IT'S THURSDAY THE 27th OF FEBRUARY. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. THE NEW POWERS, POTENTIALLY THE NEW POWERS OF CITIZENS TO ARREST PEOPLE... I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE A BIG TALKING POINT FOR US TODAY ON THE SHOW BECAUSE RIGHTFULLY SO. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT IS GOING TO WORK, TO BE FAIR. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM PAUL GOLDSMITH UPDATING THE CRIMES ACT. PEOPLE TO MAKE ARRESTS DURING THE DAY IF THERE IS TROUBLE. THIS HAS COME ABOUT BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT BUSINESSES BEING ABLE TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS. WE HAVE A LOT OF INCIDENTS WITH SUPERMARKET AT THE MOMENT, PEOPLE TAKING STUFF IS JUST WALKING OUT, SAME WITH AREAS. THEY LOOKING AT CHANGING THE POWERS TO MAKE IT CITIZENS ARREST, BUT THEIR ACCOMMODATIONS AROUND IT IN TERMS OF HOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY RESTRAIN SOMEONE AND THAT FOR ME IS WHERE WE GET INTO SOME VERY MURKY WATERS. SOME PEOPLE ARE REALLY HOT ON THIS, THEY LOVE THE IDEA. WE HAVE BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT, BUT THE INTERESTING THING IS EARLIER THIS WEEK, I SPOKE TO THE CARTERTON MAYOR AND HE IS TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MUCH GOING ON DOWN THERE, THEY HAVE FOR MORE SERVICE PEOPLE, MEN AND WOMEN, THEY HAVE FOUR MORE POLICE OFFICERS THAT THE MORE COMMUNITY, SO WHY NOT BE ABLE TO SWEAR THEM AND EMPOWER THEM... BRING THEM OUT OF RETIREMENT. ...TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THINGS IN THEIR COMMUNITY. LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS. ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` IT'S BEEN A HOT DRY SUMMER AROUND THE NORTH ISLAND, AND IT'S UNLIKELY TO END ANY TIME SOON. WITH RECORD LOW RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS, FARMERS HAVE BEEN WARNED TO PREPARE FOR DROUGHT LIKE CONDITIONS. WE'LL CHECK IN WITH A FARMER IN ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT REGIONS ` WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THEIR LIVELIHOODS? PLUS ` HAS ANOTHER TOMB OF ONE OF EGYPT'S FAMOUS PHARAOHS BEEN FOUND? BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGISTS BELIEVE THEY'VE DISCOVERED THE SECOND TOMB OF KING THUTMOSE THE SECOND. I THINK THAT IS HOW I SAY IT. WHAT SECRETS MAY BE UNEARTHED? THIS IS FASCINATING, BECAUSE THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, AS YOU KNOW. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S YOUR NEWS. THANKS, CHRIS. A LARGE VEGETATION FIRE IS GROWING IN NORTHLAND'S WAIPOUA FOREST. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND ARE SET TO RAMP UP THEIR RESPONSE THIS MORNING. WE WILL HAVE THE LATEST DETAILS FOR YOU AFTER WEATHER. FOREIGN MINISTER WINSTON PETERS SAYS HIS CHINESE COUNTERPART HAS AGREED TO CONSIDER NEW ZEALAND'S CONCERNS OVER RECENT MILITARY DRILLS IN THE TASMAN. AFTER THE TWO LEADERS MET IN BEIJING, PETERS SAID HE TOLD WANG YI THAT THE CHINESE NAVY HAD FAILED TO GIVE ENOUGH NOTICE BEFORE CARRYING OUT LIVE FIRE EXERCISES. HE ALSO DISCUSSED NEW ZEALAND'S CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE COOK ISLANDS AFTER THE PACIFIC NATION SIGNED A CONTROVERSIAL AGREEMENT WITH CHINA OVER ITS MARITIME PRESENCE. POPE FRANCIS HAS SPENT THE DAY RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT WHILE SITTING IN AN ARMCHAIR, BUT HIS DOCTORS STILL AREN'T GIVING A DETAILED PROGNOSIS FOR HIS CONDITION. THE PONTIFF HAD A CT SCAN YESTERDAY, RESULTS OF WHICH SHOULD BE RELEASED SOON. ISRAEL AND HAMAS HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT OVER THE FINAL STAGE OF PHASE ONE OF THE CEASEFIRE DEAL. THE BODIES OF FOUR ISRAELI HOSTAGES WILL BE RETURNED IN EXCHANGE FOR HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN FREED OVER THE WEEKEND. THE BBC'S YOLANDE KNELL HAS THE LATEST. ON THE ISRAELI SIDE, WE'VE GOT CONFIRMATION FROM AN UNNAMED ISRAELI OFFICIAL VIA THE ISRAELI MEDIA THAT THERE HAS BEEN THIS BREAKTHROUGH, BUT NO SENSE OF TIMING THERE. MEANWHILE, HAMAS, IN ITS LATEST COMMENTS, IT'S JUST SAID THAT THIS EXCHANGE FOR HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS FOR THE REMAINS OF THE FOUR ISRAELI HOSTAGES WILL HAPPEN AT WHAT IT'S CALLED THE RIGHT TIME, AND IT WOULD HAPPEN THROUGH A NEW MECHANISM, IT SAID, THAT WOULD GUARANTEE ISRAEL'S COMMITMENT, WITHOUT IT GIVING ANY MORE DETAILS OF WHAT THAT MEANT EXACTLY. KI NGA KORERO HAKINAKINAM, TO SPORT, RACHIN RAVINDRA HOPES TO BE PART OF THE BLACKCAPS FINAL CHAMPIONS TROPHY POOL MATCH AGAINST INDIA IN DUBAI. THE KIWI BATTER SCORED 112 RUNS IN TUESDAY'S WIN OVER BANGLADESH ` HIS FIRST GAME BACK FROM CONCUSSION. COACH GARY STEAD MAY OPT TO GIVE SOME PLAYERS A REST, BUT IT'S A MATCH RAVINDRA DOESN'T WANT TO MISS. IN A TOURNAMENT LIKE THIS, I GUESS YOU WANT TO PLAY AS MANY GAMES AS YOU CAN, AND THE NATURE OF MY INJURY BEFORE IS` MEANING I'VE MISSED SOME GAMES, SO, I MEAN, LOOK, I'LL DO WHATEVER THE TEAM WANTS BUT I'LL BE KEEN TO GET OUT THERE AND HOPEFULLY DO MY THING. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE ALREADY SECURED THEIR SPOT IN THE SEMI FINALS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (CRAZY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND AND HAWKES BAY. IT WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THOSE AROUND THE CENTRAL PLATEAU, WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON IN TAUPO. 27 THE HIGH FOR KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON, 25 FOR TAURANGA. RUA TEKAU MA WHITU! A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR NELSON AND KAIKOURA. FOR THOSE FURTHER DOWN, EXPECT THE ODD SHOWER THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 24 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM, 20 IN OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING, WITH OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. A VEGETATION FIRE IS GROWING LUCY BENDEL JOINS US. ACTIVITY IS ASSET TO RAMP UP THIS MORNING FOR FIRST LIGHT WITH THREE HELICOPTERS IT WILL ARRIVE AT ANY MOMENT NOW ONTO THE SCENE, SOME TRAVELLING AS FAR AS TAUPO. THE BLAZE WAS MEASURED LAST NIGHT AT 70 HA. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND ARE EXPECTING US TO GROW IN SIZE *THIS AND THAT IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG DURATION EVENT. THE PROBLEM IS THE LOCATION, IT IS BASED IN A DENSE FOREST. THERE IS A GIANT KAURI TREE, TANEMAHUTA, SOUTHWARDS. IF I AM MIGHT POSE A THREAT TO THE STREET, PEOPLE WORRY, BUT POLICE SAY ALL EVACUATIONS WERE MADE. ?*2 - 2SH? HERE?S WHAT?S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ? ?*CLIP SND HUMAN REMAINS FOUND ON THE WEST COAST HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. CHARLOTTE MULDER HAS MORE INFO. MORENA, CHARLOTTE. TRAVELLERS NAME WAS MARNIE SHEPHERD. MONEY WAS SAID TO HAVE EXTENSIVE MOUNTAIN EXPERIENCE AFTER PREVIOUSLY SURVIVING SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS WITH HER FRIEND SONIA. POLICE HAVE SPOKEN AND INFORMED MARNIE'S MOTHER OF THE FINDING. THE GREEN PARTY WILL REVEAL ITS 'GREEN BUDGET' LATER THIS YEAR THAT IT SAYS WILL LAY OUT THE PLAN FOR AN ECONOMY THAT RESPECTS AND PROTECTS THE PLANET AND PEOPLE. THE PARTY LEADERS MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY DURING THEIR STATE OF THE PLANET ADDRESSES. TO UNPACK THIS AND MORE, CO-LEADERS MARAMA DAVIDSON AND CHLOE SWARBRICK JOIN US NOW. MORENA KI A KORUA. KIA ORA, JENNY MAY. MORENA E TE TUAKANA. IF YOU DON'T MIND, HOW ARE YOU? IN TERMS OF YOUR CANCER JOURNEY. I AM WELL AND GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE BEAUTIFUL MANAAKI AND SUPPORT THAT ME AND MY FAMILY GOT FROM AROUND THE MOTU. YESTERDAY YOU ACKNOWLEDGED THAT YOU MISSED SOME PRETTY BIG POLITICAL MOMENTS LAST YEAR, HOW WAS THAT FOR YOU WHILST YOU ARE RECOVERING? IT WAS REALLY HARD STEPPING AWAY FROM THE JOB BECAUSE THIS MAHI HAS GIVEN ME SUCH PURPOSE FOR SO LONG, BUT IT IS WHY I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO THIS AND IF ANYTHING, THE TIME AWAY FROM THE MAHI GAVE ME AN OVERVIEW ON THE POLITICS OF MANAAKI AND CARE IT IS GOING TO BE AT THE HEART OF OUR GREEN BUDGET. DO YOU WANT TO EXPAND ON IT, BECAUSE I WASN'T GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW BUT YOU BROUGHT IT UP. YOU TALKED ABOUT MANAAKITANGA, DO YOU WANT TO EXPAND ON IT A LITTLE MORE? IT IS WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS FOUNDED ON UNDER TE TIRITI. TE TIRITI AT ITS HEART HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE PROMISE OF PEOPLE TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF EACH OTHER. WE HAVE KNOWN THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH IN THIS COUNTRY TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY AND MANA. WE CAN PROTECT OUR WATERS, OUR SEASONED RIVERS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. AS A POLITICAL DECISIONS AND THAT IS WHAT THE GREEN BUDGET WILL BE PREMISED ON. HOLLY, I WANT TO BRING IN HERE, WHAT WAS YESTERDAY ALL ABOUT? IT WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT? *CHLOE WE ARE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE IS REALLY CLEAR HOPE ON THE HORIZON. LAST YEAR I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TRAVELLING THE COUNTRY WE HAVE HAD REALLY CLEARLY FROM PEOPLE THAT THEY WANT AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE CALLOUS CUTS THAT ARE ROLLING OUT UNDER THIS GOVERNMENT AGENDA, OR TO KNOWINGLY INCREASING CLIMATE CHANGE EMISSIONS, CHILD POVERTY AND EQUALITY. WE HAVE SPENT AT LEAST 40 IS NOW PUTTING PRIVATE GAIN AHEAD OF PUBLIC GOOD. PEOPLE ARE NOT SAFER, NOT HAPPY, NOT HEALTHIER. IN FACT, THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE. WE COULD PUT THE PUBLIC GOOD AT THE CENTRE OF EVERYTHING WE DO HERE AND IT WAS AN EQUALITY. I THINK IT IS GUZZLING THAT WE LIVE IN AND SOCIETY WHERE 311 HOUSEHOLDS WERE BETTER THAN THE REST OF US. MEANWHILE, OUR HEALTH SYSTEM IS FAILING, AND THESE THINGS ARE CONNECTED. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY THAT THIS IS WHAT POLITICS... (LAUGHTER) HOW DO YOU BRING IT TO FRUITION? THIS TANGIBLE POLITICS AND IT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST, LET US NOT FORGET THAT AFTER THE GREATEST WORLD WAS THAT WE HAVE EVER SEEN, WE DECIDED THAT IN THIS COUNTRY, WE NEED TO CREATE THE WELFARE STATE WOULD HAVE PAID FOR BY HIGHER TAXES. ON THE BACK OF THAT, WE GREETED A HIGH PUBLIC HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PUBLIC HOUSING AND WE SAW A TIME OF PROSPERITY. WE HAVE SEEN ALL OF THAT NOSEDIVE SINCE THE 80S. HOW DO YOU GET EVERYBODY TO AGREE ON THIS? COMMUNITY. FROM A POLITICAL LEVEL, HOW DO YOU GET OTHER THE PARTIES TO BUY INTO THIS? THE POWER IS IN PEOPLE. PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF CARING FOR EACH OTHER, PEOPLE DO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE HAVE CHILDREN AND WHANAU LIVING IN POVERTY, IT IS NOT GOOD FOR ANY OF US. PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A HOME, PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH, WE SHOULD HAVE DECENT INCOME SUPPORT. PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE HAD A RIGHT TO HEALTHCARE. THE COMMUNITY HAS THE POWER TO ACTUALLY INSIST THAT POLITICIANS STEP UP TO THE POLITICS OF CARE, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR MAHI WAS. DO NOT LEAVE POLITICS TO THE POLITICIANS, BECAUSE WE WILL GET WHAT WE ALWAYS GOT. WE WOULD SAY THAT IT IS A REALLY INTENTIONAL STRATEGY RIGHT NOW TO DISILLUSION PEOPLE. BUT IF REGULAR PEOPLE DISENGAGE IN POLITICS, GUESS WHAT, THOSE WHO ARE OR ARE PROFITEERING WILL MAKE MORE MONEY. SO WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF YESTERDAY? IT WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT. WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT TO HEAR? WE SPOKE YESTERDAY ABOUT MANAAKITANGA AND BEING REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE GREENS STAND FOR. WHEN PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY TO SEE POLITICS THAT ART CRUELTY, *AREN'T CRUELTY, POLITICS THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR DECADES AS THE GREEN PARTY, BUT THE INSPIRATION CONTINUES TO COME FROM THE PEOPLE. WHEN PEOPLE TURNED UP FOR THE HIKOI MO TE TIRITI, IT WAS ALL OF US AND IT WAS THE BEST OF US. OUR STATE OF THE PLANET ADDRESS WAS ABOUT REMINDING PEOPLE WHAT WE STAND BY WHAT HAS COME FROM THE PEOPLE AND THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO AN ALTERNATIVE GREEN BUDGET THAT PUT PEOPLE AND PLANET AT THE HEART OF IT. JUST TO FINISH OFF OUR KORERO, THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY THAT CAME UP FROM THE JUSTICE MINISTER PAUL HOLDSWORTH ABOUT EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO MAKE CITIZENS ARRESTS EASIER, I GUESS, BECAUSE THE OLD CLIMAX IS ONLY AT NIGHT, BUT THEY WANT TO EXPAND THE POWERS. (BOTH SIGH DEEPLY) AND BUSINESSES ARE SECOND SICK AND TIRED OF BEING RAM-RAIDED, RANSACKED, SO WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT ANNOUNCEMENT? THAT FRUSTRATION OBVIOUSLY COMES A REALLY, REAL PLACE. BUT WE NEED TO BE HONEST AS POLITICIANS ABOUT WHAT THAT GOING TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS AND MORE CLASSES AND TOUGH ON CRIME RHETORIC SIMPLY IS NOT GOING TO CUT IT. WORSE, IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE PEOPLE EVEN MORE UNSAFE, AND YOU HAVE SEEN THAT IN THE RESPONSE FROM EXPERTS AND ALSO FROM RETAIL TO ZEALAND, SO WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON, AND I CAN SAY ON HEART FROM THE MPM AUCKLAND CENTRAL, IS TO ADDRESS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS. IT FEELS DANGEROUS, JENNY-MAY. THIS FEELS LIKE VIGILANTISM BEING LET OFF. AS ALWAYS, THESE APPROACHES WILL TARGET MINORITIES, BROWN PEOPLE, RHEMA PEOPLE, DISABLED PEOPLE. *RAINBOW PEOPLE I HAVE SENT SOCIAL WORKERS IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, THE PROJECTS THAT WORK, FROM THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DOING THIS ON THE GROUND FOR A LONG TIME ` RESOURCE THEM, RESOURCE OUR COMMITTEE SOLUTIONS AND THAT IS WHERE THE ANSWERS LIE. TENEI TE MIHI KI A KORUA. THANK YOU BOTH. FROM GREEN BUDGETS... TO THE RED CARPET. NEXT, THE KIWI TIKTOKER BEHIND 'PALOMA DIAMOND'. AFTER THE BREAK, JULIAN SEWELL SHARES THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE MADE-UP ACTRESS AND WHY HE THINKS THE INTERNET IS SO HOOKED. # I'M ON TOP OF THE WORLD. # WAITING ON THIS FOR A WHILE NOW. # PAYING MY DUES TO THE CHURCH. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. ISRAEL AND HAMAS HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT OVER THE FINAL STAGE OF PHASE ONE OF THE CEASEFIRE DEAL. FOUR ISRAELI BODIES WILL BE RETURNED IN EXCHANGE OF HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS. POPE FRANCIS HAS SPENT THE DAY RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT. HIS DOCTORS STILL AREN'T GIVING A DETAILED PROGNOSIS FOR HIS CONDITION. FOREIGN MINISTER WINSTON PETERS SAYS HIS CHINESE COUNTER PART HAS AGREED TO CONSIDER NEW ZEALAND'S CONCERNS OVER RECENT MILITARY DRILLS IN THE TASMAN. SHE MIGHT JUST BE THE GREATEST ACTRESS TO NEVER EXIST. AND THE NOMINEES FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE ARE... PALOMA DIAMOND, THE REMEDY. I CAN'T FIX THIS ` THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. DO YOU THINK I WANT THE KIDS TO GO THROUGH THIS? I DON'T. (APPLAUSE) POOR PALOMA DIAMOND, WHO GETS ROBBED OF AN OSCAR YEAR AFTER YEAR. BUT THE INTERNET IS HOOKED. JULIAN SEWELL IS THE MAN BEHIND THE TIKTOK ACCOUNT WHICH HAS 2.1 MILLION FOLLOWERS ` NOT BAD FOR A FORMER TEACHER FROM AUCKLAND. THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM HAS JUST NAMED HIM ON ITS 2025 DISCOVER LIST WHICH SPOTLIGHTS THE TOP CONTENT CREATORS ACROSS DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. HE JOINS US NOW FROM NEW YORK. GOOD MORNING, JULIAN. TELL ME, WHO IS PALOMA DIAMOND AND WHY HAS HE BECOME SUCH A BIG STAR? *she PALOMA DIAMOND IS AN ACTRESS THAT HAS BEEN SNUBBED, SHE HAS BEEN ROBBED OF AN OSCAR 20 TIMES IN A ROW BUT SHE HAS HAD A LONG AND ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER. SHE IS KIND OF+ SHE IS YOUR GLENN CLOSE OR MERYL STREEP, IF YOU WILL. WHEN DID SHE COME ONTO THE SCENE? FROM THAT VIDEO YOU JUST SAW, THAT VIDEO I POSTED IN MARCH 2023, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, I POSTED THIS OSCAR'S VIDEO WITH MY SISTER AND IT WAS JUST A FUNNY THING THAT WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO HIT OFF. IT WAS A FUNNY THING I DID WITH WIGS AND COSTUMES AND I WOKE UP WITH AROUND 5 MILLION VIEWERS, WHICH WAS JUST INSANE. WAS THAT THE LAUNCHPAD FOR YOUR TIK-TOK CAREER? I GUESS SO, I HAD BEEN MAKING VIDEOS BEFORE THEN BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL THE NOW THAT PEOPLE WERE CRAVING PALOMA. I THOUGHT, HEY, LET'S KEEP PLAYING ALONG WITH THIS, WHAT CAN I DO, WHAT OTHER VIDEOS CAN I MAKE WITH THIS CHARACTER, AND IT KIND OF GREW FROM THERE. SO ONCE YOU STRUCK GOLD WITH A CHARACTER LIKE THAT, THAT RESONATES WITH PEOPLE, HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO TELL STORIES BECAUSE THOSE CLIPS ARE NOT LONG BUT YOU HAVE GOT TO CAPTURE PEOPLE'S ATTENTION AND HOLD IT. HOW DO YOU DO THAT? IT IS REALLY HARD, BUT FOR ME, I ACTUALLY TAKE IT AS A FUN LITTLE CHALLENGE BECAUSE YOU GOT TO FIT IN A CERTAIN ELEMENT OF COMEDY, INTRIGUE, KEEP PEOPLE ON THEIR FEET. IT WAS TRICKY IN THE BEGINNING BUT I THINK AFTER YOU DO IT QUITE A FEW TIMES, IT BECOMES EASIER BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE A MINUTE TO WORK WITH IT IS NOT LIKE YOU HAVE TO HAVE MINUTES AND MINUTES OR HOURS AND HOURS OF SCREEN TIME. SO IT BECOMES EASIER AFTER YOU UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS. JULIAN, YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY DOING IT EXTERNALLY WELL AND YOU HAVE BEEN NAMED ON THIS DISCOVER LIST SPOTLIGHTING THE 50 GAME CHANGING CREATED, THAT IS MAGNIFICENT TO GO FROM SCHOOLTEACHER TO THIS. IT IS FULL-TIME FOR YOU NOW? YES, I AM ON A BIT OF ANNEXING THAT HOLIDAYS RIGHT NOW IN NEW YORK, BUT I WAS TEACHING AT AORERE COLLEGE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. FOR YOU TO BE ON THIS LIST, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOUR CAREER? HAS OPENED UP SO MANY DOORS. JUST THIS WEEK, I HAVE HAD AN ARTICLE GO UP ABOUT ME AND THE GUARDIAN AS WELL AS THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, AND TOMORROW I WILL APPEAR ON A BUSY NEWS LIFE. *ABC NEWS LIVE BREAKFAST IS THE BIG DEAL, BREAKFAST IS THE ONE YOU WANT TO BE ON. MANY EXCITING THINGS HAPPEN FOR ME CAREERWISE. DO YOU THINK THAT PERHAPS WHAT IS NEXT FOR YOU OR PALOMA, SHE DESERVES IT. SHE HAS A WHOLE LOT OF THE WATER, A WHOLE OTHER PEOPLE ROOTING FOR HER, WE CAN ONLY (THIS IS THE YEAR THAT SHE GETS IT BUT NO PROMISES. I'M GETTING PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TUNE IN TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS. JULIAN, IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU, LUCK TO YOU AND PALOMA FOR WHAT WILL BE A TRIM AND A SLEEPY NIGHT AT THE OSCAR'S, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US LIVE FROM NEW YORK TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. IT'S A GORGEOUS DAY IN NEW YORK. THAT BACKGROUND LOOKS EERILY FAMILIAR, I'VE SEEN THIS PICTURE BEFORE, NO? I'M NOT A REPORTER BUT SOMEBODY VERY CLOSE TO ME IS... MY DAY OFF IS NOT GOING WELL. I'M FILLING IN! THANK YOU TO THE BOTH OF YOU. JULIAN THE FIANCEE OF OUR WONDERFUL US CORRESPONDENT! THE OSCAR'S ARE COMING UP ON MONDAY. COME ON, PALOMA, BRING IT HOME. I THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE IN WITH A SHOUT. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS ` HAS A NEW TOMB BEEN DISCOVERED UNDER EGYPT'S ANCIENT PYRAMIDS? (RELAXING MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT HAS JUST GONE 630. FIRE CREWS THIS MORNING ARE BATTLING A LARGE VEGETATION FIRE IN NORTHLAND'S WAIPOUA FOREST. LUCY BENDELL JOINS US FOR THE LATEST. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND ARE ESCALATING THEIR RESPONSE. THREE HELICOPTERS WILL BE ARRIVING TO THE SCENE. SOME ARE TRAVELLING AS FAR AS TAUPO. THEY ARE GOING TO ASSIST THE TWO CREWS ON THE GROUND WHO COULD ONLY SEE A LIMITED AMOUNT OVERNIGHT. IT IS AROUND THE FOREST AREA OF TANE MAHUTA, SO PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE THREAT THIS FIRE POSES. THIS FIRE HAS A PERIMETER OF 4 KM. IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES AS THE SUN RISES WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE A LOT MORE A TO VIDEO IN THE AREA. ACTIVITY IN THE AREA* U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HIS UKRAINIAN COUNTERPART WILL VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE LATER THIS WEEK. TO SIGN A DEAL OVER THE SHARING OF MINERAL ASSETS. AN EARLIER DRAFT HAD NOT INCLUDED ONGOING SECURITY GUARANTEES FROM THE U.S. TO STOP RUSSIA INVADING AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. THE EXACT WORDING OF THE NEW DEAL HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. NEW ZEALAND AND VIETNAM HAVE AGREED TO UPGRADE THEIR DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSHIP TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL AND THE TWO COUNTRIES WILL NOW NEGOTIATE A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. THE PRIME MINISTER IS HOPING THAT THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP WILL DELIVER TANGIBLE BENEFITS TO THE NEW ZEALAND COMPANIES WHO DO BUSINESS HERE IN VIETNAM. BY SENDING A SIGNAL TO REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS, PORT AUTHORITIES AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS THAT NEW ZEALAND IS A PREFERRED PARTNER OF THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, VIETNAM IS NOT AN EASY COUNTRY IN WHICH TO DO BUSINESS. THEY HAVE A POOR TRACK RECORD WHEN IT COMES TO CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY, AND IN RECENT YEARS, ONE OF THEIR TOP OFFICIALS HAS CARRIED OUT A CAMPAIGN CALLED 'BLAZING FURNACE', IN WHICH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PUBLIC SERVANTS HAVE BEEN DISCIPLINED FOR ACTING IN A CORRUPT MANNER. POPE FRANCIS HAS SPENT THE DAY RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT WHILE SITTING IN AN ARMCHAIR, BUT HIS DOCTORS STILL AREN'T GIVING A DETAILED PROGNOSIS FOR HIS CONDITION. THE PONTIFF HAD A CT SCAN YESTERDAY, RESULTS OF WHICH SHOULD BE RELEASED SOON. F1 DRIVER LIAM LAWSON HAS SET THE SECOND FASTEST LAP IN THE MORNING SESSION OF PRE-SEASON TESTING IN BAHRAIN. THE NEW ZEALANDER SPUN OUT EARLY IN THE DAY IN HIS FIRST SESSION AS A FULL-TIME RED BULL DRIVER. BIG MOMENT, AND THE FIRST BIG MOMENT OF THE TEST COMES FOR LIAM LAWSON. THE TESTING IS A CHANCE FOR TEAMS TO COLLECT DATA AHEAD OF THE SEASON OPENER IN MELBOURNE. MERCEDES DRIVER KIMI ANTONELLI SETTING THE PACE WITH THE QUICKEST LAP, WITH LAWSON JUST A 10th OF A SECOND BEHIND. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) CHECKING OUT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND AND HAWKES BAY. IT WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THOSE AROUND THE CENTRAL PLATEAU, WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON IN TAUPO. 27 THE HIGH FOR KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON, 25 FOR TAURANGA. A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR NELSON AND KAIKOURA. FOR THOSE FURTHER DOWN, EXPECT THE ODD SHOWER THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 24 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM, 20 IN OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH. THANKS, CHRIS. IT IS 6:34. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY RESENE. REDECORATING WITH WHITES AND NEUTRALS IS A TIMELESS WAY TO CREATE A FRESH, ELEGANT SPACE, BUT HOW DO YOU KEEP IT FROM FEELING TOO PLAIN? INTERIOR DESIGNER SHELLY FERGUSON JOINS US TO SHARE HER EXPERT TIPS AND TRICKS FOR BRINGING LIFE AND PERSONALITY BACK TO YOUR HOME. I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. OK. HOW DO YOU REFRESH YOUR SPACE BY USING NATURAL TONES AND WHITES? KIWIS HAVE A BIT OF A LOVE AFFAIR WITH WHITE WALLS, BUT WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF NEUTRALS COME THROUGH. YOU FEEL A BIT MORE SAFE AND COCOONED. BUT HOW DO YOU CHOOSE? THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT ROUNDS I WOULD BREAK NEUTRALS INTO ` YOUR WARM NEUTRALS, YOUR COOL NEUTRALS, LIKE AC FOG OR SILVER CHALICE, AND THEN GREIGE. SO LOOK AT YOUR FOUNDATION ELEMENTS IN YOUR HOME LIKE YOUR FLOORING, LOOK AT YOUR FURNISHINGS, INC ABOUT YOUR INTERIOR STATIC. AESTHETIC* AND THEN YOU GET YOUR HANDY WHITES AND NEUTRALS. IT LOOKS OVERWHELMING. THEY ARE GROUPED INTO COOL AND WARM COLOURS. THEN I WOULD SAMPLE THE PAINTS. TEST POTS FROM YOUR RESENE COLOUR SHOP. PUT THEM UP ON THE WALL AND SEE THEM AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY AND CHOOSE YOUR FAVOURITE. ANOTHER TRICK I LIKE TO USE ` THIS IS BLANC, BUT THERE IS HALF BLANC, QUARTER BLANC. YOU MIGHT DO HALF STRENGTH IN THE BEDROOM, QUARTER ON THE CABINETRY. DIFFERENT THINGS IN DIFFERENT PLACES. HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY NARROW THAT DOWN SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS THE RIGHT THING? ACTUALLY, A FULL PROOF WAY TO LOOK AT IT AS THE TONAL LOOK IS BECOMING POPULAR. IF YOU HAVE A NEUTRAL, IT IS NOT LIMEGREEN ` YOU CAN MAKE EVERY SINGLE ELEMENT IN YOUR HOUSE A WARM TONE. YOU MENTION LIME GREEN. I DON'T KNOW IF FEATURE WALLS ARE STILL A THING, BUT ADDING IN SOME COLOUR ` HOW DO YOU DO THAT WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE NEUTRALS AND THOSE WHITES? I WOULD RATHER DO A WHOLE ROOM THAN A FEATURE WALL. IF YOU WRAP ALL OF THAT COLOUR AROUND, IT IS MORE INVITING. YOU HAVE WARMTH AND COOL TONES. GET THOSE UNDERTONES MATCHING. AND THEN DO IT IN A ROOM LIKE A BEDROOM OR A KID'S ROOM, AND ENTRANCEWAY, SO YOU ARE NOT DOING A BEAUTIFUL RUST COLOUR THROUGH THE ENTIRE HOUSE, WHICH THE ENERGY MIGHT BE OFF WITH THAT FOR YOU. THINK ABOUT THE MOOD YOU WANT TO CREATE WITH COLOUR, AND THE ROOMS YOU WANT TO FEEL RELAXING. AS THERE IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DO WHERE THEY GO WRONG WHEN IT COMES TO NEUTRALS? I WOULD SAY IF YOUR FOUNDATION FEATURES LIKE YOUR FLOOR ARE A WARM TONE AND YOU PAINT YOUR WALL COLOUR WITH GREY, SO THAT UNDERTONES DON'T MATCH AND IT IS A LITTLE BIT JARRING. YOU'VE GOT THIS! I CAN HELP YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. E WHAI AKE NEI ` IT COULD BE THE DISCOVER OF A CENTURY. HOW ARCHAEOLOGISTS FOUND THE LAST UNCOVERED ROYAL TOMB FROM THE 18th EGYPTIAN DYNASTY. # I AM BEAUTIFUL AND MY WAY, # COS GOD MAKES NO MISTAKES. Um, where's my phone? It's right there, son. No. I'm certain that's your phone. No. This is my phone. The one with the googly camera, no scratches. This is not my phone day Santa. This is mine boy frog. Not true gnome king. Is so Man-Witch. Elf lord. Elf lord. Mince and cheese. Mince and cheese. Not-ting. Yes it is. You could ditch that old dunger. There's a few ways I can get you a new one. Yes! this is your... Shhh... VOICEOVER: We've made it easy to get you a new phone, whenever you want. One New Zealand, let's get connected. # I CONFESS, I'M NOT THAT VERSATILE. KIA ORA ANO. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HIS UKRAINIAN COUNTERPART WILL VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE LATER THIS WEEK. BONES FOUND ON THE WEST COAST HAVE NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED AS TRAMPER MARNI SHEPPEARD, WHO WENT MISSING IN 2020. AND F1 DRIVER LIAM LAWSON HAS SET THE SECOND-FASTEST LAP IN THE MORNING SESSION OF PRE-SEASON TESTING IN BAHRAIN. 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, THOSE EXPERIENCES INCLUDE 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. NOW, THIS COMPETITON IS OPEN UNTIL SUNDAY 4pm AND WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER ON THE SHOW NEXT MONDAY. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz, AND THIS IS ALL THANKS TO VENTURE TARANAKI. IT'S THE DISCOVERY BEING DESCRIBED AS A 'MOMENT OF A LIFETIME'. THE BURIAL SITE OF KING TUT-MOUSE THE SECOND HAS BEEN UNEARTHED BY A BRITISH AND EGYPTIAN TEAM NEAR THE CITY OF LUXOR. AND NOW, JUST THREE DAYS LATER, A SECOND TOMB MAY HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED TOO. TO EXPLAIN, WE'RE JOINED BY ARCHAEOLOGIST RAVEN TODD DASILVA. GOOD MORNING. WHAT IS THIS NEW FINDING? THE NEW FINDING IS QUITE SPECTACULAR. A FEW DAYS AFTER THE NEWS BROKE OF KING TUT-MOUSE'S TERM BEING FOUND, NEWS BROKE THAT MAYBE A SECOND TOMB MAY HAVE BEEN FOUND. IT WAS NOT LOOTED, BUT COMPLETELY EMPTY. AND BECAUSE IT WAS FLOODED A FEW YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, HE WAS MOVED TO A SECOND TOMB AND THERE WERE SOME INSCRIPTIONS INDICATING HE WAS MOVED BY HIS SISTER. THIS POTENTIAL FIND, WANT TO GET THROUGH ALL THAT TROUBLE, COULD LEAD TO A YET UNDISTURBED FULL EGYPTIAN TOMB. HOW BIG OF A DEAL IS THAT FOR EGYPT AND ARCHAEOLOGISTS? IT IS A HUGE DEAL. THIS IS THE FIND OF A LIFETIME FOR ANYONE. ANY ARCHAEOLOGIST DREAMS OF FINDING AN UNTOUCHED TOMB. ONLY ONE UNTOUCHED TOMB HAS BEEN FOUND BEFORE. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT PEOPLE WITH INTENTIONS THAT ARE NOT SO GOOD WOULD BE KEEN TO GET IN ON THAT? TOMBS AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS IN GENERAL NEVER HIT THE NEWS THIS QUICKLY. THE ONE THAT MADE THE NEWS LAST WEEK WAS ORIGINALLY FOUNDED IN 2022, PUBLISHED IN A JOURNAL IN 2023 AND JUST HIT OUR NEWSSTANDS NOW IN 2025. THAT IS HOW THIS NEWS CYCLE WORKS. WE NORMALLY KEEP THESE A SECRET SO WE DON'T ATTRACT LOOTERS AND KEEP IT A SECRET, AND HOPEFULLY NOT GET ANY MORE THINGS LOST. WHEN WE FIND THINGS LIKE THIS, IS THAT BECAUSE OF SKILLED RESEARCH AND LINKING CLUES, OR CAN IT BE AS SIMPLE AS JUST GOOD LUCK? IT CAN BE A MIX OF BOTH. THIS TEAM, PERSONALLY, THIS ACTUAL TEAM THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THAT AREA FOR WELL OVER 10 YEARS, SO THAT AREA HAS BEEN REALLY DOCUMENTED. THEY HAVE BEEN BILLY WORKING HARD ON UNCOVERING AS MANY TOMBS AS THEY HAVE. THEY'VE DONE ABOUT 15 ARTHUR STOPPED THIS WAS JUST PATH FOR THE COURSE OF A REALLY LONG, INTENSE, BUT REALLY WELL RESEARCH PROJECT. BUT THERE IS ALWAYS THAT LUCK OF THE DRAW. SO MANY FINDS, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST CENTURY, HAVE JUST BEEN FROM PURE LUCK. THIS ONE I WOULD SAY WOULD BE A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THE TEAM ` THE CHERRY ON TOP OF ALL THEIR HARD WORK. WHAT DOES IT DO FOR THE COUNTRY TO DISCOVER SOMETHING LIKE THIS? TOURISM IS ALWAYS A BIG THING, EFFICIENTLY IN EGYPT'S, AND THEIR TOURISM FOR ARCHAEOLOGY. IT WILL BRING RENEWED EXCITEMENT FOR EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY. IT IS ALSO A GREAT WAY TO LEARN ABOUT EGYPT'S HISTORY IN GENERAL AND PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER ABOUT EGYPT AS A WHOLE AND THE ANCIENT KINGDOM. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS ABOUT ANCIENT EGYPT'S THAT CONTINUES TO EXCITE AND INSPIRE AND INTRIGUE US? THE GIANT MONUMENTS ARE JUST SO AWE-INSPIRING FOR EVERYBODY, AND IT DOES JUST EXCITE YOU. WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS DISCOVERY CAN TEACH US AND WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO SEE? I AM HOPING FOR A COMPLETELY UNTOUCHED TOMB ` FINGERS CROSSED FOR THAT. BUT THIS WHOLE FINDING IN GENERAL, THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ACROPOLIS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR OTHER BURIAL LOCATIONS. IT COULD BE SO MUCH MORE OUT THERE, AND WE ARE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS, BUT THIS WILL GIVE ARCHAEOLOGISTS THE GO-AHEAD TO LOOK ABROAD AND THE CONFIDENCE TO LOOK ELSEWHERE AND TAKE A CHANCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. A FASCINATING FIND AND A VERY EXCITING MOMENT NOT JUST FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS BUT FOR EGYPT AND THE WORLD. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WHAT RETAILERS MAKE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW PLAN TO HELP FIGHT RETAIL CRIME, BUT FIRST, DROUGHT-LIKE CONDITIONS HAVE HIT PARTS OF TARANAKI, DRYING UP WELLS AND FORCING FARMERS TO TRUCK WATER IN FOR THEIR LIVESTOCK. WE'LL GET AN UPDATE NEXT. # YOU GOT ME BEGGING YOU FOR MERCY. DROUGHT-LIKE CONDITIONS ARE HITTING PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND HARD, PARTICULARLY IN SOUTH TARANAKI. SOME FARMERS REPORTING RECORD LOW RAINFALL, WITH WELLS DRYING UP AND FEED SHORTAGES PUTTING SERIOUS PRESSURE ON LIVESTOCK AND LIVELIHOODS. LEEDOM GIBBS IS THE FEDERATED FARMERS TARANAKI PRESIDENT AND CHAIR OF THE TARANAKI RURAL COORDINATION GROUP. SHE JOINS US NOW. MORENA. HOW BAD IS IT GETTING IN YOUR NECK OF THE WORDS? AT GROUND ZERO, WE HAVE GOT FARMERS WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN IT TO THIS DRIVERS EARLY, AND WE ARE USED TO DRY SUMMERS BUT THIS IS EXTREME. WHAT SORT OF THINGS ARE YOU SEEING, EXPERIENCING, AND NOT ONLY WHAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING BUT THAT HAS GOT TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON WELL-BEING AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY, THERE IS THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TOLL AND WAIT IN THE PADDOCK. THE GREEN GRASS ISN'T THERE. THERE IS A DAUNTING NATURE TO THE CHALLENGE AND HE JUST CAN'T TAKE OUT OF IT. *TAG OUT OF IT WHAT DO FARMS LOOK LIKE AT THE MOMENT? LIKE A FLAT, BROWN DESERT. WHAT SUPPORT ARE FARMERS RECEIVING AT THE MOMENT? WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING, THROUGH OUR COORDINATION GROUP, HELP FOR FARMERS, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT ALONE. WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWN THERE HASN'T BEEN LABELLED AS AN ADVERSE EVENT, SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, WHAT DOES AN ADVERSE EVENT MEAN AND WHY HASN'T IT BEEN CLASSIFIED AS THAT? AND WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT? AN ADVERSE EVENTS OPENS UP SOME CHANNELS WHERE THE GOVERNMENT CAN STEP IN AND OFFER EXTRA HELP, AND THERE IS A WAY TOPICAL SHOULDERS WHEN THAT HAPPENS, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY ARE NOT ALONE, THERE'S A SENSE OF RELIEF ON THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, SO THIS CAN ALLOW ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO DO ON THE GROUND. HERE IS THE THING THOUGH IS THAT THE RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED TO COME UNTIL JUNE. SO HOW ARE FARMS AND FARMERS GOING TO COPE? WE ARE ABOUT TO TAKE OVER INTO MARCH BUT WE'RE TALKING A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE RAIN THAT IS NEEDED TO OFFER SOME RELIEF IS A FAIR BIT AWAY? SO HOW DO YOU COPE IN THAT TIME? IT'S A BIG DEAL, RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT LESS COMING IN AND ESCALATING COSTS, SO IT IS A HUGE PRESSURE FOR FARMERS AND EVERYONE HAS TO COPE IN THEIR OWN WAY, WE HAVE TO BUY IN-FEED. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE WEATHER, AND WE ARE WORKING CLOSER TO OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ON THE GROUND, AND WE ARE AWARE THAT THEY ARE REALLY AWARE OF OUR SITUATION AND WE HOPE SOME EXTRA SUPPORT IS ON THE HORIZON. I KNOW YOUR GROUP IS EXPECTING SOME FEEDBACK FROM MPI ABOUT DROUGHT DECLARATION, AND WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN? THAT WOULD MEAN... IT WOULD MEAN THAT FARMERS HAD SOME ACCESS TO SOME FINANCIAL HELP AROUND TAX RELIEF, WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE HAVING LOTS OF EVENTS OUT. IT DOES NOT MEAN A CHUNK OF CASH INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. BANKS STEP IN AND THE BIGGER WAY AND HOPEFULLY, MY HOPE IS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO WRAP ENOUGH SUPPORT AROUND FARMERS SO THAT WHEN THE RAINS COME AND WHEN THE PASTURES ARE REPLENISHED, THAT THIS BECOMES A MEMORY, SOMETHING YOU JUST REMEMBER RATHER THAN SOMETHING THAT IS AFFECTING YOU. AND YOU MANAGED TO GET THROUGH, RIGHT? HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO SOME FARMERS, HOW ARE THEY GOING? SOME OF THEM ARE... NOW FEELING THE PRESSURE MORE THAN THEY HAVE EVER FELT, AND I KNOW THERE IS CONCERN, I HAVE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE ABOUT WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBOURS. IT'S A BIG, BIG DEAL AND IT IS A REALLY TOUGH TIME. IF THERE IS NO RAIN RELIEF COMING ANYTIME SOON, WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE RURAL COORDINATING GROUP AND MPI IN THE GOVERNMENTS WILL COME TO READ SOME POINT SOON. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU, JENNY MAY. THAT'S A TOUGH SITUATION. TOUGH TIMES, ISN'T IT? WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT RETAIL CRIME. POWER TO THE PEOPLE ` WILL THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO WIDEN CITIZEN'S ARREST LAWS PROTECT RETAILS OR PUT THEM AT RISK? WE HAVE GOT SOME OF YOUR FEEDBACK AND ALREADY, PEOPLE WONDERING WHAT IT WILL MEAN AND IF IT WILL BE PROPORTIONATE. CAN I MENTION THIS ` 'RESTRAINT CAN BE USED WHEN REASONABLE'. WHEN REASONABLE ` SO MUCH. THAT WORD, REASONABLE, VERY OPEN TO INTERPRETATION. TE MATATINI CONTINUES THIS MORNING IN NEW PLYMOUTH. WE'LL MEET ONE OF THE TRANSLATORS FOR THE PERFORMANCES, NOT INTO ENGLISH BUT MANDARIN. AND LATER, THE MOVEMENT TO BAN TEENS AND YOUNGER FROM PURCHASING SKINCARE PRODUCTS AND FAKE TANS. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S JENNY-MAY WITH YOUR NEWS. THANKS, CHRIS. FIRE CREWS THIS MORNING ARE BATTLING A LARGE VEGETATION FIRE IN NORTHLAND'S WAIPOUA FOREST. LUCY BENDELL JOINS US FOR THE LATEST. MORENA, LUCY. MORENA, JENNY MAY, FIRST LIGHT HAS HIT. AND PLANS ARE COMING IN. SOME HELICOPTERS ARE COMING UP FROM TAUPO. GROUND CREWS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO SLOW THE FIRE THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY PREDICTABLE GROW IN SIZE. THE ISSUE WITH IT GROWING IN SIZES THAT THE FIRE MAY REACH TANEMAHUTA. DOC STAFF SAY THEY ARE MONITORING THE FIRE THIS MORNING AS IT HAS GROWN AROUND 70 HA, AROUND SEVEN RUGBY FIELDS. THEY ARE EXCEEDING UPDATE FROM FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND ONCE THE OPERATIONS ARE IN FULL SPELL. LET'S HOPE FOR GOOD NEWS. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HIS UKRAINIAN COUNTERPART WILL VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE LATER THIS WEEK TO SIGN A DEAL OVER THE SHARING OF MINERAL ASSETS. AN EARLIER DRAFT HAD NOT INCLUDED ONGOING SECURITY GUARANTEES FROM THE U.S. TO STOP RUSSIA INVADING AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. THE EXACT WORDING OF THE NEW DEAL HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. ISRAEL AND HAMAS HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT OVER THE FINAL STAGE OF PHASE ONE OF THE CEASEFIRE DEAL. THE BODIES OF FOUR ISRAELI HOSTAGES WILL BE RETURNED IN EXCHANGE FOR HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN FREED OVER THE WEEKEND. THE BBC'S YOLANDE KNELL HAS THE LATEST. ON THE ISRAELI SIDE, WE'VE GOT CONFIRMATION FROM AN UNNAMED ISRAELI OFFICIAL VIA THE ISRAELI MEDIA THAT THERE HAS BEEN THIS BREAKTHROUGH, BUT NO SENSE OF TIMING THERE. MEANWHILE, HAMAS, IN ITS LATEST COMMENTS, IT'S JUST SAID THAT THIS EXCHANGE FOR HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS FOR THE REMAINS OF THE FOUR ISRAELI HOSTAGES WILL HAPPEN AT WHAT IT'S CALLED THE RIGHT TIME, AND IT WOULD HAPPEN THROUGH A NEW MECHANISM, IT SAID, THAT WOULD GUARANTEE ISRAEL'S COMMITMENT, WITHOUT IT GIVING ANY MORE DETAILS OF WHAT THAT MEANT EXACTLY. KI NGA HAKINAKINA, ENGLAND HAVE CRASHED OUT OF THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY AFTER A NARROW EIGHT-RUN DEFEAT TO AFGHANISTAN. IBRAHIM ZADRAN SMASHED 177 ` A TOURNAMENT RECORD ` TO HELP AFGHANISTAN POST 325/7. A JOE ROOT CENTURY SAW ENGLAND COME CLOSE, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH. HE HAS TO HIT, HE HAS TO HURT IT. HAS IT GONE FAR ENOUGH? HE DID IT WITH A BANG, THE FINAL SAY WITH HIS HANDS. A NOW-ELIMINATED ENGLAND WILL STILL HAVE TO PLAY SOUTH AFRICA IN THEIR FINAL GROUP MATCH. THAT MUST JUST SUCK, RIGHT? WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE. (LAUGHTER) LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND AND HAWKES BAY. IT WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THOSE AROUND THE CENTRAL PLATEAU, WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON IN TAUPO. 27 THE HIGH FOR KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON, 25 FOR TAURANGA. A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR NELSON AND KAIKOURA. FOR THOSE FURTHER DOWN, EXPECT THE ODD SHOWER THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 24 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM, 20 IN OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH. IN A BID TO CLAMP DOWN ON RETAIL CRIME, THE GOVERNMENT'S GIVING RETAILERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MORE POWER TO DETAIN SHOPLIFTERS UNDER EXPANDED CITIZEN'S ARREST LAWS. THE REFORMS ALLOW PEOPLE TO DETAIN A THIEF AT ANY TIME OF DAY ` CURRENTLY CITIZENS ARRESTS CAN ONLY BE DONE AT NIGHT. UNDER THE NEW LAW, RESTRAINTS AND REASONABLE FORCE CAN ALSO BE USED WHEN MAKING AN ARREST. BUT THE POLICE MUST BE CONTACTED AT THE TIME. THERE ARE WIDESPREAD CONCERNS THE REFORMS WILL PUT MORE PEOPLE AT RISK OF INJURY ` OR EVEN DEATH. SHORTLY, WE'LL SPEAK WITH CAROLYN YOUNG FROM RETAIL NZ. BUT FIRST, WE'RE JOINED BY GARY MORRISON, CEO OF THE NEW ZEALAND SECURITY ASSOCIATION. GOOD MORNING, GARY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. WHAT HAS YOUR REACTION BEEN TO THIS? WE ARE POSITIVE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THE LAW NEEDS CLARIFICATION AND REWRITE, BUT THERE'S MORE DETAIL THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED WHEN IT COMES TO SELECT COMMITTEE AND WE NEED TO TAKE OUT SOME OF THE GREY AREAS AS TO WHAT CAN AND CAN'T BE DONE. WHAT ARE THOSE GREY AREAS THAT NEED TO BE NAILED DOWN? THINGS AROUND WHAT SORT OF RESTRAINT SHOULD BE USED. WE WOULD ENCOURAGE HANDCUFFS. IT ALSO COMES DOWN TO DEFINITIONS OF WHAT IS REASONABLE FOR THE ET CETERA, SO A LOT OF DETAIL IS TO BE PUT TOGETHER. NOT ALL SECURITY STAFF ARE EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THIS SORT OF THING, WHAT WILL IT DO FOR THE LIKES OF YOUR MEMBERS TO RETRAIN? WE HAVE DEVELOPED A FIVE DAY TRAINING PROGRAM AROUND THIS AND IT SAVES THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. AND GOES INTO USING HANDCUFFS SAFELY, SO IT IS A VERY IN-DEPTH COURSE. WE FREELY ADMIT THAT IT IS NOT FOR ALL STAFF. IT WOULD BE QUITE SPECIALISED. IT WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH A FIVE DAY TRAINING PROGRAM AND BE RECERTIFIED EVERY YEAR AND THAT THEY ARE SPECIALLY QUALIFIED CAPABLE OF PROVIDING A SERVICE. SECURITY STAFF COME UP AGAINST AGGRESSION MORE THAN THEY WANT, BUT DO YOU THINK THIS WILL BE HEIGHTENED? SOME STAFF WELCOME IT, BUT IT IS NOT FOR EVERYBODY. IT'LL BE FOR THE STAFF WITH THE RIGHT ATTRIBUTES, PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE TYPE OF SERVICE AND GO TO THE TRAINING. FULL DISCLOSURE, I DON'T NOW THIS WOULD PRACTICALLY LOOK. HOW DOES THIS PRACTICALLY PLAY OUT, CAN YOU PLAY ME A PICTURE> LET'S SAY THERE IS A SHOPLIFTER GOING TO THE CHECKOUT, A TROLLEY FULL OF GOODS, SECURITY STAFF, IF THEY HAVE THESE POWERS, YOU CAN LOOK TO RETRIEVE THAT PROPERTY AND IF IT IS SAFE TO DO SO THEY CAN THEN ATTAIN THE OFFENDER, TAKE THEM TO A SAFE PLACE AND HOLD THEM, PENDING THE ARRIVAL OF THE POLICE. IF POLICE CANNOT ATTEND A PROMPT TIME, IT WOULD BE A CASE OF LET THEM GO. YOU CAN'T HOLD THE BODY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND IT SAFELY, SO WE WOULD HAVE WHAT WE CALL STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. DOING WHAT CAN BE DONE. THIS LOOKING AT THE ENVIRONMENT, ARE THERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AROUND, PARTICULARLY ELDERLY AND CHILDREN, WHO MAY REACT DIFFERENTLY IN THE SITUATION, SO IT IS READING THE SITUATION AND TAKING THIS ACTION IF IT IS APPROPRIATE TO DO IS. EVEN THAT PICTURE THEN, YOU ARE MAKING SOMEONE TO MAKE A LOT OF JUDGEMENT CALLS ON US THAT SECOND. EXIT YOU KNOW, WOMEN GETS PULLED OUT, THINGS ARE ESCALATING, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE THINGS THAT ARE TOTALLY OUT OF YOUR CONTROL. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SECURITY STAFF WHO WENT TO 5 DAYS OF TRAINING. WHEN YOU OFFER THOSE POWERS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THAT MAY BECOME A DIFFERENT ISSUE. BUT EVEN THEN, FIVE DAYS OF TRAINING, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD BE HAPPY FOR SOMEONE WITH FIVE DAYS OF TRAINING TO BE MAKING ALL OF THOSE JUDGEMENT CALLS AND PUTTING OTHER PEOPLE AT RISK. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WELL SKILLED STAFF. THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO CRIME. THEIR IS THE POTENTIAL THAT YOU MAY BE APPREHENDED, DETAINED AND ARRESTED AND IN THAT IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. SOME RETAILERS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A THIS TYPE OF SERVICE. RETAILERS MAKE THE FINAL DECISION. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN OFFER THE SERVICE, AND WITHIN THE LAW. GARY MORRISON, THANK YOU. LET'S BRING IN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF RETAIL NZ, CAROLYN YOUNG. MORENA. HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THAT. WHAT HAVE YOU MADE OF IT? MORENA, THANKS FOR THE TIME. IS A REALLY COMPLICATED SPACE AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT, YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE REALLY COMPLEX DECISIONS IN A SPLIT SECOND. WHEN A POLICE ARE REALLY WELL-TRAINED AND HAVE TO SPEND TIME IN TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO DO THE JOB THAT THEY DO, IN TERMS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THEY HAVE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING THEY DO EVERY DAY. WHEN THEY USE REASONABLE FORCE, THEY HAVE TO REPORT THAT EVERY TIME THEY DO IT, AND THERE IS AN ASSESSMENT DONE OF, HAS THAT BEEN DONE APPROPRIATELY? RETAIL STAFF ARE NOT TRAINED TO DO THIS. THE JURY IS OUT, REALLY, AROUND WHAT THE TRAINING LOOKS LIKE, WHAT DOES RECERTIFICATION LOOK LIKE? OUR MEMBERS HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE PHYSICALLY ENGAGING WITH CUSTOMERS IN THEIR STORE. THEY DON'T HAVE THE SPACE TO DETAIN SOMEONE. WHEN PEOPLE HAVE CHASED AFTER OFFENDERS IN STORE, RETAILERS HAVE GOTTEN HURT AND DIED. SO WE ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS COLLECTION OF VIOLENCE AND OFFENDERS COMING IN WITH MORE WEAPONS, MORE KNIVES AND GUNS IN STORE TO COMBAT THE PHYSICAL APPREHENSION. JUST PUTTING THE SECURITY ISSUE THAT GARY WAS PUTTING TO THE SIDE, WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO LEVEL UP. BECAUSE THEY WILL BE THINKING, I COULD BE APPREHENDED HERE. ABSOLUTELY, AND SO I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THAT RETAILERS ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND 80% OF THE TIME OF YOUR GAUGE OF SOMEONE WHEN THEY COME IN THE STORE, WHEN YOU ASK, HOW ARE YOU TODAY, CAN I HELP YOU? IF SOMEONE IS GOING TO COME IN AND DEFEND AND YOU ARE IN GAUGING IN CUSTOMER SERVICE, THEY WILL TURN WALK OUT THE DOOR BECAUSE THEY KNOW SOMEONE IS WATCHING THEM. THE WHOLE POINT WITH RETAILERS THAT THE TRAINING IS ABOUT DEESCALATION, CUSTOMER SERVICE AND A POSITIVE WAY AND DEESCALATION AND REMOVING YOURSELF FROM HARM, NOT ACTUALLY WALKING INTO IT AND ENGAGING PHYSICALLY WITH AN OFFENDER. CERTAINLY, TALKING TO SOMEONE AND ASSESSING WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE THE RIGHT PERSON TO BE ENGAGING WITH OIL WHETHER YOU SHOULD STAND BACK AND TRY TO GET THEM OUT OF THE STORE, SO IT IS CONTRARY TO GOOD PRINCIPLES AND TRAINING IN RETAIL. BESIDES THE PEOPLE FEARING THEY COULD BE HURT OR WORSE, IS THERE A FEAR THAT PEOPLE, IF THEY DO ENGAGE, THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL BE PROPORTIONATE IN TERMS OF THE RESPONSE? THE MINISTER WAS SAYING THAT YOU CAN GET SOMEONE IN A HEADLOCK, BUT IT IS A LOT TO THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE CALLING THE POLICE, RESTRAINING SOMEONE AND TRYING NOT TO DO IT OVER THE TOP. POLICE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION AND DOUBLE LAWYERS ABOUT WHAT IS DIVIDED REASONABLE FORCE, AND HOW DOES THAT THEN PROPORTION OUT INTO THAT SITUATION? I WOULD HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT GOING ONTO STARTING THAT'S BECAUSE I HAVE NO TRAINING AT ALL, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC ARE IN THAT SITUATION. WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THE MINISTER AFTER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT? I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT NOT ESCALATING THE VIOLENCE WITHIN STORES, THANKS SO MUCH, CAROLYN AND GARY. JUST TO BE CLEAR, GARY WAS TALKING ABOUT FROM A SECURITY POINT OF VIEW, SECURITY YOU OUTSIDE, THEY CAN'T RESTRAIN PEOPLE EITHER, RIGHT? THEY ARE TOTALLY HAMSTRUNG, SO UNDERSTAND THAT POINT OF VIEW THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. BUT THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR ANYONE, RIGHT? CATH ` OTHER THAN ACTING THE CITIZENS ARREST FREE FROM PROSECUTION FOR ASSAULT OF THE ARRESTEE GETS HURT? IT IS A BIG NO FROM ME. LOOKOUT, THIEVES, THERE IS AN ARMY OF SENIORS OUT WITH WALKING STICKS. HOW ABOUT A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED... OH, I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT. A BIT OF BETTING WOULDN'T GO AMISS THERE. *VETTING ONLY GIVING THESE POWERS TO TRAINED SECURITY GUARD.S KEEPER COMING IN, WE ARE INTERESTED TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON. THE CONVERSATION IS ABOUT THE GOOD PERSON ATTACKING BAD PERSON. WHAT ABOUT MISIDENTIFICATION? AS WELL AS BYSTANDERS IN THE CROSSFIRE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` FROM GROWING UP IN CHINA TO TRANSLATING AT TE MATATINI. NEXT, A REMARKABLE AND INSPIRING TE REO JOURNEY. (PUORO KI TE REO MAORI) # I TRY TO SAY GOODBYE, AND I CHOKE. # TRY TO WALK AWAY, AND I STUMBLE. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. A 'MOMENT OF A LIFETIME' IS WHAT THE DISCOVERY OF THE BURIAL SITE OF KING THUTMOSE II IS BEING CALLED. ISRAEL AND HAMAS HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT OVER THE FINAL STAGE OF PHASE ONE OF THE CEASEFIRE DEAL. AND FOREIGN MINISTER WINSTON PETERS SAYS HIS CHINESE COUNTERPART HAS AGREED TO CONSIDER NEW ZEALAND'S CONCERNS OVER RECENT MILITARY DRILLS IN THE TASMAN. EVER SINCE HE MOVED TO AOTEAROA, LIDU GONG HAS IMMERSED HIMSELF IN MAORI CULTURE. THE AUCKLAND LIBRARIAN, WHO IS ORIGINALLY FROM CHINA, HAS SPENT THE PAST DECADE LEARNING TE REO. AND TODAY, HE'S OFF TO TE MATATINI AS THE OFFICIAL MANDARIN TRANSLATOR FOR THE KAPA HAKA PERFORMANCES. LIDU GONG JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING. MORENA. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) I THINK THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. AND I WANT TO SAY, I MET YOU, MAYBE GOING BACK 12, THE TEEN YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS IN MY SECOND YEAR ON MY TE REO JOURNEY AT TE WANANGA AOTEAROA, AND YOU WERE THE LIBRARIAN THEN. THAT WAS MY FIRST YEAR LEARNING. IT WAS YOUR FIRST YEAR? YOU BLEW US AWAY. TELL US WHY YOU WANTED TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE. THERE WERE A FEW REASONS. THE FIRST REASON, I AM WORKING IN A MAORI ORGANISATION. AND I WANTED TO INVOLVE MYSELF IN THE MAORI WORLD, AND THE LANGUAGE IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THAT. THE SECOND REASON IS I HAVE BEEN TEACHING LANGUAGE FOR MANY YEARS, AND I TRY TO FIND THE BEST WAY TO LEARN AND LANGUAGE. I CALL IT HOLISTIC LEARNING. THAT IS WHY I COULD TALK FOR OVER 15 MINUTES AFTER THREE MONTHS OF LEARNING, BECAUSE OF MY HOLISTIC METHODOLOGY. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOLISTIC METHODOLOGY, WHAT DID YOU DO? YOU OBVIOUSLY IMMERSED YOURSELF, BUT WHAT ELSE DID YOU ADD TO THAT? BECAUSE THAT IS INCREDIBLE AFTER THREE MONTHS. I DON'T LEARN GRAMMAR; THEY DON'T LEARN WORDS. I LEARN DIRECTLY WHAT I NEED TO LEARN. LIKE KARAKIA, WHAKATAUKI, WHAIKORERO DIRECTLY. EH! I USE THE LANGUAGE TO LEARN IT, RATHER THAN LEARN THE LANGUAGE AND USE IT THE NORMAL WAY. IT IS INTERESTING YOU SAY THAT, AND THAT REMINDS ME. I KNOW SCOTTY AND STACEY MORRISON, WHO ARE CHAMPIONS OF OUR BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE, ARE MUCH THE SAME. THEY GIVE YOU PHRASES TO USE IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS, AND THEN FROM THAT COMES UNDERSTANDING AND LEARNING, AND THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, RIGHT? YES. YOU ARE OFF TO TE MATATINI TODAY, AND THEN YOU ARE GOING TO BE TRANSLATING THAT INTO MANDARIN. IN TRANSLATING, THAT IS INTERPRETING. THAT IS WHAT I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT MAORI CULTURE AND CHINESE CULTURE AND CONVEYING THE CONCEPT OF WHAT MATATINI MEANS. GIVE RESPECT TO MAORI CULTURE. AND IT IS MORE THAN DANCING, PERFORMANCE, LANGUAGE. IT IS ABOUT THE WHOLE MAORI WORLD. SO IT IS NOT DIRECT TRANSLATION OF WHAT IS BEING SAID ON STAGE? NO. BECAUSE I AM PARTICIPATING IN A KAPA HAKA COMPETITION ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. AND I KNOW THE STRUCTURE AND EACH PART AND WHAT IT MEANS, IN THE CULTURAL SENSE. BEAUTIFUL. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO SOMEONE ` MAORI, PAKEHA, HOWEVER, WHO WANTS TO LEARN SOME, A BIT OR A LOT? WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT HOW MUCH WE LEARN. WE JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE IS MORE THAN A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. SCHOLARS SAY THAT IT IS FIRSTLY AN EXPRESSION OF EMOTION. THAT IS THE TOOL THAT WE USE WHEN WE DO A KARAKIA OR A WHAIKORERO. IT IS A WAY TO GET CONNECTED WITH THE PHYSICAL WORLD OR THE SPIRITUAL WORLD. A NASA SIMILAR TO CHINESE TRADITIONAL CULTURE. THROUGH THE USE OF THE LANGUAGE, WE GET CONNECTED TO THE WHOLE WORLD. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) SO LOVELY TO TALK TO YOU, SEE YOU, SINCE THE VERY FIRST TIME A FEW YEARS AGO, AND IT IS LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM, AND THANK YOU FOR SPREADING OUR BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE AS WELL. AND TRAVEL SAFELY TO TE MATATINI. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. THAT IS COMING UP NEXT. (UPBEAT MUSIC) # I AM LIKE A BIRD. I ONLY FLY AWAY. 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. 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. FIRE CREWS THIS MORNING ARE BATTLING A LARGE VEGETATION FIRE IN NORTHLAND'S WAIPOUA FOREST. LUCY BENDELL JOINS US FOR THE LATEST. ONE FIRE HELICOPTER APPEARS TO HER JUST ARRIVED AT THE SCENE FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND CONFIRMED THREE WILL BE ARRIVING. THEY ARE SCALING OPERATIONS NOW THAT FIRST LIGHT HAS HIT SO WE ARE EXPECTING GROUND CREWS TO ALSO BE ARRIVING TO TRY AND CONTAIN THIS FIRE, AS IT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE FOREST. IT IS A VERY DENSE BUSH AREA AND IT IS ALSO WHERE NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST TREE LIES. THE FIRE IS CURRENTLY 70 HA LARGER WITH A PARAMETER OF 4 KM. PEOPLE ARE BEING WARNED TO STAY AWAY AND TO EXPECT A LOT OF ACTIVITY ON THE GROUND. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HIS UKRAINIAN COUNTERPART WILL VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE LATER THIS WEEK. TO SIGN A DEAL OVER THE SHARING OF MINERAL ASSETS. AN EARLIER DRAFT HAD NOT INCLUDED ONGOING SECUERITY GUARANTEES FROM THE U.S., TO STOP RUSSIA INVADING AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. THE EXACT WORDING OF THE NEW DEAL HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. POPE FRANCIS HAS SPENT THE DAY RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT WHILE SITTING IN AN ARMCHAIR, BUT HIS DOCTORS STILL AREN'T GIVING A DETAILED PROGNOSIS FOR HIS CONDITION. THE PONTIFF HAD A CT SCAN YESTERDAY, RESULTS OF WHICH SHOULD BE RELEASED SOON. FOREIGN MINISTER WINSTON PETERS SAYS HIS CHINESE COUNTERPART HAS AGREED TO CONSIDER NEW ZEALAND'S CONCERNS OVER RECENT MILITARY DRILLS IN THE TASMAN. AFTER THE TWO LEADERS MET IN BEIJING, PETERS SAID HE TOLD WANG YI THE CHINESE NAVY HAD FAILED TO GIVE ENOUGH NOTICE BEFORE CARRYING OUT LIVE FIRE EXERCISES. WELL, WE PLACED IT IN THE CONTEXT OF ` LOOK, WE'VE HAD THIS SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP, AND THIS IS A FAILURE IN IT AT THIS TIME, AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE IT CORRECTED INTO THE FUTURE. THE PAIR ALSO DISCUSSED NEW ZEALAND'S CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE COOK ISLANDS, AFTER THE PACIFIC NATION SIGNED A CONTROVERSIAL AGREEMENT WITH CHINA OVER ITS MARITIME PRESENCE. HEADLINE THE BLACKCAPS HAVE ARRIVED IN DUBAI FOR THEIR THIRD AND FINAL CHAMPIONS TROPHY POOL MATCH AGAINST INDIA ON SUNDAY. HAVING ALREADY SECURED THEIR SPOT IN THE SEMI FINALS COACH GARY STEAD IS TOSSING UP WHETHER TO USE A FULL STRENGTH SIDE. THERE ARE A FEW LITTLE, JUST, PEOPLE WITH NORMAL CRICKET NIGGLES THAT HAPPEN, AND WE'LL JUST MANAGE AND SEE HOW THOSE THOSE GUYS GO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TO SEE IF THEY SETTLE OR NOT. IT'S A NICE POSITION TO BE IN WHEN YOU DO HAVE THAT CHOICE IF WE DO NEED TO MAKE IT. INDIA HAVE ALSO QUALIFIED FOR THE SEMI-FINALS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND AND HAWKES BAY. IT WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THOSE AROUND THE CENTRAL PLATEAU, WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON IN TAUPO. 27 THE HIGH FOR KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON, 25 FOR TAURANGA. A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR NELSON AND KAIKOURA. FOR THOSE FURTHER DOWN, EXPECT THE ODD SHOWER THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 24 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM, 20 IN OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH. LAST YEAR, OVER 25,000 KIDS PARTICIPATED IN BNZ KIWI HOOPS BASKETBALL NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR TAMARIKI, USING GAMES-BASED LEARNING TO BUILD SKILLS, CONFIDENCE, AND A LOVE FOR BASKETBALL. MATT GIBB HEADED ALONG TO CHECK IT OUT THANKS TO BNZ WHO'S BRINGING YOU THIS SEGMENT. WE'VE TAKEN A ROAD TRIP TO GLENAVY ` A SMALL TOWN ON THE BORDER OF CANTERBURY AND OTAGO, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING BASKETBALL INTO THE REGIONS TODAY WITH BNZ KIWI HOOPS. (UPBEAT MUSIC) SO, JACOB, YOU'RE THE GENERAL MANAGER OF SOUTH CANTERBURY BASKETBALL. HOW GREAT IS IT THAT WE GET TO COME TO A PLACE LIKE GLENAVY SCHOOL TODAY, AND HAVE KIDS HAVING SUCH A GREAT TIME WITH BASKETBALL? YEAH, IT'S SO COOL. WE DON'T NORMALLY GET OUT TO SOME RURAL PLACES LIKE GLENAVY PRIMARY, SO IT'S REALLY COOL THAT THE KIWI HOOPS PROGRAM IS REALLY GOOD AT, SORT OF, CREATING A FUN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN LEARN THE BASIC SKILLS. KEEPING YOUR EYE OUT FOR SOME FUTURE SUPERSTARS? ABSOLUTELY. ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SOME KEEN YOUNG TALENT. AND NOT JUST KIDS GETTING INVOLVED EITHER. THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE GETTING INVOLVED WITH SOME, WOULD YOU SAY, PRETTY AMAZING SKILLS AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. MATT, YOU'VE GOT SOME GREAT SKILLS. OH NO! THERE WE GO. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WHAT ARE YOU MOST ENJOYING ABOUT TODAY'S SESSION? UH, I LIKE SHOOTING. I'M IN THE WAY. YOU GOT TO SHOOT RIGHT NOW, DON'T YOU? YEAH. GOOD LUCK. COME ON, TALIA! OOH, SO CLOSE. STEVE, ACTING PRINCIPAL HERE AT GLENAVY SCHOOL, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF KIDS RUNNING AROUND HAVING THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES. WHAT DOES THE BNZ KIWI HOOPS PROGRAM DO FOR STUDENTS LIKE YOURS? BECAUSE WE'RE QUITE ISOLATED WHERE WE ARE IN GLENAVY, IT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A GOOD CRACK AT BASKETBALL, COS THEY DON'T GET A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE ARE, SO IT'S REALLY GOOD. THE COACHING THAT THEY'RE GETTING IS AMAZING, AND JUST THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY HAVE A CRACK. OH, WHAT A SHOT! I THINK SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE READY FOR THE NBA ALREADY. BUT WE'LL SEE HOW THEY GO. DELILAH, NOAH, SAHAIB, HOW MUCH FUN ARE WE HAVING AT BNZ KIWI HOOPS TODAY SO FAR? GOOD. A LOT OF FUN. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE LEARNING, DELILAH? WELL, WE'RE JUST DOING LIGHT SKILLS, DRIBBLING THE BALL. DID YOU EVER PLAY BASKETBALL BEFORE YOU CAME TO GLENAVY SCHOOL? NEVER. AND TELL ME ABOUT YOUR BASKETBALL JOURNEY NOW. YOU PLAY AT HOME, RIGHT? YEAH, I PLAY AT HOME. I DO NOT HAVE A HOOP, SO I JUST MADE MY OWN HOOP. YOU MADE A HOOP AT HOME? YEAH. THAT'S HOW MUCH OF A BASKETBALL FAN YOU ARE NOW? YEAH. AND THE LAST QUESTION IS, OF COURSE, IS THIS MORE FUN THAN SITTING IN A CLASSROOM LEARNING STUFF? YES. 100%. YEAH, I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT SAY YES TO THAT. WE WILL DELVE BACK INTO THE RETAIL CITIZENS ARREST ISSUE LATER. PLENTY OF FEEDBACK ROLLING IN. WHEN IT TURNS NASTY, WHICH IT WELL AND THE RETAILERS TAKE ACTION, THE OFFENDER GETS HURT OR POTENTIALLY EVEN KILLED, I WONDER HOW SUPPORTIVE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM WILL BE TOWARDS THE RETAILER. SOMEONE ALSO SAYS THAT FIVE DAYS OF TRAINING AS AN ADEQUATE AT ALL. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SECURITY GUARDS WHO WERE ALREADY TRAINED, BUT IF THE NEW LAW TO COME IN, THERE WOULD BE AN EXTRA FIVE DAYS TRAINING. NEXT SAYS I HAVE BEEN A SECURITY GUARD AND THAT DETAINING AN ADRENALINE FILLED ADULT IS NOT AN EASY TASK. THIS IS A FRAUGHT AREA WITH SEVERE CONSEQUENCES IF YOU GET IT A LITTLE BIT WRONG. . DEALING WITH SOMEONE WHO IS HYPED UP, WHO IS DETERMINED, POTENTIALLY ARMED. WE WILL PUT THOSE TO THE MINISTER. STEVE MENTIONED EARLIER THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN AROUND A GOOD PERSON WHO WAS DEALING WITH A BAD PERSON, BUT WHAT IF THEY WRONGLY IDENTIFY AN INNOCENT PERSON. EVERYONE EVEN SECURITY GUARDS HAVE INBUILT BIAS IS. I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED AROUND SUPERMARKETS BEFORE HAVING A MOKO, SOMEONE SAYS. THERE WERE A WIDE RANGE OF CONSEQUENCES IF THIS WERE TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE LEGISLATION. ME U TONU MAI ` WILL THE GOVERNMENT'S WIDENING OF CITIZEN'S ARREST LAWS OPEN THE DOOR FOR VIGILANTE JUSTICE? OUR POLITICAL PANEL WEIGHS IN. 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. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. POSSIBLE CHANGES TO CITISENS ARREST LAWS ARE SPARKING CONCERN BUT SECURITY PROFESSIONALS SAY THE CURRENT LAW IS OLD AND NEEDS A REWRITE. POPE FRANCIS HAS SPENT THE DAY RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT. HIS DOCTORS STILL AREN'T GIVING A DETAILED PROGNOSIS FOR HIS CONDITION. AND ENGLAND HAVE CRASHED OUT OF THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY AFTER A NARROW 8 RUN DEFEAT TO AFGHANISTAN. POWER TO THE PEOPLE, OR A NATIONAL COP OUT? THE GOVERNMENT'S COMBATING RETAIL CRIME WITH CHANGES TO THE CRIMES ACT WIDEN THE SCOPE OF CITIZEN'S ARRESTS. BUT WILL THAT OPEN THE DOOR FOR VIGILANTE JUSTICE, AND INVITE OUR OWN VERSION OF BATMAN AND ROBIN TO PATROL THE STREETS? FOR THEIR THOUGHT'S, LET'S BRING IN THE POLITICAL DYNAMIC DUO OF NATIONAL'S CHRIS BISHOP AND LABOUR'S KIERAN MCANULTY. WHY ARE WE GOING FOR THIS APPROACH? WHO IS BATMAN AND WHO IS ROBIN? YOU CAN DECIDE AMONGST YOURSELVES. THE LAW AT THE MOMENT IS QUITE INTERESTING. CITIZENS ARREST, OR DETAINING SHOPLIFTERS, BASICALLY, YOU CAN DO IT IF THE VALUE OF THE GOODS ARE OVER $1000 AND IT'S AFTER 9 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT WILL APPLY TO ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT. PRETTY RIDICULOUS THAT IT BECOMES LEGAL TO DETAIN SOMEONE ONCE IT TURNS 9:01 PM. THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE PEOPLE SAYING THE LAW IS OUTDATED. WE ARE SEEING THE LAW PEOPLE INTO THE MODERN TIMES. IT WAS SUGGESTED BY THE RETAIL CRIME ADVISORY GROUP. IT WILL GO TO SELECT COMMITTEE, AND NO DOUBT, THERE WILL BE A ROBUST DEBATE. IS NOT JUST CHANGING THE ARBITRARY TIME OF NIGHT, AS IT? IS ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES. BILLS AND LORD GETS REPEALED ALL THE TIME, BUT LET'S NOT PRETEND THAT THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. THEY MADE THE SITE YESTERDAY TO BE THEIR BIG SOLUTION TO RETAIL CRIME. THIS IS ANNOUNCED IN THE CONTEXT OF RETAIL CRIME GOING UP 11% LAST YEAR, THE NUMBER OF COPS FALLING, THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE RISING, THE METHAMPHETAMINE USE GO THROUGH THE ROOF. THAT'S A SITUATION THAT THE GOVERNMENT FINDS THEMSELVES IN, AND THEY NEEDED TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION, AND THEIR SOLUTION WAS TO TURN AROUND TO SHOPKEEPERS AND WORKERS AND SAY YOU SORTED OUT AND WE WILL LET YOU DO IT. IT'S HARDLY GIVING PEOPLE CONFIDENCE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL DEAL WITH RETAIL CRIME. WHEN YOU HAVE THE COP SAYING YOU DON'T LIKE IT, RETAIL NEW ZEALAND SAYING THEY DON'T LIKE IT, AND THE UNION AND WORKERS SAYING THEY DON'T LIKE IT, I DON'T SEE HOW THE GOVERNMENT CAN SAY IT'S SUCCESSFUL OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT. THE POLICE HAVE TO BE INVOLVED. YOU CAN DETAIN SOMEONE, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO CALL THE POLICE. THIS IS THE LAW AND OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL. WE ARE HIRING POLICE OFFICERS AND TRAINING HUNDREDS OF POLICE OFFICERS RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE OUT THERE WATCHING POLICY POLICE ON THE STREET MORE. PEOPLE TO SEE THE POLICE WALKING THROUGH THE MALLS AND WALKING ALONG THE STREET A BIT MORE. BUT THE POLICE CANNOT BE EVERYWHERE, AND RETAIL CRIME IS A BIG PROBLEM. IT IS AN OPPORTUNISTIC CRIME. BUT PRACTICALLY, WALK ME THROUGH THIS. HOW DOES IT PRACTICALLY WORK WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO DETAIN SOMEONE YOU NEED TO CONTACT THE POLICE, PUT THEM ON SPEAKERPHONE AND WHILE YOU ARE DOING THAT, TRY AND DETAIN THEM, BUT NOT IN A WAY THAT'S UNREASONABLE. CAN YOU GIVE US A PICTURE OF HOW THAT PRACTICALLY PLAYS UP? REASONABLE FORCE DEPENDS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. THE CLASSIC AS PEOPLE JUST NICKING STUFF FROM SUPERMARKETS. ANECDOTAL FEEDBACK I GET FROM PEOPLE AROUND THE COMMUNITY IS THAT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO CONSEQUENCES, AND IF THE SHOPKEEPER CALLS THE POLICE, THEY WILL ARRIVE, BUT IT WILL BE TWO OR THREE HOURS AFTERWARDS. PEOPLE JUST GET AWAY WITH IT. WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS SEND A MESSAGE SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T GET AWAY WITH IT ANYMORE. NICKING STUFF IS A CRIME AND YOU CAN'T DO IT AND THERE WILL BE IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES. I THINK THIS IS A SENSIBLE, PRAGMATIC STEP. WE HAVE SOMETHING TO WORK THROUGH, BUT MOST PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT IS PRETTY REASONABLE, I THINK. IF THIS WAS PART OF IT AND OUTSMART OF A SUITE OF CHANGES WHERE PEOPLE SAW AN INCREASE OF RESOURCES GOING TO THE POLICE, PERHAPS EVEN FUNDING TO COMMUNITY PATROLS, MANY COMMUNITIES AND REGIONS HAVE THOSE, AS WELL AS THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, PEOPLE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT IT A BIT DIFFERENTLY. BUT IT'S NOT. IT IS REVIEWING THE CITIZENS ARREST LAWS AND THAT BEING THE BIG SOLUTION TO RETAIL CRIME. WHAT REALLY STUCK WITH ME YESTERDAY WAS A SHOPKEEPER SAYING THAT IF THOSE WHO ARE LIKELY TO COMMIT THOSE CRIMES KNOW THAT THOSE PEOPLE INSIDE THE SHOPS ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS, THEN THOSE PEOPLE GOING TO COMMIT CRIMES WILL GO BETTER PREPARED. PERHAPS WITH A WEAPON OR WORSE. AND I THINK THAT'S A MESSAGE THAT THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO LISTEN TO, THAT IF THE SHOPKEEPERS ARE SAYING THAT, MAYBE STOP AND THINK AND WONDER IF IT'S THE SOLUTION. MY VIEW IS THAT IT'S THE OPPOSITE. THESE KINDS OF OPPORTUNISTIC CRIMES THINKING THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE FOR IT, PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT IF THE SHOPKEEPER IS ACTUALLY ABLE TO GO AND TAKE THEM AND DETAIN THEM WITH REASONABLE FORCE AND CALL THE POLICE, PEOPLE WILL GO, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA. WE ARE HAVING A DEBATE ABOUT IT, FAIR ABOVE, WE BOTH HAVE LEGITIMATE POINTS OF VIEWS. I'VE DONE A CITIZENS ARREST BEFORE. THE GUY I CAUGHT TRYING TO STEAL MY UTE. I TACKLED HIM ONTO THE GROUND AND SAT ON HIM UNTIL THE COPS TURNED UP. I DIDN'T REALISE UNTIL THEN, BUT HE HAD A PLUMBERS SPANNER IN HIS HAND. IT COULD HAVE GOT NASTY. ASKING PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, NOT EVERYONE CAN DO IT, BUT IF THEY TAKE IT ON AND GET HURT, WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE? PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT COULD BE DANGEROUS. MAYBE YOU COULD BE PART OF THE TRAINING. MAYBE SITTING ON SOMEONE COULD WORK. WINSTON PETERS HAS BEEN IN CHINA, HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT THOSE TALKS HAVE BEEN PROGRESSIVE ENOUGH IN TERMS OF REITERATING HOW CONCERNED NEW ZEALAND is. THEY'VE JUST RELEASED A PRESS RELEASE, CHINA IS AN IMPORTANT TRADING PARTNER FOR NEW ZEALAND, I UNDERSTAND MR PETERS DID RAISE THE ISSUE ABOUT THE LACK OF NOTICE ABOUT CHINESE VESSELS DEPLOYED INTO THE TASMAN SEA, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT, BUT I UNDERSTAND MR PETERS RAISED THE ISSUE OF THE LACK OF NOTICE GIVEN AROUND THAT. WE HAVE A MATURE AND CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA, IT'S BASED ON MUTUAL RESPECT, AND THIS IS MR PETERS SIXTH VISIT TO CHINA AND I'M SURE THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES CONTINUES. OUR YOU CONFIDENT THAT MR PETERS WOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP TO THIS? WHEN IT COMES TO RELATIONSHIPS WITH TRADING PARTNERS, THE WHOLE OF PARLIAMENT WORKS TOGETHER. MASSIVE INJECTION OF TRADE FOR THIS COUNTRY INTO THOUSAND AND EIGHT, AND IT'S MADE NEW ZEALANDERS BETTER. IT'S A RELATIONSHIP WE NEED TO KEEP WORKING ON, BUT IT IS STRONG, AND IT MEANS THAT IF WE DO HAVE CONCERNS WE CAN RAISE THEM FRANKLY. WE DO AS THE LABOUR PARTY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WHERE THE RELATIONSHIP WILL GO IF WE PICK SIDES, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT WAS RAISED TODAY. IT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED, SO IT SHOWS THAT THE RELATIONSHIP IS THERE, AND I'M PLEASED THAT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK THINGS THROUGH. I LOVED OUR CHAT ABOUT CITIZENS ARREST. NO RESTRAINING U2. GOOD TO HEAR ABOUT THOSE SPECIAL SKILLS THAT YOU HAVE, MR MCANULTY. E WHAI AKE NEI ` AN UPDATE ON THE GODZONE ADVENTURE RACE. WE'LL HAVE THAT AND MORE SPORT AFTER THE BREAK. TO THE WONDERFUL OF SPORT NOW, WHERE CHRISTCHURCH REPORTER JORDAN OPPERT JOINS US WITH THE LATEST. JORDAN, A LOCATION'S JUST BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE REVIVED GOD ZONE RACE! DO TELL, MY FRIEND. DES HAS MOVED REALLY QUICKLY. IT WAS LESS THAN A MONTH AGO THAT I BROKE THE NEWS ON 6 O'CLOCK NEWS, THAT RICHIE MCCALL WAS ACTUALLY A PART OF THE TEAM, THE CHARITABLE TRUST, THAT WAS GOING TO REVIVE THIS MULTI-DAY EVENT, AND TODAY THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED A DATE AND LOCATION. THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE 12TH CHAPTER WILL BE SET IN MARLBOROUGH, AND THAT WAS WHERE THE LAST ONE WAS SET TO BE HELD BUT WAS NOT BECAUSE OF THE CONCESSIONS. IT HAS COASTAL PATHWAYS, ISLANDS, AND CHALLENGING TERRAIN. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO HAVE AN EVENT SUCH AS THIS, WHICH IS ALL ABOUT NAVIGATING THE WILDERNESS. OF COURSE, THE COMPETITORS WHO DO ENTER WILL NOT KNOW THE EXACT 550 KM COURSE BECAUSE IT IS ALL A SECRET UNTIL THEY GET THERE. THIS IS SET TO THEY DO ACTUALLY GET TO KNOW WHAT THE COURSE IS OBVIOUSLY, BUT THEY DON'T FIND THAT OUT UNTIL WHEN? WHEN THEY START, OR THE DAY BEFORE? WHEN YOU START. YOU FIND OUT WHEN YOU GET THERE AS A TEAM. IT IS UP TO YOU TO NAVIGATE THE TERRAIN AND GET TO THE PLACE THE QUICKEST. YOU BUY, RUN, WALK, KAYAK, HOWEVER YOU CAN GET THERE. THAT IS WHAT THE BEAUTY OF THIS RACE IS. IT IS A TEAM EVENT. YOU CAN HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD, YOU GET THE WHOLE TEAM THERE. IS A CHARITABLE TRUST THAT HAS TAKEN THIS OVER AND THEY AIM TO ALSO GIVE BACK TO THE OUTER DOOR SPACE, AND IT IS LED BY RICHIE MCCALL, SO HOW AWESOME. FROM ONE ALL BLACKS GREAT TO ANOTHER ` DAN CARTER'S EYEING UP A CODE SWITCH. THIS MIGHT BE MY FAVOURITE STORY OF THE WEEK. WHEN YOU SAY, IS THERE ANYTHING HE CANNOT DO QUESTION MARK I HAVE FOUND SOMETHING FOR DANIEL CARTER, AND IT IS KAYAKING. HE HAS A NEW SERIES WHERE HE CATCHES UP WITH INDIVIDUAL ATHLETES TO SEE HOW THEY OPERATE. DANIEL HAS ONLY EVER BEEN IN A TEAM. LET'S JUST SAY YOU DID NOT GO SO WELL WHEN HE WAS TALKING TO DAME LISA. THERE IS GREAT FOOTAGE OF HER ABSOLUTELY LOSING IT ON THE WHARF TRYING TO GET HIM SOME TIPS AND TRICKS. THE OTHER THING I FOUND AMAZING ABOUT THIS IS THAT DANIEL CARTER IS A FIT MAN, BUT WE CAN ALL APPRECIATE THAT, BUT HE STILL CANNOT CRACK IT, WHICH SHOWS JUST HOW STRONG THOSE K-1 AND K FOR ATHLETES ARE. THE LIKES OF DAME LISA CARRINGTON, TO STAY AFLOAT. IT IS NICE TO GET ONE IBADAN CUTTER. THAT IS ON HIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL WITH A NEW SERIES, AND IT IS CALLED IN THE PRESSURE COOKER. THERE ARE SOME GREAT LAUGHS AND THEREFORE YOU. PRESSURE COOKER. THERE ARE SOME GREAT LAUGHS AND THERE FOR YOU. BECAUSE HE IS SUCH A GREAT ATHLETE, I DON'T MIND SEEING HIM FAIL SO MUCH. GOOD SHOUT, JORDAN. LOOKS VERY DIFFICULT THOUGH. YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR LEGS AND CORE TO KEEP IT STILL. LOOK AT AND GO. LOOK AT HIM GO. IT IS A COMBINATION OF BOTH. I RECKON YOU GUYS NEED TO GET OUT TO LAKE PUPUKE WITH DAME LISA CARRINGTON. IF DAN CARTER CAN'T DO IT, I DON'T THINK WE CAN. SEE YOU TOMORROW. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS HOUR ` WHAT'S BEHIND A WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT TO STOP KIDS FROM USING SKINCARE PRODUCTS AND FAKE TANS, AND SHOULD AOTEAROA FOLLOW SUIT? THE COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR THE OSCARS. WE'LL GO THROUGH THE FRONTRUNNERS FOR NEXT WEEK'S BIG AWARDS SHOW. PLUS ` IT'S NOT LONG UNTIL THE V8 THUNDER AROUND TAUPO. SUPERCARS DRIVER ANTON DE PASQUALE JOINS US IN STUDIO. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 8 O'CLOCK ` HERE'S THE NEWS. FIRE CREWS THIS MORNING ARE BATTLING A LARGE VEGETATION FIRE IN NORTHLAND'S WAIPOUA FOREST. LUCY BENDELL JOINS US FOR THE LATEST. GOOD MORNING, LUCY. TWO HELICOPTERS HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED TO THE SCENE. TURN YOUR MIC ON, LUCY. HERE WE GO. IT APPEARS TO HELICOPTERS HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED TO THE SCENE. WE ARE EXPECTING 1/3 TO ARRIVE FROM TAUPO TO BATTLE THIS FIRE, THAT IS BASED NEAR THE RIVER SETTLEMENT. POLICE HAVE ALREADY CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAVE EVACUATED ALL THE PEOPLE FROM THE HOMES, AS THAT FIRE DID POSE A THREAT, BUT NO HOMES WERE LOST OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER LARGE THREAT IS 6 KM AWAY IN THE FOREST, WHERE NEW ZEALAND'S TALLEST KAURI TREE LIVES. CRUISE WILL BE CONTINUING TO CONTAIN THAT FIRE. IT IS ABOUT SEVEN RUGBY FIELD LARGE. IT WILL ONLY GROW IN SIZE, THAT WAS MEASURED LAST NIGHT, SO WE WILL GET AN UPDATE ON SITE THIS MORNING AS THAT OPERATION UNFOLDS. THANK YOU, LUCY. A HUMAN BONE FOUND ON THE WEST COAST LAST YEAR BELONGS TO A MISSING TRAMPER. MARNI SHEPPEARD WENT MISSING FOUR YEARS AGO, AFTER GOING HIKING IN THE WEST COAST MOUNTAINS BY HERSELF. POLICE HAVE NOW CONFIRMED THE BONE IS SHEPPEARD'S, DISCOVERED BY CONTRACTORS REPLACING OLD TRANSFORMERS IN THE OTIRA RIVER. UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT SAYS SECURITY GUARANTEES VITAL TO ANY AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S. HAVE NOT BEEN DECIDED. THE TWO COUNTRIES HAVE REPORTEDLY SETTLED ON AN ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK OVER THE SHARING OF MINERAL ASSETS. BUT PRESIDENT ZELENSKY SAYS HIS VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE LATER THIS WEEK WILL BE FOR TALKS NOT TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT, WHICH WAS HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP FRAMED IT. NEW ZEALAND AND VIETNAM HAVE AGREED TO UPGRADE THEIR DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSHIP TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. THE PRIME MINISTER IS HOPING THAT THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP WILL DELIVER TANGIBLE BENEFITS TO THE NEW ZEALAND COMPANIES WHO DO BUSINESS HERE IN VIETNAM. BY SENDING A SIGNAL TO REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS, PORT AUTHORITIES AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS, THAT NEW ZEALAND IS A PREFERRED PARTNER OF THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, VIETNAM IS NOT AN EASY COUNTRY IN WHICH TO DO BUSINESS. THEY HAVE A POOR TRACK RECORD WHEN IT COMES TO CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY, AND IN RECENT YEARS, ONE OF THEIR TOP OFFICIALS HAS CARRIED OUT A CAMPAIGN CALLED 'BLAZING FURNACE', IN WHICH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PUBLIC SERVANTS HAVE BEEN DISCIPLINED FOR ACTING IN A CORRUPT MANNER. FORMER WHITE FERNS CAPTAIN AMY SATTERTHWAITE IS SET TO JOIN THE NEW ZEALAND ELEVEN COACHING TEAM FOR TWO WARM UP MATCHES AGAINST SRI LANKA THIS WEEK. THE MATCHES ARE A CHANCE FOR NEW ZEALAND TO GET AN EARLY LOOK AT THEIR OPPONENTS FOR NEXT WEEK'S WHITE BALL SERIES. SATTERTHWAITE ` ONE OF OUR GREATEST EVER FEMALE CRICKETERS ` BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE TO THE YOUNG SQUAD AFTER PLAYING 256 INTERNATIONALS BEFORE HER RETIREMENT IN 2022. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND AND HAWKES BAY. IT WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THOSE AROUND THE CENTRAL PLATEAU, WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON IN TAUPO. 27 THE HIGH FOR KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON, 25 FOR TAURANGA. A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR NELSON AND KAIKOURA. FOR THOSE FURTHER DOWN, EXPECT THE ODD SHOWER THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 24 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM, 20 IN OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH. A SPIKE AMONG GENERATION ALPHA FOR ANTI-AGEING SKINCARE HAS SPARKED A PROPOSED BAN ON SELLING SUCH PRODUCTS TO UNDER 18-YEAR-OLDS IN CALIFORNIA. SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BEEN DRIVING WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE 'SEPHORA KIDS' TREND. IT'S SEEN CHILDREN DEVELOP A TASTE FOR COSMETICS, BUT THOSE COSMETICS CONTAIN CHEMICALS MEANT FOR ADULT SKIN. THE CALIFORNIA BILL, WHICH COULD BE SIGNED INTO LAW IN OCTOBER, AIMS TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM POTENTIALLY HARMFUL PRODUCTS. IT WOULD MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO SELL PRODUCTS TO YOUNGSTERS CONTAINING VITAMIN A AND ITS DERIVATIVES INCLUDING RETINOIDS AND RETINOL, AS WELL AS PRODUCTS WITH ALPHA HYDROXY ACIDS, INCLUDING VITAMIN C, GLYCOLIC AND CITRIC ACIDS. CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND HAS INVESTIGATED THE ISSUE HERE. LET'S BRING IN RESEARCH WRITER BELINDA CASTLES. GOOD MORNING. HOW BIG OF A PROBLEM IS IT HERE DO YOU THINK? I HAVE A TEENAGE DAUGHTER, 13, SO I HAVE BEEN LIVING THIS FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO. THESE YOUNG TEENS ARE HIGHLY IMPRESSIONABLE AND THEY ARE WANTING TO GO TO THE LIKES OF MECCA AND SEPHORA TO BUY PRODUCTS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS IN THEM AND WHAT IT IS DOING TO THEIR SKIN. DERMATOLOGISTS HAVE SAID THAT THIS IS REALLY CONCERNING FOR YOUNG SKIN. WHY IS IT SO DIFFERENT FOR A YOUNG PERSON'S SCAN AS OPPOSED TO AN ADULT? THEY ARE NOT FORMULATED FOR YOUNG SCAN, AND YOUNG SCAN IS USING THAT THESE PRODUCTS AND IT IS BREAKING DOWN PROTECTIVE BARRIERS AND CAUSE ISSUES DOWN THE TRACK. THE DEBT RETIREMENT JUST SAID THAT IT CAN CAUSE ONGOING ECZEMA ISSUES. IT WILL GIVE THEM RESULTS THEY ARE TRYING TO STOP. THEY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM ANYWAY SO THEY SHOULD NOT BE USING THEM. THE CHEMICALS CALIFORNIA IS LOOKING TO BAN, HOW HUMBLE ARE THOSE INGREDIENTS? THEY CAN BE QUITE HARSH, THEY ARE ACID. THEY CAN BE QUITE TINGLY ON THE SKIN. KIDS PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ADVICE ABOUT USING THEM PROPERLY. THEY ARE JUST GOING IN AND BUYING THEM. THERE IS NOTHING TO STOP THEM BUYING THESE PRODUCTS. YOU MENTION HOW YOUR DAUGHTER IS USING THESE PRODUCTS AS WELL. HOW MUCH RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD THOSE STORES HAVE TO TAKE WHEN SELLING TO YOUNG PEOPLE? SHE WAS NOT ACTUALLY USING THEM BECAUSE I STOPPED USING THEM, BUT THEY TALK ABOUT THEM A LOT. THEY SEE INFLUENCES THEIR OWN AGE USING THEM. LAST TIME I WENT TO MECCA, I WENT INTO THE STORE, NOT SAYING WHO I WAS, AND SAID THAT MY DAUGHTER WANTED TO USE THESE PRODUCTS, AND THE PERSON IN THE SHOP WAS REALLY GOOD AND SAID, NO THEY DON'T NEED THEM. SHE STAYED ME TOWARDS A LOW-COST MOISTURISER, SO THAT WAS REALLY PROMISING TO SEE. I IMAGINE APART FROM BEING BAD FOR YOUR SKIN, THEY ARE PROBABLY NOT GOOD ON YOUR WALLET EITHER. SOME OF THESE MOISTURISERS AND SERUMS ARE UP AROUND THE $100 MARK. THEY ARE ASTRONOMICALLY EXPENSIVE. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED INFLUENCES AND THE FACT THAT YOUNG KIDS ARE IMPRESSIONABLE, BUT IS IT JUST A CERTAIN LOOK THAT THEY ARE GOING FOR? I THINK IT IS THE BRANDING. THEY BUY THESE PRODUCTS THAT THEY HAVE SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN THEY TAKE THEIR OWN SHOT OF THEM AND SHARE THEM WITH THEIR FRIENDS ON THEIR DRESSING TABLE, AND WHEN I SPOKE TO AN EXPERT ABOUT THE ISSUE OF INFLUENCE, HE SAID THAT THEY ARE OFTEN SEEN AS ENTERTAINMENT VALUE BECAUSE KIDS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE INFLUENCES ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO GIVE ADVICE ON THIS PRODUCT. IT MUST BE HARD FOR ADULTS TO GET KIDS TO LISTEN TO THEM ON THESE ISSUES. WHAT PARENTS SAY TO THE KIDS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THEY DON'T NEED TO USE THEM? IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SKINCARE, BECAUSE IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN RELATION TO PROTECTING YOUR SKIN. TAKE A LIGHT-HEARTED APPROACH, SAY THAT IT WILL ACT TO MAKE YOUR SKIN AGE MORE. THERE ARE SOME KIDS WHO WILL NEED SOME SPECIALIST ADVICE ABOUT THEIR SKIN. ALWAYS TALK TO A GP OR MEDICAL ADVICE IF YOU NEED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. APPARENTLY I TURNED UP YESTERDAY WITH GLITTER ON MY FACE. WHICH ONE OF YOUR DAUGHTERS DECIDED THAT? GLITTER EVERYWHERE. FIND IT IN THE CUP. CAN'T GET AWAY FROM IT. THAT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE THREE GIRLS. I JUST HAVE HOLES IN MY WALLS. ME U TONU MAI ` WHO WILL TAKE HOME A COVETED OSCAR? WE'LL PREVIEW HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST NIGHT NEXT. AUCKLAND ` PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS, CLEARING AND BECOMING FINE THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLIES, EASING FOR A TIME THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOOK AT THAT CONTRAST. LOOKING GOOD TODAY, WELLINGTON. GOOD TO SEE THE FOUNTAIN GOING AT ORIENTAL BAY. 23, FINE APART FROM AREAS OF MORNING CLOUD. LIGHT WINDS. LOOKING GOOD. CHRISTCHURCH ` 20, CLOUD DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. EASTERLIES FOR A TIME THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` PRESIDENT ZELENSKY SAYS HIS VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE LATER THIS WEEK WILL BE FOR TALKS NOT TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT, WHICH WAS HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP FRAMED IT. ISRAEL AND HAMAS HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT OVER THE FINAL STAGE OF PHASE ONE OF THE CEASEFIRE DEAL THE FINAL STAGE OF PHASE ONE OF THE CEASEFIRE DEAL. BOTH COUNTRIES PREPARE TO EXCHANGE HOSTAGES BODIES AND PRISONERS. AND, THE BLACKCAPS HAVE ARRIVED IN DUBAI FOR THEIR THIRD AND FINAL CHAMPIONS TROPHY POOL MATCH AGAINST INDIA ON SUNDAY. BOTH, THEY ARE ALREADY THROUGH TO THE SEMIFINALS. COMING UP ON BREAKFAST, KATE RODGER JOINS US WITH HER PREVIEW OF MONDAY'S ACADEMY AWARDS, BUT FIRST IN TODAY'S LOOK BACK IN THE TVNZ ARCHIVE, WE GO BACK TO 2004, WHEN LORD OF THE RINGS, RETURN OF THE KING DOMINATED THE NIGHT. AN EPIC EVENING FOR AN EPIC MOVIE. RETURN OF THE KING ` THE FINAL INSTALMENT IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY ` MAKING A CLEAN SWEEP AT LAST NIGHT'S OSCARS AWARDS, WINNING IN ALL 11 CATEGORIES IT WAS NOMINATED IN. THE HONOURS BEGAN ROLLING IN EARLY IN THE CEREMONY, THE FIRST FOR ART DIRECTION ` GRANT MAJOR FOR LORD OF THE RINGS. THEN COSTUME DESIGN, THE THIRD OSCAR FOR WETA'S RICHARD TAYLOR. THE FIRST FOR NILA DIXON. THE ONLY PLACE TO PUT AN ACADEMY AWARD IS WHERE THE WHOLE TEAM CAN SHARE IN IT. SO, IT'LL GO PROUDLY AT WETA BACK IN WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND. THEN THE THIRD AWARD IN THREE YEARS FOR THE RINGS' VISUAL EFFECTS TEAM ` RICHARD TAYLOR WAS BACK ON STAGE TO SHARE THE AWARD FOR BEST MAKEUP, FOLLOWED BY YET ANOTHER OSCAR, THIS TIME SOUND MIXING ` AN AWARD THAT HAMMOND, PEAK AND MICHAEL SEMANICK HAD BEEN TWICE NOMINATED FOR AND ONLY PICKED UP NOW. IT'S NOW OFFICIAL ` THERE IS NOBODY LEFT IN NEW ZEALAND TO THANK. (LAUGHTER) AND IT ONLY GOT BETTER. BEST ADAPTATION OF A SCREENPLAY GOING TO... THE OSCAR GOES TO FRAN WALSH, PHILIPPA BOYENS, PETER JACKSON FOR LORD OF THE RINGS. AND OF COURSE, THE FINALE. AND OF COURSE, THE FINALE. PETER JACKSON WINNING THE ONE THAT'S ELUDED HIM TWICE BEFORE. BEST DIRECTOR. PETER JACKSON ` LORD OF THE RINGS. I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, TWO VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE THAT WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD, I MADE FILMS AT HOME ON A SUPER EIGHT CAMERA THAT MY MUM AND DAD HAD BOUGHT FOR ME, AND THEY SUPPORTED ME ALL THROUGH THE YEARS, AND THEY DIED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. THEY DIDN'T SEE THESE FILMS MADE. SO FOR BILL AND JOAN, THANK YOU. AND LUCKY LAST ` IT'S A CLEAN SWEEP FOR LORD OF THE RINGS THE RETURN OF THE KING, BARRY OSBORNE, PETER JACKSON AND FRAN WALSH, PRODUCER. AND KEISHA CASTLE-HUGHES MAY HAVE GONE HOME EMPTY HANDED, BUT SHE STILL GOT ONE THING SHE WANTED. COME HERE! COME HERE. I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SOMEONE. KEISHA, JOHNNY DEPP. YOUR FELLOW NOMINEE. YOU'RE SO WONDERFUL. YOU'RE SO WONDERFUL. SO GREAT TO MEET YOU. YOU TOO. CONGRATULATIONS ON EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. IS THIS GREAT? YEAH. IT'S AMAZING. YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK YOU'RE JUST AMAZING. AWESOME. GOOD LUCK TO YOU BOTH TONIGHT. YOU'RE A LEGEND, BILLY. KIND OF AWKWARD, THOUGH. SOMEONE WHO KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT THE OSCARS IS FILM CRITIC KATE RODGER WHO JOINS US NOW TO MAKE HER ACADEMY AWARDS PREDICTIONS. WHAT A LITTLE MICROCOSM FROM HISTORY. IT IS GOOD TO LOOK BACK ON THAT. LOOKING AT PETER JACKSON AND KIND THAT IS US. WHAT A TRIUMPH. LOOK HOW PEOPLE ARE CHANGED. GOOD OLD TOM CRUISE THERE. HAS GOTTEN A BIT OLDER AND A BIT WEIRDER. WE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AWAY FROM THE OSCARS ON MONDAY, AND I AM NOT SURE THAT I HAVE OBSERVED SUCH A CHAOTIC OSCARS SEASON IN TERMS OF THE CONTROVERSIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED, THE SHIFT IN WHAT IS GOING TO WHEN WHAT, AND ALSO JUST THE ECLECTIC MIX OF WHAT THE BEST FILMS ARE, SO IT HAS JUST BEEN AT LILY FASCINATING TO WATCH. WE HAVE 10 NOMINEES. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AN AWARD SEASON WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE BIG AWARDS THAT LEAD UP TO THIS, WHETHER IT IS THE BAFTAS OR GOLDEN GLOBES, BUT A COUPLE OF THE BIG ONES WE HAVE HAD RECENTLY OTHER PGAs AND THE SAGS. DUE TO THE FIRES AND HAS BEEN A VERY MIXED TIMETABLE OF VOTING. A LOT OF THE CONTROVERSIES FOR EXAMPLE AROUND EMELIA PEREZ HAVE NOT IMPACTED VOTING CYCLES. SONORA IS A DARK COMEDY AND IT IS AN INDEPENDENT FILM, THAT HAS RISEN TO THE BIG STAKES. WE JUST WATCHED AT BUBBLE UNDER WHEN OTHER FILMS HAVE GONE BY THE WAYSIDE, AND NORA HAS STAYED IN THERE. THE LEAD ROLE IN THIS IS JUST AMAZING AND STUNNING. SHE IS ACTUALLY THE ACTRESS AND SHE PLACE A SEX WORKER WHO ENDS UP ENTHRALLING A YOUNG RUSSIAN OLIGARCH. IT IS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU ARE NOT SURE HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT A LOT OF IT BUT IT IS WILDLY ENTERTAINING AND FUNDAMENTALLY REALLY TOUCHING AND EMPOWERING. I LOOKED AT IT AND THOUGHT IS THIS AN OSCARS PHONE, BUT IT HAS REALLY TURNED OUT THAT FILM. IT HAS A LOT TO SAY AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRACKING WATCH. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE WE WILL TALK ABOUT TODAY, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN. THIS IS THE BOB DYLAN STORY. THE REASON THIS IS FASCINATING, IT IS A GREAT FILM AND TIMOTHY HAS SPENT FIVE AND HALF YEARS TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT HE IS DOING RIGHT NOW WHICH IS PLAY BOB DYLAN. SING BOB DYLAN SONGS, PLAY BOB DYLAN SONGS ON HIS GUITAR, HE IS SO COMPELLING IN THIS FILM. HE WAS A RELATIVELY SURPRISED WINNER OF THE SAG. IT WAS THE FIRST REALLY BIG ONE. IT WAS FROM HIS ACTING PEERS, AND HE WAS SO DELIGHTED WATCHING HIM WHEN THE AND HIM STANDING UP AND SAY, I DON'T JUST WANT TO BE A MR KARDASHIAN I WANT TO BE A DANIEL DAY LEWIS. I WANT TO BE ONE OF THE GREATS. I THINK IT'S GREAT TOO. WHICH KARDASHIAN IS HE WITH? I DON'T KNOW. I GET THEM MIXED UP. HE IS SO FANTASTIC. HE WILL WIN SOME OSCARS LATER IN HAS CORRECT, SO MAYBE THEY WILL GIVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE. THAT HAS BECOME A NICE TUSSLE BETWEEN THE ACTORS. EMILIA PEREZ? HAS THE MOST NOMINATIONS BUT THE MOST CONTROVERSIES. IT HAS THE FIRST OPENLY TRANS ACTOR. SHE HAS A RELATIVELY UNCOMFORTABLE RELATIONSHIP WITH TWITTER AND TO A LOT OF RACIST TWEETS. SHE KIND OF TOOK RESPONSIBILITY BUT NOT AT ALL. SHE DID NOT UNFORTUNATELY, DO HERSELF ANY FAVOURS. NETFLIX WAS GOING, OH MY GOODNESS. I AM REALLY HOPING IT DOES NOT TARNISH WHAT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE FROM HER. SIMPLE FAVOUR II ` THIS IS BLAKE LIVELY. THERE HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF STUFF AROUND THIS. NOTHING HAS ROCKED HOLLYWOOD IN SUCH A WAY. THIS IS BETWEEN HER AND HER DIRECTOR ON THIS FILM. THIS IS HER FIRST FILM OUT SINCE THAT FIRST HAPPENED. THE TRAILER DROPPED A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO. THE INTERNET WILL BE FEASTING ON IT, BECAUSE IT IS JUST ONE OF THOSE INCREDIBLE STORIES. SIMILAR SITUATION TO THE JOHNNY DEPP AND AMBER HAD. WHERE EVERYBODY HAS AN OPINION. EVERY WEEK THERE IS ANOTHER COURT CASE BETWEEN THESE TWO. HOLLYWOOD CAN UNRAVEL CAREERS REALLY QUICKLY. WHO HAS THE POWER, HAS MADE THE STORY FASCINATING. IF YOU WANT TO SEE BLAKE LIVELY AND HER LATEST FROM YOU CAN WATCH IT ONLINE. I WANT TO WRAP THINGS UP WITH TINA. I WENT TO THE CINEMA ON SATURDAY NIGHT ON MY OWN, TO WATCH THIS. YOU LOVE GOING TO THE MOVIES ON YOUR OWN. I DO. NOBODY ANNOYING YOU. I DON'T HAVE TO TALK TO ANYBODY. I GRAB SOME SOVIETS WHEN I WALKED IN. GOOD CALL. I KNOW THAT IN THE BEGINNING I WILL BE SO. I CRIED, LAUGHED, WENT THROUGH ALL THE EMOTIONS. I DESCRIBED IT AND I SAW SOMEBODY ELSE DESCRIBED IT AS DEVASTATINGLY BEAUTIFUL. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. I HAVE TO SAY IT IS ONE OF THOSE EXPERIENCES WHERE THERE ARE THINGS ABOUT THE FILM THAT DON'T MAKE THE FILM ITSELF FLAWLESS BY ANY STRETCH. FOR ME, IT IS A TRIUMPH OF A SHARED EXPERIENCE OF GOING TELEPHONE AND EXPERIENCING THOSE EMOTIONS. I WAS AT TWO SCREENINGS WITH THE DIRECTOR THERE TO DO Q AND A'S. BARELY ANYONE LEFT. WHEN I WALKED IN AFTER THE SCREENING, IN FACT I'M GETTING GOOSEBUMPS TALKING ABOUT IT, IT IS JUST THAT HUMAN REACTION TO GRIEF, TRAUMA, TO LOVE, TO HEALING, TAB REDEMPTION, THERE IS SO MUCH TO UNPACK. IT IS INHERENTLY A SAMOAN STORY. THAT GOES BACK AND FORTH ON THE NOTION OF HOW WE DO IT, AND THE FACT THAT WE NEED EACH OTHER TO DO SO. IT IS A LOT. THE WAY IT WRAPPED TOGETHER. AND WITH MUSIC TOO. THE DIRECTOR ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE A FILM THAT WAS ABOUT CHORAL MUSIC. LSU UP AND TAKES ON SUCH AN ASTONISHING JOURNEY. THE LEAD ROLE IS AN ABSOLUTE STAR. PLEASE GO AND SEE IT. GO ON YOUR OWN, GO WITH FRIENDS. IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. THE SHARED EXPERIENCE IS AMAZING. AS MUCH AS I LOVE GOING TO MOVIES AMOUNT I DO AGREE WITH YOU. ALL I WANTED TO DO AFTER I GOT HOME WAS TALK ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER I HAD BEEN ON. I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH SOMEONE,. TO WATCH THE EMOTIONS STARTED TO COME UP AS SOON AS WE STARTED WATCHING. TO HAVE IT IS AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU ON THE COUCH THIS MORNING. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, A TREAT FOR THE PETROLHEADS BEFORE THE SUPERCARS HEAD TO TAUPO. FIRE CREWS THIS MORNING ARE BATTLING A LARGE VEGETATION FIRE IN NORTHLAND'S WAIPOUA FOREST. LUCY BENDELL JOINS US FOR THE LATEST. WHAT'S THE BIGGEST THREAT, LUCY? THIS VEGETATION FIRE IS NEAR THE RIVER AND 6 KM BELOW THAT IS THE FOREST. THIS IS HOME TO TANA MAHUTA, NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST LIVING COURAGE KAURI TREE. THEY SAY THE FIRE COULD LAST FOR DAYS. IT IS CURRENTLY 70 HA LARGE AND IT IS EXPECTED TO GROW. PEOPLE FROM THE SETTLEMENT HAVE BEEN EVACUATED AND PART OF THAT STATE HIGHWAY 12 HAS BEEN CLOSED. WE WILL BRING YOU ALL THE LATEST. UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT SAYS SECURITY GUARANTEES VITAL TO ANY AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S. HAVE NOT BEEN DECIDED. THE TWO COUNTRIES HAVE REPORTEDLY SETTLED ON AN ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK OVER THE SHARING OF MINERAL ASSETS. BUT PRESIDENT ZELENSKY SAYS HIS VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE LATER THIS WEEK WILL BE FOR TALKS. NOT TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT, WHICH WAS HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP FRAMED IT. FOREIGN MINISTER WINSTON PETERS SAYS HIS CHINESE COUNTERPART HAS AGREED TO CONSIDER NEW ZEALAND'S CONCERNS OVER RECENT MILITARY DRILLS IN THE TASMAN. AFTER THE TWO LEADERS MET IN BEIJING, PETERS SAID HE TOLD WANG YI THE CHINESE NAVY HAD FAILED TO GIVE ENOUGH NOTICE BEFORE CARRYING OUT LIVE FIRE EXERCISES. WELL WE PLACED IT ON IN THE CONTEXT OF, LOOK WE'VE HAD THIS SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP, AND THIS IS A FAILURE IN IT AT THIS TIME, AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE IT CORRECTED INTO THE FUTURE. THE PAIR ALSO DISCUSSED NEW ZEALAND'S CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE COOK ISLANDS AFTER THE PACIFIC NATION SIGNED A CONTROVERSIAL AGREEMENT WITH CHINA OVER ITS MARITIME PRESENCE. POPE FRANCIS HAS SPENT THE DAY RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT WHILE SITTING IN AN ARMCHAIR, BUT HIS DOCTORS STILL AREN'T GIVING A DETAILED PROGNOSIS FOR HIS CONDITION. THE PONTIFF HAD A CT SCAN YESTERDAY, RESULTS OF WHICH SHOULD BE RELEASED SOON. SKIER COREY PETERS HAS FINISHED THIRD AT THE PARA-ALPINE SUPER G WORLD CUP IN ITALY. IT'S HIS FIRST MAJOR EVENT PODIUM SINCE THE 2022 BEIJING WINTER PARALYMPICS, WHERE HE CLAIMED TWO MEDALS. THE WIN COMES JUST A YEAR OUT FROM THE WINTER PARALYMPIC GAMES IN ITALY. PETERS WILL BE BACK IN ACTION TONIGHT FOR THE FINAL WORLD CUP RACE. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR AUCKLAND AND HAWKES BAY. IT WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY. FOR THOSE AROUND THE CENTRAL PLATEAU WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON IN TAUPO. 27 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON, 25 FOR TAURANGA. A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR NELSON AND KAIKOURA. FOR THOSE FURTHER DOWN, EXPECT THE ODD SHOWER THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 24 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 20 IN CHRISTCHURCH. 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. 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 SUPERCARS SERIES IS RETURNING TO TAUPO IN APRIL, AFTER ITS INAUGURAL SOLD-OUT EVENT LAST YEAR. MORE THAN 67,000 PEOPLE BRAVED THE MISERABLE CONDITIONS TO SEE THE DRIVERS VYING FOR THE JASON RICHARDS MEMORIAL TROPHY. ANTON DE PASQUALE WON THE TROPHY LAST YEAR AND WILL BE LOOKING TO MAKE IT A DOUBLE. HE JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING. YOU'VE HAD AN IMPRESSIVE START TO THE SEASON SO FAR IN SYDNEY. SEVENTH OVERALL? ARE YOU HAPPY? IT'S A DECENT START, I CHANGED TEAM IN THE OFF-SEASON. DO THE FIRST ONE, LAND, GET A DECENT ONE UNDER OUR BELTS, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD. WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE, HOPEFULLY. THE TEAM HAS GOOD AMBITION, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK AS WELL. IT WAS MY FAVOURITE RACE LAST YEAR. WHAT IS IT ABOUT TAUPO? IT WAS AWESOME. WE CHANGED FROM PUKEKOHE TO TAUPO LAST YEAR, IT'S A REALLY COOL TOWN IN THE ATMOSPHERE WAS AMAZING ALL WEEKEND. THE WEEKEND WEATHER WASN'T, BUT IT TURNED ITSELF AROUND ON SUNDAY AND WAS A BIT WARMER. IT WAS IMPRESSIVE TO SEE, POUNDING AROUND, CAN HARDLY SEE, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE STAYED. WE PUT ON A BIT OF A SHOW AND IT IS A REALLY COOL TRACK, AND EVERY TIME WE COME TO NEW ZEALAND, THE PEOPLE LOVE US BEING HERE, AND I LOVE COMING BACK. AS HE SAID, YOU'VE JUST MOVED TO TEAM 18. YOU'VE REPLACED MARK WINTERBOTTOM, THE MOST CONSISTENT GUY AND SUPERCARS. HOW HAVE YOU MENTALLY COPED WITH THE FILLING THOSE SHOES? IT HASN'T BEEN MUCH OF A CHAT` IT WAS BIG NEWS LAST YEAR WHEN IT BROKE, AND SPORTS ARE ALWAYS MOVING PARTS, SO I WAS INVOLVED IN IT, TRY NOT TO GET INVOLVED IN IT TOO OFTEN, HE IS AS A PERSONALITY IN OUR SPORT, AND OF CA JUST GET ON WITH IT AND RACE HARD. WHEN YOU ARE IN THE CAR, YOU ONLY REALLY CARE ABOUT BEATING THE GUY IN FRONT OF YOU. MY HUSBAND GAVE ME THIS QUESTION. HAVE YOU NOTICED A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR CHANGE OF CAR? YES, THERE IS A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE. WHAT YOU SEE, THEY LOOK DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT BADGE, DIFFERENT MOTOR, IT DRIVES A LITTLE DIFFERENT. WE BOYS AT THE SAME KIND OF MOTOR EVERY CAR, AND NOW THE CHEF AND THE FORD ARE VERY DIFFERENT. EVERYTHING IS MEANT TO BE THE SAME, BUT HOW YOU GET THERE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT EVERY TIME. PART OF THAT IS ADJUSTING, THE TEAM IS REALLY GOOD WITH IT, THERE IS AN OVERLOAD OF INFORMATION ALL THE TIME WHICH IS VERY GOOD FAST, AND YOU TRY TO LEARN AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. TAUPO DOESN'T START UNTIL APRIL? WE'VE JUST COME FROM SYDNEY. AT THE MOMENT, I'M IN NEW ZEALAND, TOURING AROUND. GOING AND VISITING, SEEING SOME SITES, AND MAY BE GOING TO PLAY SOME GOLF, WHICH I CAN'T PLAY VERY WELL. WE HAVE HEAPS OF STUFF ON, BUT OUR NEXT ONE IS THE GRAND PRIX. IT'S LOVELY THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS TO A FEE INCOME IS ONE OF MY ROUNDS WHEN I WAS DOING SPORT WAS MOTORSPORT AND I MET JASON ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS AND HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL MAN. CONGRATULATIONS LAST YEAR ON WINNING THE TROPHY, AND GO WELL THIS YEAR. WE HAVE A FEW SPECIAL ONES IN OUR SPORT, AND THIS IS VERY HIGH ON EVERYONE'S LIST SO IT IS AMAZING TO HAVE MY NAME NEXT TO IT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. E WHAI AKE NEI ` COMEDIAN CHRIS PARKER IS OFF TO ADELAIDE TO DEBUT SOME NEW MATERIAL ALL ABOUT BEING A DRAMA QUEEN. (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. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. CALIFORNIA IS LOOKING AT A LAW CHANGE APPLYING AN AGE LIMIT ON WHO CAN BUY ANTI-AGEING SKIN CARE AND MAKEUP AS SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCE KIDS TO USE SKINCARE PRODUCTS. BONES FOUND ON THE WEST COAST HAVE NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED AS TRAMPER MARNI SHEPPEARD WHO WENT MISSING IN 2020. AND POSSIBLE CHANGES TO CITIZENS ARREST LAWS ARE SPARKING CONCERN, BUT SECURITY PROFESSIONALS SAY THE CURRENT LAW IS OLD AND NEEDS A REWRITE. COMEDIAN CHRIS PARKER IS A SELF-PROFESSED DRAMA QUEEN. BUT HE'S DESPERATE FOR YOU TO THINK HE'S A 'CHILL GUY.' SO MUCH SO, IT'S THE FOCUS OF HIS NEW SHOW, SET TO DEBUT AT THE ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL NEXT WEEK. BEFORE HE HEADS AWAY, HE JOINS US ON THE COUCH. YOU'RE NOT A DRAMA QUEEN? I'M TRYING TO BE A CHILL GUY IN 2025. WHAT A NIGHTMARE. I WILL BE ASLEEP, I WILL REACH MY PHONE, I WILL OPEN UP MY NEWS OUT AND I WILL SCREAM. YOUR MIKE HAS JUST FALLEN OFF. SEE? I'M SO EXPRESSIVE WITH LARGE HANDS THAT EVERYTHING FALLS OFF. I WAS WACK MY GLASSES OFF MY FACE. THAT IS A HAZARD TO BE ME. YOU ARE GOING TO ADELAIDE, THE SECOND BIGGEST FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD BEHIND EDINBURGH! LOTS OF KIWI COMICS GO OVER THERE NOW. I THINK WE LIKE TO TRIAL ALL OUR BAD MATERIAL IN ADELAIDE BEFORE WE TOUR AROUND NEW ZEALAND. I'M ALSO GOING TO PERTH FOR THE FIRST TIME. I THINK AUSTRALIANS ARE STARTING TO CATCH ON TO HOW FUNNY KIWIS ARE. IF ONLY KIWIS COULD ALSO CATCH ON. WHAT IS THE NEW SHOW GOING TO BE SHOWCASING? I AM ALWAYS BEING TOLD TO STOP BEING SO DRAMATIC AND TO CALM DOWN. AND I AM LIKE, NAH. I WAS RAISED IN THIS WAY. I WAS COMMUNITY THEATRE, BALLET. ME SHUNNING ALL THE GIRLS AWAY. MAIN CHARACTER ENERGY. THAT WAS THE PRINCE CHRISTOPHER BALLET. WHAT A WAY TO GIVE A YOUNG BOY ARE COMPLEX. I WAS ONE BOY IN THE SCHOOL OF 200 GIRLS. I THOUGHT I WAS A STAR. THE BOYS WOULD SAY THAT THEY THOUGHT I MUST BE POPULAR WITH THE GIRLS AND I WERE THINK, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE. ARE WE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AND TO YOUR SHOW? I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BETTER TO HAVE MORE PASSION THAN TECHNIQUE OR TECHNIQUE THEN FASHION. WHAT DO YOU THINK. I THINK I WOULD RATHER KISS A TECHNICALLY GOOD CASA THEN AND OVERLY PASSIONATE KISSER WHO WAS QUITE BAD. YOU HAVE FIVE DAYS OF YOUR SHOW? NO ONE FROM ADELAIDE IS WATCHING US. I AM KICKING OFF IN TAURANGA ON 6 JUNE. I AM DOING 10 CENTRES AROUND NEW ZEALAND THIS YEAR. I AM ENDING IT IN THE KIRI TE KANAWA ON 26 JULY I AM GETTING AROUND THE COUNTRY. ARE THERE OTHER COMMENTS GOING TO ADELAIDE? I'LL BE THERE WITH GUY MONTGOMERY. HE'S LIKE AN AUSTRALIAN TREASURE NOW. THEY LOVE HIM. I LOVE HIM, BUT THEY REALLY LOVE HIM. I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO CLAIM HIM AS ONE OF THEIRS, SO WE HAVE TO STOP THAT. DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GETTING MORE CHILLERS YOU GET OLDER? WHAT DO YOU THINK? I DON'T KNOW. YOU ARE GOING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, YOU ARE GOING UNCLE MODE, BUT THEN YOU GET SUPER COMPETITIVE ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. AT THE NEWS, SEEING THE NEWS HAS A VISCERAL REACTION TO MY BODY. AND IT'S ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT. ADELAIDE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING. STOP BEING SO DRAMATIC ` THAT IS THE TITLE OF THE SHOW. WE CAN'T GIVE UP. WE HAVE TO KEEP CARING. E WHAI AKE NEI ` CHRISTCHURCH'S ANNUAL STREET ART FESTIVAL IS UNDERWAY TODAY. CHARLOTTE MULDER'S ON THE CASE. MORENA, CHARLOTTE. I THOUGHT I WOULD DESCRIBE TO YOU WHERE I CURRENTLY AM. I AM 10 M HIGH, AND I CAN SMELL PAINT. I WILL LET THE IMAGINATION ROAM FREE. # I'LL BE RIDING SHOTGUN, UNDERNEATH THE HOT SUN, FEELING LIKE SOMEONE. 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. DISCOVER LOCAL ARTISTRY WITH A GIFT BUNDLE FROM THE COLLABORATION, 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. CHRISTCHURCH IS NOW HOME TO NEW ZEALAND'S TALLEST MURAL, BEATING ONE ON A BUILDING IN AUCKLAND BY ONE STOREY AT 30m HIGH. THE CERTAIN LEVEL OF PETTINESS ABOUT GOING ONE MORE. IT'S PART OF A PUSH TO SHOWCASE OTAUTAHI'S CREATIVITY, WITH THE ANNUAL FLARE STREET ART FESTIVAL KICKING OFF TODAY. WE SENT OUR REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER TO SHOW US THE NEW MURAL. KIA ORA. HAVE YOU BEEN DOING A BIT OF PAINTING YOURSELF? KNOW. I THINK AFTER MY LAST PERFORMANCE WITH THE ART, I AM NOT REALLY TRUSTED TO DO MUCH PAINTING. BUT, NO, WE ARE CURRENTLY 10 M OFF THE GROUND. WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE MURAL. I HAD THE ARTIST WHO IS DOING IT WITH ME. IT IS 30 M HIGH, ONE MORE STORY THAN AUCKLAND. I HAVE JACOB HERE. HOW ARE YOU, THIS MORNING? GOOD THANK YOU. HE IS STILL WORKING ON IT. I WILL ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IS IT AND WHAT INSPIRED YOU? BASICALLY, IT IS AN IMAGE I HAVE DERIVED FROM MY MIND EFFECTIVELY. I KIND OF SEE MYSELF AS A VESSEL FOR MY PAINTINGS. ONCE THEY ARE COMPLETED AS WHEN I START TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY REALLY ARE. WHAT IT IS FOR IS FOR A STREET ART FESTIVAL WHICH KICKS OFF TODAY. THAT IS BASICALLY SEVEN HEADLINE ARTISTS AND AROUND 60 DIFFERENT ARTISTS PAINTING FOR THE NEXT DAY. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THAT THE FESTIVAL HAS BEEN? THERE WAS A HIATUS FOR A LITTLE BIT. BUT THIS IS THE SECOND TIME AROUND. BASICALLY WE ARE GOING BIGGER AND BETTER EFFECTIVELY WITH THIS MERRILL FOR SURE. DEFINITELY. JUST TO TALK ABOUT 30 M HIGH. I'M LOOKING UP AND IT IS REALLY, REALLY HIGH. IT IS ACTUALLY 53 M. IT WILL BE THE LARGEST MURAL IN THE COUNTRY. HOW DID YOU DO THE TOP? WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET ONE OF THE LARGER LIFTS FROM THE STADIUM, SO WE HAD TO GET AB SAILORS TO GET DOWN TO DO THE DIAMONDS AT THE TOP. WHAT I FIND IMPRESSIVE IS HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN YOU. YOU'VE GOT SOME EXPENSE. HOW LONG HAVE YOU TAKEN ON IT AND HOW FAR AWAY IS IT FROM COMPLETION? I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR THREE WEEKS AND I RECKON I HAVE ANOTHER 4, 5 DAYS LEFT. HOW HAVE THOSE THREE WEEKS BEEN? IT HAS BEEN PRETTY TIRING. HOW PROUD ARE YOU OF WHAT YOU HAVE CREATED COMPARED TO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST? I AM PRETTY PROUD. I TRY TO STAY HUMBLE WHEN IT COMES TO MY UP. BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY A STEP UP FOR ME. IT HAS BEEN REALLY COOL TO PRODUCE SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN MY OWN CREATION. I HAVE FULL RANGE OF IT. I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. IF YOU ARE IN CHRISTCHURCH COME CHECK IT OUT. IT IS THE DISTINCTION HOTEL. IT IS PRETTY HARD TO MISS. IT IS NOT AS IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BRING YOUR READING GLASSES. I WILL NOT BE COMPETING IN THIS. BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN I SUCK AT ART. YOUR WORK JUST LOOKS BETTER ON A SMALLER CAMPUS. CANVAS. YOU ARE JUST A VESSEL. TO EXPRESS EMOTIONS ON A SMALL CANVAS. WITH NO ONE TO SEE IT. JUST BEFORE WE GO. I WANT TO DO A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO THE KAPA HAKA. 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