IT'S HUMP DAY. YES, WEDNESDAY THE 24th OF JULY. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. COMING UP ON THE PROGRAM THIS MORNING ` OUR TOP STORY. IT'S BEEN DESCRIBED BY OUR PRIME MINISTER AS 'A SHAMEFUL PART OF OUR HISTORY'. CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL DELIVER A FORMAL APOLOGY TO THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH-BASED CARE. AFTER SIX YEARS, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A REPORT INTO THE ABUSE THAT OCCURED WILL BE MADE PUBLIC TODAY. THAT APOLOGY, THOUGH, WON'T BE MADE UNTIL NOVEMBER. ALSO COMING UP ` DO YOU CHECK BEFORE YOU TAP? YES, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PAY WAVE. WE'RE TALKING TO THE COMMERCE COMMISSION WHO IS MAKING MOVES TO REGULATE PAYWAVE FEES AND ONLINE CARD PAYMENTS TO ENSURE YOU DON'T GET RIPPED OFF. LISTEN TO THIS ` COMMERCE COMMISSION ESTIMATES WE PAY AROUND $1b IN FEES EACH YEAR. I KNOW. THAT IS WHEN YOU ARE TAPPING. DO YOU TAP? WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON PAYWAVE? DO YOU PUT YOUR CARD IN TO AVOID PAYWAVE FEES? SO THEY DO HAVE SIGNS USUALLY ON YOUR EFTPOS MACHINES ` IT WILL SAY PAY WAVE INCURS A 1.7% SURCHARGE OR WHATEVER IT IS. AND THEN YOU MAKE THE CHOICE WHETHER YOU TAP OR WHETHER YOU INSERT. IT IS JUST BIZARRE THAT THERE IS AN EXTRA PAYMENT JUST FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF GOING BAM. BUT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE HOLDING YOUR CARD UP AND YOU DON'T WANT TO TAP, IT STILL TAPS. THAT IS WHY I WANT TO READ FIRST AND GET MY EFTPOS CARD. I HAVE TWO CARDS. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU ALSO. AND THIS NEXT TOPIC'S GOT OUR TEAM TALKING ` THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION HAS ISSUED WARNINGS AFTER A CONTESTANT ON AN AMERICAN REALITY SHOW FILMED HERE IN NEW ZEALAND KILLED AND ATE A WEKA. THE REALITY SHOW SOUNDS LIKE SURVIVOR ON STEROIDS WHERE CONTESTANTS HAVE TO FORAGE AND HUNT THEIR OWN FOOD ALL IN A BID TO WIN ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS. THAT CHAT COMING UP AFTER 8. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S WENDY WITH THE NEWS. MORENA. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED AT PARLIAMENT TODAY AS THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED REPORT COVERING ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH-BASED CARE IS TABLED. THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO HISTORICAL ABUSE DELIVERED ITS REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL THREE WEEKS AGO. THIS AFTERNOON, THE REPORT AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE MADE PUBLIC. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL MAKE A FORMAL APOLOGY AT PARLIAMENT IN NOVEMBER TO THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH-BASED CARE. AND WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE REPORT THROUGHOUT THE SHOW. KAMALA HARRIS HAS NOW SECURED ENOUGH SUPPORT TO BECOME THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, WITH MORE THAN 2000 DELEGATES PLEDGING TO BACK HER AT NEXT MONTH'S CONVENTION. WITH NO OTHER CHALLENGERS SO FAR, THE VICE PRESIDENT LOOKS SET TO TAKE ON DONALD TRUMP FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IN NOVEMBER. HERE'S BBC CORRESPONDENT DAVID WILLIS. 24 HOURS INTO HER NEW ROLE, AND KAMALA HARRIS WAS ALREADY ON THE VERGE OF BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK AND ASIAN WOMAN TO WIN THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION OF A MAJOR PARTY. HER FIRST EVENT AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, A VISIT TO CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS, AND FROM THE FORMER CALIFORNIA PROSECUTOR, A TASTE OF HOW SHE INTENDS TO SET ABOUT ATTACKING DONALD TRUMP. FRAUDSTERS WHO RIPPED OFF CONSUMERS, CHEATERS WHO BROKE THE RULES FOR THEIR OWN GAIN. SO HEAR ME WHEN I SAY I KNOW DONALD TRUMP'S TYPE. WITHIN HOURS, IT WAS REPORTED THAT KAMALA HARRIS HAD SECURED THE SUPPORT OF SUFFICIENT PARTY DELEGATES TO ENSURE HER NOMINATION AHEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION SET TO GET UNDERWAY ON THE 19TH OF AUGUST. OTHER CANDIDATES COULD, IN THEORY, STILL EMERGE, TRIGGERING A CONTEST OVER THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, BUT THAT NOW SEEMS INCREASINGLY UNLIKELY. HAVING RELIED ON RIDICULING JOE BIDEN OVER HIS AGE, HER CANDIDACY IS PROMPTING A RESET FOR THE DONALD TRUMP CAMPAIGN. HIS NEW RUNNING MATE HAS SETTLED ON ACCUSING HER OF COVERING UP CONCERNS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH. YOU CANNOT FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS, TAKE A GUY WHO CLEARLY DIDN'T HAVE THE MENTAL CAPACITY TO DO THE JOB. KAMALA HARRIS IS NOT YET HER PARTY'S CANDIDATE, BUT EVENTS ARE MOVING AT BREAKNECK SPEED. THE PROSPECT OF HER NOMINATION HAS ENERGISED THE DEMOCRAT'S CAMPAIGN, AND THEY'RE HOPING IT WILL BRING MORE OF THEIR SUPPORTERS TO THE POLLS. U.S. SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR KIMBERLY CHEATLE HAS QUIT OVER THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON DONALD TRUMP. IN A RESIGNATION LETTER TO HER STAFF, MS CHEATLE TOOK FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SECURITY LAPSE. IT FOLLOWS A SCATHING CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ABOUT THE SHOOTING, WHERE SHE FACED PRESSURE FROM BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS TO STEP DOWN. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS THANKED MS CHEATLE FOR HER SERVICE, AND IS SET TO APPOINT A NEW DIRECTOR SOON. TO SPORT, AND THE FINAL PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY IN PARIS AHEAD OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES. COMPETITION STARTS TONIGHT, WITH THE BIG OPENING CEREMONY IN THE FRENCH CAPITAL SET FOR FRIDAY. THE RIVER SEINE WILL BE THE CENTREPIECE OF THE OPENING SPECTACLE. NEARLY 100 BOATS WILL CARRY MORE THAN 10,000 ATHLETES DOWN THE RIVER. JANE MAY IS NOT HAPPY. DETAILS OF THE CEREMONY SO FAR KEPT UNDER WRAPS. WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF INTERVIEWS LATELY, AND PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK, 'CAN YOU GIVE US THIS LITTLE HINT, THIS LITTLE SOMETHING?' AND THEY KEEP SAYING, 'NO, I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING', SO I CAN'T WAIT. RUMOURS ARE SWIRLING ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE INVOLVED, WITH LADY GAGA AND CELINE DION BOTH SPOTTED IN PARIS. SORRY, I THINK THAT THE ATHLETE SHOULD BE WALKING. I MEAN, YOU WANT TO WALK, AND YOU CAN'T STOP AND DO YOUR HAKA NOW, BECAUSE YOU ARE ON A BOAT. WHAT YOU ARE MISSING, J MAY IS THIS IS PARIS; THIS IS FRANCE. THEY WANT TO SHOWCASE THEIR BEAUTIFUL SCENERY AND THE SEINE. IT IS GOOD ` SOMETHING DIFFERENT. NO. FOR AN ATHLETE, WALKING AROUND THAT STADIUM, IT IS PACKED ` TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, AND YOU ARE JUST KIND OF GOING,, THIS IS AMAZING, WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE. AND NOW YOU ARE ON A BOAT GOING, OH YEAH. THE FIRST TIME AN OLYMPIC CEREMONY IS BEING HELD OUTSIDE THE STADIUM. SORRY, THAT IS A NOTE FROM ME. REMIND ME NOT TO PUT YOU ON OUR PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR ANY EVENTS COMING UP. WELL, WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY FINISHED THE NEWS. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. IT IS ACTUALLY SO NICE TO BE HERE AS WELL. YOU WILL LOVE THIS NEXT STORY, BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT BARBIE, AND I DO THINK I WAS CHANNELLING THAT WITH MY EXTREMELY BRIGHT OUTFIT TODAY. TOY GIANT MATTEL WILL PRODUCE THE FIRST EVER BLIND BARBIE DOLL. SHE HAS HER NAME ON THE BOX IN BRAILLE AND COMES WITH A CANE AND SUNGLASSES. THE BBC'S LAUREN MOSS HAS MORE. # I'M A BARBIE GIRL IN THE BARBIE WORLD. # IT'S ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC DOLLS. ONCE KNOWN FOR UNREALISTIC IDEALS OF WHAT WOMEN SHOULD PERHAPS LOOK LIKE, NOW CELEBRATED FOR BEING DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE. WITH THE LATEST EDITION, BLIND BARBIE, HITTING THE SHELVES TODAY FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED. OH MY GOSH, BARBIE, HAVE YOU GOT A LITTLE CANE? LUCY STARTED LOSING HER SIGHT WHEN SHE WAS 11. OH, THIS MAKES ME SO EMOTIONAL. SHE'S NOW A BARBIE AMBASSADOR. FOR THE 25,000 BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN IN THE UK, LUCY SAYS IT'S A TOY THEY CAN FINALLY RELATE TO. WHEN I LOST MY EYESIGHT NEARLY 12 YEARS AGO NOW, I WOULD HAVE JUST DREAMED TO HAVE A LITTLE BLIND BARBIE TO PLAY WITH. AND I THINK GROWING UP WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, I DIDN'T SEE MYSELF REPRESENTED. SO I THINK THIS IS A MASSIVE LANDMARK MOMENT. THIS BARBIE IS TOTALLY UNIQUE. SHE HAS SUNGLASSES AND A CANE WITH A MARSHMALLOW TIP. HER BRIGHTLY COLOURED CLOTHES ARE ALSO TEXTURED AND TACTILE, WITH VELCRO FASTENINGS AND AN ELASTIC WAISTBAND TO MAKE HER MORE ACCESSIBLE. SHE ALSO COMES IN A BOX WITH 'BARBIE' WRITTEN ON IN BRAILLE. OVER 65 YEARS, BARBIE HAS BEEN EVERYTHING FROM A PRESIDENT TO A PILOT TO MARGOT ROBBIE. # WHAT CAN'T BARBIE DO? # BOTH: HI, BARBIE! YAY, SPACE! THE HOPE IS BLIND BARBIE WILL BRING ANOTHER NEW SENSE OF BELONGING. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) ('DANCE THE NIGHT' INSTRUMENTAL) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A WET AND SOGGY DAY FOR THE REGION. KAITAIA AND AUCKLAND, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE MORNING. 16 THE HIGH FOR MOST. FURTHER SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY FOR TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA. TAUPO, A FROSTY START TO YOUR MORNING. THAT WILL TURN TO AFTERNOON CLOUD. 15 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. TO THE EAST COAST ` THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SUNSHINE. A WARM DAY FOR THE REGION. NOTHING BUT BLUE SKIES. 16 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS OVER TO THE WEST ` PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF THE REGION. WELLINGTON AND LIVE THEN TREATED TO A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 16 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY START TO THE DAY FOR WESTPORT, GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. EXPECT SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HEADING SOUTH ` A GLORIOUS DAY FOR THE MOST OF THE REGION. TIMARU AND OAMARU ARE IN FOR BLUE SKIES. FROSTY START, THOUGH, FOR THE MORNING ` ASHBURTON, TIMARU. 15 IS THE HIGH FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` EARLY MORNING CLOUD TO START THE DAY FOR THE REGION. THAT CLOUD WILL CLEAR FOR MOST OF YOU. A HIGH OF 17 FOR DUNEDIN. ATHLETES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE BEEN ARRIVING IN PARIS AHEAD OF THE START OF THE OLYMPICS. THE VERY FIRST EVENTS ARE SET TO BEGIN EARLY MORNING NEW ZEALAND TIME, INCLUDING OUR MEN'S FOOTBALL AND SEVENS. IN A BIT OF DOWNTIME BEFORE THE GAMES BEGIN, OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON HAS BEEN ON AN EXPLORATORY MISSION AND HAS JUST BEEN CHECKING OUT THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE. MORENA, MEI. BONJOUR. YOU WENT INSIDE THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE. DO TELL. I MANAGED TO SNEAK IN. I WASN'T SURE IF I WOULD GET IN, BUT I MANAGED TO FIND, TO BE FAIR, A SMALL AREA OF THE VILLAGE ` AND I FOUND THE MURCH STORE. IT IS WHERE ALL THE OTHER ATHLETES MINGLED. I FELT LIKE THE SHORTEST ATHLETE IN THE WORLD ` THEY JUST TOWERED ABOVE YOU. THEY HAD UNIFORMS AND THEY WERE MATCHING. IT WAS QUITE INCREDIBLE. FOR A MOMENT I GOT A SENSE OF WHAT THESE KIWI ATHLETES HAVE BEEN TELLING ME ABOUT FOR A FEW WEEKS, WHICH IS THAT YOU ARE AND THAT OF A DAZE. THESE ARE THE KIND OF ATHLETES THAT ARE JUST WANDERING AROUND IN THE VILLAGE, AND YOU CAN SEE ACTUALLY OVER MY SHOULDER THE BUILDINGS THERE. THAT IS WHETHER ATHLETES ARE STAYING. A LOT OF THEM ARE PROUDLY HANGING THEIR COUNTRY FLAGS OFF THE BALCONY. DON'T QUIZ ME ON THE FLAGS ` IT IS NOT MY FORTE. IT IS GREAT TO HEAR THE STORIES OF THESE ATHLETES GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER, SWAPPING PINS, AND ACTUALLY AGAIN THAT YOU CAN PLAY AT SOME POINT AS THE ATHLETES ARE TRYING TO GUESS WHAT SPORT DIFFERENT IT IS APPARENTLY AGAIN THAT THEY PLAY AMONGST THEMSELVES. I WOULDN'T BE VERY GOOD AT IT. WOULD YOU BE ANY GOOD AT IT, DANIEL? I THINK I WOULD BE OK IN THAT. THERE HAS BEEN A BIT OF CONTROVERSY ALREADY WITH THE VILLAGE, RIGHT? ALWAYS A BIT OF CONTROVERSY, ISN'T THERE? I THINK IT STARTED BACK WHEN IT WAS FIRST BEING BUILT, BECAUSE THIS AREA WE ARE IN N PARIS IS ACTUALLY QUITE A LOW SOCIO-ECONOMIC AREA. IT IS ONE OF THE POOREST. IT HAS A LOT OF MIGRANTS. AND IN ORDER TO BUILD THIS VILLAGE, THEY HAD TO CLEAR OUT A LOT OF SPACE, WHICH INCLUDED SHIFTING A LOT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE TO OTHER PARTS OF FRANCE. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT SAID THEY WERE ALWAYS GOING TO DO THIS AS PART OF THEIR PLAN TO TACKLE HOMELESSNESS ` IT IS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OLYMPICS, BUT PEOPLE SAY IT IS A LITTLE BIT TOO CONVENIENT. PARIS TOUTS ITSELF AS A VERY SUSTAINABLE OLYMPIC GAMES THAT WILL WORK FOR THE FUTURE, SO THESE BUILDINGS THAT CURRENTLY HOLD 15,000 ATHLETES WILL BE TURNED INTO HOUSING ONCE THEY GO FOR PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL NEIGHBOURHOOD. A CONTROVERSY, TOO, I UNDERSTAND IT IS HOT? IF YOU ARE HOSTING AN OLYMPIC GAMES IN PARIS IN SUMMER, YOU WOULD THINK TO INCLUDE AIR-CONDITIONING AND THE FACILITIES. THAT IS SOMETHING THEY HAVE NOT INCLUDED IN THESE FACILITIES. WHAT IT HAS MEANT IS THAT A LOT OF ATHLETES HAVE BROUGHT THEIR OWN FANS, ALTHOUGH FINALLY ENOUGH ONE OF THE SEVENS PLAYERS TOLD ME HIS ORIGINAL FAN WAS WAY TOO SMALL, SO HE WENT AND BOUGHT A BIGGER ONE AND HAS HAD IT ON FULL BLAST 24/7. AT THE MOMENT IT IS NOT THAT HOT, BUT IN A FEW WEEKS TIME, WE MIGHT TRULY SEE HOW HOT IT IS GOING TO GET. THE CARDBOARD BEDS THAT WERE IN TOKYO BEFORE, CONTROVERSIALLY CALLED THE ANTI-SEX BED, BECAUSE THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DURABILITY. BUT THE VILLAGERS WANTED TO REASSURE PEOPLE THAT IT IS IN FACT VERY DURABLE AND HAVE VIDEOS OF THEMSELVES JUMPING ON THE BED. SPEAKING OF WHICH, WE HEAR SOME BIG NAMES HAVE BEEN SPOTTED IN THE FRENCH CAPITAL AHEAD OF THE OPENING CEREMONY. WHAT MORE DO YOU KNOW? SPEAKING OF FANS, I THINK YOU ARE A FAN OF LADY GAGA, AND YOU, DANIEL? SHE HAS BEEN SPOTTED AROUND PARIS ALONG WITH CELINE DION. A LOT OF RUMOURS AROUND WHETHER THEY WILL BE BOTH PART OF THE OPENING CEREMONY. I THINK THE OLYMPIC GAMES OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF TEASING OF A SHADOWY FIGURE SAYING, THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME SOON. IT LOOKS A BIT LATE LADY GAGA. SHE COULD JUST BE HERE TO EXPERIENCE THE OLYMPIC GAMES, BECAUSE WHY WOULDN'T YOU BE PART OF THIS? WE WILL HAVE TO FIND OUT IN A FEW DAYS TIMES? I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE FIRST QUESTION. YOU WENT TO THE VILLAGE. WHAT DID YOU GET US IN TERMS OF BUYING MERCH? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE, DANIEL? YOU CONVEYED FROM THE THINGS I BOUGHT MYSELF IF YOU WANT. LOOK WHAT I GOT. THAT IS COOL. IS IT A BUCKET HAT? I DON'T THINK I'M A HAT PERSON, BUT I THINK I'M A BUCKET HAT PERSON. I THINK I'M GOING TO EMBRACE THAT. CAN I ALSO SHOW YOU HOW COOL THESE SOCKS ARE? THEY ARE REALLY COOL, AND THEY? YOU HAVE SOMEONE BESIDE YOU BRINGING YOU THE GEAR. IT IS ACTUALLY ` COME ON, HENRY ` IT IS ACTUALLY A WONDERFUL HAWKE'S BAY REPORTER, HENRY. GET IN THERE. LOOK AT THAT. YOU WILL SEE A LOT MORE OF HIM IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HE BOUGHT HIS OWN MURCH. THESE ARE ACTUALLY MY SOCKS. LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKS AHEAD. THANK YOU, MEI AND HENRY. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE OPENING CEREMONY. MORNING OUR TIME SATURDAY. OH, WENDY. AND LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE OF THE ATHLETES COMPETING. GOT US THINKING ABOUT OPENING CEREMONY MOMENTS. THE BIGGEST ONES THAT YOU CAN REMEMBER. THIS HAS TO BE MINE. I THINK WE'VE GOT A CLIP. GO BACK TO SYDNEY 2000. CATHY FREEMAN LIGHTS THE FLAME. THIS GOES ON FOR A BIT, RIGHT, BECAUSE THEN THE FLAME, THE CALL CAULDRON* ITSELF COMES UP AROUND HER. IT WAS UNIQUE IN THE FACT THAT SHE WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY CURRENTS ATHLETE TO LIGHT THE OLYMPIC FLAME INSIDE THE STADIUM. WE HAVE HAD PAST ATHLETES WHO HAVE COME AND DONE THAT IN DIFFERENT CEREMONIES. SHE COMPETED THAT YEAR. NOT ONLY DID SHE COMPETE, BUT WITH THE WEIGHT OF A NATION ON HER SHOULDERS... 400 M GOLD. 10 NIGHTS LATER, SHE RETURNED TO THAT TRACK TO WIN GOLD. THERE WAS SO MUCH PRESSURE AND EXPECTATION ON HER, AND WHEN SHE WAS ASKED TO LIGHT THE FLAME, THEY SAID TO HER, WE DON'T WANT TO PUT TOO MUCH MORE PRESSURE ON HER, AND SHE TURNED TO THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AND SAID, I LIKE PRESSURE. I WILL DO IT. BRILLIANT. THAT TO ME IS THE BEST OLYMPIC MOMENT IN HISTORY. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU ` DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER MOMENTS? IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE ABOUT THE OPENING CEREMONY. E WHAI AKE NEI ` HIGH PROTEIN YOGHURTS ARE CHEESE RISING IN POPULARITY. BUT WHY? WE'LL LOOK AT WHY PROTEIN'S TRENDING. (UPBEAT MUSIC) Ready! (BOTH CHEER) (LAUGHS) VOICEOVER: Small steps can help you achieve your goals. Get your money one step ahead with ASB. (UPBEAT MUSIC) NAU MAI HOKI MAI ANO. POWERING UP ON PROTEIN SEEMS TO BE THE NEW HEALTH TREND, AND NOT JUST FOR GYM GOERS. PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE LEARNING THE BENEFITS OF PROTEIN, WITH THE LIKES OF COTTAGE CHEESE SELLING OUT IN SOME SUPERMARKETS. THE COTTAGE CHEESE TREND IS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL, AND I LOVE IT. YOU WOULD THINK COTTAGE CHEESE IS A SUPERFOOD BY NOW BY HOW MUCH IT'S CIRCULATING ON THE INTERNET. I GUESS THE NEW VIRAL THING IS TO TURN IT INTO CHEESECAKE ICE CREAM. RIGHTY, SO WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF PROTEIN? CLAIRE TURNBULL FROM MISSION NUTRITIONIST IS WITH US THIS MORNING. MORENA, CLAIRE. HOW MUCH PROTEIN DOES COTTAGE CHEESE ACTUALLY HAVE? IS IT A GOOD PROTEIN SOURCE? YES. THAT LITTLE AMOUNT THERE HAS GOT 20 G OF PROTEIN. THAT IS A LOT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT AN EGG IS 6 G. HOW MUCH PROTEIN DO YOU NEED? I KNOW IT DEPENDS ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS WAS NOT IT AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION AROUND WHY THIS HAS BECOME SO INTERESTING. BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF DEBATE. ROUGHLY 20 TO 25 G IS WHAT WAS SUGGESTED IN THE PAST. SOME PEOPLE LESS, SOME PEOPLE MORE. WE SUGGEST SPREADING IT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WE DON'T GET THAT RIGHT A LOT OF THE TIME IN NEW ZEALAND. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE PROTEIN FOR DINNER BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH. PROTEIN IS IMPORTANT FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE BODY ` GROWTH, REPAIR, TO MAINTAIN HEALTHY MUSCLE MASS. THAT IS A BIG CONVERSATION. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR CITY 80. TO MAKE YOU FEEL FULL. YOU DON'T JUST WANT TO FEEL FULL AT DINNERTIME. AND IF YOU ARE NOT HAVING ENOUGH PROTEIN IN THE MORNING AND AT LUNCHTIME, YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET THE BEST GET 10 AND HAVE A SLICE OF TOAST WITH JAM. IT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO FEEL FULL. 20-22 G PER MEAL DID YOU SAY? 20-25 G PER MEAL ISH. THERE ARE GOING TO BE SUPER SPORTY PEOPLE THAT WILL NEED MORE. BUT WE ARE FOCUSING ON PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH RELATIVE TO THEIR BODY WEIGHT. THERE IS DISCUSSION AROUND MENOPAUSE AND PERIMENOPAUSE. AND YOU HAVE BROUGHT AND SOME SOURCES OF PROTEIN. THERE IS A VAST ARRAY OF FOODS THAT CONTAIN PROTEIN. IT IS NOT JUST MEAT AND FISH. YOU CAN GET THAT TOTAL 20, 25 G EVEN FROM VEGETABLES LIKE CORN, AND OATS, NUTS AND SEEDS, PULSES. THEY ALSO HAVE PROTEIN, SO IT IS NOT JUST THOSE, ALTHOUGH THE QUALITY OF THE PROTEIN DOES VARY BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES. VARIETY IS KIND OF THE KEY HERE. WE ARE AIMING TO GET ADEQUATE AMOUNTS ` THAT IS GOING TO HELP YOU EARLY FEEL SATISFIED. AS WE GET OLDER, THAT IS IMPORTANT. OH, THIS IS A WHOLE NEW CONVERSATION, BECAUSE OESTROGENIC PATCHES ARE RUNNING OUT, AND THAT IS HAVING AN IMPACT ON ME. SORRY, I AM BEING SELF-CENTRED HERE. BUT BODY CHANGES FOR WOMEN WHO ARE IN MENOPAUSE, PERIMENOPAUSE AND PROTEIN AND HOW MUCH A PART THAT PLAYS. IT IS HARD, BECAUSE DURING THAT PERIMENOPAUSAL PHASE, WEIGHT GAIN IS AROUND 8 KG. IT SEEMS LIKE VERY LITTLE CHANGE TO WHAT YOU ARE EATING AND EXERCISING. IT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE BECOMING MORE RESISTANT TO INSULIN WHICH AFFECTS HOW EFFICIENTLY YOU ARE MANAGING COVER HYDRATES. YOUR MUSCLE MASS ALSO DECLINES. YOU ARE ACTUALLY BURNING LESS CALORIES. IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT; IT IS JUST THE WAY YOUR BODY IS CHANGING. AND THEN THESE HORMONES WHICH ENCOURAGE WEIGHT AROUND THE MIDDLE. THIS PROTEIN, THEN, IS HELPING THE MUSCLE/. IT IS IMPORTANT FORCE ATTIRE T, AND THAT HELPFUL THE WHOLE BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL MANAGEMENT AS WELL. THEN IT IS THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT THIS MUSCLE DECLINE, AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR OLDER WOMEN AND MEN AS WELL ` WE'VE GOT TO MAINTAIN OUR MUSCLE MASS, BUT YOU'VE ALSO GOT TO DO THE RESISTANCE EXERCISE TO KEEP THIS MUSCLE MASS MAINTAINED, BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOUR BODY BECOMES MUCH LESS EFFICIENT AT BUILDING ENERGY, AND THAT IS WHY THE WEIGHT CAN CHANGE. SPEAKING OF BODY AND PROTEINS, IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE HAIR ON THE TABLE, HERE* IT IS CONFUSING HOW MUCH YOU NEED OF EACH THING, BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE HERE, WHAT DO WE NEED GENERALLY? EVERYTHING HERE IS 10 G AND EVERYTHING HERE IS 20 G. YOU CAN SEE 20 G IS NOT A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF CHICKEN OR A PORTION OF FISH. YOU COULD HAVE TUNA WITH SOME QUINOA. YOU HAVE SOME MILK AND OATS AND YOGHURT. SORRY, THAT SHOULD BE OVER THERE TO BE ACCURATE. IT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE JUST COMBINING FOOD TO GET ENOUGH. IF YOU ARE HAVING PORRIDGE, PUTTING NUTS OR SEEDS OR SOMETHING TO BOOST THE PROTEIN FOR SOFFIT AS BEING MINDFUL, PARTICULARLY AT BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN THE BISCUITS COME IN MID-MORNING, AND THE OTHER THINGS WHICH ARE ALL ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE NOT HELPFUL. WE DIDN'T GET YOUR PROTEIN POWDER. WE DON'T HAVE TIME, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT IT AND MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT LATER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING AS WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT THIS WHOLE PROTEIN THING. THE COURT OF APPEAL HAS REJECTED A LATE BID BY THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES TO STOP THE CHURCH BEING REFERENCED IN TODAY'S HISTORICAL ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH-BASED CARE REPORT. THE MUCH ANTICIPATED REPORT IS DUE OUT THIS AFTERNOON. THE RELIGIOUS GROUP TOLD 1 NEWS THEY HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OF THE REPORT AND ARE INVOLVED WITH ONGOING LEGAL ACTION. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL MAKE A FORMAL APOLOGY AT PARLIAMENT IN NOVEMBER TO THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED ABUSE. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION HAS RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT A POSSIBLE POLIO OUTBREAK IN GAZA. TRACES OF THE HIGHLY INFECTIOUS VIRUS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN WASTEWATER AT TWO SEPARATE TESTING SITES. THE WHO SAYS THE LACK OF HEALTH AND SANITATION FACILITIES IN GAZA WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE POPULATION TO FOLLOW PROTECTION ADVICE. THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAYS IT HAS ALREADY BEGUN VACCINATING SOLDIERS, AND WILL BE SENDING VACCINES TO GAZA. THE HEAD OF THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE HAS QUIT OVER THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON DONALD TRUMP. THE ABC'S CHRISTIANE CORDERO HAS THIS UPDATE. SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR SAYS SHE IS NOT WANT THESE CALLS FOR HER RESIGNATION TO BE DISTRACTION FOR THE WORK THE AGENCY DOES AND ITS MISSION. COMES ONE DAY AFTER HER TESTIMONY IN FRONT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF DONALD TRUMP. DURING THAT HEARING, BOTH DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN CONGRESS MEMBERS ASKED QUESTION AFTER QUESTION ABOUT HOW THE GUNMAN WAS ABLE TO GET ONTO THE ROOF AT THAT REALLY. LOCAL SWAT TEAM SPOTTED THE GUNMEN ON THE ROOF 18 MINUTES BEFORE TRUMP TOOK THE STAGE, ADDING SECRET SERVICE WAS ALERTED BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE TIMES ABOUT A SUSPICIOUS PERSON BEFORE THE FIRST SHOTS WERE FIRED. A POSSIBLE THREAT WAS NEVER GIVEN TO THE SECRET SERVICE. IF IT WAS, SHE SAID TRUMP WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO TAKE THE STAGE. MIKE JOHNSON MET WITH HER BEFORE HER TESTIMONY, SHARING THOUGHTS IMMEDIATELY AFTER HER RESIGNATION. IT IS OVERDUE. SHE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS A WEEK AGO. I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT SHE HAS HEEDED THE CALL OF REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS. INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE SHOOTING ARE ONGOING. JOE BIDEN THANKED HER FOR HER SERVICE. WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THAT THEY CANNOT HAPPEN AGAIN. TO SPORT, AND THE MYSTICS ARE IN PREPARATION MODE AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND'S ANZ PREMIERSHIP ELIMINATION FINAL. THE AUCKLAND SIDE MANAGED TO SCRAP THROUGH TO THE PLAYOFFS AFTER A 63-55 WIN OVER THE STARS ON SUNDAY. WINNING FOUR OF THEIR LAST FIVE GAMES, DEFENDER PHOENIX KARAKA BELIEVES IT WILL BE THEIR OWN CONFIDENCE THAT WILL GET THEM THE WIN OVER THE TACTIX. ON THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT ACTUALLY HAVING THAT BELIEF AND THAT CONFIDENCE THAT WE CAN PULL THROUGH WITH A GAME PLAN, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE DID VERY WELL ON SATURDAY, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT TO TAKE THAT CONFIDENCE FROM OUR LAST ROUNDS OF GAMES BECAUSE WE ARE CAPABLE. THE TACTIX WILL HOST THE ELIMINATION FINAL THIS SATURDAY AT 4pm. KIWI SWIMMER LEWIS CLAREBURT'S HOPING TO CALL ON HIS EXPERIENCE WHEN HE JUMPS IN THE POOL IN PARIS. THE CURRENT 400m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY WORLD CHAMPION WILL REPRESENT NEW ZEALAND AT HIS SECOND OLYMPICS, AND DESPITE THE SIZE OF THE OCCASION IS STAYING RELAXED. I FEEL LIKE MAYBE THAT ADDED PRESSURE OF HAVING THE OLYMPICS OR BEING THE OLYMPICS WEIGHING OVER YOUR HEAD CAN BE, I GUESS, NOT NECESSARILY TIME-CONSUMING, BUT ENERGY CONSUMING. JUST TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE WITH THE TEAM, JUST BE HAVING A GOOD TIME, IT'S BEEN COOL, IT'S GOOD FUN, YOU KNOW? CLAREBURT WILL LINE UP IN THE 200m AND 400m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY AND THE 200 METRE BUTTERFLY. AND FINALLY, U.S. RAPPER SNOOP DOGG HAS BEEN NAMED AS ONE OF THE OLYMPIC TORCHBEARERS. WHAT? THE 52-YEAR-OLD, WHO'S IN PARIS AS PART OF AMERICAN NETWORK NBC'S OLYMPIC BROADCASTING TEAM, WILL CARRY THE FLAME ON ITS PENULTIMATE LEG THROUGH THE STREETS NEAR THE STADE DE FRANCE. HERE'S HOPING HE WON'T 'DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT'. NICE, WINDY. SO GOOD. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A WET AND SOGGY DAY FOR THE REGION. KAITAIA AND AUCKLAND, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE MORNING. 16 THE HIGH FOR MOST. FURTHER SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY FOR TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA. TAUPO, A FROSTY START TO YOUR MORNING. THAT WILL TURN TO AFTERNOON CLOUD. 15 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. A 12 HIGH FOR TAUPO. TO THE EAST COAST ` THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SUNSHINE. A WARM DAY FOR THE REGION. NOTHING BUT BLUE SKIES. 16 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF THE REGION. LEVIN, YOU WILL BE TREATED TO SUNSHINE TODAY. ELSEWHERE, A CLOUDY START TO THE DAY CLEARING TO SUNSHINE AFTER LUNCH. WE HAVE A HIGH OF 13 DEGREES FOR PALMERSTON NORTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY START TO THE DAY FOR WESTPORT, GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. WE HAVE A 13 DEGREE HIGH FOR WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH. HEADING SOUTH ` A GLORIOUS DAY FOR THE MOST OF THE REGION. TIMARU AND OAMARU ARE IN FOR BLUE SKIES. YOU WILL GET SOME SUN AFTER LUNCH IN ASHBURTON. A HIGH OF 15 DEGREES. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` EARLY MORNING CLOUD TO START THE DAY FOR THE REGION. THAT CLOUD WILL CLEAR FOR MOST OF YOU. EXPECT A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY AFTERNOON. 17 DEGREES FOR DUNEDIN. JUST BEFORE THE NEWS, WE WERE TALKING TO CLAIRE TURNBULL ABOUT PROTEIN. WE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO TALK ABOUT PROTEIN POWDER, BUT SHE SAYS YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE IT BECAUSE YOU CAN GET ENOUGH FROM YOUR FOOD, BUT IF YOU'RE BUSY AND CAN AFFORD IT, IT CAN BE HELPFUL. I STARTED TO SPRINKLE PROTEIN POWDER ON MY CEREAL WHICH TOOK SOME GETTING USED TO. PEOPLE DO USE IT IN SMOOTHIES, DON'T THEY? I JUST PUT IT IN MY CEREAL. MY DAUGHTERS SAY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE MORE PROTEIN. PARTICULARLY AS YOU ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OLDER. LETS SAY IT IMPACTS YOU. AS A MAN, TO A NEED TO WORRY ABOUT PROTEIN? IT IS STILL ABOUT MUSCLE MASS. IS YOU ARE GETTING OLDER, THAT MUSCLE MASS STARTS TO... THAT IS WHY SO MANY WOMAN INTO CHEESES. THAT IS HOW WE GOT INTO CHEESE. IT IS A GOOD SOURCE OF PROTEIN. ANY 20 TO 25 GRAMS. YOUR PROTEIN POWDER, WHEN YOU PUT ON YOUR CEREAL, IS IT LIKE WHEN PEOPLE PUT SUGAR ON IT? IS IT FLAVOURSOME? IT SEEMS OK. SPEAKING OF MUSCLE MASS AND GOING TO ATHLETES, DEFTLY NOT REFERRING TO YOU DANIEL, ... I DID NOT WATCH THE TOKYO OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY. WHAT DOES JOHN SAY? HE SAID THAT NAOMI LIT THE FLAME. GOOD ON YOU, JOHN. THANK YOU FOR CHIMING IN AND REMINDING JENNY MAY SHE WAS WRONG. I'M MOVING ON. NOTHING BEATS THE 1960 GOLDEN HOUR FOR ME. WHAT A MOMENT FOR OUR NATION. SO MANY OF YOU WITH YOUR MEMORIES. THIS IS ONE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN OUR HUI, BARCELONA, 1992 WHEN THE TORCH WAS LIT BY AN ARCHER WITH A FLAMING ARROW. THERE WAS TALK ABOUT THE ARROW NOT GOING ANYWHERE NEAR IT BUT IT LET ANYWAY. THERE WAS A CONTINGENCY OF IF THAT HAPPENED. JOHN, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CORRECT US. IN FACT, IT WENT SIDEWAYS, DIDN'T IT? WHERE DID THAT ARROW GO? SO MANY MEMORIES AND OLYMPIC MOMENTS. E HAERE AKE NEI ` YOUR KIWISAVER FUNDS ARE INVESTED ON YOUR BEHALF, BUT DO YOU KNOW WHERE? MILLIONS OF NEW ZEALANDERS' DOLLARS ARE CURRENTLY GOING INTO WEAPONS BEING USED IN GAZA. MINDFUL MONEY BREAKS DOWN THOSE FIGURES NEXT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. BILLIONS OF NEW ZEALANDERS' HARD-EARNED DOLLARS ARE INVESTED INTO AN ARRAY OF COMPANIES WHEN THEY SIGN UP TO THE 'KIWISAVER' SCHEME. BUT WHERE IS OUR MONEY REALLY GOING? IN SOME CASES TO COMPANIES THAT INVEST IN WEAPONS MANUFACTURING. ABOUT $60m IS INVESTED IN WEAPONS USED IN THE WAR IN GAZA. BUT YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. AND TO EXPLAIN WHY YOU SHOULD, I'M JOINED NOW BY THE MINDFUL MONEY CHARITY FOUNDER BARRY COATES. BERRY, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN THIS MORNING. I READ THIS AND WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS. IT BLEW MY MIND TO THINK THIS IS WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING. AM I ONE OF MANY? YOU ARE. THERE ARE 3.3 MILLION KIWIS WITH KIWI SAVER. WHEN THEY SIGN UP, MOST OF THEM HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE INVESTING IN. WE THINK FOR THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY PEOPLE SHOULD BE TOLD BECAUSE WE YOUR MONEY IS INVESTED HAS CONSEQUENCES TO PEOPLE, WORKERS, THE ENVIRONMENT. IT IS LIKE WHEN YOU GO SHOPPING, YOU ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER YOUR CLOTHES ARE MADE WITH SAFE LABOUR. YOU SHOULD BE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE MONEY IS INVESTED. TALK US THROUGH WHAT THESE INDUSTRIES ARE. WHO ARE THEY? THE TYPICAL THING FOR FUNDS IS THAT THEY TEND TO CHASE SHORT-TERM RETURNS, AND OFTEN THOSE SHORT-TERM RETURNS ARE IN COMPANIES THAT DO THINGS THAT ARE PRETTY TERRIBLE. WE SURVEY THE COMPANY EACH YEAR TO FIND WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO AVOID, AND THEY WANT TO AVOID THINGS LIKE WEAPONS, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, ANIMAL CRUELTY, TOBACCO, GAMBLING, AND SO ON. THOSE OF THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE HIGHLIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE, AND THEY CAN HAVE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT IS SPECIFICALLY IN THEIR FUND. IT IS INFORMATION THAT WE THINK EVERY KIWI SHOULD KNOW WHEN MAKING A KIWI SAVER. MOST PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHEN THEY SIGN UP. WHY IS YOUR MONEY THAT IS INVESTED SO IMPORTANT? IT HAS A HUGE INFLUENCE ON OUR SOCIETY AND THE ECONOMY. PEOPLE SAY THAT MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND. IT MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND FOR GOOD OR BAD. IF YOU DO NOT PAY ATTENTION, YOUR MONEY IS OFTEN GOING INTO THINGS THAT YOU WOULD FEEL REALLY UNHAPPY ABOUT AND NOT ALIGN WITH WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON. HOW COMMON IS IT THAT WE DO NOT KNOW OR AGREE WITH WHETHER MONEY IS GOING? AS YOU SAID AN INTRODUCTION, THERE ARE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, ABOUT 8 BILLION IN THINGS THAT MOST NEW ZEALANDERS FIND OBJECTIONABLE. THAT IS THE STARTING POINT. THE NICE THING IS THERE ARE NOW SOME ETHICAL FUNDS WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE CHOICES. THEY CAN FIND FUNDS THAT ARE MORE SUITED TO THEIR VALUES AND INVEST IN THINGS THAT THEY CARE ABOUT LIKE RENEWABLE ENERGY OR SOCIAL HOUSING, THINGS THAT DO GOOD IN SOCIETY. WE HAVE THE OPTION OF BEING ABLE TO FUND THINGS THAT FIT PEOPLE'S VALUES. WHERE CAN WE FIND THAT? PEOPLE CAN GO TO MINDFULMONEY.NZ. YOU CAN CHECK A FUND ON THE RIGHT PAGE, PUT IN THE NAME OF YOUR KIWI SAVER FUND OR OTHER INVESTMENT FUND AND YOUR INVESTMENTS WILL COME UP INITIALLY AS A CRAFT. YOU CLICK ON DETAILS AND SEE ALL THE COMPANIES THAT ARE IN THAT FUND. THEY CATEGORISED ACCORDING TO ISSUES THAT PEOPLE MAY BE CONCERNED ABOUT. WHAT CAN YOU DO? YOU CAN DO ONE OF TWO THINGS. YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR FUND PROVIDER AND SAY YOU ARE UNHAPPY. WHEN COURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS BACK TO THE FUND PROVIDER TO TELL THEM THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE UNHAPPY WITH WHERE THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE GOING. FOR MANY, THAT IS A FRUSTRATING PROCESS SO MANY PEOPLE AT THAT STAGE WILL SAY, I WANT TO SWITCH FOR A MORE ETHICAL FUND. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE RISING COST OF LIVING MEANS SOME FARMERS ARE BEING FORCED TO REHOME THEIR WORKING DOGS. WE SPEAK WITH THE CHARITY STUGGLING TO FIND PLACES FOR THESE RETIRED CANINES. NEXT. # THINKING ABOUT YOU LATE-NIGHT. A CHARITY HELPING TO REHOME FORMER FARM DOGS IS FINDING IT TOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND. WHILE THE RISING COST OF LIVING CONTINUES TO BITE, THE NUMBER OF RETIRED DOG IS GROWING, WITH FEWER PEOPLE PREPARED TO ADOPT. MARIE CLAIRE ANDREWS, A TRUSTEE ON RETIRED WORKING DOGS, JOINS US NOW. WITH FEWER PEOPLE PREPARED TO ADOPT. MARIE CLAIRE ANDREWS, A TRUSTEE ON RETIRED WORKING DOGS, JOINS US NOW. ALONG WITH HER DOG ERIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WHAT IS BEHIND THE RISE OF WORKING DOGS BEING PUT UP FOR ADOPTION? IT IS A BIT OF A DOUBLE WHAMMY. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 65 ON OUR SITE AT THE MOMENT WHICH IS ABOUT A 65% INCREASE. WE'VE GOT A 15% TO 20% INCREASE IN ADOPTION THE INFLATION ON FARMS IS DRAMATIC. THEY ARE A GREAT ASSET, BUT SOME OF THEM GET INJURED. THE VET BILLS, BECAUSE INJURIES CAN BE REALLY EXPENSIVE. THEY COME TO US TO FIND A PET HOME. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN IS THAT IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE FOR REGULAR HOMEOWNERS TO HAVE A DOG IN THEIR LIFE ` EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE ` THE VET BILL. SO WE FIND A LOT OF THESE DOGS LOOKING FOR HOMES. WHEN I THINK ABOUT FARM DOGS, I THINK ABOUT HOW HARD-WORKING THEY ARE. THEY'RE SO LOYAL, SO OBEDIENT, SUCH GOOD DOGS. DO THEY MAKE GOOD HOUSEHOLD PETS? YES, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TRANSITION TO PET LIFE IS PRETTY EASY FOR THEM. THEY ARE CURIOUS, INTELLIGENT, LOYAL. THEY WANT TO DO THE BEST FOR THEIR PACKED LEADERS, AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE. THE TRANSITION IS REALLY EASY. A LOT OF THEM HAVE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD, AND IT IS SAD FOR THEM TO NOT BE ABLE TO GO OUT TO WORK ANYMORE, SO BRINGING THEM INTO A PET HOME CAN MAKE THE HAPPIEST LAST YEARS OF THEIR LIVES. THEY ARE NOT WATCHING THEIR MATES GO OUT TO WORK; THERE SITTING IN FRONT OF THE FIRE AND ENJOYING IT. THEY FIND IT PRETTY EASY. HE WAS IN FRONT OF THE FIRE FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS. IT IS DIFFERENT FOR EVERY DOG, BUT ROUGHLY HOW LONG IS A FARM DOGS LIFE IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY WORKING? IT REALLY DOES DEPEND. WE ACTUALLY REHOME DOGS FAIRLY YOUNG SOMETIMES, BUT LIKE HUMANS, THEY MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE FIT FOR WORKING. THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO BE ANY USE ON THE FARM. THE INJURIES ARE HAPPENING KIND OF MIDLIFE, SO FOUR, FIVE, SIX. ERIC WAS A PIG DOG, AND HE RETIRED AT 10, THREE YEARS AGO. SO ABOUT EIGHT, NINE, 10. WE ARE HOPING WE WILL HAVE FIVE YEARS WITH HIM, AND THAT WILL BE AN AMAZING RETIREMENT FOR HIM. WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT HOUSEHOLDS FACE WITH THESE FORMAL WORKING DOGS? I'M NOT SURE THEY REALLY DO FOR US, BECAUSE PEOPLE OFTEN THINK THEY ARE LARGER, BECAUSE WE ARE REHOMING PIG DOGS, COLLIES, HUNTER WAYS, BADDIES, AND SO PEOPLE IN TOWN MIGHT THINK IT IS DIFFICULT TO ADJUST, BUT IT REALLY ISN'T AS LONG AS THEY HAVE SOMEWHERE TO STRETCH THEIR LEGS AND SOMEWHERE COMFORTABLE TO TAKE THE NAPS THAT THEY WANT. IT IS NOT DIFFICULT TO GET THEM INTO A HOME OR EVEN A TOWN ENVIRONMENT. A FOUR, FIVE MINUTE WALK AND HE HAS DONE FOR THE DAY. LOOKING AT THE FACEBOOK PAGE, THERE ARE ACTUALLY A LOT OF FOLLOWERS. A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS. WE'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. WE HAVE WORKING DOGS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND WE BUILT UP A FAN BASE OF ALMOST 40,000 PEOPLE ON OUR FACEBOOK. PEOPLE ARE REALLY JUST PASSIONATE ABOUT RURAL LIFE AND REALLY PROUD ABOUT THE ROLE THAT THE DOGS PLAY IN OUR ECONOMY. WHEN YOU'VE GOT EXPENSIVE BILLS TO PAY FOR THE VETS, WE ASK OUR AMAZING COMMUNITY AND THE DONATIONS COME IN. SO WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL TO OUR HUGE COMMUNITY. ABSOLUTELY. IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT ONE OF THESE DOGS, WHAT DO THEY DO? EASIEST THING IS TO FESTIVAL HAVE A LOOK ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. WE LIST ALL OF THE DOGS BEING REHOMED READY FOR ADOPTION THERE, AND THEN HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE AND FILL OUT AN APPLICATION FORM. OUR PEOPLE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF MATCHING UP THE DOGS WITH THE HOMES. WE THEN DO A MEET AND GREET TO MAKE SURE THE ENVIRONMENT IS GREAT FOR THE DOG AND INTRODUCE THEM TO OTHER ANIMALS THAT MIGHT BE ON THE PROPERTY. AND THEN A SMALL ADOPTION FEE. WHAT IS THE FACEBOOK PAGE? RETIRED WORKING DOGS ` IT IS EASY TO FIND. THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY WE PICK UP SOME MORE ADOPTIONS. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. THE LONG AWAITED REPORT BY THE ROYAL COMMISSION INTO ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH-BASED CARE IS SET TO BE RELEASED TODAY. HUNDREDS OF SURVIVORS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT PARLIAMENT TO HEAR ITS FINDINGS. WE'LL HEAR FROM A SURVIVOR A LITTLE LATER. BUT COMING UP NEXT A HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER BREAKS DOWN WHAT WE MIGHT EXPECT TO FIND OUT IN THE REPORT. PAYWAVE SURCHARGES ARE UNDER FIRE AS THE COMMERCE COMMISSION BELIEVES THEY COULD BE TAKING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF YOUR HARD-EARNED DOLLARS. A CONSULTATION PERIOD HAS BEEN LAUNCHED TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THEM. WE'LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT IN HALF AN HOUR'S TIME. WE ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE OPENING OF OLYMPIC CEREMONIES. AND BEFORE PARIS GETS READY TO WELCOME THE WORLD. WE WANTED TO TAKE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE. TO RELIVE THE OLYMPIC CEREMONIES OF THE PAST. WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THOSE SPECIAL MOMENTS A LITTLE LATER. SPEAKING OF SPECIAL MOMENTS, KEEP YOURS COMING IN AS WELL. FEEDBACK IS BUT FOR NOW, IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S WENDY WITH THE NEWS. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED AT PARLIAMENT TODAY AS THE MUCH ANTICIPATED REPORT COVERING ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH-BASED CARE IS TABLED. THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO HISTORICAL ABUSE DELIVERED ITS REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL THREE WEEKS AGO. THIS AFTERNOON, THE REPORT AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE MADE PUBLIC. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL MAKE A FORMAL APOLOGY AT PARLIAMENT IN NOVEMBER TO THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH-BASED CARE. AN ETHICAL INVESTMENT CHARITY IS CALLING FOR INVESTMENT FUND MANAGERS TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT. MINDFUL MONEY HAS REVEALED AROUND $60m OF NEW ZEALANDERS' KIWISAVER CONTRIBUTIONS IS INVESTED IN GLOBAL WEAPONS MANUFACTURERS. THIS IS DESPITE THE CHARITY FINDING MOST NEW ZEALANDERS DON'T WANT THEIR FUNDS INVESTED IN WEAPONS PRODUCTION. THE CHARITY'S FOUNDER BARRY COATES SAYS MOST PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEIR MONEY IS GOING. THANKS FOR THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY PEOPLE SHOULD BE TOLD, BECAUSE WHERE YOUR MONEY IS INVESTED HAS CONSEQUENCES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, FOR CLIMATE CHANGE. WHEN YOU GO SHOPPING, YOU ASK QUESTIONS WHETHER YOU ARE SUPPORTING SLAVE LABOUR. YOU SHOULD BE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE YOUR MONEY IS INVESTED THROUGH KIWISAVER. MINDFUL MONEY PROVIDES KIWISAVER FUND INFORMATION ON ITS WEBSITE, WHERE NEW ZEALANDERS CAN FIND WHERE THEIR MONEY IS BEING INVESTED. U.S. SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR KIMBERLY CHEATLE HAS QUIT OVER THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON DONALD TRUMP. IN A RESIGNATION LETTER TO HER STAFF, MS CHEATLE TOOK FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SECURITY LAPSE. IT FOLLOWS A SCATHING CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ABOUT THE SHOOTING, WHERE SHE FACED PRESSURE FROM BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS TO STEP DOWN. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS THANKED MS CHEATLE FOR HER SERVICE, AND IS SET TO APPOINT A NEW DIRECTOR SOON. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS SAYS SHE IS READY TO TAKE ON THE HARD WORK AHEAD AFTER ENTERING THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. IN HER FIRST RALLY SINCE SHE LAUNCHED HER CAMPAIGN, HARRIS THANKED JOE BIDEN FOR HIS SERVICE AND PROMISED TO UNITE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. SO, FRIENDS, WE HAVE 105 DAYS TILL ELECTION DAY. AND IN THAT TIME, WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO. BUT WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF HARD WORK; WE LIKE HARD WORK, DON'T WE? AND WE WILL WIN THIS ELECTION. HARRIS IS EXPECTED TO BE NAMED THE DEMOCRATS' PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE AT NEXT MONTH'S NATIONAL CONVENTION. JUST HOURS OUT FROM THE START OF OLYMPIC COMPETITION IN PARIS, ALL APPEARS TO BE READY. THE FRENCH CAPITAL WILL HOST TWO AND A HALF WEEKS OF SPORTS, BEGINNING TONIGHT WITH MEN'S FOOTBALL AND RUGBY SEVENS. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH SAYS THERE'S GREAT ANTICIPATION. EVERYBODY LOOKING FORWARD TO SPECTACULAR GAMES. THEY HAVE SEEN THEIR COMPETITION SITE, THEY HAVE VISITED THE TRAINING VENUES. EVERYTHING IS READY AND SET. RUMOURS ARE SWIRLING ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE IN FRIDAY NIGHT'S OPENING CEREMONY, WITH LADY GAGA AND CELINE DION BOTH SPOTTED IN PARIS. MM. MM. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A WET AND SOGGY DAY FOR THE REGION. KAITAIA AND AUCKLAND, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE MORNING. 16 THE HIGH FOR MOST. FURTHER SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY FOR TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA. TAUPO, A FROSTY START TO YOUR MORNING. THAT WILL TURN TO AFTERNOON CLOUD. TO THE EAST COAST ` THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SUNSHINE. A WARM DAY FOR THE REGION ` NOTHING BUT BLUE SKIES. 16 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS OVER TO THE WEST ` SIMILAR CONDITIONS FOR THE REGION. LEVIN AND WELLINGTON YOU WILL BE TREATED TO BEAUTIFUL SUN TODAY. ELSEWHERE, A CLOUDY START TO THE DAY, CLEARING TO SUN AFTER LUNCH. 16 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A SUNNY DAY HERE FOR MOST OF THE REGION. GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, EXPECT SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 15 IS YOUR HIGH BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` A GLORIOUS DAY FOR THE MOST OF THE REGION. CHRISTCHURCH AND OAMARU ARE IN FOR BLUE SKIES. FROSTY START TO THE MORNING FOR ASHBURTON AND TIMARU, BUT YOU'LL GET SOME SUN AFTER LUNCH. 15 THE HIGH FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` EARLY MORNING SUN FOR QUEENSTOWN AND DUNEDIN. SCATTERED CLOUDS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. MILFORD SOUND, EXPECT SOME LIGHT SHOWERS LATER IN THE DAY. QUEENSTOWN HAS A HIGH OF 11 DEGREES. AFTER YEARS OF WAITING, SURVIVORS OF ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH-BASED CARE WILL FINALLY GET TO HEAR THE REPORT BY THE ROYAL COMMISSION. THE INQUIRY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2018, TO PROBE ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN STATE AND FAITH-BASED CARE BETWEEN 1950 AND 1999. IN 2020, THE COMMISSION RELEASED FINDINGS ESTIMATING UP TO 250,000 CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS WERE ABUSED, WITH 81% BEING MAORI. AN INTERIM REPORT MADE 95 RECOMMENDATIONS ON REDRESS ` A PROPOSAL FOR THAT IS SITTING WITH THE GOVERNMENT, BUT SURVIVORS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO WAIT FOR THE FINAL REPORT BEFORE IT IS ACTIONED. AS HEARINGS CONTINUED IN 2022, IT WAS FOUND A THIRD OF CHILDREN PLACED IN STATE CARE ENDED UP SERVING A PRISON SENTENCE. WHEN SUBMISSIONS CLOSED FOR SURVIVOR REGISTRATIONS LAST MARCH, MORE THAN 4000 HAD SIGNED UP AND THE COMMISSION EXTENDED ITS DEADLINE. ITS CHAIRPERSON DESCRIBING A SCALE OF ABUSE 'BEYOND WHAT ANYONE HAD EVER IMAGINED'. WE'RE JOINED BY HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER, SONJA COOPER, WHO REPRESENTS MANY SURVIVORS. SONJA, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT THIS TIME. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FIVE, SIX YEARS SINCE THIS ENQUIRY BEGAN. WHAT ARE YOU MOST INTERESTED TO SEE IN THIS REPORT TODAY? I THINK IT IS A COMBINATION OF THIS INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN COLLECTED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT SUMMARISED IN THIS REPORT. AS YOU SAY, SO NEW ZEALANDERS CAN SEE THE SCALE OF ABUSE THAT HAS HAPPENED IN NEW ZEALAND, AND I THINK IT'S BEEN SO WELL COVERED UP FOR DECADES. THAT IS ONE THING. I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY WAITING FOR THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE A BLUEPRINT AS TO HOW WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. THAT IS NOT ONLY IN LOOKING AFTER THE SURVIVORS WHO THIS ROYAL COMMISSION IS ABOUT, BUT ALSO MOVING FORWARD FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL IN CARE AND BEING ABUSED IN CARE. SO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL WAITING FOR WITH BAITED BREATH, TO BE HONEST. HOW MANY FAITH-BASED INSTITUTIONS RESPONDED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND HOW HAS THE STATE RESPONDED? THIS IS WHERE I THINK FAITH-BASED ORGANISATIONS, PARTICULARLY THE MAIN ONES, HAVE ACTUALLY REALLY STEPPED UP. I THINK THEY WERE CERTAINLY LISTENING AND TAKING ON BOARD WHAT WAS BEING SAID TO THEM AT THE ROYAL COMMISSION, WHAT WAS BEING PUT TO THEM ABOUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THEIR PROCESSES. SO I THINK, PARTICULARLY WITH THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, THE METHODIST CHURCH, THE SALVATION ARMY, THE BAPTIST CHURCH, THEIR COMPENSATION, THEIR READ DRESS LEVELS WENT UP SIGNIFICANTLY. THEIR PROCESSES ALSO CHANGED AND BECAME MUCH MORE TRAUMA INFORMED. THEY STARTED FROM A POINT OF BELIEVING SURVIVORS. SURVIVORS DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO TELL THEIR STORIES. THEY WEREN'T INVESTIGATED. CAN'T SAY THE SAME FOR THE CATHOLICS. THERE PROCESS I THINK IS STILL FAR TOO DIFFICULT. STILL INVESTIGATORS TESTING THE ALLEGATIONS. THAT GOES TO A COMMITTEE WHO DECIDES WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO BELIEVE THOSE ALLEGATIONS. SO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, WHICH STILL DOES REPRESENT A LOT OF SURVIVORS, HAS A LONG WAY TO GO. COMPARING THAT TO THE STATE, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE I THINK THE STATE HAS ACTUALLY GONE BACKWARDS. NOTHING HAS REALLY IMPROVED. REDRESS HAS ESSENTIALLY STAYED THE SAME. AND THE STATE CONTINUES TO RELY ON ITS LEGAL DEFENCES TO JUSTIFY HAVING REALLY LOW LEVELS OF READDRESS. I THINK WHERE THERE HAS BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENT IS PUTTING IN PLACE SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS, SO THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND MUCH MORE RECENTLY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION HAVE MORE WRAPAROUND SERVICES AVAILABLE, BUT AGAIN THEY ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY LIMITED. AND I THINK THEY ARE VERY NEW TO HAVING BEEN ROLLED OUT. I THINK THE STATE HAS REALLY FAILED AND CONTINUED TO FAIL. ANOTHER THING IS THE STATE HAS BEEN QUITE CYNICAL. THE ROYAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDED INTERIM PAYMENTS FOR THOSE WHO ARE LIKELY TO DIE BEFORE AN INDEPENDENT READDRESS IS SET UP. WHAT THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ACTUALLY SET UP A FAST TRACK FOR A PAYMENT PROCESS AND THEN HAVE ALL SURVIVORS SIGNED OFF ON FINAL SETTLEMENTS. WHICH I THINK IS JUST CYNICAL, BECAUSE IN OTHER WORDS THEY ARE SIGNING OFF THE CROWNS LIABILITY POTENTIALLY FOR THE FUTURE, AND I THINK THIS IS TO TRY AND SAY, LOOK, THERE IS NO NEED FOR AN INDEPENDENT READDRESS PROCESS, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SURVIVORS TO SIGN OFF ON INDEPENDENT SETTLEMENTS. HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU ESTIMATE WILL BE NEEDED FOR COMPENSATION? OVER BILLION DOLLARS. COMPENSATION IS ONE PART OF IT, BUT READDRESS HAS TWO ASPECTS TO IT ` THERE IS THE MONEY ASPECT BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT PEOPLE'S WELL-BEING IS SUPPORTED. BECAUSE SURVIVORS HAVE SUFFERED SO MUCH DAMAGE IN ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR LIVES, THEY WILL BE LIVING IN POVERTY MANY WILL HAVE BEEN IN PRISON, MOST WILL HAVE LIMITED EDUCATION ` THEY WILL HAVE ALCOHOL, DRUG, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. ALL OF THOSE ISSUES, EVEN THINGS LIKE CASHEWS THAT MARKED PEOPLE, THEY ALSO NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. WHAT WAS VERY CLEAR IN THE 2021 REPORT WAS THAT YES, THERE IS MONEY, BUT YOU NEED TO PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES WHICH PEOPLE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A DECENT STANDARD OF LIVING. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT INVESTMENT MOVE, BECAUSE THE ECONOMIC COST OF SURVIVORS OF HAVING BEEN ABUSED IN CARE IS AROUND $800,000 OR $900,000 PURSE OF OVER. PER SURVIVOR* I'M GLAD YOU CLARIFIED THAT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF THEIR ABUSE ON THEIR EDUCATION, MENTAL WELL-BEING, THEIR ABILITY TO LIVE A DECENT LIFE, ALL OF THAT IS SEVERELY IMPACTED. THE STATISTICS SHOW THAT IT IS ABOUT $800,000 OR $900,000 PER SURVIVOR. THOUGH MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS PAYING FROM $2000. THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION $5000. THE AVERAGE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SURVIVOR GETS $20,000. THAT IS ACTUALLY AN INSULT CONSIDERING THE ACTUAL LOSS THEY HAVE SUFFERED OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR LIVES. PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IN EDUCATION OR MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CARE WHO HAVE SPENT PRETTY MUCH THEIR ENTIRE LIVES OR A BIG CHUNK OF THEIR LIVES BEING ABUSED IN CARE AS CHILDREN. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THE ADULTS THAT ARE ALSO COVERED BY THIS REPORT, BECAUSE IT ALSO LOOKS AT ADULTS IN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS. OF COURSE A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE SPENT AGAIN MUCH OF THEIR LIVES BEING LOCKED UP AND SUFFERING HORRENDOUS ABUSE IN CARE. THAT IS PLACES LIKE CAMBERLEY BUT ALSO THE OLD PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS LIKE OAKLEY AND PORIRUA. WE HAVE LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS COMING ON SHORTLY. WHAT WOULD YOUR MESSAGE BE TO HIM? I GUESS MY MESSAGE WOULD BE TO HIM AS, LOOK, WELL DONE TO LABOUR FOR ACTUALLY GETTING THE ROYAL COMMISSION STARTED, BUT WE SAW A LACK OF LEADERSHIP IN THE LAST PART OF LABOURS TERM IN GOVERNMENT. THEY HAD THE INTERIM REPORT SINCE DECEMBER 2021 BUT DID NOTHING WITH IT. SO MY REAL CHALLENGE TO BOTH POLITICIANS IS... THOUGH ROYAL COMMISSION REPORT WILL REQUIRE A CROSS GOVERNMENT APPROACH. THEY CAN'T JUST BE GOVERNMENT. IT HAS TO BE ACROSS PARLIAMENT. THERE IS GOING TO NEED TO BE A REAL PUSH TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION, BECAUSE WE CANNOT HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL THIS PAIN, SURVIVORS CANNOT HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL THIS TRAUMA AND PAIN FOR IT TO LINGER ON A SHELF SOMEWHERE AND FOR NOTHING TO BE DONE. SO THAT IS MY MESSAGE TO CHRIS HIPKINS AND THE GOVERNMENT ` ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THE REPORT. ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRAUMA OF SURVIVORS AND INVEST IN THEM AND THEIR WHANAU FOR THE FUTURE. GOOD TO TALK TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW NEEDS HELP, PLEASE CONTACT THE NUMBERS ON SCREEN NOW. E HAERE AKE NEI ` LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS WAS THE PUBLIC SERVICE MINISTER WHEN THE REDRESS PROGRAMME WAS ANNOUNCED. HE'LL RESPOND NEXT. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. AS WE HEARD BEFORE THE BREAK, TODAY IS A SIGNIFICANT DAY FOR SURVIVORS OF ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH-BASED CARE. THE INQUIRY REPORT AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE RELEASED PUBLICALLY AT 4PM TODAY, A REPORT THAT WAS COMMISSIONED UNDER THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT IN 2018. BUT IT'S TAKEN SIX YEARS BETWEEN THAT TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE NOW. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS JOINS ME FOR MORE THIS MORNING. I KNOW YOU HAVE ONLY JUST RECEIVED THAT REPORT ON MONDAY AND I CANNOT IMAGINE YOU'VE GOT THROUGH ALL OF IT, BUT WHAT YOU HAVE MANAGED TO READ, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO IT? I THINK IT IS A VERY CONFRONTING REPORT, AS WAS THE EARLIER REPORT RELEASED BY THE ROYAL COMMISSION. THAT SHOWS THE HORRIFIC NATURE OF ABUSE IN STATE CARE THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE OVER GENERATIONS. THAT SHOWS HOW THE INITIAL ABUSE WAS THEN COMPOUNDED BY THE WAY THE STATE COVER THAT UP IN THE NIGHT IT HAPPENED AND ALLOWED IT TO CONTINUE. AT SHOWS THAT THE BRAVE SURVIVORS WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR SUCH A LONG TIME TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD DESERVE TO HAVE THIS REPORT, HAVE THIS PROCESS COMPLETED, BUT WORK REALLY HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN. WHEN THAT INTERIM REPORT CAME OUT, WE SET OFF A PROCESS OF WORK TO CHANGE THE WAY THE REDRESS SYSTEM OPERATES. OUR GOAL WAS TO HAVE IT READY TO RELEASE SHORTLY AFTER THE ROYAL COMMISSION HAD RELEASED ITS FINAL REPORT. I HOPE THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE. WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A STORY CASES, THAT THERE ARE STILL ABUSES IN STATE CARE TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW TODAY AND WE HAVE TO REALLY STEP UP THE PACE TO ADDRESS THAT. THE QUESTION, THEN, WHY WAS IT NOT STEPPED UP WHEN THE INTERIM REPORT WAS RELEASED IN 2021? AT THE TIME, YOU WERE THE PUBLIC SERVICES MINISTER. ON THE DAY, YOU RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT SAID THE GOVERNMENT DOES LISTEN TO THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY SURVIVORS AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ROYAL COMMISSIONS FINDINGS THAT THERE ARE BEEN FAILINGS TO FIND REDRESS. WE ARE MAKING AN IMMEDIATE AND CLEAR COMMITMENT TO CHANGE. NO ONE WOULD SAY THAT THREE YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT IS IMMEDIATE. IMMEDIATE CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE WAY THAT CLAIMS WERE BEING DEALT WITH AT THAT TIME. INTERIM STEPS WERE PUT IN PLACE WHILE THE NEW SYSTEM WAS MADE. WE SET ABOUT DESIGNING A NEW SYSTEM THAT INVOLVE THEM IN THAT CONVERSATION. WE WERE NOT A POSITION TO ANNOUNCE A NEW SYSTEM UNTIL THE FINAL ROYAL COMMISSION REPORT WAS RELEASED. WE WANTED TO BE A WILL TO DO THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ONCE THE FINAL REPORT WAS RELEASED. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST 10 MONTHS, BUT I CERTAINLY WANT TO PRESS TO ENSURE THAT A NEW SYSTEM IS PUT IN PLACE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. THAT REPORT CAME OUT IN 2021, AND YOU WERE IN GOVERNMENT UNTIL NOVEMBER 2023. WE JUST HAD THE HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER FOR THE SURVIVORS, OF THOSE WHO WERE ABUSED. SHE SAYS THAT TOWARDS YOUR GOVERNMENT, THERE WAS A LACK OF LEADERSHIP AT THE END OF YOUR TERM AND YOU DID NOTHING WITH THAT REPORT. HOW MANY OF THOSE 95 RECOMMENDATIONS WERE PUT IN PLACE UNDER YOUR GOVERNMENT? THE FINAL REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION WAS DELAYED, AND I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THE ROYAL COMMISSION COMPLETED THIS PROCESS PROPERLY RATHER THAN RUSHING TO GET A CONCLUSION BEFORE EVERYONE FELT THEY'D BEEN FULLY HEARD AND ISSUES WERE ADEQUATELY CANVASSED. THE ROYAL COMMISSION HAS RELEASED ITS FINAL REPORT, AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ACTION FOLLOWED SWIFTLY. CHANGES WERE MADE ALONG THE WAY, SO IT IS NOT TRUE TO SAY THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF WORK HAPPENING OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. A LOT OF THINGS WERE CHANGING. THE SYSTEMS CHANGES WERE MADE QUICKLY AFTER THE INTERIM REPORT WAS RELEASED. A LOT OF WORKERS GONE INTO DESIGNING A NEW SYSTEM SO ONCE THE ROYAL COMMISSION HAD REPORTED, WE COULD MOVE SWIFTLY TO PUTTING NEW COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR THE LONGER TERM, SO A LOT OF THAT WORK ARE READY BEEN DONE BEFORE THE ELECTION. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN. SOME OF THE SURVIVORS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR 20, 30, 40, 50 YEARS FOR AN APOLOGY. DID SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS MOVE TOO SLOWLY AND IGNORE THEIR ABUSE? WHAT YOU WILL SEE FROM MY RESPONSE WHEN THE INTERIM REPORT WAS RELEASED, I ISSUED AN INFORMAL APOLOGY. A FORMAL APOLOGY CANNOT BE RELEASED UNTIL THE FINAL REPORT. THAT HAS NOW BEEN RELEASED, AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL FORMALLY APOLOGISE AND I THINK THAT IS APPROPRIATE. I, ON BEHALF OF THE CROWN AT THE TIME, EXPRESSED ABSOLUTE REGRET THAT IT HAD TAKEN THAT LONG. AS OPPOSITION MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, IN MY CASE, FOR NINE YEARS BEFORE THAT, WE HAD HEARD FROM SO MANY SURVIVORS WHO TOLD US THEIR STORIES AND WE KNEW THEY WERE NOT BEING HEARD. WE KNEW THAT THEIR CONCERNS WERE NOT BEING ADDRESSED, WE KNEW THIS HAD BEEN LEFT TO DRIFT FOR FAR TOO LONG AND THE ONLY WAY TO ADEQUATELY DEAL WITH IT WAS THE DOOR PROPERLY AND THOROUGHLY, IN A ROYAL COMMISSION WAS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THAT. TODAY IS A HUGE DAY FOR SURVIVORS, IN THE GALLERY OF PARLIAMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE PACKED WITH SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND SUPPORTERS. WERE HEARING REPORTS THAT SOME OF THOSE SURVIVORS HAVE TO PAY THEIR OWN WAY TO GET DOWN TO PARLIAMENT ON SUCH A SIGNIFICANT DAY. IS THAT RIGHT? SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT AT LEAST THE BEEN LOOKING AT FUNDING TO GET THE SURVIVORS THERE FOR TODAY? IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO BE HERE. WHETHER THEY HERE TODAY OR FOR THE FORMAL APOLOGY, I CERTAINLY HOPE WHEN IT HAPPENS, THE GOVERNMENT WILL PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS TO MAKE SURE THOSE AFFECTED CAN BE HERE AND HEAR THAT APOLOGY IN PERSON. THEY HAVE WAITED SUCH A LONG TIME, THEY HAVE FOUGHT SUCH A LONG TIME FOR THIS, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS HAPPENS. I THINK IT ISN'T HIGHLY APPROPRIATE THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ABOUT THE RELEASE OF THAT REPORT. WE ONLY HAVE A SHORT TIME LEFT, BUT I WANT A SHORT RESPONSE FROM YOU ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH HEALTH NEW ZEALAND. THEY PUT THE BLAME OF OVERSPENDING FIRMLY WITH YOUR GOVERNMENT. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT? THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN SPENDING SO HARD THAT THE WASHING MACHINE FELL OVER YESTERDAY. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND WERE OUT THERE SAYING THAT THE DEFICIT LAST YEAR WAS A ONE-OFF, CAUSED BY THINGS SUCH AS PAY EQUITY CLAIMS. IT IS WRITTEN IN THE ANNUAL REPORT. THE DEFICIT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS YEAR HAS ONLY EMERGED SINCE MARCH. THAT WAS WELL INTO THIS GOVERNMENTS TENURE, SO THAT IS A QUESTION FOR THEM. TO SOMEHOW SPIN THAT THIS WAS AND HE RETURNED BY LAST GOVERNMENT IS SIMPLY UNTRUE. ANYONE IS LOOKED AT THIS IN DETAIL WILL COME TO THIS CONCLUSION, THAT THERE TRYING TO SPIN OUT OF A PROBLEM AT THEIR OWN MAKING. OUR PHYSIO INTERIM FINANCIAL STRIFE BECAUSE AFTER THE ELECTION, COSTS THAT ESCALATED, THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED NOT TO MEET THOSE INCREASED COSTS. WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS A DIRECT CONSEQUENCE OF THAT. WELCOME BACK. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WILL BE NEEDED TO COMPENSATE SURVIVORS OF ABUSE IN STATE- AND FAITH-BASED CARE. THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO HISTORICAL ABUSE IS SET TO MAKE ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PUBLIC THIS AFTERNOON. A HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER TOLD BREAKFAST THE FINDINGS WILL HELP PROVIDE A BLUEPRINT FOR MOVING FORWARD. SHE'S CALLING ON ALL POLITICIANS TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS SUGGESTED IN THE REPORT. THE STATISTICS SHOW... IT'S ABOUT $800,000 PER SURVIVOR. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH PAYING $2000, THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION $5000, IS AN INSULT CONSIDERING THE LOSS THEY HAVE SUFFERED OVER THE LIVES. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL MAKE A FORMAL APOLOGY TO SURVIVORS IN NOVEMBER. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS WAS THE PUBLIC SERVICES MINISTER IN 2021 WHEN THE INQUIRY REPORT WAS RELEASED WHERE HE COMMITTED TO DEVELOP A NEW, INDEPENDENT, SURVIVOR-FOCUSED REDRESS SYSTEM. IMMEDIATE CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE WAY CLAIMS WERE BEING DEALT WITH THE FINAL ROYAL COMMISSION REPORT WAS RELEASED. OF APOLOGIES FOR THAT ` NOT THE RIGHT CLIP THAT REPORT. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS SAYS SHE IS READY TO TAKE ON THE HARD WORK AHEAD AFTER ENTERING THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. IN HER FIRST RALLY SINCE SHE LAUNCHED HER CAMPAIGN, HARRIS THANKED JOE BIDEN FOR HIS SERVICE AND PROMISED TO UNITE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. SO, FRIENDS, WE HAVE 105 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY. AND IN THAT TIME, WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO. BUT WE'RE NOT AFRAID OF HARD WORK. WE LIKE HARD WORK, DON'T WE? (CROWD CHEERS) AND WE WILL WIN THIS ELECTION. HARRIS IS EXPECTED TO BE NAMED THE DEMOCRAT'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AT NEXT MONTH'S NATIONAL CONVENTION. RIVAL PALESTINIAN FACTIONS HAMAS AND FATAH HAVE AGREED TO FORM A FUTURE GOVERNMENT TOGETHER. THE TWO GROUPS SAID THEY STRUCK A DEAL IN CHINA TO SHARE POWER AFTER THE WAR. ISRAEL HAS DENOUNCED THE PACT, SAYING HAMAS SHOULD PLAY NO PART IN ANY POST-FIGHTING GOVERNANCE. HAMAS HAS RULED THE GAZA STRIP FOR 17 YEARS, WHILE FATAH ADMINISTERS PART OF THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK. MEANWHILE, PALESTINIANS IN EASTERN KHAN YOUNIS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AGAIN, AFTER ISRAEL ISSUED THE LATEST EVACUATION ORDER FOR THE AREA. FAMILIES CAN BE SEEN FLEEING ON FOOT, AND SLEEPING ON THE STREETS. ISRAEL CLAIMED MILITANTS WERE FIRING ROCKETS FROM THE AREA, AND ATTEMPTING TO REGROUP. KENYAN POLICE HAVE FIRED TEAR GAS TO DISPERSE CROWDS OF PROTESTERS ON THE STREETS OF THE CAPITAL NAIROBI. ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATORS CLASHED WITH PRO-STATE COUNTER PROTESTERS ON MOTORBIKES. THE YOUTH-LED PROTESTS AGAINST TAX HIKES AND ALLEGED CORRUPTION HAVE NOW ENTERED A SIXTH WEEK. AT LEAST 50 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE DEMONSTRATIONS. TO SPORT, AND THE MYSTICS ARE IN PREPARATION MODE AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND'S ANZ PREMIERSHIP ELIMINATION FINAL. THE AUCKLAND SIDE MANAGED TO SCRAP THROUGH TO THE PLAYOFFS AFTER A 63-55 WIN OVER THE STARS ON SUNDAY. AFTER WINNING FOUR OF THEIR LAST FIVE GAMES, DEFENDER PHOENIX KARAKA BELIEVES IT WILL BE THEIR OWN CONFIDENCE THAT WILL GET THEM THE WIN OVER THE TACTIX. ON THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT ACTUALLY HAVING THAT BELIEF AND THAT CONFIDENCE THAT WE CAN PULL THROUGH WITH A GAME PLAN, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE DID VERY WELL ON SATURDAY, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT TO TAKE THAT CONFIDENCE FROM OUR LAST ROUNDS OF GAMES BECAUSE WE ARE CAPABLE. THE TACTIX WILL HOST THE ELIMINATION FINAL THIS SATURDAY AT 4pm. IN THE HEART OF PARIS TODAY, THE EFFORTS TO ENSURE A SAFE EVENT CAUSING DISRUPTIONS FOR PARISIANS, IN THE HEART OF PARIS TODAY, A CHECKPOINT ON EVERY CORNER AND NO ACCESS WITHOUT A SPECIAL PERMIT. I'M GOING TO A SHOP. RUE SAINT-ANDRE. KEY ROADS, BLOCKS FOR THE IMMINENT OLYMPICS. I'M GOING TO NEED TO GO REALLY FAR OUT OF MY WAY. BUT I STILL LOVE PARIS. STRANDED BEHIND BARRIERS. LOCAL CAFES ARE ALSO LOSING OUT. NO BUSINESS, NO TOURISTS. YES, ECONOMIC IS... DOWN. BUT THE TOUGH SECURITY MEASURES ARE DESIGNED TO DELIVER A UNIQUE OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE, WITH FRIDAY'S OPENING CEREMONY TAKING PLACE HERE ON THE RIVER SEINE. THE FRENCH ARMY HAS ALSO BEEN CALLED IN FOR THE BIGGEST MILITARY DEPLOYMENT IN PARIS SINCE WORLD WAR TWO. 'WE HAVE DEMINING TEAMS AND DOG TEAMS,' SAYS THE GENERAL IN CHARGE, (SPEAKS FRENCH) LIONEL QATAR. 'THERE ARE ANTI-DRONE SYSTEMS, RADARS AND DIVERS 'PATROLLING THE RIVER SEINE.' PARIS HAS GOOD REASON TO BE ON HIGH ALERT. THIS WAS A REHEARSAL STAGED THIS MORNING IN PARIS IN CASE OF A HOSTAGE INCIDENT DURING THE GAMES. BY BRINGING THESE GAMES TO THE HEART OF PARIS, THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES HAVE CREATED SOME SECURITY HEADACHES AND OTHER FRUSTRATIONS. BUT THEY'RE CLEARLY CALCULATING THAT THOSE RISKS ARE FAR OUTWEIGHED BY THE OPPORTUNITIES OF SHOWCASING THIS EXTRAORDINARY CITY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A WET AND SOGGY DAY FOR THE REGION. KAITAIA AND AUCKLAND, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE MORNING. 16 THE HIGH FOR MOST. FURTHER SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY FOR TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA. TAUPO, A FROSTY START TO YOUR MORNING. THAT WILL TURN TO AFTERNOON CLOUD. 15 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. TO THE EAST COAST ` THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SUNSHINE. A WARM DAY FOR THE REGION. NOTHING BUT BLUE SKIES. 16 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS OVER TO THE WEST ` PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF THE REGION. LEVIN, YOU WILL BE TREATED TO SUNSHINE TODAY. WELLINGTON, ANOTHER WINDY DAY IN THE CAPITAL. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY START TO THE DAY FOR WESTPORT, GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. 14 IS YOUR HIGH, NELSON. HEADING SOUTH ` A GLORIOUS DAY FOR THE MOST OF THE REGION. TIMARU AND OAMARU ARE IN FOR BLUE SKIES. LIGHT SHOWERS FOR CHRISTCHURCH, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` EARLY MORNING CLOUD TO START THE DAY THAT CLOUD WILL CLEAR FOR MOST OF YOU. EXPECT A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY AFTERNOON. 12 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND AND DUNEDIN. ME U TONU MAI ` CHANGES COULD BE COMING TO PAYWAVE COSTS. WHY THE COMMERCE COMMISSION IS TAKING AIM AT THOSE PESKY SURCHARGES. AFTER THE BREAK. (POP MUSIC) WELCOME BACK. USING THE OLD TAP-AND-GO WHEN SHOPPING MAY SAVE A BIT OF TIME, BUT IT COMES AT A COST, AND THE COMMERCE COMMISSION THINKS IT'S TOO HIGH. THEY'VE OPENED CONSULTATION TO CONSUMERS AND MERCHANTS FOR THE NEXT MONTH, SEEKING FEEDBACK ON THE FEES BEFORE IT TAKES ITS NEXT STEP. COMMERCE COMMISSION CHAIR JOHN SMALL JOINS ME NOW. MORENA, JOHN. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. SO WHAT IS THE COMMERCE COMMISSION DOING AT THE MOMENT? THE REASON WE ARE LOOKING INTO THIS IS BECAUSE THERE IS A LAW CALLED RETAIL PAYMENT SYSTEMS ACT THAT WAS BORN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND GIVES US RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT SYSTEM. AS YOU KNOW PROBABLY, WE'VE BEEN ON AND ON ABOUT SURCHARGING FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS AND TRYING VARIOUS WAYS TO TAKE THE PAIN OUT OF SURCHARGING AND TO GET MERCHANTS TO KEEP THEIR SURCHARGES AT COST. SOME MERCHANTS DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE COST IS. THAT SEEM SO BIZARRE. CAN WE TAKE A STEP BACK? WHEN YOU GO INTO A SHOP, THE OWNERS ARE PAYING FOR THAT PAY WEB SERVICE BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY ARE PAYING? THEY MAY KNOW, BUT ACTUALLY, THE RATE VARIES, DEPENDING ON WHAT CARD THE BUYER HAS. SOME OF THESE FEES ARE NOT TRANSPARENT FROM THE BANKS, SO THERE IS A BIT OF CONFUSION THERE. THAT DOESN'T HELP. PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS` ALSO SOME MERCHANTS, TO BE FRANK, PROBABLY CHARGE A BIT MUCH. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT STEADILY AND INVESTIGATING OTHER ASPECTS OF THE MARKET. WE HAVE COME TO THE VIEW THAT WE COULD TAKE A LOT OF HEAT OUT OF THIS BY PUSHING DOWN THIS TRANSFER FEE THAT RUNS BETWEEN THE TWO BANKS. SO THAT THE COST OF THE MERCHANT WILL BE NO MORE THAN ABOUT .7% WHICH IS QUITE LOW COMPARED TO SURCHARGING THESE DAYS. COMPARED TO, WHAT, 2 1/2%? AT MAY MAKE IT TO THE POINT WHERE MERCHANTS SAY, WHY BOTHER? CARDHOLDERS, WHEN WE GO IN, WE WILL KNOW THAT THAT IS THE REASONABLE SURCHARGE AND IF ANYONE IS CHARGING MORE THAN THAT, YOU CAN REJECT. SOME BUSINESSES WILL ABSORB THIS COST. WHEN HE IS PAID 11 CERTAIN SHOPS, THERE WILL BE NO SURCHARGE, BUT THIS HAS AN IMPACT ON SMALLER BUSINESSES. ABSOLUTELY IT DOES. THEY HAVE HIGHER FEES AS WELL. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY? THE MASTERCARD NETWORK TO START WITH. SOCRATIC CARDS, DEBIT CARDS THAT ARE NOT SWIPED, ACROSS BOTH OF THOSE NETWORKS, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE CONSULTING ON. IN TERMS OF COST TO US AS CUSTOMERS, HOW MUCH ARE WE TALKING? THE TOTAL COST OF THE MERCHANTS OF THESE TWO NETWORKS IS ABOUT $1 BILLION A YEAR. IT'S A BIG NUMBER. WE CAN PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT 1/4 OF THAT OUT, SO ABOUT $250 MILLION WOULD BE THE SAVING TO MERCHANTS. AND THAT WOULD FLOW THROUGH THEM, IN THE HOPE OF LOWER SURCHARGE. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM MERCHANTS. THEY WERE QUICK OFF THE MARK YESTERDAY TO TELL US. BANKS, VISA AND MASTERCARD. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM ABOUT? IT'S PRETTY PREDICTABLE HOW VARIOUS PEOPLE WILL FEEL ABOUT THIS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE THINK IT'S REASONABLY SAFE BASED ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE UK. BUT THAT IS WHAT WE ARE CHECKING. WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THIS? I'M THINKING ABOUT BANKS CHARGING MERCHANTS, RIGHT, TO USE THIS PRODUCT. CAN YOU REGULATE BANKS? WHAT ABOUT BANKS THAT ARE OFFSHORE? WE THINK WE CAN DO IT THERETO AS WELL AS SILLY. GO COMCOM. WE ARE BEING CAREFUL ABOUT THIS BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT LIGHTLY, BUT WE THINK THERE IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY HERE TO MAKE A BIGGER DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU, JENNY MAY. JOHN, CAN YOU STAY THERE FOR A SECOND. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR. WHAT IS EXCESSIVE? BECAUSE WHEN I DO PAY WAVE, THEY DO RANGE FROM 1%, BUT I HAVE SAID 2.5% WHAT DO YOU DO IN THAT SITUATION? THAT SOUNDS EXCESSIVE TO ME BUT WE ARE NOT CERTAIN, IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT IT AND ASK THE MERCHANT AND SAY, IS THIS REALLY A COST BASED SURCHARGE OR A BIT EXTRA THAT YOU ARE PUTTING ON? A PART OF THE ISSUE AS I SAID TO JENNY MAY IS THAT SOME MERCHANTS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE BEING CHARGED THEMSELVES. IS SORRY, FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, I SEE IT ONLINE TOO. IS THIS GOING TO BE MONITORED? SHORT ANSWER, YES. THAT IS INCLUDED IN OUR CONSULTATION. THERE ARE OTHER DRIP IN THE MIDDLE JUNK FEES THAT PEOPLE PUT ON, BOOKING FEES, SERVICE FEES. WE THINK THIS WILL TAKE SOME HEAT OUT OF IT. JOHN SMALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THOSE ARE MY TWO QUESTIONS THAT I WILL END TO THEIR. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WE ARE JUST THREE DAYS OUT FROM THE OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY. WE'LL LOOK BACK AT THE INCREDIBLE DISPLAYS FROM PAST GAMES. (POP MUSIC) WELCOME BACK. THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES WILL BE REVEALED THIS WEEKEND. IT'S A TRADITION DATING BACK DECADES ` INVITING NATIONS AND PEOPLE THROUGH MUSIC, SONG AND DANCE. TO DISCOVER THE CULTURE OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THE GAMES ARE TAKING PLACE, LUCY BENDELL LOOKS BACK ON THE HISTORY OF GAME CEREMONIES. 1924 ` 100 YEARS AGO, THE OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY BEGAN IN THE HEART OF PARIS. (PARISIAN MUSIC) OVER 3000 ATHLETES MARCHED AT THE STADE DE OLYMPIQUE DE COLOMBUS ` AMONG THEM FOUR NEW ZEALANDERS. 45,000 SPECTATORS TURNED OUT TO CHEER THEM ON. ARCHIVE: OCTOBER THE 10TH, 1964, 2 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON AND THE MOMENT HAS FINALLY ARRIVED. THE MOMENT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR HERE IN TOKYO. 40 YEARS LATER, THE OLYMPIC TORCH CARRYING THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME WAS LIT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TOKYO. (FIRE EXPLODES, CROWD CHEERS) AROUND THE GLOBE, TELEVISION VIEWERS ALSO WATCHING IN COLOUR FOR THE FIRST TIME. OVER 5,000 ATHLETES DRESSED IN THEIR TRADITIONAL UNIFORMS WALKED THE STADIUM, REPRESENTING 93 COUNTRIES, 16 NATIONS MAKING THEIR OLYMPIC DEBUT. ARCHIVE: CAMEROON, THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE BEEN REPRESENTED IN THE OLYMPIC COMPETITION, MAKES THEIR APPEARANCE HERE DRESSED IN THEIR NATIVE COSTUMES OF THE CAMEROON. (EPIC MUSIC) LOS ANGELES, 1984 ` THE GAMES WERE OFF TO A FLYING START, WITH A PILOT JET-PACKING INTO THE FAMOUS COLISEUM STADIUM. (FANFARE PLAYS) RIGHT FROM THE START, THERE WAS LESS MARCHING AND MORE DANCING AMONG THE ATHLETES ` SOMETHING OFTEN RESERVED FOR THE CLOSING CEREMONY. ('80S MUSIC PLAYS) TWO DECADES LATER, THE FLAME RETURNED TO THE GAME'S ANCIENT BIRTHPLACE IN GREECE. (INTENSE MUSIC) WITH THE RINGS OF FIRE LIGHTING UP ATHENS OLYMPIC STADIUM. SOMETHING A LITTLE LESS TRADITIONAL IN 2012. (HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRR) OH MY GOODNESS. (JAMES BOND THEME MUSIC) LONDON OPENING WITH THE QUEEN LEAPING FROM A PLANE WITH A UNION JACK PARACHUTE, ACCOMPANIED BY JAMES BOND. IN 2020, BACK TO TOKYO, IN, HERE'S A CLUE... COVID TIMES. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, EACH COUNTRY WITH TWO FLAG BEARERS, ONE MALE AND ONE FEMALE, TO CELEBRATE GENDER EQUALITY. FINALLY, A CENTURY ON, PARIS IS HOSTING AGAIN. THE GAMES NOW INCLUDING 10,000 ATHLETES FROM OVER 200 COUNTRIES. AND WHILE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THIS SATURDAY'S OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY, YOU CAN BET IT WILL BE DELIVERED WITH EXCEPTIONAL FRENCH FLAIR. 530 ON SATURDAY MORNING. NICE WORK ON THE TRACK. A GOOD REMINDER OF THE OPENING CEREMONIES THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST. IT WAS REALLY FUN TO LOOK BACK ON THEM. I HAVE NOT SEEN ALL OF THEM AS I'M VERY YOUNG. MY FAVOURITE WAS LOS ANGELES. LOOK AT ALL THE DANCING, THE COLOURFUL PLACARDS, AND LOOK AT ALL THESE ATHLETES. I THINK THERE WAS NEARLY 7000 ATHLETES ALL DANCING TOGETHER. IT IS THE JOY, RIGHT? THAT IS WHAT BRINGS THE WORLD TOGETHER. I THINK THE PEOPLE AT HOME WOULD HAVE WANTED TO JOIN IN. THE POINT OF IT IS TO GET EVERYBODY INVOLVED, SHOW THE CULTURE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANY OF THAT DANCING GOING ON IN PARIS, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE ON A BOAT. THIS IS 1984. SO YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN TWO? THIS YEAR'S GAMES, WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN? CELINE DION? MY HEART GOES ON. MAYBE. I THINK THERE ARE ABOUT 90 FOR BOATS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SAILING DOWN THE RIVER. THERE ARE THOUSANDS, 3500 ACTORS DANCERS AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCE. IT IS GOING TO BE AN EXTRAVAGANZA. IT IS GOING TO BE SPECTACULAR. WHEN IT COMES TO OPENING CEREMONIES, I AM A TRADITIONALIST. I LIKE THAT YOU ARE IN A CAULDRON, AND FOR THE ATHLETES THEY GET TO WALK AROUND AT THEIR OWN PACE AND THEN MIX AND MINGLE AND DANCE AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO. ALL THEY SEE IS THIS FULL STADIUM. NOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE A BOAT. IT IS GOING TO BE SO WIDESPREAD. THE OLYMPICS ARE PROMISING THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN OLYMPIC HISTORY. THEY HAVE 80 BIG SCREENS AROUND THE CITY'S I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE A HUGE CROWD. I KNOW YOU ARE A TRADITIONALIST BUT PLEASE UPGRADE YOUR BLACK AND WHITE TELEVISION TO COLOUR. BECAUSE YOUR KIDS WANT TO SEE IT. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK, HERE'S WENDY WITH THE NEWS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN SLAMMED FOR CONTINUOUSLY FAILING TO IMPROVE ITS ACTIONS AROUND ABUSE IN STATE- AND FAITH-BASED CARE. HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER SONJA COOPER GOES AS FAR AS SAYING THE STATE HAVE EVEN GONE BACKWARDS. IT COMES AS THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO HISTORICAL ABUSE IS SET TO MAKE ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PUBLIC THIS AFTERNOON. COOPER SAYS THE ABUSE WAS SO WELL COVERED UP FOR DECADES, INDIVIDUAL COMPENSATION COULD COST BILLIONS. NOTHING REALLY HAS IMPROVED. I THINK RED DRESS HAS ESSENTIALLY STAYED THE SAME. SO WHILE THE INTERIM REPORT IN 2021 WAS VERY CLEAR THAT STATE RE-DRESS WAS ABYSMAL, AND HAS JUST REMAINED THE SAME AND THE STATE CONTINUES TO RELY ON ALL ITS LEGAL DEFENCES TO JUSTIFY HAVING REALLY LOW LEVELS OF REDRESS. AND LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS, WHO WAS THE PUBLIC SERVICES MINISTER IN 2021 WHEN AN INTERIM REPORT WAS RELEASED , DISPUTES HIS GOVERNMENT DID PUT INTERIM CHANGES IN PLACE. CHANGES WERE MADE, ALONG THE WAY. IT IS NOT TRUE TO SAY THAT THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF WORK HAPPENING OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, A LOT OF THINGS WERE ALREADY CHANGING. THE REDRESS SYSTEM HAD ALREADY HAD ONE SET OF CHANGES MADE TO IT, THAT WAS MADE VERY QUICKLY AFTER THE INTERIM REPORT WAS RELEASED. A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO DESIGNING THE NEW REDRESS OF SYSTEM SO THAT ONCE THE FINAL REPORT WAS RELEASED, WE COULD MOVE SWIFTLY TO PUT A NEW COMPREHENSIVE REDRESS SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR THE LONGER TERM. IT'S ESTIMATED THE COST OF COMPENSATION FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL SURVIVOR COULD COST AROUND $900,000 DOLLARS, WHEN FACTORING IN THE OVERALL IMPACT AND WRAP-AROUND SERVICES NEEDED. AN ETHICAL INVESTMENT CHARITY IS CALLING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY FROM FUND MANAGERS AFTER IT WAS REVEALED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN KIWISAVER CONTRIBUTIONS ARE INVESTED IN GLOBAL WEAPON MANUFACTURERS. AROUND $60m OF NEW ZEALANDERS' MONEY IS INVESTED IN THE PRODUCTION OF WEAPONS USED IN GAZA. MINDFUL MONEY'S FOUNDER BARRY COATES SAYS MOST PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO INVEST IN MUNITIONS, BUT HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEIR MONEY IS GOING. MONEY FLOWS HAVE HUGE INFLUENCE ON OUR SOCIETY AND THE ECONOMY. PEOPLE SAY, MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND. IN MEXICO ROUND FOR GOOD AND BAD. IF YOU DO NOT PAY ATTENTION THEN YOUR MONEY IS OFTEN GOING TO GO TOWARDS THINGS THAT YOU WOULD FEEL VERY UNHAPPY ABOUT AND DO NOT ALIGN WITH WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE KIWISAVER FUNDS ARE INVESTED IS AVAILABLE ON MINDFUL MONEY'S WEBSITE. SUNDAY WAS THE WORLD'S HOTTEST DAY EVER RECORDED, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DATA FROM COPERNICUS. THE GLOBAL AVERAGE SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE REACHED 17.09 DEGREES CELSIUS, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET LAST JULY. SCIENTISTS ARE WARNING WE ARE NOW IN 'UNCHARTED TERRITORY'. IT'S POSSIBLE THE HEAT RECORD COULD BE BROKEN AGAIN IN THE COMING DAYS. TO SPORT, AND KIWI SWIMMER LEWIS CLAREBURT'S HOPING TO CALL ON HIS EXPERIENCE, WHEN HE JUMPS IN THE POOL IN PARIS. THE CURRENT 400m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY WORLD CHAMPION WILL REPRESENT NEW ZEALAND AT HIS SECOND OLYMPICS, AND DESPITE THE SIZE OF THE OCCASION, IS STAYING RELAXED. I FEEL LIKE MAYBE THAT ADDED PRESSURE OF HAVING THE OLYMPICS OR BEING THE OLYMPICS WEIGHING OVER YOUR HEAD CAN BE, I GUESS, NOT NECESSARILY TIME-CONSUMING, BUT ENERGY CONSUMING. JUST TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE WITH THE TEAM, JUST BE HAVING A GOOD TIME, IT'S BEEN COOL, IT'S GOOD FUN, YOU KNOW? CLAREBURT WILL LINE UP IN THE 200 AND 400m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY, AND THE 200m BUTTERFLY. AND FINALLY, TOY GIANT MATTEL WILL PRODUCE THE FIRST EVER BLIND BARBIE DOLL. SHE HAS HER NAME ON THE BOX IN BRAILLE AND COMES WITH A CANE AND SUNGLASSES. THE BBC'S LAUREN MOSS HAS MORE. # I'M A BARBIE GIRL # IN THE BARBIE WORLD. # IT'S ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC DOLLS. ONCE KNOWN FOR UNREALISTIC IDEALS OF WHAT WOMEN SHOULD PERHAPS LOOK LIKE, NOW CELEBRATED FOR BEING DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE. WITH THE LATEST EDITION, BLIND BARBIE, HITTING THE SHELVES TODAY FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY-SIGHTED. OH MY GOSH, BARBIE, HAVE YOU GOT A LITTLE CANE? LUCY STARTED LOSING HER SIGHT WHEN SHE WAS 11. OH, THIS MAKES ME SO EMOTIONAL. SHE'S NOW A BARBIE AMBASSADOR. FOR THE 25,000 BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN IN THE U.K., LUCY SAYS IT'S A TOY THEY CAN FINALLY RELATE TO. WHEN I LOST MY EYESIGHT NEARLY 12 YEARS AGO NOW, I WOULD HAVE JUST DREAMED TO HAVE A LITTLE BLIND BARBIE TO PLAY WITH. AND I THINK GROWING UP WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, I DIDN'T SEE MYSELF REPRESENTED. SO I THINK THIS IS A MASSIVE LANDMARK MOMENT. THIS BARBIE IS TOTALLY UNIQUE. SHE HAS SUNGLASSES AND A CANE WITH A MARSHMALLOW TIP. HER BRIGHTLY COLOURED CLOTHES ARE ALSO TEXTURED AND TACTILE, WITH VELCRO FASTENINGS AND AN ELASTIC WAISTBAND TO MAKE HER MORE ACCESSIBLE. SHE ALSO COMES IN A BOX WITH 'BARBIE' WRITTEN ON IN BRAILLE. OVER 65 YEARS, BARBIE HAS BEEN EVERYTHING FROM A PRESIDENT TO A PILOT TO MARGOT ROBBIE. # WHAT CAN'T BARBIE DO? # BOTH: HI, BARBIE! YAY, SPACE! THE HOPE IS BLIND BARBIE WILL BRING ANOTHER NEW SENSE OF BELONGING. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A WET AND SOGGY DAY FOR THE REGION. KAITAIA AND AUCKLAND, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE MORNING. 16 THE HIGH FOR MOST. FURTHER SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY FOR TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA. TAUPO, A FROSTY START TO YOUR MORNING. THAT WILL TURN TO AFTERNOON CLOUD. 15 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. TO THE EAST COAST ` THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SUNSHINE. A WARM DAY FOR THE REGION. NOTHING BUT BLUE SKIES. 16 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS OVER TO THE WEST ` PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF THE REGION. LEVIN, YOU WILL BE TREATED TO SUNSHINE TODAY. WELLINGTON, ANOTHER WINDY DAY IN THE CAPITAL. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY START TO THE DAY FOR WESTPORT, GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. KAIKOURA, A WINDY MORNING FOR YOU, BUT THAT SHOULD EASE OFF AFTER LUNCH. 14 IS YOUR HIGH, NELSON. HEADING SOUTH ` A GLORIOUS DAY FOR THE MOST OF THE REGION. TIMARU AND OAMARU ARE IN FOR BLUE SKIES. LIGHT SHOWERS FOR CHRISTCHURCH, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 12 THE HIGH FOR OAMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` EARLY MORNING CLOUD TO START THE DAY FOR THE REGION. THAT CLOUD WILL CLEAR FOR MOST OF YOU. EXPECT A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY AFTERNOON. 12 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND AND DUNEDIN. KEITH WIFFIN WAS JUST 11 WHEN HE WAS MADE A WARD OF THE STATE, BEGINNING A SIX-YEAR ORDEAL WHERE HE SUFFERED ALL FORMS OF ABUSE WHILE IN CARE. HE WAS AMONG THE INITIAL GROUP OF SURVIVORS WHO PUSHED FOR AN INQUIRY. AND TODAY, A ROYAL COMMISSION WILL RELEASE ITS FINAL REPORT, SUMMING UP THE ABUSE OF SOME 250,000 PEOPLE IN STATE- AND FAITH-BASED INSTITUTIONS. MORENA, KEITH WIFFIN. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. GOOD MORNING. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU BACK ON THE PROGRAM. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS TODAY? IT IS A HUGE LEAP SIGNIFICANT DAY, A MAJOR MILESTONE. A MONUMENTAL DAY FOR ALL SURVIVORS AND THOSE WHO ARE IN CARE NOW. BECAUSE OF THE SCALE OF WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED IS A HUGE DAY FOR THE COUNTRY. WE GO BACK TO 2017, YOU ARE THERE PROTESTING WHEN THAT PETITION WAS HANDED AND TO PARLIAMENT, WANTING AN ENQUIRY INTO WHAT HAPPENED. 2018, THE ENQUIRY WAS ESTABLISHED, SIX YEARS LATER THESE FINDINGS ARE GOING TO BE RELEASED PUBLICLY. WHAT HAS THAT JOURNEY FROM 2017 THROUGH TO NOW BEEN LIKE FOR YOU? IT HAS BEEN AN ARDUOUS JOURNEY. IT HAS BEEN TRAINING. BUT IT HAS ALSO BEEN VERY REWARDING TO SEE THINGS FINALLY BE EXPOSED AND BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE. IT HAS ALSO BEEN FRUSTRATING AND THAT SURVIVORS HAVE PATIENTLY SAT BY AND WATCHED THIS HAPPEN. SOME HAVE NOT MADE IT. A LOT OF THEM HAVE PASSED AWAY. BUT WE SIT HERE SIX YEARS LATER, ESSENTIALLY WITH NOTHING. THE SAME AS WHAT WE HAD BEFORE. THAT IS A POINT OF GREAT FRUSTRATION, BUT I AM PROUD OF ALL THOSE WHO PUT THIS REPORT TOGETHER. AND, IT HAS TO BE NOW A CATALYST FOR CHANGE, TO HONOUR ALL THOSE WHO PUT THIS TOGETHER. AND FOUGHT FOR SO VERY LONG TO BRING ABOUT THIS ROYAL COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF A LOT OF RESISTANCE. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE OUT OF THIS REPORT TODAY? I WANT TO SEE COMMITMENT TO CHANGE. I WANT TO SEE SOMETHING MEANINGFUL DONE FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED. AND I WANT TO SEE COMMITMENT TO TRANSFORMING THE CARE SYSTEM. BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE APPALLING RATES OF ABUSE TODAY. THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT IS HISTORICAL, IT IS ALSO CONTEMPORARY. WHAT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED AS A DIFFERENT APPROACH, AND WE SPENT SOMETHING LIKE $5.6 BILLION A YEAR IN THE CARE INDUSTRY, AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF STILL RISING RATES OF ABUSE. WHAT IS BADLY NEEDED AS A DIFFERENT APPROACH, AND THE AUTHORITIES NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FACT THAT WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE HAS BEEN A FUNDAMENTAL FAILURE, AND WE HAVE HAD A MONUMENTAL TAXPAYER FUNDED INVESTMENT AND THAT FAILURE. SO THAT RESOURCE NEEDS TO BE APPLIED TO DIFFERENT OUTCOMES HERE ON IN. YOU TALK ABOUT THE SYSTEM NEEDING TO CHANGE AND MEANINGFUL CHANGE OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM CHANGING, WHAT ARE THE OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD BE MEANINGFUL FOR YOU AND FOR OTHER SURVIVORS AS WELL? MEANINGFUL REDRESS FOR SURVIVORS WHO HAVE STRUGGLED FOR SO LONG. BUT ALSO IT IS IMPORTANT NOW TO SEE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THERE HAS BEEN ZERO OF THAT SO FAR. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE HAVE THE SCALE THAT WE HAVE, IS BECAUSE OF TATTERED SUPPORTERS AND BYSTANDERS. THE AUTHORITIES HAD BEEN PROTECTING THE REPUTATION OF THE ABUSES AND NOT THE ABUSED. WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY DO YOU WANT TO SEE TODAY? CAN NO LONGER BE ACCEPTED THAT THEY CAN JUST OPERATE WITHOUT IMPUNITY. THE SYSTEM HAS TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND IT. I WANT TO GO BACK TO A POINT YOU MADE EARLIER, HOW THIS LAST SIX YEARS HAS BEEN FRUSTRATING. WHAT HAS THAT WHOLE BEEN? NOT ONLY A NEW BUT ON OTHERS AS WELL THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. IT HAS TAKEN A MASSIVE TOLL. FROM MY PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW, I HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS NOT FOR SIX YEARS, BUT 22 YEARS OF ADVOCACY. WHAT THAT HAS BEEN LIKE FOR US IS THAT IT HAS ALL BEEN ABOUT A FIGHT. IT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT A FIGHT BECAUSE THOSE WHO NEEDED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS, HAVE NOT DONE SO. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN WILLING TO DO SO. SO IT HAS BEEN ABOUT DENIAL, MINIMISATION, AND ATTEMPTS TO COVER UP. THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE SIT HERE ALL THESE YEARS LATER, ESSENTIALLY WITH NOTHING. BECAUSE THE AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT DONE THE RIGHT THING, THEY HAVE NOT DONE THEIR OWN INVESTIGATIONS AND THEY HAVE NOT LOOKED AFTER SURVIVORS. KEITH, I WANT TO FINISH OFF OUR INTERVIEW TALKING ABOUT TODAY. AND WHAT TODAY WILL BE LIKE. I KNOW YOU WILL BE IN THE GALLERY ALONGSIDE MANY OTHER SURVIVORS AND SUPPORTERS. WHAT WILL IT MEAN FOR YOU AND THE THOUSANDS WHO SUFFERED, WHO ENJOYED THIS TRAUMA, AND LET'S NOT FORGET THOSE WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US. THE PAIN WAS TOO MUCH, IT WAS UNBEARABLE. THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE WAITED DECADES FOR THIS MOMENT, HOW DO YOU HOPE POLITICIANS WILL RECEIVE THIS REPORT? I HOPE THEY WILL RECEIVE IT WITH A VIEW TO DOING SOMETHING. NOT JUST PARKING IT ON A SHELF SOMEWHERE. BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD MANY FALSE DAWNS. THIS NEEDS TO HERALD A NEW WAY OF DOING THINGS. AND POLITICIANS TODAY AND FROM NOW ON NEED TO COMMIT TO THAT NEW WAY OF DOING THINGS. THIS IS A DAY OF GREAT HOPE, FOR SURVIVORS. BUT WE HAVE HAD HOPE FOR A LONG TIME. NOW WE NEED TO SEE RESULTS. JOINING US FROM WELLINGTON, THIS MORNING, AND THOUGHTS WILL BE WITH YOU AND OTHERS THIS AFTERNOON, KEITH, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON THE PROGRAM. MUCH APPRECIATED, THANKS. IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW NEEDS HELP, PLEASE CONTACT THE NUMBERS ON SCREEN NOW. STAY WITH US, WE'LL BE BACK AFTER THE BREAK. ALRIGHT WENDY, I HAVE TO WORK NOW. SHE IS BACK FROM MEXICO AND WANTS TO CHAT. WELCOME BACK. AN AMERICAN REALITY TV SHOW CONTESTANT HAS BEEN ISSUED A WARNING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AFTER IT WAS REVEALED HE KILLED AND ATE A PROTECTED BIRD. THE WEKA BECAME THE CONTESTANTS DINNER DURING THE FILMING OF 'RACE TO SURVIVE' IN THE SOUTH ISLAND LATE LAST YEAR. EXTREME HUNGER HAS BEEN BLAMED FOR THE RASH DECISION, BUT THE REVELATION HAS STIRRED OUTRAGE. I'M JOINED NOW BY FOREST AND BIRD CHIEF EXECUTIVE NICOLA TOKI. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. HOW OUTRAGED ARE YOU BUY THIS? OBVIOUSLY HE BROKE THE LAW, HE KNEW WHAT OR THE PRODUCTION COMPANY CERTAINLY KNEW THAT WHAT THE RULES WERE. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT WE APPLY THOSE RULES, PARTICULARLY FOR NATIVE SPECIES BECAUSE THEY ARE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE. I SUPPOSE IT IS NOT THAT I'M NOT OUTRAGED, IT IS MORE THAT THE SILVER LINING FOR ME AS THE FACT THAT THERE IS OUTRAGE TELLS US THAT IN NEW ZEALAND WE VERY MUCH CARE ABOUT NATIVE WILDLIFE. WE SEEN IT WITH THIS, WE HAVE SEEN IT ABSOLUTELY WITH THE KIWI AND THE ZOO AND MIAMI. AND IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT REMINDER, WHILE NATURE GETS PUSHED TO THE BACK BURNER AT THE MOMENT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON IN THE WORLD, AND NEW ZEALAND THIS IS CRUCIAL TO IDENTITY AND SO, YES, WE DO NOT PUT THEM DOWN. I WAS SAYING, CRUCIFY HIM, CRUCIFY HIM. WHEN YOU HEAR THAT THE BIRD IS A PROTECTED SPECIES, YOU THINK IT COULD HAVE BEEN A KIWI, AND COULD HAVE BEEN A KAKAPO, AND YOU THINK WHY ARE THEY GETTING TO DO THIS? CLEARLY THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO, AND HENCE THE GROWLING. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE A COUPLE OF THINGS, THE REASON THAT THESE SPECIES ARE PROTECTED` IN THE CHATHAM ISLANDS, YOU CAN EAT THEM. BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY WEKA OVER THERE. THEY WERE DELIBERATELY INTRODUCED OVER THERE IN 1905. SOME GUY DECIDED TO DROP A FEW. THE SPECIES OVER THERE, HAS NOW BEEN MADE EXTINCT IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. IT BECAME A PEST OVER AND THE CHATHAM'S. THE REASON THAT WE HAVE THESE LAWS TO PROTECT NATIVE WILDLIFE IS BECAUSE OF LACK OF ABUNDANCE. IF WE HAD ABUNDANCE, IF WE LOOK AFTER OUR FORESTS AND OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND INVESTED IN THEM AND PROTECTED AND THEM TO THE EXTENT THAT WE COULD, THEN I THINK, THERE IS A QUESTION ABOUT IF WE HAD THESE BIRDS RUNNING ABOUT EVERYWHERE, PERHAPS THAT IS A CONVERSATION WE COULD HAVE ABOUT WHETHER IT IS OKAY TO KILL THEM OR NOT. I KNOW PLENTY OF PEOPLE AND LOCAL IWI WHO WOULD THINK THAT IS OKAY. IN THIS INSTANCE WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABUNDANCE, AND WORSE WE SEE THAT DOC HAS A LOWER BUDGET THAN THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL. DO YOU THINK DOC HANDLE THIS RIGHT? YES I DO. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, HAD AN INVESTIGATION, GAVE EVERYBODY A GROWLING. THEY SHOULD HAVE FIND THEM. THEY SHOULD HAVE SET AN EXAMPLE, AND SAID DO NOT COME ONTO OUR LAND AND SHOOT WHAT YOU WANT TO SHOOT. HERE IS A $10,000 FINE. THAT IS WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE. I GET THAT THEY MUST'VE BEEN HUNGRY, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF PESTS AND A FOREST. THEY COULD HAVE DONE US ALL A FAVOUR AND PERHAPS GONE AFTER ONE OF THE MYRIAD POSSUMS, OR DAD, OR PIGS, GOATS OR HEDGEHOGS, OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE RUNNING RAMPANT THROUGH OUR NATIVE BUSH. AS EATING WILDLIFE A BAD THING? I THINK IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND NEW ZEALAND WE HAD A CONCEPT OF CONSERVATION THAT IS ABOUT PUTTING OUT A METAPHORICAL GLASS DOME OVER REPLACING SAYING THAT IS PROTECTED NOW. MY OPINION IS THAT THAT HAS RESULTED IN A LOSS OF CONNECTION BETWEEN US AND THE NATURAL WORLD. I THINK THERE MIGHT BE TIME AND THE FUTURE, BUT HINGES ON ABUNDANCE. AS SOCIETY HAS A CONVERSATION WITH ITSELF WHETHER THAT IS I CANNOT, THEN THAT IS OKAY. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER ALSO THAT THE WILDLIFE ACT IS FROM 1953. WE HAVE MOVED ON AS A SOCIETY, THERE ARE MANY MAORI WITH CULTURAL ASPIRATIONS THAT MIGHT AMOUNT TO EATING THEM. IT ALSO MEANS INVESTING IN IT. IT IS A BIT CHALLENGING AT THE MOMENT, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS IN THE MEDIA TAKING UP OUR SPACE. BUT THAT CONSERVATION MINISTER HAS BEEN MISSING IN ACTION RECENTLY. I THINK THE OUTRAGE THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AS A SIGN THAT WE CARE VERY MUCH. ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I STAND TELLING OFF. A STERN TELLING OFF. AT WHAT POINT DO YOU SAY WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THEM IT IS OKAY? HEDGEHOGS WOULD BE A BIT CHILLY. CHEWY. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. AND THE FRIENDS STAR THIEVING HER WAY THROUGH TIME IN TAIKA WAITITI'S REBOOT OF A CULT CLASSIC. AND I AM, IN EFFECT, THE LEADER. ...FUNDAMENTALLY, THOUGH, WE ARE ALL EQUAL. I JUST KEEP SAYING SHE'S STUPIDLY ARROGANT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON INCOMPETENCE ONLY. AND (CHUCKLES) I LOVE THAT IN A CHARACTER. A MAN WHO WAS ABUSED WHILE UNDER STATE CARE HAS TOLD BREAKFAST THERE ARE SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO SHOULD BE 'HANGING THEIR HEADS IN SHAME'. THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO HISTORICAL ABUSE IS SET TO MAKE ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PUBLIC THIS AFTERNOON. KEITH WIFFIN SAYS IT'S A DAY OF GREAT HOPE FOR SURVIVORS AFTER YEARS OF NOTHING CHANGING. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL MAKE A FORMAL APOLOGY AT PARLIAMENT IN NOVEMBER TO THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH-BASED CARE. THE LABOUR LEADER IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST ACCUSATIONS THAT HIS GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HEALTH NEW ZEALAND'S BUDGET BLOWOUT. THE BOARD WAS SCRAPPED THIS WEEK OVER FINANCIAL AND MISMANAGEMENT CONCERNS AND REPLACED BY A SINGLE COMMISSIONER. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON BLAMING THE PREVIOUS LABOUR GOVERNMENT FOR A LACK OF TARGETS AND OUTCOMES; CHRIS HIPKINS REDIRECTING THE HEAT. THEM TRYING TO SORT OF SOMEHOW SPIN THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THEY INHERITED FROM THE LAST GOVERNMENT SIMPLY IS NOT TRUE. AND I THINK EVERYBODY WHO'S LOOKED AT THIS IN DETAIL HAS COME TO THAT SAME CONCLUSION, THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SPIN THEIR WAY OUT OF A PROBLEM THAT IS OF THEIR OWN MAKING. THE REASON THAT HEALTH NEW ZEALAND ARE IN FINANCIAL STRIFE IS BECAUSE, AFTER THE ELECTION, IT WAS CLEAR THAT MORE MONEY WAS GOING TO BE REQUIRED BECAUSE THEIR COSTS HAD ESCALATED. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE BUDGET DECIDED NOT TO MEET THOSE INCREASED COSTS. MINISTER SHANE RETI SAYS THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY OVERSPENDING AROUND $130m EVERY MONTH. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS SAYS SHE IS PREPARED TO FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE AFTER ENTERING THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. IN HER FIRST RALLY SINCE SHE LAUNCHED HER CAMPAIGN, HARRIS TOLD THE THOUSANDS OF ATTENDEES SHE WOULD UNITE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. SO, FRIENDS, WE HAVE 105 DAYS TILL ELECTION DAY. AND IN THAT TIME, WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO. BUT WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF HARD WORK; WE LIKE HARD WORK, DON'T WE? (CROWD CHEERS) AND WE WILL WIN THIS ELECTION. HARRIS IS EXPECTED TO BE NAMED THE DEMOCRAT'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AT NEXT MONTH'S NATIONAL CONVENTION. THE HEAD OF THE SECRET SERVICE HAS QUIT, OVER THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON DONALD TRUMP. IN A RESIGNATION LETTER TO HER STAFF, DIRECTOR KIMBERLY CHEATLE TOOK FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SECURITY LAPSE. IT FOLLOWS A SCATHING CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ABOUT THE SHOOTING, WHERE SHE FACED PRESSURE FROM BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS TO STEP DOWN. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS THANKED MS CHEATLE FOR HER SERVICE, AND IS SET TO APPOINT A NEW DIRECTOR SOON. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION HAS RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT A POSSIBLE POLIO OUTBREAK IN GAZA. TRACES OF THE HIGHLY INFECTIOUS VIRUS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN WASTEWATER AT TWO SEPARATE TESTING SITES. THE W.H.O. SAYS THE LACK OF HEALTH AND SANITATION FACILITIES IN GAZA WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE POPULATION TO FOLLOW PROTECTION ADVICE. THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAYS IT HAS ALREADY BEGUN VACCINATING SOLDIERS, AND WILL BE SENDING VACCINES TO GAZA. MEANWHILE, PALESTINIANS IN EASTERN KHAN YOUNIS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AGAIN AFTER ISRAEL ISSUED THE LATEST EVACUATION ORDER FOR THE AREA. FAMILIES CAN BE SEEN FLEEING ON FOOT AND SLEEPING ON THE STREETS. ISRAEL CLAIMED 'MILITANTS' WERE FIRING ROCKETS FROM THE AREA AND ATTEMPTING TO REGROUP. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION IS CALLING OUT THE PRICE OF PAYWAVE FEES FOR BEING TO HIGH. NEW ZEALANDERS CURRENTLY SPEND $95 BILLION A YEAR USING DEBIT CARDS AND PAY WAVE, BUT THE COMMISSION BELIEVES MORE THAN $250 MILLION COULD BE SAVED IN FEES. IT'S GATHERING FEEDBACK OVER THE NEXT MONTH. COMMISSION CHAIR JOHN SMALL SAYS IT COULD BENEFIT BUSINESSES AND CUSTOMERS. WE COULD TAKE A LOT OF HEAT OUT OF THIS BY PUSHING DOWN THIS TRANSFER FEE THAT RUNS BETWEEN THE TWO BANKS SO THAT THE COST OF THE MERCHANT WILL BE NO MORE THAN ABOUT 0.7%. THE CONSULTATION FEEDBACK PERIOD RUNS UNTIL AUGUST 20th. TO SPORT, AND THE FINAL PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY IN PARIS AHEAD OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES. COMPETITION STARTS TONIGHT, WITH THE BIG OPENING CEREMONY IN THE FRENCH CAPITAL SET FOR FRIDAY. THE RIVER SEINE WILL BE THE CENTREPIECE OF THE OPENING SPECTACLE. NEARLY 100 BOATS WILL CARRY MORE THAN 10,000 ATHLETES DOWN THE RIVER. DETAILS OF THE CEREMONY SO FAR KEPT UNDER WRAPS. WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF INTERVIEWS LATELY, AND PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK, 'CAN YOU GIVE US THIS LITTLE HINT, THIS LITTLE SOMETHING?' AND THEY KEEP SAYING, 'NO, I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING', SO I CAN'T WAIT. RUMOURS ARE SWIRLING ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE INVOLVED, WITH LADY GAGA AND CELINE DION BOTH SPOTTED IN PARIS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A WET AND SOGGY DAY FOR THE REGION. KAITAIA AND AUCKLAND, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE MORNING. 16 THE HIGH FOR MOST. FURTHER SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY FOR TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA. TAUPO, A FROSTY START TO YOUR MORNING. THAT WILL TURN TO AFTERNOON CLOUD. 15 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. TO THE EAST COAST ` THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SUNSHINE. A WARM DAY FOR THE REGION. NOTHING BUT BLUE SKIES. 16 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS OVER TO THE WEST ` PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF THE REGION. LEVIN, YOU WILL BE TREATED TO SUNSHINE TODAY. WELLINGTON, ANOTHER WINDY DAY IN THE CAPITAL. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY START TO THE DAY FOR WESTPORT, GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. KAIKOURA, A WINDY MORNING FOR YOU, BUT THAT SHOULD EASE OFF AFTER LUNCH. HEADING SOUTH ` A GLORIOUS DAY FOR THE MOST OF THE REGION. TIMARU AND OAMARU ARE IN FOR BLUE SKIES. LIGHT SHOWERS FOR CHRISTCHURCH, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 12 THE HIGH FOR OAMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` EARLY MORNING CLOUD TO START THE DAY FOR THE REGION. THAT CLOUD WILL CLEAR FOR MOST OF YOU. EXPECT A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY AFTERNOON. 12 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND AND DUNEDIN. KIWI COMEDIANS TAIKA WAITITI AND JERMAINE CLEMENT HAVE FORGED A PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS LASTED THREE DECADES. NOW THEY'VE TEAMED UP ONCE AGAIN TO BRING A FRESH TAKE ON THE CLASSIC 1981 FANTASY ADVENTURE FILM 'TIME BANDITS'. I CAUGHT UP WITH THE DUO AND ONE OF THE MAIN STARS. (FOREBODING MUSIC) MOM... MY WARDROBE'S MOVING. (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) WHOA! SO BEGINS AN UNPREDICTABLE JOURNEY FOR KEVIN (11). HIS MISSION ` TO SAVE HIS PARENTS AND THE WORLD, WITH THE HELP FROM A GROUP OF THIEVES LED BY PENELOPE. AND I AM, IN EFFECT, THE LEADER. ...FUNDAMENTALLY, THOUGH, WE ARE ALL EQUAL. HELLO, LISA. HI! HOW ARE YA? I'M DOING WELL. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, THANKS. WHO ARE YOU GUYS? WE'RE THE TIME BANDITS. A CRACK TEAM OF EXPERT THIEVES. NOTHING IS TOO BIG FOR US TO STEAL. OH, OK. NOW THAT WE'RE CLOSE, MAYBE IT IS TOO BIG TO STEAL. LISA, YOUR CHARACTER, PENELOPE, IS LITERALLY WORLDS AWAY FROM PHOEBE ON FRIENDS. I DON'T KNOW! I MEAN, IT'S ME PLAYING THE TWO, SO THERE PROBABLY IS, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, SHE'S... I DON'T KNOW, I JUST KEEP SAYING SHE'S STUPIDLY ARROGANT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON INCOMPETENCE ONLY. AND (CHUCKLES) I LOVE THAT IN A CHARACTER. THE NEW TV SERIES, BASED ON THE 1981 FILM TIME BANDITS, TRAVELS THROUGH TIME AND SPACE... THAT MAP CANNOT AND MUST NOT FALL INTO THE WRONG HANDS. ...AND FEATURES A NUMBER OF FAMILIAR KIWI FACES... WITH IT, I COULD CREATE A UNIVERSE OF PURE EVIL! (ALL LAUGH) STOP LAUGHING. IT'S EVIL, THEREFORE IT'S SERIOUS. WHAT IS IT? ...NONE MORE SO THEN CREATORS AND DIRECTORS TAIKA WAITITI AND JERMAINE CLEMENT. OH, DISGUSTING. IF I RULED THIS UNIVERSE, I WOULD TURN IT INSIDE OUT. KIA ORA, FELLAS. OH, YOU JUST WON US BACK. KIA ORA, DANIEL, YOU JUST WON US BACK. WE WERE LIKE, 'OH, NOT TVNZ!' KIA ORA. IT'S NICE TO HEAR` IT'S NICE TO HEAR A KIA ORA FROM HERE IN LA. HOW DIFFERENT IS THE TV SERIES FROM THE ORIGINAL FILM? IT'S A VERY INSPIRATIONAL FILM AND A VERY MEMORABLE FILM FROM WHEN WE WERE KIDS. UM... I THINK IT WAS FROM A TIME WHEN FILMS AND TV SHOWS WERE A LOT DARKER THAN HOW THEY ARE NOW. AND, UH, YEAH, IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT PROPERTY AND NOT, NOT DO THE EXACT SAME THING AGAIN, BUT, YOU KNOW, PUT OUR OWN TWIST ON IT AND OUR SPIN ON IT. YEAH. WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING LIKE AN '80s THING IN A WAY. LIKE, A BIG ADVENTURE THAT THE WHOLE FAMILY CAN WATCH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF NOW THAT EITHER THE KIDS WATCH OR THE ADULTS WATCH, BUT WE WANT SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN SIT TOGETHER AND WATCH. TAKE LISA KUDROW, HOW FUNNY IS SHE? I READ SOMEWHERE THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO WORK ALONGSIDE HER. YOU KNOW... ADMIRED HER WORK FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND MET HER A COUPLE OF TIMES AND, UM, JUST... JUST STUCK IN MY HEAD THAT WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING TOGETHER. I WAS SO THRILLED, TAIKA, WHEN HE GOT IN TOUCH WITH ME AND SAID, 'HEY, WOULD YOU EVER WORK IN NEW ZEALAND?' AND I SAID, 'WELL, YEAH, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT.' HE SAID, 'OH, WELL, JERMAINE CLEMENT AND I WROTE THIS... 'SHOW BASED ON TIME BANDITS`' AND I SAID, 'YEAH, YEAH, AHHH, 'WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THAT.' BUT I WAS LIKE, I'LL READ IT, I GUESS, AS A FORMALITY, BUT I'M GOING TO NEW ZEALAND. # ROAM IF YOU WANT TO. # WOW. WITH 10 EPISODES, THE SERIES AIRS GLOBALLY TODAY AS HISTORY'S GREATEST HEIST AWAITS TO DISCOVER THE ADVENTURE. EVERYONE` EVERYONE GOT A VASE? YEAH. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. ALL THE BEST. CAN I JUST SAY, BRO, FOR 47, LOOK AT YOUR HAIR. IT'S LUSH, LUSCIOUS. (LAUGHS) AND IT'S STILL GOT ITS COLOUR. YOU'RE DOING FANTASTIC. BROWN DON'T FROWN. LOVE YOU, BABY. KEVIN: THANK YOU ALL. FOR A BRIEF MOMENT IN MY LIFE, I FELT LIKE I WAS PART OF A TEAM. YES, OK, LET'S TAKE HIM HOME. (GRUNTS) THIS ISN'T MY HOUSE. YEAH. THERE'S YOUR FAMILY OVER THERE. ...HEY. THEY'RE NOT MY FAMILY. (LAUGHTER) I SAID A COUPLE OF EPISODES, IT IS SO FUNNY. ALL OF THEM, HILARIOUS. AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR LUSH HAIR? OH, DANIEL, DON'T. BROWN DON'T FROWN. THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES ON BEHIND-THE-SCENES. A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT HERE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE FUTURE TECH THAT'S GIVING SOME PEOPLE THE COMFORT OF TALKING TO A DECEASED FAMILY MEMBER. (JORDYN WITH A WHY PLAYS) # TOGETHER, BABY. # BECAUSE IF YOU GIVE ME JUST ONE NIGHT... IT IS 8:45. IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE YOU CAN COMMUNICATE WITH LOVED ONES WHO HAVE PASSED, USING A-I AVATARS. SOUNDS LIKE AN EPISODE OF BLACK MIRROR. IN FACT IT WAS. HE'S DEAD. IT'S SOFTWARE, IT MIMICS HIM. YOU GIVE IT SOMEONE'S NAME, IT GOES BACK AND READS THROUGH ALL THE THINGS THEY'VE EVER SAID ONLINE, THEIR FACEBOOK UPDATES, THEIR TWEETS, ANYTHING PUBLIC. I JUST GAVE IT ASH'S NAME, THE SYSTEM DID THE REST. IT'S SO` IT'S SICK! IT'S SICK! JUST SAY HELLO TO IT. IF YOU LIKE IT, YOU THEN GIVE IT ACCESS TO HIS PRIVATE EMAILS. THE MORE IT HAS, THE MORE IT'S HIM. BUT NOW A COMPANY IN CHINA REALLY ARE OFFERING SUCH A SERVICE. OUR TECH GURU DANU ABEYSURIYA HAS THE DETAILS, MORENA. MY INITIAL THOUGHTS ON THIS IS EW. THEN I HAD TO STOP AND THINK, HM. I THINK THAT REALLY SUMMARISES IT. QUITE ICKY, EH?� WE WILL IMMEDIATELY JUMP TO HOW IT MIGHT GO WRONG. BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S LIKE AN EVOLUTION OF HOME VIDEO, BUT THE LEVEL OF INTERACTIVITY PROBABLY DICTATES HOW UNCOMFORTABLE IT MAKES YOU. IF IT CAN MIMIC IT AN ENTIRE PERSON, IS THAT REALLY HEALTHY. THIS MANY ETHICAL QUESTIONS AROUND IT. THE COMPANY DOING THIS, HOW DOES IT WORK? INTERESTINGLY, THERE WAS A COMPANY SIX YEARS AGO, A RUSSIAN COMPANY CALLED REPLICA THAT DID SOMETHING SIMILAR. OR CHANGED AGAIN IS THAT THE TECHNOLOGY HAS IMPROVED OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS. THEY WERE ABLE TO TRAIN A CHAT SPOT FROM MESSAGES OF A DEAD FOUNDER. OF THE OTHER'S COMPANY IN CHINA HAS BUILT UP AN ENTIRE DEVICE AND OFFERING TO CREATE THESE AVATARS WHICH INCLUDE IMAGES AND VIDEO OF THE PERSON REANIMATED IN TOTALLY NEW WAYS ` NOT HISTORICAL VIDEO, USING THEIR DATA IN TREATING YOU CHAT BOTS THAT ARE MUCH MORE INTERACTIVE, SO SIMILAR TO CHATGPT TYPE LEVELS OF INTERACTION. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT EFFORT AND MONETISATION, WHEN MONEY IS INVOLVED, THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTION MARKS AROUND HOW THIS WOULD EFFECT SOMEONE;S ABILITY TO MOVE ON. YOU GOING TO HAVE TO CHARGE CUSTOMERS, THAT'S WHERE MONETISATION COMES IN. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PAY BY CREDIT IS TO USE THE CHAT ABOUT. HOW MANY CREDITS YOU NEED, AFTER FIVE MINUTES, HOW MUCH IS THAT GOING TO COST, WHAT IS THE PRICE OF A CREDIT, HOW MUCH PROFIT CAN YOU MAKE ON A CREDIT AND ARE YOU ABUSING THAT PERSON'S INABILITY TO MOVE ON AND GRIEVE. IF THE SERVICES UNLIMITED, CAN YOU GO FOR YEARS? THE REGULATION IS A BIT UNCLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE DIGITAL ESTATE OF A PERSON, THE RIGHTS INVOLVED... THERE ARE A COUPLE OF COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO CREATED LIKENESSES OF DECEASED PEOPLE SEVERAL YEARS AGO WITHOUT CONSENT AND I BELIEVE, AND CHINA, THERE WAS ONE ARTIST WHO PASSED AWAY, COMMITTED SUICIDE, AND FANS RECREATED THE AVATAR AND PARENTS WERE REALLY UPSET BECAUSE CONSENT WAS NOT GRANTED OR ASKED FOR. GIANT HOLDS IN REGULATION FOR THIS. SOMETIMES I AM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT AI, AND OTHER TIMES LIKE THIS I THINK WE ARE NOT READY FOR THIS. I'M SURE THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS TO IT. A GREAT STARTING PLACE WOULD BE IF WE TOOK ALL OF THE RIGHT TO GIVE A HUMAN, AND JUST SAID THAT THIS EXTENDS FOREVER. IF THIS PERSON WANTS TO BE MEMORIALISED DIGITALLY, THEY CAN GIVE THAT CONSENT WHAT THEY ARE STILL ALIVE AND MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T LAST FOR EVER,. SO MAYBE SIX MONTHS THE BOX CAN BE AROUND. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR AWARENESS, DANU, OUR TECH GURU, GOOD TO SEE YOU. THINK YOU. JUST PLAYING WITH MY HAIR HERE. OH, STOP. E HAERE AKE NEI ` DID YOU KNOW AOTEAROA DOESN'T HOLD THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE LARGEST HAKA? WHY DAME HINEWEHI MOHI IS ON A MISSION TO RECLAIM THE TITLE. ( THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE LARGEST HAKA EVER IS HELD BY NONE OTHER THAN FRANCE, AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE TITLE TO COME HOME. ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S BEST MUSICIANS IS RECRUITING THE 10,000 PEOPLE NEEDED TO FILL EDEN PARK AND RECLAIM THE RECORD THAT RIGHTFULLY BELONGS TO AOTEAROA. I'M JOINED NOW BY DAME HINEWEHI MOHI. MORENA. MORENA. HOW COME FRANCE HAS GOT THE TITLE? IT IS CRAZY. IT IS QUITE A THING TO GO THROUGH THE OFFICIAL CHANNELS OF GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS, AND THERE HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTS AND WONDERFUL GATHERINGS OF PASSIONATE NEW ZEALANDERS TO PERFORM THE HAKA. BUT WE REALISED 10 YEARS ON THAT THE FRENCH STILL OFFICIALLY HOLD THE RECORD, SO WE THOUGHT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. WHAT IS OUR PLAN HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS? WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO BE HOSTED BY EDEN PARK. NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL STADIUM. THAT WILL BE AN EVENT ON 29 SEPTEMBER, THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO MISS. DANIEL, YOU BETTER GET YOUR HAKA ON AND BE THERE. IT REALLY AS AN ASPECT OF OUR CULTURE, OUR UNIQUE CULTURAL HERITAGE THAT IS UNDENIABLY HOURS. IT IS GOING TO BE AN EXCITING, A VERY EXCITING DAY. I UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE FUNDS RAISED ALSO. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? WHERE IS THAT GOING TO? IT IS GOING TO THE MUSIC THERAPY CENTRE HELPING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. IT IS A CHARITY VERY DEAR TO MY HEART. MY DAUGHTER GOES THERE. IT IS 20 YEARS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH MANY THOUSANDS OF NEW ZEALANDERS WITH VERY UNIQUE CHALLENGES. PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, AND EMOTIONAL. IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE CAN ALL BE REALLY PROUD TO SUPPORT AND, YEAH, THIS MOMENT WILL BE SPECIAL. ONE WE WILL NEVER FORGET. THE HAKA AND THE BIRTHDAY. HOW DO WE GET INVOLVED? YOU CAN GO TO THE HAKA RECORD WEBSITE OR THE MUSIC THERAPY WEBSITE. YOU CAN ALSO REGISTER WITH TIKETEK TO BE A PART OF THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION. THERE WILL BE TRAINING VIDEOS TO HELP THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER PERFORMED BEFORE. WE WANT EVERYBODY TO FEEL EMPOWERED BY THIS NEW LEARNING, AND A PART OF SOMETHING THAT REALLY UNITES US AS A NATION. BRILLIANT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. IT IS VERY EXCITING. I WILL BE THERE. I NEED TO GET BACK IN MY GYM MEMBERSHIP. I WANT TO TAKE THE TOP OFF. THE WORLD IS WATCHING. WHAT AN EFFORT THOUGH, TO COORDINATE ALL THAT, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DOING THAT AT THE SAME TIME. SPEAKING ABOUT COORDINATING A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE, THE OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY. BOATS, ATHLETES WILL BE ON BOATS. I'M NOT A FAN. ON THE BOATS, LIKE YOU SAID. I HOPE THEY DON'T DO THAT AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY. JENNY MAY, IT IS GOING TO BE GREAT. I THINK IT IS GOING TO BLOW PEOPLE'S MINDS. YOU YOU ARE GOING TO SAY, YOU ARE RIGHT, WENDY AND DANIEL. WE BETTER GET OURSELVES OUT OF HER. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS, HAVE A GREAT MORNING, WE'RE BACK TOMORROW MORNING. IT IS THURSDAY, WE ARE POWERING THROUGH THE WEEK. WE WILL HAVE SOME NEW TOP STORIES AND BIG ISSUES TO DISCUSS TOGETHER. CAPTIONS BY COURTNEY SOLE, DREW WALSH, KITTY WASASALA AND FRANK GORE.