IT'S MONDAY THE 29th OF JULY, HOPE YOU HAD A WONDERFUL WEEKEND. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. COMING UP ON THE PROGRAM THIS MORNING ` OUR TOP STORY THIS MORNING ` THEY SERVE THE COUNTRY FIRST, BUT IT'S A BATTLE AT HOME SOME MILITARY FAMILIES ARE FIGHTING. BREAKFAST CAN REVEAL THE POOR HOUSING CONDITIONS SOME OF OUR NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE PERSONNEL ARE LIVING IN. YES, THAT IS MOULD. WE HEAR FROM THE WIFE OF ONE PERSONNEL WHO HAS HAD ENOUGH AND WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO ACT. ALSO WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ` ARE YOU STILL EATING OUT? TOUGH TIMES FOR THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR AFTER A NEW REPORT REVEALS A STRUGGLING INDUSTRY AND DECLINING BUSINESS CONFIDENCE. WE HEAR FROM ONE VEGAN CAFE OWNER AND WHAT THEY'RE BEING FORCED TO DO TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN. THAT'S COMING UP SHORTLY. IT WILL SURPRISE YOU SO KEEP WATCHING. THAT IS COMING UP VERY SHORTLY. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OPERATING COSTS GOING UP, PEOPLE NOT GOING OUT, AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE IS ALL OF THOSE COST PRESSURES. ALSO ON THE SHOW ` AND IT'S DAY TWO OF THE OLYMPICS. PLENTY HAS BEEN HAPPENING OVERNIGHT, SO WE SAY BONJOUR AGAIN TO OUR PARIS BUREAU. MORENA, CHRIS. HOW GOOD. INDEED. WE ARE ACROSS THE CITY AS LEWIS CLAIRE BYRNE GOES FOR GOLD THIS MORNING. WILL HE WHEN THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND MIDDLE OF THESE GAMES? WE WILL CHECK IN WITH YOU IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES TIME. RIGHT NOW IT IS 6 O'CLOCK. HERE IS WENDY WITH THE NEWS. NEW ZEALAND'S STILL SEARCHING FOR ITS FIRST MEDAL OF THE PARIS OLYMPICS, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER CHANCE FOR BREAKING THE DROUGHT IN THE POOL THIS MORNING. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE JOINS US NOW FROM PARIS. MORENA, MICHELLE. MORENA, WENDY. YES, ALL HOPES ARE ON LEWIS CLAIRE BIRCH TO BREAK THAT NEARLY 30 YEAR MIDDLE DROUGHT FOR KIWI SWIMMERS IN THE POOL. IF YOU WATCHED HIS HEAT AT THE 400 M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY, HE LOOKED A LITTLE BIT OFF THE PACE. IT WAS AN UNCONVINCING PERFORMANCE FOR THE WORLD CHAMPION GOING ON TO QUALIFY FOR THE FINAL SIXTH EQUAL. BUT THERE IS HOPE FOR THIS FINAL TONIGHT. WE SPOKE WITH FORMER OLYMPIAN HAYLEY PALMER TODAY WHO SAID THIS WILL ALL BE PART OF HIS STRATEGY. HIS FINAL IS... GOING TO BE ELECTRIC, I THINK, TONIGHT. AND IT REALLY IS A CASE OF, IT'S ANYONE'S GAME. THE TIME SEPARATING FASTEST TO EIGTH ` OR IN HIS CASE, SIXTH, EQUAL SIXTH AT THE MOMENT ` REALLY IS NOT A LOT IN A 4m. AND I THINK THAT WE CAN BE IN TO SEE SOME PRETTY IMPRESSIVE DROPS AND SOME PRETTY IMPRESSIVE SPLITS. NOW, HE WILL BE IN LANE ONE, BUT ALSO IN THIS FINAL IS WORLD RECORD HOLDER AND FRENCHMAN LEON MARCHON. HE IS THE FAVOURITE TONIGHT. CLAREBURT SPENT SOME TIME TRAINING WITH HIM LAST YEAR. BUT IF HE CAN GET ON THE PODIUM, HE WILL BE THE 1ST TO WIN A KIWI MEDAL IN THE SWIMMING POOL. THANK YOU, MICHELLE. ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S LEADING GOLD MEDAL HOPES, THE BLACK FERNS, HAVE OVERWHELMED CHINA IN THEIR OPENING MATCH IN THE WOMEN'S SEVENS. THEY RAN IN SEVEN TRIES, WITH SPEEDSTER MICHAELA BLYDE THE STAR OF THE SHOW WITH A FIRST HALF HAT-TRICK. HERE'S AN EARLY BALL FOR BLYDE, AND SHE LOOKS` HAS GOT SLICKLY AND QUICKLY INTO HER WORK. SHE'S GOT PACE. AND IT'S HEADING BLYDE-WARDS AGAIN, AND NOW BLYDE WITH A LITTLE HITCH KICK, THROUGH ONE, THROUGH TWO, AND HERE'S A HAT TRICK IN THE SPACE OF 5.5 MINUTES. BLYDE GRABBING A FOURTH AS NEW ZEALAND RACED AWAY TO WIN 43-5. THE EQUESTRIAN TEAM IS SITTING IN SIXTH PLACE AFTER THE CROSS-COUNTRY SECTION OF THE EVENTING THIS MORNING. TIM PRICE, NEW ZEALAND'S OLDEST COMPETITOR AT THE GAMES, IS THE LEADING KIWI, 9th IN THE INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS ON HIS MOUNT 'FALCO'. IT'S 12 YEARS SINCE NEW ZEALAND LAST WON AN OLYMPIC EQUESTRIAN MEDAL. LULU SUN'S FAILED TO CARRY HER WIMBLEDON TENNIS SUCCESS TO THE PARIS OLYMPICS AFTER HER LATE CALL-UP TO THE SINGLES. IT WAS A TOUGH DRAW FOR SUN, FACING THE EIGHTH SEED ON THE PARIS CLAY. HER UKRAINIAN OPPONENT PROVED TOO STRONG, WINNING IN STRAIGHT SETS, LEAVING SUN TO TURN HER SIGHTS TO THE DOUBLES ALONGSIDE ERIN ROUTLIFFE. MARTIN PHILLIPS, THE FRONTMAN OF INFLUENTIAL DUNEDIN BAND 'THE CHILLS', HAS DIED. THE BAND CONFIRMING THE SINGER SONGWRITER DIED UNEXPECTEDLY YESTERDAY AT THE AGE OF 61. PHILLIPS WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE BAND IN 1980, ONE OF THE CENTRAL FIGURES OF THE 'DUNEDIN SOUND' WITH HITS INCLUDING 'I LOVE MY LEATHER JACKET' AND 'HEAVENLY POP HIT'. HE DEALT WITH A NUMBER OF HEALTH ISSUES, INCLUDING A BATTLE WITH HEPATITIS C AND, MORE RECENTLY, LIVER ISSUES. THERE ARE FEARS OF A REGIONAL WAR ERUPTING AFTER A ROCKET KILLED 12 YOUTHS IN THE ISRAELI-OCCUPIED GOLAN HEIGHTS. WORLD LEADERS HAVE CONDEMNED THE ATTACK AND CALLED FOR RESTRAINT OVER CONCERN THE CONFLICT COULD ESCALATE. ISRAEL HAS BLAMED HEZBOLLAH FOR THE STRIKE AND PROMISED RETALIATION. THE LEBANESE MILITANT GROUP HAS DENIED ALL RESPONSIBILITY, SUGGESTING THE STRIKE WAS CAUSED BY A BACKFIRING ISRAELI 'DEFENCE' MISSILE. THE COUNTRY'S GPS TECHNOLOGY HAS REACHED A MILESTONE, WITH THE ACTIVATION OF TWO NEW HI-TECH SATELLITE DISHES IN SOUTHLAND. KNOWN AS 'SOUTH-PAN', THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA WILL PROVIDE GREATER ACCURACY TO GLOBAL POSITIONING SERVICES, FROM AROUND FIVE METRES, DOWN TO AS LITTLE AS 10 CENTIMETRES. MISSION CONTROL NEAR INVERCARGILL HAS SWITCHED ON THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SYSTEM AND IS NOW OPERATIONAL. LAND INFORMATION MINISTER CHRIS PENK TOLD 1 NEWS IT'LL BENEFIT A RANGE OF INDUSTRIES. THEY'LL PROVIDE A LOT MORE CERTAINTY OF NAVIGATION WHICH IS GONNA BE HELPFUL FOR AVIATION, AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, CONSTRUCTION. IT'S GONNA BE A REAL GAME-CHANGER IN THE WAY WE HAVE CERTAINTY ABOUT MOVING AROUND. AN INDEPENDENT REPORT FOUND THE SYSTEM COULD CONTRIBUTE CLOSE TO $900m TO THE ECONOMY OVER THE NEXT TWO DECADES. TO SOME OTHER SPORT, AND DRAMA IN THE BELGIAN GRAND PRIX AFTER AN INDEPENDENT REPORT FOUND THE SYSTEM COULD CONTRIBUTE CLOSE TO $900m TO THE ECONOMY OVER THE NEXT TWO DECADES. TO SOME OTHER SPORT, AND DRAMA IN THE BELGIAN GRAND PRIX AFTER BRITISH DRIVERS CROSSED THE LINE FIRST AND SECOND. A ONE-STOP STRATEGY APPEARED TO HAVE PAID OFF FOR MERCEDES DRIVER GEORGE RUSSELL, FINISHING AHEAD OF TEAMMATE LEWIS HAMILTON. BUT RUSSELL WAS DISQUALIFIED AFTER A POST-RACE INVESTIGATION RULED HIS CAR WAS 'UNDERWEIGHT' DENYING HIM A SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. STARTING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS, THERE ARE ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS IN PLACE IN THE TASMAN, NORTHWEST OF MOTUEKA AND IN OTAGO. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` CLOUDY MORNING FOR THE REGION HERE. SHOWERS COMING IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME NORTHERLIES FOR MOST OF YOU. 17 THE HIGH FOR THE KAITAIA. 16 FOR THE REST. FURTHER SOUTH, PRETTY SIMILAR HERE. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH SOME SHOWERS HERE AND THERE AFTER MIDDAY. 16 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN LATE AT NIGHT IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 17 THE HIGH FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. OVER TO THE WEST ` PRETTY GREY START TO YOUR DAY. SOME RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN NEW PLYMOUTH, LEVIN AND WELLINGTON. 17 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` PACK YOUR UMBRELLA. RAIN DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU WITH STRONG GUSTS FOR MOST. A HIGH OF 14 FOR NELSON, BLENHEIM AND WESTPORT. HEADING SOUTH. SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE TOO ` THIS WILL TURN HEAVY IN OAMARU AND ALEXANDRA. 12 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` YOU'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR UMBRELLA HERE TOO. SHOWER THROUGHOUT THE DAY, TURNING HEAVY IN THE AFTERNOON. 11 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND. THANKS, WENDY. FROM THE PANDEMIC TO THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS, IT'S BEEN A TURBULENT FEW YEARS FOR THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL REPORT INTO THE STATE OF THE SECTOR SHOWS SALES ARE UP 5.8% TO NEARLY $16bn. THE NUMBER OF OUTLETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ONLY ROSE BY 0.1% ` THAT'S JUST AN EXTRA 27 NATIONWIDE. BUT MANY BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE, AND TOUGH TIMES CALL FOR TOUGH DECISIONS. AUCKLAND'S KIND CAFE, A MOSTLY PLANT-BASED EATERY, IS NOW HAVING TO START SERVING MEAT ON IT'S MENU. MANAGER NIGEL COTTLE JOINS US NOW. NIGEL, GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. WHAT COST PRESSURES HAS THE CAFE BEEN UNDER THAT YOU HAVE HAD TO MAKE THIS DECISION? THANKS, JENNY MAY. PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WILL COST THAT WE HAVE HAD HAS GONE UP OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. ADDING ME TO THE MENU ` HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THE BOTTOM LINE. TO THE CORE, WE REACHED PEAK VEGAN AS A SOCIETY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND WHEN WE WERE A NICHE PLACE, IT IS HARD ENOUGH IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, AND WITH A SMALL DEMOGRAPHIC OF PEOPLE WE ARE AIMING AT. WE WERE SET UP TO MAKE THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AGREE NO PLACE TO LIVE. IT IS QUITE A SHIFT TO INCLUDE MEET IN OUR MENU, BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS 80% OF OUR MENU HAS BEEN VEGAN BUT ONLY 20% OF OUR CUSTOMERS. THE ANALOGY OF PEOPLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE ARE NOW TRYING TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE, SO 30% OF OUR MENU WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF MEAT PRODUCTS ON IT. BUT WE HAVE CONSULTED WITH THE VEGAN'S AND VEGETARIANS, AND SAID, WHAT KIND OF MEAT IS GOOD AND WHAT IS NOT? SO WILD CAUGHT FISH AND BARN RAISED MEAT. SO I YOU HOPING THAT I ADDING A BIT OF MEAT TO THE MENU THAT THIS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON HOW MUCH MONEY IS COMING IN? ABSOLUTELY. WE NEED TO RAISE OUR TURNOVER BY ABOUT 50%. WOW. BY ABOUT 50%. THAT IS A HUGE AMOUNT, NIGEL. ARE YOU CONFIDENT? IS THAT BASED ON ANY FIGURES OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE JUST TRYING TO DO TO SEE HOW IT GOES? IS THIS PART OF THE WHOLE COST PRESSURE THAT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO JUST DO WHAT YOU DO, YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT? COST PRESSURE HAS BEEN WE HAVE HAD TO RAISE SOME OF OUR PRICES WHICH HAS LOWERED THE ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO GO OUT, SO PEOPLE GO OUT LESS, SO FOR US, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS BROADEN OUR CUSTOMER BASE ESSENTIALLY. AND TALKING TO OUR VEGAN CUSTOMERS, THEY ARE MUCH HAPPIER US STILL BEING MOSTLY VEGAN BUT SERVING MEAT THAN CLOSING OUR DOORS, WHICH IS THE OTHER OPTION IF WE DON'T INCREASE OUR TURNOVER. DO YOU NOTICE PEOPLE JUST AREN'T COMING OUT TO CAFE'S, PARTICULARLY YOUR CAFE, AT THE MOMENT? AND HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN GOING ON FOR? THERE HAS BEEN JUST A STEADY DECLINE ACROSS THE INDUSTRY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I AM INVOLVED IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, AND YOU CAN JUST SEE THAT THAT PRESSURE IS GOING ON, AND ALSO THE SPENDING HABITS HAVE CHANGED. WE MAY HAVE A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE COME AND WHO LAST YEAR MAY HAVE ALL ORDERED OFF THE MENU, AND NOW THEY WILL ORDER OUT OF THE CABINET WHICH IS A BIT CHEAPER. PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE ORDERED MORE THAN ONE COFFEE A DISORDER ONE COFFEE. YOU JUST DON'T GET THE INCOME THAT MATCHES THE INCREASED STAFF PRESSURE. YOU GUYS ARE TRYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO TRY AND BRING MORE MONEY IN TO THE CAFE. THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION HAS DEVELOPED A STRATEGIC ROADMAP WHICH IS FOCUSING ON SIX KEY AREAS, AND A COUPLE OF THOSE ARE LOOKING AT INVESTMENT INTO HOSPITALITY, PROMOTING, ENGAGING, SUPPORTING THE SECTOR, AND ALSO CAMPAIGNS TO ADDRESS PERCEPTION CHALLENGES. TRYING TO IMPROVE THE PUBLIC'S PERCEPTION OF CAFE'S AND RESTAURANTS. DO YOU THINK THOSE KINDS OF STRATEGIES ARE GOING TO HELP THE INDUSTRY? I THINK EVERYTHING WILL HELP. I'M A FAN OF JUST TRYING STUFF, LIKE THE SHOT GUN APPROACH, LET'S PUT STUFF OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT STICKS AND WHAT WORKS. THIS IS SLIGHTLY MORE STRATEGIC THAN JUST SHOT GUN, BECAUSE IT IS A BIG PHILOSOPHICAL CHANGE TO SERVE MEAT WHEN YOU ARE A MOSTLY PLANT-BASED CAFE. BUT WE HAVE TO SURVIVE GOING FORWARD. THE FACT THAT IT WAS SUCH A BIG PHILOSOPHICAL CHANGE, HOW DIFFICULT WAS IT TO MAKE THAT CHANGE? WE HAD TO CONSULT QUITE WIDELY OVER A FEW MONTHS ON THIS. IT IS NOT LIKE LAST WEEK WE HAD THE IDEA AND NEXT WEEK WE EXECUTE IT. WE HAVE A CORE IDEA IN APRIL TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS WELL AND KEEP CATERING TO OUR EXISTING DEMOGRAPHIC OF CUSTOMERS. HOW TO STILL MAKE THE NEIGHBOURHOOD A GREENER AND HEALTHIER PLACE TO LIVE. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK YOU CAN STILL KEEP ENGAGING GIVEN THE COST PRESSURES AND THAT YOU NEED 50% MORE TO COME IN THE DOOR? I THINK WE WILL DO IT. I'VE GOT SOME CONFIDENCE IN US AND OUR TEAM, AND I THINK WE ARE AWESOME. I THINK WE WILL SEE THE RESULTS THAT WE NEED, AND IT IS GOING TO WORK. I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT, POSITIVE, EVEN THOUGH THE OVERALL SITUATION IS QUITE DIFFICULT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU, JENNY MAY. GO WELL. KIA ORA. IN ALL HONESTY, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU GUYS DINED OUT. WHAT DID IT TAKE FOR YOU TO GO INTO TOWN AND DINE OUT? IT IS EXPENSIVE. IT IS REALLY EXPENSIVE, AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE FINDING IT EASIER TO JUST GET TAKEAWAYS AND GO HOME TO YOUR OWN COMFORT. IN TERMS OF WHAT THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR NEEDS TO DO, AND ALSO NEEDS TO FACTOR AND HOW DO YOU BRING PEOPLE BACK INTO YOUR RESTAURANT? PEOPLE NEED MONEY. THAT IS THE END OF THE STORY, ISN'T IT? THERE ARE SOME RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH EXTRA WEATHER EVENTS, INCREASE COST, DECLINING TRAFFIC, COST OF LIVING PRESSURES ` ALL THOSE THINGS THAT COME INTO FACTORING WHETHER THEY CAN ACTUALLY KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN OR NOT. I THINK WHAT HAS HAPPENED AS WELL IS SINCE COVID, PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING THEIR LOCAL BUSINESSES A LOT MORE, SO THEY ARE SPENDING MORE MONEY AT THEIR LOCAL CAFE RATHER THAN COMING INTO TOWN. SO WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR YOU TO COME INTO TOWN? DO YOU STILL DINE OUT OR DO YOU JUST GET TAKEAWAYS AND COME BACK HOME? EMAIL US. E WHAI AKE NEI ` AS NEW ZEALAND KEEPS SEARCHING FOR ITS FIRST MEDAL. WE'LL TAKE YOU LIVE TO PARIS FOR ALL THE LATEST NEXT. WAITING, WAITING PATIENTLY. OH, STEADY ON. ENJOY THE MOMENT. (GURGLING MONSTER ON TV) DAD: Hey, hey, guess what? I just got another scam text from the 'power company'... ...saying I need to pay my bill. $156.32. MOM: What Grant?! Final notice... What? Threatening to cut my power... ...think I came down on the last... (ELECTRICITY CUTS DOWN) Oh, is that a fuse, Grant!? JADE: That might be real Dad. Yes it might. VOICEOVER:We're blocking more scams than ever before. One New Zealand, let's get connected. That bit might be real, Dad. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. PLENTY HAS BEEN HAPPENING OVERNIGHT IN PARIS. SHORTLY, LEWIS CLAREBURT WILL COMPETE IN THE 400m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY FINAL TO TRY AND SECURE NEW ZEALAND ITS FIRST MEDAL. BUT FOR NOW, LET'S BRING IN CHRIS CHANG WHO'S AT NEW ZEALAND HOUSE. BONJOUR, CHRIS. IF YOU COULDN'T GET A TICKET AT THE POOL, YOU CAN COME DOWN HERE TO NEW ZEALAND HOUSE. WE HAVE A GOOD CROWD HERE WATCHING LEWIS CLAREBURT. WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE DOWN HERE. GIVE US A WAVE, EVERYONE. THEY CAN'T HEAR US ` THEY ARE IN THE POSH SEATS. WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEDAL YET. WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD PERFORMANCES ` SAMMY MAXWELL, THE MOUNTAIN BIKING, YOU WILL REMEMBER HER, WHO ONLY MADE IT AND AFTER APPEALING TO THE TRIBUNAL. SHE CAME EIGHTH. FOR HER THAT WAS A FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT. OH, I'M SO STOKED. I MEAN... IT'S JUST A DREAM TO BE HERE AND THEN TO GET MY BEST EVER ELITE RESULT, IT MEANS SO MUCH. SO I'M JUST STOKED, LIVING UP THE VIBES AND YEAH, CAN'T WAIT TO HIT THE FOOD HALL TONIGHT. SO I'M JUST STOKED, LIVING UP THE VIBES AND YEAH, CAN'T WAIT TO HIT THE FOOD HALL TONIGHT. WE HAVEN'T BEEN YET SO I'M SO EXCITED. WHAT WAS IT LIKE OUT THERE ON OLYMPIC DEBUT IN A MASSIVE EVENT LIKE THIS? IT WAS CRAZY. I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ANOTHER BIKE RACE, BUT IT'S JUST A WHOLE 'NOTHER LEVEL. AND THE CROWD WAS INSANE. THEY WERE LIKE A FEW PARTS ON THE COURSE WHERE, UM, UH, I GAVE THE MARSHALS LOLLIES AND I` LIKE, NEW ZEALAND LOLLIES. LIKE, MILKSHAKES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND SO THEN THEY WERE LIKE` I TOLD THEM 'YOU HAD TO CHEER FOR ME ON SUNDAY.' AND SO THEN THEY GOT THE WHOLE CROWD, LIKE, CHANTING MY NAME, AND THERE WERE LIKE TWO OR THREE LIKE PARTS IN THE COURSE WHERE EVERYONE'S JUST LIKE 'SAMMY, SAMMY!' AND LIKE, I'LL BE LIKE, 'I LOVE YOU!' AND THEY'RE LIKE, 'YEAH!' SO IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. YEAH. HAVE YOU SURPRISED YOURSELF WITH TODAY'S RESULT? DID YOU EVER THINK YOU'D BE 8th IN THE WORLD AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES? YEAH, NO WAY. I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS MY BEST EVER ELITE RESULT. BEFORE THIS, IT WAS A 10th AT A WORLD CUP, BUT, UM... YEAH, LAST WORLD CUP, I GOT 20th AND I WAS A BIT GUTTED WITH IT. SO TO BE ABLE TO COME OFF THAT AND GET AN 8th AT THE OLYMPICS IS INCREDIBLE. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HERE AFTER EVERYTHING YOU'VE GONE THROUGH IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS? SO MUCH FOR ME. I MEAN, I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT IT BEFORE, BUT, UM, IT'S A LOT OF SACRIFICE BY EVERYONE TO GET HERE. AND IT'S NOT MY SACRIFICES ` IT'S THE SACRIFICES OF MY SUPPORT PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT SO MUCH ENERGY INTO GETTING ME HERE AND BACKING ME SO IT MEANS SO MUCH TO GIVE IT BACK TO THEM. YEAH. SO, SO, SO MUCH. SHE'S A REAL GOOD SORT. SHE'S BEEN ASKING ME TO COME BACK ON BREAKFAST TO DO THE FRENCH QUIZ AFTER I LOST TO GUY HEVELDT. HERE IS HERE TO PROVIDE HOPEFULLY A BIT OF HOPE FOR US. FOR THOSE WHO ENTER A TO WANT TO SEE THE HARDWARE ALREADY. CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE MEDAL HOPES PERHAPS, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING WELL FOR US? FIRST OF ALL, SAMMY MAXWELL, PHENOMENAL RESULT ` EIGHTH IN THE WORLD. THE ROWERS WERE SUPERB TODAY, ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL OUT THERE ON THE WATER IN PARIS. THE MEANS FOR PARTICULARLY BEATING BRITAIN, WHO WERE THE RACE FAVOURITES HEADING INTO TODAY'S HEATS. THEY WON THEIR HEAT, STRAIGHT INTO THE FINAL, AS ARE THE WOMEN FOR WHO FINISHED SECOND BEHIND GREAT BRITAIN, BUT THEY ARE ALSO INTO THE FINAL. THERE WAS A DOUBLE THAT THERE WERE A FEW WHISPERS ABOUT, BUT THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSIVE, BEATING THE FRENCH HOMETOWN FAVOURITES IN THEIR HEAT. THEY GO THROUGH TO A SEMI-FINAL, AND THE MEN'S PAIR IS ALSO THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINAL AS WELL. AS USUAL IN THE OLYMPICS, IT MIGHT BE THE KIWI ROWERS THAT START TO HAUL IN THE MIDDLE IS FOR THE TEAM IN BLACK. IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS ` IT CAN TAKE A WHILE SOMETIMES. WE GET A LITTLE BIT IMPATIENT, AND THEN ONCE THE FIRST ONE COMES IN, THEY START TO ROLL IN. WHERE ARE YOU, GUY, BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN SWANNING ABOUT, HAVEN'T YOU? MAY BE ELIGIBLE, CHRIS. I'VE JUST SEEN A PRETTY COOL PLACE HERE IN PARIS CALLED VERSAILLES. WE WENT AND WATCHED THE THREE-DAY EVENT EQUESTRIAN, AND LET ME TELL YOU, THAT WAS PHENOMENAL. IF YOU WANT A VENUE, THAT IS THE VENUE THAT JUST MAKES THIS OLYMPICS WHAT IT IS. 150,000 PEOPLE WERE APPARENTLY PACKED IN, NOT EVEN PACKED INTO THAT PLACE ` BUT 150,000 PEOPLE. IT WAS PHENOMENAL. OUR KIWIS HAD A BIT OF A MIXED DAY. SAM PRICE HAD ONE OF THOSE DAYS, PICKED UP A FEW POINTS. KIWIS SLIPPED TO 6. WHILE THERE WERE VERY, VERY GOOD SHOW JUMPING TEAM, THEY HAVE TO DO A BIT OF WORK. THE HISTORY, THE ARCHITECTURE, THE GARDEN, EVERYTHING ABOUT VERSAILLES, THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES, WAS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. I'M SURE IT WAS GREAT ON TV, BUT MAN, IT WAS GREAT TO BE THERE. BIT OF A CULTURE VULTURE LIKE YOURSELF, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN IN YOUR ELEMENT. IF WE DO NEED ANY HELP OR ADVICE ON HOW TO GET A MEDAL, JAPAN MIGHT BE ABLE TO OFFER US SOME ADVICE. THEY HAD A YOUNG MEDALLIST TODAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE DOING WHEN YOU WERE 14, CHRIS, BUT I WAS FAILING MATHS AND SCIENCE EXAMS. A JAPANESE ATHLETE HAS WON A GOLD MEDAL TODAY AT THE AGE OF 14 IN SKATING. 14 YEARS OLD ` I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT, WINNING A GOLD MEDAL AT THE OLYMPICS. AN INCREDIBLE FEAT. SO MAYBE OUR ATHLETES, I'M SURE THERE ARE MEDALS TO COME, BUT WE SHOULD SIT DOWN AND WATCH THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS REMARKABLE. NOT EVEN OLD ENOUGH TO GET A DRIVER'S LICENSE IN NEW ZEALAND. THANK YOU FOR CHECKING IN. AS FOR THE REST OF YOU IN THE STUDIO, I KNOW SCOTTY STEVENSON HAS AN ARTICLE ONLINE THIS MORNING ABOUT CELEBRATING THE FOURTH PLACE GETTERS, AND I MEAN IT IS AN AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT, BUT GOT ME THINKING, WHAT PRECIOUS METAL WOULD WE GIVE TO 1/4 PLACE IF WE WERE GOING TO GIVE THEM A MEDAL? I WAS THINKING MAYBE COPPER, ALTHOUGH IT WOULD OXIDISE, SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO POLISH IT. WOULD YOU CONSIDER GIVING FOURTH PLACE? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. I THINK THE POINT OF THIS ARTICLE WAS THAT PEOPLE STAND ON THE PODIUM FOR THE HARD WORK AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO REPRESENT THE HARD WORK, BUT AS 1/4 PLACE GETTER, YOU PUT THE WORK IN AND YOU GET NOTHING. IT IS APRIL IN PEACE ACTUALLY. LET'S BE HONEST, IT IS JUST FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD. IF YOU GET FAULT, YOU JUST DON'T GET ANYTHING. WE CAN'T KEEP PLEASING PEOPLE TO MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER. TRY HARDER NEXT TIME. I DON'T THINK THEY NEED YOU TO MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER, BECAUSE ATHLETES ARE HARDER ON THEMSELVES THAN ANYONE ELSE. WE'RE GOING TO CATCH UP WITH CHANGY AGAIN AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. YOU JUST KICK BACK, CHANGY. CAN I? YES. GO AND HAVE A BEER. I AM ON THE JOB. I'M ON THE JOB ` DON'T TEMPT ME. NICE WORK, CHANGY. WE WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU AGAIN SOON. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY. WE AGREE TO DISAGREE. EMAIL US ` WHAT DID YOU THINK OF IT? ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, NZDF PERSONNEL SAY THESE ARE THE HOUSES THEY ARE LIVING IN. WE'LL HEAR MORE OF THEIR STORIES JUST AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. # YOU SAID IT OUT LOUD. # STUPID BOY, MAKING ME SO SAD. NEW ZEALAND'S MADE AN IMPRESSIVE START TO THE WOMEN'S SEVENS, THRASHING CHINA 43-5. THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS CROSSING FOR SEVEN TRIES, FOUR OF THEM TO MICHAELA BLYDE. THE DEFENDING OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS ARE BACK IN ACTION SHORTLY, TAKING ON CANADA IN THEIR SECOND GAME IN AROUND AN HOUR. MOUNTAIN BIKER SAMMIE MAXWELL HAD TO FIGHT TO GET TO THE PARIS OLYMPICS, AND TODAY, SHE JUSTIFIED HER LATE SELECTION. SHE FINISHED EIGHTH IN THE CROSS-COUNTRY RACE. GAMES REPORTER JORDAN OPPERT WAS THERE AND SENT THIS UPDATE. OUT OF A STATE LINE UP OF 36 RIDERS, SHE CAME EIGHTH. SHE'S MADE FRIENDS WITH A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS OUT ON BECAUSE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WHICH MADE A DIFFERENCE IN CHEERING HER ON. SHE HAD TO FIGHT TO BE HERE, SHE WASN'T INITIALLY CHOSEN TO BE DUE TO NONPERFORMANCE RELATED REASONS. TO HAVE A PERFORMANCE LIKE THAT, AS I SAY, EIGHTH AND THE WORLD, THE FUTURE IS DEFINITELY BRIGHT FOR MAXWELL. IS A DREAM TO BE HERE AND INTO GET MY BEST EVER LET RESULT, IT MEANT SO MUCH SO I AM JUST LETTING UP THE VIBES AND I CAN'T WAIT TO HIT THE BRUTAL TONIGHT. *HIT THE FOOD HALL TONIGHT. HOSPITALITY BUSINESSES ARE STILL STRUGGLING, DESPITE SALES SPIKING NATIONWIDE. THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION REPORT REVEAL SALES ARE UP 5.8% TO NEARLY $16bn IN THE LAST YEAR. BUT RISING OPERATING COSTS HAVE RESULTED IN GROWTH THAT LAGS BEHIND THE COST INCREASES. ONE PLANT-BASED CAFE IS NOW ADDING MEAT TO ITS MENU TO SURVIVE. THE COST PRESSURE HAS MEANT WE'VE HAD TO RAISE SOME OF OUR PRICES, WHICH HAS LOWERED, UM, THE ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO GO OUT, SO PEOPLE GO OUT LESS. AND SO FOR US, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS BROADEN OUR CUSTOMER BASE ESSENTIALLY AND, AND TALKING TO OUR VEGAN CUSTOMERS, THEY'RE BASICALLY` THEY'RE MUCH HAPPIER US STILL BEING SORT-OF-MOSTLY VEGAN, BUT SERVING MEAT THAN CLOSING OUR DOORS, WHICH IS THE OTHER OPTION IF WE DON'T INCREASE THAT TURNOVER. THE REPORT ALSO REVEALED THE NUMBER OF OUTLETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ONLY ROSE BY 0.1% ` JUST AN EXTRA 27 NATIONWIDE. WORLD LEADERS HAVE URGED RESTRAINT OVER FEARS THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST COULD SPILL OVER INTO A WIDER REGIONAL WAR. IT COMES AFTER A DEADLY ROCKET STRIKE IN THE ISRAELI-OCCUPIED GOLAN HEIGHTS. THE BBC'S PAUL ADAMS REPORTS. THROUGH THE STREETS OF MAGDALA SHAMS, THE COFFINS CAME ONE BY ONE. A TOWN REELING IN SHOCK, CONSUMED BY COLLECTIVE GRIEF, TERRIFIED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. FOR MONTHS, THEY FEARED A DISASTER. BUT THEY NEVER IMAGINED IT WOULD TAKE AWAY THEIR CHILDREN. AT THE FOOTBALL PITCH WHERE THEY ALL DIED, MOMENTS OF SILENT REFLECTION. EFFORTS TO COMPREHEND THE SPEED OF THIS TRAGEDY. A PLAYGROUND TRANSFORMED IN AN INSTANT INTO A PLACE OF JAGGED METAL, DISCARDED BELONGINGS, AND IN THE CORNER THE BLOOD OF THE VICTIMS. WE'RE TOLD THAT A SIREN SOUNDED JUST SECONDS BEFORE THE ROCKET LANDED HERE, AND BLEW THE FENCE RIGHT BACK. AND LOOK, JUST OUTSIDE THE PITCH, METRES AWAY, THERE'S A BOMB SHELTER. BUT THE CHILDREN ` THE CHILDREN ON THE PITCH, THOSE WATCHING, THOSE ON THEIR BIKES AND SCOOTERS, THEY HAD NO TIME TO REACT. THE GOVERNMENT HAS YET TO DECIDE HOW TO RESPOND. THE ARMY SAYS IT JUST NEEDS THE WORD. WE ARE READY. WE SAID WE ARE READY FOR SEVERAL OF WEEKS OR EVEN MONTHS. MILA SHAH WAS 10 YEARS OLD, THE YOUNGEST VICTIM. HIS UNCLE AND COUSINS STRUGGLING TO COMPREHEND THEIR SUDDEN LOSS. HE IS LOVED BY EVERYONE. HIS FAMILY SAYS THE WAR WHICH KILLED HIM HAS TO END. AND FINALLY, A MUSEUM IN CHINA HAS LAUNCHED A CAT NIGHT EVENT. CAT-OWNERS CAN BRING THEIR FELINE FRIENDS TO SHANGHAI MUSEUM'S EXHIBITION SHOWCASING EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. CATS WERE WIDELY REGARDED BY ANCIENT EGYPTIANS AS SACRED AND WERE WORSHIPPED ACCORDINGLY. THE EXHIBITION FEATURES NEARLY 800 ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELICS, MOST OF WHICH ARE BEING DISPLAYED IN ASIA FOR THE FIRST TIME. I'M SURE EVERY CAT WANTED TO GO ALONG TO THAT EXHIBITION. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. STARTING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS, THERE ARE ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS IN PLACE IN THE TASMAN, NORTHWEST OF MOTUEKA AND IN OTAGO. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` CLOUDY MORNING FOR THE REGION HERE. SHOWERS COMING IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME NORTHERLIES FOR MOST OF YOU. 17 THE HIGH FOR THE KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH, PRETTY SIMILAR HERE. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH SOME SHOWERS HERE AND THERE AFTER MIDDAY. 16 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN LATE AT NIGHT IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 17 THE HIGH FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. OVER TO THE WEST ` PRETTY GREY START TO YOUR DAY. SOME RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN NEW PLYMOUTH, LEVIN AND WELLINGTON. 17 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` PACK YOUR UMBRELLA. RAIN DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU WITH STRONG GUSTS FOR MOST. A HIGH OF 14 FOR NELSON, BLENHEIM AND WESTPORT. HEADING SOUTH ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE TOO. THIS WILL TURN HEAVY IN OAMARU AND ALEXANDRA. 12 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` YOU'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR UMBRELLA HERE TOO. SHOWER THROUGHOUT THE DAY, TURNING HEAVY IN THE AFTERNOON. 11 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND. IT'S COMPETITION TIME, COURTESY OF MY FOOD BAG. THIS WEEK, YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF THREE MY FOOD BAG SUPPORTER PACKS, EACH VALUED AT UP TO $1000, AS THE OFFICIAL MEAL KIT OF THE NZ TEAM. MY FOOD BAG IS NOT ONLY SUPPORTING OUR ATHLETES ON THE WORLD STAGE BUT ALSO THE FANS BACK HOME, CHEERING THEM ON WITH THEIR OFFICIAL SUPPORTER BURGERS ON THE MENU FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz TO ENTER, AND WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THREE LUCKY WINNERS ON THURSDAY MORNING. LOVE IT. (FRENCH POP MUSIC) HOKI MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. LEWIS CLAREBURT'S JUST FINISHED HIS FINAL. CHRIS CHANG'S STANDING BY WITH THE RESULT. DOES NEW ZEALAND HAVE ITS FIRST MEDAL? I NEED EITHER PATIENT NEW ZEALANDERS, BUT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE. THE FRENCHMAN HAS BEATEN MICHAEL PHELPS AS OLYMPIC RECORD IN THE 400 M INDIVIDUAL, WITH 295, AND LEWIS HAS FINISHED SIXTH. THE WAIT WILL GO ON FOR A NEW ZEALAND MEDAL. TO BE HONEST, THIS WASN'T ABOUT WHO WOULD COME SECOND OR THIRD, BECAUSE THE FRENCHMAN WAS JUST PUTTING ON A CLINIC, AND HE WAS DESCRIBED AS A SPEEDBOAT AND MAKING THE REST OF THEM LOOK LIKE AGE-GROUP SWIMMERS. IT WAS THAT DOMINANT. DISAPPOINTING FOR LEWIS. HE WAS SMASHING SOME OF THOSE TIMES EARLY ON, BUT NO WAY TODAY. NO ONE WAS EVEN CLOSE TO THE FRENCHMAN. WE WILL TRY TO GET SOME REACTION FROM THE FANS HERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN FEEL IT, BUT THE ENERGY HAS BEEN SUCKED OUT OF THE PLACE. YOU CAN SEE AS THE LAPS GO BY, SLOWLY, THE ENERGY STARTS TO DRAIN AND IT'S DISAPPOINTING BUT THERE ARE MORE RACES TO COME AND ONTO THE NEXT ONE. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THAT UPDATES. STILL PROUD OF HIM, THOUGH. WILL CATCH UP AGAIN SOON. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS ON A CAMPAIGN TO SALVAGE HIS IMAGE. HIS VISIT TO WASHINGTON DC LAST WEEK WAS MET WITH LARGE DEMONSTRATIONS OUTSIDE THE CAPTIOL, WITH THOUSANDS ON PROTESTERS CALLING FOR AN END THE WAR IN GAZA AND HIS ARREST FOR ALLEGED WAR CRIMES. BUT INSIDE THE CAPITOL, A COMPLETE CONTRAST ` U.S. LAWMAKERS WELCOMING THE ISRAELI PM WITH A STANDING OVATION. THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) (APPLAUSE) FRUSTRATION OVER NETANYAHU'S PROSECUTION OF THE WAR IN GAZA IS GROWING, BOTH AT HOME AND IN THE U.S. NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE WHITE HOUSE COULD SEE A SHIFT IN THE COUNTRIES' RELATIONS. I'M JOINED NOW BY FORMER U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT POLICY ADVISOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST, LAURA BLUMENFELD. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU. WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM NETANYAHU'S SPEECH? WE LEARNED HIS GREAT AT PUBLIC SUPPLY MESSY, BUT NOT THAT GOOD AT ACTUAL DIPLOMACY. HIS SPEECH WAS SOARING, IT WAS GREAT RHETORIC, BUT IT SAT IN A REALLY STARK CONTRAST TO THE GRIM STATISTICS BACK HOME. EVERYONE ABOUT SOMETHING TO CRITICISE ABOUT THAT SPEECH. FOLKS ON THE LEFT WAS SAYING, WHY DIDN'T HE MENTION THE CRISIS ALL THE CASUALTIES IN GAZA? HE DIDN'T MENTION A HOSTAGE DEAL, SO THERE WAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO BE UNHAPPY WITH, AND HE HAD THOSE TOUGH MEETINGS WITH` USUALLY PRIME MINISTERS COME TO WASHINGTON AND HAVE TO MEET WITH ONE PRESIDENT, WHEREAS NETANYAHU HAD TO MEET WITH THREE FORMER PRESIDENTS. HE DID LINE OUT HIS VISION ` DEMILITARISED IN GAZA, WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? I THOUGHT, SOMEBODY TWISTED HIS ARM. HE HAS NEVER BEEN AN EASY ALLY. I USED TO WORK UNDER OBAMA, AND THERE WAS MORE BICKERING THAN BROKERING. I THOUGHT, FINALLY, HE IS PUTTING SOMETHING FORWARD. TO BE FAIR TO HIM, ANY ISRAELI WHO SAYS HERE IS MY PROPOSAL FOR GAZA, THAT IS PUTTING A BIG BLACK 'X' ON IT FOR THE PALESTINIANS. IF IT SOUNDS TOO LIBERAL AND FORWARD LEANING TOWARDS THE PALESTINIANS, THE RIGHT-WING COALITION WILL PULL OUT AND HIS GOVERNMENT WILL COLLAPSE. HAS IN A TOUGH PLACE BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE DOESN'T DESERVE TOUGH CRITICISM. HOW MUCH OF HIS SPEECH WAS MET WITH CRITICISM? HIS STAFF COUNTED 44 STANDING OVATION, BUT FOR STAFF IN THE ROOM THAT I SPOKE WITH, IT WAS MOSTLY REPUBLICANS AND THAT IS PREACHING TO THE CHOIR. THE DEMOCRATS, THERE WERE EMPTY SEATS AND IT FELL ON DEAF EARS. IT WAS CONSIDERED TONE DEAF BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID NOT SAY. HE DID NOT SAY THE ONE THING THAT AS WELL AS A DESPERATE TO HEAR, WHICH IS, I OWN BUSINESS TAKE AND HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. HE HASN'T FIGURED OUT WHAT WENT WRONG THAT DAY. NETANYAHU STILL HAS SAID A LOT OF WORDS BUT NONE OF THEM, YOU KNOW, SAY THE BUCK STOPS WITH ME. SOME OF THOSE WORDS INCLUDE PRAISING BIDEN AND TRUMP, THE WINDERS, HARRIS STAND ON GAZA POLICY? THERE IS A CRISIS NOW TODAY WE STAND ON THE VERGE OF A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA, BUT ALSO WILDFIRE ACROSS THE BROADER MIDDLE EAST. AS THERE WAS A ROCKET THAT KILLED 12 CHILDREN. ALTHOUGH THAT KAMALA HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT SHE HAS EMPATHY THE PALESTINIANS AND GAZA, SHE STILL STANDS WITH ISRAEL. SHE JUST RELEASED A STATEMENT OUTLINING THE IRONCLAD RELIANCE BETWEEN BOTH. AS WELL IS SITTING KIND OF IN THIS HALL OF MIRRORS WHERE EVERYWHERE THEY LOOK IS IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF IRAN. THERE IS NOTHING DIFFERENT BETWEEN MEETING PRESIDENT WIDENED IN TERMS OF SUBSTANCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. GREAT TO BE, HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. YOU TO. E HAERE AKE NEI ` IT CERTAINLY WAS THE TALK OF THE WEEKEND. OUR SPORTS COMMENTATOR GIVES HIS VERDICT ON PARIS' OPENING CEREMONY. NEXT. # I NEED SOMEONE TO HOLD ME CLOSE. (RELAXING ELECTRONIC MUSIC) TIME FOR OUR SPORTS ROUNDUP WITH SCOTTY STEVENSON WHO'S BACK AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS OFF, JUST IN TIME FOR THE START OF THE OLYMPICS. (RELAXING ELECTRONIC MUSIC) I CAUGHT UP WITH HIM EARLIER AND HAD TO START OFF TIME FOR OUR SPORTS ROUNDUP WITH SCOTTY STEVENSON BY GETTING HIS VERDICT ON THAT OPENING CEREMONY. WHO'S BACK AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS OFF, BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP AFTER 7 THE CONTROVERSIES OF COURSE ` THE CANADIAN FOOTBALL SCANNER WHICH THREATENED TO ENGULF FAR MORE PEOPLE THAN JUST THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. I WANT TO COME BACK TO THE OPENING CEREMONY WHICH YOU WROTE A BEAUTIFUL PIECE ABOUT. YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT YOU ARE HERE FOR THE FOURTH PLACE GETTERS. THIS IS THE PAINFUL SIDE OF THE OLYMPICS, WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE ATHLETES WHO DON'T MAKE THE PODIUM. IT IS THE REALITY, ISN'T IT? IF YOU ARE THE FOURTH LARGEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, YOU WOULD BE PRETTY HAPPY, BUT IF YOU GET FORTH AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES, IT IS ALMOST LIKE A WILD START CRUMBLING DOWN. FOR THE ATHLETES INVOLVED, IT IS SEEN AS A FAILURE. YOU CAN SEE THESE DREAMS BEING SHATTERED THROUGHOUT THE GAMES. I AM HERE FOR THE PAIN, I AM HERE FOR THE HUMAN CONDITION. YOU KNOW WHAT GOES INTO THESE CAMPAIGNS FOR THESE ATHLETES. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THEY STRIVE TO BE ATHLETES AND TO HAVE THAT MIDDLE AROUND THEIR NECK, LISTEN TO THE ANTHEM, CDF FLAG BEING RAISED, AND SO MANY OF THEM DON'T GET THAT OPPORTUNITY. IF I WAS FOURTH BEST IN THE WORLD AT ANYTHING, I WOULD BE PRETTY HAPPY, BUT THAT IS NOT HOW THE OLYMPICS WORKS. AND BACK TO THE OPENING CEREMONY, A LOT OF CONTROVERSY ABOUT ROUND THAT AS WELL ` A LOT OF CHRISTIANS UNHAPPY ABOUT SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE PARADE. THE AOC REMOVING ANY REFERENCE TO THE OPENING CEREMONY FROM THEIR CHANNELS. THAT PROBABLY GOES AGAINST THE STATEMENT OF THEIR PRESIDENT WHO SAYS WE LOVE CELEBRATING DIVERSITY, UNTIL SOMEONE COMPLAINED. AND NOW THEY DON'T WANT THAT TO DISTRACT FROM THE GAMES. PERSONALLY I THOUGHT IT WAS SPECTACULAR. FOUR HOURS OF THIS AMAZING INCREDIBLE JOURNEY. I STILL FEEL LIKE THE ATHLETES ARE THE STARS OF THE SHOW. I THOUGHT THERE WERE LARGELY FORGOTTEN AND THAT CEREMONY. I FEEL THE SAME WAY. I THINK 2500 PROBABLY GOT A CHEST INFECTION, BEING OUT THERE FOR FOUR HOURS IN A PONCHO. THAT DIDN'T GO AS PLANNED, BUT THE ATHLETES SEEMED TO ENJOY THEMSELVES. YOU ARE RIGHT ` THIS IS ABOUT PARIS, ITS LANDMARKS, ITS CULTURE. AND THE ATHLETES WERE ON A BOAT, AND SERENA WILLIAMS WAS TRYING REALLY HARD NOT TO THROW UP. SO IT HAD A BIT OF EVERYTHING. SPEAKING OF HAVING EVERYTHING, SEVEN ` THE WOMEN ARE UP TO A WINNING START. THEY LOOKED INCREDIBLE THIS MORNING. THEY PLAY AGAIN AGAINST CANADA. THEY LOOKED GOOD AGAINST FIJI THIS MORNING. HOW DO YOU RATE OUR CHANCES? IT WILL BE A TIGHT CONTEST. I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO 7TH, IT IS A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF COMPETITION, DIFFERENT KIND OF PRESSURE. SO THESE BLACK FERNS SEVENS TEAM HAVE BEEN THERE DONE THAT. THEY HAVE ENJOYED BEING GOLD MEDALLIST AS WELL IN THIS OLYMPIC QUEST LAST TIME AROUND WAS UP THEY KNOW WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. BUT THE CANADIANS WON'T LET THEM HAVE IT ALL THEIR OWN WAY. I WOULD STILL BACK THESE BLACK FERNS TO TAKE THE WIN. GOING FROM 7TH TO 15TH OUTSIDE THE OLYMPICS. LET'S WRAP IT UP WITH THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP ` ALL BLACKS AGAINST ARGENTINA NEXT WEEKEND. RUBEN LOVE, NEWBY, BEING SELECTED. HE HAS BEEN AROUND THE ENVIRONMENT, SO IT IS HIS FIRST OFFICIAL ALL BLACKS CALL UP. I GUESS THE TALKING POINTS THERE IS THE RETURN OF SAM CANE, WILL JORDAN WHO IS PROBABLY AT LEAST A GAME AWAY FROM MAKING AN ALL-BLACK RECALL, AND ALSO FOR LAND CHRISTIE WHO HAS BEEN JETTISONED. DAVID HAVILI HAS RETURNED. SCOTT ROBERTSON NOT AFRAID TO OUSH THE CHANGES IN TERMS OF THE SELECTION. ALSO SIGNS THAT THIS ALL BLACKS SIDE WANTS TO PLAY QUICKLY, WITH SPEED, AND THEY WANT THAT EXPERIENCE TO ENABLE THEMSELVES TO DO THAT. SAM CANE, JUST QUICKLY, I CAN'T LET THIS GO ` HE RECENTLY, HE HAS BEEN AWAY, HE HAS HAD INJURIES BUT HE IS GOING TO JAPAN. I AM SURPRISED BY HIS SELECTION. THE ALL BLACKS JUST WANT ELIZABETH MOORE AT SEVEN. A LITTLE BIT MORE* HE HAS CAPTAINED THE SIDE. TOO MANY HE IS MASSIVE FOR THIS TEAM AND WHAT THEY TRY TO DO. YOU ARE RIGHT ` SOME WILL BE SURPRISED THAT WE HAVE GONE BACK IN TIME RATHER THAN LOOKING AHEAD TO THE FUTURE, BUT THAT IS THE NATURE OF INTERNATIONAL RUGBY. I THINK HE PROPERLY FEELS HE IS STILL GOOD ENOUGH AND HAS EXPERIENCE. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY USE THEM, WHETHER THEY RUSH HIM BACK INTO START A TEST OR WHETHER HE IS BACK IN THE BACKGROUND AS A MENTAL FOR THE SQUAD. THANK YOU, SCOTTY. UP THE WAHS. GET UP! IT WOULD BE RUDE NOT TO BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. THEY ARE OUR HEROES, REPRESENTING US ALL AROUND THE WORLD. BUT BACK HOME, NZDF PERSONNEL SAY THEY FEEL NEGLECTED,ALL STUCK IN HOMES THAT LEAVE THEM SICK AND UNWELL, DUE TO MOULD AND POOR INSULATION. THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROMISED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, BUT ARE THEY TOO LATE. WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THOSE STORIES WITH A MILITARY ADVOCATE SHORTLY. AS THE HEALTH SERVICE PREPARES FOR MORE CUTS, DOCTORS IN ROTORUA MAY BE ASKED TO COMMUTE TO TAUPO. WE'LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHY THAT'S HAPPENING IN 40 MINUTES. AND WE'LL HAVE YOU COVERED ON ALL THINGS OLYMPICS. OUR WOMEN'S SEVENS ARE SET TO TAKE TO THE FIELD AND ERIKA FAIRWEATHER IS BACK IN ACTION ALL IN THE NEXT HOUR. ALSO WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ` WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY? IT IS SCATHING. YOU ARE NOT HOLDING BACK, FOLKS. NEW ZEALAND'S MADE AN IMPRESSIVE START TO THE WOMEN'S SEVENS, THRASHING CHINA 43-5. THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS CROSSING FOR SEVEN TRIES, FOUR OF THEM TO MICHAELA BLYDE. THE DEFENDING OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS ARE BACK IN ACTION SHORTLY, TAKING ON CANADA IN THEIR SECOND GAME IN AROUND AN HOUR. SLALOM CANOEIST LUUKA JONES HAS SECURED A TOP 10 FINISH IN HER FIFTH OLYMPIC APPEARANCE. THE SILVER MEDALLIST FROM RIO EIGHT YEARS AGO, JONES HAD TO SETTLE FOR EIGHTH PLACE IN TODAY'S WOMEN'S K-1 SLALOM FINAL. THE 35-YEAR-OLD FIRST COMPETED AT THE OLYMPICS WAY BACK IN 2008. MOUNTAIN BIKER SAMMIE MAXWELL HAS JUSTIFIED HER BATTLE TO FINALLY WIN OLYMPIC SELECTION. THE FORMER UNDER-23 WORLD CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPION WAS HOPING FOR A TOP 10 FINISH, SO WAS DELIGHTED TO SECURE EIGHTH PLACE TODAY. THE EQUESTRIAN TEAM IS SITTING IN SIXTH PLACE AFTER THE CROSS COUNTRY SECTION OF THE EVENTING THIS MORNING. TIM PRICE, NEW ZEALAND'S OLDEST COMPETITOR AT THE GAMES, IS THE LEADING KIWI ` NINTH IN THE INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS ON HIS MOUNT 'FALCO'. IT'S 12 YEARS SINCE NEW ZEALAND LAST WON AN OLYMPIC EQUESTRIAN MEDAL. MARTIN PHILLIPPS, THE FRONTMAN OF INFLUENTIAL DUNEDIN BAND 'THE CHILLS', HAS DIED. THE BAND CONFIRMING THE SINGER SONGWRITER DIED UNEXPECTEDLY THE FRONTMAN OF INFLUENTIAL DUNEDIN BAND 'THE CHILLS', HAS DIED. THE BAND CONFIRMING THE SINGER SONGWRITER DIED UNEXPECTEDLY YESTERDAY AT THE AGE OF 61. PHILLIPPS WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE BAND IN 1980, ONE OF THE CENTRAL FIGURES OF THE 'DUNEDIN SOUND' WITH HITS INCLUDING 'I LOVE MY LEATHER JACKET' AND 'HEAVENLY POP HIT'. HE DEALT WITH A NUMBER OF HEALTH ISSUES, INCLUDING A BATTLE WITH HEPATITIS C AND MORE RECENTLY, LIVER ISSUES. TENSIONS ON THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER REMAIN HIGH AFTER A DEADLY STRIKE IN THE ISRAELI-OCCUPIED GOLAN HEIGHTS. ISRAEL CLAIMS HEZBOLLAH WAS BEHIND THE ATTACK WHICH KILLED 12 CHILDREN, BUT THE LEBANESE GROUP HAS DENIED THIS. THERE ARE CONCERNS THE CONFLICT COULD ESCALATE INTO A WIDER WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. IT COMES AHEAD OF MORE CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS IN ITALY, WHERE THERE WILL BE INCREASED URGENCY TO REACH A DEAL. AND A SHAKE-UP IN THE WHITE HOUSE IN NOVEMBER COULD HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONS, ACCORDING TO A MIDDLE EAST ANALYST. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S U.S. VISIT LAST WEEK WAS MET WITH A MIXED REACTION, WITH HUNDREDS OF LAWMAKERS APPLAUDING HIS SPEECH TO CONGRESS, WHILE THOUSANDS PROTESTED OUTSIDE. NETANYAHU IS COUNTING ON CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM THE U.S. AS HE FIGHTS TO SALVAGE HIS IMAGE. KAMALA HARRIS IS TRYING TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT ALTHOUGH SHE IS EXPRESSING MORE EMPATHY FOR PALESTINIANS IN GAZA AND CALLING ISRAEL TO TASK FOR THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, SHE STILL STANDS WITH ISRAEL. SHE JUST RELEASED A STATEMENT STATING THE IRONCLAD BOND BETWEEN THEM. IT SHOULD NOT GIVE ANY KIND OF GREEN LIGHT TO IRAN AND ITS PROXIES TO SOME OTHER SPORT, AND DRAMA IN THE BELGIAN GRAND PRIX AFTER BRITISH DRIVERS CROSSED THE LINE FIRST AND SECOND. A ONE-STOP STRATEGY APPEARED TO HAVE PAID OFF FOR MERCEDES DRIVER GEORGE RUSSELL, FINISHING AHEAD OF TEAMMATE LEWIS HAMILTON. BUT RUSSELL WAS DISQUALIFIED AFTER A POST-RACE INVESTIGATION RULED HIS CAR WAS UNDERWEIGHT, DENYING HIM A SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON. LEWIS CLAREBURT'S FINISHED OUTSIDE THE MEDALS IN THE FINAL OF THE 400m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY IN PARIS THIS MORNING. MICHELLE PRYNNE DEVELOPED JOINS US NOW. MORENA. MORENA, WENDY. TOUGH, TOUGH, TOUGH. IT WAS VERY TOUGH. I'VE JUST COME OUT OF THE MIXED ZONE INTERVIEWS WITH LEWIS CLAREBURT, AND UNDERSTANDABLY HE WAS DISAPPOINTED. HE THOUGHT THIS WAS THE TIME HE WOULD BREAK ONTO THE PODIUM AND BREAK THAT DROUGHT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG TO BREAK AND WHEN THAT OLYMPIC MEDAL FROM ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO. HE HAD AN INTENTION TO RACE AGGRESSIVELY IN THIS RACE. WHEN YOU ARE INSIDE THE ARENA, YOU COULD JUST HEAR EVERYONE CHEERING FOR LEON MARCHON. HE WAS THE ONE WHO WON THAT RACE QUITE CONVINCINGLY. BUT LEWIS CLAREBURT SAYS THAT IN COMING DAYS HE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT THIS RACE BEHIND HIM. OBVIOUSLY NOT HIS FAVOURED RACE, BUT ALL HE WANTED TO WIN A MEDAL AT THIS GAMES. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. STARTING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS, THERE ARE ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS IN PLACE IN THE TASMAN, NORTHWEST OF MOTUEKA AND IN OTAGO. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` CLOUDY MORNING FOR THE REGION HERE. SHOWERS COMING IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME NORTHERLIES FOR MOST OF YOU. AUCKLAND, A HIGH OF 16, ALONG WITH A LOT OF PLACES IN THIS REGION. FURTHER SOUTH, PRETTY SIMILAR HERE. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH SOME SHOWERS HERE AND THERE AFTER MIDDAY. 16 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN LATE AT NIGHT IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 17 THE HIGH FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. OVER TO THE WEST ` PRETTY GREY START TO YOUR DAY. SOME RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN NEW PLYMOUTH, LEVIN AND WELLINGTON. 17 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` PACK YOUR UMBRELLA. RAIN DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU WITH STRONG GUSTS FOR MOST. A HIGH OF 14 FOR NELSON, BLENHEIM AND WESTPORT. HEADING SOUTH. SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE TOO ` THIS WILL TURN HEAVY IN OAMARU AND ALEXANDRA. 12 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` YOU'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR UMBRELLA HERE TOO. SHOWER THROUGHOUT THE DAY, TURNING HEAVY IN THE AFTERNOON. WE'VE GOT A HIGH OF 8 DEGREES FOR GORE AND QUEENSTOWN. COLD, DAMP AND MOULDY ` THAT'S THE STATE OF THE HOUSES SOME MEMBERS OF OUR DEFENCE FORCE SAY THEY'RE RESIDING IN. IN PICTURES RELEASED EXCLUSIVELY TO BREAKFAST, PERSONNEL HAVE REVEALED ANONYMOUSLY WHAT THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS LOOK LIKE. IN WHAT WE ARE CALLING SUBMISSION ONE, THE MEMBER SAYS THE BEDROOMS ARE FREEZING DESPITE VENTILATING THEM REGULARLY. THE WALLS REMAIN DAMP AND THERE IS BLACK MOULD GROWING. AS A RESULT, THEY SAY THEY ARE EXPERIENCING BREATHING PROBLEMS AND A DETERIORATION OF HEALTH. AND WHILE THEY WOULD LIKE TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE, THEY CAN'T DUE TO RISING RENTAL COSTS. AND IT'S A SIMILAR STORY IN ANOTHER SUBMISSION ` THIS BEDROOM IS SHARED BY A MEMBER OF THE FORCE, THEIR PARTNER AND THEIR TODDLER. THEY SAY THEY HAD TO SCRUB THE WALLS ONCE A MONTH TO REMOVE THE BLACK MOULD WITH BLEACH AND VINEGAR, AND THE HEAT PUMP PROVIDED WAS INADEQUATE DUE TO THE HOUSE NOT BEING PROPERLY INSULATED. NZDF HAS RESPONDED, NOTING WHILE ALL OF THEIR PROPERTIES ARE UP TO HEALTHY HOME STANDARDS, 'MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE HOMES 'ARE FIT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO LIVE IN.' BREAKFAST ALSO UNDERSTANDS THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK TO ADDRESS DEFENCE FORCE HOUSING CONCERNS. MILITARY ADVOCATE ERIN SPEEDY HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THESE STORIES TO LIGHT AND THIS MORNING SHE'S LAUNCHING A CAMPAIGN CALLED 'MISSION HOMEFRONT'. SHE JOINS ME NOW. ERIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. MORENA. TALK TO US ABOUT HOMEFRONT, THIS CAMPAIGN THAT YOU HAVE LAUNCH. WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO GET OUT OF THIS? I'M HOPING TO RAISE THE VOICES OF SERVING PERSONNEL. IT IS ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING AND ADVOCATING FOR PERSONNEL AND THEIR WHANAU AND HAVING THEIR VOICE HEARD. OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, EVERY SINGLE STATISTIC AND FIGURE THAT HAS COME OUT IN REGARDS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PROBLEMS THAT THE DEFENCE FORCE IS FACING, THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FAITH LACKING, THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THESE PROBLEMS, THEIR VOICES HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD, AND THAT IS MY GOAL, IS TO RAISE THOSE VOICES UP AND TO SHOW NEW ZEALAND JUST HOW HORRENDOUS THE CONDITIONS ARE. LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE PROBLEMS ` WE SAW THOSE PICTURES THERE BEING SHOWN TO OUR VIEWERS. WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR PERSONNEL LIVING INSIDE THESE HOUSES? HORRIBLE. AND THE GOVERNMENT'S OWN BRIEFING PAPERS, IT STATES THAT HEALTHY HOMES AS A MINIMUM STANDARD AND STILL WON'T IMPROVE CURRENT POOR CONDITIONS, LEAVING THEM UNFIT FOR MODERN LIVING. YET HERE WE ARE ` WE ARE STILL LIVING IN THESE HOMES WITH MOULD, ASBESTOS, OUR KIDS ARE GETTING SICK, ADULTS ARE GETTING SICK, YOU ARE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE GETTING HOSPITALISED AND TAKEN AWAY IN AMBULANCES BECAUSE OF THOSE ONGOING RISK TORY PROBLEMS, ASTHMATIC PROBLEMS THAT ALL OF THESE HOMES' CONDITIONS LEAVE PEOPLE WITH. AND IT IS NOT JUST HOUSING; IT IS ALSO FAMILIES WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THEIR HEATING BILLS, BECAUSE THEY ARE ONE WAGE FAMILIES, AND THE MILITARY SALARY IS SO LOW THAT THEY ARE LEFT WITH NO OTHER OPTION. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FAMILIES WHO ARE LEFT WITH PTSD DUE TO THE LACK OF SUPPORT WHEN SPOUSES ARE AWAY FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. THE BASIC MAINTENANCE NOT BEING DONE ON HOMES WHERE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN LEFT WITHOUT NO HEATING SOURCE FOR 15 MONTHS. FAMILIES HAVING TO USE THE NEIGHBOURING PROPERTIES TOILET FOR TWO MONTHS. NO HOT WATER, NO RUNNING WATER. BARRETT CONDITIONS FULL OF MOULD AND AGAIN NO HOT WATER OR RUNNING WATER. IT IS COMPLETELY NEGLIGENT, AND I GENUINELY BELIEVE IT IS A NATIONAL DISGRACE. THERE WILL BE MANY WATCHING AND LISTENING TO YOU APPALLED AT WHAT YOU ARE CLAIMING. WHAT LINKS HAVE PERSONNEL GONE TO TO LAY COMPLAINTS TO THE DEFENCE FORCE AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE? THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN THAT THEY HAVE INVESTED 35MM AND DOLLARS AND HOUSING OVER FOUR YEARS. MORE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ESTATE WHICH IS $400 MILLION BEHIND IN MAINTENANCE, DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IT DOESN'T EVEN TOUCH THE SIDES. THEY RELY ON THIS HOMES FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED ` IT IS UNFUNDED. IT RELIES ON THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS TO BE FUNDED. THEY RELY ON HEALTHY HOME STANDARDS AND SAY THEY ALL MEET THOSE STANDARDS, BUT ACTUALLY I KNOW OF INSTANCES WHERE FAMILIES HAVE SOUGHT THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT HEALTHY HOMES REPORTS, AND THEY HAVE COME BACK AS FAILED. SO IT IS COMPREHENSIVE ISSUES. FAMILIES RAISE THESE PROBLEMS. THEY HAVE LONG EMAIL CHAINS WITH THE COMPANIES THAT ARE MEANT TO BE LOOKING AFTER US, AND FRANKLY THEY ARE JUST NOT. I DID LOOK AT THE BUDGET ` $163 MILLION TO IMPROVE REMUNERATION, $400 MILLION TO UPGRADE EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE. WE UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK. DO YOU BELIEVE, GIVEN WHAT YOU HAVE TOLD US, THAT THEY HAVE LISTENED TO YOUR CONCERNS? NO. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT, BECAUSE THAT PAY AND SALARY INCREASE, THAT WAS ABOUT $3000 FOR EACH SERVING MEMBER OF THE DEFENCE FORCE. THAT DOESN'T EVEN TOUCH THE SIDES, NOT WHEN PAY IS AT LEAST 10% BELOW THE CIVILIAN MARKET. THE DEFENCE FORCE PERSONNEL ARE BOUND BY THE ARMED FORCES DISCIPLINE ACT. THEY CANNOT SPEAK UP, THEY CANNOT HAVE A VOICE. SO THE GOVERNMENT AND THE NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE HAVE BEEN HIDING BEHIND THAN RELYING ON THAT TO MAKE SURE PERSONNEL DON'T RAISE THESE ISSUES TO THE PUBLIC AND CREATE THAT AWARENESS THAT SO DESPERATELY NEEDS TO HAPPEN. I APPRECIATE YOUR COURAGE IN SPEAKING OUT THIS MORNING, BUT CAN YOU GIVE US A FIGURE OF HOW MANY FAMILIES ARE IN THE SITUATION? I COULD NOT GIVE YOU A FIGURE. MY SUBMISSION FORM HAS, I THINK, ALMOST 50 SUBMISSIONS, AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN LAUNCHED PROPERLY. THIS MORNING IS OUR LAUNCH. I WAS GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH 50, BUT I THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE HEADING A LOT MORE. WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH THOSE SUBMISSIONS IS CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT TO PRESENT TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THE DEFENCE FORCE TO STATE THESE ISSUES. WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE ASSOCIATE DEFENCE MINISTER VISITED PAPAKURA MILITARY CAMP LAST WEEK. WHAT DOES IT ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THESE ISSUES? THEY ARE 100% AWARE OF THE NUMBERS, THE ISSUES OF $400 MILLION BEHIND IN MAINTENANCE AND NUTRITION RATES, POOR PAY ` THEY ARE AWARE OF THOSE PERCENTAGES, BUT THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF THE IMPACT THAT THIS IS DIRECTLY HAVING ON CERTAIN PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR THIS COUNTRY AND WHO ARE BEING TREATED SO POORLY IN RETURN. DO YOU THINK THE IMPACT WILL SEE MANY LEAVING? IT ALREADY HAS. ATTRITION RATES HAVE BEEN 30%. THAT IMPACT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. DESPITE THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT OF ESSENTIALLY THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR AND THERE BEFORE THAT, PEOPLE ARE STILL LEAVING. THE ECONOMY HAS SLOWED DOWN, SO ATTRITION RATES HAVE SLOWED DOWN ALONG WITH THAT, BUT IF THERE IS NOT SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT INTO PEOPLE, INTO HOUSING, PAY, SALARY, TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKED AFTER, THEN THOSE ATTRITION RATES WILL WORSEN, BUT THE FACT IS THE DEFENCE FORCE IS AMAZING. THE CAREER AND EXPERIENCE AND OPPORTUNITIES THEY PROVIDE ARE 2ND TO NONE. AT THE MOMENT THEY ARE NOT LOOKING AFTER THEIR PEOPLE ` PEOPLE OTHER FOUNDATION OF ANY ORGANISATION, AND WHEN THAT IS NOT RIGHT, EVERYTHING COMES COBBLING DOWN AROUND THEM. ERIN, YOUR FINAL MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNMENT ` WHAT IS IT? HELP US. PLEASE. WE CANNOT KEEP LIVING LIKE THIS. WE CANNOT KEEP LIVING IN THESE CONDITIONS. WE CANNOT KEEP SERVING IN THESE CONDITIONS. ERIN SPEEDY. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR COMING ON TO BREAKFAST. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US IN TELLING OUR STORY. E HAERE AKE NEI ` PLANS TO CHANGE RUSSELL'S NAME HAVE STALLED. OH, SHOOT. WHY HOPES TO RENAME THE BAY OF ISLAND'S TOWN BACK TO KORORAREKA ARE DELAYED. HOKI MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THOUSANDS OF PLACE NAMES HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND RESTORED ACROSS AOTEAROA OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES. ONE TOWN THAT'S STILL WAITING IS RUSSELL, TRADITIONALLY KNOWN AS KORORAREKA. THREE YEARS AGO, THE KORORAREKA MARAE APPLIED TO RESTORE THE NAME OF HISTORIC BAY OF ISLANDS TOWN. THEY'RE YET TO SEE ANY PROGRESS. MARAE CHAIRPERSON DEB REWIRI JOINS ME NOW. MORENA, DEB. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. MORENA. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THREE YEARS. TAKE ME BACK TO WHEN YOU FIRST MADE THIS APPLICATION. I THINK IT WAS IN THE HEIGHT OF COVID, AND REALLY, FOR ME IT WAS LIKE COMING HOME AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT ACTUALLY, IT WAS THE ONLY NAME ON THE FAR NORTH AREA THAT DIDN'T CARRY ITS ORIGINAL NAME. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE CONFUSED AND OTHERS HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT, THERE'S SOMETHING UNUSUAL ABOUT YET. PAIHIA, KAIKOHE, WAITANGI ` ALL OTHER NAMES, TRADITIONAL NAMES, THAT ARE PART OF OUR HISTORY IN TERMS OF RUSSELL, IT WASN'T THERE. KORORAREKA WASN'T THERE, EVEN THOUGH OUR PEOPLE, WHEN THEY COME INTO THE VILLAGE, THAT ALL THE CALL IT IS KORORAREKA. WHEN I AM TALKING ABOUT OUR PEOPLE, OUR MAORI PEOPLE. WHAT IS THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF KORORAREKA, THE NAME? IT'S BEEN SHARED WITH ME ANECDOTALLY BY SEVERAL KAUMATUA AND RANGATIRA AROUND THE ROHE IS THAT THERE WAS AN AILING CHIEF AND HE ASKED FOR KERERU, AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY, SO THEY BOUGHT HIM A PENGUIN BROTH BECAUSE HE WAS DYING AND THAT WAS HIS WISH. FROM THAT CAME THE NAME KORORA MEANING PENGUIN, AND RAREKA MEANING SWEET. AND WHAT'S IN A NAME? THE HISTORY AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THAT NAME IS REALISTIC NEVER CAN FOR US. RUSSELL CAME FROM OKI ATO ` WHICH WAS THE FIRST PLACE WITH THE GOVERNMENT WAS BASED, THAT'S WHERE YOU CATCH THE CAR FERRY. OKI ATO WAS CHANGED TO RUSSELL. AFTER THE DUQUE SECRETARY BACK IN ENGLAND AT THE TIME OF THE WRITING UP OF TE TIRITI, THEY PUT LORD RUSSELL'S NAME UPON THE WHENUA. I'VE HEARD ANECDOTALLY AGAIN THAT THE NAME DRIFTED AROUND TO KORORAREKA, WHICH WAS ALWAYS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT PORTS ON THE WHOLE OF THE NORTH ISLAND. BEAUTIFUL. I KNOW THAT YOUR APPLICATION THAT YOU PUT THEIR 1 SEPTEMBER 2021 UNDER THE LABOUR GOVT, THE GEO BOARD WAS UNABLE TO MAKE A DECISION SO THEY SENT IT TO THE MINISTER'S OFFICE ` O'CONNOR AT THE TIME. PENK IS NOW THE NEW MINISTER. CONSIDERING THE REPORT, HE SAYS, I KNOW PEOPLE FEEL DEEPLY ABOUT THE NAME OF THE HOME AND THERE ARE A RANGE OF VIEWS FOR AND AGAINST. I HOPE TO PROVIDE AN ANSWER LATER IN THE. AS THE FIRST RESPONSE I'VE HEARD. I WAS TOLD TO GIVE THE NEW GOVERNMENT TIME TO SETTLE IN AND THEN THEY WOULD COME TO US WITH A RESPONSE. SO... MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE NEW ZEALAND GEO BOARD, IT WAS SHARED WITH ME BY ONE OF THE MEMBERS THAT THEY AGREED WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH THE NAME CHANGE, AND IF WE GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENTS, I CERTAINLY KNOW THAT MINISTER O'CONNOR TOOK IT TO THE MAORI CAUCUS AND THEY WERE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH A NAME CHANGE. SO WITH MINISTER PINKER TO SAY THAT THERE ARE REASONS FOR AND AGAINST, WERE PRETTY MUCH AT AN EVEN KEEL. ON THE DAILY, ONCE THE NEWS HIT, THE COALFACE, THE RACIST RHETORIC THAT CONTINUES TO COME FORTH IS REALLY QUITE TIRESOME. MM. I KNOW THAT IS MAORI, IWI MAORI, WHANAU MAORI, WE'RE USED TO IT ON THE DAILY, BUT REALLY? I'M GRATEFUL WE HAVE THIS TIME WERE YOU TO PUT FORWARD WHAT THE ORIGINAL NAME, KORORAREKA, ACTUALLY MEANS AND GIVE IT HISTORICAL CONTEXT. LET'S HOPE IT DOESN'T WAIT ANOTHER THREE IS FOR A RESPONSE, BUT WE SO APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US, WHAEA. TENA KOE. KIA PAI TO RA. KIA KOE HOKI. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER, INCLUDING ALL THE LATEST ON THE OLYMPICS. STAY WITH US. VERY EXCITING. THERE WERE HOPES SWIMMER LEWIS CLAREBURT COULD PROVIDE NEW ZEALAND WITH ITS FIRST MEDIAL OF THE PARIS OLYMPICS TODAY, HE LINED UP IN LANE ONE FOR THE FINAL. BUT THE FRENCH WORLD RECORD HOLDER LEON MARCHAND BLEW HIS RIVALS OUT OF THE WATER. AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, CLAREBURT FINISHED SIXTH, CHEERED ON BY KIWIS IN PARIS. JUST GOT TO BE PROUD. THAT HE IS PUT SO MUCH WORK AND OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. PROUD OF THEM, BUT HE WILL BE GUTTED. WHAT WAS YOUR ASSESSMENTS OF THE RACE? HOW DO YOU SETTLE PLAYING OUT? HE HAS A SAME COACH IS MICHAEL PHELPS. MAYBE 10 YEARS LATER ON AS HE IS DONE FOLLOWING IN HIS FOOTSTEPS. LEWIS IS DONE ALL THAT HE CAN, BUT I GUESS HE WILL BE DISAPPOINTED KNOWING THAT IS PERSONAL BEST IS INSIDE THE MEDALS. CLAREBURT WILL BE BACK IN THE POOL LATER THIS WEEK. ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S LEADING GOLD MEDAL HOPES, THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS, HAVE JUST KICKED OFF THEIR SECOND MATCH AGAINST CHINA, CANADA* AFTER OVERWHELMING CHINA EARLIER. THEY RAN IN SEVEN TRIES, WITH SPEEDSTER MICHAELA BLYDE THE STAR OF THE SHOW WITH A FIRST HALF HATTRICK. HERE'S AN EARLY BALL FOR BLYDE AND SHE LOOKS, HAS GOT SLICKLY AND QUICKLY INTO HER WORK. SHE'S GOT PACE. AND IT'S HEADING BLYDE-WARDS AGAIN, AND NOW BLYDE WITH A LITTLE HITCH KICK THROUGH ONE, THROUGH TWO, AND HERE'S A HATTRICK IN THE SPACE OF FIVE AND A HALF MINUTES. BLYDE GRABBING A FOURTH AS NEW ZEALAND RACED AWAY TO WIN 43-5. AND A QUICK UPDATE, THE SCORES REMAIN AT 0-0. THE EQUESTRIAN TEAM IS SITTING IN SIXTH PLACE, AFTER THE CROSS COUNTRY SECTION OF THE EVENTING THIS MORNING. TIM PRICE, NEW ZEALAND'S OLDEST COMPETITOR AT THE GAMES, IS THE LEADING KIWI, NINTH IN THE INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS ON HIS MOUNT 'FALCO'. IT'S 12 YEARS SINCE NEW ZEALAND LAST WON AN OLYMPIC EQUESTRIAN MEDAL. LULU SUN'S FAILED TO CARRY HER WIMBLEDON TENNIS SUCCESS TO THE PARIS OLYMPICS AFTER HER LATE CALL UP TO THE SINGLES. IT WAS A TOUGH DRAW FOR SUN, FACING THE EIGHTH SEED ON THE PARIS CLAY. HER UKRAINIAN OPPONENT PROVED TOO STRONG, WINNING IN STRAIGHT SETS, LEAVING SUN TO TURN HER SIGHTS TO THE DOUBLES ALONGSIDE ERIN ROUTLIFFE. IT'S BEEN LABELLED A 'NATIONAL DISGRACE'. POOR LIVING CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED FOR THOSE IN THE NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE. PICTURES RELEASED EXCLUSIVELY TO BREAKFAST REVEAL THE CONDITIONS, WITH ROOMS DESCRIBED AS FREEZING AND DAMP, SOME WITH BLACK MOULD GROWING. PERSONNEL SAY THEY'RE EXPERIENCING BREATHING PROBLEMS AS A RESULT AND DETERIORATING HEALTH. MILITARY ADVOCATE ERIN SPEEDY IS LAUNCHING A CAMPAIGN TODAY, LABELLING THE CONDITIONS 'HORRENDOUS'. WE ARE STILL LIVING IN THESE HOMES. WE ARE STILL LIVING WITH MOULD, ASBESTOS. OUR KIDS ARE GETTING SICK. ADULTS ARE GETTING SICK. TO THE POINT WHERE OUR TAMARIKI ARE BEING HOSPITALISED. THEY'RE BEING TAKEN AWAY IN AMBULANCES BECAUSE OF THOSE ONGOING RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS, THOSE ASTHMATIC PROBLEMS THAT ALL OF THIS CONDITION OF THE HOMES LEAVES PEOPLE WITH. IN RESPONSE, THE NZDF SAYS WHILE ALL OF THEIR PROPERTIES ARE UP TO HEALTHY HOME STANDARDS, 'MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE HOMES ARE FIT 'FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO LIVE IN.' BREAKFAST UNDERSTANDS THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK TO ADDRESS DEFENCE FORCE HOUSING CONCERNS. THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY REMAINS UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE FROM RISING COSTS AND CHANGING CUSTOMER HABITS. THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION REPORT REVEALS SALES ARE UP 5.8% TO NEARLY $16b IN THE LAST YEAR. BUT RISING OPERATING COSTS HAVE RESULTED IN GROWTH LAGGING BEHIND THE COST INCREASES. THE TURBULENT LAST FEW YEARS HAS FORCED ONE PLANT BASED CAFE TO ADD MEAT TO THE MENU AMONG COST PRESSURES. THERE IS BEEN A STEADY DECLINE OVER THE INDUSTRY IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WE CAN SEE THE PRESSURE IS GOING ON. THE SPENDING PATTERN'S CHANGED. SO, WE MIGHT HAVE A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE COME IN THAT LAST YEAR, THEY'D ORDER OFF THE MENU AND NOW THEY'LL ORDER SOMETHING FROM THE CABINET WHICH IS A BIT CHEAPER. THEY'RE CHANGING THEIR HABITS. THEY'RE NOT HAVING A SECOND COFFEE, JUST THE ONE COFFEE NOW. YOU STILL NEED A LOT OF STAFF FOR A CAFE LIKE THAT, BUT YOU DON'T GET THE INCOME THAT MATCHES THAT INCREASED STAFF PRESSURE. THE NUMBER OF OUTLETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ONLY ROSE BY 0.1%, JUST AN EXTRA 27 NATIONWIDE. AND FINALLY, AND FRANCE MAY HAVE A LATE ENTRY IN THE BREAK DANCING AT PARIS. THE MEN'S SEVENS TEAM BUSTING OUT SOME MOVES AT THE TEAM'S FAN ZONE, FOLLOWING THEIR WIN OVER FIJI IN THE FINAL. THE TEAM INCORPORATED DANCE INTO THEIR TRAINING, GIVING THEM THE PERFECT CELEBRATION. THEY CAME OUT WITH A GOLD. THEY GOT A METAL. DAY ONE, WASN'T IT? LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` STATING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS ` THERE ARE ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS IN PLACE IN THE TASMAN, NORTHWEST OF MOTUEKA AND IN OTAGO. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` CLOUDY MORNING FOR THE REGION HERE. SHOWERS COMING IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME NORTHERLIES FOR MOST OF YOU. 17 THE HIGH FOR THE KAITAIA. 16 FOR THE REST. FURTHER SOUTH ` PRETTY SIMILAR HERE, PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU WITH SOME SHOWERS HERE AND THERE AFTER MIDDAY. 16 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. ARE YOU DOING THE ROBOT, DANIEL? OH, MY GOODNESS. SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN LATE AT NIGHT IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 17 THE HIGH FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. OVER TO THE WEST ` PRETTY GREY START TO YOUR DAY. SOME RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN NEW PLYMOUTH, LEVIN AND WELLINGTON. 17 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` PACK YOUR BROLLY. RAIN DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU WITH STRONG GUSTS FOR MOST. A HIGH OF 14 FOR NELSON, BLENHEIM AND WESTPORT. HEADING SOUTH ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE, TOO. THIS WILL TURN HEAVY IN OAMARU AND ALEXANDRA. 12 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` YOU'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR BROLLY HERE TOO. SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, TURNING HEAVY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH OF EIGHT DEGREES FOR QUEENSTOWN AND THE GORE. AND A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBOT FROM DANIEL. I HAVE STOPPED. MY FOOD BAG IS NOT ONLY SUPPORTING OUR ATHLETES ON THE WORLD STAGE AS THE OFFICIAL MEAL KIT OF THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM, BUT ALSO THE FANS BACK HOME WITH THEIR OFFICIAL SUPPORTER BURGERS ON THE MENU FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. THIS MORNING, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MY FOOD BAG, WE HAVE A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM SOME SUPPORTERS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM. TAKE A LOOK. HI, I'M TOM PILKINGTON. MY NAME IS EVA KEIM. THOMAS CROOK. MY NAME IS AMELIA. MY NAME IS NEIL AND I'M FROM NORTH HARBOUR TRIATHLON CLUB. MY FAVOURITE ATHLETE WHO I'M ROOTING FOR IS MY SISTER GRETA PILKINGTON, WHO'S COMPETING IN THE ILCA 6. MY SON LUKAS WALLTON-KEIM IS COMPETING IN THE OLYMPICS FOR THE KITEBOARDING TEAM. I'VE BEEN CAMPAIGNING ALONGSIDE JOSH ARMIT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. THE NEW ZEALAND ATHLETE THAT I'M MOST EXCITED TO WATCH IS ZOE HOBBS. ALL-TIME SPORTING MOMENT... PROBABLY WHEN SHE MADE THE OLYMPICS. I WAS SO PROUD OF LUKAS WHEN HE QUALIFIED FOR THE OLYMPICS. I'M AN AVID TRIATHLETE AND I LOVE WATCHING THEM ON THE WORLD STAGE. I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO SAY A FEW HELLOS TO HER AND SHE'S REALLY NICE. LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING OVER AND WATCHING HER. SAIL FAST AND KEEP THE BOAT FLAT. GO HARD OUT THERE AND... I'LL BE SCREAMING AT THE TV WATCHING HIM RACE. ENJOY AND ENJOY EVERYBODY'S SUPPORT. MY FAMILY AND I WILL BE WATCHING THE OLYMPICS, AND WE'LL BE CHEERING AS LOUD AS WE CAN FROM AUCKLAND THAT SHE'LL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO HEAR US FROM PARIS. WE ARE ALL CHEERING OUT LOUD. AND THANKS TO MY FOOD BAG WE HAVE THREE SUPPORTER PACKS UP FOR GRABS. VALUED UP TO $1000 EACH. HEAD TO WINWITHBREAKFAST.CO.NZ TO ENTER AND WE'LL ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS ON THURSDAY. IT IS 7:48. ME U TONU MAI ` UNDERSTAFFED AND OVERWORKED. THE DOCTORS WHO MAY BE ASKED TO DRIVE AN HOUR TO COVER SHORTFALLS AT ANOTHER HOSPITAL. MORE ON THAT WITH THE UNION AND THE HEALTH MINISTER NEXT. VOICEOVER: Hello person not watching this ad? Yup, you on your mobile. Hey, did you know you could be ignoring this TV ad for less? How much less? 50% less. Get the skinny! SONG: # Happy happy happy aaaah! # WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IN THE LATEST BLOW FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM, ROTORUA DOCTORS MAY SOON BE ASKED TO COMMUTE THE HOUR TO TAUPO TO SUPPORT ITS STRUGGLING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. TE WHATU ORA SAYS IS CONSIDERING THE IDEA AS THE FOUR VACANCIES IN TAUPO HAVE ATTRACTED ZERO INTEREST. THIS AS HEALTH NEW ZEALAND BEGINS AN OVERHAUL IN A BID TO SLASH SPENDING BY $130m A MONTH. HEALTH MINISTER SHANE RETI WILL JOIN US IN A MOMENT. BUT FOR NOW, ASSOCIATION OF SALARIED MEDICAL SPECIALISTS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SARAH DALTON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THIS EVEN BEING SUGGESTED AS AN OPTION? IT IS BEYOND DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE BOTH SERVICES ARE STRUGGLING WITH STAFFING SHORTAGES. THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH SENIOR DOCTORS WORKING TO STAFF THOSE SERVICES. THERE ARE ALSO NOT ENOUGH IN ROTORUA ED TO TRAIN FROM 2025. THAT SERVICE PUT UP WHAT IS A BUSINESS CASE, SEEKING PERMISSION TO EMPLOY MORE SENIOR DOCTORS AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD, NO YOU CANNOT HAVE THAT, IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE. TAUPO HAS FOUR VACANCIES. DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AT ALL? DO THOSE NUMBERS TELL THE FULL STORY IS? NO, IT IS NOT THE FULL STORY. THERE ARE 1.4 CURRENT VACANCIES IN ROTORUA. JUNIOR DOCTORS COMING THROUGH AND QUALIFYING AS EMERGENCY SPECIALISTS ARE KEEN TO STAY WORKING THERE, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. THIS ABILITY TO RECRUIT IS AT RISK OF BEING LOST. THAT IS NOT THE FULL STORY, EITHER. TAUPO AS INCREDIBLY SHORTSTAFFED. IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT TO RURAL HOSPITALS. GPS ARE CRITICALLY UNDERSTAFFED. WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THEY NEED CONSIDERABLY MORE STAFF ACROSS BOTH SERVICES. THE CASES THAT THEY ARE PUT FOR INCREASED STAFF HAVE BEEN DECLINED AS WELL. THE ED ARE TRYING TO SUPPORT STAFF WITHIN ROTORUA AND ARE BEING ASKED TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE. TO SHORTSTAFFED SERVICES PARTICULAR DOES NOT MAKE TO FULLY STAFFED SERVICES. WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RURAL HOSPITALS, RNZ IS ALSO REPORTING THE DARGAVILLE AND KAITAIA ARE ALSO SHORTSTAFFED. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HEALTH NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO DEALING WITH THE SHORTAGES IN OUR RURAL HOSPITALS? IT IS SO FRUSTRATING. WE PUT UP CLAIMS FOR RURAL HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR BARGAINING LAST YEAR. THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DEMANDS ON THE PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO LIVE AND WORK IN THOSE AREAS. THEY DO NOT HAVE AS MANY SPECIALIST COLLEAGUES NEARBY. SOMETIMES THEY ARE WORKING ALONE AS DOCTORS SUPPORTED BY NURSES AND ALLIED HEALTH. TE WHATU ORA, THIS IS NOT NEWS TO THEM. THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME. WE HAVE BEEN SHOWING THEM THE DATA FOR SHORT STAFFING AND THE RISKS THAT OPPOSES. WHAT IS EVEN MORE DISAPPOINTING IS IT OUR MEMBERS ARE SENIOR DOCTORS WHO ARE OUT THERE, SOME OF WHOM CAN NO LONGER WORK IN THOSE CONDITIONS, THEY BEEN POINTING OUT FOR AGES. I DO WONDER, WHEN IS THE LAST TIME THAT A NUMBER OF THOSE SENIOR HEALTH LEADERS ACTUALLY VISITED THOSE PEOPLE? I HAD SPENT THE PAST FEW WEEKS VISITING MEMBERS AND HOSPITALS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND AND THE NEWS IS GRIM. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SARAH. LET'S BRING IN HEALTH MINISTER DR SHANE RETI, WHO LAST WEEK SACKED TE WHATU ORA'S BOARD, CLAIMING WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS A $1.4 BILLION OVERSPEND. BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO THAT, GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. DO YOU ACCEPT WE HAVE A CRISIS ACROSS OUR RURAL HOSPITALS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS? I THINK THERE ARE PARTS OF WHAT SARAH HAS BEEN SAYING THAT THE CORRECT. WE HAVE HAD HEALTH WORK SHORTAGES, PARTICULARLY IN THE RURAL ENVIRONMENTS. IT IS HARD TO RECRUIT INTO THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT. I HAVE WORKED ON SOME OF THESE PLACES, SO I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO DO AN OVERNIGHT, AFTER-HOURS CARE. EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS PARTICULARLY ARE SHORTER. YOU MENTION THAT ROTORUA AND TAUPO HAVE GAPS. WHAT IS THE SOLUTION HERE? THE ONE THAT WAS PUT FORWARD, IF WE GO BACK TO ROTORUA AND TAUPO, TO HAVE DOCTORS DRIVE 80 KM TO COVER THERE. THE FIRST PREFERENCE WOULD CLEARLY BE TO FILL UP LOCALLY. I ALSO PUT TO YOU THAT UNDER REGIONALISATION, WHICH RETURNS THE VOICE TO THE FRONT LINE BACK TO THESE DOCTORS, THE ABILITY TO SHARE RESOURCES ACROSS THE REGION IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING. WE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT MEANS TO HAVE DOCTORS DRIVE TO TAUPO. THERE ARE THREE SORTS OF WORKFORCE THAT WE ARE NEEDING. WHEN EATING THE EMERGENCY DOCTOR SPECIALISTS. THEN WE NEED PRIMARY CARE. IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING FOR 2023, AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS IS ANOTHER OPTION. WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A NEW HEALTH CHANGES. THOSE ARE GOING TO TAKE TIME TO IMPLEMENT. THE 2023 BARGAINING, THEY TRY TO GET SPECIFIC ALLOWANCES FOR HOSPITALS. AT THE TIME, TWA WERE VAGUELY INTERESTED. IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WERE COMMITTED TO AT LEAST LOOKING AT? WE WILL EXPLORE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE AND ENHANCE THE HEALTHCARE SUPPORT TO OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE A RURAL HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT WHICH WILL ENCOMPASS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING. WE SUPPORT OF RURAL PRIMARY CARE WITH RELOCATION GRANTS, BUT CLEARLY THERE IS MORE TO DO SIMON WAS INTERESTED IN DOING MORE. NOBODY IS INTERESTED IN TAKING UP THOSE POSITIONS. WE KNOW IT IS SEASONAL, WITH THEIR INFLUXES OF PATIENTS THAT GO INTO TAUPO. WE KNOW THIS, BUT THERE ARE STILL NO PLAN TO DEAL WITH THAT. TAUPO USED TO HAVE A STRONG RURAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL SPECIALIST PROGRAM. THERE ARE ANOTHER 20 DUE TO COME ONLINE IN 2025. INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENTS ARE GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US AS WELL AS RETENTION. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT CAME OUT A WEEK AGO TODAY AROUND THE CHANGES TO THE HEALTH SYSTEM? THE NEW COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN TASKED TO FIND $1.4 BILLION IN SAVINGS. A LOT WAS MADE IN THAT PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT THE BACK-OFFICE BLOWOUT, PARTICULARLY IN MIDDLE MANAGEMENT. THE PRIME MINISTER POINTED TO A NUMBER OF MANAGEMENT LAYERS. IT TOOK A FEW DAYS, BUT WE MANAGED TO GET OUT OF YOUR OFFICE THE 14 LAYERS OF MANAGEMENT THAT WERE REFERRED TO DURING THAT PRESS CONFERENCE. INCLUDED IN THAT LIST AS PATIENTS AT NUMBER 14, IN A NUMBER ONE, THE CHAIR AND BOARD. THERE COULD BE 12, 11, WHAT DOES IT MATTER? WE ARE BRINGING THE FRONT-LINE CLOSER TO DECISION-MAKING. WE TRYING TO BRING THEM CLOSER TO DECISION-MAKING. REGIONALISATION WILL GIVE REGIONS BUDGET HOLDING, RECRUITMENT AND DECISION-MAKING. IT DOES MATTER, BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING OUT SOME OF THOSE MANAGEMENT LAYERS. AND THAT A MANAGEMENT LAYER, YOU HAVE INCLUDED PATIENTS, 10 PATIENTS, NURSES AND DOCTORS AND THE CHAIR AND BOARD. WHAT ARE THE 11 LAYERS YOU ARE LOOKING AT? THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LAYERS IN BETWEEN. THE POINT THAT WE HAVE MADE IS THAT THERE ARE 2500 NEW MANAGEMENT POSITIONS FROM 2018 TO THE PRESENCE. I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THEY NEED TO BE REDUCED. MANY DIFFERENT LOAN TO COME CLOSER TO DECISION-MAKING. WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS IN THE MIDDLE, WE WANT TO HEAR THE CLINICAL VOICE LOUDER. CAN I PUT TO YOU THAT THERE WAS A LOT MADE OUT OF THE LAYERS OF MANAGEMENT IN LAST WEEK'S ANNOUNCEMENT. THE PRIME MINISTER SAID THERE WAS MANAGEMENT MOTION THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. IS THE GOVERNMENT USING AN UNCLEAR AND QUESTIONABLE STRUCTURE TO JUSTIFY 2 1/2 TO 3000 JOBS BEEN CUT? THE BEST ANSWER TO THAT IS TO ASK THE FRONT-LINE. ASK THE FRONT-LINE IF THEY FOUND LAYERS AND LAYERS OF MANAGEMENT BETWEEN WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND THE ANSWER. THERE ARE TOO MANY LAYERS. COMING UP ` WHAT IS OUR NEXT GUEST DISCOVERED? # I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME. ARE WE LOOKING AT BRAND NEW SPECIES? ALL WILL BE REVEALED. # I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME. Someone left the fridge door open again. Someone keeps leaving the TV on. Someone's been using a lot of hot water. VOICEOVER: Track your home's energy usage with the Genesis Energy IQ app. WHAT STARTED AS A WAY TO ENCOURAGE HIS CHILDREN TO BE CREATIVE HAS TURNED INTO A VIRAL SENSATION. NEARLY TEN YEARS AGO, DESIGNER TOM CURTIS' CHILDREN DREW PICTURES FOR HIM WHICH HE THEN PHOTOSHOPPED INTO REALISTIC IMAGES, LIKE THIS. HE STARTED UPLOADING THE IMAGES TO INSTAGRAM AND NOW HE GETS HUNDREDS OF DRAWINGS SENT TO HIM FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD BY CHILDREN HOPING HE CAN WORK HIS MAGIC FOR THEM. TOM JOINS US NOW FROM CHEDDINGTON IN THE UK. GOOD EVENING TOM! GOOD MORNING. LOVELY TO BE HERE. HOW DID THIS ALL START? I HAVE TWO KIDS. DOMINIC WAS ABOUT FIVE AT THE TIME, AND LIKE NEARLY ALL PARENTS, VERY PROUD AT THE TIME HE PICKED UP A PENCIL AND DREW A PICTURE OF ANYTHING. THEN ONE DAY I SAW ONE OF HIS DRAWINGS AND I THOUGHT DOES HE ACTUALLY THINK IT LOOKS LIKE THAT? IT WAS A SAUSAGE DOG TYPE THING WITH THE HEAD ON THE SIDE OF THE BODY AND STICK LEGS, AND THEN I THOUGHT MAYBE ASK PARENTS ARE NOT LOOKING AT THE WORLD CORRECT. KIDS ARE RIGHT. THEY ARE LOOKING AT IT EXACTLY AS IT IS. SO I TOOK TO PHOTOSHOP TO CREATE THIS WORLD. I LOVE IT. THEN IT STARTED TO TAKE OFF QUESTION MIGHT COME ABOUT THAT. YES IT HAS. EVERY SO OFTEN, PEOPLE GET REALLY INTO IT. THE IMAGE WILL GO VIRAL PEOPLE LOVE IT. IT HAS SPARKED THE IMAGINATION OF MANY KIDS AROUND THE WORLD. IT SEEMS TO BE VERY POPULAR. WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS SO POPULAR? I HAVE COME ACROSS A MAGIC COMBINATION OF TWO THINGS THAT PEOPLE LOVE, HAPPY ANIMALS AND CHILDREN'S DRAWING. EVERYONE WANTS TO ENCOURAGE, RIGHTLY SO, TO DRAW. I REALLY HAVE HAD ON SOMETHING THAT HAS A BIT OF MEANINGFUL PEOPLE AS WELL, BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WE ARE AT A TIME WHEN THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE OF CREATIVITY THEN ENCOURAGING CHILDREN TO DRAW. EVEN THOUGH IT STARTED OUT AS A BIT OF FUN I THINK PEOPLE SEE THE POWER AND IT. DO YOU WORRY THAT CHILDREN ARE LOSING THAT CREATIVITY WHILE THEY HAVE SCREENS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE MIKE AND ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THAT? I AM. I AM FROM A FAMILY OF TEACHERS. BOTH MY KIDS ARE NOW IN THEIR TEENS AND IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT WORLD TO THE ONE I GREW UP IN. PARENTS AROUND THE WORLD ARE SEEING THAT IMPACT SCREENS ARE HAVING ON THEIR KIDS. I ALSO THINK THAT AI IS GOING TO HAVE A MASSIVE IMPACT ON CREATIVITY IN THE FUTURE. THEREFORE IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE DO ALL WE CAN TO GET OUR CHILDREN TO PICK UP A PENCIL OR PEN AND DRAW ON A PIECE OF PAPER. PUTTING PEN TO PAPER, THERE IS SOMETHING MAGICAL ABOUT THAT. I THINK IT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN BE VERY PROUD OF. I DO NOT KNOW ANY PARENTS WHO DO NOT LOVE TO SEE THEIR KIDS DRAW PICTURES. IT IS SO GOOD FOR THEIR LEARNING AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND EVERYTHING. IT IS INTERESTING THAT YOU THOUGHT THAT KIDS BETWEEN FIVE AND EIGHT HAD THE BEST DRAWINGS. WHY PARTICULARLY THOSE AGE GROUPS? THEY HAVE REACHED A POINT WHERE THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THAT ANIMALS HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF LEGS, AND HAS AHEAD WORK SHOULD BE, BUT THEY HAVE NOT REACHED THE POINT WHERE THAT NAIVETE IS LOST, THEY HAVE NOT REACHED THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE COPYING CARTOONS AND THEY HAVE NOT WATCH VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE SAYING, THIS IS HOW TO DRAW A COW. THEY ARE STILL USING THEIR OWN IMAGINATION TO DO IT. THEY ARE NOT SHAPED BY SOCIETY, IT IS GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, WE LOVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEW ZEALAND'S STILL WAITING FOR ITS FIRST MEDAL OF THE PARIS OLYMPICS, WITH LEWIS CLAREBURT WELL OFF THE PACE IN THE 400m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY FINAL THIS MORNING. CLAREBURT QUALIFIED EQUAL SIXTH FASTEST FOR THE FINAL, BUT COULDN'T IMPROVE ON THAT, FINISHING SIXTH, BEHIND AN OLYMPIC RECORD SWIM FROM FRENCHMAN LEON MARCHAND. THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS ARE LIVING UP TO THEIR FAVOURITES TAG AT THE OLYMPICS. THE FERNS HAVE JUST CRUISED PAST CANADA 33-7 IN THEIR SECOND POOL MATCH THIS MORNING. THEY OPENED THEIR CAMPAIGN WITH A 43-5 ROMP OVER CHINA WITH MICHAELA BLYDE SCORING FOUR TRIES. MOUNTAIN BIKER SAMMIE MAXWELL HAD TO FIGHT TO GET TO THE PARIS OLYMPICS, AND TODAY SHE JUSTIFIED HER LATE SELECTION. SHE'S FINISHED EIGHTH IN THE CROSS COUNTRY RACE. GAMES REPORTER JORDAN OPPERT WAS THERE AND SENT THIS UPDATE. IT'S BEEN A DEBUT TO REMEMBER FOR SAMMIE MAXWELL, THE UNDER-23 WORLD CHAMPION COMING EIGHTH IN THE WORLD OUT OF A STACKED LINE-UP OF 36 RIDERS. SAMMIE TELLING ME POST-RACE SHE'S MADE FRIENDS WITH A LOT OF THE VOLUNTEERS OUT ON COURSE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, AND THAT REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE HAVING THEM CHEER HER ON. BUT IT REALLY DOES BEG BELIEF THAT SAMMIE HAD TO FIGHT TO BE HERE. ORIGINALLY, SHE WASN'T CHOSEN TO COMPETE BY CYCLING NEW ZEALAND DUE TO NON-PERFORMANCE RELATED REASONS. SHE TOOK THEM TO THE SPORT'S TRIBUNAL. THEY OVERRULED THAT DECISION AND THE NZOC ULTIMATELY MADE THE CALL THAT SHE COULD COMPETE HERE. BUT TO HAVE A PERFORMANCE LIKE THAT, AS I SAY, EIGHTH IN THE WORLD, THE FUTURE IS DEFINITELY BRIGHT FOR SAMMIE MAXWELL. I'M SO STOKED. I MEAN, IT'S JUST A DREAM TO BE HERE AND THEN TO GET MY BEST EVER ELITE RESULT. IT MEANS SO MUCH. SO I'M JUST STOKED LIVING UP THE VIBES. AND YEAH, I CAN'T WAIT TO HIT THE FOOD HALL TONIGHT. WE HAVEN'T BEEN YET SO I'M SO EXCITED. TO OTHER NEWS NOW, AND THERE'S A WARNING NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE PERSONNEL COULD LEAVE THE MILITARY OVER DIRE LIVING CONDITIONS. PICTURES RELEASED EXCLUSIVELY TO BREAKFAST REVEAL THE CONDITIONS, WITH ROOMS DESCRIBED AS FREEZING AND DAMP, SOME WITH BLACK MOULD. PERSONNEL SAY THEY'RE EXPERIENCING BREATHING PROBLEMS AS A RESULT, AND A DETERIORATING HEALTH. MILITARY ADVOCATE ERIN SPEEDY IS LAUNCHING A CAMPAIGN TODAY, CALLING OUT THE 'NATIONAL DISGRACE'. PEOPLE ARE STILL LEAVING. THE ECONOMY HAS SLOWED DOWN, SO ATTRITION RATES HAVE SLOWED DOWN ALONG WITH THAT. BUT IF THERE IS NOT SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT INTO PEOPLE, INTO HOUSING, INTO PAY, INTO SALARY, TO ENSURE THAT PERSONNEL ARE LOOKED AFTER, THEN THOSE ATTRITION RATES WILL WORSEN. THE NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE HAS RESPONDED NOTING WHILE ALL OF THEIR PROPERTIES ARE UP TO HEALTHY HOME STANDARDS, 'MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE HOMES ARE FIT 'FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO LIVE IN.' BREAKFAST UNDERSTANDS THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING CONCERNS. IT'S HOPED THEY'LL BE FEWER FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS AT REGIONAL AIRPORTS THANKS TO A NEW GPS SYSTEM BEING ACTIVATED IN SOUTHLAND. TWO NEW SATELLITE DISHES NEAR INVERCARGILL HAVE BEEN SWITCHED ON, AS PART OF A COLLABORATION BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA GOVERNMENTS. IT'LL PROVIDE GREATER ACCURACY FOR GLOBAL POSITIONING FROM AROUND 5m DOWN TO AS LITTLE AS 10cm. AIRWAYS NEW ZEALAND SPOKESPERSON MARK BLANCHARD SAYS THE SYSTEM WILL BE AN ADDED TOOL FOR PLANES AND HELICOPTERS. AIRCRAFT TO GET LOWER AND CLOSER TO MANY OF THE RUNWAYS AT AIRPORTS UP AND DOWN NEW ZEALAND. THIS WILL MEAN THAT IN BAD WEATHER, AIRCRAFT CAN STILL LAND, WHEREAS PRESENTLY THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO. AN INDEPENDENT REPORT FOUND THE SYSTEM COULD CONTRIBUTE CLOSE TO $900m TO OUR ECONOMY OVER THE NEXT TWO DECADES. A GLACIAL FLOOD HAS CAUSED A BRIDGE TO PARTIALLY GIVE WAY IN SOUTHERN ICELAND. THE LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE SAYS THE ROAD ON ONE END OF THE BRIDGE WAS INUNDATED, FOLLOWING THE UNUSUALLY LARGE FLOOD. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF INJURIES. IT'S EXPECTED TO BE SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL WATER LEVELS RETURN TO NORMAL. TO SOME OTHER SPORT, AND DRAMA IN THE BELGIAN GRAND PRIX AFTER BRITISH DRIVERS CROSSED THE LINE FIRST AND SECOND. A ONE-STOP STATEGY APPEARED TO HAVE PAID OFF FOR MERCEDES DRIVER GEORGE RUSSELL, FINISHING AHEAD OF TEAMATE LEWIS HAMILTON. BUT RUSSELL WAS DISQUALIFIED AFTER A POST-RACE INVESTIGATION RULED HIS CAR WAS 'UNDERWEIGHT', DENYING HIM A SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON. AND FINALLY, OLYMPICS FEVER IS BEING FELT HUNDREDS OF KILOMETRES ABOVE OUR HEADS. ASTRONAUTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HAVE COMPETED IN THEIR OWN OLYMPIC EVENTS, TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THE PARIS GAMES. THE ASTRONAUTS HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR ADMIRATION FOR THOSE COMPETING, ADMITTING THE EXERCISES ARE A LOT EASIER IN ZERO GRAVITY. IMAGINE THE HIGH JUMP. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` STATING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS ` THERE ARE ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS IN PLACE IN THE TASMAN, NORTHWEST OF MOTUEKA AND IN OTAGO. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` CLOUDY MORNING FOR THE REGION HERE. SHOWERS COMING IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME NORTHERLIES FOR MOST OF YOU. 17 THE HIGH FOR THE KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` PRETTY SIMILAR HERE, PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU WITH SOME SHOWERS HERE AND THERE AFTER MIDDAY. 16 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN LATE AT NIGHT IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 17 THE HIGH FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. OVER TO THE WEST ` PRETTY GREY START TO YOUR DAY. SOME RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN NEW PLYMOUTH, LEVIN AND WELLINGTON. 17 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` PACK YOUR BROLLY. RAIN DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU WITH STRONG GUSTS FOR MOST. A HIGH OF 14 FOR NELSON, BLENHEIM AND WESTPORT. HEADING SOUTH ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE TOO. THIS WILL TURN HEAVY IN OAMARU AND ALEXANDRA. 12 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` YOU'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR BROLLY HERE TOO. SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, TURNING HEAVY IN THE AFTERNOON. 11 THE HIGH FOR MILFORD SOUND. WE RETURN TO PARIS NOW, WHERE OUR SWIMMING MEDAL HOPES REST WITH ERIKA FAIRWEATHER WHO IS CURRENTLY IN HER FINAL. CHRIS, HOW'S SHE LOOKING? IT IS ACTUALLY SEMI-FINAL. SHE HAS JUST COME IN FIFTH. WE ARE CROSSING TO MICHELLE WHO IS WAITING OUTSIDE THE POOL. SHE HAS SPOKEN TO LEWIS, HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO HIM AND HOW IS HE FEELING? I SPOKE TO HIM AFTER HIS RACE AND UNDERSTANDABLY HE WAS REALLY GUTTED WITH THAT PERFORMANCE. IT WAS NOT THAT TYPE HE WAS WANTING TO PUT OUT. HE WENT INTO THIS RACE GOING AT AN AGGRESSIVE PACE AND YOU DID SEE THAT IN THE FIRST THREE STROKES. IT WAS JUST IN THE BREAST STROKE WHEN HE BEGAN TO LOSE THAT PACE A LITTLE BIT. INSIDE THE ARENA THOUGH, DURING THE BREAST STROKE, THE WHOLE CROWD WAS YELLING FOR THE FRENCHMAN. EVERY TIME HE POPPED UP TO TAKE A BREATH, AND WAS ALMOST HELPING HIM TO BRING HIS WAY TO THE FINISH. THE KIWI WANTED TO WIN THE MEDAL FOR NEW ZEALAND AND IN THE STRUT THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR SO LONG. WITH DANIEL LOADER BEING THE LAST KIWI TO WIN A SWIMMING MEDAL FOR NEW ZEALAND ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO. BUT THE LIVE WEIGHT CONTINUES. SHE HAS QUALIFIED FOR THE FINAL OF THE 200 M BREASTSTROKE. FAIRWEATHER THAT IS. REALISTICALLY THOUGH, THEY HAVE HAD THEIR BEST RACES. THOSE RACES ARE THEIR PREFERRED EVENTS. IF WE WERE GOING TO BE HAVING A CHANCE OF MEDDLING, IT WAS GOING TO BE THOSE RACES. THEY ARE STILL OPTIMISTIC THAT THEY CAN PUT UP A GOOD FIGHT. FOR ERIC AT THOUGH, SHE IS STRONGER AND THE LONG-DISTANCE, AND CLAREBOURT SAID THAT AS THE RACE HE WILL BE TARGETING THIS AFTERNOON. THESE EVENTS WERE THE ONES THEY WERE TARGETING. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN AND SWIMMING AND IN SPORT. ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WAS WHAT THE SWIMMING WITH YOU, LAST NIGHT, A BIT OF A SPECIAL GUEST. ABC SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THIS. WE WERE JUST PACKING UP, LEAVING THE VENUE, AND MY CAMERA OPERATOR AND I SAW SNOOP DOGG WALKING OUT OF THE ARENA. I YELLED AT HIM. I GOT HIS ATTENTION. SNOOP... SNOOP, GIVE US A WAVE. ('THE NEXT EPISODE' BY DR DRE FT. SNOOP DOGG) SEE YOU, SNOOP. ('THE NEXT EPISODE' BY DR DRE FT. SNOOP DOGG CONTINUES) THAT DID HAPPEN. THAT DID HAPPEN. THAT WAS CRAZY. MICHELLE, I KNOW YOU ARE A GOOD SPORT. DID YOU SAY ANYTHING ELSE TO HIM? DID YOU TRY TO GET HIS ATTENTION? I SENT THE CLIP TO OUR PARIS SPORTS CHAT AND I EDITED OUT SOMETHING THAT I SAID BECAUSE I WAS A LITTLE BIT EMBARRASSED. I YELLED OUT, SNIP, SNIP, SEE YOU SLEEP. I THOUGHT, THIS IS MY END. I'M GOING TO SAY TO HIM SOMETHING. I SAID, I AM A KIWI. I GOT NO REPLY. JUST LOST ALL OF YOUR CALL. ALL YOUR COOL IS GONE. REMEMBER MONTHS AGO, MICHELLE SAID, WE ARE GOING TO SEE SNOOP DOG AT THESE OLYMPICS. SHE HAS DONE IT. I CANNOT BELIEVE SHE DID NOT RUN INTO THE VAN AND START CHATTING TO HIM. THEY PROBABLY THOUGHT IT WAS WET ENOUGH, ME SAYING, I AM A KIWI. YOU SHOULD HAVE RAN TOWARDS THE CAR. TOM CRUISE IS THERE APPARENTLY. LOOK FOR HIM. THANK YOU U2, LOTS OF ACTION THIS MORNING, THANK YOU FOR BEING ACROSS IT. ME U TONU MAI ` HE WAS ONE OF DUNEDIN'S MOST RECOGNISABLE VOICES. WE'LL LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE OF THE CHILLS' FRONTMAN MARTIN PHILLIPS. THE CHILLS' FRONTMAN, MARTIN PHILLIPPS, HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 61. THE SINGER AND SONGWRITER HELD A REVERED POSITION IN THE AOTEAROA MUSIC SCENE AND A CULT STATUS AROUND THE WORLD. FIVE YEARS AGO A FEATURE FILM DOCUMENTED HIS BATTLE WITH HEPATITIS C, A BATTLE HE WON, BUT HIS HEALTH ISSUES WERE ONGOING. JOURNALIST RUSSELL BROWN WAS MARTIN'S FRIEND AND HE IS WITH US NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AT AN AWFUL TIME. YOU ONLY SPOKE TO HIM JUST RECENTLY. I CAUGHT UP A COUPLE OF TIMES THIS YEAR. I AM SO GLAD I DID. WE WERE TALKING LIKE WE ALWAYS USED TO. IT IS A REAL SHOCK. NO DOUBT. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE HIM AS A SONGWRITER? HE WAS SOMEONE FOR WHOM SONGS SEEM TO COME TO HIM FROM OUT OF SPACE OR INNER SPACE. PEOPLE LIKE THAT OFTEN DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT IT IS WITHIN THEM, BUT HE ALWAYS HAD A DUTY TO WHAT WAS INSIDE HIM. SOMETIMES THAT CAME AT THE COST OF OTHER PARTS OF HIS LIFE. BUT HE WAS SO DETERMINED TO GET OUT WHAT WAS INSIDE HIM. I AM REALLY, REALLY GLAD THAT HE GOT THAT GREAT SECOND WIND AND WAS ABLE TO TOUR AGAIN AND RECORD AGAIN. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HOW MUCH PEOPLE LOVED HIS MUSIC. AND TERMS OF HIS CONTRIBUTION, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT TO THE MUSIC SCENE? HE WAS, THERE MUSIC WAS THE FLAGSHIP OF THE FLYING NONE THING THAT HAPPENED. THEY ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND EDIT. IN 1985, THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. NOW A NEW ZEALAND ARTIST DO THAT ALL THE TIME AND HEAD TO EUROPE. NOBODY HAD DONE IT SINCE SPLIT ENZ. THEY ONLY HEADED TO EUROPE BECAUSE MARTIN WAS SO DETERMINED TO GO OUT THERE AND PLAY NEW SONGS. THEY ALMOST MADE IT. THEY WERE ON THE CUSP AND TERMS OF BEING INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED OUTSIDE OF NEW ZEALAND. THAT WAS NEVER HIS GOAL. I THINK HE WANTED TO BE FAMOUS FOR DOING WHAT HE DID. I WAS WITH THEM FOR A LOT OF THAT TIME IN LONDON, AND HONESTLY IT GOT SO CLOSE AT TIMES. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN IT REALLY COULD HAVE HAPPENED. THEY STILL HAVE A HUGE FOLLOWING WORLDWIDE. I SPENT THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS LOOKING AT THE INTERNET AND THE NUMBER OF ARTISTS, NEW ZEALAND AND OVERSEAS, WHO ARE PAYING TRIBUTE TO HIM AS A BIG INFLUENCE ON THEM. HE GOT TO KNOW THAT. THE SECOND TIME AROUND, HE GOT TO APPRECIATE HOW VALUED HE WAS. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US THIS MORNING AND PAYING TRIBUTE TO YOUR DEAR FRIEND, PARTICULARLY AT THIS SAD TIME. MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU AND WITH HIS FAMILY AS WELL. CAN I JUST ADD, THERE IS ONE PROJECT THAT MARTIN COMPLETED THIS YEAR THAT YOU WILL SEE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, CALLED SPRINGBOARD. THERE WERE DOZENS OF SONGS THAT HE NEVER GOT TO RECORD THAT HE HAS DONE THIS PROJECT NOW WITH MANY NEW ZEALAND ARTISTS. THERE ARE ALL THESE CHILLS' SONGS YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE THAT ARE COMING TO YOU AT THE END OF THE YEAR. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, GRRR... IT'S INTERNATIONAL TIGER DAY. WE'VE SENT OUT OUR REPORTER LUCY BENDELL TO ENJOY THE CELEBRATION. WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE ZOO, LUC? THIS MORNING, WE'VE BEEN ASKING YOU ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONIALLY AND FRANCE. WHAT DID YOU THINK? BEYOND US, AT FIRST WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT, WE KNEW IT WOULD BE BOLD. THAT HOPE THEY WILL BE ON BOARD AND COME WITH THEM. THIS REALLY ON-BOARD. SOME PEOPLE DID NOT LIKE IT. WAS THE FIRST TIME IN OPENING CEREMONY WAS OUTSIDE OF A STADIUM. SARAH THOUGHT IT WAS A TRAVESTY. ' WORST OPENING CEREMONY I HAVE EVER SEEN'. BRENDA SAID, I DO NOT KNOW IF IT WAS A FASHION SHOW OR A CONCERT. IT SEEMS SO OVER-THE-TOP. THAT IS FRENCH, BRENT. IT IS CULTURE AND FASHION. A BIT OF A HISTORY LESSON WOULD HELP YOU. IS ANYTHING IN THERE ABOUT ATHLETES? THEY WERE ON THE BOAT. THEY WERE THERE, JENNY MAY. THEY WERE ON THE BOAT COMING THROUGH. YES, IT DID RAIN BUT IT DID NOT RAIN ON THE PARADE AND MY THOUGHTS. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, I THOUGHT IT WAS A SPECTACLE. IT WAS AMAZING. I COULD NOT TAKE MY EYES OFF IT FOR THE FOUR HOURS. I SAT THERE AND WATCHED THE LOT. THE ENDING WITH CELINE DION WAS MAGNIFICENT. MY ISSUE IS AS ATHLETES, WHEN YOU WALK INTO THAT CAULDRON OF 70, 80,000 PEOPLE, THAT IS THE MOMENT WITH THE GAMES. THE FLAG BEARER IS LEADING AND YOUR TEAM, THIS IS YOUR MOMENT WHEN YOU ARE SELECTED OUT OF ALL THE ATHLETES TO LEAD YOUR COUNTRY INTO THE STADIUM. IT IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WITH THE REST OF THE TEAM GOES, THIS IS AMAZING, THE CROWD ROARS, YET TO MIX WITH THE OTHER ATHLETES. INSTEAD, THEY WERE ON BOATS. THEY WERE BARELY PART OF THE CEREMONY AND THAT IS WHAT I'M DISAPPOINTED ABOUT. SHARON SAID, I FULLY ENJOYED IT. PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE CHANGE AND PEOPLE MOANING ABOUT ARE NOT BEING IN A STADIUM. IT LOOKS LIKE THE WEATHER DID NOT PUT A DAMPER ON IT. WE ARE MOVING ON FROM THAT. BEFORE WE GET TO THE NEWS, IT'S COMPETITION TIME, COURTESY OF MY FOOD BAG. THIS WEEK, YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF THREE MY FOOD BAG SUPPORTER PACKS, EACH VALUED AT UP TO ONE $1000. AS THE OFFICIAL MEAL KIT OF THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM, MY FOOD BAG IS NOT ONLY SUPPORTING OUR ATHLETES ON THE WORLD STAGE, BUT ALSO THE FANS BACK HOME, CHEERING THEM ON WITH THEIR OFFICIAL SUPPORTER BURGERS ON THE MENU FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS HEAD TO withwinthbreakfast.co.nz TO ENTER, AND WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THREE LUCKY WINNERS ON THURSDAY MORNING. THEY ARE SERIOUSLY DELICIOUS. NOW WENDY WITH THE NEWS. SWIMMER LEWIS CLAREBURT HAS REVEALED HIS DISAPPOINTMENT AT ONLY FINISHING SIXTH IN THE FINAL OF THE 400m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS TODAY. CLAREBURT WAS UNABLE TO MATCH HIS PERSONAL BEST TIME AND CAME IN WELL BEHIND THE FRENCH SUPERSTAR LEON MARCHAND. IT WAS A TOUGH HEAT AND I MANAGED TO JUST SNEAK IN THE FINAL, BUT I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW WHAT, SOMETHING JUST DIDN'T CLICK TODAY. AND THAT SPORT, RIGHT? LIKE, YOU TRAIN YOUR WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS ONE MOMENT AND IF YOU DON'T GET IT RIGHT, THEN YOU KNOW THAT THING HAPPENS. MEANWHILE ANOTHER OF OUR BIG SWIMMING HOPES, ERIKA FAIRWEATHER, IN LANE SIX, HAS FINISHED FIFTH IN HER 200m FREESTYLE SEMI-FINAL, GOOD ENOUGH TO QUALIFY SEVENTH AND REACH TOMORROW'S FINAL. THE NEW ZEALAND ROWERS HAVE HAD A GOOD DAY, WITH MOST OF THE CREWS IN ACTION PROGRESSING IN PARIS. GUY HEVELDT'S BEEN AT THE VENUE AND GAVE US THIS UPDATE. THE ROWERS WERE SUPERB TODAY, ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL OUT THERE ON THE WATER IN PARIS. THE MEN'S FOUR, PARTICULARLY, BEATING GREAT BRITAIN WHO WERE THE RACE FAVOURITES HEADING INTO TODAY'S HEAT. THE WON THEIR HEAT STRAIGHT INTO THE FINAL, AS ARE THE WOMEN'S FOUR WHO FINISHED SECOND BEHIND GREAT BRITAIN, BUT THEY TOO ARE THROUGH TO THE FINAL. THE WOMEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE, THERE WERE A FEW WHISPERS ABOUT, BUT JUST QUIET WHISPERS. THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSIVE, BEATING THE FRENCH HOMETOWN FAVOURITES IN THEIR HEAT. THEY GO THROUGH TO A SEMI-FINAL, AND THE MEN'S PAIR ARE ALSO THROUGH TO A SEMI-FINAL AS WELL. THE EQUESTRIAN TEAM IS SITTING IN SIXTH PLACE AFTER THE CROSS COUNTRY SECTION OF THE EVENTING THIS MORNING. TIM PRICE, NEW ZEALAND'S OLDEST COMPETITOR AT THE GAMES, IS THE LEADING KIWI, NINTH IN THE INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS ON HIS MOUNT 'FALCO'. IT'S 12 YEARS SINCE NEW ZEALAND LAST WON AN OLYMPIC EQUESTRIAN MEDAL. AND THE 49ER CREW OF ISAAC MCHARDIE AND WILLIAM MCKENZIE HAVE MADE AN IMPRESSIVE START IN THE SAILING. THEY'VE BAGGED A FIRST, THIRD AND EIGHTH ON DAY ONE TO TOP THE STANDINGS. SLALOM CANOEIST LUUKA JONES HAS SECURED A TOP TEN FINISH IN HER FIFTH OLYMPIC APPEARANCE. THE SILVER MEDALLIST FROM RIO EIGHT YEARS AGO, JONES HAD TO SETTLE FOR EIGHTH PLACE IN TODAY'S WOMEN'S K1 SLALOM FINAL. THE 35-YEAR-OLD FIRST COMPETED AT THE OLYMPICS WAY BACK IN 2008. HOSPITALITY BUSINESSES ARE STILL STRUGGLING, DESPITE AN INCREASE IN SALES NATIONWIDE. THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION REPORT REVEAL SALES ARE UP 5.8% TO NEARLY $16b IN THE LAST YEAR. BUT RISING OPERATING COSTS HAVE RESULTED IN GROWTH, LAGGING BEHIND THE COST INCREASES. ONE PLANT-BASED CAFE IS NOW ADDING MEAT TO ITS MENU TO SURVIVE. THE COST PRESSURE HAS MEANT WE'VE HAD TO RAISE SOME OF OUR PRICES, WHICH HAS LOWERED THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO GO OUT, SO PEOPLE GO OUT LESS. SO FOR US, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS BROADEN OUR CUSTOMER BASE, ESSENTIALLY. TALKING TO OUR VEGAN CUSTOMERS, THEY'D BE MUCH HAPPIER US STILL BEING EMOTIONALLY VEGAN BUT SERVING MEAT THAN CLOSING OUR DOORS, WHICH IS THE OTHER OPTION IF WE DON'T INCREASE THAT TURNOVER. THE REPORT ALSO REVEALED THE NUMBER OF OUTLETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ONLY ROSE BY 0.1%, JUST AN EXTRA 27 NATIONWIDE. FLIGHTS INTO LEBANON'S CAPITAL HAVE BEEN DELAYED, OVER FEARS OF AN ESCALATION IN THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. IT FOLLOWS A DEADLY STRIKE IN THE ISRAELI-OCCUPIED GOLAN HEIGHTS, WHICH ISRAEL HAS BLAMED ON LEBANESE MILITANT GROUP HEZBOLLAH, VOWING SWIFT RETALIATION. THE GROUP HAS DENIED INVOLVEMENT IN THE ATTACK, SUGGESTING IT WAS CAUSED BY A BACKFIRING ISRAELI DEFENCE MISSILE. IT COMES AHEAD OF MORE CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS IN ITALY, WHERE THERE WILL BE INCREASED URGENCY TO REACH A DEAL. THE COUNTRY'S GPS TECHNOLOGY HAS REACHED A MILESTONE WITH THE ACTIVATION OF TWO NEW HI-TECH SATELLITE DISHES IN SOUTHLAND. KNOWN AS 'SOUTH-PAN', THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA WILL PROVIDE GREATER ACCURACY TO GLOBAL POSITIONING SERVICES FROM AROUND 5m DOWN TO AS LITTLE AS 10cm. MISSION CONTROL NEAR INVERCARGILL HAS SWITCHED ON THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SYSTEM AND IS NOW OPERATIONAL. LAND INFORMATION MINISTER CHRIS PENK TOLD 1 NEWS, IT'LL BENEFIT A RANGE OF INDUSTRIES. THEY'LL PROVIDE A LOT MORE CERTAINTY OF NAVIGATION WHICH IS GONNA BE HELPFUL FOR AVIATION, AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, CONSTRUCTION. IT'S GONNA BE A REAL GAME-CHANGER IN THE WAY WE HAVE CERTAINTY ABOUT MOVING AROUND. AN INDEPENDENT REPORT FOUND THE SYSTEM COULD CONTRIBUTE CLOSE TO $900 MILLION TO THE ECONOMY OVER THE NEXT TWO DECADES. AND FINALLY, AND FRANCE MAY HAVE A LATE ENTRY IN THE BREAK DANCING AT PARIS. THE MEN'S SEVENS TEAM BUSTING OUT SOME MOVES AT THE TEAM'S FAN ZONE, FOLLOWING THEIR WIN OVER FIJI IN THE FINAL. THE TEAM INCORPORATED DANCE INTO THEIR TRAINING, GIVING THEM THE PERFECT CELEBRATION. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` STATING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS ` THERE ARE ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS IN PLACE IN THE TASMAN, NORTHWEST OF MOTUEKA AND IN OTAGO. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` CLOUDY MORNING FOR THE REGION HERE. SHOWERS COMING IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME NORTHERLIES FOR MOST OF YOU. 17 THE HIGH FOR THE KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` PRETTY SIMILAR HERE, PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU WITH SOME SHOWERS HERE AND THERE AFTER MIDDAY. 16 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE. SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN LATE AT NIGHT IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 17 THE HIGH FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE REGION. OVER TO THE WEST ` PRETTY GREY START TO YOUR DAY. SOME RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN NEW PLYMOUTH, LEVIN AND WELLINGTON. 17 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` PACK YOUR BROLLY. RAIN DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU WITH STRONG GUSTS FOR MOST. A HIGH OF 14 FOR NELSON, BLENHEIM AND WESTPORT. HEADING SOUTH ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE TOO. THIS WILL TURN HEAVY IN OAMARU AND ALEXANDRA. 12 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` YOU'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR BROLLY HERE TOO. SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, TURNING HEAVY IN THE AFTERNOON. DUNEDIN HAS A HIGH OF NINE DEGREES, ALONG WITH INVERCARGILL AND STEWART ISLAND. SUMATRAN TIGERS ARE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED ACROSS THE WORLD WITH JUST A FEW HUNDRED REMAINING, BUT THREE ARE HERE IN AUCKLAND, ONE JUST SEVEN MONTHS OLD. FOR INTERNATIONAL TIGER DAY TODAY, WE'RE GOING FOR A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT THE BIG CATS AND THE EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO RAISE AWARENESS TO PROTECT THEM. LUCY BENDELL IS JOINING THEM AT FEEDING TIME THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING, LUCY. BEHIND YOU. I AM VERY EXCITED. LOOK AT THESE TIGERS. WHILE YOU GUYS ARE HAVING BREAKFAST AT HOME, SO ARE THESE BEAUTIFUL BIG TIGERS. HOPEFULLY DOES NOT LIKE ANYTHING YOU GUYS ARE HAVING FOR BREAKFAST. WE HEAR ON INTERNATIONAL TIGER DAY. AND OTHERS LITTLE ONE IS SEVEN MONTHS OLD. WE ARE GOING TO LEARN ALSO BUT MORE ABOUT THEM. AND GOING TO BRING IN THE CARNIVAL KEEPER. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. SHOW WE LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEM? IT IS INTERNATIONAL TIGER DAY. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE TWO. THESE TWO GIRLS ARE AS AYANNA, OUR OLDEST FEMALE IS FIVE YEARS OLD. THESE ARE TWO WOULD-BE TIGERS WE HAVE THEIR, ARE THERE APPROXIMATELY ONLY 300 TO 500 LEFT, SO THAT THEY ARE CRITICAL. YOU SAID THAT WE HAVE THREE HERE. WE HAVE THEIR MUM AND THE DAUGHTER AND THAT WE HAVE THE BOYFRIEND WANDERING OVER THERE SOMEWHERE. WHAT YOU DOING TO PROTECT THEM IN THIS ENVIRONMENT? THIS IS ABOUT HAVING THE CHANCE TO SEE THEM IN PERSON AND BUILD A CONNECTION WITH NATURE AND TIGERS AND LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THEM. THESE GUYS ARE IN DANGER SPECIES. HAVING THEM HERE MEANS THAT WE CAN DRAW PEOPLE HERE TO FUND SOME CONSERVATION WORK IN THE WILD. AUCKLAND ZOO HAS BEEN SUPPORTING WHILE THE WORK SINCE 2013. WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CONSERVATION PARTNERS. WITH THE WILDCATS ALLIANCE AND THE RANGERS PROJECT, BOTH IN STRONGHOLDS OF TIGER POPULATIONS. IT IS ABOUT WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES TO GIVE THEM A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THESE APEX PREDATORS ARE SO IMPORTANT. SHE IS A LITTLE CHEEKY INTRO STEALING FOOD FROM MUM. WHAT ARE THEY EATING? THEY HAVE A MIXTURE OF VENISON AND TASTY PET MILK, WHICH THE SAME PRODUCT YOU CAN BUY FOR YOUR PET CAT OR DOG. IT IS A LACTOSE FREE PRODUCTS. THEY ARE A LACTOSE INTOLERANT SPECIES. RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVING THEIR VENISON AND WE WILL GIVE THEM SOME MILK AFTERWARDS. THE VENISON IS GREAT, AND I GET A RANGE OF MEAT PRODUCTS HERE AT THE ZOO. WE HAVE THINGS LIKE FEATHERED TURKEY, FRESH CHICKENS, BEEF, HORSE, VENISON, GOATS. THEY HAVE SOME FAVOURITES. THEY WILL EAT GENERALLY ANYTHING WE ARE OFFERING, WHEREAS MUM IS GENERALLY FUSSY. WHEN TRYING TO EXPOSURE TO DIFFERENT FOOD TYPES. I'M HAVING THIS INTRUSIVE THOUGHT THAT I WANT TO PUT MY FINGER THROUGH THE HOLE, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO DO THAT. IT IS INTERNATIONAL TIGER DAY, SO I GUESS IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO LEARN HOW TO PROTECT THEM AND COME AND CHECK THEM OUT. THEY ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SPECIES. THAT IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THEM IN REAL LIFE. THEY LOOK JUST LIKE THEY DO IN THE PICTURES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING, AND THANK YOU FOR YOU TWO. NOT THAT YOU TOOK A BREAK FOR US. HOW OFTEN DO THEY FEED? DANIEL IS ASKING HOW OFTEN DO THEY GET FED? WE FEED THESE GUYS ON A DAILY BASIS. WE HAVE SOME GREAT SUPPLIERS THAT WE GET WHOLE CARCASS PIECES FROM. THAT IS BASED ON BODY WEIGHT, BEHAVIOUR AND CONDITION. WE MIGHT GET A CARCASS ONCE EVERY 2 TO 3 WEEKS. WHAT KIND OF MILK IS THIS? IT IS PET MILK. IT IS A LACTOSE FREE PRODUCTS THAT YOU CAN GET IT SUPERMARKETS FOR YOUR PET CATS AND DOGS. OUR TIGERS LOVE IT. SHE LOVES ROLLING IN IT. SHE IS GOING TO SMASH AGAINST THE WINDOW AND MAKE A MESS. I AM GOING TO HANG OUT WITH THESE TIGERS. THANKS, LUCY. THANKS, EMMA. E WHAI AKE NEI ` ITS BEEN HOME TO SOME OF AOTEAROA'S MOST FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHTS. NOW A NEW DOCUMENTARY REVEALS HOW TAKI RUA THEATRE GOT STARTED. VOICEOVER: Hello person not watching this ad? Yup, you on your mobile. Hey, did you know you could be ignoring this TV ad for less? How much less? 50% less. Get the skinny! SONG: # Happy happy happy aaaah! # WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN MAORI AND PAKEHA IN THE REALM OF THEATRE AND PERFORMING ARTS FLOURISHED IN WELLINGTON IN THE 1980s. THAT'S WHEN TAKI RUA THEATRE BECAME THE UNOFFICIAL NATIONAL MAORI THEATRE COMPANY. IT WAS A RITE OF PASSAGE FOR SOME OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL PLAYWRIGHTS, INCLUDING THE LIKES OF RIWIA BROWN, RENA OWEN, TAIKA WAITITI AND JEMAINE CLEMENT. WHETU FALA WAS ALSO A TAKI RUA GRADUATE. SHE'S DIRECTED AND PRODUCED A DOCUMENTARY, 'TAKI RUA THEATRE - BREAKING BARRIERS', WHICH LOOKS AT HOW THE THEATRE COMPANY CAME TO BE. SHE JOINS ME NOW. WHAT MAKES THIS SO SPECIAL? IT IS SPECIAL BECAUSE OF ITS NAME. AT THE TIME, THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS A BICULTURAL THEATRE. IT WAS AMAZING. I WAS ALWAYS TOLD BY MY MENTORS TO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU NAME SOMETHING. TO GO WHEN PEERS AND BREAKING BARRIERS I THINK DESCRIBES WHAT THE THEATRE DID. IT OPENED THE DOORWAY FOR NEW ZEALAND STORIES TO BE BROUGHT TO THE STAGE. SOME OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FILMMAKERS HAVE STARTED THERE. IS THAT WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO MAKE THE DOCUMENTARY? I HAD NO INTENTION OF DOING THE DOCUMENTARY BECAUSE AS YOUNG PEOPLE, WE LOVED IT. I WENT TO THE THEATRE'S SEVEN YEARS AGO I SAID, WHERE IS THE PICTURE OF MARGARET JONES, THE PRIESTESS WHO BLESSED THE THEATRE NAME? THEY SAID, WE HAVE NEVER HEARD THOSE STORIES. I SAID, OKAY, I'M GOING TO MAKE A FILM ABOUT IT. I'M GOING TO GET THEM TO TELL THEIR STORY. WHAT WAS THE PROCESS BEHIND THAT? IT WAS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING BECAUSE THE ARCHIVES, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, OVER 33 YEARS OF ARCHIVES, IS AMAZING. I WANT TO THANK THE FORTITUDE AND THE VISION OF THESE GUYS BECAUSE THEY WENT AND COLLECTED ALL OF THEIR STORIES. THE REASON THESE STORIES HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD BECAUSE THEY WERE MAORI LANGUAGE SPEAKERS AND WAS INACCESSIBLE TO MANY PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT SPEAK THE LANGUAGE. I SPENT A VERY HAPPY TIME WITH THE ARCHIVES. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF IT ON SCREEN. WHAT YOU WANT THE VIEWERS TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE DOCUMENTARY? WHAT I WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT IT WAS AN ACTUAL KINDERGARTEN FOR MANY PEOPLE TO LEARN THEIR CRAFT ENACTING, WRITING, DIRECTING AND PRODUCING. LIFE PERFORMING ARTS IS UNDER THREAT BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE SCREENS. I URGE PEOPLE TO GO AND SEE LIVE AND FEEL THE EXPERIENCE. YOU WILL BE INSPIRED BY THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE AMAZING. WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO TOGETHER WHEN THEY HAVE A SHARED PASSION, IN THIS CASE, FOR MAORI LANGUAGE AND PERFORMING ARTS, IS AMAZING. THEY DID NOT WAIT FOR A COMMITTEE TO BE DONE, THOUGH THERE WERE MANY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, THEY WENT ALONG AND THAT IT. I THINK IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING FOR OUR COUNTRY TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN STILL DO IT AS PEOPLE TOGETHER. THIS BEEN GREAT HAVING YOU ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE AUSTRALIAN COUSINS WHO HAVE BUILT A BOAT OUT OF THOUSANDS OF BEER CANS. OH, I LOVE THE STORY. TWO AUSSIE COUSINS HAVE TAKEN RECYCLING TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. THEY'VE BUILT A BOAT ENTIRELY OUT OF BEER CANS. EIGHT AND A HALF THOUSAND BEER CANS TO BE EXACT, IN THE HOPES OF RACING IT IN THE ANNUAL DARWIN LIONS BEER CAN REGATTA. COUSINS CAMPBELL JONES AND KEVIN GOODALL JOIN US NOW. GOOD MORNING TO YOU TOO. SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. 2020, THIS ALL STARTED. TAKE ME BACK THEN. GOOD MORNING. IT WAS KEVIN'S IDEA. I WAS JUST LOOKING AT SOMETHING ON TV AND SOMETHING CAME UP AND I FOUND OUT THAT THE BEAR CAN REGATTA WAS ON. I RANG CAMPBELL AND SAID WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS CRAZY IDEA. THAT WAS THE START OF IT. YOU BUILD THIS BOAT AND THEN IT SANK. AND YOU HAVE JUST REVIVED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, IS THAT RIGHT? THE FUNDAMENT DROPPED DOWN A LITTLE BIT, AND WE HAVE EXTENDED THE HULL OUT SO EDWARD LEVEL UP AGAIN. IT WON'T SINK. CAMPBELL, DID YOU THINK HE WAS NUTS? YEAH I DID FOR SURE. I WENT ALONG WITH IT. IT WAS A BIT OF A CRAZY IDEA BUT I JUST WENT WITH IT STRAIGHTAWAY. I LOVE THIS. KEVIN, IT IS HELD TOGETHER BY TAPE AND GLUE, IS THAT RIGHT? THE INSIDE CANS ARE STUCK TOGETHER INTO AND WITH DUCT TAPE. THE OUTSIDE ONES ARE STUCK TOGETHER WITH SILICONE. CAN FLOAT NOW? DEFINITELY FLOAT. IT'S DEFINITELY FLOATS. YOU GUYS IN PERTH? NO. 200 KM NORTH-EAST OF PERTH. TO GET TO DARWIN, IT WILL TAKE YOU A COUPLE OF DAYS, RIGHT? IT IS 3700 KM AWAY. ARE YOU GUYS GETTING IN THE TRUCK, PUTTING THE BOAT ON THE BACK AND HEADING OFF? WE GET UP TO DARWIN ON THE FRIDAY. WE ARE DOING 1000 KM A DAY. WHAT A ROAD TRIP THAT IS GOING TO BE. GOOD LUCK. WE WILL HAVE TO CHECK AND AFTER THE RACE. 18 AUGUST. GOOD LUCK TO YOU BOTH. HEY, AND THANK YOU FOR GETTING UP BLOODIER EARLY THIS MORNING AS WELL. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. JOINING US FROM THE WOP-WOPS. CRAZY, BUT GOOD CRAZY. IT TOOK 4 TO 6 MONTHS TO BUILD THE THING. WHAT AN ADVENTURE FOR THE TWO GUYS. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THEM HOW THEY RECKON THEY ARE GOING TO GET ON. WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY. CAPTIONS BY KITTY WASASALA, COURTNEY SOLE, DREW WELSH AND FRANK GORE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024