IT'S THURSDAY, THE 20TH OF FEBRUARY. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. SO LOVELY TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY THIS MORNING. I KNOW YOU WILL GET MORE EXCITED WHEN I TELL YOU I HAVE A SPECIAL TREAT FOR YOU. I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU SOME PLACE CLOSE TO YOUR HEART. THREE GUESSES. HOME. YES. YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO GO TO PIOPIO. YOUR NOT GOING THERE, BUT WE HAVE AN INTERVIEW THERE. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE YOU BACK TO THE SCHOOL WHERE I WAS EDUCATED. TALK TO A COUPLE OF THE TEACHERS, COUPLE OF PEOPLE BACK THERE. THE INSIDE GOSSIP. THAT IS COMING UP WHEN? 7:20. IT IS ABOUT A VERY GOOD CAUSE. ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` AS THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS ROLLS ON, IT'S NOT GETTING ANY EASIER TO FIND AFFORDABLE RENTAL ACCOMMODATION. AND WITH STUDENTS HEADING BACK TO UNI, IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET HARDER. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE IMPACT IT'S HAVING ON THEM. A MASSIVE ASTEROID ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH EARTH. WELL, A 3% CHANCE OF A COLLISION ACCORDING TO NASA, BUT, HEY, THAT'S STILL A CHANCE. HOW WORRIED SHOULD WE BE ABOUT THE POSSIBLE IMPENDING DESTRUCTION OF THE PLANET AND HUMANITY? GREAT START TO THE MORNING (!) ALSO AHEAD, HAS THE IDENTITY OF JACK THE RIPPER FINALLY BEEN REVEALED? OH, IT IS GETTING BETTER 130 YEARS SINCE THE INFAMOUS KILLER TERRORISED RESIDENTS OF LONDON, DNA FROM AN ITEM OF CLOTHING BELIEVED TO BE FROM A MURDER SCENE HAS BEEN MATCHED TO A SUSPECT. WE WILL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ` WHODUNNIT? THIS IS FASCINATING. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS INTERVIEW AT 6.40. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S YOUR NEWS. HOME LOAN INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN CUT ACROSS THE BOARD BY THE MAJOR BANKS FOLLOWING THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE DROP. THE RESERVE BANK LOWERED THE OCR TO 3.1%. 3.75* GOVERNOR ADRIAN ORR SAYS DESPITE THE ONGOING COST OF LIVING CRISIS, HE REMAINS CONFIDENT THE ECONOMY IS ON TRACK FOR GROWTH, CITING IMPROVING CONDITIONS. LOW AND STABLE INFLATION CERTAINLY ENABLES GROWTH TO EMERGE. WE HAVE, IN OUR EXPECTATIONS, AN ECONOMY GROWING AROUND 2.5% THIS CALENDAR YEAR. AND WE ALSO SEE EMPLOYMENT GROWTH PICKING UP, ESPECIALLY OVER THE SECOND HALF OF THIS YEAR WITH UNEMPLOYMENT DECLINING. THE OCR IS NEXT REVIEWED IN EARLY APRIL. POLICE SAY A GROUP OF FOUR PEOPLE SPOTTED ON STATE HIGHWAY FOUR ON SUNDAY MORNING WAS NOT MISSING MAROKOPA MAN TOM PHILLIPS AND HIS THREE CHILDREN. A MEMBER OF THE GROUP CONTACTED POLICE AFTER AN APPEAL FOR INFORMATION, CONFIRMING THEY WERE NOT THE MISSING FAMILY. PHILLIPS AND HIS CHILDREN DISAPPEARED IN DECEMBER 2021, WITH A HANDFUL OF SIGHTINGS REPORTED SINCE. UKRAINE PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY IS ACCUSING HIS AMERICAN COUNTERPART OF 'LIVING IN A DISINFORMATION SPACE CREATED BY RUSSIA'. AFTER DONALD TRUMP'S CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS SUGGESTING UKRAINE PLAYED A ROLE IN STARTING THE WAR WITH RUSSIA NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO. PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO CLAIMED HE COULD'VE PREVIOUSLY MADE A DEAL FOR UKRAINE WHICH WOULD HAVE SEEN NO CITIZENS KILLED OR CITIES DEMOLISHED. WILDLIFE OFFICERS IN TASMANIA ARE BEING FORCED TO EUTHANIZE UP TO 90 DOLPHINS STRANDED ON A REMOTE BEACH AFTER EFFORTS TO RE-FLOAT THEM FAILED. 157 OF THE LARGE SPECIES, KNOWN AS FALSE KILLER WHALES, FIRST GOT STUCK ON TUESDAY EVENING. DOZENS HAVE SINCE DIED IN THE WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS ON THE COASTLINE. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE BEATEN PAKISTAN BY 60 RUNS IN THEIR CHAMPIONS TROPHY OPENER. AFTER BEING SENT IN TO BAT, NEW ZEALAND POSTED A TOTAL OF 320 THANKS TO DUAL CENTURIES FROM WILL YOUNG AND TOM LATHAM. EASES IT DOWN. ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL CENTURY FOR NEW ZEALANDER TOM LATHAM. PAKISTAN COULD ONLY MUSTER 260 IN REPLY, WITH WILL O'ROURKE AND MITCHELL SANTNER TAKING THREE WICKETS EACH. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLE FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE IN GISBORNE, HAWKES BAY AND TARANAKI. 28 THE HIGH FOR HAMITLON. 26 FOR TAURANGA. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, PARTLY CLOUDY FURTHER DOWN. TURNING TO FINE THIS AFTERNOON IN CHRISTCHURCH. 27 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM, 22 IN DUNEDIN. THANKS, CHRIS. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING WITH OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. OVERNIGHT IN AUCKLAND, FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND RESPONDED TO A NUMBER OF BLAZES ACROSS THE CITY. LUCY BENDELL JOINS US NOW. WHERE WERE THEY, LUCY? YES, IT WAS A BUSY NIGHT OVERNIGHT FOR FIRE CREWS. THE FIRST BLAZE THEY ATTENDED WAS A FIRE IN TE ATATU. WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT 9 PM LAST NIGHT, THEREOF TO A TWO STORY HOUSE WELL INVOLVED IN FLAMES. THEY QUICKLY ESCALATED IT AND GOT SUPPORT FROM SURROUNDING AREAS. THEY BATTLED THE BLAZE FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS. IT GREW TO 20 M X 20 M. MORE THAN A DOZEN FIREFIGHTERS WERE WORKING TO EXTINGUISH IT. EVERYONE IN THE HOME WAS ACCOUNTED FOR, HOWEVER THEY ARE NOT SURE ABOUT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE SO AN INVESTIGATOR WILL ARRIVE LATER THIS MORNING TO DETERMINE THAT. THE SECOND FIRE WAS A CAR FIRE IN PUHOI, 30 MINUTES NORTH OF AUCKLAND. THE CAR WAS WELL INVOLVED IN FLAMES. HOWEVER, DO NOT WANT TO CONFIRM IF ANYONE WAS IN THE CAR, SO WE HAVE EMAILED ST JOHN TO SEE IF ANYONE WAS INJURED. LUCY BENDEL FROM OUR NEWSROOM. THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING THE BREAK-IN AT THE SPCA'S CENTRE IN NELSON. CHARLOTTE MULDER, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? MORENA, JENNY MAY. POLICE HAVE CHARGED 32-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH BURGLARY AFTER THEY FOUND THE MISSING DOG IN HIS VEHICLE YESTERDAY. COMES AFTER THE NELSON SPCA WAS BROKEN INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH STAFF ARRIVING TO FIND CAGES AND FENCES CUT OPEN AND THREE ANIMALS MISSING. WHEN REVIEWING CCTV FOOTAGE, POLICE LOCATED THE SUSPECT 50 KM OUT OF NELSON WHERE THEY FOUND FRANKIE THE LABRADOR IN HIS VEHICLE. HOWEVER, BORIS THE CAT REMAINS MISSING. THE NELSON SPCA AND POLICE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR BORIS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IT WOULD BE NICE IF BORIS COULD BE TAKEN BACK TO THE SPCA. THANKS FOR THAT, CHARLOTTE. LET'S CHECK IN WITH OUR WELLINGTON REPORTER JAMES FLEURY, AND JAMES, PROPOSED CHANGES TO SCHOOL BUS ROUTES ARE CAUSING HEADACHES IN PALMERSTON NORTH. MORENA, JENNY MAY. THE LOCAL MP IS HOLDING A PUBLIC MEETING TONIGHT IN A SMALL TOWN 20 MINUTES OUTSIDE OF PALMERSTON NORTH FOR THE COMMUNITY AND PARENTS TO EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THESE PROPOSED CHANGES. THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IS REVIEWING 25 BUS ROUTES ACROSS PALMERSTON NORTH, SAYING THAT IF THERE IS PUBLIC TRANSPORT AVAILABLE ON THIS ROUTE, THEN THOSE SCHOOL BUSES ARE NOT ACTUALLY REQUIRED. THE ISSUE THAT MANY PARENTS HAVE EXPRESSED IS THAT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR THE CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO USE. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE SMALL COMMUNITY 20 MINUTES FROM PALMERSTON NORTH, THERE ARE TWO BUSES. ONE THAT LEAVES AT 7 PM AND WON AN HOUR LATER. THERE ARE 185 STUDENTS THAT COMMUTE FROM THIS AREA, SO THERE IS ONLY ONE BUS REALLY FOR ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS BECAUSE THE 7 AM ONE IS SLIGHTLY TOO EARLY. THERE IS A PETITION WHICH IT IS STILL OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC TO SIGN, AND EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THE SMALL TOWN, ARE INVITED TO THIS MEETING TO DISCUSS THESE PROPOSED CHANGES. SCHOOL BUSES ARE BECOMING AN ISSUE AROUND THE COUNTRY, AREN'T THEY? THANKS, JAMES. NASA HAS JUST INCREASED THE ODDS THAT A MASSIVE ASTEROID CURRENTLY HURTLING THROUGH SPACE TOWARDS US COULD STRIKE EARTH IN 2032. ADMITTEDLY, THE CHANCE IS ONLY 3.1%, BUT THAT'S NOW THE MOST THREATENING SPACE ROCK EVER RECORDED BY MODERN FORECASTING. JOINING US NOW TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN IS ASTROPHYSICIST NICHOLAS RATTENBURY. GOOD MORNING, NICHOLAS. TALLIS, HOW CONCERNED SO WE NEED TO BE BY THE 3%? CONCERNED, YES. ALARMS, NO. THERE ARE LOTS OF BITS AND PIECES OUT THERE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM. LEFTOVER REMNANTS FROM WHEN IT WAS FORMED. THIS JUST HAPPENS TO BE ONE WHICH CURRENT PREDICTIONS PUT ON THE TRAJECTORY THAT WILL COME CLOSE TO WORTH IN 2032, BUT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE IT WILL HIT US AND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE IT WILL MISS US. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT AT THE MOMENT. HOW LARGE IS THIS BIG BOY? PEOPLE SAY, IT IS MASSIVE. IT IS 40 TO 90 M ACROSS. IT IS ROUGHLY THE SAME SITE AS A STANDARD COMMERCIAL JUMBO JET. FOR SOMETHING THAT SIZE, DO WE HAVE THOSE SORT OF THINGS COMING AT US AND THEY WOULD BREAK UP? THIS IS FASCINATING. WE JUST DO NOT KNOW. UNLESS WE KNOW WHAT THE THING IS MADE OF AND HOW IT IS PUT TOGETHER. WE KNOW THAT ASTEROIDS OF THIS TYPE ARE BIG CLUMPS OF MATERIAL, LIKE A BUNCH OF DUST AND ICE CLINGING TOGETHER, OR THEY COULD ACTUALLY HAVE A CAUSE OF METALS, WHICH IS SOMEWHAT LARGER. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THOSE TYPES OF ASTEROIDS HIT THE EARTH IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY. UNLESS WE KNOW WHAT TYPE IT IS, WE CANNOT PREDICT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF AN OBJECT LIKE THAT WERE TO HIT THE EARTH. WE THINK THAT THIS PARTICULAR ASTEROID IS ONE OF THOSE CLUMPY ROCK PILES AT THE MOMENT. WHEN THAT HEADSET MUST BEAR, IT WILL BREAK APART AND SCATTER INTO IT IS ONE OF THOSE UNKNOWNS THAT WE NEED MORE OBSERVATIONS TO BE ABLE TO PIN DOWN FURTHER. IF IT HITS EARTH AT THE RIGHT SPEED AND PLACE, WHAT SORT OF DAMAGE COULD IT DO? SOMEBODY GET THE DISASTER MOVIE SCRIPT WRITERS IN. WERE LOOKING AT A WORST-CASE SCENARIO. THIS IS NOT A CIVILISATION ENDING EVENT. THIS WOULD NOT DO FOR US WHAT IT DID TO THE DINOSAURS. THIS IS A MUCH SMALLER OBJECT. IN THE WORST CASE, IT WOULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION OVER A SMALL AREA. THIS WOULD BE A LIMITED DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE WIPING US OUT. AS THE MORE OF THIS HAPPENING? THE STUFF HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUT THERE. THIS IS THE CAUSE OF DEGREE FOR OPTIMISM BECAUSE WE SAW THIS. THIS WAS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT, IT WAS DISCOVERED AROUND THEN. IT IS WHIZZING PAST AT TWICE THE DISTANCE THE MOON ORBITS THE EARTH AND I WILL SEE YOU IN 2028 AND IN 2032. YOU WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO HOW CLOSE I WILL COME IN 2032. THIS IS WHAT STARTED THE PROCESS. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF UNITED NATIONS ENTITIES WHICH ARE TASKED WITH INFORMING THE WORLD ABOUT THESE SORTS OF THINGS AND SAY, THIS IS AN OBJECT WE SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO./ OBSERVATORIES AROUND THE WORLD STARTED PAYING ATTENTION. THIS THING IS SMALL, IT IS SUPER FAINT. EVEN WITH THE BEST TELESCOPES, WE WILL LOSE SIGHT OF IT IN ONE MONTH. OUR PREDICTIONS OF HOW THIS OBJECT WILL TRAVEL IN THE FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN, BECAUSE THESE OBSERVATIONS ARE DIFFICULT. THEY ARE PRONE TO UNCERTAINTIES. WHEN YOU ADD THAT TO THE FACT IT TAKES YEARS TO GO THROUGH ORBIT AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS OBSERVATIONS AS WE CAN RIGHT NOW, IT'LL BE BETTER TO HAVE THESE OBSERVATIONS SPACED OUT OVER TIME. AS SOON AS WE ARE ABLE TO SEE THIS THING AGAIN, WE WILL TAKE MORE OBSERVATIONS AND THEN HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT IT WILL BE. WHAT CAN NASA LEARN FROM WHERE WE CAME FROM AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM BY OBSERVING IT? THIS GOES BACK TO THE COMPOSITION ARGUMENT. YOU HAVE THE PLANETARY FORMATION THEORISTS THAT WANT TO KNOW, HOW MUCH OF THE STUFF WAS OUT THERE TO FORM PLANETS? HOW OFTEN DO THIS THING STRUCK EACH OTHER AND BREAK UP? HOW MANY BEHAVE IN THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND THE SUN? HOW DO THEY EVOLVE OVER TIME? THIS WILL HELP TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE EARTH GOT FORMED AND OTHER PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. EXTENDS INTO THE STUDIES OF ASKING IF LIFE IS COMMON, THEY ALL TIED TOGETHER. THERE ARE REASONS WHY WE SEND OFF SPACE PROBES TO LOOK AT ASTEROIDS CLOSELY BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE THEM IN AN UNCHANGED DATE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THESE FORMED. SUCH A FASCINATING TOPIC. WE CAN STAY HERE ALL DAY TALKING ABOUT IT. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. WHEN THIS THING HITS THE ATMOSPHERE, AND WHATEVER IT IS MADE UP OF MANAGERS TO GET THROUGH, WHAT IS THE TIME FROM IT HITS THE ATMOSPHERE WHEN IT HITS THE EARTH? LET'S CHANGE THE WHEN TO IF, LET'S NOT ALARM PEOPLE. WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OBJECT LIKE THIS HAD THE ATMOSPHERE. WE HAVE HAD OBJECTS IN THE PAST. THIS THING CAN ENTER THE ATMOSPHERE AND EXPLODE AND YOU HAVE THIS BIG VIABLE EFFECT, ON SOME OF THAT RADIATION CAN HIT EARTH. IT CAN ALSO DO NO DAMAGE AT ALL. THESE ARE THE RANGE OF UNKNOWNS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS WHY WE NEED TO HAVE AS MUCH RESEARCH AS WE CAN AFFORD GOING INTO THIS GENERAL FIELD CALLED PLANETARY DEFENCE. IT SOUNDS GRAND, BUT THAT IS A REAL THING. WE ARE NOT COMPLETELY HELPLESS. WE HAVE PERFORMED EXPERIMENTS IN THE PAST AND WE LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU TRY AND NUDGE AN ASTEROID OUT OF ITS PATH. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN 2022, A MISSION CALLED THE DART. WE INTENTIONALLY HAD AN ASTROID WITH A SPACE PROBE TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. FASCINATING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND. IS ONE OF OUR PRODUCERS POINTED OUT, YOU HAVE MORE CHANCE OF THAT HAPPENING THAN WINNING LOTTO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THAT. I'M STILL THINKING ABOUT WHETHER I CAN DRIVE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` BANKS HAVE FOLLOWED THE OCR DROP BY CUTTING HOME LOAN RATES AND ALSO DEPOSIT RATES. NEXT, WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOUR SAVINGS. # WE ARE NEVER, EVER, EVER GOING HOME. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` HOME LOAN INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN CUT ACROSS THE BOARD BY THE MAJOR BANKS FOLLOWING THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE DROP. POLICE SAY A GROUP OF FOUR PEOPLE SPOTTED ON STATE HIGHWAY FOUR ON SUNDAY MORNING WAS NOT MISSING MAROKOPA MAN TOM PHILLIPS AND HIS THREE CHILDREN. WILDLIFE OFFICERS IN TASMANIA ARE BEING FORCED TO EUTHANISE UP TO 90 STRANDED DOLPHINS AFTER EFFORTS TO RE-FLOAT THEM FAILED. THE RESERVE BANK'S DECISION TO DROP THE OCR TO 3.75% IS WELCOME NEWS FOR HOMEOWNERS, WITH BANKS CUTTING THEIR RATES ` SOME BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS EVEN MADE. JOINING US NOW IS LAURA O'REILLY FROM FISHER FUNDS, WHO'S BRINGING YOU THIS SEGMENT, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR SAVERS. MORENA, LAURA. GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK ON THE PROGRAM. WHAT DOES THIS CUT MEAN FOR SAVERS? THERE ARE A LOT OF HOUSEHOLDS WILL BE HOPING FOR LOWER MORTGAGE RATES. THIS IS ALSO REALLY INTERESTING NEWS FOR SAVERS. THE REASON IT IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WE'VE STARTED TO SEE THE FLOW THROUGH OF THESE LOWER RATES. YESTERDAY, I HAD A LOOK@INTEREST.CO.NZ. YOU CAN COMPARE RATES AT INTEREST RATES IN NEW ZEALAND. TERM DEPOSITS ARE ALREADY BELOW 5%, WERE AS THEY WERE IN 6% AS EARLY AS LAST YEAR. IF YOU ARE A SAVER AND YOU HAVE NOT READY STARTED THINKING ABOUT THIS KIND OF STUFF, IT CAN BE A GOOD TIME TO THINK ABOUT YOUR TIMEFRAME AND YOUR GOALS AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE OPTION. WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS OF TERM DEPOSITS? A LOT OF US REALLY LIKE THE CERTAINTY OF TERM DEPOSITS. THEY ARE IN A PORT AND TOOL, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE SAVING FOR SOMETHING SHORT-TERM. IF YOU ARE NEEDING TO ACCESS THEM EARLY, YOU MIGHT HAVE FEES OR A REDUCTION IN THE INTEREST THAT YOU EARN. IF THE RATES ARE FALLING, MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THAT THE RATE YOU WILL GET WHEN YOU GO TO REINVEST WILL BE LOWER THAN WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED. WE TALKED ABOUT SAVING AND TERM DEPOSITS, BUT WE DO MANAGED FUNDS COME IN? THEY CAN BE AN INTERESTING OPTION FOR SOMEONE WITH MORE TIME ON THEIR SIDE WHO CAN RIDE WITH THE UPS AND DOWNS OF INVESTING. WE TALK ABOUT TIMEFRAMES, CAN DEPEND ON THE FUNDS THAT YOU CHOOSE. IN GENERAL, I'M TALKING ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 5 YEARS THE MORE CONSERVATIVE OPTIONS TO 10 YEARS FOR GROWTH OPTIONS. THEY SIMILAR TO KIWI SAVER THEY ARE A BIT MORE FLEXIBLE. YOU CAN WITHDRAW AND CONTRIBUTE WHEN YOU CAN OR NEED TO. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THEY DO CARRY IN GENERAL MORE RISK THAN A TERM DEPOSIT, BUT IF YOU HAVE TIME ON YOUR SIDE AND ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE UPS AND DOWNS, THEN THEY ARE AN INTERESTING WAY TO POTENTIALLY GET A BETTER RETURN. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO CONSIDER IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT TERM DEPOSITS OR MANAGED FUNDS? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT? THEY ARE PRETTY DIFFERENT. I THINK THAT IF YOU'RE NOT QUITE SURE HOW TO MANAGE YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE FOR YOUR DIFFERENT BUCKETS OF MONEY. TALK TO SOMEONE LIKE A FINANCIAL ADVISER. GETTING ADVICE IS A GAME CHANGER IN THE SITUATION. THEY WILL HELP YOU TO LOOK OBJECTIVELY AT THE SITUATION AND HELP YOU GET TO YOUR SAVINGS GOAL. WE STARTED THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE OCR DROP AND WHAT THAT MEANT FOR SAVINGS. IF YOU ARE RECONSIDERING WHAT YOU ARE DOING WITH YOUR SAVINGS, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS YOU NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT? THE KEY WOULD BE TO ASK WHAT THE KEY IS. WHAT TIMEFRAME DO YOU HAVE? DO YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY FUND SET ASIDE? ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HELPFUL TO TALK TO WITH AN ADVISER. SO GOOD TO HAVE YOUR BACK ON THE PROGRAM. LOVELY TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, MATT GIBB'S ROBE TRIP TO ROTORUA CONTINUES THIS MORNING. THAT IS RIGHT. I AM IN THE BEAUTIFUL VOLCANIC VALLEY, CONTINUING THE ROBE TRIP. MAKE SURE YOU GET IN THE DRAW. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU AROUND THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE STRAIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. SEE YOU SOON. HOKI MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THE WORLD'S BIGGEST DOG SHOW CRUFTS RETURNS NEXT MONTH IN ENGLAND. AND WITH AROUND 25,000 ANIMALS SET TO COMPETE, THERE ARE LOTS OF PRIZES TO BE WON. THE BBC'S TIM MUFFETT MET SOME OF THE CONTENDERS. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DOGS AND HUMANS IS SO OFTEN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL. BUT WITH THESE FIVE DOGS, IT'S BEEN LIFE-CHANGING. AHEAD OF THE CRUFTS DOG SHOW, WHICH TAKES PLACE NEXT MONTH AT BIRMINGHAM'S NEC. THE SHORTLIST FOR THE HERO DOG CATEGORY WAS REVEALED THIS MORNING. IN LONDON'S GREEN PARK. TILLY WAS FOUND ABANDONED IN A WASHING BASKET IN THE MIDDLE OF A ROUNDABOUT. THEY WERE REALLY UNDERWEIGHT, REALLY ILL, REALLY BAD SKIN, SO THEY WENT INTO MEDICAL FOSTER AND THEN SHE CAME TO ME. BUT SINCE THEN, SHE'S GONE ON TO DO SO MUCH IN HER SHORT TWO YEARS. SHE'S NOW A THERAPY DOG, VISITING CARE HOMES AND SCHOOLS. SHE JUST BRINGS SMILES TO EVERYONE'S FACES, CHEERS EVERYONE UP WITH HER ANTICS BECAUSE SHE'S SUCH A LITTLE LIVE-WIRE. POMERANIAN ROSA SUPPORTS ROSALYN (8), WHO CARES FOR HER BROTHER RORY, WHO HAS PROFOUND LEARNING DISABILITIES. SHE HELPS ME WITH MY ANXIETY AND WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP, AND SHE'S CHANGED MY LIFE. IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING THERAPY DOG FOR ROSALIN. SHE'S HELPED GIVE HER A BIT OF AN ESCAPE FROM BEING A YOUNG CARER TO HER DISABLED BROTHER, AND SHE'S GIVE ROSALINE A LOT MORE FREEDOM AND HER CHILDHOOD BACK, SO SHE'S BEEN AMAZING. NEVER SEEN A HAPPIER DOG. I TOOK IT OFF FOR QUITE RETIREMENT, WHICH HASN'T QUITE WORKED OUT. BALOO HAD OTHER IDEAS. BALOO, A BELGIAN MALINOIS, LOST HER FRONT LEG WHEN SHE WAS HIT BY A SUSPECT'S CAR WHILST WORKING WITH ESSEX POLICE. BALOO WANTED TO VISIT PEOPLE AND BE A WELLBEING DOG, IS SO WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST WELL-BEING DOGS IN THE POLICE. BUT SHE JUST LOVES CUDDLES. SHE ABSOLUTELY ADORES IT AND SHE SPREAD SMILES WHEREVER WE'VE GONE. A PUBLIC VOTE BETWEEN NOW AND MARCH THE 9th WILL DECIDE WHICH DOG IS CROWNED THE CRUFTS HERO DOG 2025. BUT WHICHEVER ANIMAL WINS, ALL FIVE HAVE ALREADY HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THEIR OWNERS LIVES. BE HONEST, DID YOU THINK THAT DOG I WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT DOGS BEING PREENED? YES, I THOUGHT I WOULD ROLL MY EYES BUT WHAT A BEAUTIFUL STORY THAT WAS! THEY ARE FOR THE HERO DOG CATEGORY, I THINK. THEY ARE SEPARATE, NOT WITH THE OTHER DOGS. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS CALLED UKRAINE'S LEADER A 'DICTATOR' AS RELATIONS BETWEEN THE FORMER ALLIES RAPIDLY DETERIORATE. IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST, HE ALSO SAID VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY IS DOING A TERRIBLE JOB. THE SCATHING WORDS CAME AFTER THE UKRAINE PRESIDENT CLAIMED THE AMERICAN IS LIVING IN A DISINFORMATION BUBBLE. THE EXCHANGES FOLLOW YESTERDAY'S U.S.-LED TALKS WITH RUSSIA IN SAUDI ARABIA, WHICH LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR FORMAL PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BUT DID NOT INCLUDE ANY REPRESENTATIVE FROM UKRAINE OR EUROPE. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS SINCE SAID NOBODY IS EXCLUDING UKRAINE FROM TALKS ON ENDING THE WAR. A LARGE SINKHOLE IN THE U.K. IS CAUSING HASSLES FOR RESIDENTS IN SURREY, WITH 30 PROPERTIES NOW EVACUATED. SINCE APPEARING ON A MAIN ROAD IN THE AREA NEAR LONDON, THE HOLE'S GROWN TO MORE THAN 20m AND SWALLOWED AT LEAST ONE GARDEN. POLICE HAVE FEARS OF A POSSIBLE EXPLOSION DUE TO CABLES BEING EXPOSED. ANOTHER MISSING SPCA ANIMAL HAS BEEN RELOCATED ` AFTER POLICE CHARGED A MAN (32) WITH BURGLARY. CCTV FOOTAGE CAUGHT THE BREAK-IN ON SUNDAY EVENING, LEADING POLICE TO LOCATE A SUSPECT IN TAPAWERA ABOUT 50km FROM NELSON WITH MISSING DOG FRANKIE IN HIS VEHICLE. BORIS THE CAT REMAINS MISSING, WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE BEING ASKED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT. TO SPORT, CHRIS WOOD AND ERLING HAALAND ARE SET TO GO HEAD-TO-HEAD THIS OCTOBER AT AN INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY BETWEEN NZ AND NORWAY. HAALAND AND WOOD ARE TWO OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE'S MOST PROLIFIC GOAL SCORERS, CURRENTLY SITTING SECOND AND THIRD IN THE GOLDEN BOOT RACE JUST BEHIND LIVERPOOL'S MO SALAH. SHOULD THE ALL WHITES QUALIFY FOR THE 2026 WORLD CUP, THE FIXTURE WILL SERVE AS A GOOD TEST FOR DARREN BAZELEY'S SIDE, WITH NORWAY CURRENTLY RANKED 45 PLACES HIGHER THAN THE KIWIS. WE'VE ALWAYS SAID WE WANNA GET TO SORT OF COMPETING AGAINST THESE TEAMS RANKED AROUND THIS SORT OF SPACE, SO, YEAH, REALLY TOUGH GAME, BUT A GOOD GAME FOR US. NEW ZEALAND WILL TAKE ON FIJI IN THE OCEANIA QUALIFIERS SEMI-FINAL, WITH THE WINNER MOVING ON TO THE FINAL AT THE END OF NEXT MONTH. IS THAT A BIG DEAL? YES, ONE OF THE GREATEST STRIKERS AT THE MOMENT PLAYING AGAINST HAALAND, YES. THANK YOU FOR GIVING IT SOME CONTEXT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (TAYLOR SWIFT'S 'STYLE' INSTRUMENTAL) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLE FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE IN GISBORNE, HAWKES BAY AND TARANAKI. 28 THE HIGH FOR KIRIKIRIROA HAMITLON. 26 FOR TAURANGA. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, PARTLY CLOUDY FURTHER DOWN. TURNING TO FINE THIS AFTERNOON IN OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH. 27 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM, 22 IN OTEPOTI DUNEDIN. THIS NEXT SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY ROTORUA NZ. ROTORUA IS THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION FOR RELAXATION. AND AS YOU KNOW, FRIEND OF THE SHOW MATT GIBB HAS BEEN DOWN THERE CHECKING OUT SOME OF THE BEST EXPERIENCES ON OFFER. MORENA, MATT. MORENA, CHRIS. YES, WHAT A WEEK IT HAS BEEN HERE IN ROTORUA! WE HAVE HAD SOME AMAZING EXPERIENCES AND LOOK WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW ` THE MISTY MORNING LIGHT IS COMING UP IN THE VALLEY AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE MANAGER HERE, RICHIE, HOW ARE WE? TENA KOE, TENA KOE. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO GET TO LOOK AFTER. MORENA, MATT. WE ARE IN THE HEART OF THE VALLEY AT THE MOMENT. THESE WERE CRATED THROUGH THE GEOTHERMAL MOVEMENTS. THE ERUPTION ERUPTED, AND THE PEAKS WERE PHENOMENAL, AND A DISPLAY OF MASSIVE POWER. MASSIVE POWER. OUR PINK AND WHITE TERRACES WERE TAKEN, AND THEN GIFTED US THIS BEAUTIFUL TAONGA, EXACTLY, THE DESTRUCTION OF THE PINK AND WHITE TERRACES, SUCH A SHAME, IT WAS INCREDIBLE, BUT THESE BEAUTIFUL LAKES ARE NOW HERE. WE HAVE SEVEN CRATERS WITHIN THE VALLEY ITSELF. THERE WERE TWO LAKES AND THEY WERE CONTROLLED BY THE MANA WHENUA OF THIS TERRITORY. WE HAVE BEEN SHOWING THE FRYING PAN LAKE, AND THE THROAT OF RUAMOKO. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT SHORTLY, AND HEADING OUT TO THE LAKE. YES, A SACRED LAKE, AND SEEING OUR SACRED MAUNGA, AND GOING AROUND TO WHETHER PINK AND WHITE TERRACES WERE BEFORE THEY WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM US. WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD DAY FOR IT, BUT SHE, I THINK IT WILL BE FANTASTIC. THIS VOLCANIC VALLEY, JUST ONE OF THE AMAZING EXPERIENCES YOU CAN HAVE HERE AND AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE OF OUR WINNERS. YOU ONLY HAVE UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO GET UP IN THE DRAW. HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz YOU WILL BE WINNING AN AMAZING TRIP. RICHIE AND HIS TEAM WILL LOOK AFTER YOU, YOU WILL HEAD TO HELLS GATE AND THE HOT SPRINGS. THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER EXPERIENCES, I CAN'T LIST THEM ALL RIGHT NOW. HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz THE CHECKOUT ALL THE DETAILS AND I WILL BE HANGING OUT WITH RICHIE THE LEGEND ALL MORNING. KA PAI, MATT. THANK YOU SO MUCH MATT. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS BACKED UP IN OUR BREAKFAST MEETING YESTERDAY. I WAS READING AN ARTICLE THAT MENTIONED THIS MUM WHO HAD GOT A LANDLINE FOR THE HOUSE BECAUSE SHE WAS THINKING ABOUT, MY PHONE IS DEAD, THE BATTERY IS GONE, YOU CAN'T REACH IT, SOMETHING HAPPENS, AT LEAST THERE'S A LANDLINE. BUT NOW SHE HAS A LANDLINE, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO PURCHASE A PHONE FOR HER TWEENS. THEY WANT TO HAVE PHONES, BUT ACTUALLY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO NOW BECAUSE OF THE LANDLINE. WE ASKED YOU THE QUESTION, WHETHER YOU STILL HAVE A LANDLINE AND... DA-DA-DA-DA, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE RESULTS. YES, UNSURPRISING. STILL 17% HOLDING ON THERE. MY MUM STILL HAS ONE. I LIKE HOW THE PICTURE IN THE FIRST GRAPHIC SHOWED AS PHONES WITH A NICE, CURLY CORDS, AS WE DID PROGRESS TO HAVING CORDLESS PHONES. DO YOU` YOU MIGHT BE TOO YOUNG. I REMEMBER LANDLINES, JENNY MAY. WHAT ABOUT PARTY LINES? WHEN YOU HAD THE RING, RING, RING. IT WASN'T NECESSARILY A NUMBER, BUT IF YOU WANTED TO RING ANYBODY ON YOUR STREET, THERE WOULD BE A CODE. I'M FROM THE GENERATION WE HAD TO PUNCH IN THE PHONE NUMBER AND IT WILL GO STRAIGHT TO THEIR PHONE. YOU CAN PICK THE PHONE UP AND LISTEN TO SOMEBODY ELSE! I WOULD DO THAT WITH MY SOMEONE, YOU WOULD PICK UP THE PHONE AND, CLICK, 'GET OFF THE PHONE!' 'GET OFF THE PHONE!' PRIVACY CONCERNS, OF COURSE. WHEN YOU ARE CONNECTED TO THE WORLDWIDE INTERNET AND SOMEBODY PICKS UP THE LANDLINE AND... CONNECTION LOST, YOU HAVE TO DIAL UP AGAIN. THAT'S A FEW GENERATIONS AFTER THE OLD RING, RING. I AM SO YOUNG BUT I AM STILL IN THE DIAL-UP GENERATION. BUT J-MAY HAD TO WIND SOMETHING UP. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHY PEOPLE STILL HAVE THEIR LAND LINES. IN AN EMERGENCY, YOU JUST KNOW. ANYWAY, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. ME U TONU MAI ` A MYSTERY 130 YEARS OLD SOLVED. NEXT, HOW SCIENCE AND A BLOODY SHAWL MAY HAVE REVEALED THE IDENTITY OF JACK THE RIPPER. # MAKE A NEW EXCUSE, ANOTHER STUPID REASON. # GOOD LUCK, BABE! # AND KNOW YOU WANT MY TOUCH FOR LIFE, HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` U.S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS CALLED UKRAINE'S LEADER A 'DICTATOR' AS RELATIONS BETWEEN THE FORMER ALLIES RAPIDLY DETERIORATE. A LARGE SINKHOLE IN THE UK IS CAUSING HASSLES FOR RESIDENTS IN SURREY, WITH 30 PROPERTIES NOW EVACUATED. AND ANOTHER MISSING SPCA ANIMAL HAS BEEN RELOCATED AFTER POLICE CHARGED A MAN (32) WITH BURGLARY. BORIS THE CAT REMAINS MISSING. MORE THAN 130 YEARS AFTER JACK THE RIPPER TERRORISED THE LONDON SUBURB WE MAY BE CLOSER THAN EVER TO OFFICIALLY UNVEILING HIS IDENTITY. A HISTORIAN CLAIMS A BLOOD-STAINED SHAWL RECOVERED AT ONE OF THE MURDER SCENES, HAS FOUND DNA WHICH IS A 100% MATCH WITH ONE OF THE SUSPECTS AT THE TIME. RUSSELL EDWARDS JOINS US FROM LONDON TO TELL US MORE ABOUT HIS DISCOVERY. GOOD MORNING, RUSSELL, WE SO APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US HERE IN AOTEAROA. 130 YEARS THIS HAS BEEN A MYSTERY, WHY DO YOU THINK THAT YOU KNOW WHO JACK THE RIPPER IS? WHY ARE YOU SO CONVINCED? IT'S QUITE AN EXPANSIVE ANSWER, THE SHAWL THAT WAS DISCOVERED AT THE CRIME SCENE OF CATHERINE, IT WAS COVERED IN BLOOD MATERIAL. WE MANAGED TO GET UNCONTAMINATED DNA FROM NATURAL, FROM THE SAMPLES. AND MATCHED IT WITH THE DESCENDANTS OF THE VICTIM. WE ESTABLISHED THAT THE SHAWL WAS NOT OWNED BY CATHERINE, SO IT COULD HAVE ONLY BEEN TAKEN TO THE MURDER SCENE BY THE MURDERER. HE DEPOSITED BODILY FLUIDS ON THERE, AND WE MANAGED TO GET UNCONTAMINATED CELLS FROM THAT. WE GOT A DESCENDENT FROM HIS SISTER AND THAT'S HOW WE DID IT. WHERE HAD THE SHAWL BEEN IN BETWEEN? THERE WAS AN ACTING SERGEANT ON DUTY ON THAT NIGHT. HE ASKED IF HE COULD TAKE THE SHAWL, BECAUSE ALL THE EVIDENCE BACK THEN WAS DESTROYED, SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. HE TOOK IT HOME FOR HIS WIFE WHO WAS NOT PLEASED BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, FROM WHAT IT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH, SO THEY GAVE IT TO THE NIECE, AND THE NIECE GAVE IT TO HER DAUGHTER, AND THE DAUGHTER GAVE IT TO THE PERSON I BOUGHT IT FROM. IT WAS BASICALLY LOCKED AWAY. I'VE HAD IT FOR 18 YEARS NOW AND IT IS VERY, VERY, VERY RARE THAT IT SEES THE LIGHT. AND I GUESS THAT IS THE ISSUE, ISN'T IT, FOR THE EXPERTS WHO ARE SAYING THE SHAWL IS TOO CONTAMINATED, IT WASN'T PAIR REVIEWED. NO, NO, COMPLETELY INCORRECT. THE SCIENCE WAS PEER-REVIEWED. THE PEOPLE WHO CRITICISE THE SCIENCE HAVEN'T READ OR UNDERSTOOD IT PROPERLY, AND IT'S LIKE THEY WANT TO GET A NAME FOR THEMSELVES, SO THAT IS THE FIRST THING, IN MORE GET ONTO THE ACTUAL CONTAMINATION ISSUE, THE SAMPLES THAT WERE TAKEN BY VERY CUTTING-EDGE TECHNIQUE, HE MANAGED TO GET UNCONTAMINATED SAMPLES, AND IT WAS A BIG PROBLEM WE HAD, BUT IT DIDN'T TAKE A FEW MINUTES, IT TOOK FOUR YEARS. WE BYPASSED THE CONTAMINATION ISSUE. AARON KAMINSKI WAS A SUSPECT BEFORE, AND IS NOW RECOGNISED AS JACK THE RIPPER. WHAT IMPACT DO YOU THINK THIS WILL HAVE? WE REALISED THIS 10 YEARS AGO AND PEOPLE SLIGHTED THE STORY, BUT NOW WE HAVE A FAR GREATER STORY AND WHAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT IS HAVING CLOSURE FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE DESCENDANTS OF THE VICTIMS. NOW WE HAVE ENOUGH TO SAY, THIS IS IT. THE CORONER HAS SEEN THAT SHE HAS AN AGREEMENT, BY THE WAY AND WE WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE HIGH COURT TO HAVE IT ESTABLISHED THAT AARON HAS MEANT IT WAS THE JACK THE RIPPER. AND HE HAD CONTACT WITH ANY OF THE VICTIMS FAMILIES? YES! WHAT HAVE THEY SAID? I AM NOT A FEW OF THEM OVER A DECADE NOW, SO WE ARE VERY CLOSE FRIEND, BUT AGAIN, IT IS THE CLOSURE, FOR CATHERINE, REALLY. WE PROVE TO IT WAS YEARS AGO AND NOW WE HAVE GOT THAT AND WE HAVE GOT IT IRON-CLAD. WE WANT THE FAMILIES... I THINK WE ALL WANT THIS STORY TO STOP. NEXT YEAR, THERE WILL BE A NEW SUSPECT AND THIS ONE ` IT'S NOT, IT WAS ONLY THIS ONE AND THIS MAN WAS NAMED. I'VE CONFIRMED HIM AS JACK THE RIPPER WHO WAS ALREADY NAMED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE WHO INVESTIGATED THE MURDERS ` THEY NAMED HIM AS THE RIPPER YEARS AGO, BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE IGNORED. THAT'S TRULY FASCINATING AND YOUR DISCOVERY HAS HUGE IMPACTS ON A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, AND WE SO APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. YES, FASCINATING, AS I SAY. RUSSELL EDWARDS, JOINING US THIS MORNING, HISTORIAN. HIS ALTAR MYSTERY OF JACK THE RIPPER, THANKS RUSSELL. IT'S BEEN AN HONOUR, THANK YOU. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE 7 O'CLOCK NEWS IS COMING UP. PLUS, THE PRESSURES ON RENTALS AS STUDENTS GO LOOKING FOR FLATS. WE'LL TELL YOU WHICH PART OF THE COUNTRY'S FEELING IT THE MOST. # I TE RAUMATI WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. COST AND ACCESS TO ACCOMMODATION FOR STUDENTS LOOKING TO RENT IS PROVING TOUGHER THAN EVER. ACROSS THE COUNTRY, PRICES ARE PERSISTENTLY HIGH. TRADEME COMPARED THE DIFFERENT CENTRES AND FOUND AUCKLAND TO BE THE PRICIEST CITY, WITH AN AVERAGE WEEKLY RENTAL COSTING $675, AND CHRISTCHURCH THE LEAST EXPENSIVE. INFOMETRICS LOOKED AT THE MEDIAN COST OF RENT AS A PORTION OF THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME. IT SHOWS DUNEDIN RESIDENTS ARE FORKING OUT THE MOST, ALMOST A QUARTER OF THEIR WEEKLY EARNINGS GOING TO RENT. TO BREAK DOWN THESE NUMBERS WE'RE JOINED BY LIAM WHITE, PRESIDENT OF OTAGO UNIVERSITY STUDENT ASSOCIATION AND ZAC THOMAS, PRESIDENT OF RENTERS UNITED. LIAM, I WILL COME TO YOU FIRST. HOW DIFFICULT IS IT FOR STUDENTS IN DUNEDIN TO GET RENTAL ACCOMMODATION THAT IS AFFORDABLE? IT IS PRETTY TOUGH DOWN HERE AT THE MOMENT. AS YOU MENTION, STUDENTS ARE FACING HIGH COSTS, AND POOR QUALITY HOUSING AND UNRESPONSIVE LANDLORDS. EVEN THOUGH IT IS ONLY JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, I AM ALREADY HEARING HORROR STORIES. SOME LANDLORDS ARE REFUSING TO RETURN BOND, CONTINUING TO IGNORE FLOOD REPAIRS THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE. ONE OF MY OLD FRIENDS TOLD ME ABOUT WATER THAT WAS DRIPPING THROUGH THE LIGHT FIXTURES ON THEIR ROOF. SOMEONE HAD A LOOK AND SAID, THERE IS A HOLE IN THE ROOF, COOL. SOME LANDLORDS ARE SAYING THAT STUDENTS ARE BECOMING MORE DEMANDING. NO STUDENTS ARE ASKING FOR THE HILTON. WE KNOW WHAT THE FLIGHTS ARE LIKE. WE JUST WANT BASIC MAINTENANCE AND FOR THE FLATS TO BE CLEAN, AND I HAVE HEARD THAT PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING AND SLEEPING BAGS. IS IT WORSE THAN THAT IN SOME CASES WHERE PEOPLE ARE RESORTING TO OTHER MEASURES? 100%. I HAVE HAD STUDENTS REACH OUT WORRY THEY WILL SLEEP IN THEIR CARS. IT IS PRETTY DIRE. IS THIS A PROBLEM THAT WE ARE SEEING ACROSS THE BOARD, OR IS THIS QUITE EXTREME SEEING IT IN DUNEDIN? IT IS GENERALLY A PROBLEM NATIONWIDE. IN PLACES LIKE WELLINGTON, THERE IS A SURPLUS AND RENTALS. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT STUDENTS ARE DOING IT EASY. ACROSS THE BOARD, IT IS DIFFICULT, BUT IN SOME PLACES MORE THAN OTHERS. FOR STUDENTS, THEY MAKING UP MORE OF THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO FIND RENTALS? THEY ARE, BECAUSE THEY ARE OFTEN THE ONES ON LOWER INCOMES. THEY OFTEN THE ONES THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO FIND PART-TIME WORK TO SUBSIDISE THEIR WORK. IF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING ARE COMING INTO UNIVERSITY IN THEIR FIRST YEAR, OR AS A PEOPLE LIVING THERE THAT ARE STILL STRUGGLING YEARS ON? BOTH. I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT NOW WE HAVE REMOVED FIRST YEAR FREE, THOSE HALLS THAT COST ABOUT $20,000 NOW BEING PUT ON FIRST YEARS, READY COULD PREVIOUSLY PUT IT ON YOUR LOAN. I AM NOW SEEING A LOT MORE STUDENTS GO INTO A FLAT IN THEIR FIRST YEAR. I ASKED HOW SOME PEOPLE WERE GOING MOVING AND, AND THEY SAID IT WAS A MASSIVE CULTURE SHOCK. I STRUGGLE TO FIND A FLAT THIS YEAR AND I AM ON MY FIFTH YEAR. IT IS VERY TOUGH FOR STUDENTS ACROSS THE BOARD. DUNEDIN HAS BEEN NOTOROIUS FOUR CASTLE STREET. THIS IS NOT JUST DOING A ROUGH AND HAVING A LAUGH WITH YOUR MATES. ONE OF THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS CALLED IT LIVING IN MATERIAL POVERTY FOR THREE YEARS, AND IT IS. SLEEPING BAGS UNDER YOUR BED. WHEN I STARTED PAYING RENT, IT WAS 180. NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 230. THAT IS A MASSIVE JUMP IN FIVE YEARS. YOU ARE PAYING EASILY TWO THIRDS OF YOUR INCOME TOWARDS YOUR FLAT. THAT IS FOR COLD, OLD AND MOULDY FLATS. I'VE HEARD THAT YOU SHOULD NEGOTIATE. OUR PROSPECTIVE TENANTS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE? THEY ARE IN PLACES LIKE WELLINGTON, BUT IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE AREA. FOR STUDENTS, THEY HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH THIS BEFORE. AS POSSIBLE, BUT THEY NEED TO KEEP IN MIND WHAT AVAILABILITIES ARE IN THE AREA AND FEELING THAT CONFIDENCE IS NOT OFTEN WHAT WE SEE FROM STUDENTS. IS THERE ANY ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE SITUATIONS? AND ANY INSURRECTIONS YOU HAVE PROPERTY MANAGERS OR LANDLORDS, GET THE COMMUNICATION OR WRITING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. LIAM, DO KEEP US POSTED. OVER THE NEXT MONTH, PEOPLE WILL BE ARRIVING IN HALLS AND LOOKING FOR FLATS. WILL DO. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS HOUR ` AFTER NEARLY THREE YEARS OF FIGHTING BACK HOME, WHAT DOES THE UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY IN AOTEAROA MAKE OF THE LATEST PUSH FOR AN END TO THE WAR WITH RUSSIA? PLUS, 'THRIVE IN '25', OR IS THE BUZZWORD STILL 'SURVIVE'? OUR POLITICAL PANEL'S BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. WHAT DOES THE OCR CUT TELL US ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY? AND LATER, RETAIL CRIME'S AT A 10-YEAR HIGH IN CANTERBURY. HOW TECHNOLOGY COULD BE USED TO CATCH OFFENDERS. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. RETAIL CRIME IN CANTERBURY HAS HIT A 10-YEAR HIGH, BUT POLICE SAY IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS. SHOPLIFTING HAS SPIKED MORE THAN 300% IN A DECADE AND IS NOW A KEY PRIORITY FOR POLICE. CANTERBURY DISTRICT COMMANDER TONY HILL SAYS THE COMMUNITY BEAT TEAM STARTED NEW PATROLS A FEW MONTHS AGO TO TRY AND COMBAT THE PROBLEM. WE'RE TRYING TO PUT SOME REAL SCIENCE BEHIND THAT, TOO. WE'RE ENGAGED WITH THE UNIVERSITY TO HELP US BUILD A DEPLOYMENT MODEL THAT TELLS US WHERE THEY SHOULD BE AT A PARTICULAR TIME TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR PREVENTING THAT OFFENDING FROM OCCURRING. POLICE DON'T BELIEVE THE CRIME IS FUELLED BY TOUGH TIMES, INSTEAD SAYING THEY BELIEVE MANY SHOPLIFTERS ARE OUT TO MAKE MONEY OR FEED A HABIT LIKE ALCOHOL OR DRUGS. AND THERE'S AN INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE IN AUCKLAND'S CLOVER PARK THIS MORNING AFTER SOMEONE WAS ASSAULTED JUST AFTER 5am. THE PERSON SUSTAINED A SERIOUS INJURY AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL. THE OFFENDER FLED THE SCENE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED. NOW, OFFICERS ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY AND LOCATE THE PERSON. HAMAS SAYS IT WILL RETURN ALL HOSTAGES TO ISRAEL IF THE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT MOVES FORWARD TO ITS SECOND PHASE NEXT MONTH. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE GROUP SAYS IT'S PREPARED TO EXCHANGE HOSTAGES IN ONE HANDOVER, RATHER THAN IN STAGES. MEDIATION OVER THE SECOND PHASE WAS DUE TO BEGIN AT THE START OF THIS MONTH BUT WAS DELAYED. UNDER THE AGREEMENT, ISRAEL WOULD COMPLETELY WITHDRAW ITS MILITARY FROM GAZA AND RETURN HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIAN DETAINEES. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE PULLED OFF A CRUSHING OPENING WIN IN THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY. WILL YOUNG AND TOM LATHAM BOTH RACKING UP CENTURIES TO HELP THE BLACKCAPS TO A TOTAL OF 320. THE NEW ZEALANDERS CLIINICAL IN THEIR BOWLING ATTACK, REGULARLY PICKING OFF WICKETS TO RESTRICT PAKISTAN TO 260. (CROWD EXCLAIMS) SHOULD BE TAKEN. KANE WILLIAMSON POCKETS IT. THE FIRST TEN OVERS WITH THE BALL WAS OUTSTANDING. I THOUGHT THE WAY THAT OUR TWO BIG BOYS WERE ABLE TO SMASH THE LENGTHER FOR A LONG TIME AND I GUESS TO RESTRICT THEM TO 20 OFF THE POWER PLAYERS. AND THEN I GUESS THROUGH THE MIDDLE YOU CAN SQUEEZE, AND BECAUSE WE GOT OBVIOUSLY A GOOD SCORE WE COULD KIND OF BUILD THAT RUN RATE PRESSURE A LITTLE BIT, AND I GUESS WE'RE ABLE TO CHIP WICKETS OUT THROUGHOUT. THE BLACKCAPS NEXT FACE BANGLADESH ON MONDAY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (UPBEAT MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLE FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE IN GISBORNE, HAWKES BAY AND TARANAKI. 28 THE HIGH FOR HAMITLON. 26 FOR TAURANGA. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, PARTLY CLOUDY FURTHER DOWN. TURNING TO FINE THIS AFTERNOON IN CHRISTCHURCH. 27 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM, 22 IN DUNEDIN. THANKS, CHRIS. IT'S BEEN A TUMULTUOUS FEW DAYS FOR UKRAINIANS. DONALD TRUMP HAS STARTED PEACE TALKS WITH RUSSIA, BUT WITHOUT UKRAINE. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS KYIV STARTED THE WAR, WILL HAVE TO GIVE UP TERRITORY, AND CAN'T JOIN NATO. NOW, AFTER UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKY SAID DONALD TRUMP WAS LIVING IN A 'DISINFORMATION SPACE', TRUMP HAS CALLED HIM A 'DICTATOR'. IT'S A LOT FOR UKRAINIANS LIVING HERE TO DIGEST. SIMON MERCEP IS WITH ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY NOW. SIMON, MORENA. MORENA, JENNY MAY. I AM WITH KATE. GOOD MORNING, KATE. WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE THE PAST FEW DAYS, ESPECIALLY AS YOU HAVE SEEN THE WHITE HOUSE TAKE CONTROL OF THE PEACE PROCESS AND LEAVE UKRAINE OUT AND SAY THAT UKRAINE STARTED THE WAR? IT HAS BEEN A WORLD OF EMOTION. IT HAS BEEN INFURIATING. UKRAINIANS FEEL BETRAYED, SHOCKED AND IN DISBELIEF. THIS SHIFT IN POLITICS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. WHAT ABOUT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT AND EVEN THE LAST FEW HOURS? HE HAS SUGGESTED THAT ZELENSKY IS A DICTATOR. THAT IS BECAUSE HE SUGGESTED THAT TRUMP IS LIVING AND DISINFORMATION LAND. IF YOU TALK ABOUT DICTATORS, LET'S BE FAIR, AND THE LAST 20 YEARS, UKRAINE HAD FIVE DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS AND RUSSIA HAD ZERO. TRUMP IS PLAYING FROM THE KREMLIN'S HANDBOOK. AT THE MOMENT, YOU ARE FACING A SITUATION WHERE THE FATE OF YOUR COUNTRY MIGHT BE DECIDED WITHOUT THE UKRAINIAN VOICE. LIKE I SAID, IT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE, AND IT IS A BETRAYAL. NOTHING ABOUT UKRAINE SHOULD BE DECIDED WITHOUT UKRAINE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PEACE, LET'S BE CRITICAL OF THE WORDS ON OFFER. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PEACE, IT IS SURRENDER. IT AS ENABLING THE AGGRESSOR. UKRAINE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE PART OF THAT. TRUMP IS TREATING UKRAINIANS LIKE THEY ARE AN ASSET, THAT THEIR FATE CAN BE DECIDED WITHOUT THEM. IT IS NOT DIPLOMACY, IT IS DEHUMANISATION. WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT? UKRAINIANS ARE HOPEFUL BECAUSE EUROPE IS STEPPING UP. UKRAINE WILL NEVER ACCEPT A BACKDOOR DEAL FORCED UPON THEM. UKRAINIANS ARE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR THEIR SOVEREIGNTY. THIS SOVEREIGNTY HAS BEEN DISREGARDED, IDENTITIES HAVE BEEN DISREGARDED. EUROPE HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT UKRAINE WILL NOT BE ABANDONED. IN FACT, NEW ZEALANDERS ALSO STANDING FIRMLY ON THE SIDE OF UKRAINE. EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE MINISTER SPOKE TO THE UKRAINIAN MINISTER. THE PRIME MINISTER SAID HE DOES NOT RULE OUT SENDING PEACEKEEPING FORCES TO UKRAINE. IT IS BECAUSE NEW ZEALAND UNDERSTANDS THAT AS A SMALL DEMOCRACY, WE DEPEND ON INTERNATIONAL ORDER THAT TRUMP IS ROLLING OVER. I REMEMBER SOME OF THE EARLY CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH UKRAINIANS WHEN OUR IT WHEN THE WAR STARTED. THEY WERE SAYING THAT WE WOULD NEVER WANT TO GIVE UP ANY TERRITORY. NOW WE ARE NEARLY 3 YEARS INTO THIS CONFLICT, WHAT IS THE ATTITUDE NOW? DO YOU THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO THINK, MAYBE WE DO HAVE TO DO GIVE UP SOME TERRITORY TO MAKE THIS CONFLICT GO AWAY? UKRAINIANS ARE NOT WILLING TO SELL TERRITORY. ONE THING THAT TRUMP IGNORES AND PEOPLE SEEM TO FORGET OR DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT THIS IS NOT ABOUT A CHANGE OF PLAN OR PAYING TAX TO A DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT. THIS MEANS MASS TORTURE AND LOSS OF IDENTITY. UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND PEOPLE WILL BE PERSECUTED. BUT ALSO MEANS THAT WHEN INTOXICATION BEGINS, INDOCTRINATION* THERE WILL BE MARCHING INTO EUROPE. PEOPLE ARE EXHAUSTED, YOU CANNOT BLAME THEM. LET'S BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT A ROAD TO PEACE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE WORLD THAT WE WANT TO LIVE IN TOMORROW IS BEING SHAPED IN THIS WORLD TODAY. DO WE LET THE WAR CRIMINALS GO UNPUNISHED? DO WE LET THE TYRANTS AND DICTATORSHIPS MOVE TERRITORIES AND BORDERS BY FORCE, OR DO WE STAND UP? YOU MENTIONED THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. THAT IS WHERE YOU ARE FROM, THE EAST. DO YOU EVER SEE YOURSELF GETTING BACK THE WAY THAT THINGS STAND? I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO, BUT I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE IT WAS OCCUPIED BY RUSSIA. I AM ON RUSSIA'S BAN LIST, I HAVE INDIVIDUAL SANCTIONS PLACED AGAINST ME. I AM FROM DONBASS. THE 2014 INVASION BEGAN IN MY TOWN. IT WAS UNDER OCCUPATION FOR THREE MONTHS. PEOPLE IN MY TOWN KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE. PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. THIS IS ONE THING THAT PUTIN CLAIMS TO DO. I COME FROM A RUSSIAN SPEAKING FAMILY, WE DO NOT NEED HIS PROTECTION. SHE IS ALSO AT THE NEW ZEALAND UKRAINIAN ASSOCIATION. WE ARE COMING UP TO THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY. THERE ARE EVENTS AND RALLIES AROUND NEW ZEALAND FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THIS COMING WEEKEND. IT IS NOT A PLEASANT ANNIVERSARY THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. I IMAGINE THAT TENSIONS ARE GOING TO BE HIGH. THERE ARE PRETTY INFLAMMATORY REMARKS COMING OUT OF AMERICA. YES, INDEED. NICE TO HAVE A VOICE ON THE WHOLE SITUATION FROM HERE. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE SMEAR YOUR MEA CHARITY BIKE RIDE IS UNDERWAY FOR ANOTHER YEAR. NEXT, WE CHECK IN WITH THOSE RAISING CANCER AWARENESS. (POP MUSIC) HOKI MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` RETAIL CRIME IN CANTERBURY HAS HIT A 10-YEAR HIGH, BUT POLICE SAY IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS. ONE PERSON HAS BEEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER AN ASSAULT IN AUCKLAND'S CLOVER PARK THIS MORNING. PEOPLE ARE WARNED TO EXPECT AN INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE. THE BLACK CAPS HAVE PULLED OFF A CRUSHING OPENING WIN IN THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY, BEATING PAKISTAN BY 60 RUNS. WHEN KAPA HAKA PERFORMER TALEI MORRISON WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CERVICAL CANCER, SHE DECIDED TO DEVOTE HER TIME TO THE 'SMEAR YOUR MEA' CAMPAIGN TO HELP EDUCATE WAHINE MAORI AND ENCOURAGE EARLY DETECTION. IN THE YEARS SINCE HER DEATH, HER LEGACY HAS BEEN IMMORTALISED IN THE CAMPAIGN, WHICH HAS EXPANDED TO ENCOURAGE MEN TO SCREEN FOR PROSTATE CANCER. THE THIRD ANNUAL CHARITY BIKE RIDE IN TALEI'S MEMORY IS UNDERWAY AND WE'RE JOINED BY HER CLOSE FRIEND TE URUROA FLAVELL AND HER MUM SANDY MORRISON. MORENA, KI A KORUA. GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. SANDY, THE TIME OF YEAR WE HAVE THE BIKE RIDE AND THE CHARITY EVENTS, THAT ESPECIALLY EMOTIONAL FOR YOU? FIRSTLY, YES, NGA MIHI KI A KORUA. DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY. BITTERSWEET, BEAUTIFUL, SACRED, SPECIAL, AND IT'S MAINLY ALL DRIVEN BY THE PEOPLE, SO YES. HOW MUCH OF A TESTAMENT IS IT TO HER MEMORY THAT THIS CAMPAIGN HAS GROWN THE CAMPAIGN EXISTS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WANT IT, SHE ALWAYS SAID, GO TO THE PEOPLE AND SPREAD THE MESSAGE. DON'T WAIT FOR THEM TO COME TO YOU. THERE ARE SO MANY OBSTACLES AND BARRIERS, SO GO TO THE PEOPLE. TEST SO A VERY DEEP TESTAMENT, AND I FEEL VERY PROUD OF HER AND PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE KAUPAPA BY BEING TESTED, THAT IS TESTAMENT TO THE LEGACY SHE HAS LEFT. YOU'RE LOOKING FANTASTIC IN YOUR CYCLING LYCRA. I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR MEMORIES OF YOUR DAUGHTER. VERY EMOTIONAL, SAME AS SANDY. BEAUTIFUL AND, 42 YEARS OF AGE, TAKEN SO EARLY, THREE CHILDREN, MOKOPUNA ON THE WAY AT THE TIME. THE TRAGEDY AS IT COULD'VE BEEN A LOT DIFFERENT. WE WANT TO PUT IT IN FRONT OF ALL PEOPLE ACROSS THIS MOTU. SHE WAS HUMBLE WITH IT AND SAID YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE WORLD, BUT SHE CAN INFLUENCE KAPA HAKA BECAUSE SHE WAS RENOWNED. THEY KNEW HER, THEY UNDERSTOOD HER, AND SHE HAS DONE THIS CAMPAIGN AND WE ARE CARRYING IT ON AND UTILISING THIS VEHICLE ` IT'S JUST A BIKE RIDE, AND PHYSICALLY, PEOPLE CANNOT CANNOT DO IT, BUT THE KAUPAPA IS THERE. IT WILL HOPEFULLY CONTINUE. AND HOW ARE YOU DOING YOURSELF, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING? YOU HAVE BEEN ON YOUR JOURNEY WITH CANCER. IT'S BEEN GREAT. OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE IN THE RECEPTION WE HAVE HAD AT EVERY MARAE, WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE ALL THE SUPPORT. IT'S HARD WORK. JENNY MAY KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE. YOU THINK IT'S ALL DONE AND THEN AND THERE IS ANOTHER ONE. YOUR PEOPLE PUT IT ON FOR US HERE. RAWE. WE ARE WITH YOUR PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE BEEN AWESOME FOR US. IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE IT. AE. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST PREVENTABLE CANCERS. YOU HAD THOSE EXPERIENCES WHERE YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE TREATED IN A WAY YOU THOUGHT YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN. YES, EXACTLY. THAT IS EXACTLY AND ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I THINK YOUR BODY IS YOUR TAONGA, AND AS TREASURES, WE MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR OWN BODIES. WE LOOK AFTER OTHERS WHEN WE LOOK AFTER OURSELVES, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY. DON'T ALWAYS RELY ON THE SYSTEM, BE A VERY, VERY STRONG ADVOCATE FOR WHAT YOU FEEL AND WHAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU NEED. SO PLEASE, ALSO CHECK IN ON YOUR WHANAU. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CONTINUITY OF WHAKAPAPA. THE PARTNER MISSES HER DEARLY, SO TO HER KIDS, IT'S A HUGE, HUGE GAP, NOT TO HAVE THEIR MOTHER/DAUGHTER THERE IN TIMES OF NEED. IN YOUR OWN WAY, WHICH IS VERY PROFOUND, YOU MUST LOOK AFTER YOURSELF AND SEEK HELP, BE AS ACTIVE AS YOU CAN TO PREVENT ANY DISEASE, ACTUALLY, COMING YOUR WAY, SO THAT WILL BE THE MESSAGE. MORENA KI A KORUA. KO JENNY MAY TENEI. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IT HAS BEEN LIKE FOR THE HUI THAT YOU HAVE HELD THAT EACH MARAE, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A WANANGA, YES? ALL THE WAY ALONG THE ROAD, WE ARE TRYING TO GET IT THAT PEOPLE ARE TELLING THEIR STORIES BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET ANY CUT THROUGH UNTIL PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THEIR STORIES, WHEN YOU HAVE CANCER, MOST PEOPLE, MAORI IN PARTICULAR THINK IT'S OVER. YES, IT HAPPENS, WE ARRIVE TOO LATE TO THE DOCTOR, BUT I AM HERE, THANK GOODNESS, AND I FOLLOW THE TREATMENT REGIME THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME. WE HAVE WANANGA. IF YOU SAT IN FRONT OF THIS THE OTHER NIGHT AND LISTENED, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT BE AFFECTED BECAUSE THEIR STORY IS RAW, DEEP, HONEST. IT HITS YOU RIGHT IN THE HEART AND MOTIVATES YOU TO GET TESTED, AND WE CAN'T BE WAITING UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE, AS SO OFTEN HAPPENS. 'I PUT IT OFF, IT'S OKAY, BRO, NOT ME.' THE WHOLE NATION, GO GET TESTED. JENNY MAY, WE WERE IN YOUR WHARE LAST NIGHT. YOUR OWN IWI SHARE THEIR STORIES. BEAUTIFUL. HE MIHI AROHA KI A KORUA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU ARE DOING AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME HOME! I CAN SEE THE MARAE, WHARENUI. TENA KOUTOU TE IWI. I TOLD YOU WE WOULD GO THERE. I COULD SEE THE MARAE IN THE BACK! AND OF COURSE, LEADING UP TO TE MATATINI, WHICH IS NEXT WEEK. SUCH AN AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL THING WE'RE DOING. GET TESTED, YOU HEARD THEM. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, MATT GIBB'S LIVING IT UP IN ROTORUA THIS MORNING, ISN'T HE? (CHUCKLES) REALLY AM, HAVING AN AMAZING WALK YOU THROUGH THE BUSH. WE HAD JUST COME UP 30M, UP TO RUAMOKO! ENTER NOW! KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HAMILTON, 28 DEGREES. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A FEW SHOWERS CLEARING THIS AFTERNOON MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A FEW SHOWERS CLEARING THIS AFTERNOON AS FINE SPELLS INCREASE. LOOKING GOOD, THOUGH, EH? WELLINGTON, 22 AND FINE. LOOKING GOOD TODAY. OH, WE HAVE A MOVING SHOT. NORTHWESTERLIES, STRENGTHENING THIS AFTERNOON. AND TO CHRISTCHURCH, FINE TODAY. YOU ARE GOING TO GET TO A HIGH OF 26 DEGREES. IT WAS NICE. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE MY MARAE IN THE BACKGROUND OF THAT SHOP. BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE. GOOD TO SEE TE URUROA FLAVELL LOOKING GOOD AND FEELING GOOD. HE HAD HIS OWN BATTLE WITH PROSTATE CANCER, SO IT'S GOOD THAT HE IS WELL. WE HAVE HAD SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT LANDMINES. PEOPLE SAY IT CAN BE GOOD FOR EMERGENCIES, SUCH AS THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE. SHIRLEY SAYS, AND RIGHTLY POINTS THIS OUT, THERE ARE MANY RURAL COMMUNITIES THAT ACTUALLY STILL HAVE LANDMINES. MY SISTER DOES, AND THEY LIVE OUT IN THE WOPWOPS. THEY HAVE A LANDLINE THAT IS STILL TERRIBLE, ACTUALLY. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THEM, NOT FOR AN EMERGENCY, BUT JUST TO HAVE THAT EXTRA PHONE THERE. JACKIE TALKED ABOUT HAVING HER BAG STOLEN ` MOBILE, PURSE, EVERYTHING GONE. SHE COULDN'T CALL ANYBODY. GOT HOME, COULD GET ON THE PHONE TO THE BANK, POLICE REPORT. ALTHOUGH SORT OF THING. HANDY. AND THEN LET'S NOT FORGET THE BATTLE OF HAVING A PRIVATE CONVERSATION ON THE LANDLINE. HAVING THE PHONE, THE COURT, THE PHONE OUTSIDE THE ROOM, AND THEN THE CORD SNAKING UNDER THE DOOR. PRESS THE BUTTON, HANG UP. KEEP IT COMING ` EMAIL US. IT'S 7.30. HERE'S THE NEWS. TENSIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND UKRAINE ARE ESCALATING QUICKLY, WITH INSULTS AND CRITICISM BEING TRADED THROUGH PRESS CONFERENCES AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY ACCUSED HIS AMERICAN COUNTERPART OF LIVING IN RUSSIA'S DISINFORMATION WORLD. THEN-PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HIT BACK, DESCRIBING ZELENSKYY AS A DICTATOR, RULING WITHOUT ELECTIONS. THE EXCHANGES FOLLOW YESTERDAY'S CONTENTIOUS U.S. LED TALKS WITH RUSSIA, WHICH THEY WANT TO USE TO LAUNCH FORMAL PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BUT DID NOT INCLUDE UKRAINE OR ANY EUROPEAN REPRESENTATIVES. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS SINCE SAID NOBODY IS EXCLUDING UKRAINE FROM TALKS ON ENDING THE WAR. WILDLIFE OFFICERS IN TASMANIA WILL HAVE TO EUTHANISE AROUND 90 DOLPHINS STRANDED ON A REMOTE BEACH AFTER EFFORTS TO RE-FLOAT THEM FAILED. 157 OF THE FALSE KILLER WHALES, A LARGE-SIZED DOPLPHIN SPECIES, FIRST GOT STUCK ON TUESDAY EVENING. DOZENS HAVE SINCE DIED IN THE WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS ON THE COASTLINE. POLICE SAY A GROUP OF FOUR PEOPLE SPOTTED ON STATE HIGHWAY 4 ON SUNDAY MORNING WAS NOT MISSING MAROKOPA MAN TOM PHILLIPS AND HIS THREE CHILDREN. A MEMBER OF THE GROUP CONTACTED POLICE AFTER AN APPEAL FOR INFORMATION, CONFIRMING THEY WERE NOT THE MISSING FAMILY WHO DISAPPEARED IN DECEMBER 2021. THE FINANCE MINISTER CLAIMS BETTER TIMES ARE AHEAD FOLLOWING THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE DROP YESTERDAY. NICOLA WILLIS SAYS THE MOVE INDICATES THE ECONOMY IS GROWING AND PEOPLE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES. BUT LABOUR DISAGREES, CLAIMING IF THE GOVERNMENT IS SERIOUS ABOUT ECONOMIC GROWTH, IT SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO STABILISE THE JOB MARKET. TO SPORT, AND NEW ZEALAND WILL TAKE ON NORWAY IN AN INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL FRIENDLY IN OCTOBER. THE MATCH IS LIKELY TO SEE TWO PROLIFIC PREMIER LEAGUE GOALSCORERS CHRIS WOOD AND ERLING HAALAND GO HEAD TO HEAD. YEAH, THE WOOD VS HAALAND FIXTURE IS AMAZING, AND TO HAVE THOSE TWO FIGHTING IT OUT FOR GOALS IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE AND THEN THE POTENTIAL TO PLAY AGAINST THEM ` EACH OTHER ` IS A GREAT FIXTURE. NEW ZEALAND ARE DUE TO PLAY FIJI IN THE OCEANIA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS, WITH THE WINNER MOVING ON TO THE FINAL AT THE END OF NEXT MONTH. IT IS TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER FORECAST WHERE YOU ARE THIS MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLE FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE IN GISBORNE, HAWKES BAY AND TARANAKI. 28 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. 26 FOR TAURANGA. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. PARTLY CLOUDY FURTHER DOWN, TURNING TO FINE THIS AFTERNOON IN CHRISTCHURCH. 27 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 22 IN DUNEDIN. THANKS, JENNY MAY. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY ROTORUA NZ. THIS WEEK MATT GIBB HAS HEADED TO ROTORUA TO CHECK OUT SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT ARE ON OFFER. HE HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD. HOW'S IT GOING, MATT? (LAUGHS) OH, MATE. ABSOLUTELY. WORKING SO HARD TO BRING YOU BEAUTIFUL PICTURES LIKE THIS. LOOK AT THAT. NEVER SEEN SOMETHING AS SPECTACULAR AS THAT. INFERNO CRATER, THE WORLD'S ONLY CRYPTO GEYSER WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL NATURAL WONDER. THE BLUE COLOUR IS BECAUSE OF THE SILICA CONTENT IN THE WATER. IT RISES AND FALLS ABOUT 12 M. BEAUTIFUL VIEW HERE AT THE VOLCANIC VALLEY. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CAN SEE IF YOU WIN THE COMPETITION THIS WEEK. ANOTHER PLACE I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO VISIT THIS WEEK WITH HELLS GATE. TAKE A LOOK. NAU MAI HAERE MAI. KIA ORA, PAUL. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. WE ARE ABOUT TO ARRIVE AT ONE OF MY FAVOURITE SPOTS IN THE PARK. THIS IS THE WATERFALL WHOSE NAME MEANS THE URINE OF KAKAHI. OUR SOLDIERS KNEW THAT IF THEY WERE WOUNDED IN BATTLE THEY WOULD HAVE TWO URINATE ON THEIR WOUNDS. IT HEALED EXTREMELY FAST, SO THEY THOUGHT IT MUST BE OUR FAMOUS WARRIOR'S URINE. WHERE ARE WE NOW, PAUL? WE HAVE JUST ARRIVED TO MY FAVOURITE POOL IN THE PARK. THIS IS THE MEDICINE LAKE. IT IS NAMED AFTER THE MAN WHO WOULD HEAL EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. PEOPLE PUT THEIR HANDS ON AND CONNECT, AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BUILT A SPA AREA. YOU'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE THAT LATER. THIS IS WHAT USED TO HAPPEN, AND NOW WE HAVE IT IN HELLS GATE AT THE POOL (UPBEAT MUSIC) KIA ORA. YOU MUST BE NGATI. KIA ORA. HAVE A HONGI. I HEAR YOU ARE THE MAN TO SEE ABOUT CARVING. I'M JUST DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. YOU ARE A MASTER ALREADY, BIG BROTHER. TANGAROA, THE GOD OF THE SEA, USED THE WATER TO COVER WHERE THE LAND. THE FINAL PART OF THE PROCESS HERE AT HELLS GATE. THAT IS THAT, MATE. THE MUD BATH. WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF THE MUD BATH? THIS IS 39 DEGREES AND OPENING OUR PAWS WITH THE HELP OF THE MUD TO SOFTEN THE SKIN RIGHT UP. I MEAN, THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE YOU CAN'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD, ISN'T IT? I RECKON THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL THE WORK DONE FOR THE DAY. SHOULD WE JUST ADHERE AND RELAX FOR THE NEXT WHILE? THERE IS ONE MORE THING YOU NEED TO FINISH OFF THE EXPERIENCE. THIS IS LIVING THE LIFE. AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO PAUL AND NGATI AND THE WHOLE TEAM AT HELLS GATE. WHAT AN AMAZING PLACE THAT IS, AND WHAT AN AMAZING PLACE THIS IS. THOSE TWO PLACES ARE INCLUDED ON THE PRIZE LIST THAT YOU COULD BE EXPERIENCING IF YOU HEAD TO THIS WEBSITE ` GET THERE BEFORE 4 PM WHICH IS WHEN THE COMPETITION CLOSES. WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE WINNER TOMORROW ON THE SHOW. YOU DIFFERENTLY WANT TO GET YOUR TICKETS. YOU WILL BE STAYING AT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE ON THE POINT ROTORUA AND GETTING ALL OF YOUR FOOD AND EVERYTHING PROVIDED. WE ARE NOT DONE HERE. WE ARE IN THE VOLCANIC VALLEY CREATED BY A POWERFUL ERUPTION IN 1886 BY TARAWERA CARVING OUT THIS GREAT REST. RIFT* WE WILL SEE YOU A BIT LATER. THE IMAGE OF YOU COVERING YOURSELF AND MUD WAS QUITE A SIGHT. I WAS LAUGHING AT THE STEVE IRWIN COMPARISON. THE KHAKI. THANK YOU, MATT GIBB, FOR ALL OF THAT. ME U TONU MAI ` WE SURVIVED UNTIL 2025. NOW WHAT? THAT'S GOT A LOT OF MEANING TO THAT, DOESN'T IT? WE'LL ASK THE POLITICAL PANEL HOW THE YEAR'S SHAPING UP. Where to from here, New Zealand? To amazing places, places of opportunity, technology, possibility, sustainability, every ability, places that are for all to enjoy ` yeah, everyone. Let's enjoy the path forged by those that came before us but also find new ones, maybe better ones. Life is our journey. Aotearoa ` our magnificent waka. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS CALLED UKRAINE'S LEADER A 'DICTATOR' AS RELATIONS BETWEEN THE FORMER ALLIES RAPIDLY DETERIORATE. WILDLIFE OFFICERS IN TASMANIA WILL HAVE TO EUTHANISE AROUND 90 DOLPHINS STRANDED ON A REMOTE BEACH AFTER EFFORTS TO RE-FLOAT THEM FAILED. AND IN FOOTBALL, NEW ZEALAND WILL TAKE ON NORWAY IN AN INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY IN OCTOBER. IT IS 7:43. HOMEOWNERS REJOICE ` THE OCR'S TAKEN A HIT AGAIN. BANKS HAVE FOLLOWED THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE BY CUTTING HOME LOAN RATES, BUT ECONOMISTS AND THE RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR AGREE THERE'S STILL WORK TO DO ON THE ECONOMY. HERE FOR THEIR THOUGHTS, WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME IN OUR POLITICAL PALS, ODD COUPLE NATIONAL'S CHRIS BISHOP AND LABOUR'S KIERAN MCANULTY. SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH BACK ON THE PROGRAM TOGETHER FOR 2025. CHRIS, CAN I START WITH YOU? 2025 ` IS THAT THE YEAR TO THRIVE OR ARE WE JUST SURVIVING? NO, IT IS THE YEAR WE GO FOR GROWTH. AND WE CITED WITH THE OCR CUT. ALL OF THE MAJOR BANKS I THINK WERE CUTTING THEIR RATES YESTERDAY, SO I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE GETTING PRETTY GOOD RATES. HIGHER THAN SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO, BUT BETTER THAN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WHICH IS GREAT. THAT IS HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS A WEEK FOR THE AVERAGE HOUSE OWNER FLOWING THROUGH, WHICH WILL BE GREAT FOR THE ECONOMY AND GREAT FOR THEM, AND OF COURSE EASIER FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO BORROW. WE JUST NEED TO GET THOSE INTEREST RATES DOWN, WHICH IS WHAT IS HAPPENING AND IT IS GOOD TO SEE. KIERAN, WHAT IS YOUR PERCEPTION ON THIS? ARE THINGS ACTUALLY IMPROVING? THE GOVERNMENT LIKES TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THINGS OTHER PEOPLE DO AND BLAME OTHER PEOPLE FOR THINGS THAT THEY ARE DOING. THIS IS THE RESERVE BANK DOING THIS. IT IS GOOD NEWS ` WE CAN'T SHY AWAY FROM THAT. MANY OF US WHO HAVE MORTGAGES, IT IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IT DOESN'T HELP THOSE OF US WITH MORTGAGES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS AND CAN'T PAY THE MORTGAGE REGARDLESS OF THE INTEREST RATE. WE ARE IN RECESSION. SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN, AND THAT IS MORE THAN JUST SLOGANS AND TALK. WE WANT TO SEE INVESTMENT IN NEW SOCIAL HOUSES. WE WANT TO SEE INVESTMENT IN SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS. THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOT HAPPENING. WE WANT TO SEE THE GOVERNMENT DO SOMETHING ABOUT INSURANCE AND RATES WHICH THE RESERVE BANK MENTIONED I GOING UP WAY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE INFLATION RATE, AND THAT IS HURTING HOMEOWNERS AS WELL. THERE IS A LOT TO DO. I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO MOVE ON, BUT CHRIS, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A TOWN TO RESPOND TO WHAT KIERAN IS TALKING ABOUT. THE JOB OF THIS GOVERNMENT IS TO GO FOR GROWTH, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THAT IS WHAT PROVIDES MEANINGFUL COST OF LIVING RELIEF FOR NEW ZEALANDERS, AND INFLATION IS COMING DOWN, AND THAT WILL PUT GROWTH BACK INTO THE ARTERIES OF THE ECONOMY. THIS IS WHY THE RESERVE BANK IS DOING IT, AND THEY ARE FORECASTING GROWTH OVER THIS YEAR. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE GREEN SHOOTS OF CHANGE. BUSINESS CONFIDENCE IS RETURNING. THEIR FARMERS REPORTED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THE BIGGEST SURGE IN FARMER CONFIDENCE, I THINK, SINCE RECORDS BEGAN, BECAUSE OF THE DAIRY PRICE THAT IS COMING THAT. WE ARE FOCUSED ON INVESTMENT. WE HAVE OUR INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT SUMMIT IN TWO WEEKS IN AUCKLAND WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO ATTRACT INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR EXAMPLE. SO A LOT OF THINGS UNDERWAY, AND IT IS A TOUGH TIME FOR MANY KIWIS RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IS SEE A PATHWAY BACK TO PROSPERITY AND GROWTH ` WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON THAT. KIERAN, I WONDER WHETHER THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT INVESTMENT, GATHERING THAT IS COMING UP. CAN I COME? (LAUGHS) BARBARA IS COMING, BARBARA EDMONDS, LABOUR'S FINANCE SPOKESPERSON. WHY CAN'T I COME? TALK TO BARBARA. IF WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN THE COUNTRY, WE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE WHAT THEY SAW WHEN THIS GOVERNMENT CAME IN, WHICH IS SCRAP THINGS LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE, NOT BASED ON EVIDENCE, JUST TO SCORE POLITICAL POINTS. PEOPLE WANT CERTAINTY. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE WILL BE A CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT IN 18 MONTHS TIME, SO WE WANT TO REASSURE PEOPLE THAT THERE WILL BE STABILITY. HOPEFULLY THE GOVERNMENT WILL WORK WITH US TO TRY AND REASSURE INVESTORS THAT THAT WILL BE THE CASE. WE ARE WORKING HARD TO BUILD A BIPARTISAN 30 YEAR PLAN WITH INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT IS WHY WE INVITED LABOUR TO THE SUMMIT. YOU SHOULD TALK TO BARB AND SEE IF YOU CAN GO. FOCUSING ON THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE IS VERY IMPORTANT. I DO WANT TO MOVE ONTO EMIGRATION AND NEW ZEALAND BORN TEEN DAVID KUMAR, WHO WAS GOING TO FIND OUT WHETHER HE IS GOING TO BE DEPORTED TO A COUNTRY HE HAS NEVER BEEN TO BEFORE. KIERAN, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE SITUATION? THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH EARLIER. THIS PERSON HAS BEEN LIVING IN NEW ZEALAND HIS WHOLE LIFE, AND HE IS 15, ESTABLISHED IN HIS COMMUNITY. THE RULES ARE ABOUT RIGHT, WHICH HAS THE MINISTER AS THE BACKDROP. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CUT OFF AT THE PAST. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE GOT THIS FAR. I FEEL HIS FAMILY ENDINGS IT AND STRESS THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON HIM AT THE THOUGHT OF GOING TO A COUNTRY WHERE HE HAS NEVER BEEN AND HAS NO CONTACTS. HE IS A KIWI ` THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. SO WHY SHOULD WE EVEN GET TO THIS POINT? CHRIS, IS THAT A FAIR ARGUMENT? THERE ARE TOUGH CASES IN EMIGRATION. AS PEOPLE WATCHING A HOME WILL UNDERSTAND. WE HAVE A LOT OF RULES IN NEW ZEALAND AROUND EMIGRATION ANTHERS THAN SHIP. BUT THERE IS ALSO THAT BACKSTOP, AS KIERAN SAID. THE ASSOCIATE MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION HAS TO DEAL WITH VERY COMPLICATED AND COMPLEX CASES. THERE ARE OFTEN PRIVATE THINGS THAT ARE FACTS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY PUBLIC BECAUSE I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS NECESSARILY THE CASE IN THIS CASE, AS I AM NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH IT. IT HAS GONE TO THE ASSOCIATE MINISTER FOR DECISION, SO IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR ME AS A MINISTER TO VENTURE AN OPINION ON THAT, AS IT IS NOT MY DECISION. BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU AND VIEWERS THAT THE ASSOCIATE MINISTER WILL BE DILIGENTLY LOOKING AT ALL THE FACTS OF THIS CASE. IT IS AN AWFUL SITUATION FOR THIS KID TO BE IN. CAN WE MOVE ONTO THE TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL WHICH IS IN SUBMISSIONS STAGE. A GROUP TAPPED OUT CLAIMING THEY CAN'T BE BOTHERED. IS THAT A FAIR CRAIC OR IS THIS ABOUT CHEAP POLITICAL POINT SCORING? I SAW THAT. AT ONLY HAS 11 MPS TO START WITH. THEY HAVE HAD TO DIVIDE INTO TWO. WHOEVER THE ACT REP IS ON THE COMMITTEE WAS ON ONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES AND ON THE SECOND ONE. THAT IS LITERALLY ALL THAT IS. IT IS A BIT OF POLITICKING, BUT IT IS ALL GOOD. KIERAN, THIS IS THEIR BELL. SHOULD THEY BE THERE? OF COURSE THEY SHOULD. BILL* FIRST OF ALL, IT SHOULD NOT HAVE GOT THERE. WE WOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS DEBATE IF HE HAD STOOD UP TO DAVID SEYMOUR. IT IS A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY, AND IT IS CAUSING DIVISION IN THE COUNTRY. THE BEST THING ACTS CAN DO AFTER FORCING THE GOVERNMENT INTO THIS IS TURN UP. THIS IS DAVID SEYMOUR'S BIG THING. IF THERE ARE TWO SUBCOMMITTEES, THEY CAN PUT ANOTHER MP ON AND LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC OF NEW ZEALAND THAT THERE AND TELL THEM THIS IS A WASTE OF TIME AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE DOING IT. THEY ARE HAPPY TO TURN UP WHEN PEOPLE SAY IT IS A GREAT IDEA, BUT SHY AWAY WHEN PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPOSITE VIEW. IT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THEY HAVE PUT THE COUNTRY INTO THIS POSITION. THEY SHOULD FRONT UP. OUR POLITICAL PANEL JOINING US AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME OF 2025. TO HAVE YOU BOTH BACK ON THE PROGRAM. GOOD TO BE BACK. SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. CHEERS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` # MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN IT OFF CRUISE CONTROL. # CRUISE CONTROL. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE MADE THE PERFECT START IN THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY, BEATING PAKISTAN BY 60 RUNS. HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND MORE IS SPORTS REPORTER MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE. AND, MICHELLE, A CLINICAL START FOR THE BLACKCAPS. IT WAS, CHRIS. THEY HAVE A WHEN ON THE BOARD AND A VERY IMPRESSIVE OPENING MATCH. THEY NOW GO FOR WINS IN A ROW ON PAKISTAN SOIL. THAT IS INCLUDING THE BUILDUP WINS. BUT EVERYTHING WORKED REALLY WELL FOR THEM. FOR PAKISTAN, IT WAS NOT SO GOOD. THEY COULD NOT REALLY BUILD ANY PARTNERSHIPS. IT WAS A SIGN OF THE TIMES WITH 16 OVERS TO GO, THEY HAD THEIR FANS HEADING FOR THE EXITS. NOT A GOOD LOOK. BUT IN TERMS OF THE BLACK CAPS WITH THE BALL, SATNER WAS IMPRESSIVE. BUT NOTHING CAN REALLY TOPPED THIS FROM GLENN PHILLIPS. OH WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! GET IN THE GAME, GLENN PHILLIPS. AND EVEN O'ROURKE JUST STANDS AND SMILES AT THAT. THAT IS AN UNBELIEVABLE GRAB. NEW ZEALAND SETTING STANDARDS EARLY IN THIS TOURNAMENT. DID IAN SMITH GIVE IT FOUR WOWS? HE GAVE THEM A FEW. WE ALSO HAVE SOME REPLAYS OF THAT CATCH, BECAUSE IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE. HIS BODY POSITION, HIS COMPOSURE BEING ABLE TO CATCH THE BALL JUST WHEN NO ONE REALLY EXPECTED THAT HE WOULD EVEN BE ABLE TO DO THAT. IT IS PURE ATHLETICISM. IT SEEMS EVERY MATCH, GLENN PHILLIPS IS COMING UP WITH SOME SORT OF STUNNER. IT WAS NOT JUST WITH THE BALL; IT WAS ALSO WITH THE BAT. HE WAS AGGRESSIVE IN HIS INNINGS. 61 OF 39 BALLS. BUT IT WAS ALSO THE CENTURY FROM TOM LATHAM AND WILL YOUNG THAT ALSO SET THE STANDARD FOR THE BLACK CAPS AND GETTING TO 320. FOR WILL YOUNG, IT IS IMPRESSIVE FOR HIM. HE CAME INTO THIS TEAM ON THE BASIS THAT RACHIN RAVINDRA COULD NOT PLAY. SO WILL YOUNG COMING INTO THE SIDE, STEPPING UP, SCORING HIS FOURTH CENTURY, HIS FIRST OVERSEAS, SO A REALLY GOOD START FROM THE BLACK CAPS. THEY THEN TAKE ON BANGLADESH ON MONDAY. NICE. MOVING TO SOME FOOTBALL. AND ALL WHITES FANS ARE IN FOR A GOAL FEST IN OCTOBER. YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS, CHRIS. THE ALL WHITES ARE SET TO PLAY IN NORWAY. ALL OF THE PLAYERS ARE GOING CRAZY IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE. ERLING A SITTING SECOND IN THE RACE FOR THE GOLDEN BOOT. CHRIS WOODS IS FOOD. * THIRD FANTASY BOTH OF THESE GUYS GO HEAD-TO-HEAD, THAT WILL BE PRETTY EPIC TO SEE BOTH OF THOSE GUYS IN ACTION HOPEFULLY SCORING LOTS OF GOALS. IT IS JUST A FRIENDLY MATCH, AND IT WILL BE PLAYED OVER IN NORWAY, SO WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT GAME HERE, BUT IF THE ALL WHITES WIN THE UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE OCEANIA QUALIFIERS, THIS MATCH AGAINST NORWAY COULD BE THE PERFECT BUILDUP FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP NEXT YEAR. SO LOTS OF EXCITING THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO. LOTS OF GOALS. A REAL HONOUR FOR SOMEONE TO COME UP AGAINST SUCH A GOALSCORING LEGEND LIKE CHRIS WOOD. CAN WE TALK ABOUT DAME LYDIA KO? WHAT CAN'T SHE DO? SUPREME HALBERG WINNER AND NOW MAGAZINE COVER GIRL. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. SHE IS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF VOGUE KOREA. IT IS KIND OF LIKE WHAT CAN SHE NOT DO AT THE MOMENT? SHE HAS WON A GOLD-MEDAL. SHE IS ALSO IN THE LPGA HALL OF FAMER. SHE IS ALSO A GAME. * DAME SHE PUT A POST ON HER INSTAGRAM SAYING THANK YOU TO VOGUE FOR MAKING HER FEEL LIKE A MODEL. WE DO NOT GET TO SEE LYDIA IN THIS WAY AT ALL, AND SHE LOOKS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. REALLY COOL FOR HER TO BE A COVER GIRL. ADDING TO THE BUCKET LIST OF THINGS SHE IS TICKING OFF. WHAT A SUPERSTAR. AS ARGUE, MICHELLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, AS YOU HAVE EVERY DAY THIS WEEK. THANK YOU, GUYS. STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` WHAT'S DRIVING RETAIL CRIME ACROSS CANTERBURY TO A 10-YEAR HIGH. MORE THAN 700 YOUNGSTERS HAVE DESCENDED ON MT MAUNGANUI AS THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST JUNIOR LIFESAVING CARNIVAL CELEBRATES ITS 25th YEAR. PLUS ` MAMMA MIA, ALL THE PIZZA AND PASTA YOU CAN EAT AS WE CELEBRATE ALL THINGS ITALIAN. DOES THAT MEAN WE GET PASTA? THAT WOULD BE GOOD. A 10-YEAR HIGH FOR RETAIL CRIME IN CANTERBURY, BUT POLICE SAY IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS. SHOPLIFTING HAS SPIKED MORE THAN 300% IN A DECADE AND IS BEING PRIORITISED FOR ATTENTION. CANTERBURY DISTRICT COMMANDER TONY HILL SAYS THE COMMUNITY BEAT TEAM STARTED NEW PATROLS A FEW MONTHS AGO. WE'RE TRYING TO PUT SOME REAL SCIENCE BEHIND THAT TOO. WE'RE ENGAGED WITH THE UNIVERSITY TO HELP US BUILD A DEPLOYMENT MODEL THAT TELLS US WHERE THEY SHOULD BE AT A PARTICULAR TIME TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR PREVENTING THAT OFFENDING FROM OCCURRING. POLICE SAY THEY DON'T BELIEVE THE CRIME IS FUELLED BY TOUGH TIMES, INSTEAD SAYING THEY THINK MANY SHOPLIFTERS ARE OUT TO MAKE MONEY OR FEED A HABIT LIKE ALCOHOL OR DRUGS. POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR AN OFFENDER IN AUCKLAND'S CLOVER PARK AREA AFTER THEY FLED THE SCENE FOLLOWING AN ASSAULT IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING. ONE PERSON WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL. POLICE WARN THEY'LL HAVE AN INCREASED PRESENCE IN THE AREA WHILE OFFICERS WORK TO IDENTIFY AND LOCATE THE PERSON. COMPETITIVE SALARIES ARE ON THE RISE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, DESPITE FEWER JOB LISTINGS, ACCORDING TO TRADEME DATA. ITS TRACKING SHOWS THE AVERAGE NATIONAL SALARY HIT A RECORD HIGH OF JUST OVER $73,000 AT THE END OF LAST YEAR. WELLINGTON HAS BEEN KNOCKED OFF TOP SPOT AS THE HIGHEST-PAYING REGION BY AUCKLAND, WHILE THE WEST COAST RECORDED THE BIGGEST JUMP. MEANWHILE, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JOB LISTINGS HAS FALLEN BY 35% COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE BLACK CAPS HAVE PULLED OFF A CRUSHING OPENING WIN OVER PAKISTAN IN THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY. NEW ZEALAND'S TOTAL OF 320 HELPED IN LARGE PART BY TWIN CENTURIES FROM WILL YOUNG AND TOM LATHAM. THE BLACKCAPS RUTHLESS WITH THE BALL TO RESTRICT PAKISTAN TO 260. THAT IS IT. IT IS ALL OVER. AND NEW ZEALAND WIN THIS MATCH CONVINCINGLY BY 60 RUNS. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY NICE TO CONTRIBUTE. I THINK THE WAY WILL YOUNG PLAYED AT THE TOP OF THE INNINGS, FOR US TO GET TO 320 WAS PROBABLY WELL ABOVE PAR, AND I GUESS IT WAS THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGHOUT THE INNINGS. THEY'LL NEXT FACE BANGLADESH ON MONDAY. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLE FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE IN GISBORNE, HAWKES BAY AND TARANAKI. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE IN GISBORNE, HAWKE'S BAY AND TARANAKI. 28 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. 26 FOR TAURANGA. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. PARTLY CLOUDY FURTHER DOWN, TURNING TO FINE THIS AFTERNOON IN CHRISTCHURCH. 27 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 22 IN DUNEDIN. THANKS, CHRIS. AS WE JUST HEARD IN THE NEWS, RETAIL CRIME IN CANTERBURY HAS HIT A 10-YEAR HIGH, BUT POLICE SAY IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS. SHOPLIFTING HAS SPIKED MORE THAN 300% IN A DECADE AND IS NOW A KEY PRIORITY FOR POLICE. CANTERBURY DISTRICT COMMANDER TONY HILL SAYS THE COMMUNITY BEAT TEAM STARTED NEW PATROLS A FEW MONTHS AGO TO TRY AND COMBAT THE PROBLEM. WE'VE GOT 18 STAFF NOW MOVING AROUND THE VARIOUS MALLS, GOING TO OUR LOCATIONS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO PUT SOME REAL SCIENCE BEHIND THAT TOO, SO WE'RE ENGAGED WITH THE UNIVERSITY TO HELP US BUILD A DEPLOYMENT MODEL THAT TELLS US WHERE THEY SHOULD BE AT A PARTICULAR TIME TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FROM PREVENTING THAT OFFENDING FROM OCCURRING. WHILE IT'S EARLY DAYS, POLICE SAY THERE HAVE BEEN SOME POSITIVE RESULTS ALREADY, WITH OFFENDERS BEING PUT BEFORE THE COURTS. POLICE DON'T BELIEVE THE CRIME IS FUELLED BY TOUGH TIMES, INSTEAD SAYING THEY BELIEVE MANY SHOPLIFTERS ARE OUT TO MAKE MONEY OR FEED A HABIT, LIKE ALCOHOL OR DRUGS. AND THOSE IN RETAIL SAY THE CRIME IS ULTIMATELY COSTING CONSUMERS, WITH AT LEAST PART OF THE LOSS BEING PASSED ON TO CUSTOMERS. REPORTER DONNA-MARIE LEVER HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY. GOOD MORNING. WELL, NOW FOR MORE ON THIS ISSUE, WE ARE JOINED BY ANNABELLE TURLEY. SHE REPRESENTS THE CHRISTCHURCH CENTRAL CITY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, SO SHE'S GOT A REAL INSIGHT INTO THIS. HAVE YOUR BUSINESSES AROUND THE CBD HERE NOTICED THAT INCREASE IN SHOPLIFTING? YES, DEFINITELY. WHAT ARE PEOPLE TAKING? EVERYTHING THAT'S NOT SCREWED DOWN, ESSENTIALLY. SO IT'S INCREASED ACROSS THE BOARD. IT'S NOT JUST HIGH-END ITEMS OR THAT SORT OF THING. WHAT ARE RETAILERS DOING ABOUT IT? IN SOME PARTS OF THE CITY, INDIVIDUAL CENTRES HAVE THEIR OWN SECURITY GUARD TO HELP. BUT LOSS PREVENTION TRAINING THAT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE POPULAR. PEOPLE WHO TRAIN US DO SAY THAT THEY ARE QUITE BUSY TRAINING RETAIL STAFF ON HOW TO PREVENT THAT LOSS. BUT, YEAH, IT'S QUITE DISHEARTENING. I THINK IT PROBABLY HAS HELPED HAVING INCREASING THE BEAT POLICE, BUT IT HASN'T STOPPED IT. THERE'S A RELUCTANCE FROM SOME TO REPORT THIS SORT OF CRIME. WHY IS THAT? WELL, IT'S QUITE TIME CONSUMING, AND YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT ALL THE EVIDENCE THERE, BECAUSE IF THEY DO GO ON TO PROSECUTE, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR EVIDENCE IS THERE SAYING WHAT TIME SOMEONE'S BEEN AND SHOWING THE ACTUAL EVIDENCE OF THEM TAKING THE PRODUCT. SO IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF TIME FOR SOMEONE TO ACTUALLY REPORT THESE TO THE POLICE. HOW BRAZEN ARE SHOPLIFTERS NOWADAYS? HAVE THEY BECOME MORE BRAZEN? OH, DEFINITELY, YEAH. THERE SEEMS TO BE LACK OF CONSEQUENCES FOR THEM WHEN THEY DO OFFEND, SO I THINK THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT EASIER. ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT THIS DAY IN, DAY OUT EVERY DAY? PROBABLY NOT DAY IN, DAY OUT. BUT YOU DO KNOW IT IS HAPPENING. AND SOME OF THOSE REGULAR OFFENDERS JUST KEEP ON OFFENDING, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE CONSEQUENCES. WHO ARE THE LOSERS IN THIS SITUATION? THE LOSERS ARE THE BUSINESSES AND THE CONSUMERS, BECAUSE THE PRICES HAVE TO GO UP TO COVER THE LOSSES. CAN YOU SEE AN END IN SIGHT FOR ANY OF THIS? I'D LIKE TO THINK SO. I'M ETERNALLY OPTIMISTIC, BUT I DO THINK IT WILL COME DOWN TO` THEY DO NEED TO ACTUALLY GET PENALISED FOR THEIR OFFENDING. SO HARSHER PENALTIES? OR PENALTIES. JUST SOMETHING. YEAH. DO YOU FEEL LIKE THEY WALK AWAY FROM ANY SORT OF` EVEN IF THEY'RE CHARGED? YEAH, THEY OFTEN DO WALK AWAY. BUT WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING US $2 OR $3 A WEEK FROM OFFENDING THAT HAPPENED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. TO PAY OFF WHAT? MAYBE IT'S A FRAGRANCE OR SOME SUNGLASSES. POLICE DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS PART OF THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS. DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THAT? I DISAGREE. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS, DEFINITELY. WE'RE SEEING MORE OF THE COMMON THINGS, LIKE THE FRAGRANCES AND THAT SORT OF THING. BUT I THINK A LOT OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY STEALING TO ORDER. AND WHERE'S THE MARKET? ON THE INTERNET. IF YOU'RE BUYING STUFF OFF THERE, YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM, COS I THINK A LOT OF IT IS STOLEN. WHEN YOU THINK OF GORE, IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT ONE OF THREE THINGS ` COUNTRY MUSIC, COUNCIL INFIGHTING, OR THE BROWN TROUT STATUE. BUT YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE STORY OF HOW THE STATUE CAME TO BE. ON TODAY'S LOOK BACK THROUGH THE TVNZ ARCHIVE, WE TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE CAMPAIGN AND EVENTUAL UNVEILING OF THE TROUT THAT TOOK PLACE ON THIS DAY IN 1989. THE MAIN REASON SYMBOLS ARE THE HOTTEST TOPIC IN TOWN RIGHT NOW IS A LIONS CLUB PROJECT, A $40,000 FIBREGLASS TROUT THEY WANT TO PUT UP IN THE TRIANGLE RESERVE. THEY SAY IT WOULD SHOW GORE'S THE WORLD CAPITAL OF BROWN TROUT. WELL, THE NATURAL RESOURCES ARE HERE, RIGHT IN TOWN, AND WE'VE GOT 10 GOOD FISHING RIVERS WITHIN 20 MINUTES OF GORE. SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD PROMOTE THIS, SEEING THAT THE RESOURCES ARE ALREADY HERE. BUT WHY NOW? WELL, GORE'S, UH, LET US SAY ON ITS WAY DOWN. SO WE SORT OF FELT THAT IT WAS TIME TO PUT A STOP TO IT AND THAT PROMOTION OF THIS WILL HELP TO BRING PEOPLE INTO THE TOWN. LOCALS HAVE ALSO BEEN KEEN TO AIR THEIR VIEWS ON THE STREET. I THINK IT'S SILLY. IT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER ON A BRIDGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK AN ARCHWAY OVER THE BRIDGE ITSELF. WHAT ABOUT A WOOLLY RAM? A STATUE OF` NO, THERE'S ENOUGH IN THE TRIANGLE NOW. OH, IT'S QUITE A GOOD IDEA, I BELIEVE. YEAH. I'VE BEEN AROUND GORE SOUTH FOR YEARS, AND I THINK WE NEED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AUSTRALIA HAS ITS COOBER PEDY AND ITS BIG BANANA. QUEENSLAND HAS ITS BIG PINEAPPLE. I MEAN, THESE THINGS ARE PHOTOGRAPHED BY HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS A YEAR. ANYTHING I THINK WE CAN DO TO PUT GORE ON THE MAP, IT'S GOT TO BE GOOD FOR GORE. I'D PUSH FOR THE FISH. WHY ARE YOU SO KEEN ABOUT THE FISH? OK, WELL, TO GET THE AMERICANS HERE. AMERICANS HAVE GOT MONEY. AT THE PARK WHERE THE FISH WILL STAND 10m TALL, THERE'S A BASE READY MADE. THE ARTIST'S IMPRESSION GIVES AN IDEA OF HOW IT'LL LOOK ONCE IT'S IN PLACE EARLY NEXT YEAR. GORE WILL THEN BE PROCLAIMING ITSELF THE BROWN TROUT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. PROJECT'S THE BRAINCHILD OF DAVID OGG AND HIS LIONS CLUB AND IS DESIGNED TO BENEFIT THE WHOLE GORE DISTRICT. WE CHOSE THE BROWN TROUT BECAUSE IT WAS FROM THE AREA, AND WE WANTED TO DO FOUR THINGS ` ONE, TO STAND OUT AND BE UNIQUE; TWO, TO ADVERTISE THE AREA AS THE WORLD CAPITAL OF BROWN TROUT FISHING. WE'VE GOT NINE FISHING RIVERS WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF GORE AND 17 WITHIN 60. AND IT IS THE BEST BROWN TROUT FISHING IN THE WORLD. THREE, WE WANTED TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. AND FOUR, WE WANTED TO CREATE SPENDING IN THE AREA AND POSSIBLE FUTURE JOBS. WE HOPE TO ATTRACT FIVE ADDITIONAL FISHERMEN INTO THE AREA IN THE FIRST YEAR, DOUBLING EVERY YEAR FOR 10 YEARS. AND AT THE END OF 10 YEARS, THAT'S 2560 FISHERMEN INTO THE AREA TO SPEND A WEEK IN THE AREA. WILL THERE'LL BE ENOUGH FISH IN THE RIVERS? YES, THERE WILL. WHEN A PLANE AT GORE AIRPORT DISGORGES BOB JONES, WINSTON PETERS, ALLYSON HOLST, JOHN GALLAHER AND OTHER FAMILIAR FACES, YOU SUSPECT THIS IS NO ORDINARY FISHING TRIP. BROWN TROUT IS THE QUARRY. BUT THE PRIZE HAS ALREADY GONE TO GORE LYONS FOR PERSUADING BOB JONES BUT THE PRIZE HAS ALREADY GONE TO GORE LIONS FOR PERSUADING BOB JONES TO BRING THIS LINE UP TO HELP PAY FOR THE $42,000 FIBREGLASS FISH THAT WILL ULTIMATELY GRACE GORE'S MAIN STREET. AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT FINISHED, THIS INDOOR PHOTO OPPORTUNITY IS TOO TEMPTING FOR A POLITICIAN. BUT WHERE THE MONEY'S RAISED AS THE COCKTAIL PARTY, WHERE A SCORE OF SOUTHERN CELEBRITIES ARE ALREADY RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH PAYING GUESTS WHO'LL SWEAR BY THE MATAURA RIVER'S BROWN TROUT. AND ALREADY PAROCHIALISM REARING FROM DIPTON DOWN THE ROAD. IT'S VERY SMALL, AND THEY WOULD HAVE GOT A FAR BETTER ONE IF THEY'D HAVE CONCENTRATED ON THE ORETI RIVER, WHICH OVER IN THE OTHER VALLEY. OLD FRIENDSHIPS WERE RENEWED. THIS IS MY BEER. BUT THE CELEBRITY WAS THE TROUT. I THINK IT IS A GREAT WORK OF ART THAT WILL... PROBABLY RIVAL PICASSO'S GUERNICA PAINTINGS. OF COURSE, THEY COULD PUT A RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM JUST ON THE... PLATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FOUNTAIN. THE WORLD SUPREMACY CLAIM MAY BE CHALLENGED. YOU'LL FIND THAT SIGN UP IN TAUPO. AND INDEED IT IS UP THERE. YOU'LL FIND IT UP IN TASMANIA. AND I'M SURE YOU'LL FIND IT MANY OTHER PLACES. AND IN FACT, THE REAL TROUT-FISHING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD IS NONE OF THOSE PLACES; IT'S IN BOLIVIA. NO ONE CAN FAIL TO NOTICE GORE'S NEWEST ADDITION TO THE SKYLINE. IT'S ABOUT 9m LONG AND WEIGHS A TON. IT'S THE BEGINNING OF WHAT IS HOPED TO BE A NEW INDUSTRY FOR GORE. FRESH FROM TWO DAYS FISHING THE MATAURA RIVER, BOB JONES MADE THE POINT AT THE UNVEILING THAT TROUT FISHING, ALBEIT FOR RAINBOW TROUT, HAS DONE WONDERS FOR THE ECONOMY OF TURANGI IN THE NORTH ISLAND, AND GORE SHOULD ALSO BENEFIT. IT'LL TAKE A DECADE TO GET IT ENTRENCHED AS THE BROWN TROUT CAPITAL, AND YOU WILL SEE A MASSIVE IMPACT ON THIS TOWN. YOU CERTAINLY WON'T SEE ANY PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED. AND YOU'LL SEE A MUCH BIGGER POPULATION. THE STATUE IS ALREADY STOPPING TOURISTS IN THEIR TRACKS, BUT THOSE PROMOTING THE REGION'S FISHING HAVE ONLY JUST BEGUN. EVERY FISHING CLUB IN THE WORLD WILL GET A POSTER FROM GORE. TOURISTS WHO PASS THROUGH TOWN WILL BE WE SWAMPED WITH TROUT SOUVENIRS. LOCAL BUSINESSES WILL INCLUDE TROUT ON THEIR LETTERHEADS. AND IF ANY LOCALS WERE STILL IN DOUBT ABOUT THE ATTRACTIONS OF BROWN TROUT FISHING, THEY ONLY HAD TO TASTE A LITTLE OF THIS 4.5kg MONSTER. THE FISHERMEN OF GORE ARE OUT TO PROVE THEY HAVE THE BEST TROUT FISHING IN THE COUNTRY. THEY'VE CHALLENGED TURANGI TO A COMPETITION, AND THAT SHOULD TAKE PLACE WITHIN ABOUT A MONTH. I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT STORY. SO DID I. THE SERIOUSNESS OF THAT REPORT. I RESPECT THE COMMITMENT THAT HE MADE TO HOW SERIOUS THE STORY WAS. IT WAS SO MASSIVE AT THE TIME. 9 M. ALL 9 M OF IT. BRILLIANT. ME U TONU MAI ` THE R&B ARTIST LEANING INTO HER TE REO JOURNEY AND FINDING SUCCESS ALONG THE WAY. 'JORDYN WITH A WHY' JOINS US NEXT. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. THE FINANCE MINISTER CLAIMS BETTER TIMES ARE AHEAD, FOLLOWING THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE DROP YESTERDAY. ONE PERSON HAS BEEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER AN ASSAULT IN AUCKLAND'S CLOVER PARK THIS MORNING. PEOPLE ARE WARNED TO EXPECT AN INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE. AND THE BLACK CAPS HAVE PULLED OFF A CRUSHING OPENING WIN IN THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY, BEATING PAKISTAN BY 60 RUNS. OF ALL THE PERFORMING GIGS SHE'S HAD THIS SUMMER ` AND THERE'S BEEN A FEW ` TOMORROW'S ONE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT YET, FOR JORDYN RATANA. # REIA, REIA. # KA REIA, REIA. YEAH, YEAH, E. # WHAEA MA, YEAH, YEAH, E. # I'MMA SEE THE STARS AGAIN. KNOWN AS 'JORDYN WITH A WHY' ` THAT'S W-H-Y ` THE R&B ARTIST HAS HER FIRST SOLO PERFORMANCE IN TAMAKI MAKAURU TOMORROW SINCE THE RELEASE OF HER FIRST ALBUM. THE ALBUM, 'HIBISCUS MOON, LOVE AND JUSTICE' IS BILINGUAL ` A SELF-DESCRIBED LOVE LETTER TO TE REO MAORI, FOUND THROUGH HER RECLAMATION JOURNEY. JORDYN WITH A WHY IS IN STUDIO WITH US. MORENA. MORENA. I WAS WATCHING THE VIDEO. YOU KIND OF PUT YOUR EYES DOWN. WHAT IS IT LIKE SEEING YOURSELF IN A VIDEO LIKE THAT? THERE IS NOTHING NATURAL ABOUT THAT. PEOPLE ARE NEVER MADE TO LOOK AT THEMSELVES THAT MUCH, AND I HAVE CHOSEN A CAREER WHERE YOU HAVE GOT TO BE DOING THAT. IT IS ALSO A GREAT LESSON IN HOW TO BE CONFIDENT IN WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE WHILE YOU LOOK LIKE THAT. I DEFINITELY LEARNT TO BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH MYSELF. TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR MUSIC JOURNEY. DID YOU THINK THAT THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO LAND? I HAD NO IDEA. AND BREAKFAST, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GROW. I CAME HERE ON MY SECOND SINGLE. I REALLY HAD THE DESIRE FOR IT TO TURN INTO A CAREER BUT NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING HOW ANY OF THAT COULD HAPPEN. SO IT HAS BEEN A HAPPY ACCIDENT THAT WE HAVE KIND OF FALLEN INTO THIS WAVE AND BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THE MUSIC I CAN MAKE NOW. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED, WHETHER IT IS ABOUT YOURSELF OR THE INDUSTRY? WHAT YOU THINK THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS TAUGHT YOU? ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO TE REO MAORI, IT IS NOT SOMETHING I AM AN EXPERT IN, BUT I REALISE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE AN EXPERT IN SOMETHING IF YOU ARE ABLE TO LOVE IT, AND IT CAN GIVE BACK TO YOU TENFOLD, AND THAT IS EXACTLY HOW I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS JOURNEY. WHEN DID YOU START YOUR JOURNEY? 2019. SO YOUR REO JOURNEY STARTED IN 2019. IS THAT WHEN YOUR MUSIC JOURNEY STARTED TO IT INCREASE? YES, AND IT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN SO CENTRAL. IT HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE TO ANY OF MY MUSIC CAREER. IT IS THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL PLACE THAT I PULL FROM FOR WRITING SONGS. IT IS WHY I DO IT AS WELL, BECAUSE I BELIEVE SO MUCH IN THE RECLAMATION OF TE REO MAORI AND I THINK IF WE CAN MAKE PEOPLE KEEP FALLING IN LOVE WITH IT, IT IS OUR SUPERPOWER. IT IS FOR ANYONE AND ANYONE WHO WANTS TO LOVE IT. THEY GET TO NURTURE IT BETTER AND LOOK AFTER IT. HAS YOUR CONFIDENCE GROWN SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN ON THAT JOURNEY? IT IS HARD TO KIND OF DESCRIBE, BUT ONCE YOU LEARN, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS TO YOU. DO YOU THINK THAT THE CONFIDENCE PIECE WAS WHAT WAS MISSING TO PUSH YOU INTO YOUR MUSIC JOURNEY? EXACTLY. YOU WORDED IT SO WELL. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT LEARNING SOMETHING SO CLOSE TO YOUR IDENTITY THAT THEN ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF CONFIDENCE, THAT LETS YOU PUSH INTO ACTUALLY WHO YOU ARE, THE THINGS THAT YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO BE DOING, AND I THINK THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT TE REO MAORI HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR ME. IT HAS CREATED A WHOLE WORLD. YOU HAVE BEEN PLAYING A LOT OF DIFFERENT GIGS, BUT TOMORROW NIGHT IS A PRETTY SPECIAL ONE. MY VERY FIRST SOLO SHOW. IT IS VERY SCARY. ANY GIG, I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BDO ALREADY BECAUSE THEY ARE BUYING TICKETS, BUT WHEN IT IS A SOLO SHOW, PEOPLE ARE BUYING TICKETS TO COME AND SEE YOU. I AM TRYING NOT TO THINK ABOUT THAT TOO MUCH. IT IS A PRETTY COOL SYMBOL OF HOW FAR I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME. AND WE ARE YOU PERFORMING TOMORROW NIGHT? IT IS ON K ROAD. TICKETS ARE WHEREVER YOU FIND ME. IT IS VERY EXCITING. THE OTHER THING I SAW ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL IS THAT YOU MADE SOME BANDANNAS. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT? I HAVE THESE GREAT IDEAS, AND I JUST THOUGHT, I WILL CREATE MERCHANDISE, BUT LET'S PERSONALISE IT BY DRAWING ON IT. PLEASE, I AM NOT AN ARTIST. I HAVE BEEN DRAWING ON IT. IT IS A LIMITED RUN. YOU CAN SUPPORT A STRUGGLING ARTIST. I LOVE IT. TOMORROW NIGHT, IN TERMS OF PEOPLE` THEY WOULD HAVE SEEN OR HEARD SOME OF YOUR MUSIC. WHAT CAN THEY EXPECT TO EXPERIENCE TOMORROW? YOU CAN EXPERIENCE GOOD VIBES. I THINK HAVING MORE SPACES WHERE WE ARE SINGING IN TE REO MAORI WHERE THEY ARE FUN SPACES, I THINK WE CONNECT A LOT ON THE STRUGGLES OF RECLAIMING AND THE HARDSHIPS WHICH ARE ALL VERY REAL, AND SO MUSIC SPACES, THEY ARE TE REO MAORI SPACES WE GET TO CONNECT WITH OUR JOY AND HAPPINESS. I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR ANYONE WHO IS ON THAT JOURNEY OF RECLAIMING TE REO MAORI. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US. WE HAVE KIND OF SEEN YOU GROW OVER THE YEARS AS WELL HAVING PERFORMED ON OUR SHOW A NUMBER OF TIMES. ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE YOU, MY FRIEND. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. GOOD LUCK FOR TOMORROW. IT WILL BE AMAZING. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, WE'RE HITTING THE BEACH WITH JORDYN RUDD. MORENA, JORDYN. THAT IS RIGHT, GUYS. OCEANS FESTIVAL IS GETTING UNDERWAY. THERE ARE 700 KIDS BEHIND ME. I AM GOING TO LEARN HOW TO DO BEACH FLAGS. I HAVE A LITTLE CAP. I WILL SEE YOU AFTER THE BREAK. # DON'T SHOW UP. # DON'T COME OUT. # DON'T START CARING ABOUT ME NOW. (LAUGHS) BRILLIANT. SOME DANCE MOVES. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT IS ALMOST 830 AND TIME FOR YOUR NEWS. THE ALL WHITES ARE PLAYING AGAINST NORWAY, SO YOU HAVE THE BIG NAMES PLAYING AGAINST EACH OTHER. THAT WILL LIKELY SERVE AS A NICE WARM UP TO THE WORLD CUP, WHICH THE ALL WHITES SHOULD BE AT, BARRING DISASTER. HOW DO THEY QUALIFY? SEMI-FINAL IN WELLINGTON, AND THEN PLAYING EITHER NEW CALEDONIA OR TAHITI IN THE FINAL IN AUCKLAND. SOLICIT OUR FIRST CHANCE? BEST CHANCE IN YEARS, AND IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME WE'VE QUALIFIED SINCE 2010. SO IF WE WIN THAT, WE WILL BE THERE NEXT YEAR. I'M THERE. I AM JUMPING ON YOUR BANDWAGON. JUMP ON MY DASH UP THE WAHS. MAYBE. TIME FOR THE NEWS. A WAR OF WORDS HAS ERUPTED BETWEEN U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND UKRAINE'S VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY. TRUMP HAS SUGGESTED UKRAINE HAD STARTED THE WAR WITH RUSSIA, PROMPTING UKRAINE'S LEADER TO SAY THE AMERICAN WAS LIVING IN A 'DISINFORMATION SPACE'. TRUMP RETALIATED BY CALLING ZELENSKY A 'DICTATOR'. A UKRAINIAN LIVING HERE TOLD BREAKFAST THE WHITE HOUSE COMMENTS ARE BEING RECEIVED WITH DISMAY. IT'S BEEN A WORLD OF EMOTION. IT'S BEEN INFURIATING. UKRAINIANS FEEL BETRAYED, SHOCKED, IN DISBELIEF, IN FACT. THIS SHIFT IN POLITICS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. KATE TURSKA SAYS IN CALLING ZELENSKYY A 'DICTATOR', TRUMP IS SPEAKING OUT OF THE KREMLIN'S PLAYBOOK, AND HE IGNORES THE FACT UKRAINE HAS HAD DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS. HAMAS IS OFFERING TO RETURN ALL HOSTAGES TO ISRAEL IF THE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT MOVES FORWARD TO ITS SECOND PHASE NEXT MONTH. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE GROUP SAYS IT'S PREPARED TO EXCHANGE HOSTAGES IN ONE HANDOVER RATHER THAN IN STAGES. MEDIATION OVER THE SECOND PHASE, WHICH WOULD SEE A COMPLETE MILITARY WITHDRAWL FROM GAZA, HAS BEEN DELAYED. POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE WHICH CRASHED INTO TWO WEST AUCKLAND HOMES THIS MORNING. IT HAPPENED ON DON BUCK RD IN MASSEY SHORLY AFTER 4am, WITH THE DRIVER FLEEING ON FOOT. POLICE SAY THERE ARE NO INJURIES BUT ARE URGING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO GET IN CONTACT. POLICE SAY A GROUP OF FOUR PEOPLE SPOTTED ON STATE HIGHWAY 4 ON SUNDAY MORNING WAS NOT MISSING MAROKOPA MAN TOM PHILLIPS AND HIS THREE CHILDREN. A MEMBER OF THE GROUP CONTACED POLICE AFTER AN APPEAL FOR INFORMATION, CONFIRMING THEY WERE NOT THE MISSING FAMILY WHO DISAPPEARED IN DECEMBER 2021. AN ANIMAL TAKEN FROM A NELSON SPCA HAS BEEN LOCATED AFTER POLICE CHARGED A MAN (32) WITH BURGLARY. CCTV FOOTAGE CAUGHT THE BREAK-IN ON SUNDAY EVENING, LEADING POLICE TO LOCATE A SUSPECT IN TAPAWERA ` ABOUT 50km FROM NELSON ` WITH THE DOG FRANKIE IN HIS VEHICLE. BORIS THE CAT IS YET TO BE FOUND. AND FINALLY, A VILLAGE IN THE PHILIPPINES HAS TAKEN A RATHER CREATIVE APPROACH TO TACKLING A RECENT DENGUE FEVER OUTBREAK. IT'S OFFERING A BOUNTY FOR CAPTURED MOSQUITOES ` DEAD OR ALIVE. FOR EVERY FIVE INSECTS OR LARVAE, RESIDENTS CAN EARN ONE PESO ` OR 3 NEW ZEALAND CENTS. A NEARBY VILLAGE HAS PROPOSED RELEASING FROGS TO HUNT THE MOSQUITOES. THAT IS JUST SO BIZARRE. RIGHT, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER FOR THIS MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLE FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE IN GISBORNE, HAWKES BAY AND TARANAKI. 28 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. 26 FOR TAURANGA. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. PARTLY CLOUDY FURTHER DOWN, TURNING TO FINE THIS AFTERNOON IN CHRISTCHURCH. 27 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 22 IN DUNEDIN. THANKS, JENNY MAY. THIS NEXT SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY ROTORUA NZ. FROM BREATHTAKING LANDSCAPES TO INDULGENT DINING AND SERENE LAKESIDE STAYS, THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF WAYS TO UNWIND IN ROTORUA. SO LET'S CHECK IN WITH OUR FRIEND MATT GIBB AGAIN. WHO IS HOPEFULLY NOT LABOURING HIMSELF UP IN MUD AGAIN. LATHERING* I AM HANGING OUT WITH THE LOCAL LEGEND. NO LATHERING THIS MORNING. TELL US WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING HERE. THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR PRODUCTS WE HAVE HERE IN THIS VALLEY. WE ARE SITUATED ON THE BIG LAKE. IT WAS SPLIT INTO BIGGER CONTAINERS. BUT WE HAD TWO LAKES HERE AT THE TIME OF THE PINK AND WHITE TERRACES. SO AFTER THE RIFT VALLEY PUSHED ALL THE CRATERS UP THROUGH THE VALLEY AND THROUGH THE LAKE, IT JUST CREATED THIS GREAT CATCHMENT, AND OVER 20 TOOVE OVER 20 TO 30 YEARS* AT FILLED ITSELF BACKUP. THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN UNDERWATER. ONE OF THE MAJOR ATTRACTIONS OF AOTEAROA WAS THE PINK AND WHITE TERRACES. TOURISTS WOULD TRAVEL FOR MONTHS ON THEIR BOAT AND COME DOWN TO AUCKLAND AND TO ROTORUA, AND THERE WERE HOSTED BY OUR GUIDES WHICH TOOK THEM TO THE WHITE TERRACES AND THE PINK TERRACES. THAT WE LOOKED AT A LITTLE WHILE AGO. HANG ON. I RECKON WE CAN GO BACK. WE JUST HAVE TO GET MOZ TO STAY STILL. KIA ORA, MOZ. WE ARE BACK. WE ARE GOOD. WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU TARAWERA. HE IS OUR BEAUTIFUL TAONGA AND THE CREATION OF THE WAIMANA VALLEY. I'M NOT SURE IF WE GOT THE FOOTAGE, BUT THERE IS A GEYSER THAT GOES OFF EVERY 15 MINUTES. WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO SET JUST BEFORE. WE WERE HOPING WE WOULD SEE IT ON LIVE TV, BUT IMPRESSIVE GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITY HERE. LIKE YOU SAID, THE ORIGINAL TOURISM IN AOTEAROA, THE PINK AND WHITE TERRACES. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO THIS PART OF THE WORLD, COME AND VISIT. DO A ROAD TRIP, BRING A LOVED ONE. COME TO ROTORUA AND HAVE AN AMAZING WEEKEND. YOU CAN GET YOURSELF INTO THE DRAW TO HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE. GO TO OUR WEBSITE. IT IS AN INCREDIBLE COMPETITION. WE ARE LUCKY TO BE HOSTED BY RICHARD THIS MORNING AND ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE REALLY LAID IT ON FOR US THIS WEEK. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE PLACE TO VISIT AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE. NGA MIHI. BEAUTIFUL. YOURSELF IN A DRAWER. YOU SHOULD ENTER, JENNY MAY. OH, I APPARENTLY NOT ALLOWED. GOOD MATES WITH MY BROS JEFF AND MIKE. GOOD TO SEE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. KIA ORA. NGA MIHI. MORE THAN 700 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM 48 SURF CLUBS ARE GATHERING AT MT MAUNGANUI BEACH FOR THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST JUNIOR LIFESAVING CARNIVAL. BAY OF PLENTY REPORTER JORDYN RUDD IS THERE TO MEET SOME COMPETITORS AND TEST HER OWN BEACH FLAG SKILLS. SO COME ON AND, JORDYN. MORENA, GUYS. IT IS A BLOOMING FESTIVAL HERE RIGHT NOW. IT IS IN ITS 25TH YEAR NOW. GREAT, HOW ARE YOU. YOU ARE IN YOUR 24TH YEAR. AT CAME ABOUT AROUND 25 YEARS AGO. THERE WERE ABOUT 236 ATHLETES HERE. WE SET UP THE BEACHES, DO PRIZE-GIVING, DID EVERYTHING. IT HAS BEEN BLOOMED OUT INTO THIS EVENT. LOOKING AROUND THE BEACH, IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR. SO FOR ME, 24 ` I MISSED ONE BECAUSE OF MY PARENTS WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. THAT WAS A SHAME FOR SOME I DID ASK THEM TO SHIFT IT, BUT IT DID NOT GO DOWN TOO WELL. ALL MY KIDS HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS EVENT. I HAD A VERY SUPPORTIVE WIFE LETTING ME GO AWAY FOR FOUR DAYS TO GO INTO IT. IT IS A VERY SUPPORTIVE CLUB. I HAVE A BIG NOGGIN. THEY STRETCH. PEOPLE WON'T TAKE ME SERIOUSLY. THEY WILL. DOES IT LOOK RIGHT? SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE HAVE 700-ODD ATHLETES HERE, AND THEY ARE HERE FOR THEIR COMPETITION. THIS IS WHERE WE GET OUR LIFEGUARDS FROM, SO IT IS CRUCIAL WE HAD THIS EVENT. I AM GOING TO TALK TO A FAMILY NOW. ALL OF THESE KIDDIES ` WELL, NOT SO KIDDY ` ARE COMPETING. WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT COMPETING? I LOVE COMING DOWN TO THE BEACH, TRAINING AND COMPETING AND HANGING OUT WITH MY FRIEND. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE EVENT? MINE IS THE RUN-SWIM-RUN. I'M ABOUT TO DO BEACH FLAGS. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR ME? QUICK TURN. YOU WANT TO STAY LOW, AND GOOD DIVE AT THE END. DO YOU HAVE MUCH FAITH IN ME? YET, HEAPS. I AM CONFIDENT. I FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING A MINI FACELIFT WITH THIS. I ONLY LEARN HOW TO DO BEACH FLAGS ABOUT 20 SECONDS AGO. SO HERE WE GO. RIGHT, ATHLETES. IT. COME ON, JORDAN. NOT HAPPENING TODAY, JORDN. DON'T GIVE UP YOUR DAY JOB AT ALL. THAT WAS QUITE BRUTAL. SHE GAVE IT A GO. LOVE THE LITTLE. LOVE THE LITTLE CAP. I WAS JUST SAYING YOU SHOULDN'T GIVE UP YOUR DAY JOB. MAY BE A SHED WHERE YOUR HAT INSTEAD OF THIS ONE.. NICE WORK. GO YOU. IT IS GORGEOUS DOWN THERE. BEAUTIFUL. E WHAI AKE NEI ` IT'S TIME TO GET ITALIAN. BUONGIORNO, LUCIA BENDELLI. CIAO, CIAO. WELCOME TO THE STREETS OF ITALY, A.K.A. NEWMARKET. SEE HOW YOU CAN GET A TASTE NEXT. (UPBEAT MUSIC) HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. HAMAS IS OFFERING TO RETURN ALL HOSTAGES TO ISRAEL IF THE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT MOVES FORWARD TO ITS SECOND PHASE NEXT MONTH. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS CALLED UKRAINE'S VLODYMYR ZELENSKYY A DICTATOR AFTER THE UKRAINIAN CRITICISED HIM FOR LIVING IN A DISINFORMATION BUBBLE. ANOTHER MISSING SPCA ANIMAL HAS BEEN FOUND, AND POLICE HAVE CHARGED A MAN WITH BURGLARY OVER THE BREAK-IN. FRESH PASTA, WORLD-CLASS WINE, MOUTHWATERING PIZZA AND GELATO. SOUND GOOD? YEAH IT DOES. THIS WEEKEND IN AUCKLAND, IT'S ALL BEING SHOWCASED AT 'FESTIVAL ITALIANO'. AUCKLAND'S NEWMARKET IS TRANSFORMING FOR THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST ITALIAN STREET FESTIVAL, AND REPORTER LUCY BENDELL IS OUT THERE HOPEFULLY WITH SOME FRESH PASTA. AKA LUCIA BENDELLI. IF YOU'VE DRIVEN THROUGH THERE, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN HER. IS THERE MORE THAN PASTA? YES, THERE IS MORE THAN PASTA. I JUST LEARNT THAT ITALIANS HAVE SWEET THINGS FOR BREAKFAST. THERE IS NOT JUST FOOD ` THERE IS CARS, FASHION, EVERYTHING QUINTESSENTIALLY ITALY. CIAO, EVERYBODY. WE ARE SPEAKING WITH PASTA COACH. I WANT YOU TO TELL ME HOW EXCITED YOU ARE ABOUT THIS FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND? I AM VERY EXCITED. A LOT OF IDEAS AND BEAUTIFUL FOOD. THIS IS THE BREAKFAST ALL OF THESE GUYS HAVE ENJOYED TODAY ` SLEET AND SAVOURY. IN ITALY WE EAT SWEET STUFF, BUT I DID SOME SAVOURY ALSO FOR ALL THE GUYS. MY FIRST QUESTION WAS, I WAS SEARCHING FOR THE PASTA WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED HERE. THERE IS SOME ON THE TABLE. CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT IT. WE ARE A PASTA SHOP. WE HAVE FRIED TORTELLI AND RAVIOLI. HOW IS THAT FOR YOU TO HAVE COOKED ALL THIS BEAUTIFUL FOOD FROM YOUR CULTURE AND SHARE IT WITH WIDER NEW ZEALAND AND AUCKLAND? I DO A LOT OF CLASSES ON SUNDAYS. THIS IS WHAT I KNOW TO DO AND FOR PEOPLE TO DO IT AT HOME. THIS IS AMAZING, BECAUSE FOR US THIS IS LOVE. WE LIKE TO DO THE THINGS WE LOVE. I CALL MY PLACE HOME. I DON'T CALL IT A RESTAURANT, BECAUSE AS YOU SEE, IT IS VERY SMALL. PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK, AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST ITALIAN FESTIVAL IN AUCKLAND. TALK ME THROUGH THE VIBE AND HOW THIS STREET FEELS. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST, BECAUSE ALESSANDRA ORGANISED IT FOR LONG, LONG HERE. BUT WE ARE COMING BACK. IT IS THE FIRST TIME THIS TYPE OF FESTIVAL IS COMING IN THIS STREET BUT THERE IS ALSO MORE IN ANOTHER STREET, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE STREET WHERE THE FERRARI IS. MY ENGLISH IS NOT AMAZING THAT YOU NEED TO FORGIVE ME ABOUT THIS ONE. NO, YOU ARE DOING WONDERFUL. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT. TALK TO ME ABOUT THE DISHES THAT ARE TRADITIONAL TO ITALY. THIS IS ALMOST ALL SOUTH ITALY. FOCACCIA IS THE FOCACCIA OF MY AUNTIE. THE CHRISTMAS BREAD. TIRAMISU. AND A LOT OF COOKIES. MY FAVOURITE. FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN AUCKLAND AND CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE FESTIVAL, YOU ARE A PASTA COACH. GIVE US SOME TIPS FOR IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT AT HOME. IT IS IMPORTANT WHY YOU ARE MAKING IT. INGREDIENTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. NICE INGREDIENTS ` NICE PRODUCT FINISH. THIS IS THE SECRET FOR EVERYTHING. THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE, THEY CAN COME TO OUR CLASS. THAT IS TRUE. IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT TO THIS WEEKEND'S FESTIVAL... THIS SUNDAY, I HAVE ONE 10 O'CLOCK PASTA AND 1 O'CLOCK GNOCCI. YOU ACTUALLY DO THOSE PASTA CLASSES THIS SUNDAY. ARE YOU EXCITED? WELL, IF YOU CAN'T COME THIS WEEKEND, AT LEAST WE CAN LEARN. I HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL KITS AND THE CLASS. SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE THIS WE CAN. LUCIA BENDELLI. I THINK IT WORKS. NICE WORK. E WHAI AKE NEI ` A YEAR-LONG MARATHON SWIMMING CHALLENGE RAISING FUNDS FOR CHARITY. CHARLOTTE MULDER TELL US MORE. MORENA, TEAM. YES, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A SUBURBAN POOL LITERALLY BEHIND ME. YOU WILL FIND OUT WHY WE'RE HERE AFTER THE BREAK. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. I WAS GOING TO SAY WELCOME BACK TO CHRISTCHURCH. WE ARE GOING TO CHRISTCHURCH. TWO MATES FROM CHRISTCHURCH ARE SWIMMING EVERY DAY FOR A FULL YEAR TO RAISE AWARENESS AND FUNDS FOR THOSE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER. THEY'VE DUBBED IT 'BREAST STROKE FOR BREAST CANCER', ACCUMULATING LAPS AS THEY GO. SO ON DAY ONE, IT WAS ONE LAP AND ON DAY 365, IT'LL BE 365. THEY'RE SET TO HIT THE FULL YEAR THIS SUNDAY, SO WE SENT OUR CHRISTCHURCH REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER DOWN TO SEE HOW THEY'RE GETTING ON. MORENA, CHARLOTTE. IT IS A WONDERFUL CAUSE. THEY WILL BE HITTING THE MARK THIS WEEKEND. I HAVE GOT ONE OF THE MEN OF THE HOUR WITH ME, BECAUSE IT IS BOTH YOU AND YOUR FLATMATE. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT THIS YEAR. IT IS 365 DAYS ON SUNDAY. YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR A LONG TIME. IT HAS BEEN A LONG YEAR. IT HAS BEEN GREAT FOR THE CAUSE AND FOR BREAST CANCER AND EVERYTHING. BUT IT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A LONG YEAR. LOOKING FORWARD TO HITTING THE FINAL MARK IN PUTTING THE MONEY TOWARDS BREAST CANCER. YOU HAVE BEEN SPLITTING THE LAPSE BETWEEN NOT JUST YOU AND SIMPY BUT ALSO OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL. FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HUGE SHOUT OUTS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE LENGTHS OR DONATED. BREAST CANCER IS A MASSIVE THING IN NEW ZEALAND. I KNOW A FEW PEOPLE PERSONALLY WHO HAVE HAD IT. IT WAS A FITTING THING WITH BREAST STROKE AS WELL. WE MADE IT UP AS WE GO, BUT THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH HOW IT ALL HAPPENED. TELL ME HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET THESE DONATIONS GOING FOR BREAST CANCER IN GENERAL ALSO FOR ANY CANCER. ANY CHARITY WE CAN GET BEHIND IS GREAT. BREAST CANCER IS THE ONE WE CHOSE, AND WE ARE SUPER STOKED TO DO IT. WE WILL FINISH OFF IN STYLE ON SUNDAY. I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE ABOUT SOME CHALLENGES YOU HAVE FACED THIS YEAR. CAN YOU TELL ME A COUPLE OF THEM? WINTER WAS DEFINITELY THE BIG ONE. IT WAS COLD HERE, AND WE HAD TO MOVE TO AN INDOOR POOL. THE EVERYDAY PART HAS BEEN THE HARDEST PART, BECAUSE SOME DAYS YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO IT. YOU WAKE UP HUNG OVER OR WHATEVER. I AM SO PROUD OF ME AND SIMPY FOR SUITING UP EVERY DAY AND DOING IT. IT IS ABSOLUTELY LEGENDARY. FINAL QUESTION ` HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE YOU RAISED THE BAR? AND HOW MUCH WE WANTING TO GET TO? WE SMASHED THE 10,000 GOAL ALREADY. WE'RE JUST OVER 13,000 THIS MORNING. WE WILL STILL BE PUSHING AND DONATING AND GETTING AS MUCH AS WE CAN. IT IS GOING TO BE OPEN AFTER A WEEK FROM THIS SUNDAY. IT IS ON A GIVE A LITTLE PAGE. YES. BREAST STROKE 4 BREAST CANCER. YOU WILL BE CELEBRATING ON SUNDAY. FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND GETTING THE 306 TO 5 LENGTHS DONE. I THOUGHT I WOULD HELP THEM GET STARTED TODAY WITH SOME OF THE FIRST STROKES. YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO GET IN. IT WILL BE SO COLD. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR ME, BECAUSE I CANNOT HEAR YOU RIGHT NOW. THAT IS NOT A HEATED POOL. HE IS IN. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HER TURNS ALIKE. THAT DIVE ` QUALITY. GOOD ON YOU, CHARLOTTE. KEEP GOING. OH, SHE CANNOT HEAR. HYPOTHERMIA WILL BE SITTING ON RIGHT NOW. ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL CAUSE. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. CAPTIONS BY DREW WELSH, KITTY WASASALA, COURTNEY SOLE AND JULIE TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025