IT'S FRIDAY THE SECOND OF AUGUST, MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. SO GOOD TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY. ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING, IT WAS RAINING MEDALS FOR NEW ZEALAND ROWERS. WHAT A NIGHT, CHRIS AND JORDAN! AMAZING. THE PARTY IS IN FULL SWING. HOW WAS HOUR OF POWER? GOLD SILVER AND BRONZE. UP THE WAHINE! ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. WE HAVE A GOLD MEDALLIST HAIR. LUCY, SHE IS OBSCURED. CONGRATULATIONS, LUCY. LOTS OF MEDALLIST. MEDALS FOR EVERYBODY TODAY. WE HAVE IT ALL FOR YOU. WE GOT GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE. A COUPLE OF SISTERS. UP THE MUMS, TOO! I STAYED UP TILL 1145, WATCHING THE ROWING. I JUST WANT TO HAVE A LOOK AT LUCY. JUST A WEE BUBBLES. SOME OF THE BOYS WHO ARE DONE NOW, THEY ARE ON. THEY ARE ALL IN THERE SOMEWHERE. WE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONING A FEW OF THE WATERS. WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU GUYS SHORTLY. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH. SO PROUD TO BE A KIWI. THE MEDALS ARE FLOWING IN PARIS, WITH THE FIRST DAY OF FINALS AT THE ROWING DELIVERING A GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE FOR NEW ZEALAND. OLYMPIC REPORTER JORDAN OPPERT WATCHED IT ALL UNFOLD AND JOINS US NOW FROM PARIS. MORENA. IT IS ME AGAIN. WHAT A DAY FOR NEW ZEALAND ROWING. IT ALL STARTED WITH WHAT WE ARE NOW CALLING THE SUPERMUM'S. THEY POWERED HOME AND THE WOMAN STUBBLE TO WIN GOLD. THERE WAS NOT A DRY EYE WHEN THEY CROSSED THE LINE. IT WAS EDGE OF YOUR SEAT RACING. HERE'S WHAT LUCY HAD TO SAY. I KNOW, LIKE YOU SAY, NEW ZEALAND WAS AT THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS AND WE WERE PROBABLY THE SAME. WE NEVER FELT COMFORTABLE, WE NEVER FELT LIKE WE HAD IT IN THE BAG, BUT WE ALWAYS BELIEVED. AT EVERY POINT, I FELT LIKE IT WAS STILL POSSIBLE. FROM THERE, WE WERE RACING QUITE LITERALLY. THE WOMAN'S FOUR UP NEXT. THEY POWERED HOME FOR BRONZE. THE MEN FINISHED SHORTLY AFTER WITH SILVER. WE GOT TO THE TRIFECTA TODAY FOR NEW ZEALAND ROWING. THIS IS JUST THE START OF WHAT COULD BE A VERY GLITTERING CAMPAIGN. NEW ZEALAND'S OTHER MEDAL CHANCE OVERNIGHT IS ON HOLD. A LACK OF WIND FORCED THE MEN'S SKIFF MEDAL RACE TO BE ABANDONED. 49er CREW ISAAC MCHARDIE AND WILL MCKENZIE WILL TRY AGAIN TONIGHT. THEY'RE SITTING THIRD GOING IN TO THE DOUBLE POINTS RACE. LIGHTNING BRIEFLY FORCED PLAY TO BE SUSPENDED IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE MEN'S GOLF IN PARIS. THE LEADING KIWI GOLFER RYAN FOX HAD AN EARLY EAGLE CHANCE ON HIS WAY TO A FOUR UNDER PAR 67. HE'S FOUR SHOTS OFF THE LEAD, HELD BY JAPAN'S HIDEKI MATSUYAMA. TO OTHER NEWS NOW, AND THERE ARE CALLS FOR MORE ACTION AFTER THE CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEM HASN'T SHIFTED ENOUGH, SINCE THE HORRIFIC DEATH OF A 5-YEAR-OLD. THE INDEPENDENT CHILDREN'S MONITOR REPORT ON MALACHI SUBECZ, WHO WAS MURDERED IN 2021, FOUND KIDS ARE 'NO SAFER NOW,' THAN THEY WERE THREE YEARS AGO. FOLLOWING THIS REPORT, A $14 MILLION LOSS OF FUNDING IS BEING REPORTED FOR ORANGA TAMARIKI. LOSING 107 FULL-TIME STAFF, AFFECTING 1600 KIDS. THE CHIEF CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER DR CLAIRE ACHMAD SAYS MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE. THAT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. AND WHILST THIS IS HARD STUFF TO DEAL WITH AND HARD THINGS TO MAKE CHANGES ON, JUST BECAUSE IT'S HARD DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T FOCUS THE MIND AND TAKE REAL ACTION, AND WE MUST. SIX GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WERE INVOLVED IN COMPLETING THEIR OWN REVIEW PROCESS, INCLUDING POLICE, TE WHATU ORA, THE MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION, JUSTICE, HEALTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CORRECTIONS. THE BOY ACCUSED OF KILLING THREE GIRLS IN A KNIFE ATTACK IN THE UK TOWN OF SOUTHPORT CAN NOW BE NAMED, A JUDGE HAS RULED. THE 17-YEAR-OLD ARRIVED IN COURT SURROUNDED BY A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE FOLLOWING VIOLENT RIOTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE BBC'S DANIEL SANDFORD HAS MORE. THREE DAYS AFTER THE HORRIFYING MASS STABBING IN SOUTHPORT, THE POLICE'S ONLY SUSPECT, AXEL RUDAKUBANA, WAS BROUGHT TO COURT IN A WHITE CUSTODY VAN. 17 YEAR OLD AXEL RUDAKUBANA, WHO AT THAT STAGE STILL COULD NOT BE NAMED, WAS WEARING A POLICE ISSUED GREY TRACKSUIT MADE OF A SWEATSHIRT MATERIAL. APART FROM A BRIEF GLANCE AT THE PRESS BENCHES, HE KEPT HIS FACE COVERED AT ALL TIMES. AS WELL AS BEING CHARGED WITH MURDER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER, HE'S ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESSING A KITCHEN KNIFE WITH A CURVED BLADE. AT A SECOND HEARING IN THE CROWN COURT AN HOUR LATER, JUDGE ANDREW MENARY KC LIFTED THE LEGAL RESTRICTIONS, SAYING THAT 'IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, 'AXEL RUDAKUBANA SHOULD BE PUBLICLY NAMED.' AXEL RUDAKUBANA, SEEN HERE IN OLD PHOTOS, WAS BORN IN CARDIFF, BUT GREW UP IN SOUTHPORT AND WENT TO LOCAL SCHOOLS. IT'S UNDERSTOOD HE HAS A DIAGNOSIS OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER AND HAS AT TIMES REFUSED TO LEAVE THE HOUSE. AS HE WAS DRIVEN FROM COURT, ANGRY BYSTANDERS SHOUTED AT THE VAN. HE'LL BE HELD IN YOUTH DETENTION ACCOMMODATION AT LEAST UNTIL HIS 18th BIRTHDAY NEXT WEEK. HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE WILL BE A PLEA HEARING ON OCTOBER THE 25TH. RUSSIA AND SEVERAL WESTERN NATIONS HAVE JUST EXCHANGED AT LEAST 24 PRISONERS, THE LARGEST SWAP SINCE THE SOVIET ERA. DETAINEES FROM THE U.S., GERMANY, AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HAVE TOUCHED DOWN IN TURKEY, AFTER BEING FREED FROM RUSSIAN CUSTODY. AMONG THOSE RELEASED IS AMERICAN REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, WHO WAS SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS IMPRISONMENT ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES LAST YEAR. IN EXCHANGE, EIGHT RUSSIAN NATIONALS WILL RETURN TO RUSSIA. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS ` (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S GOING TO BE A RAINY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH WITH HEAVY FALLS. FEW SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH, TOO. 15 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` PARTLY CLOUDY START TO THE DAY. THIS WILL TURN TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY FOR ALL OF YOU. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. THIS WILL EASE AFTER MIDDAY IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 13 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN TAUMARUNUI. ELSEWHERE, IT'LL BE A BIT MORE CLOUDY WITH SOME STRONG GUSTS IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. 14 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` OTHER THAN SOME SHOWERS IN KAIKOURA, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A NICE, FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. A HIGH OF 13 FOR NELSON AND WESTPORT. HEADING SOUTH ` CLOUDY START FOR MOST. HOWEVER, THIS WILL TURN TO BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH. 6 THE HIGH IN ALEXANDRA. 10 FOR THE REST OF YOU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THOSE IN DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL. OTHERWISE, A LOVELY FINE DAY FOR THE REST OF YOU HERE. 8 THE HIGH FOR GORE. AND LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR WEEKEND ` FOR YOUR SATURDAY, IT'S LOOKING LIKE BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE SOME RAIN IN THE FAR NORTH AND CLOUD ON THE EAST COAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE IN THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH SHOWERS IN THE FAR NORTH. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, FINE FOR MOST, BUT A CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE DEEP SOUTH. THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO FEEL THE BRUNT OF TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES, WITH SEVERAL HIGH-PROFILE RESTAURANTS AROUND THE COUNTRY GOING UNDER IN RECENT WEEKS. FOR ONE AUCKLAND EATERY, EVEN A POPULAR DELIVERY SERVICE THAT SHOULD BE HELPING IMPROVE PROFITS HAS BECOME A BURDEN. CHICKEN FRIED HEADQUARTERS ARE ASKING THEIR CUSTOMERS NOT TO USE UBER EATS, BUT TO ORDER FROM THEM DIRECTLY. OWNER JURI LONNIA SAYS THE FEES ON EARNINGS JUST DON'T ADD UP. $419.40. AND THE UBER EATS FEE IS $91.32. THAT'S NOT DONE YET, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE TOTAL I'VE SPENT ` $198.33. SAVINGS ON ITEMS ` $115 AS WELL, AND THE PAYOUT THAT WAS GIVEN TO US WHEN WE DEDUCT ALL THOSE FEES, IT WOULD BE $1.04. IF WE'RE BEING HONEST, IT STILL DRIVES US BUSINESS, SO IT DOES GET US EXPOSURE. SO, WE DO VALUE THE CUSTOMERS THAT DO ORDER THROUGH US, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH UBER, THROUGH DOORDASH, FOODHUB, OR COMING IN IN PERSON. WE JUST HAVE COMPLAINTS WITH UBER JUST BECAUSE OF THE COMMISSION FEES. THEY'RE QUITE HIGH AND SOMETIMES UNJUSTIFIED. FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE ONE THAT I JUST GAVE YOU, FOR EXAMPLE. SO, ARE THOSE FEES FAIR? WE'RE JOINED BY RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION'S MARISA BIDOIS. MORENA. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. YOU HEARD HIM. IS IT FAIR? THE THING IS WITH THE DELIVERY SERVICES, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MATCH THE BUSINESS MODEL. THAT THESE COSTS BALANCE AND WITH WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IN YOUR BUSINESS. WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING TO UBER EATS SINCE THEY CAME TO NEW ZEALAND, TO LOWER THOSE FEES. WE ALSO NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT UBER DOES HAVE A PLACE. IT IS MORE OF A MARKETING EXERCISE FOR MANY OF OUR BUSINESSES. THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ARE REALLY TOUGH AT THE MOMENT, SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY REVIEW THE COSTS OF ALL OF THIS APPLIES. ARE YOU HEARING SIMILAR COMPLAINTS? WE HAVE OVER THE YEARS HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO SAY THESE COMMISSION FEES ARE TOO HIGH. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT COME DOWN. WE HAVE SEEN THIS CONTRIBUTE TO THE CHALLENGE AND COSTS THAT OUR BUSINESSES ARE FACING. PARTICULARLY SMALLER BUSINESSES, WHAT DO THEY DO, DO THEY JUST SUCK IT UP? IT AS A TOUGH AT THE MOMENT IN OUR INDUSTRY. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW DELIVERY OPTIONS OUT THERE. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT BUSINESSES DO THE RESEARCH WITH THE COMPETITION OUT THERE. DO SOME NEGOTIATION AS WELL. THAT IS WHAT WE RECOMMEND TO OUR MEMBERS. WANTED YOU APPROACHING UBER EATS YOURSELF LOOK LIKE? WE HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM OVER THE YEARS, AND ASKED THEM TO REVIEW THE COMMISSION STRUCTURE. LOOK AT THE COSTS THAT THEY ARE PASSING ON TO BUSINESSES. SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASK THAT. OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE SUITED TO UBER EATS? THE FASTER, CASUAL STYLE RESTAURANT TENDED TO SUIT THE DELIVERY APPS A BIT MORE. THEY TRAVEL BETTER. IT REALLY DEPENDS ON YOUR COST MARGINS AS WELL. IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT THESE EXPENSES ARE INCLUDED INTO THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF A BUSINESS. THAT SEEMS LIKE SOME BUSINESSES ARE BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE. BUSINESSES GET ACCESS TO CUSTOMERS THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE OTHERWISE. IT IS GOOD TO LOOK AT IT AS A MARKETING EXERCISE, GETTING IN TOUCH WITH OTHER CUSTOMER BASES. YOU CAN COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE HOW YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO ORDER FROM THERE. AS THE COMPETITION AND THE FOOD DELIVERY SPACE? CURRENTLY WE ARE SITTING AT ABOUT FOUR OPTIONS, FOUR MAJOR OPTIONS. BUSINESSES CAN ALSO LOOK AT CREATING THEIR OWN DELIVERY ARM OF THEIR BUSINESS AS WELL. WE HAVE SEEN THAT HAPPEN WITH A FEW OF OUR MEMBERS. SOME BUSINESSES HAVE GROUPED TOGETHER TO CREATE THEIR OWN DELIVERY SERVICE. PEOPLE HAVE GOT CREATIVE IN THE SPACE AS WELL. WHAT WOULD YOUR ADVICE TO SMALL BUSINESSES WHO JUST TO FIND IT REALLY TOUGH DURING THESE ECONOMIC TIMES TO WORK WITH UBER EATS? I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO REVIEW THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ANYTHING YOU ARE SIGNING UP TO. PUT IT TOWARDS YOUR MARKETING FEE IF ANYTHING. THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT HERE. SOME OF THESE COSTS ARE VERY HIGH, THE MARGINS ARE TIGHT, SO IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU REVIEW THAT WITH ANNUAL COST STRUCTURE. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO CUSTOMERS, WHO PROBABLY DO NOT EVEN FLINCH WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT PAINLESS FEE, BUT DO NOT KNOW ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES? IT IS VERY CONVENIENT TO JUMP ON AN APP, AND HAVE EVERYTHING AT YOUR FINGERTIPS. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS TO CONSIDER IS LOOKING TO SEE IF YOUR FAVOURITE RESTAURANT HAS ITS OWN DELIVERY MECHANISMS SET UP ON ITS WEBSITE. THAT CAN BE SOMETHING TO CHECK OUT. I DO NOT THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE EVER GOING TO STOP USING THESE APPS, SO I THINK IT IS UP TO OUR BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WORK WITHIN THE STRUCTURE. AND TERMS OF THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION, WE TALK ABOUT HOW IT IS TOUGH AT THE MOMENT. HOW TOUGH IS TOUGH? IT IS REALLY CHALLENGING. IN A RECENT SURVEY WE DID, 40% OF BUSINESSES SAID THEIR TRADING CONDITIONS ARE WORSE THAN PREVIOUS YEARS. OUR BUSINESSES HAVE DEALT WITH PANDEMICS, THE RISING COST OF GOODS. BEYOND ALL OF THAT, OUR BUSINESSES ARE OPTIMISTIC AND RESILIENT, AND WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AFTER OUR CUSTOMERS. THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL? THERE IS. SURVIVE TO 2025 IS THE MANTRA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THAT IS THE THING, THE COMMISSION FEE BEING HIGH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME BEING ON UBER EATS IS GOOD FOR THE PROFILE, BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE EVERYBODY IS. OUR TEENAGER IS ALL ABOUT UBER EATS. IS TAKEAWAY STILL A THING? FRIDAY NIGHT FISH AND CHIPS IS STILL A THING IN MY FAMILY. FOR MY FAMILY, A FAMILY OF FIVE, FISH AND CHIPS ON FRIDAY NIGHT WE WOULD BE SPENDING UP TO $60-$70. THEY USED TO HAVE THESE GREAT DEALS FOR FAMILY PACKS FOR $10, NOW IT IS JUST... THEN YOU LOOK AT BUSINESSES, AND YOU THINK, WHAT AM I MOANING ABOUT? I WANT TO KEEP THE BUSINESSES AFLOAT. SO MANY PEOPLE ARE TREADING WATER. OUR TAKEAWAY SOMETHING THAT YOU USED TO ENJOY BUT NO LONGER DO? IS THE PRICE THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO SPEND CHANGED? E WHAI AKE NEI ` AN INCREDIBLE NIGHT FOR OUR ROWING ATHLETES AT THE OLYMPICS. GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE! WE HEAD BACK TO PARIS AND NEW ZEALAND HOUSE, WHERE THE CELEBRATIONS ARE ON. (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. WELL THE, FLOOD GATES HAVE OPENED AFTER ALL. IT'S BEEN A MAGIC DAY FOR NEW ZEALAND AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS. OUR MEDAL TALLY HAS SKYROCKETED UP TO FIVE, INCLUDING PICKING UP GOLD IN THE WOMEN'S DOUBLE SCULL. LUCY SPOORS AND BROOKE FRANICIS ARE STANDING BY WITH CHRIS. MORENA, CHANGY. GOOD MORNING. I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU CANNOT WALK AROUND NEW ZEALAND HOUSE THESE DAYS WITHOUT BUMPING INTO MEDALLISTS. A COUPLE OF VERY SPECIAL GUEST HAIR. I WAS A HOT MESS AND I STILL AM. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST? I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN A HOT MESS TOO. BEING ABLE TO CELEBRATE, AND ARE STARTING TO SET AND NOW WE ARE HERE. IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING DAY. A LOT HAS BEEN MADE THAT YOU ARE THE FIRST MUMS TO 1 AND A BOAT LIKE THIS. HOW MUCH DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? I FEEL LIKE IT IS BOTH INDESCRIBABLE AND THAT WAS THE PLAN. THIS IS WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO. I DO NOT THINK EITHER OF US WOULD HAVE COME BACK TO THE SPORT AND WE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WHAT WE COULD DO. IT STILL HAS NOT QUITE SUNKEN. IT WAS PRETTY EDGE OF YOUR SEAT BEING THERE, HOW DID IT FEEL TO YOU GUYS IN THE BOAT? YOU MAKE IT LOOK SO EFFORTLESS. AT WAS HONESTLY PROBABLY THE SAME FOR US. I NEVER FELT LIKE YES WE HAVE GOT IT. I ALWAYS FELT LIKE IT WAS POSSIBLE. THE WHOLE WAY DOWN THE TRACK, I WAS SAYING, BOW OUT. I NEVER FELT COMFORTABLE RIGHT DOWN TO THAT LAST STOKE. CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW YOU ARE SAYING CERTAIN NAMES AND THAT LAST 200? THE WAY THE OTHER GUYS WON THE 2012 OLYMPIC FINAL, AND WE KNEW THERE WOULD BE POTENTIALLY A SITUATION THAT WE WOULD BE UP AGAINST ROMANIA IN THE LAST 200 M, IF WE WERE WE THOUGHT THAT THOSE STOKES WOULD HAVE TO BE IMPACTFUL. IN THE LAST 200 M BROKER SAID JOE AND I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT SHE MEANT. IN THOSE MOMENTS YOU HAVE SCOPE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER? MELISSA IS USUALLY THE TALKER. BUT I DO THE TALKING AND THE BOAT. ALL I CAN GET OUT AS, A GO OR A JOE. WHAT ARE THE PLANS TONIGHT? OTHER KIDS BEING BABYSIT? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN OUR FAMILIES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 DAYS PROPERLY. WE ARE OFF THE HOOK TONIGHT BUT WILL BE BACK ON DUTY TOMORROW. DOES IT CHANGE THE WAY YOU APPROACH A ROWING, THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A FAMILY NOW? YOU HAVE A REASON COMING BACK TO THE SPORT. WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD TO SET THE TONE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY SINCE TOKYO. IN TOKYO, WE WERE BLINKERS ON, OBSESSED, I GUESS, WITH THE RESULT. IT CANNOT BE THAT WAY THE LAST THREE YEARS. IT HAS TO BE DIFFERENT. IT HAS BEEN A STRENGTH OF OURS TO ADAPT. WE ALWAYS SAID THAT WE WOULD NOT DO THIS AT THE COST OF THE KIDS. WE ALWAYS PUT THE KIDS FIRST. WE CAN CHANGE THINGS WHEN THAT HAS NOT BEEN HAPPENING. YOU GUYS HAVE NOW CREATED ONE HECK OF A LEGACY. YOU HAVE ACHIEVED THIS AS MUMS COMING BACK TO OLYMPIC GOLD. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU AND WHAT IS THE MESSAGE YOU WOULD LIKE TO PASS ON TO OTHER WOMAN WHO ARE CONTEMPLATING WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE SEEN DONE AND OTHER SPORTS, AND WE WERE SUPER INSPIRED BY THAT. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE BOTH THOUGHT ABOUT AND THE TOKYO CYCLE, WHETHER THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE. UP UNTIL TODAY WE DID NOT KNOW IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE. IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY DOING THIS. TWO OF US DOING THIS TOGETHER HAS BEEN AMAZING. I HOPE THAT IT SHOWS OTHER ATHLETES THAT IF THEY WANT TO DO THIS AND GROW THEIR FAMILIES THEY CAN DO THAT, AND HAVE AN ATHLETIC CAREER AS WELL. NEW ZEALAND HAS SUCH A PROUD ROWING HISTORY, AND YOU HAVE CREATED YOUR OWN SLICE OF HISTORY FOR THE COUNTRY. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. PARTY ON TONIGHT AND ENJOY. IF YOU JUST WANT TO SHOW YOUR MEDALS TO THE NATION. THANK YOU EVERYBODY BACK HOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL SEE YOU SOON. THEY GLOW IN THAT LIGHT. NEW ZEALAND HOUSE IS THE PLACE TO BE. WHEN I WATCHED THE RACE LAST NIGHT, I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN THE BOAT AND HELP. I WAS SCREAMING AT THE TELEVISION. GO YOU KIWIS, GO NEW ZEALAND. WE DID FIND ONE TRICK THAT WE CAN DO. PUT YOUR LEGS UP AND KICK FOR A BIT. CONGRATULATIONS TO LUCY AND BROOKE. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, QUEENSTOWN'S TOURISM PROVIDERS ARE HAVING TO BUY EMPTY HOTELS TO GIVE STAFF A PLACE TO STAY. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT ACCOMMODATION WAITING LIST AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK. NEW ZEALAND'S ADDED A GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE TO THE MEDAL TALLY IN PARIS, AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF FINALS IN THE ROWING. LET'S HEAD TO OLYMPICS REPORTER JORDAN OPPERT. WELCOME TO NEW ZEALAND HOUSE, WEBSITE WAS ELEVATING NOT ONE, NOT TWO BUT THREE ROWING MEDALS. IT ALL STARTED THIS MORNING AND THE WOMAN'S DOUBLE. WE ARE DUBBING THEM THE SUPERMUM'S. THEY BECAME THE FIRST MUMS TO WIN A MEDAL. IT WAS QUICKLY FOLLOWED UP WITH A BRONZE WITH THE WOMAN'S COXLESS FOUR. LUCY SISTER WAS IN THE FOUR. WHAT A PROUD MOMENT FOR THE FAMILY. THEN WE HAD THE TRIFECTA, THE MEN SILVER IN THE COXLESS FOUR. THIS COULD BE A VERY GLITTERING CAMPAIGN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JORDAN. AND NEW ZEALAND'S OTHER MEDAL CHANCE OVERNIGHT HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD. A LACK OF WIND FORCED THE MEN'S SKIFF MEDAL RACE TO BE ABANDONED MID-RACE. 49er CREW ISAAC MCHARDIE AND WILL MCKENZIE WILL TRY AGAIN TONIGHT. THEY'RE SITTING THIRD GOING IN TO THE DOUBLE POINTS RACE. TO GOLF, WHERE RYAN FOX HAS MADE A SOLID START TO THE OLYMPIC EVENT. THE 37-YEAR-OLD WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PLAYERS OUT ON THE COURSE AND FIRED A FOUR UNDER PAR 67. HE'S FOUR STROKES OFF THE LEADER, JAPAN'S HIDEKI MATSUYAMA. NO JOY FOR THE MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM IN THEIR TRANS-TASMAN TUSSLE IN PARIS. THE AUSTRALIANS PUTTING FIVE GOALS PAST NEW ZEALAND FOR THEIR FOURTH LOSS OF THE GAMES. THEY HAVE ONE POOL MATCH LEFT AS THEY TRY TO AVOID THE WOODEN SPOON. IN OTHER NEWS, THE 17-YEAR-OLD BOY ACCUSED OF A DEADLY KNIFE ATTACK IN THE ENGLISH TOWN OF SOUTHPORT HAS BEEN NAMED. THE CARDIFF TEENAGER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF MURDER AND 10 COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. DESPITE BEING A MINOR, A JUDGE HAS RULED IT WAS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO NAME THE SUSPECT, FOLLOWING A SWIRL OF MISINFORMATION ONLINE OVER HIS IDENTITY. FALSE CLAIMS THAT HE WAS AN ASYLUM SEEKER FUELLED SEVERAL VIOLENT FAR RIGHT RIOTS ACROSS THE UK IN RECENT DAYS. RUSSIA AND SEVERAL WESTERN NATIONS HAVE JUST EXCHANGED AT LEAST 24 PRISONERS, THE LARGEST SWAP SINCE THE SOVIET ERA. DETAINEES FROM THE U.S., GERMANY, AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HAVE TOUCHED DOWN IN TURKEY, AFTER BEING FREED FROM RUSSIAN CUSTODY. AMONG THOSE RELEASED IS AMERICAN REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, WHO WAS SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS IMPRISONMENT ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES LAST YEAR. IN EXCHANGE, EIGHT RUSSIAN NATIONALS WILL RETURN TO RUSSIA. THERE ARE CALLS FROM SMALL BUSINESSES TO STOP GOING THROUGH DELIVERY SERVICE 'UBER EATS' TO ORDER FOOD. ONE AUCKLAND EATERY IS ASKING ITS CUSTOMERS TO ORDER FROM THEM DIRECTLY, AS THE FEES ARE JUST ARE JUST TO HIGH. OWNER JURI LONNIA SAYS THE EARNINGS CAN BE AS LITTLE AS $1 ON AN ORDER. RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION'S MARISA BIDOIS SAYS IT ADDS TO THE HARD TIMES FOR BUSINESSES. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT COME DOWN. AS I SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE SEEN THIS CONTRIBUTE TO THE CHALLENGING COSTS THAT BUSINESSES ARE FACING. AND FINALLY, BEARS RESCUED FROM POACHING AND FIGHTING ARE FINDING A NEW HOME IN A PAKISTAN SANCTUARY. THE ISLAMABAD WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTRE TAKES IN BEARS WHO WERE STOLEN FROM THEIR MOTHERS AND FORCED IN TO BEAR BAITING AND BEAR DANCING, ILLEGAL PRACTICES CONDEMNED BY ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS. THE BEARS HAVE NOW FORMED A BOND WITH THEIR KEEPERS AND SPEND THEIR TIME EATING GRASS AND FROLICKING IN THE POOL. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S GOING TO BE A RAINY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH WITH HEAVY FALLS. FEW SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH, TOO. 15 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` PARTLY CLOUDY START TO THE DAY. THIS WILL TURN TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY FOR ALL OF YOU. HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 12 IN ROTORUA. TO THE EAST COAST ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. THIS WILL EASE AFTER MIDDAY IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. NINE DEGREES IN DANNEVIRKE TODAY. OVER TO THE WEST ` FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN TAUMARUNUI. ELSEWHERE, IT'LL BE A BIT MORE CLOUDY WITH SOME STRONG GUSTS IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. THE CAPITAL IS SITTING ON NINE DEGREES TODAY. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` OTHER THAN SOME SHOWERS IN KAIKOURA, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A NICE, FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. A HIGH OF 13 FOR NELSON AND WESTPORT. 12 DEGREES IN THE GREYMOUTH. HEADING SOUTH ` CLOUDY START FOR MOST. HOWEVER, THIS WILL TURN TO BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH. 6 THE HIGH IN ALEXANDRA. 10 FOR THE REST OF YOU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THOSE IN DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL. OTHERWISE, A LOVELY FINE DAY FOR THE REST OF YOU HERE. 10 DEGREES IN MILFORD SOUND AND DUNEDIN. AND LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR WEEKEND ` FOR YOUR SATURDAY, IT'S LOOKING LIKE BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE SOME RAIN IN THE FAR NORTH AND CLOUD ON THE EAST COAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE IN THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH SHOWERS IN THE FAR NORTH. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, FINE FOR MOST, BUT A CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE DEEP SOUTH. STAY WITH US. SHE'S DONE IT AGAIN. GYMNAST SIMONE BILES HAS WON GOLD IN THE ALL-AROUND FINAL. HER TALENT AND STORY IS REMARKABLE. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON HER REMARKABLE COMEBACK STORY NEXT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. GYMNAST SIMONE BILES HAS JUST TAKEN HER OLYMPIC MEDAL TALLY TO NINE. SHE'S WON THE ALL-AROUND GOLD, BECOMING THE FIRST EVER GYMNAST TO DO SO IN TWO SEPARATE CYCLES. LET'S BRING IN MEI HERON, WHO WAS WATCHING ALL THE ACTION. MEI, YOU SAW HISTORY HAPPEN THIS MORNING. HOW AMAZING WAS IT? ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. AS SOON AS IT HAPPENED, I RACED OUT HERE TO CHAT TO YOU, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE CHANCE ARE STILL RINGING IN MY EARS. WE SEE ON TELEVISION IT SHOWS THAT SHE IS INCREDIBLE ATHLETE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING NEXT LEVEL WATCHING HER IN PERSON. SHE IS TRULY AN EXTRAORDINARY GYMNAST. YOU CAN TELL BY HER RECENT GOLD MEDAL HERE THIS MORNING. JUST 48-HOUR IS AGO, I WAS STANDING HERE AS SHE WON A GOLD MEDAL WITH TEAM USA. THIS IS AN ULTIMATE REDEMPTION FOR HER WHO HAD TO PULL OUT OF SO MANY TOKYO GAMES EVENTS BECAUSE OF HER MENTAL HEALTH. SHE HAS WON TWO GOLD IS ALREADY THE SPELL UNPACKS AND SHE CAN ADD TO THAT TALLY. SHE CAN WIN GOLD IN THE BEAM AND VAULT. SHE CAN ADD TO THAT TALLY, ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. MEI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. WHAT WAS THAT ATMOSPHERE LIKE BEING IN THAT STADIUM? FOR AN ATHLETE HAVING ALL THOSE EYES ON HER, FELT LIKE WE WERE IN THE USA. THE CROWD WAS FULL OF USA FANS AND FLAGS. IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY. WITH EVERY SUCCESS, YOU WOULD HEAR THE CHEERS. WITH EVERY MISTAKE, YOU HEAR THE BOOS AND GASPS. SHE REALLY STRUGGLED IN THE UNEVEN BARS SO THERE WAS PRESSURE FOR HER TO PERFORM, BUT THAT PRESSURE FELT LIKE SHE DID NOT EVEN FEEL IT BECAUSE SHE CAME AND PERFORMED IN ONE AN EXTRAORDINARY FASHION. SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS HAVING FUN, TO BE HONEST. RUSHING OUTSIDE THE STADIUM JUST TO GIVE US AN UPDATE. REALLY APPRECIATED, MEI. THANK YOU. BUT IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN EASY FOR BILES. THE DECORATED GYMNAST HAS RETURNED TO THE OLYMPICS AFTER AN OPEN STRUGGLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH SAW HER WITHDRAW FROM THE 2021 TOKYO GAMES. BILES, A ONCE IN A GENERATION ATHLETE, SUFFERED WHAT'S KNOWN IN THE GYMNASTICS WORLD AS THE 'TWISTIES', A DISCONNECT BETWEEN YOUR BRAIN AND BODY, AND THE LACK OF SPATIAL AWARENESS MAKES PERFORMING DIFFICULT TRICKS DANGEROUS. BUT HER RETURN HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF EXTRAORDINARY. AS MEI HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT. I'M JOINED NOW BY COMMONWEALTH GAMES GOLD MEDALLIST RHYTHMIC GYMNAST, ANGELA WALKER SUBRAMANIAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANGELA. SORRY FOR BUTCHERING YOUR NAME. YOU WATCH THAT THIS MORNING. HOW WAS IT WATCHING HER? I THINK I COULD SEE THAT THE WEIGHT OF STRESS THAT SHE WAS CARRYING, EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS SMILING, SHE APPEARED TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER, THAT PRESSURE THAT SHE WAS UNDER WAS HUGE. SHE MANAGED IT AND SHE PREVAILED AT. WHAT A REDEMPTION. THE SUPERLATIVES, THEY DO NOT STOP, AND THOSE COMMENTATORS CALLING HER A ONCE IN A GENERATION ATHLETE, THAT SHE IS CHANGE THE SPORT FOREVER, WHAT IS IT ABOUT HER AND HER ATHLETIC ABILITY HAS PUT HER IN THAT STRATOSPHERE? SHE HAS THE WHOLE PACKAGE. SHE HAS ABILITY TO DO THINGS THAT NOBODY IN HISTORY HAS EVER DONE. SHE IS SUPERHUMAN AND SHE IS HUMAN. WE HAVE SEEN HER THROUGH THE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO SPEAK PUBLICLY ABOUT IT. TO COME BACK AND, AS SHE SAID, WRITE HER OWN ENDING SHE REALLY IS THAT ONCE IN A GENERATION PHENOMENON. YOU WENT TO THE 1988 SEOUL OLYMPICS. YOU WON GOLD AND THREE BRONZES. WHAT IS IT LIKE ACCOMMODATE INTENSITY OF BEING ON THE FLOOR? YES, YOU HAVE YOUR TEAMMATES AND COACH AND FAMILY, BUT YOU ARE IN THAT ARENA ON YOUR OWN. WHAT IS THE INTENSITY OF THOSE MOMENTS LIKE? THE REAL CHALLENGE OF THE ACTUAL COMPETITION DAY IS BEING ABLE TO GO OUT AND DO WHAT YOU KNOW YOU CAN DO. YOU HAVE DONE IT THOUSANDS OF TIMES. IN THAT ATMOSPHERE, WITH THAT WEIGHT OF PRESSURE, THE PRESSURE TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM ON THE DAY, YOU CANNOT UNDERESTIMATE JUST HOW TOUGH IT IS IN THAT ATMOSPHERE, AND THAT HUGE OLYMPIC ARENA. ATHLETES TALK ABOUT TWISTIES, THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN YOUR BODY AND BRAIN. SOME OF THOSE MOVEMENTS BEING DONE ARE INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS. WHAT ARE THE DANGERS OF THAT DISCONNECT? YOU KNOW AS A GYMNAST WHAT THEY POTENTIALLY COULD MEAN. WHAT ARE THE DANGERS OF THAT? IN ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS, THERE ARE HUGE DANGERS. YOU ARE PROPELLING YOURSELF IN THE YEAR WITH MULTIPLE TURNS AND SPINS. IF THERE IS ANY NOISE IN YOUR HEAD, ANY DISRUPTION TO WHAT YOUR PROGRAM TO DO, THAT INTERFERES WITH YOUR ABILITY TO LAND ON YOUR FEET SAFELY. THEY MAKE IT LOOK EASY, THEY MAKE IT LOOK RELATIVELY EFFORTLESS, BUT THE RISK IS HUGE. SIMONE HAS TALKED PUBLICLY ABOUT IMMENSE POWER STRUGGLES. SHE BELIEVES IT WAS A RESULT OF UNRESOLVED STRESS AND TRAUMA. HOW DO YOU SEPARATE THOSE TWO THINGS WHEN YOU OUT ON THE FLOOR? YOU ARE SEPARATING PAST EXPERIENCES. YOU ARE IN THE PRESENT, YOU HAVE TO PERFORM IN THE WORLD IS WATCHING YOU. HOW HARD IS THAT TO DO? WHAT WE SAW IN TOKYO IS THAT YOU CANNOT ALWAYS SEPARATE. SIMONE WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO KNOW WHEN SHE COULDN'T. YOU REALLY ARE JUST BRINGING YOUR WHOLE PERSON INTO THAT DAY, ALL THE GOOD AND THE BAD PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPONENTS GO INTO THE MIX TO HOPEFULLY ENABLE YOU TO PERFORM ON THE DAY. I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO REMEMBER THIS IS A SPORT WHERE YOU ARE YOUNG GIRLS, YOU ARE YOUNG WOMAN WHEN YOU COME INTO THE SPORT AND HAVE ALL OF THAT PRESSURE. YOU ARE GOING THROUGH SO MANY CHANGES AS A PERSON. HORMONAL CHANGES, ALL THOSE THINGS AND YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO PERFORM. WHAT DO YOU MEMBER ABOUT THE STRUGGLES BEING A YOUNG WOMAN HAVING TO PERFORM LIKE THAT? YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I THINK IT IS REALLY HARD AS A YOUNG PERSON TO GROW UP IN SUCH A DEMANDING SPORT, BUT I GUESS YOU AND YOU DO IT BECAUSE YOU LOVE IT AND WANT TO. WHAT WE'RE SEEING MORE NOW IS THAT THE GYMNASTS ARE STAYING IN THE SPORT LONGER AND ARE GETTING ATHLETES WELL INTO THEIR 20S, OCCASIONALLY INTO THEIR 30S AND 40S. THEY ARE THAT MUCH MORE EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH THE CHALLENGES OF THE SPORT, AND I THINK YOU ARE THAT MUCH BETTER. LOOK AT SIMONE AND HER LATE 20S. WHAT AN ATHLETE, THAT IS A WONDERFUL SPORT FOR US TO ENJOY WHEN YOU HAVE THESE MORE MATURE ATHLETES OUT THERE. IT IS GREAT DEVELOPMENT. IT IS JUST WHETHER THE BODY CAN KEEP UP WITH IT. SHE IS 27 YEARS OF AGE, THE OLDEST ATHLETE TO WIN A MEDAL AT THE OLYMPICS SINCE 1952. THAT SHOWS AGAIN THAT IT IS A YOUNG PERSON SPORT, BUT HAVE SOMEONE LIKE SIMONE WHEN AT 27 YEARS, THAT SURELY OPENS THE MINDSET FOR OTHER ATHLETES TO SAY, I CAN DO THIS TO AND BE GOOD AT IT. THE FACT THE GYMNASTS DID NOT CARRY ON AS LONG WAS NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T BUT BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT FIGURED OUT HOW TO LOVE IT AND MAKE IT FUN. THERE IS SUCH AN INTENSITY OF TRAINING WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG, BUT IF YOU CAN STRETCH THAT CAREER OUT MORE AND MAKE IT MORE AND JOY ABLE, WE SAW SIMONE TAKE A BREAK THIS OLYMPIC CYCLE. IT MEANS THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE YOUR CAREER INTO THE FUTURE, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL THING. HAVE A LITTLE BALANCE. ANGELA WALKER, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US, PARTICULARLY GIVEN YOUR INSIGHT IS A GYMNAST, IS A GOLD MEDALLIST AT OUR COMMONWEALTH GAMES. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE TALK ABOUT SIMONE BEING AN INCREDIBLE ATHLETE. BUT LOOK AT OUR SUPERMUM'S. I THINK THESE ATHLETES ARE INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE SPORT AND THE PASSION AND OVERCOME THE ADVERSITY, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE. IT ALSO SHOWS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE MORE IN YOUR LIFE. SHE DID HAVE THAT BREAK TO PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE, THEN TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK. AND SAYING THAT, TO KNOW THAT ALL EYES ARE ON YOU AND THE CAMERAS ARE RIGHT THERE FOR EVERY SINGLE MOMENT, THEY ARE RIGHT ON YOU AND HOW YOU ARE RESPONDING TO EVERYTHING. SHE HAS NOT FINISHED YET. SHE BREAKS HER HERE BEFORE EVERY TOURNAMENT. ISN'T THAT COOL? WOW. COMING UP ` WE'LL MEET THE KIWI TEAM DEPLOYED TO HELP BATTLE WILDFIRES RAGING ACROSS CANADA. # I FEEL SO CLOSE TO YOU RIGHT NOW, IT IS A FORCE FIELD # A TEAM OF 35 NEW ZEALANDERS ARE IN CANADA HELPING FIGHT WILDFIRES BURNING ACROSS THE PROVINCES. RAIN AND COOLER TEMPERATURES HAVE BROUGHT SOME RELIEF FOR FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING WILDFIRES IN THE HISTORIC TOWN OF JASPAR, WHERE ENTIRE STREETS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE BLAZE. MOST OF THE TASK FORCE ARE IN ALBERTA, WITH A HANDFUL OF PERSONNEL IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT MARCHANT IS THERE, AND I SPOKE TO HIM EARLIER AND ASKED HIM TO GIVE US THE LATEST UPDATE ON THE GROUND. SO, 10 DAYS AGO WE HAD SOME REALLY HIGH TEMPERATURES AND THOSE WILDFIRES WERE GOING FOR IT. OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS WE'VE HAD SOME REPRIEVE WITH SOME RAIN. THEY ARE EXPECTING OVER THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR DAYS TO GET 36 TEMPERATURES AGAIN, AND RAMP UP AGAIN. GIVE US AN IDEA OF THE SCALE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE PORT HELLS FIRE THAT WAS A DECENT FIRE FOR NEW ZEALAND. TIMES THAT BY 20, 50, THOSE ARE THE FIRES THAT OUR WILDFIRE SPECIALISTS ARE DEALING WITH. CANADA BATTLES HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF FIRES OVER THE SUMMER. HOW DO THESE COMPARE WITH THOSE OF LAST YEAR WHICH WERE CANADA'S WORST ON RECORD? I WAS IN ALBERTA LAST YEAR AND EVERYTHING WAS BURNED, IT WAS BLACK. I AM IN BRITISH COLUMBIA THIS YEAR, AND IT IS JUST THE SAME THIS YEAR. THE POOR PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH SO MUCH. A LOT OF TOWNS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. I KNOW FROM MY CREWS THAT ARE DOWN IN THE BOTTOM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, THEY HAVE HAD TO EVACUATE TO TOWNS BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF FIRE. ONCE WILDFIRE GETS BIG AND POWERFUL, THERE IS NO WAY TO STOP IT AND YOU JUST HAVE TO TRY AND SAVE LIVES. HOW MANY KIWI CREW ARE THERE> HOW MANY KIWI CREW ARE THERE? WE HAVE SIX PEOPLE AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. TWO OF THEM ARE HELICOPTER COORDINATORS AND THEY ARE COORDINATING AIRCRAFT FROM THE AIR. WE HAVE ALSO GOT TO OPERATION MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS, AND THEY COMMAND CREWS FROM THE GROUND. WE ALSO HAVE A TASK FORCE THAT HAS JUST ARRIVED IN ALBERTA AS WELL. IT IS A TASK FORCE OF 25 FIREFIGHTERS AND THEY ARE HEADING TO THE TOP END OF ALBERTA. HOW LONG WILL CREWS BE THERE? WE DO ABOUT 35 DAYS, TWO DAYS TRAVEL, 14 DAYS OF WORK, AND THEY HAVE TWO DAYS OFF, AND THEN ANOTHER 14 DAYS OF WORK AND THEN TWO DAYS OF DEBRIEF AND TRAVEL. WE HAVE ANOTHER CREW ON STANDBY AT THE MOMENT. AS CANADA PUTS AND ANOTHER REQUEST THEN THEY WILL BE SENT OVER. WHY ARE KIWI FIREFIGHTERS AND INCREASING DEMAND OVERSEAS? VERY HIGHLY RESPECTED. NEW ZEALAND IS A HIGHLY RESPECTED GROUP OF FIREFIGHTERS. THEY JUST GET ON WITH IT. AS SOON AS THEY GET THERE, AS IT IS THEY ARE TASKED WITH A JOB, THEY JUST GET ON WITH IT. THE CANADIANS LOVE KIWIS. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE AND YOUR CREW ARE DOING. STAY SAFE AND GO WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, APPRECIATE IT. INCREDIBLE. SPEAKING OF INCREDIBLE, OUR ROWERS GOT GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE. TWO SISTERS AND DIFFERENT BOATS. HOW GOOD. IT HAS REALLY IGNITED MY PASSION ONCE AGAIN, TO ASK MYSELF WHAT SPORT WHAT I COMPETE IN? WHAT WOULD YOU COMPETE IN? I WOULD GIVE PING-PONG A CRACK. AT IS CALLED TABLE TENNIS AT THE OLYMPICS, PING-PONG IS WHAT YOU DO IN YOUR GARAGE. I WAS TELLING SOMEONE THAT I WISH I HAD GONE TO THEIR LIMITS THE OTHER DAY, AND THEY SENT ME AN ARTICLE OF A 58 YEAR OLD WHO IS PLAYING TABLE TENNIS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I WOULD LIKE TO DO GYMNASTICS BECAUSE IT IS SO OUT OF THE REALM OF ANYTHING I COULD DO, I CANNOT TOUCH MY TOES. I WOULD LOVE TO BE A 1500 M RUNNER. THAT IS QUITE FULL ON. I CANNOT SEE YOU DOING THAT ONE. BACK IN MY DAY, DANIEL. WE CAN HAVE A RACE AROUND THE BLOCK AFTER THE SHOW, AND I BET I KNOW WHO WILL WIN. THIS TIME ROUND, I WOULD GIVE BREAKDANCING A GO. BREAKING, THEY ARE CALLING IT. DO SOME BACKFLIPS. CATERPILLAR. DID YOU NOT HAVE SCHOOL BACK THEN WHEN YOU BREAK DANCED? AFTER SCHOOL. WE WILL GO BACK TO THE OLYMPICS, THROUGHOUT THE NEWS. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK ` A KEY ORANGA TAMARIKI PROGRAMME IS FACING A MAJOR FUNDING CUT. FAMILY START HAS LOST $14m THAT WAS USED TO CHECK ON KIDS IN HOMES WITH WELFARE ISSUES. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THOSE IMPACTS WITH THE CHAIR SHORTLY. A GOLD, A SILVER AND A BRONZE IN THE ROWING OVERNIGHT. NEW ZEALAND NOW HAS FIVE MEDALS, MOVING UP TO 11th ON THE LEADERBOARD. WE'LL HAVE MORE REACTION THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AND, IT'S A BATTLE BETWEEN A MAN AND AUCKLAND COUNCIL OVER THIS CONCRETE SLAB. WHY THE COUNCIL SAYS IT SHOULD BE REMOVED AND WHY THE MAN WHO INSTALLED IT SAYS IT SHOULD STAY. THAT'S COMING UP A LITTLE LATER. BUT FOR NOW, IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK. HERE'S MELISSA WITH THE NEWS. THE NEW ZEALAND ROWERS HAVE ADDED THREE MORE MEDALS TO THE TEAM'S TALLY IN PARIS, WITH THE WOMEN'S DOUBLE SCULLERS LUCY SPOORS AND BROOKE FRANCIS WINNING GOLD IN A TIGHT FINISH. THAT IS HOW CLOSE THEY ARE AS THEY COME UP TO THE END OF THIS WOMEN'S DOUBLE SCULLS RACE. DO ROMANIA HAVE THE SPRINT? THE KIWIS ARE IN THE LEAD JUST, BUT ROMANIA AT THE LINE. IT'S GOING TO BE THE KIWIS. NEW ZEALAND HAVE THAT STAMINA. GAMES REPORTER JORDAN OPPERT HAS BEEN WITH THE NEW OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS AND JOINS US NOW. HI. THOSE WOMAN'S DOUBLE SCHOLARS KICKING OFF WHAT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS, AN HOUR OF POWER FOR THE KIWIS. THREE MEDALS. KICKED OFF BY THE WOMAN, AN UNBEATABLE FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH. THEY BECAME THE FIRST MUMS TO MEDDLE AT AN OLYMPIC GAMES. HERE IS WHAT THEY SAID. SO, IT'S REALLY COOL TO BE HERE CELEBRATING WITH OUR FAMILIES. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THEM PROPERLY IN THE FIRST TEN DAYS. WE GOT TO HAVE A LITTLE CUDDLE WITH OUR KIDS RIGHT AFTER OUR MEDAL CEREMONY, WHICH WAS REALLY SPECIAL. I THINK WE'RE OFF THE HOOK TONIGHT, BUT TOMORROW WE MIGHT BE BACK IN TO MUM DUTIES. INSPIRING AND SO MANY WAYS. ANOTHER TWO MEDALS AND BOTH THE WOMEN'S AND MEN'S ROWING. POTENTIALLY IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS WE HAVE A WOMAN'S LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE AND AND 48 HOURS WE HAVE TWO COMPETITORS IN THE SINGLES. THANK YOU JORDAN. AND WHAT WAS MEANT TO BE ANOTHER MEDAL CHANCE OVERNIGHT, WILL TRY AGAIN TOMORROW. A LACK OF WIND FORCED THE MEN'S SKIFF MEDAL RACE TO BE ABANDONED. 49er CREW ISAAC MCHARDIE AND WILL MCKENZIE WILL TRY AGAIN TONIGHT. THEY'RE SITTING THIRD GOING IN TO THE DOUBLE POINTS RACE. AMERICAN SUPERSTAR SIMONE BILES HAS JUST WON HER SECOND GYMNASTICS GOLD AT THESE GAMES. THE 27-YEAR-OLD WAS THE HOT FAVOURITE TO WIN THE INDIVIDUAL ALL-ROUND COMPETITION TODAY, AND SHE CLINCHED IT IN THE FINAL FLOOR EXERCISE. IT'S THE SIXTH OLYMPIC GOLD OF HER CAREER AND NINTH MEDAL OVERALL. AND COMMONWEALTH GAMES GYMNASTICS GOLD MEDALLIST ANGELA WALKER SUBRAMANIAM TOLD BREAKFAST THE PRESSURE ON BILES AT THESE OLYMPICS IS IMMENSE. SHE'S SUPERHUMAN AND SHE'S HUMAN. YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN HER GO THROUGH THE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO SPEAK PUBLICLY ABOUT IT, AND THEN TO COME BACK AND, AS SHE SAID, REWRITE HER OWN ENDING AND PREVAIL, SHE REALLY IS THAT ONCE IN A GENERATION PHENOMENON. IN OTHER NEWS, THE BOY (17) ACCUSED OF A DEADLY KNIFE ATTACK IN THE ENGLISH TOWN OF SOUTHPORT HAS BEEN NAMED. THE CARDIFF TEENAGER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF MURDER AND TEN COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. DESPITE BEING A MINOR, A JUDGE HAS RULED IT WAS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO NAME THE SUSPECT FOLLOWING A SWIRL OF MISINFORMATION ONLINE OVER HIS IDENTITY. FALSE CLAIMS THAT HE WAS AN ASYLUM SEEKER FUELLED SEVERAL VIOLENT FAR RIGHT RIOTS ACROSS THE UK IN RECENT DAYS. POLICE HAVE FIRED TEAR GAS TO DISPERSE PROTESTS IN NIGERIA, OVER WHAT DEMONSTRATORS ARE CALLING THE WORST COST OF LIVING CRISIS IN A GENERATION. THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS WERE MET WITH A HEAVY SECURITY PRESENCE IN SEVERAL NIGERIAN CITIES. ECONOMIC REFORMS HAVE SEEN CONSUMER INFLATION BALLOON PAST 34%, THE HIGHEST IN NEARLY THREE DECADES. THE NIGERIA PROTESTS FOLLOW WEEKS OF DEADLY ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN KENYA. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S GOING TO BE A RAINY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH WITH HEAVY FALLS. FEW SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH, TOO. 15 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` PARTLY CLOUDY START TO THE DAY. THIS WILL TURN TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY FOR ALL OF YOU. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. THIS WILL EASE AFTER MIDDAY IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 13 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN TAUMARUNUI. ELSEWHERE, IT'LL BE A BIT MORE CLOUDY WITH SOME STRONG GUSTS IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. 14 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` OTHER THAN SOME SHOWERS IN KAIKOURA, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A NICE, FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. A HIGH OF 13 FOR NELSON AND WESTPORT. HEADING SOUTH ` CLOUDY START FOR MOST. HOWEVER, THIS WILL TURN TO BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH. 6 THE HIGH IN ALEXANDRA. 10 FOR THE REST OF YOU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THOSE IN DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL. OTHERWISE, A LOVELY FINE DAY FOR THE REST OF YOU HERE. 8 THE HIGH FOR GORE. AND LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR WEEKEND ` FOR YOUR SATURDAY, IT'S LOOKING LIKE BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE SOME RAIN IN THE FAR NORTH AND CLOUD ON THE EAST COAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE IN THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH SHOWERS IN THE FAR NORTH. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, FINE FOR MOST, BUT A CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE DEEP SOUTH. WHEN FIVE-YEAR-OLD MALACHI SUBECZ WAS MURDERED IN 2021, IT TRIGGERED YET ANOTHER CAMPAIGN FOR CHANGE, AROUND HOW ORANGA TAMARIKI PROTECTS THOSE IT KNOWS ARE AT RISK. BUT IN YESTERDAY'S INDEPENDENT CHILDREN'S MONITOR REPORT, WE LEARNED THAT CHANGE NEVER EVENTUATED. KIDS ARE 'NO SAFER NOW', THAN THEY WERE IN 2021. FOR ME WHEN I READ THAT REPORT, OPEN IT UP, SEE THAT STARK FINDING THAT TAMARIKI ARE NO SAFER THAN WHEN MALACHI DIED, THAT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. AND WHILST THIS IS HARD STUFF TO DEAL WITH, AND HARD THINGS TO MAKE CHANGE ON, JUST BECAUSE IT'S HARD DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T FOCUS THE MIND AND TAKE REAL ACTION. AND WE MUST. AND RIGHT AS THE WATCHDOG SAYS IT HAS 'NO CONFIDENCE' THAT CHILDREN LIKE MALACHI ARE 'MORE LIKELY TO BE SEEN,' ORANGA TAMARIKI IS PULLING $14 MILLION OF FUNDING, FOR ITS FAMILY START PROGRAMME, WHICH CHECKS ON KIDS IN AT-RISK HOMES. DR NICOLE COUPE IS CHAIR OF FAMILY START COLLECTIVE. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. $14 MILLION AND CUT HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT WILL THAT HAVE? IT IS GOING TO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON FAMILIES THAT WE WORK WITH, AND OUR UNDER TWO-YEAR-OLDS. 107 FULL-TIME STAFFING ROLES WILL BE NO LONGER ALLOCATED TO 1600 OF OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. YOUR ORGANISATION GOES INTO HOMES, CHECKS AND ON KIDS, WHAT IS THE MANDATE OF FAMILY START? ESSENTIALLY WE CAN RECEIVE REFERRALS FROM ANYBODY, INCLUDING THE FAMILIES THEMSELVES, TO SUPPORT THEIR PARENTING. WE GO IN ONE TIME A WEEK, SOMETIMES WE GO AND MORE. WE SPEND UP TO ONE HOUR TO 2 HOURS A WEEK TO HELP THE FAMILY WITH FOOD, TO EDUCATION, TO IMMUNISATIONS, TO ENVIRONMENTS AND MAKING THEM SAFER IN THEIR HOMES. AN HOUSING AS WELL. WE HAVE MAINLY BEEN DEALING WITH FAMILY VIOLENCE LATELY. IF WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THOSE CUTS AND WHAT THAT WILL MEAN FOR STAFF ACTUALLY GETTING INTO THOSE TIMES TO MONITOR OUR CHILDREN, WHAT WILL THAT MEAN? WILL THAT MEAN THAT SOME FAMILIES, SOME KIDS, WILL MISS OUT ON THE SERVICES THAT YOU PROVIDE? THERE ARE ALREADY FAMILIES MISSING OUT. A NUMBER OF OUR PROVIDERS HAVE MASSIVE WEIGHT LISTS, WE COULD ACTUALLY GROW OUR SERVICES. UNFORTUNATELY CUTTING THEM BY 25% MEANS THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET INTO SOMETIMES. SOME HOMES. A STATEMENT WAS PROVIDED BY ORANGA TAMARIKI SAYS HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT? THE IMPORTANT PART ABOUT THIS AS REACHING THESE CHILDREN. SOME OF THEM ARE AND RURAL PLACES, AND WE HAVE HEARD THAT A NUMBER OF THOSE PROVIDERS THAT ARE IN RURAL PLACES I GOING TO RECEIVE CUTS. WE HAVE A MAJOR, SYSTEMIC ISSUE AND OUR COUNTRY, WITH STAFFING AND GETTING PEOPLE TO WORK OUTSIDE THE CITIES IN RURAL CENTRES. THAT IS WHERE THE GREATEST HELP IS NEEDED. THEY DROP IN FUNDING, WAS THAT ON WEDNESDAY? THE FULL IMPACT OF LOSING $14 MILLION OUT OF A SERVICE THAT ALREADY PROVIDES $55 MILLION OF CARE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WITH 6000 KIDS BEING SEEN. YOU FOUND THAT OUT ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, YESTERDAY THE REPORT CAME OUT WHICH CONFIRMED THAT THE CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEM AND NEW ZEALAND REMAINS INADEQUATE. HOW DOES THIS SIT WITH YOU? AND SET VERY POORLY. WE ARE AN AIR SYSTEM THAT IS BROKEN, AND WE ARE UNABLE TO SEE THE PEOPLE AND REACH THE CHILDREN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY RECEIVING THESE TYPES OF UNNERVING, UNKNOWINGS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH OUR CONTRACTS. MOST OF THOSE PROVIDERS DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEIR CONTRACTS ARE GOING TO BE, AND WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THIS YEARS CONTRACTS TO COME OUT. SO THIS IS QUITE CHALLENGING FOR SERVICES THAT ARE WORKING WITHOUT MONEY AT THE MOMENT. YOU HAVE SERVICES THEMSELVES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO FAMILY START THAT ARE UNCERTAIN ABOUT THE FUTURE. AND THEN YOU HAVE THESE FAMILIES WHO NO LONGER WILL HAVE ACCESS TO MANY OF THESE SERVICES. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE OUTCOMES TO BE FOR SOME OF THESE FAMILIES AND SOME OF THESE KIDS? UNFORTUNATELY THE PATHWAY IS NOT ONE THAT I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT, TO BE HONEST. MALACHI IS AN EXAMPLE OF SUPPORT NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS AND BE SEEN. THE SIMPLE THING THAT WE DO WITHIN FAMILY START AS TEACHING FAMILIES HOW TO PARENT. THIS IS A MULTI GENERATIONAL PARENTING LOSS, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO NITPICK ANY POTENTIAL ABUSE IN THE BUD, VERY EARLY ON. MALACHI WAS FIVE. IF HE HAD BEEN THROUGH FAMILY START FROM THE AGE THAT WE COME IN, WE COULD HAVE MADE A MASSIVE DIFFERENCE, AND IN OTHER CHILDREN'S LIVES. THE IMPACT IS INTERNATIONALLY PROVEN TO REDUCE ABUSE OF OUR CHILDREN. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ORANGA TAMARAKI IS SEEKING BIG CUTS, BUT WHAT ARE YOUR MEMBERS SAYING? IF WE WERE TO DO A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE 48 MEMBERS WE MET WITH YESTERDAY, IT IS WAY MORE THAN THE CUTS THEY ARE SEEKING. WHAT NOW FOR FAMILY START? WHAT NOW FOR THOSE AGENCIES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO YOU? WE WILL TRY TO KEEP GOING AS LONG AS THE MONEY AND OUR BACK POCKET CAN KEEP GOING. FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T, THEIR DOORS WILL CLOSE, WHICH MEANS THAT THOSE FAMILIES WHO ARE ON THE BOOKS WILL HAVE TO GO ELSEWHERE, AND THAT IS NOT ELSEWHERE. THAT IS THE POINT, THERE IS NOT ELSEWHERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. I WORKED WITH A SOCIAL WORKER FROM FAMILY START WHEN I WAS A POLICE OFFICER. I UNDERSTAND THE WORK THAT THEY DO, AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS $14 MILLION GOING OUT OF THEIR BUDGET WHICH MEANS THAT THEY CANNOT GET INTO THESE HOUSES IS A TRAVESTY. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE ADVENTURE CAPITAL OF NEW ZEALAND'S FACING A DIRE HOUSING SHORTAGE. HOW QUEENSTOWN IS WORKING TO HOUSE SEASONAL WORKERS. (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. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WE ARE GOING TO PARIS. IT'S BEEN A BIT OF A FAMILY AFFAIR IN TODAY'S MEDALS AT THE OLYMPICS. LET'S BRING IN CHRIS AND JORDAN FOR MORE. HEY, GUYS. HEY, DANIEL. EXCELS AT THE HOTEL LOBBY, THAT MUSIC. WHAT A DAY IT HAS BEEN FOR THE ROWERS. WE HAVE HAD FOUR RACES AND A DAY, THREE OF THEM MEDALS. THE KIWI FANS GOT A SHOWING TODAY BECAUSE WHAT WE SAW WAS INCREDIBLE. TO START WITH A GOLD, TO COME BACK FOR THE NEXT RACE A BRONZE, TO COME BACK AGAIN TO GET A SILVER, IT WAS RAINING MEDALS. IT WAS GREAT, ESPECIALLY FOR A WOMAN'S DOUBLE SKULLS. TO MUMS THAT GOT BACK ON THE BOAT 18 MONTHS AGO AND GIVE IT A CRACK. THEY ARE SO THRILLED, AND THE PLAN HAS WORKED. THE PLANE IS ABSOLUTELY WORKED. THEY HAVE NOT WON A SINGLE RACE UNTIL TODAY. THERE WAS NOT A DRY EYE WHEN THEY CAME ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. THE OTHER ONE WAS THE WOMAN'S COXLESS FOUR. LUCY HAD JUST WON GOLD WHILE HER SISTER WAS ON THE WAY TO THE STARTING LINE. SHE SAID SHE HAD TO TRY TO COMPOSE HERSELF OR THAT. I ASKED HER WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO SHARE THIS MOMENT TOGETHER. IT IS CRAZY. TO HAVE THE WHOLE TEAM, TO HAVE TWO FOURS. I WAS YELLING MY HEAD OFF. IT HAS BEEN SUCH A COOL DAY. HOW WAS IT FOR YOU TO GO, MY SISTER IS THE GOAT, BUT I HAVE TO FOCUS ON MY RACE. I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT A LITTLE BIT. I WAS PREPARED FOR IT. IT WAS EMOTIONAL. I SAW THEM COMING DOWN I WAS THINKING, OH MY GOSH. I SAW THE COACH CELEBRATING ON THE BANK, AND I THOUGHT, THEY HAD WON. IT WAS A BRIEF MOMENT, BECAUSE WHERE TO GET ON WITH THE JOB. I SAW HER AFTER. AND OF COURSE, THEY NOT THE ONLY SISTERS WE HAVE. THERE WERE TWO OTHER SISTERS IN THE COXLESS FOUR. IT WAS A REAL FAMILY AFFAIR, AND SOMETHING VERY FEW ROWERS GET TO ACHIEVE. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST FINALS DAY. WE ARE PLENTY MORE TO COME. WE HAVE THE LIGHTWEIGHT WOMAN'S DOUBLE TOMORROW. THE NICE THING FOR THEM AS THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO STAY IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE. SOME SPORTS THEY HAVE BEEN DOTTED AROUND THE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF STADIUMS DO NOT CATER TO THIS PORT. IT IS REALLY NICE FOR THEM TO COME BACK TO NEW ZEALAND HOUSE ENJOYED WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND FEEL LIKE THEY ARE A PART OF IT. SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO THEIR VILLAGE AFTER THE ROWING IS DONE, A NICE WAY FOR THEM TO GET AMONGST THE GOOD VIBES. WE WANT TO GET THESE VIBES GOING. PARTY EVERY NIGHT. WE ARE FEELING THE PRESSURE. I THINK YOU TO HAVE GOT IT. THANKS, JORDAN. THANKS, CHRIS. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER, PLUS ` QUEENSTOWN'S TORUSIM OPERATORS ARE BUYING UP HOTELS, JUST TO GIVE THEIR STAFF PLACES TO STAY. # WE WERE STAYING IN PARIS. I KNOW, LIKE, YOU SAY NEW ZEALAND WAS ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS, AND WE WERE PROBABLY THE SAME. WE NEVER FELT COMFORTABLE. WE NEVER FELT LIKE WE HAD IN THE BAG. BUT I THINK WE ALWAYS BELIEVED. AT EVERY POINT, I FELT LIKE IT WAS STILL POSSIBLE. RYAN FOX HAS MADE A SOLID START TO THE MEN'S GOLF. THE 37-YEAR-OLD WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PLAYERS OUT ON THE COURSE AND FIRED A FOUR UNDER PAR 67. HE'S FOUR STROKES OFF THE LEADER, JAPAN'S HIDEKI MATSUYAMA. SIMONE BILES HAS WON HER SECOND GOLD IN PARIS. THE 27-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN DOMINATED THE INDIVIDUAL ALL-AROUND COMPETITION THIS MORNING. GAMES RFEPORTER MEI HERON SENT THIS UPDATE. JUST EXTRAORDINARY SCENES HERE IN BERCY ARENA HERE IN PARIS. SIMONE BILES WINNING HER SECOND GOLD OF THESE OLYMPIC GAMES, BUT IT BRINGS HER TOTAL GOLD OLYMPIC TALLY TO NINE. SHE WAS ALREADY THE MOST DECORATED AMERICAN GYMNAST WHEN SHE WON THAT GOLD MEDAL WITH TEAM USA 48 HOURS AGO, BUT WITH THIS GOLD, IT REALLY CEMENTS HER PLACE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SHE'S GOT MORE CHANCES TO WIN GOLD IN THE COMING DAYS. SHE'S GOT CHANCE TO WIN IT IN VAULT, IN BEAM AND IN FLOOR AS WELL. TO OTHER NEWS NOW, AND ALARM BELLS ARE SOUNDING AFTER A DAMNING REPORT HIGHLIGHTED THE CONDITIONS FOR AT RISK CHILDREN. THE INDEPENDENT CHILDREN'S MONITOR REPORT INTO THE DEATH OF MALACHI SUBECZ (5) FOUND KIDS ARE 'NO SAFER NOW' THAN THEY WERE WHEN HE WAS MURDERED THREE YEARS AGO. IT COMES AS ORANGA TAMARIKI CUTS $14M OF FUNDING TO ORANGA TAMARIKI SERVICE 'FAMILY START', LOSING 107 FULL-TIME STAFF, WHICH WILL AFFECT AS MANY AS 1600 KIDS. THE PROGRAMME CHAIR NICOLE COUPE SAYS SHE'S DEVASTATED. WE ARE IN A SYSTEM THAT IS BROKEN AND WE ARE UNABLE TO SEE THE PEOPLE AND REACH TO THE TAMARIKI AND THE MOKOPUNA TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY RECEIVING THESE SORTS OF UNKNOWNS AND UNKNOWINGS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH OUR CONTRACTS. THE LOSS OF FUNDING WILL RESULT IN A 25% CUT OF THE SERVICE THAT ALREADY HAS A LARGE WAIT-LIST. A SECOND GROUP OF 21 NEW ZEALAND FIREFIGHTING PERSONNEL FROM AOTEAROA HAVE LEFT FOR ALBERTA, RELIEVING THE CURRENT STAFF BATTLING WILDFIRES. 35 NEW ZEALAND FIREFIGHTERS ARE CURRENTLY IN CANADA ASSISTING IN THE ONGOING FIGHT AGAINST WILDFIRES BURNING ACROSS THE PROVINCES. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT MARCHANT ARRIVED THERE 10 DAYS AGO, AND TOLD BREAKFAST RAIN AND COOLER TEMPERATURES HAVE BROUGHT SOME RELIEF. THERE'S A LOT OF TOWNS AFFECTED, I KNOW FROM MY CREWS THAT ARE DOWN THE BOTTOM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, THEY HAVE HAD TO EVACUATE TWO TOWNS JUST BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF FIRE. ONCE WILDFIRE GETS BIG AND POWERFUL, THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO STOP IT. YOU'VE JUST TRY TO SAVE LIVES AND PROPERTY. 92 NEW ZEALAND CREWS WENT TO CANADA LAST YEAR TO HELP BATTLE WILDFIRES. AN AMERICAN REPORTER HAS BEEN RELEASED BY RUSSIA IN A MAJOR PRISONER EXCHANGE WITH WESTERN COUNTRIES. EVAN GERSHKOVICH FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HAD BEEN DETAINED FOR OVER A YEAR ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES. THE PUBLICATION HAS WELCOMED THE 32-YEAR-OLD'S RELEASE,, SAYING HE WAS SUBJECTED TO A BOGUS TRIAL. THE PRISONER EXCHANGE INVOLVED AT LEAST 24 PRISONERS AND 6 COUNTRIES ` THE LARGEST SWAP SINCE THE COLD WAR. AND FINALLY, BRITISH DIVER TOM DALEY'S MAKING A SPLASH IN PARIS FOR HIS KNITTING. THE TEAM GB FLAGBEARER WAS SPOTTED IN THE STANDS CHEERING ON THE OTHER BRITISH DIVERS WITH NEEDLES AND YARN IN HAND. WELL, BIG NEWS, HE'S FINISHED. A RED, WHITE AND BLUE THEME, AND THEN MY NAME ON THE BACK. IT'S A NICE AND BOXY FIT, IT'S COMFY, IT'S FAR TOO HOT TO BE WEARING THIS IN PARIS, BUT, YEAH, I THOUGHT I'D DO A LITTLE REVIEW OF ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN MAKING. SELL IT. HOW MUCH COULD YOU MAKE? OTHER DETAILS INCLUDE A 5 ON THE SLEEVE TO REPRESENT HIS FIFTH OLYMPICS. SO GOOD. THE HEM IS A A BIT SH... GREAT EFFORT. (FUNKY MUSIC) # LET'S GO TO WORK. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S GOING TO BE A RAINY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH WITH HEAVY FALLS. FEW SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH, TOO. 14 DEGREES IN AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA. FURTHER SOUTH ` PARTLY CLOUDY START TO THE DAY. THIS WILL TURN TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY FOR ALL OF YOU. HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 12 IN ROTORUA AND TOKOROA. TO THE EAST COAST ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. THIS WILL EASE AFTER MIDDAY IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 13 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN TAUMARUNUI. ELSEWHERE, IT'LL BE A BIT MORE CLOUDY WITH SOME STRONG GUSTS IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON ON 9 DEGREES TODAY. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` OTHER THAN SOME SHOWERS IN KAIKOURA, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A NICE, FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. A HIGH OF 13 FOR NELSON AND WESTPORT. HEADING SOUTH ` CLOUDY START FOR MOST. HOWEVER, THIS WILL TURN TO BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH. 10 FOR THE REST OF YOU. EXCEPT FOR ALEXANDRA ON SIX. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THOSE IN DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL. OTHERWISE, A LOVELY FINE DAY FOR THE REST OF YOU HERE. YOU'VE GOT 10 DEGREES IN MILFORD SOUND AND INVERCARGILL. AND LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR WEEKEND ` FOR YOUR SATURDAY, IT'S LOOKING LIKE BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE SOME RAIN IN THE FAR NORTH AND CLOUD ON THE EAST COAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, COME ON IN ` SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE IN THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH SHOWERS IN THE FAR NORTH. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, FINE FOR MOST, BUT A CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE COUNTRY. JUST TALKING ABOUT TOM DALY KNITTING. MY MUM IS A KNITTER. SHE LETS BLANKETS FOR HER MOKOPUNA AND SLIPPERS. EVERYONE GETS SLIPPERS IN THE COLDER MONTHS. I WOULD THINK OF AS BEING OF THE OLDER GENERATION FOR MY GRANDMA USED TO KNIT. I DIDN'T LEARN HOW TO KNIT AT SCHOOL TAKING HOME EC. WE LEARNED COOKING BUT NOT KNITTING. IT IS HANDED DOWN SKILL. MY GRANDMOTHER DID IT, BUT IT'S GONE NO FURTHER. TOM DALY. HE DID AT THE LAST OLYMPICS. THERE IS A TRICK TO IT. WELL, OF COURSE THERE'S A TRICK TO IT. GO AROUND. I ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT ` LOOP AROUND. IT IS NEVER SIMPLE, IS IT? DID YOU DO IT AT SCHOOL? YES, WE STARTED OFF WITH AN APRON, AND THEN A PENCIL CASE. WHAT ABOUT THE WOODEN SPOON? DID YOU DO THAT ETCHING THING WITH A PEN? THOSE WERE THE DAYS WHEN THE WOODEN SPOON... GOSH, THESE DAYS, CANCELLED. BUT ANYWAY, WE DID A KEYRING. IN THE METALWORK. I NEVER DID WOULD WORK; I JUST DID METALWORK. WE DID A LOVELY BOX. I THINK MY MUM MIGHT HAVE THROWN IT OUT. DID YOU DO WOODWORK? YES, WE DID THE WOODEN SPOON. I WASN'T THE BEST AT THE PRACTICAL SUBJECTS. DO THEY STILL TEACH HOME ECONOMICS AT SCHOOL? YES. THEY CALL IT TECH. FOOD TECH. OH, FOR GOODNESS SAKE. BECAUSE I WENT TO COED SCHOOL, ALL THE BOYS WOULD SIGN UP TO HOME EC, BECAUSE YOU WOULD GET TO EAT THE FOOD. LET US KNOW YOUR FEEDBACK. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL HAVE MORE REACTION AFTER WINNING THREE MEDALS IN THE ROWING OVERNIGHT COMING UP NEXT. MORE ACTION. STAY WITH US. THAT IS MY ROWING. # HOLD ONTO THAT FEELING. (DOOR CREAKS) (THUNDER RUMBLES) (LIGHTNING BOOMS) (DOORBELL RINGS) (INSECTS CHIRP AND FROGS CROAK) (FRENCH MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. NEW ZEALAND CURRENTLY SITS 11TH ON THE MEDAL TABLE. NOT TOO BAD FOR A PRETTY SMALL COUNTRY. MUCH OF THAT SUCCESS IS DOWN TO OUR INCREDIBLE ROWERS OVERNIGHT PICKING UP THE TRIFECTA ` GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE. LET'S BRING CHRIS BACK IN NOW, WHO'S BEEN CATCHING UP WITH THE MEDALLISTS. MORENA, CHANGY! YEAH, GUYS, YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT OLYMPIC SPORTS WE MAY COMPETE AND IF WE WERE GOING TO DO IT. I TELL YOU, IT WOULDN'T BE THE ROWING, BECAUSE THESE GUYS ARE ABSOLUTE SPECIMENS. THEY ARE SO TALL. THEY ARE HUGE. I SPOKE TO 4 OF THOSE SPECIMENS. SILVER MEDALLISTS. THEY TOLD ME HOW THEY FELT ABOUT COMING INTO THE VILLAGE AND THE RECEPTION THEY RECEIVED. I THINK THIS IS THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A KIWI OLYMPIAN, DOING THIS IS A HUGE HIGHLIGHT WE WILL REMEMBER FOR EVER. TO WEAR THE SILVER FERN IS INCREDIBLE. THEN TO PERFORM WELL AND ACHIEVE WHAT WE HAVE IS AN ADDED BONUS, BUT TO BE A PART OF THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM, THERE IS SUCH A GREAT ENERGY ABOUT IT. TALK TO ME ABOUT THE FINAL MOMENTS WHEN YOU ARE PUSHING TOGETHE, AND YOU KNOW IT IS THERE, AND YOU GET A SILVER MEDAL FOR YOUR TEAM AT THE ELLA BACKS. AT THE OLYMPICS* YOU DON'T KNOW IT UNTIL YOU CROSS THE LINE. IT IS AMAZING. YOU JUST GIVE THE BEST YOU EVER HAD. IT IS SURREAL, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW YOU GOT SILVER UNTIL YOU CROSS THE LINE. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO BEAT AMERICA, TRYING TO OUR BOW IN FRONT. THEN YOU REALISE YOU GOT A SILVER MEDAL. IT IS CRITICAL. THAT THE PLAN GO ACCORDING TO PLAN? HOW DO YOU ASSESS THE RACE LOOKING BACK NOW? WE ALMOST EXECUTED THE PERFECT RACE. GAMEPLAN WENT RIGHT, BUT WE DIDN'T QUITE GET THE ABSOLUTE PERFECT RACE. BUT WE CAN BE VERY PROUD OF THE RACE WE DID DO, AND LOOK, HONESTLY, AND 2010, WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT RACE. THEY GOT HERE TO NEW ZEALAND HOUSE A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO. WELL DESERVED. PERHAPS ON THE SUBJECT OF OLYMPIC SPORTS, MAYBE TENNIS. ANDY MURRAY HAS BEEN KNOCKED OUT TODAY. MAYBE SOMETHING IN THAT AGE BRACKET. ALTHOUGH HAVING SAID THAT, IF DANIEL IS GOING TO BE ON THE TABLE TENNIS TEAM, I WOULD DO THAT, BECAUSE THEN I KNOW I WOULD DEFINITELY QUALIFY. (LAUGHTER) THERE IS PING-PONG. HE IS GOING TO BE DOING PING-PONG. I WOULDN'T BE DOING FENCING, BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE TO COVER MY FACE. YOU WANT PEOPLE TO SEE IT. IT WOULD NOT FIT OVER YOUR HEAD, DANIEL? GOOD SHOUT, CHANGY. IT LOOKS LIKE THE PARTY IS ABOUT TO GET ON AT NEW ZEALAND HOUSE ` THE LIGHTS ARE DOWN. THE LIGHTS ARE DIMMED. I AM ON A STAGE. BEFORE YOU PERFORM, ARE PEOPLE WEARING TOWELS BEHIND YOU? TOWELS? I THINK THAT IS JUST FRENCH FASHION. THOSE ARE CALLED DRESSES, DANIEL. YOU NEEDED A TOWEL EARLIER, THOUGH, BECAUSE ONE OF THE WOMEN'S ROWERS GOT A CHAMPAGNE SHOWER, SO YOU COULD FORGIVE THEM IF THEY ASK THE MARRIOT HOTEL HERE FOR A COUPLE OF SPARES. BUT THAT IS JUST THE FASHION, DANIEL. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR THE PEOPLE FOR YOUR PERFORMANCE? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR THE PEOPLE FOR YOUR PERFORMANCE? DOUBLED HE IS GOING TO DO THAT SIMONE BILES DOUBLE TWIST. THERE IS TOO MUCH HEALTH AND SAFETY. I MIGHT SLIP ON THE FLOOR. THERE ARE TWO WEEKS TO GO. ARE WE COMING BACK TO YOU AT ALL TODAY? I THINK THAT MIGHT BE IT. FOR THE PERFORMANCE. I WILL WORK ON MY YURCHENKO DOUBLE PIKE. HAVE A GOOD REST. I KNOW YOU WILL STILL BE DOING 6 PM. I HAVE A GOOD REST OF THE WEEKEND. DEFINITELY A FRIYAY. EVEN I CAN GET BEHIND THAT TODAY. LOVING YOUR WORK, CHANGY. TAKE IT EASY. E WHAI AKE NEI ` RESEARCHERS SAY NEARLY HALF OF DEMENTIA CASES COULD BE DELAYED THROUGH LIFESTYLE CHANGES. MORE ON THAT NEXT. # SEE WHAT LOVE CAN DO. 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! # NEARLY HALF OF DEMENTIA CASES COULD BE PREVENTED OR DELAYED BY TACKLING MORE THAN A DOZEN RISK FACTORS. THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT FROM THE 2024 LANCET COMMISSION. THOSE 14 FACTORS INCLUDE TWO NEWLY IDENTIFIED RISKS ` HIGH CHOLESTEROL AND VISION LOSS. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY DOCTOR ETUINI MA'U, FROM UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND'S DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE AND TE WHATU ORA WAIKATO. GOOD MORNING. WHAT ARE THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THESE DEMENTIA RISK FACTORS? FUNDAMENTALLY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALISE THAT DEMENTIA IS A DISEASE OF OLDER PEOPLE, BUT MANY OF THE FACTORS THAT CAUSE DEMENTIA ACTUALLY START 15 OR 20 YEARS EARLIER. THE REASON FOR THAT, AS YOU SEE WITH THE RISK FACTORS, IS THAT THEY ARE BASICALLY FACTORS THAT EITHER CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE BRAIN, THAT ACCUMULATE OVER TIME, OR THEY ARE FACTORS THAT INCREASE YOUR COGNITIVE RESERVE. YOUR BRAIN'S ABILITY TO DEAL WITH THOSE CHANGES IF THEY OCCUR. SO, YOU TALK ABOUT THESE FACTORS THAT YOU CAN SEE PROBABLY 15 OR 20 YEARS BEFORE, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, DOES THAT MEAN THAT PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA, THE NUMBERS WILL INCREASE TO MEDICALLY? BY 2050, WE ARE LOOKING AT AN ADDITIONAL 100,000 PEOPLE. THAT'S PURELY BASED ON POPULATION AGEING. THE BABY BOOMERS ARE RETIRING, AND AS THEY GET OLDER, THEIR RISK INCREASES. GIVEN THE COSTS AND RISKS OF TREATMENT, SHOULD THERE BE A GREATER FOCUS ON PREVENTION? ABSOLUTELY. IT'S BEEN REALLY HEARTENING AND THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES, THERE IS NEW RESEARCH COMING THROUGH ALL THE TIME, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT NONE OF THESE HAVE SHOWN ANY DECENT EFFECT. THE ONLY WAY WE CAN LOOK AT REDUCING THIS KIND OF TIDE OF DEMENTIA PREVALENCE IS TO FOCUS ON PREVENTION WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OLDER POPULATIONS, ARE WE SEEING MORE IN TERMS OF ETHNIC TYPES, ARE YOU SEEING A PATTERN? WE KNOW THAT THE MAORI AND PACIFIC POPULATION ARE YOUNGER, SO THEY WILL COMPRISE A GREATER PROPORTION OF THE OUTER LEAP POPULATION IN THE COMING DECADES, SO BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS ALONE, THE NUMBERS OF THOSE COMMUNITIES WITH DEMENTIA WILL TRIPLE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. WE ALSO KNOW THAT OUR MAORI AND PACIFIC COMMUNITY HAVE A HIGHER RISK. WHAT IS A SOLUTION? TO BE CHANGE HEALTH POLICIES, DO WE GET THE GOVERNMENT TO PUT MORE FUNDING AND, WHAT IS YOUR SOLUTION? THE MAIN SOLUTION IS BASICALLY ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. THERE IS NOTHING INHERENTLY RISKY ABOUT BEING A MAORI OR PACIFIC, BUT OUR POPULATION GROUPS ARE HIGHLY REPRESENTED IN GROUPS THAT FACE SOCIAL DISADVANTAGES. THE REALITY IS THAT IT IS VERY COMPLEX WILL STOP RISK FACTORS EXIST ACROSS THE LIFESPAN, AND MANY OF THESE RISK FACTORS CLUSTER AROUND SOCIAL DEPRIVATION. HOW PREPARED IS NEW ZEALAND FOR THIS? NEW ZEALAND IS GETTING THERE. THERE ARE SOME INITIATIVES THAT HAVE COME UP RECENTLY, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS A SPECIFIC DEMENTIA GROUP IN NEW ZEALAND, AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT TARGETING PACIFIC POPULATIONS. THERE IS ANOTHER GROUP LEAD THAT IS SAYING WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM, LET'S GO TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND CO-CREATE SOLUTIONS SO WE CAN TARGET THE SOLUTION TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED IT. IS IT RECIPROCAL? DO THEY WANT TO GET INVOLVED? WE'VE RUN SOME WORKSHOPS. WE WANT TO INCREASE THE UNDERSTANDING AND THEIR HEALTH LITERACY. THEIR ENGAGEMENT IS HIGH, BUT THE KEY IS THAT WE NEED TO TAILOR WHATEVER PROGRAMS WE WANT TO ROLL OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES AND TAILORED TO THEIR NEEDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. DEMENTIA IS SUCH A CRUEL DISEASE. WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS DEMENTIA. AT SUCH A HARD WATCH TO SIT THERE. IT IS EXTREMELY CONFRONTING. WITH BEEN ASKING YOU THIS MORNING ABOUT WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THE THINGS YOU USED TO DO AT SCHOOL? DAWN SAYS HER SON MADE A FOOTSTOOL. HE IS 43 NOW, SHE STILL USES IT. I WAS TERRIBLE AT ALL PRACTICAL THINGS AT SCHOOL, AND MY MUM WOULD FINISH MY SEWING ASSIGNMENTS. MUM WOULD HAVE TO FINISH EVERYTHING UP AND TIDY AT ALL. I STILL REMEMBER MY PINK AND WHITE SHORTS, SUMMER SHORTS, I LOVED THEM. THEY WERE TERRIBLE. THEY JUST HAD THE ELASTIC BAND AROUND THERE. AND I THINK I HAD TO GET CLASSMATES TO HELP ME OUT, BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT MY TALENT. TOM DALY, THE BRITISH DIVER, SITTING IN THE STANDS AND KNITTING. STEPH SAYS THAT KNITTING IS BECOMING MORE POPULAR WITH ALL GENERATIONS. I'M SURE SOMEONE COULD TEACH DANIEL TO KNIT. I STARTED A CROSS STITCH, AND I COULDN'T FINISH IT. WHERE DID YOU START THAT, A REST HOME? THAT'S WHAT I VISUALISE. HAVE A CUP OF TEA, IT'S RELAXING. YOU WERE DOING WEAVING? YES. I STARTED IT, AND IT WAS AMAZING AND NOW, NOTHING. WE DO HAVE SOMETHING. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. HERE'S MELISSA WITH THE NEWS. THE WOMEN'S DOUBLE SCULLERS HAVE CLAIMED NEW ZEALAND'S SECOND GOLD MEDAL AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS. THE RELATIVELY NEW COMBINATION OF LUCY SPOORS AND BROOKE FRANCIS PICKING THE PERFECT TIME TO WIN THEIR FIRST EVER RACE TOGETHER. AND WHAT WAS MEANT TO BE ANOTHER MEDAL CHANCE OVERNIGHT WILL HAVE TO TRY AGAIN TOMORROW. A LACK OF WIND FORCED THE MEN'S SKIFF MEDAL RACE TO BE BE ABANDONED. 49ER CREW ISAAC MCHARDIE AND WILL MCKENZIE WILL TRY AGAIN TONIGHT. THEY'RE SITTING THIRD GOING INTO THE DOUBLE POINTS RACE. LIGHTNING BRIEFLY FORCED PLAY TO BE SUSPENDED IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE MEN'S GOLF IN PARIS. THE LEADING KIWI GOLFER RYAN FOX HAD AN EARLY EAGLE CHANCE ON HIS WAY TO A SOLID FOUR-UNDER-PAR 67. BUT THE 37-YEAR-OLD IS FOUR SHOTS OFF THE LEAD ` HELD BY JAPAN'S HIDEKI MATSUYAMA WHO WAS SUBLIME ON THE GREENS. NO JOY FOR THE MEN'S BLACK STICKS IN THEIR TRANS-TASMAN TUSSLE IN PARIS. THE AUSTRALIANS PUTTING FIVE GOALS PAST NEW ZEALAND FOR THEIR FOURTH LOSS OF THE GAMES. THEY HAVE ONE POOL MATCH LEFT AS THEY TRY TO AVOID THE WOODEN SPOON. AND FINN BUTCHER'S MISSED OUT IN THE MEN'S K1 CANOE SLALOM. A 50-SECOND PENALTY FOR MISSING A GATE, LEAVING HIM 14th IN THE SEMI-FINALS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST STARS OF THE GAMES, AMERICAN SUPERSTAR SIMONE BILES, HAS WON HER SECOND GYMNASTICS GOLD IN PARIS. THE 27-YEAR-OLD WAS THE HOT FAVOURITE TO WIN THE INDIVIDUAL ALL-ROUND COMPETITION TODAY, AND SHE CLINCHED IT IN THE FINAL FLOOR EXERCISE. IT'S THE SIXTH OLYMPIC GOLD OF HER CAREER AND NINTH MEDAL OVERALL. TO OTHER NEWS NOW, AND THERE'S A WARNING OF THE SEVERE IMPACT CUTTING SERVICES FOR AT-RISK CHILDREN COULD HAVE. ORANGA TAMARIKI IS CUTTING $14m OF FUNDING TO THE 'FAMILY START' SERVICE, LOSING 107 FULL-TIME STAFF WHICH WILL AFFECT AS MANY AS 1600 KIDS. THIS COMES AS THE INDEPENDENT CHILDREN'S MONITOR REPORT INTO THE DEATH OF MALACHI SUBECZ (5) IS RELEASED, FINDING KIDS ARE 'NO SAFER NOW' THAN THEY WERE WHEN HE WAS MURDERED THREE YEARS AGO. THE PROGRAMME CHAIR SAYS THE CUT TO THE SERVICES WILL RESULT IN NO SHIFT TO THE RESULTS. UNFORTUNATELY THE PATHWAY IS... NOT ONE THAT I'D HATE TO THINK ABOUT. AND MALACHI IS AN EXAMPLE OF SUPPORT NOT ABLE TO ACCESS AND BE SEEN. THE SIMPLE THING THAT WE DO WITHIN FAMILY START IS TEACHING FAMILIES HOW TO PARENT. SHE SAYS THE FUNDING CUT OF 25% WILL RESULT IN THE SERVICE NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS ALL THE HOMES NEEDED. THERE'S BEEN A SECOND DAY OF VIOLENCE ACROSS THE UK FOLLOWING FAR RIGHT PROTESTS OVER TUESDAY'S STABBING IN SOUTHPORT. AT LEAST 100 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AFTER CLASHING WITH POLICE, FUELLED BY FALSE RUMOURS THE ALLEGED OFFENDER WAS AN ASYLUM SEEKER. UK PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER HAS CONDEMNED THE VIOLENCE AND PLEDGED A NATIONWIDE CRACKDOWN. THESE THUGS ARE MOBILE. THEY MOVE FROM COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY. AND WE MUST HAVE A POLICING RESPONSE THAT CAN DO THE SAME. STARMER ALSO SAYS SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLENT SENTIMENT BEING WHIPPED UP ONLINE. AT LEAST THREE PROTESTERS HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN KILLED IN NIGERIA OVER WHAT DEMONSTRATORS ARE CALLING THE WORST COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS IN A GENERATION. THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS WERE MET WITH A TEAR GAS IN SEVERAL NIGERIAN CITIES. ECONOMIC REFORMS HAVE SEEN CONSUMER INFLATION BALLOON PAST 34% ` THE HIGHEST IN NEARLY THREE DECADES. ORGANISERS SAY THE PROTESTS WERE INSPIRED BY WEEKS OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN KENYA. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S GOING TO BE A RAINY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH WITH HEAVY FALLS. FEW SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH, TOO. 15 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` PARTLY CLOUDY START TO THE DAY. THIS WILL TURN TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY FOR ALL OF YOU. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. THIS WILL EASE AFTER MIDDAY IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 13 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. 12 IN HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN TAUMARUNUI. ELSEWHERE, IT'LL BE A BIT MORE CLOUDY WITH SOME STRONG GUSTS IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. 14 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. 12 IN PALMERSTON NORTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` OTHER THAN SOME SHOWERS IN KAIKOURA, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A NICE, FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. A HIGH OF 13 FOR NELSON AND WESTPORT. CLOUDY START FOR MOST. HOWEVER, THIS WILL TURN TO BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH. 10 FOR THE REST OF YOU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THOSE IN DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL. OTHERWISE, A LOVELY FINE DAY FOR THE REST OF YOU HERE. 8 THE HIGH FOR GORE. AND LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR WEEKEND ` FOR YOUR SATURDAY, IT'S LOOKING LIKE BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE SOME RAIN IN THE FAR NORTH AND CLOUD ON THE EAST COAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE IN THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH SHOWERS IN THE FAR NORTH. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, FINE FOR MOST, BUT A CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE DEEP SOUTH. AN AUCKLAND RESIDENT IS IN HOT WATER FOR DOING WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE RIGHT THING ` BY PAVING OVER COUNCIL GRASS. PAUL COOK LIVES IN RED BEACH NEAR THE LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOL. HE'D BEEN PARKING HIS MOTORHOME ON THE BERM TO KEEP IT OFF THE NARROW ROAD DURING PICKUP AND DROPOFF. BUT AFTER HEAVY RAINS, THE WHEELS WERE SINKING IN. SO HE PAVED THE BERM UP. NOW AUCKLAND COUNCIL WANTS HIM TO GET RESOURCE CONSENT OR REMOVE IT, BOTH CARRYING HEFTY PRICE TAGS. PAUL COOK IS WITH US. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. DID WHY DIDN'T YOU CHECK WITH THE COUNCIL? THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. I THINK TO HELP APPRECIATES THE SITUATION WE ARE IN, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO LOOK AT A COUPLE OF PHOTOS WERE SENT. ONE OF THEM SHOWS OUR CAMPER PARKED ON OUR STREET. THE ROADIS 5.9 M WIDE WE LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM A PRIMARY SCHOOL, AND OUR STREET IS USED PROLIFICALLY FOR PEOPLE DROPPING THEIR CHILDREN OFTEN PICKING THEM UP. AND A CAMPER IS A FAIR THING TO HAVE FOUR FAMILIES TO MAKE MEMORIES, AND HAVING IT PARKED ON THE STREETS, ABSOLUTELY OBSTRUCTS THAT SHOULDN'T WHERE WE BELIEVE IT IS A DANGER FOR THE CHILDREN. THE THAT IS WHY WE PARKED ON OUR PROPERTY. IT IS PARKED ON OUR DRIVEWAY, BUT IT IS A LITTLE BIT LONGER, SO IT PICKS OUT A LITTLE BIT. I'M SURE MOST RATEPAYERS OF NEW ZEALAND CAN APPRECIATE THERE IS A REAL FEAR OF CONTACTING THE COUNCIL THROUGH AN INEVITABLE OUTCOME OF EXTREME COSTS TO DO ANYTHING, AND OF COURSE, LONG DELAYS. AND LOTS OF RED TAPE. HOW DO THEY GET INVOLVED? IF YOU DIDN'T CONTACT THEM, HOW DO THEY GET INVOLVED? WE PUT THE CONCRETE DOWN THERE, WE PARKED THE CAMPER THERE, IT IS BEAUTIFULLY OUT OF THE WAY FOR THESE PARENTS, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBOURS HAPPENS TO BE, I FOUND OUT LATER, AS A COUNCIL CONTRACTOR, SO HE TATTLETALED. HE TOLD ME THREE TIMES, AND THAT I HAD DONE THE WRONG THING. I ASKED HIM WHY HE WOULD DO THAT BECAUSE I'VE HELPED AND IMPROVED SAFETY FOR KIDS, AND THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL AGREES WITH WHAT WEB DONE IN TERMS OF MAKING IT SAFER FOR THE CHILDREN. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT I CAN ALMOST HEAR THE CALLS FROM PEOPLE GOING, RULES ARE RULES. BUT BE, IF IT IS A MOTORHOME, AND IT IS PARKED ON THE ROAD, AND IT IS A BIT OF AN ISSUE FOR THE CARS GOING UP AND DOWN, THIS IS ON YOU, BECAUSE IT IS A BIG CAMPERVAN THAT YOU PURCHASED AND YOU MADE THE DECISION TO PURCHASE. IT IS UP TO YOU TO GO BACK TO THE RULES, TO ABIDE BY THOSE RULES. AND IT IS YOUR ISSUE. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? WE OWNED A BUSINESS FOR 14 YEARS, WE WORKED VERY LONG HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR MANY YEARS, DOING THAT, YOU MISS OUT ON A LOT OF FAMILY TIME AND WE SOLVE THAT BUSINESS LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES I HAD A BRAIN ANEURYSM, THE MAIN ARTERY IN THE MIDDLE OF MY BRAIN BURST, SO I SOLD MY BUSINESS. WE BOUGHT THAT MOTORHOME AS A SPECIAL TREAT AFTER 14 YEARS, TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH THE KIDS, AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE FROWNED UPON OR THINK IT'S A BAD THING, OR FEEL BAD FOR HAVING A MOTORHOME TO MAKE SYMMETRICAL MEMORIES WITH OUR FAMILY AND SO WE NEED TO PARK IT SOMEWHERE, WE HAVE A PROPERTY, IT FITS BEAUTIFULLY IF YOU UTILISE THE SPACE, AND ARE JUST SO HAPPENS THAT OUR ROW DOES NOT UTILISE THAT SPACE THERE IS ABOUT 4 M ON EITHER SIDE OF OUR ROADS THAT IS UNDERUTILISED, AND WE CAN MAKE THESE MEMORIES WITH OUR FAMILY, WE CAN PARK OFF THE ROAD SO WE ARE NOT IMPEDING SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN, WE ARE HELPING EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE THOUGHT, WE'LL JUST GET IT DONE. SPEAKING OF VALUE, THE COUNCIL HAS COME BACK TO US AND SAYS THAT THE REGULATIONS EXIST FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, INCLUDING PERMEABILITY DURING DOWNPOURS. THEY ASKED YOU TO PAY $8000 FOR RESOURCE CONSENT, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF ALL OF THAT? WHAT AMAZES ME IS THAT YOU CAN GO INTO A NEW DEVELOPMENT AREA, THERE IS ONE IN SILVERDALE. ABOVE THE BUS STATION. YOU DRIVE UP THERE WHEN EVERYONE'S COMING HOME FROM WORK AND IT IS AN ABSOLUTE ABOMINATION OF CONGESTION, CARS, IT'S A MESS. I WAS RECENTLY PICKING UP A CHILD OF MINE, AND I HAD TO DO A THREE POINT TURN JUST TO LEAVE THE DRIVEWAY. AND THAT'S BEEN AUTHORISED BY COUNSEL. OUR PROPERTY HAS 4 M OF GRASS ON EITHER SIDE OF A VERY NARROW ROAD. I'M PACKING A CAMPERVAN, IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT USE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT GRASS AND I CAN'T SEE A PROBLEM. SOMETIMES I THINK RULES THEY BE STALE AND OUT OF DATE. AND THEY NEED TO BE UPDATED. THIS GUY IS DOING A FAIR THING BY HAVING A CAMPER TO MAKE SYMMETRICAL MEMORIES WITH HIS FAMILY. HE IS TRYING TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD SO IT IS NOT IMPEDING THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN. THEY COULD SAY, WELL WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYONE POPPING CONCRETE DOWN, AND THAT'S FAIR, BUT OUR CASE DESERVES TO HAVE A BIT OF CONCRETE THERE. IF SOMEONE ELSE HAS THE SAME SCENARIO OF US, THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO AS WELL. BUT THEN THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM SOMEONE WANTING TO PUT CONCRETE DOWN ANYWHERE, ISN'T IT? I CAN HEAR HOW MUCH PASSION YOU HAVE FOR THIS, AND THE EFFORTS YOU'VE GONE TO TO HELP THE COMMUNITY YOU LIVE IN. KEEP IN CONTACT ABOUT HOW THINGS GO, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING ON THE PROGRAM. THANKS FOR LETTING ME SHARE MY STORY. ME U TONU MAI ` FROM WELLINGTON'S CELTIC DANCING TO AUCKLAND VIKING FEAST, THERE'S PLENTY GOING ON IN YOUR COMMUNITY THIS WEEKEND. OUR COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD IS NEXT. # ROLLIN.' # IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. IT'S TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD WHERE WE POP AROUND THE COUNTRY TO FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR CORNER THIS WEEKEND. FIRST UP, AUCKLANDERS. AN ON-GOING PROJECT HOPING TO TRANSFORM MOUNT ROSKILL INTO A BUSTLING MARKETPLACE IS WELL UNDERWAY. AND ITS ALL HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND AT THE FOOD TOUR AND MORE POP-UP. WE'RE JOINED NOW BY ORGANISER MIMI REEKAMOONDA. MORENA. THANK YOU HAVING ME. THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AUCKLAND COUNCIL, WITH THE LOCAL BOARD, AND THE WELCOMING COMMUNITIES. THIS WILL RUN FROM JULY TO DECEMBER EVERY FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. WE LAUNCHED LAST MONTH, AND NOW WE ARE HAVING IT TOMORROW. IT WILL TAKE PLACE AT WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE/ WE ARE SEEING WHAT IS BEING FLASHED UP, AND IT LOOKS OKAY HUGE MELTING POT OF CULTURES. WHAT IS ON OFFER? WE WILL BE EXPECTING AROUND 30 VENDOR'S, A COMBINATION OF FOOD AND NON-FOOD FENDERS. FOR FOOD BENDERS, WE HAVE A LOT FROM DIVERSE ETHNIC GROUPS. THE MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES, AND ASIAN, EUROPEAN, AND OF COURSE, KIWI AND PACIFIC ISLAND. IF YOU'RE WANTING TO EXPLORE SOME FOOD, WE ARE INVITING YOU ALL TO JOIN US TOMORROW. APART FROM THAT, WE ARE HAVING SOME TALENT SHOWCASES, WE WILL HAVE A CHINESE DANCE GROUP WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THEIR TALENTS, AND SOME FILIPINO SONG WRITERS WHO WILL BE JOINING US TOMORROW. SOUNDS AWESOME. I HOPE IT GOES WELL THIS WEEKEND. THANK YOU, BYE. NOM NOM NOM ` IT'S TIME TO FEAST LIKE A VIKING. A SPECIAL DINNER EVENT IS ALSO ON IN AUCKLAND THIS WEEKEND. FEATURING A LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM A GROUP OF KNIGHTS. THEY'LL BE ALL ARMOURED UP, AND YOU COULD BE TOO. FOR MORE WE'RE JOINED BY COLM O'BRIEN FROM AUCKLAND ARMOURED COMBAT. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, HOW ARE YOU? I AM VERY GOOD. WHAT CAN EXPECT? WE WILL BE FIGHTING AT 6 PM AND THE DINGDONG LOUNGE, AND IT WILL BE A GREAT FEAST, AND THAT WHERE THERE WILL BE A LIVE PERFORMANCE OF US FIGHTING IN REAL STEEL ARMOUR. WE WILL BE THROWING REAL PUNCHES AND REAL KICKS, EVERYTHING FROM THE HEAD TO THE KNEES. YOU WANT PEOPLE TO JOIN UP? HOW EASY IS IT TO PICK UP? WE WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY TO JOIN UP. IT IS INCLUSIVE, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S, WE HAVE DEVON HERE WHO WAS THE CAPTAIN OF THE WOMEN'S TEAM, WE HAVE EVERYBODY JOINING, ALL AGE RANGES ABOVE 18, AND WE ACCEPT ANY FITNESS LEVEL, WE WILL GET YOU TRAINED UP. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THIS? I STARTED THE SPORT IN IRELAND ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, SO I'VE BEEN AT IT ACTIVELY SINCE THEN. THIS YEAR I TOOK OVER THE CAPTAINCY OF AUCKLAND'S ARMOURED COMBAT, I AM VERY GLAD AND PROUD TO BE REPRESENTING AUCKLAND. MOST RECENTLY, WE FOUGHT AT THE LARGEST TOURNAMENT IN NEW ZEALAND HISTORY IN TAUPO. CAN WE GET A DEMONSTRATION? ABSOLUTELY. WE WILL HAVE A DEMONSTRATION BETWEEN DEVON AND ANDREW. THEY ARE JUST ALL IN. ANY RULES? YOU CAN'T HIT DOWN THE SPINE. CAN'T HIT THE GROIN OR THE FACE OF THE NECK. EVERYTHING ELSE IS LEGAL, PUNCHES, KICKS. DID I WASTED TIME AT METALWORK? I SHOULD HAVE MADE MYSELF SOME ARMOUR. GO DEVON. IF YOU'RE IN WELLINGTON, YOU'VE GOT A CHANCE TO BOOGY THIS WEEKEND. THE CELTIC PLUS BAND IS PERFORMING ON SATURDAY. AND THEY ARE WELCOMING ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TRY DANCING TO THE MUSIC. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE A PRO, AND THEY'LL TEACH YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. FOR MORE WE'RE JOINED BY DAVE MOORE AND THE REST OF THE CELTIC PLUS BAND. LOOK AT YOU. GOOD MORNING. WE ARE PRETTY GOOD. IT'S A BIT CHILLY, BUT WE WILL SURVIVE. HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN TOGETHER? THIS IS WONDERFUL. THE CORE OF THE BAND PLAYED IN THE MAY 1994. IS OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY. WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND? I SHOULD EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS. THERE WILL BE MUSIC, SINGING, DANCING, THERE WILL BE A SHARED SUPPER, IT IS A COMMUNITY GATHERING. THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CELTIC DANCING TO JOIN IN. AS LONG AS YOU CAN COUNT TO 8 AND TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT, WE WILL TEACH THE REST. ALL THE KIDS CAN COME ALONG AS WELL, WHEN DOES IT GET UNDERWAY? IT STARTS AT 7 O'CLOCK AT NGAIO UNION CHURCH. AND RUNS TILL NINE. ENTRY IS BY KOHA, AND MAYBE BRING A PLATE TO SHARE FOR SUPPER. 7 O'CLOCK TONIGHT. I DON'T WANT TO HOLD YOU UP ANYMORE, BECAUSE THEY REALLY WANT TO LISTEN TO YOU GUYS PERFORM. GO FOR IT. (JAUNTY CELTIC MUSIC) (JAUNTY MUSIC CONTINUES) LOVE IT. SO GOOD. PERFORMING FOR US THIS MORNING! SO GOOD. I LOVE IT. WHAT'S HAPPENING NEAR YOU NEXT WEEKEND? LET US KNOW ` MARKETS, EVENTS, FESTIVALS. HEAD TO whatsonbreakfast.co.nz. I WAS TRYING TO PULL OUT SOME OF MY MOVES. DID YOU PULL A HAMMY? MY HIPS AND KNEES ARE NOT VERY GOOD. I AM FIRST AID QUALIFIED. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, THERE WAS QUITE THE PARTY AT CANTERBURY ROWING CLUB LAST NIGHT. WE'LL HEAD THEIR LIVE FOR MORE REACTION TO THE INCREDIBLE NIGHT ON THE WATER. THE WOMEN'S DOUBLE SCULLERS HAVE CLAIMED NEW ZEALAND'S SECOND GOLD MEDAL AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS. THE RELATIVELY NEW COMBINATION OF LUCY SPOORS AND BROOKE FRANCIS PICKING THE PERFECT TIME TO WIN THEIR FIRST EVER RACE TOGETHER. NEW ZEALAND HAVE THAT STAMINA. SILVER IN TOKYO TURNED TO GOLD IN PARIS. IT IS REALLY COOL TO BE HERE CELEBRATING WITH OUR FAMILIES. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN IMPROPERLY IN THE LAST 10 DAYS. WE HAD A LITTLE CUDDLE WITH OUR KIDS RIGHT AFTER THE CEREMONY. I THINK WE ARE OFF THE HOOK TONIGHT, BUT TOMORROW WE MAY BE BACK INTO MUM DUTIES. LUCY SPOORS' SISTER PHOEBE LATER WON BRONZE IN THE WOMEN'S FOUR. NEW ZEALAND'S OTHER MEDAL CHANCE OVERNIGHT IS ON HOLD. A LACK OF WIND FORCED THE MEN'S SKIFF MEDAL RACE TO BE BE ABANDONED. 49ER CREW ISAAC MCHARDIE AND WILL MCKENZIE WILL TRY AGAIN TONIGHT. THEY'RE SITTING THIRD GOING INTO THE DOUBLE POINTS RACE. LIGHTNING BRIEFLY FORCED PLAY TO BE SUSPENDED IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE MEN'S GOLF IN PARIS. THE LEADING KIWI GOLFER RYAN FOX HAD AN EARLY EAGLE CHANCE ON HIS WAY TO A SOLID FOUR-UNDER-PAR 67. BUT THE 37-YEAR-OLD IS FOUR SHOTS OFF THE LEAD, HELD BY JAPAN'S HIDEKI MATSUYAMA WHO WAS SUBLIME ON THE GREENS. ONE OF THE OLYMPICS' BIGGEST STARS, GYMNAST SIMONE BILES, HAS LIVED UP TO HER BILLING WITH A SECOND GOLD-MEDAL-WINNING PERFORMANCE. THE 27-YEAR-OLD NOW HAS SIX GOLDS IN HER CAREER AND NINE OLYMPIC MEDALS IN TOTAL. GAMES REPORTER MEI HERON WAS WATCHING ON AND SENT THIS UPDATE. HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE IN PARIS. SIMONE BILES WINNING GOLD AND RESTORING HER PLACE ON TOP OF THE GYMNAST WORLD. SHE HAS WON GOLD 48 HOURS AGO WITH TEAM USA AND JUST RECENTLY WON AGAIN, GOLD, AND HER TEAM-MATE SUNI LEE ALSO WINNNING BRONZE. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SIMONE BILES HAS MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO WIN GOLD IN THE COMING DAYS AND AT THE END OF DAY SIX IN PARIS, HERE'S HOW THE MEAL TABLE IS LOOKING. MEDAL* CHINA'S ON TOP WITH 11 GOLDS, THOUGH THE AMERICANS WOULD ARGUE THEY'RE LEADING BECAUSE OF THEIR TOTAL OF 37. TEAM USA'S 9 GOLDS HAS THEM SECOND, FOLLOWED BY HOSTS FRANCE AND AUSTRALIA. NEW ZEALAND'S 2 GOLDS, 2 SILVERS AND 1 BRONZE HAS THEM 12TH ON THE TABLE. TO SOME OTHER NEWS NOW, AND A SECOND GROUP OF 21 NEW ZEALAND FIREFIGHTING PERSONNEL HAVE LEFT FOR ALBERTA, RELIEVING THE CURRENT STAFF BATTLING WILDFIRES. 35 NEW ZEALAND FIREFIGHTERS ARE CURRENTLY IN CANADA ASSISTING IN THE ONGOING FIGHT AGAINST WILDFIRES BURNING ACROSS THE PROVINCES. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT MARCHANT ARRIVED THERE 10 DAYS AGO, AND TOLD BREAKFAST RAIN AND COOLER TEMPERATURES HAVE BROUGHT SOME RELIEF. THERE'S A LOT OF TOWNS AFFECTED, I KNOW FROM MY CREWS THAT ARE DOWN THE BOTTOM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, THEY HAVE HAD TO EVACUATE TWO TOWNS JUST BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF FIRE. ONCE WILDFIRE GETS BIG AND POWERFUL, THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO STOP IT. YOU'VE JUST TRY TO SAVE LIVES AND PROPERTY. 92 NEW ZEALAND CREWS WENT TO CANADA LAST YEAR TO HELP BATTLE WILDFIRES. IN OTHER NEWS, THE BOY (17) ACCUSED OF A DEADLY KNIFE ATTACK IN THE ENGLISH TOWN OF SOUTHPORT HAS BEEN NAMED. THE CARDIFF TEENAGER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 3 COUNTS OF MURDER AND 10 COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. DESPITE BEING A MINOR, A JUDGE HAS RULED IT WAS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO NAME THE SUSPECT, FOLLOWING A SWIRL OF MISINFORMATION ONLINE OVER HIS IDENTITY. FALSE CLAIMS THAT HE WAS AN ASYLUM SEEKER FUELLED SEVERAL VIOLENT FAR RIGHT RIOTS ACROSS THE UK IN RECENT DAYS. POLICE HAVE FIRED TEAR GAS TO DISPERSE PROTESTS IN NIGERIA OVER WHAT DEMONSTRATORS ARE CALLING THE WORST COST OF LIVING CRISIS IN A GENERATION. THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS WERE MET WITH A HEAVY SECURITY PRESENCE IN SEVERAL NIGERIAN CITIES. ECONOMIC REFORMS HAVE SEEN CONSUMER INFLATION BALLOON PAST 34%, THE HIGHEST IN NEARLY THREE DECADES. THE NIGERIA PROTESTS FOLLOW WEEKS OF DEADLY ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN KENYA. AND FINALLY, BRITISH DIVER TOM DALY'S MAKING A SPLASH IN PARIS FOR HIS KNITTING. THE TEAM GB FLAGBEARER WAS SPOTTED IN THE STANDS CHEERING ON THE OTHER BRITISH DIVERS WITH NEEDLES AND YARN IN HAND. WELL, BIG NEWS ` HE'S FINISHED. WE'VE GOT PARIS 24 ON THE FRONT WITH THE BRITISH AND FRENCH FLAGS ON THE BOTTOM. AND MY NAME ON THE BACK. GOING TO PUT IT ON AND SHOW YOU THE DETAILS. LOOK AT THIS. SO WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE ` TD ON THE SLEEVE LIKE SO, AND 54 OLYMPICS NUMBER FIVE ON THE OTHER SLEEVE. DAY WON HIS FIFTH OLYMPIC MEDAL IN PARIS ` A SILVER IN THE MEN'S SYNCHRONISED 10m PLATFORM. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S GOING TO BE A RAINY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH WITH HEAVY FALLS. FEW SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH, TOO. 13 IN RUSSELL AND WHANGAREI. FURTHER SOUTH ` PARTLY CLOUDY START TO THE DAY. THIS WILL TURN TO FINE AFTER MIDDAY FOR ALL OF YOU. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU. THIS WILL EASE AFTER MIDDAY IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 12 DEGREES IN GISBORNE AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` FINE DAY FOR THOSE IN TAUMARUNUI. ELSEWHERE, IT'LL BE A BIT MORE CLOUDY WITH SOME STRONG GUSTS IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. THE CAPITAL SITTING ON 9 DEGREES TODAY. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` OTHER THAN SOME SHOWERS IN KAIKOURA, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A NICE, FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. A HIGH OF 13 FOR NELSON AND WESTPORT. NINE IN KAIKOURA. HEADING SOUTH ` CLOUDY START FOR MOST. HOWEVER, THIS WILL TURN TO BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH. 6 THE HIGH IN ALEXANDRA. 10 FOR THE REST OF YOU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THOSE IN DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL. OTHERWISE, A LOVELY FINE DAY FOR THE REST OF YOU HERE. AND INVERCARGILL ` YOU ARE ON 10 WITH DUNEDIN. AND LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR WEEKEND ` FOR YOUR SATURDAY, IT'S LOOKING LIKE BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE SOME RAIN IN THE FAR NORTH AND CLOUD ON THE EAST COAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. AND FOR YOUR SUNDAY, SOME CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH HERE IN THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH SHOWERS IN THE FAR NORTH. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, FINE FOR MOST, BUT A CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE DEEP SOUTH. LAST NIGHT'S TRIPLE HAUL OF MEDALS ON THE WATER SAW NEW ZEALAND TAKE HOME GOLD FOR THE DOUBLE SCULLERS ` SILVER FOR THE MEN'S COXLESS FOUR AND EVEN A BRONZE FOR THE WOMEN'S FOUR. OUR CHRISTCHURCH REPORTER DIGBY WERTHMULLER IS AT THE ROWING CLUB WHERE THESE MEDALISTS HAVE BEEN TRAINING. KIA ORA, DIGBY. MORENA, MELISSA. THAT'S RIGHT. I AM HERE IN THE CANTERBURY ROWING CLUB IN A VINCE SIDE. IT IS HERE WHERE FOUR OF THE FEMALE ROWING ATHLETES CURRENTLY OVER AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS ARE ACTUALLY FROM THIS CLUB RIGHT HERE. IT IS NEW ZEALAND'S OLDEST SPORTING CLUB. TWO YEARS AGO IT CELEBRATED ITS 160TH BIRTHDAY. SOME OF THE CLUB MEMBERS GOT TOGETHER LAST NIGHT AT A LOCAL PUB TO WATCH THE RACE. HERE IS THEIR REACTION TO THAT NAILBITING FINISH. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) (CHEERING) THAT WAS JUST AN EXCITING NIGHT LAST NIGHT. AND JOINING ME NOW IS DAISY WHO IS THE WOMEN'S CAPTAIN HERE AT THE CLUB. MORENA, DAISY. WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE ON LAST NIGHT? LAST NIGHT WAS JUST AWESOME. IT WAS THE KIND OF RACING THAT DREAMS ARE MADE. BEING IN THE PUB WITH EVERYONE WAS REALLY ELECTRIC, AND SEEING THE FIRST 1000 OF THE DOUBLE, LIKE WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY FOUND IT FOR THAT LAST 250, AND GETTING GOLD WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE. LUCY IS FROM THIS CLUB. THAT IS HER BOAT BEHIND US. OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE SEEN HER AROUND. WHAT IF YOU LIKE AS A PERSON? SHE IS LOVELY. SHE HAS BEEN AROUND THIS CLUB FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, STARTED AT CHRISTCHURCH GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WAS A REALLY SUPPORTIVE ELITE ATHLETE. WHENEVER THE GIRLS WERE AWAY A COMPETITION, THEY MAKE THE EFFORT TO COME DOWN AND SUPPORT THEM. TELL US ABOUT THE OTHER ROWERS FROM THIS CLUB. THEY ARE ALSO FROM CHRISTCHURCH GIRLS HIGH, AND THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AS WELL. THEY ARE REALLY DEDICATED ROWERS. IT IS SPECIAL THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ROW IN THIS FOUR TOGETHER. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THEY ARE FEELING. THEY MUST BE SO STOKED. THERE IS ALSO SHANNON WHO HAS HER RACE TONIGHT. THE DRIVER IN THE EXCITEMENT DOESN'T STOP HERE. THERE IS MORE TO COME. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TONIGHT'S RACE. ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO BE BACK AT THE PUB WATCHING THAT ONE? WE ARE GOING TO BE AT ONE OF OUR TEAMMATES HOUSES. IT IS NERVE RACKING, BECAUSE SHANNON JUST RODE WITH US TWO YEARS AGO. THREE YEARS AGO SHE WAS PART OF OUR SQUAD AND WE RODE WITH HER. IT IS CRAZY TO SEE HER GO FROM THAT TO THE WORLD STAGE AND DOING SO WELL. SHE HAS JUST TAKEN THE WORLD BY STORM WITH JACKIE AT THE LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE. THEY HAVE A REAL FIGHT ON THEIR HANDS, BUT WE BELIEVE IN THEM. IT IS INSPIRING STUFF, BECAUSE LUCY, SHE IS A MOTHER, AND TO BE A MOTHER AND TAKE TIME OFF THE SPORT AND TO COME BACK AND RACE, THAT IS PRETTY INSPIRING. AND SHOWS YOU HAVING A BABY DOESN'T STOP YOU FROM PURSUING YOUR DREAM. THEY BOTH SHOWED THE WORLD THAT IT IS TOTALLY POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. WE HAVE SOME OF THE STUDENTS OF THEIR FORMER SCHOOLS BEHIND US GETTING READY FOR TODAY'S ROWING, A LITTLE BIT OF PRACTISING. PRETTY EPIC STUFF, PRETTY EXCITING STUFF FOR THIS CANTERBURY ROWING CLUB. IT IS. NO DOUBT INCREDIBLY PROUD. THANKS, DIGBY. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE WHAIKORO COLLECTIVE WHOSE SCHOOL HAS GONE BEYOND THE CLASSROOM WALLS. LUCY BENDELL IS WITH THE MANGERE COLLEGE STUDENTS. MORENA, LUC. MORENA, J MAY. I FIT RIGHT INTO SCHOOL HERE WITH MY HEIGHT. THE STUDENTS AROUND HERE ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS, CARVING A PATH FOR RANGATAHI. # WHY DON'T YOU COME ON OVER, VALERIE? WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. FROM A SCHOOL PROJECT ALL THE WAY TO AN ART EXHIBITION, PROUD STUDENTS FROM OTAHUHU COLLEGE ARE DISPLAYING THEIR WHAKAIRO, CARVINGS, AT THE MANGERE ARTS CENTRE THIS MONTH! OUR REPORTER LUCY BENDELL IS DOWN AT THE SCHOOL THIS MORNING CHECKING IT OUT. LUCE, LOOKS AMAZING. I KNOW. MORENA, DANIEL. PROUD STUDENTS INDEED. I AM HERE AT THE OTAHUHU COLLEGE. I AM IN THEIR CARVING ROOM. THESE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN PRACTISING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND GEARING UP, BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE TAKING THEIR ARTWORK ` EVEN PIECES ABOVE ME ` TO ANY SUBMISSION AT THE MANGERE ART CENTRE. ONE OF THE CREATIVES BEHIND IT IS AN OUT DELANEY. TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS COLLECTIVE AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING THIS MONTH? AS YOU SAID, WE HAVE A COLLECTIVE HAPPENING HERE WHICH ARE STUDENTS IN THEIR FINAL YEAR AT COLLEGE. THE COLLECTIVE HAS COME ABOUT AS A PATH FOR THESE GUYS TO PURSUE IN THE FUTURE WITH THEIR CARVING. OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE INCREDIBLY TALENTED YOUNG STUDENTS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THEIR AMAZING WHAKAIRO KAIAKO PAPA JAY. THEY ARE WORKING ON THEIR PIECES AT THE MOMENT. IT IS AN EXHIBITION AT THE ART CENTRE OPENING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS ON 17 AUGUST. A FEW PIECES FROM THIS ROOM HERE AREN'T ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MAKING IT TO THE ART CENTRE BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING SOMEWHERE ALSO QUITE EXCITING TO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE A FEW PIECES HERE THAT WON'T ACTUALLY BE MAKING IT TO THE ART CENTRE, BUT THEY SIMULTANEOUSLY ARE GOING TO BE ON DISPLAY AT TE PAPA TONGAREWA IN WELLINGTON. WE HAVE JACOB, BENNY AND FREDDIE WHOSE PIECES I GOING TO BE ON DISPLAY AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. EIGHT IS GOING ALL THE WAY FROM HERE TO TE PAPA. WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO SOME OF THESE TALENTED STUDENTS. THIS IS IVANA LEWIS. HOW DOES IT FEEL WHEN YOU ARE INSIDE OF THIS ROOM WITH ALL THE CREATIVITY? BEING IN THIS ROOM, JUST THE ENVIRONMENT, IT IS VERY, VERY WELCOMING TO STOP IT IS LIKE A FAMILY. SOME WOULD CALL IT A HOME AWAY FROM HOME, JUST SOMEWHERE WE CAN CHILL AND EXPRESS OURSELVES IN WHAKAIRO. HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT SOME OF YOUR PIECES I GOING TO BE IN THE ART EXHIBITION BUT ALSO AT TE PAPA? IT FEELS WEIRD, TO BE HONEST, BUT I AM PROUD THAT MY PIECES WILL BE DISPLAYED. JACOB, MORENA, HOW ARE YOU? I AM GOOD. YOUR PIECES ARE ALSO HEADING TO TE PAPA BUT ALSO THE EXHIBITION. IT IS CRAZY. BEING MAORI, IT IS HARD TO BE ASHAMED WHEN YOUR ARTWORK REFLECTS LIKE THAT. IT IS CRAZY TO THINK THAT ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN SOON. IT IS CRAZY. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU WHEN YOU ARE CARVING? IT IS A REFLECTION OF HOW I AM DOING THAT DAY. SOME LINES ARE JAGGED, MAYBE THE DAY IS NOT GOING SO GOOD, BUT WHEN I AM HAPPY, EVERYTHING IS FLOWING, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. VERY, VERY COOL AT WHAT YOU ARE DOING. ALL OF THE CARVINGS ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS, GETTING THE LAST LITTLE FINISHES TO BE HEADING TO THE ARTS CENTRE ON THE 17TH. IF YOU CAN COME DOWN AND SUPPORT, OR IF YOU ARE IN WELLINGTON HAD TO TE PAPA AND CHECK OUT THE BEAUTIFUL CARVINGS. THAT IS 17 AUGUST AT MANGERE ART CENTRE. CAN WE GET A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE WORKING ON? OF COURSE. CHECK OUT SOME OF THE ONES HERE. DO YOU WANT TO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THESE CARVINGS HERE? IT IS SNAPPER. REFLECTS BACK TO MATARIKI. THE SEAS ` THERE ARE THREE PIECES THAT GO ALONG WITH IT. ALL THREE ARE CONNECTED. AND HAS CRAYFISH, KINA, AND THAT IS OUR TUNA. IT IS NOT DONE YET, BUT YOU WILL SEE A REFLECTION OF ALL THREE PIECES. HOW LONG DOES THIS TAKE? DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH YOU DO IT EVERY DAY, COULD TAKE A FEW DAYS OR A FEW WEEKS. SOME ARE MORE COMPLICATED. THERE ARE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES TO EACH, BUT MAYBE A WEEK. INCREDIBLE STUFF BEHIND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE STUDENTS HERE. IT IS AN INCREDIBLE SPACE INSIDE HERE FOR SO COOL. ASKING FOR A FRIEND ` CAN YOU BUY THEM GOOD QUESTION, DANIEL. ALL OF THE PROCEEDS GO BACK TO THE STUDENTS AND ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK. YOU CAN COME DOWN AND PURCHASE SOME OF THESE BEAUTIFUL CARVINGS, DANIEL. YAY. WELL DONE. BIG UPS, OTAHUHU COLLEGE. ALSO TO ANNA DELANEY ` GREAT TUTOR. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE FUTURE OF OUR FASHION INDUSTRY IS LOOKING BRIGHT. WE'LL MEET THE AUCKLAND SCHOOL STUDENTS HOPING THEIR DESIGNS CAN IMPRESS A JUDGING PANEL. # FASHION. # FASHION. STEP INTO THE ROOM LIKE IT'S A CATWALK. WHITECLIFFE COLLEGE FASHION STUDENTS ARE GETTING A TASTE OF THE INDUSTRY TODAY AS PART OF THE 11TH RESENE COLOUR OF FASHION PROJECT. THEIR GARMENT DESIGNS WILL BE PRESENTED TO A PANEL OF JUDGES, SHOWCASING THEIR TALENT AS THEY STEP INTO THEIR CAREERS. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY ONE OF THE JUDGES, MILAN JEON, AND STUDENT NATALYA ABBOTT. LOOK AT YOU ALL. YOU LOOK AMAZING. AND I STAY WITH YOU FIRST, MILAN, AND HOW IMPRESSED YOU'VE BEEN WITH THESE YOUNG DESIGNERS? IS ASTONISHING EVERY TIME. I AM ASTOUNDED AT THE AMOUNT OF CREATIVITY I SEE. I AM SO PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE. HERE IS ONE OF THE DESIGNS. BUBBLE SKIRT, CORSETRY, IS AMAZING. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT YOUR DESIGN, CONCEPTS, IDEAS? I WAS GIVEN RACINE'S LIGHT FANTASTIC FOR MY DESIGN, AND AS SOON I SAW THIS COLOUR, I THOUGHT OF THE SUN AND HAPPINESS. I THOUGHT ABOUT A CHILDHOOD MEMORY I HAD OF MINE, SO WHEN ME AND MY SISTERS WOULD GO TO MY GRANDPARENTS PLACE, MY GRANDMA WOULD MAKE US BUBBLE NEXT YOU, AND WE WOULD SPEND TIME OUTSIDE BLOWING BUBBLES, AND RUNNING AROUND AND CHASING THEM. THIS IS YOUR DESIGN HERE, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO COME UP WITH THE CONCEPT? I'VE SEEN THE CONCEPT THAT YOU'VE SENT THROUGH, THE PAGES OF IT, AND IT LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL, TELL US ABOUT THE STORY, HOW LONG IT TOOK YOU TO COME UP WITH THE DESIGN? I THINK WE WERE GIVEN ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO COME UP WITH A DESIGN CONCEPT. WE FIRST STARTED OFF WITH THE CONCEPT, AND WE BRANCHED OUT AND MADE A STORYBOARD. THAT CONSISTED OF A MOOD BOARD, DRAWINGS OF THE DESIGN, AND IS JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DESIGN. MY CHILDHOOD MEMORY. THIS IS VERY PERSONAL TO ME, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF HOW IT CAME OUT. YELLOW WAS NOT A COLOUR YOU NORMALLY WORK WITH? NO, AND I'M SO GLAD I GOT GIVEN THIS COLOUR. AND IT LOOKS GORGEOUS. PARTICULARLY ON THIS BACKGROUND. IN TERMS OF JUDGING, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? I GUESS, BECAUSE THE RESENE COLOURS ARE SO STRIKING, IT HAS TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL ON THE BODY, TO MOVE FLUIDLY, AND ADAPTABILITY TO THE CURRENT MARKET. THAT IS IMPORTANT. IT'S ALSO ALL ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. I KNOW THINGS KICK OFF A LITTLE LATER. AND GOOD LUCK, IT LOOKS FABULOUS, AND THOSE COLOURS ARE AMAZING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. REMEMBER THE BUBBLE SKIRT BACK ON THE DAY? I REMEMBER. GET BACK TO YOUR KNITTING. YES, MY NEW HOBBY. TENNIS AND KNITTING. PING-PONG. WHY DON'T WE CALL IT PING-PONG ANY MORE? MORE ACTION TONIGHT OVER THE WEEKEND FOR THE OLYMPICS. HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND. CAPTIONS BY FRANK GORE, DREW WELSH, COURTNEY SOLE AND MAIA CARR HEKE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024