JULIE ANNE GENTER APOLOGISES AFTER CONFRONTING A NATIONAL MP. HOW THE GREEN PARTY'S NOW RESPONDED. OUR LATEST FASHION VICTIM. AFTER A TRIUMPHANT RETURN IN 2023, WHY NEW ZEALAND FASHION WEEK WON'T HAPPEN THIS YEAR. PLUS, THE COMEDY HEAVYWEIGHTS HEADING TO OUR SHORES WHAT'S ON OFFER AT THIS YEAR'S COMEDY FESTIVAL. CAPTIONS BY OTO SEQUEIRA AND SAM BAKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. TWO MPs ARE IN THE SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT. FOREIGN MINISTER WINSTON PETERS COULD FACE LEGAL ACTION OVER COMMENTS HE MADE IN AN INTERVIEW. MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT. BUT FIRST, AN EXTRAORDINARY CONFRONTATION IN PARLIAMENT ` GREEN MP JULIE ANNE GENTER GETTING IN THE FACE OF A NATIONAL MP. SHE'S APOLOGISED, BUT IT MEANS HER PARTY'S NOW DEALING WITH ANOTHER BAD HEADLINE. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN. LATE LAST NIGHT DURING A PARLIAMENT DEBATE, A VERBAL DUST-UP. GREEN MP JULIE ANNE GENTER ACCOSTING NATIONAL'S MATT DOOCEY. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? MS GENTER, PLEASE RESUME YOUR SEAT. PLEASE RESUME YOUR SEAT. THE INCIDENT SHOCKED THOSE PRESENT. IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO GET OUT OF ONE'S SEAT TO GO AND HAVE AN ARGUMENT WITH SOMEBODY ON THE OTHER SIDE. SPEAKER GERRY BROWNLEE WAS CALLED IN. NEVER SEEN BEFORE ` IT WAS UNPRECEDENTED IN MY EXPERIENCE IN THIS CHAMBER. STANDING OVER HIM WITH A BOOK. HUGE AMOUNT OF INTIMIDATION THAT WAS GOING ON. THE RONGOTAI MP SAYING SHE SIMPLY WANTED TO SHARE INFORMATION. AND I'M VERY SORRY IF IN MY PASSION TO DO SO I WAS INTIMIDATING. THAT WAS NOT MY INTENTION. HAVE YOU ACCEPTED HER APOLOGY? I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON THIS. TODAY, CONDEMNATION FROM ALL PARTIES. THE BEHAVIOUR WAS UNACCEPTABLE. CLEARLY VERY INTIMIDATING. NOT APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR. CERTAINLY WASN'T BEHAVIOUR THAT I THINK ANY OF US HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE. WHAT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE, COMPLETELY INEXCUSABLE, AND THERE IS AN INTERNAL DISCIPLINARY PROCESS THAT WE'LL BE FOLLOWING. JULIE ANNE GENTER DID A NO-SHOW TODAY, SO WE VISITED HER RONGOTAI OFFICE. SHE WASN'T THERE. THOSE IN HER ELECTORATE, THOUGH, HAPPY TO TALK. I'M A SUPPORTER OF THE GREENS MYSELF, BUT I THINK HER BEHAVIOUR WAS INAPPROPRIATE. YEAH, IT'S PRETTY HARDCORE, EH. IT'S NOT A SMART WAY TO GET YOUR POINT ACROSS. IT'S UNPROFESSIONAL, IT'S DISRESPECTFUL. I THINK IT HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME AS PEOPLE GET FIRED UP. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THE MP'S LOST HER COOL... YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY CAN'T DO THIS INTERVIEW, SORRY. ...THREATENING TO WALK OFF DURING A 1 NEWS INTERVIEW. THAT WAS AN INSTANCE WHERE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE CO-LEADERS AT THAT POINT IN TIME HAD A CONVERSATION WITH JULIE ANNE. PARTY CO-LEADERS REFUSING TO SAY IF IT'S A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOUR. NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO GO INTO EACH AND EVERY ISSUE OF ALL MPs. WE ARE DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE ` WE ARE DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE RIGHT NOW. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR LAST NIGHT'S BEHAVIOUR, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO KEEP COMING BACK TO. MS GENTER, PLEASE RESUME YOUR SEAT. AN INCIDENT PROVIDING ANOTHER HEADACHE FOR THE GREENS. WELL, A NUMBER OF POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE LAID FORMAL COMPLAINTS WITH THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, GERRY BROWNLEE, OVER THE INTIMIDATING BEHAVIOUR BY JULIE ANNE GENTER. GERRY BROWNLEE SAYS HE WANTS NATURAL JUSTICE TO OCCUR BEFORE HE DECIDES WHETHER TO REFER THIS MATTER OVER TO PARLIAMENT PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. NOW, THAT NATURAL JUSTICE LOOKS LIKE A CONVERSATION WITH JULIE ANNE GENTER. HE WANTS TO HEAR HER SIDE OF EVENTS BEFORE MAKING THAT DECISION. THAT CONVERSATION WILL BE CRUCIAL BECAUSE OF COURSE JULIE ANNE GENTER IS NOT KNOW TO BACK DOWN EASILY FROM ISSUES THAT SHE FEELS PASSIONATE ABOUT. SO IT IS WHETHER OR NOT HER APOLOGY IS GENUINE AND WHETHER THE SPEAKER TRULY FEELS THAT IS ADEQUATE ENOUGH TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION OR WHETHER IT WILL BE ESCALATED FURTHER. ALL OF THIS TOOK PLACE ON A NIGHT WHERE THE GREEN PARTY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CELEBRATING THE FORMER CO-LEADER OF THE PARTY, JAMES SHAW, WHO WAS DEPARTING PARLIAMENT JUST LAST NIGHT, BUT INSTEAD ANOTHER HEADACHE FOR THE GREENS. FORMER AUSTRALIAN POLITICIAN BOB CARR IS ACCUSING WINSTON PETERS OF WANTING TO ROLL BACK OUR NUCLEAR-FREE POLICY. IT COMES AS HIS OFFICE SAYS LEGAL ACTION IS BEING COMMENCED, OVER COMMENTS THE FOREIGN MINISTER MADE DURING AN INTERVIEW. NOW LABOUR WANTS THE NEW ZEALAND FIRST LEADER STOOD DOWN. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. OUR FOREIGN MINISTER SETTING OUT OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD. THE CHALLENGES WE FACE ARE STARK ` THE WORST THAT ANYONE TODAY WORKING IN POLITICS OR FOREIGN AFFAIRS CAN REMEMBER. BUT THIS LONE PROTESTER MAKING A STAND. WOULD YOU PLEASE SIT DOWN? NO, NO SHE WOULDN'T. SHE WAS OBJECTING TO NZ'S POSSIBLE PARTICIPATION IN WHAT'S VIEWED AS AN ANTI-CHINESE MILITARY ALLIANCE KNOWN AS AUKUS. WHILE THE TOP LEVEL IS ABOUT NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINES, WE'D JOIN PILLAR TWO, WHERE WE'D SHARE DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY IF INVITED. WHICH IS WHY WE'RE EXPLORING WITH OUR PARTNERS THE SCOPE OF PILLAR TWO AND SEEKING A MORE DETAILED UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS INVOLVES. BUT THIS MORNING MR PETERS ACCUSED FORMER AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND KNOWN AUKUS OPPONENT BOB CARR OF HAVING CLOSE LINKS WITH CHINA. ITS LED TO ACCUSATIONS OF DEFAMATION AND THREATS OF LEGAL ACTION BY MR CARR. DOES HE STAND BY HIS CRITICISMS OF THE CRITICS OF AUKUS, INCLUDING HIS STATEMENT ABOUT THE HONOURABLE BOB CARR? YES. LABOUR PREDICTS MR PETERS COULD BE IN BIG TROUBLE. THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT IN THE COURTS, I WOULD EXPECT. I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS NONSENSE. CHRIS HIPKINS WENT AS FAR AS URGING THE PRIME MINISTER TO STAND MR PETERS DOWN ` IN THE END, THOUGH, BARELY A SLAP ON THE WRIST. THEY'RE NOT COMMENTS I WOULD MAKE. I KNOW BOB CARR COMES FROM A VERY LONG HISTORY OF LABOUR POLITICS I KNOW BOB CARR COMES FROM A VERY LONG HISTORY OF LABOUR POLITICS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW SOUTH WALES AND FEDERAL. I'M SURE HE'LL APPRECIATE ROUGH AND TUMBLE OF POLITICS. BUT IN A STATEMENT TO 1 NEWS A SHORT TIME AGO, MR CARR CLAIMED THAT WINSTON PETERS IS TRYING TO SELL NEW ZEALANDERS A REVERSAL OF OUR NON-NUCLEAR POSITION, WHICH HAS BEEN A FIXTURE OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY FOR DECADES. BUT SOME FEAR MR PETERS' BEHAVIOUR COULD HAVE CONSEQUENCES. ANYTHING THAT MAY SMACK OF LOOSE TALK IS NOT HELPFUL TO THE RELATIONSHIP. BACK IN PARLIAMENT, THOUGH... NO, NO, NO, THE MEMBER'S NOT IN TROUBLE. IN FACT, HE QUITE ENJOYS IT. (LAUGHS) OUR UNDIPLOMATIC FOREIGN MINISTER LAPPING UP THE ATTENTION. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. SECURITY'S BEEN RAMPED UP AT WELLINGTON HOSPITAL AFTER A SHOT WAS FIRED OUTSIDE ITS MAIN ENTRANCE YESTERDAY. POLICE HAVE MADE ONE ARREST BUT ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR A SECOND PERSON. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS HAS THIS UPDATE. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED OUTSIDE THIS MOTOR LODGE, OPPOSITE THE HOSPITAL JUST AFTER 5 P.M. THE DRIVER OF A WHITE FORD RANGER THREATENED A PERSON WITH A MACHETE. THAT PERSON THEN GRABBED A FIREARM AND JUMPED INTO A GREY MITSUBISHI COLT, WITH ANOTHER PERSON HEADING FOR THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CAR PARK NEAR HERE. THEY DROVE THE WRONG WAY UP THE VEHICLE EXIT, STOPPING OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL'S MAIN ENTRANCE WHERE THE FORD WAS PARKED UP. POLICE SAY THERE WAS ANOTHER CONFRONTATION AND THE FIREARM WAS DISCHARGED AT THE FORD RANGER. BOTH VEHICLES THEN FLED THE SCENE. OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AND THE MAIN ENTRANCE WAS SHUT TEMPORARILY, BUT THE HOSPITAL KEPT OPERATING AS USUAL. TODAY, A 40-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED. HE'S DUE TO APPEAR IN COURT TOMORROW. THE FORD RANGER HAS BEEN SEIZED. POLICE WANT TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WITH INFORMATION, PHOTOS OR VIDEO FOOTAGE. MORE PUBLIC SECTOR JOB CUT PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED, THIS TIME AT THE MINISTRY FOR HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND KAINGA ORA. 40 ROLES ARE PROPOSED TO BE CUT AT THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, RESULTING IN A 10 PER CENT WORKFORCE REDUCTION. AND AT KAINGA ORA, 159 POSITIONS COULD GO IN PROPOSALS GIVEN TO STAFF. MEANWHILE, AT STATISTICS NEW ZEALAND, VOLUNTARY REDUNDANCY HAS BEEN OFFERED TO EMPLOYEES THIS WEEK. $67M ` THAT'S THE AMOUNT THE EDUCATION SECTOR IS GETTING IN THE FIRST PRE-BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT. THE PRIME MINISTER AND EDUCATION MINISTER MADE THE COMMITMENT AIMED AT BRINGING IT'S 'STUDIED LITERACY' PROGRAMME TO SCHOOLS WHILE AT A SCHOOL IN MANUREWA. ERICA STANFORD SAID THE STRUCTURED SYSTEM, THAT INCLUDES USING PHONICS TO TEACH READING, WILL BOOST LITERACY RATES. IT WILL BE ROLLED OUT AT SCHOOLS FROM NEXT YEAR. OUR GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED TO TAKE ACTION TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SINGLE CHILD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE SUCCESS AT SCHOOL AND THAT STARTS WITH TEACHING THE BASICS BRILLIANTLY, WITH THIS INVESTMENT INTO STRUCTURED LITERACY. THE PRIMARY TEACHERS' UNION SAYS A SINGLE MANDATED APPROACH TO READING DOESN'T WORK FOR ALL CHILDREN. THERE HAVE BEEN VIOLENT SCENES AT UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AS PRO-PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS CLASH WITH PROTESTORS TRYING TO TEAR DOWN THEIR CAMPS. TONIGHT, POLICE ARE BACK ON THE SCENE OF ONE MAJOR PROTEST IN LOS ANGELES AFTER DECLARING THE GATHERING UNLAWFUL. CHANNEL 9'S JONATHAN KEARSLEY REPORTS. (PROTESTERS CLAMOUR) CHAOS ON CAMPUS. VIOLENCE ERUPTS ` TENSION OVER THE WAR IN GAZA BOILS OVER IN BLOODY VIOLENCE ON U.S. SOIL. YOU (BLEEP!) A PRO-PALESTINIAN CAMP AT A LOS ANGELES UNIVERSITY STORMED BY PROTESTERS... (BANG!) FROM ONE SIDE, FIREWORKS; PEPPER SPRAY WAS ALSO USED. DON'T RUB IT. IT TOOK THE UNIVERSITY TWO HOURS TO ASK FOR POLICE HELP. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY CAME READY FOR A RIOT. AFTER A NIGHT OF TENSE, VIOLENT AND BLOODY CLASHES, NOW THE TIME HAS COME FOR THE AUTHORITIES TO MOVE IN HERE. THEY ARE TRYING TO PRESS THESE SIDES APART AND TRYING TO RESTORE SOME SORT OF SAFETY AND SECURITY TO THIS UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. A PRO-PALESTINIAN SUPPORTER PRAYED ONLY TO BE MOCKED BY THE OTHER SIDE. EVENTUALLY, POLICE MOVED SOME COUNTER-PROTESTERS OUT, AND CAMPERS VOWED TO STAY PUT. (DRUMS BEAT, CHANTING) THE LIFE-THREATENING ASSAULT WE FACED LAST NIGHT IS NOTHING LESS THAN A HORRIFYING, DESPICABLE ACT OF TERROR. YOU DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO DISOBEY THE LAWS OF THE LAND. CLASSES WERE CANCELLED. CHANTS: PALESTINE WILL BE FREE. TODAY, THE BARRICADE WENT BACK UP, AND IN CAME A DOCTOR. EVERYBODY HAS A RIGHT TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST. BUT I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SHUT DOWN THE CAMPUS. LATE TODAY, THE CAMP WAS DEEMED UNLAWFUL AND IS SET TO BE CLEARED. UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE NATION HAVE BEEN THE TARGET OF PROTESTS FROM BOSTON TO NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH ALABAMA, TEXAS AND ARIZONA. POWER TO THE PEOPLE. IN WISCONSIN... (SCREAMING) ...POLICE SHUT DOWN A CAMP ONLY FOR IT TO RE-EMERGE. THESE LITTLE GAZAS ARE DISGUSTING CESSPOOLS OF ANTI-SEMITIC HATE. IN NEW YORK, MORE RALLIES AFTER HUNDREDS OF ARRESTS AT A PRESTIGIOUS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. POLICE HAD TO SLICE THEIR WAY IN AFTER PRO-PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS TOOK THE BUILDING BY FORCE. THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST AS LONG AS IT'S PEACEFUL. TAKING OVER A BUILDING IS NOT PEACEFUL. THE POLICE CAME IN, AND IN EXACTLY TWO HOURS, EVERYTHING WAS OVER. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO WATCH. BUT THERE'S CLAIMS, TROUBLEMAKERS, NOT STUDENTS, ARE BEHIND AT LEAST ONE CAMP. THERE IS A MOVEMENT TO RADICALISE YOUNG PEOPLE. AND TONIGHT, THERE'S A PLEA FOR CALM. YOU'RE NOT FIGHTING. YOU'RE NOT DOING THE SAME THING THAT THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE. THE ANNUAL SHOWCASE FOR KIWI DESIGNERS, NEW ZEALAND FASHION WEEK, HAS BEEN CANCELLED. POOR RETAIL SALES IS BEING BLAMED FOR MOVING THE EVENT TO JUST EVERY OTHER YEAR. IT'S JUST THE LATEST BLOW TO THE INDUSTRY AS CORAZON MILLER REPORTS. A FESTIVAL OF KIWI FASHION. (ROCK MUSIC PLAYS) NZ FASHION WEEK'S POST-COVID RETURN LAST YEAR WAS TRIUMPHANTLY RECEIVED. WHAT A GREAT WAY TO START NZ FASHION WEEK, AND WHAT A GREAT WAY TO REPRESENT MAORI AT THE FOREFRONT! FASHION SHOWS ALWAYS CHALLENGE US, AS DESIGNERS AND BUSINESS, TO PUSH US TO BE MORE CREATIVE, AND I LOVED THAT PRESSURE. BUT THAT WILL NOW HAVE TO WAIT, WITH THIS YEAR'S EVENT CANCELLED. IT DEFINITELY WASN'T AN EASY DECISION. WE'VE BEEN MULLING OVER IT PROBABLY FOR THE LAST TWO TO THREE WEEKS. WHAT'S LED TO THE DECISION IS THAT DESIGNERS ARE REALLY DOING IT TOUGH OUT THERE. THE ADDITIONAL COST OF PUTTING ON A SHOW ` SOMETHING MANY DESIGNERS COULDN'T COMMIT TO WHILE BUDGETS WERE TIGHT. WE HAD ENOUGH TO FILL, I WOULD SAY, A GOOD MAYBE TWO AND A HALF DAYS, AND WE COULD HAVE KEPT WORKING ON IT, AND WE WERE, BUT WE KEPT GETTING THE RESOUNDING, KIND OF SAME ANSWER. FACED WITH A FASHION SCHEDULE THAT WAS MORE OF A WEEKEND THAN A WEEK, ORGANISERS DECIDED TO POSTPONE TO 2025 AND SHIFT TO PUTTING IT ON EVERY TWO YEARS. IT ALLOWS US AS AN EVENT COMPANY MORE TIME FOR PLANNING, MORE TIME TO REACH OUT TO OUR BRAND PARTNERS AND ALSO MORE TIME TO REACH OUT TO DESIGNERS TO MAKE DECISIONS AND PUT IT INTO THEIR BUDGETS. GIVING EVEN LONG-ESTABLISHED DESIGNER'S LIKE JULIETTE HOGAN SOME WELCOME BREATHING SPACE TO GET RUNWAY READY. I HAVE TO ADMIT NOT HAVING FASHION WEEK ON THE CARDS IS GOING TO BE EASIER IN TERMS OF BUDGETING FOR THE YEAR. ONE OF THE EVENT SPONSORS, TATAKI AUCKLAND UNLIMITED, SAID IT WAS SAD TO HEAR THE NEWS. BUT IT'S TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES, TOUGH FOR MAJOR EVENTS. WE'VE SEEN SPLORE DO SOMETHING SIMILAR IN THE LAST WEEK. WE HAD SUCH A SUCCESSFUL YEAR LAST YEAR, AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE ALL THAT INCREDIBLE WORK OF THE COMPANY GO BACK TO WASTE. ALL FOCUSED NOW ON BRINING KIWI FASHION BACK TO THE RUNWAY IN 2025. E MURI AKE NEI, STILL TO COME ` IMAGINE IF WHITE BREAD HAD THE GOODNESS OF WHOLEMEAL? HOW SCIENTISTS HAVE BAKED UP A NEW RECIPE. AND IT'S TIME TO LAUGH, WITH 150 COMEDIANS TAKING TO THE STAGE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL. 24 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN SOUTHERN CHINA AFTER PART OF AN EXPRESSWAY COLLAPSED. ANOTHER 30 PEOPLE WERE INJURED WHEN 18m OF THE ROAD GAVE WAY NEAR GUANGDONG. 20 CARS PLUNGED OFF THE EXPRESSWAY, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY WEEKS OF HEAVY RAIN. THE MINISTRY OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS DEPLOYED A TASK FORCE TO ASSIST WITH THE RESCUE EFFORT. IT'S A STAPLE OF EVERY HOUSEHOLD. YOU MIGHT'VE EVEN HAD A SLICE OR TWO TODAY, 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 PALLAB 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. WHAT I'VE REALLY FOUND ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS THAT WHITE BREAD IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU, 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 ARE BEING LOST, SO THAT WE CAN FORMULATE A WHITE FLOUR THAT IS ENHANCED COMPARED TO AN EXISTING WHITE FLOUR. THE SCIENTISTS ARE WORKING WITH 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 IN TOGETHER. THIS ONE HAS ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT GRAINS, SUCH AS CHICKPEAS, GREEN PEAS AND QUINOA ALL MIXED IN TOGETHER. BOTH OF THEM ARE MUCH BETTER FOR YOU, BUT HOW DO THEY TASTE? CHRIS HOLISTOR, WHOSE IDEA AT ALL IS, OFFERS ME A SLICE OR TWO. CHRIS HOLISTOR, WHOSE IDEA AT ALL IS, OFFERS ME A SLICE OR TWO. BOTH OF THEM ARE MUCH BETTER FOR YOU, BUT HOW DO THEY TASTE? THAT'S GORGEOUS. AND IT TASTES LIKE WHITE BREAD AS WELL. THAT'S THE IDEA. YEAH. WE WANT TO 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 THE RESEARCHERS HOPE THAT THEIRS WILL PASS THE TASTE TEST, AND PEOPLE WILL THINK THAT IT'S THE BEST THING SINCE ... SLICED BREAD. IT'S THE BEST THING SINCE ... SLICED BREAD. FROM WELL-KNOWN LOCAL COMEDIANS TO INTERNATIONAL ACTS, MORE THAN 150 COMICS WILL BE TAKING TO STAGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM TOMORROW AS THE NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL GETS UNDERWAY. JACOB JOHNSON SAT DOWN WITH SOME OF THOSE TAKING PART. I MESSAGED MY GIRLFRIEND ASKING HER TO DESCRIBE THE FIRST TIME WE MADE LOVE, AND SHE TEXT BACK QUITE QUICK. (LAUGHTER) BRITISH COMIC MARK SIMMONS IS KNOWN FOR HIS ONE-LINERS. NOW MAKING HIS NEW ZEALAND DEBUT. I WENT UP MT EDEN EARLIER, WHICH ACTUALLY SOUNDS WAY MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN IT ACTUALLY IS ` ONLY TOOK 20 MINUTES ` BUT IF YOU TOLD ANYONE AT HOME, 'OH, YEAH, I CLIMBED MT EDEN THE OTHER DAY,' THAT SOUNDS GOOD, RIGHT? BRINGING HIS ACCLAIMED SHOW 'QUIP OFF THE MARK', HE SAYS KIWIS CAN EXPECT AROUND 150 RAPID-FIRE JOKES PER PERFORMANCE. I KEEP WRITING LETTERS TO MYSELF ` DEAR ME. FELLOW BRIT BEN NORRIS ALSO APPEARING AT THE FESTIVAL. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, MATE? YOU INTRIGUE ME. YOU'VE GOT A FUNNY LOOK IN YOUR EYES. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S KETAMINE ` IT COULD BE. HE WAS LAST HERE IN THE YEAR 2000 AND SAYS ASPECTS OF NEW ZEALAND IN 2024 ARE MUCH LIKE HOME. I HAVEN'T JUMPED TO ANY CONCLUSIONS. SO MANY THINGS ARE THE SAME AS THEY ARE IN LONDON WHERE I LIVE ` YOU KNOW, VAPING. OF COURSE, THERE ARE PLENTY OF KIWI COMICS ON OFFER TOO. WHATEVER WE COME UP WITH, IT'S NOT GONNA BE AS FUNNY AS JUST LIKE SOMEONE FALLING OVER IN A TIKTOK. (LAUGHS) ABBY HOWELLS HAS BEEN GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, WINNING LAST YEAR'S BILLY T AWARD WHICH RECOGNISES UP-AND-COMING COMEDY TALENT. I HAVE AUTISM? WHO KNEW? AND THE ANSWER IS EVERYONE! EVERYONE KNEW. JAMAINE ROSS ALSO TAKING TO THE STAGE. I THOUGHT THAT A.M. STOOD FOR AFTER MIDNIGHT, AND P.M. STOOD FOR 'PEFORE' MIDNIGHT. PERFORMING HIS NEW SHOW 'HUNDIES'. IT'S ABOUT WHETHER I GO HUNDIES ON THINGS OR NOT, AND SPOILER ALERT, MOSTLY NOT. LAUGHS: I'M KIND OF A LAZY DUDE. THE FESTIVAL RUNS UNTIL MAY 26TH AT VENUES RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 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