(SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) IT'S WEDNESDAY THE 10th OF JULY. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. HOW YOU DOING THIS MORNING? WE GOT A BUSY MORNING. THE FAIRYTALE IS OVER FOR NEW ZEALAND-BORN TENNIS STAR LULU SUN. SHE JUST CAME UP SHORTLY LOSING TO CROATIA'S DONNA VEKIC IN A THREE-SET BATTLE AT WIMBLEDON OVERNIGHT. EVERY MATCH, YOU CAN HAVE PRESSURE... I THINK I TAKE IT MATCH BY MATCH AND THEY TRIED TO DO AS BEST AS I CAN SO THAT I LEAD NOTHING OUT AFTER THE MATCH AND I CAN SAY I DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE, AND SHE DISPLAYED A BIT OF MATCH. BUT I'M PROUD OF YOU LULU SUN. SHE CAN RETIRE, SHE'S GOT YOUR APPROVAL. SHE GETS TO JOIN CLUB EIGHT. WE'LL HAVE MORE OF tHAT INTERVIEW WITH OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT AS WELL AS HEAD TO SUN'S HOME TOWN IN TE ANAU FOR THEIR REACTION TO THE RESULT SHORTLY. THERE'S NO END IN SIGHT FOR THE DARLEEN TANA SAGA. COPIES OF SOME OF THE PAGES OF THE REPORT INTO TANA HAVE BEEN LEAKED, BUT LEADER CHLOE SWARBRICK SAYS ALL PARTIES INCLUDING TANA NEED TO CONSENT FOR THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TO BE RELEASED. THE GREENS HAVE THE OPTION TO BOOT HER OUT OF PARLIAMENT, BUT HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN OPPOSED TO THE WAKA-JUMPING LEGISLATION. WE'LL SEE WHAT IT TAKES TO TRIGGER IT FROM AN ELECTORAL LAW EXPERT AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. AND SPEAKING OF TRIGGERING, I TELL YOU, AND THIS ONE'S GOT OUR TEAM TALKING, WHAT SHOULD BE THE DRESS CODE FOR PUBLIC POOLS? A TARANAKI WOMAN HAS CAUSED A SPLASH AFTER SHE SAYS HER SON WAS 'SUBJECTED' TO SEEING A WOMAN IN A G-STRING BIKINI. SO SHE'S CREATED A PETITION TO GET THEM BANNED, AND IT'S CAUSED QUITE THE STIR ONLINE. AND TRIGGERED A LOT OF EMOTIONS AND THOUGHTS HERE ON OUR TEAM. BAN BUDGIES SMUGGLERS TOO. ADD THAT TO THE LIST, I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR BUM OR YOUR FRONT BUM. WE'LL BE SPEAKING TO A SIZE INCLUSIVE INFLUENCER A LITTLE LATER. BUT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU THIS MORNING. IS A G-STRING BIKINI APPROPRIATE FOR A PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL? LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK. EMAIL US, breakfast@tvnz.co.nz CAN'T WAIT. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK, HERE'S MELISSA WITH THE NEWS. LULU SUN'S RUN AT WIMBLEDON HAS COME TO AN END, LOSING HER QUARTER-FINAL TO WORLD NUMBER 37 DONNA VEKIC, THIS MORNING. LITTLE SEPARATED THE PAIR IN THE FIRST SET, SUN GETTING THE BREAK LATE TO TAKE IT 7-5. BUT FROM THERE, THE CROATIAN TOOK CONTROL. (PLAYERS GRUNT) (PLAYERS GRUNT) (CHEERING) (CHEERING) WELL PLAYED. (MORE CHEERING) VEKIC WINNING THE SECOND SET 6-4, THEN THE THIRD 6-1, TO ADVANCE TO THE SEMI-FINAL. SUN SPOKE TO 1 NEWS EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON AFTER THE MATCH, ADMITTING HER BODY BEGAN TO CRAMP UP IN THE SECOND SET. TOWARDS THE END OF THE SECOND SET, I GUESS MY BODY JUST GAVE OUT A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN I STARTED MOVING SLOWER, SO I WASN'T ABLE TO GET AS MANY SHOTS AS I WAS IN THE FIRST SET, WHICH WAS A BIT UNFORTUNATE. IT DIDN'T HELP IN THE THIRD SET EITHER. BUT SHE PLAYED WELL AS WELL, SO, YOU KNOW, TOPS TO HER. AND WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM SUN, RIGHT AFTER NEWS AND WEATHER. A CLAIM BY THE NEW ZEALAND FIRST PARTY THAT THE ARATERE RAN AGROUND UNMANNED COULD NOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH, ACCORDING TO THE UNION REPRESENTING BOAT WORKERS. LAST MONTH, THE INTERISLANDER VESSEL RAN AGROUND SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING PICTON DUE TO WHAT WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN A 'STEERING ISSUE'. BUT NZ FIRST SPECULATES SOMEONE ONBOARD, QUOTE, 'PUT THE AUTOPILOT ON, WENT FOR A COFFEE, 'AND THEN COULDN'T TURN THE AUTOPILOT OFF.' MARITIME NEW ZEALAND DESCRIBED THE COMMENTS AS CONJECTURE AND UNHELPFUL AMID AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. DEMOLITION AND RECOVERY EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY AT A UKRAINIAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL HIT BY RUSSIAN MISSILES. THE BBC'S JAMES WATERHOUSE SENT THIS REPORT FROM KYIV. THIS WAS A RUSSIAN MISSILE, WHICH HAS ESPECIALLY LEFT A MARK BECAUSE OF WHO AND WHAT IT HIT ` A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FULL OF PATIENTS. KYIV HAS STRONGLY REJECTED MOSCOW'S CLAIM THIS WAS CAUSED BY A UKRAINIAN AIR DEFENCE MISSILE, SAYING IT HAS EVIDENCE IT WAS RUSSIAN AND DELIBERATELY LAUNCHED. THIS ATTACK HAS POSED DIFFICULT QUESTIONS FOR UKRAINE. SEVERAL CRUISE MISSILES HIT THEIR TARGETS IN THE CENTRE OF THE CITY AND AS FAR AS KYIV IS CONCERNED, THE NEED FOR AIR DEFENCES HAS NEVER BEEN GREATER. MISSILES DO TERRORISE, BUT THUS FAR THEY HAVEN'T WEAKENED UKRAINIAN RESOLVE. BUT IF THE RISK TO LIFE INCREASES, THAT WILL ONLY IMPACT MORALE. VALENTINA, A NURSE, WAS WORKING ON THIS WARD WHEN THE ATTACK HAPPENED. SHE TELLS US SOME OF THE HOSPITAL'S 600 OR SO PATIENTS ARE BEING DENIED CRITICAL CARE. TRANSLATOR: WE ASK THE WORLD TO STOP THIS WAR, TO STOP THIS NIGHTMARE, FOR OUR CHILDREN NOT TO SUFFER. THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST STRIKES SINCE THE START OF THE FULL-SCALE INVASION NOW, 2.5 YEARS AGO. FOR UKRAINIANS, IT FEELS LONGER. AND JUST THIS MORNING, NEW ZEALAND HAS ANNOUNCED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE UKRAINIAN WAR EFFORT. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AHEAD OF THE NATO SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON. A TOTAL OF $16 MILLION WILL BE SENT, $6 MILLION FOR MILITARY EFFORTS, AND $10 MILLION FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING FOR PEOPLE DISPLACED INTO NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES. WOOLWORTHS SAYS ASSAULTS ON STAFF AT ITS SUPERMARKETS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED, UP 9% IN THE LAST YEAR. THERE WERE 925 ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSION, WITH PHYSICAL ASSAULTS JUMPING 50% TO MORE THAN 300. THE SUPERMARKET CHAIN DID SEE A REDUCTION IN THE USE OF WEAPONS DOWN 22%. IN RESPONSE, WOOLWORTHS IS ROLLING OUT A RAFT OF SECURITY AND SAFETY MEASURES IN ITS STORES ` PART OF A $45m THREE-YEAR PROGRAMME. THE MOTHER OF THREE CHILDREN KILLED IN A SYDNEY HOUSE FIRE OVER THE WEEKEND HAS RETURNED TO THE HOME, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE TRAGEDY. SHE WAS SUPPORTED BY HER EXTENDED FAMILY, AND STILL WEARING HER OWN HOSPITAL WRISTBAND, HAVING JUST BEEN DISCHARGED. THREE CHILDREN DIED, AND FOUR OTHERS REMAIN IN HOSPITAL IN A STABLE CONDITION. IN THE SAME HOSPITAL, THE MAN ACCUSED OF STARTING THE FIRE AND TRYING TO BLOCK RESCUERS FROM SAVING THE CHILDREN AS THE HOUSE BURNT. HE'S EXPECTED TO FACE MULTIPLE SERIOUS CHARGES WHEN HE'S OUT OF AN INDUCED COMA. NEW ZEALAND'S KEPT ITS PLACE ON THE SAIL GP CALENDAR, WITH AUCKLAND TO HOST THE SERIES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LATE JANUARY NEXT YEAR. THE EVENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE CITY OF SAILS THIS YEAR, BUT WAS MOVED DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF WATERFRONT LAND. THE REGATTA'S TWICE BEEN HELD IN CHRISTCHURCH BUT A FALL OUT WITH ORGANISERS OVER ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS LED TO SAIL GP CHIEF EXECUTIVE SIR RUSSELL COUTTS SAYING IT WOULDN'T BE BACK. THE TEAMS ARE CURRENTLY PREPARING FOR THIS YEAR'S GRAND FINAL THIS WEEKEND IN SAN FRANCISCO, WITH NEW ZEALAND TOP OF THE STANDINGS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) (GROOVY MUSIC) TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PARTLY CLOUDY DAY ACROSS THE REGION. THE ODD SHOWER THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR KAITAIA THROUGH TO WHANGAREI. 16 THE HIGH FOR RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH, SOME MORNING CLOUD IN FOR MOST OF YOU, BUT MOSTLY BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. SOME CLOUDY PERIODS ROLLING IN AFTER MIDDAY IN DANNEVIRKE. 14 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST, PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF THE REGION. CHANCE OF THE ODD SHOWER LATER IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND LEVIN. 16 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND, A LOVELY MORNING FOR THE EAST COAST. A BIT MORE CLOUD AS WE HEAD OVER TO THE WEST WITH POSSIBLE SHOWERS THIS MORNING. 12 THE HIGH IN KAIKOURA; 13 FOR EVERYONE ELSE. HEADING SOUTH, A FROSTY START FOR TIMARU THROUGH TO ALEXANDRA, BUT OTHERWISE A MAINLY FINE DAY. BIT OF FOG IN CHRISTCHURCH THIS MORNING. 10 THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` A CLOUDY START TO THE DAY FOR MOST, CLEARING TO A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF YOU. A FEW SHOWERS THIS MORNING IN MILFORD SOUND AND OBAN. 12 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN. Q-TOWN, -1! SOME OF YOUR FEEDBACK ABOUT BIKINIS IN THE POLLS, WOW, IT'S PRETTY BRUTAL. IT'S THE END OF THE DREAM WIMBLEDON RUN FOR NEW ZEALAND-BORN TENNIS STAR LULU SUN. SHE WAS DEFEATED IN THREE SETS BY CROATIA'S DONNA VEKIC IN THE QUARTER FINAL. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON CAUGHT UP WITH LULU JUST AFTER SHE CAME OFF CENTRE COURT. FIRST AND FOREMOST, CONGRATULATIONS ON WHAT WAS AN EPIC PERFORMANCE DESPITE THE RESULT. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? A BIT TIRED. BUT, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS EXPERIENCE, AND IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE ` ALL THE MATCHES AND THE CENTRE COURT AND, THE CROWDS, THE NEW ZEALAND FANS HERE. I'M JUST SUPER HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE AND FOREVER HAVE IT. IN NEW ZEALAND OBVIOUSLY IT'S SO EARLY IN THE MORNING, BUT PEOPLE WERE STAYING UP TO WATCH YOU. YOU HAD TE ANAU CLUB STAY UP TO THE EARLY HOURS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU? THAT SUPPORT. IT MEANS SO MUCH. I THINK, JUST SEEING ALL THAT` TO BE ABLE TO GROW THE TENNIS IN NEW ZEALAND. AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT. AND I KNOW TE ANAU IS NOT THAT BIG OF A TOWN, BUT I'M SUPER HAPPY TO GET THAT ENERGY OUT OF EVERYONE. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MATCH. YOU MENTIONED A BIT OF CRAMPING. WHAT KIND OF HAPPENED? YEAH, I THINK IT WAS A VERY COMPETITIVE FIRST SET. WE'RE BOTH GOING AT IT. AND I HAD A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE IT OUT, AND I DID. SECOND SET AS WELL, IT WAS CLOSE. AND THEN TOWARDS THE END OF THE SECOND SET, I GUESS MY BODY JUST, GAVE OUT A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN I STARTED MOVING SLOWER SO I WASN'T ABLE TO GET AS MANY SHOTS AS I WAS IN THE FIRST SET, WHICH WAS A BIT UNFORTUNATE. IT DIDN'T HELP IN THE THIRD SET EITHER, I MEAN, SHE PLAYED WELL AS WELL, SO TOPS TO HER. AND GOOD LUCK TO HER IN THE NEXT MATCH. I'LL TAKE IT AND LEARN FROM IT AND KEEP LEARNING AND KEEP FIGHTING FOR THE NEXT. HOW DID IT FEEL OUT THERE, THEN, WITH THE CROWD? I MEAN, TODAY I REALLY FELT IT, THEIR ENERGY AND IN SUPPORT. IT'S UNFORTUNATE I COULDN'T GIVE IT WITH MY BODY 100%. BUT I'LL TAKE THAT AND I WILL KEEP WORKING ON FOR THE NEXT TOURNAMENTS. FINALLY, WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO NEW ZEALAND, THEN? I MEAN, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR ME. I JUST FEEL SUPER GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU GUYS, AND TO GROW TENNIS IN NEW ZEALAND AND FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME. AND JUST SUPER HAPPY. THANK YOU GUYS. I LOVE IT. AND IT WASN'T JUST LULU'S FAN BASE IN LONDON THAT WAS CHEERING HER ON ` PLENTY OF PEOPLE STAYED UP AFTER MIDNIGHT IN AOTEAROA TO WATCH. JARED MCCULLOCH HEADED TO SUN'S HOMETOWN IN TE ANAU FOR A LATE-NIGHT WATCH PARTY WITH THE TENNIS CLUB. IT WAS HEARTBREAKING. IT WAS GUTTING. WE THOUGHT SHE HAD IT, TOWARDS THE SECOND SET THERE. WE THOUGHT SHE HAD IT DONE, BUT NOT TO BE. BUT ANYWAY, SHE'LL PRESS ON FROM HERE, I THINK, AND SHE'LL DO GREAT THINGS. IT'S REALLY GOOD. IT WAS AWESOME TO BE HERE FOR IT. SHAME IN THE END, BUT SHE DID PRETTY WELL. YEAH, LOOK, WE'RE ALL SITTING AROUND THE TABLE FEELING PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT LULU, GETTING THE WIN THERE. BUT YEAH, LOOK, IT ALL CAME DOWN TO THE LAST POINT IN THE END AND SHE JUST COULDN'T WIN IT. I LOVE IT, IT'S SO NEW ZEALAND. AND HE'S BACK AWAKE AGAIN ON THREE HOURS SLEEP TO JOIN US. HAVE YOU BEEN TO SLEEP YET, JARED? I HAD A GREAT ONE HOUR AND 1/2 SLEEP. SO I AM HERE AND SO IS GREG. WHO GOT THE SAME AMOUNT OF SLEEP. YES, ONE HOUR 38. I WAS TRYING TO DECIDE, YOU SAID LATE NIGHT WATCH, BUT I THINK IT'S MORE EARLY-MORNING BY THE TIME WE HAD IT. IT WAS A BUZZ GOING ON HERE, WASN'T IT? YES, IT WAS FIZZING A FEW HOURS AGO. WE WERE SUPER GRATEFUL TO WATCH IT. HER BODY STARTED TO GIVE OUT, AND IT WAS THE EXTRA THREE SHE PLAYED AT THE START. GREG, PRESIDENT OF THE TENNIS CLUB SINCE 2007. THAT'S RIGHT. WHAT'S IT LIKE TO HAVE THIS AS PART OF YOUR... OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, THE PHONE HAS BEEN GOING CRAZY, YOU SAID, LULU WAS BORN HERE, WHAT IS IT BEEN LIKE? IT MIGHT GO BACK TO A BIT OF NORMALITY NOW, BUT THIS HAS BEEN MASSIVE FOR THE CLUB TO FINALLY HAVE SOMEONE GO THIS FAR. WE HAVE NEVER HAD A LOCAL TENNIS PLAYER GO TO WIMBELDON! THE VIBE IN HERE WAS SO LOUD AND A LOT OF NERVES. THAT IS APTLY WHAT HAPPENED, AT THE END OF THE FIRST SET WE WERE ALL FIZZING. AND THEN AT THE LAST SET, YOU COULD JUST TELL THAT LULU SUN RAN OUT OF STEAM. AND SO NOW LOOKING TOWARDS THE OLYMPICS. WE WERE JUST TALKING BEFORE ABOUT THE ONLY OTHER NEW ZEALANDER CHRIS LEWIS, GOT THROUGH TO 1983 TO THE FINAL. THIS IS THE FIRST FEMALE NZER. IT'S HUGE, FOR A NEW ZEALANDER TO GET THIS FAR ` WE JUST A LITTLE PLACE, THERE IS A LOT OF TENNIS PLAYERS IN THE WORLD. SHE WAS INCREDIBLE. THERE IS MUCH MORE TO COME, RIGHT? THERE'S A TON MORE GRAND SLAMS. WE MIGHT LEAVE THE SET UP HERE AND LEAVE IT FOR THE NEXT ONE. QUITE BOUGIE, I LOVE IT. IT HAS BEEN A VERY INTERESTING NOTE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US AND BEING UP EARLY FOR US, BUT YOU HAVE BEEN UP ALL NIGHT. IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD TIME HERE AND, YEAH. GO AND HAVE A SLEEP, MATE! I WILL TAKE A MOMENT AND HOPEFULLY SOME WORDS WILL COME OUT. AN HOUR AND 1/2, THAT'S A LOT OF SLEEP TIME, TO BE FAIR. DID YOU ENJOY SLICES AND CAKES? LOOK, I LOVE SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY. WHITEBAIT FRITTERS, CHEESE ROLLS. THIS IS MY TYPE OF PLACE. DON'T FORGET THE LAMB RIBS AND THE BENNISON. SPONGE ROLLS! WE LIKE TO LOOK AFTER OUR VISITORS. HE SLEEP DEPRIVED, HE'S ALREADY FORGOTTEN. WELL DONE, MATE. WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US ON ONE HOURS SLEEP, AS WELL AS GREG. GO YOU TWO. MELISSA: I HOPE LULU IS PLANNING A TRIP BACK! DURING THE OLYMPICS, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE MENU. WHITEBAIT FRITTERS, YUM. JUST VERY QUICKLY, THIS MORNING'S MATCH, TWO HOURS AT EIGHT MINUTES AND SHE PLAYED TWO OF THOSE MATCHES WITHIN LESS THAN 48-HOUR IS, SINISTER PRIDE AND SHE WAS CRAMPING. E WHAI AKE NEI ` IS IT THE END OF AN ERA FOR DATING APPS? WHY MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOW SWIPING OFF THE APPS FOR GOOD. # IT'S A LOVE STORY, # GOT ME LOOKING SO CRAZY RIGHT NOW. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. YOU MIGHT EXPECT DATING IN TODAY'S DIGITAL AGE TO BE A BREEZE, WITH ALL THE APPS ` BUMBLE, TINDER, HINGE AND GRINDR. BUT TRENDING SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS REVEAL THE EXHAUSTION OF DATING APPS. WITH THE ENDLESS CYCLE OF SENDING LIKES, MESSAGING STRANGERS, AND... GETTING GHOSTED. I ALREADY GAVE UP THE DATING APPS, BUT THIS... JUST LET THIS BE A WARNING TO EVERYONE OUT THERE WHO'S STILL ON THEM, DON'T TRUST ANYBODY. DATING APPS ARE UNIQUELY DEPRESSING FROM A GUY'S PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE YOU SEND OUT ALL THESE LIKES, I PERSONALLY AM NOT THE BIGGEST FAN OF DATING APPS. WOW. EXPERTS ARE DUBBING IT 'DATING APP BURNOUT.' NOW, YOUNG PEOPLE ARE AVOIDING THE APPS. INSTEAD, CHOOSING TO MEET ROMANTIC PARTNERS IN REAL LIFE, OR NOT AT ALL. TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER, WE'RE JOINED BY RELATIONSHIP THERAPIST SERAFIN UPTON, MORENA! GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WHAT IS HAPPENING? I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON WHAT YOU SAID BEFORE. THEY'RE NOT DATING AND NOT USING DATING OUT, AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE ONLINE ANYWAY. THEY HAVE GROWN UP WITH TECHNOLOGY AND THEY ARE USING ONLINE SYSTEMS AND PLATFORMS LIKE TICK-TOCK AND ON THE GROUND, AND MEETING PEOPLE THAT WAY, AND SO THEY ARE TAKING CONTROL OF THE DATING EXPERIENCE INSTEAD OF RELYING ON A MIDDLE MAN APPS. YOU TALK ABOUT DATING APP BURNOUT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WERE NOT DESIGNED TO BE REJECTED. WE DON'T LIKE BEING REJECTED. IF YOU KEEP BEEN REJECTED ON DATING APPS, THAT BECOMES EXHAUSTING AND HE WOULD LEAVE THE APPS. MOST PEOPLE TO LEAVE THE APPS WITHIN ONE MONTH. SO YOU CAN MESSAGE PRIVATELY ON INSTAGRAM AND TICK-TOCK, HOW ARE THEY MEETING UP NOW? THE YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC? (CHUCKLES) I'M LIKE, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, WHAT DO THEY DO, BECAUSE I'M NOT ONE. IT IS SAFER TO APPROACH SOMEONE THAT WAY. AND WHAT ABOUT THE OLDER DEMOGRAPHIC? I DO KNOW THAT... ONLINE DATING USE HAS SLOWED DOWN AMONGST EVERYONE, BUT OLDER DEMOGRAPHICS ARE STILL USING APPS MORE THAN YOUNGER. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE HAS BEEN A DOWNWARD TREND ACROSS ALL AGE GROUPS. ARE THEY MEETING IN PERSON AS WELL AND FLIRTING? I DON'T THINK KIWIS EVER HAD THE ART OF FLIRTING. (CHUCKLES) SO WE ARE NOT DATING AT ALL? I THINK PEOPLE HAVE DROPPED THE APPS BUT ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING INSTEAD OF THE APPS. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DAYS WHERE YOU KNEW SOMEONE WAS SINGLE ` THE MATCHMAKER. WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE? I LIKE TO THINK THE MATCHMAKER STILL EXISTS. I THINK THAT'S THE WAY THINGS ARE` COULD GO. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED SAFETY ONLINE, BUT IS SAFETY TO KNOW SOMEONE THAT YOU KNOW BECAUSE YOU CAN GIVE THEM AN UPDATE ON THEM. SO WHAT ARE YOUR TIPS ON DATING? DEFINITELY REFERENCE CHECK. THIS FOR ME MEANS DATING SOMEONE WHO HAS COME RECOMMENDED. THROUGH A FAMILY MEMBER, NEIGHBOUR, COLLEAGUE, FRIEND. AT THAT PERSON CAN VOUCH FOR SOMEONE, THAT IS LIKE... EXPONENTIALLY SAFER THAN ANY OTHER WAY YOU CAN DATE SOMEBODY. YEAH. DATING SOMEONE YOU HAVE OBSERVED FROM AFAR. BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OBSERVE HOW THEY INTERACT WITH AND REGARD OTHERS. ARE THEY A GOOD LISTENER, ARE THEY RESPECTFUL? I THINK HAVING PEOPLE IN COMMON OR HAVING SOMEONE VOUCH FOR THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE GOING ON A DATE WITH IS WHEN A BORN DOCTOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. (CHUCKLES) IT SO COMPLICATED! JUST STAY-AT-HOME. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS ` WILL THE GREENS USE THE WAKA-JUMPING LEGISLATION TO KICK DARLEEN TANA OUT OF PARLIAMENT? 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. LULU SUN'S HISTORY MAKING RUN AT WIMBLEDON HAS COME TO AN END, BEATEN IN THE QUARTERFINALS THIS MORNING. THE KIWI STARTED STRONGLY, TAKING THE FIRST SET FROM WORLD NUMBER 37 DONNA VEKIC. WHAT POISE, WHAT SKILL. THE FIRST SET GOES THE WAY OF SUN, AND SHE TAKES IT BY SEVEN GAMES TO FIVE. BUT THE KIWI FADED AS THE CROATIAN PLAYER BOUNCED BACK, VEKIC TAKING OUT THE MATCH 6-7, 6-4, 6-1. WE ARE GOING TO SEE AN AWFUL LOT MORE OF THE NEW ZEALANDER, LULU SUN. THE QUALIFIER WHO HAS LIT UP THIS TOURNAMENT. SHE WILL BE AROUND 50 IN THE WORLD IN MONDAY'S RANKINGS. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HER BACK AT WIMBLEDON NEXT YEAR. DESPITE THE LOSS, SUN WILL TAKE HOME $780,000 IN PRIZE MONEY, PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS ANNOUNCED MORE SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE, AS IT CONTINUES TO FIGHT RUSSIA'S ILLEGAL INVASION. $6 MILLION WILL GO TOWARDS THE MILITARY EFFORT, AND $10 MILLION IN HUMANITARIAN AID WILL HELP PEOPLE DISPLACED BY THE CONFLICT. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMING AHEAD OF THIS WEEK'S NATO SUMMIT, AND WHILE THE PRIME MINISTER IS IN WASHINGTON. HE'S SPENT THE DAY MEETING AMERICAN LAWMAKERS, AND VISITING FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEES. A RUSSIAN ATTACK ON A UKRAINIAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WILL LIKELY BE HIGH ON THE AGENDA AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON D.C. AS THE BBC'S TOM BATEMAN REPORTS, PRESIDENT ZELENSKY IS EXPECTED TO HAVE TWO MAJOR PLEAS WHILE HE'S THERE. PRESIDENT ZELENSKY IS AMONG THE WORLD LEADERS DUE IN WASHINGTON A BIT LATER ON TODAY. HE STOPPED OFF ON THE WAY IN WARSAW AND WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY CRITICAL OF THE RESPONSE SO FAR FROM NATO ALLIES. HE SAID THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE A` HE SAID, 'A STRONGER RESPONSE AND GREATER RESILIENCE FROM UKRAINE'S 'FRIENDS, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THIS ATTACK.' BUT THE ONE BIG THING PRESIDENT ZELENSKY WANTS, THAT IS A CLEAR INVITE AND A TIMETABLE TO NATO MEMBERSHIP FOR UKRAINE WILL NOT BE DELIVERED AT THE END OF THIS SUMMIT. HE'S SAID TO BE DISAPPOINTED, I THINK, BUT WHAT THE AMERICANS AND NATO WILL TALK ABOUT IS WHAT THEY WILL DESCRIBE AS A BRIDGE TO MEMBERSHIP, BUT CERTAINLY NOT AS QUICKLY AS THE UKRAINIANS WANT. THE MOTHER OF THREE CHILDREN KILLED IN A SYDNEY HOUSE FIRE OVER THE WEEKEND HAS RETURNED TO THE HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE TRAGEDY. THE ROAD WAS CLOSED TO EVERYONE EXCEPT THE WOMAN AND HER FAMILY TO ALLOW HER SPACE TO GRIEVE. CHANNEL 9'S ERIN RAMSAY REPORTS. RETURNING TO HER FAMILY HOME, A MOTHER TRIES TO PROCESS A TRAGEDY. SUPPORTED BY HER PARENTS AND POLICE, SHE READS CARDS LEFT BY HER COMMUNITY. SHE'S JUST BEEN DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL, STILL WEARING HER MEDICAL WRISTBAND. (SIRENS WAIL) I COULD JUST HEAR KIDS. I JUST FOLLOWED THE NOISE, COULD NOT SEE MY HAND IN FRONT OF MY FACE. NEIGHBOUR JARED HAWKINS IS BEING HAILED A HERO FOR PULLING SEVERAL CHILDREN FROM THE BURNING LEYLAH PARK HOME. TWO BOYS, AGED 2 AND 6, AND A FIVE-MONTH-OLD BABY GIRL COULDN'T BE SAVED. IT'S ALLEGED DEAN HUISMAN (28) WAS ATTEMPTING TO FEND OFF JARED AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS DURING THE RESCUE, BARRICADING THE MOTHER AND SEVEN CHILDREN INSIDE. HE TODAY REMAINS IN WESTMEAD HOSPITAL IN AN INDUCED COMA AND UNDER POLICE GUARD, ACCUSED OF DELIBERATELY LIGHTING THE FIRE. HER PAINFUL PILGRIMAGE OVER, THE MOTHER, HEADING BACK TO THE HOSPITAL TO MAINTAIN A BEDSIDE VIGIL FOR THE FOUR CHILDREN WHO MADE IT OUT ALIVE. TO SOME MORE SPORTS NEWS, AND THE NEW ZEALAND UNDER-20s TEAM HAVE DOMINATED SPAIN AT THEIR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN SOUTH AFRICA THIS MORNING. IN EXTREMELY WET CONDITIONS, NEW ZEALAND DOMINATED FROM THE OPENING WHISTLE, BUILDING A 45-13 LEAD AT THE HALF-TIME BREAK. SPAIN LOOK TO FEND OFF THIS POWERFUL NEW ZEALAND SCRUM ONCE MORE. DONOVAN, SLIDES HIS WAY TO THE LINE. THE GAME WAS CALLED OFF AT HALF-TIME DUE TO THE SURFACE BEING UNPLAYABLE; THE WIN SECURING NEW ZEALAND A SEMI-FINAL SPOT. AND FINALLY, THEY MIGHT BE A STAPLE OF HORROR MOVIES AND CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAY PARTIES, BUT A FESTIVAL IN LONDON IS AIMING TO SHOW THERE IS MORE TO CLOWNS THAN THE STEREOTYPES. FROM A DIVA COMMANDING THE STAGE, TO ROCK MUSIC-LOVING HOOLIGANS, THE LONDON CLOWN FESTIVAL SHOWCASES THE WIDE VARIETY OF PERFORMERS UNDER THE CLOWN UMBRELLA. WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT CLOWNS THEY THINK OF A RED NOSE OR MAKE UP, OR A CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINER. WE SHOW THAT CLOWNS DO NOT ALWAYS WEAR MAKE UP, AND COME IN ALL SORTS OF SHAPES AND SIZES. THEY PERFORM THEATRE AND COMEDY... FESTIVAL ORGANISERS SAY CLOWNING IS EXPERIENCING SOMETHING OF A RESURGENCE. WE HAVE BECOME SO PC. 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 ACROSS THE REGION. THE ODD SHOWER THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR KAITAIA THROUGH TO WHANGAREI. 16 THE HIGH FOR RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` SOME MORNING CLOUD IN FOR MOST OF YOU, BUT MOSTLY BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. SOME CLOUDY PERIODS ROLLING IN AFTER MIDDAY IN DANNEVIRKE. 14 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF THE REGION. CHANCE OF THE ODD SHOWER LATER IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND LEVIN. 16 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A LOVELY MORNING FOR THE EAST COAST. A BIT MORE CLOUD AS WE HEAD OVER TO THE WEST, WITH POSSIBLE SHOWERS THIS MORNING. 12 THE HIGH IN KAIKOURA. 13 FOR EVERYONE ELSE. HEADING SOUTH ` A FROSTY START FOR TIMARU THROUGH TO ALEXANDRA, BUT OTHERWISE A MAINLY FINE DAY. BIT OF FOG IN CHRISTCHURCH THIS MORNING. 10 THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` A CLOUDY START TO THE DAY FOR MOST, CLEARING TO A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF YOU. A FEW SHOWERS THIS MORNING IN MILFORD SOUND AND OBAN. 12 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN. ANOTHER DAY OF GIVEAWAYS WITH OUR WINTER WIN-A-THON, AND TODAY, WE'RE GIVING AWAY TWO SUPER STYLISH HAIER QUAD-DOOR FRIDGE FREEZERS. THE MY-ZONE ADJUSTABLE TEMPERATURE DRAWER OFFERS THREE SETTINGS, PERFECT FOR STORING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, MEAT OR SEAFOOD AT THEIR IDEAL TEMPERATURE, OR EXTRA DRINKS. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS HEAD TO winwithtvnz.co.nz, ENTER TODAY'S KEYWORD WHICH IS 'FRIDGE' 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 TODAY ALSO GOES IN THE DRAW TO WIN MORE MG3 HYBRID+ CARS THANKS TO MG. THE STYLISH MG3 HYBRID+ COMES WITH CUTTING-EDGE TECH, SEVEN-YEAR ROADSIDE ASSIST AND A GENEROUS 7-YEAR WARRANTY, AND WE STILL HAVE ONE MG3 HYBRID CAR TO GIVE AWAY ON SEVEN SHARP NEXT MONDAY, SO 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, KEYWORD 'FRIDGE'. GOT IT? YOU LOVE IT. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OF THOSE GAMES SHOWS ANYMORE. THERE IS A REASON WE DON'T HAVE THOSE SHOWS. TO GOOD. MONEY OR THE BAG? AND EVERYONE SCREAMS, TAKE THE MONEY. BACK TO BIKINIS, NO, G STRINGS. MUM AND YOU PERMIT HAS TRIED TO GET G STRINGS BANNED FROM THE LOCAL POOL. NO MATERIAL TO COVER ONE'S BUTT CHEEKS, IS WHAT IT IS. SHOULD THEY BE BANNED FROM SWIMMING POOLS? MANY OF YOU ARE SAYING YES. YOU DO NOT MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT. WE ARE IN 2024` SHE DIDN'T, THE CHILD NOTICED. JUST DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. IT IS 2024` YES, THERE ARE PUBLIC PLACES WE CAN WEAR THIS GARMENTS AND THEY ARE IN THE US OF A. SHE IS RIGHT. MOST BIKINIS END UP THE BUM ANYWAY. I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY STUPID. IT IS 2024 AND WE ARE STILL BEING TRAINED FOR OUR BODY. THIS IS NOT ABOUT BODY JAMMING, THIS IS ABOUT RESPECT. WAIT TILL YOU GO TO EUROPE. WHAT NEXT? SPEEDOS? ON THAT NOTE, GET RID OF SPEEDOS. NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THAT. EVERYONE WILL BE WEARING WETSUITS, ACCORDING TO JENNY MAY. ARE YOU FINISHED? STUPID, STUPID, STUPID. ME U TONU MAI ` AN EXPERIMENT IN AN AMERICAN CITY GAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE MONTHLY CASH PAYMENTS WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED. WE'LL UNPACK WHAT HAPPENED. THIS IS VERY VERY COLD. COOL. WHEN HOMELESS PEOPLE WERE GIVEN CASH WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED IN THE U.S. CITY OF DENVER, IT HAD SURPRISING RESULTS. 800 PEOPLE WERE GIVEN MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF UP TO USD $1000. RECIPIENTS WERE FOUND TO BE MORE LIKELY TO SECURE HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT. HERE TO EXPLAIN, WE'RE JOINED BY THE FOUNDER OF THE DENVER BASIC INCOME PROJECT, MARK DONOVAN. MORENA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THIS IS THE FIRST AND LARGEST PROJECT OF ITS KIND AND THE US. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW AND WHY YOU STARTED THIS? THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON THE PROGRAM, IT IS GOOD TO BE HAD. IT WAS AROUND COVID AND I WAS SEEING PEOPLE LOSE THEIR SOURCE OF INCOME, AND AT THE SAME TIME SEEING THE FUTURE APPRECIATION OF WEALTH, COMPANIES LIKE APPLE GRIND BY $1 TRILLION. I DECIDED TO START PROVIDING DIRECT CRASH GRANTS TO PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN IMPACTED BY THE VIRUS. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT IT IS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL AND HIGHLY UNDERUTILISED, SO WE DECIDED TO ORGANISE A LARGER SCALE PROJECT IN DENVER TO SHOW WHAT IS POSSIBLE. I DON'T KNOW MY FIGURES WERE CORRECT BUT I HAVE GOT HERE THAT THERE WERE OVER 9000 HOMES IN DENVER. IN THIS PROJECT YOU INCLUDED ABOUT 800. THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT PAYMENT SYSTEMS THAT YOU USE AND THIS PROJECT. ONE OF THEM US$1000 A MONTH, THERE WAS ALSO 6 1/2 THOUSAND DOLLARS GIVEN UP FRONT, AND THEN $500 FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. THE SMALLER GROUP OF $50 US A MONTH WHICH INCREASED TO $600 A YEAR. WHY DID YOU DECIDE ON A THREE GROUP QUESTION MARK ? THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE SO WE WANTED TO EXPLORE DIFFERENT WAYS OF APPROACHING IT. IT IS ABOUT LEARNING DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THIS BEST. A PROJECT AND VANCOUVER HAD DONE A LUMP SUM CASH PAYMENT, AND IT HAD BEEN HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL. WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE CONSISTENCY OF PROVIDING $1000 A MONTH AS WELL. THEN WE HAD A COMPARISON GROUP SO WE COULD SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENCES WERE CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW THE NO STRINGS ATTACHED WITH THE MONEY GIVEN, ABOUT HOW THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS CHOSE TO SPEND THAT MONEY? AND HOW THAT HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON HOPE FOR THESE PEOPLE AND THEIR WORTHINESS AS WELL BECAUSE ? OUR TRADITIONAL SOCIAL SAFETY NET TENDS TO BE QUITE PATERNALISTIC AND HAS A LOT OF STRINGS ATTACHED. IF WE START FROM THE POINT OF WE TRUST YOU AND WE ARE GOING TO GET THIS UNCONDITIONALLY, AND MAKES US VERY WELL AND PROVIDES A SENSE OF BELONGING AND HOPE THAT THE FUTURE CAN BE BETTER. WE WERE FINDING THAT PEOPLE CAN THEN ACCELERATE INTO HOUSING AND WORK AND FEELING LIKE THERE IS A BETTER FUTURE FOR THEM. WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS OR PERCENTAGE IN TERMS OF THOSE WHO ARE IN THIS PROJECT THAT DID GO ON TO FIND THEIR OWN HOUSING OR ON THEIR OWN HOME? AT 10 MONTHS OVER 45% OF OUR PARTICIPANTS WERE AN IN-HOUSE APARTMENT THAT THEY RENT OR OWN. THE LARGER PAYMENT GROUPS WERE ACCELERATING TOWARDS FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT AND THERE WAS A GREATER SENSE OF FINANCIAL STABILITY AND AN ABILITY TO PAY BILLS. IT HAD REALLY POSITIVE IMPACT ON THEIR SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AS WELL. WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP FOR THIS QUESTION MARK ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT LEGISLATION QUESTION WHAT ? I AM IN WASHINGTON NOW. THIS GOES AGAINST WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T THINK YOU CAN TRUST PEOPLE TO SORT THEIR OWN LIVES UP. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SHOW WHAT IS POSSIBLE BY RUNNING THIS LONGITUDINALLY. AND SHOWING OUR LEGISLATORS AND CITIZENS THAT THIS IS PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE FOR THE ECONOMY. IF WE MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE UPFRONT, AND AS A FRACTION OF THE COST OF NOT DOING THAT. THAT IS RIGHT. I KNOW THAT AS A RESULT OF THIS THERE WAS LESS MONEY SPENT ON SOCIAL SERVICES, AND IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM. THE IMPACTS ARE WIDE AND VARIED. WE DO HAVE TO GO, BUT I CAN IMAGINE THE KIND OF WORK MUST BE SO REWARDING, AND I KNOW THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY. WHAT HAS THAT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU? IT IS REALLY INCREDIBLE. THE THING THAT IS REALLY POWERFUL AS THAT EACH OF US CAN REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT TODAY. WE DO NOT NEED TO PUT IT DOWN THE LINE AND WAIT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO SOMETHING. WE ACT TODAY, KINDNESS ALONE CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE TO SOMEONE WHO IS EXPRESSING HOMELESSNESS. THE CASH ON TOP OF THAT, WITH TRUST, IS REALLY POWERFUL. LOVELY WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING. THANK YOU MARK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, JENNY MAY. BRILLIANT, INDEED. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHETHER BIKINIS OR G STRINGS ARE ACCEPTABLE IN PUBLIC. THIS PERSON SAYS, IF YOU HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO WEAR THEM, WEAR THEM. BE FABULOUS AT HOME. E WHAI AKE NEI ` GRANS HAVE COME TO THE RESCUE IN GORE. FIND OUT WHAT SKILLS LOCALS CAN LEARN FOR FREE. (ROCK MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT'S NOT A BIRD, OR A PLANE, BUT A COMMUNITY ORGANISATION SET UP BY GOOD-HEARTED SOUTHLANDERS TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF THEIR COMMUNITY. 'SUPERGRANS, BACK 2 BASICS' HAS SET UP IN GORE. IT'S A CHARITY THAT RUNS WORKSHOPS COVERING A HUGE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, FROM BASIC CAR MAINTENANCE TO FOOD PRESERVATION TO I.T SUPPORT, ALL FOR FREE, FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDS IT. MANAGER AND HEAD SUPERGRAN LANA MCMILLAN JOINS US NOW FROM GORE. MORENA, LANA. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. KIA ORA, GOOD MORNING. HOW IS THE WEATHER? IT STARTS I CAN'T TELL BUT PROBABLY FROSTY. IS IT JUST FOR GRANDMAS? DEFINITELY NOT, AND NOT JUST FOR WOMEN. IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN UPGRADING NEW SKILLS OR LETTING NEW ONES. WE'RE NOT ALL GRANNIES AND WE DON'T WEAR UNDIES ON THE OUTSIDE. IT WAS ACTUALLY SUGGESTED TO ME BY THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR WHERE I WAS RESIGNING FROM IN INVERCARGILL. WE WERE JUST CHATTING AWAY AND IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT, IF I WAS THINKING OF MOVING, WHY NOT MOVE HERE? WOW, THAT'S BRILLIANT. CAN YOU TALK AS TO THE WORKSHOPS AND WHAT YOU OFFER? I'VE GOT A LIST HERE I AM GOING TO READ. DEHYDRATING, HOW TO MAKE EVENING MEALS, LUNCHES FOR KIDS, BABY FOOD, ANYTHING... SORT OF LIGHT FROM THE GARDEN TO THE TABLE. SMALL GARDENS, PARENTS, TO PROJECTS APPEARANCE, HOOKING INTO THE VILLAGE, WHICH IS NEW ZEALAND WIDE. THAT'S PARENT TO PARENT, SO IT'S NOT US TELLING YOU HOW TO RAISE YOUR CHILDREN, IS SOMEBODY WHO IS WORKING WITH YOU. A LOT OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS. CROCHET, KNITTING, FINANCE, SUSTAINABILITY, ARTS AND CRAFTS, WHICH IS GREAT FOR SELF ESTEEM. WE HAVE BEEN VERY GRACIOUSLY ASSISTED BY THE WRIGHT FAMILY FOUNDATION, WHICH HAS GIVEN US THREE YEAR GRANT, WHICH DOESN'T COVER ALL OUR COST BUT WE ARE HERE FOR THREE YEARS. I HAVE THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE IS THAT YOU ARE IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS. YES, EVERYBODY'S GOT A SKILL TO PASS ON. WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THESE WORKSHOPS? WE POLICE CHECK EVERYBODY, SO ANYONE WHO PUTS THEIR HAND UP, IF WE HAVE A NEED FOR IT, WILL GO AHEAD AND FIND SOMEBODY TO COME AND JOIN THEM. AND IF WE CAN'T FIND SOMEBODY, IF WE DON'T DO IT, WE'LL FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH LANA. REALLY APPRECIATED, ALL THE BEST. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS HERE'S WHATS COMING UP AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK. THE GREENS HAVE THE POWER TO KICK DARLEEN TANA OUT OF PARLIAMENT. BUT THE PARTY HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY OPPOSED TO THE WAKA-JUMPING LEGISLATION, AND NO ONE IS YET TO USE IT. SO COULD CHLOE SWARBRICK BE THE FIRST? WE'LL ASK AN ELECTORAL LAW EXPERT SHORTLY. IT'S CAUSING ALL THE DEBATE ONLINE. SHOULD G-STRINGS BE BANNED FROM PUBLIC POOLS? A TARANAKI WOMAN WAS OUTRAGED AFTER SHE CLAIMS HER SON WAS 'SUBJECTED' TO SEEING ONE. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT COMING UP A LITTLE LATER. AND THE FIRST EUROS SEMI-FINAL BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN IS ABOUT TO KICK OFF. WE WILL BRING YOU LIVE UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. AS WELL AS CATCHING UP WITH AUCKLAND'S FRENCH FAN CLUB. THAT'S COMING UP. BUT FOR NOW, IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S MELISSA WITH THE NEWS. LULU SUN'S RUN AT WIMBLEDON HAS COME TO AN END, LOSING HER QUARTER-FINAL TO WORLD NUMBER 37 DONNA VEKIC THIS MORNING. LITTLE SEPARATED THE PAIR IN THE FIRST SET, SUN GETTING THE BREAK LATE TO TAKE IT 7-5. BUT FROM THERE, THE CROATIAN TOOK CONTROL. (PLAYERS GRUNT) (CROWD EXCLAIMS) (CROWD CHEERS) WELL-PLAYED. VEKIC WINNING THE SECOND SET 6-4, THEN THE THIRD 6-1 TO ADVANCE TO THE SEMI-FINAL. SUN SPOKE TO 1 NEWS EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON AFTER THE MATCH. TOWARDS THE END OF THE SECOND SET, I GUESS MY BODY JUST GAVE OUT A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN I STARTED MOVING SLOWER, SO I WASN'T ABLE TO GET AS MANY SHOTS AS I WAS IN THE FIRST SET, WHICH WAS A BIT UNFORTUNATE. IT DIDN'T HELP IN THE THIRD SET EITHER. BUT SHE PLAYED WELL AS WELL, SO, YOU KNOW, TOPS TO HER. AND TENNIS FANS IN SUN'S BIRTHPLACE OF TE ANAU GATHERED AT MIDNIGHT TO CHEER HER ON. THE PRESIDENT OF TE ANAU TENNIS CLUB BELIEVES IT'S THE START OF A PROMISING CAREER. LULA IS ONLY 23. THERE'S TONS MORE GRAND SLAMS TO COME. AND WE MIGHT LEAVE THIS SETUP HERE, ACTUALLY, I THINK. JUST GET READY FOR THE NEXT ONE. JUST KEEP ON ROLLING. SUN'S NEXT BIG TOURNAMENT WILL BE THE PARIS OLYMPICS LATER IN THE MONTH. A UNION REPRESENTING BOAT WORKERS SAYS A CLAIM FROM NEW ZEALAND FIRST THAT THE ARATERE RAN AGROUND UNMANNED COULD NOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. THE INTERISLANDER FERRY RAN AGROUND SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING PICTON LAST MONTH. IN A POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE NEW ZEALAND FIRST ACCOUNT SPECULATED SOMEONE ONBOARD, QUOTE, 'PUT THE AUTOPILOT ON 'WENT FOR A COFFEE AND THEN COULDN'T TURN THE AUTOPILOT OFF.' MARITIME NEW ZEALAND HAS DESCRIBED THE COMMENTS AS CONJECTURE AND UNHELPFUL AMID AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS ANNOUNCED MORE SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE AS IT CONTINUES TO FIGHT RUSSIA'S ILLEGAL INVASION. $6m WILL GO TOWARDS THE MILITARY EFFORT, AND $10m IN HUMANITARIAN AID WILL HELP PEOPLE DISPLACED BY THE CONFLICT. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMING AHEAD OF THIS WEEK'S NATO SUMMIT, AND WHILE THE PRIME MINISTER IS IN WASHINGTON. HE'S SPENT THE DAY MEETING AMERICAN LAWMAKERS AND VISITING FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEES. U.S. FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN HAS TAKEN TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, IN SUPPORT OF HER UNDER-FIRE HUSBAND. MRS BIDEN URGING VOTERS IN FLORIDA TO REMEMBER THE LAST TIME MR TRUMP TOOK OFFICE. I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER WHAT IT FELT LIKE ON THAT MORNING AFTER THE 2016 ELECTION, WHEN WE FELL SHORT. REMEMBER THAT FEELING ABOUT HOW YOU WOKE UP AND YOU SAID TO YOURSELF, 'OH MY GOD, WHAT JUST HAPPENED?' WE CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS FACING REPEATED CALLS TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE, AFTER A SHAKY DEBATE PERFORMANCE AND CONCERNS OVER HIS AGE. JURY SELECTION IS UNDERWAY AT THE TRIAL OF HOLLYWOOD ACTOR ALEC BALDWIN. HE'S CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AFTER THE FATAL SHOOTING OF CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS IN 2021 ON THE SET OF THE MOVIE 'RUST'. LIVE AMMUNITION HAD BEEN LOADED INTO A GUN BEING USED AS A PROP AND IT'S STILL UNCLEAR HOW THAT HAPPENED. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO WRAP UP LATE NEXT WEEK. A COMPLEX RESCUE MISSION HAS SAVED A HUMPBACK WHALE TANGLED IN TRAWLER WIRE OFF THE NEW SOUTH WALES COAST. IT TOOK MULTIPLE TEAMS OF SCIENTISTS AND CONSERVATIONISTS THREE DAYS TO FREE THE 8m WHALE. EVENTUALLY THE WIRE WAS CUT, FREEING THE GIANT MAMMA, WHICH IS HEADING NORTH ON ITS ANNUAL MIGRATION. TO SOME MORE SPORTS NEWS, AND WORLD NUMBER ONE JANNIK SINNER HAS BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF WIMBLEDON IN FIVE SETS. THE QUARTER-FINAL WITH RUSSIAN DANIIL MEDVEDEV WAS TIGHT, TWO SETS DECIDED IN TIE BREAKERS. MEDVEDEV ABLE TO FIND THE EDGE IN THE FINAL SET TO PROGRESS. (CROWD CHEERS) THAT'S NICE, ACTUALLY, FROM SINNER.� AND CARLOS ALCARAZ HAS BEATEN AMERICAN TOMMY PAUL TO REACH THE FINAL FOUR. AND FINALLY, THE FIRST SEMI-FINAL AT THE EUROS BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN HAS JUST KICKED OFF. BUT ENGLAND FANS, LOOK AWAY NOW. BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE FOOTBALL MIGHT NOT BE COMING HOME AFTER ALL. DORTMUND ZOO'S RESIDENT ORANGUTAN, WALTER, HAS FORECAST THE NETHERLANDS TO WIN TOMORROW MORNING'S GAME. WALTER'S WAS DECISIVE IN HIS SELECTION, BARELY PAUSING, AND HAS BEEN LABELLED A FOOTBALL ORACLE HAVING ALREADY ACCURATELY PICKED SEVERAL RESULTS DURING THE TOURNAMENT. I LOVE THIS. NO HESITATION. STRAIGHT FOR THE BEST LOOKING BANANA. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PARTLY CLOUDY DAY ACROSS THE REGION. THE ODD SHOWER THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR KAITAIA THROUGH TO WHANGAREI. 16 THE HIGH FOR RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH, SOME MORNING CLOUD IN FOR MOST OF YOU, BUT MOSTLY BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. SOME CLOUDY PERIODS ROLLING IN AFTER MIDDAY IN DANNEVIRKE. 14 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST, PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF THE REGION. CHANCE OF THE ODD SHOWER LATER IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND LEVIN. 16 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND, A LOVELY MORNING FOR THE EAST COAST. A BIT MORE CLOUD AS WE HEAD OVER TO THE WEST WITH POSSIBLE SHOWERS THIS MORNING. 12 THE HIGH IN KAIKOURA; 13 FOR EVERYONE ELSE. HEADING SOUTH, A FROSTY START FOR TIMARU THROUGH TO ALEXANDRA, BUT OTHERWISE A MAINLY FINE DAY. BIT OF FOG IN CHRISTCHURCH THIS MORNING. 10 THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` A CLOUDY START TO THE DAY FOR MOST, CLEARING TO A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF YOU. A FEW SHOWERS THIS MORNING IN MILFORD SOUND AND OBAN. 12 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN. ERRANT GREEN PARTY MP DARLEEN TANA HAS GONE TO GROUND, AS SPECULATION ABOUT HER FUTURE GROWS. THE GREENS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THEY WANT HER GONE, AND THE PARTY LEADERSHIP HAS THE POWER TO GET HER REMOVED UNDER THE PARTY-HOPPING LEGISLATION. BUT IT'S A STEP MANY POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE BEEN RELUCTANT TO TAKE, AS WE SAW WITH NATIONAL AND JAMIE LEE ROSS, LABOUR WITH GAURAV SHARMA AND MEKA WHAITIRI, AND THE GREENS WITH ELIZABETH KEREKERE. IT'S PROMPTED LAW PROFESSOR ANDREW GEDDIS TO QUESTION THE POINT OF PARTY-HOPPING PROVISIONS, AND HE JOINS US NOW FROM DUNEDIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. LETS UP WITH SOME BASICS, HOW COULD THE GREENS GET RID OF DARLENE? SHE IS NO LONGER A GREEN PARTY MP. THE SPEAKER HAS DECLARED HER AN INDEPENDENT MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. IF THAT HAPPENS, AND AN MP LEAVE THE PARTY FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT GIVES THE PARTY TO POWER UNDER THE PARTY HELPING LAWS TO REMOVE THEM FROM PARLIAMENT, BECAUSE PARLIAMENT PROPORTIONALITY HAS BEEN DISTORTED. THE LAW NOW GIVES THEM THE POWER TO DO SO, BUT ONLY IF THE PARTY LEADER WISHES TO USE THAT POWER. THEY USE THAT POWER BY GOING TO THE SPEAKER, RIGHT? WE KNOW THE GREENS HAVE THAT POWER, BUT THE QUESTION IS WILL THEY USE IT? IN MAY LAST YEAR, THEY DIDN'T USE IT WITH ELIZABETH. THEY DIDN'T USE IT THEN, WILL USE IT NOW? THE PROBLEM IS THEY HAVE BEEN THE HARD IN OPPOSITION. THAT ACTUALLY VOTED THERE AFTER TO TRY AND REPEAL THE WAKA JUMPING LAWS BUT IF THEY WERE NOW TO USE IT, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T WANT DARLENE THERE, THEY RUN THE RISK OF BEING CALLED HYPOCRITE SO THEY WOULD PAY A POLITICAL COST. I SAID THIS IN THE INTRODUCTION ` WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS THEN? ALL OF THESE MPS, WHAT'S THE POINT IF NOBODY IS GOING TO USE IT? THE IDEA OF THIS WAS OF AN MP LEFT A PARTY THEY VOTED IN FOR, THEY HAVE NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BE IN PARLIAMENT. AS IS GOING TO BE MORE POLITICAL TROUBLE THAN IT IS WORTH TO USE THIS POWER? ON EVERY OCCASION, AS YOU HAVE POINTED OUT, THE PARTY HAS SAID, NO WE DON'T WANT THE PUBLICITY OR THE BY-ELECTION. SHE HAS A LIST MP. SHE CAME THIRD IN THE TAMAKI MAKAURAU ELECTORATE. WHAT DO THE GREENS STANDS TO LOSE BY HER REMAINING? SHE WOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT MP, WHICH MEANS THE GREEN PARTY LOSE A VOTE, THE SEAT AND COMMITTEES, THE MONEY, ALSO, THEY THINK IT'S WRONG THOUGH TO BE THERE. TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, THE USER LAW TO SEE IS A BAD LAW AND THEY DON'T WANT IT ON THE BOOKS, AND IT'S THE PLACE THE GREENS FIND THEMSELVES IN NOW. GREENS ASSAY AT DALIAN'S POWER TO RELEASE THE REPORT, CITING PRIVACY LAWS IS THE REASON THEY WON'T RELEASE IT. CAN THEY NOT RELEASE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY? AND MIGHT BE THAT THERE WERE UNDERTAKINGS GIVEN AT THE START THAT THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN, AND OF THOSE UNDERTAKINGS HAVE BEEN GIVEN, YOU CAN'T BACK. WHAT'S THE POINT OF DARLENE STAYING IN PARLIAMENT? THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY. IF SHE STAYS ON AS AN INDEPENDENT MP, SHE WILL BE ONE PERSON AMONGST HUNDRED AND 23 WITH NO ONE TO CAUCUS WITH. WHILE, AT THIS POINT, WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE WILL DO, BUT WE SAW APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US, BREAKING IT ALL DOWN FOR US, THANK YOU. E HAERE AKE NEI ` DARLEEN TANA IS CURRENTLY AN INDEPENDENT MP, BUT SHE COULD JOIN ANOTHER PARTY. WE'LL ASK LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS IF SHE'S MADE AN APPROACH, NEXT. # I FEEL LIKE I JUST GOT HOME. # AND I FEEL... NO PARTY IS YET TO USE THE WAKA-JUMPING LEGISLATION. LABOUR COULD HAVE USED IT TO BOOT ROGUE MP GAURAV SHARMA OUT OF PARLIAMENT, BUT DIDN'T LAST TIME AROUND. LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS JOINS ME FOR MORE THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. YOU WILL HAVE SEEN WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE GREEN MP AT THE MOMENT. HAS SHE APPROACHED YOU TO JOIN YOUR PARTY? KNOW AND WE WOULD NOT EXPECT THAT. SHE SHOULD RESIGN FROM PARLIAMENT. IT IS PRETTY SIMPLE REALLY. SHE WAS ELECTED BECAUSE SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE GREEN PARTY. SHE IS NOT ELECTED TO A CONSTITUENCY. SHE IS ONLY THERE BY WAY OF BEING A GREEN PARTY MP. IF SHE WAS A MEMBER OF YOUR PARTY WOULD YOU INVOKE THE LEGISLATION ? THE TWO MPS LEFT OUR PARTY WERE ELECTED MPS. IN THE CASE OF WHAITIRI, WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT. BUT WE WERE SO CLOSE TO AN ELECTION. WITH SHARMA HE RESIGNED ANYWAY. THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR FLAWS OF THE MMP SYSTEM? I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE LEGISLATION WAS PASSED IN THE FIRST PLACE. PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE ELECTED AS A LIST MP, YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY INDEPENDENT MANDATE FROM THAT PEOPLE. IF YOU LEAVE THAT PARTY, USUALLY PARLIAMENT. THE SEAT MPS, IT IS A BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT FORCES A BY-ELECTION. HAVING SAID THAT, THOSE PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ELECTED UNLESS THEY WERE CAMPAIGNING UNDER A PARTICULAR PARTY BANNER. MR PETERS DESCRIBED THIS AS A DISGRACE. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHICH ? I THINK IT IS A DISGRACE. SOMEONE LEAVING A PARTY AND STAYING IN PARLIAMENT, I THINK IS DISGRACEFUL. I THINK NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE A VERY LOW TOLERANCE FOR THAT. WE HAD CHLOE ON YESTERDAY AND I ASKED ABOUT THE VETTING PROCESS. HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THE VETTING PROCESS IS IN GOOD SHAPE? WE CERTAINLY DO OUR BEST TO IDENTIFY ANY RISKS OR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT MAKE SOMEONE UNSUITABLE TO BE A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. THE REALITY HERE IS THAT POLITICS ATTRACTS SOME COLOURFUL AND STRONG WILLED PEOPLE WILL STOP THERE ARE NEVER ANY 100% GUARANTEED HERE. IT IS INCUMBENT ON PARTIES TO DO THEIR BEST. NEW ZEALAND FIRST, CLAIMED THAT IT WAS YESTERDAY, THAT THE REASON THAT SHIP WENT AGROUND WAS BECAUSE THE CAPTAIN LEFT THE SHIP ON AUTOPILOT. AS AT A WILD THING TO SAY? AND THEY HAVE EVIDENCE, THEY SHOULD PRESENT THAT TO THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC. I SUSPECT THEY DON'T. THE REALITY IS THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION THAT NEEDS TO BE SERIOUSLY INVESTIGATED, AND I DO NOT THINK IT IS HELPFUL FOR THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND HAS PROPER PARTY TO BE MAKING THESE KIND OF SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS, WITHOUT PRESENTING ANY EVIDENCE. WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD? I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PARTICULAR REASON AS TO WHY THE SHIP WENT DOWN. IT IS IMPORTANT THE INVESTIGATION RUNS THE COURSE AND WE GET THE FACTS. NOTHING ESCAPES THE REALITY THAT WE NEED NEW INTERISLAND FERRIES. THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO SPEED UP THEIR EFFORTS TO REPLACE THE INTERISLAND FERRIES. WE HAD A PLAN IN PLACE THAT WOULD HAVE HAD THE FERRIES ARRIVING WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THEY CANCEL THAT. THEY HAVE SUNK AND POTENTIALLY $700 MILLION, SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT, THROUGH THINKING THAT. THEY NOW TO BUY NEW FERRIES AND THEY STILL HAVE TO DO THE WHARF UPGRADES AND SO ON, BECAUSE EVEN WITH NEW SMALLER FERRIES YOU STILL NEED NEW WALLS BECAUSE I WANT EVERY CENT OF THEIR LIFE. WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF NEW FERRIES AREN'T FOUND? WILL HAVE MORE DELAYS AND DISRUPTIONS. IF WE CANNOT CONNECT TRAINS ON ONE SIDE OF THE COOK STRAIT TO THE OTHER, THEN THAT IS BAD NEWS FOR ALL OF THOSE SHIPPING ROOTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. IS ALSO BAD FOR ROAD USERS. WAIT TILL ALL THE SHIPPING ENDS UP ON THE ROAD AS WELL. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT RIGHT NOW. THE HERALD REVEALS THAT YOU SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER SIX YEARS ON A LIGHT RAIL PROJECT WITHOUT A METRE ATTRACTING PUTDOWN. THE PUBLIC WILL SAY YOU ARE ALL AS BAD AS EACH OTHER WHEN IT COMES TO TAXPAYER MONEY. AS YOU LOOK AT MAJOR WRITING PROJECTS, FOR EXAMPLE, TENDS IF NOT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS CAN BE SPENT ON THE PROJECTS BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENS. LIGHT RAIL IS NOT A THING WE HAVE DONE FOR. MANY PEOPLE SAY THESE ARE EXCUSES. THE RIGHT NOW DID NOT GET BUILT WITHIN THE TIMELINE THAT LABOUR SETBACK IN 2017. ULTIMATELY THE BAD NEWS IS FOR AUCKLAND, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE MORE CONGESTION ON THE ROADS. UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GET GOOD MASS RAPID TRANSIT OPTIONS AND AUCKLAND. BACK IN MARCH YOU ADMITTED THAT THE PROJECT WAS UNDELIVERABLE. I SAID IT WAS UNDELIVERABLE WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO. THERE WERE SOME DISTRACTIONS ON THE LIGHT RAIL PROJECT, WE WERE ALSO LOOKING AT TUNNELLING AS OPPOSED TO THE SERVICE OPTION. THAT ADDED TO THE DELAYS. DO YOU THINK LIGHT RAIL SHOULD STILL BE THERE BECAUSE YOU THINK WE SHOULD ESTIMATE? DO YOU THINK IS NEEDED? WE NEED MASS RAPID TRANSIT AND AUCKLAND AND LIGHT RAIL IS PROBABLY BEST OF THOSE OPTIONS. HEAVY RAIL IS MORE EXPENSIVE. BUSES REACH A LIMITATION. AS THE POPULATION GROWS YOU GET TO THE POINT, EVEN WITH A GOOD BUS SERVICE, IS NOT GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY. LIGHT RAIL IS PROBABLY BETTER. THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIL COULD BE EXPANDED. BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY MUCH FASTER AND CHEAPER THAN WE CURRENTLY DO. GREAT TO HAVE YOU IN THE STUDIO. THANKS ARE COMING IN. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS ` THE FIRST SEMI FINAL OF THE EUROS IS UNDERWAY BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN. WE'VE SENT OUT OUR SPORTS DEPARTMENT INTO AUCKLAND'S FRENCH FANZONE. BONJOUR, LACHIE. BONJOUR. WHERE DOES A QUEEN STREET HERE. THE VIBES WERE QUITE GOOD UNTIL SPAIN LEVELLED. WE WILL HAVE MORE REACTION WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW PLYMOUTH MUM WHO HAS STARTED A PETITION TO GET G STRING TOGS BANNED FROM THE PUBLIC POOL. SHE WENT THERE WITH HER SON, AND HAD LESSONS, AND WAS QUITE TAKEN ABACK BY A YOUNG LADY WHO WAS WEARING NEXT TO NOTHING. IT'S A SWIMMING POOL. I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE ARE SO ASHAMED OF BARE BODIES, I WISH I STILL HAD THE BODY TO WEAR ONE, SAYS WENDY. I FIND IT IN YOUR FACE, SOMEONE ELSE SAYS. SONIA, I THINK THE PHONE IS RUNNING, AND THE 1960S ARE CALLING. FOR ME IT IS JUST ABOUT RESPECTING EVERYBODY ELSE THAT IS IN THE PUBLIC SPACE, GO TO THE BEACH, BECAUSE YOU CAN MOVE ON THE BEACH. YOU CAN MOVE AT A POOL. THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM TO PUT YOUR TOWEL DOWN, WE ARE SO PRUDISH AS A NATION, WE HATE A SINGLE FLESH SHOWING. THE APOCALYPSE IS COMING, BECAUSE WE CAN SEE BUT CHECKS (!) WALK IN THE BEACH. POWER TO YOU. GO AND PUT THAT THING ON AT THE BEACH. SWIMMING POOLS, DIFFERENT STORY. SHOULD THEY WEAR A BIG T-SHIRT? COME ON, IT IS 730. THE GREEN PARTY FACE BEING LABELLED HYPOCRITES IF THEY INVOKE THE WAKA JUMPING RULE ON EMBATTLED MP DARLEEN TANA. IT COMES AS TANA GOES TO GROUND FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF AN INQUIRY INTO ALLEGATIONS OF WORKER EXPLOITATION AT HER FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS. CO-LEADER CHLOE SWARBRICK HAS INDICATED SHE WANTS MORE THAN A RESIGNATION FROM THE PARTY, PROMPTING THE QUESTION OF WHETHER SHE WOULD OUST THE LIST MP FROM PARLIAMENT VIA THE PARTY-HOPPING RULE. IT'S A MOVE LAW PROFESSOR ANDREW GEDDIS SAYS THE GREENS ARE RELUCTANT TO USE. THEY HAVE BEEN FOR SYPHILIS IN THEIR OPPOSITION TO THIS LAW. THEY GOT FORCED TO VOTE FOR IT IN 2018 VERCIFEROUS* GEDDIS SAYS THEY WOULD PAY A POLITICAL COST FOR INVOKING IT. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS SUPPORTS WAKA JUMPING, BUT URGES TANA TO RESIGN HERSELF. SHE WAS ELECTED AS AN MP, SHE IS NO LONGER A GREEN MP, SHE WAS ELECTED AS A GREEN PARTY MEMBER. IF A LIST MP IS IS DUMPED OR RESIGNS, THEIR SEAT GOES TO THE NEXT CANDIDATE ON THE PARTY'S LIST. FOR THE GREEN PARTY, IT WOULD BE TEACHER AND RESEARCHER, BENJAMIN DOYLE. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN IS YET TO MAKE A FORMAL RESPONSE TO ALLEGATIONS HIS COUNTRY WAS BEHIND AN ATTACK ON A UKRAINIAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. BUT A GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON HAS SAID UKRAINE FIRED THE MISSILE ON ITSELF. THE BBC'S STEVE ROSENBERG REPORTS. VLADIMIR PUTIN STILL HASN'T SPOKEN PUBLICLY ABOUT YESTERDAY'S DEVASTATING RUSSIAN MISSILE ATTACKS, INCLUDING THE STRIKE ON THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN KYIV, BUT EARLIER TODAY WHEN HE SAT DOWN FOR TALKS IN MOSCOW WITH THE INDIAN PRIME MINISTER, PRIME MINISTER MODI ALLUDED TO WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HE SAID THE DEATH OF INNOCENT CHILDREN IN WAR CONFLICT OR A TERRORIST ATTACK IS VERY PAINFUL, AND HE SAID 'WE BELIEVE THAT WAR IS NO SOLUTION. 'BOMBS, MISSILES, RIFLES CANNOT BRING PEACE. WE STRESS DIALOGUE.' NOW, PRIME MINISTER MODI HAD BEEN UNDER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO RAISE THIS SUBJECT. PRESIDENT ZELENSKY HAD FIERCELY CRITICISED HIM FOR GOING TO MOSCOW AND TALKING TO VLADIMIR PUTIN. AS FAR AS THE NATO SUMMIT IS CONCERNED, THE KREMLIN SAYS IT WILL BE WATCHING WITH THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE ATTENTION, BUT IT'S ALSO WATCHING U.S. POLITICS WITH MAXIMUM POSSIBLE ATTENTION. IT KNOWS THAT JOE BIDEN'S IN TROUBLE, AND THAT DONALD TRUMP COULD RETURN TO WHITE HOUSE. AND JUST THIS MORNING, NEW ZEALAND HAS ANNOUNCED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE UKRAINIAN WAR EFFORT. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AHEAD OF THE NATO SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON. A TOTAL OF $16M WILL BE SENT ` $6M FOR MILITARY EFFORTS AND $10M FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING FOR PEOPLE DISPLACED INTO NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES. TO SPORT, AND LULU SUN'S HISTORY MAKING RUN AT WIMBLEDON HAS COME TO AN END, BEATEN IN THE QUARTER FINALS THIS MORNING. THE KIWI STARTED STRONGLY, TAKING THE FIRST SET FROM WORLD NUMBER 37 DONNA VEKIC. WHAT POISE, WHAT SKILL. THE FIRST SET GOES THE WAY OF SUN, AND SHE TAKES IT BY SEVEN GAMES TO FIVE. BUT THE KIWI FADED AS THE CROATIAN PLAYER BOUNCED BACK, VEKIC TAKING OUT THE MATCH 6-7, 6-4, 6-1. WE ARE GOING TO SEE AN AWFUL LOT MORE OF THE NEW ZEALANDER, LULU SUN. THE QUALIFIER WHO HAS LIT UP THIS TOURNAMENT. SHE WILL BE AROUND 50 IN THE WORLD IN MONDAY'S RANKINGS. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HER BACK AT WIMBLEDON NEXT YEAR. DESPITE THE LOSS, SUN WILL TAKE HOME $780,000 IN PRIZE MONEY. AND IN SOME NEWS JUST IN THIS MORNING ` THE MOST CAPPED NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S SEVENS PLAYER OF ALL TIME, TYLA KING WILL RETIRE AFTER THE PARIS OLYMPICS. IN A 12-YEAR CAREER, SHE'S PLAYED IN 60 TOURNAMENTS, WON TWO SEVENS WORLD CUPS, OLYMPIC GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS, AND COMMONWEALTH GAMES GOLD AND BRONZE MEDALS. SHE WAS NAMED WORLD SEVENS PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 2023, TWICE WON NEW ZEALAND SEVENS PLAYER OF THE YEAR. SHE'S THE SECOND STALWART OF THE TEAM TO LEAVE AFTER THE PARIS GAMES AFTER PORTIA WOODMAN ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT PLANS A WEEK AGO. THERE HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF GOALS IN THIS MORNING'S FIRST EUROS SEMI FINAL BETWENE SPAIN AND FRANCE. SUPERSTAR KYLIAN MBAPPE SETTING UP THE FIRST GOAL FOR FRANCE. IT'S A GREAT BALL IN. SCORES. EIGHT MINUTES INTO THE SEMIFINALS. BUT SPAIN HAVE RESPONDED SWIFTLY, TAKING THE LEAD WITH TWO GOALS IN THE SPACE OF 4 MINUTES. IT'S NOW 2-1 AFTER HALF AN HOUR. AND FINALLY, A SCOTTISH HOTEL IS HIRING A FULL-TIME BANTER MERCHANT TO ENTERTAIN GUESTS DURING EDINBURGH'S FAMOUS FRINGE FESTIVAL. THE JOB DESCRIPTION'S PRETTY LOOSE, CONSISTING MAINLY OF THE REQUIREMENT TO ROAST GUESTS OVER BREAKFAST, WITH THE JOB AD SAYING THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL BRING 'THIGH SLAPPERS, SIDE SPLITTERS, ZINGERS AND ONE LINERS' FOUR MORNINGS A WEEK. IT'S A PAID GIG, AND COMES WITH TRAVEL TO AND FROM THE CITY, AND FREE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE DURATION OF THE FESTIVAL, SO COULD BE A HANDY SIDE HUSTLE FOR A PERFORMER LOOKING FOR A ROOM. 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 ACROSS THE REGION. THE ODD SHOWER THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR KAITAIA THROUGH TO WHANGAREI. 16 THE HIGH FOR RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` SOME MORNING CLOUD FOR MOST OF YOU, BUT MOSTLY BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. SOME CLOUDY PERIODS ROLLING IN AFTER MIDDAY IN DANNEVIRKE. 14 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF THE REGION. CHANCE OF THE ODD SHOWER LATER IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND LEVIN. 16 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A LOVELY MORNING FOR THE EAST COAST. A BIT MORE CLOUD AS WE HEAD OVER TO THE WEST, WITH POSSIBLE SHOWERS THIS MORNING. 12 THE HIGH IN KAIKOURA. 13 FOR EVERYONE ELSE. HEADING SOUTH ` A FROSTY START FOR TIMARU THROUGH TO ALEXANDRA, BUT OTHERWISE A MAINLY FINE DAY. BIT OF FOG IN CHRISTCHURCH THIS MORNING. 10 THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` A CLOUDY START TO THE DAY FOR MOST, CLEARING TO A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF YOU. A FEW SHOWERS THIS MORNING IN MILFORD SOUND AND OBAN. 12 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN. ANOTHER DAY OF GIVEAWAYS WITH OUR WINTER WIN-A-THON, AND TODAY WE'RE GIVING AWAY TWO SUPER STYLISH HAIER QUAD DOOR FRIDGE FREEZERS! THE MY ZONE ADJUSTABLE TEMPERATURE DRAWER OFFERS THREE SETTINGS, PERFECT FOR STORING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, MEAT OR SEAFOOD AT THEIR IDEAL TEMPERATURE, OR EXTRA DRINKS. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz, ENTER TODAY'S KEYWORD WHICH IS FRIDGE AND YOU'RE IN THE DRAW. AND IF YOU ALSO TUNE INTO SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT, YOU HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN. LOOKOUT FOR A NEW KEYWORD TONIGHT. AND DON'T FORGET, EVERY CORRECT ENTRY TODAY ALSO GOES IN THE DRAW TO WIN MORE MG3 HYBRID+ CARS THANKS TO MG. THE STYLISH MG3 HYBRID+ COMES WITH CUTTING EDGE TECH, 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, SO 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 ` KEYWORD FRIDGE. WE ARE APPROACHING HALFTIME IN THE FIRST SEMI-FINAL IN THE EUROS. FRANCE ARE CURRENTLY TRAILING DOWN 2-1 TO SPAIN. FOR MORE, WE SENT REPORTER LACHIE MCLEOD DEEP INTO AUCKLAND'S FRENCH FAN ZONE. THE VIBE MUST BE A BIT FLAT, LACHIE. I AM GOOD. WE HAVE PASTRIES BEING HANDED OUT, HOT CHOCOLATES, AND SHE WOULD REMEMBER EARLIER IN THE TOURNAMENTS, ENGLAND WERE HAVING BEERS AT 4 AM. THIS IS MORE MY SPEED. TWO-ONE, FRANCE SCORED EARLY. NOW IT IS A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS. WE WILL CHAT TO A FRENCH FAN. SORRY TO TAKE YOU AWAY FROM THE GAME. HOW ARE WE FEELING? AT THE MOMENT, A LONG WAY TO GO, IT IS NOT THE IDEAL RESULTS WE WANTED AT THE MOMENT. WE LEAD AFTER 90 MINUTES, AND THEN WE GOT STEPPING BACK, IN THE EQUALISATION COMING, SPAIN'S PLAN VERY GOOD FOOTBALL. I THINK THE BEST FOOTBALL OF THIS COMPETITION. THREE HAS AGO, THERE WAS THE SAME SCENARIO WITH BELGIUM. LET'S WAIT FOR THE END, IT WILL BE A GREAT SECOND HALF. HOW IS THE FAITH? WE ARE ONE GOAL BEHIND, A LONG WAY TO GO, A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS? THERE IS A PLACE IN THE FINAL, AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE PLAYED BAD FOOTBALL SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE TOURNAMENTS, TODAY, I THINK THERE IS MIRACLES THAT CAN BE HAPPENING, AND TODAY I THINK CAN BE A MIRACLE. THE RESULTS OF TODAY WILL IMPACT THE REST OF THE DAY. HOPEFULLY THE REST OF THE DAY IS GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. LIKE YOU JUST HEARD THERE, THIS IS GOING TO SET THE REST OF THE DAY UP. THERE'S NOT MUCH NOISE, BUT THE CROISSANT IS A QUITE GOOD. FOOD ALWAYS WINS IN MY BOOK. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO LOCKIE IN CASE FRANCE WINS THIS. IN CASE FRANCE SCORES TWO GOALS BY THE END OF THE MATCH. VIVA LA FRANCE. ME U TONU MAI ` THE PRIME MINISTER HAS MADE A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE IN WASHINGTON D.C. OUR U.S. CORRESPONDENT HAS ALL THE DETAILS. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS JUST WRAPPED UP A MORNING OF MEETINGS WITH TOP AMERICAN POLITICIANS. CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS IN THE U.S. THIS WEEK FOR THE NATO SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON DC. OUR U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH JOINS US NOW FROM THE CAPITAL. LOGAN, THE PRIME MINISTER HAS SPENT THE DAY MEETING LAWMAKERS. WHAT IS HE HOPING TO ACHIEVE? THE PRIME MINISTER HAS SPENT THE MORNING BOUNCING AROUND THIS PLACE. THE SENATOR SPACED HERE. HE HAS BEEN MEETING PEOPLE LIKE THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC. THESE PEOPLE DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON NEW ZEALAND PER SE, BUT WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A TO MULCH US POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT, ON RECENT POLLING RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT COME NOVEMBER, WE COULD SEE A DONALD TRUMP 2.0 PRESIDENCY. THAT WOULD BRING CHANGES TO THE WORLD. DONALD TRUMP HAS SPOKEN ABOUT HOW HE WANTS TO INTRODUCE A 10% OF TRADE TARIFF. THAT WOULD HAVE IMPACTS ON NEW ZEALAND EXPORTS. CHRISTOPHER LUXON WOULDN'T BE DRAWN OUTSIDE ON THESE POLITICAL ISSUES HERE, HE HAS ESSENTIALLY HERE TRYING TO MAKE FRIENDS AHEAD OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE A VERY INTERESTING ELECTION. A BIG PART OF THIS YEAR'S NATO SUMMIT IS ONGOING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE. AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT THIS MORNING? TODAY AS THESE MEETINGS HAVE GOT UNDERWAY, THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD INVEST ANOTHER $16 MILLION IN SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE, BRINGING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN UKRAINE TO $130 MILLION. THAT 16 MILLION ANNOUNCED TODAY ` TO MILLION OF THAT WILL GO INTO MILITARY HEALTHCARE, AND ANOTHER 4 MILLION WILL GO INTO A DRONE COMPILATION WHICH IS HELPING UKRAINE. THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT IS SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH LUXON AND OTHERS. WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING A LOT OF THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT. THIS VISIT COMES WHILE THERE'S A BIG SPOTLIGHT ON BIDEN, TOO, RIGHT? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE WHITE HOUSE ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT WANT. THEY WANT THE FOCUS OF THIS NATO SUMMIT TO BE THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATO. CERTAINLY, ESPECIALLY A LOCAL PDA HERE, THE FOCUS SEEMS TO BE ON THE QUESTION ON WHETHER JOE BIDEN IS FIT TO RUN AGAIN AS PRESIDENT. THE DEBATE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHERE JOE BIDEN COULD NOT FINISH HIS SENTENCES, AND THAT SPARKED A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND QUITE AN AGGRESSIVE PR CAMPAIGN TO TRY AND CONVINCE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC THAT JOE BIDEN STILL HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO HAVE ANOTHER GO AT BEING US PRESIDENT. HE IS ALREADY BREAKING RECORDS BEING THE OLDEST PRESIDENT AT 81, SO THAT IS GOING TO BE A BIG FOCUS OF THIS NATO SUMMIT, AND ANOTHER THING THAT PEOPLE INSIDE NATO WILL BE LOOKING AT. ALSO LOOKING VERY CLOSELY, WHERE ARE YOU IN WASHINGTON DC? CAN YOU GIVE US A RUNDOWN ON WHERE YOU HAVE SET UP? WE ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE US CAPITAL. IT IS A BIG FAMOUS BUILDING BEHIND ME. THAT IS WHERE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE. THINK OF THE NEW ZEALAND BEEHIVE BUILDING AND ALL OF THE OTHER STUFF AROUND IT, BUT ON STEROIDS. IT IS ABSOLUTELY HUGE. IF YOU GO TO MY LEFT THAT WAY, YOU WILL RUN INTO THINGS LIKE THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. I HOPE YOU'RE NOT LOOKING TOO CLOSELY AT MY FACE, BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE BIG BEADS OF SWEAT DRIPPING DOWN IT, AS WE ARE BEING BLASTED BY A HEATWAVE. CERTAINLY A VERY HOT ENVIRONMENT IN WASHINGTON DC FOR THIS BIG WEEK. WE CAN'T TELL YOU HAVE ANY SWEAT ON YOU, BUT WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR LIFE CROSSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE ENERGY REVOLUTION ON GREAT BARRIER ISLAND. HOW SHARING POWER YOU DON'T USE WITH NEIGHBOURS COULD BE A GAME CHANGER. THE FUTURE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IS HERE. SHARING ENERGY YOU DON'T NEED WITH YOUR NEIGHBOURS OR BUYING SOME IF YOU'RE RUNNING LOW COULD SOON BE EASY. AOTEA ENERGY IS MAKING THIS A REALITY WITH THEIR PEER-TO-PEER SHARING GRID ON GREAT BARRIER ISLAND, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING TRIALLED. AOTEA ENERGY'S FOUNDER TAMA TOKI JOINS ME NOW. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. HOW DOES THIS WORK? TELL ME ABOUT THIS PROJECT. THAT HAS A GOOD QUESTION. WE STILL BE USING A FEW OF THE COMPONENTS IN THE SYSTEM. WHEN LOOKING AT MAKING A SOPHISTICATED TRAINING GRID SO THE BATTERIES AND INTELLIGENCE, IF YOU LIKE, CAN CREATE A COORDINATED, HOMOGENOUS SYSTEM. IF YOU HAVE SOLAR, YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH YOUR NEIGHBOUR IF THEY ARE IN DEFICIT. YOU CAN TRADE WITH PEERS AND NEIGHBOURS. SO IT IS PEER TO PEER SHARING? THAT IS RIGHT. YOU HAVE 10 HOUSES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE ON GREAT BARRIER, AND SO NOW YOU'RE BUILDING THIS TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS PEER TO PEER SHARING. YES, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A PEER-TO-PEER TRAINING GRID, BUT IT IS QUITE A COMPLEX ECOSYSTEM. WE LOOKING AT BUILDING A WHOLE TECH STACK AS WELL AS LAYING A PILOT FOR WHAT THE FUTURE OF THE GRID COULD LOOK LIKE, AND HOPEFULLY SOME SCALABLE PRODUCT. WE HAVE THE ENERGY COME FROM? SOLAR. EVERY HOME HAS ROOFTOP SOLAR. IF YOU HAVE SURPLUS, YOU CAN SHARE IT. IT IS QUITE HARD TO BUILD. THIS TAKES OUT YOUR ENERGY COMPANIES. THIS IS JUST BETWEEN YOU AND OVER IS USING THE SYSTEM? THERE IS NO UTILITY THE POWER ON THE ISLAND, THERE IS NO THIRD-PARTY RETAILER. IT IS LIKE A BLANK CANVAS. WE CAN CIRCUMVENT SOME OF THE STANDARDS WHICH IS A CHEAP WAY TO TRIAL THE TECH. IT IS AN EASIER BLANK CANVAS, AND EASIER WAY TO PILOT AND SHOWCASE. IT MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? BUT IS THERE ANYONE AROUND THE WORLD THAT IS DOING ANYTHING LIKE THIS? IS ANYWHERE YOU CAN LOOK TO? THERE IS ONE IN BOSTON, A VERY SMALL ONE, THAT IS ONE I THINK THAT TESLA BUILT. IT IS ONE OF THE FIRST PEER-TO-PEER TRAINING GRIDS. THE IDEA FOR US IS TO SHOW THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS TRANSITION, ENERGY STORAGE IS SO IMPORTANT TO MEET THESE GOALS. THE ENERGY HAS TO CHANGE FOR US TO MEET THESE TARGETS. ONE THING I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE WORLD'S FIRST RENEWABLE ECONOMY. HOPEFULLY, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING CAN BE A PART OF THE FUTURE. DO YOU HAVE AN APP? WE DO. THE APP GIVES YOU EITHER LOCAL OR REMOTE CONTROL. WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD THE INTELLIGENCE SO THERE IS AUTO BIDDING. THAT IS THE APP THEY ARE. WICKED. HOW DO YOU DO THE PRICE SETTING? THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. HOW MUCH DO YOU PAY YOUR NEIGHBOUR IF YOU NEED SOME? CHANGES ALL THE TIME. THE SYSTEMS HAVE TO KNOW WHETHER FORECASTS. IF YOU HAVE THIS ON THE GRID, IT HAS TO UNDERSTAND THE PRICING MECHANISMS ON THE MARKET. IS NEVER THE SAME, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE MACHINE LEARNING SO IT BECOMES SMART. YOU GET A REAL UPSWING OR INFLECTION POINT RUN UTILISING SURPLUS AND POWER, BECAUSE SOLAR IS QUITE AN EFFICIENT. STORAGE NEEDS TO BE A BIG PART OF THE MIX, AND HAVE TO HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE AS WELL. YOU SAID IT IS COMPLICATED, AND IT CLEARLY IS, AND YOU ARE WAY SMARTER, SO YOU WILL FIGURE IT OUT. WHEN YOU RECKON THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL BE UP AND RUNNING? WE ARE HOPING TO LAY THE GRID ON THE ISLAND THIS YEAR, AND THEN LOOKING TO SCALE THIS THROUGH SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY OVER THE NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. AWESOME WORK. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THE DARLEEN TANA DRAMA DRAGS ON AS THE EMBATTLED FORMER GREEN MP GOES TO GROUND TANA RESIGNED ON SATURDAY FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS OF WORKER EXPLOITATION AT HER FAMILY BUSINESS. LAW PROFESSOR TOLD BREAKFAST THE GREENS NEED TO BE PREPARED TO PAY A POLITICAL COST. IF THEY INVOKE THE RULE TO OUST THE LIST MP FROM PARLIAMENT. BECAUSE THE POWER LIES IN HAND OF THE PARTY LEADERSHIP, THEY NEED TO DO A CALCULATION ` IS GOING TO BE MORE POLITICAL TROUBLE AND IT IS WORTH? THE PARTY SAYS, NO WE DON'T WANT TO DO SO, WE DON'T WANT THE PUBLICITY, WE DO NOT WANT THE PROBLEM, SO THEY DO NOT USE THE POWER. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS IS CALLING FOR EVIDENCE AFTER NEW ZEALAND FIRST ALLEGED AN INTERISLANDER FERRY RAN AGROUND UNMANNED. THE ARATERE GROUNDED SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING PICTON LAST MONTH. IN A POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE NEW ZEALAND FIRST ACCOUNT SPECULATED SOMEONE ONBOARD, 'PUT THE AUTOPILOT ON, WENT FOR A COFFEE, AND THEN COULDN'T TURN THE AUTOPILOT OFF'. MARITIME NEW ZEALAND HAS DISPUTED THE CLAIMS, AND MR HIPKINS IS CALLING ON THE PARTY TO RELEASE EVIDENCE. IT IS A PRETTY BIG CALL FOR THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER'S PARTY TO BE MAKING. THEY SHOULD BE PRESENTING THAT EVIDENCE TO THE PUBLIC. I SUSPECT IT IS JUST SOMETHING THEY ARE FABRICATED OR IS A RUMOUR THEY'VE HEARD IN A PUB SOMEWHERE. THE REALITY IS THIS A SERIOUS SITUATION AND NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED, AND THAT IS NOT FOR THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND IS PARTY TO BE MAKING THESE SERIOUS CLAIMS WITHOUT PRESENTING ANY EVIDENCE. MR HIPKINS SAYS HE HASN'T HEARD ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON WHY THE ARATERE RAN AGROUND. NEW ZEALAND HAS PLEDGED $16M MORE SUPPORT TO UKRAINE AS IT CONTINUES TO FIGHT THE RUSSIAN INVASION. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT DURING HIS VISIT TO WASHINGTON. OUR U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH IS THERE. CHRIS LUXTON IS EXPECTED TO MEET THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT AT THE MEETING, THE INDO PACIFIC FORUM MEETING. THAT IS MADE UP OF NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, KOREA AND JAPAN. IT SITS ALONGSIDE NATO. THE ONGOING CRISIS IN UKRAINE WERE MAIN FOCUS OF THE SUMMIT. A NEW INITIATIVE TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN THE U.S. STATE OF DENVER HAS BEEN HAILED A SUCCESS ALSO LOWERING PUBLIC SPENDING ON HOSPITALS AND JAIL STAYS. THE PILOT PROGRAMME, WHICH PROVIDED UNCONDITIONAL CASH PAYMENTS TO HOMELESS PEOPLE FOUND RECIPIENTS WERE MORE LIKELY TO SECURE HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT. 800 PEOPLE IN DENVER WERE GIVEN MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF UP TO $1600 OR AN UPFRONT PAYMENT OF $10,000 PLUS $800 EVERY MONTH FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. FOUNDER MARK DONOVAN SAYS IT HELPED ELIMINATE BARRIERS. 10 MONTHS OVER 45% OF OUR PARTICIPANTS WERE A HOUSE OR APARTMENT THAT THEY RENT OR OWN. THE LARGER PAYMENT GROUPS WERE ACCELERATING TOWARDS FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT, AND THERE WAS A GREATER SENSE OF FINANCIAL STABILITY AND ABILITY TO PAY BILLS. IT HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THEIR SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AS WELL. THE PROJECT IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF GUARANTEED INCOME ON UN-HOUSED INDIVIDUALS. LULU SUN'S RUN AT WIMBLEDON HAS COME TO AN END, LOSING HER QUARTER-FINAL TO WORLD NUMBER 37 DONNA VEKIC THIS MORNING. LITTLE SEPARATED THE PAIR IN THE FIRST SET, SUN GETTING THE BREAK LATE TO TAKE IT 7-5. BUT FROM THERE, THE CROATIAN TOOK CONTROL. WELL PLAYED. (APPLAUSE) VEKIC WINNING THE SECOND SET 6-4 THEN THE THIRD 6-1 TO ADVANCE TO THE SEMI-FINAL. NEW ZEALAND'S KEPT ITS PLACE ON THE SAIL GP CALENDAR, WITH AUCKLAND TO HOST THE SERIES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LATE JANUARY NEXT YEAR. THE EVENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE CITY OF SAILS THIS YEAR, BUT WAS MOVED DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF WATERFRONT LAND. THE REGATTA'S TWICE BEEN HELD IN CHRISTCHURCH, BUT A FALL OUT WITH ORGANISERS OVER ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS LED TO SAIL GP CHIEF EXECUTIVE SIR RUSSELL COUTTS SAYING IT WOULDN'T BE BACK. THE TEAMS ARE CURRENTLY PREPARING FOR THIS YEAR'S GRAND FINAL THIS WEEKEND IN SAN FRANCISCO, WITH NEW ZEALAND TOP OF THE STANDINGS. IT'S HALF TIME IN THIS MORNING'S FIRST SEMI FINAL AT THE EUROS BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN. FRANCE OPENED THE SCORING EARLY, FINDING THE NET IN THE 8TH MINUTE. BUT THE SPANIARDS RESPONDED SPECTACULARLY. THAT IS SIMPLY AMAZING! THE YOUNGEST PLAYER TO EVER PLAY IN THE SEMIFINAL OF A MAJOR TOURNAMENT HAS JUST DELIVERED A GOAL FOR THE AGES! SPAIN FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH A SECOND 4 MINUTES LATER FOR A 2-1 LEAD. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PARTLY CLOUDY DAY ACROSS THE REGION. THE ODD SHOWER THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR KAITAIA THROUGH TO WHANGAREI. HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 17 IN KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` SOME MORNING CLOUD FOR MOST OF YOU, BUT MOSTLY BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. 13 IN ROTORUA. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. SOME CLOUDY PERIODS ROLLING IN AFTER MIDDAY IN DANNEVIRKE. OTHERWISE NOT MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT. 14 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF THE REGION. CHANCE OF THE ODD SHOWER LATER IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND LEVIN. YOUR GOT 13 DEGREES IN LEVIN. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A LOVELY MORNING FOR THE EAST COAST. A BIT MORE CLOUD AS WE HEAD OVER TO THE WEST, WITH POSSIBLE SHOWERS THIS MORNING. 13 FOR EVERYONE ELSE. HEADING SOUTH ` A FROSTY START FOR TIMARU THROUGH TO ALEXANDRA, BUT OTHERWISE A MAINLY FINE DAY. BIT OF FOG IN CHRISTCHURCH THIS MORNING. YOU'VE GOT 10 DEGREES IN CHRISTCHURCH AND ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` A CLOUDY START TO THE DAY FOR MOST, CLEARING TO A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF YOU. A FEW SHOWERS THIS MORNING IN MILFORD SOUND AND OBAN. HEADING FOR 11 DEGREES IN GORE AND INVERCARGILL. A TARANAKI MUM'S CALLING FOR A BAN ON G-STRING BIKINIS AT HER LOCAL PUBLIC POOL AFTER HER YOUNG SON CLAIMS HE WAS SUBJECTED TO A WOMAN WEARING A PAIR. HER PETITION MAY ONLY HAVE 200 SIGNATURES, BUT IT'S SPARKED A FIERY DEBATE OVER THE OBJECTIFICATION OF WOMEN'S BODIES. HERE'S WHAT WELLINGTONIANS MAKE OF THE MATTER. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? ARE YOU OFFENDED BY THAT? NO. IT TAKES ME BACK TO MY YOUTH. IT WOULD BE WEIRD. I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE A PETITION TO BAN G-STRING BIKINIS. I THINK IT SHOULD JUST BE EVERYONE'S PERSONAL CHOICE. NO, IF THEY WANNA WEAR IT, THAT'S FINE. IT'S JUST TOGS. IF YOU'RE SEEING ACTUAL REAL-LIFE BODIES AND A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT BODIES ALL THE TIME, THEN THAT'S GOING TO BE A POSITIVE THING, I THINK, FOR YOUNG GIRLS. WHEN CHILDREN ARE AROUND, I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY. BECAUSE IT'S INAPPROPRIATE! MOTHER NATURE. WHY NOT? I THINK IT'S GREAT! NO OBJECTION AT ALL. OTHER PEOPLE CAN PROBABLY MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS. AND STOP SEXUALISING WOMEN'S BODIES. AMEN. WRITER AND SIZE-INCLUSIVE INFLUENCER JESS MOLINA JOINS US NOW. JESS, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. WHAT WAS YOUR INITIAL THOUGHT? I COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS STILL HAPPENING IN THE YEAR OF 2024. IT WAS A VERY STRONG REACTION FOR AN ARTICLE THAT JUST CAME OUT. I UNDERSTOOD HER PERSPECTIVE AND WHERE SHE WAS COMING FROM. MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS THAT I AM HEARING YOU OUT AND HERE'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS COME THROUGH BY EMAIL AND SAY THAT NOBODY NEEDS TO SEE BUT CHEEKS IN PUBLIC POOLS, AND THAT G STRINGS ARE WHAT THAT IS ALL ABOUT. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS WHEN YOU HEAR THAT? DEFINITELY SHOCKS ME BECAUSE WE EXIST IN BODIES, AND CHEEKS ARE PART OF OUR BODIES. WE MADE A DECISION ON WHAT TO CENSOR AND WHO TO CENSOR. IT IS ALWAYS WOMAN'S BODY SET UP FOR DISCUSSION AND DEBATE. IT IS WHAT WE WEAR, WHAT WE CAN SHOW AND CANNOT SHOW. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? WOULD YOU SAY LOOK AWAY? HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THIS? WHO CAN TELL YOU WHAT TO WEAR WHEN YOU GO TO A PUBLIC POOL? I THINK IT IS UP TO THE PERSON GOING TO THE POOL, IS UP FOR THE WOMAN TO DRESS HOW THEY WANT. IT IS ALSO UP FOR THE PARENTS TO TEACH BODY NEUTRALITY, TO TEACH BODY POSITIVITY AND THAT BODIES A NEUTRAL. TO GIVE MEANING AND TO SEXUALISE IT IS A PERCEPTION, THAT IS A PROJECTION. IS MUM HAS GONE ON TO START A PETITION. WHAT IS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND? A PETITION SEEMS A BIT MUCH, TO BE HONEST. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE WORLD, AND TO PUT YOUR ENERGY ON CENSORING WOMAN'S BODIES, ON POLICING THAT WE CAN AND CANNOT WEAR. WHEN YOU ARE SWIMMING, YOU WANT TO FEEL THE WATER, THAT IS QUITE WILD TO ME. YOU WILL HEAR THIS ALL THE TIME. THERE IS FORMING ATTIRE THAT WOMEN AND MEN CAN WEAR THAT COVER UP THEIR BODIES. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE THAT ARGUMENT THAT DO NOT WANT CHILDREN EXPOSED TO FLESH? I'VE SEEN SOME PRETTY TIGHT SPEEDOS OUT THERE, THAT IS ALL I WILL SAY ON THAT. WE DOESN'T STOP? DO YOU TELL PEOPLE TO WEAR T-SHIRTS? LET'S NOT SHAME OUR BODIES. WE GET TO DECIDE WHO CAN WEAR WHATEVER, WHO CAN WEAR SWIMSUITS OR TOGS, WHO CAN WEAR TOPLESS, WHO GO TOPLESS ON THE BEACH. IT IS A REALLY STRONG TOPIC THAT IS DIVISIVE, AS WE HEARD EARLIER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN THIS MORNING, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVE. WE REACHED OUT TO NEW PLYMOUTH DISTRICT COUNCIL AND THEIR AQUATICS LEAD MIKE ROBERTS SAYS 'IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMY'S RIGHT TO CONSIDER WHAT IS APPROPRIATE 'FOR HER CHILDREN, BUT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SITUATIONS 'WHERE SOMEONE'S LEVEL OF COMFORT WILL DIFFER FROM ANOTHER.' THE CHALLENGE FOR THEM IS BALANCING PEOPLE'S RIGHTS AS INDIVIDUALS WITH PERSONAL POINTS OF VIEWS. A POSITION OTHER COUNCILS HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED ON IN RECENT YEARS. THEY FEEL THEIR CURRENT APPROACH IS APPROPRIATE AND DON'T ANTICIPATE MAKING ANY CHANGES. I'M JUST HAVING A LOOK AT THE PETITION, AND THEY'RE BEEN 301 PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED THE PETITION. JENNY MAY IS ONE. I'M JUST ABOUT TO BECOME 302. PART OF THIS PETITION, SOMEONE SAID, MY FAMILY HAS BEEN MADE UNCOMFORTABLE, I WONDER WHETHER IT ALSO CREATE A BARRIER FATHER MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY MAY AVOID THE SPACES. I LIKE CHARLIE'S ANSWER TO THAT, SHE THINKS IT IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO START A DIALOGUE THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT PEOPLE ARE WEARING. IT DO NOT JUDGE THEM, KEEP YOUR EYES TO YOURSELF. YOU CAN ADD THOSE CONVERSATIONS ANYWAY. I DON'T NEED TO SEE IT. SHE DOESN'T NEED TO SEE IT! NO, THAT IS RIGHT. ME U TONU MAI ` GP APPOINTMENTS ARE SHORT. A DOCTOR REVEALS HOW YOU CAN GET THE MOST OUT OF THEM. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS ARE GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO BOOK. IN SOME AREAS, WAIT TIMES CAN BE SEVERAL WEEKS. SO WHEN YOU DO GET TO YOUR GP'S OFFICE, IT'S IMPORTANT YOU GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR CONSULT AND LEAVE WITH EXPECTATIONS MET. I'M JOINED NOW BY DOCTOR LUCY O' HAGAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. BEFORE WE EVEN TALK ABOUT HOW YOU GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR APPOINTMENT, I KNOW THAT YOU TRAIN GPS. CAN YOU TELL US HOW YOU TRAIN THEM TO TAKE AN APPOINTMENT WHEN THEY HAVE A PATIENT SITTING IN FRONT OF THEM? IT IS A VERY INTERESTING QUESTION. I THINK I TEND TO THINK OF A GENERAL PRACTICE CONSULTATION IS A MIX BETWEEN MEDICINE AND STORY. WE ARE PATIENT STORY OF THEIR LIFE, AND A LOT OF LIFE COMES INTO THEIR ROOM. WE TRY TO BALANCE THOSE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, WHICH ARE VERY DIFFERENT PARTS OF THEIR MIND. THE MEDICAL PART IS VERY COGNITIVE, THE PLANNING PART IS VERY COGNITIVE AND THE LIFE STORY IS FULL OF EMOTION AND A LOT OF FEELINGS, SO NEED TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO PEOPLE IN A VIOLENT RELATIONSHIP OR JUST HAD A MISCARRIAGE OR DYING OF CANCER, OR SOMEONE WHO JUST LOST THEIR REPEAT SCRIPTS. YOU NEED TO WORK OUT HOW YOU HAVE IN THE ROOM VERY QUICKLY AND RESPOND TO WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE ROOM. IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED TASK. THE REASON I ASK THAT IS AS A PATIENT, IF YOU'RE GOING INTO THE ROOM, IT IS UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT THE DOCTOR IS TRYING TO DECIPHER IN THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU SIT DOWN IN FRONT OF THEM. AS YOU SAID, THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF YOU'RE WAITING TO HEAR. AS A PATIENT, I KNOW IT HAS TAKEN ME SEVERAL WEEKS TO SEE MY GP. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH THE APPOINTMENT? I THINK IT IS PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE WE ARE STUCK WITH THIS 15 MINUTE MODEL, WHICH I HAVE TO SAY THAT NO OTHER DOCTOR IS EXPECTED TO DO THE COMPLEX TASK IN 15 MINUTES. IT IS NOT IDEAL. IT IS GOOD TO DO A BETTER PREPARATION. IF YOU EVER THINK ABOUT A PROBLEM BEFORE YOU COME IN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOCTORS DO IS GOING TO DR MODE AND THEY ASK YOU THE MEDICAL QUESTIONS. THEY WILL ASK YOU, WHEN DID IT START? WHAT MAKES A BETTER OR WORSE? IF YOU TAKE ANYTHING FOR IT? BE READY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. THE OTHER THING IS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE A LIST OF THINGS. AND UNUSUAL LIST WOULD BE, I NEED BLOOD TEST AND A FLU VACCINE AND A BLOOD TEST, AND UPPER CHEST PAIN AND A TREMOR IN MY HAND. IF YOU COME WITH THOSE THINGS FOR A 15 MINUTE APPOINTMENT, IT IS GOING TO BE VERY PROBLEMATIC. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CAN DO IS SAY, I CAN BOOK WITH THE NURSE FIRST AND SHE WILL CHECK MY BLOOD PRESSURE AND GIVE ME MY FLU VACCINE, AND IF I TELL YOU I HAVE CHEST PAIN SHE WILL PROBABLY DO AN ECG WHICH WILL HELP THE DOCTOR, AND I COULD GO TO AN OPTOMETRIST FOR MY EYES. YOU THINK ABOUT WHO THE BEST PERSON IS TO SEE FOR THOSE THINGS AND BREAK YOUR LIST DOWN A BIT. THAT MEANS YOU ARE NOT USING UP THAT 15 MINUTE BLOCK THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOUR GP UNDER ISSUES THAT COULD BE SORTED OUT LATER, AND THEN THROUGH THE CONVERSATION, YOU TALK ABOUT LIFE. THERE IS THE MEDICAL PART AND THEN LIFE COMES OUT IN PEOPLE'S CONVERSATIONS, THEN YOU CAN DEAL WITH SOME OF THOSE BIG THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE COME TO SEE YOU WITH. IS IT IMPORTANT TO WRITE SOME STUFF DOWN AS WELL? IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO WRITE SOME THINGS DOWN TO CLEAR YOUR HEAD. IS A GOOD IDEA TO WRITE THINGS DOWN WHAT YOU ARE IN THEIR, OR TAKE SOMEONE WITH YOU. IF YOU BRING TO MANY THINGS, END OF THE CONSULTATION BECOMES CONTRACTED SO THEN YOU MISS OUT ON THE BIT YOU NEED WHICH IS THE EXPLANATION AND NEGOTIATING THE OPTIONS. WE DO KNOW THAT 20 TO 30% OF PRESCRIPTIONS WE WRITE ARE NEVER FILLED, AND THAT SOMETIMES BECAUSE A COST. WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS AT THE END OF THE CONSULTATION IS NOT GOING WELL. WE THINK THAT THEY AGREE TO THE PRESCRIPTION AND ARE GOING TO USE IT, BUT ACTUALLY IT IS GONE WRONG. THAT IS WHY IT IS SO HARD TO DO IT IN 15 MINUTES, BECAUSE IT IS ACTUALLY A NEGOTIATION BETWEEN THE MEDICAL ADVICE AND WHETHER PATIENT IS AT. SOME PATIENTS, YOU MIGHT SAY THAT YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE IS HIGH, YOU TOTALLY NEED TO TAKE A BLOOD PRESSURE PILL FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE EVERY DAY TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER IN 5 TO 10 YEARS. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT TOTALLY DO THAT, NO PROBLEM, BUT OTHER PEOPLE WILL SAY, I DON'T KNOW IF I BELIEVE IN EVIDENCE, AND WHAT ABOUT DRUG COMPANIES? IF THEY DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO VOICE THAT, THEN YOU END UP IN THIS CRAZY SITUATION FOR YOU HAVE WRITTEN A SCRIPT THAT THEY DO NOT GET. IT IS NOT A WASTE OF TIME, BUT AGAIN, THERE IS NOT THE CONVERSATION THEY CAN HAPPEN WITHIN THAT 15 MINUTE TIMEFRAME IF IT IS BEING USED BY OTHER THINGS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO YOUR GP FOR EVERYTHING, AND POTENTIALLY EXPRESS YOUR EXPECTATION DURING THE CONSULTATION SO YOU GET OUT OF THEIR HAVING THAT EXPECTATION MET. AT LEAST DISCUSSED. WHEN WE ARE DOING THE CONSULTATION, WE TALK ABOUT THE IDEAS, CONCERNS AND EXPECTATIONS OF THE PATIENT. IF YOU COME IN AND WORRIED YOU HAVE BOWEL CANCER AND DON'T TELL ME THAT, IT MAY NOT EVEN CROSS MY MIND THAT YOU HAVE BOWEL CANCER BASED ON YOUR SYMPTOMS. YOU OUT OF THE CONSULTATION WITHOUT THAT ANSWER. TRADITIONALLY, YOU WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND DO NOT TELL THEM WHAT YOU THOUGHT, THEY ASK YOU QUESTIONS AND SO YOU WANT TO DO. NOW THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THE PATIENT BECOMES AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS. I APOLOGISE, BUT THIS IS SUCH A FASCINATING CONVERSATION. I WISH WE HAD MUCH MORE TIME WITH YOU, BUT WE DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US. THANK YOU. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` STAY WITH US BECAUSE SOMETHING IS HAPPENING AFTER THE BREAK. WE WILL SEE YOU SHORTLY. THE GREEN PARTY FACE BEING LABELLED HYPOCRITES IF THEY INVOKE THE 'WAKA JUMPING' RULE ON EMBATTLED MP DARLEEN TANA. IT COMES AS TANA GOES TO GROUND FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF AN INQUIRY INTO ALLEGATIONS OF WORKER EXPLOITATION AT HER FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS. CO-LEADER CHLOE SWARBRICK HAS INDICATED SHE WANTS MORE THAN A RESIGNATION FROM THE PARTY, PROMPTING THE QUESTION OF WHETHER SHE WOULD OUST THE LIST MP FROM PARLIAMENT VIA THE PARTY-HOPPING RULE. IT'S A MOVE LAW PROFESSOR ANDREW GEDDIS SAYS THE GREENS ARE RELUCTANT TO USE. THEY HAVE BEEN VOCIFEROUS IN THEIR OPPOSITION TO THIS LAW. THEY GOT FORCED TO VOTE FOR IT BACK IN 2018 BECAUSE OF THEIR COALITION AGREEMENT WITH LABOUR AND NEW ZEALAND FIRST BUT THEY SAID THEY HATED DOING SO, AND ACTUALLY VOTED THEREAFTER TO TRY AND REPEAL IT. AND THEY'VE SAID THEY WILL NEVER USE THIS POWER IN THE PAST. GEDDIS SAYS THE PARTY WOULD PAY A POLITICAL PRICE FOR INVOKING IT. LINGERING QUESTIONS OVER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S HEALTH AND SUITABILITY TO CONTINUE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT LOOK LIKELY TO OVERSHADOW THIS WEEK'S NATO SUMMIT. OUR U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH IS IN WASHINGTON D.C. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE WHITE HOUSE ABSOLUTELY DOESN'T WANT ` THE SPOTLIGHT, OR THE FOCUS OF THIS WEEK, TO BE ON. BUT CERTAINLY, ESPECIALLY LOCAL MEDIA HERE, ALL THE FOCUS VERY MUCH SEEMS TO BE OVER THE QUESTION OF WHETHER JOE BIDEN IS FIT TO RUN AGAIN AS PRESIDENT. THAT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE A BIG FOCUS OF THIS NATO SUMMIT, AND I GUESS JUST ANOTHER THING THAT PEOPLE INSIDE OF NATO WILL BE LOOKING AT VERY CLOSELY. 'PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRESS HOW THEY LIKE', SAYS A FASHION AND SIZE-INCLUSIVE INFLUENCER. THAT'S AMID A GROWING DEBATE OVER THE APPROPRIATENESS OF SOME SWIMWEAR WITH A NEW PLYMOUTH MOTHER STARTING A PETITION AGAINST G-STRING BIKINIS AT PUBLIC FACILITIES. JESS MOLINA SAYS IT FEELS LIKE IT'S ANOTHER WAY OF CONTROLLING WOMEN'S BODIES. IT'S UP TO THE WOMEN TO DRESS HOW THEY WANT, TO DRESS HOW THEY FEEL LIKE. IT'S ALSO THE PARENTS' RESPONSIBILITY TO TEACH BODY NEUTRALITY, TO TEACH BODY POSITIVITY AND TO TEACH THAT BODIES ARE NEUTRAL, WE ALL EXIST IN A BODY. MOLINA ARGUES SHE'S ALSO SEEN SOME PRETTY TIGHT SPEEDOS OUT THERE ON MEN. LULU SUN'S HISTORY MAKING RUN AT WIMBLEDON HAS COME TO AN END, BEATEN IN THE QUARTERFINALS THIS MORNING. THE KIWI STARTED STRONGLY, TAKING THE FIRST SET FROM WORLD NUMBER 37 DONNA VEKIC. FIRST SET SUN. THE FIRST SET GOES THE WAY OF SUN. AND SHE TAKES IT BY SEVEN GAMES TO FIVE. BUT THE KIWI FADED AS THE CROATIAN PLAYER BOUNCED BACK, VEKIC TAKING OUT THE MATCH 6-7, 6-4, 6-1. WE'RE GONNA SEE AN AWFUL LOT MORE OF THE NEW ZEALANDER LULU SUN, THE QUALIIFIER THAT HAS LIT UP THIS TOURNAMENT. SHE'LL BE AROUND 50 IN THE WORLD BY MONDAY'S RANKINGS. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HER BACK AT WIMBLEDON NEXT YEAR. DESPITE THE LOSS, SUN WILL TAKE HOME $780,000 IN PRIZE MONEY. SPAIN'S HEADING TOWARDS A BERTH IN THE FINAL OF THE EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP, LEADING FRANCE IN THIS MORNING'S FIRST SEMI FINAL. FRANCE HIT THE FRONT EARLY, BUT A PAIR OF QUICK GOALS PUT SPAIN IN FRONT. THAT IS SIMPLY AMAZING. THEY'VE TURNED IT AROUND FROM ONE NIL DOWN. IT'S STILL 2-1 WITH AROUND 15 MINUTES TO PLAY. LET'S GO BACK TO LACHIE, WHO'S WITH THE FRENCH FANS IN AUCKLAND. ANY SIGN OF AN EQUALISER, LACHIE? NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE WE LAST CAUGHT UP. THE NERVES HAVE LIFTED A LITTLE BIT, STILL 2-1. EVERY TIME WE GET CLOSE TO THAT BOX, WE GET SOME FRENCH FLAIR. I HOPE THE SCORE WILL CHANGE, BECAUSE I THINK CONDO WILL NOT BE HAPPY AFTER AND EVERYONE WILL BEAT HIM A LITTLE BIT IF WE LOST BECAUSE OF THE WON GOAL. WHAT DOES THIS GAME MEAN FOR FRENCH FANS? EVERYTHING. FIRST OF ALL, GOOD START TO THE DAY. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND ALSO, WE WANT TO WIN THIS EURO COMPARED TO THE FINAL THAT WE LOST TWO YEARS AGO IN THE WORLD CUP. THAT WOULD BE GREAT AS WELL. WHEN THE FIRST GOAL WENT IN, DID YOU THINK, 'HERE WE GO, IT'S OURS TO WIN'? OH, YEAH. IT WAS VERY EXCITING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT WAS EIGHT MINUTES IN. BUT, YEAH, SPAIN'S GOOD TOO, I GUESS. CAN WE GET A QUICK ALLEZ ALES BLEUS? BOTH: ALLEZ ALES BLEUS! MELISSA, JUST BEFORE WE PLAYED THOSE GRAPHS, THE FRENCH ALMOST SCORED, AND WE GOT A BIG CHEER, ALMOST. I'M ON MY SEVENTH CROISSANT AND HOT CHOCOLATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH LOCKIE. ENGLAND FANS ` LOOK AWAY NOW ` BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE FOOTBALL MIGHT NOT BE COMING HOME AFTER ALL. DORTMUND ZOO'S RESIDENT ORANGUTAN, WALTER, HAS FORECAST THE NETHERLANDS TO WIN TOMORROW MORNING'S GAME. WALTER WAS DECISIVE IN HIS SELECTION, BARELY PAUSING, AND HAS BEEN LABELLED A FOOTBALL ORACLE, HAVING ALREADY ACCURATELY PICKED SEVERAL RESULTS DURING THE TOURNAMENT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PARTLY CLOUDY DAY ACROSS THE REGION. THE ODD SHOWER THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR KAITAIA THROUGH TO WHANGAREI. 16 THE HIGH FOR RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` SOME MORNING CLOUD FOR MOST OF YOU, BUT MOSTLY BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. SOME CLOUDY PERIODS ROLLING IN AFTER MIDDAY IN DANNEVIRKE. 14 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE. -2 IN MASTERTON. OVER TO THE WEST ` PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF THE REGION. CHANCE OF THE ODD SHOWER LATER IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND LEVIN. 16 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. LOOKING FOR A HIGH OF 14 IN NEW PLYMOUTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A LOVELY MORNING FOR THE EAST COAST. A BIT MORE CLOUD AS WE HEAD OVER TO THE WEST, WITH POSSIBLE SHOWERS THIS MORNING. 12 THE HIGH IN KAIKOURA. 13 FOR EVERYONE ELSE. A FROSTY START FOR TIMARU THROUGH TO ALEXANDRA, BUT OTHERWISE A MAINLY FINE DAY. BIT OF FOG IN CHRISTCHURCH THIS MORNING. 10 THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` A CLOUDY START TO THE DAY FOR MOST, CLEARING TO A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF YOU. A FEW SHOWERS THIS MORNING IN MILFORD SOUND AND OBAN. 11 FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE COUNTRY. ANOTHER DAY OF GIVEAWAYS WITH OUR WINTER WIN-A-THON, AND TODAY WE'RE GIVING AWAY 2 SUPER STYLISH HAIER QUAD DOOR FRIDGE FREEZERS! THE MY ZONE ADJUSTABLE TEMPERATURE DRAWER OFFERS THREE SETTINGS, PERFECT FOR STORING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, MEAT OR SEAFOOD AT THEIR IDEAL TEMPERATURE OR EXTRA DRINKS. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS HEAD TO winwithtvnz.co.nz, ENTER TODAY'S KEYWORD, WHICH IS FRIDGE, 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 TODAY ALSO GOES IN THE DRAW TO WIN MORE MG3 HYBRID+ CARS THANKS TO MG. THE STYLISH MG3 HYBRID+ COMES WITH CUTTING EDGE TECH, 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. SO 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, KEYWORD 'FRIDGE.' MORE THAN 11,000 SINGERS HAVE FLOCKED TO NEW ZEALAND THIS WEEK FOR THE ANNUAL WORLD CHOIR GAMES. IT'S THE BIGGEST EVENT OF IT'S KIND, BRINGING TALENTED SINGERS FROM ALL AROUND THE GLOBE AND EVEN FROM ACROSS THE DITCH. DANIEL IS AT BRITOMART THIS MORNING, WHERE ONE AUSTRALIAN CHOIR HAS BEEN SHARING THEIR TALENTS WITH THE BUSY COMMUTERS. THIS AS A SINGING TRACK OF DIFFERENT KIND. WE ARE ALL SINGING FROM THE SAME SONG SHEET, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE AUSTRALIANS, THEY BRING IT ON. THESE TWO ARE PART OF A GROUP FROM ST MICHAEL'S GRAMMAR IN MELBOURNE. TALK TO US ABOUT THIS. WHAT IS THIS MEAN TO YOU? IT'S MY FINAL YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR, SO TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY SO CLOSE TO HOME IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. THE AGE RANGE SPANS FROM 12 TO 13 YEARS OLD, AND OUR ELDEST ARE 18 TO 19. THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN OTHERS TO A LANGUAGE THAT IS IN SPOKEN, THAT IS WHAT SINGING IS. WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE CULTURES AND STORIES AND WAYS THAT ARE DIFFERENT. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT GOING INTO POLITICS, YOU ARE A GOOD SPEAKER. GETTING TO SING WITH SUCH A GROUP OF TALENTED INDIVIDUALS BEHIND ME, AND GETTING TO COLLABORATE. I LOVE COLLABORATING, AND TO SUCH AN HONOUR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, GARY. WELCOME TO NEW ZEALAND. TALK TO US ABOUT THE REHEARSAL, HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN PREPARING? THEY AUDITIONS AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, AND FROM WEEK ONE OF THIS YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CHOIR. YOU ARE THE CONDUCTOR, LET'S NOT BEAT AROUND THE BUSH, WHEN IT COMES TO AUSTRALIANS PERFORMING, THEY HAVE AN X FACTOR. WILL YOU BE COMPETING FOR FIRST PLACE? IT IS, BUT IT IS ABOUT ENJOYING ITS TWO. WE ARE HERE TO LEARN, AND TO MEET THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND THEIR CHOIRS. WE HEARD AMELIA SAY IT IS AN UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. YOU CANNOT BEAT IT FOR THAT. TO SPEAK IN A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE MAKES SINGING SO SPECIAL. WE WILL GET YOU TO GET YOUR CHOIR READY. 11,000 PEOPLE ARE TAKING PART IN THE WORLD CHOIR GAMES, AND THERE ARE ABOUT 40 COUNTRIES COMING. IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT A TICKET, GET A HOLD OF ONE AS SOON AS YOU CAN. WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM ST MICHAEL'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL. (CHORAL SINGING) NEW ZEALAND'S BIGGEST BAND, SIX60, PLAYED ACROSS MANY SMALL TOWNS EARLIER THIS YEAR. NOW, THEY'RE ADDING ONE MORE SPECIAL SHOW, AND THEY WANT YOU TO DECIDE WHERE THAT SHOW IS HELD. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY SIX60 MEMBERS MATIU WALTERS AND CHRIS MAC. THANKS FOR HAVING US. OFF TO THE STATES TOMORROW. TIME TO STOP IN AND TALK TO YOU. TELL ME ABOUT THIS, YOU ARE LETTING THE VIEWERS AND THE FANS DECIDE ON A SHOW? WE FINISHED THE GRASSROOTS TOUR, WE'VE BEEN AROUND THE COUNTRY TO THE SMALL TOWNS, AND THE FEEDBACK ` IT WAS AMAZING THAT WE WERE GOING TO SOME PLACES, BUT LEAVING SOME PLACES OUT. WE BELIEVE IT TO THE FANS TO DECIDE WHERE WE TAKE THE SHOW. CAN YOU TELL US WHO THEY ARE? I CAN REMEMBER. RAGLAN, PALMERSTON NORTH, IS A PART OF YOUR BRAIN THAT SWITCHES ON WHEN YOU NEED IT. HOW DID YOU DECIDE? I HEARD PALMERSTON NORTH IS AMAZING. THOSE WERE THE MOST COMMON COMMENTS ON THE POSTS. GONNA PUT IT BACK TO THEM TO PICK FROM THOSE FIVE. THERE IS A WEBSITE YOU CAN GO TO, TO VOTE. WHAT WE ARE HOPING IS THAT THERE IS A VERY BIG COMPETITION BETWEEN EVERYBODY IN THOSE GROUPS TO FIGHT FOR YOU TO GET THERE. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT PLAYING SMALLTOWN NEW ZEALAND? GOING TO PLACES WE'VE NEVER BEEN TO, LIKE STUART ISLAND, PLACES WE HAVE NEVER BEEN. THAT'S THE COOL PART. THE INTIMACY, THE CONNECTION WITH NEW ZEALAND AND THE COMMUNITIES WAS REALLY COLD. cool* THE PUBS AND THE PIES. FINDING THE BEST PIE, FINDING THE BEST PUB. IF YOU HAVE WHITEBAIT IT MAKES IT BETTER. WHAT CAN FANS EXPECT? THIS IS A BIT DIFFERENT. WHAT CAN THEY EXPECT? IT IS WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN, GRASSROOTS. NOT A LOT OF FRILLS. YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT. IT IS A REAL EXPERIENCE, IT'S HOW WE PLAY AT THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND. AND STARTED OFF AT YOUR MARAE. YES, STARTED UP NORTH, AND THE BEST PIES ARE ACTUALLY UP THERE. GREAT PIES AT HONEYBEES. I THINK IT IS TOO FAR NORTH FOR THE JUDGES. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A FEW ROADING ISSUES. THEN YOU ARE GOING TO THE STATES TOMORROW AND THEN TO EUROPE, I JUST READ AS WELL THAT YOU GOT TEDDY SWIMS ON STAGE. NICE GUY. REALLY COLD. COOL* GET ON AND VOTE. WE WILL PUT IT UP ON OUR WEBSITE. E HAERE AKE NEI ` WE ARE HEADING BACK TO THE CHOIR GAMES, WHERE I HEAR THERE'S A PERFORMANCE ON THE HORIZON, DANIEL? THERE IS ANOTHER PERFORMANCE. FROM FIJI! THEY ARE JUST WARMING UP AT THE MOMENT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. KOREA, THE PHILIPPINES, NIGERIA. TALENTED SINGERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE FLYING INTO AUCKLAND FOR A SING-OFF. IT'S PART OF THE WORLD CHOIR GAMES, TAKING PLACE IN AUCKLAND FOR THE NEXT 10 DAYS. WE SENT DANIEL OUT TO MEET ONE OF THE TEAMS THAT HAS TRAVELLED ALL THE WAY FROM FIJI. MORENA! THAT IS RIGHT. FIJI REPRESENTING HERE THIS MORNING WHICH KICKS OFF WITH AN OPENING CEREMONY. 11,000 PARTICIPANTS OVER MORE THAN 40 COUNTRIES. JOINING ME RIGHT NOW IS THE FIJI REPRESENTATIVE. WHAT DOES NAME OF YOUR GROUP MEAN? THAT CONSISTS OF TWO GROUPS. ONE IS THE OPERATIC SINGERS, THE OTHER IS A GROUP RIGHT FROM THE VILLAGE. WE MERGE THE TWO TOGETHER. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HERE REPRESENTING THE ISLAND COUNTRY OF FIJI? IT MEANS THE WORLD, IT IS A BLESSING. THAT OPENS THE DOOR FOR THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. THERE ARE EVENTS LIKE THIS THEY CAN SHARE THEIR TALENT WITH THE WORLD. WE KNOW PACIFIC ISLANDERS HAVE VOICES, THEY CAN SING WITH THE LUNGS. WHAT ARE YOU HOPING THEY CAN SHARE WITH THE WORLD? TO SHARE THE PACIFIC LOVE AND SOUND. I THINK PEOPLE HAVE HEARD MANY OTHER GENRES OF MUSIC, BUT I THINK WE HAVE YET TO HEAR THE PACIFIC. LIKE I SAID, IT OPENS A DOOR FOR THE PACIFIC. WHAT CAN OUR VIEWERS EXPECT? A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT TO EXPECT OF THE COMPETITION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING IT NOW. THANK YOU. (SINGING OPERA) (SINGING) (SINGING) (SINGING) (SINGING) (SINGING) (SINGING) (SINGING) WOW. THAT WAS AMAZING. ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON BREAKFAST.