IT'S WEDNESDAY, THE 17TH OF JULY. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. DONALD TRUMP RECEIVED A STANDING OVATION WHEN HE ENTERED THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION YESTERDAY. HE'S EXPECTED TO SPEAK IN THE COMING DAYS WITH HIS POPULARITY LIKELY TO SKY ROCKET AS A RESULT OF SURVIVING THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT OVER THE WEEKEND. IT MEANS THE DEMOCRATS HAVE QUITE THE MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB AHEAD OF THE ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER. WE'LL ASK A FORMER WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY IF JOE BIDEN CAN MAKE A COMEBACK JUST AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK. ALSO, ALSO, THIS IS GOT OUR TEAM TALKING, WE ALL KNOW THAT FEELING ` YOU'RE GOING TOO FAST AND YOU'VE JUST GONE PAST A SPEED CAMERA AND YOU'RE WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE BEEN PINGED. THE GOVERNMENT IS ROLLING OUT WARNING SIGNS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT SPEED CAMERAS ARE COMING UP. BUT NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY ABOUT THE MOVE. WE'LL GET BOTH SIDES OF THAT DEBATE SHORTLY. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ONE. AND GETTING THAT FOOT ON THE PROPERTY LADDER CAN BE A CHALLENGE, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. BUT ONE TWENTY YEAR OLD HAS MANAGED TO DO IT IN TOKOROA. WE'LL FIND OUT HOW SHE DID IT A LITTLE BIT LATER. WE DON'T HAVE THAT DEBATE SOON WITH REGARDS TO SPEED CAMERAS. WE WILL* WE HAVING ONE MESSAGE ABOUT SPEED CAMERAS BEING ABOUT SAFETY, AND THERE ARE OTHERS SAYING THIS IS A REVENUE EXERCISE. THE GOVERNMENT IS SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO GIVE A FAIR WARNING TO MOTORISTS BEFORE THEY ARE PINGED. SOME PLACES DO, THEY SAY, SPEED CAMERA HEAD. WITH THE GOVERNMENT HE WANTS TO SPEED LIMITS TO GO BACK UP. HOW MANY OF US SPEED, SEE THE SPEED CAMERA, SLOWDOWN, AND THEN ONCE YOU PASS SPEED CAMERA SPEED UP. NOT ME. WHY WOULD YOU HAVE A WARNING SIGN? IS AT A SPEED CAMERA MEANT TO CATCH YOU OUT? LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS? WHAT IS YOUR BEHAVIOUR WHEN YOU SEE A SPEED CAMERA. IT IS 6 O'CLOCK, HERE IS MELISSA WITH THE NEWS. NEW ZEALAND WILL MISS ITS THIRD EMISSIONS BUDGET TARGET, ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT'S DRAFT EMISSION REDUCTION PLAN RELEASED THIS MORNING. THE DRAFT SHOWS EMISSION ARE PROJECTED TO BE ABOVE THE TARGETS FOR 2031 TO 2035, AHEAD OF A LONG TERM GOAL OF BEING NET ZERO BY 2050. THE FINAL EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN WILL BE FINALISED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, FOLLOWING ADVICE FROM THE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION AND PUBLIC CONSULTATION WHICH OPENS TODAY. IN THE U.S. IT'S DAY TWO OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, WHERE DONALD TRUMP HAS MADE HIS FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE SINCE SURVIVING AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AT THE WEEKEND. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS WELCOMED TO THE MILWAUKEE EVENT WITH A HUGE APPLAUSE FROM HIS SUPPORTERS, AFTER OFFICIALLY BEING NAMED THE PARTY'S CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE BBC'S NOMIA IQBAL REPORTS. PLEASE WELCOME THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, DONALD J TRUMP. WITH THE VISIBLE SIGN OF AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, DONALD TRUMP TREATED THE CROWD DEFIANTLY BUT HE APPEARED SUBDUED AND EMOTIONAL. EARLIER IN THE DAY, HIS SONS ARRIVED AT THE CONVENTION, THE EVENTS OF SATURDAY STILL IN THEIR MIND. IT WAS HORRIBLE, I'M STANDING THERE WATCHING. MY HEART BROKE, IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. IT WAS HEARTBREAKING. BEFORE NOMINATING THEIR OWN FATHER, GIVING ENOUGH DELEGATES TO BE THE NOMINEE. TO THE GREATEST PRESIDENT THAT HAS EVER LIVED. HERE BY DECLARING HIM THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. AFTER THIS ESTIMATION ATTEMPT, MR TRUMP IS CALLED THE UNITY. BIDEN'S RHETORIC IS BEEN IN THE SPOTLIGHT. ON A NEW INTERVIEW WITH BBC, HE DEFENDED HIS RECENT COMMENTS IT WAS TIME TO PUT TRUMP ON THE BALL BULLSEYE. I MEANT FOCUS ON, FOCUS ON WHAT HE IS DOING. AFTER TRUMP LOST HIS RE-ELECTION FOUR YEARS AGO, MANY REPUBLICAN SAID IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON FROM HIM, BUT AFTER NEARLY A DECADE, IT IS THE PARTY OF DONALD TRUMP. A U.S. SENATOR HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY ON 16 COUNTS OF CORRUPTION, INCLUDING ACCEPTING GOLD BARS. NEW JERSEY SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ WAS ACCUSED OF ACCEPTING BRIBES, INCLUDING THE GOLD BARS AND A MERCEDES-BENZ, IN EXCHANGE FOR HELPING FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. HE COULD NOW FACE DECADES IN PRISON. SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER HAS CALLED ON MENENDEZ TO RESIGN. SIX TOURISTS HAVE MYSTERIOUSLY BEEN FOUND DEAD IN A LUXURY HOTEL SUITE IN BANGKOK. INITIAL REPORTS SUGGESTED THERE HAD BEEN A SHOOTING AT THE FIVE-STAR HOTEL, BUT POLICE HAVE SINCE CONFIRMED THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF GUNFIRE. AUTHORITIES ARE NOW INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE GROUP DIED OF POISONING. THE DEAD WERE ALL VIETNAMESE. SOME HAD DUAL AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP. TO SPORT, AND JUST TWO DAYS AFTER A DISAPPOINTING LOSS IN THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL, GARY SOUTHGATE HAS RESIGNED AS ENGLAND MANAGER. SOUTHGATE LED THE SIDE FOR EIGHT YEARS AND 102 MATCHES. THOUGH THEY FAILED TO WIN A MAJOR TITLE, ENGLAND MADE EUROS TWO FINALS, AND A WORLD CUP SEMI AND QUARTER-FINAL UNDER SOUTHGATE. HE SAYS IT'S BEEN THE HONOUR OF HIS LIFE TO PLAY AND MANAGE FOR ENGLAND. GOLFER RORY MCILROY HAS BEEN LEFT SLIGHTLY EMBARRASSED, REVEALING HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW TIGER WOODS HAD SENT HIM SOME WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AFTER THE U.S. OPEN BECAUSE HE'D CHANGED HIS NUMBER. THE 15-TIME MAJOR CHAMPION REACHED OUT TO THE IRISHMAN A WEEK AFTER A FINAL-ROUND COLLAPSE AT LAST MONTH'S TOURNAMENT COST HIM A FIFTH MAJOR. NOT JUST BASICALLY HERE. AS YOU KNOW, I'M YOUR FRIEND. I KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT MOMENT. WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE. AS CHAMPIONS, WE ALL LOSE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT JUST HAPPENED AND THE RAW EMOTION OF IT, IT'S STILL THERE AND IT'S GONNA BE THERE FOR I'M SURE SOME TIME. THE FASTER HE'S ABLE TO GET BACK ON A HORSE AND GET BACK INTO CONTENTION LIKE HE DID LAST WEEK, THE BETTER IT IS FOR HIM. FULL DISCLOSURE, I CHANGED MY NUMBER TWO DAYS AFTER THE U.S. OPEN, SO I DIDN'T GET IT UNTIL HE TOLD ME ABOUT IT TODAY, SO I WAS LIKE, 'THANKS VERY MUCH'. I BLAMED TIGER WOODS, WHICH WAS PROBABLY NOT A GREAT THING. THE PAIR WILL LINE UP AT THE BRITISH OPEN THIS WEEK, WITH WOODS SAYING HE'LL CONTINUE PLAYING MAJORS AS LONG AS HE FEEL HE CAN WIN. 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 ` A WET AND SOGGY START FOR YOU ALL. HEAVY SHOWERS FOR WHANGAREI, AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. WHANGAREI, 18 IS YOUR HIGH. FURTHER SOUTH ` AND IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER HERE. CLOUDY START TO THE DAY FOR THE REGION WITH HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` AND IT'S ANOTHER CLOUD-COVERED DAY HERE. POTENTIAL FOR SUNSHINE BUT EXPECT LIGHT SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH. 15 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` A GREY START FOR MOST OF THE REGION, STICKING AROUND FOR MOST OF THE DAY. HEAVY RAINFALL FOR TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. 16 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI, PALMERSTON AND LEVIN. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` GLOOMY START FOR MOST OF THE REGION. NELSON, GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, YOU MAY GET SOME SUNSHINE IN THE AFTERNOON. 14 THE HIGH FOR MOST. PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE BOARD. HEADING SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY FOR ASHBURTON, TIMARU AND OAMARU. MORNING FOG FOR ALEXANDRA, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 11 IS THE HIGH FOR MOST OF YOU. ALEXANDRA, JUST FIVE. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` QUEENSTOWN, YOU'RE IN FOR A FROSTY MORNING BUT WARMING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. INVERCARGILL AND GORE, IT'S A FOGGY START TO YOUR DAY, CLEARING TO CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON. 11 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND AND DUNEDIN. BOY, THIS IS A TOPIC WE ARE ALL TALKING ABOUT IN THE NEWSROOM. THE NEW ROLLOUT OF SPEED CAMERA WARNING SIGNS IS UNDERWAY. THE FIRST WENT LIVE ON SUNDAY IN KAWAKAWA, NORTHLAND. TRANSPORT MINISTER SIMEON BROWN SAYS THE SIGNS WILL IMPROVE SAFETY IN HIGH-RISK AREAS. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY DYLAN THOMSEN FROM THE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION AND ROAD SAFETY ACTIVIST GEOFF UPSON. GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH. START WITH YOU, GEOFF. WILL THESE WARNING SIGNS IMPROVE SAFETY? I DON'T THINK SO IT ALL. THEY CALLING THEM A SAFETY CAMERA, BUT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY PICK UP ANYTHING LIKE SLOW DRIVERS HOLDING UP TRAFFIC, TAILGATERS OR DRINK DRIVERS. THEY COLLECT REVENUE FROM PEOPLE DRIVING A LITTLE OVER THE SPEED LIMIT. THEY SHOULD BE CALLED SPEED CAMERAS AND NOT SAFETY CAMERAS. DYLAN, I WANT TO HEAR YOUR OPINION. YOU HEARD HIS OPINION THERE, REVENUE COLLECTORS. IS THIS A GOOD THING? BECAUSE AS A SPEED CAMERA PLACED IN OUR PEOPLE WHO BREAK THE LAW? THERE ARE A FEW ISSUES THERE. FIRST THING IS I WAS LOOKING AT A FEW STUDIES AND RESEARCH AND PREPARATION FOR THE SINS OF YOU. I LOOKED AT THE META-ANALYSIS, WHICH LOOKED AT 20 STUDIES FOR SPEED CAMERAS. I FOUND GENERALLY THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN CRASHES AT THOSE SITES WE CAMERAS WERE INTRODUCED. FROM THE AAS PERSPECTIVE, IT DOES HAVE A SAFETY BENEFIT. IN TERMS OF THE SIGNAGE, WE DO SUPPORT AND I WANTED TO SING THE SIGNAGE INTRODUCED AROUND OUR PERMANENT SPEED CAMERAS FOR YEARS, BECAUSE IT GIVES PEOPLE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT LITTLE NUDGE AND INCENTIVE TO CHECK THEIR SPEED AND SLOWDOWN OF THEY NEED TO, WHICH IS GOING TO MEAN LESS TICKETS AND LESS REVENUE. IT ALSO MEANS MORE PEOPLE DRIVING WITHIN THE SPEED LIMIT. WE THINK THIS MOVE IS REALLY GOOD. HERE IS A QUESTION FOR YOU, MATE? WHY DO WE NOT HAVE ANY SPEED CAMERAS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS? AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEED CAMERAS OUTSIDE ANY SCHOOL IN NEW ZEALAND. WOULD YOU NOT THINK THAT TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACE TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN? SCHOOLS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AREAS, FROM THE AA PERSPECTIVE, WE SUPPORT LOWERING SPEED LIMITS AROUND SCHOOLS AT PEAK TIMES. THIS IS SOMETHING OUR MEMBERS STRONGLY SUPPORT. I DO NOT KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY FIXED SPEED CAMERAS AROUND SCHOOLS. I KNOW DOWN AND THE NEED AND RECENTLY, THEY WERE HAVING SOME MOBILE CAMERA BEANS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS. WE ARE LOOKING AT SIGNING THE PERMANENCE CAMERAS, BUT THE MOBILE CAMERAS AND POLICE OFFICERS ARE GOING TO OPERATE AS THEY DO, ABLE TO MOVE AROUND AND ENFORCED WITH A TEAM IS A HIGH RISK ON THE ROAD. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THING FOR OUR VIEWERS TO KNOW. THESE ARE JUST FIXED SPEED CAMERAS, NOT THE MOBILE ONES YOU SEE INSIDE VANS. YOU ARE OPPOSED TO IT, SO WHAT ARE BE A MORE EFFECTIVE TOOL? THERE IS NO ARGUMENT WE WANT THE ROADS TO BE SAFER, AND THAT INCLUDES PEDESTRIANS. A LOT OF US RELY ON OUR VEHICLES. I AM A TRADESMAN MYSELF, SO I NEED TO GET MY TOOLS AND MATERIALS FROM THE TRADE SHOP AND TO THE WORKSITE. TRUCK DRIVERS NEED THE ROADS. PENALISING GOOD DRIVERS IS NOT A GOOD OPTION. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVES SUCH AS DRIVER EDUCATION, MORE DRINK DRIVER TESTS AND YOU NEED TO STOP BLAMING SPEED FOR EVERYTHING, BECAUSE SPEED IS ONLY A SMALL FACTOR IN THE BIGGER PICTURE. IS THAT A FAIR COMMENT? IS SPEED A SMALL FACTOR GIVEN YOU MENTIONED 10%? SPEED IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE FACTORS IN TERMS OF IMPROVING ROAD SAFETY, MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AT SAFE SPEEDS NOT GOING EXCESSIVELY FAST. IT IS NOT THE ANSWER TO ALL OF THE SAFETY PROBLEMS, SO I WOULD AGREE WITH HIM. WE CAN DO MUCH BETTER IN TERMS OF DRIVER EDUCATION AND UPSCALING PEOPLE. WE CAN DO BETTER AND IMPROVING ROADS. THESE ARE ALL PART OF IT. MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE TRAVELLING AT SAFE AND APPROPRIATE SPEEDS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE MIX. I WOULD SAY THAT THIS CHANGE MAKE SURE ALL THOSE PEOPLE ON THE ROAD WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO CHECK THEIR SPEED WHEN THEY ARE COMING TOWARDS A PERMANENT CAMERA WHICH IS IN A HIGH RISK AREA AND SLOWDOWN OF THEY NEED TO. MANY PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOUR WHEN THEY DO SEE A SPEED CAMERA IS THAT THEY DO SPEED, THEY SEE THE CAMERA, THEY SLOW DOWN AND PASS IT, THEN PICK UP THE SPEED AGAIN. WILL THAT BEHAVIOUR CHANGE? SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE AND THEY DRIVE AROUND AND WANT TO GO AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND DRIVE ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT. IT IS WHATEVER THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH. THEIR ALSO A LARGER PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT TRYING TO DO THAT AT ALL. THEY WANT TO STICK TO THE SPEED LIMIT, AND THAT IS WHERE WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD INITIATIVE BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE THOSE PEOPLE GET A LITTLE REMINDER. WHEN THEY SEE THAT SIGN, THAT WE KNOW THERE IS A CAMERA COMING UP. THEY WILL CHECK THEIR SPEED. WE GOING TO HAVE LESS TICKETS ISSUED BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE TRAVELLING AT THE SPEED LIMIT. JUST QUICKLY, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH SPEED CAMERAS EARN IN TERMS OF REVENUE ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY? THERE IS ARGUMENTS IT IS REVENUE GATHERING. IN TERMS OF PERMANENT SPEED CAMERAS, IN RECENT YEARS, THE ISSUE ABOUT 400 TO 500,000 TICKETS A YEAR, WHICH IS SOMEWHERE AROUND THE $35 MILLION MY CONCERNS OF TICKETS. WE ARE EXPECTING THAT TO DROP SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE SIGNS. I'LL GIVE YOU THE LAST WORD. IT IS HARD TO TAKE THE TRANSPORT MINISTER SERIOUSLY WHEN IT COMES TO ROAD SAFETY GIVE ANY PLANS TO INCREASE SPEED LIMITS. WHAT ARE YOUR FINAL THOUGHTS? GIVEN YOU MENTION SPEED LIMITS, IN THE ELECTION, THEY PROMISED TO REDUCE BLANKET SPEED LIMITS, BUT THEY ARE NOT DOING THAT IN RURAL ROADS. THEY BEEN REDUCED FROM 100 DOWN TO 80 OR 80 UNDER 60, AND THEY GOING TO STAY AT THOSE LIMITS. THE ONLY ONES GOING UP AROUND THE SCHOOLS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IT IS A GOOD ARGUMENT IN TERMS OF IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO BOTH SIDES OF THAT. YOU HAVE DYLAN SAYING THAT IT IS A GOOD THING HAVING THE SIGNS PUT UP BEFORE YOU GET TO A SPEED CAMERA, IT MEANS THAT YOU REDUCE YOUR SPEED. IT IS ABOUT SAFETY, WHEREAS JEFF IS ALSO SAYING TO NOT CALL THEM SAFETY CAMERAS, BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT SPEED AND MONEY GATHERING. WE HAVE ALL SEEN THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS ON THE ROAD. ALMOST EVERYBODY KNOWS SOMEONE WHO WAS HAD A SEVERE ACCIDENT ON THE ROAD. WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DO CROSS THE CENTRE LINE? WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE SLOW DRIVERS? PEOPLE WHO PASS WHEN YOU ARE COMING OVER THE PASSING LANE AND YOU ZIP INTO THE SINGLE LANE? AS A WHOLE, WE ARE TO SORT OUT SOMETHING. I GET IT IN TERMS OF THE EDUCATION, BUT ISN'T HAVING SIGNS UP BEFORE THE SPEED CAMERA'S PART OF EDUCATING? YOUR COMING UP TO AN AREA THAT IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. THE THING IS THAT IF THIS WAS TRULY THE CASE, WHY IS IT THAT THE SPEED CAMERAS UPON SOME PLACES WHERE IT IS ACTUALLY REALLY SAFE AND COMMON FOR PEOPLE TO DRIVE A FEW KILOMETRES OVER THE SPEED LIMIT? IT IS EASY REVENUE. I AM JUST TALKING OVER THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT POTENTIALLY IN TERMS OF THE ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN, , IT IS A HIGH ACCIDENT AREA OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS, BUT IN TERMS OF FATALITIES. THAT IS A GOOD POINT, MAYBE IT COMES DOWN TO MY. MAYBE THAT IS IT. THERE IS PLENTY OF MONEY TO BE MADE FROM SLOW DRIVERS HOLDING UP TRAFFIC. THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF THINGS AT THE POLICE COULD BE DOING DIFFERENTLY TO ACTUALLY TARGET SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT FRUSTRATE US ON THE ROAD AND LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. SPEED IS NOT THE ONLY ONE. WE NEED A FAIR AND BALANCED APPROACH. WE NEED TO GET THE SLOW DRIVERS INTO THE LEFT LANE. WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER RULES? GOOD POINT, JEFF. WE NEED MORE COPS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. E WHAI AKE NEI ` HE WAS A LEGEND ON THE PITCH AND ON THE DANCEFLOOR. MANY ARE PAYING TRIBUTE TO NORM HEWITT FOLLOWING HIS DEATH. WE SPEAK TO HIS FRIEND AND FELLOW SPORTSMAN GLEN OSBORNE. (UPBEAT MUSIC) Ready! (BOTH CHEER) (LAUGHS) VOICEOVER: Small steps can help you achieve your goals. Get your money one step ahead with ASB. # MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY. THIS NEXT SECTION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY FISHER FUNDS. A GREAT FEATURE OF KIWISAVER IS THAT YOU CAN USE YOUR KIWISAVER MONEY TO HELP YOU PURCHASE YOUR FIRST HOME. IN THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 2023, OVER $925M WAS WITHDRAWN FROM KIWISAVER TO HELP KIWIS BUY THEIR FIRST HOMES. TODAY WE HAVE NICHOLAS SMITH, SENIOR WEALTH ADVISER AT FISHER FUNDS TO TALK US THROUGH USING YOUR KIWISAVER MONEY TO BUY YOUR FIRST HOME. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. BEFORE WE EVEN GET INTO KIWI SAVER, CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S RECENT CHANGES TO THE FIRST TIME BY BUYERS GRANT? THEY REMOVED IT ALL TOGETHER. THAT USED TO BE A SEPARATE PAYMENT THAT YOU COULD USE TO BUY YOUR FIRST TIME. THAT IS GONE, BUT DOES IT IMPACT USING YOUR KIWI SAVER TO BUY YOUR FIRST TIME? YOU CAN STILL USE THAT TO BUY YOUR FIRST TIME. THERE ARE A FEW ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA YOU HAVE TO MEET, SUCH AS BEING A MEMBER FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AND NOT HAD A FIRST-TIME WITHDRAWAL BEFORE. THE HOME THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR BUYING NEEDS TO BE THE HOME THAT YOU CANNOT INTEND TO LIVE IN. IT NEEDS TO BE YOUR FIRST HOUSE, NOT YOUR SECOND, THIRD OR FOURTH. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE YOUR KIWI SAVER FOR YOUR FIRST TIME. I WONDER IF YOU COULD TALK US THROUGH SOME OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS MAKING SURE YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT UPPER FUND FOR YOUR INVESTMENT. THERE ARE SOME GREAT ONLINE TOOLS THAT YOU CAN USE TO SEE IF THE FUNDS YOU AND IS RIGHT FOR YOU. IT IS ALSO A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO YOUR KIWI SAVER PROVIDER AND GET SOME ADVICE ABOUT THE TYPES OF FUNDS AND FIND THE ONES THAT ARE SUITABLE TO YOUR OBJECTIVE. THE SECOND THING IS THAT IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO MAXIMISE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS LEADING UP TO YOUR FIRST HOME PURCHASE, YOU CAN LOOK AT INCREASING IN A COUPLE OF WAYS. YOU CAN MAKE VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS AT ANY TIME. IF YOU COME INTO ANY MONEY AND GET A BONUS AT WORK OR AN INHERITANCE, YOU CAN PUT SOME OR ALL OF THAT INTO YOUR KIWI SAVER. IF YOU ARE A SALARY OR WAGE EARNER, YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR WEEKLY OR FORTNIGHTLY PAY. THE MINIMUM THAT YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE IS 3%, BUT YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE FOUR, SIX, EIGHT OR 10. AS LONG AS IT FITS WITHIN YOUR BUDGET. IT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO KEEP SOME SAVINGS OUTSIDE OF KIWI SAVER JUST IN CASE LIFE THROWS YOU A CURVEBALL, IF THE CAR NEEDS A NEW FRONT TYRE OR SOMETHING UNEXPECTED POPS UP, IT IS GOOD TO HAVE SOME SAVINGS TO ACCESS. ALSO TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN SERVICE THAT INCREASING CONTRIBUTIONS. YOU HAVE YOUR HOME, YOU HAVE SAID, THIS IS THE HOUSE I WANT. WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO GET IT OUT OF YOUR KIWI SAVER? IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET A HOLD OF YOUR LAWYER WHO WILL GET HOLD OF YOUR KIWI SAVER PROVIDER AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO GET YOUR MONEY OUT CAN TAKE A BIT OF TIME, IN THE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION YOU NEED TO SUPPLY ALONG THE WAY. AS LONG AS YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR PROVIDER AND LAWYER, THEY CAN HELP YOU STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND GET THE MONEY OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THE OTHER THING TO REMEMBER IS WHEN YOU MAKE A WITHDRAWAL, YOU TO HAVE AT LEAST $1000 IN YOUR KIWI SAVER. ANY MONEY THAT IS COMING FROM AN AUSTRALIAN SUPERANNUATION FUND NEEDS TO STAY IN THERE. ONE-STEP LOCATION HAS BEEN APPROVED, THE MONEY WILL APPEAR PAID DIRECTLY TO YOUR LAWYER AND IT WILL BE GOOD TO GO. CAN I SAY ONE LAST THING? GO FOR IT. ONCE YOU BOUGHT YOUR HOUSE AND EVERYBODY IS HAPPY, IT IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO RECONNECT WITH YOUR KIWI SAVER PROVIDER INTO ANOTHER REVIEW OF THE FUNDS YOU ARE IN. GHETTOS CONTRIBUTIONS GOING AND BUILD YOUR BALANCE BACK UP, AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS SET UP FOR YOUR FUTURE. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, HAS DONALD TRUMP ALREADY SECURED A SECOND TERM IN THE WHITE HOUSE? POLITICIANS TYPICALLY EARN A MAJOR POLLING BOOST AFTER BEING ATTACKED. WE'LL LOOK AT IF THE DEMOCRATS CAN PULL THE RACE BACK AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. Big Save's Stock Liquidation Sale has nothing to do with liquid, but it does have a lot to do with significant discounts and impressive cost cutting on high-quality furniture. So let these savings flow over you like liquid. Only at Big Save. # AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES. # I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EARS. WE ARE GOING TO GET TO THE NEWS SHORTLY. THE FEEDBACK IS COMING IN WITH REGARDS TO THE SPEED CAMERAS AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY THAT THEY WOULD PUT UP SIGNS BEFORE PERMANENT SPEED CAMERAS TO SAY THERE IS A SPEED CAMERA COMING UP. IT STARTED UP IN NORTHLAND. MANY OF YOU ARE SAYING IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SPEED; THIS IS ABOUT REVENUE GATHERING. DOESN'T THAT COUNTER THE ARGUMENT? THERE IS A SIGN TELLING YOU THERE IS A SPEED CAMERA COMING UP, SO SLOW DOWN. THAT THEN GOES TO SAY, IF YOU ARE READING THE SIGN AND SLOWING DOWN, THERE IS NO MONEY GATHERING. IT IS ACTUALLY ABOUT SAFETY. IS IN A SPEED CAMERA SUPPOSED TO CATCH YOU IN THE ACT? YOU DO NOT GET THE FINE UNTIL TWO WEEKS LATER, THEN YOU GO, WOW. THE WHOLE POINT IS TO SLOW YOU DOWN SO THAT YOU ARE SAFE ON THE ROAD. REGARDLESS, PEOPLE KNOW WHERE FIXED SPEED CAMERAS ARE, SO THEY SLOW DOWN REGARDLESS OF HAVING THE SIGN. AND THEN AFTER PASSING THE CAMERA, THEY ARE GONE. YOU CAN REQUEST A PHOTO OF GOING THROUGH THE SPEED CAMERA, WHICH IS INTERESTING. SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE, MELISSA. INDEED. DO SPEED CAMERAS CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOUR? EMAIL US. NOW MELISSA WITH THE NEWS. THE GOVERNMENT'S DRAFT EMISSION REDUCTION PLAN, RELEASED THIS MORNING, SHOWS NEW ZEALAND IS ON TRACK TO MISS ONE OF ITS TARGETS. EMISSION ARE PROJECTED TO BE ABOVE THE THIRD BUDGET FOR 2031 TO 2035, AHEAD OF A LONG-TERM GOAL OF BEING NET ZERO BY 2050. THE FINAL EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN WILL BE FINALISED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, FOLLOWING ADVICE FROM THE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION AND PUBLIC CONSULTATION, WHICH OPENS TODAY. THERE'S CONCERN FROM ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGNERS THAT NEW SPEED CAMERA SIGNS SET TO BE ROLLED OUT OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS WON'T IMPROVE SAFETY AT ALL. TRANSPORT MINISTER SIMEON BROWN HAS ANNOUNCED NEW WARNING SIGNS FOR STATIONARY SPEED CAMERAS AROUND THE COUNTRY. BUT ONE ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGNER BELIEVES ALL THIS WILL DO IS COLLECT REVENUE FOR THE GOVERNMENT. PENALISING GOOD DRIVERS IS NOT GOING TO IMPROVE SAFETY IN MY OPINION. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVES SUCH AS DRIVER EDUCATION, MORE DRINK-DRIVING TESTS, AND WE ACTUALLY NEED TO STOP FLAMING SLEEP EVERYTHING, BECAUSE IT IS ONLY A SMALL FACTOR AND THE BIGGER PICTURE. BUT ONE AA ROAD SAFETY SPOKESPERSON SUPPORTS THE GOVERNMENT'S MOVE TO INCREASE SIGNAGE. THE UK'S NEW DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER HAS DISMISSED COMMENTS BY DONALD TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE THAT THE UK MIGHT BE THE FIRST 'TRULY ISLAMIST' COUNTRY WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS. JD VANCE, THE OHIO SENATOR THAT TRUMP ANNOUNCED AS HIS VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE YESTERDAY, MADE THE COMMENTS LAST WEEK. WHEN DISCUSSING WITH A FRIEND WHICH FIRST TRULY ISLAMIST COUNTRY WILL GET A NUCLEAR WEAPON, VANCE JOKED IT'S THE UK FOLLOWING THE RECENT LABOUR ELECTION VICTORY. BRITISH DEPUTY PM ANGELA RAYNER RESPONDED THAT VANCE HAD SAID, 'FRUITY THINGS' IN THE PAST AND DOESN'T RECOGNISE HIS CHARACTERISATION OF THE UK. AND U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH IS AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION THIS WEEK, WHERE DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS THE PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. JUST MOMENTS AGO, HE SPOKE WITH FORMER SENIOR COUNSELLOR AND TRUMP ADVISER KELLYANNE CONWAY AND ASKED ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. LET'S BE VERY CLEAR. HE ACTUALLY WAS ON THE RECEIVING END OF THE ASSASSIN'S BULLET. IT LOOKED LIKE THE VIOLENCE WENT IN ONE DIRECTION, AND IT WASN'T COMING FROM HIM AND HIS SUPPORTERS. IN FACT, ONE OF THEM LOST HIS LIFE, AND TO A VERY INJURED. AND THE PRESIDENT WAS INJURED FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE. I WOULD SAY THAT I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND THE OVAL OFFERS A DAY AND A HALF AGO CALLED FOR A CALM AND TURNING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE, THAT LASTED ABOUT A DAY AND I HAVE, BECAUSE NOW HE IS BACK OUT THERE ATTACKING DONALD TRUMP. MANY MEMBERS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION CAMPAIGN ARE DOING THE SAME. THAT IS ALL THEY KNOW. THEY KNOW HOW TO ATTACK TRUMP AND HIS VOTERS. OF COURSE, WE CAN DISAGREE AGREEABLY. PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY DO NOT WANT TO WEAR THE RED AND BLUE JERSEYS 24 SEVEN. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION OR A COLLABORATION OR JUST BE TOGETHER WITHOUT A POLITICAL` WITHOUT POLITICS SEEPING INTO THAT. EVERYONE HAS CONDEMNED POLITICAL VIOLENCE, BUT WE SHOULD BE ALL GRATEFUL THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IT TURNED OUT THE WAY IT DID. TO SPORT, AND THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM HAS BEEN FINALISED FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICS, WITH 195 ATHLETES SELECTED TO TAKE PART. THE TEAM WILL COMPETE IN OVER 23 SPORTS, THE MOST FOR ANY NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC TEAM FOR THE SUMMER GAMES. THE GROUP IS MADE UP OF 98 MALES AND 97 FEMALES, WITH FOOTBALLER MILLY CLEGG THE YOUNGEST ATHLETE AT 18 YEARS OLD AND EQUESTRIAN RIDER TIM PRICE THE OLDEST AT 45. THE FIRST OF THE TEAM ARRIVE IN THE VILLAGE TOMORROW. AND JUST DAYS OUT FROM ATHLETES ARRIVING IN PARIS, THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE HAS FINALLY BEEN COMPLETED. THE SITE WILL WELCOME MORE THAN 20,000 ATHLETES OVER THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES. THE VILLAGE INCLUDES A HUGE FITNESS CENTRE, A DOPING CONTROL CENTRE AND A CLUB FOR ATHLETES TO RELAX WITH EACH OTHER. THAT IS A GOOD PLAN. THEY WILL NOT SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THEIR ROOMS. THEY ARE COMPETING. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO THE SPORTS DEPARTMENT. THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE STATE OF ORIGIN TONIGHT. IT IS TONIGHT. WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW. NO. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) THE SPORTS DEPARTMENT HAS COME BACK. THEY HAVE REBUTTED. CALM DOWN. HERE WE GO. UP THE BLUES. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A WET AND SOGGY START FOR YOU ALL. HEAVY SHOWERS FOR WHANGAREI, AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. WHANGAREI, 18 IS YOUR HIGH. FURTHER SOUTH ` AND IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER HERE. CLOUDY START TO THE DAY FOR THE REGION, WITH HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` AND IT'S ANOTHER CLOUD-COVERED DAY HERE. POTENTIAL FOR SUNSHINE BUT EXPECT LIGHT SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH. 15 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` A GREY START FOR MOST OF THE REGION, STICKING AROUND FOR MOST OF THE DAY. HEAVY RAINFALL FOR TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` GLOOMY START FOR MOST OF THE REGION. NELSON, GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, YOU MAY GET SOME SUNSHINE IN THE AFTERNOON. 14 THE HIGH FOR MOST. HEADING SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY FOR ASHBURTON, TIMARU AND OAMARU. MORNING FOG FOR ALEXANDRA, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 11 IS THE HIGH FOR MOST OF YOU. GOALIE, ALEXANDRA. 5 DEGREES. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` QUEENSTOWN, YOU'RE IN FOR A FROSTY MORNING BUT WARMING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. INVERCARGILL AND GORE, IT'S A FOGGY START TO YOUR DAY, CLEARING TO CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON. THANKS, MELISSA. TRIBUTES HAVE FLOWN IN AFTER FORMER ALL BLACK NORM HEWITT, WHO HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE JUST ONE YEAR AGO, DIED IN THE EARLY HOURS OF YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE AGE OF 55. ALTHOUGH RUGBY DOMINATED HIS EARLY LIFE, HE LATER BECAME KNOWN FOR HIS WORK WITH TROUBLED YOUTH AND AN UNEXPECTED GRACE ON THE DANCEFLOOR. FRIEND AND FORMER ALL BLACK GLEN OSBORNE JOINS US NOW. MORENA. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. WHEN I CALLED YOU YESTERDAY, YOU HAD ONLY JUST HEARD THE NEWS. HOW ARE YOU FEELING ONCE YOU FOUND OUT? MORENA, EVERYONE. I WAS IN A FIRST AID TRAINING COURSE YESTERDAY. ONE OF THE BOYS SAID, DO YOU KNOW NORM HEWITT? I SAID OF COURSE I DO. HE IS A MATE OF MINE. I KNEW HE HAD BEEN SICK FOR A WHILE, AND I WAS TOLD HE HAD JUST PASSED. I COULD NOT REALLY FOCUS ON THE THURSDAY TRAINING AFTER THAT, AND I LEFT NOT LONG AFTER THAT. I WAS SITTING IN THE CAR JUST REMINISCING OWN WHAT HE WAS ABOUT. HE WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE PERSON. I WAS SITTING THERE IN THE CAR, WHILE AT WORK, AND I SAT THERE THINKING, WE JUST HAVE TO DO CELEBRATE. WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE HIM WHILE HE WAS ON THIS PLACE. WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE WHAT HE DID ON THIS PLANET. WE HAVE JUST GOT TO REMEMBER HIM. WE HAVE A SAYING HERE THAT WE PASS AWAY TWICE IN THIS LIFETIME, ONCE WHEN OUR BODIES FIRST GO TO THE NEXT SIDE, AND ALSO WHEN WE FORGET AND WE STOP TELLING STORIES ABOUT THAT PERSON. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER HIM. WE HAVE TO KEEP IN CLOSE, BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE HIM. BEAUTIFUL. YOU GUYS PLAYED TOGETHER THROUGH THE LATE 90S. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ALL BLACKS, MAORI ALL BLACKS, MAYBE EVEN PART OF THE SEASON WITH THE HURRICANE'S IN 1999. YOU TALK ABOUT REMINISCING. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT HIM? I THINK NORM... IT WAS THE BIGGEST RESURGENCE AND RUGBY FOR ME, IN THAT TIME, AND THAT WAS WHEN HE WAS THE CAPTAIN FOR THE NEW ZEALAND MAORI TEAM. WHEN WE HAD THAT COMBINATION, DEFINITELY, HE IS THE BEST CAPTAIN I HAVE EVER BEEN UNDER, WITHOUT A DOUBT. WHEN YOU GET THAT COMBINATION OF HIM AND MATT, WHO WAS ALSO THE BEST COACH I HAVE HAD, WHEN YOU GET THAT COMBINATION IN THE NEW ZEALAND MAORI TEAM, IT CREATED A SPARK. EVERYONE LOVED HIM. EVERYONE DIED THEY HAD WHEN WE WERE ON THE FIELD. THAT ERA, WE WON SO MANY GAMES, BECAUSE OF THAT MANA THEY HAD. IN THE ALL BLACKS, HE WAS A HARD MAN. ONE OF THE BEST STORIES, AND WE ALWAYS BRING IT UP, HE ASKED ME HOW MY RIBS ARE. ONE DAY, JUST BEFORE A GAME, I WAS PLAYING FOR THE CHIEFS, AND HE WAS PLAYING FOR THE HURRICANE, AND I WALKED UP TO HIM, AND I SAID, DO NOT EVER COME DOWN THE BLINDS TODAY, OTHERWISE I WILL SMOKE YOU. AND HE SAID OKAY, THEN. ON THE FIELD, I WAS STUCK IN A RUCK, AND HE SAW ME, AND FROM 10 M AWAY, HE RAN AND, JUMPED ALL OVER MY BODY, AND THE BALL WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, AND TWO MINUTES LATER I WENT OFF WITH A POPPED WEB. THAT CARTILAGE IS STILL POKING OUT TO THE DATE, AND HE KNOWS THAT. WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE HIM. I KNOW ALL OF HIS WHANAU, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN HAWKE'S BAY... (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) HE IS A GREAT MAN. JUST TO WRAP THINGS UP, WE TALK ABOUT WHAT HE WAS LIKE ON THE FIELD, THE RESPECT THAT HE HAD, HE HAD LIFE'S UPS AND DOWNS, BUT HE TURNED HIS LIFE AROUND OFF THE FIELD AND GAVE THAT BACK, AND HE SERVED HIS COMMUNITY AND YOUNG PEOPLE. AND SO YOUR FINAL WORDS ON THE KIND OF MAN HE WAS AWAY FROM RUGBY, AWAY FROM THOSE DAYS. THERE ARE PROBABLY A LOT OF THINGS I COULD SAY, BUT I REALLY CANNOT SAY THEM ON TV. WE LOOK AT WHERE HE CAME FROM, WHEN HE WAS AT SCHOOL, AND WE ARE NOT REALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT WHEN HE... I THINK WHEN HE RETIRED FROM THE ALL BLACKS, AND I THINK I HAVE TO REALLY PUT A BEAUTIFUL THING OUT TO ARLENE, BECAUSE WHEN HE GOT MARRIED AND HE HAD CHILDREN, HE CHANGED. AND THAT CHANGE WAS SO MUCH FOR THE BETTER. SHE DID WONDERS FOR HIM. THE MAN WAS ANGRY ALL OF THE TIME, HE WAS TOUGH, AND WE ALL KNEW HIM AS A REALLY TOUGH PERSON, BUT HE CHANGED, AND WE CAUGHT UP EVERY NOW AND THEN, AND WE SPOKE, AND HE WAS SO SOFT. HE BECAME A SOFTER MAN. HE BECAME A ROLE MODEL FOR ALL OF THE CHILDREN OUT THERE. HE WAS AN ABSOLUTE WONDERFUL MACHINE ON DANCING WITH THE STARS WHEN HE WON THAT. AND HE BECAME A BIT OF A CELEBRITY. THERE IS A BIG PLACE IN MY HEART THAT IS HURTING AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE OUR MATE HAS PASSED AWAY, BUT WHAT CAN YOU SAY, JENNY-MAY? HE IS A BEAUTIFUL MAN. I KNEW THAT, AND SO DID MANY OTHERS. I KNOW AGAIN THAT YOU ARE STILL HURTING, THAT YOU CAME TO BE WITH US AND TALK ABOUT YOUR MATE ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) SLEEPING NOW, NORM. GO ON YOUR JOURNEY TO YOUR ANCESTORS AND REST. SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE YOU, MY FRIEND. TAKE CARE. COMING UP ` AMERICANS ARE LOOKING TO COME TO NEW ZEALAND AFTER THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ON DONALD TRUMP. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE MAJOR SPIKE IN JOB APPLICATIONS FROM THE U.S. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THERE IS A SURGE OF INTEREST FROM AMERICANS WANTING TO WORK IN NEW ZEALAND. IT COMES AFTER FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WAS SHOT OVER THE WEEKEND. ACCENT HEALTH RECRUITMENT USUALLY GETS TWO OR THREE QUERIES A DAY, BUT SINCE THE WEEKEND HAS HAD MORE THAN 200. WE SPOKE WITH FLORIDA COUPLE ANGEL MARRERO AND FRAN SCIOTTO WHO ARE MOVING TO WELLINGTON NEXT MONTH TO WORK IN INTENSIVE CARE. THE UNREST IN THE CLIMATE AND THE EASE OF ACCESS TO FIREARMS, IT'S NOT SAFE. IT'S TRULY NOT SAFE, AND I'VE HAD EVEN FRIENDS WHO AREN'T IN THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSION WHO ARE LIVING IN WHAT WE CALL BLUE STATES, MORE LIBERAL, WHERE THEY'VE GOT GOOD LGBTQ RIGHTS, ARE MESSAGING ME SAYING, 'HEY, IS THERE A WAY I COULD GET TO NEW ZEALAND? 'HOW DID YOU FIND AN OUT PLAN? I'M TRYING TO FIND AN OUT 'FOR ME AND MY FAMILY SO WE CAN BE SAFE'. AND HOUSTON-BASED PAEDIATRIC SPORTS PHYSIO SOFIA SCHARUNO HAS STARTED INTERVIEWING THIS WEEK. THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING JUST BUILDING AND BUILDING AND BUILDING, AND THE POLITICS HERE IN THE U.S. IS CONCERNING. A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE RIGHTS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY JUST LEFT AND RIGHT, PARTICULARLY FOR WOMEN. IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME AT ALL THAT PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY. ACCENT HEALTH RECRUITMENT MANAGING DIRECTOR PRUDENCE THOMSON JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. 2 TO 3 QUERIES BLINDED 200. AT THE LATEST COUNT, HOW MANY HAVE REACHED OUT TO YOU? WELL OVER 200. SUNDAY MORNING, WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION, I JUST WENT BACK TO MY HOME OFFICE AND THE ENQUIRY STARTED COMING. PEOPLE WHO HAD MADE ENQUIRIES THAT WERE SAYING THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT IT, THEY WERE NOW SAYING THEY WANT TO MOVE TO NEW ZEALAND AND THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT. WHAT ARE THEY TELLING YOU? IT IS A NORMATIVE HEALTH SYSTEM, WHICH IS A BONUS, BUT THEY ARE POSITIVE ABOUT THE PEOPLE. THEY WANT TO BRING THEIR SKILLS. WE HAVE RADIOLOGISTS WHO HAVE PRACTISED IN THE UNITED STATES MAY BE FOR 20 OR 30 YEARS, AND THEY WANT TO COME. WHAT IS IT ABOUT OUR COUNTRY THAT ATTRACTS THEM HERE? THEY COULD USE MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, BUT WE SEEM TO BE TOP OF THE LIST. IMMIGRATION IS A REALLY POSITIVE PATHWAY TO COME HERE. THE MEDICAL COUNCIL SEES THEIR SKILLS AS BEING VERY COMPATIBLE. THERE IS A GLOBAL SHORTAGE, AND THEY COULD GO ANYWHERE, BUT THEY LOVE NEW ZEALAND AND WANT TO BE HERE. ENGINES OF THE PROCESS, HOW EASY IS IT? WE LOOK AT 200 WANTING TO COME AT THIS STAGE, AND DO YOU THINK YOU ARE ABLE TO BRING THEM ALL HERE? IS IT LOGISTICALLY AN EASY PROCESS? IT WILL BE A BETTER THAN KNEE-JERK SYSTEM. WE HOPE WE WILL CONVERT AT LEAST 50 OF THE 200 OVER THE NEXT 24 MONTHS. IT IS A LONG PROCESS, SO IT TAKES A WHILE FOR THEM TO GET HERE. WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE DUE DILIGENCE, CHECK THEIR MEDICAL HISTORY, CRIMINAL HISTORIES, AND MAKE SURE THEIR CLINICAL SKILLS ALIGNED BRILLIANTLY WITH NEW ZEALAND. GIVEN THE CURRENT SHORTAGE OF MEDICAL STAFF AT THE MOMENT, IS THERE A PARTICULAR NEED IN TERMS OF A FIELD THAT NEW ZEALAND IS DESPERATELY IN NEED OF? WE NEED PSYCHIATRIST, EMERGENCY, A LOT IN THE MENTAL HEALTH, THEATRES, AND GPS. WE GO TO THE UNITED STATES NEXT MONTH, AND WE ARE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE SKILLS. WE HAVE 200+ FROM AMERICA. HOW MANY FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD? I LIVE AND DIE BY MY INBOX. I GET A LOT OF ENQUIRIES EVERY DAY. PROBABLY UP TO 100 EVERY DAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT COMPARABLE OR APPROPRIATE FOR NEW ZEALAND, SO WE LOOK AT COMPARABLE HEALTH SYSTEMS, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES, CANADA, SINGAPORE. YOU SAY THIS IS A KNEE-JERK REACTION, DO YOU THINK THAT WILL SOMEWHAT EASE OR FLAREUP? I THINK AROUND THE TIME OF THE ELECTIONS, IT WILL FLAREUP AGAIN. AND THEN DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE ELECTIONS, WE WILL GET SOME PRETTY AMAZING MEDICAL STUFF COMING TO NEW ZEALAND. ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. THANK YOU. E HAERE AKE NEI ` ARE HEALTH OFFICIALS GIVING OUT TOO MANY ANTIBIOTICS? WE'LL FIND OUT WHY OTHER COUNTRIES ARE PRESCRIBING LESS. HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ARE BEING WARNED THEIR WILLINGNESS TO GIVE OUT UNNECESSARY ANTIBIOTICS COULD HAVE MAJOR CONSEQUENCES DOWN THE LINE. A BRIEFING FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNICATION CENTRE NOTES THAT NEW ZEALAND HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE. FOR MORE ON WHAT THAT MEANS, INFECTIOUS DISEASE PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MARK THOMAS IS HERE NOW. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. WHAT IS THE DANGER OF GIVING OUT ANTIBIOTICS WILLY-NILLY? ALL ANTIBIOTIC USE, CONTRIBUTES TO THE INCREASINGLY BIOTIC RESISTANCE. THE MORE THAT YOU USE IT, THE HIGHER YOUR RATES FOR RESISTANCE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN DOWN THE LINE? ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE? WE ALREADY HAVING OCCASIONAL PATIENTS TURNING UP WHO HAVE INFECTIONS THAT CANNOT BE TREATED BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE BEEN SO BIOTIC THAT WORKS AGAINST THEM, WAS IN THE PAST, THERE WILL BE FOUR OR FIVE ANTIBIOTICS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. THIS WILL BEEN INCREASING PROBLEM WHERE PEOPLE WILL DIE HAVE INFECTIONS CANNOT BE TREATED BECAUSE THE ORGANISM IS SO RESISTED. WE HAVE HEARD THESE WARNINGS BEFORE. TWO YEARS AGO THERE WAS A PUSH FOR IT. WHY DO YOU THINK OUR PROFESSIONALS ARE STILL SO QUICK TO PRESCRIBE? I THINK PATIENTS OFTEN EXPECT ANTIBIOTICS IN A PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A GENERAL PRACTITIONER AND A PATIENT, IT IS A PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DOCTOR DOES NOT WANT TO DISAPPOINT THE PATIENTS AND THE PATIENT CAN HAVE STRONG EXPECTATIONS FOR THEY CAN EXPECT FROM THE DOCTOR. THAT IS ONE WHERE IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE DOCTOR NOT TO DO WHAT IS IN THE PATIENT'S BEST INTEREST. IF YOU HAVE KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN SICK FOR WEEKS, YOU WANT TO COME AWAY WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK MAY HELP WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS TRUE OR NOT. THERE ARE A LOT OF PATIENTS THEY DO WANT THAT. THERE ARE ALSO A LARGE NUMBER WHO DON'T. UNFORTUNATELY, THEIR A LOT OF PATIENTS BEING TREATED IN THAT SITUATION. THERE IS INIQUITY, DISPARITY IN THE RATE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN NEW ZEALAND. FOR INSTANCE, THE MOST STRIKING EXAMPLE IS REMITTING FEVER WHICH IS MUCH HIGHER AND PACIFIC PEOPLE THAN OTHER POPULATION GROUPS. THERE ARE ALSO HIGHER RISKS OF SKIN INFECTION CAUSED BY BACTERIA, ALL SORTS OF INFECTIONS OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY WITH MAORI AND PACIFIC PEOPLE. RHEUMATIC FEVER CAN BE PREVENTED BY TREATMENT WITH ANTIBIOTIC, BY TREATING THE SORE THROAT. IF WE HAVE A HIGHER RATE OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE, THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT WILL UNFORTUNATELY FOR MOST HEAVILY ON MAORI AND PACIFIC PEOPLE. WE ALMOST HAVE TO GO, BUT WHO NEEDS TO LEAD THE CHANGE? INTO BIOTICS CONSUMED IN THE COMMUNITY ALMOST ALL PRESCRIBED BY GENERAL PRACTITIONERS. THE COLLEGE OF GEN PRACTITIONERS SHOULD LEAD TO THE CHANGE. THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THIS INITIATIVE. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH HAS A RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HEALTH OF NEW ZEALANDERS. THEY SHOULD ALSO ENDORSE A MESSAGE TO REDUCE ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIBING IN THE COMMUNITY. MARK THOMAS, INFECTIOUS DISEASE PHYSICIAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK ` DONALD TRUMP WALKED INTO THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AS A HERO, A MAN WHO HAD ESCAPED DEATH. AND WHILE MANY ACROSS THE COUNTRY STILL DETEST THE FORMER PRESIDENT, POLLSTERS EXPECT TRUMP TO RISE HEAVILY IN THE PRESIDENTIAL STAKES. SO THE QUESTION IS ` CAN THE DEMOCRATS COME BACK? A FORMER WHITE HOUSE STAFFER WHO WORKED CLOSELY WITH JOE BIDEN JOINS US SHORTLY. THERE'S ALL THE HYPE ABOUT THE THIRD AND FINAL STATE OF ORIGIN GAME TONIGHT, I FINALLY GOT IT IN! BUT WARRIORS HEAD COACH ANDREW WEBSTER IS FOCUSED ON THE TEAM'S RUN HOME. I CAUGHT UP WITH HIM TO ASK HIM ABOUT WHAT THE TEAM NEEDS TO DO TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. THAT'S COMING UP LATER THIS HOUR. I ALSO ASKED THEM BY HOW MUCH THE BLUES WILL WIN BY TONIGHT. AND, DESPITE THE SAFETY SIGNS, PEOPLE ARE CONTINUING TO WALK ON THE FROZEN AORAKI LAKE. THIS IS NUTS. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION IS ISSUING A STRONG WARNING TO THOSE HIKERS. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT A LITTLE LATER. IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK. HERE'S MELISSA WITH THE NEWS. THANKS, DANIEL. ROAD SAFETY ADVOCATES AND CAMPAIGNERS ARE SPLIT ON WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT'S INCREASED SPEED CAMERA SIGNAGE WILL IMPROVE SAFETY FOR MOTORISTS. TRANSPORT MINISTER SIMEON BROWN HAS ANNOUNCED THE NEW WARNING SIGNS FOR STATIONARY SPEED CAMERAS AROUND THE COUNTRY. DYLAN THOMSON SAYS STUDIES INDICATE THERE'S A 20% TO 40% REDUCTION IN CRASHES AT SITES WHERE SPEED CAMERAS WERE INTRODUCED. THESE ARE A TOOL THAT WORKS. IT DOES HAVE A SAFETY BENEFIT. AND IN TERMS OF THE SIGNAGE, WE REALLY SUPPORT AND HAVE WANTED TO SEE THIS SIGNAGE INTRODUCED AROUND OUR PERMANENT SPEED CAMERAS FOR YEARS BECAUSE IT COUNTERS THAT REVENUE-GATHERING ARGUMENT. BUT A ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGNER TOLD BREAKFAST THEY DON'T BELIEVE SAFETY WILL BE IMPROVED, BUT IT WILL BOOST REVENUE FOR THE GOVERNMENT. NEW ZEALAND WILL MISS ITS THIRD EMISSIONS BUDGET TARGET, ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT'S DRAFT EMISSION REDUCTION PLAN RELEASED THIS MORNING. THE DRAFT SHOWS EMISSION ARE PROJECTED TO BE ABOVE THE TARGETS FOR 2031 TO 2035, AHEAD OF A LONG-TERM GOAL OF BEING NET ZERO BY 2050. THE FINAL EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN WILL BE FINALISED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, FOLLOWING ADVICE FROM THE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION AND PUBLIC CONSULTATION, WHICH OPENS TODAY. DONALD TRUMP HAS MADE A TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE LIMELIGHT AFTER SURVIVING AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AT THE WEEKEND. WITH A BANDAGE OVER HIS WOUNDED EAR, THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS MADE AN APPEARANCE AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE AFTER ANNOUNCING OHIO SENATOR JD VANCE AS HIS RUNNING MATE. AROUND 50,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE EVENT THIS WEEK. U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH IS IN MILWAUKEE. THIS MORNING HE SPOKE WITH FORMER SENIOR COUNSELLOR AND TRUMP ADVISER KELLYANNE CONWAY AND ASKED HER ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. EVERYBODY HAS CONDEMNS POLITICAL VIOLENCE, BUT WE SHALL BE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE FACT THAT IT TURNED OUT WAITED. DONALD TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO SPEAK AT THE CONVENTION LATER IN THE WEEK. AND FOLLOWING THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ON DONALD TRUMP, AMERICAN NURSES ARE LOOKING AT LEAVING THE U.S. FOR NEW ZEALAND OVER SAFETY FEARS. A LOCAL HEALTH RECRUITMENT AGENCY SAYS IT HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 220 INQUIRIES SINCE SUNDAY'S SHOOTING, WELL UP FROM THE USUAL TWO OR THREE A DAY. ONE FLORIDA COUPLE MOVING TO WELLINGTON NEXT MONTH TO WORK IN INTENSIVE CARE SAYS PEOPLE IN THE U.S. ARE TRYING TO FIND A WAY OUT. THE UNEASE IN THE CLIMATE AND THE EASE OF ACCESS TO FIREARMS, IT'S NOT SAFE. IT'S TRULY NOT SAFE. I'VE HAD EVEN FRIENDS WHO AREN'T IN THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSION WHO ARE LIVING IN WHAT WE CALL BLUE STATES, MORE LIBERAL, WHERE THEY HAVE GOOD LGBTQ RIGHTS ARE MESSAGING ME SAYING, 'HEY, IS THERE A WAY I COULD GET TO NEW ZEALAND?' ACCENT HEALTH RECRUITMENT MANAGING DIRECTOR PRUDENCE THOMSON SAYS THERE'S SPACE FOR HEALTH WORKERS AND HOPES TO CONVERT AT LEAST 50 OF THE 200 INQUIRIES. SIX TOURISTS HAVE BEEN FOUND DEAD IN A LUXURY HOTEL SUITE IN BANGKOK. INITIAL REPORTS SUGGESTED THERE HAD BEEN A SHOOTING AT THE FIVE-STAR HOTEL, BUT POLICE HAVE SINCE CONFIRMED THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF GUNFIRE. AUTHORITIES ARE NOW INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE GROUP DIED OF POISONING. THE DEAD WERE ALL VIETNAMESE, SOME HAD DUAL AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP. TO SPORT, AND JUST TWO DAYS AFTER A DISAPPOINTING LOSS IN THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL, GARETH SOUTHGATE HAS RESIGNED AS ENGLAND MANAGER. SOUTHGATE LED THE SIDE FOR EIGHT YEARS AND 102 MATCHES. THOUGH THEY FAILED TO WIN A MAJOR TITLE, ENGLAND MADE TWO EUROS FINALS AND A WORLD CUP SEMI AND QUARTER FINAL UNDER SOUTHGATE. HE SAYS IT'S BEEN THE HONOUR OF HIS LIFE TO PLAY AND MANAGE FOR ENGLAND. THE QUEENSLAND MAROONS WILL LOOK TO SEAL YET ANOTHER STATE OF ORIGIN TITLE AT HOME, WITH GAME THREE TONIGHT. IT HAS BEEN 19 YEARS SINCE NEW SOUTH WALES WON A DECIDER IN BRISBANE. FOLLOWING A IMPRESSIVE WIN IN GAME TWO, EXCITEMENT LEVELS ARE AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH FOR THE BLUES, AND THEIR CAPTAIN WON'T BE TELLING THEM TO CALM DOWN. IT'S A TOUGH ONE, COS STATE OF ORIGIN, OBVIOUSLY, EMOTIONS ARE REALLY HEIGHTENED, AND THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE ARE AT THEIR BEST. YOU KNOW? SO IT'S A TOUGH ONE. I GUESS YOU DON'T WANNA BE GIVING AWAY SILLY PENALTIES AND THAT SORT OF THING, BUT YOU WANT CONTROLLED AGGRESSION, I GUESS. THE LAST TIME NEW SOUTH WALES WON A DECIDER IN MAROONS TERRITORY WAS IN 2005. JUST GOES TO PROVE THAT THE BLUES CAN DO IT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A WET AND SOGGY START FOR YOU ALL. HEAVY SHOWERS FOR WHANGAREI, AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. WHANGAREI, 18 IS YOUR HIGH. HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 15 DEGREES IN AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` AND IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER HERE. CLOUDY START TO THE DAY FOR THE REGION WITH HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 12 IN ROTORUA. TO THE EAST COAST ` AND IT'S ANOTHER CLOUD-COVERED DAY HERE. POTENTIAL FOR SUNSHINE BUT EXPECT LIGHT SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH. YOU'VE GOT 13 DEGREES, DANNEVIRKE. 14 DEGREES IN MASTERTON. OVER TO THE WEST ` A GREY START FOR MOST OF THE REGION, STICKING AROUND FOR MOST OF THE DAY. HEAVY RAINFALL FOR TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. 16 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI, PALMERSTON AND LEVIN. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` GLOOMY START FOR MOST OF THE REGION. NELSON, GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, YOU MAY GET SOME SUNSHINE IN THE AFTERNOON. 14 THE HIGH FOR MOST. KAIKOURA, YOU'RE ON 12. HEADING SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY FOR ASHBURTON, TIMARU AND OAMARU. MORNING FOG FOR ALEXANDRA, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 11 IS THE HIGH FOR MOST OF YOU. JUST FIVE IN ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` QUEENSTOWN, YOU'RE IN FOR A FROSTY MORNING BUT WARMING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. INVERCARGILL AND GORE, IT'S A FOGGY START TO YOUR DAY, CLEARING TO CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON. 11 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND AND DUNEDIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MELISSA. MICHAEL, WHO WAS THE FORMER PRESS SECRETARY TO THE FIRST LADY BIDEN WILL BE JOINING US SOON. HE WILL BE JOINING US NEXT. WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS, WHAT CAN THEY DO AND HOW IF THINGS CHANGED SINCE THE EVENTS ON THE WEEKEND IN THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ON DONALD TRUMP? STAY WITH US. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO FORMALLY ACCEPT THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION TO BE THEIR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN THE COMING DAYS. TRUMP WAS ALREADY FAVOURED TO RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE PRIOR TO BEING SHOT. NOW IT'S ALMOST A GUARANTEE THAT HE'S ON HIS WAY TO A SECOND TERM. THE QUESTION IS WHERE THIS LEAVES THE DEMOCRATS AND PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. HERE FOR MORE IS SOMEONE WHO WORKED UP AND CLOSE WITH THE PRESIDENT. MICHAEL LAROSA WAS FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN'S PRESS SECRETARY FROM 2021 TO 2022, AND WE ARE DELIGHTED HE IS WITH US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US, MICHAEL. WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND? HOW DOES THAT CHANGE THINGS FOR THE DEMOCRATS? THAT DOESN'T CHANGE A WHOLE LOT FOR THE DEMOCRATS. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THE CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP AND WHY RETURNING TO THE WHITE HOUSE WOULD TAKE AMERICA BACKWARDS IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE MAKING THAT ARGUMENT AND MAKING THAT CASE. I THINK THEY'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CAREFUL ABOUT DESCRIBING HIM AS A THREAT GOING FORWARD, BUT THAT IS WHAT THE MESSAGE HAS BEEN SO FAR FROM DEMOCRATS IS THAT IT DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENCY PART TWO WOULD BE A THREAT TO OUR COUNTRY'S DEMOCRACY. I JUST WANT TO TOUCH QUICKLY ON TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE, WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY. JD VANCE, HE IS A 39 YEAR OLD FROM A WORKING-CLASS BACKGROUND. IT IS A STRATEGIC PACK. WE KNOW HE IS A GUY THAT CAN SAY A FEW THINGS. HE CAN SHOOT AS MOUTH OFF, SO TO SPEAK. HOW DO YOU THINK DEMOCRATS WILL RESPOND TO HIS SELECTION? I THINK THEY WILL RESPOND BY TALKING ABOUT IS RECORD, PARTICULARLY FOCUSING ON HIS COMMENTS AND SUPPORT FOR BANNING ABORTION. THAT IS GOING TO BE A BIG POINT OF OPPOSITION FROM DEMOCRATS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO TURN OUT OUR VOTERS, AND OUR VOTERS ARE FRANKLY ANGRY ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT TAKING AWAY WOMAN'S RIGHTS TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN HEALTH. THE FACT THAT HE IS SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT THE SUPREME COURT DID IS GOING TO BE VERY CHALLENGING FOR HIM. CAN I BRING IT BACK TO THE DEMOCRATS? AS I SAID AN INTRODUCTION, YOU ARE THE PRESS SECRETARY FOR FIRST LADY BIDEN BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021, OR 2021 AND 2022. YOU'RE BEEN HIGHLY CRITICAL OF THE CAMPAIGN BY THE DEMOCRATS IN RECENT TIMES. WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE STRATEGY THAT YOU DISAGREE WITH? I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT OR WHAT HE STANDS FOR OR ANYTHING RELATING TO HIS RECORD. HE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST PRESIDENTS WE HAVE HAD. WHAT I HAVE NOT AGREED WITH IS LIMITING HIS PUBLIC APPEARANCES BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE BIDEN IS AT HIS BEST WHEN HE IS RELATING AND CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE AND DEMOTING WITH THEM, WHICH IS WHAT PEOPLE LIKE ABOUT JOE BIDEN. WHEN HIS INTERACTIONS WITH THE PRESS ARE LIMITED, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO CONNECT WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THROUGH THE PRESS IS HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH VOTERS AND WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS. I FEEL LIKE TURNING OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THE SUPER BOWL DOWN WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A BIGGER AUDIENCE IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF DISAGREEING WITH THEIR TACTICS AND HOW THEY APPROACH THE PRESS AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE WHEN THEY COMMUNICATE WITH THE PRESS OR HOW THEY COMMUNICATE WITH THE PRESS IS ULTIMATELY OTHER PUBLIC FORMS THEIR OPINIONS AND PERCEPTIONS. THAT HAS NOT BEEN VERY GOOD FOR THE PRESIDENT. I GUESS IT WILL BE THE COUNTERARGUMENT, WOULDN'T IT? HE HAS MADE A NUMBER OF GAFFES IN RECENT TIMES, SO THEREFORE SHIELDING HIM AWAY FROM THAT AS A WAY TO NOT ONLY PROTECT HIM BUT TO PROTECT THE PARTY ITSELF. THAT IS WHAT I HAVE REALLY CHALLENGED AND DISAGREED WITH, BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP MAKES MISTAKES ALL THE TIME. HE MAKES MISTAKES EVERY DAY IN EVERY SPEECH HE GIVES, BUT HE DOES NOT SHY AWAY FROM A CAMERA OR MICROPHONE. THE MORE THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN COULD HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING IN PUBLIC, THE MORE CONDITIONED PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN. I THINK PEOPLE WOULD BEEN LESS SURPRISED AND SHOCKED BY HIS PERFORMANCE IN THE DEBATE. MORI TALKS IN PUBLIC, THE LESS AMPLIFIED THE MISTAKES, THE LESS CONSEQUENTIAL THEY WILL BE. AS HE HAS SEEN RARELY COMMUNICATING WITH THE PRESS, THOSE MISTAKES ARE MORE MEANINGFUL WAS WHERE I FEEL THIS STRATEGY HAS DONE A DISSERVICE TO THE PRESIDENT. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK RECENTLY ABOUT THE INFLUENCE THAT LADY BIDEN HAS ON JOE BIDEN AND WHETHER HE WILL CONTINUE TO STAY IN THE RACE. THERE ARE LOTS OF MURMURINGS, PARTICULARLY PRIOR TO THE WEEKEND'S EVENTS WITH DONALD TRUMP THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD STAND ASIDE, AND QUESTIONS WHETHER HE COULD CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS. THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE COME BACK TO LADY BIDEN ABOUT HOW MUCH INFLUENCE SHE HAS ON HIM MAKING THE DECISION. DOES SHE, AND HOW MUCH INFLUENCE DOES SHE HAVE? SHE IS NOT A POLITICAL ADVISER AND SHE DOES NOT PRETEND TO BE. SHE KNOWS HIM THE BEST, BUT SHE HATES POLITICS. THAT SAID, SHE WILL NEVER STAND IN THE WAY OF HIS ASPIRATIONS AS HE HAS NEVER STOOD ON HER WAY. HE DID NOT STAND ON HER WAY, AND SHE HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED HIS CAREER THE WAY HE HAS SUPPORTED HER IS. SO LONG AS THIS IS HIS DECISION, SHE WILL SUPPORT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. YOU WERE AN INSIDER AND CLOSE WITH THE BIDEN FAMILY FOR THAT TIME THAT YOU'RE WORKING AS PRESS SECRETARY. DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD STEP ASIDE? WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON IT? SOMETIMES I THINK THAT IS ALMOST IRRELEVANT BECAUSE I AM BIASED AND I DO CARE ABOUT THE BIDEN'S. I AM PROUD OF HIS RECORDS. OF COURSE, I HAVE BOYS MADE THE CASE THAT HE SHOULD RUN. I WOULD LIKE TO BE VOTING FOR HIM AGAIN. IF YOU'RE THE LEADER OF A POLITICAL PARTY, FOR ANY PURPOSE IS TO WIN THE ELECTION. HE WILL HAVE TO EVALUATE OUR STAYING ON THE TICKET IS GOING TO HELP OR HURT THE PARTY THAT HE LEADS, AND WHETHER HE IS ON THE BALLOT OR NOT. THAT IS A DECISION THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO MAKE, BUT OBVIOUSLY, I WILL PREFER TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN GIVEN HOW PROUD I AM OF HIS RECORD AND ACHIEVEMENT. MICHAEL, IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE HAVING YOU ON THE SHOW. I WISH THAT WE HAD MORE TIME BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO COVER. I AM HAPPY TO COME BACK ANY TIME. WE WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING AND YOUR INCREDIBLE INSIGHT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. APPRECIATE IT. A MURI I NG WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, A NEW LETTER OF EXPECTATIONS HAS BEEN SENT TO OUR DRUG-BUYING AGENCY. WE'LL SEE WHAT LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS MAKES OF IT NEXT. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THE TREATY OF WAITANGI WILL NO LONGER BE A CONSIDERATION FOR ACCESS TO MEDICINES ACCORDING TO ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER DAVID SEYMOUR. THAT'S DESPITE MAORI CONTINUING TO RECEIVE MEDICINES AT LOWER RATES THAN NON-MAORI. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS JOINS ME FOR MORE THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING, MR HIPKINS. GOOD MORNING. DITCHING THE TREATY OF WAITANGI CONSIDERATION. DO YOU AGREE? I THINK IT IS A STEP BACKWARDS. WE HAVE TO RECOGNISE THAT MAORI IN NEW ZEALAND HAVE DISPROPORTIONATELY WORSE HEALTH OUTCOMES COMPARED TO NON-MAORI. I THINK THE WHOLE HEALTH SYSTEM SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. ETHNICITY DOES PLAY A ROLE HERE. WE KNOW THAT SOME ETHNICITIES ARE MORE PRONE TO SOME HEALTH CONDITIONS THAN OTHERS. AND I DO NOT THINK PHARMAC SHOULD BE COMPLETELY BLIND TO THAT. WHEN YOU HEAR MR SEYMOUR SAY THAT DRUG SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN TO PEOPLE BASED ON THE NEED OF THEIR ETHNIC BACKGROUND, IS THAT IF A STATEMENT? I THINK YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE BASED ON CLINICAL NEED, BUT WE HAVE TO RECOGNISE THE FACT THERE IS MORE CLINICAL NEED FOR SOME DRUGS WITH SOME SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION THAN WITH OTHERS. I DO NOT THINK WE SHOULD BE BLIND TO THAT. I ALSO THINK THAT IF WE LOOK AT THE WAY PHARMAC HAVE VIEWED THEIR RELATIONSHIP IN TERMS OF THE TREATY OF WAITANGI, IT HAS BEEN ABOUT INVOLVING MAORI AND DECISIONS THAT INVOLVE THEIR HEALTHCARE. WHAT CAN ANYONE OBJECT TO ABOUT THAT? I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THEIR HEALTH CARE. THE QUESTION IS ` HOW MUCH OF A FACTOR AS THE TREATY WHEN IT COMES TO DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT A DRUG SHOULD BE FUNDED? ULTIMATELY, WE HAVE A MASSIVE DISPARITY IN NEW ZEALAND. THERE ARE POORER HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR MAORI THAN FOR NON-MAORI. AND FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT WORK IN HEALTH, THEY SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. A PATIENT ADVOCATE SAID HE WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE THE UPDATING OF THE STATUTORY OBJECTIVES TO ASSIST IN THE OPTIMISATION OF HEALTH OUTCOMES. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT AT ANY STAGE WHILE HERE IN GOVERNMENT, YOU DID NOT GIVE PHARMAC THE MONEY NEEDED TO KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE? THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE ISSUES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE UPDATING OF THAT OBJECT IS IN THE LETTER OF EXPECTATION, THAT IS BECAUSE THE LAW WAS CHANGED BY THE LAST LABOUR GOVERNMENT. THE NEW LETTER OF EXPECTATIONS HASN'T LIVE AND UPDATED TO REFLECT THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE WHEN WE WERE IN GOVERNMENT. OF COURSE I SUPPORT THAT. THAT WAS ULTIMATELY WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IN GOVERNMENT, AND HAD WE BEEN IN GOVERNMENT AND ISSUING A LETTER OF EXPECTATIONS, IT WOULD HAVE CONTAINED SIMILAR UPDATES, BECAUSE WE CHANGED THE LAW. IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL LEVEL OF FUNDING, WE DID INCREASE PHARMAC FUNDING SIGNIFICANTLY DURING OUR TIME IN GOVERNMENT. IS THERE AN ONGOING NEED TO INCREASE IT? OF COURSE THERE IS. EVEN NOW WITH THE INCREASE IN FUNDING THEY HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT, THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF MEDICATIONS THAT WILL NOT BE FUNDED. MEDICAL SCIENCE ADVANCES RAPIDLY ON A DAILY BASIS, SO PHARMAC ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THAT, TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN AFFORD TO MAKE AS MUCH OF THAT NEW MEDICAL SCIENCE AND NEW MEDICAL TREATMENT AVAILABLE TO NEW ZEALANDERS AS POSSIBLE. I DO NOT THINK THERE WILL EVER BE A SITUATION WHERE THEY SAY WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY NOW. I WANT TO MOVE ONTO SHANE JONES. HE HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF HAVING AN OFF THE BOOKS MEETING WITH MINING COMPANIES EARLIER THIS YEAR. IS THAT SOMETHING A MINISTER SHOULD BE DOING? THERE SEEMS TO BE ONE RULE FOR SHANE JONES AND ONE LAW FOR EVERYONE ELSE. IN THE LAST GOVERNMENT, MINISTERS LOST THEIR JOB OR NOT COMPARING THINGS. HE SEEMS TO GET AWAY WITH A LOT. CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS NO STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO A MINISTERIAL CONDUCT, IT SEEMS. IT IS SOMEWHAT IRONIC THAT WE ARE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION ON THE SAME DAY THE GOVERNMENT HAVE ADMITTED THEY ARE NOW OFF TRACK TO HITTING THEIR EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS TARGETS. THE GOVERNMENT IS SAYING WE NEED TO MEET THE EMISSIONS REDUCTION TARGETS, BUT THE REALITY IS THEY WILL NOT MEET THEM, BECAUSE ALMOST EVERY DECISION THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN SINCE THEY BECAME THE GOVERNMENT IS WINDING BACK THINGS THAT WERE SUCCESSFULLY REDUCING NEW ZEALAND'S EMISSIONS. I TAKE IT THAT IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE YOU THAT SHANE JONES HAS PUT THE BLAME BACK ON HIS STAFF, SAYING THEY ARRANGED THE DINNER AND THAT THERE WAS LESS CONSPIRACY, MORE COCK UP. HAVE YOU HAD A MEETING THAT HAS FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS AND HAVE HAD TO EDIT YOUR DIARY AFTERWARDS? A DINNER WOULD BE A PRETTY BIG THING. MINISTERS HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE YOUR DIARY IS UP TO DATE. EVERY MONTH, GET RELEASE. THAT WAS AN INITIATIVE THAT I RELEASED. I AM VERY PROUD OF THAT, AND IT MEANS THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE HER MINISTERS A MEETING WITH, BUT IT DOES MEAN THEY NEED TO BE UPFRONT ABOUT WHO THEY ARE MEETING WITH A MAKE SURE THEY DIARY IS ACCURATE. A CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH SOMEONE, SURE, THAT HAPPENS ALL OF THE TIME, AND YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETELY CAPTURE THAT IN A MINISTERIAL DIARY, BUT SITTING DOWN FOR DINNER WITH INVITED GUESTS, THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A CHANCE ENCOUNTER. WHAT SHOULD CHRISTOPHER LUXON DO? SHOULD HE SACK HIM? I THINK CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS PROVEN THAT HE IS TOO WEAK TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BEHAVIOUR BY NEW ZEALAND FIRST MINISTERS. I WILL NOT HOLD MY BREATH FOR ANY ACTION FROM HIM. I WANT TO MOVE ONTO THE SHOOTING OVER THE WEEKEND, THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF DONALD TRUMP. WHAT WERE YOUR FIRST THOUGHTS WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT IT? I JUST THOUGHT, OH, AMERICA. WHAT A HORRIBLE SITUATION THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN. POLITICAL VIOLENCE LIKE THIS HAS NO PLACE IN A DEMOCRACY, AND REGARDLESS WHAT I THINK OF DONALD TRUMP'S VIEWS, NO ONE SHOULD BE SHOOTING AT HIM OR ANY POLITICAL CANDIDATES. WE SHOULD BE CHALLENGING THEM ON WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. I FIND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT DONALD TRUMP'S IS QUITE REPREHENSIBLE, BUT THAT IS WHAT DEMOCRACY IS ABOUT. YOU CAN CHALLENGE PEOPLE ON THEIR VIEWS. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO RESORT TO VIOLENCE. I DO NOT THINK ANY POLITICAL LEADER ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD SHOULD IN ANY WAY BE CONDONING WHAT HAS HAPPENED. I WANT TO BRING UP SOMETHING YOU POSTED ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA YESTERDAY. BANNING THE MOST DANGEROUS FIREARMS ARE SOMETHING THAT YOU REMAIN INCREDIBLY PROUD OF. I TAKE IT YOU MEAN ASSAULT WEAPONS LIKE THE ONE THE SHOOTER USED ON TRUMP. ONLY ABOUT A THIRD OF THE ASSAULT WEAPONS WERE IN THE BUYBACK PROGRAM. SURELY THOSE GUNS ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE WRONG PEOPLE. ABSOLUTELY. IT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN TURN AROUND OVERNIGHT. STOPPING THE PURCHASE OF NEW WEAPONS AND ALSO INTRODUCING A FIREARMS REGISTER OTHER THINGS THAT WILL HELP US IN THE LONG TERM TO ENSURE US THAT WE DO NOT HAVE THESE WEAPONS IN CIRCULATION. IT MEANS THAT IF A LICENSED FIREARM OWNER GOES ON PURCHASES A GUN AND ON CELLS THAT TO SOMEONE WITH CRIMINAL INTENT, A GANG MEMBER OR SO ON, THEN WE CAN TRACK THAT. REMOVE RING THE REGISTER, WHICH IS SOMETHING THE ACT PARTY CAMPAIGNED ON, AND AT THE MOMENT, THE GOVERNMENT AND GIVING US A GUARANTEE THEY WILL NOT DO THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A STEP BACKWARDS. WE COULD NOT KEEP TRACK OF THE FIREARMS ANYMORE. ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE GUNS IN CIRCULATION THAT WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE THEY ARE IS BECAUSE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A FIREARMS REGISTER PREVIOUSLY. I THINK THAT IS A MASSIVE STEP FORWARD. IT IS WELL ON THE WAY TO BEING IMPLEMENTED. IT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED NOW. THERE'S CONCERN FROM ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGNERS THAT NEW SPEED CAMERA SIGNS, SET TO BE ROLLED OUT OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, WON'T IMPROVE SAFETY AT ALL. TRANSPORT MINISTER SIMEON BROWN HAS ANNOUNCED THE NEW WARNING SIGNS FOR STATIONARY SPEED CAMERAS AROUND THE COUNTRY. BUT ONE ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGNER BELIEVES ALL THIS WILL ACHIEVE IS MORE REVENUE FOR THE GOVERNMENT. PENALISING GOOD DRIVERS IS NOT GOING TO IMPROVE SAFETY, IN MY OPINION. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVES SUCH AS DRIVER EDUCATION, MORE DRINK-DRIVING TESTS, AND WE ACTUALLY NEED TO STOP BLAMING SPEED FOR EVERYTHING, BECAUSE SPEED, IN MY OPINION, IS ONLY A SMALL FACTOR IN THE BIGGER PICTURE. BUT AN AA ROAD SAFETY SPOKESPERSON SUPPORTS THE GOVERNMENT'S MOVE TO INCREASE SIGNAGE. THESE ARE A TOOL THAT WORKS. IT DOES HAVE A SAFETY BENEFIT. AND IN TERMS OF THE SIGNAGE, WE REALLY SUPPORT AND HAVE WANTED TO SEE THIS SIGNAGE INTRODUCED AROUND OUR PERMANENT SPEED CAMERAS FOR YEARS, BECAUSE IT COUNTERS THAT REVENUE GATHERING ARGUMENT. THOMSON SAYS STUDIES INDICATE A 20% TO 40% REDUCTION IN CRASHES FROM SITES WHERE SPEED CAMERAS WERE INTRODUCED. THE LABOUR PARTY'S DISAGREEING WITH THE GOVERNMENT, SAYING THERE'S PLENTY OF EVIDENCE ETHNICITY IS RELEVANT TO HEALTH OUTCOMES. ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER DAVID SEYMOUR TOLD PHARMAC TO NO LONGER CONSIDER THE TREATY OF WAITANGI IN IT'S DECISION MAKING LABELLING IT 'INAPPROPRIATE'. IN THE LETTER OF EXPECTATIONS DELIVERED, SEYMOUR BELIEVED HEALTH OUTCOMES WOULDN'T SUFFER AS A RESULT, WHILE OUTLINING THE PLAN FOR THE $604 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET. BUT LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS IT'S A STEP BACKWARDS. ULTIMATELY, WE HAVE TO RECOGNISE THAT MAORI AND NEW ZEALAND HAVE DISPROPORTIONATELY WORSE HEALTH OUTCOMES COMPARED TO NON-MAORI, AND I DO THINK THAT THE WHOLE HEALTH SYSTEM SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. I THINK, YOU KNOW, ETHNICITY DOES PLAY A ROLE HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT SOME ETHNICITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE MORE PRONE TO SOME HEALTH CONDITIONS THAN OTHERS. AND I DON'T THINK PHARMAC SHOULD BE COMPLETELY BLIND TO THAT. DATA FROM STATISTICS NEW ZEALAND SAYS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY GAP BETWEEN MAORI AND NON MAORI AT BIRTH IS 7.5 YEARS FOR MALES, AND 7.3 YEARS FOR FEMALES. MORE THAN 200 AMERICAN NURSES HAVE EXPRESSED AN DESIRE TO MOVE TO AOTEAROA IN THE WAKE OF SUNDAY'S ATTACK ON DONALD TRUMP. A LOCAL HEALTH RECRUITMENT AGENCY SAYS THAT'S WELL UP FROM THE USUAL TWO OR THREE INQUIRIES IT RECEIVES A DAY. A FLORIDA COUPLE MOVING TO WELLINGTON NEXT MONTH TO WORK IN INTENSIVE CARE SAYS THEY NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY. HEALTH RECRUITER PRUDENCE THOMSON SAYS IT'S THE CASE FOR MANY. WELL OVER 200 NOW. SO SUNDAY MORNING, WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION, I JUST WENT BACK TO MY HOME OFFICE AND THE INQUIRIES STARTED COMING IN. PEOPLE WHO HAD MADE INQUIRIES, YOU KNOW, GENTLE, I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW. WE WANT TO COME TO NEW ZEALAND, BRING OUR MEDICAL SKILLS. THOMSON SAYS NEW ZEALAND HAS SPACE FOR THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS, AND HOPES TO RECRUIT AT LEAST 50 OF THE 220 ENQUIRES. THERE'S A WARNING FROM HEALTH EXPERTS ` PEOPLE WILL DIE IF ANTIBIOTICS CONTINUE TO BE GIVEN OUT UNNECESSARILY. A BRIEFING FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNICATION CENTRE HIGHLIGHTS AOTEAROA AS HAVING ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN THE WORLD. MARK THOMAS SAYS THIS COULD LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN DEATHS AND DISABILITY OVER THE COMING DECADES DUE TO UNTREATABLE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS. THERE ARE ALREADY OCCASIONAL PATIENTS TURNING UP IN OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEM, WHO HAVE INFECTIONS THAT CAN'T BE TREATED WITH BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN ANTIBIOTIC THAT WORKS AGAINST THEM. WHEREAS IN THE PAST, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN 4 OR 5, SOMETIMES MORE ANTIBIOTICS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE. MARK THOMAS SAYS HEALTHCARE LEADERS IN AOTEAROA MUST TAKE A STRONGER LEAD ON REDUCING HIGH RATES OF PRESCRIPTIONS. AND JUST DAYS OUT FROM ATHLETES ARRIVING IN PARIS, THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE HAS FINALLY BEEN COMPLETED. THE SITE WILL WELCOME MORE THAN 20,000 ATHLETES OVER THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES. THE VILLAGE INCLUDES A HUGE FITNESS CENTRE, A DOPING CONTROL CENTRE, AND A CLUB FOR ATHLETES TO RELAX WITH EACH OTHER. 15-TIME GOLF MAJOR CHAMPION TIGER WOODS HAS SILENCED HIS CRITICS AHEAD OF THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. LAST WEEK FORMER WORLD NUMBER TWO COLIN MONTGOMERIE SUGGESTED WOODS SHOULD CONSIDER RETIRING FROM THE GAME, SAYING HE 'HOPES PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER HIM AS HE WAS, 'BECAUSE THERE'S NONE OF THAT NOW.' WELL AS A PAST CHAMPION, I'M EXEMPT TILL I'M 60. COLIN'S NOT ` HE'S NOT A PAST CHAMPION, SO HE'S NOT EXEMPT. SO HE DOESN'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION. I DO. I MEAN, YOU'VE EARNED THAT, YOU'VE DESERVED THAT. SO WHEN I GET TO BE AT HIS AGE, I SHOULD STILL MAKE THAT DECISION. HE DOESN'T. MONTGOMERIE WHO'S 61, NEVER WON A MAJOR TOURNAMENT. THE SCOTTISH GOLFER NOT EVEN ABLE TO WIN ON THE PGA TOUR CIRCUIT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY, FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A WET AND SOGGY START FOR YOU ALL. HEAVY SHOWERS FOR WHANGAREI, AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. WHANGAREI ` 18 IS YOUR HIGH. FURTHER SOUTH ` AND IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER HERE. CLOUDY START TO THE DAY FOR THE REGION, WITH HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` AND IT'S ANOTHER CLOUD COVERED DAY HERE. POTENTIAL FOR SUNSHINE BUT EXPECT LIGHT SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH. 15 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` A GREY START FOR MOST OF THE REGION, STICKING AROUND FOR MOST OF THE DAY. HEAVY RAINFALL FOR TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. 16 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI, PALMERSTON AND LEVIN. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` GLOOMY START FOR MOST OF THE REGION. NELSON, GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA ` YOU MAY GET SOME SUNSHINE IN THE AFTERNOON. 12 KAIKOURA. HEADING SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY FOR ASHBURTON, TIMARU AND OAMARU. MORNING FOG FOR ALEXANDRA, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 11 IS THE HIGH FOR MOST OF YOU. CHRISTCHURCH ON 10. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` QUEENSTOWN, YOU'RE IN FOR A FROSTY MORNING BUT WARMING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. INVERCARGILL AND GORE ` IT'S A FOGGY START TO YOUR DAY, CLEARING TO CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON. 11 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND AND DUNEDIN. NINE IN QUEENSTOWN. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT YESTERDAY PUTTING UP SIGNS THE SPEED CAMERA'S, ALL OF YOU JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS STUFF ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. MIKE SAYS WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT RED LIGHT RUNNERS, I DRIVE BUSES AND DUNEDIN AND I SEE AT LEAST 5 TO 10 EVERY DAY. MOST ARE TRUCK DRIVERS, BUT THERE ARE ALSO PARENTS WITH CHILDREN IN THE CARS, HE'S ALMOST BEEN HIT. MANY OF YOU SAYING IS WHEN YOU DO GET PINGED BY A SPEED CAMERA, A STATIONARY SPEED CAMERA, IS THAT YOU DON'T GET ANY TO MERIT POINTS. YOU ONLY GET THEM IF YOU ARE PULLED OVER BY A COP. IT'S QUITE A HEFTY FINE THOUGH, THAT YOU GET. SO YOU SHOULD. JEFFREY SAYS THAT IF YOU PUT SIGNS UP WITHOUT A CAMERA BEING THERE, I'M SURE ALMOST ALL DRIVERS WILL SLOW DOWN. IS THAT WHAT WE ARE COMING TO? WE ALL SIGNED OUR LICENSE TO SAY WE WILL ADHERE TO THE ROAD RULES. IF YOU GET DONE, YOU GET DONE. WHY CALL THEM SAFETY CAMERAS? CALL IT WHAT IT IS. IT IS A SPEED CAMERA. ME U TONU MAI ` THE 22-YEAR-OLD WHOSE GOT HER FOOT ON THE PROPERTY LADDER. WE'LL FIND OUT HOW SHE DID IT. # OUR HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR STREET. AT JUST 22 YEARS OLD, HAMILTON YOUTH WORKER, OTAHU JONES, IS ON THE PROPERTY LADDER. SHE'S JUST BOUGHT HER FIRST HOME FOR $300,000 IN TOKOROA, SOUTH WAIKATO. SHE JOINS US NOW WITH HER NAN REBECCA NEEDHAM, EKETONE, FOR MORE. IT IS PARTY TIME. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE HOUSE. THE SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY IS HOW IT HAPPENED. WAS THAT THE GOAL FROM A YOUNG AGE? WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I WANT TO DO THIS OR THAT, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING A HOME. WAS THIS YOUR GOAL FOR A LONG TIME? YES. NAN, I WILL BRING YOU IN. HOW DO YOU FEEL? IT'S ABOUT LOVE, NOT ABOUT MONEY. IF YOU NEED TO GET SOMEWHERE, YOU NEED WHANAU TO ROW THE BOAT. WHANAU HAVE GOT TO BE HARD ON THE YOUNG ONES TOO, HOW DID YOU GET HER TO SAVE THE MONEY? HER MUM. THAT SHE HAD TO CURB HER SPENDING? I HAD TO GET RID OF ALL OF BY NOW PAY LATER STUFF, UBER EATS WAS ONE OF MY BIGGEST ONES. I COULDN'T GO ON TRIPS WITH MY FRIENDS OR FAMILY, I HAD TO SAVE, BUT NOW I CAN DO IT. THOSE SACRIFICES YOU MADE, YOU ACHIEVED THE GOAL FROM. HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE? WE HAD FISH AND CHIPS FOR DINNER. MY KORUA DID A PRAYER ON THE HOUSE. I HAD ALL MY SIBLINGS, MY AUNTIE, MY UNCLE, MY COUSINS OVER. NEAT. NAN, WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO YOUNG ONES OUT THERE? HOW CAN THEY ACHIEVE THIS? IT IS ALL ABOUT WHANAU. IT IS NOT ABOUT MONEY. WE ARE HERE TO HELP AS MUCH AS WE CAN. THEY ARE THE NEXT GENERATION, THEY WILL CARRY ON THE LEGACY. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? PUT YOUR KIWISAVER AT 10%, AND JUST MAKE THE LITTLE SACRIFICES. YOU DON'T NEED TO DO ALL THE FUN STUFF RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN DO IT LATER. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A SUPPORTIVE FAMILY, YOU'LL GET THERE. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT ABOUT YOUR FIRST HOUSE? WHAT IS IT LIKE? IT IS A THREE-BEDROOM, HUGE SECTION, A LOT OF WORK, BUT WE WILL GET THERE TO DO IT UP. IT HAS GOT POTENTIAL. IT'S ALL ABOUT SHARING THE LOVE WITH THE WHANAU. I LOVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN. WELL DONE. I SAW YOU CHEERING FROM THE SIDELINES. IT'S ABOUT WHANAU, BECAUSE SHE HAD THE ABILITY TO STAY WITH HER NAN WHILE SHE WAS SAVING, BUT ALSO NO DOUBT THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATIONS TO COME TO, AND SHE HAS SOMETHING FOR THEM. E WHAI AKE NEI ` FORGET THE EUROS FINAL, THE STATE OF ORIGIN THIRD GAME IS TONIGHT AND ITS ALL TO PLAY FOR AT ONE GAME A PIECE. I CAUGHT UP WITH AN OLD MATE, SOME OF YOU MIGHT KNOW HIM AS WARRIORS HEAD COACH ANDREW WEBSTER, TO REVEAL WHO HE'S BACKING. # KEEP THE FAITH. # UP DAAA WAHHSSSSS! THE THIRD AND FINAL GAME OF THE STATE OF ORIGIN KICKS OFF TONIGHT. WITH THE WINNER OF QUEENSLAND AND NEW SOUTH WALES TAKING OUT THE SHIELD. AND WHILE TWO WARRIORS STARS ARE COMPETING, BACK HERE HEAD COACH ANDREW WEBSTER IS LAZER FOCUSED ON THIS WEEK'S MUST WIN GAME AGAINST THE CANBERRA RAIDERS. I CAUGHT UP WITH HIM YESTERDAY AND STARTED BY ASKING HIM HOW THE TEAM WERE FEELING AFTER A BREAK. YEAH, GOOD. WE'VE BOUNCED BACK IN, PRETTY MOTIVATED OR VERY MOTIVATED. WE'RE EXCITED. BUT WE'VE REFLECTED, WHAT'S AHEAD OF US. JUST SO WE CAN FOCUS ON NOW. WE'VE TRAINED REALLY WELL. I THINK, HAVING TWO WEEKS OFF, OFF THE BACK OF A LOSS ALWAYS MAKES YOU HUNGRY. IT'S A LONG TWO WEEKS, ISN'T IT? SO, YEAH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE CHALLENGE THIS WEEKEND. A TEAM PLAYING AGAINST A TEAM THAT'S IN A SIMILAR SITUATION AS US. 13-12. SORRY, I JUST WANT TO GO BACK. I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT GAME BECAUSE THAT WAS HEARTBREAKING. BUT, 13-12, I MEAN, OVER TIME. YEAH. THAT'S HEARTBREAKING. YEAH. THAT'S A HEARTBREAKING WAY TO LOSE A GAME. WHAT DO YOU LEARN FROM THAT? CAN YOU? DO YOU? YEAH DEFINITELY. I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH WE CAN BE PROUD OF, LIKE THE RESILIENCE. WE HAD, OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF THINGS GO AGAINST US INJURIES WISE. BUT WE STILL HAD OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE CLOSED THAT GAME OR WON THAT GAME. SO WE'RE NOT SITTING THERE AND SAYING, POOR US, LOOK AT US IN THAT SITUATION, WE GOT ROBBED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE DO CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT WE SHOWED A LOT OF RESILIENCE, BUT ALSO THERE WAS OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO CLOSE IT OUT. AND YOU'RE HEARTBROKEN FOR THE BOYS BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT WAS PUT INTO IT, AND THEN TO COME AWAY WITH NOTHING WAS HARD. THAT'S WHY THE NRL IS SO TOUGH, YOU KNOW? AND THAT'S WHY IT'S, IN MY OPINION, THE GREATEST COMPETITION IN THE WORLD. WHAT ARE YOU? THREE POINTS OFF THE TOP EIGHT. YOU'VE GOT SEVEN GAMES LEFT. ONE BYE ` WHICH IS TWO POINTS GUARANTEED, RIGHT? YEAH. SO WHAT DO` YOU'RE THE COACH, OF COURSE YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, YES, WE CAN MAKE THE TOP EIGHT. BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO GET INTO THAT` SQUEEZE INTO THAT TOP EIGHT? WELL, I THINK IT'S CLEAR WE CAN'T PRETEND THAT THERE'S NOT A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE GOT TO KEEP WINNING. BECAUSE IF WE PUT OUR HEADS IN THE CLOUDS AND PRETEND IT'S NOT HAPPENING, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE JUST GOING TO WALK PAST IT. SO THERE'S A CHALLENGE AHEAD OF US AND, AND THE BOYS, WE ADDRESS THAT. WE CAN'T DROP MANY GAMES. AND WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN'T GET AHEAD. WE CAN'T BE LOOKING AT THE LADDER EVERY WEEK, CAN'T BE FOCUSED ON WHAT IS AHEAD OR WHO BEAT WHO. WE'VE GOT TO REALLY JUST` OUR OWN DESTINY IS IN OUR HANDS OUR OPPORTUNITY IS TO GO OUT AND WORRY ABOUT EACH TRAINING DAY AND WINNING THAT WEEK. AND IF WE DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GET WHAT WE WANT. BUT IF WE DON'T, WE'RE GOING TO BE SITTING AT THE END OF THE YEAR WITH REGRET. AND WE DON'T WANT REGRET, WE WANT WHAT WE WANTED AT THE START OF THE YEAR AND THAT IS TO GIVE OURSELVES A CHANCE. UP THE WAHS. I DO WANT TO TALK STATE OF ORIGIN. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'M JUST GOING TO GET CHANGED. CAN YOU JUST BEAR WITH ME? YEAH, YEAH. JUST HOLD UP. WON'T BE ONE MOMENT. WHERE IS SHE GOING? STAND BY, PAULA. OKAY, HERE I COME. SORRY. SORRY, MATE. BUT I HAVE TO PUT THE BLUES ONESIE ON. VERY ATTRACTIVE, I LIKE IT. MY FATHER IN LAW ACTUALLY BOUGHT THIS FOR ME ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS IN BRIZZIE. IT WAS VERY HARD TO FIND, I CAN TELL YOU THAT. ESPECIALLY IN BRISBANE. UM, EXACTLY. UH, GAME THREE. YEAH. UH, SUNCORP STADIUM. YEAH. THE LAST TIME THAT THE BLUES WON THERE IN GAME THREE, WE'RE GOING BACK TO 2005. YES. BUT THEY CAN DO IT. DEFINITELY. YEAH. I MEAN, I'M, AS YOU KNOW, A BIG BLUE. I'M WITH YOU. I'VE GOT TO GET MYSELF ONE OF THOSE. NO, I'M REALLY CONFIDENT. BUT WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS SITUATION BEFORE. THERE'S SO MUCH OPTIMISM. AND WE COME UP TO QUEENSLAND, WE THUMP THEM IN GAME TWO AND GO, WE'RE THE WAY BETTER SIDE. AND THEN WE GET THERE AND THIS WHOLE THEATRE OF SUNCORP AND THESE QUEENSLANDERS AND AS YOU'VE HEARD BILLY SLATER TALK ABOUT, THE WHOLE QUEENSLAND MENTALITY. SO WE'VE GOT TO GO THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO I'M EXCITED. YEAH, I'M SO AM. MITCH BARNETT THOUGH. HOW EXCITED ARE YOU FOR HIM? YEAH I'M SO EXCITED. PROUD OF HIM AND EXCITED. HE'S HAD A MONSTER SEASON FOR THE WARRIORS SO FAR. AND REWARDED. YEAH HE'S REWARDED. HE DESERVES IT. THE THING IS HE'S MADE FOR IT. LIKE, I THOUGHT, MADGE IS VERY BRAVE NOT JUST TO GO WITH THE SAME TEAM. HE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, MITCH BARNETT'S MADE FOR THIS. HE'S STILL PLAYING GOOD FOOTBALL. HE'S BEEN CONSISTENT. IT'S BEEN GREAT FOR US AND HE'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR THEM. SO I JUST, I PICTURE HIM AND LIAM MARTIN, HOW HARD AND TOUGH THEY'RE GOING TO BE. AND THEY'RE UNCOMPROMISING. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED I RECKON, TO GO TO A SUNCORP GAME THREE. ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE US A SCORE PREDICTION? UH, 24-18 BLUES. BOOM. THERE WE GO. UP THE BLUES. UP THE BLUES. SO GOOD TO CHAT WITH YOU AS ALWAYS. THANK YOU. NO, THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. 24-18. EVERY WEEK THE WARRIORS HOLD A MEDIA DAY. USUALLY THE COACH PLUS A COUPLE OF THE PLAYERS, AND THEN IF WE ORGANISE OURSELVES AND ASK IF WE CAN HAVE A CHAT TO HIM, HE IS ALWAYS UP FOR IT. I KNOW HE DOES WATCH WITH HIS CUP OF TEA AND TOAST. YOU HAVE TO CALL HIM ANDREW. THE BLUES TONIGHT. GAME THREE. THE DECIDER. CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT. ARE YOU WATCHING IT? PROBABLY NOT. IT'S AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. YOU'VE SAT HERE ALL DAY TALKING ABOUT IT. I WATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THE MORNING. WEBBY, I MEAN ANDREW, WILL BE SAYING WHAT IS SHE DOING? WARRIORS THIS FRIDAY, AGAINST CANBERRA. THEY HAVE A GOOD RECORD AGAINST THE RAIDERS. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK, HERE'S MELISSA WITH THE NEWS. IT'S DAY TWO OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WHERE DONALD TRUMP HAS RETURNED TO THE PUBLIC EYE AFTER SURVIVING AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AT THE WEEKEND. OUR U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH JOINS US NOW FROM THE CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE. LOGAN, WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING AFTER MR TRUMP'S FIRST APPEARANCE? HAD A PARENT CAME ALMOST AS A SURPRISE. IT WAS EMOTIONAL. IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES MANY OF HIS SUPPORTERS WOULD HAVE SEEN IN THE FLESH AFTER THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. THE OTHER TALK OF THE TOWN, ESPECIALLY FROM SOME OF THE REPUBLICAN DELEGATES, IS AROUND THE NEWS OF JD BARNES, BEING DONALD TRUMP'S PACK FOR VP. MANY SUGGESTING THAT THAT AS SIGNALLING THE DIRECTION THAT TRUMP WANTS TO TAKE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND. BARNES IS MUCH YOUNGER THAN TRUMP. ABOUT HALF HIS AGE. HE IS ALSO VERY SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE. OF COURSE AT A REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER BIG-NAME REPUBLICANS. I RAN INTO KELLY AND CONWAY RECENTLY. SHE WAS THE SPOKESPERSON FOR TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DURING HIS FIRST PRESIDENCY, HAVE A LISTEN TO WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY. WE CAN DISAGREE AGREEABLY. PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY DO NOT WANT TO WEAR THEIR RED AND BLUE JERSEYS EVERY DAY ALL THE TIME. THEY WANT TO BE TOGETHER WITHOUT APOLOGY CALL CONVERSATION SEEPING INTO THAT. EVERYBODY HAS CONDEMNED POLITICAL VIOLENCE. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ALL TIME THAT PRES TRUMP, IT TURNED OUT THE WAY IT DID. SINCE THE ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE, THE RHETORIC HAS CHANGED. BEFORE IT WAS VERY COMBATIVE. SINCE THEN, IT HAD SWITCHED. NOW THERE ARE CALLS FOR UNITY, TO BRING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER TRUMP WILL BE THE PRESIDENT TO DO THAT. THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE THE THEME OF HIS MAJOR SPEECH WHICH WILL CLOSE OUT THE CONFERENCE AND A COUPLE OF DAYS TIME. JOE BIDEN'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IS SET TO RESUME ADVERTISING THIS WEEK, AFTER PAUSING HIS POLITICAL MESSAGING AFTER THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON DONALD TRUMP. MR BIDEN IS STILL TRYING TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY A POOR DEBATE PERFORMANCE LAST MONTH, AND A NUMBER OF BLUNDERS THAT HAVE RAISED DOUBTS OVER HIS AGE AND COGNITIVE HEALTH. DEMOCRAT INSIDER AND FORMER PRESS SECRETARY TO FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN BELIEVES THE PARTY IS TAKING THE WRONG APPROACH WITH BIDEN'S CAMPAIGN. THE MORE THAT HE TALKS, THE LESS AMPLIFIED THOSE INNOCENT MISTAKES LIKE FORGETTING SOMEONE'S NAME, BURLESQUE CONSEQUENTIAL THEY WILL BE. BECAUSE HE SO RARELY SEEN AND COMMUNICATING TO THE PRESS OR THE PUBLIC, THOSE MISTAKES ARE AMPLIFIED AND MORE MEANINGFUL. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS REITERATED HE IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE DESPITE SLIPPING IN THE POLLS, AND CALLS FOR HIM TO STAND ASIDE FOR ANOTHER CANDIDATE. A U.S. SENATOR HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY ON 16 COUNTS OF CORRUPTION, INCLUDING ACCEPTING GOLD BARS. NEW JERSEY SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ WAS ACCUSED OF ACCEPTING BRIBES, INCLUDING THE GOLD BARS AND A MERCEDES-BENZ IN EXCHANGE FOR HELPING FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. HE COULD NOW FACE DECADES IN PRISON. SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER HAS CALLED ON MENENDEZ TO RESIGN. THE LABOUR LEADER ISN'T EXPECTING ANY ACTION FROM THE GOVERNMENT AFTER ADMITTING IT'S NOT ON TRACK FOR EMISSION TARGETS. THIS FOLLOWS THIS MORNING DRAFT EMISSION REDUCTION PLAN FROM THE GOVERNMENT, REVEALING NEW ZEALAND WILL MISS ITS THIRD EMISSIONS BUDGET TARGET. THIS COMES WHILE MINING MINISTER SHANE JONES IS IN THE FIRING LINE AGAIN AFTER AN UNDECLARED DINNER WITH MINING COMPANIES. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS THE PRIME MINISTER 'HAS NO STANDARDS'. WHAT SHOULD CHRISTOPHER LUXON DO HERE? SHOULD HE SACK HIM? I THINK CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS PROVEN HE'S TOO WEAK TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT MISBEHAVIOUR FROM NEW ZEALAND FIRST MINISTERS. SO I'M NOT GONNA HOLD MY BREATH FOR ANY ACTION FROM HIM. THE FINAL EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN WILL BE FINALISED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, FOLLOWING ADVICE FROM THE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION AND PUBLIC CONSULTATION, WHICH OPENS TODAY. SIX TOURISTS HAVE MYSTERIOUSLY BEEN FOUND DEAD IN A LUXURY HOTEL SUITE IN BANGKOK. INITIAL REPORTS SUGGESTED THERE HAD BEEN A SHOOTING AT THE FIVE STAR HOTEL, BUT POLICE HAVE SINCE CONFIRMED THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF GUNFIRE. AUTHORITIES ARE NOW INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE GROUP DIED OF POISONING. THE DEAD WERE ALL VIETNAMESE. SOME HAD DUAL AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP. TO SPORT, AND WARRIORS STATE OF ORIGIN DEBUTANTE MITCH BARNETT IS SET FOR THE BIGGEST GAME IN HIS CAREER. THE 30-YEAR-OLD WILL MAKE HIS FIRST START IN THE BLUES JERSEY IN THE SERIES DECIDER IN BRISBANE TONIGHT. THE WARRIORS LOCK ALSO KEEPING THE RECENT BIRTH OF HIS SECOND CHILD QUIET. UM, LIKE, I WAS... I SPOKE TO MY WIFE, AND WE'RE HAPPY, IT WAS OUR SECOND BUB. AND THE OPPORTUNITY, I JUST COULDN'T LET IT GO. LOOKING AT SOMEONE ELSE, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE 'OH MY GOD, HOW HAS SHE ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN,' BUT I THINK UNTIL YOU'RE IN THE SITUATION, AND I KNOW THIS IS MITCH'S ABSOLUTE DREAM, AND WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER SINCE WE WERE 16. SO WE'VE RIDDEN THE HIGHS AND LOWS TOGETHER, AND I KNOW IT'S A BIG SACRIFICE TO MAKE FOR BOTH OF US. THE ODDS AND HISTORY ARE AGAINST THE BLUES THOUGH ` IT'S BEEN 19 YEARS SINCE NEW SOUTH WALES WON A DECIDED IN BRISBANE. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A WET AND SOGGY START FOR YOU ALL. HEAVY SHOWERS FOR WHANGAREI, AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. WHANGAREI ` 18 IS YOUR HIGH. FURTHER SOUTH ` AND IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER HERE. CLOUDY START TO THE DAY FOR THE REGION, WITH HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` AND IT'S ANOTHER CLOUD COVERED DAY HERE. POTENTIAL FOR SUNSHINE BUT EXPECT LIGHT SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH. 15 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` A GREY START FOR MOST OF THE REGION, STICKING AROUND FOR MOST OF THE DAY. HEAVY RAINFALL FOR TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. 16 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI, PALMERSTON AND LEVIN. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` GLOOMY START FOR MOST OF THE REGION. NELSON, GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA ` YOU MAY GET SOME SUNSHINE IN THE AFTERNOON. 14 THE HIGH FOR MOST. 12 KAIKOURA. HEADING SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY FOR ASHBURTON, TIMARU AND OAMARU. MORNING FOG FOR ALEXANDRA, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 11 IS THE HIGH FOR MOST OF YOU. CHRISTCHURCH ON 10. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` QUEENSTOWN, YOU'RE IN FOR A FROSTY MORNING BUT WARMING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. INVERCARGILL AND GORE ` IT'S A FOGGY START TO YOUR DAY, CLEARING TO CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON. 11 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND AND DUNEDIN. WE MAY NOT LIKE TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT MAKING PLANS FOR AFTER OUR DEATH CAN SAVE OUR LOVED ONES FROM EXTRA STRESS DURING THEIR GRIEF. ONLY AROUND 50% OF ADULTS IN NEW ZEALAND HAVE A WILL, MEANING THAT LIFE AFTER DEATH CAN BE A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED. PUBLIC TRUST'S CATHERINE SIMPSON JOINS US TO ANSWER YOUR WILL QUESTIONS. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 50% IS NOT A LOT. YES, I REALLY WISH IT WAS 100%. WE ARE ON A MISSION TO GET THE NUMBER AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE. WHEN DO YOU ADVISE SOMEONE TO GET A WELL? AS SOON AS SOMEONE TURNS 16, GETTING INTO THE WORKFORCE, PARTICULARLY IF YOU ARE INVESTING INTO KIWI SAVER. AS SOON AS YOU HIT $15,000 WHICH DOES NOT TAKE TOO MANY YEARS, PEOPLE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT GETTING PROTECTED AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD DO A THING WOULD HAPPEN TO THEM. START AT 18, EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF ANYTHING HAS CHANGED. I AM ABOUT TO HIT 40 AND I HAVE UPDATED MY WELL FOUR TIMES SO FAR. I HAD CHILDREN, I HAVE CHANGED ROLES, I BROUGHT SOME NEW PROPERTIES, I HAVE INHERITED SOME REALLY SPECIAL THINGS FROM FAMILY THAT I WANT TO PASS DOWN. IT IS SOMETHING TO REALLY, WHEN A BIG A LOT LIFE MOMENT HAPPENS, THINK, IS THERE ANYTHING IN MY WORLD THAT I NEED TO CHECK OFF OR GET UPDATED? HOW DO YOU START? DO YOU GO ONLINE? WHAT DO YOU DO? THERE ARE LOTS OF OPTIONS. WHAT I RECOMMEND TO PEOPLE AS START WITH A BLANK PIECE OF PAPER AND JOT DOWN THE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU. PEOPLE OFTEN THINK OF WELLS ABOUT BEING ABOUT MONEY OR HOUSES, BUT ACTUALLY, WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE GET REALLY BEAUTIFUL THINGS LIKE THEIR GRANDMOTHER'S RECIPE FOR THEM CHRISTMAS MINCE PIES, ALWAYS SEE PEOPLE GET THEIR ANTIQUE CLOCK THAT THEY GOT FROM THEIR GRANDFATHER OR WAR MEDALS, OR TREASURES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WILL END UP WHERE THEY WANT TO. AS OPPOSED TO THEM GETTING SOLD WHEN THEY ARE GONE BECAUSE THEY DID NOT REALISE THE VALUE. JOT THOSE THINGS DOWN, TALK TO THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT, AND IT IS REALLY SIMPLE. YOU CAN GO ONLINE. PUBLIC TRUST HAVE ONLINE WELLS AT AS CHEAP AS $85. OR GO SEE YOUR SOLICITOR IF YOU HAVE ONE. THERE ARE OTHER TRUST ORGANISATIONS OUT THERE. IF YOU ARE NOT SURE GOOGLE, WELLS, AND LOTS OF OPTIONS WILL SHOW UP. THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS THAT YOU CAN AVOID COMPLICATIONS AFTER YOU PASS AWAY. IF YOU DIE AND YOU HAVE ANY MORE THAN THAT $15,000 THRESHOLD, THEN SOMEONE HAS TO APPLY TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE. WHETHER THOSE BE PHYSICAL THINGS, CASH, SHARES OR PROPERTY OR OTHER THINGS. IF YOU HAVE NOT NAMED SOMEONE, EFFECTIVELY SOMEONE HAS TO GO THROUGH THE COURTS TO APPLY TO DO THAT. IT CAN TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, COST A FEW THOUSAND MORE IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS THAN IF YOU NAME SOMEONE AND WERE CLEAR WITH WHAT YOU WANTED. WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE COURT EXECUTORS, WHICH IS A TECHNICAL TERM, BUT IS BASICALLY THE PERSON WHO WILL GATHER THE THINGS AND PASS THEM ON TO THE PEOPLE YOU WANTED TO. WE RECOMMEND YOU NAME MORE THAN ONE, JUST IN CASE, AS YOU DO SOMETHING WHEN YOU ARE 40, AND YOU ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO LIVE TO 85, THINGS CAN CHANGE SO IT HELPS TO HAVE A BACKUP. THE BIG QUESTION WE WERE DISCUSSING YESTERDAY, HOW DOES THAT WORK? CAN YOU INHERIT DEBT? GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU CANNOT INHERIT DEBT AND IS ON UNLESS YOU AGREED TO. THAT WILL BE A BIT DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON HOW YOU ARE AN ASSET. EXAMPLE, IF YOU TAKE ME, MY FATHER TO ME. EDDIE HAD A HOUSE WHICH STILL HAD A MORTGAGE ON IT. YOU EITHER SELL THE HOUSE AND COVER THE MORTGAGE. OR YOU MIGHT SAY, ACTUALLY I REALLY WANT TO KEEP THE HOUSE AT HAS BEEN OUR FAMILY HOME FOR 30 YEARS, I AM GOING TO SPEAK TO THE BANK ABOUT TAKING OVER THE MORTGAGE. THEY WILL ASSESS MY FINANCIAL SITUATION, THEN I CAN TAKE OVER THE PROPERTY WITH WHATEVER LENDING IS STILL IN MY NAME. GENERALLY THINGS LIKE CREDIT CARD DEBTS ARE NOT INHERITED. WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE PERSON IS MANAGING YOUR THINGS FOR YOU, THEY WORK THROUGH ALL OF THE ASSETS THAT YOU HAVE GOT, HOUSE, CARS, JEWELRY, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, AND THEN THEY WILL WORK THROUGH ANY MONEY THAT YOU OWED. THEY CAN BE CREDIT CARD, THAT COULD BE SOME MONEY TO THE IRD THAT YOU OWE. IT COULD BE MORTGAGE, COULD BE ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THEY WILL WORK THROUGH AND EFFECTIVELY, AND CAPTURE THOSE ASSETS AND PAY OFF ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE PAID, AND ENABLE TAKE WHAT IS REMAINING AND DEPENDING WHAT ANY RIGHT IN THE WELL, THEY WILL DISTRIBUTE IT AND THAT WAY TO THOSE PEOPLE YOU LISTED. WHAT ABOUT LEAVING MONEY TO CHARITIES AND ORGANISATIONS? HOW MANY NEW ZEALANDERS DO THAT? PERSONALLY I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE THAT LEFT. NEW ZEALANDERS ARE SUCH AN AMAZING, CHARITABLE BUNCH. LOOK HOW MUCH WE CAN A LIFETIME, IT IS OVER $3 BILLION. WE DO NOT THINK AS MUCH ABOUT POST LIFE. PEOPLE ARE PRIORITISING FAMILY. I HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN UNDER 10, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I WAS WRITING MY WELL, I WAS THINKING ABOUT, I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO SET THEM UP FOR THE FUTURE, BUT I ALSO REALLY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE BACK TO SET UP NEW ZEALAND FOR THE FUTURE. HOW DO I DO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS? AND MY WELL I ACTUALLY DONATE TO A FOUNDATION. THAT IS WHAT I PLAN TO DO. HOPE DOWN HERE FOR A WHILE. FOR ME, THAT IS MY WAY OF GOING, I CAN GIFT TO MY FAMILY AND I CAN GET TO AN ORGANISATION WHICH HELPS ALL THE CHILDREN OF NEW ZEALAND. I REALLY HOPE THAT RISES OVER TIME. THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME ON TV, ISN'T IT? IT IS. YOU HAVE SMASHED IT. JUST BEFORE YOU GO, I DON'T KNOW AT THIS QUESTION IS APPROPRIATE FOR YOU, BUT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT DEBT. AND ASSETS. IF THERE ARE ASSETS, YOU CAN SELL THE ASSETS WHICH WILL PAY OFF THE DEBT. WHAT AS YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ASSETS? THAT DEBTS CANNOT BE INHERITED BY THE PEOPLE IN THE WILL. THERE IS A FORMULA. THERE IS SOME MONEY REMAINING AND SOME DEBT REMAINING, BUT THE DEBT OUTWEIGHS IT, THEN THEY APPLY PERCENTAGES FOR WHO GETS PAID AND THERE IS A PRIORITY ORDER THEY GET SET OUT. AS YOU WERE TO OWE WAGES FOR SOMEONE THAT WORKS FOR YOU, IT IS ALL LAID OUT IN THE INSOLVENCY ACT. THAT OF COURSE IS DEPENDENT ON WHAT SHOWS UP AND WHERE THEY ARE AT. TOTALLY LOVING YOUR WORK. HAVE YOU SORTED YOUR WILL? I HAVE A VERY OLD WILL. ME U TONU MAI ` THE PICTURESQUE VISITOR MAGNET THAT COULD BE DEADLY. PICTURESQUE AORAKI MOUNT COOK IS A MAGNET FOR VISITORS FROM ACROSS NEW ZEALAND AND THE WORLD. BUT RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW HORDES PEOPLE IGNORING SAFETY SIGNS AND WALKING ACROSS THE FROZEN GLACIAL LAKE. WE SPOKE WITH VISITOR AND MARINE SCIENTIST JAMES NIKITINE WHO TOOK THE PHOTOS. WHEN WE ARRIVED TO THE LAKE, WE DISCOVERED, TO OUR ASTONISHMENT, THAT ONCE AGAIN, AFTER HAVING BEEN THERE LAST YEAR, THAT THERE WERE HORDES OF PEOPLE ON THE LAKE, AND THERE'S A HUGE SIGN THAT SAYS 'DO NOT GO ON THE LAKE.' UH, AND THE SIGN IS RED, YOU CAN'T MISS IT. IT'S RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE` AS YOU GET TO THE CREST. UM, AND MY BOYS WERE LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, 'LOOK AT THEM AGAIN.' 'THEY'RE ON THE LAKE AGAIN.' UH, MY 8-YEAR-OLD WAS QUITE APPALLED, IN FACT. AND I SAID TO HIM, 'WELL, WHAT CAN YOU DO?' 'I MEAN, YOU CAN'T TELL THESE PEOPLE TO GET OFF THE LAKE.' I MEAN, IT'S NOT REALLY OUR ROLE, BUT JUST VISITORS JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THEM. BUT WE COULD CLEARLY SEE THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE ALL THE WAY RIGHT UP TO THE MORAINES, TO THE GLACIER, THE OTHER END, WHICH IS QUITE FRIGHTENING BECAUSE THE ICE IS PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, 10 TO 15, MAYBE 20CM THICK AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, OR MAYBE MORE, DEPENDING ON THE TEMPERATURES, WHICH VARY. BUT THE THE LAKE IS QUITE DEEP. I THINK IT GOES DOWN TO ABOUT 130M. BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF THE DEPTH OF THE LAKE, IT'S MORE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE. I MEAN, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE'RE REALLY FAR AWAY FROM EVERYTHING. AORAKI MOUNT COOK IS REALLY REMOTE. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAMILIES WITH SELFIE STICKS. UH, I SAW A DRONE FLY ABOVE OUR HEADS. IT WAS A BIT LIKE YOU'RE AT DISNEYLAND, YOU KNOW? THE BEHAVIOUR'S PROMPTING WARNINGS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION. SENIOR RANGER NIAMH ESPINER JOINS US NOW. SERIOUSLY, CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT WE WERE SEEING. WHAT WE WERE LISTENING TO, IN TERMS OF PEOPLE PUTTING THEIR OWN LIVES AT RISK. HOW CONSENTING IS THIS? ABSOLUTELY. IT IS VERY CONCERNING FOR US HERE AT MOUNT COOK. RISKS FOR VISITORS OF GOING OUT ON THE LAKE AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, ARE PRETTY SERIOUS. AT BEST, YOU MIGHT SLIP OVER AND REALLY ENJOY YOURSELF, AND YOU FIGHT QUITE FAR FROM HELP. WHERE THIS LAKE IS LOCATED. YOU HAVE SEEN THE PHOTOS, THIS IS AN ALPINE LAKE, GLACIAL LAKE, RIGHT AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN, THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN NEW ZEALAND. IT IS AN ALPINE ENVIRONMENT. THE THICKNESS OF THE ICE THAT PEOPLE ARE WALKING ON IT CAN VARY A LOT. DUE TO A NUMBER OF FACTORS. WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT IT IS GOING TO BE THICK ENOUGH FOR YOU TO WALK ON. IF IT WERE TO CRACK, AND SOMEONE WAS TO FALL THROUGH, THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE VERY SERIOUS. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE IGNORING SIGNS. THIS IS PART OF IT, THERE IS A SIGN TO SAY DON'T DO IT. BUT, THE FLIPSIDE OF THAT TOTAL, AS THAT, YOU MAY HAVE TO PUT FENCES UP. BECAUSE THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF GOING ON THIS TRACK, AND BEING ABLE TO GET TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AT WHAT POINT, WHERE IS DOC AT IN TERMS OF WARNING PEOPLE? THERE ARE NOW TWO SIGNS. WE HAVE A NEW SIGN, WHICH HAS A PICTURE OF SOMEONE FALLING THROUGH, TO MAKE THAT MESSAGE REALLY CLEAR. WE DO HAVE VISITORS TO WHO DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE REALLY CLEAR TO ALL OF OUR VISITORS. YOU ARE SO RIGHT, FOR US IT IS ABOUT GETTING THAT BALANCE RIGHT. BETWEEN INFORMING VISITORS OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN, BUT AT THE SAME TIME AT AS AN ALPINE ENVIRONMENT, THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF RISKS EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK. WE DO NOT WANT TO PUT UP BARRIERS AND SIGNS FOR EVERY SINGLE RISK, BECAUSE THEN YOU WOULD NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO SET FOOT ON THE TRACK. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF SURVIVAL ARE SOMEONE WAS TO FALL THROUGH? THE CHANCES OF BEING RESCUED, WE DO HAVE A TEAM HAIR BASED ON THE NATIONAL PARK FOR RESCUE, BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEND OUR TEAM OUT ONTO THE ICE BECAUSE WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS SAFE, SO ADD WOULD BE AN AIR RESCUE. THE CHANCES OF SURVIVAL IF YOU FALL INTO THE WATER, YOU ARE GOING TO BE AT A VERY HIGH RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA WITHIN MINUTES. WE WOULD NOT BE AT A VERY GOOD SITUATION AT ALL IF YOU WERE TO FALL IN. WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE? I KNOW THIS IS FOR TOURISTS AS WELL AS LOCALS. WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? THE MESSAGE TO VISITORS AS BE PREPARED, WHEN YOU GO OUT INTO THE OUTDOORS, WE REALLY WANT YOU TO HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE EXPERIENCE ON YOUR PUBLIC CONSERVATION LAND. WE WANT YOU TO GET OUT THERE AND SEE THE COUNTRY. BUT BEFORE YOU GET OUT, STOP, TAKE A MINUTE TO THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN SAFETY. ARE YOU PREPARED? DO YOU HAVE SUITABLE FOOTWEAR, CLOTHING? AND SUMMER, SUNSCREEN AND WATER. IN WINTER, WARM CLOTHING. STOP AND TAKE A MINUTE TO THINK ABOUT YOUR SAFETY BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT AND HAVE A GREAT TIME. LOOK AT THE SIGNS. THEY WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO. THANK YOU, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT. THAT PHOTO IS INCREDIBLE. PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HAVE THE SIGNS OUT THERE. TWO SIGNS. AND PEOPLE STILL IGNORE THEM. DON'T DO IT. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS WE WILL GET TO MORE OF YOUR FEEDBACK. STAY WITH US. # I CAN BY MYSELF FLOWERS, THE LABOUR LEADER IS CRITICISING THE PRIME MINISTER FOR NOT HAVING STANDARDS AFTER HIS MINISTER WAS CAUGHT MEETING WITH MINING COMPANIES. THIS COMES THE SAME MORNING THE GOVERNMENT'S DRAFT EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN WAS RELEASED, REVEALING NEW ZEALAND WILL MISS ITS THIRD EMISSIONS BUDGET TARGET, WHILE RESOURCES MINISTER SHANE JONES IS BEING QUESTIONED OVER THE UNDECLARED DINNER WITH COAL MINING COMPANIES. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS THE GOVERNMENT IS 'WINDING BACK' EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS. SHANE JONES SHOULDN'T BE MEETING WITH MINING COMPANIES. IT'S SOMEWHAT IRONIC THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION, JUST ON THE SAME DAY THE GOVERNMENT HAVE ADMITTED THAT THEY'RE NOW OFF TRACK TO HITTING THEIR EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS TARGETS. SHANE JONES IS OUT THERE SAYING, LET'S PULL UP MORE FOSSIL FUELS AND BURN THOSE. THE FINAL EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN WILL BE FINALISED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, FOLLOWING ADVICE FROM THE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION AND PUBLIC CONSULTATION, WHICH OPENS TODAY. DONALD TRUMP HAS MADE A TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE PUBLIC EYE AFTER SURVIVING AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AT THE WEEKEND. HE'S IN MILWAUKEE THIS WEEK FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, WHERE SECURITY IS TOP OF MIND. OUR U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH JOINS US NOW FROM THE CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE. KIA ORA LOGAN. AS WE KNOW, THIS CONVENTION HAS GOT OFF TO A HORRIFIC START. ONE THING THAT HAS ALWAYS FASCINATED ME ABOUT CONVENTIONS IS JUST THE ATMOSPHERE AT THESE. WE ARE MAKING FRIENDS AT ONE OF THE MERCHANDISE STANDS, THAT ARE ALL OVER THIS AREA, JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE STUFF YOU CAN BUY. YOU HAVE DONALD TRUMP HATS, T-SHIRTS, AND IF WE MOVE BACK A LITTLE BIT, THIS IS MY FAVOURITE. THIS IS DONALD TRUMP CEREAL. I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT IT TASTE LIKE, BUT THERE YOU GO. WITH DONALD TRUMP'S FACE ON A CEREAL BOX. WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM THE MAN HIMSELF A LITTLE BIT LATER AT THE CONVENTION AS HE SPEAKS TO DELEGATES, HE WILL LIKELY CLOSE OUT THE SHOW. HIS SPEECH IS EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON THEMES SUCH AS UNITY AFTER SUCH A HORRIFIC COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT HERE, IT IS ALL GO HERE AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. ALMOST HALF OF NEW ZEALAND'S ADULTS DO NOT HAVE A WILL, AND IT'S SOMETHING THE PUBLIC TRUST IS ON A MISSION TO CHANGE. AS SOON AS YOU HIT $15,000, WHICH DOESN'T TAKE TOO MANY YEARS, PEOPLE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT GETTING PROTECTED AND WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THEM. SO WE RECOMMEND START AT 18 AND THEN EVERY KIND OF 3 TO 5 YEARS, JUST HAVE A QUICK LOOK AND SEE IF ANYTHING'S CHANGED. THE WHITEFERNS WILL PLAY FOR PRIDE TOMORROW MORNING AS THEY WRAP UP THEIR FIVE MATCH T-20 SERIES AGAINST ENGLAND. THE SIDE HAVE LOST THE SERIES CONVINCINGLY AND ARE YET TO WIN A GAME. BUT THEY'RE STILL EXCITED TO FINISH ON A HIGH AT LORD'S. YEAH, IT'S VERY SPECIAL. UM, I MEAN, YOU GROW UP AND YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT LORDS AND IT BEING THE HOME OF CRICKET. SO TO PLAY HERE FOR YOUR COUNTRY IS PRETTY SPECIAL. AND IT'S NOT REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY MANY OF US HAVE HAD BEFORE WITH THE WHITE FERNS. SO TO BE ABLE TO PLAY AT LORD'S IS PRETTY COOL. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE TOMORROW. THE FIRST BALL WILL BE BOWLED EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. TWO DAYS AFTER A DISAPPOINTING LOSS IN THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL, GARETH SOUTHGATE HAS RESIGNED AS ENGLAND MANAGER. SOUTHGATE LED THE SIDE FOR 8 YEARS AND 102 MATCHES. THOUGH THEY FAILED TO WIN A MAJOR TITLE, ENGLAND MADE 2 EUROS FINALS AND A WORLD CUP SEMI AND QUARTER FINAL UNDER SOUTHGATE. HE SAYS IT'S BEEN THE HONOUR OF HIS LIFE TO PLAY AND MANAGE FOR ENGLAND. GOLFER RORY MCILROY HAS BEEN LEFT SLIGHTLY EMBARRASSED, REVEALING HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW TIGER WOODS HAD SENT HIM SOME WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AFTER THE U.S. OPEN, BECAUSE HE'D CHANGED HIS NUMBER. THE 15-TIME MAJOR CHAMPION REACHED OUT TO THE IRISHMAN, A WEEK AFTER A FINAL ROUND COLLAPSE AT LAST MONTH'S TOURNAMENT COST HIM A FIFTH MAJOR. NOT JUST BASICALLY HERE. AS YOU KNOW, I'M YOUR FRIEND. I KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT MOMENT. WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE. AS CHAMPIONS, WE ALL LOSE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT JUST HAPPENED AND THE RAW EMOTION OF IT, IT'S STILL THERE AND IT'S GONNA BE THERE FOR I'M SURE SOME TIME. THE FASTER HE'S ABLE TO GET BACK ON A HORSE AND GET BACK INTO CONTENTION LIKE HE DID LAST WEEK, THE BETTER IT IS FOR HIM. FULL DISCLOSURE, I CHANGED MY NUMBER TWO DAYS AFTER THE U.S. OPEN, SO I DIDN'T GET IT UNTIL HE TOLD ME ABOUT IT TODAY, SO I WAS LIKE, 'THANKS VERY MUCH'. I BLAMED TIGER WOODS, WHICH WAS PROBABLY NOT A GREAT THING. THE PAIR WILL LINE UP AT THE BRITISH OPEN THIS WEEK, WITH WOODS SAYING HE'LL CONTINUE PLAYING MAJORS AS LONG AS HE FEEL HE CAN WIN. AND TO SOME BREAKING NEWS... IT'S BEING REPORTED MILWAUKEE POLICE HAVE SHOT AND KILLED A MAN CARRYING A KNIFE OUTSIDE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION SAFE ZONE. DETAILS ON THE INCIDENT ARE SO FAR LIMITED, BUT IT'S BELIEVED NO ONE ELSE HAS BEEN HURT. OF COURSE WE WILL BRING YOU ALL THE UPDATES AS WE CAN. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A WET AND SOGGY START FOR YOU ALL. HEAVY SHOWERS FOR WHANGAREI, AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. WHANGAREI ` 18 IS YOUR HIGH. FURTHER SOUTH ` AND IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER HERE. CLOUDY START TO THE DAY FOR THE REGION, WITH HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` AND IT'S ANOTHER CLOUD COVERED DAY HERE. POTENTIAL FOR SUNSHINE BUT EXPECT LIGHT SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH. 15 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` A GREY START FOR MOST OF THE REGION, STICKING AROUND FOR MOST OF THE DAY. HEAVY RAINFALL FOR TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. 16 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI, PALMERSTON AND LEVIN. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` GLOOMY START FOR MOST OF THE REGION. NELSON, GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA ` YOU MAY GET SOME SUNSHINE IN THE AFTERNOON. 14 THE HIGH FOR MOST. 12 KAIKOURA. HEADING SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY FOR ASHBURTON, TIMARU AND OAMARU. MORNING FOG FOR ALEXANDRA, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 11 IS THE HIGH FOR MOST OF YOU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` QUEENSTOWN, YOU'RE IN FOR A FROSTY MORNING BUT WARMING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. INVERCARGILL AND GORE ` IT'S A FOGGY START TO YOUR DAY, CLEARING TO CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON. 11 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND AND DUNEDIN. NINE IN QUEENSTOWN. ON THE LARGEST PIECE OF RAINFOREST IN SOUTHERN AFRICA IS GOING TO BECOME A CONSERVATION AREA AFTER DOZENS OF NEW SPECIES OF ANIMALS WERE FOUND LIVING THERE. THE BBC'S JONAH FISHER JOINED THE LATEST EXPEDITION TO THE MABU FOREST TO SEE SOME OF ITS HIDDEN GEMS. WELCOME TO EDEN. WELCOME TO THE CENTRE OF MABU FOREST. THIS IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS IT GETS. THERE ARE STILL PLACES ON EARTH THAT HUMANS HAVE HARDLY TOUCHED. FOREST IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE WATER IS CRYSTAL CLEAR. MABU FOREST IS ONE OF THEM. PROTECTED BY MOZAMBIQUE'S MANY WARS AND ITS REMOTE LOCATION, THIS PLACE WAS, FOR A LONG TIME, ONLY KNOWN TO LOCALS. THEN, 20 YEARS AGO, A MYSTERIOUS DARK GREEN PATCH WAS SPOTTED ON SATELLITE IMAGES BY EXPLORER AND ECOLOGIST PROFESSOR JULIAN BAYLIS. OH MY GOD. I MEAN, WHAT HAVE WE DISCOVERED HERE? WHEN HE WENT TO CHECK IT OUT ON THE GROUND, HE COULDN'T BELIEVE HIS EYES. WE FOUND THE LARGEST RAINFOREST IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. WHAT CAME NEXT WAS A RACE AGAINST TIME TO REVEAL MABU'S SECRETS, IN THE HOPE THAT IT WOULD LEAD TO THE FOREST BEING PROTECTED. WE JOINED PROFESSOR BAYLISS IN A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS ON THEIR LATEST EXPEDITION, LOOKING FOR NEW SPECIES IN THE VERY HEART OF MABU. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY MABU IS SO SPECIAL IS BECAUSE IT'S EFFECTIVELY A LAND ISLAND, A HIGH ALTITUDE FOREST SURROUNDED BY THE LOWLANDS OF MOZAMBIQUE. AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE CREATURES WHO LIVE HERE IS THAT THEY'VE EVOLVED SEPARATELY FROM OTHER POPULATIONS, MAKING MANY OF THEM UNIQUE. SO FAR, MORE THAN 25 NEW SPECIES HAVE BEEN FOUND AND FORMALLY DESCRIBED. COME HERE. DON'T GO AWAY. INCLUDING AT LEAST 10 OF PROFESSOR BAILEY'S FAVOURITE ` BUTTERFLIES. POPPY IS THE NAME OF MY DAUGHTER. SO THIS ONE IS NAMED AFTER MY DAUGHTER. HE WAS LIKE FOUR METRES UP IN, UH, IN A SMALL VINE. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN NEW SPECIES OF SNAKES, BATS, CRABS AND CHAMELEONS. IT'S A CHAMELEON WHICH IS ONLY FOUND ON MOUNT MABU. IN THE STREAM JUST BY OUR TENTS, ERICA THINKS SHE'S FOUND A NEW FRESHWATER CATFISH. I HOPE THAT WE HAVE A NEW SPECIES FOR THIS AREA. IT'S VERY EXCITING. ARE YOU SURE... DO YOU WANT TO? MEET THE DUNG BEETLE SPECIALIST. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. I WANT TO PUT MY GLOVES. HE THINKS HE'S FOUND MORE THAN 15 NEW SPECIES ON MABU AND PUTS IT DOWN TO THE QUALITY OF HIS BAIT. BASICALLY, YEAH. I'M USING MY FECES AS A BAIT TO ATTRACT DUNG BEETLES IN THE FOREST. SO ALL OVER THIS PART OF THE FOREST, THERE ARE PROBABLY DUNG BEETLES SMELLING YOUR POO, THINKING... THAT'S CORRECT. ...IT'S LUNCHTIME. THAT'S CORRECT. (LAUGHS) NO, I THINK THIS TIME AROUND IS BRUNCH! WHEN WE SPEAK TO THE MOZAMBIQUE AUTHORITIES, THERE'S MORE GOOD NEWS. THEY CONFIRM FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT ALL THE NEW DISCOVERIES HAVE CONVINCED THEM TO TURN MABU INTO A CONSERVATION AREA. FOR PROFESSOR BAYLISS, IT WILL MARK THE END OF A TWO DECADE LONG JOURNEY. WE'VE NOW ARRIVED AT THE END GOAL OF PROTECTING THIS FOREST. THIS IS A CONSERVATION SUCCESS STORY. KEPT HIDDEN FOR SO LONG, THANKS TO SCIENCE, MABU'S SECRETS SHOULD LIVE ON. E WHAI AKE NEI - THE NEW ZEALAND PRIVATE PLANE GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR TO GO AT SUPERSONIC SPEEDS. WHY THE 'ROCKET PLANE' IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO BREAK THE SOUND BANNER. A CHRISTCHURCH BASED AEROSPACE COMPANY'S GOAL OF SPACE TRAVEL IS A STEP CLOSER TO REALITY. THIS IS DAWN AEROSPACE'S MK 2 'AURORA'. WE SPOKE TO THE COMPANY'S CO-FOUNDER STEFAN POWELL LAST YEAR AFTER THE ROCKET POWERED SPACE PLANE COMPLETED ITS FIRST CAMPAIGN. NOW HE'S BACK WITH MORE GOOD NEWS. MORENA STEFAN, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE CERTIFIED FOR SUPERSONIC FLIGHT NOW. WE CAN GO OUT AND FLY THIS VEHICLE IN A WAY THAT EVERYBODY FLIES, AS MUCH AS WE WANT. SUPERSONIC SPEED SOUNDS VERY FAST, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE ROCKET WILL BE DOING? THIS IS ALL ABOUT PROVING A BETTER WAY OF GETTING TO SPACE. A ROCKET IS NORMALLY TWO MAJOR BITS. ONE BIT GOES UP TO ABOUT 100 KM ALTITUDE, AND THEN NORMALLY LANDS IN THE OCEAN. AND THE SECOND BUT GOES OFF TO SPACE. THE FIRST BIT IS ACTUALLY 80% OF THE ROCKET AND THE COST, SO WE WANT TO SHOW THAT WE CAN DO THAT IS WITH SOMETHING THAT IS TRULY AN AIRCRAFT. JUST LIKE YOU DO WITH THE PLANE THAT FLIES FROM AUCKLAND TO CHRISTCHURCH. WE WANT TO SHOW THAT WE CAN DO THAT GOING TO SPACE AS WELL. HOW HAS THE INTEREST BEEN? THE INTEREST WORLDWIDE, PHENOMENAL. ALSO SOMEWHAT HARD TO PLACE, BECAUSE WE ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT HUMANITY HAS NEVER DONE BEFORE. BEING ABLE TO FLY TO SUBORBITAL SPACE TWICE IN A DAY AS A CAPABILITY WE HAVE NOT HAD, SO WE'RE GOING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THINGS LIKE WEATHER MODELLING, AND WE ARE ASKING WHAT YOU WOULD DO IF YOU COULD ACCESS BITS OF THE ATMOSPHERE YOU CAN'T ACCESS USUALLY, WHAT WOULD THAT DO FOR WEATHER SCIENCE, WHAT WOULD THAT DO FOR PREDICTING IT? WHAT WOULD THAT DO FOR CROPS AND CLIMATE CHANGE? AND WE ARE GETTING A FANTASTIC RESPONSE FROM THEM. THEY ARE SAYING IT WOULD IMPROVE OUR WEATHER MODELS. IT'S VERY IMPACTFUL. I UNDERSTAND TOO, HAVE YOU HAD INTEREST FROM THE US MILITARY? CERTAINLY NASA IS VERY INTERESTED. ANOTHER THING YOU CAN DO WITH THIS AIRCRAFT IS GRAVITY PROFILES. IT'S HARD TO SIMULATE DIFFERENT GRAVITY, AND WE ARE ABLE TO DO MARTIAL GRAVITY PROFILES FOR THEM AS WELL. NO CONTRACT SIGNED YET, THE LICENSE WE HAVE WILL BE EXPERIMENTAL JUST SHOWING WE CAN GO OUT AND DO IT, AND THE COMMERCIAL STAGE COMES AFTER. HAVE YOU STARTED THE EXPERIMENTAL STAGE ALREADY? WHERE JUST GEARING UP FOR AN HOUR. WE JUST GOT OUR CERTIFICATION OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS WE'RE FLYING A FEW CAMPAIGNS. PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS JUST TO SHOW THAT YEAR, WE CAN GET SUPERSONIC WITH THIS VEHICLE, THAT'S A MAJOR WIN IF WE CAN DO THAT, WE WOULD BE THE FIRST PRIVATELY FUNDED VEHICLE EVER TO DO THAT, SO YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A FIRST FOR NEW ZEALAND. SECONDARY GOAL IS TO SHOW THAT WE CAN FLY THESE FLIGHTS TWICE IN A DAY. WE HAVE ROCKET LAB OUT THERE STEPHAN, IS NEW ZEALAND A PRETTY LEGIT PLAYER IN THE SPACE GAME NOW? I THINK AS SOON AS ROCKET LAB MADE THEIR FIRST SPLASH, AND BECAME CLEAR THAT NEW ZEALAND WAS A BIG PLAYER. IT'S ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE IS HOW WE ARE BUCKING THE TREND ON THIS. NUMBER EIGHT WIRE MENTALITY REALLY GOES A LONG WAY IN THIS INDUSTRY. THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE SPACE IS ABOUT. IT'S A PRETTY SMART LOOKING KIT BEHIND YOU. PEOPLE CAN HAVE A LOOK WHEN YOU'RE TAKING OFF? IT IS POSSIBLE, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT. WE GO FLYING, THERE ARE NOT HUGE EXCLUSION ZONE, SO IF YOU WERE ON THE MOUNT COOK REGION, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE IT. THIS IS NOT PARTICULARLY CERTAIN WHEN WE WILL BE FLYING OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE IF THERE ARE SOME TOURISTS IN THE AREA, THEY MIGHT HEAR OR SEE AN AIRCRAFT FLYING BY. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. CHEERS. E HAERE AKE NEI ` A TAURANGA TEENAGE MOTOCROSS PRODIGY HAS JUST BECOME THE FIRST KIWI RIDER TO CLAIM A WORLD JUNIOR MOTOCROSS TITLE. WE'LL SPEAK TO AND CHAT TO THE 14-YEAR-OLD CHAMPION. A TEENAGER FROM TAURANGA HAS JUST BECOME THE FIRST KIWI RIDER TO CLAIM A WORLD JUNIOR MOTOCROSS TITLE. AT JUST 14, LEVI TOWNLEY IS RIGHT NOW FLYING BACK TO NEW ZEALAND AFTER COMPETING IN THE NETHERLANDS AT THE JUNIOR MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ` 85 C-C CLASS. I GOT THE CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH HIM BRIEFLY YESTERDAY BEFORE HIS FLIGHT HOME TODAY, AND STARTED BY ASKING HIM HOW BIG THIS ACHIEVEMENT IS FOR HIM. IT'S PRETTY MASSIVE. I DIDN'T REALLY REALISE IT WHEN I CROSSED THE LINE, BUT BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT THE LAST FEW DAYS AND IT'S PRETTY MASSIVE. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WERE NURSING AN INJURY. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? YEAH, I` ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE I HAD A CRASH AND THOUGHT WE'D BROKEN MY WRIST. BUT LUCKILY I DIDN'T. WE GOT X-RAYS AND IT WAS JUST REALLY BADLY BRUISED, THE BONE. SO HAD TWO DAYS ON THE BIKE BEFORE THE JUNIOR CHAMPS AND, YEAH, MANAGED TO WORK OUT SOMEHOW. SO THAT WAS GOOD. LEVI, WAS IT GIVING YOU ANY PAIN AT ALL DURING THE RACE? UH, NO, IT WASN'T. I THINK THE ADRENALINE KICKS IN AND I DIDN'T FEEL IT, WHICH WAS` I WAS PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT. ALL RIGHT, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T FOLLOW MOTOCROSS, HOW DOES IT WORK? UH, THERE'S 40 RIDERS. FOR THIS EVENT, THERE WAS 108 RIDERS IN MY CLASS, AND WE HAD THE QUALIFIER AND THEN THROUGH THE QUALIFYING AND THEN YOU` THERE'S 40 GATES, THEY DROP THE GATE AND YOU DO 20 MINUTES OF RACING. THEN IT'S BASICALLY THE FIRST PERSON TO THE CHECKERED FLAG. AND THAT'S BASICALLY HOW IT WORKS. 20 MINUTES FULL OUT. BEN, I WANT TO BRING YOU IN HERE. HOW PROUD ARE YOU? I MEAN, AS A FATHER WATCHING ON, WERE YOU SURPRISED OR DID YOU THINK, 'MY SON'S GOT THIS'? NOT IN THE WAY IN WHICH YOU SAID IT, IN THAT TYPE OF CONFIDENCE. BUT I KNEW HE WAS VERY CAPABLE OF BEING COMPETITIVE. HE'S GOT ALL THE SKILLS AND AND ATTRIBUTES, YOU KNOW, TO BE A GOOD RIDER. AND SO THAT WAS THE REASON, I GUESS, WE CAME TO THIS EVENT, REALLY, WAS TO SEE HIM AND HIS BROTHER HAVE ASPIRATIONS TO BE PROFESSIONAL RIDERS. THE AGE HE'S AT NOW, I GUESS, IT WAS THE RIGHT TIMING TO SEE IF HE'S ON THE RIGHT PATH. CLEARLY, AS A FAMILY WE ARE. LEVI, THERE'S A SAYING YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD, THAT THE APPLE DOESN'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE. BUT YOUR DAD IS A WORLD CHAMP AS WELL, FROM WHAT I'VE READ. WHAT TIPS DOES HE GIVE YOU? AND WHAT'S IT LIKE TO HAVE A DAD LIKE BEN BY YOUR SIDE? YEAH, IT'S PRETTY COOL. I'VE GOT DEFINITELY GOT AN ADVANTAGE THERE AGAINST MY COMPETITION. BUT, YEAH, I DON'T FEEL LIKE HE'S A WORLD CHAMP. HE'S JUST MY DAD. I GOTTA LISTEN TO HIM SOMETIMES, BUT, YEAH, HE'S AWESOME. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE NOT RIDING? UH, HANGING OUT WITH MY MATES. I DO A LOT OF OFF BIKE TRAINING FOR THIS EVENT. BUT I'LL HAVE A BIT OF A REST NOW. I ALSO GO TO SCHOOL FULL TIME. I GO TO SCHOOL AT TAURANGA BOYS COLLEGE. THAT'S AN AWESOME SCHOOL AND THEY'VE HELPED ME OUT A LOT. SO, BIG THANKS TO THEM FOR LETTING ME COME AND DO THIS. OK, SO WHAT'S NEXT FOR YOU, LEVI? UH, WE'VE GOT AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR CHAMPS COMING UP, SO I'D LIKE TO GO WIN THAT. LIKE MY GOAL WAS FOR THIS EVENT, I'VE JUST GOT TO RIDE HOW I KNOW HOW TO. AND OBVIOUSLY, I'M PRETTY GOOD, SO I THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO WIN. LOVE IT. LEVI, THANKS AGAIN. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. AND TO YOU, BEN. THANK YOU. CHEERS. 14 YEARS OLD. PRESSURE TO FROM DAD. MORE SUPPORT, FROM DAD, WHO WAS A FORMER WORLD CHAMPION, TOO. HAVING THAT KIND OF KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO TAP INTO. BUT, I WONDER HOW MUCH DAD, BEN, IS ALLOWED TO SAY? YOU KNOW WHAT TEENAGERS ARE LIKE. THINGS HAVE CHANGED NOW. IT WAS HIS DEBUT ATTEMPT RIDING IN THE DEEP DUTCH SAND. YES. HE TOLD US THAT. I WAS LISTENING. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO TELL US, BEFORE WE SAY GOODBYE TO OUR VIEWERS. FEEL FREE, YOU KNOW. ANYWAY, FROM MELISSA AND I, GOODBYE. WE WILL SEE TOMORROW MORNING. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR, DREW WELSH, MAIA CARR HEKE AND FRANK GORE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.