IT'S MONDAY, THE 17TH OF FEBRUARY. THIS IS BREAKFAST. IT IS SO LOVELY TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY ON THE PROGRAM THIS MORNING. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` COULD A SLOW DOWN IN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS LEAD TO AN EXODUS OF ENGINEERS? THAT'S THE FEAR FROM THE ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION WHO SAYS DELAYS TO BIG PROJECTS ARE COSTING ITS MEMBERS THEIR JOBS. WE'LL HEAR FROM THE ASSOCIATION AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER. ALSO AHEAD, IS SITTING THE NEW SMOKING THAT'S THE WARNING FOR SEDENTARY WORKERS? ENTER CHAIR YOGA. DON'T KNOCK IT. IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE TO BE ACTIVE IN A SEATED POSITION AND WHAT ARE THE SUPPOSED HEALTH BENEFITS? PLUS, SUPER RUGBY IS BACK WITH THE CHIEFS AND CRUSADERS PICKING UP WINS AND SOME LAST-MINUTE THRILLERS. WE'LL WRAP UP THE OPENING ROUND WITH THE ONE AND ONLY SCOTTY STEVENSON. YES, RUGBY HAS BEGUN. THE WARRIORS WERE ON OVER THE WEEKEND. HOW GOOD WERE THEY AGAINST THE STORM? PRESEASON. SPORTS FANS WERE SPOILT FOR CHOICE OVER THE WEEKEND. AUCKLAND, ANOTHER GOOD WIN, I DID AROUND THE BAYS. I WAS HUMMING UNTIL 3 KM, BUT IT 4 KM, MY HIPS WERE GIVING WAY. WAS THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE TRYING TO SPEED WALK? I AM NOT SURE IF IT WAS SPEED WALKING FOR ME. I DO NOT KNOW PEOPLE STORIES, BUT IF YOU SAW THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE ` THE ELDERLY, THE YOUNG, IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, CHRIS, WELLINGTON WAS GOING ON. IT WAS HEAVING. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND WARM. IT WAS A BIT OVERCAST, BUT BEAUTIFUL WEATHER IN THE CAPITAL. THE PROJECTION OF LIGHT INTO THE CITY, BRINGING THE BIG GUNS LIKE JENNY MAY TO GIVE IT A BOOST. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S YOUR NEWS. THANKS, JENNY MAY. EUROPEAN LEADERS ARE PREPARING TO MEET FOR AN ENERGY SUMMIT OVER THE WAR IN UKRAINE AMID EFFORTS BY THE UNITED STATES TO AGREE A PEACE DEAL DIRECTLY WITH RUSSIA. THE MEETING IS WILL BE HELD IN PARIS IN A RENEWED PUSH TO END THE NEARLY THREE-YEAR CONFLICT, WHILE THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO IS EXPECTED TO MEET WITH RUSSIAN OFFICIALS IN SAUDI ARABIA SOON. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYS HE'S NOT INVITED TO THOSE TALKS AND NO CEASEFIRE DEAL WILL HAPPEN WITHOUT KYIV'S INVOLVEMENT. MEANWHILE, MARCO RUBIO'S IN JERUSALEM FOR HIS FIRST TOUR OF THE MIDDLE EAST AS THE UNITED STATES' TOP DIPLOMAT, MEETING WITH ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AFTERWARDS, NETANYAHU PRAISED THE U.S. PRESIDENT'S 'BOLD' VISION OF RE-SETTLING GAZA, SAYING DONALD TRUMP IS THE GREATEST FRIEND HIS COUNTRY HAS EVER HAD IN THE WHITE HOUSE. POPE FRANCIS REMAINS IN HOSPITAL, WITH OFFICIALS SAYING HE NEEDS 'ABSOLUTE BED REST' WHILE BEING TREATED FOR BRONCHITIS. THE VATICAN DESCRIBED THE PONTIFF'S NIGHT AS RESTFUL WITH GOOD SLEEP AS A CARDINAL STEPPED IN TO DELIVER THE TRADITIONAL SUNDAY MORNING MASS. THE POPE (88) HAS HAD THE FLU AND OTHER RESPIRATORY ISSUES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. NEW ZEALAND HAS JOINED ITS INTERNATIONAL ALLIES IN CONDEMNING RUSSIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD ON THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ALEXEI NAVALNY'S DEATH. THE RUSSIAN OPPOSITION FIGURE HAD BEEN A VOCAL CRITIC OF PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, AND DIED IN AN ARCTIC PENAL COLONY THREE YEARS AFTER HE WAS INCARCERATED. SUPPORTERS COULD BE SEEN VISITING HIS GRAVE IN MOSCOW, RISKING POSSIBLE ARREST. A JOINT STATEMENT FROM 18 WESTERN COUNTRIES REITERATED THE KREMLIN WAS ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR NAVALNY'S DEATH. TO SPORT, LIVERPOOL HAVE CLUNG ON FOR A 2-1 WIN OVER A GUTSY WOLVES' SIDE IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE THIS MORNING. AFTER LUIS DIAZ AND MO SALAH PUT THE HOSTS IN FRONT, WOLVES CLAWED ONE BACK THROUGH MATHEUS CUNHA. CUNHA TAKING IT ON. WORKING THE ANGLE. BEAUTIFUL! (CROWD CHEERS) AND WOLVES ARE BACK IN BUSINESS. LIVERPOOL HANGING ON TO CLAIM ALL THREE POINTS AND RESTORE THEIR SEVEN POINT-LEAD AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE. OF COURSE, TOTTENHAM ARE UP 1-0 AGAINST MANCHESTER UNITED. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` THERE ARE SOME ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS IN THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA AND IN GISBORNE NORTH OF TOLAGA BAY UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING. TAKE CARE. PRETTY CLOUDY START TO THE WEEK FOR ALL OF YOU. SHOWERS FROM NORTHLAND TO AUCKLAND, CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN IN THE COROMANDEL AND NORTHERN GISBORNE. 26 FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. A FINE START FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE SOME SCATTERED RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON IN CANTERBURY. 24 THE HIGH IN BLENHEIM, 25 IN TIMARU. THANKS, CHRIS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME MORE NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE WILL START WITH OUR WELLINGTON REPORTER JAMES FLEURY. JAMES, YOU'VE GOT AN UPDATE ON THE FIRE WHICH BROKE OUT IN A BLOCK OF FLATS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. MORENA, JENNY MAY. AROUND 70 RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RETURN TO THE FLATS IN CENTRAL WELLINGTON AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND 230 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE BLAZE, WHICH STARTED ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE APARTMENT, SENT SMOKE BILLOWING AROUND 2:30 PM AND 72 RESIDENTS HAVING TO EVAACUATE. THE FIRE INVESTIGATOR WENT TO THE SCENE TO TRY AND ESTABLISH THE CAUSE. TO RESIDENTS ARE STILL AT THE COMMUNITY SHELTER UNABLE TO RETURN TO THE BUILDING, BUT THE MAJORITY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME BACK. THE MAYOR SAYS THEY ARE PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE RESIDENTS, AND THAT IT IS REALLY DEVASTATING AFTER THE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO AT LOAFERS LODGE IN A SIMILAR SOCIAL COMMUNITY HOUSING BUILDING ABOUT 10 MINUTES DRIVE AWAY. ALL THAT SUPPORT IS GOING TO BE PROVIDED TO HIS RESIDENCE, SHE SAYS, AND WE WILL HOPEFULLY KNOW THE CAUSE OF THAT FIRE TODAY. THANKS, JAMES. THE FALL OUT CONTINUES AFTER A PROTEST AT A PRIDE EVENT AT A WEST AUCKLAND LIBRARY RESULTED IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN BARRICADING THEMSELVES IN A ROOM. LUCY BENDELL HAS MORE. THE PROTEST GROUP LINKED TO DESTINY CHURCH ATTEMPTED TO DROWN OUT THE PRIDE EVENT OVER THE WEEKEND AT THE TE ATATU LIBRARY. POLICE SAY THIS CROSSED A LINE AND THEY ARE INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF ASSAULT. THIS WAS ONE OF THE MANY PRIDE EVENTS HAPPENING ACROSS TAMAKI MAKAURAU OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT THIS ONE DID NOT LAST LONG AFTER 50 PEOPLE STORMED THE BUILDING, TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY UP THE STAIRS AND REFUSING TO LEAVE. INSPECTOR SIMON WALKER, THE ACTING WAITEMATA DISTRICT COMMANDER, SAYS ALTHOUGH FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PROTEST IS ALLOWED, THIS CROSSED A MARK AND MADE PEOPLE, AND ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, FEEL UNSAFE. THE FREE SPEECH UNION ARE NOW CALLING FOR THIS TO BE CONDEMNED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, CALLING THE DEMONSTRATION APPALLING AND INTIMIDATING. POLICE ARE NOW MAKING ENQUIRIES, BUT NO ARRESTS HAVE YET BEEN MADE. IT WAS APPALLING. IT WAS LOVELY TO SEE THE SKY CITY TOWER THAT WAS LIT UP IN RAINBOW COLOURS DRIVING IN THIS MORNING. AND FIRE CREWS RETURN TODAY TO THE LARGE BUSHFIRE NEAR HANMER SPRINGS. CHARLOTTE, WHAT ARE FIREFIGHTERS DOING TODAY? CRUZ MANAGED TO GET THE LEWIS PASS ROAD CONTAINED THIS TODAY, BUT WILL BE RETURNING TODAY TO DAMPEN ANY HOTSPOTS WITHIN THE AREA. AT ITS PEAK, THERE WERE 900 HELICOPTERS, 45 FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING THE 40 HA BLAZE, WHICH BROKE OUT ON STATE HIGHWAY SEVEN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NEARBY PROPERTIES AND STOCK WERE EVACUATED, BUT SINCE THEN, RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES WITHIN THE AREA. STATE HIGHWAY SEVEN BETWEEN HAMNER SPRINGS ON SPRING JUNCTION HAS BEEN REOPENED BUT WITH A 30 KM SPEED REDUCTION IN PLACE WHICH COMES INTO PLACE AT 7 AM. THE PRIORITY IS TO STRENGTHEN PARAMETERS AROUND THE FIRE AND ENSURE SAFETY FOR THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE AREA. GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHARLOTTE. JOINING US OUT OF THE CHRISTCHURCH NEWSROOM. CANTERBURY HAS BEEN THROUGH IT RECENTLY, HAVEN'T THEY? THAT IS GOOD TO HAVE IT CONTAINED FOR THIS TIME. A FRESH WARNING OF A GROWING CRISIS IN THE ENGINEERING SECTOR. ENGINEERING NEW ZEALAND SAYS HUNDREDS OF SKILLED PROFESSIONALS ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS DUE TO ONGOING DELAYS IN KEY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. CHIEF EXECUTIVE RICHARD TEMPLER JOINS US THIS MORNING ALONGSIDE INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP. GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. RICHARD, I WANT TO START WITH YOU. WHY DO WE HAVE THE SITUATION AT THE MOMENT? FIRSTLY, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MINISTERS CONTINUED WILLINGNESS TO MEET WITH INDUSTRY AND INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES OVER THIS ISSUE AND HAS PUSHED FOR A BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, WHICH I THINK IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. HOWEVER, IN THE LAST 17 MONTHS, WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STRUCTURE PROJECTS PUT ON HOLD ACROSS EDUCATION, HEALTH, HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT IS RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF HUNDREDS OF ENGINEERING JOBS AND HUNDREDS OF JOBS IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR. WE ARE ENCOURAGING THE GOVERNMENT TO LOOK AT THIS AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BY BASICALLY GETTING THE MONEY FLOWING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE SPACE. AGAIN, I ACKNOWLEDGE THE MINISTERS WORK IN THE SPACE, BUT WE NEED THAT MONEY OUT THERE AS CONTRACTS SO ENGINEERING FIRMS HAVE SOME CERTAINTY THE WORK SO THEY CAN RETAIN STAFF AND STRUCTURE COMPANIES THAT BUILD EVERYTHING CAN RETAIN THEIR WORKERS AND STAY ABOVEBOARD. YOU SAY THAT YOU ENCOURAGE THE MINISTER. HOW CRITICAL AND URGENT AS IT THAT WE GET THINGS GOING AGAIN? I THINK IT IS EXTREMELY URGENT. WE NOW SEEM LARGE ENGINEERING FIRMS GOING THROUGH THIS SECOND ROUND OF RESTRUCTURING. THEY DOWNSIZE LAST YEAR AND THEY ARE DOWNSIZING AGAIN. THOUGH STAFF ARE NOT ABLE TO STAY IN NEW ZEALAND, THERE IS NOT SUFFICIENT WORK. I TRAVELLED TO AUSTRALIA IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR TO MEET WITH OUR SISTER ORGANISATION ENGINEERING AUSTRALIA. KEY INFRASTRUCTURE PEOPLE IN SYDNEY TALKED ABOUT HOW GREAT IT WAS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HIRE NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS. NOT ONLY ARE THEY FANTASTIC WORKERS, UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE, NO ISSUE WITH LANGUAGE, BUT THEY DO NOT EVEN NEED TO RELOCATE THEM TO AUSTRALIA. THEY ARE BASICALLY A SHIFT THAT STARTS AT SIX IN THE MORNING AND CAN WORK EASILY ON THE PROJECTS, AND THAT THEY NEED THEM TO MEET THE CLIENT, THEY ONLY A THREE-HOUR FLIGHT AWAY. I KNOW THIS WILL NOT BE NEWS FOR YOU, BUT HEARING THIS, HOW CONCERNED DOES THIS MAKE YOU? I SUPPOSE THE POINT THAT I WOULD MAKE IS THAT THERE IS $150 BILLION IN THE PIPELINE IN THE STRUCTURE PROJECTS. WE HAVE A RECORD INVESTMENT IN TRANSPORT FOR EXAMPLE. THERE IS A LOT OF THREE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WORK COMING ON STREAM AS COUNCILS FINALISE THEIR LONG-TERM PLANS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. 1 JULY LAST YEAR IS WHEN THEY KICKED IN. THERE IS A LOT OF WORK COMING DOWN THE PIPE. IT IS TRUE THAT A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN RE-SCOPED WERE DONE FOR GOOD REASON. YOU TAKE THE SCHOOL PROPERTY PORTFOLIO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT WE WERE BUILDING THERE UNDER THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT, I'M SAD TO SAY, WAS VERY BESPOKE, ONE-OFF, EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE SCHOOL BUILDS. WE HAVE MADE A DELIBERATE DECISION OVER SICK GOVERNMENT TO BUILD EASIER TO DELIVER AND CHEAPER. BECAUSE IT IS CHEAPER, YOU CAN MAKE HIGH-QUALITY BUILDINGS THAT DO NOT COST AS MUCH BUT YOU CAN DO MORE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REASONS WHY WE HAVE MOVED THAT WAY WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOL PROPERTY, FOR EXAMPLE. I THINK PEOPLE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE CHALLENGES. TO WIN 1/2, APPROACHING $3 BILLION HOSPITAL BUILD, IT IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS MUCH MORE STANDARDISATION AND MODULAR DESIGN, WHICH IS CHEAPER AND MORE EFFECTIVE. BUT, THERE IS A BIG PIPELINE OF WORK COMING. THERE IS A BIG PIPELINE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. THAT IS WITHOUT EVEN CONSIDERING FAST TRACKING AND PROJECTS ON THE WAY. IT WILL BE VERY EXCITING FOR THE SECTOR. IS A PROBLEM THAT THESE THINGS MAY BE ON THE WAY, BUT WE HAVE A VACUUM HERE IN WHICH ENGINEERS ARE LEAVING AND WE NEED THEM HERE NOW? YES, ABSOLUTELY. AS I HAVE TALKED TO THE MINISTER ABOUT IN THE PAST, ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES IS THAT IF WE LOOK AT THE 149 PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE, ALL OF THESE PROJECTS NEED ENGINEERING OUTPUT AND DEFINITELY NEED PEOPLE TO DESIGN, CONSTRUCT AND FILTER THEM. THE CHALLENGES THAT EVEN IF THEY COME ON STREAM QUICKLY, LOOKING AT A MUCH SMALLER WORKFORCE TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THAT. THAT WOULD LEAD TO COST INCREASES AND DELAYS. WE ARE ASKING THE COALITION GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER PUTTING INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY TARGETS AND CONTRACTS OUT THERE, MONEY ACTUALLY HITTING THE GROUND OUT TO THE FIRMS AS PART OF THEIR QUARTERLY TARGETS. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO CONSIDER? WE WILL HAVE A LOOK AT THAT. WE HAVE A PIPELINE OF PROJECTS AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING RIGHT NOW AND COUNCILS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW AS WELL. YOU DO NOT WANT TO SET YOURSELF A TARGET BY PARTICULAR DATE BECAUSE THAT WOULD LEAD TO SOME ARTIFICIAL BEHAVIOUR BY BOTH CONTRACTORS AND THE GOVERNMENT. WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS TO BUILD THAT STABLE PIPELINE GOING FORWARD. I'M VERY FOCUSED ON THAT AS INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER. WE HAVE CHANGED A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM SETTINGS, AND IT HAS BEEN BROADLY SUPPORTED BY THE SECTOR IN ORDER TO DELIVER THAT GENUINE PIPELINE. WE ARE ENGAGING WITH A PROPOSITION ABOUT DELIVERING A 30 YEAR PLAN SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AHEAD, BECAUSE THE SIMPLE REALITY IS THAT WE HAVE A BIG DEFICIT AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF THINGS BETTER. WE MADE A GOOD STARTING GOVERNMENT, BUT I WILL NOT PRETEND THERE IS A LONG WAY TO GO. WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH ENGINEERING NEW ZEALAND AND THE BROADER SECTOR TO BUILD THE PIPELINE AND GET THE WORK FLOWING SO WE CAN BUILD A BETTER NEW ZEALAND WE ALL DESERVE. RICHARD AND CHRIS, THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING AND PLENTY OF THINGS TO MULL OVER. THANK YOU BOTH, GENTLEMEN. E WHAI AKE NEI ` HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS AFFECTING THE BEHAVIOURS OF CROCODILES. AND NEXT, HOW TO SNEAK SOME YOGA INTO YOUR BUSY WORKDAY. (DOG BARKS) VOICE-OVER: Imagine if you could start thriving. AIA Vitality is a science-backed health and well-being program that gives you the guidance, tools and rewards you need to thrive. So get AIA Vitality and start thriving. Um, where's my phone? It's right there, son. No. I'm certain that's your phone. No. This is my phone. The one with the googly camera, no scratches. This is not my phone day Santa. This is mine boy frog. Not true gnome king. Is so Man-Witch. Elf lord. Elf lord. Mince and cheese. Mince and cheese. Not-ting. Yes it is. You could ditch that old dunger. There's a few ways I can get you a new one. Yes! this is your... Shhh... VOICEOVER: We've made it easy to get you a new phone, whenever you want. One New Zealand, let's get connected. (MAN CHEWING) Okay. What should I write? How are we going to sell it? The car or boyfriend? What about tidy but slow? Yeah, you should definitely mention it's not very quick. We're selling the car. It's got a little exhaust. (LAUGHS) - Oh. - Wait. Are we talking about this car? Oh, God. (DOOR CLOSED) I think it should say. (THUNDERSTORM & RAIN PATTERS) VOICEOVER: When you list your car in AutoTrader. You could also win your own billboard WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` EUROPEAN LEADERS ARE PREPARING TO MEET FOR AN EMERGENCY SUMMIT OVER THE WAR IN UKRAINE. ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS PRAISED U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S 'BOLD VISION' FOR RE-SETTLING GAZA. AND POPE FRANCIS REMAINS IN HOSPITAL WITH OFFICIALS SAYING HE NEEDS 'ABSOLUTE BED REST' WHILE BEING TREATED FOR BRONCHITIS. COULD SITTING BE THE NEW SMOKING? THAT'S THE PHRASE ONE MEDICAL DOCTOR COINED TO HIGHLIGHT THE HEALTH RISKS OF OUR MODERN SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE. BUT GETTING HEALTHIER, HAPPIER, AND LESS STRESSED COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS CHAIR YOGA. IT'S ESSENTIALLY TRADITIONAL YOGA, ADAPTED TO BE DONE WHILE SEATED, MAKING IT PERFECT FOR A BUSY WORKDAY. TO TELL US MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY RAQUEL MINH, OWNER AND DIRECTOR OF KANUKA YOGA SPACE. GOOD MORNING. SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. A LOT OF PEOPLE SIT AT THEIR DESKS ALL DAY. IT COULD BE FOR A NUMBER OF HOURS. WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS THIS IS HAVING, WHETHER IT IS ON OUR BODY OR OUR MINDS? IF WE ARE IN ANY POSITION, WHETHER YOU ARE AT A STANDING DESK OR A TRUCK DRIVER BEHIND THE WHEEL OR AT YOUR DESK, IF YOU'RE IN ANY POSITION FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS CREATING A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOUR THAT MIGHT NOT BE HELPFUL OVER LONG PERIODS OF TIME. NOT ONLY ARE YOU FEELING THAT IN YOUR BODY, BUT OFTEN TIMES YOU'LL BE FEELING THESE HABITS, THESE PATTERNS THAT ARE NOT SO BENEFICIAL IN THE MIND AS WELL. WHAT IS CHAIR YOGA DOING TO HELP THAT? I LIKE TO TAKE IT BACK, BECAUSE TRADITIONAL YOGA IS NOW ADOPTED TO THE MODERN LIFESTYLE. BUT THOUSANDS OF YEARS, IT WAS JUST YOUR COMFORTABLE SEAT. WE ARE PERHAPS TURNING BACK TO THE ANCIENT WAYS RATHER THAN A MODERN LENS. CHAIR YOGA IS ESSENTIALLY A SYSTEM THAT CAN BE EVEN MORE ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. SOME EXERCISES AND TECHNIQUES THAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER AS BREATH PATTERNS, GENTLE MOVEMENTS AND WHAT WE CALL EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL RESOURCING TO BRING PEACE AND STABILITY INTO YOUR BODY AND MIND. I NEED LOTS OF THAT. IN TERMS OF YOGA, WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THAT FOR OUR BODIES? WE ARE COMPLEX HUMANS. THE BODY, MIND AND COMMUNITIES ARE ALL LINKED TOGETHER. I THINK THAT WHEN YOU PRACTICE YOGA IN YOUR CHAIR, STANDING OR WHATEVER, THE AIM IS TO BRING STILLNESS TO THE MIND AND EASE THROUGH THE BODY. THERE ARE LOTS OF TECHNIQUES TO DO SO. IT IS FINDING THE SEQUENCE OR THE SHAPES OR PATTERNS THAT WORK BEST FOR YOU. CAN WE FIND SOME SEQUENCES AND PATTERNS THAT MIGHT WORK WELL FOR CHRIS AND I? WE ARE UP AND AROUND THE PLACE. I AM MORE OF A PILATES MAN. SO THIS MIGHT BE... A BIT OF A STRETCH? IS A COMPARABLE? CAN YOU TAKE THINGS FROM BOTH? YOU CAN ADDRESS YOUR WHOLE SELF. ONE THING THAT YOU CAN DO IS IF YOU NOTICE YOU ARE NOT FEELING THE WAY YOU COULD BE FEELING, WE LIKE TO ORIENTE FIRST. THIS MIGHT NOT BE WHAT YOU THINK OF. ORIENTING A SCANNING THE HORIZON AROUND YOU. WHETHER YOU ARE IN A BOARDROOM AND FEELING ANXIOUS, WHETHER YOU ARE IN A PLACE YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH BUT YOU WANT TO NOTICE SOMETHING NEW AND DIFFERENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY LOVE US, YOU MIGHT CHECK THE HAZARDS. BACK WE WERE JUST BECOMING HUMAN, WE WOULD SCAN THE HORIZON FOR DANGER. LOOKING AROUND YOUR CHAIR CAN SIGNAL TO YOUR BRAIN THAT YOU AND A RELATIVELY SAFE SITUATION, AND NOW YOU ARE SAFE TO MOVE. SECOND WILL BE WORKING WITH BREATH. GETTING INTO A SHAPE OR YOU CAN FEEL MORE SPACE IN YOUR CHEST. SHOULDERS BACK, HEAD UPWARDS. DO YOU HAVE TO CLOSE YOUR EYES FOR THIS? IF IT HELPS YOU INWARDS, PLEASE DO. BUT YOU DO NOT NEED SO. WHATEVER HELPS YOU FEEL SAFEST. JUST NOTICING YOUR BREATH. YOU MIGHT TAKE A MOMENT TO FEEL YOUR BREATH IN YOUR BODY. YOU MIGHT FEEL COOL AIR COMING IN THROUGH YOUR NOSE, YOU MIGHT NOTICE YOUR CHEST THE LIFTING FOR YOUR BACK BODY EXPANDING. YOU MIGHT EVER NOTICE YOUR BELLY PUFFED UP. WE BEGIN TO CHURN INWARDS WHAT WE MIGHT NEED BY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE BREATH. THIS IS A BIT DIFFERENT TO MY PILATES, NOT GOING TO LIE. THE THIRD THING THAT YOU MIGHT DO IS A LITTLE BIT OF MOVEMENT. THIS LOOKS DIFFERENT FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS. ONCE WE HAVE SETTLED THE MIND AND CREATED A SENSE OF SAFETY, WE MIGHT BEGIN TO NOTICE SENSATIONS IN YOUR BODY THAT NEED EXTRA CARE AND ATTENTION. SITTING AT A CHAIR OR AT YOUR COMPUTER, YOU'LL BE FEELING THAT ON THE SHOULDERS, THE NECK AND THE REST A LITTLE BIT MORE. IT IS ALL CONNECTED TOGETHER. SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO IS ROLL YOUR SHOULDERS BACKWARDS SO YOU FEEL YOUR COLLARBONE EXTENDING OUT WIDE. IS ALMOST AS IF YOU CAN TRACE THEIR SENSATION DOWN YOUR ARM. YOU CAN START TO PULL YOUR ARMS OUTWARDS. IF YOU CAN BRING SENSATION DOWN THE ARM AND WRIST. HOLD MY HAND, JENNY MAY. YOU ARE IN MY SPACE. YOU MIGHT EXTEND THIS ARMS OUTWARDS, SPREAD THE FINGERS OUT WIDE. ALL OF THAT IS CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT CONNECTS TOGETHER. ANYWHERE AND TURN THE PALMS DOWN AND FEEL IT THROUGH THE FRONT OF YOUR SHOULDERS AND START WAKING UP A LITTLE BIT MORE AWARENESS THROUGH THE ARMS. IT IS A GOOD STRETCH, ISN'T IT? IT'S ACCESSIBLE. I HAVE TO WRAP THINGS UP, BUT WE COULD DO THIS FOR THREE HOURS. A PEOPLE WANT TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT CHAIR YOGA, HOW CAN THEY GET MORE INFORMATION? THEY ARE WELCOME TO COME OUR WAY. WE OFFER YOGA IN THE WORKPLACE, WHETHER THAT IS LIVE STREAMED ON ZOOM OR IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME OR COMING INTO YOUR OFFICE TO RUN A SESSION, THAT IS A LITTLE MORE ACTIVATING AND ENERGETIC THAN 620 IN THE MORNING. WE HAPPY TO SUPPORT PEOPLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING. THANK YOU. WHEN YOU START REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO STRETCHING, IT IS A GOOD LITTLE WORKOUT, ISN'T IT? YES, I ENJOYED THAT. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. # I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE THIS. # I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, # MAYBE IT'S THE MAGIC IN THE WINE. # MAYBE IT'S THE FACT THAT EVERY TIME... WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. ADULTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN HAD TO BE BARRICADED INTO A ROOM AT A WEST AUCKLAND LIBRARY AFTER A GROUP 'PROTESTED' A PRIDE EVENT BEING HELD INSIDE. POLICE SAY THE PROTEST CROSSED A LINE, CONFIRMING OFFICERS ARE NOW INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF ASSAULT. AROUND 50 PROTESTERS LINKED TO DESTINY CHURCH STORMED THE TE ATATU LIBRARY ON SATURDAY AND REFUSED TO LEAVE. THE FREE SPEECH UNION IS CALLING FOR THE DISRUPTION TO BE CONDEMNED AT THE STRONGEST LEVEL. FIREFIGHTERS WILL CONTINUE TO DAMPEN DOWN HOTSPOTS AROUND THE LEWIS PASS ROAD FIRE THIS MORNING. AT ITS PEAK, NINE HELICOPTERS AND 45 FIREFIGHTERS WERE BATTLING THE FIRE WHICH BROKE OUT ON SATURDAY. STATE HIGHWAY SEVEN BETWEEN HANMER SPRINGS AND SPRINGS JUNCTION IS NOW OPEN, BUT WITH A 30km/h SPEED RESTRICTION BACK IN PLACE AT 7.00am. RESIDENTS WHO WERE EVACUATED HAVE NOW BEEN ABLE TO RETURN HOME. THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS HAMAS CANNOT CONTINUE AS A MILITARY OR GOVERNMENT FORCE AND ITS EXISTENCE MAKES PEACE 'IMPOSSIBLE'. MARCO RUBIO'S IN ISRAEL ON HIS FIRST OFFICIAL TOUR AND MADE THE COMMENTS AFTER MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. HE ALSO CALLED FOR THE MILITANT GROUP TO BE ERADICATED. UKRAINE IS NOT ATTENDING UPCOMING TALKS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA AS THEY ATTEMPT TO END THE NEARLY THREE-YEAR CONFLICT. PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYS HE'S NOT INVITED TO THE SAUDI ARABIA MEETING, AND THAT NO CEASEFIRE DEAL CAN BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT UKRAINE'S INVOLVEMENT. MEANWHILE EUROPEAN LEADERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO ORGANISE THEIR OWN EMERGENCY SUMMIT IN PARIS. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX WOMEN HAVE LOST 2-1 TO PERTH GLORY AFTER CONCEDING A SECOND-HALF OWN GOAL. THE VISITORS EQUALISED THROUGH OLIVIA FERGUSON RIGHT AT THE END OF HALF TIME, BUT A MOMENT OF COUNTER-ATTACKING BRILLIANCE SAW PERTH RE-TAKE THE LEAD. PUTS IT BACK IN THE MIDDLE. AND IT'S IN. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE KELLY BROWN IS CLAIMING IT. OWN GOAL FOR TIANA JABER. THE LOSS LEAVES THE NIX EIGHTH ON THE LADDER, FOUR POINTS OUTSIDE THE TOP SIX. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` THERE ARE SOME ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS IN THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA AND IN GISBORNE NORTH OF TOLAGA BAY UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING. SO KIA TUPATO ` TAKE CARE. PRETTY CLOUDY START TO THE WEEK FOR ALL OF YOU. SHOWERS FROM NORTHLAND TO AUCKLAND, CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN IN THE COROMANDEL AND NORTHERN GISBORNE. 26 FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. A FINE START FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, HOWEVER THERE WILL BE SOME SCATTERED RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON IN CANTERBURY. 24 THE HIGH IN BLENHEIM, 25 IN TIMARU. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AUSTRALIA HAS SHUT THE DOOR ON FOREIGN HOUSE BUYERS, REGARDLESS OF WHO WINS THE NEXT ELECTION. THE ALBANESE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THE NEW RULES YESTERDAY, MIRRORING A COALITION PLEDGE. CHANNEL 9'S CHARLES CROUCHER HAS MORE. BIDDING. DROPPING THE HAMMER... SOLD. ...ON FOREIGN INVESTORS. THIS CHANGE IS GOING TO FREE UP THOUSANDS OF HOMES THAT CAN NOW BE BOUGHT BY AUSTRALIANS. LABOUR IS SET TO FREEZE OUT FOREIGN BUYERS FROM PURCHASING ALREADY BUILT HOMES FOR TWO YEARS BEGINNING APRIL 1st. WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A HOUSING CRISIS BECAUSE FOR 30 YEARS, GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVEN'T DONE ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE AUSTRALIANS WHO NEED IT. PETER DUTTON FIRST PROPOSED THE POLICY IN HIS BUDGET REPLY LAST YEAR. I ABSOLUTELY BUCKETED THIS POLICY FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS. NOW, FIVE MINUTES BEFORE AN ELECTION, THEY COPY THE POLICY. LET'S BE REAL ABOUT WHAT LABOUR IS PROPOSING TODAY IN COPYING PETER DUTTON` IT WILL NOT TOUCH THE SIDES OF THE HOUSING CRISIS. THE COALITION, PUSHING ON WITH ITS PLAN TO ALLOW FIRST-HOME BUYERS TO ACCESS $50,000 FROM THEIR SUPERANNUATION. SO I WANT TO SEE AUSTRALIANS FIRST INTO HOUSING AND THAT INCLUDES FIRST-GENERATION AUSTRALIAN CITIZENS. ARE THEY SERIOUSLY SUGGESTING THAT THE NEW DEAL THEY HAVE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IS YOU MIGHT GET TO BE ABLE TO BUY A HOME, BUT YOU HAVE TO DRAIN YOUR RETIREMENT SAVINGS TO DO IT? THE COALITION LEAD LABOUR IN NEW POLLING OUT TODAY, BUT PETER DUTTON WOULD STILL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE CROSSBENCH AND THEY WANT TO SEE BIG CHANGES TO THE WAY THIS PLACE RUNS. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE DAY OF FORMING GOVERNMENT. IT'S ALSO ABOUT HOW YOU APPROACH DECISIONS IN THE PARLIAMENT. TONIGHT, A YOUGOV POLL OF 40,000 VOTERS HAS THE COALITION AHEAD 51.1% TO 48.9 TO PARTY PREFERRED, AND WINNING 73 OF THE 150 SEATS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THIS IS GOING TO SHARPEN UP, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE ELECTION'S CALLED, AND I THINK THAT'S WHEN IT'LL COME INTO FOCUS. THE BAN IS SET TO TAKE PLACE IN AUSTRALIA FROM APRIL 1ST. THIS IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY ROTORUA NZ. FROM SOOTHING SPAS AND REJUVENATING FACIALS TO INDULGENT DINING AND SERENE LAKESIDE STAYS, ROTORUA IS THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION FOR RELAXATION. AND THIS WEEK ON BREAKFAST, WE'RE GIVING YOU THE CHANCE TO WIN AN UNFORGETTABLE COUPLE'S GETAWAY TO ROTORUA, WHERE YOU'LL ENJOY THE VERY BEST IN PAMPERING AND RELAXATION. JUST HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz TO ENTER, AND WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THE WINNER LIVE ON BREAKFAST THIS FRIDAY. YOU'RE GOING TO ROTORUA? I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE VERY ROMANTIC BECAUSE WE HAVE THE WHOLE FAMILY AND IN-LAWS. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. E HAERE AKE NEI ` A NAIL-BITING OPENING ROUND OF SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC. SCOTTY STEVENSON JOINS US NEXT. # THE CLUB CAN'T EVEN HANDLE ME RIGHT NOW. # GAS ME UP, GIVE ME MOTIVATION. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` HAMAS CANNOT CONTINUE AS A MILITARY OR GOVERNMENT FORCE AND ITS EXISTENCE MAKES PEACE 'IMPOSSIBLE', THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS. FIREFIGHTERS WILL CONTINUE TO DAMPEN DOWN HOTSPOTS AROUND THE LEWIS PASS ROAD FIRE THIS MORNING. STATE HIGHWAY SEVEN IS OPEN BUT WITH SPEED RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF ASSAULT AFTER PROTESTS AT PRIDE EVENTS IN AUCKLAND OVER THE WEEKEND. (GROOVY MUSIC) SUPER RUGBY IS BACK, AND IF THE OPENING ROUND IS ANYTHING TO GO BY, WE'RE IN FOR A THRILLING SEASON. TWO GAMES DECIDED WITH THE LAST PLAY OF THE GAME, AND ANOTHER IN THE FINAL MINUTES. FOR HIS EXPERT SUMMATION, LET'S BRING IN SCOTTY STEVENSON. AND DON'T FORGET ` YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR SCOTTY'S NEWSLETTER 'ON THE SIDELINES' AT 1news.co.nz. I ASKED SCOTTY EARLIER WHO CAUGHT HIS EYE WITH SUPER RUGBY THIS WEEKEND. PRESTON CAUGHT MY EYE. THEY GOT OFF TO A WINNING START AGAINST THE HURRICANE'S. I THOUGHT THE HURRICANES WERE PRETTY GOOD. ESPECIALLY GOOD AFTER LAST YEAR'S HORROR YEAR. A REALLY ENTERTAINING GAME AT EDEN PARK AS WELL. BUT THEY WILL BE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE WAY THE HOME TEAM FINISHED THAT MATCH. PASIFIKA GAME FINISHING 45-44. IT WAS ALL WINS FOR THE AUSTRALIANS, WITH THE WARATAHS ALSO GETTING A WIN. DO YOU THINK THIS IS DOWN TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE FIRST GAME AND THERE ARE A FEW NERVOUS JITTERS THERE? I THINK SO, IT'S GOOD AND IT EMBLEMATIC FOR THE STYLE OF RUGBY THAT THESE TEAMS ARE TRYING TO PLAY. WHEN USING TRIES BEING SCORED, THERE IS GREAT INTENT. IT'S A GREAT SIGN FOR THE GAME, AND I THOUGHT THE REFEREES WERE BY AND LARGE GOOD. STILL, IT'S A BIT OF A DRAG ON SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF THE FIRST ROUND OF COMPETITION, SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE MORE OF THAT ATTACKING INTENT. WHO DO YOU THINK THIS IS A BIG SEASON FOR? THERE IS ALWAYS COMPETITION, THOUGH, ISN'T THERE? THE LIKES OF JORDAN BARRETT... SCOTT ROBINSON JUST WANTS TO SEE THAT UTILITY FACTOR PEOPLE WHO ARE CAPABLE IN MULTIPLE POSITIONS. WALLACE LAST YEAR WAS THE BIG IMPROVER ACROSS SUPER RUGBY. AFTER ROUND ONE, I WOULD RATHER FOCUS ON THE CLUBS OUT THERE RATHER THAN WHAT SCOTT MORRISON IS THINKING. SCOTT, YOU ARE SUCH A PURIST. I LIKE HOW YOU RILE AGAINST THE MACHINE. BUT IT'S GOT TO HAVE SPACE TO BREATHE AND IT'S GOT TO BE MORE THAN A TRIAL TO SEE WHO MAKES ALL BLACK SIDE. WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT PLAYERS WHO AREN'T EVER GOING TO BE ALL-BLACK BUT PLAY VERY WELL IN LOCAL RUGBY. THEY HAVE HAD TO PUT UP WITH A BIT OF COMPETITION ACROSS SPORTING EVENTS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE SPOILED FOR CHOICE. THE CITY OF THE FUTURE, THE CITY OF NOW, HAMILTON. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN HANGING OUT WITH THE 'HAMBASSADORS'. IT WAS A GREAT AFTERNOON AND HAMILTON WAS AWESOME THEY WERE VALUE FOR MONEY. OF COURSE, THAT IS GOING TO BE THE POSITION FOR ROGER. WATENE Z IS OUT WITH A HAND INJURY. GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY FOR THE FANS. ULTIMATELY, THEY WILL BE FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT RESULT. I WASN'T SURE WHETHER YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HAMILTON OR LAS VEGAS THERE. WEBSTER NEEDS TO WORK ON THAT YARDAFGE. IT WILL BE INTRIGUING TO SEE HOW THEY KEEP MOVING THOSE PARTS. IS REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE SEASON AHEAD, AS THE POSITIVE SIGN ON THE WEEKEND. LET'S MOVE ONTO THE BLACKCAP, THEY ARE SHAPING UP REALLY WELL. HOW PLEASING IS IT FOR YOU THAT ACROSS THE BOARD, ALL THE PLAYERS SEEM TO HAVE PUT IN A REALLY STRONG PERFORMANCES LEADING UP TO THIS? THEY WERE DOMINANT VICTORIES IN THAT TRIAL SERIES BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND NEW ZEALAND. THEY HAD TO CHASE DOWN THREE OTHER SCORES, DID THAT. THEY HAVE A GREAT BALANCE TO THEIR SIDE, I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT BEFORE. DUFFY GETTING A CALL BACK INTO THE SIDE WITH DISAPPOINTING YEARS. HE HAS HAD HER WITHDRAW FROM THE GAME. I THINK WITH THE DUFFY ON THAT SIDE, THERE IS MORE SKILL AND EXPERIENCE ON THAT SIDE. SCOTTY STEVENSON, ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO CHAT. GO WELL MY FRIEND. THANKS, BUD. THERE WAS ACTUALLY SO MUCH OVER THE WEEKEND. BUT SUPER RUGBY, WARRIORS PRESEASON... THEY HAD THE SNOW SPORT ATHLETES AS WELL OVERSEAS. CHRIS WOOD, 18TH GOAL OF THE SEASON. DOES NOT STOP STALLING. IS HE PLAYING FOR THE QUALIFIER? ABSOLUTELY HE WILL BE HERE. ALL RIGHT, 6:48. ME U TONU MAI ` THE 7 O'CLOCK NEWS IS COMING UP. PLUS, HOW CLIMATE CHANGE AND RISING TEMPERATURES ARE AFFECTING THE HABITATS OF CROCODILES. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. CLIMATE CHANGE IS RAPIDLY RESHAPING OUR PLANET, AND IT'S NOT JUST HUMANS WHO ARE FEELING THE HEAT. CROCODILES, ONE OF EARTH'S OLDEST CREATURES, ARE FACING UNEXPECTED CHALLENGES DUE TO RISING TEMPERATURES. AN AUSTRALIAN STUDY SHOWS THE INCREASING HEAT IS PUSHING CROCODILES TO THEIR CRITICAL THERMAL LIMITS, MEANING THEIR ABILITY TO PERFORM KEY BEHAVIOURS IS STARTING TO FALTER. EARLIER, I SPOKE WITH PHD CANDIDATE KAITLIN BARHAM AND BEGAN BY ASKING HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS AFFECTING CROCODILES. CROCODILES ARE COLD-BLOODED. UNLIKE YOU OR ME, BIRDS AND MAMMALS, THEY CANNOT REGULATE THAT INTERNAL TEMPERATURE. IF THEY WANT TO BE COOLER OR WARMER, THEY HAVE TO THEY HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE THAT IS COOLER OR WARMER. BECAUSE THE ENVIRONMENT IS WARMING UP, THERE MEANT THAT OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, AS WE HAVE BEEN RECORDING THE BODY TEMPERATURE OF ONE POPULATION OF CROCODILES, THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN WARMING UP. ARE YOU SEEING ANY BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES? WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT AT PARTICULARLY HIGH BODY TEMPERATURE IS, WE'RE TALKING 32 C AND OVER, WE START TO SEE THE CROCODILES PRIORITISING CALLING OVER WARMING. WE DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT BEHAVIOURS ARE INVOLVED, BUT WE ARE THINKING NOCTURNAL BASKING WITH A CROCODILE SITS IN THE BANK WITH THE COOL NIGHT AIR. THEY MIGHT BE DIVING INTO A COOL POCKET, THEY MIGHT BE SITTING IN THE SHADE. WE ARE SEEING MORE OF THAT AND BASKING IN THE SUN. WHAT WE ARE ALSO SEEING AS WHEN THERE ARE MORE THAN 32 DEGREES, THEY DIVE FOR SHORTER PERIODS OF TIME. THE LESS TIME THEY SPEND UNDERWATER IS LIMITED AT THESE TEMPERATURES. IN TERMS OF THEIR SURVIVAL, IS CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPACT ON THEIR LIFESPAN? THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. THIS SPECIES OF CROCODILE HAVE ONE OF THE WIDEST DISTRIBUTIONS OF ANY CROCODILE SPECIES. WE HAVE THEM ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ROCKHAMPTON AND QUEENSLAND. THEY ARE FOUND IN INDONESIA, THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND IN INDIA. IN TERMS OF GEOGRAPHICAL RANGES WHERE THEY LIVE, IT IS LIKELY THAT THEY ARE QUITE ADAPTABLE. HOW DOES CROCODILE BEHAVIOUR COMPARE TO OTHER ANIMALS FACING CLIMATE CHANGE? WHEN I FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT THIS, MY THINKING WAS, ' LIZARDS, THEY WILL HOP IN THE SUN WHEN THEY NEED TO WARM UP.' WHEN I SAW THIS CALLING BEHAVIOUR, I THOUGHT THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU FIRST THINK OF WHEN YOU THINK OF THERMOREGULATION. THE MORE PEOPLE THAT I TALK TO, THEY SAID, WE KNOW THE CROCODILES CRAWL UP ON THE BANK AT NIGHT, THAT IS WHAT THEY DO. IT WAS COOL TO HAVE THAT AHA MOMENT. OF COURSE THEY KNOW HOW TO KEEP COOL, EVEN IF THAT CALLING TAKE SOME TIME AND ENERGY FOR THEM, THEY KNOW HOW TO KEEP COOL. HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CROCODILES? CROCODILES ARE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THE WATER BECAUSE THEY CAN LEAVE. THEY SHARE THE SAME RIVER SYSTEM, THE RIVER THAT WE ARE STUDYING IS WHERE SOME ENDANGERED SWORDFISH SPECIES ARE OR BARRAMUNDI, THERE ARE CATFISH. THE CONCERN IS THAT IF THEY NEED TO CALL OFF, THEY CANNOT DO IT THE WAY THAT CROCODILES DO. WE KNOW THAT OFF THE COAST OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE HAD BEEN FISH DIE OFFS RECENTLY. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THESE OTHER TROPICAL SPECIES COPE WITH FUTURE CHANGE. FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OTHER STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT FRESHWATER CROCODILES AND FRESHWATER TURTLES THAT LIVE AT THE TOP END, THEY DO MORE OF THIS NOCTURNAL BASKING AS WELL, BUT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT WARRANTS MORE RESEARCH. 15 YEARS OF DATA. WERE THERE ANY OTHER SURPRISES IN THE FINDINGS? ONE OF THEM IS, WHAT ABOUT THE NEXT 15 YEARS? CAN WE KEEP THIS GOING? CAN WE SEE WHAT CHANGES OCCUR AS THINGS CONTINUE TO WARM UP? IN THE SHORTER TERM, WE WANT TO KNOW HOW THE CROCODILES HEALTH AND CONDITION AND EVEN DIET ARE AFFECTED BY THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN. EVERY TIME THAT WE CAPTURE CROCODILES, WE TAKE SOME INFORMATION ON THE GROWTH, THEIR HEALTH AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO IS SEE IF WE CAN CONNECT ANY OF THAT INFORMATION TO THE CONDITIONS THAT THIS CROCODILES ARE FACING. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE ROLE THAT CROCODILES PLAY IN THE ECOSYSTEM. I DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT THEM. ARE THEY REALLY THAT IMPORTANT? THEY ARE TOP PREDATORS, AND THEY ARE ALSO VERY, VERY MOBILE ANIMALS. WHAT WE THINK IS THAT THEY PLAY THE SLINKING ROLE. THEY CAN MOVE BETWEEN FRESHWATER AND THE OCEAN. POTENTIALLY, THEY PROVIDE A PATH THE NUTRIENTS BETWEEN THOSE AREAS. YOU WENT DEEP INTO THE TOPIC. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THEM OR WHAT THEY DO IN THEIR ECOSYSTEM. I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WAS INTERESTING FOR ME THIS MORNING WAS SCANNING THE NEW NEWS HEADLINES. THE REASON IT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WAS BECAUSE YOU TRY TO DO THAT. I HAVE HAD, NOT AN INCIDENT, AT A TIME WHEN I HAD A BOSS, A MANAGER, WHO WAS FOLLOWING ME ON INSTAGRAM AND LIKING POSTS. I THOUGHT, I WILL GIVE A FOLLOW BACK. THEY WERE A PRIVATE BACK AND IT WAS LEFT ON RED. ARE YOU STILL WAITING? IT IS BEEN LEFT ON REQUESTED. IT IS AN INTERESTING LINE WHERE YOU DRAW THE LINE WITH FRIENDING ON DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. SOME SOCIAL MEDIA SITES ARE ABOUT BEING FRIENDS AND SOME THINGS YOU JUST WANT TO FOLLOW. YOU WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT THEY ARE DOING. DON'T YOU DO THAT ON LINKEDIN? THE PROFESSIONAL SPACE. SOME PEOPLE BLUR THE LINES. YOU WERE TRYING TO BLUR THE LINES. MY INSTAGRAM IS A LITTLE BIT PERSONAL, BUT IT IS MAINLY PROFESSIONAL. WERE TALKING ABOUT IT WITH THE REST OF OUR TEAM, AND SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT IF YOU LIKE THEIR POST YOU SHOULD FOLLOW THEM AND THAT IS BAD ETIQUETTE TO NOT DO THAT. OKAY, SO THAT IS WHERE YOU TOOK YOUR CUE FROM. I DO NOT TAKE IT PERSONALLY, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS QUITE TRANSACTIONAL ONLINE. I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW ` DO YOU FOLLOW ANY OF YOUR MANAGERS OR BOSSES? NO. ONE OF THE HR EXPERTS FROM THIS ARTICLE SAYS THE BEST PRACTICE IS TO ACCEPT ALL TEAM MEMBERS WHO ASK OR HAVE A ROLE TO NOT ALLOW ANY FOLLOWING. THAT IS WHAT THIS MANAGER DID. THEY SAID, NO, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE, WHICH I TOTALLY RESPECT. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. IS IT OK? COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS HOUR ` SOME EXPECTANT MOTHERS IN WHAKATANE ARE TRAVELLING TO TAURANGATHIS DUE TO THE LOSS OF OBSTETRICS STAFF LOCALLY. WE'LL HEAR WHY WOMEN DOWN THE COAST ARE FEARFUL FOR THEIR SAFETY. ALSO AHEAD, STEWART ISLAND RAKIURA RESIDENTS ARE PAYING MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR POWER. HOW THEY'RE PLANNING TO MAKE ENERGY MORE AFFORDABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE. PLUS, IF YOU'RE NOT A FAN OF THE SUMMER HEAT, STAY TUNED. OUR CONSUMER TESTER SHARES HIS EXPERT ADVICE FOR STAYING COOL. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. THANKS, JENNY MAY. THE FREE SPEECH UNION IS CALLING FOR PROTESTERS AT AN AUCKLAND PRIDE EVENT TO BE CONDEMNED TO THE STRONGEST LEVEL. THE GROUP ARE CALLING THE DISRUPTION INTIMIDATING AND APPALLING AFTER 50 PROTESTERS LINKED TO DESTINY CHURCH STORMED THE TE ATATU LIBRARY ON SATURDAY. POLICE SAY THE PROTEST CROSSED A LINE, CONFIRMING OFFICERS ARE NOW INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF ASSAULT. AROUND 70 RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE GREEN-LIGHT TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT IN A BLOCK OF FLATS IN CENTRAL WELLINGTON. THE BLAZE BEGAN IN AN APARTMENT ON THE THIRD FLOOR, SENDING SMOKE BILLOWING ACROSS TE ARO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. FIRE AND EMERGENCY SAY IT TOOK NEARLY TWO HOURS FOR THE FIRE TO BE EXTINGUISHED, WITH RESIDENTS EVACUATED TO A NEARBY COMMUNITY SHELTER. THE CAUSE IS NOT YET KNOWN. HUNDREDS OF MOURNERS HAVE RISKED ARREST IN MOSCOW BY VISITING THE GRAVE OF OPPOSITION FIGURE ALEXEI NAVALNY A YEAR AFTER HIS DEATH. A VOCAL CRITIC OF PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, NAVALNY DIED IN AN ARCTIC PENAL COLONY, WHERE HE WAS SERVING A 28-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE ON EXTREMISM CHARGES. EIGHTEEN COUNTRIES, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND, HAVE RELEASED A JOINT STATEMENT ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH, SAYING THE KREMLIN WAS ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE AND URGING RUSSIA TO RELEASE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS. TOTTENHAM HAVE A SLIM LEAD AGAINST MANCHESTER UNITED IN THEIR PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH THIS MORNING. SPURS GOING AHEAD THANKS TO JAMES MADDISON IN HIS RETURN FROM INJURY. FOLLOWING IN! IT IS MADDISON TO SCORE. MEANWHILE, LIVERPOOL HAVE CLUNG ON FOR A 2-1 WIN OVER A PLUCKY WOLVES SIDE TO REMAIN SEVEN POINTS CLEAR AT THE TOP. AND FINALLY, IT ONLY TOOK NINE SECONDS FOR AN ICE HOCKEY GAME BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CANADA TO DESCEND INTO CHAOS, WITH THREE SEPARATE FIGHTS BREAKING OUT. OH! IT COMES AMID TENSIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AS DONALD TRUMP KICKS OFF HIS PRESIDENTIAL TERM, WITH THE U.S. NATIONAL ANTHEM REGULARLY BOOED IN CANADA. THE AMERICANS WENT ON TO WIN 3-1. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (ROCK MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` THERE ARE SOME ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS IN THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA AND IN GISBORNE NORTH OF TOLAGA BAY UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING. TAKE CARE. PRETTY CLOUDY START TO THE WEEK FOR ALL OF YOU. SHOWERS FROM NORTHLAND TO AUCKLAND, 26 FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. A FINE START FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE SOME SCATTERED RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON IN CANTERBURY. 24 THE HIGH IN BLENHEIM, 25 IN TIMARU. THANKS, CHRIS. WHAKATANE RESIDENTS RALLIED OVER THE WEEKEND TO PROTEST THE LOSS OF CRUCIAL MATERNITY SERVICES FROM THEIR LOCAL HOSPITAL. HUNDREDS PARTICIPATED IN A HIKOI, AFTER THE RESIGNATION OF FOUR OF THE HOSPITAL'S FIVE OBSTETRICS STAFF IN THE LAST YEAR RESULTED IN HEALTH NEW ZEALAND SCALING DOWN SERVICES TO A PRIMARY BIRTHING UNIT. THE CLOSURE LEAVES EXPECTANT MOTHERS WITH HIGH-RISK PREGNANCIES OR IN NEED OF C-SECTIONS TO TRAVEL TO TAURANGA FOR CARE. ZOE HOWE WAS AMONG THE FIRST NEW MUMS TO MAKE THE TRIP FOR AN EMERGENCY C-SECTION LAST MONTH AND JOINS US ALONGSIDE PETITION ORGANISER KAT WALSH-PATON. GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN YOUR SITUATION? YOU ARE ALREADY GOING TO TAURANGA, BUT THINGS TOOK A TURN. WHAT HAPPENED? I WAS PLANNING ON HAVING AN ELECTIVE C-SECTION, I KNEW I WOULD HAVE TO GO TO TAURANGA. I WENT FOR A ROUTINE MIDWIFE APPOINTMENT. I WAS ONLY 35 WEEKS PREGNANT AND STILL HAD A WEEK LEFT OF WORK AND MY BLOOD PRESSURE WAS HIGH. I WAS SENT FOR SOME URGENT BLOOD. WHAT HAPPENED FROM THERE WAS PRETTY MUCH I WAS MONITORED AND THEN LOADED INTO AN AMBULANCE AND SENT TO TAURANGA. THAT TRIP TAKES AROUND AN HOUR AND 10 MINUTES. WHAT WAS IT LIKE BEING IN THAT AMBULANCE BEING TRANSFERRED TO TAURANGA PRESUMABLY WITH NO FAMILY WITH YOU? I WAS 35 WEEKS, SO I DID NOT EVEN HAVE A BAG PACKED. I WAS IN MY WORKLOADS. WE HAD TO STOP EVERY 15 MINUTES TO CHECK MY BLOOD. IT WAS PRETTY SCARY, IT WAS OUT OF CONTROL. MY PARTNER AND MY MUM HAD TO GO AND PACK A BAG. WE WERE NOT SURE HOW LONG I WAS GOING TO BE THERE FOR WHAT THE PROCESS WAS GOING TO BE WHEN WE GOT THERE. HOW TOUGH WAS THAT KNOWING THAT YOU ARE BEING TRANSFERRED? HOW WERE YOU FEELING? AND, AGAIN, NOT HAVING THEIR FAMILY SUPPORT AROUND YOU, HOW DID THAT FEEL? WE HAVE THREE OTHER KIDS AS WELL, SO IT FELT REALLY SCARY. WE WERE NOT SURE HOW LONG WE WERE GOING TO BE THERE FOR. IT ENDED UP AT NIGHT TO SPEND QUITE A WHILE AND TAURANGA BECAUSE WE WERE SO FAR AWAY. CAN I BRING YOU IN HERE? YOU WEAR ALL OF THE HATS AS A MUM AND REPORTER AND THE PERSON THAT STARTED THIS PETITION. WHY DID YOU START IT? I HAVE HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE IN TERMS OF BEING SENT AWAY FROM HOME AFTER THE BIRTH OF MY SON SIX YEARS AGO. WE WERE IN HAMILTON. I JUST OF THE WHOLE TIME THAT I WAS THERE I WAS THINKING, HOW WOULD YOU DO THIS IF YOU HAD KIDS BACK HOME? WE JUST HAD A COUPLE OF DOGS THAT WE COULD ORGANISE CARE FOR. IF YOU HAVE KIDS, MY HUSBAND WAS TORN BETWEEN SUPPORTING ME AND BEING BACK I'M AT WORK AND LOOKING AFTER OUR HOUSE. WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE CHANGES COMING TO WHAKATANE WITH THE MATERNITY UNIT BEING DOWNGRADED, MY HEART DROPPED. I JUST THOUGHT, THIS MEANS SO MANY MORE WOMEN ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE THAT AND WHAT SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH AND THAT TRAUMA AND DISAPPOINTMENT AND YOUR BIRTH PLANS BEING CHANGED. ALL OF THE DIFFICULTIES AND STRESS. I THOUGHT, WE CANNOT LET THAT STAND. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I TALKED TO A MUM FRIEND. WE GOT A PETITION ROLLING. I THINK WE HAVE OVER 500 SIGNATURES NOW. YOU HAD A WHOLE HEAP OF PEOPLE TURN UP OVER THE WEEKEND AS WELL AS PART OF THE HIKOI. YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD FROM OTHERS AND WHAT THE BIGGEST CONCERNS ARE FROM THE COMMUNITY. THE HIKOI WAS AN AMAZING EXAMPLE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE CARE AND FEEL AWFUL ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE. I WOULD SAY THAT THERE WERE OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE THERE. THAT IS A BIG DEAL FOR A LITTLE COMMUNITY. WHERE A SEASIDE COMMUNITY AND PRETTY CRUISY. TO GET ALL RILED UP IS BIG FOR US. UP UNTIL THAT POINT, WE DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING ON. AT THAT HUI, WE HEARD FROM PEOPLE AT THE HOSPITAL, PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH WOMEN AND LABOUR AND PREGNANCY. OBVIOUSLY, LOTS OF MIDWIVES WITH THEIR. IT WAS FULL OF MUMS AND MIDWIVES AND PREGNANT WOMEN. THE BIGGEST QUESTION WAS, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP US SAFE? PEOPLE ARE SCARED. WHAT CONCERNS YOU MOST? WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST ABOUT THE CLOSURE OF THE OBSTETRICS UNIT? FOR ME, MY SON WAS BORN WITH AN EMERGENCY CESAREAN AT 36 WEEKS. HE HAD THE CORD WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK. THAT IS QUITE SCARY TO THINK THAT IF I WAS IN LABOUR WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. I FEEL FOR THE MIDWIVES TOO, WHO ARE TRANSPORTING THESE MUMS. I HAD AMAZING CARE AND TAURANGA HOSPITAL. MY SON WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE NATAL UNIT STRAIGHT AWAY, BUT HE COULD HAVE BEEN SENT BACK TO WHAKATANE, BUT BECAUSE I HAD FURTHER COMPLICATIONS AND THERE WAS NO ONE TO LOOK AFTER ME, WE HAD TO STAY FOR 11 DAYS. THAT WAS THE SCARIEST THING. IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER FOR MUMS IF WE HAD THAT SERVICE HERE. I WANT TO COME BACK TO YOU. THERE WERE FOUR OBSTETRICS SPECIALISTS AT WHAKATANE HOSPITAL THAT RESIGNED IN DECEMBER. TE WHATU ORA INITIATED RECRUITMENT, BUT THEY SAID THAT PROCESS WILL TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO 18 MONTHS. WHAT MORE DO YOU THINK HEALTH NEW ZEALAND COULD BE DOING FOR WHAKATANE? ONE OF THE ASSURANCES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GIVING US ALL ALONG, AT LEAST THAT IS THE WORD THAT CAME OUT, THEY ONLY NOTIFIED US OF THE DOWNGRADE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR WEEKS BEFORE IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. STEPPING ASIDE FOR A MINUTE, IMAGINE A SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT WOMAN SUDDENLY FINDING OUT THAT HER WHOLE BIRTH PLAN WAS GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE WITH ONLY A FEW WEEKS NOTICE. I THINK THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE COMMUNICATION FROM THEM. IF YOU'RE LOOKING BACK AT THE HISTORY OF THIS, IT HAS BEEN OVER A YEAR I THINK SINCE THE FIRST MOVEMENTS WERE MADE WITH OBSTETRICIANS OUT OF THE UNIT. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE LOCUMS TO FILL THOSE GAPS. THEY HAVE HAD OVER A YEAR. THEY ARE ASSURING US THAT THEY ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO RECRUIT, BUT THOSE JOBS HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN ON THEIR CAREERS PAGE UNTIL VERY RECENTLY. HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT YOUR BEST EFFORTS? IT IS VERY HARD FOR US IN THE COMMUNITY TO TRUST THEM NOW SAYING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO GET THIS FIXED WHEN HISTORICALLY THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE BEEN HAPPENING. WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY HEARD, SO I THINK THEY ANNOUNCED ON THURSDAY LAST WEEK, THAT THEY WILL HAVE A GENERAL MANAGER PUT INTO POSITION IN WHAKATANE. THAT IS GREAT NEWS, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT, BUT I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I THINK THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HERE THAT WOULD BE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A GENERAL MANAGER AND THAT ALL OF THOSE RECRUITMENT PROCESSES AND STAFFING ISSUES WITH HAVING TO GO THROUGH SOMEONE AND TAURANGA OR EVEN FURTHER AFIELD TO APPROVE THINGS AND GET THINGS ROLLING. IT IS NO WONDER THERE IS BEEN A BOTTLENECK. THAT DOES NOT WORK FOR OUR REGIONS. THE CENTRALISATION OF EVERYTHING IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LIVE IN CITIES. WE STILL NEED CARE AND OUR COMMUNITY. I WOULD SAY THAT THERE BEEN A LOT OF BALLS DROPPED. WE SO APPRECIATE HAVING BOTH OF YOU ON THE PROGRAM THIS MORNING AND YOUR VOICES. I'M GLAD EVERYTHING WORKED OUT. THANK YOU FOR ORGANISING THIS PETITION, AS SOMEONE WHO ALSO HAD AN EMERGENCY C-SECTION, THAT ARE SUCH AN INCREDIBLY SCARY TIME. I WANT OTHER WOMEN TO HAVE THE BEST CARE THAT THEY CAN. YOU DESERVE THAT IN WHAKATANE. IN A STATEMENT, HEALTH NEW ZEALAND SAYS THE HIKOI SHOWS HOW STRONGLY PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT HAVING A LOCAL SERVICE AND IT WILL PUT SUPPORT IN PLACE UNTIL A FULL MATERNITY SERVICE IS BACK. IT SAYS IT WILL HAVE A 24/7 SUPPORT HOTLINE WITH A MIDWIFE AND A DEDICATED AMBULANCE ON STANDBY FOR TRANSFERS. IT WILL ALSO COVER EXPENSES FOR THOSE WHO GO TO TAURANGA TO GIVE BIRTH. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE PLAN TO CUT POWER BILLS ON STEWART ISLAND AND REDUCE ITS DEPENDENCE ON DIESEL ENERGY. # YOU GOT THAT JAMES DEAN, DAYDREAM LOOK IN YOUR EYES. KIA ORA ANO, WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST.WITH HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THE FREE SPEECH UNION HAS CONDEMNED A PROTEST AT AN AUCKLAND PRIDE EVENT OVER THE WEEKEND. NEW ZEALAND HAS JOINED ITS INTERNATIONAL ALLIES IN CONDEMNING RUSSIA ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF A POLITICAL DISSIDENT'S DEATH. AND LIVERPOOL HAVE OVERCOME WOLVES TO RESTORE THEIR SEVEN-POINT LEAD IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE. STEWART ISLAND RAKIURA IS HOME TO AROUND 400 NEW ZEALANDERS. ITS GRID IS ENTIRELY POWERED BY DIESEL, REGULARLY SHIPPED ACROSS THE FOVEAUX STRAIGHT. IT'S NOT ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE AND IT'S GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE. RAKIURA HOUSEHOLDS PAY ABOUT $5000 A YEAR FOR POWER ` 120% MORE THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, DESPITE CONSUMING ABOUT 40% LESS ELECTRICITY. BUT THE LOCAL COUNCIL'S PLANNING TO BUILD A SOLAR FARM THAT COULD KNOCK HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS OFF ANNUAL BILLS. WE'RE JOINED NOW BY SOUTHLAND DISTRICT MAYOR ROB SCOTT TO TALK US THROUGH THE PLAN. MORENA, ROB. CAN I JUST ASK YOU, WHY ARE YOU SO DEPENDENT ON DIESEL? IT IS THE THIRD BIGGEST ISLAND IN NEW ZEALAND. IT IS NOT REALLY A FEASIBLE OPTION. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT, IN TERMS OF COST TO TRY AND IMPLEMENT THIS? WE ARE LOOKING AT A TWO-STAGE PROJECT, SO THE FIRST STAGE IS $15 MILLION, JUST GETTING THE NETWORK UPDATED, IN NUMBER TWO, A SOLAR FARM OF BATTERIES, WHICH WILL DO IS THE DIESEL BY UP TO 57%. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR THIS? THIS IS THE ADVANTAGE OF THE REGIONAL INDUSTRY STRUCTURE FUND. WHEN YOU REFLECT ON THE FACT THAT LAST JUNE, THE GOVERNMENT GAVE NEW AID FOR OTHER PROJECTS... HAVE YOU BEEN TO STEWART ISLAND AT ALL, CHRIS? YOU HAVE GOT TO GO. IT'S A REAL SPECIAL PART OF THE WORLD, AND IS 85% NATIONAL PARK. YOU COULD BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF WHEN YOU LAND. THE LANDSCAPE, THE PEOPLE, IT IS JUST A REALLY INCREDIBLE PLACE. WITH WHAT TO HAVE A BETTER IMAGE AND NOT INCLUDING DIESEL/ BUT ALSO, IT IS GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE FOR OUR PEOPLE OVER THERE. SO TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, BUT WE LOOK AT WAIHEKE, COSTS AROUND $49 ONE WAY. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE READY STRUGGLING. HOW ARE THESE LOCALS DEALING WITH THIS? WE HAD A MEETING ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND THERE WAS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AT THE END, SO WE ARE REALLY HOPEFUL AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IT ACROSS THE LINE REALLY QUICK. THOSE ARE PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY POWER BILLS SHELL OUT FOR. THEIR USING 40% LESS ELECTRICITY THEN THE AVERAGE NEW ZEALAND AS WELL THEY ARE PRETTY FRUGAL WITH THEIR ELECTRICITY AND IT SEEMS BACK FROM QUIET TO THE GENERATORS. BECOME PRETTY FRUGAL WITH THE ELECTRICITY, BUT ALSO IT IS PRETTY HARD. IS IT A WORRY FOR YOU THAT POTENTIALLY IF YOU DO NOT GET THIS AND THOSE COSTS CONTINUE TO STAY WHERE THEY ARE OR INCREASE, PEOPLE WON'T AFFORD TO LIVE THERE AND THEY WILL JUST MOVE AWAY? PEOPLE WON'T AFFORD TO LIVE THERE AND THEY WILL JUST MOVE AWAY? WHEN I REFLECT ON WHAT I SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE TOURISM IMPACT ON THE ISLANDS, WE GET 40,000 VISITORS A YEAR. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE GOT CITIZENS ON THE ISLAND. BRILLIANT SEAFOOD OVER THERE. GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND THE REST OF STEWART ISLAND. JUST QUICKLY, WHAT IS THE WEATHER LIKE? ANY DAY IN SOUTHLAND IS A GOOD DAY. WE WERE AT 30 YESTERDAY. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER NEXT. # I KNOW YOU COULDN'T CHANGE YOUR MIND... WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HIGH OF 25 TODAY. OCCASIONAL RAIN. FRESH EASTERLIES, EASING THIS AFTERNOON. HAMILTON, 24. OCCASIONAL RAIN, MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. FRESH EASTERLIES, EASING THIS EVENING. LOOKING GOOD, HAMILTON. WELLINGTON ` HIGH OF 26. CLOUDY PERIODS, WITH A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATE AFTERNOON. NORTHEASTERLIES. K10 LOOKING PRIMED FOR SOME BIG FIXTURES COMING UP. CAKE TIN LOOKING PRIMED FOR SOME BIG FIXTURES COMING UP. THERE LOTS OF NEW LITTLE PATHWAYS ALONG THE WATERFRONT. AFTER THE FIRST FOUR Ks, IT IS ALL ABOUT THE KNEES AND THE HIPS. DUNEDIN ` CLOUDY PERIODS. OCCASIONAL RAIN DEVELOPING THIS EVENING. NORTHEASTERLIES, EASING AT NIGHT. LOOKING GOOD THOUGH. TO BE FAIR. UKRAINE IS NOT ATTENDING UPCOMING TALKS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA, AS THEY ATTEMPT TO END THE NEARLY THREE-YEAR CONFLICT. PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYS HE HASN'T BEEN INVITED TO THE SAUDI ARABIA MEETING, AND THAT NO CEASEFIRE DEAL CAN BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT UKRAINE'S INVOLVEMENT. MEANWHILE EUROPEAN LEADERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO ORGANISE THEIR OWN EMERGENCY SUMMIT IN PARIS, WITH WORRIES EUROPE'S CONCERNS COULD BE SIDELINED IN AN AMERICAN-RUSSIAN DEAL. THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HAS CALLED FOR THE ERADICATION OF HAMAS, CASTING DOUBT ON THE FRAGILE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. MARCO RUBIO MADE THE COMMENTS AFTER MEETING WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. RUBIO SAYS THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF THE MILITANT GROUP MAKES PEACE 'IMPOSSIBLE'. THE DEATH TOLL FROM A STAMPEDE AT A RAILWAY STATION IN INDIA'S CAPITAL NEW DELHI HAS RISEN TO AT LEAST 18. SOME PASSENGERS SLIPPED AND FELL ON TO OTHERS WHILE COMING DOWN FROM A FOOTBRIDGE THAT CONNECTS TRAIN PLATFORMS, AUTHORITIES SAID. MANY OF THE VICTIMS WERE HINDU PILGRIMS TRAVELLING TO A FESTIVAL IN NORTHERN INDIA. FIREFIGHTERS ARE CONTINUING TO DAMPEN DOWN HOTSPOTS AROUND THE LEWIS PASS ROAD FIRE THIS MORNING. STATE HIGHWAY SEVEN BETWEEN HANMER SPRINGS AND SPRINGS JUNCTION IS NOW OPEN, BUT WITH A 30km/h SPEED RESTRICTION IN PLACE. RESIDENTS WHO WERE EVACUATED HAVE NOW BEEN ABLE TO RETURN HOME. TO SPORT, AND THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX WOMEN HAVE LOST 2-1 TO PERTH GLORY, AFTER CONCEDING A SECOND HALF OWN GOAL. THE VISITORS EQUALISED THROUGH OLIVIA FERGUSON RIGHT AT THE END OF HALF TIME, BUT A MOMENT OF COUNTER-ATTACKING BRILLIANCE SAW PERTH RE-TAKE THE LEAD. PUTS IT BACK INTO THE MIDDLE, AND IT'S IN! IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE KELLY BROWN IS CLAIMING IT. IT MAY WELL GO DOWN AS AN OWN GOAL FOR TIANA JABER. THE LOSS LEAVES THE NIX EIGHTH ON THE LADDER, FOUR POINTS OUTSIDE THE TOP SIX. THE BAFTAS ARE UNDERWAY. TO SHOW TYPICALLY SERVES AS A PREVIEW TO WHICH FILMS MIGHT CLEAN UP AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS, WHICH GET UNDERWAY IN TWO WEEKS TIME. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` THERE ARE SOME ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS IN THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA, AND IN GISBORNE NORTH OF TOLAGA BAY UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING. TAKE CARE. PRETTY CLOUDY START TO THE WEEK FOR ALL OF YOU ` SHOWERS FROM NORTHLAND TO AUCKLAND. 26 FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. A FINE START FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE SOME SCATTERED RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON IN CANTERBURY. 24 THE HIGH IN BLENHEIM. 25 IN TIMARU. THIS NEXT SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY ROTORUA NZ. ROTORUA HAS LONG BEEN CELEBRATED AS A WORLD-CLASS TOURISM DESTINATION, RENOWNED FOR ITS RICH MAORI CULTURE, BREATHTAKING GEOTHERMAL LANDSCAPES AND THRILLING ADVENTURE EXPERIENCES. BUT BEYOND THE ADRENALINE AND CULTURAL IMMERSION, ROTORUA OFFERS SOMETHING TRULY SPECIAL ` AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNWIND, RECONNECT AND RESET. HERE TO TELL US MORE IS ROTORUA MAYOR TANIA TAPSELL. MORENA. IT SOUNDS QUITE NICE. WHAT MAKES IT AN IDEAL COUPLES GET AWAY? IT IS JUST SUCH A PLACE TO RELAX. WE HAVE INCREDIBLE ATTRACTIONS THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT. WE ARE A GREAT PLACE TO JUST CONNECT, UNWIND. YOU'VE LAUNCHED A NEW CAMPAIGN. TELL US ABOUT IT. WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO COME TO HAIR FOR A ROAD TRIP. HENCE THE BATHROBES. WE DON'T USUALLY COME ON TV WITH BATHROBES, BUT IT IS SO MUCH FUN. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE SOME TIME TO RECOVER. IT IS NOT JUST FOR COUPLES. YOU COULD HAVE A GIRLS WEEKEND, BRING YOUR FRIEND. UNWIND AND RELAX. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ALL DESERVE IT. AT THE START WE MENTIONED HOW MUCH OF A PULL IT IS FOR INTERNATIONAL TOURISM. BUT, YOU ARE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT SIDE THIS TIME. ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE SO MANY VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. BUT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE REST OF NEW ZEALAND AND AUCKLANDERS ` YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD HAVE A GOOD TIME. TELL ME MORE ABOUT THOSE RELAXING THINGS THAT YOU COULD BE IN STORE FOR. OUR WATER TRULY IS MAGIC. WE HAVE OPENED UP A NEW SPA. IT IS INCREDIBLE. IT HAS A WALL OF SALT LAMPS. THERE ARE SO MANY OFFERINGS. YOU CAN BE OUT IN THE FOREST. YOU ARE TRYING TO LAY CLAIM TO JASON MAMOA. I JUST MADE HIM AN HONORARY CITIZEN. HE REALLY SUPPORTS CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT. IT WAS A NATURAL ALLIANCE TO TEAM UP WITH HIM. I AM COMING TO YOU AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS. I WILL HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND IN-LAWS WITH ME. YOU HAVE THE IN-LAWS, AND LEAVE THE KIDS WITH THEM. ENJOY YOUR BUDGET, HAVE A GREAT FOOD, A GREAT SPA, AND EVEN A LITTLE BUBBLES. HOW HAVE YOU FOUND THE TOURISM SECTOR PICKING UP IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS? WE ARE BACK IN BUSINESS. OUR TOURISM SPEND IS UP FROM WHAT WE USED TO BE. WE FOCUS A LOT ON ATTRACTING PEOPLE FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD BUT WE ACTUALLY WANT TO SAY, COME AND ENJOY YOUR OWN BACKYARD. IS NOT OFTEN WE GET THE TOP DOG COMING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ME U TONU MAI ` MORE SUCCESS ON THE SNOW WITH OUR KIWI ATHLETES OVERNIGHT. WE HAVE ALL THE DETAILS WITH MICHELLE PRENDERVILLE NEXT. # I KNOW YOU WANT MY TOUCH FOR LIFE. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` UKRAINE IS NOT ATTENDING TALKS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA AIMED AT ENDING THE NEARLY THREE-YEAR CONFLICT. THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS HAMAS CANNOT CONTINUE AS A MILITARY OR GOVERNMENT FORCE, AND ITS EXISTENCE MAKES PEACE 'IMPOSSIBLE'. THE DEATH TOLL FROM A STAMPEDE AT A RAILWAY STATION IN INDIA'S CAPITAL NEW DELHI, HAS RISEN TO AT LEAST EIGHTEEN. NEW ZEALAND'S SUCCESS ON THE SNOW JUST KEEPS COMING, WITH OUR LATEST CHAMPION FINLEY MELVILLE IVES (18) CROWNED WITH HIS FIRST WORLD CUP TITLE. WITH MORE, SPORTS REPORTER MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE JOINS US FROM THE DEEP SOUTH IN DUNEDIN. MICHELLE, OUR SNOW ATHLETES JUST KEEP GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THEY DO. THEY JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER AND BETTER. NOW THIS WAS IN THE MEN'S FREE SKI HALF PIPE LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. IT JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THE 18 YEAR OLD HAS EVER LANDED UP ON THE PODIUM AND JUST SO HAPPENS TO TAKE THE TOP STEP, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. THIS WAS AT THE WORLD CUP EVENT IN CALGARY IN CANADA. THE 18-YEAR-OLD WAS UP AGAINST SOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST FREE SKI HALF PIPERS. THERE WAS AN X- GAMES CHAMPION.. THERE WAS ALSO A BAITING MEDALLIST. HE HAD A SCORE OF 92.75, TOP SCORING AND WINNING HAS FIRST-EVER WORLD CUP PODIUM. A GREAT BREAKTHROUGH. JUST LAST MONTH HE FINISHED FOURTH AT THE X GAMES. THAT IS PRETTY COOL. THIS MUST MEAN THAT WERE SHAPING UP FOR NEXT YEAR? IF YOU LOOK AT THAT EVENT ALONE, IN FOURTH THERE WAS LUKE HAROLD ALSO FROM NEW ZEALAND. THER EIS ALSO ZOE, SHE IS GREAT. IF YOU LOOK AT X GAMES, WE HAD THIS BOLTER LUCA HARRINGTON WHO ALSO TOOK HOME MEDALS IN THIS LIFESTYLE. ROCCO JAMIESON, AND ROBINSON ` WHO LAST WEEK BACKED UP WITH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SILVER. SO MANY NAMES UNTYING AT YOU GUYS, AND AT THIS NEXT OLYMPICS SURELY THEY WILL BE GREAT. THERE IS A QUESTION MARK AROUND PORTEOUS. WE HAVE NOT SEEN COMPETE SINCE LAST YEAR'S X GAMES. HE HAS BEEN ON THE SLOPES WITH HIS BROTHER DOING A PASSION PROJECT. WHEN HE COMES BACK TO WANAKA WE WILL TRY TO CATCH UP WITH HIM. SEE WHERE HAS HAD SPACE IS AT. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WINTER OLYMPICS NEXT YEAR. NOW OVER AT THE BIATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OVERNIGHT IN SWITZERLAND, THERE WAS SOME KIWI SUCCESS. A KIWI ON THE PODIUM, BUT NO FERN? EXPLAIN PLEASE. IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER, CAMPBELL RIDE, TRAINED ON THE SLOPES IN WANAKA. HE REPRESENTED NEW ZEALAND AT THE LAST WINTER OLYMPICS, BUT IN 2023 HE SWITCHED ALLEGIANCES TO THE UNITED STATES. OVERNIGHT AT THE BIATHLON WHILE JUMPING SHIP'S HE WON SILVER IN THE 12.5 KM PURSUIT, AND ALSO THE 10 KM SPRINT. HE MADE HISTORY FOR THE UNITED STATES. IT IS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE EVER WON A MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE SPRINT CATEGORY. INCREDIBLE WORK FROM CAMPBELL. WE DO HAVE AN INTERVIEW ` IT IS THE BIGGEST SURPRISE TO BE HONEST. I PROVED EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO PROVE YESTERDAY. I CAN BRACE WELL AND THAT'S ALL I REALLY CAN DO. I HAD NO EXPECTATIONS. I HAD NO PRESSURE AND I JUST WENT OUT THERE AND ENJOYED THE RACE. THAT'S WHEN I DO MY BEST. I ENJOYED EVERY CORNER OF THE COURSE. THERE IS THE KIWI ACCENT. HE IS DEFINITELY KIWI, BUT RACING FOR THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY GUTTING ANNOUNCEMENT WHEN HE SWITCHED ALLEGIANCE. HE HAD BEEN INVITED TO TRAIN WITH THAT TEAM BECAUSE HE HELD DUAL CITIZENSHIP. THEY COULD SEE THE POTENTIAL IN THE SKY. IT WAS REALLY TOUGH FOR CAMPBELL BEING HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, TRAINING BY HIMSELF. THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER TO AMERICA AND USE THE FACILITIES, BE BACKED BY THEIR MONEY, AND HAVE TEAMMATES, WAS JUST A NO-BRAINER FOR HIM TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND, YET. HE IS ON THE PODIUM. WE ARE STILL CLAIMING HIM AS A KIWI, BUT WASN'T SUCCESSFUL. POTENTIALLY HE MAY NOT HAVE ONE THAT SILVER MEDAL, HAD HE NOT GONE TO THE UNITED STATES AND TRADE WITH THEM. CHRIS IS HERE WITH ME. I'M LOOKING FOR THE WINTER OLYMPICS NEXT YEAR. IT IS IN MILAN, ISN'T IT? THAT WOULD BE NICE. I'M STILL COMING OFF LEARNING FRENCH. I DON'T KNOW ANY ITALIAN. I WENT TO VENICE AFTER THE OLYMPICS. I'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A TASTE OF ITALY, BUT MILAN WOULD BE AMAZING. IT WOULD SUIT YOU NICELY, MICHELLE. ALSO, TO WRAP UP THE CONVERSATION, SORRY ABOUT THE HIGHLANDERS OVER THE WEEKEND, TOO. I JUST WANT TO SAY, THEY WERE IMPRESSIVE IN TERMS OF` IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS A REAL STRATEGY WITH WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO OUT THERE. ONE POINT IN IT. ONE POINT! SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. LOVELY COLOUR ` SUITS YOU. ENGINEERING NEW ZEALAND SAYS THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO ACT FAST TO STOP THE LOSS OF HUNDREDS OF JOBS IN THE SECTOR. CHIEF EXECUTIVE RICHARD TEMPLER SAYS DELAYS IN BIG INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS HAVE FORCED LARGE FIRMS TO LAY OFF STAFF. HE DISCUSSED HIS CONCERNS THIS MORNING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP. IN THE LAST 17 MONTHS, WE'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS PUT ON HOLD ACROSS EDUCATION, HEALTH, HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THAT HAS RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF HUNDREDS OF ENGINEERING JOBS AND HUNDREDS OF JOBS IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR. HOW CRITICAL IS IT? HOW URGENT IS IT THAT WE GET THINGS GOING AGAIN? I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY URGENT. WE'RE NOW SEEING SOME OF THE LARGE ENGINEERING FIRMS GOING THROUGH THIS SECOND ROUND OF RESTRUCTURING. SO THEY DOWNSIZED LAST YEAR, AND THEY'RE DOWNSIZING AGAIN. AND THOSE STAFF ARE NOT ABLE TO STAY IN NEW ZEALAND. THERE ISN'T SUFFICIENT WORK. AND WE ARE ENCOURAGING THE GOVERNMENT TO LOOK AT THIS AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BY BASICALLY GETTING THE MONEY FLOWING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE SPACE. AND, AGAIN, I ACKNOWLEDGE THE MINISTER'S WORK IN THIS SPACE LOOKING AT FAST-TRACK CONSENTING. BUT WE NEED THAT MONEY OUT THERE IN` OUT AS CONTRACTS SO ENGINEERING FIRMS HAVE SOME CERTAINTY FOR WORK SO THEY CAN RETAIN STAFF AND SO THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES THAT BUILD EVERYTHING CAN RETAIN THEIR WORKERS AND STAY ABOVE BOARD. MINISTER BISHOP, I KNOW THIS WON'T BE NEWS FOR YOU, BUT HEARING THIS, HOW CONCERNED DOES THIS MAKE YOU? WELL, LOOK, I SUPPOSE THE POINT I WOULD MAKE IS THAT THERE'S ABOUT $150 BILLION IN THE FORWARD PIPELINE OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AROUND NEW ZEALAND. WE'VE GOT A RECORD INVESTMENT INTO LAND TRANSPORT, FOR EXAMPLE. THERE IS A LOT OF THREE WATERS INFRASTRUCTURE WORK COMING ON STREAM AS COUNCILS HAVE FINALISED THEIR LONG-TERM PLANS JUST IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS ` 1st OF JULY LAST YEAR WHEN THEY KICKED IN. SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK COMING DOWN THE PIPE. AND THE CHALLENGE IS, IS EVEN IF THEY COME ON STREAM VERY QUICKLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT A MUCH SMALLER WORKFORCE ABLE TO DELIVER THAT, AND THAT WILL LEAD TO COST INCREASES, AND IT WILL LEAD TO DELAYS. WE'RE ASKING THE COALITION GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER PUTTING INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY TARGETS, CONTRACTS OUT THERE, MONEY ACTUALLY HITTING THE GROUND AND HITTING THE FIRMS AS PART OF THEIR QUARTERLY PLAN. MINISTER, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'D BE WILLING TO CONSIDER? WELL, WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT THAT. I MEAN, WE HAVE A FORWARD PIPELINE OF PROJECTS AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING RIGHT NOW AND THAT COUNCILS ARE DOING AS WELL. YOU GOT TO BE A LITTLE BIT CAREFUL. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SET YOURSELF A TARGET OF A PARTICULAR CONTRACT COMING TO MARKET BY A PARTICULAR DATE, BECAUSE THAT THAT WOULD LEAD TO POTENTIALLY SOME ARTIFICIAL BEHAVIOUR BY BOTH CONTRACTORS AND BY THE GOVERNMENT. BUT WHAT I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS TO BUILD THAT STABLE PIPELINE GOING FORWARD. I'M VERY FOCUSED ON THAT AS INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER, AND WE ARE AS A GOVERNMENT. WE'VE CHANGED A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM SETTINGS. AND I THINK BROADLY SUPPORTED BY THE SECTOR IN ORDER TO DELIVER THAT GENUINE PIPELINE, AND WE'RE ENGAGING WITH THE OPPOSITION AROUND BUILDING A NATIONAL PLAN, A 30-YEAR PLAN, SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AHEAD WITH CONFIDENCE, AND THE ENGINEERS AND EVERYONE ELSE INVOLVED IN THE SECTOR CAN LOOK AHEAD, BECAUSE THE SIMPLE REALITY IS WE'VE GOT A BIG DEFICIT IN NEW ZEALAND AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE. WE'VE GOT TO DO A LOT OF THINGS BETTER. WE'VE MADE A GOOD START IN GOVERNMENT, BUT I DON'T PRETEND THAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW` THERE'S NOT A LONG WAY TO GO. THERE IS, BUT ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH ENGINEERING NEW ZEALAND AND THE BROADER SECTOR TO TRY AND BUILD UP THAT PIPELINE AND GET THE WORK FLOWING SO WE CAN BUILD THE BETTER NEW ZEALAND WE ALL WANT AND DESERVE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE 8 O'CLOCK NEWS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. PLUS, IF THE HOT HUMID NIGHTS ARE KEEPING YOU AWAKE, YOU'LL BE A FAN OF OUR NEXT SEGMENT. WE'LL TELL YOU HOW TO BEAT THE SUMMER HEAT. GOOD ONE. I JUST GOT THAT. WELCOME BACK. WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND THE COUNTRY HITTING HIGHS, YOU'RE LIKELY TO BE IN THE MARKET FOR A FAN OR SOME KIND OF COOLING OPTION. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2025, OUR PRODUCT TESTER EXTRAORDINAIRE AND THE ALWAYS COOL JAMES LE PAGE FROM CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND JOINS US NOW. MORENA, JAMES. TALK US THROUGH WHAT IS HOT AND WHAT IS NOT. OUR PEOPLE REACHING FOR THE FANS AT THE MOMENT? THEY ARE. GOOD MORNING, CHRIS. NICE TO SEE YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. THIS TOPIC IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MYSELF. WE ARE DEALING WITH THIS IN MY HOUSE AT THE MOMENT. I REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, WHEN THE HEAT WAVE HIT, THE FANS AND ALL OF THE SHOPS, THEY JUST DISAPPEAR, SO YOU HAVE GOT TO GET IN QUICK. CEILING FANS AND PLUG-IN FANS ARE A VERY GOOD OPTION JUST TO HELP TRIANGULAR AIRFLOW MOVING AROUND YOUR HOUSE, BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU FEEL THAT BREEZE ACROSS YOU, THEN IT IS A REALLY GOOD JOB. WITH PLUG-IN FANS, THE MORE YOU PAY, YOU DO NOT NECESSARILY GET MORE PERFORMANCE THERE. YOU ARE JUST PAYING FOR FEATURES. IT MIGHT HAVE A NATURAL BREEZE SETTING THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN WRAPS IT UP TO ABOUT 15, AND THEN IT FEELS LIKE IT IS BLOWING THE COVERS OF YOUR BED, AND THEN IT SETTLES DOWN AGAIN. I DO NOT LIKE THAT, BUT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT. THAT IS WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND FOR PEOPLE. THIS ONE NEXT TO ME, I WILL NOT GIVE YOU THE BRAND, BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS. IT COST ABOUT $10. IT WORKS AS PERFECTLY WELL IS SOMETHING THAT WILL COST ABOUT $200. IN COST EFFICIENCY, IS A MORE EFFICIENT TO CALL A ROOM TO HAVE A STATIONARY FAN BLOWING IN ONE DIRECTION OR TO HAVE THE FAN ON SWIVEL MODE CIRCULATING THE AIR MORE THROUGH THE ROOM? TO ACTUALLY FEEL THE COOLING EFFECT, THE AIRFLOW NEEDS TO BE HITTING YOU. IT WILL BE MORE EFFICIENT TO HAVE IT DIRECTLY ON YOU. BUT THERE IS ANOTHER TRICK YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR PLUG-IN FAN WILL STOP IN THE EVENING, YOU CAN PLUG IT IN AND TURN IT ON HIGH AND HAVE A POINTING OUT OF THE WINDOW. RATHER THAN BLOWING AT YOU, IT IS ACTUALLY DRAWING ALL OF THE WARM AIR OUT OF YOUR ROOM, AND IT IS SHOOTING IT OUTSIDE. IT WILL BE REPLACED WITH HOPEFULLY THE COOLER AIR FROM OUTSIDE. THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE IT IS SO WARM IN THE EVENINGS AND HUMID. YOUR ONLY OPTION THERE IS TO START LOOKING AT PROPERLY CALLING THE AIR, BECAUSE FANS DO NOT DO THAT. YOU ARE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY BUYING A PORTABLE AIR-CONDITIONER. I AM NOT A BIG FAN OF PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONERS MYSELF. THEY ARE VERY HEAVY AND NOISY. AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THEM DUCTED TO THE OUTSIDE, SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE BEEN A KEY LITTLE CATS. ON THE WINDOWS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY, IT IS A REALLY ANNOYING AND FIDDLY JOB. I TRIED IT AND GAVE UP ON IT. THE TRICK OF BLOWING THE AIR OUT WITH THE FAN IS QUITE A GOOD ONE. DO YOU HAVE ANY NON-APPLIANCE TIPS FOR CALLING DOWN? YOU CAN TRY AND USE ACROSS REASON YOUR HOUSES WELL. IF YOU HAVE GOT WIND BLOWING OUTSIDE, OPEN THE WINDOWS ON ONE SIDE, AND THE DOORS ALL OPEN THROUGH THE HOUSE, AND THE WINNERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE, AND THAT WILL HOPEFULLY SHOOT ALL OF THE WARM AND STICKING A OUT OF YOUR HOUSE. THAT WILL BRING THINGS DOWN, EVEN IF IT IS HALF A DEGREE, THAT ACTUALLY MAKES A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE TO HOW YOU FEEL PERSONALLY. ANYTHING YOU CAN DO, JUST DO IT, BECAUSE AT THE MOMENT, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I AM STRUGGLING TO SLEEP, AND THE AFTERNOONS ARE REALLY NASTY DOWN AND OUR HOUSE. YOU HAVE 26 DEGREES TODAY. IT IS QUITE HOT. THAT IS DISAPPOINTING. YOU OTHER WITH A PERSON AS WELL, AND THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT. WE ONLY ACCEPT PARTIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. ALWAYS A PLEASURE. LOVELY TO TALK TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE HOT TIPS. ALL THE COOL TIPS. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS HOUR ` EIGHT MONTHS AFTER HIS TERMINAL CANCER DIAGNOSIS, NIGEL LATTA SITS DOWN WITH INDEPTH REPORTER GILL HIGGINS TO SHARE HIS EXPERIENCES ` BOTH THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS. ALSO AHEAD ` IN THE MARKET FOR SOME HOT POOLS? WAINGARO HOT SPRINGS NEAR NGARUAWAHIA IS UP FOR SALE. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AROUND. PLUS ` FORGET GOODY GOODY GUMDROPS AND ORANGE CHOCOLATE CHIP. WHAT'S BEHIND A RISE IN POPULARITY OF SAVOURY DESSERTS? WHAT'S BEHIND A RISE IN POPULARITY OF SAVOURY DESSERTS? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF ASSAULT FOLLOWING PROTESTS AT A CHILDREN'S EVENT IN AUCKLAND THAT WAS PART OF THE PRIDE FESTIVAL. THEY SAY THE PROTEST CROSSED A LINE AND THAT NOBODY, PARTICULARLY CHILDREN, SHOULD BE MADE TO FEEL UNSAFE. THE FREE SPEECH UNION IS CALLING THE DISRUPTION INTIMIDATING AND APPALLING, AFTER 50 PROTESTERS LINKED TO DESTINY CHURCH STORMED THE TE ATATU LIBRARY ON SATURDAY AND REFUSED TO LEAVE. AROUND 70 RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR CENTRAL WELLINGTON HOMES AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT IN A BLOCK OF FLATS. THE BLAZE BEGAN IN AN APARTMENT ON THE THIRD FLOOR, SENDING SMOKE BILLOWING ACROSS TE ARO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. IT TOOK NEARLY TWO HOURS FOR THE FIRE TO BE EXTINGUISHED. HUNDREDS OF MOURNERS HAVE RISKED ARREST IN MOSCOW BY VISITING THE GRAVE OF OPPOSITION FIGURE ALEXEI NAVALNY A YEAR AFTER HIS DEATH. A VOCAL CRITIC OF PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, NAVALNY DIED WHILE SERVING A 28-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE ON EXTREMISM CHARGES. 18 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND, HAVE RELEASED A JOINT STATEMENT ON THE ANNIVERSARY, SAYING THE KREMLIN WAS ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE AND URGING RUSSIA TO RELEASE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS. POPE FRANCIS IS ON 'ABSOLUTE BED REST' AS HE REMAINS IN HOSPITAL WHILE BEING TREATED FOR BRONCHITIS. THE VATICAN DESCRIBED THE PONTIFF (88) AS HAVING A RESTFUL NIGHT AS A CARDINAL STEPPED IN TO DELIVER THE TRADITIONAL SUNDAY MORNING MASS. NEW ZEALAND'S HAYDEN WILDE HAS WON THE WORLD TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES OPENER IN ABU DHABI. THE OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALLIST COMING OUT ON TOP IN A SPRINT FINISH AGAINST AUSTRALIA'S MATT HAUSER TO CLAIM HIS FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON. HE'S GONNA START 2025 EXACTLY THE SAME WAY HE FINISHED 2024, WITH A WORLD TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES VICTORY. THE NEXT STOP ON THE SERIES IS IN JAPAN IN MAY. TOTTENHAM HAVE MANAGED TO STRING TOGETHER TWO PREMIER LEAGUE WINS IN A ROW, WITH A VICTORY OVER MANCHESTER UNITED. JAMES MADDISON SCORING THE MATCH WINNER ON HIS RETURN FROM INJURY. BERGVALL... SAVED BY ONANA. FOLLOWING IN IS MADDISON TO SCORE! THEY ARE NOW 12th ON THE TABLE. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. THERE ARE SOME ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS IN THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA AND IN GISBORNE NORTH OF TOLAGA BAY UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING. TAKE CARE. PRETTY CLOUDY START TO THE WEEK FOR ALL OF YOU. SHOWERS FROM NORTHLAND TO AUCKLAND. 26 FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. A FINE START FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE SOME SCATTERED RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON IN CANTERBURY. 24 THE HIGH IN BLENHEIM. 25 IN TIMARU. THANKS, CHRIS. IT'S NOW EIGHT MONTHS SINCE NIGEL LATTA WAS TOLD HE HAD TERMINAL CANCER AND MAY HAVE LESS THAN A YEAR TO LIVE. IT'S BEEN A TIME OF REFLECTION, INCREDIBLE LOWS, BUT ALSO UNEXPECTED HIGHS. AND IT SEEMS NOTHING CAN STOP HIM FROM USING HIS EXPERIENCE TO OFFER UP ADVICE. HE AND HIS WIFE NATALIE SPOKE WITH INDEPTH REPORTER GILL HIGGINS ABOUT THE ASTONISHING THINGS THEY'VE LEARNT. WHEN THE SURGEON SAID SIX TO 12 MONTHS... I JUST` IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM REAL. THIS IS A REALLY BIG ONE, ISN'T IT? IT'S PRETTY` IT'S PRETTY MEATY. IT'S PRETTY HEAVY, YEAH. IT'S, UM... IT'S STRANGE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU SPEND YOUR WHOLE LIFE` I SPEND A LOT OF MY TIME TALKING ABOUT RESILIENCE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND IT'S LIKE, OK, LET'S PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS. GILL JOINS US NOW. THIS MUST HAVE BEEN AN EMOTIONAL CHAT. IT DOES NOT REALLY GET MUCH MORE EMOTIONAL THAN TALKING ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH AND LOVE, AND SO INTERESTINGLY, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS TOUGH, NIGEL AND NATALIE HAVE A WAY OF MAKING YOU FEEL QUITE RELAXED TALKING ABOUT IT. I THINK PARTLY IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO INTERESTED IN LOOKING INTO IT AS WELL. IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE AN EASY FLOWING CONVERSATION, AND ON TOP OF THAT, IF YOU SEE THE INTERVIEW, YOU WILL SEE ACTUALLY MAKES QUITE A LOT OF JOKES STILL. THAT IS NIGEL, ISN'T IT? IT IS REALLY NICE. IN TERMS OF HIM, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE CAME ON AIR, HIM DURING THE INTERVIEW, WHY DID HE WANT TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT IS JENNY? I THINK IT IS DIFFERENT FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WANT TO KEEP IT TO THEMSELVES AND THEY DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE. I THINK HE SEES THE VALUE, BECAUSE HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO GIVE ADVICE AND TO HELP PEOPLE, AND I THINK HE STILL SAW THAT HE COULD DO THAT, OR PARTICULARLY COULD DO THAT IN THE SITUATION. HE TOOK A WHILE TO THINK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE HIS TIME IS VERY PRECIOUS TO HIM NOW. HE IS VERY PROTECTIVE OF IT. ANY THOUGHT, I THINK I CAN DO THIS. HE WANTED TO DO IT AT HIS HOUSE. WE DID NOT HAVE TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME GOING AWAY. AND WHEN WE TURNED UP WITH THE CAMERAS, HE KIND OF SWITCHES ON. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT HE IS IN HIS ELEMENT. HE WAS AN AMAZING PERSON TO INTERVIEW. AND HE LIT UP. HE DOES THIS THING WHERE HE TALKS TO THE CAMERA IS THAT OF TALKING TO ME. HE IS JUST A NATURAL. AN ABSOLUTE PROFESSIONAL. IT HAS BEEN EIGHT MONTHS OF HIS DIAGNOSIS. HOW IS HE GOING? HE SEES HIS LIFE NOW IS A MASSIVE GAME OF SNAKES AND LADDERS. IT IN CANCER, DEFINITELY A SNAKE. FINDING OUT THAT ONCOLOGISTS ARE AMAZING AND HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS TO USE WAS A LADDER, AND HAS CANCER DID ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF REGRESS IS QUITE THE WHITE WORD, BUT IT GOT UNDER CONTROL, AND THEN IT JUMPED THE FENCE INTO HIS LUNGS, SO THAT WAS A BIG SNAKE, BUT THEN HE DID A GENETIC PROFILE AND FOUND THAT HE WAS SUITABLE FOR ANOTHER DRUG, AND IT WAS ABLE TO KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL AGAIN. AND THAT IS WHEN WE HAVE SEEN HIM, WHEN HE HAS BEEN CLIMBING THIS OTHER LETTER. TO ME, HE LOOKED SO WELL. HE HAS A VERY POSITIVE ATTITUDE. IT REALLY SHONE THROUGH THAT HE HAS THIS COMPLETE FAITH IN SCIENCE. HE REALLY BELIEVES THAT HIS DOCTORS HAD GOT THE RIGHT TREATMENT PLAN, AND HE PUTS ALL OF HIS FAITH IN THAT, AND THAT LED TO ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I ASKED HIM IN THE INTERVIEW. AND YOU'VE STUCK PRETTY MUCH TO YOUR CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS, NOT GONE DONE THE ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT LINE AT ALL, NOT GONE DOWN THE ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT LINE AT ALL, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE DO. YEAH, WHICH IS FINE. A LOT OF PEOPLE GO OFF AND RESEARCH ALL ABOUT THEIR TUMOUR AND THE DRUGS, AND THAT'S GOOD FOR THOSE PEOPLE; I DON'T. I JUST FIGURE ALL THESE REALLY CLEVER PEOPLE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD. I'M GONNA LEAVE THEM TO THAT, AND YOU JUST TELL ME WHERE TO BE AND WHAT TO DO, AND I'LL DO THAT. SO IT IS CLEAR THAT HE HAS A HEAP OF FAITH IN HIS ONCOLOGIST. YOU SAID EARLIER THAT HE IS VERY GUARDED ABOUT HIS TIME NOW. WHAT ELSE IS HE DOING? WHAT ELSE DOES HE THINK IS HELPING HIM THROUGH THIS? THERE WERE A COUPLE OF KEY THINGS HE SPOKE ABOUT. ONE IS BEING OPTIMISTIC. I THINK HE IS FORTUNATE THAT HE IS A NATURALLY OPTIMISTIC PERSON. AND HE SAYS THAT SCIENCE ACTUALLY SHOWS THAT IF YOU CAN BE POSITIVE AND OPTIMISTIC ABOUT YOUR SITUATION, THEN, ACTUALLY, YOUR IMMUNE CELLS ARE MORE ACTIVE, SO YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF BEATING THE CANCER. ON THE OTHER THING IS TO HAVE A REASON TO KEEP LIVING. FOR HIM, THAT IS PEOPLE HE LOVES. IT IS FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND IN PARTICULAR, IT IS NATALIE. THEY WERE ONLY SIX MONTHS INTO THEIR MARRIAGE WHEN HE GOT DIAGNOSED. IF YOU WATCH THE INTERVIEW, YOU CAN FEEL THE LOVE BETWEEN THEM. IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL. THEY ARE HOLDING HANDS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE INTERVIEW. IF THEY GET EMOTIONAL, THEY GRIP EVEN TIGHTER. THIS REASON TO KEEP LIVING IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIM. ON THAT SCORE, THEY BOTH SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT, AND AGAIN, THERE IS A LITTLE CLIP THAT WE WILL PLAY THAT IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HE THINKS. THERE'S A FRENCH PHILOSOPHER MARCEL PROUST, AND I DON'T WANNA GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT I READ MARCEL PROUST, COS I DON'T; I READ THIS ONE BIT. HE SAID THAT THE PROBLEM IS THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS ILLUSION THAT LIFE WILL GO ON FOREVER, THE JOY GETS BURIED IN ALL THE EVERYDAY STUFF, AND IT'S ONLY WHEN CATASTROPHE STRIKES, THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY CONNECT WITH THE JOY. AND SO WHAT WE'VE KIND OF LEARNT IS... AND I WISH I'D DONE THIS EARLIER IN MY LIFE, IS CONNECT WITH THE JOY EARLIER, DON'T WAIT FOR THE CATASTROPHE. CONNECT WITH THE JOY EARLY. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE CATASTROPHE. I LOVE THAT. HE IS GREAT, ISN'T HE? IT IS KIND OF SAD DOING THE INTERVIEW, BUT IT WAS ALSO REALLY LIFE AFFIRMING. IT GIVES YOU A LOT TO THINK ABOUT. I HAVE NOT SEEN IT YET, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY GO AND WATCH IT. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS INTERVIEW, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT. AND TO NIGEL AND HIS WIFE AS WELL FOR DOING THIS INTERVIEW, IT IS SO IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. GILL'S FULL INTERVIEW WITH NIGEL AND NATALIE IS STREAMING NOW ON TVNZ+. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ON YOUR SMART TV, GO TO THE MENU ON THE LEFT AND CLICK ON 'NEWS'. YOU'LL FIND THIS STORY ALONG WITH ALL THE LATEST COVERAGE. BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. WHO REMEMBERS THE NAME THE MIKHAIL LERMONTOV? YES, HE WAS A WRITER, BUT WE MAY KNOW THE NAME BETTER FOR THE RUSSIAN CRUISE SHIP NAMED AFTER HIM. ON A TWO-WEEK TRIP AROUND NEW ZEALAND IN EARLY 1986, IT STRUCK ROCKS AT CAPE JACKSON IN THE MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS AND WITHIN FIVE HOURS HAD SUNK, WITH THE LOSS OF ONE CREW MEMBER. IN TODAY'S LOOK INTO THE TVNZ ARCHIVE, WE LOOK AT HOW WE COVERED IT ON THIS DAY IN 1986. THE DRAMATIC LAST MOMENTS OF THE MIKHAIL LERMONTOV WERE A MOURNFUL SIGHT TO RESCUE CREWS, WHO COULD ONLY LOOK ON HELPLESSLY. THE SHIP'S DEATH WAS FINAL AND INEVITABLE. WE GOT AS CLOSE AS WE COULD IN AN ATTEMPT TO SALVAGE ANYONE FROM THE SHIP ` IF THERE WAS ANYONE LEFT ON BOARD. THERE WAS NOT AT THAT STAGE. WE WATCHED IT GO DOWN FROM ABOUT 100 YARDS CLEAR IN CASE ANYONE CAME OFF THE SHIP. THE... VESSEL IN DISTRESS, WHICH WAS SHOWING NO LIGHTS BY THIS STAGE AND WAS HEELING VERY BADLY TO STARBOARD, WITH ITS POWER VERY DEEP IN THE WATER AND ITS PROPELLERS BOTH OUT OF THE WATER. IT WAS A TRAGIC END FOR A VESSEL THAT, JUST TWO DAYS EARLIER, HAD STOOD AT THE FOREFRONT OF A BOOMING CRUISE SHIP INDUSTRY IN THIS COUNTRY. THE 20,000 TONNES GERMAN-BUILT VESSEL'S AIM WAS TO PUT MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS ON THE WORLD TOURIST MAP. BUT AS THE SHIP LEFT QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING, IT STRUCK A ROCK OFF CAPE JACKSON, THEN IT DRIFTED INTO PORT GORE AND CLOSE TO THE BEACH BEFORE FINALLY SINKING IN 30m OF WATER 4.5 HOURS LATER. IN SPITE OF A DELAY IN ARRANGING A FULL-SCALE RESCUE MISSION, NEW ZEALAND BOATIES FLOCKED TO THE SCENE. 26 BOATS EVENTUALLY LINING UP ALONGSIDE TWO NAVY VESSELS AND TWO CIVILIAN BOATS WHO HELPED IN THE RESCUE. RT: YEAH, YOU'RE ALONGSIDE LADY LIZ. YEAH, AFFIRMATIVE. BUT SHE'S JUST TRYING TO GET THIS LIFE RAFT IN TOW... AND LATE THAT NIGHT, AND THE SCENE OF THE WRECK HAD A DESOLATE AIR. EMPTY LIFEBOATS MOORED HELPLESSLY, MANY WITH PERSONAL POSSESSIONS ABANDONED INSIDE, TOLD THE TALE OF A HURRIED EVACUATION, MERCIFULLY IN A MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS BAY, SHELTERED FROM SUNDAY NIGHT'S STIFF SOUTHERLY. WHAT WASN'T CLEAR WAS JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD MADE THEIR ESCAPE IN THESE BOATS, AND THAT WAS THE SIGNAL FOR A SYSTEMATIC SEARCH OF THE COASTLINE FOR BODIES ` A SEARCH THAT HAD TO BE CALLED OFF WHEN SOME OF THE SMALL BOATS THEMSELVES WERE THOUGHT TO BE IN DANGER. IN THE END, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ALL THE PASSENGERS WERE SAFE, BUT THAT COMFORTING FACT WAS FAR FROM CERTAIN AT 4am THIS MORNING. E WHAI AKE NEI ` A UNIQUE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE IN THE WAIKATO. LUCY BENDELL, GIVE US THE SALES PITCH. GOOD MORNING, CHRIS. WE HAVE A SALES PITCH NEXT, BUT THERE IS A LOT TO OFFER HERE. WE ARE HERE AT THE HOT SPRINGS. THERE IS A BIG SPLASH BEHIND AND A FEW OTHER PULLS DOWN THERE. WE WILL CHECK IT OUT NEXT. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. POLICE HAVE STRONGLY CONDEMNED THE PROTESTERS WHO DISRUPTED A CHILDREN'S EVENT IN AUCKLAND THAT WAS PART OF THE PRIDE FESTIVAL. POPE FRANCIS IS ON 'ABSOLUTE BED REST' AS HE REMAINS IN HOSPITAL WHILE BEING TREATED FOR BRONCHITIS. AND, NEW ZEALAND'S HAYDEN WILDE HAS WON THE WORLD TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES OPENER IN ABU DHABI. LEGEND. IT'S SURVIVED STORMS AND EVEN LOST ITS POOL ACCREDITATION. NOW THE WAIKATO'S BEST KNOWN HOT SPRINGS WAINGARO IS UP FOR SALE. ACCORDING TO THE LISTING, THE SPOT WAS AT ITS PEAK POPULARITY DURING THE 1980s AND THE '90s, 'WHEN CROWDS WOULD FLOCK TO THE DESTINATION YEAR-ROUND'. TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. WE'VE SENT REPORTER LUCY BENDELL TO INVESTIGATE. MORENA. THAT IS RIGHT. WELCOME TO WAINGARO HOT SPRINGS. IT IS A LOVELY MORNING. THERE IS SOME STEAM COMING OFF THE HOSPITALS IN FRONT OF ME. THIS IS A BIT OF A LONG DRIVE HERE. BUT IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DRIVE. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR NEW OWNERS AFTER 30 YEARS OF THE SAME OWNERSHIP. THERE IS LOTS TO SEE HER, BUT WE WILL BRING IN JOSH. TELL ME, I JUST MENTION THE LONG DRIVE HERE. IT IS SLIGHTLY ISOLATED, BUT SELL IT TO ME. WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WOULD LOVE THIS PLACE. IT IS BASICALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF NEW ZEALAND'S POPULATION. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL LOCATION ESTABLISHED IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER AS A HOTEL OR MINERAL POLL DESTINATION SINCE 1885. ONE OF THE OLDEST ONES IN THE COUNTRY. IT IS RICH IN HISTORY. TELL ME OF A FEW OF THE ASSETS WE HAVE. THERE ARE ABOUT THREE HERE. WE SAW THE SLIDE JUST BEFORE. YOU HAVE BASICALLY GOT THREE POLLS IN THIS FACILITY, AND THEN YOU HAVE A KAMIKAZE AND THE BIG SPLASH, THE TWO HYDRA SLIDES, WHICH ARE REALLY WELL-KNOWN IN THE WAIKATO REGION. AND THERE IS THE BUMPER BOAT POLL AT THE TOP, THAT IS NOT BEING USED AT THE MOMENT. THE BONES ARE STRONG. THE FUTURE OF THE SPACES IN THE NEW OWNERS. AFTER 32 YEARS, THE OWNERS ARE READY TO RETIRE. WE NEED A FRESH INJECTION TO MAKE IT WHAT IT WAS FAMOUS FOR IN THE 80S AND 90S. TELL ME MORE ABOUT THAT. I WAS SPEAKING TO YOUR COLLEAGUE BEFORE, AND SHE SAID SHE ON A BUS FROM SCHOOL. TRIPS USED TO HAPPEN HERE. TELL ME A BIT MORE ABOUT HOW POPULAR IT WAS BACK IN THE DAY. IT WAS ON TV AND WORLD-FAMOUS AND NEW ZEALAND. THERE WERE DAY TRIPS FROM AUCKLAND AND TAURANGA. EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT GO, WAINGARO, GO. IT WAS A FAMOUS JINGLE ON TV. BUT PEOPLES HABITS HAVE CHANGED. IN THE POLLS ARE NOT WHAT THEY USED TO BE. PEOPLE GO TO OTHER DESTINATIONS. BUT THE BONES ARE HERE. IT IS A GREAT DESTINATION. IT HAS THE CAMPGROUND AND MOTEL CABINS. IT HAS ACCOMMODATION FOR STAFF. IT JUST NEEDS TO HAVE SOMEONE WITH FRESH BLOOD. JUST WALKING AROUND, IT DOES NEED A LITTLE BIT OF A REVAMP. A LITTLE BIT OF TLC. DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GET BACK TO ITS FORMER GLORY OF BEING SO POPULAR? 100%. NEW ZEALAND'S SESSION WITH MINIMAL POLLS ` RIGHT AROUND THE COUNTRY, EVERYONE LOVES GOING TO THEM. THEY LOVE VALUABLE FOR MONEY. THIS NEEDS A BIT OF IT PICK ME UP IN A BIT OF CAPITAL. IT IS A LEASEHOLD SITE, THROUGH NOT INJECTING A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO BUYING THE LAND AS WELL. YOU ARE BUYING THE ASSETS OF EVERYTHING ABOVE THE GROUND AND THE WATER RIGHTS, WHICH ARE VERY HARD TO FIND AN HOUR. YOU ARE NOT HAVING TO SPEND A FORTUNE ON THE INITIAL OUTLAY. YOU ARE BUYING THE BUILDINGS AND ASSETS, BUT THE LAND IS ON LEASE FROM THE WAIKATO REGIONAL COUNCIL, AND IT IS AT A REASONABLE RATE. THE VALUE DOES NOT ESCALATE OUT OF CONTROL, SO IF THIS PROPERTY WAS IN AUCKLAND, THE LEASE WOULD CRIPPLE THE BUSINESS, BUT IT DOES NOT DO THAT HERE. QUICK QUESTION ` WHAT IS THE BALLPARK FIGURE? 14 MARCH IS THE FINAL DATE. EVERY VENDOR WANTS AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE, AND EVERYONE WANTS TO BUY IT FOR AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. CONTACT US AND COME HAVE A LOOK THROUGH. GOOGLE JOSH SMITH AND BAILEYS, AND YOU WILL GET THE LINK TO THE SITE. ONCE YOU'VE HAD A LOOK AROUND, YOU WILL SEE WHAT IS NEEDED, AND YOU WILL ASCERTAIN A VALUE FOR YOURSELF. POTENTIAL, I THINK. AS HATS THAT CAN COME BACK TO ITS FORMER GLORY. I MIGHT TEST THE WATERS AND GO FOR A DIP. THE SUN IS COMING OUT JUST IN TIME. IT WILL BE RUDE NOT TO. IT WAS A GOOD ATTEMPT AT THE SALES PITCH, LUCY. I WILL NOT BE MAKING A MOVE FOR IT. A CASH INJECTION. THERE IS A BIT OF FOOTBALL DOWN THERE. THEY HAVE A GOOD TEAM THERE. I DO NOT NOT THEY ARE STILL IN THE DIVISION. IT IS A LONG-AWAITED TRIP, I CAN TELL YOU THAT. A LONG RIDE HOME IF YOU DO NOT WIN. I WENT THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES. I CANNOT REMEMBER WHY. I DO NOT REMEMBER HOW OLD I WAS. IT WAS PRETTY COOL BACK THEN. MAYBE YOU WILL GET ANOTHER CHANCE ONE OF THESE DAYS. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, WE GIVE SAVOURY DESSERTS THE TASTE TEST. ARE WE? YOU. CIRQUE DU SOLEI IS COMING BACK TO AOTEAROA! THEIR LATEST SHOW 'CORTEO' HAS WOWED MILLIONS AND NOW IT'S MAKING ITS WAYS TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND THIS OCTOBER. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON CAUGHT UP WITH ACROBAT KRISTI WADE. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON CAUGHT UP WITH ACROBAT KRISTI WADE. (GRAND, DRAMATIC MUSIC) FIRSTLY, WHAT ARE YOUR EARLIEST MEMORIES OF CIRQUE DU SOLEIL? WELL, THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW I GOT HERE. MY MUM TOOK ME TO SEE... I THINK IT WAS ALEGRIA OR QUIDAM IN SYDNEY WHEN I WAS 8 OR 9. AND FROM THE MOMENT I WALKED IN, I KNEW THAT THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO DO. THAT'S WHAT REALLY INSPIRED ME TO PURSUE THIS AS A CAREER. AND I'M LUCKY IT WORKED OUT. AND I GUESS WITH THAT IN MIND, THEN, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT A SHOW LIKE THIS COMES AND TOURS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND? OH, IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO THE ARTS COMMUNITY, THE CIRCUS COMMUNITY, THE LITTLE KIDS. YOU KNOW, AUSTRALIA IS REALLY FAR AWAY. THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, NEW ZEALAND, WE'RE ALL REALLY FAR AWAY, SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SEE THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE THAT MAYBE YOUNG CIRCUS ARTISTS NEED TO GET TO. I KNOW FOR ME PERSONALLY, THAT'S WHAT I NOTICED. I WAS LIKE, 'OH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A LITTLE POND OVER HERE. 'THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO GET TO. HOW DO I GET TO THAT?' IT'S ALSO AN INSPIRATION FOR THEM. SO YEAH, I THINK IT'S VERY NECESSARY. HOW DID YOU GET TO WHERE YOU ARE NOW? WELL, THERE ARE SEVERAL CIRCUS COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS AROUND SYDNEY, AND I MADE MY WAY UP. I TRAINED THROUGH THEM. AND THEN EVENTUALLY I MOVED TO CANADA TO SOURCE THAT NEXT LEVEL OF COACHING AND ARTS THAT I NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND. AND THEN I AUDITIONED FOR CIRQUE DU SOLEIL, AND I WAITED IN THE CASTING DATABANK OF TALENT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THEN I GOT OFFERED MY FIRST SHOW. A BIG DREAM COME TRUE. SO YEAH, AS A LITTLE AUSTRALIAN, IT WAS REALLY NICE TO BE BROUGHT OVER. IT JUST MEANT THAT I HAD DONE THE WORK I NEEDED TO DO TO BE CONSIDERED, SO... AND TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR ROLE IN THIS SHOW AND WHAT THE SHOW IS ABOUT AS WELL. SO, MY ROLE IS I PLAY ONE OF THE LOVERS OF THE CLOWN, ONE OF HIS PAST LOVERS. JUST TO UNDERSTAND CORTEO, IT'S A CELEBRATION OF SOMEONE'S LIFE. WE HAVE A CLOWN WHO'S DREAMING OF HIS FUNERAL ` BUT IT'S NOT A SAD STORY. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATION OF LIFE AND LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. HE'S GOING THROUGH HIS LIFE AND SAYING HELLO AND GOODBYE TO ALL OF HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. AND WE ALL COME TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE HIM. SO IN MY ACT IN THE CHANDELIER, HE'S COMING IN, AND HE'S GOT ALL OF HIS LOVERS THERE ` FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE. WE'RE ALL FRIENDS, WE'RE ALL SAYING HELLO, AND THERE'S A LOT OF NOSTALGIA AND REMINISCING OF WHATEVER OUR STORY WAS WITH HIM. SO IT'S VERY PERSONAL. AND WHAT MAKES THIS SHOW DIFFERENT TO OTHER SHOWS IS THE STAGE IS CENTRED IN THE MIDDLE, YOU'VE GOT AN AUDIENCE ON EITHER SIDE. AS A PERFORMER, HOW DOES THAT CHANGE FOR YOU? IT'S VERY UNIQUE. IT'S VERY SPECIAL. AND FOR US IT'S MORE INTIMATE. IT BEING AN ARENA PRODUCTION, YOU DON'T GET THAT SAME INTIMACY THAT YOU WOULD IN A BIG TOP. SO THIS IS ONE WAY TO ACHIEVE THAT. FOR US, AND AS AN AUDIENCE MEMBER, YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW ` AS AN AUDIENCE MEMBER, YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT THERE'S TWO SIDES UNTIL THE CURTAINS COME UP. SO THAT'S A REALLY SPECIAL MOMENT TO SEE AS A PERFORMER ON THE STAGE. AND FOR US, WE'RE PERFORMING TO THIS SIDE, PERFORMING TO THAT SIDE. IT JUST IT CHANGES IT UP FOR US. AND IT CHANGES THE SHOW. AS AN AUDIENCE MEMBER, YOU SHOULD COME A COUPLE OF TIMES. YOU CAN FOLLOW ALL THESE DIFFERENT JOURNEYS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. AND GIVE US A BIT OF AN INSIGHT, I GUESS. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A CIRQUE DU SOLEIL PERFORMER? I MEAN, WHAT IS YOUR TRAINING LIKE? WHAT DOES YOUR WEEK LOOK LIKE? IT'S BUSY. I MEAN, YOU GOT TO WORK YOUR WHOLE LIFE TO GET THERE. THEY'RE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET INTO. AND BEING HERE NOW, WE'RE TRAINING AT LEAST 2 TO 3 TIMES` 2 TO 3 HOURS A DAY, PLUS THE SHOW. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SHOW IS THE EASIER PART OF YOUR DAY, AND THAT YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF CARDIO AND STRENGTH AND YOGA AND THINGS THAT LOOK AFTER YOUR BODY AND YOUR MIND. YEAH. AND I GUESS YOUR MESSAGE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT COMING TO THE SHOW, AND HAVEN'T MADE UP THEIR MIND YET. OH, ABSOLUTELY. TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, CORTEO WAS MY FAVOURITE CIRQUE DU SOLEIL SHOW BEFORE I WAS A PART OF IT. SO HANDS DOWN, I THINK ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFULLY PUT TOGETHER, THOUGHT OUT, POETIC PRODUCTIONS. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS ONE. YEAH. UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS ARE NOT ATTENDING UPCOMING TALKS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA, WHICH ARE AIMED AT ENDING THE CONFLICT THAT HAS RAGED FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS. AMERICAN DIPLOMATS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO THE SAUDI ARABIA MEETING, BUT UKRAINE PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY SAYS HE HASN'T BEEN INVITED, AND NO CEASEFIRE DEAL CAN BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT UKRAINE'S INVOLVEMENT. MEANWHILE, EUROPEAN LEADERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO ORGANISE THEIR OWN EMERGENCY SUMMIT IN PARIS, WITH WORRIES EUROPE'S CONCERNS COULD BE SIDELINED IN AN AMERICAN-RUSSIAN DEAL. THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO HAS CALLED FOR THE ERADICATION OF HAMAS DURING HIS FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO ISRAEL. RUBIO MADE THE COMMENTS AFTER MEETING WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. RUBIO SAYS THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF THE MILITANT GROUP MAKES PEACE 'IMPOSSIBLE'. THE DEATH TOLL FROM A STAMPEDE AT A RAILWAY STATION IN INDIA'S CAPITAL NEW DELHI HAS RISEN TO AT LEAST 18. AUTHORITIES SAY SOME PASSENGERS SLIPPED AND FELL ON TO OTHERS WHILE COMING DOWN FROM A FOOTBRIDGE THAT CONNECTS TRAIN PLATFORMS. MANY OF THE VICTIMS WERE HINDU PILGRIMS TRAVELLING TO A RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL IN NORTHERN INDIA. THE 78th BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS ARE UNDERWAY, WITH CELEBRITIES FLOCKING TO CENTRAL LONDON FOR THE CEREMONY. 'WICKED' STAR ARIANA GRANDE AND DEMI MOORE AMONG THOSE WALKING THE RED CARPET. THE BAFTAS TYPICALLY SERVE AS A PREVIEW FOR WHICH FILMS MIGHT CLEAN UP AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS, WHICH GET UNDERWAY IN TWO WEEKS' TIME. AND FINALLY, IT ONLY TOOK NINE SECONDS FOR AN ICE HOCKEY GAME BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CANADA TO DESCEND INTO CHAOS, WITH THREE SEPARATE FIGHTS BREAKING OUT. WE HAD A FIGHT TWO SECONDS IN, ANOTHER ONE 1 SECOND LATER. TENSIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN HIGH, WITH THE U.S. NATIONAL ANTHEM REGULARLY BOOED AMID DONALD TRUMP'S PROPOSAL TO TURN CANADA INTO THE 51st STATE. THE AMERICANS WENT ON TO WIN 3-1. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. THERE ARE SOME ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS IN THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA AND IN GISBORNE NORTH OF TOLAGA BAY UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING. TAKE CARE. PRETTY CLOUDY START TO THE WEEK FOR ALL OF YOU. SHOWERS FROM NORTHLAND TO AUCKLAND. 26 FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. A FINE START FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE SOME SCATTERED RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON IN CANTERBURY. 24 THE HIGH IN BLENHEIM. 25 IN TIMARU. THIS IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY ROTORUA NZ. FROM SOOTHING SPAS AND REJUVENATING FACIALS TO INDULGENT DINING AND SERENE LAKESIDE STAYS, ROTORUA IS THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION FOR RELAXATION, AND THIS WEEK ON BREAKFAST, WE'RE GIVING YOU THE CHANCE TO WIN AN UNFORGETTABLE COUPLE'S GETAWAY TO ROTORUA, WHERE YOU'LL ENJOY THE VERY BEST IN PAMPERING AND RELAXATION. JUST HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz TO ENTER, AND WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THE WINNER LIVE ON BREAKFAST THIS FRIDAY. WHETHER IT'S CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA, YOUR AVERAGE ICECREAM OR GELATO FLAVOURS AREN'T CUTTING IT FOR SOME OF THE BEST DESSERT MAKERS ANY MORE. SAVOURY FLAVOURS FROM KIMCHI ICECREAM TO MASSAMAN CURRY GELATO HAVE BEEN TURNING UP IN RESTAURANTS AND PARLOURS ACROSS THE WORLD.. HAVE BEEN TURNING UP IN RESTAURANTS AND PARLOURS ACROSS THE WORLD. SO TO FIND OUT WHAT THIS SAVOURY DESSERT CRAZE IS ALL ABOUT, WE DECIDED TO BRING IN HANNAH FROM LITTLE LATO HERE IN AUCKLAND. MORENA. I MUST ADMIT, I AM A LITTLE ANXIOUS ABOUT THE FLAVOURS YOU HAVE BROUGHT IN. WHY HAVE YOU GOT THESE FLAVOURS? I THINK I LOVE MAKING WEIRD STUFF. I JUST LOVE DOING SOMETHING THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND. IT IS SOMETHING YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH BUT IN A FORMAT YOU'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE.. DO PEOPLE LIKE IT? YES. I WOULDN'T SAY THESE ARE SOME OF OUR BEST SELLING ONES. BUT YOU PUT THEM UP FOR AWARDS, DO YOU? YES. THE CURRY ONE WON A TROPHY A FEW YEARS BACK. I'M JUST GOING TO GRAB THE CURRY ONE. JENNY MAY, YOU ARE NOT GETTING AWAY WITH THIS. IT EVEN LOOKS LIKE A CURRY. UM... WHY HAVE YOU GONE FOR A CURRY? FOR THE AWARDS, 1 CATEGORY IS ALL ABOUT INNOVATION. THAT IS MY FAVOURITE ONE TO ENTER. WHEN I WAS STARTING THIS BUSINESS, I WOULD TRY 20 DIFFERENT FLAVOURS. I HAVE TRIED LAMB AND MINT, ASPARAGUS AND CREAM CHEESE... PRESUMABLY, YOU ALSO MAKE NORMAL GELATO AS WELL. CURRY... OK... IT HAS A BIT OF A KICK. IT IS SPICY. I DON'T MEAN TO BE RUDE, THAT IS NOT AN ICE CREAM FLAVOUR. THAT IS TO BE HEATED AND ON RICE. IT IS MORE TO GET PEOPLE TRYING DIFFERENT FLAVOURS. THE AFTERTASTE IS HITTING. KIMCHI ` PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE ADDICTED TO THAT ONE. CHEESE AND CRACKER IS VERY POPULAR AS WELL. WHAT KIND OF CHEESE IS IT? TASTY CHEESE. I HAVE SOME WORK TO DO. WE HAVE CELERY SORBET. MAYBE I'D COME TO LOVE THIS. DO YOU ACTUALLY USE CHEESE AND CRACKERS? YES. WE BLITZ CHEESE AND CRACKERS INTO A GELATO. HAVE YOU HAD ONES THAT HAVE JUST NOT WORKED? THERE DEFINITELY BEEN SOME WHERE THE FLAVOURS ARE NOT GREAT. JENNY MAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY? NO. YOU ARE TRYING KIMCHI. OK. THE PEANUT BUTTER KIMCHI ONE ` PEOPLE DON'T THINK THEY WILL LIKE IT AND THEN THEY TRY IT AND LIKE IT. PONSONBY AND HAMILTON OTHER PILOTS WHEN WE DO OUR WACKY ONES. MOST ARE NORMAL FLAVOURS, BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE TWO WEIRD AND WACKY ONES. SOUR CREAM, LEMON AND BERRIES AS ONE OF OUR NORMAL ONES. IT IS ALSO USING NORMAL FLAVOURS, BUT USING SOME SLIGHTLY INTERESTING INGREDIENTS TO GO INTO IT. HAVE YOU ANY AWARDS YOU ARE TARGETING? WE CAN ALWAYS DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. FOR THE AWARDS THIS YEAR. I DEFINITELY HAVE SOME IDEAS. WE HAVE A BUSINESS REACHING OUT TO US ABOUT IMMENSE AND CHEESE GELATO. WE HAVE A BUSINESS REACHING OUT TO US ABOUT MINCE AND CHEESE GELATO. ASIAN FUSION WOULD NOT GO AMISS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS IN. IT IS DEFINITELY AN ACQUIRED TASTE. DO YOU THINK WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS THIS THING WHERE PEOPLE WANT SOME INDIFFERENT. I THINK PEOPLE LIKE TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THEY WANT SOMETHING YOU CAN'T TAKE IT ANYWHERE ELSE. IF MELTED THAT, COULD YOU HEAT IT UP AND HAVE IT AS A CURRY? THAT IS ANOTHER COUPLE I WANT TO TRY. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THERE'S A SPECIAL NEW ARRIVAL AT CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT. CHARLOTTE MULDER, TELL US MORE. GOOD MORNING. WE ARE AT THE CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT AND IT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK. WE ARE GETTING A DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT THE FIRST ELECTRIC FIRE TRUCK LOOKS LIKE IN NEW ZEALAND. AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND HERE'S WHAT IS MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. UKRAINE SAYS IT HASN'T BEEN INVITED TO UPCOMING PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA. THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HAS CALLED FOR THE ERADICATION OF HAMAS, CASTING DOUBT ON THE FRAGILE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. AND THE GLOVES WERE OFF AT AN ICE HOCKEY MATCH BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CANADA, WITH THREE FIGHTS IN THE FIRST NINE SECONDS. ELECTRIC FIRE TRUCKS HAVE OFFICIALLY ARRIVED IN NEW ZEALAND, AND FIREFIGHTERS ARE BUZZING WITH EXCITEMENT. BROUGHT IN BY CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT, THE NEW ADDITION WILL BE A KEY PART OF THE PUSH TOWARDS CLEANER ENERGY SOLUTIONS. OUR CHRISTCHURCH REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER IS AT THE AIRPORT TO SEE THE NEW ARRIVAL IN ACTION. MORENA, CHARLOTTE. GOOD MORNING, TEAM. YES, WE ARE AT CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT FEATURING THE NEW AND A SPARKLY ELECTRIC FIRE TRUCK IN NEW ZEALAND. I HAVE WITH ME CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, HOW ARE YOU, PETER? I AM ALRIGHT THANK YOU. TELL ME A BIT MORE ABOUT THE TRUCK. WHAT HOW WAS IT MORE EFFICIENT? IT IS AN ELECTRIC TRUCK AND NOT HAVING A COMBUSTION ENGINE CREATES A LOT OF SPACE. WE HAVE A LOT OF SPACE FOR THE CREW, A LOT OF SAFETY FEATURES ON THERE AND WE HAVE A BIGGER CREW, EDITOR SILENT OPERATION. THERE ARE SO MANY FEATURES THE GUYS ARE EXCITED ABOUT. WE ARE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A DEMONSTRATION HERE. THERE ARE FLAMES, IT IS LOOKING VERY POWERFUL. IT WOULD KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET FOR SURE. SO, WE'RE JUST HAVING A WEE ZOOMIN IF YOU CAN SEE THAT. TELL ME, WHAT DIFFERENCE THIS WILL MAKE FOR CHRISTCHURCH CREWS? BUT THIS IS SOMETHING BIGGER, ISN'T IT? THIS IS HUGE. THERE IS NO ENGINE SCREAMING AND DRAWING ITS HEAD. GUYS CAN COMMUNICATE A BIT BETTER. THERE ARE NO DIESEL EMISSIONS THEY ARE BREATHING AND. WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS A FULLY ELECTRIC FLEET. AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR, ANOTHER LARGER TRUCK IS COMING AND THAT WHICH IS FULLY EV. THAT IS INCREDIBLE. WHEN WILL THEY BE ABLE TO START USING THEM? WE HAVE 50 STAFF TO GET TO TRAINING. TOWARDS THE END OF MARCH IT WILL BE UNDERWAY. THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT YOU JUST WITNESSED. IT IS SO EXCITING THAT IT IS IN CHRISTCHURCH. WHERE THE 1ST TO GET ELECTRIC TRUCKS IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. CHRISTCHURCH LEADING THE WAY ONCE AGAIN. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THINGS ARE GETTING SPOOKY IN WELLINGTON. JAMES FLEURY IS ON THE CASE. MORENA, JAMES. GOOD MORNING, CHRIS. IF YOU ARE MISSING HALLOWEEN, THIS MUSEUM IN LOWER HUTT IS THE PLACE TO BE. THIS IS A PULSATING HEART AND IT IS ALMOST AS IF SOMETHING IS GOING TO BURST RIGHT OUT OF IT. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE AMAZING AND SPOOKY PIECES OF ARTWORK HAD. MAKE SURE TO FIND OUT MORE AFTER THE BREAK. I CYCLED IN THIS MORNING, AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OKAY. IT WILL BE A WET RIDE HOME. I WILL GET THE HI VIZ ON. AUCKLAND ` HIGH OF 25 TODAY. OCCASIONAL RAIN. FRESH EASTERLIES, EASING THIS AFTERNOON. YOU KNOW WHAT I WILL SAY. GOOD FOR THE TANKS. HAMILTON ` 24. LOOKING GOOD. OCCASIONAL RAIN, MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. OH. FRESH EASTERLIES, EASING THIS EVENING. WELLINGTON ` HIGH OF 26. CLOUDY PERIODS, WITH A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATE AFTERNOON. NORTHEASTERLIES. CHRISTCHURCH. MORENA. SOMEWHERE BEHIND THERE. OCCASIONAL RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. FRESH NORTH-EASTERLY IS FOR Y'ALL. FROM IMMERSIVE SCENT INSTALLATIONS TO UNSETTLING SCULPTURES, THE BROOD EXHIBITION ENCOURAGES VIEWERS TO CONFRONT THE DARKER ASPECTS OF EXISTENCE THROUGH ART. GOODNESS ME. WELLINGTON REPORTER JAMES FLEURY IS AT THE DOWSE TO FIND OUT MORE. THAT SOUNDS NICE AND LIGHT AND FLUFFY, JAMES. MORENA. IT IS KNOWN FOR ITS WEIRD AND WONDERFUL. WHEN I WALKED IN HERE, THIS WAS THE MOST UNUSUAL ART COLLECTION I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE. BUT IT IS ALL PUT TOGETHER BY YOUNG KIWI ARTISTS. IT HAS A REALLY UNIQUE ELEMENT THERE. THERE IS NOT QUITE ANYTHING LIKE THIS ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. I AM JOINED BY CURATOR OF SCREAMS, AARON. LOVELY TO MEET YOU. TELL US ABOUT THE ROOM YOU ARE IN RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A NEW EXHIBITION OF NINE ENTIRELY NEW COMMISSIONS BY 10 ARTISTS, ARTIST TO HOVER MORE IN THE SHADOWS OF THE GOTHIC STRAIN OF NEW ZEALAND ART. THEY ARE MAKING NEW WORK, HORROR INFLICTED. WE HAVE THIS WHOLE FAMILY OF MONSTROUS PROGENY OR LITTLE DEMONS RUNNING AROUND INSIDE THIS GALLERY. WE HAVE LET THEM LOOSE AND OPEN UP THIS KIND OF DIALOGUE BETWEEN ART AND HORROR. IN THIS ROOM, FOR EXAMPLE, WE BATHE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL BLOOD RED GLOW FROM THE SCULPTURE BEHIND US, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A PERFORMANCE ON OPENING NIGHT. SHE MAKES THIS ALTER EGO MANTICORE, WHICH SHE WEARS DURING THE PERFORMANCE AND RIPS IT OFF, DESTROYING THIS MONSTER. IT IS THE FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER. WE DOES THE MONSTER BEGAN? WHERE DOES THE CREATOR BEGAN? WE DOES MONSTROSITY BEGIN? THERE IS ALSO A NEIGHBOURING WORK. IT IS A MISTAKE TENET A GROWL. THERE ARE SO MANY SOUNDTRACKS AND PRESENTS AN AUDIO THINGS. THAT IS ONE OF OUR FRIENDS NEXT DOOR. IT IS A GOOD ONE. DEFINITELY SOMETHING FOR ALL OF THE SENSES HERE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD TO ANOTHER PART OF THE ROOM AS WELL, BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO MISS OUT ON EVERYTHING HERE. BUT THIS EXHIBIT IS GOING TO BE UP AND RUNNING UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF JUNE, SO IF YOU LIKE YOUR HORROR FILMS, THIS IS DEFINITELY THE PLACE TO BE. HERE IS THE PULSATE IN HEART. WHAT IS REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT THESE IS THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS GROWING. OUR OTHER CURATOR OF SCREAMS, CHELSEA, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I JUST SPOKE ABOUT HOW THESE ARE ALWAYS GROWING. HOW IS THAT? IT IS A MIX OF THINGS LIKE WAX AND YEAST, WHICH HAVE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALWAYS GROWING AND CHANGING AND IT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE FRAGILITY AND VULNERABILITY OF THE BODY. IT IS NEVER STILL. VERY, VERY COOL. THESE ARE QUITE UNUSUAL PIECES TO LOOK AT. THEY LOOK VERY REAL. THERE IS EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF HUMAN HERE. SHE MAKES WORKS THAT ARE VERY FLASHLIGHT. THEY LOOK LIKE WOUNDS, LIKE A MOTHER CAT WHO LACKS THE GORE OF A KITTEN, IT IS DISGUSTING BUT ALSO A MOMENT OF ETERNAL AFFECTION OR NURTURING. IT IS GORY BUT ALSO WONDERFUL AS WELL. THERE WAS A RUMOUR RIGHT NEXT DOOR, AND WHEN YOU GO IN THERE, IT IS A WAFT THAT YOUR SENSES ARE ALIVE. HOW IS A BIT ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE CAN EXPERIENCE IN THE NEIGHBOURING ROOM. IT IS A SHAME THAT PEOPLE CANNOT SMELL THROUGH THE TELEVISION, BECAUSE YOU GET THESE NOTES OF DECAY. THE SOLO WORK, WHO IS BASED ON THE HUTT, AND HE USES A PERFUME AS EVOKING AN IDEA THAT YOU ARE ENCOUNTERING SPIRITS. THESE ARE NOT PREVIEWS LIKE CHANEL NUMBER FIVE. THERE ARE LIKE THE SMELL OF A DEAD GRANDMOTHER, AND HE PAINTS A HORROR MOVIE IN YOUR BRAIN. FANTASTIC, CHELSEA. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS FANTASTIC, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY INTERESTING. IF YOU ARE A HORROR FILM FAN WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE AND NOT IN ANY OTHER MUSEUM, I WOULD COME HERE, BECAUSE IT IS FREE AND IT WILL BE HERE UNTIL MID-JUNE. PRETTY INTERESTING. YOUR FACE IS TELLING US MORE THAN ANY WORDS COULD. WHAT IS THAT NEXT TO YOU? WHAT IS IT? IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LIKE TESTES. THEY WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN THIS BEAUTIFUL HUMAN FEATURE AGAIN. IT IS VERY FLESH LIKE. IT IS REALLY INTERESTED IN THE IDEA OF BOTH GORE AND BEAUTY. YOU HAVE THIS KIND OF WOMB LIKE, ALMOST LIKE SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO BE BORN. IT CAN BE REALLY BEAUTIFUL BUT ALSO QUITE A TERRIFYING THING. MAYBE YOU WILL ACTUALLY SEE THEM BURST WHEN YOU COME HERE. I HOPE SO. I DON'T KNOW. IT IS VERY COOL AND SPOOKY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JAMES. WHAT A WAY TO FINISH THE SHOW. WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY KITTY WASASALA, DREW WELSH, FRANK GORE AND JULIE TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025