IT'S MIDDAY. GREEN MP JULIE ANNE GENTER APOLOGISES AFTER BEING SLAMMED FOR INTIMIDATING AND 'UNACCEPTABLE' BEHAVIOUR IN PARLIAMENT. PLUS, WHY TE KUITI RESIDENTS FEAR THEIR ONLY AMBULANCE SERVICE COULD BE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK. AND CLASSES CANCELLED AS POLICE ARE CALLED IN TO DEAL WITH CLASHES AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES OVER THE CONFLICT IN GAZA. CAPTIONS BY BRIGIT KELLY AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 GREEN PARTY MP, JULIE ANNE GENTER, IS BEING ACCUSED OF 'INTIMIDATING BEHAVIOUR' AFTER SHE CONFRONTED A MINISTER DURING A DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT LAST NIGHT. LILLIAN HANLY JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST. LILLIAN, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? KIA ORA CHRIS. A COMPLAINT WILL BE LODGED. ANALYSES IF GOVENMENT MEMBER HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ROLE. NOT UNUSUAL TO TALJK OVER EACH OTHER IN PARLIAMENT. WHAT WAS UNUSUAL, WAS THAT GENTER LEFT HER SEAT. (OVERLAPPING RAISED VOICES) WELL. MISS GENTER. (SHOUTING) MISS GENTER. PLEASE RESUME YOUR SEAT. ORDER. PLEASE RESUME YOUR SEAT. OK, WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE SOME ORDER HERE. SORRY, RACHEL BOYACK. JUST ` WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ORDER. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE? NO. NO, NOT IN MY TIME. WOULD YOU EXPECT SOMEONE TO ACT LIKE THAT, IN THE PARLIAMENT? NO. NO I WOULDN'T. WHAT WAS YOUR INITIAL REACTION TO THAT GOING ON IN THE HOUSE? WELL TO FIRSTLY GET HER BACK INTO HER SEAT. AND SHE DID COMPLY. SHE WENT BACK TO HER SEAT. I THINK THE FIRST TIME ` PROBABLY WITH THE YELLING THAT WAS GOING ON, SHE DIDN'T HEAR ME AS CLEARLY AS SHE SHOULD HAVE, THE FIRST TIME. BUT SHE CERTAINLY HEARD ME AND WENT BACK TO HER SEAT. GENTER DID APOLOGISE TO THE SPEAKER AND THE HOUSE. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE PARTY SAID HER ACTIONS WERE UNNACCEPTABLE. WE HAVE REQUESTED AN INTERVIEW. NEW FIGURES SHOW THE NUMBER OF CONSENTS FOR NEW HOMES WAS DOWN 25% FOR THE YEAR TO THE END OF MARCH. BUT THE GOVERNMENT'S MAKING CHANGES AIMED AT MAKING BUILDING A HOME EASIER AND MORE AFFORDABLE. THE MINISTER FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION HAS ANNOUNCED CHANGES TO BUILDING CONSENTS, WHILE INTRODUCING 'MINOR CUSTOMISATIONS' TO THE BUILDING ACT. IT ALLOWS MINOR PRODUCT OR DESIGN CHANGES WITHOUT THE NEED TO SUBMIT A NEW CONSENT. IT'S HOPED IT WILL PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR TRADIES AND REDUCE DELAYS AND COSTS. FINANCIAL ADVISERS ARE BEGINNING TO SEE MORE NEW ZEALANDERS WITH MIDDLE TO HIGH INCOMES SEEKING SUPPORT. IT COMES AS THE NUMBER OF HOMEOWNERS UNABLE TO MAKE THEIR MORTGAGE PAYMENTS SURGES, PASSING 2020 LEVELS. THE RESERVE BANK ATTRIBUTES THE MISSED REPAYMENTS TO RISING LIVING COSTS AND HIGHER INTEREST RATES. THE DEBT RELIEF FOUNDATION SAYS THESE TOUGH TIMES ARE BEING FELT AROUND THE WORLD. HELP IN THIS CRISIS ` I THINK IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. IT'S NO ONE PERSON, NO ONE ORGANISATION. I THINK IT'S COLLABORATION WITH THE BANKS, WITH OUR SECTOR, WITH CREDITORS AND WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP NEW ZEALANDERS COME OUT OF THIS AND WEATHER THIS STORM. STATS NZ HAS REVEALED 10,000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS TE KUITI RESIDENTS COULD LOSE THEIR ONLY AMBULANCE SERVICE AMID FUNDING CONCERNS. STAFF SAY THEY'VE BEEN INFORMED OF A PROPOSAL BY HATO HONE ST JOHN TO MOVE THE SERVICE DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGES. IF THE PLAN GOES AHEAD, THE COMMUNITY OF 4600 PEOPLE WOULD BE RELIANT ON VOLUNTEER SERVICES OR OUT-OF-TOWN AMBULANCES. THE AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION SAYS THE RURAL AREAS ARE THE ONES WHO STRUGGLE. AND THAT'S GONNA TRANSLATE AROUND THE NORTH AND SOUTH ISLAND, PARTICULARLY, AGAIN, THE SOUTH ISLAND, BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RURAL STATIONS OF SIMILAR POPULATION SIZE OF TEKUITI AND THAT WILL, UM ` I KNOW I WAS STRUGGLING WITH THE SAME ISSUE AS THAT. STRUGGLING TO GET STAFF TO COME TO THOSE STATIONS. BUT HATO HONE ST JOHN TOLD BREAKFAST IT HAS NO INTENTION OF CLOSING THE TE KUITI AMBULANCE STATION, AND HAS RECORD RECRUITMENT LEVELS. A WOMAN WILL APPEAR IN COURT TODAY AFTER CALLING POLICE TO AN ALLEGED SHOOTING, SPARKING AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THE AUCKLAND WOMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 'USING A PHONE FOR FICTITIOUS PURPOSE' AFTER POLICE RUSHED TO THE SCENE OF A REPORTED CRIME. OFFICERS ARRIVED PROMPTLY TO CONIFER GROVE LAST NIGHT WHEN THEY WERE ALERTED TO THE FIREARM INCIDENT. AN INSPECTOR SAYS POLICE ARE INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATED, AND DESCRIBED THE EVENT AS 'CALLOUS BEHAVIOUR'. A MAN (36) HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER YESTERDAY'S SWORD ATTACK IN LONDON. DANIEL ANJORIN (14) HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE VICTIM. HE WAS WALKING TO SCHOOL WHEN THE ATTACK OCCURRED. MARCUS MONZO, A SPANISH NATIONAL WHO LIVES IN EAST LONDON, HAS ALSO BEEN CHARGED WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER OFFENCES. THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS IT'S UP TO HAMAS TO GET A DEAL FOR A CEASEFIRE WITH ISRAEL DONE. ANTONY BLINKEN MET WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU OVERNIGHT ` PART OF HIS SEVENTH VISIT TO THE REGION SINCE HAMAS' OCTOBER RAIDS THAT SPARKED THE CONFLICT. HE SAYS ISRAEL HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT COMPROMISES, AND THE CURRENT PROPOSAL CAN BUILD DURABLE PEACE AND SECURITY. HAMAS HAS TO DECIDE WHETHER IT WILL TAKE THIS DEAL AND ACTUALLY ADVANCE THE SITUATION FOR THE PEOPLE THAT IT PURPORTS TO CARE ABOUT IN GAZA. THERE IS NO TIME FOR DELAY. THERE'S NO TIME FOR FURTHER HAGGLING. THE DEAL IS THERE. THEY SHOULD TAKE IT. BLINKEN ALSO STRESSED THE U.S. DOES NOT SUPPORT AN ISRAELI GROUND OFFENSIVE IN RAFAH, WHERE AN ESTIMATED 1.5 MILLION PALESTINIANS ARE SEEKING REFUGE. BUT NETANYAHU WANTS TO PUSH FORWARD WITH THE INCURSION REGARDLESS OF WHETHER A DEAL IS REACHED. ISRAEL HAS REOPENED THE MAIN CROSSING INTO NORTHERN GAZA FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE OCTOBER ATTACKS. IT WILL ALLOW MORE HUMANITARIAN AID INTO AREAS THREATENED BY FAMINE. HERE'S THE BBC'S FERGAL KEANE. A GATE TOWARDS THE WAR, WHERE ISRAEL'S ARMY TODAY SHOWCASED HOW IT PLANNED TO BOOST AID REACHING GAZA. THIS IS THE EREZ CROSSING IN THE NORTH OF THE GAZA STRIP, WITH GAZA DEVASTATED ON THE OTHER SIDE. THE PLAN IS TO GET 500 TRUCKS A DAY INTO GAZA FROM HERE. THE UN WANTS MANY MORE TO AVERT WHAT IT CALLS A MAN-MADE FAMINE. THE OPTICS DESIGNED TO CONVEY AN ISRAEL LISTENING TO AMERICA AND OTHER ALLIES EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY. WE WON'T STOP. ALL VERY DIFFERENT TO THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR NEARLY SEVEN MONTHS AGO. (SPEAKS HEBREW) 'WE'RE PUTTING A COMPLETE SIEGE ON GAZA,' SAID ISRAEL'S DEFENCE MINISTER YOAV GALLANT. 'NO ELECTRICITY, NO FOOD, NO WATER, NO GAS. 'IT'S ALL CLOSED.' THIS EXERCISE COMES AFTER WEEKS OF PRESSURE ON ISRAEL FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO ALLOW MORE FOOD, MEDICINE, SUPPLIES INTO GAZA, AND AFTER ONE SENIOR UN OFFICIAL WARNED ISRAEL MIGHT BE COMMITTING A WAR CRIME, USING FOOD AS A WEAPON OF WAR. THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IS REPORTEDLY CONSIDERING ARREST WARRANTS FOR ISRAEL'S WAR LEADERS. ARE YOU WORRIED THAT YOU, OTHER SENIOR IDF OFFICERS, MIGHT BE CHARGED WITH WAR CRIMES AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THAT? WE NEVER SET ANY BAR, ANY LIMIT REGARDING THE INFLUENCE OF HUMANITARIAN AID, AND SPECIFICALLY NOT FOOD. THE UN AND AID AGENCIES SAY THAT SIMPLY ISN'T TRUE. HERE, THE CHARITY WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN REOPENED A MONTH AFTER SEVEN OF ITS WORKERS, INCLUDING THREE BRITONS, WERE KILLED IN AN ISRAELI ATTACK. THIS IS A LIFELINE IN CENTRAL GAZA, WHERE THE ELDERLY AND CHILDREN ARE ACUTELY VULNERABLE FROM HUNGER AND WAR. THIS GIRL (9) IS DUG FREE FROM THE RUBBLE OF AN AIRSTRIKE. THE 16 OTHER CHILDREN IN HER EXTENDED FAMILY WERE KILLED. HERS IS A LIFE BROKEN BY WAR. (SPEAKS ARABIC) SHE TOLD US THAT NOW SHE WANTED TO GO TO GOD. A CEASEFIRE WON'T BRING BACK THE DEAD, BUT IT MIGHT ALLOW HER TO BELIEVE AGAIN IN LIFE. DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AT NEW YORK'S COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, AS POLICE MOVED IN TO BREAK UP PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS. AND AS THE BBC'S NOMIA IQBAL EXPLAINS, THERE'S BEEN VIOLENCE AT OTHER CAMPUSES ACROSS THE U.S. AS THE DARKNESS CAME, SO DID THE VIOLENCE. THE TENSION BETWEEN THE PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS ENCAMPED AT UCLA AND THE PRO-ISRAEL DEMONSTRATORS BOILED OVER. SCREAMS RING OUT AS FIREWORKS ARE LESS OFF IN THE DENSE ENCAMPMENT. WATCH OUT! WATCH OUT! IT'S NOT CLEAR YET WHAT SPARKED THE FIGHTING. THE LOS ANGELES POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AT THE REQUEST OF THE UNIVERSITY. THE VICE CHANCELLOR HAS CONDEMNED THE EVENTS AS A HORRIFIC ACT OF VIOLENCE. (CROWD CLAMOURING) ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY, AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK, WHERE THE PROTESTS ORIGINALLY STARTED, POLICE ENTERED THE CAMPUS. IT COMES NEARLY TWO WEEKS SINCE THEY LAST WENT IN, SPARKING HUGE CONTROVERSY. AND A DAY AFTER SOME DEMONSTRATORS BROKE INTO A BUILDING INSIDE CAMPUS, SMASHING WINDOWS AND BARRICADING THEMSELVES IN. FOR THE UNIVERSITY, IT WAS A RED LINE. DOZENS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN THIS NEW POLICE RAID. PROTESTERS TOLD US THEY WERE HOPEFUL TALKS COULD STILL CONTINUE WITH THE UNIVERSITY. THEIR DEMANDS INCLUDED CUTTING OFF ECONOMIC AND ACADEMIC TIES WITH ISRAELI INSTITUTIONS. BUT GIVEN THIS LATEST POLICE ACTION, HOPE FOR RECONCILIATION SEEMS EVEN FURTHER AWAY. AND STUDENTS AT AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY HAVE JOINED THE WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT. ORIGINAL PLANS FOR AN EMCAMPMENT WERE ABANDONED AFTER A LATE EMAIL FROM THE VICE CHANCELLOR REQUESTING THEM NOT TO. THEY DON'T MIND US HAVING A RALLY, AND THEY DON'T MIND US PROTESTING, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST, BUT THEY WERE JUST AGAINST AN ENCAMPMENT. AND SO, BECAUSE THE EMAIL WENT OUT REALLY LATE, IT SORT OF INSTILLED FEAR INTO PEOPLE, AND A LOT OF RECONSIDERATIONS HAD TO BE MADE REGARDING THE ENCAMPMENT. WE DID` YOU KNOW, AS A UNIVERSITY CLUB, WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF COMPLYING WITH THE STUDENTS' CODE OF CONDUCT, SO WE DID CHANGE IT INTO A RALLY, A SOLIDARITY RALLY. THE GROUP'S ASKING THE UNIVERSITY TO CUT TIES WITH ISRAELI INSTITUTIONS. HARVEY WEINSTEIN WILL BE RETRIED IN NEW YORK AFTER HIS 2020 RAPE CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED. WEINSTEIN HAD BEEN SERVING A 23-YEAR SENTENCE BEFORE HIS RAPE CONVICTION WAS THROWN OUT LAST WEEK ON THE BASIS THAT HE DID NOT RECEIVE A FAIR TRIAL. THE NEW YORK COURT OF APPEALS SAID PROSECUTORS CALLED ON WITNESSES WHOSE ACCUSATIONS WEREN'T PART OF THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM IN THE 2020 CASE. THE 72-YEAR-OLD COULD RETURN TO COURT AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER. AS UKRAINE WAITS ON THE DELIVERY OF MORE WESTERN MILITARY AID, RUSSIA HAS SHOWN OFF SOME OF THE MILITARY HARDWARE IT'S CAPTURED FROM THE BATTLEFIELD. IT INCLUDES TANKS FROM THE U.S. AND GERMANY, AND BRITISH ARMY VEHICLES. THE BBC'S STEVE ROSENBERG WENT ALONG. THEY'RE THE KREMLIN'S WAR TROPHIES, AND MOSCOW IS FLAUNTING THEM PUT ON DISPLAY ` WESTERN MILITARY HARDWARE. ALL THESE ITEMS HAD BEEN SENT TO HELP UKRAINE ON THE BATTLEFIELD, BUT WERE LATER CAPTURED BY RUSSIA, INCLUDING THIS ` THE HUSKY, A BRITISH ARMOURED VEHICLE, NOW A MUSEUM PIECE IN MOSCOW. THERE ARE TANKS TOO ` THIS AMERICAN ABRAMS HAD BEEN BADLY DAMAGED NEAR THE UKRAINIAN TOWN OF AVDIIVKA. IT'S NOW A PRIZE EXHIBIT AT THIS MILITARY SHOW, ALONG WITH THE GERMAN LEOPARD TANK. THE RUSSIANS GOT TWO. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) 'IT'S INCREDIBLE, JAW-DROPPING,' SAYS NATALIA. 'IT'S AMAZING TO THINK THAT OUR GUYS 'MANAGED TO COLLECT ALL THESE TROPHIES.' THERE WAS PLENTY OF INTEREST FROM THE RUSSIAN PUBLIC. RUSSIANS CROWDED AROUND TO GET A GLIMPSE AND A PHOTO. FAMILY DAYS OUT DON'T GET MUCH MORE BIZARRE THAN THIS. SO WHY PUT ALL OF THIS ON DISPLAY? WELL, I THINK THE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE TWO AIMS HERE ` THE FIRST IS TO REINFORCE THE KREMLIN'S NARRATIVE THAT IN UKRAINE, THE WEST IS WAGING WAR AGAINST RUSSIA, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS RUSSIA THAT INVADED UKRAINE. BUT THERE'S ALSO A BIG ELEMENT OF GLOATING HERE ` THE RUSSIANS ARE INCREASINGLY CONFIDENT ABOUT HOW THE WAR IS GOING, AND THEIR MAIN MESSAGE IS WRITTEN ON A SIGN JUST OVER THERE, AND IT READS, 'OUR VICTORY IS INEVITABLE.' RUSSIA DIDN'T INVENT THE WHEEL HERE ` IN THE PAST, UKRAINE HAS EXHIBITED RUSSIAN MILITARY HARDWARE IT CAPTURED ON THE FRONT LINE. BACK IN MOSCOW, THERE MAY BE CONFIDENCE AND CAPTURED ARMOUR, BUT THAT DOESN'T GUARANTEE VICTORY. THE WEST HAS PLEDGED MORE HELP FOR UKRAINE; RUSSIA HAS PLEDGED TO COLLECT MORE TROPHIES. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` IT'S BEEN THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS ` THE EAST COAST NEWSPAPER THAT'S ROLLED OFF THE PRINTING PRESS FOR THE FINAL TIME. PLUS ` BETTER THAN SLICED BREAD? HOW SCIENTISTS ARE TRYING TO GIVE WHITE LOAVES THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF WHOLEMEAL BREAD. THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS HAS RACKED UP A BILL OF MORE THAN $300,000 FOR SLUSHY MACHINES. THE CONTROVERSIAL MACHINES WERE FIRST INSTALLED IN 2018, COSTING $1M. SINCE THEN, THE DEPARTMENT'S SPENT $217,0000 ON SYRUPS FOR THE FLAVOURED ICE DRINK, AND MORE THAN $81,000 ON MAINTENANCE. THE SLUSHIES FOR PRISON GUARDS SIX YEARS AGO. WHAT HAS THE GOVERNMENT DELIVERED? NOTHING! OH, NOTHING. SLUSHIES! KELVIN DAVIS SAYS 193, NEARLY $6000 SLUSHIE MACHINES. WILL GRANT ROBERTSON DRINK THEM ALL? MR SPEAKER! THE DEPARTMENT CITED STAFF SAFETY AND WELL-BEING FOR THE PURCHASE, WITH 160 MACHINES STILL IN USE TO 'MINIMISE THE RISK OF HEAT STRESS'. IT CONFIRMED THE SLUSHIES ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO PRISONERS. FOOD 'WARNING LABELS' COULD BE INTRODUCED AS THE GOVERNMENT FALLS BEHIND ON HEALTH STAR RATING TARGETS. UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND RESEARCHERS REVEALED ONLY 30% PERCENT OF FOOD PRODUCTS HAVE A HEALTH STAR LABEL, DESPITE A GOVERNMENT TARGET TO REACH 50% BY NOVEMBER. NOW HEALTH COALITION AOTEAROA IS CALLING FOR MANDATORY HEALTH STAR RATINGS AND WARNING LABELS FOR POOR NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS SIMILAR TO WHAT ARE USED OVERSEAS. SO, THEY HAVE WARNING LABELS THERE AND- LIKE ON A PACKET OF CIGARETTES? THAT'S RIGHT, YES. SO, IT'S LIKE A BLACK OCTAGON AND IT SAYS, 'HIGH IN SUGAR, HIGH IN SALT, HIGH IN FAT', DEPENDING WHAT THE PRODUCT IS HIGH IN. SO IT IS PRETTY CLEAR. THE STRATEGY'S BEEN PROVEN TO WORK IN CHILE, DETERING SHOPPERS FROM PURCHASING CERTAIN FOODS. FERAL CATS ARE THE DEADLIEST PREDATORS ON STEWART ISLAND, THREATENING THE POPULATION OF ENDANGERED SOUTHERN NEW ZEALAND DOTTEREL. THE LATEST BIRD COUNT HAS REVEALED THE POPULATION IS DOWN 19% ON LAST YEAR. THERE ARE NOW JUST OVER 100 SOUTHERN DOTTERELS LEFT. THE SITUATION IS CRITICAL, UM... FERAL CAT NUMBERS ARE WIDESPREAD THOUGHOUT THE ISLAND, AND THAT IS DEVASTATING THIS POPULATION OF BIRDS, AND WE ARE NOW DOWN TO JUST 101 REMAINING. SO, YOU KNOW, THE SITUATION IS CRITICAL. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES, WE COULD LOSE THESE BIRDS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THE BIRDS USUALLY LIVE FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS, BUT THEY'RE CURRENTLY ONLY LIVING TO ABOUT FIVE. HAWKES BAY'S 'WAIROA STAR' IS SET TO CLOSE ITS DOORS AFTER MORE THAN 100 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE. THE FINAL EDITION WILL BE SOLD TODAY, WITH THE RETAIL STORE SET TO CLOSE IN THE COMING WEEKS. CHAIRMAN MATT WILSON TOLD ONE NEWS THAT DESPITE THEIR BEST EFFORTS TO CONTROL COSTS, BUSINESS REVENUE CONTINUED TO DECLINE OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS ` ITS CLOSURE ALSO MARKING THE CONTINUED LOSS OF JOURNALISM JOBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT'S A STAPLE OF EVERY HOUSEHOLD. YOU MIGHT EVEN BE EATING IT RIGHT NOW. AND NOW THERE MAY BE A SOLUTION TO THE LACK OF NUTRITIONAL VALUE IN WHITE BREAD. SCIENTISTS HAVE BAKED UP A NEW RECIPE, THAT TASTES LIKE WHITE BREAD BUT IS AS NUTRITIOUS AS WHOLEMEAL. THE BBC'S POLAB GHOSH HAS MORE. IT'S BREAD, ONLY BETTER. THESE ARE THE FIRST BATCH OF NUTRITION-BOOSTED LOAVES. THE EVENTUAL AIM, IS TO MAKE THEM LOOK AND TASTE LIKE THE SLICED WHITE LOAVES, THAT MOST PEOPLE, PREFER. I REALLY FOUND ABOUT THIS PROJECT, IS THAT, WHITE BREAD IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU. (LAUGHING) I WAS ALWAYS AWARE OF THAT, BUT IT'S REALLY REINFORCED IT. AND IT MAKES YOU REALISE JUST HOW MUCH OF THE GOODNESS, IS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THAT GRAIN OF WHEAT. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL MINERALS PRESENT, AND WHAT ARE THE VITAMINS THAT BEING LOST, SO THAT WE CAN FORMULATE A WHITE FLOUR THAT IS ENHANCED, COMPARED TO AN EXISTING WHITE FLOUR. THE SCIENTISTS ARE WORKING EWITH A FLOUR-MAKING FIRM IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE. THEY'RE MAKING LOAVES WITH ADDED CEREAL, PULSES AND FIBRE, FOR THE SCIENTISTS TO ANALYSE. BOTH THESE LOAVES ARE NUTRITIONALLY ENHANCED. THIS ONE, HAS BITS OF WHEAT, SUCH AS WHEAT GERM AND BRAN, THAT ARE FOUND IN WHOLEMEAL LOAVES, BUT IN SMALLER QUANTITIES. THIS ONE, HAS ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT GRAINS, SUCH AS CHICKPEAS, GREEN PEAS AND QUINOA, ALL MIXED TOGETHER. BOTH OF THEM ARE MUCH BETTER FOR YOU. BUT HOW DO THEY TASTE? CHRIS HOLISTOR, WHOSE IDEA IT ALL IS, OFFERS ME A SLICE OR TWO. THAT'S GORGEOUS, AND IT TASTES LIKE WHITE BREAD, AS WELL. THAT'S THE IDEA, YEAH. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL RECEPTIVE TO IT, AND IT'S NOT TOO DIFFERENT TO WHAT THEY'RE USED TO. BAKING FIRMS HAVE TRIED AND FAILED WITH PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS. BUT RESEARCHERS HOPE THAT THEIR'S WILL PASS THE TASTE TEST, AND PEOPLE WILL THINK THAT IT'S THE BEST THING SINCE ` SLICED BREAD. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX HAVE FINISHED THE A-LEAGUE SECOND ON THE TABLE ` THE CENTRAL COAST MARINERS BEATING THEM TO THE PREMIER'S PLATE IN THE FINAL MATCH OF THE SEASON. THE MARINERS LEAPFROGGING THE NIX WITH A 2-0 WIN OVER ADELAIDE UNITED. DANGER HERE. BALARD! HIS SCORING RUN HAS COINCIDED WITH WHAT IS SURELY GOING TO BE A GOLDEN ERA OF TROPHIES FOR THE CENTRAL COAST MARINERS! THE PHOENIX WILL NOW WAIT TO SEE WHO THEY'LL FACE IN THE SEMIFINALS, WITH THE PLAYOFFS KICKING OFF WITH THE TWO ELIMINATION FINALS THIS WEEKEND. BORUSSIA DORTMUND HAVE A ONE-GOAL ADVANTAGE AFTER THE FIRST LEG OF THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMIFINAL WITH PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN. THE GERMAN CLUB WITH THE ONLY GOAL OF THE MATCH, THEIR DIRECT STYLE UNDOING PSG'S DEFENCE. ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE IS A FOOLPROOF` HERE ` AND THAT'S WHAT HE DOES. HE'S HARDLY HAD A KICK. GIVE HIM A CHANCE ` CUE THE CELEBRATIONS. THE SECOND LEG IS IN PARIS NEXT WEEK. ANDREY RUBLEV'S ENDED CARLOS ALCARAZ' DEFENCE OF HIS MADRID OPEN TITLE. THE RUSSIAN DROPPED THE FIRST SET BUT BOUNCED BACK AGAINST THE WORLD NUMBER 3, CLAIMING THE MATCH 4-6, 6-3 AND 6-2. IT'S ALCARAZ' FIRST LOSS AT THE CLAY COURT TOURNAMENT SINCE 2021. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (QUIRKY SYNTH-POP 'MIDDAY' THEME) AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. TE KARERE IS HERE AT 4, FOLLOWED BY THE 1 NEWS TEAM AT 6. INDIRA STEWART WILL BE BACK WITH THE FINAL MIDDAY BULLETIN TOMORROW, BUT FOR NOW ` KA KITE, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY BRIGIT KELLY AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024