IT'S TUESDAY THE 25th OF FEBRUARY. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. A LOT COMING UP ON THE SHOW, INCLUDING AS IT OKAYED TO SEND AN EMAIL TO YOUR EMPLOYEES, SAYING, IF YOU DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, DON'T BOTHER SHOWING UP TOMORROW MORNING. IT IS THE STICK NOT THE CARROT. ELON MUSK POSTED THAT HE DID THIS. HE SAID, IF YOU DON'T REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, I WILL TAKE THAT AS YOUR RESIGNATION. YOU HAD TO LIST FIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK. FIVE BULLET POINTS. I DON'T MIND TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO RELAY THEIR FIVE TASKS ACHIEVED STOP I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY A GOOD WAY OF HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. I DON'T KNOW IF, THIS WILL BE TAKEN AS YOUR RESIGNATION, WILL BE TAKEN WITH EMPLOYMENT LAWS IN NEW ZEALAND. WE WILL HAVE A BROADER CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS ` ACTUALLY THE COMMUNICATION WAS PRETTY STINK FROM ELON MUSK, BUT ACTUALLY IS IT A GOOD PRACTICE TO GET INTO? ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` PRAYERS FOR THE POPE AS THE LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH REMAINS IN HOSPITAL IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST FROM THE VATICAN AS THE 88-YEAR-OLD BATTLES PNEUMONIA AND WHAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS A COMPLEX LUNG INFECTION AND SPEAK WITH A PAPAL BIOGRAPHER ON WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE FUTURE OF CATHOLICISM. YOU GOT IT. I WILL GET THERE. ALSO AHEAD ` ANOTHER MEDICAL CENTRE CLOSES ITS BOOKS TO NEW PATIENTS DUE TO DEMAND. BUT WHAT MAKES THIS SITUATION UNIQUE IS IT'S IN THE BAY OF PLENTY TOWN OF KATIKATI, AND IT'S THE ONLY MEDICAL CENTRE. WE'LL HEAR FROM THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR ABOUT WHO THEY BLAME FOR THE SITUATION. PLUS ` HOW EASILY CAN BOSSES MUSCLE EMPLOYEES OUT OF THEIR JOBS? AS WE JUST MENTIONED, SOME FEDERAL WORKERS IN THE U.S. HAVE BEEN TOLD TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEY ACHIEVED IN THE LAST WEEK TO JUSTIFY THEIR EMPLOYMENT, WHILE PROBABLY ILLEGAL HERE, IT DID GET US THINKING ` COULD IT EVER HAPPEN IN NEW ZEALAND? YEP, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT CHAT IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES TIME. RIGHT NOW IT IS 6 O'CLOCK, SO HERE IS CHANGY WITH THE NEWS. FIRE CREWS HAVE EXTINGUISHED A LARGE BLAZE NEAR NGUNGURU, A COASTAL COMMUNITY 26km NORTHEAST OF WHANGAREI. AT THE HEIGHT OF THE 4ha SCRUB FIRE ` MORE THAN 40 FIREFIGHTERS WERE RESPONDING, ALONG WITH FOUR HELICOPTERS. ONE CREW MONITORED HOT SPOTS OVERNIGHT, AND TWO CREWS WILL RETURN THIS MORNING AT FIRST LIGHT. THE VATICAN SAYS POPE FRANCIS HAD A GOOD NIGHT IN HOSPITAL, AND CONTINUES TO REST. THE PONTIFF (88) IS BATTLING PNEUMONIA IN BOTH LUNGS, AND HAS ASKED FOR PRAYERS. WORLD LEADERS ARE GATHERING IN KYIV, FOR A SUMMIT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE. BUT AS THE BBC'S JAMES WATERHOUSE REPORTS, IT'S JUST AS MUCH ABOUT WHO ISN'T THERE. AMERICA IS NOT HERE. AMERICA HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IT THINKS ABOUT HOW THIS WAR SHOULD END. WE UNDERSTAND, ACCORDING TO THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, THAT THE FINAL AGREEMENTS ARE BEING IRONED OUT. SO PERHAPS THERE IS SCOPE FOR FUTURE COOPERATION BETWEEN KYIV AND WASHINGTON. BUT AS OF NOW, AS THIS SUMMIT TAKES PLACE, YOU HAVE A COLLECTION OF WORLD LEADERS WORKING OUT HOW TO COUNTER A COMPLETE UPENDING IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY. AND THERE ARE HUGE QUESTION MARKS OVER ITS CURRENT ABILITY TO DO THAT. FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON HAS ARRIVED AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO DISCUSS A POSSIBLE PEACE DEAL FOR UKRAINE. EUROPEAN LEADERS REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CLOSENESS TO RUSSIAN LEADER VLADIMIR PUTIN, AND HIS REPEATED CALLS FOR THE U.S. TO TAKE OVER GREENLAND. TO SPORT, AND RACHIN RAVINDRA HAS RETURNED FROM INJURY TO STEER THE BLACKCAPS TO A FIVE WICKET VICTORY OVER BANGLADESH IN THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY. AFTER SITTING OUT THE OPENING MATCH AGAINST PAKISTAN DUE TO A HEAD KNOCK, THE BATTER MARKED HIS RETURN IN STYLE, HITTING A CENTURY TO LEAD HIS SIDE'S CHASE OF 237. EASES IT PAST THE MAN BEHIND POINT. HE DOES LOVE AN ICC MEN'S EVENT, DOES RACHIN RAVINDRA. THE BLACKCAPS TAKE ON INDIA IN A TOP-OF-THE-TABLE CLASH ON SUNDAY NIGHT. TWO PLAYERS FROM THE CANBERRA RAIDERS HAVE BEEN DISCIPLINED AFTER A LATE NIGHT SCUFFLE IN LAS VEGAS. HUDSON YOUNG AND MORGAN SMITHIES WERE REPORTEDLY INVOLVED IN A FIGHT IN AN ELEVATOR ON THE TEAM'S FIRST DAY IN VEGAS, AND WERE EVICTED FROM THE HOTEL. COACH RICKY STUART SAYS IT WAS IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR, AND IT HAS SINCE BEEN DEALT WITH AHEAD OF THEIR SEASON OPENER AGAINST THE WARRIORS THIS WEEKEND. UP THE WAHS. WHO, DON'T FORGET, DON'T HAVE ANY CURFEWS, BUT THEY WILL BE BEHAVING RESPONSIBLY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) JUST TWO OF THEM? CHECKING OUT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MOST OF THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A FINE DAY IN GISBORNE, HAWKES BAY, AND EXPECT STRONG GUSTS IN THE CAPITAL. 30 THE HIGH FOR HAWKES BAY. 27 FOR HAMILTON. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THOSE FURTHER SOUTH SHOULD EXPECT SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. FIORDLAND AND THE WESTLAND DISTRICT MAY EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN. 27 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU WILL GET TO 25 DEGREES. THANKS, CHRIS. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING WITH OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. NELSON AIRPORT IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO EXTENDING ITS RUNWAY, DESPITE MOUNTING OPPOSITION FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. LET'S BRING IN CHARLOTTE MULDER. WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK ARE THEY RECEIVING? LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE NOT TOO HAPPY, JENNY MAY, WITH THE NELSON AIRPORT PUTTING A NOTICE YESTERDAY WITH THE COUNCIL TO BUILD AN EXTENSION OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS. THE COUNCIL SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY, AS THE CURRENT RUNWAY IS UNABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS. IT WILL HOWEVER HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON NEIGHBOURING PROPERTIES, INCLUDING A GOLF COURSE AND RESIDENTS. LOCALS ARE UNSURE WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO WITH THEIR PROPERTIES, WITH BUILDING THINGS ON THEM. SOME SAY THIS MAY END UP GOING TO THE ENVIRONMENT COURT IF NEITHER PARTY CAN REACH AN AGREEMENT WITHIN THE FUTURE, JENNY MET. CHARLOTTE MULDER. POLICE HAVE INTERVENED AT A PROTEST OVERNIGHT AT LAKE ROTOKAKAHI IN ROTORUA. LUCY BENDELL IS WITH US. WHAT'S THE LATEST THIS MORNING, LUCY? MORENA, JENNY MAY. THE OVERNIGHT OPERATION COMMANDER HAS CONFIRMED WITH ME THIS MORNING THAT SEVEN PEOPLE FROM THE PROTEST HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING. THIS PROTEST HAS BEEN ONE OF MANY SINCE AUGUST LAST YEAR. THIS SITE AT THE LAKE HAS GONE THROUGH A BIT OF CONTROVERSY AFTER THE ROTORUA LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL PLANNED A TARAWERA SEWAGE SCHEME WHICH WOULD PLACE A SEWAGE LINE THROUGH IT WHERE ONE IWI ANCESTOR HAD PASSED AWAY. YOU CAN SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE SINGING WAIATA. THERE WERE ABOUT 80 POLICE RESPONDING TO THE EVENT, AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE TRESPASSED WERE THOSE THAT REFUSED TO LEAVE THE SITE. ORGANISERS OF THE PROTEST SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE TODAY, AND WE WILL GIVE YOU THE LATEST UPDATES. IN YET ANOTHER SYMPTOM OF A HEALTH SYSTEM UNDER PRESSURE, KATIKATI MEDICAL CENTRE HAS CLOSED ITS BOOKS TO NEW PATIENTS AMID INCREASINGLY LONG WAIT TIMES. COMPLICATING MATTERS, IT'S THE ONLY CLINIC IN THE BAY OF PLENTY TOWN. CLINICAL DIRECTOR AND GP VICKY JONES JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING, VICKY. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. HOW BAD IS THE SITUATION THEREFORE YOU? IT IS REALLY BAD OR WE WOULD NOT BE DOING THIS. IT IS REALLY UNPRECEDENTED. THIS DECISION THAT WE HAVE BEEN UMMING AND AHHING ABOUT, WE FEEL IT IS NOT FAIR ON OUR EXISTING PATIENTS TO CONTINUE TO ENROL NEW PATIENTS. WE SHOULD SERVICE THE PATIENTS WE HAVE IN A PROPER WAY, SO WE HAVE MADE THE MOVE TO CLOSE THE BOOKS ` HOPEFULLY TEMPORARILY ` AND IT IS SOMETHING WE WILL BE REVIEWING ON A MONTHLY BASIS. THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IN THERE, WHAT CAN THEY REASONABLY DO NOW? THERE IS HEALTHLINE WHICH IS FREE, BUT OTHERWISE THEY ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO ENROLLED WITH A CLINIC IN ONE OF THE SURROUNDING TOWNS OR POTENTIALLY SECOND AVENUE WHICH IS THE ACCIDENT AND MEDICAL SERVICE IN TAURANGA OR ARE HEADING TO ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY WHICH IS NOT IDEAL. PARTICULARLY FOR AN OLDER PERSON, WHAT IS THE OUTCOME OF NOT HAVING THAT CONTACT? IT IS TERRIBLE. WE KNOW THE BEST PATIENT CARE HAPPENS WHEN A PERSON HAS A GP WHO KNOWS THEM. WE MUCH PREFER HAVING PATIENTS WE KNOW. IT MAKES APPOINTMENTS MUCH SMOOTHER. AND WE ENJOY THE INTERACTION WITH OUR PATIENTS THAT WE KNOW OVER MANY YEARS. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF THE JOB. SO IT IS A BIG PROBLEM. A BIG PROBLEM. AND THIS IS JUST MORE EFFICIENT, RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR? ABSOLUTELY. HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE SITUATION? AT ALL COMES BACK TO GOVERNMENT FUNDING, AND IT COMES BACK TO GOVERNMENT FUNDING EVERY TIME UNFORTUNATELY. RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, THE FACT THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON HOSPITALS, SO WE ARE ACTING AS PRIMARY CARE CONSULTANTS, WHERE THERE ARE COMPLICATED CASES THAT ARE NOT ACCEPTED TO HOSPITAL CLINICS, OR THE WEIGHT IS SO LONG THAT WE ARE WILLING WITH THEM IN THE INTERIM, OR THEY ARE DISCHARGED SOONER THAN THEY SHOULD BE. IT IS FUNDING THAT DRIVES ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS. THE GOVERNMENT RELEASED A REPORT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO NOW, SO IT IS ALREADY OUT OF DATE, AND IT SHOWED THAT SOME CLINICS NEEDED TO HUNDRED 231% INCREASES TO THEIR CAPITATION. THIS GOVERNMENT HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING TO HELP. THEY HAVE DONE REVIEW AFTER REVIEW AND DO NOTHING, AND IT IS NOT OK. WE NEED TO START LOOKING AFTER OUR PATIENTS PROPERLY. SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, VICKY. I WANTED TO ASK HOW MANY PATIENTS YOU HAVE THAT YOU SEE AT THE CLINIC. WE HAVE NEARLY 10,000 PATIENTS AT THE MEDICAL CENTRE. KATIKATI HAS A POPULATION OF 4000 OR 5000. AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE MOVED TO TAURANGA OR WAIHI OR PAEROA WHO ARE STILL ENROLLED AND GET TREATED HERE. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CANNOT COME TO SEE YOU, BUT YOU JUST MENTIONED YOU HAVE 10 DOCTORS. WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON THEM? IT IS VERY STRESSFUL, BECAUSE NORMALLY IF YOU WANT TO GET PATIENTS BACK IN FOUR WEEKS IF WE MAKE A CHANGE, WE DON'T HAVE APPOINTMENTS IN FOUR WEEKS TO GET THEM BACK. WHERE DO WE PUT THEM? A LOT OF PATIENTS ALSO THINK THAT DOCTORS WORK PART-TIME, SO IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT DOCTORS WHO DO THREE DAYS PER WEEK PATIENT FACING ARE WORKING FULL-TIME HOURS. IT IS ALL THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES WORK THAT IS UNPAID, AND THAT IS WHAT IS DRIVING DOCTORS OUT OF GENERAL PRACTICE INTO NICHE PRIVATE AREAS OR DOING LESS SESSIONS OR MOVING TO AUSTRALIA. THE GOVERNMENT IS TALKING ABOUT BRINGING IN MORE GP REGISTRARS ` THEY HAVE MORE THAN 300 PLACES ` PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. THEY WANT TO WORK IN PLACES THEY HAVE MORE GUARANTEED INCOME OR THEY WANT TO MOVE TO AUSTRALIA FOR SOME IT IS A SHAME, BECAUSE MY JOB IS THE BEST JOB IN MEDICINE. I GET THAT CONTINUITY OF CARE AND CONTACT WITH PATIENTS, BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO MY JOB PROPERLY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING, VICKY. IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR EVERYONE. WE WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT HEALTH NEW ZEALAND GAVE US A STATEMENT. HAVE WE EVER EXPERIENCED THIS KIND OF SITUATION WITH OUR GPs? I AM LOOKING AT KATIKATI, A POPULATION OF 5900, AND YOU HAD TO WAIT SIX WEEKS FOR AN APPOINTMENT. THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON THE PROGRAM IN TERMS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE A DOCTOR AND HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET INTO SEE YOUR GP, BUT TO BE IN A SMALL AREA AND HAVE THAT SERVICE CUT OFF FOR YOU. AT THE MOMENT THEY ARE GOING TO BE REVIEWING THE SITUATION SO THAT THEY CAN CARE FOR THOSE PATIENTS THAT THEY DO HAVE AND ALSO CARE FOR THEIR DOCTORS AS WELL WHO WILL BE FULL ON, AND IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEM. YOU COME TO THE POINT AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DEAL WITH AT THE MOMENT. BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY CAN DEAL WITH AT THE MOMENT. IT IS NOT JUST THOSE LONG HOURS; IT IS THE PAPERWORK. IT IS NOT JUST THE PATIENT TIME. VICKY WAS TALKING ABOUT PATIENTS WHO HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA BUT ARE STAYING WITH THAT PRACTICE KNOWING THAT WHEREVER THEY ARE MOVING TO THERE IS NO AVAILABILITY EITHER. YES. IT IS HONESTLY SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A GP. THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN HAVING SOMEONE WHO CAN TRUST AND THAT YOU'VE DEALT WITH BEFORE. THEY KNOW YOUR MEDICAL HISTORY. INTERESTED IF YOU'VE GOT SOME THOUGHTS ON THIS. IF YOU ARE IN THE SORT OF PREDICAMENT THEY ARE IN THEIR DASH EMAIL US. E WHAI AKE NEI ` AN UPDATE FROM THE VATICAN ON THE CONDITION OF THE POPE. AND NEXT ` ELON MUSK'S JOB JUSTIFICATION EMAIL TO FEDERAL WORKERS IN THE U.S. HAS UPSET MANY, BUT DOES HE HAVE A POINT? # ON A CLOUDY DAY. # YOU AND I STARGAZING. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON HAS ARRIVED AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO DISCUSS A POSSIBLE PEACE DEAL FOR UKRAINE. THE VATICAN SAYS POPE FRANCIS HAD A GOOD NIGHT IN HOSPITAL, AND CONTINUES TO REST AS HE RECEIVES TREATMENT FOR PNEUMONIA AND KIDNEY FAILURE. AND FIRE CREWS HAVE NOW EXTINGUISHED A LARGE BLAZE NEAR NGUNGURU ` A COASTAL COMMUNITY 26km NORTHEAST OF WHANGAREI. ELON MUSK'S PENETRATION OF U.S. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONTINUES. HIS LATEST DIRECTIVE IS FOR EMPLOYEES TO EMAIL A LIST OF WHAT THEY ACHIEVED IN THE PAST WEEK, WITH NO REPLY BEING TAKEN AS A RESIGNATION. PUTTING ASIDE WHETHER THAT'S EVEN LEGAL, WE WONDERED IF SUCH TACTICS COULD BE INTRODUCED HERE IN AOTEAROA. TO ANSWER THAT, WE WELCOME PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT JARROD HAAR. MORENA, JARROD. MORENA. I DO WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION AROUND THE LEGALITIES OF THIS. IS IT EVEN LEGAL? ENTER IS NOT LEGAL HERE, AND IT IS NOT LEGAL IN THE USA. I THINK IT HAS BEEN CHALLENGED IN THE COURTS ALREADY. BUT AGAIN, IT IS MORE ABOUT HIS APPROACH ` HE WANTS TO REDUCE THE WORKFORCE DRAMATICALLY. IT IS A GOOD REMINDER ` IN NEW ZEALAND, WE SAW THE GOVERNMENT REDUCING THE PUBLIC SECTOR BUT WITH SOME KIND OF TIMELINESS ` SPENDING A FEW MONTHS TO WORK THROUGH THINGS, RATHER THAN SAYING, YOU HAVE TWO DAYS TO REPLY, AND IF YOU ARE ON LEAVE, YOU ARE QUITTING, WHICH IS OUTRAGEOUS. PUTTING THE LEGALITIES TO THE SIDE. WE KNOW IT IS HIGHLY ILLEGAL. BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT HE IS ASKING FOR ` HE ASKED FOR FIVE BULLET POINTS OF ACHIEVEMENTS IN YOUR PAST WEEK. IS THERE ANY MERIT IN DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I ACTUALLY THINK THERE IS SOME MERIT IN THERE. HE IS TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO REFLECT ON WHAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY DONE. NOT WHAT I AM SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON, BUT WHAT I HAVE DONE. THE PROBLEM IS TWO EXTREMES ` THE JOB THAT TAKES SIX MONTHS WORKING ON THE REPORT ` I'VE DONE SOME SMALL ANALYSIS IN THE LAST WEEK ` THEY ARE GOING TO BE HARD PRESSED TO MAKE FIVE BULLET POINTS. BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO DO HUNDREDS OF THINGS IN ONE DAY. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CHOOSE FOR YOUR BULLET POINTS? I WOULD PUT MY NOTES AND THERE. HERE ARE 500 BULLET POINTS. NOW YOU HAVE JUST MADE YOUR MANAGER'S JOB A NIGHTMARE. IF YOU ARE A MANAGER AND DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOUR WORKFORCE OR TEAM IS DOING, IT IS NOT A BAD SUGGESTION TO SAY HEY, GIVE ME SOME FEEDBACK. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND HOW CAN I MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR YOU. I AM STUCK IN THE BUREAUCRACY OF XYZ ` THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS BENEFICIAL FOR WORKERS AND THEIR ORGANISATION. POTENTIALLY COULD BE GOOD FOR WORKERS BUT ALSO THE BOSS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON. BUT WHAT ABOUT IN TERMS OF FORMING TEAM CULTURE ` COULD THAT POTENTIALLY HELP? IT IS GOOD TO TALK ABOUT WINS. WE ARE RELUCTANT TO DO THAT KIND OF STUFF HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. THAT IS A GREAT POINT. ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS GIVE ME A COUPLE OF POINTS ABOUT WHAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON. ANY SUCCESSES, ANYTHING WE COULD IMPROVE TO MAKE WORK MORE SUCCESSFUL. AND IMAGINE BEING IN 18 AND THEN HAVING YOUR BOSS COME BACK THE NEXT WE CAN SAY, HEY, I HAVE WORKED ON THAT. I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU GO WOW. IT WILL DEPEND ON RESOURCES. SO DESPITE THAT BEING AN OUTRAGEOUS EMAIL, THERE IS A BIG NUGGET OF GOLD IN THERE, I THINK. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ON THIS PROGRAM, AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF RESEARCH TO BACK THIS UP, THAT THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT CREATE BURNOUT FOR EMPLOYEES. SO SOMETHING LIKE THIS... BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HAD FEEDBACK FROM SOMEONE SAYING WE ALREADY DO THIS ON OUR TEAM. WE'VE IMPLEMENTED SOMETHING SIMILAR. BUT IS THAT LITTLE BIT EXTRA, POTENTIAL OVER TIME TO LEAD TO BURNOUT OR EVEN MORE WORKLOAD? YES DEFINITELY. BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST DANGER WILL BE THE MANAGER, RIGHT? ALL OF A SUDDEN, NOT ONLY AM I MANAGING A TEAM OF 10 PEOPLE, BUT EVERY FRIDAY THEY SENT ME THIS CACOPHONY OF NOISE TO WORK THROUGH, AND ENDS UP EATING ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO INTO MY WEEK. AND MANAGERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BRING UP BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE RESPONSIBILITY. THAT IS A GREAT POINT ` SOMEHOW WE NEED TO BUILD THAT INTO THE SYSTEM SO WE DON'T OVERBURDEN PEOPLE. AND MANAGERS MIGHT SAY, I HAVE MY FINGERS ON THE PULSE OF THE TEAM ALL THE TIME AND I DON'T NEED THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT GETTING THAT EMAIL SAYING, WHAT CAN I DO BETTER FOR THE TEAM, MIGHT BE A SIMPLE WAY. THIS KIND OF LEADERSHIP STYLE FROM ELON MUSK IS DO IT MY WAY, DICTATORSHIP, THIS IS HOW IT IS GOING TO GO. WE SEE THAT KIND OF THING IN AOTEAROA ` MAYBE NOT TO THAT EXTREME. IN SOME RESPECTS, UNLESS THEY ARE QUITE TRANSPARENT, BECAUSE WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO DO IS REDUCE THE WORKFORCE. THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF THINGS IN THE STATES WHERE THEY'VE FIVE PEOPLE FOR POOR PERFORMANCE. AND PEOPLE SAY, MY LAST PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL I WAS RATED EXTRAORDINARY. I WAS A SUPER PROACTIVE PERSON BUT I HAVE BEEN DISMISSED FOR POOR PERFORMANCE. YOU DON'T ACTUALLY NEED TO SAY WHY. YOU CAN JUST SAY, SORRY, JARROD, YOU ARE A POOR PERFORMER, AND YOU ARE GONE. WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF FREEDOM HERE FOR GOVERNMENT TO SACK PEOPLE INSTANTANEOUSLY, THANKFULLY. THERE IS QUITE A BIT IN THE AD TO UNPACK. IN THERE* IT IS QUITE SUBJECTIVE, THOUGH, ISN'T IT? BECAUSE ARE THERE EXISTING APIs OR HAS HE SET HIS OWN TARGETS? YOU MAY HAVE MADE EVERYONE LAUGH IN THE MEETING, BUT HE MIGHT SAY, I DON'T LIKE THAT. HOW ABOUT YOU SEND AN EMAIL TO THE COMPANY, AND EVERYONE WHO DOES A REPLY ALL GETS CUT. (LAUGHTER) I LIKE HOW YOU BROUGHT THAT RIGHT BACK AROUND TO REPLY ALL. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO HE SAID THAT OUT TO ` WHO IS CHECKING IT? LOVELY TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS, JARROD. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. AND LATER WHY RESIDENTS OF CARTERTON ARE FED UP WITH BOY RACERS. FIRE CREWS HAVE EXTINGUISHED A LARGE BLAZE NEAR NGUNGURU ` A COASTAL COMMUNITY 26km NORTHEAST OF WHANGAREI. AT THE HEIGHT OF THE 4ha SCRUB FIRE, MORE THAN FORTY FIREFIGHTERS WERE RESPONDING, ALONG WITH FOUR HELICOPTERS. ONE CREW MONITORED HOT SPOTS OVERNIGHT, AND TWO CREWS WILL RETURN THIS MORNING AT FIRST LIGHT. POPE FRANCIS IS RESTING AFTER A REPORTEDLY 'GOOD NIGHT' IN HOSPITAL. THERE'S GROWING CONCERN IN THE VATICAN ABOUT HIS HEALTH, AFTER 10 NIGHTS IN HOSPITAL SO FAR WITH BREATHING ISSUES. THE BBC'S SARAH RAINSFORD REPORTS. ON TOP OF THAT, ON TOP OF HIS FIGHTING HIS BREATHING DIFFICULTIES, HE ALSO HAS KIDNEY TROUBLE NOW, THAT THE DOCTORS SAY THEY'RE ON TOP OF AT THE MOMENT, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S ANOTHER CAUSE FOR WORRY. SO HE IS STILL IN A VERY, VERY SERIOUS CONDITION. THE VATICAN IS SAYING THERE IS NO PROGNOSIS AT THE MOMENT, HOW LONG HE MIGHT BE IN HOSPITAL, HOW HE'S GOING TO DO, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT CATHOLICS HERE IN ROME HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR HIM, IT DOES MEAN THAT EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD BEEN PLANNING TO DO HERE HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, INCLUDING EVENTS FOR THE JUBILEE YEAR ` A VERY IMPORTANT YEAR FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. GERMANY'S INCOMING CHANCELLOR HAS RAISED CONCERNS OVER THE SURGE IN SUPPORT FOR THE COUNTRY'S FAR RIGHT. IT COMES AFTER HIS CONSERVATIVE ALLIANCE WON THE SNAP FEDERAL ELECTIONS, WITH THE ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMAN PARTY COMING SECOND IN ITS BEST EVER RESULT. FRIEDRICH MERZ SAYS THE FAR RIGHT'S ELECTION SHOWING IS A WARNING FOR CENTRIST PARTIES TO COME UP WITH SHARED SOLUTIONS, AND HE WILL FORM A COALITION GOVERNMENT BY EASTER. TO SPORT, AND THE WHITE FERNS HAVE NAMED THREE POTENTIAL DEBUTANTS FOR THEIR HOME SERIES AGAINST SRI LANKA NEXT MONTH. THE TRIO OF FORMER NEW ZEALAND UNDER-19 REPRESENTATIVES ` EMMA MCLEOD, IZZY SHARP AND BREE ILLING ALL EARN THEIR MAIDEN INTERNATIONAL CALL-UPS. SEVERAL PLAYERS WILL BE MISSING THE SERIES THROUGH INJURY. TO HAVE EMMA, TO HAVE BREAK, IT IS AN EXCITING MOMENT FOR THE TEAM, AND OFF THE BACK OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THE SUPER SMASH, THEY DESERVE TO BE HAD. BE GOOD TO SEE HOW THEY GO ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE. THE TEAM WILL BE CAPTAINED BY SUZIE BATES, WITH SOPHIE DEVINE TAKING A WELLBEING BREAK. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MOST OF THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A FINE DAY IN GISBORNE AND HAWKES BAY, AND EXPECT STRONG GUSTS IN THE CAPITAL. 30 THE HIGH FOR HAWKES BAY. 27 FOR HAMILTON. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THOSE FURTHER SOUTH SHOULD EXPECT SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. FIORDLAND AND THE WESTLAND DISTRICT MAY EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN. 27 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 25 IN CHRISTCHURCH. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) EMPLOYERS IN THE UK ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO GIVE WORKERS EXTRA FREE TIME IN THEIR DAY FOR FITNESS. THEY'RE CALLED 'MOVEMENT HOURS'. THE BBC'S NINA WARHURST EXPLAINS. AND SO THROUGH THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT. WORKOUTS AND BUSY SCHEDULES DON'T ALWAYS, WELL, WORK OUT, DO THEY? SO WE'RE GONNA LIFT OUR KNEES UP QUICK AS WE CAN. BUT WHAT IF YOU COULD SQUEEZE OUT THAT SWEAT WHILE YOU'RE STILL AT THE OFFICE? WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE OUR HEART RATE DURING EVERY EXERCISE. I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO SEE COMPANIES AND EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES COMING TOGETHER TO SORT OF CREATE SPACE AND TIME AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY MOVE THEIR BODIES. BECAUSE WE KNOW WHEN YOU'RE MOVING AND YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, BEING ACTIVE, YOU'RE INCREASING YOUR CHANCES OF HAVING, YOU KNOW, BETTER MENTAL HEALTH, YOU'RE REDUCING STRESS LEVELS, AND PEOPLE WILL BE HEALTHIER AND HAPPIER. SO WHAT CAN WE DO? IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO BEFORE WORK, AFTER WORK, OR DURING THE WORKING DAY? THE NHS SAYS REGULAR WORKOUTS CAN REDUCE THE RISK OF STROKE, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, DEPRESSION AND STRESS ` THINGS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE KEEP YOU OFF WORK. AND THAT'S A PROBLEM, BECAUSE THE AVERAGE EMPLOYEE TAKES ALMOST EIGHT DAYS OF SICK LEAVE EVERY YEAR. THAT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL FOR OVER A DECADE, AND STRESS IS ONE OF THE MAIN CAUSES OF BOTH SHORT AND LONG TERM ABSENCE. THERE WERE 16.5 MILLION DAYS LOST TO STRESS IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR. KEEP IT GOING. YOU'VE GOT 15 SECONDS. JOE SAYS HIS PUSH TO BUILD IN AN HOUR OF EXERCISE TO EACH BUSINESS SPREADSHEET COULD IMPROVE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLBEING. IT'S SO IMPORTANT NOT JUST FOR OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH, BUT OUR MENTAL HEALTH. IF PEOPLE ARE SO BUSY, SO UNDER PRESSURE, SO SHORT AND TIME, IF PEOPLE ARE SO BUSY, SO UNDER PRESSURE, SO SHORT ON TIME, WE HAVE TO TRY AND MAYBE SEE THE WORKDAY AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO STEP AWAY FROM THEIR DESK, YOU KNOW, PUT SOME HEALTHY FOOD IN THEIR BODY, HAVE A NICE LUNCH, AND IF THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, DO SOME MOVEMENT, DO SOME EXERCISE. HEALTH IS THE REAL WEALTH. IT MIGHT BE A BREAK FROM THE USUAL 9 TO 5, BUT EXERCISING COULD GIVE YOU A BOOST AND A PERSONAL BEST ON PRODUCTIVITY. IS THE REAL WELL. TALK ABOUT CARICATURE. HOW ABOUT DO IT IN YOUR OWN TIME BECAUSE MARK AFTER WORK, DURING YOUR LUNCH BREAK. I LOVE THIS IDEA. YOU HAVE A LUNCH BREAK. YOU DON'T HAVE TO STRESS ABOUT DOING IT BEFORE WORK OR AFTER WORK, AND THEN YOU GO, I AM SO TIRED, I CAN'T DO IT, AND ANY STRESS OUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING. I LOVE THIS. THAT IS NOT WORK'S PROBLEM. YOU SAW THE STATISTICS. WHAT ARE THEY DOING AFTER WORK, ARE THEY GOING TO THE PUB IN THE UK? TAKE CARE OF YOUR WELL-BEING OUTSIDE OF WORK, SO YOU CAN WORK. I AM ALL FOR IT, I LOVE IT. THIS WEEK WE'RE GIVING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FAMILY GETAWAY TO NEW PLYMOUTH THANKS TO VENTURE TARANAKI! INCLUDING FLIGHTS, A THREE-NIGHT STAY AT NOVOTEL, AND SOME FANTASTIC EXPERIENCES. INCLUDING CHADDY'S CHARTERS WILDLIFE BOAT CRUISE, A PRIVATE TOUR OF THE GOVETT-BREWSTER ART GALLERY AND FAMILY FUN AT THE HIDEAWAY LUGE AND MINI-PUTT. DISCOVER LOCAL ARTISTRY WITH A GIFT BUNDLE FROM THE COLLABORATION, EXPLORE HISTORY AT TAWHITI MUSEUM, AND A $400 DINING VOUCHER AT THE WEST END PRECINCT. THIS COMPETITION IS OPEN UNTIL SUNDAY 4pm AND WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER ON THE SHOW NEXT MONDAY. HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz ALL THANKS TO VENTURE TARANAKI. ME U TONU MAI ` THE POPE REMAINS IN THE CRITICAL CONDITION. NEXT ` WE'LL SPEAK TO A PAPAL BIOGRAPHER WHO'S CURRENTLY IN THE VATICAN. TURN IT UP CHRISTCHURCH. ONE OR TWO SHOWERS POSSIBLE FROM THE AFTERNOON. WESTERLY TURNING SOUTHERLY ON. GLORIOUS. DUNEDIN ` I DO LIKE IT WHEN IT IS A BIT DARK. DEFINITELY GETTING DARKER EARLIER. CLEARING TILL FINE LATE EVENING, AND SOUTH WESTERLIES. IT IS THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER THIS FRIDAY. 28TH OF FEBRUARY. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` FIRE CREWS HAVE NOW EXTINGUISHED A LARGE BLAZE NEAR NGUNGURU ` A COASTAL COMMUNITY 26km NORTHEAST OF WHANGAREI. GERMANY'S INCOMING CHANCELLOR HAS RAISED CONCERNS OVER THE SURGE IN SUPPORT FOR THE COUNTRY'S FAR RIGHT. AND, THE WHITE FERNS HAVE NAMED THREE POTENTIAL DEBUTANTS FOR THEIR HOME SERIES AGAINST SRI LANKA NEXT MONTH. POPE FRANCIS REMAINS IN A CRITICAL CONDITION THIS MORNING, AS THE 88-YEAR-OLD BATTLES PNEUMONIA AND A COMPLEX LUNG INFECTION. THE VATICAN SAYS, HOWEVER, HE REMAINS ALERT AND RESPONSIVE. EARLIER I SPOKE WITH AUSTEN IVEREIGH, A BIOGRAPHER OF POPE FRANCIS AND STARTED BY ASKING HIM ABOUT HIS CURRENT CONDITION. WELL, THE VERY LATEST THAT WE'VE HAD WAS THIS MORNING. WE'RE GETTING MORNING BRIEFINGS AND EVENING BRIEFINGS HERE IN ROME. AND THE MORNING BRIEFING WAS THAT HE WAS, YOU KNOW, AWAKE AND IN GOOD HUMOUR. THE REPORT ` MEDICAL REPORT ` YESTERDAY SUGGESTED THAT THERE WAS AN IMPACT ON HIS KIDNEYS, BUT HE WAS BASICALLY UNDER CONTROL, BUT REMAINED IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. SO THE TWO WORDS THAT THEY KEEP USING HERE ARE 'CRITICAL' AND 'COMPLEX'. 'CRITICAL' BECAUSE, FRANKLY, IT COULD GO EITHER WAY. HE COULD PULL THROUGH OR HE COULD NOT. HE HAS A LUNG INFECTION, AND UNTIL THAT INFECTION IS CLEARED, HE'S NOT IN THE CLEAR. SO IT'S KIND OF` AS THEY SAID ON FRIDAY, THE DOCTORS STANDING OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL, ALL DOORS ARE OPEN. THAT'S THE UNCERTAINTY. BUT SO FAR HE'S COPING WITH THE TREMENDOUS LOAD OF MEDICATION THAT HE'S BEEN GIVEN. AND SO FAR HIS HEART HAS HELD UP. THERE HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN SOME EFFECT ON HIS ORGANS. SO WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR TONIGHT ` WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER BRIEFING IN AN HOUR AND A HALF OR SO. YOU MENTION THOSE BRIEFINGS. THE VATICAN SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN QUITE OPEN ABOUT HIS HOLINESS' HEALTH. IS THAT UNUSUAL? AND WHY HAVE THEY HAD THESE DAILY BRIEFINGS? THE POPE HAS WANTED THEM, AND OF COURSE, THE JOURNALISTS HAVE ASKED FOR THEM. BUT THE POPE APPARENTLY IS VERY CLEAR THAT HE WANTS TO BE TRANSPARENT. HE WANTS EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THE WAY I READ IS, IS THAT I THINK HE WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOW, AS HE KNOWS THAT HIS SITUATION IS POTENTIALLY VERY SERIOUS. AND SO THERE ARE NO SURPRISES. HE ALSO KNOWS, OF COURSE, THAT THE ABSENCE OF INFORMATION IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, YOU KNOW, AN ELDERLY POPE BEING IN HOSPITAL, IS GOING TO GENERATE AN AWFUL LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AND GOSSIP. SO IT'S ALMOST ONE WAY OF KEEPING THE INFORMATION FLOW. YEAH. YEAH. I SUPPOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SPECULATE ` THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DO. IT'S NOT NOT THAT THAT IT MAKES IT HELPFUL AT ALL. BUT FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THESE DAILY BRIEFINGS, HAVE YOU NOTICED A SHIFT IN THE TONE FROM SORT OF WHAT'S GONE ON AND THE LATEST? IT CAN FEEL A BIT LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. I CAME OUT HERE LAST WEEK WHEN IT LOOKED VERY GRIM, BUT ACTUALLY MIDWEEK IT SEEMED ACTUALLY VERY STABLE. WE KEPT BEING TOLD IT WAS STABLE, STATIONARY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT MUCH WAS HAPPENING. THEN WE HAD THE FRIDAY BRIEFING, WHICH WAS VERY COMPLETE, WHICH WAS SOBERING. AND THEN SATURDAY WE SUDDENLY GET THIS REALLY QUITE DRAMATIC ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE'S HAD A MAJOR ASTHMATIC ATTACK AND HAS REQUIRED HIGH LEVELS OF OXYGEN. AND THEN YESTERDAY IT WAS` AND THEN SUNDAY IT WAS CALMER. YOU KNOW, SO IT FEELS LIKE A ROLLERCOASTER. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE WHO UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS BETTER THAN I DO HAVE SAID IS THAT THE MEDICAL BRIEFING ON ITS OWN IS VERY CLEAR AND OBJECTIVE, BUT IT CAN BE VERY ALARMING. AND I THINK WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME HE'S RESTING. THE WAY THAT THIS IS BEING DEALT WITH IS, IS REST MOSTLY. THE MEDICATION IS THERE TO SUPPORT HIM. SO, YEAH, IT'S EMOTIONALLY, I THINK, BEEN VERY QUITE A ROLLERCOASTER. YEAH. WHAT IS THE FEELING LIKE DO YOU THINK AT THE MOMENT AMONGST CATHOLICS IN THE VATICAN? WELL YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF. FOR ME IT'S PERSONAL AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL, BECAUSE I KNOW POPE FRANCIS VERY WELL. I'VE WORKED WITH HIM. I'M VERY, VERY FOND OF HIM. SO, YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHT OF NOT BEING NOT HAVING HIM OBVIOUSLY STINGS. BUT I KNOW THAT HE'S SERENE AND HE'LL BE ACCEPTING OF WHATEVER IS GOING TO HAPPEN. HE WAS GIVEN A MISSION. HE'S GOING TO CARRY OUT THAT MISSION FOR AS LONG AS HE CAN. IF THE LORD WANTS HIM, YOU KNOW, TO CARRY ON WITH THAT MISSION, HE'LL GIVE HIM THE HEALTH TO DO SO. SO HE'S SERENE. I THINK FOR THE REST OF US, IT'S ABOUT COMING TO TERMS WITH THE FACT THAT, OF COURSE, HE IS 88. HE HAS GOT THIS CHRONIC LUNG CONDITION WHICH IS NOW IN AN ACUTE PHASE. THERE'S A REAL RISK TO HIS LIFE. WE ALL KNOW THAT. AND I MY SENSE HERE, WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE A ROSARY IN ST PETER'S SQUARE TONIGHT CALLED BY I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE GATHERING, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE PRAYING, AND IT'S AS IF WE'RE REALLY AT HIS BEDSIDE, JUST SORT OF SUPPORTING HIM, REALLY. AND HE KNOWS THAT HE'S ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO HIM. THAT'S THE MOMENT WE'RE IN, DAY BY DAY. WE'RE WITH HIM. WE'RE PRAYING FOR HIM. WE LOVE HIM, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AUSTIN, HOW INFLUENTIAL A POPE HAS HE BEEN, AND IS HE? WELL, HE'S BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY POPE. I MEAN, I THINK HE'S ONE OF THE... HE WILL BE SEEN AS ONE OF THE GREAT PAPACIES OF REFORM THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE CHURCH. AND THAT REFORM HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN IN THE WAY THAT PEOPLE HAVE EXPECTED IT TO BE. BUT IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY THOROUGH AND VERY PROFOUND, AND VERY PATIENT. AND I THINK LOOKING BACK OVER THESE LAST 12 YEARS, YOU CAN SEE A REAL TRANSFORMATION HERE IN ROME IN THE WHOLE MENTALITY AND CULTURE OF THE CURIA. I THINK THERE'S A WHOLE NEW WHAT ONE MIGHT CALL STYLE IN THE CHURCH, A WAY OF EXERCISING AUTHORITY. THE FACE THAT THE CHURCH PRESENTS TO THE WORLD, I THINK, SPEAKS OF THE COMPASSION AND THE LOVE OF CHRIST. AND I THINK THE POPE HAS BEEN CRUCIAL IN MODELLING THAT TRANSFORMATION. I MEAN, OF COURSE, I THINK THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CRUCIAL CHANGES AND CRUCIAL REFORMS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, ON ANOTHER OCCASION I CAN LIST, BUT IF I WAS TO SUM IT UP, I WOULD SAY IT'S A RETURNING TO THE CENTRALITY OF THE GOSPEL IN THE WAY THE CHURCH INTERACTS WITH THE WORLD. AND IN THE WAY CATHOLICS ARE CALLED TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH THOSE OUTSIDE THE CHURCH. THAT'S WHERE I SEE THE REAL SHIFT, AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A PERMANENT SHIFT. I THINK THIS PAPACY IS GOING TO MARK THE CHURCH FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. AUSTIN IVEREIGH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. HOW LOVELY WAS IT TO HAVE A MORE PERSONAL INSIGHT? TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS INSIGHT, AND KNOWS THE POPE VERY WELL. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE 7 O'CLOCK NEWS IS COMING UP. PLUS ` BOY RACERS ARE TEARING UP THE STREETS OF CARTERTON, AND IT'S COSTING RATEPAYERS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A MONTH. THE MAYOR SHARES HIS GRAVE SAFETY CONCERNS, NEXT. # DRIVE ALL NIGHT. BOY RACERS ARE COSTING CARTERTON RATEPAYERS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A MONTH FOR REPAIRS TO CHURNED-UP ROADS. IT'S THE LATEST WAIRARAPA TOWN TO RAISE THE ALARM OVER A GROWING PRESENCE OF BOY RACERS AS SIMILAR ISSUES PLAGUED MASTERTON LAST YEAR. CARTERTON MAYOR RON MARK WARNS IT'S A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE A RECKLESS DRIVER GETS SOMEONE KILLED. AND HE JOINS US NOW. MORENA, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. WHAT KIND OF BEHAVIOUR ARE THESE PEOPLE ENGAGING IN? GOOD MORNING, JENNY MAY. HOW ARE YOU? IT HAS BEEN WIDELY REPORTED BY TELEVISION ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. THERE WAS AN OCCASION WHERE THEY SEVERELY OUTNUMBERED THE POLICE ` 300 PEOPLE IN ONE PARTICULAR WEEK. THEY WERE FIRING FIREWORKS AND THROWING BOTTLES AND LOOKING FOR A FIGHT. WE ARE A RURAL COMMUNITY. OUR WAIRARAPA POLICE ARE SPECIAL TO US. THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBOURS AND PEOPLE WHO COACH OUR RUGBY TEAM. SOME PEOPLE GO AWAY TO COLLEGE AND COME BACK AND SETTLE HERE. SO OF COURSE WE GET ELIZABETH UPSET AND ANNOYED WHEN THEY ARE ATTACKED AND THREATENED. WHERE WAS LOOKED BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR THAT SUPPORT. BUT WE ARE SEEING ANOTHER SPATE. IT WAS QUIET FOR A WHILE. THE REPORT WAS MASTERTON. IT IS ACTUALLY CARTERTON. THERE WAS A CLAMP TOWN. THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE A FEW STEPS FORWARD. WE HAVE SEEN SMALLER GROUPS OPERATING IN REMOTE LOCATIONS, AND UNFORTUNATELY... THERE IS A BIT OF COMPETITION GOING ON OUT THERE. THEY HAVE NEW CHAIRS OF THEIR OWN AND WITHIN THEIR FRATERNITY, IF YOU COULD CALL IT THAT, THEY SEEM TO BE TAKING CERTAIN LOCALES AS THEY PROPERTY OF A SPECIFIC GROUP, AND THEN IF THEY SEE A TAG ON A ROAD SIGN THAT IS NOT THEIRS, THEY KNOCK IT DOWN. THAT IS ON TOP OF THE DAMAGE THEY DO TO THE TAR SEAL. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT IT IS HAVING ON THE COMMUNITY. SMALL PLACES ` DO YOU KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE? ARE THESE LOCALS OR OTHER COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN TO A SMALLER PLACE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE CAPACITY OF POLICE TO ATTEND THESE THINGS IS LESS? WE HAVE BOTH. WE HAVE THOSE WHO ARE ORGANISED AND UTILISING CORRECTED MESSAGING PLATFORMS, AND THEY CONVERGE ON THIS AREA. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT IS MASTERTON OR CARTERTON. WHAT I SEE NOW IS WHAT I ANTICIPATE OUR SMALLER LOCAL GROUPS WHO ARE JUST OPERATING ON A WEEKEND, WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING, AND UNFORTUNATELY VERY OFTEN OUTSIDE THE HOUSES OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN IN BED AT 2 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. YOU GET ALL OF THIS NONSENSE CARRYING ON. IT WOULD BE SILLY TO GO OUT AND CONFRONT THEM, BUT IT IS BEYOND A JOKE. IN TERMS OF THOSE SMALLER LOCAL GROUPS, HAS THERE BEEN AN ATTEMPT TO ENGAGE WITH THEM? THEY ARE REPORTED TO THE MEDIA THAT THEY ARE POORLY UNDERSTOOD AND THE RATEPAYER NEEDS TO PROVIDE FOR THEM. WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST DRAG STRIPS IN NEW ZEALAND. THE REST OF THE TEAM WILL MAKE THAT PAD AVAILABLE IF THE REST OF THE TEAM MAKE THE MONEY AVAILABLE TO USE THAT FACILITY. THEY WANT TO BE LAWLESS AND NOTORIOUS. THAT IS THEIR BUG. THAT IS THEIR KICK. WELL, I THINK IT IS TIME THEY GET A KICK IN THE BACKSIDE. HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THE SITUATION, THEN? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS GETTING WORSE AND NOT, AS YOU HAVE EXPLAINED, NOT NECESSARILY GATHERING IN THOSE BIGGER NUMBERS ANYMORE, BUT SPLITTING OFF INTO THEIR OWN LITTLE GROUPS. SO HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT ON ALL LEVELS, FROM COMMUNITY, COUNCIL AND POLICE? THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING WHAT IT IS DOING TRYING TO TIGHTEN UP LEGISLATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHERE POLICE GET THE POWER TO CRUSH A CAR IMMEDIATELY. NOT THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD STRAIGHT ` BAM, CRUSHING. I CAN'T HELP BUT LOOK TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WHERE THEY HAVE SPECIAL CONSTABLES WHERE THEY TAKE GOOD MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND SWEAR THEM AS CONSTABLES AND JOINED THE LOCAL POLICE FORCE TO MEET TASKS THAT ARE BEYOND THE CAPABILITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS AND MILITARY PEOPLE AND FIRE SERVICE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF INCREDIBLE PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE MAORI WARDENS. AS THE GOVERNMENT WERE TO UTILISE THE POWERS OF THE POLICE ACT... THOUGH POLICE UNION DOESN'T LIKE THAT, AND THE COMMISSIONER DOESN'T WANT TO DO THAT. THEY NEED TO BE DAMN WELL TOLD TO DO IT. IF WE HAD MAORI WARDENS MADE AVAILABLE AGAIN. WE COULD DEPLOY THEM. I RECKON WE COULD RAISE 350, 400 IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT, AND THE POLICE HAVE TO BE TOLD TO DO IT. ONLY THAT WILL OVERCOME WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WHICH IS AN INABILITY FOR THE LOCAL POLICE FORCE TO RESPOND TO AN INCIDENT AT THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING. JUST TO WRAP THINGS UP FOR OUR 7 AM NEWS ` WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR AREA? THERE ARE TWO THINGS ` ONE, BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO BRING A LOT OF IDIOTS WITH THEM STANDING AROUND TO TAKE VIDEOS, SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED. OR WORSE, SOMEONE WHO IS TIRED OF HAVING THE KIDS KEPT AWAY, TIRED OF THE NOISE, WALKS OUT, HAS A CONFRONTATION, AND THEY GET PUT IN HOSPITAL. THIS WILL HAPPEN. SOMEONE HAS GOT TO ACT. WE ARE QUITE READY TO ACT, QUITE FRANKLY. I HAVE SPOKEN TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO PUT THEIR HANDS UP TO HELP AND PROTECT OUR LOCAL POLICE AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. BECAUSE FRANKLY, WE HAVE HAD A GUT'S FULL. AND SOONER OR LATER, WON'T BE ME TALKING. THERE WILL BE SOMEONE TAKING MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. CARTERTON MAYOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` THE PRIME MINISTER WILL JOIN US SHORTLY. HOW CONCERNED IS HE WITH THE PRESENCE OF CHINESE WARSHIPS IN THE TASMAN SEA? DENTAL HEALTH IN THE SPOTLIGHT ` WHAT A NEW REPORT SAYS ABOUT THE STATE OF NEW ZEALANDERS' TEETH AND THE LENGTHS SOME HAVE TO GO TO TO PAY FOR CARE. PLUS, WHY CLASSIC CAR OWNERS ARE GETTING REVVED UP BY A CHANGE TO WARRANT OF FITNESS REQUIREMENTS. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. TIME FOR YOUR NEWS WITH JENNY MAY. SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED DURING A PROTEST AT LAKE ROTOKAKAHI NEAR ROTORUA OVERNIGHT. THE 'PROTECT ROTOKAKAHI' LIVE STREAM OVERNIGHT SHOWS POLICE OFFICERS FORMING A LINE IN FRONT OF THE PROTEST GROUP. THE ROTOKAKAHI BOARD OF CONTROL OPPOSES THE ROTORUA LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL'S PLANNED TARAWERA SEWERAGE SCHEME PLACING A SEWER LINE THROUGH THE SACRED SITE. FIRE CREWS HAVE EXTINGUISHED A LARGE BLAZE NEAR NGUNGURU ` A COASTAL COMMUNITY 26km NORTHEAST OF WHANGAREI. ONE CREW MONITORED HOT SPOTS OVERNIGHT, AND TWO CREWS WILL RETURN THIS MORNING. WORLD LEADERS ARE GATHERING IN KYIV, FOR A SUMMIT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE. BUT AS THE BBC'S JAMES WATERHOUSE REPORTS, IT'S JUST AS MUCH ABOUT WHO ISN'T THERE. AMERICA IS NOT HERE. AMERICA HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IT THINKS ABOUT HOW THIS WAR SHOULD END. WE UNDERSTAND, ACCORDING TO THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, THAT THE FINAL AGREEMENTS ARE BEING IRONED OUT. SO PERHAPS THERE IS SCOPE FOR FUTURE COOPERATION BETWEEN KYIV AND WASHINGTON. BUT AS OF NOW, AS THIS SUMMIT TAKES PLACE, YOU HAVE A COLLECTION OF WORLD LEADERS WORKING OUT HOW TO COUNTER A COMPLETE UPENDING IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY. AND THERE ARE HUGE QUESTION MARKS OVER ITS CURRENT ABILITY TO DO THAT. THE PAPAL DRAMA FILM 'CONCLAVE' HAS WON THE TOP PRIZE AT THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS ` BEST ENSEMBLE CAST. DEMI MOORE WON BEST ACTRESS FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN 'THE SUBSTANCE', WHILE TIMOTHEE CHALAMET'S DEPICTION OF BOB DYLAN EARNED HIM THE 'BEST ACTOR' HONOURS. NEW ZEALAND BORN ACTRESS ANNA SAWAI WON 'BEST FEMALE ACTOR 'IN A TELEVISION DRAMA' FOR HER ROLE IN SHOGUN. THE AWARDS, WHICH ARE VOTED ON BY FELLOW ACTORS, ARE A MAJOR INDICATOR AHEAD OF NEXT WEEK'S OSCARS. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE MARCHED INTO THE SEMI FINALS OF THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY AFTER BEATING BANGLADESH BY FIVE WICKETS. RACHIN RAVINDRA HITTING A TON IN HIS RETURN FROM A HEAD INJURY, WHILE TOM LATHAM CHIPPED IN WITH A HALF CENTURY. MICHAEL BRACEWELL A STANDOUT WITH THE BAT AND BALL, TAKING 4/26, AND HITTING THE WINNING RUNS. AND THERE WE GO. A BOUNDARY TO MICHAEL BRACEWELL, AND THAT SEALS THE DEAL FOR NEW ZEALAND. THEY ARE OFFICIALLY INTO THE SEMIFINALS. THE KEY IN THIS TOURNAMENT WAS TO TAKE WICKETS DURING THAT MIDDLE PHASE. WE DID THAT AND PASSED IN A GOOD SPOT. THE BLACK CAPS TAKE ON INDIA IN THE FINAL GROUP MATCH FOR THE TOP SPOT IN THE GROUP, HEADING INTO THE KNOCKOUTS. NOW IT IS TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MOST OF THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A FINE DAY IN GISBORNE AND HAWKES BAY, AND EXPECT STRONG GUSTS IN THE CAPITAL. 30 THE HIGH FOR HAWKES BAY. 27 FOR HAMILTON. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THOSE FURTHER SOUTH SHOULD EXPECT SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. FIORDLAND AND THE WESTLAND DISTRICT MAY EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN. 27 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 25 IN CHRISTCHURCH. THANK YOU, JENNY MAY. CHINESE WAR SHIPS IN THE TASMAN SEA HAVE CREATED A DIPLOMATIC HEADACHE FOR NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA. COMMERCIAL FLIGHT PATHS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES WERE ALTERED AFTER THE CHINESE NAVY BEGAN LIVE FIRE EXERCISE WITH LITTLE WARNING OVER THE WEEKEND. WHILE NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA ALL AGREE THE TRAINING EXERCISE HAD COMPLIED WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CRITICISED FOR NOT DISCLOSING THEIR INTENTIONS EARLIER. CHRISTOPHER LUXON JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING, PRIME MINISTER. GOOD MORNING, CHRIS. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU IN THE STUDIO FOR A CHANGE. BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT CHINA, LET'S START WITH MATTERS CLOSER TO HOME. MINISTER ANDREW BAYLY RESIGNED YESTERDAY. I MEAN, HE HAS HAD A REAL SHOCKER HERE. HE IDENTIFIED THAT HE HADN'T MET HIS OWN EXPECTATIONS OF HIS OWN STANDARDS. HE RESIGNED TO ME ON FRIDAY NIGHT. HE, BY HIS OWN ADMISSION, HAS NOT MET HIS OWN EXPECTATIONS THAT HE HOLDS HIMSELF ACCOUNTABLE TO FOR SOME HE HAS DONE THE RIGHT THING. YOU HAD THIS INCIDENT LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER WHERE HE HAD A RUN AND WITH A WAITER AND CALLED HIM A LOSER. BUT YOU GAVE HIM A SECOND CHANCE. THIS MUST BE DOING YOUR HEAD IN. WE EXPRESS AT THE TIME WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS AND STANDARDS WERE. WHAT IS GOOD AS HE HAS RECOGNISE HE HAS NOT THOSE STANDARDS. IT WAS HIS DECISION TO RESIGN BECAUSE I HAVE ACCEPTED THAT ONCE HE DETAILED THE EVENTS QUICKLY TO ME AS WELL. DO YOU THINK IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED A LOT ABOUT EARLIER, BECAUSE YOU FOUND OUT LAST WEEK? THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED LAST TUESDAY. MY OFFICE FOUND OUT LATER ON WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A PROCESS WHERE YOU NEED TO TALK TO THE AFFECTED PARTIES. THAT HAPPENED OVER THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND ANDREW CALLED ME LATE FRIDAY NIGHT, AND I SAID, LOOK, TAKE THE WEEKEND WITH YOUR FAMILY. IT WAS VERY LATE ON FRIDAY EVENING. THAT WAS VERY APPROPRIATE. THERE WERE OTHER STAFF OBVIOUSLY AFFECTED BY THAT. I THINK IT WAS AN APPROPRIATE PROCESS IS NOT HE HAS TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. HE HAS RESIGNED ` I ACCEPTED THAT. WE HAVE OTHERS TAKING OVER THE PORTFOLIO. YOU HAVE SAID EARLIER YOU HAVE FAITH IN ALL YOUR MINISTERS. HOW FRUSTRATING THIS FOR YOU? ALL I CAN NEVER SET OUT THE EXPECTATIONS. I WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR AS TO WHAT THE STANDARD NEEDED TO BE FORCED UP THE FACT THAT HE RECOGNISE HE HAD NOT MET THAT STANDARD AND MADE THE DECISION HIMSELF IS VERY IMPORTANT. DID HE RESIGN OR WAS HE SACKED? HE RESIGNED ` IT WAS HIS DECISION. HE CAME WITH ME AFTER THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH IMPACTED STUFF PROACTIVELY ON FRIDAY EVENING VERY EARLY. DO YOU HAVE FULL FAITH AND THE OTHER MINISTER STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE? YES. HE IS AN EXPERIENCED PARLIAMENTARIAN WHO HAS BEEN A MINISTER BEFORE. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MANAGING THE SYSTEM WELL. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AROUND THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS PORTFOLIO. WE HAVE TO PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO OUR BUSINESSES. THAT TALK ABOUT THE CHINESE WARSHIPS WITH THESE LIVE FIRE EXERCISES. SOME SAY IT IS A SHOW OF POWER. CHINA SAYS AUSTRALIA HAS HYPED IT UP. WHERE DO YOU SIT? AS YOU IDENTIFY, IT IS COMPLETELY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. IT IS THE SAME LAWS AND PROTECTION THAT NEW ZEALAND HAS WHEN WE MOVE OUR ASSETS AROUND THE WORLD. SO NOTHING ILLEGAL IS GOING ON HERE. THE ISSUE IS WHAT HAS BEEN RAISED WITH OFFICIALS ON SUNDAY. THAT, LISTEN, IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE LIVE FIRE EXERCISES, GIVE US ADVANCE NOTICE. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE HAS BEEN WORKING SEAMLESSLY AS ONE FOR SOME TIME, TRACKING MOVEMENT THROUGH THE TASMAN. THE SECOND THING IS THE CIVIL AND IS ON BOTH SIDES AS WELL COORDINATED. THERE HAS BEEN NO DANGER TO NEW ZEALAND OR AUSTRALIAN ASSETS STOPPED BUT OUR CONCERN HAS BEEN, YOU ARE TOTALLY WITHIN YOUR CONFINES TO DO THAT, BUT WE WOULD APPRECIATE HAVING A LITTLE BIT MORE ADVANCE NOTICE. IT IS OUR BIGGEST TRADING PARTNER, BUT THERE IS THAT TENSION IS WEALTH IS UP TO YOU SEE CHINA AS A THREAT AND HOW MUCH OF A THREAT AS IT? THINK WHAT WE HAVE SEEN ACROSS THE PACIFIC AS WELL IS A LOT MORE STRATEGIC COMPETITION. WE ARE NO LONGER IN A BENIGN ENVIRONMENT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR VALUES, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THEM THROUGH THEIR ACTIONS. IF YOU WANT FUTURE PROSPERITY, YOU NEED SECURITY. THAT IS WHY ALL THREE PARTIES IN THE COALITION CAMPAIGNED ON INCREASING DEFENCE. YOU WANT TO INCREASE IT TO 2% OF GDP. WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR SPENDING. WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING TO COME FROM? WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE SPENT ON DEFENCE FOR MANY DECADES NOW AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING OUR MILITARY FORCES TO DO, EVERYTHING PERSON IN EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THEMILITARY FORCES HAS CHANGED. LET'S ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT WHERE OUR EDGE WILL BE AND HOW WE WILL SUPPORT AUSTRALIA TO BE A MORE POWERFUL COMBINED FORCE. WE ARE LOOKING THROUGH THE DETAIL OF THAT NOW AND WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT SHORTLY. WE ARE A SMALL FRY COMPARED TO CHINA. IF CHINA WANTS TO DO SOMETHING, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? WE DO STAND UP FOR THINGS CONSISTENTLY. TO PUT MORE RESOURCES INTO PATROLLING THE NORTH KOREAN PENINSULA AND MAKE SURE YOU END SANCTIONS ARE BEING UPHELD THERE. PARTICIPATING IN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS AROUND THE WORLD ` THOSE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO DO A LOT MORE. BECAUSE I GO TO MANY GLOBAL MEETINGS. WE ARE ALWAYS MOVING FROM RULES TO POWER AT THE MOMENT. AS A SMALL COUNTRY THAT RESPECT THE SOVEREIGN STATE OF NATIONS, AS A TRADING COUNTRY THAT WANTS TO GO OUT AND ABOUT IN THE WORK, THOSE RULES SERVE NEW ZEALAND INCREDIBLY WELL. WE NEED TO ARGUE FOR THAT, BUT THE WORDS ARE IMPORTANT AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO PLAY OUR PART IN BUILDING OUR DEFENCE CAPABILITY. WHERE DOES THE USA THAT WITH THIS? UKRAINE IS LOOKING INWARDS NOW. TAKING THEIR OWN INTEREST. YOU CAN SAY, THAT IS A EUROPE PROBLEM. IF WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, WHY WOULD THEY WANT TO HELP US WITH THEM? FIRST OF ALL, NEW ZEALAND HAS AN INDEPENDENT FOREIGN POLICY. WE FOCUS ON PROTECTING THE PACIFIC. LOOKING AT UKRAINE, WE STAND WITH THE ZELENSKYY AND THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. WE SAID WE WOULD CONTRIBUTE ANOTHER $3 MILLION TO THE FUND. WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED OVER $133 MILLION. I HAVE MET THE PRESIDENT SEVERAL TIMES NOW. HE HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC LEADER AND A DIFFICULT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES. WE WILL BE IN BEIJING THIS WEEK. WHAT WILL HE BE TALKING ABOUT? HE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE BILATERAL AGREEMENTS. HE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT ISSUES IN THE PACIFIC AS A. ON THE COOK ISLANDS, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT WITH CHINA? OUR DISAGREEMENT IS NOT WITH THE COOK ISLANDS PEOPLE. WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE CONTRIBUTION THEY MAKE HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. THEY ARE PART OF THE KIWI FAMILY AND GET CITIZENSHIP. OUR ISSUE IS WITH PRIME MINISTER BROWN WITH THE COOK ISLANDS GOVERNMENT. HE DIDN'T CONSULT ENOUGH BEFORE THESE DOCUMENTS WERE SIGNED. AND THEN SUBSEQUENT TO IT, WE ARE GETTING THOSE DOCUMENTS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE MEDIA AND THE PEOPLE OF THE COOK ISLANDS. THE PROBLEM IS UNDER OUR CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT WHICH IS FREE ASSOCIATION, WE HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY OF SECURITY THAT SITS THERE. WE NEED TO SEE THIS DOCUMENTS, GO THROUGH THEM AND IDENTIFY WHAT THE POTENTIAL RISKS ARE. AS WINSTON PETERS HAS SAID, IT IS A CHANCE FOR US TO RESET AND BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT OUR CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT ARE OR ARE NOT. BECAUSE WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT RELATIONSHIP, BUT WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE HERE. IT IS AN IMPORTANT ONE, BECAUSE UNDER THE 2001 AGREEMENT THAT HELEN CLARK SIGNED, IT IS IMPORTANT WE ARE INFORMED ABOUT MATTERS OF SECURITY IN PARTICULAR. I KNOW YOU HAVE A FLIGHT TO CATCH SHORTLY. WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO GET OUT OF THIS TRIP TO VIETNAM? I AM VERY EXCITED. I AM GOING STRAIGHT AFTER THIS BASICALLY. IT IS A HUGE TRADING OPPORTUNITY. A GREAT SOURCE OF INCOME FOR US. A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 30, A LOT OF FOOD AND DRINK TO SELL THEM. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND FOR MAKING THE TIME. WE DIDN'T EVEN GET TO TALK ABOUT AUCKLAND FC 6-1. WE WERE GOING TO ASK WHO YOU ARE SUPPORTING, BUT YOU HAVE NAILED YOUR COLOURS TO THE MAST. E HAERE AKE NEI ` HIGH COST LOANS, AND PULLING YOUR OWN TEETH, NEXT ` WHAT SOME PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO DO FOR DENTAL CARE. # MY HEART GOES... HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` POLICE HAVE ARRESTED SEVEN PEOPLE DURING A PROTEST AT LAKE ROTOKAKAHI IN ROTORUA OVERNIGHT. THE PROTEST WAS OPPOSING THE COUNCIL'S PLANNED TARAWERA SEWERAGE SCHEME. SOME NELSON LOCALS SAY PLANS TO EXTEND THE AIRPORT RUNWAY WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THEIR LIVES. AND, THE PAPAL DRAMA FILM 'CONCLAVE' HAS WON THE TOP PRIZE AT THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS ` BEST ENSEMBLE CAST. THE STRUGGLE FOR MANY NEW ZEALANDERS TO ACCESS DENTAL CARE HAS BEEN LAID BARE IN A NEW REPORT. IT'S THE SECOND IN A SERIES BY ADVOCACY GROUP 'ACTION STATION', AS IT CAMPAIGNS FOR A FULLY FUNDED PUBLIC DENTAL SYSTEM. THE REPORT INCLUDES ACCOUNTS OF PEOPLE TAKING ON HIGH INTEREST LOANS TO PAY FOR TREATMENT, AND IN ONE CASE, A WOMAN PULLED OUT HER OWN TOOTH, LEADING TO A HOSPITALISATION. ANNE RUSSEL HAS A CONDITION CALLED HYPOPLASIA WHERE ENAMEL DOESN'T FORM PROPERLY. IT IS MEANT I HAVE HAD TO A LOT MORE DENTAL WORK THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON OVER MY LIFE, WHEN I WAS THREE I HAD AN OPERATION THAT GAVE ME 19 FILLINGS AND A CROWN AND TO EXTRACTIONS. IT HAS BEEN THAT WAY THROUGHOUT MY LIFE. IN MY ADULTHOOD, THOSE HEALTH COSTS START COMING WITH A PRICETAG. WHICH HAS BEEN PRETTY DIFFICULT, AS I HAVE NOT HAD A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY IN MY WORKING LIFE. THE COST HAS BEEN REALLY PROBATIVE OF ME GETTING PREVENTATIVE TREATMENTS SPECIFICALLY. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE A LOT MORE EXTREME DENTAL WORK THAN I OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE HAD TO. KOESTLER NORMAN JOINS US NOW FROM WELLINGTON. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. I AM JOINED HERE BY THE REPORT'S AUTHOR, KAYLEE. WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. WE ARE OUTSIDE WELLINGTON HOSPITAL BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE SOME PEOPLE ARE ENDING UP IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF THESE HIGH MEDICAL COSTS. HOW MUCH OF A COMMON THEME IS THAT IN YOUR REPORT? TWO OF THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO FOR THIS REPORT MENTIONED NEEDING TO VISIT THE HOSPITAL IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THEIR DENTAL PROBLEMS. SO ONE PERSON UNFORTUNATELY REMOVED HER OWN TEETH HERSELF, AND THEN ENDED UP IN HOSPITAL WITH CONVOCATIONS FROM THAT. AND ANOTHER STORY, SOMEONE HAD ABSCESSES IN HER MOUTH AND SHE COULD NOT AFFORD THE PREVENTATIVE CARE SHE NEEDED AND IT LANDED HER IN HOSPITAL. YOU LOOKED INTO 10 PEOPLES SITUATIONS AND DEPTH. OF THOSE 10, WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU? THEY ALL STOOD OUT IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND THEY ALL SUCH UNIQUE STORIES. THEY HAD COMMON THEMES IN THEM. ONE STORY THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME WAS A MAN WHO WAS WORKING AS A PERSON AND COMMERCIAL RADIO AND IN CUSTOMER FACING ROLES AND HAD POOR HEALTH, AND GUM DECAY, AND COULD NOT ACCESS PREVENTATIVE CARE FOR THAT, AND KNEW THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROGRESS AND THOSE CORRECT BECAUSE OF THAT. LATER HE WENT TO DUNEDIN AND HE STUDIED SOCIAL WORK AS A WAY OF GIVING BACK TO HIS COMMUNITY AND HE WAS ABLE TO ACCESS CARE THROUGH THE DENTAL SCHOOL WHICH MEANT HE WAS ABLE TO DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES AND HE NOW FEELS MUCH MORE CONFIDENT. HE DESCRIBED THAT EXPERIENCE AS LIFE CHANGING. WE KNOW THAT DENTAL CARE, THE AVERAGE VISIT, IS ABOUT $350, AND 45% OF NEW ZEALANDERS IT IS JUST TO ADMIT IT. WHY IS IT EXPENSIVE? ASSETS OUTSIDE A PUBLIC HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, SO IT IS NOT FUNDED BY GOVERNMENT. PEOPLE ARE BEARING THE COST THEMSELVES. THAT IS WHY IT IS SO INACCESSIBLE FOR SOME PEOPLE. THE GOVERNMENT WOULD POINT OUT THAT THERE IS TARGETED HEALTH AND THE EMERGENCY DENTAL GRANT WHICH WENT UP FROM $300-$8000. IS THAT ADEQUATE? MY REPORT COVERED THERE AND WE SPOKE TO PEOPLE WHO HAD AN EXPERIENCE OF THAT. THERE ARE THREE ISSUES WITH THE $1000 EMERGENCY GRANT. THE FIRST IS THAT IT IS A VERY STRICT CUT-OFF INCOME EARNING. ONE PERSON WHO I SPOKE TO, THE PERSON WHO REMOVED THEIR OWN TERMS, THEY COULD NOT GET BACKGROUND BECAUSE THEY WERE EARNING ONLY TWO DOLLARS ABOVE THE GROUND AMOUNT. THE SECOND ISSUE IS THAT IT RELATES TO HOW MUCH SAVINGS YOU HAVE. SAVINGS SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE SPENT ON DENTAL CARE. YOU SHOULD NOT NEED TO FORK OUT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR YOUR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE. THAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE. THIRDLY, SOMEONE DESCRIBED THE EXPERIENCE OF GOING TO WORK IN AND COME AS REALLY DEGRADING AND A HUMILIATING EXPERIENCE. HAVING TO DESCRIBE ALL YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION TO SOMEONE IS HARD. YOU ADVOCATING FOR A FULLY FUNDED DENTAL SYSTEM. HOW MUCH WOULD THAT COST AND HOW WOULD WE FUND IT? WE SAY ABOUT $1.5 BILLION PER YEAR. WE HAVE SEEN SOME MODELLING AROUND 1.1 BILLION. WE RELEASED A REPORT IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR WHICH FOUND THAT IT IS ACTUALLY COSTING US MORE AS A NATION TO NOT HAVE FULLY FUNDED DENTAL CARE. AT RANGES BETWEEN 5 BILLION AND $11 BILLION. IT IS A LOT MORE THAN $1.5 BILLION. THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE GOING INTO HOSPITAL TO DEAL WITH THE ABSCESSES. ALSO WITH THE ECONOMIC COSTS, SUCH AS SICK DAYS AND NOT BEING ABLE TO LIVE THEIR LIFE FULLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INSIGHTS THIS MORNING. THANKS, JENNY AND CHRIS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FROM WELLINGTON HOSPITAL. IT IS SAID THAT THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO GO TO, AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT JUST AN ISSUE IN WELLINGTON, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WHERE THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE AROUND THE COUNTRY, UP NORTH IN PARTICULAR AS WELL. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GENERAL HEALTH AS WELL. I HAD AN INTERVIEW EARLIER WITH A DOCTOR IN THE CLINIC IN KATIKATI, THEY HAVE HAD TO SAY NO TO ANY NEW PATIENTS. THEY HAVE NO POSITIONS AVAILABLE DESPITE THE SHORTAGES EVERYWHERE. THIS PERSON SAYS THAT THE STRUGGLES OF ATTRACTING GPS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES. OUR GPs ARE AMAZING BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT EXPERTS IN ANYTHING ` THEY HAVE TO BE ACROSS EVERYTHING. AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT A GP ` WHEN I SAY THE OPPORTUNITY I MEAN THAT BECAUSE THE WAIT TIMES ARE SO LONG. THE 63-YEAR-OLD WHO HAS MS, AS SHE WANTS TO SEE A GP, CAN TAKE ABOUT A MONTH. IN KAITIKATI, TAURANGA IS ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY. THERE ARE OTHER PLACES THAT ARE ABOUT 30 TO 40 MINUTES AWAY. YOU COULD GO THERE TO SEE A GP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SITUATIONS ARE IN OTHER SURROUNDING AREAS. THEY SERVE 10,000 PEOPLE IN THIS GP SERVICE. THEY ARE STAYING WITH THE GP EVEN IF THEY HAVE LEFT. UNDERSTANDABLY, TOO. THEY KNOW WHO THE GP AS THEY HAVE BEEN FES, AND THE GP KNOWS THEM AS WELL. THIS IS SOMETHING, AGAIN, JUST LIKE CUSHLA'S REPORT ABOUT DENTAL, THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING WITH GENERAL HEALTH. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. JUST GONE 7.30. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS INCREASED DEFENCE FORCE SPENDING SHOULD BE TARGETED TO MAKE NEW ZEALAND A STRONGER ALLY TO AUSTRALIA. IT COMES AFTER A SERIES OF UNUSUAL LIVE FIRE DRILLS CONDUCTED BY CHINESE WARSHIPS IN THE TASMAN SEA SPARKED CONCERN. I WANT A 15 YEAR PLAN ABOUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO INVEST AND BUILD ON OUR DEFENCE. LET US NOT GO IN BY RANDOM BITS OF KIT. LET US THINK ABOUT WHERE OUR EDGE WILL BE AND HOW WE WILL CONTRIBUTE AND SUPPORT AUSTRALIA AND BE A MORE POWERFUL COMBINED FORCE. WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THAT NOW, AND WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY ON IT SHORTLY. SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED DURING A PROTEST AT LAKE ROTOKAKAHI NEAR ROTORUA OVERNIGHT. THE 'PROTECT ROTOKAKAHI' LIVESTREAM OVERNIGHT SHOWS POLICE OFFICERS FORMING A LINE IN FRONT OF THE PROTEST GROUP. THE ROTOKAKAHI BOARD OF CONTROL OPPOSES THE ROTORUA LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL'S PLANNED TARAWERA SEWERAGE SCHEME PLACING A SEWER LINE THROUGH THE SACRED SITE. THE FRENCH AND AMERICAN PRESIDENTS HAVE SPOKEN AFTER A SHORT MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO DISCUSS THE END OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE. THE BBC'S GARY O'DONOGHUE HAS THE LATEST. PRESIDENT TRUMP THIS MORNING SAID THE MEETING THEY HAD WITH THE G7 LEADERS, SOME REMOTELY, OVER THE TELEPHONE EARLIER, HAD GONE PRETTY WELL. I THINK WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN A SHORT PERIOD OF WEEKS. THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL. AND FOR HIS PART, PRESIDENT MACRON IS SAYING THAT ALL SIDES AND ALL PARTIES WERE INTERESTED IN BRINGING ABOUT SOME KIND OF PEACE IN UKRAINE, BUT NOT AT ANY COST. THE VATICAN SAYS POPE FRANCIS HAD A GOOD NIGHT IN HOSPITAL AND CONTINUES TO REST. THE PONTIFF (88) IS BATTLING PNEUMONIA IN BOTH LUNGS AND HAS ASKED FOR PRAYERS. GERMANY'S INCOMING CHANCELLOR HAS RAISED CONCERNS OVER THE SURGE IN SUPPORT FOR THE COUNTRY'S FAR RIGHT. IT COMES AFTER HIS CONSERVATIVE ALLIANCE WON THE SNAP FEDERAL ELECTION, WITH THE ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMAN PARTY COMING SECOND IN ITS BEST EVER RESULT. FRIEDRICH MERZ SAYS THE FAR RIGHT'S ELECTION SHOWING IS A WARNING FOR CENTRIST PARTIES TO COME UP WITH SHARED SOLUTIONS, AND HE WILL FORM A COALITION GOVERNMENT BY EASTER. TWO PLAYERS FROM THE CANBERRA RAIDERS HAVE BEEN DISCIPLINED AFTER A LATE-NIGHT SCUFFLE IN LAS VEGAS. HUDSON YOUNG AND MORGAN SMITHIES WERE REPORTEDLY INVOLVED IN A FIGHT IN AN ELEVATOR ON THE TEAM'S FIRST DAY IN VEGAS AND WERE EVICTED FROM THE HOTEL. COACH RICKY STUART SAYS IT WAS IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR AND IT HAS SINCE BEEN DEALT WITH AHEAD OF THEIR SEASON OPENER AGAINST THE WARRIORS THIS WEEKEND. UP THE WAHS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MOST OF THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A FINE DAY IN GISBORNE, HAWKES BAY, AND EXPECT STRONG GUSTS IN THE CAPITAL. 30 THE HIGH FOR HAWKES BAY. 27 FOR HAMILTON. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THOSE FURTHER SOUTH SHOULD EXPECT SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. FIORDLAND AND THE WESTLAND DISTRICT MAY EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN. 27 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 25 IN CHRISTCHURCH. WORLD TRAVELLERS SPECIALISE IN TAILOR-MADE ITINERARIES AND BESPOKE ADVENTURES, TO BUILD UNIQUE HOLIDAY EXPERIENCES. TODAY WE'RE TALKING CRUISES ` NEW YORK AND TROPICAL NORTH QUEENSLAND. TO TELL US MORE IS GORDY BAYNE FROM WORLD TRAVELLERS, WHO'S BRINGING YOU THIS SEGMENT. GORDY, I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS SEGMENT. TALK TO ME FIRST ABOUT SEABORNE AND THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCES THAT YOU GET ON BOARD THESE LUXURY YACHTS. CRUISE SHIPS. I THINK, FOR US IT WILL TRAVELLERS, IT IS THE PICK OF THE BUNCH FORMULA COULD PROTECT CRUISERS. MOST PEOPLE TALK ABOUT LUXURY CRUISING, AND THIS IS WITH THE FUN, RELAXED VIBE. THERE IS NO NEED FOR DRESSING UP FOR DINNER. YOU CAN ENJOY BEAUTIFUL MEALS AT THE SUSHI RESTAURANT WILL BE PART OF THE MAIN RESTAURANT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT IT IS THAT THEY GET INTO THE SMALL PORT BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE 4 TO 600 PEOPLE ON BOARD A SHIP. IT AT THAT RELAXED, FUN VIBE THAT PEOPLE ENJOY. IT IS REALLY PRETTY. THEY LOVE CREATING, WHAT THEY CALLED SEABORNE MOMENTS. WE HAD A BIG, BEAUTIFUL DINNER ON TOP OF THE SHIP UNDERNEATH THE STARS. BEAUTIFUL. NEW YORK, TELL ME ABOUT THE PLACES TO GO. THE BIG APPLE. WHO DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE A BITE OUT OF THE BIG APPLE? IN NEW ZEALAND FLY THERE THREE TIMES A WEEK. 15 1/2 HOURS FLIGHT, AND ALSO EASY ACCESS FOR US AND TO WHAT WE THINK IS THE WISH LIST DESTINATION IN THE US. WHETHER YOU ARE A YANKEE FAN OR GOING FOR FOOD AND WINE ARE WANTING TO RIDE AROUND CENTRAL PARK ON A BIKE OR ENJOY AN AMAZING HELICOPTER RIDE UP AND DOWN THE HUDSON AND SEEING THE BEAUTIFUL SITES AND MONUMENTS LIKE THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, BROOKLYN BRIDGE, AND SO ON. NEW YORK IS A HOT SELLER FOR 2025. A HUSBAND AND I WENT THERE ONCE. WE HAD NO MONEY, SO WE TOOK FOOD FROM THE HOTEL TO EAT ALONG THE WAY. THAT CLIENT. WE TOTALLY WERE. WE NEVER GOT TO EXPERIENCE, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ROOFTOPS AND BEING A WILL TO EXPERIENCE ALL THAT IN NEW YORK. THE HOTEL'S LOOK DOWN THE HUDSON. HOTSPOT. NORTH QUEENSLAND. I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE, TELL ME ABOUT IT. ALL KIWIS LOVE QUEENSLAND, BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NEW DESTINATION FOR KIWIS IN AN OLD DESTINATION, TROPICAL QUEENSLAND IS THE PICK OF THE BUNCH FOR 2025. IN NEW ZEALAND ARE FLYING THERE DIRECTLY FROM APRIL OUT OF AUCKLAND. JET STAR ARE FLYING FROM CHRISTCHURCH INTO CAIRNS THREE TIMES A WEEK. AND THEN, YOU HAVE ACCESS FROM BRISBANE AND SYDNEY. THE CLAIM TO FAME WAS TROPICAL QUEENSLAND IS ACCESS TO THE GREAT BARRIER REEF. FLYING INTO CAIRNS AND THEN GOING IN OUR NORTH. YOU AND THE BEAUTIFUL PORT DOUGLAS, WHICH IS A LAID-BACK, COASTAL TOWN FULL OF TROPICAL VIBES AND A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO HOLIDAY. I THINK FOR US, PEOPLE LOVE FINE NORTH QUEENSLAND BECAUSE IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT BEACHES. THERE IS MUCH MORE. THE WHOLE AREA IS FULL OF RAINFORESTS WE CAN GO AND ENJOY COFFEE PLANTATIONS. IT IS A DESTINATION WIKI WE CAN GET A CAR AND DRIVE. IT AS A SELF DRIVING ITINERARY. YOU HAVE ACCESS TO BEAUTIFUL RESTAURANTS, WHETHER YOU ARE VISITING A RESTAURANT IN CAIRNS FOR MODERN DAY AUSTRALIAN RIGHT THROUGH TO BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCES IN THE GREAT BARRIER REEF. THAT SOUNDS SO GOOD, PARTICULARLY WAS SUMMER FINISHING ON FRIDAY AS WELL. GORDY, AS ALWAYS, GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM THIS MORNING. I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN AN EXTRA CROISSANT, BUT IT WAS NOT ON MY STUDENT BACKPACKING KIND OF DAYS. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'RE TALKING SPORTS NEXT. (STARTLES) Shhh. (SOFT GRUNT) You've had a big day, Dad. VOICEOVER: Imagine if instead of the kids wearing you out... (SNORING) ..you wore them out. Get AIA Vitality and start thriving. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` SOME NELSON LOCALS SAY PLANS TO EXTEND THE AIRPORT RUNWAY WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THEIR LIVES. GERMANY'S INCOMING CHANCELLOR HAS RAISED CONCERNS OVER THE SURGE IN SUPPORT FOR THE COUNTRY'S FAR RIGHT. AND TWO PLAYERS FROM THE CANBERRA RAIDERS HAVE BEEN DISCIPLINED AFTER A LATE NIGHT SCUFFLE IN LAS VEGAS. IT'S TIME FOR OUR MORNING SPORTS CHAT. LET'S BRING IN JORDAN OPPERT OUT OF OUR CHRISTCHURCH NEWSROOM. JORDAN, HOW ABOUT THOSE BLACKCAPS? I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WENT ON IN VEGAS, BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT THEM FIRST? IT IS GOOD NEWS, IT IS AMAZING NEWS. IT IS VERY GOOD NEWS, JENNY MAY. THE BLACK CAPITAL ANOTHER DOMINANT, ALL-ROUND PERFORMANCE. WHAT HAS BEEN PLEASING WITH THIS CHAMPIONS TROPHY IS THAT EVERYONE WAS CHIPPING AND AT DIFFERENT TIMES. MICHAEL DESERVES A BIT OF KUDOS. 4/26 AND THAT FIRST-INNINGS, WHICH PUT A BIT OF A DENT IN THE BANGLADESH INNINGS. BEFORE THE PACE DUO OF WELL AND MET A CHAPTER ON. REALLY PLEASING TO SEE KYLE AND HE IS OVER THERE AS INJURY COVER. HE IS GETTING A CRACK, WHICH IS GOOD TO SEE HIM HITTING HIS STRIDES. OF RESTRICTED BANGLADESH TO 236. RACHIN BACK WITH AN UNBEATEN TON, WHICH HELPED THE BLACK CAPS POWER HOME. THEY ARE THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINAL, WHICH IS CONFIRMED FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. FIRST, THE NEED TO PLAY INDIA, WHICH ARE ALSO A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH. LETTERS ON SUNDAY, TO SEE WHO WILL GO FIRST AND SECOND IN THE POOL. IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT WILL GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY, IF THERE IS ANYTHING TO TWEAK AHEAD OF THE SEMI-FINAL, I KNOW IT IS INDIA, TOP OPPOSITION, BUT TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY. AND THE WHITE FERNS HAVE ALSO NAMED THEIR SQUADS TO TAKE ON SRI LANKA HERE AT HOME NEXT MONTH. YES, THEY HAVE. THE HOME SUMMER CONTINUES WITH A T20 AND ODI SERIES. THERE BEEN QUITE A FEW CHANGES. FOR A START, SUSIE COMES IN AS THE INTERIM CAPTAIN. WE ALSO WITHOUT SOPHIE, THE USUAL STANDING CAPTAIN, WHO IS TAKING A BREAK FOR MENTAL HEALTH REASONS. THERE ARE STILL NO TIMEFRAME ON HER RETURN. WE ALSO WITHOUT AMELIA, WHO WAS AT THE WOMAN'S PREMIER LEAGUE IN INDIA. ANOTHER KEY PACER IS ALSO MISSING, BUT WHAT THAT DOES MEAN IS THAT SOME NEW BEES ARE GETTING A CRACK. WE HAVE HAD STANDOUT SEASONS AT TOURNAMENT. I CAUGHT UP WITH THEM AHEAD OF TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT. THAT'S KIND OF EVERYTHING I'VE DREAMED OF. AND FOR IT TO COME, WELL, I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT I COULD GET THERE, BUT FOR IT TO COME SO SOON IS ACTUALLY INCREDIBLY UNEXPECTED. BUT I'M SUPER EXCITED AND JUST SO GRATEFUL. SO I GREW UP IN MARTINBOROUGH AND THE WAIRARAPA, AND PRETTY MUCH STARTED CRICKET TRYING TO BE INVOLVED, OBVIOUSLY NOT WANTING TO BE LEFT OUT. GOT THREE OLDER BROTHERS SO CAN'T BE THE ONLY GIRL. AND THEN NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT DOESN'T PLAY CRICKET AS WELL. HONESTLY, IT'S VERY EXCITING. LIKE IT DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE. AND THEN JUST TO FINALLY GET THE CALL FROM BEN, LIKE, IT JUST KIND OF WAS LIKE, WOW. I GREW UP PLAYING A LOT OF SPORT WITH MY OLDER BROTHER WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, AND I TRIED TO DO EVERY SPORT HE DID BETTER THAN HIM, AND CRICKET IS PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE I'VE TRULY SUCCEEDED AT. HONESTLY, I THINK I'VE JUST BEEN KEEPING QUITE A SIMPLE GAME PLAN, DOING MY ROLE IN THE TEAM, NOT TRYING TO OVERCOMPLICATE TOO MANY THINGS AND IT'S JUST WORKED OUT FOR ME. OH, IT MEANS EVERYTHING. I'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF PLAYING FOR THEM. UM, IT KIND OF CAME A LOT SOONER THAN I THOUGHT, TO BE HONEST. BUT, YEAH, IT'S SO EXCITING TO PLAY WITH SUCH CLASS PEOPLE. SO I LIVE IN TIMARU, WHICH IS ABOUT TWO HOUR DRIVE. I PLAYED FOR PLEASANT POINT CRICKET CLUB WHEN I WAS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL, PLAYED WITH THE BOYS AND THEN DECIDED TO COME UP HERE AND PLAY FOR NORTH-WEST. SO I HAD TO DRIVE FOR TRAININGS FOR GAMES ON SATURDAYS. THANKS TO MUM AND DAD. THEY DID SOME MILEAGE FOR THAT. BUT YEAH, I GUESS IT ALL KIND OF COMES DOWN TO MY FAMILY THROWING CRICKET BALLS AT ME EVERY DAY AND MY BROTHER'S THE REASON I GOT INTO IT, PLAYING WITH THEM. I JUST WANT TO TAKE EVERYTHING IN. I THINK EVERYONE WILL BE REALLY WELCOMING AND HAVE LOTS OF ADVICE FOR ME, AND WILL JUST HELP ME OUT TO BE HONEST. WHAT IS REALLY COOL IS, AS YOU JUST HEARD, IZZY AND EMMA ARE COUNTRY TRACKS. ARE KINDA PROVES THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE COUNTRY, SELECTORS HAVE THEIR EYES ON YOU. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE COACH THAT THEY WILL HAVE A CRACK IN THE SERIES BECAUSE IT IS THE LAST CHANCE TO HAVE A GO BEFORE THE WORLD CUP IN INDIA LATER THIS YEAR. THEY WANT TO TRY OUT SOME COMBINATIONS. I LOVE STORIES LIKE THAT. JORDAN, YOU ARE A STAR. LOVE YOU AND THE PROGRAM, WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW. SOUNDS GOOD, NO CRUSADERS CHAT. CRIKEY! IT'S CALLED THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN ASHBURTON. A NEWLY RENOVATED FIRE MUSUEM HAS REOPENED WITH THE HOPE IT SPARKS PLENTY OF INTEREST FOR THOSE WANTING TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY. THERE ARE SOME SPECIAL PIECES OF HISTORY ON DISPLAY THAT CHARLOTTE MULDER DISCOVERED WHEN SHE WENT FOR A LOOK. THIS LATE 1930S FORD V8 FIRE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN PETER MCCOURTER'S FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS. I USED TO HANG AROUND THE FIRE STATION AS A LITTLE KID AND GO AND HELP DAD MUG UP THE TYRES AND CLEANED IT UP AND EVERYTHING. MY MUM AND DAD WERE MARRIED ON THIS FIRE ENGINE, AND MY DAD'S REMAINS DEPARTED US ON THIS FIRE ENGINE. SO IT'S GOT A PRETTY SPECIAL MEANING FOR FOR OUR FAMILY, REALLY. IT JOINS SIX OTHER FIRE TRUCKS STASHED AWAY IN THE FIRE MUSEUM ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ASHBURTON. RIGHT HERE IS PROBABLY THE FIRST DEDICATED RESCUE APPLIANCE THAT THE ASHBURTON BRIGADE HAD. IT'S A 1980 JEEP. IT'S GOT THE WINCH AND ALL THE GEAR ON THE FRONT FOR PULLING CARS OUT OF DITCHES ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT WOULD CARRY ALL THE RESCUE EQUIPMENT OVER HERE. MY DAD HELPED DELIVER THIS BRAND NEW 1958 FROM THE DELIVERY AGENTS IN PORT CHALMERS. IT'S A BRITISH DENNIS, THIS ONE. THEY HAD A RELATIVE AMOUNT OF COMFORT. FIREMEN DON'T LIKE GETTING WET. AND OVER HERE IS A, I THINK IT'S STILL ONE OF THE SEXIEST LOOKING ONES IN THE, IN THE, IN THE COLLECTION. IT'S A GOOD LOOKING GIRL FROM 1971. IT'S AN ERF. IT'S A BRITISH FIRE ENGINE AND THEY HAD A FEW PROBLEMS, FIBREGLASS. AND THEY HAD A BAD ACCIDENT. SO THEY PUT THESE BIG BULL BARS AROUND THE FRONT AND PASSED THEM OFF TO THE VOLUNTEERS. MY FAVOURITE, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T` LOOK IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN, THEY'RE ALL YOUR FAVOURITES. PRIVATELY, OFF CAMERA YOU SAY WHICH IS YOUR FAVOURITE. YOU NEVER YOU NEVER MAKE THAT INFORMATION PUBLIC. RECENTLY THE MUSEUM HAD RENOVATIONS TO FIT ALL THE COLLECTABLES TOGETHER. IT'S NOT JUST A COLLECTION OF FIRE APPLIANCES. IT SHOWS THE EVOLUTION OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT FIREFIGHTING HAS BEEN THROUGH OVER A CENTURY AND A HALF. IT'S CALLED THE BEST KEPT SECRET OF ASHBURTON. THIS FIRE MUSEUM HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE THE 1970S, BUT THE ASHBURTON VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE IN ITSELF HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR 150 YEARS. AND PETER SAYS THE NEW CHANGES HAVE MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. IT'S THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGADE. WHEN PEOPLE BRING THEIR KIDS THROUGH HERE, THERE'S ONE THING THEY ALWAYS SAY WHEN THEY WALK IN THE FRONT DOOR AND THEY GO, 'WOW,' BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING FLASHIER THAN A RED FIRE ENGINE, AND WE'VE GOT THEM GOING RIGHT BACK TO THE 1870S. THE MUSEUM HAS ARTEFACTS DATING BACK TO 1874, LIKE THIS YOLK, WHICH WAS USED TO CARRY BUCKETS OF WATER TO PUT OUT FIRES. THE COLLECTION SHOWS THE EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY THROUGH THE YEARS. WE DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER BRIGADES IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE THAT HAVE A COLLECTION THAT IS THIS COMPREHENSIVE, OWNED BY JUST ONE SINGLE BRIGADE. IN FACT, NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST VOLUNTEER FIRE SERVICE WAS FOUNDED IN THE 1850S, AND 150 YEARS LATER, THERE ARE NOW OVER 14,000 VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS, BUT PETER BELIEVES IT'S MORE THAN A JOB. THE BRIGADE IS LIKE A FAMILY. NOW THE MUSEUM ENCOURAGES YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO JOIN. WE GET ALL AGES IN HERE. LITTLE WEE KIDS. WE DRESS THEM UP IN THE LITTLE FIREFIGHTERS GEAR AND STUFF, AND THEY CAN LOOK AROUND AND LEARN ABOUT THINGS LIKE BREATHING APPARATUS, WHICH ENABLES FIREFIGHTERS TO GET INTO SOME OTHERWISE PRETTY TRICKY SITUATIONS. WE'VE GOT AN EMPHASIS TOO, ON FIRE SAFETY. SO IT'S NOT JUST A PLACE FULL OF OLD FIRE ENGINES. IT SPARKED THAT ENTHUSIASM NO MATTER WHAT IT WAS. AND THAT'S WHERE THESE PLACES ARE GREAT. AND HOPEFULLY HAVE THEIR OWN V8 STORY SOMEDAY. CHARLOTTE GETTING ASHBURTON BACK. BACK ON THE MAP. WE HAD A COUPLE OF STORIES ON ASHBURTON, KEEP THEM COMING. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WARRANT CHANGES ARE PROPOSED FOR CLASSIC VEHICLES. WE TAKE A LOOK UNDER THE HOOD. 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. THIS WEEK, WE'RE GIVING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FAMILY GETAWAY TO NEW PLYMOUTH THANKS TO VENTURE TARANAKI! INCLUDING FLIGHTS, A THREE-NIGHT STAY AT NOVOTEL AND SOME FANTASTIC EXPERIENCES, INCLUDING CHADDY'S CHARTERS WILDLIFE BOAT CRUISE, A PRIVATE TOUR OF THE GOVETT-BREWSTER ART GALLERY AND FAMILY FUN AT THE HIDEAWAY LUGE AND MINI-PUTT. DISCOVER LOCAL ARTISTRY WITH A GIFT BUNDLE FROM THE COLLABORATION, EXPLORE HISTORY AT TAWHITI MUSEUM, AND A $400 DINING VOUCHER AT THE WEST END PRECINCT. THIS COMPETITON IS OPEN UNTIL SUNDAY 4pm, AND WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER ON THE SHOW NEXT MONDAY. HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz ALL THANKS TO VENTURE TARANAKI. THE MAJESTIC TARANAKI MAUNGA FORMS A DRAMATIC BACKDROP TO THE MATATINI STAGE, WHERE THE COUNTRY'S BEST KAPA HAKA EXPONENTS ARE PERFORMING THIS WEEK, HERE AT NEW PLYMOUTH'S PUKEKURA, OR BOWL OF BROOKLYNS, 55 GROUPS WILL COMPETE IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS OVER FIVE DAYS. THEY'LL BE JUDGED ON SEVEN COMPULSORY DISCIPLINES, WHAKAEKE, OR YOUR ENTRANCE, MOTEATEA, WHICH IS A TRADITIONAL CHANT, THERE'S THE POI AND WAIATA ARINGA ` ACTION SONG. LET'S NOT FORGET THE HAKA AND THE WHAKAWATEA ` ALL EXITS. AND TE KAIRANGI O TE REO ` EXCELLENCE IN MAORI LANGUAGE. AND THIS SATURDAY, TE TOA IHU WAKA, THE BEST KAPA HAKA TEAM OVERALL, WILL BE CHOSEN FROM THE FINAL 12 CONTENDERS WHO MAKE IT THROUGH THE WEEK. THE GOVERNMENT HAS OPENED CONSULTATION ON CHANGING CLASSIC VEHICLE AND MOTORHOME FITNESS CERTIFICATIONS FROM 6 MONTHS TO TWELVE MONTHS. TRANSPORT MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP SAYS IT STRIKES THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN SAFETY AND OVER-COMPLICANCE. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY A MAN WHO OWNS CLASSIC VEHICLES AND A MOTORHOME ` DAVID LANE ` MORENA! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WOULD YOU MIND GIVING US A BIT OF A TOUR ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE GOT THERE? I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU MY 1930S CAR, I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR 63 YEARS AND FOR THE TECHNICALLY MINDED, EIGHT CYLINDERS. IT IS A TWO SEATER, BUT IT HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING A DICKY SEAT IN THE BACK. IT HAS DONE HUGE MILAGE. THE OTHER CAR HERE IS A MODEL T4, THIS IS A SPEEDSTER, AND THIS IS A CAR THAT HAS ONLY HAD ONE FAMILY OWNED BEFORE I PURCHASED IT, IT IS A CAR THAT GIVES US A LOT OF PLEASURE AND FUN, IT ONLY HAS ONE WINDSCREEN, AND MY WIFE TENDS TO GRIZZLE, BUT I TELL HER TO KEEP HER MOUTH SHUT AND THE BUGS WON'T GO THERE. OVER HERE, I AND MY WIFE HAVE SEEN NEW ZEALAND AND A MOTORHOME AND WE HAVE DONE UP AND DOWN TO THE COUNTRY AND AS FAR AS THE MOTORHOMES GO, I AM PART OF A COMMUNITY IN THE NZ MCA. ALL THREE VEHICLE, WE HAVE A COMBINED PROBLEM. THAT IS THE SIX MONTHLY WARRANT OF FITNESS. YEAR OBVIOUSLY KEEPING THEM SO WELL, AND THE ARGUMENT IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THESE SORTS OF CARS, THEY ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING AFTER THEM A LOT BETTER THAN YOUR REGULAR CAR. IN THE CASE OF THIS CAR, I NEVER MISSED A WARRANT OF FITNESS. AND THE SAME APPLIES WITH THE MODEL T, BUT WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE MODEL T, BECAUSE THE CURRENT LEGISLATION IS NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE. I HAVE TO SEARCH THE CITY TO FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN DO THE WARRANT OF FITNESS ON THIS VEHICLE, BECAUSE NOBODY CAN DRIVE IT FOR STARTERS. NO ONE WILL LET ME DRIVE IT IN THEIR BUILDINGS. THE MOTORHOME ASSOCIATION, WE ARE ONTO THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE CO F. THAT IS FOR THE LEGISLATION CHANGE 12 MONTHLY FOR HEAVY MOTORHOMES IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO, BECAUSE HERE WE HAVE A PROBLEM OF COST. SO IT IS A BIT OF A NIGHTMARE FOR THE MOTORHOMES LIKE MYSELF OF GETTING THIS DONE, AND WE HAVE THE PROBLEM, OF COURSE, OF NOT GETTING THE CORRECT CHECKS DONE ON THESE VEHICLES. DO YOU THINK YOU SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT THEY HAD ON BASING IT ON MILAGE INSTEAD OF TIME? I COULD UNDERSTAND IN THE CASE OF A MOTORHOME THAT THERE COULD BE A MILAGE STIPULATION PUT ON IT, BUT AGAIN, THE MAJORITY TO VERY LITTLE MILES, AND THE OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES, THE ACCIDENT RATE IS VIRTUALLY ZERO, THE FAILURES AND WARRANTS AND CO F IS VERY LOW, BECAUSE THEY ARE VALUABLE, AND WE LOOK AFTER THEM, SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD AND WE'VE BEEN WANTING THIS LEGISLATION TO CHANGE FOR PROBABLY 20 YEARS NOW. THIS IS THE NEAREST WE HAVE GOT, AND WE ARE HOPING HERE THAT THE OWNERS OF THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES WILL LOOK TOWARDS THE SUBMISSIONS THAT ARE NOW OPEN TO AND THAT YOU GET YOUR PEN IN YOUR PAPER AND WRITE DOWN ON IT AND SAY HONESTLY AS IT IS AND WHAT BUGS YOU. THE PERSON THAT LIVES IN THE RURAL COMMUNITY, THEY OFTEN HAVE TO DO A TURNAROUND, JUST TO DO A CERTIFICATE OF FITNESS OR A WARRANT OF FITNESS. IT IS TIME-CONSUMING. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHANGE, AND TO THIS END, I AM PLEADING WITH EVERYBODY TO SEND YOUR SUBMISSIONS INTO LTSA, TELL IT HOW IT IS, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BRING ABOUT AN OVERDUE CHANGE. IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE YOUR BEAUTIFUL CARS, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN THE PACES OF PEOPLE YOU TURN UP WHEN YOU GET THE WOF. STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` CAN DOGS REALLY SNIFF OUT CANCER? THE CLINICAL TRIAL NOW UNDERWAY TO SEE IF THEY CAN DETECT OVARIAN CANCER. IT'S CONSIDERED A RITE OF PASSAGE FOR MANY NEW ZEALANDERS. WHAT A NEW REPORT SAYS ABOUT WHERE YOUNG KIWIS ARE HEADING TO ON THEIR OE. PLUS, THE ARTSY KIWI SCULPTURES POPPING UP AROUND AUCKLAND'S WATERFRONT. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS INCREASED DEFENCE FORCE SPENDING SHOULD BE TARGETED TO MAKE NEW ZEALAND A STRONGER ALLY TO AUSTRALIA. THAT'S AFTER A SERIES OF UNUSUAL LIVE FIRE DRILLS CONDUCTED BY CHINESE WARSHIPS IN THE TASMAN SEA SPARKED CONCERN. LOOK, I WANT A 15-YEAR PLAN ABOUT WHAT ARE GOING TO DO TO INVEST AND BUILD IN OUR DEFENCE FORCES? LET'S NOT GO OFF AND BUY RANDOM BITS OF KIT AS SUCH, LET'S ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT WHERE OUR EDGE WILL BE, HOW WE'LL ACTUALLY CONTRIBURTE AND SUPPORT AUSTRALIA AND BE A MORE POWERFUL COMBINED FORCE. WE'RE JUST WORKING THROUGH THE DETAIL OF THAT NOW, AND WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT IT VERY SHORTLY. THE FRENCH AND AMERICAN PRESIDENTS HAVE SPOKEN AFTER A SHORT MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO DISCUSS THE END OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE. THE BBC'S GARY O'DONOGHUE HAS THE LATEST. PRESIDENT TRUMP THIS MORNING SAID THE MEETING THEY HAD WITH THE G7 LEADERS, SOME REMOTELY, OVER THE TELEPHONE EARLIER, HAD GONE PRETTY WELL. I THINK WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN A SHORT PERIOD OF WEEKS. THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL. AND FOR HIS PART, PRESIDENT MACRON IS SAYING THAT ALL SIDES AND ALL PARTIES WERE INTERESTED IN BRINGING ABOUT SOME KIND OF PEACE IN UKRAINE, BUT NOT AT ANY COST. THE VATICAN SAYS POPE FRANCIS HAD A GOOD NIGHT IN HOSPITAL AND CONTINUES TO REST. THE PONTIFF (88) IS BATTLING PNEUMONIA IN BOTH LUNGS AND HAS ASKED FOR PRAYERS. FIRE CREWS HAVE EXTINGUISHED A LARGE BLAZE NEAR NGUNGURU, A COASTAL COMMUNITY 26km NORTHEAST OF WHANGAREI. AT THE HEIGHT OF THE 4ha SCRUB FIRE, MORE THAN 40 FIREFIGHTERS WERE RESPONDING, ALONG WITH FOUR HELICOPTERS. ONE CREW MONITORED HOT SPOTS OVERNIGHT, AND TWO CREWS WILL RETURN THIS MORNING AT FIRST LIGHT. TO SPORT, AND A CRICKETING MASTERCLASS FROM RACHIN RAVINDRA AND MICHAEL BRACEWELL HAS BOOKED THE BLACKCAPS' SEMI-FINAL SPOT IN THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY. RAVINDRA HITTING A CLASSY TON IN THEIR RUN CHASE OF 237, ELIMINATING BANGLADESH FROM THE TOURNAMENT. EARLIER, BRACEWELL DISMANTLED THEIR OPPONENTS' MIDDLE ORDER, WITH FIGURES OF 4/26. TRIES TO GO UP AND OVER. EXTRA COVER, RUNNING BACK. EXCELLENT CATCH. BANGLADESH. DOWN THE WICKET, MISS-TIMED AGAIN. SHOULD BE OUT. IS OUT. THEY'VE DONE IT AGAIN! THE BLACK CAPS TAKE ON INDIA FOR THE TOP SPOT IN THE GROUP ON SUNDAY NIGHT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MOST OF THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A FINE DAY IN GISBORNE, HAWKES BAY, AND EXPECT STRONG GUSTS IN THE CAPITAL. 30 THE HIGH FOR HAWKES BAY. 27 FOR HAMILTON. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THOSE FURTHER SOUTH SHOULD EXPECT SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. FIORDLAND AND THE WESTLAND DISTRICT MAY EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN. 27 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 25 IN CHRISTCHURCH. FEBRUARY IS OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE, ADVOCATE AND FUNDRAISE FOR A CANCER OFTEN CALLED THE 'SILENT KILLER.' AND THIS MONTH, A CLINICAL TRIAL'S UNDERWAY WITH MEDICAL DETECTION DOGS TRAINING TO SEEK OUT EARLY OVARIAN CANCERS. TO LEARN ABOUT THIS AND MUCH MORE, KATIE STEVENSON JOINS US LIVE FROM CHRISTCHURCH. MORENA, KATIE. COMING TO YOU FROM A BIT OF A FOGGY CHRISTCHURCH THIS MORNING, BUT WE ARE PLEASED TO BE JOINED HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. CAN WE JUST START WITH WHAT IS OVARIAN CANCER? I VARIANT CANCER IS ONE OF FOUR MAIN GYNAECOLOGICAL CANCERS THAT AFFECT WOMEN. WE DON'T WANT TO ALARM PEOPLE, SO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS. I VARIANT CANCER DESCRIBES A GROUP OF DISEASES, THERE ARE THREE MEANS OF TYPES OF OVARIAN CANCERS, THEN THERE IS A MUCH RARER SORT, BUT THE MOST COMMON CANCER WITH THE NAME OF THE SILENT KILLER BECAUSE WOMEN DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE GOT IT UNTIL IT HAS SPREAD BEYOND THE OVARY. THERE ARE OTHER GYNAECOLOGICAL CANCERS THAT OFTEN DON'T GET TALKED ABOUT A LOT, DO THEY? THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING MY PASSION. I DO THINK THAT GYNAECOLOGICAL CANCERS ARE NOT TALKED ABOUT VERY MUCH AND YET THEY AFFECT 1000 TO 1 1/2 THOUSAND WOMEN EVERY YEAR IN NEW ZEALAND. THE KIND OF CANCERS WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT. VULVA CANCERS, IN 2018, THERE WAS A STUDY THAT SHOWED IN NEW ZEALAND WE HAD THE FASTEST INCREASING RATE OF ENDOMETRIAL CANCER IN YOUNG WOMEN IN THE WORLD, AND PEOPLE AREN'T TALKING ABOUT IT. THIS IS A CANCER THAT PRESENTS WITH HEAVY BLEEDING WHEN YOU ARE HAVING YOUR PERIODS, OR BLEEDING AFTER MENOPAUSE. TALK ABOUT IT! IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET ADVICE OUT THERE. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO BE LOOKING OUT FOR? AN ORDER, MOVING UP, VULVA CANCER, LUMPS AND BUMPS, GET THEM CHECKED. ENDOMETRIAL CANCER, BLEEDING BETWEEN PERIODS, HEAVY BLEEDING, TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS, AND GET IT CHECKED. I VARIANT CANCER IS TRICKY. BUT THE COMMON SYMPTOM IS BLOATING, BUT IF THAT BLOATING PERSISTS FOR MAYBE TWO WEEKS OR MORE, GET IT CHECKED. OVARIAN CANCER, WHY CAN IT BE SO HARD TO DETECT AND FIND? THE SYMPTOMS ARE ONES THAT WE ALL HAVE EVERY DAY. EVERYBODY HAS HAD A LITTLE BIT OF BLOATING AND A CHANGE IN BOWEL HABIT. IT IS NEGOTIATING WHAT IS NORMAL VERSUS WHAT IS A REALLY ABNORMAL. IF YOU COULD DEVELOP A SCREENING TEST IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS CLINICAL TRIAL THAT IS UNDERWAY WITH DOGS BEING ABLE TO DETECT OVARIAN CANCER. TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS. SO AS I WAS SAYING BEFORE, FOR ME, RESEARCH IS A PASSION BECAUSE RESEARCH IS HOPE FOR THE PATIENTS AND THE STAFF THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING BETTER IN THE FUTURE. THIS PARTICULAR TRAIL IS REALLY COOL. I LOVE IT PARTLY BECAUSE IT IS A REALLY COOL COLLABORATION WITH THE CANINE, WITH THE PUBLIC HOSPITAL, AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE UNIVERSITY ACADEMICS. WE WILL ALL BE WORKING WITH THE WOMAN AND THEY WILL BE USING DOGS TO SNIFF THE URINE OF SAMPLES, IF YOU LIKE, TO SEE IF THEY CAN DETECT THE CANCER BEFORE THE PATIENT KNOWS THAT THEY ARE BEING AFFECTED. THAT AS THE EARLY DETECTION THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT. THERE HAS BEEN MASSIVE INTERNATIONAL TRAILS DONE IN THE UK, 50,000 PEOPLE TRYING TO DETECT OVARIAN CANCER EARLY, BUT THE TOOLS WE HAVE TO DO A VERY CLUNKY, WHEREAS WE THINK THE DOG'S NOSES ARE BETTER THAN WHAT WE CAN INVENT. SO, SOME EXCITING NEWS THERE, AND POTENTIAL THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. SOME GREAT ADVICE FOR EVERYONE TO REMEMBER THIS MONTH AND OF COURSE, GOING FORWARD. AS WE KNOW, TE MATATINI BEGINS TODAY IN NEW PLYMOUTH. THE FESTIVAL HAS A LONG AND RICH HISTORY, GOING BACK TO ITS BEGINNING AS THE NEW ZEALAND POLYNESIAN FESTIVAL IN 1972. IN TODAY'S LOOK BACK THROUGH THE TVNZ ARCHIVE, HERE'S HOW THE 1973 FESTIVAL IN ROTORUA WAS COVERED. JUST A FEW HOURS AGO HERE IN ARAWA PARK, ROTORUA, THIS STAGE RESOUNDED TO THE STAMP OF FEET, AND THE SONG AND STORY OF THE MAORI AND ISLAND PEOPLE ECHOED AROUND THE GROUND. ATTENDED BY SOME 900 PERFORMERS, THE POLYNESIAN FESTIVAL WAS QUITE A FANTASTIC SUCCESS. DO YOU HAVE ANY INDICATION THAT VISITORS HAVE ACTUALLY COME TO THE CITY FOR THE FESTIVAL, OTHER THAN THE PERFORMERS THEMSELVES? YES, WE HAVE. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF AMBASSADORIAL PEOPLE. MANY OF THE TEAMS HAVE BROUGHT HUNDREDS OF SUPPORTERS WITH THEM FROM ALL OVER NEW ZEALAND. AND ALSO, A LARGE NUMBER OF PAKEHA PEOPLE HAVE COME TO ROTORUA TO TAKE IN THE SECOND FESTIVAL. (SINGING) HAS IT IN FACT BEEN A COMMUNITY EFFORT? COULDN'T BE ANYTHING ELSE. WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING LIKE A THOUSAND COMPETITORS AND JUST AS MANY SUPPORTERS AND CROWDS OF UP TO 10,000 PEOPLE AT ARAWA PARK HERE, IT MEANT A LOT OF WORK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, BOTH MAORI AND PAKEHA. WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT ARAWA PARK WAS THE VENUE FOR 300 SOLDIERS JUST A WEEK AGO OFF THE HAURAKI REGIMENT THEN HAD TO BE TRANSFORMED IN TO A OPEN-AIR THEATRE FOR THIS FESTIVAL, IT MEANT A LOT OF WORK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT IT HAS BROUGHT THESE PEOPLE TOGETHER WITH A COMMON OBJECT. ORGANISATION PLAYS A VERY BIG PART IN A MAJOR FESTIVAL SUCH AS THIS. PLANNING AND LOCAL ARRANGEMENT FOR PERFORMERS OF THIS LARGE NUMBER ARE OF PRIME IMPORTANCE. HOW WAS THIS MANAGED? ONE OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTE WAS KURU WAAKA. WELL, WITH 960 PEOPLE INVOLVED, IT APPEARS TO BE A MAMMOTH TASK. BUT WHEN YOU SPLIT THEM UP INTO 17 DIFFERENT MARAES, IT ONLY LEAVES ABOUT 80 OR 90 TO EACH MARAE, SOME OF THEM TAKING ONLY ABOUT 50 OR 60. SO IT ACTUALLY, IT'S ONLY A WORRY` YOU'RE ONLY WORRYING ABOUT 50 OR 60 PEOPLE IN ONE PARTICULAR MARAE, AND ABOUT 80 OR 90 IN ANOTHER. BUT ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE A MAMMOTH TASK, AS LONG AS THE ARAWA TRUST BOARD IS LOOKING AFTER EACH MARAE, THE MARAES WILL LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES AND LOOK AFTER THEIR GUESTS. (SINGS WAIATA) WAS THE STANDARD HIGH, IN YOUR OPINION? I THINK IT WAS DEFINITELY HIGHER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR. EVEN THE THE TEAMS WHO HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE FESTIVAL LAST YEAR HAD IMPROVED BEYOND THE STANDARD WHICH THEY PRODUCED THIS TIME LAST YEAR. AND THE COMPETITION REALLY WAS TERRIFIC, AND I THINK THE JUDGES HAD A PRETTY TOUGH JOB ON THEIR HANDS. DO FESTIVALS LIKE THIS ENGENDER GOOD RELATIONSHIPS, OR DOES THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE SITUATION BECOME THE PRIME FACTOR? NO, NO, NO. THE COMPETITION ITSELF, THE COMPETITIVE SPIRIT DOESN'T AFFECT` IT DOESN'T ENGENDER ANY ILL FEELINGS AT ALL. I THINK THE THIS TYPE OF FESTIVAL, BRINGS ABOUT MORE THE GETTING TOGETHER OF THE DIFFERENT PEOPLES WHERE THEY NORMALLY ONLY GET TOGETHER TO FOR TANGIS OR, OR AT FOOTBALL MATCHES OR THINGS OF THAT DESCRIPTION. BUT TO GET TOGETHER ON A COMMON GROUND, ON A COMMON INTEREST, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING. AND ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING POINTS ABOUT THIS DIRECTION IS THE BRINGING TOGETHER OF THE DIFFERENT POLYNESIAN PEOPLES. AND HERE WE NOW UNDERSTAND THE TOKELAU, THE MAORI UNDERSTANDS THE TOKELAUANS, THE SAMOANS, THE NIEUANS AND THE COOK ISLANDERS, LARGELY THROUGH OUR UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CULTURES, WHICH WHEN YOU SEE, IT BECOMES SO SIMILAR TO OUR OWN, AND I'M SURE THE SAME THING, THIS TYPE OF THING ENGENDERS MORE GOODWILL THAN ANYTHING ELSE, AND I'M SURE IT WILL BE REFLECTED IN THEIR OWN DIFFERENT HOMETOWNS THROUGHOUT NEW ZEALAND. SO IN RETROSPECT, IT'S ALL BEEN WORTHWHILE? IT'S BEEN HARD WORK, BUT IT WAS WORTH IT. (SINGING) IT'S AMAZING, ISN'T IT? HERE WE ARE IN 2025, AND THAT WAS 1973. E WHAI AKE NEI ` IS LONDON STILL THE PLACE FOR KIWIS HEADING ON AN OE? YVONNE TAHANA'S AT AUCKLAND AIRPORT. DON'T GO, YVONNE! NOT FOR ME, BUT I AM HERE AT AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FINDING OUT HOW THE NATURE OF THE BIG OE HAS CHANGED. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THE VATICAN SAYS POPE FRANCIS' CONDITION HAS SLIGHTLY IMPROVED, BUT HE'S STILL VERY UNWELL. FIRE CREWS HAVE NOW EXTINGUISHED A LARGE BLAZE NEAR NGUNGURU, A COASTAL COMMUNITY 26km NORTHEAST OF WHANGAREI. AND A CRICKETING MASTERCLASS FROM RACHIN RAVINDRA AND MICHAEL BRACEWELL HAS BOOKED THE BLACKCAPS' SEMI-FINAL SPOT IN THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY. THE GREAT KIWI OE IS A RITE OF PASSAGE FOR MANY YOUNG NEW ZEALANDERS. BUT A NEW REPORT FROM AUCKLAND AIRPORT THIS MORNING HAS UNCOVERED NEW TRENDS IN DESTINATIONS AND AGES OF TRAVELERS. IT SHOWS THAT IN THE PAST, 39% OF NEW ZEALANDERS WENT TO LONDON ON THEIR OE, BUT MORE RECENTLY, THIS HAS DECREASED TO 30% OF THOSE HEADING OVERSEAS. INSTEAD, CITIES SUCH AS SYDNEY, VANCOUVER AND TOKYO ARE GAINING IN POPULARITY. REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA IS AT AUCKLAND AIRPORT AND JOINS US WITH MORE. HOW IS OUR OE CHANGING? WE DID RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND KIWIS OE HABITS. WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THE GREAT OA IS ALIVE AND WELL. WE SURVEY THE THOUSANDS KIWIS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 65 AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT HALF OF THOSE KIWIS HAD BEEN ON AN OE, AND 2/5 OF THEM ARE PLANNING TO DO ANOTHER. THERE ARE MORE INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT OLDER PEOPLE PLANNING OE'S LATER IN LIFE. WE OFTEN THINK OF AN OE AS SOMETHING THAT A YOUNG PERSON DOES, AND THAT IS THE CASE WITH THE MAJORITY, BUT WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT HALF THE PEOPLE AGED 40 AND OVER ARE PLANNING TO DO AN OE SOON AS WELL. AND THOSE THAT ARE IN THEIR 60S, ABOUT 20% OF THEM ARE PLANNING TO HEAD OFF IN THE FUTURE. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS DRIVING THAT? MONEY IN YOUR POCKETS, KIDS ARE OUT OF YOUR HAIR, OR IS IT A WANDERLUST THING, LOVING TO TRAVEL? I THINK IT IS ALL OF THOSE THINGS. BECAUSE SO MANY OF US HAVE GOT A PASSION FOR TRAVEL, HALF OF US HAVE ALREADY BEEN ON AN OE, ONCE WE GET OLDER IN LIFE, AND MAYBE WE HAVE A FEW DOLLARS, WE WANT TO GET OUT AND EXPLORE THE WORLD. THE REASONS THAT WE LIKE TO GO OVERSEAS IS A SENSE OF ADVENTURE, DISCOVERING NEW CULTURES, AND EXPLORING THE WORLD. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, BUT PEOPLE ALSO SAID WAS TO ESCAPE NEW ZEALAND, BUT THEY WERE IN THE MINORITY. THE OLDER PEOPLE, THEY ARE NOT SITTING AT THE BACK OF THE PLANE ANY MORE? WHAT WE SEE WITH OLDER TRAVELLERS IS THAT THEY ARE IN THE POSITION WHERE THEY CAN TRAVEL MORE COMFORTABLY, WHICH IS GREAT. THAT IS GOOD FOR THE AIRLINES THAT OPERATE HERE. WE HAVE 26 AIRLINES FLYING HERE. THAT MAKES THE ROUTES WORKED REALLY WELL. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LEFT AND COME BACK, YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE ONE, DON'T YOU, A LADY WHO WENT AWAY AND 79 AND CAME BACK IN 1980. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE ABOUT THAT PICTURE? WE ARE PROUD TO BE THE OE GATEWAY FOR NEW ZEALAND. WE HAVE BEEN FAREWELLING PEOPLE ON THEIR OE SINCE THEIR 1960S AND WELCOMING THEM BACK. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO DO THAT AGAIN AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE. WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS HAVE A PHOTO COMPETITION, AND WE ASKED KIWIS TO SEND IN PICTURES OF THEIR GREAT OES OVER THE DECADES. WE HAD HUNDREDS. THAT 80S LADY HAD A FANTASTIC STORY. THE WINNER OF OUR COMPETITION HEADED OFF IN 1979 ON HER OE TO NORTH AMERICA. THIS BUCKED THE TREND IS BECAUSE A LOT OF US LIKE TO GO TO UK AND EUROPE, AND WHEN SHE RETURNED TO NEW ZEALAND THERE IS A GREAT IMAGE OF HER RETURNING WITH HER PERM WHICH WAS A GREAT THING TO BRING BACK. YOU'VE DONE YOUR OE AS WELL. LONDON IS NOT THE NUMBER ONE SPOT ANY MORE. I SPENT FOUR YEARS AND HAD A GREAT TIME, BUT WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT LONDON IS STILL POPULAR, 39% OF PEOPLE WENT TO NEW ZEALAND IN THE PAST, THAT NUMBER HAS DROPPED TO 30. THE OTHER INTERESTING THING WAS THE DURATION OF AN OE. IN THE PAST, 38% OF PEOPLE WOULD HAVE STAYED AWAY FOR LONGER THAN A YEAR, AND NOW ONLY 10% ARE PLANNING TO BE AWAY LONGER THAN A YEAR. MOST PEOPLE ARE PLANNING TO TAKE WHAT IS MORE OF AN EXTENDED HOLIDAY. SCOTT TOLD ME A LOVELY STORY ABOUT BEING OVERSEAS, I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND ME SAYING, YOU GOT MARRIED, THE GIRL FROM PIOPIO, HAVE YOU BEEN YET? I LOVE TO BEING AT HOME. I HAD NO INTEREST AND BEING OVERSEAS. BUT IT WASN'T PART OF MY THINKING, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE, SO I DIDN'T DO AN OE. IT WAS JUST THAT HOME WAS HOME. I DID AN INTERNAL OE. I MOVED FOR TO LEVIN FOR MY FIRST JOB. CHRIS IS ALREADY IN THAT 40 AGE GROUP, AND SO I MAY AS WELL. PARDON? DID SHE JUST SAY 40 AGE GROUP? GOOD TO KNOW YOU CAN DO AN INTERNAL OE AS WELL. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, THE STORY OF HENRY VIII'S SIX WIVES IS FINALLY HITTING THE STAGE IN AOTEAROA. CAMERON JOE IS AT AUCKLAND'S CIVIC. MORENA, CAM. YES, SIX THE MUSICAL IS FINALLY HERE IN NEW ZEALAND AFTER EIGHT SOLD OUT SHOWS ACROSS THE GLOBE. I AM ABOUT TO MEET SOME OF THE QUEENS SO STAY AFTER THE BREAK. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. POPE FRANCIS'S HEALTH HAS SLIGHTLY IMPROVED, BUT HE REMAINS IN A CRITICAL CONDITION, THE VATICAN HAS SAID IN A MEDICAL UPDATE. THE PONTIFF HAS NOW SPENT TEN NIGHTS IN HOSPITAL BATTLING RESPIRATORY DIFFICULTIES, AND HE'S REPORTEDLY NOW SHOWING SIGNS OF KIDNEY FAILURE. HE'S ASKED CATHOLIC CONGREGATIONS TO PRAY FOR HIM AS HE RECEIVES TREATMENT. SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED DURING A PROTEST AT LAKE ROTOKAKAHI NEAR ROTORUA OVERNIGHT. THE 'PROTECT ROTOKAKAHI' LIVESTREAM OVERNIGHT SHOWS POLICE OFFICERS FORMING A LINE IN FRONT OF THE PROTEST GROUP. THE ROTOKAKAHI BOARD OF CONTROL OPPOSES THE ROTORUA LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL'S PLANNED TARAWERA SEWERAGE SCHEME PLACING A SEWER LINE THROUGH THE SACRED SITE. THE FRENCH AND AMERICAN PRESIDENTS HAVE SPOKEN AFTER A SHORT MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO DISCUSS THE END OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE. THE BBC'S GARY O'DONOGHUE HAS THE LATEST. PRESIDENT TRUMP THIS MORNING SAID THE MEETING THEY HAD WITH THE G7 LEADERS, SOME REMOTELY, OVER THE TELEPHONE EARLIER, HAD GONE PRETTY WELL. I THINK WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN A SHORT PERIOD OF WEEKS. THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL. AND FOR HIS PART, PRESIDENT MACRON IS SAYING THAT ALL SIDES AND ALL PARTIES WERE INTERESTED IN BRINGING ABOUT SOME KIND OF PEACE IN UKRAINE, BUT NOT AT ANY COST. NEW FIGURES SHOW NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF BREAST CANCER IN THE WORLD, BUT SOME OF THE LOWEST RATES OF DEATH FROM THE DISEASE. THE COMBINATION OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT, INCLUDING MAJOR ADVANCES IN TREATMENT FOR BREAST CANCER HAVE MEANT THAT OUR MORTALITY RATES HAVE DECLINED. THE STUDY FOUND MORTALITY IS REDUCING BY MORE THAN 2% PER YEAR, AND IS ON TRACK TO MEETING THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION'S GOAL. TO SPORT, AND THE WHITE FERNS HAVE NAMED THREE POTENTIAL DEBUTANTS FOR THEIR HOME SERIES AGAINST SRI LANKA NEXT MONTH. THE TRIO OF FORMER NEW ZEALAND UNDER 19 REPRESENTATIVES, EMMA MCLEOD, IZZY SHARP AND BREE ILLING, ALL EARN THEIR MAIDEN INTERNATIONAL CALL UPS. SEVERAL PLAYERS WILL BE MISSING THE SERIES THROUGH INJURY. TO HAVE EMMA, TO HAVE BRIE, TO HAVE IZZY IS AN EXCITING MOMENT FOR THE TEAM. OFF THE BACK OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN HBJ AND SUPER SMASH, THE DESERVE TO BE HERE, SO, YEAH, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE HOW THEY GO ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE. THE TEAM WILL BE CAPTAINED BY SUZIE BATES, WITH SOPHIE DEVINE TAKING A WELLBEING BREAK. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MOST OF THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A FINE DAY IN GISBORNE, HAWKES BAY, AND EXPECT STRONG GUSTS IN THE CAPITAL. 30 THE HIGH FOR HAWKES BAY. 27 FOR HAMILTON. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THOSE FURTHER SOUTH SHOULD EXPECT SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. FIORDLAND AND THE WESTLAND DISTRICT MAY EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN. 27 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 25 IN CHRISTCHURCH. THANKS, CHRIS. THIS WEEK, WE'RE GIVING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FAMILY GETAWAY TO NEW PLYMOUTH THANKS TO VENTURE TARANAKI! INCLUDING FLIGHTS, A THREE-NIGHT STAY AT NOVOTEL AND SOME FANTASTIC EXPERIENCES, INCLUDING CHADDY'S CHARTERS WILDLIFE BOAT CRUISE, A PRIVATE TOUR OF THE GOVETT-BREWSTER ART GALLERY AND FAMILY FUN AT THE HIDEAWAY LUGE AND MINI-PUTT. DISCOVER LOCAL ARTISTRY WITH A GIFT BUNDLE FROM THE COLLABORATION, EXPLORE HISTORY AT TAWHITI MUSEUM, AND A $400 DINING VOUCHER AT THE WEST END PRECINCT. THIS COMPETITON IS OPEN UNTIL SUNDAY 4pm, AND WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER ON THE SHOW NEXT MONDAY. HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz ALL THANKS TO VENTURE TARANAKI. IT'S THE TONY AWARD-WINNING PRODUCTION THAT'S WATCHED BY MILLONS EVERY SINGLE YEAR. # WELCOME TO THE SHOW, TO THE REMIX. # SWITCHING UP THE FLOW AS WE ADD THE PREFIX. # EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE USED TO BE SIX WIVES. 'SIX THE MUSICAL' TELLS THE STORY OF THE SIX WIVES MARRIED TO ONE OF HISTORY'S THE MOST INFAMOUS KINGS, HENRY VIII, AND NOW IT'S IN AOTEAROA. REPORTER CAMERON JOE JOINS US FROM AUCKLAND'S THE CIVIC. MORENA. KIA ORA, GUYS. I AM HERE IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND WITH SIX STRONG, FIERCE, BRAVE WOMAN ARE ROLLING IN TO THE THEATRE FOR SIX THE MUSICAL. THE BILLBOARD IS OUTSIDE. WE HAVE TWO QUEENS HAVE READY FOR THE OPENING NIGHT. LAUREN AND KIMBERLY. WELCOME TO NEW ZEALAND. HOW EXCITING IS IT TO BRING THIS PRODUCTION IS A NEW ZEALAND AFTER SUCH A LONG RUN AND AUSTRALIA? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN TO NEW ZEALAND, SO I AM VERY, VERY EXCITED. OUR SHOW IS READY FOR NEW ZEALAND AUDIENCES. THIS IS NOT YOUR USUAL, TYPICAL MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION. YOU ARE GIVING A BIT OF A HISTORY LESSON IN 80 MINUTES. THERE IS A LOT TO JAM AND IN THAT TIME, BUT IT IS VERY MUCH HIGH-ENERGY, HIGH OCTANE, IT IS ESSENTIALLY LIKE OUR POP CONCERT. VERY DIFFERENT TO YOUR TYPICAL MUSICAL. WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN AND LAUGHS AND WERE TAKING ON A ROLLERCOASTER OF EMOTIONS THAT YOU WILL PROBABLY NOT EXPECT. VERY EXCITED. LAUREN, YOU PLAY JANE SEYMOUR, SHE WEARS THIS BLACK, WHITE, STUDIED, BEAUTIFUL DRESS. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THE COSTUMES ON THE SHOW? WE SAY IT IS LIKE WE ARE WEARING OUR PIECE OF ARMOUR. THEY ARE DESIGNED BY GABRIEL SLADE AND THEY MADE BY A GENTLEMAN CALLED NIGEL SHAW IN AUSTRALIA. THEY LOOK AMAZING. MIND IS MADE UP OF ABOUT THREE PARTS. TO THINK YOURS IS SIMILAR. I HAVE QUITE A FEW PARTS. THERE ARE A LOT OF LAYERS AND THEY ARE QUITE HEAVY, BUT MAN, OH MAN, DO WE LOOK GOOD. IT MUST BE LIKE A FULL WORKOUT WEARING HIS OUTFITS. OH, YES, VERY MUCH. IT IS LIKE A WEIGHTED VEST. WOULD EASE THE SHOCK GETTING INTO THE COSTUME. THE WEIGHT IS DISTRIBUTED. LOOK INCREDIBLE WHEN THEY ARE WRONG, SO IT IS WORTH IT. THIS SHOW HAS BEEN AROUND FOR EIGHT YEARS OR SO NOW. IT IS DEVELOPED QUITE A BIG CULT FOLLOWING, OF COURSE. CAN YOU TELL ME A BIT ABOUT IT? IS TO THE QUEENDOM? THEY ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE. WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT HAS BEEN TO THE SHOW OVER 100 TIMES. TO LOOK AT THE AUDIENCE AND SEE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY BRING, AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE IN COSTUME, AND THE HOURS THEY TAKE IN MAKING THESE COSTUMES. THEY ARE SO DETAILED AND INCREDIBLE. THE SHOW RELIES ON THE SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM THE QUEENDOM. WE ARE EXCITED FOR AUCKLAND AND THE REST OF NEW ZEALAND TO COME AND MEET THE QUEENDOM HERE. QUICKLY BEFORE WE GO ` I MENTIONED BEFORE STRONG AND FIERCE. BEFORE I CAN JOIN THE QUEENDOM, CAN YOU SHOW ME ONE? I WILL GIVE YOU THE MIC. WE GOING TO GO TO THE LEFT FIRST IN THE NEW CROSS RUNS OVER YOUR CHEST. LIKE THIS? AMAZING. AND THEN YOU'LL SHIFT THE OTHER SIDE. OPEN, THAT IS IT. SHOULDERS OUT, PERFECT. FIERCE FACIALS. YOU ARE GOING TO SHIFT TO THE OTHER SIDE. LEFT HAND IS GOING TO GO ON YOUR HIP MAKE SURE YOUR HAND MAKES CONTACT WITH YOUR HEAD. WE DO NOT WANT IT FLOATING. AND WE GOING TO WAIT A BIT AND BOOF YOUR LEFT SHOULDER. SO WE GIVE IT A GO? I THINK I HAVE IT. FIRST BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. OKAY, AMAZING. # FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE MORE MINUTE. SO WE ARE GOING FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, BOOF. # FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE MORE MINUTE. DID I DO IT? AM I PART OF THE QUEENDOM? THE SHOW WAS AROUND UNTIL THE END OF MARCH, COME DOWN TO THE CIVIC. YOU COULD BE ROCKING THOSE ALL SUMMER LONG. YOU HAVE WELL AND TRULY EMBRACE THAT. WELL DONE. AS A TEAM ARE SAYING BACK HERE, SLAY. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WE HIGHLIGHT SOME MORE ANIMALS IN SEARCH OF A FOREVER HOME. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. POLICE HAVE ARRESTED SEVEN PEOPLE DURING A PROTEST AT LAKE ROTOKAKAHI IN ROTORUA OVERNIGHT. THE PROTEST IS IN OPPOSITION TO THE COUNCIL'S PLANNED TARAWERA SEWERAGE SCHEME. NEW FIGURES SHOW NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF BREAST CANCER IN THE WORLD BUT SOME OF THE LOWEST RATES OF DEATH FROM THE DISEASE. AND THE WHITE FERNS HAVE NAMED THREE POTENTIAL DEBUTANTS FOR THEIR HOME SERIES AGAINST SRI LANKA NEXT MONTH. WE'RE ON A QUEST TO FIND FOREVER HOMES FOR ALL OF THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL ANIMALS THAT RESCUE CENTRES HAVE TO OFFER. THAT INCLUDES THOSE WHO ARE HARDER TO PLACE THOUGH ARE JUST AS WORTHY OF ADOPTION. THIS WEEK WE'RE WITH THE MASTERTON SPCA WHO HAVE A FEW HOPEFULS LINED UP INCLUDING A COUPLE OF GUINEA PIGS, DEEK AND DOBBY. EARLIER, I SPOKE TO REBECCA JOHNSTON ABOUT THE HOPEFUL PAIR. GOOD MORNING. SO, DEEK AND DOBBY, THEY ARE TWO GORGEOUS LITTLE GUINEA PIG BROTHERS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL. AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR HOMES HERE AND THE MASTERSON CENTRE. DO THEY HAVE TO GO AS A PAIR OR CAN THEY GO AS INDIVIDUALS? NO, NO, WE'VE BONDED THESE GUYS. SO LIKE GUINEA PIGS AND RABBITS, WE LIKE TO SEND THEM HOME IN PAIRS IF WE CAN, JUST SO THAT THEY'VE GOT A FRIEND. AND THESE TWO BOYS HAVE BEEN TOGETHER I THINK` THEY'VE COME IN TOGETHER. THE OWNER COULD NO LONGER HAVE THEM. SO THEY CAME TO US TOGETHER, AND THEY REALLY LIKE EACH OTHER. AND THEY FIND COMFORT BEING NEXT TO EACH OTHER. SO, YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING TO REHOME THOSE GUYS TOGETHER. SO IN TERMS OF GUINEA PIGS, THEN HOW DO HOW DO WE LOOK AFTER THEM? HOW MUCH WORK IS INVOLVED WITH THESE GUYS? IT'S NOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK. IT'S JUST GIVING THEM ENOUGH ROOM TO, YOU KNOW, TO EXPLORE AND RUN AROUND. UM, THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT SENSITIVE TO THE COLD. SO JUST ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE WAIRARAPA, WE DO HAVE THOSE FROSTY MORNINGS. SO JUST GIVING THEM POTENTIALLY A LITTLE INSIDE ENCLOSURE IN THE WINTER MONTHS. AND GUINEA PIGS CAN'T PROCESS` THEY CAN'T PROCESS VITAMIN C, SO THEY NEED TO HAVE VITAMIN C PROVIDED IN THEIR DIET. OK. OH THAT'S INTERESTING. SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF GUINEA PIGS WHO WE WANT TO TRY AND KEEP TOGETHER. BUT YOU'VE ALSO GOT PIPI THE DOG. TELL ME ABOUT PIPI. OH, LITTLE PIPI. YEAH. SHE'S A LITTLE CHARACTER. SO, PIPI CAME IN TO US. SHE WAS JUST A STRAY. FOUND WANDERING, AND NO ONE, UNFORTUNATELY, CAME TO CLAIM HER. SO, SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR A WEE WHILE, AND SHE'S JUST DELIGHTFUL. SHE'D BE PERFECT IN A HOME. I THINK SHE SHE LIKES HER DOGGY FRIENDS, BUT SHE'S QUITE PARTICULAR. SO, SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE THE ONLY QUEEN IN HER LITTLE CASTLE. SO, YEAH, WE'D LOVE A HOME FOR PIPI WHERE SHE JUST GETS TO LIE ON THE COUCH, GO FOR WALKS DURING THE DAY, GO FOR RIDES IN THE CAR. YEAH, SHE'S A LOVELY SIZE. SHE'S DOING REALLY WELL WITH THE TOILET TRAINING. AND I THINK SHE'D MAKE A LOVELY COMPANION. YEAH, I LOVE THAT. NOW, ARE THERE SOME BREEDS OF DOGS THAT YOU'D FIND HARDER TO REHOME? NOT NECESSARILY. I MEAN, THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE, DEFINITELY, WITH THE LOOK OF A BULL TERRIER, ARE A LITTLE BIT PUT OFF BY THOSE THINGS. BUT WE FIND WE WORK REALLY HARD TO MATCH THE PEOPLE UP WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DOG SO THAT IT'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO THERE'S` THERE'S A HOME FOR EVERYONE. SOMETIMES IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO FIND THAT PERFECT MATCH. YOU'VE GOT LOTS OF LITTLE KITTENS AS WELL, REBECCA. TELL ME ABOUT THEM. WE DO. YEAH, WE'VE GOT HEAPS OF KITTEN. SO WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF KITTEN SEASON. WITH THE WARMER WEATHER, CATS START BREEDING AND GIVING US` PRODUCING LOTS OF GORGEOUS KITTENS, SO THERE'S HEAPS. WE PROBABLY GOT ABOUT 20 LITTLE KITTENS AT THE MASTERTON CENTRE ALL LOOKING FOR HOMES AT THE MOMENT. THEY'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT ALL SORTS OF COLOURS, ALL SORTS OF PERSONALITIES. THEY RANGE FROM ABOUT NINE WEEKS OLD TO ABOUT 16 WEEKS OLD. SO THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. SO IF SOMEBODY IS KEEN TO, UM, EITHER ADOPT ANY OF THE ANIMALS THAT YOU'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT OR COME AND HAVE A CHAT, HOW DO THEY GET IN CONTACT? SO WE'VE GOT A WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN APPLY ONLINE. AND IF YOU APPLY ONLINE THROUGH THE WEBSITE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT ANIMAL THAT YOU APPLY FOR. IT JUST MEANS THAT WE'VE GOT ALL YOUR DETAILS. THE MASTERTON CENTRE IS OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 10 TILL 4. SO YOU'RE VERY WELCOME TO POP IN AND HAVE A TALK WITH THE TEAM. OTHERWISE, YOU CAN CONTACT US ON OUR PHONE NUMBER OR OUR EMAIL ADDRESS. LOVE IT. JUST FINALLY, MASTERTON SPCA. HOW ARE THINGS GOING AT THE MOMENT? IT'S PRETTY COOL. YEAH, WE'RE A SMALLER CENTRE, BUT I LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'RE SMALL BUT MIGHTY AND WE ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS HERE. SO, WE'VE GOT A LOVELY TEAM, REALLY DEDICATED TEAM, AND LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS AND THINGS, AND A BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS WHERE WE ARE. SO, YEAH, WE'RE DOING WELL. LOVELY. REBECCA JOHNSTON FROM THE SPCA MASTERTON. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND LET'S HOPE WE CAN FIND SOME NEW HOMES FOR THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS. FOR THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. E WHAI AKE NEI ` SOME COLOURFUL KIWI ARE MAKING THEMSELVES AT HOME ON AUCKLAND'S WATERFRONT. LUCY BENDELL'S GONE TO INVESTIGATE. MORENA, LUCY. IS RIGHT THIS IS ONE OF 20. WE GOING TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN BUY ONE TOO. VISITORS TO THE AUCKLAND WATERFRONT WILL GET TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING MOST NEW ZEALANDERS HAVEN'T ` GETTING UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH A KIWI. WELL, SORT OF. THE KIWI ART TRAIL IS NOW IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU. LUCY BENDELL IS OUT EXPLORING. MORENA, LUCY. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET UP AND CLOSE WITH KIWIS. IT IS PART OF THE KIWI ARCH TRAIL. IT HAS ALREADY BEEN IN OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTRY, AND FINALLY IT IS HERE IN AUCKLAND. WE WILL BE SPEAKING WITH AMANDA. THIS IS BLOOMBIRD. I CHOSE THE PICTURES OF THE FLOWERS THAT I LIKED THE MOST FROM PEOPLE SENDING THEM INTO ME, AND I PAINTED THEM WITH LOTS OF LAYERS OF TRANSPARENT PAINT AND THEN I GOT ALL JACKSON POLLOCK AND SPLATTERED SOME PAINT AROUND. THEN IT WAS PAINTED WITH LACQUER SO THAT SHE WOULD BE SHINY. IT IS LOOKING WONDERFUL HERE THIS MORNING. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE KIWI ARTIST TRAIL? IT IS IN AID OF THE SAVE THE KIWI TRUST, AND IT IS DESIGNED TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE PLIGHT OF THE KIWIS, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE DOING BETTER NOW THANKS TO BREEDING PROGRAMS, AND IT IS ALSO TO RAISE MONEY. THERE ARE 20 SCULPTURES, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUY THEM ONLINE. BUT WE MAY CLOSE ON 23 MARCH, THERE WILL BE AN OPTION. THE AUCTION IS REALLY FUN. PEOPLE JUST LOVE KIWIS, RIGHT? AS WE ARRIVED, THERE WAS SOMEONE COMING UP TO YOU AND ASKING ABOUT THEM, WHAT DID SHE HAVE TO SAY? SHE IS ACCOMPANYING HER DAUGHTER WHO WAS ON A BUSINESS TRIP HERE, SHE IS A TOURIST. SHE JUST LOVE KIWIS. THERE IS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL ABOUT THEM. THEY ARE SO CHARACTERFUL AND GORGEOUS, IT IS NOT JUST THAT THEY ARE ENDANGERED. WE GIVE OURSELVES THE NAME KIWI, AND I THINK THAT IT IS A GOOD WAY TO CONTEMPLATE OUR NATIONAL BIRD A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SUPPORT IT. IT IS ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE. WE WILL SPEAK TO ANOTHER ARTIST OVER HERE. WE WILL GO AND SPEAK TO SARAH, AND SARAH, HER BEAUTIFUL KIWI IS ON THE WATERFRONT AT NUMBER SEVEN, THIS IS NOT YOUR KIWI. MINE IS A SUNSET AND IT IS BASED ON THE PHRASE PINK SKY AT NIGHT, SHEPHERDS DELIGHT. IT FITS IN WITH THIS FOR A BETTER FUTURE, A BETTER TOMORROW ESPECIALLY WHAT EVERYONE IS DOING IN THIS. I LOVE SUNSETS. THEY ARE JUST REAL PRETTY. HOW DID YOU FEEL TO BE CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE KIWI ARTISTS? THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR I HAVE DONE IT, IT IS OR IS A PRIVILEGE TO TAKE PART IN COMMUNITY ART OR ANY PROJECT, REALLY. ESPECIALLY WERE SOMETHING WHERE IT IS FOR A CHARITY AND HELPING INTRODUCING KIWIS BACK INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THAT. I KNOW AMANDA MENTIONED IT BEFORE, RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE AN ORCHID FOR THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS, OR YOU CAN BUY THEM RIGHT NOW OR AT AN AUCTION. YOU CAN GO ONTO THEIR SITE AND BUY ONE NOUN FOR $10,000, OR YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL THE AUCTION AND CAN BE A PART OF THAT. GO ONLINE, THEY WILL TELL YOU HOW TO TAKE PART. WHERE WILL THAT MONEY GO? IT WILL GO TOWARDS SAVE THE KIWI, IT WILL GO TOWARDS KIWI CONSERVATION. BEAUTIFUL KIWIS FOR AUCKLANDERS TO COME AND ENJOY. THEY ARE GORGEOUS. KIDS LOVE THEM. I SAW SOME OF THE WEEKEND. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPANY TODAY. CAPTIONS BY FRANK GORE, COURTNEY SOLE, DREW WELSH AND MAIA CARR HEKE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025