(SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) MORENA. IT'S FRIDAY THE 19th OF JULY. WELCOME INTO BREAKFAST. IT IS FRIDAY. MY FAVOURITE DAY OF THE WEEK. COMING UP ON THE SHOW ` IT'S A MAJOR WIN FOR THE UNIONS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT'S PUBLIC SERVICE CUTS. THE EMPLOYMENTS RELATIONS AUTHORTITY HAS SIDED WITH THE PSA OVER THE SCRAPPING OF MORE THAN 700 JOBS BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT IT MEANS FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS THOSE ACROSS THE REST OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR. THAT'S COMING UP AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FIVE YEARS. NOW TAURANGA RESIDENTS FINALLY GET TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON HOW THEY CITY IS GOVERNED LOCALLY. WE WILL BE LIVE THERE THROUGHT THE MORNING TO HEAR WHAT THE LOCALS WANT TO SEE FROM THEIR NEW MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AND WE LOVE A CHALLENGE HERE ON BREAKFAST. THE SO-CALLED FATHER OF CONTEMPORARY ACAPELLA HAS BEEN HERE IN NEW ZEALAND FOR THE WORLD CHOIR GAMES, AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE RUDE TO NOT HAVE A CRACK AT IT OURSELVES. DID WE, THOUGH? YOU CAN HEAR US ATTEMPTING ACAPELLA A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE SHOW. IT'S GOT US TALKING TOO. IS IT NECESSARY TO LEARN A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT? DID YOU GUYS LEARN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS? WITH THE BENEFIT OF AGE AND WAS DAMN, I WISH I HAD. WHICH INSTRUMENT? PROBABLY THE GUITAR. I TRIED TO MAKE ONE OF MY KIDS PLAY. THEY DO QUITE WELL. IT IS SO CUTE GOING FOR THE LITTLE GUITAR AND BACKPACK. BUT THEY HAVE GIVEN UP. I THINK I TRIED THE SAXOPHONE ONCE. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CHALLENGE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING. THAT DID NOT LAST. THEN I TAUGHT MYSELF HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR. IT IS PRETTY BASIC. WHAT ABOUT YOU? I GOT UP TO GRADE 7 ON THE PIANO. I DO NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. QUITE THE CHOPIN PLAYER. BUT FOR NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S MELISSA WITH THE NEWS. TODAY MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE CHRISTCHURCH WOMAN YANFEI BAO (44) WENT MISSING. THE REAL ESTATE AGENT WAS LAST SEEN IN THE CHRISTCHURCH SUBURB OF WIGRAM, BUT HER BODY HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND. TINGJUN CAO (53) HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO BAO'S KIDNAPPING AND MURDER AND WILL STAND TRIAL IN OCTOBER. DETECTIVE INSPECTOR NICOLA REEVES, WHO IS LEADING THE INVESTIGATION,YOU DETECTIVE INSPECTOR NICOLA REEVES, WHO IS LEADING THE INVESTIGATION, TOLD 1 NEWS POLICE HAVE NEVER STOPPED SEARCHING FOR BAO. WE ARE STILL IN COMMUNICATION WITH HER FAMILY. BOTH HER FAMILY HERE IN NEW ZEALAND AND HER FAMILY IN CHINA. OVERALL, THEY ARE DOING OKAY. THEY ARE VERY FRUSTRATED, VERY UPSET. IT HAS BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING 12 MONTHS. AND, LIKE I SAY, THEY WANT NOTHING MORE THAN FOR HER TO BE RETURNED HOME. BAO'S FAMILY IN CHINA HAVE SPOKEN OF THEIR 'IMMENSE GRIEF', AND FEELINGS OF HELPLESSNESS FROM BEING SO FAR AWAY. A POST-MORTEM WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY AFTER AN UNEXPLAINED DEATH IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF MANGERE EAST. POLICE WERE CALLED TO AN ADDRESS LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A RESIDENT OF A BLOCK OF FLATS WAS FOUND DEAD. A SCENE GUARD WAS PUT IN PLACE, WITH POLICE ASKING THE PUBLIC FOR ANY INFORMATION. A DAY AFTER AN INCREASE IN THE COST OF GOING TO THE DOCTOR WAS SIGNALLED AND A WARNING SOME GPs MAY CLOSE, A NEW SURVEY HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE PROBLEMS IN THE PRIMARY HEALTH SECTOR. VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON FOUND THAT 80% OF GENERAL PRACTICES HAD CLOSED BOOKS AT SOME POINT BETWEEN 2019 AND 2022 AND HAD TO TURN AWAY NEW PATIENTS. A LACK OF FUNDING, OVERWORKED STAFF, WORKFORCE SHORTAGES AND CONCERNS OVER THE STANDARD OF CARE WERE THE MAIN REASONS GIVEN. YESTERDAY,TE WHATU ORA CONFIRMED A 4% FUNDING INCREASE FOR GENERAL PRACTICES, WELL SHORT OF THE 10% ASKED FOR. PATIENTS ARE SET TO PICK UP THE SHORTFALL THROUGH AN 8% INCREASE TO CO-PAYMENTS. THE PRESSURE KEEPS MOUNTING ON PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN FROM WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY TO RECONSIDER HIS RUN FOR RE-ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. IT'S BEING REPORTED FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS TOLD ALLIES THAT BIDEN'S PATH TO VICTORY HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED. IT COMES AS BIDEN PAUSES CAMPAIGN EVENTS DUE TO COVID-19. THE BBC'S DAVID WILLIS HAS MORE. GOOD AFTERNOON. DELEGATES WERE STILL TAKING THEIR SEATS AT AN HISPANIC CIVIL RIGHTS CONFERENCE, WHEN WORD CAME THAT THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER HAD HAD TO CANCEL. HE JUST TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID. MINUTES LATER CAME CONFIRMATION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, A STATEMENT SAYING PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS EXPERIENCING MILD UPPER RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS, COMBINED WITH WHAT WAS REFERRED TO AS GENERAL MALAISE. HE'D FALLEN SICK AFTER THIS APPEARANCE EARLIER IN THE DAY AT A MEXICAN RESTAURANT IN THE SWING STATE OF NEVADA. WE'RE JUST GETTING DOWN TO GAME TIME NOW. QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS HEALTH HAVE DOMINATED THE CAMPAIGN SINCE HIS FALTERING DEBATE PERFORMANCE THREE WEEKS AGO. BUT SPEAKING BEFORE THE DIAGNOSIS, HE SUGGESTED IT WOULD TAKE SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS THAN COVID TO MAKE HIM DROP OUT OF THE RACE. IF I HAD SOME MEDICAL CONDITION THAT EMERGED, IF SOMEBODY` IF DOCTORS CAME TO ME AND SAID, YOU GOT THIS PROBLEM, THAT PROBLEM. BUT CALLS FROM MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY FOR THE PRESIDENT TO STEP ASIDE ARE FAST BECOMING A CLAMOUR. THE INFLUENTIAL CALIFORNIAN CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF SAID IT WAS TIME FOR A PASSING OF THE TORCH, AND IT'S EMERGED THAT THE LEADING DEMOCRAT IN THE SENATE, CHUCK SCHUMER, MET MR BIDEN ON SATURDAY IN AN ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE HIM TO CALL IT QUITS. LEAVING LAS VEGAS FOR A SPELL OF SELF-IMPOSED ISOLATION. THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED HOW HE WAS FEELING. HOW DO YOU FEEL? BUT THE THUMBS UP WILL DO LITTLE TO ASSUAGE MANY PEOPLE'S CONCERNS THAT AT 81 YEARS OF AGE, JOE BIDEN IS LACKING THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITY TO DO THE JOB. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE GATHERED TO REMEMBER THE MAN FATALLY SHOT AT DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN RALLY AT THE WEEKEND. COREY COMPERATORE WAS A 50-YEAR-OLD FORMER FIRE CHIEF AND FATHER OF TWO. HE DIED ON SUNDAY DURING THE ATTEMPT ON TRUMP'S LIFE AT THE RALLY IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. OFFICIALS SAY HE SPENT THE FINAL MOMENTS OF HIS LIFE SHIELDING HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER FROM GUNFIRE. TO SPORT, AND SECURITY HAS BEEN HEIGHTENED IN PARIS AS THE FRENCH CAPITAL PREPARES TO WELCOME THE WORLD FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES. PARISIANS WERE GREETED WITH POLICE CHECKPOINTS AND FORCED TO MAKE DETOURS AS TIGHTER SECURITY PRECAUTIONS TAKE EFFECT ALONG THE RIVER SEINE. THE SECURITY MEASURES MEANING ONLY LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE ALLOWED INTO RESTRICTED ZONES. SOME GOOD NEWS FOR THE ALL WHITES, MOVING INSIDE THE TOP 100 IN WORLD FOOTBALL'S RANKINGS. FOLLOWING THEIR RECENT SUCCESS AT THE OCEANIA CUP, NEW ZEALAND'S MOVED UP 13 PLACES TO BE RANKED 94TH IN THE WORLD, BEHIND SYRIA AND ZAMBIA. ARGENTINA REMAINS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, JUST AHEAD OF FRANCE, WITH NEW EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS SPAIN MOVING INTO THIRD SPOT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) # LET'S GO TO WORK. # LET'S GO TO WORK. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` NOT A GOOD START TO YOUR FRIDAY. HEAVY RAIN FOR THE ENTIRE REGION, EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 17 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` SLIGHTLY BETTER IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. FOGGY MORNING FOR TOKOROA. TURNING TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE, EXPECT ISOLATED RAINFALL FOR THE MOST PART OF THE DAY. 16 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S GLORIOUS START TO THE WEEKEND. DANNEVIRKE, YOU WILL BE WAKING UP TO BEAUTIFUL SUN. FOR THE REST OF YOU, MORNING CLOUD WILL DISAPPEAR TO CLEAR BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. 16 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND MASTERTON. OVER TO THE WEST ` SUNNY SKIES FOR MOST OF THE REGION, SCATTERED CLOUDS AS THE DAY ROLLS THROUGH. NEW PLYMOUTH, EXPECT SOME HEAVY SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH. 20 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` LIGHT RAINFALL AND SCATTERED CLOUD TO START YOUR DAY. NELSON, EXPECT HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. A HIGH OF 16 FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. HEADING SOUTH ` A FROSTY START IN ALEXANDRA. OTHERWISE, EARLY SHOWERS FOR MOST OF YOU, EASING OFF TO A CLOUDY DAY AFTER LUNCH. 13 THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` APART FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MILFORD SOUND, A NICE DAY TO BE HAD FOR MOST OF THE REGION. BEAUTIFUL MORNING FOR GORE, INVERCARGILL AND OBAN. 11 THE HIGH FOR DUNEDIN. AND LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR WEEKEND ` FOR YOUR SATURDAY, IT'S LOOKING TO BE A SOGGY SATURDAY FOR MOST. SHOWERS EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY, HOWEVER. THE DEEP SOUTH, YOU WILL BE TREATED TO SOME SUNSHINE. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, THINGS CLEARING UP A BIT. FOR THE NORTH ISLAND ` MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AUCKLAND REGION. FOR THE SOUTH ` PRETTY SIMILAR CONDITIONS HERE. OTAUTAHI, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME SHOWERS THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. BLESS YOU, JENNY-MAY. IT IS 6:07. THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST BENCHTOP MANUFACTURER IS MOVING TO BAN SILICA, TO REASSURE WORKERS THEY WONT SUFFER ITS POTENTIALLY FATAL IMPACTS. LUNG DISEASE SILICOSIS CAN DEVELOP AFTER INHALING SILICA DUST, WHEN DRY-CUTTING ARTIFICIAL STONE. WORKSAFE SAYS OF THE 30 MANUFACTURERS IT'S CHECKED ON THIS YEAR, IT TOOK ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST 20. AGB STONE IS BANNING SILICA PRODUCTS OUTRIGHT AS A PRECAUTION, CAM PARANTHOIENE IS ITS CO-OWNER. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. 10 MONTHS AGO, YOU MOVED TO LOWER SILICA PRODUCT ARE NOW NO SILICA PRODUCTS. WHY? DOES DEPRESSION IN THEIR INDUSTRY HAS BEEN A JOURNEY FOR US. WE HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN THE STANCE THAT ALL DUST IS BAD DUST. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW. AS OUR ABILITY TO SUPPRESS DASA CAN ONLY GO SO FAR, WE HAD TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS AS FAR AS PRODUCTS GO. THE SILICA PRODUCT WAS WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS REQUIRED IN THE NEW ZEALAND MARKET, BUT THERE WAS NOT ONE. WE FOUND A LIKE-MINDED SUPPLIER IN AUSTRALIA AND PIGGYBACKED ON WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND BROUGHT IT TO NEW ZEALAND. IT WAS A GAME CHANGER FOR US. WE HAVE BEEN REALLY PLEASED WITH THE THREE MAIN SUPPLIERS IN NEW ZEALAND NOW ALSO PLAY LOW SILICA STONE PRODUCTS. THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT IS THAT THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF HIGH SILICA PRODUCT AROUND. IT IS NOT RESONATED AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE. PEOPLE STILL SAY IT IS SLOW. THE NEXT STEP IS ZERO. WE WILL BRING A ZERO IN. WE CANNOT ARGUE WITH ZERO. WE ARE PUTTING THE CHALLENGE OF THE INDUSTRY TO SAY, COME WITH US. IS THAT THE WAY WE SHOULD BE GOING? JUST LIKE THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT, AN OUTRIGHT BAN ON ENGINEERED STONE? THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BAN IS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING. WITHOUT BEING TOO TECHNICAL, IT HAS KIND OF EITHER GONE TOO FAR OR NOT FAR ENOUGH. I THINK TO COPY IT IS NOT QUITE RIGHT. SHOULD THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT DO IT? THEY CAN, BUT WHY DOES THE INDUSTRY NOT DO IT? WE CAN DO IT. WE DID AT NINE MONTHS AGO. WE ARE NOW TAKING OUR BUSINESS TO 0, AND WE CHALLENGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. DO WE NEED THE GOVERNMENT TO TELL US TO DO THE RIGHT THING? OR DO WE JUST DO IT OURSELVES? WHEN DID THE ENGINEERED STONE COME INTO THE INDUSTRY? AND WHEN DO WE LEARN ABOUT THE DANGERS? ENGINEERED STONE` I AM THINKING ABOUT TEN-YEAR HAS FOR US. AS FAR AS THE DANGERS GO, IT WAS ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO THAT WE STARTED TO HEAR ABOUT SILICOSIS. AND OBVIOUSLY IT HAS GOT MORE AND MORE MEDIA COVERAGE RECENTLY, PARTICULARLY WITH THE AUSTRALIAN BAND, AND THEY HAVE BEEN SOME TERRIBLE CASES COMING OUT OF AUSTRALIA. WE HAVEN'T HAD QUITE THE SEVERITY OF THE CASES HERE, WHICH HAS BEEN QUITE GOOD. I THINK THAT WAS A BIG REASON FOR THE BAN IN AUSTRALIA. THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOT CONFIDENT THE FABRICATED NETWORK COULD DO THE RIGHT THING. I THINK WE ARE IN A BETTER PLACE THAN THAT. HOW MUCH OF A CONCERN SILICA TO YOUR WORKERS? WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? WE WORK WITH OUR STAFF EVERY DAY. WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE. WE LIVE AND BREATHE THE STUFF LITERALLY WITH THEM. THE LOW SILICA WAS REALLY WELL RECEIVED IN OUR BUSINESS. THE STAFF ARE REALLY EXCITED. WHEN YOU START DOWN THE ZERO PATH, IT WAS TO FILL A GAP IN THE MARKET. BUT WE THOUGHT THAT THE ADDED BENEFIT WAS A LEVEL OF RELIEF AMONGST THE WORKERS THAT THERE IS NO SILICA HERE. THEY HEAR A LOT FROM US AND ALSO FROM THE MEDIA ABOUT HOW BAD THIS THING IS, AND FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL. WHEN WE ANNOUNCED IT THIS WEEK, ACTUALLY, THE FEEDBACK WAS REALLY INTERESTING. THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT SAID THIS WAS SO GOOD, AND THEY IMMEDIATELY FORWARDED OUR ANNOUNCEMENT STRAIGHT TO THEIR FAMILY. IT SORTA TELLS YOU THAT WE MISSED A BEAT THERE SOMEWHERE WITH THAT, BUT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. GIVEN THAT AWARENESS, HAVE YOU NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN HIGH SILICA PRODUCTS? NOT ENOUGH. AT THE MOMENT, IT IS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING. THERE IS ACTUALLY MORE HIGH SILICA PRODUCT AROUND, AND IT IS A BIT CHEAPER. THERE IS AN ELEMENT THAT MAY BE IS BEING DONE TO NEW ZEALAND AT THE MOMENT, BECAUSE WE DO ALLOW IT. WE NEED TO BE BETTER THAN THAT. HOPEFULLY WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW SHINES A BIT OF A LIGHT ON THAT ARE REALLY CHALLENGES OTHERS TO GET ON BOARD AND DO THE RIGHT THING. WE DO NOT SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW SILICA AS A HEALTH DIFFERENCE. WE SEE IT AS MENTAL WELL-BEING FOR OUR FAMILIES. WE ARE REALLY PROUD TO BE BEHIND THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. GOOD TO HEAR SOMEBODY TALKING ABOUT NOT WAITING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO REGULATE IT WHEN YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF. E WHAI AKE NEI ` DO YOU HAVE TO ATTEND WAY TOO MANY WORK MEETINGS IN YOUR DAY? I LOVE THE IDEA OF THIS. WHY AI COULD BE COMING TO YOUR RESCUE. YOU WOULD SEND IT, DANIEL. (UPBEAT MUSIC) HERE WE GO. IT IS 6:18. THE CONVERSATION HAS ALREADY STARTED. SICK OF CONSTANT WORK MEETINGS? WELL, THIS COULD BE THE SOLUTION YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF ZOOM SAYS PEOPLE WILL SOON BE ABLE TO SEND AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TWIN TO ATTEND WORK MEETINGS, TO SEND AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TWIN TO ATTEND WORK MEETINGS SO YOU HAVE TIME TO DO OTHER THINGS. AUCKLAND INNOVATION CONSULTANT ED DEVER IS USING THE BEGINNINGS OF THAT TECHNOLOGY NOW. HERE'S WHAT HE TOLD US. PROBABLY IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN INVITING AI TO A LOT OF OUR MEETINGS AND HAVING IT ATTEND TO TAKE NOTES, TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT'S GOING ON, AND TO HELP US OUT WITH THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO AFTER THE MEETING. THERE ARE DEFINITELY CASES WHERE I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BE AT A MEETING, OR I NEEDED TO BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE. THE MEETING'S STILL HAPPENING WITH REAL PEOPLE, BUT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEND MY AI TO THAT MEETING TO GET THE NOTES, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, AND IT MEANS THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT MEETING, AFTER THE MEETING. IT'S PROBABLY BEEN MORE USEFUL THAN WE EVER IMAGINED IT WOULD BE, IN TERMS OF, UM, NOT JUST HAVING RAW NOTES THERE, BUT THE ABILITY TO MANIPULATE AND KIND OF WORK WITH THAT INFORMATION AFTER A MEETING. IT'S ALMOST AS IF YOU HAD SOMEONE SITTING NEXT TO YOU TAKING NOTES WHO WAS THINKING ABOUT IT AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH. SO THE ABILITY TO THEN INQUIRE ABOUT WHETHER SOMETHING WAS MENTIONED, OR, SO THE ABILITY TO THEN INQUIRE ABOUT WHETHER SOMETHING WAS MENTIONED, OR DID THIS TOPIC COME UP? WHAT SORTS OF THINGS WERE TALKED ABOUT WITH REGARD TO THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC? THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T JUST DO FROM A PURE TRANSCRIPTION, YOU NEED THE AI TO BE ABLE TO UNPACK THEM FOR YOU. OKAY. AI EXPERT JUSTIN FLITTER JOINS US NOW FOR MORE. GOOD MORNING. THIS CONVERSATION STARTED THE MOMENT YOU WALKED IN HERE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AI 20. I AM HUMAN. I LEFT MY DIGITAL AVATAR AT HOME. GOOD TO KNOW. THIS DOES NOT EXIST YET. NOT QUITE. WE HAVE GOT ALL OF THE ELEMENTS OF BEING ABLE TO CREATE A DIGITAL AVATAR, BUT THEY ARE NOT QUITE READY TO ATTEND A MEETING FOR YOU AND SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF. BUT WHAT WE HAVE AT THE MOMENT OUR APPS WHEREBY YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ATTEND. THERE ARE THESE AI FOR BUSINESS TOOLS, AND YOU CAN INVITE THEM TO A MEETING. WHETHER IT IS ON TEAMS OR ZOOM OR WHICH EVER TOLD YOU ARE USING, AND, EFFECTIVELY, IT WILL TRANSCRIBE IT AND RECORD THE MEETING AND TELL YOU WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING. YOU CAN CREATE SUMMARIES AND TO DO LISTS AND TASKS, AND YOU HAVE A TRANSCRIPTION OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT MEETING. THERE IS NO BUT, YOU SAID THAT, AND YOU SAID THIS, AND THE DECISION WAS TO DO THIS. THERE IS A FACTUAL DOCUMENTATION OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT MEETING. TODAY I AM TRAVELLING AROUND NEW ZEALAND SPEAKING TO BUSINESSES OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES. THIS IS NOT A NEW THING. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN USING THESE TOOLS FOR A LONG TIME NOW, AND THEY ARE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE AND BIGGEST PRODUCTIVITY GAIN THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING. THEY ARE SUMMARISING MEETINGS AND CREATING ACTION SUMMARIES, SUMMARISING LONG AND COMPLEX DOCUMENTS, THE MOST POPULAR USE CASES. YOU COULD INVITE YOUR AI TOOL TO A MEETING FOR SOME REASON THAT YOU CANNOT ATTEND. YOU ARE STILL GETTING THE SUMMARY OF IT. BUT PRESUMABLY, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TO THAT MEETING. THAT IS THE POINT. THE POINT THEN AS, WHY ARE YOU GOING TO THE MEETING IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO CONTRIBUTE? IF YOU ONLY NEED TO GET THE SUMMARIES AND THE ACTION POINT AFTERWARDS, THEY SHOULD JUST BE SHARED WITH THE WIDER GROUP NORMALLY. CAN I GO BACK TO THE AVATAR? WHAT DID YOU CALL IT? YOUR DIGITAL TWIN. HOW IS IT THAT THEY CAN TURN UP TO A MEETING AND RESPOND IN A WAY THAT YOU WOULD RESPOND? I THINK WE ARE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS AWAY FROM THAT. YOUR AVATAR HAS TO KNOW ABOUT YOU. IT HAS TO KNOW HOW YOU WOULD RESPOND. THAT MEANS YOU WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP A LOT OF TIME. IT WOULD HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR WORK PROJECTS AND THE STATUS OF THOSE PROJECTS, AND IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO SOME DOCUMENTS TO BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE WHERE THOSE PROJECTS ARE AT. THAT, I THINK, IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THE TRACK. BUT THE TECHNOLOGY EXISTS CURRENTLY. ALL OF THE COMPONENTS EXIST. THERE HAS GOT TO BE SOME ISSUES WITH THIS. THERE HAVE GOT TO BE ISSUES AROUND DATA IN TERMS OF THE DATA THAT IS BEING RECORDED AND WHO HOLD ONTO THAT DATA, WHO HAS ACCESS TO THAT DATA. WHEN YOU ARE RECORDING A TRANSCRIPTION OF YOUR MEETING, DEPENDING ON WHICH TOOL YOU USE, YOU DO NOT KNOW WHERE THAT DATA IS BEING STORED, WHO HAS ACCESS TO IT, WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO IT AT A LATER DATE. THE BIGGEST SECURITY THREAT FOR BUSINESSES AT THE MOMENT IS BRING YOUR OWN AI TO WORK. EMPLOYEES JUST BRING THEIR OWN PERSONAL AI TOOLS TO GET WORK STUFF DONE. BUSINESSES NEED TO BE DEPLOYING ENTERPRISE GRADE AI SOLUTION SO THAT ALL OF THE MEETING TRANSCRIPTIONS, ALL OF THE CONVERSATIONS, ALL OF THE DATA THAT IS SHARED SETS WITHIN YOUR TENANCY. IT INHERITS ALL OF YOUR SECURITY PROTOCOLS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE HAD WITH EVERYTHING. I DO NOT THINK THAT IS HAPPENING. NOT ENOUGH. I HAVE TO WRAP THIS UP. WE COULD GO ON. THERE ARE A LOT OF BUSINESSES WHO ARE USING THIS KIND OF TECHNOLOGY, OR INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES, SO THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE UP SKILLING FOR BUSINESSES THEMSELVES. THERE IS AN AI ROADSHOW IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. THAT IS A GOOD PLACE TO START. BUSINESSES NEED TO BE UPSCALED, AND EVERYBODY WHO IS WORKING, ACTUALLY, WHERE TECHNOLOGY IS BEING USED, NEEDS TO BE UPSCALED. EVERY EMPLOYER SHOULD BE OFFERING IT. IT JUST BLOWS MY MIND. BACK IN THE DAY, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THAT COMMENT, I WISH WE HAD A CLONE OF THIS PERSON BECAUSE OF THEIR WORK ETHIC. NOW IT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. I WOULD FULLY BE UP FOR A DIGITAL TWIN. YOU CANNOT BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE. THEY WILL BE NICE FOR THEM TO GET IN THERE AND RECORD THE NOTES. TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. YES, TAKE CARE OF MY BUSINESS. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, MATT GIBB IS CHECKING OUT ALL THAT RYMAN VILLAGES HAVE TO OFFER. I HEAR YOU'RE READY TO GET A BOOGIE ON THIS MORNING, MATT. APPARENTLY. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IS WHAT I AM DOING THIS MORNING. I AM UP FOR ANYTHING. I AM IN HENDERSON. DANCE LESSONS ARE ON THE AGENDA. I WILL SEE YOU AFTER THE BREAK. I WILL GRAB A COFFEE. # MY HEART GOES... # LA DI DA DA DI DA. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. MELISSA WILL HAVE YOUR NEWS SHORTLY, BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DIGITAL TWINS. IT IS A REALLY INTERESTING CONCEPT, AND AS JUSTIN WAS SAYING, IT IS STILL A COUPLE OF YEARS AWAY, BUT THE TECHNOLOGY EXISTS NOW. IN HUI, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TURN UP ` ONLINE ZOOMS. AND THEN IT GETS SHORTENED DOWN, SO ALL OF THAT THINKING... SUMMARISING. HIGH-LEVEL THINKING THAT GOES ON IN A BREAKFAST HUI. IT'S NOT CHECKING OUT OF WORK, THOUGH, IS IT? THAT'S WHAT HE WAS SAYING. IT IS JUST ABOUT THE TASK. I AM ALL ABOUT IT. IT'S JUST LIKE HAVING A TAPE RECORDER, THOUGH, ISN'T IT? NO, BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS TO LISTEN TO THAT TAPE RECORDING AND THEN SUMMARISE EVERYTHING. YOU THROW ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S HAPPENED IN THAT MEETING INTO CHAT GPT OR WHATEVER TECHNOLOGY ` AND THEN, 30 SECONDS, DONE. I WOULD GO FREE DIGITAL TRIPLET AS WELL ` TWO OF ME AS AI. THAT'S ME. THAT'S WAY IN THE FUTURE. AT 630. LET'S GO. THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST BENCHTOP MANUFACTURER IS CALLING ON THE INDUSTRY TO SELF-REGULATE AGAINST HARMFUL DUST INHALATION. LUNG DISEASE CAN DEVELOP AFTER INHALING SILICA DUST FROM DRY-CUTTING ARTIFICIAL STONE. 'AGB' HAS MOVED TO BAN SILICA TO REASSURE ITS WORKERS THEY WON'T SUFFER FROM THE POTENTIALLY FATAL AFFECTS. THE COMPANY'S CO-OWNER TOLD BREAKFAST THERE ARE SAFER, HIGH-QUALITY ALTERNATIVES. OUR ABILITY TO SUPRESS DUST, IT ONLY GOES SO FAR, AND WE HAD TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS AS FAR AS PRODUCTS GO. SO A LOW-SILICA PRODUCT WAS WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS REQUIRED IN THE NEW ZEALAND MARKET. THERE WASN'T ONE. WE LOOKED AROUND. WE FOUND A LIKE-MINDED SUPPLIER IN AUSTRALIA. WE PIGGYBACKED ON WHAT THEY WERE DOING. WE BROUGHT IT TO NEW ZEALAND, AND IT WAS A GAME CHANGER FOR US. WORKSAFE SAYS IT TOOK ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST 20 MANUFACTURERS THIS YEAR FROM THE 30 IT CHECKED ON DUE TO SILICA CONCERNS. THE PRESSURE KEEPS MOUNTING ON PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN FROM WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY TO RECONSIDER HIS RUN FOR RE-ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. IT'S BEING REPORTED FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS SAID BIDEN'S PATH TO VICTORY HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED. IT'S ALSO BELIEVED TOP DEMOCRATS ` SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCH SCHUMER AND HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES ` HAD SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS AT THE WEEKEND. BIDEN HAS FORCED TO TAKE A BREAK FROM CAMPAIGNING AS HE HAS COVID. IT'S NOT JUST HUMANS STRUGGLING WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS EUROPE. WITH THE MERCURY IN ROME SET TO HIT 38 DEGREES IN THE COMING DAYS, THE LOCAL ZOO'S GIVING ANIMALS ICY TREATS TO HELP THEM STAY COOL. THE ITALIAN CAPITAL IS CURRENTLY UNDER ITS HIGHEST HEAT WARNING, MEANING THERE'S A SERIOUS HEALTH RISK FOR HUMANS, AND ANIMALS. AMONG THE TREATS, FROZEN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES FOR THE HERBIVORES, AND FROZEN MEAT FOR THE TIGERS. STAYING WITH TIGERS, COLOGNE ZOO IN GERMANY HAS SHOWN OFF ITS NEW TIGER CUB. THE NEW PAIR ARE NAMED 'TIMUR' WHICH TRANSLATES TO 'THE IRON ONE' AND 'TOCHKA' MEANING 'DOT' DUE TO A SPOT ON ONE OF HER PAWS. THE AMUR TIGER CUBS WERE BORN IN MID-APRIL, BUT TODAY WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY'D BEEN LET OUT INTO THEIR ENCLOSURE. SHE IS TELLING THEM OFF. TO SPORT, AND THE FOUR-STRONG KIWI CONTINGENT AT GOLF'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP IN SCOTLAND ARE OFF THE PACE, WITH RYAN FOX AND KAZUMA KOBORI CURRENTLY THE BEST AT TWO OVER PAR. IRISHMAN SHANE LOWERY HAS TAKEN THE OUTRIGHT LEAD DURING THE OPENING ROUND, ONE SHOT AHEAD OF AMERICAN JUSTIN THOMAS WHO FINISHED AT THREE UNDER PAR. THE ALL BLACKS WILL LOOK TO NOTCH UP ANOTHER WIN THIS WEEKEND ` THIS TIME IN SAN DIEGO. NEW ZEALAND RUGBY HAVE TAKEN A HOME FIXTURE TO THE UNITED STATES WHERE THEY'LL FACE THE FLYING FIJIANS. IT'S JUST ANOTHER CHANCE, OBVIOUSLY, TO SPREAD THE GAME. WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW IN EIGHT YEARS' TIME ` A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT ` THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE RUGBY WORLD CUP HERE. BUT PROBABLY ANOTHER CHANCE ALSO TO PROMOTE THE GAME, YOU KNOW, ON A GLOBAL SENSE. AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO DO IT THAN TO PLAY AGAINST THE FLYING FIJIANS, I SUPPOSE, IN SOME STUNNING CONDITIONS. AND YOU CAN CATCH THE REST OF THE INTERVIEW WITH FORMER ALL BLACK MILS MULIAINA JUST BEFORE 7. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR MARKETS NOW. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` NOT A GOOD START TO YOUR FRIDAY. HEAVY RAIN FOR THE ENTIRE REGION, EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. DOESN'T LOOK A VERY GOOD PICTURE OUT THERE. 17 DEGREES IN WHANGAREI. FURTHER SOUTH ` SLIGHTLY BETTER IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. FOGGY MORNING FOR TOKOROA, TURNING TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE, EXPECT ISOLATED RAINFALL FOR THE MOST PART OF THE DAY. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S GLORIOUS START TO THE WEEKEND. DANNEVIRKE, YOU WILL BE WAKING UP TO BEAUTIFUL SUN. FOR THE REST OF YOU, MORNING CLOUD WILL DISAPPEAR TO CLEAR BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 14 IN DANNEVIRKE. OVER TO THE WEST ` SUNNY SKIES FOR MOST OF THE REGION, SCATTERED CLOUDS AS THE DAY ROLLS THROUGH. NEW PLYMOUTH, EXPECT SOME HEAVY SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH. 20 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` LIGHT RAINFALL AND SCATTERED CLOUD TO START YOUR DAY. NELSON, EXPECT HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 15 IN WESTPORT, 14 IN NELSON. HEADING SOUTH ` A FROSTY START IN ALEXANDRA. OTHERWISE, EARLY SHOWERS FOR MOST OF YOU, EASING OFF TO A CLOUDY DAY AFTER LUNCH. YOU'VE GOT 11 DEGREES IN TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` APART FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MILFORD SOUND, A NICE DAY TO BE HAD FOR MOST OF THE REGION. BEAUTIFUL MORNING FOR GORE, INVERCARGILL AND OBAN. HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 10 IN QUEENSTOWN, GORE. AND LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR WEEKEND ` FOR YOUR SATURDAY, IT'S LOOKING TO BE A SOGGY SATURDAY FOR MOST. SHOWERS EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY, HOWEVER. THE DEEP SOUTH, YOU WILL BE TREATED TO SOME SUNSHINE. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, THINGS CLEARING UP A BIT. FOR THE NORTH ISLAND ` MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AUCKLAND REGION. FOR THE SOUTH ` PRETTY SIMILAR CONDITIONS HERE. OTAUTAHI, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME SHOWERS THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. WHEN MOVING INTO A RETIREMENT HOME, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE NECESSARILY RETIRED FROM YOUR LIFE BEFORE. IT'S ALL ABOUT STAYING ACTIVE, WORKING OR LOOKING AFTER THE GRANDKIDS... THAT'S WHY WE SENT MATT GIBB TO RYMAN HEALTHCARE'S MIRIAM CORBAN VILLAGE TO CHAT TO THE RESIDENTS. MATT, GOOD MORNING. ARE THEY ASLEEP? AS EVERYONE STILL IN BED? MORENA. I'VE BEEN RINGING THE DOORBELL, KNOCKING ON THE DOORS ` NO, NO, NO. THEY ARE HERE. I AM AT THIS RYMAN VILLAGE IN HENDERSON. IT IS A STUNNING PLACE. IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO I'VE BEEN HEADING AROUND THE COUNTRY AND MEETING SOME RESIDENTS, SHOWING THAT THERE IS SO MUCH THEY GET UP TO. THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS GET UP TO OUR AMAZING AND I'LL SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF THEM RIGHT NOW. HOW ARE YOU? LOVELY TO MEET YOU. I HEAR WE'RE GOING TO A KINDERGARTEN THIS MORNING. WE ARE. THREE DAYS A WEEK AT BUSY BEES? IT'S FABULOUS. DO YOU ENJOY THE TIME THE? IT IS FUN. IT IS ABSOLUTELY FUN. NA IS TO SAY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ME AND ONE OF THOSE PLACES EVER. IT IS A DIFFERENT PHASE. HERE WE ARE ` BUSY BEES? READY? # THE WHEELS ON THE BUS GO ROUND AND ROUND. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SOME PIZZAS THIS MORNING. THIS IS DOUGH THAT YOU EAT, NOT DOUGH THAT YOU PLAY WITH ON THE TABLE. IT IS ABOUT SHARING LOVE ` MATHS, LITERACY, WHEN YOU SING AND DANCE AROUND THE KITCHEN WHEN YOU COOK. IT WAS LOVELY TO MEET YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO VISIT US. I AM GOING TO GET OUT OF HERE. BY, EVERYONE. NOW IT IS TIME TO MEET MARLENE AT DIANA ISAAC VILLAGE IN CHRISTCHURCH. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE? COMING UP FOR YEARS. IT IS A GREAT PLACE. WE GET UP TO SOME HIJINKS. (LAUGHS) YOU ARE NOT SLOWING DOWN AT ALL. WE ARE WORKING AT THE AIRPORT. MOVING INTO THE VILLAGE DIDN'T CHANGE THAT. CAN I COME ALONG? OF COURSE YOU CAN. (UPBEAT MUSIC) YOU ARE THE EXPERT HERE. I HAD NO IDEA. DIDN'T YOU? (LAUGHS) YOU ARE STANDING HERE, AND IT SAYS INFORMATION. WHAT IF I PUT THEM WRONG? I'VE DONE THAT BEFORE. MARLENE, IT'S BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE HANGING OUT, BUT I HAVE TO CATCH MY FLIGHT. ALL RIGHT, MATT. ACTUALLY, SORRY, WHICH WAY IS GATE 21? OVER THERE. THANK YOU. AND A HUGE, HUGE THANKS TO MARLENE AND DIEDRE. WE ARE HERE WITH KERRY TODAY. SHE IS GOING TO BE MADE DANCE TEACHER THIS MORNING. TELL ME ABOUT HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN HERE. JUST OVER THREE YEARS. AND WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT IT? THE PEOPLE. IT'S LOTS OF FUN. IT'S FANTASTIC. I THINK IT IS THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT MAKE EVERYTHING. IT IS PRETTY IMPORTANT. YOU'VE BEEN A DANCE TEACHER FOR A LONG TIME ` WE WON'T SAY LATELY HOW LONG. NO, DON'T DO THAT. BUT YOU'VE CARRIED ON TEACHING DANCE TO THE RESIDENTS HERE, HAVE A NEW? YES. I LOVE IT. I HEAR YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ME THROUGH MY PACES THIS MORNING BECAUSE I WANT IS THE FIRST MOVE? WE ARE GOING TO GO RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT. FLOW YOUR HANDS. THAT IS GOING TO COME UP LATER ON IN THE SHOW. WE WILL SEE YOU VERY SOON. BYE BYE. I LOVE KERRY'S HAIR. MATT WILL FLOW THOSE HANDS. ME U TONU MAI ` TAURANGA IS BACK TO THE POLLS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS. OUR REPORTER LUCY BENDELL IS OUT TO HEAR FROM VOTERS. MORENA, LUCE. GOOD MORNING, DANIEL. THAT'S RIGHT ` I'M HERE IN THE CITY AND I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO LOCALS ABOUT THE TOP ISSUES PLAGUING THE COMMUNITY. NEXT FIND OUT WHAT THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE WANTING FROM THE NEW COUNCIL THIS WEEKEND. # I FEEL SO CLOSE TO YOU RIGHT NOW. # IT'S A FORCE FIELD. HOKI MAI ANO. PEOPLE IN THE BAY OF PLENTY CITY OF TAURANGA ARE GEARING UP TO VOTE IN LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST FIVE YEARS. NORMALLY LOCAL COUNCILS ARE ELECTED EVERY THREE YEARS, BUT TAURANGA HAS BEEN WITHOUT A COUNCIL SINCE 2020, WHEN THE GOVERNMENT DISCHARGED THOSE GOVERNING THE CITY. THIS IS ONLY THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST 30 YEARS OF NEW ZEALAND'S HISTORY. THAT WAS DUE TO INFIGHTING AND SIGNIFICANT GOVERNANCE ISSUES. A FOUR PERSON COMMISSION HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE, LED BY FORMER NATIONAL MP ANNE TOLLEY. SHORTLY WE CROSS LIVE TO BREAKFAST REPORTER LUCY BENDELL IN TAURANGA, BUT FIRST A LOOK AT WHAT'S IN STORE FOR THIS LONG-AWAITED VOTE. IT'S THE THIRD FASTEST GROWING CITY IN AOTEAROA. WITH BEACHES AND A LAID-BACK LIFESTYLE, IT'S THE FULL POSTCARD IMAGE, BUT IT'S A TALE OF TWO CITIES, WITH MANY FINDING LIFE IN TAURANGA TOUGH. POVERTY. IT'S GETTING QUITE HARD TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN TAURANGA. THE PRICES ARE GOING UP MORE THAN WE EXPECTED, BUT THAT IS THE WAY IT WORKS, AND MAYBE, HOPEFULLY THEY COULD SOLVE THAT ONE. IT IS QUITE EXPENSIVE, AND THE WAGE TO LIVING COSTS IS QUITE... QUITE DIFFERENT. IT'S BEEN BOOM TIME FOR THE CITY, BRINGING INDUSTRY AND JOBS AND MORE PEOPLE TOO. BUT THEY ALL NEED SOMEWHERE AFFORDABLE TO LIVE. THE MEDIAN PROPERTY PRICE IN TAURANGA HAS SURPASSED $1 MILLION, UP NEARLY 3% IN THE LAST YEAR TO JUNE. THAT'S HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, CURRENTLY $916,000. HOUSING. DEFINITELY NOT ENOUGH HOUSING FOR THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WANTING TO MOVE INTO THE REGION. WE JUST CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE HOUSING. ROADS AND TRANSPORT IS ANOTHER MAJOR ISSUE. CONGESTION AND POTHOLES CAUSING CONSTANT DISRUPTION. TRANSPORTATION IS LIKE` TRAFFIC JAM IS THE MAIN ISSUE. IF YOU GO TO THE, LIKE, WELCOME BAY ROUNDABOUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT TRAFFIC JAM. SO DEFINITELY WE NEED TO IMPROVE THE TRANSPORTATION HERE. BRINGING A BUZZ BACK TO THE CITY CENTRE IS ALSO A FOCUS FOR VOTERS. HOW TO REVITALISE THE CITY CENTRE, BECAUSE CITY CENTRE PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN HOW VIBRANT A CITY COULD BE. RESIDENTS WILL BE VOTING IN A NEW MAYOR AND NINE COUNCILLORS, INCLUDING ONE FROM A MAORI WARD FOR THE FIRST TIME. CLOSE TO 90 CANDIDATES ARE STANDING. 15 ARE RUNNING FOR MAYOR. OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST MAHE DRYSDALE IS UP FOR THE TOP JOB, AS WELL AS WELL-KNOWN SINGER RIA HALL, FORMER MAYOR GREG BROWNLESS AND RUGBY MASCOT HORI BOP, WHOSE CAMPAIGN HAS FOCUSED ON A NEW STADIUM FOR THE AREA. GIVEN THE ISSUES FACING THE CITY, IT'LL BE A STEEP HILL CLIMB FOR WHOEVER GETS TO WEAR THE MAYORAL CHAIN. AND LUCY IS IN TAURANGA SPEAKING TO LOCALS ABOUT THE KEY ISSUES THERE. HOW'S IT GOING, LUCY? MORENA, MELISSA, AND MORENA FROM TAURANGA. I AM HERE IN THE CITY WHERE THEY ARE RETURNING TO DEMOCRACY AFTER FIVE YEARS ` FIVE LONG YEARS WHERE THE CITY HAS SPROUTED IN POPULATION. AS YOU HEARD, ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN THE COUNTRY. ON SATURDAY, THE RESIDENTS WILL BE HEADING TO THE POLLING BOOTH TO VOTE IN THEIR FIRST LOCAL BODY ELECTION SINCE 2019, AND THAT WAS SCRAPPED BY THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE DYSFUNCTIONAL. SO FINALLY PEOPLE HERE IN THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO GET THEIR SAY. SO WHAT ARE THEY WANTING? WHAT OTHER COMMUNITY ASKING FOR? THE TOP THREE ISSUES ` COST OF LIVING CRISIS, RENTAL CRISIS AND ROUTING AND TRANSPORT. TO FULLY UNDERSTAND AND ENGAGE THE ISSUES, I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO LOCALS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND LET'S START WITH COST OF LIVING CRISIS ` I KNOW PEOPLE ACROSS NEW ZEALAND ARE FEELING THE EFFECTS OF IT, BUT HERE WITH A GROWING POPULATION AS WELL, THEY ARE REALLY FEELING THE EFFECTS OF IT SO I AM AT THE MARYVALE COMMUNITY CENTRE WITH DAVE MERTON. YOU WORK ALONGSIDE PEOPLE WHO FEEL THEIR FACTS OF THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS EVERY DAY. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE NEEDING FOOD. THEY ARE FINDING IT HARDER TO GET IT AND TO FEED THEIR WHANAU. WE RESCUE KAI ON A MONDAY FROM GOOD NEIGHBOUR. WE PUT OUT 35 BAGS ` THAT IS 35 FAMILIES WE ARE FEEDING. LATER IN THE WEEK, WE MADE TO 30 MORE. 70FEEDING LATER IN THE WEEK, WE MADE TO 30 MORE. 7100 WHANAU PER 70 TO 100* WHANAU WE ARE FEEDING PER WEEK. WHAT CHANGE DO YOU THINK IS NEEDED? WE ARE DELIGHTFULLY GETTING A NEW COMMUNITY CENTRE IN MERIVALE AND THE COUNCIL ARE MAKING THAT HAPPEN AND WORKING HARD TO GET THAT ACROSS THE LINE. AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITY SERVICES. WE'VE GOT GOOD NEIGHBOUR AND OTHER PLACES IN TOWN THAT JUST NEED SUPPORT TO CARRY ON. IF WE CAN HELP THE COMMUNITY BY HELPING AGENCIES BEING HELPED. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS IN PLACE TO KEEP YOU GUYS ON THE RIGHT TRACK, SEE YOU ARE WANTING THE COUNCIL TO CARRY THAT ON. WHAT IMPACT WILL THAT HAVE AS THEY CONTINUE SUPPORTING COMMUNITY CENTRES LIKE THIS? THEY ARE UPDATING THIS COMMUNITY CENTRE AND BUILDING A NEW ONE AND GATE PA. THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO NEED SUPPORT. WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTRES, WE CAN SUPPORT THE PEOPLE. IT IS A WIN-WIN. WHEN PEOPLE COME IN ON MONDAY FOR THEIR FOOD, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, WHAT STORIES ARE YOU HEARING? HOW IS THE COST OF LIVING AFFECTING THEM? PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT RENT INCREASES ALL THE TIME. IT IS JUST BRUTAL, REALLY. WE HAD A PERSON WHO JUST GOT A LETTER THAT THEIR RENT IS INCREASING $80. WHERE IS THAT MONEY COMING FROM? IT JUST DOESN'T EXIST. SO IT IS VERY, VERY HARD, AND THE COUNCIL IS DOING A LOT OF THINGS TO TRY AND HELP WITH THE COUNCIL AROUND TAURANGA. THEY JUST NEED TO KEEP DOING THAT, SO THE NEW COUNCIL NEED TO KEEP BEING PRO ACTIVE AND BEING PROGRESSIVE IN GETTING HOUSES BUILT. WE HAVE 8000 HOUSES SHORT HERE. THEY NEED TO DO IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMUNITY MANAGER DAVID MERTON HERE AT THE MERIVALE COMMUNITY CENTRE. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE RENTAL CRISIS. WE ARE GOING TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE CRISIS AND GIVE A WIDER PICTURE OF THE IMPACTS OF THE SHORTFALL OF HOUSES HERE IN TAURANGA. THAT WILL BE AT 7:20. NICE WORK, LUCY. E HAERE AKE NEI ` AS SIX NEW PLAYERS COME IN, WE'LL HAVE ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ON THE ALL BLACKS CLASH AGAINST FIJI IN SAN DIEGO. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THE ALL BLACKS WILL WRAP UP THEIR RECENT SERIES WITH ONE MORE MATCH THIS WEEKEND. WITH ENGLAND SUCCESSFULLY BEATEN, THEY MOVE ON TO A ONE-OFF MATCH AGAINST FIJI IN THE UNITED STATES OF ALL PLACES. EARLIER I CHATTED WITH RUGBY COMMENTATOR MILS MULIAINA, WHO'S IN SAN DIEGO FOR THE MATCH, AND STARTED BY ASKING HIM WHY ITS BEING PLAYED OVER IN THE STATES. IT IS JUST ANOTHER CHANCE TO SPREAD THE GAME. IN EIGHT YEARS TIME, OR A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT, THE RUGBY WORLD CUP WILL BE HERE. IT IS ANOTHER CHANCE AS WELL TO PROMOTE THE GAME ON A GLOBAL SENSE. AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO DO IT THEN PLAYING AGAINST THE FLYING FIJIANS? TRUE STORY. WHAT IS THE VIBE LIKE? IT IS A MARKET THAT WE ARE TRYING TO TAP INTO. HAVE YOU GOT ANYBODY GOING, THAT IS FORMAL ALL BLACK MILLSY? I DON'T EVEN GET THAT BACK IN NEW ZEALAND. THERE IS NOT REALLY THAT BIG OF A VIBE. WE ONLY BUMPED INTO ONE AMERICAN THAT WAS WEARING AN ALL-WHITE JERSEY, AND THEY HAD A CONFERENCE ON AND WERE GETTING PRIZES. IT HAS NOT REALLY BEEN A LOT OF HYPE AROUND THE GAME. I PRESUME BY TOMORROW, THINGS WILL BE WRAPPED UP SOME MORE AS WE GET TO THE STADIUM. FIJI WE ARE COMING UP AGAINST, BUT THIS IS THE THIRD GAME UNDER SCOTT ROBERTSON. WHAT DO YOU RECKON? HOW IS HE TRAVELLING SO FAR? HOW IS HE GOING? I THINK THEY WILL BE PRETTY HAPPY. OR THEY WILL BE HAPPY IN THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE GOT THE WINS. THIS WEEK HE GETS A CHANCE TO HAVE SOME NEW FACES. THERE ARE SIX DEBUTANTES. I THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SIX DEBUTANTES IN THIS TEAM. WHAT SORT OF GAME CAN WE EXPECT FROM THE ALL BLACKS? IT IS TRYING TO GET THE BALANCE RIGHT BETWEEN GIVING THESE GUYS A BIT OF A RUN AND A TASTE OF INTERNATIONAL RUGBY, BUT ALSO PUTTING ON A GOOD PERFORMANCE SO THAT FANS ARE HAPPY BUT ALSO THE FANS IN THE STANDS ARE READY. WHAT IS THE BALANCE? IT IS A TOUGH JOB. YOU HAVE GOT TO KEEP THE FANS HAPPY. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THERE IS A BIT LESS PRESSURE GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY WON THE TWO GAMES. IT GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO HAVE THE SIX DEBUTANTES. YOU REALLY CANNOT TEST GUYS, GIVING THEM THAT KIND OF GAME TIME, UNLESS YOU PUT THEM OUT THERE. THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM. I THINK IT IS A GOOD SIDE. IT IS EXCITING. YOU ARE NOW STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THE REAL TALENTED PEOPLE EMERGE. IT IS A BALANCE AND MAKING SURE ALL OF OUR KEY ROLES GO OUT THERE AND PERFECT THEM. WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BE LIKE? IS IT HOT OVER THERE? THE CONDITIONS ARE GREAT, ACTUALLY. IT IS NOT TOO HOT. WE ARE SITTING IN THE MID-20S. THE GAME IS TOMORROW NIGHT, SO THAT OBVIOUSLY WILL DROP. IT IS NOT TOO BAD. IT IS A LOT WARMER THAN PERHAPS BACK HOME IN NEW ZEALAND. I HAVE HEARD THERE IS A LOT OF RAIN. MY WIFE IS TELLING ME IT IS NOT THAT GREAT. WE ARE HAVING A TERRIBLE TIME IN THE SUN. THAT IS THE PERFECT WAY TO END IT. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT. I HAVE TO WRAP THINGS UP, BUT I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT IN YOUR DAY PLAYING, DID YOU EVER THINK THAT THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS FOR PLAYERS? IT WAS MASSIVE TO BE PART OF THE ALL BLACKS, BUT NOW YOU ARE LOOKING AT A WORLD CUP IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS PRETTY AWESOME. IT IS FANTASTIC. THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE COME WITH GROWING THE GAME, AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE GOT THE MANA OVER HERE WHERE SOME OF OUR FORMER ALL BLACKS ARE PLAYING, AND THE OPPORTUNITY FROM A GLOBAL SENSE IS MASSIVE. AS THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING ALL OF THESE SORT OF GAMES, ACROSS THE GLOBE, IT IS A WONDERFUL SPIRIT FOR GUYS TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO TRAVEL THE WORLD. WICKED. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GREAT TO SEE YOU TOO. SO GOOD TO SEE HIM. THEY'VE RELIED ON PUBLIC SERVICE CUTS TO MAKE TAX CUTS, BUT NOW THE GOVERNMENT IS RUNNING INTO TROUBLE AT THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY. THE PSA HAS WONA MAJOR LEGAL FIGHT AGAINST THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OVER ITS CUTS. WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE WORKFORCE SHORTLY. THEY WERE GREAT ALLIES, BUT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S FORMER BOSS EVEN HAS OWN CONCERNS ABOUT IF HE IS RIGHT TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM. FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS TELLING DEMOCRATS BEHIND THE SCENES THAT BIDEN'S CHANCES OF WINNING THE U.S. ELECTION HAVE DIMINISHED AND HE SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER HIS VIABILITY IN THE RACE. WE'LL HAVE MORE WITH A FORMER ADVISER TO OBAMA IN 20 MINUTES. AND HOW FAST CAN YOU COMPLETE A 1000-PIECE PUZZLE? THE FIRST EVER NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL SPEED-PUZZLING COMPETITION STARTS TOMORROW. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT COMING UP A LITTLE BIT LATER. BUT FOR NOW, IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S MELISSA WITH THE NEWS. POLICE WILL CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS TO FIND MISSING CHRISTCHURCH WOMAN YANFEI BAO A YEAR AFTER SHE WAS LAST SEEN. THE REAL ESTATE AGENT WENT MISSING FROM THE CHRISTCHURCH SUBURB OF WIGRAM, BUT HER BODY HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND. TINGJUN CAO (53) HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO BAO'S KIDNAPPING AND MURDER AND WILL STAND TRIAL IN OCTOBER. DETECTIVE INSPECTOR NICOLA REEVES SAYS THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY WELL SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVEN'T STOPPED SEARCHING FOR YANFEI. WE ARE VERY, VERY DETERMINED AND COMMITTED, MOTIVATED TO BRING HER OWN TO HER FAMILY. A FRESH LEAD SAW NEW SEARCHES CARRIED OUT ABOUT A FORTNIGHT AGO. THERE'S MORE EVIDENCE OF THE PROBLEMS FACING THE PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SECTOR. VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON FOUND THAT 80% OF GENERAL PRACTICES HAD CLOSED BOOKS AT SOME POINT BETWEEN 2019 AND 2022 AND HAD TO TURN AWAY NEW PATIENTS. A LACK OF FUNDING, OVERWORKED STAFF, WORKFORCE SHORTAGES AND CONCERNS OVER THE STANDARD OF CARE WERE THE MAIN REASONS GIVEN. YESTERDAY, GPs CONFIRMED THE COST OF GOING TO THE DOCTOR IS GOING UP AFTER TE WHATU ORA INCREASED FUNDING FOR GENERAL PRACTICES BY 4%, WELL SHORT OF THE 10% ASKED FOR. THE PRESSURE IS RAMPING UP WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN FACES NEW CALLS TO BOW OUT OF THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. IT COMES AS HIS CAMPAIGN EVENTS ARE PAUSED DUE TO COVID. LOGAN CHURCH JOINS US NOW. LOGAN, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT JOE BIDEN'S LATEST WOES? THE WHITE HOUSE WERE QUICK TO SAY THAT JOE BIDEN WAS ONLY EXPERIENCING MILD COVERT SYMPTOMS, BUT POLITICALLY THIS IS JUST ABSOLUTELY DISASTROUS. THEY ARE GROWING CALLS AGAINST DEMOCRATS FOR HIM TO STEP ASIDE. IT HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED THAT THE MAJORITY LEADER AND HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAVE BEEN PRIVATELY LOBBYING JOE BIDEN TO STEP ASIDE. TODAY IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT BARACK OBAMA, THE GREAT DEMOCRAT, HAS ALSO BEEN ITS PRESSING CONCERNS IN PRIVATE ABOUT JOE BIDEN AND HIS ABILITY TO SERVE A SECOND TERM AS PRESIDENT. THE PROBLEM FOR JOE BIDEN IS AS OF RIGHT NOW, IF HE WANTS TO SAVE HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN, HE NEEDS TO BE OUT ON THE TRAIL. HE NEEDS TO BE HOLDING RALLIES AND SHOWING THE COUNTRY AND THE WORK THAT HE IS YOUNG ENOUGH, FIT ENOUGH AND WITH IT ENOUGH TO BE PRESIDENT. THAT IS DIFFICULT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE AT HOME ISOLATING IN DELAWARE. AT LEAST 25 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN VIOLENT PROTESTS IN BANGLADESH. STUDENT ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SHUT DOWN TRANSPORTATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS PART OF DAYS LONG PROTESTS OVER THE ALLOCATION OF GOVERNMENT JOBS. THEY'RE CALLING FOR AN END TO A QUOTA SYSTEM THAT RESERVES UP TO 30% OF GOVERNMENT JOBS FOR WAR VETERANS. AUTHORITIES HAVE CUT SOME MOBILE SERVICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN AN EFFORT TO QUELL THE UNREST. THE LOCAL CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IS BEING URGED TO USE SAFER, HIGHER-QUALITY PRODUCTS, BY ITS OWN PEOPLE. THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST BENCHTOP MANUFACTURER BANNED SILICA PRODUCTS SIX YEARS AGO TO KEEP ITS WORKERS SAFE. SILICA DUST FROM DRY-CUTTING ARTIFICIAL STONE IS LINKED TO LUNG DISEASE IF INHALED. 'AGM' IS CHALLENGING THE SECTOR TO FOLLOW ITS LEAD. AS FAR AS THE DANGERS GO, IT'S REALLY ONLY SORT OF SIX YEARS AGO THAT WE REALLY SORT OF STARTED TO HEAR ABOUT SILICOSIS. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOT MORE AND MORE MEDIA COVERAGE RECENTLY, PARTICULARLY WITH THE AUSTRALIAN BAN. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME TERRIBLE CASES THAT HAVE COME OUT OF AUSTRALIA. WORKSAFE SAYS IT TOOK ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST 20 MANUFACTURERS THIS YEAR FROM THE 30 IT CHECKED DUE TO SILICA CONCERNS. TO SPORT, AND SECURITY HAS BEEN HEIGHTENED IN PARIS AS THE FRENCH CAPITAL PREPARES TO WELCOME THE WORLD FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES. PARISIANS WERE GREETED WITH POLICE CHECKPOINTS AND FORCED TO MAKE DETOURS AS TIGHTER SECURITY PRECAUTIONS TAKE EFFECT ALONG THE RIVER SEINE. THE SECURITY MEASURES MEANING ONLY LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE ALLOWED INTO RESTRICTED ZONES. NEW ZEALAND'S BASKETBALL LEAGUES ARE SET TO ADD NEW TEAMS NEXT SEASON, BACKED BY THE INDIAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE. THE PROPOSED EXPANSION WILL SEE NEW TEAMS FILLED WITH THE BEST PLAYERS FROM THE INDIAN NATIONAL LEAGUE, ALONG WITH ROSTER SPOTS FOR INTERNATIONAL IMPORTS AND LOCAL PLAYERS. THE HOPE IS TO TAKE NEW ZEALAND BASKETBALL TO ONE OF THE MOST POPULATED COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. IT'S UNCLEAR HOW MANY TEAMS WILL BE INTRODUCED, WITH A FINAL DEAL HOPED TO BE FINALISED NEXT MONTH. THROUGH TO YOUR WEATHER FOR FRIDAY. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` NOT A GOOD START TO YOUR FRIDAY. HEAVY RAIN FOR THE ENTIRE REGION, EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 16 DEGREES FOR RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` SLIGHTLY BETTER IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. FOGGY MORNING FOR TOKOROA, TURNING TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE, EXPECT ISOLATED RAINFALL FOR THE MOST PART OF THE DAY. 13 FOR ROTORUA. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S GLORIOUS START TO THE WEEKEND. DANNEVIRKE, YOU WILL BE WAKING UP TO BEAUTIFUL SUN. FOR THE REST OF YOU, MORNING CLOUD WILL DISAPPEAR TO CLEAR BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. 15 FOR HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` SUNNY SKIES FOR MOST OF THE REGION, SCATTERED CLOUDS AS THE DAY ROLLS THROUGH. NEW PLYMOUTH, EXPECT SOME HEAVY SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH. YOU ARE SHOOTING FOR A HIGH OF 15 DEGREES. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` LIGHT RAINFALL AND SCATTERED CLOUD TO START YOUR DAY. NELSON, EXPECT HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. YOU ARE HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 14. HEADING SOUTH ` A FROSTY START IN ALEXANDRA. OTHERWISE, EARLY SHOWERS FOR MOST OF YOU, EASING OFF TO A CLOUDY DAY AFTER LUNCH. 11 DEGREES FOR TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` APART FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MILFORD SOUND, A NICE DAY TO BE HAD FOR MOST OF THE REGION. BEAUTIFUL MORNING FOR GORE, INVERCARGILL AND OBAN. 12 DEGREES FOR MILFORD SOUND. AND LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR WEEKEND ` FOR YOUR SATURDAY, IT'S LOOKING TO BE A SOGGY SATURDAY FOR MOST. SHOWERS EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY, HOWEVER. THE DEEP SOUTH, YOU WILL BE TREATED TO SOME SUNSHINE. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, THINGS CLEARING UP A BIT. FOR THE NORTH ISLAND ` MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AUCKLAND REGION. FOR THE SOUTH ` PRETTY SIMILAR CONDITIONS HERE. OTAUTAHI, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME SHOWERS THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. THANK YOU, MELISSA. THE GOVERNMENT MAY HAVE A PRICEY HEADACHE AHEAD AS A COURT FINDS FAULT WITH ITS PROCESS TO CUT HUNDREDS OF STAFF. THE PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION HAS WON ITS LEGAL CLAIM THAT THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DID NOT DO ENOUGH TO REDEPLOY THE ROUGHLY 600 EMPLOYEES. EMPLOYMENT LAWYER JORDAN BOYLE IS UNCONVINCED THE RESTRUCTURE HALT WILL SAVE MANY OF THOSE POSITIONS, BUT HE BELIEVES UNIONS REPRESENTING OTHER PUBLIC SECTORS WILL BE PAYING ATTENTION. JORDAN BOYLE IS WITH US NOW. GOOD MORNING. KIA ORA. WHAT IS THIS DECISION HINGING ON? IT IS ABOUT THE SPECIFIC AGREEMENT IN PLACE BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION. A PARTICULAR CLAUSE IN THERE AND WHAT THAT REQUIRES OF THE MINISTRY IN TERMS OF CONSULTATION WITH IMPACTED STAFF AND ALSO REDEPLOYMENT OBLIGATIONS WITH THOSE STAR. IT ACTUALLY TURNS ON A NEW INTERPRETATION ADVANCE BY THE PSA FOLLOWING THE TVNZ CASE WHERE A SIMILAR CLAUSE WAS FOUND TO IMPORT SIGNIFICANT CONSULTATION OBLIGATIONS WITH THE UNION. AND THESE HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLIED WITH BY THE MINISTRY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THOSE AFFECTED STAFF? ESSENTIALLY, THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY FOUND THAT THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION HAD NOT CONSULTED WITH THE PSA SIGNIFICANTLY ENOUGH IN THE CHANGE PROCESS, AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKELY AS SOME SORT OF RE-CONSULTATION, WHETHER PSA HAS A HIGHER LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT. THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TO MEET THE OBLIGATIONS UNDER THAT COURT, WHICH INCLUDES MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO MANAGERS TO MAKE DECISIONS. AND SO THAT PROCESS WILL, I IMAGINE, TAKE A NUMBER OF WEEKS, AND WHATEVER THE OUTCOME AS AFTER THE CONSULTATION PROCESS HAS COMPLETED, IT WILL THEN TURN TO REDEPLOYMENT OF THOSE STAFF, AND THERE WAS ALSO AN ISSUE IN THE CASE ABOUT OTHER STAFF COULD BE REDEPLOYED AND WHAT THE MINISTRY IS REQUIRED TO WORK THROUGH WITH THOSE STAFF AND WHAT SORT OF AGREEMENT THEY NEED WITH THE PSA AND THE STAFF. DO YOU THINK THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION WILL CHALLENGE THIS, AND WILL GET EXPENSIVE OR EVEN UGLY? I CANNOT SPEAK FOR THE MINISTRY, BUT I DO NOTE THAT THE DECISION FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF ONE PART OF THE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT WAS BASED ON THE RECENT EMPLOYMENT COURT DECISION IN THE TVNZ CASE. I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE UNLIKELY THEY WOULD CHALLENGE THAT ASPECT OF THE DETERMINATION, BUT THE OTHER PART OF THE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT THAT WAS AN ISSUE DEALS WITH WHETHER THERE IS SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT REQUIRED ESSENTIALLY TO MAKE STAFF EXCEPT SEVERANCE, AND THAT PART COULD BE MORE LIKELY TO BE CHALLENGED BY THE MINISTRY, BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTENTIOUS AND AN INTERESTING POINT. HOW COULD THIS DECISION INFLUENCE FUTURE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESSES BETWEEN UNIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES? I THINK WHAT HAS BEEN RECOGNISED IN THE TVNZ CASE AND THIS CASE IS THAT THE EMPLOYERS AND THESE HAVE HAD DIFFERENT PROCESSES THAT GO OVER AND ABOVE WHAT IS REQUIRED UNDER THE LAW, AND BASICALLY THE MESSAGE FROM THE COURT AND THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY WAS THAT THIS IS THE BARGAIN YOU HAVE AGREED TO, SO YOU HAVE TO STICK TO IT AND HONOUR IT. AND SO WE MAY SEE RELUCTANCE FROM EMPLOYERS IN THE FUTURE TO ENTER INTO THESE EXPANDED CONSULTATION PROCESSES. OBVIOUSLY, UNIONS HAVE BARGAINING POWER, AND THEY WILL BE WANTING TO IMPLEMENT MORE OF THESE CLAUSES. I IMAGINE WHEN IT COMES TO ROWS OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, THEY MAY WANT TO IMPLEMENT MORE CLAUSES OF THIS NATURE, WHICH PUT A HEAVY ONUS ON THE EMPLOYER TO CONSULT WITH UNIONS AND STAFF AND WHAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED. EMPLOYERS MAY BE RELUCTANT TO DO THAT, BECAUSE AS WITH THESE CASES, CHANGES THEM SIGNIFICANTLY FOR THEM. GOOD TO TALK TO YOU. THANK YOU IS A MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU, DANIEL. E HAERE AKE NEI ` WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE TAURANGA LOCAL ELECTION. STAY WITH US. # OOH. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. TAURANGA IS HOLDING ITS FIRST COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN FIVE YEARS TOMORROW ` A CHANCE RESET THE AGENDA FOR BAY OF PLENTY'S BIGGEST CITY. ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES PLAGUING THE COMMUNITY IS THE RENTAL CRISIS. THE CURRENT AVERAGE PRICE IN TAURANGA IS SITTING ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, REACHING OVER $1 MILLION AND TO RENT, THE BAY OF PLENTY HAS OVERTAKEN AUCKLAND AS THE MOST EXPENSIVE RENT IN NEW ZEALAND ` AN AVERAGE $690 A WEEK. FOR MORE ON THE ISSUE, OUR REPORTER LUCY BENDELL IS DOWN THE COMMUNITY. MORENA, LUCY. MORENA, J MAY. THAT'S RIGHT ` IT IS A RACE TO THE TOP NO ONE REALLY WANTS TO WIN. TAURANGA HAS TAKEN THE CROWN FOR THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLACE TO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY, AND IT IS PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HERE. ONE NEWS ACTUALLY SPOKE TO ONE MONTH, HOLLY, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IN JANUARY. OH, APPLYING FROM ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 HOUSES A WEEK. IT'S UP TO $750 THAT I CAN AFFORD. I WAS THINKING ABOUT ONE THE OTHER DAY ` A THREE BEDROOM ` $1000 A WEEK. (LAUGHS) JUST` IT'S INSANE. AND I AM JOINED BY HOLLY NOW TODAY. WE ARE IN JULY. WHAT IS YOUR RENTAL SITUATION NOW, HOLLY? WE'RE STILL IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH LIKE EMERGENCY HOUSING. NO END TO IT YET. WHAT IS YOUR IMMEDIATE CONCERN? JUST THE LIMITED HOUSES AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING. IT IS PRETTY HARD ON EVERYBODY AT THE MOMENT. HOW TOUGH HAS IT BEEN FOR YOU, HOLLY? GIVE GOT THREE KIDS, AND YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A HOUSE FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. HOW HAS THAT BEEN? IT IS REALLY HARD. IT'S MY JOB AS A MUM TO PROVIDE A STABLE HOME FOR THEM, AND I CAN'T DO IT FOR THEM. IT IS PRETTY HARD. I DON'T TAKE THEM, SO IT'S EASIER THAN TELLING THEM, NO, WE DIDN'T GET THAT ONE. WHAT KIND OF CHANGE ARE YOU WANTING FROM THE NEW COUNCIL THAT IS GOING TO BE ELECTED THIS WEEKEND? I WISH THAT THERE WAS A WAY TO SOLVE IT. I DON'T THINK THERE'S REALLY ANY EASIER ` THE HOMELESS IS GOING UP. THE NUMBERS ARE GOING UP. IT IS JUST WITHOUT THE ACTUAL HOUSES AVAILABLE. BUT RENTAL PRICE REDUCES WILL BE GOOD. DEFINITELY. AND HOLLY IS NOT THE ONLY PERSON EXPERIENCING THIS OF COURSE. WE WENT DOWN TO THE STREET OF TAURANGA AND SPOKE TO SOME LOCALS HOUSING. DEFINITELY NOT ENOUGH HOUSING FOR THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WANTING TO MOVE INTO THE REGION. WE JUST CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE HOUSING. A LACK OF NEW PLACE FOR DEVELOPMENT. THE COUNCIL'S MADE THAT QUITE HARD TO RELEASE NEW DEVELOPMENT. IT'S GETTING QUITE HARD TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN TAURANGA. THE PRICES ARE GOING UP MORE THAN WE EXPECTED, BUT THAT IS THE WAY IT WORKS, AND MAYBE, HOPEFULLY THEY COULD SOLVE THAT ONE. NOW, I AM JOINED BY DAN LUZ BE FROM TAB ON THE RENTALS. WE'VE JUST HEARD FROM THE DEMAND. NOW THE SUPPLY ` HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEE PEOPLE LIKE HOLLY STRUGGLING TO FIND A RENTAL? WE SEE THEM EVERY DAY. IT IS QUITE SAD, BECAUSE THERE ARE JUST NOT ENOUGH PROPERTIES AVAILABLE. HOW MANY PROPERTIES ARE ON THE MARKET RIGHT NOW? 350 AT THE MOMENT. IN A CITY OF 160,000 PEOPLE. WHAT CHANGED YOU THINK IS NEEDED FROM THE COUNCIL THIS WEEKEND TO JUST CHANGE THAT FOR SOME PEOPLE HERE? WHAT WE NEED THESE NEW COUNSELLORS TO DO IS CARRY ON THE GREAT WORK THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE DONE ` REZONE THE RIGHT LAND, GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE, AND BUILDERS CAN START BUILDING HOUSES. WE NEED MORE HOUSES. A STRONG MESSAGE ` WE NEED MORE HOUSES. THAT IS THE METHOD FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN TAURANGA. THE NEXT ISSUE WE WILL BE COVERING HERE AHEAD OF THE ELECTIONS THIS WEEK AND IS TRANSPORT AND ROADING. AND THAT ISSUE WE WILL BE SPEAKING TO SOMEONE JUST AFTER 8 O'CLOCK, JENNY MAY. NICE. LUCY BENDELL JOINING US FROM THE TAURANGA ELECTIONS. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, AS MORE DEMOCRATS COME OUT AGAINST JOE BIDEN, CAN HE STILL REMAIN THE PARTY'S NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT? # AND NOW I JUST WANNA KNOW WHY. THE CARDS ARE STARTING TO TUMBLE AROUND PRESIDENT BIDEN'S RE-ELECTION HOPES. ITS BEEN REVEALED THIS MORNING THAT FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS BEEN TELLING AIDES THAT BIDEN'S PATH TO VICTORY HAS 'SIGNIFICANTLY SHRUNK' AND THAT HE NEEDS TO STRONGLY CONSIDER HIS VIABILITY AS A CANDIDATE. PETER LOGE IS A PROFESSOR OF MEDIA AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND WHO SERVED AS A SENIOR ADVISOR TO BARACK OBAMA IN HIS ADMINISTRATION AND HE JOINS ME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US PETER. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS? THAT BARACK OBAMA HAD SAYING THAT BIDEN HAS VERY LITTLE CHANCE OF WINNING? IT IS SIGNIFICANT. OBAMA AND BIDEN ARE CLOSE. WHEN PRES OBAMA IS POINTING OUT WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE CAN SEND THE POLLING. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED ALSO THAT BIDEN HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO HIS AIDES, ASKING THEM ABOUT HARRIS AND WHETHER SHE COULD WIN THE ELECTION QUESTION BUT DO YOU BELIEVE SHE COULD WIN? I THINK HARRIS CAN WIN. I THINK BIDEN CAN ALSO WIN. HARRIS WOULD SHAKE UP THE RACE, THE POLLS HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT OVER TIME, THROUGH INDICTMENTS, AND SCANDALS AND BAD DEBATES. NOT A LOT HAS CHANGED. HARRIS COULD DO THAT OTHER LITTLE BIT. ON THE OTHER HAND, HER SUPPORT MIGHT BE BECAUSE SHE IS NOT NAMED BIDEN. YOU SAID THAT THERE IS STILL A PATHWAY FOR BIDEN TO WIN THE RACE, WHAT IS THE THING THAT? THE POLLING IS RELATIVELY CLOSE. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE HAD A BAD FEW WEEKS. THEY ARE TELLING EVERYBODY THAT BIDEN IS OLD AND INEFFECTUAL. THE REPUBLICANS HAVE HAD A GREAT WEEK SAYING THAT THEY ARE STRONG AND UNTOUCHED. THE DEMOCRATS WILL GO TO THEIR CONVENTION GET GET A BIT OF A BOUNCE, AND TELL IT DIFFERENT STORY. IT IS STILL JULY. IT IS NOT OVER. I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AND IT HAS BEEN FASCINATING. YOU HAVE SEEN, CANDIDATES WHO HAVE COME FORWARD AND WHO ARE NOW SUPPORTING DONALD TRUMP, THEY HAVE GOT UP ON STAGE AND TOLD THE CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY SUPPORT HAS RUN TOWARDS THE PRESIDENCY. EVEN IN THE PAST WHEN THEY HAD NOT. THIS PARTY IS UNITING. THE ONE WORD THAT KEEPS COMING OUT AS, UNITED. LOOK AT THE DEMOCRATS, AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE FALLING APART. HOW BAD DOES THAT LOOK FOR THE DEMOCRATS? WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER SIDE AND THE REPUBLICANS ARE RALLYING TOGETHER. I THINK IT LOOKS PRETTY BAD. THE REPUBLICANS WERE FIGHTING ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND ARE NOW COMING TOGETHER IN THIS PAST WEEK. THE DEMOCRATS ARE THE REVERSE. IF THE REPUBLICAN ARGUMENT IS THAT THINGS ARE UNCERTAIN, THE FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN, THE PRESENT AS WEAK AND TIRED AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE IN DISARRAY, LOOK WE ARE TOGETHER, WE ARE STRONG. THAT IS A PRETTY COMPELLING STORY. THE DEMOCRATS ARE TELLING THE PEOPLE THAT THEIR GUY IS NOT UP TO TASK. YOU SAID THAT BIDEN COULD STILL WIN, BUT YOU ALSO SAID THAT HARRIS COULD ALSO WIN. THE BIGGER ISSUE AROUND THIS` OBAMA HAS SAID THIS, HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEGACY OF BIDEN. HE HAS COVID AT THE MOMENT. WHAT IS THE ARGUMENT FOR HIM STAYING? HAS HE NOT DONE HIS BIT? I'M NOT SURE THAT BIDEN IS THINKING ABOUT HIS LEGACY. IS LIKE AN AGEING ATHLETE. NOBODY WHO IS AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME, WANTS TO STEP OUT. SOMETIMES IT TAKES A MINOR INJURY FOR THEM TO SAY, THIS IS MY TIME. WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF ATHLETES HANG AROUND FOR ONE TOO MANY SEASONS. ONE TOO MANY SERIES. IT IS A BRILLIANT ANALOGY, AND A BRILLIANT PLACE TO FINISH. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING WILLING TO TALK WITH US DOWN AND LITTLE OLD NEW ZEALAND. IT IS TRULY FASCINATING, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRESENCE. THANK YOU. MANY THANKS. DESPITE A LEGAL WIN BY THE PSA AGAINST THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, IT'S LIKELY HUNDREDS OF JOBS COULD STILL BE AXED. THE EDUCATION MINISTRY PLANNED TO CUT AROUND 600 JOBS IN A RESTRUCTURE PROPOSAL, WHICH THE PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION ARGUED BREACHED THE WORKERS' EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS. EMPLOYMENT LAWYER JORDAN BOYLE SAYS IT'S LIKELY THOSE ROLES WILL BE DISESTABLISHED, BUT WARNS THE MINISTRY WILL NEED TO WORK THROUGH THEIR OBLIGATIONS CAREFULLY. THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY FOUND THAT THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION HAD CONSULTED WITH THE PSA SIGNIFICANTLY ENOUGH AND THE CHANGE PROCESS, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKELY, AS SOME SORT OF RE-CONSULTATION WHERE PSA HAS A HIGHER LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT. IN A STATEMENT, THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SAYS IT'S AGREED TO MEET WITH THE PSA, FOLLOWING THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY'S DECISION. A POST MORTEM WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY AFTER AN UNEXPLAINED DEATH IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF MANGERE EAST. POLICE WERE CALLED TO AN ADDRESS LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A RESIDENT OF A BLOCK OF FLATS WAS FOUND DEAD. A SCENE GUARD WAS PUT IN PLACE, WITH POLICE ASKING THE PUBLIC FOR ANY INFORMATION. DONALD TRUMP IS JUST HOURS AWAY FROM SPEAKING AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE, WHERE HE WILL FORMALLY ACCEPT THE PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME TRUMP GIVES A PUBLIC ADDRESS SINCE SURVIVING AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT LAST WEEKEND. LOGAN CHURCH JOINS US NOW FROM MILWAUKEE. LOGAN, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM TRUMP TODAY? DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN ATTENDING THE CONVENTION EVERY NIGHT. HE HAS BEEN LISTENING TO THE SPEAKERS. THAT WILL CHANGE IN JUST A FEW SHORT HOURS. HE WILL SPEAK AT THE ARENA BEHIND ME. AND FORMALLY ACCEPT HIS PARTY'S NOMINATION TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT. THAT AS YOU SAY IS THE FIRST TIME TRUMP HAS SPOKEN PUBLICLY AT A FORUM LIKE THIS SINCE THE SHOOTING. HE TOLD REPORTERS AFTERWARDS AND AN INTERVIEW, THAT HOURS AFTER THE SHOOTING HE TOTALLY THREW AWAY WHAT HE WAS PLANNING TO SAY AND THE SPEECH, AND WROTE A NEW ONE. THERE ARE THEMES OF UNITY AND BRINGING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER. SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE USUALLY HAVE FROM TRUMP. HE IS USUALLY QUITE COMBATIVE AND STRONG AND FEISTY. WE ARE NOT LIKELY TO HEAR MUCH OF THAT DAY. JOHN HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED HIS FIRST RALLY SINCE THEY SHOOTING. THAT IS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND. THE MATTER IS NOT STOPPING. HE WILL BE HOSTING A RALLY IN MICHIGAN. WHAT HAS NEW VP PACK. WE WILL BE LIVE FOR THAT ON SUNDAY. THANKS LOGAN FROM MILWAUKEE. AN INVESTIGATION'S BEEN LAUNCHED ACROSS THE TASMAN AFTER REVELATIONS OF LINKS BETWEEN GANGS AND ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST UNIONS. OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT AZIZ AL SA'AFIN SENT THIS REPORT. EXTORTION, CORRUPTION AND IN BED WITH THE WORST CRIMINALS AUSTRALIA HAS SEEN. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ALLEGATIONS UNCOVERED BY JOINT INVESTIGATION WITH 60 MINUTES AUSTRALIA AND NINE NEWSPAPERS. NOW, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS INVESTIGATING, AND THE BOSS OF THE VICTORIA BRANCH OF THE UNION HAS BEEN STOOD DOWN. THIS IS A ROTTEN CULTURE THAT MUST BE PULLED OUT BY ITS ROOTS. TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT IS DECISIVE, IT'S CLEAR, AND IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AS FOR WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, THE GOVERNMENT HAS APPOINTED AN ADMINISTRATOR TO LOOK INTO THIS INVESTIGATION TO SEE HOW DEEP THIS CORRUPTION GOES. IT'S BEEN LABELELD AS AUSTRALIA'S WORST KEPT SECRET, AND VICTORIA FOR YEARS HAS BEEN DUBBED THE STATE OF GANGSTERS. TO SPORT, AND THE FOUR STRONG KIWI CONTINGENT AT GOLF'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP IN SCOTLAND ARE OFF THE PACE WITH RYAN FOX AND KAZUMA KOBORI CURRENTLY THE BEST AT TWO OVER PAR. IRISHMAN SHANE LOWERY REMAINS IN THE LEAD DURING THE OPENING ROUND, ONE SHOT AHEAD OF ENGLISHMAN DANIEL BROWN, WHO IS CURRENTLY AT FOUR UNDER PAR. SOME GOOD NEWS FOR THE ALL WHITES ` MOVING INSIDE THE TOP 100 IN WORLD FOOTBALL'S RANKINGS. FOLLOWING THEIR RECENT SUCCESS AT THE OCEANIA CUP, NEW ZEALAND'S MOVED UP 13 PLACES TO BE RANKED 94TH IN THE WORLD, BEHIND SYRIA AND ZAMBIA. ARGENTINA REMAINS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, JUST AHEAD OF FRANCE, WITH NEW EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS SPAIN MOVING INTO THIRD SPOT. HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE IN AMERICA'S MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER COMPETITION, WITH PHILADELPHIA UNION SUBBING ON THE YOUNGEST PLAYER IN HISTORY. AT JUST 14-YEARS-OLD CAVAN SULLIVAN MADE HIS DEBUT IN THE 85TH MINUTE OF THE MATCH BEATING THE PREVIOUS RECORD BY 13 DAYS. IT'S EXPECTED SULLIVAN WILL MAKE THE MOVE TO THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE WHEN HE TURNS 18. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) SOMETIMES IT IS LIKE BEING ON THE MUPPETS. YOU TWO BICKERING AT EACH OTHER ALL THROUGH THE NEWS. HE IS 14, HE HAS BEEN SELECTED, HE TOOK THAT SHOT, AND IT DID NOT GO ON FULL-TIME WAIT TILL YOU ARE 16. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` NOT A GOOD START TO YOUR FRIDAY. HEAVY RAIN FOR THE ENTIRE REGION, EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 17 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` SLIGHTLY BETTER IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. FOGGY MORNING FOR TOKOROA, TURNING TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE, EXPECT ISOLATED RAINFALL FOR THE MOST PART OF THE DAY. 16 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S GLORIOUS START TO THE WEEKEND. DANNEVIRKE, YOU WILL BE WAKING UP TO BEAUTIFUL SUN. FOR THE REST OF YOU, MORNING CLOUD WILL DISAPPEAR TO CLEAR BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. 16 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND MASTERTON. OVER TO THE WEST ` SUNNY SKIES FOR MOST OF THE REGION, SCATTERED CLOUDS AS THE DAY ROLLS THROUGH. NEW PLYMOUTH, EXPECT SOME HEAVY SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH. 20 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` LIGHT RAINFALL AND SCATTERED CLOUD TO START YOUR DAY. NELSON, EXPECT HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. A HIGH OF 16 FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. HEADING SOUTH ` A FROSTY START IN ALEXANDRA. OTHERWISE, EARLY SHOWERS FOR MOST OF YOU, EASING OFF TO A CLOUDY DAY AFTER LUNCH. 13 THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` APART FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MILFORD SOUND, A NICE DAY TO BE HAD FOR MOST OF THE REGION. BEAUTIFUL MORNING FOR GORE, INVERCARGILL AND OBAN. 11 THE HIGH FOR DUNEDIN. AND LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR WEEKEND ` FOR YOUR SATURDAY, IT'S LOOKING TO BE A SOGGY SATURDAY FOR MOST. SHOWERS EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY, HOWEVER. THE DEEP SOUTH, YOU WILL BE TREATED TO SOME SUNSHINE. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, THINGS CLEARING UP A BIT. FOR THE NORTH ISLAND ` MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AUCKLAND REGION. FOR THE SOUTH ` PRETTY SIMILAR CONDITIONS HERE. OTAUTAHI, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME SHOWERS THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. WE'RE BACK WITH MATT GIBB, WHO'S BEEN BUSY THIS MORNING CATCHING UP WITH THE RESIDENTS AT RYMAN HEALTHCARE'S MIRIAM CORBAN VILLAGE. GOOD MORNING MATT. I AM HAVING A GOOD TIME HERE. HOW ARE WE ALL THIS MORNING? (THEY CHEER) WE HAVE HAD SOME MUFFINS, SOME COFFEE. HOW IS MY PROGRESS COMING ALONG SO FAR? I THINK JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE PRACTICE. THAT IS TRUE PROBABLY. I CAN GIVE YOU SOME PRIVATE LESSONS. TUESDAYS DANCE LESSONS. I HAVE A WHOLE ROUTINE WORKED OUT THAT I NEED TO PRACTICE. I WILL SHOW YOU HOW MY PROGRESS IS COMING ALONG LATER. I HAVE MANAGED TO GET AROUND THE COUNTRY TO A FEW DIFFERENT RYMAN VILLAGES. TO SHOW THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU MOVE INTO A VILLAGE, LIFE DOES NOT HAVE TO STOP. I AM IN CHRISTCHURCH AND AM ABOUT TO MEET UP WITH ROGER FROM RYMAN VILLAGE HERE. ACCORDING TO MY APP, IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS ABOUT TO PULL UP RIGHT NOW. HI MATT, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MARK OFF WE GO. SO ARE YOU JUST AS BUSY BEFORE YOU WENT INTO RYMAN? PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT I DID BEFORE, BUT IT IS EASIER NOW. AT THERE IS SOMETHING ON IN THE VILLAGE, I DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY. YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE VILLAGE FROM THE GET GO? WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST IN. DO NOT HAVE TO MOW THE LAWNS, THEY DID THE WINDOWS THRUST THIS WEEK. WHAT IS THE LIFESTYLE LIKE? IT IS VERY RELAXED AND MORE SOCIAL. MOST PEOPLE DO NOT REALISE HOW GOOD IT IS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE RIGHT, YOU ARE A LEGEND. FIVE-STAR FOR YOU. SEE YOU. DAVE, IS IT? I GOING TO PUT ME TO WORK TODAY? SHOW ME WHAT YOU'VE GOT. HOW ARE YOU FINDING IT AT THE VILLAGE? THERE IS AS MUCH TO AS LITTLE AT TO DO AS YOU WANT. JUST BECAUSE YOU HAD 65, DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO STOP WORKING, IF YOU FEEL LIKE WORKING. MY WIFE DRIVES A BUS. HOW DO YOU FIND THE PEOPLE, THE STAFF? THERE ARE LOTS OF NICE PEOPLE IN THERE. WE WERE AT A NEIGHBOUR'S PLACE FOR TEA LAST NIGHT. THERE YOU GO, MATT, ALL SORTED. YOU LOOK FANTASTIC. OFF INTO THE WILDERNESS I GO, SEE YOU DAVE. BLOODIER HOPELESS. THERE WERE NO TROUT CAUGHT THAT DAY. HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING? WE HAVE ALL SORTS GOING ON BEHIND US. IS IT ALWAYS LIKE THIS OUT HERE. THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT HAPPY HOUR, RIGHT? TELL ME ABOUT WHAT YOU DO. I WORK AT KELSTON PRIMARY SCHOOL AND THE LIBRARY. I WORK FOR A BOARD, I DO ADMINISTRATION. I HAVE GOT MY LESSONS COMING HERE. WE HAVE THE MOVE IS GOING ON. I HAVE A SPECIFIC ROUTINE THAT I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO THE NATION AT 835 WITH KERRY'S HELP. DO THINK I WILL BE READY THEN? YES. THAT DOES NOT SOUND CONVINCING AT ALL. I AM NOT CONVINCED EITHER. ME U TONU MAI ` THERE ARE PROTESTS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT'S FIREARMS CHANGES. THEY WANT TO REWRITE THE ARMS ACT, BUT MUSLIM GROUPS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MORE PEOPLE HAVING ACCESS TO SEMI AUTOMATIC RIFLES. MORE ON THAT NEXT. FIREARM REFORMS ARE ON THEIR WAY, THE GOVERNMENT PLANNING TO REWRITE THE ARMS ACT BY 2026. THEY'VE INDICATED THIS MAY INCLUDE LOOSENING THE BAN ON MILITARY STYLE SEMI AUTOMATIC WEAPONS. THAT BAN WAS PUT IN PLACE FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC MARCH 15 MOSQUE SHOOTINGS. SOME COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE OUTRAGED BY THE REFORM AND ARE LAUNCHING A CAMPAIGN IN OPPOSITION. SPOKESPERSON FOR THE KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE CAMPAIGN MICHAEL WOOD JOINS US NOW, ALONGSIDE TAYYABA KHAN, FOUNDER OF THE KHADIJA LEADERSHIP NETWORK. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. FIVE YEARS AGO OUR COUNTRY WENT THROUGH THE HORROR OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON MARCH 15 IN CHRISTCHURCH. WE SAID NEVER AGAIN. ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE DID AS A SOCIETY, WAS TO SAY THAT WE DO NOT WANT THESE DANGEROUS WEAPONS OF WAR TO BE AVAILABLE AND OUR COMMUNITIES. OUR WHOLE SOCIETY CAME AROUND THAT. NEARLY EVERYBODY AT PARLIAMENT, 119 OF 120 MPS, SUPPORTED THAT. AND WE BANNED THESE MILITARY STYLE WEAPONS. AS A KEY PART OF KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER. NOW WE HAVE A MINISTER SAYING THAT SHE WANTS TO REVIEW THAT BAND. SHE HAS INDICATED THAT THERE MIGHT BE EXEMPTIONS TO ALLOW MORE OF THESE DANGEROUS WEAPONS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ANYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITIES WANT. IT WILL MAKE US LESS SAFE AND WE ARE COMING TOGETHER TO SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE, AND ASKED THE GOVERNMENT TO LISTEN, TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE AND KEEP THESE DANGEROUS MILITARY STYLE WEAPONS OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES. YOU ARE HEARING THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS REVIEWING OUR WEAPONS, WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND? IN TERMS OF GUN REFORMS, WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND? WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNMENT? SORRY I COULD NOT HEAR CLEARLY. I THINK MICHAEL HAS COVERED IT REALLY WELL. THE REALITY IS THAT WE HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT EVENT HAPPEN AND THE HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND. WE LOST 51 NEW ZEALANDERS AND WE CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. JUST THIS YEAR ALONE OUR MEDIA REPORTED THAT GUN RELATED VIOLENCE HAS ACTUALLY INCREASED AND THIS IS WHAT THE BAN AND PLACE, SO WE CLEARLY WANT TO SEE A SAFE NEW ZEALAND. PEOPLE MOVED TO NEW ZEALAND BECAUSE IT IS A SAFE COUNTRY, WE MOVE HERE FOR THAT SENSE OF BELONGING, IDENTITY, CULTURE, VALUES, SAFETY. SAFETY BEING A BIG PART OF WHY PEOPLE COME HERE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO FEEL SAFE. HOW DID THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF MARCH 15 SHAPE THE CURRENT FIREARMS LEGISLATION? I THINK THAT IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT MUCH OF 15 EVEN HAPPENED. BUT IT SHOWED US THAT THERE WAS SOME THINGS AND I LEGISLATION AND IN OUR POLICY THAT DEFINITELY NEEDED TO CHANGE. THERE IS A LOT MORE WORK TO DO. BUT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY MADE NEW ZEALAND A LOT MORE SAFER AS A RESULT OF PUTTING THIS PLAN IN PLACE. WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS WHAT WE FOCUS ON. NOT THAT WE ACTUALLY MAKE THE ACCESS OF GUNS EASIER FOR PEOPLE. THEREFORE INCREASE VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY. MICHAEL, I GUESS THAT IS WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THIS CONTEXT WHEN WE ARE DISCUSSING POTENTIAL CHANGES? THAT IS RIGHT. THIS CAME OUT OF A VERY REAL AND DRAMATIC EVENT FOR OUR COUNTRY. THE MOST DRAMATIC EVENT AT OUR RECENT HISTORY. WHENEVER ONE OF THESE MASSACRES OCCURS, MARCH 15 NEW ZEALAND, PORT ARTHUR AND AUSTRALIA, THOSE TERRIBLE EVENTS WITHOUT SHOPPING MALLS IN AUSTRALIA. IT IS THESE KINDS OF WEAPONS THAT ARE USED. THEY ARE USED BECAUSE THEY FIRE OFF A LARGE NUMBER OF ROUNDS IN A VERY SHORT SPACE OF TIME. THEY ARE WEAPONS OF WAR, THEY ARE MADE TO KILL LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE VERY QUICKLY AND MILITARY SITUATIONS. THERE IS NO PLACE FOR THEM AT OUR COMMUNITIES. THAT IS WHY THERE WAS A WIDE ARRAY OF SUPPORT FOR THIS ISSUE. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING THAT IS ON TOMORROW AND WE HAVE GROUPS LIKE THE FEDERATED IS LINUX ISLAMIC ASSOCATIONS OF NEW ZEALAND ALL IN SUPPORT OF THIS BAN. WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE? I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME TO THIS MEETING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TECHNICALITIES OF THE BAN, AND HOW THEY CAN PROACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN LETTING THIS GOVERNMENT KNOW THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES REMAIN SAFE. ALL THE BEST FOR THE WEEKEND. THANK YOU. E WHAI AKE NEI ` IT'S THE CURTAIN CALL. NO, BREAKFAST ISN'T ENDING. WE STILL HAVE AN HOUR TO GO. BUT WE ARE TALKING CURTAINS NEXT. CONSUMER NZ REVEALS WHICH ARE THE BEST ONES TO KEEP YOU WARM THIS WINTER. (MOWER ROARS) Ahh! Ohhh, yeah! (DYNAMIC MUSIC) VOICEOVER: See near and far with a complete pair of progressives from $169. Must've gone to Specsavers. WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER, SO YOU ARE PROBABLY VERY WELL AWARE IF YOUR CURTAINS ARE HELPING TO KEEP THE WARMTH IN. WE THOUGHT IT WAS A TIMELY OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OUR REGULAR CONSUMER TESTER JAMES LE PAGE JOIN US TO SHARE WHAT HE'S LEARNED ABOUT DIFFERENT WINDOW COVERINGS IN HIS LAB, AND HE JOINS US NOW, MORENA! HOW ARE YOU? I AM VERY WELL, THANKS. ARE YOU WARM? I AM PRETTY WARM. I HAVE SOME GOOD BLINDS UP. VERY NICE. I LIVE IN A HOUSE THAT IS VERY COLD. HOW IMPORTANT ARE CURTAINS FOR KEEPING AND WARMTH? THEY ARE MASSIVELY IMPORTANT. NEW ZEALANDERS LOVE WINDOWS. I THINK IT IS BECAUSE WE LIVE IN SUCH A PRETTY COUNTRY SO WE DESIGN HOUSES WITH GLAZING GALORE. YOU CAN HAVE UPWARDS OF 45% OF YOUR HEAT THROUGH WINDOWS, TO IT IS REALLY IMPERATIVE THAT YOU DO YOUR BEST JOB POSSIBLE TO KEEP IN THE HEAT, OTHERWISE YOU ARE THROWING MONEY AWAY. IT MUST MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO ELECTRICITY BOARD'S. YES, AND ALSO THE COMFORT YOU FEEL. YOU DON'T FEEL THE HEAT GETTING SUCKED OUT OF YOU. SO TELL ME, THEY ARE NOT ALL CREATED EQUAL, CURTAINS. WHICH ONES DO WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT? PRECISELY. ONE THING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THE FIT OF A CURTAIN THROUGH THE WINDOW FRAME ITSELF. YOU WANT TO HAVE A NICE FIT ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FRAME AND A REALLY CLOSE FIT AT THE TOP OF THE FRAME. THAT STOPS THE AIRFLOW GOING BEHIND IT. THAT IS SOMETHING WE CALL THE REVERSE CHIMNEY EFFECT. THE OTHER THING THAT YOU WANT IS TO HAVE MULTIPLE LAYERS. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT IS CALLED A THERMAL CURTAIN, IT IS NOT REALLY THE BEST WORD TO USE FOR THEM. YOU NEED A MULTIPLE LAYERS. WHEN WE TEST THEM IN THE LAB, THERE OR CURTAIN INTO A GOOD JOB BECAUSE WHEN YOU ADD A SECOND DROP, THE INSULATION GOES UP BECAUSE WHAT YOU WANT WITH ANY INSULATION IS A STABLE BARRIER OF AIR. THAT IS WHAT TWO DROPS OF CURTAINS THOUGH. A THERMAL CURTAIN, IT SAYS ON THE TURN, WHAT IT DOES, BUT IT DOES NOT DO A GOOD JOB. WHAT YOU RECOMMEND IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT NEW CURTAINS? YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THAT FIT, YOU ARE LOOKING FOR MULTIPLE DROPS, BUT ACTUALLY, A BETTER OPTION MIGHT BE TO LOOK AT BLINDS. BLINDS WORK REALLY WELL BECAUSE OFTEN THEY ARE FITTED REALLY SNUGLY INSIDE A WINDOW FRAME, OR IN THE CASE OF ROMAN BLINDS, THEY GO OVER THE FRAME ITSELF. IN TESTING, WE WERE BLOWN AWAY BY THE HONEYCOMB BLINDS. THEY ARE LIKE A PUFFER JACKET FOR YOUR WINDOW. THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB. IN TERMS OF THEIR THERMAL PERFORMANCE, IT WAS THREE TIMES BETTER THAN ANY CURTAIN WE TESTED. IT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. I'M NOT SURE PEOPLE LOVE THE LOOK OF THEM, BUT YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY INVESTIGATOR. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE JENNY MAY THINK THEY ARE HARD TO CLEAN. THE DUTIES THAT AT ALL? I DID NOT, BUT I DO NOT THINK ANY CURTAINS ARE EASY TO CLEAN. YOU WOULD THINK THAT IF THEY DOING A GOOD JOB THEN YOU ARE GOING TO GET LESS CONDENSATION, SO YOU WILL NOT HAVE THE SAME MOLD PROBLEMS WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO IF WE CANNOT AFFORD THE NEW CURTAINS? WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO KEEP THE HEAT AND WITHOUT GETTING NEW CURTAINS? I LIKE TO BRING A PROP TO THESE THINGS. I HAVE AN AMAZING PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY CALLED THE TOWEL. YOU CAN ROLL UP A TOWEL. IT WILL INCREASE THE PERFORMANCE BY 25% OF A REGULAR CURTAIN. THAT IS STOPPING THAT COLD AIR FROM DUCKING AND OVER THE TOP OF THE CURTAIN RAIL. ALL RIGHT, JAMES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. YOU HAVE A PUFFER VEST ON, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW WARM IT IS. I AM COMFORTABLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JAMES. WE SHOULD GET INTO PLAYS GUITAR. IT IS NOT AS GUITAR. ONE YEAR ON AND POLICE ARE STILL APPEALING TO THE PUBLIC FOR INFORMATION RELATING TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF CHRISTCHURCH WOMAN, YANFEI BAO. THE 44-YEAR-OLD REAL ESTATE AGENT WENT MISSING WHILE SHE WAS DOOR-KNOCKING IN THE SUBURB OF WIGRAM. HER BODY HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND. 53-YEAR-OLD, TINGJUN CAO, HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO BAO'S KIDNAPPING AND MURDER, AND WILL STAND TRIAL IN OCTOBER. DETECTIVE INSPECTOR NICOLA REEVES SAYS POLICE HAVE NOT STOPPED SEARCHING FOR BAO, AND ARE COMMITTED TO BRINGING HER HOME. THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY WELL SUPPORTED BY THE PEOPLE OF CHRISTCHURCH AND NEW ZEALAND, WHO HAVE GIVEN US A LOT OF INFORMATION. IF ANYBODY IS STILL HOLDING ON TO SOMETHING, NO MATTER HOW SMALL, EVEN IF THEY THINK IT'S IRRELEVANT, THEN PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THAT AND WE WILL MAKE THE ASSESSMENT AS TO HOW RELEVANT THAT MIGHT BE. A FRESH LEAD SAW NEW SEARCHES CARRIED OUT ABOUT A FORTNIGHT AGO. THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION HAS AGREED TO MEET WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION, AFTER SUFFERING A LEGAL LOSS. THE EDUCATION MINISTRY PLANNED TO CUT AROUND 600 JOBS IN A RESTRUCTURE PROPOSAL, WHICH THE PSA SUCCESSFULLY ARGUED BREACHED THE WORKERS' EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS. FOLLOWING THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITIES' DECISION, JORDAN BOYLE EXPECTS RE-CONSULTATION BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES TO TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS. WHATEVER THE OUTCOME IS AFTER THE CONSULTATION PROCESS HAS COMPLETED, IT'LL THEN TURN TO REDEPLOYMENT OF THOSE STAFF, AND THERE WAS ALSO AN ISSUE IN THE CASE OF HOW THOSE STAFF COULD BE REDEPLOYED AND WHAT THE MINISTRY IS REQUIRED TO WORK THROUGH WITH THOSE STAFF AND WHAT LEVEL OF AGREEMENT THEY NEEDS WITH THE PSA AND THE STAFF. BOYLE SAYS IT'S LIKELY THOSE ROLES WILL BE DISESTABLISHED, BUT WARNS THE MINISTRY WILL NEED TO WORK THROUGH THEIR OBLIGATIONS CAREFULLY. IT'S THE FINAL DAY OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, WITH DONALD TRUMP JUST HOURS AWAY FROM GIVING HIS FIRST PUBLIC ADDRESS SINCE SURVIVING AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT LAST WEEKEND. HE'S EXPECTED TO CLOSE THE WEEK'S LONG CONVENTION AS THE PARTY'S OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. LOGAN CHURCH JOINS US NOW FROM THE CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE. LOGAN, AFTER A WEEK AT THE CONVENTION, WHAT'S YOUR OVERALL IMPRESSION OF WHERE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS AT? GIVEN THIS WEEK ALMOST DARTED IN TRAGEDY, THERE IS AN AWFUL LOT OF PASSION HERE IN MILWAUKEE. THESE GUYS ARE BEEN STANDING OUT HERE ALL MORNING PLAYING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ON TRUMPETS. THEY HEAR SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT FOR DONALD TRUMP. INSIDE THE CONVENTION ITSELF, I'VE SPENT SOME TIME TALKING TO PLACES LIKE ALABAMA AND THEY BEEN TELLING ME IT SEEMS LIKE AN ABSOLUTE MIRACLE BY GOD THAT DONALD TRUMP SURVIVED THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. THEY BELIEVE HE NOW HAS A DIVINE MANTLE TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY INTO THE FUTURE AND SAVE IT. THIS CONVENTION ARE MANY WAYS AS AN IDEOLOGICAL BUBBLE, AND THE DEMOCRATS, MANY OF THEM ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT A SECOND DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENCY MIGHT LOOK LIKE. THE DEMOCRATS ARE MORE FOCUSED ON JOE BIDEN AT THE MOMENT AND WHETHER OR NOT HE SHOULD STAY IN THE RACE OR NOT. IS FOR THE REPUBLICANS, TWO THINGS ARE BEEN ACHIEVED. FIRST, A TOTAL DISPLAY OF UNITY, AND SECOND, TOTAL SUBJUGATION TO DONALD TRUMP. THE PUBLIC AND PARTY IS NOW DONALD TRUMP'S PARTY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LOGAN. AT LEAST 25 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN VIOLENT PROTESTS IN BANGLADESH. STUDENT ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SHUT DOWN TRANSPORTATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS PART OF DAYS LONG PROTESTS OVER THE ALLOCATION OF GOVERNMENT JOBS. THEY'RE CALLING FOR AN END TO A QUOTA SYSTEM THAT RESERVES UP TO 30% OF GOVERNMENT JOBS FOR WAR VETERANS. AUTHORITIES HAVE CUT SOME MOBILE SERVICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN AN EFFORT TO QUELL THE UNREST. TO SPORT, AND OLYMPIC ATHLETES HAVE STARTED TO SAY 'BONJOUR' TO PARIS. THE ATHLETES VILLAGE HAS WELCOMED IT'S FIRST GUESTS FOR THE UPCOMING SUMMER GAMES. THE SITE WILL HOST MORE THAN 20,000 ATHLETES OVER THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES, WITH THE OPENING CEREMONY JUST SEVEN DAYS AWAY. AND FINALLY, COLOGNE ZOO IN GERMANY HAS SHOWN OFF ITS NEW TIGER CUBS. THE AMUR TIGER CUBS WERE BORN IN MID-APRIL BUT TODAY WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY'D BEEN LET OUT INTO THEIR ENCLOSURE, UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF MUM. THE NEW PAIR ARE NAMED 'TIMUR', WHICH TRANSLATES TO 'THE IRON ONE', AND 'TOCHKA' MEANING 'DOT' DUE TO A SPOT ON ONE OF HER PAWS. IT'S THOUGHT ONLY 500 AMUR TIGERS EXIST IN THE WILD. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` NOT A GOOD START TO YOUR FRIDAY. HEAVY RAIN FOR THE ENTIRE REGION, EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 17 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` SLIGHTLY BETTER IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. FOGGY MORNING FOR TOKOROA, TURNING TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE, EXPECT ISOLATED RAINFALL FOR THE MOST PART OF THE DAY. 16 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S GLORIOUS START TO THE WEEKEND. DANNEVIRKE, YOU WILL BE WAKING UP TO BEAUTIFUL SUN. FOR THE REST OF YOU, MORNING CLOUD WILL DISAPPEAR TO CLEAR BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. 16 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND MASTERTON. OVER TO THE WEST ` SUNNY SKIES FOR MOST OF THE REGION, SCATTERED CLOUDS AS THE DAY ROLLS THROUGH. NEW PLYMOUTH, EXPECT SOME HEAVY SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH. 15 IS THE HIGH IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` LIGHT RAINFALL AND SCATTERED CLOUD TO START YOUR DAY. NELSON, EXPECT HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. YOU ARE HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 14. HEADING SOUTH ` A FROSTY START IN ALEXANDRA. OTHERWISE, EARLY SHOWERS FOR MOST OF YOU, EASING OFF TO A CLOUDY DAY AFTER LUNCH. 13 THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON. 12 IN CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` APART FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MILFORD SOUND, A NICE DAY TO BE HAD FOR MOST OF THE REGION. BEAUTIFUL MORNING FOR GORE, INVERCARGILL AND OBAN. 10 IN QUEENSTOWN, GORE AND OBAN. AND LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR WEEKEND ` FOR YOUR SATURDAY, IT'S LOOKING TO BE A SOGGY SATURDAY FOR MOST. SHOWERS EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY, HOWEVER. THE DEEP SOUTH, YOU WILL BE TREATED TO SOME SUNSHINE. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, THINGS CLEARING UP A BIT. FOR THE NORTH ISLAND ` MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AUCKLAND REGION. FOR THE SOUTH ` PRETTY SIMILAR CONDITIONS HERE. OTAUTAHI, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME SHOWERS THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. IT IS A FRONT MOVING THROUGH. TAURANGA RESIDENTS ARE FINALLY GETTING THEIR SAY ON HOW THE CITY IS RUNNING. THEY ARE OFF TO THE POLLING BOOTHS FOR THE FIRST LOCAL BODY ELECTION IN FIVE YEARS. WE'VE BEEN COVERING THE TOP ISSUES IN THE CITY THIS MORNING ` COST OF LIVING, RENTAL CRISIS, AND WITH THE GROWING POPULATION, PEOPLE ARE FINDING IT HARDER TO GET AROUND THE CITY WITH TRANSPORT ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES. OUR REPORTER LUCY BENDELL IS IN TAURANGA THIS MORNING AND JOINS US FOR MORE. MORENA, LUCY. THAT IS RIGHT. IT IS PEAK TRAFFIC TIME HERE. PEOPLE ARE HEADING TO WORK, BUT I DO WANT TO KNOW THAT IT IS SCHOOL HOLIDAYS SO IT IS USUALLY A BIT BUSIER THAN THIS BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES FACING RESIDENTS HERE, THE CONGESTION. IT IS GETTING FROM THE SUBURBS TO THE CITY. A DRIVE THAT SHOULD TAKE 10 MINUTES IS TAKING OVER AN HOUR. WE SPOKE TO SOME LOCALS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK. HERE IS WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. JUST THE TRANSPORTATION AROUND THE CITY, A LOT OF THE ISSUES WITH THE TRAFFIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT. JUST THE CONGESTION FOR TRAFFIC THAT'S TAKEN UP A LOT OF PEOPLE'S TIME AS WELL. ROADWORKS EVERYWHERE, IT'S JUST... NOT REALLY GOOD. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF TRAFFIC JAM, SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO IMPROVE THE TRANSPORTATION HERE. TO EXPLAIN THE CHALLENGES AND THE IMPACTS OF THIS ISSUE, I AM JOINED BY MATT COWLEY, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE BUSINESS CHAMBER. DURING PEAK TRAFFIC, WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR RESIDENTS? WE HAVE A NETWORK THAT IS BASED ON A RING ROAD TYPE SYSTEM. ALL IT TAKES IS FOR ONE CRASH OR A BREAKDOWN TO COMPLETELY CLOG UP THE NETWORK. WE ARE RUNNING PRETTY CLOSE TO THE LINE IN TERMS OF CAPACITY. THAT IS AN ISSUE FOR A LOT OF NEW ZEALAND'S GROWING CITIES. HEADING TO THE POLLING BOATS THIS WEEKEND, TAURANGA IS LEADING THE COUNTRY A YEAR AHEAD OF EVERYONE, SO A LOT OF THE COUNCILS WILL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON WHAT THE COUNCIL DOES. WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD DO ABOUT THE ROADS HERE TO KEEP THAT TRAFFIC FLOWING? WE HAVE KNOWN WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR A WHILE. WE HAVE HAD MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF ANALYSIS AND REPORTS DONE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DECADES. THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FUNDING AND FINANCING, HOW IS GOING TO HAPPEN? TRANSPORT AS MOST COUNCILS MOST EXPENSIVE ITEMS. HAVING IT FUNDED THROUGH RATES IS VERY LIMITING. THE OTHER WAY IS HAVING USERS PAY FOR IT, BUT POLITICALLY, ROAD TOLLING IS A BIT SENSITIVE, PARTICULARLY FROM EMPLOYERS WHO ARE WORRIED. THEY TRYING TO TARGET COMMUTERS HEADING TO WORK AND EMPLOYERS ARE WORRIED THAT IF TOLLING DOES HAPPEN, WHAT DECISIONS OR THEIR WORKFORCE MAKE ABOUT WHERE THEY CHOOSE EMPLOYMENT IF IT BECOMES SIGNIFICANTLY EXPENSIVE FOR WORKERS? WE WERE SPEAKING EARLIER, AND YOU MENTION THAT IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THE SUBURBS TO COME INTO THE CITY SO THEY ARE ALMOST NOT COMING IN. IT IS SAID, THEY STAYING IN THEIR TOWNS AND WORKING THERE. WHAT IMPACT IS THAT HAVING ON THE CITY CENTRE? THAT WAS A BIT OF A TONGUE IN CHEEK JOKE I MADE TO YOU ABOUT PAPAMOA BEING A REPUBLIC BECAUSE I HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED THEIR AND THE HASSLES THEY HAVE, TAKING FAR TOO LONG TO THE CITY. THEY ARE RESISTANT FOR LEAVING SO THAT STARTS TO ERODE THE COHESION OF THE CITY AND COMMUNITY, PARTICULAR WHEN IT COMES TO FINDING OTHER INITIATIVES LIKE THE CITY CENTRE. I APPRECIATE WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM. HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE RESIDENTS TRAVELLING TO WORK? WE HAVE A LOT OF BLUE-COLLAR AND HANDS-ON WORKERS. THEY STRUGGLE TO WORK FROM HOME, PARTICULARLY WITH BIG, INDUSTRIAL BLOCKS. WE HAVE A LOT OF PAPAMOA PEOPLE. THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT WHEN IT TAKES OVER 90 MINUTES TO GET FROM PAPAMOA. I KNOW PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN BETHLEHEM HAVING TO GET TO PAPAMOA. THE CHALLENGE WILL BE IF PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PAY KNOWING THAT THE POPULATION IS GROWING, TRANSPORTATION ISSUES ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. THE QUESTION IS HOW WAS I GOING TO GET FUNDED? WHAT DOES NEED TO BE DONE? WHAT DOES THIS COUNCIL THAT WILL BE COMING IN THIS WEEKEND NEED TO DO? WORK WITH CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. THEY ARE THE ONES WITH THE MONEYBAGS. THERE ARE TALKS WAS CITY DEALS, BUT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FREE LUNCHES. RATEPAYERS NEED TO COME INVESTOR THEY CAN GET A GOOD RETURN FOR TAXPAYERS INVESTMENTS, PARTICULARLY FOR THE PORTS AND EXPORT GATEWAY TO GET TO MARKET. THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES, AND I SUPPOSE IT IS THE PARTNERSHIP APPROACH. THE CHALLENGE WILL BE THAT TAURANGA HAS BEEN A FRACTURED COMMUNITY. THE NEW COUNCIL WILL NEED TO WORK WITH ITS COLLEAGUES AND MAYBE SOME PROTAGONISTS AND PEOPLE THEY DISAGREE WITH TO WORK FOR THE BEST OF THE CITY. A FEW KEY DECISIONS THE NEW COUNCIL NEED TO BE MAKING AFTER THIS WEEKEND. PEOPLE WILL BE GETTING TO THE POLLING STATIONS FROM TOMORROW. IT CLOSES AT LUNCHTIME. PURE ORANGE LITTLE BOOTS AROUND THE SUPERMARKETS, SO MAKE SURE YOU GET IN. KEY ISSUE SUCH AS TRANSPORT AND ROADING AND LIMITED RENTALS I AM SURE WILL BE TOP OF MIND WHEN HEADING TO THE BOOTH TOMORROW. IT LOOKS WET AND YUCK THEY ARE. I THINK IT IS BETTER SAY IT IS WET EVERYWHERE. ME U TONU MAI ` FROM AUCKLAND'S NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM TO WHANGANUI'S FAIRY HUT CRAFT WORKSHOP THERE'S PLENTY GOING ON IN YOUR COMMUNITY. OUR COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD IS NEXT. # ROLLING # IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. IT'S TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD WHERE WE POP AROUND THE COUNTRY TO SHOWCASE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR CORNER. AUCKLANDERS ` IT'S TIME TO GET OUT YOUR TORCHES, BECAUSE AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM IS OPENING ITS DOORS AT NIGHT, FOR THEIR LATEST EVENT ` TIME WARP. GUEST WILL BE TAKEN ON A JOURNEY THROUGHOUT HISTORY, WITH GAMES, ACTIVITIES, AND LIVE ACTORS. FOR MORE WE'RE JOINED BY AUCKLAND MUSEUM'S JESSICA SMITH. WE JUST LOVE THIS IDEA. I KNOW IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE DONE IT. WHAT IS NEW THIS TIME? THIS TIME, WE HAVE GOT A TIMEWARP WHERE FAMILIES, KIDS AND CAREGIVERS COME IN AND MEET DR WHEN. DR WHEN IS BLASTED INTO THE MUSEUM FROM ANOTHER TIME THROUGH A MACHINE. HE'S BROUGHT A RANGE OF CHARACTERS WITH THEM TO THE MUSEUM. THEY ARE AMAZING CHARACTERS. WE HAVE BODY BEANIE FROM THE 60S WAS GOING TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO DO THE MASHED POTATO. WE HAVE LOU TENNANT RENATA WHO SERVED IN THE MAORI BATTALION. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA TEACH YOU FORAGE AND SURVIVE IN THE WILD. THERE ARE A RANGE OF WONDERFUL CHARACTERS WHO BRING THEIR STORIES. THEY HAVE ARTEFACTS THAT BROUGHT FROM THE TIME. THERE IS ALSO A SHOW FROM A SHOW WHICH BLAST THE AUDIENCE BACK HUNDRED AND 50 MILLION YEARS TO THE TIME OF DINOSAURS. THERE IS HEAPS TO DISCOVER. THE MUSEUM COMES ALIVE AT NIGHT. A LOT OF FAMILIES DRESS UP IN A THEME. WE HAVE HAD REALLY CUTE DRESS UPS. THERE IS BEEN A BIT OF DOCTOR WHO STUFF WITH PARENTS COMING IN WITH THE DOCTOR WHO COSTUMES AND KIDS COMING AND HAVING A FABULOUS TIME. IT IS POPULAR. IT IS GREAT. IT TOTALLY BREAKS THE MOULD OF WHAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD THINK GOING TO THE MUSEUM IS ABOUT BECAUSE IT IS SO INTERACTIVE FOR KIDS. YOU ARE JUST ASSAYING IT IS SOLD OUT, SO NO HOPE OF A TICKET. THIS HOLIDAYS, IT IS SOLD OUT. IT IS USUALLY POPULAR, BUT IF YOU GO ON OUR WEBSITE AND SIGN UP TO THE NEWSLETTER, WE WILL DO IT AGAIN IN THE OCTOBER HOLIDAYS. IT'LL BE THE SAME SET UP, IT'LL BE DR WHEN WITH THESE AMAZING CHARACTERS. YOU WILL GET AN ALERT ABOUT TICKETS GOING ON SALE AND YOU CAN HOPEFULLY GET IN THEIR FIRST. WE ALSO HAVE OTHER THINGS. WE HAVE FREE THINGS. WE HAVE A MATARIKI TRAIL THIS WEEKEND, THERE ARE MOVIES, WE HAVE A T REX FILM. PLEASE COME BECAUSE WE HAVE LOTS GOING ON, AND LOW COST OPTIONS AND FREE STUFF. IT IS AN AWESOME PLACE TO VISIT. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. FAIRIES ARE FLUTTERING INTO WHANGANUI, SO YOU BETTER GET YOUR GARDENS READY WITH SOME FAIRY HUT CRAFTING! THIS SATURDAY YOU CAN MAKE YOUR VERY OWN PERSONALISED FAIRY HOME FOR YOUR SPECIAL SPRITES TO LIVE IN! JOINING US NOW IS CRAFT TUTOR KRYSTAL CULLEN. MORENA! GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. I LOVE THE BACKDROP. WE DO THIS WORKSHOP IDEA COME FROM? WHEN I WAS A KID, I HAD A BIG AREA IN MY HOUSE THAT WAS SET UP AS A FAIRY VILLAGE. THERE WERE VINES GROWING UP THE WALLS, LITTLE HUTS AND FAIRIES AND CREATURES. IT WAS AMAZING TO IMMERSE MYSELF IN THAT LITTLE WORLD. WHEN I STARTED MY EVENT BUSINESS THIS YEAR I WANTED TO INCORPORATE THAT AND TEACH OTHER KIDS AND ADULTS TO PUT SOME CREATIVITY INTO IT AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH THAT. IT IS GOING TO BE A FUN DAY TOMORROW. WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE CREATIONS NOW. A PURPLE HEART AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE SOME BOARD WITH BUTTERFLIES ALL OVER IT. HOW DID YOU MAKE THEM? THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT DESIGNS IN THE PHOTOS THAT YOU CAN SEE. ONE IS JUST WITH BARK WHERE I HAVE MOULDED IT TO MAKE A CROOKED STRUCTURE. THERE IS ONE WITH DRIFTWOOD COLLECTED FROM THE LOCAL BEACH AND THAT IS A FAIRY HEART AND SO THEY CAN PUT THEIR OWN FLOWERS ON IT, AND THE OTHER IS WITH POPSICLE STICKS. THERE IS A BASIC ONES I WILL BE SHOWING TO THE PEOPLE TOMORROW AT THE WORKSHOP AND GIVE THEM IDEA WHAT THEY CAN MAKE IN THAT TIMEFRAME. WHEN YOU SAY PEOPLE, YOUR PROPERTY TALK ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE YOUNG AT HEART? THERE A COUPLE OF ADULTS THAT ARE COMING ALONG BY THEMSELVES TO CREATE THAT MAGICAL LITTLE HEART. THAT IS A GOOD TURNOUT. LOVE IT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF YOU'RE FAN OF MUSIC FROM THE '70s, WELL YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO KNOW THIS ONE. # OOH, IT GETS DARK, IT GETS LONELY # ON THE OTHER SIDE FROM YOU... # KATE BUSH'S DEBUT SINGLE WUTHERING HEIGHTS, INSPIRED BY THE 1847 NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME, IS RECOGNISED EVERY SINGLE YEAR BY FANS ACROSS THE WORLD, AND THIS SATURDAY, DUNEDIN FANS WILL BE SINGING AND DANCING, FOR THE MOST WUTHERING HEIGHTS DAY EVER. WE'RE JOINED BY ORGANISER MANDY MAYHEM AND VITA. MORENA! LOOK AT YOU TWO. HOW ARE YOU BOTH? WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR TOMORROW. TELL ME WHAT HAPPENS. BUT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, FOUNDED BY SAMANTHA IN BERLIN. SHAMBUSH THE NAME OF HER FOUNDATION. EVERY YEAR, CLOSE TO KATE BUSH'S BIRTHDAY, WE GLOBALLY SYNC OURSELVES TO DANCE TO THE KATE BUSH SONG. IN DUNEDIN, BECAUSE WE ARE VERY CARING AND WELCOMING, OUR EVENT IS ACCESSIBLE RATHER THAN CHOOSING WOODLANDS OR A PARK. WE MAKE THE CORE OF A CITY VIBRANT FOR THE HOUR WE GATHER IN OUR RED DRESSES. WE ADAPT THE MOVES SO THAT ANYBODY IS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT YOUR LEVEL OF ABILITY IS. WE HAVE RIBBONS ON STICKS FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. IT IS ALL ABOUT JOINING IN AND HAVING FUN. WE ARE RAISING MONEY FOR WELLNESS, EMPATHY AND KINDNESS AOTEAROA. THEY ARE BASED ON WELL-BEING, SAFETY, STRENGTH, PAIR BASED RECOVERY PLANS. EVERY FIVE DOLLARS WE RAISE PUT TOGETHER A WELLNESS TOOLBOX FOR PEOPLE TO HELP KEEP THEMSELVES PERKY IN THESE GLOOMY, WINTER DAYS. ALL THE ORGANISATIONS ARE CHARITABLE. THEY ARE RAISING MONEY FOR A CHARITY OF THEIR CHOICE. YOU MANAGED TO PACK A WHOLE LOT IN THEIR. ARE YOU GOING TO BE DANCING TOMORROW? YES. SHE HAS BEEN DOING IT SINCE SHE WAS THREE. WE GET ABOUT 100 PARTICIPANTS EASILY. HAVE FUN. THIS IS JUST SPECTACULAR. I LOVE IT. GO WELL TOMORROW AT THE OCTAGON. IS AT MIDDAY? WE STARTED 11 PRACTISING, AND WE HAVE A GROUP OF DANCERS WHO PUT TOGETHER A MEDLEY OF KATE TO SONGS. AT 11 O'CLOCK, HEAD DOWN TO THE OCTAGON DRESSED IN RED. WE HAVE SOME SPARE COSTUMES. SPARE COSTUMES, I LOVE IT. WHAT'S HAPPENING NEAR YOU NEXT WEEKEND? LET US KNOW ` MARKETS, EVENTS, FESTIVALS... HEAD TO whatsonbreakfast.co.nz. I DO THINK ABOUT WHAT SONG WE WOULD DO. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, WE ARE HEADING BACK TO MATT GIBB AT THE RYMAN VILLAGE ONE LAST TIME. REMEMBER YET TO WORK ON THE FLOW OF YOUR HANDS, MET. I DON'T EVEN KNOW THIS ONE. THEY HAVE NOT TAUGHT ME THIS ROUTINE. I AM JUST RESTYLING THIS ONE. I'M GOING TO BE DOING A DANCE CLASS STRAIGHT AFTER THE NEWS, SPORT AND WHETHER. SEE YOU SOON. COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE CALLING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO RETHINK ITS PLANS TO REWRITE FIREARMS LEGISLATION. THE REFORMS COULD INCLUDE LOOSENING THE BAN OF MILITARY STYLE SEMI AUTOMATIC WEAPONS. A NUMBER OF GROUPS WILL MEET IN AUCKLAND TOMORROW, AND LAUNCH A CAMPAIGN IN PROTEST OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION. THEY'RE CONCERNED THE RE-INTRODUCTION OF THESE WEAPONS WILL ONLY MAKE FOR UNSAFE COMMUNITIES. PEOPLE MOVE TO NEW ZEALAND BECAUSE IT IS A SAFE COUNTRY. WE MOVE HERE FOR THAT SENSE OF BELONGING, IDENTITY, CULTURE, VALUES, SAFETY. SAFETY BEING A BIG PART OF WHY PEOPLE COME HERE. AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO FEEL SAFE. THE GROUPS ARE CALLING ON THE PUBLIC TO GET BEHIND THEM AND SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN. THERE'S MORE EVIDENCE OF THE PROBLEMS FACING THE PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SECTOR. VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON FOUND THAT 80% OF GENERAL PRACTICES HAD CLOSED BOOKS AT SOME POINT BETWEEN 2019 AND 2022, AND HAD TO TURN AWAY NEW PATIENTS. A LACK OF FUNDING, OVERWORKED STAFF, WORKFORCE SHORTAGES AND CONCERNS OVER THE STANDARD OF CARE WERE THE MAIN REASONS GIVEN. YESTERDAY, GP'S CONFIRMED THE COST OF GOING TO THE DOCTOR IS GOING UP AFTER TE WHATU ORA INCREASED FUNDING FOR GENERAL PRACTICES BY 4%, WELL SHORT OF THE 10% ASKED FOR. THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST BENCHTOP MANUFACTURER IS CALLING ON THE INDUSTRY TO SELF-REGULATE AGAINST HARMFUL DUST INHALATION. SILICA DUST FROM DRY-CUTTING ARTIFICIAL STONE IS LINKED TO LUNG DISEASE IF INHALED. AGB HAS MOVED TO BAN SILICA, TO REASSURE ITS WORKERS THEY WON'T SUFFER FROM THE POTENTIALLY FATAL AFFECTS. THE COMPANY'S CO-OWNER TOLD BREAKFAST THERE ARE SAFER OPTIONS. OUR ABILITY TO SUPRESS DUST, IT ONLY GOES SO FAR, AND WE HAD TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS AS FAR AS PRODUCTS GO. SO A LOW-SILICA PRODUCT WAS WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS REQUIRED IN THE NEW ZEALAND MARKET. THERE WASN'T ONE. WE LOOKED AROUND. WE FOUND A LIKE-MINDED SUPPLIER IN AUSTRALIA. WE PIGGYBACKED ON WHAT THEY WERE DOING. WE BROUGHT IT TO NEW ZEALAND, AND IT WAS A GAME CHANGER FOR US. WORKSAFE SAYS IT TOOK ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST 20 MANUFACTURERS THIS YEAR, FROM THE 30 IT CHECKED ON DUE TO SILICA CONCERNS. REPORTS CONTINUE TO MOUNT THAT SENIOR DEMOCRATS ARE URGING JOE BIDEN TO END HIS BID FOR RE-ELECTION. NOT HELPING, THE PRESIDENT HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID, FORCING HIM TO SUSPEND ENGAGEMENTS AND ISOLATE AT HOME IN DELAWARE. THE BBC'S SARAH SMITH HAS MORE. LOOKING FRAIL AND UNSTEADY, IT IS ALMOST PAINFUL TO WATCH JOE BIDEN MAKE HIS WAY HOME TO ISOLATION. IT COULD NOT BE A WORSE TIME TO CATCH THE DISEASE. HE HAS HAD TO PAUSE HAS COMPLAINING JUST DAYS AFTER WATCHING DONALD TRUMP GET SHOT AND WALK IT OFF. EARLIER HE TOLD OF WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH HE WOULD STEP ASIDE. AS THE DOCTOR CAME AND SAID YOU HAD THAT PROBLEM, THIS PROBLEM. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. NANCY PELOSI IS NOW REPORTEDLY BELIEVING THAT HE CANNOT EAT DONALD TRUMP. DEMOCRATS ARE PANICKING THAT HE COULD NOT ONLY LOSE THEM THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE TOE. THEY NEED TO HELP THE PRESIDENT AND HELP THE MAN THEY LOVE. DO THE RIGHT THING. AS SPECULATION MOUNTS ABOUT WHEN BIDEN MIGHT STEP DOWN, HAS VP SEEMS THE MOST LIKELY TO TAKE ON AS THE NOMINEE. AMERICAN COMEDIAN AND ACTOR BOB NEWHART HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 94. THE COMEDY STAR WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS HIT TV SHOW 'THE BOB NEWHART SHOW' IN THE 1970s, AND 'NEWHART' IN THE 80s. MORE RECENTLY, HE PLAY PROFESSOR PROTON IN 'THE BIG BANG THEORY'. NEWHART WON AN EMMY, THREE GRAMMYS AND A GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD DURING A CAREER THAT SPANNED SIX DECADES. TO SPORT, AND TENNIS STAR RAFAEL NADAL IS SHOWING GOOD FORM AHEAD OF THE PARIS OLYMPICS. THE SPANIARD BEATING NEW ZEALAND RAISED BRIT CAM NORRIE IN STRAIGHT SETS TO ADVANCE TO THE QUARTER FINALS OF THE SWEDISH OPEN. (PLAYERS GRUNT) (CROWD APPLAUDS) NADAL IS SET TO PLAY DOUBLES AT THE OLYMPICS WITH WIMBLEDON CHAMPION CARLOS ALCARAZ. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` NOT A GOOD START TO YOUR FRIDAY. HEAVY RAIN FOR THE ENTIRE REGION, EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 17 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` SLIGHTLY BETTER IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. FOGGY MORNING FOR TOKOROA, TURNING TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE, EXPECT ISOLATED RAINFALL FOR THE MOST PART OF THE DAY. 16 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` IT'S A GLORIOUS START TO THE WEEKEND. DANNEVIRKE, YOU WILL BE WAKING UP TO BEAUTIFUL SUN. FOR THE REST OF YOU, MORNING CLOUD WILL DISAPPEAR TO CLEAR BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. 16 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND MASTERTON. OVER TO THE WEST ` SUNNY SKIES FOR MOST OF THE REGION, SCATTERED CLOUDS AS THE DAY ROLLS THROUGH. NEW PLYMOUTH, EXPECT SOME HEAVY SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH. 20 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` LIGHT RAINFALL AND SCATTERED CLOUD TO START YOUR DAY. NELSON, EXPECT HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. A HIGH OF 16 FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. HEADING SOUTH ` A FROSTY START IN ALEXANDRA. OTHERWISE, EARLY SHOWERS FOR MOST OF YOU, EASING OFF TO A CLOUDY DAY AFTER LUNCH. 13 THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` APART FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MILFORD SOUND, A NICE DAY TO BE HAD FOR MOST OF THE REGION. BEAUTIFUL MORNING FOR GORE, INVERCARGILL AND OBAN. 11 THE HIGH FOR DUNEDIN. LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR WEEKEND ` WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A BAKERY THAT WAS BUCKING THE TREND. THE PATEA HANGI SHOP. THEY HAVE JUST SENT US SOME OF THEIR DELICIOUS GOODS. I HAVE JUST QUICKLY DEVOURED A SEAFOOD PIE. IT IS DELICIOUS. NOW I AM ON TO MY HANGI PIE. THE PASTRY IS SO FLAKY, JUST DROPS EVERYWHERE. AND THE INSIDE, LOOK AT THE FILLING. WHEN YOU SAY HANGI, WHAT IS IT? EVERYTHING. POTATOES, KUMARA, EVERYTHING. SO MATT GIBB HAS BEEN OUT DANCING UP A STORM AT RYMAN'S NEW PLACE IN HENDERSON. HI AGAIN, MATT! HOW WAS THE DANCING GOING? JUST TRYING TO CONCENTRATE, DANIEL. THEN WE DO THE SPIN, I THINK I HAVE GOT IT. KERRY HAS KINDLY BEEN TEACHING ME SOME DANCE MOVES OUT HERE. WE ARE AND HENDERSON. WONDERFUL PLACE TO HANG OUT. WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH FUN THIS MORNING. KERRY IS THE DANCE TEACHER EXTRAORDINAIRE WHO HAS BEEN TASKED WITH A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE OF TRYING TO GET ME TO REMEMBER SOME MOVES. AND YOUR HONEST OPINION, HOW HAVE I BEEN GOING? ACTUALLY I'M QUITE IMPRESSED. HE HAS DONE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. I THINK WE HAVE GOT A COUPLE OF THE BLOKES HERE. GENTLEMEN, STEP FORWARD. WE HAVE GOT ALAN HERE. WHAT IS KERRY LIKE AS A DANCE TEACHER? SHE IS A DANCE TEACHER EXTRAORDINAIRE. AN HOUR INTO HOURS PER SESSION, SHE SAID, YOU BUG IS GOING TO DO MY HEAD IN. DO YOU ENJOY THE DANCE CLASSES? WE LOVE HER TO BITS, BUT SHE DOES NOT TAKE ANY NONSENSE. WE BETTER GET INTO THIS ROUTINE. IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN OUT HERE. I GUESS WE'RE ALMOST READY TO HAZARD. HAS IT, MAESTRO. (MUSIC PLAYS) (SMOOTH JAZZ CONTINUES TO PLAY) THAT IS IT. THAT IS ALL WE GOT UP TO. STOP THE MUSIC. THERE IS RAPTUROUS APPLAUSE FROM THE STUDIO. THAT IS ALL YOU, KERRY. YOU DID SO WELL. YOU ARE A SWEETHEART. I HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE I MET AROUND THE COUNTRY, SHOWING ME WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING UP TO. IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN. TIME FOR A CUP OF TEA AND A LIE DOWN. WE ARE GOING TO SASHAY OUR WAY OUT OF HERE. I HAVE LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. I CANNOT BELIEVE I ACTUALLY REMEMBERED EVERY MOVE. I BLEW MYSELF AWAY. LET US GO AND GET A CUP OF TEA. SEE YOU LATER. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE INAUGURAL NATIONAL SPEED PUZZLING COMPETITION KICKS OFF TOMORROW IN AUCKLAND. WE'RE JOINED BY AN EXPERT TO FILL IN THE PIECES. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO BRUSH OFF A PASTRY. SPEED JIGSAW PUZZLING HAS A NEW EVENT ON THE CALENDAR. IT'S PREVIOUSLY BEEN PART OF THE MASTERS GAMES, BUT HAS BECOME SO POPULAR THAT AUCKLAND IS HOSTING THE INAUGURAL NATIONAL COMPETITION TOMORROW. HERE TO TELL US MORE IS NEW ZEALAND JIGSAW PUZZLE ASSOCIATION SECRETARY MONA-LYNN COURTEAU WHO JOINS US NOW. MORENA! GOOD MORNING. HOW LONG HAVE WE HAD AN ASSOCIATION? ABOUT A YEAR. HOW POPULAR IS SPEED PUZZLING HERE? WE GOING TO FIND OUT TOMORROW. WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS DEMAND BECAUSE WE CAN SIT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING. SOME OF US WENT TO AUSTRALIA LAST NOVEMBER BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GIVE IT A TRY, TO SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE, WHAT HAVING A NATIONAL ACCOMMODATION WAS LIKE. WE WENT TO SYDNEY IN NOVEMBER, ABOUT FIVE OR SIX OF US, WE HAD A GREAT TIME. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE NEW ZEALANDERS WHO ARE GOING TO THE WELDS THIS YEAR. THEY ARE IN SPAIN IN NOVEMBER. AT LEAST SIX NEW ZEALANDERS ARE GOING. NOT ME UNFORTUNATELY. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED DEFINITELY, AND WHO ARE QUITE EXCITED FOR IT TOMORROW. HOW DOES IT WORK? TEAMS IS GOING TO BE IN THE MORNING, AND THAT IS TEAMS OF FOUR PEOPLE. THAT HAS ALREADY SOLD OUT. WE CANNOT SELL ANY MORE TICKETS FOR TEAMS. EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE SITTING AT THE TABLE AND THERE WILL BE A RAPTOR PUZZLE IN FRONT OF THEM, NOBODY IN THE ROOM KNOWS WHAT THE IMAGES. THEN THE JUDGE SAYS, YOU MAY OPEN YOUR PACKAGE, EVERYBODY RIPPED OPEN THE PACKAGE AND THE JUDGE SAYS YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS TO EXAMINE THE IMAGE AND DEVISE A STRATEGY, AND THEN WHEN THE JUDGE SAID, GO, YOU TAKE THE RAP OFF AND TEAR IT OPEN AND GET GOING. THEN FOR INDIVIDUALS, AND THE AFTERNOON, IT IS EXACTLY THE SAME THING, EXCEPT AS A 500 PIECE PUZZLE, LIKE THIS ONE. IT WILL BE LIKE THIS ONE. THESE PUZZLES ARE SPONSORED BY THIS COMPANY, FROM GERMANY. THEY HAVE GIVEN US ALL THE PUZZLES COMPLETELY SPONSORED. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DO A 500 PIECE AS AN INDIVIDUAL? IT DEPENDS. SOME PEOPLE WILL BE TRAINING AND WILL BE FAST. IT COULD BE AN HOUR. SOME PEOPLE WILL COME AND TAKE THE ENTIRE THREE HOURS AND NOT FINISH BUT, BUT THEY JUST HAVING FUN. SO THERE IS A CUT-OFF? EITHER TIME, YOU HAVE COMPLETED IT AND A CERTAIN TIME, OR IF YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED, HOW MANY PIECES ARE LEFT. I CAN DO AND ABOUT AN HOUR AND 1/2 USUALLY. THE WORLD CHAMP DOES AN ABOUT HALF AN HOUR USUALLY.. THERE ARE STILL INDIVIDUALS. WE ARE GOING TO BE ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHITE UP-TO-THE-MINUTE. WE HAVE ABOUT 60 SIGNED UP AT THE MOMENT, THERE IS ROOM FOR ABOUT HALF A DOZEN MORE. WICKED, THIS SOUNDS SO COOL. GOOD LUCK. THANKS SO MUCH. E WHAI AKE NEI ` # I LIKE THE WAY YOU WORK IT. # NO DIGGITY. # I GOT TO BAG IT UP, BABY. LET'S REMIX THIS BUSINESS. HE PUT THE MUSIC INTO PITCH PERFECT, BUT CAN HE TEACH US PRESENTERS TO SING? FIND OUT NEXT. THE WORLD CHOIR GAMES COME TO AN END TOMORROW AFTER TEN DAYS OF MUSIC FROM TEAMS HERE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. ONE OF THE INTERNATIONAL JUDGES KNOWS A THING OR TWO, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT. HE WAS THE MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR THE PITCH PERFECT FILMS AND HE JOINS US NOW. DEKE SHARON, MORENA! IT IS BREAKFAST, WHERE IS MY PIE? I HAD IT. AND WE TALK ABOUT PITCH PERFECT FIRST? YOU WERE INVOLVED IN WHAT WAY? IT IS KIND OF MY WORLD. THE CHARACTER BENJAMIN IS BASED ON ME. I WAS THE ONE THAT CREATED THE COMPETITION IN THE FILM. AND IT IS YOU? THAT IS ME. THEY CALL ME OVERZEALOUS. NOW, IT IS COOL TO BE UNCOOL. BACK THEN IT WAS NOT. I WAS A MUSIC DIRECTOR. THAT IS MY WORLD AND I LOVE IT. YOU HAVE JUST ARRIVED AND BEEN HERE FOR A FEW HOURS. HAVE YOU MANAGED TO JUDGE ANY OF THE CHOIRS? WHAT IS A COMPETITION LIKE? NOTHING OPENS UP YOUR HEART MORE THAN HEARING SINGERS AROUND THE WORLD COME TOGETHER AND RAISE THEIR VOICES, MAKE NEW FRIENDS, SING SONGS. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST HEARTWARMING, BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCES. CAN ANYONE SAYING? EVERYONE CAN SING. IF YOU BARELY EVER PICKED UP A BASKETBALL, DO YOU THINK YOU COULD HAVE A LOT OF FREE THROWS? NO. A LOT OF PEOPLE USED TO SAYING, BUT WHEN RECORDED MUSIC CAME ALONG IT BECAME LESS AND LESS. IF EVERYBODY CAN SAYING, AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE READY. I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING FUN AND SILLY WITH YOU AND TEACH YOU HOW TO SOUND LIKE INSTRUMENTS. A VOCAL TRUMPET SOUNDS LIKE THIS. (IMITATES TRUMPET) YOU ARE COWERING IN FEAR. JUST A HIGH NOTE. GO B. MAKE A TINY LITTLE OPENING. GOOD, THAT IS IT! YOU CAN DO IT UP HIGH. (IMITATES TRUMPET) (IMIATES TRUMPET) HIGHER. DANIEL. AM I GOING A LOW? WILL DO A BASIC BEATBOX. (BEATBOXES) (BEATBOXES) THAT IS A BASIC DRUM PATTERN. IT IS SO GOOD. (IMITATES TRUMPET) (BEATBOXES) WE DID IT. THERE ARE SO MANY INSTRUMENTS YOU CAN SOUND LIKE. YOU CAN SOUND LIKE A HARMONICA, AND ELECTRIC GUITAR, THE HUMAN VOICE IS SO VERSATILE. THERE IS SO MUCH YOU CAN DO. YOU HAVE A WORKSHOP HAPPENING, TELL US ABOUT THAT. TODAY AT 3 O'CLOCK AT THE Q THEATRE. I'M GOING TO BE TEACHING VOCAL SOUNDS. AT 730, EVERYONE IS GOING TO SING THE FINALE FROM THE FIRST MOVIE. DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME AND SING SOLOS. IT IS A BLAST, PLEASE JOIN ME. I AM JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY AM NOT VERY GOOD AT THIS, BECAUSE I AM AFRAID OF LOOKING SILLY. IT IS SHAKING ALL OF THAT OFF. THAT IS THE NERDY PART OF IT ALL. BEING A PART OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING THIS AFTERNOON IS ABOUT HAVING FUN AND LETTING GO. IT IS KIND OF LIKE IMPROV COMEDY. WHEN YOU LET GO OF THE FEAR, YOU REALISE YOU CAN DO SO MUCH MORE. THAT HAS BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE, IT HAS BEEN AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU PUT SO MUCH ENERGY INTO THIS. DO YOU WANT TO BE BOX US OUT? THIS IS THE END OF THE SHOW. HERE WE GO. GOODBYE TO NEW ZEALAND. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. AND A WONDERFUL WEEKEND. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR, COURTNEY SOLE, FRANK GORE AND DREW WELSH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024