOUR FINALS THERE. BEST OF LUCK. THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING WITH US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING THE MAN AND SHOWING HOW THESE THINGS GO. GOOD LUCK FOR THE COMPETITION. AWESOME. CHOICE. I TRIED SCOOTERING WITH MY SON. DID YOU GET WHACKED IN THE SHINS? MY LEGS... OH DEAR. WAS THE SCOOTER OK? A WHOLE LOT OF VINTAGE CARS ARE CRUISING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE COROMANDEL AT THE MOMENT. FIND OUT WHY NEXT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. FEELING NOSTALGIC? WELL, THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES HAVE MADE THEIR WAY BACK. A SWARM OF CLASSIC CARS WILL BE CRUISING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE COROMANDEL TODAY, ALL PART OF THIS YEAR'S BEACH HOP. IT'S NOT ALL JUST ABOUT THE MECHANICS, THERE'S ALSO ROCK N ROLL BANDS, VINTAGE MARKETS AND EVEN SURF FESTIVALS. WITH SO MUCH ACTION, THERE'S NO BETTER PERSON TO UNPACK IT THAN BEACH HOP DIRECTOR NODDY WATTS. NODDY, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING HOW ARE YOU? TALK TO US ABOUT THIS EVENT. IT IS MAGIC HERE IN WHANGAMATA. IT IS A CELEBRATION OF THE 50S AND 60S, WHEN THE FASHION AND THE CARS CHANGED. LIFE CHANGED AFTER WORLD WAR II. WE WIND THE CLOCK BACK AND CELEBRATE WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE BACK THEN. YOU ARE IN YOUR 20 FOURTH-YEAR. WHAT MAKES THIS YEAR SO SPECIAL? AFTER LAST YEAR, LIKE A LOT OF AREAS IN NEW ZEALAND, THE COROMANDEL GOT HIT REALLY HARD WITH THE WEATHER. WITH STATE HIGHWAY 25 BEING CLOSED, THE COROMANDEL NEEDS A REAL INJECTION OF PEOPLE AND MONEY. WE ARE RAISING LOTS OF MONEY FOR OUR AREA AND COMMUNITY AND WE WILL SEND THESE 2000 REGISTERED VEHICLES TO A TOWN AROUND THE COROMANDEL, ALL THE TOWNS ARE GETTING BEHIND IT. PEOPLE HAVE TO GO SHOPPING AND GET A RECEIPT AND TAKE A PICTURE OF THEIR CAR AND GO IN THE DRAW TO WIN $5000 CASH. I AM LOOKING AT ALL THE CARS DRIVING BEHIND YOU ` THOSE CLASSIC CARS ARE BEAUTIFUL BUT TELL US ABOUT THE CAR NEXT YOU. THIS IS A 1966 FORD MUSTANG. IT IS FAMOUS FOR THE PRIZES THAT WE GIVE AWAY. WE ALSO HAVE A BRAND-NEW HARLEY-DAVIDSON. THIS MUSTANG WILL BE GIVEN AWAY. INSIDE IS ENTRY FORM. YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE DRAW ON SATURDAY, AND WE DRAW YOUR NAME OUT, YOU GET TO CHOOSE THE MUSTANG ORDER HARLEY. THEN WE DO A SECOND ONE AND THE OTHER PERSON WILL CHOOSE THE OTHER. SOMEONE WILL DRIVE THIS HOME ON SATURDAY. YOU MENTIONED 2000 CARS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED. HOW MANY CARS ENTHUSIASTS ARE YOU EXPECTING TO COME INTO WHANGAMATA? IT IS THE BIGGEST EVENT ON THE COROMANDEL. WE ARE EXPECTING OVER 100,000 PEOPLE TO ATTEND THE FESTIVAL SOMETIME, SO THERE IS NOT JUST THE CARS, THERE IS MUSIC. WE HAVE BANDS COMING IN FROM AUSTRALIA PLAYING ROCK AND ROLL. THERE IS A ROCK 'N' ROLL CLUB MARCH. THERE IS A SURF COMPETITION, SO MUCH HAPPENING. THERE IS SO MUCH ACTION AND IT IS ALL FREE FOR THE PUBLIC, SO COME ON DOWN TO WHANGAMATA. THE COROMANDEL WENT THROUGH SOME TOUGH TIMES. IN TERMS OF THE ROADS BEING REOPENED WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE COMING TO THE COROMANDEL? A BIG SHOUT OUT TO NZTA. THEY SAID IT WOULD NOT OPEN UNTIL THE END OF MARCH BUT THEY MADE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF PROGRESS AND THEY MADE FANTASTIC PROGRESS. BE POLITE AND CAREFUL AND GETTING A SAFELY. WHAT KIND OF GUY HAVE YOU GOT? (LAUGHS) NONE OF MY CARS GO, FUNNILY ENOUGH. ME AND ANDREA ARE TOO BUSY WORKING ON BEACH HOP CARS. I HAVE GOT AN OLD FALCON. WE HAVE ONE IS AN AUCKLAND COMING FROM AMERICA. THANK YOU FOR ORGANISING THIS EVENT. ALL THE BEST AND I WISH YOU WELL. IT IS A PLEASURE AND ROLL ON REPCO BEACH 2024. TO ANYONE TRAVELLING DOWN THERE TO THAT EVENT, TRAVELLED WELL AND TRAVEL SAFE. E HAERE AKE NEI ` ARE OUR BANKS MAKING TOO MUCH MONEY? THE COMMERCE COMMISSION'S INVESTIGATION HAS JUST BEEN REVEALED. OUR BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT BREAKS IT DOWN NEXT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. ARE YOU GETTING THE BEST DEAL FROM YOUR BANK? WELL, THE COMMERCE COMMISSION'S JUST REALISED ITS FINDINGS OF AN INVESTIGATION AFTER INCREASING CONCERNS ABOUT BANK PROFITS AND COMPETITION. FOR MORE ON THE FINDINGS, WE'RE JOINED BY 1NEWS BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD. USUALLY IT IS THE MIDDAY DESK THAT BRINGS UP THE CHATTING. WHAT ARE THE MAIN FINDINGS? THIS IS JUST COME OUT. THE PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE COMMERCE COMMISSION IS STILL ONGOING. WHAT THE STUDY HAS FOUND IS THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH COMPETITION IN THE BANKING SECTOR. THAT WILL NOT COME AS A SURPRISE TO MANY. THE FIRST FOUR BIG BANKS HAVE 90% OF THE MARKET. WE THEN SEE THE SMALLER BANKS. THERE IS TOO MUCH POWER FROM THE BIG BANKS. THE BANKS HERE ARE MAKING MORE PROFIT THAN OVERSEAS. MOST OF THESE BANKS ARE AUSTRALIAN OWNED. BECAUSE THEY BEEN SO FOCUSED ON MAKING PROFITS, THEY HAVE NOT DONE THINGS I CAN BEST IN TECHNOLOGY. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION TALKED ABOUT DISRUPTIVE FORCES TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE. WHAT IS IT LOOK LIKE AND HOW DO THEY DO THAT? VERY MIND, IT IS STILL GOING ON. IT IS COMING AND NOW. A RECOMMENDATION IS TO IMPROVE THE POSITION OF THOSE SMALLER PLAYERS, IN PARTICULAR, KIWIBANK. THE RESERVE BANK NEEDS TO ALLOW KIWIBANK TO ACCESS MORE CAPITAL AND MONEY TO HAND OUT MORE MONEY. THAT WOULD BE HUGELY IN THE GOVERNMENT'S HANDS IN TERMS OF IF THEY WANT TO BOOST THAT POWER OF KIWIBANK. ANOTHER BIG THING IS AROUND OPEN BANKING. THAT IS ALREADY BEING LOOKED AT. THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING THINGS IN THE SECTOR, OPEN BANKING IS BASICALLY IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE BANKS AND KEEP YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER, YOU WANT TO KEEP IT SIMPLE. AT THE MOMENT, IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT. THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE SECTOR AND TALK AROUND OPEN BANKING. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION SAYS IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN A LOT FASTER. AT THE END OF THE DAY, LOOK TO THE CONSUMER BEING LOCKED INTO THIS HIGHER RATES. FOR THEM, IT IS BEGINNING A BETTER DEAL. IT IS ALSO ON WHAT YOU ARE GETTING A SAVINGS ACCOUNT, WHAT FEES YOU ARE PAYING. THEIR PEOPLE ARE DISPROPORTIONALLY MING AFFECTED WHEN IT COMES TO BANKING. AND UNDERSTANDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, HOW TO OPEN BANK ACCOUNT, HOW YOU GO BUT USING THE SYSTEM TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. THIS IS ONLY A PRELIMINARY REPORT, HUGE CHANGES ARE NEEDED. THERE IS A LOT GOING ON. THERE IS ALSO AS PART OF THE COALITION AGREEMENT, A COMMITMENT WAS SELECT COMMITTEE AN ENQUIRY INTO BANKING. THAT HAS BEEN COVERED OFF NOW BY THE COMMERCE COMMISSION, SO TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF IT GOES AHEAD. THE OTHER THING THEY TALK ABOUT IS REGULATION STOPPING CHANGES THE BANKS MAY NEED. THERE IS A LOT THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO LOOK AT. IS A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT. HOW MUCH HE DOES THE GOVERNMENT NEED TO PAY THIS? THE PRESSURE WILL BE ON THEM TO DO THIS. THIS COMES AFTER THE SUPERMARKET COMMERCE COMMISSION REPORT AND THE FUEL SECTOR, CONSTRUCTION, AND NOW BANKING. WE SAW THAT BIG STUDY IN AUSTRALIA AS WELL. THIS ONLY LOOKS AT PERSONAL BANKING, SO IS ONLY LOOKING AT YOUR DAY TO DAY, YOUR SAVING ACCOUNTS ON YOUR MORTGAGE RATES. BUT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS EVERYONE. EVERYTHING THE KIWIS AFFECTED BY HOW THEIR BANK TREATS THEM. THE PRESSURE WILL NOW BE ON THE BANKS TO SEE HOW THEY REACT AND WHETHER THEY ACCEPT THIS BECAUSE THEY NORMALLY QUITE DEFENSIVE OF THOSE BIG PROFITS THAT WE SEE THEM MAKE. I AM SURE WE WILL GET MORE REACTION FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND EVERYONE ELSE INVOLVED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LET'S MEET UP AT MIDDAY ON TVNZ ONE AND WOULD TALK ABOUT IT SOME MORE THAN. YOU ARE A LEGEND. YOU ARE A MACHINE. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. YOU WILL HAVE MORE AT MIDDAY AND 6 PM. CHANGING BANKS, HOW DIFFICULT DOESN'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. HAVE A GREAT THURSDAY. SEE YOU! CAPTIONS BY BILLY GARRATT-JOHN, COURTNEY SOLE, SAM BAKER AND DREW WELSH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.