IT'S THURSDAY THE 11th OF JULY. GREAT TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. A SPECIALIST PSYCHIATRIST AT KAPITI'S MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC RESIGNED AFTER MONTHS OF CARRYING AN 'IMPOSSIBLE' WORK LOAD, AND BEING DENIED WHAT SHE SAYS WAS A STANDARD REQUEST. BUT HER RESIGNATION IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG ` THE WIDER WELLINGTON REGION IS ALSO CONTENDING WITH A DEPLETED MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE. WE HAVE MORE FROM A WELLINGTON MENTAL HEALTH NURSE JUST AFTER 7. A LEAKED MEMO TO 1NEWS HAS REVEALED WHY THE ARATERE FERRY RAN AGROUND LAST MONTH. THE SHIP WAS PUT ON AUTOPILOT BY MISTAKE AND THE CAPTAIN DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO TURN IT OFF, CAUSING IT TO GO OFF COURSE. THE INTERNAL SAFETY BULLETIN SHOWS THE 'EXECUTE' BUTTON WAS PUSHED IN ERROR. WE'LL HAVE MORE IN THE NEWS THROUGHOUT THE SHOW. AND WE ALL HAVE SECRETS, BUT DO YOU TAKE THEM TO THE GRAVE? WE'LL MEET THE COFFIN CONFESSOR WHO GETS PAID TO AIR OR COVER UP THE DIRTY LAUNDRY. THAT CONVERSATION A LITTLE LATER. BUT FOR NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. THAT CONVERSATION A LITTLE LATER. BUT FOR NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. THERE ISN'T A CORNER OF THE HUMAN SOUL THAT BILL HASN'T CONFRONTED, BUT IT'S A REQUEST TO HAND DELIVER A BOTTLE OF WINE THAT RAISES MORE QUESTIONS. WHY DOES LOVE HAVE A KNACK FOR TRIUMPHING? ARE THE MOST PROFOUND ACTS IN LIFE SOME OF THE QUIETEST? THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE READ. SO MANY QUESTIONS. HERE'S MELISSA WITH THE NEWS. A BUTTON PRESSED ACCIDENTALLY ON THE BRIDGE OF THE ARATERE APPEARS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTERISLANDER FERRY RUNNING AGROUND. 1NEWS HAS OBTAINED AN INTERNAL SAFETY BULLETIN WHICH STATES THE CREW SWITCHED THE ARATERE FROM HAND-STEERING TO AUTOPILOT, THEN A BUTTON WAS 'INADVERTENTLY PRESSED'. THE BULLETIN, ISSUED TWO WEEKS AFTER THE GROUNDING LAST MONTH, SAYS THIS LED THE VESSEL OFF-COURSE AROUND ONE NAUTICAL MILE EARLIER THAN PLANNED, AND THE CREW WERE UNABLE TO OVERRIDE THE AUTOPILOT IN TIME TO AVOID THE GROUNDING. FULL INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE INCIDENT ARE ONGOING. RESIDENTS IN MELBOURNE'S WEST ARE BEING URGED TO STAY INSIDE WITH THE WINDOWS SHUT AFTER A MASSIVE FIRE AT A CHEMICAL FACTORY SPEWED TOXIC BLACK SMOKE INTO THE AIR. NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR. THE FIRE STARTED AFTER AN EXPLOSION AT THE FACILITY AND MORE THAN 30 FIRE ENGINES AND HELICOPTERS WERE NEEDED AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BLAZE. SEARCH EFFORTS IN INDONESIA HAVE INTENSIFIED AFTER A HUGE LANDSLIDE AT AN UNAUTHORISED GOLD MINE. 81 VILLAGERS MANAGED TO ESCAPE THE TORRENT OF MUD, BUT AT LEAST 23 HAVE BEEN KILLED. IT'S UNCLEAR IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE BURIED IN THE LANDSLIDE. POLICE IN LONDON HAVE JUST ARRESTED A MAN AFTER THREE WOMEN WERE KILLED WITH A CROSSBOW. POLICE SAY THE ATTACK WAS TARGETED AND THE THREE WOMEN ARE A MOTHER AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS. A HUGE SEARCH TOOK PLACE ACROSS NORTH LONDON FOR THE ALLEGED OFFENDER IT'S NOT BEEN REVEALED HOW HE KNEW THE VICTIMS. THE JURY HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR ALEC BALDWIN'S TRIAL OVER THE FATAL SHOOTING OF CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS THREE YEARS AGO. THE BBC'S EMMA VARDY HAS MORE. POLICEMAN: YOU WERE` YOU WERE IN THE ROOM WHEN THE LADY` I WAS THE ONE HOLDING THE GUN, YEAH. OK. ALL RIGHTY. THIS WAS THE MOMENT POLICE ARRIVED ON THE SET OF THE WESTERN MOVIE 'RUST', AFTER A SCENE HAD GONE TERRIBLY WRONG. ALEC BALDWIN WAS THE ACTOR ON SET THAT PULLED THE TRIGGER. THE PISTOL BEING USED BY ALEC BALDWIN HAD FIRED A LIVE ROUND, KILLING THE CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS. IN RECENT COURT DOCUMENTS, ALEC BALDWIN SAID HE STRUGGLED TO FIND ACTING WORK SINCE THE INCIDENT, AND IF FOUND GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, HE COULD FACE 18 MONTHS IN JAIL. ARE YOU DOING OK? NO, I'M NOT, ACTUALLY. ALEC BALDWIN CLAIMS HE NEVER PULLED THE TRIGGER, AND HIS LAWYERS HAVE TRIED TO HAVE THE CASE DISMISSED. (GRUNTS) BUT PROSECUTORS WILL ARGUE IN COURT TODAY THAT HE, TOO, DID NOT FOLLOW SAFETY PROTOCOLS WHICH COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE CINEMATOGRAPHER'S DEATH. TO SPORT, AND ERIN ROUTLIFFE'S DOUBLES QUARTER-FINAL AT WIMBLEDON IS GOING THE DISTANCE THIS MORNING. THE KIWI AND HER CANADIAN PARTNER IN THE FAR COURT WON THE FIRST SET 6-4, BUT WERE UNABLE TO CLOSE OUT THE MATCH IN THE SECOND SET. GREAT WORK FROM DEBBIE AND ERIN. THE U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONS ARE CURRENTLY DOWN 3-2 IN THE DECIDING SET. MEANWHILE IN THE GENTLEMEN'S DRAW, AUSTRALIAN ALEX DE MINAUR HAS PULLED OUT OF HIS QUARTER-FINAL MATCH AGAINST WORLD NUMBER TWO NOVAK DJOKOVIC. THE NINTH SEED WAS SET TO PLAY HIS MATCH THIS MORNING, BUT A HIP INJURY HAS FORCED HIM OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT. AND FINALLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUCKINGHAM PALACE'S EAST WING WILL BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC. VISITORS WILL NOW GET TO SEE THE CENTRE ROOM, WHICH FAMOUSLY OPENS UP TO THE BALCONY WHERE ROYAL FAMILY MEMBERS WAVE TO THE PUBLIC ON BIG EVENTS. THE BBC'S CHARLOTTE GALLAGHER REPORTS. BUCKINGHAM PALACE ` A FOCAL POINT FOR ROYAL CELEBRATIONS. NOW MORE OF THE PALACE WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THAN EVER BEFORE, AND WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A SNEAK PEEK AT WHAT VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE. THE YELLOW DRAWING ROOM MIXES EASTERN AND WESTERN ANTIQUES AND HAS TOWERING PORCELAIN PAGODAS. THIS PRICELESS ART ON DISPLAY, SOME THAT'S NEVER BEEN SEEN BY THE PUBLIC BEFORE, AND JONATHAN YEO'S NEW PORTRAIT OF THE KING. THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL CORRIDOR. IT'S CALLED THE PRINCIPAL CORRIDOR. AND I'M LITERALLY WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GENERATIONS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO DOWN HERE TO GET TO THE BALCONY TO MAKE THOSE MEMORABLE APPEARANCES. LET'S TAKE YOU IN THERE NOW. THOSE DOORS LEAD OUT TO WHAT IS THE MOST FAMOUS BALCONY IN THE WORLD, AND IF YOU GLIMPSE THROUGH THOSE CURTAINS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE VIEW THE ROYAL FAMILY HAVE WHEN THEY STEP OUT AND WAVE TO THE CROWDS. HOWEVER, GOING ONTO THE BALCONY IS NOT PART OF THE PUBLIC TOUR. BOTH OF YOU HAVE BEEN EUROPE CORRESPONDENCE. I WENT TO THE PALACE FOR THE QUEENS 80TH BIRTHDAY. WAS IT ABOUT TRYING TO ENGAGE MORE WITH THE PUBLIC? LIKE WINDSOR CASTLE, WHEN YOU GET THERE, YOU ARE CONDITIONS. SOMETIMES YOU ARE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO TAKE THE PHONE IN. MANY PEOPLE GET TOLD OFF FOR BRING IN A PHONE. THE FACT THAT YOU CAN'T GO ONTO THE BALCONY` I THINK IT WOULD LOWER THE BRAND A LITTLE BIT IF WE WERE ALL UP THERE ON THE BALCONY. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT, DANIEL. YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY, AND THAT IS A REMINDER WHY YOU ARE SO AMAZED. THEY SHOULD JUST GET A GREEN SCREEN OF THE BALCONY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY THROUGH HERE. SOME MORNING FROSTS IN AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA. 16 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` APART FROM A FEW MORNING FROSTS, IT'S ALSO ANOTHER DAY OF BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE. SOME SOUTHERLIES THROUGH TAURANGA. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST, LOOKING LIKE A CLOUDY AND DAMP DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. SOME SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATE THIS MORNING. 14 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST, TAUMARUNUI IS LOOKING GREAT BUT IT'S MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF THE REGION. CHANCE OF THE ODD SHOWER IN WHANGANUI. PALMERSTON NORTH AND WELLINGTON. 14 THE HIGH FOR NEW PLYMOUTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND, A MAINLY FINE DAY THROUGH HERE WITH SOME MORNING AND EVENING FROSTS. SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE THROUGH KAIKOURA LATER TODAY. YOUR HIGH IS 14. 13 IN NELSON. HEADING SOUTH, A FEW CLOUDY PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE REGION BUT OTHERWISE MORE BLUE SKIES FOR YOU. CHRISTCHURCH, SOME DRIZZLE HEADING YOUR WAY THIS EVENING. 12 THE HIGH IN TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` APART FROM SOME MORNING FROST, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A FINE THURSDAY FOR MOST OF YOU. SOME CLOUDY PERIODS IN DUNEDIN AND STEWART ISLAND. 12 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND. I'VE BEEN TO BOB MARLEY'S HOUSE IN JAMAICA. VERY DIFFERENT. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A DECADE, THE COST OF BUILDING A NEW HOUSE IN AOTEAROA HAS DROPPED. FIGURES OUT TODAY FROM CORELOGIC SHOW A 1.1% DECREASE IN THE THREE MONTHS TO JUNE. THERE ARE A RANGE OF FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS, SO TO TELL US MORE, WE'RE JOINED NOW BY CORELOGIC CHIEF PROPERTY ECONOMIST KELVIN DAVIDSON. MORENA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A STANDARD SINGLE STORY THREE BEDROOM TWO BATHROOM BRICK AND TILE HOME, RIGHT? YES, IT'S GONE DOWN 1.1% IN THE LAST QUARTER. THE QUESTION IS, WHY? IT REALLY STEMS FROM THE SLOWDOWN IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, WE HAD THOSE BIG SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AFTER COVID-19, THE CONSTRUCTION IS IN A DOWNTURN. THAT JUST LEADS THROUGH TO LOWER COSTS AND LOWER PRICES. IT STANDS ON THAT SLOWDOWN WHICH ON ONE HAND IS GOOD FOR HOUSEHOLDS RIGHT NOW, ON THE OTHER HAND, LONGER TERM WE DO NOT WANT THE INDUSTRY TO BE IN A DOWNTURN FOR TWO LONG. THERE IS GOOD AND BAD. YOU TALK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION COSTS, BUT ALSO MATERIALS, THERE ARE SOME MATERIALS THAT OBVIOUSLY REQUIRE, AND THOSE COSTS HAVE GONE DOWN, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT LAND, OR BUILDERS MARGINS OR SORTS OF THINGS LIKE THAT, INPUT COSTS IN TERMS OF MATERIAL, KITCHEN MATERIAL, TAP WARE, KITCHEN JOINERY. WAGES DON'T REALLY GO DOWN BUT THEY GET FLATTENED OFF. AND THAT IS PART OF THE STORY TOO. I WANT TO LOOK AT GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND LENDING RULES. HOW HAS THOSE THINGS HAD AN IMPACT? THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE HOUSING MARKET AND THE HOUSING SECTOR, DTI RULES, YOU GET TO A NEW BUILD, REDUCE DEPOSIT, THAT HELPS, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND YOU HAVE HIGH MORTGAGE RATES, AND YOU STILL HAVE TO GET THE FINANCE AND AFFORD IT. THERE ARE FACTORS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. THE GOVERNMENT IS MOVING VERY HARD ON NEW BUILDS, MAKE THE PLANNING SYSTEM EASIER, WHICH WORKS, BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGE, AND WE NEED MORE NEW HOUSES, LONG-TERM I THINK THOSE GOVERNMENT CHANGES WILL HELP THE SECTOR, BUT IT MIGHT BE A SLOW BURN. WE'LL BRING IN NIGEL SMITH NOW, CHAIRPERSON OF MASTER BUILDERS AND A BUILDER HIMSELF. NIGEL, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS? THERE WAS A HECTIC PERIOD, THINGS HAVE SLOWED DOWN NOW. WE DID SEE THIS COMING. THIS IS A CONFIRMATION OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING FOR THE PAST FIVE MONTHS. IT IS GREAT. IT IS A MILESTONE. ONE THING HAS BEEN MISSING US THE CONFIDENCE TO PUSH FORWARD. THE POLICY IS COMING IN PLACE, CONSUMERS HAVE BEEN ENQUIRING, ENQUIRIES HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER. PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO DO THINGS AND INVESTIGATING, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE CONFIDENCE OR THE BUILDING INDUSTRY HAVE CONFIDENCE AND SURETY OF WHERE PRICES WILL BE. BUT NOW WE ARE IN A POSITION, AND IT IS A GOOD SIGN. YOU TALK ABOUT REASSURANCE AND CONFIDENCE, BUT I WONDER AT WHAT POINT WILL BE A DISTRESS START FEELING THIS AND ALSO HOW RESILIENT IT IS TO CONTINUE WITH THINGS BEING A LITTLE SOFTER? WE ARE RESILIENT AND POSITIVE, AND WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THESE CYCLES. I'VE SEEN HISTORICALLY IN THE LATE 40S AND 50S, IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE GRAFTS THAT MIMIC WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW. WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, AND THAT RESILIENCE IS THE PART WHERE EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR. SOMETHING TO REALLY SPARK THAT CHANGE IN OUR MINDS HAD THE LENDERS RELOOK AT THINGS, AND NOW OUR RISK PROFILE HAS CHANGED A BIT, WE ARE BEING OFFERED AND SEEING COSTS DECREASE, AND KELVIN TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT AREAS THAT ARE SHOWING COST DECREASES, THAT GET SURETY TO BUILDERS TO GIVE CONFIDENCE TO THEIR CLIENTS. ARE YOU CONFIDENT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE MOMENT? IS PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE GOVERNMENT CHANGES, WANTING MORE HOMES TO BE BUILT, MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS LAND AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS FOR BELTS? IS THE CONFIDENCE BASED ON THAT AS WELL? YES, DEFINITELY. IT IS THE WHOLE PACKAGE. CONFIDENCE OF LAND, CONFIDENCE AND AVAILABILITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE, HAVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAND, AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO GET SURETY OF COST TO THE BUILD. I WONDER WHETHER BUILDERS AND CLIENTS ARE LOOKING AT THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT NOW. IS THAT THE CASE? YES. THE DROP IN THE COST OF BUILDING ALSO COMES ON THE BACK OF CHANGES IN THE REGULATORY STAGES, INCLUDING INSULATION. INNOVATION IS RISING IN THE INDUSTRY. ALL OF THESE THINGS FEED INTO WHAT YOU SEE BEING RELEASED TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. COST OF LIVING IS GOING UP, INTEREST RATES ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SO BUILDING COSTS IS COMING DOWN, BUT YOUR MORTGAGE HASN'T CHANGED. HOPEFULLY SOON. E WHAI AKE NEI... DO YOU WANT SOMETHING TO READ? NO, I'M GOOD. WELL, ARE YOU GONNA TAKE A NAP, OR`? NO. YOU'RE JUST GONNA SIT THERE, STARING AT THE BACK OF THE SEAT? YEAH. FROM SITCOM JOKE TO SOCIAL MEDIA TREND, WHAT ON EARTH ARE PEOPLE DOING ON LONG-HAUL FLIGHTS? IF YOU THINK RANDOM SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN SHALLOW ATTEMPTS AT GRABBING YOUR ATTENTION, DO WE HAVE A STORY FOR YOU! THE LATEST SOCIAL MEDIA TRAVEL TREND INVOLVES TIKTOKERS LEAVING THE COMFORT OF INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT ON LONG-HAUL FLIGHTS BEHIND. WHY? HERE TO EXPLAIN WE'RE JOINED BY SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERT JOSH STUART, WHO IS A FOUR-HOUR FLIGHT AWAY IN MELBOURNE, GOOD MORNING JOSH! THANK YOU FOR GETTING UP SO EARLY. IT'S NOT EVERYDAY YOU ARE ASKED TO COME ON TV NZ. WHO OR WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS? THIS IS THE LATEST TRAVEL TREND. MOSTLY MEN LOCKING IN FOR THEIR LOCAL TRAVEL FLIGHTS. TRAVEL MAP MAPS FROM ALL THE WORDS TO YOUR ARRIVAL, STARING AT NOTHING BUT THE IN-FLIGHT MAP AND ENJOYING THE SOUND OF THE JET ENGINE AROUND THEM? WHAT? IS THIS A TREND? YOU JUST SIT THERE STARING AT A SCREEN THE WHOLE TIME? WHAT IS THE POINT? I DON'T THINK I CAN GIVE YOU THE POINT OF IT APART FROM ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA. THE POINT IS TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BRAG ABOUT ONLINE IT SEEMS. THERE IS A HUGE PSEUDOSCIENCE THAT SAY THIS IS A TEST OF MENTAL STRENGTH AND MENTAL FORTITUDE, AND YOU CAN LOCK IN, SO TO SAY TO TEST YOUR ABILITY TO FOCUS. I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT APPEALS TO ME, BUT IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN POPPING UP SINCE MAY CLAIMING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOCK IN FOR THIS LONG HAUL FLIGHTS. IT DOESN'T APPEAL TO ME EITHER. IS THIS WHAT GETS PEOPLE BUZZING? YES, I CAN TELL YOU AS A TREND FORECASTER, THAT THIS IS A SURE EXPRESSION OF MODERN MASCULINITY AND HOW THE RATES ARE LOOKING AT HOW THEY CAN TEST THEIR FEATS OF STRENGTH TO TEST HOW STRONG THEY ARE. ONE HALF WHAT TO MAKE A FUNNY JOKE, AND THE OTHER HALF WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS HOW STRONG I AM AND PROVED TO MY FRIENDS THAT I CAN LOCK OPEN. lock in* THIS IS A WEIRD TYPE OF FLEX, ISN'T IT? YES, AND IT'S A TYPE OF FLEX THAT CAN BE PROVABLE BY NO ONE BUT YOU. ONLY YOU ARE RECORDING IT. YOU COULD RECORD THE ENDS OF YOUR 17 HOUR LONG FLIGHTS, AND SAY THAT YOU DID IT. WHY IS IT JUST FLIGHTS ONLY DO YOU THINK WIRES ARE JUST FLIGHTS ONLY, DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL GO FURTHER THAN THAT? THERE ARE THINGS CALLED NAKED WALKING, WHICH IS WHERE YOU GO FOR A WALK WITHOUT HEADPHONES. WHEN YOU SAID NAKED WALKING, I WAS THINKING, JOSH...? NAKED WALKING, THAT'S WITHOUT HEADPHONES? YES, JUST LISTENING TO NATURES CALLS, OR JUMPING IN YOUR CAR AND NOT USING THE MAP SYSTEM. COMPLETELY WITHOUT STIMULI. THAT WAS BRILLIANT. NOW WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR TEAMS WHO ARE SAYING THEY LOVE TO WATCH THE MAP. I ONLY FLIPPED TO THE MAP WHEN I AM GETTING CLOSE. IT GETS ME ITCHY SHE UNDER THE SKIN, LIKE I WANT TO GET OFF NOW. DID THEY SAY NO WATER AS WELL? MASCULINITY, EH? WHAT A LOAD OF BOLLOCKS. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, THE ALPINE WINTER FESTIVAL IS BACK FOR ANOTHER YEAR. WE'VE SENT OUT OUR REPORTER TO TAKE THE EARLY PLUNGE. MORENA, DIGBY. I WAS HOPING TO SEE YOU AND YOUR TOGS, IT'S NOT A GOOD MORNING AT ALL, DANIEL. WE'RE HERE FOR THE ALPINE WINTER FESTIVAL, AND I AM TRYING TO GET THE POSITIVE VIBES GOING. WE ARE GOING TO BE GETTING IN THESE THINGS NEXT, SO STICK AROUND. # WE GO, OH. # OVERBOARD. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT WHO STARES AT A MAP WHEN YOU ARE ON A LONG HAUL FLIGHT, SO MANY PEOPLE DO. TO EACH THEIR OWN. YOU'VE GOT MOVIES, ENTERTAINMENT UNBORN, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SIT AND STARE AT THE MAP, WATCHING IT FOR UP TO 17 HOURS. IT'S ABOUT HERE PROVING YOUR MASCULINITY. SOMETIMES, I WATCH THE QUIZ. I LOVE TALKING. OH, DANIEL, NO! YOU DON'T LIKE TALKING TO PEOPLE ON THE PLANE? I LOVE INTRODUCING MYSELF TO PEOPLE AND SAYING HI, I'M DANIEL... WHEN YOU START TELLING YOUR STORY DANIEL, DANIEL IS LIKE, OH NO. YOU'RE LIKE THIS... NOT AT ALL. IF YOU'VE SAT NEXT TO DANIEL ON A FLIGHT, PLEASE EMAIL. I LOVE TO CHAT! AN INTERNAL SAFETY BULLETIN OBTAINED BY 1NEWS SAYS A BUTTON PRESSED ACCIDENTALLY ON THE BRIDGE OF THE ARATERE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTERISLANDER FERRY RUNNING AGROUND. THE REPORT, ISSUED TWO WEEKS AFTER THE GROUNDING LAST MONTH, SAYS THE CREW HAD SWITCHED THE ARATERE FROM HAND-STEERING TO AUTOPILOT, THEN A BUTTON WAS 'INADVERTENTLY PRESSED'. THAT SENT THE VESSEL ON A NEW COURSE AROUND ONE NAUTICAL MILE EARLIER THAN PLANNED, AND THE CREW WERE UNABLE TO OVERRIDE THE AUTOPILOT IN TIME TO AVOID THE GROUNDING. AND SPEAKING IN WASHINGTON, THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE'S NOT AWARE OF WHAT HAPPENED, OR WHAT HIS DEPUTY HAS BEEN SAYING. WELL, I HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT WINSTON SAID OR DONE OTHERWISE, BUT I JUST SAY TO YOU IS SIMEON BROWN PUT IN PLACE A PRETTY GOOD PROCESS. UM, I APPRECIATE THERE'S LOTS OF STORIES AND RUMOURS AND RECKONS AS TO WHAT PEOPLE THINK HAS HAPPENED. BUT UNTIL WE GET THOSE OFFICIAL` IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR WINSTON PETERS`? WELL, THOSE ARE QUESTIONS FOR HIM. BUT WHAT I JUST SAY TO YOU IS WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE. OUR GOVERNMENT WILL BE RESPONDING TO THE FORMAL REPORTS WHICH WILL BE ISSUED BY MARITIME NEW ZEALAND AND TAIC. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A DECADE, THE PRICE OF BUILDING A NEW HOUSE IN AOTEAROA HAS DROPPED. CORELOGIC'S REPORTING A 1.1% DECREASE IN THE THREE MONTHS TO JUNE ` THE FIRST DROP IN 12 YEARS. THE COMPANY'S CHIEF PROPERTY ECONOMIST KELVIN DAVIDSON SAYS THIS REFLECTS A MAJOR DOWNTURN IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR. I THINK IT REALLY JUST STEMS FROM THE SLOWDOWN IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. WE HAD THOSE BIG SORT OF SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AFTER COVID. THEY'VE GONE NOW AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IS IN A DOWNTURN. DWELLING CONSENTS ARE FALLING, BUILDING ACTIVITIES FALLING. SO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THINGS ARE` THAT JUST FEEDS THROUGH TO LOWER COSTS AND LOWER PRICES. A DROP IN COSTS WERE ALSO RECORDED ACROSS SEVERAL BUILDING MATERIALS, INCLUDING STRUCTURAL STEEL KITCHEN JOINERY, TAPWARE AND ELECTRICAL LIGHT FIXTURES. THE JURY HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR ALEC BALDWIN'S INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL. THE ACTOR WAS CHARGED OVER THE FATAL SHOOTING OF CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS ON THE SET OF THE FILM 'RUST' IN 2021. HE'S PLEADED NOT GUILTY. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO RUN UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEK. ZOO ANIMALS IN THE CZECH CAPITAL PRAGUE HAVE BEEN GIVEN ICE TO HELP THEM BATTLE RECENT HIGH TEMPERATURES. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE CITY ARE FORECAST TO HIT 30 DEGREES, PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE USED TO CLOOER CLIMATES. ZOOKEEPERS SAY THEY'LL BE REPEATING THE ICE DELIVERIES WHILE THE HIGH TEMPERATURES PERSIST. TO SPORT, AND ERIN ROUTLIFFE HAS SECURED HER SPOT IN THE WIMBLEDON DOUBLES SEMI-FINAL. THE KIWI AND HER CANADIAN PARTNER HAVING TO GO THE DISTANCE IN THE QUARTER WINNING THE MATCH 6-4, 6-7, 6-4. (PLAYERS GRUNT) (PLAYERS GRUNT) WHAT A WAY TO FINISH! (CROWD CHEERS) THE PAIR WILL PLAY AN AMERICAN DUO IN THE SEMI-FINAL. AND IN THE MEN'S DRAW, ITALIAN LORENZO MUSETTI HAS UPSET AMERICAN TAYLOR FRITZ TO REACH HIS FIRST GRAND SLAM SEMI-FINAL, THE 25th SEED WINNING IN FIVE SETS. AND FINALLY, THERE'S A DISPUTE AMONG THE ANIMALS PICKING WINNERS IN THE EUROS SEMI-FINALS. UH OH. AFTER WALTER THE GERMAN ORANGUTAN YESTERDAY PICKED THE NETHERLANDS TO TRIUMPH IN THIS MORNING'S SEMI-FINAL, THREE PATRIOTIC MEERKATS IN LONDON HAVE PICKED ENGLAND'S THREE LIONS TO WIN INSTEAD. PENELOPE, FRANK, AND DRACULA WERE INITIALLY UNSURE, INVESTIGATING BOTH BUCKETS OF INSECTS, BUT EVENTUALLY WENT WITH THE ENGLISH OFFERING. THERE'S SPECULATION THEIR DITHERING COULD INDICATE A CLOSE RESULT, (CHUCKLES) PERHAPS, ON PENALTIES. I DON'T KNOW. I'M GOING WITH WALTER. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) WENEREI'S WEATHER. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY THROUGH HERE. SOME MORNING FROSTS IN AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA. FURTHER SOUTH ` APART FROM A FEW MORNING FROSTS, IT'S ALSO ANOTHER DAY OF BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE. SOME SOUTHERLIES THROUGH TAURANGA. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. 12 IN TOKOROA. TO THE EAST COAST, LOOKING LIKE A CLOUDY AND DAMP DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. SOME SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATE THIS MORNING. 14 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST, TAUMARUNUI IS LOOKING GREAT BUT IT'S MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF THE REGION. CHANCE OF THE ODD SHOWER IN WHANGANUI. PALMERSTON NORTH AND WELLINGTON. 11 IN WELLINGTON. A MAINLY FINE DAY THROUGH HERE WITH SOME MORNING AND EVENING FROSTS. SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE THROUGH KAIKOURA LATER TODAY. YOUR HIGH IS 14. HEADING SOUTH, A FEW CLOUDY PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE REGION BUT OTHERWISE MORE BLUE SKIES FOR YOU. CHRISTCHURCH, SOME DRIZZLE HEADING YOUR WAY THIS EVENING. 12 THE HIGH IN TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` APART FROM SOME MORNING FROST, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A FINE THURSDAY FOR MOST OF YOU. SOME CLOUDY PERIODS IN DUNEDIN AND STEWART ISLAND. 12 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND. 10 FOR INVERCARGIL.. THANKS, MELISSA. THIS MORNING, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TRAVEL TRENDS, AND GUESS WHAT? BE IN TO WIN $10,000 TOWARDS YOUR DREAM HOLIDAY THANKS TO FLIGHT CENTRE. WHETHER YOU WANT TO SET THAT OUT-OF-OFFICE MESSAGE AND EMBARK ON A TRAVEL ADVENTURE, SIP COCKTAILS ON A TROPICAL BEACH, EXPLORE FAMOUS HISTORIC SITES ACROSS EUROPE, TOUR THE MAJESTIC LANDSCAPES OF ASIA, OR CREATE A COMPLETELY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE, THE CHOICE IS YOURS! THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE YOUR TRAVEL DREAMS COME TRUE WITH $10,000 TO SPEND ON YOUR PERFECT GETAWAY. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS HEAD TO winwithtvnz.co.nz, ENTER TODAY'S KEYWORD WHICH IS 'TRAVEL' 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 SEVEN-YEAR ROADSIDE ASSIST AND A GENEROUS SEVEN-YEAR WARRANTY AND WE STILL HAVE ONE MG3 HYBRID+ TO GIVE AWAY ON SEVEN SHARP NEXT MONDAY, SO MAKE SURE YOU ALSO WATCH SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT TO ENTER THE SPECIAL KEYWORD TO BE IN TO WIN. ENTRIES CLOSE AT 9am TOMORROW MORNING, AND HILARY WILL BE KNOCKING ON SOMEONE'S DOOR NEXT MONDAY ON SEVEN SHARP. THAT ADDRESS AND KEYWORD AGAIN, winwithtvnz.co.nz AND 'TRAVEL'. LOVE IT. WE'RE TRAVELLING DOWN SOUTH NOW, WHERE LOCAL BUSINESSES IN AND AROUND HANMER HAVE BANDED TOGETHER THIS YEAR TO PUT ON ALPINE WINTER FESTIVAL. AND WHILE THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ARE ON, THERE ARE LOADS OF EVENTS ON OFFER FOR EVERYONE, SO WE'VE SENT OUR CHRISTCHURCH REPORTER DIGBY WERTHMULLER UP TO HANMER TO CHECK IT OUT. HE JOINS US NOW. MORENA, DIGBY. I LIKE THE LOOK. THANK YOU. I GOT THE OUTFIT ON THIS MORNING. WHERE HERE AND WE WILL BE DOING A BIT OF AN ICE PLUNGE. I'M TRYING NOT TO MIX MY WORDS BECAUSE IT IS REALLY COLD THIS MORNING. THE BUSINESSES IN AND AROUND HERE HAVE BANDED TOGETHER TO PUT ON THE WINTER FESTIVAL, BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. IT'S BEEN A HARD YEAR FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF BUSINESSES, A LOT OF COMMUNITIES, SO THEY ARE COMING TOGETHER TO PUT ON A WHOLE RANGE OF EVENTS INCLUDING TREE CLIMBING, A LIGHT SHOW, MINIGOLF, THE SKI CLUB, SET TO OPEN ON SATURDAY. THEY GOING TO DO AN OPEN DAY THIS WEEKEND. THERE ARE SO MANY EVENTS THAT ARE ON BUT JOINING ME NOW IS BOBBY. HE IS LIKE THAT HERE AT HANMER SPRINGS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, I CAN'T WAIT. I CAN'T SAY THE SAME BUT GLAD TO SEE YOUR EXCITED. SO THIS IS YOUR SECOND YEAR? YES, WE COME BACK WITH A VENGEANCE AND THE WHOLE TOWN HAS GOT BEHIND IT AND IT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. LAST NIGHT WHEN WE GOT INTO HANMER, WE WENT AND CHECKED OUT THE LIGHTING SHOW. HERE IS WHAT LOCAL HAD TO SAY. HAD A LOVELY SOAK IN THE HOT POOLS AND I'M ENJOYING THE LIGHTS AND THE ATMOSPHERE ` FANTASTIC. I LIKE THE CHAMELEON. AND THE FROG. BUT I LIKE ALL THE FLOWERS TOO. THEY'RE COOL. KIDS ARE, I GUESS, MESMERISED AND ESPECIALLY WANTED TO SEE THE GIANT FROG. I THINK THEY'RE REALLY COOL COS, LIKE, ALL THE BLOW-UP THINGS` WHEN THEY WERE DOWN, THEY LOOKED A LOT SMALLER THAN THIS. MESMERISED, THAT IS RIGHT. IS A PRETTY COOL BUZZ AROUND TOWN WILL YOU BE HEADING UP THE MOUNT THIS WEEKEND? I'VE GOT A YOUNG TWO-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED WITH FIRE ENGINE SO WE WILL PROBABLY STAY HERE FOR THE FIRETRUCK DISPLAY. I HAVE JUST BEEN GIVEN THE ONE MINUTE CALL SO WE WILL GET THIS GOING. DIGBY! MELISSA: WHY DID IT NEED THE ICE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TEMPERATURE IS, DANIEL. HOLD IT, HOLD IT. YOU'VE GOT THIS, DIGBY. JUST COUNT. APPARENTLY, THE HEALTH BENEFITS... CAN YOU GET DOWN ANY FURTHER? GET THOSE SHOULDERS UNDER. MELISSA: J-MAY, YOU'RE STRESSING ME OUT. OKAY, I'M OUT. GOOD ON YOU. I THINK YOU'LL ONLY FEEL AMAZING BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING OUT OF IT. NO, NOT AT THE TIME. WAS FIVE SECONDS THE GOAL? OH, LOOK AT THAT. E WHAI AKE NEI, ARE YOU SCARED OF BLACK HOLES? SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND ONE THAT IS THE CLOSEST TO EARTH YET. # BLACKHOLE SON, WON'T YOU COME? # WON'T YOU COME? WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. TO THE SPACE-ILLITERATE, BLACK HOLES ARE TERRIFYING WHIRLPOOLS OF NOTHING THAT ROAM THE COSMOS SWALLOWING UP EVERYTHING IN THEIR PATH. IN REALITY, THEY ARE FASCINATING OBJECTS WHERE THE KNOWN LAWS OF PHYSICS BREAK DOWN, PROVIDING A CANVAS FOR SCIENTISTS TO EXPLORE. BUT FIRST YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, AND TODAY, RESEARCHERS HAVE ANNOUNCED THE DISCOVERY OF THE CLOSEST INTERMEDIATE-MASS BLACK HOLE TO OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. FOR MORE WE'RE JOINED BY UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HOLGER BAUMGARDT, HELLO! GOOD MORNING! GOOD MORNING OR GOOD EVENING FOR ME. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU, PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT IS A BLACK HOLE? A BLACK HOLE IS BASICALLY A CONCENTRATION OF MATTER, WHICH IS SO DENSE AND SO MASSIVE THAT NOTHING CAN ESCAPE IT ITS GRAVITATIONAL INFLUENCE, IS NOT EVEN LIGHT. HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS? THERE WERE FIRST PREDICTED BY ALBERT EINSTEIN BACK IN 1950, BUT THAT IT TOOK A LONG TIME UNTIL THE FIRST BLACKHOLE WAS FOUND, THAT ONLY IN THE 70S THAT EVIDENCE WAS FOUND THAT THEY REALLY DO EXIST. WHAT WERE YOUR INITIAL THOUGHTS WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS DISCOVERY? WHAT GOES THE WAY SCIENTISTS MIND WHEN THIS DISCOVERED? I WAS AMAZED, I WAS AT A CONFERENCE LAST YEAR. THEY SHOWED ME THE DATA, MY COLLEAGUE, I WAS ABSOLUTELY FASCINATED BECAUSE IT WAS IMMEDIATELY CLEAR TO ME, SO AFTER 20 YEARS OF RESEARCH, WE FOUND IT. WHEN LOOKING AT SOME PICTURES RIGHT NOW, TALK TO US ABOUT HOW LARGE IT IS AND WHERE IT IS. OKAY, SO I CAN'T SEE THE PICTURES YOU MIGHT BE SEEING, BUT IT IS FOUND IN A STAR CLUSTER. THE BLACKHOLE IS SITTING RIGHT IN THE CENTRE OF THAT STAR CLUSTER. YOU CAN SEE A SLOW ZOOM INTO THE VERY CENTRE, THE LOCATION OF THE BLACKHOLE IS MARKED. I SEE SO MANY STARS, HOW DOES ONE LOOK FOR A BLACKHOLE? WHEN YOU START WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO FIND IT? YOU CAN'T SEE A BLACKHOLE DIRECTLY, BECAUSE AS I SAID, THEY ARE SO MASSIVE THAT IS NOT EVEN LIGHT CAN ESCAPE FROM IT, SO FROM THE OUTSIDE, YOU SEE NOTHING, SO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT STARS WHICH ARE SITTING NEAR THE BLACKHOLE, BECAUSE THEY FEAR THE GRAVITATIONAL INFLUENCE OF THE BLACKHOLE. MOVING VERY FAST. AS ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BLACKHOLE THAT IS PARTICULARLY EXCITING FOR SCIENTISTS? ESPECIALLY THE MASS. IT HAS A MASS OF ABOUT 10,000 TIMES THE MASS OF OUR SUN. THIS IS A MASS RANGE THAT IS NO BLACKHOLE HAS BEEN KNOWN TO EXIST. ASTRONOMERS HAVE ONLY KNOWN ABOUT BLACK HOLES WHICH HAVE ABOUT THE MASS OF 10 TIMES OF THE SUN. SO THESE ARE WELL-ESTABLISHED, ASTRONOMERS KNOW THE SO-CALLED SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE, /HAVE ABOUT A MILLION OR A BILLION TIMES THE MASS OF OUR SUN. THERE WAS NO BLACKHOLE KNOWN TO EXIST BEFORE THIS, SO WE HAVE FOUND THE FIRST AND WHICH IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW? OKAY, WE HAVE FOUND ONE, SO WE FIRST WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE BLACKHOLE ITSELF SO WE WILL TRY TO GET MORE OBSERVATIONS AND LEARN A BIT MORE ABOUT IT, SO WHAT EXACTLY THE MASS IS, IS IT ROTATING? BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO FIND MORE. FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND LET'S STAY IN TOUCH. SO GREAT IS TO LISTEN TO SOMEBODY SO SMART. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOLGER? YES. (LAUGHTER) E HAERE AKE NEI ` EVERYONE LOVES THE DRAMA OF A PENALTY SHOOTOUT 'DECIDER' UNLESS YOU'RE THE PLAYER HAVING TO STEP UP TO TAKE THE SHOT. A PSYCHOLOGIST REVEALS HOW EACH TEAM SHOULD PREPARE TO TAKE THEM. Subway's new Fiery Subs range is here. Subway does not accept responsibility for red faces, sweaty foreheads or tears. We know what you're thinking. "Couldn't be that hot. It's Subway." But trust us. It is. Why else would we be doing this legal-sounding disclaimer? Get 'em while they're hot, medium and mild. THE SECOND SEMI-FINAL AT THE EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS IS MOMENTS AWAY FROM KICKING OFF, AND THAT COULD MEAN... DUN DUN DUN... ANOTHER PENALTY SHOOT-OUT. SO FAR, 3 KNOCKOUT MATCHES HAVE BEEN DECIDED FROM THE PENALTY SPOT. SO, TOP CORNER OR DOWN THE MIDDLE, LEFT OR RIGHT, LUCK OR SKILL? PSYCHOLOGIST GEIR JORDET'S WRITTEN A DETAILED INSIGHT OF SHOOT-OUTS IN HIS BOOK 'PRESSURE ` LESSONS FROM THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE PENALTY SHOOTOUT'. EARLIER I CAUGHT UP WITH THE MAN DUBBED THE 'PROFESSOR OF PENALTIES'. I'M ACTUALLY NOT THAT INTERESTED IN THE PENALTY KICK ITSELF, WHICH MAY BE STRANGE TO HEAR. WHAT I CARE ABOUT IS THE PRESSURE, THE STRESS, ALL THE STUFF GOING INTO IT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE TRUE PENALTY KICK PERFORMANCE COMES FROM. AND THAT'S WHERE MY PASSION IS. SO PENALTY SHOOTOUTS, THE HIGH STAKES, THEY'RE EMOTIONALLY CHARGED, BUT THEY CAN ALSO BE INCREDIBLY CRUEL. SO HOW CAN A PLAYER PREPARE FOR THAT KIND OF PRESSURE? WELL, I THINK THE FIRST PART OF THAT ANSWER WOULD BE THAT THEY HAVE TO PREPARE, UH, BECAUSE NOW SO MANY AND STILL, THEY THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T NEED. THEY THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO WIN THE GAME IN THE GAME ITSELF, NOT HAVING TO GO TO PENALTIES. THEY DREAD THE PENALTIES. AND BASICALLY THEY AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS. AND WHEN YOU START TO DO THAT IN PREPARATION, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALMOST LOST BEFORE IT HAS STARTED. UH, WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING, CAN YOU TRAIN FOR PENALTIES? THAT'S STILL THE QUESTION THAT COACHES ARE ASKED. AND, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE ABSURD TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION TO, FOR EXAMPLE, MILITARY WHO ARE TRAINING ALL YEAR FOR COMBAT CONFLICT THAT THEY NEVER GET INTO. AT LEAST IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR A LONG TIME. SO THEY SHOULDN'T PREPARE FOR WAR? UH, IT'S JUST SO STRANGE. BUT IN FOOTBALL, IT'S NATURAL TO ASK THAT QUESTION. WHICH IS` WHICH IS SILLY. SO HOW DO YOU PREPARE? WELL YOU TRY TO SIMULATE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. TALK ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ELEMENTS GOING INTO IT, TALK ABOUT THE ROUTINE, TALK ABOUT HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER. HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER DURING THIS MOMENT? AND OF COURSE, YOU TRAIN THE KICK ITSELF AND YOU MAKE THAT SKILL AS ROBUST AS IT POSSIBLY CAN GET. SO GEIR, WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING A MATCH, A PLAYER STEPS UP TO TAKE THE PENALTY, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? WHAT ARE THE CUES? WHAT ARE THE SIGNS THAT A PLAYER IS EITHER PACKING THEMSELVES OR THEY'RE UP FOR IT? WELL, I WANT TO REMIND THAT JUST 1 MINUTE OR 2 MINUTES, LITERALLY, BECAUSE I START TO LOOK WHEN THE PENALTY SHOOTOUT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO A TEAM, I START TO LOOK AT THE COACHES, THE STAFF, HOW DO THEY GATHER THEIR TEAM, HOW DO THEY COMMUNICATE? AND YOU CAN TELL SO MUCH FROM THAT. DO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN? DO THEY KNOW WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN? DO THEY KNOW WHAT PLAYERS TO PUT UP? YOU CAN TELL A LOT BY THAT. THEN I LOOK AT HOW THE TEAM WILL POSITION IN THE MID CIRCLE. DO THEY HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT OR IS THIS JUST LIKE A RANDOM PROCESS WHERE THEY JUST FOLLOWING THEIR INSTINCTS GOING TOGETHER LIKE A` LIKE A MASS OF PEOPLE? AND THEN WE GET TO THE, TO THE KICK ITSELF. AND I LOOK AT SIGNS OF SOMETHING BEING DELIBERATE. IS THERE A CERTAIN STRUCTURE TO HOW THEY DO THINGS, OR HAVE THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, FALLEN INTO THIS? THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S HAPPENING, OR DO THEY ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING THAT CLEARLY IS REHEARSED? YEAH, IT'S A DELIBERATION AROUND THEIR BEHAVIOURS. UM, AND THEN, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE NERVOUS, BUT THEN IT'S ABOUT WHAT DO THEY DO WITH THAT? UM, SO IF YOU TAKE SAKA THE OTHER DAY FOR ENGLAND, WHO MISSED, OF COURSE, THREE YEARS AGO WITH A HORRIBLE FALLOUT AFTERWARDS. UH, OF COURSE HE'S NERVOUS. BUT THEN YOU SEE, THE WHISTLE GOES AND SAKA'S JUST STANDING THERE, AND HE'S STANDING AND STANDING AND STANDING. HE'S STANDING FOR EIGHT SECONDS AFTER THE WHISTLE, AND THEN HE STARTS MOVING TOWARDS THE BALL. AND WHAT THAT TELLS YOU IS THAT HE HAS A PLAN FOR THAT. NOW, YOU MENTIONED ENGLAND, AND THEY'RE ABOUT TO KICK OFF AGAINST THE NETHERLANDS IN THE SEMI-FINALS. AND OF COURSE, ENGLAND, WELL, THEY HAVE A VERY LONG TROUBLED RELATIONSHIP WITH PENALTY SHOOTOUTS. THEY'VE ONLY WON FOUR FROM 11 AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. SO GIVEN THAT, HOW BIG A PSYCHOLOGICAL HURDLE IS THAT KIND OF HISTORY FOR THE PLAYERS? UM, SO ENGLAND, LIKE YOU SAY, THEY HAVE A VERY COMPLICATED HISTORY WITH, WITH PENALTY KICKS. SO IT'S A BIG PERPETUAL TRAUMA IN ENGLAND. THEY CALL IT JUST THE DREADED PENALTIES, BUT THEY'VE CHANGED THINGS AROUND. SO WHEN SOUTHGATE CAME IN, HE COMMISSIONED A PENALTY KICK PROJECT. THEY HAD A GROUP CONSISTING OF FIVE PEOPLE WHO WORKED FULL TIME FOR 18 MONTHS TO PREPARE THIS TEAM ON PENALTIES, AND THEY HAD INITIAL SUCCESS. THEY WON THE PENALTY SHOOTOUT IN 2018; THEN THIS WENT BACK A LITTLE BIT THREE YEARS AGO. IN 2021, THEY LOST THE EUROS FINAL AGAINST ITALY. UH, BUT THEY'VE KEPT AT IT. AND WHAT WE SAW THE OTHER DAY AGAINST SWITZERLAND WAS A TEAM THAT TOOK CHARGE OF THE PROCESS. THEY TOOK CONTROL OF EVERYTHING FROM THE HUDDLE TO THE MID CIRCLE TO THE KICKS THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE` THERE ARE TONS OF INNOVATIONS IN THE ENGLISH APPROACH TO PENALTY KICKS NOW, SO MUCH SO THAT NOT ONLY DID THEY WIN AGAINST SWITZERLAND IN THAT SHOOTOUT, BUT NOW MAYBE ENGLISH PEOPLE WILL NOT AGREE WITH ME ON THIS, BUT I WOULD CONSIDER ENGLAND A STRONG FAVOURITE IN ANY SHOOTOUT COMING THEIR WAY, ALSO BECAUSE THEY HAVE A MUCH MORE SOLID PROCESS AND FOUNDATION THAN PROBABLY ANY OTHER TEAM. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S WHATS COMING UP AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. THE LAST PSYCHIATRIST IN KAPITI'S MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC HAS RESIGNED AFTER SHE WAS DENIED A PANIC BUTTON FOR MONTHS. SHE'S NOW MOVED TO AUSTRALIA AND WILL TELL US MORE ABOUT HER STORY SHORTLY. IT'S BEEN REVEALED THE ARATERE GROUNDED AFTER IT WAS PUT ON AUTOPILOT AND THE CREW DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO TURN IT OFF. A INTERISLANDER SAFETY BULLETIN LEAKED TO 1NEWS SHOWS ONCE THE SHIP WAS ON AUTOPILOT, A BUTTON WAS MISTAKENLY HIT, SENDING IT OFF-COURSE. OUR POLITICAL PANEL WILL DIVE INTO THIS LATER IN THE HOUR. THE SECOND EUROS SEMI-FINAL BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS IS ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY. NEITHER SIDE HAS MAJORLY IMPRESSED THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMENT, BUT ONLY ONE CAN MAKE THE FINAL AGAINST SPAIN. WE'LL HAVE LIVE UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AS WELL AS TAKE YOU INSIDE AUCKLAND'S ENGLISH FANZONE. BUT FOR NOW, IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S MELISSA WITH THE NEWS. A BUTTON PRESSED ACCIDENTALLY ON THE BRIDGE OF THE ARATERE APPEARS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTERISLANDER FERRY RUNNING AGROUND. 1 NEWS HAS OBTAINED AN INTERNAL SAFETY BULLETIN, WHICH STATES THE CREW SWITCHED THE ARATERE FROM HAND STEERING TO AUTOPILOT, THEN A 'BUTTON WAS INADVERTENTLY PRESSED'. THE BULLETIN, ISSUED 2 WEEKS AFTER THE GROUNDING LAST MONTH SAYS THIS LED THE VESSEL OFF-COURSE AROUND ONE NAUTICAL MILE EARLIER THAN PLANNED, AND THE CREW WERE UNABLE TO OVERRIDE THE AUTOPILOT IN TIME TO AVOID THE GROUNDING. FULL INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE INCIDENT ARE ONGOING. THE COST OF BUILDING A NEW HOME HAS FALLEN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A DECADE. CORELOGIC'S REPORTING A 1.1% DECREASE IN THE THREE MONTHS TO JUNE MARKING THE FIRST DROP IN 12 YEARS. THE DECLINE FOLLOWS A DOWNTURN IN CONSTRUCTION WORKLOADS, EASING CAPACITY AND REDUCING BUILDING COSTS. THE CHAIRPERSON OF MASTER BUILDERS NIGEL SMITH, SAYS THE POSITIVE TURN COULD ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO ENTER THE MARKET. THIS IS REALLY A CONFIRMATION OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING FOR THE LAST FIVE MONTHS AT LEAST. AND IT'S GREAT. I MEAN, IT'S A MILESTONE. BECAUSE THE ONE THING THAT'S BEEN MISSING IN THE INDUSTRY IS THE CONFIDENCE TO PUSH FORWARD. THE GOVERNMENT HAVE HAD POLICIES COMING IN PLACE, CONSUMERS HAVE BEEN ENQUIRING, SO LEVELS OF ENQUIRY PROBABLY IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER. THE DATA IS MEASURED ON A STANDARD SINGLE-STOREY BUILD, WITH THREE-BEDROOM, TWO-BATHROOM BRICK AND TILE HOUSE. RESIDENTS IN MELBOURNE'S WEST ARE BEING URGED TO STAY INSIDE WITH WINDOWS SHUT, AFTER A MASSIVE FIRE AT A CHEMICAL FACTORY SPEWED TOXIC BLACK SMOKE INTO THE AIR. NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR. THE FIRE STARTED AFTER AN EXPLOSION AT THE FACILITY, AND MORE THAN 30 FIRE ENGINES AND HELICOPTERS WERE NEEDED AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BLAZE. POLICE IN LONDON HAVE JUST ARRESTED A MAN AFTER THREE WOMEN WERE KILLED WITH A CROSSBOW. POLICE SAY THE ATTACK WAS TARGETED, AND THE THREE WOMEN ARE A MOTHER AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS. A HUGE SEARCH TOOK PLACE ACROSS NORTH LONDON FOR THE ALLEGED OFFENDER. IT'S NOT BEEN REVEALED HOW HE KNEW THE VICTIMS. ONGOING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE HAS DOMINATED DISCUSSIONS AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON D.C. THAT COMES AS DENMARK AND THE NETHERLANDS CONFIRM THEY'LL BE SENDING F16 JETS TO SUPPORT THE UKRAINIAN WAR EFFORT AGAINST RUSSIA'S INVASION. NATO'S OUTGOING SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS BOLSTERING THE EFFORT IS CRUCIAL. WE WILL INCREASE OUR SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE BY ESTABLISHING A NATO COORDINATION AND THE SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING FOR UKRAINE, AND BY ENSURING A SUSTAINED SUPPORT FOR THE LONG-TERM. SUPPORT TO UKRAINE IS NOT CHARITY. IT IS IN OUR OWN SECURITY INTERESTS. AND WE WILL REINFORCE OUR PARTNERSHIPS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC TO PUSH AGAINST THE GROWING ALIGNMENT OF RUSSIA, CHINA, IRAN AND NORTH KOREA. A RARE KIND OF BLACK HOLE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED CLOSE TO OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. NASA'S HUBBLE TELESCOPE HAS TRACKED A SERIES OF FAST-MOVING STARS AS EVIDENCE OF AN INTERMEDIATE MASS BLACK HOLE'S GRAVITATIONAL PULL. BLACK HOLES ARE TYPICALLY EXTREMELY LARGE OR RELATIVELY LIGHTWEIGHT, MAKING THIS DISCOVERY SIGNIFICANT FOR RESEARCHERS. WE HAVE FOUND ONE SO OF COURSE WE FIRST WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT. WHAT IS ITS MASS, THAT WE WANT TO FIND MORE OF THEM. DON'T WORRY THOUGH ` IT'S STILL 18,000 LIGHT-YEARS AWAY. TO SPORT, AND ERIN ROUTLIFFE IS THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINALS AT WIMBLEDON FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE KIWI AND HER CANADIAN PARTNER WON THE FIRST SET OF THEIR QUARTER-FINAL THIS MORNING, BUT DROPPED THE SECOND. THEY WRAPPED UP THE MATCH 6-4 IN THE THIRD. (PLAYERS GRUNT) WHAT A WAY TO FINISH! (CROWD CHEERS) THE PAIR WILL PLAY AN AMERICAN DUO IN THE SEMI-FINAL. ENGLAND HAVE JUST KICKED OFF THE EUROS SEMI-FINAL AGAINST THE NETHERLANDS, AND HAVE BEEN BOLSTERED BY SOME LAST-MINUTE ANIMAL SUPPORT. THREE PATRIOTIC MEERKATS IN LONDON HAVE PICKED ENGLAND'S THREE LIONS TO WIN. PENELOPE, FRANK AND DRACULA WERE INITIALLY UNSURE, INVESTIGATING BOTH BUCKETS OF INSECTS, BUT EVENTUALLY WENT WITH THE ENGLISH OFFERING. THERE'S SPECULATION THEIR DITHERING COULD INDICATE A CLOSE RESULT; PERHAPS ON PENALTIES. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY THROUGH HERE. SOME MORNING FROSTS IN AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA. FURTHER SOUTH ` APART FROM A FEW MORNING FROSTS, IT'S ALSO ANOTHER DAY OF BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE. SOME SOUTHERLIES THROUGH TAURANGA. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. THE NETHERLANDS HAVE JUST SCORED. TO THE EAST COAST, LOOKING LIKE A CLOUDY AND DAMP DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. SOME SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATE THIS MORNING. 14 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST, TAUMARUNUI IS LOOKING GREAT BUT IT'S MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF THE REGION. CHANCE OF THE ODD SHOWER IN WHANGANUI. PALMERSTON NORTH AND WELLINGTON. 11 IN THE CAPITAL. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND, A MAINLY FINE DAY THROUGH HERE WITH SOME MORNING AND EVENING FROSTS. SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE THROUGH KAIKOURA LATER TODAY. 13 IN NELSON. HEADING SOUTH, A FEW CLOUDY PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE REGION BUT OTHERWISE MORE BLUE SKIES FOR YOU. CHRISTCHURCH, SOME DRIZZLE HEADING YOUR WAY THIS EVENING. 12 THE HIGH IN TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` APART FROM SOME MORNING FROST, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A FINE THURSDAY FOR MOST OF YOU. SOME CLOUDY PERIODS IN DUNEDIN AND STEWART ISLAND. 12 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND. SOMEONE'S JUST TAKEN THE LEAD IN THE EUROS SEMI FINAL BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS, WHOSE SCORED LACHIE? I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR YOU RIGHT NOW, BEFORE, IT WAS SUPER LOUD. NOTHING HAS BEEN SAID. FANS ARE... IF THEY WERE NERVOUS BEFORE THE MATCH, THEY ARE NERVOUS NOW. THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF TIME LEFT IN THE GAME. THE GREATER WELLINGTON REGION IS FACING A MENTAL HEALTH CARE CRISIS AMID A DIRE SHORTAGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS AND NURSES. THE LAST SPECIALIST PSYCHIATRIST PROVIDING CARE AT THE KAPITI MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC HAS RESIGNED AFTER MONTHS OF CARRYING THE WORKLOAD OF THREE DOCTORS. PROFESSOR MARIE BISMARK SAYS HER BREAKING POINT WAS BEING DENIED A PANIC BUTTON IN HER OFFICE. IT'S PRETTY DEMORALISING WHEN A REQUEST FOR A BASIC ALARM TO HELP KEEP YOU SAFE IS DENIED. AFTER I HAD BEEN ASKING FOR AN ALARM FOR 20 MONTHS AND HAD REALLY REACHED THE POINT WHERE I COULDN'T KEEP GOING IN THE ROLE, AN ALARM WAS EVENTUALLY INSTALLED. SO NOW WE HAVE A CLINIC ROOM THAT DOES HAVE A DURESS ALARM, BUT IT'S JUST MISSING A PSYCHIATRIST. IF THE CLINIC WAS FULLY-STAFFED, IT WAS A JOB THAT I COULD HAVE STAYED IN FOR 10 OR 15 YEARS. UM, UNFORTUNATELY, DOING THE JOB OF ONE DOCTOR IS BUSY ENOUGH. BUT WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE JOB OF THREE DOCTORS, IT BECOMES ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. ACROSS THE WHOLE OF NEW ZEALAND, ABOUT 20% OF THE PSYCHIATRIST POSITIONS ARE VACANT AND THE WORKFORCE SHORTAGES ARE PARTICULARLY SEVERE ACROSS THE WELLINGTON REGION. SO ABOUT A THIRD OF THE PSYCHIATRISTS POSITIONS ACROSS THE WIDER WELLINGTON REGION ARE VACANT, WHICH IS REALLY WORRYING. THE SHORTAGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS AFFECTS EVERYONE ACROSS THE TEAM. IN THOSE TEAMS WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE A DOCTOR OR PERHAPS YOU JUST HAVE A VISITING LOCUM, IT BECOMES HARDER AND HARDER FOR THE NURSES AND SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS WHO ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE CARE. YOU CAN ONLY STRETCH AN OVER-STRETCHED WORKFORCE SO FAR BEFORE IT BREAKS. AND REALLY BASIC THINGS LIKE MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE AND SUPPORTED AT WORK ARE SO IMPORTANT. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND HAS CONFIRMED A DURESS ALARM WAS EVENTUALLY INSTALLED IN PROFESSOR BISMARK'S OFFICE, BUT RECOGNISED IT TOOK TIME AND WOULD HAVE CAUSED HER FRUSTRATION. IT SAYS THE DELAY WAS DUE TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ALARM-EQUIPPED ROOMS FOR SEEING CLIENTS AT THE CLINIC. HEALTH NZ ALSO CONFIRMED TO BREAKFAST MORE THAN 35 OF THE 93 PSYCHIATRIST POSITIONS ACROSS THE GREATER WELLINGTON REGION ARE VACANT BUT SAYS IT PRIORITISES THE SAFETY OF CLIENTS AND STAFF AT ALL TIMES. WE'RE JOINED NOW BY WELLINGTON MENTAL HEALTH NURSE GRANT BROOKES. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HEALTH NEW ZEALAND'S STATEMENT THAT IT PRIORITISES THE SAFETY OF CLIENTS AND STAFF> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DR BISMARCK FOR SHINING A LIGHT ON THE STATE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. I CAN JUST VERIFY EVERYTHING THAT SHE SAID IN THAT CLIP. GOING BACK TO THAT STATEMENT THOUGH SAYING HEALTH NEW ZEALAND SAYING IT PRIORITISES STAFF, DO YOU AGREE? DO YOU FEEL THAT? THE SITUATION THAT MARIE DESCRIBED AS SERIOUS, IT IS A POPULATION OF 60,000, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY MORE WIDESPREAD, IT IS BIGGER THAN SHE DESCRIBED. WITH BEEN STRUGGLING WITH SHORTAGES TO PSYCHIATRIST FOR SOME TIME, BUT LAST YEAR, THERE WERE NO TRAINED PSYCHIATRIST OR DOCTORS OF ANY KIND IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE WELLINGTON CITY. THAT WAS A SHOCK, BUT IT WASN'T A ONE-OFF, BECAUSE THIS YEAR, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THE GREATER WELLINGTON REGION OF COURSE, TAKES ON THE WAIRARAPA. THERE IS BEEN NO TRAINED PSYCHIATRIST THERE FULL-TIME FOR OVER A YEAR. IF WE TAKE MARIE'S CASE, WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT DID SHE HAVE? SHE IS BETTER TO SPEAK TO THAT, AND I CAN GIVE A NURSING VOICE. AS SHE POINTED OUT, INTO HOW PROFESSIONALS WORK IN TEAMS, AND WHEN ONE PART OF THE TEAM IS MISSING, IT DOES PLACE EXTRA STRAIN ON THE NURSES AND THE OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, THERE WAS A SINGLE NURSE IN AN ADVANCED PRACTICE ROLE ABLE TO PRESCRIBE TO 600 OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. CAN YOU ELABORATE MORE ON THE STRAIN? IN A COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SPACE, THE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES THAT A CONSULTANT IS REQUIRED TO CARRY INVOLVE ATTENDING COURT HEARINGS FOR ANYONE WHO IS UNDER AN ORDER. WHERE PEOPLE STEPPING INTO THOSE ROLES WHO ARE PAID $100,000 LESS PER YEAR RUNNING FROM COURT CASE TO COURT CASE. IT IS NOT AS IF WE HAVE ENOUGH NURSES, EITHER. MENTAL HEALTH NURSES ARE INCREDIBLY SCARCE. WHAT'S LED TO THE SHORTAGES? MY UNION ASSOCIATION SUBMITTED A AND OFFICIAL INFORMATION REQUEST ACT LOOKING AT STAFFING LEVELS, AND TO TE WHATU ORAS RESPONSE SHOWED THAT THE MOST UNDERSTAFFED UNITS OF THE COUNTRY ARE MENTAL HEALTH UNITS. INPATIENT WARDS UNDERSTAFFED LAST YEAR 90% OF THE TIME. THAT'S AT LEAST ONE NURSE SHORT 90% OF THE TIME. WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE? WE NEED TO HAVE MANAGEABLE WORKLOADS FURNACES, SO WE HAVE A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PATIENTS EACH NURSE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND THESE NEED TO BE MANDATORY, BECAUSE THE VOLUNTARY SYSTEMS ASSERTIVELY NOT WORKING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND SAYS IT'S PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS MADE IN ITS RECRUITMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSES ACROSS THE GREATER WELLINGTON REGION. SINCE JULY LAST YEAR, AROUND 42 OF THE 313 NURSING VACANCIES ACROSS ALL OF WELLINGTON REGION'S MENTAL HEALTH NURSING TEAMS HAVE BEEN FILLED. HEALTH NZ SAYS IT IS ACTIVELY RECRUITING TO ACHIEVE A TOTAL NURSING WORKFORCE, DESPITE A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SHORTAGE OF SUITABLY QUALIFIED NURSES. VERY EXCITING MOMENT. THERE WAS A PENALTY SHOOTOUT. THE FANS HAVE ERUPTED, THERE IS HOPE. COME ON ENGLAND. I THINK THEY ARE MORE FOCUSED ON THE TV. WE WERE LISTENING TO THE PROFESSOR OF PENALTIES, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PENALTY SHOOTOUTS, BUT WE CAN EXTEND THAT OUT FURTHER. CAN WE TAKE THIS LIVE? NETHERLANDS ARE AHEAD ONE-NIL. AREAS, STANDING, WAITING FOR THE WHISTLE TO BLOW. SO MUCH PRESSURE ON KANE. THEY ARE A BIT BEHIND. WAIT FOR IT. SO GOOD. I CAN'T HELP FEELING THAT LOCKIE HAS BECOME A BIT OF HEX FOR THESE TEAMS. STILL IN THE GAME. STILL A LONG WAY TO GO. YOU CAN NEVER GIVE UP. E HAERE AKE NEI, A NEW TREND IN OUR WORKFORCE. RELUCTANT STAYING ` WHY EMPLOYEES WANT TO LEAVE THEIR JOBS BUT CAN'T FIND ALTERNATIVES. # (POP MUSIC) HOKI MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. THE PRESSURES OF NEW ZEALAND'S TIGHT JOB MARKET ARE CREATING A WORKFORCE OF RELUCTANT STAYERS. THESE ARE EMPLOYEES WHO WANT TO LEAVE THEIR JOBS BUT SIMPLY CAN'T FIND OTHER WORK. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE STUCK. A WHOPPING TWO-THIRDS OF OUR WORKFORCE HAVE SOME RELUCTANT STAYER FEELINGS. THAT DATA COMES FROM MASSEY UNIVERSITY'S JARROD HAAR. HE JOINS US NOW FOR MORE. ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU ON. I WASN'T PARTICULARLY SURPRISED BY THIS, BUT WERE YOU? IT IS INTERESTING THAT ONE AND FIVE HAVE SERIOUS, SERIOUS THANKS ABOUT, I HATE MY JOB AND I WANT TO LEAVE IT BUT I AM STUCK. IN A DO TEND TO PERFORM A LOT WORSE, WHICH IS` THEY TEND TO PUT IN LESS EFFORT, WORK SLOWER, SOCIALISING BY THE WATER CALL AND HAVING COPIES RATHER THAN DOING ANY WORK. THERE IS A MONETARY IMPACT TO THIS. AGAIN, IF I GO BACK TO THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE COLLECTED, WHAT A PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHY THEY ARE STAYING IN JOBS THAT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO BE IN? SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT MAYBE THE ORGANISATIONAL DIRECTION IS IT EXACTLY WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE, AND WE HAD IT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, WE HAVE HAD A CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT. SO YOU WILL SEE SOME WORKERS THERE FEELING DISHEARTENED AND PROBABLY 18 MONTHS AGO, IN THE BOOMING JOB MARKET, WOULD HAVE JUST LEFT IN A FLASH. BUT OF COURSE, NOW YOU GO APPLY TO A JOB, YOU CAN'T GET AN INTERVIEW. THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE JUST TREADING WATER WAITING FOR THINGS TO IMPROVE, WHICH COULD AT LEAST BE UNTIL NEXT YEAR. WE HAD SOME GREAT DISCUSSIONS ON THIS PROGRAM WITH YOU AROUND BURNOUT SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE STRESSED AND HAVING TO STAY IN THEIR JOB, WHAT OTHER CHANCES OF THAT BURNOUT BECOMING HIGHER AND HIGHER? VERY HIGH. IS SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF THAT THESE PEOPLE, THEY ARE NOT JUST A STEPPING COPIES AND CHATTING ` THEY ARE TOTALLY MISERABLE AND THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE THE SEVEREST FORM OF BURNOUT, SO THEY ARE KIND OF PHYSICAL COSTS TO THIS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S JUST THAT YOUR MIND HAS CHECKED OUT BUT YOUR BODY IS GETTING UP AND GOING INTO THE OFFICE EVERY SCHOOL DAY, THE JOB MARKET IS FLOODED AT THE MOMENT, THEY FEEL LIKE ACTUALLY, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO? AS ANY RELIEF IN SIGHT OR IS THIS IT DO WE HAVE TO BIDE OUR TIME FOR A BIT? IS A GOOD REMINDER OF THE HIGHS AND LOWS, AND WE ARE IN THE LOW. AND WE ENJOYED HIGHS 18 MONTHS AGO. A LOT OF THE WORK FORCE CHANGED JOBS, GOT BIG PAY RAISES, VERY HAPPY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,. AND NOW WE ARE AT THE TOTAL OPPOSITE, AND IT'S JUST A REMINDER HERE THAT IN THESE TIMES, LIKE WE ARE IN NOW, IT IS TIME TO HUNKER DOWN AND IF YOU ARE FILLING MISERABLE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY AND RAISE YOUR GAME A LITTLE BIT JUST TO PRETEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ENTHUSIASTIC IN THE WORKPLACE, AND TRY TO UP SKILL, AND NO DOUBT, OPPORTUNITIES WILL START TO OCCUR MORE OFTEN, BUT I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO BE 2025 BY THE WAY THE ECONOMY IS JUST GOING AT THE MOMENT. FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT, AS SOME PUT IT. KA KITE! WE WILL HAVE ALL THE UPDATE ON THE SEMI-FINAL BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS MEETING GLOBAL HEAVY HITTERS DURING HIS VISIT TO WASHINGTON FOR THE NATO SUMMIT. U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH IS THERE, LOGAN TELL US MORE. WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY? WELL I AM DEEP IN THE CONVENTION CENTRE WHERE THE NATO SUMMIT IS BEING HELD IN WASHINGTON DC. THE PRIME MINISTER IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE HERE SOON WHEN HE WILL BE MEETING WITH A NUMBER OF LEADERS, AMONG THEM CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER, ALSO THE PRIME MINISTER OF ESTONIA WHICH IS A COUNTRY THAT IS BUTTING) RUSSIA AND OBVIOUSLY LOOKING ONTO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN UKRAINE. HE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE. THESE MEETINGS WILL BE HELD HERE, THROUGH THAT DOOR BEHIND ME, WHERE FURTHER ROOMS HAVE BEEN SET UP. IT WILL KIND OF OPERATE LIKE SPEED DATING WHERE THE PRIME MINSTER WILL HAVE ABOUT 20 MINUTES WITH EACH LEADER, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THE PRIME MINISTER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THIS MORNING. HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. WE HAVE SPOKEN ON THE PHONE, AND WE HAD A CATCH UP AGAIN LAST NIGHT. WE WILL TALK THROUGH A RANGE OF ISSUES. OPPORTUNITIES RARELY, BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES. OBVIOUSLY WITH THE FRENCH PRESIDENT, NEW CALEDONIA WILL BE A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AS WELL. WHAT WILL NOT BE HAPPENING AT THIS CONVENTION, AT THIS STAGE, AS A FORMAL MEETING BETWEEN JOE BIDEN AND CHRISTOPHER LUXTON. HOWEVER, THE PRIME MINISTER IS INVITED TO A PRIVATE DINNER WITH THE OTHER LEADERS HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT. HE MIGHT GET THE CHANCE TO HAVE A HANDSHAKE WITH JOE BIDEN AND PERHAPS A CHEEKY KIA ORA. IS IN ANOTHER BUSY DAY FOR THE PRIME MINISTER HERE AND THE AMERICAS CAPITAL. WE WILL SEE YOU SOON. AN INTERNAL SAFETY BULLETIN OBTAINED BY 1 NEWS SAYS A BUTTON PRESSED ACCIDENTALLY ON THE BRIDGE OF THE ARATERE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTERISLANDER FERRY RUNNING AGROUND. THE REPORT, ISSUED TWO WEEKS AFTER THE GROUNDING LAST MONTH, SAYS THE CREW HAD SWITCHED THE ARATERE INTO AUTOPILOT WHEN A 'BUTTON WAS INADVERTENTLY PRESSED'. THAT SENT THE VESSEL ON A NEW COURSE AROUND ONE NAUTICAL MILE EARLIER THAN PLANNED, AND THE CREW WERE UNABLE TO OVERRIDE THE AUTOPILOT IN TIME TO AVOID THE GROUNDING. THERE ARE CALLS FOR MORE PSYCHIATRISTS AND NURSES IN THE WELLINGTON REGION, WITH THE SITUATION THERE LABELLED A MENTAL HEALTH CARE CRISIS. THE GREATER WELLINGTON REGION IS FACING A DIRE SHORTAGE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AFTER THE LAST SPECIALIST PSYCHIATRIST AT THE KAPITI MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC RESIGNED. PROFESSOR MARIE BISMARK SAYS SHE HIT BREAKING POINT. ACROSS THE WHOLE OF NEW ZEALAND, ABOUT 20% OF THE PSYCHIATRIST POSITIONS ARE VACANT, AND THE WORK FORCE SHORTAGES ARE PARTICULARLY SEVERE ACROSS THE WELLINGTON REGION. SO ABOUT A THIRD OF THE PSYCHIATRIST POSITIONS ACROSS THE WIDER WELLINGTON REGION ARE VACANT, WHICH IS REALLY WORRYING. WELLINGTON MENTAL HEALTH NURSE GRANT BROOKES TOLD BREAKFAST THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TOO LONG. WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH SHORTAGES OF PSYCHIATRISTS FOR SOME TIME. BUT LAST YEAR, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, THERE WERE NO PSYCHIATRISTS, NO DOCTORS, OF ANY KIND FOR ADULT COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE WELLINGTON CITY. THAT WAS A SHOCK. BUT IT WASN'T A ONE OFF, BECAUSE THIS YEAR IT HAPPENED AGAIN. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND SAYS IT'S ACTIVELY RECRUITING, SO FAR FILLING 42 OF THE 313 MENTAL HEALTH NURSING VACANCIES ACROSS ALL OF WELLINGTON REGIONS. THE JURY HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR ALEC BALDWIN'S INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL. THE ACTOR WAS CHARGED OVER THE FATAL SHOOTING OF CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS, ON THE SET OF THE FILM 'RUST' IN 2021. HE'S PLEADED NOT GUILTY. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO RUN UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEK. POLICE IN LONDON HAVE JUST ARRESTED A MAN, AFTER THREE WOMEN WERE KILLED WITH A CROSSBOW. POLICE SAY THE ATTACK WAS TARGETED, AND THE THREE WOMEN ARE A MOTHER AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS. A HUGE SEARCH TOOK PLACE ACROSS NORTH LONDON FOR THE ALLEGED OFFENDER. IT'S NOT BEEN REVEALED HOW HE KNEW THE VICTIMS. TO SPORT, AND IT'S TIGHT IN THIS MORNING'S EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPION SEMI-FINAL BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS. THE DUTCH STUNNED THE THREE LIONS EARLY, OPENING THE SCORING IN THE 11th MINUTE. IT IS A GOOD NECK BY NETHERLANDS. IT IS A BELTER. AND AN ORANGE FLASH, THE NETHERLANDS LEAD. BUT THE LEAD DIDN'T LAST LONG. ENGLAND CAPTAIN HARRY KANE CONVERTING FROM THE PENALTY SPOT. HARRY KANE. DELIVERS. FOR ENGLAND. OUTSTANDING. PERFECT PENALTY. IT REMAINS 1-1 HEADING FOR HALF TIME. 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 ` IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY THROUGH HERE. SOME MORNING FROSTS IN AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA. 16 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` APART FROM A FEW MORNING FROSTS, IT'S ALSO ANOTHER DAY OF BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE. SOME SOUTHERLIES THROUGH TAURANGA. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` LOOKING LIKE A CLOUDY AND DAMP DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. SOME SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATE THIS MORNING. 14 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` TAUMARUNUI IS LOOKING GREAT, BUT IT'S MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF THE REGION. CHANCE OF THE ODD SHOWER IN WHANGANUI, PALMERSTON NORTH AND WELLINGTON. 14 THE HIGH FOR NEW PLYMOUTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A MAINLY FINE DAY THROUGH HERE, WITH SOME MORNING AND EVENING FROSTS. SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE THROUGH KAIKOURA LATER TODAY. YOUR HIGH IS 14. 13 IN NELSON. HEADING SOUTH ` A FEW CLOUDY PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, BUT OTHERWISE MORE BLUE SKIES FOR YOU. CHRISTCHURCH ` SOME DRIZZLE HEADING YOUR WAY THIS EVENING. 12 THE HIGH IN TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` APART FROM SOME MORNING FROST, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A FINE THURSDAY FOR MOST OF YOU. SOME CLOUDY PERIODS IN DUNEDIN AND STEWART ISLAND. 12 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND. BE IN TO WIN $10,000 TOWARDS YOUR DREAM HOLIDAY THANKS TO FLIGHT CENTRE. WHETHER YOU WANT TO SET THAT OUT-OF-OFFICE MESSAGE AND EMBARK ON A TRAVEL ADVENTURE, SIP COCKTAILS ON A TROPICAL BEACH, EXPLORE FAMOUS HISTORIC SITES ACROSS EUROPE, TOUR THE MAJESTIC LANDSCAPES OF ASIA OR CREATE A COMPLETELY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE, THE CHOICE IS YOURS. 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WE'LL HAVE MORE WITH OUR POLITICAL PANEL. THE ARATERE FERRY AGROUNDING LAST MONTH WAS DOWN TO HUMAN ERROR, ACCORDING TO LEAKED DOCUMENTS RELEASED TO 1 NEWS. AN INTERNAL MEMO REVEALS THAT AUTOPILOT WAS PUT ON, THEN AN EXECUTE BUTTON WAS MISTAKENLY HIT, SENDING THE SHIP OFF COURSE, AND THE CREW DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO TURN AUTOPILOT OFF. THE ARATERE HAS NOW BEEN CLEARED TO RETURN TO SERVICE. HERE FOR MORE IS OUR POLITICAL PANEL OF NATIONAL'S CHRIS BISHOP, AND KIERAN MCANULTY IS UNWELL, SO IN OFF THE BENCH IS LABOUR'S PRIYANCA RADHAKRISHNAN. MORENA. DID I GET THAT RIGHT? YES. AT THIS SAGA, HOW EMBARRASSING IS THIS? IT IS EMBARRASSMENT UPON EMBARRASSMENT. FIRSTLY, THE WHOLE CANCELLATION OF THE SHIPS, NO REPLACEMENTS, NO PLAN B. AND NOW THIS. PRETTY EMBARRASSING I RECKON. EVERY TIME WE HEAR THERE IS AN INCIDENT WITH THE INTERISLAND, WE ALWAYS HAVE IT AS THE SHIPS FAULT. AS THE SHIP'S FAULT. NOW WE ARE HEARING HUMAN ERROR. THIS IS EMBARRASSING, IS IT NOT? LET'S JUST WAIT AND SEE. THIS IS A LEAKED MEMO. I HAVE NOT SEEN IT. THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE INVESTIGATIONS UNDERWAY AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AND TO WHAT HAPPENED. LET'S WAIT AND SEE FOR THE OFFICIAL REPORT BACK. WE WILL GO FROM THERE. NO ONE LIKES WHAT HAPPENED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND IT IS PRETTY INCREDIBLY OBVIOUSLY. IS THAT A GOOD ENOUGH REASON? EVERY OTHER MEDIA HAS A COPY OF THIS LEAKED MEMO. IT DOES SHOW THAT HUMAN ERROR IS AT FAULT HERE. WE HAVE A TRANSPORT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION FOR A REASON. THERE IS A MARITIME ENQUIRY AS WELL. WE NEED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT HAPPENED, AND I AM SURE THAT THE INVESTIGATIONS WILL DO THAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT HAD TO SAY. CHRIS BISHOP, AND SEEMS LIKE THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED. WELLINGTON BEING WELLINGTON, THERE ARE PRETTY RUMOURS FLYING ABOUT THE PLACE. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT WITH AN INCIDENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE, WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE ENQUIRIES AND AUTHORITIES, AND THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? THERE IS A BIG ISSUE AT PLAY HERE. COALITION PARTNERS NOT TALKING TO EACH OTHER. THE BIGGER ISSUE WAS CANCELLING THE FERRIES WITHOUT A PROPER REPLACEMENT. WE KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE MILLIONS AND REPLACEMENT COSTS. WE DO NOT HAVE FERRIES THAT ARE GOOD ENOUGH. NEW ZEALANDERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY MORE FOR LESS, UNDER THIS GOVERNMENT. THAT IS THE MOST FACILE ARGUMENT I HAVE EVER HAD. THIS IS LITERALLY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF FERRIES. IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. ANY CURSORY UNDERSTANDING OF THE FACTS WOULD DEMONSTRATE THAT. YOUR ATTEMPTS TO LINK THE RUNNING AGROUND OF THE FERRY, WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO CHANGE THE CONTRACT AND REPLACEMENT SHIPS, COMING FROM 2027 OR LATER, THEY ARE LITERALLY DISCONNECTED FROM EACH OTHER. YOUR ATTEMPT TO CONFLATE THE TWO AS RIDICULOUS. I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK IT IS A FAIR POINT. I THINK NEW ZEALANDERS CAN SEE THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NO PLAN B WHEN THIS CANCELLATION WENT AHEAD. I THINK IT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT THE CANCELLATION COSTS ARE GOING TO COST. ARE YOU SAYING THAT IF WE HAD NOT CANCELLED THE FERRIES, THAT YOU GUYS HAD PURCHASED AT VAST EXPENSE, THAT THE SHIP WOULD NOT HAVE RUN AGROUND? THOSE FERRIES WOULD HAVE BEEN WITH US AND 2026. IN OTHER WORDS, NOT TWO WEEKS AGO. IT IS A FACILE ARGUMENT, IT IS RIDICULOUS. YOUR ARGUMENT IS INSANE. I AM GOING TO HAVE A SIP OF COFFEE HERE WHILE YOU TO GO AT IT. I WILL LET YOU SPEAK. IT WAS ACTUALLY ON THE WHOLE COST OF LIVING CRISIS ISSUES THAT I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH MR BISHOP. WHAT MIND YOU WANT TO PICK? THIS GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGNED ON BRINGING DOWN THE COST OF LIVING. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IF YOU OWN A HOME, NO RELIEF YOU. COSTS ARE NOT GOING TO GO DOWN ANYTIME SOON. PARTICULARLY WITH THE DECISIONS THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING AROUND BRINGING BACK PRESCRIPTION FEES FOR SO MANY PEOPLE, TAKING AWAY FREE AND SUBSIDISED TRANSPORT FOR PEOPLE. RENTS ARE GOING UP. THE PRIME MINISTER JUST BEFORE HE LEFT FOR AMERICA, SHARED A VIDEO IN WHICH HE SAID, THAT COMPLEXITIES OVERSEAS- AND STABILITY AND CONFLICT OVERSEAS HAS LED TO COST OF LIVING PRESSURES AND NEW ZEALAND. WHICH I FOUND REALLY INTERESTING. WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. AND NATIONAL SLACKNESS AROUND LAST EVER SAYING THAT, SAYING THAT LABOUR WAS BLAMING OVERSEAS FACTORS ON INFLATION HERE. SUDDENLY IT IS OKAY FOR THE PRIME MINISTER TO SLIP BACK INTO HIS VIDEO. WHAT GIVES BISHOP? I DO NOT THINK THAT YOU HAVE A GREAT GOT YOU. OF COURSE THERE ARE INTERNATIONAL FACTORS AFFECTING INFLATION. NATIONAL HAS NOT DENIED THAT. INFLATION ALSO PEAKS UNDER LABOUR AT 7%. DOMESTIC INFLATION CAUSED BY SIX SETS OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING WAS A MAJOR DRIVER. THE OCR IS NOW AT ELEVATED LEVELS. ANGELA'S RATES ARE HIGH AND THAT IS CAUSING A LOT OF PAIN HOUSEHOLD. WE ARE TRYING TO GET INFLATION OUT OF THE ECONOMY, DRIVEN UP BY LABOURS EXCESSIVE SPENDING. THE RESERVE BANK YESTERDAY WAS RELATIVELY DOVISH. I HAVE HAD SOME COMMENTATORS SAY MAGISTRATES MIGHT COME DOWN QUICKER THAN THEY INITIALLY THOUGHT. WE HAD GOT TO GET INFLATION DOWN, AND OF COURSE, AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS TIME TAX RELIEF WILL BE ON THE WAY TO NEW ZEALANDERS, WHICH I KNOW THAT THE LABOUR PARTY CONTINUES TO OPPOSE AND VOTED AGAINST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. I AM GOING TO PUT A STOP THERE. PRIYANCA, YOU ARE COMING IN HOT. E WHAI AKE NEI ` DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR PETS WHEN A MAJOR EMERGENCY STRIKES? WHY THERE IS NATIONAL RECRUITMENT EFFORT TO GET MORE PEOPLE TRAINED UP TO CARE FOR THEM. # EVERYBODY IS COMING FOR YOU, WAKE UP. YOU ARE WITH BREAKFAST. A MOVE'S AFOOT TO TRAIN MORE NEW ZEALANDERS TO CARE FOR OUR PETS ` THAT'S OUR DOGS, CATS AND BIRDS ` WHEN DISASTER STRIKES. THE MINISTRY OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES IS ABOUT TO OFFER TWO-DAY TRAINING WORKSHOPS AROUND THE COUNTRY TO ENSURE MORE ANIMALS ARE CARED FOR DURING CIVIL DEFENCE EMERGENCIES. GINA KEMP IS MPI'S TEAM LEADER FOR ANIMAL WELFARE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND SHE JOINS US NOW FROM WELLINGTON. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. KIA ORA. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. TELL ME ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE BEEN REALLY FORTUNATE THAT THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE APPROACHED US WITH SOME FUNDING TO ENHANCE THE ANIMAL RESCUE CAPACITY IN NEW ZEALAND. WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF RUNNING THESE COURSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO HELP TRAIN AGENCIES AND ORGANISATIONS ON HOW TO LOOK AFTER COMPANION ANIMALS AND CIVIL DEFENCE EMERGENCIES. WE CAN TAKE A VERY RECENT EXAMPLE HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, CYCLONE GABRIELLE, WHEN PEOPLE HAD TO LEAVE THEIR ANIMALS. IS THAT RIGHT? CYCLONE GABRIELLE IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE. WE SAW ON THE NEWS THE IMAGES OF ANIMALS ARE STUCK AND STRANDED. WE ALSO SET UP A TEMPORARY ANIMAL SHELTER AT THE RACECOURSE, AND WE HOUSED A LOT OF ANIMALS THERE. WE KNOW THAT NEW ZEALANDERS CONSIDER ANIMALS PART OF THEIR FAMILY, AND SO WHEN WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE WEALTHIER FAMILIES, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE ANIMAL'S WELFARE AS WELL. WHAT WE ARE REALLY KEEN TO SEE WHETHER TRAINING IS THAT THE MORE PEOPLE TRAINED IN COMPANION ANIMAL WELFARE MEANS WE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF MY ANIMALS IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AGAIN. IN EMERGENCIES, PEOPLE ARE OFTEN NOT WILLING TO EVACUATE IF THEY CANNOT TAKE THEIR ANIMALS, SO THAT IS MAKING A GREATER RISK FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. THE WAY I SEE IT IS BY PROTECTING ANIMAL WELFARE WE ACTUALLY HELP PROTECT HUMAN WELFARE AS WELL. WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WITH ANIMALS MIGHT REFUSE TO EVACUATE. THEY MAY GO BACK TO UNSAFE PROPERTIES TO BE WITH THE ANIMALS OR RESCUE THE ANIMALS, AND WE KNOW THAT HAVING THEIR ANIMALS AROUND THE HOUSE AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY AS WELL. WE DO NEED TO CONSIDER THE ANIMAL WEALTHIER WHEN WE CUT OUR THINKING ABOUT THE WHOLE FAMILY WEALTHIER. TELL ME ABOUT THE TRAINING. WHAT WILL YOU BE TRAINING PEOPLE TO DO? WE COVER A WHOLE RANGE OF PRODUCTS. WE DO ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, SO HOW TO CARE FOR THE DIFFERENT SPECIES. WE ALSO LOOK AT SETTING UP A TEMPORARY ANIMAL SHELTER, WHAT TO DO AROUND DISEASE CONTROL, EXERCISE, FEEDING, CLEANING AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF. WHAT WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO SEE IS THAT IT WILL EMPOWER AGENCIES AND ORGANISATIONS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AFTER THESE ANIMALS AND NOT SEE IT AS SOMETHING A BIT SCARY AND SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE KEPT SEPARATE BUT THAT WE CAN KEEP THESE FAMILIES TOGETHER, AND THAT IS WHAT THE TRAINING IS FOCUSING ON. WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE YOU AFTER? BASICALLY ANY ORGANISATION THAT IS WORKING IN THE CIVIL DEFENCE EMERGENCIES BASE. SO FAR, WE HAVE HAD A GOOD RESPONSE TO OUR COURSES, AND WE HAVE AGENCIES LIKE CIVIL DEFENCE AND COUNCILS, SPCA, WHO HELP ANIMAL CONTROL, ZOOS, WILDLIFE PARKS, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WHO ARE ALSO WORKING AND CIVIL DEFENCE WHO ARE KEEN TO EARN MORE. WE HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING SPREAD OF PEOPLE, AND I AM REALLY EXCITED FOR THEM TO MEET EACH OTHER AND LEARN TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER WHILE ALSO LEARNING ABOUT ANIMAL WELFARE. THEY WILL BE PIT SQUADS, SO TO SPEAK, AND SENT OUT TO EMERGENCIES WHEN THEY HAPPEN. OTHER CHALLENGES IN GETTING IT UP AND RUNNING? GETTING PEOPLE TO THE GROUND WHEN WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY. WILL THERE BE CHALLENGES TO GET THESE PEOPLE THERE? THE BEAUTY OF IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE TRAINING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE IDEA IS THAT PEOPLE WILL ALREADY BE THERE. THEY WILL ALREADY BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND IN THOSE IMPACTED AREAS AND CAN START TAKING THOSE IMMEDIATE ACTIONS TO PROTECT ANIMAL WELFARE. WE HAVE TO DEPLOY PEOPLE INTO REGIONS AT THE MOMENT, BUT IF PEOPLE ARE ALREADY TRAINED THERE, THAT WILL BE BRILLIANT. IT IS VERY GOOD NEWS FOR MANY PET OWNERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL MEET WITH THE LEADERS OF FRANCE AND CANADA WHILE HE'S AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON DC. HE'LL HAVE ABOUT 20 MINUTES WITH EACH OF THEM AND SOME BIG TOPICS ON THE TABLE. MR TRUDEAU AND I HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE ON THE PHONE, AND WE HAD A GOOD CATCH UP AGAIN LAST NIGHT AS WELL. AND SO WE'LL JUST TALK THROUGH A RANGE OF ISSUES, BETWEEN` OPPORTUNITIES REALLY BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES. OBVIOUSLY WITH PRESIDENT MACRON, NEW CALEDONIA WILL BE A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AS WELL. THERE'S A WARNING GREATER WELLINGTON IS IN A MENTAL HEALTH CARE CRISIS, WITH SOME WARDS UNDERSTAFFED 90% OF THE TIME.. THE REGION'S FACING A DIRE SHORTAGE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, AFTER THE FINAL SPECIALIST PSYCHIATRIST AT THE KAPITI MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC RESIGNED. TE WHATU ORA CONFIRM THEY ARE ACTIVELY RECRUITING FOR A THIRD OF THE 93 PSYCHIATRIST ROLES NEEDED. WELLINGTON MENTAL HEALTH NURSE GRANT BROOKES TOLD BREAKFAST THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TOO LONG. THE MOST UNDERSTAFFED UNITS IN THE COUNTRY ARE THE MENTAL HEALTH UNITS. AND WITHIN AOTEAROA, THE AREAS WITH THE GREATEST SHORTAGE ARE WAITEMATA IN AUCKLAND AND KAPITI COAST, HUTT VALLEY. WITH INPATIENT WARDS UNDERSTAFFED LAST YEAR 90% OF THE TIME. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND SAYS SINCE JULY LAST YEAR IT'S FILLED 42 OF THE 313 MENTAL HEALTH NURSING VACANCIES ACROSS ALL OF WELLINGTON'S REGIONS. RESIDENTS IN MELBOURNE'S WEST ARE BEING URGED TO STAY INSIDE WITH WINDOWS SHUT AFTER A MASSIVE FIRE AT A CHEMICAL FACTORY SPEWED TOXIC BLACK SMOKE INTO THE AIR. NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR. THE FIRE STARTED AFTER AN EXPLOSION AT THE FACILITY, AND MORE THAN 30 FIRE ENGINES AND HELICOPTERS WERE NEEDED AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BLAZE. SEARCH EFFORTS IN INDONESIA HAVE INTENSIFIED, SEARCH EFFORTS IN INDONESIA HAVE INTENSIFIED AFTER A HUGE LANDSLIDE AT AN UNAUTHORISED GOLD MINE. 81 VILLAGERS MANAGED TO ESCAPE THE TORRENT OF MUD, BUT AT LEAST 23 HAVE BEEN KILLED. IT'S UNCLEAR IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE BURIED IN THE LANDSLIDE. A NEW REPORT SAYS SO-CALLED 'RELUCTANT STAYERS' ARE NOW MAKING UP A WHOPPING TWO-THIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND'S WORKFORCE. THE TERM REFERS TO EMPLOYEES WHO WANT TO LEAVE THEIR JOBS, BUT SIMPLY CAN'T FIND OTHER WORK. RESEARCHERS SAY IT CAN RESULT IN PEOPLE DOING THE BARE MINIMUM AT WORK. SO IT IS SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF, THAT THESE PEOPLE, THEY ARE NOT JUST SIPPING COFFEE AND CHATTING AROUND AND HAVING A GOOD TIME. THEY ARE TOTALLY MISERABLE. THEY ARE 24 MORE TIMES LIKELY TO HAVE THE MORE SEVEREST FORM OF BURNOUT. THERE ARE PHYSICAL COSTS TO THIS, AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT IS THAT YOUR MIND HAS CHECKED OUT, BUT YOUR BODY IS GETTING UP AND GOING INTO THE OFFICE EVERY SINGLE DAY. JARROD HAAR SAYS WORKERS FEELING THIS WAY TO KEEP TRYING TO UPSKILL IN THE MEANTIME. TO SPORT, AND IT'S HALF TIME IN THIS MORNING'S EURO 20-24 SEMI FINAL TO SPORT, AND IT'S HALF TIME IN THIS MORNING'S EURO 20-24 SEMI-FINAL BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS. THE DUTCH OPENED THE SCORING WITH THIS LONG RANG STRIKE THE DUTCH OPENED THE SCORING WITH THIS LONG RANGE STRIKE IN THE 11th MINUTE. BUT IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR ENGLAND TO RESPOND, HARRY KANE CONVERTING A PENALTY TO MAKE IT 1-1. AFTER A SUCCESSFUL RACE WEEKEND THIS YEAR, THE V8 SUPERCARS WILL RETURN TO TAUPO IN 2025. MORE THAN 67,000 FANS SOLD OUT TAUPO INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY DURING THE AUSTRALIAN SERIES' RETURN TO AOTEAROA. NEXT YEAR'S EVENT WILL BE HELD IN APRIL, COINCIDING WITH THE START OF THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. IT'S BEEN A GOOD DAY FOR THE NEW ZEALANDERS AT WIMBLEDON. MICHAEL VENUS IS THROUGH TO THE GENTLEMEN'S DOUBLES SEMI-FINALS. HE'S CURRENTLY ON COURT WITH ERIN ROUTLIFFE IN THE MIXED DOUBLES AND ROUTLIFFE IS IT THROUGH TO THE SEMI FINALS OF THE LADIES DOUBLES AND ROUTLIFFE IS IT THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE LADIES DOUBLES FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE KIWI AND HER CANADIAN PARTNER WINNING IN THREE SETS, THEY'LL TAKE ON THE SEVENTH SEEDS FOR A PLACE IN THE FINAL. AND FINALLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUCKINGHAM PALACE'S EAST WING WILL BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC. VISITORS WILL NOW GET TO SEE THE CENTRE ROOM, WHICH FAMOUSLY OPENS UP TO THE BALCONY WHERE ROYAL FAMILY MEMBERS WAVE TO THE PUBLIC ON BIG EVENTS. HERE'S THE BBC'S CHARLOTTE GALLAGHER. BUCKINGHAM PALACE A FOCAL POINT FOR ROYAL CELEBRATIONS. NOW MORE OF THE PALACE WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THAN EVER BEFORE, AND WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A SNEAK PEEK AT WHAT VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE. THE YELLOW DRAWING ROOM MIXES EASTERN AND WESTERN ANTIQUES AND HAS TOWERING PORCELAIN PAGODAS. THIS PRICELESS ART ON DISPLAY SOME THAT'S NEVER BEEN SEEN BY THE PUBLIC BEFORE, AND JONATHAN YO'S NEW PORTRAIT OF THE KING. THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL CORRIDOR. IT'S CALLED THE PRINCIPAL CORRIDOR. AND I'M LITERALLY WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GENERATIONS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO DOWN HERE TO GET TO THE BALCONY TO MAKE THOSE MEMORABLE APPEARANCES. LET'S TAKE YOU IN THERE NOW. THOSE DOORS LEAD OUT TO WHAT IS THE MOST FAMOUS BALCONY IN THE WORLD, AND IF YOU GLIMPSE THROUGH THOSE CURTAINS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE VIEW THE ROYAL FAMILY HAVE WHEN THEY STEP OUT AND WAVE TO THE CROWDS. HOWEVER, GOING ON TO THE BALCONY IS NOT PART OF THE PUBLIC TOUR. NO WAVING FROM THE BALCONY FOR ANY OF US. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THURSDAY'S WEATHER. I HAVE BEEN SAYING WEDNESDAY ALL MORNING. I AM SORRY FOR PUTTING YOU A DAY BEHIND. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY THROUGH HERE. SOME MORNING FROSTS IN AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA. FURTHER SOUTH ` APART FROM A FEW MORNING FROSTS, IT'S ALSO ANOTHER DAY OF BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE. SOME SOUTHERLIES THROUGH TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` LOOKING LIKE A CLOUDY AND DAMP DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. SOME SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATE THIS MORNING. 14 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` TAUMARUNUI IS LOOKING GREAT, BUT IT'S MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF THE REGION. CHANCE OF THE ODD SHOWER IN WHANGANUI, PALMERSTON NORTH AND WELLINGTON. 14 THE HIGH FOR NEW PLYMOUTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A MAINLY FINE DAY THROUGH HERE, WITH SOME MORNING AND EVENING FROSTS. SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE THROUGH KAIKOURA LATER TODAY. YOUR HIGH IS 14. 13 IN NELSON. HEADING SOUTH ` A FEW CLOUDY PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, BUT OTHERWISE MORE BLUE SKIES FOR YOU. CHRISTCHURCH ` SOME DRIZZLE HEADING YOUR WAY THIS EVENING. YOU ARE HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 12. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` APART FROM SOME MORNING FROST, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A FINE THURSDAY FOR MOST OF YOU. SOME CLOUDY PERIODS IN DUNEDIN AND STEWART ISLAND. 10 DEGREES FOR INVERCARGILL. THANKS, MELISSA. MORE THAN 2000 NEW ZEALANDERS ARE WAITING MORE THAN FOUR MONTHS TO SEE A DERMATOLOGIST. THOSE FIGURES WERE RELEASED TO BREAKFAST UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT. THAT'S MADE UP OF 809 AUCKLANDERS, ALMOST 600 PEOPLE IN WAIKATO AND 266 IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT. IT'S A SYMPTOM OF A SMALL, SHRINKING SPECIALIST WORKFORCE. I SPOKE TO DERMATOLOGIST DR DENESH PATEL EARLIER AND STARTED BY ASKING HIM WHY SO MANY NEW ZEALANDERS ARE WAITING FOR A FIRST APPOINTMENT WITH A DERMATOLOGIST. THERE IS A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF DERMATOLOGISTS IN NEW ZEALAND. THAT'S FIRST AND, UM... AND WITH REGARDS TO THE FACT THAT MOST REGIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE NO OR VERY LITTLE PUBLIC FUNDED DERMATOLOGY SERVICES, AND THAT'S ON A SORT OF BACKGROUND OF INCREASED BURDEN AND ALSO COMPLEXITY OF SKIN DISEASE. AS NEW ZEALAND'S POPULATION INCREASES, OUR DEMOGRAPHICS CHANGE AS WITH OUR INCREASING AGE. AND, OF COURSE, WE ALSO STILL HAVE INCREASING RATES OF SKIN CANCER AS WELL. SO PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER, AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP AND LONGER WAITING LISTS. YOU SAY IT'S A CRITICAL SHORTAGE. IS THIS A NEW THING? IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A NEW THING. A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO RED-FLAGGED THIS OUT AS PART OF A PROJECT AND MADE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS. AT THE TIME WITH THIS PREDICTION THAT WE WOULD BE VERY LOW ON NUMBERS, MADE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS. AND DESPITE ALL OUR BEST EFFORTS, HERE WE ARE IN 2024 HAVING THIS DISCUSSION. SO, YES, IT'S... CERTAINLY BEEN ON THE HORIZON AND SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE` NEW ZEALAND DERMATOLOGISTS HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO TRY AND IMPROVE. HAVE ANY OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS BEEN ENFORCED? WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED? WELL, LOOK, WE ARE MAKING SOME SMALL PROGRESS. THERE IS` ONE OF THE MAJOR AREAS WHERE THERE'S LACK OF RESOURCE IS IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, FOR EXAMPLE. AND SO THERE IS WORK BEING DONE, IN PARTICULAR IN THE SOUTH ISLAND TO TRY AND IMPROVE DERMATOLOGY SERVICES AND PUBLIC HOSPITAL-BASED SERVICES THERE, ALSO IN WELLINGTON AS WELL. SO, YES, WE ARE MAKING SOME PROGRESS, ALBEIT VERY SLOWLY. HOW COMMON ARE SKIN AILMENTS SEEN BY DOCTORS? OH, LOOK, THEY'RE VERY COMMON. AT LEAST ON A DAILY BASIS, A GENERAL PRACTITIONER, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD SEE THREE OR FOUR PATIENTS WITH SKIN CONDITIONS. SO THEY'RE EXTREMELY COMMON CONDITIONS ON A DAILY BASIS FOR DOCTORS IN GENERAL` FOR ANYONE IN GENERAL, AND WHO'S SEEING PEOPLE. AND I WOULD THINK THAT THE IMPACT CAN CAUSE A PERSON'S PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING` IT MUST BE A HUGE IMPACT. OH, LOOK, I THINK THE SIMPLEST WAY IS TO THINK OF A YOUNG CHILD WHO JUST KEEPS GETTING RECURRENT SKIN INFECTIONS ON A BACKDROP OF ECZEMA. YOU KNOW, IT'S ITCHY ALL THE TIME, CAN'T SLEEP, MISSING DAYS OFF SCHOOL, JUST SIMPLY JUST NOT ENJOYING GROWING UP AS A CHILD, AND THE IMPACT AND EFFECT THAT HAS ON THEIR FAMILY AND THOSE AROUND THEM. YOU KNOW, I THINK... THERE IS A NEGLECT OF THE PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPACT OF SKIN DISEASE THAT THEY CAN HAVE CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WAIT TIMES DON'T HELP THAT. I KNOW THAT THERE'S MANY URGENT NEEDS RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT IS THE MOST URGENT NEED YOU NEED RIGHT NOW? IS IT FUNDING FROM THE GOVERNMENT? WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE? WELL, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A COMMITMENT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF WELL-RESOURCED, WELL SUPPORTED DERMATOLOGY SERVICES THROUGH THE PUBLIC HOSPITAL SYSTEMS IN EACH OF THE REGIONS AND THE LARGER REGIONS IN PARTICULAR, WHICH CAN THEN SORT OF NETWORK OUT WITH THE SMALLER REGIONS SO THAT WE CAN HOPE IT WILL ALL GO TO PLAN OVER TIME, HAVE SHORTER WAITING TIMES, A LOT MORE EQUITY IN TERMS OF SKIN HEALTH DELIVERY, AND ALSO ULTIMATELY IN THE LONG TERM, BOOST OUR WORKFORCE AS WELL. DERMATOLOGIST DR DENESH PATEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK CORRECTION. I SPOTTED ON OUR GRAPHICS. IT SHOULD BE 809, NOT 908 IN THE AUCKLAND AREA. I WAS TOTALLY INTO THE INTERVIEW. I HAVE GOT SONS WHO HAVE REALLY BAD ECZEMA. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION OR ENOUGH FOCUS PUT ON THE IMPACTS OF THAT. YES, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE MEDICAL PART OF IT, BUT MY SON IS NOT SLEEPING, HE GETS UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND SAYS, I HATE THIS, I HATE WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME. IT REALLY, REALLY AS TOUGH AS A PARENT TO HEAR YOUR CHILD SAY THAT ABOUT A CONDITION THAT THEY ARE TRYING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN. THEY KNOW IT IS ABOUT THE FOOD THAT THEY HAVE AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH FOCUS ON IT, AND THE WIDER IMPACTS OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH OUR KIDS IN TERMS OF THEIR SKIN AND THE IMPACT THAT IS HAVING ON THEIR OWN MENTAL WELL-BEING. WE HAVE HEARD A LOT THIS MORNING ABOUT SHORTAGES. THE SKIN IS DRY AND DRIVING THE KIDS CRAZY, BUT GETTING HELP IS A REAL ISSUE. YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW MANY PARENTS WHO HAVE KIDS IN THE SAME SITUATION. THEY WANT TO SEE A DERMATOLOGIST AND HAVE TO WAIT MORE THAN FOUR MONTHS TO SEE THEM. I FEEL YOU. I SEE YOU. ME U TONU MAI ` WE MEET THE AUSTRALIAN COFFIN CONFESSOR, WHO GATE CRASHES FUNERALS ON BEHALF OF THE DEAD. WHAT A TERM. YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS NEXT INTERVIEW. # GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS, # NOT A LOT OF ANSWERS. # LEARNED A COUPLE LESSONS, # FOUGHT A COUPLE BATTLES. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IMAGINE ATTENDING A FUNERAL, WHEN A MAN NOBODY THERE HAS EVER MET STANDS UP AND READS OUT A SECRET ON BEHALF OF THE DEAD. THAT'S BILL EDGAR, ALSO KNOWN AS THE COFFIN CONFESSOR. THE QUEENSLAND PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR OFFERS AN UNUSUAL SERVICE OF DELIVERING MESSAGES FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE. THOSE SERVICES DETAILED IN HIS NEW BOOK, 'THE AFTERLIFE CONFESSIONAL'. BILL JOINS US NOW FOR MORE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FROM AUSTRALIA. THIS IS SUCH A BIZARRE AND EXTRAORDINARY BOOK AND A LIFE SO FAR OF YOURS. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN AND EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS? GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I HAVE SEEN IT ALL. I HAVE HEARD IT ALL. I THOUGHT I HAD. EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET HAS A SKELETON IN THE CLOSET, AND EVERYONE HAS A SECRET. IT IS BASICALLY IF THEY WANT TO LET IT OUT OR NOT. HOW DOES THIS WORK? PEOPLE COME TO YOU AND TELL YOU WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO, AND THEN YOU DECIDE WHETHER YOU CAN OR CAN'T FULFIL THE REQUEST. BASICALLY, I WILL SIT WITH THE PERSON, AND WE WILL DISCUSS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED THEIR FUNERAL. IN THE INSTANCE OF MY FIRST CRASH OF A FUNERAL, GRAHAM WAS HIS NAME, HE ASKED ME TO CRASHES FUNERAL TWO MINUTES INTO THE EULOGY WHERE HIS BEST MATE WAS PERFORMING IT, AND TALENT TO SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP OR BUGGER OFF BECAUSE THE MAN IN THE COFFIN HAD SOMETHING DISABLED STOP HE ALSO SAID THAT IF HIS BROTHER AND WIFE AND DAUGHTER WAS THERE, TO ALSO TELL THEM TO LEAVE BECAUSE HE HAD NOT SEEN IN 30 YEARS. THEY WERE NOT PAYING RESPECT TO HIM, AND IT IS AS MINERAL, SO WHY NOT? THIS BRINGS ME TO THE QUESTION ` YOU ARE DOING THINGS THAT POTENTIALLY WILL UPSET PEOPLE, IT COULD CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES. HOW DO YOU RECONCILE THAT? I AM NOT THERE FOR THEM; I AM THEREFORE MY CLIENT ONLY. THOSE LEFT BEHIND A NO CARE OR CONCERN OF ME. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE PERSON IN THE COFFIN. I AM JUST THE MESSENGER. MOST FUNERALS AND MOST WEIGHTS, MOST PLACES I ATTEND, THE PEOPLE THAT TRULY LOVE THAT PERSON, THEY ALREADY KNOW. THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. IF PEOPLE ARE BEING OUTED, THEY KNOW THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD BE OUTED AS WELL. AGAIN, I AM JUST THE MESSENGER. YOU JUST TOLD US ONE STORY, AND THIS BOOK, IT IS COMPELLING. IT WAS VERY HARD TO PUT IT DOWN. IF I GO TO PAGE 3, IT SAYS, SOMETIMES IRON SPILLING A LONG HELD SECRET AND OTHER TIMES I AM VISITING HOMES THAT PEOPLE HAVE LEFT BEHIND TO DESTROY SECRETS AND EVIDENCE AND MAKE SURE IT STAYS THAT WAY. SO MANY STORIES. RAISED BUT HAVE THERE BEEN JOBS THAT HAVE RAISED YOUR EYEBROWS? I HAVE BEEN ANGER AGED TO GO TO VIEWINGS AND PINPRICKS OF THE BODIES BECAUSE THE PERSON WAS PETRIFIED OF BEING BURNED ALIVE. I HAVE DELIVERED GIFTS FROM THE AFTERLIFE. I HAVE DONE ALL TYPES OF THINGS, FACE-TO-FACE MESSAGES. IT IS A WIDE RANGE OF THINGS TO DO, AND IT IS AN AMAZING JOB. IT IS SOMETHING THAT STARTED AS A JOKE. I JUST TOLD A DYING MAN THAT I WOULD CRASHES FUNERAL FOR HIM, AND HE TOOK ME UP ON THE OFFER. HOW DO FRIENDS AND FAMILY REACT WHEN YOU STAND A BETTER FUNERAL AND SAY, SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP BECAUSE THE GUY IN THE CASKET BESIDE YOU HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. I AM VERY QUICK TO GET THEM IN THE AUDIENCE ON MY SIDE, BECAUSE I NEEDED SUPPORT. THIS IS SOMEONE THEY LOVE IN THE COFFIN, AND IT IS THEIR MESSAGE. ON BEHALF OF THEM, LET'S RESPECT THE DEAD AND RESPECT WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY AND LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. I HAVE TO BE TRUTHFUL ` A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR WHAT THEIR LOVED ONE LEFT UNSAID, AND IF IT IS A SECRET AND IT IS JUICY, THEY LOVE IT EVEN MORE. WHO CONTACTS YOU? WHAT SORT OF PEOPLE SEEK OUT YOUR SERVICES? IT IS A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE THESE DAYS. IT IS ACROSS THE PLANET. I HAVE GOT CALLS FROM PALLIATIVE CARE NURSES THAT ARE ASSISTING PEOPLE, AND THEY SEE THE VULTURES IN THE FAMILY, THEY SEE CERTAIN THINGS THAT GO ON, AND THEY WILL DISCUSS WITH THEIR PATIENTS THAT THEY KNOW THIS PERSON, THEY CAN ATTEND A FUNERAL OR THEIR HOME AND REMOVE SENSITIVE ITEMS THEY DO NOT WANT THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO FIND. I AM GOING TO LEAVE THE VIEWERS HANGING ON THIS, BECAUSE THERE IS A STORY AT THE END OF YOUR BOOK WHICH TALKS ABOUT THE MUM AND HER DAUGHTER AND HOW SHE WANTS TO GET BACK AT THE BOYFRIEND. AND IT IS FASCINATING. I AM SURE THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PARENTS WHO WOULD THINK ABOUT DOING WHAT THIS WOMAN DID. I JUST WANT TO GO TO THE END OF YOUR BOOK, PAGE 219, BEING SO CLOSE TO SO MUCH DEATH AND SPENDING TIME WITH PEOPLE AS THEY TIE UP THE LOOSE ENDS HAS OPENED MY EYES AND GIVEN ME A NEW AND MUCH BETTER PERSPECTIVE. WHAT IS THAT PERSPECTIVE? TO PREPARE. TO PREPARE FOR DEATH, NOT JUST MY DEATH, BUT THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE. I DO NOT MEAN THAT I WILL NOT GRIEVE, BUT I WILL LIVE LIFE DIFFERENTLY. CERTAINLY, I WILL DIE LIVING. BRILLIANT. THIS IS YOUR SECOND BOOK. THE FIRST ONE CAME OUT IN JULY 2021. HERE WE ARE THREE YEARS LATER WITH BOOK NUMBER TWO. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, BILL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. ALSO, THIS IS HEARTBREAKINGLY HILARIOUS, IT IS HIS FASCINATING ACCOUNT OF THE THINGS HE HAS LEARNED AS THE COFFIN CONFESSOR. THE BIZARRE AND BEAUTIFUL WAYS WE LIVE AND LOVE, THE POWER OF LEGACY AND HELP LETTING GO CAN SOMETIMES BE THE FIRST STEP TO LIVING ON. I WOULD LOVE IT IF HE TURNED UP AT A FUNERAL. THE MINUTE YOU SEE BILL DWORKIN, YOU ARE LIKE, THIS IS THE ANGEL OF DEATH. HERE IS MY QUESTION ` THERE IS ALWAYS TWO SIDES TO THE STORY. DOES HE GO AND GUNS BLAZING ? OR DOES HE DO RESEARCH? I AM PRETTY SURE MOST OF THEM ARE. GETTING PEOPLE ONSIDE. HE GIVES THEM ONSIDE FIRST, AND THIS IS ABOUT THE PERSON THAT HAS PASSED AWAY. SERIOUSLY, THIS IS FASCINATING. BUT PEOPLE HAVE REPUTATIONS. IF YOU GO AND GUNS BLAZING BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS TOLD YOU THAT THEY ARE AT SETS THAT SOME PERSON HAD AN AFFAIR WITH ANOTHER PERSON, AND THAT PERSON IS SITTING THERE GOING, IT WAS NOT ME. YOU ARE IN FRONT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MOURNING. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN DIGGING. I WILL PUT MY NAME ON THE LIST FOR THAT ONE. THIS BOOK IS BRILLIANT. YOU WILL NOT WANT TO PUT IT DOWN. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS ` THERE'S SOME NERVOUS NAIL BITING GOING ON INSIDE AUCKLAND'S THE FOX PUB. HOW'S ENGLAND GETTING ON, LACHIE? THIS SCORE IS STILL 1-1. NO ONE HAS BROKEN YET. THE FANS ARE A BIT NERVOUS. WE HAVE A WAVE OF EMOTIONS. WE WILL HAVE MORE FOR YOU AFTER THE BREAK. AN INTERNAL SAFETY BULLETIN OBTAINED BY 1 NEWS SAYS A BUTTON PRESSED ACCIDENTALLY ON THE BRIDGE OF THE ARATERE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTERISLANDER FERRY RUNNING AGROUND. THE REPORT, ISSUED TWO WEEKS AFTER THE GROUNDING LAST MONTH, SAYS THE CREW HAD SWITCHED THE ARATERE FROM HAND STEERING TO AUTOPILOT, THEN A 'BUTTON WAS INADVERTENTLY PRESSED'. THAT SENT THE VESSEL ON A NEW COURSE AROUND ONE NAUTICAL MILE EARLIER THAN PLANNED, AND THE CREW WERE UNABLE TO OVERRIDE THE AUTOPILOT IN TIME TO AVOID THE GROUNDING. AND SPEAKING IN WASHINGTON, THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE'S NOT AWARE OF WHAT HAPPENED, OR WHAT HIS DEPUTY HAS BEEN SAYING. WELL, I HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT WINSTON'S SAID OR DONE OTHERWISE, BUT WHAT I'LL JUST SAY TO YOU, IS SIMEON BROWN PUT IN PLACE A PRETTY GOOD PROCESS. I APPRECIATE THERE'S LOTS OF STORIES AND RUMOURS AND RECKONS AS TO WHAT PEOPLE THINK HAS HAPPENED. BUT UNTIL WE GET THOSE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATIONS` IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR WINSTON PETERS? WELL, THOSE ARE QUESTIONS FOR HIM. BUT WHAT I JUST SAY TO YOU IS WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE, OUR GOVERNMENT WILL BE RESPONDING TO THE FORMAL REPORTS WHICH WILL BE ISSUED BY MARITIME NEW ZEALAND IN TAKE. THERE ARE CALLS FOR MORE PSYCHIATRISTS AND NURSES IN THE WELLINGTON AREA, WITH THE SITUATION THERE LABELLED A MENTAL HEALTH CARE CRISIS. THE GREATER WELLINGTON REGION IS FACING A DIRE SHORTAGE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, AFTER THE LAST SPECIALIST PSYCHIATRIST AT THE KAPITI MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC RESIGNED. TE WHATU ORA CONFIRM THEY ARE ACTIVELY RECRUITING FOR A THIRD OF THE 93 PHYSIATRIST ROLES NEEDED. PROFESSOR MARIE BISMARK SAYS SHE HIT BREAKING POINT. ACROSS THE WHOLE OF NEW ZEALAND, ABOUT 20% OF THE PSYCHIATRIST POSITIONS ARE VACANT, AND THE WORK FORCE SHORTAGES ARE PARTICULARLY SEVERE ACROSS THE WELLINGTON REGION. SO ABOUT A THIRD OF THE PSYCHIATRIST POSITIONS ACROSS THE WIDER WELLINGTON REGION ARE VACANT, WHICH IS REALLY WORRYING. WELLINGTON MENTAL HEALTH NURSE GRANT BROOKES TOLD BREAKFAST THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TOO LONG. WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH SHORTAGES OF PSYCHIATRISTS FOR SOME TIME. BUT LAST YEAR, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, THERE WERE NO PSYCHIATRISTS, NO DOCTORS, OF ANY KIND FOR ADULT COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE WELLINGTON CITY. THAT WAS A SHOCK. BUT IT WASN'T A ONE OFF, BECAUSE THIS YEAR IT HAPPENED AGAIN. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND SAYS IT'S ACTIVELY RECRUITING, SO FAR FILLING 42 OF THE 313 MENTAL HEALTH NURSING VACANCIES ACROSS ALL OF WELLINGTON'S REGIONS. WAIT TIMES TO SEE A DERMATOLOGIST HAVE STRETCHED TO FOUR MONTHS, HIGHLIGHTING A 'CRITICAL SHORTAGE' OF SPECIALISTS. THE STATISTICS OBTAINED UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT REVEAL MORE THAN 2000 NEW ZEALANDERS ARE WAITING FOUR MONTHS TO SEE A SPECIALIST. 809 AUCKLANDERS, ALMOST 600 IN WAIKATO, 200 IN THE BAY OF PLENTY AND 266 IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT WAITED A THIRD OF THE YEAR FOR AN APPOINTMENT. DERMATOLOGIST DOCTOR DR DENESH PATEL SAYS IT COMES AT A TIME WHERE SKIN DISEASES ARE INCREASING. AS NEW ZEALAND'S POPULATION INCREASES, OUR DEMOGRAPHICS CHANGE, AS WITH OUR INCREASING AGE. AND, OF COURSE, WE ALSO STILL HAVE INCREASING RATES OF SKIN CANCER AS WELL. SO PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER, AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP, AND LONGER WAITING LISTS. TE WHATU ORA ADMIT THE STAFFING CHALLENGES, WITH ONLY 30 DERMATOLOGISTS NATIONALLY, AND SAYS WORK IS UNDERWAY TO DEVELOP TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND INTRODUCE SYSTEMS TO INCREASE THE SPEED AND CAPACITY OF THE SERVICE. POLICE IN LONDON HAVE JUST ARRESTED A MAN, AFTER THREE WOMEN WERE KILLED WITH A CROSSBOW. POLICE SAY THE ATTACK WAS TARGETED, AND THE THREE WOMEN ARE A MOTHER AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS. A HUGE SEARCH TOOK PLACE ACROSS NORTH LONDON FOR THE ALLEGED OFFENDER. IT'S NOT BEEN REVEALED HOW HE KNEW THE VICTIMS. THE JURY HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR ALEC BALDWIN'S INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL. THE ACTOR WAS CHARGED OVER THE FATAL SHOOTING OF CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS, ON THE SET OF THE FILM 'RUST' IN 2021. HE'S PLEADED NOT GUILTY. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO RUN UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEK. TO SPORT, AND IT'S GETTING TENSE IN THIS MORNING'S EUROS SEMI-FINAL BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS. THE DUTCH STUNNED THE THREE LIONS EARLY, OPENING THE SCORING IN THE 11th MINUTE. IT'S A GOOD NICK BY SIEMENS... IT'S XAVI SIEMENS! IT'S A BELTING GOAL! AND IN AN ORANGE FLASH, THE NETHERLANDS LEAD. BUT THE LEAD DIDN'T LAST LONG ` HARRY KANE CONVERTING FROM THE PENALTY SPOT TO THE DELIGHT OF ENGLAND FANS WATCHING IN AUCKLAND. (RAUCOUS CHEERING) AND IT REMAINS 1-1, WITH JUST OVER 15 MINUTES OF NORMAL TIME REMAINING. ERIN ROUTLIFFE IS THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINALS AT WIMBLEDON FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE KIWI AND HER CANADIAN PARTNER WON THE FIRST SET OF THEIR QUARTER-FINAL THIS MORNING BUT DROPPED THE SECOND. THEY WRAPPED UP THE MATCH 6-4 IN THE THIRD. (PLAYERS GRUNT) WHAT A WAY TO FINISH! (CROWD CHEERS) THE PAIR WILL PLAY AN AMERICAN DUO IN THE SEMI-FINAL. TAKE A LOOK AT DANIEL SOUTHGATE OVER THERE, DIRECTING HIS TEAM. THE ENGLISH DEFENCE IS STANDING BACK. OH, COME ON. SOME SOMEONE OFF, DANIEL. WHO WOULD YOU SUB OFF? NO ONE, RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE PRODUCER WHO SAYS I CAN DO THIS. THIS IS WHERE IT COMES TO FITNESS, I RECKON. YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE GETTING TIRED. THEY ALL JUST WALKING NOW. LEAVE DANIEL AT IT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY THROUGH HERE. SOME MORNING FROSTS IN AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA. 16 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` APART FROM A FEW MORNING FROSTS, IT'S ALSO ANOTHER DAY OF BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE. SOME SOUTHERLIES THROUGH TAURANGA. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` LOOKING LIKE A CLOUDY AND DAMP DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. SOME SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATE THIS MORNING. 14 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` TAUMARUNUI IS LOOKING GREAT, BUT IT'S MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF THE REGION. CHANCE OF THE ODD SHOWER IN WHANGANUI, PALMERSTON NORTH AND WELLINGTON. 14 THE HIGH FOR NEW PLYMOUTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A MAINLY FINE DAY THROUGH HERE, WITH SOME MORNING AND EVENING FROSTS. SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE THROUGH KAIKOURA LATER TODAY. YOUR HIGH IS 14. 13 IN NELSON. HEADING SOUTH ` A FEW CLOUDY PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, BUT OTHERWISE MORE BLUE SKIES FOR YOU. CHRISTCHURCH ` SOME DRIZZLE HEADING YOUR WAY THIS EVENING. 12 THE HIGH IN TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` APART FROM SOME MORNING FROST, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A FINE THURSDAY FOR MOST OF YOU. SOME CLOUDY PERIODS IN DUNEDIN AND STEWART ISLAND. 12 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ABOUT TO SUB ON A COUPLE OF PLAYERS. BE IN TO WIN $10,000 TOWARDS YOUR DREAM HOLIDAY THANKS TO FLIGHT CENTRE! WHETHER YOU WANT TO SET THAT OUT-OF-OFFICE MESSAGE AND EMBARK ON A TRAVEL ADVENTURE, SIP COCKTAILS ON A TROPICAL BEACH, EXPLORE FAMOUS HISTORIC SITES ACROSS EUROPE, TOUR THE MAJESTIC LANDSCAPES OF ASIA OR CREATE A COMPLETELY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE, THE CHOICE IS YOURS! THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE YOUR TRAVEL DREAMS COME TRUE WITH $10,000 TO SPEND ON YOUR PERFECT GETAWAY. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS HEAD TO winwithtvnz.co.nz, ENTER TODAY'S KEYWORD, WHICH IS 'TRAVEL', 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+ TO GIVE AWAY ON SEVEN SHARP NEXT MONDAY. SO MAKE SURE YOU ALSO WATCH SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT TO ENTER THE SPECIAL KEYWORD TO BE IN TO WIN. ENTRIES CLOSE AT 9am TOMORROW MORNING, AND HILARY WILL BE KNOCKING ON SOMEONE'S DOOR NEXT MONDAY ON SEVEN SHARP. THAT ADDRESS AND KEY WORD AGAIN ` winwithtvnz.co.nz AND 'TRAVEL'! MR GOLD BUT IT HAS BEEN RULED OUT. AND IT'S TIME TO HEAD BACK TO LACHIE, WHO'S BEEN WITH ENGLAND FANS THIS MORNING FOR THE EUROS. MORNING, LACHIE. HOW ARE THINGS GOING? WE ALMOST HAD A GOLD. ANGLIN FOUND THE NET, BUT IT HAS BEEN DISALLOWED. THIS PLACE ERUPTED, I CANNOT HEAR ANYTHING. WE HAVE SWAPPED THE COFFEES AND CROISSANT FOR BEER. AN OCCASIONAL WAFT OF CIGARETTE. THERE IS THE OCCASIONAL CHAIR AND CAN'T, THERE IS SPILLAGERIGHT HERE. THE FOX IS THE NEXT BEST THING THAN THE ACTUAL PLACE. THE ENGLISH FANS BEHIND ME, THEY ARE ABUSING THE REF AND THE OCCASIONAL CHANCE. CHANT. I AM NO BETTING MAN BUT NEXT TIME WE SCORE, THIS PLACE IS GOING TO ERUPT. THE NEXT SCORE COULD COME IN A PENALTY SHOOTOUT. IT IS A 90 MINUTE GAME, DOESN'T THEN GO TO PENALTY SHOOTOUT? NO THERE IS 30 MINUTES EXTRA TIME. THEN INTO PENALTIES. THAT IS WHY IT COMES DOWN TO FITNESS. DANIEL, I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO BE FITTED AN AVERAGE PERSON. IT IS NOT THE TV NZ SOCIAL LEVEL TEAM. NETBALL. IS THERE A SOCIAL NETBALL TEAM? THAT MAYBE IT IS BECAUSE OF YOUR FITNESS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` KEA ARE UNDER THREAT IN SOUTHLAND. WHY? AND WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP? I AM ON MY OWN BECAUSE DANIEL IS A BIT DISTRACTED. KEA ARE ALREADY UNDER THREAT FROM TOURISM. WELL, NOW DOC HAVE SOUNDED ANOTHER ALARM. IT'S NOT JUST FEEDING; THERE IS A SPIKE IN KEA ROAD DEATHS. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY DOC SENIOR RANGER FOR BIODIVERSITY LYDIA MCLEAN, MORENA. LET OUT, GOOD MORNING. WELCOME ONTO THE PROGRAM. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR KEA? WE HAVE A BIT OF PROBLEM ON MILFORD ROAD ON THE WAY TO MILFORD SOUND, WHERE THE BIRDS ARE COMING DOWN TO THE ROAD AT A POPULAR STOP OFF POINT, AND IT IS PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING FED. THEY HEADING OUT ON THE ROAD AND A 100 KM/H ZONE. WE HAVE HAD FIVE BIRDS THAT HAVE BEEN RUN OVER SINCE APRIL. IT IS PRETTY UNFORTUNATE. HAS THERE BEEN PREVIOUS INSTANCES OF THIS? THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE APRIL, HAS THERE BEEN ANYTHING IN THE PAST WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED? WE DO QUIT QUITE A FEW ROAD DEATHS WITH THESE BOATS. THERE WAS A LOT OF THEM BY OTHERS PASS A FEW YEARS AGO. WE NOT HAD SO MANY FOR A LONG TIME AS FAR AS I'M AWARE. WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT IS CAUSING IT. WE HAD DOCK ON NOT LONG AGO, ABOUT NOT FEEDING THE BIRDS. DO YOU THINK THAT THIS IS PART OF IT? THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS AN AREA WHERE PEOPLE FREQUENT, THERE ARE TOURISTS AND LOCALS, AND THEY ARE BEING FED, SO THAT IS WHY THE COMING DOWN? THAT IS WHAT WE THINK. WE GET REPORTS DAILY PEOPLE FEEDING KEA. THAT IS ATTRACTING THE BIRDS DOWN THE ROAD SIDE. THEY HANGING OUT ON THE ROAD. UNFORTUNATELY THEY DO NOT HAVE THE SAME RESPONSE TO FLYAWAY LIKE A SEAGULL. SO THEY SORT OF JUST STAND THERE. THEY GET MOWN OVER. THEY ARE CURIOUS LITTLE THINGS, AND THEY COULD TO MARK THEY WILL COME DOWN AND THEY END UP, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE SCARED OF CARS, BUT THEY END UP STANDING ON TOP OF THEM. WHAT ARE YOU TELLING PEOPLE AT THIS DOES HAPPEN? THEY ARE SUPER CURIOUS, AND THEY OFTEN STAND ON CARS. WE CALL IT CAR SURFING. IT IS ALMOST LIKE THEY ARE ADRENALINE JUNKIES. SO, IF THAT IS OKAY ON TOP OF YOUR CAR AND YOU CANNOT GET RID OF IT AND YOU NEED TO DRIVE AWAY. DRIVE REALLY, REALLY SLOWLY UNTIL YOU ARE SURE THAT IT IS GONE. BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THEY GO ON CARS AND YOU GET UP TO A CERTAIN SPEED, THEY CANNOT HANG ON ANYMORE AND THEY FLY INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO 1 OF THESE BIRDS THAT GOT RUN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. THEY ARE A PROTECTED SPECIES, SO HOW ARE CONSERVATION EFFORTS GOING TO INCREASE THE NUMBERS? DO WE KNOW WHAT THEIR NUMBERS ARE? THEY ARE NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO COUNT BECAUSE THEY LIVE SO FAR IN THE BACKCOUNTRY AND HAVE SUCH A HUGE RANGE. WE ESTIMATE THAT THERE IS 5 TO 9000 LEFT. THERE IS A LOT OF CONSERVATION EFFORTS GOING ON IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, MAINLY THROUGH TRAPPING AND PREDATOR CONTROL. THEY ARE SUPER VULNERABLE TO STATES. THEIR RANGE IS SHRINKING, SO ANYTHING AT EAST OF THE MAIN DIVIDE, THEY ARE REALLY STRUGGLING. THEY SEEM TO BE HOLDING PRETTY STRONG AND FIELD LAND AT THE MOMENT. WE'RE PRETTY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT RANGE CONTRACTION. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US. AND PUTTING THE WORD OUT THERE ALSO TO BE AWARE OF THE BIRDS. JOINING US THIS MORNING, THANK YOU. SORRY JENNY MAY. THERE WAS LOTS OF DESTRUCTION GOING ON. LUCKILY WHAT IS GOING ON? THAT THEY HAVE SCORED. THEY ARE UP 2-1. WHO SCORED? HE CAN'T HEAR A THING. SUPER SUB. YOU CANNOT HEAR A THING. IT IS ALL GOOD. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT ENGLAND ARE CURRENTLY LEADING THE NETHERLANDS 2-1. WITH TWO MINUTES LEFT. WE ARE INTO THE EXTRA TIME PERIOD. YOU HEARD THE CROWD. SUPER SUB. BRING ON THE SUBS. # GO, GO, GO, # OLE, OLE, OLE. # GO, GO, GO. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE YEAR ROSE, ENGLAND HAS JUST ONE. THAT WAS UNDER DANIEL'S COACHING FROM AFAR. THIS MORNING, OUR CHRISTCHURCH REPORTER HAS BEEN CHECKING OUT THE EVENTS ON OFFER AT THE ALPINE WINTER FESTIVAL IN HANMER. AFTER AN ICY PLUNGE THIS MORNING, DIGBY WERTHMULLER IS READY TO WARM HIMSELF UP WITH A PIE. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. HOW ARE YOU GOING? A LOT BETTER THAN THIS MORNING. WE ARE HERE WITH JIM. HOW ARE YOU? A BIT COLD. YOU ARE A FRIEND OF THE SHOW. YOU WERE ON THE SHOW A FEW MONTHS AGO. WE WERE TALKING TO DANIEL ABOUT THE CRAYFISH PIE. HE DID NOT GET TO TRY ONE, BUT YOU WILL. YOU DID GO A BIT VIRAL FOR THAT PIE. IT WAS CRAZY. THIS WINTER, THE FESTIVAL, IS IT GOOD FOR BUSINESS? IT IS GREAT NOT ONLY FOR BUSINESS, BUT FOR THE FAMILIES, BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT FAMILY DESTINATION, AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER ONES IN NEW ZEALAND, AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED. IT IS GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE COME OUT AND SEE ALL OF THIS. IT IS GORGEOUS. IT IS JUST A STUNNING MORNING. WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO TRY. I WILL SIT DOWN NEXT TO LUKE. HE IS A LOCAL LEGEND, BECAUSE HE WANTS TO TAKE OUT THE TOP SPOT FOR... I JUST WANT TO EAT A PIE FAST. GOT TO DO THE COMPETITION ON SATURDAY. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD THEY EAT PRETTY FAST. I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE IT A GO. SEE IF I CAN LIVE UP TO THE HYPE. WE HAVE A SELECTION OF PIES THAT WE WILL HAVE A GO AT EATING. WE HAVE A FEW KEEN PUNTERS THAT HAVE COME ALONG. IS THERE A TACTIC TO EATING THE PIE QUICKLY? I WILL NOT GIVE AWAY ALL OF MY SECRETS, BUT I DON'T THINK SO. JUST GO FOR IT. I DO NOT THINK THERE IS AN ACTUAL TRICK TO THE TRADE, TO BE HONEST. IF THERE IS, I HAVE NOT USED IT. I WOULD PROBABLY BE A LOT QUICKER IF I DID. I WILL JUST TRY AND DO IT AS FAST AS I CAN. THE NUMBER ONE ROLE AS ALWAYS BLOW ON THE PIE. WE EVEN HAVE A FEW LOCALS WHO HAVE GATHERED AROUND TO WATCH. GOOD MORNING, GUYS. LET'S ALL SELECT A PIE. DO YOU WANT TO COUNT US DOWN? FIVE, FOUR, THREE... GO. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE ATTRACTIVE. NO ONE BLEW ON THE PIE. YOU NEED TO JUST SAVOUR THE PIE. IT IS BURNING DIGBY'S MOUTH. EATING FAST IS NOT THAT ENJOYABLE. THE PIE LOOKS GOOD, THOUGH. WHO DOES NOT LIKE A PIE? ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, DIGGERS? JUST BREATHE. I NEED A BIT OF WATER. FOR GOODNESS SAKE. NO WATER, MATE. GRAB A PIE FOR BEX ON THE CAMERA. SHE WILL WANT ONE AS WELL. BRILLIANT. WE WILL LEAVE HIM THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING WITH YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY MAIA CARR HEKE, KITTY WASASALA, FRANK GORE AND JULIE TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024