IT'S MONDAY THE 22 JULY, MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THE START OF THE WEEK. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS NOW. U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYS HE WILL NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION. BIDEN HAD FACED CALLS TO PULL OUT FROM THE RACE DUE TO CONCERNS ABOUT HIS AGE. HE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST BUT SAYS HE WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT HIS DECISION IN THE COMING HOURS. WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THIS BREAKING STORY THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAMME, INCLUDING ALL OF THE REACTION. IS ONLY JUST HAPPENED. NINE OR SO MINUTES AGO. IN THE STATEMENT HE TALKS ABOUT WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR THE COUNTRY, HE ALSO SAYS AT HAS BEEN THE GREATEST HONOUR OF HIS LIFE. WHILE IT HAS BEEN MY INTENTION TO SEEK RE-ELECTION, I BELIEVE IT IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF MY PARTY AND FOR THE COUNTRY FOR ME TO STAND DOWN AND TO FOCUS SOLELY ON FULFILLING MY DUTIES AS PRESIDENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY TERM. WE WILL BE ACROSS THIS BREAKING NEWS WHICH HAS JUST COME IN. WHO IS GOING TO TAKE OVER THE DEMOCRATS RACE? WE WILL ALSO COME BACK HERE. ALSO COMING UP THIS HOUR ` WE LOOK BACK AT THE WEEKEND OF SPORT, INCREASED BURIAL AND CREMATION COSTS IN ONE AREA, IT IS A 48% HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR. WHAT IS BEHIND THE INCREASE AND WHY ARE THEY SO EXPENSIVE AND HAS COST IMPACTED HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT A FUNERAL? ALSO COMING UP THIS HOUR ` WE LOOK BACK AT THE WEEKEND OF SPORT, JOE BIDEN HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. IN A STATEMENT POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE LAST HALF HOUR, THE PRESIDENT SAYS THAT WHILE IT WAS HIS INTENTION TO SEEK RE-ELECTION, HE BELIEVES IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PARTY AND THE COUNTRY FOR HIM TO STAND DOWN. MR BIDEN SAYS HE WILL SPEAK LATER IN THE WEEK. HE'S CURRENTLY ISOLATING WITH COVID. THE SECRET SERVICE HAS ADMITTED IT DENIED DONALD TRUMP EXTRA SECURITY REQUESTS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. MR TRUMP'S SECURITY DETAIL REPORTEDLY COMPLAINED IT WAS NOT GIVEN ENOUGH RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL. IT COMES A WEEK AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT SURVIVED AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AT A RALLY IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE AGENCY HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE COMPLAINTS, BUT INSISTS THEY WERE UNRELATED TO THE RALLY SHOOTING. AND WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE JUST AFTER 6.30. A 1 NEWS INVESTIGATION HAS UNCOVERED A RAFT OF ANIMAL WELFARE CONCERNS AT ORANA WILDLIFE PARK IN CHRISTCHURCH. THE PARK IS HOME TO MORE THAN 1,000 ANIMALS AND 90 SPECIES. 20 CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES HAVE TOLD 1 NEWS THAT SOME ANIMAL DEATHS AND INJURIES HAVE NEVER BEEN BROUGHT TO LIGHT, AND IN OTHER CASES, HAVE BEEN MISREPRESENTED BY THE PARK. LEAKED PHOTOS AND VIDEOS INDICATE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST DECADE. WHEN YOU'RE CONSTANTLY FIGHTING THIS BATTLE AND THE ANIMALS ARE LOSING IT, IT'S SO HEARTBREAKING. I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE STRONGEST PEOPLE I KNOW BREAK INTO TEARS. ORANA WILDLIFE PARK DECLINED INTERVIEW REQUESTS, BUT SAID IN A STATEMENT MANY OF THE CLAIMS MADE BY 1 NEWS ARE INACCURATE AND YOU CAN FIND MORE FROM THOMAS MEADS' INVESTIGATION ON OUR WEBSITE. DOWNLOAD THE 1 NEWS APP OR GO TO 1news.co.nz/orana. THERE ARE CONCERNS VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST COULD ESCALATE, AFTER ISRAEL AND HOUTHI REBELS IN YEMEN TRADED DEADLY STRIKES OVER THE WEEKEND. ISRAEL CONFIRMED IT LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON A PORT IN YEMEN THAT LEFT SIX DEAD, IN RESPONSE TO A HOUTHI STRIKE ON TEL AVIV. IT'S THE FIRST TIME ISRAEL HAS ATTACKED YEMEN, ACCORDING TO IDF OFFICIALS. THE HOUTHIS HAVE VOWED TO LAUNCH FURTHER ATTACKS IN RETALIATION FOR THE PORT STRIKE. THE BANGLADESHI SUPREME COURT HAS BACKED DOWN ON PROPOSED JOB QUOTAS THAT SPARKED DEADLY RIOTS LAST WEEK. THE STUDENT-LED PROTESTS ERUPTED IN RESPONSE TO A CONTROVERSIAL PLAN TO RESERVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT JOBS TO WAR VETERANS' DESCENDANTS. THE SUPREME COURT HAS NOW SCALED BACK THE QUOTA FROM 30% TO 5%. STUDENT ORGANISERS HAVE WELCOMED THE RULING BUT HAVE VOWED TO CONTINUE DEMONSTRATIONS UNTIL OTHER KEY DEMANDS ARE MET. AMID WARNINGS OF INCREASED SCAMS IN THE WAKE OF THE WORLDWIDE IT OUTAGE, A NEW STUDY IN AUSTRALIA HAS SHOWN WHO'S MOST AT RISK OF CRYPTO SCAMS. A REPORT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND FOUND PEOPLE ACROSS THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC SPECTRUM WHERE AT RISK. IT'S REVEALED FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE WITH LOW FINANCIAL AND TECH LITERACY, AND WEALTHIER, OVERCONFIDENT PEOPLE ARE EQUALLY VULNERABLE. LAST YEAR ALONE, AUSTRALIANS LOST $171 MILLION TO CRYPTO SCAMS. TO SPORT, AND AMERICAN XANDER SCHAUFFELE HAS CONTINUED HIS MAJOR FORM, WINNING THE BRITISH OPEN AT ROYAL TROON. SCHAUFFELE HAD AN IMPRESSIVE SIX UNDER FINAL ROUND TO WIN HIS SECOND MAJOR OF THE YEAR BY TWO SHOTS. KIWI DANIEL HILLIER FINISHED TWO OVER IN A TIE FOR 19th, AND RYAN FOX FURTHER DOWN IN A TIE FOR 25TH. MAX VERSTAPPEN'S FORMULA 1 CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD HAS CLOSED SLIGHTLY AFTER MCLAREN'S OSCAR PIASTRI WON HIS MAIDEN GRAND PRIX IN HUNGARY THIS MORNING. TEAM MATE LANDO NORRIS HELD THE LEAD WITH THREE LAPS TO GO BUT WAS FORCED BY HIS TEAM TO GIVE IT BACK TO THE AUSTRALIAN. IT IS OSCAR PIASTRI, GRAND PRIX WINNER. WINNER IN HUNGARY, AND FOR THE FRIST TIME, TAKES THE CHEQUERED FLAG AND WILL STAND ON THE TOP STEP OF A GRAND PRIX PODIUM. MAX VERSTAPPEN FINISHED BACK IN FIFTH AFTER COLLIDING WITH LEWIS HAMILTON, WHO WENT ON TO TAKE THIRD BEHIND THE MCLARENS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` NOT A GOOD START TO THE WEEK FOR YOU. HEAVY SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. KAITAIA, EXPECT THAT TO LAST ALL DAY. ELSEWHERE, SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SUN. KAITAIA, 12 IS YOUR HIGH. FURTHER SOUTH ` IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER HERE. HAMILTON, TOKOROA AND TAUPO, YOU'RE IN FOR SOGGY DAY. HEAVY RAIN TO START YOUR MORNING. 16 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` GREY CLOUDS ON THIS SIDE OF THE NORTH ISLAND. SHOWERS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. 15 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` SLIGHTLY BETTER DAY HERE. MORNING RAIN TURNING INTO A CLOUDY AFTERNOON. SMALL CHANCE OF SUN FOR MOST. WELLINGTON, LIVING UP TO YOUR NAME ` EXPECT A WINDY DAY IN THE CAPITAL. 14 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY START TO THE DAY FOR BLENHEIM. EXPECT SOME LATE CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE, GREY SKIES WILL CLEAR TO SUN FOR MOST. KAIKOURA, A WINDY DAY FOR YOU. 15 IS YOUR HIGH, WESTPORT. HEADING SOUTH ` CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'RE IN FOR A WINDY DAY TOO. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MOST. A SOGGY AFTERNOON EXPECTED FOR ASHBURTON. 11 THE HIGH FOR TIMARU AND OAMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` MILFORD SOUND, YOU A WAKING UP TO A GLORIOUS DAY. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` MILFORD SOUND, YOU ARE WAKING UP TO A GLORIOUS DAY. EARLY MORNING SHOWERS FOR DUNEDIN. THAT WILL CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. A FINE DAY FOR THE REST OF YOU. 12 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND. AND IF YOU'RE TRAVELLING THROUGH LEWIS PASS AND PORTERS PASS, THERE ARE SOME ORANGE ROAD SNOWFALL WARNINGS IN PLACE. TAKE EXTRA CARE. WE NOW HAVE MORE ON THE BREAKING NEWS STORY THAT U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WILL NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION. 1 NEWS U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH LOOKS BACK HE SAID THAT WHILE IT WAS HIS INTENTION TO SEEK RE-ELECTION HE BELIEVES IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF HIS PARTY AND THE COUNTRY FOR HIM TO STAND DOWN. AND TO FOCUS SOLELY ON FULFILLING MY DUTIES AS PRESIDENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY TERM. WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE FORMER SENIOR ADVISER PETER LOGE THE BEGINNING OF THE END. TO A MORE THAN FIVE DECADE POLITICAL CAREER. TO A MORE THAN FIVE DECADE POLITICAL CAREER. (STUTTERS) THE DISASTROUS DEBATE PERFORMANCE IGNITING CALLS FOR BIDEN TO QUIT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. A STARK CONTRAST TO THEIR LAST MATCH UP IN 2020, AMID THE COVERED PANDEMIC. THE WAY HE HAS RESPONDED TO THIS PANDEMIC HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY TRAGIC. HE WON THE VOTES OF MORE THAN 81 MILLION AMERICANS. A RECORD. A VICTORY FOR WE, THE PEOPLE. DONALD TRUMP DID NOT CONCEDE FOR TWO MONTHS. HAS SUPPORTERS STORMING CAPITOL HILL AND A DEADLY RIGHT. HAS BASELESS CLAIMS OF ELECTION FRAUD DISMISSED BY THE COURTS. WE HAVE LEARNED AGAIN THAT DEMOCRACY IS PRECIOUS, DEMOCRACY IS FRAGILE, AND IN THE CELLAR MY FRIENDS, DEMOCRACY HAS PREVAILED. FINALLY ON HIS THIRD TRY, BIDEN WAS CROWNED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. NEARLY 50 YEARS AFTER BEING ELECTED TO THE SENATE AT JUST 29. ONLY LEAVING THE SENATE TO BECOME BARACK OBAMA IS A VICE PRESIDENT AND 2009. THE PAIR SIDE-BY-SIDE FOR EIGHT YEARS. THIS ALSO GIVES THE INTERNET ONE MORE CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT OUR BROMANCE. HE SUFFERED IMMENSE HIS SON DIED OF BRAIN CANCER. HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR PUMPING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO COVID RECOVERY, AND SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE AGAINST RUSSIA. HE WILL ALSO BE REMEMBERED FOR THE VAST AMOUNT OF WEAPONS THAT THE US HAS SENT TO ISRAEL. HAS LIFELONG STRUGGLE WITH STUTTERING HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED. VERBAL GAFFES HAVE MARRED HIS CAREER. HAS VOICE WAS STRONG ON RACIAL DIVISION. SPEAKING HAIR AFTER A MASS SHOOTING. WHITE SUPREMACY IS A POISON. HE WAS WELL LOVED AND RESPECTED AMONG HIS PARTY RANKS. WHEN HIS YOUTH WAS ONCE THE FOCUS... IS HIS SENIORITY THAT HAS BEEN HIS UNDOING. WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE FORMER SENIOR ADVISER PETER LOGE BACK WITH US. WE WERE TALKING JUST LAST WEEK WHETHER BIDEN WILL CONTINUE ON THIS CAMPAIGN. IN THE LAST 20 MINUTES, THIS NEWS HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. WHAT WERE YOUR INITIAL THOUGHTS WHEN YOU HEARD? I WAS NOT HUGELY SURPRISED. IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN FAST. NOW EVERYBODY IS SCRAMBLING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. YOU HAVE VP HARRIS THERE AS WELL. HOWEVER WELL NOW BECOME THE DEMOCRATS CANDIDATE? THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. MY MONEY WOULD BE AN HARRIS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. FIRSTLY BECAUSE OF FUNDS, WHAT WOULD LEGALLY HAVEN'T THOSE FUNDS? SHE IS ALSO THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO BE THE VICE PRESIDENT. TO DENY THAT TO THEN GO WITH A MIDDLE-AGED OR A WHITE GUY WOULD BE AN ISSUE. IF I LOOK AT THIS, THE DEMOCRATS CAMPAIGN, AGAIN I WAS WATCHING DONALD TRUMP WITH HIS FIRST SPEECH POST THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE. HE STOOD AND SPOKE FOR OVER AN HOUR. MAYBE AN HOUR AND 1/2 AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. AFTER THAT SPEECH, THERE WAS SOME OPTIMISM FROM THE DEMOCRATS SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT IS THE SAME OLD FROM DONALD TRUMP. WE HAVE A CHANCE HERE. WHAT DO YOU THINK, AND STRAIGHT AFTER THAT BIDEN SAID HE WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN. WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED OVER THAT TIME? A NUMBER OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT BIDEN LIKES AND TRUSTS HAVE SAID THAT THE TIME HAS COME AND GONE. PRES OBAMA SAID THAT HE SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER RETIRING. NANCY PELOSI SAID SOMETHING SIMILAR. WHEN I WAS A SENIOR STAFFER, NANCY PELOSI DOES NOT SAY THINGS LIKE THAT LIGHTLY OR WITHOUT A PLAN. HE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE SAME POLLING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND REALISE THAT IT IS GETTING HARDER AND HARDER. IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT SOMEBODY NOT NAMED BIDEN COULD BECOME PRESIDENT. BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT SOMEONE NAMED BIDEN WOULD HAVE AN INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TIME BEATING TRUMP. THEY PROBABLY WANT TO GO WITH SOMEONE YOUNGER, WHO CAN MIX UP THE RACE. THE POLLS HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY CONSISTENT FOR YEARS. INDICTMENTS, SHOOTINGS, HAVE NOT REALLY CHANGED THINGS. MAYBE THE ONLY WAY TO CHANGE THE DYNAMIC AS TO CHANGE THE CANDIDATE. I WANT TO READ YOU WHAT HAS JUST BEEN SENT THROUGH TO ME. MINUTES AFTER BIDEN ANNOUNCED HIS EXIT FROM THE 2024 RACE, DONALD TRUMP DESCRIBED BIDEN GOING AS THE SINGLE WORST PRESIDENT BY FAR AND THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. IS IT TIME FOR THAT KIND OF TALK? IT IS NOT A CHOICE I WOULD HAVE MADE. BUT I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT HE SAID IT. OF COURSE HE IS GOING TO GO AFTER PRES BIDEN. HE'S BEEN DOING THAT FOR A LONG TIME. I THINK THAT, TRUMP IS GOING TO DO WHAT TRUMP IS GOING TO DO, HE IS GOING TO DERIDE BIDEN AND HIS PRESIDENCY. THEY HAVE BEEN RUNNING WITH BIDEN FOR A WHILE. THE REPUBLICANS HAVE ALSO BEEN DEVELOPING OPPOSITION RESEARCH ON HARRIS. THE CHALLENGE IS THAT EVERY DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE NOT NAMED BIDEN, IS THAT MOST AMERICANS DO NOT KNOW WHO THEY ARE. THE NEXT TASK IS TO FIND A PERSON FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE. THE REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO FRAME HARRISON AWAY THAT IS NOT VERY POPULAR. AT THE DEMOCRATS WAIT A WEEK TO FIND OUT WHO THEIR NOMINEE IS, THEY GOING TO BE A WEEK BEHIND ONLY NOT THAT FAR OUT FROM AN ELECTION. GIVE US AN INSIGHT INTO WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY RIGHT AT THIS TIME. WHAT DECISIONS ARE THEY MAKING? THEY ARE PROPERLY SCRAMBLING OVER WHAT THE DECISION SHOULD BE. THERE WILL BE PROCESS QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE SELECT THE NOMINEE. DO WE DO IT AT THE CONVENTION? WHERE EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE A NOMINEE GETS 15 MINUTES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. PRES BIDEN DID NOT ENDORSE HARRIS, BUT HE PRAISED HER. NEWS HAS ONLY JUST COME THROUGH TO MY INBOX, TO SAY THAT PRES BIDEN HAS JUST NOW ENDORSED KAMALA HARRIS. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT? THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. PRESIDENTS TEND TO ENDORSE THEIR VICE PRESIDENT. I'M NOT USUALLY SURPRISED. SHE IS SMART, SHE IS ONE STATEWIDE IN CALIFORNIA TWO TIMES. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AT THIS POINT CANNOT SAY TO THE SMART, WELL EDUCATED ACCOMPLISHED AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT IS TIME FOR THE WHITE GUY. I THINK YOU WOULD LOSE A LOT OF WHAT BIDEN WAS ALREADY LOSING. MAYBE DEMOCRATS HAVE A DIFFERENT PROCESS AND HARRIS DOES NOT END UP WITH THE NOMINATION. WHO KNOWS? I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR BIDEN TO ENDORSE HAS VICE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. THE WORLD IS LEARNING ABOUT THIS LATEST UPDATE AND WE CONNECT WITH YOU AND THE US, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND AGAIN, YOUR INSIGHTS. FORMER SENIOR ADVISER JOINING US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND OPPOSED TO SOCIAL MEDIA JOE BIDEN HAS SAID HE WANTS TO OFFER HIS FULL SUPPORT AND ENDORSEMENT FOR, TO KAMALE TO BE THE NOMINEE ON OF THE PARTY THIS YEAR KAMALA. WE WILL BE BACK AFTER THE BREAK. (UPBEAT MUSIC) Ready! (BOTH CHEER) (LAUGHS) VOICEOVER: Small steps can help you achieve your goals. Get your money one step ahead with ASB. TO HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS. JOE BIDEN HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE US ELECTION RACE THIS MORNING. A STATEMENT WAS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA BY BIDEN, WHERE HE ACKNOWLEDGED HIS FELLOW AMERICANS, AND IT HE SAYS, HE TALKS ABOUT HOW AMERICA HAS THE STRONGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD, HE TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORIC INVESTMENTS AND REBUILDING THE NATION, AND THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY QUOTE, AND HAS BEEN THE GREATEST HONOUR OF MY LIFE TO SERVE AS YOUR PRESIDENT. WHILE IT WAS MY INTENTION TO SEEK RE-ELECTION AS PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF MY PARTY AND COUNTRY FOR ME TO STAND DOWN AND FOCUS SOLELY ON FULFILLING MY DUTIES AS PRESIDENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY TERM. WE HAVE ALL SEEN, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THAT THE PRESIDENT'S MENTAL CAPACITY HAS BEEN DECLINING. SPEAKING OF JOHN, AND A PHONE CALL WITH CNN JUST MINUTES AFTER BIDEN'S ANNOUNCEMENT, FORMER PRES DONALD TRUMP DESCRIBED BIDEN GOING DOWN AS THE SINGLE WORST PRESIDENT, BY FAR, AND THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. WE KNOW NOW, AND THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES, THAT BIDEN HAS ENDORSED HIS VP HARRIS, TRUMP HAS SAID ABOUT HER, THAT SHE WILL BE EASIER TO DEFEAT THAN BIDEN WOULD HAVE BEEN. STRONG TALK AS YOU WOULD EXPECT COMING OUT OF THE REPUBLICAN CAMP. HARRIS, THERE HAS BEEN DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHETHER SHE WOULD BE THE RIGHT CANDIDATE BUT, INDIRA, YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING HER UP. WE JUST HAD IN THAT PREVIOUS INTERVIEW, THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 37 DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVES WHO WERE URGING BIDEN TO PASS THE TORCH OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. THEY BELIEVE HARRIS IS THE FACE OF A MODERN CAMPAIGN. EVEN HER POSITION AS VICE PRESIDENT WAS HISTORICAL. THIS WOULD BE A HISTORICAL CAMPAIGN. NOW IT IS UP TO THE PARTY TO DECIDE WHETHER SHE WILL BE THE CANDIDATE TO GO FORWARD. WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THE SPEED OF ALL THIS. FROM HON ANNOUNCING THAT HE IS STEPPING DOWN, TO ANOTHER STATEMENT JUST MINUTES LATER ANNOUNCING THAT HE IS ENDORSING HARRIS. IT SHOWS THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE AND A BIT OF A STRUGGLE HERE IN TERMS OF TRYING TO GET THOSE FAMILIAR FACES OUT THERE. WE WILL CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. WE WILL HAVE MORE AND A NEWS. WE WILL GO BACK TO THE US AT ABOUT 20 TO 7. WHERE COMING BACK LOCALLY. WE'VE HAD A STARK REMINDER OF OUR HEAVY RELIANCE ON TECH OVER THE WEEKEND, WITH A SINGLE DEFECT IN A MICROSOFT CONTENT UPDATE WREAKING GLOBAL HAVOC. THE OUTAGE AT U.S. CYBERSECURITY FIRM CROWDSTRIKE BLOCKED ACCESS TO MANY BIG BANKS, GROUNDED MORE THAN 4000 FLIGHTS WORLDWIDE AND CRASHED PAYMENT SYSTEMS ACROSS ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES. PAUL BUCHANAN IS A FORMER INTELLIGENCE AND DEFENCE POLICY ANALYST AND JOINS ME FOR MORE THIS MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. ARE WE TO INTERCONNECTED? ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE QUEST FOR EFFICIENCY AND TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES HAS LED TO INCREASED VULNERABILITY OF THOSE SERVICES. ANYTHING OF IT THIS WAY, THINK OF THE MILLIONS OF APPLICATIONS THAT` (MUFFLED) THEY REQUIRE SOPHISTICATED PLAT OPERATING PLATFORMS, AND MAY REQUIRE SOPHISTICATED SECURITY. IT TURNS OUT ONLY A HANDFUL OF TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES OFFER THOSE OPERATING SERVICES, AND EVEN FEWER SECURITY SERVICES HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE FIREWALLS AGAINST MALICIOUS HACKING. WHEN YOU HAVE A GLITCH IN THE SYSTEM WHICH THIS WAS, AT REBELS DOWN AND HAS A CASCADE EFFECT DOWN TO THE DAILY USER. INCLUDING YOUR LOCAL FISH AND CHIP SHOP. THEY CASCADE EFFECT AS THE DANGER, ANYTHING IS HAIR IT WAS JUST A SOFTWARE GLITCH. MALICIOUS ACTORS WILL SEE THIS, FOR A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY, SO ONE HOPES THAT NOT ONLY THE PRIVATE SECTOR, BUT GOVERNMENTAL SECURITY AGENCIES, PARTICULARLY CYBER SECURITY AGENCIES SUCH AS OUR NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY AGENCY, WELL SEE THIS AS A TRIAL RUN OF A MUCH WORSE EVENT DOWN THE ROAD. HOW SHOULD CYBER SECURITY HERE IN NEW ZEALAND BE LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE? YOU TALK ABOUT AN OVERRELIANCE ON A COUPLE OF COUNTRIES, WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY, BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO DECENTRALISE ALL OF THAT, BUT IF WE LOOK AT CYBER SECURITY WHAT IS OUR ROLE HERE IN NEW ZEALAND? RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON THE RECEIVING END OF EVERYTHING. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY CENTRE` THE TROUBLE IS TWOFOLD. THE FIRST ONE IS THAT MOST OF THESE AGENCIES ARE REACTIVE NOT PROACTIVE. THEY CANNOT SEE WHAT IS COMING. THEY ARE SET UP TO REACT. THAT IS LIKE PLUGGING A LEAK IN THE DIKE AFTER IT HAS SPROUTED. THEY ARE NOT LOOKING AT THE OVERALL PRESSURE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL. WHAT ARE THE MOTIVATIONS FOR THINGS LIKE THIS? IS IT INCOMPETENCE AND THE SOFTWARE ENGINEER OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT IS BIGGER? I WOULD IMAGINE A LITTLE BIT MORE PRODUCTIVITY, BUT THERE IS A VERY SIMPLE SOLUTION. I DO NOT MEAN TO BE SIMPLEMINDED BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE BACKUP SYSTEMS. BACKUP SYSTEMS THAT ARE LESS TECHNOLOGY SOPHISTICATED. THERE IS AN OLD ADAGE, THAT WHEN THE ADVERSARIALLY GOES HIGH-TECH, YOU GO LOW-TECH. PEOPLE HAD TO USE PAPER AND PEN TO COMMUNICATE. THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THAT IS THAT IT IS SLOW AND INEFFICIENT BUT AT A SECURE. MAYBE IT WOULD BE WISE FOR BOTH FIRMS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO HAVE LESS SAY. GO BACK, SURE IT WOULD BE SLOWER, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO JUST SWIPE AWAY OR HAVE FACIAL RECOGNITION, BUT YOU WILL NOT BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS SORT OF EVENT. I DO NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT THE YOUNGER GENERATION WOULD DO. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. FORMER INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY DEFENCE POLICY ADVISOR. IT WAS A GLOBAL TECH OUTAGE LAST FRIDAY THEY HAD AN IMPACT HAIR ON US INNEW ZEALAND. U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS ENDED HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN, SAYING IT WAS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF HIS PARTY AND THE COUNTRY TO STAND ASIDE. IT COMES AMID MOUNTING PRESSURE FROM HIS OWN PARTY TO DROP OUT, FOLLOWING A SERIES OF AWKWARD GAFFES AND CONCERNS ABOUT HIS MENTAL ABILITY. A DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST SAYS HE'S NOT SURPRISED AT THE NEWS. MR BIDEN HAS ENDORSED VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, THOUGH WHO THE DEMOCRATS PICK TO RUN AGAINST TRUMP IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED. MR BIDEN WILL STAY IN OFFICE FOR THE REMAINDER FOR HIS PRESIDENTIAL TERM. SECRET SERVICE HAS ADMITTED IT DENIED DONALD TRUMP EXTRA SECURITY REQUESTS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. MR TRUMP'S SECURITY DETAIL REPORTEDLY COMPLAINED IT WAS NOT GIVEN ENOUGH RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL. IT COMES A WEEK AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT SURVIVED AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AT A RALLY IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE AGENCY HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE COMPLAINTS, BUT INSISTS THEY WERE UNRELATED TO THE RALLY SHOOTING. A FATHER HAS BEEN KILLED AFTER JUMPING ON TO THE TRACKS AT A SYDNEY TRAIN STATION WHEN THE PRAM CARRYING HIS TWIN DAUGHTERS ROLLED OFF THE PLATFORM. ONE OF THE GIRLS ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY, BUT THE FATHER AND THE OTHER DAUGHTER WERE KILLED. 9 NEWS' ERIN RAMSEY HAS MORE. CARLTON TRAIN STATION ` THE SCENE OF A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. I KNEW IT WAS BAD STRAIGHT AWAY. A MOTHER, FATHER AND THEIR TWIN TODDLERS ON A SUNDAY FAMILY OUTING WHEN THEIR PRAM WITH THE GIRLS ON BOARD ROLLED ON TO THE TRACKS JUST AFTER MIDDAY. THE FATHER'S JUMPED DOWN TO GRAB THE CHILDREN` THE PRAM, AND AS HE'S GOING TO PICK IT UP AND LIFT IT UP ON TO THE PLATFORM, THE TRAIN HAS JUST COME. I HEARD THE TRAIN GO PAST, AND THE LADY SCREAMED FOR HER LIFE. 'PLEASE! STOP! STOP!' THE TRAIN COULDN'T STOP. THE GIRLS (2) AND THEIR FATHER (40) HIT AS THE TRAIN PULLED INTO THE STATION. ONE LITTLE GIRL, INCREDIBLY, ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY AFTER FALLING BETWEEN THE TRACKS. POLICE CLIMBED UNDER THE TRAIN AND RESCUED ONE OF THE CHILDREN, WHO WAS THANKFULLY UNHARMED AND REUNITED HER WITH THE MOTHER. BUT HER SISTER AND HERO FATHER DIDN'T SURVIVE. IN THE FACE OF A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE ACCIDENT, HE GAVE HIS OWN LIFE TO TRY AND SAVE HIS CHILDREN. THE YOUNG FAMILY ARE ST GEORGE LOCALS. SECURITY FOOTAGE SHOWS THEM JUST MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, RELAXED AND WALKING, THE MOTHER GLANCING INSIDE A SHOP, THEN WAITING TO CROSS THE ROAD. MOMENTS LATER, THEY GOT OUT OF THE LIFT ON THE PLATFORM. THEY'VE TAKEN THEIR HANDS OFF THE PRAM FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND WHETHER IT'S A GUST OF WIND OR... WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE PRAM HAS INSTANTLY STARTED TO ROLL. POLICE WILL NOW INVESTIGATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING HOW FAST IT WAS GOING. SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN AND SCOTT DIXON REMAIN IN CONTENTION AT THE GRAND PRIX OF TORONTO IN THE INDY CAR SERIES THIS MORNING. THE PAIR CURRENTLY SIT IN FIFTH AND SIXTH AFTER REACHING THE HALFWAY POINT IN THE 85 LAP RACE. COLTEN HERTA (24) CURRENTLY LEADS THE RACE BY JUST ONE SECOND. TO THE NRL, AND THE PANTHERS HAVE BROKEN THE HEARTS OF THE DOLPHINS, IN A EPIC COME FROM BEHIND WIN YESTERDAY. IN HIS FIRST GAME BACK SINCE ROUND 10, IT WAS THE MAGIC AND PRECISION OF NATHAN CLEARY KICKING A 43m GOLDEN POINT FIELD GOAL IN EXTRA TIME. QUICK PLAY THE BALL, BACK FOR CLEARY. SHOT FROM 42m. THEY'RE ALL RIDING IT HOME. NATHAN CLEARY IS BACK! THE PANTHERS SIT SECOND ON THE LADDER AND WILL PLAY THE DRAGONS THIS SUNDAY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (LAID-BACK MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` NOT A GOOD START TO THE WEEK FOR YOU. HEAVY SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. KAITAIA, EXPECT THAT TO LAST ALL DAY. ELSEWHERE, SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SUN. 16 DEGREES THE HIGH FOR THIS ENTIRE REGION. FURTHER SOUTH ` IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER HERE. HAMILTON, TOKOROA AND TAUPO, YOU'RE IN FOR SOGGY DAY. HEAVY RAIN TO START YOUR MORNING. YOU MIGHT GET A BIT OF SUN AS WELL BY THE AFTERNOON. TO THE EAST COAST ` GREY CLOUDS ON THIS SIDE OF THE NORTH ISLAND. SHOWERS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. HASTINGS, 12 DEGREES IS YOUR HIGH. OVER TO THE WEST ` SLIGHTLY BETTER DAY HERE. MORNING RAIN TURNING INTO A CLOUDY AFTERNOON. SMALL CHANCE OF SUN FOR MOST. WELLINGTON, LIVING UP TO YOUR NAME ` EXPECT A WINDY DAY IN THE CAPITAL. 11 DEGREES FOR YOU. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY START TO THE DAY FOR BLENHEIM. EXPECT SOME LATE CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE, GREY SKIES WILL CLEAR TO SUN FOR MOST. 15 IS YOUR HIGH, WESTPORT. KAIKOURA, A WINDY DAY FOR YOU. 11 DEGREES FOR YOU. HEADING SOUTH ` CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'RE IN FOR A WINDY DAY TOO. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MOST. A SOGGY AFTERNOON EXPECTED FOR ASHBURTON. 11 THE HIGH FOR TIMARU AND OAMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` MILFORD SOUND, YOU ARE WAKING UP TO A GLORIOUS DAY. EARLY MORNING SHOWERS FOR DUNEDIN THAT WILL CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. A FINE DAY FOR THE REST OF YOU. 12 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND. AND IF YOU'RE TRAVELLING THROUGH LEWIS PASS AND PORTERS PASS, THERE ARE SOME ORANGE ROAD SNOWFALL WARNINGS IN PLACE. TAKE EXTRA CARE. SOME GOOD ADVICE THERE. STAY WITH US. JOE BIDEN IS OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE ELECTION NEXT. # IT'S ME, HI, I'M THE PROBLEM, # IT'S ME. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WE ARE CONTINUING WITH OUR BREAKING NEWS. JOE BIDEN HAS DROPPED OUT OF THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RACE, ENDORSING HIS VP KAMALA HARRIS FOR THE TOP OF THE TICKET. PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DECISION TO END HIS BID FOR RE-ELECTION COMES AFTER WEEKS OF OVERWHELMING CALLS FOR HIM TO STEP ASIDE AND LET ANOTHER, PERHAPS YOUNGER, PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL TAKE HIS PLACE. THE GROWING CONCERNS FROM WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY HAVE BEEN BREWING AMID A SERIES OF AWKWARD GAFFES. TAKE A LOOK. ...WANT TO HAND IT OVER TO THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, WHO HAS AS MUCH COURAGE AS HE HAS DETERMINATION. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PRESIDENT PUTIN. PRESIDENT PUTIN... HE'S GONNA BEAT PRESIDENT PUTIN. PRESIDENT ZELENSKY. MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE EVERY SINGLE, SOLITARY PERSON A` ELIGIBLE FOR WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THE` WITH THE COVID, EXCUSE ME, WITH, UM, DEALING WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO DO WITH, UH, LOOK, IF` WE FINALLY BEAT MEDICARE. LOOK, I WOULDN'T HAVE PICKED VICE PRESIDENT TRUMP TO BE VICE PRESIDENT, IF I THINK SHE WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO BE PRESIDENT. SO LET'S START THERE. FOR MORE ON WHO COULD HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO CHALLENGE DONALD TRUMP FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, WE'RE JOINED NOW BY DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST, NATHAN DASCHLE. MORNING. GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU? I AM REALLY GOOD. IT FELT LIKE THE ENDGAME FOR BIDEN LAST WEEK. NOW HE HAS CONFIRMED IT. AS A PRIZE ARE YOU? LAST WEEK, I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO CONTINUE HIS CANDIDACY. HE HAS ABOUT 30% APPROVAL RATING. IN RECENT HISTORY, NO PRESIDENT HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED WITH AN APPROVAL RATING OF UNDER 45%. AS YOU SAW, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS FROM ACROSS-THE-BOARD OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE CALL FOR HIM TO WITHDRAW. I THOUGHT IT WAS INEVITABLE. TWO AUGUST THROUGH THE DISCUSSIONS. SOMETHING CHANGED OVER THE WEEKEND FOR HIM TO DECIDE TO STEP DOWN. WHAT COULD THOSE DISCUSSIONS HAVE LOOKED LIKE? FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN, THIS IS INCREDIBLY PERSONAL. I THINK IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT ONE TO MAKE. HE HAS AN INCREDIBLE LEGACY, AND I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF HIM. FRANKLY, THIS DECISION TODAY IS GOING TO SECURE HIS LEGACY IN THE FUTURE. I THINK HE REALLY DID HIMSELF A SERVICE BY OF DECIDING NOT TO RUN. I THINK IT WAS A TOUGH ONE, BUT ULTIMATELY HE DECIDED HE NEEDED TO PUT HIS COUNTRY AND PARTY FIRST. I THINK THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES THAT ANOTHER PRESIDENCY WITH DONALD TRUMP WOULD BE A DISASTER. AND HE WANTS TO AVOID THAT AT ALL COSTS. WITHIN MINUTES, HE ALSO RELEASED ANOTHER STATEMENT ENDORSING KAMALA HARRIS. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HER? SHE HAS BEEN AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL ATTORNEY. SHE WAS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BEFORE. SHE HAS BEEN TESTED AT THE NATIONAL STAGE. AND THAT IS NO SMALL MATTER. IT REALLY DISTINGUISHES HER FROM A LOT OF OTHER DEMOCRATS WHO MIGHT BE CONSIDERING PURSUING THE PRESIDENCY. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN JOE BIDEN'S VICE PRESIDENT FOR FOUR YEARS. SHE HAS SEEN HIM IN ACTION AND THE PART OF THE MEETINGS AND DECISIONS THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE. MOST PEOPLE WILL AGREE THAT JOE BIDEN HAD ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FIRST TERMS OF ANY PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY. KAMALA HARRIS WAS A BIG PART OF THAT. DO YOU THINK IT IS DAMAGE CONTROL FOR THE PARTY? DO YOU THINK SHE CAN TURN IT AROUND? NO DOUBT. IN FACT, TO BE HONEST, I THINK THAT THERE IS PROBABLY SOME IN THE ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, BECAUSE I THINK THEY WOULD LOVE TO GET RID OF THEIR CANDIDATE AND START AFRESH. THE REALITY IS, DONALD TRUMP IS VERY BEATABLE. HE HAS NEVER BEEN OVER 50%. HE HAS NEVER ACHIEVED OVER 50% IN ANY ELECTION OR ANY POLL. I THINK THE SECRET TO THE DEMOCRATS EXIST THIS FALL IS TO UNIFY THE TRUMP VOTE AND TO GIVE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WANT TO SUPPORT TRUMP SOME OTHER PLACE TO GO. HOW DO THEY DO THAT? HOW DO THEY TURN THIS AROUND? FIRST, I THINK WE NEED TO INTRODUCE THE VICE PRESIDENT STANDING ON HER OWN 2 FEET. AS SOMEONE INDEPENDENT OF PRESIDENT BIDEN. AND I THINK SHE HAS THE RECORDS. SHE HAS A PERSONALITY AND CERTAINLY THE SMARTS AND THE SAVVY TO DO THAT. THE SECOND THING IS I THINK DEMOCRATS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE ALTERED MY OWN PARTY FOR DOING IS NOT PRESENTING AN ARTICULATE ENOUGH VISION FOR THE FUTURE. I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS PRESENTED A VISION FOR THE FUTURE. I DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO IT. I AM HOPING THAT A LOT OF THE AMERICANS DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO IT. BUT THE DEMOCRATS NEED TO DO THE SAME THING. WE NEED TO ARTICULATE HOW THE FUTURE WILL BE BETTER FOR YEARS FROM NOW WITH A CONTINUED DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION. YOU WILL NOT BE SURPRISED, BUT DONALD TRUMP HAS COME OUT AND ALSO POSTED A MESSAGE SAYING, CROOKED JOE BIDEN WAS NOT FIT TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AND ARE CERTAINLY NOT FIT TO SERVE AND NEVER WAS. HE GOES ON TO SAY THAT RIGHT NOW, WE WILL SUFFER GREATLY BECAUSE OF HIS PRESIDENCY, BUT WE WILL REMEDY THE DAMAGE THAT HE HAS DONE VERY QUICKLY TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS? WHAT IT SHOWS IS THAT IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HIM PRESENTING A NEW TRUMP AND TALKING ABOUT UNITY AND BRINGING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER. AT LAST WEEK'S REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT. BUT WHEN IT GOT TO HIS SPEECH, HE REVERTED TO THE SAME OLD TRUMP. WHAT WE SEE NOW IS THAT TRUMP CANNOT CHANGE HIS SPOTS. HE ALSO IS A VERY DIVISIVE PERSON. HE HAS NEVER TRIED TO PERSUADE AND BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO THE TENT. HIS STRATEGY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT DRAWING CLEAR LINES BETWEEN US AND THEM. I THINK THAT AMERICANS WILL ULTIMATELY REJECT THAT FOR THE SECOND TIME. JUST QUICKLY, WE ARE ABOUT TO GO, BUT HOW WELL JOE BIDEN BE REMEMBERED IN TERMS OF HIS LEGACY? WHAT WOULD BE HAS HIGHLIGHTS? HAS HIGHLIGHTS DURING PRESIDENCY ARE REALLY THE CRITICAL INVESTMENTS IN CLEAN ENERGY, THE CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE FOR AMERICA, AND ALSO INFRASTRUCTURE AND JOBS. THE PRESIDENT HAS TWO BIG PIECES OF BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION WORKING WITH REPUBLICANS TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THOSE WERE BOTH TREMENDOUS SUCCESSES. OUR GDP IS FAR GREATER THAN THAT OF OUR PEERS, AND THOSE THINGS DO NOT HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. THOSE THINGS HAPPENED BY SMART, CAREFUL LEADERSHIP. I THINK HE HAS A LOT TO BE PROUD OF. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. WE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP ON THIS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. E HAERE AKE NEI ` ARDIE SAVEA IS MAKING A BLOCKBUSTER MOVE TO MOANA PASIFIKA. WE'LL LOOK AT HOW IT WILL SHAKE UP THE SUPER RUGBY SEASON. AND SCOTTY IS ON LEAVE, NO DOUBT RESTING UP BEFORE THE OLYMPICS, SO AGAIN WE'RE JOINED BY DIGITAL SPORTS REPORTER PAT MCKENDRY. MORENA PAT. THE ALL BLACKS WON IN SAN DIEGO WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING. SAVEA AS NEXT YEAR SIGNED ON WITH MOANA PASIFIKA. I THINK THIS IS PRETTY AWESOME. THE FACT THAT HE IS LEAVING WELLINGTON, AND SWITCHING BACK TO HIS ROOTS SO TO SPEAK. I THINK THAT IS THE FEELING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND THE COUNTRY. HE HAS SO MUCH MANA AND SUCH A GOOD PLAYER. WHILE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR. IT IS MASSIVE FOR MOANA PASIFIKA AND PASIFIKA RUGBY IN GENERAL. IT SHOWS THERE IS A PATHWAY. THEY DO NOT HAVE A HOME EFFECTIVELY AT THE MOMENT. THEY HAVE STRUGGLED FOR RESULTS A LITTLE BIT. HE WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY SIGNIFICANTLY. IT ALSO SHOWS THAT IT IS A GOOD PLACE TO GO AND DEVELOP. THAT IS GREAT NEWS. I GET THE SENSE, AND SO DO YOU, THAT THIS IS NOT ABOUT MONEY, THIS IS ABOUT HIM GIVING BACK, BUT ALSO SHOWING THAT MOANA PACIFICA IS A VIABLE OPTION. HE HAD A SABBATICAL, AND HE WOULD HAVE HAD A LOT OF THINKING OVER THERE, AND HE HAS DECIDED AFTER TALKS WITH HIS FAMILY, THAT HE WANTS TO GO IN THIS DIRECTION AND RECONNECT WITH HIS ROOTS, AND WE HAVE JUST SEEN HIS ANNOUNCEMENT ON INSTAGRAM, IT WAS VERY LIBERAL ON LEBRON JAMES. LOOK AT HIM THERE, HE HAS BEEN SO QUALITY FOR THE ALL BLACKS. CONSISTENTLY GREAT. HE HAS RE-SIGNED THROUGH TO 2027. THAT WOULD MAKE HIM 33. HE HAS NOT MADE A SECRET THAT HE WANTS TO REPRESENT PACIFIC BEFORE HE RETIRES. IT IS NOT DONE BEFORE BY GUIDE THIS QUALITY. IT IS EXCITING NEWS FOR PACIFICA RUGBY. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ALL BLACKS. THEY WERE PLAYING UP IN SAN DIEGO AGAINST JAPAN. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF IT? I FOUND IT VERY ENTERTAINING. FIJI. IT WAS MORE OF A STRESSFREE AFTERNOON FOR ME THIS GAME. COMPARED TO LAST WEEKEND. IT WAS, THEY GOT WHAT THEY WANTED. SCOTT ROBERTSON WOULD BE VERY HAPPY. THE MAIN TAKEAWAYS WERE THE PERFORMANCES OF THE NEW GUYS. THE NEW CENTRE HAD A VERY GOOD GAME. ALL THE RESERVES PLAYED WELL, THE DEBUTANTES PLAYED WELL. THERE WERE SIX DEBUTANTES. IT IS A MASSIVE CHANGE TO MAKE AND A BIG STAGE TO COME ON. THEY DID REALLY WELL. THAT IS THE DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC OF SCOTS START. HE IS PROVIDING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR THESE GUYS TO COME ON AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES. SIX DEBUTANTES. JUST QUICKLY THOUGH, BILLY PROCTOR STARTED. IS HE ON FOR A START AGAINST ARGENTINA AND A FEW WEEKS TIME? I THINK HE IS PUSHING FOR A START. COMING OFF THE BENCH, LOVING YOUR WORK. THANK YOU. (UPBEAT MUSIC) Ready! (BOTH CHEER) (LAUGHS) VOICEOVER: Small steps can help you achieve your goals. Get your money one step ahead with ASB. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. OUR COVERAGE CONTINUES AFTER JOE BIDEN DROPS OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST. U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS ENDED HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN, SAYING IT WAS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF HIS PARTY AND THE COUNTRY TO STAND ASIDE. IT FOLLOWS MOUNTING PRESSURE FROM HIS OWN PARTY TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE, AFTER CONCERNS ABOUT HIS AGE AND MENTAL ABILITY. DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST PETER LOGE TOLD BREAKFAST HE'S NOT SURPRISED AT THE NEWS. I THINK A NUMBER OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. INCREASING NUMBERS OF PEOPLE PRESIDENT BIDEN LIKES AND RESPECTS AND TRUSTS, HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? THE TIME HAS COME AND GONE. PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID, LOOK, THE CHOICE IS HIS, BUT HE SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER IT. OTHER PEOPLE CLOSE TO HIM, FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI SAID SOMETHING SIMILAR. MR BIDEN HAS ENDORSED VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, THOUGH WHO THE DEMOCRATS PICK TO RUN AGAINST DONALD TRUMP IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED. THEY'VE BEEN RUNNING AT BIDEN FOR A WHILE. THE REPUBLICANS HAVE ALSO BEEN DEVELOPING OPPOSITION RESEARCH ON VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT ANY DEMOCRAT NOT NAMED JOE BIDEN HAS, IS THAT MOST AMERICANS DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE. THE NEXT TASK IS TO DEFINE THAT PERSON FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND THE REPUBLICANS ARE ABOUT TO START DEFINING KAMALA HARRIS IN WAYS THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE HER, YOU KNOW, ARGUABLY PRETTY UNPOPULAR WITH A WHOLE LOT OF FOLKS. AND IF THE DEMOCRATS WAIT A WEEK TO FIGURE OUT WHO THEIR NOMINEE IS GOING TO BE, THEY'LL BE A WEEK BEHIND, NOT THAT FAR OUT FROM THE ELECTION. MR BIDEN WILL STAY IN OFFICE FOR THE REMAINDER FOR HIS PRESIDENTIAL TERM. AND DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST NATHAN DASCHLE SAYS THE DECISION WAS INEVITABLE, WITH BIDEN HITTING HISTORIC RATING LOWS. VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO CONTINUE HIS CANDIDACY. PRESIDENT BIDEN'S BEEN STUCK IN THE APPROVAL RATINGS AT ABOUT 30%, AND IN RECENT HISTORY, NO PRESIDENT HAS BEEN RELECTED WITH APPROVAL RATINGS UNDER 45%. THE MAJORATY OF HIS PARTY WANTED HIM TO DROP OUT. AS YOU SAW, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE BOARD IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE CALLED FOR HIM TO WITHDRAW. SO I THINK THIS WAS INEVITABLE. MEDICAL NOTES LEAKED TO 1 NEWS SHOW ORANA WILDLIFE PARK ZOO KEEPERS WERE AWARE OF SICKNESS AMONG ONE OF ITS GORILLAS, BUT A LACK OF INTERVENTION LEAD TO ITS DEATH. 1 NEWS INVESTIGATION HAS UNCOVERED A RAFT OF ANIMAL WELFARE CONCERNS AT THE CHRISTCHURCH ZOO. EVIDENCE SUGGESTS ZOO KEEPERS' CONCERNS WERE IGNORED OR BRUSHED OFF BY MANAGEMENT IN 2021, WHEN THEY FIRST NOTICED SIGNS OF SICKNESS WITH A GORILLA NAMED 'MAHALI'. THREE KEEPERS WORKING AT THE TIME, TOLD 1 NEWS THEY HAD TO REPEATEDLY ASK FOR A VET TO BE BROUGHT IN. FOR AN ANIMAL TO WASTE AWAY SEVERELY AS MUCH AS HE DID WITHIN THE SPACE OF TWO WEEKS, I THINK AGAIN SHOWS JUST THE STATE HE WAS IN. ORANA WILDLIFE PARK DECLINED INTERVIEW REQUESTS, BUT SAID IN A STATEMENT MANY OF THE CLAIMS MADE BY 1 NEWS ARE INACCURATE AND OUT OF CONTEXT, MISSING VITAL PIECES OF INFORMATION. AND YOU CAN FIND MORE FROM THOMAS MEADS' INVESTIGATION ON OUR WEBSITE. DOWNLOAD THE 1 NEWS APP OR GO TO 1news.co.nz/orana. IT'S FEARED THE 'CASCADE' EFFECT OF THE GLOBAL I.T. OUTAGE OVER THE WEEKEND WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN HACKING. THE OUTAGE FROM A U.S. CYBERSECURITY FIRM BLOCKED ACCESS TO MANY BIG BANKS, GROUNDED MORE THAN 4000 FLIGHTS WORLDWIDE AND CRASHED PAYMENT SYSTEMS ACROSS ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES. IT WAS CAUSED BY A SINGLE DEFECT IN A WINDOWS UPDATE. FORMER INTELLIGENCE AND DEFENCE POLICY ANALYST PAUL BUCHANAN SAYS IT COULD SPARK MORE HACKING ACTIVITY. TO SPORT, AND XANDER SCHAUFFELE IS STILL WAITING FOR HIS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP WIN TO SINK IN. SCHAUFFELE HAD AN IMPRESSIVE SIX UNDER FINAL ROUND TO WIN HIS SECOND MAJOR OF THE YEAR BY TWO SHOTS. IT MEANS A LOT. IT'S SOMETHING ALL OF US PLAY FOR, AND IT REALLY IS A DREAM COME TRUE TO BE HOLDING THIS. AND IT DEFINITELY HASN'T SUNK IN YET. YOU KNOW, MY BRAIN I STILL GRINDING ON THIS AMAZING PROPERTY HERE, YOU KNOW, MY BRAIN IA� STILL GRINDING ON THIS AMAZING PROPERTY JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE HOLE, SO I CAN'T WANT TO SIT BACK AND HAVE A MOMENT WITH THIS CLARET JUG. KIWI DANIEL HILLIER FINISHED TWO OVER IN A TIE FOR 19th, WITH RYAN FOX FURTHER DOWN THE LEADER BOARD IN A TIE FOR 25th. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` NOT A GOOD START TO THE WEEK FOR YOU. HEAVY SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. KAITAIA, EXPECT THAT TO LAST ALL DAY. ELSEWHERE, SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SUN. KAITAIA, 12 IS YOUR HIGH. FURTHER SOUTH ` IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER HERE. HAMILTON, TOKOROA AND TAUPO, YOU'RE IN FOR SOGGY DAY. HEAVY RAIN TO START YOUR MORNING. 16 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` GREY CLOUDS ON THIS SIDE OF THE NORTH ISLAND. SHOWERS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. 15 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` SLIGHTLY BETTER DAY HERE. MORNING RAIN TURNING INTO A CLOUDY AFTERNOON. SMALL CHANCE OF SUN FOR MOST. WELLINGTON, LIVING UP TO YOUR NAME ` EXPECT A WINDY DAY IN THE CAPITAL. 14 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY START TO THE DAY FOR BLENHEIM. EXPECT SOME LATE CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE, GREY SKIES WILL CLEAR TO SUN FOR MOST. KAIKOURA, A WINDY DAY FOR YOU. 15 IS YOUR HIGH, WESTPORT. HEADING SOUTH ` CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'RE IN FOR A WINDY DAY TOO. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MOST. A SOGGY AFTERNOON EXPECTED FOR ASHBURTON. 11 THE HIGH FOR TIMARU AND OAMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` MILFORD SOUND, YOU ARE WAKING UP TO A GLORIOUS DAY. EARLY MORNING SHOWERS FOR DUNEDIN THAT WILL CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. A FINE DAY FOR THE REST OF YOU. 12 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND. GENERAL PRACTICES WARN THE SECTOR IS AT BREAKING POINT AS YEARS OF UNDERFUNDING COMPOUNDS ON CLINICS. DOCTORS ARE REPORTING THEY'RE LEFT WITH NO OPTION BUT TO INCREASE PATIENT COSTS, WHILE OTHERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO REDUCE SERVICES OR SHUT THEIR DOORS, INCLUDING IN INVERCARGILL, CHRISTCHURCH, LOWER HUTT, PAPAMOA, NELSON AND PORIRUA. AND DESPITE CALLS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO RAISE CAPITATION BY 10%, TE WHATU ORA HAS BUMPED IT BY JUST 4%. DR DOUG HILL IS CHAIR OF PRIMARY HEALTH ORGANISATION WELLSOUTH AND OWNER OF BOULEVARD MEDICAL CENTRE IN DUNEDIN. WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY DR SAMANTHA MURTON, PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GPs. GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH. SAMANTHA, I WAS NOT WITH YOU. CAPITATION. FIRSTLY CAN YOU GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THAT, AND AS GOING UP BY JUST 4%? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? CAPITATION AS THE GOVERNMENT PORTION OF THE FUND THAT COMES INTO GENERAL PRACTICE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT WE DO. THAT CAME INTO BEING ABOUT THE EARLY 2000. WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT THERE IS A PORTION OF THE FEE THAT WE GET THAT COME FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND THERE IS A PORTION OF THE FEE THAT COMES FROM PATIENTS. EVERY YET THIS IS REVIEWED. AND IT WAS A FORMULA. AND THEN THE GOVERNMENT DECIDES WHAT PROPORTION THAT PERCENTAGE SHOULD GO UP. OVER MANY YEARS AND HAS NEVER GONE UP MORE THAN WE, THE CPI. IT HAS BEEN LOWER THAN CPI AT SOME STAGES. OVER MANY YEARS, THE LAST 20 YEARS, IT HAS SLOWLY REDUCED THE PROPORTION THAT GETS FUNDED TO THE PRACTICE. THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS THAT WHEN THEY DO SAID THEY FEE, THE PERCENTAGE. THAT IS THE ONLY AMOUNT THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO INCREASE OUR FEES FOR OUR PATIENTS BY AS WELL. WE ARE CONSTRAINED INTO AREAS. WE CAN ONLY GET WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL GIVE US AND WE CAN ONLY INCREASE OUR FEE BY WHAT THEY TELL US WE ARE ALLOWED TO. AS A SMALL BUSINESS, IT IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT WE CANNOT CONTROL WHAT FAITHFULLY SET. DOUG I WILL BRING YOU IN HERE. PART OF THAT CAPITATION MODEL IS ALSO BASED ON A 15 MINUTE MODEL SLOT. IS THAT LONG ENOUGH THESE DAYS? ABSOLUTELY NOT. IT IS ALSO BASED ON WHAT GENERAL PRACTICE LOOKS LIKE 20 YEARS AGO WHEN THE MODEL WAS ESTABLISHED. WE ARE DOING MUCH MORE SECONDARY CARE HEALTH NOW. THE SYSTEM IS NOT COPING AS WELL AS IT WAS. WE HAVE DRUGS THAT WE WERE NEVER ABLE TO PRESCRIBE PREVIOUSLY. WE HAVE NEW DISEASES, THAT WE NEED TO MANAGE NOW. MENTAL HEALTH IS ON THE RISE. IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON GENERAL PRACTICE AS WELL. IT IS NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH. YOUR CLINIC IS ABOUT TO BUMP UP ITS FEES, ISN'T IT? I THINK EVERY CLINIC IN NEW ZEALAND WILL BE BUMPING UP IT SAYS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. WHAT DIFFERENCE WILL THAT MAKES YOUR CLINIC? HOW'S NEW ZEALAND IS LOOKING AT FEES GOING UP SIGNIFICANTLY. SAMANTHA, CAN YOU PAINT US A PICTURE OF THE STATE OF GENERAL PRACTICE AT THIS TIME? I THINK MANY GENERAL PRACTITIONERS ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH THE WORKLOAD. THE COMPLEXITY IS MASSIVE. OUR JOB IS CHAOTIC AT TIMES, IT IS VERY UNCERTAIN. IT IS VERY REWARDING, BUT THERE ARE VERY DIFFICULT THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH EVERY DAY AND DOING THAT EVERY 15 MINUTES IS NIGH ON IMPOSSIBLE. THE OTHER POINT IS THAT WE COVERED 23 MILLION CONTACTS PER YEAR. THE HOSPITALS COVER ABOUT A MILLION AND THEIR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS. AS THE LION'S SHARE OF THE WORK HAPPENS IN GENERAL PRACTICE AND THE THINK THAT THE VALUE THAT IT PROVIDES IS ENORMOUS, BUT IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE RECOGNISED. WHAT IS THE FLOW ON EFFECTS? I THINK A LOT OF US ARE FEELING BURNT OUT AND EXHAUSTED. WE DO NOT HAVE, WITH THE FEES RESTRICTIONS, THE ABILITY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF AROUND US TO BE ABLE TO HELP US TO DO OUR JOB. IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT IF WE HAD PAID PARITY FOR OUR NURSES, OR THE ABILITY AND FINANCE TO BRING IN MORE NURSING STAFF. TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO HAVE CLINICAL ASSISTANCE, TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS OURSELVES, IT WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY. FOR THE SMALLER PRACTICES, AND MIGHT BE IN A RURAL AREA WHERE THERE IS A LIMITED PROPORTION OF PATIENTS, AND MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A MORE ROUNDED SERVICE. THERE IS A LIMITATION ON THEIR FACE. WE ALSO HAVE PRACTICES WHERE THEY HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE BECAUSE OF THE VERY LOW-COST ACCESS. THEY HAVE REALLY STRUGGLED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. THAT MODEL NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SURVIVE AND SERVE THE POPULATION THAT REALLY NEEDS THEM. DOUG I WILL ASK YOU WHAT YOU ARE HEARING FROM DOCTORS ACROSS THE OTAGO REGION? IT IS DIRE. IT IS ABSOLUTELY DIE. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AS PRACTICES CLOSING, AFTER-HOURS SERVICES COLLAPSING. WE HAVE SEEN PRACTICES STRUGGLING TO RECRUIT NURSING STAFF. THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO RECRUIT DOCTORS. WE ARE SEEING LONG WAIT TIMES FOR PATIENTS. WE ARE SEEING PATIENTS NOT ABLE TO UNROLL AND PRACTICES. THIS IS THE BADDEST I HAVE EVER SEEN IT. WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? FIRST AND FOREMOST, FUNDING. WE CAN NOT KEEP GOING ON THE FUNDING WE ARE RECEIVING. THANK YOU BOTH TO YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. PLEASURE. HEALTH MINISTER SHANE RETI WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW THIS MORNING. IN A STATEMENT, HE SAYS HE HAS PREVIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE CHALLENGES FACING PRIMARY CARE BUT SAYS HIS GOVERNMENT HAS INVESTED MORE MONEY IN HEALTH THAN EVER BEFORE. HE SAYS HEALTH NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SECTOR ON ITS ANNUAL CAPITATION UPLIFT. E HAERE AKE NEI ` HE HAS TWO OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS TO HIS NAME, BUT TAKING OVER AS TAURANGA'S NEW MAYOR COULD BE MAHE DRYSDALE'S TOUGHEST CHALLENGE YET. EARLIER THIS MORNING, HE SENT A LETTER ADDRESSING FELLOW AMERICANS, SAYING IT HAS BEEN THE GREATEST HONOUR OF MY LIFE TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT, AND WHILE IT HAS BEEN MY INTENTION TO SEEK RE-ELECTION, I BELIEVE IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MY PARTY AND THE COUNTRY FOR ME TO STAND DOWN AND TO FOCUS SOLELY ON FULFILLING MY DUTIES AS PRESIDENT OF THE REMAINDER OF MY TERM. MINUTES AFTER THAT LETTER, HE ALSO SENT ANOTHER STATEMENT SAYING THAT HE ENDORSES KAMALA HARRIS AS VICE PRESIDENT. WE WILL BRING YOU THE VERY LATEST THROUGHOUT THE SHOW. AS WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING LIVE THIS MORNING, U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS ENDED HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND IS NOW ENDORSING VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AFTER WEEKS OF PRESSURE FROM HIS FELLOW DEMOSCRATS. FOR MORE WE'RE JOINED BY US CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH WHO IS CURRENTLY IN AN UBER. MORENA! YOU ARE SCRAMBLING AS WELL. OH, HE HAS FROZEN. WHILE WE TRY TO GET BACK, WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A STATEMENT... NOT US PERSONALLY, BUT A STATEMENT HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM PRESIDENT CLINTON AND SECRETARY CLINTON, SAYING THEY ARE HONOURED TO JOIN THE PRESIDENT AND ENDORSING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AS THEY HEAD TOWARDS THE NOVEMBER 5 ELECTION. THEY WILL DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO SUPPORT HER. WE HAVE LIVED THROUGH MANY UPS AND DOWNS, BUT NOTHING HAS MADE A SMALL WAY THAN THE THREAT POSED BY A SECOND TRUMP TERM. THE LETTER DOES GO ON, BUT IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US THIS MORNING, NEWS CAME UP BEFORE 6 O'CLOCK THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN RELEASED A STATEMENT ON TWITTER OR WHATEVER IT IS CALLED NOW AT AROUND 5:54 SAYING THAT HE WOULD NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION AT THE NOVEMBER FIFTH ELECTION. IN THAT TIME, HE DID NOT BACK HARRIS, BUT A FEW MINUTES LATER, THERE WAS ANOTHER RELEASE THAT CAME OUT WHERE HE SAID HE WAS. MANY OF US ARE ASKING WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. WITH BIDEN OUT OF THE RACE, INDIVIDUAL DELEGATES WILL NEED TO SELECT THE PARTIES NOMINEES EITHER DURING A VIRTUAL WILL CALL SCHEDULED FOR EARLY AUGUST OR ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR IN CHICAGO NEXT MONTH. WE WILL HAVE CONTINUING COVERAGE ON THE NEWS COMING OUT OF THE UNITED STATES, BUT RIGHT NOW, I THINK YOU HAVE A... LET'S GO TO LOCAL POLITICS. FROM GOLD MEDALS TO GOLD CHAINS. PRELIMINARY RESULTS SHOW OLYMPIC ROWING CHAMPION MAHE DRYSDALE IS TAURANGA'S NEWEST MAYOR. IT'S A HIGH-STAKES ELECTION FOR TAURANGA AS THE COUNCIL RETURNS TO DEMOCRACY, YET JUST 31% OF RESIDENTS VOTED. MAHE JOINS US NOW. MORENA. CONGRATULATIONS FIRST AND FOREMOST. HOW OTHER NERVES? ARE YOU FEELING GOOD? VERY EXCITED. WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN A BIT OF A MANDATE THAT PEOPLE WANT THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD, AND GIVEN ME A REALLY GOOD TEAM AROUND THE TABLE TO TRY AND DELIVER THAT. I WONDER HOW MUCH YOUR EXPERIENCE AS AN ATHLETE IS GOING TO COME INTO THIS, AND I DO NOT WANT TO DWELL ON IT, BUT IT HAS BEEN A HUGE PART OF YOUR LIFE. DOUBLE ELLIPTIC CHAMPION, FIVE TIMES WORLD CHAMPION, AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. HOW DO YOU THINK THOSE EXPERIENCES WILL ALLOW YOU TO BRING TOGETHER WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A BRAND-NEW COUNCIL? I THINK SPORT HAS SET ME UP INCREDIBLY WELL. EVEN THOUGH I WAS IN A SINGLE SCULL, PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A MASSIVE TEAM THAT GOT ME THERE. YOU CAN NEVER DELIVER BY YOURSELF. IT HAS SHOWN ME WHAT IT TAKES TO SUCCEED AND WHAT IT TAKES TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES. I THINK OF THOSE SKILLS ARE VERY TRANSFERABLE, AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING IT TO A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT AND SEEING IF WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT ONE. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP, BECAUSE THE SUCCESS OF THIS COUNCIL WILL RELY HEAVILY ON THAT. WHAT KIND OF LEADER ARE YOU? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE BRINGING TO THE TAURANGA COUNCIL? I THINK THE GREATEST QUALITY OF A LEADER IS THE ABILITY TO LISTEN. MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS GETTING AMONGST THAT TEAM, UNDERSTANDING THEM AND FORMING A REALLY STRONG TEAM THAT IS SET UP, THAT WE CAN GO AND DELIVER. I HAVE NOT ENJOYED THE CAMPAIGN, TALKING A LOT WITHOUT ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND DOING SOME ACTION, SO I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND GET TO WORK ON SHOW AT THEIR ACTIONS RATHER THAN TALK. I KNOW YOU WERE RAISED, DID YOUR SCHOOLING IN TAURANGA, YOUR GRANDFATHER WAS A FORMER MAYOR, YOUR UNCLE WAS ALSO A CANDIDATE. HOW MUCH OF THAT ANNUAL HISTORY IN THE TOWN DO YOU THINK GOT YOU VOTED IN? HOW MUCH OF YOUR SPORTING PEDIGREE AND YOU BEING WELL-KNOWN FOR BEING THAT YOU THINK HAS GOT YOU ACROSS THE LINE? I THINK IT IS A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THAT. I THINK, AND REALLY HAPPILY, THE VOTERS HAVE VOTED ON A LOT OF SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE WITHOUT TOO MUCH COUNCIL EXPERIENCE. I AM HAPPY WITH THAT, BECAUSE I WANT PEOPLE THAT HAVE LEARNT TO SUCCEED, AND I BELIEVE THOSE SKILLS ARE TRANSFERABLE INTO DIFFERENT ROLES. I AM REALLY EXCITED. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNSELLORS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE, AND THEY WILL BE A BIG PART OF HELPING US GUIDE US THROUGH SOME OF THE INTRICACIES. BUT I REALLY AM EXCITED ABOUT THE TEAM AND WHAT WE CAN DELIVER. HOUSING IS A HUGE ISSUE THERE. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TACKLE THAT? WE HAVE GOT TO GET ALONGSIDE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, BUT THE MAIN THING FOR ME IS THAT WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE IT EASIER TO GET OUT AND ACTUALLY BUILD HOUSES. WE HAVE TO CUT SOME OF THE RED TAPE, AND THAT IS WHAT I HAVE HEARD RIGHT THROUGHOUT THIS. THE INITIAL ANSWER IS NO. LET'S FIND A WAY, AND LET'S JUST DO IT RATHER THAN TALKING ABOUT IT. LIKE I SAID, CONGRATULATIONS. ALL THE VERY BEST. GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. WE CONTINUE WITH OUR COVERAGE OF US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN STEPPING DOWN FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS WHICH HAS ENDED HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN. HE IS NOW ENDORSING KAMALA HARRIS AFTER WHICH THE PRESSURE FROM HIS FELLOW DEMOCRATS. FOR MORE, WE ARE JOINED BY LOGAN CHURCH. LOGAN, YOU SEEM TO BE SCRAMBLING. WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN AN UBER? I WAS AT THE AIRPORT. AMERICAN POLITICS, IF I HAVE LEARNED, QUICKLY DISRUPT YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF WE GO BACK OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, IT ALL STARTED WITH THAT DEBATE BETWEEN JOE BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMP, WHICH WENT DISASTROUSLY FOR THE PRESENT WHEN HE COULD NOT GET HIS WORDS OUT. HE HAD THE INTERVIEW AFTERWARDS, WHICH DID NOT REASSURE ANYONE. THEN YOU HAD BIDEN HOSTING WORLD LEADERS WHERE HE CONFUSED PRESIDENTS. IT WAS TERRIBLY EMBARRASSING. AND THEN DONALD TRUMP WAS ALMOST ASSASSINATED. AND NOW TODAY, JOE BIDEN STEPPED ASIDE. IN MANY WAYS, THE WRITING WAS SORT OF ON THE WALL FOR JOE BIDEN. SINCE THAT DISASTROUS DEBATE PERFORMANCE, THERE HAVE BEEN AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PEOPLE CALLING FOR HIM TO STEP ASIDE. AT THIS POINT, HE DID NOT REALLY HAVE A CHOICE. IT IS GOING TO BE A REALLY INTERESTING COUPLE OF WEEKS GOING FORWARD AHEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION HERE IN CHICAGO. THAT IS RIGHT. ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAD REQUESTED HE REVIEW HIS RE-ELECTION WAS FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI. SHE HAS SAID SHE IS SUPPORTING AND BACKING HIS DECISION TO STEP ASIDE, WHICH HAS BEEN QUITE INTERESTING. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? WHEN YOU HAVE THE LIKES OF NANCY, WHO IS DEMOCRAT ROYALTY, AND THEREFORE ALSO BEEN REPORTS OF THE LIKES OF BARACK OBAMA AS WELL AS SKIN SIMILAR QUESTIONS BEHIND-THE-SCENES. NEXT, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO FORMALLY DECIDE WHO THEIR PRESIDENTIAL PACK IS GOING TO BE. MOST PEOPLE AT THIS STAGE, INCLUDING JOE BIDEN HIMSELF HAD BEEN SUPPORTING AND THROWING THEIR BACKING BEHIND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. IN TERMS OF HOW THINGS WORK, SYSTEMATICALLY THE DEMOCRATS WORK PLANNING TO DO A VIRTUAL VOTE IN EARLY AUGUST AHEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION HERE IN CHICAGO, WHERE DELEGATES FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WILL DESCEND ON THE CITY TO FORMALISE THEIR PACK. WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN WANTING IS TO TRY AND ESSENTIALLY DO WHAT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE DONE. THE REPUBLICANS WENT INTO THEIR CONVENTION LAST WEEK VERY ORGANISED. THEY KNEW WHO THEIR PACK WAS GOING TO BE. IF YOU PUT POLICY ASIDE FOR ONE SECOND AND YOU LOOK AT THE CHOICE BETWEEN THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES, YOU HAVE ON ONE SIDE A PARTY THAT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS ITS STUFF TOGETHER, AND THE OTHER WHERE THEY COULD NOT DECIDE WHO THEIR PRESIDENTIAL PICK WAS GOING TO BE. DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO WANT TO GET THAT LOGGED IN AHEAD OF THE CONVENTION. THEN IT IS REALLY THE FINAL RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER THAT. WE ARE GETTING REALLY CLOSE. THE ELECTION IS IN NOVEMBER. THERE IS NOT TERRIBLY MUCH TIME. THERE IS A PATH FOR KAMALA HARRIS IF SHE ENDED UP IN THAT POSITION. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF OUR OWN ELECTIONS. JACINDA ARDERN TOOK OVER THE LABOUR LEADERSHIP SEVEN-WEEK SUPPLEMENT AND ELECTION AND WAS ABLE TO FORM A GOVERNMENT. THAT COMPARISON HAS BEEN MADE MORE THAN ONCE A IN RECENT WEEKS HERE IN AMERICA. BY GOLLY GOSH, THIS COUNTRY IS MOVING VERY FAST POLITICALLY. WHO KNOWS WHAT THE REST OF THE DAY OR TOMORROW WILL BRING? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SPEAKING OF MOVING QUICKLY, HE TOO IS MOVING QUICKLY. WE WILL CATCH MORE OF HIS REPORT ON 6 PM. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, COULD LSD BE THE KEY TO HELP LATE STAGE CANCER PATIENTS? WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THE WORLD FIRST TRIAL JUST AFTER 8 O'CLOCK. STAY WITH US. WELCOME BACK. THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IS IN FOR A BIG SHAKE-UP, WITH U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ENDING HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN. MR BIDEN CONFIRMED HIS DECISION IN A STATEMENT THIS MORNING, SAYING IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF HIS PARTY AND THE COUNTRY TO STAND DOWN. HE'S ENDORSED VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS FOR THE DEMOCRAT'S NOMINATION. STRATEGIST PHIL ALAGIA SAYS IT'S UNLIKELY ANYONE ELSE WILL GET THE NOD WITH ELECTION DAY FAST APPROACHING. KAMALA HARRIS, AS A VICE PRESIDENT, CAN JOIN THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN APPARATUS QUICKLY. I THINK IT'S THE EASIEST CHOICE, I THINK SHE POLLS BETTER THAN BIDEN DID. BUT, AGAIN, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED TO TRUMP AND THE GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT THAT HE'S HAVING, IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY TOUGH ELECTION. PARTY DELEGATES WILL OFFICIALLY NOMINATE A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN CHICAGO NEXT MONTH. AND DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST NATHAN DASCHLE TOLD BREAKFAST KAMALA HARRIS WORKED CLOSELY WITH MR BIDEN, AND HAS BEEN A 'BIG PART' OF HIS SUCCESSFUL TERM. SHE'S BEEN AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL ATTORNEY. SHE OBVIOUSLY WAS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BEFORE, SO SHE'S BEEN TESTED AT THE NATIONAL STAGE. AND THAT'S NO SMALL MATTER. IT REALLY DISTINGUISHES HER FROM A LOT OF OTHER DEMOCRATS WHO MIGHT BE CONSIDERING PURSUING THE PRESIDENCY. THE SECRET SERVICE HAS ADMITTED IT DENIED DONALD TRUMP EXTRA SECURITY REQUESTS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. MR TRUMP'S SECURITY DETAIL REPORTEDLY COMPLAINED IT WAS NOT GIVEN ENOUGH RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL. IT COMES A WEEK AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT SURVIVED AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AT A RALLY IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE AGENCY HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE COMPLAINTS, BUT INSISTS THEY WERE UNRELATED TO THE RALLY SHOOTING. A PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DOCTOR SAYS HE'S NEVER SEEN THE SECTOR IN SUCH BAD SHAPE. GP'S ARE SET TO INCREASE PRICES AFTER GOVERNMENT FUNDING WAS LESS THAN HOPED FOR. DR DOUG HILL IS CALLING FOR A NEW FUNDING MODEL. WE CANNOT KEEP GOING ON THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY RECEIVING. PRACTICES NEED 10-15% INCREASED FUNDING TO MAINTAIN THE SERVICE THAT PATIENTS EXPECT TODAY. IF WE WANT TO DO ANYTHING NEW, WE NEED A WHOLE 'NOTHER FORMULA AND WHOLE 'NOTHER TYPE OF FUNDING. HEALTH MINISTER SHANE RETI TOLD 1 NEWS HE'S PREVIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE CHALLENGES FACING PRIMARY CARE, BUT SAYS HIS GOVERNMENT HAS INVESTED MORE MONEY IN HEALTH THAN EVER BEFORE. AMID WARNINGS OF INCREASED SCAMS IN THE WAKE OF THE WORLDWIDE IT OUTAGE, A NEW STUDY IN AUSTRALIA HAS SHOWN WHO'S MOST AT RISK OF CRYPTO SCAMS. A REPORT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND FOUND PEOPLE ACROSS THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC SPECTRUM WHERE AT RISK. IT'S REVEALED FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE WITH LOW FINANCIAL AND TECH LITERACY AND WEALTHIER, OVERCONFIDENT PEOPLE ARE EQUALLY VULNERABLE. LAST YEAR ALONE, AUSTRALIANS LOST $171m TO CRYPTO SCAMS. THE BANGLADESHI SUPREME COURT HAS BACKED DOWN ON PROPOSED JOB QUOTAS THAT SPARKED DEADLY RIOTS LAST WEEK. THE STUDENT-LED PROTESTS ERUPTED IN RESPONSE TO A CONTROVERSIAL PLAN TO RESERVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT JOBS TO WAR VETERANS' DESCENDANTS. THE SUPREME COURT HAS NOW SCALED BACK THE QUOTA FROM 30% TO 5%. STUDENT ORGANISERS HAVE WELCOMED THE RULING BUT HAVE VOWED TO CONTINUE DEMONSTRATIONS UNTIL OTHER KEY DEMANDS ARE MET. TO SPORT, AND AMERICAN GOLFER XANDER SCHAUFFELE HAS WON THE BRITISH OPEN AT ROYAL TROON. SCHAUFFELE HAD AN IMPRESSIVE SIX-UNDER FINAL ROUND TO WIN HIS SECOND MAJOR OF THE YEAR BY TWO SHOTS. KIWI DANIEL HILLIER FINISHED TWO OVER IN A TIE FOR 19th, AND RYAN FOX FURTHER DOWN IN A TIE FOR 25th. MAX VERSTAPPEN'S FORMULA 1 CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD HAS CLOSED SLIGHTLY AFTER MCLAREN'S OSCAR PIASTRI WON HIS MAIDEN GRAND PRIX IN HUNGARY THIS MORNING. TEAM MATE LANDO NORRIS HELD THE LEAD WITH THREE LAPS TO GO, BUT WAS FORCED BY HIS TEAM TO GIVE IT BACK TO THE AUSTRALIAN. IT IS OSCAR PIASTRI, GRAND PRIX WINNER, WINNER IN HUNGARY, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME TAKES THE CHEQUERED FLAG AND WILL STAND ON THE TOP STEP OF A GRAND PRIX PODIUM. MAX VERSTAPPEN FINISHED BACK IN FIFTH, AFTER COLLIDING WITH LEWIS HAMILTON WHO WENT ON TO TAKE THIRD BEHIND THE MCLARENS. SLOVIAN CYCLIST TADEJ POGACAR HAS SECURED HIS TOUR DE FRANCE WITH A VICTORY IN THE FINAL STAGE. POGACAR WINNING THE STAGE 21 TIME TRAIL INTO NICE TO SECURE HIS THIRD YELLOW JERSEY. TADEJ POGACAR ` TOTAL CLASS, TOTAL DOMINANCE. SIX STAGE WINS, THREE TIMES TOUR DE FRANCE WINNER. THE TOUR'S FINAL WAS HELD OUTSIDE OF PARIS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1903 DUE TO THE UPCOMING OLYMPICS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` NOT A GOOD START TO THE WEEK FOR YOU. HEAVY SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. 16 DEGREES THE HIGH FOR EVERYWHERE. FURTHER SOUTH ` IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER HERE. HAMILTON, TOKOROA AND TAUPO, YOU'RE IN FOR SOGGY DAY. HEAVY RAIN TO START YOUR MORNING. THAT MIGHT EASE IN THE AFTERNOON. TO THE EAST COAST ` GREY CLOUDS ON THIS SIDE OF THE NORTH ISLAND. SHOWERS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. 12 DEGREES IN HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` SLIGHTLY BETTER DAY HERE. MORNING RAIN TURNING INTO A CLOUDY AFTERNOON. SMALL CHANCE OF SUN FOR MOST. WELLINGTON, LIVING UP TO YOUR NAME. EXPECT A WINDY DAY IN THE CAPITAL. 11 DEGREES THE HIGH THERE. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY START TO THE DAY FOR BLENHEIM. EXPECT SOME LATE CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE, GREY SKIES WILL CLEAR TO SUN FOR MOST. KAIKOURA, A WINDY DAY FOR YOU. 11 IS YOUR HIGH. HEADING SOUTH ` CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'RE IN FOR A WINDY DAY TOO. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MOST. A WET AFTERNOON EXPECTED FOR ASHBURTON. 10 DEGREES IS YOUR HIGH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` MILFORD SOUND, YOU ARE WAKING UP TO A GLORIOUS DAY. 12 DEGREES IS YOUR HIGH. EARLY MORNING SHOWERS FOR DUNEDIN, THAT WILL CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. NINE DEGREES IS YOUR HIGH. IF YOU JUST JOINED US, BIDEN DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE AND ENDORSES KAMALA HARRIS. ALSO COMING UP ` POSSIBLE CUT BACKS TO INSULATION REGULATIONS HAS SPARKED CONCERN AMONG BUILDERS, BUT IN THE FAR NORTH, THE NEWS IS BEING WELCOMED. WE'LL FIND OUT WHY. THAT IS INTERESTING. IF YOU HAVE JUST WOKEN UP, PRISON JOE BIDEN HAS JUST ANNOUNCED HE IS DROPPING OUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. ALREADY, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS SINCE HIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND OUTPOURING OF TRIBUTES COMING IN. WE WILL BRING YOU THE VERY LATEST THROUGHOUT THE SHOW. RIGHT NOW, IT IS ALMOST 7:45. PROPOSED CHANGES TO INSULATION REGULATIONS FOR NEW ZEALAND HOMES HAVE BEEN WELCOMED IN THE NORTH. THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING ROLLING BACK WHAT ARE KNOWN AS 'H1' STANDARDS, WHICH WERE INTRODUCED LAST YEAR. THEY REQUIRE HOUSES BE BUILT WITH A FORM OF GAS-FILLED WINDOWS AND A HIGHER LEVEL OF INSULATION, WITH THE EXACT FITTINGS DEPENDING ON THE DWELLING'S CLIMATE ZONE. BUT COMPLYING WITH THESE STANDARDS CAN ADD AN ESTIMATED $30,000 - $50,000 ONTO NEW BUILDS AND LOCAL POLITICIANS IN THE FAR NORTH SAY NOT ONLY ARE THESE REGULATIONS NOT NEEDED, BUT THEY'RE PROHIBITING NEW BUILDS. I'M JOINED NOW BY THE FAR NORTH MAYOR, MOKO TEPANIA, FROM THE WINTERLESS NORTH. ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THESE PROSPECTS? ABSOLUTELY. HERE IN THE FAR NORTH, WE HAVE HUGE LEVELS OF OVERCROWDING FOR HOUSING THAT WE HAVE. OUR HOUSING ARE SEVERELY UNAFFORDABLE AND WE HAVE HUNDREDS ON OUR WAITING LIST FOR PUBLIC HOUSING. WE VERY MUCH WELCOME THESE PROPOSED ROLLBACKS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN PUT IN A CLIMATE ZONE WHICH INCLUDES THE LIKES OF AUCKLAND, WESTERN AND EASTERN BAY OF PLENTY ANY CURRENT CLIMATE ZONE SAY THAT NORTHLAND HAS THE SAME LEVELS OF INSULATION AND WINDOWS AS THE LIKES OF THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. APPEAL TO ANY GIVEN DAY OF THE WEATHER, THE FINAL THAT NOT EXPERIENCE THE SAME WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT ANY HOUSING BUILT UP HERE IS GOING TO BE SAFE AND WARM AND COMFORTABLE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING OF FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN THESE HOMES. WE ALSO DO NOT WANT THEM TO BE INAPPROPRIATE OR COST PROHIBITIVE TO US, ENSURING THAT WE ARE BOOSTING THE NUMBERS OF HOUSES THAT WE ARE BUILDING A PAIR FOR OUR PEOPLE. THESE CHANGES ARE GOING TO MAKE HOUSING MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE BECAUSE WE ARE SEVERELY ON THE BACK IN TERMS OF HOUSES WE NEED TO PRODUCE FOR OUR PEOPLE APPEAR. WE ARE VERY WELCOME TO THESE CHANGES. YOU WOULD KNOW THERE ARE LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE OVERKILL OF REGULATIONS COMING FROM THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF LOCAL COUNSELLORS WHO WORK WITHIN THE BUILDING INDUSTRY HAVE A QUITE QUALIFIED IN THE SPACE. THEY HEARING FROM PEOPLE ON THE GROUND THAT ESPECIALLY FOR US APPEAR, WE DON'T MANUFACTURE ANY STUFF APPEAR IN THE NORTH SO WE HAVE TO BRING IT UP, WHICH IS BROUGHT UP COST. THE PREVIOUS STANDARDS OF HAVING DOUBLE GLAZING WAS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT HERE IN THE NORTH, I THINK IT WILL BE VERY WELCOME. WE WANT OUR GOVERNMENT, ALL THE DECISIONS THAT ARE ALWAYS MADE IN WELLINGTON, WE WANT THEM ON THE GROUND TALKING WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED INTIMATELY WITH THIS SO WE CAN FIND A BETTER FIT FOR US UP IN THE NORTH THAN A STANDARDISED ROLLOUT. WHAT ABOUT HEALTH? HOW IMPORTANT AND KEY IS THAT? AS A DISTRICT COUNCIL, WERE PUTTING TOGETHER A HOUSING STRATEGY TO BRING THE KEY PLAYERS IN THIS INTO THE SAME ROOMS SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND A SITUATION BETTER. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE STATISTICS. WE HAVE THE WORST HOUSING QUALITY IN NEW ZEALAND, AND IT AFFECTS THE HEALTH OF RESIDENTS. WE WANT GOOD STANDARDS, BUT WE WANT APPROPRIATE STANDARDS SO WE CAN BOOST THE NUMBER OF HOUSES THAT WE ARE BUILDING BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS THE FUNDAMENTALS TO GOOD WELL-BEING IS MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD, DRY PLACE TO LIVE. WE VERY MUCH WELCOME TO THESE CHANGES. SHORT TERM, THIS IS GREAT, BUT WHAT ABOUT LONG-TERM LOOKING AHEAD? FOR US IN THE FAR NORTH, WE ARE GOING TO SEE POPULATION GROWTH MORE THAN ANY OTHER DISTRICT IN THIS COUNTRY UNTIL THE 2050S. WHAT WE WANT IS ASSURANCE SO WE CAN BUILD. WE KNOW THAT WE CAN MEET THAT DEMAND AND HOUSING OUR PEOPLE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO GET THIS SORTED, AND I AM VERY MUCH WELCOME TO SING THESE CHANGES COME THROUGH. AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. E WHAI AKE NEI ` SCENES LIKE THIS COULD BE ON THE WAY FOR DUNEDIN. WHY YOU MIGHT WANT TO START BOOKING ACCOMMODATION NOW. # LEFT YOU UP. # WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THERE SHE IS ` THE WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON DC. YOU CAN START TO SEE PEOPLE GATHERING OUTSIDE. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, BREAKING NEWS OUT OF THE US THIS MORNING ` PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS PULLED OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. HE HAS ENDORSED HIS VICE PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS WORLD LEADERS ARE REACTING TO THE NEWS THIS MORNING. BARACK OBAMA HAS REACTED, RELEASING A STATEMENT SAYING, I KNOW JOE HAS NEVER BACKED DOWN FROM A FIGHT. TO DECIDE HE SHOULD PASS THE TORCH TO A NEW NOMINEE IS SURELY ONE OF THE TOUGHEST IN HIS LIFE, BUT I KNOW HE WOULDN'T MAKE THIS DECISION IN THIS HE BELIEVED IT WAS RIGHT FOR AMERICA. THIS IS BIG NEWS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. JUST BEFORE 6 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. WE'VE HAD REACTION THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE US JUST AFTER 8 O'CLOCK. WE WILL CATCH UP WITH A US JOURNALIST FOR THE LATEST. WHY HAS THE REACTION BEEN FROM THE DEMOCRATS? WHAT HAS THE REACTION BEEN FROM THE REPUBLICANS? WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU THE LATEST THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE PROGRAM. AND BACK HERE, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR CELESTIAL EVENTS VISIBLE FROM EARTH. A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. DUNEDIN LAST EXPERIENCED ONE WAY BACK IN 1163, IS IT 1163? BUT THE LONG WAIT FOR A REPEAT IS OVER ` ALMOST. FROM TODAY, IT'S FOUR YEARS AWAY BUT ONE MAN IS ALREADY MAKING PLANS. WARREN HURLEY FROM THE DUNEDIN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING. WARREN, TELL ME ` FOR YEARS AWAY, WHY THE EARLY PLANNING? THERE IS A LOT TO SORT OUT. AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL ECLIPSE, THERE SHOULD BE A LOT OF OTHER EVENTS IN THE EVENING AFTER THE ECLIPSE. DURING THE DAY IN THE LEAD UP, BECAUSE THIS IS A LATE AFTERNOON ECLIPSE, STARTING FROM ABOUT 3 O'CLOCK WITH THE MAIN EVENT, THE TOTALITY, OCCURRING JUST AFTER FOUR, 4:15 FOR THE NEXT TWO MINUTES AND 51 SECONDS. THAT IS GOING TO BE AN UNFORGETTABLE EVENT, BUT WE ARE EXPECTING A LOT OF VISITORS, AS THERE ARE FOUR ECLIPSES AROUND THE WORLD, AND SO IT IS JUST RIGHT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER EVENTS ORGANISED. YOU'VE SEEN AND ECLIPSE WITH YOUR OWN EYES. FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE EXPERIENCES LIKE? IT IS A STRANGE THING. IT STARTS VERY GRADUALLY, AND YOU DON'T NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCE UNLESS YOU ARE LOOKING THROUGH FILTERS AT THE SUN, BUT THE LAST FEW MINUTES, THE QUALITY OF THE LIGHT IN THE SKY CHANGES, AND THEN THE SUN JUST DISAPPEARS. THAT GOOD OLD SON THAT'S BEEN IN THE SKY EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE IS SUDDENLY NOT THERE, AND IT BRINGS ABOUT STRANGE FEELINGS IN A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND A LOT OF CONNECTEDNESS NOT ONLY WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU BUT ALSO SOMEHOW IT HAPPENS TO` CONNECTS YOU TO PEOPLE THROUGH TIME AS WELL. IT IS A WEIRD FEELING AND SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE REALLY SHOULD EXPERIENCE. CAN I ASK WHO YOU SAW IT WITH, WARREN/. WITH MY DAUGHTER. SHE CAME OVER TO AUSTRALIA UP IN MELBOURNE. AND WE DROVE UP ` TWO DAYS OF DRIVING, AND THAT ECLIPSE WAS ONLY 31 SECONDS, BUT IT WAS LIFE CHANGING. MAGIC. AND HOW EARLY DID YOU PLAN FOR THIS ECLIPSE? ABOUT THREE YEARS AHEAD. I SENT A FAX IN THOSE DAYS ` THAT WAS BACK IN 2000. I SENT A FAX TO THE HOTEL, AND THEY SENT A REPLY SAYING, YES, SURE. WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT JUST A YEAR BEFORE, THEY SAID, YES, YOU ARE RIGHT. THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM NASA WHO HAVE BOOKED OUR HOTEL. WE HAVE RESERVED A ROOM FOR YOU. YOU FAXED THE HOTEL THREE YEARS IN ADVANCE. THIS IS INCREDIBLE. WELL, I THINK PEOPLE ARE ALREADY BOOKING HERE FOR THIS ECLIPSE. I THINK PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY MADE BOOKINGS, SO IT HAS STARTED. IT IS HAPPENING. THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO GO TO NEXT ` HOW IS THE LITTLE TOWN OF DUNEDIN PREPARING FOR THIS? HOW MANY VISITORS MIGHT YOU EXPECT? AT LEAST 50,000. 30,000 IS A TINY TOWN. IT IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT IS WINTER, BUT THAT IS NOT A REASON TO NOT BE THERE. FOR ONE THING, IT MAY CLEAR UP, AND FOR ANOTHER THING, SEEING IT GO OVER THE CLOUDS AND MAKE IT REALLY, REALLY DARK AND SEE THAT LIGHT RACED TOWARDS YOU FROM THE WEST IS JUST ` THAT IS ALMOST AS GOOD AS A CLEAR SKY ECLIPSE. AND APART FROM THE WONDER OF IT ALL, HOW DOES AN ECLIPSE HELP SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH? THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS. ONE IS RELATIVITY, BECAUSE THE LIGHT COMING FROM DISTANT STARS CAN ACTUALLY BEND AROUND THE SUN, WHICH IS COVERED BUT STILL THERE. THERE IS SOME NEW RESEARCH GOING INTO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS THAT THE ECLIPSE HAS ON PEOPLE ` THAT SENSE OF AWE. YOU GET IT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU SEE A HUGE WATERFALL OR YOU SEE A STARRY NIGHT OR EVEN, SAY, ATTENDING AN AMAZING CONCERT. YOU FEEL A CONNECTEDNESS. A VERY SIMILAR FEELING, AND SCIENCES NOW SHOWING THAT IT HAS A POSITIVE EFFECT ON PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH. IT IS JUST GOOD ALL-AROUND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. IF YOU DO WANT TO GO AHEAD AND FOUR YEARS TIME, BOOK IN EARLY. THAT IS FASCINATING. SO MANY PEOPLE ARE PREPARING FOR IT ALREADY. I TELL YOU WHAT ` OUR PREPARATIONS ARE GETTING UNDERWAY OVER IN THE US TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S THE NEXT NOMINEE FOR THE DEMOCRAT PARTY HEADING INTO THE NOVEMBER 5 ELECTION. WITH PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN STEPPING ASIDE AND ENDORSING HIS VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MANY WORLD LEADERS HAVE COME OUT RAISING JOE BIDEN FOR MAKING THAT DECISION. ONE IS PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WHO SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT JOE BIDEN IS A PATRIOT OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. YOU CAN IMAGINE ON THE FLIP SIDE WITH THE REPUBLICANS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING, THAT HE SHOULD RESIGN RIGHT NOW. THEY DON'T MINCE THEIR WORDS. WE ARE GOING TO HEAD BACK TO THE US AFTER THE LATEST NEWS. AND ERROR HAS GOT IT. U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS ENDED HIS BID FOR RE-ELECTION THIS MORNING, SAYING IT'S IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE COUNTRY TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. OUR U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH JOINS US NOW. MORENA, LOGAN. WHAT DO WE KNOW? WELL, MANY HERE I'VE BEEN TALKING TO WERE EXPECTING JOB IDENTITY STEP ASIDE AT SOME TIME, BUT TODAY, WHILE THAT CAME AS A SURPRISE, HE'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN ISOLATING DUE TO COVID-19 IN DELAWARE. THE REASON IT CAME AS A SURPRISE AS HE HAS BEEN FIGHTING HARD TO REINVIGORATE HIS RE-ELECTION CHANCES, EVEN A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO HE PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING WE WILL WIN THIS TOGETHER. HE HAS BEEN HOLDING EVENTS IN RECENT WEEKS AND SAYING EMPHATICALLY, I AM, QUOTE, STAYING IN THE RACE. WHAT WILL QUITE LIKELY HAPPEN AS A GROUND SWELL OF DEMOCRATS, THERE IS AN INCREASING NUMBER IN HIS OWN PARTY ASKING BOTH BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND QUITE PUBLICLY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER JOE BIDEN IS THE RIGHT MAN TO LEAD THEM INTO A NOVEMBER ELECTION AND BEAT DONALD TRUMP. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, THOUGH, THE DEMOCRATS HAD TO FORMALLY SELECT WHO THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL PIC WILL BE. IT IS WIDELY EXPECTED THAT WILL BE KAMALA HARRIS. THAT WILL BE CONFIRMED AT THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN CHICAGO NEXT MONTH. THANKS, LOGAN. AND A POLLSTER FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SAYS KAMALA HARRIS AVOIDING BECOMING A 'BIDEN 2.0' WILL BE KEY TO HER CAMPAIGN. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RATES, WHICH SHE DOES BRILLIANTLY AND EMOTIONALLY IN A WAY THAT IS AUTHENTIC TO HER BUT ALWAYS FELT DIFFICULT FOR JOE BIDEN INTO ARTICULATE. IT IS THE NUMBER-ONE CRITICISM IN OUR POLLING FOR TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS. SO IT IS ENCOURAGING TO HAVE ANOTHER CANDIDATE WHO WILL BE ABLE TO FINALLY MAKE A FULL ATTACK ON PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS. THERE'S A WARNING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS STRUGGLING ENORMOUSLY TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND INCREASED CARE FOR PROVIDERS BY 4% LAST WEEK, WELL SHORT OF THE 10% WANTED BY GP'S. DR SAMANTHA MURTON SAYS THE ENTIRE SECTOR IS AT TIPPING POINT. WE COVER 23 MILLION CONTACTS PER YEAR, AND THE HOSPITALS COVER ABOUT A MILLION IN THEIR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS SO THE LION'S SHARE OF THE WORK HAPPENS IN GENERAL PRACTICE, AND I THINK THE VALUE THAT IT PROVIDES IS ENORMOUS, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE RECOGNISED. HEALTH MINISTER SHANE RETI SAYS HEALTH NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SECTOR ON ITS ANNUAL CAPITATION UPLIFT. IT'S FEARED THE 'CASCADE' EFFECT OF THE GLOBAL IT OUTAGE OVER THE WEEKEND WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN HACKING. THE OUTAGE FROM A U.S. CYBERSECURITY FIRM BLOCKED ACCESS TO MANY BIG BANKS, ROUNDED MORE THAN 4,000 FLIGHTS WORLDWIDE, GROUNDED* AND CRASHED PAYMENT SYSTEMS ACROSS ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES. IT WAS CAUSED BY A SINGLE DEFECT IN A WINDOWS UPDATE. FORMER INTELLIGENCE AND DEFENCE POLICY ANALYST PAUL BUCHANAN SAYS IT COULD SPARK MORE HACKING ACTIVITY. IT RIPPLES TOWN AND HAS A CASCADE EFFECT DOWN TO THE DAILY USER SO, THE CASCADE EFFECT IS THE DANGER. AND THE THING IS, HERE IT WAS JUST A SOFTWARE GLITCH. MALICIOUS ACTORS WILL SEE THIS FOR A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITIES. ACTING PRIME MINISTER DAVID SEYMOUR SAYS THE OUTAGE WAS NOT CRITICAL HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. TAURANGA'S NEW MAYOR MAHE DRYSDALE SAYS HIS SPORTING SKILLS ARE TRANSFERABLE TO THE COUNCIL TABLE. PRELIMINARY RESULTS SHOW DRYSDALE HAS WON THE ELECTION WITH MORE THAN 16,000 VOTES. IT'S THE FIRST TAURANGA ELECTION IN FIVE YEARS AFTER THE LAST COUNCIL WERE DISESTABLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT, DUE TO BEING DYSFUNCTIONAL. MAHE DRYSDALE SAYS HE'S 'EXCITED' ABOUT LEADING NEW ZEALAND'S FIFTH-LARGEST CITY. I WANT PEOPLE THAT HAVE LEARNED TO SUCCEED, AND I BELIEVE THAT THOSE SKILLS ARE TRANSFERRABLE INTO DIFFERENT ROLES. I'M REALLY EXCITED. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF COUNCILLORS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE, AND THEY'LL BE A BIG PART OF HELPING US, GUIDE US THROUGH SOME OF THE INTRICACIES. BUT I REALLY AM EXCITED ABOUT THE TEAM AND WHAT WE CAN DELIVER. THE FINAL RESULT WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THURSDAY, AND THE NEW COUNCIL WILL BE SWORN IN ON FRIDAY. TO SPORT, AND THE ALL BLACKS HAVE ARRIVED BACK FROM THE U.S. AFTER BEATING FIJI IN SAN DIEGO OVER THE WEEKEND. THE BIG NEWS IS ARDIE SAVEA SIGNING FOR MOANA PASIFIKA. THE LOOSE FORWARD WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT, BUT HIS FORMER HURRICANES TEAMMATES SUPPORT THE DECISION. YEAH, ARDIE'S BEEN UNBELIEVABLE FOR THE HURRICANES AND FOR NEW ZEALAND RUGBY. HE'S GOT OUR BEST WISHES, AND IT'S AN EXCITING PHASE GOING FORWARD FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY, AND HE'LL GET TO PLAY WITH HIS BROTHER NOW, SO IT'S A PRETTY COOL TIME FOR HIM. THE ALL BLACKS WILL HAVE SOME TIME OFF BEFORE THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD IS ANNOUNCED THIS SUNDAY. TO SPORT, AND XANDER SCHAUFFELE IS STILL WAITING FOR HIS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP WIN TO SINK IN. SCHAUFFELE HAD AN IMPRESSIVE SIX-UNDER FINAL ROUND TO WIN HIS SECOND MAJOR OF THE YEAR BY TWO SHOTS. IT MEANS A LOT. IT'S SOMETHING ALL OF US PLAY FOR, AND IT REALLY IS A DREAM COME TRUE TO BE HOLDING THIS. AND IT DEFINITELY HASN'T SUNK IN YET. YOU KNOW, MY BRAIN IS STILL GRINDING ON THIS AMAZING PROPERTY HERE JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE HOLE, SO I CAN'T WANT TO SIT BACK AND HAVE A MOMENT WITH THIS CLARET JUG. KIWI DANIEL HILLIER FINISHED TWO OVER IN A TIE FOR 19th, WITH RYAN FOX FURTHER DOWN THE LEADERBOARD IN A TIE FOR 25th. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` NOT A GOOD START TO THE WEEK FOR YOU. HEAVY SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. KAITAIA, EXPECT THAT TO LAST ALL DAY. 16 DEGREES FOR YOU. FURTHER SOUTH ` IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER HERE. HAMILTON, TOKOROA AND TAUPO, YOU'RE IN FOR SOGGY DAY. HEAVY RAIN TO START YOUR MORNING. 5 DEGREES THE HIGH IN TAUPO. 12* TO THE EAST COAST ` GREY CLOUDS ON THIS SIDE OF THE NORTH ISLAND. SHOWERS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. 15 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` SLIGHTLY BETTER DAY HERE. MORNING RAIN TURNING INTO A CLOUDY AFTERNOON. SMALL CHANCE OF SUN FOR MOST. 11 DEGREES FOR A WINDY DAY IN THE CAPITAL. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY START TO THE DAY FOR BLENHEIM. EXPECT SOME LATE CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE, GREY SKIES WILL CLEAR TO SUN FOR MOST. KAIKOURA, A WINDY DAY FOR YOU. 11 IS YOUR HIGH. HEADING SOUTH ` CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'RE IN FOR A WINDY DAY TOO. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MOST. A SOGGY AFTERNOON EXPECTED FOR ASHBURTON. 10 DEGREES FOR YOU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` MILFORD SOUND, YOU ARE WAKING UP TO A GLORIOUS DAY. EARLY MORNING SHOWERS FOR DUNEDIN, THAT WILL CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. A FINE DAY FOR THE REST OF YOU. 12 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND. AND IF YOU'RE TRAVELLING THROUGH LEWIS PASS AND PORTERS PASS, IN A NOT-SO-SHOCK ANNOUNCEMENT THIS MORNING, U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ENDED HIS BID FOR RE-ELECTION. HIS WITHDRAWAL FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE FOLLOWS WEEKS OF SPECULATION ABOUT HIS MENTAL ACUITY AND MOUNTING PRESSURE FROM FELLOW DEMOCRATS TO STEP ASIDE. HE SAYS HIS DECISION IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF HIS COUNTRY, BUT HE WILL STAY ON FOR THE REMAINING SIX MONTHS OF HIS TERM. FOR NOW, HE'S THROWING HIS SUPPORT BEHIND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. WE SPOKE TO FORMER SENIOR ADVISER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA, PETER LOGE, EARLIER. I THINK SHE'S SMART, SHE'S EFFECTIVE, SHE IS ONE STATEWIDE IN CALIFORNIA A COUPLE OF TIMES. JUST OPTICALLY I THINK THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AT THIS POINT CAN'T SAY NO TO A SMART, WELL EDUCATED, ACCOMPLISHED AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN. I JUST THINK YOU WOULD LOSE A LOT OF WHAT BIDEN WAS ALREADY LOSING. FOR MORE ON WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE DEMOCRATS, I'M JOINED NOW BY JOURNALIST BRIAN STELTER. BRAIN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE DEMOCRATS? KAMALA JUST ISSUED A STATEMENT ABOUT THREE MINUTES AGO SAYING, I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO UNITE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND UNITE THE NATION TO DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP. SHE IS ACCEPTING BIDEN'S NOMINATION, EXCEPTING THE ENDORSEMENT, RATHER, AND MOVING FORWARD. THIS IS NOW HER RACE TO LOSE WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. WHEN IT COMES TO DEFEATING DONALD TRUMP, IT IS ANYBODY'S GUESS WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE VERY RARE DAYS IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHERE EVERYTHING ACTUALLY SUDDENLY CHANGED ALL THAT ONCE, BECAUSE IT IS NO LONGER A REMATCH ` MOST AMERICANS WERE DREADING THIS REMATCH BETWEEN TRUMP AND BIDEN. SUDDENLY EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED. WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT HER AND CAN SHE TURN THIS RACE AROUND? FOUR YEARS SHE HAS BEEN SIDELINED BY HER OWN ADMINISTRATION. LET'S JUST BE HONEST ABOUT IT. THERE ARE TIMES SHE HAS BEEN UNDERMINED, WHERE SHE HAS BEEN KIND OF HEADING OFF ON THE SIDELINES. NOW THERE HAS BEEN A BIG CHANGE IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. SHE IS MUCH MORE VISIBLE, MUCH MORE PRESENT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. SHE IS DOING WHAT BIDEN COULDN'T DO. BIDEN HAS BEEN SO DIMINISHED AND WASN'T UP TO THIS JOB OF CAMPAIGNING AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. SHE COMES IN AND FILL THAT VOID IMMEDIATELY. THINK ABOUT THE CONTRAST BETWEEN HARRIS AND TRUMP. SHE IS A FORMER PROSECUTOR; HE IS A CONVICTED FELON. THAT IS HOW DEMOCRATS I GOING TO PORTRAY THIS ` A LAWYER VERSUS A CROOK. HE IS A MAN WHO HALF OF AMERICA THINKS IS RACIST AND MISOGYNIST. WE HAVE A BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA WITH THESE TWO DIFFERENT FIGURES. TYPICALLY, WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO BE HARRIS. AB SHE WILL BE CHALLENGED. WE JUST AREN'T SURE. BUT FOR NOW THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS GETTING BEHIND HER IN A BIG WAY. IN TERMS OF GETTING BEHIND HARRIS, WHAT WILL HER CAMP BE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW? SHE WILL WANT TO BE OUT IN PUBLIC, VISIBLE, HOLDING EVENTS, GIVING SPEECHES, INTERVIEWS, DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT FRANKLY JOE BIDEN WAS NOT DOING IN THE PAST WEEKS. I WONDER WHAT HER FIRST BIG TELEVISION EVENT IS GOING TO BE ` I DON'T KNOW. SHE NOW NEEDS TO REINTRODUCE HERSELF TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THE REALITY IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS ABOUT HER. SHE HAS BEEN DEMONISED BY THE TRUMP SIDE FOR YEARS. I BET SOME CAN'T EVEN SPELL HER NAME. SO IT IS GOING TO BE A REINTRODUCTION. WHAT WILL A DEBATE BETWEEN TRUMP AND HARRIS LOOK LIKE? THAT IS A VERY INTERESTING QUESTION. WE MAY SEE IT IN SEPTEMBER, AS TRUMP HAS AGREED TO A SECOND OF EIGHT WITH THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. HE AGREED TO BIDEN, BUT MAYBE HE WILL BACKOUT ANOTHER IT IS SOMEONE ELSE. WHAT WE SEE AS A CONTRAST BOTH OF RACE AND GENDER, AS I MENTIONED, BUT ALSO AGE. BIDEN'S BIGGEST WEAKNESS WAS MOST AMERICANS SAW HE WAS WAY TOO OLD TO BE PRESIDENT FOR FOUR YEARS. NOW ALL THE PRESSURE ON AGE IS ON DONALD TRUMP WHO WAS 78, WHO IS SUDDENLY NOW THE OLDEST PERSON TO BE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT ` THAT TITLE WAS BIDEN'S BEFORE. KAMALA HARRIS IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY DO YOU REALLY WANT THIS GUY TO INCITE A COUP TO BE BACK IN OFFICE? I WOULD LOVE WEEKLY DEBATES. I THINK THE PEOPLE DESERVE A REAL CAMPAIGN. IT IS GOOD TO REMIND OUR VIEW IS THAT HARRIS IS JUST A NOMINEE AT THIS STAGE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER POTENTIAL CANDIDATES AND WHO ARE THEY? THERE DEFINITELY ARE, AND EVEN THOUGH A LOT OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERS HAVE SUPPORTED HER, A LOT HAVEN'T. BARACK OBAMA AND NANCY PELOSI'S STATEMENTS DID NOT ENDORSE HER. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING, LET'S HAVE A COMPETITION. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE IN THAT COMPETITION. WHITMER HAS ALREADY SAID SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS. THE OTHERS ARE BEING VERY CAREFUL. IT IS TOO SOON. WE DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THOSE OTHER NAMES ARE GOING TO THROW THEIR HAT IN THE RING OR NOT. WE KNOW THERE IS A DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION NEXT MONTH. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT THERE? IT WILL EITHER BE A CORONATION OF HARRIS WHERE SHE BECOMES A NOMINEE OR IT WILL BE A CONTESTED CONVENTION WHERE 3000 DELEGATES WILL VOTE ON WHO THEY WANT TO BE. EVEN IF PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE NOT RUNNING, THEY CAN STILL BE NOMINATED. IT IS GOING TO EITHER BE MESSY IN CHICAGO NEXT MONTH OR IT WILL BE ALL TIED UP BY THEN. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS AS AN ATTEMPT BY DEMOCRAT LEADERS TO MAKE SURE IT IS NOT MESSY. JUST BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO HAPPEN, DOESN'T MEAN IT WILL HAPPEN. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY LOVES TO FIGHT, AND THEY WILL BE FIGHTING OVER WHO THE NOMINEE IS. HOW WELL JOE BIDEN BE REMEMBERED? HE WILL BE REMEMBERED AS SOMEONE WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THE TIDE OF CREEPING AUTHORITARIANISM. SOMEONE WHO RESISTED THE CHAOS AFTER THE TRUMP YEARS, TRIED TO MAKE AMERICA SANE AGAIN. THAT WOULD BE HIS CAMPAIGN SLOGAN AFTER YEARS OF TRUMP. HE WAS A GRANDFATHERLY FIGURE, BUT WITH MANY GRANDPARENTS, THEY HAVE TO GIVE UP THE PROVERBIAL CAR KEYS, AND THAT IS WHAT JUST HAPPENED. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM WORLD LEADERS WERE ALSO LEADERS IN THE US. IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, HOW ARE THEY TAKING THIS NEWS? VOTERS WERE SAYING FOR YEARS THAT BIDEN WAS TOO OLD TO RUN FOR FOUR YEARS. THEY DON'T WANT A GERONTOCRACY. THEY ARE TIRED OF OLD PEOPLE RUNNING THE COURTS AND THE CONGRESS. THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH POLITICAL BURNOUT AND FATIGUE. A LOT AMERICANS ARE JUST TUNED OUT OF POLITICS RIGHT NOW. FOR ONE, TRUMP WAS JUST SHOT IN THAT HORRIBLE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. NOW THE DEMOCRATS HAVE COME UP WITH A NEW NOMINEE. THIS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE FASCINATING AND THAT'S WHY AMERICANS WHO WERE REALLY DISAPPOINTED BY THE CANDIDATES AND A REMATCH ARE NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN EXCITED AGAIN. HERE IS MY QUESTION TO YOU, BRIAN ` IS IT POSSIBLE TO BEAT TRUMP? ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP HAS AUTHORITARIAN IMPULSES. HE IS SOMEONE WHO HAS A VERY HIGH FLOOR, BUT HE HAS A LOW CEILING. IT IS HARD FOR HIM TO GROW IN THE SUPPORT HE ALREADY HAS. EVEN AFTER BEING SHOT AT, SUDDENLY A LOT OF VOTERS ARE BACK IN FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT IS ACTUALLY NOT HAPPENING. A LOT OF AMERICANS ARE ANTI-TRUMP, BUT IT COMES DOWN TO WHO IS GOING TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER. WHO'S GOING TO THE BALLOT BOX. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE NOT EXCITED ABOUT BIDEN. PERHAPS A YOUNG WOMAN OF COLOUR IS GOING TO EXCITE THE DEMOCRATS TO GO AND VOTE AGAINST TRUMP. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INSIGHT AND YOUR TIME. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. JUST REITERATING ` KAMALA HARRIS HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING IT IS HER INTENTION TO WIN THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION HEADING INTO THE POLLS ON 5 NOVEMBER, ME U TONU MAI ` WE ARE GOING TO PUT A HANDBRAKE ON US POLITICS. WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HEALTH AND LSD. COULD IT HELP PEOPLE WITH CANCER? WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT A WORLD-FIRST STUDY NEXT. # YOU WON'T REPLY AND WE'LL GO BACK TO STRANGERS. IT IS 8:21. IN A WORLD FIRST, A TRIAL OF LSD MICRODOSING IN LATE STAGE CANCER PATIENTS IS UNDERWAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND. IT'S ABOUT TREATING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS PEOPLE EXPERIENCE WHEN BATTLING CANCER. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY DOCTOR LISA REYNOLDS, WHO'S LEADING THE STUDY. DR REYNOLDS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. TELL ME ABOUT THIS STUDY. THANK YOU. AS YOU SAID, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS HAPPENING ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. IT IS QUITE NOVEL. IT IS A STUDY WHERE WE ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER LSD ALONGSIDE AN ALREADY TAUT THERAPY CALLED MEANING CENTRED PSYCHOTHERAPY MAY BE HELPFUL IN PEOPLE WITH ADVANCED STAGE CANCER. WHAT ARE THE PROPERTIES OF LSD THAT MAKE IT POTENTIALLY GOOD FOR LATE STAGE CANCER PATIENTS? GOOD QUESTION. LSD IS A SUBSTANCE ` MAYBE IT SOUNDS A BIT OUT THERE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, WITH A STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH IT ` BUT THERE ARE STUDIES RECENTLY THAT SUGGESTS THAT IT COULD BE HELPFUL. WAY BACK IN THE 60S AND EARLY 70S, THERE WERE SOME STUDIES THAT CAME OUT OF THE USA LOOKING AT A HIGH DOSE OF LSD IN WOMEN THAT HAD CANCER, AND THEY FOUND THAT PEOPLE WERE ` AFTER THE SINGLE DOSE OF LSD ` THEY HAD LESS ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND LESS PAIN AND FATIGUE AND LESS FEELINGS OF ISOLATION AS WELL, SO THAT IS A LONG TIME AGO. THERE WAS A BIG HIATUS AND ALL KINDS OF PSYCHEDELIC RESEARCH. RECENTLY COLLEAGUES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND HAVE STUDIED LSD MICRO DOSING, AND HAVE FOUND IN THE VOLUNTEERS THAT CAN LEAD TO TEMPORARY IMPROVEMENTS IN MOOD AND AN INCREASED FEELING OF CONNECTION AND CREATIVITY. THAT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD MIND STATE TO BE IN WHEN SOMEONE MIGHT BE PARTICIPATING IN A TALK THERAPY. YOU WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING INTO PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPY TO BE OPEN AND FEELING REASONABLY GOOD AND CONNECTING WITH THEIR THERAPIST WILL SO SORRY TO BE ANNOYING, BUT I CAN HEAR YOUR MIC. PERFECT. WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. IT'S MICRO DOSING ALONGSIDE TALK THERAPY, AND YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 15 PARTICIPANTS AT THE MOMENT, BUT YOU WANT MORE. WE DO NEED MORE. WE ARE HOPING TO GET 40 PARTICIPANTS. WE WOULD LIKE 20 OF THEM TO BE MAORI AND 20 TO BE NON-MAORI. SO 50% MAORI. A COULD BE THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE SOME KIND OF RESERVATION ABOUT BEING IN A STUDY INVESTIGATING LSD, BUT WE'VE GOT EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE IT IS COMPLETELY SAFE. THIS IS A FEASIBILITY TRIAL, SO WE ARE TESTING VISIBILITY AND ALSO THE SAFETY OF IT. WHAT ROLE DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE IN THIS? BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY WENT BACK ANYTHING WITHOUT EVIDENCE. THIS IS WHERE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY IS IN PLACE, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. MY JOB IS TO WORK ON THE EVIDENCE AND TO ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WORK OUT WHETHER THIS IS HELPFUL. THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. AGAIN, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LATE STAGE CANCER PATIENTS. RIGHT. SO YOU NEED MORE OF THEM, AND IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THIS, HOW CAN THEY MAKE CONTACT? THE BEST WAY TO MAKE CONTACT IS TO EMAIL US. WE HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS WELLBEINGTRAILS@AUCKLAND.AC.NZ WE WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE ELIGIBLE, BUT, YEAH, EMAIL US. WHAT OUTCOME ARE YOU HOPING OUT OF THIS? WE ARE HOPING IT WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER OPTION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE FACING END OF LIFE OR HAVE ADVANCED DISEASE. THERE ARE OTHER PSYCHOTHERAPIES AND COUNSELLING OPTIONS OUT THERE, BUT THIS I THINK HAS POTENTIAL TO OFFER SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT. IT IS NOT GOING TO SET EVERYONE, BUT I THINK FOR SOME PEOPLE IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION AND BEING WITH US HERE ON BREAKFAST. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, WE'LL MEET NEW ZEALAND'S OLDEST BOXER, NEW ZEALAND'S MOST MATURE BOXER. I DON'T LIKE THE WORD OLD. STILL COMPETITIVELY THROWING PUNCHES AT THE AGE OF 55. SHE IS JUST A SPRING CHICKEN. ANYWAY, SHE'S GOING TO BE JOINING US NEXT. VOICEOVER: Get your free 'Consumer's Guide to Hearing Aids', New Zealand's only independent guide to all the latest models. Choose the right hearing aid for your lifestyle and budget. Call 0800 45 45 42 for your free copy. THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IS IN FOR A SHAKE-UP, WITH JOE BIDEN ENDING HIS BID FOR RE-ELECTION THIS MORNING. OUR U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH JOINS US NOW. MORENA, LOGAN. WHAT DO WE KNOW? WELL, AND THE LAST FIVE SECONDS, IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THAT KEMAL HARRIS IS NOW OFFICIALLY IN THE RACE. JOE BIDEN ENDORSED AS VP JUST AFTER MAKING THE DECISION TODAY THAT HE WILL STEP ASIDE. IF YOU LOOK AT JOE BIDEN'S LEGACY AS PRESIDENT, HE CAME INTO THE OFFICE AT A TIME OF GREATER PEOPLE IN THE US DUE TO COVID. THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT DEALT WITH OVER A MILLION DEATHS IN THE ECONOMY WAS RUINED. A BIG PART OF HIS PRESIDENCY WAS REBUILDING THE ECONOMY, AND HE HAS BY AND LARGE DONE A GOOD JOB OF THAT. HE HAS BEEN A CONTROVERSIAL PRESIDENT. AMONG THOSE CONTROVERSIES HAS BEEN THE ONGOING SUPPORT FOR COUNTRIES SUCH AS ISRAEL AND SENDING SUPPORT TO THEM AS IT CONTINUES ITS WAR, AS WELL AS THE BLEEDING ULCER THAT IS THE US MEXICO BORDER. JUST TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF A SENSE AS TO HOW MONUMENTAL TODAY IS, THE WASHINGTON POST IS PUT A FLASH NEWS ALERT SAYING QUITE SIMPLY THAT TODAY IS A STORY CAN USE OR SHAPE OUR WORLD FOR YEARS TO COME. UP TODAY, I'M GOING TO BAN MYSELF FROM USING THE WORD UNPRECEDENTED. WHO KNOWS HOW THE SELECTION IS GOING TO GO BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN RECENT YEARS, OR IN MY LIFETIME. AND, LOGAN, WHAT WILL JOE BIDEN'S LEGACY AS PRESIDENT BE? AS I SAID, IT IS THAT FOCUS ON COVID AND GETTING THE COUNTRY OUT OF WHERE IT IS. HE JUST CAME IN AFTER FOUR YEARS AT DONALD TRUMP BEING PRESIDENT. UNFORTUNATELY FOR JOE BIDEN AND THE QUESTION OF LEGACY, SO MUCH OF IT IS BEEN AROUND IN RECENT WEEKS AND MONTHS OF HIS CAPACITY. WE HAD THAT DISASTROUS DEBATE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP WHERE HE LOST HIS TRAIN OF THOUGHT AND WENT OFF ON TANGENTS. YOU COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS SAYING. BUT TODAY, WORLD LEADERS AND DEMOCRATS ARE PRAISING JOE BIDEN, MANY SAYING HE HAS MADE THE RIGHT DECISION. PEOPLE ALSO PRAISING HIM AS A PRESIDENT THAT PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER FONDLY. HE WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE GREAT STATESMAN OF THE UNITED STATES. LOGAN CHURCH, OUR US CORRESPONDENT LIVE IN CHICAGO. AND JOURNALIST BRIAN STELTER SAYS KAMALA HARRIS' INCREASED PRESENCE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN RECENT WEEKS HAS PUT HER IN PRIME POSITION FOR THE PARTY NOMINATION. THINK ABOUT THE CONTRAST BETWEEN HARRIS AND TRUMP. HARRIS IS A FORMER PROSECUTOR, TRUMP IS A CONVICTED FELON. SO YOU HAVE THIS COP VERSUS A CROOK, THAT'S THE WAY THE DEMOCRATS ARE GONNA PORTRAY THIS. IT IS ALSO SUDDENLY A WOMAN OF COLOUR WHO IS THE LIKELY DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE VERSUS A MAN THAT HALF OF AMERICA THINKS IS RACIST AND MISOGYNIST. SO YOU HAVE A REAL BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA WITH THESE TWO VERY DIFFERENT FIGURES. BUT, TO BE CLEAR, WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE HARRIS. MAYBE SHE WILL BE CHALLENGED, MAYBE THERE WILL BE A CONTESTED CONVENTION IN AUGUST, WE JUST DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT RIGHT NOW, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS GETTING BEHIND HARRIS IN A VERY BIG WAY. A 1 NEWS INVESTIGATION HAS UNCOVERED A RAFT OF ANIMAL WELFARE CONCERNS AT ORANA WILDLIFE PARK IN CHRISTCHURCH. THE PARK IS HOME TO MORE THAN 1,000 ANIMALS AND 90 SPECIES. 20 CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES HAVE TOLD 1 NEWS THAT SOME ANIMAL DEATHS AND INJURIES HAVE NEVER BEEN BROUGHT TO LIGHT, AND IN OTHER CASES HAVE BEEN MISREPRESENTED BY THE PARK. LEAKED PHOTOS AND VIDEOS INDICATE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST DECADE. WHEN YOU'RE CONSTANTLY FIGHTING THIS BATTLE AND THE ANIMALS ARE LOSING IT, IT'S SO HEARTBREAKING. I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE STRONGEST PEOPLE I KNOW BREAK INTO TEARS. ORANA WILDLIFE PARK DECLINED INTERVIEW REQUESTS, BUT SAID IN A STATEMENT MANY OF THE CLAIMS MADE BY 1 NEWS ARE INACCURATE AND OUT OF CONTEXT, MISSING VITAL PIECES OF INFORMATION. AND YOU CAN FIND MORE FROM THOMAS MEADS' INVESTIGATION ON OUR WEBSITE. DOWNLOAD THE 1 NEWS APP OR GO TO 1news.co.nz/orana. THE FAR NORTH MAYOR IS WELCOMING THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS TO SLASH COSTLY INSULATION LEGISLATION. THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING ROLLING BACK WHAT ARE KNOWN AS 'H1' STANDARDS WHICH WERE INTRODUCED IN MAY LAST YEAR. MOKO TEPANIA SAYS THE CHANGES ARE GOING TO ALLOW FOR MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE BUILT. THESE CHANGES ARE GOING TO MAKE HOUSING MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE TO BUILD, BECAUSE WE ARE SEVERELY ON THE BACK FOOT IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF HOUSES WE NEED TO PRODUCE FOR OUR PEOPLE UP HERE, TO HOUSE THEM, SO VERY MUCH WELCOME TO THESE CHANGES. THE INSULATION ASSOCIATION IS ENCOURAGING THE GOVERNMENT TO GIVE THE INSULATION CHANGES TIME TO BE PROPERLY BEDDED IN BEFORE SCRAPPING THEM. TO SPORT, AND AMERICAN XANDER SCHAUFFELE HAS CONTINUED HIS MAJOR FORM, WINNING THE BRITISH OPEN AT ROYAL TROON. SCHAUFFELE HAD AN IMPRESSIVE SIX UNDER FINAL ROUND TO WIN HIS SECOND MAJOR OF THE YEAR BY TWO SHOTS. KIWI DANIEL HILLIER FINISHED TWO OVER IN A TIE FOR 19TH, AND RYAN FOX FURTHER DOWN IN A TIE FOR 25TH. MAX VERSTAPPEN'S FORMULA 1 CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD HAS CLOSED SLIGHTLY AFTER MCLAREN'S OSCAR PIASTRI WON HIS MAIDEN GRAND PRIX IN HUNGARY THIS MORNING. TEAM MATE LANDO NORRIS HELD THE LEAD WITH THREE LAPS TO GO, BUT WAS FORCED BY HIS TEAM TO GIVE IT BACK TO THE AUSTRALIAN. IT IS OSCAR PIASTRI, GRAND PRIX WINNER, WINNER IN HUNGARY, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, TAKES THE CHEQUERED FLAG AND WILL STAND ON THE TOP STEP OF THE GRAND PRIX PODIUM. MAX VERSTAPPEN FINISHED BACK IN FIFTH, AFTER COLLIDING WITH LEWIS HAMILTON, WHO WENT ON TO TAKE THIRD BEHIND THE MCLARENS. KIWI INDYCAR DRIVER SCOTT DIXON HAS FINISHED THIRD AT THE GRAND PRIX OF TORONTO THIS MORNING. AMERICAN COLTON HERTA TOOK THE CHEQUERED FLAG, WINNING HIS FIRST RACE IN MORE THAN TWO YEARS. IT WAS A DISAPPOINTING FINISH FOR FELLOW KIWI SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN WHO WAS PUSHED INTO THE WALL WITH EIGHT LAPS TO GO. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` RAINY, WET DAY. HEAVY SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. 16 DEGREES THE HIGH THROUGHOUT THE REGION. FURTHER SOUTH ` IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER HERE. HAMILTON, TOKOROA AND TAUPO, YOU'RE IN FOR SOGGY DAY. TO THE EAST COAST ` GREY CLOUDS ON THIS SIDE OF THE NORTH ISLAND. SHOWERS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME SUN PEEKING OUT. 12 DEGREES THE HIGH FOR HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` SLIGHTLY BETTER DAY HERE. MORNING RAIN TURNING INTO A CLOUDY AFTERNOON. WELLINGTON, LIVING UP TO YOUR NAME. EXPECT A WINDY DAY IN THE CAPITAL. 11 DEGREES THE HIGH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY START TO THE DAY FOR BLENHEIM. THE REST OF YOU WILL SEE SOME SUNSHINE. HEADING SOUTH ` CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'RE IN FOR A WINDY DAY TOO. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MOST. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` MILFORD SOUND, YOU ARE WAKING UP TO A GLORIOUS DAY. 12 DEGREES IS YOUR HIGH. DUNEDIN, UNFORTUNATELY NOT FOR YOU. WET MORNING. NINE DEGREES IS YOUR HIGH. AT 55, NEW ZEALAND'S OLDEST BOXER CANNOT COMPETITIVELY BOX IN NEW ZEALAND. BUT BOXER LISA RYAN SAYS THE OVERSEAS MASTER BOXING CIRCUIT IS BOOMING. SHE'S JUST TAKEN OUT THE AGELESS WARRIORS AMATEUR TOURNAMENT IN AUSTRALIA. LISA JOINS US NOW FOR MORE. YOU ARE OUR MOST MATURE BOXER, I RECKON. THAT IS A LOVELY WAY OF PUTTING IT, THANK YOU. YOU ARE A LEGEND. AT 55, GETTING IN THE RING. I KNOW THIS IS NOT A NEW THING FOR YOU. WHY BOXING? IT IS ACTUALLY A VERY TECHNICAL SUPPORT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. YOU OUT THERE AND IT IS A BIT LIKE PHYSICAL CHESS. YOU CAN TEST YOURSELF MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY OUT OF THEIR. IT IS SOMETHING THAT CHALLENGES ME WITHIN MYSELF. IT IS GREAT. YOU TALK ABOUT BEING GOOD FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL, AND I GUESS THAT IS PART OF THE PHYSICAL PART, BUT ALSO WHAT YOU GET BACK FROM THAT. WHAT IS THAT MENTAL HEALTH PART FOR YOU? I THINK IN LIFE, WE CAN ALL BE BATTLERS. WE HAVE ALL HAD TOUGH TIMES, AND I GUESS THE THING IS TO GET UP, SHOW UP, NEVER GIVE UP, AND IT IS LIKE THAT OUT THERE. YOU CAN HAVE GREAT SUPPORT OUT OF THE RING, BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN THERE, IT IS ONE-ON-ONE. YOU ARE EVENLY MATCHED USUALLY. IS A FAIR SPORT. NO HIDING. WHY CAN'T WE BOX OVER 50 NEW ZEALAND? I AM NOT SURE, BUT I THINK THAT WILL VERY MUCH CHANGE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE MASTERS BOXING AUSTRALIA, INCLUDING KIWI HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN MASTERS IN AUSTRALIA AND IS HOPING TO BRING IT HERE. BOXING IS GETTING BIG BOTH FOR THE OLDER GENERATION, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GET IN THE RING, YOU CAN STILL TRAIN AND TEST YOURSELF AND PHYSICALLY GET VERY FAT FIT* FOR THE YOUTH, THERE ARE LOTS OF BOXING IN SCHOOLS COMING THROUGH BECAUSE IT TEACHES SELF-DISCIPLINE. YOU KNOW WHAT IT CAN DO SELF ESTEEM WISE. I MUST TELL YOU THAT I TRAINED FOR A COMPETITIVE BOXING MATCH FOR ABOUT FOUR WEEKS, AND THEN I GAVE UP. YOUR HONESTY IS BEAUTIFUL. SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE GIVING UP TO, BUT THAT IS THE THING, YOU KEEP ON GOING. EVERY BIT OF ME HURT, I CAN TELL YOU THAT. YOU HAD A KNOCKOUT WIN, I THINK THAT WAS LAST MONTH IN AUSTRALIA. THAT MUST FEEL PRETTY GOOD THAT YOU CAN POP ACROSS THE DITCH AND BE COMPETITIVE. I AM LUCKY I HAVE A GREAT COACH IN REEFTON. YOU GO OVER THERE AND YOU HAVE NO COACH, BUT THEY PUT SOMEONE IN THE RING WITH YOU AND THEY ARE REALLY SUPPORTIVE AND ENCOURAGING. IT DOES NOT MATTER, WHEN I LOSE, WIN OR LOSE* PEOPLE ARE PROUD OF YOU FOR GETTING IN THERE. WHO SAYS IT 55 WE CAN'T HAVE BIG DREAMS? YOU GO, SISTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ME U TONU MAI ` WE ARE JUST DAYS OUT FROM THE START OF THE OLYMPICS. WE'LL LOOK AT HOW EACH COUNTRY IS SHAPING UP AHEAD OF THE GAMES # IT'S THE EYE OF THE TIGER. # IT'S THE THRILL OF THE FIGHTS. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WHEN IT COMES TO THE OLYMPICS, MANY PEOPLE WILL BE DISCUSSING OUR MEDAL PROSPECTS, OUR BEST CHANCES TO BRING HOME GOLD. BUT HERE ON BREAKFAST, IN THE LEAD-UP TO THE GAMES, WE ARE DOING IT A BIT DIFFERENTLY THIS MORNING AND ARE TALKING FASHION AS THE OLYMPICS UNIFORMS ARE BEING REVEALED. FOR MORE WE ARE JOINED BY FASHION EXPERT TYSON BECKETT. THIS IS A NAME I LOVE. TYSON, GOOD MORNING. HOW IMPORTANT IS FASHION FOR THE OLYMPICS? IT IS IMPORTANT. FROM THE ATHLETE'S PERSPECTIVE, YOU WANT TO FEEL GOOD, AND LOOKING GOOD PLAYS A BIG PART, IN FOR THE PEOPLE AT HOME BEING ABLE TO RECOGNISE YOUR ATHLETES AND FEEL LIKE THAT IS WHO YOU ARE. WE GOING TO PLAY SOME CLIPS SOON. WE WILL SHOW YOU SOME OF THE UNIFORMS AROUND THE WORLD. WE WILL START WITH BRITAIN FIRST. HERE WE GO. THIS IS BRITAIN. BEN SHERMAN IS BEHIND THIS. REALLY PLAYING INTO THAT STREET STYLE ARE STATIC. THIS IS CANADA, WHICH IS LULU LEMON. AMERICA, RALPH LAUREN. THIS IS THE ONE EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS MONGOLIA. SUPER CEREMONIAL AND INTRICATE. THE TEAM BEHIND THIS ONE ONLY GOT THE CALL FOUR MONTHS AGO. THIS IS A SLEEVELESS TUXEDO, THAT IS FRANCE. BRING IT HOME IN THE END AS AUSTRALIA WITH THE GREEN AND GOLD. THIS ONE HERE AT THE NETHERLANDS. ORANGE, OF COURSE. STREETWEAR, OVERSIZED. WHAT GOES INTO A FASHION DESIGNER'S MIND WHEN THEY TRY AND CREATE A UNIFORM THAT PLEASES EVERYONE? I THINK IT'S ABOUT TWO THINGS. IT IS ABOUT MAKING A STATEMENT AND UTILITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THAT IS THE DESIGN AND THE FABRICS THAT YOU CHOOSE, AND THE WAY YOU USE THEM AS IMPORTANT. ESPECIALLY PARIS, IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY HOT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT UTILITY ON THE TRACK AND FIELD AND PATCH. THE OPENING CEREMONY IS VERY CEREMONIAL. WHAT YOU SAID MAKING A STATEMENT. WHAT ABOUT THE NEW ZEALAND UNIFORM? I THINK IT REFLECTS WHO WE ARE AS PEOPLE. WE ARE NOT A HUGE, FLASHY NATION. WE SAW THE NETHERLANDS USING THE ORANGE. BLACK, WHITE, SILVER, THAT IS WHAT YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU THINK OF UNIFORMS. UNIFORMS LIKE MONGOLIA HAVE INCORPORATED THEIR CULTURE. HAITI IS ONE WE DIDN'T SEE. WE COULD HAVE MAY BE DRAWN INTO OUR CULTURE IN PATTERNMAKING. WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE LIKED TO SEE? WOULD YOU HAVE LIKED MORE KIWIana? WHY DID WE NOT USE WHAT WE KNOW? BUT WE NOT TAP INTO OUR STREET STYLE? HUFFER OR ICEBREAKER COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING INCREDIBLE. WHY IS IT ALWAYS BLACK? THEY SAID THERE WAS A SPLASH OF TEAL. AUTOMATICALLY, I THINK IT BE NEW ZEALAND UNIFORMS. WHY CAN WE NOT BE BOLD AND BREAK OUT OF THE BLACK-AND-WHITE? WE ARE A HUMBLE AND QUIET ACHIEVING NATION, AND I THINK THOSE ARE OUR UNIFORMS AS WELL. WE HAVE SOME REALLY COOL STUFF. WE HAVE BUCKET HATS, WHICH STREET STYLE, BUT WE HAVE KEEP THE REALLY SIMPLE. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN THIS MORNING. E HAERE AKE NEI ` MAMMA MIA, HOW CAN I RESIST YOU? IT'S THE FINAL WEEK OF ABBA'S CLASSIC MUSICAL IN INVERCARGILL. WE'LL HEAR HOW YOU CAN GET BEHIND THEM NEXT. # YOU ARE THE DANCING QUEEN. # MAMMA MIA. # HERE I GO AGAIN. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THE GREEK ISLANDS ARE WARMING UP INVERCARGILL WITH 12 ELECTRIFYING MAMMA MIA SHOWS. THE BELOVED ABBA MUSICAL HAS AUDIENCES IN THE SOUTHLAND MUSICAL THEATRE DANCING IN THE AISLES. AND NOW IT'S THE FINAL WEEK FOR YOU TO 'TAKE A CHANCE'. LET'S HEAD TO THE STAGE IN INVERCARGILL NOW WITH TANYA AND BILL, PLAYED BY THE TALENTED ALICE HILDEBRAND AND CRAIG WADDELL. WOW. YOU GUYS LOOK AMAZING YES, IT IS VERY UNSETTLING ADDING YOUR BREAKFAST DRESS LIKE THIS. YOU DON'T NORMALLY DRESS LIKE THIS AT 9 O'CLOCK ON A MONDAY MORNING, LET'S BE HONEST. WHY NOT? FANTASTIC. DESCRIBE WHAT IT IS LIKE FULL AUDIENCES WHEN THEY COME ALONG. I THINK WHAT WE ARE HOPING FOR IS TWO HOURS OF JOY AND LAUGHTER AND FUN. IT FEELS LIKE A BIG PARTY FOR US ON THE STAGE, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT TRANSLATES TO THE AUDIENCE AS WELL. WE HAVE HAD GREAT FEEDBACK THAT THAT IS WHAT THE AUDIENCE EXPERIENCES. IT IS WINTER IN SOUTHLAND, AND PEOPLE WANT TO COME OUT AND GO TO THE GREEK ISLANDS AND HAVE A LOT OF FUN. IT IS ABBA MUSIC IT IS A FUNNY SHOW, AND IT IS AN EASY STORY TO FOLLOW. AND A STORY PERFORMED BY A LOCAL CAST. TELL US WHAT IT IS LIKE TO GET THIS OPPORTUNITY AND CREATE THIS. WE ARE REALLY LUCKY. I THINK WHEN YOU ARE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE AND YOU ARE WATCHING A SHOW FULL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST REALLY WANT TO BE THERE AND ARE REALLY ENJOYING PERFORMING IN THE CIVIC THEATRE IN INVERCARGILL, I THINK THAT REALLY TRANSLATES. WE ARE REALLY LUCKY AND WE LOVE IT. WE ARE ALL LOCALS. IT IS ONE OF THE ONLY SHOWS IN QUITE A FEW YEARS WHERE THE WHOLE CAST HAS BEEN LOCALS. WE HAVE A LIVE BAND AND ABOUT 40 PEOPLE IN THE BACKSTAGE CREW, AND ALL SOUTHLAND IS. IT IS FANTASTIC. HOW MANY SHOWS HAVE YOU GOT LEFT? AND WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WATCHING RIGHT NOW IN SOUTHLAND AND EVEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO MAY THINK THAT THEY'VE GOT A BIT OF A TRIP AND A BIT OF MONEY THERE TO GO DOWN AND SUPPORT YOU? WE'VE GOT FOUR SHOWS LEFT ` WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THERE ARE A FEW TICKETS LEFT. NOT MANY, THOUGH. GRABBED THEIR MEN COME AND JOIN THE PARTY FOR THE LAST FOUR NIGHTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND FOR ALL OF OUR VIEWERS, YOU CERTAINLY DON'T WANT IT TO SLIP THROUGH YOUR FINGERS. (LAUGHTER) CRAIG, ALICE, DID YOU GET THAT? WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SONG? WELL, TANIA DOES A VERY INAPPROPRIATE NUMBER CALLED DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW? SO I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT, BUT THERE IS SOME BEAUTIFUL SINGING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SHOW. IT IS QUITE EMOTIONAL. WHAT ABOUT YOU, CRAIG? MY CHARACTER IS AN AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK KIND OF DUDE. WHEN THE THREE POTENTIAL FATHERS COME ON WE SAYING THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC, SO I SUPPOSE THAT ONE. IT IS A BIT OF FUN WHEN WE FIRST MEET SOPHIE. I LOVE IT. ALICE, CRAIG, WE MAY NOT BE THERE, BUT THANK YOU AND ALL THE BEST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I AM ON A ROLL, GUYS. YOU ARE ON A ROLL. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. A REMINDER ABOUT OUR BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` JOE BIDEN OUT OF THE US PRESIDENTIAL RACE. WE WILL HAVE MORE THROUGHOUT THE DAY IS ON OUR WEBSITE AND TONIGHT AT 6 O'CLOCK. CAPTIONS BY FRANK GORE, JULIE TAYLOR, DREW WELSH AND COURTNEY SOLE.