IT'S TUESDAY THE 11th OF MARCH. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. YOU ARE CLEANING OUT THE POOL YESTERDAY, WHERE YOU? YES, AND ONE MIGHT HAVE FOUND A RAT IN THE FILTER. I HOPE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. RATS AND MICE, I CANNOT DEAL WITH. LEAVE THAT TO THE SPOUSE. THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP (!) THAT'S GREAT, CHRIS. WHEN YOU GO AND CLEAN THE OUT THINGS LIKE THAT THERE CAN BE UNKNOWN SURPRISES. WE GET RATS AND MICE, BUT FINDING THEM FREAKS ME OUT. COMING UP ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ` A BUMP IN THE ROAD OR SIGNS OF WOBBLES FROM THE COALITION. ANOTHER POLL SHOWS NATIONAL SLIPPING FURTHER, AND CHRISTOPHER LUXON TRAILING CHRIS HIPKINS IN THE PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER STAKES. HE'S PROMISING TO TURN THE COUNTRY AROUND, BUT CAN MR LUXON TUR AROUND HIS OWN FORTUNES. THE PM JOINS US LATER. ALSO AHEAD ` WHEN IS IT OK TO START CHARGING YOUR KIDS FOR RENT? RECENT STATS SHOW MORE ADULT CHILDREN THAN EVER ARE LIVING AT HOME WITH THEIR PARENTS. SO WHEN AND HOW DO WE START THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MONEY. AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HOUSEHOLD. PLUS, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO NAIL A JOB INTERVIEW. COMPETITION IS FIERCE FOR NEW EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. WE'LL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM THE PACK. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S YOUR NEWS. JARED IS COMING AND JUST AFTER SIX. I AM INTERESTED IN THE CONVERSATION AROUND WHEN YOU START CHARGING RENT. WHEN YOUR CHILDREN COME BACK TO START LOVE WITH YOU AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. START TO LIVE WITH YOU* POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SUSPECTED OPIOID OVERDOSE IN WAIRARAPA AFTER THREE PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALISED AT THE WEEKEND. IT'S BELIEVED THE THREE PEOPLE INGESTED AN UNKNOWN OPIOID MISREPRESENTED AS COCAINE. THEY HAVE RESPONDED WELL TO TREATMENT AND ARE RECOVERING. IT'S NOT KNOWN HOW WIDELY THE DRUG IS CIRCULATING, AND POLICE ARE WORKING TO ESTABLISH ITS SOURCE. POLICE SEARCHED A PROPERTY IN TINUI FINDING CANNABIS AND A FIREARM, AND A MAN HAS NOW APPEARED IN COURT. WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS AFTER WEATHER. FIRE CREWS HAVE BEEN BATTLING A LARGE VEGETATION FIRE STILL BURNING IN SOUTH WAIKATO. 16 CREWS WORKED ON THE 100 BY 70m FIRE OVERNIGHT.. BURNING THROUGH SLASH ON WHAKAMARU ROAD NEAR TOKOROA. THEY LEFT IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING AND MORE CREWS WILL RETURN AT FIRST LIGHT THIS MORNING. WE WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS AFTER WEATHER. AN OIL TANKER AND CARGO SHIP HAVE COLLIDED OFF THE COAST OF NORTHEAST ENGLAND CAUSING A FIRE AND JET FUEL TO LEAK INTO THE NORTH SEA. THE U.S.-FLAGGED SHIP 'THE IMMACULATE' WAS ANCHORED OFF EAST YORKSHIRE WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY THE PORTUGUESE FLAGGED CONTAINER SHIP. ONE PERSON HAS BEEN HOSPITALISED IN THE INCIDENT, WITH ALL OTHER CREW MEMBERS ON BOTH VESSELS SAFE AND ACCOUNTED FOR. UKRANIAN PRESIDENT VLODOYMYR ZELENSKYY HAS ARRIVED IN SAUDIA ARABIA A DAY BEFORE THE U.S. AND UKRAINE ARE DUE TO HOLD CRUCIAL TALKS TOWARDS ENDING THE WAR WITH RUSSIA. IT FOLLOWS THE RECENT SHIFT IN U.S. POLICY, SUSPENDING MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE AID TO UKRAINE. ZELENSKYY IS MEETING WITH THE SAUDI PRINCE BUT NEITHER HE OR U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL ATTEND THE PEACE TALKS TOMORROW. NEW ZEALAND'S TOP RANKED TENNIS PLAYER LULU SUN HAS BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF THE INDIAN WELLS TOURNAMENT BY WORLD NUMBER EIGHT ZHENG QINWEN IN THE THIRD ROUND. THE 23-YEAR-OLD IN GOOD FORM AFTER DEFEATING 31ST SEED LINDA NOSKOVA IN THE SECOND ROUND BUT UNABLE TO PULL OFF BACK TO BACK UPSETS. SUN EVENTUALLY GOING DOWN 6-4, 7-5 IN A TIGHT ENCOUNTER. DESPITE THE LOSS, SHE'LL PICK UP ENOUGH POINTS TO MOVE BACK INSIDE THE TOP 40. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, PALMERSTON NORTH AND THE CAPITAL CAN EXPECT SOME CLOUD COVERAGE. WITH A NORTHWESTERLY HITTING OUR WINDY CITY IN THE MORNING. 25 THE HIGH FOR WHANGAREI. 22 FOR TAUPO. A FINE START TO THE DAY AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH, BEFORE TURNING CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE IN KAIKOURA AND THE NELSON AREA. PARTLY CLOUDY FURTHER DOWN. INVERCARGILL, YOU CAN GET YOUR BROLLIES READY, WITH RAIN AND WIND EXPECTED FOR THE DAY. 27 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 23 IN TIMARU. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING WITH OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. LET'S START WITH THAT LARGE VEGETATION FIRE BURNING IN WAIKATO. LUCY BENDELL JOINS US NOW. HOW BIG IS THE BLAZE, LUCY? GOOD MORNING. THAT FIRE IS 75 100 M LARGE. CREWS BATTLING THAT PLAYS AFTER BEING CALLED TO THE SCENE AT 9:45 PM, FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND QUICKLY ESCALATED THEIR RESPONSE AFTER SEEING THE SIZE OF THE FIRE. THEY SENT A 16 CREWS TO THE GROUND, ALL FROM NEIGHBOURING TOWNS. MORE THAN 60 FIREFIGHTERS WORKING ON THAT FIRE. THEY CONTAINED THE EAST AND WEST FLANK OF THE FIRE, BUT THE REST IS STILL BURNING. IT IS BURNING THROUGH LOGIN/IN THE FOREST AREA. IT IS SOUTH OF WAIKATO, SO THEY ARE HOPING DOESN'T SPREAD. 1 TO 2 CREWS MONITOR THAT FIRE OVERNIGHT. AN INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED AFTER THREE PEOPLE INGESTED AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE IN WAIRARAPA. LET'S BRING IN JAMES FLEURY. WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW? ACCORDING TO POLICE, THIS TRIO BELIEVED THAT THEY CONSUMED COCAINE OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT THEY WERE FORCED TO CALL PARAMEDICS TO THE ADDRESS AFTER THEY STARTED TO FALL UNWELL AND EXPERIENCED SYMPTOMS THAT ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH COCAINE USE. POLICE LIKELY BELIEVE THAT THIS SUBSTANCE IS SYNTHETIC OPIOID OR IT CONTAINED A SYNTHETIC OPIOID, BECAUSE THEY STARTED TO RESPOND TO TREATMENT THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED AN OPIOID OVERDOSE RESPOND WELL TO. POLICE SAY THIS COULD BE BEING SOLD IN OTHER PARTS OF NEW ZEALAND. AND IT HAS BEEN LABELLED AS COCAINE, SO HIGH ALERTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO GET THEIR DRUGS TESTED OR CALLED 111. COMMON SYMPTOMS OF AN OPIOID OVERDOSE CAN BE EVERYTHING FROM FEELING EUPHORIC TO HAVING BLUE LIPS AND TOES, HAVING LOWER LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND A SEIZURE, SO PEOPLE ARE BEING URGED TO TEST THEIR DRUGS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON WHERE THIS SOURCE MAY HAVE ORIGINATED AS URGED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH POLICE. GREENPEACE HAS ANNOUNCED MORE FREE NITRATE TESTING FOR SOME RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. GOOD MORNING, CHARLOTTE MULDER. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR RESIDENTS? IT MEANS THAT RESIDENTS WILL HAVE CERTAINTY. WHETHER THEIR DRINKING WATER IS SAFE TO CONSUME TONIGHT. AT THE MOMENT, ASHBURTON AND METHVEN WILL BE GETTING THAT FREE SERVICE. SOMETIMES REGIONAL COUNCILS DO TEND TO COVER. THESE NITRATE LEVELS COME FROM THE DAIRY INDUSTRY USING SINCE THE ATTIC NITROGEN FERTILISER AND COMING INTO THE WINTER SEASON, THIS IS MEANT TO ONLY BE ON THE UP. SOME OF THE EFFECTS TO INCLUDE DO INCLUDE THE BLUE BABY SYNDROME WHICH CAN HAPPEN BY PUTTING THE TRACKING WATER WITH THE FORMULA. OTHER EFFECTS INCLUDES BOWEL CANCER, AN INCREASE IN RISK AND BOWEL CANCER AND PRETERM BIRTH. THE NEW ZEALAND COLLEGE OF MIDWIVES ALSO SAYS THAT IF NITRATE LEVELS ARE ABOVE 5 MG/L, TO NOT DRINK IT. BOTH EVENTS WILL BE TAKING PLACE IN EARLY APRIL BOTH AT THE ASHBURTON EVENT CENTRE AND ALSO ADMITS VINCE MOUNT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. A PLEA FOR HELP FROM AUCKLAND COUNCIL, AS HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES TO ESCALATE IN OUR BIGGEST CITY. THE COUNCIL'S COMMUNITY COMMITTEE HAS REPORTED A 53% RISE IN ROUGH SLEEPERS OVER FOUR MONTHS. IT'S URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO BOOST FUNDING FOR THOSE IN URGENT NEED. COMMUNITY COMMITTEE CHAIR ANGELA DALTON JOINS US NOW, ALONGSIDE AUCKLAND CITY MISSION CHIEF EXECUTIVE HELEN ROBINSON. HELEN, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING AT THE MISSION? THE REPORT IS ECHOED BY OUR OWN EXPERIENCE. AN INCREASE ON PEOPLE WHO ARE ROUGH SLEEPING OR MORE BROADLY, HOUSING DEPRIVED. OUR OUTREACH TEAM IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR WERE REGULARLY WORKING WITH SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 45 TO 50 PEOPLE AND NOW THAT IS CLOSER TO 80. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN A SHORT SPACE OF TIME. THAT IS JUST THE CENTRAL CITY AUCKLAND. ARE YOU DEALING WITH FAMILIES OR BROAD? LITERALLY JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE DESPERATE FOR A WHOLE VARIETY OF CIRCUMSTANCES. IT IS BROAD. OFTEN, THEY ARE GOING TO ACCESS EMERGENCY HOUSING AND HAVE BEEN DENIED. YOU WROTE A LETTER TO THE GOVERNMENT HIGHLIGHTING SEVERAL CRITICAL ISSUES THAT RELATE TO THE RECENT SPIKE IN HOMELESSNESS. WHAT WAS IN THAT WHAT DROVE YOU TO WRITE IT? WE WERE SHOCKED BY IT. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE WRITTEN TO THE GOVERNMENT, WE WANT TO BE A GOOD PARTNER WITH THE GOVERNMENT, AND WE ARE AT THE TABLE OF AUCKLAND COUNSELLORS, BUT WE DO NEED SUPPORT. ONE POINT WE DO NEED IS CLARITY OVER THE NUMBERS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN TERMS OF PEOPLE BEING EVICTED FROM EMERGENCY HOUSING. WHEN WE HAVE NO OVERSIGHT AND DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS AND DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MANAGE AND DON'T KNOW WHO OUR PEOPLE ARE AND WHERE THEY ARE GOING, THE SECOND THING IS WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH AS A COUNCIL AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO THAT, BUT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE AT THE TABLE WITH US. WE HAD A RESPONSE THAT SAID THE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING A CLEAR RULES-BASED SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING AND DATA. HE ALSO POINTS TO $140 MILLION FOR NEW SOCIAL HOUSING PLACES, ALTHOUGH THOSE WILL NOT. HE UNTIL MID-2025 AT THE EARLIEST. DOES THAT ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT AUCKLAND IS FACING AT THIS TIME? THE INFORMATION AROUND DATA WILL BE HELPFUL TO US AND TO HELEN AND TO ALL OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITHIN THE HOMELESS SECTOR. WE HAVE 20,000 FAMILIES ON OUR HOUSING LIST. THERE IS A WAY TO GO YET. ANYTHING THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN PROVIDE WILL BE HELPFUL. WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM. NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE A SOCIAL CONTRACT WITH OUR PEOPLE. I FEEL LIKE WE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THE SOCIAL CONTRACT. WHAT IS THAT CHANGED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS? NOTHING REALLY. WE JUST NEED MORE HOUSES IN PARTICULAR AND MORE AFFORDABLE ONES. THE CENSUS DATA OUT I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS GOVERNMENT FOR THE 1500 PLACES THEY ARE FUNDING, BUT YOU DO THAT 1500 AGAINST OVER 100,000 PEOPLE IN NEED, AND WE NEED MORE HOUSES AND WE NEED THEM MORE QUICKLY. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE QUICKLY THAT THE EMERGENCY HOUSING SYSTEMS ARE TOO HARSH. THE WORDS HE USED WAS CLEAR RULES BASED, AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT'S WHAT IT IS, BUT PEOPLE ARE BEING DENIED OR DIVERTED BEFORE THEY GET ACCESS TO HOUSING. IN THE PLACES THEY DO GET ARE OFTEN UNSAFE. THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT YOU SPOUTING WORDS. THIS IS WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SEEING IS HAPPENING AS A RESULT OF THE EMERGENCY HOUSING RULES. ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE HERE FROM SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, BUT THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR PEOPLE AND THIS POLICY IS NOT WORKING. WHAT IS ACTUALLY DOING IS INCREASING THE RATE OF HOMELESSNESS. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS GOVERNMENT AT ALL PREVIOUS GOVERNMENTS WHO ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN, AND WE ARE SAYING THAT THIS ISN'T WORKING. WE NEED SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND WE NEED SOMETHING MORE. YOU'VE WRITTEN THIS LETTER, ANGELA, IF THERE IS NO RESPONSE TO YOUR CONCERNS, IN TERMS OF WHETHER THERE IS A CHANGE, WHETHER THERE IS EXTRA FUNDING, THEN WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? I FEEL OPTIMISTIC BY THE LETTER AND THE RESPONSE, SO THE MINISTER IS ACKNOWLEDGING AND HE HAS PROVIDED FOR SOME STEPS FORWARD. WE DO HAVE A WAYS TO GO. AUCKLAND COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE HOMELESSNESS SECTOR AND ADVOCATE TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. WE DO NOT HAVE THE PURSE STRINGS TO PROVIDE THE HOUSING REQUIRED. WE CAN BE A FACILITATOR AND WE CAN BE A GOOD PARTNER AND WE WILL BE, BUT WE DO NEED THE WEIGHT OF OUR GOVERNMENT TO HELP SUPPORT OUR PEOPLE IN NEED. THIS IS OUR PEOPLE. UNDERNEATH ALL THESE NUMBERS, THERE IS A VERY REAL HUMAN STORY AND A VERY HIGH COST THAT IS BEING PAID BY THAT INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR FAMILIES. ONE PERSON HOMELESS IN NEW ZEALAND IS TOO MANY. WE TALK ABOUT THE 80 LITERALLY HERE IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND THAT I COULD LITERALLY COUNT, AND THE CENSUS DATA SHOWS US THAT THERE ARE OVER 100,000 PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND. THIS IS ALSO A PLEA TO NEW ZEALAND TO SAY PLEASE STAND WITH US AND STAYED WITH THE MANY OF OUR COLLECTIVE PEOPLE WHO NEED OUR SUPPORT. E WHAI AKE NEI ` HOW TO IMPRESS YOUR FUTURE BOSS WITH A CONFIDENT AND SUCCESSFUL JOB INTERVIEW. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY HAS ARRIVED IN SAUDI ARABIA AHEAD OF DIPLOMATIC TALKS TO END THE WAR WITH RUSSIA. HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS CONTINUE TO LASH AUSTRALIA'S SOUTHEAST COAST IN THE AFTERMATH OF EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED. AND POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SUSPECTED OPIOID OVERDOSE IN WAIRARAPA AFTER THREE PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALISED AT THE WEEKEND. FOR MANY, A JOB INTERVIEW CAN BE ONE OF THE MOST STRESSFUL PARTS OF ANY JOB, BUT HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE YOU STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD, PARTICULARLY AT A TIME WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT IS ON THE RAISE? TO SHARE HIS INSIGHT, WE'RE JOINED BY PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT JARROD HAAR. MORENA. WHAT OTHER BASICS? WHAT SHOULD BE THE KEEPING IS WE SHOULD KNOW? THREE AREAS. PREPARATION, PREPARE INSIGHTS ON THE COMPANY, PREPARE INSIGHTS ON THE JOB AND PREPARE INSIGHTS ON THE QUESTIONS THEY ARE GOING TO ASK YOU. PREPARATION IS GOING TO BE YOUR KEY. THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT IF YOU HAVE IT INTERVIEW, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS LABOUR MARKET. YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOW UP AND LEAVE WITH THE INTERVIEW PANEL GOING eh, I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT WAS THE RIGHT MIX. PREPARATION, KNOWING WHO YOU'RE WORKING FOR, AND IF IT'S A SMALL COMPANY, WHERE YOU'RE WORKING AND THE COMPANY MIGHT BE THE SAME, BUT IF IT'S A BIT BIGGER, MORE ON THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE TEAM, WHAT THEY DO, DON'T BE AFRAID TO GO ON TO LINKED IN AND FIND PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THAT POSITION, WHAT DO THEY POST ON, DO THEY MOAN ABOUT IRATE CUSTOMERS. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER CONTACTING PEOPLE FROM THE COMPANY IS APPROPRIATE, LET'S TALK ABOUT PREPARATION FOR THE QUESTIONS. THERE WILL BE STOCK STANDARD QUESTIONS THAT THE DEPARTMENT ROLLS OUT EVERY SINGLE TIME, SO HOW SHOULD YOU BE PREPPED FOR THOSE AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BETTER WAYS TO ANSWER THEM? WHAT ARE YOUR WEAKNESSES? THAT WOULD BE ONE, AND ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE TELL ME ABOUT A TIME WHERE.. WITCHES THEY ARE USING PAST BEHAVIOUR AS AN INDICATOR OF FUTURE BEHAVIOUR. YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT YOU'RE A WORKAHOLIC AND YOU WORK TOO MUCH, YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY IN HINDSIGHT, THINK I KNOW, I DON'T WANT THIS JOB ANYMORE. THEY WORK ME 70 HOURS A WEEK. THINK OF A QUESTION LIKE THAT, IF ITS CUSTOMER SERVICE, HOW DID YOU DEAL WITH AN ANGRY CUSTOMER, GET FAMILY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE PRACTICE RUN. THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN SITTING IN AN INTERVIEW UMMING. IF YOU LOOK AT A NOTEPAD. I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT NOTES. IS THERE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT? YOU DON'T WANT TO BE GOING THROUGH CUE CARDS, HOLD ON, I'VE GOT A WHOLE SHEET. IF IT'S A COMEDY JOB, YOU MIGHT BE AN. BUT YES, I THINK A BIT OF PREPARATION, ROLE PLAYING WITH A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER, AND THE OTHER THING IS TOO, STORIES THAT LAST 10 SECONDS ARE TOO FLEETING, BUT STORIES THAT LAST 10 MINUTES ARE TOO LONG. YOU GET THOSE PEOPLE WHO REPEATS AND THEY ARE JUST SAYING THE SAME STORY OVER AND OVER. SO PRACTICE MIGHT ALLOW YOU TO BE A BIT MORE THE SINK TO. HOW SHOULD YOU BE DRESSING? YOU SHOULD ALWAYS TRY TO BE SMART. IF I AM WORKING FOR THE WAREHOUSE, AND THEY ALL WEAR A POLO, I WOULD STILL WEAR A SUIT TO THE INTERVIEW. I WOULD TRY TO LOOK MY BEST THEN SHOW UP IN A BLUE POLO, AND THEY WOULD SAY THE POLO SHOULD HAVE BEEN READ. I THINK TRYING TO BE SMART, BEING ON TIME, BEING PREPARED, DON'T HAVE A WHOLE PILE OF NOTES, JUST ONE LITTLE NOTEPAD OR ONE SHEET OF A4, BUT IF YOU THINK OF ONE SHEET, YOU SPEND TIME SCANNING AND READING IT AND YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE THE PEOPLE INTERVIEWING YOU. THE OTHER THING IS TO REALISE THAT LITTLE STUFF WILL BE FATAL. THE BIGGEST FATALITY IN AN INTERVIEW IS WHEN THE JOB AS ABC AND YOU ARE TALKING XYZ. I HAVE SET IN INTERVIEWS AND WONDERED HAVE YOU EVEN READ THE EMAIL? YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS WE DON'T EVEN DO. IF YOU HAVE GIVEN IT TO THEM, THE FIRST THING YOU THINK IS YOU HAVEN'T PREPARED, YOU DON'T CARE, I DON'T WANT TO HIRE YOU. WE HAVE AN INTERVIEW COMING UP ABOUT NUMBERS OF ADULTS RETURNING TO STAY WITH THEIR PARENTS. TALKING ABOUT BOUNDARIES AND THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO FOR YOU COME BACK INTO THE HOUSE. IN TERMS OF PAYMENT, WHICH YOU EXPECT? IF THEY ARE WORKING, DEFINITELY. BUT IF THEY HAVE LOST THEIR JOB, I WAS A YEAR, COME BACK. AND THERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO SET A BOUNDARY. DADDY LOVES YOU, I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU, BUT I AM WANTING YOU TO PAY/ IT WHAT ABOUT KICKING THEM OUT IS THERE AN AGE? I DON'T WANT TO KEEP MY CHILDREN OUT, BUT THERE HAS TO BE A POINT WHERE YOU CUT THE UMBILICAL CORD. THIS IS TO BE THE THING. PEOPLE WOULD GO TO UNIVERSITY AND PEOPLE WILL SAY MY DAD COULDN'T WAIT TO DRIVE ME HERE/ I THINK ENCOURAGING INDEPENDENCE. THEY SAY HEY CAN I HAVE MY PARTNER OVER AND YOU SAY NO YOU CAN'T. AND THEY SAY THAT'S NOT FAIR, I'M 19. AND THEN YOU SAY WHEN I WAS 19, I WAS FLATTING. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, WHY THE FAMILY OF A MAN WHO DIED SHORTLY AFTER BEING DETAINED BY POLICE WANT OFFICERS TO WEAR BODYCAMS. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SUSPECTED OPIOID OVERDOSE IN WAIRARAPA AFTER THREE PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALISED IN THE WEEKEND. IT'S BELIEVED THE DRUG WAS MISREPRESENTED AS COCAINE. THE THREE PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED WELL TO TREATMENT AND ARE RECOVERING. IT'S NOT KNOWN HOW WIDELY THE DRUG IS CIRCULATING AND POLICE ARE WORKING TO ESTABLISH ITS SOURCE. OFFICERS SEARCHED A PROPERTY IN TINUI, FINDING CANNABIS AND A FIREARM, AND A MAN HAS NOW APPEARED IN COURT. FIRE CREWS WILL RETURN TO A LARGE VEGETATION FIRE THIS MORNING BURNING IN SOUTH WAIKATO. MORE THAN 60 FIREFIGHTERS WORKED ON THE 100m BY 70m FIRE OVERNIGHT, WITH THE EAST-WEST FLANK CONTAINED. THE FIRE IS BURNING THROUGH SLASH ON WHAKAMARU RD, NEAR TOKOROA, AND A THREAT IS THE NEARBY EUCALYPTUS TREES, THAT ARE HIGHLY FLAMMABLE. HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS CONTINUE TO LASH AUSTRALIA'S SOUTHEAST COAST IN THE AFTERMATH OF EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED. AUSTRALIA'S EAST COAST HAS BEEN HAMMERED FOR THE PAST WEEK WITH SOME OF THE HIGHEST RAINFALL IN DECADES RECORDED THROUGH SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND INCLUDING BRISBANE'S HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL IN HALF A CENTURY. UKRANIAN PRESIDENT VOLODOYMR ZELENSKYY HAS ARRIVED IN SAUDIA ARABIA A DAY BEFORE THE U.S. AND UKRAINE ARE DUE TO HOLD CRUCIAL TALKS TOWARDS ENDING THE WAR WITH RUSSIA. IT FOLLOWS THE RECENT SHIFT IN U.S. POLICY SUSPENDING MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE AID TO UKRAINE. ZELENSKYY IS MEETING WITH THE SAUDI PRINCE, BUT NEITHER HE NOR U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL ATTEND THE PEACE TALKS TOMORROW. AN OIL TANKER AND CARGO SHIP HAVE COLLIDED OFF THE COAST OF NORTHEAST ENGLAND CAUSING A FIRE AND JET FUEL TO LEAK INTO THE NORTH SEA. THE U.S. FLAGGED SHIP 'THE IMMACULATE' WAS ANCHORED OFF EAST YORKSHIRE WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY THE PORTUGUESE FLAGGED CONTAINER SHIP. ONE PERSON HAS BEEN HOSPITALISED IN THE INCIDENT WITH ALL OTHER CREW MEMBERS ON BOTH VESSELS SAFE AND ACCOUNTED FOR. KIWIS INTERNATIONAL DYLAN BROWN HAS CONFIRMED HE'S DEPARTING THE PARRAMATTA EELS AT THE END OF THE 2025 SEASON AFTER SIGNING THE MOST LUCRATIVE CONTRACT IN NRL HISTORY. HE'S REPORTEDLY JOINING THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS ON A 10-YEAR DEAL WORTH AROUND $14M. IN A STATEMENT ON INSTAGRAM, THE PLAYMAKER SAID IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS BEST FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY. THE EELS GENERAL MANAGER SAYS THE MOVE IS UNDERSTANDABLE, AND THE CLUB WON'T BEGRUDGE HIM FOR ACCEPTING THE DEAL. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, PALMERSTON NORTH AND THE CAPITAL CAN EXPECT SOME CLOUD COVERAGE, WITH A NORTHWESTERLY HITTING OUR WINDY CITY IN THE MORNING. 25 THE HIGH FOR WHANGAREI. 22 FOR TAUPO. A FINE START TO THE DAY AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH BEFORE TURNING CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE IN KAIKOURA AND THE NELSON AREA. PARTLY CLOUDY FURTHER DOWN. INVERCARGILL, YOU CAN GET YOUR BROLLIES READY, WITH RAIN AND WIND EXPECTED FOR THE DAY. 27 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 23 IN TIMARU. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) BRITAIN'S FOOD SAFETY WATCHDOG CLAIMS IT'S LOOKING AT WAYS TO SPEED UP THE APPROVAL PROCESS THAT WOULD ALLOW LAB-GROWN FOODS TO BE SOLD IN SUPERMARKETS. MEAT, DAIRY AND SUGAR PRODUCTS CAN BE CREATED IN A LAB FROM ANIMAL AND PLANT CELLS EXTRACTED BY SCIENTISTS. THE BBC'S PALLAB GHOSH REPORTS. (SIZZLES) IT SIZZLES IN A PAN BUT WAS GROWN IN A LAB. THIS WAGYU SIRLOIN IS CLAIMED TO BE HEALTHIER BECAUSE IT CAN BE DESIGNED WITH LOWER CHOLESTEROL AND ADDED NUTRIENTS. OK, STILL SIZZLING. IT LOOKS LIKE A NORMAL STEAK, BUT HOW DOES IT TASTE? I'M AFRAID YOU CAN'T EAT IT. RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING REGULATORY APPROVAL HERE RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING REGULATORY APPROVAL HERE IN THE UK. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T YET HAVE IT. IT'S A SIMILAR STORY FOR ELISHA GRAHAM, WHO'S FOUND A WAY TO GROW AN ALTERNATIVE TO SUGAR IN THIS BUBBLING FLASK AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE'S BESA CENTRE. CAN I TRY SOMETHING? I'M DYING TO TASTE IT. IN THIS CASE, I AM ALLOWED TO TASTE IT. I JUST PUT MY FINGER IN. GO FOR IT. TAKE A LITTLE BIT. MMM. IT'S GOT A REALLY LOVELY TASTE, AS WELL AS BEING INCREDIBLY SWEET. BUT ELISHA ISN'T ALLOWED TO SELL IT UNTIL IT GETS APPROVED. OUR JOB IN THE FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY SAFE, SO THAT ONCE IT'S ON THE SHELVES, PEOPLE CAN MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICE ABOUT WHETHER TO TO BUY IT OR NOT. THE SCIENCE OF MAKING LAB GROWN FOOD IS SOMETHING THAT THE UK IS REALLY GOOD AT, BUT THE APPROVALS PROCESS TO HAVE THEM SOLD IN SUPERMARKETS TAKES FAR TOO LONG. THE GOVERNMENT SCIENCE MINISTER HAS A SOLUTION. IT'S TO GET THE LAB GROWN FOOD FIRMS TO WORK WITH THE REGULATOR TO DRAW UP AN APPROVALS PROCESS THAT IS BOTH FASTER AND SAFER. SAFETY WILL BE ENHANCED BY THESE MEASURES. SAFETY WILL BE ENHANCED BY THESE MEASURES. IT'S ABOUT MAKING THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS, NOT APPLYING BLANKET REQUIREMENTS. BUT CRITICS ARE CONCERNED THERE'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN HAVING THE LAB GROWN FOOD COMPANIES INVOLVED IN DRAWING UP THE NEW RULES. FOOD GROWN FROM CELLS COULD BE AVAILABLE IN SUPERMARKETS MUCH SOONER IF THE FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY'S INITIATIVE GOES TO PLAN, IT WILL HELP THE COMPANIES INVOLVED, BUT THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THEY REALLY WILL OFFER CONSUMERS A BETTER, SAFER ALTERNATIVE. IT LOOKS QUITE GOOD, DOESN'T IT? IT'S TIME FOR A GIVEAWAY. WITH THE FIFA WORLD CUP OCEANIA QUALIFIERS JUST OVER A WEEK AWAY, WE'RE GIVING YOU THE CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF TWO ALL WHITE JERSEYS SIGNED BY THE TEAM. LOOK AT THAT. LOVE IT. HOW GOOD? I CAN SEE CHRIS WOOD RIGHT THERE. JUST HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz, AND WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS AT 8.20. WE'LL ALSO BE CHATTING WITH ALL WHITES COACH DARREN BAZELEY AND DEFENDER FRANCIS DE VRIES AT AROUND 7.40. AND A REMINDER ` YOU CAN WATCH THE FIFA WORLD CUP '26 OCEANIA QUALIFIER GAMES FROM 3pm FRIDAY 21st MARCH ON TVNZ 2 AND TVNZ+. HOPEFULLY THE ALL WHITES ARE IN THE FINAL ON THE 24. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THESE SIGNATURES IS THAT YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY` YOU HAVE NOT JUST DONE THIS. THOUGHT HAS BEEN PUT INTO IT. SOME BIG NAMES ON THERE. POSSIBLY ONE OF OUR BEST TEAMS IN YEARS, AND AN HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY FOR A THIRD WORLD CUP. GET AMONGST IT. ME U TONU MAI ` THE CHRISTCHURCH POLICEWOMAN AND THE LENGTHS SHE'S GOING TO TO FIGHT A RARE AND AGGRESSIVE CANCER. THAT IS COMING UP NEXT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. A PLEA FOR HELP FROM AUCKLAND COUNCIL AS HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES TO RISE WITH REPORTS OF A 53% INCREASE IN OVER FOUR MONTHS. CANADA'S NEWLY ELECTED PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY HAS ADDRESSED ESCALATING TENSIONS WITH THE U.S. SAYING, 'IN TRADE, AS IN HOCKEY, CANADA WILL WIN'. AND UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY HAS ARRIVED IN SAUDI ARABIA AHEAD OF DIPLOMATIC TALKS TO END THE WAR WITH RUSSIA. A CLINICAL TRIAL IN SINGAPORE REPRESENTS A FINAL LIFELINE FOR A CHRISTCHURCH POLICEWOMAN IN HER FIGHT AGAINST A RARE AND AGGRESSIVE CANCER. SOPHIE MOORE (29) AND HER FIANCE, WHO'S ALSO A POLICE OFFICER, HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM HER FIRST ROUND OF GROUNDBREAKING CAR-T TREATMENT, WHICH HAS A TOTAL PRICE TAG OF $900,000. LISA DAVIES WENT TO MEET THEM AT THEIR CHRISTCHURCH HOME. THE STRUGGLE... SOPHIE, JUST DO IT. (BLEEP). ...COUNTERBALANCED WITH A GOOD DOSE OF BLACK HUMOUR. YOU GIVEN ME A BOWL CUT. NO, YOU SAID YOU WANTED A MULLET. (LAUGHS) GOOD THING I'M A POLICE OFFICER AND NOT A BARBER. THEY'VE SHARED EVERY BLEAK MOMENT SINCE SOPHIE'S DIAGNOSIS WITH A RARE FORM OF LYMPHOMA IN OCTOBER 2023. AS SOON AS THEY SAID IT'S CANCER, KORYN DID FAINT. I SAID, 'LOOK, I'M GONNA BE OK. I'M GOING TO BE OK.' FROM THAT MOMENT ON, THROUGH EIGHT ROUNDS OF CHEMO, THEY'VE MADE THE BEST OF IT. WE GOT ENGAGED THE DAY SOPHIE GOT DIAGNOSED. LOOK, I DON'T THINK IT'S PARTICULARLY ROMANTIC. SOME PEOPLE LIKE THE STORY. MAKES ME CRINGE A LITTLE BIT. THE COUPLE ARE BOTH POLICE OFFICERS AND SAY THAT'S MADE THEM RESILIENT. I LOVE IT. I LOOK A BIT UNHINGED. LOOK AT YOU. SOPHIE IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, BEING POLICE OFFICERS, WE CAN GO TO WORK AND DEAL WITH ALL THE YUCKY, GORY STUFF. BUT WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU PERSONALLY, AND... IT AFFECTS AND CHANGES YOUR ENTIRE LIFE... WHEN SOPHIE RELAPSED LAST YEAR, KORYN FAINTED AGAIN. BUT SHORTLY AFTER, SHE WAS THE ONE WHO HUNTED OUT THE SINGAPORE CLINICAL TRIAL. BUT IT COMES WITH QUITE A PRICE TAG. IT'S A REALLY HARD THING TO DO TO GO OUT AND ASK PEOPLE FOR MONEY. AND... BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, WE JUST` WE WERE IN A POSITION` NOBODY HAS $890,000 SITTING IN THEIR BACK POCKET. THEY'VE RAISED CLOSE TO $190,000 SO FAR, THANKS TO THIS GIVEALITTLE AND SOPHIE'S HOMETOWN. AND GORE'S STEPPED UP. YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S SO TYPICAL, OF COURSE, JUST TO CROWD AROUND ONE OF THE PEOPLE. JUST BACK FROM SINGAPORE, THEY'LL BE OFF AGAIN NEXT MONTH FOR YET MORE TREATMENT. BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW, SO WHY WOULD WE` WHY WOULD WE THINK THE WORST? WE'RE JUST THINKING ABOUT... WHAT IT'S GONNA BE LIKE ON THE OTHER SIDE. THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOPE. AND FRIEND OF THE FAMILY KAREN BELLEW WHO IS RUNNING A BIG FUNDRAISER THIS THURSDAY NIGHT JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING. WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO ORGANISE THE FUNDRAISER SINGING IT FOR SOPHIE? THE GIRLS HAVE JUST SAID THAT GORE IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES THAT WE GET BEHIND PEOPLE. AND FOLLOWING ON FROM A VERY SUCCESSFUL BRIDGET JONES MOVIE NIGHT, WHICH WAS A FANTASTIC FUNDRAISER, I KNOW BOTH OF THE PARENTS. AND I AM IN THE MUSICAL WORLD, SO I THOUGHT, LET'S JUST DO SOMETHING MUSICAL. WE HAVE ORGANISED A NIGHT OUT CALLED SINGING IT FOR SOPHIE, AND IT IS ALL GO. AND WHO IS PERFORMING? A RESTART TO SOME WOMEN I KNEW, AND IT IS ENDED UP BEING A FULL FEMALE LINEUP. WE HAVE 15 ENTERTAINERS. WE HAVE MULTIPLE GOLD GUITAR WINNERS. WE HAVE SOME OTAGO SOUTHLAND THEATRE AWARD WINNERS. A REAL MIXTURE OF MUSIC. THERE ARE SOME COUNTRY, SHOW SONGS, BECAUSE SOPHIE'S MUM WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH THEATRE HERE IN GORE. THERE IS A BIT OF EVERYTHING. IT SOUNDS SO GOOD. HOW HELPFUL IS IT WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH THESE TOUGH TIMES TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS THE MIND ON SOMETHING THAT IS PRODUCTIVE AND USEFUL AND GOOD FOR PEOPLE? ARE USEFUL IS IT FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THAT? IT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY NEGATIVITY. I HAVE RESTARTED PEOPLE. OUR SUPPER IS BEING PAID FOR. OUR SOUNDMAN DOES NOT EVEN KNOW SOPHIE. HE LIVES IN INVERCARGILL. HE IS TAKING A HALF-DAY OFF AND HE IS COMING UP TO DO IT. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL DESIGNER WHO HAS DONE ALL OF OUR WORK. IT IS JUST HEARTWARMING. SHE SAID GORE HAS STEPPED UP. THEY WELL AND TRULY HAVE. THEY TRULY HAVE. PEOPLE JUST KEEP GIVING, WHICH IS WONDERFUL. HOW CAN PEOPLE GET INVOLVED? IS THERE A WAY PEOPLE CAN CONTRIBUTE IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE CONCERT? THEY CAN STILL GO TO THE GIVE A LITTLE PAGE. I HAD A CALL FROM A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MONACO, SOPHIE'S MUM, WHO SAID CAN I BUY TWO TICKETS AND DONATE THOSE? WE ARE GIVING THOSE AWAY ON THE RADIO. HOW TOUGH HAS IT BEEN FOR THE FAMILY? YOU MENTIONED HER PARENTS. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT TWO YEARS OF HELL, REALLY. IT IS EVERY PARENT'S NIGHTMARE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOUR CHILD IS 29, AND SO HIS CASE, OR WHETHER IT IS A CHILD. IT IS REALLY TOUGH. IT IS EVERYBODY'S WORST NIGHTMARE. THEY ARE USUALLY RESILIENT AND POSITIVE PEOPLE, AND WE'RE JUST DOING OUR LITTLE BIT TO HELP. THE NATURE OF THE WORKERS THAT THEY ARE SERVING THE COMMUNITY ALWAYS. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT THE COMMUNITY IS NOW GIVING BACK TO THEM? IT IS HUGE. I SEE THAT EVERY TIME I GO IN AND TALK TO PEOPLE WHO I DON'T EVEN KNOW AND ASK THEM TO HELP. THEY SAY, THAT IS THE YOUNG POLICEWOMAN. EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT INITIALLY AWARE THAT SHE IS FROM GORE, AND PEOPLE JUST WANT TO GIVE. YOU ARE A FANTASTIC FRIEND TO THEIR FAMILIES. HAVE A WONDERFUL NIGHT ON THURSDAY, AND GOOD LUCK WITH THE REST OF THE FUNDRAISING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AFTER THE BREAK AROUND THE NEW STATISTICS NZ WERE SELLERS THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE AND 100,000 PEOPLE SINCE 2004 WITH PEOPLE MOVING BACK IN WITH THEIR PARENTS. WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT BOUNDARIES THAT NEED TO BE SET PRIOR TO THAT, BUT YOU HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN SENDING US YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES ABOUT BEING AT HOME. I FIND THIS REALLY INTERESTING. NATHAN SAYS THAT HIS PARENTS MADE PAY RENT FROM THE AGE OF 16 ALONG WITH COVERING ALL OF HIS OWN EXPENSES, CELL PHONE, VEHICLE, INSURANCE. THIS WAS IN THE EARLY 2000. HE SAID THAT HE APPRECIATES IT SET UP A REALITY IN ACHIEVERS INDEPENDENCE FASTER THAN HIS PEERS, BUT THEN HE SAID HE WOULD NOT DO IT TO HIS OWN CHILDREN. IF YOU HAD A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE OUT OF IT, YOU BECAME INDEPENDENT FASTER, YOU WERE ABLE TO LOOK AFTER YOURSELF FASTER, I AM KIND OF GOING, WHY WOULD YOU NOT DO THAT WITH YOUR OWN CHILDREN? I EXCEPT THAT THAT WOULD WORK FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT AT 16, YOU STILL HAVE TWO OR POTENTIALLY THREE YEARS LEFT AT SCHOOL AT THAT AGE. I WOULD RATHER MY CHILD BE FOCUSING ON THEIR SCHOOL AND ON DOING THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING TO SET THEM UP FOR LIFE RATHER THAN WORKING TO PAY RENT. HOW MUCH IS THE RENT? IT MAY ONLY HAVE BEEN A SMALL AMOUNT. NATHAN, WE WANT TO KNOW MORE. I LIKE THE IDEA. THE REALITY IS THAT WHEN YOU GET OUT OF SCHOOL, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE FOCUSING ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS. BUDGETING, PAYING YOUR BILLS, GOING TO WORK, WHATEVER ELSE, ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE DOING ONCE YOU LEAVE HOME. SO WHY NOT START PREPARING YOUR CHILDREN AT THAT AGE? IT IS TOUGH. COOK YOUR OWN STUFF, MATE. THERE YOU GO. GO AND GET A JOB. IT IS HARD BEING A TENANT IN THE CLARKSON HOUSEHOLD. LET ME TELL YOU. WE HAVE GOT PLENTY OF THIS FEEDBACK. KEEP IT COMING IN. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE PRIME MINISTER JOINS US AFTER THE 7 O'CLOCK NEWS. PLUS, HOW TO SET BOUNDARIES WITH YOUR ADULT KIDS AT HOME. SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. IT IS 6:55. MORE ADULT CHILDREN THAN EVER ARE LIVING AT HOME WITH THEIR PARENTS. SO WHEN AND HOW DO YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MONEY AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE HOUSEHOLD? JOINING US LIVE FROM MOTUEKA TO DISCUSS THIS TOPIC IS LYNDA MOORE, AN ACCOUNTANT AND MONEY MENTOR. GOOD MORNING LYNDA. YOU'VE HAD SOME CLIENTS IN THIS SITUATION, WHAT SORT OF STORIES DO YOU HEAR FROM THEM? IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING TOPIC. I MUST HAVE A CHUCKLE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NATHAN PAYING BOARD. MY PARENTS WERE THE SAME WITH ME. I PAID 25% OF MY TAKE-HOME PAY. I THINK THE REALLY INTERESTING THING IS THAT I AM CURRENTLY LIVING WITH MY MOTHER. WE'RE FLATMATES. WE'VE BEEN VERY OPEN WITH THE MONEY CONVERSATION AND WE SPLIT THE BILLS. WE SPLIT THE CHORES. ALTHOUGH I AM AN ADULT LIVING WITH MY MOTHER UNTIL MY HOUSE IS BUILT, WE ARE VERY OPEN ABOUT IT AND VERY HONEST ABOUT IT AND WE ARE TREATING IT LIKE A FLATTING SITUATION. THAT IS WHERE A LOT OF THE FAMILY STUFF GETS TANGLED UP. THEY TREAT IT LIKE A FAMILY SITUATION WHERE IT IS REALLY A FLATTING SITUATION. TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW YOU SET THOSE BOUNDARIES IN THE FIRST PLACE? YOU DO OPEN YOUR HOME UP FOR THE LOVE OF YOUR CHILD, AND YOU GO YES, WHILE YOU GET ON YOUR FEET, OR WHILE YOU'RE WORKING PART-TIME, AND THEN IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE YOU GO OKAY, ARE YOU TAKING THE MICKEY, SO BUT YOU HAVEN'T SET THOSE BOUNDARIES. THAT'S WHERE IT GETS HARD, BECAUSE THE LONGER IT GOES ON WITHOUT THOSE BOUNDARIES, IT IS HARDER TO BRING THEM BACK INTO PLACE. IF YOU THINK OF THE SCENARIO WHERE THEY GO OVERSEAS AND THEY DO THEIR BIG OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE AND THEY COME BACK, AND THIS IS WHAT MY DAUGHTER DID, SO MY DAUGHTER NEEDED TO COME AND STAY FOR A WHILE BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T HAVE A JOB. SHE TOOK OVER SOME OF THE CHORES AND BECAME A HOUSEKEEPER. WHEN SHE GOT A JOB, IT WAS ACTUALLY HER WHO RAISED IT WITH ME, SAYING I'M NOT QUITE READY TO MOVE OUT YET, AND I SAID GREAT. AND WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. BUT MY DAUGHTER AND I HAVE BEEN OPEN WITH MONEY. AND A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE NOT. SO STARTING IT AS AN ADULT MAKES IT HARDER. I WAS LUCKY IT WENT WELL, BUT OTHER FAMILIES IT COULD BE, WHY ARE YOU CHARGING ME BORED? I WILL LEAVE. AND WHEN IT STARTS TO GET INTO THAT TERRITORY, THAT'S WHEN IT GETS DIFFICULT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS REGARDLESS OF HOW COMFORTABLE THEY ARE. IF YOUR ADULT CHILD IS ABOUT TO GO HEAD OFF OVERSEAS OR SEEMS TO BE HAVING THIS AMAZING LIFE GOING, I CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT OUR RETIREMENT, THAT'S WHEN YOU REALLY NEED TO PUT YOUR BIG PANTS ON. AND THAT IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT. PUTTING ON OUR BIG PANTS. IT IS NOT AN EASY CONVERSATION BECAUSE UNDERLYING THIS I THINGS CALLED VALUES AND BELIEF. AS PARENTS WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE THERE TO NURTURE AND LOOK AFTER OUR CHILDREN. BUT PEOPLE NEVER PUT AN AGE DATE ON WHEN THEY NEEDED TO STOP. IT IS OUR VALUES AS FAMILY AND BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. HOW DO WE SET OUR KIDS UP TO LIVE A FULL AND INDEPENDENT LIFE? WE HAD NATHAN, 16 YEARS OF AGE, PAYING RENT. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE EARLIER YOU START MAKING YOUR CHILDREN FINANCIALLY ACCOUNTABLE SINCE THEM UP MUCH BETTER FOR LIFE. THEY ARE STILL GOING TO STUFF UP, BUT MAKE THEM PAY BOARD. YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT MONEY BY DEALING WITH IT AT A YOUNG AGE. AND YOU WON'T GET INTO THE SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR 40 YEAR OLD AT HOME AND THEY WILL NOT LEAVE. I AM SURE THERE ARE SOME PARENTS WHO HAVE FOUND THAT SITUATION. I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME. THIS IS A FASCINATING CONVERSATION. THANKS LINDA. LINDA WAS PAYING RENT AT 16. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS HOUR ` WILL HE MAKE IT TO THE NEXT ELECTION? THAT'S WHAT SOME POLITICAL PUNDITS ARE ASKING. CHRISTOPHER LUXON JOINS US AFTER ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING POLL FOR NATIONAL. THE FAMILY OF A MAN WHO DIED SHORTLY AFTER BEING TASERED BY POLICE SPEAK OUT. WHY THEY WANT A FULLY INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO HIS DEATH AND BODYCAMS ON OFFICERS. ALSO AHEAD ` THE COUNTDOWN'S ON TO THE ALL WHITES' BIG WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS. THEY'LL JOIN US IN STUDIO. PLUS HOW YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON SOME OF THEIR KIT. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. FIRE CREWS ARE ARRIVING BACK TO A LARGE VEGETATION FIRE BURNING THROUGH SLASH IN SOUTH WAIKATO. 16 CREWS WORKED ON THE 100m BY 70m FIRE NEAR WHAKAMARU RD OVERNIGHT TO CONTAIN THE FIRE FROM NEARBY EUCALYPTUS TREES THAT ARE HIGHLY FLAMMABLE. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION'S TAKING HELLO FRESH TO COURT FOR ALLEGEDLY MISLEADING CONSUMERS OVER SUBSCRIPTIONS. THE COMMISSION'S FILED CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST HELLO FRESH NEW ZEALAND SAYING IT MISLED CUSTOMERS IN COLD CALLS USED TO REACTIVATE CONSUMERS WHO HAD CANCELLED THE FOOD DELIVERY SERVICE. CUSTOMERS WERE ALLEGEDLY OFFERED A DISCOUNT VOUCHER WITHOUT IT BEING MADE CLEAR THAT ACCEPTING IT WOULD REACTIVATE THEIR SUBSCRIPTION. AUSTRALIAN RESIDENTS ARE STILL ON ALERT AS FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE SOUTH-EAST COAST IN THE AFTERMATH OF EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED. BRISBANE SAW ITS WETTEST DAY IN HALF A CENTURY, WITH THE DELUGE CAUSING WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING, SPARKING DOZENS OF RESCUES AND THOUSANDS OF CALLS FOR HELP. THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HAS NOW ARRIVED IN SAUDIA ARABIA AHEAD OF TALKS WITH UKRAINE TO DISCUSS A PEACE PLAN WITH RUSSIA. THE MEETINGS ARE AN ATTEMPT TO SMOOTH OVER RECENT TENSIONS AFTER THE U.S. SUSPENDED MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE AID TO UKRAINE. ZELENSKYY IS MEETING WITH THE SAUDI PRINCE, BUT NEITHER HE NOR U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL BE INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATIONS TOMORROW. THE BLACKCAPS SAY THEY'RE DISAPPOINTED BUT STILL HUGELY PROUD OF THEIR EFFORTS AT THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY. NEW ZEALAND WERE HUNTING THEIR FIRST WHITE BALL TITLE IN 25 YEARS BUT FELL TO INDIA IN THE FINAL BY FOUR WICKETS. MICHAEL BRACEWELL PUT IN A STRONG PERFORMANCE WITH BOTH THE BAT AND THE BALL, SMASHING AN UNBEATEN HALF CENTURY AND REMOVING VIRAT KOHLI. LOOK, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS PERFORMANCES. I THINK YOU'D GIVE ALL THAT UP IN A HEARTBEAT FOR THE TROPHY, BUT IT'S NICE TO REFLECT ON A PRETTY SUCCESSFUL TRIP HERE FOR ME PERSONALLY, BUT, YEAH, AS I SAY, IT'S PRETTY BITTERSWEET. THE SQUAD NOW RETURN HOME AHEAD OF A T20 SERIES AGAINST PAKISTAN, WHICH GETS UNDERWAY THIS WEEKEND. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, PALMERSTON NORTH AND THE CAPITAL CAN EXPECT SOME CLOUD COVERAGE, WITH A NORTHWESTERLY HITTING OUR WINDY CITY IN THE MORNING. 25 THE HIGH FOR WHANGAREI. 22 FOR TAUPO. A FINE START TO THE DAY AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH, BEFORE TURNING CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. FOR THOSE IN KAIKOURA AND THE NELSON AREA, PARTLY CLOUDY FURTHER DOWN. INVERCARGILL, YOU CAN GET YOUR BROLLIES READY, WITH RAIN AND WIND EXPECTED FOR THE DAY. 27 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 23 IN TIMARU. ANOTHER POLITICAL POLL, THIS TIME FROM THE TAXPAYERS UNION, HAS PAINTED A LESS-THAN-ROSY PICTURE OF THE COALITION GOVERNMENT AND PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON. IT HAS LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS AS THE PREFERRED OPTION AS PRIME MINISTER AND SAYS NATIONAL AND ACT COULDN'T FORM A GOVERNMENT, EVEN WITH THE SUPPORT OF NEW ZEALAND FIRST. CHRISTOPHER LUXON JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING, PRIME MINISTER. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? I AM WELL. LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE YOU GET THE CUT THROUGH AND CONNECT WITH NEW ZEALANDERS AND PEOPLE WHO MAY WANT TO KEEP YOU IN POWER OR NOT? IT'S BEEN A TOUGH TIME TO KIWIS STRUGGLING WITH ECONOMIC PAIN. IT'S MY JOB TO FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT NEW ZEALANDERS NEED ME TO FOCUS ON. AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE BETTER UNDER OUR GOVERNMENT THAT UNDER ANY UNDER. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE WORKED HARD ON ECONOMY, RESTORING LAW AND ORDER, GETTING ACCESS TO GPS, SO LOOK, KIWIS WILL MAKE THEIR DECISION IN 2026, AND MY JOB AS HEAD DOWN TAIL UP, MAKING SURE I'M GETTING MY COUNTRY FIXED. THEY ARE JUST NOT BUYING THE MESSAGE AT THE MOMENT. THE ECONOMY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, BUT IF PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE IN YOUR LEADERSHIP, HOW WILL YOU TAKE THEM YOUR? I COULD JUST TELL YOU CHRIS, IS THAT THE THINGS PEOPLE ARE MOST WORRIED ABOUT IS THE COST OF LIVING AND THE ECONOMY. THERE ARE SOME REALLY ENCOURAGING SIGNS OF THE ECONOMY STARTING TO COME RIGHT, BUT WE HAD A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT WE HAVE A GOOD PLAN, SO IT'S MY JOB TO MAKE SURE WE ARE EXECUTING THAT PLAN, THAT NEW ZEALANDERS CAN FEEL IT AND SEE IT AND THAT'S THE WORK AHEAD OF US AND THAT HAS BEEN THE WORK SINCE DAY ONE. IT IS BEEN A BIG JOB AND THERE ARE TOUGH DECISIONS, BUT ULTIMATELY, NEW ZEALANDERS WILL JUDGE US AS WHETHER WE HAVE DELIVERED OR NOT. I AM ALWAYS WATCHING THE PRESS CONFERENCES. THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT THE INVESTMENT SUMMIT, BUT THE TALK WAS ABOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP AND POPULARITY. HOW FRUSTRATING IS IT FOR YOU THAT YOU NOT SEE ME TO GET THERE AT THE MOMENT? THE NEW ZEALAND PEOPLE DON'T WANT ME TALKING ABOUT POLES, THEY WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY WILL FIX THE ECONOMY. THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUMMIT THAT IS COMING UP IN THE NEXT WEEK ARE ALL DESIGNED TO HELP US GROW OUR ECONOMY SO WE CAN PUT MORE MONEY INTO PEOPLE'S POCKETS. THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT US FOCUSED ON AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT ME FOCUSED ON AND THAT IS WHAT I AM WORKING INCREDIBLY HARD TO DO. AND THEY WILL MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER THEY WERE BETTER OFF THREE YEARS AGO OR UNDER OUR GOVERNMENT. IT IS DIFFICULT TIMES WITH INHERITED, BUT WE HAVE A GOOD PLAN, AND WE HAVE AWESOME POTENTIAL IN THIS COUNTRY, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN SEE IT AND FEEL IT. HOW IS ANDREW BAYLY DOING AT THE MOMENT? AS I SAID YESTERDAY, THAT WAS A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION WITH THE MEDIA. HE'S GONE TO EVEREST. HE'S DONE WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO TO BE ABLE TO CLEAR HIS HEAD. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT SITUATIONS AND OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES WHERE SOMEBODY HAS HAD A SETBACK AND THEY NEED A CHANCE TO CLEAR THEIR HEADS, AND THEIR BOSS SAYS TO TAKE SOME TIME OUT, IT'S NOT WHAT I WOULD DO, BUT GOOD ON HIM. HE WILL BE BACK HERE NEXT WEEK. DOES IT LOOK LIKE YOU ARE REWARDING BAD BEHAVIOUR BY LETTING HIM GO? IF YOU TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT ANY EMPLOYMENT SITUATION WHERE SOMEBODY HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH A SETBACK IN THE WAY THAT HE HAS, I WANTED HIM TO COME BACK AND BE FOCUSED ON HIS ELECTORATE AND DELIVERING FOR WAIKATO, SO LOOK, I SAW CHRIS HIPKINS PILE ON YESTERDAY ABOUT CELEBRITY TREASURE ISLAND. I I THINK IT'S GOOD TO TAKE A BEAT. CARMEL SEPULONI WASN'T GOING TO BE SACKED. I THINK IT'S REASONABLE TO ALLOW AN INDIVIDUAL TO CLEAR THE HEAD AND PROCESS DISAPPOINTMENT, AND I THINK THAT'S ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE. WHICH YOU HAVE APPRECIATED INFORMATION FROM WINSTON PETERS ABOUT SACKING PHIL GOFF? WINSTON PETERS MADE THE RIGHT DECISION. THIS IS NOT KINDERGARTEN, THIS IS CABINET. IT IS NOT A DECISION I NEED TO BE CONSULTED ON AND HE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION. HE CAME OUT AND SAID THAT HE KNOWS THAT THE PRIME MINISTER, I MADE HIM THE PRIME MINISTER, QUOTE. WHILE I MADE HIM FOREIGN MINISTER. AND WE MAKE SURE THAT CHRIS HIPKINS WASN'T PRIME MINISTER, SO THAT WAS IMPORTANT. HE'S OFF TO THE UNITED STATES. NEW ZEALAND FOREIGN FOREST E, THE DIRECTION THE US HAS TAKEN ON WITH TARIFFS AND UKRAINE, SO HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE THIS? WE HAVE A LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE US, SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH DIFFERENT POLITICIANS, AND WE HAVE A REGULAR ANNUAL OCCURRENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND WE HAVE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT HE IS THERE BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND WORKING OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER. YOU GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO AUCKLAND FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUMMIT. THERE IS A LOT STAKING ON THIS. INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE BUILT FASTER, AND THE ECONOMY GROWS, SO WE HAVE SOME REALLY IMPORTANT GLOBAL INVESTORS COMING INTO NEW ZEALAND. THEY HAVE NZ$6 TRILLION UNDER INVESTED, SO WE NEED TO CONNECT WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THEM. WHICH NEW ZEALAND HAS DONE A POOR JOB WELCOMING CAPITAL, AND WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT, SO WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT AND GET MONEY INTO PEOPLE'S BACK POCKETS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND OUR REGION OF THE INDO PACIFIC, THERE ARE PEOPLE MOVING OUT OF POVERTY INTO THE MIDDLE CLASSES, THEY HAVE A HOUSE, THEY HAVE REGULAR FOOD, THEY ARE SAVING FOR THE KIDS EDUCATION AND PUTTING MONEY ASIDE FOR THEIR PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT LIKE WE DO AT HOME HERE WITH OUR KIWISAVER. THAT MONEY NEEDS TO BE INVESTED BY THOSE BIG GLOBAL PENSION FUNDS, AND THEY LOOK FOR RETURNS ON INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS. ALL AROUND THE WORLD IT IS VERY COMMON THAT GOVERNMENT WORK IN CONCERT WITH PRIVATE CAPITAL. YOU SEE THAT WITH IWI ORGANISATIONS WHO ARE IN JOINT-VENTURE IS WITH INVESTORS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE NORTHLANDS EXPRESSWAY WE WANT TO BUILD, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR DECADES. WE HAVE HAD ENDLESS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T STARTED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WE CAN GET THAT BUILT QUICKER WITH THE HELP OF CAPITAL, WHETHER IT IS COMING FROM DOMESTIC OR OVERSEAS. AS A RESULT THAT IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST THING THAT WE WILL CHANGE FOR NORTHLAND. THERE IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE INFRASTRUCTURE HELPS PEOPLE GET HIGHER INCOMES AND HIGHER INCOMES MEANS MORE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET. I WANT YOU TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEBATE ABOUT ADULT KIDS PAYING RENT. PAY BOARD? OR RENT. WE HAVEN'T, BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE WITH MY SON, I HAVE AN ADULT CHILD TENANCY AGREEMENTS THAT I HAD HIM SIGN WHEN HE TURNED 18 WITH A SERIES OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. THAT'S WORKED VERY WELL. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS, WE'RE NOT REMINDING HIM TO EMPTY THE DISHWASHER OR PUT THE CLOTHES OUT, SO EACH PARENT HAS TO WORK THAT OUT FOR THEMSELVES, AND FOR ME, ONCE YOU TURN 18, WE TURN INTO 24 SEVEN CONSULTANT MODE, AND YOU CAN COME TO US, BUT YOU ARE OUT ON YOUR OWN. THAT'S EVEN MORE NEXT LEVEL THAN YOURS. ACTUALLY, GARETH BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT, I DON'T CARE HOW OLD MY BABIES ARE, THEY WILL BE WELCOME HOME FREE OF CHARGE. EVERYONE IS TOO FOCUSED ON MONEY. GARETH, IT IS ABOUT TEACHING YOUR KIDS RESPONSIBILITY. SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT MONEY. TRISH, OUT SON TURNED 16, HE HAD A JOB, WE MADE HIM PAY BOARD BUT WE PUT HIS BOARD INTO SAVINGS SO THAT WE NEEDED TURN 18, THERE WAS ENOUGH TO HAVE HIM BUY A CAR. THAT BOARD WAS 150 A WEEK. I AM KEEN. I AM KEEN TO LEARN ALL I CAN. THAT'S COMING UP TO 7:15. E HAERE AKE NEI ` A CALL FOR POLICE TO WEAR BODYCAMS FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A MAN SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS DETAINED BY OFFICERS. THAT STORY AFTER THE BREAK. (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. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SUSPECTED OPIOID OVERDOSE IN WAIRARAPA AFTER THREE PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALISED AT THE WEEKEND. A PLEA FOR HELP FROM AUCKLAND COUNCIL AS HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES A PLEA FOR HELP FROM AUCKLAND COUNCIL AS HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES TO RISE WITH REPORTS OF A 53% INCREASE OVER FOUR MONTHS. AND NEW ZEALAND'S TOP RANKED TENNIS PLAYER LULU SUN HAS BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF THE INDIAN WELLS TOURNAMENT IN THE THIRD ROUND. THE FAMILY OF A FATHER OF TWO WHO DIED SHORTLY AFTER BEING TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY EARLIER THIS MONTH ARE CALLING FOR THE MANDATORY USE OF POLICE BODY CAMERAS. FAASALA SAMU MATUE (45) DIED AT ORERE POINT BEACH IN EAST AUCKLAND ON THE 2nd MARCH. POLICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER JILL ROGERS SAYS THREE LENGTHY INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY AND CONCLUSIONS SHOULD NOT BE DRAWN UNTIL THOSE ARE COMPLETE. CLEO FRASER WITH THIS REPORT ` AND A WARNING ` SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND THE IMAGES IN THIS STORY DISTRESSING. (CHOIR SINGS IN SAMOAN) THE BODY OF FAASALA SAMU MATUE, OR SAM, LIES AT THE FAMILY HOME IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU. A FAMILY GRIEVING AND ON A SEARCH FOR ANSWERS. OUR PLEA AS A FAMILY IS TO BRING AWARENESS TO THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER FAMILY TO SUFFER LIKE WE HAVE TO. TO HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS LIKE WE HAVE, BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT FAIR AT ALL. LUBICA MATIASI, KNOWN AS BECCA, IS SAM'S FIRST COUSIN. SHE'S A BUSINESS OWNER, A MEMBER OF THE MORMON CHURCH, AND THE NOMINATED SPOKESPERSON FOR SAM'S SIBLINGS AND EXTENDED FAMILY. HER COUSIN SAM DIED ON MARCH THE 2ND IN EAST AUCKLAND, SOON AFTER BEING TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY. A THREE-MINUTE VIDEO HAS SURFACED SHOWING SOME OF THE MOMENTS PRIOR AND DURING HIS ARREST. WE JUST WANT JUSTICE FOR SAM BECAUSE HE DIDN'T DESERVE TO DIE LIKE THAT. THIS IS THE ACCOUNT FROM POLICE ` SAM WAS THE SOLE PASSENGER OF A VEHICLE BEING SOUGHT IN RELATION TO AN AGGRAVATED ROBBERY THAT OCCURRED AT A BAR ON MARCH THE 1ST. THAT WAS IN TAKAPUNA, IN AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE. POLICE SAY THE CAR WAS SPOTTED AT PAPAKURA IN SOUTH AUCKLAND THE FOLLOWING AFTERNOON, MARCH 2ND. THE CAR FAILED TO STOP AND DROVE NORTH-EAST TO ORERE POINT BEACH, WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP AND THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. (SOLEMN MUSIC) POLICE SAY SAM CHALLENGED AN OFFICER WITH A METAL POLE. IT SAYS OFFICERS USED TASERS AND PEPPER SPRAY. POLICE ALLEGE SAM CONTINUED TO RESIST ARREST, AND IT SAYS AN OFFICER SUFFERED A SERIOUS HAND INJURY AFTER BEING BITTEN BY SAM. A POLICE DOG WAS THEN DEPLOYED AND SAM WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BUT QUICKLY BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. POLICE SAY OFFICERS PROVIDED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IMMEDIATELY AND A MEDICAL HELICOPTER WAS DISPATCHED, BUT SAM COULDN'T BE REVIVED AND DIED AT THE SCENE. BECCA HAS SHARED HER VIEWS ABOUT THE VIDEO SHOWING HER COUSIN'S ARREST. IT WAS SO UNFAIR. YOU KNOW, HE WAS ON THE ON THE GROUND ON THESE ROCKS, BEING TASERED BY BY TWO DIFFERENT TASERS, (SNIFFS) AND THEN TO BE KICKED, AND THEN HAVE A DOG ON HIM. IT WAS` IT WAS JUST` YEAH, VERY, VERY EMOTIONAL TO SEE THAT HAPPEN TO A PERSON. AND THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE MY COUSIN TO, YOU KNOW, FOR ME TO FEEL FOR THAT PERSON BECAUSE THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST LIKE, VERY INHUMANE, YOU KNOW? POLICE SAY AN AUTOPSY WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE SAM'S CAUSE OF DEATH, AND FURTHER TOXICOLOGY TESTS ARE BEING CARRIED OUT. BREAKFAST PUT THE FAMILY'S CONCERNS TO POLICE. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER JILL ROGERS SAID THREE INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY, INCLUDING BY THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER STRONGLY ADVISE MAKING ANY CONCLUSIONS UNTIL ALL OF THE INFORMATION, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE, HAD BEEN REVIEWED. BECCA AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS BREAKFAST SPOKE TO SAY THEY DON'T KNOW WHY SAM WAS IN THE VEHICLE, BEING PURSUED BY POLICE. (HAUNTING MUSIC) BREAKFAST VISITED THE SCENE AT THE WEEKEND. DAYS EARLIER, SAM'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED AT ORERE POINT BEACH TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. (PERFORMS HAKA) SAM MOVED FROM AUCKLAND TO BRISBANE IN HIS EARLY TEENS. BECCA KNOWS LITTLE ABOUT HIS LIFE IN AUSTRALIA, BUT THEY DID KEEP IN TOUCH. SHE SAYS HER COUSIN DOES HAVE A CRIMINAL HISTORY. AROUND 2018, HE WAS DEPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA TO NEW ZEALAND UNDER THAT COUNTRY'S 501 POLICY. HE SPENT TIME IN PRISON WHEN HE RETURNED TO NEW ZEALAND. TO BE HONEST, NO, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, THE EXACT DETAILS OF WHY HE HAD COME BACK. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAD ASKED HIM PERSONALLY, AND I GUESS, LIKE, I DIDN'T NEED TO KNOW, LIKE, HE'S MY COUSIN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T JUDGE HIM ON ON ANYTHING THAT HE HAD DONE. (CHOIR SINGS IN SAMOAN) HE WAS DOING SOMETHING THAT HE LOVED. HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS KIDS COMING, YOU KNOW, TO VISIT HIM FROM AUSTRALIA. HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING HIS GRANDSON FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE FAMILY HAS LAUNCHED A PETITION CALLING FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION AND MANDATORY POLICE BODY CAMERAS. JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, SITUATIONS LIKE THIS OR EVEN JUST` JUST ANY, I GUESS, MINOR OFFENCES THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO PROVE. (CHOIR SINGS IN SAMOAN) FOLLOWING AN ENQUIRY FROM BREAKFAST, POLICE YESTERDAY REVEALED SAM MATUE WAS A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE ALLEGED AGGRAVATED ROBBERY AT TAKAPUNA ON MARCH 1. POLICE SAY A FIREARM WAS INVOLVED. THIS INFORMATION CAME AS A TOTAL SURPRISE TO SAM'S COUSIN BEKA MATIASI LAST NIGHT. SHE SAID POLICE TOLD THE FAMILY SAM WAS NOT A PERSON OF INTEREST. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. (UPBEAT MUSIC) # I AM A KILLER. # KILLER, KILLER, KILLER. IT'S TIME FOR A GIVEAWAY! WITH THE FIFA WORLD CUP OCEANIA QUALIFIER GAMES OCEANIA. THANK YOU. JUST OVER A WEEK AWAY, WE'RE GIVING YOU THE CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF TWO SIGNED ALL WHITE JERSEYS. LOOK AT THAT. JUST HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz AND WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS LATER THIS MORNING AT 8.20. WE'LL ALSO BE CHATTING WITH ALL WHITES COACH DARREN BAZELEY AND DEFENDER FRANCIS DE VRIES SHORTLY. AND A REMINDER ` YOU CAN WATCH THE FIFA WORLD CUP '26 OCEANIA QUALIFIER GAMES FROM 3pm FRIDAY 21st MARCH ON TVNZ 2 AND TVNZ+. BUT I DO ACTUALLY WANT TO KNOW FROM YOU, CHANGY, DO YOU FOLD ALL OF YOUR T-SHIRT THIS WAY? YES, I ACTUALLY DO AN EXTRA FOLD THERE, BUT I CAN SHOW YOU HOW I MARIE KONDO THAT. BUT BEFORE YOU DO THAT, YOU NEED TO DO THE NEWS. THERE ARE FEARS A SYNTHETIC OPIOID SUBSTANCE BEING LABELLED AS 'COCAINE' IS BEING SOLD ACROSS THE COUNTRY. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SUSPECTED OPIOID OVERDOSE IN WAIRARAPA AFTER THREE PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALISED AT THE WEEKEND. THE SOURCE HAS NOT YET BEEN ESTABLISHED, BUT DRUG INFORMATION AND ALERTS AOTEAROA SAYS MISREPRESENTATION CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE ALONG THE SUPPLY CHAIN. OPIOID EFFECTS CAN INCLUDE BLUE LIPS, CLAMMY SKIN, DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND SEIZURES. AND CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S STILL DEFENDING EMBATTLED MP ANDREW BAYLY'S DECISION TO TAKE LEAVE TO CLIMB MT EVEREST WHILE PARLIAMENT'S STILL SITTING. BAYLY STOOD DOWN FROM HIS PORTFOLIO'S LAST MONTH AFTER ADMITTING HE GRABBED THE ARM OF A STAFFER DURING A DISCUSSION HE DESCRIBED AS 'ANIMATED'. LUXON SAYS HE'S ENTITLED TO TAKE SOME TIME OUT. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT SITUATIONS, EVEN IN YOUR OWN ORGANISATION AND OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES, WHEN SOMEONE HAS HAD A SETBACK AND A DISAPPOINTMENT AND THEY NEED A CHANCE TO CLEAR THEIR HEAD AND THEIR BOSS HAS SAID TO THEM, WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO, DO THAT. IT IS NOT WHAT I WOULD DO, BUT HE WILL BE BACK HERE WORKING IN HIS ELECTORATE. BAYLY WILL BE TAKING TWO WEEKS LEAVE TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST'S BASE CAMP. THE LA COUNTRY'S TOP PROSECUTOR HAS ACCUSED THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS OF REPEATEDLY LYING ABOUT WHY THEY KILLED THEIR PARENTS AND SAID THEY SHOULD NOT BE RE-SENTENCED. LYLE AND ERIK MENENDEZ WERE JAILED FOR LIFE IN 1996 FOR THEIR PARENTS' MURDERS BUT PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE BROTHERS GREW AFTER EVIDENCE EMERGED THAT THEY HAD BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED BY THEIR FATHER. BUT DISTRICT ATTORNEY NATHAN HOCKMAN SAYS THE PAIR'S SELF-DEFENCE ARGUMENT DOES NOT MATCH THE FACTS OF THE CASE, WHICH SHOWED THE MURDERS HAD BEEN PLANNED. HOCKMAN SAYS HE WILL SUPPORT A FUTURE RE-SENTENCING BID IF THE BROTHERS ACKNOWLEDGE THE LIES. KIWIS INTERNATIONAL DYLAN BROWN HAS CONFIRMED HE'S DEPARTING THE PARRAMATTA EELS AT THE END OF THE 2025 SEASON AFTER SIGNING THE MOST LUCRATIVE CONTRACT IN NRL HISTORY. HE'S REPORTEDLY JOINING THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS ON A 10-YEAR DEAL WORTH AROUND $14 MILLION. IN A STATEMENT ON INSTAGRAM, THE PLAYMAKER SAID IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS BEST FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY. THE EELS GENERAL MANAGER SAYS THE MOVE IS UNDERSTANDABLE, AND THE CLUB WON'T BEGRUDGE HIM FOR ACCEPTING THE DEAL. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) LET'S CHECK OUT WHAT THE WEATHER IS DOING AT YOUR PLACE TODAY. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, PALMERSTON NORTH AND THE CAPITAL CAN EXPECT SOME CLOUD COVERAGE, WITH A NORTH-WESTERLY HITTING OUR WINDY CITY IN THE MORNING. 25 THE HIGH FOR WHANGAREI. 22 FOR TAUPO. A FINE START TO THE DAY AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH, BEFORE TURNING CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. FOR THOSE IN KAIKOURA AND THE NELSON AREA, LET'S GET THERE. THERE WE ARE. PARTLY CLOUDY FURTHER DOWN. INVERCARGILL, YOU CAN GET YOUR BROLLIES READY, WITH RAIN AND WIND EXPECTED FOR THE DAY. 27 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 23 IN TIMARU. THANKS, CHANGY. THIS NEXT SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY WORLD TRAVELLERS. WORLD TRAVELLERS SPECIALISE IN TAILOR-MADE ITINERARIES AND BESPOKE ADVENTURES TO BUILD UNIQUE HOLIDAY EXPERIENCES. TO TELL US MORE IS LUISA WALSH FROM WORLD TRAVELLERS. GOOD MORNING. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT EXPEDITION CRUISING THIS MORNING. WHAT EXACTLY IS IT? EXPEDITION CRUISING IS A REALLY EXCITING AND UNIQUE WAY TO CRUISE. HX HAS BEEN DOING EXPEDITION CRUISING FOR 130 YEARS, AND IT IS ALL ABOUT TRAVELLING TO THE UNKNOWN. THEY WANT TO TAKE YOU UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL TO SOME OF THE MOST BREATHTAKING PLACES ON THE EARTH, AND THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE DESTINATION. SO IT COULD BE ANTARCTICA, GOING AND LOOKING AT THE PENGUINS, GOING ON AN ICE PLUNGE IN THE OCEAN, OR UP TO THE ARCTIC CIRCLE ` LOOKING AT THE POLAR BEARS AND NORTHERN LIGHTS, SO THE DESTINATION IS REALLY KEY, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU ARE BACK ON BOARD A BEAUTIFUL LUXURY CRUISE, AND THAT IS ALL-INCLUSIVE. CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY ASPECT OF THIS. BECAUSE HX IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THIS, RIGHT? IT IS VERY SCIENCE FOCUSED. THEY WANT YOU TO HAVE A COMPLETE EXPERIENCE, HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND TAKE THAT AWAY. THEY HAVE A WORLD-CLASS SCIENCE CENTRE ON BOARD THEIR SHIPS. THEY HAVE EXPERTS GIVING LECTURES ALL ABOUT IT ON BOARD. THE OTHER THING THEY ARE DOING ` THEY ARE REALLY WORKING ON THE SUSTAINABILITY. THEY HAVE TWO SHIPS NOW THAT A HYBRID. THAT IS 20% LESS EMISSIONS TO A SIMILAR SIZE CRUISE SHIP. THE OTHER THING THAT DOING THAT IS REALLY SPECIAL AS THEY GET ALL OF THEIR PRODUCE AND FOOD ON BOARD LOCALLY SOURCED. SO THEY ARE REALLY PUTTING BACK INTO THE COMMUNITIES AND THE DESTINATIONS. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE DESTINATIONS NOW? VANCOUVER ` WHY SHOULD THIS BE ON OUR LIST? IT IS SUCH A GREAT CITY. IT IS A CITY ON THE EDGE OF NATURE WITH THE MOUNTAINS ON ONE SIDE AND THE PACIFIC COAST ON THE OTHER. IT IS A REALLY GREEN, CLEAN CITY. IT DOESN'T MATTER YOUR AGE OR WHAT YOUR INTERESTS ARE, THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. TELL US ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES. SO MUCH TO DO AND SEE. THERE'S THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE TO GO AND VISIT. IF YOU ARE INTO THE OUTDOORS, YOU CAN GO KAYAKING. TAKE THE FERRY ACROSS TO VANCOUVER ISLAND. IF YOU ARE A FOODIE, YOU CAN GO TO THEIR MARKETS. WITH DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM AUCKLAND TO VANCOUVER ON A DAILY BASIS, IT IS REALLY ACCESSIBLE NOW. SO IT IS A GREAT CITY AND A GREAT STOPOVER ON THE WAY TO EUROPE AS WELL. I LIKE THIS. CHANGY, YOU ARE KIND OF NODDING YOUR HEAD. YOU HAVE BEEN TO VANCOUVER. YES. IT KIND OF REMINDS ME OF QUEENSTOWN WITH THAT WATER ` BEAUTIFUL. YOU CAN GET ON AN HX EXPEDITION CRUISE AND AWAY YOU GO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ME U TONU MAI ` JUST TWO MATCHES STAND BETWEEN THE ALL WHITES AND WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION. THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES NEXT. (UPBEAT MUSIC) # PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME, BABY. KIA ORA ANO. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THE COMMERCE COMMISSION'S TAKING HELLOFRESH TO COURT FOR ALLEGEDLY MISLEADING CONSUMERS OVER SUBSCRIPTIONS. AT LEAST 16 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN FLOODS CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN ON ARGENTINA'S EAST COAST, WITH RESCUE TEAMS CONTINUING THE SEARCH FOR THE DOZENS OF MISSING PEOPLE. HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS CONTINUE TO LASH AUSTRALIA'S SOUTHEAST COAST IN THE AFTERMATH OF EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED. THANKS, JENNY MAY. THE ALL WHITES ARE ON THE BRINK OF QUALIFYING FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2009. THEY'RE A MERE TWO WINS AWAY, WITH A SEMI-FINAL AGAINST FIJI ON THE CARDS NEXT FRIDAY. COACH DARREN BAZELEY IS SET TO NAME IS SQUAD TODAY FOR THE FINAL PUSH. HE JOINS US NOW, ALONG WITH ALL WHITES DEFENDER FRANCIS DE VRIES. GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. SAFE TO SAY, FRANCIS, YOU ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SQUAD? (LAUGHTER) HOPE SO, OTHERWISE THIS COULD BE QUITE AWKWARD. DARREN, PERHAPS I SHOULD ASK YOU. YES. CHRIS WILL BE COMING AS WELL. YES, HE IS EXCITED TO COME. THE FACT THAT HE IS COMING BACK FOR THESE GAMES, WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THEM? THESE ARE MASSIVE GAMES. THEY ARE A COMBINATION OF THREE YEARS WORK LEADING UP TO THE WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS. THE WORLD CUP IS SUCH A BIG TOURNAMENT EVERY FOUR YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN THERE TWICE IN OUR HISTORY, AS ALWAYS, AND THESE ARE THE GAMES WE NEED TO WHEN TO GO TO THE WORLD CUP, SO IT IS EXCITING. I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, THESE GAMES THAT ARE COMING UP I JUST AGAINST FIJI AND NEW CALEDONIA, BUT EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE HOW BIG IT IS IF WE WIN THESE GAMES. WE DON'T TAKE ANYTHING LIGHTLY, BUT A LOT OF US REMEMBER 2010 AND HOW BIG IT WAS. AND PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT GOING BACK TO WELLINGTON AND THE SCENE OF WHAT IS OUR MOST FAMOUS NIGHT THERE. THERE ARE A COUPLE STILL FROM THAT NIGHT. I REMEMBER AS A TEENAGER WATCHING ON THE COUCH WITH MY PARENTS. I KNOW A LOT OF THE BOYS ARE THE SAME AS ME. WE ARE DEFINITELY EXCITED. AUCKLAND FC ARE ABSOLUTELY KILLING IT RIGHT NOW. HOW GOOD IS IT TO BE BACK IN NEW ZEALAND AND WITH A CLUB THAT IS FLYING HIGH? IT IS VERY COOL. I COME TO SOME GAMES. EVERY SECOND WEEK. IT IS GREAT. HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF FANS COME WHEN WE PLAY AT SKY STADIUM. WHAT HAVE YOU MADE OF FRANCIS' DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCES HERE? WE HAVE KNOWN HIM A LONG TIME, AND WE ALWAYS KNEW HE WAS A GOOD PLAYER WHO COULD PLAY AT A HIGH LEVEL, SO HE HAS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK TO NEW ZEALAND, AND HE HAS GRABBED HER AND IS DOING REALLY WELL. WE ARE BLESSED WITH THE SQUAD WE HAVE AROUND THE WORLD OF QUALITY PLAYERS AT THE MOMENT, AND IT HAS GIVEN US SOME REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS TO MAKE. AUCKLAND HAS REALLY HELPED PUSH A LOT OF KIWIS FORWARD AND GIVE THEM A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOWCASE THEMSELVES. AS THIS ONE OF THE HARDEST SQUADS TO NAME AND WHAT WILL BE A HARD STARTING 11 IS UP? AS WELL* WE HAVE A LOT OF PLAYERS PLAYING AT A HIGH LEVEL. WE TRACK ON A WEEKLY BASIS ABOUT 60 PLAYERS. NOW WE KNOW WHEN WE DO GET TOGETHER THAT THE PLAYERS HAD TO PERFORM. IT IS A LONG TIME, THOUGH, THE QUALIFICATION PERIOD ` THE WORLD CUP IS NOT UNTIL NEXT YEAR, SO YOU MIGHT HAVE NEW PLAYERS COMING TO THE FOUR. IT IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING. THE PLAYERS NEED TO KEEP PERFORMING CONSISTENTLY IN THEIR CLUBS. IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL OVER THE NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE THE FIRST TEAM AND COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO QUALIFY FOR THE WORLD CUP, WHICH WILL BE AMAZING. FRANCIS, YOUR JOURNEY TO WHERE YOU ARE NOW HAS BEEN QUITE INTERESTING IN TERMS OF HOW YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH EUROPE AND THAT KIND OF THING. COULD YOU TELL US A BIT ABOUT HOW YOU GOT TO WHERE YOU ARE NOW? IT HAS BEEN A ROLLERCOASTER OF YES AND NO, UP AND DOWN. I PLAYED FOR FIVE YEARS IN EUROPE IN THE LOWER DIVISIONS IN SWEDEN, AND METIS MADE IT UP TO THE TOP IN THE END IN THE TOP LEAGUE, AND THAT'S WHERE I GOT THE ALL-WHITE'S CALL UP FROM. I GUESS THIS IS A LESSON TO EVERYONE THAT YOU CAN GO WHICHEVER WAY YOU WANT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A CERTAIN WAY. IF YOU KEEP GOING, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN. JENNY MAY, DO YOU WANT TO ASK SOMETHING FROM THE CORNER? I AM JUST GUESSING FROM A COACHING PERSPECTIVE, HOW DO YOU BRING PLAYERS TOGETHER? HOW DO YOU PULL THEM IN AND GET BUY IN FROM THEM IN THE WAY THAT YOU WANT TO PLAY THE GAME? WE PUT REAL EMPHASIS ON THE CULTURE. WE ARE REALLY LUCKY. THE PLAYERS WE HAVE REALLY LOVE COMING BACK AND REPRESENTING NEW ZEALAND. WE ONLY GET MAYBE TWO TRAINING SESSIONS BEFORE WE PLAY THESE GAMES. DOESN'T MAKE IT HARDER, THEN? IT DOES. BUT WE ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH HOW WE PLAY. THE CONNECTION AND THE COHESIVENESS OF THE PLAYERS HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD. SO WHEN WE GET TOGETHER, IT IS THE BEST TIME TO SEE KIWIS COME TOGETHER FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND JUST CONTINUE BUILDING THE CULTURE AND THAT CONNECTION OFF THE PITCH. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US. THE THING THAT REALLY IMPRESSES ME ABOUT THIS TEAM IS THAT A NUMBER OF YOUNG MEN PLAYING OVERSEAS, NOW SPEAKING OUR MULTIPLE LANGUAGES THAT IT IS A REALLY COSMOPOLITAN TEAM. SPEAKING FRENCH, ITALIAN. YOU SPEAK SWEDISH NOW, AS WELL, RIGHT? DO YOU MIND IF I ASK YOU WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTING FROM THESE GAMES, AND YOU ANSWER IN SWEDISH? (SPEAKS SWEDISH) MEANS EVERYONE SHOULD SHOW UP TO THE GAME. YOU ARE GREAT REPRESENTATIVES. CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING NAMED IN THE SQUAD. YOU ARE EXCLUSIVELY BEING NAMED THIS MORNING AS THE FIRST TWO PLAYERS. AND HOW YOU GO, CHANGY. WE ARE ALSO GIVING THIS AWAY. I PICKED YOUR NAME OUT THERE AS WELL. HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz AND WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS IN JUST OVER 30 MINUTES, SO GET IN QUICK! AND A REMINDER, YOU CAN WATCH THE FIFA WORLD CUP OCEANIA QUALIFIER GAMES FROM 3pm FRIDAY 21 MARCH ON TVNZ2 AND TVNZ+. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WHY GOLFERS ARE CRYING FOUL OVER PLANS TO TURN ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST POPULAR COURSES INTO A FLOOD CATCHMENT ZONE. # TELL ME THE REASON. 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. VOICEOVER: What a time to be into dragons with Spark Mobile. LOOKING GOOD, TAMAKI MAKAURAU. FINE FOR MOST BUT THE CHANCE OF A MORNING SHOWER NORTH OF WHANGAPARAOA. CLOUD INCREASING THIS EVENING. SOUTH-WESTERLIES DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. THE TUNES OF TODAY'S CHOIR IN THIS. YES, JUST BEFORE NINE. THIS IS WHERE HISTORY WILL BE MADE ON THE 21ST AND WELLINGTON AND THE CAKE TIN. TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA WELLNGTON ` 21, PARTLY CLOUDY. FRESH NORTHWESTERLIES, BECOMING STRONG THIS MORNING. OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH 25, PICTURESQUE AS USUAL. FINE APART FOR EVENING CLOUD. NORTHWESTERLIES DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON, CHANGING FRESH SOUTHWESTERLY AT NIGHT. # I'M WALKING ON SUNSHINE. # AND DON'T IT FEEL GOOD! WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ADULT KIDS. AND ADULTS MOVING BACK IN WITH THEIR PARENTS. THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, ABOUT 100,000, ACCORDING TO STATS NZ. MANY OF YOU ARE SAYING THE SAME, WE HAVE GOT THAT CONVERSATION BUT ALSO HOW DO YOU TEACH YOUR KIDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE, DO YOU CHARGE THEM RENT, ET CETERA. I PUT THAT MONEY ASIDE, SAYS IS ONE READER AND DID NOT TELL HIM. THAT'S A NICE WAY OF DOING IT. MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THE SAME THING ` WE CHARGE RENT ONCE THE KIDS START EARNING BUT THEN TAKE THAT MONEY AND PUT IT AWAY UNTIL THEY LEAVE AND THEN IT IS A NICE LITTLE NEST EGG FOR THEM. IT WILL BE A MASSIVE SURPRISE AT THE END OF IT. WE HAVE ALWAYS TREATED OUR SITUATION WITH MUM AS FLATTING. LIKE COEXISTING ADULTS RATHER THAN AN ADULT ENTIRE RELATIONSHIP LET US KNOW. WE ASKED THE PRIME MINISTER ABOUT HOW HE WOULD ROLL WITH IT. I DON'T THINK HIS KIDS LIVE AT HOME, BUT HE HAS QUITE TO THE ARRANGEMENT WITH HIS SON. THEY HAD A CONTRACT WRITTEN UP WITH 18 ABOUT THE EXPECTATIONS, I JUST DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA OF IT. YOU DO IT WHEN IT COMES TO PHONES, COME ON, JENNY MAY, THINK. KEEP IT COMING. ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST POPULAR GOLF COURSES IS FIGHTING A PROPOSAL TO TURN THE AREA INTO A FLOOD CATCHMENT ZONE. AUCKLAND COUNCIL WANTS TO BUILD A 20ha WETLAND ON TAKAPUNA GOLF COURSE THAT COULD HOLD AROUND 220 OLYMPIC SWIMMING POOLS WORTH OF RAIN DURING EXTREME WEATHER. IT'S PART OF A PLAN TO FLOOD-PROOF THE CITY, WITH HOPES THE CATCHMENT AREA WOULD PREVENT A REPEAT OF THE DEADLY ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND FLOODS TWO YEARS AGO. BUT THE GOLF CLUB SAYS THEY WEREN'T CONSULTED AND THE PROPOSAL PUTS THE COURSE IN JEOPARDY. JACOB JOHNSON JOINS US NOW FROM TAKAPUNA. MORENA, JACOB. MORENA, JACOB. KIA ORA, J-MAY. I AM STANDING ON ONE OF 18 HOLES HERE AT THE GOLF COURSE, BUT UNDER THAT PLAN, THE NUMBER OF HOLES HERE COULD BE HALVED ALL THE GOLF COURSE COULD CLOSE IT HIGHLY. VISIBLE, I AM JOINED BY TOM FROM AUCKLAND COUNCIL. WHY HERE, WHY DOES THE COUNCIL WANT TO SET UP A WETLAND HERE AT THE GOLF COURSE? WE HAVE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS GOING BACK TO THE 2O30s. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS TRYING TO MITIGATE THAT BUT FUNDING. YOU TALK ABOUT THE FLOODING, OBVIOUSLY, TWO YEARS AGO, WE SAW A LOT OF DEVASTATION IN THE COMMUNITY, TO LIVE IS LOST AS WELL. HAVE YOU KEPT THE GOLF COURSE IN THE LOOP WITH THESE PLANS? SO WE DID THE INITIAL CONSULTATION BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVEN'T STARTED IT UP ON THIS. PROBABLY OVER THE NEXT YEAR WE WILL DO MUCH MORE/ THIS IS REALLY IMPACTFUL FOR THE COMMUNITIES. OBVIOUSLY, THIS WILL BE FUNDED BY RATEPAYERS. AS WELL AS THE GOVERNMENT, YES. IF YOU GET THE SIGN UP, YOU GET TWO YEARS LOOKING AFTER THE COMMUNITY AND AFTER THAT YOU WILL BE ABOUT TWO YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION. TOM, THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING IN STEVE NOW WHO IS A SPOKESPERSON AT THE GOLF COURSE. MORENA, STEVE. I LIKE TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO THAT. WHEN WERE YOU BOUGHT INTO THE PROCESS? TWO WEEKS. WE HAVE BEEN PART OF THE COUNCIL'S STORMWATER RETENTION HERE FOR DECADES, THE GOLF COURSE HAS BEEN HESITANT 1931, AND SINCE THAT TIME, FOR DECADES, THE COURSE HAS FLOODED, PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY AND LIVES AND WE ARE JUST SHOCKED AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED, JUST THE SIZE OF IT. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND, THOUGH, WE DO NEED MORE SPACE FOR RAINFALL. FOR SURELY YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETHING HAS GOT TO GIVE. CURRENTLY, WHAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT WE DO PROVIDE THAT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S YES, SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A GOLF COURSE REMAIN HERE WHEN IT DOES IT WE THINK IT IS POSSIBLE. YOU SET UP A PETITION ONLINEZ/ YES, THAT IS JUST FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES�. YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE A COMPROMISE? YES. CONSULTATION BEGINS ON THIS NEXT MONTH. THAT IS, JAKE. JACON JOHNSON. STILL TO COME ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ` CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED OVER A BILLIONAIRE'S STAKE IN MEDIA COMPANY NZME AND POSSIBLE MOVES TO EXERT MORE INFLUENCE. WHAT IT MEANS FOR AOTEAROA'S ALREADY FRAGILE MEDIA LANDSCAPE. EVER WONDERED WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE UNCLAIMED SUITCASES THAT JUST KEEP GOING ROUND AND ROUND THE LUGGAGE CAROUSEL? WE TRACK DOWN WHERE 9000kg OF LOST PROPERTY FROM AUCKLAND AIRPORT ENDS UP. PLUS, DO YOU HAVE A PLACE IN YOUR HOME ` AND YOUR HEART ` FOR ONE OF THESE WEE FUZZBALLS? WE HELP THE SPCA FIND FOREVER HOMES FOR SOME OF THEIR ANIMALS. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. THANKS, CHRIS. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION'S TAKING HELLOFRESH TO COURT FOR ALLEGEDLY MISLEADING CONSUMERS OVER SUBSCRIPTIONS. THE COMMISSION'S FILED CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE MEAL KIT COMPANY SAYING IT USED COLD CALLS AND VOUCHERS TO MISLEAD CUSTOMERS INTO REACTIVATING CANCELLED SUBSCRIPTIONS. CUSTOMERS WERE ALLEGEDLY OFFERED A DISCOUNT VOUCHER WITHOUT IT BEING MADE CLEAR THAT ACCEPTING IT WOULD REACTIVATE THEIR SUBSCRIPTION AND THEY WOULD BE CHARGED. CHRISTOPHER LUXON STILL SUPPORTS HIS FOREIGN MINISTER'S DECISION TO SACK NEW ZEALAND'S HIGH COMMISSIONER, DESPITE NOT BEING CONSULTED. WINSTON PETERS SAYS THE REMARKS PHIL GOFF MADE ABOUT DONALD TRUMP MADE WERE 'DEEPLY DISAPPOINTING', PROMPTING HIS FIRING. LUXON SAYS HE HAS FULL FAITH IN WINSTON PETERS TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS. PHIL GOFF, FRANKLY... YOU KNOW, WE NEED DIPLOMATS TO BE DIPLOMATS, AND HE WASN'T. WISTON PETERS MADE THE RIGHT DECISION. AND LET'S BE CLEAR ` YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT KINDERGARTEN; THIS IS CABINET. I HAVE FULLY EMPOWERED MINISTERS THAT IS NOT A DECISION I NEED TO BE CONSULTED ON. I FULLY SUPPORT THE DECISION WINSTON MADE. YOU KNOW, IT'S EXACTLY THE RIGHT ONE. PETERS SAYS IT WAS A DISAPPOINTING DECISION TO HAVE TO MAKE. AT LEAST 16 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN FLOODS CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN ON ARGENTINA'S EAST COAST. RESCUE TEAMS ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR MISSING PEOPLE NEARLY 1500 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVACUATED FROM A CITY SOUTH OF BAHIA BLANCA, THOUGH NO RAIN IS FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 72 HOURS. THE NEW ZEALAND DOMESTIC BASKETBALL LEAGUE'S NEWEST TEAM, THE INDIAN PANTHERS, WILL BE WITHOUT EIGHT OF THEIR PLAYERS FOR THE START OF THE NEW SEASON WHICH TIPS OFF TOMORROW. A NUMBER OF PLAYERS THAT MAKE UP THE SIDE WILL REMAIN IN INDIA FOR THEIR NATIONAL TEAM'S BASKETBALL CAMP AHEAD OF THEIR LAST CHANCE ASIA CUP QUALIFYING MATCH. THEY'RE SET TO MISS THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF THE COMPETITION. SO WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS A LIST OF NAMES HAS BEEN SENT SO WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS A LIST OF NAMES HAS BEEN SENT TO THE COMMISSION AND CIRCULATED AROUND TEAMS ABOUT PLAYERS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO COME IN AND BE KIWI PLAYERS, AND THEY WILL BE GIVEN A DISPENSATION TO HAVE A MAJORITY KIWI TEAM PLAY FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, TE PAPAIOEA PALMERSTON NORTH AND THE CAPITAL CAN EXPECT SOME CLOUD COVERAGE, WITH A NORTH-WESTERLY HITTING OUR WINDY CITY IN THE MORNING. 25 THE HIGH FOR WHANGAREI. 22 FOR TAUPO. A FINE START TO THE DAY AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH, BEFORE TURNING CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. FOR THOSE IN KAIKOURA AND THE NELSON AREA, PARTLY CLOUDY FURTHER DOWN. WAIHOPAI INVERCARGILL, YOU CAN GET YOUR UMBRELLAS READY, WITH RAIN AND WIND EXPECTED FOR THE DAY. 27 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 23 IN TIMARU. A BILLIONAIRE WHO HAS JUST BOUGHT A STAKE IN ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST MEDIA PUBLISHERS IS HITTING BACK AT CONCERNS HIS INVOLVEMENT COULD UNDERMINE EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE. AUCKLAND BASED JIM GRENON HAS ACQUIRED CLOSE TO 10% OF NZME, WHICH OWNS THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD, NEWSTALK ZB AND A NUMBER OF OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND RADIO STATIONS. MR GRENON SAYS HE HAS NO CURRENT INTENTION OF MAKING A TAKEOVER BID, BUT HE'S NOW SEEKING TO GATHER ENOUGH SHAREHOLDER SUPPORT TO REMOVE THE BOARD AND APPOINT HIMSELF AMONG THE NEW DIRECTORS. IN A STATEMENT TO TVNZ, THE CANADIAN-BORN BUSINESSMAN SAYS WHILE HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF MEDIA HERE, READING INTO HIS INTENTIONS IS PURELY SPECULATION. E TU DIRECTOR MICHAEL WOOD JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING, CHRIS. WHAT IS THE CONCERN HERE? THE CONCERN IS ABOUT THE IDEA OF EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE ` WHAT IS THAT? AS MEN'S JOURNALISTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THEIR WORK, ASK QUESTIONS, WHOLE PEOPLE TO ACCOUNT WITHOUT EXTERNAL INFLUENCE. WHY WOULDN'T THEY BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN THIS CASE? PRINCIPLE IS ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT TO JOURNALISM, AND WHETHER YOU ARE PUBLICLY IN THE MEDIA, YOU DON'T WANT THEM TELLING JOURNALISTS WHAT TO DO. YOU DON'T WANT EXTERNAL INFLUENCES LIKE THE BORDER SHAREHOLDERS TELLING GENERALISTS WHAT THEIR JOB SHOULD BE AND THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT THIS MAN'S TRACK RECORD AS SOMEONE WHO HAS TRIED TO USE MEDIA TO STEER PUBLIC DISCOURSE. HE HAS NOT BEEN CLEAR ABOUT HIS INTENTIONS WHEN HE ORIGINALLY BOUGHT HIS STAKE, HE SAID, THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE YOU, NO FURTHER MOVE, AND THE NEXT WEEK WE LEARNED THAT HE IS WORKING WITH OTHERS TO TRY AND TAKE OUT THE BOARD. HE IS SEEKING TO ACHIEVE MAJORITY ON THE BOARD, SO THERE IS A REAL LACK OF CLARITY AND OPENNESS ABOUT WHAT HE IS TRYING TO DO AND EVERYTHING THAT HE SAID PREVIOUSLY INDICATES THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE CHANGE, SO HE CAN FIX THIS PROBLEM UP PRESENTLY BY WORKING WITH US AND MAKING IT CLEAR AND PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT HE WOULD NOT DIRECTLY OR THROUGH HIS POINTS ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE WHAT JOURNALISTS ARE DOING AND SAYING. THAT WOULD PUT SOME MINDS TO EASE. SOMEONE SAY THE MEDIA INDUSTRY IS ON ITS KNEES. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THAT? WE SEE IN THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE IN NEW ZEALAND OWNERSHIP. WHAT A DIFFERENCE IN THIS CASE IS THAT WE ARE SEEING INDIVIDUAL COMING IN, BILLIONAIRE, WHO HAS VERY STRONG VIEWS ABOUT THE MEDIA WHO WANTS TO USE HIS WEALTH TO STEER THE DIRECTION OF THE MEDIA OUTLETS AND WE HAVEN'T PREVIOUSLY SEEN THAT WHEN WE HAVE CHANGES TO MEDIA OWNERSHIP IN NEW ZEALAND. THAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT AND A CONCERN. HE DOES HAVE A MEDIA OUTLET CALLED THIS INTEREST, WHAT SORT OF SCRAPES UP STORIES THAT OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS HAVE PRODUCED AND PRESENTS THEM IN A CERTAIN WAY. HE GOT A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON CERTAIN ISSUES AND HAS BEEN VERY CRITICAL OF MEDIA OUTLETS AND HE WANTS TO CHANGE IT IN THIS DIRECTION. HE IS ENTITLED TO HIS BELIEFS, HE IS ENTITLED TO EXPRESS HIS BELIEFS, THE ISSUE HERE IS EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE AS AN OWNER AND A SHAREHOLDER. HE SHOULDN'T EXPECT THAT HE COULD TELL JOURNALISTS WHAT THEY SHOULD DO WITH THEIR JOB, BECAUSE IT UNDERMINES OUR DEMOCRACY AND HOLD THE POWER TO ACCOUNT. HOW BIG OF DEAL PLAYER IS NZME? HE HAS A HUGE TABLE OF RADIO OUTLETS, OTHER MEDIA INTERESTS, HE IS ONE OF THE BIG PLAYERS IN THE NEW ZEALAND MEDIA LANDSCAPE, AND THAT'S WHY THE IDEA OF A BILLIONAIRE AND MAY BE TRYING TO SET PUBLIC DISCOURSES AROUND PUBLIC CONCERN, YOU'D HAVE TO LOOK AT AN EXAMPLE OF THE WASHINGTON POST IN AMERICA WHERE JEFF BEZOS HAS NOW COME OUT AND SAID TO THE JOURNALISTS AT THE WASHINGTON POST, YOU'RE GOING TO REPORT ON THESE ISSUES IN A CERTAIN WAY, THAT IF IT'S IN LINE WITH MY CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. HERE WANTS TO COME INTO THE MEDIA MARKET TO PUSH IS OBVIOUS, SO WE THINK THIS IS A REALISTIC CONCERN, AND IF HE WANTS TO WORK WITH US AND MAKE A VERY CLEAR PUBLIC STATEMENT WITH GUARD RAILS IN PLACE, HE WILL EXPECT BETTER. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE JUST NAVELGAZING. WHY SHOULD PEOPLE WATCHING CARE ABOUT THIS? MEDIA IS OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT IN AN OPEN AND FREE SOCIETY, AND WILL HAVE OUR CRITICISMS... BUT ULTIMATELY, MEDIA IS CALLED THE FOURTH ESTATE, BECAUSE IT SITS THERE WITH OTHER POWERFUL FORCES ANALYSIS IT LIKE THE GOVERNMENT AND IT IS THERE TO ACT AS A COUNTERBALANCE, TO SAY TO POWERFUL PEOPLE, YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, UNDER THESE QUESTIONS, SHED SOME LIGHT. AND IF YOU HAVE THOSE VERY SAME ENTITIES WITH POWER, GOVERNMENT OR THE VERY WEALTHY PEOPLE CONTROLLING MEDIA, THEN THAT UNDERLINES THE ABILITY OF MEDIA TO HOLD THEM TO ACCOUNT FOR HIS ROLE IN INFORMING THE PUBLIC AND HAVING A FREE AND OPEN SOCIETY. TO DEMOCRACY IS REALLY BEING UNDERMINED IN PLACES LIKE THE UNITED STATES. FREEDOM HAS BEEN DENIED BY THE OWNERSHIP. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN EVERYONE'S BACK AT WORK, BACK TO SCHOOL AND THE ROADS ARE BACK TO FULL CONGESTION. IN OTHER WORDS, MARCH MADNESS. AND NOW, IT'S ALSO TIME FOR OUR REGULAR LOOK BACK INTO THE TVNZ ARCHIVE WHERE WE MAY HAVE FOUND A SOLUTION. IT WAS CALLED THE MINI-CYCLE. AND ON THIS DAY IN 1969, ONE WELLINGTON BUSINESSMAN OFFERED A DEMONSTRATION FOR THE NIGHTLY MAGAZINE SHOW 'TOWN AND AROUND'. HERE IT IS. WHAT DOES A HURRYING BUSINESSMAN DO IN ANY OF THE MAJOR CITIES IN NEW ZEALAND ON A DAY LIKE THIS? THE TOWN IS FILLED WITH CARS. WHERE DOES HE FIND A CAR PARK? DOES HE KEEP ON USING THE LAME OLD EXCUSES? 'PARDON ME, GENTLEMEN, I'M SORRY I'M LATE FOR THIS MEETING, 'BUT I COULDN'T FIND A PLACE TO PUT MY CAR'? OR DOES HE SAY 'I'VE JUST HAD A RUN-IN WITH THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT? 'I'M TERRIBLY SORRY.' IT WASTES TIME, IT MAKES PEOPLE ANGRY, IT WASTES MONEY, AND IT'S NOT GOOD BUSINESS. NOW, MR EIKOST, WHO WAS ORIGINALLY FROM HOLLAND, IS A BUSY MAN. HIS WORK TAKES HIM ROUND THE CITY AS HE'S AN ENGINEER. HE HAS THIS PROBLEM IN A TERRIFIC WAY. HOWEVER, HE SOLVED THE PROBLEM RATHER BEAUTIFULLY AS WE'D LIKE TO POINT OUT TO YOU TODAY ` HE FINDS A PLACE THAT HAS UNRESTRICTED PARKING. HE HAS A QUICK BUSINESS APPOINTMENT TO MAKE. HE GOES TO THE BOOT OF HIS CAR AND HE PULLS OUT THE MOST FASCINATING LITTLE MACHINE YOU OR I WILL FIND IN MANY A LONG TIME. MR AKEHURST, WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU DOING? I TRY ASSEMBLE MY BIKE TO GO AROUND TOWN TO DO MY BUSINESS. A BICYCLE! BUT... AND THE BICYCLE HAS A LITTLE MOTOR ON IT. NOW, LISTEN, IT'S OBVIOUSLY IN THREE PIECES. HOW DOES THIS COME ABOUT? WELL, WHAT I'M DOING NOW IS PUTTING THE BIKE TOGETHER. THE BIKE IS IN THREE PIECES. DOES IT TAKE VERY LONG TO ASSEMBLE... IT TAKES ONLY HALF A MINUTE. WELL, THERE YOU ARE. YOU SEE, YOU'VE GOT THE TWO WHEELS TOGETHER ALREADY. MR EIKOST, I BET PEOPLE LOOK AT YOU A LOT WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH THE CITY. EVERYBODY LOOKS AT ME AND THINK IT IS A KID'S BIKE, BUT IT IS NOT ACTUALLY KID'S BIKE. IT IS A BIKE FOR ANYBODY. IT IS A BIKE FOR GENTLEMEN AS WELL AS FOR LADIES. NOW, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT THAT YOU'RE IN A HURRY TO GET TO. THAT'S RIGHT. AND YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT IN DOUBLE QUICK TIME. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE BIKE WHEN YOU GET THERE? WELL, I PARK IT IN ONE SMALL PLACE OR AGAINST A PARKING METRE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW THAT... OUT OF THE ROAD FROM PEOPLE IN ANY CASE. WELL, MR EIKOST, WE'LL TAKE GREAT INTEREST IN SEEING YOU ACTUALLY ON YOUR WHEELS. ALL RIGHT. NICE TO HAVE MET YOU, HAVE A PLEASANT DAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD MORNING. (LAUGHTER) I WOULDN'T TRUST MYSELF TO PUT IT TOGETHER AND NOT FALL APART. (IN BRITISH ACCENT) IMAGINE THE LOOKS HE WOULD GET! ME U TONU MAI ` WHY THE LOCAL NBL'S NEWEST TEAM WILL BE WITHOUT SOME OF THEIR PLAYERS FOR THE START OF THE NEW SEASON. (UPBEAT MUSIC) HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THE U.S. SAYS IT HOPES TO RESUME AID TO UKRAINE AHEAD OF DIPLOMATIC TALKS IN SAUDI ARABIA TO END THE WAR WITH RUSSIA. A PLEA FOR HELP FROM AUCKLAND COUNCIL AS HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES TO RISE, WITH REPORTS OF A 53% INCREASE OVER FOUR MONTHS. AND THE NEW ZEALAND DOMESTIC BASKETBALL LEAGUE'S NEWEST TEAM, THE INDIAN PANTHERS, WILL BE WITHOUT EIGHT OF THEIR PLAYERS FOR THE START OF THE NEW SEASON, WHICH TIPS OFF TOMORROW. LET'S GET INTO IT. ZION JOINED US FOR OUR SPORTS CHAT. SURELY THEY KNEW WHEN THIS LEAGUE STARTED! THE INDIA TEAM ISN'T LOOKING TO INDIAN. THEY DIDN'T GIVE ME A CALL, CHRIS. THEY DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR THE ASIA FEVER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE INDIAN PANTHERS TEAM MAKE UP THE INDIAN NATIONAL TEAM, EIGHT OF THOSE PLAYERS HAVE TO STAY OVER THERE FOR A CAMP, PLAYED AS GAMES AND THEN COME BACK. NOT THE START THAT THEY WANTED, BUT IN A POSITIVE LIGHT, DOES MEAN FOR THE FEW GAMES THAT SAME IS, THERE WILL BE KIWI PLAYERS, GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE NBL, THEY HAVE A DISPENSATION TO PLAY IN THE LEAGUE. BUT BEFORE THIS, THEY HAD BETTER ISSUES, SO THEY HAD TO MISS LAST WEEKEND'S SEASON TOURNAMENT. BUT AT LEAST THEY CAN STILL BUILD A TEAM, JUST, I DID SPEAK TO 1 OF THE LEAGUE'S SPOKESPERSON. FAIR TO SAY HE WASN'T TOO HAPPY. VERY UNFORTUNATE, BUT ALSO VERY DISAPPOINTING. YOU KNOW, THE PANTHERS HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME ` THE FANS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD WITH IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, AS WELL AS THE HAWKES BAY HAWKS IN THAT FIRST GAME. THIS IS NOT THE OUTCOME THAT ANYONE WANTED. WE EXPECT THEM TO BE HERE BEFORE ROUND THREE. THEY'RE HOPEFUL` THE PANTHERS TEAM ARE HOPEFUL THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO ONLY MISS ONE ROUND, BUT BEING REALISTIC WITH TRAVEL AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BY ROUND THREE WE THINK THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE THEIR FULL ROSTER HERE. I LOVE IT, THE WHOLE INTERVIEW WAS FULL OF HOPEFUL, 'WE BELIEVE'... WELL, THIS IS THE THING. ROUND THREE, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE UP AND RUNNING. THIS MATCH WAS WAS TO BE IN NOVEMBER. I FELT SORRY FOR THE NBL. LET'S MOVE ONTO FORTUNES ` $14 MILLION FOR DYLAN BROWN. KIWIS 58 HAS SIGNED A DEAL FOR CLOSE TO $14 MILLION TO 10 SEASONS. HOURS LISTENING LAST NIGHT WHEN THE NEWS CAME OUT, AND OF COURSE, THE AUSTRALIAN RUGBY JOURNALIST ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, BUT THEY DID QUESTION HIS LOYALTY. BUT HE HAS DONE AS GRACEFULLY AND ALSO, $14 MILLION, WHO IS TURNING THAT DOWN? NOBODY IS. IF THREE CALLED ME WITH ABOUT... (LAUGHTER) DREAM ON! THIS IS THE POINT I AM MAKING THOUGH. HAS DONE THAT, HE HAS PUT THOSE CLAUSES INTO HIS CONTRACT BUT WHEN IT COMES INTO NEGOTIATIONS, HE COULD LEAVE. HE HASN'T JUST TURNED HIS BACK ON THE CLUB, HE HAS DONE THIS FOR HIS FAMILY, AND IT IS $14 MILLION. TWO OTHER PLAYERS HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE. THEY LABELLED IT AS A LIFETIME DEAL. 14 MILLION, YOU HAVE TO GO. I KNOW YOU ARE SPEAKING TO DARREN AND FRANCES JUST BEFORE, WE ARE PLAYING FIJI NEXT FRIDAY AND THIS IS THE CLOSEST THEY HAVE EVER BEEN TO THE WORLD CUP, TWO WINS AWAY, IT IS A HUGE MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB BECAUSE MOST OF THIS TEAM ARE AMATEURS.� THESE GUYS ARE OF FIJIAN DESCENT ACROSS AUCKLAND. I WENT TO VISIT THEM. LIKE, IT'S A PRETTY BIG OPPORTUNITY. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN REALLY PUT IT INTO WORDS, EH. NOT FOR ME, BUT FOR, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ALL OF US, CONSIDERING THE STAGE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S AT STAKE. YOU PLAY FOR EASTERN SUBURBS. SO YOU GO FROM PLAYING IN THE LEAGUE IN AUCKLAND TO NOW PLAYING GUYS LIKE CHRIS WOOD, LIBERATO CACACE. I SEE THE SMILE ON YOUR FACE. HOW COOL IS THAT? UH, YEAH. LIKE, FEELS SO GOOD. PROUD OF MYSELF, YOU KNOW, PLAYING WITH TOP PLAYERS LIKE THAT. MOSTLY ALL OF THEM ARE PROFESSIONALS. SO WE WILL GIVE THEM A GOOD GAME AND, YEAH, HOPE FOR THE BEST. IT'S A REALLY BIG FOR ME, REPRESENTING MY COUNTRY INTO A SEMI-FINAL. DEFINITELY. IT'S THE FIRST TIME, MAYBE, I COULD SAY IT'S, FOR US BACK IN FIJI, IT'S THE FIRST TEAM THAT HAS QUALIFIED TO THIS KIND OF STAGES. IT'S AN HONOUR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE IN NEW ZEALAND AND TO BE ABLE TO PLAY AGAINST A VERY GOOD SIDE, WHICH IS THE ALL WHITES. FAIR TO SAY HE WASN'T TOO HAPPY. SO GOOD AND RESPECTFUL. AND I KNOW FOR THEIR FAMILIES PLAY ON THE STAGE, A BIG MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB FOR THESE GUYS. JUST TO BE THERE MEANS SO MUCH TO THEM. THAT STORY WILL BE TONIGHT? TONIGHT. I HOPE YOU GET THAT BIG OFFER. OH, I AM GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE FOR THAT NOW. IT'S TIME FOR A GIVEAWAY. IN JUST OVER A WEEK, YOU CAN WATCH THE FIFA WORLD CUP '26 OCEANIA QUALIFIER GAMES FROM 3pm FRIDAY 21 MARCH ON TVNZ2 AND TVNZ+, BUT NOW ITS TIME TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER OF OUR TWO ALL WHITE JERSEYS WE'RE GIVING AWAY. SIGNED BY THE TEAM THEMSELVES. DRUM ROLL, PLEASE. (DRUM ROLL) CONGRATULATIONS... (READS) HOPEFULLY YOU ARE GOING TO THE GAMES AND YOU CAN SHARE THEM ON. YOU CAN MAKE A BIT OF MONEY OUT OF THIS. OH, JENNY MAY! NOT THE SORT OF MONEY THAT IS ION IS LOOKING TO MAKE. (ZION LAUGHS) A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, THE SOUNDS OF SOUTH AFRICA FROM THE SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR. (CHOIR SINGS IN SOUTH AFRICAN LANGUAGE) # I SEE... BEAUTIFUL. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WE ARE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM THEM IN TERMS OF A PERFORMANCE JUST BEFORE 9 O'CLOCK. I JUST WANTED TO CHAT BRIEFLY ABOUT PAT MCKENDRY'S NEW RULES THAT ARE IN CONSULTATION FOR NEW ZEALAND RUGBY LOOKING AT YEAR SEVEN IS PLAYING 10 A-SIDE ON HALF AN ADULT FIELD AND YEAR EIGHT SPLAYING EIGHT A-SIDE ON A SMALLER FIELD. THERE HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK FROM SMALLER CLUBS ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING, BUT ISN'T THAT HOW MOST OTHER SPORTS OPERATE? ISN'T THE PUSHBACK THAT THE KIDS SHOULD BE LEARNING ABOUT HOW TO PLAY 15 A-SIDE? MANY OF THEM ARE GOING, WE'RE JUST GOING TO RUGBY LEAGUE, BECAUSE THEY ARE TAKING OUT SUPER RULES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. I LIKE IT, BECAUSE IT MEANS YOU GET BALL IN HAND A LOT MORE IF YOU ARE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS. YOU WANT THEM TO STAY WITH THE SPORT AND GO THROUGH THE RANKS. I KNOW THEY HAVE HAD A HUGE INCREASE IN GIRLS WANTING TO PLAY RUGBY. IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THAT, THOSE NUMBERS WOULD HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN, ANYWAY, I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING. THAT IS A MOVE THAT OTHER SPORTS HAVE MADE YEARS AGO. ANYWAY, GO AND CHECK IT OUT ON OUR WEBSITE. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION'S TAKING HELLOFRESH TO COURT FOR ALLEGEDLY MISLEADING CONSUMERS OVER SUBSCRIPTIONS. THE COMMISSION ALLEGES THE MEAL KIT COMPANY WERE OFFERING CUSTOMERS A DISCOUNT VOUCHER WITHOUT IT BEING MADE CLEAR THAT ACCEPTING IT WOULD REACTIVATE THEIR SUBSCRIPTION AND THEY WOULD BE CHARGED. HELLOFRESH HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROCEEDINGS, AND SAYS CALL CENTRE STAFF HAD FALLEN SHORT OF STRICT PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES, AND IT TOOK REMEDIAL ACTION AS SOON AS IT WAS AWARE. AN OIL TANKER AND CARGO SHIP HAVE COLLIDED IN THE NORTH SEA CAUSING A FIRE AND JET FUEL LEAK. THE U.S. FLAGGED SHIP, 'THE IMMACULATE', WAS ANCHORED OFF EAST YORKSHIRE WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY THE PORTUGUESE FLAGGED CONTAINER SHIP CARRYING SODIUM CYANIDE, A TOXIC CHEMICAL. ALL 36 CREW MEMBERS FROM BOTH VESSELS ARE SAFE AND ACCOUNTED FOR, WITH EMERGENCY CREWS ASSESSING THEM ON THE SCENE. THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HAS NOW ARRIVED IN SAUDI ARABIA AHEAD OF TALKS WITH UKRAINE TO DISCUSS A PEACE PLAN WITH RUSSIA. THE MEETINGS ARE AN ATTEMPT TO SMOOTH OVER RECENT TENSIONS AFTER THE U.S. SUSPENDED MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE AID TO UKRAINE. ZELENSKY IS MEETING WITH THE SAUDI PRINCE, BUT NEITHER HE NOR U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL BE INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATIONS TOMORROW. A FLOODING EMERGENCY CONTINUES TO UNFOLD ACROSS LARGE PARTS OF SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND AS WATERS RISE IN THE AFTERMATH OF EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED. THERE ARE WARNINGS FOR BRISBANE, LOGAN, GOLD COAST AND IPSWICH AS SWOLLEN RIVERS AND CREEKS THREATEN TO BREAK THEIR BANKS. IT'S THE FIRST CYCLONE TO HIT QUEENSLAND'S SOUTH-EAST IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS, WITH BRISBANE EXPERIENCING ITS WETTEST DAY IN THE HALF-CENTURY. THE ALL WHITES ARE SET TO NAME THEIR SQUAD TODAY FOR THEIR WORLD CUP QUALIFYING SEMI-FINALS. NEW ZEALAND ARE A MERE TWO WINS AWAY FROM RETURNING TO THE FIFA WORLD CUP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2009. 2010* COACH DARREN BAZELEY SAYS THE DEPTH OF FOOTBALL TALENT IN NEW ZEALAND HAS MADE SQUAD SELECTION A CHALLENGE. WE TRACK ON A WEEKLY BASIS, 50 TO 60 PLAYERS. SO I'VE HAD TO HAVE SOME DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH PLAYERS AROUND NOT BEING SELECTED. AND IT JUST CREATES COMPETITION FOR PLACES, SO, YOU KNOW, NOW WE KNOW WHEN WE DO GET TOGETHER, THE PLAYERS NOW, THEY'VE GOT TO PERFORM AND KEEP THE SHIRT. THEY'LL TAKE ON FIJI IN THE SEMI-FINALS NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT IN WELLINGTON. AND FINALLY, HOLLYWOOD A-LISTER BRAD PITT HAS BEEN SPOTTED NEAR QUEENSTOWN WHERE HE IS FILMING HIS LATEST MOVIE. FILM CREWS AND HIGH SECURITY HAVE BOTH BEEN SEEN AT LAKE WAKATIPU. THE MOVIE ITSELF FOLLOWS AN EX-NAVY SEAL AND HIS DOG TRYING TO RETURN TO CIVILISATION AFTER AN ACCIDENT. PITT WAS SPOTTED IN FULL CAMOUFLAGE GEAR, INCLUDING A GREEN BEANIE. WOW. LEAVE HIM ALONE. VERY EXCITING. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, PALMERSTON NORTH AND THE CAPITAL CAN EXPECT SOME CLOUD COVERAGE, WITH A NORTH-WESTERLY HITTING OUR WINDY CITY IN THE MORNING. 25 THE HIGH FOR WHANGAREI. 22 FOR TAUPO. A FINE START TO THE DAY AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH, BEFORE TURNING CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. FOR THOSE IN KAIKOURA AND THE NELSON AREA, PARTLY CLOUDY FURTHER DOWN. FOR THOSE IN KAIKOURA AND THE NELSON AREA, INVERCARGILL, YOU HAVE SOME RAIN COMING YOUR WAY. 27 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 23 IN TIMARU. BREAKFAST IS ON A MISSION TO FIND FOREVER HOMES FOR ALL THE LOVEABLE ANIMALS WAITING IN RESCUE CENTRES. THIS WEEK'S ANIMAL SHELTER SPOTLIGHT IS AT THE SPCA IN CHRISTCHURCH, WHERE RABBITS PHOEBE AND LAVEENA AND AUTUMN THE HORSE ARE LOOKING FOR THEIR PERFECT MATCH. WE BEGAN BY TALKING ABOUT PHOEBE THE RABBIT, AND I ASKED SPCA CHRISTCHURCH'S TASH SUTTON, WHY IS PHOEBE SO SMALL? SO PHOEBE IS A NEVERLAND DWARF RABBIT, SO THAT'S HER BREED. UM, SHE'S ABOUT THIS BIG. AND SHE IS JUST THE SWEETEST LITTLE THING. SHE'S, LIKE, JUST A WHOLE LOT OF ENERGY IN A LITTLE TINY PACKAGE. OH, AND... (STAMMERS) DO YOU HAVE TO SORT OF... PAIR THEM UP, I GUESS? YOU'VE GOT OTHER RABBITS AS WELL, RIGHT? LAVEENA ` DO THEY NEED TO COME TOGETHER OR ARE YOU LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO ADOPT THEM INDIVIDUALLY? WELL, RABBITS LOVE COMPANY SO WE HIGHLY, HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT RABBITS HAVE A FRIEND` A RABBIT FRIEND, A DESEXED RABBIT FRIEND. AND UH, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE AN EXISTING RABBIT AND YOU'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM TO A NEW FRIEND, OR SOMETIMES WE DO BONDED PAIRS AS WELL. OK, SURE. SO, UM, FOR PHOEBE, DOES SHE HAVE A... A RABBIT THAT SHE LIKES TO BE PAIRED UP WITH, OR COULD YOU PAIR WITH SOMEONE ELSE? SHE CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE A RABBIT FRIEND HERE, SO IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER RABBIT, IDEALLY ANOTHER NETHERLAND DWARF, WHO WANTS A FRIEND, THEN SHE'S THE ONE. OK, SO LET'S GO TO LAVEENA. IT'S ANOTHER RABBIT YOU'VE GOT THERE. TELL US ABOUT LAVEENA. LAVEENA IS JUST THE MOST SWEETEST, FRIENDLIEST RABBIT. UM, SHE IS A LOT. AND I THINK YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES, SHE'S GOT THE REAL COOL ONE EAR UP, ONE EAR DOWN THING, WHICH IS SO ENDEARING. AND SHE'S JUST VERY, VERY COOL. AND IF YOU WANT TO ADOPT A RABBIT LIKE THIS, WHAT DO YOU NEED? YOU NEED TO HAVE A BIG SPACE AT HOME? YES. SO RABBITS, THEY DO NEED A LOT OF SPACE. THEY LOVE TO HOP, JUMP, UM, RUN AROUND. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE A NICE, SECURE, WEATHERPROOF HUTCH AND A LITTLE BIT OF AN OUTSIDE AREA WHERE THEY CAN RUN AROUND THE GRASS THAT'S NICE AND SECURE. NICE. ALL RIGHT. WHAT ABOUT AUTUMN? YOU'VE GOT A HORSE THERE CALLED AUTUMN. WHAT'S HER BACKSTORY? YES. SO AUTUMN IS AN OLDER GIRL. SO SHE CAME IN TO US, AND SHE IS ALSO VERY, VERY SWEET. VERY, VERY GENTLE, LOVES A GOOD SCRATCH. UNFORTUNATELY, SHE CAN'T BE RIDDEN NOW, SO SHE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOLD, AS A PADDOCK MATE. BUT SHE ABSOLUTELY LOVES THE COMPANY OF OTHER HORSES, SO IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC AT THAT. YES, 16 YEARS OLD, RIGHT? THAT'S PRETTY OLD FOR A HORSE, I TAKE IT? IT'S GETTING UP THERE, SO, YEAH. (CHUCKLES) OK, WHAT SORT OF FAMILY WOULD SHE SUIT? SHE WOULD SUIT A LOVELY FAMILY THAT'S GOT A LOT OF TIME JUST TO GIVE HER LOTS OF PAMPERING ATTENTION. SHE DEFINITELY DESERVES IT IN HER` AS SHE'S GETTING ON IN HER YEARS. THE SPCA RELIES HEAVILY ON DONATIONS, WE KNOW. THE SORT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE DONATE, WOULD WE BE SURPRISED ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE GIVING? PEOPLE ARE SO FANTASTICALLY GENEROUS. WE RELY ON THEM A LOT FOR THINGS LIKE OUR TOWELS, OUR BLANKETS, OUR BEDDING, TOYS, FOOD, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO, YEAH, WE'RE REALLY, REALLY LUCKY THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT BEHIND US FROM THE COMMUNITY. OK, AND WEDNESDAY, THAT COULD BE A BIG DONATION DAY FOR YOU, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, WE ARE SO, SO SUPER EXCITED ABOUT WEDNESDAY. WE HAVE THE MATCH GIVING CAMPAIGN RUNNING, SO WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY COOL, GENEROUS DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND THE SUPPORT FROM THE AMAZING TEAM AT PET DIRECT. SO IF YOU MAKE A DONATION ON WEDNESDAY THE 12th, THEY ARE GOING TO MATCH IT. SO PRETTY MUCH IF YOU'RE MAKING A DONATION, IT'S GOING TO BE DOUBLE, WHICH IS SO EXCITING. THE SPCA WHERE YOU ARE, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RABBITS TO HORSES, I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU ARE IN THE COUNTRY MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO GET DIFFERENT ANIMALS, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE RURAL, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME BIGGER ANIMALS. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, YES. YES, WE HAVE GOT THE WE'VE GOT LOTS OF RABBITS AND HORSES HERE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE VERY STANDARD CATS AND DOGS AS WELL. SO YEAH, WE CAN GET A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SPECIES. YEAH, DEPENDING WHERE YOU ARE. ALL RIGHT, NATASHA SUTTON FROM THE CHRISTCHURCH SPCA. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOOD LUCK FOR THE DONATION DRIVE ON WEDNESDAY. THANK YOU. WE'RE VERY EXCITED. IT IS VERY COOL. HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET AS MUCH AS THEY CAN. I JUST WANT TO READ OUT SOME NICE FEEDBACK FROM JEFF WHO JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU ALL PUT TOGETHER A NICE MORNING NEWSCAST. AS SOMEONE WHO IS ALSO IN THE NEWS INDUSTRY IN THE USA, I LIKE HOW YOUR PRODUCERS STACK THE SHOW. YOUR ANCHORS ARE GENUINE AND NICE TO WATCH. YOU PUT TOGETHER A GREAT NEWSCAST. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. WE LOVE OUR VIEW IS FROM OVERSEAS. THANKS, JEFF. ENJOY YOUR TIME HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. LOVING YOUR WORK. E WHAI AKE NEI ` EVER LOST SOMETHING AT AUCKLAND AIRPORT? LUCY BENDELL'S FINDING OUT WHERE IT MAY HAVE ENDED UP. MORENA, LUCY. MORNING, TEAM. I THINK I HAVE FOUND IT, AND IF YOU HAVE LOST SOMETHING, YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE. BECAUSE 9000 KG ARRIVE HERE EVERYTHING THE YEAR. WE WILL CHECK OUT WHAT GOODS ARE ARRIVING AND JUST HOW VALUABLE THEY ARE NEXT. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` AN OIL TANKER AND CARGO SHIP HAVE COLLIDED OFF THE COAST OF NORTHEAST ENGLAND, SPARKING CONCERNS OVER JET FUEL LEAKING INTO THE NORTH SEA. CANADA'S NEWLY-ELECTED PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY HAS ADDRESSED ESCALATING TENSIONS WITH THE U.S., SAYING, 'IN TRADE, AS IN HOCKEY, CANADA WILL WIN'. AND HOLLYWOOD A-LISTER BRAD PITT HAS BEEN SPOTTED NEAR QUEENSTOWN WHERE HE IS FILMING HIS LATEST MOVIE. ALL RIGHT, BANGERS MIGHT NOT BE WHAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK OF KING CHARLES, BUT HIS MAJESTY HAS REVEALED A PLAYLIST OF HIS FAVOURITE MUSIC TO MARK COMMONWEALTH DAY. KYLIE MINOGUE'S 'THE LOCO-MOTION' AND DIANA ROSS'S 'UPSIDE DOWN' ARE TWO OF THE HITS ON THE KING'S PLAYLIST, WITH NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTED BY DAME KIRI TE KANAWA'S 'E TE IWI E ` 'CALL TO THE PEOPLE'. THE BBC'S DANIELA RELPH REPORTS. LAST YEAR, IT WAS JUST THE QUEEN AND PRINCE WILLIAM WHO REPRESENTED THE ROYAL FAMILY AT THE COMMONWEALTH SERVICE, WHILE THE KING AND PRINCESS OF WALES FOCUSSED ON THEIR CANCER TREATMENT. TODAY, IT'LL BE A FULL ROYAL TURNOUT. # THERE'S NEVER BEEN A DANCE THAT'S SO EASY TO DO... TO VISIT THE KING HAS ALSO REVEALED THE MUSIC HE SELECTED FOR HIS COMMONWEALTH PLAYLIST. # DO THE LOCOMOTION WITH ME. PERFORMING FOR THE KING BACK IN 2012, SOME CLASSIC KYLIE MADE THE CUT. THE SONG IS 'THE LOCO-MOTION', AND THIS IS MUSIC FOR DANCING. AGAIN, IT HAS THAT INFECTIOUS ENERGY WHICH MAKES IT, I FIND, INCREDIBLY HARD TO SIT STILL. ALSO ON THE KING'S PLAYLIST IS RAYE, WHO HE WATCHED PERFORM AT THE END OF LAST YEAR. # (VOCALISES) # COULD YOU BE LOVED... IN SELECTING BOB MARLEY, HE RECALLS MEETING HIM, DESCRIBING HIM AS HAVING A VOICE YOU COULD NEVER FORGET. # UPSIDE-DOWN. # BOY, YOU TURN ME... THE KING-TURNED-DJ INTRODUCES EACH TRACK ON THE PROGRAMME. THIS VERY LAST SONG IS ONE OF MY PARTICULAR FAVOURITES. IT IS 'UPSIDE DOWN' BY DIANA ROSS. WHEN I WAS MUCH YOUNGER, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO GET UP AND DANCE WHEN IT WAS PLAYED, AND I WONDER IF I CAN STILL JUST MANAGE IT. # GOT ME LOOKING SO CRAZY RIGHT NOW. YOUR TOUCH... 'CRAZY IN LOVE' MAKES IT ON TOO. THE KING PRAISES BEYONCE AS A FAITHFUL SUPPORTER OF HIS CHARITY WORK. MUSIC, HE SAYS, HAS MEANT A GREAT DEAL THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. THAT IS A BIG FLEX, ISN'T IT? HE IS SAYING, BEYONCE SUPPORTS ME, SO I AM GOING TO SUPPORT HER BACK. HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER, MAYBE. MAYBE A NOD TO THE SCUFFLE BETWEEN THE TWO BROTHERS. JOINING THE POLICE FORCE? ISN'T THAT AN AD? I SUPPOSE IT IS. SOME GOOD HITS ON THERE, THOUGH. I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO BREAK INTO DANCE, THOUGH, WHEN HE SAID, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO GET UP AND DANCE. I DON'T KNOW. SHALL WE MOVE ON? I QUITE LIKE THE PLAYLIST. WHAT ELSE HAS HE GOT ON THERE? CAN I? MICHAEL BUBLE ` HAVEN'T MET YOU YET. MAYBE HE WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT BEFORE HE MET CAMILLA. LET'S MOVE ON. HAVE YOU EVER LEFT ANYTHING BEHIND AT THE AIRPORT ` HATS, SCARFS, BAGS? WELL, YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE, BECAUSE AUCKLAND AIRPORT HAS A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE LOST PROPERTY BOX WEIGHING 9000kg. IT ALL GOES TO CHARITY, AND THIS MORNING, REPORTER LUCY BENDELL IS CHECKING IT OUT. MORENA, LUCY. MORENA, TEAM. I FOUND A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS OUT OF THE THOUSANDS THAT WERE LEFT ON THE BAGGAGE CAROUSEL. IF YOU LEFT YOUR GLASSES ON THE PLANE, YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE. AUCKLAND AIRPORT NORMALLY KEEPING THEIR LOST PROPERTY ITEMS FOR ONE TO THREE MONTHS. THIS IS CAROL. TELL US, WE JUST HAD A DELIVERY YESTERDAY WHICH WAS THE VAN OUTSIDE. WHAT WAS INSIDE? WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF CLOTHING, PRAMS, SPORTING EQUIPMENT, DRINK BOTTLES, PROBABLY SOME GLASSES AS YOU MENTION. AND PROBABLY SOME OF THESE NECK PILLOWS. TELL US, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ODDEST THINGS YOU'VE SEEN OR SOME OF THE MOST COMMON OR QUIRKY THINGS? WE ARE REALLY SURPRISED ` WE GET THE ODD BOOT, ONE SHOE. LOTS OF PAIRS OF SHOES. WE HAVE HAD A DENTISTRY KEPT COMING BEFORE. NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO USE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT SOMEONE IS DOING TAKING OFF ONE SHOE AND LIVING AT THE AIRPORT. TELL US ABOUT THE WORK YOU GUYS DO. YOU GET A DELIVERY EVERYTHING A WEEK. TELL US ABOUT THE PROCESS. THE GOODS WILL BE BROUGHT ON BY THE VOLUNTEERS, THEY WILL BE WEIGHED AND THEN SORTED BY THE VOLUNTEERS AND LAUNDERED. THEN THEY COME BACK IN AND PUT ON THE RACKS, AND THEN WHEN THE CLOTHING IS TAKEN FROM THE RACKS, WE HAVE EMPTY HANGERS, AND THEY GET REPLACED. HOW IMPORTANT IS THE SERVICE YOU PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY? HUGELY IMPORTANT. WE ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT WHANAU IN NEED. WITH HOMELESSNESS AND LOSS OF JOBS, NOT JUST BENEFICIARIES ARE COMING TO OUR DOOR FOR SUPPORT, BUT LOTS OF WORKING CLASSES ARE. YOU GET TRUCKLOADS PER WEEK. SOMETIMES YOU GET SOME GOODS THAT YOU ARE NOT WANTING TO TAKE IN BECAUSE YOU THINK THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT TOO SPECIAL FOR SOMEONE ELSE. YOU ACTUALLY WORK TO FIND THAT CONNECTION. TELL US IF YOU EXAMPLES. WHEN ITEMS COME IN THEY HAVE A SENTIMENTAL VALUE, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE IT. WE HAD A PHOTO ALBUM THAT WAS FULL OF OLD PHOTOS THAT WERE ON THE NEGATIVE. YOU HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE SHOP TO GET PRINTED. WE HAD ONE OF THOSE, AND IT LOOKS REALLY SPECIAL TO SOMEBODY, SO WE WENT ON TO DO SOME RESEARCH. OUR OFFICE TEAM AND OUR TAIAU TEAM GOT ON FACEBOOK AND WERE ABLE TO SEND IT TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THERE WERE SOME MEMORIALS AND FUNERAL ITEMS THAT WERE ABLE TO BE SENT BACK. IT IS QUITE EMOTIONAL TO SEE THAT WE HAD TAKEN THE TIME TO DO THAT FOR THEM. BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT WOULD END UP IN THE BIN. THERE WAS A KILT AS WELL? THERE WAS A KILT SET FROM A TEENAGE BOY WHO USED TO GO AND COMPETE INTERNATIONALLY. HE LIVED IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, AND THROUGH SOME WORK ON GEORGINA'S PART, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THE FAMILY WHO HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR AND HAVING NO LUCK FINDING IT THROUGH THE AIRPORT, SO WE REACHED OUT TO THEM, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET SOMEONE HERE IN AUCKLAND TO RETRIEVE IT FOR THEM AND THEN TAKE IT DOWN, AND THERE WERE OVER THE MOON RECEIVING IT BACK. IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE WHAT ACTUALLY GETS LEFT AT THE AIRPORT. COULD YOU SHOW US A FEW OF THE PIECES YOU'VE GOT? YOU HAVE A HUGE BUCKET OF SUNGLASSES HERE. LET'S GO FOR A WALK AND TAKE ME THROUGH WHAT IS IN THIS ROOM. WE HAVE LOTS OF HATS THAT OUR CHILDREN LIKE TO USE FOR SCHOOL, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GO TO SCHOOL IN SUMMER WITHOUT A HAT, SO OFTEN FAMILIES THAT CANNOT BOARD THOSE WILL COME AND GRAB ONE. ANY HAT IS BETTER THAN NO HAT. WE HAVE LOTS OF WOMEN'S CLOTHES. IT IS INTERESTING WE GET MORE WOMEN'S CLOTHES THAN MEN. ARE WOMEN LEAVING IT MORE BEHIND? I THINK WE JUST HAD MORE IN OUR WARDROBE. OFTEN WE WILL GET CAMPING GEAR. THERE ARE SLEEPING BAGS, BACKPACKS, AND SO THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD FOR SCHOOL CAMPS WHEN CHILDREN CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE THE THINGS. WHO HAS SLEEPING BAGS LYING AROUND NOWADAYS? BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF SKILLS THAT GO ON CAMPS, SO WE HAVE THOSE. WE HAVE SUITCASES. THEY USUALLY COME IN BATCHES, AND THEN WHANAU WHO ARE TRAVELLING COME IN AND ARE ABLE TO TAKE A SICK CASE AWAY RATHER THAN GO OUT AND BUY ONE. YES, ABSOLUTELY. WELL, AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT IF YOU LOSE SOMETHING AT THE AUCKLAND AIRPORT, I KNOW IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING, BUT IT IS ALL GOING TO A GOOD HOME. BEAUTIFUL. APART FROM THE KILT SET, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAS BEEN A BIT ODD OR STRANGE THAT SOMEONE HAS LEFT BEHIND? I WILL ASK CAROL. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT ODD, KIND OF LIKE THE KILT OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS DIFFERENT THAT HAS ARRIVED IN YOUR ROOM HERE? A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK, WE RECEIVED A BRACE. SO IT WAS A SPECIAL` AND LOOKED LIKE IT WAS CUSTOM-MADE FOR SOMEONE WHO PERHAPS HAD A LEG INJURY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS NOW. MAYBE IT HAS GONE HOME ALREADY. AT LEAST IT IS GOING ` HATS, SLEEPING BAGS ` THEY CAN GO TO WHANAU. E HAERE AKE NEI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH A PERFORMANCE FROM THE SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR. (ALL SING) VOICEOVER: What a time to be into all things entertainment. (EXPLODES) (PLAYFUL MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC) VOICEOVER: Pizza Hut's Cheesy Bites, 22 cheese filled bites around a pizza with more cheeeese. (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) (INDISTINCT CHATTER) Whoa! Oh hi Mr. Stevenson. You're having a cheese dream, bro. We're inside your brain right now. Yeah, it's pretty weird aye. This is quite high up! VOICEOVER: FOR MORE THAN 23 YEARS, THE SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR HAS FEATURED THE BEST SINGERS FROM ALL OVER SOUTH AFRICA. THE CHOIR WILL PEFORM TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AT THE AUCKLAND ARTS FESTIVAL IN TWO VERY DIFFERENT CONCERTS. WE'RE VERY LUCKY HERE ON BREAKFAST TO HAVE THEM WITH US. WE'RE JOINED NOW BY CHOIR DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER SHIMMY JIYANE. WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT ACTUALLY IS A JOURNEY WE'RE TAKING YOU THROUGH SOUTH AFRICA, THROUGH APARTHEID TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. BECAUSE OF COVID, PEOPLE LOST HOPE. SO WE ARE BRINGING HOPE THROUGH MUSIC, DANCE, AND THE BEAUTIFUL COLOURS YOU SEE. THE OTHER SHOW... TOMORROW. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SHOW, FEEL-GOOD SHOW. YOU COME, YOU DANCE, BRING YOUR DANCING SHOES AND FUN. SHOULD WE DO THAT NOW? WE SHOULD. THANK YOU, SHIMMY. (ALL SING JOYFULLY IN AFRIKAANS) (SINGER TRILLS) (ALL SING JOYFULLY IN AFRIKAANS) (PERFORMER WHISTLES)