IT'S TUESDAY THE 9th OF JULY. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. WILL SHE STAY OR WILL SHE GO? DARLEEN TANA HAS RESIGNED FROM THE GREENS CAUCUS FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS OF MIGRANT EXPLOITATION BUT COULD STAY ON AS AN INDEPENDENT MP. TANA SAYS THE PARTY HAD ALREADY PREDETERMINED THEIR VIEW OF HER BEFORE HEARING HER OUT. WE'LL PUT THAT TO LEADER CHLOE SWARBRICK AS WELL AS AN EMPLOYMENT LAWYER WHOSE CLIENTS HAVE ACCUSED TANA AND HER HUSBAND OF EXPLOITING THEM JUST AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. SHE'S SET FOR THE BIGGEST MATCH OF HER LIFE TOMORROW. LULU SUN WILL TAKE ON DONNA VEKIC IN THE WIMBLEDON QUARTER-FINALS. TODAY OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT SAT DOWN WITH LULU'S COACH VLADO PLATENIK TO FIND OUT WHAT'S BEHIND HER HISTORIC RUN. WE'LL PLAY YOU BITS OF THAT INTERVIEW THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. AND IT'S THE SUBJECT THAT'S GOT OUR WHOLE TEAM TALKING ` HOW LATE IS TOO LATE TO TURN UP TO A GATHERING, BE THAT A DINNER OR A PARTY? RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S INDIRA WITH THE NEWS. SOME ARGUE A MINUTE OVER THAT TIME IS LATE. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU HOW MANY MINUTES AS LATE. AS IN IT ON CIRCUMSTANCES? IT MIGHT BE IN AUCKLAND TO LEAVE HALF AN HOUR EARLIER. IS IT NOT CIRCUMSTANTIAL? BUT THEN YOU MIGHT START TO SEE A PATTERN. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN OUR TEAM WHO YOU MIGHT NOTICE START TO COME LATE. LET'S GET TO THE NEWS, SHALL WE? THE PRIME MINISTER HAS ARRIVED IN THE U.S. AHEAD OF A NATO SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON DC. CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL BE MEETING WITH OFFICIALS AND POLITICIANS IN THE U.S. CAPITAL TODAY. THE NATO SUMMIT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE, GETS UNDERWAY ON FRIDAY. IT'S THE THIRD MEETING IN A ROW WHERE NEW ZEALAND'S BEEN INVITED BY THE NORTH ATLANTIC DEFENCE PACT TO ATTEND. 36 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AFTER A WAVE OF RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKES IN UKRAINE. KYIV'S MAIN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WAS HIT IN THE DEADLIEST ATTACK IN MONTHS. PRESIDENT VOLODYMR ZELENSKY HAS VOWED TO RETALIATE AND CALLED FOR SUPPORT FROM UKRAINE'S WESTERN ALLIES, INCLUDING FUNDING FOR WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION. AFTER CARVING A PATH OF DESTRUCTION THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN, HURRICANE BERYL HAS MADE LANDFALL ON THE TEXAS COAST, BRINGING HEAVY RAIN, DAMAGING WINDS AND THE THREAT OF TORNADOES. THE ABC'S MELISSA ADAN HAS THE LATEST. HURRICANE BERYL SLAMMING INTO TEXAS, MAKING LANDFALL JUST SOUTH OF HOUSTON. THE CATEGORY ONE STORM BRINGING TORRENTIAL RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS. STORM SURGE WARNINGS IN EFFECT, WITH UP TO 7ft OF SURGE POSSIBLE ABOVE REGULAR TIDE LEVELS. THE SEAWALL IN GALVESTON TAKING A POUNDING. AND IN ROSENBERG, ABOUT 35 MILES FROM HOUSTON, OFFICERS IN HIGH-WATER VEHICLES HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED TO MAKE WATER RESCUES. YOU GOT TO KINDA PREPARE FOR THE WORSE, YOU KNOW, HOPE FOR THE BEST. EXPERTS SAY BARROW'S EXPLOSIVE GROWTH INTO AN UNPRECEDENTED STORM SO EARLY IN THE SEASON WAS FUELLED BY THE ATLANTIC'S RECORD WARMTH. OFFICIALS WARNED THAT THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL BE ROUGH FOR THE HOUSTON AREA, AND THEN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WILL SEE THE EFFECTS OF THE STORM'S REMNANTS, PROMPTING A FLOOD WATCH. POWER IS OUT HERE WHERE I AM, AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TEXANS THAT HAVE LOST ELECTRICITY DUE TO BERYL. OFFICIALS WARNING THOSE ALONG THE COAST ` STAY INDOORS UNTIL IT IS SAFE TO GO OUT. BOEING HAS AGREED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO ONE CRIMINAL FRAUD CHARGE RELATING TO TWO FATAL CRASHES INVOLVING ITS 737 MAX JETLINERS. THE COMPANY WILL PAY A $400 MILLION FINE BUT AVOID A TRIAL OVER THE 2018 LION AIR AND 2019 ETHIOPIAN AIR CRASHES, WHICH KILLED A TOTAL OF 346 PEOPLE. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAYS THE CHARGE STEMS FROM BOEING MISLEADING REGULATORS ABOUT A FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM BLAMED FOR THE CRASHES. THE DEAL DOESN'T INVOLVE THE LATEST STRING OF SAFETY ISSUES INVOLVING THE COMPANY'S PLANES. ALEC BALDWIN'S TRIAL FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER BEGINS THIS WEEK. THE ACTOR WAS CHARGED OVER THE FATAL SHOOTING OF CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS ON THE SET OF THE MOVIE 'RUST' IN 2021. CHARGES WERE INITIALLY DROPPED LAST YEAR, BUT PROSECUTORS REINSTATED THE CASE AGAINST HIM IN JANUARY. MR BALDWIN HAS DENIED PULLING THE TRIGGER, SAYING THE GUN MALFUNCTIONED AND WENT OFF ON ITS OWN. JURY SELECTION IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW, WITH OPENING STATEMENTS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. TO SPORT, AND AUSTRALIAN ALEX DE MINAUR HAS REACHED HIS FIRST WIMBLEDON QUARTER-FINAL AFTER BEATING FRENCHMAN ARTHER FILS THIS MORNING. DE MINAUR WON THE MATCH IN FOUR SETS BUT HAD TO DIG DEEP AFTER SUFFERED AN ANKLE INJURY. (PLAYERS GRUNT) OH, WHAT A WAY TO FINISH. IT'S A MIC-DROP MOMENT FOR ALEX DE MINAUR. THE AUSTRALIAN QUICK TO IDENTIFY WHAT HE WAS MOST PROUD OF. GETTING OVER THE FINISH LINE. (LAUGHTER) I MEAN, UH... I DEFINITELY MADE IT A LOT HARDER THAN I PROBABLY SHOULD'VE, BUT, AGAIN, UH... HAPPY TO GET THROUGH. GREAT JOB MENTALLY TO STAY WITH IT EVEN THOUGH I COULDN'T SERVE AT THE END, COULDN'T HOLD MY SERVE. I JUST BACK MY RETURNS, SO VERY HAPPY WITH THAT AND ON TO THE NEXT. HIS QUARTER-FINAL OPPONENT WILL BE EITHER HOLGER RUNE OR NOVAK DJOKOVIC, WHO WILL PLAY SHORTLY ON CENTRE COURT. THE CENTRAL PULSE HAVE MADE A FOURTH QUARTER COMEBACK TO BEAT THE MAGIC AND MOVE TO THE TOP OF THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP TABLE. THE MAGIC LED FOR MOST OF THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS, AT ONE STAGE HOLDING A SIX-SHOT LEAD. BUT WITH THE RETURN OF SOME SENIOR PLAYERS, THE PULSE FOUND FORM LATE IN THE MATCH. YEAH, JUST CONSISTENCY DEFENSIVELY, AND THEN I THINK ON THE THIRD QUARTER, WE HAD AN EXCELLENT CENTRE PASS TO SCORE, SO THE CONNECTIONS BUILT. SO WE JUST TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME IN THAT FIRST HALF, AND THEN WE CAME TOGETHER IN THAT SECOND HALF. WITH TWO ROUNDS STILL REMAINING, THE SPOTS FOR THE FINALS REMAIN WIDE OPEN. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (UPBEAT MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THE REGION. A BIT OF DRIZZLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. 17 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` OTHER THAN SOME CLOUD IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA, IT'S LOOKING BETTER HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF YOU. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR SOME OF YOU. THIS WON'T STICK AROUND, CLEARING TO A NICE FINE DAY AFTER MIDDAY FOR MOST. 15 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE REGION. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN TAUMARUNUI. 13 IN THE CAPITAL. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF CLOUD THIS MORNING FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. OTHERWISE, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY SUNNY FOR MOST OF YOU. 12 THE HIGH FOR KAIKOURA. 13 FOR THE REST OF YOU. HEADING SOUTH ` A CLOUDY START IN CHRISTCHURCH. OTHERWISE IT'S CLEAR SKIES FOR YOUR TUESDAY. 11 THE HIGH FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND ASHBURTON. A LOW OF SEVEN IN ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH IN MILFORD SOUND AND OBAN. ELSEWHERE, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. BLUE SKIES TODAY. 9 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN. BLANKET SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS ARE SET TO BE SCRAPPED BY THE GOVERNMENT. IT'S DRAWN CRITICISM FROM ROAD SAFETY ADVOCATES, WHO SAY THE PROPOSAL WILL LEAD TO MORE DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES. SUBMISSIONS ON THE POLICY CLOSE THIS THURSDAY. SO FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY DOM KALASIH FROM TRANSPORTING NEW ZEALAND AND SIMON KINGHAM FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY. GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH. SIMON, IF THE CHANGES GET THE GREEN LIGHT, WHAT IS THAT MEAN FOR SAFETY ON ROADS? IT MEANS WE WILL SEE MORE DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURY, BECAUSE WITH INCREASED SPEED LIMITS, YOU GET MORE PEOPLE DYING ON THE ROADS AND MORE PEOPLE GETTING INJURED. DOM, YOU HEAR THAT, WHAT IS THE COST TO YOUR INDUSTRY? DANIEL, CAN I SAY, THE ROADS ARE THE WORK SPACE FOR MOST OF OUR MEMBERS. NONE OF OUR MEMBERS WANT TO SEE MORE CRASHES OR MORE HARM TO ANYONE, OKAY, SECONDLY, MOVING ROAD FREIGHT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY. WE THINK A BALANCED APPROACH NEEDS TO OCCUR. I DO WARN PEOPLE OF JUMPING TO TOO MANY CONCLUSIONS. THE PROPOSALS PUT FORWARD ARE, ESSENTIALLY, TO REQUIRE A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS TO BE DONE, AND FOR THE REQUIREMENTS OF CONSULTATION TO BE STRENGTHENED. SO THERE IS A PROPOSAL TO RESET BACK TO THE OLD LIMITS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THEN, TO TAKE THAT ANALYSIS. WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL NOT TO JUMP TO TOO MANY CONCLUSIONS. THE EVIDENCE IS THERE. THERE IS DEATHS ON OUR ROADS DUE TO SPEED. THERE ARE LESS DEATHS THAN ONE MIGHT THINK THAT ARE DUE TO SPEED. 341 DEATHS IS A LOT. SPEED IS NOT THE ONLY WAY OF REDUCING DEATHS. WITH ANY RISK, WE DO NEED TO BRING A BALANCED APPROACH. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, THOUGH? THE PROPOSED RULE IS QUITE CLEAR ON THIS. REALLY, IT IS TO CONSIDER SAFETY AND PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY. AND EVEN THE IMPACTS ON ENVIRONMENT. SIMEON BROWN THE TRANSPORT MINISTER SAID THE SPEED PREDICTION HAS CAUSED THE ECONOMY TO SLOW DOWN IS THERE A WAY TO BALANCE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS HERE, GETTING CROSSED WIRED. THE SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE, HAPPENED ON STREETS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE. TO TAKE THOSE AWAY, WITHOUT DOING A BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS, ALMOST CERTAINLY WOULD BE NEGATIVE, THEY BE VERY POOR FOR RAISING THEM, SO ONE THAT WE KEEP WHAT WE'VE GOT, IF ANALYSIS SAYS RAISE THEM, DO IT IF WE NEED TO. BUT THERE ARE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS WITH BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS. ALL THESE ROADS THAT HAVE HAD THE SPEED LIMITS REDUCED ON, HAVE GONE THROUGH PUBLIC CONSULTATION. WE ARE THROWING THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER HERE. IT DETERS KIDS FROM WALKING TO SCHOOL, BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE. IT INCREASES EMISSIONS AND POLLUTION. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BLANKET SPEED. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE? ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, IT IS NOT THAT CLEAR THAT INCREASING SPEED INCREASES EMISSIONS. THERE IS LOTS OF EVIDENCE THAT SAYS IT IS THE OPPOSITE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WITH MORE CONGESTION, THE EMISSIONS ARE WORSE THAN WITH FREE-FLOWING TRAFFIC. I THINK, DANIEL, COMES DOWN TO THEIR FUNDAMENTAL THING AS TO WHETHER YOU WANT TO TAKE THE BALANCE APPROACH OR NOT. THE PREVIOUS APPROACH WAS PRETTY MUCH SAFETY IS ALL THAT MATTERS. WHAT THE ROLE PROPOSES TO DO IS TAKE A MORE BALANCED APPROACH CONSIDERING SAFETY, PRODUCTIVITY, AND IMPACT ON CLIMATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING, BOTH OF YOU. I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO AGREE TO DISAGREE. THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL IS UP TO 120 KM/H ON ROADS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. THERE WAS A SUBMISSION BY CAROLYN PERRY WHO WAS A DIRECTION OF THE NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY ADVOCATE GROUP, THIS IS FALKLAND. 85% OF SERIOUS CRASHES NEAR SCHOOLS HAPPEN OUTSIDE THE NORMAL SCHOOL PICKUP AND DROP-OFF TIME. SO TO HAVE VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS AROUND SCHOOLS, IT GOES AGAINST WHAT THE EVIDENCE TELLS US. THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU WANT A VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS, THEIR ARGUMENTS FOR PEOPLE TRAVELLING TO WORK, EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING, THE SPEED LIMIT IS 40 CASE, THERE IS NOBODY AROUND, DO WE NEED TO BE GOING AT 40 K WHEN THERE IS HARDLY ANYBODY ON THE ROAD? WHEN THE GOVERNMENT WANT TO SET THEIR SPEED LIMITS, THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS ARE THERE. THEY TAKE ALONGSIDE SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT AS WELL. THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO PUSH FOR SPEED SO THAT MORE DEATHS HAPPEN. TO BE WANT TO LIVE THOSE SPEED LIMITS UP SHOULD MARK WHY WE ALWAYS ARE SUCH A RUSH? AT LIFE IN THESE FAST PACE CITIES. YOU GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND YOU SAY, OH, EVERYONE IS SO CHILL. I WANT TO PUT THIS OUT, THERE WAS A REPORT THE INFORMATION THEY CAME OUT OF THAT IS THAT LOWER SPEED LIMITS MAKE A 20 MINUTE TRIP IN AUCKLAND $0.15 LONGER. DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO LISTEN TO ANYBODY. THE GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE THE LAST SAY ON THE SPEED LIMITS AROUND THE COUNTRY. ISN'T THAT THE NORMAL SPEED LIMIT NOW WITH ALL THE SPEED BUMPS, SOMEONE ELSE SAYS. IT FEELS LIKE THAT. IT IS FRUSTRATING. LET'S CHILL. I KNOW YOU'LL HAVE OPINIONS ON THIS, E WHAI AKE NEI ` WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT HOW VITAL IT IS TO SAVE FOR RETIREMENT, BUT HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT DOING IT? WE'LL HAVE THOSE ANSWERS NEXT. AGEING IS A DAUNTING PROSPECT, THERE'S NO IFS OR BUTS ABOUT IT, AND FOR MANY, IT'S NOT ABOUT PHYSICAL DECLINE; IT'S ALL ABOUT SURVIVING COMFORTABLY IN YOUR LATER YEARS. SOPHIE HALLWRIGHT FROM FINANCIAL PLATFORM THE CURVE HAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS HARD AND HAS COME UP WITH A NOVEL APPROACH. MORENA, SOPHIE. YOU WANT TO REBRAND RETIREMENT. AT SO BORING, EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT IT, WE CAN SEE PEOPLE GLAZING OVER. IT TOOK ME YEARS OF TALKING ABOUT FINANCIAL EDUCATION TO FINALLY GRASP THE CONCEPTS THAT I NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. WE DECIDED TO REBRAND IT, WE CALLED IT THE TWENTY-YEAR HOLIDAY. IS SOONER YOU SAY RETIREMENT, INSTANTLY EVERYONE THINKS ABOUT LIVING A RETIREMENT VILLAGE, MOST PEOPLE WANT TO AVOID THINKING ABOUT THAT. WE CHIDE TO MAKE IT SOUND FUN AND EXCITING, AND HONESTLY, IF I WAS ON HOLIDAY FOR 20 YEARS, AND I WAS STUCK IN A ROOM AND COULDN'T DO ANYTHING, IT WOULD SUCK. I WANT MY HOLIDAY TO BE ` I WANT TO TRAVEL, I WANT TO EAT DELICIOUS FOOD, AND SPEND TIME WITH THE PEOPLE THAT I LOVE. IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE ENGAGING IN THE CONVERSATION, RIGHT? YOU'VE WRITTEN A PIECE ON 1 NEWS, AND IT IS QUITE A CANDID PIECE THAT YOU'VE WRITTEN ON YOUR FEARS ABOUT BECOMING OLD. I'D LIKE TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING OLD PEOPLE ARE SOME OF FIVE FAVOURITE PEOPLE. WITH AGE, COMES WISDOM. THERE ARE DEFINITELY ELEMENTS ABOUT GROWING OLD THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO, BUT I'M JUST ABOUT TO TURN 33 AND I'M SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS` SOPHIE, I AM AN OLD PERSON COMPARED TO YOU. PEOPLE AROUND ME ARE USING BOTOX AND DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO AVOID THE IDEA OF GETTING OLD. THE IDEA OF YOUR BODY AND BRAIN SLOWING DOWN IS GETTING SCARY. AT THE MOMENT, I GET A SALARY. I HAVE MONEY TO LIVE, AND IF I WAS ONLY GETTING GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS, AND I DIDN'T HAVE A FUND, IT WOULD BE A MUCH SCARIER TIME. I PERSONALLY REALLY BURIED MY HEAD IN THE SAND FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT IT, AND REFRAMING IT AND ALSO AUTOMATING IT, TAKES IT OUT OF THE EQUATION. YOU DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE IDEA OF GOING ON RETIREMENT EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A PAYCHECK. IT REMOVES THAT LOW-LEVEL ANXIETY OF HAVING TO THINK ABOUT IT OR DO ANYTHING. ONCE YOU'VE MADE THOSE DECISIONS AND AUTOMATED YOUR PAYCHECK, IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT MAY RESONATE WITH MORE PEOPLE. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT WOMEN FACE. WOMEN HAVE LESS IN RETIREMENT THAN MEN. WE HAVE RUN OUT OF TIME, AND I WONDER WHETHER, TO FINISH OFF, JUST A COUPLE OF TIPS AROUND THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT? START IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO THIS, START. 10 YEARS IS ENOUGH TIME TO GO INTO A HIGH-RISK FUND. THE GENERAL ADVICE AS THE LONGER YOU HAVE, THE BETTER. TIME IN THE MARKET. THE SOONER YOU CAN GET GOING, THE BETTER. IF YOU ARE FEELING OVERWHELMED BY OPTIONS, YOU CAN CALL THE FUND MANAGERS AND ASK QUESTIONS, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO GIVE YOU ADVICE. YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE HIGHEST PERFORMERS. ETHICAL LENSES, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER, BUT THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME IS MAKING IT SUPER SIMPLE. WHEN YOU GET YOUR MONEY, SPLIT IT UP INTO YOUR NEEDS, AND YOUR WANTS, AND MAKE YOUR RETIREMENT AUTOMATED. IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT HAVING KIDS, THAT IS A MASSIVE ONE TO THINK ABOUT. MAYBE IT IS YOUR PARTNER GOING BACK TO WORK SO THAT YOU CAN GO BACK TO EARNING QUICKER. IT'S REALLY ABORTED TO THINK ABOUT, CAN I STILL CONTRIBUTE TO MY FUND? IS IT SOMETHING MY PARTNER WILL SPLIT WITH ME? IT IS HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND STARTING TO THINK ABOUT THE TIME. I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT WENT DOING A LOT OF POD CASTS ON THIS, SERVE ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN READING MORE, THERE IS INFORMATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY MINUTES AS LATE? WE'VE ASKED YOU FOR YOUR VIEWS, WALLY HAS WRITTEN AND, IN THE MILITARY, THE GOLDEN RULE IS TO BE AT THE PLACE FIVE MINUTES EARLY. MARK HAS WRITTEN AND SAYING GOOD MORNING, REGARDING LATENESS, LATE AS LATE. IT IS AS SIMPLE AS LATE. IF YOU START WORK AT SEVEN, YOU SHOULD BE SET AT WORK AND DOING WORK AT SEVEN. SOMEWHAT ARGUE GETTING TO WORK ON TIME AS LATE. YOU SHOULD BE WORKING BY THE TIME YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING. IS THAT THE CASE FOR YOU? DO YOU TURN UP ON TIME? I DO. DO YOU? YOU ARE HERE EARLY, EARLY. I SWEAR YOU HAVE A BED HERE. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, WILL SHE STAY IN PARLIAMENT? DARLEEN TANA HAS RESIGNED FROM THE GREENS BUT COULD REMAIN AN INDEPENDENT MP. WE'LL ASK CHLOE SWARBRICK IF SHE WILL USE THE WAKA JUMPING LEGISLATION TO BOOT HER OUT OF PARLIAMENT JUST AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. Big Save's Stock Liquidation Sale has nothing to do with liquid, but it does have a lot to do with significant discounts and impressive cost cutting on high-quality furniture. So let these savings flow over you like liquid. Only at Big Save. MORENA. WELCOME BACK. OPINIONS ARE DIVIDED OVER THE IMPACT THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO RAISE SPEED LIMITS WILL HAVE ON ROAD SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY. THE COALITION'S PROPOSED REVERSING THE BLANKET SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS PUT IN PLACE BY THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT. PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS ON THE POLICY CLOSE ON THURSDAY. TRANSPORTING NEW ZEALAND'S DOM KALASIH WANTS LIMITS RAISED AND BELIEVES THERE NEEDS TO BE A FOCUS ON MORE THAN JUST SAFETY. THE PREVIOUS APPROACH WAS PRETTY MUCH 'SAFETY IS ALL THAT MATTERS'. RIGHT? WHAT THE RULE PROPOSES TO DO IS TAKE A MORE BALANCED APPROACH, CONSIDERING SAFETY, PRODUCTIVITY AND IMPACT ON CLIMATE. THE PLAN HAS DRAWN WIDESPREAD CRITICISM FROM ROAD SAFETY ADVOCATES, WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSOR SIMON KINGHAM SAYING THERE ARE MORE NEGATIVE IMPACTS. WELL, IT MEANS WE'RE ALMOST CERTAINLY GOING TO SEE MORE DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES, BECAUSE WE KNOW WITH INCREASED SPEED LIMITS AND CARS DRIVING FASTER, YOU GET MORE PEOPLE DYING ON THE ROADS FROM CRASHES, AND YOU GET MORE PEOPLE GETTING INJURED. THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE DISBENEFITS. IN 2023, 341 PEOPLE DIED ON THE ROADS IN NEW ZEALAND, AND IN NEARLY A THIRD OF THESE, SPEED WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. AT LEAST 16 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED AFTER AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE ON A SCHOOL BEING USED AS U.N. RUN SHELTER IN CENTRAL GAZA. THE HAMAS-RUN GAZA MEDIA OFFICE SAYS THE BUILDING WAS SHELTERING AT LEAST 7000 DISPLACED PALESTINIANS, WHILE ISRAEL CLAIMS IT WAS BEING USED AS A HAMAS COMMAND CENTRE. THE U.N. ESTIMATES THE NUMBER OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IN GAZA HAS RISEN TO 1.9 MILLION PEOPLE. 36 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN UKRAINE AFTER A WAVE OF RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ONE OF THE STRIKES HIT A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN KYIV AND PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY HAS VOWED TO RETALIATE. THE BBC'S ABDUJALIL ABDURASULOV IS THERE, AND A WARNING ` HIS REPORT CONTAINS DISTRESSING IMAGES. AFTER TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF WAR, THESE SCENES SHOT LIKE NEVER BEFORE. CANCER PATIENTS SURVIVED A DIRECT HIT. THEY ARE ALREADY BATTLING FOR THEIR LIVES, BUT TODAY THEY HAVE TO ESCAPE FROM RUSSIAN MISSILES. THE CHILDREN WERE TAKEN TO A SHELTER BEFORE THEY WERE EVACUATED TO OTHER HOSPITALS. THE STRIKE HAPPENED DURING THE DAYTIME WHEN SOME OF THE CHILDREN WERE STILL IN THE SURGERY ROOM. ONE OF THE WORST AFFECTED PARTS OF THE BUILDING WAS WEATHER CHILDREN WERE GETTING DIALYSIS TREATMENT. THEY ARE STILL CLEARING THE DEBRIS TO SEE IF ANY MORE PEOPLE ARE STILL TRAPPED UNDER THE RUBBLE. TRANSLATOR: WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF SURGERY WHEN THE WINDOWS GOT SHATTERED. THE SURGEON QUICKLY COVERED THE BABY TO SAVE HIM. I WANT THE WORLD TO STOP THIS. THESE CHILDREN ARE INNOCENT. WE ARE INNOCENT. I WANT THE WORLD TO SEE AND HEAR THIS. REPEATED AIR RAID SIRENS INTERRUPTED RESCUE EFFORTS. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS HAD TO STOP AND FLEE TO A BOMB SHELTER. THIS DEADLY BOMBARDMENT TOOK PLACE UNDER A MAJOR NATO SUMMIT. THE PRESIDENT WILL LIKELY MAKE A PLEA FOR MORE WEAPONS AND SUPPORT TO PREVENT DAYS LIKE THIS. BOEING WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO A SINGLE CRIMINAL FRAUD CHARGE, RELATING TO TWO FATAL 737 MAX JETLINERS CRASHES THAT KILLED 346 PEOPLE. THE COMPANY WILL AVOID TRIAL OVER THE 2018 LION AIR AND 2019 ETHIOPIAN AIR CRASHES, INSTEAD PAYING A $400 MILLION FINE. FAMILIES OF THE CRASH VICTIMS HAVE CRITICISED THE PLEA DEAL AS 'GENEROUS AND DECEPTIVE'. THE DEAL DOES NOT INVOLVE IMMUNITY FOR THE LATEST STRING OF SAFETY ISSUES INVOLVING THE COMPANY'S PLANES. TO SPORT, AND THE COACH OF RISING TENNIS STAR LULU SUN SAYS SHE'S MENTALLY IN A GOOD PLACE HEADING INTO HER FIRST EVER GRAND SLAM QUARTER-FINAL. THE KIWI-BORN PLAYER SHOCKED THE TENNIS WORLD BY REACHING THE FINAL EIGHT OF THE GRASS COURT TOURNAMENT AS A QUALIFIER, BEATING FORMER GRAND SLAM CHAMPION EMMA RADUCANU TO REACH THE QUARTERS. LULU IS ON` KIND OF ON A WAVE, RIGHT, SO WE DON'T WANT TO FALL OFF THE WAVE NOW. AND I THINK SHE'S SUPER EXCITED AND SHE'S SUPER MOTIVATED. SO I WOULD SAY THAT SHE'S FINE, MENTALLY, RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW THAT AFTER THE TOURNAMENT, SHE WILL BE EMPTY. SUN WILL PLAY WORLD NUMBER 37 DONNA VEKIC EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (RELAXED MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THE REGION. A BIT OF DRIZZLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. 16 DEGREES FOR AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` OTHER THAN SOME CLOUD IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. IT'S LOOKING BETTER HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF YOU. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN TAUPO TODAY. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR SOME OF YOU. THIS WON'T STICK AROUND, CLEARING TO A NICE FINE DAY AFTER MIDDAY FOR MOST. OVER TO THE WEST ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE REGION. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN TAUMARUNUI. 14 DEGREES FOR LEVIN. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF CLOUD THIS MORNING FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. OTHERWISE, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY SUNNY FOR MOST OF YOU. HEADING SOUTH ` A CLOUDY START IN CHRISTCHURCH. OTHERWISE IT'S CLEAR SKIES FOR YOUR TUESDAY. 7 DEGREES FOR ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH IN MILFORD SOUND AND OBAN. 10 DEGREES FOR INVERCARGILL. BRIGHTEN UP YOUR HOME IN JUST AN AFTERNOON OR A WEEKEND WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED THANKS TO RESENE. TODAY WE'RE GIVING AWAY A RESENE HOME MAKEOVER, INCLUDING A RESENE COLOUR CONSULTATION, THE LATEST RESENE PAINT AND WALLPAPER AND A RESENE ECO DECORATOR TO ASSIST WITH THE PAINTING. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS HEAD TO winwithtvnz.co.nz, ENTER TODAY'S KEYWORD, WHICH IS 'PAINT', AND YOU'RE IN THE DRAW. AND IF YOU ALSO TUNE INTO 'SEVEN SHARP' TONIGHT, YOU HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN. LOOK OUT FOR A NEW KEYWORD TONIGHT. AND DON'T FORGET ` EVERY CORRECT ENTRY ALSO GOES IN THE DRAW TO WIN ONE MORE MG3 HYBRID PLUS CAR THANKS TO MG. THE STYLISH MG3 HYBRID PLUS COMES WITH CUTTING EDGE TECH, A SEVEN-YEAR ROADSIDE ASSIST AND A GENEROUS SEVEN-YEAR WARRANTY, AND WE STILL HAVE ONE MG3 HYBRID CAR TO GIVE AWAY ON 'SEVEN SHARP' NEXT MONDAY. MAKE SURE YOU ALSO WATCH 'SEVEN SHARP' EACH NIGHT TO ENTER THE SPECIAL KEYWORD TO BE IN TO WIN. THAT ADDRESS AND KEY WORD AGAIN ` winwithtvnz.co.nz AND 'PAINT'. PAINT, EVERYBODY. WHEN ARE YOU LATE FOR WORK? THIS IS THE QUESTION WE HAVE BEEN ASKING. HOW MANY MINUTES IS IT ACCEPTABLE TO BE LATE? JUST IN GENERAL. WHAT IS YOUR ROLE TO LATENESS? MARK, ARE YOU OKAY? A SCOURGE. PEOPLE WHO ARE LATE TO WORK, LATER MEETINGS AND ET CETERA, THEY ARE SIMPLY SELFISH, USELESS, I CANNOT SAY THAT WORD, WHO CANNOT OR DO NOT CARE ABOUT ANYONE ELSE WHO CAN ACTUALLY MANAGE THEIR LIVES AND DO NOT DESERVE JOBS OR FRIENDS. OH, MARK. SOME OF THE MOST PREDICTIVE PEOPLE ARE OFTEN LATE. HE GOES ON TO SAY I WOULD TRY TO HELP THEM AS AN EMPLOYER, BUT IF THE POOR ATTITUDE AND SELFISH FAILURE DID NOT IMPROVE, I WOULD WEED THEM OUT SO THEY DO NOT CONTINUE TO SET A BAD EXAMPLE AND AFFECT OTHER EMPLOYEES. MARK. ALICE SAYS, I WAS ALWAYS TOLD IF EARLY, YOU ARE ON TIME. IF YOU ARE ON TIME, YOU ARE LATE. IF YOU ARE LATE, DO NOT EVEN BOTHER SHOWING UP. SANDRA, I RECKON A NUMBER OF YOU WILL FEEL LIKE THIS, COLLEAGUES WHO THINK IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO ARRIVE 15 TO 20 MINUTES AFTER THEIR START TIME, AND THEN THEY CHAT FOR ANOTHER 10 TO 15 MINUTES BEFORE EVEN TURNING ON THE COMPUTER, AND THEN IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO HAVE BREAKFAST. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE EARLY WHO BEHAVE LIKE THAT. AND PEOPLE WHO ARE LATE TO GET A WHOLE LOT MORE DONE. BUT IF YOU ARE EARLY, YOU CAN DO ALL OF THAT STUFF. WHEN I WAS IN THE POLICE, WE HAD A MEETING 15 MINUTES BEFORE OUR SHIFT STARTED. YOU HAD TO BE READY BEFORE THAT. WHEN IT FINISHED, OFF YOU WENT. WERE YOU PAID FOR THAT TIME? YES. YOU HAD TO BE READY TO GO BY THAT TIME. THE PREPARATION TIME BEFOREHAND. ANNE-MARIE SAYS, FOR OUR WORK, LATENESS IS NOT AN ISSUE. WE KEEP THE TEAM ADVISED BY A CHAT GROUP AS A MATTER OF COURTESY. BUT THE MANAGER TAKES THE VIEW THAT WE ALL WORK FAR MORE HOURS THAN REQUIRED, SO THERE IS NO NEED TO QUIBBLE ABOUT BEING IN THE OFFICE BY 8:30 AM OR BEING SLIGHTLY LONGER THAN AN HOUR FOR LUNCH, AND BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING, DANIEL, NOBODY ABUSE OF THIS. I AM WITH THAT. I THINK THE PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY PRODUCTIVE AND OFTEN ANSWERING EMAILS IN THE EVENINGS SOMETIMES, THEY ACTUALLY END UP VERY EFFICIENT. WE HAVE HAD THAT DISCUSSION BEFORE. WHAT IS THE CUT-OFF TIME OF WHEN YOU ARE EXPECTED TO STAY TUNED INTO THINGS BEYOND WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO DO? IT IS COURTESY TO ADVISE PEOPLE YOU ARE RUNNING LATE. I DO NOT THINK IT IS PRODUCTIVE. WHAT ARE YOU TEACHING YOUR WORK STUFF, ANNE-MARIE? SHE SAYS NOBODY ABUSE IS IT. YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT, REALLY, ANNE-MARIE, DO YOU? SHE TOLD US SHE DOES. ME U TONU MAI ` WHILE NEW ZEALAND HAS SCRAPPED ITS COW 'BURP' TAX, DENMARK IS INTRODUCING ONE. WE'LL FIND OUT WHY THEY ARE BRINGING IT IN. WE'LL FIND OUT WHY THEY AND WILL ACTUALLY STICK? (UPBEAT MUSIC) DENMARK IS INTRODUCING A WORLD-FIRST EMISSIONS TAX ` SOUND FAMILIAR? TARGETING GASSY COWS, SHEEP, AND PIGS. THE LIVESTOCK TAX WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN 2030 IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE DANISH GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 70%. NEW ZEALAND SCRAPPED PLANS FOR A SIMILAR SCHEME DUE TO TAKE EFFECT NEXT YEAR, GIFTING THE DANES THE 'WORLD FIRST' TAG. I'M JOINED NOW BY SENIOR POLICY ADVISER AT CARBON FUTURE, SEBASTIAN MANHART. MORENA. FIVE MONTHS OF NEGOTIATION WITH FARMING AND CONSERVATION GROUPS. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS TAX PLAN? IT IS REALLY QUITE AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT. AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, HERE IN EUROPE, WE HAVE FARMERS ON THE STREETS DEMONSTRATING WITH THEIR TRACTORS ALL OVER EUROPE, AND IN THAT ENVIRONMENT, DENMARK MANAGED TO PULL OFF A FIRST OF ITS KIND LAW THAT IS GOING TO PROVIDE A VISION FOR FARMERS IN THE FUTURE AND PREVENT IT FROM A BLOCKER TO CLIMATE CHANGE INTO AN ENABLER OF HELPING US FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS IS SOMETHING QUITE EXTRAORDINARY. THE QUESTION IS ` WILL IT STICK? I SAY THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE. THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT SCRAPPED PLANS TO TAX OUR AGRICULTURE EMISSIONS FROM 2025. DENMARK'S TAX SCHEME IS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN 2030. WILL IT STAY, DO YOU THINK? I THINK SO. I THINK WHAT DENMARK DID VERY DIFFERENTLY TO NEW ZEALAND AS THEY RECOGNISE THAT YOU CANNOT JUST COME WITH A STICK. YOU HAVE TO ALSO COME WITH A CARROT. THEY ARE PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIES, SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TO FARMERS WHO ARE WILLING TO OPT INTO THIS PROGRAM AND BE PART OF THE CHANGE, WHILE PENALISING THOSE WHO DO NOT. THOSE BENEFITS START RAMPING UP ON 27, 28. I THINK THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT APPROACH THAT IS TRYING TO PROVIDE FARMERS WITH ESSENTIALLY GETTING PAID BY BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION. I NOTE THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS TO PROVIDE $9.3 BILLION TO RE-FOREST LAND, AND THEY WILL SET ASIDE LAND BY 2030. THE TARGET IS CUTTING 70% OF ITS TOTAL EMISSIONS BY 2030. DO YOU THINK THAT WHAT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE WILL ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN? I DO NOT THINK IT IS A SILVER BULLET. I THINK DENMARK IS QUITE HUMBLE AND HOW IT IS LOOKING AT THIS AND KNOWS THAT IT IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, AND THEY WILL HAVE TO REVISIT IT AND SEE IF THEY NEED TO DOUBLE DOWN ON IT OR IF THEY NEED TO MAKE CHANGES TO IT. ONE THING I SHOULD ALSO MENTION, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THE CHANGES IN SOILS AND IN FORESTRY, BUT ALSO WHAT IS REALLY SMART ABOUT THIS, THEY ARE COMING AT THIS FROM TWO LEVELS ` FROM THE EMISSION REDUCTIONS, AND THEY ARE ALSO PLANNING TO DO WHAT IS CALLED CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL, WHICH IS SUCKING CARBON DIOXIDE DIRECTLY OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CIRCULAR STORY. ESSENTIALLY, YOU TAKE BIOMASS FROM THE SOILS, FROM THE LEFTOVER FIELDS OF THE FARMERS, AND YOU CONVERTED INTO VALUABLE PRODUCTS WHILE LOCKING AWAY CARBON DIOXIDE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. YOU'RE TAKING THIS FROM A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH WHILE PROVIDING FARMERS WITH A REVENUE STREAM. WE KNOW THIS IS A WORLD FIRST. GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE JUST SAID, GIVEN WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS IMPLEMENTING, DO YOU THINK THAT THIS IS A MODEL THAT COULD BE USED AROUND THE WORLD? LET'S FACE IT, A THIRD OF THE GLOBAL EMISSIONS ARE COMING FROM AGRICULTURE. IN NEW ZEALAND, IT IS 50%, AND IN DENMARK, IT IS 30%. THERE ARE A LOT OF PARALLELS BETWEEN DENMARK AND NEW ZEALAND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE. AND WE NEED TO FIND A NEW ROLE FOR FARMERS, BECAUSE FARMERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS. WHAT DENMARK IS SUGGESTING IS TO TURN FARMERS FROM THE PRODUCERS OF FOOD INTO THE STEWARDS OF LAND. AND THIS IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL VISION OF ESSENTIALLY EXPANDING THEIR SKILL SETS, EXPANDING THEIR ROLE AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IN A WAY THAT GOES HAND-IN-HAND WITH A FUTURE WHERE WE HAVE TO PRODUCE FOOD WHILE REDUCING AND REMOVING EMISSIONS. GIVEN ALL OF THAT, JUST TO FINISH THINGS OFF, WE KNOW, AS YOU SAID AT THE BEGINNING, THERE WERE HUGE PROTESTS ACROSS EUROPE, SO DO YOU EXPECT THERE TO BE SCENES LIKE THAT WHEN THIS IS EVENTUALLY PUT INTO PLACE? I THINK THERE ARE TWO THINGS TO SAY THERE. FIRST, WHILE FARMERS GROUPS ARE SPLIT IN DENMARK, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT MORE BUY IN AND ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS THAN FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND HAPPENED IN NEW ZEALAND. SECOND, I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH, THERE IS MONEY ON THE TABLE. IT IS ALMOST NZ$10 BILLION. THAT IS WHAT MISSING IN NEW ZEALAND. MY FEAR IS THAT TRUST HAS BEEN LOST IN THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND TO DO THIS. NO POLITICIAN WILL BE WILLING TO TOUCH THIS ANYTIME SOON. THAT IS A SHAME, BECAUSE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND TURN THE WHOLE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR OF NEW ZEALAND INTO A FUTURE SOLUTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND EXPORTS. YOU MAKE SOME BRILLIANT POINTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST LOOKING AT THE FEEDBACK ON HOW MANY MINUTES IS IT TO BE LATE AND ACCEPTABLE COMING INTO WORK. WARREN, I HAVE BEEN LATE FOR WORK. I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE HALF-AN-HOUR EARLY THAN ONE MINUTE LATE. I FEEL WE SHOULD BE ON-SITE AND READY FOR WORK RIGHT ON TIME. OTHERWISE YOU ARE LATE. THAT IS OLD SCHOOL. NOTHING WRONG WITH OLD SCHOOL. I AM NOT SAYING THERE IS. THAT IS HOW WE ROLL, WE OLD SCHOOL PEOPLE. E HAERE AKE NEI ` HOW MANY SONGS CAN BE PLAYED WITH THE SAME THREE CHORDS? WE'LL FIND OUT WHY MELODIES IN MUSIC ARE GETTING SIMPLER OVER TIME AND TRY TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ` WAS MUSIC BETTER BACK IN THE DAY? YES. YES, IT WAS. OLD SCHOOL. (UPBEAT MUSIC) Ready! (BOTH CHEER) (LAUGHS) VOICEOVER: Small steps can help you achieve your goals. Get your money one step ahead with ASB. WHO HASN'T HEARD THE OLD SAYING 'MUSIC WAS MUCH BETTER BACK IN MY DAY'. TURNS OUT SCIENCE MIGHT HAVE YOUR BACK. RESEARCHERS FROM QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON HAVE LOOKED AT THE LAST 70 YEARS OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, ANALYSING HOW COMPLEX THE MELODIES ARE. HERE TO EXPLAIN IS RESEARCHER MADELINE HAMILTON. WELCOME TO BREAKFAST. JUST FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT BE LISTENING, THEY MIGHT BE THINKING THAT YOU ARE SAYING MUSIC IS GETTING WORSE, BUT WHAT IS THE HYPOTHESIS? I REALLY DON'T THINK IT MUSIC IS GETTING WORSE, WHAT THE STUDY FOUND IS THAT MALADIES ARE GETTING A SIMPLER AND THE MOST POPULAR SONGS. WE DON'T LISTEN FOR COMPLEX MELODIES ANYMORE, MAYBE WE LISTEN FOR OTHER ASPECTS, LIKE INTERESTING LYRICS OR PRODUCTION, OUR ATTENTION IS SHIFTING AWAY FROM MELODY WHEN IT COMES TO THE MOST POPULAR MUSIC. WHEN YOU ARE DEFINING OR ANALYSING COMPLEXITY, YOU ARE JUST LOOKING AT THE MELODY? WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER COMPONENTS? WE JUST LOOKED AT MELODY, WHICH IS JUST ONE ASPECT OF A SONG. THERE ARE SOME OTHER STUDIES THAT STUDY OTHER DIMENSIONS OF MUSIC, THERE IS BEEN ONE STUDY THAT STUDIES HARMONY AND TIMBRE, THAT SAYS THAT IT HAS STAYED RELATIVELY CONSISTENT, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT NEXT. THE CORDS AND THE TIMBERS ON THE MOST POPULAR MUSIC. WHEN IT COMES TO POP MUSIC, WE LOVE AND EASY, CATCHY MELODY. PEOPLE LIKE SOMETHING THEY CAN SING QUITE EASILY. I REMEMBER THE ERROR OF THE 2000S, QUEENS BAHAMIAN RHAPSODY WAS A MASTER PIECE AND POP MUSIC. SOMETHING THAT WAS ADJUSTING ABOUT THIS DATASET, IT IS THAT IT IS NOT NECESSARILY` I ANALYSE THE MOST POPULAR SONGS OF EACH YEAR, AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY WOULD BE IN THAT DATASET, BUT IT WAS NOT. WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY RELEASED, IT WAS NOT SUPER POPULAR. IT HAS GOT BORE POPULAR OVER TIME. I LOVE A CATCHY MELODY. I LOVE SOMETHING SIMPLE THAT YOU CAN SHOUT IN A BAR, IN THE CAR, ON THE WAY TO WORK. CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WAS IN THE TOP FIVE? WAS THERE A SONG THAT THERE WAS THE MOST SIMPLEST? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, BUT IN 2013, THERE WAS A VIRAL TRENDS CALLED THE HARLEM SHAKE. THAT SONG WAS THE FOURTH MOST POPULAR SONG IN 2013. IT'S MELODY IS BY FAR THE SIMPLEST. IT IS THE SAME NOTE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IT WAS ANNOYING TO TRANSCRIBE, BUT IT WAS REALLY FUNNY. THAT IS HILARIOUS. IN TERMS OF TICK-TOCK TRENDS, I KNOW THIS MIGHT NOT BE IN YOUR RESEARCH, BUT ONE THING I AM SEEING AN TICK-TOCK IS THAT YOU TAKE ONE STEP IT OFF THE SONG, AND IT IS THE MOST CATCHY PART OF THE SONG. DO YOU THINK THAT IS RELATED TO WHATEVER MIGHT BE THE MOST SIMPLEST PART OF THE MELODY? I THINK INCREASINGLY MUSIC IS MADE, IT IS CREATED FOR SHORT FORM CONTENT. AT LEAST IN THE MOST POPULAR MUSIC, MELODIES ARE INCREASINGLY SHORT, LESS THAN 10 SECONDS, SMALL MELODIES THAT ARE REPEATED OFTEN, RATHER THAN SOMETHING THAT IS MORE LONG FORM THAT CANNOT FIT IN A TICK-TOCK. A HOOK AS A HOOK, RIGHT? FASCINATING RESEARCH, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S WHATS COMING UP AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK. PLEASE RESIGN ` THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM THE GREENS TO EMBATTLED MP DARLEEN TANA. HAVING QUIT THE PARTY, SHE COULD STAY ON AS AN INDEPENDENT UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION, AND SAYS SHE DISPUTES THE FINDINGS OF A INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF MIGRANT WORKER EXPLOITATION AT HER HUSBAND'S BUSINESS. GREENS CO-LEADER CHLOE SWARBRICK AND AN EMPLOYMENT LAWYER REACT TO TANA'S CLAIMS SHORTLY. THEY BROUGHT HOME GOLD AT TOKYO, NOW THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS ARE HOPING TO GO BACK TO BACK. WE GO INSIDE THE TEAMS CAMP AS THEY PREPARE FOR PARIS. AND WHY SOME PARENTS ARE WILLING TO FORK OUT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE PICK THE NAME OF THEIR BABY. WE'LL HEAR FROM A PROFESSIONAL BABY NAMER A LITTLE LATER IN THE SHOW. BUT FOR NOW, IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S INDIRA WITH THE NEWS. SOME PEOPLE WILL PAY UP TO 30 GRAND, WITH OTHER SERVICES AND THAT, OR THAT IS COMING UP. RIGHT NOW, HERE IS THE NURSE. NEWS* SAFETY VERSUS PRODUCTIVITY IS UP FOR DEBATE FOLLOWING THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO RAISE SPEED LIMITS ON NEW ZEALAND'S ROADS. THE COALITION WANTS TO REVERSE THE BLANKET SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS IMPLEMENTED BY THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT. TRANSPORT NEW ZEALAND ARGUES IT WILL BOOST EFFICIENCY FOR FREIGHT TRANSPORT, BUT IT'S DRAWN WIDESPREAD CRITICISM FROM ROAD SAFETY ADVOCATES. ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSOR SIMON KINGHAM SAYS THERE'S NO EVIDENCE BEHIND THE SAVINGS. THE SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE WERE` A LOT OF THEM WERE ON STREETS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE; THEY'RE NOT PRIMARILY STREETS THAT WE'RE DELIVERING FREIGHT ON. AND I THINK TO THEN GO BACK AND TAKE THOSE AWAY WITHOUT DOING A BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS ` WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT; WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE BENEFIT COSTS, AND ALMOST CERTAINLY, THEY'D BE NEGATIVE; THEY'D BE VERY POOR FOR RAISING THEM. SO WHY DON'T WE KEEP WHAT WE'VE GOT. IF BENEFIT-COST RATIOS AND ANALYSIS SAYS RAISE THE SPEED LIMITS, GO AHEAD AND DO IT IF WE NEED TO. PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS ON THE POLICY CLOSE ON THURSDAY. THE PRIME MINISTER'S ARRIVED IN THE U.S. AHEAD OF A NATO SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON DC. CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL BE MEETING WITH OFFICIALS AND POLITICIANS IN THE U.S. CAPITAL TODAY. THE NATO SUMMIT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE GETS UNDERWAY ON FRIDAY. IT'S THE THIRD MEETING IN A ROW WHERE NEW ZEALAND'S BEEN INVITED BY THE NORTH ATLANTIC DEFENCE PACT TO ATTEND. 36 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED FOLLOWING A WAVE OF RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKES IN UKRAINE. KYIV'S MAIN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WAS HIT IN THE DEADLIEST ATTACK IN MONTHS. PRESIDENT VOLODYMR ZELENSKY HAS VOWED TO RETALIATE AND CALLED FOR SUPPORT FROM UKRAINE'S WESTERN ALLIES, INCLUDING FUNDING FOR WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION. MORE THAN TWO MILLION HOMES AND BUSINESSES ARE WITHOUT POWER AFTER TROPICAL STORM BERYL SLAMMED INTO TEXAS. BERYL HAD BEEN DOWNGRADED FROM A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE BUT STILL BROUGHT FLASH FLOODING AND HIGH WINDS TO THE AREA. AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED, ADDING TO THE DEATH TOLL FROM BERYL'S PATH THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED NORTH-EAST OF HOUSTON AS THE STORM HEADS INLAND. AOTEAROA DUMPS THE SO-CALLED 'BURP TAX' ON LIVESTOCK EMISSIONS, A SIMILAR POLICY IS SET TO BE IMPLEMENTED OVERSEAS. DENMARK'S INTRODUCING A WORLD-FIRST EMISSIONS TAX TARGETING GASSY COWS, SHEEP AND PIGS IN THE HOPE OF REDUCING THE COUNTRY'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 70% BY 2030. A SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR SAYS DENMARK COMPENSATED FARMERS FOR THE HARSH CRACK DOWN ON THEIR EMISSIONS. WHAT DENMARK DID IT VERY DIFFERENTLY TO NEW ZEALAND IS THEY RECOGNISED THAT YOU CAN'T JUST COME WITH A STICK; YOU HAVE TO ALSO COME WITH A CARROT. SO THEY ARE PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIES, SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TO FARMERS WHO ARE WILLING TO OPT INTO THIS PROGRAM AND BE PART OF THE CHANGE WHILE PENALISING THOSE WHO DO NOT. NEW ZEALAND'S PLANS TO IMPLEMENT A SIMILAR SCHEME WERE SCRAPPED BY THE GOVERNMENT. TO SPORT, AND MEN'S WORLD NUMBER TWO NOVAK DJOKOVIC HAS STARTED STRONG IN HIS ROUND OF 16 MATCH AGAINST HOLGER RUNE. THE SEVEN-TIME WIMBLEDON CHAMPION TAKING THE FIRST SET 6-3. (APPLAUSE) RUNE CURRENTLY LEADS THE SECOND SET 3-1. THE WAIKATO BAY OF PLENTY MAGIC ARE STILL IN CONTENTION FOR THE DOMESTIC NETBALL PLAYOFFS DESPITE A LOSS TO THE CENTRAL PULSE. THE MAGIC LED FOR MOST OF THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS, AT ONE STAGE HOLDING A SIX-SHOT LEAD. BUT THE PULSE FOUGHT BACK TO WIN 53-48. THE MAGIC RECEIVING A BONUS POINT FOR THEIR EFFORTS. ANY POINTS WE CAN GET DEFINITELY WILL HELP. I MEAN, TAKING ALL THE POINTS WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN BETTER, BUT, YEAH, WE'LL PRETTY MUCH JUST HAVE TO SCRAP FOR WHATEVER WE'VE GOT. WE'RE STOKED TO BE IN THIS POSITION ANYWAY, SO WE'VE JUST GOTTA KEEP PUSHING, KEEP CONTINUING TO LEARN HOW TO WIN. THE MAGIC NOW SIT FOURTH ON THE TABLE, JUST ONE POINT BEHIND THE NORTHERN MYSTICS WITH TWO GAMES TO PLAY. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THE REGION. A BIT OF DRIZZLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. 17 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` OTHER THAN SOME CLOUD IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. IT'S LOOKING BETTER HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF YOU. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR SOME OF YOU. THIS WON'T STICK AROUND, CLEARING TO A NICE FINE DAY AFTER MIDDAY FOR MOST. GISBORNE, 14. OVER TO THE WEST ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE REGION. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN TAUMARUNUI. 14, YOUR HIGH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF CLOUD THIS MORNING FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. OTHERWISE, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY SUNNY FOR MOST OF YOU. 12 THE HIGH FOR KAIKOURA. HEADING SOUTH ` A CLOUDY START IN CHRISTCHURCH. OTHERWISE IT'S CLEAR SKIES FOR YOUR TUESDAY. 11 THE HIGH FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH IN MILFORD SOUND AND OBAN. ELSEWHERE, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. BLUE SKIES TODAY. 9 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN. GREEN MP DARLEEN TANA HAS SPENT MORE THAN HALF HER SHORT PARLIAMENTARY CAREER AWAY FROM THE BEEHIVE, AND IS, AS OF THIS MORNING, AN INDEPENDENT MP. SHE QUIT THE GREENS AFTER AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF MIGRANT WORKER EXPLOITATION AT AN E-BIKE SHOP OWNED BY HER HUSBAND. EMPLOYMENT ADVOCATE ALEX KERSJES HAS REPRESENTED SOME OF THE FORMER EMPLOYEES WHO ARE OWED AS MUCH AS $30,000 IN WAGES. HE JOINS ME THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. WHAT WAS YOUR INITIAL REACTION TO THE GREENS DECISION? WE WERE PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME. CLIENTS FEEL VINDICATED, AND WE ARE REALLY PLEASED THAT THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE. THERE HAS BEEN A DRAWNOUT PROCESS, BUT CERTAINLY NOT OVERLY SURPRISED WITH THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY BEING SHOWN BY HER. THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY COMMON THEME THROUGHOUT THE ORDEAL. SHE RELEASED A STATEMENT LAST NIGHT, AND IT SHE MAKES CLEAR THAT SHE DOESN'T ACCEPT THE REPORT'S FINDINGS, AND BELIEVES ITS STEPS ACTUALLY MISREPRESENTS HER INVOLVEMENT AND HER HUSBAND'S BUSINESS? WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF HER INVOLVEMENT? WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE REPORT HERE, SO THE SPECIFIC TRUTH, WE ARE UNSURE. BUT THE FACT THAT THERE WAS INVOLVEMENT, WHICH WE WERE VERY CLEAR ON, SHE WAS AWARE, SHE HAD DETAILS OF THE BUSINESS AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING, SO IT WILL BE GREAT TO SEE WHAT RACHEL DID FIND, IN FULL, BUT CERTAINLY THE FACT THAT OUR CLIENTS HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS, AND THROUGH THIS REPORT WILL NOW BE VINDICATED IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY SAY HAPPENED, AND HOPEFULLY OTHERS AS WELL WHO HAVE HAD THE COURAGE TO SPEAK OUT. WHO IS RACHEL? SHE WAS THE INVESTIGATOR APPOINTED BY THE GREENS. WE HAD TO CLIENTS. ONE OF THEM, THE INITIAL APPOINTMENT AGREEMENT AND ALL OF THOSE EARLY ASPECTS WERE HANDLED BY TANA. WE CERTAINLY KNEW SHE WAS INVOLVED AT THE START. IT WAS COMMON WITHIN THE BUSINESS THAT SHE WAS IN CHARGE OF THAT ASPECT OF THE BUSINESS IN THE EARLY DOORS. SHE DID STEP AWAY, BUT OBVIOUSLY BEING THE WIFE... THINK YOU MAY HAVE FROZEN. WE WILL GIVE YOU A FEW MORE SECONDS TO SEE IF YOU WILL COME BACK TO US. WE WILL LEAVE ALEX THEREFORE NOW. HE WAS THE EMPLOYMENT LAWYER. THE GREENS HAVE ASKED TANA TO RESIGN FROM PARLIAMENT ENTIRELY. GREENS CO-LEADER CHLOE SWARBRICK JOINS ME FOR MORE THIS MORNING. HI CHLOE. WHY CAN'T HE RELEASE THE REPORT? WE HAVE TO FOLLOW GOOD PROCESS AND PRIVACY LAW. OUR CAUCUS WERE CLEAR THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO BE IN A POSITION TO RELEASE THE FINDINGS, AND THERE IS A LOT OF PUBLIC SCRUTINY HERE, TO THAT EFFECT WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, CONSULTING WITH ALL NAMED PARTIES, AND TO GET THINGS OUT AS EXPEDIENTLY AS POSSIBLE, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO MOVE ON IT. DARLENE RELEASED A STATEMENT LAST NIGHT, AND IT SHE MAKES CLEAR THAT SHE DOESN'T ACCEPT THE REPORT'S FINDINGS. WHAT INVOLVEMENT WAS THERE FROM HER? I AM NOT ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE CONTENTS OF THE REPORT, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE LAW TO CONSULT WITH ALL NAMED PARTIES, AND THEY MAKE THE POINT THAT IF DARLENE IS INTERESTED IN DISPUTING THE FACTS OF THIS FINDING, THEN SHE CAN GIVE HER CONSENT TO ITS RELEASE, AND WE CAN HAVE THIS DEBATE IN THE PUBLIC ARENA. HER RESPONSES IN LINE WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS. THIS REPORT COULD HAVE BEEN CURTAILED, IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NEEDED, HAD DARLENE TANA BEEN UPFRONT. SHE WAS NOT. WE HAD TO COMMISSION THIS ENQUIRY. WE HAVE REALLY CLEAR AND A REALLY ROBUST EVIDENTIAL FINDINGS THAT HER BEHAVIOUR DOESN'T ONLY STAND UP TO WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE OF A GREEN MP, BUT AS MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ENTIRELY. GIVEN THAT I AM NOT ABLE TO DISCLOSE THE CONTENTS OF THE REPORT, I CANNOT EXPLAIN HER BEHAVIOUR RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY SHOULD GIVE THEIR CONSENT TO SO THAT WE ARE IN A POSITION TO RELEASE THE REPORT. IF SHE DOESN'T RESIGN, WILL YOU TRY TO ENFORCE THE WAKA JUMPING BILL? I WOULD SAY THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE BALL IS IN DARLENE'S COURT, AND WE HAVE ASKED FOR HER RESIGNATION. WE BELIEVE THAT IS THE BEST WAY THE SITUATION CAN GO, AND TO MINIMISE HARM, IT DOESN'T HELP FOR THERE TO BE A TIT FOR TAT BACK AND FORTH, LEAST OF ALL WHEN THE PLANET IS ON FIRE, WHEN WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RATES OF WEALTH INEQUALITY IN THE WORLD, LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS. I WOULD SAY TO DARLENE IN THE SAME WAY THAT I WOULD SAY TO ANYONE IN OUR CAUCUS, WHEN THE BEHAVIOUR START TO DISTRACT FROM THE THINGS THAT MATTER TO ALL OF US` WE HAVE NOW SEEN DARLENE COME OUT WITH HER TRUTH. WE MAY HAVE TO ENFORCE THE WAKA JUMPING BILL. THERE IS FACTS THAT ON THE BALANCE OF PROBABILITIES HAVE BEEN FOUND BY THE EXPERT INVESTIGATOR THAT ARE VERY CLEAR IN THAT REPORT, THAT TO THE EXTENT THAT MYSELF AND MARAMA UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSED OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT DARLENE TANA BE RESIGNING FROM PARLIAMENT. WE COULD BE IN A POSITION TO DO SO WHERE ALL PARTIES NAMED IN THAT REPORT GAVE THEIR CONSENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WE HAVE GONE OUT TO ALL OF THEM YESTERDAY MORNING. THAT ALLEGATIONS ARE MAINLY ABOUT HER TIME BEFORE PARLIAMENT. WHAT IS YOUR VETTING PROCESS? OUR VETTING PROCESS HAS RELIED ON PEOPLE BEING UPFRONT AND HONEST AND DECLARING THINGS THAT THEY KNOW MAY RAISE QUESTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE VALUES OF THE PARTY. WE HAVE A REALLY CLEARLY ON THE RECORD THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE INSTANCES WHERE SOME OF THOSE THINGS WERE NOT DECLARED. CAN YOU ELABORATE? WE CAN'T COMMENT ON STUFF THAT WE CAN'T GIVE YOU DETAILS ON WITHOUT CONSENT. WE WANT TO ASK DARLENE TANA, AND WE DO NOT BELIEVE SHE IS FIT TO BE A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, SHE HAS BETRAYED OUR VALUES. COULD WE SEE THIS GO TO COURT? AT THIS POINT, I GENUINELY DO NOT KNOW. IT GETS COMPLICATED ABOUT WHAT PROCESSES MAY EXIST FOR MPS TO BE REMOVED FROM THEIR POSITIONS. THE SIMPLEST THING FOR DARLENE TANA TO DO RIGHT NOW WOULD BE TO RESIGN. ALEX, CAN YOU HEAR ME? I PUT TO CHLOE WHETHER THIS COULD GO TO COURT, OR ER A, COULD IT? IS CHLOE SAYS, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ARE COVERED BY THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT WOULD, BUT CERTAINLY ANYONE CAN BRING SUIT AGAINST ANYONE. BUT I AM DOS WHAT CHLOE IS SAYING THIS MORNING. THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL, FOR SOME CLOSURE FOR EVERYONE, PARTICULARLY THESE EMPLOYEES, SHE COULD JUST TAKE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY, MOVE ON, AND DO THE RIGHT THING. IN TERMS OF YOUR CLIENTS, ALEX, HOW ARE THEY FEELING? VINDICATION WAS THE KEY WORD YESTERDAY, ONE DOUBTED THAT DARLENE WOULD RESIGN, AND AS SOON AS THE REPORT CAME OUT THAT WAS HIS VIEW, AND HE IS STILL FEELING A LITTLE SHAKEN BUYOUT, SO I'M SURE SHE DID THE RIGHT THING, THAT WOULD BE NICE FOR HIM. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, ALEX. IF SHE CHOOSES TO BE A INDIVIDUAL MP, BECAUSE SHE STILL BE PAID FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS? THAT'S WHY, AGAIN, WE ARE REALLY, REALLY CLAIRE AS THE GREENS THAT WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT DARLENE TANA'S BEHAVIOUR IS NOT BEFITTING OF A GREEN MP AND OR A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. AS OF SA MORNING, AND HAS GONE OUT ALL NAMED PARTIES IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SO WE CAN GET ALL THE FACTS OUT OF THE PUBLIC ARENA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE WOULD LOVE THE MEDIA RELEASE, BUT WE CAN'T GIVEN THE WAY THE LAW EXISTS. I FEEL BETRAYED, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, AND I THINK SIMILAR SENTIMENTS WILL BE REFLECTED FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE HAD THOUSANDS OF GREEN PARTY VOLUNTEERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO MOBILISED REVISION OF A MORE EQUITABLE, CLEANER, GREENER NEW ZEALAND TO CONVINCE OVER 300,000 NEW ZEALANDERS TO BOTH OUR VALUES, THAT GAVE US 15 SEATS IN PARLIAMENT. NO ONE PERSON IS BIGGER THAN THE KAUPAPA HERE. SO WHEN SOMEONE HAS LOST THE FAITH, THAT WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE BROADER NEW ZEALAND SENTIMENT TOO. IT HAS BEEN A SHITE YEAR FOR THE GREENS. I TAKE NO LEISURE AND HAVING TO LITIGATE US, AND I HOPE THAT DARLENE WOULD DO THE HONOURABLE THING. I HAVE AND AM PRIVILEGED TO SET AMONG SOME OF THE MOST HARD-WORKING, VALUES DRIVEN PEOPLE WHO SIT IN OUR CAUCUS WHO HAVE HAD TO MAKE THIS DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE THIS UNANIMOUS REQUEST FOR HER TO RESIGN FROM PARLIAMENT. THOSE MPS FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL EVERY DAY, AND THE STREETS AND IN THE HALLS OF POWER FOR A BETTER COUNTRY, AND THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PUT OUR ENERGY INTO. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. APOLOGIES FOR THE LOOSE LANGUAGE, DANIEL? E HAERE AKE NEI ` A NEW DICTIONARY THAT'S TAKEN MORE THAN TWO DECADES TO BRING TO LIFE. WHAT MAKES IT SO UNIQUE NEXT. (UPBEAT MUSIC) Ready! (BOTH CHEER) (LAUGHS) VOICEOVER: Small steps can help you achieve your goals. Get your money one step ahead with ASB. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING, BUT THE FIRST EVER SAMOAN MONOLINUGAL DICTIONARY IS NOW IN EXISTENCE. THE DICTIONARY HOPES TO PRESERVE THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE LANGUAGE. AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY'S SAMOAN LANGUAGE LECTURER LEMOA HENRY FESULUA'I JOINS US NOW TO SHOW US WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. MORENA. ATA MARIE. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. IT IS BEAUTIFUL WORK THAT WE HAVE PUT INTO TEXT. I AM HONOURED THAT WE HAVE THE FIRST COPY. THIS WAS ONLY RELEASED LAST FRIDAY. WE WERE IN SAMOA FOR DIFFERENT BUSINESS. IT WAS GIFTED TO US. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE A BOOK LIKE THIS? IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT WORD; IT IS ABOUT THE MEANINGS BEHIND THE WORDS AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT AS WELL. IT IS THE FIRST EVER SAMOAN TEXT BY A SAMOAN PERSPECTIVE. IT IS ACADEMICS, VILLAGE LEADERS, THEY HAVE ALL COME TOGETHER AND PUT IN THE TEXT, MEANINGS OF THE WORDS FROM A SAMOAN PERSPECTIVE. IT PUTS IN PERSPECTIVE THE ORIGINS OF THE MEANINGS OF WORDS, METAPHORICAL, PROVERBIAL EXPRESSIONS. FOR SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF WHO HAS NOT SEEN CAN PERHAPS IMAGINE ENCHONDROMA IDEAS OF WHAT IT COULD MEAN JUST BASED ON THE DEFINITIONS PROVIDED. ONE OF MY BEAUTIFUL FRIENDS, STACEY MORRISON, WHO IS A TE REO MAORI EXPERT, SHE SAID FOR HER, TE REO GAVE ME WORDS FOR FEELINGS I DID NOT KNOW I HAD. I RELATED BACK TO THIS. IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DO THAT FOR PEOPLE AS WELL, GIVEN THAT IT IS CONTEXT AS WELL AS WORDS. ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG GENERATION THAT ARE GROWING UP. AS WELL AS FOR MOST OF US A GRUB OUTSIDE OF SAMOA. WE START TO LEARN TERMINOLOGY HAS MORE THAN ONE MEANING, AND HAS MORE LAYERS, AND TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT, WHETHER IT IS RELIGIOUS, CULTURAL. THIS TEXT COULD PERHAPS PROVIDE US WITH A LOT OF THOSE MEANINGS. WAS THE CONCERN THAT YOUNGER PEOPLE OR PEOPLE WHO GREW UP OUTSIDE OF SAMOA WERE LOSING THE UNDERSTANDING OF SOME WORDS AND ITS HISTORICAL CONTEXT? DEFINITELY BEING USED OUT OF CONTEXT AT TIMES, AND THE CONCERN IS REALLY AROUND LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE AND SUSTENANCE RATHER THAN CONCERN OF THE LANGUAGE LOSS. THERE IS A PUSH BY LEADERS OF THE DAY TO ENSURE THAT IT SURVIVES BY THE TEXT AND THERE IS ALSO MEANING SO THAT WHEN WE DO OUR KORERO, THERE IS CONTEXT AND UNDERSTANDING BY FUTURE CUSTODIANS OF THE LANGUAGE. THIS IS A TREASURE. I ONLY JUST CUT THE RIBBON LAST NIGHT. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE GIFTS THAT I WAS REALLY HESITANT TO OPEN. IT WAS GIVEN TO US BY THE UNIVERSITY OF SAMOA AS A GIFT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND. THE VICE CHANCELLOR HANDED IT TO ME. THEY SAID THIS WILL BE VALUABLE FOR THE LANGUAGE. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT INTO US. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE TAONGA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. TENA KOE. BEAUTIFUL. BEAUTIFUL INDEED. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, HE'S THE MAN BEHIND TENNIS STAR LULU SUN'S HISTORIC RUN. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT SITS DOWN WITH LULU'S COACH AS SHE PREPARES TO FOR HER WIMBLEDON QUARTER-FINAL. (UPBEAT MUSIC) AS THE DARLEEN TANA TURMOIL CONTINUES, THE LAWYER FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY EXPLOITATION CLAIMS SAYS HIS CLIENTS ARE GLAD THE TRUTH HAS COME OUT. TANA QUIT THE GREEN PARTY AFTER AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF MIGRANT WORKER EXPLOITATION AT AN E-BIKE SHOP OWNED BY HER HUSBAND. AN EMPLOYMENT LAWYER WHO REPRESENTED SOME OF THE FORMER EMPLOYEES TOLD BREAKFAST THEY FEEL 'VINDICATED'. THERE HAS HONESTLY BEEN A BIT OF A DRAWN OUT PROCESS, BUT CERTAINLY NOT AT OBVIOUSLY SURPRISED WITH THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY SHOWN BY THE MP. THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON THEME THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE ORDEAL. DARLEEN TANA SAYS THE INDEPENDENT REPORT 'SUBSTANTIALLY MISREPRESENTS' HER INVOLVEMENT IN HER HUSBAND'S BUSINESS, AND BELIEVES THE GREENS HAD A 'PRE-DETERMINED' VIEW ON IT. IF DARLENE IS INTERESTED IN DISPUTING THE FACTS OF THIS FINDING OF THAT REPORT, THEN SHE CAN GIVE HER CONSENT TO ITS RELEASE, AND WE CAN HAVE THIS DEBATE IN THE PUBLIC ARENA. BUT FRANKLY, I'M JUST ACTUALLY` ARE YOU SURPISED BY HER RESPONSE? IT'S RATHER IN LINE WITH ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED OVER THE PAST FOUR PLUS MONTHS, RIGHT? GREENS CO-LEADER CHLOE SWARBRICK TOLD BREAKFAST THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON URGING ALL PARTIES INVOLVED, TO GIVE CONSENT TO RELEASE THE REPORT'S FINDINGS. BOEING HAS AGREED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO ONE CRIMINAL FRAUD CHARGE, RELATING TO TWO FATAL CRASHES INVOLVING ITS 737 MAX JETLINERS. THE COMPANY WILL PAY A $400 MILLION FINE, BUT AVOID A TRIAL OVER THE 2018 LION AIR AND 2019 ETHIOPIAN AIR CRASHES, WHICH KILLED A TOTAL OF 346 PEOPLE. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAYS THE CHARGE STEMS FROM BOEING MISLEADING REGULATORS ABOUT A FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM BLAMED FOR THE CRASHES. THE DEAL DOESN'T INCLUDE THE LATEST STRING OF SAFETY ISSUES INVOLVING THE COMPANY'S PLANES. ALEC BALDWIN'S TRIAL FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER BEGINS THIS WEEK. THE ACTOR WAS CHARGED OVER THE FATAL SHOOTING OF CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS ON THE SET OF THE MOVIE RUST IN 2021. CHARGES WERE INITIALLY DROPPED LAST YEAR, BUT PROSECUTORS REINSTATED THE CASE AGAINST HIM IN JANUARY. MR BALDWIN HAS DENIED PULLING THE TRIGGER, A CLAIM THAT IS CENTRAL TO THE CASE. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO LAST 10 DAYS, WITH JURY SELECTION SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW. AN AUSTRALIAN FAMILY IS WARNING OF THE DANGERS OF THE CHEMICALS USED IN FRIDGES. A LEAK LED TO FOUL-TASTING FOOD, THE MOTHER PASSING OUT, AND AN ATTEMPT BY THE MANUFACTURER TO KEEP THEM QUIET. 9 NEWS' REID BUTLER HAS MORE. IT'S ONLY A FRIDGE, BUT ALEX RAE SAYS THE APPLIANCE HAS CAUSED HIS FAMILY A WHOLE LOT OF GRIEF. MY LIPS STARTED TINGLING, AND THERE WAS A NUMBNESS, AND MY TONGUE DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT. IT, LIKE, COATED YOUR MOUTH. ADELE EMPTIED OUT THE GROCERIES, AND THEY TOOK THE FRIDGE OUTSIDE. BUT THEN THE MOTHER OF TWO COLLAPSED. I STARTED TO HAVE RAPID BREATHING. IT MIGHT SOUND DRAMATIC; I REALLY ACTUALLY DID THINK I MIGHT DIE. ALEX CALLED 000 AND A HAZARDOUS ALERT WAS PLACED ON THE ADDRESS. PARAMEDICS ARRIVED AND STABILISED ADELE AT HOME. THE STRONG SMELL WAS COMING FROM THE FRIDGE FOR DAYS AFTER THE FAMILY MOVED IT OUTSIDE. ALEX ESTIMATES THAT THE ODOUR LINGERED FOR AS LONG AS A WEEK. AN ACCREDITED INDEPENDENT TECHNICIAN INSPECTED THE FRIDGE AND CONFIRMED A NUMBER OF ISSUES, INCLUDING A NASTY OIL AND REFRIGERANT LEAK. IT CAN CERTAINLY CAUSE BRAIN SYMPTOMS, FOGGINESS, UNCONSCIOUSNESS AT LARGE AMOUNTS. THE 2019 MODEL HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE NON-COMPLIANT FOR SAFETY REASONS. SAMSUNG AGREED TO A REFUND, BUT ONLY IF ALEX SIGNED A CONTRACT TO HAND OVER THE FRIDGE AND NEVER TALK PUBLICLY ABOUT THE ISSUE. THIS SILENCES PRODUCT SAFETY ISSUES, AND IT MEANS THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO GET RESOLVED COLLECTIVELY. SAMSUNG TOLD 9 NEWS IT MADE... I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HOW YOU CAN BE BULLIED AND MANIPULATED INTO THIS, INTO HAVING NO OPTIONS. TO SPORT, AND WARRIORS LOCK MITCH BARNETT IS PREPARING FOR THE BIGGEST MATCH OF HIS CAREER AFTER BEING NAMED IN THE 17 FOR GAME THREE IN THE STATE OF ORIGIN. IF THE DEBUT ISN'T BIG ENOUGH, BARNETT WILL DEBUT IN THE SERIES DECIDED AFTER NEW SOUTH WALES DREW THE SERIES IN GAME TWO, BEATING THE MAROONS 38-18. YOU KNOW, WITHOUT SORT OF BLABBING ON TOO MUCH, OBVIOUSLY I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING THE EASY WAY; I'VE ALWAYS DONE THE HARD WAY, AND NO HARDER OPTION THAN DECIDER OF SUNCORPS, SO, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CHALLENGE AND THE CHALLENGE AHEAD. BARNETT SAYS HE RECEIVED THE CALL ON THE BUS HEADING BACK TO NEW ZEALAND. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THE REGION. A BIT OF DRIZZLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. 17 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` OTHER THAN SOME CLOUD IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. IT'S LOOKING BETTER HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF YOU. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR SOME OF YOU. THIS WON'T STICK AROUND, CLEARING TO A NICE FINE DAY AFTER MIDDAY FOR MOST. 15 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE REGION. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN TAUMARUNUI. 16 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF CLOUD THIS MORNING FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. OTHERWISE, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY SUNNY FOR MOST OF YOU. 12 THE HIGH FOR KAIKOURA. 13 FOR THE REST OF YOU. HEADING SOUTH ` A CLOUDY START IN CHRISTCHURCH. OTHERWISE IT'S CLEAR SKIES FOR YOUR TUESDAY. 11 THE HIGH FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH IN MILFORD SOUND AND OBAN. ELSEWHERE, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. BLUE SKIES TODAY. 9 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN. BRIGHTEN UP YOUR HOME IN JUST AN AFTERNOON OR A WEEKEND WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED THANKS TO RESENE. TODAY WE'RE GIVING AWAY A RESENE HOME MAKEOVER, INCLUDING A RESENE COLOUR CONSULTATION, THE LATEST RESENE PAINT AND WALLPAPER AND A RESENE ECO DECORATOR TO ASSIST WITH THE PAINTING. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS HEAD TO winwithtvnz.co.nz, ENTER TODAY'S KEYWORD, WHICH IS 'PAINT', AND YOU'RE IN THE DRAW. AND IF YOU ALSO TUNE INTO SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT, YOU HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN. LOOK OUT FOR A NEW KEYWORD TONIGHT. AND DON'T FORGET ` EVERY CORRECT ENTRY ALSO GOES IN THE DRAW TO WIN ONE MORE MG3 HYBRID PLUS CAR THANKS TO MG. THE STYLISH MG3 HYBRID PLUS COMES WITH CUTTING-EDGE TECH, A SEVEN-YEAR ROADSIDE ASSIST AND A GENEROUS SEVEN-YEAR WARRANTY, AND WE STILL HAVE ONE MG3 HYBRID CAR TO GIVE AWAY ON SEVEN SHARP NEXT MONDAY. MAKE SURE YOU ALSO WATCH SEVEN SHARP EACH NIGHT TO ENTER THE SPECIAL KEYWORD TO BE IN TO WIN. THAT ADDRESS AND KEY WORD AGAIN ` winwithtvnz.co.nz AND 'PAINT'. DO NOT EMAIL US THE ANSWER, DO NOT GO ON FACEBOOK, GO ON THE WEBSITE. REGGIE BARNETT RETIRED MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO. HE WAS A GOOD PLAYER, THOUGH. HE COULD PROBABLY HELP THE WARRIORS WITH THEIR CAMPAIGN. YOU DID NOT WATCH THE GAME ON THE WEEKEND, DID YOU? TENNIS PLAYER LULU SUN IS STILL RIDING HIGH AND FOCUSSED ON HER WIMBLEDON QUARTER FINAL TOMORROW MORNING. A BIG PART OF HER SUCCESS ` VLADIMIR PLATENIK. HE'S COACHED TOP 20 PLAYERS TO THE HIGHEST LEVELS AND STARTED WORKING WITH LULU THIS YEAR. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON TALKED TO HIM IN LONDON. NOW SHE HAS IT. AND NOW WE SEE WHAT IT MEANS. LULU IS ON A WAVE. WE WANT TO FOLLOW THE WAVE NOW. I THINK SHE IS SUPER EXCITED AND SHE IS SUPER MOTIVATED. TELL ME ABOUT HER WORK ETHIC. SHE IS AN INTROVERT. SHE IS VERY SHY. IN THE BEGINNING, I SAW HER AND SHE HAS VERY POWERFUL SHOTS, BUT THE INTENSITY WAS LOW. WHAT MAKES HER SO GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES? SOMETIMES SHE WANTS TO BE TOO PERFECT. I AM TRYING TO TEACH HER THAT SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO BE PATIENT BECAUSE ALL THE OPPONENT CAN ALSO MAKE A MISTAKE. YOU CANNOT ONLY HAD ONE IS. HER PERFECTION WAS KILLING HER, I THINK NOW SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT SHE DID A LOT OF WORK FITNESS WISE AND HER HITTING PARTNER. LATELY IS ALL ABOUT THE MENTAL PARTS, AND SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT SHE CANNOT BE NEGATIVE AFTER A COUPLE OF MISTAKES, AND SHE NEEDS TO FOCUS ON THE NEXT POINT AND THE NEXT POINT. THIS IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY, BECAUSE SHE SEES IT IS WORKING. WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR HER TO PLAY UNDER THE KIWI FLAG? HOW LIFE IS NOT EASY. SHE WAS BORN IN NEW ZEALAND, HER PARENTS WERE TRAVELLING, SHE NEVER HAD A HOME. SHE WAS EITHER TRAVELLING WITH THE PARENTS, ALL WITH TENNIS. HE SAW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE CHEERING FOR HER, I THINK IT GIVES HER A GOOD FEELING. HOW DO YOU ABSORB PRESSURE? YOU DO NOT WANT TO LOSE. BUT I SAY GO, GIVE YOUR BEST, I TELL HER, THE TRICKS THAT SHE NEEDS TO DO, LOOK AT ME, PUT YOURSELF. IT IS WORKING. SHE IS DOING HER BEST EVERY TIME SHE GOES IN THE COURT. THE CLICHE TAKE ONE GAME AT A TIME, THAT I TAKE IT? YOU HAVE TO TAKE A POINT BY POINT. EVERY POINT IS IMPORTANT. E HAERE AKE NEI ` A HELPING HAND IS COMING FOR THOSE IN WHAKATANE. A NEW SOCIAL SUPERMARKET IS SET TO OPEN TODAY. THAT FIND OUT HOW MANY FAMILIES IT'S EXPECTED TO HELP. AN UNUSUAL COLLABORATION'S HAPPENING IN WHAKATANE TODAY ` A NEW SOCIAL SUPERMARKET'S OPENING, TO LEND A HELPING HAND TO THOSE STRUGGLING TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. BUT IT'S DOING SO IN CONJUNCTION WITH ONE OF THE BIG SUPERMARKET PLAYERS. WHARE AIO SOCIAL SUPERMARKET AIMS TO FEED 50 FAMILIES EACH WEEK, BUT THE SUPPORT DOESN'T END THERE. TO EXPLAIN WE'RE JOINED BY WAIARIKI WHANAU'S WAATA HEATHCOTE. MORENA! MORNING GOOD MORNING. WHY DID YOU SET THIS UP? WE UNDERSTAND COMMUNITIES AND DEPRIVATION, WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS, THERE WAS CERTAINLY A NEED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY. IN A WAY THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO THEIR NEEDS. BY BACKGROUND AND ALSO WORKING FOR GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES OVER MY TIME, AND THE CURRENT CRUNCH WE ARE DEFINITELY HAIR WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, WE SEE A NEED TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE WORKING. LOW TO MIDDLE INCOME WORKERS THAT ARE WORKING 40 HOURS A WEEK CANNOT GET THE BARE ESSENTIALS ON THE TABLE. PART OF OUR COLLABORATIVE IS TO WORK WITH FOODSTUFFS TO ENSURE EQUITY ACROSS THAT PARTICULAR SPACE, WHERE THE POVERTY GAP IS CURRENTLY SITTING. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THE LEVEL OF NEED? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? I AM SEEING PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS. WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE SURF COUCHES. WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE LIVE UNDER TREES DOWN AT OUR LOCAL BEACH. PEOPLE LIVING IN CARS. WE ARE SEEING MANY HARD-WORKING PEOPLE WITH HIGH RENTS AND HIGH MORTGAGES, BUT WE ARE ALSO SEEING AN INCREASE IN POVERTY. ALSO, WE ARE BRINGING ON MORE DONATORS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE. IT IS NOT JUST OUR INITIATIVE, WE HAVE BROUGHT IN MULTIPLE BUSINESSES AND FUNDERS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THOSE THAT ARE TRULY IN NEED. THOSE ARE LOW TO MIDDLE INCOME EARNERS, WHICH I CALL THE WORKING POOR. I AM LOOKING BEHIND YOU AND IT APPEARS THAT YOU HAVE SHELVES BEHIND YOU, HOW DOES THE SUPERMARKET WORK? MY BACKGROUND IS ALSO IN GROCERIES. WE HAVE WORKED FOR MULTIPLE GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES, DURING THAT TIME I RAN MY OWN SUPERMARKET. I RAN MY OWN PRODUCT LINES. I WAS THE LEADER OF A PRODUCE PART OF THE SUPERMARKET. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UTILISE AND TRANSFER THOSE GIRLS BACK INTO THE SPACE. BASICALLY, WE ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT I ALREADY KNOW. IT IS NOT SOMETHING NEW. IT IS CERTAINLY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO DO AND A WAY THAT IS CONDUCIVE OF THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE. CAN ANYBODY JUST WALK IN? ABSOLUTELY. GO ON OUR WEBSITE, AND DEVELOP SOME BASIC INFORMATION. WE WANT TO CREATE A HUMANISING PROCESS. WE ARE NOT ALLOWING ALL, BECAUSE WE WERE JUST GET SWAMPED, IT WOULD NOT BE SUSTAINABLE. OUR TEAM WILL STRATEGICALLY GO ABOUT ENSURING THAT THOSE WHO ARE TRULY IN NEED, THOSE WHO ARE THE WORKING POOR, GET ACCESS TO THE SPACE. I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS AS WELL, I WANT TO THANK CHRIS, FROM FOODSTUFFS, FOR BELIEVING IN US. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A SHOUT OUT TO BRUCE AND CHRISTINE JENKINS, WHO OPERATE NEW WELLS DOWN HERE AND YOU HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS COLLABORATIVE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL OUR SPONSORS HAVE COME ABOARD. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THE SOCIAL SUPERMARKET IS GOING TO FEED UP TO 13,000 PEOPLE A YEAR. IT IS NEEDED IN THESE COMMUNITIES. I HAVE MADE IT VERY CLEAR, AND TERMS OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE ARE TAKING, TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY THAT FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IS GIVING PEOPLE THE ABILITY TO SIT AROUND THAT TABLE, TO SHARE JOINED TOGETHER BY EATING FOOD. IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A FAMILY. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WOULD YOU SPEND THOUSANDS FOR THE PERFECT BABY NAME? WELL, SOME PARENTS ARE. SO WHAT DO YOU GET FOR YOUR MONEY? WE'RE CHATTING TO A PRO BABY-NAMER NEXT. (MOWER ROARS) Ahh! Ohhh, yeah! (DYNAMIC MUSIC) VOICEOVER: See near and far with a complete pair of progressives from $169. Must've gone to Specsavers. # I DON'T MIND DOING IT FOR THE KIDS. # SO COME ON, JUMP ON BOARD. # TAKE A RIDE. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. ANY PARENT WILL KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO DECIDING ON A NAME FOR YOUR LITTLE BUNDLE OF JOY, IT CAN BE HARD TO SETTLE ON THE RIGHT NAME. SO SOME PARENTS-TO-BE ARE SPENDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO HIRE PROFESSIONAL BABY NAMERS. PROFESSIONAL BABY-NAMER TAYLOR HUMPHREY IS JOINING US FROM CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. GOOD MORNING. HOW DID YOU BECOME A BABY NAMER? AT ACTUALLY STARTED WHEN I WAS A LITTLE TOT MYSELF. I LEARNED TO READ AND WRITE BY GOING TO THE LIBRARY AND READING A CYCLE PITEOUS, AND THEN IN 2015, A STARTED ON INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT WHERE I WROTE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF NAMES, THEIR MEANINGS, THE NUMEROLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH NAMES, AND PEOPLE ARE GOBBLING IS UP. PEOPLE ARE COMING TO ME AND ASKING WHAT THEY SHOULD NAME THEIR BABY, AND IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME THAT IT COULD BE A CAREER PATH. I CREDIT THIS BUSINESS TO HELP THE PARENTS WHO WERE COMING TO ME, ASKING FOR SUPPORT. SO WHAT IS THE PROCESS LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE CLIENT AND WHAT STAGE THEY ARE AT IN THERE. JOURNEY. AS THEY ARE GOING TO ABF, CONCEPTION, PARENTS CAN REALLY CALL IN THE SPIRIT OF THEIR BABY, AND THEY ARE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH IT MAY BE A DIFFERENCE IN NAMING STYLES BETWEEN THE PARENTS, AND THEN I ALSO WORK WITH PEOPLE IN POSTPARTUM PERIODS, WHO COME TO ME AND ALREADY HAVE A BABY NAME, AND ARE EXPERIENCING SOMETHING CALLED NAME REGRET. THEY GET TO KNOW THAT CHILD AND THEY JUST FEEL LIKE THE NAME DOESN'T MATCH THEIR PERSONALITY. SO HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT? THAT IS A REALLY INTERESTING AND NUANCED PROCESS. I'M REALLY WORKING WITH THOSE FAMILIES FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND WE ARE KIND OF WORKING THERE WHAT AMOUNTS TO A LOT OF A NASAL ANXIETY. IT'S WORKING THROUGH THE ANXIETY AND COMING HOME TO YOUR INTUITION. I READ THAT PEOPLE WILL PAY UP TO $30,000. IS THAT TRUE? THAT IS TRUE, BUT THAT IS ON THE HIGH-END AND THAT IS FOR THE VIP CLIENTS, SUCH AS CELEBRITIES, PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, POLITICIANS ` THAT KIND OF CATEGORY WITH A NAME IS GOING TO BE PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED AND RECOGNISED. THE VAST MAJORITY OF MY CLIENTS, THESE ARE EVERYDAY FOLKS, WORKING PEOPLE, SO I HAVE A BROAD RANGE OF SERVICES AND I TRY TO ACCOMMODATE... YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUSTIFY IT. PEOPLE ARE NOT 100% SURE ON WHAT TO NAME THEIR BABY, WHAT DO YOU ADVISE THEM TO DO? I ADVISE ALL PARENTS TO GO INTO THE HOSPITAL OR WHEREVER YOU ARE GIVING BIRTH TO YOUR BABY, GO INTO THE PROCESS OF LABOUR AND DELIVERY WITH THE LIST OF NAMES. DON'T FEEL THE PRESSURE TO MEET TO A NAME BEFORE YOU MEET YOUR BABY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO HOLD THAT BABY IN YOUR ARMS AND GET A BETTER SENSE OF WHO THEY ARE AND THEN CHOOSING A NAME THAT IS GOING TO SERVE THAT CHILD THE RIGHT TO LIFE. TAYLOR HUMPHREY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. PROFESSIONAL BABY NAMER, I LOVE IT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. STOP. I JUST... THE WHOLE WAY. I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT I WAS HEARING. I WANTED TO ASK TAYLOR WHETHER THAT WAS RIDICULOUS. WHAT YOU MEAN? SHE MUST GET LOTS OF QUERIES. GIVE ME STRENGTH. SHE IS OBVIOUSLY VERY GOOD AT WHAT SHE IS, THE PROCESS... YOU CAN PAY ME ONE DOLLAR AND I WILL PICK A NAME OUT OF A BOOK. I'M NOT SHAKING CHAKRAS AND CHANNELLING AURAS. THERE'S A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS IN THERE. NOBODY IS COMING TO YOU TO ASK YOU WHAT TO NAME THEIR BABY, BECAUSE GOODNESS KNOWS WHAT HE WOULD PULL OUT OF THE AIR. POWER TO HER. WOULD YOU DO IT, WOULD I DO IT? NO. GREENS CO-LEADER CHLOE SWARBRICK TOLD BREAKFAST IF DARLEEN TANA WANTS TO DISPUTE EXPLOITATION CLAIMS, THEN SHE SHOULD CONSENT TO THE PUBLIC RELEASE OF THE REPORT'S FINDINGS. TANA QUIT THE GREEN PARTY AFTER AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF MIGRANT WORKER EXPLOITATION AT AN E-BIKE SHOP OWNED BY HER HUSBAND. SWARBRICK SAYS IF TANA HAD BEEN UPFRONT AND HONEST FROM THE GET-GO, THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE NEED FOR AN INVESTIGATION. AND OFF THE BACK OF THAT, WE HAVE REALLY CLEAR, REALLY ROBUST EVIDENTIAL FINDINGS THAT HER BEHAVIOUR DOESN'T ONLY STAND UP TO WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE OF A GREEN MP, BUT OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ENTIRELY. DARLEEN TANA SAYS THE INDEPENDENT REPORT, 'SUBSTANTIALLY MISREPRESENTS' HER INVOLVEMENT IN HER HUSBAND'S BUSINESS, AND BELIEVES THE GREENS HAD A 'PRE-DETERMINED' VIEW ON IT. SAFETY VERSUS PRODUCTIVITY IS UP FOR DEBATE FOLLOWING THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO RAISE SPEED LIMITS ON NEW ZEALAND'S ROADS. THE COALITION WANTS TO REVERSE THE BLANKET SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS IMPLEMENTED BY THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT. TRANSPORT NEW ZEALAND ARGUES IT WILL BOOST EFFICIENCY FOR FREIGHT TRANSPORT, BUT IT'S DRAWN WIDESPREAD CRITICISM FROM ROAD SAFETY ADVOCATES. ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSOR SIMON KINGHAM SAYS THERE'S NO EVIDENCE BEHIND THE SAVINGS. THE SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE, A LOT OF THEM WERE ON STREETS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE. THEY'RE NOT PRIMARILY STREETS THAT WE'RE DELIVERING FREIGHT ON. AND I THINK TO THEN GO BACK AND TAKE THOSE AWAY, WITHOUT DOING A BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS ` WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT, WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE BENEFIT COSTS, AND ALMOST CERTAINLY THEY'D BE NEGATIVE. THEY'D BE VERY POOR FOR RAISING THEM. SO WHY DON'T WE KEEP WHAT WE'VE GOT? IF BENEFIT COST RATIOS AND ANALYSIS SAYS RAISE THE SPEED LIMITS, GO AHEAD AND DO IT IF WE NEED TO. PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS ON THE POLICY CLOSE ON THURSDAY. FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON HAS REFUSED TO ACCEPT HIS PRIME MINISTER'S RESIGNATION, FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S SHOCK ELECTION RESULT. GABRIEL ATTAL OFFERED TO RESIGN AFTER LEADING THE PRESIDENT'S CENTRIST ALLIANCE TO SECOND IN THE POLLS, BEHIND THE LEFT WING COALITION. PRESIDENT MACRON HAS ASKED ATTAL TO STAY ON, TO ENSURE THE STABILITY OF THE COUNTRY. IT COMES AS FRANCE FACES A HUNG PARLIAMENT AND WEEKS OF POLITICAL TURMOIL, WITH NO GROUP WINNING ENOUGH OF THE VOTE TO FORM AN OUTRIGHT MAJORITY. 36 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED FOLLOWING A WAVE OF RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKES IN UKRAINE. KYIV'S MAIN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WAS HIT, IN THE DEADLIEST ATTACK IN MONTHS. PRESIDENT VOLODYMR ZELENSKY HAS VOWED TO RETALIATE, AND CALLED FOR SUPPORT FROM UKRAINE'S WESTERN ALLIES, INCLUDING FUNDING FOR WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION. AT LEAST 16 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED AFTER AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE ON A SCHOOL BEING USED AS U.N-RUN SHELTER IN CENTRAL GAZA. THE GAZA MEDIA OFFICE SAYS THE BUILDING WAS SHELTERING AT LEAST 7,000 DISPLACED PALESTINIANS, WHILE ISRAEL CLAIMS IT WAS BEING USED AS A HAMAS COMMAND CENTRE. THE UN ESTIMATES THE NUMBER OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IN GAZA HAS RISEN TO 1.9 MILLION PEOPLE. TO SPORT, AND THE COACH OF RISING TENNIS STAR LULU SUN SAYS SHE'S ENJOYING REPRESENTING NEW ZEALAND ON THE WORLD STAGE AS SHE PREPARES FOR HER FIRST EVER GRAND SLAM QUARTER-FINAL. THE KIWI-BORN PLAYER HAS REACHED THE FINAL EIGHT AT WIMBLEDON AFTER BEATING FORMER GRAND SLAM CHAMPION EMMA RADUCANU. LULU ` HER LIFE IS NOT EASY, YOU KNOW, LIKE SHE WAS BORN IN NEW ZEALAND AND THEN PARENTS WERE TRAVELLING, AND SHE NEVER HAD A HOME BECAUSE SHE WAS EITHER TRAVELLING WITH THE PARENTS OR NOW TRAVELLING WITH TENNIS. AND, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS AT THE UNIVERSITY AND SHE WAS NOT MAYBE SURE IF SHE WANTS TO GO PRO OR NOT. AND NOW SHE TRIED. SUN WILL PLAY WORLD NUMBER 37 DONNA VEKIC, EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. AND FINALLY, A RUNAWAY BOAT HAS CAUSED A SCENE, SPEEDING IN CIRCLES ON A LAKE IN THE U.S. STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE UNMANNED BOAT IS SEEN SPIRALLING IN THE STATE'S LARGEST LAKE, AFTER THE BOATS OPERATOR, A SAILING INSTRUCTOR FELL OVERBOARD. THE BOAT WAS BROUGHT TO SAFELY BY A TEENAGER WHO JUMPED ABOARD THE MOVING BOAT AND CUT THE ENGINE. AMAZING. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THE REGION. A BIT OF DRIZZLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. 17 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` OTHER THAN SOME CLOUD IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. IT'S LOOKING BETTER HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF YOU. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR SOME OF YOU. THIS WON'T STICK AROUND, CLEARING TO A NICE FINE DAY AFTER MIDDAY FOR MOST. 15 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE REGION. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN TAUMARUNUI. 16 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF CLOUD THIS MORNING FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. OTHERWISE, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY SUNNY FOR MOST OF YOU. 13 FOR THE REST OF YOU. HEADING SOUTH ` A CLOUDY START IN CHRISTCHURCH. OTHERWISE IT'S CLEAR SKIES FOR YOUR TUESDAY. 11 THE HIGH FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH IN MILFORD SOUND AND OBAN. ELSEWHERE, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. BLUE SKIES TODAY. 9 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN. DARLEEN TANA IS OUT OF THE GREENS' CAUCUS, RESIGNING FROM THE PARTY AFTER AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF MIGRANT WORKER EXPLOITATION. BUT SHE HASN'T RESIGNED FROM PARLIAMENT ITSELF, AND SAYS SHE DISPUTES THE INVESTIGATION'S FINDINGS. DARLEEN TANA COULD STAY IN PARLIAMENT AS AN INDEPENDENT MP, UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION IN 2026. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS IN THE UNITED STATES THIS WEEK, SO WE'RE JOINED BY ACTING PRIME MINISTER WINSTON PETERS. GOOD MORNING, MR PETERS. THANK YOU FOR COMING ON THE SHOW. YOUR INITIAL REACTION? IT IS NOT A SURPRISE. REMEMBER KEREKERE? SHE WALKED OFF THE GREENS AND STAYED THERE UNTIL THE END. WHEN THE PUBLIC WHAT AN ELECTION, THEY VOTE IN PARTY VOTE, AND THOSE PROPORTIONS ARE FOR MPS. TANA, $40,000 HAS BEEN SPENT ON HER CASE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE GREENS. AND NOW THE GREENS ARE SITTING THERE WITH SOME MULTI-VALVE WORD SALAD, WAVING THEIR HANDS AND SAYING, SOMETHING ABOUT KAUPAPA. IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE IN THE EXTREME. YOU SAY NO ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE GREENS, BUT THEY TOLD HER TO RESIGN. THAT'S NOT ACCOUNTABILITY. THEY SAY SHE SHOULD NOT BE THERE, NOT BE FIT ` PUT IT TO THE TEST BY FORCING HER TO RESIGN. SHOULD THEY USE THE WAKA-JUMPING LAW? OF COURSE, THE GREENS HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1972 UNDER THE GUISE OF THE VALUES PARTY. THEY ARE SHOWING THEIR NAIVETE NOW. MY POINT IS, HOW CAN OUR COUNTRY GO FORWARD WHEN PEOPLE SHOW THAT LEVEL OF INCOMPETENCE? IN THIS CASE, YOU'VE GOT ALLEGATIONS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKERS ARE SERIOUSLY MISTREATED. AS I DON'T WANT THE TRUTH IS RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. THAT TRUTH IS THAT IN THE REPORT. DO YOU THINK SHE WILL LEAVE PARLIAMENT? NO, SHE WILL JOIN THE MAORI PARTY. THEY HAVE AN INTENTION TO MATCH ANYBODY IN PARLIAMENT? NO, THEY HAVE THEIR WHOLE OWN STANDARDS. DO YOU THINK SHE SHOULD STILL BE COLLECTING A SALARY? UNTIL 2026, POTENTIALLY. I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT MY ANSWER IS MADE THAT COMPLETELY OBVIOUS. WHEN MEKA WALKED OFF IN THE LAST ELECTION, JUST WALKED OFF AND JOINED TE PATI MAORI. IS THAT WHAT YOU BELIEVE SO STRONGLY IN THE LEGISLATION? YES, I ALWAYS HAVE. MPS HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE. I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I DISAGREED WITH THE NATIONAL PARTY AND RESIGNED. THAT WOULD GIVE ME ANY CREDIT FOR IT I DON'T WANT ANY EITHER, BUT I WENT OUT AND PUT IT ON THE LINE, PAY FOR MY STAFF TO STAY IN PARLIAMENT UNTIL I CAME BACK. SEVEN WEEKS LATER I GOT BACK. YOU GOT TO SHOW YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY AND THESE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT BUT DON'T BELIEVE IN IT. I WANT TO MOVE ON TO CHRISTOPHER LUXON AND AMERICA. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR NEW ZEALAND TO BE AT THE TABLE? IS IMPORTANT WHEN YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT GROWING CONCERNS IN EUROPE. SUPPLY LIGHT COMING THROUGH THE RED SEA, WHERE THINGS GO WRONG, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE LOOKING AT A LONG-TERM SECURITY INTERESTS. WE ALL LOVE PEACE AND TRANQUILLITY, BUT WE LIVE IN A PRETTY BAD WELL, IN MANY CASES, WITH SOME EVIL PLAYERS IN IT. WE HAD TO PLAY OUR PART TO ENSURE THE SECURITY AND PEACE OF NEW ZEALAND PEOPLE AS BEST WE CAN. SHOULD WE EXPECT SOME BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS? IT IS NOTHING THAT IS NOT AGREED TO BY OTHER PARTIES IN PARLIAMENT. ANY DISCUSSIONS FOR LUXON TO GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE? A BIT OF A SMILE THERE. I THINK HE PROBABLY WILL GET A CHANCE, BUT NOT FOR THE KIND OF MEETING HE WANTS TO HAPPEN THE MORE FORMAL SETTING. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT PRES BIDEN'S AGE AT THE MOMENT. ARE YOU CONCERNED AT ALL ABOUT THAT? THAT PLAY A BIG FACTOR IN TERMS OF HIS PERFORMANCE AS A PRESIDENT? I'M TALKING TO STATE PAYER OWNED OPERATION HERE, AND YOU ARE ASKING THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND TO INTERFERE WITH SOME OTHER COUNTRIES DEMOCRACY. I WILL NEVER MAKE THAT MISTAKE BECAUSE WE WILL BE PUNISHED FOR IT SEVERELY. I CAN'T ENGAGE IN THAT SORT OF CONVERSATION. I WILL LEAVE IT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE LIKE WE LEFT IT TO THE FRENCH AND THE BRITISH. WE HAVE CONFIDENCE, AS WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID, AND DEMOCRACY. DROP DISLIKES A FREE TRADE, IS THERE A CONCERN THERE FOR YOU IN TERMS OF WHERE THESE ELECTIONS WILL GO? WHEN YOU SAY THAT, THIS HAS BEEN A GROWING TREND THAT IS THE AGE OF FREEDOM, FREEDOM OF FREE TRADE HAS CHANGED AND RESTRICTIONS ARE COMING AND AND HAVING COMING IN FOR A LONG TIME. WE ARE WORKING AS HARD AS WE CAN TO TRY AND EXPAND OUR ECONOMY. THAT IS NOT BEING POLITICAL, MR TRUMP HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR. A LOT OF COUNTRIES TAKE THAT VIEW. NOW I'VE GOT TO GO, I'VE GOT WORK TO DO. (LAUGHTER) ME U TONU MAI ` WHY ARE OLDER WOMEN FINDING COMFORT IN YOUNGER MEN? A RELATIONSHIP HAS SOME INSIGHTS. # IT A LOVE STORY, BABY, JUST SAY YES. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IMAGINE THIS SCENARIO ` YOU ARRIVE AT A DINNER PARTY AND AN OLD FRIEND INTRODUCES HER MUCH-YOUNGER BOYFRIEND TO THE GROUP. THERE'S LONG BEEN A STIGMA AROUND AGE GAP RELATIONSHIPS, BUT IS THAT CHANGING? FOR MORE WE ARE JOINED BY RELATIONSHIP EXPERT MORGAN PENN. MORENA, MORGAN. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. IS IT CHANGING? ATA MARIE. YES, SLOWLY, BUT WE STILL HAVE PATRIARCHAL NORMS THAT WE ARE STILL SHOCKED THAT WE SEE THIS UNFOLD, BECAUSE WE SEE IT WITH OLDER MEN AND YOUNGER WOMEN. SO THIS IS AN LITTLE BIT NEW FOR US. WHAT IS THE OPPOSITE MORE OF A PROBLEM? IT'S DEFINITELY A GENDER BIAS AND A DOUBLE STANDARD. MATURE WOMAN SHOULD KNOW BETTER AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE DOING THAT, WHEREAS BOYS WILL BE BOYS. THIS ISN'T GREAT AND IT REINFORCES UNEQUAL STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOUR AND ACCOUNTABILITY. STATISTICALLY, ARE YOU SEEING AN INCREASE AND WHAT IS THE AGE GAP LIKE? YES, WE ARE SEEING BETWEEN SIX AND 10, WHICH ALSO ISN'T NEW. WE HAD QUEEN ELIZABETH I, SHE HAD AT ANY AGE GAP BETWEEN HER AND ROBERT DUDLEY. MADONNA, THEY HAVE BEEN LEADING IN PAIN AIRING THIS FOR A LONG TIME, BUT WHAT I AM SENDING TODAY WITH CLIENTS IS TO NAVIGATE THE DIFFERENCES. PEOPLE ARE IN DIFFERENT PLACES IN THEIR LIVES AND HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS AT DIFFERENT AGES. ALL THE WOMEN DATING YOUNGER MEN, WHAT'S THE APPEAL? NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE. A CURIOUS JOURNALIST QUESTION. SHUT UP, DANIEL. TO ME, IT'S OBVIOUS. ENERGY, VITALITY. YOUNGER MEN MIGHT BRING ENERGY, ADVENTURE, STAMINA. I HATE TO USE THE WORD BAGGAGE BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT YOUNGER PEOPLE, THERE IS LESS HEARTBREAK, THERE HAVEN'T BEEN BEATEN DOWN BY LIFE AND IT IS REFRESHING AND IS EXCITING. (READS) MORE EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT AND MORE ENERGY IN BED. IS THAT FOCUSED AROUND THE WOMEN'S NEEDS? YES, AND I THINK AS A SOCIETY, THE VALUE THAT WE PLACE ON EMOTIONAL MATURITY AND AVAILABILITY HAS CHANGED AS WELL. A LOT OF WOMEN ARE DOING MORE WORK, SELF-IMPROVEMENT, ARE REALLY WANTING AND WHEN THOSE WOMEN ARE BECOMING EMPOWERED, THEIR DESIRES FOR PLEASURE AND BEING SATISFIED IN THE BEDROOM, YES, IT'S BECOMING A PRIORITY. IF THE YOUNG MEN ARE DELIVERING THAT... WE'LL TAKE IT. I WILL LET THE AUDIENCE TRANSLATE THOSE LITTLE MOVES THERE. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHY YOUNGER MEN ARE JUMPING INTO RELATIONSHIPS WITH OLDER WOMEN? THERE IS A SORT OF AWE. IF IT OLDER WOMEN IS ESTABLISHED AND IS CHASING HER CAREER AND PASSIONS, IT DEPENDS WHAT AGES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE, BUT HAVE AN OLDER WOMAN HAS GONE THROUGH HER SECOND AWAKENING OF HER BODY AND PLEASURE AND SHE HAS A WHOLE NEW TRAJECTORY, IT'S QUITE EXCITING TO BE PART OF, FOR YOUNGER MEN. YOU DID MENTION AGE AND GAP, IT IS PART OF THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION AS TO THE APPROPRIATENESS. THAT'S RIGHT. WE THINK ABOUT THE WORD AND THE NAMES WE AS, COUGAR, WHICH IS WHY I AM WEARING THE STRESS TODAY. REOW! CRADLE STATURE, THERE ARE THESE NAMES ON WOMEN BUT THERE IS NOTHING FOR MEN. IF IT WAS A 30-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WITH A YOUNGER MAN, WE WOULD HEAR THOSE WORDS, WHERE AS IF IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND, IT WOULD BE THE OTHER WAY. WE WOULDN'T THINK TWICE IF IT WAS A MAN WITH THOSE AGE GAPS. THAT'S RIGHT. I'D TO HERD THE DEFINITION OF A COUGAR, YOU HAVE TO BE OVER 28, IS THAT TRUE? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A LAW AROUND THE COUGAR. I'M IN MY MID-30S NOW SO I THINK I CAN GET IN THERE. GET IT, MORGAN. THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY TO YOU, THANK YOU, MORGAN. AT THE END OF THE DAY, LOVE IS LOVE. I LIKE THAT, INDIRA. I KIND OF THING, YOU GO SISTER. IF YOUNGER IS YOUR THING. AND THEN I THINK ABOUT MY SON THAT I GO... OH, HOW WOULD MUMMA FEEL? THAT A GOOD POINT. THERE IS A GOOD MOVIE OUT WITH ANNE HATHAWAY WHICH IT IS A YOUNGER MAN, NICOLE KIDMAN AND ZAC EFRON, IT'S THE NORM AT MY ARGUMENT IS, DO THEY LOOK OLD? I'M OKAY WITH MY SON COMING HOME WITH ANNE HATHAWAY. I'M QUITE SHALLOW. BUT IF MY SON CAME HOME WITH PROF DUMBLEDORE, THEN THAT IS A BIG QUESTION. THAT IS A BIG AGE GAP AND I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN COPE WITH THAT AS A PARENT. MAY BE I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO SPLIT THAT. YOU'D BE IN THE SAME BOAT. TOTALLY! SERIOUSLY, IF YOUR CHILD WAS DATING WOMEN 20 OR 30 YEARS OLDER, DOES IT WORK? I WOULD BE LIKE, HE IS STILL CALLING ME ASKING WHERE HIS SOCKS ARE. ARE YOU SURE? IF YOU ENDED UP DATING SOMEBODY YOUNGER AND THEY HAD CONCERNS, WOULD YOU LISTEN? NO. I WORKED HARD ALL MY LIFE, I'VE HAD A STRONG WORK ETHIC... I WORK HARD... YOU ARE AN OLD BAG AND A GRUMPY BUM. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS ` THEY'RE SET TO KICK OFF OUR OLYMPICS CAMPAIGN. WE'LL MEET THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS TEAM HOPING TO BRING HOME GOLD FROM PARIS. THAT IS AFTER THE BREAK. # OH, BABY. # WHEN YOU GO. AS THE DARLEEN TANA TURMOIL CONTINUES, THE LAWYER FOR SOME OF THE WORKERS WHO MADE EXPLOITATION CLAIMS SAYS HIS CLIENTS ARE GLAD THE TRUTH IS COMING OUT. TANA QUIT THE GREEN PARTY AFTER AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF MIGRANT WORKER EXPLOITATION AT AN E-BIKE SHOP OWNED BY HER HUSBAND. ALEX KERSJES, WHO REPRESENTED SOME OF THE FORMER EMPLOYEES, TOLD BREAKFAST THEY FEEL 'VINDICATED'. THAT HAD OBVIOUSLY BEEN A DRAWN OUT PROCESS, BUT CERTAINLY NOT OVERLY SURPRISED WITH THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY BEING SHOWN BY MISS TANA. THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY COMMON THEME THROUGHOUT THIS THIS ENTIRE ORDEAL. DARLEEN TANA SAYS THE INDEPENDENT REPORT, 'SUBSTANTIALLY MISREPRESENTS' HER INVOLVEMENT IN HER HUSBAND'S BUSINESS, AND BELIEVES THE GREENS HAD A 'PRE-DETERMINED' VIEW ON IT. IF DARLENE IS INTERESTED IN DISPUTING THE FACTS OF THIS FINDING OF THAT REPORT, THEN SHE CAN GIVE HER CONSENT TO ITS RELEASE, AND WE CAN HAVE THIS DEBATE IN THE PUBLIC ARENA. BUT FRANKLY, I'M JUST ACTUALLY` WERE YOU SURPRISED BY HER RESPONSE? IT'S RATHER IN LINE WITH ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED OVER THE PAST FOUR PLUS MONTHS, RIGHT? GREENS CO-LEADER CHLOE SWARBRICK SAYS THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON URGING ALL PARTIES INVOLVED TO GIVE CONSENT TO RELEASE THE REPORT'S FINDINGS. ACTING PRIME MINISTER WINSTON PETERS WASN'T SURPRISED BY THE ACTIONS OF THE FORMER GREEN MP. $42,000 OF TAXPAYERS MONEY IS BEING SPENT ON HER CASE. NO ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE PUBLIC HERE FROM THE GREENS AT ALL. SHE'S BEEN AWAY FROM PARLIAMENT FOR 100 DAYS AND NO ACCOUNTABILITY THERE AT ALL. AND NOW THEY'RE SITTING THERE WITH SORT OF MULTI-VOWELLED WORD SANDWICHES, SO TO SPEAK, WAVING THEIR HANDS AND SAYING HOW IT'S RUINING THEIR KAUPAPA. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN FORCED TO RESPOND TO REPORTS A TOP PARKINSON'S EXPERT VISITED THE RESIDENCE 8 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR. THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS REPORTED VISITOR LOGS SHOWED THE SPECIALIST MET WITH PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S PHYSICIAN IN JANUARY. THE WHITE HOUSE'S PRESS SECRETARY TOLD REPORTERS THIS MORNING THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS MOST RECENTLY ASSESSED IN FEBRUARY AS PART OF ANNUAL PHYSICAL CHECKS AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF ANY NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS. BOEING HAS AGREED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO ONE CRIMINAL FRAUD CHARGE, RELATING TO TWO FATAL CRASHES INVOLVING ITS 737 MAX JETLINERS. THE COMPANY WILL PAY A $400 MILLION FINE, BUT AVOID A TRIAL OVER THE 2018 LION AIR AND 2019 ETHIOPIAN AIR CRASHES, WHICH KILLED A TOTAL OF 346 PEOPLE. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAYS THE CHARGE STEMS FROM BOEING MISLEADING REGULATORS ABOUT A FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM BLAMED FOR THE CRASHES. THE DEAL DOESN'T INCLUDE THE LATEST STRING OF SAFETY ISSUES INVOLVING THE COMPANY'S PLANES. DANISH FARMERS ARE SET TO BENEFIT FROM THE COUNTRY'S ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, BY BEING COMPENSATED FOR NEW REGULATIONS. DENMARK'S POISED TO INTRODUCE A WORLD=FIRST EMISSIONS TAX, TARGETING GASSY COWS, SHEEP, AND PIGS, AIMED AT REDUCING DANISH GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 70% BY 2030. A CARBON FUTURE SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE A NEW ROLE FOR FARMERS IN SOCIETY. SO WHAT DENMARK IS SUGGESTING HERE IS TO TURN FARMERS FROM THE PRODUCERS OF FOOD INTO THE STEWARDS OF LAND. AND THIS IS, I THINK, A REALLY BEAUTIFUL VISION OF ESSENTIALLY EXPANDING THEIR SKILL SETS, EXPANDING THEIR ROLE AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IN A WAY THAT GOES HAND-IN-HAND WITH A FUTURE WHERE WE HAVE TO PRODUCE FOOD WHILE REDUCING AND REMOVING EMISSIONS. AOTEAROA'S PROPOSED TAX ON LIVESTOCK EMISSIONS WAS SCRAPPED BY THE GOVERNMENT BEFORE IT WAS SET TO BE INTRODUCED. THE FIRST SOCIAL SUPERMARKET IS OPENING IN WHAKATANE TODAY, AS ONE LEADER HIGHLIGHTS THE POVERTY GAP IN THE COMMUNITY. WAIARIKI WHANAU MENTORING TRUST ARE LEADING THE OPERATION, ALONG WITH FOODSTUFFS NORTH ISLAND, TO HELP MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY STRUGGLING WITH FOOD INSECURITY. WHARE AIO SOCIAL SUPERMARKET AIMS TO FEED 50 FAMILIES EACH WEEK, AND 13,000 PEOPLE IN ITS FIRST YEAR. WAIARIKI WHANAU'S WAATA HEATHCOTE SAYS THERE'S CERTAINLY A NEED. IN THE CURRENT CRUNCH, DEFINITELY HERE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, WITHIN THE WHAKATANE DISTRICT, WE SEE A NEED TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE WORKING. SO THE LOW TO MIDDLE INCOME EARNERS THAT ARE WORKING 40 HOURS A WEEK, BUT JUST CAN'T GET THE BARE ESSENTIALS. THE NEW STORE, LOCATED ON THE STRAND, WILL PROVIDE FOOD AT LOW OR NO COST, USING A POINTS SYSTEM. TO SPORT ` AND THE COACH OF RISING TENNIS STAR LULU SUN SAYS SHE'S IN A GOOD PLACE MENTALLY, HEADING INTO HER FIRST EVER GRAND SLAM QUARTER-FINAL. THE KIWI-BORN PLAYER SHOCKED THE TENNIS WORLD BY REACHING THE FINAL EIGHT OF THE GRASS COURT TOURNAMENT AS A QUALIFIER, BEATING FORMER GRAND SLAM CHAMPION EMMA RADUCANU TO REACH THE QUARTERS. LULU IS KIND OF ON A WAVE, RIGHT? SO WE DON'T WANT TO FALL OFF THE WAVE NOW. AND I THINK SHE'S SUPER EXCITED AND SHE'S SUPER MOTIVATED. SO I WOULD SAY THAT SHE'S FINE MENTALLY RIGHT NOW. BUT I KNOW THAT AFTER THE TOURNAMENT SHE WILL BE... SUN WILL PLAY WORLD NUMBER 37 DONNA VEKIC EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AND MEN'S WORLD NUMBER TWO NOVAK DJOKOVIC HAS COMFORTABLY SECURED HIS SPOT IN THE WIMBLEDON QUARTERS. THE SEVEN-TIME WIMBELDON CHAMPION BEAT WORLD NUMBER 15 HOLGER RUNE IN STRAIGHT SETS THIS MORNING. ABSOLUTELY ABSURD. NOVAK, THE GREAT. TOO GOOD FOR THE OPPONENT. KNOW THAT, ONCE AGAIN A WIMBLEDON QUARTER-FINALIST. DJOKOVIC WILL FACE AUSTRALIAN ALEX DE MINAUR IN HIS NEXT MATCH. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THE REGION. A BIT OF DRIZZLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. 17 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` OTHER THAN SOME CLOUD IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. IT'S LOOKING BETTER HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF YOU. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR SOME OF YOU. THIS WON'T STICK AROUND, CLEARING TO A NICE FINE DAY AFTER MIDDAY FOR MOST. 15 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE REGION. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN TAUMARUNUI. 16 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF CLOUD THIS MORNING FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. OTHERWISE, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY SUNNY FOR MOST OF YOU. 12 THE HIGH FOR KAIKOURA. 13 FOR THE REST OF YOU. HEADING SOUTH ` A CLOUDY START IN CHRISTCHURCH. OTHERWISE IT'S CLEAR SKIES FOR YOUR TUESDAY. 11 THE HIGH FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH IN MILFORD SOUND AND OBAN. ELSEWHERE, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. BLUE SKIES TODAY. 9 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN. I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO GORE. MY AUNTIE CAROL IS DOWN THERE. BRIGHTEN UP YOUR HOME IN JUST AN AFTERNOON OR A WEEKEND WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED THANKS TO RESENE. TODAY WE'RE GIVING AWAY A RESENE HOME MAKEOVER, INCLUDING A RESENE COLOUR CONSULTATION, THE LATEST RESENE PAINT AND WALLPAPER AND A RESENE ECO DECORATOR TO ASSIST WITH THE PAINTING. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS HEAD TO winwithtvnz.co.nz, ENTER TODAY'S KEYWORD, WHICH IS 'PAINT', AND YOU'RE IN THE DRAW. AND IF YOU ALSO TUNE INTO SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT, YOU HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN. LOOK OUT FOR A NEW KEYWORD TONIGHT. AND DON'T FORGET ` EVERY CORRECT ENTRY ALSO GOES IN THE DRAW TO WIN ONE MORE MG3 HYBRID PLUS CAR THANKS TO MG. THE STYLISH MG3 HYBRID PLUS COMES WITH CUTTING-EDGE TECH, A SEVEN-YEAR ROADSIDE ASSIST AND A GENEROUS SEVEN-YEAR WARRANTY, AND WE STILL HAVE ONE MG3 HYBRID CAR TO GIVE AWAY ON SEVEN SHARP NEXT MONDAY. MAKE SURE YOU ALSO WATCH SEVEN SHARP EACH NIGHT TO ENTER THE SPECIAL KEYWORD TO BE IN TO WIN. THAT ADDRESS AND KEY WORD AGAIN ` winwithtvnz.co.nz AND 'PAINT'. PAINT. PAINT. PAINT THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS ARE ON A MISSION FOR BACK-TO-BACK OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS. AS THEY PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THEIR PARIS PREPARATIONS, OUR OLYMPICS REPORTER GUY HEVELDT SPENT THE DAY WITH THEM. HUNTING EACH OTHER... BEFORE THEY'RE HUNTED IN PARIS. THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS... DEEPEN PREPARATIONS TO DEFEND OLYMPIC GOLD. WE WANT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE WORLD. WE WANT TO BE THE GREATEST TEAM IN THE WORLD, AND THAT'S ASPIRATIONAL. THAT'S HUGE. WINNING GOLD WILL DEFINITIVELY MAKE THEM THAT. AND TO GET THERE AS A GROUP THAT HAVE BECOME SO FAMILIAR AND CHERISHED IN NEW ZEALAND SPORT FOR YEARS ` INSPIRATIONAL CAPTAIN SARAH HIRINI, TRY-SCORING MACHINES PORTIA WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE AND MICHAELA BLYDE AND THE TRADEMARK ENERGY OF STACEY WAAKA... MIXED WITH SOME NEW STARS, LED BY GEORGIA MILLER (20) SHE'S, I THINK, PROBABLY THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD AT THE MOMENT. SO THERE'S ONES WHO WILL` ARE REALLY, REALLY STAMPING THEIR MARK, AND I THINK I FEED OFF THAT ENERGY. EARLY ON IN PRIMARY SCHOOL, WE DID THIS STUDY OF THE OLYMPICS AND JUST LIKE HEAPS OF DIFFERENT SPORTS, AND IT WAS ALWAYS COOL IN SCHOOL BECAUSE WE USED TO MISS CLASS SO WE COULD WATCH THE OLYMPICS. ARE YOU THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO WOULD GET AN OLYMPIC RINGS TATTOO OR SOMETHING? YEP, KEEN. I'M REALLY KEEN TO GET THAT. THAT WILL BE MY FIRST TATTOO. BUT, UM, YEAH, I THINK I'M GOING TO GET IT DONE. SPEAKING OF GETTING IT DONE, THE KIWIS WILL COME UNDER ARGUABLY THEIR MOST PRESSURE AT THESE GAMES. # UNDER PRESSURE. # WHILE WINNING FOUR WORLD SERIES ROUNDS THIS YEAR, THEY LOST THE OVERALL CROWN TO AUSTRALIA, WITH IRELAND AND FRANCE ALSO EMERGING AS THREATS. IN SOME WAYS, I THINK MAYBE WE ARE THE HUNTING. YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T WIN MADRID, SO THERE'S FIRE IN THE BELLY. WHAT DIFFERENCE IN MINDSET IS THAT GOING TO PRODUCE? MM. I THINK FIRSTLY, UM, IT'S PROBABLY NOW A BLESSING IN DISGUISE THAT WE FELL SHORT IN MADRID BECAUSE YOU OBVIOUSLY LEARN A LOT MORE FROM YOUR FAILURES THEN YOU DO SUCCESSES. AND YES, WE'RE HUNTED FROM THE LAST OLYMPICS, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT HAS HAPPENED IN BETWEEN. AND IN A FIRST FOR THE TEAM, THEY'LL BE LEADING PARIS BY CO-CAPTAINS. THE INCREDIBLE RETURN OF HIRINI SLOT HER BACK INTO THE ROLE, BUT SHE'LL DO IT ALONGSIDE THE WOMAN WHO TOOK THE MANTLE DURING HER INJURY ` RISI POURI-LANE. SHE'S BEEN A SPECIAL, SPECIAL PERSON FOR OUR TEAM FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND OBVIOUSLY TOOK AN UNDER 18s TEAM TO THE YOUTH OLYMPICS, HAS A GOLD MEDAL IN THAT, HAS A COMM GAMES GOLD MEDAL. SO YEAH, SHE'S A SPECIAL, SPECIAL PERSON. WHAT MAKES HER A GREAT LEADER? HER ACTIONS ARE IN HER WORDS. SHE'S SOMEONE THAT'S... TO COME BACK SEVEN MONTHS POST-ACL INJURY IS` IT HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE IN THE SEVENS. AND IT'S NOT AN EASY SPORT TO COME BACK TO. SO HER RESILIENCE AND THE WAY THAT SHE HOLDS HERSELF AS WELL, IT'S INSPIRING FOR THE GROUP. A GROUP TRYING TO BE SHOWERED IN THE COUNTRY'S PRAISE AGAIN WITH ANOTHER OLYMPIC GOLD. (UPLIFTING MUSIC) GREAT TEAM, GREAT SONG. THE VOICE BY JOHN FARNHAM. GREAT. E WHAI AKE NEI ` COMING UP NEXT... THE GREYHOUND IS AWAY FROM LIMERICK. GIVES IT BACK ` BEAUTIFUL REVERSE PASS. (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) OH, JESUS CHRIST! GOD ALMIGHTY! HOW DID HE MISS IT... THAT'S INCREDIBLE. NUMBER 13. UH, ADAM LOUGHRAN. ADAM LOUGHRAN. UNBELIEVABLE MISS. HE HAD THE GIRL IN THE BED AND HE DIDN'T TOUCH HER. OH, LORD ALMIGHTY, SAVE US. THE AUSSIE TWINS WHOSE COMMENTATOR TIKTOKS HAVE SET THE INTERNET ON FIRE. IF IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY THEN SPORTS COMMENTATORS WORLDWIDE WILL WANT TO BE OUR NEXT GUESTS HIT-LIST. AUSTRALIAN TWINS MILES AND ARCHIE SHEP HAVE BEEN ENTERTAINING THE SPORTING WORLD WITH THEIR LIP-SYNC TAKE-OFFS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT LAST WEEK GOT EVEN MORE ATTENTION WHEN THEY HAD A CRACK AT POLITICS. HE CAN'T HIT A BALL 50 YARDS. UH, I THINK I'M IN VERY GOOD SHAPE. I FEEL THAT I'M IS IN GOOD SHAPE AS I WAS 25, 30 YEARS AGO. ACTUALLY, I'M PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER. LOOK, I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE A DRIVING CONTEST WITH HIM. I GOT MY HANDICAP, WHICH` WHEN I WAS VICE PRESIDENT, DOWN TO A SIX. KNOWN AS SHEPMATES, THE BROTHERS JOIN US NOW FROM MELBOURNE. GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH. GOOD MORNING. NOT ONLY DOES IN THE SHOW. HOW DID IT ALL START? IT WAS A PRETTY WET IDEA. I HAD AFTER FORMAL TRAINING. I HAD A NICE BIT OF COMMENTARY WHEN ASHES WERE ON OVER HERE IN AUSTRALIA. A FEW YEARS AGO. I WENT HOME GRABBED MY BROTHERS HEADSET, AND THOUGHT I HAD A BIT OF FUN WITH IT. THE NEXT MORNING IT BLEW UP. EVERYONE WAS TELLING ME TO DO MORE HIGHLIGHTS, AND ARCHIE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA, CAN I COME IN ON THIS? WHETHER CAME IN JULY. BEST DECISION HE EVER MADE. THE COMMENTATORS, DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THEM AS A KIWI, BUT HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU REPLICATE WHAT THEY ARE DOING BECAUSE YOU MARK WHAT MAKES THEM SO DIFFERENT TO OTHER COMMENTATORS AROUND THE WORLD? THEY HAVE A MORE ROUGHNESS TO AN AUSSIE COMMENTATOR, WE ARE ABOUT MORE SHARP WITH OUR WORDS. IT IS FUNNY, WE SORT OF, WHAT WE DO ON CAMERA DEPENDS ON HOW THE COMMENTATORS VOICE SOUNDS. IT MIGHT BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE IN THE BOTH. THEY SOUND A BIT LIGHTER, OR IF THEY SOUND A BIT MORE ROUGH, THEN WE JUST PLAY INTO THAT WITH WHAT WE WEAR AND WHAT PROPS WE USE AND ALL THAT. WE SORT OF DO GET A LOT OF DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES, AND SOME ARE MORE FUN TO DO. WE ARE A BIG FAN OF IAN SMITH. DO YOU OFFEND PEOPLE AND HOW DO THEY TAKE IT? I DON'T THINK WITH OFFENDED ANYONE. IT IS PRETTY LIGHTHEARTED CONTENT TO TRY NOT OFFEND PEOPLE. UNLESS COMMENTATORS HAVE A BIG EGO AND THEY WANT TO PRESENT TAX OF THEIR LOOK, THEN MAYBE THEY MIGHT GET OFFENDED, BUT I THINK IT IS ALL IN GOOD FUN. NOTHING TOO SERIOUS. NOW YOU ARE DABBLING INTO POLITICS. HOW MUCH PRACTICE DOES THAT TAKE? THE LETTER THINKING AND THE TIMING AS JUST SO ACCURATE. THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS NOT TO GET CANCELLED WHEN YOU DELVE INTO POLITICS. YOU DO NOT WANT TO TRADE ON ANY SIDE. YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. YOU LOOK AT THE UNIVERSE AND A LOT OF THINGS LINED UP FOR US THAT DAY. I CAUGHT MYSELF DOING MY DONALD TRUMP AND PRESENT THAT MORNING, JUST RANDOMLY. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME EVER TRIED IT. I WAS PRACTISING THAT, THAT MORNING, AND I GOT A NOTIFICATION THAT THE DEBATE WAS ON. AND I THOUGHT, I WILL TURN AND COULD BE A GOOD WATCH. AN HOUR AND 40 MINUTES INTO THE DEBATE, THE FIRST THING I SEE IS THE WHOLE GOLF SEGMENT AND THE TWO PRESIDENTS GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD ON WHO HAS THE BETTER HANDICAP. IMMEDIATELY, IT WAS A LIGHTBULB THING, MYLES, I SAID, DROP WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WE NEED TO GET AN INSIGHT PRACTISING. WE HEADED UP PROBABLY AN HOUR AND HALF OF THE DEBATE. GOOD TURNAROUND TIME ON THAT ONE. HAS IT BEEN ANY COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH IT? IT STARTED OFF AS A HOBBY NOW HAS BECOME A JOB, HAVE YOU SEEN ANY INCREASE IN OPPORTUNITIES? IT IS A TOUGH INDUSTRY. THEY GOES UP AND DOWN. YOU HAVE GOOD MONTHS AND BAD MONTHS. IF YOU KEEP DOING THE CONTENT, AND HAVING AN IMPACT, YOU CAN TRY AND MAKE A LIVING OFF IT. FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT IS JUST MAKING GOOD CONTENT AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE RESONATE AND HAVE A LAUGH. WHATEVER COMES FROM THAT WE ARE HAPPY WITH. MYLES AND ARCHIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM DO YOU AND I. IT WOULD BE GREAT, A GOOD LAUGH. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE SMALL CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOL GOING GLOBAL. HOW ITS WELL-READ STUDENTS ARE TAKING ON THE WORLD. IT WOULD BE HILARIOUS IF THEY DID IT. VOICEOVER: Get your free 'Consumer's Guide to Hearing Aids', New Zealand's only independent guide to all the latest models. Choose the right hearing aid for your lifestyle and budget. Call 0800 45 45 42 for your free copy. (COUNTRY MUSIC) IT'S A BATTLE OF WITS AND KNOWLEDGE. FOUR KIWI STUDENTS ARE THERE TO TRY TO TAKE FIRST PLACE. THE KIDS LIT QUIZ WORLD FINALS REWARD SCHOOL PUPILS FOR BEING WELL-READ, TESTING WHAT THEY PICK UP ALONG THE WAY. THE WORLD FINALS ARE IN CANBERRA TOMORROW. TEACHER NATASHA LEITH AND STUDENT KOHEI WADA ARE WITH ME NOW. MORENA KI A KORUA. I'LL START WITH YOU, CONGRATS, KOHEI. WHAT YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO? QUITE A BIT, IT'S A FIVE-DAY EVENT, THE GALA DINNER, BECAUSE, THEIR FUN ACTIVITIES THEY HAVE PROVIDED US. WHAT IS IT LIKE TO REPRESENT NEW ZEALAND ON THE WORLD STAGE? IT REALLY IS AMAZING. WE HAVE ALL COME SO FAR, WE HAVE READ SO MANY BOOKS, NOT JUST FOR THE QUIZ BUT FOR OUR PLEASURE. THE TIGHTER, IT HAS BEEN DUBBED THE SPORT OF READING, TELL US A BIT ABOUT THIS. THE STUDENTS BEGAN IN TRAINING IN THEIR OWN SCHOOLS AND WENT OFF TO A LOCAL REGIONAL TOURNAMENT IN CHRISTCHURCH. THERE WERE PROBABLY ABOUT 30 OR 40 TEAMS, IN A PUB QUIZ STYLE, THEY MOVED ON FROM THAT AND MOVED ON TO NATIONALS IN WELLINGTON. ABOUT 17 TEAMS THERE, AND NOW WE FIND OUR SELVES IN CANBERRA. HOW MANY BOOKS HAVE YOU READ IN PREPARATION? I'VE LOST COUNT. SO YOU GET QUIZZED ON THE BOOK? YES, ANYTHING ABOUT THE BOOK ` CHARACTERS, PLACES, YEAH. IS THERE A FAVOURITE BOOK FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM? NOT REALLY A FAVOURITE BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE SUCH VAST DIVERSITY. WE ALL LOVE SO MANY DIFFERENT BOOKS. THERE ARE LOTS OF CATEGORIES WE LOVE. NATASHA, IN A WORLD FULL OF DEVICES, THIS MUST BE A HUGE PUSH TO GET KIDS READING. IT IS. BELIEVED QUIZ MASTER HAS CREATED A PROGRAM THAT REALLY SELLS READING FOR KIDS, AND ALSO, SELLING IT EVEN MORE THAN OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE SO MANY KIDS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT READING NOW BECAUSE THEY CAN TRAVEL AND MEET NEW PEOPLE. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT CATHEDRAL GRAMMAR HAS BEEN THERE ` KOHEI, THE GOAL IS TO WIN BUT YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC GOAL THIS TIME AROUND? BEAT THEM! BEAT THEM. DO REALLY WELL. BEAUTIFUL, WE WISH ALL THE BEST, AND CONGRATULATIONS. THANKS YOU BOTH. AND THEY HAVE TO GET UP SUPER EARLY. HOW COOL ARE THEY? YOU WILL WIN THIS, I GOT YOU. THAT'S IT, WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW MORNING. AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPANY. CAPTIONS BY MAIA CARR HEKE, JULIE TAYLOR, FRANK GORE AND KITTY WASASALA. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024