IT'S FRIDAY THE 31st OF MAY, THE LAST DAY OF AUTUMN. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. TAX CUTS ARE COMING. THE FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS HAS STAYED ON COURSE, DELIVERING WHAT SHE PLEDGED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. WILLIS SAYS THERE WILL BE NO ADDITIONAL BORROWING AND THE TAX CUTS WON'T CAUSE INFLATION, BUT THE OPPOSITION WOULD BEG TO DIFFER. WE'LL HAVE ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ON THE BUDGET THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, INCLUDING AN INTERVIEW WITH NICOLA WILLIS, IN AN HOUR'S TIME. ALCOHOL REMAINS ONE OF THE BIGGEST KILLERS ON OUR ROADS. NOW A SOUTH ISLAND COUNCIL AND THEIR LOCAL POLICE HAVE HAD ENOUGH, LAUNCHING A NEW CAMPAIGN TO CRACK DOWN ON THE PROBLEM. WE FIND OUT WHAT THEIR STRATEGY IS CLOSER TO 8. TO YOU GET CREEPED OUT BY CREEPY CRAWLIES? IF THEY LAND ON ME UNEXPECTEDLY. AND IF YOU'RE NOT A FAN OF CREEPY CRAWLIES, THIS ONE MIGHT GIVE YOU THE HEEBIE-JEEBIES.WITH CRICKETS ` SO BIG AND NOISY. THEY'RE OVERRUNNING AMERICAN TOWNS. WE'RE GOING TO GO LIVE TO NEVADA, WHERE THE INFESTATION IS SO SEVERE, IT'S CAUSED MULTIPLE CAR ACCIDENTS AND A LOCAL HOSPITAL HAS FORMED A 'CRICKET TEAM' ` NO, NOT THAT KIND ` TO ESCORT PATIENTS IN AND OUT OF INSECT-COVERED BUILDINGS. WE UNCOVER WHAT'S BEHIND THE OUTBREAK WITH A LOCAL EXPERT AT 6.40 RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S WENDY WITH THE NEWS. IMAGINE THE SOUND THEY WOULD MAKE WHEN YOU DRIVE OVER THEM. IT'S PRETTY MUCH LIKE THE PLAGUE. ATA MARIE, GOOD MORNING. THE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION'S CRITICISING THE GOVERNMENT FOR BREAKING AN ELECTION PROMISE TO FUND NEW DRUGS IN YESTERDAY'S BUDGET, SAYING IT'S 'KICKING THE MEDICINES CRISIS DOWN THE ROAD'. FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS' FIRST BUDGET INCLUDED MORE THAN $16.5 BILLION FOR HEALTH. BUT ABSENT FROM THAT WAS FUNDING FOR 13 NEW CANCER DRUGS NATIONAL COMMITTED TO DELIVERING DURING THE ELECTION. THE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED $1.7 BILLION FOR PHARMAC WILL CONTINUE THE AVAILABILITY OF EXISTING TREATMENTS. THE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION WARNS WITHOUT A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE TO THE DRUG BUYING AGENCY'S BUDGET, WOMEN ARE BEING DENIED ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL TREATMENTS LIKE KEYTRUDA. THE EVIDENCE FOR THIS IS UNDER SPECIAL. AS I SAID, IT IS PROVEN THAT EFFECTIVE. NORMAL DRUGS DON'T WORK THE SAME WAY. THIS DOES. BUT THE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION HAS WELCOMED THE GOVERNMENT'S FUNDING OF $31 MILLION TO EXTEND FREE BREAST SCREENING TO 60,000 WOMEN AGED 70 TO 74. THE ISSUE OF NEW ZEALAND CRIMINALS LIVING IN AUSTRALIA CONTINUES TO SIMMER ACROSS THE TASMAN. A TRIBUNAL HAD REINSTATED THE VISAS OF A NUMBER OF THE CRIMINALS, INCLUDING A NEW ZEALANDER, BUT THE UNDER-FIRE IMMIGRATION MINISTER HAS STEPPED IN, RE-CANCELLING THEM. 9'S CHARLES CROUCHER HAS THE LATEST. ANDREW GILES WALKING OUT OF PARLIAMENT STILL A MINISTER AND ON HIS WAY, HE SAYS, TO CANCEL VISAS. THIS JOB IS MAKING SURE THAT THE VISAS WHICH NEED TO BE CANCELLED ARE CANCELLED. AROUND 30 VISAS THAT WERE CANCELLED AND THEN REAPPROVED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL ARE ONCE AGAIN UNDER REVIEW ` THE MINISTER CONFIRMING HE HAS RE-CANCELLED EIGHT. THESE ARE CASES THAT GO TO SOME SERIOUS OFFENDING, SOME REALLY SERIOUS OFFENDING, THAT, FRANKLY, WHERE THE DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL DOES NOT MEET MY EXPECTATIONS. NEW ZEALAND PUSH FOR THE CHANGES UNDER JACINDA ARDERN, WITH CONVICTED CRIMINALS' CONNECTIONS TO AUSTRALIA GIVEN MORE RELEVANCE. THAT CHANGE IS NOW GONE. WHY DID THIS WEEK AN INCOMPETENT PRIME MINISTER PUT HIS CLOSE AND SYCOPHANTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH JACINDA ARDERN AHEAD OF THE SAFETY OF AUSTRALIANS? ALL THE ANGER IS THERE IN JUST ONE QUESTION. THE ANGER, THE ABUSE. TODAY, DEPUTY NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER WINSTON PETERS SAID... WHAT WE DO IS WE DETERMINE OUR OWN POLICY ` OUR OWN POLICY, ACCORDING WITH OUR OWN INTERESTS. LAST YEAR, PARLIAMENT PUSHED BACK TO ALLOW PREVENTATIVE DETENTION ORDERS TO RETAIN CRIMINAL MIGRANTS DEEMED A RISK TO THE COMMUNITY. IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS, AND WE'RE TOLD THE FIRST SIX CASES WILL SOON GO BEFORE THE COURTS. IN THE MEANTIME... SPOT CHECKS, RANDOM HOUSE CHECKS, AS WELL AS THE USE OF DRONES. THE DAY FINISHING WITH ATTORNEY-GENERAL MARK DREYFUS TURNING HIS BACK ON PETER DUTTON. (CLAMOURING) THE GOVERNMENT DESPERATE TO PUT THE WHOLE AFFAIR BEHIND THEM. THE NEW YORK JURY IN DONALD TRUMP'S HISTORIC HUSH-MONEY TRIAL IS CONTINUING DELIBERATIONS TODAY. AS REQUESTED, THE JURY HAS BEEN READ BACK TESTIMONY FROM TWO KEY WITNESSES. THE 12 JURORS ARE DECIDING WHETHER TRUMP IS GUILTY OF ILLEGALLY COVERING UP A HUSH-MONEY PAYMENT TO AN ADULT FILM ACTRESS DURING THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE JURORS MUST REACH A UNANIMOUS VERDICT FOR A CONVICTION. THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED IN SOUTH AFRICA'S GENERAL ELECTION, WITH EARLY RESULTS SUGGESTING A MAJOR POWER SHIFT. THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS LOOKS SET TO LOSE ITS MAJORITY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS, SO FAR ONLY MAKING UP AROUND 40% OF THE VOTES COUNTED. THE ANC WAS FIRST LED TO POWER BY NELSON MANDELA IN 1994, BUT PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE PARTY HAS WEAKENED DUE TO HIGH LEVELS OF CORRUPTION, CRIME, AND UNEMPLOYMENT. THE ANC MAY NEED TO FORM A COALITION WITH ONE OF ITS RIVALS TO HOLD ITS MAJORITY. TO SPORT, AND NOVAK DJOKOVIC IS COMFORTABLY THROUGH TO THE THIRD ROUND AT THE FRENCH OPEN. THE MEN'S TOP SEED TOOK A LITTLE OVER TWO HOURS TO SECURE A STRAIGHT SETS WIN. (PLAYERS GRUNT) SET, MATCH. DJOKOVIC. NOVAK DJOKOVIC INTO THE THIRD ROUND HERE AT ROLAND GARROS FOR THE 19th CONSECUTIVE YEAR. ARYNA SABALENKA PROGRESSING IN THE WOMEN'S DRAW ` THE SECOND SEED ONLY DROPPING FOUR GAMES IN HER STRAIGHT SETS WIN. AND FINALLY, THE OLYMPICS HAS FORCED THE CURTAIN TO GO DOWN ON A POPULAR PARISIAN SHOW. THE CHAMPS DE MARS PUPPET THEATRE HAS HELD ITS FINAL PERFORMANCE, MAKING WAY FOR THE UPCOMING OLYMPIC GAMES. THE PUPPETS HAVE DANCED NEAR THE EIFFEL TOWER SINCE 1902, WITH SHOWS INCLUDING 'LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD' AND 'SLEEPING BEAUTY. BUT SECURITY CONCERNS LED TO CITY OFFICIALS TERMINATING ITS CONTRACT. TRANSLATOR: I THINK IT'S A SHAME, BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FUN TO SEE THE OLYMPICS AND THE PUPPETS TOGETHER. WHY NOT OLYMPIC PUPPETS? THEY COULD'VE DONE SOMETHING WITH THAT. I UNDERSTAND THE SECURITY ISSUES AND ALL THAT, BUT THEY ARE TAKING AWAY A PART OF PARIS FOR ME. A 13,000 SIGNATURE STRONG PETITION LED TO THE CITY SUSPENDING RATHER THAN CANCELLING THE SHOW, BUT NO RETURN DATE HAS YET BEEN SET. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A PARTLY CLOUDY START FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION, BECOMING FINE AFTER MIDDAY. STRONG GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON IN WHITIANGA. A HIGH OF 20 FOR RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` A NICE FINE MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU. THIS WILL TURN PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. 20 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` ITS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU TODAY WITH LIGHT WINDS. 20 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE FOR MOST OF YOU. HOWEVER, BLUES SKIES IN WELLINGTON WITH SOME FRESH NORTHERLIES. A HIGH OF 17 IN NEW PLYMOUTH, PALMERSTON NORTH AND LEVIN. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG, FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. FURTHER SOUTH, A BIT MORE CLOUDY WITH SOME DRIZZLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A HIGH OF 19 FOR BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA. HEADING SOUTH ` A FINE START FOR THOSE IN ASHBURTON AND CHRISTCHURCH. FURTHER SOUTH, BIT MORE CLOUDY WITH SOME NORTHWESTERLIES DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. 19 THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON AND TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` BIT OF A GREY MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU WITH SOME SHOWERS IN MILFORD SOUND. THIS WILL CLEAR TO BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE AFTER MIDDAY FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH. DUNEDIN AND GORE, YOUR HIGH IS 18. LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR SATURDAY ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND. FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN THE EAST. BIT MORE CLOUDY FOR THE REST OF YOU WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ON THE WEST. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, SIMILAR HERE. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST. WITH SOME SHOWERS IN THE DEEP SOUTH. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY ` CLOUDY DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH SOME SHOWERS ON THE EAST. LOOKING A BIT BETTER IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU. AN AUCKLAND TENANT WAS LEFT ON THE EDGE OF HOMELESSNESS AFTER HIS RENTAL HOME WAS RUINED BY FLOODING LAST WEEK. JUST A FEW HOURS OF RAIN, AND NOWROZ ALI'S MT WELLINGTON HOUSE WAS SUBMERGED. HE'S SINCE BEEN EVICTED DUE TO THE WATER DAMAGE, AND AFTER MORE THAN A WEEK IN LIMBO, FINALLY SECURED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HE JOINS ME NOW. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. THIS IS A REALLY STRESSFUL TIME, HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP? LAST WEEK IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, SO I WAS WOKEN UP AND THE NEIGHBOUR BY SHELTERING AND JUMPING OVER THE FENCE. SO I FIGURED OUT THAT MY HOUSE WAS FLOODED. I SUDDENLY GOT UP, PACK UP SOME ESSENTIALS, AND THEN PICKED UP MY COMPUTER, MY PHONE, MY DOCUMENTS, AND PACK IT INTO MY CAR AND GET OUT. A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS OVER THE PAST YEAR. HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS? I EXPERIENCED IT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, SO THIS IS THE SECOND TIME. IT IS NOT A GOOD EXPERIENCE. YOU HAD TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY, BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO? CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA? I ACTUALLY LET THE LANDLORDS KNOW ABOUT IT, SO THEN HE SENDS ME RIGHT AWAY NOTICE, AND SUBSEQUENTLY I GOT A SEVEN-DAY NOTICE ADVISING ME TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY, SO THAT THEY COULD DO SOME REPAIRS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT I'M RENTING, HAD TO CALL MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, COUNTLESS CALLS, TYPICALLY 10 CALLS A DAY, IT WAS A WHILE, PAPERWORK. SO THIS KIND OF SITUATION, PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED, THEY NEED TO LOOK AFTER AND PROVIDE EMERGENCY HOUSING. THAT IS HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I EXPERIENCED A LOT OF THAT NOT BEING THE CASE. I HAD A CHAT WITH SEVERAL CASE MANAGERS, AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE ME TRANSITIONAL HOUSING WHICH I WAS RELIEVED AT. THEY SAID IT IS GREAT NEWS, THEY COMPILED A LIST OF PRIVATE RENTALS THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE AND AFFORDABLE, RECOMMENDING THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SEEK LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS THAT WHEN YOU ARE NUTS, IT IS VERY STRESSFUL TO TRY AND GO THROUGH THAT PAPERWORK AND TO MAKE THOSE CALLS. I HAD TO GO TO THE PAPERWORK, AND I HAD TO EVACUATE THE PROPERTY THAT THE LANDLORD HAS GIVEN ME SEVEN DAYS NOTICE, SO I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH TIME. THERE'S A CERTAIN PROCESS FOR PRIVATE RENTALS, VIEWING, TAKES LIKE THREE DAYS, AND THERE'S ANOTHER PROCEDURE, DEPENDS ON YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION, IF YOU ARE WORKING, IT'S QUITE HARD TO SECURE THE HOUSE. YOU HAD TO STAY THERE FOR A WEEK AND THE HOUSE THAT WAS DAMAGED. HOW WAS THAT? IT WAS STRESSFUL, AND I HAD TO SHARE THE SPACE WITH MY SIBLINGS. THE FLOOD WAS COMING LIKE 1/2 M TO MY HOUSE, SOME OF THE WALLS WAS DAMAGED A LITTLE BIT OVER THERE WAS WATER EVERYWHERE. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR MESSAGE TO MSd AND OTHERS OUT THERE AS TO HOW DIFFICULT THE PROCESS is? PLEASE JUST MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO ACCESS THIS. PUBLIC HOUSING, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THIS KIND OF PROBLEM. IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN EVEN MORE, ISN'T IT? PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO THE PAPERWORK IN A SHORT TIMEFRAME BECAUSE THEY ARE STRESSING A LOT. THAT IS CREATING ANOTHER STRESS FOR THEM. TO HOUSE IS NOT SAFE ANY MORE. THAT'S WHY I'M NOT PLANNING TO RETURN TO THE PROPERTY ANY MORE. HOW QUICKLY DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GET INTO ANOTHER PROPERTY? THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE UP TO ME, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY IT WILL TAKE ANOTHER PROCEDURE. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND, AND I KNOW THIS WAS VERY STRESSFUL. THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TOLD BREAKFAST IT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALI TO SUPPORT HIS SEARCH FOR HOUSING. IT SAYS EMERGENCY HOUSING IS A LAST RESORT AFTER ALL OTHER OPTIONS ARE EXHAUSTED. MSD UNDERSTANDS ALI IS YET TO VIEW AND APPLY FOR RECOMMENDED PRIVATE RENTALS AND TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITIZEN'S ADVICE BUREAU OR THE TENANCY TRIBUNAL. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TOOK TO THE STREETS YESTERDAY IN A SHOW OF UNITY AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT'S MAORI POLICIES. NOW THOUSANDS MORE ARE EXPECTED TO GATHER AT A MARAE NEAR HASTINGS. WE HAVE ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ON TODAY'S SECOND NATIONAL UNITY HUI NEXT. SONG: # You're as cold as ice... # What's your address? Not telling. What's your bank account number? 123... Nah! Would you be interested in... Nope. How about a deal... Nah! Pay here! (*Pfffft SOUND*) Negative. Not. Telling. (PHONE RINGS) # Cold # As # Ice... # Hello? My card number? It's, um... Ooh, yeah! # You're as cold as ice... # THOUSANDS TURNED OUT IN PROTESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY YESTERDAY AGAINST WHAT THEY SAY IS AN ATTACK ON TANGATA WHENUA BY THE GOVERNMENT. TODAY THAT MOMENTUM CONTINUES, AS THE SECOND NATIONAL HUI FOR UNITY IS HELD AT OMAHU MARAE NEAR HASTINGS. TE KARERE REPORTER MOANA MAKAPELU LEE JOINS US NOW. AFTER WE SAW THOSE WIDESPREAD ACTIVATION MARCHES YESTERDAY, I GUESSING THIS SETS THE PLATFORM TO REALLY BUILD ON THAT TODAY. YES. THIS IS A BIG EVENT. IT IS GOING TO BE AN EVENT FOR ALL DAY. IT IS A FOLLOW-ON FOR THE FIRST NATIONAL HUI THE POWHIRI FOR THIS WILL KICK OFF AT 9 AM, AND ABOUT 10:40 AM THE FLOOR WILL BE GIVEN TO SPEAKERS. THESE NATIONAL WHO HAVE SEEN IWI LEADERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, POLITICIANS CONVERGE IN RESPONSE TO THE COALITION GOVERNMENT'S POLICIES. THE MOST CONCERNING ONE FOR MAORI BEING PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO REDEFINE THE TREATY BILL. YESTERDAY WE SAW THE NATIONWIDE ACTIVATION DAY CALLED, AND IT'S A TIMELY REMINDER TO REFLECT THAT FOR MAORI THE FEELING OF BEING BASHED DOESN'T JUST START WHEN A GOVERNMENT IS FORMED OR BEGINS A FIRST DAY IN OFFICE, IT STARTS WELL BEFORE THAT. FOR MAORI IT IS ABOUT COMING TOGETHER AND FINDING A WAY FORWARD. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THEY EXPECTING THEIR TODAY? THEY HAVE PREPARE FOR ABOUT 3000 PEOPLE TO ARRIVE TODAY. THAT IS EXPECTED TO BLOW OUT A LITTLE BIT. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL NOT BE ONE OF THOSE ATTENDING, HAS OFFICES SAYING THAT HE WILL BE AT POST-BUDGET EVENTS IN AUCKLAND. FOR THE IWI IT IS A SIGNIFICANT DAY, THE LAST HUI HELD HERE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN 1800S. I MEASURE THE PREPARATION FOR HAVING 3000 PEOPLE ON A MARAE WILL BE TOP-NOTCH, WHAT'S GONE ON TO THE PREPARATION? I'VE BEEN HERE ALL WEEK, AND I HAVE TO SAY IT HAS BEEN REALLY QUITE INSPIRING WATCHING THIS PLACE PULLED TOGETHER AND DO THE MAHI AND SET UP. THIS REGION WAS ONE OF THE MOST WORST HIT DURING CYCLONE GABRIELLE, JUST ACROSS THE ROAD THEY LOST AN ENTIRE SCHOOL. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD THEY LOST AN ENTIRE URUPA, AND MANY WHANAU HERE WERE FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES. THIS MARAE HAS CONTINUED TO HOUSE MANY PEOPLE. I'VE BEEN TO MANY MARAE FUNCTIONS, AND PREPARATION IS ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT CHAOTIC. BUT I HAVE TO SAY, I'VE BEEN REALLY INSPIRED WATCHING THIS DO THE DO BECAUSE IT'S BEEN REALLY BEAUTIFUL, AND STRESSFREE AND I THINK THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE RESILIENT OF THIS WHANAU HERE THAT EVEN WHEN THEY GET HIT WITH THE WORST THAT SHALL DISASTER BY A CYCLONE, THEY STILL MANAGED TO PULL THROUGH AND HELP OTHERS. THAT SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL HOW THINGS ARE GOING, WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL BE ONE THING ` WILL THERE BE SOMETHING DECIDED ON TODAY? YES. SPEAKING WITH THE LEADER IS TO, THE MAIN THING THAT MAORI ARE LOOKING FOR FROM THIS HUI IS A NEW DIRECTION FORWARD. WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IS YET TO BE DECIDED, BUT THERE IS TALK OF A MAORI PARLIAMENT OR SOME TYPE OF PLACE WHERE MAORI CAN COME TOGETHER AND DECIDE THE NEXT STEPS FOR HOW WE MOVE FORWARD UNDER THIS NEW GOVERNMENT, AND PROPOSE PROPOSED LEGISLATIONS. PEOPLE CAN CATCH OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, OUR INSTAGRAM, AND WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL LIVE BROADCAST AT 4 PM TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I KNOW YOU HAVE SCOTTY COMING DOWN TO YOU LATER. NICE TO HAVE A FRESH LINEUP IN THE STUDIO. I'M REALLY THRILLED THAT I COULD PLAY IT SUPPORT FOR WENDY. IT'S QUITE NEW AND INVIGORATING TO HANG OUT WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULDN'T USUALLY HANG OUT WITH. YOU SAID THAT ACTUALLY, YOU'VE BEEN TALKING IN A GROUP CHAT. AS WE GET OLDER, APPARENTLY WHAT WE DO AS WE NARROW OUR GROUP OF FRIENDS, AND WE NEED TO KEEP THEM WIDE. DO YOU WANT TO GO OUT FOR COFFEE, CHRIS? YES. LET'S DO IT. I DON'T NEED ANY NEW FRIENDS. IT'S NICE TO MEET EVERYBODY. YOU HAVE LITTLE KIDS. NOT THAT LITTLE. I'VE BEEN TRYING COUPLE OF NEW THINGS RECENTLY TO KEEP MYSELF FRESH WENT TO MY FIRST PILATES CLASS. MY BUNS HAVE BEEN BURNING FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS. ROB, OUR SOUND GUY, HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT HIS PILATES. I'M CURIOUS IF PEOPLE ARE TRYING NEW THINGS LATER ON IN LIFE. A DOZEN ARE TO BE WAY LATER ON, IT COULD BE IN YOUR 30S. LET US KNOW. HAVE YOU TRIED NEW THINGS? I ALWAYS TRY NEW THINGS, CHRIS AND THEY ALWAYS END BADLY. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, THE FIRST YEAR OF UNIVERSITY FREE IS OUT. WHAT THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW CHANGES TO STUDY COSTS WILL MEAN FOR INCOMING STUDENTS. (UPBEAT MUSIC) ECONOMISTS ARE WARNING THE 'TIGHTENING OF THE BELT' FOR TAX CUTS WILL STRAIN PUBLIC SERVICES. FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS' PRESENTED HER FIRST BUDGET, DETAILING THE GOVERNMENT'S SPENDING PLANS FOR THE COMING YEAR. SOME ECONOMISTS CAUTION THE CUTS WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE PUBLIC SECTOR. THE FIRST ROUND OF SPENDING CUTS, YOU CAN TAKE OUT FAT, AND THE MORE YOU MOVE UP IN REGARD TO SPENDING CUTS OR IDENTIFIED SAVINGS, THE MORE YOU RISK CUTTING INTO MUSCLE. THE GOVERNMENT IS GONNA NEED MORE SAVINGS, THEY'RE GONNA NEED MORE REVENUE OR SERVICE DELIVERY IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED. I CAN ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE YOU THAT NEW ZEALANDERS WANT TAX CUTS, BUT THEY ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE DOCTORS, THEY ALSO WANT TO FEEL SAFE ON THE ROADS, AND WHEN THOSE THINGS ARE COMPROMISED, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A MIGHTY CLASH. AVERAGE-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WILL GET A TAX CUT OF UP TO $102 PER FORTNIGHT FROM THE END OF JULY THIS YEAR. AND THE MOMENTUM FOR PROTEST CONTINUES, WITH THOUSANDS EXPECTED TO GATHER THIS MORNING AT THE SECOND NATIONAL HUI FOR UNITY AT OMAHU MARAE. IT FOLLOWS YESTERDAY'S PROTESTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY AGAINST GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO REDEFINE THE TREATY OF WAITANGI. TODAY, HAWKE'S BAY IWI NGATI KAHUNGUNU WILL HOST THE SECOND HUI-A-MOTU IN HASTINGS. PRIME MINSTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL NOT BE ATTENDING DUE TO POST-BUDGET EVENTS IN AUCKLAND. THE NEW YORK JURY IN DONALD TRUMP'S HISTORIC HUSH-MONEY TRIAL IS CONTINUING DELIBERATIONS TODAY. AS REQUESTED, THE JURY HAS BEEN READ BACK TESTIMONY FROM TWO KEY WITNESSES. THE 12 JURORS ARE DECIDING WHETHER TRUMP IS GUILTY OF ILLEGALLY COVERING UP A HUSH-MONEY PAYMENT TO AN ADULT FILM ACTRESS DURING THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE JURORS MUST REACH A UNANIMOUS VERDICT FOR A CONVICTION. TO SPORT, AND THE CRONULLA SHARKS HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OFF THE TOP OF THE NRL LADDER, BEATEN BY THE EELS. PARRAMATTA RUNNING IN SIX TRIES TO SECURE A 34-22 UPSET WIN OVER THE SHARKS WHO SLIP TO SECOND BEHIND THE STORM. DYLAN BROWN. HE CAN BE BRILLIANT. IT WAS USED AS A HUGE PLAY JUST-IN-TIME FOR PARRAMATTA. THE WIN LIFTS THE EELS FROM 16TH TO 15TH. AND FINALLY, A UNIQUE LIBRARY HAS POPPED UP IN SYDNEY, NOT OFFERING BOOKS, BUT THINGS. CHANNEL 9'S ELIZABTH BRYAN EXPLAINS. HI. I'VE COME HERE TO BORROW THE BREAD MAKER. ANKE LIBERTON LIVES BY A SIMPLE MANTRA. WE USE, BORROW RATHER THAN BUY. INTO SYDNEY'S LIBRARY OF THINGS. THAT'LL BE DUE BACK IN TWO WEEKS. IT WORKS JUST LIKE A REGULAR LIBRARY, BUT RATHER THAN BOOKS, BORROWERS CAN RENT COMMON HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. YOU BUY A DRILL, YOU MIGHT USE IT FOR A FEW MINUTES, AND THEN IT JUST SITS THERE AND TAKES UP SPACE. MEMBERSHIP TO THE LIBRARY IS $85 A YEAR. THAT ALLOWS YOU TO BROWSE THE LIBRARY'S CATALOGUE ONLINE AND RESERVE UP TO FIVE ITEMS A WEEK. YEAH, I KEEP COMING BACK FOR THE BREAD MAKER AND THE FOOD DEHYDRATOR. SAVES A BIT OF MONEY AS WELL, NOT TO HAVE TO, UH` NOT TO HAVE TO BUY IT. THE MOST POPULAR ITEMS ` GURNEYS, HEDGE TRIMMERS, CAMPING AND FISHING GEAR. AND KEEPING EVERYTHING IN TIP-TOP SHAPE IS WENDY. THE LIBRARY FILLING A HOLE IN THE EVER GROWING SECOND-HAND ECONOMY. A NEW GLOBAL SURVEY FROM EBAY FINDING 84% OF AUSTRALIANS HAVE BOUGHT OR SOLD A USED ITEM IN THE PAST YEAR. THE TOP TWO REASONS FOR BUYING SECOND-HAND GOODS TO SAVE MONEY AND SUSTAINABILITY. PARTICULARLY WITH THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS, I MEAN, IT'S` IT'S JUST` IT SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER. THESE ALADDIN'S CAVE WAS SYDNEY'S FIRST LIBRARY BEFORE A SECOND STORE OPENED UP IN LANE COVE. FROM JUST A HANDFUL OF THINGS HERE IN 2022, THE COLLECTION HAS GROWN TO MORE THAN 400 ITEMS, AND THERE ARE PLANS NOW TO EXPAND FURTHER TO THE NORTHERN BEACHES, EASTERN SUBURBS AND OUT WEST. WE WANT ONE IN EVERY LGA. ANKA IS ENJOYING HAVING HER CAKE AND EATING IT TOO. OH, LOOK AT THAT! IT SMELLS SO GOOD. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A PARTLY CLOUDY START FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION, BECOMING FINE AFTER MIDDAY. STRONG GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON IN WHITIANGA. A HIGH OF 20 FOR RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` A NICE, FINE MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU. THIS WILL TURN PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. 20 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU TODAY, WITH LIGHT WINDS. 20 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE FOR MOST OF YOU. HOWEVER, BLUES SKIES IN WELLINGTON WITH SOME FRESH NORTHERLIES. A HIGH OF 17 IN NEW PLYMOUTH, PALMERSTON NORTH AND LEVIN. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG. FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. FURTHER SOUTH, A BIT MORE CLOUDY WITH SOME DRIZZLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A HIGH OF 19 FOR BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA. HEADING SOUTH ` A FINE START FOR THOSE IN ASHBURTON AND CHRISTCHURCH. FURTHER SOUTH, BIT MORE CLOUDY, WITH SOME NORTHWESTERLIES DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. 19 THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON AND TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` BIT OF A GREY MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH SOME SHOWERS IN MILFORD SOUND. THIS WILL CLEAR TO BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE AFTER MIDDAY FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH. DUNEDIN AND GORE, YOUR HIGH IS 18. LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR SATURDAY ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND ` FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN THE EAST. BIT MORE CLOUDY FOR THE REST OF YOU WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ON THE WEST. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND ` SIMILAR HERE. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST, WITH SOME SHOWERS IN THE DEEP SOUTH. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY ` CLOUDY DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH SOME SHOWERS ON THE EAST. LOOKING A BIT BETTER IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU. THANKS, WENDY. FIRST YEARS FEES FREE IS OUT, FINAL YEAR FREE IS IN FOR TERTIARY STUDENTS AS THE GOVERNMENT MAKES SAVINGS TO FUND ITS TAX CUTS. FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS SAYS LABOUR'S POLICY FAILED TO BOOST UNIVERSITY ATTENDANCE. BUT STUDENT ASSOCIATION'S ARE WORRIED THAT ATTENDANCE COULD BUT STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS ARE WORRIED THAT ATTENDANCE COULD DROP LOWER THAN IT ALREADY IS. ONE PRESIDENT IS STANDING BY WITH OUR BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD, WHO IS ONCE AGAIN LIVE AT PARLIAMENT FOR US. MORENA, KATIE. MORENA. WE ARE KICKING OFF THE BUDGET COVERAGE AT PARLIAMENT, AND I HAVE THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ASSOCIATION MEMBER TO TALK ABOUT THE BIGGEST SAVINGS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. IT IS CLOSE TO $900 MILLION THEY ARE GOING TO SAVE BY MOVING THEIR FEES FREE FROM THE FIRST YEAR TO THE 30TH. HAVE STUDENTS BEEN THE VICTIM OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET? ABSOLUTELY. WE KNOW THAT FIRST YEAR FEES FREE DOES NOT DO MUCH TO ALLEVIATE STUDENT POVERTY. THINGS LIKE ADMIN, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE READING OF IT, THE DETAILS ARE NOT ALL OUT YET, BUT IT IS THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR YOUR THIRD-YEAR, AND THEN YOU WILL GET YOUR MONEY BACK. IS THAT A BIT OF A DISINCENTIVE TO EVEN APPLY FOR THE MONEY AND THE ADMIN INVOLVED? WE ONLY KNOW THEIR STUDY LINK IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH, SO IT WILL CREATE QUITE A LOT OF EXTRA ADMIN FOR STUDENTS AND STUDY LINK AND THE UNIVERSITIES AND DEALING WITH THAT. THE FACT THAT THAT MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN SAVED, IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CASH. DOES IT SHOW THAT THE POLICY DID NOT ACTUALLY ATTRACT STUDENTS? I THINK THE POINT OF THE POLICY IS TRYING TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS INTO UNIVERSITY, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT NEVER WAS GOING TO ALLEVIATE STUDENT POVERTY, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND IT WAS NOT GOING TO ENCOURAGE MORE STUDENTS INTO THE PROFESSIONS WHERE WE REALLY NEED THEM. YOU ARE SAYING THAT POLICY IS NOT NEEDED, SO WHAT WOULD A BETTER WAY OF DOING THAT BE? WE NEED PEOPLE STUDYING AT UNIVERSITIES. WE NEED THEM FOR JOBS, GROWTH, PRODUCTIVITY IN THIS COUNTRY. WHAT IS A BETTER WAY TO ATTRACT STUDENTS? ARE REALLY EASY EXAMPLE IS IN THE EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE SECTORS, WE DESPERATELY NEED MORE WORKERS, AND IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL TO SEE THE GOVERNMENT LOOK INTO A PROGRAM MIGHT PAID PLACEMENTS. STUDENTS ARE WORKING HUNDREDS OF HOURS UNPAID, AND THEY ARE HAVING TO TAKE PAID JOBS ON TOP OF THAT SO THEY CAN AFFORD TO KEEP LIVING. THEY ARE WORKING UPWARDS OF 80 HOURS A WEEK, WHICH IS JUST INSANE. THEY ARE LIVING IN THEIR CARS, AND LIVING IN MOULDY FLATS AND GETTING SICK ALL OF THE TIME. WE NEED TO BE TAKING CARE OF THE SICK PEOPLE AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO COMPLETE THEIR STUDIES. THEY HAVE AT UP TO 45% DROPOUT RATES. THEY ARE INCREASINGIF YOU HEAD OVERSEAS, AND YOU HAVE A STUDENT LOAN, THAT IS GOING TO GO UP. THAT MAY HAVE AN EFFECT ON PEOPLE, AND IT MAY ATTRACT PEOPLE TO STAY HERE, WHICH WE NEED PEOPLE TO DO, BUT IT WILL MAKE THINGS HARDER FOR THOSE PEOPLE. PEOPLE ARE GOING OVERSEAS TO GET BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY OUR NURSES. THE WORKING CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA SO MUCH BETTER, AND YOU GET A PAID PLACEMENT OVER THERE. IT MAKES SENSE THAT STUDENTS WOULD WANT TO MOVE OVER ONCE THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR STUDIES. I THINK THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO LOOK AT MORE INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO STAY HERE RATHER THAN ENCOURAGING THEM NOT TO GO OVERSEAS. WHAT ABOUT FUNDING FOR UNIVERSITIES? WE SAW A BOOST FOR ADMIN TO KEEP UP WITH COSTS, BUT NOTHING ELSE IN THAT SENSE. IT IS BELOW INFLATION. THEY HAVE ALSO INCREASED THE MAXIMUM FEE PRICE INCREASE, SO UNIVERSITIES ARE ABLE TO RAISE THEIR COURSE FEES BY UP TO 7%, WHICH IS ABOVE INFLATION. THIS IS THE HIGHEST RISE WE HAVE SEEN AT ABOUT SIX YEARS, SO IT IS REALLY PUTTING THE COST OF STUDYING BACK ONTO STUDENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL HAVE MORE BUDGET COMING UP WITH NICOLA WILLIS AT 7:05 AM. ME U TONU MAI ` RESIDENTS IN THE STATE OF NEVADA ARE WAKING UP TO SOME UNWANTED VISITORS. USUALLY IT IS CRICKETS WHEN I TELL MY JOKES. THOUSANDS OF CRICKETS ARE OVERRUNNING THEIR HOMES, THOUSANDS OF CRICKETS ARE OVERRUNNING THEIR HOMES, HOSPITALS AND ROADS. HOW ONE HOSPITAL IS PROTECTING ITS PATIENTS FROM THE CREEPY CRAWLERS, AND WHAT'S BEHIND THE OUTBREAK NEXT. # THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THAT I CAN DO. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. GIANT CRICKETS ARE TAKING OVER. NEVADA'S NORTHERN TOWNS ARE FACING A MULTI-YEAR OUTBREAK OF 'MORMON CRICKETS'. THE INSECTS HAVE MADE THEMSELVES AT HOME AT LOCAL HOSPITALS, OUTSIDE HOUSES AND EVEN LED TO SEVERAL CAR ACCIDENTS. IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN OIL SLICK. I, ACTUALLY` AT THIS INTERSECTION, WAS COMING HOME, AND AS I CAME AROUND THE CORNER, I CAME AROUND A LITTLE TOO FAST. I ABOUT ENDED UP IN THE DITCH FULL OF WATER. IT WAS PRETTY INTENSE. FOR MORE ON THE BUG'S TRAVELS, WE'RE JOINED BY NEVADA STATE ENTOMOLOGIST JEFF KNIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ALL THE WAY FROM THE VADA. CAN YOU TELL US ` IS THIS COMMON? DOES THIS USUALLY HAPPENED IN YOUR NECK OF THE WAS? THEY ARE NATIVE IN A SENSE THAT WE HAVE HAD PERIODIC OUTBREAKS OF THEM. IT HAPPENS ABOUT EVERY 10 YEARS OR SO. IT IS PROBABLY DRUG-RELATED. WE CAN GO BACK EVEN INTO THE 1930S AND 1940S AND OBSERVE THE CRICKET OUTBREAKS. LIKE I SAID, ABOUT EVERY 10 YEARS, ROUGHLY. DO PEOPLE SORT OF TAKE THIS AS NORMAL NOW? OR DO PEOPLE GET FREAKED OUT BY WHAT LOOKS LIKE THE PLAGUE? I CAN UNDERSTAND PEOPLE GETTING UPSET WITH TO ENSURE LARGE INSECTS CRAWLING THROUGH THE YARD. BUT MOST PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN A BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH AND HAVE EXPERIENCED IT BEFORE. IT IS USUALLY THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH AN OUTBREAK THAT GET UPSET. IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS PERIODICALLY. AND WE DEAL WITH IT, AND AFTER ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS THEY GO AWAY, AND YOU HARDLY EVEN SEE ONE. FIVE OR SIX YEARS? THAT IS A LONG TIME TO BE PUTTING UP WITH THAT. THE PEAK YEARS, IT WAS TOO, MAYBE THREE YEARS AT THE MOST, WHICH ARE LIKE WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW, AND THEN IT TAPERS OFF QUITE A BIT. THE CRICKETS THEMSELVES, I TAKE IT THEY ARE NOT DANGEROUS IN AND OF THEMSELVES. IS IT THE FACT THAT THEY CREATE THE SLIDES WHEN THEY GET RUN OVER, AND IT IS MAKING THINGS SLIPPERY? ACTUALLY, THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE ARE CONCERNED WITH, ALONG WITH THE FACT OF THAT, BUT THEY DO CAUSE CROP DAMAGE. THERE ARE LOSSES OF STUFF FOR CATTLE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WHEN YOU GET ON THE ROADS, AND THEY ARE OMNIVORES, SO THEY WILL EAT ANYTHING. WHEN ONE GETS SQUISHED, THE OTHERS WILL COME OUT AND GET ON THERE, AND YOU'LL GET A BUILDUP OF CRICKETS. OF THEMSELVES, IT IS NOT NECESSARILY ALL THAT BAD, BUT LAST WEEKEND, WE HAD SOME SUMMER RAINSTORMS COME THROUGH, THUNDERSTORMS, AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN TURNS IT INTO A REAL SLIP. YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY ARE SORT OF MORE PREVALENT WHEN THERE IS DROUGHT. WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, HOW DO YOU ANTICIPATE THEIR HABITS OVER THE NEXT COMING YEARS? WELL, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS CRICKET IS THAT EVERY YEAR, IT IS A SINGLE GENERATION, SO EVERY YEAR, THE FEMALES LAY EGGS, AND IN MOST CASES THOSE EGGS WILL TURN AROUND AND DEVELOP AND HATCH THE NEXT YEAR, BUT A NUMBER OF THE EGGS, A FAIR PORTION, MAY HOLD OFF AND STAY IN THE SOIL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UPWARDS OF 11 YEARS. AND THEN WHEN A DROUGHT SITUATION COMES ALONG, THOSE EGGS DEVELOP AND HATCH THE NEXT YEAR, THERE'S KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF OUTBREAKS. JUST TO FINISH THINGS OFF, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WOULD PROBABLY BE QUITE SCARED AND FREAKED OUT BY IT, BUT HAVE YOU HAD MUCH ATTENTION? PEOPLE COMING TO NEVADA TO COME AND LOOK AT THESE THINGS? NO. HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO SOME OF MY FRIENDS, AND THEY WOULD BE THE ONES WHO WOULD COME AND SEE THEM. THEY WILL PROBABLY JUST WANT TO ZOOM IT FROM AFAR. MY APPROACH TO THESE THINGS IS A BIT DIFFERENT AS FAR AS BEING AROUND THEM AND STUFF. I CAN UNDERSTAND IT. IT IS KIND OF IMPRESSIVE WHEN YOU SEE THESE THINGS MOVING ACROSS THE DESERT. THAT IS ONE WORD FOR IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU. OH DEAR. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING THIS MORNING ABOUT TRYING NEW THINGS. NOT NECESSARILY WHEN YOU GROW OLD, BUT AS YOU GROW UP, YOU DO THINGS TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF. WENDY, YOU ARE SAYING IT IS GOOD TO EXPAND YOUR FRIEND GROUP. MELISSA, NOT SO KEEN. WENDY AND I HAVE A COFFEE DATE. BUT YOU ARE ALL ABOUT IT. YOU TRY NEW THINGS ALL OF THE TIME. WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? I DECIDED TO TAKE UP CROSS STITCH. DO WE HAVE A PHOTO? THERE I AM. THAT IS LOVELY. THAT IS AS FAR AS IT GOT. THAT IS QUITE NICE. THEN I TOOK UP SAILING. THAT IS MY FRIEND NICOLE, WHO PROBABLY DOES NOT WANT TO BE ON THE TELEVISION. AND WE ALSO WENT TO A NIGHTCLUB AT 6 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AND WE DID A DANCE CLASS. YOU DID NOT. IT WAS SO WEIRD. IT WAS ON K ROAD, AND IT'S NOT LIKE THE NIGHT BEFORE. IT WAS SOBER CLUBBING IN THE MORNING. I THINK PEOPLE DO IT ALL THE TIME. THEY PROBABLY HAVE A CLASS RIGHT NOW. JUST DANCING IN A NIGHTCLUB IN THE MORNING. IT WAS PARTY VIBES. WE SAW A FEW PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THAT. I HAVE TRIED A LOT OF NEW THINGS. IT IS GOOD. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EMAILING US. BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ YOU HAVE GOT TO TRY NEW THINGS. I HAVE GIVEN UP TRYING NEW THINGS. DON'T. E HAERE AKE NEI ` ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY GATHERED IN AUCKLAND LAST NIGHT TO RECOGNISE AND CELEBRATE THE BEST OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. BUT ONLY ONE COULD RECEIVE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AT THE AOTEAROA MUSIC AWARDS. WE CATCH UP WITH THE WINNER NEXT. THE AOTEAROA MUSIC AWARDS RETURNED FROM A COVID HIATUS LAST NIGHT IN AUCKLAND, WITH CLOSE TO 30 AWARDS BEING GIVEN OUT ACROSS A RANGE OF GENRES. AND WHILE MOST ARE JUDGED BY A PANEL OF APPARENT EXPERTS, THIS AWARD IS DECIDED STRICTLY BY THE PEOPLE. HEY MAN, TELL US` WELL, TELL US ABOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF YOUR LIFE. IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING, AMAZING TIME. YEAH, UM... MAN, JUST IN SHOCK. BUZZING. THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER HORI SHAW IS WITH US NOW, MORENA! WHAT DO YOU THINK? OVER THE MOON. I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO GET THIS. BUT YEAH, EVERYTHING IS SORT OF PAYING OFF NOW. STILL ON A HIGH. IT'S 5 TO 7 IN THE MORNING, HOW DO LAST NIGHT GO? IT WAS LONG AS FUN AT THE SAME TIME. THERE WAS HEAPS OF LIVE PERFORMANCES. STAN WALKER AND ALL THOSE OTHER PEOPLE. HERE. YOU WERE TELLING ME ONE PEOPLE'S CHOICE, I TAKE IT THIS WAS VOTED ON BY PEOPLE. DID YOU START A BIT OF A CAMPAIGN? YEAH. I PUT IT ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA IS, EVERY EFFORTS TO ALL MY FOLLOWERS DONE IT FOR ME REALLY. TELL ME HOW YOU GOT INTO MAKING MUSIC. OH. IN THE SHED, REALLY. AT THE PARTIES. I GOT INTO IT AFTER I HAD MY ACCIDENT WHICH WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, I HAD A BAD ACCIDENT ON MY HORSE. AND YEAH. IT WAS ENOUGH TO INJURE MY SPINAL CORD, SO I LOST ALL MY FEELINGS AND MY LEGS AND MY ARMS AND EVERYTHING. AND I WAS UP AT THE REHAB AUCKLAND FOR ABOUT TWO, THREE, FOUR MONTHS. JUST DOING REHAB. AND THEN COME BACK HOME, AND COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE, SO I JUST THOUGHT OH, I SHOULD JUST MAKE THOSE SONGS. NOW LOOK AT ME. AND NOW HERE ARE. ON THE BIG STAGES NOW. YOU WILL KEEP IT GOING? I'M NOT STOPPING NOW. TELL US ABOUT THE MUSIC SCENE IN OPOTIKI. THERE'S NOT REALLY MANY ARTISTS BACK HOME. THERE IS, BUT THEY JUST SORT OF, YOU KNOW, UNDERCOVER ONES. THEY DIRECTLY LIKE TO PUSH THEIR MUSIC OUT THERE. THERE'S HEAPS OF BEAUTIFUL ARTISTS BACK HOME. ARE YOU BOOKING MANY GIGS IN OPOTIKI? NOT REALLY. HOW DO YOU THINK YOU WILL MAKE THE AWARD WORK FOR YOU? THAT'S A HARD ONE. I DON'T KNOW. HOPEFULLY IT JUST GIVES ME MORE OPPORTUNITIES. LIKE, OPENS UP MANY MORE DOORS FOR ME TO WALK THROUGH, AND EXPERIENCE. IT'S BEEN GREAT TO HAVE YOU, HORI. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING IN TODAY, AND CONGRATULATIONS. COOL. ALCOHOL ` IT'S STILL ONE OF THE BIGGEST KILLERS ON OUR ROADS. NOW A SOUTH ISLAND COUNCIL AND THEIR LOCAL POLICE ARE CRACKING DOWN ON THE PROBLEM WITH A NEW CAMPAIGN. WE FIND OUT HOW EXACTLY THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT IN AROUND 20 MINUTES' TIME. AND I'LL BE HERE WITH A FINANCE MINISTER NICK WILLIS ACTS 705 TO DISCUSS AND TALK ABOUT HER FIRST BUDGET, AND THE WIDER ECONOMIC PICTURE. A CLEAN UP WITH A HEFTY PRICE TAG. FRANCE'S SEINE RIVER IS UNDERGOING A WHOPPING $2.5bn CLEANSE. BUT WITH THE OLYMPICS LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AWAY, IT'S STILL UNSWIMMABLE. WE CHECK IN ON THE PROGRESS AND WHETHER IT'LL BE READY IN TIME FOR THE GAMES A BIT LATER IN THE SHOW. FIRST, IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S WENDY WITH THE NEWS. TERTIARY STUDENTS HAVE MISSED OUT IN THE BUDGET, WITH FEES FREE FOR FIRST YEARS SCRAPPED. FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS PRESENTED HER FIRST BUDGET YESTERDAY, DETAILING THE GOVERNMENT'S SPENDING PLANS FOR THE COMING YEAR. WILLIS ANNOUNCED FIRST YEAR 'FEES-FREE' IS BEING REPLACED BY A FINAL YEAR 'FEES-FREE' FOR TERTIARY STUDENTS, SAVING THE GOVERNMENT NEARLY $900 MILLION. VICTORIA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT MARCAIL PARKINSON WANTS TO SEE THE GOVERNMENT PUT FUNDS TOWARDS BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS FOR STUDENT PLACEMENTS. PEOPLE ARE GOING OVERSEAS TO GET BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY OUR NURSES. YOUR WORKING CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA ARE SO MUCH BETTER, AND YOU GET A PAID PLACEMENT OVER THERE, AND YOUR STUDY IS EASIER, SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT STUDENTS WOULD WANT TO MOVE OVER ONCE THEY'VE COMPLETED THEIR STUDIES. I THINK THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO LOOK AT MORE INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO STAY HERE RATHER THAN TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THEM NOT TO GO OVERSEAS. THE FIRST-YEAR SCHEME WILL CLOSE TO NEW ENTRANTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR. AN AUCKLAND TENANT HAS SECURED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AFTER FACING HOMELESSNESS WHEN HIS RENTAL HOME WAS RUINED BY FLOODING. NOWROZ ALI'S MT WELLINGTON HOUSE WAS AFFECTED BY JUST A FEW HOURS OF RAIN LAST WEEK. HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY EVICTED DUE TO THE WATER DAMAGE. AFTER MORE THAN A WEEK IN LIMBO, HE'S FINALLY SECURED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, BUT HE SAYS THE PROCESS WAS CHALLENGING. THIS KIND OF SITUATION, PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED, THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR PAPERWORK PROCESSES, SO THEY NEED TO BE LOOKING AFTER AND PROVIDING EMERGENCY HOUSING. UNFORTUNATELY I EXPERIENCED THAT I HAD TO PUSH THEM AND CALL THEM A LOT THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TOLD BREAKFAST IT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALI TO SUPPORT HIS SEARCH FOR HOUSING AND SAYS EMERGENCY HOUSING IS A LAST RESORT AFTER ALL OTHER OPTIONS ARE EXHAUSTED. MSD UNDERSTANDS ALI IS YET TO VIEW AND APPLY FOR RECOMMENDED PRIVATE RENTALS AND HAVE ADVISED HIM TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITIZEN'S ADVICE BUREAU OR THE TENANCY TRIBUNAL. THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED IN SOUTH AFRICA'S GENERAL ELECTION, WITH EARLY RESULTS SUGGESTING A MAJOR POWER SHIFT. THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS LOOKS SET TO LOSE ITS MAJORITY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS, SO FAR ONLY MAKING UP AROUND 40% OF THE VOTES COUNTED. THE ANC WAS FIRST LED TO POWER BY NELSON MANDELA IN 1994, BUT PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE PARTY HAS WEAKENED DUE TO HIGH LEVELS OF CORRUPTION, CRIME AND UNEMPLOYMENT. THE ANC MAY NEED TO FORM A COALITION WITH ONE OF ITS RIVALS TO HOLD ITS MAJORITY. LAVA CONTINUES TO SPURT FROM A VOLCANO IN ICELAND AFTER IT ERUPTED YESTERDAY MORNING. THIS IS A LIVE SHOT OF THE ERUPTION IN SOUTH-WEST ICELAND, WHICH WAS TRIGGERED BY A SERIES OF EARTHQUAKES. IT'S THE FIFTH AND MOST POWERFUL ERUPTION SINCE DECEMBER. JETS OF LAVA ARE STILL SHOOTING ABOUT 50m INTO THE SKY, NOW FLOWING TOWARDS THE TOWN OF GRINDAVIK. MOST OF THE TOWN'S 4000 RESIDENTS WERE PERMANENTLY EVACUATED IN NOVEMBER AHEAD OF THE ERUPTIONS. TO SPORT, AND NOVAK DJOKOVIC IS COMFORTABLY THROUGH TO THE THIRD ROUND AT THE FRENCH OPEN. THE MEN'S TOP SEED TAKING A LITTLE OVER 2 HOURS TO SECURE A STRAIGHT SETS WIN. (PLAYERS GRUNT) SET, MATCH. DJOKOVIC. NOVAK DJOKOVIC INTO THE THIRD ROUND HERE AT ROLAND GARROS FOR THE 19th CONSECUTIVE YEAR. ARYNA SABALENKA PROGRESSING IN THE WOMEN'S DRAW ` THE SECOND SEED ONLY DROPPING 4 GAMES IN HER STRAIGHT SETS WIN. AND FINALLY, CRICKETS ARE TAKING OVER THE U.S. STATE OF NEVADA. CURRENTLY, THE STATE'S NORTHERN AREAS ARE FACING AN OUTBREAK OF 'MORMON CRICKETS'. THEY'RE MAKING THEMSELVES AT HOME AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL, PEOPLE'S CARS AND HOUSES. ENTOMOLOGIST JEFF KNIGHT SAYS SQUASHING THE BUGS HAS MAJOR ROAD CONSEQUENCES. THEY'RE OMNIVORES, SO THEY EAT ANYTHING, SO WHEN ONE GETS SQUISHED, THE OTHERS WILL COME OUT AND KIND OF GET ON THERE, AND YOU'LL GET THIS BUILD UP OF CRICKETS. AND IN THEMSELVES, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ALL THAT BAD, BUT LAST WEEKEND, WE HAD SOME SUMMER RAINSTORMS COME THROUGH, AND THAT LITTLE BIT OF RAIN TURNS IT INTO A REAL SLIP. KNIGHT SAYS THESE OUTBREAKS OCCUR ROUGHLY EVERY 10 YEARS AND RESIDENTS SHOULDN'T BE ALARMED. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A PARTLY CLOUDY START FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION, BECOMING FINE AFTER MIDDAY. STRONG GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON IN WHITIANGA. A HIGH OF 20 FOR RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` A NICE, FINE MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU. THIS WILL TURN PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. 20 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU TODAY, WITH LIGHT WINDS. 20 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE FOR MOST OF YOU. HOWEVER, BLUES SKIES IN WELLINGTON WITH SOME FRESH NORTHERLIES. A HIGH OF 17 IN NEW PLYMOUTH, PALMERSTON NORTH AND LEVIN. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG. FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. FURTHER SOUTH, A BIT MORE CLOUDY WITH SOME DRIZZLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A HIGH OF 19 FOR BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA. HEADING SOUTH ` A FINE START FOR THOSE IN ASHBURTON AND CHRISTCHURCH. FURTHER SOUTH, BIT MORE CLOUDY, WITH SOME NORTHWESTERLIES DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. 19 THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON AND TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` BIT OF A GREY MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH SOME SHOWERS IN MILFORD SOUND. THIS WILL CLEAR TO BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE AFTER MIDDAY FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH. DUNEDIN AND GORE, YOUR HIGH IS 18. LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR SATURDAY ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND ` FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN THE EAST. BIT MORE CLOUDY FOR THE REST OF YOU WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ON THE WEST. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND ` SIMILAR HERE. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST, WITH SOME SHOWERS IN THE DEEP SOUTH. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY ` CLOUDY DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH SOME SHOWERS ON THE EAST. LOOKING A BIT BETTER IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU. NICOLA WILLIS HAS DELIVERED ON HER PROMISE ` TAX CUTS ARE CONFIRMED ` MATCHING WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. BUT BIG QUESTIONS REMAIN AND TIME WILL TELL OVER WHETHER HER CUTS ARE INFLATIONARY OR NOT. WE HEADED OUT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE FINANCE MINISTER'S BUDGET. I'M HOPING THAT THE TAX CUTS COME A LITTLE BIT SOONER. HOPEFULLY THE OCR CAN COME DOWN. SO THAT ALL NEW ZEALANDERS WITH MORTGAGES CAN HAVE SOME RELIEF. NICOLA WILLIS IS STANDING BY WITH BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD FOR MORE. MORENA, KATIE. YES, NICOLA WILLIS IS HERE WITH US TO DISCUSS HER FIRST BUDGET. WE JUST HEARD SOMEONE SAY THAT HOPEFULLY THOSE TAX CUTS MEAN THAT THE OCR WILL COME DOWN SOON. DO YOU THINK IT WILL? DO YOU THINK THAT WILL DECREASE PRESSURE? WHAT TREASURY IS FORECASTING IS THAT INFLATION WILL COME BACK INTO THE TARGET BAND THIS YEAR. THAT IS WHAT THE RESERVE BANK IS LOOKING FOR SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO REDUCE INTEREST RATES. OVERALL, OUR BUDGET TAKES PRESSURE OFF INFLATION, AND WE ARE TAKING DOLLARS AND PUTTING THEM IN NEW ZEALANDERS POCKET. SOME WILL SPEND IT AND SOME WILL SAVE IT. WELL THOSE TAX CUTS BE INFLATIONARY, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SPEND AN EXTRA $10-$20 A WEEK. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PRIORITISED TAX REDUCTION. THE WAY WE HAVE DONE IT IS VERY RESPONSIBLE. WE ARE FUNDING EVERY DOLLAR OF THAT TAX RELIEF. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE INFLATIONARY TAX REDUCTION. WE THINK THAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION YESTERDAY AS TO HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY QUALIFY. IS IT CORRECT THAT THERE ARE ONLY 3000 KIWI FAMILIES OR FEWER WHO WILL RECEIVE THAT $250 A FORTNIGHT. THAT IS CORRECT. SOME FAMILIES WILL RECEIVE MORE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT WORKING FOR FAMILIES INTERACTS WITH THE TAX SYSTEM. OVERALL THERE WILL BE 19,000 HOUSEHOLDS THAT WILL GET OVER $200 A FORTNIGHT IN RELIEF. AND THERE WILL BE 180,000 WHO WILL GET MORE THAN $100 A FORTNIGHT, AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WHO WILL GET MORE THAN $75 A FORTNIGHT. OVERALL, WE ARE OFFERING SIGNIFICANT RELIEF TARGETED TO LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES. IF YOU TAKE OUT THE WORKING FAMILY SUBSIDY, AND JUST LOOK AT THE TAX CUT, LOOKING AT HOW MUCH SHE WILL END UP ON PAYDAY, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE TAX-CUT PEOPLE WILL BE GETTING? ALL OF THAT TAX RELIEF, WILL JUST GO AUTOMATICALLY INTO YOUR PAY. SO THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS. ON AVERAGE, HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN, WILL GET $78 A FORTNIGHT AND ON AVERAGE, A HOUSEHOLD WITH OUR CHILDREN WILL GET $60 A FORTNIGHT. OBVIOUSLY THE COST OF LIVING PRESSURE SOME PEOPLE ARE HUGE AT THE MOMENT. AND WHEN YOU OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL APPARENTLY PEOPLE SET $60 WILL MAKE IT DIFFERENT. BUT A MINIMUM WAGE WORKER A SINGLE MINIMUM WAGE WORKER IS ONLY GOING TO GET $12.50 A WEEK. THAT IS NOT $20 A WEEK. BUT IT IS A LOT MORE THAN THEY WOULD HAVE GOT UNDER THE ALTERNATIVE WHICH WAS NO TAX RELIEF. WHAT'S MORE, THEY WILL BENEFIT FROM A BETTER MANAGED ECONOMY IN WHICH WE ACTUALLY GET SPENDING UNDER CONTROL, THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVEN THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS IN THE RECENT YEARS, AND WE ARE DETERMINED TO GET ON TOP OF IT. AND I KNOW THAT THOSE MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS ONE HEALTH SYSTEM IS PERFORMING FOR THEM, AND THEY WANT SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED, AND WE ARE INVESTING IN SCHOOLS. THEY WANT A POLICE FORCE THAT HAS THE RESOURCES AND THE FRONT-LINE OFFICERS AND NEEDS. AND WE ARE INVESTING IN THAT. THOSE MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS ALSO BENEFITED FROM FREE OR CHEAP PUBLIC TRANSPORT. THAT'S $12.50 A WEEK IS GOING TO GET SUCKED UP. WELL IT REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE? PEOPLE'S INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES VARY. WE ARE SUPPORTING THOSE PUBLIC SERVICES THAT WE KNOW PEOPLE REALLY RELY ON. I'VE HEARD SOME COMMENTATORS SAY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE MORE DRASTICALLY REDUCED TO SPENDING, AND WE ARE VERY DETERMINEDLY NOT MAKE THAT CHOICE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP THAT SOCIAL SAFETY NET THEREFORE NEW ZEALANDERS DURING WHAT HAS BEEN A VERY TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES. WITH BEEN BALANCED, AND WE'VE DONE SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE DELIVERED ON OUR CORE COMMITMENTS TO NEW ZEALANDERS. WE ARE IN A VERY GLOOMY ECONOMIC TIME. IT WAS A PICTURE PAINTED THAT WAS WORSE THAN EXPECTED, BUT ALSO ANOTHER OF FISCAL RISKS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THOSE DOCUMENTS. HOW WORRIED ARE YOU GIVING YOUR PROMISE TO SPEND LESS, THAT A SHOCK WILL HAPPEN OR INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS POET BLOWOUT, AND YOU CAN'T KEEP THOSE PROMISES TO SPEND LESS? WE HAVE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF FISCAL RISKS THAT WERE LEFT TO US, AND WITH PUT MONEY ASIDE FOR THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE GOING TO BE IMPORTANT. THE INFRASTRUCTURE QUESTION, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT PIECES OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO BUILD ON THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND YEARS WHICH WE HAVEN'T APPROVED IT. SO WITH ENSURE THAT THERE ARE 7 1/2 BILLION DOLLARS PUT ASIDE IN A FUND SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PROJECTS. WE ARE ALSO WORKING REALLY HARD, EVERY GOVERNMENT AGENCY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHENEVER WE ARE SPENDING MONEY WE ARE DRIVING REAL VALUE FROM IT AND WE ARE LISTENING THOSE RISKS FROM THE FUTURE. OUR GOVERNMENT WILL LOOK AFTER THE BOX. WE WILL NOT HAVE A PATTERN OF REALLY HIGH SPENDING WITHOUT GOOD RESULTS. WE'VE A FOCUS ON TARGETS, ACCOUNTABILITY DRIVING IMPACT FROM ALL THE MONEY THAT WE ARE SPENDING. I'M SURE WE WILL BE TALKING WHY THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THANK YOU I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE LOOKING AT WHETHER THOSE TAX CUTS WORK AND ARE FLASHING. INFLATIONARY* E HAERE AKE NEI ` A WEEK-LONG INQUEST IS UNDERWAY INTO THE TRAGIC DEATH OF UNIVERSITY STUDENT SOPHIA CRESTANI AT A FLAT PARTY. HOW OTAGO STUDENTS ARE WORKING TO CURB BINGE DRINKING AND STOP OVERCROWDED PARTIES IN HER MEMORY. (RELAXED MUSIC) YOU ARE WITH BREAKFAST. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. A STUDENT GROUP CALLED 'HOLD ON TO YOUR FRIENDS' WANTS TO SEE MORE STUDENT BARS TO OPEN IN DUNEDIN AS A COUNTER TO FLAT PARTIES. THE GROUP'S ADVOCATING FOR A SAFER DRINKING CULTURE IN THE UNIVERSITY CITY. ITS RESPONSE COMES AMID THE CURRENT DUNEDIN INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF SOPHIA CRESTANI (19) WHO DIED DURING A STAIRWELL PILE-UP AT A FLAT PARTY IN 2019. CO-FOUNDERS OF 'HOLD ON TO YOUR FRIENDS' NIAMH ORR-WALKER AND BEDE BROWN JOIN US NOW. MORENA TO YOU BOTH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. I BIT THIS WEEK HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT UPSETTING FOR YOU BOTH AND YOUR FRIENDS. MORENA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US. IT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A HEAVY WEEK. I KNOW FOR THOSE WHO WERE CLOSE TO SOFIA AND QUITE A FEW OTHERS, ARE BROUGHT UP QUITE SOME TRIGGERING MEMORIES. WE ARE HOPING SOMETHING GOOD CAN COME OUT OF IT FOR THE FUTURE OF OTAGO STUDENTS DOWN HERE. YOU STARTED THIS GROUP AS A RESPONSE. WHAT KIND OF WORK HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? WE STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR. WE KIND OF HAVE A PREVENTION AND A PROMOTION FOCUS, SO SOME OF OUR PREVENTION WORK IS ABOUT ALCOHOL HARM REDUCTION, CLEANING UP THE STREETS OF DUNEDIN. WE RUN AN ANNUAL CLEAN UP EVERY YEAR TRYING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE REGULAR, AND THAT HAS MET STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY GETTING AROUND AND MAKING OUR ENVIRONMENT A LITTLE BIT MORE SAFER. WE'VE ALSO STARTED RECENTLY RUNNING FLAT CHATS, WHERE WE HAVE BEEN GAINING INSIGHTS FROM STUDENTS AND HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM ABOUT STUDENT CULTURE DOWN HERE, ANY RISKS THAT THEY HAVE FOUND, AND THAT HAS BEEN SUPER INSIGHTFUL. THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO OPEN UP ANOTHER STUDENT SPACE IN DUNEDIN. I WILL COME BACK TO THE STUDENT SPACE, BUT WHAT HAS BEEN THEIR REACTION TO THAT ON CARSON STREET? IS IT HARD TO MAKE SAFETY COOL? I THINK BECAUSE IT HAS COME IN THE WAKE OF SUCH A TRAGEDY, IT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN REALLY RELATE TO. THERE ARE SO MANY UNSAFE STUDENT CIRCUMSTANCES THAT I THINK PEOPLE DO REALLY GET AROUND IT, BECAUSE IT HAS JUST COME FROM SUCH A SENSITIVE TOPIC. IT IS IMPORTANT. PEOPLE DO RECOGNISE THE IMPORTANCE. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT NOT TO BE MINIMISING OUR STUDENTS AS BEING YOUNG AND NAIVE 19-YEAR-OLDS. THESE ARE INTELLIGENT PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY DO WANT TO SEE A SAFER COMMUNITY FOR THEMSELVES. PEOPLE HAVE REALLY GOTTEN AROUND IT, WHICH HAS BEEN AWESOME. YOU ARE CHURNING OUT DOCTORS AND DENTISTS AND THINGS LIKE DUNEDIN. TELL ME, THAT SAFE SPACES, I UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF THE STUDENT BARS HAVE CLOSED, SO THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO, AND SOME HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO STUDY CENTRES. SO WHERE DO PEOPLE GO? THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, LOTS OF THE STUDENT BARS AND VENUES HAVE BEEN CLOSED ALL FOUR LOGICAL AND RATIONAL REASONS. AND IN 2021, THE LAST BAR WAS CLOSED DUE TO EARTHQUAKE STRENGTHENING, BUT REGARDLESS OF THAT, THE LANDSCAPE WE HAVE GOT NOW, AND OUR GROUP IS FOCUSED ON DEALING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT THAT DUNEDIN STUDENTS ARE FACING NOW, WHICH IS MEANT THAT FLAT PARTIES ARE CONTINUING TO BE OVERCROWDED AND UNSAFE. AND THERE IS NO COMPETITION TO A FLAT PARTY, AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE SUPER CHEAP OFF-LICENCE ALCOHOL. IT IS SO AVAILABLE. THERE IS A BIG LIQUOR STORE RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD FROM OUR CENTRAL LIBRARY. EVEN IF STUDENT SPACES WERE AROUND, THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO COMPETE WITH THE FLAT PARTY THAT HAS UNSAFE CAPACITY AND HUGE AMOUNTS OF CHEAP ALCOHOL. WE HAVE BEEN CAMPAIGNING FOR THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION BILL, WHICH PASSED IN WHICH STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO JUST ADVOCATE AND HAVE MORE OF A SAY IN THAT ALCOHOL AREA IN THE AREA. AND ALSO REJECTING OFF LYSINE ALCOHOL RENEWALS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF STUDENT PLACES. WE HAVE ONE AND ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THAT LINERS OUT THE DOOR, WHICH IS TESTAMENT TO THE DEMAND THAT THERE IS DOWN HERE FOR A STUDENT SPACE. WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF THESE BARS WERE BACK IN OPERATION? FOR SURE. I THINK SOPHIA'S LEGACY WOULD BE THAT WE HAVE A GREATER SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER. AND I THINK IT STUDENTS, WE TRY TO DO OUR PART. IT IS QUITE UNREASONABLE TO SHIFT ALL OF THIS RESPONSIBILITY ONTO THE SHOULDERS OF 19-YEAR-OLDS WERE JUST TRYING TO HAVE FUN. WE HAVE A NEW VICE CHANCELLOR COMING IN, SO, GRANT, I HOPE YOU ARE LISTENING TO THIS, BECAUSE BACK IN YOUR DAY WHEN YOU ARE A STUDENT AT OTAGO, YOU HAD THE SAFE SPACES, AND THE UNIVERSITY ALSO HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO FOSTER THE SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND TO BRING ABOUT MORE OF THESE SAFE VENUES FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE FUN. I HAVE TO GO, BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW ` WHAT IS THE UNIVERSITY'S RELATIONSHIP LIKE WITH YOU? IT IS REALLY POSITIVE. OUR GROUP CAME OUT OF THE SOFIA CHARTER, SO WE TRY TO WORK ALONGSIDE THEM. WE ARE A STUDENT GROUP THAT IS AUTONOMOUS, AND WE FIND IT REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR GROUPS, PUSHING THE KAUPAPA, BUT WE DO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM THROUGH THE VALUES THAT COME OUT OF THIS, THE SOFIA CHARTER, AND THE NATURE OF THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE PLEDGED AN AGREEMENT UNDER SOPHIA'S LEGACY. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE WISH YOU VERY, VERY WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. THANK YOU. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, LATER, THE PARIS OLYMPICS ARE CREEPING UP THE CALENDAR, WHICH MEANS THE CITY'S DEADLINE TO CLEAN UP THE RIVER SEINE FOR SWIMMING IS GETTING CLOSER. WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHETHER PARIS WILL STILL DELIVER ON ITS OLYMPIC PROMISES. # THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE WATER THAT MAKES ME LOVE YOU LOTS. # BABY, BABY, BABY. # BABY, BABY, BABY. # THOUGHT YOU WOULD ALWAYS BE MINE. # BABY, BABY, BABY. THE FINANCE MINISTER IS DEFENDING GOING AHEAD WITH TAX CUTS, CONFIDENT IT WON'T CAUSE INFLATIONARY TAX. NICOLA WILLIS PRESENTED HER FIRST BUDGET YESTERDAY, DETAILING THE GOVERNMENT'S SPENDING PLANS FOR THE COMING YEAR. CONSISTENT WITH NATIONAL'S CAMPAIGN PROMISE, THE BUDGET INCLUDES $14.7b FOR TAX CUTS. INFLATION WILL COME BACK INTO THE TARGET BAND THIS YEAR. AND, OF COURSE, THAT'S WHAT THE RESERVE BANK IS LOOKING FOR, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO REDUCE INTEREST RATES. OVERALL, OUR BUDGET TAKE PRESSURE OFF INFLATION. AND, OF COURSE, THROUGH TAX REDUCTION, WE'RE TAKING DOLLARS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE SPENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN NEW ZEALANDERS' POCKETS. SOME PEOPLE WILL SPEND IT. OTHERS WILL SAVE IT. AVERAGE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WILL GET A TAX CUT OF UP TO $102 PER FORTNIGHT FROM THE END OF JULY THIS YEAR. THE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION'S CRITICISING THE GOVERNMENT FOR BREAKING AN ELECTION PROMISE TO FUND NEW DRUGS, SAYING IT'S 'KICKING THE MEDICINES CRISIS DOWN THE ROAD'. ABSENT FROM $16.5b FOR HEALTH WAS FUNDING FOR 13 NEW CANCER DRUGS NATIONAL COMMITTED TO DELIVERING DURING THE ELECTION. THE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION WARNS WITHOUT A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE TO THE DRUG BUYING AGENCY'S BUDGET, WOMEN ARE BEING DENIED ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL TREATMENTS LIKE KEYTRUDA. THE EVIDENCE FOR KEYTRUDA IS INDISPUTABLE. AS I SAID, IT'S PROVEN AND EFFECTIVE. NORMAL DRUGS THAT ARE STANDARD OF CARE FOR TRIPLE NEGATIVE DON'T WORK THE SAME WAY. KEYTRUDA DOES. BUT THE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION HAS WELCOMED $31m OF FUNDING TO EXTEND FREE BREAST SCREENING TO 60,000 WOMEN AGED 70 TO 74. THOUSANDS ARE EXPECTED TO GATHER THIS MORNING AT THE SECOND NATIONAL HUI FOR UNITY AT OMAHU MARAE. IT FOLLOWS YESTERDAY'S PROTESTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY AGAINST GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO REDEFINE THE TREATY OF WAITANGI. TODAY, HAWKE'S BAY IWI NGATI KAHU-NGUNU WILL HOST THE SECOND HUI A MOTU IN HASTINGS. PRIME MINSTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL NOT BE ATTENDING DUE TO POST-BUDGET EVENTS IN AUCKLAND. THE NEW YORK JURY IN DONALD TRUMP'S HISTORIC HUSH-MONEY TRIAL IS CONTINUING DELIBERATIONS TODAY. AS REQUESTED, THE JURY HAS BEEN READ BACK TESTIMONY FROM TWO KEY WITNESSES. THE 12 JURORS ARE DECIDING WHETHER TRUMP IS GUILTY OF ILLEGALLY COVERING UP A HUSH-MONEY PAYMENT TO AN ADULT FILM ACTRESS DURING THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE JURORS MUST REACH A UNANIMOUS VERDICT FOR A CONVICTION. ECUADORIAN POLICE HAVE SEIZED ALMOST A TON OF COCAINE BOUND FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETS. AN OFFICIAL SAID MORE THAN 50 ROADS IN NORTHERN ECUADOR ARE USED TO TRAFFICK THE DRUGS FROM COLOMBIA BEFORE BEING SHIPPED TO CENTRAL AMERICA, NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE. IT'S ESTIMATED THE HAUL IS WORTH $3.2m. TWO COLOMBIAN NATIONALS WERE ARRESTED IN RELATION TO THE SEIZED COCAINE. LYDIA KO'S HAD AN OPENING ROUND TO FORGET AT THE U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN, CURRENTLY SITTING 141ST. KO STRUGGLED THROUGH HER ENTIRE FIRST ROUND, CARDING A TEN OVER PAR 80, INCLUDING A TRIPLE BOGEY ON THE PAR FIVE SEVENTH. SHE WASN'T THE ONLY TOP PLAYER STRUGGLING ` WORLD NUMBER 1 NELLY KORDA ALSO WELL DOWN THE LEADERBOARD, HER ROUND INCLUDING A 10, SEPTUPLE BOGEY ON THE PAR THREE 12TH HOLE. THE CRONULLA SHARKS HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OFF THE TOP OF THE NRL LADDER, BEATEN BY THE EELS. PARRAMATTA RUNNING IN SIX TRIES TO SECURE A 34-22 UPSET WIN OVER THE SHARKS, WHO SLIP TO SECOND BEHIND THE STORM. DYLAN BROWN. OFF THE LEFT FOOT. DYLAN BROWN. HE CAN BE BRILLIANT. IT WAS USED AS A HUGE PLAY JUST-IN-TIME FOR PARRAMATTA. THE WIN LIFTS THE LOWLY EELS UP ONE PLACE ON THE LADDER TO 15TH. AND FINALLY, THE OLYMPICS HAS FORCED THE CURTAIN TO GO DOWN ON A POPULAR PARISIAN SHOW. THE CHAMPS DE MARS PUPPET THEATRE HAS HELD ITS FINAL PERFORMANCE, MAKING WAY FOR THE UPCOMING OLYMPIC GAMES. THE PUPPETS HAVE DANCED NEAR THE EIFFEL TOWER SINCE 1902, WITH SHOWS INCLUDING 'LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD' AND 'SLEEPING BEAUTY', BUT SECURITY CONCERNS LED TO CITY OFFICIALS TERMINATING ITS CONTRACT. (SPEAKS FRENCH) TRANSLATOR: I THINK IT'S A SHAME, BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FUN TO SEE THE OLYMPICS AND THE PUPPETS TOGETHER. WHY NOT OLYMPIC PUPPETS? THEY COULD'VE DONE SOMETHING WITH THAT. I UNDERSTAND THE SECURITY ISSUES AND ALL THAT, BUT THEY'RE TAKING AWAY A PART OF PARIS FOR ME. THIS IS A PART OF PARIS. A 13,000 SIGNATURE STRONG PETITION LED TO THE CITY SUSPENDING, RATHER THAN CANCELLING THE SHOW, BUT NO RETURN DATE HAS YET BEEN SET. I'M SURE THE ORGANISERS. YOU COULD HAVE GONE TO THAT. YOU MAY HAVE A NEW AUDIENCE, BUT IT IS STILL NOT WORKING. NEVERMIND. LET'S CHECK OUT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A PARTLY CLOUDY START FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION, BECOMING FINE AFTER MIDDAY. STRONG GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON IN WHITIANGA. A HIGH OF 20 FOR RUSSELL. 19 FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` A NICE, FINE MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU. THIS WILL TURN PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. 20 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU TODAY, WITH LIGHT WINDS. 20 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE FOR MOST OF YOU. HOWEVER, BLUES SKIES IN WELLINGTON WITH SOME FRESH NORTHERLIES. A HIGH OF 17 IN NEW PLYMOUTH, PALMERSTON NORTH AND LEVIN. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG. FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. FURTHER SOUTH, A BIT MORE CLOUDY WITH SOME DRIZZLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A HIGH OF 19 FOR BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA. HEADING SOUTH ` A FINE START FOR THOSE IN ASHBURTON AND CHRISTCHURCH. FURTHER SOUTH, BIT MORE CLOUDY, WITH SOME NORTHWESTERLIES DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. 19 THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON AND TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` BIT OF A GREY MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH SOME SHOWERS IN MILFORD SOUND. THIS WILL CLEAR TO BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE AFTER MIDDAY FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH. DUNEDIN AND GORE, YOUR HIGH IS 18. LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR SATURDAY ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND ` FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN THE EAST. BIT MORE CLOUDY FOR THE REST OF YOU WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ON THE WEST. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND ` SIMILAR HERE. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST, WITH SOME SHOWERS IN THE DEEP SOUTH. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY ` CLOUDY DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH SOME SHOWERS ON THE EAST. LOOKING A BIT BETTER IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU. WE BEEN TALKING THIS MORNING ABOUT STARTING NEW THINGS, KEEPING OURSELVES YOUNG IN BODY AND MIND. YOU TALKED ABOUT CROSS STITCH, IS IN SOME SAILING. IT WAS A VERY GOOD EFFORT. PEOPLE ARE ALL ABOUT IT GETTING INTO A BITTER PADDLE BOARDING NOW, JOY TOOK UP TAE KWON DO 34 AND GOT A BLACK BELT BEFORE SHE TURNED 40. PEOPLE TAKE UP A HOBBY AND THEN IT BECOMES THEIR LIFE. ROBERT IS NOT QUITE ONE OF THOSE, HE PICKS UP AND DROPS A NEW HOBBY EVERY WEEK BUT HE BUYS EVERYTHING IN CASE IT BECOMES SERIOUS. THEY WANT THE FULL SET. IT IS EXPENSIVE. YOU WOULD KNOW, YOU'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET, BUT YOU GET A TENNIS RACKET AND HOCKEY STICKS AND GUITARS. I THINK THAT IS FOR REALLY COMPETITIVE PEOPLE BECAUSE I WANT TO BE THE BEST. GOOD STORY, DID YOU KNOW MARTY DRYSDALE DID NOT TAKE UP HIS SPORT UNTIL 18. QUITE A LATE BLOOMER. WE ARE KEEN TO HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE GETTING INTO, WHAT THINGS YOU'RE PICKING UP, WHETHER IT IS CROSS STITCHING OR MORNING TIME NIGHTCLUBBING. I'LL GET IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND THINK, WHAT AM I DOING HERE? I SAID YES TO PILATES THIS WEEK. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU DANCING. I AM LIKE CINDY, I CAN ROLL MY EYES AND AGREEMENTS WITH THIS. MY HUSBAND TOOK UP RUNNING IN HIS 40S. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS OVER, LEAD UP TO AN IRON. ME U TONU MAI ` CAN PARIS CLEAN UP 'LE PIPI' IN THE RIVER SEINE IN TIME FOR THE OLYMPICS? PARIS EN ROUTE IS UP NEXT. AS WE COUNT DOWN TO THE PARIS GAMES, HOW NEW ZEALAND'S NEW OLYMPIANS ARE STUDYING UP FOR AN IMPORTANT PART OF TEAM CELEBRATIONS. ('COLD AS ICE' BY FOREIGNER) (READS) "Additional tax refunds. Click the link to..." # You're as cold as ice... # Not clicking the link. (CLEARS THROAT) VOICEOVER: If something seems suss, we're here to help 24/7 on 0800 ASB FRAUD. WE'RE COMING INTO THE HOME STRETCH, PEOPLE. 56 DAYS UNTIL THE OPENING CEREMONY IN PARIS. BUT THERE SOME WHO MIGHT WANT A BIT LONGER, AS THE CITY SCRAMBLES TO CLEAN UP ITS ACT, OR MORE ACCURATELY, ITS FAMOUS RIVER. SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO PERFECTLY TIME AN OLYMPICS RUN IS 'GOLDEN' GUY HEVELDT. GO TO MIX THINGS UP TODAY. RATHER THAN STARTING UP WITH OTHER TOPICS, WHAT IS THE FRENCH PHRASE YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON? BONJOUR. BUT TO WORK ON, MAYBE. WHERE IS GOOGLE TRANSLATE WHEN YOU NEED IT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? DO NOT SWIM IN THE RIVER, IT IS LIKE A TOILET. WHY IS IT LIKE A TOILET? BECAUSE THEY HAVE HUGE WASTEWATER PROBLEMS AT THE MOMENT. THE SWIMMING LEAGUE AND THE TRIATHLON IS MEANT TO BE IN THE RIVER. 56-58 DAYS UNTIL THE TRIATHLON. IT LOOKS OKAY, BUT YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO BE SWIMMING IN IT. E. COLI IS NOT GOOD. THEY SPENT E1.4 BILLION TRYING TO CLEAN IT UP. UNDERNEATH THE RIVER, THEY HAVE WHAT THEY CALL AN UNDERWATER CATHEDRAL THEY BUILT TO TRY AND CLEAN IT ALL UP. THAT IS MIND BLOWING THE LINKS THAT THEY ARE GOING SO. 56 OR 58 DAYS UNTIL THE TRIATHLON STARTS. THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO MAKE IT CLEAN. IF THEY PULL IT OFF, THAT IS AMAZING. ON JUNE 23, THE MAYOR WANTS TO GO FIRST ONE. SHE IS TRYING TO ROPE IN EMMANUEL MACRON. WILL BE TAKING MANY TRIPS TO THE MERCHANDISE STORE. THEY ARE PUTTING THESE MINIATURE TORCHES ALL AROUND PARIS WHICH ARE MAGNETIC. THEY ARE PUTTING A BROWN METALLIC OBJECTS. THERE ARE ABOUT AS BIG AS YOUR PALM, MAY BE SLIGHTLY SMALLER. THEY PUTTING THEM ALL AROUND THE CITY. IF YOU FIND ONE, YOU SCAN A QR CODE AND THEN YOU ESSENTIALLY OWN IT. FROM THERE, YOU CAN WIN MORE PRIZES AND GET MORE SURPRISES. CONTINUES ON THE TREASURE HUNT. HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHING THAT TAKES YOUR FANCY? THERE ARE MANY A THING THAT I LIKE. A COUPLE OF POLOS, A COUPLE OF T-SHIRTS. I AM PROBABLY GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY. ALSO THE ATHLETES HAVE NOT ONLY BEEN TRAINING ON THE WATER ON THE TRACK, THEY BEEN TRAINING FOR OTHER THINGS AS WELL. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WITH AN OCCUPANCY IN TOKYO, WHICH WAS OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL OLYMPICS BECAUSE THE ATHLETES VILLAGE WAS BLOCKED OFF TO EVERYONE ELSE AND THEY DID NOT HAVE A NEW ZEALAND HOUSE. EVERY TIME AN ATHLETE WINS A MEDAL, THEY PERFORM A TEAM NEW ZEALAND HAKA. THIS IS TOKYO. THIS IS TOKYO, YES. FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD, IF YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY, YOU WILL HEAR THE ATHLETES PRACTISING THE HAKA TO GET IT RIGHT. THEY DON'T ONLY PERFORM AT THE MEDALS, THEY ALSO DO IT TO SEND AN ATHLETE OFF TO THEIR PERFORMANCE FOR SOME ENCOURAGEMENT. IT IS A VERY EMOTIONAL THING, AND THEY PERFORM IT SO WELL. THEY ARE RIGHT INTO IT AS WELL. WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE HAKA MEANS THE NEW ZEALAND. THIS IS THE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO THEY GET CENTRE, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE TEAM, YOU HAVE TO LEARN THE ACTIONS AND WORDS. THE PURE TIME, YOU CAN LEARN ACTIONS AND WORDS MAKE YOURSELF FEEL A PART OF YOU ARE NOT GOING. FOR THOSE ATHLETES, IF YOU'RE AN INDIVIDUAL SPORT, YOU PROBABLY NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE IN A TEAM ENVIRONMENT IS A VERY EMOTIONAL THING WHEN YOU SEE ATHLETES COME BACK FROM WINNING MEDALS AND HAVE THE WHOLE TEAM PERFORM FOR THEM. IT IS A REALLY AWESOME THING THEY DO. BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A BIT OF TIME BEFORE YOU GO, THE PADDLERS, FISHER AND CARRINGTON. YOU DID A NICE PIECE FOR CARRINGTON ON SUNDAY AND IS AN ANALYSIS ON OUR 1 NEWS WEBSITE. THAT IS TURNING ONTO A BATTLE ROYALE. WHO WERE YOU THINKING? IT IS JUST LESS THAN 70 DAYS UNTIL THEY ARE ON THE STARTING LINE FOR THEIR FINAL k1 500. I FEEL LIKE MAYBE LISA CARRINGTON MIGHT BE HOLDING SOMETHING BACK. SHE IS COMPETING AND WILL BE IN THE OLYMPICS AT THE WORLD CUP'S, THOSE EVENTS ARE BEING COMPRESSED INTO THREE DAYS. AT THE OLYMPICS, IT IS SPREAD ACROSS FIVE DAYS SO SHE WILL HAVE A COUPLE EXTRA DAYS TO REST A LITTLE BIT MORE AND GET THAT ENERGY BACK TO PUSH FOR THE 500, WHICH IS THE LAST EVENT FOR THESE TWO AT THE OLYMPICS. IT IS GOING TO BE EPIC. BASED ON THE EVIDENCE WE HAVE AT THE MOMENT, IT IS LOOKING TOWARDS A KIWI WHEN SO. IF IT IS LIKE THE LAST RACE. I KNOW YOU'RE A BIT OF A BETTING MAN. WHO WAS GOING TO BE? A DEAD HEAT. FOR GOODNESS SAKE. PUT IT ON THE LINE! CARRINGTON. IMAGINE THAT. IT WOULD BE AMAZING. THEY ARE BOTH AMAZING, FISHER AND CARRINGTON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US BUT THIS WEEK OF PARIS EN ROUTE. I'M COUNTING DOWN. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE POLICE AND ONE SOUTH ISLAND COUNCIL HAVE HAD ENOUGH. THIS WEEKEND, THEY'RE CRACKING DOWN ON ONE OF THE MAIN CAUSES OF CAR ACCIDENTS. WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHERE AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT. # I FEEL SO MUCH LIGHTER, LIKE A FEATHER, WITH YOU OFF MY MIND. THAT WAS LOOKING A BIT DARK FOR A SECOND. I DON'T HAVE A GOOD TAN. THE FINAL STAGE OF INDIA'S MAMMOTH ELECTION, WHICH HAS SEEN MILLIONS HEAD TO THE POLLS OVER THE LAST SIX WEEKS, CLOSES TOMORROW. RESULTS ARE OUT IN FOUR DAYS. THE GATEWAY TO INDIA'S SEAT OF POWER IS FOUND RIGHT HERE IN NEW DELHI. FOR THE LAST DECADE, PARLIAMENT HAS BEEN HELD BY THE INCUMBENTS NEVER NARENDRA MODI, HOPING TO SECURE A SUPER MAJORITY RULE WITH THE MAJORITY HINDU POPULATION. THIS VISITOR TO DELHI CARRYING THE MARK THAT SHOWS SHE HAS VOTED. WE WILL BE GETTING THE INK ON OUR FINGER. THOUGH SHE WOULD NOT SAY WHO FOR. HE WILL BE DOING GOOD FOR US. WITH A HEATWAVE AND TEMPERATURES NUDGING 50 DEGREES THING NUMBERS STEP. THOSE ON THE STREET PULLING OUT ALL THE TRICKS TO HELP KEEP THE AS THE WORLD'S FASTEST GROWING ECONOMY, ITS CONSUMER BASE AS A TARGET FOR MANY. THEY HOLD THE KEY TO INDIA'S MARKET. MAKE SURE TO TUNE INTO THE SHOW NEXT WEEK WHEN CORAZON WILL BE JOINING US LIVE FROM DELHI COVERING THE ELECTION RESULTS. AS WE ARE HEADING INTO THE LONG WEEKEND, MANY MAY BE PACKING THEIR BAGS AND HITTING THE ROAD. THE HIGH RATES OF RINK DRIVING FORCING THIS COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION. WE ARE JOINED BY MARLBOROUGH DISTRICT COUNCIL JONATHAN ROSENE. THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR REGION THAT IS MAKING PEOPLE THINK IT IS OK TO HAVE A FEW DRINKS AND HOP IN THE CAR? WE ARE FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON OUR PROBLEM HERE IN MARLBOROUGH. WE SEE GSI CRASHES BASED ON DRINK-DRIVING HIGHER THAN OUR NEIGHBOURS IN TASMAN. BUT AS FAR AS A POLICING DISTRICT, MARLBOROUGH ALSO FALLS UNDER TASMAN. BUT MARLBOROUGH SPECIFICALLY, OUTSIDE OF NELSON, LEADS THE PACK. I THINK I GOT 13% OF ROAD DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES IN MARLBOROUGH DISTRICT ARE HIGHER THAN THE ESTIMATE ON THE WEST COAST WAS NOT YOU WILL KNOW THAT THESE ACCIDENTS HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT IN COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY SMALL ONES. HOW DO THESE IMPACT DO YOU? IN COMMUNITIES LIKE BLENHEIM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL TOO FAR TO KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY SOME OF THESE POOR DECISIONS MADE TO DRINK AND DRIVE. RECENTLY WE HAD A GRANDFATHER KILLED ON HIS WAY TO GO AND SEE HIS GRANDSON WHO WAS AT A BABY SHOWER. HE WAS GOING TO BECOME A GRANDFATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME. THERE IS NO BEST CASE SCENARIO WHEN YOU GET BEHIND THE WHEEL. THERE IS JUST A LONG LIST OF WORST-CASE SCENARIOS. AND AS YOU SAY, THESE STORIES MAKE IT REAL. WE HAVE HAD FIVE DEATHS ON OUR ROAD JUST THIS WEEK AS WEALTH IS NOT CALLOUS ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN YOU ARE LAUNCHING. IT IS MADE UP OF POLICE THAT SPEARHEAD THE WHOLE THING THROUGH THEIR OWN TACTICS BUT SUPPORTED BY NZTA AND LOCAL COUNCILS. I AM THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ROAD SAFETY ACTION PLAN COMMITTEE. WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH POLICE AND OTHER AGENCIES LIKE HEALTH NEW ZEALAND, ACC, AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIFIC GROUPS. SO IT IS KIND OF A TRIFECTA WHERE WE WORK AS A THREE PRONGED APPROACH. WE REACH A FURTHER AUDIENCE THAT WAY. THE MORE PEOPLE WE CAN REACH, THE BETTER OFF WE ARE. IS THERE A VISIBLE CAMPAIGN THAT WILL BE RUNNING IN MARLBOROUGH? THERE WILL BE A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN AS WELL. HOWEVER, POLICE WORK BOTH WITH OVERT AND COVERT TACTICS. YOU WILL SEE MORE POLICE OUT ON THE ROAD. IT WILL BE URBAN AND RURAL, AS WELL AS WE WILL HAVE THE BOOZEBUS HERE IN TOWN. I AND EX-COP MYSELF AND I KNOW THAT NAMES CHANGE. WE WILL HAVE THAT IN TOWN AS WELL. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF IT? OBVIOUSLY WE WANT EVERYBODY TO NOT HOP IN THE CAR AFTER THEY'VE BEEN DRINKING, BUT ARE THERE TANGIBLE MARKERS YOU ARE HOPING TO HIT? I BELIEVE THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT HAD IT RIGHT WHEN THEY HAD A ROAD TO ROAD TO ZERO. I THINK ANYTHING ABOVE ZERO IS TOO MUCH. IT IS NOT JUST A REDUCTION IN NUMBERS; IT IS AN ELIMINATION OF THEM. WE TALK ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT AND WAKA KOTAHI WORKING TOGETHER, BUT IT IS A COMMUNITY EFFORT AS WELL. IF YOU OR SOMEONE THAT YOU KNOW IS DRINKING AND WANTS TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A CAR FOR WHATEVER REASON ` THEY WANT TO GO HOME ` OFFER THEM A COUCH. THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY HOME. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT BEFORE YOU EVEN GO OUT. FOR ME, I'VE GOT SKIN IN THE GAME. I HAVE A YOUNG FAMILY, AND I JUST KNOW THAT THEY WILL BE INHERITING THESE PROBLEMS AS WELL. SO IF WE CAN GET TO 0 AND MAINTAIN ZERO, I THINK WE WILL BE WINNING. ALL VERY, VERY GOOD REMINDERS BEFORE A LONG WEEKEND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY. THE FINANCE MINISTER IS ADMITTING FEWER THAN 3000 FAMILIES WILL RECEIVE THE $250 FORTNIGHTLY FAMILY BOOST. NICOLA WILLIS PRESENTED HER FIRST BUDGET YESTERDAY, DETAILING THE GOVERNMENT'S SPENDING PLANS FOR THE COMING YEAR. CONSISTENT WITH NATIONAL'S CAMPAIGN PROMISE, THE BUDGET INCLUDES $14.7b FOR TAX CUTS. ELIGIBLE FAMILIES COULD RECEIVE AN EXTRA $150 FROM THE FAMILYBOOST CHILDCARE PAYMENT. THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY QUALIFY FOR THAT TOP AMOUNT WHEN YOU TAKE IN THE TAX CUT, OTHER CHILDCARE REBATES, ET CETERA, OF $250 A FORTNIGHT. IS IT CORRECT THAT THERE ARE ONLY 3000 KIWI FAMILIES OR FEWER WHO WILL RECEIVE THAT AMOUNT? THAT'S CORRECT. THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE SOME FAMILIES WHO RECEIVE MORE THAN $250 BECAUSE OF THE WAY 'WORKING FOR FAMILIES' INTERACTS WITH THE TAX SYSTEM. AVERAGE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WILL GET A TAX CUT OF UP TO $102 PER FORTNIGHT FROM THE END OF JULY. A STUDENT GROUP IN DUNEDIN IS ADVOCATING FOR MORE STUDENT BARS TO OPEN IN THE CITY IN ORDER TO COMPETE WITH FLAT PARTIES. IT COMES AS THE INQUEST IS HELD INTO THE DEATH OF SOPHIA CRESTANI (19) DURING A STAIRWELL PILE-UP AT A FLAT PARTY IN 2019. THE GROUP 'HOLD ON TO YOUR FRIENDS' FORMED SHORTLY AFTER HER DEATH, AND IS ADVOCATING FOR SAFER STUDENT DRINKING. CO-FOUNDER NIAMH ORR-WALKER SAYS OVERCROWDED FLAT PARTIES STILL CONTINUE. THERE'S NO COMPETITION TO A FLAT PARTY. UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE GOT SUPER CHEAP, OFF-LICENSE ALCOHOL THAT'S SO AVAILABLE. WE'VE GOT A BIG LIQUOR STORE RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD FROM OUR CENTRAL LIBRARY HERE. SO EVEN IF STUDENTS SPACES WERE AROUND, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO COMPETE WITH A FLAT PARTY THAT HAS UNSAFE CAPACITY AND HUGE AMOUNTS OF CHEAP ALCOHOL. THEY BELIEVE OPENING UP STUDENT BARS WOULD HELP EASE DUNEDIN'S BINGE DRINKING CULTURE. THE NEW YORK JURY IN DONALD TRUMP'S HISTORIC HUSH-MONEY TRIAL IS CONTINUING DELIBERATIONS TODAY. AS REQUESTED, THE JURY HAS BEEN READ BACK TESTIMONY FROM TWO KEY WITNESSES. THE 12 JURORS ARE DECIDING WHETHER TRUMP IS GUILTY OF ILLEGALLY COVERING UP A HUSH-MONEY PAYMENT TO AN ADULT FILM ACTRESS DURING THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE JURORS MUST REACH A UNANIMOUS VERDICT FOR A CONVICTION. VOTE COUNTING IS UNDERWAY IN WHAT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS SOUTH AFRICA'S MOST PIVOTAL ELECTION. EARLY RESULTS SUGGEST THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS COULD LOSE ITS MAJORITY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS, ONLY MAKING UP AROUND 40% OF THE VOTES COUNTED. THE ANC WAS FIRST LED TO VICTORY BY NELSON MANDELA IN 1994, BUT PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE PARTY HAS WEAKENED DUE TO HIGH LEVELS OF CORRUPTION, CRIME, AND UNEMPLOYMENT. THE ANC MAY NEED TO FORM A COALITION WITH ONE OF ITS RIVALS TO HOLD ONTO POWER. LAVA CONTINUES TO SPURT FROM A VOLCANO IN ICELAND AFTER IT ERUPTED YESTERDAY MORNING. THIS IS A LIVE SHOT OF THE ERUPTION IN SOUTH-WEST ICELAND WHICH WAS TRIGGERED BY A SERIES OF EARTHQUAKES. IT'S THE FIFTH AND MOST POWERFUL ERUPTION SINCE DECEMBER. JETS OF LAVA ARE STILL SHOOTING ABOUT 50m INTO THE SKY, NOW FLOWING TOWARDS THE TOWN OF GRINDAVIK. MOST OF THE TOWN'S 4000 RESIDENTS WERE PERMANENTLY EVACUATED IN NOVEMBER, AHEAD OF THE ERUPTIONS. I WAS JUST SAYING HOW NICE IT WAS THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TOO SAY THAT LONG VOLCANO NAME. CHRIS HAS IT. I WILL LEAVE IT TO HIM. TO SPORT, AND NOVAK DJOKOVIC IS COMFORTABLY THROUGH TO THE THIRD ROUND AT THE FRENCH OPEN. THE MEN'S TOP SEED TAKING A LITTLE OVER TWO HOURS TO SECURE A STRAIGHT-SETS WIN. (PLAYERS GRUNT) GAME, SET, MATCH ` DJOKOVIC. DJOKOVIC INTO THE THIRD ROUND HERE AT ROLLAND GARROS FOR THE 19th CONSECUTIVE YEAR. ARYNA SABALENKA PROGRESSING IN THE WOMEN'S DRAW. THE SECOND SEED ONLY DROPPING FOUR GAMES IN HER STRAIGHT-SETS WIN. AND FINALLY ` IN PANDA NEWS, WHOO! MADRID'S ZOO HAS WELCOMED ITS NEW PANDAS. CUE CUTE VIDEOS. THE PAIR WILL MAKE THE SPANISH CAPITAL THEIR HOME FOR THE NEXT DECADE AS PART OF A NEW BREEDING AND REPRODUCTION PROGRAMME WITH CHINA. THEY DON'T LOOK THAT SMALL, DO THEY? JIN XI AND ZHU YU, BOTH THREE YEARS OLD, RECEIVING A ROYAL WELCOME FROM FORMER QUEEN SOFIA. IN THE LAST 17 YEARS, MADRID ZOO HAS HELPED BREED SIX PANDA CUBS. ALL THOSE SIESTAS, ISN'T IT? AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A PARTLY CLOUDY START FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION, BECOMING FINE AFTER MIDDAY. STRONG GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON IN WHITIANGA. A HIGH OF 20 FOR RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` A NICE, FINE MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU. THIS WILL TURN PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. 20 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU TODAY, WITH LIGHT WINDS. 20 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE FOR MOST OF YOU. HOWEVER, BLUES SKIES IN WELLINGTON WITH SOME FRESH NORTHERLIES. A HIGH OF 17 IN NEW PLYMOUTH, PALMERSTON NORTH AND LEVIN. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG. FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. FURTHER SOUTH, A BIT MORE CLOUDY WITH SOME DRIZZLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A HIGH OF 19 FOR BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA. AND NELSON AS WELL. HEADING SOUTH ` A FINE START FOR THOSE IN ASHBURTON AND CHRISTCHURCH. FURTHER SOUTH, BIT MORE CLOUDY, WITH SOME NORTHWESTERLIES DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. 19 THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON AND TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` BIT OF A GREY MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH SOME SHOWERS IN MILFORD SOUND. THIS WILL CLEAR TO BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE AFTER MIDDAY FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH. DUNEDIN AND GORE, YOUR HIGH IS 18. THANKS, WENDY. LABOUR HAVE SLAMMED THE COALITION'S FIRST BUDGET, CALLING IT A BUDGET OF BROKEN PROMISES, BUT THE GOVERNMENT HIT BACK, ACCUSING LABOUR OF LEAVING THE BOOKS IN A MESS. HERE TO RESPOND TO THAT IS THE PARTY'S FINANCE SPOKESPERSON, BARBARA EDMONDS, WHO JOINS KATIE NOW. OUR BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE. KIA ORA, KATIE. KIA ORA. YES. BARBARA IS HERE WITH US NOW. NO SURPRISE LABOUR IS NOT HAPPY WITH A NATIONAL PARTY BUDGET. THERE DOES SEEM TO BE WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FOR THE TAX CUTS, THOUGH. PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY WANTED THAT I NEEDED THAT RELIEF. THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT PEOPLE WOULD PREFER THIS GOES TO HEALTH AND EDUCATION. THEY HAVE TAKEN AWAY FUNDING FOR CANCER DRUGS. MY MOTHER DIED FROM CANCER, AND I COULD IMAGINE THAT IF YOU WENT THROUGH THAT, YOU WOULD BE TELLING EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO VOTE FOR THEM. I THINK OF ALL THE BROKEN PROMISES YESTERDAY, THAT WAS THE ONE FOR ME, BECAUSE I KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT WOULD HAVE FELT. THEY WOULD BE MAD, AND THEY WERE MAD TODAY. DO YOU THINK NATIONAL HAS GOT INTO THE POSITION WHERE IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE, IT IS TOO HARD, THEY CAN'T DIRECT PHARMAC. IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION AND THEY CAN'T DO IT? IT COMES DOWN TO CHOICES. THEY CHOSE TO GIVE $2.9 BILLION TO LANDLORDS BUT NOT THE CANCER DRUGS. THAT IS THE CHOICES THEY HAVE MADE, AND I THINK IT IS A PADDED RECKLESS CHOICE WAS NOT WHAT WOULD LABOUR HAVE DONE? BECAUSE THE MARKET IS TIGHT, AND DO YOU ACCEPT THAT LABOUR SPENT TOO MUCH MONEY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND WE ARE PAYING FOR IT NOW? THEY SAID WE ARE NOT GOING TO BORROW FOR TAX CUTS, AND YET THERE ARE $12 BILLION ADDITIONAL DOLLARS BORROWED. $14 BILLION MORE THAN LABOUR WOULD HAVE BORROWED. WE NEED TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD LOOK AT THE BOOKS AND CHANGE SOME POLICIES AND LOOK AT THAT AS TO WHAT WE DO NOW THAT THE BOOKS ARE OPEN, WE LOOK AT THAT BUDGET LINE BY LINE. AGAIN, THOUGH, THIS IS THEIR BUDGET. THESE OTHER CHOICES THEY HAVE MADE, AND THEY HAVE MADE THE WRONG ONES. A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT GETTING ANY EXTRA MONEY OR ANY MONEY AT ALL THIS YEAR. A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS ARE BEING CUT. THEY HAVE CALLED SOME OF THEM LOW VALUE. DO YOU ACCEPT SOME OF THEM DON'T NEED TO BE HERE? THAT LABOUR OVERFUNDED THEM AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE WAS BLOATED? I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD CUT PEOPLE. THOSE SERVICES BEING CUT COMES AT THE EXPENSE OF PEOPLE'S JOBS. NICOLA WILLIS CONFIRMED THIS MORNING THAT 3000 FAMILIES OR FEWER WILL GET THAT MAXIMUM TAX CUT. DO YOU THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO THOUGHT PERHAPS THEY WOULD GET MORE MONEY THAN THEY HAVE? I REMEMBER GOING TO A SOUTH AUCKLAND MEETING DURING THE ELECTION WITH SOME OF THE LOWEST PAID WORKERS IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, AND WHAT THEY HAD HEARD WAS $250 TAX CUT. THEY DIDN'T QUALIFY THEM UNTIL QUITE LATE IN THE ELECTION PIECE, SO IT IS ANOTHER BROKEN PROMISE. YOU GET THE CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES, YOU GET THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND EARN A CERTAIN AMOUNT. IF YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF KIDS IN DAYCARE, AND TAKE IT AS EXPENSIVE, THAT IS GOING TO HELP. THEY HAVE ALSO TAKEN AWAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE. SUBSIDIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT. SO WHAT GOOD IS A $20 TAX CUT IN YOUR HAND, BUT YET YOU ARE PAYING $40 TO GET YOUR KIDS ON THE BUS TO SCHOOL? THOSE OTHER CHOICES THEY HAVE MADE THE STOP HAVING HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE FISCAL RISKS THAT THEY TALK ABOUT. THEY SAY THERE ARE FEWER RISKS THAN UNDER LABOUR. WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT? LET'S CHANGE THE TERMINOLOGY, BECAUSE THEY CALL THEM FISCAL CLIFF. THERE IS A CLIFF FOR POLICE OPERATIONAL BUDGETS ` I THOUGHT THAT WAS HYPOCRITICAL OF THEM. THEY ALSO TALK ABOUT PUTTING MORE IN POLICE, BUT POLICE CAME OUT YESTERDAY AND SAID THERE WILL BE MORE JOB LOSSES. THEY SUPPORT THE FRONT LINE, SO THAT THE FRONTLINE CAN JUST DO THEIR JOBS AND FOCUS ON THE FRONT. SO I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT TIME FOR POLICE AS WELL. LABOUR WERE GOING TO MAKE A 3% OR 4% CUT TO SERVICES. WHERE WOULD YOU BE MAKING THEM? WE WOULD BE DOING A FISCAL SAVINGS PROGRAM OF 1% TO 2%, BECAUSE WE REALISE YOU COULD DO THAT MUCH WITHOUT AFFECTING PEOPLE. AROUND 70% OF THE COSTS WERE GOING TO BE COST PRESSURES WERE SO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS BUDGET IS THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH COST PRESSURES FOR BOTH HEALTH AND EDUCATION, SO AGAIN IT IS A BROKEN POLICY. IT IS LESS THAN INFLATION. THE WIDESPREAD VIEW SEEMS TO BE THAT THESE TAX CUTS WILL BE INFLATIONARY, THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS IT ABOUT RIGHT IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH PEOPLE HAVE IN THEIR POCKET. DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE INFLATIONARY? WITH THE DOCUMENT YESTERDAY, IT SHOWED INFLATION WILL STAY HIGHER FOR LONGER, AND WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT IN RELATION TO INFLATION ` THE THREE THINGS THAT THE RESERVE BANK IN THEIR MONETARY POLICY STATEMENT SAID ARE PERSISTENT FOR NEW ZEALAND'S DOMESTIC INFLATION IS INSURANCE, COUNCIL RATES AND RENTS. THEY SAID RENTS ARE GOING TO BE RISING. IN RELATION TO INSURANCE PREMIUMS, WHAT WOULD HELP AS CLIMATE MITIGATION ACTION. THEY HAVE CUT FROM THAT. IN RELATION TO COUNCIL RATES, WE'VE SEEN WHAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THREE WATERS. THEY ARE WATER WELL DONE HAS MONEY TO SET IT UP BUT ACTUALLY DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY RELIEF TO COUNCILS, THE PEOPLE'S COUNCIL RATES WILL GO UP. IT WILL KEEP INFLATION HIGHER FOR LONGER. HOW DO YOU SIT ON THE BUDGET? HAVE YOU COME UP WITH A NAME FOR IT? IT IS A BACKWARDS BUDGET. FAMILIES WHO HAD PROMISES MADE TO THEM AROUND CANCER DRUGS, I ABSOLUTELY FEEL FOR THEM TODAY AND UNDERSTAND THEIR MADNESS AROUND THIS, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND HOLD THIS GOVERNMENT TO ACCOUNT. THANK YOU, BARBARA. THAT IS A WRAP FOR US PARLIAMENT FOR BREAKFAST. WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE COVERING IT. WELL DONE, KATIE. HAVE A COFFEE AND A CAKE FOR YOURSELF. ME U TONU MAI ` THERE'S A BUNCH OF EVENTS YOU COULD HEAD TO THIS WEEKEND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. FROM STEAMPUNK FESTIVALS TO ONESIE RUNS AND A RETRO THROWBACK. (LAUGHTER) # ROLLING # IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. HOKI MAI ANO. IT'S TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD WHERE WE POP AROUND THE COUNTRY TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS LONG WEEKEND NEAR YOU. NOW THIS IS RIGHT DOWN MY ALLEY. WE'RE TAKING A TRIP BACK TO YOUR CHILDHOOD. THE '80S AND '90S ARE MAKING A RETURN AT NEW ZEALAND'S BIGGEST RETRO EVENT IN AUCKLAND THIS SATURDAY. FROM RECOGNISABLE MOVIE CARS TO YOUR FAVOURITE CHARACTERS AND GAMES, IT'S AN EVENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. FOR MORE, THE MAN BEHIND THE EVENT, ARROL LAL. HELLO, HELLO. HOW IS IT GOING? TALK US THROUGH. WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE? SO ALONGSIDE THE EVENT, WE HAVE THIS MAGAZINE THAT WE JUST MADE. IT IS A WAY OF GOING BACK INTO THE PAST AND EXPLORING WHAT WAS THE BEST ERA OF ENTERTAINMENT. GAMES, MOVIES, TOYS, COLLECTABLES ` EVERYTHING. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BUY THIS STUFF AT THE WAREHOUSE. WE SET THIS UP WITH VENDOR'S WHERE YOU CAN FIND US. I WILL SHOW YOU MY COLLECTION AS WELL. MOST OF IT IS FROM EVENTS LIKE THIS. OLD SCHOOL POKEMON GAMES. YOU WILL FIND A LOT OF THAT. PS ONE GAMES. A LOTS OF EXHIBITS AS WELL THAT YOU CAN SEE. THESE OLD SCHOOL TOYS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE TOYS YOU GOT IN A KFC BUCKET FORCE OF NATURE YOU GET SOMETHING KIND OF LIKE A KEYCHAIN. COOL STUFF. EVEN MCDONALD'S, THEY USED TO HAVE... ARE THERE TRANSFORMERS? THERE IS NOT. EVEN MY KIDS GET DISAPPOINTED NOWADAYS. DOES EVERY PIECE BELONG TO YOU? THERE IS A SECOND GARAGE. (LAUGHTER) MICKEY MOUSE, M&MS, THAT'S RETRO, I GET HUNGRY. STAR TREK, STAR WARS, ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU GREW UP WITH THAT, IF YOU ARE MR JACK ABOUT IT, IT IS SOMETHING YOU WILL FIND THAT THE EVENT. TRANSFORMERS AS WELL. YOU HAD TO FIGHT FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT IN THE 80S AND 90S, EH? IT WASN'T JUST HANDED TO YOU. YOU HAD TO GO OUT AND FIND IT. EXACTLY. YOU ONLY HAD TWO OR THREE CHANNELS ON TV. EVERYONE WATCHED CHANNEL 2 AND THREE. NOW YOU'VE GOT NETFLIX. YOU CAN STREAM THINGS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN TO THIS EVENT IN AUCKLAND. THIS IS THE THIRD ONE. WE FINALLY GOT TO DUE DROPS. IT'S GROWN NOW TO 4000? I DIDN'T EXPECT IT. IT WAS ALL OF US JUST HAVING A FUN TIME OUT, LIKE A BIG PARTY, AND JUST SHOWING UP HOW I WANTED, BECAUSE I AM A COLLECTOR AS WELL. COLLECTORS WANT TO GO BACK TO THE 80S AND 90S, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW? I THOUGHT, I WILL JUST DO IT. THIS IS A QUICK LOOK AT THE MAP I MADE. I WAS UP UNTIL TWO OR 3 AM MAKING A MAP OF THE ARENA. THERE IS OTHER STUFF AS WELL. THERE ARE CARS FROM THE MOVIES. THERE IS THE DELOREAN, THERE IS LIGHTNING MCQUEEN FOR THE KIDS. WE'VE GOT THE BIG 35 M SLIDE. IT IS A GOOD DAY OUT FOR THE FAMILY. TICKETS ARE $10 FOR ADULTS, FREE FOR THE KIDS, AND IT IS AT DUE DROP. CHRIS HERE IN THE STUDIO. THAT IS SO COOL. COULD YOU BACK TO THOSE MCDONALD'S TRANSFORMERS, BECAUSE I SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER HAVING THOSE. YOU HAD THE BURGER THERE, AND WHEN YOU OPEN UP THE BIGGER, IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, IT TURNS INTO A DINOSAUR WITH A TAIL. EACH ONE IS A TRANSFORMER. EVERYTHING IS KIND OF RUBBISH NOW. POGS! NOW HAPPY MEAL TRIES TO GIVE YOU A BOOK. FRUIT AND A BOOK. THAT WAS A TIME. A GREAT TIME AT THE DUE DROP CENTRE IN MANUKAU. HAVE A GREAT TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GUYS. HE WAS SUCH A GREAT HOST. LET'S GO TO THE PARK RUN. PARK RUNS HAVE BECOME A WORLD-WIDE PHENOMENON, I HAVE DONE ONE, WON'T SURPRISE YOU ` BUT IT'S NOT OFTEN YOU GET TO DO THEM IN YOUR JAMMIES. WELL NOW, CANTABRIANS WILL GET THE CHANCE TO PUT ON THEIR FAVOURITE PAIR OF ONESIES FOR HAGLEY PARK RUN'S ONESIE DAY! WE'RE JOINED BY DIRECTOR MARIA AMOS. MORENA! THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. WHAT ARE YOU, A FROG? A FROG ONESIE? KINGS BIRTHDAY WEEKEND AS A FROG AFTER PRINCE CHARLES. I LOVE ALL OF THE ONESIE RUNNING BEHIND YOU. IT IS GOING TO BE QUITE A SIGHT TOMORROW AT 8 AM TO STOP THERE ARE GOING TO BE 600 ODD RUNNERS. HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT? LAST YEAR I FOUND A PENGUIN ONESIE AND AN OPTION FOR A DOLLAR, SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GET TOGETHER AND SURPRISE ALL THE RUNNERS AND WALKERS FOR THE DAY, AND THEY ALSO WANTED TO DO IT THEMSELVES. SO WE CONTINUED NEXT WINTER. SO THIS IS A ONE OFF? WE MAY, BUT WE HAVE OTHER THEMES AS LOVERS UP USUALLY THE FIRST WEEKEND OF JUNE. PARK RUNS ARE A BIG THING, ARE THEY, BECAUSE EVERYONE CAN GO? YES. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU ARE WALKING, RUNNING, VOLUNTEERING, SPECTATING OR YOU JUST WANT TO COME FOR A COFFEE AFTER. HOW MANY ONESIES ARE YOU EXPECTING TOMORROW? NOT EVERYONE LIKES TO DRESS UP, SO I THINK WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE 50-100 IN ONESIES. IS IT A BIT HARD TO RUN IN A ONESIE? DO YOU GET A BIT OF CHAFING? I DON'T NORMALLY RUN IN ONE. WE HAVE THAT GUY IN A SUMO SUIT BEHIND US. THAT MUST HAVE HAD TO AIR OUT FOR A WHILE. I HOPE IT GOES WELL. WHICH END OF HAGLEY PARK TO START? WE ARE JUST OFF THE ARMOUR STREET CAR PARK, OFF VICTORIA LAKE. COME AND JOIN US. WE HOPE YOU GET LOTS OF ONESIES OUT THERE. LOOK AT THEM. THAT HAS REALLY BRIGHTENED UP THE DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. WHAT'S HAPPENING NEAR YOU NEXT WEEKEND? LET US KNOW ` MARKETS, EVENTS, FESTIVALS. HEAD TO whatsonbreakfast.co.nz. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, WE RETURN TO THE STORY OF TARANAKI DOG KAIRO. IT HASN'T HAD THE HAPPY ENDING WE HOPED FOR, BUT FIND OUT WHY THE SPECIAL CANINE WILL BE GOING FOR ONE MORE SIDECAR RIDE. (UPBEAT MUSIC) A PLANE HAS GONE OFF THE RUNWAY AT CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT THIS MORNING. THE AIRPORT HAS CONFIRMED A JETSTAR FLIGHT HAD AN ISSUE ON LANDING JUST BEFORE 8 O'CLOCK. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE ATTENDING. POLICE SAY THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF INJURIES AT THIS TIME. THE PRIME MINISTER IS DESCRIBING THE BUDGET AS A DIAMOND MADE UNDER PRESSURE. FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS PRESENTED THE BUDGET YESTERDAY, DETAILING SPENDING PLANS FOR THE COMING YEAR. TAX CUTS WERE THE BIG FOCUS,WITH CONSISTENT WITH NATIONAL'S CAMPAIGN PROMISE, WITH $14.7b TO BE SPENT ON TAX CUTS. SPEAKING AT AN EVENT THIS MONRING, PRIME MINISTER CHRISOPHER LUXON ADMITS THERE IS A LOT MORE TO DO. LET ME PUT THIS BUDGET INTO A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT FOR YOU, BECAUSE IT IS CERTAINLY THE TIGHTEST BUDGET BY ANY REASONABLE MEASURE THAT WE'VE SEEN FOR OVER FIVE YEARS. GOVERNMENT SPENDING IS EXPECTED TO GROW AT ITS SLOWEST PACE SINCE NATIONAL WAS LAST IN GOVERNMENT IN 2017, AND THE BUDGET-OPERATING ENVELOPE, AS IT'S CALLED, IS THE SMALLEST THAT IT'S BEEN SINCE 2018. AND I SAID YESTERDAY THAT THIS BUDGET IS IN FACT A DIAMOND MADE UNDER PRESSURE. AND THE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION'S CRITICISING THE GOVERNMENT FOR BREAKING AN ELECTION PROMISE TO FUND NEW DRUGS, SAYING IT'S 'KICKING THE MEDICINES CRISIS DOWN THE ROAD'. ABSENT FROM $16.5b FOR HEALTH WAS FUNDING FOR 13 NEW CANCER DRUGS NATIONAL COMMITTED TO DELIVERING DURING THE ELECTION. THE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION WARNS WITHOUT A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE TO THE DRUG BUYING AGENCY'S BUDGET, WOMEN ARE BEING DENIED ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL TREATMENTS LIKE KEYTRUDA. THE EVIDENCE FOR KEYTRUDA IS INDISPUTABLE. AS I SAID, IT'S PROVEN AND EFFECTIVE. NORMAL DRUGS THAT ARE STANDARD OF CARE FOR TRIPLE NEGATIVE DON'T WORK THE SAME WAY. KEYTRUDA DOES. BUT THE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION HAS WELCOMED $31m OF FUNDING TO EXTEND FREE BREAST SCREENING TO 60,000 WOMEN THOUSAND WOMEN AGED 70 TO 74. A STUDENT GROUP IN DUNEDIN WANTS MORE STUDENT BARS TO OPEN IN ORDER TO COMPETE WITH FLAT PARTIES. IT COMES AS THE INQUEST IS HELD INTO THE DEATH OF SOPHIA CRESTANI (19) DURING A STAIRWELL PILE-UP AT A FLAT PARTY IN 2019. THE GROUP 'HOLD ON TO YOUR FRIENDS' FORMED SHORTLY AFTER HER DEATH, AND IS ADVOCATING FOR SAFER STUDENT DRINKING. I THINK SOPHIA'S LEGACY WOULD BE THAT WE HAVE A GREATER SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER. I THINK AS STUDENTS, WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR PART, BUT IT'S QUITE UNREASONABLE TO SHIFT ALL OF THIS RESPONSIBILITY ON TO THE SHOULDERS ON 19 YEAR-OLDS WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO HAVE FUN. THEY BELIEVE OPENING UP STUDENT BARS WOULD HELP DUNEDIN'S BINGE DRINKING CULTURE. VOTE COUNTING IS UNDERWAY IN WHAT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS SOUTH AFRICA'S MOST PIVOTAL ELECTION. EARLY RESULTS SUGGEST THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS COULD LOSE ITS MAJORITY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS, ONLY MAKING UP AROUND 40% OF THE VOTES COUNTED. THE ANC WAS FIRST LED TO VICTORY BY NELSON MANDELA IN 1994, BUT PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE PARTY HAS WEAKENED, DUE TO HIGH LEVELS OF CORRUPTION, CRIME AND UNEMPLOYMENT. THE ANC MAY NEED TO FORM A COALITION WITH ONE OF ITS RIVALS TO HOLD ONTO POWER. ECUADORIAN POLICE HAVE SEIZED ALMOST A TON OF COCAINE BOUND FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETS. AN OFFICIAL SAID MORE THAN 50 ROADS IN NORTHERN ECUADOR ARE USED TO TRAFFICK THE DRUGS FROM COLOMBIA BEFORE BEING SHIPPED TO CENTRAL AMERICA, NORTH AMERICA, AND EUROPE. IT'S ESTIMATED THE HAUL IS WORTH $3.2m TWO COLOMBIAN NATIONALS WERE ARRESTED IN RELATION TO THE SEIZED COCAINE. LYDIA KO'S HAD AN OPENING ROUND TO FORGET AT THE U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN, CURRENTLY SITTING 141ST. KO STRUGGLED THROUGH HER ENTIRE FIRST ROUND, CARDING A 10 OVER PAR 80, INCLUDING A TRIPLE BOGEY ON THE PAR FIVE SEVENTH. SHE WASN'T THE ONLY TOP PLAYER STRUGGLING ` WORLD NUMBER ONE NELLY KORDA ALSO WELL DOWN THE LEADERBOARD, HER ROUND INCLUDING A TEN, SEPTUPLE BOGEY ON THE PAR 3 12TH HOLE. THE CRONULLA SHARKS HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OFF THE TOP OF THE NRL LADDER, BEATEN BY THE EELS. PARRAMATTA RUNNING IN SIX TRIES TO SECURE A 34-22 UPSET WIN OVER THE SHARKS, WHO SLIP TO SECOND BEHIND THE STORM. DYLAN BROWN. HE CAN BE BRILLIANT. IT WAS USED AS A HUGE PLAY JUST-IN-TIME FOR PARRAMATTA. THE WIN LIFTS THE LOWLY EELS UP ONE PLACE ON THE LADDER TO 15TH. AND FINALLY, CRICKETS ARE TAKING OVER THE U.S. STATE OF NEVADA. AREAS IN THE NORTH OF THE STATE ARE FACING AN OUTBREAK OF 'MORMON CRICKETS'. THEY'RE MAKING THEMSELVES AT HOME AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL, PEOPLES' CARS AND HOUSES. ENTOMOLOGIST JEFF KNIGHT SAYS LONG-TERM RESIDENTS AREN'T SHOCKED BY THE APPEARANCE. WELL, I CAN UNDERSTAND PEOPLE CAN GET UPSET WITH TWO INCH LARGE OR INCH AND A HALF LARGE INSECTS CRAWLING THROUGH THEIR YARDS AND STUFF, BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE, WHO HAVE BEEN HERE IN NORTHERN NEVADA LONG ENOUGH HAVE EXPERIENCED IT BEFORE. IT'S USUALLY THE PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH AN OUTBREAK THAT GET UPSET. KNIGHT SAYS THESE OUTBREAKS OCCUR ROUGHLY EVERY TEN YEARS, AND RESIDENTS SHOULDN'T BE ALARMED. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A PARTLY CLOUDY START FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION, BECOMING FINE AFTER MIDDAY. STRONG GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON IN WHITIANGA. A HIGH OF 20 FOR RUSSELL. 18 FOR AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` A NICE, FINE MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU. THIS WILL TURN PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. 20 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. A WARM HIGH. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU TODAY, WITH LIGHT WINDS. 20 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE FOR MOST OF YOU. HOWEVER, BLUES SKIES IN WELLINGTON WITH SOME FRESH NORTHERLIES. A HIGH OF 17 IN NEW PLYMOUTH, PALMERSTON NORTH AND LEVIN. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG. FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. FURTHER SOUTH, A BIT MORE CLOUDY WITH SOME DRIZZLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A HIGH OF 19 FOR BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA. HEADING SOUTH ` A FINE START FOR THOSE IN ASHBURTON AND CHRISTCHURCH. FURTHER SOUTH, BIT MORE CLOUDY, WITH SOME NORTHWESTERLIES DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. 19 THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON AND TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` BIT OF A GREY MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH SOME SHOWERS IN MILFORD SOUND. THIS WILL CLEAR TO BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE AFTER MIDDAY FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH. DUNEDIN AND GORE, YOUR HIGH IS 18. LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR SATURDAY ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND ` FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN THE EAST. BIT MORE CLOUDY FOR THE REST OF YOU WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ON THE WEST. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND ` SIMILAR HERE. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST, WITH SOME SHOWERS IN THE DEEP SOUTH. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY ` CLOUDY DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH SOME SHOWERS ON THE EAST. LOOKING A BIT BETTER IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU. THANKS, WENDY. THREE WEEKS AGO, WE BROUGHT YOU THE STORY OF STRATFORD'S GARY ANDERSON AND HIS SIDECAR RIDING DOG KAIRO. AT THAT TIME, A LAST MINUTE PLEA FOR BLOOD FOR A TRANSFUSION WAS ENOUGH TO KEEP KAIRO STABLE, BUT ON MAY 17TH, KAIRO PASSED AWAY. BUT HE'S LIVING ON THIS WEEKEND AS GARY TAKES HIM FOR ONE LAST LAP AROUND TARANAKI MAUNGA. GARY IS WITH US NOW. MORENA, GARY. GOOD MORNING. WE'RE SO-SO TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR SPECIAL MATE. HOW ARE YOU DOING? THE SUPPORT I HAVE GOT FROM THE ONLINE FANS AND FOLLOWERS HAS GIVEN ME THE STRENGTH TO CARRY ON. I HEAR THE SUPPORTING MESSAGES TO YOU ARE COMING IN FROM EVERYWHERE. NOT ONLY NEW ZEALAND. I HAVE BEEN AMAZED WITH THE MESSAGES AND CALLS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. I DID NOT REALISE HOW MUCH SHE TOUCHED PEOPLE'S HEARTS. ANIMALS HAVE A WAY OF DOING THAT, DON'T THEY? CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE RIDE ON SUNDAY. SUNDAY, WE ARE DOING A RIDE AROUND THE MOUNTAIN. I HAVE HIS ASHES BACK NOW SO HE WILL BE IN THE SIDECAR WITH A BIT OF MEMORABILIA. IT IS OPEN TO 2, THREE, FOUR WHEELS. ANY SUPPORTERS OR FOLLOWERS THAT WANT ONE LAST GOODBYE. WE TOOK TO THE CREMATORIUM, THERE WAS A FULL MOTORCYCLE ESCORT ALL THE WAY TO THE CREMATORIUM. THIS IS THE PUBLIC'S WAY OF SAYING GOODBYE TO HIM. WE GOING TO BE GOING AROUND THE MOUNTAIN THROUGH NEW PLYMOUTH, AROUND TWO BUTLERS REEF AND HAVING A LUNCH BREAK AT BUTLERS REEF, AND CARRYING ALONG THE COAST HIGHWAY THROUGH TO MANAIA. AND FINISHING WHERE HE SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE. ALL PROCEEDS ARE GOING TO BE SPLIT HALF TO THE TARANAKI RATS AND HALF TO THE COASTAL VETS. IT IS HIS WAY OF STILL PAYING IT FORWARD. WE HAVE SO MANY LOVELY PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO HELP. THEY PAID INTO HIS ACCOUNT, SO MUCH THAT NOT ONLY WAS THIS TOTAL BILL PAID OFF, BUT WE HAD SURPLUS OF THEIR SO WE TRANSFERRED IT OVER INTO A FUND AND STARTED A FUND FOR DOGS GETTING TESTED. IS A READY PAID FOR THAT, SO THE OWNERS DID NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE DOGS TO GET TESTED. ISN'T THAT GREAT, GARY? IT IS A REAL TESTAMENT TO PEOPLE'S KINDNESS AND YOUR WORK TO HAVE THIS MAJESTIC LAST RIDE TOGETHER. ARE YOU GOING TO CARRY ON THE WORK WITH THE RATES? YES, WE ARE CARRYING ON HIS SUICIDE AWARENESS RIDE. IT IS GOING TO STAY THE SAME. IT IS JUST GOING TO BE A NEW CHAPTER WITH A NEW LITTLE CANINE FRIEND. GOT A LITTLE BABY GIRL BORDER COLLIE, AND SHE IS GOING TO CARRY ON. SO YOU HAVE GOT A NEW DOG? YES, I'M GOING TO PICK UP ON MONDAY. I HOPE IT IS THE START OF A NEW BEAUTIFUL STORY FOR YOU BOTH. GARY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY, AND GOOD LUCK FOR TOMORROW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. E HAERE AKE NEI ` DEMOLITION CONTRACTORS GOT A LITTLE MORE THAN THEY BARGAINED FOR ON THE SITE OF INVERCARGILL'S OLD MUSEUM. FIND OUT WHAT SCALY CREATURES THEY FOUND LURKING IN THE DIRT. # IT'S A PARTY IN THE USA. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WE JUST HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS FOR YOU. THE JURY IN THE DONALD TRUMP HUSH MONEY TRIAL HAS REACHED A VERDICT. THAT HAS NOT BEEN DELIVERED IN COURT YET. WE CAN TAKE YOU TO A LIVE SHOT OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM. DONALD TRUMP IS UP ON CHARGES, 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS CONNECTED TO AN ALLEGED COVER-UP OF HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS. STORMY DANIELS. IT HAD TO BE A UNANIMOUS VERDICT. ALL THE JURORS HAD TO AGREE ON THIS. IF WE DO NOT GIVE THIS VERDICT IN THE NEXT 12 MINUTES, WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON OUR WEBSITE. DEMOLITION CONTRACTORS HAVE FOUND A SHOCKING DISCOVERY AT THE SITE OF INVERCARGILL'S FORMER MUSEUM. IN THE SOIL OF THE OLD, ABANDONED TUATARA ENCLOSURE, FOUR BABY TUATARA HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED ALIVE AND WELL. IT IS AMAZING. INVERCARGILL CITY COUNCIL PARKS STRATEGIC ADVISOR CHRIS BOWEN JOINS US NOW. CHRIS, THIS IS REALLY ASTONISHING. YES, THIS IS AN AMAZING DISCOVERY. EXCITEMENT WAS ALREADY BREWING HERE WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW PURPOSE-BUILT FACILITY, AND DURING THE PREPARATION FOR THE DEMO OF THE OLD ENCLOSURE, ARE SHARP DEMO WORKER SPOTTED SOMETHING MOVING IN THE SOIL SO ALL DEMO WORK STOPPED. THESE ARE LITTLE, AREN'T THEY? WAS THIS IN THE PREPARATION FOR THE DEMOLITION? WAS HE JUST SCOURING THE GROUND? HOW LUCKY WAS IT THAT HE SAW THEM! VERY LUCKY THAT WE HAVE A SHARP EYE TO DEMO WORKER THAT SPOTTED THEM. WHEN IT HAPPENED, ALL WORK STOPPED AND WE GOT THE AMAZING LIVING SPECIES OFFICER TO SCOUR THE ENTIRE AREA AND THEY FOUND THREE MORE, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. IT JUST GOES TO SHOW DON'T GO AND SMASH THINGS OVER, YOU TO BE QUITE SPECIFIC ABOUT THESE THINGS. WHAT CONDITION ARE THEY IN? THEY ARE ONLY INCREDIBLE CONDITION, ALL ALIVE, HEALTHY AND WELL. HOWEVER THEY MANAGED TO GO UNDETECTED FOR SO LONG? THESE BABIES WOULD HAVE ONLY BEEN EGGS. THEY HAVE AMAZING DIGGING ABILITIES, SO THESE EGGS WOULD HAVE BEEN WELL WITHIN THE DIRT AND UNABLE TO BE IDENTIFIED. THESE POSTERS DIRECT DINOSAURS, SO WE SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED THAT SO GOOD AT SURVIVING. WHAT'S NEXT FOR THEM? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS FANTASTIC IS WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS. WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH THAT THEY HEAR NEXT WEEKEND AT THE OPENING OF THE ENCLOSURE, SO WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE ONGOING MANAGEMENT WHILE THEY ARE HERE NEXT WEEKEND. YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR BACK FROM YOU. THE PERSON THAT DISCOVERED THEM, ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SAY IN WHAT THEY ARE NAMED? BUSY PUTTING HIS HAND UP AS A BIT OF INFLUENCE? THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS SHOUT THAT TEAM A MORNING TEA, BUT TO BE HONEST, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CONNECT WITH MANA WHENUA. I THOUGHT WE SHOULD PUT THAT CHEEKY BETTER THAN JUST IN CASE, BUT I'M SURE MORNING TEA OR SUFFICE. JUST A QUICK UPDATE FROM THE DONALD TRUMP CASE. THE VERDICT READING SOME OF THE PAPERS HERE. THE JURY IS ASKED FOR A NEXT 30 MINUTES TO FILL OUT FORMS. A VERDICT MAY BE ABOUT 9:20. TO HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE. IT IS NEVER STRAIGHTFORWARD, AS IT? E HAERE AKE NEI ` FOR SEVEN YEARS, ONE UPPER HUTT MAN HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR A WEATHER TOWER. NOW HIS DREAMS FOR THE CITY HAVE COME TRUE. WE CHECK OUT THE NEW BUILD AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR LOCAL WEATHER REPORTS. # OPEN THE DOOR, GET ON THE FLOOR. # UNDER MY UMBRELLA. SIX WEEKS AGO, WE BROUGHT YOU THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO'S BEEN FIGHTING FOR A WEATHER STATION IN UPPER HUTT FOR SEVEN YEARS. THAT WAS A DANIEL CORBETT IMPRESSION. ON THAT AUTUMN DAY, GROUND WAS BROKEN, AND DANIEL TALBOT'S DREAM WAS IN MOTION. I JUST DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE BETTER FORECASTING HERE, I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE HEAT WAS, AND A LOT OF OTHER UPPER HUTT PEOPLE DO AS WELL. SO IT'S THAT, AND IT'S ALSO BEING RECOGNISED ON TV AS WELL. WE'D LOVE 1 NEWS MENTIONING UPPER HUTT IN THE WEATHER BULLETINS. WELL, TODAY, WE'RE HAPPY TO SAY THE JOB IS DONE. THE WEATHER STATION IS UP, DATA IS BEING COLLECTED, AND TOMORROW, THERE WILL BE A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY. THE MAN WHO HAS FOUGHT SO HARD FOR SO LONG IS ONSITE RIGHT NOW. MORENA, DANIEL. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? (LAUGHS) VERY EXCITED. IT IS A DREAM COME TRUE. AND TOMORROW AT 2 PM, WE WILL CUT THE RIBBON AND CELEBRATE THIS. IT WILL BE ONE OF THE BEST WEATHER STATIONS IN NEW ZEALAND, AND IT WILL BE OF HUGE BENEFIT HERE TO THE CHILDREN AT ST JOSEPH SCHOOL AND THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN OVER THE YEARS THAT GO TO ST JOSEPH'S SCHOOL ` IT WILL BE A HUGE BENEFIT TO THEM. AND ALSO THE UPPER HUTT COMMUNITY AS WELL. WE WILL FINALLY KNOW WHAT THE TEMPERATURE IS. (LAUGHS) AND IT WILL BE RECORDED AS WELL. TELL US ABOUT THAT. WHERE IS ALL THE DATA AND STUFF GOING? IS IT GOING TO METSERVICE? YES. IT WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE METSERVICE. SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GO ONTO THE METSERVICE AND SEE IT THERE. BUT YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE IT ON MY WEBSITE WHICH IS WSWR.CO.NZ SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SET IT, PLUS ON MY WEATHER PAGE ON FACEBOOK AS WELL. YOU ARE ALL OVER IT, DANIEL. HOW WILL THE KIDS BE GETTING INVOLVED? ARE YOU GOING TO BE TEACHING THEM ABOUT WHETHER CYCLES? YES. GOOD QUESTION. THE CHILDREN HERE, THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE METSERVICE, THE METSERVICE WILL COME IN HERE ONCE A YEAR AND GIVE THE CHILDREN AND EDUCATION LESSON ABOUT THE WEATHER STATION AND HOW WEATHER WORKS AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT AS WELL. SO REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. AND SO WE COULD HAVE METEOROLOGISTS HERE IN UPPER HUTT IN THE FUTURE. SO PRETTY EXCITED. THERE IS A LOT OF WEATHER TO FORECAST, SO WE MAY NEED THEM. LAST TIME I THINK YOU SPOKE TO JENNY MAY. YOU NEEDED A BIT MORE MONEY FOR THE APP. HOW IS THAT GOING? WE STILL NEED A BIT MORE MONEY. IT IS SLOWLY COMING ALONG, BUT YES, WE STILL NEED DONATIONS TO COME IN. WE STILL NEED $5-$7000. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET THAT EXTRA MONEY AND SO WE CAN HAVE THAT AVAILABLE. THE APP WILL HAVE THE BASIC INFORMATION, BUT RECORD DATA AND THAT KIND OF STUFF STILL NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED, AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED THE MONEY. WE NEED TO GO, BUT CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR BEST DANIEL CORBETT IMPRESSION? TODAY IT IS BASICALLY MOSTLY FINE. SOME HIGH PASSING CLOUD. NORTHERLY WIND. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY. TOMORROW THEY COULD BE AN INCREASE IN NORTHERLY WINDS, BUT HOPEFULLY ` THAT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WELLINGTON, SO IT SHOULD BE AN EXCITING AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF US. HOLD ONTO YOUR HATS IN WELLINGTON. LOOK WHERE ENTHUSIASM HAS GOT YOU, DANIEL. WELL DONE. THAT IS IT FOR US FOR TODAY. NICE TO HAVE YOU GUYS HERE. HAVE A GOOD LONG WEEKEND. BE SAFE ON THE ROADS, AND WE WILL BE BACK ON TUESDAY. SEE YOU THEN. CAPTIONS BY MAIA CARR HEKE, JULIE TAYLOR,