IT'S FRIDAY THE 12th OF JULY. SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU JOIN US. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. THERE'S HOPE ON THE HORIZON FOR BORROWERS. THE BIG BANKS ARE STARTING TO DROP THEIR INTEREST RATES DESPITE THE OCR REMAINING FLAT. WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT THE RESERVE BANK IS SIGNALLING AS THE MARKETS RESPOND TO THE CHANGING TONE. HE'S STICKING WITH THE FAITHFUL. ALL BLACKS COACH SCOTT ROBERTSON HAS BACKED HIS SIDE THAT BEAT ENGLAND BY A POINT IN DUNEDIN. FINLAY CHRISTIE IS IN FOR THE INJURED TJ PERENARA. WE'LL BREAK DOWN THE LINEUP AND WHAT IT TAKES FOR ROBERTSON'S TEAM TO GET A MORE COMFORTABLE VICTORY SHORTLY. I DO NOT CARE. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT THE STORIES, BUT AS LONG AS YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCOREBOARD, THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT CORTEZ HAS COME ONTO THE BENCH. HE IS FROM MY HOMETOWN. HE IS A BIT YOUNGER THAN ME, BUT ALSO HIS UNCLES. AND HIS NAME. WHERE DOES THAT HAIL FROM? YOU DO NOT NEED TO FLOURISH THE R. IT IS LOVELY, THOUGH. I KNOW HE IS MAORI, BUT YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO THAT. I WILL BE GOOGLING HIM ALL DAY TODAY TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HIM. I AM VERY PROUD ABOUT HIM COMING ONTO THE BENCH. AND, TO SOME, THEY ARE CREEPY CRAWLIES ` TO SINGAPORE, THEY'RE A TASTY APPESTISER. UGH. 16 INSECTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED AS FOOD IN THE COUNTRY. APPROVED SPECIES INCLUDE CRICKETS, GRUB, AND EVEN ONE TYPE OF HONEYBEE. SAY WHAT? WE'LL LOOK AT IF THEY COULD END UP ON THE MENU HERE IN 20 MINUTES' TIME. HERE'S THE THING. WE ARE ALREADY EATING INSECTS IN NEW ZEALAND. DID YOU KNOW THAT? I AM NOT EATING THEM. THERE IS A REASON WHY WE NEED TO START SWITCHING OUR MINDS TO EATING INSECTS. YOU WILL BE SURPRISED. YOU ARE GOING TO CONVINCE US IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. CAN'T WAIT (!) PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS CHAIRED A MEETING OF LEADERS FROM THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION, WHERE COUNTERPARTS FROM AUSTRALIA,I FROM THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION, WHERE COUNTERPARTS FROM AUSTRALIA, KOREA AND JAPAN MET WITH UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMR ZELENSKY. IN THE MEETING, THE LEADERS REAFFIRMED THEIR SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE, AND CONDEMNED NORTH KOREA FOR SUPPORTING RUSSIA'S INVASION BY SUPPLYING THEM WITH WEAPONS. MR LUXON HAS ALSO MET WITH U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AT A MEETING OF THE NATO NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL. AND THE NATO SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON DC HAS BEEN OVERSHADOWED BY QUESTIONS OVER ITS HOST, U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, AND WHETHER HE SHOULD PULL OUT OF THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. HERE'S THE BBC'S TOM BATEMAN. THERE'S BEEN MESSAGES OF UNITY FROM WORLD LEADERS, HOSTED BY JOE BIDEN HERE AT THE NATO CONFERENCE, AS HE STRUGGLES TO CONTAIN THOSE GROWING DIVISIONS WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY. AND YESTERDAY, IT FELT LIKE A TURNING POINT. THAT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD THE VETERAN DEMOCRAT, FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI, FIRST RAISING FRESH QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS SUITABILITY ABOUT CALLING FOR HIM TO MAKE A DECISION. GEORGE CLOONEY, THE ACTOR, KEY DEMOCRAT FUNDRAISER, THEN SAYING THAT JOE BIDEN COULDN'T WIN THE BATTLE AGAINST TIME. AND WE HAD PETER WELCH, THE SENATOR FROM VERMONT, THEN EXPLICITLY CALLING FOR HIM TO STAND DOWN OVERNIGHT. THE WHITE HOUSE AND BIDEN CAMPAIGN STILL PUSHING BACK. THEY'RE VERY DEFIANT ON THIS, AND WE WILL HAVE A CRITICAL MOMENT LATER AS THE U.S. PRESIDENT HOSTS A NEWS CONFERENCE HERE. BUT WHAT SHOULD BE AT NATO, A STORY ABOUT THE PROJECTION OF AMERICAN POWER, IS INSTEAD IN THE U.S., BECOMING ONE ABOUT A FOCUS ON THE FRAILTY OF ITS LEADER. KENYA'S PRESIDENT HAS SACKED ALMOST HIS ENTIRE CABINET IN THE WAKE OF LAST MONTH'S ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS. THE DEMONSTRATIONS WERE SPARKED BY PROPOSED TAX HIKES, WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN ABANDONED. AT LEAST 39 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN CLASHES WITH POLICE. THE PROTESTS WERE THE BIGGEST CRISIS FACED BY PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO IN HIS TWO-YEAR TERM. AMERICAN ACTRESS SHELLEY DUVALL HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 75. HER LONGTIME PARTNER CONFIRMING HER DEATH; HER LONGTIME PARTNER CONFIRMING HER DEATH, SAYING SHE DIED IN HER SLEEP OF COMPLICATIONS FROM DIABETES. DUVALL WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HER ROLE IN 'THE SHINING' OPPOSITE JACK NICHOLSON, AS WELL AS COLLABORATIONS WITH DIRECTOR ROBERT ALTMAN. THE GOVERNMENT HAS A NEW TARGET AS IT TRIES TO CUT COSTS ` ROAD CONES. TRANSPORT MINISTER SIMEON BROWN'S ROLLING OUT A NEW 'RISK-BASED' APPROACH TO CUT DOWN ON EXCESSIVE USE. THE NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY WILL NOW BE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE A QUARTERLY PUBLIC REPORT ON SPENDING. THE MINISTER SAYS A RECENT REPORT FOUND 145 OF 800 TEMPORARY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN FEBRUARY WEREN'T NEEDED. TO SPORT, AND CORTEZ RATIMA'S FAMILY ARE NERVOUSLY EXCITED AS THEIR SON PREPARES FOR HIS FIRST TEST IN THE ALL BLACKS JERSEY. RATIMA HAS BEEN NAMED IN THE RESERVES FOR THE SECOND TEST AGAINST ENGLAND AT EDEN PARK, REPLACING THE INJURED TJ PERENARA. I WAS JUST PROUD OF HIM WHEN HE MADE THE MPC TEAM. SO EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN A MASSIVE BONUS, REALLY. IT'S JUST BEEN AWESOME TO WATCH HIM GROW, PUT THE HARD WORK IN, AND JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT ALL THE SACRIFICES THAT HE'S MADE HAVE PAID OFF. RATIMA AND THE ALL BLACK'S ARE SET TO FACE ENGLAND AT A SOLD OUT EDEN PARK TOMORROW EVENING. THE DOLPHINS REMAIN IN SIXTH ON THE NRL LADDER AFTER COMFORTABLY BEATING THE RABBITOHS 36-28. THE VISITORS ALMOST WORKED THEIR WAY BACK INTO THE MATCH, BUT AN 18-POINT BUFFER HELPED THE DOLPHINS WITH SIX MINUTES TO PLAY. THEY ARE PUSHING THROUGH. TROUBLE. BACK ON THE INSIDE. HERE IS O'SULLIVAN. THE DOLPHINS GETTING THE WIN BUT ADDING STAR EUAN AITKEN TO THE INJURY LIST ` THE SECOND ROWER RE-INJURING A PECTORAL MUSCLE. AND FINALLY, FORGET CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND FOOTBALL HOOLIGANS ` AN OFFICER IN GERMANY HAS WON THE AFFECTION OF ENGLAND FANS. THE REASON ` HIS RESEMBLANCE TO ENGLAND MANAGER GARETH SOUTHGATE. WOW! THIS IS BRILLIANT. HE MIGHT WANT TO HIDE IF IT DOES NOT COME HOME. THAT IS GARETH ON THE LEFT. THE OFFICER SERENADED BEFORE YESTERDAY'S SEMI FINAL WIN OVER THE NETHERLANDS. ABSOLUTE DOPPELGANGER. BRILLIANT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND THROUGH TO YOUR WEATHER FOR FRIDAY. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY THROUGH HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE TODAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` A FEW MORNING FROSTS WITH A BIT OF CLOUD THIS MORNING, HOWEVER, THIS WILL CLEAR TO A NICE, FINE DAY AFTER MIDDAY. 14 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` LOOKING LIKE A CLOUDY AND DAMP DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. 12 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE AND NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` SOME STRONG GUSTS IN NEW PLYMOUTH TODAY. ELSEWHERE, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GREY WITH SOME SHOWERS IN WELLINGTON. 13 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` APART FROM SOME CLOUD AND DRIZZLE IN BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA, IT'LL BE BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR YOUR FRIDAY. A HIGH OF 12 FOR ALL OF YOU ON THE WEST COAST. HEADING SOUTH ` A FROSTY START IN ALEXANDRA, OTHERWISE A VERY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU WITH SOME SHOWERS EARLY ON. 10 THE HIGH IN ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` LOOKING BETTER HERE. SOME CLOUDY PERIODS IN DUNEDIN AND STEWART ISLAND. ELSEWHERE, IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE FINE DAY. 13 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND. LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR WEEKEND. FOR YOUR SATURDAY ` IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD ACROSS THE WEST COAST OF THE COUNTRY. ON THE EAST COAST, THERE'S A BIT MORE CLOUD ON BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH ISLAND. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, FOR THE NORTH ISLAND ` MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE EAST AND NORTH. FOR THE SOUTH, PRETTY SIMILAR FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST, BUT A FINE DAY IN THE DEEP SOUTH. THE ALL BLACKS ARE IN PREPARATION MODE. THIS IS AHEAD OF THEIR SECOND AND FINAL CLASH AGAINST ENGLAND AT ANGLIN PARK. SCOTT ROBERTSON IS BACKING THE SAME SIDE THAT WON BY A POINT IN DUNEDIN LAST WEEKEND, ONLY MAKING THE CHANGE OF BRINGING IN A COUPLE OF PEOPLE. WE WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AFTER THE BREAK. IT ALSO AFTER THE BREAK... BUGS. SINGAPORE HAVE APPROVED 15 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF BUGS THAT YOU CAN EAT. IT IS ALL ABOUT PROTEIN. WE WILL ASK YOU ` WILL YOU EAT BUGS TO SAVE THE PLANET? EMAIL US. LET US KNOW. DO YOU KNOW THEY EAT TARANTULAS? NOT HERE. WHAT BUGS DO WE HAVE HERE? SPIDERS, DADDY LONG LEGS? ONCE IN THE STUDIO, WE HAD BUGS BOUGHT IN, AND THEY ENDED UP IN BUCKETS. WE ARE NOT TRYING THEM. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WILL YOU EAT BUGS TO SAVE THE PLANET? BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ ALSO WE WILL TALK ALL ABOUT THE RUGBY AFTER THE BREAK. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT'S THE PROTEIN OF THE FUTURE ` AND NOW 16 SPECIES OF INSECT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION IN SINGAPORE. EATING BUGS IS CONSIDERED A SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE TO MORE WELL-KNOWN PROTEIN SOURCES, BUT REMAINS A NOVELTY IN MANY COUNTRIES. ENTOMOLOGIST NEIL BIRRELL HOPES NEW ZEALAND CAN FOLLOW SINGAPORE'S LEAD IN EMBRACING INSECTS AS FOOD, AND HE JOINS US THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. WHY SHOULD WE FOLLOW SINGAPORE'S LEAD? THEY HAVE MUCH LOWER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THAN OTHER LIVESTOCK. ONE OF THE BENEFITS IS THAT THEY CAN BE GROWN IN A VERY SMALL SPACE AND THEY TAKE VERY LITTLE LAND AREA. THEY ALSO HAVE A MUCH SMALLER FOOD CONVERSION RATIO, SO THE FEED YOU GIVE THEM THEY TURN INTO PROTEIN MUCH MORE EFFICIENTLY. THAT GIVES YOU SOME SORT OF BENEFITS WHEN IT COMES TO GREENHOUSE GASES. THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO ARE THINKING, CREEPY CALLERS, CANNOT GET OVER THE EYES AND LEGS. WHAT KIND OF INSECTS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? CRICKETS, MEALWORMS, SO THE GENERAL CREEPY CALLIE KIND OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE A BIT SQUEAMISH ABOUT. THEY HAVE BEEN EATEN FOR A LONG TIME. THEY DO TASTE VERY DELICIOUS. IN PARTICULAR, THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FLAVOURS. FOR A CHEF, THEY ARE A DREAM. WHEN YOU SAY FOR A CHEF, IS THAT WHO WE SHOULD TRUST TO COOK OUR INSECTS FOR US? OR CAN WE JUST PICK THEM UP FROM THE GARDEN? I WOULD ADVISE TO 1ST TRY WITH A CHEF. THEY KNOW HOW TO COOK THINGS. THEY KNOW HOW TO PRESENT THEM IN A WAY THAT MIGHT BE CULTURALLY SENSIBLE TO YOU. IF YOU LIKE THINGS THAT ARE CRUNCHY, THAT IS OFTEN THE WAY TO STEP INTO THINGS. YOU CAN GO AND TRY A HUHU GRUB, AND I AM SURE THAT EVERY NEW ZEALANDER KNOWS ONE PERSON WHO THEY GREW UP WITH WHO HAS BEEN ON A SCHOOL CAMP AND EATEN ONE. THEY MIGHT HAVE AN UNCLE THAT IS PULLED ONE OUT AND EATEN IT IN FRONT OF THEM. THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD ONE TO GIVE A GO. WHAT OTHER INSECTS WOULD BE CONSIDERED HERE? WE TALK ABOUT THE USUAL, WHICH MANY OF US HAVE PROBABLY TASTED GOING TO MARKETS AND FESTIVALS, BUT WHAT OTHER INSECTS WOULD YOU CONSIDER INTRODUCING? ONE THING IS LOCUSTS. THERE IS A FARMER IN OTAGO THAT HAS GROWN LOCUSTS THAT ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN SOME RESTAURANTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. THEY ARE PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVOURITES. THEY TASTE REALLY DELICIOUS. THE OTHER ONE IS CRICKETS. THERE ARE PEOPLE LOOKING A GROWING CRICKETS AS WELL. THEY WERE USED IN WRAPS AS WELL. THAT INVOLVES GRINDING THEM DOWN INTO A FLOUR SO YOU CAN USE THEM. OVERSEAS, TARANTULA IS A DELICACY AS WELL. WOULD YOU CONSIDER DADDY LONG LEGS AS PART OF THE MENU? MAYBE THAT IS A BIT TOO FAR. I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE STUDIED THEM AND OTHER SPIDERS, SO I FEEL BAD THAT THEIR STUDY SPECIES MIGHT BE GETTING EATEN. CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT FRANCE? THERE IS A BEETLE THAT USED TO GET TO PLAGUE PROPORTIONS AND DAMAGE A LOT OF CROPS, SO KIDS WOULD GO OUT AND HARVEST THEM AND TAKE THEM BACK TO THEIR PARENTS, AND THEIR PARENTS WOULD MAKE THEM INTO A SOUP. THERE WAS A DELICIOUS SORT OF SOUP THAT WAS MADE UP UNTIL THE 1970S, I THINK, WHEN WE STARTED USING PESTICIDES. IT HAS BEEN USED IN DIFFERENT PLACES IN EUROPE AS WELL. FOR MANY OF OUR VIEWERS, DO YOU THINK INSECTS WILL REPLACE THE STEAK THAT WE HAVE AT THE MOMENT, AND, SAY, 20 OR 30 YEARS? I SUSPECT IT WILL BE JUST ANOTHER OPTION THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE IF THEY WANT TO TRY SOMETHING THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE SUSTAINABLE. THEY COULD USE IT TO REDUCE SOME OF THE RELIANCE ON STEAK. ULTIMATELY, IF THEY WANT TO MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT, IT WOULD BE TRYING MORE LENTILS AND CHICKPEAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU HAVE STUDIED INSECTS FROM A YOUNG AGE. WHAT IS IT ABOUT THEM THAT GIVES YOU A BUZZ? THE FACT THAT NO ONE ELSE SEEMS TO LIKE THEM. THEY ARE QUITE ADORABLE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM CLOSE UP. THEY HAVE ALL SORTS OF UNIQUE SHAPES. ADORABLE? REALLY? HOW DO YOU TELL SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF AND MANY OTHERS WHO ARE TRYING TO SHIFT THE MINDSET TO LOOKING AT AN INSECT AS FOOD, AS A DELICACY? I THINK THE KEY THING IS PROBABLY TRYING IT WITH A CHEF SO YOU CAN TASTE IT AS IT SHOULD BE, GET ALL OF THE DELICIOUS FLAVOURS THAT WORK WITH THE OTHER INGREDIENTS. DOWN IN WELLINGTON, THEY WERE MAKING THIS DELICIOUS HUHU GRAB GNOCCHI. I THINK THEY HAVE CLOSED DOWN, SO I CANNOT TRY IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN THIS MORNING. I MIGHT GIVE IT A GO. YOU MAY HAVE CONVERTED ME. BUT DON'T DADDY LONG LEGS ACTUALLY EAT OTHER SPIDERS? YOU DO NOT WANT TO EAT THOSE. WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE? DO YOU GO ANTS? THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT EAT ANTS. THEY TASTE LIKE LIME AND LEMON. WOW. I THINK WE SHOULD END THE CONVERSATION THERE. IT HAS BEEN LOVELY, THOUGH. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. AND WE'LL TALK TEST RUGBY AHEAD OF THE ALL BLACKS ENGLAND TEST AT THE EDEN PARK FORTRESS. SEE YOU SHORTLY. # TRAINING SEASON IS OVER. TIME TO TALK ALL BLACKS ` AHEAD OF THEIR SECOND AND FINAL CLASH AGAINST ENGLAND AT EDEN PARK. THE AB'S HAVE A FORMIDABLE RECORD AT THE AUCKLAND FORTRESS, UNBEATEN IN 48 TESTS ` THAT'S A 30 YEAR LEGACY. EXPERT RUGBY COMMENTATOR GRANT NISBETT JOINS ME FOR MORE THIS MORNING. MORENA NISBO. SCOTT ROBERTSON SECOND TEST, HOW HAS HE GONE? YOU HAVE TO WIN. THAT'S HOW COACHES ARE JUDGED. HE GOT THE WIN, ALBEIT NARROW IN DUNEDIN, AND NOW HE JUST NEEDS TO KICK ON FROM HERE. THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK BEFORE HE CAME INTO THIS POSITION AS COACH, INTO THE WAY HE PRESENTS HIMSELF. DO YOU SEE, AFTER DECADES OF FOLLOWING THE ALL BLACKS, A DIFFERENCE OR A DIFFERENT FEEL OR LOOK ABOUT THIS TEAM UNDER HIM? IT'S HARD TO TELL AFTER ONE TEST MATCH. I HAD JEFF WILSON AND ASKED THEM THE SAME QUESTION. NOTHING DISCERNIBLE AFTER ONE WEEK, BUT MIGHT GET A LITTLE BIT OF A CLUE THIS WEEK NOW THAT WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO ANALYSE THE ENGLAND SIDE AND PUT THEIR SIDE ON THIS, HE'S BEEN VERY CONSERVATIVE, HE'S GONE WITH THE BILL HAVE BEEN AROUND BEFORE, THERE ARE NEW PEOPLE IN THE SQUAD, BUT HE HASN'T USED THEM AS OF YET. WE CAN ONLY REALLY JUDGE HIM ON THE RESULTS, SO FAR. WE DON'T HAVE TJ PERENARA THIS WEEKEND, I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOSE WITHOUT HIM, AND BRINGING IN FINLAY CHRISTIE. CHRISTIE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, AND TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT PLAYERS, I GUESS. CHRISTIE IS A GOOD DEFENDER, AND TJ IS A COMBATIVE PLAYER. THEY MIGHT HAVE TO ADAPT THEIR STYLE A WEE BIT, AND CORTEZ IS A VERY EXCITING PROSPECT. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CORTEZ, BECAUSE HE IS A BOY FROM BACK HOME, DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE HIM COME OFF THE BENCH? WITHOUT ANY DOUBT. I WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED IF HE DIDN'T, I THINK HE WOULD GET 20 MINUTES AT LEAST, AND HE'S BEEN MOST IMPRESSIVE FOR THE CHIEFS OF THIS YEAR. HE STARTED THE CHIEF SEASON AS THEIR NUMBER TO HALFBACK. HAS BEEN VERY VERY GOOD, AND I DON'T THINK HILL HAVE ANY PROBLEM STEPPING UP TO TEST RUGBY. WHAT DO WE NEED TO SEE FROM THEM? MORE DECISIVE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE ATTACK THE ENGLISH SIDE. CHINA TO WORK OUT EXACTLY HOW THE ENGLISH DO THEIR THING, WE NEED TO SEE MORE BIG BALL CARRYING FORWARDS AND PUTTING ANGUISHED DEFENCE ON THE BACK FOOT. THEY HAVE THE LUXURY OF COMING OUT VERY VERY QUICKLY, AND WE NEED TO SEE MORE FROM THE FORWARDS, AND MAYBE THE KICKING WAS A LITTLE OFF LAST WEEK. THEY NEED TO LOOK AT JABBING A LITTLE THROUGH THE ENGLISH DEFENCE. WE ARE TALKING 30 YEARS UNBEATEN, 48 MATCHES. DO YOU EXPECT THAT THAT WILL STAY INTACT BY THE END OF SATURDAY NIGHTS TEST? I THINK SO. IT'S GOING TO GO SOMETIME, ISN'T IT? RAZOR WON'T WANT TO BE THE 1ST TO DO IT. THE ALL BACKS WILL IMPROVE, AND PEOPLE FORGET THAT ENGLAND MIGHT IMPROVE TO, WHICH IS A BIT SCARY. WHILE THE ALL BLACKS WILL APPROVE, I'M EXPECTING QUITE A TOUGH TEST MATCH. LOTS OF EXPECTATION. ARE YOU GOING TO PUT YOURSELF ON THE LINE, AND GIVE US A SCORE? I THINK THE ALL BLACKS WILL WIN BY AROUND 10. YES. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THE SHOT CLOCK, WE WILL SEE THE SHOT CLOCK UP AT EDEN PARK ON THE BIG SCREEN, 60 SECONDS FROM THE TIME THAT THEY INDICATE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE A SHOT AT GOAL FOR A PENALTY, UNTIL WHAT POINT? I GUESS UNTIL HE STARTS TO RUN IN AND KICK IT. YOU CAN HEAR THE REFEREE TALKING TO HIM A WEE BIT, I HEAR HIM SAY 20 SECONDS AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING, AND HE JUST MISSED. I HAD A GUY TELL ME THE OTHER DAY THAT HE WENT BACK AND HAD A LOOK AT THE TAPE, AND HE RECKONS IT WAS 58 SECONDS. IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYBODY, IT'S GOOD FOR THE AUDIENCE WHO WILL BE AT THE PARK, AND IT WILL BE GOOD FOR THE KICKER. WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS KIND OF CONVERSATION HAD THAT BEEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A ONE AND A LOSS. BUT I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR THE AUDIENCES. IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW AND ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT. I LOVE GRANT'S TONE. CORTEZ, HE IS ONE TO WATCH. HE RECKONS HE IS GOING TO GET A GAME. HOW PROUD WOULD YOU BE AS HIS FAMILY? WE HAD MY FAMILY COME UP FROM HOME EARLIER THIS WEEK, AS MY NEPHEWS, THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN CORTEZ, BUT THEY ALL KNOW HIM. THEY WERE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AT DINNER ABOUT HOW HE HAS CRACKED IT, AND HOW PROUD THEY WERE OF THIS BOY. THEY WERE SO PROUD OF CORTEZ AND WHERE HE HAS GOTTEN TO. I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HIS UNCLES AND HIS DAD. THE OTHER INTERESTING THING THAT GRANT TOUCHED ON WAS OUR FORWARDS. THEY NEED TO GET IN THERE. TJ, YOU ARE RIGHT` JUST ADMIT YOU ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING SOMETHING ELSE. LAST WEEK WE WERE JUST WATCHING IT. I WANT A THRILLER OF A GAME. I WILL MISS TJ. I'LL PROBABLY BE WATCHING SOMETHING ELSE. WHAT WILL YOU WATCH? ANYTHING BUT. I JUST HAVEN'T FULLY GOTTEN ON THE BANDWAGON. I AM INTERESTED IN HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GO. HERE, BUT I CAN HEAR THAT IN THE NEWS. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON AND COUNTERPARTS FROM AUSTRALIA, KOREA AND JAPAN HAVE MET WITH UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMR ZELENSKY IN WASHINGTON DC. THE LEADERS REAFFIRMED THEIR SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE AND CONDEMNED NORTH KOREA FOR SUPPORTING RUSSIA'S INVASION BY SUPPLYING THEM WITH WEAPONS. MR LUXON HAS ALSO MET WITH U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AT A MEETING OF THE NATO NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL. TESTIMONY RESUMES TODAY IN ALEC BALDWIN'S CRIMINAL TRIAL FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. PROSECUTORS HAVE ARGUED BALDWIN HAD A RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE SAFETY OF THE GUN. THE ABC'S JACLYN LEE WAS IN COURT. ACTOR ALEC BALDWIN BACK IN THE SANTA FE COURTROOM TODAY BALDWIN IS CHANCED WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, DURING A 2021 REHEARSAL, AND HE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY. THERE IS BEEN A CHAOTIC ATMOSPHERE PAINTED ONSET, THE CRIME SCENE TECH TESTIFYING SHE DISCOVERED SIX TOTAL LIVE ROUNDS ONSET, CLAIMING BALDWIN HAD A RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE SAFETY OF THE GUN. YOU SEE HIM COCKED THE HAMMER WHEN HE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO, AND YOU WILL SEE HIM PUT AS FINGER ON THE TRIGGER WHEN HIS FINGERS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE. HE SAYS THE ARMOURER WAS SUPPOSED TO CHECK THAT, NOT AN ACTOR. EVEN IF HE INTENTIONALLY PILLED THE TRIGGER, THAT DOESN'T MAKE HIM GUILTY OF HOMICIDE. HE DID NOT KNOW OR HAVE ANY REASON TO KNOW THE GUN WAS LOADED WITH A LIVE BULLET. THE PROSECUTORS WOULD ARGUE THAT DOESN'T ALLEVIATE HIM OF HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK FOR SAFETY. IF WE WERE NOT ON THE MOVIE SET, NO DOUBT THE OBLIGATION WOULD BE ON HIM THE ARMOURER IS EXPECTED TO BE CALLED AS A WITNESS. THERE ARE CALLS FOR NEW ZEALAND TO FOLLOW SINGAPORE IN EMBRACING INSECTS AS FOOD. 16 SPECIES OF INSECT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION IN SINGAPORE. ONE NEW ZEALAND SCIENTIST SAYS BUGS HAVE A MUCH LOWER IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT COMPARED TO OTHER LIVESTOCK. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE HUHU GRUBS, CRICKETS, MEALWORMS, SO THE GENERAL SORT OF CREEPY CRAWLIE KIND OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE A BIT SQUEAMISH ABOUT. BUT THEY HAVE BEEN EATEN FOR A LONG, LONG TIME ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD, AND THEY DO TASTE VERY DELICIOUS. FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITIES IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND HAVE ALREADY APPROVED CRICKETS AND MEALWORMS FOR CONSUMPTION. TO SPORT, AND ERIN ROUTLIFFE AND MICHAEL VENUS HAVE FOUGHT THEIR WAY BACK INTO THEIR MIXED DOUBLES QUARTER-FINAL AT WIMBLEDON THIS MORNING, WINNING THE FIRST SET. AT ONE STAGE, THE KIWI DUO TRAILED THREE GAMES TO ONE, BUT A CRUCIAL BREAK OF SERVE ALLOWED ROUTLIFFE TO SERVE FOR THE FIRST SET. OH, MICHAEL VENUS. NOTHING STOPPING HIM RIGHT NOW. GAME, AND FIRST SERVE VENUS-ROUTLIFFE. THE PAIR ARE CURRENTLY 3-2 IN THE SECOND SET. AND IN THE LADIES' SINGLES, ITALIAN JASMINE PAOLINI HAS ADVANCED TO THE WIMBLEDON FINAL AFTER A INTENSE THREE-SETTER. THE WORLD NUMBER SEVEN WINNING IN A THIRD SET TIE-BREAKER 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 TO ADVANCE TO HER SECOND CONSECUTIVE GRAND SLAM FINAL. AND FINALLY, A BRITISH 12-YEAR-OLD UNDERGOING CANCER TREATMENT IS KEEPING UP WITH HIS SCHOOL WORK WITH THE HELP OF A ROBOT. THE BBC'S JESSICA YORE EXPLAINS. SINCE STARTING CHEMOTHERAPY IN DECEMBER, MISSING SCHOOL HAS BEEN WEIGHING HEAVILY ON HOWARD'S MIND. THAT WAS UNTIL HE WAS INTRODUCED TO AV HOWARD, AN INTERACTIVE ROBOT THAT COMES TO LESSONS INSTEAD OF THE REAL HOWARD WHEN HE IS TOO UNWELL AFTER CHEMO. IT'S GOT A CAMERA ON IT. I LINK IT TO MY LAPTOP. I CAN OPEN THE APP, AND IT CAN SHOW ME THE CLASSROOM. SO WHEN I DO THAT, THE HEAD STARTS FLASHING. SO THAT MEANS THAT NOTIFIES THE TEACHER THAT... THAT I'M TRYING TO ANSWER OR ASK A QUESTION. YEAR SEVEN STUDENTS CARRY THE ROBOT BETWEEN LESSONS, SO THE REAL HOWARD CAN BE A PART OF EACH CLASS FROM HOSPITAL OR AT HOME. IT FEELS QUITE GOOD, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR A GOOD CAUSE, AND TO BE ABLE TO HELP HIM IS, LIKE, AN HONOUR. SINCE IMPLEMENTING ROBOT TRAINING WITH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, THE SCHOOL BELIEVES IT COULD BE A SOLUTION TO HELP MORE PUPILS WITH SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES. FOR A STUDENT THAT'S GOT THAT KIND OF LEVEL OF MEDICAL TREATMENT, THE FACT THAT THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL REGULARLY, IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT THEM FALLING BEHIND IN WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING; NOT BEING PART OF SOMETHING ON A REGULAR BASIS IS NOT GOOD FOR THEIR WELL-BEING, FOR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. FOR STUDENTS THAT CAN'T ACCESS EDUCATION FOR WHATEVER VARIETY OF REASONS, THIS IS GONNA BE THE FUTURE. IT'S MADE A REALLY BIG IMPACT FOR SOMEONE WHO CARES` FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME, WHO CARES ABOUT, LIKE, THEIR SCHOOL. 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. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE TODAY. 13 FOR MOST OF YOU. FURTHER SOUTH ` A FEW MORNING FROSTS WITH A BIT OF CLOUD THIS MORNING, HOWEVER, THIS WILL CLEAR TO A NICE, FINE DAY AFTER MIDDAY. 10 IN ROTORUA. TO THE EAST COAST ` LOOKING LIKE A CLOUDY AND DAMP DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. 11 IN HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` SOME STRONG GUSTS IN NEW PLYMOUTH TODAY. ELSEWHERE, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GREY WITH SOME SHOWERS IN WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, YOU ARE HEADING FOR A HIGH OF NINE. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` APART FROM SOME CLOUD AND DRIZZLE IN BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA, IT'LL BE BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR YOUR FRIDAY. A HIGH OF 12 FOR ALL OF YOU ON THE WEST COAST. HEADING SOUTH ` A FROSTY START IN ALEXANDRA, OTHERWISE A VERY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU WITH SOME SHOWERS EARLY ON. 10 THE HIGH IN ALEXANDRA. EIGHT IN ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` LOOKING BETTER HERE. SOME CLOUDY PERIODS IN DUNEDIN AND STEWART ISLAND. ELSEWHERE, IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE, FINE DAY. GORE, YOU ARE SITTING ON SEVEN. LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR WEEKEND. FOR YOUR SATURDAY ` IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD ACROSS THE WEST COAST OF THE COUNTRY. ON THE EAST COAST, THERE'S A BIT MORE CLOUD ON BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH ISLAND. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, FOR THE NORTH ISLAND ` MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE EAST AND NORTH. FOR THE SOUTH, PRETTY SIMILAR FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST, BUT A FINE DAY IN THE DEEP SOUTH. IT HAS BEEN QUITE A NICE WINTER. I HAD FROST` WHILE YESTERDAY, I SAW PEOPLE SWIMMING. WE ARE ALMOST THE END OF OUR WINTER WIN-A-THON, SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HAS ENTERED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. YOU STILL HAVE UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING TO ENTER THE DRAW AND BE IN TO WIN OUR FINAL MG3 HYBRID+ THAT HILARY WILL BE GIVING AWAY LIVE ON SEVEN SHARP THIS COMING MONDAY. SO HEAD TO winwithtvnz.co.nz AND ENTER THE KEYWORD MG3 HYBRID, AND STAY TUNED ` WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THIS WEEK'S PRIZE WINNERS AROUND 8.35am THIS MORNING. AROUND 8.35am THIS MORNING. I'VE HAD A LOOK ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE, AND EVERYONE IS PUTTING THE KEYWORD ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE. THEY ARE NOT LISTENING TO ME. YOU DON'T WRITE IT ON FACEBOOK. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WIN. I WANT YOU TO HAVE A CHANCE, SO PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE. COME ON, YOU CAN DO IT. THE YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR FINALS ARE REVVING UP ` THE BEST OF BEST IN AGRICULTURE ARE ARRIVING IN HAMILTON TO COMPETE FOR THE TITLE. CANDIDATES WILL BE WORKING THROUGH A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES TODAY, AND OUR REPORTER LUCY BENDELL IS DOWN THERE TO CHECK OUT WHAT THEY'LL BE UP AGAINST. THAT'S RIGHT. AT THE TOP FARMERS HAVE ARRIVED IN HAMILTON, ALL THE TOP FINALISTS ARE HERE FOR THE YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR FINALS. IT IS THE 56TH YEAR THAT IT HAS HAPPENED, AND IT IS FREEZING IN HAMILTON. I AM GOING TO BE A FARMER FOR THE DAY, SO I HAVE TO GET USED TO THESE CONDITIONS. DANIEL, I HEARD YOU SAY IT HAS BEEN A GOOD WINTER. THE GRASS IS CRISPY, AND IT IS FREEZING. BUT SOMEONE WHO HAS MORE EXPERIENCE WITH THESE CONDITIONS, AS EMMA. SHE IS WEARING SHORTS. NICE TO BE HERE. TALK TO ME ABOUT WHERE WE ARE, WE ARE IN A FARMLET. THE SEVEN CONTESTANTS WILL BE PUT THROUGH THEIR PACES, AND THIS IS A MINIATURE FARM, WE HAVE A WATER TROUGH, A FENCE LINE, AND GATES THEY WILL HAVE TO DO SWING, AND THE IDEA IS TO REPLICATE FARMING. THEY WILL BE PURCHASING SOME LIVESTOCK AT A FAKE AUCTION, AND AFTER THEY PURCHASED THE LIVESTOCK, THEY WILL BE COMING TO THE FARM. THEY ALSO HAVE A BUDGET THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO STICK WITHIN AND THE CONTESTANTS WILL BE GOING TO OUR SHOP AND PURCHASING ALL THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO FINISH OFF THIS FARMLET. FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T HEARD OF YOUNG FARM OF THE YEAR AWARDS, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO BE HERE? THE SEVEN CONTESTANTS HAVE COME FROM ALL AROUND NEW ZEALAND, AND THAT COMPETED FROM THE REGIONS IN NEW ZEALAND, THERE'S BEEN A FEW LEVELS BEFORE THE GRAND FINAL, AND THEY'VE HAD TO WIND THEIR WAY TO THE TOP. THE SEVEN THAT HAVE COME TODAY HAVE ONE FOR THEIR REGIONS, AND THEY'VE BEEN PREPARING A LOT FOR THIS. I DO JUST HAVE TO MENTION, YOU OBVIOUSLY ONE LAST YEAR, SO YOU ARE THE CURRENT TITLEHOLDER, AND YOU'RE ALSO THE FIRST WOMAN. HOW DID THAT FEEL? IT'S BEEN A HUGE YEAR, AND IT WAS NICE TO TAKE OUT THE TITLE, AND AS A WHOLE, IT'S DRAWN A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THE CONTEST. ANYMORE WOMAN COMPETING TODAY? NO, UNFORTUNATELY, JUST MEN IN THE LINEUP TODAY, BUT I'M SURE THE GIRLS WILL NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE THE BUDGET, 1300, JUST OVER. THEY WILL BE STARTING WITH THE BUDGET, THEN WHAT HAPPENS? THEN THEY WILL BE RUNNING TO THE SHOP AND MAKING ALL OF THEIR PURCHASES, LIKE A GATE WILL COST THEM $250. THEY ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A CROCKPOT FEEL THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT ON, AND THAT HAS TO BE DONE AT THE END OF THE DAY. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THE RECIPES THAT THESE BOYS COME UP WITH TODAY, AND SEE IF THAT EDIBLE BY THE EVER THE DAY. WITH CRAFTED UP A FAKE HAY FEED OVER HERE SO CONTESTANTS WILL BE PRACTISING SOME MIXED RECYCLING. LIKE I SAID, GUYS, I AM GOING TO BE PLAYING FARMER TODAY, AND EMMA MENTIONED TO LIVESTOCK. I MIGHT BE MILKING SOME COWS LATER INTO THE SHOW. I'VE BEEN OFFERED SOME WOOLLY SOCKS. I'M GOING TO WARM UP A LITTLE BIT, AND I'LL BE BACK JUST AFTER 730. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU. AT ALL BRING YOUR BUDGET DOWN TO ABOUT 1250 FOR THOSE WARM SOCKS. ME U TONU MAI ` THE NEW ZEALAND LAWYER ON A MISSION TO HELP THOSE IN UKRAINE. SCOTT POLLOK JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE ASSISTANCE WHERE HE'S PROVIDING A NEW ZEALANDER WITH A DESIRE TO HELP THOSE IN NEED TOUCHED DOWN IN UKRAINE THIS WEEK. SCOTT POLLOK JOINED BREAKFAST LAST MONTH AHEAD OF THIS TRIP. HIS ARRIVAL HAS COINCIDED WITH ONE OF THE DEADLIEST BOMBARDMENTS THE COUNTRY HAS SUFFERED DURING THE WAR. THE TOLL ` A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN THE CAPITAL KYIV DESTROYED, AND AT LEAST 43 PEOPLE KILLED. SCOTT IS IN KYIV, AND HE JOINS US NOW. HELLO, SCOTT. TELL ME ABOUT THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING SINCE YOU'VE ARRIVED IN UKRAINE? I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT IN THE FADING LIGHT, IMAC SHE STANDING HERE AT THE HOSPITAL. WHAT'S BEHIND ME HERE IS THE SURGICAL BUILDING, IT WAS BLASTED AND THE MISSILE WENT OFF JUST OVER HERE TO MY LEFT, THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN CLEANING UP, DOING INCREDIBLE WORK, WHAT I AM STRUCK STANDING HERE BY THE SIMILARITY TO THE STARSHIP HOSPITAL AT HOME. IT IS SO TRAGIC. WHEN YOU LEFT NEW ZEALAND, AND YOU WERE ON OUR PROGRAM, YOU SAID YOU WERE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS ABOUT GOING, BUT SOMETHING YOU WERE COMPELLED TO DO. NOW THAT YOU WERE THERE, YOU ARE SEEING AND HEARING THINGS, SIRENS, YOU ARE THERE OUTSIDE THAT HOSPITAL, SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS NOW? IT'S A PRETTY BIG ADJUSTMENT FROM SAFE, COMFORTABLE NEW ZEALAND, BUT HONESTLY, I'VE BEEN SO MOVED BY THE COURAGE AND THE RESILIENCE THAT THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE ARE SHOWING. EVERYONE HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY THE WAR IN SOME WAY, IF THERE IS NOT A FAMILY MEMBER KILLED OR WOUNDED, PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOUSES AND THEIR LIVELIHOODS ARE UPROOTED, BUT EVERYONE CARRIES ON, MAKING SO MUCH GOOD OUT OF SO LITTLE IN SUCH A HORRIBLE SITUATION. I'VE BEEN SO MOVED BY THAT. YOU'VE COME FROM HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, WHERE YOU WERE A LAWYER WORKING AT A FIRM, AND YOU'VE DECIDED THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO, LET YOUR WIFE AND TODDLER AT HOME, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD TO AND WERE MOVED TO DO. TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING SINCE YOU ARRIVED? IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME TO COME AND HELP, AND IT'S AMAZING THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A CHARITY ORGANISATION, BEEN IN A WAREHOUSE PACKING BOXES OF AID, VISITING MILITARY HOSPITALS AND SEEING THE WOUNDED, VISITING ORPHANAGES TO CARE FOR KIDS, WHAT I'VE REALISED IS THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY MUCH LESS ABOUT THE LITTLE BIT THAT I CAN CONTRIBUTE WHILE I'M HERE, AND ABOUT THE LIGHTS THAT I CAN BRING TO THE AWESOME WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON THE GROUND HERE. PEOPLE ARE BEING PAID $300 A MONTH TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES. IT'S REMARKABLE. HOW LONG YOU PLANNING TO STAY? I'M ONLY HERE FOR ANOTHER WEEK AND THEN I'M HEADING BACK HOME. NO DOUBT YOU'LL BE HEADING HOME IS A CHANGED PERSON. YES ABSOLUTELY, DEEPLY CHANGED. THERE'S A LOT OF THIS THAT WILL STICK WITH ME. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING. MUCH LOVE TO YOU, AS YOU PREPARE TO STAY ON FOR ANOTHER WEEK OR SO. SCOTT POLLOCK JOINING US. UP NEXT ` LOOKING FOR A QUIETER PACE TO LIFE? THE UNIQUE HOUSE ` AND JOB ` THAT'S UP FOR GRABS ON THE WEST COAST. So you're probably wondering who this random fella sitting in your field is. I'm trying to figure that one out myself. Son, biologically speaking, you are not actually, in fact, the fruit of our loins. This necklace was with me when they got me, so if I find out where it was from... ..I find where I was from. Do you guys know this rock? Nope. No. No. No. Hm. But then my good friend Pepper rectified the situation, and that's why I'm here, waiting for that place to open. Excuse me, would you potentially have any idea where this might be from? (UPBEAT MUSIC) (BABY CRIES) (SCOTTISH ACCENT) Potentially. (EXPECTANT MUSIC) VOICEOVER: One New Zealand. Let's get connected. IT IS 6:56. BIG CITY LIFE GETTING YOU DOWN? SICK OF SAVING FOR THE HOME DEPOSIT YOU'VE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD? HAVE WE GOT A DEAL FOR YOU. ONLY AROUND THREE-QUARTERS OF AN HOUR'S DRIVE DOWN STATE HIGHWAY 6 FROM HOKITIKA, YOU'LL FIND THE QUIET TOWN OF HARI HARI, POPULATION ` ABOUT 260. AND JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM THE HOTEL HARI HARI, THIS GEM IS ON THE MARKET. THREE BEDROOMS, ONE BATHROOM ` A 800m2 SECTION OF BLISS. CLARE SQUIRES AND HUSBAND ADRIAN HAVE CALLED IT HOME SINCE 2019, BUT IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON. I CAUGHT UP WITH HER AND REAL ESTATE AGENT EUAN MACKENZIE AND FOUND ALL ABOUT THE TOWN. WE'VE GOT THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE OUT, YOU KNOW... OUT IN THE COUNTRY, WHICH WE ARE HERE, BUT WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ONLY 45 MINUTES FROM HARI HARI ` SORRY, FROM HOKITIKA ` WHICH HAS GOT PLENTY OF SHOPPING; IT'S GOT AN AIRPORT ` SO EVERYTHING. BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT PLENTY DOWN HERE IN HARI HARI. WE'RE... SERVICED BY A GREAT LITTLE LOCAL STORE, THE PUKEKO STORE, WHICH HAS GOT ALL THE BASIC ESSENTIALS, TOGETHER WITH GREAT HOME COOKING AND GREAT COFFEE. WE'VE GOT A SERVICE STATION. WE'VE GOT A SCHOOL RIGHT FROM PRIMARY THROUGH TO HIGH SCHOOL. WE'VE GOT AMBULANCE, LOCAL VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE, A LOCAL BUTCHER, AND THE LIST GOES ON. SO WE'VE GOT PLENTY GOING ON DOWN HERE, SO YOU DON'T FEEL REMOTE, BUT WE'VE GOT ALL THE MOUNTAINS, LAKES, RIVERS AROUND US TO ENJOY AS RECREATION. AN INTERESTING QUIRK OF THIS IS THAT THE HOUSE WILL POSSIBLY COME WITH A PART-TIME JOB. YES. FOR THE RIGHT PERSON, THERE'S A LOVELY LITTLE BUS DRIVING JOB THAT I DO. I TAKE THE SCHOOLKIDS TO SCHOOL EACH DAY, AND I DO THE CENTRAL RUN. SO THAT'S DOWN THE VALLEY. AND WHEN I'M COMING BACK, I'M LOOKING AT ALL OUR BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS WITH THE SUN CATCHING THE SNOW ON THEIR PEAKS. YOU CAN SEE THE LAMBERTUH GLACIER AND THE GARDEN OF EDEN AS I'M DRIVING THE CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, AND IT'S THE SWEETEST LITTLE JOB. COUNTRY KIDS ARE BEAUTIFUL. AND WE'VE ALSO GOT TWO OTHER SCHOOL BUSES. ONE GOES NORTH TO ROSS, AND ANOTHER BUS PICKS CHILDREN UP FROM THE SOUTH, HEADS TOWARD WHAKAROA EACH MORNING TO SERVICE THE SCHOOL. EUAN, HOW DO YOU WRITE THAT INTO THE AD? UM... WELL, WE'VE NOT PUT THAT IN THE AD AS SUCH, BUT THAT OPPORTUNITY CAME UP WHEN WE HAD A BUYER COME THROUGH THAT WAS LOOKING TO RETIRE HERE BUT WANTED SOME PART-TIME WORK. SO I CONTACTED CLAIRE'S BOSS, AND HE WAS OVERLY ENTHUSIASTIC TO GET SOMEBODY TO BUY THE HOUSE AND GIVE THEM THE JOB. SO WE CONTACTED HIM. HE'S VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HELPING SOMEBODY GET THEIR LICENCE IF THEY WANT THE JOB. SO, UM... SO THAT'S HOW THIS HAS ALL COME ABOUT. SO, SELL US THE HOUSE. SELL US COMING TO LIVE IN IN HARI HARI. WELL, YOU'RE YOU'RE BUYING SPACE, REALLY, THAT YOU DON'T GET IN OTHER PLACES OF NEW ZEALAND. I THINK CHRIS BISHOP JUST ANNOUNCED WHEN HE WAS IN AUCKLAND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT NEW MINIMUM SIZES FOR NEW ACCOMMODATION IN THOSE BIGGER CITIES. WELL, IN HARI HARI, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, YOU GET ONE-FIFTH OF AN ACRE. SO 809m2 WITH A THREE-BEDROOM HOUSE BUILT IN THE 1950s. REALLY SOLID CONSTRUCTION. SUPER WARM, WITH A LOG-BURNING FIRE IN THE LOUNGE. BUT ALSO JUST BEHIND ME ON MY LEFT SHOULDER IS A LARGE RANGE COOKER, WHICH ALSO HAS A WET BACK HEATING THE HOT WATER SUPPLY. IT'S FULLY INSULATED. AND YOU'VE GOT A TWO-BAY POOL SHED IN THE BACK GARDEN AND UNOBSTRUCTED VIEWS OF THE PASTURES OVER THE WHANGANUI FLATS. BUT THE BIGGEST SELLING POINT IS THE PLAYGROUND ON YOUR DOORSTEP. YOU KNOW, THE WHITE BAITING SEASON STARTS 1st OF SEPTEMBER, RUNS FOR TWO MONTHS DOWN HERE. LOTS OF PEOPLE COME HERE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. YOU'VE GOT KAYAKING, SKIING, ANY NUMBER OF OUTDOOR PURSUITS. I MYSELF MOVED HERE TWO YEARS AGO AND HELPED SET UP THE HOKITIKA TRAMPING CLUB. SO THE MOUNTAINS ARE LITERALLY SEVERAL HUNDRED METRES AWAY FROM US. SO THAT'S THE REAL SELLING POINT. SO, NOT JUST THE HOUSE ` A POSSIBLE JOB. YOU'RE SORTED, CLAIRE, AND I FEEL LIKE YOU'LL BE A BIT SAD TO LEAVE, BUT YOU'RE HAPPY TO PASS ON THE OPPORTUNITY. I CERTAINLY WILL, BECAUSE IT'S A LOVELY WEE JOB, AND I'VE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED IT. I'M A RETIRED NURSE, AND IT WAS A VERY EASY STEP INTO THIS ROLE. AND I ALSO SUPPLEMENT THE HOURS OF DRIVING WITH THE CLEANING OF THE FLEET OF BUSES. SO ALL IN ALL, IT'S A NICE LITTLE INCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. IT IS SUCH A GREAT PART OF THE WORLD. GOOD LUCK WITH THE SALE, EUAN AND CLAIRE. THANKS, MELISSA. THANK YOU. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS SAT DOWN WITH UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMR ZELENSKY ALONG WITH OTHER LEADERS FROM AUSTRALIA, KOREA AND JAPAN IN WASHINGTON DC. IN THE MEETING, THE LEADERS REAFFIRMED THEIR SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE AND CONDEMNED NORTH KOREA FOR SUPPORTING RUSSIA'S INVASION BY SUPPLYING THEM WITH WEAPONS. WE CANNOT HAVE UKRAINE LOSE THIS WAR. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. AND SO THAT IS WHY YOU'VE SEEN US CONTINUE TO SUPPORT UKRAINE, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT A PRINCIPAL THAT WE BELIEVE IN AS KIWIS, AS TO MANY OTHER LIKE-MINDED COUNTRIES. MR LUXON HAS ALSO MET WITH U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AT A MEETING OF THE NATO NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL. AT LEAST 36 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE STRIKES, WITH A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL HIT IN THE ATTACK. SCOTT SAYS EVEN THOUGH THE WAR HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO YEARS, PEOPLE WERE STILL SHOCKED BY THE ATTACK. I AM ACTUALLY STANDING HERE AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, SO WHAT IS BEHIND ME HERE IS THE SURGICAL BUILDING. IT WAS BLASTED, AND THE MISSILE WENT OFF JUST OVER HERE TO MY LEFT. I WAS HERE EARLIER TODAY, AND THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN CLEANING UP, DOING INCREDIBLE WORK, BUT I AM STRUCK STANDING HERE BY THIS SIMILARITY TO STARSHIP HOSPITAL AT HOME. IT IS JUST SO TRAGIC. HE WILL SPEND THE NEXT WEEK IN UKRAINE DISTRIBUTING AID PACKAGES AND HELPING OUT IN HOSPITALS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS A NEW TARGET AS IT TRIES TO CUT COSTS ` ROAD CONES. TRANSPORT MINISTER SIMEON BROWN IS ROLLING OUT A NEW 'RISK-BASED' APPROACH TO CUT DOWN ON EXCESSIVE USE. THE NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY WILL NOW BE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE A QUARTERLY PUBLIC REPORT ON SPENDING. THE MINISTER SAYS A RECENT REPORT FOUND 145 OF 800 TEMPORARY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN FEBRUARY WEREN'T NEEDED. KENYA'S PRESIDENT HAS SACKED ALMOST HIS ENTIRE CABINET IN THE WAKE OF LAST MONTH'S ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS. THE DEMONSTRATIONS WERE SPARKED BY PROPOSED TAX HIKES, WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN ABANDONED. AT LEAST 39 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN CLASHES WITH POLICE. THE PROTESTS WERE THE BIGGEST CRISIS FACED BY PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO IN HIS TWO-YEAR TERM. AMERICAN ACTRESS SHELLEY DUVALL HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 75. HER LONG-TIME PARTNER CONFIRMED HER DEATH, SAYING SHE DIED IN HER SLEEP OF COMPLICATIONS FROM DIABETES. DUVALL WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HER ROLE IN 'THE SHINING' OPPOSITE JACK NICHOLSON AS WELL AS COLLABORATIONS WITH DIRECTOR ROBERT ALTMAN. TO SPORT, AND ERIN ROUTLIFFE AND MICHAEL VENUS ARE THROUGH TO THE WIMBLEDON MIXED DOUBLES SEMI-FINAL. THE PAIR WINNING IN STRAIGHT SETS 7-5 6-4 A SHORT TIME AGO. GAME, SET, MATCH. THAT IS A GOOD WIN. WHO THEY'LL FACE IN THE SEMI-FINAL IS YET TO BE DECIDED. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE PLACED A MAJOR FOCUS ON SCRUMS AND TACKLE HEIGHT AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE SECOND TEST AGAINST ENGLAND TOMORROW NIGHT. THE FORWARD PACK WERE PENALISED MULTIPLE TIMES IN DUNEDIN AT SCRUM TIME. THE MEN IN BLACK SAY IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET IT RIGHT, ESPECIALLY AGAINST A NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SIDE. YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL. IT'S NOT LIKE GOING UP AGAINST AN AUSSIE PACK OR A SOUTH AFRICAN PACK WHERE YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO BITE THROUGH THE MOUTHGUARD AND EDGE FORWARD. IT'S JUST ABOUT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL YOURSELF ON THE HIT, AND JUST GO TOGETHER. THE MATCH GETS UNDERWAY AT EDEN PARK JUST AFTER 7pm TOMORROW. THE DOLPHINS REMAIN IN SIXTH ON THE NRL LADDER AFTER COMFORTABLY BEATING THE RABBITOHS 36-28. THE VISITORS ALMOST WORKED THEIR WAY BACK INTO THE MATCH, BUT AN 18-POINT BUFFER HELPED THE DOLPHINS WITH SIX MINUTES TO PLAY. THEY'RE PUSHING THROUGH. HE ONLY NEEDS A BOUNCE. HERE'S FULLER. HEADS UP TO LEMUELU. TROUBLE. LEMUELU BACK ON THE INSIDE. ISAAKO FINDS AVERILLO. HERE'S O'SULLIVAN. THE DOLPHINS GETTING THE WIN BUT ADDING STAR EUAN AITKEN TO THE INJURY LIST ` THE SECOND ROWER RE-INJURING A PECTORAL MUSCLE. AND FINALLY, NOW THAT THE FINALISTS FOR THE EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED, IT'S TIME FOR THE ANIMALS TO MAKE THEIR PICKS. HERE'S OLD FAVOURITE WALTER THE ORANGUTAN FROM DORTMUND ZOO. AND, YES, HE'S GONE STRAIGHT TO THE BAG LABELLED WITH THE SPANISH FLAG. BUT HIS ZOOKEEPER SAYS WALTER'S PICK COULD BE OPEN TO INTERPRETATION ` THE ORANGUTAN ATE ALL THE CONTENTS OF THE ENGLAND BAG FIRST. (LAUGHS) HE ALSO GOT IT WRONG THE OTHER DAY. WHY ARE WE BELIEVING AN ORANGUTAN? JUST GO TO THE OPPOSITE. DO NOT TRUST THAT ORANGUTAN. THE OCTOPUS WAS THE BEST. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OCTOPUS? IT IS ON SOMEONE'S PLATE. 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. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE TODAY. 13 FOR MOST OF YOU. FURTHER SOUTH ` A FEW MORNING FROSTS WITH A BIT OF CLOUD THIS MORNING, HOWEVER, THIS WILL CLEAR TO A NICE, FINE DAY AFTER MIDDAY. 14 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` LOOKING LIKE A CLOUDY AND DAMP DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 10 FOR ROTORUA. OVER TO THE WEST ` SOME STRONG GUSTS IN NEW PLYMOUTH TODAY. ELSEWHERE, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GREY WITH SOME SHOWERS IN WELLINGTON. 12 FOR GISBORNE AND NAPIER. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` I AM GOING TO FAST. MY APOLOGIES. OKAY, WE ARE BACK. APART FROM SOME CLOUD AND DRIZZLE IN BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA, IT'LL BE BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR YOUR FRIDAY. A HIGH OF 12 FOR ALL OF YOU ON THE WEST COAST. HEADING SOUTH ` A FROSTY START IN ALEXANDRA, OTHERWISE A VERY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU WITH SOME SHOWERS EARLY ON. 9 DEGREES FOR CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` LOOKING BETTER HERE. SOME CLOUDY PERIODS IN DUNEDIN AND STEWART ISLAND. ELSEWHERE, IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE, FINE DAY. SEVEN FOR GORE. LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR WEEKEND. FOR YOUR SATURDAY ` IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD ACROSS THE WEST COAST OF THE COUNTRY. ON THE EAST COAST, THERE'S A BIT MORE CLOUD ON BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH ISLAND. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, FOR THE NORTH ISLAND ` MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE EAST AND NORTH. FOR THE SOUTH, PRETTY SIMILAR FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST, BUT A FINE DAY IN THE DEEP SOUTH. NICE. IT IS COMING UP 7:09. HERE'S WHATS COMING UP AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. WHILE THE OCR REMAINED FLAT, THE RESERVE BANK IS SIGNALLING LIFE IS ABOUT TO GET EASIER FOR MORTGAGE BORROWERS. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT SHORTLY. KEY CHANGES ARE BEING TRIALED THAT COULD BRING MORE AUDIENCES TO THE GAME OF NETBALL, INCLUDING A TWO-POINT GOAL FOR SHOTS OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE. WE'LL FIND OUT MORE IN HALF AN HOUR'S TIME. AND YOU'VE HEARD OF SHOW JUMPING, BUT MAYBE NOT RABBIT JUMPING. IT IS AN ACTUAL FAN. *THING LOOK AT THEM GO. THE HIGHLY CONTESTED COMPETITION IS BEING HELD IN SWEDEN RIGHT NOW. WE'LL HOP INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. WE ARE SAYING THAT IT LOOKS LIKE A DOG. IT IS QUITE CUTE. IT IS SO WEIRD. WHY DO WE DO THIS TO ANIMALS? I WONDER THAT AS WELL. LET'S HOP ON. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE HAD ANY GOOD NEWS WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECONOMY. BUT FINALLY, THERE MIGHT BE A GLIMMER OF LIGHT AT THE END OF WHAT HAS BEEN, FOR MANY, A VERY LENGTHY TUNNEL. FOLLOWING A CHANGE IN TONE IN THE OUTLOOK FOR THE OCR FROM THE RESERVE BANK THIS WEEK, WESTPAC HAS CUT ITS HOME LOAN INTEREST RATES. FINANCIAL ADVISER HANNAH MCQUEEN JOINS US TO EXPLAIN WHAT THIS ALL MEANS. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. IT HAS BEEN AGES SINCE I LAST SAW YOU. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? IT MEANS WE ARE COMING OUT. IT IS ABOUT TIME. EVERYONE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THE SIGNAL. THE WORD ON THE STREET IS THAT WE WILL GET A CUT IN ABOUT NOVEMBER AND MAYBE EVEN IN FEBRUARY. MAYBE 0.5 IN NOVEMBER. FOR MANY HOMEOWNERS, MORTGAGE HOLDERS, THAT IS A GAME CHANGER. A MINDSET SHIFTER. WELCOME NEWS. CAN WE EXPECT OTHER BANKS TO FOLLOW SUIT? DEFINITELY. SOON. IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, YOU WILL SEE THEM START TO COMPETE, AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE OCR WANTING TO DROP. THAT WILL FORCE THEM TO DROP AS WELL. IT IS ONLY A GOOD THING, AND IT IS LONG OVERDUE, BUT IT IS WELCOME NONETHELESS. THIS IS NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL FOR EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL SITUATION. YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE MORTGAGES COMING OFF OF THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, AND THEY'LL BE THINKING, WHAT DO I DO? DO I FLOAT OR FIX FOR SIX MONTHS? YOU PROBABLY WANT TO BE FIXING FOR A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME SO YOU CAN ENJOY THE CUTS FASTER. IF YOUR SITUATION IS REALLY TIGHT, YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD TO FIX FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, SO YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THESE IMMEDIATE DROPS. WE JUST WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SIX MONTH AND THE 12 MONTH RATE AT THE BANK YOU ARE AT, AND IF THERE IS NOT TOO MUCH DIFFERENCE, YOU PROBABLY WANT TO FIX SHORTER RATHER THAN LONGER. THAT IS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE MORTGAGES COMING OFF. WHEN INTEREST RATES START TO DROP, THE HOUSE PRICES START TO INCREASE. THERE IS ALWAYS THIS PIGEON ECONOMIC LAW THAT FOR A 1% DROP IN HOUSE PRICE, SORRY INTEREST RATES, BUT AS A DROP IN INTEREST RATES. EVEN GETTING ONTO THE PROPERTY LADDER, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO SECURE THE LAST OF THE DEPRESSED PRICES. AS YOU MENTION, PEOPLE WANT TO SPEND, BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY THINK, I MIGHT GET A BIT MORE. WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE? THE FIRST THING PEOPLE WILL WANT TO DO IS SPEND. IT HAS BEEN HARD AN UNCOMFORTABLE, AND WE HAVE GONE WITHOUT. WE ALL NEED A BIT OF A REWARD. I IMAGINE THAT HOLIDAYS AND CAR PURCHASES WILL INCREASE. FOR MANY, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME SMART FINANCIAL DECISIONS, AND IF YOU ARE USED TO SPENDING A LITTLE BIT LESS BECAUSE OF THE COST OF LIVING TIGHTNESS, PERHAPS HOLD ON A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND LET THIS BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUMP YOUR HOUSEHOLD AHEAD RATHER THAN JUST RELAX AND STILL BE IN THE SAME POSITION WHERE IT MIGHT NOT BE AS TIGHT, BUT YOU ARE NOT MAKING PROGRESS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE FIXED AND FLOAT. HOW LONG UNTIL WE ARE WHERE WE NEED TO BE? HOW LONG WILL THAT TAKE IN TERMS OF SEEING THAT GLAMOUR OUTSIDE THE TUNNEL FOR A BIT LONGER? I THINK THAT OVER THE NEXT YEAR ALSO, INTEREST RATES ARE GOING TO COME STEADILY DOWN. AS INFLATION GETS UNDER CONTROL AND THE DATA VERIFIES THAT, THAT IS HALF THE PROBLEM. WE MIGHT BE IN THE PERFECT INFLATION RANGE, BUT THE DATA ARE STILL A FEW MONTHS AWAY TO VERIFY THAT, SO THIS IS THE START OF THE RATES COMING DOWN, WHICH SHOULD BE THE START OF YOU STARTING TO PULL AHEAD OF YOUR SITUATION. IN TERMS OF RETIREMENT, SHOULD WE LOOK AT THAT AS WELL? I THINK IF THERE IS MONEY LEFT OVER, IT MEANS WE CAN START SAVING MORE FOR RETIREMENT, BUT KIWIS TRADITIONALLY ARE USELESS AT SAVING. WE JUST TEND TO GET THIS LIFESTYLE CREEP THAT COMES IN, AND IT ERODES THE SAVINGS THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE. FOR MANY FOR RETIREMENT, THE WHOLE THING IS JUST QUITE BIG. WHEN YOU ARE IN A CRISIS, YOU ARE OFTEN NOT WORRIED ABOUT TOMORROW. YOU ARE JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE TODAY. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE RETIRING IN 10 YEARS, THEY NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND MAYBE LET THIS BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FACE THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IT IS SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK IN THE STUDIO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE SON OF INDIA'S RICHEST MAN IS GETTING MARRIED, AND CELEBRITIES ARE BEING PAID MILLIONS TO PROVIDE THE ENTERTAINMENT. WE'LL LOOK AT WHY WE ARE SO OBSESSED WITH MEGA WEDDINGS. A COUPLE OF BILLIONAIRES IN INDIA ARE GETTING HITCHED THIS WEEKEND, AND IT'S TURNING HEADS AROUND THE WORLD. ANANT AMBANI, THE SON OF ASIA'S RICHEST MAN, IS MARRYING HIS LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND, RADHIKA MERCHANT, AND THEIR WEDDING IS NOTHING SHORT OF EXTRAVAGANT. THIS YEAR THEY'VE HOSTED THREE PRE-WEDDING EVENTS, EACH ONE ATTENDED BY A STAR-STUDDED GUEST LIST, INCLUDING THE LIKES OF JUSTIN BIEBER, RIHANNA AND KATY PERRY. AND THIS WEEKEND IS THE FINAL AND HIGHLY ANTICIPATED CEREMONY, DESCRIBED AS THE COUNTRY'S WEDDING OF THE YEAR. FOR MORE, I'M JOINED NOW BY KHANDAAN A BOLLYWOOD PODCAST HOST, ASIM BURNEY. GOOD MORNING, ASIM. HOW BIG IS THIS THING GOING TO BE? IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST THING EVER. IT'S THE MET GALA MIXED WITH THE OSCARS. THIS IS MIND BLOWING, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MONEY THAT IS INVOLVED, I HAD A LOOK AT WHO THE PERFORMERS HAVE BEEN, RHIANNA GOT PAID 11 1/2 MILLION NEW ZEALAND DOLLARS, AND JUSTIN BIEBER WAS PAID NZ$16 MILLION. WHO ARE THESE TWO? THE WEDDING INVITATION COST $7000. IT WAS A BOX WITH A BOX WITHIN A BOX. TALK TO ME ABOUT THE BRIDE AND GROOM, WHO ARE THEY? HE IS THE SON OF THE SIXTH OR THE NINTH RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD. HE IS THE RICHEST MAN IN ASIA. IT IS A CAPITALIST FANTASY. HE GREW UP AND BECAME A BILLIONAIRE, AN INDUSTRIALIST, AND HIS YOUNGEST SON HAS A 3000 ACRE ANIMAL SANCTUARY, AND HIS GIRLFRIEND IS THE DAUGHTER OF A PHARMACEUTICAL BILLIONAIRE. A LOT OF MONEY. WHY ARE WE SO OBSESSED BY THESE MEGA WEDDINGS? I THINK IT'S JUST RICH PEOPLE HAVING FUN. WE'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE, YOU SEE THE CELEBRITIES LANDING IN THE AIRPORT, PAPARAZZI ARE SNAPPING THEM AT THE AIRPORT, INSPIRED FROM FASHION TRENDS, HONESTLY NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANY ROYAL WEDDING. IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT GROSS, THOUGH RIGHT? MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEING SPENT ON THE PRE-WEDDING EVENTS, WHO KNOWS WHAT THE WEDDING ITSELF WILL COST, AND MILLIONS AROUND IN POVERTY, AND THEY ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THEIR OWN COUNTRY, SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME KICKBACK AND SOME CRITICISM. IT AFFECTS THE LIVES OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE ARE LANDING ON PRIVATE JETS, TRAFFIC GETS RE-ROUTED, THIS IS BEEN DEEMED A PUBLIC EVENT BY THE GOVERNMENT, AND IT IS GETTING A FULL SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT. PEOPLE ARE FED UP BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SO LONG. THERE IS A SENSE OF PRIDE I THINK THAT THERE'S A SENSE OF PRIDE AND THAT TOO, AND AWAY. THEY ARE JOINING IN THIS GAME. WHO DO WE EXPECT TO BE PERFORMING? DO WE HAVE ANY CLOSE? CLUES? I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN, I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE EVEN BIGGER SURPRISES. I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE SO MUCH MONEY, YOU CAN MAKE ANYTHING HAPPEN. WE WILL HAVE TO SEE, AND READ ABOUT IT LIKE ANYONE ELSE. THERE'S TWO SONS AND A DAUGHTER, AT THE DAUGHTER'S WEDDING, BEYONCE PERFORMED. IN THE PRE-PARTY, THE CHEF SERVED 2000 DISHES. SHE HAD ADDRESS THAT TOOK MORE THAN 5000 HOURS TO MAKE. BILL GATES AND MARK ZUCKERBERG ATTENDED SOME OF THOSE. THE PEOPLE I WOULD WANT TO PERFORM A DEAD. ARE* A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, WE ARE HEADING BACK TO THE YOUNG FARMERS FINALS, WHERE LUCY HAS BEEN LEARNING HOW TO MILK A COW. MORENA, LUCE. LOOK AT THESE LITTLE CUTIES. ALL OF THE CHALLENGES HAVE BEGUN, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, I AM GOING TO BE MILKING A COW AFTER THE BREAK. WE WERE TALKING JUST BEFORE THE BREAK ABOUT WHO YOU WOULD HAVE AT YOUR WEDDING. EVERYBODY CAN DO THE LOCOMOTION. I JUST THINK HAVING KERATIN WEDDING, HOW GOOD WOULD THAT BE? I WAS THINKING ABOUT POI E. IT WILL BE AN EXCUSE TO BRING OUT MY WHITE GLOVES. YOU COULD BE LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON. I DO LIKE ITS MUSIC. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ISSUES WITH THAT, DANIEL. FINANCIAL RELIEF COULD BE ON THE WAY FOR SOME NEW ZEALAND HOUSEHOLDS, WITH HOME LOAN RATES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO EASE IN THE COMING MONTHS. THE RESERVE BANK'S DECISION TO KEEP THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE AT 5.5% HAS GIVEN CONFIDENCE TO BANKS, PROMPTING WESTPAC TO CUT ITS HOME LOAN INTEREST RATES. HANNAH MCQUEEN BELIEVES OTHER BANKS COULD FOLLOW SUIT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. YOU'RE GONNA SEE THEM START TO COMPETE, AND OBVIOUSLY THEN YOU'VE ALSO GOT THE OCR WANTING TO DROP WHICH WILL FORCE THEM TO DROP AS WELL. SO, IT IS ONLY A GOOD THING, AND IT IS LONG OVERDUE, BUT WELCOME NONETHELESS. MCQUEEN IS PREDICTING A FURTHER DROP OF 0.5% IN NOVEMBER. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS HE'S PROUD TO HAVE CHAIRED A MEETING OF THE INDO-PACIFIC FOUR COUNTRIES AT THIS WEEK'S NATO SUMMIT. MR LUXON SAT DOWN WITH UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY ALONG WITH OTHER LEADERS FROM AUSTRALIA, KOREA AND JAPAN IN WASHINGTON D.C. THE LEADERS REAFFIRMED THEIR SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE, AND CONDEMNED NORTH KOREA FOR SUPPORTING RUSSIA'S INVASION BY SUPPLYING THEM WITH WEAPONS. WE CANNOT HAVE UKRAINE LOSE THIS WAR. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE, AND SO THAT IS WHY YOU'VE SEEN US CONTINUE TO SUPPORT UKRAINE BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT A PRINCIPLE THAT WE BELIEVE IN AS KIWIS, AS DO MANY OTHER LIKE-MINDED COUNTRIES. THE WASHINGTON DC LEG OF HIS TRIP HAS NOW WRAPPED UP, AND THE PM WILL BE HEADING TO SAN FRANCISCO. AND THE NATO SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON DC HAS BEEN OVERSHADOWED BY QUESTIONS OVER ITS HOST U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND WHETHER HE SHOULD PULL OUT OF THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. HERE'S THE BBC'S TOM BATEMAN. THERE'S BEEN MESSAGES OF UNITY FROM WORLD LEADERS, HOSTED BY JOE BIDEN HERE AT THE NATO CONFERENCE, AS HE STRUGGLES TO CONTAIN THOSE GROWING DIVISIONS WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY. AND YESTERDAY, IT FELT LIKE A TURNING POINT. THAT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD THE VETERAN DEMOCRAT, FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI, FIRST RAISING FRESH QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS SUITABILITY ABOUT CALLING FOR HIM TO MAKE A DECISION. GEORGE CLOONEY, THE ACTOR, KEY DEMOCRAT FUNDRAISER, THEN SAYING THAT JOE BIDEN COULDN'T WIN THE BATTLE AGAINST TIME. AND WE HAD PETER WELCH, THE SENATOR FROM VERMONT, THEN EXPLICITLY CALLING FOR HIM TO STAND DOWN OVERNIGHT. THE WHITE HOUSE AND BIDEN CAMPAIGN STILL PUSHING BACK. THEY'RE VERY DEFIANT ON THIS, AND WE WILL HAVE A CRITICAL MOMENT LATER AS THE U.S. PRESIDENT HOSTS A NEWS CONFERENCE HERE. BUT WHAT SHOULD BE AT NATO, A STORY ABOUT THE PROJECTION OF AMERICAN POWER, IS INSTEAD IN THE U.S., BECOMING ONE ABOUT A FOCUS ON THE FRAILTY OF ITS LEADER. THERE ARE CALLS FOR NEW ZEALAND TO FOLLOW SINGAPORE IN EMBRACING INSECTS AS FOOD. 16 SPECIES OF INSECT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION IN SINGAPORE. ONE NEW ZEALAND SCIENTIST SAYS BUGS HAVE A MUCH LOWER IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT COMPARED TO OTHER LIVESTOCK. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE HUHU GRUBS, CRICKETS, MEALWORMS, SO THE GENERAL SORT OF CREEPY CRAWLY KIND OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE A BIT SQUEAMISH ABOUT, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN EATEN FOR A LONG, LONG TIME ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES ACROSS THE WORLD, AND THEY DO TASTE VERY DELICIOUS. FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITIES IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND HAVE ALREADY APPROVED CRICKETS AND MEALWORMS FOR CONSUMPTION. TO SPORT, AND THE ALL BLACKS WON'T LET A SOLD OUT EDEN PARK ADD MORE PRESSURE TO THEM AS THEY LOOK FOR A CLEAN SWEEP AGAINST ENGLAND. THE ALL BLACKS HAVEN'T LOST AT EDEN PARK SINCE 1994 ` A 30-YEAR REIGN THEY DON'T PLAN ON ENDING. I WOULDN'T THINK IT PUTS ANY MORE PRESSURE ON US. WE DEFINITELY RESPECT, I GUESS, ALL THE TEAMS THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE US. AND... YEAH, IT'S KIND OF OUR FORTRESS, AND WE JUST WANT TO GET UP THERE AND PUT ON A REALLY GOOD PERFORMANCE FOR OUR FANS. ENGLAND HAVE PLAYED AT EDEN PARK FOUR TIMES, LOSING ALL OF THEM. AND FINALLY, FORGET CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND FOOTBALL HOOLIGANS, AN OFFICER IN GERMANY HAS WON THE AFFECTION OF ENGLAND FANS. THE REASON? HIS RESEMBLANCE TO ENGLAND MANAGER GARETH SOUTHGATE. CROWD SINGS: # LOOKING BACK ON WHEN WE FIRST MET, # I CANNOT ESCAPE AND I CANNOT FORGET. # SOUTHGATE, YOU'RE THE ONE. # YOU STILL TURN ME ON. # FOOTBALL'S COMING HOME AGAIN. # FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES, THAT'S GARETH SOUTHGATE ON THE LEFT. THE OFFICER SERENADED BEFORE YESTERDAY'S SEMI-FINAL WIN OVER THE NETHERLANDS. I WOULD HIDE. IF ENGLAND DO NOT WHEN THE SEMIFINALS, I WILL HIDE. ENGLAND WILL WIN. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. IT IS GOING HOME. (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. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE TODAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` A FEW MORNING FROSTS, WITH A BIT OF CLOUD THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, THIS WILL CLEAR TO A NICE FINE DAY AFTER MIDDAY. YOU ARE ON 12 DEGREES, HAMILTON. A CHILLY START, -2. TO THE EAST COAST ` LOOKING LIKE A CLOUDY AND DAMP DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. 11 DEGREES IN HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` SOME STRONG GUSTS IN NEW PLYMOUTH TODAY. ELSEWHERE, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GREY WITH SOME SHOWERS IN WELLINGTON. 13 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` APART FROM SOME CLOUD AND DRIZZLE IN BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA, IT'LL BE BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR YOUR FRIDAY. A HIGH OF 12 FOR ALL OF YOU ON THE WEST COAST. 11 IN NELSON. HEADING SOUTH ` A FROSTY START IN ALEXANDRA. OTHERWISE, A VERY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU WITH SOME SHOWERS EARLY ON. EIGHT DEGREES IN ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` LOOKING BETTER HERE. SOME CLOUDY PERIODS IN DUNEDIN AND STEWART ISLAND. ELSEWHERE, IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE FINE DAY. SEVEN DEGREES FOR YOU, GORE. LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR WEEKEND ` FOR YOUR SATURDAY, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD ACROSS THE WEST COAST OF THE COUNTRY. ON THE EAST COAST, THERE'S A BIT MORE CLOUD ON BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH ISLAND. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE EAST AND NORTH. FOR THE SOUTH, PRETTY SIMILAR FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST, BUT A FINE DAY IN THE DEEP SOUTH. CHALLENGES ARE BEING SET AT THE FINALS FOR THE YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR. THERE'S FENCING, PLUMBING, ORGANISING LIVESTOCK. WE'RE HEADING BACK TO OUR REPORTER LUCY BENDELL WHO IS IN HAMILTON TESTING OUT THE EVENTS. WHAT ONE ARE YOU TRYING, LUCY? YES, IT IS STARTING TO WARM UP A LITTLE BIT AT HAMILTON, ANY CHALLENGES ARE UNDERWAY. ALL THE FARMERS BEGAN TO RING OUT THERE IN SHORTS. I AM STARTING TO GET USED TO IT. WE ARE JOINED BY TWITCH AND CARLA, A COUPLE OF COWS. I HAVE NEVER MILKED A COW BEFORE. THERE WERE A FEW OPTIONS OF DIFFERENT CHALLENGES, THERE WAS EVEN COOKING A CROCKPOT, WE ARE JOINED BY MORE OF AN EXPERT THAN ME, LOCAL DAIRY FARMER. HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING? COLD, BUT GOOD. MY FIRST QUESTION TO YOU ` HOW MANY COWS YOU THINK YOU'VE MILKED IN YOUR TIME? A FAIR FEW. MAY BE A COUPLE THOUSAND. I AM IN VERY GOOD HANDS THIS MORNING. THIS IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, HOW OTHER FARMERS GOING TO BE PUT TO THE TEST WITH THIS? HOW IS IT MEASURED? THEY HAVE TO GO INTO THE MILKING PARLOUR. WHEN THE MILK GOES THROUGH THE PLANT, ONCE IT GOES INTO THE VAT, IT IS ALL GOOD. THEY ARE TO MAKE SURE THAT COWS HAVE FEED, MAKE SURE HER TEATS ARE CLEAN. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THEY HAVE TO BREAK THE VACUUM CORRECTLY AND WILL BE ASKED A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT HEALTH AND MILK PRODUCTION. AMAZING. THAT IS WHAT WE GOING TO BE DOING TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE CUPPING THE TEATS. I HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. I WILL LET YOU LEAD THE WAY. I AM NERVOUS. I DON'T WANT TO SEEM LIKE TOO MUCH OF A TOWNIE. I ALSO HAVE MY WOOLLY SOCKS ON. YOU WANT TO PUSH THAT IN. I AM PUSHING THIS IN, THIS IS THE SUCTION. BUT THIS ONE HERE, YOU WANT TO PUT THAT ON HER FRONT LEFT. THERE YOU GO. I AM WORRIED ABOUT YOUR SAFETY. THERE WE GO. YOU DON'T WANT THINGS TO OPEN UP AT THE TOP. IT MAKES THAT SUCKING NOISE. WHAT DO WE DO NOW, ANNIE? THERE WE GO. I DID THE CUPPING! TWITCH BEHAVES VERY WELL, WHICH I AM VERY PLEASED ABOUT BECAUSE I'M STANDING RIGHT BEHIND. WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? WE WAIT. I MY GOSH, I AM SO PLEASED. THAT WAS SO MUCH EASIER THAN I THOUGHT. DANIEL MENTIONED THAT WE WERE NOT DOING IT MANUALLY, DOES THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED STILL AT FARMS? ALONG, LONG TIME AGO. IT IS ALL MANUAL THESE DAYS, GUYS. THIS IS STILL COUNTED AS MANUAL BECAUSE THERE ARE ROBOT MILKERS. PICKUPS HAVE SENSORS ON THEM THEY CAN TELL YOU WHEN THE COWS ARE DONE MILKING. THIS IS CONSIDERED MANUAL MILKING, BECAUSE THERE ARE ROBOT MILKERS. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME PUTTING ON THE SUCTION CUPS. IN EIGHT MINUTES, WE WILL WAIT FOR THAT MILK TO COME THROUGH. THERE ARE A LOT OF THESE CHALLENGES COMING THROUGH AT THE YOUNG FARMER FINALS. ALL THESE CHALLENGES ARE TODAY, AND TOMORROW AT THE AWARDS. IT IS FREE, AND IT IS GETTING PRETTY BUSY. COME ON DOWN TO MAYBE BRING SOME HAND WARMERS. COME DOWN AND CHECK IT OUT IF YOU CAN. I CAN SEE FARMERS WATCHING THIS ROLLING THEIR EYES. LUCY HAS DONE IT WRONG IS PROBABLY WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. THE CITY SLICKERS CANNOT MILK A COW. WE ARE ALMOST THE END OF OUR WINTER WIN-A-THON, SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HAS ENTERED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. YOU STILL HAVE UNTIL 9am THIS MORNING TO ENTER THE DRAW AND BE IN TO WIN OUR FINAL MG3 HYBRID+ THAT HILARY WILL BE GIVING AWAY LIVE ON SEVEN SHARP THIS COMING MONDAY. SO HEAD TO winwithtvnz.co.nz AND ENTER THE KEYWORD 'MG3 HYBRID', AND STAY TUNED ` WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THIS WEEK'S PRIZE WINNERS AROUND 8.35am THIS MORNING. I THINK OUT OF ALL OF THE PRIZES, THE $10,000 FLIGHT TRAVEL ONE IS THE ONE THAT I WAS EYEING UP THE MOST. AND THE CAR. BUT I HAVE NOT WON YET. YOU WON'T. FINGERS CROSSED. ME U TONU MAI ` CHANGING IT UP IN NETBALL. WHY THE SPORT IS LOOKING AT MAKING SOME RULE CHANGES HERE IN NZ. (UPBEAT MUSIC) Ready! (BOTH CHEER) (LAUGHS) VOICEOVER: Small steps can help you achieve your goals. Get your money one step ahead with ASB. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. NETBALL NEW ZEALAND ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE UP THE RULES AND THEY'RE USING THE MEN AS GUINEA PIGS. THE NEW RULES INCLUDE A TWO-POINT SHOT, CAPTAINS' TIME-OUTS AND A LIVE UMPIRE FEED. FOR MORE ON THE NEW CHANGES, WE ARE JOINED BY OUR VERY OWN KRUZE TANGIRA AND MYSTICS GOAL-ATTACK ELLIOT CLARK. MORENA KI A KORUA. WHAT WAS IT LIKE? YOU WITH A STAR OVER THE WEEKEND, AND YOU WON THE GAME FOR THE MYSTICS. WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR THE TWO-POINT SHOT? IT IS EXCITING, FIRST AND FOREMOST. I THINK FOR A LOT OF TIME, NETBALL HAS BEEN STUCK IN ITS WAYS. I THINK WE'RE IN A NEW ERA I THINK I'M A BIT BIASED, BUT I THINK IT IS ABOUT CENSORING FANS FIRST AND FOREMOST. BECAUSE IT MAKES IT REALLY EXCITING. YOU SHOT SOME BEAUTIFUL TWO POINTERS, WHICH PUT YOU IN FRONT OF THE STARS TEAM, BUT THAT LAST GOAL WAS UNBELIEVABLE WHERE YOU BASICALLY WON THE GAME FOR THEM. WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU ARE GOING ON FOR THOSE TWO POINTERS? I PROBABLY SHOULD NOT SAY THIS, BUT NOTHING. IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING, THE LIKELIHOOD OF MISSING IS QUITE HIGH, SO NO THOUGHTS. I GUESS IN THEORY, YOU HAVE DONE ALL THE TRAINING, SO IT IS THE MECHANICS OF IT. YOU COMMENTATED THAT GAME. WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU AS A PLAYER SITTING ON THE SIDELINES WATCHING A PLAY OUT? I GET VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE GAME BECAUSE IT IS VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART. TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE AND STILL BE INVOLVED IN IT IS SOMETHING I CHERISH A LOT. IN TERMS OF THE RULE CHANGES WE SAW OVER THE WEEKEND, I THINK IT IS NEEDED. WE HAVE BECOME A BIT STAGNANT IN WHAT WE DO IN THE GAME, SO IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT THESE GUYS CAN PUT THE GAMES TO ATTEST. I ALSO NEED TO TAKE MY HAT OFF TO THE UMPIRE. IT WAS THEIR FIRST TIME IN COMMENTING THESE NEW RULES AND I THOUGHT THE SPEED AND PACE OF THE GAME BROUGHT THAT EXCITEMENT BACK, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. THE UMPIRES HAVE OPEN COMMUNICATIONS SO THE CROWD CAN HEAR EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE SAYING, SO THAT IS ANOTHER THING THAT HAS COME INTO IT. WHAT IS THAT LIKE AS A PLAYER SITTING THERE AND YOU CAN HEAR WHATEVER THE UMPIRE IS SAYING RINGING OUT THROUGH THE STADIUM? IT WAS AN ADJUSTMENT OF FIRST. RM BUT SITTING THERE AND THINKING, I CAN HEAR GARETH, BUT HE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COURT. FOR FANS PARTICULARLY IN THE STADIUM, IT DEMYSTIFIES IT. PARTICULARLY IN THE STADIUM, YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THE UMPIRE WILL BLOW THE WHISTLE AND SUDDENLY THE BALL IS DOWN THE OTHER END. IT INCREASES A LOT OF UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT. I WANT TO COME TO YOU AT THE CHANGES THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT BEING STAGNANT. IN AUSTRALIA, THEY ARE ALREADY USING THIS, BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT PERIOD, FIVE MINUTES EACH QUARTER RACE HERE WE ARE PLAYING IT FOR THE ENTIRE GAME. IS THIS WHAT IS NEEDED, IF I LOOK AT THE WOMAN'S GAME, IS JUST WHAT IS NEEDED FOR OUR SILVER FERNS TO START TO GET BACK TO THE TOP? THAT IS A BIG QUESTION, JENNY MAY. WHEN YOU GO TO AN INTERNATIONAL GAME WHEN THE FERNS PLAY AUSTRALIA THAT TWO-POINT SHOT IS NOT THERE. PERHAPS THE ABILITY TO SHOOT LONG RANGE WILL HELP THEM WHEN THEY GET TO THOSE INTERNATIONAL GAMES. WE NEED THESE NEW RULES IN ORDER TO BRING THAT THAT EXPERIENCE THAT ELLIOTT WAS TALKING ABOUT. I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WOULD PLAY. BLACK-AND-WHITE TV! THE EXPERIENCE YOU GOT IS A FAN WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU CANNOT DESCRIBE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BREAKERS, IF YOU GO TO A BREAKERS GAME, THAT IS A REALLY GOOD ATMOSPHERE. I THINK THESE RULES WILL HELP TO PUSH US IN A BETTER DIRECTION IN ORDER TO GET THAT VIEWERSHIP BACK. IT IS TWOFOLD. ONE IS ABOUT SPECTATORS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE, AND THE OTHER IS AT AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL FOR PLAYERS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE US LONG SHOTS. I USED TO LIVE IN PERTH. THE COMMENTARY AROUND IT WAS, HOW DOES THAT INFORM SELECTIONS FOR TEAMS, BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN IF YOU HAVE A TEAM OF THREE SHOOTERS AND YOU ARE AGAINST A TEAM THAT IS A FULL TEAM OF SUPER SHOT SHOOTERS, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT? THE COMMENTARY WAS, HOW DOES THAT INFORM YOUR SELECTION OF SHOOTERS? YOU ARE SAYING THE SORENSON NATIONAL STAGE, AUSTRALIA NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD. UPPING THE ACCURACY FULL RANGE IS KEY. GOOD LUCK FOR THIS WEEKEND. UP THE MYSTICS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` TAURANGA WON'T LET ITS ELDERLY GO HUNGRY. HOW A NEW COMMUNITY PROGRAMME IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR THOSE IN NEED. # (FUNKY MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. TAURANGA IS DEVELOPING A NEW COMMUNITY INITIATIVE TO HELP SENIORS WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO AFFORD TO FEED THEMSELVES. RUN BY LOCAL BUSINESSES THE PROGRAMME WILL LOOK TO ASSIST THOSE WHO FINDING IT TOUGH TO MAKE ENDS MEET BETWEEN FORTNIGHTLY SUPERANNUATION PAYMENTS. FOR MORE ON THIS WORK FOR LOCALS, BY LOCALS, WE HEAD THERE NOW WITH BAY FINANCIAL MENTORS MANAGER SHIRLEY McCOMBE AND GOOD NEIGHBOUR GENERAL MANAGER RENEE HANNA. MORENA TO YOU BOTH. BOTH: MORENA! WHAT IS THE AIM OF THIS? THE AIM IS TO INTEREST THE INCREDIBLE NEED WE HAVE FOUND OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE THERE ARE PENSIONERS DOING A TOUGH. WE 100% BELIEVE IN 18 WITH DIGNITY AND WE WANT TO SEE THAT FOR OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE FACING REALLY TOUGH CIRCUMSTANCES, IN TERMS OF ACCESSING HEALTHCARE, BEING ABLE TO AFFORD TO EAT SOME SORT OF NUTRITIOUS MEAL EVERY DAY AND JUST THEIR GENERAL WELL-BEING AS WELL. SHELLEY, HOW BIG OF A PROBLEM IS THIS FOR YOU GUYS TO TRY AND SOLVE? I GUESS WE ARE REALLY JUST DISCOVERING HOW PICKETERS. THIS WAS A PILOT FOR THE LAST YEAR. I THINK IT WAS AN INITIATIVE WITH... WITH AGE CONCERN, THEY STARTED TO REALISE JUST HOW BIG THE NEED WAS. ABOUT 800 PARCELS DELIVERED THIS YEAR, AND THERE IS A TARGET FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT ACTUALLY, I THINK WE'RE JUST REALLY BEGINNING TO RECOGNISE HOW BIG THE PROBLEM IS. WE SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO GET TO THE END OF THAT FORTNIGHT AND PUT OF EATING TO PAY POWER BILLS, SO THE KNEE IS DEFINITELY THERE. RENEE, IN TERMS OF IMPACT, WHAT CHANGES ARE USING FROM THOSE WHO NEED THIS? WHEN WE STARTED OUT, I GUESS IT WAS TO ADDRESS THE FOOD INSECURITY NEED AMONG OUR PENSIONERS, BUT AS WE STARTED TO GET INTO THIS PRIVATE PROGRAM, WE RECOGNISED THAT THE NEED GO SO MUCH FURTHER. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE PEOPLE LIVING ALONE ` 26% OF 31,000 PENSIONERS HERE ARE LIVING ALONE AND DOING IT TOUGH FINANCIALLY. SO THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND SO THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AND VERY, VERY UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR PENSIONERS. SO THE IMPACT THAT IT IS HAVING IS SO MUCH FURTHER THAN THE FOOD. WE HAVE RECOGNISED THAT THERE IS AN EXTREME NEED, IN TERMS OF THAT ACCESS. AS A GO ABOUT REACHING OUT TO THESE PEOPLE, WE ARE REALISING THAT THEY NEED SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A FOOD PACT OR A MEAL. EVEN THOUGH THOSE ARE GREAT THINGS, THEY REALLY NEED THAT WRAPAROUND SUPPORT SO THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE THE SERVICES THAT ARE OUT THERE. SURELY, JUST QUICKLY, HOW CAN ELDERS IN YOUR COMMUNITY REACH OUT TO YOU? THE SERVICES SET UP AS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN FIVE DIFFERENT PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNCIL, TO THE WAY THEY MAKE CONTACT WITH US IS HERE TO HELP. ITS ON OH 800 NUMBER AND IF THEY MENTION US, THAT WILL BRING THE REST OF US TOGETHER AROUND THAT PERSON. IT IS ONE OF THE REASONS, MONEY, BUT THERE ARE OTHER REASONS TO. THIS IS SUCH A STRONG COLLABORATION. SHELLEY, RENEE, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY THERE AND NATIONWIDE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. YOU'RE WELCOME, TAKE CARE. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS SHRUGGED OFF CONCERNS ABOUT U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S MENTAL CAPACITY. IT COMES AS MORE DEMOCRATS COME FORWARD, CALLING ON PRESIDENT BIDEN TO END HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN. AFTER A BRIEF MEETING WITH MR BIDEN AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON DC, THE PM TOLD REPORTERS THEY HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT ISSUES IN THE INDO-PACIFIC. OFF THE INTERACTIONS I HAD, I SAID THEY WERE EXCELLENT INTERACTIONS. HE WAS ON TOP OF HIS BRIEF, WE HAD A POSITIVE INTERACTION, IT WASN'T A CONSIDERATION IN MY HEAD. THE PRIME MINISTER ALSO CHAIRED A MEETING OF THE INDO-PACIFIC FOUR NATIONS, WHERE LEADERS REAFFIRMED THEIR SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE. THE GOVERNMENT HAS A NEW TARGET AS IT TRIES TO CUT COSTS ` ROAD CONES. TRANSPORT MINISTER SIMEON BROWN'S ROLLING OUT A NEW 'RISK-BASED' APPROACH TO CUT DOWN ON EXCESSIVE USE. THE NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY WILL NOW BE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE A QUARTERLY PUBLIC REPORT ON SPENDING. THE MINISTER SAYS A RECENT REPORT FOUND 145 OF 800 TEMPORARY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN FEBRUARY WEREN'T NEEDED. BANKS COULD FOLLOW WESTPAC'S LEAD IN DROPPING HOME LOAN RATES IN THE COMING MONTHS. IT COMES OFF THE BACK OF THE RESERVE BANK'S DECISION TO KEEP THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE AT 5.5%. FINANCIAL ADVISOR HANNAH McQUEEN IS PREDICTING A FURTHER DROP OF HALF A PERCENT IN NOVEMBER AND AGAIN IN FEBRUARY. OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, INTEREST RATES ARE GOING TO COME STEADILY DOWN AS INFLATION GETS UNDER CONTROL AND THE DATA VERIFIES THAT. COS THAT'S HALF THE PROBLEM, IS THAT WE MIGHT BE IN THE PERFECT INFLATION RANGE, BUT THE DATA IS STILL A FEW MONTHS AWAY TO VERIFY THAT, SO I THINK THIS IS THE START OF THE RATES COMING DOWN. McQUEEN SAYS THIS SHOULD BE THE START FOR MANY TO BE ABLE TO GET AHEAD WITH THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION. AMERICAN ACTRESS SHELLEY DUVALL HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 75; HER LONG-TIME PARTNER CONFIRMING HER DEATH, SAYING SHE DIED IN HER SLEEP OF COMPLICATIONS FROM DIABETES. DUVALL WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HER ROLE IN 'THE SHINING' OPPOSITE JACK NICHOLSON, AS WELL AS SEVERAL COLLABORATIONS WITH DIRECTOR ROBERT ALTMAN. KENYA'S PRESIDENT HAS SACKED ALMOST HIS ENTIRE CABINET IN THE WAKE OF LAST MONTH'S ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS. THE DEMONSTRATIONS WERE SPARKED BY PROPOSED TAX HIKES, WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN ABANDONED. AT LEAST 39 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN CLASHES WITH POLICE. THE PROTESTS WERE THE BIGGEST CRISIS FACED BY PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO IN HIS TWO-YEAR TERM. TO SPORT, AND ERIN ROUTLIFFE AND MICHAEL VENUS ARE THROUGH TO THE WIMBLEDON MIXED DOUBLES SEMI-FINAL. THE PAIR WINNING IN STRAIGHT SETS 7-5, 6-4 A SHORT TIME AGO. (GRUNTS) (GRUNTS) GAME, SET, MATCH. VENUS, ROUTLIFFE. AND THAT'S A GOOD WIN FOR MICHAEL VENUS. 7-5, 6-4. WHO THEY'LL FACE IN THE SEMI-FINAL IS YET TO BE DECIDED. AND EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON CAUGHT UP WITH THE PAIR AFTER THE MATCH. YEAH, IT WAS REALLY GOOD. BIT AWKWARD FOR ME, I'M PLAYING AGAINST MY DOUBLES PARTNER. IT'S AN INTERESTING SITUATION WHERE HE KIND OF KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE DOING BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING. BUT, YEAH, I THOUGHT WE PLAYED REALLY WELL. I THINK THEY WON HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND THEY MADE FINALS AT FRENCH OPEN, SO I THINK IT SHOWS THE LEVEL WE'RE PLAYING AT. TO SPORT, AND CORTEZ RATIMA'S FAMILY ARE 'NERVOUSLY EXCITED' AS THEIR SON PREPARES FOR HIS FIRST TEST IN THE ALL BLACKS JERSEY. RATIMA HAS BEEN NAMED IN THE RESERVES FOR THE SECOND TEST AGAINST ENGLAND AT EDEN PARK, REPLACING THE INJURED TJ PERENARA. I WAS JUST PROUD OF HIM WHEN HE MADE THE MPC TEAM. SO EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN A MASSIVE BONUS, REALLY. IT'S JUST BEEN AWESOME TO WATCH HIM GROW, PUT THE HARD WORK IN, AND JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT ALL THE SACRIFICES THAT HE'S MADE HAVE PAID OFF. RATIMA AND THE ALL BLACKS ARE SET TO FACE ENGLAND AT A SOLD-OUT EDEN PARK TOMORROW EVENING. THERE'S BEEN A HECTIC FINISH TO STAGE 12 OF THE TOUR DE FRANCE, WITH AFRICAN RIDER BINIAM GIRMAY WINNING HIS THIRD STAGE. WITH 500m TO GO, THE RIDER WAS NOWHERE NEAR THE FRONT, COMING THROUGH THE PELETON AND TIMING HIS SPRINT PERFECTLY. ALL THE WAY. GETTING CHALLENGED BY GIRMAY. WHO'S GONNA TAKE IT? GIRMAY WINS HIS HATTRICK OF STAGES IN THE TOUR. GIRMAY BECAME THE FIRST BLACK AFRICAN RIDER TO WIN A TOUR DE FRANCE STAGE EARLIER IN THE RACE. 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. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE TODAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` A FEW MORNING FROSTS, WITH A BIT OF CLOUD THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, THIS WILL CLEAR TO A NICE FINE DAY AFTER MIDDAY. 14 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. 12 IN KIRIKIRIROA. TO THE EAST COAST ` LOOKING LIKE A CLOUDY AND DAMP DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. 12 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE AND NAPIER. 11 IN HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` SOME STRONG GUSTS IN NEW PLYMOUTH TODAY. ELSEWHERE, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GREY WITH SOME SHOWERS IN WELLINGTON. 13 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. NINE IN WELLINGTON. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` APART FROM SOME CLOUD AND DRIZZLE IN BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA, IT'LL BE BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR YOUR FRIDAY. HEADING SOUTH ` A FROSTY START IN ALEXANDRA. OTHERWISE, A VERY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU WITH SOME SHOWERS EARLY ON. 8 IN ASHBURTON AND TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` LOOKING BETTER HERE. SOME CLOUDY PERIODS IN DUNEDIN AND STEWART ISLAND. ELSEWHERE, IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE FINE DAY. 13 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND. 9 IN OTEPOTI. FOR YOUR SATURDAY ` IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD ACROSS THE WEST COAST OF THE COUNTRY. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE EAST AND NORTH. FOR THE SOUTH, PRETTY SIMILAR FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST, BUT A FINE DAY IN THE DEEP SOUTH. THANK YOU, MELISSA. THIS NEXT STORY HAS ABSOLUTELY GRIPPED US. IT SHOWS WHAT PURE RESILIENCE REALLY LOOKS LIKE IN THE WILD. A PAIR OF LION BROTHERS, ONE WITH AN AMPUTATED LEG, HAVE BEEN SPOTTED MAKING A RECORD-BREAKING SWIM THROUGH A PREDATOR-FILLED AFRICAN RIVER. OH MY GOODNESS. RESEARCHERS BELIEVE THE 1.6km SWIM IS THE LONGEST DOCUMENTED SWIM BY LIONS. IT'S ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE REMARKABLE STORY OF JACOB THE LION. RESEARCHER ALEX BRACZKOWSKI HAS BEEN FOLLOWING JACOB OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. HE JOINS US NOW. MORENA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. JACOB'S STORY IS REMARKABLE. SO MUCH SO THAT IT HAS RECEIVED GLOBAL ATTENTION, SO WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT JACOB'S EXTRAORDINARY LIFE SO FAR? I DON'T THINK THE WORLD HAS SEEN A LION AS RESILIENT AS JACOB. TO GIVE YOU A 15 SECOND LIFE STORY, HE WAS CAUGHT IN A SNARE, A YEAR LATER, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT, HE WALKS INTO ANOTHER TRAP, LOSES THE LEG, GETS COMPLETELY HAPPY DATED. SIX MONTHS AFTER THAT, HIS PRIDE GETS POISONED AND SPLIT INTO TWO. THEN HE GETS ATTACKED BY A BUFFALO. HE GETS SEWED UP, THEN HE MOVED WITH HIS TWO BROTHERS 75 KM NORTH, AND THEN AT A STAGE IN HIS LIFE, HE MEETS A PERILOUS JOURNEY IN THESE WATERS. THIS FOOTAGES HIM AND HIS BROTHER, AS YOU SAY, CROCODILE-INFESTED BUT ALSO HIPPOS AS WELL, HAVE WE EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE? LIONS ARE ACUTELY AWARE OF RISK AND DEEP WATER. IF YOU WATCH THE FOOTAGE, YOU CAN SEE THEM TENTATIVELY TRYING A FEW TIMES. YOU CAN SEE SOMETHING TRAILING THEM, A HIPPO OR A CROCODILE, THEY GO BACK TO SHORE, THEN MAKE A CRAZY DECISION TO SWIM, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY AN OLYMPIC DISTANCE SWIM. WHY ARE WE TRACKING JACOB? AND HOW ARE WE TRACKING HIM? SO I HAVE A FIELD TEAM ON THE GROUND TO HAVE BEEN MONITORING HIM EXTENSIVELY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. THEY USE VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, BUT IT'S PRETTY CRITICAL TO KIND OF MONITOR HIM AND MORE BROADLY, THE LIONS IN THIS AREA, BECAUSE OF THE LARGE THREATS FACING THIS POPULATION. TELL ME ABOUT THE RESEARCH ALSO. THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TRACKING JACOB, THERE HAS BEEN SATELLITE FOOTAGE, IS THERE A COLOUR THAT HE IS WEARING THAT HELPS TRACK HIM? ONCE YOU HAVE GATHERED ALL THAT INFORMATION, WHAT HAPPENS WITH ALL THAT INFO? HE DOES WEAR A SATELLITE COLLAR SO THAT HE CAN BE MONITORED. THE INTERESTING THING WITH BOTH JACOB AND HIS BROTHER IS THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO WHY THEY MADE THE SWIM. THEY MADE THE SWIM BECAUSE HEALTHY LION PRIDES ARE FEMALE-DOMINATED. BECAUSE OF THE DECLINE AND THE LION POPULATION, THE TEAM NOTICED 71 INDIVIDUALS IN 2018 DOWN TO 9. THEY MADE THE SWIM BECAUSE THEY WERE DESPERATE TO FIND FEMALES TO MATE. THIS HELPED US GET A TAB ON WHERE EXACTLY THEY ARE IN THE LANDSCAPE. THESE TWO HAVE STATED TOGETHER THIS ENTIRE TIME. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT LIONS WILL THEY STAY TOGETHER AND WHAT IS A LIKELIHOOD OF THEIR FUTURE AND THEIR LIVES TOGETHER? IT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT YOU MAKE. SOME OF THE CRAZIEST THINGS WE HAVE OBSERVED IS THE CONSTANT WAITING. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHAT WE CAPTURED ON FILM, THAT'S THEM SWIMMING BACK TO THE VILLAGE, WHICH IS BECAUSE THEY GOT INTO TWO FIGHTS WITH TWO SEPARATE COALITIONS OF MALES. THEY GOT INTO SOME PRETTY VICIOUS FIGHT OVER FEMALES, BUT DURING THOSE FIGHTS, THE BROTHER LED THOSE MALES AWAY AWAY FROM JACOB, PROBABLY SAVING HIS LIFE. BECAUSE HE DIDN'T TAKE THE BRUNT OF THOSE FIGHTS. SO MONITORING WILL CONTINUE? YES, MONITORING IS CONTINUING INTO THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ACTIVE WAYS TO SAVE THIS LION POPULATION AND TO GET THE FEMALE POPULATION BACK UP TO A LEVEL WITH A POPULATION CAN BOUNCE BACK. JACOB IS, WHAT, 10? YOU DON'T HAVE EIGHT OF THOSE 10 YEARS? ABOUT 7 AND A THE HALF, YES. SO I HAVE KNOWN HIM SINCE MAKING A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HIM. ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS THAT I AM EMOTIONAL, AND WHAT I READ THESE NOTES, I WANTED TO CRY. BECAUSE A STORY IS INCREDIBLE. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT JACOB? THE THING THAT I AM KIND OF HAPPY WITH BROADENING HIS LIFE IS THAT... BECAUSE WE HAVE BUILT AND KNOWN HIM SO INTIMATELY, GOING THROUGH ABSOLUTE HELL THE DIFFERENT PERIODS, OVER A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CONSERVATION NGOs, IT IS KIND OF NICE TO SEE HIM NOW 18 YEARS OF AGE MAKE IT TO THIS AGE, DESPITE ALL THE CHALLENGES. THE BIGGEST THING I HOPE FOR IS THAT HE DOES EVENTUALLY REPRODUCE AND HAVE HIS OWN CLUBS. *CUBS WHAT A FASCINATING STORY, ALEX, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US JACOB IS A STORY. I HAVE NICKNAMED HIM JACOB THE JUGGERNAUT. INCREDIBLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALEX. AND WE NEEDED TO KEEP IN TOUCH ABOUT HOW JACOB IS GOING. THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING, YOU CAN SEE BOTH LIONS ARE SWIMMING AND THERE WAS SOMETHING... AS HUMANS, DO YOU JUMP IN? NO, YOU HAVE TO LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE. ME U TONU MAI ` FROM THE CREEPY CUTE MARKET IN WELLINGTON TO THE PIRATE PUPPET SHOW IN RANGIORA, THERE'S PLENTY GOING ON IN YOUR COMMUNITY THIS WEEKEND. OUR COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD IS NEXT. LET'S GO! # WHY DON'T YOU COME ON OVER, VALERIE? # ROLLIN' (IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD) IT'S TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD, WHERE WE POP AROUND THE COUNTRY TO SEE WHAT EVENTS ARE HAPPENING NEAR YOU THIS WEEKEND. FIRST UP ` IF YOU'RE A FAN OF THE STARS AND SOME GOOD OLD LEGO, WELL, YOU MIGHT WANT TO HEAD TO STARDOME OBSERVATORY THIS WEEKEND. A BRAND NEW SCAVENGER HUNT IS ON AT THE AUCKLAND PLANETARIUM. WE'RE JOINED THEIR EDUCATION LEAD TALENA HANSEN. MORENA! YOU DESIGNED THIS, SO TELL US ABOUT THE SCAVENGER HUNT! SURE, MORENA. WE THOUGHT ABOUT OUR WINTER SCHOOL HOLIDAYS, AND IN WINTER, THE WEATHER IS NOT ALWAYS PLAYING BALL, SO WE HAVE A WONDERFUL SCAVENGER HUNT FOR TAMARIKI ` WELL, NOT JUST TAMARIKI. YOU NEED TO BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE AND SCAN THE QR CODE AND SEARCH AROUND OUR DISPLAYS FOR SOME INTERACTIVE STUFF. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? YOU ARE LOOKING FOR 12 DIFFERENT LEGO MINIFIGURES, WHICH WE HAVE GIVEN NAMES AND PERSONALITIES. WE HAVE RIDDLES FOR YOU TO SOLVE TO BE ABLE TO FIND THEM HEAD ON THE RIGHT TO THE GALLERY. WHAT A WONDERFUL IDEA. THIS IS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND, AND AS YOU SAY, IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE KIDS. WHAT ELSE IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING THERE AT THE MOMENT OVER THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS? WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF SHOWS FOR EVERYBODY. WE HAVE A TELESCOPE EXPERIENCE. TALENA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SOUNDS LIKE A WHOLE HEAP OF FUN! TENA KOE. WHILE HALLOWEEN IS STILL OVER THREE MONTHS AWAY, IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY FOR THINGS TO GET A BIT SPOOKY! THAT'S WHY WELLINGTONIANS WILL BE ABLE TO FIND AND BUY ALL THINGS SCARY DOWN AT THE CREEPY CUTE MARKET DOWN AT THISTLE HALL COMMUNITY VENUE. WE'RE JOINED BY ORGANISERS SHARON POWICK AND JENNA KARL. MORENA KI A KORUA! HEAR THE MUSIC? SHARON, HOW DID THIS GET STARTED? THIS STARTED ` MY FRIEND JENNA HERE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO DO SOMETHING CREEPY AND CUTE AND DIFFERENT FROM ALTERNATIVE CRAFT MARKETS THAT WE HAVE. AND SO WE PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND CAME UP WITH THAT IDEA, AND CREEPY CUTE WAS BORN. JENNA IS THE ARTIST BEHIND OUR DESIGNS, SO I WILL LET THEM TALK. IT WAS REALLY AN IDEA SO THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN THE CREEPY SIDE OF ART CAN COME ALONG AND SHOW THE ARTWORK AND CREATIONS WITHOUT SORT OF BEING IN THOSE FAMILY FRIENDLY MARKETS. (LAUGHTER) THEY MAY NOT BE EXPECTING IT, BUT WITH THE CREEPY CUTE MARKET, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE IN FOR. AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS IN THE FIRST. WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LAST MARKET? A PREVIOUS TWO MARKETS HAVE BEEN REALLY POPULAR, SO POPULAR THAT WE HAVE HAD QUEUES DOWN THE STREET. IS A REALLY POPULAR THEME WITH WELLINGTON COMMUNITIES, AND THEY LOVED COMING ALONG. IT'S FUN AND DIFFERENT. IT'S NICE TO SEE SO MANY WEIRDOS LIKE ME OUT THERE. IS IT HARD TO FIND ARTISTS LIKE JENNA? OR WERE THEY LINED UP AS WELL? NOT AT ALL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN AMAZING POOL OF ARTISTS HERE IN THE WELLINGTON REGION. WE GOT WETA HERE, SO WE HAVE SOME AMAZING ARTISTS AROUND. SO YOU CAN BUY EVERYTHING CREEPY AND CUTE AT THISTLE HALL COMMUNITY VENUE THIS WEEKEND. YES, YOU CAN. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES ` OF CYCLED VINTAGE PLATES WITH FUNNY SAYINGS, CREEPY CUPCAKES. ANYTHING FANTASY AND FICTION AND CREATIVE, ALL OF THE OUT-OF-THE-BOX SORT OF STUFF. AND THESE T-SHIRTS. THEY LOOK AWESOME. I HOPE IT GOES REALLY WELL THIS WEEKEND. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. HERE IS A QUESTION, HOW DO YOU SAVE A DYING PIRATE? C-P-ARRRRR! PIRATES WILL BE HEADING DOWN TO RANGIORA FOR A MAGIC PUPPET SHOW. AND WHILE THEY WON'T BE STEALING ANY TREASURE, ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE GOING TO A GOOD CAUSE. I DID GOOGLE THAT ONE. WE'RE JOINED BY RACHEL'S HOUSE TRUST'S ANDREA O'MALLEY AND NATURAL MAGIC PIRATE SHOWS' MARY MCCAMMON. MORENA KI A KORUA! ARRR, SHIVER ME TIMBERS. GOOD MORNING! WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? FOR THE PUPPETS, CUDDLY LITTLE ANIMALS LIKE THIS ONE HERE, MIDGET THE MOUSE. AND LOVELY CUDDLY ANIMALS. WE ARE NICE PIRATES. WHO IS THE TARRRRRRGET AUDIENCE WITH THIS? THE TARRRRRGET AUDIENCE AS ANYONE WHO HAS FINANCE SIDE OF THEM. RRRR! LET'S BRING MY MATIES THERE BESIDE YOU. RACHEL'S TRUST IS SET UP FOR FAMILIES, MUMS. WE LOOK AFTER MOTHERS WHO ARE EITHER PREGNANT OR THEY HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE OF FIVE YEARS. WE ARE REALLY VERY THANKFUL ` WE HAD LOTS OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONATED HERE FOR US THAT WE CAN GIVE AWAY FOR FREE. WE HAVE A SOCIAL WORKER WHO WORKS FOR US, WE DO FOOD PARCELS AND WE HAVE A PLAYGROUP. AND WE'RE JUST REALLY THERE IN THE COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN WHATEVER WAY THEY NEED. SO IF YOU'RE REALLY THANKFUL THAT WE ARE AVAILABLE AND ABLE TO HELP. SO WE CAN THE PUBLIC COME TO? RACHEL'S HOUSE IS IN RANGIORA, IN THE GABLES ARCADE. ALL THE BEST TODAY, ARRRR! HELP ME OUT HERE. ARRR! RRRR! SHIVER ME TIMBERS, RATTLE YOUR BONES. AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH, TOMORROW MORNING. WE GO FROM ARRRRR TO SERIOUS! MELISSA: DIRECTIONS NEEDED TO BE CLEAR! WHAT'S HAPPENING NEAR YOU NEXT WEEKEND? LET US KNOW ` MARKETS, EVENTS, FESTIVALS. HEAD TO whatsonbreakfast.co.nz (CHUCKLES) I SHOULD HAVE AUDITIONED FOR A ROLE IN THAT. (SILENCE) OUR DIRECTORS ARE NOT FINDING IT FUNNY. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. ARRRR! PLUS... YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS? NOT LIKE THIS. HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. THERE'S VERY LITTLE ACTING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WHEN YOU'RE` YOU'RE ACTUALLY JUST TRYING TO STAY ON YOUR FEET. (LAUGHTER) BUT WAS IT REALLY A LAUGHING MATTER? WE CATCH UP WITH THE STARS OF THE NEW HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER 'TWISTERS' NEXT. YOUR WITH BREAKFAST. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS SAT DOWN WITH UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMR ZELENSKYY, ALONG WITH OTHER LEADERS FROM AUSTRALIA, KOREA AND JAPAN IN WASHINGTON DC. IN THE MEETING, THE LEADERS REAFFIRMED THEIR SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE AND CONDEMNED NORTH KOREA FOR SUPPORTING RUSSIA'S INVASION BY SUPPLYING THEM WITH WEAPONS. WE CANNOT HAVE UKRAINE LOSE THIS WAR. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. AND SO THAT IS WHY YOU'VE SEEN US CONTINUE TO SUPPORT UKRAINE, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT A PRINCIPAL THAT WE BELIEVE IN AS KIWIS, AS DO MANY OTHER LIKE-MINDED COUNTRIES. LUXON HAS ALSO MET WITH U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AT A MEETING OF THE NATO NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL. AND A NEW ZEALAND VOLUNTEER IN UKRAINE HAS DESCRIBED THE DEVASTATION IN KYIV AFTER A WAVE OF RUSSIAN MISSILE ATTACKS THIS WEEK. AT LEAST 36 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE STRIKES, WITH A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL HIT IN THE ATTACK. SCOTT POLLOK SAYS EVEN THOUGH THE WAR HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO YEARS, PEOPLE WERE STILL SHOCKED BY THE ATTACK. I'M ACTUALLY STANDING HERE AT OHMADYT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. SO, WHAT'S BEHIND ME HERE IS THE SURGICAL BUILDING THAT WAS BLASTED WHEN THE MISSILE WENT OFF JUST OVER HERE TO MY LEFT. I WAS HERE EARLIER TODAY AND THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN CLEANING UP DOING INCREDIBLE WORK, BUT I'M STRUCK STANDING HERE BY THE SIMILARITY TO STARSHIP HOSPITAL AT HOME. IT'S JUST SO TRAGIC. POLLOK WILL SPEND THE NEXT WEEK IN UKRAINE, DISTRIBUTING AID PACKAGES AND HELPING OUT AT HOSPITALS. HUMAN REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN TWO SUITCASES IN THE ENGLISH CITY OF BRISTOL. A SEARCH IS NOW UNDERWAY FOR THE MAN POLICE BELIEVE LEFT THE SUITCASES ON A BRIDGE IN THE CITY. POLICE MADE THE GRISLY DISCOVERY AFTER RECEIVING REPORTS OF A MAN BEHAVING STRANGELY AT THE CITY'S FAMOUS SUSPENSION BRIDGE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN WARNED NOT TO APPROACH HIM. AMERICAN ACTRESS SHELLEY DUVALL HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 75. HER LONG-TIME PARTNER CONFIRMING HER DEATH, SAYING SHE DIED IN HER SLEEP OF COMPLICATIONS FROM DIABETES. DUVALL WAS BEST KNOWN FOR ROLE IN "THE SHINING" OPPOSITE JACK NICHOLSON, AS WELL AS COLLABORATIONS WITH DIRECTOR ROBERT ALTMAN. TO SPORT, AND NEW ZEALAND DUO ERIN ROUTLIFFE AND MICHAEL VENUS HAVE MOVED ONTO THE WIMBLEDON SEMI-FINALS AFTER A STRAIGHT SETS VICTORY THIS MORNING. THE PAIR CAME FROM BEHIND TO WIN THE FIRST SET OF THEIR QUARTER-FINAL BUT WERE IN CONTROL IN THE SECOND. ROUTLIFFE NOW HAVING TO PREPARE FOR TWO DOUBLES SEMI-FINAL MATCH-UPS AT THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS. IT'S, YOU KNOW, A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE, TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE COURTS, PLAYING A LOT OF MATCHES. REALLY READY TO` OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A WIMBLEDON'S SEMI BEFORE, SO I WILL PLAY THE FIRST ONE TOMORROW AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WITH MIKE LATER, SO I AM JUST REALLY EXCITED. VENUS IS OUT OF THE MEN'S DOUBLES AFTER LOSING HIS SEMI-FINAL EARLIER IN THE DAY. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE PLACED A MAJOR FOCUS ON SCRUMS AND TACKLE HEIGHT AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE SECOND TEST AGAINST ENGLAND TOMORROW NIGHT. THE FORWARD PACK WERE PENALISED MULTIPLE TIMES IN DUNEDIN AT SCRUM TIME. THE MEN IN BLACK SAY IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET IT RIGHT, ESPECIALLY AGAINST A NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SIDE. WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL. IT'S NOT QUITE LIKE GOING UP AGAINST AN AUSSIE PACK OR SOUTH AFRICAN PACK WHERE YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO BITE THE MOUTHGUARD AND EDGE FORWARD, BUT IT'S JUST ABOUT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL YOURSELF ON THE HIT AND JUST GO TOGETHER. THE MATCH GETS UNDERWAY AT EDEN PARK JUST AFTER 7pm TOMORROW. AND FINALLY ` NOW THAT THE FINALISTS FOR THE EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED, IT'S TIME FOR THE ANIMALS TO MAKE THEIR PICKS. HERE'S OLD FAVOURITE WALTER THE ORANGUTAN FROM DORTMUND ZOO. AND YES HE'S GONE STRAIGHT TO THE BAG LABELLED WITH THE SPANISH FLAG, BUT HIS KEEPER SAYS HE ATE THE CONTENTS OF THE ENGLAND BAG FIRST. SO, WHO KNOWS? WORTH KEEPING IN MIND ` HE'S JUST A HUNGRY ORANGUTAN WHO PROBABLY DOESN'T WATCH MUCH FOOTBALL. HE GOT IT WRONG THE OTHER TIME. HE PICKED THE WRONG TEAM, SO SEE YOU LATER. HE'S JUST A GUY TRYING TO DO WAS JOB. COME ON, ENGLAND! 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. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE TODAY. HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 13 IN AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` A FEW MORNING FROSTS, WITH A BIT OF CLOUD THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, THIS WILL CLEAR TO A NICE FINE DAY AFTER MIDDAY. 14 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` LOOKING LIKE A CLOUDY AND DAMP DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. HEADING FOR A HIGH OF EIGHT IN DANNEVIRKE. OVER TO THE WEST ` SOME STRONG GUSTS IN NEW PLYMOUTH TODAY. ELSEWHERE, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GREY WITH SOME SHOWERS IN WELLINGTON. HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 11 IN PALMERSTON NORTH. NINE IN WELLINGTON. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` APART FROM SOME CLOUD AND DRIZZLE IN BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA, IT'LL BE BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR YOUR FRIDAY. A HIGH OF 12 FOR ALL OF YOU ON THE WEST COAST. HEADING SOUTH ` A FROSTY START IN ALEXANDRA. OTHERWISE, A VERY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU WITH SOME SHOWERS EARLY ON. ASHBURTON, EIGHT DEGREES. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` LOOKING BETTER HERE. SOME CLOUDY PERIODS IN DUNEDIN AND STEWART ISLAND. ELSEWHERE, IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE FINE DAY. JUST SEVEN DEGREES IN GORE. LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR WEEKEND ` FOR YOUR SATURDAY ` IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD ACROSS THE WEST COAST OF THE COUNTRY. ON THE EAST COAST, THERE'S A BIT MORE CLOUD ON BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH ISLAND. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY ` FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE EAST AND NORTH. FOR THE SOUTH, PRETTY SIMILAR FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST, BUT A FINE DAY IN THE DEEP SOUTH. GOOD WEATHER FOR THE GAME ON SATURDAY. THAT IS FOR SURE. IT IS TIME TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THIS WEEK'S WINTER WIN-A-THON PRIZES. ALL NAMES ARE ON SCREEN, SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE WATCHING YOUR TV. GIVE ME A DRUM ROLL, PLEASE... THIS IS THE LUCKY WINNER OF THE RESENE HOME MAKEOVER, WHICH INCLUDES A COLOUR CONSULTATION, THE LATEST RESENE PAINT AND WALLPAPER AND RESENE ECO! THAT IS NOT MY NAME. THIS ARE THE WINNERS OF THE TWO SUPER STYLISH HAIER QUAD DOOR FRIDGE FREEZERS, CONGRATULATIONS. AND FINALLY, IF YOU SEE YOUR NAME ON THE SCREEN, YOU HAVE JUST WON A $10,000 FLIGHT CENTRE HOLIDAY. TAKAPU. WHERE IS THAT? CONGRATULATIONS! AND IF YOU DID MISS OUT THIS TIME, REMEMBER, YOU STILL HAVE UNTIL 9am THIS MORNING TO ENTER THE DRAW AND BE IN TO WIN OUR FINAL MG3 HYBRID+ THAT HILARY WILL BE GIVING AWAY LIVE ON SEVEN SHARP THIS COMING MONDAY. SO HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz AND ENTER THE KEYWORD 'MG3 HYBRID'. A BIG CONGRATS TO ALL OUR WINNERS TODAY! YES, IT IS BETWEEN HASTINGS AND DANNEVIRKE. NEAR WHERE MY GRANDPARENTS USED TO LIVE. CONGRATS, EVERYONE. CONGRATS TO EVERYONE THAT ENTERED. 9 O'CLOCK, 20 MINUTES. FROM FLYING COWS TO WATER FUNNELS OF DESTRUCTION, THERE'S SOME THRILLING DESTRUCTIVE ACTION IN THE CULT CLASSIC 1996 DISASTER FILM TWISTER. AND NOW, A NEW STAR-STUDDED CAST IS GIVING STORM-CHASING A WHIRL IN THE BRAND NEW HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER 'TWISTERS', WHICH IS OUT NOW IN CINEMAS. OUR PRODUCER CAMERON JOE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH STARS GLENN POWELL, DAISY EDGAR-JONES AND ANTHONY RAMOS. ONE OF NATURE'S MOST DESTRUCTIVE FORCES... THIS THING ISN'T BUILT TO WITHSTAND WHAT'S COMING! ... IS BACK ON THE BIG SCREEN. DIRECTOR LEE ISAAC CHUNG IS TAKING TWISTERS TO THE SKIES OF OKLAHOMA WITH A WHOLE LOT OF DESTRUCTION, DEVASTATION AND DISASTER. DAISY EDGAR-JONES IN A STARRING ROLE LEADING US INTO THE EYE OF THE STORM. I THINK I WAS SO CURIOUS ABOUT THIS PART OF THE WORLD AND THIS PHENOMENON. LIKE YOU SAID, I MEAN, THE MOST EXTREME WEATHER WE GET IS LIKE A DIFFERENT SHADE OF GREY. IT'S SUCH A GIFT AS AN ACTOR, WHEN YOU GET TO LEARN ABOUT A SUBJECT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE OTHERWISE EXPLORED. AND I LOOK AT CLOUDS DIFFERENTLY AND I INTERACT WITH WEATHER DIFFERENTLY, AND THAT'S SUPER FUN. WHAT'S UP, CHAT? THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. GLEN POWELL DRAWS FROM HIS TEXAN ROOTS AS THE PART COWBOY, PART VIRAL VIDEO SENSATION TYLER OWENS. WE ARE PROFESSIONAL TORNADO WRANGLERS. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US REALLY REALISED WHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR A MOVIE LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE ALL THESE GREAT DEPARTMENT HEADS AROUND IT, BUT I THINK THE SPECIAL EFFECTS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WEREN'T REALLY EXPECTING TO BE SO IMMERSIVE AND INTENSE. HERE'S THE REASON YOU DO IT. THERE WERE WATER TOWERS, FALLING TABLES, FLYING DEBRIS, EVERYTHING. HOW DID THIS ALL WORK? WHERE THEY JUST MASSIVE FANS? YEAH, WE HAD A WE HAD AN ACTUAL JET ENGINE FROM WHAT WAS, YOU KNOW... LIKE A BOEING 707 OR SOMETHING. YEAH. AN ACTUAL JET ENGINE THAT I CANNOT TELL YOU THE NOISE. LIKE, THE FIRST TIME THEY TURNED ALL THE FANS ON, I WAS LIKE, WAIT, WHAT? LIKE, IT WAS SO WILD AND SO MUCH OF IT WAS DONE PRACTICALLY. WE WERE HARDLY ON GREEN SCREEN AT ALL. WE WERE TRULY IN OKLAHOMA. OUR FIRST AD AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SCENE WOULD BASICALLY SCREAM WIND AND ALL THESE, LIKE FANS WOULD TURN ON. THEN HE'D BE, LIKE, RAIN AND SUDDENLY IT WOULD START RAINING, THEN AND HE'S LIKE, DEBRIS. TOP GUN I GOT TO BE AROUND JET ENGINES, BUT RARELY WERE THEY PLANTED TO THE STREET SHOOTING DEBRIS ACROSS. THERE'S VERY LITTLE ACTING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY JUST TRYING TO STAY ON YOUR FEET. WHILE THE MOVIE IS A NOD TO THE 90s CLASSIC TWISTER... I GOTTA GO, JULIA. ...DON'T CALL IT A REMAKE OR A SEQUEL. THIS IS A NEW MOVIE, IS A NEW STORY. THERE'S THE 1996 FILM, BUT WE'RE MAKING THE FIRST OF THIS STORY, OF THIS VERSION. YOU'VE DONE IT ON THE BIG SCREEN, NOW, WOULD YOU GUYS EVER GIVE REAL LIFE STORM CHASING A GO? ACTUALLY, WE HAVE OFFICIALLY CHASED, SO MAYBE AN OFFICIAL. I HAVEN'T SEEN A TORNADO YET, SO... IT'S NOT LIKE A, YEAH... THERE'S NOT LIKE A PATCH OR ANYTHING OR... YEAH. ...SORT OF CERTIFIED. WE'RE BEGINNERS. PLAQUE WE GET. YEAH. WE'VE DONE IT. SOMETIMES THE OLD WAYS ARE BETTER THAN THE NEW. WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS TRUST A GUY WHO PUTS HIS FACE ON A T-SHIRT. SO GLENN AND I, ACTUALLY, WE GOT TO GO. ANTHONY WASN'T FREE, BUT WE BECAME REALLY FRIENDLY WITH ALL OF THE STORM CHASERS BECAUSE WE HAD A BUNCH OF THEM CONSULTING ON OUR FILM AND AS BACKGROUND ARTISTS. WE'RE ON TEXT THREADS WITH A LOT OF THESE STORM CHASERS. THERE'S ONE IN PARTICULAR, IT'S ALWAYS FUN, IT'S LIKE HIM SENDING UP THE BAT SIGNAL, BEING LIKE, 'THERE'S SOME WEATHER COMING INTO OKLAHOMA. GET DOWN HERE'. YOU KNOW, CELL OF THE CENTURY, SORT OF VIBES. WE GOT TO GO DOWN THERE AND CATCH A BUNCH OF REALLY FUN ACTION. AND IF ADRENALINE-PUMPED ACTION AND DEPICTIONS OF VERY BAD WEATHER AREN'T YOUR THING... WELL, THERE'S ROMANCE. I MEAN, THERE'S MORE ACTION... PEOPLE. ...THERE'S GOOD-LOOKING PEOPLE! (ALL LAUGH) THIS MOVIE'S GOT EVERYTHING YOU WANT IN A MOVIE THAT YOU GO PAY YOUR MONEY TO GO SEE IN THE MOVIE THEATRE. SO, GO... SEE IT IN A MOVIE THEATRE. HOLY. YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS? NOT LIKE THIS. HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. (EPIC MUSIC) SO GOOD. I DO LIKE THE ORIGINAL. HELEN HUNT. AND BILL PAXTON. BUT THIS IS NOT A REMAKE. THE STARS MADE THAT CLEAR. I THINK I WANT TO GO TO THE MOVIES. E WHAI AKE NEI ` RABBITS MIGHT BE KNOWN FOR JUMPING, YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS TO BELIEVE IT. BUT SOME OF THEM ARE GETTING A BIT OF EXTRA TRAINING IN TO COMPETE ON A WORLD STAGE. THAT IS A RABBIT. # JUMP, JUMP, JUMP, JUMP. THEY DRESSED UP LIKE EQUESTRIANS. THAT IS A THING? HOLY MOLY! LOOK AT IT! WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. RIDERS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE HAVE GATHERED IN SWEDEN TO TAKE PART IN ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS HORSE SHOWS. BUT AMONGST THE ELEGANT DRESSAGE AND THRILLING SHOW-JUMPING, ANOTHER UNIQUE EVENT IS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE ` THE ANNUAL RABBIT SHOW-JUMPING COMPETITION. IT'S AN UNUSUAL YET SERIOUS CONTEST THAT ATTRACTS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITORS AND THEIR BUNNIES TO THE FALSTERBO HORSE SHOW IN SWEDEN. HOPE I SAID THAT RIGHT. WE SPOKE WITH THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE EVENT, EMMA MALMQVIST, AND STARTED BY ASKING HER WHAT ON EARTH RABBIT-JUMPING IS. RABBIT-JUMPING IS ABOUT, UH... WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR RABBITS AND WE, UH, TEACH THEM HOW TO JUMP OVER OBSTACLES. IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, HORSE-JUMPING, BUT THE RABBITS ARE JUMPING, AND WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING AND DOING IT TOGETHER LIKE IT'S A TEAM EFFORT, ACTUALLY. (CHUCKLES) BETWEEN THE HUMAN AND THE RABBIT. YEAH. SO IS THIS A BIG` DO YOU CALL IT A SPORT? IS IT BIG? IN SWEDEN, IT'S GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER. AND IT'S ALSO GETTING BIGGER IN DENMARK, IN FINLAND AND NORWAY, SWITZERLAND, UH, CZECHIA AND GERMANY. WOW. NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT LEVELS WHICH GO KIND OF FROM YOUR BEGINNERS ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO YOUR ELITE STAGES. SO TELL ME ABOUT THE COURSES AND WHAT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN THE BEGINNERS AND ALSO THE MORE EXPERIENCED. THE BEGINNER, WE START WHEN THE RABBITS ARE ABOUT FIVE MONTHS OLD, AND THEN WE START TO TRAIN THEM WITH SMALLER OBSTACLES. THEY ARE ABOUT 30CM HIGH AND THROUGH THE JOURNEY, WHEN` YOU TAKE PRIZES, YOU UPGRADE THROUGH THE CLASSES. UH, SO WHEN THEY ARE... IT TAKES SOME TIME FOR OTHERS. AND IT'S SO` FOR OTHERS, IT'S A FAST JOURNEY (CHUCKLES) DEPENDING ON THE RABBITS. AND IN THE ELITE CLASS, OBSTACLES ARE, UH, 50CM HIGH AND 80CM LONG. TALK TO ME ABOUT, UM, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PERSON, YOU KNOW, AND THE RABBIT, AND YOU TALK ABOUT IT BEING A TEAM EFFORT. AND I WONDER ABOUT RABBITS AS WELL. HOW INTELLIGENT ARE THEY? (CHUCKLES) THEY ARE VERY INTELLIGENT, ACTUALLY. AND THEY HAVE BIG PERSONALITIES FOR BEING SO SMALL ANIMALS, ACTUALLY. AND A DIFFERENCE FROM HORSE RIDING, WE OWN OUR OWN RABBITS. SO IN MY BACKYARD, I HAVE, UH, 14 RABBITS THAT I JUMP WITH. AND I TEACH THEM FROM BEING SMALL, SO YOU BUILD THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RABBIT FROM THEIR, LIKE, VERY, VERY SMALL. WE GET THEM WHEN THEY'RE, LIKE, EIGHT WEEKS OLD, AND THEN YOU START TRAINING, BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP. AND IT'S ABOUT TRUST AND EVERYTHING. BECAUSE IF A RABBIT DOESN'T WANT TO JUMP, I WILL PROMISE THEY WON'T. (BOTH CHUCKLE) IS THERE A CERTAIN TYPE, A CERTAIN BREED OF RABBIT THAT IS BEST SUITED TO THIS KIND OF THING? WE HAVE` THERE ARE MIXED BREEDS, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE WE ARE LIKE BREEDING ON QUALITY AND... IF THEY ARE... IF THEIR PARENTS ARE FAST OR ON THE JUMPING STYLE AND EVERYTHING. IT'S VERY HARD TO HAVE, LIKE, THE PERFECT RABBITS. BUT, UH, THAT'S THE DREAM FOR EVERYBODY, OF COURSE. YOU WANT A RABBIT WHO IS FAST BUT NOT TOO FAST, WHO HAVE THE PERFECT STYLE, WHO IS IN CONTROL, AND A RABBIT, ACTUALLY, WHEN IT IS IN THAT ELITE LEVEL, YOU CAN JUST LET IT GO AND THEY WILL DO IT. THEY WILL DO THE REST. WOW. AND THAT'S A VERY INTELLIGENT RABBIT. SO THERE'S NO HARM` SO WHEN YOU COME TO THAT, YOU KNOW, TO THE INTELLIGENT RABBIT TO THE ELITE STAGE, THERE'S NO HARNESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YES, WE HAVE A HARNESS, OF COURSE. BUT YOU CAN FEEL WHEN THE RABBIT KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BECAUSE WE'RE JUST GUIDING THEM. WE'RE JUST LETTING THEM DOWN, AND WE'RE JUST RUNNING BEHIND. THERE'S NOTHING` NOTHING ELSE WE'RE DOING, ACTUALLY, IF THEY'RE COMING TOO CLOSE, WE CAN PUT THEM UP, TAKE THEM UP AND, LIKE, START OVER. BUT THAT WOULD GIVE YOU, UH, SOME... IF YOU DO THAT TOO MANY TIMES, THEY WILL GIVE YOU A FAULT FOR THAT. SO TO WIN, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE AS LITTLE FAULTS AS POSSIBLE AND A VERY FAST TIME. I SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE I KNOW I HAD THIS RABBIT. HE'S 9 YEARS OLD NOW, AND WE HAD THIS JOURNEY AND WE STARTED UP AND HE WAS, LIKE, EVERYWHERE AND ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND THREE YEARS LATER, I GOT HOME AND I GOT THE EUROPEAN GOLD AND EVERYTHING. SO, YOU KNOW, THE FEELING WHEN YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED. BRILLIANT. WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND GOOD LUCK AS WELL. THANK YOU. THAT IS BIZARRE, BUT THEY DO LOOK CUTE. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE TASMAN LAKE THAT HAS BECOME AN ICE RINK. WE'LL SEE HOW THE LOCALS ARE GETTING USED TO THEIR NEW ATTRACTION. THAT WAS REALLY BIZARRE. (MOWER ROARS) Ahh! Ohhh, yeah! (DYNAMIC MUSIC) VOICEOVER: See near and far with a complete pair of progressives from $169. Must've gone to Specsavers. WELCOME BACK. THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ARE OFF TO A CHILLY BUT EXCITING START IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTH IN THE TOWN OF ST ARNAUD IN THE NELSON LAKES NATIONAL PARK. IT'S BEEN SO COLD THEY'RE ICE SKATING ON A LOCAL POND. OUR NELSON-BASED REPORTER JESSICA RODEN IS OUT AND ABOUT THIS MORNING. WELL, GOOD MORNING FROM ST ARNAUD IN THE NELSON LAKES NATIONAL PARK. I'M AT A SPOT CALLED TEETOTAL POND, AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING THIS MORNING BECAUSE THE POND, AS YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE, IS ENTIRELY FROZEN OVER. UM, I'M FROM NELSON ORIGINALLY. I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO COME HERE AND SEE THE POND IN THIS STATE, AND IT'S QUITE GOOD TIMING BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AT THE MOMENT, WHICH MEANS MANY LOCALS HAVE BEEN MAKING THE MOST OF IT FOR ICE SKATING. I'M JOINED THIS MORNING BY SISTERS EMMA AND KAITLYN, GOOD MORNING. AND THEY ARE FROM SKATE SISTERS. FIRSTLY, TELL ME, HOW OLD ARE YOU GUYS? UH, I'M 13. AND I'M 16. AWESOME. AND TELL ME, WHAT IS SKATE SISTERS? UM, PRETTY MUCH, WE JUST BOUGHT SOME SKATES A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND WE'VE JUST BEEN HIRING THEM OUT, AND, YEAH. AWESOME. HOW POPULAR HAS IT BEEN THIS WEEK? WE HAD NO IDEA IT WOULD BE THIS POPULAR. IT'S JUST BEEN INSANE. WE'VE JUST BEEN HIRING OUT SO MANY SKATES. IT'S BEEN REALLY COOL. AND FOR ANYONE WHO CAN'T TELL ALREADY, IT'S VERY COLD HERE THIS MORNING, ISN'T IT? (GIGGLES) YEAH, IT'S REALLY CHILLY. SO I WAS CHECKING IN MY CAR ` IT'S ABOUT NEGATIVE SIX DEGREES, SO YOU'RE ALL WELCOME SITTING BACK THERE IN YOUR WARM STUDIO. IS IT UNUSUAL FOR IT TO BE FROZEN OVER THIS MANY DAYS IN A ROW? YEAH, WELL, SOMETIMES, LIKE, SOME WINTERS, THERE'S, LIKE` IT JUST HASN'T FROZEN AT ALL. SO, YEAH, IT'S REALLY LUCKY TO BE FROZEN LIKE THIS, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE HOLIDAYS, TOO. GOOD TIMING WITH YOUR BUSINESS AS WELL. YEAH, DEFINITELY. (GIGGLES) AND YOU GUYS JUST WANTED TO SHOW US` TURN AROUND AND SHOW US. HERE WE GO. SKIING SISTERS. IN CASE YOU'VE FORGOTTEN THE NAME OF IT. FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW, IT'S GOING TO GET PRETTY BUSY HERE LATER TODAY, DO YOU THINK? YEAH, DEFINITELY. WHAT'S IT LIKE ONCE IT KIND OF GETS GOING HERE? IT'S JUST` THERE'S JUST SO MANY PEOPLE, EVERYONE'S HAVING FUN, A FEW FALLING OVER. YEAH. (GIGGLES) ARE YOU GUYS GOOD ICE SKATERS? UM, WE'VE DONE IT, LIKE, A FEW TIMES. YEAH, BUT NOTHING TOO CRAZY. ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, YEAH. (BOTH LAUGH) IT'S PRETTY SPECTACULAR. IT'S QUITE A LOT BIGGER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. YEAH. IT'S JUST SO MUCH FUN. LIKE, EVERYONE HAS GOOD, YOU KNOW, LIKE A GOOD AMOUNT OF SPACE. YEAH. THAT'S AWESOME. AND FOR THE LUCKY PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO MAKE IT UP, OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN FROZEN THIS WEEK AND IT'S EXPECTED` PARTICULARLY, GRANTED, THERE'S QUITE COLD TEMPERATURES WE'VE GOT HERE TODAY. AND IT WILL PROBABLY BE FROZEN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND AS WELL. SO GOOD TIMING WITH THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. THAT'S IT FOR US THIS WEEK. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, KA KITE. DREW WELSH AND KITTY WASASALA. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR, MAIA CARR HEKE, CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.