(SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) WELCOME INTO BREAKFAST. IT'S TUESDAY 30 JULY. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. ALSO COMING UP ` AUSSIE! AUSSIE! AUSSIE! GOLD! GOLD! GOLD! NOPE, WE'RE NOT TALKING OLYMPICS, BUT THE AUSSIE GOLD DIGGERS. HOPING TO STRIKE IT RICH IN ONE OF THE SOUTH ISLAND'S MOST PRISTINE LOCATIONS. WHY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY ARE RALLYING AGAINST THE PROPOSED GOLD MINE. OUR TOP STORY THIS MORNING ` TAX CUTS COME INTO FORCE TOMORROW, SO WILL THEY FEEL WORTH IT? AT SEVEN, THE PRIME MINISTER IS HERE TO EXPLAIN WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT, AND WE'LL DISCUSS WITH HIM THE SOLUTIONS TO OUR EVER-CONCERNING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AS ANXIETY GROWS AROUND THE CHRONIC DOCTOR SHORTAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, FELT ESPECIALLY IN THE REGIONS AND RURAL AREAS. PLUS ` WHAT'S ONE WORD YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE DICTIONARY? 'THE ICK' AND 'CHEF'S KISS' HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY. AN EXPERT IS IN TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEY MEAN. I ASKED MY SON LAST NIGHT ABOUT A COUPLE OF WORDS. HE IS EIGHT. NO IDEA. AND, WE ARE OBVIOUSLY BACK IN PARIS FOR THE LATEST ON THE OLYMPICS. BONJOUR, CHRIS. HELLO DANIEL. I HAVE HAD WORSE IDEAS THAN BEING OUT OF THE TENNIS HERE. TWO OF THE BIGGEST SUPERSTARS AT THE OLYMPICS WERE HERE TODAY BATTLING IT OUT. I WILL HAVE THE LATEST FOR YOU AND ABOUT 20 MINUTES. ALSO A HUGE GAME FOR THE ALL BLACKS RUGBY SEVENS. THEY HAVE THEIR QUARTER-FINAL TODAY. PLENTY GOING ON. WE WILL CHECK IN WITH YOU AT ABOUT 6:20 AM. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK, HERE'S WENDY WITH THE NEWS. AS THE WAIT GOES ON FOR NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST MEDAL OF THE PARIS OLYMPICS, THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS WILL FACE CHINA IN THE QUARTER FINALS IN AN HOUR, AFTER WRAPPING UP POOL PLAY WITH ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE WIN. LET'S HEAD TO MEI HERON IN PARIS. MORENA, MEI. WHAT'S THE LATEST? GOOD MORNING FROM OUTSIDE PARIS. WE CAN ALREADY HEAR THE MUSIC PUMPING INSIDE. IT SOUNDS LIKE A REAL PARTY INSIDE. HOPEFULLY IT WILL STILL BE A PARTY FOR THE BLACK FANS WHEN THEY KICK OFF, THE FIRST QUARTER-FINAL AND ABOUT AN HOURS TIME. THEY HAVE HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY RUN, THEY BEAT CANADA ON THE FIRST DAY, THEN THE BEAT CHINA AND TODAY THEY BEAT FIJI. HOPEFULLY A ANOTHER BIG WIN FOR THE BLACK FANS SEVENS TODAY, AND THE QUARTER-FINALS. BUT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN WHEN IT COMES TO KNOCKOUT RUGBY AS WE FOUND OUT WHAT THE MEN. FINGERS CROSSED. COMMONWEALTH GAMES MOUNTAIN BIKING CHAMPION SAM GAZE HAS FINISHED SIXTH IN THE OLYMPIC CROSS COUNTRY EVENT TODAY. THE RACE CAME DOWN TO A BUMPING DUEL BETWEEN FRENCHMAN VICTOR KORETSKY AND DEFENDING CHAMPION TOM PIDCOCK. THE BRITISH STAR CLEARING AWAY FOR A WIN THAT WASN'T WELL RECEIVED BY THE LOCALS. TOM PIDCOCK WILL CROSS THE FINISH LINE IN PARIS AS A DOUBLE GOLD MEDALLIST. YEAH, IT WAS A HARD DAY. UM, YEAH. PRETTY ZONKED OUT MENTALLY NOW. I'M STILL COMING TO TERMS WITH THE RACE IT WAS. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A SIGN THAT I EMPTIED MYSELF. AND REGARDLESS OF THE RESULT, I CAN ONLY BE CONTENT WITH THE FACT THAT I LEFT EVERYTHING OUT THERE. AND WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM SAM GAZE IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. WOMEN'S DOUBLES PAIRING OF LULU SUN AND ERIN ROUTLIFFE HAVE MADE A QUICK EXIT IN PARIS. COMBINING FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE KIWI PAIR TOOK ON THE VASTLY EXPERIENCED ITALIAN PLAYERS JASMINE PAOLINI AND SARA ERRANI. THE THIRD SEEDS PROVING SIMPLY TOO SLICK, WINNING IN STRAIGHT SETS TO END NEW ZEALAND'S OLYMPIC TENNIS CAMPAIGN. OLYMPIC ORGANISERS ARE CONFIDENT TONIGHT'S MEN'S TRIATHLON WILL INCLUDE A SWIM LEG, DESPITE CONCERNS OVER THE STATE OF THE RIVER SEINE. RAIN IN PARIS OVER THE WEEKEND LOWERED THE WATER QUALITY OF THE RIVER, FORCING THE CANCELLATION OF PRACTICE SESSIONS TO ALLOW ATHLETES TO FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH THE COURSE. WHILE THERE IS A PLAN B, OFFICIALS EXPECT THE EVENT WILL GO AHEAD AS PLANNED. TRANSLATOR: WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO COPE, INCLUDING WITH THESE TYPES OF EXTREME ADVERSE SCENARIOS WITH JUST A LITTLE DELAY SO THAT THE RESILIENCE AND THE EFFECTIVENESS, THE EFFICIENCY OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PUT IN PLACE SO THE ENTIRE PLAN THAT WE HAVE CAN LEAD ITS FULL EFFECT, SO WILL TAKE JUST A FEW MORE HOURS OF ADJUSTMENT. THE MEN'S EVENT GETS UNDERWAY AT 6pm TONIGHT, WITH HAYDEN WILDE ONE OF THE FAVOURITES. VANDALS HAVE CUT TELECOMMUNICATIONS LINES IN FRANCE IN WHAT AUTHORITIES SUSPECT WERE ACTS OF SABOTAGE. FIBRE OPTIC CABLES WERE CUT AT SIX DIFFERENT SITES IN FRANCE, AFFECTING INTERNET CONNECTIONS. IT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE COUNTRY'S HIGH-SPEED RAIL NETWORK WAS ATTACKED LAST WEEK, ON THE EVE OF THE OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY. AN ACTIVIST FROM A FRENCH ULTRA LEFT-WING MOVEMENT WAS ARRESTED AT A RAIL SITE IN RELATION TO LAST WEEK'S ATTACKS. A BOY (17) HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER A STABBING IN ENGLAND THAT'S LEFT AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE INJURED. THAT'S LEFT AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE DEAD AND AT LEAST NINE INJURED. THE ATTACK HAPPENED AT A YOGA AND DANCE PARTY FOR CHILDREN IN THE TOWN OF SOUTHPORT. WITNESSES DESCRIBING THE HORROR AT THE SCENE. THERE'S A FEW PARENTS AROUND. I'VE HEARD WAILING AND SCREAMING PRETTY MUCH ALL AFTERNOON. I HAVE PARENTS COMING LATER TO PICK KIDS UP AND ONLY REALLY FINDING OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. POLICE SAY THE INCIDENT IS NOT BEING TREATED AS TERROR RELATED AND THERE IS NO WIDER RISK TO THE PUBLIC. A SECOND GROUP OF NEW ZEALAND FIRE FIGHTERS ARE BEING DEPLOYED TO HELP BATTLE WILDFIRES IN CANADA. 21 PERSONNEL WILL FLY OUT AT 10.30 THIS MORNING FOR ALBERTA WHERE MORE THAN 100 FIRES ARE BURNING ACROSS THE PROVINCE. 800 FIRES ARE CURRENTLY BURNING ACROSS CANADA. THE FOUR FIVE-PERSON FIREFIGHTING CREWS, WHICH INCLUDE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION STAFF, WILL BE DEPLOYED FOR AROUND FIVE WEEKS. THEY'VE BEING WARNED TO EXPECT CHALLENGING CONDITIONS, WITH HEAT WARNINGS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SPREAD AND INTENSITY OF THE FIRES. 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 OTAGO AND ORANGE HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS IN THE SOUTH CANTERBURY HIGH COUNTRY AND IN THE HILLS OF EASTERN OTAGO. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` BIT OF A DRIZZLY DAY THROUGH HERE. OTHERWISE, IT'LL BE PARTLY CLOUDY FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE REGION. 18 THE HIGH FOR WHANGAREI. FURTHER SOUTH ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU HERE TOO. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS, WITH LIGHT WINDS. 16 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND HAMILTON. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT LESS WET HERE. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THE REGION, WITH SOME SOUTHERLIES FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. 17 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS 17 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` RAINY START FOR MOST OF YOU WHICH WILL GET STRONG BEFORE MIDDAY IN WELLINGTON. THIS WILL EASE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST. 18 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` PARTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH SOME SHOWERS FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, YOU'LL BE GETTING SOME STRONG GALES TODAY. A HIGH OF 15 FOR WESTPORT. HEADING SOUTH ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE TOO. RAIN THIS MORNING IN OAMARU. CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 10 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME STRONG SOUTHERLIES IN MILFORD SOUND. ELSEWHERE, THERE'LL BE RAINY PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST. 8 THE HIGH FOR DUNEDIN. A FINANCIAL MENTOR IS BRACING FOR AN INFLUX OF CLIENTS WINDING UP IN DEBT SPIRALS AS NEW LENDING REGULATIONS COME IN TOMORROW. THE GOVERNMENT IS LOOSENING WHAT IT CALLS 'OVERLY PRESCRIPTIVE' AFFORDABILITY CHECKS, CLAIMING ADDITIONAL LAWS BROUGHT IN IN 2021 CREATED AN EXCESSIVE BARRIER TO LENDING. BUT DAVID VERRY, FROM NORTH HARBOUR BUDGETING SERVICES, FEARS THE CHANGES WILL REOPEN THE DOOR FOR LOAN SHARKS. HE JOINS US NOW. GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. OVERALL, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THESE NEW CHANGES? THE CHANGES ARE TAKING AWAY THE REGULATIONS THAT WE HAD. BASICALLY ARE LOOKING TO STRENGTHEN WHAT WE HAVE AS THE RESPONSIBLE LENDING CODE. THE REGULATIONS WERE CERTAIN LAWS THAT PEOPLE HAD TO ABIDE BY. THIS NEW THING IS JUST A GUIDE. LENDERS ARE NOT BOUND TO RUN BY WHAT IS IN THE CODE. PEOPLE HAVE ADAPTED TO THE REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN PLACE FOR ABOUT 3 TO 4 YEARS, BUT AGAIN TAKING THOSE REGULATIONS AWAY WE THINK THAT LENDERS ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO THEIR OWN WAYS, PERHAPS CARRY ON WITH SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE HAVE HAD AND STILL PROVIDE UNAFFORDABLE LOANS TO PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO GET INTO HARDSHIP. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER LENDERS ARE ASSESSING AS THE PERSON CAN AFFORD THE LOAN. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS NOW THAT THOSE CHECKS WERE ARDUOUS AND TOOK MORE TIME AND THEREFORE WAS SAYING THAT WE DO NOT NEED THOSE, ACTUALLY LENDERS CAN DO THAT THEMSELVES. THAT IS AN ISSUE? YES. WE SAY AND MATT HAVE TAKEN A BIT MORE TIME FOR SOME OF THOSE LOANS, BUT LET'S GET IT RIGHT IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE OTHER THING WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT SOMETIMES IT JUST ADDS TO THE SIZE OF THE LOANS, AND LET'S MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET THOSE LOANS. WHILE SOMETIMES THOSE SMALLER, HIGH INTEREST LOANS BECOME THE TIPPING POINT. THEY ARE THE TIPPING POINT BETWEEN SOMEONE BEING ABLE TO AFFORD THEIR RENT AND FOOD, AND NOT. PEOPLE WILL MAKE A DECISION TO PAY ALONE WHEN THEY SHOULD BE MAKING OTHER ESSENTIAL PAYMENTS. IT IS BASED ON NEED, RIGHT? IT IS, YES. I LOOK AT THE REGULATIONS. I PUT THEM AKIN TO HAVING SPEED LIMITS. WE HAVE SPEED LIMITS IN PLACE TO PROTECT PEOPLE. THEY PROTECT PEOPLE FROM OTHER PEOPLE BUT ALSO FROM THEMSELVES. WE TAKE AWAY THE SPEED LIMIT, LET'S SAY WE MAKE THE SPEED LIMIT, WILL LEAVE IT UP TO THE LENDERS TO SET THEIR OWN INTERNAL ROLES, BUT IT IS NO LONGER A LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENT, WE CAN GO OUT ONTO THE ROADS AND IF WE THINK IT IS SAFE TO GO A HIGHER SPEED WE WILL DO THAT. THAT IS THE WAY WE ARE LOOKING AT THE CODE AS OPPOSED TO IT BEING REGULATION. WE HAVE HAD YOU ON OUR PROGRAM A NUMBER OF TIMES AND I CAN TELL JUST BY YOU STANDING HERE, AND YOUR VOICE, THAT THIS IS VERY CONCERNING FOR YOU. WHY IS THAT? WHAT YOU THINK FROM YOUR CLIENTS? WE WERE APPALLED WHEN THESE CHANGES WERE SUGGESTED. IT HAS OCCURRED AND A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE CONSULTATION PERIOD WAS VERY TRUNCATED. WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE UNAFFORDABLE LENDING AND ARE IN DIRE HARDSHIP. WE ARE THINKING THAT IN THE NEXT 6 TO 12 MONTHS WITH THE RELAXATION, GOING FROM REGULATION AND TO A CODE AS A BACKWARDS STEP IN TERMS OF CONSUMER PROTECTION FROM OUR VIEWPOINT. I AM TALKING ON BEHALF OF 900 FINANCIAL MENTORS AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE ARE ALL APPALLED. BUDGET SERVICES ARE UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE IS AT THE MOMENT. OUR WORRY IS THAT AND 6012 MONTHS, AS WE START TO SEE MORE AND MORE OF THESE CASES COME THROUGH, WHICH IS GOING TO HAPPEN IT IS INEVITABLE. MORE PRESSURE ON THE BUDGETING SERVICES, MORE PRESSURE PARTICULARLY ON THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN UP THAT UNAFFORDABLE LENDING AND MORE PRESSURE ON HOMES. WE ALREADY SEE PEOPLE UNDER PRESSURE IMMENSE PRESSURE WITH THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS. WE ARE GOING TO SEE PEOPLE FORCED INTO` SOMETIMES IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM THEMSELVES AS MUCH AS ANYTHING ELSE. THE MINISTER FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS SAID THEY ARE ONLY REMOVING THE HIGHLY PRESCRIPTIVE REGULATIONS, AND THEY TAKE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH REGARDLESS OF THE LOAN SIZE. THERE WILL BE SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS FOR LENDERS WHO DO NOT PROPERLY ASSESS AFFORDABILITY, HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE CODE THERE. THE CODE AS A GUIDE. THEY ARE TAKING AWAY THE REGULATIONS WHICH REALLY HAS TEETH. THEY ARE REPLACING THAT WITH, ' STRENGTHENING THE CODE'. THE CODE IS NOT BINDING. I STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT FROM THE MINISTER. OVERALL YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THESE CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE GOOD FOR CONSUMERS? YES THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE FOR CONSUMERS. ANOTHER THING THAT IS QUITE UNUSUAL, GOING AWAY FROM REGULATIONS TO A RESPONSIBLE LENDING CODE. AND THEN ON 1 JULY, THE RESERVE BANK MADE CHANGES WHICH BROUGHT IN MORE REGULATION ON LENDERS. I DID NOT HAVE A MINISTER CRITICISING THE RESERVE BANK FOR GOING DOWN THAT ROUTE. SO WE SEEM TO HAVE SOME THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF BALANCE. WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WE'LL HAVE ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IN WHAT HAPPENED IN THE OLYMPICS OVERNIGHT. (FRENCH MUSIC PLAYS) IT WAS THE SHOWDOWN THAT HAD BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR DAYS. NOVAK DJOKOVIC WENT UP HEAD TO HEAD AGAINST RAFAEL NADAL IN HIS FINAL EVER TOURNAMENT IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE OLYMPICS AT ROLAND GARROS OVERNIGHT. CHRIS CHANG WENT TO CHECK OUT THE GRAND SLAM CLASH. MORENA, CHRIS. WELCOME TO ROLAND GARRIS. HOME OF ONE OF THE FOUR MAJOR TOURNAMENTS. TELL OF THE SUPERSTARS OF NOT JUST TENNIS BUT THIS GAMES, SIMONE BILES AND THE BRON JAMES AS WELL. THE CROWD LOVED THE GAME. THEY HAVE 146 MAJORS BETWEEN THEM. NOT QUITE SO EXCITING, THOUGH. THE NEW ZEALAND PAIR HAD A LOSS. BECAUSE THE FIRST GAME WENT QUITE QUICKLY, AND THE GAME ON THE OTHER COURT WENT SLOWLY, CENTRE COURT OPENED UP FOR THE NEW ZEALANDERS. THEY WERE NEVER MEANT TO PLAY HERE. BECAUSE OF THE SCHEDULING CHANGES, THEY PLAYED ON CENTRE COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR CAREERS. THEY LOST TO THE ITALIAN PAIR. WE GOT THERE REACTION AFTER THE GAME. YEAH, IT'S A BIT FRUSTRATING, BUT THAT'S TENNIS. USUALLY IT ALWAYS... LAST MINUTE MIXAROUND WITH SCHEDULES, AND SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO ADAPT WELL. I THINK EXPERIENCE WON TODAY. OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE A VERY EXPERIENCED TEAM AND THEY PLAY A LOT TOGETHER, AND WE'RE STILL LEARNING ABOUT EACH OTHER. AND I THINK TODAY WE LEARNED A LOT, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE EVEN BETTER NEXT TIME. ON THE TENNIS WORLD YOU DO NOT HAVE TIME TO DWELL ON YOUR LOSSES, YOU HAVE TO MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ONE. THEY ARE FLYING OUT TO TORONTO FOR A TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK. THINGS MOVE ON QUICKLY. WE HAVE HAD TO BE A LITTLE BIT PATIENT HERE ON DAY THREE, WE THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE A CHANCE AND THE BMX. WE CAME AT 16, HE HAD A GOOD RACE, HE WAS CLOSE TO THOSE PODIUM POSITIONS FOR A WHILE BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE FELL SHORT. MY START WAS PRETTY UNFORTUNATE AND JUST TRIED TO STAY CALM AND COME BACK FROM THERE. BUT YEAH, ONCE TOM MADE HIS INITIAL MOVE, THEN I TRIED TO FOLLOW AND GET MY OWN SPEED BACK. AND THEN, YEAH, WHEN I WENT AFTER ALAN HEFFLEY ON MY OWN, THERE I KNEW THAT I HAD TO RIDE FRESH IF I WANTED TO CONTINUE ON TO THE MEDALS. I JUST DIDN'T HAVE IT THERE. AND, YEAH, MY LAST... MY LAST YEAR FOR MY LAST HOPE WAS THAT I COULD FOLLOW TOM WHEN HE CAME BACK FROM HIS FLAT TIRE, AND I WAS UNABLE TO AS WELL WITH THE LEGS THAT I HAD TODAY. SO THAT WAS WHEN IT WAS LOST. I KNOW YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO FOCUSES ON YOUR OWN RACE, BUT CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT TIM PIDCOCK? WHAT MAKES HIM SUCH A FREAK, TO HAVE WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE AND THEN COME BACK THROUGH THE FIELD LIKE THAT? YEAH. I MEAN, HE WAS JUST BORN FOR MOUNTAIN BIKING. HE'S 55kg AND A PUNCHY RIDER. AND THE EXPLOSIVE EFFORTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE HEAT, JUST SUCH AN ADVANTAGE AT THAT WEIGHT. SO... AND OBVIOUSLY HE'S WORLD CLASS. HE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE WHAT HE'S DONE IN THE BIKE AND WIN A STAGE OF THE TOUR AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS IF HE WASN'T CLASS. SO COMING TO TERMS WITH IT A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, LIKE, I FELT LIKE I HAD MY DAY OF REDEMPTION, AND I FELT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE IN MY FULL STRENGTH AGAIN SINCE THOSE DARK DAYS. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UH... JUST TO FEEL AT ONCE IS WHAT I WANTED. AND I MANAGED TO DO THAT. SO, (SIGHS) UM, I NEED TO STOP CRYING. YEAH. AND SO TODAY WAS SORT OF THE DAY THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN I WAS IN THOSE PLACES AND TRYING TO DRAG MYSELF OUT, AND IT JUST WASN'T MEANT TO BE, UM... AND I GOT TO BE HAPPY, YOU KNOW? I GOT TO BE CONTENT. I AM VERY FORTUNATE TO LIVE THE LIFE THAT I LIVE AND VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE THAT I DO. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT MAYBE I TOOK FOR GRANTED WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. AND NOW, YOU KNOW, I CAN REALLY BE GRATEFUL FOR THESE THINGS. IS IT TOO SOON TO ASK ABOUT LA IN 2028? NO. YEAH. I MEAN, I'LL BE... I ALREADY AM GETTING OLD BONES, BUT I'LL BE EVEN OLDER AT THAT POINT. BUT I KNOW I CAN DO THIS. I KNOW I CAN BECOME AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION. I KNOW IT'S... I KNOW IT'S THE POSSIBILITY. SO I'LL KEEP TRYING. AND, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS? IF IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE, THEN IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S, UH... (SIGHS) YEAH. WHEN I LEFT WHEN I WAS DEPRESSED, I PROMISED DAD I CAME BACK AS A WORLD CHAMPION. I MANAGED TO DO THAT. (SHAKILY) AND I PROMISEED LAST TIME I WAS IN NEW ZEALAND TO BECOME AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION. AND I CAN'T KEEP THAT. BUT I INTEND TO KEEP THAT IN FOUR YEARS TIME. I CAN ALMOST HEAR YOU DANIEL, BEING IMPATIENT, YOU WANT TO SEE SOME MEDALS. MEI MAY BRING US SOME INFORMATION. I AM GOING TO BE YOUR GLIMMER OF HOPE, DANIEL, NOT ME PERSONALLY. MAYBE THE BLACK FANS SEVENS TEAM MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE THE DAY. YOU MAY HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT THE QUARTER-FINALS WILL BE AN HOUR ABOUT AN HOURS TIME. YOU CAN HEAR THAT DOOF DOOF MUSIC BEHIND ME. THE STADIUM IS KICKING IT OFF AND THE CROWD IS EXPECTED TO BE EPIC FOR WHAT WILL BE A PRETTY BIG MATCHUP BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND CHINA. I MUST SAY THAT NEW ZEALAND IS LOOKING GOOD HEADING INTO IT. THANKS VERY MUCH. THE GAME IS AT ABOUT 35 MINUTES TIME. DO NOT FORGET THAT WE COULD HAVE A MIDDLE CHANCE COMING UP TOMORROW MORNING, HAYDEN WILDE GETTING INTO THE TRIATHLON. SWIMMING AND THE RUNNER THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT. MEDALS COULD BE COMING. YOUR PATIENCE WILL BE REWARDED, TEAM. I AM BEING VERY PATIENT. THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE THAT WE PUT ON OUR ATHLETES. DANIEL HAS ALREADY STARTED SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. I HAVE NOT HAD THE ANTHEM FOR ALMOST 3 DAYS. I HAVE STARTED TO WALK AROUND THE STUDIO SINGING IT BECAUSE I AM THAT IMPATIENT. MANIFEST IT, MANIFEST IT. IT WILL COME IT WILL COME. I LIKE THE WAY YOU FLIP THAT, CHRIS. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE, IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS ARE GETTING SET FOR THEIR QUARTER-FINALS. WE'LL MEET ONE OF THE PARTNER'S CHEERING THE TEAM ON IN PARIS SHORTLY. (FRENCH MUSIC) 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 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. GFX 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. THOSE ARE DELICIOUS. THEY ARE. GO TO THE WEBSITE ` DON'T EMAIL US. DON'T GO ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. WE ARE GOING TO GET TO THE NEWS SHORTLY, BUT COMING UP AFTER YOUR WEATHER, I CAUGHT UP WITH RENE WITT CLIFF WHO IS THE WIFE OF PORTIA WOODMAN-WITT CLIFF WHO IS RETIRING FROM INTERNATIONAL SPORT AFTER THE OLYMPICS, SO OBVIOUSLY THE SEVENTH GET UNDERWAY SHORTLY. RENE HAS BEEN CATCHING UP WITH HER WIFE IN THE TEAM BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAMES THAT THEY HAVE PLAYED, SO WE'RE GOING TO GET AN INSIGHT FROM A WHANAU MEMBER AND HOW SHE SAYS THAT PORTIA IS SOAKING UP EVERYTHING AS SHE COMES TO THE END OF HER INTERNATIONAL CAREER. AND MAYBE TOMORROW WE COULD ALL BE SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. HOW GREAT WOULD THAT BE, DANIEL? (SIGHS) THE WEIGHT HAS BEEN TOO LONG. OUR WOMEN'S SEVENS TEAM IN PARIS WILL BE BACK IN ACTION IN HALF AN HOUR AS THE OLYMPIC COMPETITION MOVES TO THE QUARTER-FINAL STAGES. THEY'LL WILL FACE CHINA WHO THEY EASILY DISPOSED OF IN THEIR OPENING POOL MATCH YESTERDAY. EARLIER THIS MORNING, THE DEFENDING GOLD MEDALLISTS RAN RAMPANT AGAINST THE FIJIAN WOMEN. THEY SCORED SIX TRIES, WINNING 38-7 TO SET UP THE REMATCH WITH THE CHINESE SIDE IN THE FIRST OF THE QUARTER-FINALS AT STADE DE FRANCE. ANOTHER TOP-10 FINISH FOR NEW ZEALAND IN MOUNTAIN BIKING TODAY, WITH SAM GAZE SIXTH IN THE MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY. JORDAN OPPERT SPOKE TO HIM AFTER THE RACE. IT'S BEEN A HEARTBREAKING FINISH TO SAM GAZE'S OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN, COMING SIXTH OUT OF 36 RIDERS OUT HERE IN ELANCOURT TODAY. HE WAS IN THE HUNT FOR A MEDAL AT ONE POINT ` AROUND THE HALFWAY MARK, HE WAS ACTUALLY UP AROUND THIRD, BUT THE CONDITIONS AND THE OTHER RIDERS GOT THE BETTER OF HIM TODAY. IT'S 31 DEGREES OUT HERE. THE MEDIA COULDN'T EVEN SIT IN THE TRIBUNE OF AFFAIRS ` THEIR LAPTOPS, THEIR PHONES OR THEIR POWER BANKS WOULD BLOW UP ` BUT ALSO SAM MENTIONED THE PACE. IT WAS HOT FROM THE GET-GO, AND UNFORTUNATELY HE JUST DIDN'T QUITE GET THE START HE WAS AFTER. SO IT ENDED UP BEING A REALLY ATTRITIONAL RACE. EVERYONE WAS QUITE EMPTIED, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF DEAD BODIES OUT THERE, BUT, YEAH... I STILL COULD DO ONE SPEED THE WHOLE TIME, AND I COULDN'T LIFT THAT, BUT I COULD STILL FINISH STRONG. AND THAT WAS, YEAH, THE SLIVER LINING, I GUESS. VETERAN RIDER TIM PRICE HAS FARED THE BEST OF THE NEW ZEALAND EQUESTRIAN TEAM IN THE EVENTING, WHICH WOUND UP THIS MORNING. PRICE IMPROVED TWO PLACES IN THE SHOWJUMPING TO FINISH SIXTH. THAT HELPED THE TEAM TO EIGHTH PLACE OVERALL BEHIND ENGLAND. IT'S 12 YEARS SINCE NEW ZEALAND LAST WON AN OLYMPIC EQUESTRIAN MEDAL. AND NEW ZEALAND'S MADE A QUICK EXIT OUT OF THE TENNIS PROGRAMME IN PARIS. THE WOMEN'S DOUBLES PAIRING OF LULU SUN AND ERIN ROUTLIFFE BEATEN IN STRAIGHT SETS BY THE THIRD SEEDED ITALIAN DUO. THE NEW ZEALAND 49er CREW REMAIN ON TOP AFTER TWO DAYS OF SAILING. ISAAC MCHARDIE AND WILLIAM MCKENZIE BAGGING TWO MORE RACE WINS, ALONG WITH AN EIGHTH PLACE. THEY LEAD THE FLEET WITH A FIVE-POINT BUFFER AT THE HALF WAY POINT OF THE REGATTA. TWO CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A STABBING IN NORTHWEST ENGLAND. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT A CHILDREN'S DANCE AND YOGA PARTY IN THE TOWN OF SOUTHPORT. SIX OTHER CHILDREN AND TWO ADULTS ARE ALSO IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. A BOY (17) HAS BEEN ARRESTED, POLICE SAY THE INCIDENT IS NOT BEING TREATED AS TERROR RELATED. AT LEAST 140 PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN INJURED AFTER A TRAIN CRASHED INTO A TRUCK AND DERAILED IN RUSSIA. IT'S BELIEVED THE TRUCK DROVE ONTO THE TRACKS DESPITE THE SIGNAL BEING ON. AT LEAST 800 PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD THE TRAIN, WITH MORE THAN 50 HOSPITALISED. RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING IF THERE WAS ANY CRIMINAL WRONGDOING. A FINANCIAL MENTOR IS BRACING FOR AN INFLUX OF CLIENTS IN DEBT SPIRALS, AS NEW LENDING REGULATIONS TAKE EFFECT THIS WEEK. THE GOVERNMENT IS LOOSENING WHAT IT CALLS 'OVERLY PRESCRIPTIVE' AFFORDABILITY CHECKS, CLAIMING ADDITIONAL LAWS BROUGHT IN IN 2021 CREATED AN EXCESSIVE BARRIER TO LENDING. DAVID VERRY FROM NORTH HARBOUR BUDGETING SERVICES FEARS THE CHANGES WILL SEE AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE IN DEBT. WHAT WE'RE THINKING IS THAT IN THE NEXT SIX TO 12 MONTHS WITH THE RELAX` WE CALL IT THE RELAXATION ` GOING FROM REGULATION TO JUST INTO A CODE, OR STRENGTHENING THE CODE, IS A BACKWARD STEP IN TERMS OF CONSUMER PROTECTION, FROM OUR VIEWPOINT. AND I'M TALKING ON BEHALF OF 900 FINANCIAL MENTORS IN THE COUNTRY. WE'RE ALL APPALLED BY WHERE THIS IS GOING. COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS MINISTER ANDREW BAYLY SAYS THE GOVERNMENT IS REMOVING 11 PAGES OF REGULATIONS. AND FINALLY, BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE HAVE BEEN FOUND IN A RATHER UNUSUAL PLACE ` A SHIPWRECK. POLISH DIVERS UNCOVERED THE STASH IN A WRECK IN THE BALTIC SEA, OFF THE COAST OF SWEDEN. THE WRECK ALSO CONTAINED PORCELAIN AND BOTTLES OF MINERAL WATER. THE DIVERS PLAN TO SEND THE CHAMPAGNE TO THE MANUFACTURER, TO DETERMINE ITS VALUE, AND WHETHER IT'S STILL DRINKABLE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FRENCH MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. STARTING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS ` SOME WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS. THERE ARE ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS IN PLACE IN OTAGO AND ORANGE HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS IN THE SOUTH CANTERBURY HIGH COUNTRY AND IN THE HILLS OF EASTERN OTAGO. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` BIT OF A DRIZZLY DAY THROUGH HERE. SOME FUNNY TIMES AS WELL. SUNNY* IT'LL BE PARTLY CLOUDY FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE REGION. 18 THE HIGH FOR WHANGAREI. FURTHER SOUTH ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU HERE TOO. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS, WITH LIGHT WINDS. 16 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND HAMILTON. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT LESS WET HERE. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THE REGION, WITH SOME SOUTHERLIES FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. WE'VE GOT A HIGH OF 16 DEGREES FOR MASTERTON AND GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` RAINY START FOR MOST OF YOU WHICH WILL GET STRONG BEFORE MIDDAY IN WELLINGTON. THIS WILL EASE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST. AND 14 IS THE HIGH ALSO FOR WELLINGTON. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` PARTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH SOME SHOWERS FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, YOU'LL BE GETTING SOME STRONG GALES TODAY. A HIGH OF 15 FOR WESTPORT. HEADING SOUTH ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE TOO. RAIN THIS MORNING IN OAMARU. CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 10 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME STRONG SOUTHERLIES IN MILFORD SOUND. ELSEWHERE, THERE'LL BE RAINY PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST. 8 THE HIGH FOR DUNEDIN. THANKS, WENDY. ME U TONU MAI ` HAVE YOU GOT THE ICK ABOUT THE BOOP? DON'T BE CONFUSED, THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE NEW WORDS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY. ICK AND BOOP. WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT AN ICK AND BOOP MEAN, BECAUSE WE HAVE NO IDEA. KIA ORA ANO. PLENTY OF WHANAU AND FRIENDS HAVE MADE THEIR WAY TO PARIS TO CHEER ON OUR OLYMPIC ATHLETES. ONE OF THOSE, THE WIFE OF RETIRING BLACK FERNS SEVENS STAR PORTIA WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE. THAT WOULD BE RENEE. JUST FYI, THE CONNECTION IS A BIT ROPEY. I CAUGHT UP WITH RENEE, AN HOUR OUT FROM NEW ZEALAND'S QUARTER-FINAL CLASH AGAINST CHINA THIS MORNING, AND BEGAN BY ASKING ABOUT THE ATMOSPHERE AT STADE DE FRANCE. IT IS SO CRAZY. THE ATMOSPHERE IS UNBELIEVABLE. IF YOU HAD SEEN, I THINK IT'S 66,000 PEOPLE IN THE STADIUM, SO BEING A PART OF THAT IS JUST HUGE. OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU ARE IN NEW ZEALAND, YOU LOVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WINE AND BEER AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT THERE IS NONE OF THAT HERE. IT IS SUCH AN AMAZING FEELING, AND EVERYONE IS JUST UP AGAINST, CHEERING FOR THEIR TEAM, AND IT IS HUGE. I LOVE IT. YOU CAUGHT UP WITH THE GIRLS AFTER THEIR GAME THIS MORNING AGAINST FIJI. HOW IS THE TEAM, HOW IS PORTIA? SHE IS EXCITED. SHE IS AND PAYING FOR EVERY GAME. SHE HAS BEEN ENJOYING EVERYONE IN HER TEAM, JUST BEING AMONGST IT ALL, AND JUST SOAKING EVERYTHING IN LIKE IT'S HER FIRST. I THINK IT'S PROFESSIONAL. HAVING HER WHANAU THERE. IN TOKYO, THERE WAS NONE OF THAT. JUST HAVING HER WHANAU IN THE STADIUM, THERE'S A LOT OF US HERE, SHE IS LOVING IT AND SOAKING IT ALL IN AND ENJOYING IT. I AM THINKING ABOUT YOUR HISTORY WITH RUGBY, THREE TIMES WORLD CUP WINNER ` HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS HOW THE SEVENTH GIRLS ARE GOING? DO YOU THINK THEY WILL GO ALL THE WAY? 100%. I'VE SEEN THEM WORK AT HOME. I DROP OFF PORTIA'S LUNCH, AND I SAID THEY'RE WORKING ON THE FIELD, AND THEY ARE DYING. SO I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE THE BACKGROUND OF THE HARD WORK THEY PUT IN. I'M NOT SAYING OTHER TEAMS DON'T DO THAT, BUT I KNOW THEY'VE GOT IT, AND I FEEL LIKE I JUST KNOW THEM INSIDE AND OUT, SO WE ALL BELIEVE THEM, AND ALTHOUGH WHANAU IS HERE TO SUPPORT THEM 100%. THERE IS DEFINITELY GOLD JUST THERE. IT IS RIGHT THERE, BUT IT IS GOING TO TAKE EVERY GAME AS IT COMES. INCREDIBLE. RENEE WHITCLIFFE WHO IS HERSELF A THREE-TIME WORLD CHAMPION, JOINING US THIS MORNING. THOUSANDS OF NEW WORDS AND PHRASES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY THIS YEAR, INCLUDING 'CHEF'S KISS', AND 'IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW'. WHAT IS THAT? IYKYK. OH. SEE, IT HAS JUST DROPPED. THE LATEST ADDITIONS ARE ALREADY POPULAR ONLINE AND AMONG GEN-Z, AND NOW IT'S THOUGHT THEY MIGHT HAVE STAYING POWER, AND PERHAPS EVEN BECOME PART OF OUR EVERYDAY VERNACULAR. JOINING ME NOW TO EXPLAIN A FEW OF THESE NEW PHRASES, WAIKATO UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN LINGUISTICS ANDREEA CALUDE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. EVERY GENERATION WANTS TO PUT THEIR OWN LINGUISTIC SPIN ON OUR LANGUAGE, AND THIS IS NO DIFFERENT. MORENA, JENNY MAY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. AS PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE MODERN THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT. AND SOCIAL MEDIA KIND OF EXPEDIA EIGHTH THE USE OF WORDS, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU LOGON, AND YOU ARE HEARING ALL OF THESE NEW WORDS ALL THE TIME. YES. IT SPREADS REALLY QUICKLY. WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT SOME OF THE WORDS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED LIKE CHEFS CARES, PEOPLE MIGHT NOT REALISE THAT WE HAD THIS FOR A LONG TIME, WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE A WORD FOR IT. SO CHEFS CASE ACTUALLY COMES FROM ITALIAN, AND IT IS THIS ACTION. (SMOOCHES) AND IT IS SOMETHING PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING EVER SINCE A LONG TIME AGO. IT WAS POPULARISED BY THE SWEDISH CHEF. SO IT WAS POPULARISED IN PREVIOUS DECADES, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A WORD FOR IT. I LIKE THAT. I LIKE THE THINKING BEHIND IT. THERE ARE SOME OTHER WORDS AS WELL THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH ` IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, THAT IS JUST SHORTENED TO IYKYK. IT AS AN ABBREVIATION, IT IS OFTEN USED AS A HASHTAG ON SOCIAL MEDIA. PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR LANGUAGE? CAN PEOPLE NOT USEFUL WORDS ANY MORE? WE HAVE A LOT OF ABBREVIATIONS AND OUR LANGUAGE. IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND WE HAVE EFTPOS. MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALISE THAT THAT IS AN ABBREVIATION. WE USE IT AS A WORD, SO WHY NOT? INDEED. WHY NOT. ONE MORE I WANT TO HAVE A LOOK AT IS BACKREAD. THAT IS AN INTERESTING ONE AND CONNECTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA. WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHEN YOU ARE BACK READING? YOU ARE SCROLLING THROUGH OLD POSTS AND TRYING TO PIECE YOUR WAY THROUGH WHERE YOU ARE NOW. AGAIN, IT MIGHT LOOK A BIT ODD. IT IS A COMPOUND, BACK AND READ. IT IS NOT A NEW PROCESS EITHER. WE HAVE WORDS LIKE BACKFORM WHICH IS TO MAKE NEW WORDS OUT OF OLD WORDS, AND BACK TRACK WHICH IS TO RETRACE YOUR STEPS. BACK READING IS SPECIFICALLY SCROLLING THROUGH. I ADMIT WHEN I CAME TO THIS INTERVIEW, I WAS THINKING ABOUT NEW WORDS. I ACTUALLY HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THE MEANING. AND I GUESS I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT FROM A GENERATIONAL POINT OF VIEW ` THERE IS A YOUNGER GENERATION COMING UP WITH THESE DIFFERENT TERMS FOR THINGS I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT. BUT IN ACTUAL FACT OUR CONVERSATION IS ABOUT THINGS WE USE IN OUR EVERYDAY LANGUAGE AND THE CONVERSATIONS WE ARE HAVING, BUT NOW THERE ARE JUST WORDS TO EXPLAIN THAT. ABSOLUTELY. WORDS DO NOT COME OUT OF THIN AIR. WE USE EXISTING RECOURSES IN OUR LANGUAGE TO MAKE UP NEW WORDS. THEY ARE NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT GETS SENT TO US EVERY YEAR IN A LITTLE PARCEL TO SAY THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE USING THIS YEAR. THESE ARE CREATIVELY DREDGED UP NEW WORDS THAT WE ARE NEEDING IN OUR MODERN LIVES. SO THEY ARE LINKED TO EXISTING WORDS, AND WE CAN EVEN PREDICT WHAT I GOING TO BE THE NEW WORDS, BUT ONCE WE DO GET THE NEW WORDS, WE CAN LOOK BACK AND GO, THESE ARE WHETHER NEW WORDS CAME FROM, BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING PUT TOGETHER IN NOVEL WAYS. I HAVE A GOOD FRIEND WHO WANTS TO ASK A QUESTION. THIS ASKING A QUESTION FOR A FRIEND. BOOP ` WHAT ON EARTH DOES BOOP MEAN? IT IS WHEN YOU TAP SOMEONE ON THE SHOULDER. LIKE THAT. YOU'RE DOING IT. JUST TAP SOMEONE ON THE SHOULDER? AS IT BOOP OR BOO? WITH A P. BUT WHY CAN'T WE JUST SAY I NUDGE YOU. I KNOW JEW. I NUDGE YOU* CAN BE HUMOROUS. OR YOU COULD BOOP THEM AND SAY, HEY. I JUST BOOPED THEM. AND IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW. I AM FROM A GENERATION THAT IS OLD SCHOOL. IS THAT NOT JUST LAZY? WELL, IT IS SHORTHAND. IT IS SHORTHAND. IS IT? AND YOU KNOW WHAT IS REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT IYKYK, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY SEE THIS ABBREVIATION, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT STANDS FOR, IT KIND OF REFERENCES ITSELF. I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT IT STANDS FOR AND IMMEDIATELY RECOGNISE IT AND A PART OF THE IN GROUP THAT RECOGNISES IT, OR YOU ARE NOT. THAT IS CLEVER. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BOOP? IF YOU SEE SOMEONE WHO SAYS IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW IN THE ACRONYM, AND YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU ARE OUTSIDE. THAT IS THE PROBLEM ` I HAVE BOYS BEEN OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE TRYING TO FIT IN. DO YOU HAVE A WORD THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE PUT INTO THE CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY? LET US KNOW. E HAERE AKE NEI ` LOCALS ARE SAYING 'NO' TO GOLD IN GOLDEN BAY. WE MEET THE COMMUNITY FIGHTING TO PROTECT THEIR SPRING FROM A PROPOSED MINE. # IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES, # DOES IT ALMOST FEEL LIKE NOTHING CHANGED AT ALL? THERE ARE FEARS ARSENIC COULD LEACH INTO A PROTECTED SPRING IN GOLDEN BAY, IF A PROPOSED GOLD MINE IS APPROVED. AUSTRALIAN COMPANY SIREN GOLD HAS BEEN INVITED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO FAST TRACK AN APPLICATION TO MINE NEAR TE WAIKORO-PUPU SPRINGS, WHICH ARE UNDER A WATER CONSERVATION ORDER. 24,000 HAVE NOW SIGNED A PETITION BY THE 'SAVE OUR SPRINGS' CAMPAIGN, PROTESTING THE FAST TRACK APPROVAL. FOR MORE, COORDINATOR KEVIN MORAN JOINS US NOW. MORENA! GOOD MORNING. WHEN THE WATER CONSERVATION ORDER WAS ISSUED IN OCTOBER, DID YOU THINK THAT THIS WAS THE END OF THIS? I WAS ELATED. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO RETIRE. SEVEN YEARS OF WORK WAS OVER. I NEVER THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS? THE MAJOR CONCERN IS THAT AT THIS MINE IS BUILT, IT IS FAST TRACKED, THERE IS A HUGE HEAP OF ARSENIC THAT WILL BE LEFT IN PERPETUITY, AND IF THEY LEAK DOWN, THEN WE ARE GOING TO LEASE THE DRINKING WATER OF GOLDEN BAY, IT WILL BE BADLY AFFECTED. BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO BE BADLY AFFECTED, THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IS GOING TO BE AFFECTED. THIS BRINGS OUR SACRED TO BOTH MAORI AND PAKEHA. THE CONCERN IS WITHTHE MINING PROCESS. WHAT ACTION WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE FROM THE GOVERNMENT? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, THE PETITION SAYS, TAKE THE WATER CONSERVATION OUT OF THE FAST TRACK PROCESS, LEAVE IT WHERE IT SHOULD BE TO PROTECT THE SPRINGS. IF YOU PROTECT THE WATER CONSERVATION ORDER, LEAVE IT ALONE. LET IT DO ITS JOB. IT IS A VERY GOOD WATER CONSERVATION ORDER. IF THAT HAPPENS, THEN WHAT WAS SET UP BY THE ORDER BY THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AND THEIR EXPERTS AND THE JUDGES, ALL THOSE PEOPLE CAN GO ABOUT THEIR WORK WITHOUT THE INTERFERENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT WITH THE FAST TRACK LEGISLATION. THE COMPANY HAS ALREADY BEEN INVITED TO MINE THE SPRINGS. HOW OPTIMISTIC ARE YOU THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL BARGE? BUDGE? THAT IS A VERY TOUGH QUESTION. I THINK THEY HAVE HURRIED IT. RATHER THAN BEING BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY, THEY HAVE PUSHED THIS AND A HURRY TO GET IT AWAY. THEY MAY PAUSE AND THINK. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN THE NATIONAL PARTY WHO HAD BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME WHO MAY SAY THAT WE MADE A BIT OF A MISTAKE HERE. AND WE NEED TO STEP BACK ON THAT. THERE IS A CHANCE. I WON'T SAY I AM OPTIMISTIC, I AM HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN. WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN? THE ARGUMENT THAT IT IS BRINGING JOBS TO THE REGION. AS IS TOTAL NONSENSE. IT IS GOING TO WRECK THE ECONOMY OF GOLDEN BAY. IT IS A REALLY UNIQUE PLACE. THAT PEOPLE DO NOT WANT IT. THE IWI DO NOT WANT IT. THE COUNCIL DON'T WANT IT. THE BUSINESS PEOPLE DO NOT WANT IT. OVERWHELMINGLY THE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT IT. IT IS GOING TO BE A COMPLETE ECONOMIC DISASTER IF THIS MIND COMES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. IN A STATEMENT TO BREAKFAST, RMA REFORM MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP SAID 'THE FAST TRACK APPROVALS BILL 'IS CURRENTLY BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, 'AND NO PROJECTS HAVE BEEN AGREED TO AS YET FOR FAST TRACK.' 'SIGMA' IS ANOTHER WORD ADDED TO THE DICTIONARY. NO IT'S NOT. IT IS IN ANOTHER DICTIONARY. WE ARE JUST GIVING THOSE WORDS TO THINGS WE TALK ABOUT ANYWAY. MY SON SAYS HE IS A COOL DUDE, A 'SIGMA'. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S WHATS COMING UP AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK. YOUR POCKET SHOULD START TO FEEL A BIT HEAVIER FROM TOMORROW, TAX CUTS ARE SET TO KICK IN. BUT DOES EVERYONE WHO IS GETTING ONE NEED ONE? WE'LL ASK THE PRIME MINISTER SHORTLY. WAIROA'S MAYOR SAYS HE'S ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED, AFTER SEEING A VIOLENT GANG ALTERCATION, AT A RUGBY MATCH OVER THE WEEKEND. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. AND THEY COULD BE THE TEAM TO IGNITE OUR MEDAL HOPES. THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS HAVE JUST BEGUN THEIR QUARTER-FINAL CLASH AGAINST CHINA, WHO THEY THRASHED YESTERDAY. WE'LL BRING YOU THAT RESULT AS IT COMES IN. BUT FOR NOW IT'S 7 O'CLOCK, HERE'S WENDY WITH THE NEWS. THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS HAVE JUST KICKED OFF THEIR OLYMPIC QUARTER-FINAL, AFTER RUNNING AWAY FROM FIJI 38-7 IN PARIS EARLIER THIS MORNING. THE SEVENS SISTERS HAD ALREADY QUALIFIED AHEAD OF THEIR FINAL POOL GAME, WITH MICHAELA BLYDE SCORING HER FIFTH TRY OF THE COMPETITION. OLYMPIC ROOKIE MANAIA NUKU CLAIMED HER FIRST, AS THE FERNS SET UP A QUARTER-FINAL CLASH WITH CHINA WHICH THEY OUTCLASSED YESTERDAY MORNING. AND A QUICK UPDATE FROM THAT QUARTER FINAL ` NEW ZEALAND'S ALREADY AHEAD, LEADING 7-0. COMMONWEALTH GAMES MOUNTAIN BIKING CHAMPION SAM GAZE HAS FINISHED SIXTH IN THE OLYMPIC CROSS COUNTRY EVENT TODAY. THE RACE CAME DOWN TO A BUMPING DUEL BETWEEN FRENCHMAN VICTOR KORETSKY AND DEFENDING CHAMPION TOM PIDCOCK. THE BRITISH STAR CLEARING AWAY FOR A WIN THAT WASN'T WELL RECEIVED BY THE LOCALS. VETERAN RIDER TIM PRICE HAS FARED THE BEST OF THE NEW ZEALAND EQUESTRIAN TEAM IN THE EVENTING, WHICH WOUND UP THIS MORNING. PRICE IMPROVED TWO PLACES IN THE SHOWJUMPING TO FINISH SIXTH. THAT HELPED THE TEAM TO EIGHTH PLACE OVERALL BEHIND ENGLAND. IT'S 12 YEARS SINCE NEW ZEALAND LAST WON AN OLYMPIC EQUESTRIAN MEDAL. WOMEN'S DOUBLES PAIRING OF LULU SUN AND ERIN ROUTLIFFE HAVE MADE A QUICK EXIT IN PARIS. COMBINING FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE KIWI PAIR TOOK ON THE VASTLY EXPERIENCED ITALIAN PLAYERS JASMINE PAOLINI AND SARA ERRANI. THE THIRD SEEDS PROVING SIMPLY TOO SLICK, WINNING IN STRAIGHT SETS TO END NEW ZEALAND'S OLYMPIC TENNIS CAMPAIGN. YEAH, IT'S A BIT FRUSTRATING, BUT THAT'S TENNIS. USUALLY IT ALWAYS... LAST MINUTE MIXAROUND WITH SCHEDULES, AND SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO ADAPT WELL. I THINK EXPERIENCE WON TODAY. OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE A VERY EXPERIENCED TEAM AND THEY PLAY A LOT TOGETHER, AND WE'RE STILL LEARNING ABOUT EACH OTHER. AND I THINK TODAY WE LEARNED A LOT, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE EVEN BETTER NEXT TIME. TWO CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A STABBING IN NORTHWEST ENGLAND. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT A CHILDREN'S DANCE AND YOGA WORKSHOP IN THE TOWN OF SOUTHPORT. A BOY (17) HAS BEEN ARRESTED. POLICE SAY THE INCIDENT IS NOT BEING TREATED AS TERROR RELATED. UK PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER HAS DESCRIBED THE INCIDENT 'TRULY AWFUL' AND THANKED EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM. AT LEAST 140 PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN INJURED AFTER A TRAIN CRASHED INTO A TRUCK AND DERAILED IN RUSSIA. IT'S BELIEVED THE TRUCK DROVE ONTO THE TRACKS, DESPITE THE SIGNAL BEING ON. AT LEAST 800 PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD THE TRAIN, WITH MORE THAN 50 HOSPITALISED. RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING IF THERE WAS ANY CRIMINAL WRONGDOING. A SECOND GROUP OF NEW ZEALAND FIRE FIGHTERS ARE BEING DEPLOYED TO HELP BATTLE WILDFIRES IN CANADA. 21 PERSONNEL WILL FLY OUT AT 10.30 THIS MORNING FOR ALBERTA, WHERE MORE THAN 100 FIRES ARE BURNING ACROSS THE PROVINCE. 800 FIRES ARE CURRENTLY BURNING ACROSS CANADA. THE FOUR FIVE-PERSON FIREFIGHTING CREWS, WHICH INCLUDE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION STAFF, WILL BE DEPLOYED FOR AROUND FIVE WEEKS. THEY'VE BEING WARNED TO EXPECT CHALLENGING CONDITIONS, THEY'VE BEEN WARNED TO EXPECT CHALLENGING CONDITIONS, WITH HEAT WARNINGS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SPREAD AND INTENSITY OF THE FIRES. FINANCIAL MENTORS ARE 'APPALLED' AT WHAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS A STEP BACKWARDS BY THE GOVERNMENT, BRINGING IN NEW LENDING REGULATIONS THIS WEEK. THE GOVERNMENT IS LOOSENING AFFORDABILITY CHECKS WHICH IT SAYS AR WHAT IT CALLS 'OVERLY PRESCRIPTIVE', WHICH IT SAYS ARE WHAT IT CALLS 'OVERLY PRESCRIPTIVE', CLAIMING ADDITIONAL LAWS BROUGHT IN THREE YEARS AGO HAVE CREATED AN EXCESSIVE BARRIER TO LENDING. DAVID VERRY FROM NORTH HARBOUR BUDGETING SERVICES FEARS THE CHANGES WILL REOPEN THE DOOR FOR LOAN SHARKS. THEY'RE SAYING, 'OH, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST DOWN TO THE SIZE OF THE LOAN 'IN SOME OF THOSE SMALLER LOANS. 'LET'S MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO GET THOSE LOANS.' WELL, ACTUALLY, WE FIND THAT SOMETIMES THOSE SMALLER, HIGHER INTEREST LOANS BECOME THE TIPPING POINT. THEY'RE THE TIPPING POINT BETWEEN SOMEONE BEING ABLE TO AFFORD SOMETHING, BEING ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT, PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE AND NOT. AND PEOPLE WILL MAKE A DECISION TO PAY A LOAN WHEN THEY SHOULD BE MAKING OTHER ESSENTIAL PAYMENTS. COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS MINISTER ANDREW BAYLY SAYS THE GOVERNMENT WILL REMOVE 11 PAGES OF REGULATIONS. AND FINALLY, THOUSANDS OF NEW WORDS AND PHRASES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY. 'THE ICK', 'CHEF'S KISS' AND 'IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW' ARE AMONG THE MORE THAN 3000 PHRASES TO MAKE THE DICTIONARY. MANY OF THE NEW SAYINGS ARE ALREADY POPULAR ONLINE, BUT THEIR ADDITION TO THE CAMBRIDGE LEXICON IS A SIGN THEY'LL BE MORE THAN A FLEETING PHASE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. FOR EXAMPLE, CHEF, PEOPLE MIGHT NOT REALISE THAT WE HAVE HAD THIS FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, WE JUST DID NOT HAVE A WORD FOR IT. CHEF'S KISS ACTUALLY COMES FROM ITALIAN. BACK TO 1970, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING THE ACTION, WE JUST DID NOT HAVE A WORD TO TALK ABOUT IT. CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY'S PUBLISHING MANAGER SAYS THE LATEST ADDITIONS HAVE STAYING POWER. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. STARTING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS ` THERE ARE ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS IN PLACE IN OTAGO AND ORANGE HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS IN THE SOUTH CANTERBURY HIGH COUNTRY AND IN THE HILLS OF EASTERN OTAGO. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` BIT OF A DRIZZLY DAY THROUGH HERE. OTHERWISE, IT'LL BE PARTLY CLOUDY FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE REGION. 18 THE HIGH FOR WHANGAREI. FURTHER SOUTH ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU HERE TOO. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS, WITH LIGHT WINDS. 16 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND HAMILTON. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT LESS WET HERE. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THE REGION, WITH SOME SOUTHERLIES FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. 17 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS OVER TO THE WEST ` RAINY START FOR MOST OF YOU WHICH WILL GET STRONG BEFORE MIDDAY IN WELLINGTON. THIS WILL EASE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST. 18 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` PARTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH SOME SHOWERS FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, YOU'LL BE GETTING SOME STRONG GALES TODAY. A HIGH OF 15 FOR WESTPORT. HEADING SOUTH ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE TOO. RAIN THIS MORNING IN OAMARU. CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 10 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME STRONG SOUTHERLIES IN MILFORD SOUND. ELSEWHERE, THERE'LL BE RAINY PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST. 8 THE HIGH FOR DUNEDIN. MOST OF US ARE SET TO BECOME A LITTLE BIT RICHER FROM TOMORROW. THE GOVERNMENT TAX CUTS ARE FINALLY SET TO COME INTO FORCE, MEANING THE AVERAGE WORKER WILL BE ABOUT $20 BETTER OFF A WEEK. THEY AREN'T COMING CHEAP EITHER ` COSTING JUST OVER $14b, THEY AREN'T COMING CHEAP EITHER ` COSTING JUST OVER $14b, WHICH HAS PREDOMINANTLY BEEN RAISED BY MAJOR CUTS TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON JOINS ME FOR MORE THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? I'M REALLY, REALLY GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? I AM A LITTLE BIT WARY I'D. I WATCHED THE OLYMPICS LAST NIGHT. IT IS A BIG WEEK FOR NEW ZEALAND WORKERS. WHAT DIFFERENCE FOR THESE TAX CUTS MAKE TWO FAMILIES? THIS IS A BIG WEEK. THERE HAS NOT BEEN TAX RELIEF FOR LOWER INCOME AND MIDDLE INCOME NEW ZEALANDERS FOR 14 YEARS. WE ARE LETTING NEW ZEALANDERS KEEP MORE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS TO SPEND AND SAVE AS THEY SEE FIT. FOR MANY PEOPLE THAT WILL HELP THEM WHAT THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS, WITH RESPECT TO PAYING FOR GROCERIES, SUPPORTING THE KIDS, BEING ABLE TO AFFORD THE FUEL FOR THEIR CAR AND OTHER COSTS THAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH. WE THINK IT IS WELL-DESERVED. WE ARE VERY PROUD WE ARE ABLE TO DELIVER TO 94% OF KIWI SOME FORM OF TACTFULLY. YOUR FINANCE MINISTER SAID THAT THIS BUDGET IS FOR THE PEOPLE WHOSE DOORS I KNOCKED ON AND THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN HAS SAID, $20 A WEEK WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STAYING ON TOP OF THE BELLS AND BEING AN OVERDRAFT. PRIME MINISTER, FOR MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS THEY ARE ONLY GETTING $12 MORE UNDER THESE TAX CUTS. WHILE THAT KEEP THEM ABOVE THE BILLS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO PAY DAILY? WHAT WE HAVE DONE AS WE HAVE TAKEN THE TAX THRESHOLDS THAT HAVE EXISTED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, WE HAVE LIFTED THEM UP BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BEING CAUGHT IN HIGHER TAX BRACKETS AS THEY ARE RECEIVING INCOME INCREASES. WE ARE ALSO HELPING OFFSET CHILDCARE TAX CREDITS. I AM ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO JUMP ONTO THE TAX CALCULATOR AND PUT IN YOUR NUMBERS AND SEE WHAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO. FROM WEDNESDAY PEOPLE HAVE CASH IN THE BANK ACCOUNT. NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE BEEN DOING IT REALLY, REALLY TOUGH. I KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO GET FROM PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK EVERY WEEK. WE HAVE GOT SOME GOOD ENCOURAGING SIGNS, INFLATION IS NOW DOWN TO 3.4%. FOOD PRICES HAVE FALLEN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE LAST YEAR. RENTAL PRICES AND RATES ARE STILL A STICKING POINT. THERE ARE LOTS OF COSTS ACROSS THE SYSTEM. THAT IS WHY WE WANT TO GET TACTFULLY TO NEW ZEALANDERS NOW. WE ALSO WANT TO GET INFLATION UNDER CONTROL NOW. WHEN WE DO THAT WE CAN LOWER INTEREST RATES AND GET THE ECONOMY MOVING AND GET PEOPLE INTO EMPLOYMENT. I DON'T THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. MINIMUM WAGE AND IS OUR ONLY $12 BETTER OFF UNDER THESE TAX CUTS. AGAIN I AM ASKING YOU, WHILE THIS $12 KEEP THEM ON TOP OF THE BILLS? WELL IT IS A START DANIEL ISN'T IT? THE TAX CUTS ARE DESIGNED THAT WAY TO GIVE THEM THE BENEFIT. WE ARE WORKING HARD ON THE CAUSES OF INFLATION TO GET IT DOWN. THAT HAS BEEN OUR MAJOR PROBLEM AND ALCHEMY OF THE PAST FEW YEARS. IT HAS GONE FROM 7% DOWN TO 3.3%. FOOD PRICES HAVE DROPPED. THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO REBUILD THE ECONOMY. THIS IS WHY I WANT AN ANSWER FROM YOU, YOU ARE ALSO SET TO GET A TAX CUT OF $20. YOU ARE BETTER OFF ALSO. WOULD IT BE FAIR FOR SOMEONE WITH YOUR PAY BRACKET TO GET A BETTER CUT THAN SOMEONE ON THE MINIMUM WAGE? IS THAT FAIR? THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO CUT OUT SO THAT SOMEONE LIKE ME YES GETS A $20 WEEKLY BENEFIT, BUT SOMEONE ON A LOWER INCOME THAN ME, A LOWER TO MIDDLE INCOME EARNER GETS A BIGGER INCREASE. WE HAVE LIFTED THE TAX BRACKETS UP AND THEN THEM AT THE TOP LEVEL. YES, SOMEONE LIKE ME GETS $20 A WEEK, BUT SOMEONE ON MIDDLE AND COMES ACROSS NEW ZEALAND WILL BE BETTER THAN I AM. THAT IS HOW IT SHOULD BE. WE HAVE DESIGNED THE SYSTEM AS FAIRLY AS WE CAN AND PUTS THE FOCUS ON LOWER TO MIDDLE INCOME IT IS. NO GOVERNMENT IN THE LAST 14 YEARS HAS OFFERED TAX RELIEF TO NEW ZEALAND AND COME AT US. INFLATION HAS KILLED THEM. THEY HAVE BEEN SQUEEZED. WE HAVE CAMPAIGNED TO DELIVER TAX RELIEF AND WE HAVE DELIVERED IT. WE BELIEVE THAT NEW ZEALANDERS DESERVE TO KEEP THEIR OWN MONEY AND THEIR OWN POCKET. A GOOD GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO DELIVER FRONT-LINE SERVICES, DELIVER TAX RELIEF, AND GROW THE ECONOMY. YOU SAY YOU ARE DELIVERING YOUR TAX RELIEF TO CHARITY. WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE THAT, SINCE WE STARTED OUT AS 20-YEAR-OLDS. MY TAX RELIEF WILL BE GOING TO CHARITY. I WANT TO GET YOUR RESPONSE ON SOME OF THE ISSUES TREASURY HAS IDENTIFIED TO YOU WHAT THE TAX CUTS. SOME HOUSEHOLDS WILL LOSE MONEY, HAVE YOU FOUND A WAY TO CLOSE THIS LOOPHOLE? LOOPHOLE THERE IS ONLY ONE GROUP, ABOUT 5000 HOUSEHOLDS, THAT WILL LOSE MONEY. THERE IS A TECHNICALITY WHEN THEY MOVE FROM WELFARE TO WORK. AS THE VALUE OF THEIR TAX REFUND. IT IS QUITE A TECHNICAL THING. THAT IS THE ONLY GROUP I CAN THINK OF. BEYOND THAT, PEOPLE EARNING UNDER $14,000 WHICH IS THE LOWEST TAX BRACKET, WE HAVE LIFTED THAT UP SO THE HAT HAS CAPTURED SOME MORE PEOPLE. 94% OF PEOPLE WILL BE BETTER OFF. 83% OF KIWI INDIVIDUALS WILL BE BETTER OFF AND THAT IS A GOOD THING FOR OUR COUNTRY. IT IS A GREAT THING. IT WILL HELP KIWI IS A LITTLE BIT TO DEAL WITH THE COSTS THEY ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. THE OTHER THING IS HEALTH NEW ZEALAND. ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THE HEALTH SECTOR ENOUGH FUNDS TO MEET THE DEMAND? ABSOLUTELY. AS YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE PUT INTO OUR FISCAL PLAN, IT IS THE SAME AS WHAT LABOUR WERE PLANNING TO PUT INTO THE HEALTH SECTOR. NOW WE ARE ACTUALLY PUTTING MORE IN THE LABOUR AS WELL. WE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT HEALTH THROUGH PHARMAC. WE HAVE PUT ON TARGET SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE FUND IT. AND ARE CONTINUING TO INVEST IN FRONT-LINE SERVICES. WE ARE NOW PUTTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS MORE INTO SPENDING ON HEALTHCARE. SO WE HAVE A HIGH PERFORMING ORGANISATION THAT ORGANISES ITSELF, WITHOUT BUREAUCRACY. LOTS OF FUNDS THERE, BUT DOES NOT CONCERN YOU THAT DIAGONAL HAS NO ON-SITE DOCTOR OVERNIGHT? DARGAVILLE.* IT IS AN INCREDIBLE CHALLENGE. IT IS A LONG-TERM PROBLEM THAT OUR COUNTRY HAS EXPERIENCED. WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE MORE DOCTORS AND NURSES. IT IS A PROBLEM HOW DO WE SOLVE IT? WE NOW HAVE A RECORD NUMBER OF NURSES, UP 2900 ON WHAT IT WAS JUST A YEAR AGO. WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH REGIONAL NEW ZEALAND, MENTAL HEALTH, CRITICAL CARE. NOW WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT WORKFORCE AND TO CRITICAL SPACES. I KNOW IT IS VERY TOUGH ACROSS REGIONAL NEW ZEALAND, I TAKE ADVICE FROM THE HEALTH MINISTER AND THE COMMISSIONER TO MAKE SURE WE GET BETTER DELIVERY GOING FORWARD. THAT IS EXACTLY WHY WE HAVE PUT A COMMISSIONER IN. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE GIVING ME NUMBERS, BUT HERE ARE SOME NUMBERS. 60 MINUTES, THAT IS HOW LONG A DOCTOR HAS TO DRIVE FROM HAS TO DRIVE FROM ROTORUA TO TO COVER A SHORTAGE. PRIME MINISTER, IS THAT WHAT NEW ZEALANDERS SHOULD EXPECT? THEY SHOULD EXPECT BETTER THAN THAT. WE ARE WANTING TO HIRE MORE DOCTORS. WE ARE OPENING A THIRD MEDICAL SCHOOL. IT IS DESIGNED AROUND RURAL NEW ZEALAND. WE HAVE GOT EVERYTHING GOING IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING TALENT WITH AN NEW ZEALAND BUT ALSO WHILE MAKING IT EASIER FOR MIGRANTS TO COME TO NEW ZEALAND, AND WE HAVE GOT TO GET IT OUT TO RURAL NEW ZEALAND. THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES WE HAVE HAD FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE WORKING AT THAT. I KNOW YOU ARE BUSY BUT YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE OLYMPICS. IS THERE A SPORT THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOOD AT THAT YOU COULD HAVE TAKEN PART IN AND MADE IT TO THE OLYMPICS? I QUITE LIKE THE 100 M DASH. I HAVE HUGE ADMIRATION FOR THE TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES, AND ALL THE OLYMPIANS. I WAS WATCHING THE BMX, AND MOUNTAIN BIKING LAST NIGHT. THERE ARE SO MANY INTERESTING SPORTS AND THE OLYMPICS. I HAVE ONLY EVER BEEN TO ONE OLYMPICS, IT WAS IN SYDNEY IN 2000, AND IT IS AMAZING THE NUMBER OF SPOTS AVAILABLE. SUPER PROUD OF THE OLYMPIANS FROM NEW ZEALAND. VERY PROUD OF EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. APPRECIATED, DANIEL, HAVE A GOOD DAY. E HAERE AKE NEI ` WOMEN'S AND MEN'S BRAINS ARE PRETTY DIFFERENT, BUT A NEW STUDY HAS REVEALED THEY ARE MORE CONTRASTING IN CERTAIN PARTS THAN OTHERS. THAT'S COMING UP NEXT. (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. # TUESDAY ON MY MIND. THINK ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. A WORLD FIRST STUDY OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY HAS FOUND THE LARGEST DIFFERENCES YET DISCOVERED IN THE STRUCTURES OF MALE AND FEMALE BRAINS. RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT MRI BRAIN SCANS FROM MORE THAN 1000 ADULTS. THE CONTRASTS WERE MOST OBVIOUS IN AREAS THAT PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN MENTAL HEALTH. PROFESSOR RICHARD WATTS JOINS US NOW. MORENA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. WHAT DID THE DATA TELL YOU? SO TRADITIONALLY WHEN WE HAVE LOOKED AT MRI SCANS AND COMPARED MEN AND WOMEN, THERE HAS REALLY NOT BEEN ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE THERE. PEOPLE HAVE ARGUED WHETHER THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BRAINS. IF YOU HAVE AN MRI AT THE HOSPITAL, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU COULDN'T TELL JUST LOOKING AT A SINGLE BRAIN WHETHER IT IS A MEN'S OR WOMEN'S BRAIN. WE ARE USING A SPECIAL TYPE OF MRI SCAN THAT IS SENSITIVE TO NOT JUST SHAPES AND STRUCTURES OF THE BRAIN BUT WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE MICROSCOPIC LEVEL. WE FOUND SOME REALLY BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN IN THE STRUCTURES DEEP WITHIN THE BRAIN. THESE ARE STRUCTURES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THINGS LIKE EMOTIONS AND LEARNING AND MEMORY AND INATTENTION. AND WE KNOW THAT MEN AND WOMEN SUFFER FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF MENTAL ILLNESS. FOR EXAMPLE, MEN ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM THINGS LIKE AGGRESSION OR ATTENTION PROBLEMS, WHEREAS WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM THINGS LIKE DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY. SO HOPEFULLY AS WE FIND THESE DIFFERENCES, THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN SOME OF THE REASONS WHY MENTAL ILLNESS AFFECTS THE SEXES DIFFERENTLY. THIS IS AMAZING RESEARCH, BECAUSE I AM THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE ACTUALLY DISCOVERED. HOW CAN THAT ACTUALLY LEAD INTO INTERVENTIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH FOR WOMEN AND MEN? THAT'S RIGHT. LOOKING IN THE MEDIUM TO LONG TERM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO IS TO GET AN EARLY DIAGNOSTIC SCAN SAYING THAT THIS PARTICULAR CHILD IS AT RISK OF DEVELOPING A PARTICULAR MENTAL ILLNESS LATER IN LIFE, BECAUSE THE EARLIER WE CAN INTERVENE, THE MORE EFFECTIVE THOSE INTERVENTIONS ARE ` WHETHER THAT IS BEHAVIOURAL, DRUGS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF TREATMENT. ONCE THE CHILD, FOR EXAMPLE, OR AN ADULT IS DEVELOPING A MENTAL ILLNESS, WE CAN THEN TAILOR THAT TREATMENT POTENTIALLY FOR SOME INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING, YOU HAVE THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, THIS IS THE DRUG FOR IT, WE'RE GOING TO TRY IT FIRST AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, WE WILL MOVE ONTO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF DRUG, WE WILL MOVE ONTO AN ERA OF WHAT IS CALLED PERSONALISED MEDICINE WHERE YOU LOOK AT THE PERSON AS A WHOLE AND SAY, FOR YOU THIS PARTICULAR TREATMENT WILL BE MOST EFFECTIVE. I IMAGINE WE ARE A LITTLE WAY OFF FROM THAT POINT, BUT IN TERMS OF THIS RESEARCH AND THE DATA THAT IS BEING PRODUCED, HOW IS IT BEING RECEIVED AROUND THE WORLD? WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS DATA. I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PLAYING AT TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS. IN FACT, I AM WORKING WITH OTHER PEOPLE BOTH IN THE USA AND NEW ZEALAND, USING A VERY LARGE CHILD DEVELOPMENT STUDY. WE HAVE A STUDY WHERE 10,000 KIDS WERE RECRUITED AT AGE 9 AND 10, AND WE ARE FOLLOWING THOSE KIDS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. IN FACT, MY DAUGHTER IS ONE OF THESE KIDS. SO WE CAN LOOK BACK, SO WE CAN SEE WHAT KIND OF MENTAL ILLNESS HAS DEVELOPED IN THOSE KIDS, AND WE CAN SEE IF THERE ARE ANY RISK FACTORS WE CAN IDENTIFY REALLY EARLY ON AND SAY, THIS CHILD IS AT RISK, WE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THEM, AND IF NECESSARY INTERVENE. SCIENCE IS WONDERFUL, BUT YOU NEED THE PEOPLE BEHIND THAT, DRIVING THAT AND ABLE TO MAKE SENSE OF THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. WE APPRECIATE IT. PROF RICHARD WATTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. INCLUDING THAT WOMEN'S SEVENS QUARTER FINAL RESULT. STAY WITH US. # LADY MARMALADE. (SIGNS IN FRENCH) THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS ARE COMFORTABLY THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINALS IN PARIS ` A STEP CLOSER TO DEFENDING THEIR OLYMPIC CROWN. OLYMPICS REPORTER MEI HERON WATCHED THE ACTION AND JOINS US NOW. MORENA, MEI. GREAT NEWS. GOOD MORNING, YES. 50-5. THE FIRST TRY AS SHE OPENED THE MATCH IN THE FIRST 30 SECONDS, BUT THEN SHE GOT A YELLOW CARD. CHINA MANAGED TO RETALIATE AND SCORE A TRY OF THEIR OWN. AFTER THAT, THE BLACK FANS GOT THREE TRIES IN THE FIRST HALF AND BY THE SECOND HALF, THE FLOODGATES WERE OPEN. IN THE END, IT WAS NINE TRIES TO CHINA'S ONE. THE OTHER QUARTER-FINALS WILL TAKE PLACE AND WE WILL FIND OUT WHO THE BLACK FERNS OF SEVENS WILL FACE IN THE SEMI-FINAL TOMORROW. IT WILL EITHER BE GREAT BRITAIN OR THE USA. WE ARE VERY EXCITED HERE. GREAT UPDATE FROM YOU. SEE YOU TOMORROW. ANOTHER TOP 10 FINISH FOR NEW ZEALAND IN MOUNTAIN BIKING TODAY WITH SAM GAZE SIXTH IN THE MEN'S CROSS-COUNTRY. JORDAN OPPERT SPOKE TO HIM AFTER THE RACE. IT'S BEEN A HEARTBREAKING FINISH TO SAM GAZE'S OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN, COMING SIXTH OUT OF 36 RIDERS OUT HERE IN ELANCOURT TODAY. HE WAS IN THE HUNT FOR A MEDAL AT ONE POINT. AROUND THE HALFWAY MARK, HE WAS ACTUALLY UP AROUND THIRD, BUT THE CONDITIONS AND THE OTHER RIDERS GOT THE BETTER OF HIM TODAY. IT'S 31 DEGREES OUT HERE. THE MEDIA COULDN'T EVEN SIT IN THE TRIBUNE OVER FEARS THEIR LAPTOPS, THEIR PHONES OR THEIR POWER BANKS WOULD BLOW UP. BUT ALSO SAM MENTIONED THE PACE. IT WAS HOT FROM THE GET-GO AND UNFORTUNATELY HE JUST DIDN'T QUITE GET THE START HE WAS AFTER. SO IT ENDED UP BEING A REALLY ATTRITIONAL RACE. UM, EVERYONE WAS QUITE EMPTIED AND THERE'S A LOT OF DEAD BODIES OUT THERE. BUT YEAH, I STILL... COULD DO ONE SPEED THE WHOLE TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T LIFT FROM THAT. BUT I CAN STILL FINISH STRONG, WHICH WAS, YEAH, THE SILVER LINING, I GUESS. THE NEW ZEALAND 49er CREW REMAIN ON TOP AFTER TWO DAYS OF SAILING. ISAAC MCHARDIE AND WILLIAM MCKENZIE BAGGING TWO MORE RACE WINS ALONG WITH AN EIGHTH PLACE. THEY LEAD THE FLEET WITH A FIVE-POINT BUFFER AT THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE REGATTA. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS ADMITTED MORE DOCTORS ARE NEEDED IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. CURRENTLY, NORTHLAND'S DARGAVILLE HOSPITAL IS SHORT-STAFFED WITH NO OVERNIGHT DOCTOR. TO FILL THE GAPS, THE HOSPITAL'S NOW RELYING ON AMBULANCE SERVICES TO TRANSPORT PATIENTS TO WHANGAREI OR FOR THEM TO CONTACT TELE-HEALTH. IS THAT THE CARE NEW ZEALANDERS SHOULD EXPECT? THEY SHOULD EXPECT BETTER THAN THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO. WE'RE WANTING TO HIRE MORE DOCTORS. THAT'S WHY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT EVEN OPENING UP A THIRD MEDICAL SCHOOL SO WE CAN MAKE IT ORIENTATED AROUND REGIONAL NEW ZEALAND. SO, THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE COME THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, THEY END UP GOING STRAIGHT OUT TO REGIONAL NEW ZEALAND AND HOPEFULLY STAY IN THOSE PLACES BECAUSE THEY BUILD CONNECTIONS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. AND THIS WEEK, SENIOR DOCTORS IN ROTORUA HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY NEED TO TRAVEL TO TAUPO TO COVER SHORTAGES. LOCALS ARE SAYING NO TO GOLD IN GOLDEN BAY, PROTESTING AGAINST THE FAST-TRACK LEGISLATION FOR MINING. THERE ARE FEARS ARSENIC COULD LEACH INTO A PROTECTED SPRING IN THE TASMAN REGION, IF A PROPOSED GOLD MINE IS APPROVED. AUSTRALIAN COMPANY 'SIREN GOLD' HAS BEEN INVITED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO FAST-TRACK AN APPLICATION TO MINE NEAR TE WAKOROPUPI SPRINGS, WHICH IS UNDER A WATER CONSERVATION ORDER. A PETITION'S BEEN LAUNCHED TO EXCLUDE THE SPRING FROM THE BILL. COORDINATOR KEVIN MORAN SAYS IT WILL WRECK THE ECONOMY OF GOLDEN BAY. AND IF THEY LEAK DOWN TO THE AQUIFER WHICH THE WATER CONSERVATION ORDER PROTECTS, THEN WE'RE GONNA LOSE THE AQUIFER. THE DRINKING WATER OF GOLDEN BAY IS GONNA BE BADLY AFFECTED, BUSINESSES ARE GONNA BE BADLY AFFECTED, THE TOURISM INDUSTRY'S GONNA BE BADLY AFFECTED. 24,000 HAVE NOW SIGNED THE 'SAVE OUR SPRINGS' PETITION, BEING PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT AT MIDDAY TODAY. TWO CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A STABBING IN NORTHWEST ENGLAND. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT A CHILDREN'S DANCE AND YOGA PARTY IN THE TOWN OF SOUTHPORT. SIX OTHER CHILDREN AND TWO ADULTS ARE ALSO IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. A BOY (17) HAS BEEN ARRESTED. POLICE SAY THE INCIDENT IS NOT BEING TREATED AS TERROR-RELATED. A SECOND GROUP OF NEW ZEALAND FIREFIGHTERS ARE BEING DEPLOYED TO HELP BATTLE WILDFIRES IN CANADA. 21 PERSONNEL WILL FLY OUT AT 10.30 THIS MORNING FOR ALBERTA, WHERE MORE THAN 100 FIRES ARE BURNING ACROSS THE PROVINCE. 800 FIRES ARE CURRENTLY BURNING ACROSS CANADA. THE FOUR FIVE-PERSON FIREFIGHTING CREWS, WHICH INCLUDE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION STAFF, WILL BE DEPLOYED FOR AROUND FIVE WEEKS. THEY'VE BEING WARNED TO EXPECT CHALLENGING CONDITIONS, WITH HEAT WARNINGS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SPREAD AND INTENSITY OF THE FIRES. 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 OTAGO, AND ORANGE HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS IN THE SOUTH CANTERBURY HIGH COUNTRY AND IN THE HILLS OF EASTERN OTAGO. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` BIT OF A DRIZZLY DAY THROUGH HERE. OTHERWISE, IT'LL BE PARTLY CLOUDY FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE REGION. 18 THE HIGH FOR WHANGAREI. FURTHER SOUTH ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU HERE TOO. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT WINDS. 16 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND HAMILTON. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT LESS WET HERE. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THE REGION WITH SOME SOUTHERLIES FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. 17 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS OVER TO THE WEST ` RAINY START FOR MOST OF YOU, WHICH WILL GET STRONG BEFORE MIDDAY IN WELLINGTON. THIS WILL EASE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST. WE HAVE A HIGH OF 14 DEGREES FOR THE CAPITAL. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` PARTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH SOME SHOWERS FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, YOU'LL BE GETTING SOME STRONG GALES TODAY. A HIGH OF 15 FOR WESTPORT. HEADING SOUTH ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE, TOO. RAIN THIS MORNING IN OAMARU, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 10 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME STRONG SOUTHERLIES IN MILFORD SOUND. ELSEWHERE, THERE'LL BE RAINY PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST. 8 THE HIGH FOR DUNEDIN. THANK YOU, WENDY/ OVERNIGHT, WE CAUGHT UP WITH ONE ATHLETE WE'RE ALL HOPING IS ON A BOUNCE FROM THE LAST OLYMPICS. TRAMPOLINIST DYLAN SCHMIDT IS AIMING TO BETTER HIS BRONZE IN TOKYO AND IS JOINED IN PARIS BY FELLOW JUMPER MADDIE DAVIDSON. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON WENT FOR COFFEE WITH THE COUPLE. BEING AN OLYMPIC ATHLETE MEANS GETTING UP FOR THE BIG MOMENTS. BUT ALSO RELISHING THE IN-BETWEEN DOWNTIMES TOO. I JUST WANT THE ONE ON THE PHOTO. IT'S LIKE A HAM AND CHEESE. THAT UP AND DOWN MOTION A FAMILIAR ONE TO NEW ZEALAND TRAMPOLINISTS DYLAN SCHMIDT AND MADDY DAVIDSON AS THEY TAKE A BREAK FROM THEIR BUSY OLYMPIC TRAINING SCHEDULE TO SURVEY THE FRENCH GOODS ON OFFER. NUTELLA CREPE? THE NUTELLA CREPE? I'VE BEEN LEARNING HOW TO SAY MY FAVOURITE SNACK IN FRENCH, OR IN FRANCE, IS A NUTELLA CREPE. CAN YOU TRY AND SAY IT FOR US? I CAN GIVE IT A GO. (SPEAKS FRENCH) SOUNDED LIKE A NATURAL THERE. HOW DO YOU RATE THAT? I THINK THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. WE'VE BEEN PRACTISING FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST ONE HE'S DONE. IT'S THE 'R' IT'S QUITE DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT 'R' IS A LITTLE BIT UNNATURAL. SOAKING IN THE FRENCH LIFE IMPORTANT GIVEN COMPETITION DAY IS STILL A FEW DAYS AWAY. YOU GET REALLY FOCUSED ON TRAINING AND THEN AS SOON AS IT'S OVER, IT'S, LIKE, IT'S NICE TO JUST BE ABLE TO, LIKE, RELAX, AS YOU'RE SO PENT UP AND FOCUSED ALL THE TIME, LIKE, I RECKON IT, LIKE, ZAPS YOU OUT AND, LIKE, IT'S HARD TO FOCUS WHEN YOU NEED TO. SO I GUESS, LIKE, LEARNING HOW TO JUST, LIKE, YEAH, SWITCH ON AND SWITCH OFF IS A PRETTY GOOD SKILL AS AN ATHLETE. THE DUO HAVE BEEN A COUPLE SINCE THE LAST OLYMPICS, BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER EXTRA SPECIAL. ABSOLUTELY, AND I THINK SUCH A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR THE TWO OF US. SO, JUST, YEAH, I'M LUCKY THAT I'M GOING FIRST, I GUESS. IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT I'M DOING AFTER COMP. I CAN JUST HANG OUT AT THE VENUE ALL DAY. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I THINK THE BOYS COMPETITION AS A WHOLE IS GOING TO BE REALLY GREAT. SINCE WINNING NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST EVER OLYMPIC GYMNAST MEDAL, A BRONZE IN TOKYO, DYLAN HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, RECENTLY WINNING NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST EVER TRAMPOLINE WORLD TITLE IN BULGARIA. THE PRESSURE THIS TIME NOW FULL ON. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA BECAUSE PEOPLE KNOW I CAN DO IT NOW, BUT I'VE KNOWN I COULD DO IT FOR A WHILE. SO, UM, YEAH, THE BIGGEST EXPECTATIONS COME FROM MYSELF, SO... IN THE END, THERE WAS NO NUTELLA CREPE HERE ON THE MENU. HOPEFULLY THE LAST DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THESE TRAMPOLINES THESE OLYMPIC GAMES. MEI HERON, 1NEWS PARIS. I WAS DABBING BECAUSE I AM REALLY EXCITED. DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT A DABBER IS? WHO AM I WORKING WITH? THE SEVEN SISTERS, HOW GOOD IS THAT? I HAVE HOPE AND FAITH. NOW HE DOES. DAY THREE WITH NO METALS. THE PATIENTS COULD BE PAYING OFF. 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, WHO ARE CHEERING THEM ON FROM AFAR. LIKE US. THIS MORNING, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MY FOOD BAG, WE HAVE A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM SOME SUPPORTERS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM. CHECK IT OUT. (FUNKY MUSIC) HI, MY NAME IS DAN TOMLINSON. HI, I'M RIA. HI I'M ANNABEL. HI, I'M ALLIE MARLBOROUGH AND I AM A NORTH SHORE ROWER. I'M RICKY KIDDLE AND I'M THE BROTHER OF JACKIE KIDDLE WHO IS RACING IN PARIS THIS OLYMPIC GAMES. WE'RE OUT HERE AT LAKE PUPUKE AT THE NORTH SHORE ROWING CLUB. MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING JORDAN PARRY, WHO IS A MEN'S ROWING DOUBLE. I'M EXCITED TO WATCH THE WOMEN'S PAIR. SO KATE HAINES AND ALANA SHERMAN. YEAH, ME TOO. SO EXCITED TO WATCH JACKIE KIDDLE. SHE IS WITH SHANNON COX IN THE LIGHTWEIGHT WOMEN'S DOUBLE. WHEN SHE QUALIFIED FOR THIS OLYMPICS, IT WAS A PRETTY EMOTIONAL MOMENT FOR MY WHOLE FAMILY. ALTHOUGH WE WERE WATCHING THROUGH THE SCREEN, WE FELT LIKE WE WERE REALLY THERE. WE CAN'T GET THERE, BUT IT'LL BE GREAT TO WATCH THROUGH THE TV. CHEERING THEM ON WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY. ALL: GO NEW ZEALAND TEAM! GIVE IT YOUR ALL AND UH, REPRESENT NEW ZEALAND PROUDLY. RACE AS HARD AS YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WATCH AND WE'RE PROUD. I LOVE IT. GO NEW ZEALAND! 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 DO NOT FACEBOOK US. AND WE'LL ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS ON THURSDAY. PEOPLE DO NOT GET IT AT HOME. IF YOU'RE ON TVNZ +1, YOU ARE ONE HOUR BEHIND BUT YOU CAN STILL ENTER. ME U TONU MAI ` THE EDUCATORS WANTING TO SETUP THEIR OWN SCHOOLING SYSTEM. FIND OUT WHY THEY WANT TO SET UP ON THEIR OWN. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. A GROUP OF EDUCATORS IN NORTHLAND ARE PUSHING TO ESTABLISH ITS OWN MAORI-LED SCHOOLING FACILITIES AND AUTHORITIES. THE GROUP FROM NGA TINI HAPU OF NGAPUHI SAYS MEMBERS FEEL INCREASINGLY SHUT OUT OF THE EXISTING EDUCATION SYSTEM. THE MOVE COMES AS TE PATI MAORI REIGNITES CALLS FOR THE FORMATION OF AN INDEPENDENT KURA KAUPAPA MAORI EDUCATION AUTHORITY. WE'RE JOINED BY TE RINGAKAHA TIA-WARD WHO IS PART OF THE NORTHLAND ROOPU. MORENA, TIA. THIS IS TIMELY GIVEN THAT LAST WEEK THE TRIBUNAL FOUND THE GOVERNMENT BREACHED ITS PRINCIPLES IN THE EDUCATION REFORM. YOU ARE FEELING LOCKED OUT OF THE SYSTEM. MOST DEFINITELY. WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT. IS THAT WHAT BROUGHT YOU TOGETHER? IS THIS THE AIM? MOST DEFINITELY. IS THE COUNTRY IS AWARE, WE HAVE ANCHORED OURSELVES AND TO ENSURE THAT THE LEARNING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FROM OUR CHILDREN IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR VALUES, WE HAVE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THAT. OVER THE YEARS, WHAT HAVE YOU DISCOVERED ABOUT THE EDUCATION SECTOR'S VALUES? WE CAN ALL OFFER SOME SUGGESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN A GAP OF WHAT THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IS PROVIDING FOR MANY OF OUR CHILDREN. WE KNOW MAORI ARE MISSING OUT. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BENEFICIAL FOR US. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON WHAT YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON? I SURE CAN. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE EDUCATION THAT CAN BE RECEIVED IN SCHOOLS, WHERE TALKING ABOUT THE VALUES, ... IT IS NOT THAT PEOPLE AREN'T TRYING AND PUTTING THEIR BEST FEET FORWARD, IT IS JUST A BIT SLOW FOR US. WE WANT TO TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS. DO YOU SEE THE SPACE FOR AN INDEPENDENT MAORI EDUCATION SECTOR? WE ASK THE QUESTION, WHY NOT? WHY DO WE HAVE TO HAVE ONE SIZE FITS ALL? WHY CAN WE NOT HAVE A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT ENCOURAGE ALL OF US AS A SOCIETY TO BE SUCCESSFUL? WHO ARE YOU WANTING TO HEAR FROM? THE SYSTEM IS ABOUT OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY WANTING TO HEAR JUST FROM ACADEMICS. THIS IS ABOUT EMPOWERING THE PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE'S VOICE. WE WANT TO HEAR THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN ENGAGED. WHERE DO WE GO NEXT? ON 15 AUGUST, WE HOLD OUR HUI, AND THEN WE WILL ASSEMBLE AND ENDEAVOUR TO PUT THINGS IN PLACE. LET'S STAY IN TOUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. E WHAI AKE NEI ` ERIKA FAIRWEATHER IS IN THE 200m FREESTYLE FINAL. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THE LATEST. STAY WITH US. WE WILL HAVE EVERYTHING FOR YOU AFTER THE BREAK. (MOWER ROARS) Ahh! Ohhh, yeah! (DYNAMIC MUSIC) VOICEOVER: See near and far with a complete pair of progressives from $169. Must've gone to Specsavers. 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! # (FRENCH MUSIC) (FRENCH MUSIC) IT'S MAKE OR BREAK FOR ERIKA FAIRWEATHER AS SHE COMPETES IN THE 200m FREESTYLE FINAL. LET'S HEAD BACK TO PARIS TO SEE HOW THE EVENT IS TRACKING. BONJOUR, CHRIS. HI, WENDY. SHE HAS JUST COME OUT. THIS LIMIT WILL BE PUMPED FOR THIS ` SHE IS IN LANE ONE AND SHE WILL BE GETTING UNDERWAY VERY SHORTLY. CUNNINGHAM IS ALSO IN THIS RACE, AND WE MET HER PARENTS THE OTHER DAY LET'S GO BACK TO MEI. PRETTY EASY FOR THE SEVENS, NO? IT WAS DOMINANT, CRITICAL AND THEY WERE FAR TOO GOOD, CHINA, WEREN'T THEY? JUST A QUICK RUN THROUGH OF HOW THAT MATCH PLAYED OUT, WE SCORED FIRST, THEN WENT OFF WITH A YELLOW CARD. CHINA SCORED WHILE SHE WAS OFF, BUT THEN THE FLOODGATES REOPENED. ...FOLLOWED BY A WHOLE LOT IN THE SECOND HALF. WHAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE IN THERE? DO YOU GET A SENSE THAT THINGS ARE GETTING TO THE BUSINESS END OF THE COMPETITION? I WOULDN'T CALL IT A BUSINESS END ` I WOULD CALL IT A PARTY END. IT IS ABSOLUTELY GOING OFF IN THE STADIUM BEHIND ME. MUSIC ROARING, LIGHTS GOING OFF. 60,000... THE MOST PEOPLE TURNING UP TO A RUGBY EVENT. IT IS EXTRAORDINARY AND THERE, BUT IT'S LOUD AND HOT IN PARIS. WE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHAT IT IS LIKE THEM SOON. ALSO, IT'S THE SAME STADIUM WE WILL HAVE THE ETHICS IN. *ATHLETICS. ITS BEEN PRETTY HOT IN THE AFTERNOON, CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT THOSE ATHLETES WILL FACE? IT'S REALLY HOT HERE AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THE ATHLETES BRING ANYTHING DIFFERENT AND ALL THE ORGANISERS BRING ANYTHING IN. WHEN EVENTS ARE PLAYED AT THE STADIUM LAST YEAR AT THE RUGBY WORLD CUP, THEY MADE KICKOFF REALLY LATE ` 9PM. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO NOTE HOW ALL THAT PLAYS OUT. JUST A QUICK NOTE, THE COURT OF FINAL USA VERSUS U.K., WHICH WILL MEAN THAT THERE IS ANOTHER REMATCH TOMORROW. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THAT, MEI. WE WILL CHECK IN WITH THAT VERY SHORTLY. WENDY, I KNOW YOU ARE A BIG SWIMMING FAN. COME ON, ERICA! THAT WAS REALLY THE ONE THAT SHE WAS TARGETING, BUT WENDY, JUST A WORD FOR YOU ON ARIANNA, SHE IS STILL YOUNG AND I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW YOUNG SHE IS. WENDY: SHE IS AND WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT HER IS THAT MOLLY O'CALLAGHAN, WHO SHE IS RACING NOW, THEY ARE AT THE SAME CLUB TRAINED WITH THE SAME COACH. I WAS WONDER WHAT THE COACH SAYS TO THE DIFFERENT GIRLS. I THINK I WILL GIVE IT TO MOLLY. WHEN I SAY BACK END, I MEAN REALLY GOOD IN THE LAST 100 M. (LAUGHTER) I'M GLAD YOU CLEARED THAT UP. YOU JUST CALLED IT JUST BECAUSE O'CALLAGHAN HAS COME IN WITH A GOLD MEDAL AND ARIANNA HAS A SILVER. WE WERE JUST INTERVIEWING PEOPLE ABOUT A STORY THAT WE ARE GOING TO BRING YOU A BIT LATER ON IN THE WEEK AND WE INTERVIEWED THIS AUSTRALIAN COUPLE, WE SAID WE WERE JUST WATCHING OUR DAUGHTER WON A GOLD MEDAL, AND IN FACT, IT WAS MOLLY O'CALLAGHAN WHO WON IN THE RELAY. AS SOON AS WE GET THAT PLACING FROM ERICA FAIRWEATHER, WILL BRING IT TO YOU LIVE. THE OTHERS ARE DOMINANT IN THE POOL ONCE AGAIN. *AUSSIES FAIRWEATHER, OBVIOUSLY A BIG CHANCE FOR HER TO MAKE A FINAL IN THIS. THIS IS NOT HER PREFERRED RACE. SHE WAS BEATEN IN THE LAST MINUTES BY LABECKY. THEY ARE DOMINANT IN THE POOL. HAVE YOU GOT IT RESULT YET, TEAM? WENDY: WE ARE STILL WAITING AS WELL. DEAN, I LOVE WATCHING HIM. WE GOT THOSE RESULTS NOW ` ERICA FAIRWEATHER, SEVENTH PLACE. A TIME OF 1.55.59. THAT IS YOUR UPDATE FROM PARIS, HERE IS WENDY WITH THE NEWS. DESPITE THEIR CAPTAIN BEING SIN-BINNED, THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS HAVE CHARGED INTO THE SEMI-FINALS AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS WHERE THEY WILL FACE THE UNITED STATES. THE KIWIS HAD TOO MUCH POWER AND PACE OUT WIDE FOR CHINA IN THE FIRST OF THE QUARTER-FINALS AT STADE DE FRANCE. CONTESTANT OF THE YEAR AND ONCE MORE IT FALLS FOR HIRINI AWAY SHE COMES AGAIN, AT THE TWO MINUTE SIT-DOWN AND HAS MORE THAN MADE UP FOR IT. SHE CAME BACK ON AND HAD AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE IN THE SECOND HALF. COULDN'T ASK FOR MUCH MORE FROM OUR CAPTAIN. THE BLACK FERNS RACING AWAY TO WIN 55-5 TO CLINCH THE SEMI-FINAL SPOT. AND WE WILL BE PLAYING THE USA TOMORROW MORNING. SOMETIME EARLY. WILL BE UP, IT'LL BE FINE. VETERAN RIDER TIM PRICE HAS FARED THE BEST OF THE NEW ZEALAND EQUESTRIAN TEAM IN THE EVENTING, WHICH WOUND UP THIS MORNING. PRICE IMPROVED TWO PLACES IN THE SHOWJUMPING TO FINISH SIXTH. THAT HELPED THE TEAM TO EIGHTH PLACE OVERALL BEHIND ENGLAND. IT'S 12 YEARS SINCE NEW ZEALAND LAST WON AN OLYMPIC EQUESTRIAN MEDAL. AND NEW ZEALAND'S MADE A QUICK EXIT OUT OF THE TENNIS PROGRAMME IN PARIS. THE WOMEN'S DOUBLES PAIRING OF LULU SUN AND ERIN ROUTLIFFE BEATEN IN STRAIGHT SETS BY THE THIRD SEEDED ITALIAN DUO. YEAH, IT'S A BIT FRUSTRATING, BUT THAT'S TENNIS. USUALLY IT ALWAYS... LAST MINUTE MIXAROUND WITH SCHEDULES, AND SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO ADAPT WELL. I THINK EXPERIENCE WON TODAY. OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE A VERY EXPERIENCED TEAM AND THEY PLAY A LOT TOGETHER, AND WE'RE STILL LEARNING ABOUT EACH OTHER. AND I THINK TODAY WE LEARNED A LOT, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE EVEN BETTER NEXT TIME. VANDALS HAVE CUT TELECOMMUNICATIONS LINES IN FRANCE IN WHAT AUTHORITIES SUSPECT WERE ACTS OF SABOTAGE. FIBRE OPTIC CABLES WERE CUT AT SIX DIFFERENT SITES IN FRANCE, AFFECTING INTERNET CONNECTIONS. AT A RAIL SITE IN RELATION TO LAST WEEK'S ATTACKS. AFFECTING INTERNET CONNECTIONS. IT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE COUNTRY'S HIGH-SPEED RAIL NETWORK WAS ATTACKED LAST WEEK, ON THE EVE OF THE OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY. AN ACTIVIST FROM A FRENCH ULTRA LEFT-WING MOVEMENT WAS ARRESTED AT A RAIL SITE IN RELATION TO LAST WEEK'S ATTACKS. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS HE'LL DONATE HIS TAX CUT TO CHARITY AHEAD OF THIS WEEK'S REBATE. NEW ZEALANDERS WILL RECEIVE THE GOVERNMENT'S TAX CUT FROM TOMORROW, AFFECTING AROUND 3.5 MILLION PEOPLE. WORKERS CAN RECEIVE A REBATE FROM $12.50 TO UP TO $45 A WEEK. LUXON PROMISING HIS REBATE WILL TO THE SAME PLACE AS HIS PAY INCREASE. YOU SAID YOU'LL DONATE YOUR PAY RISE TO CHARITY. I'M WONDERING IF YOU'LL DO THE SAME WITH YOUR TAX CUTS, PRIME MINISTER. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. MY WIFE AND I AND OUR FAMILY GIVE AWAY A LOT OF MONEY, AND WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THAT SINCE WE STARTED OUT AS 20 YEAR-OLDS. IT'S SOMETHING WE ALWAYS DO, SO THAT'S WHERE MY TAX RELIEF WILL BE GOING. THE PROCESS HAPPENS AUTOMATICALLY THROUGH YOUR PAYROLL PROVIDER, COMING INTO EFFECT FROM TOMORROW. EDUCATORS IN NORTHLAND ARE PUSHING TO ESTABLISH MAORI-LED SCHOOLING FACILITIES AND AUTHORITIES. A GROUP FROM NGA TINI HAPU OF NGAPUHI SAYS MEMBERS FEEL INCREASINGLY SHUT OUT OF THE EXISTING EDUCATION SYSTEM, AND NOW PLAN TO FORM A UNIQUELY TE TAI TOKERAU SYSTEM. THEY'VE CALLED A HUI TO BEGIN WORK ON THE NEW ENTITY, WHICH WOULD REPRESENT MAORI NEEDS. SINCE WHEN HAVE THE GOVERNMENT EVER COME TO THE TABLE TO ENSURE THAT THE EQUITY GAP IS CLOSED FOR US AS MAORI? WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO OUR WHAKAPAPA TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR MOKUPUNA. WE KNOW MAORI ARE MISSING OUT, WE KNOW THEY ARE, THAT'S WHY WE'RE PART OF THE BOTTOM STATISTICS ALL OF THE TIME. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR WHAKAPAPA. THE MOVE COMES AS TE PATI MAORI REIGNITES CALLS FOR THE FORMATION OF AN INDEPENDENT KURA KAUPAPA MAORI EDUCATION AUTHORITY. DONALD TRUMP HAS AGREED TO BE INTERVIEWED BY THE FBI AS PART OF ITS INVESTIGATION INTO THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AT A PENNSYLVANIA RALLY EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE AGENCY SAYS IT WANTS TO GET THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT HE OBSERVED, AND SPEAKING WITH VICTIMS IS STANDARD PROTOCOL FOR ITS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. IT COMES AFTER FBI DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER WRAY COPPED BACKLASH FOR SAYING IT WAS UNCLEAR WHETHER TRUMP WAS HIT BY A BULLET OR SHRAPNEL. INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL YET TO DETERMINE THE SHOOTER'S MOTIVE. RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN THE STRUCTURE OF MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BRAINS, AND NOW IT'S BEEN LINKED TO MENTAL HEALTH. MRI BRAIN SCANS FROM MORE THAN A THOUSAND ADULTS WERE ANALYSED AS PART OF A WORLD-FIRST STUDY OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY. RESEARCHERS DISCOVERED THE CONTRASTS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN'S BRAINS WERE MOST NOTICEABLE IN AREAS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH EMOTIONS, MEMORY AND ATTENTION. WE FOUND SOME VERY BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN IN STRUCTURES DEEP WITHIN THE BRAIN. AND WE KNOW THAT MEN AND WOMEN SUFFER FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF MENTAL ILLNESS. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, MEN ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM THINGS LIKE AGGRESSION OR ATTENTION PROBLEMS, WHEREAS WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM THINGS LIKE DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY. SO HOPEFULLY, AS WE FIND THESE DIFFERENCES, THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN SOME OF THE REASONS WHY MENTAL ILLNESS AFFECTS THE SEXES DIFFERENTLY. IT'S HOPED THE FINDINGS COULD HAVE A CONSIDERABLE IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` STARTING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS ` THERE ARE ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS IN PLACE IN OTAGO, AND ORANGE HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS IN THE SOUTH CANTERBURY HIGH COUNTRY AND IN THE HILLS OF EASTERN OTAGO. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` BIT OF A DRIZZLY DAY THROUGH HERE. OTHERWISE, IT'LL BE PARTLY CLOUDY FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE REGION. 18 THE HIGH FOR WHANGAREI. 17 FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU. FURTHER SOUTH ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU HERE TOO. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT WINDS. 16 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND HAMILTON. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT LESS WET HERE. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THE REGION WITH SOME SOUTHERLIES FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. 17 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS OVER TO THE WEST ` RAINY START FOR MOST OF YOU, WHICH WILL GET STRONG BEFORE MIDDAY IN WELLINGTON. THIS WILL EASE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST. 18 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` PARTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH SOME SHOWERS FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, YOU'LL BE GETTING SOME STRONG GALES TODAY. A HIGH OF 15 FOR WESTPORT. HEADING SOUTH ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE, TOO. RAIN THIS MORNING IN OAMARU, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 10 THE HIGH IN OTAUTAHI. YOU ALL RIGHT? TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME STRONG SOUTHERLIES IN MILFORD SOUND. ELSEWHERE, THERE'LL BE RAINY PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST. 8 THE HIGH FOR OTEPOTI. DRINK YOUR COFFEE. WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A FRIENDLY AFTERMATH FOLLOWING A RUGBY GAME IN THE HAWKE'S BAY TOWN OF WAIROA ON SATURDAY INSTEAD ENDED IN A UGLY BRAWL WITH DOZENS OF PEOPLE INVOLVED. AND SOMEONE WAS FILMING. (PEOPLE SCREAM) WAIROA MAYOR CRAIG LITTLE IS FURIOUS ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND HE JOINS US NOW. MORENA, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR JOINING THAT'S PROBABLY ENOUGH THAT WE NEED TO SEE. WHAT HAPPENED? IT WAS A GREAT RUGBY GAME. IT WAS A REFLECTION ON THE RUGBY PLAYERS OR THE CLUB. IT WAS JUST AFTERWARDS THAT APPARENTLY, SOME YOUNGER KIDS STARTED HAVING A BIT OF A SCRAP AND THE OLDER ONES GOT IN. IT'S JUST SO DISAPPOINTING AND JUST AN EMBARRASSMENT. WHEREAS THE LEADERSHIP OF THESE GANGS? THEY SHOULD HAVE JUMPED IN THERE AND STOPPED IT. IF THINGS BEEN STIRRING FOR A LITTLE WHILE, CRAIG? I KNOW IT WILL BE A SPIRIT OF THE MOMENT THANKFULLY AT THE YOUNG BOYS, AND THINGS HAVE BEEN OK, BUT PUTTING OUR TOWN ON THE MAP, I WONDER ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND HOW THEY ARE FEELING AFTER THE INCIDENT, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AFTER THE RUGBY GAME, THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME UNEASE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. I WENT TO A FUNERAL THEN A 21st SO I WASN'T AT THE GAME. IS ABOUT THING THAT THESE GUYS THINK THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW AND PUT PEOPLE AT RISK. JUST FOR THEIR OWN GANG, WHATEVER IT IS. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SOME OF THESE GUYS AND I'M SO DISAPPOINTED. THEY REALLY SHOWN THEMSELVES IN A BAD LIGHT. WHAT DISAPPOINTS YOU MORE ` THE FACT THAT THIS HAPPENED OR, AGAIN, YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE AND WHETHER YOU SAW` YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS ONE SIDE OF THEM AND THEN DECIDE HAS ACTUALLY COME OUT RECENTLY? A LOT OF THE GUYS ARE WORKING WITH, THERE ARE TIMES THAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP THE PATCH. BUT THEY SAY THEY NEEDED TO GET THE OTHER ONE COMING THROUGH THE GANGS. TO ME, IT SAYS LET HAVE A PATCH SO I CAN BE A GOOD PERSON AS WELL AS A BAD PERSON. THERE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD PEOPLE IN THOSE GANGS. THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER INCIDENTS IN WAIORA AS WELL, SO AS A COMMUNITY LEADER, WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP FROM HERE? I'LL GET THE GANG LEADERS TOGETHER, BUT I THINK SOME OF THEM MAY NOT BE EASY TO TRACK DOWN AS POLICE WILL BE TALKING TO THEM. I KNOW THEY WON'T BE HAPPY. WE JUST HAVE TO STOP IT. LIKE IT AND NOT, IT GOES HAND-IN-HAND WITH WHAT THE GOVERNMENT ARE SAYING. IT'S GOTTA STOP. POLICING IS ONE PART OF IT, BUT ALSO, THE COMMUNITY PART. YOU AS A LEADER, ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THEM TO SEE WHETHER THERE IS ANYTHING THAT POTENTIALLY, AS A COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP, THAT YOU CAN DO FOR THIS? I WILL ALWAYS KEEP DOING THAT BECAUSE... IF YOU'RE NOT TALKING WITH THEM, YOU HAVE NO CHANCE OF CLEANING IT UP. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN A LONG TIME. WE'VE HAD LITTLE SKIRMISHES AS SMALL TOWNS DO. (AUDIO GLITCHES) CRAIG, WE HAVE LOST YOU. YES, NO, STILL HERE. WE MISSED AT THAT WHOLE LAST BIT, BUT ESSENTIALLY YOU ARE GOING TO ENGAGE IN THESE BEHAVIOURS AND THEY ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS BEING WILLING TO COME ONTO OUR PROGRAM. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. ME U TONU MAI ` WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU HAD A PROPER HEALTH CHECK UP? WHY GOING TO EXTREMES WON'T NECESSARILY GIVE YOU THE BEST RESULTS. # ALWAYS COMING, GOING. # I TRIED TO SAY GOODBYE BUT I CHOKE. # TRY TO WALK AWAY AND I STUMBLE. # THE WAY TRY TO HIDE IT, IT'S CLEAR. JENNY MAY JUST DOESN'T LISTEN TO ME. I COMPLIMENTED WENDY ON A GREAT COMMENTARY, AND THEN A SECOND LATER, JENNY SAID, WHAT GREAT COMMENTARY YOU DID, WENDY I TUNE OUT YOUR VOICE. BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS, MOLE MAPPING, COLONOSCOPIES ` THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS OF WAYS TO TAKE STOCK OF THE STATE OF YOUR HEALTH. BUT RATHER THAN LOTS OF LITTLE CHECKS, WHAT ABOUT CRANKING IT RIGHT UP? COMPANIES IN THE U.S. ARE SELLING FULL BODY SCANS TO GET WHAT THEY SAY IS A COMPLETE PICTURE. HERE'S KIM KARDASHIAN POSTING ABOUT GETTING A SCAN LAST YEAR, HASHTAG 'NOT AN AD' ` ALLEGEDLY ` CALLING IT A 'LIFE-SAVING MACHINE'. BUT ALSO PROBABLY NOT THE BEST PERSON TO BE GETTING MEDICAL GUIDANCE FROM. SOMEONE WE SHOULD BE LISTENING TO IS DOCTOR LUKE BRADFORD, MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS WHO JOINS US NOW FROM TAURANGA. MORENA, DOCTOR BRADFORD. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. GOOD MORNING, HOW ARE YOU? REALLY, REALLY GOOD. WHAT ARE YOUR INITIAL THOUGHTS? IT'S A WORRYING FAD. IS CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR PRESENTLY IN NEW ZEALAND. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THESE GAMES ARE AND ARE THEY AVAILABLE HERE? *SCANS ARE SORT OF,. THEY ARE FULL BODY MRIs, USED TO SCAMPER PROSTATE CANCER, LYMPH NODE INVOLVEMENTS. WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS LAYING OVER OTHER PROCEDURES. AND WHAT IS THE COST, CAN I ASK? THEY ARE NOT COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE AS SUCH. I SPOKEN TO SOME RADIOLOGISTS AND THEY ARE AROUND $2000 AND UPWARDS. THE SCANS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS, I'M READING THIS, THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP IN PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE. AGREE OR A CASE OF, SURE IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT? I THINK THEY HAVE THE BIG GAPS, SO THEY ARE VERY GOOD AT PICKING UP SOLID CANCERS. SO CANCERS AND ORGANS, AND PICKING THEM UP EARLY. IT CAN PICK UP PREVIOUS STROKES, LOOKING AT BLOOD VESSELS. BUT AS MRS A LOT OF OTHER ILLNESSES LIKE LUNG DISEASE, KIDNEY DISEASE. IT CAN LEAD TO FALSE REASSURANCE, AND CAN CAUSE HEALTH ANXIETY AROUND BENIGN THINGS. THINGS THAT MIGHT NEED BIOPSY, WHICH ARE COMPLETELY BENIGN, BUT HAVE ITS OWN RISKS, THERE ARE SOME THINGS AROUND THERE MAKE SURE YOU ARE MANAGING STRESS, GETTING REGULAR SLEEP, HE EATING HEALTHILY, NOT DRINKING TOO MUCH ALCOHOL, NOT SMOKING OR VAPING, HAVING A GOOD SOCIAL GROUP AND CONNECTIONS YOU CAN OFFLOAD TO, GETTING EXERCISE DAILY, AND SO STARTING WITH YOU. TALK TO YOUR RISKS, TALK ABOUT YOUR FAMILY HISTORY TO YOUR DOCTOR. ENGAGE WITH THE SCREENING PROGRAM, AND IF YOU ARE WORRIED, COME AND GET SEEN. IF YOU GOT ANYTHING THAT IS WORRYING, COME AND TALK TO US. DR BRADFORD, IS THIS THE CLASSIC SIGN OF NOT GETTING ANY HEALTH ADVICE ONLINE? I THINK IT IS USE AND BENEFIT OF TALKING ONLINE, BUT I WOULD USE VERIFIED WEBSITES ` PERHAPS NOT TICK-TOCK AND INSTAGRAM. DR LUKE BRADFORD, I BACK YOU AND THAT. THANK YOU. SOME PEOPLE DO. BUT THEY SHOULDN'T! DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE ONLINE. THE MINUTE I SEE KIM KARDASHIAN, I THINK, GIVE ME STRENGTH. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` PLUS, THEY WERE THE INVINCIBLES ` ONE OF THE GREATEST ALL BLACK TEAMS OF ALL TIME. WHY 100 YEARS ON THERE'S A QUEST TO FIND THEIR MISSING MEMORABILIA. THAT COMING UP. I DO LISTEN TO YOU, DANIEL. SOMETIMES. 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 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 winwithbreakfast.co.nz TO ENTER, AND WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THREE LUCKY WINNERS ON THURSDAY MORNING. THOSE BURGERS ARE DELICIOUS, BY THE WAY. WE MANAGE TO GET A SAMPLE LAST WEEK. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN LIKE, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE BLACK BUNS, BUT THEY JUST TASTE LIKE BUNS. I'M GOING TO SHIFT TOPIC. THERE IS A BURGER THAT HAS A CUCUMBER IN IT AND THAT HAS GOT HER TALKING ` IS A CUCUMBER MEANT TO BE IN A BURGER? WHEN IS IT A CUCUMBER EVER MAKE IT INTO A BURGER? IT IS A PICKLE, ISN'T IT? NO, PICKLES AND A BURGER. GHERKINS ARE IN BURGERS. MAY BE THE CUCUMBER SWAPS OUT FOR THE PICKLE. MAY BE. I AM NOT BIG ON THE CUCUMBER. DOES NOT BELONG ANYWHERE ON A PLATE OR ANYWHERE NEAR FOOD. JUST A VERY QUICK OLYMPICS UPDATE ` ERIKA FAIRWEATHER IS SEVENTH. GO HER. OUR WOMAN'S SEVENS TEAM TO THE SEMIFINALS. THEY WILL PLAY AGAINST USA AT 130 TOMORROW. POTENTIALLY TOMORROW MORNING, BECAUSE THAT SEMI-FINAL IS AT 130. WE ARE NOT SURE WHO THE SECOND SEMIFINALIST IS. CANADA IS THROUGH, COULD BE EITHER AUSTRALIA OR ITALY. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA FINAL. I HOPE THE RIVER IS OKAY TO SWIM IN. GOOD POINT, BECAUSE AT ONE POINT, THEY WERE GOING TO SAY, NO, YOU CANNOT SWIM IN IT BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS ALL GO. HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE TAKEN US TABLETS THAT STOP YOU FROM... TO BE NICE TO SEE ONE OF THE REPORTERS ON THE GROUND JUMP. WHAT ARE YOU UP TO, CROSS? MEI? JORDAN? MICHELLE? NOW WENDY WITH THE NEWS. DAY THREE OF THE PARIS OLYMPICS IS WRAPPING UP, WITH NEW ZEALAND STILL TO MAKE A DENT ON THE MEDAL TABLE. SWIMMER ERICA FAIRWEATHER MISSING OUT ON THE PODIUM IN HER LATEST FINAL. SHE HAD PLENTY OF SUPPORT AS SHE LINED UP IN LANE ONE OF THE WOMEN'S 200m FREESTYLE FINAL, BUT COULD ONLY FINISH SEVENTH BEHIND THE DOMINANT AUSTRALIAN PAIR. I JUST LOVE HAVING FUN RACING AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT I TRIED TO FOCUS ON THE NIGHT. NOT THE TITLE OUTCOME, JUST HAVING FUN SWIMMING IN THE WATER. FAIRWEATHER WILL BE BACK IN THE POOL IN TWO DAYS. THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS ARE A STEP CLOSER TO DEFENDING THEIR OLYMPIC CROWN AFTER CRUSHING CHINA IN THE QUARTER-FINALS. NEW ZEALAND RAN IN NINE TRIES IN THE 55-5 ROMP. IT SETS THEM UP WITH A SEMI-FINAL SHOWDOWN WITH THE UNITED STATES, WITH CANADA ALSO THROUGH TO THE FINAL FOUR. THE NEW ZEALAND 49er CREW REMAIN ON TOP AFTER TWO DAYS OF SAILING. ISAAC MCHARDIE AND WILLIAM MCKENZIE BAGGING TWO MORE RACE WINS, ALONG WITH AN EIGHTH PLACE. THEY LEAD THE FLEET WITH A FIVE POINT BUFFER AT THE HALF WAY POINT OF THE REGATTA. OLYMPIC ORGANISERS ARE CONFIDENT TONIGHT'S MEN'S TRIATHLON WILL INCLUDE A SWIM LEG, DESPITE CONCERNS OVER THE STATE OF THE RIVER SEINE. RAIN IN PARIS OVER THE WEEKEND LOWERED THE WATER QUALITY OF THE RIVER, FORCING THE CANCELLATION OF PRACTICE SESSIONS TO ALLOW ATHLETES TO FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH THE COURSE. WHILE THERE IS A PLAN B, OFFICIALS EXPECT THE EVENT WILL GO AHEAD AS PLANNED. (SPEAKS FRENCH) TRANSLATOR: WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COPE, INCLUDING WITH THESE TYPES OF EXTREME ADVERSE SCENARIOS WITH JUST A LITTLE DELAY SO THE RESILIENCE AND THE EFFECTIVENESS, THE EFFICIENCY OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PUT IN PLACE OF THE ENTIRE PLAN THAT WE HAVE CAN LEAD ITS FULL EFFECT. SO WILL TAKE JUST A FEW MORE HOURS OF ADJUSTMENT. THE MEN'S EVENT GETS UNDERWAY AT 6pm TONIGHT, WITH HAYDEN WILDE ONE OF THE FAVOURITES. TO OTHER NEWS, AND NEW ZEALANDERS WILL BE RECEIVING A TAX CUT THIS WEEK WHICH THE GOVERNMENT IS CONFIDENT WILL BRING DOWN INFLATION. AROUND 3.5 MILLION PEOPLE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE REBATE. THE AMOUNT DIFFERING DEPENDING ON INCOME AND CIRCUMSTANCES. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON PROMISING IT WILL HAVE A FLOW-ON EFFECT TO STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY. THERE'S LOTS OF COSTS ACROSS THE SYSTEM, DANIEL, AND THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO GET TAX RELIEF TO NEW ZEALANDERS NOW. WE ALSO WANT TO GET INFLATION UNDER CONTROL. WHEN WE DO THAT, WE CAN LOWER INTEREST RATES AND WE CAN GET THE ECONOMY MOVING AND KEEP PEOPLE IN EMPLOYMENT. THE TAX CUT COMES INTO EFFECT FROM TOMORROW. LOCALS ARE WARNING OF A 'COMPLETE ECONOMIC DISASTER' IF THE GOVERNMENT'S FAST-TRACK BILL TO MINE IN GOLDEN BAY TO GO AHEAD. THERE ARE FEARS ARSENIC COULD LEACH INTO A PROTECTED SPRING IN THE TASMAN REGION IF A PROPOSED GOLD MINE IS APPROVED. AUSTRALIAN COMPANY 'SIREN GOLD' HAS BEEN INVITED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO FAST-TRACK AN APPLICATION TO MINE NEAR TE WAKOROPUPU SPRINGS, WHICH ARE UNDER A WATER CONSERVATION ORDER. A PETITION'S BEEN LAUNCHED TO EXCLUDE THE SPRING FROM THE BILL. COORDINATOR KEVIN MORAN SAYS IT WILL WRECK THE ECONOMY OF GOLDEN BAY. THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT. THE IWI DON'T WANT. THE TASMAN DISTRICT COUNCIL DOESN'T WANT IT. THE BUSINESS PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT. OVERWHELMINGLY, THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT. FOR, IF YOU LIKE, AESTHETIC REASONS ABOUT TE WAIKOROPUPU SPRINGS, BUT FOR BUSINESS REASONS, IT'S GOING TO BE A COMPLETE ECONOMIC DISASTER. 24,000 HAVE NOW SIGNED THE 'SAVE OUR SPRINGS' PETITION, BEING PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT AT MIDDAY TODAY. THE KING SAYS HE IS 'PROFOUNDLY SHOCKED' AFTER TWO CHILDREN WERE STABBED TO DEATH IN NORTHWEST ENGLAND. THE ATTACK HAPPENED AT A CHILDREN'S DANCE AND YOGA CLASS IN THE TOWN OF SOUTHPORT. SIX OTHER CHILDREN AND TWO ADULTS REMAIN IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. POLICE BELIEVE THE ADULTS WERE TRYING TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN FROM THE ALLEGED ATTACKER. A BOY (17) HAS BEEN ARRESTED OVER THE INCIDENT, WHICH POLICE SAY IS NOT TERROR RELATED. AND FINALLY, THOUSANDS OF NEW WORDS AND PHRASES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY. 'THE ICK', 'CHEF'S KISS' AND 'IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW' ARE AMONG THE MORE THAN 3000 PHRASES TO MAKE THE DICTIONARY. MANY OF THE NEW SAYINGS ARE ALREADY POPULAR ONLINE, BUT THEIR ADDITION TO THE CAMBRIDGE LEXICON IS A SIGN THEY'LL BE MORE THAN A FLEETING PHASE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. SOME ACTUALLY HAVE QUITE TRADITIONAL ORIGINS. FOR EXAMPLE, 'CHEF'S KISS' ` PEOPLE MIGHT NOT REALISE THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD THIS FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE A WORD FOR IT. SO CHEF'S KISS ACTUALLY COMES FROM ITALIAN 'AL BACIO', AND IT'S THIS ACTION ` MWAH! AND THIS IS SOMETHING PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING EVER SINCE... A LONG TIME AGO. (CHUCKLES) SO BACK TO 1970s, WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE ACTION WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE A WORD TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT NOW, APPARENTLY, WE NEED ONE. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` STARTING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS ` THERE ARE ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS IN PLACE IN OTAGO, AND ORANGE HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS IN THE SOUTH CANTERBURY HIGH COUNTRY AND IN THE HILLS OF EASTERN OTAGO. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` BIT OF A DRIZZLY DAY THROUGH HERE. OTHERWISE, IT'LL BE PARTLY CLOUDY FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE REGION. 18 THE HIGH FOR WHANGAREI. WE HAVE A 17 HIGH FOR AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU HERE TOO. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT WINDS. 16 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND HAMILTON. TO THE EAST COAST ` BIT LESS WET HERE. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THE REGION WITH SOME SOUTHERLIES FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH. 17 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` RAINY START FOR MOST OF YOU, WHICH WILL GET STRONG BEFORE MIDDAY IN WELLINGTON. THIS WILL EASE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST. 18 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` PARTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH SOME SHOWERS FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, YOU'LL BE GETTING SOME STRONG GALES TODAY. A HIGH OF 15 FOR WESTPORT. HEADING SOUTH ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE, TOO. RAIN THIS MORNING IN OAMARU, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 10 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME STRONG SOUTHERLIES IN MILFORD SOUND. ELSEWHERE, THERE'LL BE RAINY PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST. 8 THE HIGH FOR DUNEDIN. IT'S BEEN 100 YEARS SINCE THE ALL BLACKS INVINCIBLES TOUR. THAT TOUR, LED BY CLIFF PORTER, IS SEEN AS THE GREATEST TRIP OUTSIDE OF NEW ZEALAND IN ALL BLACKS' HISTORY. ON THAT TOUR, HE TOOK WITH HIM A CHEST OF MEMORABILIA ` JERSEYS, FAN MAIL, PHOTOS. YEARS LATER, THAT CHEST WENT MISSING IN NEW ZEALAND. THE ITEMS INSIDE PRESUMED STOLEN. TODAY, HIS DAUGHTER ELAINE IS LOOKING TO BE REUNITED WITH HER FATHERS' MISSING MEMORABILIA. ELAINE WESTLAKE JOINS US NOW. MORENA, ELAINE. THANKS FOR JOINING US. HELLO, WENDY. NICE TO BE HERE. TELL US ABOUT THE MEMORIES AND MEMORABILIA. I WAS A SMALL CHILD I WAS NOT BORN WHEN MY FATHER CAME BACK, AND I USED TO AMUSE MYSELF AS OFTEN ONLY CHILDREN DO. THE HUGE CABIN TRUNK THAT MY FATHER BROUGHT BACK FROM THE UK WITH ALL OF HIS TREASURES WAS A SOURCE OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR ME. I USED TO RUMMAGE THROUGH IT AND LOOK AT THE FAN MAIL AND ALL THE OTHER INTERESTING THINGS LIKE MENUS FROM LONDON HOTELS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, AS YOU SAID. SO MANY THINGS AND MEMORIES IN THIS TRUNK. WHATEVER YOU GOT LEFT? I PRESUME IT WAS STOLEN. HAVE YOU GOT MANY PHYSICAL MEMORIES? I WOULD NOT ACTUALLY SAY IT WAS STOLEN. AT CERTAINLY WENT MISSING DURING MY FATHER'S HOUSE MOVE. I WAS AWAY AT UNIVERSITY AND THEN I TRAVELLED AND LOST TRACK OF LITTLE BIT. WHEN I CAME BACK AND GOT MARRIED, MY FATHER DIED AND I DID NOT HAVE ANY CONNECTION WITH WHERE THE TRUNK WAS. I KNOW WE SENT IT TO BE STORED IN A WAREHOUSE WHICH BELONG TO A FAMILY BUSINESS, BUT AS I SAID, I LOST TRACK AND THERE WAS NO WANT TO ASK. ONE DAY BY SHEER COINCIDENCE I MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO VISIT A COMPANY UP NEAR THE AIRPORT NEAR WELLINGTON AIRPORT TO LOOK AT SOME PACKAGING FOR AN ONLINE BUSINESS THAT I'D SET UP. WHEN I ARRIVED THERE, I SAW IN THE STAFFROOM ALL OF THESE PHOTOGRAPHS OF MY FATHER AND HIS TEAM. WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT, THE MANAGER SAID TO ME, WE ARE ALL BIG RUGBY FANS. HE SAID, CLIFF WAS A GREAT HERO OF MINE AND I USED TO WORK FOR HIM LATER IN LIFE AND THE FAMILY BUSINESS. I SAID TO HIM, HE WAS MY FATHER. HE WAS QUITE SHOCKED AT THAT. THEN I ASKED ABOUT THE CABIN TRUNK AND HE SAID, YES, THERE WAS A CABIN TRUNK HERE. IT WAS STORED HERE FOR YEARS, AND THEN ONE DAY THE MEN TRYING TO MOVE IT LIFTED IT UP, THE HANDLES BROKE AND THE TRUNK FELL DOWN THE STAIRS AND EVERYTHING SPILLED OUT. WHEN HE SAID THAT THE MEN HELP THEMSELVES AND THROUGH THE REST AWAY, IT AT LEAST SOLVED THE MYSTERY. YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THEM, EMILY, FROM YOUR FATHER? IT WOULD BE NICE, BUT I DO HAVE SOME, AND MOST OF THEM I HAVE GIVEN TO THE RUGBY MUSEUM, WHICH IS THE BEST PLACE FOR IT. THEY HAVE VERY GOOD ARCHIVES, AND ARE STILL THINGS PROFESSIONALLY. I HAVE SENT SOME THINGS THERE, AND IT IS THE BEST PLACE FOR THEM TO GO TO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE MENTION OF THE INVINCIBLES. THOSE DAYS, IT WAS 1924, THEY WENT TO PLAY RUGBY BY SEA. C TOOK THEM A LONG TIME TO GET THERE. THEY PLAYED 32 GAMES AND WON EVERY SINGLE GAME. THAT IS WHY WE CALL THEM THE INVINCIBLE IS. THEY WERE INCREDIBLE, WON'T THEY? JUDGING BY NEWSPAPER REPORTS, I THINK THEY STARTED TO CALL THEM INVINCIBLE IS OVER IN BRITAIN BEFORE THEY'D FINISH THEIR 32 GAMES. I FATHER WOULD TELL ME THAT PUT HUGE PRESSURE ON THEM BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD TO WIN THE REST OF THE GAMES TO EARN THE TITLE THAT THEY'D ALREADY BEEN GIVEN. AS YOU SAY, THEY WERE GONE FOR SEVEN MONTHS, SO IT WAS A VERY LONG TO. YES, A VERY LONG TOUR, AND YOU ARE PROUD OF YOUR FATHER. IT SO WE DO SEE SOME OF THAT WONDERFUL MEMORABILIA COME BACK. THANKS FOR JOINING US, ELAINE. THANK YOU, WENDY. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE KIWIS HAVEN'T HAD MUCH SUCCESS IN THE SURF IN TAHITI. WE'LL LOOK AT WHY THEY ARE LABELLED AS SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST FURIOUS WAVES. TO BREAKING NEWS NOW ` POLICE WILL RETURN TO OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH'S GREENPARK AGAIN TODAY IN THE SEARCH FOR REAL ESTATE AGENT YANFEI BAO'S BODY. THEY SAY THEY ARE RETURNING TO THE SITE DUE TO RECEIVING NEW INFORMATION. A MAN (52) IS ALREADY SET TO STAND TRIAL ACCUSED OF MURDERING BAO BUT HER BODY HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON OUR WEBSITE 1news.co.nz. THANK YOU, WENDY. THIS YEAR'S OLYMPIC SURFERS ARE UP AGAINST A WAVE REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE AND MOST DANGEROUS IN THE WORLD. TAHITI'S TEAHUPO'O IS KNOWN AS THE PLACE OF SKULLS, AND IT'S A WAVE ONLY THE BEST SURFERS WOULD DARE TO ATTEMPT. COASTAL ENGINEER TOM SHAND EXPLAINS WHY IT'S SO SPECIAL. SO, THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT THIS WAVE ON THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF TAHITI-ITI TO TEAHUPO'O IS COMING OUT OF EXTREMELY DEEP WATER, WHILE MOST SEABEDS RUN UP AT, YOU KNOW, TWO OR FIVE DEGREES. THIS COMES UP AT NEARLY 45 DEGREES FROM 1000m DEEP. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE WAVE HAS TO RESPOND REALLY QUICKLY, IT HAS TO WHAT WE CALL SHOAL REALLY QUICKLY. THE WAVE COMPRESSES UP THE TIME BETWEEN WAVES, THE WAVE STANDS UP, SO IT BECOMES TALLER, AND WHEN IT HITS, IT FINALLY HITS THAT SHALLOW POINT WHERE IT BREAKS, IT BREAKS IN A VERY DIFFERENT WAY TO HOW MOST WAVES BREAK. WHAT MAKES THIS A REALLY GOOD SURFING WAVE FOR COMPETITION IS THE SHEER POWER IN IT, BUT ALSO THE WAY IT BARRELS. THE ULTIMATE FOR SURFERS IS TO GET BARRELLED. YOU DON'T GET BARRELS MUCH BIGGER AND ROUNDER THAN WHAT YOU'D GET AT TEAHUPO'O. THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT, PROBABLY ONLY 0.1% OF SURFERS IN THE WORLD WOULD BE ABLE TO GO AND CATCH A WAVE AND SUCCESSFULLY SURF THERE. FOR THE TOP SURFERS TO COME TOGETHER FOR THE TOP COMPETITION, THIS IS AN IDEAL VENUE FOR THAT. IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. JOINING US NOW, KIWI SURFING ROYALTY DANIEL KEREOPA TO TELL US WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SURF THE WAVES AT TEAHUPO'O. HE JOINS ME NOW FROM RAGLAN. SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING. YOU HAVE SERVED TO THEIR. WHAT IS IT LIKE? IT IS A DREAM. THAT IS EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT IS A REALLY TOP END SURFER. IT IS DANGEROUS AND FAST AND YOUR EGO GETS PUT IN CHECK. IF YOU DO NOT PUT IN 150%, THERE IS A CHANCE YOU WILL GET HURT. BUT IS A RISK AND REWARD WAVE. YOU HAVE TO GO HUNDRED AND 50% TO GO DOWN THE WAVE KNOWING THAT YOU CAN SEE THE REEF BECAUSE THE WATER IS SO CLEAR. IT IS ONLY ABOUT 4 FEET DEEP. YOUR TRAINER TAKE OFF AND GET THE BARREL AND THEN GET OUT. IT IS FINE WHEN YOU ARE FREE SURFING, BUT NOW YOU HAVE THE CHALLENGE OF COMPETITION AND ALL THE EYES ON YOU. IT IS MORE PRESSURE TO PERFORM AND TAKE OFF. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE DECISION TO HOLD THE OLYMPICS THERE GIVEN WHAT YOU HAVE EXPLAINED? IT CAN BE DANGEROUS. SURFACE FOCUS ON THE FACT THEY CAN GET HURT AND IN THE COMPETITION ELEMENTS ON TOP OF IT. I THINK THAT THE WAVE ITSELF, YOU THINK OF GLADIATORS, THAT IS THE PERFECT ARENA TO PUT OUR BEST SURFERS OUT OF THEIR OWN. AND A FAIR PLAYING FIELD, PROBABLY NOT SO. THERE IS ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT CAN SERVE THAT WAVE. IN MY OPINION, THEY WOULD BE SAFER TO SURF A FRENCH BEACH BREAK AND HAVE OUR SURFERS BE A PART OF THE OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE IN PARIS. THE WAVE AS A VISUAL IS AMAZING. AND DOES LOOK AMAZING. YESTERDAY WE HAD BILLY, ANOTHER BOY FROM RAGLAN, HE WENT OUT ON THE SECOND ROUND. HE WAS AWESOME. HOW WOULD YOU RATE HE HAS GONE INTO THE OLYMPICS? HE HAS DONE GREAT. THING IS THAT IT IS NOT JUST TRAINING FOR TWO AND THREE YEARS TO MAKE IT TO THE OLYMPICS, THIS IS 10 TO 15 YEARS OF PICKING UP A SERVED BOARD AND FALLING IN LOVE WITH IT AND BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP THAT WILL STAY WITH YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE BEYOND THE OLYMPICS. THE OLYMPICS IS THE TOP STAGE FOR THESE TWO, BUT GOING ON THEY ARE GOING TO LOVE SURFING. I LOVE THE COMMENTARY WITH THE SURFING BECAUSE THEY MADE THAT POINT ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT THE SURFER HAS TO HAVE WITH THE OCEAN AND THOSE WAVES, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SIT OUT THERE FOR THREE, FOUR, FIVE MINUTES TO WAIT FOR THE OTHER COMPETITOR TO GO. YOU HAVE TO HAVE PEACE ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING. THERE HAS TO BE THAT PEACE. IF YOU ARE GOOD AT TAPPING INTO THAT PART OF YOURSELF, YOU CAN GET ON YOUR OWN RHYTHM. YOU ADD A COMPETITION SINCE, THEN YOU HAVE TO MANUFACTURE THINGS AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. BILLY DID WELL YESTERDAY, HE WAS UP AGAINST A TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMP. HERE TAKEN A BIT OF A BREAK, BUT HE KNOWS ABOUT COMPETITION. DK, ANOTHER MAN AND IS ABOUT COMPETITION. WE HAVE SHOTS OF YOU. IT LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL. THERE IS A LOT OF DANGER UNDERNEATH THAT WAVE THAT YOU CANNOT SEE IN THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS. YOU ARE THE MAN, SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN AS WELL. TAKE CARE, AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING A SENSE OF WHAT IT IS LIKE. CAN I CALL HIM DK? HE HAS NOT AGED ONE SINGLE BIT. IF THAT IS DOWN TO SURFING, SIGN ME UP BECAUSE THE BROTHER LOOKS GOOD. RAGLAN IS A GOOD PLACE. DANIEL, TO YOU. ONE DAY I WILL BE ABLE TO CALL HIM DK. E HAERE AKE NEI ` IF YOU'VE EVER THOUGHT YOU'RE TOO OLD TO PICK UP A NEW SKILL, THINK AGAIN. WHY YOU COULD BE THE NEXT MEMBER OF A BRASS BAND EVEN IF YOU'VE NEVER PICKED UP AN INSTRUMENT. # GOT BRASS... # IN MY POCKET. WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD MUSIC ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING. SPEAKING OF MUSIC, WHETHER YOU'RE NEW TO MUSIC OR WOULD HAVE TO DUST OFF THE TRUMPET THAT'S BEEN SITTING COLLECTING DUST IN THE CUPBOARD, YOU COULD BE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF A BAND. A BRASS BAND IN MARLBOROUGH CURRENTLY HAS 15 MEMBERS BUT IN NEED OF MORE. TO SEE IF YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES, WE'RE JOINED BY MARLBOROUGH DISTRICT BRASS BAND'S EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BRIAN NICHOLAS. MORENA, BRIAN. GOOD MORNING, DANIEL. THIS IS EXCITING. FORGET NEW ZEALAND'S NEXT TOP MODEL ` WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE NEXT TOP MUSICIAN. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET INVOLVED? ENTHUSIASM, INTEREST AND DEDICATION. YOU NEED SOMEONE WHO HAS PLAYED AN INSTRUMENT OR, WHEN YOU SAY SOMEONE NEW, HOW FRESH DO YOU TAKE THEM ON BOARD? WE WANT PEOPLE WHO HAVE PLAYED INSTRUMENTS OR PARTICULARLY ARE BRASS PLAYERS OF COURSE, BUT WE TEACH FROM NEW. WOULD LOVE TO HAVE 13-YEAR-OLDS AND YOUNG TEENAGE LEVEL, BUT HE WILL TEACH ANYBODY FROM 8 TO... THE UPPER LIMIT, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. MY COLLEAGUES IN THEIR 50S, DO THEY SELL HAVE A CHANCE? ABSOLUTELY, WE HAVE TWO NEW STUDENTS WHO ARE RETIRED AND HAVE HAD A YEARNING TO PLAY BRASS. WE WILL GET THEM PLAYING AND THEY WILL PLAY WITH FIRST CLASS BRASS, WHICH IS OUR DEVELOPMENT BAND. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AND HOW MANY ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? ONE OF THEM IS LEARNING A TROMBONE AND ONE OF THEM IS LEADING A CORNET, OR A TRUMPET. WE ARE LOOKING FOR ALL THE BRASS INSTRUMENTS, SO THE HORNS, BARITONES, TROMBONES, BASSISTS. IS NOT JUST TEACHING THEM HOW TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENT. YOU ALSO TEACHING IN OTHER AREAS? IT'S A WHOLE LIFESTYLE AND DEVELOPMENT THING. YOU LEARN TEAMSMANSHIP AND DISCIPLINE. I WROTE DOWN SOME THINGS... CARE AND INVOLVEMENT. AND HONOUR AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF. THAT HAPPENS ALL THROUGHOUT AOTEAROA. WAS EVERY TOWN IN THE COUNTRY HAS A BRASS BAND AND THEY ARE ALL DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING. SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES ALL OVER. FANTASTIC, GOOD LUCK WITH THE SEARCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHEN BRIAN SAID 13 AND UNDER, I THOUGHT, WE ARE JUST OUT OF IT. WHAT ABOUT YOUR FAMILY HAVING TO LISTEN TO YOU LEARNING? ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. WE WILL BE BACK TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY FRANK GORE, COURTNEY SOLE, DREW WELSH AND KITTY WASASALA. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH