IT'S MONDAY THE 10th OF MARCH. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. IF YOU HAVE JUST BEEN WATCHING THE BLACK CATS, THEY HAVE LOST THE IF YOU HAVE JUST BEEN WATCHING THE BLACK CAPS, THEY HAVE LOST THE FINAL. GREAT CATCH, LBW. INDIA DOES NOT PLAY IN PAKISTAN. A LITTLE BIT CONTROVERSIAL, BUT IT HAS BEEN PLAYING FOR A WHILE NOW. WHAT INDIA WANTS, INDIA GETS, WHEN IT COMES TO CRICKET. WHAT DID YOU GET UP TO? ACROSS TO THE PINNACLES IN THE COROMANDEL ON FRIDAY. SOMEONE SAW ME ON THE TRACK AND SAID HOW DID YOU GET HERE? THE BREAKFAST HELICOPTER OF COURSE. HOW ABOUT YOU? I JUST SPENT IT WITH THE KIDS. I WAS AN UBER DRIVER ON FRIDAY.. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` THEIR FOURTH MAJOR LIMITED OVERS FINAL IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO FINALLY GET THEIR HANDS ON THE TROPHY? ALSO AHEAD ` SIMEON BROWN'S GIVEN THE HEALTH SECTOR A MAJOR SHAKE-UP SINCE TAKING OVER THE PORTFOLIO ` CALLS FOR PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS, NEW TARGETS FOR WAIT TIMES IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS, AND A NEW ZEALAND BOARD. THE HEALTH MINISTER EXPLAINS HIS MOVES. PLUS ` WHAT WHALES CAN TEACH US ABOUT THE OCEAN. RESEARCHERS HAVE STUDIED THE SONGS OF THE GIANTS OF THE OCEANS, AND FOUND IT'S NOT JUST A PRETTY SOUND. (CHRIS MAKES WHALE SOUNDS) THE NUMBER OF HUMPBACK WHALE SONGS HAS DOUBLED IN SIX YEARS. WE'LL EXPLAIN WHAT IT COULD HAVE TO DO WITH FOOD SOURCES. IS IT DORI? RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK ` HERE'S YOUR NEWS. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND WERE BATTLING A BLAZE OVERNIGHT IN THE WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY. 12 CREW ARRIVED AT THE SCENE OF A 30m BY 30m BUILDING FIRE WELL INVOLVED IN FLAMES AROUND 7pm. THE BLAZE WAS EXTINGUISHED AND CREW LEFT THE SCENE JUST AFTER 2am, AND A FIRE INVESTIGATOR WILL ARRIVE THIS MORNING. EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED IS CONTINUING TO THREATEN AUSTRALIA'S EAST COAST WITH SERIOUS FLOODING AS HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES. ONE PERSON IS CONFIRMED DEAD IN FLOODWATERS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN CLOSED TODAY. OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT AZIZ AL SA'AFIN ON THE GOLD COAST FILED THIS REPORT. MORE THAN 450,000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES ACROSS BRISBANE AND NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES REMAIN WITHOUT POWER. AUTHORITIES SAYING THAT THAT NUMBER IS DUE TO RISE. AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE HERE ON THE GOLD COAST. AROUND ONE IN TWO HOMES REMAIN WITHOUT POWER, AND CREWS HAVE BEEN OUT THERE WORKING AS FAST AND AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE TO RESTORE POWER TO THOSE HOMES. BUT THEY SAY THEIR WORK IS COMPLEX, AND IT COULD BE WEEKS FOR SOME PEOPLE TO GET THE LIGHTS BACK ON NOW. DAVID CRISAFULLI, THE QUEENSLAND PREMIER, SAYS WHILE THE LAST OF THAT HEAVY RAINFALL IS SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY INLAND, THERE IS STILL A HUGE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING. THE SAME GOES FOR NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES, PARTICULARLY PARTS OF LISMORE, AND THAT WILL BE THE REALLY BIG ISSUE THAT AUTHORITIES ARE WATCHING TODAY. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS' WHITE BALL TROPHY DROUGHT GOES ON AFTER BEING PIPPED BY INDIA BY FOUR WICKETS IN THE FINAL OF THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY IN DUBAI. NEW ZEALAND POSTING 251, WITH THE INDIAN SPINNERS ENSURING FEW BOUNDARIES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OVERS. THE BLACKCAPS KEPT CHIPPING AWAY WITH WICKETS TO KEEP THE RUN CHASE INTERESTING, BUT INDIA MANAGED TO GET HOME WITH AN OVER TO SPARE. AND THAT HAS GONE AWAY. FOR FOUR. AND IT IS ANOTHER ICC TOURNAMENT... NEW ZEALAND'S WAIT FOR ANOTHER TILT AT A 50-OVER TROPHY GOES ON, WITH THEIR NEXT CHANCE COMING AT THE 2027 WORLD CUP. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MAINLY FINE START TO THE WEEK FOR MOST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, FOR THOSE ALONG THE EAST COAST, IT WILL BE A BIT OF A CLOUDY START WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 26 THE HIGH FOR AUCKLAND. 21 FOR WELLINGTON. CLEAR SKIES FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH. A PARTLY CLOUDY START FOR THOSE IN THE NELSON AREA BEFORE TURNING TO FINE THIS AFTERNOON. 23 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 20 IN CHRISTCHURCH. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING WITH OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. A TEENAGER THAT WENT MISSING FROM AN AUCKLAND SCHOOL LAST WEEK HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN FOUND OVERNIGHT. LUCY BENDELL JOINS US NOW. WHAT'S THE LATEST? THAT TEENAGER IS 14-YEAR-OLD SKYLER, HER MUM JUST POSTED ON FACEBOOK A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING, SAYING, WE HAVE FOUND SKYLER AND SHE IS SAFE. SHE THANKED EVERYBODY FOR THE CONSTANT UPDATES. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO POLICE TO CONFIRM THIS, BUT IT COMES AFTER THEY RELEASED A STATEMENT LAST NIGHT ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC TO HELP LOCATE HER, BECAUSE THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT HER WELFARE. SKYLER WENT MISSING ON THURSDAY FROM ALBANY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. HER MUM SAID THAT SHE WAS DROPPED OFF AT THE SCHOOL GATES AT 835, BUT WAS SEEN LEAVING THEM AT 850. JUST 15 MINUTES AFTER. POLICE HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR HER FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND OVER THE WEEKEND, SO IT WILL BE WELCOME NEWS TO THEM AND SKYLER'S FAMILY. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO HER MOTHER THIS MORNING. THANK YOU, LUCY. NOW IT'S TIME TO CHECK IN WITH OUR WELLINGTON REPORTER JAMES FLEURY. JAMES, THERE ARE CALLS FOR A LARGE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE CAPITAL TO BE HANDED A LIFELINE. GOOD MORNING, CHRIS. SEVERAL COUNSELLORS AND A LOCAL MP, AND MORE THAN A FEW ORGANISATIONS HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR THIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TO GO AHEAD AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED. AN OPEN LETTER HAS BEEN WRITTEN TO THE HOUSING MINISTER FOR IT TO BE PUT FORWARD IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM. IT WAS PAUSE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AFTER IT WAS FOUND OUT THAT THE BUDGET WAS OVERBUDGET. THE COSTS WERE GOING TO BE TOO MUCH. THE LABOUR AND GREENS PUT A PAUSE ON IT IN 2023. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CHRIS BISHOP STANDBY. IT WAS NOT HAS GOVERNMENT THAT PUT A PAUSE ON IT. HE IS WORKING WITH HOUSING NEW ZEALAND TO COME UP WITH SOME ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION. THE OPPOSITION SAYS IT NEEDS TO GO IN ITS ORIGINAL DIRECTION. THERE ARE TWO SCHOOLS WHO SIGNED THIS CALL FOR THE 330 HOME DEVELOPMENT TO GO AHEAD. THERE ARE MORE THAN 700 PEOPLE HAVE A HIGH PRIORITY, ACCORDING TO MST, ON A WAITING LIST WHO NEED A PRIORITY HOME IN WELLINGTON, AND THERE ARE MORE THAN 1000 OTHERS WHO ALSO NEED HOMES IN THE REGION. THERE IS A LOT OF DEBATE ABOUT THIS, BUT BASICALLY, PEOPLE ARE BEING INVITED TO SIGN THIS OPEN LETTER TODAY. THANK YOU, JAMES. AND PAUL COLL HAS DEFENDED HIS TITLE IN THE NEW ZEALAND SQUASH OPEN. LET'S BRING IN CHARLOTTE MULDER. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? BAY ARE STILL CELEBRATING ON THE WEST COAST. HE IS BEING DUBBED THE SUPERMAN OF THE NEW ZEALAND SQUASH OPEN, AFTER DEFEATING ENGLAND'S COMPETITOR 3-1 IN THE MEN'S FINAL LAST NIGHT. THE COMPETITION STARTED ON TUESDAY AND RAN UNTIL SUNDAY, WITH 48 COMPETITORS FROM 17 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ACROSS THE WORLD. THEY WERE COMPETING AT THE ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL AND CHRISTCHURCH. I WAS PRETTY LUCKY TO GO ALONG ON TUESDAY AND CHECK OUT THE GLASS COURT THEY GOT INSTALLED. SPECTATORS WERE ABLE TO WATCH THE GAME FROM ALL DIFFERENT ANGLES. PAULA SPOKE TO MEDIA AFTER HIS FINAL WHEN AND HE SAID IT WAS AWESOME TO HAVE THE 1200 PEOPLE IN THE CROWD CHEERING HIM ON FOUR HAS ONE. HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. TO PLAY SUCH A BIG EVENT HERE, TO HAVE 1200 PEOPLE TURN UP TODAY, TO HAVE SOME CLOSE FRIENDS COURTSIDE, HAVE FAMILY THREE ROWS BACK WAS PRETTY UNREAL, SO FILLED WITH EMOTION, BUT LIKE I SAID, I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH HOW I HANDLED THE WHOLE WEEK AND ENJOYED EVERY SINGLE MATCH I PLAYED. EARLIER EGYPT'S COMPETITOR TOOK OUT THE WOMAN'S TITLE AND THAT OFFICIALLY BROUGHT THE NEW ZEALAND SQUASH OPEN TO A CLOSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHARLOTTE. THE NEW HEALTH MINISTER IS PROMISING A MAJOR SHAKEUP, ADMITTING THE SECTOR IS FAILING BOTH HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND PATIENTS. SIMEON BROWN TOOK ON THE PORTFOLIO A MONTH AND A HALF AGO AND HAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED SOME BIG CHANGES. THEY INCLUDE BRINGING BACK A BOARD OF HEALTH NEW ZEALAND AND A PROMISE TO GET 95% OF PEOPLE THROUGH EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS IN LESS THAN SIX HOURS. HE'S ALSO CALLING ON THE PUBLIC SECTOR TO PARTNER WITH PRIVATE CARE, A MOVE HE SAYS WILL HELP MOVE SURGERY WAITLISTS. HEALTH MINISTER SIMEON BROWN JOINS ME NOW. GOOD MORNING, MINISTER. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. ARE YOU PLANNING TO PRIVATISE OUR HEALTH SYSTEM? THIS IS ABOUT HOW DO WE GET MORE PEOPLE THE CARE THEY NEED IN A TIMELY AND QUALITY MANNER. WHAT WE HAVE SAID IS THAT PEOPLE ARE WAITING TOO LONG IN THE SURGERY WAITLIST. IT IS A LIST WHICH EXPLODED UNDER THE LAST GOVERNMENT. IF WE CAN PARTNER BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR WE CAN GET MORE DONE QUICKLY. IT WILL STILL BE A PUBLICLY PAINFUL SYSTEM, BUT THE ABILITY TO PARTNER WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR MEANS WE CAN MAXIMISE CAPACITY IN BOTH SYSTEMS AND GET MORE PEOPLE SEEM QUICKLY. WE HAVE A HUGE WAITLIST FOR ELECTIVE SURGERY. YOU ARE PLANNING TO PARTNER WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO GET THIS WAITLIST RIGHT DOWN. THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. WE WENT FROM A THOUSAND PEOPLE WAITING FOR MONTHS FOR TREATMENT, AND THAT LED UP TO 27,000. WE NEED TO TACKLE THAT. WHAT WE ARE SAYING HERE IS THAT BY WORKING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR WE CAN MAXIMISE THE CAPACITY OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SYSTEMS, TO GET MORE SURGERIES AND MORE TREATMENTS DONE QUICKLY. I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE WAITING ON THAT LIST I WAITING THERE AND GOING` THEY DON'T CARE WHAT HOSPITAL IS DELIVERING IT. THEY JUST WANT THE TREATMENT. THAT IS THE PRIORITY I'M APPROACHING WITH THIS. IT IS ABOUT SAYING, IT IS A PUBLICLY FUNDED SYSTEM, BUT MAYBE DELIVERED THROUGH PRIVATE HOSPITAL. THAT IS WHAT ACC ALREADY DOES. IF YOU HAVE AN INJURY, AND YOU REQUIRE AN OPERATION, A LOT OF THEIR ELECTIVE TREATMENTS AND SURGERIES ARE ALREADY DONE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. IT IS HOW YOU MAXIMISE BOTH THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE SYSTEM SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET THE CARE THEY NEED IN A TIMELY AND QUALITY MANNER. IS GOING TO BE A THRESHOLD WHERE YOU GO, YOU HAVE HAD X AMOUNT OF SURGERIES, NOW WE CAN GO BACK TO INVESTING MONEY INTO THE PUBLIC SYSTEM? WE ARE INVESTING IN THE PUBLIC SYSTEM. WE ARE INVESTING $30 BILLION IN HEALTH IN NEW ZEALAND. WE ARE INVESTING MORE THAN EVER AND OUR HEALTH SYSTEM. THE REALITY IS THAT WE HAVE HUGE WAITLIST THAT GREW UNDER THE LARGE GOVERNMENT. WE WANT TO REDUCE THAT. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR ELECTIVE TREATMENTS AND SURGERIES IN OUR PUBLIC SYSTEM, THOSE HOSPITALS ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH BOTH ELECTIVE TREATMENTS AND ACUTE CARE. TOO MANY TIMES PEOPLE ARE BEING BUMPED OFF LISTS BECAUSE SOMEBODY CAME IN ON AN ACUTE CARE. THAT IS THE RIGHT DECISION FOR THAT HOSPITAL TO DO, BUT IF WE ARE ABLE TO SEPARATE THAT AND GET AS MUCH PLANNED CARE AS POSSIBLE THROUGH EITHER HOSPITALS THAT HEALTH NEW ZEALAND HAS, OR THROUGH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE TREATMENT DONE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHEN THEY NEED IT. THIS IS A LONG-TERM PLAN FOR YOU? IT IS BOTH ABOUT THE BACKLOG AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE GET THE CARE THEY NEED IN A TIMELY AND QUALITY MANNER. IS THIS NOT PRIVATISATION? NO. AND NORTH SHORE, THERE IS ALREADY A PLANNED CARE HOSPITAL. ONE IS BEING BUILT IN CHRISTCHURCH AS WELL. IT IS ABOUT MAXIMISING OUR PUBLIC SYSTEM AND FINDING CAPACITY IN THE PRIVATE SYSTEM, AND WORKING TOGETHER TO GIVE NEW ZEALANDERS THE TREATMENT THEY NEED. THIS AS A LONG-TERM PLAN THEN? YES, THIS IS A LONG-TERM PLAN. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS MUCH PLANNED CARE AND HOSPITALS THAT ARE NOT DOING ACUTE CARE AS WELL. WHAT ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN REGIONAL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WHO ARE LOWER INCOME PATIENTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE PRIVATE HOSPITALS, WITHIN THEIR AREA ` HOW WILL YOU ENSURE THEY GET THE TREATMENT? IT IS A PUBLICLY FUNDED TREATMENT. THE AXIS IS THERE FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS. BUT WHERE IT IS DELIVERED MAY DEPEND ON WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SYSTEM. WE HAVE A TARGET AND WE WANT TO SEE THE VAST MAJORITY OF ELECTIVE SURGERY IS DONE WITH AND FOUR MONTHS OF THAT PERSON BEING PUT ON THE LIST. AT THE MOMENT, WE ARE NOT MEETING THAT TARGET, AND THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY SO PEOPLE CAN GET THE CARE THEY NEED. DOESN'T PAIN PRIVATE PROVIDERS INCREASE THE LONG-TERM COST TO DOESN'T PAYING PRIVATE PROVIDERS INCREASE THE LONG-TERM COST TO TAXPAYERS? ENTERING INTO LONG-TERM CONTRACTS YOU GET VALUE FOR MONEY FOR THOSE CONTRACTS. THAT IS WHAT ACC DOES ANYWAY. THEY HAVE LONG-TERM AGREEMENTS WITH PRIVATE PROVIDERS AND THEY GET VALUE FOR MONEY FOR THE TAXPAYER, AND THAT IS WHAT I'M EXPECTING HOW THESE ON TO DO ALSO. CAN YOU GUARANTEE THAT STUFF WON'T GO FROM THE PUBLIC TO THE PRIVATE SYSTEM? ABSOLUTELY. I HAVE ASKED THE PUBLIC SYSTEM TO WORK WITH THE PRIVATE SYSTEM, WE HAVE A TURNOVER AGREEMENT SO WE CAN ATTRACT AND RETAIN STAFF TOGETHER. HOW DO WE TRAIN STAFF TOGETHER. THIS IS ABOUT MAXIMISING WORKFORCES HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. WE SEE AUSTRALIA AS COMPETITION RATHER THAN OUR SELF AS COMPETITION. WE NEED TO SEE AUSTRALIA AS COMPETITION, NOT OURSELVES. YOU HAVE ANNOUNCED FUNDING FOR GPS. WE ARE INVESTING MORE PER YEAR INTO HEALTH, AND THIS IS ABOUT HOW WE ALLOCATE THAT. FROM 1 JULY THIS YEAR WE WANT TO PRIORITISE GPS. WE WANT TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO PRIVATE PRACTICE SO PEOPLE CAN BE SEEN QUICKLY. THAT IS THE PRIORITY HAVE. THAT IS WHAT HEALTH NEW ZEALAND WILL DELIVER. WHAT THE COST OF SEEING A GP? ARE YOU LOOKING AT LOWERING THAT? IF YOU ARE ON A COMMUNITY SERVICES CARD THAT OUR TARGETED SUBSIDIES FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE MOST. WE HAVE GOT COMMUNITY SERVICE CARD HOLDERS GETTING BENEFITS. THE REALITY IS THAT THERE ARE A RANGE OF WAYS THE GOVERNMENT HELPS PEOPLE. WE HAVE WORKING FOR FAMILIES WHICH HELP SUPPORT MIDDLE TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES. THE PRIORITY IS GETTING PEOPLE BE ABLE TO SEE THE DOCTOR IN A TIMELY MANNER. IF YOU LOOK AT THE REASON WHY PEOPLE ARE NOT SEEING THEIR DOCTOR, IT IS NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT IT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO WAIT SO MANY WEEKS. THEY ARE TURNING UP AT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS WHICH COST A HUGE AMOUNT MORE ON THE SYSTEM, AND THEY'RE TURNING UP SICKER. WHEN YOU PUT THE PRIORITY BACK ON THE GENERAL PRACTICE, BACK ON PRIMARY PRACTICE, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. BEFORE YOU GO, WE HAVE A DOCTOR COMING ON THE PROGRAM AFTER THIS, AROUND BOWEL CANCER SCREENING FOR MAORI AND PACIFICA. YOU HAVE LOWERED THAT THRESHOLD. HOW DOES THAT IMPROVE EQUITY? WE ARE GOING TO SAVE MORE LIVES BY LOWERING IT FOR EVERYBODY TO 58, AND WE HAVE SAID AS A GOVERNMENT THAT WE WANT TO MATCH AUSTRALIA AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AND THE CAPACITY OF THE SYSTEM TO DELIVER COLONOSCOPIES AS THE KEY FACTOR BEHIND THAT. WE ARE GOING TO LOWER IT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN SET IT ALL NEW ZEALANDERS CAN HAVE THAT ACCESS FOR THAT SCREENING. THE ADVICE WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT THE AGE-RELATED INCIDENCE OF BOWEL CANCER IS SIMILAR ACROSS ALL POPULATION GROUPS AND THE RIGHT DECISION AS TO REDUCE IT BY AGE FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS, AND THEN TO MOVE IT FURTHER AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN AS THE CAPACITY DELIVER MORE COLONOSCOPIES GROWS. WHERE HAS THAT DATA COME FROM? HEALTH NEW ZEALAND. WILL THAT BE RELEASED? YES. YOU SAY THAT WILL SAVE 700 LIVES? YES. HOW MANY LIVES WILL BE LOST? WE ARE LOWERING IT FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS AND THAT IS BASED ON THE ADVICE WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH. IT IS THE RIGHT DECISION TODAY. IT HELPS OUR HEALTH SYSTEM AND SEES IT BE DELIVERED ON THE BASIS OF NEED AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. NO STATS ON MAORI AND PACIFIC PEOPLE? ADVICE AS WE WILL SAVE MORE LIVES BY LOWERING IT FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS, AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WHAT THE SONGS OF WHALES CAN TELL US ABOUT THE OCEANS. AND NEXT ` IS THE GRASS ANY GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD? A RECENT RETURNEE COMPARES THE UK AND AOTEAROA. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` HEAVY RAIN AND FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE ON AUSTRALIA'S EAST COAST AS EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED MOVES THROUGH. A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER CLIMBING THE BIG BEN'S ELIZABETH TOWER FOLLOWING HIS 16-OUR STAND OFF WITH EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. AND THE BLACKCAPS' WHITE BALL TROPHY DROUGHT GOES ON AFTER BEING PIPPED BY INDIA BY FOUR WICKETS IN THE FINAL OF THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY IN DUBAI. IN JANUARY, STATS NZ REPORTED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF NEW ZEALANDERS LEAVING OUR SHORES, WITH MANY CHOOSING THE UK AS THEIR NEW HOME. SO HOW DOES THE OLD COUNTRY SHAPE UP IN COMPARISON TO AOTEAROA? SOMEONE WHO KNOWS IS CO-FOUNDER OF FINANCIAL PLATFORM 'THE CURVE' VICTORIA HARRIS. SHE'S JUST RETURNED AFTER A 12-MONTH STINT IN LONDON. MORENA, VICTORIA. AS HOUSE PRICES AND INTEREST RATES ARE COMING DOWN, HOUSE PRICES SEEM TO BE DOING PRETTY WELL THIS YEAR. IT IS STILL EXPENSIVE. THE THING WITH THE UK IS THE WAGES. THE AVERAGE SALARY THERE IS A LOT HIGHER THAN HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. THE AFFORDABILITY IS BETTER OVER THERE. LET'S START OFF WITH COFFEE. WE ALWAYS SAY THAT IS THE COMPARISON FOR THAT HOW WE MEASURE UP? WHEN I GOT HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO. I WENT OUT FOR A WALK AND GOT A COPY. I SAID TO THE LADY, JUST ONE COPY. AND SHE SAID YES, THAT IS THE PRICE OF THE COVER. I CAST. OF THE COVER. I GASPED. FOR ME, MY PARENTS ARE ON THE PENSION AND THIS IS THE PRICE OF COFFEE. THAT IS A SMALL LUXURY FOR THEM. THEIR PENSIONS HAVE NOT INCREASED BY HOW MUCH COFFEE HAS INCREASED. COPIES ARE ABOUT SIX DOLLARS ON AVERAGE. OVER THERE IT IS ABOUT �2.50. IT DOESN'T FEEL THAT EVERY TIME YOU GO BY COFFEE IT IS SO EXPENSIVE. HERE, IT IS DEFINITELY A LUXURY. WHAT ABOUT SUPERMARKET GOODS? DO GET A BIT MORE CHOICE IN THE UK? YOU HAVE MORE CHOICE, AND YOU ARE CLOSER TO EUROPE SO YOU GET A BETTER PRICE FOR YOUR FRESH PRODUCE. HOW, IF YOU'RE BUYING OFF-SEASON, IT CAN BE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE. THE KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND THE UK WHEN IT COMES TO GROCERIES AS THE RANGE. YOU HAVE DISCOUNT RETAILERS OVER THERE. THEY HAVE GOT ALDI ` THOSE THINGS. THE OTHER SUPERMARKETS HAVE TWO BE PRICE COMPETITIVE, WHERE AS HERE WE HAVE GOT NO ALTERNATIVES APART FROM TWO BIG SUPERMARKET CHAINS. UNFORTUNATELY AS CONSUMERS, WE HAVE TO PAY A HIGH PRICE. WHAT ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORT? YES, PROBABLY THE CLOSEST COMPARISON WOULD BE PUBLIC TRANSPORT. AGAIN, IT COMES DOWN TO RELIABILITY AS WELL AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. THE SPARSENESS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS PRETTY THIN. IT COMES DOWN TO THE SAME THINGS. IF YOU BOOK EARLY YOU GET BETTER PRICES. THAT IS THE SAME HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. FLIGHT OVER THERE, DOMESTIC FLIGHT, YOU HAVE THE CHEAPER AIRLINES SO THAT IS MORE RANGE. HECK, YOU ONLY REALLY HAVE AIR NEW ZEALAND AND JET STAR. HOW DO WE GO ABOUT THIS? AND BECOME A NATION WHERE YOU GET BETTER BANG FOR YOUR BUCK? IT IS ABOUT PLANNING. PLANNING YOUR SUPERMARKET SPENT, WHAT IS IN SEASON AND ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. PLANNING YOUR TRAVEL, AND SETTING A BUDGET SO THAT YOU ARE NOT EVERY TIME YOU ARE CITING YOUR CARD GOING, OH, GOSH, THAT IS REALLY HURTING MY BANK ACCOUNT. THERE IS ALSO PRICE COMPARISON APPS, ALL THOSE LITTLE THINGS MAKE SUCH A DIFFERENCE. IT IS ALL THOSE 1% AS THAT CAN ADD UP. WE MIGHT NOT MEASURE UP WITH COFFEE AND GROCERIES, BUT AFTER SPENDING A FEW MONTHS BACK, THERE IS NO COMPARISON, RIGHT? PARTICULARLY WITH THE WEATHER. I HOPE YOU ENJOY DARK LONDON ON YOUR RETURN. TALKING ABOUT MONEY, I JUST WANTED TO VERY QUICKLY READ THIS FEEDBACK OUT FROM YOU, AFTER THE APPEARANCE OF THE HEALTH MINISTER. WAIT TIMES FOR GETTING INTO A GP HAVE NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH NOT GOING. IT IS 100% COMING DOWN TO COST. THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK, RICHARD. KEEP IT COMING. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. AND LATER ` FEARS CHANGES TO BOWEL CANCER SCREEN AND LATER ` FEARS CHANGES TO BOWEL CANCER SCREENING COULD AFFECT THOSE MOST AT RISK. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND WERE BATTLING A BLAZE OVERNIGHT IN THE WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY. 12 CREW WERE AT THE SCENE OF A 30m x 30m METRE BUILDING FIRE, WELL INVOLVED IN FLAMES. THE BLAZE WAS EXTINGUISHED AND CREW LEFT THE SCENE JUST AFTER 2am, AND A FIRE INVESTIGATOR WILL ARRIVE THIS MORNING. A TEENAGER THAT WENT MISSING FROM AN AUCKLAND SCHOOL LAST WEEK HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN FOUND. SKYLA CANNON (14) HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE THURSDAY LAST WEEK, AFTER BEING DROPPED OFF AT ALBANY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. HER MUM POSTED ON FACEBOOK IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING SAYING SHE HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO POLICE TO CONFIRM THIS. A HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR HAS FOUND MORE THAN 700 CIVILIANS WERE KILLED IN JUST TWO DAYS OF FIGHTING IN SYRIA IN THE LATEST OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE. CLASHES BETWEEN SYRIAN SECURITY FORCES AND FIGHTERS LOYAL TO THE FORMER ASSAD REGIME BROKE OUT LAST WEEK ` THE DEADLIEST VIOLENCE SINCE 2011. THE FIGHTING HAS NOW EASED, WITH THE INTERIM PRESIDENT FORMING A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE KILLINGS. THE MAN WHO SCALED BIG BEN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER 16 HOURS. HE WAS WAVING A PALESTINIAN FLAG, AND SHOUTED 'FREE PALESTINE' ACCORDING TO LOCAL MEDIA. EMERGENCY CREWS CLOSED WESTMINSTER BRIDGE AS THEY NEGOTIATED WITH THE MAN, WHO LIVE STREAMED FROM THE SIDE OF THE TOWER. ALL ROADS HAVE NOW BEEN REOPENED. A-LEAGUE LEADERS AUCKLAND FC HAVE CLAIMED A HARD FOUGHT DRAW AGAINST THE NEWCASTLE JETS, AFTER FINISHING THE MATCH WITH 10 MEN. MIDFIELDER LOUIS VERSTRATE RECEIVING A YELLOW CARD FOR A CHALLENGE, BEFORE VAR INTERVENTION SAW IT UPGRADED TO A RED. THE BLACK KNIGHTS WENT BEHIND EARLY THANKS TO THIS WONDER STRIKE, BUT ALEX PAULSEN'S HEROICS PREVENTED THE HOSTS FROM DOUBLING THEIR LEAD FROM THE PENALTY SPOT. AND IT IS PAULSEN WHO SAVES. THERE IS A REASON WHY HE IS ONE OF THE BEST GOALKEEPERS IN THIS COMPETITION. JESSE RANDALL SQUARING THINGS UP BEFORE HALFTIME. A LATE PUSH FROM THE JETS TO ENSURE THEY WENT HOME WITH A POINT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MAINLY FINE START TO THE WEEK FOR MOST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, FOR THOSE ALONG THE EAST COAST, IT WILL BE A BIT OF A CLOUDY START WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 26 THE HIGH FOR AUCKLAND. 21 FOR WELLINGTON. CLEAR SKIES FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH. A PARTLY CLOUDY START FOR THOSE IN THE NELSON AREA BEFORE TURNING TO FINE THIS AFTERNOON. 23 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 20 IN CHRISTCHURCH. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) STAYING WITH BUSINESS, AND THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF INVESTIGATING THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST EGG PRODUCERS FOR WHAT SOME ARE ALLEGING IS A COODRINATED EFFORT TO RESTRICT SUPPLY AND INFLATE PRICES. IT COMES AS A BIRD FLU OUTBREAK WIPED-OUT MILLIONS OF HENS, RESULTING IN A NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE. THE ABC'S ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS REPORTS. THE EGG INDUSTRY SAYS THE WORST BIRD FLU OUTBREAK IN U.S. HISTORY HAS FORCED THEM TO CULL TENS OF MILLIONS OF HENS, LEADING TO CONSUMERS PAYING AN EGG SURCHARGE AT CHAINS LIKE WAFFLE HOUSE AND DENNY'S. AND EMPTY STORE SHELVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PRICES HAVE NEARLY DOUBLED IN THE PAST YEAR, AVERAGING ABOUT $5 A DOZEN, EGGS NOW COST NEARLY AS MUCH AS A POUND OF GROUND BEEF, AND THE USDA PREDICTS EGG PRICES COULD INCREASE ANOTHER 40% THIS YEAR. AT SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE NEW YORK CITY SQUARE DINER OWNER THEODORE CRONOS IS TRYING TO HOLD OFF ON RAISING PRICES. IF THINGS HOLD UP AT THIS PRICE. I'LL PAY $70,000 MORE FOR EGGS THAN I DID LAST YEAR. I CAN'T JUST ABSORB THAT HIT FOR THE NEXT NINE MONTHS. WHILE CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES SHELL OUT MORE FOR EGGS, PROFITS ARE SOARING AT THE NATION'S LARGEST EGG PRODUCER AND DISTRIBUTOR. PROFITS AT CAL MAINE SURGED 342% LAST QUARTER COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO. IN A STATEMENT TO ABC NEWS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN EGG BOARD SAYING... IN 2023, A JURY TRIAL ORDERED CAL MAIN AND THREE OTHER COMPANIES TO PAY $53 MILLION FOR UNLAWFULLY INFLATING PRICES, A VERDICT THE COMPANIES ARE CHALLENGING. CAL MAINE HAS NOT RETURNED ABC NEWS REQUEST FOR COMMENT. BUT THE LOOMING THREAT OF TARIFFS ON GOODS FROM MEXICO AND CANADA HAVE CONSUMERS BRACING FOR MORE FOOD INFLATION TARGET ALREADY, SAYING IT WILL HAVE TO RAISE PRODUCE PRICES. WALMART WARNING OF A SALES SLOWDOWN AND COSTCO SAYING CONSUMERS ARE INCREASINGLY OPTING FOR CHEAPER ALTERNATIVES LIKE PRIVATE LABEL STORE BRANDS OVER NAME BRANDS. EXPERTS WARN THAT EGG PRICES COULD STAY HIGH EVEN IF THE SUPPLY OF EGGS REBOUNDS, AS GROCERS AND RESTAURANTS TRY TO RECLAIM THEIR LOST PROFITS. ME U TONU MAI ` MORE ON THE BLACKCAPS BIG CHAMPIONS TROPHY FINAL. PLUS ` WHAT COULD BE BEHIND WHALES DOUBLING THEIR SONG CATALOGUE IN THE LAST 6 YEARS. (UPBEAT MUSIC) HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. A HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR HAS FOUND MORE THAN 700 CIVILIANS WERE KILLED IN JUST TWO DAYS OF FIGHTING IN SYRIA IN THE LATEST OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE. ISRAEL HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL BE CUTTING OFF POWER TO GAZA EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. THIS COMES AS MEDIATION TALKS OVER THE CEASEFIRE AND HOSTAGE DEALS ARE UNDERWAY. AND A TEENAGER THAT WENT MISSING FROM AN AUCKLAND SCHOOL LAST WEEK HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN FOUND. A NEW STUDY HAS FOUND THE SONGS OF WHALES CAN TEACH US A LOT ABOUT THE OCEAN. (WHALES SING) THE NUMBER OF HUMPBACK WHALE SONGS HAS DOUBLED IN SIX YEARS, WHICH IS DRIVEN BY SHIFTING FOOD SOURCES IN THE OCEAN. SONGS WERE MONITORED FROM BLUE, FIN, AND HUMPBACK WHALES OFF THE WEST COAST OF THE U.S. SCIENTIST JOHN RYAN JOINS US NOW TO EXPLAIN MORE. MORENA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. I AM INTRIGUED BY THE LINK BETWEEN THE SONGS AND THE FOOD AVAILABILITY. CAN YOU START THERE FOR US? GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WALES. IT IS WHAT I LOVE TO DO. WE ARE LISTENING TO WALES AND FORAGING HABITAT OF THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC, AND ONE OF THE FIRST SURPRISES OF THE STUDY WAS HOW MUCH WHALE SONG WE HEAR, BECAUSE IT IS TYPICALLY THOUGHT OF AS A BREEDING BEHAVIOUR. AND YET WE CAN HEAR HUMPBACK WHALES FOR EXAMPLE 11 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. SO OUR FIRST DISCOVERY WAS JUST THAT ` HOW MUCH THEY SING HERE. AND THEN THE SECOND DISCOVERY WAS HOW MUCH IT CHANGES FROM YEAR TO YEAR. AND WE EXAMINE ALL OF THE ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS FOR THE VERY LARGE CHANGES THAT WE RECORDED, AND FOOD AVAILABILITY CAME THROUGH AS THE STRONGEST AND MOST CONSISTENT EXPLANATION. IN TERMS OF THERE'S MORE SONGS WHEN THERE'S PLENTIFUL FOOD, LEAST WHEN THERE IS NOT SO MUCH. THAT IS RIGHT. AND WE BEGAN RECORDING WHEN IT WAS HARD TIMES FOR WALES. IT WAS THE PEAK OF A HEATWAVE THAT DEPLETED SOURCES FOR WALES, OTHER MAMMALS AND SEABIRDS. AS WE EMERGE FROM THAT HEATWAVE, FORAGING CONDITIONS IMPROVED FOR ALL OF THE WALES SPECIES AND ALL OF THEM INCREASED THE SONG. CONDITIONS IMPROVED UNIQUELY FOR HUMPBACK WHALES, AND THEY WERE THE ONLY SPECIES TO CONTINUE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF SONG THEY PRODUCE. THIS IS AN AMAZING DISCOVERY, SO IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING THAT NOW, KNOWING THAT THE SCIENCES THERE, THE INFORMATION IS THERE, HOW DOES THAT MAKE US BETTER UNDERSTAND OR HELP WALES? ALL OF THE RESEARCH WE DO ABOUT WALES IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY LIVE. BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW OUR LIVES AND OUR ACTIVITIES INTERSECT WITH THEIR LIVES. SO WE HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF STUDIES THAT ACTUALLY TRACK THE MOVEMENTS OF THE WALES, AND THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND, FOR EXAMPLE, THE RISK OF BEING HIT BY A SHIP. AND THE RESULT OF SOME OF THAT RESEARCH AND LONG-STANDING CONCERNS, WE JOINED OUR SANCTUARY AND WE JOINED A VOLUNTARY SPEED REDUCTION PROGRAM. AS SOON AS WE DID THAT, NOT ONLY DID THE OCEAN GET QUIETER, BECAUSE THE SHIPPING NOISE DROPPED OFF, BUT WE COULD SEE WITHIN THE SANCTUARY, THE SHIPS WERE CONSISTENTLY MOVING SLOWER, MAKING WALES A SAFER. CAN WE TALK ABOUT ADAPTABILITY? ANOTHER THING THAT CAME OUT OF THIS STUDY WAS THAT HUMPBACKS ARE MORE ADAPTABLE THAN BLUE AND FIN WHALES WHEN FOOD SOURCES CHANGE. HOW DID YOU DISCOVER THAT? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. WE ALREADY KNEW FROM PREVIOUS RESEARCH THAT BLEW WALES ONLY EAT ONE THING, AND THAT IS KRILL. SO IF DRILL POPULATIONS ARE DEPLETED, BLUE WHALES HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO SEARCH FURTHER AND WIDER FOR THE FOOD THAT THEY NEED. AND WE COLLECTIVELY SEE THAT IN THE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF THEIR SKIN SAMPLES. WE COULD SEE THEM WORKING HARDER TO GET THE FOOD THEY NEED. IN CONTRAST, COMBAT WALES WILL READILY SWITCH FROM KRILL IF IT IS NOT ABUNDANT TO SCHOOLING FISH LIKE ANCHOVY'S AND SARDINES. AND DURING THE LATTER HARFORD THE STUDY, ANCHOVY'S IN PARTICULAR, THEIR POPULATION HAS BOOMED, AND ANCHOVY'S ARE A MUCH MORE ENERGY DENSE, CALORIE DENSE FOOD SOURCE THAN KRILL ARE. SO IT WAS GOOD FOR HUMPBACKS. WE HAVE TALKED FOR THE MAJORITY OF THIS INTERVIEW AROUND FOOD, SO I WONDER BEYOND FOOD, WHAT ELSE CAN WHALE SONGS TELL US ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT? ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT SPECIFICALLY, I THINK TO SOME DEGREE, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THE SONG THAT WE RECORD REFLECTS THE POPULATION MOVEMENTS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE TIMING OF THEIR MIGRATION, THAT IS ONE KEY INSIGHT WE HAVE GOTTEN SPECIFICALLY FOR BLUE WHALES, BECAUSE WE LEARNED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO THAT TO REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT BLUE WHALES. FIRSTLY, THEY CHANGE HOW THEY SING WHEN THEY MIGRATE SOUTH FOR THE BREEDING SEASON. AND SECONDLY, THEIR ONLY FOOD RESOURCE FORMS VERY DENSE SWARMS WITHIN THIS COASTAL CIRCULATION FEATURES WHERE DEEP WATER RISES TO THE SURFACE. SO WITH THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION AND TRACKING THE MOVEMENTS OF THE WALES WHEN THEY RESPOND TO THE WIND OR WHEN THEY RESPOND TO YEAR-TO-YEAR CHANGES IN THEIR FOOD SUPPLY, THAT HELPS US KNOW WHEN THEY ARE MIGRATING, AND KNOWING WHERE THEIR MIGRATION PARTS INTERSECT OUR SHIPPING PATH HELPS US TO KNOW WHEN THE RISK IS ELEVATED. I CAN TELL YOU ARE IN YOUR HAPPY PLACE WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WALES. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING, AND WE SO APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US THIS MORNING, SHARING NOT ONLY YOUR ENTHUSIASM BUT ALSO YOUR KNOWLEDGE WITH US. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOHN. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. HE WAS LOVING IT. AFTER 7 O'CLOCK, WE WILL HEAR ABOUT THE BOWEL SCREENING CANCER PROGRAM. WE WERE TALKING WITH SAMIR BROWN ABOUT THE WAIT TIMES AT THE GP AND WHETHER IT IS THE COST OR THE WAIT TIME THAT IS PROHIBITED TO PEOPLE GETTING IN THERE. MEREDITH SAYS $60 TO SEE THE DOCTOR ` CANNOT AFFORD IT. WENT TO THE DOCTOR EXPECTING TO PAY $40. THEY SAID IT IS 60, AND I SAID I CANNOT AFFORD IT. THEY SAID IT WILL BE $30 FOR CANCELLATION OF THE APPOINTMENT. $30 NOT TO SEE THE DOCTOR. NOT AFFORDABLE AT ALL. THAT IS WHAT THE MINISTER WAS SAYING. HE DID NOT THINK THAT PRICE WAS AN ISSUE OF PEOPLE GOING TO THE DOCTOR AND THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT TIMING THAT YOU CANNOT SEE THE GP IN A TIMELY FASHION. AND THEREFORE THERE IS MONEY THAT IS BEING PUT ASIDE TO ADDRESS THAT. THAT IS WHY I ASKED ABOUT THE COST OF GP VISITS AND IF THERE WAS ANY EFFORT TO BE MADE TO BRING THAT UP. THERE WAS NO ANSWER TO THAT OTHER THAN TO BE MADE TO BRING THE COST DOWN. SOMEONE SAYS IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WAITING A WEEK FOR ME. THEY HAVE TO EITHER PLAY BIG PRICES WILL GO TO HOSPITAL AS AN ASTHMATIC. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE BLACKCAPS PUSH INDIA IN A THRILLING CHAMPIONS TROPHY FINAL. SCOTTY STEVENSON GIVES US HIS TAKE NEXT. (UPBEAT MUSIC) ANOTHER SECOND PLACED FINISH FOR THE BLACKCAPS ` BEATEN BY INDIA IN THE FINAL OF THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY THIS MORNING. EARLIER, I CAUGHT UP WITH SPORTS GURU SCOTTY STEVENSON, AND STARTED BY ASKING HIM ABOUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH, AS IT TURNS OUT. INDIA TWO GOOD, AND WINNING WITH AN OVER TO SPARE, CHANGY. OBVIOUSLY A LOT GOING IN INDIA'S FAVOUR ` THE FACT THEY'VE PLAYED ON THE SAME GROUND FOR THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT ` ALL THE USUAL MITIGATION. BUT NEW ZEALAND GOING INTO THAT FINAL, SANS MATT HENRY, WHAT A HUGE LOSS TO SUFFER JUST BEFORE THE BIG DANCE. SO, NO MATT HENRY, NO RESULT AGAIN. BUT, GETTING THROUGH TO THE FINAL OF THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY, I THINK THEY CAN BE PRETTY PROUD OF THEIR EFFORTS, BUT ULTIMATELY JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH AGAINST THE INDIANS IN CONDITIONS THAT FAVOURED THE INDIAN TEAM. YEAH, AND GOOD TO SEE THE HOST NATION HAVE THE FINAL OVER THERE IN DUBAI, RIGHT? LOOK, IT THIS THE WAY IT IS. I MEAN, THERE'S AN ACCEPTANCE NOW, ISN'T THERE, THAT INDIA CALLS THE SHOTS IN CRICKET GLOBALLY. AND, WHILE MOST OF US THINK THIS IS NOTHING SHORT OF A DISGRACE THAT INDIA GET TO GAME THE SYSTEM IN THIS WAY, THOSE IN POSITIONS OF POWER WON'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT SIDE THEIR BREAD IS BUTTERED ON. SO, WHILE SILENTLY THEY'LL BE FUMING, PUBLICLY NO ONE WILL SAY ANYTHING, AND LIFE CARRIES ON IN THE WORLD OF CRICKET. FOR THE BLACKCAPS ` WHERE TO FROM HERE? OBVIOUSLY UNLUCKY TO NOT BE ABLE TO` WELL, REALLY BE GOOD ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THIS INDIAN SIDE. WHAT NEXT FOR THEM? OH, I THINK THEY'RE GOOD ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THIS INDIAN SIDE, BUT I GUESS CONDITIONS JUST DIDN'T GO THEIR WAY. THEY HAD TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS OF MATT HENRY. HE'S BEEN THEIR BEST SEAM BOWLER FOR SOME TIME. HE HAS BEEN THEIR STRIKE WEAPON. ULTIMATELY, HE WASN'T THERE. I MEAN, THAT'S A HARD LOSS TO GET OVER. THEY WON'T MAKE EXCUSES, THE BLACKCAPS; THEY NEVER HAVE. BUT THEY WILL CONTINUE. THEY'VE GOT THE NEXT TOUR IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. THEY'RE BACK ON NEW ZEALAND SHORES I THINK IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, CHRIS. AND WE'RE INTO DOUBLE-HEADER T20s HERE ON TVNZ, SO THEY CONTINUE. THEY'LL BE DISAPPOINTED. THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THEY WOULD HAVE GONE INTO THAT FINAL; THEY HAD THE TOOLS TO DO THE JOB. THEY WERE JUST MISSING PROBABLY THEIR SHARPEST AXE WITH THE BALL. YEAH. THE WOMEN, THOUGH, THEY HAD A GREAT RESULT OVER THE WEEKEND COMPLETING THE SWEEP OVER SRI LANKA. 2-0 THAT SERIES. THE FIRST MATCH ABANDONED. THEY WERE JUST TOO GOOD. SO THEY BATTED FIRST IN BOTH INNINGS, AND SRI LANKA HAD NO ANSWERS WITH THE BAT. CHANGY, 78-RUN VICTORY ON FRIDAY AND A 98-RUN VICTORY YESTERDAY, SPEARHEADED BY GEORGIA PLIMMER, WHO GOT HER MAIDEN ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL CENTURY, WHICH WAS GREAT REWARD FOR GP. SHE'S BEEN A PROJECT FOR THE COACHING STAFF FOR SOME TIME, AND THAT WAS A WONDERFUL KNOCK FROM HER. MATTIE GREEN SCORING ESSENTIALLY THE MATCH BEFORE, WHICH WAS ALSO A FANTASTIC KNOCK. SUZY BATES CAPTAINING THE SIDE. AND A LOT OF YOUNGSTERS. THIS IS A TEAM THAT WAS LOOKING TO THE FUTURE AND SAYING, RIGHT, WELL, WHO'S GOING TO BE THERE AT 2029 WORLD CUP, FOR INSTANCE? THOSE ARE THE PLAYERS WE WANT TO TARGET. SO THE LIKES OF IZZY SHARP, WHO GOT ON THE FIELD, EMMA MCLEOD, WHO MADE HER DEBUT, POLLY INGLES, WHO'S BEEN AROUND THE DOMESTIC SCENE FOR SOME TIME AT 28, MADE HER DEBUT. THEY'VE GOT THEIR EYE ON THE FUTURE IN A MAJOR WAY, THIS BLACK CAPS COACHING STAFF. AND SO A FANTASTIC WIN WITHOUT THE LIKES OF SOPHIE DEVINE MELIE KERR, LAUREN DOWN, BELLA JAMES, THE LIST GOES ON. THE INJURIES UH AND PLAYERS UNAVAILABLE WAS AN EXTENSIVE LIST. GEORGIA PLIMMER, IN DOING SO, BECOMING THE THIRD YOUNGEST WHITE FERNS CENTURY MAKER AT JUST 21 YEARS AND 29 DAYS. YEAH, YEAH. NO, IT WAS FANTASTIC. YEAH, ONLY MELIE KERR AND SUZY BATES HAVE SCORED CENTURIES AT A YOUNGER AGE THAN GEORGIA PLIMMER. SO, LOOK, IT'S JUST` IT WAS GREAT TO WATCH THEM DO WHAT THEY DID. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE A TEAM THAT IS IN TRANSITION IN SOME RESPECTS, GETTING OUT THERE AND GETTING THE JOB DONE AND REMEMBERING THEY'VE GOT A WOMEN'S WORLD CUP JUST AROUND THE CORNER THIS YEAR IN INDIA. SO THEY WANT TO GO THERE TO THE 50-OVER WORLD CUP. THAT'S GOING TO BE THEIR LAST REAL ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL CRICKET UNTIL THAT TOURNAMENT, BARRING SOME WARM-UP GAMES. SO THEY WANTED TO SEE WHAT THEY'VE GOT UP THEIR SLEEVE, BECAUSE INJURIES PLAY A PART AS WE SAW OVERNIGHT IN DUBAI. LET'S GO TO SUPER RUGBY NOW, SCOTTY. AND HOW PLEASING WAS IT TO SEE MOANA PASIFIKA FINALLY BREAK THAT DROUGHT? WELL, I MEAN NOT JUST MOANA PASIFIKA, BUT ON THE SAME DAY, THE FIJIAN DRUA GETTING THE JOB DONE OVER THE CHIEFS AS WELL. SO WHAT A WONDERFUL FEW HOURS FOR PACIFIC ISLAND RUGBY. THE SCENES ARE MARVELLOUS, AREN'T THEY? HUGE CROWDS. THE CONDITIONS JUST WONDERFUL. MUDDY, WET, SLIPPY. IT'S EVERYTHING YOU WANT ABOUT RUGBY ON A SATURDAY. THEN TO COME BACK AND WATCH MOANA PASIFIKA DO THAT AGAINST THE HURRICANES, WHO WERE, FRANKLY, ABYSMAL IN TERMS OF THEIR DISCIPLINE AND THEIR GAME AND DESERVED TO LOSE. MOANA PASIFIKA WERE GREAT. THEY'VE BEEN SUCH A WELL-DISCIPLINED TEAM ALL SEASON LONG, AND I WAS THRILLED FOR THEM. I WAS THRILLED FOR THEM. I WAS THRILLED FOR THE FIJIAN DRUA, AND I THINK IT'S JUST SUCH A GREAT TURNING POINT FOR THIS COMPETITION TO SEE BOTH OF THOSE TEAMS GET UP ON THE SAME DAY. WHAT THAT DOES FOR SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC, I THINK CANNOT BE UNDERESTIMATED. AND TO DO IT IN THE SECOND HALF WITHOUT ARDIE SAVEA, RIGHT? I MEAN, HOW IMPRESSIVE WITH THE LIKES OF THE MIRACLE MAN FOR FOR MOANA PASIFIKA? OH, LOOK, THEY ALL STOOD UP, AND ARDIE SAVEA IS A GREAT PLAYER, AND HE'S A GREAT LEADER, AND OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE THRILLED TO HAVE HIM THERE WITHIN THE SQUAD. BUT IT'S A 15-MAN GAME. IN FACT, IT'S A 23-MAN GAME. AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT ARDIE SAVEA HAS INFLUENCE WILL DO TO THAT TEAM, IT WILL MAKE THEM BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE ALL MUCH MORE THAN THEY THINK THEY ARE. AND I THINK A RESULT LIKE THAT AGAINST THE HURRICANES JUST GOES TO SHOW IT. HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS THAT THEY ACTUALLY GOT THAT WIN ON THE BOARD? BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME ` 20 GAMES I THINK AGAINST NEW ZEALAND TEAMS. HOW BADLY DO THEY NEED THAT IN TERMS OF THEIR OWN BELIEF? YEAH, I THINK IT'S HUGE, CHRIS. TANA UMAGA WOULD HAVE NEEDED THAT FOR HIS OWN SAKE. AND, YOU KNOW, THE FACT IT WAS AGAINST THE HURRICANES WHO TANA PLAYED FOR, WHO ARDIE SAVEA PLAYED FOR, I THINK WILL RESONATE. AND THAT'S VERY SPECIAL FOR BOTH OF THOSE TWO AFOREMENTIONED MEN. BUT, YES, I THINK FOR THE INTEGRITY OF THE COMPETITION, FOR THOSE WATCHING THE COMPETITION AND THINKING, OK, ARE MOANA PASIFIKA THE REAL DEAL HERE; DO THEY DESERVE TO BE HERE ON MERIT? I THINK IT'S WINS LIKE THAT THAT CHANGE A LOT OF PEOPLE'S MINDS. AND ONCE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THAT TEAM IS MOST CERTAINLY HERE ON MERIT, IT IS NOT A TOKEN GESTURE TO THE ISLANDS; IT IS NOT SAYING, LOOK, WE JUST NEED THIS KIND OF REPRESENTATION. THIS IS A BONA FIDE SUPER RUGBY SIDE, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE A THREAT TO EVERYONE. AND REMEMBER, THAT WAS THE WIN, BUT IT WAS A TWO-POINT LOSS TO THE HIGHLANDERS, AND IT WAS A ONE POINT LOSS TO THE FORCE. SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A TEAM THAT HAS BEEN WOEFULLY OUT OF FORM THIS SEASON. THAT WIN WAS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, AND IT WAS A THRILL TO SEE IT ON SATURDAY. AND A THRILL TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING, AS WE DO EVERY WEEK. SCOTTY STEVENSON JOINING US LIVE. HAVE A GREAT DAY, MY FRIEND. THANK YOU MATE. GOOD TO TALK. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS HOUR ` THE GOVERNMENT'S MAKING CHANGES TO BOWEL CANCER SCREENINGS, BUT HAS IT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF THOSE MOST AT RISK? BUS DRIVERS AND PASSENGER BEING PUT IN DANGER ` A WHANGAREI ROUTE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO AVOID A STREET WHERE ROCKS HAVE REPEATEDLY BEEN THROWN AT BUSES, CAUSING DAMAGE. PLUS ` CYCLONE ALFRED DIDN'T PACK THE PUNCH MANY HAD FEARED, BUT STILL CAUSED FLOODING AND DISRUPTIONS ALONG THE AUSTRALIAN EASTERN COAST. WE'LL CROSS TO THE GOLD COAST FOR THE VERY LATEST WE'LL CROSS TO THE GOLD COAST FOR THE VERY LATEST. LUCKILY, FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE SAFE IN BRISBANE. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK ` HERE'S THE NEWS. A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED AFTER A DEATH IN MAIREHAU, CHRISTCHURCH LAST NIGHT. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE ON INNES RD JUST AFTER 9pm, WHERE A MAN WAS FOUND WITH CRITICAL INJURIES AND LATER DIED AT THE SCENE. POLICE ARE NOW WORKING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. A GIRL (14) THAT WENT MISSING FROM SCHOOL FOUR DAYS AGO HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN FOUND. SKYLA CANNON WAS DROPPED OFF AT AUCKLAND'S ALBANY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ON THURSDAY MORNING, BUT LEFT 15 MINUTES AFTER. HER MUM POSTED ON FACEBOOK IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING SAYING SHE HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO POLICE TO CONFIRM THIS. ISRAEL HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL CUT OFF ITS ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO GAZA, WHICH COULD AFFECT THE TERRITORY'S SUPPLY OF DRINKING WATER. IT FOLLOWS ISRAEL'S BLOCKING OF GOODS INTO GAZA LAST WEEK AS CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE. HAMAS IS PUSHING TO ENTER THE SECOND PHASE OF THE CEASEFIRE, WHILE ISRAEL IS CALLING FOR AN EXTENSION TO THE FIRST, INCLUDING A NEW AGREEMENT FOR HAMAS TO RELEASE HALF ITS REMAINING HOSTAGES. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE STUMBLED AT THE FINAL HURDLE IN THEIR QUEST FOR A WHITE BALL TROPHY, LOSING TO INDIA BY FOUR WICKETS IN THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY FINAL. NEW ZEALAND POSTING 251, WITH THE INDIAN SPINNERS ENSURING FEW BOUNDARIES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OVERS. THE BLACKCAPS KEPT CHIPPING AWAY WITH WICKETS TO KEEP THE RUN CHASE INTERESTING, BUT INDIA MANAGED TO GET HOME WITH AN OVER TO SPARE. AND THAT HAS GONE AWAY. FOR FOUR. AND IT IS ANOTHER ICC TOURNAMENT GOING THERE WERE. WE GOT BEATEN BY A GOOD SIDE WHO TURNED UP TODAY. A LOT OF GOOD STUFF FROM OUR GROUP. THE DROUGHT GOES ON ` THEY'LL GET ANOTHER CRACK AT AN ODI TITLE AT THE 2027 WORLD CUP. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MAINLY FINE START TO THE WEEK FOR MOST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, FOR THOSE ALONG THE EAST COAST, IT WILL BE A BIT OF A CLOUDY START WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 26 THE HIGH FOR AUCKLAND. 21 FOR WELLINGTON. CLEAR SKIES FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH. A PARTLY CLOUDY START FOR THOSE IN THE NELSON AREA BEFORE TURNING TO FINE THIS AFTERNOON. 23 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 20 IN CHRISTCHURCH. HEALTH EXPERTS ARE WARNING CHANGES TO THE BOWEL CANCER SCREENING PROCESS WILL COME AT A COST FOR THOSE WHO ARE AT THE HIGHEST RISK. THE GOVERNMENT IS LOWERING THE AGE OF FREE TESTING FROM 60 YEARS OLD TO 58. TO DO THAT, THOUGH, IT HAS CUT THE INITIATIVE THAT COVERED MAORI AND PASIFIKA PEOPLE FROM THE AGE OF 50. THEY WILL NOW HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEY ARE 58, DESPITE THEIR HIGHER RISK OF BOWEL CANCER. GENERAL PRACTITIONER AND FORMER CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER FOR TE AKA WHAI ORA, THE MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY, DR RAWIRI JANSEN JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THE GOVERNMENT PULLING FUNDING FROM THE SCREENING PROGRAM? REALLY DISAPPOINTED. THERE ARE COUPLE OF FEATURES. YOU HAVE A NATIONAL BOWEL CANCER SCREENING PROGRAM WHICH DOES NOT MEET THE NEEDS OF MAORI AND PACIFIC. HALF OF ALL MAORI BOWEL CANCER OCCURS BEFORE THE AGE OF 60. IT IS NOT MUCH OF A SCREENING PROGRAM IF YOU START AT 60. SECONDLY, YOU START REACHING OUT TO MAORI POPULATION FROM AGE 50 AND THEN YOU SNATCH IT AWAY. THAT IS NOT A TRUSTWORTHY RESPONSE FROM OUR SYSTEM, AND I THINK MAORI AND PACIFIC COMMUNITIES WILL BE VERY DISAPPOINTED. THAT MINISTER WAS ON Q AND A YESTERDAY. AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE ENGAGING WITH THE SCREENING. AND SAYING THAT IS WHERE THE MONEY SHOULD GO AND WE SHOULD BE PUTTING A FOCUS ON RATHER THAN TESTING ITSELF. WE HAVE TO DO A GREAT JOB OF REACHING OUT TO MAORI AND PACIFIC COMMITTEE. ONE THING WE HAVE TO DO IS BE TRUSTWORTHY SO THAT WE ARE TRUSTED. SNATCHING AWAY THIS PART OF THE PROGRAM IS NOT A GOOD WAY OF BEING TRUSTWORTHY. HAVING SAID THAT, WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE A BOWEL SCREENING PROGRAM THAT PROGRESSIVELY BRINGS THE AGE DONE, AND I AM IN FAVOUR OF THAT. AND THE GOVERNMENT IS HOPING TO GET THAT DOWN TO 45 TO FOLLOW AUSTRALIA, RIGHT? THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD DO. AS WE SHOULD DO THAT, SHOULD WE NOT REACH OUT TO THE POPULATION THAT IS MOST AT RISK IN THE EARLIER AGE GROUP. HALF OF ALL MAORI BOWEL CANCERS ARE OCCURRING BEFORE 50. SNATCHING IT AWAY SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN GET IT DONE FROM 58, DO PEOPLE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT? WE ARE GOING TO DO THE AGE OF THE DEBT BY TAKING AWAY FROM A GROUP THAT REALLY NEEDS THAT, I DON'T THINK NEW ZEALANDERS EXPECT THAT. IT IS WRONG. WE HAD THE MINISTER ON THE PROGRAM EARLIER, AND HE SAID THIS WILL SAVE 700 LIVES ACROSS EVERYBODY, BUT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SAY HOW MANY MAORI AND PACIFIC PEOPLE WOULD DIE. WE WANT TO MATCH AUSTRALIA AS QUICKKLY AS POSSIBLE, WE WANT TO MATCH AUSTRALIA AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AND THE CAPACITY OF THE SYSTEM TO DELIVER COLONOSCOPIES IS THE KEY FACTOR BEHIND THAT. SO WE ARE GOING TO LOWER IT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN SO THAT ALL NEW ZEALANDERS CAN HAVE THAT ACCESS TO THAT SCREENING. AND THE ADVICE WE'VE SEEN IS THAT THE AGE-RELATED INCIDENTS OF BOWEL CANCER IS SIMILAR ACROSS ALL POPULATION GROUPS, AND SO THE RIGHT DECISION IS TO REDUCEC IT BY AGE AND SO THE RIGHT DECISION IS TO REDUCE IT BY AGE FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS AND THEN TO MOVE IT FURTHER AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN AS THE CAPACITY TO DELIVER MORE COLONOSCOPIES ALLOWS. THE MINISTER SAID THAT THE ADVICE WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT THE AGE-RELATED INCIDENCE OF BOWEL CANCER IS SIMILAR ACROSS ALL POPULATION GROUPS, SO THE RIGHT DECISION IS TO REDUCE IT BY AGE ACROSS ALL NEW ZEALANDERS. HOW DO YOU RESPOND? THE MAORI POPULATION IS YOUNGER. WE DO NOT GET TO LIVE TO THESE GREAT OLD AGE IS PARTLY BECAUSE WE HAVE A HEALTH SYSTEM WHICH DOES NOT DELIVER VERY WELL FOR MAORI AND PACIFIC. THE GOVERNMENT SEEMS TO BE WALKING AWAY FROM ITS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HEALTH EQUITY. IT NEEDS TO BE DOING A BETTER JOB SPECIFICALLY FOR MAORI AND PACIFIC POPULATION. THAT MEANS OUR SCREENING SHOULD BE EARLIER. I CAN HEAR VOICES SAYING 'PRIVILEGE', AND THAT THIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS. WE HAVE GOT TO REDUCE THE AGE OF OUR SCREENING PROGRAM AND WE HAVE TO DO THAT AND STAGES. AS WE DO IT IN STAGES, WE HAD TO ADDRESS THE POPULATION THAT IS MOST AT NEED. AND THAT IS MAORI AND PACIFIC PUBLISHERS. OUR POPULATION IS YOUNG AND WE ARE GETTING THE BOWEL CANCER WHICH IS PREVENTABLE. WE HAVE SEEN DOZENS OF DEATHS WHICH ARE PREVENTABLE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE BROTHERS, COUSINS, UNDIES, FAMILY MEMBERS WE KNOW, WHO GET BOWEL CANCER AND WE GO, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DETECTED IN THE BOWEL CANCER SCREENING PROGRAM. IT IS GOING TO COST US. $36 MILLION OVER FOUR YEARS WHICH HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM THAT MAORI AND PACIFIC SCREENING. THAT WILL GO ACROSS THE BOARD NOW. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? THAT DECISION HAS BEEN MADE, SO WHAT NOW? I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER. WE MUST DO BETTER. MAORI AND PACIFIC COMMUNITIES, AND ALLIES, SHOULD BE IN ARMS ABOUT THIS, AND SAYING, NO, MINISTER, REVIEW THAT DECISION. LET'S GET BACK ON TRACK. WHAT WOULD YOUR MESSAGE BE TO THE MINISTER? I AM A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT THE ADVICE. SOMETIMES THE ADVICE IS, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU ASK THE QUESTION, HOW CAN I REPURPOSED THIS MONEY? I THINK WE SHOULD BE ASKING HOW WE GET A BOWEL CANCER SCREENING PROGRAM THAT WORKS FOR ALL OUR COMMUNITIES. THE ANSWER IS GOING TO BE THAT MAORI PACIFIC BELL SCREEN SHOULD BE DONE EARLIER. IN THE MINISTER'S WORDS ARE THAT AGE-RELATED INCIDENCE OF BOWEL CANCER A SIMILAR ACROSS ALL POPULATION GROUPS. HAVE YOU SEEN THAT ADVICE? NO. ARE YOU SURPRISED BY THAT ADVICE? WE NEED TO ASK A BETTER QUESTION IN RELATION TO THE ADVICE WE'RE GETTING. THE MINISTER SAID IT WOULD BE RELEASED THIS WEEK. NO DOUBT YOU WILL BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT. YES, I CAN'T WAIT. GOOD TO SEE YOU. E HAERE AKE NEI ` REPEATED ROCK ATTACKS HAVE FORCED A WHANGAREI BUS TO CHANGE ROUTE. NEXT ` HOW IT'S AFFECTING LOCALS AND WHAT'S BEING DONE ABOUT IT. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER CLIMBING BIG BEN'S ELIZABETH TOWER, FOLLOWING HIS 16-HOUR STAND OFF WITH EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. ISRAEL HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL BE CUTTING OFF ITS POWER SUPPLY TO GAZA AS MEDIATION TALKS OVER THE CEASEFIRE AND HOSTAGE DEALS CONTINUE. AND A NEW STUDY HAS FOUND THE NUMBER OF HUMPBACK WHALE SONGS HAS DOUBLED IN SIX YEARS, DRIVEN BY SHIFTING FOOD SOURCES IN THE OCEAN. THAT WAS A VERY INTERESTING INTERVIEW. HE WAS INTO IT, WASN'T HE? PLENTY OF FEEDBACK COMING IN ON THE HEALTH STORIES. WE HEARD FROM SIMEON BROWN AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW, AND WE HAVE JUST HEARD FROM DOCTOR JENSEN ABOUT BOWEL CANCER SCREENING. $36 MILLION WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM A SCREENING PROGRAM FOR MAORI AND PACIFIC, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE RATES ARE HIGHER, AND MAORI AND PASIFIKA GET BOWEL CANCER MUCH EARLIER. THAT MONEY HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY AND PUT INTO LOWERING THE SCREENING FOR EVERYONE, AND RAWIRI WAS SAYING YES, THAT IS GREAT, AND WE WANT TO LOWER THE BOWEL SCREENING TEST FOR EVERYONE, NO ISSUES WITH THAT, BUT YOU HAVE A POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO GET BOWEL CANCER YOUNGER AND AT HIGHER RATES, SO WHY ARE WE NOT FUNDING THAT? WHY ARE WE NOT KEEPING THAT FUNDING THERE SO THAT THOSE COMMUNITIES CAN GET TESTED AT A YOUNGER AGE? THAT WAS HIS POINT OF VIEW ON THAT. BUT WE'RE GETTING SOME FEEDBACK COMING AND NOT ONLY ABOUT THAT BUT ALSO GP VISITS AND THE COST OF THAT, AND THE HEALTH MINISTER SAY HE DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT COST IS A BARRIER FOR PEOPLE GOING TO SEE THE GP; IT IS THE WAIT TIME FOR PEOPLE. KEEP IT COMING AND. IMAGINE YOU'RE ON THE BUS, GOING ABOUT YOUR DAY, WHEN, BANG! A ROCK SMASHES INTO THE WINDOW. THAT'S THE REALITY IN WHANGAREI, WHERE REPEATED ROCK-THROWING HAS SMASHED BUS WINDOWS, FORCING THE SERVICE TO CHANGE ROUTE. JACK CRAW IS THE REGIONAL COUNCILLOR FOR THE WHANGAREI URBAN WARD. HE JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING, JACK. THANK YOU FOR COMING ON THE SHOW. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? WE HAVE HAD FOUR INCIDENTS OVER THREE DAYS, THE FIRST, THIRD AND SIXTH OF MARCH, WHERE YOUTH ARE THROWING STONES AND ROCKS AT THE BUS. SO WE HAVE HAD TO DIVERT` WE DO NOT OWN THE BUSES. WE JUST PROVIDE THE SERVICE. WE HAVE HAD TO DIVERT THE BUS, WHICH MEANS THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE HAVE TO WALK AN EXTRA 200 M. WE HAVE MANAGED TO STOP THE CRIMES, I GUESS, WE SAY, BUT THANKFULLY NOBODY WAS HURT. WELL, THE PASSENGERS WAS SHAKEN. A FEW OF THOSE INCIDENTS, THE WINDOWS WERE SMASHED. WE ARE TAKING IT PRETTY SERIOUSLY. THE POLICE ARE ON THE CASE. WE HAVE HAD NOTHING HAPPENED FOR THE LAST FIVE DAYS, SO HOPEFULLY IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. HOPEFULLY THE POLICE FIND THE PERPETRATORS. ARE YOU CONFIDENT YOU MIGHT KNOW WHO IS AT FAULT HERE? THE POLICE ARE CONFIDENT. I DO NOT HAVE THOSE DETAILS. GOOD. NOT ONLY THE PASSENGERS, BUT HOW OTHER BUS DRIVERS FEELING AT THE MOMENT? THE BUS DRIVERS HAD BEEN PRETTY CALM, BUT THEY DID SO THEY WERE A LITTLE SHAKEN UP ABOUT IT, BECAUSE WHO WANTS THIS? THE PASSENGERS DO NOT LIKE IT EITHER. WHO IS DOING THIS IS ACTUALLY POTENTIALLY HARMING PEOPLE THAT LIVE REALLY CLOSE BY. IT IS VERY INFANTILE BEHAVIOUR. WHAT IS YOUR FEAR HERE, JACK? YOU SAID NO ONE HAS BEEN HURT YET, BUT I TAKE IT THAT PEOPLE ARE WORRIED IT COULD BE A LOT WORSE. IF IT IS NOT LEFT IN THE BUD, IT COULD ESCALATE. BUT WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL NOT. THE POLICE ARE ON THE CASE. THERE IS A NUMBER OF TECHNIQUES THEY ARE USING` ACTUALLY, THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE, BUT THEY JUST NEED TO CATCH THEM IN THE ACT. HOW MANY PEOPLE AS THIS AFFECTING? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE USING THE BUSES? PROBABLY 20 OR SO. THAT BUS SERVICE RUNS 15 TIMES A DAY, SO IT IS ONLY HAPPEN ONCE ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, ON TWO DIFFERENT DAYS, AND TWICE ON ONE DAY. HOW MANY PEOPLE AFFECTED? EVERYONE ON THE BUS IS EFFECTIVE, SO WE ARE PRETTY ANNOYED ABOUT THAT. BUS PATRONAGE IS UP A LOT HERE. OUR BUS SERVICES ARE BECOMING MORE POPULAR ALL OF THE TIME. NOT ONLY THE GENERAL BUS SERVICES BUT THE SCHOOL BUS SERVICES ARE EXTREMELY POPULAR. THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE POTENTIALLY AFFECTED. I AM SURE THE POLICE WILL HAVE SOME CHOICE WORDS. WHAT WOULD YOUR MESSAGE BE TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH THIS BEHAVIOUR? I DO NOT THINK THAT IS PRINTABLE. I WILL LEAVE THE POLICE UP TO IT. I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE POLICE WILL ACT. PERHAPS, WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE BUSES AND PEOPLE THAT WANT TO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORT BUT THEY ARE A BIT NERVOUS THAT THEY CANNOT DO SO SAFELY? THE POINT. OUR MESSAGE IS THAT WE ARE MAKING THE MISTAKE. WE HAVE HAD NO INCIDENTS SINCE THE SIXTH, BECAUSE WE HAVE REROUTED THE BUS. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THERE WILL BE NO INJURIES OR FURTHER THREATS TO ANY PASSENGER OR INDEED ANY DRIVER. HERE IS HOPING. GOOD ON YOU, JACK. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. MY PLEASURE. I JUST THINK PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS DO NOT HAVE ANY IDEA OF THE CONSEQUENCES. IDIOT BEHAVIOUR THAT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR SOMETHING POTENTIALLY WORSE. RIDICULOUS. I REMEMBER IT HAPPENING TO ME ONCE. IT WAS NOT A ROCK, BUT IT WAS A WATER BALLOON THAT WAS THROWN AT MY CAR SCREEN. I WAS A POLICE OFFICER AT THE TIME AND KNEW THE AREA REALLY WELL. SO I HAD A BIT OF AN IDEA WHERE THEY MIGHT HAVE GONE TO. SERIOUSLY, BANGED ON THEIR DOOR, THE PARENTS HAD NO IDEA. IT WAS NOT THEIR FAULT, BUT THE PARENTS HAD NO IDEA THAT THE CHILD HAD DONE THIS, AND, ACTUALLY, WHAT YOU CONFRONTED THE CHILD, THEY WERE KIND OF LIKE, I DID NOT REALLY KNOW. WE KNOW THEIR BRAINS ARE STILL DEVELOPING, BUT SOMEBODY COULD GET SERIOUSLY HURT AS A RESULT OF THIS. LITTLE BUGGERS. TOTALLY STUPID BEHAVIOUR. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, MORE ON THE BLACKCAPS' CHAMPIONS TROPHY FINAL AGAINST INDIA. (UPBEAT MUSIC) Let's take a look at Hamilton. IT IS QUITE A WARM TEMP. 26 DEGREES. LOOKING GOOD. LAP IT UP, PEOPLE. LET'S GO TO WELLINGTON, SHALL WE? GOOD TODAY AS WELL. A HIGH OF 21 DEGREES TODAY. FINE NORTHERLIES DEVELOPING BY THE EVENING. GO YOU GOOD THING, CHRISTCHURCH. WINNER, WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER, AGAIN. CHRISTCHURCH ALWAYS HAS THE BEST WEATHER CAN. FIND TODAY. LOOKING FOR A HIGH OF 20. SO A LITTLE BIT COOL. OTHERWISE A GLORIOUS START TO THE DAY FOR CHRISTCHURCH. RUNNING THINGS OUT WITH DUNEDIN. WE HAVE BEEN QUITE GOOD ACROSS-THE-BOARD TODAY ` 20 DEGREES. LIGHT WINDS, JUST SITTING UNDER 11 DEGREES AT THE MOMENT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, BUT AUCKLAND YESTERDAY WAS SO GOOD, APART FROM ME STABBING MYSELF IN THE FINGER WHEN I SNEEZED. CERTAINLY SIGNALLED THE CHANGE, APART FROM YOU SLICING YOUR HAND OFF. I THINK I WAS CUTTING KUMARA. WELL, IT IS IN SEASON NOW, AS JERRY TOLD US ON FRIDAY. TOMATOES OR CAME OUT ON THE WEEKEND. I WAS THINKING, MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT WE NEED TO PUT IN THE GARDEN NEXT THIS WEEKEND, BECAUSE ALL THE SUMMER PRODUCE DEAF STRAWBERRIES ARE PRETTY MUCH DONE, TOMATOES HAVE COME OUT NOW, I CUT THE LAST OF THE WATERMELON OUT AS WELL. HAVE YOU EATEN IT YET? I PUT IT IN THE FRIDGE BECAUSE I WANTED IT COLD. WHAT DO YOU NORMALLY PLANT AT THIS TIME OF YEAR? I DON'T REALLY KNOW. OK. THE KIDS HAVE BEEN INTO KALE CHIPS IN THE AIR FRYER, SO I MIGHT GO HARD ON THE KALE. I AM A BIT WORRIED ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE FEEDING YOUR KIDS. THE TEMPERATURE MIGHT BE GETTING A LITTLE COLDER HERE BUT THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE IS WARMING UP. AND IN THE U.S. THAT MEANS SPRING BREAK ` A POPULAR PARTY TIME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. OFFICIALS IN MIAMI BEACH ARE TELLING PARTYGOERS YOU'RE NOT WANTED. THE ABC'S ASHAN SINGH HAS MORE. THIS MORNING, FLORIDA OFFICIALS SENDING A MESSAGE TO SPRING BREAKERS LOOKING TO PARTY HARD. WE CAN'T HAVE THINGS JUST DESCEND TO MADNESS AND MAYHEM AND CHAOS. STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS REINFORCING EFFORTS TO PREVENT RUCKUS SCENES LIKE THIS ON. THE GOVERNOR PLEDGING TO BOOST SECURITY MEASURES, INCLUDING DRONE AND AVIATION ASSETS AND CANINE UNITS. BUILDING ON THE 140 STATE TROOPERS DEPLOYED ACROSS FLORIDA IN 2024. WITH THE HEIGHTENED SECURITY, LAST YEAR HOT SPOT DESTINATION MIAMI BEACH ONLY SAW 16 ARRESTS. WE ARE KEEPING THINGS UNDER CONTROL. WE HAD CALM INSTEAD OF CHAOS AS WE HAVE SEEN IN YEARS PAST. LAW AND ORDER IS 365 DAYS PER YEAR. LAST MONTH, THE CITY ISSUING THE SPRING BREAK REALITY CHECK ` A SPOOF REALITY SHOW TRAILER REMINDING THE NOTORIOUSLY ROWDY VISITORS OF THE RULES BEFORE THEY ARRIVE. YOU ARE DRINKING, THAT IS NOT ALLOWED. IF YOU ARE COMING TO OUR CITY AND BREAKING THE LAWS, YOU WILL RECEIVE A CHECK. STYLISH COPS. WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR FINGER, SORRY? I CUT MY FINGER WHILE I WAS CUTTING THE KUMARA. ANYWAY, IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE KUMARA; I SNEEZED. I WENT LIKE THAT. I THINK IT MAY HAVE REQUIRED STITCHES, BUT WE ARE ALL GOOD. SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG TO GET INTO YOUR GP. THERE HAS BEEN LOTS OF FEEDBACK ON THE WAIT TIMES, WHETHER THE COST IS THE PROHIBITIVE THING OR YOU CAN'T GET IN QUICK ENOUGH AND HAVE TO GO TO ED. EMAIL US. WE SPOKE TO THE HEALTH MINISTER JUST AFTER 6 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. WE WILL REPLACE SOME OF THAT FOR YOU IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TIME. SPECIFICALLY AROUND GP VISITS. IT IS COMING UP 730, THOUGH, BUT BEFORE WE GET THERE, JUST CONFIRMING WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE COMING ON THIS WEEK TO TELL US WHAT WE SHOULD BE PLANTING THIS TIME OF YEAR? I HOPE SO. LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN. WE ARE NEW ZEALAND'S FAVOURITE THIS TV SHOW. I'M SURE WE CAN DO SOMETHING. MINOR DETAILS THERE. LET'S GET TO YOUR NEWS, SHALL WE? A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED AFTER A DEATH IN MAIREHAU, CHRISTCHURCH, LAST NIGHT. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE ON INNES ROAD JUST AFTER 9pm, WHERE A MAN WAS FOUND WITH CRITICAL INJURIES AND LATER DIED AT THE SCENE. POLICE ARE NOW WORKING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. POLICE HAVE JUST CONFIRMED A TEENAGER THAT WENT MISSING FROM AN AUCKLAND SCHOOL LAST WEEK HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE. SKYLA CANNON (14) HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE THURSDAY LAST WEEK AFTER BEING DROPPED OFF AT ALBANY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. HER MUM POSTED ON FACEBOOK IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING SAYING SHE HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE. POLICE ALSO CONFIRMING THIS MORNING. EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED IS CONTINUING TO THREATEN AUSTRALIA'S EAST COAST WITH SERIOUS FLOODING AS HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES. ONE PERSON HAS BEEN CONFIRMED DEAD IN NEW SOUTH WALES FLOODWATERS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES ACROSS THE COAST ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER AFTER WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 100km/h BROUGHT DOWN TREES AND RIPPED ROOFS FROM HOMES. A HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR HAS FOUND MORE THAN 700 CIVILIANS WERE KILLED IN JUST TWO DAYS OF FIGHTING IN SYRIA IN THE LATEST OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE. CLASHES BETWEEN SYRIAN SECURITY FORCES AND FIGHTERS LOYAL TO THE FORMER ASSAD REGIME BROKE OUT LAST WEEK ` THE DEADLIEST VIOLENCE SINCE 2011. THE FIGHTING HAS NOW EASED, WITH THE INTERIM PRESIDENT FORMING A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE KILLINGS. THE MAN WHO SCALED BIG BEN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER A 16-HOUR STAND OFF. HE WAS WAVING A PALESTINIAN FLAG, AND ACCORDING TO LOCAL MEDIA SHOUTED 'FREE PALESTINE'. EMERGENCY CREWS CLOSED WEST MINSTER BRIDGE AND USED A CRANE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE MAN WHO LIVESTREAMED THE INCIDENT FROM THE SIDE OF THE TOWER. ALL ROADS HAVE NOW BEEN RE-OPENED. ARSENAL'S TITLE HOPES HAVE TAKEN ANOTHER HIT AFTER FAILING TO FIND A WINNER AGAINST MANCHESTER UNITED IN THEIR PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH THIS MORNING. UNITED SKIPPER BRUNO FERNANDES WITH A SPECTACULAR A FREE KICK TO GIVE HIS SIDE THE LEAD IN FIRST HALF STOPPAGE. BRUNO FERNANDES. OH, YES. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THE CAPTAIN DELIVERS. WHAT DID YOU SAY? COULD HAVE GONE BETTER THERE ` POSITIONING IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. DECLAN RICE EQUALISING IN THE 74th MINUTE BUT ARSENAL COULDN'T FIND A WAY THROUGH FOR ANOTHER. AND TOTTENHAM HAVE FOUGHT BACK FROM 2-0 DOWN TO CLAIM A DRAW WITH BOURNEMOUTH. COME ON, YOU SPURS. YOU COULD HAVE DONE BETTER? THAT IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS IN TOTTENHAM THESE DAYS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` A MAINLY FINE START TO THE WEEK FOR MOST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, FOR THOSE ALONG THE EAST COAST, IT WILL BE A BIT OF A CLOUDY START WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 26 THE HIGH FOR AUCKLAND. 21 FOR WELLINGTON. CLEAR SKIES FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH. A PARTLY CLOUDY START FOR THOSE IN THE NELSON AREA BEFORE TURNING TO FINE THIS AFTERNOON. 23 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 20 IN CHRISTCHURCH. IT IS LOOKING GOOD OUT THERE. THANKS, JENNY MAY. IS THE HEALTH MINISTER'S TARGET AS HE LOOKS TO SLASH GP WAITING TIMES. SIMEON BROWN ANNOUNCING BRINGING BACK A BOARD OF HEALTH NEW ZEALAND HE'S ALSO CALLING ON THE PUBLIC SECTOR TO PARTNER WITH PRIVATE CARE, A MOVE HE SAYS WILL HELP MOVE SURGERY WAITLISTS. HEALTH MINISTER SIMEON BROWN SPOKE TO US EARLIER ON BREAKFAST. BY WORKING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WE CAN ACTUALLY MAXIMISE THE CAPACITY IN THE PUBLIC SYSTEM AND THE PRIVATE SYSTEM TO ACTUALLY GET MORE SURGERIES, MORE TREATMENTS DONE MORE QUICKLY. AND SO I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE WAITING ON THAT LIST ARE WAITING THERE AND GOING, I WONDER` THEY DON'T` I DON'T THINK THEY CARE WHICH HOSPITALS DELIVERING IT. THEY WANT THE TREATMENT DONE. NO. THAT'S RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S THE PRIORITY THAT I'M APPROACHING THIS. AND IT'S NOT ABOUT` AND IT'S NOT` IT'S ABOUT SAYING IT'S A PUBLICLY FUNDED SYSTEM, BUT IT MAY BE DELIVERED THROUGH A PRIVATE HOSPITAL. AND ACTUALLY THAT'S WHAT ACC ALREADY DOES. WELL, IF YOU IF YOU HAVE AN INJURY AND YOU REQUIRE AN OPERATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, A LOT OF THEIR ELECTIVE TREATMENT, ELECTIVE SURGERIES THEY DO ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY OUTSOURCED INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR. SO JUST HOW DO WE MAXIMISE BOTH THE PUBLIC SYSTEM AND THE PRIVATE SYSTEM SO PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY GET THE CARE THEY NEED IN A TIMELY AND QUALITY MANNER? SO ARE THEY GOING IS THERE GOING TO BE A THRESHOLD WHEREBY YOU GO, RIGHT, WE'VE HAD X AMOUNT OF SURGERIES NOW, WE'VE CLEARED THAT BACKLOG. NOW WE CAN GO BACK TO INVESTING` PUTTING MONEY BACK INTO THE PUBLIC SYSTEM? WE ARE INVESTING IN THE PUBLIC SYSTEM. THIS GOVERNMENT IS` WE'RE SPENDING $30B A YEAR ON HEALTH IN NEW ZEALAND UNDER THIS GOVERNMENT. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF $16.6B OVER THREE YEARS. WE ARE INVESTING MORE THAN EVER IN OUR HEALTH SYSTEM. BUT THE REALITY IS WE'VE GOT A HUGE WAITLIST WHICH GREW UNDER THE LAST GOVERNMENT, AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN REDUCE IT. THE OTHER POINT I'D MAKE HERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR ELECTIVE TREATMENTS OR ELECTIVE SURGERIES. AND OUR PUBLIC SYSTEM, THOSE HOSPITALS ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH BOTH PLANNED CARE, WHICH IS AN ELECTIVE TREATMENT, AND ALSO ACUTE CARE, WHICH IS COME THROUGH A&E. AND TOO MANY TIMES I HEAR PEOPLE BEING BUMPED OFF A LIST BECAUSE SOMEONE` BECAUSE OF AN ACUTE. THAT'S THE RIGHT DECISION FOR THAT HOSPITAL TO DO. BUT IF WE'RE ABLE TO SEPARATE THAT AND SAY, ACTUALLY, LET'S GET AS MUCH PLANNED CARE DONE THROUGH EITHER HOSPITALS THAT HEALTH NEW ZEALAND HAS, AND THEY'VE GOT SOME HOSPITALS WHICH ONLY DO PLANNED CARE, OR THROUGH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THOSE PEOPLE GET THE TREATMENT THEY NEED, WHEN AND WHEN THEY NEED IT. SO THIS IS A LONG-TERM PLAN FOR YOU, THEN IN TERMS OF` BECAUSE THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE BACKLOG, THEN. ONCE THE BACKLOG IS` IT'S BOTH ABOUT THE BACKLOG AND IT'S ALSO ABOUT MAKING SURE PEOPLE GET THE CARE THEY NEED IN A TIMELY AND QUALITY MANNER. AND SO HEALTH NEW ZEALAND` ISN'T THIS PRIVATISATION? NO, NO, NO. THE HEALTH ZEALAND IS ALSO INVESTING IN ITS OWN ELECTIVE CARE TREATMENT HOSPITALS IN NORTH SHORE. THERE'S TOTARA, WHICH IS A HOSPITAL DEDICATED FOR PLANNED CARE. THERE'S BURWOOD IN CHRISTCHURCH, A HOSPITAL DEDICATED FOR PLANNED CARE. SO IT'S ABOUT ACTUALLY MAXIMISING THE USE OF OUR PUBLIC SYSTEM AND ALSO FINDING CAPACITY IN THE PRIVATE SYSTEM AND WORKING TOGETHER TO GIVE KIWIS THE TREATMENT THEY NEED. THE MINISTER ALSO, BECAUSE I ASKED HIM THE QUESTION WILL THIS COST THE TAXPAYER MORE IN THE LONG RUN IF WE ARE LOOKING AT TAKING ELECTIVE SURGERIES AND PUTTING THEM INTO PRIVATE HOSPITALS. HE SAID, NO, IT WON'T, BECAUSE THERE ARE LONG-TERM AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THESE PRIVATE HOSPITALS IN THE GOVERNMENT ESSENTIALLY. YOUR FEEDBACK COMING THROUGH THIS MORNING. DEE SAID I HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY OF BOWEL CANCER. I ASKED IF I COULD HAVE THE TEST BECAUSE OF CHANGES IN MY OWN SITUATION, BUT BECAUSE I AM NOT MAORI OR PASIFIKA, I WAS REFUSED. I AM STILL NOT SURE IF I HAVE IT OR NOT. IF I DID, I WOULD BE FAR GONE BY NOW. WE ALL NEED IT. NO ONE IS DENYING THAT. JOSH SAYS EVERYONE DESERVES THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES ` CANCER DOESN'T CARE FOR ANYTHING BUT DEATH. I HEAR YOU IF WE ARE STARTING FROM THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS WE SAY. PACIFIKA AND MAORI GET CANCER MORE THAN OTHER GROUPS AND HAVE WORSE OUTCOMES. WE HAD AN EXPERT ON MAORI HEALTH, AND HIS FEEDBACK TO US WAS THE SAME. WE HAVE TO REDUCE THE AGE OF THE SCREENING PROGRAM IN STAGES, AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE POPULATION THAT IS IN NEED, AND THAT IS THE MAORI AND PACIFIC POPULATIONS, BECAUSE THE POPULATIONS ARE YOUNGER. WE ARE GETTING BOWEL CANCER; IT IS PREVENTABLE. WE ARE GOING TO SEE DEATHS THAT ARE PREVENTABLE, AND THOSE ARE COUSINS, BROTHERS, SISTERS. WE KNOW THAT THE BOWEL SCREENING NEEDS TO COME DOWN TO A YOUNGER AGE. NEW ZEALAND WANTS TO GET IT DOWN TO 45 LIKE OTHER COUNTRIES. THE PROBLEM IS THAT FUNDING HAS COME A CROSS FROM WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOUGHT MAORI AND PACIFIC AND HAS BEEN PUT ACROSS-THE-BOARD, TO BRING IT DOWN TO 58. WHERE YOU HAVE THE POPULATION MOST AFFECTED BY IT. WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT THERE IS NOT A NEED ACROSS EVERY OTHER GROUP. THAT IS WHAT HE IS TRYING TO POINT OUT. HE DOES NOT WANT TO MAKE IT AN ANTAGONISTIC THING. IT IS NOT US AGAINST THEM. IT IS LOOKING AT THE STATS, RECOGNISING THE INFORMATION. YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT HOW MUCH IT COST TO SEE THE GP. JUST A MINUTE ` I WANT TO SAY TO DEE, BECAUSE YOU READ OUT THAT FEEDBACK. I AM SORRY YOU ARE FACING THIS UNCERTAINTY AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THAT IS ALL. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THESE SORTS OF THINGS, AND PEOPLE SO GETTING HEATED UP ABOUT ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER ` WE ARE ALL HOPEFULLY WANTING THE SAME THING HERE , AND THAT IS THE HEALTH OF OURSELVES AND OUR FAMILY, AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO US. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DENIGRATE ANYONE AND SAY YOUR PROBLEMS ARE NOT AS BIG AS OTHER PEOPLE'S. THAT IS NOT THE CASE. IT IS JUST LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION WE HAVE AT HAND. SAM ` MAY GP CHARGES HAVE BEEN GOING UP OVER THE 10 YEARS. THE COPAYMENT FOR A VISIT IS JUST OVER $75 AND $30 FOR A REPEAT PRESCRIPTION. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THERE IS MONEY BEING PUT TOWARDS GPS, BUT THE HEALTH MINISTER WOULD NOT LOOK AT THE COST OF BRINGING THOSE CHARGES DOWN WHEN YOU SEE A GP ` NOT LOOKING AT THAT, BUT LOOKING AT THE WAIT TIMES WHERE PEOPLE WAIT TO SEE THEIR GPS. MANY OF US CAN'T GET IN FOR TWO, THREE, FOUR WEEKS, IF WE ARE LUCKY. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, THE PRICE OF A GP WAS NOT REALLY IN HIS THINKING. THANK YOU DEE AND ALL THE REST OF YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW. WE LIKE HEARING FROM YOU. EMAIL US. ME U TONU MAI ` ANOTHER RUNNER-UP FINISH FOR THE WARRIORS TODAY. UP THE WAHS. WE'RE TALKING SPORT NEXT. # THUNDER ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IT'S RAINING. ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? I WILL DO IT. OK, COOL. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. HEALTH EXPERTS ARE WARNING CHANGES TO THE BOWEL CANCER SCREENING PROCESS WILL COME AT A COST FOR THOSE WHO ARE AT THE HIGHEST RISK. THE VATICAN SAID THE POPE HAD SHOWN A 'GOOD RESPONSE' TO TREATMENTS OVER THE WEEKEND IN HIS THREE-WEEK BATTLE WITH PNEUMONIA AND BRONCHITIS. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE ON AUSTRALIA'S EAST COAST. WITH EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED ALSO CAUSING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES TO LOSE POWER. LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT OF SPORT. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE FALLEN SHORT IN THEIR CHAMPIONS TROPHY FINAL AGAINST INDIA THIS MORNING, LOSING BY FOUR WICKETS IN DUBAI. WITH MORE, 1 NEWS SPORTS REPORTER ZION DAYAL JOINS US. ACTUALLY WE SHOULD SAY, STARTED IN BREAKFAST. SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. TALK TO US ABOUT THE BLACK CAPS. I THOUGHT THE FIRST TWO CATCHES AT ABOUT 3 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, AND THEN IT WENT ALL DOWNHILL FROM THERE. THE FIRST CAT FROM GLENN PHILLIPS WAS AMAZING. HE IS MAKING A NAME FOR HIMSELF DOING THAT. HE HAS BEEN DOING IT ALL TOURNAMENT. THE BLACK CAPS MADE IT 251 RUNS. NOT ENOUGH IN THE END. A SPIN-HEAVY TRACK. THEY TASTE IN THE 47TH OVER. CRUISE HOME REALLY. NOT ENOUGH RUNS ON THE BOARD. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DARRYL MITCHELL. HE TOP SCORED WITH 63. THE BLACK CAPS WERE IN THE FIGHT, EARLY WICKETS, I HEARD YOU DISCUSSING ABOUT IT BEFORE ` INDIA HAVE PLAYED IN DUBAI FOR THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT. THE OTHER TEAMS HAVE GONE BETWEEN DUBAI AND PAKISTAN. NO EXCUSE, THOUGH, THAT IS WHAT TOURNAMENT SPORT IS LIKE. THERE MUST BE SOME KIND OF FEELING ABOUT THAT ` THE FACT THAT INDIA GETS THEIR WAY. KANE WILLIAMSON WAS ACTUALLY ASKED ABOUT THAT. LIKE MOST OF THE BLACK CAPS, THEY ARE QUITE HUMBLE BLOKES, AND THEY COPPED IT ` THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO. THEY WOULD HAVE SOME FEELING TOWARDS THAT. RACHIN RAVINDRA, HE TENDS TO STAND UP WHEN IT COMES TO THE ICC TOURNAMENT. EVEN THOUGH THEY LOST TODAY, HE GOT PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT. THANKS. OBVIOUSLY, IT CERTAINLY IS BITTERSWEET. IT WAS A GREAT FINAL. WE WERE ABLE TO WE PLAYED SOME REALLY GOOD CRICKET IN THE LEAD UP AND IT WAS A GOOD GAME. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO INDIA. BUT YEAH I MEAN THE INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES ARE GREAT AND ALL, BUT I MEAN THE BUILD UP TO THE TOURNAMENT WAS GREAT. PLAYING FOR A GREAT TEAM WAS VERY ENJOYABLE. YOU KNOW I GUESS WE CAME HERE AT THE START, UH, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WE HAD CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY. BUT I THINK THE WAY WE'VE KIND OF GROWN AS A GROUP AND WE'VE PLAYED SOME GOOD CRICKET AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND WE JUST GOT, I GUESS WE GOT BEATEN BY A GOOD SIDE WHO TURNED UP TODAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF GOOD STUFF FROM OUR GROUP, YOU KNOW, GUYS STEPPING UP AT DIFFERENT TIMES. I THINK EVERYONE CONTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE TOURNAMENT. AND THAT'S ALL YOU CAN ASK FOR, I GUESS, AS A CAPTAIN IN A TEAM. REMEMBER WHEN RACHIN RAVINDRA COPPED THAT BLOW TO THE HEAD? AND NOW HE HAS COME BACK. AMAZING. HOW OLD ARE STEEP? HOW OLD IS HE? 25. AMAZING, AND SO MUCH MORE TOGETHER. NOW, 30 YEARS. 30 YEARS SINCE THEY PLAYED THEIR FIRST MATCH, THE WARRIORS, AT MOUNT SMART STADIUM. A LOT OF WATER HAS GONE UNDER THE BRIDGE. SHH. 30 YEARS, 30 POINTS WASN'T IT? NICE TO HAVE A WEEKEND YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LOSS. DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK TOMORROW? I DO HAVE A NICE STORY TO DO WITH THE 30 YEARS. I CAUGHT UP WITH ONE OF THE PLAYERS WHO PLAYED IN THE FIRST MATCH. HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO TAKE ME THROUGH HIS HOME. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THE FANS AND THE ATMOSPHERE? IT WAS SO LOUD. MORE PEOPLE THERE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST ` THERE WERE JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND AT THE TIME. AND SINCE THE GAME WAS GOING ON, THERE WAS MORE PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE GATES. NOW BILL, BILL INSIDE. AND YES. IT WAS A GREAT PART OF RUGBY LEAGUE, WAS THAT CHANGEOVER AT THE TIME BECAUSE EVERYBODY LOOKED DOWN AND I SAID I PLAYED LOOKED DOWN AT US THAT WE PLAYED RUGBY LEAGUE. YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GAME WHERE RUGBY WAS MORE, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER PHYSICAL GAME. AND I'M THANKFUL FOR ME, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO MAKE IT AND THEN FOR THEM TO SELECT ME TO PLAY THE NUMBER 13. YOU KNOW WE HAD GUYS FROM AUSTRALIA, GREAT BRITAIN, YOU KNOW, ALL PART OF THE SQUAD. AND I WAS JUST A LOCAL LAD PLAYING LOCAL FOOTY. SO I WAS REALLY HONOURED AND I WAS PROUD FOR MY FAMILY AS WELL AT THE TIME. (CROWD SCREAMS) COMES INSIDE. WHAT A GREAT BALL. FOR US FROM THE WORD GO, A LOT OF THE REFEREES WERE AGAINST US. AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA DIDN'T WANT US IN THE NRL. EVEN WENT AFTER WE WON A GAME IN AUSTRALIA, WE'LL BE ON A BUS. AND THE RADIO STATION THAT WE'RE LISTENING ON THE BUS WILL BE GOING 'THE WARRIORS REALLY SHOULDN'T BE IN THE BLOOMING COMPETITION.' BUT MATE, IF YOU WANT THE GAME TO EXPAND AND GROW, YOU'VE GOT TO DEVELOP IT. REALLY LOVELY BLOKE, TONY. WAS ACTUALLY QUITE INTERESTING, BECAUSE I WAS THERE TALKING ABOUT HIM ABOUT THE MEMORIES AND THE CELEBRATION, BUT HE MORE REFLECTED ON RUGBY LEAGUE BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY. WHEN THE WARRIORS WERE FIRST INTRODUCED, RUGBY UNION WAS THE MAIN SPORT, AND ALSO THE AUSSIES DIDN'T WANT THEM IN THE COMP. BUT NOW THEY PROBABLY HAVE THE BIGGEST FAN BASE IN THE NRL. PROBABLY THE BEST, I WOULD SAY. GOOD COLLECTION OF JERSEYS. MEMORABILIA EVERYWHERE. DEAN BELL WAS THE CAPTAIN. TALKING TO HIM TODAY, ACTUALLY. I WE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THAT? YES. I WILL... DO SOME WORK AFTER THIS. WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLUG YOUR STORY. YES, TONIGHT AT 6 O'CLOCK. SO MUCH GOOD STUFF. THE PICTURES ARE GREAT. I WASN'T OLD ENOUGH. I WASN'T BORN. THERE ARE SOME SHOTS OUT OF THE WARRIORS TUNNEL. SOME GOOD STUFF. SOME OF THESE NAMES ARE JUST LIKE... WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE TEAM LIST WITH THE PRODUCER, AND HE WAS READING ALL THESE NAMES, AND I WAS LIKE, YEP... ACTUALLY, ON THIS DAY, THAT IS GOING TO BE OUR STORY. UP THE WAHS. WE LOVE IT. THAT IS COMING UP AFTER 8 O'CLOCK, AND OF COURSE ZION'S BIG SPECIAL TONIGHT AT 6., E WHAI AKE NEI ` HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO BATTER AUSTRALIA'S EASTERN COAST. NEXT, AN UPDATE ON EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED. # YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO TASTE ME WHEN HE'S KISSING YOU. Hi! Could you do something for me? # You've got what I need... # Thanks. # You got everything I need # You're like medicine to me... # VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Find your wonderful. New World. Jimmy. (DOOR CLOSED) (MAN CHEWING) Okay. What should I write? How are we going to sell it? The car or boyfriend? What about tidy but slow. Yeah, you should definitely mention it's not very quick. We're selling the car. It's got a little exhaust. (LAUGHS) - Oh. - What about, um... Uh, wait, are we talking about this car? Oh, God. (DOOR CLOSED) I think you should say. (THUNDERSTORM & RAIN PATTERS) VOICEOVER: When you list your car on AutoTrader. You could also win your own billboard HEAVY RAIN'S BATTERED AUSTRALIA'S EAST COAST IN ITS FIRST TROPICAL CYCLONE IN 51 YEARS. CYCLONE ALFRED'S BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL LOW, HOWEVER OFFICIALS ARE WARNING RESIDENTS TO REMAIN VIGILANT, SAYING THE STORM'S THREAT IS 'NOT OVER.' AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT AZIZ AL SA'AFIN JOINS US NOW. WHAT IS THE LATEST WITH CYCLONE ALFRED? THAT HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED, BUT IT IS STILL PACKING A PUNCH. THE BIG WORRY AT THE MOMENT IS THE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. I HAVE JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH THE BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY, AND THEY SAID IN THE LAST HOUR IT HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT. 296 MM OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE CBD ALONE. THAT IS PRETTY CONCERNING, BECAUSE THAT AMOUNT OF RAIN NEVER FALLS IN THE HEART OF THE CITY. ON THE GOLD COAST, MORE THAN 300 MM OF RAIN IN THE PAST 24-HOUR IS. THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP TO TODAY. THEIR HOUSES, BUSINESSES ARE FLOODED, THE GOOD NEWS THOUGH, IS THAT THE WEATHER SYSTEM IS PASSING TODAY. HOPEFULLY, BY TONIGHT. BUT IT WILL BE A REALLY BIG WATCH AND SEE FOR THOSE FLOODING LEVELS. I'M WANTING HAS JUST BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF GOLD COAST CITY AND SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND AND IPSWICH. WE WILL BE WATCHING THOSE RIVER LEVELS AS THEY RISE. HOW ARE PEOPLE FEELING AT THE MOMENT? THEY ARE FEELING FRUSTRATED, A BIT SCARED, I WAS OUT YESTERDAY AND I THINK PEOPLE JUST GET REALLY ON EDGE. PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HAVE SIDE WITH RAIN HITTING YOUR FACE CONSTANTLY. IT WAS TORRENTIAL, PERSISTENT AND IT RAINED SO MUCH LAST NIGHT. THE WIND HAS EASED OFF BUT IT IS STILL PRETTY BAD. THEY ARE FEELING OVER IT. I CAUGHT UP WITH A FEW GOLD COAST RESIDENTS AND SOME KIWIS WHO ARE HERE, ONE OF THOSE GUYS WAS A GUY CALDER RYAN GILBERT, AND HE WAS AN ABSOLUTE DUDE. HE LIVES IN ROCKLEA, AND HIS HOME IS ONE OF THOSE HOMES THAT IS AT RISK OF FLOODING. IT GOT FLOODED IN 2011 AND 2022. IT LOOKS PRETTY BAD. BUT HE IS JUST BRINGING HIS CAN-DO ATTITUDE. WE WEREN'T REALLY TOO CONCERNED WITH THE WIND AS WE WERE OVER THE WATER. WE DID ALL THE PRECAUTIONS, TAPED THE WINDOWS, SANDBAGS, AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF, AND SORT OF JUST BEEN PLAYING CARDS FOR ABOUT THREE OR FOUR DAYS AND JUST WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. HE TOLD ME TO PASS ON A MESSAGE TO HIS NAN AND MUM IN TIMARU THAT HE IS OKAY AND HAS HIS LABRADOR BY HIS SIDE. OUT ON THE SHOW THIS HOUR ` NEW CALLS TO BAN VEHICLES FROM BEACHES AFTER REPORTS OF CARS DRIVEN RECKLESSLY NEAR SEALIONS ON THE CATLINS COAST. HOW SAME SEX PENGUIN COUPLES ARE HELPING EDUCATE THE CAPITAL DURING WELLINGTON'S PRIDE MONTH. PLUS ` HOW HUNTERS CAN STAY SAFE AS THEY GEAR UP FOR THE BUSY ROAR SEASON. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK ` HERE'S THE NEWS. A GIRL (14) THAT WENT MISSING FROM SCHOOL FOUR DAYS AGO HAS BEEN FOUND. SKYLA CANNON WAS DROPPED OFF AT AUCKLAND'S ALBANY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ON THURSDAY MORNING, BUT LEFT 15 MINUTES LATER. HER MUM POSTED ON FACEBOOK IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING SAYING SHE HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE. POLICE ALSO CONFIRMING THIS MORNING. A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED AFTER A DEATH IN MAIREHAU CHRISTCHURCH LAST NIGHT. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE ON INNES RD JUST AFTER 9pm WHERE A MAN WAS FOUND WITH CRITICAL INJURIES AND LATER DIED AT THE SCENE. POLICE ARE NOW WORKING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND WERE BATTLING A BLAZE OVERNIGHT IN THE WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY. 12 CREW ARRIVED AT THE SCENE OF A 30 BY 30 METRE BUILDING FIRE WELL INVOLVED IN FLAMES AROUND 7PM. THE BLAZE WAS EXTINGUISHED JUST AFTER 2am, AND A FIRE INVESTIGATOR WILL ARRIVE LATER THIS MORNING. ISRAEL HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL CUT OFF ITS ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO GAZA WHICH COULD AFFECT THE TERRITORY'S SUPPLY OF DRINKING WATER. IT FOLLOWS ISRAEL'S BLOCKING OF GOODS INTO GAZA LAST WEEK AS CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE. HAMAS IS PUSHING TO ENTER THE SECOND PHASE OF THE CEASEFIRE WHILE ISRAEL IS CALLING FOR AN EXTENSION TO THE FIRST, INCLUDING A NEW AGREEMENT FOR HAMAS TO RELEASE HALF ITS REMAINING HOSTAGES. A-LEAGUE LEADERS AUCKLAND FC HAVE CLAIMED A HARD-FOUGHT DRAW AGAINST THE NEWCASTLE JETS AFTER FINISHING THE MATCH WITH 10 MEN. MIDFIELDER LOUIS VERSTRATE RECEIVING A YELLOW CARD FOR A CHALLENGE BEFORE VAR INTERVENTION SAW IT UPGRADED TO A RED. THE BLACK KNIGHTS WENT BEHIND EARLY THANKS TO THIS WONDER STRIKE, BUT ALEX PAULSEN'S HEROICS PREVENTED THE HOSTS FROM DOUBLING THEIR LEAD FROM THE PENALTY SPOT. AND IT IS PAULSEN WHO SAVES. WELL, THERE'S IS A REASON WHY HE'S ONE OF THE BEST GOALKEEPERS IN THIS COMPETITION. JESSE RANDALL SQUARING THINGS UP BEFORE HALF TIME. AUCKLAND SEEING OFF A LATE PUSH FROM THE JETS TO ENSURE THEY WENT HOME WITH A POINT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` A MAINLY FINE START TO THE WEEK FOR MOST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, FOR THOSE ALONG THE EAST COAST, IT WILL BE A BIT OF A CLOUDY START WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 26 THE HIGH FOR AUCKLAND. 21 FOR WELLINGTON. CLEAR SKIES FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH. A PARTLY CLOUDY START FOR THOSE IN THE NELSON AREA BEFORE TURNING TO FINE THIS AFTERNOON. 23 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 20 IN CHRISTCHURCH. REPORTS OF RECKLESS AND DISTURBING INCIDENTS ALONG THE CATLINS COASTLINE IS REIGNITING THE DEBATE OVER WHETHER VEHICLES SHOULD BE BANNED FROM BEACHES. DRIVERS HAVE ALLEGEDLY BEEN SEEN HARASSING SEA LIONS AT TAUTUKU BEACH BY DRIVING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THEM. MEDIA REPORTS HAVE ALSO EMERGED THAT THE BEACH ON THE SOUTH-WEST COAST IS TREATED BY A SMALL MINORITY LIKE A RACE TRACK. CLUTHA MAYOR BRYAN CADOGAN HAS HAD ENOUGH. HE JOINS US NOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WHAT'S GOING ON? WE DON'T REALLY KNOW. UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS JUST A TINY FRACTION OF PEOPLE WHO AREN'T PROTECTING THOSE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHERE A SEAL AND ITS PUP GOT SHOT. IT WAS DISGUSTING. BUT THAT WAS DOUBLED UP WITH PEOPLE DOING DOUGHNUTS ROUND THE SEA LION AND LATER, THE SEA LION WAS DEAD ON THE BEACH. NO ONE SAID ANYTHING. HAS THE COMMUNITY JUST SHUT DOWN ON THIS? AND IF THEY HAD, HOW DISAPPOINTING IS THAT? OBVIOUSLY, THE OFFENDERS KNOW WHO DID IT. AND IT IS FRUSTRATING THAT THESE COULD THINGS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. IN HINDSIGHT, WE DIDN'T DO ENOUGH. THAT DECISION WAS MADE TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW VEHICLES ON BENCHES. WHAT LED TO THAT POINT IN THE FIRST PLACE, TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER VEHICLE SHOULD CONTINUE? WE HAD CONSIDERED THAT WE WANTED TO GET THE BALANCE OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I LOOK BACK NOW AND SADNESS. I HONESTLY THINK WE GOT THE BALANCE WRONG NOW. WHERE TO FROM HERE? I KNOW YOU HAVE LOCAL ELECTIONS LATER ON IN THE YEAR, BUT IS ANYTHING GOING TO BE DONE BEFORE THEN OR IS IT A MATTER OF HAVING TO WAIT UNTIL THE SELECTIONS? IT'S A PROBLEM. WE WILL GET MUZZLED FOR THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTIONS. CONSULTATIONS ON SO MANY THINGS. IT IS A CROWDED SPACE AT THE MOMENT. I AM HOPING THAT IT WILL COME BACK TO THE TABLE EITHER JUST BEFORE OR JUST AFTER THE ELECTION. I DON'T THINK I NEED THREE GUESSES TO GUESS WHERE YOU STAND ON THIS, BUT IF YOU ARE ABLE TO BRING IN THE BYLAW TODAY, WHICH YOU BAN VEHICLES? I WOULD CERTAINLY GIVE MORE PROTECTION TO THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS. THEY CAN'T PROTECT THEMSELVES AND SOMEONE'S GOT TO DO IT. THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE. WE HAVE FISHING BOATS, 99% OF PEOPLE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS. IT IS 99% OF PEOPLE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS. IT IS 1% OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T SEEM TO REALISE THAT SOCIETY HAS MOVED ON. IF YOU ARE GOING TO FIND A BALANCE, HOW DO YOU DO THAT WITHOUT MAKING IT AN OUTRIGHT BAN? YOU HAVE TO BRING IN FINES, BYLAWS FOR FINES, BUT THEN AGAIN, THAT HAS TO BE POLICED? THEREIN LIES THE PROBLEM. THEY NEED PROTECTING, THOUGH. WHAT'S THE MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY? IF THEY DO SEE ANYTHING IS GOING ON? WE NEED HELP. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL AREA, BUT IT IS ISOLATED, AND THERE'S NOT MANY PEOPLE DOWN THERE. BUT THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHO DID THESE OFFENDING'S. TO THE INDIVIDUALS, PULL YOUR HEAD IN. THE WORLD HAS MOVED ON. LET'S HOPE THAT YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT ONCE THE ELECTIONS COME AROUND. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THIS IS AWFUL. IT'S 8:07. 30 YEARS AGO ON THIS DAY, THE WARRIORS PLAYED THEIR FIRST MATCH IN WHAT WAS THEN THE ARL AGAINST THE BRISBANE BRONCOS. TVNZ COVERED IT EXTENSIVELY BACK IN 1995. THE HYPE AND THE DEMAND IN THE LEAD-UP WAS SO HUGE THAT SOME DIE-HARD LEAGUE FANS AND CARD-CARRYING WARRIORS SUPPORTERS MISSED OUT ON TICKETS. WE'VE DIPPED INTO OUR ARCHIVE TO GIVE YOU A TASTE OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE. ALF NEWDICK'S BEEN A LIFELONG LEAGUE SUPPORTER, BUT HE'S FURIOUS WITH THE WAY THE WARRIORS HAVE ORGANISED THEIR TICKET SALES. AS A MEMBER OF THE WARRIORS SUPPORTERS CLUB, HE APPLIED FOR TICKETS TO THE BRONCOS GAME IN EARLY JANUARY, ONLY TO FIND OUT YESTERDAY HE'D MISSED OUT. I'VE BEEN A SUPPORTER OF LEAGUE FOR 42 YEARS. WE THOUGHT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING BY JOINING THE CLUB. GET ON THE GROUND STALLS AS TO GETTING SEATS AND GET A KICK IN THE GUTS. ALF IS ONE OF HUNDREDS OF SUPPORTERS CLUB MEMBERS WHO HAVE MISSED OUT, WITH THE WARRIORS FIRST GAME JUST NINE DAYS AWAY, INTEREST IS HUGE. 700 APPLICATIONS WERE TURNED AWAY, TOTALLING 4500 TICKETS. TODAY FOUR DISGRUNTLED FANS. WENT TO THE WARRIORS HQ TO FIND OUT WHY THEY DIDN'T GET TICKETS. PREFERENTIAL BOOKING DOES NOT MENTION THE WORD GUARANTEE. WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE CONTRAVENED ANY PROMISE OR COMMITMENT THAT WE'VE GIVEN TO ANYBODY. AND AS THE LAST SEATING IS PLACED INTO THE STADIUM, THERE WAS GOOD NEWS FOR THE FOR FANS. LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE WARRIORS MANAGEMENT PROMISED THEM SEVEN TICKETS FOR THE BIG GAME. THE DECLARATION OF WAR MAY HAVE BEEN METAPHORICAL, BUT AS THE WARRIORS CLOCKED UP, THE POWER OF RUGBY LEAGUE TO CATCH THE PUBLIC IMAGINATION WASN'T LOST ON THE PUNTERS. I'M A WARRIOR GIRL. DO YOU THINK THIS GAME WILL CONVERT THE COUNTRY TO RUGBY LEAGUE? I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY QUESTION. A CAPACITY CROWD FILLED AUCKLAND'S ERICKSON STADIUM. MORE THAN 31,000 WAR PAINTED LEAGUE FANS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND ACROSS THE TASMAN, AS NEW ZEALAND'S ONLY TEAM IN THE WINFIELD CUP, THE WARRIORS ARE REGARDED BY MANY FANS AS AN AUCKLAND SQUAD IN NAME ONLY. IN PUBS AND LIVING ROOMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY LAST NIGHT, THE MOOD WAS SIMILAR. IN A BUSINESS WHERE SUCCESS IS ULTIMATELY MEASURED BY BUMS ON SEATS, THE HYPE AND SPECTACULAR PROVIDED BY WINFIELD CUP LEAGUE COULD END UP A SERIOUS RIVAL FOR THAT OTHER SPORTING CODE. IAN WISHART, ONE NETWORK NEWS. THE WARRIORS FINISHED THEIR FIRST SEASON 10th ON THE LADDER. THEY WOULD'VE MADE THE FINALS IF NOT FOR BEEN STRIPPED OF THEIR POINTS FOR USING TOO MANY SUBSTITUTIONS IN THEIR FIRST EVER WIN OVER THE WESTERN SYDNEY MAGPIES. KIND OF SUMS UP THE WAHS. BEFORE IT WAS UP THE WAHS, AND IT USED TO BE GO THE WARRIORS. THE WINFIELD CUP. CIGARETTES, RIGHT? YEP. YOU USE TO GO TO THE VIDEO STORE AND RENT THAT WEEK'S GAME. THIS IS BEFORE THE WARRIORS WERE EVEN A THING. MY OLDEST BROTHER BECAME A MASSIVE WARRIORS FAN. I'M PRETTY SURE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN AT THEIR FIRST WARRIORS GAME. THE HELICOPTER AND THE PAINTBALLERS. BRING THAT BACK, I LOVE TO SEE THAT AGAIN. IT'S JUST, THOSE NAMES. MANY PEOPLE WON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THEY ARE. UNLESS YOU ARE A MASSIVE FAN. WE JUST ABOUT THE CONTRASTING FORTUNES OF OUR TEAMS, BUT FOR THEM TO GET TO 30 YEARS, MASSIVE ACHIEVEMENT. YOU LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER TEAMS THAT HAVE TRIED TO DO CROSS TASMAN LEAGUES. 30 YEARS TO GO STRONG INTO STILL BE SUPPORTED IN THE WAY THAT THEY ARE, I TIP MY HAT. I DO PREFER TO BE AT HOME WITH THE TOILET RIGHT THERE AND TO THE FRIDGE RIGHT THERE AND A BLANKET. UP THE WAHS. ME U TONU MAI ` WHAT PENGUINS HAVE TO DO WITH WELLINGTON'S PRIDE MONTH CELEBRATIONS. THIS IS A CRACKER. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` A HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR HAS FOUND MORE THAN 700 CIVILIANS WERE KILLED IN JUST TWO DAYS OF FIGHTING IN SYRIA IN THE LATEST OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE. A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED AFTER A DEATH IN MAIREHAU, CHRISTCHURCH, LATE LAST NIGHT. AND A TEENAGER THAT WENT MISSING FROM AN AUCKLAND SCHOOL LAST WEEK HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN FOUND. MARCH IS THE MONTH WHEN THE CAPITAL CELEBRATES PRIDE. THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES ON THROUGHOUT THE MONTH TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ` INCLUDING AT WELLINGTON ZOO. ABBEY WAKEFIELD JOINS US LIVE FROM THERE THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT GAY PENGUINS. GOOD MORNING, ABBEY. GOOD MORNING. WE ARE DISCUSSING GAY PENGUINS. I AM JOINED BY BEN WHO IS THE EXPERT IN GAY PENGUINS. THAT IS NETTLE. THAT IS ONE OF OUR SIX LITTLE BLUE PENGUINS. SHE IS A ONE FLIPPER PENGUIN, BUT SHE ALSO FORMS ONE OF OUR PAIRINGS OF SAME-SEX PENGUINS. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD TO REMOVE HER FLIPPER TO SAVE HER LIFE. A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PAIRINGS WE HAVE, NETTLE IS PAIRED UP WITH OUR OTHER FEMALE PENGUIN. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE BIG RAINBOW OVER THERE. THEIR NEST BOXES JUST BEHIND YOU OVER THERE. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL TO HAVE SAME-SEX PAIRINGS OF PENGUINS. BOTH OF OURS ARE FEMALE. THOSE TWO, WHICH IS QUITE FUNNY, THEY WERE PAIRED UP WITH ONE OF OUR MALE PENGUINS AND THEY DECIDED THAT LIFE WAS NOT FOR THEM, AND THEY DECIDED TO PAIR UP WITH A FEMALE. HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT PENGUINS ARE GAY? PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE TWO, THEY DO A SPECIFIC TYPE OF CALL. THAT CALL IS ONLY DONE BY A PAIR OF BONDED PENGUINS. LOUD, GUTTURAL CALL. THEY DO IT WHEN THEY COME BACK INTO THE NEST AND TO REAFFIRM THEIR BOND. IT'S A FASCINATING HISTORY WITH THE STORY OF GAY PENGUINS, BUT UPON DOING RESEARCH, THERE WAS A RESEARCHER WHO DID AN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION IN 1911, WHO FIRST DISCOVERED THAT PENGUINS COULD BE HOMOSEXUAL, AND THAT THEY DISPLAYED HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, BUT HE DIDN'T TELL ANYONE BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WAS TOO MUCH FOR THE PUBLIC AT THE TIME. CAN YOU TELL US MORE? PEOPLE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT THINGS LIKE THAT WERE POSSIBLE AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY LIKE THAT AND THE HUMAN WORLD EITHER. BUT THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT TO ROCK THE BOAT WITH THOSE PENGUINS. SO NOW THAT WE OPENLY TALK ABOUT IT IS FANTASTIC. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HOLDING SAME-SEX PENGUIN TALKS AT THE SO, HOW POPULAR HAVE THEY BEEN? LEFT BEEN EXTREMELY POPULAR OVER PRIDE, BUT THEY ALWAYS LIKE TO PUT THAT INTO PENGUIN TALKS TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT SIDE OF THE NATURAL WORLD. THERE IS ALWAYS A REALLY GOOD PERCEPTION TOWARDS IT. OVER 11% OF WELLINGTONIANS IDENTIFIED AS BEING PART OF THE RAINBOW COMMUNITY, WHAT ARE THE STATS HERE? THAT'S PRETTY HIGH, 70% OF 4/6 PENGUINS ARE IN A SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIP. WE HAVE PATRICK, A FEMALE BIRD WHO STARTED TO GROW MALE PLUMAGE. THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE OTHER EXAMPLES. WE HAVE SOME BULLS THAT HAVE STARTED TO TURN THE FEMALE COLOURS. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FUN FACT ABOUT PENGUINS? ALL TO DO WITH THEIR FEATHERS. PENGUINS ARE THE ONLY BIRDS THAT HAVE TWO LAYERS OF FEATHERS. A SOFT LAYER AND THAT KEEPS THEM WARM AND THEN THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PRIMARY FEATHER THAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON NETTLE WHO IS NOT IN THE POOL ANYMORE, THAT BLUE AND WHITE PLUMAGE. THE WATER HERE IS REALLY COLD. ALL TO DO WITH THEIR FEATHERS. THANK YOU FOR TEACHING US ABOUT PENGUINS THIS MORNING, AND GO THE GAY PENGUINS. I THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE MORE ATTRACTED TO THE POLAR OPPOSITE. I KNEW THERE WOULD BE A JOKE, I JUST HAD TO FIND IT. IT'S ABOUT THE MATING CALL. THAT'S HOW THEY KNOW. HOW DO WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT JUST REALLY GOOD MATES? A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, JAMES FLEURY'S GETTING MOVING THIS MORNING. I HAVE A RAINBOW SCOOTER HERE, AND I ALSO HAVE JACK WHO IS JOINING US PART OF MOVING MARCH. IT'S ALL WORTH IT, CHURN AND AFTER THE BREAK TO FIND OUT ABOUT STUDENTS AND WELLINGTON TAKING PART. (MAN CHEWING) Okay. What should I write? How are we going to sell it? The car or boyfriend? What about tidy but slow? Yeah, you should definitely mention it's not very quick. We're selling the car. It's got a little exhaust. (LAUGHS) - Oh. - Wait. Are we talking about this car? Oh, God. (DOOR CLOSED) I think it should say. (THUNDERSTORM & RAIN PATTERS) VOICEOVER: When you list your car in AutoTrader. You could also win your own billboard (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST 8:27. AUCKLAND, YOU ARE LOOKING PICTURE PERFECT TODAY. NORTHERLIES DEVELOPING THIS EVENING, AND A NICE CHANGE. SOUTHERLIES HAVE GONE, AND IT IS GOING TO BE WARM. 26 DEGREES. HOLD ONTO THAT SUMMER -TYPE WEATHER AS LONG AS WE CAN POSSIBLY DO SO. LET'S LOOK AT HAMILTON. NORTH-EASTERLY IS EASING THIS AFTERNOON. LOOKING GOOD. 26 DEGREES THE HIGH. IS THAT` OH, NO, I WAS GOING TO SAY, IS THAT THE STADIUM THERE? IT IS NOT. LOOK AT THE FLOODLIGHTS. LET'S GO TO WELLINGTON, SHALL WE? BEAUTIFUL DAY IN WELLINGTON. A HIGH OF 21 DEGREES. WHAT ABOUT YOU, CHRISTCHURCH? LOOKING GOOD IN CHRISTCHURCH. FINE WITH NORTH-EASTERLY'S. COMING UP FOR A TIME THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 20 DEGREES IS YOUR HIGH. CURRENTLY 12. LOOK AT THAT CLOUD. JUST THINKING ABOUT THOSE GAY PENGUINS AGAIN. I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM. APPARENTLY THEY USE A MATING CALL THAT THEY WOULD USUALLY PAIR UP. THEY ARE FAMOUSLY MONOGAMOUS, IS THAT RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW. OUR EXPERT WAS SEEN FOR OUT OF THE SIX PENGUINS DOWN AT WELLINGTON ZOO ARE GAY. HIGH PERCENTAGE DOWN THERE. WAS THINKING THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE QUITE GOOD AT COMMUNICATING WITH THEIR PROSPECTIVE GAY PARTNERS ` PLENTY OF GOOD ICEBREAKERS. YOU CAN TELL WE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING... (LAUGHS) WE ARE STRUGGLING AS WE HEAD TO YOUR NEWS THIS MORNING. NO, WE'VE GOT IT. WE ARE CELEBRATING THE WARRIORS ` 30 YEARS TODAY FROM EARLIER ON. THE PRE-GAME SHOW WAS A HELICOPTER COMING IN AND PEOPLE IN CAMO ATTIRE WITH PAINTBALL GUNS? YES, IT WAS KIND OF OUTRAGEOUS. THE WARCRY GOING UP AT WHAT WAS THEN ERICSSON STADIUM. PACKED OUT CROWD. ZION DAYAL WHO WE HAD ON EARLIER WILL BE COVERING IT AT 6 PM. SEE SOME OF THOSE OLD SCHOOL RETRO JERSEYS AS WELL. DONNA! SHOTS FIRED. NO VALUE TO THE NRL, THEY ARE USELESS, GET RID OF THEM. THERE IS A LOT OF FEELING IN THERE, DONNA. WERE YOU A FORMER WARRIORS STAND THAT LOST HOPE? BEEN BURNT BEFORE. THEY WILL COME BACK AROUND. THEY ARE STILL SELLING OUT THE STADIUM. DONNA HAS BEEN BURNT, I THINK, SHE WILL COME BACK AROUND. NOW THE NEWS. POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED A TEENAGER THAT WENT MISSING FROM AN AUCKLAND SCHOOL LAST WEEK HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE. SKYLA CANNON (14) HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE THURSDAY LAST WEEK AFTER BEING DROPPED OFF AT ALBANY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. HER MUM POSTED ON FACEBOOK IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING, SAYING SHE HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE. EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED IS CONTINUING TO THREATEN AUSTRALIA'S EAST COAST WITH SERIOUS FLOODING AS HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES. ONE PERSON HAS BEEN CONFIRMED DEAD IN NEW SOUTH WALES FLOODWATERS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES ACROSS THE COAST ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER AFTER WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 100km/h BROUGHT DOWN TREES AND RIPPED ROOFS FROM HOMES. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS REPORTEDLY CREPT THROUGH AN ABANDONED GAS PIPELINE TO SURPRISE UKRAINIAN TROOPS AND RECAPTURE PARTS OF ITS WESTERN KURSK REGION. THE FOOTAGE, PUBLISHED BY RUSSIAN WAR BLOGGERS, COMES AS FIGHTING HAS ESCALATED IN RECENT DAYS. EACH SIDE IS CLAIMING TO HAVE STRUCK EACH OTHER'S ENERGY FACILITIES. IT FOLLOWS THE U.S. SUSPENDING MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE AID TO UKRAINE AND CUTTING OFF SATELLITE IMAGERY ACCESS. A HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR HAS FOUND MORE THAN 700 CIVILIANS WERE KILLED IN JUST TWO DAYS OF FIGHTING IN SYRIA IN THE LATEST OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE. CLASHES BETWEEN SYRIAN SECURITY FORCES AND FIGHTERS LOYAL TO THE FORMER ASSAD REGIME BROKE OUT LAST WEEK ` THE DEADLIEST VIOLENCE SINCE 2011. THE FIGHTING HAS NOW EASED, WITH THE INTERIM PRESIDENT FORMING A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE KILLINGS. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE STUMBLED AT THE FINAL HURDLE IN THEIR QUEST FOR A WHITE BALL TROPHY, LOSING TO INDIA BY FOUR WICKETS IN THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY FINAL. INDIA REACHING THEIR TARGET OF 252 WITH SIX BALLS TO SPARE AFTER THEIR SPINNERS SAW NEW ZEALAND'S BATTERS GO 81 DELIVERIES WITHOUT A BOUNDARY. GONE. CLASSIC DISMISSAL. HE BOWLS STRAIGHT, HE GETS WICKETS. WHAT A TOURNAMENT HE IS HAVING. THE DROUGHT GOES ON FOR THE BLACK CAPS ` THEY'LL GET ANOTHER CRACK AT AN ODI TITLE THAT WILL NOT BE UNTIL 2027, THOUGH, WHEN THE WORLD CUP IS ON. ENGLAND HAVE RUN RAMPANT OVER ITALY IN THEIR SIX NATIONS CLASH 47-24 TO KEEP THEIR SLIM CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE HOPES ALIVE. THE ENGLISH RUNNING IN SEVEN TRIES IN A DOMINANT SHOWING. HE'S BEEN TURNED AWAY. BEN CURRIE. AND HE FINISHES IT OFF IN STYLE. MEANWHILE, FRANCE STAR ANTOINE DUPONT HAS REVEALED HE RUPTURED THE CRUCIATE LIGAMENTS IN HIS RIGHT KNEE DURING HIS SIDE'S WIN OVER IRELAND AND WILL BE OUT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. YEP, BEEN THERE, DONE THAT ` IT IS NOT GOOD. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` A MAINLY FINE START TO THE WEEK FOR MOST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, FOR THOSE ALONG THE EAST COAST, IT WILL BE A BIT OF A CLOUDY START WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. AUCKLAND, YOU ARE HEADING FOR 26 TODAY. 21 FOR WELLINGTON. CLEAR SKIES FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH. A PARTLY CLOUDY START FOR THOSE IN THE NELSON AREA BEFORE TURNING TO FINE THIS AFTERNOON. 23 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 20 IN CHRISTCHURCH. AS AUCKLAND'S MAYOR CALLS FOR PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN AUCKLAND, TAMARIKI ACROSS WELLINGTON ARE CHOOSING TO WALK, SCOOT AND BIKE THIS MONTH TO AVOID 'MARCH MADNESS' FROM HAPPENING IN THE CAPITAL. WELLINGTON REPORTER JAMES FLEURY IS AT SEATOUN SCHOOL TO FIND OUT MORE. FAST AND FLEURIOUS. GIVE THE TEAM IN THE STUDIO A WAVE. THEY ARE ALL TAKING PART IN MOVING MARCH. THE TEAM HAVE DECIDED TO DITCH THE CAR AND PICK UP THEIR SCOOTERS, CARS, SKATEBOARDS, OR WALK TO SCHOOL. IT IS A GREAT INITIATIVE, AND THERE ARE ABOUT 38,000 STUDENTS ACROSS THE REGION TAKING PART. SO VERY, VERY COOL. WHAT IS THE THEME THIS YEAR? IS ALL ABOUT RETIREMENT. THERE IS HEAPS OF POLLUTION THAT COMES OUT OF CARS, AND IT GOES INTO DRAINS AND STORMWATER. THAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BEING AN ACTIVE TRANSPORT USER AND MAY BE GETTING OUT OF THE CAR. AND WHAT THIS REPRESENTS IS HOW MANY FEWER CAR TRIPS, AND IF YOU ARE BECAUSE WE HAVE ON THE ROADS. SO LESS CONGESTION, AND THERE ARE ROADS ARE CLEAR FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO USE IT. THE BEST WAY TO BETTER CONGESTION IS TO GET OUT THERE ON YOUR WHEELS AND FEET. WE KNOW THIS BEAUTIFUL OCEAN RIGHT I HEAR IN SEED TURN IS SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE NO CONTAMINANTS GOING INTO THE SEA THERE. IF PEOPLE WANT TO GET INVOLVED, HOW CAN THEY DO SO? LOOK AT MOVING MARCH ON THE WELLINGTON WEBSITE. THIS IS THE BUSIEST TIME OF YEAR, BECAUSE WE HAVE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL AND PEOPLE BACK AT WORK. THE WEATHER IS NICE AND YOU CAN GET OUT AND GET SOME FRESH AIR. SOME PLAY DATES ` MAYBE THE ADULTS WILL BUY YOU A TREAT ON THE WAY HOME ` A GOOD WALK OR CYCLE OR SCOOTER. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME NOW. WHAT DO YOU THINK MAKES IT POPULAR? I THINK IT IS THE TEACHERS, STAFF, PARENTS, BOARDS THAT GET INVOLVED. THEY CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE ACTION, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A CLEAN PLANET WHEN THEY HAVE KIDS. DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH IT ACTUALLY HELPS HERE IN WELLINGTON ` DO WE HAVE ANY FIGURES AROUND THAT? WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HAVING 40,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING, HOW MANY CART MOVEMENTS THAT IS. THAT IS A LOT FEWER CAR TRIPS ON THE ROAD. I AM GOING TO TALK TO MATT NOW WHO IS OUR ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL HERE. LOVELY TO MEET YOU, MEET. MORENA. YOUR SKILL HAS BEEN TAKING PART IN THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND USED AT THEIR PASSPORT EVERY MORNING. TELL US ABOUT IT. IF WE HAD TEACHERS RUNNING THIS, JUST WOULD NOT HAVE THE SAME BUZZ. BUT WE HAVE OUR STUDENT LEADERS THAT ARE IN MOVING MARCH, AND THEY ARE THE FACE OF IT, AND I THINK THAT IS THE SECRET FOR WHY IT WORKS SO WELL. WE HAVE SUCH AWESOME TURNOUT HERE TODAY, BUT EVEN LAST WEEK, WE HAD A MEAN SOUTHERLY, AND THERE WERE STILL KIDS BIKING AND SKITTERING TO SCHOOL IN THEIR RAINCOATS, SO THERE IS A REAL BUZZ, BUT STUDENT LEADERS IS THE KEY. THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT WELLINGTON ` NO MATTER THE WEATHER, PEOPLE ARE OUTSIDE MAKING THE BEST OF IT. WHEN I LIVED IN SWEDEN, THEY WOULD SAY, THERE IS NO BAD WEATHER ` YOU ARE WEARING THE WRONG CLOTHING. WE HAVE ONE OF THE STUDENT LEADERS HERE. WHAT IS YOUR JOB IN THE MORNING? WE STAMPED PEOPLE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, 10. SOME OF THEM ARE COVERED. WHEN IT GETS TO 10, THEY HAVE TWO PUT IT IN A BOX OR SOMETHING, AND THEN THEY CAN DO ANOTHER ONE, AND AGAIN ALL THE WAY UP TO 10. AND THEN WE GIVE OUT PRIZES AT THE END. THAT IS FANTASTIC. WHAT ARE THE COOL RISERS STUDENTS CAN WIN? SOCKS, PENCILS, NOTEPADS, BADGES. IS IT JUST SCOOTERS AND SKATEBOARDS ` WHAT ARE SOME OF THE COOL WAYS OF TRANSPORT YOU HAVE SEEN? SKATE BOARD. NOT MANY PEOPLE SKATEBOARD. TEAM, IF YOU ARE IN THE WELLINGTON REGION AND THINK DRIVING IS NOT YOUR THING AT THE MOMENT, PICK UP A SKATEBOARD ` ADULTS CAN DO IT AS. 38,000 STUDENTS. THE PROBLEM IS THE HILLS, JAMES. IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING UPHILL, YOU ARE GOING TO COME DOWN AT A RATE OF KNOTS. I WAS BORROW MY SONS SCOOTERS. THE STUDENTS HERE ARE FINE WITH THAT. THEY LOVE A BIT OF DOWNHILL WITH THE SKATEBOARD. IT IS GREAT. YOU PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE BACK. QUESTION ` WHEN YOU LIVED IN SWEDEN? WE LEARN MORE ABOUT YOU EVERY TIME WE TRUST YOU. JUST A SMALL FACT ABOUT ME. FROM AGES FIVE TOYO JUST A SMALL FACT ABOUT ME. FROM AGES 5 TO 9 I LIVED IN SWEDEN. THEY HAVE GREAT PUBLIC TRANSPORT ` I TOOK THE TRAIN TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. TAG, JAMES. THAT IS RIGHT, CHRIS. TAG. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT WE LEARN NEXT ABOUT JAMES. E WHAI AKE NEI ` HOW HUNTERS CAN STAY SAFE AHEAD OF A BUSY ROAR SEASON. # YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR ME ROAR. # CALLING OUT YOUR NAME. # CALLING OUT YOUR NAME. IT IS 8:45. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. HEALTH EXPERTS ARE WARNING CHANGES TO THE BOWEL CANCER SCREENING PROCESS WILL COME AT A COST FOR THOSE AT HIGHEST RISK. A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED AFTER A DEATH IN A CHRISTCHURCH SUBURB LATE LAST NIGHT. AND A NEW STUDY HAS FOUND THE NUMBER OF HUMPBACK WHALE SONGS HAS DOUBLED IN SIX YEARS DRIVEN BY SHIFTING FOOD SOURCES IN THE OCEAN. EXCITEMENT IS BUILDING FOR HUNTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WE GO INTO THE 'ROAR.' IT'S THE TIME WHEN STAGS START CALLING FOR MATES AND ARE MUCH LESS CAUTIOUS, CREATING A PRIME OPPORTUNITY TO HUNT DEER. BUT POLICE ARE WARNING THAT IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO GET TOO EXCITED AND TO STAY SAFE. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY KAYLYN PINNEY FROM THE GAME ANIMAL COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING. TELL US MORE ABOUT WHERE THE ROAR IS. THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING TIME FOR HUNTING IN NEW ZEALAND. MALE DEER HAVE INCREASED LEVELS OF TESTOSTERONE AND GET EXCITED ABOUT THE LADIES, AND PART OF THAT IS THAT THEY BECOME MORE VOCAL AND MAKE A ROAR SOUND. ACROSS THE VALLEY, SO IT IS A GOOD TIME TO BE OUT AND HUNTING. ARE PEOPLE EAGER TO GET OUT THERE AND START HUNTING? IT IS QUITE A BUSY TIME IN THE HILLS. IT CROSSES OVER MARCH AND APRIL, SO YOU CAN HAVE NON-HUNTERS AND HUNTERS OUT THERE AT THE SAME TIME, ESPECIALLY DURING THE EASTER PERIOD AND THE START OF THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. SO IT IS JUST A LOT BUSIER, SO PEOPLE NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE MINDFUL ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE, WHERE OTHER PEOPLE ARE, WHERE THEY ARE LOOKING TO FIRE, SO THAT IS CHECKING YOUR FIRING ZONE, THAT KIND OF THING. AND YOU ARE ALSO IN THE WILD, SO YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE DILIGENT ` VERY GOOD BOOTS. WE OFTEN TELL PEOPLE TO WEAR WHAT WE CALLED BLAZE ` ESSENTIALLY THE ORANGE COLOUR ON MY LOGO. WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE STAYING SAFE AND NOT PUTTING THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY? MOST INCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN ARE SLIPS, TRIPS AND FALLS, SO PART OF MAKING SURE THAT THOSE THINGS DO NOT HAPPEN IS ABOUT BEING FIT, SO THE MOUNTAIN AND SAFETY COUNCIL HAS A GET ROAR FIT RESOURCE ONLINE, SO YOU CAN GO CHECK IT OUT IF YOU ARE EVER WONDERING WHAT IT TAKES TO GO INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND CARRY A DEER OUT. AND WE ALSO ASK PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THE 5 Ps. WE HAVE AN ONLINE HUNTER EDUCATION PLATFORM CALLED BETTER HUNTING WHICH IS FREE. PLAN FOR THE BEST, PREPARE FOR THE WORSE, SO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR FIRST-AID KIT AND PERSONAL LOCATOR BEACON, PROVIDE YOUR INTENTIONS ` SO MAKE SURE YOU TELL SOMEONE WHERE YOU ARE GOING AND WHEN TO EXPECT TO BACK OUT AGAIN. THAT WAY IF YOU DON'T COME OUT, THEY CAN SEND THE SEARCH PARTIES. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE GETTING OUT THERE YOURSELF, AND WHAT SPOT ARE YOU GOING TO BE GOING TO? I AM ABSOLUTELY GOING TO BE OUT THERE, AND I AM GOING TO BE AT SPOT X, WHERE EVERY OTHER HUNTER IS. HOPEFULLY YOU WILL HAVE AS MUCH SUCCESS AS EVERYONE ELSE. FOR YOURSELF, WHAT IS IT LIKE WHEN YOU ARE OUT THERE AT THIS PERIOD OF TIME? I IMAGINE IT IS QUITE THRILLING. IT IS SPECTACULAR. IT IS COOL, CRISP MORNINGS. YOU HAVE THE SOUND OF STAGS ECHOING THROUGH THE VALLEYS. IT IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, AND YOU GET CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH THEM, SO IT IS PRETTY THRILLING. THINK HAVE TO JUST SORT OF BE A BIT MINDFUL. IT IS ABOUT POSITIVELY IDENTIFYING YOUR TARGET, SO THAT IS ONE OF THE SEVEN FIREARM SAFETY RULES. YOU CAN FIND THEM ON THE FIREARM SAFETY AUTHORITY WEBSITE. ONE WAY YOU CAN DO THAT IS TO TAKE THE TIME TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU CAN SEE WHAT AGE THE ANIMAL IS, AND THAT GIVES YOUR BRAIN ENOUGH TIME TO PROCESS THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT. MOVEMENT IN THE BUSHES NOT ENOUGH ` YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE ANIMAL BEFORE TAKING THE SHOT. THAT IS ABOUT IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT NOT SHOOTING, RIGHT? YOU DON'T WANT TO GET SOMEONE WHO IS SHUFFLING AROUND AND NOT ACTUALLY GOING FOR A DEER. YES. ESPECIALLY WITH MORE PEOPLE AND HUNTERS OUT THERE AND ALL THE EXCITEMENT GOING ON. JUST MAKE SURE YOU ARE DEFINITELY SURE, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT PULLING THE TRIGGER. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU NORMALLY GET OUT THERE AT THIS TIME? WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT THE CAR PARKS GET PRETTY FULL, AND IT WOULDN'T BE UNHEARD OF FOR HUNTERS TO RUN INTO EACH OTHER OR FOR NON-HUNTERS TO RUN INTO HUNTERS OUT THERE, AND IF THEY DO, JUST TO HAVE A CHAT TO THE HUNTERS, TELL THEM WHERE YOU ARE GOING. YOU COULD ALSO TELL THEM WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN, AND THAT WILL LET THEM KNOW WHERE THE ANIMALS MAY HAVE BEEN DISTURBED, SO THAT HELPS THEM .THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. AND GOOD LUCK TO PEOPLE GETTING OUT OF THERE FOR THE START OF THE ROAR. E HAERE AKE NEI ` HOW BURGER JOINTS HAVE SPARKED AN INTER-GENERATIONAL CONFLICT. # WHAT A MAN GOT TO DO # TO BE TOTALLY LOCKED UP BY YOU? HAVE YOU EVER BEEN HUNTING? Jimmy. (DOOR CLOSED) (MAN CHEWING) Okay. What should I write? How are we going to sell it? The car or boyfriend? What about tidy but slow. Yeah, you should definitely mention it's not very quick. We're selling the car. It's got a little exhaust. (LAUGHS) - Oh. - What about, um... Uh, wait, are we talking about this car? Oh, God. (DOOR CLOSED) I think you should say. (THUNDERSTORM & RAIN PATTERS) VOICEOVER: When you list your car on AutoTrader. You could also win your own billboard YOU'VE HEARD OF MCDONALDS, YOU'VE HEARD OF BURGER KING, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE MILLENNIAL BURGER JOINT? THE GEN Z'S ARE BACK MAKING FUN OF THE NEW MILLENIALS IN A NEW SOCIAL MEDIA TREND, SO OF COURSE OUR VERY OWN RESIDENT GEN Z'ER CAMERON JOE IS HERE TO EXPLAIN. THE GENERATIONAL BATTLE BETWEEN THE GENESEE AND MILLENNIALIST BACK. THE MILLENNIAL BURGER JOINT. THIS ISN'T A PROPER BURGER JOINTS. IT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS MILLENNIAL CRINGE. YOUR TYPICAL 2010 IS EXPOSED BRICK WALL, METAL SEATS, A BLACKBOARD FOR THE MENU, THEY SERVE IT TO YOU ON A WOODEN CHOPPING BOARD WITH A BASKET FOR THE FRIES. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT IS THE QUESTION. IT'S BECOME A TREND BECAUSE GENERATION Z JUST LOVES TO MAKE FUN OF MILLENNIALS. MORE PICTURES OF THESE BURGER JOINTS. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE. THEY ARE A WORLDWIDE STYLE OF BURGER JOINT. THEY ARE NORMALLY OVERPRICED AS WELL. THEY ARE REALLY JUST THROWING SHADE. IF THE FOOD IS GOOD, IF THE PRESENTATION IS GOOD. DO YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THOSE? MAY BE. THAT'S THE THING COMING FROM GENERATION Z, WE LIKE THINGS MORE MINIMALISTIC AND THAT SORT OF STALE, BUT IT'S JUST POKING FUN. IT DOESN'T SHE STOP THERE. THIS IS THE LATEST MILLENNIAL DECK, BUT THERE ARE THE THINGS AS WELL. MILLENNIAL WEDDINGS. YOUR TYPICAL RUSTIC FARM STYLE WEDDING. YOU MAY NOT HAVE A TYPICAL WEDDING CAKE, THE ENTRANCE SIGN AND THAT PARTY NAME AND THE MILLENNIAL CAFE. THE LIST GOES ON. I'M ABOUT SOLUTIONS. SO WHAT ARE THEY BRING INTO THE PARTY? THERE ARE A BUNCH OF NORMAL GENERATION Z PLACES AROUND US. THE MILLENNIALS HAVE GONE BACK TO SAY THAT THIS IS OUR STYLE OF A CAFE AND IT IS THESE VERY BRIGHT COLOURS. YOU CAN SEE IT HERE. I STILL THINK THAT IS GIVING MILLENNIAL. WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? THAT DOESN'T LIKE A BURGER JOINT. NOT A WHOLE LOT. I'M NOT EVEN IN THIS CONVERSATION. WHAT AM I, GENERATION X? PLAIN WHITE, ONE STALL WITH A TABLE, IT WOULD BE JUST THE BUN, BUT NOT GLUTEN, YOU WOULD HAVE A VAPE IN YOUR HANDS. THERE IS ALSO THE MILLENNIAL PAUSE. THIS IS A TIME WHEN THEY FILM A VIDEO FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THEY WILL TAKE A SLIGHT PAUSE BEFORE THEY START FILMING. NEXT TIME, BEFORE YOU START READING THE NEWS, TAKE A PAUSE. YOU ARE BUILDING, YOU WERE WAITING, AND THEN YOU ARE DELIVERING. WHAT WILL THE GENERATIONS Z'S BE DOING? THEY DO A LITTLE SHAKE. I AM SO CANDID. I HAVEN'T PLANNED IT. WE OFTEN LIKE TO CUT OFF OUR WORDS, NOT FINISH OUR SENTENCES, BECAUSE WE ARE SO CHILL. AND THEN YOU WOULD EDIT IT A LOT TO TAKE OUT ALL THE PAUSES BECAUSE YOU ARE SO CHILL. IT'S LIKE BEING ON THE BATTLEFIELD WITHOUT BEING EQUIPPED WITH THE RIGHT DEVICES. I AM SO LOST. SHOTS FIRED. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING. MILLENNIAL BURGER JOINT. MILLENNIALS ALSO GET A BIT DEFENSIVE. IT'S BEEN FUN. IT HAS. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR, FRANK GORE, COURTNEY SOLE AND MAIA CARR HEKE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025