THEY HAVEN'T NECESSARILY SPREAD DISINFORMATION THEMSELVES, BUT THEY HAVE ENCOURAGED OTHERS TO PERHAPS BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SOME TRUTH IN THE DISINFORMATION THAT'S BEING SPREAD. I DO WANT TO WRAP THINGS UP, BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL CONVERSATION, WHICH WAS AROUND SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I WONDER WHAT RESPONSIBILITIES THAT SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES HAVE IN MITIGATING THE SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION, DISINFORMATION. AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY CLOSE TO YOU AND SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR. WELL, LOOK, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS KNOW THAT ONLINE LIES AND ONLINE HATE CAN LEAD TO REAL-WORLD VIOLENCE. AND IT IS PARTICULARLY POIGNANT FOR ME TO BE SPEAKING TO PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, CHRISTCHURCH WAS THAT FIRST SPASM OF AWFUL VIOLENCE. AND PRIME MINISTER ARDERN'S, YOU KNOW, COMMITMENT TO ENCOURAGING AND FORCING THOSE PLATFORMS TO REFORM THROUGH THE CHRISTCHURCH PROCESS INTERNATIONALLY. THE TRUTH IS THAT DESPITE ALL THE GOODWILL OF POLITICIANS, DESPITE ALL THE HARD WORK BY ORGANISATIONS LIKE MINE AND BY FORMER PRIME MINISTER ARDERN, THE PLATFORMS HAVEN'T ACTUALLY MADE THE REFORMS THAT ARE NECESSARY. AND SO THE QUESTION HAS TO STOP BEING, 'WHAT CAN WE ASK THEM 'TO DO?' TO 'HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THEM TO DO IT?' BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR THAT WITHOUT INTERVENTION, WITHOUT STRONG LAWS, THEY WILL ALWAYS PUT THEIR OWN PROFITS BEFORE PEOPLE. IT'S SUCH A BIG TOPIC AND SO MUCH TO COVER IN THE THREE OR FOUR MINUTES THAT WE HAVE WITH YOU, BUT WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE MINUTES THAT YOU HAVE SPENT WITH US. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. IMRAN AHMED, U.K. CENTRE FOR COUNTERING DIGITAL HATE CEO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. E HAERE AKE NEI ` A RESET IS COMING FOR THE MATHS CURRICULUM. WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT TEACHERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE DECLINING ACHIEVEMENT RATES. # SHE IS JUST SO SWEET, SO FINE. # SO POLITE TOO. # COME TAKE A CHANCE WITH ME. HOKI MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THERE ARE MORE CHANGES TO MATHS EDUCATION IN PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS, WITH THE GOVERNMENT CALLING POOR ACHIEVEMENT UNACCEPTABLE. THE GOVERNMENT'S OVERHAUL PROMPTED BY 2023 DATA SHOWING LESS THAN A QUARTER OF YEAR EIGHT STUDENTS ARE AT OR ABOVE STANDARD. ALONGSIDE THE NEW CURRICULUM, THERE'LL BE INCREASED OVERSIGHT FROM THE EDUCATION REVIEW OFFICE AND MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TO PICK UP ON PROBLEMS IN SCHOOLS AND INTERVENE. WE'LL BE SPEAKING WITH PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON JUST AFTER 7. FIRST, WE'RE JOINED BY KYLE BREWERTON, PRESIDENT OF THE AUCKLAND PRIMARY PRINCIPALS' ASSOCIATION. TENA KOE. GOOD MORNING. BROADLY, WHAT YOU THINK OF THE CHANGES? WE NEEDED SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, WE CAN'T CONTINUE WITH THESE LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT. THE PACE IS THE PACE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION IS THE PACE THAT IS GOING TO TEST EVERYONE. BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND WE ARE ASKING AN AWFUL LOT OF OUR TEACHERS AND OF OUR PRINCIPLES, OF OUR COMMUNITIES. SO THERE IS A CHALLENGE. TO THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM NOT JUSTIFY THE PACE? ABSOLUTELY, BUT THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY HOURS IN THE DAY. WE WANT THAT FOCUS TO REMAIN, BUT WE WANT THEM TO ALSO BE FOCUSING ON THESE CHANGES THAT ARE NEEDED, SO HOW DID YOU BUY THAT IS THE SAME TIME, SO THERE'S THE RUB. FLOWS IT I'D APPRECIATE WHAT TEACHERS ARE AS EARLY BALANCING, WHAT WILL IT CHANGES MEAN IN TERMS OF WORKFLOW? IN SIMPLE TERMS, IF YOU THINK OF IT AS A HIGH JUMP, WHAT WE HAVE HAD IN OUR CURRICULUM TO DATE HAS A SPECIFIC RANGE. WENT TO MAKE THAT MAN A LITTLE BIT MORE NARROW AND SPECIFIC. TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE BEGINNING, SO TO BE AN EXCELLENT HIGH JUMPER. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW? SOME OF THAT HAS BEEN UNCLEAR, SO TEACHERS ARE HAVING TO FIGURE IT OUT THEMSELVES, MAKE SIMILAR APPROACHES, AS SHE IDEAS AMONGST THEMSELVES. THAT LACK OF SPECIFICITY HAS MEANT THAT WE GET TO THAT FINAL DESTINATION, WE FIND OUT THAT SOME OF THE STUDENTS CAN'T ACTUALLY REACH THAT BAR. BY THEN, WE ARE A BIT LATE. THEY BOUGHT FOR THE CURRICULUM CHANGES BY A YEAR WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT? THERE ARE SOME REAL BENEFITS THERE IN THE SENSE THAT THERE IS A HUGE COMMITMENT INTO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR TEACHERS. IN THE PAST, AS AN EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A NEW CURRICULUM START AT US AND THEN, BASICALLY, GOOD LUCK. AS NICE AS THEIR COMMITMENT TO THAT TRAINING AND GIVING TIME TO THAT'S DEVELOPMENTS, BUT WHAT THAT ULTIMATELY LOOKS LIKE IS YET TO BE SENT, SO ONCE WE GET THAT SPECIFICITY AROUND WHAT THE TRAINING WILL LOOK LIKE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO ROLL THIS OUT, WHERE IS THAT I'M GOING TO COME FROM? IT'S A LITTLE EARLY TO KNOW FOR SURE. SEAL SUGGESTING THAT EVEN WITH THE NEW TRAINING ASSISTANCE, NEW RESOURCES TO HELP TEACHERS ADJUST TO THE NEW CURRICULUM, ESSENTIALLY, THE TIME THAT THEY WILL BE SPENDING GETTING USED TO THIS WILL BE TAKEN FROM ELSEWHERE? IN SIMPLE TERMS, THE ANALOGY I USED TO THE OTHER DAY, WAS LIKE GIVING A PILOT A BRAND AEROPLANE AND SAYING, HOW YOU GO, GO AND FLY THAT. *HERE YOU GO. DO YOU ACCEPT IT ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS AS THEY ARE, FROM THE LATEST DATA IN 2023, SYMBIOTIC SCRATCH? ABSOLUTELY. THE INTERESTING THING IN THE SECTOR IS THAT THERE IS DEBATE GOING ON AROUND THE DETAIL, 22% AREN'T AT` IN 2013, OTAGO UNIVERSITY COMMISSIONED THE STUDY ABOUT MATHS. THEY SAY THAT NOTHING SIGNIFICANT HAS CHANGED BETWEEN THEN AND NOW. IF WE GO OVER OLD STATISTICS, WE ARE STILL ONLY LOOKING AT 40% OF OUR STUDENTS BEING ON TRACK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M OUT OF HERE, AM I? WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE PRIME MINISTER WITH THE EDUCATION REVIEW OFFICE SET FOR A MAJOR OVERHAUL AFTER IT WAS REVEALED THAT JUST 22% OF YEAR 8 STUDENTS WERE AT THE RIGHT LEVEL FOR MATHS. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE GOVERNMENT WON'T TOLERATE POOR PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOLS. HE JOINS US FOR MORE SHORTLY. SCHOOL IS NOT GOING TO RUN ITSELF, KYLE HAS TO BE THERE COME ON, PEOPLE! IT'S NOT COMING CHEAP ` A BRAND NEW CYCLEWAY IS BEING BUILT IN WELLINGTON'S THORNDON. BUT THERE'S OPPOSITION TO ITS INSTALLATION BEFORE ANYONE'S EVEN RIDDEN ON IT. FIND OUT WHY IN 20 MINUTES' TIME. SOUNDS FAMILIAR. AND IT WASN'T TO BE FOR OUR TRIATHLETES, BUT HAYDEN WILDE HAS REVEALED HE WAS BATTLING E.COLI- LIKE SYMPTOMS JUST DAYS AFTER SWIMMING IN THE RIVER SEINE. HE'LL TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT IN HALF AN HOUR. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S INDIRA WITH THE NEWS. KIA ORA. NEW ZEALAND'S ADDED A THIRD GOLD MEDAL TO ITS TALLY IN PARIS, WITH FINN BUTCHER TAKING OUT THE MEN'S KAYAK CROSS FINAL. OLYMPICS REPORTER GUY HEVELDT JOINS US NOW FROM PARIS. MORENA, GUY. SALUD, INDIRA. IT'S TURNING INTO A GOLDEN NIGHT HERE AT THE NAUTICAL STADIUM, AT FINN BUTCHER HAS DOMINATED TODAY. THE FINAL WERE ALL HIS VERY EASY WINS. THRONGS OF HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY WERE MAKING A TON OF NOISE HERE. THAT'S WHY I PADDLE. TO CELEBRATE IS GOING TO BE COOL. IS NOT ALL BEER AND SKITTLES BEING AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNER. PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE HAS LEFT THIS VENUE, EXCEPT FOR FINN BUTCHER AND HIS COACH, THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR BOATS AWAY AND GETTING EVERYTHING SORTED AND TAKE EVERY THING WITH THEM. HE HAS BEEN AT THIS VENUE TRADING SINCE APRIL, FIGURING OUT ALL THE NOOKS AND CRANNIES, THEIR PILLOWS, MAKING JOY EVEN WHEN GOLD, AND IT IS IS APTLY WHAT HE HAS DONE. OUR 1/3 GOLD MEDALLIST AT THE GAMES. AND THE NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S TEAM SPRINTERS HAVE SECURED SILVER ON THE OPENING DAY OF TRACK CYCLING. GAMES REPORTER JORDAN OPPERT WATCHED THE RACE UNFOLD THE SUN IS SETTING ON WHAT HAS BEEN HAS DIRECT A PHYSIOLOGIC TRACK CYCLING. IT WAS A TIGHT BATTLE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND NEW ZEALAND FROM THE GET GO. APOLOGIES, THAT IS THE POLICE WITH A MEGAPHONE IN THE BACKGROUND. THERE WERE RECORDS BEING BROKEN LEFT, RIGHT, AND CENTRE. GB AND NZ WERE JUST PIPPED BY HUNDREDS OF SECONDS. *HUNDREDTHS IT IS HOT, MUGGY, AND HUMID, WHAT DOESN'T HELP. THAT ONLY DID HER DAUGHTER WINS SILVER, SO TOO DID HER HUSBAND WHO IS THE TRACKS COACH. SHE IS MESSING CHRISTCHURCH, HE MOVED TO CAMBRIDGE TO HELP GET THIS WOMEN'S SPRINT TEAM ACROSS THE LINE, AND BOY HAVE THEY DONE THAT TONIGHT. THEY SHOULDN'T BE TOO FAR AWAY, THEN THEY WILL BE ASKED TO SPEAK TO US, THE NEXT BULLETIN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM WITH US. THE NEW ZEALAND TRIATHLETES HAVE HAD A DISAPPOINTING FINISH TO THEIR OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN IN PARIS BUT HAVE REVEALED THE CAMP WAS HIT BY SICKNESS BEFORE THE MIXED RELAY. CHRIS CHANG JOINS US NOW. WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE, CHRIS? MORENA, INDIRA. IT WAS TOUGH FOR THEM. HATED WHO DID SO WELL LAST WEEK GETTING A SILVER MEDAL IN THE MEN'S TRIATHLON ACTUALLY CRASHED ON HIS BIKE JUST BEFORE THE TRANSITION TODAY. WE SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN HIS WHAT IS IT. I WAS ACTUALLY IN POLE POSITION COMING IN TO IT, AND THEN I GOT CUT OFF BY AUSTRALIA. AND THEN I HAD TO RE-CORRECT MY LINE. AND I WAS GOING TOO HOT FOR THE SECOND LINE, AND JUST MY FRONT WHEEL SLID OUT A LITTLE BIT. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF SAND AROUND THE CORNER, AND IT TOOK ME OUT, TOOK A FRENCH OUT, WHICH I'M VERY GUTTED FOR, AS THEY WERE IN GREAT MEDAL CONTENTION. THE TEAM FINISHED 2ND TO LAST IN 14TH, BUT THEN HAYDEN WILDE REVEALED THAT THERE WAS SICKNESS AT THE CAMP. THE SEINE HASN'T RECEIVING A LOT OF ATTENTION ABOUT POLLUTION. HIS ADHERES A BID FROM E. COLI-LIKE SYMPTOMS *HE SAID HE SUFFERED FROM E. COLI-LIKE SYMPTOMS. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE FELT A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE THAT SHOOK THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND OVERNIGHT. THE 4.8 MAGNITUDE QUAKE STRUCK 15km SOUTH WEST OF WELLINGTON IN THE COOK STRAIT JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. IT WAS ONLY 13m DEEP WITH MORE THAN 17,000 PEOPLE REPORTED FEELING IT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT'S THE STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE IN NEW ZEALAND SINCE A 5.1 JOLT OFF THE COAST OF GREYMOUTH FOUR MONTHS AGO. AN ADVOCATE AGAINST DIGITAL HARM SAYS SOCIAL MEDIA MOBILISED THIS WEEK'S UNREST IN THE U.K. VIOLENT RIOTS ERUPTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING THE KILLINGS OF THREE YOUNG GIRLS IN THE TOWN OF SOUTHPORT. IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE ATTACKS, FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT THE ALLEGED OFFENDER BEGAN RAPIDLY SPREADING ONLINE. PLATFORMS CHOOSE TO GIVE US THAT INFORMATION FIRST. WHY? BECAUSE THEY WANT US ARGUING ON THEIR PLATFORMS. AND IT'S A REALLY CYNICAL BUSINESS MODEL ` THEY DON'T ACTUALLY PRODUCE ANYTHING; THEY JUST PRESENT TO US WHAT THEY WANT US TO SEE, AND THEN THEY PUT ADS NEXT TO IT. IT'S LIKE PUTTING ADS ON A CAR CRASH, ISN'T IT? IMRAN AHMED SAYS MORE REGULATION IS NEEDED FOR SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION. STOCK MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE TUMBLED OVER FEARS OF A U.S. ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN. JAPAN'S BENCHMARK STOCK INDEX DROPPED 12% ` ITS BIGGEST DECLINE IN NEARLY FOUR DECADES. IT COMES AFTER LAST WEEK'S U.S. JOB DATA WAS WEAKER THAN EXPECTED, WITH UNEMPLOYMENT AT A THREE-YEAR HIGH. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PARTLY CLOUDY START FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, THIS WILL TURN TO A NICE FINE DAY AFTER MIDDAY FOR THOSE IN RUSSELL, WHANGAREI AND WHITIANGA. 16 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING. BIT OF CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH IN THE AFTERNOON IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` SIMILAR HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU HERE. SOME NORTH EASTERLIES DEVELOPING LATER ON IN NAPIER AND HASTINGS 15 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` PARTLY CLOUDY MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE REGION. THIS WILL CLEAR TO A NICE FINE DAY AFTER 12. 16 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI; 14 DEGREES IN PALMERSTON NORTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG. A SUNNY DAY FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. HOWEVER, ON THE WEST, IT'S LOOKING A BIT MORE GREY FOR YOUR TUESDAY. A HIGH OF 15 FOR BLENHEIM; 13 DEGREES FOR WESTPORT. HEADING SOUTH ` LOOKING LOVELY HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE REGION. 12 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. ELSEWHERE, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A NICE FINE DAY. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME SHOWERS TODAY IN MILFORD SOUND. 14 THE HIGH FOR OTEPOTI DUNEDIN; 13 DEGREES IN INVERCARGILL. SCHOOLS ARE SET TO FACE TOUGHER SCRUTINY FROM THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IF THEY AREN'T KEEPING UP WITH THE RIGHT STANDARDS OF ACHIEVEMENT. THE GOVERNMENT HAS TOLD THE MINISTRY TO INTERVENE EARLIER AND PROVIDE BETTER RESOURCES IF A SCHOOLS RESULTS ARE LAGGING BEHIND. IT COMES AS PART OF THE NEW 'MAKE IT COUNT' SYSTEM THAT THE PRIME MINISTER HOPES WILL GET MATHS OUTCOMES ` TO USE HIS WORDS ` BACK ON TRACK. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON JOINS ME FOR MORE THIS MORNING. MORENA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. ARE YOU RUSHING THESE CHANGES? NO. WE HAVE GOT CHILDREN GOING INTO HIGH SCHOOL NOT OF THE STANDARD THAT THEY NEED TO BE FOR MATHS. THE REALITY AND MOTIVATION FOR DOING THIS IS STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE WANT EVERY CHILD IN NEW ZEALAND TO HAVE A SHOT AT LIFE. THAT MEANS HAVING A GOOD EDUCATION. IF WE ARE GOING TO BUILD THE ECONOMY THAT WE WANT TO BE A WORLDS LEADING PEOPLE AND AGRICULTURE SCIENCE AND A NEW EXPRESSWAY FROM AUCKLAND TOWARDS NORTHLAND, WE NEED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. THAT INCLUDES MATHS. I DO THINK ANYONE WILL ARGUE THE POINT THAT THE CURRICULUM ACTUALLY NEEDS TO CHANGE, BUT THE ISSUE HERE IS THE PACE IN WHICH YOU ARE WANTING DEBT CHANGE. YOU ARE EXPECTING THAT THIS NEW MATHS CURRICULUM WILL COME IN AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. HOW YOU EXPECTING TEACHERS TO NOT ONLY LEARN THE NEW CURRICULUM BUT ACTUALLY STAND IN FRONT OF THE KIDS AND CONTINUE TO TEACH? WHAT WE ARE DOING AS WE ARE MOVING THE CURRICULUM FORWARD ONE WHOLE YEAR. THAT ACTUALLY WILL START IN TERM ONE OF NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE THE MATHS CURRICULUM. WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE SPENDING MONEY ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND WE ARE PRIORITISING THIS OVER EVERYTHING ELSE. WE WANT CHILDREN TO LEARN STRUCTURED LITERACY AND MATHEMATICS. THE TEACHING COUNCIL WISELY AND QUICKLY HAVE MOVED FORWARD TO SAY, LOOK, WE NEED TO LIFT TEACHER TRAINING IN CONFIDENCE TO TEACH MATHS. TEACHERS NEED LEVEL TO MATHEMATICS, WHICH IS THE OLD FORMER SIX. WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE LITERACY AND READING OF NEW ZEALANDERS AND ALSO THEIR MATHEMATICS. IT'S NOT JUST TWO THINGS, THOUGH. IT IS TWO MASSIVE CURRICULUM. THERE IS CONCERN THAT THIS IS MOVING TOO FAST. I YOU IN DANGER OF DOING TOO MUCH TOO SOON AND MAKING IT WORSE? NO, BECAUSE WE ARE MAKING CHOICES TO SAY, LOOK, WE WILL PRIORITISE THESE TWO THINGS. THAT MAY MEAN THAT WE DE-PRIORITISE OTHER THINGS. THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN TEACHING OUR CHILDREN TO READ AND GOING BACK TO THE BASICS SO THAT THEY HAVE CONFIDENCE TO GO FORWARD AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE SUPPORTED IN THAT PROCESS AS WELL. IF WE LOOK AT THE PROGRAMME ITSELF AND THE DETAILS THAT IT IS ALSO MISSING AT THE MOMENT ` THE DESIGNING OF THE WORKBOOKS, WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM, WHO WAS DESIGNING THEM ` THIS IS AN APPROACH THAT IS TARGETED DOWN THE MIDDLE. HOW DO YOU GET THE CHILDREN EITHER SIDE OF THAT? WHETHER THEY ARE NARROW DIVERSE OR ESPECIALLY SMART, CLEVER KIDS. HOW DOES THIS APPROACH TO THEM AS WELL? WE ARE FANTASTIC TEACHERS, BUT ACTUALLY HAVING A DEFINED CURRICULUM SAYING, THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE LEARNING IN THIS GIVEN YEAR, HELPS TEACHERS FOCUS ON WHAT THEY NEED TO FOCUS ON. IT HELPS ALL CHILDREN ` KIDS THAT ARE STRUGGLING AND KIDS THAT NEED TO BE EXTENDED. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE SMALL GROUP INTERVENTIONS AROUND MATHEMATICS FOR THOSE WHO ARE BEHIND. 80% OF OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT OF THE STANDARD THAT THEY NEED TO BE GOING INTO HIGH SCHOOL. THAT HAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF FLOW ON IMPLICATIONS. SUCH AS ATTENDANCE ISSUES. WE KNOW THAT GETTING AT THE CORE OF ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHS AND READING THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN THIS GOVERNMENT. THESE ARE THE MUST DOS. THERE IS QUITE A LOT THAT YOU ARE EXPECTING TEACHERS TO IMPLEMENT COME JANUARY, FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR. CAN YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING YOU WILL DE-PRIORITISE TO MAKE SPACE FOR ALL OF THIS? THEME IS LIKE, FRANKLY, WE WANTED TO DO WORK ON OUR MUSIC AND ART CURRICULUM. DOES THINGS THAT ARE NOT OF FOCUS FOR US RIGHT NOW. SITTING HERE IN AUGUST, LAUNCHING A NEW CURRICULUM IN JANUARY, I WANT EVERYONE FOCUSED ON THAT. I WANT THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION COMING TO WORK SAYING, WE ARE INTERESTED IN TWO THINGS. HOW DO WE TEACH MATHS AND LITERACY BETTER? WE KNOW THERE IS A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN SOCIO-ECONOMIC DISPARITIES AND PERFORMANCE. HAD WE KNOW EVERYONE WILL BE GIVEN A CHANCE? WE HAVE SEEN SOME GREAT EXAMPLES. THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR. THERE ARE LOW DECILE SCHOOLS, PARTICULAR AMONGST MAORI STUDENTS, AND STRUCTURED MATHS HAS HELPED LIFT OUTCOMES. STRONGLY. YOU ARE RIGHT. IT IS EVEN MORE SAD WHEN YOU HAVE MANY CHILDREN BELOW THE STANDARD THAT THEY SHOULD BE AT YEAR EIGHT. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A CONSISTENT CURRICULUM AND A COMMON WAY OF TEACHING MATHEMATICS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. EVERYBODY GETS THEIR SHOT THROUGH EDUCATION TO GET TO A DIFFERENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. THIS EDUCATION IS THE GREAT ENABLER FOR CHILDREN GOING FORWARD. TEACHING THE CHILDREN MATHS PROPERLY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING BEFORE. THESE RESULTS HAVE TANKED UNDER THE LAST PERSON'S WATCH. DO YOU STILL HAVE CONFIDENCE IN HER TO DO THAT JOB? IONA HAS BEEN FANTASTIC FOR US TO WORK WITH AS A NEW GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE INSISTED ON AN HOUR OF READING AND WRITING AND MATHS EVERY DAY. FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, SHE HAS BEEN VERY GOOD TO WORK WITH. SHE IS OBVIOUSLY RETIRING, THAT IS HAPPENING SHORTLY. BUT I CAN SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR NEW ZEALAND FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES. IT DIDN'T HELP UNDER CHRIS HIPKINS AT ALL. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THE FRONT WINDSCREEN AND SAY, HOW CAN THIS BE DIFFERENT? MATHEMATICS SETS THEM UP FOR A GREAT FUTURE. I WANT TO ASK YOU ONE FINAL QUESTION AROUND INFANT FORMULA AND WHY WAS OPTING OUT OF THE JOINT TRENDS TASMAN STANDARDS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF NEW ZEALAND? THE NEW ZEALAND COLLEGE OF MIDWIVES STRONGLY SUPPORTED IT. MISLEADING LABELLING ON PRODUCTS CAN LEAD TO PARENTS PURCHASING INAPPROPRIATE PRODUCTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN. TOWERS THIS DECISION SERVING PARENTS IN AOTEAROA? AND YOU SAFETY STANDARD HAS BEEN DISCUSSED. WE ARE ON BOARD WITH EVERYTHING APART FROM TWO COMPONENTS OF IT. NEW ZEALAND CELLS INFANT FORMULA ALL AROUND THE WORLD. IT IS A FANTASTIC PRODUCT. WE WANT TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD. WE DON'T SUPPORT TO MINOR CHANGES WITHIN THE STANDARDS, WITH RESPECT TO LABELLING. WE HAVE A FANTASTIC PRODUCT. WE WILL OPT OUT OF THAT STANDARD. IT WILL TAKE FIVE YEARS TO IMPLEMENT IT. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE RUN OUT OF TIME. BUT AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. E HAERE AKE NEI ` WELLINGTON'S $50m DOLLAR CYCLE PROJECT COULD BE RIPPED UP DUE TO THE CITIES PROBLEMATIC PIPES. # IT'S A BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY. THAT'S LIFE. LOOK AT THAT. THE SUN IS GOING DOWN IN PARIS. THIS IS A LIVE SHOT OF THE EIFFEL TOWER AS THE NIGHT SETS IN IN PARIS. FYI ` THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL IS CURRENTLY BEING PLAYED AT THE BASE OF THE EIFFEL TOWER. WHY WOULD YOU POSSIBLY WANT TO GIVE UP NEW ZEALAND MIDDLE OF WINTER FOR PARIS SUNSET. (LAUGHTER) THERE NO SHORTAGE OF PILE ON FOR WELLINGTON'S THORNDON QUAY REDO. WITH CONCERNS FOCUSED AROUND THE FINANCIAL TOLL ON BUSINESSES AS A CYCLEWAY IS INSTALLED, AND WHETHER THE STRIP REALLY NEEDS FIVE CROSSINGS. SO THE PROSPECT OF THE ROAD BEING RIPPED UP AGAIN, TO FIX THE AGEING WATER MAINS, IS GOING DOWN ABOUT AS WELL AS YOU'D EXPECT. A PETITION TO HALT THE PROJECT, UNTIL THE PIPES ARE ASSESSED, IS WITH WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL. THORNDON QUAY COLLECTIVE CHAIR PAUL ROBINSON IS WITH US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WHAT IS YOUR CONCERN WITH THE STATE OF THE PIPES? THE QUAY STATE HIGHWAY ONE FOR PIPES IN WELLINGTON. ALL OF THE POTABLE WATER COMES FROM UPPER HUTT. ALL OF THE SEWERAGE FROM THE NORTHERN SUBURBS IS TRANSPORTED DOWN TO THE SOUTH COAST. THERE ARE EIGHT WATER MAINS UNDER THE QUAY. TWO OF THEM ARE 110 YEARS OLD, AND THEY ARE FAILING. YES, THAT IS NOT GREAT. (CHUCKLES) HOW DO YOU KNOW THEY ARE FAILING? EARLIER THIS YEAR, ON DECEMBER 7, THE PIPES DESTROYED A POOR WOMAN'S LATE MODEL MOTORCAR WHEN IT BURST. THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BEST CONDITION PIPE. THE SEWER FAILS 14 TIMES IN THE TWO YEARS LEADING TO DECEMBER. THAT IS 14 OUT OF 17 INCIDENTS RELATED TO THE SEWER. THE QUESTION ON MANY VIEWERS LIPS' WILL BE WHY GO AHEAD ON REDOING THE QUAY BEFORE THE PIPES? THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. IT WAS A MEMO IN 2022 THAT WAS RELEASED TO ME BY A NEWBIE IN ONE OF THE ORGANISATIONS. THAT IS IRRELEVANT. THEY KNEW IN MARCH THIS YEAR. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T PICKED UP THE PHONE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE PIPES. WHAT YOU THINK SHOULD HAPPEN? I THINK THE PROJECT SHOULD BE PAUSED UNTIL AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT. THEY HAVE BEEN SO MANY FAILURES IN THE COMMUNICATION OF INFORMATION. SOMEBODY INDEPENDENT NOW NEEDS TO LOOK AT THIS PROJECT M PUT IT THROUGH THE MICROSCOPE. THE QUAY COLLECTIVE HAS OPPOSED THE DEVELOPMENT FOR A LONG TIME NOW. SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY THIS IS PAUL MOANING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AGAIN. WHAT YOU LIKE ABOUT THE THORNDON QUAY DEVELOPMENT. ONE POINT ` WE DESIGNED, AT OUR OWN COST, THE ORIGINAL CYCLE WAY, THAT WOULD HAVE AVOIDED ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP. THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY MAYOR LESTER THAT WOULD HAVE ENHANCED WELLINGTON IN A BIG WAY, BUT IT GOT REJECTED AND OUTLETS GET WELLINGTON MOVING THORNDON QUAY HAS BEEN A GREAT CLOSE-KNIT COMMERCIAL AREA. I HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS THEREFORE 20 YEARS AND LOVED IT. DO YOU LIKE CYCLEWAYS? IM A KEEN CYCLIST, AND I KNOW HOW POWERFUL IT IS WHEN IT'S INVOLVED IN TOURISM AND RECREATION. THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS PALPABLE. UNFORTUNATELY, IN WELLINGTON AND SOME OTHER CITIES, CYCLING AS A COMMUTER ACTIVITY IS AN ECONOMIC BLACK HOLE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. KIA ORA. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. AND IT WASN'T TO BE FOR OUR TRIATHLETES. HAYDEN WILDE WILL REVEAL WHAT WENT WRONG SHORTLY. # YOU BETTER RUN AND HIDE. # I'M NOT AFRAID TO TAKE A STAND. # EVERYBODY, # COME TAKE MY HAND. NEW ZEALAND IS MOVING UP THE MEDAL TABLE IN PARIS, ADDING TWO MORE MEDALS THIS MORNING. OLYMPICS REPORTER GUY HEVELDT SENT THIS REPORT FROM PARIS. HE ABSOLUTELY DOMINATED. BUTCHER HAS BEATEN HOME A GREAT BRITISH RIVAL. WE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM A FEW MINUTES AGO, AND HE HAS BEEN TRAINING AT THIS COURSE SINCE APRIL OF THIS YEAR TO FIGURE OUT ALL OF ITS NUANCES AND THE WAY THE WATER FLOWS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF. THAT IS THE DETERMINATION, EFFORT, HOMEWORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS GOLD MEDAL. HE IS A NEW OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST, AND NEW ZEALAND HAS IT STIRRED GOLD. THEY COULD BE PLENTY MORE TO COME. THIS WILL BE THE SCENE OF THE FLAT WATER KAYAKING AND CANOEING AS WELL, WITH DAME LISA CARRINGTON. PLENTY MORE TO COME THIS WEEK. AND THE WOMEN'S TEAM SPRINTERS NARROWLY MISSED OUT ON GOLD ON THE CYCLING TRACK. JORDAN OPPERT'S BEEN AT THE VELODROME AND IS WITH US NOW. MORENA, JORDAN. YOU COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER START TO NEW ZEALAND'S TRACK CYCLING CAMPAIGN. THEIR WOMEN SECURING NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST EVER TEAM SPRINT MEDAL HERE TONIGHT. IT WAS A DRAMATIC FASHION. IT WAS BASICALLY A TWO HORSE RACE BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND GREAT BRITAIN. THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH, THE THREE TIMES THEY FACED EACH OTHER, IT WAS WORLD RECORD BEING BROKEN BY NEW ZEALAND, ONLY TO BE TAKEN BY GREAT BRITAIN. THE COMPETITION WAS HOT. I HAVE LOST MY VOICE FROM SHOUTING. WHEN THEY DID THEIR FIRST ROUND, I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT TIMING HAD BEEN BROKEN. IT WAS THAT FAST. IT WAS BEYOND EXPECTATION. IT JUST KEEP GETTING MORE AND MORE INTENSE. BUT IN A GOOD WAY. IT IS REALLY A PARTY HERE. I HAVE ATTRACTED A FEW VISITORS. (SPEAKS FRENCH) ALL RIGHT. I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE TO GO. IT ESSENTIALLY HAS BEEN A HECTIC NIGHT HERE. I WILL GO BACK TO YOU, INDIRA, SO WE CAN GET THESE GUYS OUT OF THE WAY. JUST GORGEOUS. HAYDEN WILDE HAS REVEALED HE SUFFERED E COLI-LIKE SYMPTOMS AFTER THE MEN'S TRIATHLON, AS THE DECISION TO HOLD THE SWIM LEG IN THE SEINE IS AGAIN QUESTIONED. WILDE WAS PART OF THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM THAT STRUGGLED IN THE MIXED RELAY EVENT, FINISHING 14th. WILDE TOLD 1 NEWS HE WAS HIT HARD FOR 48 HOURS AFTER HIS SILVER MEDAL PERFORMANCE IN THE MEN'S EVENT. WAS A BIT OF SICKNESS WITHIN THE TEAM 48-HOUR IS AFTER THE RACE, BUT AFTER 24 HOURS, IT CLEARED UP PRETTY QUICK. I WAS JUST LUCKY THAT I ONLY HAD SOME E. COLI POTENTIAL SICKNESS FOR 24 HOURS, BUT THEN I WAS ABSOLUTELY FINE. THE POWER WAS STILL THERE ON THE BIKE, THE RUN, AND I FELT GREAT ABOUT RACING, AND IT WAS JUST AN UNFORTUNATE DAY OUT THERE. A BELGIAN ATHLETE WAS HOSPITALISED AFTER THE WOMEN'S RACE AND PULLED OUT OF THE MIXED EVENT. MICAH WILKINSON AND ERICA DAWSON ARE SITTING IN A PODIUM POSITION WITH ONE MORE DAY OF QUALIFYING IN SAILING'S MIXED MULTI=HULL CLASS. WITH ONE MORE DAY OF QUALIFYING IN SAILING'S MIXED MULTI-HULL CLASS. THE KIWI CREW HAD A SECOND, FOURTH AND NINTH IN TODAY'S RACES. THEY NOW SIT THIRD AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S FINAL THREE QUALIFYING RACES, TIED WITH SECOND PLACED ARGENTINA. NEW ZEALAND'S MADE ITS DEBUT IN OLYMPIC SPEED CLIMBING. SARAH TETZLAFF QUALIFIED 12TH IN THE WOMEN'S EVENT BEFORE BEING ELIMINATED IN THE HEATS. JULIAN DAVID WILL LINE UP IN THE MEN'S CLIMBING TONIGHT. TO SOME OTHER NEWS NOW, AND A NEW ZEALAND HELICOPTER PILOT HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN KILLED IN THE INDONESIAN PROVINCE OF PAPUA. LOCAL POLICE SAY SEPARATIST REBELS SHOT THE 50-YEAR-OLD IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE LANDED IN AN ISOLATED AREA. SIX OTHERS ON BOARD WERE REPORTEDLY UNHARMED. THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SAYS IT'S AWARE OF THE REPORTS AND IS SEEKING FURTHER INFORMATION FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES. IT'S BELIEVED THE GROUP RESPONSIBLE WAS THE SAME GROUP WHO ABDUCTED NEW ZEALAND PILOT PHILIP MEHRTENS IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR. A FIRE HAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED A TAKEAWAY SHOP IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF PUKEKOHE OVERNIGHT. EMERGENCY SERVICES FOUND THE CAFE ENGULFED IN FLAMES JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. 24 FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE BLAZE, INCLUDING NINE TRUCKS AND TWO AERIAL SUPPORT UNITS. IT HAS NOW BEEN CONTAINED. NO PEOPLE WERE INSIDE THE SHOP AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. BANGLADESH'S PRIME MINISTER HAS RESIGNED AND FLED THE COUNTRY AFTER WEEKS OF DEMONSTRATIONS CALLING FOR HER TO QUIT. NEWS OF SHEIKH HASINA'S RESIGNATION WAS WIDELY CELEBRATED ON THE STREETS. THE MILITARY SAYS IT'S NOW IN TALKS TO FORM AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT. DEADLY PROTESTS INITIALLY BROKE OUT LAST MONTH AS A STUDENT LED MOVEMENT AGAINST A CONTROVERSIAL QUOTA SYSTEM FOR GOVERNMENT JOBS. AND FINALLY, AS SPAIN SWELTERS UNDER A HEAT WAVE, DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS ARE COOLING OFF AT A CANINE WATER PARK. SOARING TEMPERATURES OF UP TO 40 DEGREES HAVE SEEN PUPS FLOCK TO THE DOG-FRIENDLY PARK IN CATALONIA. THE PARK PROVIDING A WELCOME RESPITE FROM THE HEAT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SPAIN'S BUSY BEACHES. CAN YOU SWIM IN THAT? IT REMINDS ME OF THE SEINE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) HERE IS YOUR WEATHER TODAY. IT IS A PRETTY GOOD DAY, I WOULD SAY. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PARTLY CLOUDY START FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, THIS WILL TURN TO A NICE FINE DAY AFTER MIDDAY FOR THOSE IN RUSSELL, WHANGAREI AND WHITIANGA. FURTHER SOUTH ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING. BIT OF CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH IN THE AFTERNOON IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. TO THE EAST COAST ` SIMILAR HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU HERE. SOME NORTH EASTERLIES DEVELOPING LATER ON IN NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` PARTLY CLOUDY MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE REGION. THIS WILL CLEAR TO A NICE FINE DAY AFTER 12. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG. A SUNNY DAY FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. HOWEVER ON THE WEST, IT'S LOOKING A BIT MORE GREY FOR YOUR TUESDAY. HEADING SOUTH ` LOOKING LOVELY HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE REGION. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME SHOWERS TODAY IN MILFORD SOUND. ELSWHERE, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A NICE FINE DAY. NICE. THANK YOU, INDIRA. THERE'S BEEN A LOT TO CHEER ABOUT AFTER NEW ZEALAND PICKED UP TWO MEDALS OVERNIGHT. CHRIS CHANG HAS BEEN FROTHING THE ACTION AND JOINS US NOW. MORENA, CHANGY. I AM JUST FROTHING AT THE BEAUTIFUL EVENING IN PARIS. IT IS HONESTLY JUST GORGEOUS. THE EIFFEL TOWER HAS JUST BEEN LIT UP. SORRY ABOUT IT (!) TRANQUIL SCENE. IT WAS NOT QUITE SO PEACEFUL THIS MORNING FOR THE TRIATHLON. A BIT OF DRAMA WITH HAYDEN WILDE. I CAUGHT UP WITH THEM ABOUT THE MIX TRIATHLON. UH, YEAH, THERE WAS A BIT OF SICKNESS WITHIN THE TEAM, UH, 48 HOURS AFTER THE RACE, BUT, UH... YEAH, 24 HOURS ` THAT CLEARED UP PRETTY QUICK. BUT, YEAH, I WAS JUST LUCKY THAT I ONLY HAD SOME E. COLI, I GUESS, POTENTIAL SICKNESS FOR 24 HOURS, BUT THEN I WAS ABSOLUTELY FINE. SO THE POWER WAS STILL THERE ON THE BIKE; THE POWER WAS STILL THERE ON THE RUN, AND I FELT GREAT RACING; IT WAS JUST AN UNFORTUNATE DAY OUT THERE. JEEZ, SO WAS IT JUST YOU THAT WAS FEELING NOT VERY GOOD OR WAS IT THE OTHERS AS WELL? THERE WAS A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN OUR TEAM, BUT THERE WAS ALSO OTHER ATHLETES AS WELL. YOU KNOW, LIKE, THE SWISS GOT UP TO THEIR THIRD RESERVE, AND A FEW OTHERS, SO, YEAH, IT IS WHAT IT IS. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE FOUGHT HARD, AND IT WAS JUST NICE TO GET THE FULL TEAM ON RACE DAY. DOES IT TAKE MUCH OUT OF YOU WHEN YOU WERE OBVIOUSLY GOING THROUGH THAT? PHYSICALLY, HOW DID YOU FEEL AFTER BEING SICK? UM, I WASN'T TOO BAD. I RAN FOR AN HOUR, AND, UH, THERE WAS A COUPLE LOO STOPS WITHIN THAT HOUR. UM, AND THEN WE WENT TO THE POOL. I WAS PRETTY DEPLETED. I WAS REAL TIRED. AND THEN I WAS JUST` I WAS LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO EAT REALLY WELL. UM, AND THEN THAT NIGHT, I WAS FEELING LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, 80% BETTER, AND THEN THE DAYS WENT ON, AND I WAS ACTUALLY FEELING REALLY GOOD AND DID A COUPLE OF WORKOUTS, AND I WAS FEELING GREAT. SO, UM, YEAH, IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BLIP, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, RECOVERED REALLY WELL. AND, UM, I THINK WE WERE JUST LUCKY THAT THERE WAS FIVE DAYS BETWEEN THE RACES AND IT GAVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO RECOVER A BIT MORE. IT WAS PRETTY TOUGH, I MEAN, WHAT'S THE FEELING AMONG THE ATHLETES IN TERMS OF HAVING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT? OH, IT'S ALWAYS HARD, YOU KNOW, LIKE, BUT I THINK WE WERE JUST STOKED` I THINK EVERYONE WAS JUST STOKED THERE WAS A TRIATHLON. I THINK IF YOU TALK TO EVERY ATHLETE OUT THERE, THE LAST THING WE WANTED WAS A DUATHLON. IT'S JUST SO WEIRD TO RACE TRIATHLON WITHOUT A SWIM. IT JUST DOESN'T` IT JUST FEELS LIKE` IT'S LIKE SOMEONE DOING, UH, YOU KNOW, THE 400m MEDLEY AND NOT DOING BACKSTROKE, YOU KNOW? UM, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. SO IT WAS SO NICE TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THREE DISCIPLINES AND, UH, HEY, WE GOT IN THERE, WE SURVIVED. AND, UH, WE LIVE FOR ANOTHER DAY. SURVIVED. TELL US WHAT HAPPENED. YEAH, I DECIDED TO COME AROUND THE CORNER, UM, ON THE LAST, LIKE, 400m, AND I WAS ACTUALLY AT POLE POSITION COMING INTO IT. AND THEN I GOT CUT OFF BY AUSTRALIANS. YEAH, I HAD TO CORRECT MY LINE, AND I WAS GOING TOO HOT FOR THAT, FOR THE SECOND LINE. AND JUST MY FRONT WHEEL SLID OUT A LITTLE BIT. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF SAND AROUND THE CORNER. AND, YEAH, TOOK ME OUT. AND TOOK THE FRENCH OUT, WHICH, YEAH, I'M PRETTY GUTTED FOR, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE IN A GREAT MEDAL CONTENTION. SO, YEAH. YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE A CRASH, ESPECIALLY TAKING OTHER PEOPLE DOWN. IT'S THE WORST THING TO FEEL. AND GOT BACK ON THE BIKE PRETTY QUICK AND, UH, JUST TRYING TO FIGHT BACK INTO THE RACE AND, YEAH, OBVIOUSLY I'LL PUT MY HAND UP FOR THE, FOR THE TEAM. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANNA CRASH; YOU DON'T WANNA LET YOUR TEAM DOWN. AND I DID BOTH THINGS. UH, BUT I JUST TRY TO DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO LIMIT THE LOSSES. AND, YOU KNOW, WE KEPT FIGHTING, WHICH WAS NICE. THERE'S A WEE BIT OF BLOOD THERE, BUT THERE'S A MODELLING CAREER STILL ON TRACK? YEAH. NO BROKEN NOSE AND FEELING GOOD. YEAH, THE NOSE IS STRAIGHT. SO, HAPPY DAYS. WE CAN CONTINUE MY MODELLING CAREER AFTER MY, UH, MY TRIATHLON CAREER AND, UH, HAPPY DAYS. HE IS A GOOD MAN. THE IOC SAYS IT HAS BEEN FULLY TRANSPARENT ABOUT ITS PROCESSES. YOU CAN HEAR MORE OF THEM AT 6 O'CLOCK AND FROM NIGEL AS WELL. WITH THE TRIATHLON DOWN, WE MOVE ON. THERE ARE MORE MEDALS TO COME. IT IS NOT A BAD TIME TO BE A NEW ZEALANDER IN PARIS, GUYS. NO DOUBT. HE IS SOAKING IT ALL UP. SPEAK FOR YOURSELF, CHANGY. WE WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU AGAIN VERY SHORTLY. ABUSED AND LEFT IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR WEEKS ` THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ALLEGATIONS MADE BY PRISONERS. WE'LL HEAR SOME TESTIMONIES OF THOSE INSIDE THOSE WALLS. # OH MY. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. THREATS OF VIOLENCE, MEDICAL DELAYS, AND LONG STINTS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT ` JUST SOME OF THE ANONYMOUS CLAIMS MADE BY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE PRISON SYSTEM, COLLATED IN A NEW REPORT. INDEPENDENT WATCHDOG AOTEAROA JUSTICE COLLECTED THE COMPLAINTS FROM 62 PEOPLE FROM 2022 TO 2024. SOME RELATE ALSO TO EXPERIENCES WITH POLICE AFTER THEIR RELEASE FROM PRISON, INCLUDING ALLEGATIONS OF SEVERAL BAIL CHECKS A NIGHT, RACISM AND IMPROPER SEARCHES. JUSTICE ADVOCATE AWATEA MITA JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING. TENA KOE, JACK. I WANT TO START WITH THE EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE IN PRISON. WHAT MOST CONCERN DUE FROM THOSE WHO SPOKE TO YOU? THE REPORT DETAILS INCIDENTS OF ABUSE, OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, AND DISCRIMINATION. WHEN WE CONSIDER THE PRISON, SOME OF THE KEY THEMES THAT AROSE FROM IT WERE THE PROLONGED USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT OR AN ADEQUATE TIME IS BEING ALLOWED OUT OF THE CELL. THERE WERE ALSO INSTANCES OF INADEQUATE HEALTHCARE BEING PROVIDED TO PEOPLE IN PRISONS, AND SOMEWHAT AT THE HEART OF THE MATTER, WERE COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE INTERNAL COMPLAINTS PROCESS. PEOPLE WERE NOT BEING HEARD. THEIR NEEDS WERE NOT BEING MET. I THINK OUR REASONABLE DEMAND AS WE HAVE A MORE ROBUST INTERNAL COMPLAINTS SYSTEM THAT THE POLICE AND PRISONS RISE TO THE CHALLENGE AND THAT WE GET SOME OVERSIGHT AND IDENTIFY SOME OF THE PATTERNS OF THESE HARMS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN OUR PRISONS AND WITH THE POLICE. THAT SOUNDS REALLY INTERESTING. I WILL ASK YOU ABOUT THE INTERNAL COMPLAINT SYSTEM IN A MOMENT, AND MAYBE YOU CAN EXPAND WHAT A BETTER SYSTEM WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT TALK TO US MORE ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES. WHY IS SOLITARY CONFINEMENT SO DAMAGING FOR PEOPLE? IF YOU LOOK AT SOME INTERNATIONAL LAW OR THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE, 14 DAYS IS THE MAXIMUM THAT ANY PERSON SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. BUT WE ARE FINDING IN THIS COUNTRY, AND I THINK PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED, THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING HELD LONGER THAN THAT. AND THAT CAUSES MENTAL HARM. HOW LONG A PEOPLE BEING HELD IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO? I AM NOT AWARE OF THAT PARTICULAR DETAIL, BUT THERE IS ALSO OCCASIONS THAT I HAVE BEEN AWARE OF WHERE THAT PARTICULAR EXAMPLE THERE IS LIKE A LOOPHOLE THAT IS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. YOU ARE 15 DAYS ON, ONE DAY. 15 DAYS BACK ON. SOME PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT BEING CONFINED FOR OVER TWO YEARS. THAT IS APPALLING. EVEN TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT OUR PRISONERS NEED LITTLE REFORM, THAT WOULD BE REALLY CONCERNING HEARING THOSE KINDS OF EXPERIENCES. TALK ABOUT WHAT CONCERNED YOU WITH PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES WITH POLICE AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON. SOMETHINGS AROSE FROM THE ISSUES WITH THE POLICE WERE SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED BY THE JUSTICE WATCH INCLUDED IMPROPER SEARCHES, COERCION, HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION, DISCRIMINATION. SO THESE ARE VERY CONCERNING BEHAVIOURS. AND WE THINK THESE DEMANDS ARE REASONABLE. WHAT THEY ILLUSTRATE ARE VERY CONCERNING ACTIONS THAT ARE BEING DONE IN OUR NAME. AS A NATION, WHEN I THINK ABOUT POLICE IMPLIED CONSENT, DO WE CONSENT FOR THIS TYPE OF ABUSE AND A SCRIM A NATION? THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT ENDS UP HAVING THE EXACT OPPOSITE EFFECT THAT OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM SUPPOSEDLY IS MEANT TO HAVE. IF PEOPLE HAVE REALLY DAMAGING AND NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES WHILE IN PRISON AND THEN DAMAGING AND NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE PRISON, THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO REOFFEND AND END UP IN PRISON AGAIN. THAT IS THE POINT OF THIS, JACK. WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING. WE ALL WANT TO FEEL SAFE. BUT WE SHOULD ALSO WANT THE PEOPLE AND PRISONS TO HAVE THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS AND THEIR DIGNITY RESPECTED, AND THAT THERE IS A LEVEL OF SAFETY IN THEIR CARE IN THE PRESENCE. RIGHT NOW, I COULD NOT SAY THAT PRISONS WERE A SAFE PLACE FOR WOMEN, FOR EXAMPLE, OR FOR ANYBODY, STAFF. TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE CHANGED. WHAT MIGHT A BETTER INTERNAL COMPLAINTS PROCESS LOOK LIKE? WE ARE CALLING FOR TRANSPARENCY. LET'S OPEN UP THE TYPES OF COMPLAINTS THAT ARE COLLECTED. LET'S HAVE A PROCESS WHERE PEOPLE ARE INVITED TO MAKE THEIR COMPLAINTS, WHERE THEY ARE HEARD. ONE OF THE MOST CONCERNING ISSUES TO DO WITH THE COMPLAINTS PROCESS IS THE RETALIATION AGAINST PEOPLE WHO MAKE A COMPLAINT. THAT DOES INCENTIVISE AS PEOPLE FROM BRINGING INTO LIKE THE REAL HARMS OF THEIR EXPERIENCES. THEY MIGHT BE PUNISHED. EXACTLY. WE CAN DO AWAY WITH THAT. WE CAN HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE PEOPLE AND FEEL FREE TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS AND A SYSTEM THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO MEETING THOSE NEEDS, AND THIS IS ABOUT SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT, THEY ARE SAFER THAN WHEN THEY WENT IN. CURRENTLY, WE ARE HAVING SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE MORE VIOLENT THAN WHEN THEY WENT ON, SUFFERING MORE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAN WHEN THEY WENT IN, AND I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO CHANGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. KIA ORA, JACK. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THEY'VE BEEN HELPING THE PEOPLE OF NELSON FOR 30 YEARS. WHY THE FIFESHIRE FOUNDATION SAYS THEY NOW NEED A HAND THEMSELVES. # HERE WE GO. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. A NELSON CHARITY THAT HAS BEEN HELPING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HARDSHIP FOR OVER 30 YEARS HAS EXHAUSTED THE 60,000 DOLLARS IT HAD FOR WINTER HEATING GRANTS ` THE $60,000 IT HAD FOR WINTER HEATING GRANTS ` AND WINTER ISN'T OVER. THE FIFESHIRE FOUNDATION SAYS IT'S NOT JUST BENEFICIARIES WHO NEED THEIR HELP, AND NOW EVEN TWO-INCOME FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING. EXECUTIVE OFFICER SHANINE HERMSEN JOINS US NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. WHAT IS THE DEMAND LIKE? IT FELT LIKE IT IS PRETTY HIGH. MORENA. WE ARE SEEING A HUGE DEMAND THIS YEAR. THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR OF THE WINTER GRANTS PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE ALREADY EXHAUSTED THE ALLOCATION FOR THIS YEAR. IT HAS BEEN QUITE FULL ON FOUR PEOPLE OUT THERE. IT LOOKS VERY COLD THERE. HOW MANY FAMILIES OR PEOPLE HAVE YOU MANAGED TO HELP SO FAR THIS WINTER? THIS WINTER SO FAR, WITH THE WINTER GRANTS, WE HAVE GIVEN OVER 150 FAMILIES EITHER A LOAD OF FIREWOOD OR A POWER GRANT TOWARDS THEIR POWER BILL, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY CALLED HELP PEOPLE OUT IN THAT WAY. TELL ME ABOUT THE GRANTS AND HOW THEY WORK. YOU DO NOT GO BY AGENCIES. THIS IS JUST DIRECT TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT. WE ARE QUITE A UNIQUE CHARITY LIKE THAT. WE HELP PEOPLE AT AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL THAT REALLY NEED HELP FROM US. WE DO WORK WITH AGENCIES. FOR THE WINTER GRANTS PROGRAM, WE RECEIVE NOMINATIONS TOWARDS THESE GRANTS, SO WE KNOW WE ARE DIRECTLY HELPING THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEED IT. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO START THESE GRANTS LAST YEAR? I THINK POWER AND FIREWOOD ARE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FAMILIES` WHEN THEY HAVE GOT THEIR COST OF LIVING AND ALL OF THE EXPENSIVE, THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE KNOW FAMILIES REALLY NEED HELP WITH. THEY WANT TO STAY WARM. IT IS SO COLD RIGHT NOW, AND TO BE ABLE TO HELP FAMILIES WITH THAT, IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR PEOPLE. WHAT ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS YOU ARE SEEING WALKING THROUGH THE DOOR? I SAID IN THE INTRODUCTION YOU ARE NO LONGER JUST SEEING BENEFICIARIES. THESE ARE FAMILIES AND HOMES WHERE BOTH PARENTS ARE ACTUALLY BRINGING IN AN INCOME. THAT IS RIGHT. WE ARE SEEING THAT MORE AND MORE THESE DAYS WITH OUR GRANTS. I GUESS THERE ARE SO MANY FACTORS. THERE IS THE COST OF LIVING, WHICH IS BITING EVERYONE. THERE IS INCREASED RENTS. THERE ARE SO MANY EXPENSES THAT PEOPLE CANNOT GET TO PAY THEIR REGULAR COSTS. WE ARE SEEING A WHOLE RANGE OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE DOOR. WE HAVE HAD NOMINATIONS FROM ACROSS THE REGION. WE SERVE NELSON AND THE TASMAN, AND WE HAVE HAD NOMINATIONS FROM A FAMILY IN MOTUEKA WHOSE HOUSE BURNT DOWN, SADLY. WE HAVE HAD NOMINATIONS FROM FAMILIES WHO HAVE TWO INCOMES, BUT THEY JUST CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THEIR POWER BILL OR GET A LOAD OF FIREWOOD. IT IS JUST REALLY HARD FOR PEOPLE AT THE MOMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A NUMBER, BUT IT MUST BE VERY DIFFICULT TO NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE HELP OR ASSISTANCE TO THOSE FAMILIES OR THOSE WHO ARE COMING THROUGH YOUR DOORS AND ASKING FOR HELP. HONESTLY, I THINK BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD TO CLOSE THE PROGRAM EARLY, AND WE ARE REALLY WANTING TO HELP MORE PEOPLE, WE COULD EASILY HELP ANOTHER 50 FAMILIES, POSSIBLY MORE. EACH YEAR, WE HELP 700 TO 800 FAMILIES WHO ARE REGULAR GRANTS AS WELL. THERE IS JUST A HUGE DEMAND OUT THERE. IT IS REALLY QUITE SAD. YOU HAVE HAD TO CLOSE THE GRANTS, BUT YOU DO WANT TO REOPEN THEM. WINTER IS NOT OVER YET. IT LOOKS VERY COLD THERE. YOU HAVE STARTED A GIVE A LITTLE PAGE. YES, WE HAVE. OUR TRUSTEES AND BOARD DECIDED LET'S CALL TO THE COMMUNITY. THE MOTTO HAS ALWAYS BEEN LOCALS LOOKING UP FOR LOCALS, SO IT IS REALLY AWESOME THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE REGION ARE ABLE TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THAT. WE HAVE A GIVE A LITTLE CAMPAIGN OPEN SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY KEEP THE CAMPAIGN GOING FOR ANOTHER MONTH JUST TO KEEP SOME MORE PEOPLE WARM OVER WINTER THIS YEAR. DO YOU HAVE ANY DETAILS ABOUT THAT PAGE? IF YOU LOOK UP OUR FOUNDATION ON THE GIVE A LITTLE PAGE OR YOU CAN ALSO DONATE DIRECTLY TO US THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. BEAUTIFUL WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. LET'S GET SOME MORE HOUSES WARMED UP DOWN IN NELSON. THANK YOU. NGA MIHI. THANK YOU. A THIRD GOLD MEDAL'S BEEN ADDED TO THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM'S TALLY IN PARIS THIS MORNING, WITH FINN BUTCHER WINNING THE MEN'S KAYAK CROSS. THE KIWI WON HIS SEMI TO LOCK IN A FINALS BERTH, THEN DOMINATED THE GOLD MEDAL RACE. FANTASTIC. HE IS TRYING TO GET THROUGH. HE IS AND SECOND NOW. THE BUTCHER IS AWAY. THE KIWI IS OUT IN FRONT. IT IS THE ONLY CHANCE TO TAKE OUT THE BUTCHER. CLARK IS TOO LATE. IT IS THE BUTCHER. OH MY GOODNESS. HE HAS BEATEN THE THREE TIME WORLD CHAMPION. PRETTY HAPPY. THE 2 TO THE RIGHT AMENDED UP COLLIDING A LITTLE BIT OFF THE START, WHICH GAVE ME A CLEAR WAY. IT WAS ALL I NEEDED TO GET SOME SPACE BY MYSELF. IT KEPT IT THROUGH TO THE END, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD. THE NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S TEAM SPRINTERS HAVE JUST RECEIVED THEIR SILVER MEDALS. IT'S NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST EVER MEDAL AT THE OLYMPICS IN THE WOMEN'S TEAM SPRINT. THE KIWIS WENT UP AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN IN THE GOLD MEDAL RACE. THEY TAKE THE LEAD. ARE THEY GOING TO TAKE THE NEW WORLD RECORD? HERE THEY GO. NEW ZEALAND RMD IN THEIR TAKE. IT LOOKS LIKE GREAT BRITAIN WILL MAKE HISTORY HERE. SHE HAS GOT TO HANG IN HERE AND DICTATE. THEY TAKE THE GOLD MEDAL IN A WORLD RECORD TIME. THEY HAVE BROKEN THE WORLD RECORD. GAMES REPORTER JORDAN OPPERT WATCHED THE RACE UNFOLD AND IS WITH US NOW. TELL YOU WHAT. THE LIFE OF A NEWLY CROWNED OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALLIST IS NOT THAT GLAMOROUS. WE ARE WAITING FOR THEM TO COME OUT OF DRUG TESTING. OUR FIRST WOMEN'S TEAM SPRINT MEDAL, AND IT WAS A TWO HORSE RACE BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND GREAT BRITAIN THE ENTIRE AFTERNOON, AND RECORDS WERE BROKEN. NEW ZEALAND BROKEN OLYMPIC RECORD, THE NEW ZEALANDER, THEN GREAT BRITAIN DID, AND IN THE END, GREAT BRITAIN WON THE SPOILS. WHAT A TERRIFIC WAY TO START OFF A NEW ZEALAND TRACK CYCLING CAMPAIGN WITH A SILVER MEDAL. IT IS A LONG WEEK. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. IT HAS REALLY SET THE TONE. AS WE MENTIONED, THIS IS THE PLACE TO DO IT WITH BREAKING RECORDS. THIS VELODROME IS MADE FOR BREAKING RECORDS. IT IS HOT, HUMID, STICKY IN THERE, WHICH MEANS WERE LOWER IN DENSITY AND FASTER TIMES. IF THAT IS ANYTHING TO GO BY, PLENTY MORE GOLDEN RESULTS TO COME. AND OUR POLE VAULTERS HAVE IMPRESSED IN THE ATHLETICS ` ALL THREE ATHLETES QUALIFYING FOR THE FINAL. OLYMPICS REPORTER MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE WAS THERE TO WATCH IT UNFOLD. ELIZA MCCARTNEY HAS SIGNALLED A WARNING IN HER FIRST OLYMPIC GAMES IN EIGHT YEARS, MAKING IT THROUGH TO THE WOMEN'S POLE VAULT FINAL. IT WAS STRAIGHTFORWARD FOR HER, CLEARING THE TOP JUMPER 4 M 55 ON HER SECOND ATTEMPT WHILE THE OTHERS RELIED ON A COMEBACK. A HUGE MOMENT FOR KIWI POLE VOTING. WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE COACH JUST BEFORE. IT WAS NOT UNTIL RIGHT AT THE VERY END THAT WE KNEW THAT WE WOULD HAVE ALL THREE THROUGH TO THE FINAL. UP UNTIL THAT POINT, I WAS PRETTY UNCERTAIN. IN FACT, IF I WAS LEANING ANYWAY, I WOULD SAY I WAS NOT SURE THAT SOME OF THEM WERE GOING TO GO THROUGH. THE WAY IT PLAYED OUT, HAVING THREE IN THE FINALS IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE. UNEXPECTED, I WOULD SAY, BUT FANTASTIC. IT WAS A DISAPPOINTING DAY FOR CONNOR BELL, WHO FINISHED 13TH IN THE QUALIFYING ROUNDS OF DISCUS. HE WAS ONE PLACE OFF A FINALS SPOT. TO OTHER NEWS NOW, AND AN ADVOCATE AGAINST DIGITAL HARM SAYS SOCIAL MEDIA MOBILISED THIS WEEK'S UNREST IN THE UK. VIOLENT RIOTS ERUPTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING THE KILLINGS OF THREE YOUNG GIRLS IN THE TOWN OF SOUTHPORT. IMRAN AHMED SAYS FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT THE ALLEGED OFFENDER WERE PROMOTED BY ALGORITHMS ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. QUITE SIMPLY, THE FIRST PLACE WHERE THE LIES THAT UNDERPIN HATRED WORSE PERIOD, WAS ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, AND FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LOGGING ONTO SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN THEY HEARD THAT SOMETHING TERRIBLE MAY HAVE HAPPENED IN ENGLAND, THE FIRST INFORMATION THAT THEY WOULD SEE PRESENTED IS THE INFORMATION SELECTED BY THE ALGORITHMS ON THOSE PLATFORMS FOR THEM TO SEE. AHMED SAYS PLATFORMS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MODERATE THAT KIND OF INFORMATION, AND CALLED FOR STRONGER REGULATION. AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE FELT AN EARTHQUAKE THAT SHOOK THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND OVERNIGHT. THE 4.8 MAGNITUDE QUAKE STRUCK 15km SOUTHWEST OF WELLINGTON, IN THE COOK STRAIT, JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. IT WAS ONLY 13m DEEP WITH MORE THAN 17,000 PEOPLE REPORTED FEELING IT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT'S THE STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE IN NEW ZEALAND SINCE A 5.1 JOLT OFF THE COAST OF GREYMOUTH FOUR MONTHS AGO. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. IT IS A LOVELY DAY. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PARTLY CLOUDY START FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, THIS WILL TURN TO A NICE FINE DAY AFTER MIDDAY FOR THOSE IN RUSSELL, WHANGAREI AND WHITIANGA. FURTHER SOUTH ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING. BIT OF CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH IN THE AFTERNOON IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. 15 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` SIMILAR HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU HERE. SOME NORTH EASTERLIES DEVELOPING LATER ON IN NAPIER AND HASTINGS. 15 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` PARTLY CLOUDY MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE REGION. THIS WILL CLEAR TO A NICE FINE DAY AFTER 12. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG. A SUNNY DAY FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. HOWEVER ON THE WEST, IT'S LOOKING A BIT MORE GREY FOR YOUR TUESDAY. HEADING SOUTH ` LOOKING LOVELY HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE REGION. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME SHOWERS TODAY IN MILFORD SOUND. ELSWHERE, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A NICE FINE DAY. 14 THE HIGH FOR OTEPOTI, DUNEDIN. IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A BETTER START TO NEW ZEALAND'S TRACK CYCLING CAMPAIGN. THE WOMEN'S TEAM PICKED UP SILVER IN THE SPRINT. LET'S GO BACK TO JORDAN NOW. MORENA, JORDAN. OR, GOOD EVENING TO GO. IT IS NOW PITCH BLACK. WHAT A WAY TO START THE NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC TRACK CYCLING TEAMS OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN WITH SILVER. IT IS THE FIRST OLYMPIC MEDAL FOR OUR WOMEN'S TEAM SPRINT HERE TONIGHT. IT WAS REALLY A TWO HORSE RACE THE ENTIRE AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT THE QUALIFYING STAGES WITH THEM AND GREAT BRITAIN. NEW ZEALAND WOULD DO A WORLD RECORD, THEN GREAT BRITAIN WOULD DO A WORLD RECORD, NEW ZEALAND WOULD DO AN OLYMPIC RECORD, GREAT BRITAIN WOULD DO AN OLYMPIC RECORD, AND THAT FOLLOWED THEM ALL THE WAY TO THE FINAL, WHERE THEY WERE JUST PIPPED AT THE END. A HECKUVA RESULT FOR THEIR WOMEN'S SPRINT TEAM. THEY SURPASSED THEIR OWN EXPECTATIONS. WE WERE TALKING TO THEIR RESERVE RIDER JUST BEFORE, AND SHE WAS SAYING THEY CAME THERE THINKING THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO JUST PUSH ON FOR BRONZE, SO TO GO IN THERE ONE BETTER AND BE IN THE FINAL RACE IS A HECK OF AN ACHIEVEMENT. WE SPOKE TO THEIR FAMILIES A SHORT TIME AGO AS THEY PILED OUT EN ROUTE TO THE PUB. SO HAPPY FOR THEM. THEY TRAIN HARD. WHAT A START TO THE OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN. INCREDIBLY PROUD. I THINK IT IS SO COOL JUST TO WATCH ALL THEIR HARD WORK PAID OFF. THEY HAVE A HARD DAYS, AND YOU SEE THEM COME OUT, AND TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER ON THE DAY IS PRETTY EPIC. EXTREMELY PROUD. I AM SURE THEY WOULD HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THEY WERE CAPABLE OF THIS, BUT WHAT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED IN TERMS OF BREAKING WORLD RECORDS ONLY FOR THEM TO BE BROKEN AGAIN, DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD BE SHOCKED AT WHAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED? BIG TIME. I DO NOT THINK THEY WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED THAT. I THINK IF THEY WENT UP A SECOND SOLO, THEY WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND THERE. YOU CAN SEE AFTER THE SECOND RUN, THEIR FACES COULD SAY IT ALL. THEY COULD NOT STOP GRINNING. IT WAS PRETTY EPIC. DO YOU THINK THE BOYFRIEND CLUB NEEDS TO GET SOME CYCLING T-SHIRTS? NO. I WILL COME AROUND TO YOU GUYS. PROUD PARENTS. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SEE REBECCA ACHIEVE THIS? IT IS JUST AMAZING. JUST SO PROUD. I DON'T KNOW. IT IS JUST AMAZING. THE TEAM WAS AWESOME. THEY LOOKED SO RELAXED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DAY. THEY WERE JUST FIST PUMPING. IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE. AND A DUAL OLYMPIAN, SHE IS AS WELL. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF IT WHEN SHE CAME TO YOU AND SAID I WILL GIVE TRACK CYCLING A CRACK? WE WERE 100% BEHIND HER. WHATEVER SHE DOES, WE ARE RIGHT BEHIND HER. HOW PROUD ARE YOU OF WHAT THE TEAM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE TONIGHT? IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. BEYOND EXPECTATION. SUPER PROUD OF THEM. IT HAS BEEN A HUGE JOURNEY, AND THEY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE. THEY HELD IT TOGETHER UNDER THE TOUGHEST AND A HUGE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE, AND IT HAS BEEN AMAZING. HOW DID YOU GO WATCHING IT OUT THERE? WORLD RECORDS WERE BEING BROKEN EVERYWHERE. WHEN THEY DID THEIR FIRST ROUND, I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THE TIME I HAD BEEN BROKEN. IT WAS THAT FAST. IT WAS BEYOND EXPECTATION. IT JUST KEEPS GETTING MORE AND MORE INTENSE. BUT IT WAS IN A GOOD WAY. DO YOU THINK THIS TEAM HAS SURPASSED THEIR OWN EXPECTATIONS HERE? BY FAR. I THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO BE IN THE BRONZE MEDAL RIDE, SO TO GET IN THE GOLD AND SILVER RIDE, IT IS JUST` THEY WILL BE BLOWN AWAY. IT IS A BIG WEEK AHEAD. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. HOW DO YOU THINK THIS WILL SET THE TONE FOR ELLESSE GOING FORWARD? I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD DAY TO GO OUT THERE AND HAVE A BLAST, GET USED TO THE TRACK AND ENVIRONMENT AND SETTLE SOME NERVES. BUT THEY HAD GOT ARRESTED DAY TOMORROW, AND I THINK THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COME IN AND CONTINUE TO BRING IT. AND TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF CONTEXT THEY ARE, THE TWO BOYFRIENDS AT THE START WEARING THE WARRIORS JERSEYS REALLY WANT UP THE WAHINES TO START TRENDING HERE. SHE WAS DOING BMX IN TOKYO, AND NOW SHE IS DOING THIS. SHE IS IN CHARGE OF GETTING THEM UP TO SPEED. ELLESSE HAS WON MULTIPLE MEDALS. HER DAD ONLY CAME ON BOARD AS THE COACH NOT THAT LONG AGO. WHAT A TURNAROUND THEY HAVE SEEN. THIS IS JUST A ONE. THEY COULD BE IN FOR A FIERY WEEK AHEAD. INDEED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JORDAN, FOR THAT UPDATE. I THINK I COULD GO WITH UP THE WAHINE. THE MOMENT THAT JORDAN SAID, ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO CHANGE YOUR SHIRTS... I AM SO OFFENDED BY THAT, JORDAN. I LOVE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING BY ONE OF THE MOST ORNATE PALACES IN THE WORLD. NOW YOU HAVE THE BOYS WEARING THEIR WARRIORS JERSEYS THERE. THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT WARRIORS JERSEYS IN THAT SHOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JORDAN. ME U TONU MAI ` THEY WERE LEFT DUMPED IN AN AUCKLAND RUBBISH BIN A YEAR AGO, BUT THE FOUR SURVIVING PUPPIES HAVE JUST HAD A MEET UP, AND IT WAS EVER THE OCCASION YOU CAN IMAGINE. ARE THEY PUPPIES STILL? (UPBEAT MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. TIED UP IN A FABRIC SHOPPING BAG AND DUMPED IN THE RUBBISH ` THAT'S HOW 10 PUPPIES WERE LEFT TO DIE IN AUCKLAND LAST YEAR. BUT OF THE 10, FOUR SURVIVED. AND NOW THREE OF THEM ` MILO, MISSY, AND MAUI ` HAVE REUNITED FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE SAVING HOPE FOUNDATION HAS WORKED TO REHOME THE PUPPIES, SO FOR MORE ON THEIR STORY, WE'RE JOINED BY THE GROUP'S JANINE HINTON AND OWNER OF MAUI, ANITA D'ANVERS. MORENA. LOOK AT YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. HOW OTHER PUPPIES GOING? THE PUPPIES, WE HAVE SO MANY PUPPIES. WE HAVE JUST OVER 100 AT THE MOMENT. WE HAVE LOTS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER YOU ARE STILL SEEING DOGS BEING DUMPED, BUT IF WE CAN COME BACK TO OUR LITTLE SURVIVORS, THERE WAS A BIT OF A REUNION WITH THE FOUR PUPPIES. HOW DID THAT GO? IT WAS AMAZING. IT IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN THEM SINCE THEY WERE REALLY LITTLE. AND I WAS REALLY SURPRISED HOW BEAUTIFUL AND WELL-BEHAVED THEY WERE. THAT WAS AMAZING. THEY DO NOT REALLY LOOK LIKE PUPPIES ANYMORE, DO THEY? ANITA, HOW DID YOU END UP WITH MAUI? KIND OF A FUNNY STORY. ALLOCATE IS BLIND, SO MY HUSBAND THOUGHT WE NEEDED A SEEING EYE DOG. WE STARTED LOOKING AT RESCUES, AND WE CAME ACROSS MESSY FIRST, AND I SENT A PICTURE OF HER TO MY BROTHER AND PARTNER BECAUSE HE LOVES A BEAUTIFUL GENTLE GIANT, AND SO THEY ADOPTED MISSY AND THEN MILO WAS ADOPTED BY MY AUNTIE, AND WE WENT TO VISIT, AND MAUI WAS THE LAST ONE OF THE LETTER TO BE ADOPTED. THESE PUPPIES, THESE THREE PUPPIES FROM THE SAME LITTER ENDED UP LIVING WITH DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY. HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THAT? IT IS NICE. HOW MUCH WORK HAVE YOU ACTUALLY HAD TO PUT INTO MAUI? I IMAGINE IT WAS A TRAUMATIC START FOR HIM AS A PUPPY. HAS THERE BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE? THE AMAZING THING ABOUT SAVING HOPE IS ALL THE DOGS ARE IN BRILLIANT FOSTER HOMES. MAUI'S FOSTER HOME DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH HIM. WHEN WE PICKED UP AT 11 WEEKS, HE WAS CRATE TRAINED AND SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT. HE COULD SET, SHAKE, GO DOWN, SPEAK EVEN. AND HE ALSO LIVED IN A HOME WITH OTHER DOGS AND CATS AND RABBITS, SO HE WAS REALLY WELL-ADJUSTED. HE SLOTTED RIGHT INTO OUR FAMILY. WE FEEL REALLY LUCKY. I GOT ASKED REALLY OFTEN IF IT HAS BEEN HARD, BUT BECAUSE OF HIS START AND BEING IN A FOSTER HOME, HE WAS BRILLIANT. HE SETTLED RIGHT IN, AND HE KIND OF MADE IT EASY. HE IS A BEAUTIFUL BOY. YOU HAVE GOT YOUR TWO GIRLS WITH YOU. WHAT DO THEY THINK OF HIM? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MAUI? HE IS A VERY GOOD DOG. WHAT DO YOU THINK? HE IS CUTE? I LOVE IT. NO DOUBT A HUGE PART OF THE FAMILY AS WELL. JANINE, I WILL BRING YOU BACK IN. THESE PUPPIES WERE DUMPED A YEAR AGO IN AUCKLAND. THERE WERE 10 OF THEM. UNFORTUNATELY, JUST FOUR OF THEM SURVIVED. ARE YOU STILL SEEING PUPPIES BEING DUMPED? YES. THERE ARE STILL PUPPIES BEING DUMPED, AND TO ME, LIKE I HAVE SAID BEFORE, IF YOU HAVE PUPPIES, YOU DO NOT WANT THEM, ASK FOR HELP OR TAKE THEM TO A VET AND SAY YOU FOUND THEM IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO OWN UP AND SAY THEY ARE YOURS. WE NEED MAJOR DESEXING. EVERY YEAR IN RESCUE IS GETTING HARDER. SEVEN YEARS WE HAVE BEEN GOING, AND IT IS JUST NOT SLOWING DOWN. EDUCATION IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL. BUT I DO NOT SEE AN END TO THIS CRISIS. AT THIS STAGE, WE COULD PROBABLY TAKE IN 30 PUPPIES, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE FOSTERS OR THE ROOM. IT IS REALLY SAD OUT THERE. YOU SAID YOU HAVE ABOUT 100 PUPPIES THERE. IF PEOPLE CAN ADOPT OR GIVE, HOW CAN THEY DO THAT? WE HAVE GOT A WEBSITE. SAVINGHOPEFOUNDATION.CO.NZ YOU CAN FILL IN AN ADOPTION FORM. WE LIKE PEOPLE TO APPLY TO FOSTER ON OUR WEBSITE. WITHOUT OUR SUPPORTERS, FOSTERS, ADMIN AND AMAZING PEOPLE LIKE THESE THAT ADOPT OUR DOGS, WE COULD NOT DO IT. WE ARE ONE BIG FAMILY. ANITA, YOU HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN HIGH PRAISE FOR THE WORK THAT SAVING HOPE FOUNDATION DID FOR YOUR PUPPY, AND I WONDER WHETHER YOU HAVE ANY WORDS OF ADVICE FOR ANYBODY WHO MAY BE CONSIDERING ADOPTING A DOG OR HELPING IN ANY WAY FROM SAVING HOPE FOUNDATION? I THINK IN TERMS OF ADOPTING A DOG AND THE GREAT THING THAT SAVING HOPE DO WITH THEM BEING IN THE FOSTER HOMES, THE DOGS ACTUALLY HAVE A VOICE. THERE WAS ANOTHER DOG THAT WE HAD SENT AN ADOPTION FORM IN, AND SHE CHOSE HER OWN FAMILY. YOU ARE GETTING THESE DOGS THAT ARE REALLY WELL-ADJUSTED THAT ACTUALLY CHOOSE YOU. I THINK THAT IS A HUGE PART OF THAT AS WELL, AND THEY ARE SETTLING IN. I THINK BY HELPING SAVING HOPE, ANY SORT OF MONEY OR HELP IN THAT WAY, THERE ARE SO MANY GIRLS COMING IN, AND A LOT OF THEM NEED A LOT OF MEDICAL CARE. BEAUTIFUL. WHEN THEY COME INTO OUR CARE, IF THEY ARE SECOND THEY WANT TO FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THEM. SOME WILL NOT MAKE IT. ANY SORT OF DONATION, EVEN A DOLLAR, IT MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENT TO US. VET BILLS ARE AROUND $70,000 A MONTH. THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY TO FIND, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT FUNDED. ANY SORT OF HELP AT ALL, HELPING WITH THE FUNDRAISERS, OUR FUNDRAISING TEAM PROBABLY JUST ABOUT EVERY WEEKEND, THEY WORK FULL-TIME, AND EVERY WEEKEND, THEY ARE OUT THERE TRYING TO GET US MONEY. IT IS ONE BIG FAMILY, AND I AM VERY PROUD OF EVERYONE THAT HELPS US. THE WORK YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO IS INCREDIBLE. IT IS LOVELY TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING WITH US. THE PUPPIES ARE THERE` THEY ARE NOT PUPPIES ANYMORE. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. THEY ARE A COUPLE OF BIG UNITS, IT HAS TO BE SAID. LOTS OF EGGS ASIDE FOR THOSE. IF YOU HAVE JUST BEEN JOINING US, IT HAS BEEN A GOLDEN NIGHT IN PARIS. A GOLD IN THE KAYAK CROSS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS BOARD HAS BEEN CONTESTED IN THE OLYMPICS. AMAZING TO SEE FENN BUTCHER PICKING UP THAT MEDAL. IT HAS TO BE SAID OF ALL OF THE SPORT THAT THE OLYMPICS, IT IS ONE OF THE BEST ONES FOR SPECTATORS. WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE BREAKDANCING, BUT SEEING FOUR DIFFERENT KAYAKERS TAKING OFF AT THE SAME TIME, GOING DOWN A WHITE WATERCOURSE, COMPETING WITH OTHERS AT THE SAME TIME GETTING THE ELBOWS OUT AND BUMPING WITH EACH OTHER, IT HAS BEEN SO EXCITING TO SEE IT. HOW BRUTAL. THERE ARE FOUR COMPETITORS, AND ONE OF YOU WAS GOING TO MISS OUT. IS IT A SURPRISE THAT THE GUY WITH THE LAST NAME OF BUTCHER ENDED UP WINNING THE GOLD MEDAL GIVEN HOW BRUTAL IT IS? WE WANT TO PATCH A NEW SPORT AFTER 8:30 AM. THIS ONE IS NOT CONTESTED THE SAME KIND OF SPEED AS THE KAYAK CROSS. IT IS AT A SNAIL'S PACE LITERALLY. THE SNAIL CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE ON. WE WILL FIND OUT WHO IS SLITHERING THEIR WAY TO THE FRONT. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK. NEW ZEALAND'S MOVING UP THE MEDAL TABLE IN PARIS, ADDING TWO MORE MEDALS THIS MORNING. OLYMPICS REPORTER GUY HEVELDT SENT THIS REPORT FROM PARIS. NEW ZEALAND HAS ITS THIRD GOLD MEDAL OF THESE OLYMPICS, AND IT'S GONE TO GAMES DEBUTANT FINN BUTCHER IN THE CHAOTIC EVENT OF THE KAYAK CROSS. HE ABSOLUTELY DOMINATED THE QUARTER-FINAL, HE DOMINATED THE SEMI-FINAL, AND THEN, OF COURSE, HE DOMINATED THE ONE THAT MATTERED ` THE FINAL TO CLAIM GOLD. BUTCHER HAS BEATEN HOME A GREAT BRITISH RIVAL. HE'S BEATEN HOME A GERMAN RIVAL AND TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU, IT NEVER LOOKED IN DOUBT. WE JUST CAUGHT UP WITH HIM A FEW MINUTES AGO, AND GET THIS, HE HAS BEEN TRAINING AT THIS COURSE SINCE APRIL OF THIS YEAR TO FIGURE OUT ALL ITS NUANCES, THE WAY THAT THE WATER FLOWS, AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF. THAT IS THE DETERMINATION, THAT IS THE EFFORT, THAT IS THE HOMEWORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS GOLD MEDAL FOR FINN BUTCHER. HE IS A NEW OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST IN HIS GAMES DEBUT; NEW ZEALAND HAS ITS THIRD GOLD. THERE COULD BE PLENTY MORE HERE AT THE NAUTICAL OLYMPIC STADIUM TO COME AS WELL. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SCENE OF THE FLAT WATER KAYAKING AND CANOEING AS WELL, WITH DAME LISA CARRINGTON, AND AIMEE FISHER IN THE K4 AS WELL. PLENTY MORE TO COME THIS WEEK OUT AT THIS VENUE. THE NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S TEAM SPRINTERS HAVE CLAIMED SILVER. THE KIWIS WENT UP AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN IN THE GOLD MEDAL RACE. THEY TAKE THE LEAD. ARE THEY GOING TO TAKE THE NEW WORLD RECORD? HERE THEY GO. GONNA BRING IT HOME FOR GREAD BRITAIN. NEW ZEALAND ARE EMPTYING THEIR TANK. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE GREAT BRITAIN WILL MAKE HISTORY HERE. SHE HAS GOT TO HANG IN HERE AND DIG DEEP AND DRIVE FOR HOME, AND TAKE THE GOLD MEDAL. YES, THEY DO, IN A WORLD RECORD TIME. GREAT BRITAIN HAVE BROKEN THE WORLD RECORD. AND THE 1 NEWS TEAM IN PARIS CAUGHT UP WITH TEAM MEMBER ELLESSE ANDREWS' MUM RIGHT AFTER THE RACE. BEYOND EXPECTATION. SUPER PROUD OF JOHNNY AS WELL. IT HAS BEEN A HUGE JOURNEY, AND THEY HAVE JUST BEEN INCREDIBLE. HOW DID TOGETHER UNDER THE TOUGHEST AND A HUGE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE, AND IT HAS JUST BEEN AMAZING. HAYDEN WILDE HAS REVEALED HE SUFFERED E. COLI-LIKE SYMPTOMS AFTER THE MEN'S TRIATHLON AS THE DECISION TO HOLD THE SWIM LEG IN THE SEINE IS AGAIN QUESTIONED. WILDE WAS PART OF THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM THAT STRUGGLED IN THE MIXED RELAY EVENT, FINISHING 14TH. WILDE TOLD 1 NEWS HE WAS HIT HARD FOR 48 HOURS AFTER HIS SILVER MEDAL PERFORMANCE IN THE MEN'S EVENT. WAS A BIT OF SICKNESS WITHIN THE TEAM 48 HOURS AFTER THE RACE, BUT AFTER 24 HOURS, IT CLEARED UP PRETTY QUICK. I WAS JUST LUCKY THAT I ONLY HAD SOME E. COLI POTENTIAL SICKNESS FOR 24 HOURS, BUT THEN I WAS ABSOLUTELY FINE. THE POWER WAS STILL THERE ON THE BIKE, STILL THERE ON THE RUN, AND I FELT GREAT ABOUT RACING, IT WAS JUST AN UNFORTUNATE DAY OUT THERE. A BELGIAN ATHLETE WAS HOSPITALISED AFTER THE WOMEN'S RACE AND PULLED OUT OF THE MIXED EVENT. MICAH WILKINSON AND ERICA DAWSON ARE SITTING IN A PODIUM POSITION WITH ONE MORE DAY OF QUALIFYING IN SAILING'S MIXED MULTI-HULL CLASS. THE KIWI CREW HAD A SECOND, FOURTH AND NINTH IN TODAY'S RACES. THEY NOW SIT THIRD AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S THREE RACES, TIED WITH SECOND-PLACED ARGENTINA. TO SOME OTHER NEWS NOW, AND IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT NEW ZEALAND'S EDUCATIONAL BENCHMARKS ARE, ACCORDING TO ONE EDUCATOR. THE GOVERNMENT IS FAST-TRACKING AN OVERHAUL OF MATHS EDUCATION. 2023 DATA FOUND LESS THAN A QUARTER OF PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS WERE MEETING NEW MATHS CURRICULUM EXPECTATIONS. THE PRESIDENT OF THE AUCKLAND PRIMARY PRINCIPALS' ASSOCIATION SAYS IT'S A START BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE. IT IS GREAT TO SEE THAT THERE IS A COMMITMENT TO THAT TRAINING AND TO GIVING TIME TO THAT DEVELOPMENT. BUT WHAT THAT ULTIMATELY LOOKS LIKE IS YET TO BE SEEN. ONCE WE GET THAT SPECIFICITY AROUND WHAT THE TRAINING WILL LOOK LIKE AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO ROLL THIS OUT, WHERE IS THAT I'M GOING TO COME FROM? IT IS A LITTLE EARLY TO KNOW FOR SURE WHAT IMPACT IT WILL ACTUALLY HAVE AND HOW WE WILL BALANCE IT. ALONGSIDE THE NEW CURRICULUM, THERE'LL ALSO BE INCREASED OVERSIGHT FROM THE EDUCATION REVIEW OFFICE AND MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS THE CURRICULUM OVERHAUL OF MATHS AND LITERACY WILL BEGIN WITH TEACHER CONFIDENCE. PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE TEACHERS NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE LITTLE TO MATHEMATICS, WHICH IS THE OLD FORM SIX. THOSE OTHER THINGS WE ARE DOING TO SUPPORT TEACHERS. WE KNOW THEY ARE MOVING APACE, AND WE WANT TO FOCUS ON TWO THINGS AT THE MOMENT. ONE IS IMPROVING THE LITERACY AND READING OF NEW ZEALANDERS AND ALSO IMPROVING THEIR MATHS. THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS IN BANGLADESH HAVE STORMED THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE COUNTRY'S PRIME MINISTER. SHEIKH HASINA HAS REPORTEDLY FLED TO INDIA AFTER WEEKS OF PROTESTS CALLING FOR HER TO QUIT. WILD CELEBRATIONS ERUPTED ON THE STREETS AS THE NEWS BROKE. THE MILITARY SAYS IT'S NOW IN TALKS TO FORM AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT. THE DEMONSTRATIONS INITIALLY BROKE OUT LAST MONTH AS A STUDENT LED MOVEMENT AGAINST A CONTROVERSIAL QUOTA SYSTEM FOR GOVERNMENT JOBS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PARTLY CLOUDY START FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, THIS WILL TURN TO A NICE FINE DAY AFTER MIDDAY FOR THOSE IN RUSSELL, WHANGAREI AND WHITIANGA. FURTHER SOUTH ` BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING. BIT OF CLOUD ROLLING THROUGH IN THE AFTERNOON IN HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. TO THE EAST COAST ` SIMILAR HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU HERE. SOME NORTH EASTERLIES DEVELOPING LATER ON IN NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` PARTLY CLOUDY MORNING FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE REGION. THIS WILL CLEAR TO A NICE FINE DAY AFTER 12. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` BIT OF A MIXED BAG. A SUNNY DAY FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST. HOWEVER ON THE WEST, IT'S LOOKING A BIT MORE GREY FOR YOUR TUESDAY. HEADING SOUTH ` LOOKING LOVELY HERE. BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE REGION. GORGEOUS. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SOME SHOWERS TODAY IN MILFORD SOUND. ELSEWHERE, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A NICE FINE DAY. KIA ORA, INDIRA. YES, I GUESS WE OLYMPICS ARE OKAY, BUT ANOTHER SPORTING EVENT HAS CAUGHT OUR ATTENTION. IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT A COMPETITOR GOING AT SNAIL'S PACE WOULD WIN A RACE, BUT TURNS OUT IT CAN BE QUITE IMPRESSIVE. SOME OF THE WORLDS FASTEST MOLLUSCS HAVE COMPETED IN THE ANNUAL SNAIL RACING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE UK. THEY WERE SO QUICK THAT A RACE TIME OF FOUR MINUTES AND FIVE SECONDS OVER A COURSE THAT IS ABOUT 35 CM LONG TURNED OUT TO BE THE WINNING TIME. IT IS NOT THAT FAST. IT IS NOT EXACTLY USAIN BOLT. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY SNAIL MASTER NICHOLAS DICKINSON. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. FIRST OF ALL, HOW DOES SNAIL RACING ACTUALLY WORK? I HAVE ACTUALLY GOT A CORRECTION. THE COURSE DISTANCE IS 13.5 CM. (LAUGHTER) IT IS A THIRD OF THE DISTANCE THAT WE JUST TOLD EVERYONE. BASICALLY, IF YOU THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING SLOW, THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOING THREE TIMES LOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY. I THINK SOMEONE HAS WORKED IT OUT. IT IS 0.006 MILES AN HOUR. OKAY. THAT IS... THAT SOUNDS LIKE ME IN THE 100 M, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST. HOW DOES IT WORK? THE COURSE IS ON A ROUNDTABLE. THERE ARE TWO CONCENTRIC CIRCLES, ONE IN THE MIDDLE AND ONE ON THE OUTSIDE. THE SNAILS HAVE TO START IN THE INNER CIRCLE, AND IT IS THE FIRST 1 TO GET A TENTACLE ACROSS THE OUTER CIRCLE 13.5 CM AWAY. IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL THEM? THE LITTLE FEELERS THEY HAVE OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR FACES? THEY ARE TENTACLES. YES. I KNOW THIS WILL NOT HAVE ESCAPED OUR VIEWER'S ATTENTION, BUT THIS DIFFERS. IF YOU ARE EVER IN A PHOTO FINISH, IT IS THE TENTACLE THAT CROSSES THE LINE RATHER THAN THE CHEST LIKE THEY HAD IN THE 100 M FINAL YESTERDAY. IT IS THE FIRST BIT OF THE SNAIL, AS JUDGED BY MY FELLOW SNAIL MASTER WHO RUNS THE RACES. HE STARTS EVERY RACE WITH THE PHRASE, READY, STEADY, SLOW. THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BREAK THE START LINE UNTIL IT IS SLOW. WHEN HE IS THE ONE WHO DECIDES WHO HAS CROSSED THE FINISH LINE 1ST. THAT MUST BE A TRICKY JOB, COMMENTATING. I CANNOT IMAGINE THERE ARE ANY SORT OF INCREDIBLY DRAMATIC MOMENTS, BUT PERHAPS I AM WRONG. FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME. WHAT KIND OF TRAINING GOES INTO IT? POTENTIALLY THERE ARE A LOT OF DRAMATIC MOMENTS. A TRICK THAT SNAILS WILL TRY TO HITCH A RIDE ON THE BACK OF ANOTHER SNAIL. THEY WILL START OFF THE RACE, AND THEN THEY WILL CLIMB ONTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER SNAIL, AND IF THEY ARE LESS LIKE THAT, THEY WILL GO ALL OF THE WAY AND HOP OFF AT THE END. THE SNAIL MASTER, WHO IS ADJUDICATING THE RACE, HE MAKE SURE THAT IF IT HAPPENS, HE SEPARATES THE SNAILS, SO THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT. OTHER THINGS THAT SNAILS TEND TO DO, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO RACE IN A STRAIGHT LINE, BUT THEY WERE QUITE OFTEN CUT IN FRONT OF THE SNAIL THAT IS JUST BEHIND THEM. THEY WILL CUT THEM OFF. SO HE WILL PUT THEM BACK ON THE RACING LINE IF THEY DO THAT. QUITE A LOT OF SHENANIGANS THAT GOES ON IN THE SNAIL RACES. CAN YOU TRAIN A SNAIL? WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK YOU CANNOT. AND I THINK YOU CAN ENCOURAGE THEM. I THINK THAT IS POSSIBLY BETTER THAN TRAINING THEM. THEY LIKE TO BE WELL FED AND WATERED BEFORE A RACE. SO YOU GIVE THEM A BIT OF GREEN LEAVES AND A BIT OF WATER. THEY LIKE DAMP CONDITIONS AS WELL, SO WE WATER THE COURSE, WHICH IS A GOOD WAY OF ENCOURAGING THEM TO RACE. BUT IT IS OFTEN POT-LUCK AS TO WHICH SALE IS GOING TO BE THE FASTEST IN A RACE. LAST YEAR'S WORLD CHAMPION CAME BACK THIS YEAR TO DEFEND THEIR TITLE. AND HAVING BEEN THERE WINNING SALE LAST YEAR, THEY SADLY GOT KNOCKED OUT IN THEIR HEAT THIS YEAR. YOU CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE FAST ONE YEAR THAT THEY WILL BE FAST THE NEXT. HOW LONG DOES A SNAIL LIVE FOR? I AM SUPPOSE THE SNAIL COULD MAKE IT TO 2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. IT IS SURPRISING. IT HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES BEFORE. THEY CAN MAKE IT... A YEAR OR SO. I DO NOT KNOW IF WE HAVE HAD ONE COME BACK TWO YEARS IN A ROW. BUT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS WHERE THEY COME BACK ONCE. PROBABLY DEPENDS HOW MANY BLACKBIRDS THEY HAVE IN THEIR NEIGHBOURHOOD. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. I AM STILL PERPLEXED HOW YOU BECOME A SNAIL MASTER. SELF APPOINTED. (LAUGHS) I WANT TO SEE THE BUSINESS CARD WITH IT DOWN THE BOTTOM. BRILLIANT. A LOT OF FUN. E WHAI AKE NEI ` FROM FRANCE TO NEW ZEALAND, OLYMPIC FEVER IS HERE! LUCY BENDELL HAS HEADED HAS HEADED OUT TO SAMPLE SOME FRENCH CUISINE. BONJOUR, LUCE. SPEAKING OF SNAILS... MORENA. I AM IN THE KITCHEN TO FIND OUT WHAT THE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OVER IN PARIS, INCLUDING SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES ARE EATING DURING THE OLYMPIC GAMES. I WILL TRY TO BRING SOME OF THAT FRENCH FLAIR TO YOUR (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE IN PARIS FOR THE FINAL WEEK OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES. ATHLETES, TOURISTS AND SOME LUCKY MEMBERS OF OUR OWN TEAM HAVE BEEN IN THE CITY OF LOVE SOAKING UP EVERYTHING THE FRENCH DO BEST, INCLUDING SOME SIGNATURE FRENCH CUISINE. WE COULDN'T MISS OUT ON THE FUN, SO WE SENT OUR REPORTER LUCY BENDELL FOR A TASTE TEST OF HER OWN. MORENA, LUCY. BONJOUR.' I COULD NOT MISS OUT. I DID NOT QUITE MAKE IT OVER TO PARIS FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES, BUT I GET TO TRY THE FRENCH CUISINE RIGHT HERE IN AUCKLAND. I AM NOT COMPLAINING TOO MUCH. WE HAVE ALL OF THESE DELIGHTFUL DISHES. I AM SURE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE AT HOME LOOKING OVER AND SEEING ALL THE BEAUTIFUL SCENES AND FOOD THAT THEY ARE TRYING. WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT FRENCH CUISINE, WHAT THE TOURISTS AND ATHLETES ARE EATING, AND HOW WE CAN BRING IT HOME. I AM JOINED BY GIDEON. TELL ME, WITH ALL OF THIS FOOD, TELL ME WHAT MAKES A QUINTESSENTIAL FRENCH DISH. THE FRENCH ARE THE MASTERS OF EXTRACTING FLAVOUR FROM INGREDIENTS TO MAKE IT TASTE BETTER. OF COURSE, DAIRY IS AN ESSENTIAL TO EXTRACT THE FLAVOUR IN THE DISHES. STRAIGHTAWAY, THE FLAVOURS, THE SMELLS THAT I AM SMELLING IN THE KITCHEN, IT IS JUST DIVINE. YOU SPEAK ABOUT DAIRY. THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE A LOT OF AIR NEW ZEALAND. HOW CAN WE BRING IN THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE HERE AND BRING IN THAT RANGE FLAVOUR? IT IS SEASONAL. WE USE 99% OF THE PRODUCTS FROM NEW ZEALAND THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE. WE USE MOST OF THE VEGETABLES AND HERBS FROM THE GARDEN SOUTH OF AUCKLAND. AND WE USE THE FRENCH TECHNIQUES AND EXECUTING THE DISHES. IT IS ALSO THAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. LIKE YOU SAY, THESE ARE ALL FROM NEW ZEALAND PRODUCTS, BUT THEY HAVE A FRENCH TWIST. TALK ME THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE HERE. I HAVE SNAILS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. THEY ACTUALLY SMELL VERY GOOD. I WILL POINT OUT THE OBVIOUS. YES, WE DID JUST HAVE A SNAIL RACE ON ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AGO. THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IN FRONT OF YOU IS A SNAIL WITH AN XO BUTTER. IT IS CHINESE INSPIRED. WE HAVE A HUGE CHINESE POPULATION AIR NEW ZEALAND, AND THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN IN THE OLYMPIC TABLE AT THE OLYMPICS CURRENTLY. I THINK IT FITS IN WELL. I WILL LET YOU TRY THAT. I DO NOT QUITE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS. YOU TALK ME THROUGH WHAT I SHOULD BE... OH MY GOSH. LOOK AT THAT. TALK ME THROUGH THE FLAVOURS OF THIS. THE BUTTER HAS CHILE. IT HAS DRIED SHRIMP. WE USE HERBS, CORIANDER, THERE ARE SOME BREADCRUMBS IN THERE. IT IS DELICIOUS. THERE ARE SOME FENNEL THAT WE PATCH THIS MORNING FROM THE YARD. IT GIVES YOU A FRESH ANISEED FLAVOUR THAT WILL BRING EVERYTHING TOGETHER. THAT CASE THE VERY, VERY GOOD. HERE WE HAVE SOME PAUA. WE HAVE A CLASSIC FRENCH PASTRY. WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL EDAM FROM KERIKER. WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL EDAM FROM KERIKERI WHEN I THINK FRENCH, I THINK OF BREAD. HOW CAN WE DO OUR BEST HERE TO REPLICATE THE BEAUTIFUL FRENCH PASTRIES YOU GUYS HAVE? IT IS ALL IN THE INGREDIENTS. THE FRENCH RELY HEAVILY ON PRODUCTS LIKE DAIRY, BUTTER, AND CREAM. WE TEND TO GO FOR A BIT SIMPLER FLAVOUR HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. ALSO, THERE IS A LOT MORE WORK INVOLVED IN GETTING THOSE LAYERS OF FLAVOUR. I WILL GIVE THAT ONE A LITTLE TASTE. IT IS SUMMER OVER IN PARIS AT THE MOMENT. HOW DO YOU WORK WITH FOLLOWING THE TRENDS WHEN WE PROBABLY DO NOT HAVE QUITE THE EXACT SAME INGREDIENTS IN SEASON? IN NEW ZEALAND, WE USE THE ESSENTIALS OF FRENCH COOKING. WE FOLLOW THE SEASONS. ALSO, WE TRY TO BE SUSTAINABLE AND PUT THE LIMELIGHT NEW ZEALAND CUISINE BUT USING INSPIRATION FROM THE FRENCH. BEAUTIFUL. IT TASTES DELICIOUS. LAST QUESTION ` I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ATHLETES AND WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE EATING. THEY WILL NEED A LOT OF FOOD OVER THERE. I HAVE SEEN A FEW TIKTOKS FLOATING AROUND ABOUT THE FOOD THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING. HAVE YOU SEEN MUCH OF WHAT THEY ARE BEING OFFERED? PROTEIN I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. SOME ATHLETES WOULD NEED TO CONSUME SOME CARBS, SALT, NUTRITION THROUGH VEGETABLES, SO I AM SURE THEY WILL HAVE SOME SLOW BRAISING DISHES. I THINK IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE ATHLETE. I MY GOSH. THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS AND THINGS TO TRY. IF YOU GUYS HAVE SNAILS AROUND IN YOUR BACK GARDEN, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE BEAUTIFUL PAUAS. I THINK THIS IS APPLE CRUMBLE. THESE ARE ALL PRODUCED FROM HERE AIR NEW ZEALAND. PRETENDS LIKE YOU ARE IN PARIS. I WILL QUICKLY TRY ANOTHER SNAIL. YOU CAN GET CANDOUR SNAILS. * CANNED SNAILS THERE YOU GO. THEY SAID XO SOURCE, AND I WAS SOLD. YOU HAVE GOT TO TELL ME MORE. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE ON PARIS, BUT SOME KIWIS ARE SET TO TAKE ON A WHOLE DIFFERENT CHALLENGE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE. THIS IS SO GOOD. # I WONDER HOW, I WONDER WHY, (UPBEAT MUSIC) YOU ARE WITH BREAKFAST. TEAM OF KIWI ATHLETES ARE ABOUT TO TAKE THEIR PASSION FOR ENDURANCE TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. IN A FEW SHORT WEEKS, 19 NEW ZEALANDERS ARE HEADING TO COSTA RICA FOR THE OBSTACLE COURSE RACING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. HANIA AITKEN IS ONE OF THOSE ATHLETES. THIS WILL BE HER SECOND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. SHE JOINS US NOW FOR MORE. HOW DID YOU GET INTO THIS? JENNY-MAY, I KIND OF STUMBLED INTO IT. I HAD A FRIEND DRAGGING ME ALONG, AND I HAVE NOT LOOKED BACK. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST FUN WAYS TO MOVE MY BODY AND STAY FIT, AND I HAVE JUST LOVED IT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT AN OBSTACLE COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IS? I AM THINKING, I AM A BIT OLDER, SO I AM THINKING TOP TOWN. I AM THINKING NINJA WARRIOR ALTOGETHER. IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? YOU HAVE KIND OF GOT IT. THERE ARE A MULTITUDE OF OPTIONS WITH OBSTACLE COURSE RACING. IT IS NINJA WARRIOR, 100 M COURSE, AND WE ARE EXPECTING THAT IN COSTA RICA, IT IS VERY POWERFUL, BUT THEN IT RANGES THROUGH TO 3 KM RACES, 6 KM RACES, AND MY FAVOURITE, WHICH IS A 15 KM RACE, AND THERE ARE MORE OBSTACLES. IN COASTER RICO, WE ARE EXPECTING TO RUN A BIT, AND THEN YOU TACKLE AN OBSTACLE. THEY CAN RANGE FROM STRENGTH OBSTACLES, AGILITY, CLIMBING, BALANCING, HANGING, SWINGING, ALL MANNER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE. THAT IS WHAT WE WILL BE EXPECTING IN COSTA RICA. WE HAVE SHOWN SOME FOOTAGE OF YOUR TRAINING. WHERE IS THAT TRAINING GROUND? I TRAIN IN MY BACKYARD. BY MYSELF. WE ALL TRY TO ADJUST TO SIMULATE AS BEST WE POSSIBLY CAN WHAT WE WILL BE EXPECTING WHEN WE RACE OVERSEAS. YOU WENT TO THE WORLD CHAMPS LAST YEAR, AND YOU SAID YOU WERE NOT THAT GOOD. HOW ARE YOU BETTER THIS YEAR? I FEEL LIKE WE WENT AS A TEAM OF NINE LAST YEAR. I FELT PRETTY UNDERPREPARED. THIS YEAR, WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE GOING INTO. THESE ATHLETES THAT WE ARE UP AGAINST, THEY COMPETE ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND IF THEY LIKE TO IN EVENTS ALL AROUND WHERE THEY LIVE. AIR NEW ZEALAND, WE ONLY HAVE THREE VETS CURRENTLY THAT ARE ENDORSED ACROSS OUR ENTIRE YEAR PROGRAM. THIS YEAR, WE HAVE TOTALLY UP TO THE TRAINING. THAT JUST LOOKS LIKE MORE INTENSITY, PROBABLY AROUND SIX DAYS A WEEK. STILL ONE DAY FOR REST. JUST TOPPING BETWEEN RUNNING, AND THAT WOULD BE SPRINTING, INTERVALS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEN HEAPS OF UPPER BODY AND GRIP STRENGTH, AND OVERALL STRENGTH, REALLY. YOU GO, SISTER. DID I READ SOMEWHERE THAT THIS IS LOOKING AT BEING AT THE OLYMPICS? THAT IS SUPER EXCITING. IN 2028, OBSTACLE COURSE RACING WILL GO INTO THE OLYMPICS. THEY WILL BE PART OF THE MODERN PENTATHLON TO BEGIN WITH. BUT WE ARE HOPING THAT THIS OPENS THE DOOR FOR OBSTACLE COURSE RACING TO BE A STANDALONE EVENT AT THE OLYMPICS, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS ONE OF THE BEST SPORTS IN THE WORLD. GOOD LUCK. I KNOW IT IS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY, AND THERE IS STILL A BIT OF TRAINING TO GO, BUT GO WELL. THIS IS FASCINATING. WE NEED TO KEEP IN TOUCH. WE NEED TO SEE HOW YOU GET ON IN COSTA RICA. IT LOOKS LIKE SO MUCH FUN, BUT ALSO THE SORT OF THING THAT MOST OF US WOULD BE TERRIBLE AT. IF THERE ARE AGE GROUPS... ANYTHING WITH THE UPPER BODY STRENGTH. THAT IS BREAKFAST FOR TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMPANY. WE ARE BACK TOMORROW FROM SIX. HAVE A TODAY. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR, COURTNEY SOLE, MAIA CARR HEKE, KRISTIN WILLIAMS, AND KITTY WASASALA. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.