WELCOME TO BREAKFAST ON THE MONDAY, AUGUST 5. JACK IS STANDING IN TODAY. I REMEMBER WHEN HE STARTED AT TVNZ, I ASKED HIM WHETHER HIS NAME WAS TA-ME OR TAME. IF IT WAS WILD THAT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT. COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME THIS MORNING ` IT WAS A TOUGH WEEKEND FOR OUR ATHLETES AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS, BUT FOR ROWER EMMA TWIGG'S SILVER MEDAL IN THE SINGLE SCULLS SATURDAY NIGHT, CHRIS CHANG OUR VOICE OF THE GAMES JOINS US FROM PARIS. KIA ORA. KIA ORA, JACK. EVEN Q AND A'S FINEST, THE BROADCAST PRESENTER, THE WORLD'S FINEST, CAN'T RESIST TUNING TUNING INTO THE OLYMPICS. WE HAVE SOMEONE TURNING UP SHORTLY IN A FEW MINUTES WHO WILL GIVE US INSIGHT INTO NOT ONLY THE VILLAGE BUT ALSO A VERY HOT RUMOUR ABOUT THE CLOSING CEREMONY AND WHO MIGHT BE PERFORMING THERE. IT IS A HOT RUMOUR, AND YOU WILL BE VERY EXCITED TO HEAR IT. I'M NOT SURE THEY CAN TOP CELINE DION. VERY QUICKLY, YOU WERE AT THE TENNIS THIS MORNING. ALCARAZ AGAINST DJOKOVIC. I WASN'T AT THE FINAL, BUT I DID WATCH IT. PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOP FIVE MATCHES I'VE EVER WATCHED. IT WAS A TWO SET MATCH. TOP FIVE. THE QUALITY WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD. INCREDIBLE. NICE, CHANGY. WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU SHORTLY. BUT IT IS JUST 6 O'CLOCK, SO WE WILL GET TO WENDY WITH THE NEWS. MORE VIOLENCE HAS BROKEN OUT ACROSS THE UK FOLLOWING NATIONWIDE UNREST IN RESPONSE TO THE KILLINGS OF THREE GIRLS IN THE TOWN OF SOUTHPORT LAST WEEK. THE UK PRIME MINISTER HAS CONDEMNED WHAT HE CALLS 'FAR RIGHT THUGGERY' AND PROMISED RIOTERS WILL BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE. THE BBC'S NAVTEJ JOHAL REPORTS. ANGER, VIOLENCE, DESTRUCTION ` THESE CHAOTIC SCENES ARE UNLIKE ANY YOU'D EXPECT ON A SUMMER'S SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AT TIMES TODAY, ROTHERHAM HAS FELT LAWLESS. IT BEGAN THIS MORNING WITH A GROUP OF ANTI-RACISM PROTESTERS OUTSIDE A HOTEL ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THIS YORKSHIRE TOWN, WHERE IT'S BELIEVED ASYLUM SEEKERS ARE BEING HOUSED. BUT THEY WERE QUICKLY OUTNUMBERED BY A LARGER GROUP OF ANTI-IMMIGRATION PROTESTERS, MANY OF THEM ANGRY AT THE IDEA OF ASYLUM SEEKERS LIVING IN TAXPAYER FUNDED HOTEL ROOMS. AS THE AFTERNOON WORE ON, CHANCE WEREN'T THE ONLY THINGS BEING HELD AT THE POLICE OR THE BUILDING IN THE LAST HALF AN HOUR, THINGS APPEAR TO HAVE TURNED UGLY. THERE HAVE BEEN WINDOWS SMASHED ACROSS THE HOTEL. WE CAN SEE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THE STREETS. POLICE HAVE BEEN ATTACKED. OBJECTS THROWN AT THEM, INCLUDING FENCE PANELS PULLED OUT FROM AROUND THE HOTEL AND THINGS APPEAR TO BE TURNING INCREASINGLY NASTY. IN THE LAST HOUR, THE PRIME MINISTER REACTED TO THE SCENES IN ROTHERHAM. I UTTERLY CONDEMN THE FAR RIGHT THUGGERY WE'VE SEEN THIS WEEKEND. BE IN NO DOUBT THOSE THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS VIOLENCE WILL FACE THE FULL FORCE OF THE LAW. AT LEAST ONE POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN INJURED HERE TODAY, AND MUCH OF THE VIOLENCE WE'VE SEEN THIS WEEK HAS AFFECTED THOSE TASKED WITH PROTECTING THE PUBLIC. SEVERAL COUNTRIES, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND HAVE URGED NATIONALS IN LEBANON TO LEAVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IT COMES AS TENSIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND LEBANESE MILITANT GROUP HEZBOLLAH REMAIN HIGH FOLLOWING ISRAEL'S KILLING OF A TOP HEZBOLLAH COMMANDER LAST WEEK. MULTIPLE AIRLINES HAVE ALREADY CANCELLED FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF THE CAPITAL BEIRUT. ISRAEL AND HEZBOLLAH HAVE EXCHANGED STRIKES SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, WITH MOST OF THE VIOLENCE SO FAR CONTAINED TO BORDER AREAS. A DRIVER HAS FOUND HIMSELF IN A TRICKY SPOT OVERNIGHT AFTER VEERING OFF THE ROAD IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF ALBANY AND GETTING WEDGED BETWEEN A ROOF AND RETAINING WALL 3 METRES IN THE AIR. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE INCIDENT JUST BEFORE 8pm. THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE SAYS HIS DAUGHTER WAS IN HER ROOM WHEN THE CAR CAME CRASHING IN. WERE HAVING A QUIET SUNDAY EVENING AT HOME, AND THERE WAS A METHOD BANG IN THE HOUSE, AND A GUY PARKED IN THE ROOF. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND EVENTUALLY RESCUED THE DRIVER WHO WAS NOT INJURED. TO SPORT, AND IT'S BEEN A RELATIVELY QUIET DAY FOR THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM IN PARIS, THOUGH ALL EYES WILL BE ON THE TRACK AT STADE DE FRANCE LATER THIS MORNING. GAMES REPORTER MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE JOINS US NOW. HELLO, MICHELLE. HELLO, WENDY. NOT MANY RACES AROUND THE WORLD CAPTURE THE ATTENTION LIKE THIS, THE MEN'S 100 M SPRINT. THE FASTEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ALL IN ACTION TONIGHT. ABOUT ONE HOUR AGO, THIS PLACE HERE WAS PACKED WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. EVERYONE HAS MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE STADIUM TO WATCH THE SEMI-FINAL AND IN THE FINAL LATER TONIGHT, AND THOSE BIG HEAVYWEIGHTS WILL BE OUT IN ACTION. FIRST UP IS THE DEFENDING OLYMPIC CHAMPION, WHO THEN HAS TO FEND OFF FROM THE WORLD CHAMPION. ALL OF THEM WILL HAVE THEIR FATE DECIDED IN THOSE NINE OR 10 SECONDS OUT ON THE TRACK. AS FOR THE KIWIS, THERE IS ONE LONE KIWI INACTION WHICH IS LAUREN BRUCE IN THE HAMMER THROW WHO WILL BE COMPETING IN A COUPLE OF HOURS TIME. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. NEW ZEALAND'S KAYAK CROSS PADDLERS HAVE IMPRESSED BOTH FINISHING FIRST IN THEIR HEATS THIS MORNING. WHILE LUUKA JONES CAME FROM BEHIND TO SNATCH HER VICTORY. THE PAIR BOTH QUALIFYING FOR TOMORROW'S QUARTER-FINAL. AND NEW ZEALAND'S IN MEDAL CONTENTION AT THE HALFWAY POINT OF SAILING'S MIXED MULTIHULL REGATTA. MICAH WILKINSON AND ERICA DAWSON RECORDING TWO SECONDS AND A THIRD IN THE DAY'S THREE RACES TO SIT 10 POINTS BEHIND LEADERS ITALY. AFTER FIVE OLYMPIC CAMPAIGNS, NOVAK DJOKOVIC HAS FINALLY WON GOLD AT THE GAMES. THE SERBIAN TESTED BY SPANISH RIVAL CARLOS ALCARAZ IN THE FINAL BOTH SETS DECIDED IN TIE BREAKERS. (BOTH GRUNT) IN HIS FIRST OLYMPIC GAMES, NOVAK DJOKOVIC FINALLY GETS WHAT HE WANTED ` OLYMPIC GOLD. 37-YEAR-OLD BECOMES THE FIFTH PLAYER TO WIN THE 'GOLDEN SLAM' WHICH IS ALL FOUR MAJORS AND OLYMPIC GOLD. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) IT IS MONDAY. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR HUARERE, WEATHER THIS MORNING TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A FINE MORNING FOR THOSE IN KAITAIA AND AUCKLAND. OTHERWISE IT'LL BE A PARTLY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. 16 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING, BUT MOST OF YOU WILL BE GETTING SOME CLOUD COMING THROUGH AFTER MIDDAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` SIMILAR HERE. A NICE FINE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. CHECK OUT THOSE LITTLE SUNSHINE FACES. HOWEVER, THIS WILL TURN PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 15 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` BIT MORE GREY HERE. MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE REGION WITH SOME FINE SPELLS. WE'VE GOT A HIGH OF 13 FOR PALMERSTON NORTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A CLOUDY START FOR ALL OF YOU. WITH SOME SHOWERS IN THE WEST. THIS WILL EASE LATER ON WITH CLEAR SKIES FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. A HIGH OF 14 FOR BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` A CHILLY START FOR ALL OF YOU HERE. WITH SOME MORNING FROST IN ALEXANDRA. HOWEVER, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE AFTERNOON. 13 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH AND ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME SHOWERS TODAY IN MILFORD SOUND. ELSWHERE, IT'LL BE A PARTLY CLOUD DAY WITH SOME DRIZZLE EARLY ON. 13 THE HIGH FOR OTEPOTI, DUNEDIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, WENDY. THERE'S BEEN NO MEDALS OVERNIGHT FOR THE NEW ZEALAND ATHLETES AT THE OLYMPICS. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE HASN'T BEEN SOME AMAZING NEWS TO CHEER ABOUT. FINN BUTCHER AND LUUKA JONES BOTH TOPPED THEIR HEATS IN THE CANOE SLALOM OR CANOE CROSS, WHICH I HAVE TO SAY IS ONE OF THE BREAKOUT NEW SPORT IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES. LET'S BRING IN CHRIS CHANG WHOSE BEEN SOAKING UP THE ACTION WITH SOMEONE A LITTLE FAMILIAR. MORENA, CHANGY. LEWIS CLAREBURT IS JOINING US. YOU ARE THE SIXTH FASTEST MAN IN THE INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY. HAVE YOU BEEN SOAKING UP AND MISS FEAR OF THE GAMES? TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY WE GOT TO EXPERIENCE A LITTLE BIT OF PASTE PARIS. IT HAS BEEN GOOD. I OBVIOUSLY WASN'T COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH MY PERFORMANCE IN THE WATER, BUT NOW I CAN JUST REST AND RECOVER AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. WHAT DID YOU PUT IT DOWN TO, YOUR PERFORMANCE AND THANK YOU DIDN'T HIT THE HIGH SPEED YOU WANTED TO? IT IS TOUGH. I'M NOT SURE RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS ONCE I GET BACK HOME IN AUCKLAND, WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT MORE AND SEE WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T WORK, BUT TO BE HONEST, I JUST DIDN'T FIRE FROM THE MOMENT I HIT THE WATER. IT WAS PRETTY TOUGH TO TRY AND RECOVER THAT. YOU ARE UP AGAINST WHO WAS PROBABLY THE PHENOM OF THE GAME. WHAT HAVE YOU MADE OF HIS PERFORMANCES AND THE FACT HE HAS TAKEN THIS OLYMPICS BY STORM? IT IS UNBELIEVABLE, AND I HAVE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE HE WAS KIND OF LIKE A UNICORN. YOU ONLY GET ONE UNICORN, AND HE IS THE SORT OF GUY. HE HAS BEATEN ALL OF MICHAEL PHELPS' RECORDS. TO GET ALL THE MEDALS AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS THAT HE'S DOING IS UNHEARD OF. AND JUST TO BE IN THAT RACE AND EXPERIENCE THE ATMOSPHERE, BECAUSE THE FRENCH WERE GOING NUTS FOR THEM, SO IT WAS SO COOL TO JUST BE THERE. I FELT LIKE WHEN I WAS WALKING OUT, YOU COULD DROP A PEN, BUT AS SOON AS LEON WAS WALKING OUT, YOU COULDN'T BREATHE. YOU KNOW HIM. WE YOU SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH THE GAMES HAVE GOT BEHIND HIM? NO. I THINK ALL OF US KNEW WHAT HE WAS CAPABLE OF. BUT THE REST OF THE WORLD DIDN'T REALLY KNOW UNTIL WHAT HE'S DONE IN THE POOL NOW. SO WE ALL KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE NEXT LEVEL. OBVIOUSLY SEEING HIM TRAIN DAY-TO-DAY, YOU COULD FEEL IT COMING. I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE VILLAGE. HAVE YOU BEEN EXPERIENCING THE FOOD HALL? IT IS PRETTY GOOD. I'VE BEEN ENJOYING IT. WE HAVEN'T REALLY DABBLED TOO MUCH IN THE FAST FOOD AREA. IT IS ALL PRETTY HEALTHY FOOD. THE BURGERS AND THE MUFFINS HAVE GONE VIRAL WITH NO TELLER IN THE NUTELLA IN THE MIDDLE* TIRAMISU AS WELL. YOU CAN GET INTO IT. ICE CREAM IS MY FAVOURITE DESERT. I AM ALL FOR DESERT. I WAS GOING HARD FROM THE START. YOU GUYS HAVE A LITTLE TAG THAT I SAW BEFORE. DOES THAT LET YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT FROM THE VENDING MACHINES? I DID HAVE A LITTLE TAG. WE HAVE A WALLET AT ON OUR PHONES SO WE CAN GET COKE,'S BRIGHT, ICED TEA FROM ANY VENUE. IT IS GOOD TO BE AN ATHLETE HERE. I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE CLOSING CEREMONY. YOU ARE GOING AWAY IN COMING BACK. WHAT IS THE RUMOUR GOING AROUND THE VILLAGE? I DON'T WANT TO BE THE GUY THAT SPREADS THIS WRONG RUMOUR, BUT EVERYONE HAS BEEN SAYING THAT TAYLOR SWIFT WILL BE THERE. AND TOM CRUISE IN SOME RANDOM TRAPEZE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. TOM CRUISE IS HERE. WE HAD SEEN HIM HERE. WE WERE SAYING BEFORE, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BEAT CELINE DION? BUT TAYLOR SWIFT IS PRETTY GOOD IF THAT IS TRUE. IS THAT DOING THE ROUNDS? THAT IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD TODAY. SO IT IS A PRETTY BAD RUMOUR, AND DON'T TRUST ME AT ALL. HONESTLY IF SHE WAS HERE THAT WOULD BE PRETTY COOL. I'M NOT A HUGE TAYLOR SWIFT FAN, BUT I KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE LOVE HER. YOU COULD SAY, I SAW HER. I DON'T KNOW HOW HER TOUR IS LINING UP, BUT WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM? IS IT SECONDHAND OR THIRDHAND NOW? I DID HEAR IT FROM SOMEONE INSIDE. HE'S DROPPED IT. ARE YOU GOING TO WATCH ANY GAMES OR ANY SPORT? WE WATCHED THE FENCING TODAY. IT IS PRETTY INSANE. JUST SOMEWHERE AROUND THE CORNER. THAT WAS CRITICAL. I NEVER REALLY SEEN ANY OTHER SPORTS. OBVIOUSLY IN TOKYO WE COULDN'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING. SO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BOOK TICKETS AND GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES TO STOP TOMORROW IT IS BEACH BOWLING BALL. I WANT TO SEE DAVID LETI DO HIS WEIGHTLIFTING. HAVE YOU SEEN ANY REALLY BIG DOGS IN THE VILLAGE AND GETTING PHOTOS WITH THEM THAT WE WOULD KNOW? FAMOUS PEOPLE? TO BE HONEST, NOT REALLY. ONLY THE MUFFIN MAN. WHO WAS THE MUFFIN MAN? THIS NORWEGIAN GUY WHO IS THE MUFFIN MAN. YOU HAVE TO SEARCH IT UP. AT THE TIKTOK THING. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO TALK TO US. IF IT IS TAYLOR SWIFT, YOU ARE BREAKING THIS EXCLUSIVE NEW SEWER. IF NOT, IT IS A RUMOUR. IT IS UNCONFIRMED, BUT IT IS OUT THERE. SEEMS PRETTY CONFIDENT. IT IS AN AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT TO BE AT THE OLYMPICS, SO CONGRATULATIONS. IS THAT BETTER THAN CELINE DION? NO, NO. NO IT IS NOT. NOT AT ALL. I SUPPOSE CELINE DION HASN'T PERFORMED IN PUBLIC FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, SO THAT ADDED TO THE MAJESTY OF THE MOMENT. CHANGY, I KNOW THIS IS HIGHLY IRRESPONSIBLE FOR US AND IN JOURNALISM USUALLY YOU NEVER FUELLED RUMOURS. HE HAD IN THE VILLAGE FROM SOMEONE. ALSO ON FACEBOOK. 11TH OF AUGUST PARIS TIME AS THE CLOSING CEREMONY. 15TH OF AUGUST TAYLOR SWIFT STARTS FIVE NIGHTS AT WEMBLY. IT IS A QUICK TRAIN RIDE AWAY. IT IS A RUMOUR. WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A TASTE OF WHAT IT IS LIKE IN THERE. CHANGY, CAN YOU SAY THANK YOU TO LEWIS WHO WAS STANDING THERE AND HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT. JENNY MAY IS BEING REALLY AWFUL ABOUT YOU. SHE SAID THANK YOU FOR STANDING THERE, YOU DON'T HAVE AN MP3 YOU CAN'T HEAR. THEY LOVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. SO GOOD. E WHAI AKE NEI ` AVOIDING 'VEHICLE HARM ON THE FARM'. WE TALK TO ONE WAIRARAPA FARMER ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN TO MAKE QUADBIKES A WHOLE LOT SAFER. # YOU AND ME BELONG TOGETHER. # YOU SPIN MY HEAD RIGHT ROUND, RIGHT ROUND. MORENA. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST ON YOUR MONDAY MORNING. WE ARE ABOUT 1.5 HOURS FROM THE FINAL OF THE MEN'S 100 M AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS. THIS IS THE BIG DOGS RACE. THE SEMIFINALS WERE UNDERWAY THIS MORNING, AND THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A BIT OF A SURPRISE AND THE RESULTS. THE WORLD NUMBER ONE FROM THE USA HAS FINISHED SECOND IN THE SEMIFINALS. HE WILL STILL COMPETE IN THE HUNDRED METRE FINAL. FIRST IN THE SEMI-FINAL IS A JAMAICAN SPRINTER WITH AN INCREDIBLE NAME ` OF OBLIQUE SEVILLE. THAT'S LIKE IF MY NAME WAS BICEP TAME. GUY HAVE OUT AND HENRY MCMILLAN ARE IN THE PLACE TO BE THIS MORNING. COME IN, GENTLEMEN. GOOD MORNING. THIS IS TRULY OUTSTANDING. AS YOU SAY, WE'VE JUST SEEN OBLIQUE SEVILLE GO THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINAL. AS SOON AS WE WALKED IN, THEY KITTED US OUT AND JAMAICAN STUFF. HIS FIRST WORDS WERE WELCOME HOME, KIWI BOYS. IT IS INCREDIBLE. THERE IS BARBECUE CHICKEN. THESE GUYS ARE READY FOR A BIG DANCE TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO SEE SHANE THOMPSON WHO IS THE RACE FAVOURITE FOR THE WHOLE 100 M. HE IS ABOUT TO GO TO THE SEMI-FINAL. WE MIGHT NOT GET TO IN TIME BEFORE WE IN THIS CROSS, BUT IT WILL GO NUTS. A BIT OF A SURPRISE IN THAT FIRST RACE, BECAUSE NOAH LYLES FROM THAT FROM THE US, HE THOUGHT HE WAS ONLY GOING TO FINISH FIRST AND HIS REMAINING RACES. BUT HE WAS SURPRISED. YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE 100 M SPRINT IS, DON'T YOU, BECAUSE THEY ARE LIKE MMA FIGHTERS, THEY JUST TALK MASSIVE GAMES. HE IS THE HOT FAVOURITE FOR THE 200 M. 100 ` I THINK HE IS A LITTLE BIT SHAKY MYSELF. IF YOU GET A COUPLE OF THE JAMAICANS IN THAT FINAL, IT IS ANYONE'S RACE. THIS RACE IS GONNA GO BANANAS. GO AWAY FROM NEW ZEALAND HOUSING COME TO THE REAL PARTY. I CAN IMAGINE REGARDLESS OF THE RESULT, THERE IS ALWAYS A BIT OF A PARTY AT JAMAICAN HOUSE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF JAMAICAN SPRINTER, IT HASN'T BEEN THE BEST OLYMPICS SO FAR. HAVING ATHLETES PULL OUT OF THE 100 M. DID YOU GET WORD ON WHY SHELLEY AND DECIDED NOT TO RACE? AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT WASN'T AN INJURY WHICH WAS INITIALLY SAID. SHE WAS EITHER LATE TO A SHE NEEDED TO BE ALL THERE WAS SOME SORT OF TRANSPORT PROBLEM AND THEY JUST DID NOT LET HER GO THROUGH TO THE PRACTICE ARENA, WHICH IS PRETTY TOUGH CONSIDERING IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE ROWING YESTERDAY, TOM MCINTOSH'S SINGLE SKULL HAD TO BE DELAYED BECAUSE THE ATHLETE WAS LATE AND THEY PUSHED THE RACE BACK, SO MAYBE A BIT OF AN INCONSISTENCY IN THE RULES THERE. STEPH ON SHELLEY AND FRASER PRICE THERE. LET'S HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH THE MEANS TONIGHT. AS WE SAY, TO STRONG OPTIONS FOR THE JAMAICANS HEADING TO THE 100 M WAS UP WE HOPE TO SEE THE NEXT YEAR MAKE IN SPRINTERS AND A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND THE FINAL. GENTLEMEN, CAN I SAY YOU FIT RIGHT IN. I THINK ANYONE WALKING AND SEEING YOU STANDING THERE RIGHT NOW WILL THINK, THOSE ARE TWO JAMAICAN LADS CELEBRATING WITH THEIR COUNTRY. AND ENJOY THE FESTIVE SEASON THEN WE'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU LATER. RURAL ORGANISATIONS FIGHTING AGAINST VEHICLE-HARM-ON-THE-FARM HAVE COME TOGETHER TO HELP MORE FARMERS FIT CRASH PROTECTION DEVICES TO THEIR QUAD BIKES. ACCORDING TO WORKSAFE NEW ZEALAND DATA, QUAD BIKE DEATHS AND INJURY DATA BETWEEN 2019 AND 2023, AND 2023 THERE WERE 17 QUAD BIKE RELATED DEATHS IN AOTEAROA, AND A FURTHER 155 INCIDENTS OF SERIOUS HARM OR INJURY. OUR NEXT GUEST THINKS WE CAN DO MUCH BETTER. WAIRARAPA FARMER AND FARM-WITHOUT-HARM AMBASSADOR LINDY NELSON JOINS US NOW. MORENA, LINDY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. 17 FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. HOW COULD A CRASH PROTECTION DEVICE HAVE HELPED? IN THESE INCIDENTS, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO FAIL SAFELY. WE HAD OUR FARMERS UP THERE THINKING EXPERIENCE WILL KEEP THEM SAFE IN THE EVENT THAT THINGS GO UNEXPECTEDLY, THERE IS CRASH PROTECTION ADVICE THAT PROVIDES COVER BETWEEN THE BIKE, THE GROUND AND THE RIDER SO THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE FOR SURVIVAL. YOU HAVE HAD A MASSIVE RESPONSE TO THIS PROGRAM. THAT MUST BE PLEASING. IT IS INCREDIBLY PLEASING. 18 MONTHS AGO, WE LAUNCHED SOMETHING SIMILAR, AND IN THREE MONTHS WE HAD OVER 36 RESPONSES WAS NOT THIS WAS OVER 200 APPLICATIONS WITHIN 38 HOURS WHICH TELLS ME FARMERS ACTUALLY DEEPLY CARE ABOUT SAFETY. COST HAS BEEN A BARRIER. THERE RA FEW APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAD WITH HEARTBREAKING TALES OF LOSS OF FAMILY. THE QUESTION HAS TO BE ASKED ` WHY ARE THESE NOT COMPULSORY? I GUESS, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO DO ANY HARM, AND IF WE LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN AUSTRALIA, FARMERS WERE NOT BUYING NEW BIKES. THE RULE WAS THAT NEW PURCHASES WITH CRASH PROTECTION. SO THEY CAN CAUSE ACTUALLY MORE HARM. AND ANOTHER THING IS WE WANT TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS TOGETHER. SO CRASH PROTECTION IS ONE SOLUTION. OUR MEMBERS HAVE HAD OTHER SOLUTIONS WORK. SO WE WANT A MOVEMENT OF CHANGE FROM FARMERS THEMSELVES. OUR HARM STRATEGY THAT WE LAUNCHED LAST YEAR AS A NEW APPROACH TO SOLVING THE PROBLEMS ON THE FARM. THIS IS ALL OF US AND FARMERS COMING TOGETHER AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN SOLVE WITH PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN SO POPULAR THIS TIME AROUND, YOU NEED MORE FUNDING. I YOU PUTTING OUT A CALL TO FIND MORE FUNDING? THAT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. THE IDEA IS TO GET MORE FARMERS USING THEM SO THAT ANY MYTHS AROUND THE USE OF THEM ARE BUSTED TO THE MORE WE HAVE OUT THERE ON FARM, THE MORE PEACE OF MIND, THE LESS THEY ARE THINKING, WE CAN'T HAVE DOGS ON THE BACK, THEY GET IN THE WAY OF THE WORK. SO WE NEED TO KEEP OUR FARMERS SAFE. I KNOW YOU ARE ON THE FARM YOURSELF. HOW ARE THINGS AT THE MOMENT? WE'VE STARTED TO GET A BIT OF GRASS WHICH IS PRETTY NICE. IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH TIME FOR FARMERS ALL AROUND AOTEAROA. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT SEASON, NEW LAMBS, NEW LIFE, AND KEEPING SAFE WHILE WE DO IT. FARMER HARM AMBASSADOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, THESE ARE THE STATE OF SOME KIDS' SCHOOL SHOES. WHY KIDSCAN IS CALLING FOR HELP SO EVERY NEW ZEALAND CHILD HAS PROPER FOOTWEAR ON THEIR FEET. # DID YOUR BOOTS STOPPED WORKING, DID YOUR TRUCK BREAKDOWN? (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. PROTESTERS AND POLICE HAVE CLASHED ACROSS THE UK, FOLLOWING NATIONWIDE UNREST IN RESPONSE TO THE KILLING OF THREE GIRLS LAST WEEK THE PROTESTS BEGAN AFTER FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT THE ALLEGED OFFENDER BEGAN SPREADING AMONG ANTI-IMMIGRATION GROUPS ONLINE. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OVER THE VIOLENT SCENES. THE UK PRIME MINISTER HAS CONDEMNED WHAT HE CALLS 'FAR RIGHT THUGGERY', AND PROMISED RIOTERS WILL BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE. A NATIONWIDE OVERNIGHT CURFEW HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN BANGLADESH AFTER CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND PROTESTERS THAT HAVE LEFT AT LEAST 76 PEOPLE DEAD. THAT INCLUDES 13 POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE KILLED AFTER THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS ATTACKED A POLICE STATION. POLICE HAVE BEEN SEEN FIRING LIVE ROUNDS AT PROTESTERS, AS WELL AS RUBBER BULLETS AND TEAR GAS. THE UNREST BEGAN LAST MONTH AS STUDENT LED PROTESTS AGAINST GOVERNMENT JOB QUOTAS, BUT HAS GROWN INTO A WIDER ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BACK HERE, AND MORE THAN A HUNDRED FARM BUSINESSES TENCOURAGING FARMERS TO INSTALL CRUSH PROTECTION DEVICES ON QUAD BIKES. THERE WERE 22 QUAD BIKE RELATED DEATHS, AND A FURTHER 155 SERIOUS INJURIES BETWEEN 2019 AND 2023 ACCORDING TO WORKSAFE DATA. IT'S PROMPTED RURAL ORGANISATIONS TO TEAM UP AND HELP SUBSIDISE THE CRUSH PROTECTION MEASURES ON FARM VEHICLES. IN THE EVENT THAT THINGS GO UNEXPECTEDLY, THERE IS CRUSH PROTECTION. THE COVER BETWEEN THE BIKE, GROUND AND THE WRITER SO THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE FOR SURVIVAL. THE PILOT PROGRAMME ENABLES FARMERS TO APPLY FOR A HEAVILY DISCOUNTED CRUSH PROTECTION DEVICE TO THE VALUE OF $400. A DRIVER HAS FOUND HIMSELF WEDGED 3m OFF THE GROUND IN AN ACCIDENT OVERNIGHT. THE CAR WENT OFF THE ROAD IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF ALBANY, AND BECAME STUCK BETWEEN A ROOF AND RETAINING WALL. THE DRIVER WAS EVENTUALLY RESCUED BY EMERGENCY SERVICES. THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE SAYS HE HEARD A BANG AND THE HOUSE SHOCK AS THE CAR CRASHED IN TO HIS DAUGHTERS ROOM. TO SPORT, AND THE MEN'S 100m METRES FINAL HEADLINES DAY NINE IN PARIS. GAMES REPORTER MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE JOINS US NOW. SET THE SCENE FOR US, MICHELLE. HI, WENDY. THIS IS THE HOTTEST TICKET IN TOWN AT THE MOMENT. THERE ARE 70,000 FANS AND THEIR TO WATCH THE MEN'S 100 M SPRINTS, THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF THE SPRINTING WORLD. WE CAUGHT UP WITH SOME KIWIS THAT BROUGHT SOME TICKETS. FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR, THEY SPENT E1000. EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE THE ACTION. TONIGHT, YOU HAVE GOT THE HEAVYWEIGHTS. MARCEL IS TRYING TO MAINTAIN HIS OLYMPIC TITLE. YOU ALSO HAVE AMERICA'S NOAH WILES. ALL OF THEM WILL BE GOING AT IT IN A FEW HOURS TIME. IS FOR THE KIWIS, WE HAVE ONE LONE KIWI OUT ON THE FIELD TONIGHT, AND THAT IS A LAUREN BRUCE. SHE IS COMPETING IN THE WOMEN'S HAMMER THROW. SHE WILL BE COMPETING IN A COUPLE HOURS TIME. THANK YOU FOR THAT, MICHELLE. THE NEW ZEALAND CREW'S SITTING IN SECOND AT THE HALFWAY STAGE OF SAILING'S MIXED MULTIHULL EVENT. MICAH WILKINSON AND ERICA DAWSON RECORDING TWO SECONDS AND A THIRD IN THE DAY'S THREE RACES. THEY'RE TEN POINTS BEHIND RUNAWAY LEADERS ITALY, WHO HAVE 5 WINS AND A SECOND FROM THE SIX RACES SO FAR. AND IT'S BEEN A DISAPPOINTING DAY ON THE BIKE FOR NEW ZELANDER'S ROAD CYCLISTS. NIAMH FISHER-BLACK AND KIM CADZOW FINISHING WELL OUTSIDE THE MEDALS. FISHER-BLACK SUFFERED MAJOR MECHANICAL TROUBLE EARLY IN THE RACE FINISHING 31ST. A MAJOR CRASH IN THE PELETON ONLY ADDING TO THE DRAMA, WITH THE UNITED STATES TAKING GOLD. AND FINALLY, IF YOU MISSED THE OLYMPIC SURFING IN TAHITI, CALIFORNIA HAS PUT ON THE NEXT BEST THING. THE WORLD DOG SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS TOOK PLACE OVER THE WEEKEND, WITH THE HOUND HEATS CATEGORISED BY SIZE AND SURFING STYLE. THE EVENT FEATURED 14 YEAR OLD VETERAN DELILAH, WHO HAS COMPETED FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS TURNING OUT TO WATCH THE PUPS HIT THE WAVES. THE WAVES WERE PRETTY POWERFUL TODAY. IT WAS A GOOD DAY FOR DOG SURFING. WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH ALL THE WAVES WE WANTED. THE EVENT HAS BEEN RUNNING SINCE 2006, AND RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT DOGS IN NEED. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) IT IS WHETHER TIME. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A FINE MORNING FOR THOSE IN KAITAIA AND AUCKLAND. OTHERWISE, IT'LL BE A PARTLY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. 16 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING, BUT MOST OF YOU WILL BE GETTING SOME CLOUD COMING THROUGH AFTER MIDDAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` SIMILAR HERE. A NICE FINE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. HOWEVER, THIS WILL TURN PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 15 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` BIT MORE GREY HERE. MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE REGION WITH SOME FINE SPELLS. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A CLOUDY START FOR ALL OF YOU. WITH SOME SHOWERS IN THE WEST. THIS WILL EASE LATER ON WITH CLEAR SKIES FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST.WILL A HIGH OF 14 FOR BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` A CHILLY START FOR ALL OF YOU HERE. WITH SOME MORNING FROST IN ALEXANDRA. HOWEVER, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE AFTERNOON. 13 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH AND ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME SHOWERS TODAY IN MILFORD SOUND. ELSWHERE, IT'LL BE A PARTLY CLOUD DAY WITH SOME DRIZZLE EARLY ON. DUNEDIN HAS A HIGH OF 13 DEGREES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WENDY. E WHAI AKE NEI ` DO YOU TAKE YOUR OWN SNACKS TO THE MOVIES? AN INDEPENDENT CINEMA OWNER WEIGHS IN ON WHETHER OR NOT IT IS ALLOWED. ON WHETHER OR NOT IT IS COOL OR NAH. THIS IS A LIVE SHOT OF THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE AS FANS FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD TAKE IN THE DELIGHTS OF PARIS. WE'LL HAVE MORE OLYMPIC COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. INCLUDING THAT MEN'S 100m FINAL JUST BEFORE EIGHT O'CLOCK. YOU THAT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL, ISN'T IT? NAPOLEON BUILT THAT. HE WAS MORE OF A DELEGATOR AND A BUILDER. THAT IS A GORGEOUS SHOT. THERE ARE PLENTY OF STREAMING SERVICES AVAILABLE OF COURSE, TVNZ PLUS IS THE ONLY ONE YOU NEED. TO WATCH MOVIES AT HOME, BUT IT'S HARD TO BEAT SITTING IN THE DARK AT A CINEMA TO ENJOY A GOOD FILM. BUT DO YOU BUY SNACKS THERE, OR TAKE YOUR OWN? DO YOU PICK SOME UP EARLIER AND TAKE THEM TO THE MOVIES OR DO YOU BUY THEM AT THE CINEMAS? LAST WEEK IN AUCKLAND, TWO WOMEN WERE TRESPASSED FROM A CINEMA AFTER BRINGING IN THEIR OWN FOOD. FOR MORE ON THIS WE'RE JOINED BY ROXY CINEMA CO-OWNER, VALENTAIN DIAS. MORENA. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. TO BE CLEAR, THESE WOMEN WERE NOT SENT OFF FROM YOUR PLACE. THIS DID NOT HAPPEN AT YOUR CINEMA. TALK TO US ABOUT YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE. HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO CALL THE POLICE ON PEOPLE FOR BRINGING THEIR OWN FOOD TO THE CINEMA? WE HAVE NOT. WE HAD TO CALL THE POLICE FOR OTHER THINGS MORE EXTREME, BUT NOT FOR BRINGING FOOD TO THE THEATRE. WE DO HAVE A POLICY OF NOT BRINGING IN YOUR OWN FOOD, BUT WE HOPE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHY WE DO NOT ALLOW IT. JUST FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. WHICH RANGES FOOD THAT IS QUIETER AND LESS DISRUPTIVE TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE THEATRE. WE SPEND TIME LOOKING AT PACKAGING AND THE NOISE AND RUSSELL IT MAKES. WE LOOK AT THE MESS AND SMELL. WE DO TRY TO CURE RATE WHAT IS AVAILABLE AND ON OFFER. THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON TO HAVE A PRODUCT AVAILABLE IN THE CINEMAS IS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE MARGINS OF PROFIT FROM THAT BECAUSE THE CINEMA TICKET ALONE IS NOT A LOT. THAT SEEMED TO ME THE MAIN REASON, BUT HOW IMPORTANT OUR CONCESSION SALES? IT IS HUGE. IT IS ALSO POST-COVID. I WAS LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, FOR INDEPENDENT THEATRES, WE ARE SMALL, WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF SCREENS. SOME MAY HAVE MORE, BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE HUNDREDS OF SCREENS THAT CHAINS HAVE. FOR EVERY TICKET THAT COMES IN, WE LOOK AT HOW MUCH I CAN PURCHASE ON TOP OF THE TICKET. WE GET 45% TO 50% OF THE TICKET. THE REST GO TO THE DISTRIBUTOR. A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT. PERHAPS THAT IS THE THING WE NEED TO GET OUT. WHAT THAT IS GREAT TO HAVE THE TICKETS SOLD, THAT ITSELF DOES NOT PAY TO KEEP THE CINEMA OPEN. PRE-COVID, 70% OF OUR REVENUE CAME FROM TICKET SALES. NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 45%. ATTENDANCE HAS DROPPED, AND THAT IS A BIG HAT. HIT* THIS WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT ROXY IS A BIG SPACE. WHEN TRYING TO CREATE OTHER EXPERIENCES AROUND THE FOOD & DRINK OFFERING AND ALSO CONFERENCES AND WEDDINGS AND PRIVATE HIRES. YOU HAVE TO GET CREATIVE. I READ THAT A PROJECTOR FOR A CINEMA COST $500,000. IS THAT RIGHT? IT IS. THAT IS THE BIT THAT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND. ONCE THESE INDEPENDENT THEATRES CLOSE, IF THEY ARE NOT BEING SUPPORTED BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY SOMEONE IS GOING TO OPEN ANOTHER THEATRE. THE START-UP COSTS ARE TOO PROHIBITIVE. YOU WANT TO GET OUT AND SUPPORT YOUR LITTLE CINEMAS. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY HERE. WE ARE REALLY FORTUNATE, THEY ARE AMAZING. THEY BEEN CALLING US AND SAYING, WHAT CAN WE DO? WE HAVE A CORPORATE'S AND BUILDING COMPANIES SAYING, CAN WE HIRE YOUR SPACE? THEY REALISE IT IS TOUGH TIMES. WE ARE NOT THE ONLY PLACE THAT IS SAYING THE SAME STORY. FOR THOSE THEY CAN AFFORD TO COME TO THE CINEMA, AND I APPRECIATED AS A LUXURY NOW, ESPECIALLY FOR A WHOLE FAMILY, WE ARE APPRECIATIVE FOR ANYBODY THEY COME THROUGH THE DOORS. IT IS TRYING TO GET THAT EXTRA SALE, AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THESE RULES ABOUT NOT BRINGING YOUR OWN FOOD. HAS THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN AFFECTED WHAT MOVIES ARE POPULAR FROM A COMMERCIAL PERSPECTIVE? A LITTLE BIT. THAT IS MORE DICTATED BY WHAT IS AVAILABLE. AS YOU SAID, THOUGH STREAMING PLATFORMS DO DOMINATE. A LOT OF FAMILY MOVIES TEND TO GO ONTO THOSE PLATFORMS LIKE DISNEY. IT HAS AFFECTED WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO US. TO AN EXTENT, FAMILY MOVIES ARE A LOT HARDER NOW FOR PEOPLE TO AFFORD TO BRING THE KIDS TO. IN THE PAST, YOU WILL BE BUSIER ON THE WEEKEND DAYS WITH KIDS FILMS. GENERALLY, THOSE BIG BLOCKBUSTERS WILL DO WELL. THERE ARE CERTAIN FILMS YOU CAN ONLY APPRECIATE IN A PROPER CINEMA. HORROR DOES WELL. A BIG BLOCKBUSTER WITH EPIC LANDSCAPES DO WELL. SOME DOCUMENTARIES DO WELL. A COUPLE OF QUICK FOOD QUESTIONS. YOU SAID YOU DO NOT LIKE TO HAVE NOISY FOOD AT THE CINEMAS. CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF A NOISY FOOD THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED? CHIPS. FINALLY, WHAT IS THE CRAZIEST FOOD THAT SOMEONE HAS TRIED TO BRING IN? PROBABLY A WHOLE BOX PIZZA. THEY WERE NOT TRYING TO SMUGGLE AS AN. THEY JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OK. WE HAVE A CHECK-IN AREA, YOU CAN COLLECTED ON THE WAY OUT. IT WAS NOTHING TOO CRAZY. NO ONE IS TRYING TO BRING IN ANYTHING TOO WILD. WE DO SERVE A FULL DEGUSTATION FOR SOME OF OUR SPECIALISED EVENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. FROM THE GORGEOUS ROXY CINEMA IN WELLINGTON. A FULL PIZZA, THAT IS ONE THING. FOR ME, IT IS A FISH PIE. IF YOU'RE BRINGING IN SOMETHING THAT SMELLS. ANYTHING FISHY, NOT GOOD ENOUGH THEATRE. I LIKE THAT SOMEONE TURNED UP WITH A PIZZA AND SAID, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS? I WAS HOPING TO GIVE US A DIFFERENT ANSWER. FROM A LOGISTICAL PERSPECTIVE, WHERE WERE YOU SHOPPING THAT? PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE BRINGING FOOD AND. HOW DO PEOPLE EXPECT BUSINESSES TO SURVIVE IF THEY HAVE NO WAY TO GENERATE AN INCOME FROM THE MARGIN OF TICKETS NOT BEING HIGH ENOUGH? I HAVE BEEN IN THEATRES WHERE BUTTER CHICKEN HAS COME OUT. THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE. EVERYBODY GOES TO THE FOOD COURT AND THEY HAVE LEFT OVERS. THEY SAY, WHAT DO I DO WITH IT? HALFWAY THROUGH THE MOVIE. THAT IS WHAT SHE SAID, IT IS THE SMELL. I PUT A LOT OF CINEMAS STILL SOLD CHIPS. YES, BUT THERE ONE DOES NOT DO IT. I RECKON IT IS THE OPENING OF WRAPPERS. IF YOU HAVE THE CONSTANT CRUNCHING, EVERY TIME SOMEONE GETS A LOLLY OUT, THAT IS ANNOYING. LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. SHOULD CINEMAS ALLOW FOOD TO BE BROUGHT OUT FROM OUTSIDE? BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ. E HAERE AKE NEI ` IT CAME DOWN TO THE FINAL FOR THE ANZ NETBALL PREMIERSHIP TO BE DECIDED. OUR SPORTS GURU WILL BREAK THAT AND ALL THE WEEKENDS SPORT DOWN NEXT (LAID-BACK MUSIC) KIA ORA. YOU ARE WITH BREAKFAST. IT'S BEEN A WEEKEND OF HIGHS AND LOWS FOR OUR ATHLETES AROUND THE WORLD AND BACK HOME. BEFORE WE LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED HERE, EARLIER, I SPOKE WITH OUR RESIDENT SPORTS GURU SCOTTY STEVENSON ABOUT THE FATE OF SHOT PUTTER TOM WALSH. YOU CAN GET MORE ON OUR WEBSITE. IT IS SO HARD. YOU SEE THIS AT THE OLYMPICS OVER AND OVER AGAIN ` PEOPLE TRAINED FOR THEIR EVENT, AND THEN ONE MISTAKE RUINS THE FINAL. FOR TOM WALSH, HE CAME INTO THE EVENT CARRYING A BIT OF A NAEGELE. IT WASN'T TO BE. HE IS TOUGH AS TEETH. YOU CAN SEE THE SICK AND DIE WHERE HE FELT LIKE THAT INJURY HAD COME UP PRETTY BADLY, AND INCOME HOOTS WITH HIS COACHES ON THE SIDELINE THINKING ABOUT WHAT TO DO NEXT. THE FACT THAT HE WENT OUT THERE FOR 1/3 ROW SHOWS SO MUCH CHARACTER, DOESN'T IT, KNOWING THAT HIS CHANCES WERE PRETTY SLIM, BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYTHING ON THE TABLE. THERE IS A MOTION THAT MOST OF THOSE GUYS TRAVEL AROUND A LOT AND THEY ARE GREAT MATES. HE PRETTY MUCH GETS ON WITH EVERYONE. YOU CAN SEE HOW KIND THEY WERE AND HOW CONCERNED THEY WERE FOR THEIR FRIEND. BECAUSE THEY GET IT. THEIR COMPETITORS; THEY ARE RIVALS. THEY WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND WHEN. BUT THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER AND THEY CAN FEEL THE HURT AND TOM WALSH. THEY CAN HEAR THAT LOUD AND CLEAR IN THE POST MATCH INTERVIEW AS WELL. IT WAS TOUGH TO WATCH, BUT I LOVE THE FACT THAT HE SAID, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO FAIL? KNOWING THAT HE POSSIBLY COULDN'T MEDDLE, BUT HE WAS GOING TO GO OUT AND SHOW THAT HE CARED, THAT WAS A LOVELY TOUCH FROM THE MAN FROM TIMARU. LET'S GO TO THE ROWING NOW, SPEAKING OF LOVELY TOUCHES. EMMA TWIGG AT HER FIFTH OLYMPICS. THE WOMEN WHO WON THE RACE, THE SINGLE SKULLS, EMBRACED IT AT THE END. THEY REALISE HOW HARD IT WAS THE STOP ACTUALLY I DEAD A PIECE ON OUR WEBSITE. SHE LOOKED LIKE A PIECE OF LIFE IN THAT REGATTA. FIVE OLYMPIC GAMES ` THE FIRST ONE, THIRD NA BE FINAL, THE NEXT ONE FORTH. I WAS ON THE SIDELINES AND INTERVIEWED HER AFTER THAT SECOND FOURTH PLACE. SHE WAS SO GUTTED. SHE PULLED THE PIN ON GROWING. SHE CAME BACK AND WON GOLD IN TOKYO. SHE WAS JUST ON TOP OF LIFE. IT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH WITH HER FAMILY ON HAND TO STOP OF COURSE THEY COULDN'T BE THERE AT TOKYO. THE SMILE AT THE START OF THE RACE. I THINK SHE NEW IT WAS THE RACE OF HER LIFE. THE DUTCH ROW HAD A FAST START, AND I THINK EMMA PROBABLY HAD TO GO OUT ABOUT FASTER THAN SHE USUALLY LIKE. JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE POWER AT THE FINISH. BUT EVERYTHING AFTERWARDS WAS CONGRATULATIONS, IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE WINNER, AND THE FACT THAT THAT IS THAT ` I HAVE DONE IT ALL. SHE GOT BEATEN BY THE BETTER ROWER, AND SHE KNEW THAT ON THE DAY, THAT THAT RACE BELONGED TO HER OPPONENT AND NOT TO HER. SCOTTY, CAN WE COME BACK DOMESTICALLY? THE NIPPLE HAS BEEN OVERSHADOWED OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS FOR THE OLYMPICS. NETBALL* BUT THAT FINAL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WAS ONE THAT HAD EVERYTHING IN IT. THE MYSTICS BEATING THE PULSE BY ONE GOAL. IT WAS SO GOOD. THE MYSTICS GOT OUT TO A FAST START. I THOUGHT THE PULSE DID REALLY WELL TO COME BACK. THEY HAD THAT VOCIFEROUS HOME CROWD BEHIND THEM. THEY HAVE BEEN THERE ALL SEASON LONG. THERE ARE ISSUES AS WELL OF COURSE IN TERMS OF COVERAGE, GIVEN HOW DOMINANT THE SPORT HAS BEEN FOR SO LONG. IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE GIVEN HOW THAT FINAL WAS. GRACE NWEKE WAS THERE. LOTS OF TEARS FOR WHALMSLY. YOU NEVER KNOW. IT MAY BE HER LAST GAME. GRACE NWEKE MIGHT GO OVER TO AUSTRALIA. WHAT ABOUT THOSE WARRIORS ` WE ARE SITTING IN 13TH, FIVE POINTS OUT OF THE TOP EIGHT. WE ARE GUARANTEED TO POINTS FOR A BUY. UP THE WAHS. I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BUY LAST WEEK. THEREAFTER GAMES THEY MUST WIN NOW. THOUGHT IT STARTED ON FRIDAY NIGHT. THE TEAM LOOKED WELL-BALANCED ` THEY HAD EXPERIENCE. BUT THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE PLAYING TRAINING GROUND AGAINST A SIDE THAT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THEY NEEDED MUCH IN MOUNT SMART FOR SUPPER DOES NOT UP TO NRL STANDARD. THEY ARE PROBABLY RIGHT. THEY NEED TO FIND THE MAGIC ` THAT IS WHAT MAKES THE WARRIORS THING. IF THEY CAN BUY THAT MAGIC, THEY HAVE A CHANCE. THEY NEED TO FIND THAT SOMEWHERE, AND THAT MIGHT BE UNDER A LOT OF MUD RIGHT NOW. LOTS OF THE SUPPORTERS WERE LEAVING THE STADIUM BEFORE THE END OF THE GAME. ANYWAY, AS ALWAYS, PLEASURE, SCOTTY. THANKS, MATE. SEE YA. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. NEARLY 100 SCHOOLS ARE ON KIDSCAN'S WAITING LIST FOR SCHOOL SHOES. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF WHAT KIDS ARE TURNING UP TO SCHOOL IN. WE'LL HEAR WHAT HELP IS BEING PROVIDED SHORTLY. THEY WALKED OUT OF A MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER IN PROTEST. NOW NGAPUHI ARE LEADING A HIKOI TO PARLIAMENT THIS MORNING. MORE ON THAT IN HALF AN HOUR. AND IT'S THE PINNACLE EVENT OF ANY OLYMPIC GAMES. THE MEN'S 100 METRES FINAL IS LESS THAN AN HOUR AWAY. WE'LL BE LIVE AT STADE DE FRANCE AS SOON AS THAT CHAMPION CROSSES THE FINISH LINE. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S WENDY WITH THE NEWS. THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER HAS PROMISED RIOTERS INVOLVED IN FAR-RIGHT PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE. DEMONSTRATORS HAVE FLARED UP IN MULTIPLE TOWNS AND CITIES IN RESPONSE TO THE KILLINGS OF THREE GIRLS LAST WEEK. THE PROTESTS BEGAN AFTER FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT THE ALLEGED OFFENDER BEGAN SPREADING AMONG ANTI-IMMIGRATION GROUPS ONLINE. TILLEY CONDEMNED THE FAR RIGHT THUGGERY WE HAVE SEEN THIS WEEKEND. HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THOSE THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS VIOLENCE WILL FACE THE FULL FORCE OF THE LAW. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OVER THE VIOLENT SCENES. RENEWED VIOLENCE BETWEEN POLICE AND ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS IN BANGLADESH HAS LEFT AT LEAST 76 PEOPLE DEAD. AMONG THE CASUALTIES WERE 13 POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE KILLED WHEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ATTACKED A STATION. POLICE HAVE BEEN SEEN FIRING LIVE ROUNDS AT PROTESTERS AS WELL AS RUBBER BULLETS AND TEAR GAS. THE UNREST BEGAN LAST MONTH AS STUDENT-LED PROTESTS AGAINST GOVERNMENT JOB QUOTAS, BUT HAS GROWN INTO A WIDER ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST ACROSS THE COUNTRY. A NEW FARM SAFETY SUBSIDY SCHEME COULD BE THE KEY TO PREVENTING QUAD BIKE DEATHS ACROSS RURAL NEW ZEALAND. MORE THAN 100 FARM BUSINESSES HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE PILOT SCHEME ` THAT'S ENCOURAGING FARMERS TO INSTALL CRUSH PROTECTION DEVICES ON QUAD BIKES. LINDY NELSON SAYS THEY RECEIVED 200 APPLICATIONS WITHIN THE SPACE OF TWO HOURS FOR PEOPLE WANTING $400 OFF THE DEVICE. FARMERS ACTUALLY DEEPLY CARE ABOUT SAFETY. WHAT WE NOW KNOW WITH THE RESPONSE IS THAT COST HAS BEEN A BARRIER. THE FIRST FEW APPLICATIONS WE HAD ` HEARTBREAKING TALES OF LOSS OF FAMILY MEMBERS OR MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY. THERE WERE 22 QUAD-BIKE-RELATED DEATHS AND A FURTHER 155 SERIOUS INJURIES BETWEEN 2019 AND 2023, ACCORDING TO WORKSAFE DATA. ONE AUCKLAND DRIVER FOUND HIMSELF IN A TRICKY SPOT OVERNIGHT AFTER VEERING OFF THE ROAD IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF ALBANY AND GETTING WEDGED BETWEEN A ROOF AND RETAINING WALL 3 METRES IN THE AIR. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE INCIDENT JUST BEFORE 8pm. THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE SAYS HIS DAUGHTER WAS IN HER ROOM WHEN THE CAR CAME CRASHING IN. WE WERE JUST HAVING A QUIET SUNDAY EVENING AT HOME AND THERE WAS A MASSIVE BANG IN THE HOUSE. THE GUYS PARKED IN THE ROOF. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND EVENTUALLY RESCUED THE DRIVER WHO WAS NOT INJURED. THERE'S A CALL FOR MOVIE-GOERS TO STOP BRINGING IN THEIR OWN FOOD TO CINEMAS. DEBATE WAS SPARKED AFTER TWO PEOPLE WERE TRESPASSED FROM AN AUCKLAND MOVIE THEATRE AFTER TAKING THEIR OWN FOOD INSIDE. THE CO-OWNER OF A POPULAR WELLINGTON CINEMA SAYS THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY THEY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BUY AT THE THEATRE. YOU SHOULD HAVE SPENT TIME LOOKING AT PACKAGING AND THE NOISE AND THE RUSTLE THAT THAT MAKES. WE LOOK AT THE MESS THAT CAN BE LEFT BEHIND AND SMELL. SMELL IS THE BIG ONE. THAT CAN PUT OFF OTHERS IN THE THEATRE. WE DO TRY TO CURE RATE WHAT IS AVAILABLE AND ON OFFER, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON FOR HAVING THE THOUGHT OF PRODUCT AVAILABLE IN THE CINEMAS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE MARGINS, THE PROFITS OF THAT. VALENTINA DIAS SAYS THEY'VE HAD TO REDUCE OPENING TIMES FROM SEVEN TO FIVE DAYS A WEEK AS THEY BATTLE FOR BUSINESS DURING THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS. TO SPORT AND THE STAGE HAS BEEN SET FOR THE MEN'S 100 METRE FINAL IN PARIS. JAMAICAN KISHAN THOMPSON FINISHING WITH THE FASTEST TIME OF 9.8 SECONDS IN THE SEMI-FINALS. REIGNING WORLD CHAMPION NOAH LYLES WILL ALSO LINE UP IN THE FINAL AFTER FINISHING SECOND IN HIS HEAT WHILE TOKYO GOLD MEDALLIST MARCELL JACOBS OF ITALY ONLY JUST SCRAPED THROUGH. THE RACE IS SET TO START JUST BEFORE 8 THIS MORNING. NEW ZEALAND'S KAYAK CROSS PADDLERS HAVE IMPRESSED ` BOTH FINISHING FIRST IN THEIR HEATS THIS MORNING. FINN BUTCHER LED FROM START TO FINISH IN HIS RACE WHILE LUUKA JONES CAME FROM BEHIND TO SNATCH VICTORY IN HER WOMEN'S HEAT. THE PAIR BOTH QUALIFYING FOR TOMORROW'S QUARTER-FINAL. AND LAUREN BRUCE HAS FAILED TO ADVANCE IN QUALIFYING FOR THE WOMEN'S HAMMER THROW. THE KIWI'S BEST EFFORT OF 68.93 METRES JUST OVER 2 METRES SHORT OF THE MARK TO REACH THE FINALS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A FINE MORNING FOR THOSE IN KAITAIA AND AUCKLAND. OTHERWISE, IT'LL BE A PARTLY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. A LOT OF SUNSHINE FOR THE OTHER PLACES AS WELL. 16 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING, BUT MOST OF YOU WILL BE GETTING SOME CLOUD COMING THROUGH AFTER MIDDAY. HAVE AND WE HAVE A 12 HIGH FOR ROTORUA. TO THE EAST COAST ` SIMILAR HERE. A NICE, FINE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. HOWEVER, THIS WILL TURN PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 15 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` BIT MORE GREY HERE. MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE REGION WITH SOME FINE SPELLS. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A CLOUDY START FOR ALL OF YOU, WITH SOME SHOWERS IN THE WEST. THIS WILL EASE LATER ON WITH CLEAR SKIES FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. A HIGH OF 14 FOR BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` A CHILLY START FOR ALL OF YOU HERE WITH SOME MORNING FROST IN ALEXANDRA. HOWEVER, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A MAINLY FINE DAYWELL FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE AFTERNOON. 13 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH AND ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME SHOWERS TODAY IN MILFORD SOUND. ELSEWHERE, IT'LL BE A PARTLY CLOUD DAY WITH SOME DRIZZLE EARLY ON. QUEENSTOWN GETS TO 9 DEGREES. LOVE YOUR WORK, WENDY. SENDING CHILDREN OFF TO SCHOOL IS NO CHEAP EXERCISE. WITH INFLATION CONTINUING TO RISE, SOME PARENTS ARE STRUGGLING TO FEED THEIR KIDS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING THEM WITH THE WARM CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR. THAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE. LAST YEAR KIDSCAN SUPPLIED OVER 50,000 PAIRS OF SHOES TO STUDENTS IN NEED, AND THIS YEAR THEY HAVE NEARLY 100 SCHOOLS ON THEIR WAITING LIST. ONE OF THOSE IS OPAHEKE SCHOOL IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. THEIR PRINCIPAL JADE TAWHITI AND KIDSCAN CHIEF EXECUTIVE JULIE CHAPMAN ARE WITH US THIS MORNING. JULIE, WE WILL START WITH YOU. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER AND A COST OF LIVING CRISIS. I AM SURE THE QUESTION EVERYONE ASKS YOU ` JUST HOW BAD IS IT FOR SOME FAMILIES RIGHT NOW? IT HAS GOT VERY BAD FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES ` THINGS ARE EVEN TOUGHER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN FOR THEM. WE HAVE SEEN SOME FAMILIES THAT MAY HAVE JUST BEEN GETTING BY NOW NEEDING OUR SUPPORT. WE HAVE OVER 10,000 CHILDREN RIGHT NOW WAITING FOR THESE SHOES, RAINCOATS AND ALSO FOOD. TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN YOUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. KIA ORA. AS JULIE HAS MENTIONED, WE HAD A NUMBER OF FAMILIES TIPTOEING ALONG ON THE LINE FOR A WHILE, BUT NOW WE ARE SEEING A INCREASE. WE HAD TRADITIONALLY BEEN A MIDDLE INCOME PRIMARY SCHOOL. NOW IT IS CHANGING AND WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE BATTLING. IT IS INTERESTING YOU TALK ABOUT THAT. TRADITIONALLY A MIDDLE INCOME SCHOOL. JULIE, IS THIS SOMETHING YOU ARE SEEING AS WELL? THE POVERTY LINE IS SHIFTING? AS I SAID, FAMILIES THAT WERE JUST KIND OF TREADING WATER AND GETTING BY ARE NOW THE ONES THAT ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF HELP, AND I THINK THAT CAUSES ALL SORTS OF EMBARRASSMENT AND SHAME. KIDS DON'T PUT THEIR HAND UP WHEN THEY ARE HUNGRY AND WHEN THEY NEED HELP, AND SO TEACHERS ARE TELLING US THAT THEY ARE MORE AND MORE BECOMING LIKE A SOCIAL SERVICE HAVING TO MEET THOSE NEEDS BEFORE THEY CAN ACTUALLY TEACH. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE CRITERIA OF DIFFERENT NEEDS THAT KIDS NEED IN ORDER TO THRIVE, OBVIOUSLY FOOD IS ABSOLUTELY PARAMOUNT ` KIDS NEED TO HAVE A GOOD BREAKFAST, GOOD LUNCH AND GOOD NUTRITION. SHOES AND CLOTHING IS A CLOSE SECOND. AND YOU HAVE BROUGHT SOME EXAMPLES OF SHOES THAT KIDS ARE TURNING UP TO SCHOOL IN. THIS PAIR OF SANDALS HERE WAS WORN BY A YOUNG GIRL. IT IS THE ONLY PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE HAD. AND SO THEY, YOU KNOW, IN WINTER, THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT CONDUCIVE TO GETTING AROUND AT SCHOOL. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE THOSE SHOES, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER PAIR HERE WHICH WAS WORN BY A YOUNG BOY, AND TEACHERS CALL THESE TALKING SHOES, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE FLAP OPEN AT THE FRONT. WHAT WE REPLACED THEM WITH AT KIDSCAN WAS BRAND-NEW PAIRS OF SHOES WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO BUY OUT REALLY GOOD RATES AND TWO PAIRS OF SOCKS AS WELL. SO WE HAVE GOT HUGE AMOUNTS OF KIDS, MORE THAN 10,000, THAT WILL NEED A PAIR OF GOOD SHOES FOR THE WINTER AND SCHOOL. JADE, WHY ARE GOOD SHOES THAT ARE NOT FLAPPING AND TALKING TO US AND HAVE SOULS ACTUALLY ATTACH, WHY ARE THEY SO IMPORTANT FOR KIDS AT SCHOOL? TERM TWO AND TERM THREE HOUR WINTER TERMS. IT IS QUITE HARSH. THE WINTER IS COLD, WET. I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THE TALKING SHOES AT OUR SCHOOL, BUT I SEE ILL FITTING SHOES. YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT KIDS ARE WEARING THEIR OLDER BROTHER OR SISTER'S SHOES. SO THE SHOES THEY WEAR TO SCHOOL, THEY PLAY BASKETBALL AND THEM ON THE WEEKEND OR TOUCH RUGBY, SO A PAIR OF WINTER SHOES IS VITAL. TALK TO US ABOUT THE SUPPORT THAT YOU ALREADY OFFER THE FINER AT YOUR SCHOOL. OBVIOUSLY BREAKFAST. A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS ACROSS AOTEAROA DO THAT. WE DO PROVIDE LUNCH WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY THE FULL, FREE LUNCH AND SKILLS BUT IT IS A DONATED LUNCH. WE HAVE A LOCAL TRUST AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. WE GET THE EXCESS FROM THEIR LUNCH IN SCHOOL. WE USE THAT, AND THE KIDS JUST TURN UP ` THERE IS NO SHAME. IF THEY NEED BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, THEY TURN UP. WE DO WHAT WE CAN GET OUR HANDS ON. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 90 SCHOOLS ON THE WAITING LIST FOR SHOES. WHAT DIFFERENCE WOULD IT MAKE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME OF YOUR WHANAU WITH SHOES? IT WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE COVID FOR A LOT OF HOUSEHOLD. SOME WERE CHUGGING ALONG FINE. THINGS HAVE CHANGED FOR SOME OF THEM, AND THINGS ARE TOUGH. IT COULD BE SHOES, KAI ` IT IS ONE LESS THING THEY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. JULIE, 98 SCHOOLS ON THE WAITING LIST ` THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT. IT IS A LOT. ADD TO THAT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRES AS WELL AS THAT IS OVER 260, SO THAT IS THE BIGGEST WAITING LIST WE HAVE HAD SINCE 2005. SO FOR US, WE ARE LAUNCHING THIS URGENT APPEAL SO WE CAN GET THE PUBLIC AND BEHIND US TO GET THOSE KIDS OFF THE WAITING LIST, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T WAIT. IT IS IMPACTING THEIR LEARNING, AND AS YOU HEARD HERE THIS MORNING, SHOES ARE NOT JUST ABOUT KEEPING FEET WARM AND DRY, JACKETS, IT IS ABOUT PARTICIPATION AND BEING VALUED AND NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE YOUR NEXT MEAL WILL COME FROM OR JUST THOSE BASICS THAT MOST OF US TAKE FOR GRANTED. IT IS FUNNY, BECAUSE IT CAN BE HARD TO QUANTIFY SOMETHING LIKE THAT, JUST PARTICIPATION, THAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT NOT BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE PROPERLY HAS ON A CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT. AND JUST SOME OF THE SHOES THAT I HAVE BROUGHT ALONG TODAY AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS NO WAY IF YOU ARE WEARING THOSE SHOES YOU CAN PARTICIPATE. AND PARTICIPATION FOR ALL SORTS OF REASONS ARE SO IMPORTANT. BUT WE WANT KIDS TO FEEL VALUED, TO FEEL INCLUDED, AS DO SCHOOLS. AND WHEN YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM THE MATERIAL EFFECTS OF POVERTY, THAT HAS A HUGE IMPACT, NOT ONLY ON HOW YOU FEEL BUT YOUR ABILITY TO ENGAGE AND LEARN. HOW CAN PEOPLE GET INVOLVED AND SUPPORT KIDSCAN? THROUGH OUR WEBSITE ` kidscan.org.nz. YOU CAN DONATE FOOD AND CLOTHES. EVEN IF YOU CAN'T DONATE, JUST GET BEHIND GETTING KIDS OFF THE WAITING LIST. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE AT OPAHEKE SCHOOL. E HAERE AKE NEI ` MANY ATHLETES WILL WALK AWAY FROM PARIS WITHOUT A MEDAL. A SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST REVEALS HOW YOU PICK YOURSELF UP AFTER A BAD RESULT NEXT. # OH NO. # YOU SET YOUR HEART ON FIRE. (FRENCH MUSIC) MORENA. TAKING YOU AROUND THE WORLD THIS MORNING. THE SKY TOWER IS NOT BAD, BUT HOW IS A BIT OF NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE TO START YOUR MONDAY? THE SUN IS SETTING IN PARIS OVER THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE. YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE AT THE VERY TOP. THAT IS NICE. THE TRAFFIC IS A NIGHTMARE AROUND THE, BUT NEVER MIND. THAT IS NOT OUR CONCERN. THE MENS 100 METRE FINAL IS JUST HALF AN HOUR AWAY. WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU THAT COVERAGE VERY SHORTLY. SO GOOD. AUSTRALIAN BOXER HARRY GARSIDE HAS TAKEN THE WORLD BY SURPRISE AFTER HIS DEFEAT AT THE OLYMPICS. THE BRONZE MEDALLIST HAD HIS EYE SET ON GOLD AT THIS YEAR'S GAMES, BUT HIS DREAM WAS SHATTERED AFTER HIS FIRST-ROUND BOUT. AFTERWARDS HE SPOKE CANDIDLY ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL TOLL HE'S ENDURED. AS ATHLETES, WE VISUALISE, WE... EVERY DAY, I WOULD VISUALISE. I HAD ALARMS ON MY PHONE, LIKE, TEN TIMES A DAY AND I'D STOP AND I'D VISUALISE MYSELF ON THE PODIUM AND I CAN SEE IT. I CAN FEEL IT IN MY SKIN. SO HARD TO WATCH THAT. HE WENT ON TO SAY, I FEEL LIKE A FAILURE. FOR MORE ON THE CHALLENGES ELITE ATHLETES WORK THROUGH, I'M JOINED NOW BY SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST CHARLOTTE CHALMERS. CHARLOTTE'S, GOOD MORNING. THAT WAS PRETTY TOUGH TO WATCH. IN TERMS OF HIM SPEAKING AND BEING VERY HONEST AND OPEN ABOUT HOW HE WAS FEELING POST-BOXING MATCH, HOW IMPORTANT WAS THAT? IT IS SO SIGNIFICANT. THERE IS UNFORTUNATELY A LEVEL OF STIGMA WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH. WHEN PEOPLE LIKE HARRY ARE SO OPEN ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES, IT PROVIDES VALIDATION TO PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THOSE EXPERIENCES AND HOPEFULLY ENCOURAGES THEM TO SPEAK UP AND SEEK HELP. HOW DO YOU HELP ATHLETES SPEAK UP? HOW DO YOU HELP THEM COPE WITH THE INEVITABLE UPS AND DOWNS OF SPORT? SETBACKS ARE A NATURAL PART OF A SPORTS JOURNEY. EVERY ATHLETE, NO MATTER HOW TALENTED THEY ARE, GOING TO EXPERIENCE LOSSES THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREER. THE WORK THAT WE DO LOOKS AT THE THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS POST-DEFEAT AND WHAT BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES CAN BE MADE. THERE ARE A RANGE OF TECHNIQUES THAT WE DO. ARE USUALLY WORK FROM AN ACCEPTANCE COMMITMENT FRAMEWORK. THAT HAS A RANGE OF DIFFERENT SKILLS. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN ATHLETES EXPERIENCED THE FEET, DEFEAT* THEY COME WITH A LOT OF JUDGEMENTS OR THOUGHTS. A LOT OF WORK THAT I DO HELPS ATHLETES RECOGNISE WHEN THEY DO THAT, WHEN THEY'RE CAUGHT UP IN A SPIRAL OF THEIR THOUGHTS AND USING TECHNIQUES TO GENTLY UNHOOK FROM THOSE THOUGHTS AND TO GET A BIT OF DISTANCE. I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS FOR AGES. THE OTHER PART IS ABOUT THEM PICKING THEMSELVES UP. IF I LOOK AT WHAT HARRY SAID, THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WILL BE PRETTY HARD. ' I'M SURE I WILL HAVE SOME DARK MOMENTS, ' I AM PRETTY TERRIFIED, TO BE HONEST'. IT IS ALMOST LIKE IF THEY ARE NOT AIMING FOR THE GREAT HEIGHTS, THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE THERE TO DO. THAT IS WHY THEY TRAIN IN THOSE MOMENTS WHEN NO ONE ELSE IS LOOKING. HOW DO YOU HELP THEM NOT GET TO THAT DARK PLACE IF THEY DON'T ACHIEVE? PART OF THAT IS VALIDATING AND NORMALISING THE EMOTIONS THAT THEY EXPERIENCE. THERE IS GOING TO BE SADNESS AND ANGER AND ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE. ENCOURAGING ATHLETES TO NOTICE AND ALLOW THEIR EMOTIONS, PRACTICE SELF COMPASSION WITH THAT AND RATHER THAN GETTING THEM TO PUSH AWAY OR STRUGGLE WITH THEM, LET THEM BE COMPASSIONATE. A LOT OF IT IS LOOKING AT THE ATHLETES VALUES AND WHAT IS MEANINGFUL TO THEM GETTING THEM TO ADJUST THEIR BEHAVIOURS SO THEY DOING THINGS IN LINE WITH THEIR VALUES. HARRY SAID SOMETHING THAT IT IS NOT ALL ABOUT BOXING FOR HIM. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HELP ATHLETES RECOGNISE THAT. WHAT CAN YOU DO? CAN YOU BE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY? CAN YOU DO THINGS THAT ARE RELAXING AND ENJOYABLE? JUST TO HELP SHIPS THAT MINDSET A LITTLE BIT AND MAKE SURE THE DEFEAT IS NOT ALL CONSUMING. HOW HARD IS IT TO SHIP THAT MINDSET WITH ATHLETES? IT IS HARD. THEY ARE SO PASSIONATE. THEY DOING THIS BECAUSE THEY LOVE IT. THEY ARE SETTING GOALS THAT ARE HUGE, WHEN THEY DO NOT REACH THEM, IT IS HARD. CHARLOTTE'S CHARMERS, SPORT PSYCHOLOGIST JOINING US THIS MORNING. I THINK THIS IS A VERY TIMELY CONVERSATION IN TERMS WERE ATHLETES AND WHAT THEY ARE ACHIEVING AND WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LOVELY TO SPEAK TO YOU. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE LOVE THE OLYMPICS. IT IS SO GOOD TO ME TO SEE PEOPLE EXPRESSING EMOTION IN THE MOMENT. WHETHER IT IS THE LIGHT, ECSTASY, AGONY. A HARD THING ABOUT IT AS IF THERE IS NO LONGER A FULL STADIUM AND YOU ARE LYING IN BED AT NIGHT AND THOSE THOUGHTS CONTINUE TO LIE IN YOUR HEAD ABOUT WHAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY, AND THE LONG PLANE RIDE HOME AND THE TRAINING STARTS AGAIN. THE HARD THING ABOUT TALKING TO ATHLETES IS THAT THEY ARE FOCUSED ABOUT THE END GOAL IS, NOTHING ELSE. WELL DONE, CHARLOTTE FOR TRYING TO WORK WITH ATHLETES. AGAIN JUST BE A COUPLE OF SECONDS THAT DECIDE YOUR SUCCESS OR OTHERWISE. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK. PLUS, WHO WAS THE OLYMPIC MASCOT? CHRIS CHANG AS WITH THE MASCOT. ACTUALLY, IS IT TOO LATE TO SUB HIM IN. WE HEAD TO THE STREETS TO FIND OUT. A SHIFT IN NEW ZEALAND'S POVERTY LINE IS BEING FELT THIS WINTER AS MORE THAN 10,000 CHILDREN ARE ON A WAITLIST FOR NEW SHOES. LAST YEAR KIDSCAN PROVIDED OVER 50 THOUSAND PAIRS OF SHOES TO STUDENTS IN NEED THIS YEAR. THEY HAVE NEARLY 100 SCHOOLS ON THEIR WAITING LIST. THE ORGANISATION SAYS SCHOOLS ARE NOW SERVICING SOCIAL SERVICES NEEDS BEFORE TEACHING AND LEARNING CAN TAKE PLACE. FAMILIES THAT WERE JUST KIND OF TREADING WATER AND GETTING BY ARE NOW THE ONES THAT ARE DESPERATELY IN NEED OF HELP. AND I THINK THAT CAUSES ALL SORTS OF EMBARRASMENT AND SHAME. KIDS DON'T PUT THEIR HAND UP WHEN THEY'RE HUNGRY OR WHEN THEY NEED HELP. ONE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL TOLD BREAKFAST HAVING A DEDICATED PAIR OF WINTER SHOES IS VITAL. FAR-RIGHT DEMONSTRATORS IN THE UK HAVE BROKEN INTO A HOTEL HOUSING ASYLUM SEEKERS IN THE TOWN OF ROTHERHAM. IT'S THE LATEST INCIDENT IN A SERIES OF ANTI-IMMIGRATION PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN RECENT DAYS. THE VIOLENCE WAS SPARKED BY ONLINE MISINFORMATION ABOUT THE IDENTITY OF THE ALLEGED KILLER OF THREE GIRLS LAST WEEK. FALSELY CLAIMING HE WAS A RADICAL ISLAMIST MIGRANT. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER HAS PROMISED TO CRACK DOWN ON THE RIOTERS CALLING THE SCENES 'FAR-RIGHT THUGGERY'. OFFICIALS IN GAZA SAY AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE ON TWO SCHOOLS HAS KILLED AT LEAST 25 PEOPLE. LOCAL MEDIA REPORT THE SCHOOLS WERE BEING USED TO HOUSE DISPLACED PALESTINIANS. DOZENS MORE WERE WOUNDED IN THE BLAST. THE ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCE CLAIMS A HAMAS COMMAND CENTRE WAS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SCHOOLS, BUT HAMAS HAS DENIED OPERATING OUT OF CIVILIAN INSTITUTIONS. TO SPORT, AND THE SPOTLIGHT'S ON THE ATHLETICS TRACK IN PARIS THIS MORNING, WITH UNDER HALF AN HOUR UNTIL THE FASTEST MEN ON THE PLANET LINE UP IN THE 100M FINAL. JAMAICAN KISHAN THOMPSON FINISHING WITH THE FASTEST TIME OF 9.90 SECONDS IN THE SEMI-FINALS. REIGNING WORLD CHAMPION NOAH LYLES WILL ALSO LINE UP IN THE FINAL AFTER FINISHING SECOND IN HIS HEAT, WHILE TOKYO GOLD MEDALLIST MARCELL JACOBS OF ITALY ONLY JUST SCRAPED THROUGH. NEW ZEALAND'S KAYAK CROSS PADDLERS ARE SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH TO THE QUARTER FINALS ` BOTH FINISHING FIRST IN THEIR HEATS THIS MORNING. FINN BUTCHER LED FROM START TO FINISH IN HIS RACE, WHILE LUUKA JONES CAME FROM BEHIND TO SNATCH VICTORY IN HER WOMEN'S HEAT. THEY'LL LINE UP FOR THE FINALS TOMORROW. AND NEW ZEALAND'S IN MEDAL CONTENTION AT THE HALF WAY POINT OF SAILING'S MIXED MULTIHULL REGATTA. MICAH WILKINSON AND ERICA DAWSON RECORDING TWO SECONDS AND A THIRD IN THE DAY'S THREE RACES TO SIT 10 POINTS BEHIND LEADERS ITALY. WORLD NUMBER ONE SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER HAS PRODUCED A REMARKABLE FINAL ROUND TO COME FROM BEHIND AND WIN OLYMPIC GOLD. THE AMERICAN STARTED THE DAY FOUR SHOTS OFF THE LEAD, BUT HIT SIX BIRDIES TO SHOOT A JOINT COURSE RECORD OF 62. GREAT BRITAIN'S TOMMY FLEETWOOD MISSED THIS PUTT WHICH DROPPED HIM DOWN TO THE SILVER MEDAL. RYAN FOX FINISHED IN A TIE FOR 35TH AND DANIEL HILLER WAS FURTHER DOWN IN 55TH. AFTER FIVE OLYMPIC CAMPAIGNS, NOVAK DJOKOVIC HAS FINALLY WON GOLD AT THE GAMES. THE SERBIAN TESTED BY SPANISH RIVAL CARLOS ALCARAZ IN THE FINAL BOTH SETS DECIDED IN TIE BREAKERS. 37 YEAR OLD BECOMES THE FIFTH PLAYER TO WIN THE "GOLDEN SLAM", WHICH IS ALL FOUR MAJORS AND OLYMPIC GOLD. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A FINE MORNING FOR THOSE IN KAITAIA AND AUCKLAND. OTHERWISE, IT'LL BE A PARTLY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. 16 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING, BUT MOST OF YOU WILL BE GETTING SOME CLOUD COMING THROUGH AFTER MIDDAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` SIMILAR HERE. A NICE, FINE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. HOWEVER, THIS WILL TURN PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 15 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` BIT MORE GREY HERE. MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE REGION WITH SOME FINE SPELLS. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A CLOUDY START FOR ALL OF YOU, WITH SOME SHOWERS IN THE WEST. THIS WILL EASE LATER ON WITH CLEAR SKIES FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. A HIGH OF 14 FOR BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` A CHILLY START FOR ALL OF YOU HERE WITH SOME MORNING FROST IN ALEXANDRA. HOWEVER, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE AFTERNOON. 13 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH AND ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME SHOWERS TODAY IN MILFORD SOUND. ELSEWHERE, IT'LL BE A PARTLY CLOUD DAY WITH SOME DRIZZLE EARLY ON. 13 THE HIGH FOR DUNEDIN. THE RED FIGURES ARE THE MASCOTS FOR THE OLYMPICS. (JAUNTY MUSIC) WE'VE COME TO THE SACRE-COEUR TO FIND OUT IF PEOPLE KNOW WHAT EXACTLY THIS MASCOT IS. A PHRYGIAN CAP, A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. EASY ENOUGH QUIZ QUESTION. RIGHT? (JAUNTY MUSIC CONTINUES) DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? NO. A CHOOK? A CHOOK? YEAH. (LAUGHS) THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE. IT LOOKS LIKE THE POOP EMOJI. I JUST FOUND OUT YESTERDAY. IT'S THE TONGUE FOR FRENCH KISSING. WOW. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S... I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE. REALLY? YEAH. OH. (JAUNTY MUSIC CONTINUES) WHAT IS THIS? IT'S A HAT. DURING THE BASTILLE... THE INDEPENDENCE, WASN'T IT? TO WEAR DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. OH, YOU FIND SOME LEARNED PEOPLE DOWN HERE. IT'S THE NEW ZEALANDERS WHO KNOW A THING OR TWO. SYMBOLISING FREEDOM FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. OH. LESS EXCITING. THAT WOULD BE... (LAUGHS) YEAH, I GUESS TIKTOK LEAD US. UM, YEAH. OK, THAT MAKES SENSE. DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON TIKTOK. YOU'RE RIGHT. LESSON LEARNED. (JAUNTY MUSIC CONTINUES) HOW DO YOU THINK THIS STACKS UP IN TERMS OF MASCOTS? OH, YOU CAN'T BEAT A GOLDIE. I MEAN, MAYBE SOMETHING NOT SHAPED LIKE A UTERUS. WOULD HAVE THOUGHT PARIS WOULD HAVE DONE A BIT BETTER WITH ALL THEIR STYLE. BIT BIZARRE, BUT, YEAH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. YEAH, I MEAN, I LIKE IT. THAT'S THE FRENCH COLOURS. DESIGN IS NICE. (JAUNTY MUSIC CONTINUES) THEY NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING USAIN BOLT ALMOST INSPIRED, YOU KNOW? SOMETHING FAST. YEAH, SOMETHING FAST. SOMETHING POWERFUL. SOMETHING POWERFUL. ARE YOU FAST? I USED TO BE FAST, BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH AGE... (LAUGHS) I'M GETTING A BIT SLOWER NOW. I WAS GONNA SUGGEST WE HAVE A RACE. OH, OH. (LAUGHS) SHALL WE RACE? SHOULD WE RACE? YEAH. I'VE NEVER RACED A JAMAICAN BEFORE. WE'RE GONNA RACE TO THE TOP OF THE STAIRS. YOU READY? HEY! (UPBEAT MUSIC) OI, YOU... OH... IT'S CLOSE. IT WAS CLOSE. IT WAS VERY CLOSE. GOOD JOB. BROKE THE WORLD RECORD, THOUGH. LET'S BE HONEST. IT WASN'T THAT CLOSE. I KNEW YOU WOULD RECOGNISE THAT. I CHOSE A TERRIBLE ROUTE. MANY PEOPLE WERE IN THE WAY. I COVERED MORE DISTANCE THAN HIM. HE IS A FORMER MIDDLE-DISTANCE RUNNER. WE WILL FIND OUT WHETHER HIS COUNTRYMEN WILL BRING IT HOME. HOW YOU FEELING ABOUT THE FINAL? IN TOKYO THREE YEARS AGO, WE DID NOT EXPECT THE ITALIAN TO WIN. HE CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. THE YEAR BEFORE, HE WASN'T HITTING THOSE KINDS OF TIMES. IT IS A FULL ZERO AND TRYING TO PICK. ANYONE CAN WIN IT. I AM NOT GETTING INTO THAT GAME. I WILL BACK JACOBS BECAUSE I WITNESSED HIM A FEW YEARS AGO. I DO THINK MANY PEOPLE BACKED HIM, SO I AM GOING TO GO OUT ON A LIMB. IT IS OBVIOUSLY IMPRESSIVE JUST TO QUALIFY FOR THE FINAL. DID YOU SEE LYLES LOOKING ACROSS AT THE JAMAICAN AND STEERING HIM OUT? COLD. I LIKE IT. HE TALKS A BIG GAME. HE CAME SECOND IN HIS HEAT. HE CAME SECOND IN THE SEMI-FINAL. HAVE YOU COME ACROSS A NAME AT THE OLYMPICS THAT IS BETTER THAN THE GUY WHO WON THE FIRST SEMI-FINAL THIS MORNING ` OBLIQUE SEVILLE? I DID SEE A NIGERIAN ATHLETE WHOSE SURNAME WAS GODBLESS. IT WOULD BE GOOD IF YOU COULD REVERSE THOSE NAMES AND IT BECAME GODBLESS OBLIQUE. I WILL MAKE IT MY MISSION TO KEEP A TRACK OF GREAT NAMES. AS A SHOW OF HANDS, DO WE LIKE THE MASCOT? I THINK IT'S CUTE. I LIKE IT. I'M NOT SURE IF IT IS WHAT THE LEADERS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION WOULD HAVE PICTURED. WHATEVER WORKS AND WHAT EVER CELLS. CATCH YOU AGAIN SHORTLY. A DETERIORATING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NGAPUHI AND THE CROWN, OVER THE STATE'S CARE OF CHILDREN. WE CROSS TO A HIKOI AT PARLIAMENT. VOICEOVER: New Weet-Bix Bites Coco Crunch with protein, fiber... hey! Whole grains. What are you doing? and choc... chocolatey, chocolatey choc pieces. (CLEARS THROAT) New Weet-Bix Bites Coco Crunch Choc... (CRUNCH SOUND) Choc Full of Goodness. # STATE HIGHWAY 35. # WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. NGAPUHI ARE SET TO DESCEND ON PARLIAMENT TODAY TO PROTEST A CHANGE IN ORANGA TAMARIKI LEGISLATION, WHICH IT SAYS COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT ITS OWN. THE HIKOI WILL TAKE PLACE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT'S REPEAL OF SECTION 7AA, WHICH LEGALLY BINDS THE AGENCY TO CONSIDER THE WHAKAPAPA OF TAMARIKI IN CARE. MOANA ERUERA IS NGAPUHI SOCIAL SERVICES CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND SAYS THIS COULD HAVE RAMIFICATIONS FOR THE 827 OF THE IWI'S MOKOPUNA CURRENTLY IN STATE CARE. MOANA ERUERA IS WITH US FROM PARLIAMENT. MORENA. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. 7AA ` WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS AROUND REMOVING THIS SECTION FROM THE ACT? MORENA. I THINK FIRSTLY, AS PARENTS AND WHANAU, ALL OF US WANT OUR CHILDREN TO GROW UP IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, TO BE HEALTHY AND STRONG, TO BE CONNECTED TO THEIR HERITAGE AND REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. FOR MANY OF THE FAMILIES THAT WE WORK WITH IN SOCIAL SERVICES, THEY ALSO WANT THAT, BUT THEY HAVE CONDITIONS THAT MAKE THEIR REALLY CHALLENGING FOR THEM. I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT. SECONDLY, 7AA, WE HAVE COME TO WELLINGTON TO STAND ALONGSIDE MANY OTHER HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GIVING SUBMISSIONS THAT REJECT THE REPEAL OF 7AA LEGISLATION. AS PART OF THAT, WE ALSO HELD A RALLY IN KAIKOHE, AND WE ARE HOLDING A RALLY TODAY IN PARLIAMENT GROUNDS TO BRING VISIBILITY TO WHAT THAT MEANS FOR NGAPUHI. IF WE COME BACK TO WHAT IS HAPPENING AT PARLIAMENT TODAY AND ABOUT THE REPEAL OF 7AA. IT SAYS IT IS THERE TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR MAORI. YOU HAVE 827 WHO WHAKAPAPA TO NGAPUHI. HOW DOES 7AA BENEFIT YOUR CHILDREN? A WEEK OR TWO AGO A REPORT WAS RELEASED. IT TALKED ABOUT WHAT THOSE SURVIVORS HAD SUFFERED WHEN THEY WERE IN CARE OF THE STATE. MANY, MANY OF THOSE SURVIVORS WHAKAPAPA BACK TO NGAPUHI AND TALKED ABOUT THAT BEING SEVERED. WE DON'T WANT THAT FOR OUR 827. IT'S IMPORTANT TO US. WE HAVE SOLUTIONS. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CROWN. WE WANT TO BRING LIGHT TO THE CRISIS OF THE ISSUE. BACK TO THE HIKOI ON SATURDAY ` THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT SUBMISSIONS AND SPEAKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT. IT'S ALSO ABOUT INFORMING YOUR OWN, RIGHT? THERE RESPONSE ABILITIES AS WELL. YES. PART OF THE RALLY AND ALL OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS ABOUT BRINGING VISIBILITY FOR OUR OWN PEOPLE SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. BUT FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE SIZE OF THE ISSUE IS, WHAT THE CRISIS IS FOR US, AND THEN THINK ABOUT THE SOLUTIONS. AND WE HAVE SOLUTIONS. MANY SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE WORKING WITH FAMILIES EVERY DAY. RECRUITING AND SUPPORTING MATUA ATAWHAI. THEIR MANY SOLUTIONS ALREADY THERE. AE. THAT IS CERTAINLY CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING HERE ON THE PROGRAMME AS WELL. TENA KOE. KIA ORA. E WHAI AKE NEI ` DON'T GO ANYWHERE. THE MEN'S 100m FINAL IS NEXT. # LADIES, GET READY. # IT IS YOUR TIME. # (UPBEAT MUSIC) THE MEN'S 100m FINAL HAS JUST FINISHED. LET'S CROSS BACK TO CHRIS NOW. WHO WON THE GOLD, CHANGY? (LAUGHS) WE ARE GOING TO CROSS TO GUY, AND HE IS HANGING OUT WITH THE JAMAICANS. WHAT HAS HAPPENED? MATE, I HAVE NO IDEA. NO ONE KNOWS WHO HAS ONE. WE ARE WITH THE JAMAICANS AT JAMAICA HOUSE. THEY ARE ON EDGE. WE ARE WAITING. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS WE KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED. THE RUNNERS HAVE THEIR HEADS IN THEIR HANDS. LYLES, THOMSON. THE UNITED STATES. NOAH LYLES HAS WON. THEY ARE IN DISBELIEF HERE. IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE SMALLEST OF MARGINS FOR NOAH TO JUST HAVE PIPPED THOMPSON. JUST SO YOU KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED, THE REASON WE ARE TRYING TO WORK OUT WHAT THE RESULT WAS IS BECAUSE IT WAS SO CLOSE. THE MEN'S 100 M FINAL, THEY ALL RUN IT IN UNDER 10 SECONDS. NOAH LYLES WAS THE US COMPETITOR. HEADING INTO THE FINAL, NO I CAME OUT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE AND WAS CHEERING AND HOOPING. GUY IS STANDING BY. THEY HAVE GONE EXACTLY THE SAME TIME. THIS IS HOW CLOSE IT WAS. THEY HAVE GONE EXACTLY THE SAME TIME. APPARENTLY NOAH HAS ONE. I DO NOT KNOW HOW. THEY MUST'VE BEEN A PHOTO BY THE SMALLEST MARGINS. EXACTLY THE SAME TIME. OKAY. THAT IS INCREDIBLE. CHRIS IS STANDING BY AS WELL. HE IS TRYING TO DIE JUST WHAT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY 100 M FINAL. CAN YOU SHED SOME LIGHT ON THAT? IT IS MUCH MORE PEACEFUL HERE. THE OLYMPIC TORCH IS GONE IN THE AIR. LET'S LOOK AT THE FINAL. AN EXTRAORDINARY ATMOSPHERE. AN EXTRAORDINARY LINEUP OF MEN. THOMPSON TRYING TO FIND A WAY THROUGH. CAN HE DO IT? IT IS SO, SO CLOSE. TIGHT. I CAN TELL YOU, THE PEOPLE AROUND HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON. JAMAICA HOUSE IS PROBABLY THE PLACE TO BE. THIS IS THE MARQUEE EVENT FOR THE ATHLETICS. BEFORE THE ATHLETES GOT TO THE STARTING BLOCK, THERE WAS A BIG LIGHT SHOW. THERE WAS ABSOLUTE CHAOS AND THERE IN TERMS OF THE EXCITEMENT. THEY LIGHT UP THE TRACK AND A PURPLE COLOUR SCHEME. IT IS A BIG NIGHT FOR THE ATHLETICS. IT WILL BE A HUGE RESULT FOR THE 100 M SPRINT. HOW COME THERE IS ONLY ONE WINNER IF THEY GOT THE SAME TIME? HOW DOES THAT WORK? IS THAT BASED ON THEIR SEMI-FINAL TIME? I DO NOT GET IT. 9.79 IS THE EXACT SAME TIME FOR BOTH FIRST AND SECOND. YES. THIS IS BIZARRE. IS GUY STILL THERE? THERE HE HAS. ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? IT IS GREAT. THERE WAS A PHOTO. THEY JUST SHOWED A PHOTO ON THE SCREEN, AND I'M TELLING YOU, IT WAS THE SMALLEST OF MARGINS. IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANY CLOSER. THE TIMES WERE EXACTLY THE SAME. IT WAS THAT. THEY SHOWED A PHOTO, AND IT WAS THAT. NO I JUST GOT HIS HEAD IN FRONT OF THOMPSON. I THINK IF ANYTHING, GUY, YOU ARE OVER TATING THE MARGIN. I WILL HYPOTHESISE HERE. I WONDER IF NOAH HAD MORE ON HIS BODY AT THE LINE AT THE TIME? THEY BOTH ARE BREAKING THE LINE AT THE SAME TIME. BUT I WONDER IF NOAH HAD SLIGHTLY MORE OF HIS BODY AHEAD OF THOMPSON. THIS IS HEARTBREAKING. WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE PHOTO FINISH, THAT IS SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO CONSIDER. IT IS PRETTY CLEAR IN THE STADIUM, NOAH IS CELEBRATING AS IF HE WON. HE CAME IN AS A FAVOURITE OF SORTS. HE WAS TALKING A MASSIVE GAME. HE WAS CELEBRATING BEFORE HE WON THE RACE. CHRIS, TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS IS GOING TO MEAN IN THE CONTEXT OF MEN SPRINTING. NOAH HAS CERTAINLY HAD THE BIGGEST MOUTH HEADING INTO THE COMPETITION. MAYBE IT IS A CASE OF FAKING IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT. MAYBE IF YOU CELEBRATE HARD ENOUGH AND JUST TAKE IT, NO ONE WILL TAKE IT BACK OFF YOU. I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A VOID SINCE USAIN BOLT MANY YEARS AGO, HE HAS RETIRED NOW, BUT IT IS WAITING TO BE FILLED. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DOMINANT FORCE AND SPRINTING, AND BECAUSE IT IS THE MARQUEE EVENT, IT HAS BEEN CRYING OUT FOR A HERO, OR PERHAPS A VILLAIN, IF HE HAS A BIG MOUTH LIKE THAT. A BIG MOMENT FOR HIM. MAYBE HE HAS ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES AS THE NEW NAME. YOU SAW USAIN BOLT AND WHAT HE DID AT THE RIO GAMES. I AM NOT SURE HE WILL BE ABLE TO MATCH THAT. THIS IS A REMARKABLE MOMENT. I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FEEL ABOUT ALL OF THIS, TO BE FAIR. I AM GUTTED FOR HIM. ONE BREATH, YOU GO, AMAZING. THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING FINAL. IT HAD TO GO IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. HERE'S WENDY WITH THE NEWS. 260 SCHOOLS AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTRES ARE CURRENTLY WAITING TO FIND OUT WHETHER THEIR STUDENTS WILL GET NEW SHOES THIS WINTER. LAST YEAR, KIDSCAN PROVIDED MORE THAN 50,000 PAIRS OF SHOES TO STUDENTS IN NEED. THIS YEAR, NEARLY 100 SCHOOLS ARE ON ITS WAITING LIST. OPAHEKE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL JADE TAWHITI SAYS 10% OF HIS STUDENTS DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT FOOTWEAR. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF FAMILIES TIP-TOEING ALONG THAT POVERTY LINE FOR A WHILE, BUT NOW WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE INCREASE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE QUITE A LARGE PRIMARY SCHOOL. WE'VE TRADITIONALLY BEEN A MIDDLE INCOME PRIMARY SCHOOL. NOW IT'S CHANGING, AND WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF FAMILIES WHO ARE BATTLING. KIDSCAN AGREES THERE'S BEEN A SHIFT IN THE POVERTY LINE AND SAYS THEY'VE BEEN INUNDATED WITH REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT. MEMBERS OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST AIR WE'RE MARCHING TO PARLIAMENT TODAY, DEMANDING FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO BE SAFE. NGAPUHI ARE CALLING FOR CHANGE OVER THE PLANS TO SCRAP SECTION 7AA OF THE ORANGA TAMARIKI ACT, WHICH LEGALLY BINDS THE AGENCY TO CONSIDER THE WHAKAPAPA OF TAMARIKI IN CARE. MOST MAORI IN STATE CARE ARE OF NGAPUHI DESCENT, AND THE IWI FEARS THEIR CONNECTION TO WHAKAPAPA WILL BE SEVERED IF THE LEGISLATION IS SCRAPPED. ALL OF US WANT OUR CHILDREN TO GROW UP IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, TO BE HEALTHY AND STRONG, TO BE CONNECTED TO WHAKAPAPA AND TO BE ABLE TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. FOR MANY OF THE WHANAU THAT WE WORK WITH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, THEY ALSO WANT THAT. CHILDREN'S MINISTER KAREN CHHOUR IS REFUSING TO RECONSIDER HER DECISION TO REPEAL SECTION 7AA OF THE ACT, SAYING SHE'LL 'NEVER APOLOGISE'. THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER HAS PROMISED RIOTERS INVOLVED IN FAR-RIGHT PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE. DEMONSTRATORS HAVE FLARED UP IN MULTIPLE TOWNS AND CITIES IN RESPONSE TO THE KILLINGS OF THREE GIRLS LAST WEEK. THE PROTESTS BEGAN AFTER FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT THE ALLEGED OFFENDER BEGAN SPREADING AMONG ANTI-IMMIGRATION GROUPS ONLINE. I UTTERLY CONDEMN THE FAR-RIGHT THUGGERY WE'VE SEEN THIS WEEKEND. BE IN NO DOUBT THOSE THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS VIOLENCE WILL FACE THE FULL FORCE OF THE LAW. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OVER THE VIOLENT SCENES. THE DEATH TOLL FROM ONGOING UNREST HAS RISEN, WITH MORE THAN 80 PEOPLE NOW DEATH. POLICE REPORTEDLY FIRED LIVE ROUNDS AT DEMONSTRATORS, AND WHAT WAS INITIALLY STUDENT LED PROTESTS. A NATIONWIDE CURFEW HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED, AND ACCESS TO THE INTERNET HAS BEEN SUSPENDED. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS REMAINED DEFIANT IN THE FACE OF CALLS TO RESIGN. TO SPORT, AND AMERICAN SPRINTER NOAH LYLES HAS WON A TIGHT 100m FINAL IN PARIS. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE JOINS US NOW FROM STADE DE FRANCE. WHAT A RACE. AS SOON AS IT FINISHED, EVERYONE... THAT IS WHAT THEY WANTED TO SAY. LEADING UP TO IT, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN SO INVITED. THERE WAS A LIGHT SHOW. BEFORE THE RACE, NOAH SPRINTED AROUND THE TRACK A LITTLE BIT, HYPING UP THE CROWD. HE IS TRYING TO FIND A WAY THROUGH. CAN HE DO IT? IT IS SO, SO CLOSE. THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN EXACTLY THE SAME TIME. 9.79 FOR BOTH OF THEM. THANK YOU, MICHELLE. SORRY ABOUT THAT CONNECTION. NEW ZEALAND'S KAYAK CROSS PADDLERS HAVE IMPRESSED, BOTH FINISHING FIRST IN THEIR HEATS THIS MORNING. FINN BUTCHER LED FROM START TO FINISH IN HIS RACE, WHILE LUUKA JONES CAME FROM BEHIND TO SNATCH VICTORY IN HER WOMEN'S HEAT. THE PAIR BOTH QUALIFYING FOR TOMORROWS QUARTER-FINAL. AND FINALLY, RICE CULTIVATION SEASON IN THAILAND HAS KICKED OFF WITH AN UNUSUAL TRADITION ` A WATER BUFFALO RACE. THAI FARMERS HAVE HIT THE TRACK WITH THEIR PRIZED ANIMALS, VYING TO BE THE FIRST ACROSS THE FINISH LINE OF THE 200m RACE. BUFFALOES HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN INVOLVED IN AGRICULTURE SINCE THE 1800s, THOUGH THE PRACTICE IS RARE THESE DAYS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MONDAY MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A FINE MORNING FOR THOSE IN KAITAIA AND AUCKLAND. OTHERWISE, IT'LL BE A PARTLY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. 14 FOR AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING. BUT MOST OF YOU WILL BE GETTING SOME CLOUD COMING THROUGH AFTER MIDDAY. 13 FOR HAMILTON. TO THE EAST COAST ` SIMILAR HERE. A NICE FINE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. HOWEVER, THIS WILL TURN PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 14 FOR GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` BIT MORE GREY HERE. MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE REGION, WITH SOME FINE SPELLS. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A CLOUDY START FOR ALL OF YOU, WITH SOME SHOWERS IN THE WEST. THIS WILL EASE LATER ON, WITH CLEAR SKIES FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. A HIGH OF 14 FOR BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` A CHILLY START FOR ALL OF YOU HERE, WITH SOME MORNING FROST IN ALEXANDRA. HOWEVER, ITS LOOKING LIKE A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE AFTERNOON. 13 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH AND ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME SHOWERS TODAY IN MILFORD SOUND. ELSWHERE, IT'LL BE A PARTLY CLOUD DAY WITH SOME DRIZZLE EARLY ON. QUEENSTOWN GETS TO 9 DEGREES. I HAVE WORKED IT OUT. WE HAVE THE OFFICIAL TIMES. IT WAS VERY CONFUSING, BECAUSE BOTH FIRST AND SECOND WERE GIVEN THE SAME TIME. IT IS NOAH AND THOMPSON. HOWEVER, NOAH WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE WINNER OF THE FINAL BY A MARGIN OF 5/1000 OF A SECOND. JUST TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF A SENSE AS TO HOW CLOSE THE ENTIRE MEN'S FINAL WAS, FIRST AND SECOND, 9.79 SECOND, THIRD-PLACE, 9.81 SECONDS. THE GUY WHO GOT BRONZE FINISHED JUST 2/100 OF A SECOND BEHIND FIRST AND SECOND. THAT IS CRAZY. I WANT TO SEE THE PHOTO. WE WILL GET THE PHOTO UP. IT IS BASICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO IMAGINE A FINER MARGIN. EXTRAORDINARY. THERE ARE FEARS WELLINGTON WILL BECOME A GHOST TOWN AFTER MONTHS OF BUSINESSES STRUGGLIN TO COPE WITH FEWER CUSTOMERS. AND WITH THE PUBLIC SECTOR BEING GUTTED BY JOB CUTS, SPENDING IS LIKELY TO REMAIN LOW IN THE MONTHS AHEAD. A GLOOMY OUTLOOK IN THE CAPITAL, AND IT'S NOT JUST THE WEATHER. THE COST OF LIVING IN GENERAL MAKES IT HARD TO, LIKE, HAVE EXTRA MONEY TO GO OUT AND SUPPORT BUSINESSES WHEN YOU CAN. WORKFORCE, THE PUBLIC SECTOR, WITH, YOU KNOW, BEING` THERE IS DEFINITELY PEOPLE THINKING, 'ACTUALLY, NOW'S THE TIME THAT I NEED TO JUST MAKE SURE 'AND KEEP MY MONEY IN MY POCKET.' THE CHARM CHARM OF WELLINGTON HAS GONE AWAY RIGHT NOW. THOUSANDS OF PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS HAVE BEEN SLASHED, WITH AROUND TWO-THIRDS WELLINGTON-BASED. AND WITH CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IN WELLINGTON SLIPPING, BUSINESSES ARE SEEING A DROP IN CUSTOMERS. ACROSS THE BOARD, WE'RE 20% DOWN ON LAST YEAR. HAYDEN McMILLAN'S BEEN IN HOSPO FOR TWO DECADES AND KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT ITS VALUE. I THINK THE HOSPITALITY ADDS THE LIFE. LIKE, IT'S LIKE THE SOUL OF WELLINGTON. IT'S THE SOUL OF ANY CITY. BUT WITH FEWER PATRONS THROUGH THE DOOR, IT'S SURVIVE TILL 25. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER READ, LIKE, SO MANY, LIKE, ECONOMIST COLUMNS AS I HAVE NOW. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL SAYING THE GREEN SHOOTS ARE THERE. AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT THIS IS JUST A CYCLE, AND HISTORY HAS SHOWN US WE'RE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CYCLE, AND IT'S GONNA COME UP. FOR MORE WE'RE JOINED BY WELLINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHIEF EXECUTIVE SIMON ARCUS. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. GIVE US A SENSE ON THE GROUND JUST HOW TOUGH IS WELLINGTON DOING IT AT THE MOMENT? LOOK, IT IS CHALLENGING TIMES FOR EVERYONE, THERE IS NO DOUBT, BUT WELLINGTON SEEMS TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA CHALLENGE. IF YOU LOOK AT STATISTICS LIKE THE NUMBER OF JOBS, 46% UP, THEY ARE BEING ADVERTISED. YOU LOOK AT THE 5% GROWTH HOSPITALITY IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, BUT -5% TO WELLINGTON. AND THINGS LIKE 100% INCREASE IN HOUSES ON THE MARKET. THERE SEEMS TO BE A VERY HEAVY CHANGE IN WELLINGTON, AND IT SEEMS TO ALSO BE HEAVIER HERE THAN ANYWHERE US. TALK TO US ABOUT THE WAYS THAT YOU ARE SEEING THIS MANIFEST. HOSPITALITY IS AN AREA WHERE PEOPLE ARE SOMETIMES CHOOSING TO SPEND A BIT OF THEIR EXPENDABLE INCOME, WHEN TIMES ARE GOOD, BUT WHEN TIME IS PRETTY LEAN, LIKE NOW, THAT IS NOT WHERE THEY ARE CHOOSING TO SPEND THEIR MONEY. WHERE AFTER USING IT ACROSS THE WELLINGTON ECONOMY? HOSPITALITY, RETAIL SUFFERS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR WELLINGTON, AND THE THING THAT OFTEN GETS OVERLOOKED, IS THAT IT CELEBRATES BEING A CREATIVE CAPITAL. YOU HAVE GOT TO HAVE THOSE HOSPITALITY AND RETAIL JOBS TO HAVE THE CREATIVE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE, BECAUSE THEY OFTEN USE THOSE JOBS TO FUND THEIR PASSION. THAT IS A CONCERN AS WELL, I THINK, THAT YOU DO HAVE AN INTERDEPENDENCE ON ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RATE HOSPITALITY ARE FEELING THE PINCH. TALK TO US ABOUT ANY PARTS OF THE WELLINGTON ECONOMY THAT ARE DOING WELL AT THE MOMENT, BECAUSE WELLINGTON IS UNIQUE. THERE IS THE CREATIVE ARTS COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC SECTOR. IT IS PRETTY BROAD-BASED, TO BE FAIR. WE DO NOT SEE THINGS LIKE TEXT, WHICH ARE USUALLY PRETTY RESILIENT AND HOLD UP HAVING THE SAME SORT OF THINGS THAT THEY HAVE HAD AS WELL. WE DO THINK THAT THE CREATIVE SIDE OF THE CITY IS GOING TO BE A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF GETTING IT BACK ON ITS FEET. THERE ARE SOME AMAZING PLACES DOWN HERE. AND ALSO SOME OF THE DIVIDENDS FROM LORD OF THE RINGS YEARS AGO, WITH WONDERFUL TECH AND DIGITAL FIRMS. THEY DO A LOT OF WORK WITH OVERSEAS CLIENTS, BUT IT IS A STRUGGLE FOR THEM AS WELL. WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TURNAROUND. DOES ANYTHING GIVE YOU CAUSE FOR REAL OPTIMISM AT THE MOMENT? IT IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A FELT DURING COVID. THE PUBLIC SECTOR CUTS HAVE CERTAINLY STALLED THINGS, AND PEOPLE HAVE BECOME CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE IS UNCERTAINTY ABOUT SPENDING. WHAT I THINK WE WILL SEE IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SPEND ON` HEALTH AND SAFETY COMPLIANCE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. YOU CANNOT HOLD OFF ON THAT FOR AGES. YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET OVER THE SHOCK AND GET BACK INTO A SENSE OF CELEBRATING THE CITY. IT IS A GREAT CITY. IT IS JUST GOING THROUGH A REALLY TOUGH PATCH AT THE MOMENT. WE HAVE HUGE OPTIMISM FOR THE FUTURE, THOUGH. THAT IS REALLY GOOD TO HEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. GOOD LUCK FOR THE MONTHS AHEAD. AMERICAN NOAH LYLES HAS BECOME OLYMPIC CHAMPION WINNING THE MEN'S 100 METRE FINAL BY THE BEAREST OF MARGINS. LET'S BRING CHRIS BACK IN NOW, BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING BACK AT THE HISTORY OF THE 100 METRE RACE HAVEN'T YOU, CHANGY? I SPOKE TO SOMEONE WHO HAS A SPECIAL CONNECTION TO THAT RACE. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER ARTHUR PORRITT, THE ONLY NEW ZEALANDER WHO HAS WON A SPRINT MEDAL, A BRONZE, IN 1924 HERE IN PARIS. I SPOKE TO HIS SON, JONATHAN, WHO WAS THERE TO WITNESS THE RACE. IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE COME BACK ESPECIALLY TO CELEBRATE THAT. PARIS IS AN AMAZING CITY, BUT TO BE HERE FOR THAT REASON IS EVEN MORE SPECIAL. AND SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAVE SEEN A NEW ZEALAND HOUSE, HIS NAME HAS BEEN MENTIONED A FEW TIMES. DOES IT FEEL LIKE HIS STORY IS SORT OF BEING RETOLD AND A FRESH WAY, WHERE IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SO OFTEN IN THE LAST WE WAIL? I THINK SO. I HAVE TO KEEP REMINDING MYSELF THAT SR IS MOST PEOPLE IN THE UK ARE CONCERNED, A BRONZE MEDAL OF SOMEONE WHO USED TO LIVE A NEW ZEALAND MAY NOT BE QUITE AS BIG A BIG DEAL AS IT IS FOR US WERE NOT FOR THE FILM CHARIOTS OF FIRE. WE HAVE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO CHARIOTS OF FIRE, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MADE THE 1924 OLYMPICS, THE 100 M DASH, THAT IS WHAT MADE IT SO SPECIAL. THE FILM ` LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING IT IN THE UK RIGHT NOW. WE HAD A SPECIAL VIEWING BEFORE WE LEFT FOR FRANCE JUST TO REMIND OURSELVES. THAT FILM REALLY DID CHANGE THE PERCEPTIONS OF THE RACE AND HOW IT STOOD IN THE AREA WAS THAT DAD FIRSTLY QUALIFIED AND THEN GOT THROUGH THE HEADS AND THEN THE SEMI-FINAL, AND THEN GOT TO THE FINAL, AND THEN WON A BRONZE. THE FILM DOES NOT OBVIOUSLY FOCUS ON HIM; IT FOCUSES ON THE OTHERS. BUT THE STORIES WERE ALMOST PARALLEL. WATCHING THE OLYMPICS OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO, AND NOW HAVING BEEN HERE AT THE ATHLETICS, WHAT IS THE EMOTION FOR YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS? DOES IT RENEW THOSE FEELINGS OF PRIDE? YES, ENORMOUSLY. I AM HERE WITH MY WIFE AND OUR TWO CHILDREN. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WONDERFUL CELEBRATION 100 YEAR T-SHIRT. BECAUSE THIS MOMENT IN MY FATHER'S LIFE HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THEIR LIFE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, BUT MOST OF THE TIME, PRETTY DISTANTLY, LET'S BE HONEST. IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED WAY, WAY AGO AS FAR AS THEY ARE CONCERNED. BUT TO BE HERE AS A FAMILY NOW, THAT IS AMAZING. A PRETTY SPECIAL MOMENT FOR THE FAMILY THIS WEEKEND. HIS TIME BACK THEN IN 1924 FOR THE BRONZE MEDAL WAS 10.8 SECONDS. YOU WILL HAVE TO WORK OUT JUST HOW CLOSE THAT WAS TO TODAY'S WINNER. THAT IS JUST ONE SECOND AND ONE SPLIT SECOND BEHIND TODAY'S WINNER. TIMES HAVE CERTAINLY SPED UP A LITTLE BIT OVER THE LAST CENTURY, BUT SOMETHING TELLS ME KNOWING A BIT ABOUT ARTHUR, I DO NOT THINK HE CELEBRATED IN QUITE THE SAME WAY THAT NOAH DID. PUT THE BEADS IN HIS HERE. PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE UNDER STATED. THE MEZZO-SOPRANO WHO HOPES HER WIN IN THE LEXUS SONG QUEST COULD BE HER TICKET TO AN INTERNATIONAL OPERATIC CAREER. (UPBEAT MUSIC) # BY HELL! # TREMBLE, THOU UNIVERSE, THIS OATH TO HEAR! # NOT A ONE THE INCREDIBLE TONES OF MEZZO-SOPRANO KATIE TRIGG, WHO HAS JUST BEEN NAMED THE WINNER OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST OPERATIC HONOUR, THE LEXUS SONG QUEST. THE COMPETITION HAS LAUNCHED THE CAREERS OF MANY OF OUR INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED OPERA SINGERS, INCLUDING DAME KIRI TE KANAWA HERSELF. KATIE TRIGG IS WITH US NOW. CONGRATULATIONS. HOW DO YOU FEEL? THANK YOU. I FEEL GREAT. IT IS SUCH AN HONOUR. I AM JUST OVER THE MOON ABOUT IT. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE BASED IN PENNSYLVANIA, AND YOU HAVE BEEN OVER THERE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SO HOW IS LIFE OVER THERE, AND HOW IS THE OPERATIC SCENE? IT IS VERY DIFFERENT TO NEW ZEALAND. THE WAY OF LIFE FOR AMERICANS, OR AT LEAST ON THE EAST COAST, IT IS VERY BUSY. SOMEONE IS ALWAYS GOING SOMEWHERE. I MET SOME REALLY INCREDIBLE PEOPLE. SCHOOL IS FANTASTIC. I HAVE HAD SOME REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITIES, AND I GOT TO PERFORM BEING CONDUCTED BY THE MUSICAL DIRECTOR OF THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT. IT IS VERY DREAMY. I WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK TO WHEN YOU WERE EIGHT YEARS OLD, AND HOW THIS ALL KIND OF STARTED FOR YOU. TELL US ABOUT THAT. I WAS A YOUNG KID, AND I SAW A MOVIE, IT WAS ACTUALLY A BARBIE MOVIE, AND THERE WAS A BUSKER IN IT, AND SHE WAS SINGING ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET, AND PEOPLE WERE PUTTING MONEY IN THE CAN, AND I WENT TO MY MUM COMMENTED THAT LOOKS LIKE FUN, AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE SOME POCKET MONEY, SO SHE TOOK ME DOWN TO THE SUPERMARKET, AND I SANG FOR ABOUT HALF-AN-HOUR, JUST LITTLE SONGS I HAD BEEN SINGING AT SCHOOL. AND I MADE $30. MY PARENTS DECIDED THAT WAS A LOSS OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR A SEVEN YEAR OLD. I WAS FULLY PREPARED TO SPEND IT ON LOLLIES AT THE DAIRY. THEY CONVINCED ME THAT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO PUT IT TOWARDS SINGING LESSONS. I THOUGHT THAT SOUNDED LIKE A GREAT IDEA. AND SO I DID THAT. THAT IS HOW I PAID FOR MY SINGING LESSONS ALL THROUGH PRIMARY SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL UP TO UNIVERSITY. AMAZING. FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS, AND HE YOU ARE, THE 2024 SONG QUEST WINNER. HOW MUCH CONFIDENCE DOES THIS GIVE YOU, WINNING THIS PRIZE? HONESTLY, IT IS AMAZING. I THINK I HAVE NOT REALLY BEEN IN A COMPETITION IN A LITTLE WHILE. IT HAS BEEN A FEW YEARS. SO TO COME IN AND SING IN THIS COMPETITION, AND LOOKING AT THE LINEUP WHEN I FIRST SAW ALL OF THE SEMIFINALISTS WHO WERE ANNOUNCED, I WAS JUST GOING,. THIS IS GOING TO BE QUITE A COMPETITION, BECAUSE EVERYONE... I SAID THIS ON THE NIGHT, NO ONE TOLD ME THIS WAS PART OF THE WHOLE THING IF YOU WIN IT. I THINK ALL OF THE SEMIFINALISTS WHO WERE THERE DESERVED A PLACE IN THE FINALS. IT WAS JUST A STELLAR YEAR. SO GOING IN AND SEEING THE AMAZING PEOPLE AND ENDING UP WINNING IT IS VERY SURREAL. I FEEL INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL. CONGRATULATIONS. I KNOW THERE IS $50,000 CASH THAT GOES WITH THAT. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THAT? OH MY GOSH. I DO LIKE TO JOKE THAT I JUST PUT THE DEPOSIT DOWN FOR THE NEWEST LEXUS MODEL. BUT IT IS ALL AUDITIONS THIS YEAR. THIS IS A REALLY CRUCIAL YEAR FOR ME IN TERMS OF FIGURING OUT WHAT COMES NEXT. AND AUDITIONS TO GET ITS MENTOR. YOU HAVE TO DO A LOT OF TRAVEL, ALL OF THE AIRFARE AND ACCOMMODATION. THAT IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF THIS YEAR, AND THIS IS GOING TO MAKE IT ALL POSSIBLE. IT IS REALLY TREMENDOUS. IT HAS BEEN A TREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, KATIE. WELL DONE. ON CUE FOR HAVING ME. YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING, SO WE HAVE MANAGED TO RUSTLE UP THE PHOTO THAT HAS DEFINED THE MEN'S 100 M FINAL AT THE OLYMPICS THIS MORNING. THIS IS THE PHOTO FINISH. HOW CLOSE IS THAT. IN LANE SEVEN, THAT IS AMERICAN NOAH LYLES. AND LANE FOUR, THOMSON FROM JAMAICA. THEY ARE SEPARATED BY JUST 5/1000 OF A SECOND. LYLES THE NEW ELLERBY CHAMPION. INCREDIBLE. BUT EVEN JUST LOOKING AT THAT. IT IS SO CLOSE. IMAGINE BEING THE OFFICIAL WHO HAS TO LOOK AT THAT AND DECIDE WHO WON. COME ON, GARY. THE WHOLE WORLD IS WAITING. NO WONDER THERE WAS A BIT OF A PAUSE. WE WERE ALL SAYING, WHO WON? THERE YOU GO. 9.79 SECONDS, THE TIME RECORDED BY BOTH FIRST AND SECOND. THIRD-PLACE, 9.81 SECONDS. NOT BEATING USAIN BOLT, THOUGH. NOT JUST YET. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, HE WON GOLD IN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS LAST YEAR. NOW ONE KIWI GOLFER IS OFF TO SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER. (UPBEAT MUSIC) NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST IWI IS DESCENDING ON PARLIAMENT TODAY, WITH A WARNING IF A CHILDREN'S ACT IS REPEALED. NGAPUHI ARE CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO RECONSIDER PLANS TO SCRAP SECTION 7AA OF THE ORANGA TAMARIKI ACT, WHICH LEGALLY BINDS THE AGENCY TO CONSIDER THE WHAKAPAPA OF TAMARIKI IN CARE. A THIRD OF MAORI IN STATE CARE ARE OF NGAPUHI DESCENT. MANY, MANY OF THOSE SURVIVORS WHAKAPAPA TO NGAPUHI AND MANY OF THEM TALKED ABOUT HAVING THEIR WHAKAPAPA SEVERED AND NEVER BEING ABLE TO BE RECONNECTED TO SAFE, WHAKAPAPA-RELATED ADULTS. SO YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT THAT FOR OUR 827. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US, AND WE HAVE SOLUTIONS, AND WE HAVE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CROWN. BUT CHILDREN'S MINISTER KAREN CHHOUR IS REFUSING TO RECONSIDER HER DECISION TO REPEAL SECTION 7AA OF THE ACT ` TELLING MEDIA SHE'LL 'NEVER APOLOGISE'. A SHIFT IN NEW ZEALAND'S POVERTY LINE IS BEING FELT THIS WINTER AS MORE THAN 10,000 CHILDREN ARE ON A WAITLIST FOR NEW SHOES. LAST YEAR KIDSCAN PROVIDED OVER 50 THOUSAND PAIRS OF SHOES TO STUDENTS IN NEED THIS YEAR. THEY HAVE NEARLY 100 SCHOOLS ON THEIR WAITING LIST. THE ORGANISATION SAYS SCHOOLS ARE NOW SERVICING SOCIAL SERVICES NEEDS BEFORE TEACHING AND LEARNING CAN TAKE PLACE. FAMILIES THAT WERE JUST KIND OF TREADING WATER AND GETTING BY ARE NOW THE ONES THAT ARE DESPERATELY IN NEED OF HELP. AND I THINK THAT CAUSES ALL SORTS OF EMBARRASMENT AND SHAME. KIDS DON'T PUT THEIR HAND UP WHEN THEY'RE HUNGRY OR WHEN THEY NEED HELP. ONE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL TOLD BREAKFAST HAVING A DEDICATED PAIR OF WINTER SHOES IS VITAL. FAR-RIGHT DEMONSTRATORS IN THE UK HAVE BROKEN INTO A HOTEL HOUSING ASYLUM SEEKERS IN THE TOWN OF ROTHERHAM. IT'S THE LATEST INCIDENT IN A SERIES OF ANTI-IMMIGRATION PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN RECENT DAYS. THE VIOLENCE WAS SPARKED BY ONLINE MISINFORMATION ABOUT THE IDENTITY OF THE ALLEGED KILLER OF THREE GIRLS LAST WEEK. FALSELY CLAIMING HE WAS A RADICAL ISLAMIST MIGRANT. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER HAS PROMISED TO CRACK DOWN ON THE RIOTERS CALLING THE SCENES 'FAR-RIGHT THUGGERY'. ONE AUCKLAND DRIVER FOUND HIMSELF IN A TRICKY SPOT OVERNIGHT AFTER VEERING OFF THE ROAD IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF ALBANY ` AND GETTING WEDGED BETWEEN A ROOF AND RETAINING WALL 3m IN THE AIR. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE INCIDENT JUST BEFORE 8PM. THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE SAYS HIS DAUGHTER WAS IN HER ROOM WHEN THE CAR CAME CRASHING IN. WELL, WE WERE JUST HAVING A QUIET SUNDAY EVENING AT HOME, AND THERE WAS A MASSIVE BANG, AND THE HOUSE SHOOK. A GUY'S PARKED IN THE ROOF. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND EVENTUALLY RESCUED THE DRIVER, WHO WAS NOT INJURED. THE MEN'S 100 CHAMPION HAS BEEN CROWNED. OLYMPICS REPORTER MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE WAS THERE AND SENT THIS REPORT A SHORT TIME AGO. THIS WASN'T JUST A PARTY. THIS WAS A FINAL. THOMPSON WHO FINISHED IN SECOND WAS BOLT'S PICK TO TAKE OUT THE RACE. BUT IT WAS LYLES. OH, IT IS SO, SO CLOSE. 9.79 FOR BOTH OF THEM. NEW ZEALAND'S KAYAK CROSS PADDLERS HAVE IMPRESSED ` BOTH FINISHING FIRST IN THEIR HEATS THIS MORNING. FINN BUTCHER LED FROM START TO FINISH IN HIS RACE, WHILE LUUKA JONES CAME FROM BEHIND TO SNATCH VICTORY IN HER WOMEN'S HEAT. THE PAIR BOTH QUALIFYING FOR TOMORROWS QUARTER-FINAL. AND NEW ZEALAND'S IN MEDAL CONTENTION AT THE HALF WAY POINT OF SAILING'S MIXED MULTIHULL REGATTA. MICAH WILKINSON AND ERICA DAWSON RECORDING TWO SECONDS AND A THIRD IN THE DAY'S THREE RACES TO SIT 10 POINTS BEHIND LEADERS ITALY. AND LAUREN BRUCE HAS FAILED TO ADVANCE IN QUALIFYING FOR THE WOMEN'S HMMER THROW. THE KIWI'S BEST EFFORT OF 68.93m JUST OVER 2m SHORT OF THE MARK TO REACH THE FINALS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A FINE MORNING FOR THOSE IN KAITAIA AND AUCKLAND. 16 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING. BUT MOST OF YOU WILL BE GETTING SOME CLOUD COMING THROUGH AFTER MIDDAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` SIMILAR HERE. A NICE FINE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU. HOWEVER, THIS WILL TURN PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. 15 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` BIT MORE GREY HERE. MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE REGION, WITH SOME FINE SPELLS. 15 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A CLOUDY START FOR ALL OF YOU, WITH SOME SHOWERS IN THE WEST. THIS WILL EASE LATER ON, WITH CLEAR SKIES FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. A HIGH OF 14 FOR BLENHEIM. 12 FOR KAIKOURA. HEADING SOUTH ` A CHILLY START FOR ALL OF YOU HERE, WITH SOME MORNING FROST IN ALEXANDRA. HOWEVER, ITS LOOKING LIKE A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE AFTERNOON. 13 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH AND ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME SHOWERS TODAY IN MILFORD SOUND. ELSWHERE, IT'LL BE A PARTLY CLOUD DAY WITH SOME DRIZZLE EARLY ON. 13 THE HIGH FOR DUNEDIN. AFTER WINNING GOLD AT THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS, GOLFER MITCH BROWN RECEIVED AN INVITE TO PLAY AT THE PRESTIGIOUS MACAU GOLF MASTERS IN SOUTHERN CHINA NEXT MONTH. SHOCKINGLY, HE WAS THEN DIAGNOSED WITH A BRAIN TUMOUR, CASTING A SHADOW OVER HIS HOPES OF ATTENDING. THAT WAS UNTIL LAST WEEK. YOU GOTTA OPEN IT. WHAT IS IT? I DUNNO. OPEN IT AND FIND OUT. WHAT?! AUCKLAND TO HONG KONG. SO I'M GOING TO` I'M GOING TO MACAU! YEAH! WHEN DOES THAT GO? WHEN DO I LEAVE? (CHUCKLES) WHEN DO I LEAVE? HAVE A LOOK. (CHUCKLES) YEAH! ARE YOU COMING? YOU GUYS AREN'T COMING? HAVE A LOOK AT THE OTHER ONE. YEAH! THANK YOU, AIMEE. OH, IT IS SO SPECIAL. KIA ORA, GUYS. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. MITCH, HOW DID YOU EARN AN INVITATION TO THE MACAU MASTERS? BY WINNING GOLD AT THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS. TELL US ABOUT THE COMPETITION FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW. THE MASTERS IS A GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR GOLFERS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. MITCH IS IN THE TOP 12 BEST GOLFERS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND THE WHOLE WORLD. SO THAT IS PRETTY COOL. THAT REALLY IS EXTRAORDINARY. HOW DID YOU GET INTO GOLF IN THE FIRST PLACE, MITCH? MY DAD. WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT GOLF? IT'S REALLY FUN. I REALLY ENJOY IT. IT'S RELAXING. IT CAN BE RELAXING. THEN AS IF YOU ARE GOOD AT GOLF. IF YOU PLAY GOLF LIKE ME, IT IS A LITTLE LESS RELAXING IF I AM PERFECTLY HONEST. HOW MUCH TIME YOU PUT ? TWO OR THREE DAYS A WEEK. HOW HARD YOU THINK THE COMPETITION WILL BE IN MACAU? PRETTY HARD. IT WILL BE IF YOU HAVE SOME OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD THERE. HOW DO YOU THINK YOU WILL MANAGE TO LOOK AFTER YOUR NERVES AND THAT KIND OF THING? I WILL STAY CALM AND RELAXED AND FOCUS ON MY OWN GAME. THAT'S ALL YOU CAN REALLY DO. AIMEE, TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS JOURNEY. AFTER DOING SO WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE HE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND. LAST YEAR, AFTER HE CAME BACK FROM BERLIN, OUR DEAD WHO COACHED AND CADDIED MITCH FELL SICK. HE HAD TERMINAL CANCER. AS HE WAS SICK, WE FOUND OUT THAT MITCH HAD A BRAIN TUMOUR AT THE SAME TIME. SINCE THEN, HE HAS COMPLETED RADIOTHERAPY ` SIX WEEKS OF IT ` AND HE IS NOW TWO CYCLES THROUGH A HIS CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT. WE ARE GETTING THROUGH IT. WE ARE EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT HE HAS THE GO-ahead TO TRAVEL DURING THIS TIME. WE WEREN'T SURE. WE HAVE BEEN ON EDGE. TAKING IT AS IT COMES. MITCH, YOU ARE SUCH A TROUPER. HOW DID IT FEEL WHEN YOU FOUND OUT YOU ARE GOING TO MACAU? REALLY EXCITED. I REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. IT IS LOCAL. YOU GUYS ARE RUNNING A GIVE A LITTLE PAGE THAT HAS RAISED AT LEAST $10,000.. $12,000 IS THE GOAL. THAT WOULD COVER MYSELF TO GO WITH MITCH AND ALSO MITCH'S CADDY TO COME AS WELL. THAT COVERS FLIGHTS AND ACCOMMODATION AND FLIGHTS OF THE BARRIER BECAUSE WE ARE ON GREAT BARRIER. ANYTHING ELSE. TRAVEL INSURANCE. EVEN BEING ABLE TO TRAIN ON DIFFERENT COURSES, BECAUSE OUR ONE HERE IS ONLY NINE HOLES. ANYTHING LEFT OVER WILL BE USEFUL FUTURE TOURNAMENTS AND TRAINING. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS. WE WILL MAKE SURE THERE IS A LINK TO THE GIVE A LITTLE PAGE. CONGRATULATIONS FOR QUALIFYING. THE BEST TIME IN MACAU. I WILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LIVE FROM GREAT BARRIER ISLAND. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WE CAN SHORTLY REVEAL NEW ZEALAND'S TOP TOASTIES. WE'VE SENT CAMERON JOE TO INSPECT THE COMPETITION. WHO'S GOT THE EARLY LEAD DO YOU RECKON, CAM? MORENA, GUYS. BASED ON THE SMELLS IN THIS KITCHEN, THESE GUYS COULD WELL AND TRULY BE IN THE LEAD FOR THE GREAT NEW ZEALAND TOASTY TAKEOVER. WE WILL BE TRYING THESE AFTER THE BREAK. THE COMPETITION TO FIND THE BEST TOASTIE IN THE COUNTRY IS HERE. SO BETWEEN THE BREAKFAST TEAM, THERE'S NATURALLY BEEN SOME HOT DEBATE OVER WHAT THE BEST TOASTIE COMBOS ARE, AND HOW TO ACTUALLY MAKE THEM. (CHEERY MUSIC) SO, NIKKI, WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE TOASTIE, YOUR GO-TO? IT IS TUNA. IT IS JALAPENOS. IT IS CHEESE. NOTHING ELSE. HAM, CHEESE AND A LITTLE BIT OF TOMATO. OOH, I'M A CHICKEN GIRL, SO DEFINITELY CHICKEN, SPINACH, CHEESE. EITHER MAYBE A PISTOL OR A CRANBERRY SAUCE. I ALWAYS TRY AND GET MUSHROOMS WHENEVER I CAN. GREG, DO YOU LIKE TOASTIES? YEAH. CHEESE, CARAMELISED ONION, MAYBE A BIT OF, UM... MUSHROOM. TWO SLICES, BUTTER BOTH SIDES, IN THE PAN. FLIP IT OVER. THAT IS JUST CHEF'S KISS. IN OUR OFFICE, WE CURRENTLY` WE HAVE A WITH A PRESS, BUT AT HOME, I ONLY HAVE A REGULAR TOASTER, SO... WELL, YOU CAN'T DO IT TOASTIE IN THE TOASTER BECAUSE THERE'S` I MEAN, THE FILLINGS WILL FALL OUT. (CHEERY MUSIC) CAN'T DO THE TOASTY IN THE TOASTER. WELL, NOW WE CAN REVEAL THE ACTUAL TOASTIE PROFESSIONALS IN THE FINALS OF THIS YEAR'S TOASTIE TAKEOVER. SO WE SENT CAMERON JOE TO TRY ONE OF THE OUT. MORENA, CAM. MORENA, WENDY. YES, THE GREAT NEW ZEALAND TOASTY TAKEOVER IS WELL UNDERWAY TO TRY AND FIND THE BEST, MOST DELICIOUS TOASTY HERE IN AOTEAROA. THE COMPETITION BEGAN IN JUNE. MANY TOASTIES HAVE BEEN CONSUMED. CLIPS THAT YOU SAW BEFORE OUR FROM PREVIOUS FINALISTS. BUT WE CAN NOW SHOW THE FINALISTS FOR THIS YEAR. TWO OF THEM ARE IN AUCKLAND. IN SAYING THAT, IM AT ONE OF THEM. I AM WITH THE OWNER AND HEAD CHEF. HOW YOU? GOOD. WHAT IS IN THIS TOASTY? MY MOTHER GREW UP IN MEXICO. WE HAVE A HEAVY MEXICAN INFLUENCE HERE. PORK CARNITAS. A SALSA VERDE MADE FROM THE PICKLES THEMSELVES. AND THE CRICKET SALT ` CRICKETS, LIME AND CHILLI. ARE THERE ACTUALLY CRICKETS IN IT? YES. THAT'S IN PLACES LIKE OAXACA. IT WOULD BE MORE OF AN ORANGE TIP THAN THIS. TRADITIONALLY YOU WOULD HAVE IT WITH MESCAL. I THINK OF HAVING IT WITH ROASTED CRAB OR LOBSTER. LOOK AT THE COLOUR. IT'S INCREDIBLE. THIS IS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM YOUR AVERAGE HAM AND CHEESE TOASTY. THERE ARE TWO ROUNDS. WE ARE VERY THANKFUL TO HAVE MADE IT TO THE SECOND, WHICH IS THE FINALIST ROUND. ESSENTIALLY, OUTLETS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND GET TOGETHER AND PUT TOGETHER THE MOST CREATIVE AND INTERESTING TOASTY, USING BREAD, CHEESE AND PICKLES. FROM THERE, YOU CAN GO ALL OUT AND IT IS BASED ON APPEARANCE, EATABILITY. DURING THIS PERIOD, THERE WILL BE SOME ANONYMOUS JUDGES WHO WILL JUDGE OUR FOOD, OUR CHILANGO. AS IT HAD FIGURING OUT WHO IS THE JUDGE? WE GET SWAMPED WITH CHILANGO ORDERS AND YOU CAN'T KEEP TRACK. I AM DYING TO TRY THIS. HELP YOURSELF. ARE YOU GOING TO GRAB ONE AS WELL? YEAH. CHEERS. CHEERS. (TOASTIES CRUNCH) MY GOD. THIS IS SO GOOD. THE CRICKET SALT IS CUTTING THROUGH. THIS IS BETTER THAN ANY CHEESE TOASTY THAT I HAVE MADE OR HEARD. A SECOND ROUND BEGINS TODAY. WENT TO THE WINNERS GET ANNOUNCED? WE HAVE GOT, I THINK LATE AUGUST,GO I THINK LATE AUGUST 3 WEEKS LEFT. REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO FINDING THAT OUT. BEST OF LUCK. I AM GOING TO KEEP DIGGING INTO THIS. HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS BACK IN THE STUDIO AS WELL. J MAY HAS MANAGED TO POLISH ONE OFF RIGHT NOW. WHO IS COUNTING? CRICKET SALT. I THINK IT IS GOOD. YOU GET THE UMAMI. E HAERE AKE NEI ` IT CAME DOWN TO THE FINAL SECONDS. A COUPLE OF MYSTICS CHAMPIONS WILL TELL US ALL ABOUT THAT ULTIMATE NAIL-BITER NEXT. (POP MUSIC) VOICEOVER: New Weet-Bix Bites Coco Crunch with protein, fiber... hey! Whole grains. What are you doing? and choc... chocolatey, chocolatey choc pieces. (CLEARS THROAT) New Weet-Bix Bites Coco Crunch Choc... (CRUNCH SOUND) Choc Full of Goodness. YOU ARE WITH BREAKFAST. IT WAS EVERYTHING YOU WANT IN A FINAL ` A DOWN-TO-THE-WIRE CONCLUSION TO THE ANZ NETBALL PREMIERSHIP, WITH THE MYSTICS SNATCHING A 54-53 VICTORY OVER THE PULSE. IT'S THE THIRD TITLE FOR THE MYSTICS. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY MYSTICS COACH TIA WINIKEREI AND CAPTAIN MICHAELA SOKOLICH BEATSON. MORENA. HOW GOOD? CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU. HOW GOOD DID THAT FEEL AT THE FINAL WHISTLE? IT WAS THE BEST THING EVER. THERE WAS A BIT OF DISBELIEF, AND A LOT OF EXCITEMENT. YOUR VOICE, IS THAT FROM YELLING? I KNOW THE CROWD WAS INSANE. IT IS A MIX OF CHANTING AND THE HAKA AND SCREAMING ALL NIGHT LONG. FAIR ENOUGH. IT WAS SUCH AN UP AND DOWN THE SEASON. SO MANY INJURIES, RESULTS WERE KIND OF UP AND DOWN. WHAT DID THAT FEEL LIKE FOR YOU WHEN THAT FINAL WHISTLE WENT? IT WAS AMAZING. I JUMPED UP AND RAN OUT ONTO THE COURT. IT WAS AMAZING. JUST A REAL SENSE OF, I KNEW WE COULD. BUT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO GET THERE. AND IT IS ALWAYS LIKE THAT. THERE ARE ALWAYS PLENTY OF CHALLENGES THAT YOU GET CHUCKED AT, AND EVERY YEAR IS A BIT DIFFERENT. THIS WAS EXTRA SPECIAL, BECAUSE IT WAS A REAL UP-AND-DOWN NATURE. SOME OF OUR RESULTS TAUGHT US A LOT ABOUT OURSELVES. IT WAS COOL. HOW, AS PLAYERS, WERE YOU ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT BELIEF THAT YOU COULD GO BACK TO BACK? I THINK WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF TIA AND JUST STICKING REALLY TRUE TO OUR VALUES, WE KNEW THAT WE HAD A STRONG GROUP OF PLAYERS THAT COULD GET US THROUGH. YOU SOUND TERRIBLE. (LAUGHTER) IN TERMS OF THE UP AND DOWN SEASON, HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO KEEP THAT GROUP OF PLAYERS TOGETHER? YOU HAVE A HUGELY EXPERIENCED A LOT, WHO HAD THAT FINALS LAST YEAR TO GO OFF THE BACK OF AS WELL. BUT IN TERMS OF KEEPING THAT BELIEF THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING FOR YOU POTENTIALLY AS A COACH. IT IS TOUGH, AND THERE ARE MOMENTS WHERE YOU THINK, CRIKEY, WHAT DO I DO TODAY? HOW DO I USE IT TO GET TO THE NEXT BATCH? ONE OF THE THINGS WE TRIED TO DO AS A COACHING STAFF AND LEADERSHIP GROUP IS TO CELEBRATE THE THINGS THAT OTHER LITTLE WINS. AND CELEBRATING THE SMALL WINS EVEN IN THE DARK MOMENTS. KNOWING WHEN TO DROP THE HAMMER. YOU HAVE TO DROP IT AT LEAST ONCE A SEASON, AS A COACH. BUT IT IS FINDING THE RIGHT TIME TO KNOW THAT WILL HAVE REAL IMPACT, AND YOU CANNOT DO THAT EVERY DAY, BUT YOU CAN DO IT ONCE OR TWICE A SEASON, AND IT IS FINDING THE RIGHT TIME TO TURN THINGS AROUND WHEN YOU NEED TO. IT WAS A MAGNIFICENT GAME YESTERDAY. IT HAD EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT IN A FINAL. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH. IT WAS SO GOOD TO WATCH. IT SOUNDS LIKE MICHAELA HAS ALSO DROPPED THE HAMMER A LITTLE BIT. NOTHING A LEMSIP WON'T FIX. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. WE ARE BACK TOMORROW MORNING FROM 6 AM. CAPTIONS BY COURTNEY SOLE, DREW WELSH, KRISTIN WILLIAMS AND JULIE TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024