IT'S THURSDAY THE 13th OF MARCH. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. WE ARE A BIT JITTERY THIS MORNING, IT IS BECAUSE THE GREAT COFFEE CRISIS HAS HIT EARLY IN 2025. THERE IS A STASH OF PODS AND ARE COVERED HERE AND WE ARE VERY RELIANT ON HERE. I SOUNDED THE ALARM BECAUSE I NOTICED IT WAS EMPTY. THAT WHOEVER TOOK THE LAST BOX DIDN'T SOUND THE ALARM AND NOW THERE ARE NO COFFEE PODS. THERE IS INSTANT. NO. IT DOESN'T HIT THE SAME WAY THAT IT NEEDS TO. YOU CAN TELL WHO HASN'T HAD THEIR COFFEE AMONGST THE TEAM. AND YOU COULD TELL WHO HAS A SECRET STASH BECAUSE THEY'VE LEARNED FROM CRISES GONE BY, SO THEY'VE NEVER CAUGHT SHORT IN A SITUATION. I'VE RAIDED HIS DRAWER. JUST THE INSTANCE, A LITTLE BIT OF CREAM MAKES ANY INSTANT TASTE BETTER COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` AFTER TWO MONTHS OF DETOURS AND MAJOR DISRUPTIONS, THE DESERT ROAD IS SET TO REOPEN TOMORROW. ROADWORKS ARE NOW COMPLETE MEANING THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND'S MAIN ROUTE IS BACK OPEN FOR BUSINESS. WE'LL FIND OUT HOW LOCALS HAVE FARED WITHOUT IT. SUMMER MIGHT BE OFFICIALLY BEHIND US, BUT SOME OF THE EFFECTS ARE STILL LINGERING. NOT JUST HOT WEATHER, BUT A SURGE IN PESTS, PARTICULARLY WASPS. SPIDERS AND RATS ARE ALSO BOOMING SO HOW LONG MIGHT WE HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE UNWANTED PESTS? PLUS ` WHAT DO NAMES LIKE ANGRY BIRDS, AGE OF EMPIRES AND TAMAGOTCHI HAVE IN COMMON? THEY'RE ALL IN THE RUNNING TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE WORLD VIDEO GAMES HALL OF FAME. YES ` THAT IS A REAL THING. WE'LL TELL YOU WHO ELSE IS IN THE MIX. IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE CLASSIC. WE WILL DELVE INTO THAN A LITTLE LATER. SOUNDS DOUBLE MURDERER SCOTT WATSON HAS APPEARED BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD WHERE IT EMERGED HE WAS INVOLVED IN A MISCONDUCT INCIDENT IN PRISON LAST YEAR. THE 53-YEAR-OLD HAS SPENT NEARLY HALF HIS LIFE IN JAIL FOR THE MURDERS OF BEN SMART AND OLIVIA HOPE IN THE MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS IN 1998. CUSHLA NORMAN ATTENDED THE HEARING AND FILED THIS REPORT. THIS WAS SCOTT WATSON'S SIXTH PAROLE HEARING. HE WAS THERE IN A GREY PRISON UNIFORM, BUT HE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK, AS THE HEARING SET FOR AN UNUSUALLY LONG SIX HOURS. THE PAROLE BOARD WANTS TO UNDERSTAND HIS LEVEL OF RISK AFTER PREVIOUSLY RECEIVING THREE REPORTS WITH DIFFERING VIEWS. THEY QUESTIONED FOUR PSYCHOLOGISTS WHO ASSESSED WATSON, THREE FROM CORRECTIONS AND ONE INDEPENDENT. THE FIRST SCORED HIM HIGHLY FOR REPEAT OFFENDING, SAYING HIS DENIAL OF THE MURDERS AND LACK OF REMORSE WAS A CONCERN. THE SECOND SAID HE'S A MEDIUM RISK AND ARGUED HIS DENIAL ISN'T A RISK FACTOR. THE THIRD ALSO SAID WATSON IS A MEDIUM RISK AND STILL HAD A PROPENSITY FOR VIOLENCE. THE FOURTH, AN INDEPENDENT PSYCHOLOGIST, SAYS WATSON'S BARK WAS WORSE THAN HIS BITE. SHE SAID HE HAD MEDIUM RISK, BUT GIVEN HE HAD ROBUST COMMUNITY SUPPORT, HIS RELEASE COULD BE MANAGED SAFELY. THE HEARING ALSO HEARD ABOUT WATSON BEING INVOLVED IN MISCONDUCT IN JUNE LAST YEAR. A WITNESS DESCRIBED IT AS AN ASSAULT, BUT WATSON DOWNPLAYED IT AS A PLAY FIGHT. ONE OF THE PSYCHOLOGISTS SAID THAT SHOWS HIS LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY. THE BOARD IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A DECISION ON WATSON'S PAROLE BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH. THE TRADE WAR CONTINUES TO DEVELOP, WITH CANADA ANNOUNCING NEW RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON THE U.S. TOTALLING MORE THAN CAD$20b. THE LATEST ESCALATION FOLLOWS U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THREATENING TO DOUBLE TARIFFS ON CANADIAN ALUMNINUM AND STEEL YESTERDAY. CANADA IS THE BIGGEST FOREIGN SUPPLIER OF THOSE METALS TO THE U.S. IN SPORT, NEW ZEALAND WILL BE SENDING ITS LARGEST EVER CONTINGENT TO THIS MONTH'S WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN NANJING, CHINA. 12 ATHLETES WILL BE COMPETING AT THE EVENT, INCLUDING A FULL TEAM OF FOUR SHOT PUTTERS FOR THE FIRST TIME. HIGH JUMPER HAMISH KERR WILL BE ATTEMPTING TO DEFEND HIS GLASGOW TITLE AFTER RETAINING HIS NATIONAL HIGH JUMP TITLE EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE EVENT GETS UNDERWAY ON MARCH 21st. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MIXED BAG FOR MOST IN THE NORTH. WITH AUCKLAND AND NORTHLAND EXPECTED TO HAVE A CLOUDY START WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE DAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLATEAU. 22 THE HIGH FOR HASTINGS, 17 FOR WELLINGTON. A FINE DAY FOR MOST IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, ALTHOUGH, A BIT OF A CLOUDY START FOR KAIKOURA AND CHRISTCHURCH WITH CONFINED SHOWERS TO BANKS PENINSULA BEFORE BECOMING FINE IN THE AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN. 20 IN GREYMOUTH. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING WITH OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. A YOUNG GIRL STRUCK BY A TRAIN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN WAIKATO HAS DIED FROM HER INJURIES. LUCY BENDELL JOINS US ` WHERE EXACTLY WAS THIS LUCY? THIS RAILWAY LINE RUNS ALONGSIDE THE COLLEGE IN THE EAST OF WAIKATO. OPPOSITE THE SCHOOL AT 3:15 PM. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AND DESPITE THE YOUNG GIRL RECEIVING MEDICAL ATTENTION, SHE DIED AT THE SCENE. MATAMATA COLLEGE QUICKLY POSTED AND CANCELLED ALL THEIR EVENTS. POLICE ARE EXTENDING THEIR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY ENTER MAKING AN ENQUIRY ON BEHALF OF THE CORONER, THOSE ENQUIRIES INCLUDE ASKING PEOPLE WHO AT THE SCENE, WHO WITNESSED THE EVENT TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO POLICE. NOW IT'S TIME TO CHECK IN WITH OUR WELLINGTON REPORTER JAMES FLEURY. JAMES, PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE CAPITAL'S LAST EVER HOMEGROWN. THAT'S RIGHT. OVER 50 LOCAL ACTS ARE PREPARING FOR THE LAST EVER HOME GROWN TO BE HELD IN THE CAPITAL AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE. WHILE THERE IS A LOT OF DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THIS LARGE FESTIVAL IS LEAVING THE CAPITAL, THE ORGANISERS AND THE COUNSELLOR WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY. THEY ARE ISSUING SEVERAL REMINDERS, THEY ARE PUTTING IN SOME RESTRICTIONS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING RUNS SMOOTHLY OVER THE WEEKEND OVER THOSE TWO DAYS. THIS INCLUDES CLOSING SEVERAL CAR PARKS AS WELL AS MOVING THE HARBOUR SITE MARKET, TO THE READING CINEMA CAR PARK AREA. BECAUSE ALL THESE CARPETS WILL BE SHUT, IT WILL BE HARD TO FIND PARKING IN THE CAPITAL RIGHT IN THE TOWN CENTRE OVER THE WEEKEND. PEOPLE ARE BEING URGED TO LOOK AT RIDESHARE TO GET INTO THE CITY OR ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT. THE SKATE PARK IS ALSO GOING TO BE CLOSED SO IF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO GO FOR A SKATE OVER THE WEEKEND THEY WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE BASIS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO DO SO. E SCOOTERS AND EBAY'S ARE GOING TO BE BANNED BY THE WATERFRONT AS WELL. IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETELY SUNNY AND THE GOOD NEWS, AND 21 ACROSS THE CAPITAL. FEDERATED FARMERS IN SOUTHLAND ARE ENCOURAGING DUCK HUNTERS TO BUY THEIR LICENSES FROM ANOTHER REGION THIS SEASON. CHARLOTTE MULDER'S WITH US NOW. WHY IS THIS? THAT'S BECAUSE FEDERATED FARMERS THEY ARE QUOTE, SICK OF THE ANTI-FARMING ANSWERS THAT SOUTH AND FISH AND GAMES CONTINUES TO UPHOLD. DANGEROUS THIS IS NOT THE FIRST BOYCOTT EITHER, THERE WAS ANOTHER WHEN LAST YEAR, A FISHING LICENSE BOYCOTT, WHERE FEDERATED FARMERS SOUTH FLINT ASKED PEOPLE NOT TO BUY THEIR FISHING LICENSES FROM SOUTHWIND FISH AND GAME. THEY ARE COMING BACK TO DUCK SHOOTING, WE ALL KNOW THAT IT IS PART OF THE SOUTHLAND CULTURAL IDENTITY, MANY HUNTERS WILL BE FLOCKING THERE, MEANING IT WILL BE A HUGE LOSS OF INCOME FOR THE SOUTHWIND FISH AND GAMES. FEDERATED FARMERS ARE NOT ASKING PEOPLE NOT TO BUY THEIR LICENCES, THEY ARE JUST ASKING THEM TO BUY THEM FROM ANOTHER REGION AS PART OF THE BOYCOTT. WE'VE ALSO APPROACHED SOUTHWIND FISH AND GAMES FOR A COMMENT AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING BACK. IT'S A BITTERSWEET MOMENT FOR THE RUAPEHU REGION AS ONE OF THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES THROUGH THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND REOPENS TOMORROW. FOR TWO MONTHS THE DESERT ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED, FUNNELLING CARS AND TRUCKS THROUGH OHAKUNE AND THE SURROUNDING TOWNS. IT'S BROUGHT BOTH A BUSINESS BOOM FOR SOME AND TRAFFIC HEADACHES BUT THE AREA IS HOPEFUL PEOPLE WILL STILL DROP BY EVEN THOUGH THE DIVERSIONS HAVE FINISHED. IN A MOMENT WE'LL SPEAK WITH DOM KALASIH FROM TRANSPORTING NEW ZEALAND, BUT FIRST MAYOR WESTON KIRTON JOINS US NOW. MORENA. THERE ARE BEEN FROZEN CONCIERGE, BUT LET'S START WITH THE PROS. WHAT HAS IT BROUGHT TO THE REGION? WHAT IT HAS FOUGHT TO OUR DISTRICT IS DISCOVERY. THEY DIDN'T REALISE IT WAS NOT INNOVATIVE ROUTE AND THEY REALLY APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY, AND WE KNOW THROUGH THE TRANSACTIONS THAT SOME AREAS ARE 20%. IT'S BEEN VERY VERY BUSY AND WE REALLY APPRECIATED THE EXTRA BUSINESS AFTER A PRETTY LACKLUSTRE HERE LAST YEAR. ARE YOU HOPEFUL THAT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THOSE PARTS WILL WANT TO COME BACK EVEN THOUGH THE DIVERSIONS ARE NOW THROUGH? WE ANTICIPATE PEOPLE EVEN THE DESERT ROAD WILL BE OPEN. WE ANTICIPATE THAT PEOPLE NOW REALISE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITIES AROUND. THERE ARE MORE BEACHES FOR EXAMPLE. THE ANSWER IS YES, WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS. WHAT SORT OF TRAFFIC ISSUES DID YOU FACE? WE SAW IN URBAN AREAS, WE ANTICIPATED THAT HEAVY TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH SMALLER COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS, WE WOULD HAVE TO REDUCE THE SPEED THERE TEMPORARILY, NATIONAL PARK ALSO HAD ISSUES THERE. IT WAS ISSUES THAT LOCAL PEOPLE WERE EXPECTING. THE WAIT TIMES WERE HORRENDOUS. HE HAD TO SIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY HUNDRED K AREA. THAT WOULD CAUSE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. BUT THE ACCIDENTS WEREN'T AS MANY IS WHAT WE ANTICIPATED. KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE ROADS WITH THE HOW ABOUT THE TRUCKS? THERE WERE MANY TRUCKS COMING THROUGH, IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE FOR THEM AS WELL. IT WAS A STREAM OF TRUCKS. PARTICULARLY AT NIGHT. THERE WAS LOTS OF LIGHTS GOING TO THE TOWN, WHICH WAS MAGNIFICENT, BUT IT ALSO CAUSES ISSUES WITH THE LOCALS WHEN THEY HAVE TO SLOW DOWN BUT I THINK EVERYONE WAS SATISFIED THAT IT WAS NOT IN, AND APPRECIATED THAT IT WAS AN OPTION AND APPRECIATED COMING THROUGH. WE HAVE TRAFFIC GOING AS A RESULT OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH, BUT WE JUST WANT TO AVOID THOSE ACCIDENTS AND TAKE CARE ON THE ROADS. LET'S BRING IN TRANSPORTING NEW ZEALAND'S DOM KALASIH. HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT THINGS? YOU HAVE THIS ROUTE BACK. WE ARE REALLY PLEASED TO SEE IT OPEN ON TIME. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS TO THE NZ TA AT ALL THE CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE WORKED ON THIS TO GET IT DONE ON TIME. TO ALL THE OTHER ROAD USERS THAT HAD TO PUT UP WITH THE DETOUR. PRIOR TO THE CLOSURE, THERE WERE ABOUT 800 TRUCKS PER DAY. ABOUT 240 WERE USING STATE HIGHWAY FOUR, THE DETOUR. DURING THE CLOSURE, MOST OF THOSE TRUCKS WERE SHIFTED OVER AND AS OUR PREVIOUS SPEAKERS SAID, THAT MEANS THERE WAS A MASSIVE INCREASE IN TRUCK TRAFFIC. BEFORE THE CLOSURE, FOR THOSE 800 TRUCKS, AN EXTRA HALF AN HOUR, THAT'S ABOUT $100,000 A DAY WORTH OF ADDITIONAL TRANSPORT COSTS. WITH THE RETURN, IT'S REALLY GREAT BECAUSE THAT WILL TAKE A LOT OF TRAIN PRESSURE OF THE TRANSPORT INDUSTRY. THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WITH STRAIGHT HIGHWAY ONE REOPENING, IS THAT IT'S IT'S A RETURN TO INCREASE RESILIENCE. WITH ONLY STATE HIGHWAY FOUR OPEN, YOU ARE APPROACHING A SINGLE POINT FAILURE RISK. NOW THAT THEY'VE HAD THEIR TIME TO CLOSE IT OFF, AND REOPEN IT, WHAT IS IT DONE? THEY ARE GREAT QUESTIONS. THE FIRST THING IS SO THAT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE, AND OBVIOUSLY I HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN THE FLESH, BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO DRIVING IT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS BEEN A LOT OF REHAB AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENT & RIDGE DEPTH HAVE BEEN REPLACED. WE ARE INTERESTED, NOT THEY WERE COMPLAINING, AND WHETHER THAT'S NZ TA HAS DELIVERED 40% MORE FIXED LANE CALAMITOUS. GIVEN THE PREVIOUS HISTORY, THERE IS BEEN CHALLENGES WITH STUFF BEING DONE ON TIME, AND WE ARE VERY FASCINATED AND HOW HAVE THINGS TURNED OUT WHERE 40% MORE CAN BE DONE. HOW DO YOU THINK FREIGHT OPERATORS WILL BE FEELING? THEY WILL BE STOKED. AS I SAY, AN EXTRA HALF AN HOUR A DAY OR FOR ANYONE USING IT AS A COMMUTE, WHICH FOR SOME TRUCK SWAPS, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN USING THAT TWICE A DAY, THAT IS AN EXTRA HOUR A DAY. MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE VALUING THEIR TIME AND THEY ARE VALUING LOSS IN PRODUCTIVITY, SO THEY WILL BE STOKED. PEOPLE WILL BE THANKFUL THAT THE DETOURS ARE GONE, BUT ENCOURAGING PEOPLE STILL TO TRAVEL AROUND THOSE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND SEE THOSE BITS AS WELL. HOPEFULLY THE ROADS ARE STILL OK, ONE ROAD HAS BEEN REPAIRED BUT EVERYONE HAS BEEN ANOTHER ONE, SO` HOPEFULLY THAT DON'T HAVE TO CLOSE THAT ONE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` HOW TO DEAL WITH PESKY PESTS AS THE WARM WEATHER EXTENDS INTO AUTUMN. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` CANADA IS ONCE AGAIN HITTING BACK AT U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S TARIFFS ON STEEL AND ALUMINIUM WITH OVER $20b IN NEW RETALIATORY TAXES. THE U.S. AND RUSSIA ARE SET TO DISCUSS THE 30-DAY CEASEFIRE DEAL WHICH UKRAINE AGREED TO YESTERDAY. SOUNDS DOUBLE MURDERER SCOTT WATSON HAS APPEARED BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD WHERE IT EMERGED HE WAS INVOLVED IN A MISCONDUCT INCIDENT IN PRISON LAST YEAR. IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO ENJOY THE HOT WEATHER ` WASPS AND SPIDERS, AND THE RODENTS TOO, HAVE BOOMED IN NUMBERS OVER SUMMER. TO TELL US HOW TO DEAL WITH THE CREEPY CRAWLIES IS OWEN STOBART FROM ACES PEST CONTROL. GOOD MORNING. LET'S START WITH WASPS. LOTS OF THEM AROUND AT THE MOMENT. WHEN CAN WE SEE THEM BUNKERING OFF? THEY'LL DIMINISH WHEN WE GET A COLD SNAP. AT THE MOMENT, WE ARE IN THE LONG END OF A HOT SUMMER, AND WE ARE VERY BUSY DOING WASPS NESTS EVERY DAY. THE MOST COMMON WASPS THAT WE DO AT THE MOMENT ARE COMMON EUROPEAN WASPS AND GERMAN WASPS. THEY ARE ONES THAT MAKE NESTS LIKE IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND. WHAT ABOUT THE ONES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE OR UNDER A FENCE LINE OR SOMETHING? THAT'S A DIFFERENT SPECIES CALLED A PAPER WASP. THEY COME INTO TOPS, THE ASIAN ONES, YELLOW AND BLACK, AND THE AUSTRALIAN ONES WHICH ARE RARE, RED AND BLACK. YOU CAN GET RID OF THOSE AT NIGHT, BUT YOU NEED FLY SPRAY AND SOME GOOD RUNNING SHOES JUST IN CASE IT GOES WRONG. WASPS AT THE MOMENT, YOU CAN EXPECT THEM TO GO WHEN YOU GET THE COLD SNAP. WITH IT A LONG, HOT SUMMER, AND RODENTS HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT MAKING RODENTS, WHICH IS ALL THEY DO. THEY ARE QUITE GOOD AT IT. THEY'RE ROAMING AROUND OUTSIDE, THEY ARE REASONABLY WARM, BUT IN APRIL AND MAY, THEY WILL BE LOOKING TO COME INSIDE. IF SOMEONE HAS` WE ARE JUST STARTING TO SEE THEM A BIT MORE NOW BECAUSE IT'S, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE STILL WARM, IT'S GETTING COOLER. YOU MIGHT HAVE THEM IN THE GARDEN SHED OR THE COMPOST HEAP, BUT THEY MAKE TRYING GET IN THE HOUSE WHEN IT'S COLD. THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE CALL US, RATS AND MICE TRYING TO GET SO THEIR HOUSE. IT'S GOOD IDEA TO MANAGE THE RODENTS ON A REGULAR BASIS, A MONTHLY BASIS, SOME TRAPS INSIDE OF A BOX OR SOME BAIT. WHAT ABOUT FLIES? WE HAVE HAD A GOOD FLY SEASON, IT'S AGAIN BEEN QUITE HOT, BUT FLIES ARE DIMINISHING BECAUSE IT'S STARTING TO GET COOLER AND THEY HAVE DONE THEIR THING. THEY PEEK AROUND MID SUMMER TIME, WHICH HAS BEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. WHAT ABOUT COCKROACHES? I SAW ONE OF THE BATHROOM AT THREE IN THE MORNING. ONE IN THE BATHROOM WILL TYPICALLY GET LARGER AND DARKER, THAT'S A BUSH COCKROACH FROM OUTSIDE. THEY DON'T INFEST HOUSES. THEY ARE JUST UNSIGHTLY AND HORRIBLE TO LOOK AT, BUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CAUSE YOU TO BE ILL. MOST PEOPLE WANT TO GET RID OF THEM SPRAYING INSIDE THEIR HOUSE. IS AN ELEMENT OF SOCIETY THAT WANTS A NON-TOXIC PEST CONTROL, BUT GENERALLY, THE ORGANIC STUFF IS NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS THE SYNTHETIC STUFF. THE SYNTHETIC STUFF WILL WORK FOR LONGER AND BE MORE EFFECTIVE, WHEREAS THE ORGANIC STUFF WON'T LAST VERY LONG. WE STILL HAVE WARMER WEATHER, SO CAN WE EXPECT, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WASPS AND FLIES ARE COCKROACHES AND RODENTS, IN TERMS OF SEEING THEM, THEY ARE STILL THERE, BUT WE EXPECT THAT TO DROP OFF, POTENTIALLY IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO? THE FORECASTS ARE SAYING THAT THE END OF MARCH WE WILL SEE THE SAME OLD SAME OLD FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, BUT THE APRIL AND MAY IS WHEN THE CULT STEPS COME UP AND THE FORECASTS SAY THAT THAT WILL BE WHEN THINGS DIE DOWN. COLD SNAPS* SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE MANY COCKROACHES AND RATS AT YOUR PLACE, JENNY MAY. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, WILL THE GOVERNMENT STEP IN AS HOSPICES WARN THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF MONEY? # BABY, COME HOME. # STUCK WITH YOU, STUCK WITH YOU, STUCK WITH THE. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WE ARE GETTING TO YOUR NEWS SHORTLY, BUT WE HAVE AN INTERVIEW ABOUT THE VIDEO GAMES HALL OF FAMER, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE VIDEO GAMES WE USED TO PLAY WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER. I NEVER HAD A CONSOLE ` IT WAS JUST THE COMPUTER. I HAD MATE WHO HAD AN ATARI, WHAT DO YOU CALL THEM, CONSOLE. WE WOULD GO TO HER HOUSE TO PLAY THAT GAME. WE WOULD PLAY A TENNIS GAME ` PONG. THAT IS OLD SCHOOL. THAT IT IS THERE. THOSE GAMES ARE STRANGELY ADDICTING, AREN'T THEY? THAT'S WHAT IT WAS LIKE BACK IN THE DAY, CHANGY. SOME GAMES JUST WORK. WE WILL GET TO SOME OF THAT LATER ON. IT IS NOW TIME FOR YOUR NEWS WITH JENNY MAY. THE TRADE WAR CONTINUES TO DEVELOP, WITH CANADA ANNOUNCING NEW RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON THE U.S. TOTALLING MORE THAN CAD$20b CANADIAN THE LATEST ESCALATION FOLLOWS U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THREATENING TO DOUBLE TARIFFS ON CANADIAN ALUMINIUM AND STEEL YESTERDAY. CANADA IS THE BIGGEST FOREIGN SUPPLIER OF THOSE METALS TO THE U.S. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE'S SENT A TEAM TO RUSSIA TO NEGOTIATE A TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE AFTER UKRAINE AGREED THE U.S. PROPOSED DEAL YESTERDAY. RUSSIA IS YET TO COMMENT, SAYING IT'S WAITING TO BE BRIEFED BY U.S. OFFICIALS. MEANWHILE, STRIKES ON UKRAINE CONTINUED OVERNIGHT, WITH RUSSIA SAYING IT'S RECLAIMED PARTS OF THE KURSK REGION. THE FAMILY OF A NEW ZEALAND SURFER PRESUMED DEAD IN A SHARK ATTACK OFF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COAST SAY THEY'RE DEVASTATED TO HAVE LOST HIM. STEVEN PAYNE, WHO MOVED TO MELBOURNE FROM DUNEDIN, WAS SURFING AT WHARTON BEACH WHEN HE WAS ATTACKED BY A SHARK. POLICE HAVE CALLED OFF THE SEARCH FOR HIS BODY. CALLS FOR A SHARK CULL EMERGED IN THE WAKE OF THE INCIDENT, BUT PAYNE'S FAMILY SAY HE WOULDN'T HAVE SUPPORTED KILLING ANY SHARKS. BACK HERE, A THIRD NEW ZEALAND WEED HAS DEVELOPED RESISTANCE TO THE COMMON HERBICIDE GLYPHOSATE, THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN PRODUCTS LIKE ROUNDUP. WILD CARROT POPULATIONS IN MARLBOROUGH VINEYARDS HAVE SHOWN SIGNS OF HERBICIDE RESISTANCE, MAKING IT HARD TO CONTROL. WINE GROWERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO USE DIFFERENT HERBICIDES OR REMOVE THE WEED BY HAND TO PREVENT IT FROM ESTABLISHING. AUCKLAND FC ARE GETTING A WELCOME BOOST TO THEIR SQUAD, WITH DEFENDER DAN HALL RETURNING FROM AN ANKLE INJURY AFTER THREE MONTHS ON THE SIDELINES. HE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR SELECTION FOR SUNDAY'S MATCH AGAINST THE CENTRAL COAST MARINERS ` HIS FORMER CLUB. IT'S A TIMELY RETURN, WITH NANDO PIJNAKER AND LOUIS VERSTRAETE BOTH SERVING A ONE MATCH SUSPENSION. ALWAYS A TEAM FIRST MENTALITY, SO JUST SEEING THEM DO SO WELL, I AM HAPPY FOR THEM, AND I AM OR AS PART OF THE TEAM. THE MATCH GETS UNDERWAY AT 5pm AT MOUNT SMART. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MIXED BAG FOR MOST IN THE NORTH. WITH AUCKLAND AND NORTHLAND EXPECTED TO HAVE A CLOUDY START WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE DAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLATEAU. 22 THE HIGH FOR HASTINGS, 17 FOR WELLINGTON. A FINE DAY FOR MOST IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, ALTHOUGH, A BIT OF A CLOUDY START FOR KAIKOURA AND CHRISTCHURCH WITH CONFINED SHOWERS TO BANKS PENINSULA BEFORE BECOMING FINE IN THE AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN. 20 IN GREYMOUTH. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (UPBEAT MUSIC) THE GLOBAL TRADE WAR CONTINUES WITH CANADA ANNOUNCING NEW RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON THE U.S. THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED ITS OWN RETALIATORY TARIFFS, IN RESPONSE TO DONALD TRUMP'S 25% LEVY ON ALL STEEL AND ALUMINIUM IMPORTS. BRITAIN'S BUSINESS SECRETARY HAS DESCRIBED THE WHITE HOUSE'S TARIFFS 'DISAPPOINTING.' WHILE PRIME MINISTER KIER STARMER SAYS HE'S KEEPING 'ALL OPTIONS ON THE TABLE.' THE BBC'S MARC ASHDOWN HAS MORE. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF MAKING AMERICA RICH AGAIN. AND THE PRESIDENCY'S BLANNKET TARIFFS ON ALL STEEL AND ALUMINIUM IMPORTS AS HIS TRUMP CARD. AT THE STROKE OF A PEN, ANY AMERICAN COMPANY IN PUTTING THESE PRODUCTS FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WILL HAVE TO PAY A 25% LEVY. IS THE REACTION FROM THE USA'S MAIN TRADING PARTNERS WAS QUICK. CANADA IS BY FAR ITS LARGEST CUSTOMER, FOLLOWED BY BRAZIL AND MEXICO. UK IS FAR BEHIND THAT. THESE CAN'T BE IS A LEASE SOURCED LAST YEAR. THERE ARE CONCERNS, BECAUSE THE UK HAS BEEN DECLINING FOR DECADES. THERE HAS BEEN EFFORTS TO REVIVE IT, SO THIS TRADE WAR COULD NOT HAVE COME AT A WORSE TIME. SURELY DONALD TRUMP REALISES THAT THEY ARE HIS FRIEND, NOT HIS FOE. THE USA ARE OUR PARTNERS, NOT OUR ENEMIES. THEREAFTER HERE IS THAT STEEL DESTINED TO THE US COULD HEAD TO THE UK AND FLOOD THE MARKET. THE COSTS OF DOING BUSINESS WITH AMERICA ARE ONLY GOING TO INCREASE. THE USA IS A STRATEGIC MARKET FOR US. A 25% TARIFF IS UNFORTUNATELY TOO HIGH FOR US TO ABSORB. HE WAS DISAPPOINTED BUT ALL OPTIONS REMAINED ON THE TABLE TO FIND SOLUTIONS. THIS COMES AFTER YEARS OF WHAT DONALD TRUMP CALLS FAILED TRADE POLICIES, THE START OF A GLOBAL TARIFF WAR ON STEEL. ME U TONU MAI ` SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR VIDEO GAMES ARE SET TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME. NEXT ` WHO'S IN THE RUNNING AND HOW YOU CAN VOTE. # WHY WE GIVE IT ALL UP. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. DESERT ROAD IS SET TO REOPEN ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AFTER THE STATE HIGHWAY WAS CLOSED FOR TWO MONTHS DUE TO ROAD WORKS. A THIRD NEW ZEALAND WEED HAS DEVELOPED RESISTANCE TO THE COMMON HERBICIDE, GLYPHOSATE, THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN PRODUCTS LIKE ROUNDUP. AND SOUNDS DOUBLE MURDERER SCOTT WATSON HAS APPEARED BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD, WHERE IT EMERGED HE WAS INVOLVED IN A MISCONDUCT INCIDENT IN PRISON LAST YEAR. FROM THE OLD SCHOOL COIN OPERATED SPACIE MACHINES TO HIGH-TECH CONSOLES AND MOBILE GAMING, VIDEO GAMES HAVE COME A LONG WAY. AND THEY'RE BIG BUSINESS ` IT'S ESTIMATED THE INDUSTRY GENERATED MORE THAN $320b IN REVENUE IN 2024. SOME OF THE MOST WELL KNOWN GAMES ARE ABOUT TO BE HONOURED WITH THE FINALISTS NAMED FOR THE WORLD VIDEO GAME HALL OF FAME. JOINING US NOW IS JON-PAUL DYSON DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE HISTORY OF ELECTRONIC GAMES ECONOMIC GAMES. ELECTRONIC, RATHER, GAMES. AT THE STRONG NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PLAY IN NEW YORK STATE. FIRST OF ALL, TELL US ABOUT THE MUSEUM. IT IS A WONDERLAND OF PLAYTHINGS. THERE ARE OVER 60,000 VIDEOGAMES HERE AT THE MUSEUM. IT IS 60,000 FT OF INTERACTIVE FUN. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FINALISTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE TOP 10. EVERY YEAR WE PICK 12 FINALISTS FOR THE WORLD VIDEOGAME HALL OF FAMER, AND THEY RANGED THIS YEAR FROM OLD SCHOOL CLASSICS LIKE FROGGER TO CALL OF DUTY OR ANGRY BIRDS TWO FARMER SIMULATIONS. SO IT RUNS THE GAMUT FROM CASUAL TO VERY INTENSE. YOU ARE GOING TO BE GENERATING A LOT OF MISSED OUT IF PEOPLE ARE MAGIC. WHAT IS IT ABOUT GAMING THAT MAKES IT SO ENDURING AND APPEALING? THE BEST VIDEOGAMES OF ALL TIME, WHATEVER THE TECHNOLOGICAL PLATFORM THEY ARE ON, ARE JUST FUN. PLAY IS OUR BRAINS FAVOURITE WAY OF LEARNING. WHETHER IT IS ANGRY BIRDS THAT TAKES A FEW SECONDS, OR A GAME LIKE QUAKE WHERE YOU ARE PLAYING AS PEOPLE AND TRYING TO SURVIVE, TO AN INTENSE SHOOTOUT. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THAT FUN AND IMMERSIVE NEST THAT MAKES GAMES ENJOYABLE. HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO GETS TO MAKE IT INTO THE HALL OF FAME, AND WILL THE PUBLIC HAVE A SAY IN THIS? EVERY YEAR THERE ARE FOUR CRITERIA TO DETERMINE WHICH GAMES ARE CHOSEN AS FINALISTS. THOSE ARE ICON STATUS, EVERYONE KNOWS THE GAME, LONGEVITY, HAS THE GAME LASTED I WAILED. GEOGRAPHICAL REACH, AND STATUS. THAT GOES TO AN INTERNATIONAL SELECTION ADVISORY. THEN FANS GET TO VOTE. THERE IS A PLAYER CHOICE BALLOT. SOME PEOPLE GET TO VOTE, AND THAT COUNTS THE SAME AS THE SELECTION JUDGES. EVEN IN NEW ZEALAND WE HAVE A PROUD HISTORY NOW OF GENERATING THESE SORTS OF GAMES. WE HAVE GONE FROM ARCADE TO THINGS LIKE TAMAGOTCHI, COMPUTER GAMES, VIDEO CONSOLES. WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF VIDEOGAMES, DO YOU THINK? I THINK GAMING WILL ALWAYS BE KEEPING UP WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY. THAT MIGHT BE THINGS LIKE VIRTUAL REALITY. BUT OUR PHONE AS WELL. THAT GAME YOU PLAY FOR A QUICK COUPLE OF MINUTES, OR COULD BE THESE CONSOLES WITH HIGHLY REALISTIC GRAPHICS. WHETHER THE GRAPHICS ARE SIMPLE OR COMPLEX, THE KEY IS THE SAME ` AS THE GAME FUN? SOMETIMES THE MOST SIMPLE GAMES CAN BE THE MOST MEMORABLE. MY CO-HOST, GINNIE MAE, HER FAVOURITE GAME WAS PONG. YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE BALL STAYS IN PLAY. IS THAT WHY SOME GAMES ARE SO ICONIC ` THE SIMPLICITY? LOOK AT THE GAME FROGGER, ONE OF THE FINALISTS THIS YEAR, YOU HAVE TO GET A FROG ACROSS THE STREAM WITHOUT GETTING CRUSHED. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE BEST GAMES OF ALL TIME ` A FROG PLAYING A GAME? THAT IS KEY SOMETIMES AND DOING IT. SOMETIMES IT IS A GAME THAT EXISTS OUTSIDE. FOR EXAMPLE GOLDEN TEE GOLF. YOU CAN PLAY IT WITH SOME FRIENDS AND A BEER AND MAYBE SOME MONEY ON THE SIDE. FROGGER REMINDS ME OF A GAME THAT ONE OF MY NEPHEWS WAS PLAYING ` CROSSY ROAD. YOU CAN TRANSPORTED TO SOMEWHERE ELSE. MAYBE YOU HAD A GOOD IDEA IN THE BEGINNING. I LOVE THAT GAME. IF YOU HAVE A GAME OF CHOICE, IS THERE ONE THAT YOU WILL GO TO ALL THAT IS THE MOST MEMORABLE FOR YOU? IT IS PROBABLY AGE OF EMPIRES. OH, YES. IT IS A STRATEGY GAME. WE HAVE FOUR KIDS, AND WHEN THE KIDS WOULD GO TO BED, MY WIFE WOULD HEAR ME AT 230 IN THE MORNING. (YELLS) AND ME TRYING TO BRING IT TO ITS FORMER GLORY. I WOULDN'T QUITE PLAY UNTIL THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING. YOU CAN MAKE IT GREAT AGAIN. THE PROBLEM WITH THESE GAMES AS YOU CAN SPEND SO MANY HOURS LOST WITH THEM, AND BY THE TIME YOU FINISH ON THE COMPUTER, IT IS QUITE LATE OR EARLY IN THE MORNING. WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM NEW ZEALAND. THE LATE 1990S, JONAH LOMU RUGBY, HAS THAT EVER COME CLOSE TO MAKING THE LIST? IT HAS NOT COME CLOSE. MAYBE THAT IS OUR USA BIAS HERE. I FOUND THIS PLAYSTATION PRO MAGAZINE FROM THE 1990S THAT INCLUDED A LITTLE CHEAP BOOK ` THE PRO GAME SECRETS HERE. HERE IT IS ` JONAH LOMU'S RUGBY. IT IS THE ONLY DECENT RUGBY VIDEOGAME EVER, AND ARGUABLY THE BEST SPORTS GAME ON THE PLAYSTATION. THEY EVEN GIVE YOU A PRO TIP ` USE YOUR TURBO BUTTON SPARINGLY. THIS IS SOME VIDEOGAME HISTORY WE HAVE HERE. THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT IS A GOOD LESSON FOR ACTUAL RUGBY AS WELL. SOMETIMES A CHANGE OF PACE IS GOOD. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU. JONAH LOMU RUGBY. I KNOW IT WAS POPULAR AT THE TIME, BUT IT WAS THE SCOTTISH COMMENTARY. GREAT LINES. I CAN'T SAY I... NEVER PLAYED IT? NO. I WAS STILL STUCK ON PACMAN. THE ARCADE GAMES? IF YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE GAME, LET US KNOW ` EMAIL US. WE MIGHT SHOW SOME FOOTAGE. WE SHOWED SOME FOOTAGE OF WHAT I SAID WAS MY FAVOURITE GAME WHEN JENNY MAY MENTIONED PONG. THIS WAS MY FAVOURITE GAME. FIFA 1998. LOOKING BACK AT THE GRAPHICS NOW, IT JUST LOOKS SO BAD. AT THE TIME, IT WAS REALISTIC. AND AS HE WAS SAYING ABOUT THE CHEATS AND CODES YOU CAN DO, YOU COULD PUT IN DIFFERENT CODES, AND ONE OF MY FAVOURITES WAS PUTTING IN THE CODE TO MAKE THEM ALL HAVE MASSIVE HEADS. THEY WOULD BE PLAYING WITH THESE HUGE HEADS. AND AT THE TIME, THERE WAS SUCH GOOD GRAPHICS, BUT I LOOK AT IT NOW. YOU WOULD DROP BALLS ON THE GOALKEEPER AND SEE IF YOU COULD GET THE GOALKEEPER TO SCORE ` A GOALIE RUN. YOU COULD SPEND HOURS, BUT BECAUSE THERE WAS ONLY ONE COMPUTER BETWEEN THE FOUR KIDS, YOU HAD TO ALLOCATE THE TIME, AND YOUR SISTER WAS ON SIMS NEXT. $0.20. AT THE 27TH END. DO YOU REMEMBER? NO. $0.20* E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE 7 O'CLOCK NEWS IS COMING UP. PLUS, THE LOCAL SCIENTIST TRYING TO GROW APPLES WITHOUT A CORE WHO WON BIG AT THE SCIENCE NEW ZEALAND AWARDS. # I LOVE MY BROKE BOY. IMAGINE GROWING AN APPLE WITHOUT A CORE. THAT COULD SOON BE A REALITY THANKS TO THE RESEARCH OF ONE SCIENTIST WHO'S TAKEN OUT ONE OF THE TOP PRIZES AT LAST NIGHT'S SCIENCE NEW ZEALAND AWARDS. DR HILARY IRELAND IS A RISING STAR IN PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. HER RESEARCH AIMS TO DEVELOP FRUIT THAT DON'T REQUIRE POLLINATORS, LIKE BEES, ALLOWING THEM TO BE GROWN IN A WIDER RANGE OF ENVIRONMENTS. SHE JOINS US NOW. CONGRATULATIONS. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE YOUR WORK RECOGNISED? THAT'S WONDERFUL. REALLY COOL. THE AWARD REALLY RECOGNISES THE WORK OF MANY. IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO DO GOOD SCIENCE. AND IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO CREATE SCIENCE IMPACTS. THIS AWARD IS RECOGNITION OF THE BIG TEAM BEHIND THE WORK. TELL US ABOUT THE RESEARCH. WE MENTIONED CORELESS APPLES. WHAT IS THE GOAL? THE END GOAL OF ALL THE RESEARCHERS TO INNOVATE OUR FOOD SYSTEMS TO MAKE THE MORE SUSTAINABLE. THAT TAKES MANY TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX. THIS IS JUST ONE SMALL PART OF IT. WE ARE STUDYING THE GENETICS OF FLOWER AND FRUIT DEVELOPMENT. THAT HAS MANY APPLICATIONS INCLUDING CHANGING FRUIT SIZE, FRUIT SHAPE AND STRUCTURE, QUALITY, AND ALSO FLOWER STRUCTURE INFLUENCING THINGS LIKE POLLINATION OUTCOMES. THE APPLE INDUSTRY IS ABOUT A $1 BILLION INDUSTRY, AND HAVING NO CORE GOES BEYOND SLEEPLESSNESS, IT REMOVES THE ACTUAL CORE OF THE APPLE. SEEDLESS FRUIT FOR OTHER INDUSTRIES HAS REALLY REVOLUTIONISED TO THOSE INDUSTRIES. SEEDLESS MANDARINS, SEEDLESS MELONS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE CHOICE THAT PEOPLE MAKE. SLEEPLESSNESS FOR THE PIP FRUIT INDUSTRY ISN'T QUITE THE SAME BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE THAT UNPALATABLE CORE. CHANGING THE FRUIT STRUCTURE TO REMOVE THE CORE IS ONE WAY TO GET THAT SEEDLESS EFFECT. IT IS ONE APPLICATION OF THE WIDER RESEARCH. IN TERMS OF THAT WIDER RESEARCH, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THIS? WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE GENETICS OF FLOWER AND FRUIT DEVELOPMENT FOR A LONG TIME. I CAME IN AS AN UNDERGRADUATE AND MY SUPERVISORS AT THE TIME WERE ALREADY LOOKING AT FRUIT AND FLOWER TISSUE PATTERNING, THE GENETICS OF THAT, SO WE'VE BEEN STUDYING IT FOR A LONG TIME AS A TEAM, PARTICULARLY FOR FRUIT SCIENCE APPLICATIONS, BUT THE CORELESS STARTED LATER, WITH A QUESTION OF WHETHER YOU COULD TAKE AWAY THE OVARY OF THE FLOUR, WHICH IS WHAT MANY PEOPLE EAT WHEN THEY ARE EATING SOMETHING LIKE A TOMATO OR A MELON. WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY THE OVARY FROM AN APPLE FLOWER, CAN YOU EVEN GET A FRUIT? THE ANSWER WAS YES. THAT WAS SMALL PROOF OF CONCEPT THAT WE DID, WITH LAB-BASED METHODS, AND THAT RESEARCH HAS BEEN GOING ON ON THE SIDE FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. YOU ARE THE WINNER OF THE EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS AWARD. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A HUGE ADVOCATE OF EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS, HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS AWARD WHEN LOOKING AT TRYING TO BRING IN YOUNGER SCIENTISTS? THE REALLY CALL THING ABOUT THE EARLY CAREER RESEARCH AWARD WAS THAT THERE WAS EIGHT FINALISTS, EIGHT NOMINATIONS IN EACH OF THE CATEGORIES. THERE WERE FIVE CATEGORIES AND TOTALS SPANNING COLLABORATION, INNOVATION, PARTNERSHIPS, LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTS, AND EARLY CAREER. THE EIGHT FINALISTS COVERED THE SEVEN CROWN RESEARCH INSTITUTES, AND TOGETHER, MYSELF AND OTHER EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS WORK TOGETHER TO PROMOTE THIS SPACE. THEY ARE IN A PRECARIOUS SPACE. WHAT WAS REALLY COOL LAST NIGHT, WERE THAT THERE WERE FOUR OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE SCIENCE NZ EARLY CAREER MEMBER GROUP THAT WERE ALSO NOMINATED. EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS ARE REALLY A LOT OF THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND SCIENCE INNOVATION IN NEW ZEALAND, SO IT IS GOOD TO GIVE THEM A PLATFORM TO RECOGNISE THEIR WORK EVEN IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THEIR CAREER, AND TO TRY AND GET THAT CERTAINTY THAT THEY NEED TO CONTINUE THEIR CAREER IN SCIENCE. CONGRATULATIONS, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` AS DEMAND RISES, HOSPICES WARN THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF MONEY. CAN THE GOVERNMENT STEP IN TO HELP? ALSO AHEAD, PEOPLE ON THE BENEFIT ENDURING LONG STAYS IN HOSPITAL CAN HAVE THE AMOUNT OF THEIR BENEFIT AUTOMATICALLY REDUCED. WHY ADVOCATES SAY THE SYSTEM IS PUNISHING THOSE WHO NEED THE MOST HELP. THOSE WHO NEED THE MOST HELP. PLUS, MORE THAN 2000 SONGS OVER A CAREER THAT'S SPANNED MORE THAN 50 YEARS. WE CHAT WITH SOUL LEGEND AND 10-TIME GRAMMY WINNER CHAKA KHAN. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK, HERE'S THE NEWS. A YOUNG GIRL HAS DIED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A TRAIN OUTSIDE OF A SCHOOL IN MATAMATA, EAST OF WAIKATO. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE FIRTH STREET AND COLLEGE STREET INTERSECTION AT 3.15pm. BUT DESPITE RECEIVING MEDICAL ATTENTION SHE DIED ON THE SCENE. POLICE ARE NOW MAKING ENQUIRES ON BEHALF OF THE CORONER, AND ASK ANYONE WHO WITNESSED THE EVENT TO COME FORWARD. SOUNDS DOUBLE MURDERER SCOTT WATSON HAS AGAIN APPEARED BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD WHERE IT EMERGED HE WAS INVOLVED IN A MISCONDUCT INCIDENT IN PRISON LAST YEAR. THE 53-YEAR-OLD HAS SPENT NEARLY HALF HIS LIFE IN JAIL FOR THE MURDERS OF BEN SMART AND OLIVIA HOPE IN THE MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS IN 1998. IN THE HEARING, A WITNESS DESCRIBED THE INCIDENT AS AN ASSAULT, BUT WATSON DOWNPLAYED IT AS A PLAYFIGHT. THE BOARD IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A DECISION ON WATSON'S PAROLE BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH. THE GLOBAL TRADE WAR IS CONTINUING TO ESCALATE, WITH CANADA ANNOUNCING NEW RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON THE U.S. TOTALLING MORE THAN CAD$20b. IT FOLLOWS U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THREATENING TO DOUBLE HIS 25% TARIFFS ON CANADIAN ALUMINIUM AND STEEL YESTERDAY. THE EUROPEAN UNION'S ALSO SAID IT WILL RETALIATE WITH ITS OWN TARIFFS AND IS DUE TO ANNOUNCE THIS RESPONSE SHORTLY. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE'S SENT A TEAM TO RUSSIA TO NEGOTIATE A TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE AFTER UKRAINE AGREED THE U.S. PROPOSED DEAL YESTERDAY. RUSSIA IS YET TO COMMENT, SAYING ITS WAITING TO BE BRIEFED BY U.S. OFFICIALS. MEANWHILE, STRIKES ON UKRAINE CONTINUED OVERNIGHT, WITH RUSSIA SAYING ITS RECLAIMED PARTS OF THE KURSK REGION. DESPITE FALLING TO INDIA IN THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY FINAL THE BLACKCAPS' EFFORTS HAVE SEEN SEVERAL TEAM MEMBERS JUMP UP IN THE ODI PLAYER RANKINGS. PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT RACHIN RAVINDRA GAINING GROUND IN THE MEN'S BATTER AND ALL ROUNDER RANKINGS AS THE LEADING RUN SCORER AND CONTRIBUTING THREE WICKETS. SKIPPER MITCHELL SANTNER'S NINE WICKETS SEEING HIM JUMP UP SIX SPOTS TO SECOND ON THE MEN'S BOWLER RANKINGS. STRONG PERFORMANCES FROM GLENN PHILLIPS, DARYL MITCHELL, AND MICHAEL BRACEWELL ALSO SAW THE TRIO GET A BOOST TO THEIR PLAYER RATINGS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (UPBEAT MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MIXED BAG FOR MOST IN THE NORTH. WITH AUCKLAND AND NORTHLAND EXPECTED TO HAVE A CLOUDY START WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE DAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLATEAU. 22 THE HIGH FOR HASTINGS. 17 FOR WELLINGTON. A FINE DAY FOR MOST IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, ALTHOUGH A BIT OF A CLOUDY START FOR KAIKOURA AND CHRISTCHURCH WITH CONFINED SHOWERS TO BANKS PENINSULA BEFORE BECOMING FINE IN THE AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN. 20 IN GREYMOUTH. HOSPICES ARE RUNNING OUT OF MONEY, AND FAST. A NEW REPORT COMMISSIONED BY FIVE HOSPICES WARNS THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO COVER COSTS WITHIN A YEAR AS GROWING DEMAND PUSHES EXPENSES BEYOND GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY FUNDING. TINA MCCAFFERTY IS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF TOTARA HOSPICE IN AUCKLAND. SHE JOINS US NOW. WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH FUNDING AT THE MOMENT? OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, GOVERNMENT FUNDING HAS DROPPED TO 50%. THAT MEANS THAT THIS YEAR, BASED ON THE MARKET AND CHINK IN REPORT, WE ARE ALREADY $9.4 MILLION SHORT. HOSPICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE RAISED OVER $100 MILLION THIS YEAR, AND SO THIS IS COST UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY TO 18 56 MILLION. WE HAVE TO FIND THAT FROM COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S A REALLY BIG ASK. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE CRITICALITY OF HOSPICE SERVICES, ONE HAS TO ASK THEMSELVES IS THERE NOT A BETTER BALANCE TO BE STRUCK AND PARTICULARLY WITH THE HEALTH SYSTEM ON THE BRINK, AND GIVEN THAT WE NOW HAVE THE EVIDENCE FOR WHAT WE ALWAYS THOUGHT, WHICH IS THAT HOSPICES ARE REALLY SMART INVESTMENT FOR NEW ZEALANDERS WITH TERMINAL ILLNESS, BUT FOR A GOVERNMENT, LOOKING FOR A RETURN. I FEEL SILLY ASKING THIS, BUT HOW SERIOUS IS THIS ISSUE AT THE MOMENT FOR HOSPICES? IT'S REALLY SERIOUS, AND ABOUT 2022, WE MADE SEVERAL APPROACHES THROUGH MEDIA, THROUGH GOVERNMENT, AND WE SAID THERE IS A TICKING CLOCK ON HOSPICES SUSTAINABILITY FOR NEW ZEALAND. AND IT'S ABOUT 60 MONTHS BEFORE SERVICES SERIOUSLY BEGIN TO CLOSE. WE'VE WITNESSED THIS REALITY IN THE UK OVER THE LAST YEAR WHO HAVE A SIMILAR HOSPICE MODEL AND A SIMILAR GOVERNMENT MODEL AND SERVICES HAVE BEGUN TO CLOSE. SERVICES ACROSS HOSPICES IN NEW ZEALAND ARE GETTING SMALLER, PRIORITISATION, AND CASELOAD MANAGEMENT IS GETTING TIGHTER. WE DON'T WANT THAT. THE MARTIN JENKINS REPORT VALIDATES THAT ITS $9.4 MILLION SHORT THIS YEAR JUST TO MAINTAIN 50%. AND IF NOTHING CHANGES, THAT WILL BE 200 MILLION OVER THE LAST 10 TO 20 YEARS AND DO WE WANT A NEW ZEALAND THAT CAN'T RESPOND TO PALLIATIVE NEED? I DON'T THINK WE DO. ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH A HOSPICE WILL UNDERSTAND THE VITAL AND BEAUTIFUL WORK THAT HOSPICES DO AROUND THE COUNTRY. IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT SERVICE AVAILABLE, WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE PATIENTS? WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE FAMILIES AND THAT HEALTH SYSTEM? WE START WITH PATIENTS AND FAMILIES, BECAUSE THAT IS THE REASON WE EXIST. THOSE PATIENTS AND FAMILIES WILL NOT HAVE AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO SUFFERING. PATIENTS WILL BE OVER TREATED, WON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF THE ONUS OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT HAVE DONE. WE KNOW THAT HOSPICES PRODUCE BETTER OUTCOMES FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES, AND IT WILL THE MARTIN JENKINS REPORT PROVIDES US WITH THE EVIDENCE THAT CURRENTLY HOSPICE SERVICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY SAVE THE PUBLIC SECTOR HUNDRED AND $10 MILLION A YEAR. JUST IN DIRECTS CRITICAL CARE COSTS. WE FREE UP SOME PLOVER PUBLIC SYSTEM, WE TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF OF WARDS, OF OUR PARTNER AND PRIMARY CARE WHO ARE FEELING THE STRAIN OF POPULATION GROWTH. WHEN YOU PUT THEM IN A NUTSHELL, THERE IS ABOUT 650,000 EPISODES OF CARE THAT THE HOSPICE NETWORK IN THE COUNTRY PROVIDES. THAT WILL END UP IN A SYSTEM THAT IS ALREADY ON THE BRINK AND OVERBURDENED, AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD DEAL FOR THE SYSTEM, AND IS NOT A GOOD DEAL FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES. WE ARE A SMART INVESTMENT CHOICE AND THE MARTIN JENKINS REPORT VALIDATES THAT. HAVE YOU SEEN AT THIS BAD PREVIOUSLY? NEVER. WE ARE NOT A SECTOR WHO WANTS TO COME IN HAND. WE UNDERSTAND ACCOUNTABILITY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS GOVERNMENT AND ANY GOVERNMENT WANTS TO SEE THE RETURN THAT IT GETS FOR THE INVESTMENT THAT IT MAKES. WE CAN PROVE THAT. AND WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR THE LAST 48 MONTHS THAT THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, WE HAVE A SOLUTION, WE WANT AND WE ARE READY TO CODESIGN AND PARTNER AND WE HAVE THE EVIDENCE, BUT WHEN YOUR SUBMISSIONS ARE REJECTED OUT OF HAND WITHOUT DISCUSSION WHEN A NATIONAL PALLIATIVE CARE WORKING GROUP CHOOSES NOT TO INVOLVE THE HOSPITAL SECTOR AND ITS DESIGN, HE HAVE TO SEE THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS NOT THAT FOR PURPOSE. IT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO NEW ZEALANDERS WITH TERMINAL ILLNESS. THE NATIONAL PALLIATIVE CARE WORKING GROUP DOES NOT HAVE THE HOSPICE SECTOR INVOLVED, AND IT NEEDS TO HAVE. WE REACHED OUT TO THE MINISTER WHO SAID THAT HEALTH NEW ZEALANDERS WORKING ON A NEW FUNDING FRAMEWORK, WHAT DO HOSPICES NEED FROM THEM, FROM THE MINISTER AND LOOKING AT THAT FUNDING FRAMEWORK? THE FUNDING FRAMEWORK AS PART OF THE WORK PROGRAM THAT I JUST ALLUDED TO, SO THE FIRST THING IS IS THAT THEY NEED TO INCLUDE US. I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE FAITH THAT THIS MINISTER UNDERSTANDS SMART INVESTMENT, UNDERSTANDS THE URGENCY AND JENNY MAY, THIS KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT. WE CANNOT AFFORD ON A COUNTRY OUR SIZE TO HAVE YET ANOTHER PALLIATIVE CARE REVIEW, YET ANOTHER COMMITTEE BY MULTIPLE PARTIES, YET ANOTHER ACTION PLAN THAT DOESN'T COME TO FRUITION. WE HAVE ANSWERS AND WE NEED ACTION NOW ALL WE ARE GOING TO FAIL NEW ZEALANDERS WITH TERMINAL ILLNESS FOR THE QUALITY-OF-LIFE THEY HAVE LEFT, THEIR END-OF-LIFE CARE AND ALSO THEIR FAMILIES. REALLY CRITICALLY IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER COUNTRIES WE CAN LEARN FROM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT COMPLEX GRIEF ABSENTEEISM, THAT COSTS THE UK $22 BILLION A YEAR. HOSPICES CAN PROVE THAT THEY CAN SUPPORT FAMILIES TO GRIEVE WELL, TO LIVE WELL, TO GET BACK TO WORK AND SCHOOL. THE NUMBERS OF THE MARTIN JENKINS REPORT SAYS THAT WE CANNOT WAIT FOR ANOTHER COMMITTEE BUT WE ARE READY TO RESPECTFULLY PARTNER AND THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO TALK TO MINISTER BROWN. KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU, AND IT IS BECAUSE YOU CARE. I DO CARE. WE NEED AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO SUFFERING. E HAERE AKE NEI ` PEOPLE WHO SPEND EXTENDED TIME IN HOSPITAL CAN GET THEIR BENEFIT AUTOMATICALLY CUT. NEXT, FEARS THE SYSTEM ISN'T SERVING OUR MOST VULNERABLE. # WHY DON'T YOU COME ON OVER, VALERIE? # VALERIE. # VALERIE. KIA ORA ANO. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` CANADA HAS HIT BACK AT U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S TARIFFS ON STEEL AND ALUMINIUM WITH MORE THAN CAD$20b IN NEW RETALIATORY TAXES. THE FAMILY OF A NEW ZEALAND SURFER PRESUMED DEAD IN A SHARK ATTACK IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA SAY THEY'RE DEVASTATED AS POLICE CALL OFF THE SEARCH FOR HIS BODY. AND NEW ZEALAND WILL BE SENDING ITS LARGEST EVER CONTINGENT TO THIS MONTH'S WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN NANJING, CHINA. ADVOCATES ARE CALLING OUT AUTOMATIC CUTS TO BENEFITS FOR THOSE IN HOSPITAL FOR EXTENDED PERIODS. ZOE MADDEN SMITH FROM RE:NEWS FIRST REPORTED THE STORY OF A WOMAN (34) WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS WHO HAD HER BENEFIT CUT AFTER BEING IN HOSPITAL FOR 13 WEEKS. RHIANNON PURVES HAD HER SUPPORTED LIVING PAYMENT OF $480 REDUCED TO JUST $55. THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SAYS, WHILE SHE MAY BE ENTITLED TO MORE, SHE NEEDS TO CONTACT THEM ` A DIFFICULT TASK CONSIDERING SHE SUFFERS FROM EXTREME FATIGUE. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT WORKER AJ HENDRY JOINS US NOW. AARON, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. YOU'VE READ ABOUT HER CASE. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE SITUATION WITH THE AUTOMATIC CUTS? OBVIOUSLY IT IS DISTRESSING. ONE OF MY FIRST CONCERNS IS THE RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AS A RESULT OF THAT FOR PEOPLE IN THAT SITUATION. IT DEMONSTRATES A SYSTEM THAT IS NOT HUMAN CENTRED AND DOESN'T UNDERSTAND TRULY THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE. IT IS NOT DESIGNED FOR US. MSD SAID IT HAS BEEN REDUCED TO THE HOSPITAL RATES. PRESUMABLY YOU DON'T NEED THE MONEY THAT YOU ARE GETTING FOR THINGS YOU ARE GETTING IN THE HOSPITAL* IT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE REALITY OF OUR LIVES. IF I HAVE TO GO TO HOSPITAL FOR 13 WEEKS OR MORE AND MAY BENEFIT GOT CUT, I WOULD HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES KEEPING A ROOF OVER MY HEAD OR FOR MY FAMILY. THAT IS NOT THINKING ABOUT THE WAY WE AS HUMAN BEINGS INTERACT IN OUR WORLD AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO WELL. THIS AUTOMATIC SYSTEM, HOW DOES IT NOT WORK FOR VULNERABLE PEOPLE? ONE OF THE THINGS WE SEE IN THE SERVICE WE RUN AS YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THROUGH AUTOMATIC CUTS, BENEFITS BEING REINSTATED AND WERE PLAYING AGAIN AND ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. IT IS PEOPLE WITH EXTREME VULNERABILITIES, SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS, HAVE A DISABILITY. BEING GREASED BARRIERS MAKE IT EVEN HARDER FOR THEM TO ACCESS THE SUPPORT THEY NEED. WORK AND INCOME IS NOT A DISTANT DESIGNED WELL FOR PEOPLE WITH VULNERABILITIES TO ACCESS EASILY. IT IS NOT PERSON CENTRED, AND THERE ARE SOME REAL GAPS IN HOW TO DESIGN THIS SYSTEM SO THAT IT SERVES PEOPLE. HOW DO YOU GET THEM ON THE PHONE? PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR HOURS ON END JUST TO GET A SIMPLE RESPONSE. ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WITH NEURO DIVERSITY WHO TALK TO US ABOUT HOW PAINFUL THE EXPERIENCE IS. IT IS NOT PERSON CENTRED. AS A BENEFIT IS CUT AUTOMATICALLY AND YOU ARE SUDDENLY THRUST INTO THE SITUATION, WHAT SORT OF FLOW ON EFFECTS CAN RECEIVE? THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK AROUND PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH. THERE IS AN INCREASED STRAIN ON PEOPLE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT SOMEONE WHO IS ALREADY STRUGGLING MENTALLY, YOU HAVE ALREADY THRONE AND EXTRA SPANNER IN THEIR WORLD. IT IS AN INCREASED RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. IT KEEPS PEOPLE IN CRISIS AND DISTRACTS FROM THE REAL WORK OF SUPPORTING PEOPLE TO HEAL AND RECOVER OR ACTUALLY DEAL WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THEIR LIVES. IF MSD SAYS, YOU NEED TO KEEP APPLYING, OTHERWISE HOW DO WE KNOW WHO NEEDS WHAT. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT? WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT REQUIRES, ESPECIALLY THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR SOCIETIES AND PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SIGNIFICANT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OR DISABILITIES OR THOSE THINGS, A GRUFF QUIRES ADVOCATES TO SUPPORT PEOPLE TO GET THE SUPPORT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO THROUGH OUR PUBLIC SERVICE. THAT IS A SIGN OF A SYSTEM THAT IS NOT WORKING AND NOT DESIGNED FOR OUR PEOPLE. WE NEED A PERSON CENTRED APPROACH; WE NEED PEOPLE TO SAY, WHAT ARE THE NEEDS AND OUR COMMUNITY. HOW CAN WE BUILD A SYSTEM THAT IS ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE? THERE IS A GOOD PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ACCESSING A BENEFIT AT THE MOMENT WHO NEEDED TO SURVIVE. THEY CAN'T NECESSARILY GO INTO THE WORKFORCE AS YOU OR I COULD. WE NEED TO RESPOND TO PEOPLE'S INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND MAKE SURE WE CAN MEET THOSE NEEDS. WITH THIS HOSPITAL RATE, UNLESS YOU HAVE PEOPLE WITH A PARTNER OR A CHILD, OR A VETERAN IN THIS INSTANCE, DO THOSE NUANCES NOT PROVIDE FOR THAT SORT OF THING? OUR EXPERIENCE AT LEAST WITH NAVIGATING THE SYSTEM, IT WAS NOT VERY WELL DESIGNED TO ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE NUANCES OF A PERSON'S LIFE, AND WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, AGAIN, PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF VULNERABILITIES WHO NEED TO BE BELIEVED, AND THEY HAVE THESE HUGE CHALLENGES. YOUNG PEOPLE SPEAK TO US CONSTANTLY THAT THEIR EXPERIENCE OF TRYING TO ACCESS SUPPORT THROUGH WORK AND INCOME IS TRAUMATISING. THEY REPORT TO US THEY FEEL GAS LIT GOING IN THERE SHARING THE EXPERIENCE. THEY LEAVE FEELING MORE TRAUMATISED AND TRIGGERED AND IN A WORSE STATE THAN WHEN THEY WENT IN THERE. IT IS, AGAIN, A SIGN THAT THIS IS NOT WORKING. WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS COUNTRY. WHAT DO WE WANT IN NEW ZEALAND ` DO WE WANT A SOCIETY WEB ALL PEOPLE CAN LIVE WELL, WHERE EVEN OUR MOST HONOURABLE CAN THRIVE, BE FED, HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS, ENSURE THAT KIDS CAN HAVE ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE AND DO THE THINGS THEY NEED TO LIVE WELL, OR DO WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THOSE DOING IT THE HARDEST CONTINUE TO DO IT THE HARDEST? OUR PUBLIC SERVICES ARE MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT WORKER AND DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER OF KICKBACK. THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT. KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON, 25 DEGREES. SOUTHWESTERLY. I HAVE GOT TO SAY, LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. WELLINGTON, COME ON AND, I'M COMING FOR YOU NEXT THURSDAY. OH YES, YOU'RE OFF. CLEARING TO FIND THAT EVENING, STRONG SOUTHERLIES. THOUGH SHOULD LEAVE BY THE AFTERNOON. DOES THAT NEED A WIPE? IT LOOKS A BIT PARU. I CAN DO IT WHEN I'M DOWN THERE. OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH, 18 DEGREES TODAY. JUST REMINDS ME OF THE GUY, TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER GETTING A LITTLE BIT COOLER, THE BUG GUY. ALTHOUGH WHEN IT GETS COLD, THE RECTOR INSIDE. *THE RATS GO INSIDE NORTH-EASTERLY IS DEVELOPING FOR A TIME THAT AFTERNOON IN DUNEDIN. DO THE NAMES BILL MCLAREN AND BILL BEAUMONT MEANT ANYTHING TO YOU? NO. BILL BEAUMONT? NO. HAVE A LISTEN TO THIS. HE WAS NEARLY THROUGH. THE REFEREE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. (LAUGHTER) LISTEN TO DEFENDING, THE LITTLE GRUNTS AND GROANS. THAT'S THE ONE, THAT'S THE ONE. WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT GAMES TODAY, OF COURSE. KEEP ROLLING THE VISUALS, THIS IS GREAT STUFF. THE HALL OF FAMER IS INDUCTING A NUMBER OF GAMES. THINKING ABOUT THINGS FROM ALL THE WAY BACK, TAMAGOTCHI. $0.20, EH? AND THEN YOU GET EXTRA CREDITS. SOME OF YOU TO REMEMBER THAT AND VIEWERS HAVE SAID, THE DAIRY OWNERS WOULD GET SO ANNOYED BECAUSE THAT WOULD ONLY GET AT $0.20 AND IT COULD LAST FOR HOURS ON SPACE INVADERS. THE FIRST EVER ARCADE GAME. I REMEMBER SPACE INVADERS, THAT'S WHERE I BECAME VERY GOOD AT PACMAN AND FROGGER AND GALAXY. GREAT GAMES. YOU WOULD, YOU DON'T CREDITS. *YOU EARN CREDITS STREET FIGHTER. A BIT PAST MY TIME. THIS WILL GENERATE SOME DISASTER ` CRYSTAL AND THE LADS IN HER HOUSEHOLD, WHEN THEY HAD THE GAME CARTRIDGE AND HAD TO BLOW ON IT. YOU HAD TO GIVE IT THE OLD (EXHALES) BEFORE YOU STICK IT IN THE SEGA. NO? APPARENTLY YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MOISTURE THAT'S FINE, WE DON'T HAVE SEGA'S ANY MORE. LET US KNOW YOUR FAVOURITE GAMES. WHAT WE SHOW THAT JONAH LOMU VISUAL AGAIN. HE IS NEARLY THROUGH, OOH! (IN IRISH ACCENT) HE DIDN'T SEE JENNY MAY, MAKING THE WAY ACROSS THE NEWSROOM. POLICE ARE MAKING ENQUIRES AFTER A YOUNG GIRL DIED WAS HIT BY A TRAIN OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO AN INTERSECTION AT MATAMATA COLLEGE AND DESPITE RECEIVING MEDICAL ATTENTION, SHE DIED AT THE SCENE. POLICE ON BEHALF OF THE CORONER ARE ASKING ANYONE WHO WITNESSED THE EVENT TO COME FORWARD. THE GLOBAL TRADE WAR IS CONTINUING TO ESCALATE, WITH CANADA ANNOUNCING NEW RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON THE U.S. TOTALLING MORE THAN CAD$20 BILLION. IT FOLLOWS U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THREATENING TO DOUBLE THE 25% TARIFFS ON CANADIAN ALUMINIUM AND STEEL YESTERDAY. THE EXISTING 24% TARIFF ON ALL ALUMINIUM AND STEEL IMPORTS INTO THE U.S. HAVE NOW COME INTO EFFECT. THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS ALSO SAID IT WILL RETALIATE AND IS DUE TO ANNOUNCE THIS RESPONSE SHORTLY. THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING, PERHAPS, FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION. BUT IT DOES CREATE ILL WILL. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING RECIPROCAL TARRIFFS, SO WHATEVER THEY CHARGE US, WE'RE CHARGING THEM. MEANWHILE, MEXICO'S PRESIDENT IS TAKING A MORE CAUTIONARY APPROACH AND SAYS IT WON'T ANNOUNCE RETALIATORY MEASURES YET. TRUMP HAS ALSO SAID HE HAS SENT A TEAM TO RUSSIA TO NEGOTIATE A TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE AFTER UKRAINE AGREED TO A U.S-PROPOSED DEAL YESTERDAY. RUSSIA IS YET TO COMMENT, SAYING ITS WAITING TO BE BRIEFED BY U.S. OFFICIALS. MEANWHILE, STRIKES ON UKRAINE CONTINUED OVERNIGHT, WITH RUSSIA SAYING IT HAS RECLAIMED PARTS OF THE KURSK REGION. NEW ZEALAND'S HOUSING AFFORDABILITY HAS IMPROVED ` THE BEST ON MANY MEASURES SINCE BEFORE COVID-19. THE LATEST CORELOGIC HOUSING AFFORDABILITY REPORT FINDS FALLING PROPERTY VALUES, RISING INCOMES AND LOWER MORTGAGE RATES HAVE MADE IT EASIER FOR BUYERS TO ENTER THE MARKET. THE CURRENT MEDIAN HOUSE PRICE IS JUST OVER $800,000. THAT'S 7.3 TIMES THE ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME ` A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT FROM 2021. KI NGA HAKINAKINA, TO SPORT AND NEW ZEALAND WILL BE SENDING ITS LARGEST EVER CONTINGENT TO THIS MONTH'S WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN NANJING, CHINA. 12 ATHLETES WILL BE COMPETING AT THE EVENT, INCLUDING A FULL TEAM OF FOUR SHOT PUTTERS FOR THE FIRST TIME. HIGH JUMPER HAMISH KERR WILL BE ATTEMPTING TO DEFEND HIS GLASGOW TITLE AFTER RETAINING HIS NATIONAL HIGH JUMP TITLE EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE EVENT GETS UNDERWAY ON MARCH 21st. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MIXED BAG FOR MOST IN THE NORTH. WITH TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND AND NORTHLAND EXPECTED TO HAVE A CLOUDY START, WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE DAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLATEAU. 22 THE HIGH FOR HASTINGS. 17 FOR TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA WELLINGTON. KI TE WAIPOUNAMU, A FINE DAY FOR MOST IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, ALTHOUGH A BIT OF A CLOUDY START FOR KAIKOURA AND OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH, WITH CONFINED SHOWERS TO BANKS PENINSULA BEFORE BECOMING FINE IN THE AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAHUNA QUEENSTOWN. 20 IN GREYMOUTH. FOR THE SMALL TOWN OF KAWAKAWA IN NORTHLAND, IT'S A BIG WEEKEND WITH ONE OF THEIR OWN DEBUTING IN THE NRL. BAYLEIGH BENTLEY-HAPE WILL MAKE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE FOR THE SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS, AND THE WAY HE BROKE THE NEWS TO HIS FAMILY HAS GONE VIRAL. WITH MORE, ZION DAYAL JOINS US. THIS IS COOL. THIS IS COOL. LOVE THESE MOMENTS. ARE YOUNG MAN WHEN HE WAS 14 MOVED TO CHASE HIS DREAM AND THIS MORNING, IT COMES TO. IT DID GO VIRAL AND MORE SO HIS DAD THAN ACTUALLY BAYLEIGH. CHECK THIS OUT. (DAD CHEERS, LAUGHS) (DAD CHEERS, LAUGHS) (DAD CHEERS, LAUGHS) I LOVE THESE VIDEOS. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. WHAT'S BETTER, HAS DAD JASON WAS JUST OVER THERE LAST WEEKEND AND SAVE UP TO GO AND VISIT HAS BOY PLAYING RESERVE GRADE, AND NOW HE IS MAKING HIS DEBUT THIS WEEKEND, SOUTH SYDNEY HAS FLOWN HIM OVER TO WATCH HIM GO PLAY. I ACTUALLY DID MANAGE TO TRACKED JASON DOWN, STILL VERY, VERY EMOTIONAL AND SO PROUD AND HAPPY FOR KAWAKAWA. OVERWHELMED, YEAH. PRETTY EMOTIONAL. JUST... UM... NOT JUST HIS DREAM, IT'S HIS WHOLE FAMILIES DREAM. FROM HIS LOCAL SCHOOL, KAWAKAWA PRIMARY THROUGH TO BAY OF ISLANDS COLLEGE, THERE ARE SO MANY TALENTED YOUNG CHILDREN HERE AND HE HAS JUST OPENED THE DOOR FOR THEM. SORRY I'M... IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY COME FROM A BACKGROUND WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO CHASE YOUR DREAMS. TOTALLY. AND HIS DAD WAS TELLING ME HE HAD TO SACRIFICED SO MUCH FAMILY TIME. AND IT'S MOMENTS LIKE THAT WHEN YOU SEE HIM CRYING, TELLING HIS FAMILY HE MADE THE NRL, IT'S ALL WORTH IT. TO GET IN CONTACT WITH HIM, I HAD TO GO THROUGH A FEW CHANNELS, NORTHLAND RUGBY LEAGUE, I WAS SAYING, CAN YOU FIND ME HIS WHANAU? THEY WERE SO HAPPY, SO THRILLED, AND LIKE JASON SAID, IT GIVES THOSE KIDS UP THERE AND SHOW THEM THAT YOU SACRIFICE A LITTLE BIT AND REALLY CHASE YOUR DREAMS, IT CAN ALL WORK OUT. THE GREAT STORY AND ONE TO WATCH OUT ON THE WING FOR BAYLEIGH. SO GOOD. NICE WORK, ZION. JUST A MINUTE AGO I HEARD YOU TALKING ABOUT SPACEYS, VIDEO GAMES. WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES. SEE, THE SACRIFICE YOU HAVE TO MAKE TO MAKE IT BIG. I DIDN'T PASS ALL MY EXAMS. ALSO, I HEARD ABOUT YOUR COFFEE MACHINE WAS THIS MORNING, AND I WOULD HATE FOR YOU TO PUT UP WITH A GRUMPY CHRIS, SO HERE YOU GO. UNCLE ZION, HE ALWAYS KNOWS HOW TO CHARM PEOPLE. HIS FAVOURITE AT THE CHANG HOUSEHOLD. YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE ME WHEN I AM CHANGRY. CHRIS IS THE ONE THAT WILL LOOK UP FROM THE BALL AND JUST KEEP DRILLING. OH, YOU'RE THAT GUY? ABSOLUTELY NOT. THANK YOU FOR THE COFFEES. ME U TONU MAI ` INVESTORS ARE IN TOWN FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S BIG SUMMIT. NEXT, OUR POLITICAL PANEL JOINS US. # YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF # IN A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE, # WITH A BEAUTIFUL WIFE. # I AM LIKE A BIRD, I ONLY FLY AWAY. # I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY SOUL IS. KIA ORA ANO, WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` A NEW REPORT COMMISSIONED BY FIVE HOSPICES WARNS THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO COVER COSTS AS GROWING DEMANDS ARE HIGHER THAN GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY FUNDS. DESERT ROAD IS SET TO RE-OPEN ON FRIDAY AFTER A TWO-MONTH CLOSURE DUE TO ROAD WORKS. AND SOME OF YOUR CHILDHOOD FAVOURITE VIDEO GAMES MAY HAVE MADE IT TO THE VIDEO GAME HALL OF FAME. SHORT-LISTED FAVOURITES RANGE FROM ANGRY BIRD TO THE TAMAGOTCHI. WHAT ABOUT... THAT IS DOING SOME MEMORIES ON THE COUCH ALREADY. A RARE TREAT FOR BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ` OUR POLITICAL PANEL OF CHRIS BISHOP AND KIERAN MCANULTY ARE HERE IN THE FLESH, SIDE-BY-SIDE ON THE COUCH. THE REASON ` THE INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER AND LABOUR'S INFRASTRUCTURE SPOKESPERSON ARE BOTH IN AUCKLAND FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S INVESTMENT SUMMIT. MORENA TO THE BOTH OF YOU. GOOD MORNING. LAST TIME I HAD YOU HERE, I HAD TO CALL YOUR MINISTER. WHAT IS THE SUMMIT ABOUT? WE WANT TO INVEST THAT CAPITAL IN NEW ZEALAND. WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM 15 COUNTRIES HERE, THEY REPRESENT ABOUT $6 TRILLION WORTH OF CAPITAL AND WE HAVE PENSION FUNDS, INVESTMENT COMPANIES AND THEY ARE COMING TO AUCKLAND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT NEW ZEALAND HAS TO OFFER, BOTH IN TERMS OF INVESTABLE OPPORTUNITIES, PROPOSITIONS, FROM PUBLIC AND THE STRUCTURE TO OTHER THINGS AND ALSO TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW ZEALAND STORY, WHICH IS WHERE A SAFE COUNTRY IN A WORLD THAT IS PRETTY VOLATILE AT THE MOMENT, WE HAVE THE RULE OF LAW, WE HAVE A WESTERN LIBERAL DEMOCRACY, WE HAVE AMAZING RESOURCES AND IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO REST. SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PITCH TO ME. THE THING IS, WE WANT THIS TO WORK. THERE MAY WELL BE A CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT IN 18 MONTHS AND THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THINGS THAT THEY SIGN UP TO TODAY ON THE WHOLE LIKELY GET OUR SUPPORT, SO THAT THAT IS PART OF OUR MESSAGE, BUT ALSO THIS IS ABOUT NEW ZEALAND, NOT ABOUT POLITICS. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF TIME BUS TO ARGUE AND DEBATE THINGS AND WHILE WE'RE THERE, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IT. THAT'S A WAY OF SHOWING WE ARE BEHIND THAT AS WELL. IF IT DOESN'T WORK, WILL SAY SO, BUT WILL GIVE IT AS MUCH OF THE PUSHERS WE CAN. ON THE 6 O'CLOCK NEWS LAST NIGHT,, WHAT SORT OF STOCK CAPS NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE? CLEARLY HAVE TO BE PROTECTIONS AGAINST THAT AND THAT WILL HAPPEN AS PART OF THAT LAW. THE GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS ON THAT ARE REALLY CLEAR, AND ACTUALLY, THE GREEN INVESTMENT FUND, WHICH IS A GOVERNMENT BOND FUND AS WELL, HAS BEEN PART OF THAT. ANY CONCERNS FROM YOU, KIERAN, ABOUT THOSE? ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE NEEDS TO BE CLEARLY SPELT OUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LONG-TERM INVESTMENT, IS WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT CERTAINTY WITH A CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT WILL NOT DE-PRIORITISE HEALTH. WE WANT TO SEE THAT PEOPLE'S FIRST HOME RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED. THERE IS A MASSIVE AREA WHERE WE CAN FIND AGREEMENT. JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE ASK LABOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COME, AND THE FEEDBACK FROM INVESTORS LAST NIGHT, THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE THE OPPOSITION FOR BLISSFUL PARTIES TALKING ABOUT A BIPARTISAN PIPELINE PROJECT THAT WE CAN GET BEHIND, THEY JUST THINK IT'S AMAZING, THEY JUST LOVE THAT AND ACTUALLY QUITE FRANKLY, MANY COUNTRIES CAN'T OFFER THAT AND THE FACT THAT NEW ZEALAND CANNOT PUT US IN GOOD STEP. THAT IS WHY WE ARE DOING THE 30 YEAR PLAN, WHICH I AM READING AS INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER. *LEADING I DO GENUINELY WANT THAT TO BE A BIT OF A LONG-TERM VISION FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW IT CAN BE IN NEW ZEALAND, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IN INTERGENERATIONAL ASSETS GOT AUCKLAND, WE KNOW THE BRIDGE NEEDS REPLACING, WE KNOW WE NEED A CONNECTION ACROSS THE WAITEMATA ` THAT'S $1 BILLION INVESTMENT, AND THE GOVERNMENT CAN'T SIGN UP TO THAT WITHOUT INVOLVEMENT FROM THE OPPOSITION, AND FRANKLY, MANY PARTIES IN PARLIAMENT, BECAUSE IT IS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF INVESTMENT OVER THE YEARS. UNITED FRONT MEANS THERE ARE TOO MANY NODDING HEADS IN AGREEMENT. WHAT ABOUT SCHOOL LUNCHES? WE NEED TO BRING ABOUT THE LOCAL FIGHTERS THAT HAD IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. IS TURNING INTO A SHAMBLES BECAUSE OF THIS GOVERNMENT. WE HAD A LOCAL PROVIDER IN THE WAIRARAPA, PEOPLE LOCALLY EMPLOYED, USING LOCAL PRODUCE AND HAD GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SCHOOL, THE KIDS WERE EATING THEM, THEY WERE TURNING UP ON TIME. THAT CONTRACT GOT SCRAPPED AND GIVEN TO THIS OUTFIT THAT JUST WENT INTO LIQUIDATION ` IT'S JUST A SHAMBLES. EITHER TAKE A WEEK FOR DAVID SEYMOUR TO MEET WITH ERICA STANFORD? NO IDEA. IS NOT REALLY ABOUT THE MEETING BETWEEN THE MINISTERS, IT'S ABOUT FIXING THE PROBLEM. BUT WHEN SHE COMES OUT LAST WEEK AND SAYS, I'M GOING TO MEET WITH HIM AND THOUGHT THAT OUT, WE SORT OF THING, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN? I THINK QUITE A LOT HAS BEEN MADE ABOUT A MEETING BETWEEN MINISTERS. MEETING BETWEEN MINISTER DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM, WHAT SOLVES THE PROBLEM IS CONTRACTS. KIERAN'S ISSUE IS COMPLETELY FAIR ENOUGH. DAVID SEYMOUR IS FIXING IT, AND WE ARE GOING TO HOLD THE CONTRACTS. WHEN IT HAPPENS, WE NEED TO GO AWAY AND FIXED UP AND IT IS WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO. IS THAT TRUE? IT SEEMS THAT DAVID SEYMOUR THINK THAT GOING WELL, WHENEVER ANYONE ASKS ABOUT IT, HE SAYS, NO, NO, IT'S ALL GOOD. THE PLASTIC IN THE FOOD AND ALL THAT, IS NOT AS CLEAR THAT IT IS NOT GOING WELL. THIS IS A POLITICAL ISSUE, WHETHER THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS IS DEFENDING IT, AND QUITE FRIENDLY, THE PRIME MINISTER GETTING EXASPERATED WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS. I'M NOT SURE IT IS AS CLEAN CUT AS CHRIS WANTED TO BE. THERE ARE ISOLATED EXAMPLES, AND QUITE BAD EXAMPLE, THE ONE THAT EXPLODED WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY APPALLING. BUT MANY OF THEM ARE BEING DELIVERED ON TIME. YOU WILL FIND PEOPLE WHO SAY, LOOK, TURNED UP ON TIME, OUR HOT AND GREAT. BUT THEN YOU GET EXAMPLES THAT ARE JUST SHOCKERS. BUT THERE ARE 100,000 AROUND THE COUNTRY... BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR. THESE ARE THOUGHT THEY COULD TAKE A BIG AMOUNT OFF OF THE LUNCHES. JAN TINETTI SHARED A PHOTO OF THE PREVIOUS ONES... OH, A SOCIAL MEDIA GATE, THAT MAKES IT ALL OK (!) OKAY, WE NEED TO GET YOU GAZED ON THE SAME PAGE BEFORE YOU GO TO THE SUMMIT AND ACT LIKE BUDDIES AGAIN. A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOUR STUDIO. E WHAI AKE NEI ` 50 YEARS IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS, 2000 SONGS, 10 GRAMMYS. WE HEAR FROM SOUL LEGEND CHAKA KHAN NEXT. # EVERYONE FROM A-Z. # WHOA, WHOA. VOICEOVER: Beautiful, isn't it? Not the grandeur of large rocks or the tranquility of the stream, but that thing that happens inside when we're outside. Out there we become morning people. We find peace. Connection. Meaning. (WOMAN SCREAMS) You'll find a lot when you don't know what you're looking for. Jimmy. (DOOR CLOSED) (MAN CHEWING) Okay. What should I write? How are we going to sell it? The car or boyfriend? What about tidy but slow. Yeah, you should definitely mention it's not very quick. We're selling the car. It's got a little exhaust. (LAUGHS) - Oh. - What about, um... Uh, wait, are we talking about this car? Oh, God. (DOOR CLOSED) I think you should say. (THUNDERSTORM & RAIN PATTERS) VOICEOVER: When you list your car on AutoTrader. You could also win your own billboard WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. SHE'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE QUEEN OF FUNK. IT'S A TITLE CHAKA KHAN HAS EARNED WITH MASSIVE HITS LIKE 'I'M EVERY WOMAN', 'I FEEL FOR YOU' AND 'THROUGH THE FIRE'. SHE'S ALSO COLLABORATED WITH ALL THE GREATS, INCLUDING QUINCY JONES, PRINCE, MILES DAVIS AND WHITNEY HOUSTON. NEXT MONTH, SHE'LL BE IN AUCKLAND FOR A ONE-OFF SHOW, CELEBRATIING 50 YEARS IN MUSIC. I SPOKE TO HER AND BEGAN BY ASKING HER WHAT STLLL DRIVES HER TO PERFORM. I LOVE SINGING THESE SONGS. I LOVE SINGING. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS PUT HERE TO DO. I THINK THAT GOD PUT ME ON THIS EARTH TO SING AND TO GIVE LOVE. YOU KNOW? AND THAT'S WHAT I DO BEST. THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. HOW DO YOU FEEL YOUR YOUR VOICE IS IN TERMS OF STRENGTH AFTER PERFORMING FOR ALL THIS TIME? WELL, I'M SINGING THE SAME SONGS THAT I SANG 30 YEARS AGO, 40 YEARS AGO, 50 YEARS AGO. I'M SINGING THE SAME SONGS, SO MY VOICE IS FINE. THEY'RE THE SAME SONGS, BUT IT'S A NEW GENERATION THAT'S GETTING TO HEAR THEM, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU PUT THESE SONGS OUT THERE, DO YOU EVER WONDER HOW THEY'RE BEING RECEIVED IN A NEW WAY FROM A NEW GENERATION WHO HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE WORLD AS WELL? WELL... UM, NOT REALLY, BECAUSE I GET A LOT OF 'I GREW UP LISTENING TO YOU'. THEY SAY THAT ALL THE TIME TO ME, 'I GREW UP LISTENING TO YOU,' AND SO THEY KNOW ME. I'M LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE AN OLD COUCH OR SOMETHING IN THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? (CHUCKLES) THEY KNOW ME ALREADY, AND THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING. SO I'M ALREADY THERE BEFORE I SING TO THEM. SO THEY'RE JUST EXPECTING TO... I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTING, ACTUALLY. I HOPE THEY'RE GETTING IT, THOUGH. THAT'S WHAT I HOPE. WHEN YOU SAY THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY KNOW YOU, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THERE MAY DIFFER BETWEEN THE GENERATIONS BECAUSE PEOPLE FROM 50 YEARS AGO WILL RECEIVE IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY TO THE NEW GENERATIONS, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE RECEIVING IT DIFFERENTLY OR WHAT. NO ONE HAS TOLD ME THAT. THEY'VE ONLY SAID TO ME, 'I GREW UP IN A HOUSE WHERE MY MOM OR MY DAD 'OR BOTH OF THEM WERE LISTENING TO YOUR MUSIC' AND THEY KNOW WHO I AM. THEY KNOW ME. AND THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING. YOU'VE INSPIRED SOME OF THE ALL-TIME GREATS, THE LIKES OF STEVIE WONDER, PRINCE, WHITNEY HOUSTON. DO THEY STILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE YOU AND YOUR MUSIC? ABSOLUTELY. I SING FOR THEM. YOU KNOW, WHITNEY AND I WERE VERY CLOSE FRIENDS AND I MISS HER A GREAT DEAL. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, I FEEL HER PRESENCE. HOW DID THAT RELATIONSHIP DEVELOP BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU? IT ACTUALLY STARTED WHEN SHE COVERED MY SONG, YEAH. WELL, SHE ACTUALLY... I'M SORRY, YEARS BEFORE THAT, HER MOTHER, CISSY HOUSTON, USED TO SING BACKGROUND FOR ME IN STUDIO. AND ONE NIGHT CISSY SAID TO ME, 'YOU KNOW, I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT SINGS 'REALLY WELL.' I SAID, 'WELL, HOW OLD IS SHE?' SHE SAID, 'SHE'S ABOUT 14, 15.' I SAID, 'BRING HER DOWN TO THE STUDIO.' AND SHE DID. AND WHITNEY SANG A LITTLE BACKGROUND WITH US. IT WAS` LUTHER VANDROSS WAS THERE ALSO SINGING BACKGROUND. AND THAT'S WHEN I FIRST MET HER AND I WAS AMAZED AT HER VOICE. SHE WAS AN AMAZING PERSON HER WHOLE LIFE, I GUESS, SINGING ` SHE SANG IN CHURCH AS A CHILD AND... AND SHE WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON. WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER A SINGER LIKE THAT, A PERSON LIKE THAT, DO YOU YOU GET A SENSE OF HOW GREAT THEY'RE GOING TO BECOME FROM THAT EARLY AGE? YEAH, I HAD A SENSE OF HOW GREAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE WHEN I SAW HER SINGING IN THE STUDIO, I ABSOLUTELY DID. YES, I PRAYED AND HOPE THAT SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE MADNESS, YOU KNOW. MM-HM. I MEAN YOU'VE, YOU'VE NAVIGATED IT FOR YOUR WHOLE CAREER. THERE'S NOT A THING YOU HAVEN'T DONE, NOT A THING YOU HAVEN'T ACHIEVED ` 10 GRAMMYS, UNBELIEVABLE ACCOLADES. IS THERE ANYTHING IN YOUR CAREER THAT YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT YOU STILL WANT TO DO? I CAN'T THINK OF SOMETHING I HAVEN'T DONE YET. IT MUST BE EXTREMELY SATISFYING TO HAVE THAT FEELING THAT YOU'VE DONE IT ALL. YEAH. EVERYTHING THAT COMES TO ME LATELY, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE IT BEFORE. I'M LIKE, OK, HERE WE GO AGAIN. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT'S OK. BECAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, THIS PLANET HAS CHANGED IN A... GREATLY, YOU KNOW, AND I AM, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO... YOU KNOW, JUST LOVE WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW. EMBRACE THE WHOLE SITUATION, YEAH. SOME NEW EXPERIENCES HERE IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND. AND WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU HERE NEXT MONTH. CHAKA KHAN SO LOVELY TO MEET YOU AND TO TALK TO YOU TODAY. AND TO YOU TOO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. (CHUCKLES) THE GLOBAL TRADE WAR IS CONTINUING TO ESCALATE, WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CANADA ANNOUNCING RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON THE U.S. IT FOLLOWS U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THREATENING TO DOUBLE TARIFFS ON CANADIAN ALUMINIUM AND STEEL YESTERDAY. THE EXISTING 25% TARIFF ON ALL ALUMINIUM AND STEEL IMPORTS INTO THE U.S. HAVE NOW COME INTO EFFECT. THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL ALSO RETALIATE, WITH COUNTER-TARIFFS WORTH AROUND USD $28 BILLION. IT SAID ITS RULES ARE WELL-KNOWN, AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO REACT. A 30-HOUR STAND OFF INVOLVING MILITANTS IN SOUTHWESTERN PAKISTAN HAS ENDED WITH MORE THAN 300 HOSTAGES RESCUED AND 33 ATTACKERS KILLED. VIDEO RELEASED BY THE 'BALOCK LIBERATION ARMY' SHOWS THE SEPARATIST GROUP FIRING AT THE TRAIN AND BLOWING UP THE TRACKS. PAKISTAN'S ARMY SAYS DOZENS OF HOSTAGES AND SEVERAL MILITARY PERSONNEL WERE KILLED IN THE INCIDENT PRIOR TO THE RESCUE OPERATION. THE FAMILY OF A NEW ZEALAND SURFER PRESUMED DEAD IN A SHARK ATTACK OFF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COAST SAY THEY'RE DEVASTATED TO HAVE LOST HIM. STEVEN PAYNE, WHO MOVED TO MELBOURNE FROM DUNEDIN, WAS SURFING AT WHARTON BEACH WHEN HE WAS ATTACKED BY A SHARK. POLICE HAVE CALLED OFF THE SEARCH FOR HIS BODY. CALLS FOR A SHARK CULL EMERGED IN THE WAKE OF THE INCIDENT, BUT PAYNE'S FAMILY SAY HE WOULDN'T HAVE SUPPORTED KILLING ANY SHARKS. FALLING PROPERTY VALUES, RISING INCOMES AND LOWER MORTGAGE RATES HAVE MADE HOME OWNERSHIP MORE ATTAINABLE IN NEW ZEALAND. THE LATEST CORELOGIC HOUSING AFFORDABILITY REPORT FINDS SEVERAL MEASURES AT THEIR BEST LEVELS SINCE 2019. HOWEVER, THE REPORT FINDS RENTAL AFFORDABILITY REMAINS A KEY ISSUE, WITH TENANTS SPENDING A RECORD-HIGH SHARE OF THEIR INCOME ON RENT. AUCKLAND FC ARE GETTING A WELCOME BOOST TO THEIR SQUAD, WITH DEFENDER DAN HALL RETURNING FROM AN ANKLE INJURY AFTER THREE MONTHS ON THE SIDELINES. HE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR SELECTION FOR SUNDAY'S MATCH AGAINST THE CENTRAL COAST MARINERS, HIS FORMER CLUB. IT'S A TIMELY RETURN, WITH NANDO PIJNAKER AND LOUIS VERSTRAETE BOTH SERVING A ONE-MATCH SUSPENSION. YEAH, LOOK, I'M ALWAYS A TEAM-FIRST MENTALITY, SO JUST SEEING THEM DO SO WELL, I AM HAPPY FOR THEM, AND, YOU KNOW, PROUD TO BE PART OF THE TEAM. THE MATCH GETS UNDERWAY AT 5pm AT MT SMART. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MIXED BAG FOR MOST IN THE NORTH. WITH TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND AND NORTHLAND EXPECTED TO HAVE A CLOUDY START, WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE DAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLATEAU. 22 THE HIGH FOR HASTINGS. 17 FOR TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA WELLINGTON. A FINE DAY FOR MOST IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, ALTHOUGH A BIT OF A CLOUDY START FOR KAIKOURA AND OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH, WITH CONFINED SHOWERS TO BANKS PENINSULA BEFORE BECOMING FINE IN THE AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAHUNA QUEENSTOWN. 20 IN GREYMOUTH. AWARD-WINNING NEW ZEALAND CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATOR AND AUTHOR GAVIN BISHOP IS ABOUT TO HAVE HIS WORK IMMORTALISED AT TE PAPA. THE MUSEUM'S MODERN ART CURATOR IS IN CHRISTCHURCH LOOKING THROUGH HIS ORIGINAL WORKS TO SELECT WHAT BELONGS IN TE PAPA'S VAST COLLECTION. LISA DAVIES WENT ALONG FOR A LOOK. (LIGHT MUSIC) A WINDOW INTO THE CREATIVE WORLD OF GAVIN BISHOP. THE NAILS DOWN THE SIDE HERE ARE POPPING OUT BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE OF HER... HER MAJESTIC FLEECE. BIDIBIDI, THE DISCONTENTED SHEEP... OH, I LOVE THIS ONE. HIS FIRST OF MORE THAN 70 TITLES. IT'S THE BOOK I CUT MY TEETH ON, REALLY. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING WHEN I STARTED THAT BOOK. HIS WORK HAS EVOLVED A LOT SINCE THEN. I SOMETIMES LOOK AT BOOKS THAT I DID NEARLY 40 YEARS AGO, I SOMETIMES LOOK AT BOOKS THAT I DID NEARLY 40 YEARS AGO, AND I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER DOING THEM. BUT RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING, ONE THING WAS CLEAR ` HE WOULD CELEBRATE HIS BACKYARD. I'VE TRIED TO MAKE THE STORIES REFLECT THIS PART OF THE WORLD SO THAT OUR KIDS CAN LOOK AT THEM AND THINK, YOU KNOW, 'I CAN RELATE TO THAT.' AND THEY CAN RELATE TO THIS... THIS IS A TEDDY BEAR THAT I WAS GIVEN WHEN MY BABY BROTHER WAS BORN. TEDDY ONE-EYE. I BIT IT OFF AND SWALLOWED IT. TE PAPA WILL INCLUDE HIS WELL-LOVED BEER AND THE COLLECTION OF HIS MANY TREASURES. FOR ME, I THINK ILLUSTRATIONS LIKE GAVIN'S ARE OFTEN THE FIRST ARTWORKS THAT CHILDREN HAVE CONTACT WITH IN THEIR LIVES. SO YOU'D CALL THIS YOUR FAVOURITE? I THINK SO. WHY? I'M QUITE PLEASED WITH THE IDEA THAT I HAD TO USE AN OLD ENGLISH NURSERY RHYME AS A STRUCTURE FOR A BOOK ABOUT NEW ZEALAND. IN A WAY, IT'S A KIND OF ANTI-COLONIALISM BOOK. AND HE'S STILL CREATING NOW. I LOVE THIS ONE ` FEELS LIKE A WOODCUT. PATU WON AN ILLUSTRATION AWARD JUST LAST YEAR. THESE ARE ALL TAKEN FROM OLD PHOTOGRAPHS. THIS IS MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER. THEY'LL BE LOOKED AFTER FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF NEW ZEALANDERS TO KIND OF EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC OF ALL OF THESE BEAUTIFUL ARTWORKS. TE PAPA'S LATEST TAONGA. IT'S A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE TO THE THOUSANDS, MILLIONS OF HOURS THAT I'VE PUT ON TO THESE BOOKS. IT'S TERRIFIC. GIVING HIS ART LIFE BEYOND THE BOOKS IT LIVES INSIDE. AND JOINING US NOW IS TE PAPA'S MODERN ART CURATOR LIZZIE BISLEY. MORENA. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING THROUGH THE SELECTION, THERE MUST'VE BEEN WONDERFUL. IT WAS. IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE TO WORK WITH GAVIN ON THIS ACQUISITION. THE COLLECTION REPRESENTS 40 YEARS OF GAVIN'S PRACTICES AS AN ILLUSTRATOR, SO IT IS A WONDERFUL JOURNEY THROUGH HIS WORK AS AN ARTIST, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW HIS PRACTICE CHANGES OVER TIME, THE DIFFERENT BOOKS HE IS MAKING IN DIFFERENT PERIODS, BUT MOSTLY THIS KIND OF WONDERFUL COMMITMENT TO CREATING PICTURE BOOKS FOR NEW ZEALAND CHILDREN THAT OUR NEW ZEALAND STORIES, AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THAT IN OUR COLLECTIONS. WHEN YOU WERE THERE, YOU GOT TO SEE EVERYTHING. HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHAT GOES INTO THE COLLECTION? WE HAVE QUITE A BIG` ALONG PROCESS FOR ACQUIRING THINGS, AND IT IS PARTLY ABOUT THINKING ABOUT THE KIND OF IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK, WHAT KIND OF STORIES DO THEY TELL, HOW DO THEY CONNECT WITH OUR OTHER COLLECTIONS, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS AMAZING ABOUT GAVIN'S WORK IS THAT IT CONNECTS UP REALLY BEAUTIFULLY WITHOUT HISTORY AND ART COLLECTIONS. THEY ARE VERY RICHLY INTERWOVEN INTO THE REST OF THE COLLECTIONS AT THE MUSEUM. WE ALSO THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE CONSERVATION ` WHAT KIND OF CONDITION ARE THEY IN AND STORAGE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PRACTICAL QUESTIONS BUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW THEY WILL TELL STORIES TO FUTURE GENERATIONS ABOUT NEW ZEALAND. I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS, BUT I AM CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT GAVIN'S RESPONSE WAS WHEN HE WAS APPROACHED FOR THIS PROJECT. GAVIN, I THINK, WAS REALLY DELIGHTED. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIM THAT HIS WORK BE SEEN IN THE CONTEXT OF AN ART COLLECTION. ILLUSTRATION IS OFTEN IN A FORM THAT IS NOT KIND OF IS HIGHLY RECOGNISED AS OTHER FORMS OF ART. HE REALLY WANTED HIS WORK TO BE SEEN ALONGSIDE THAT OF OTHER ARTISTS, SO WE WERE THRILLED THAT WE COULD DO THAT. WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR HIS WORK? WHEN CAN THE PUBLIC BE ABLE TO REVIEW ALL OF THIS? WE WILL PACK EVERYTHING UP VERY CAREFULLY AND MOVE IT UP TO WELLINGTON, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A PROCESS OF CATALOGUING THE COLLECTION, WHERE EVERYTHING WILL BECOME AVAILABLE THROUGH THE ONLINE CATALOGUE, SO PEOPLE CAN ACCESS IT VERY EASILY IN THAT WAY. ONCE IT IS IN THE COLLECTION, IT IS AVAILABLE FOR EXHIBITION EITHER AT TE PAPA OR ONLINE TO OTHER GALLERIES, AND PEOPLE CAN MAKE REQUEST TO COME AND SEE THINGS IN OUR COLLECTION STORES AS WELL. IT MEANS THAT ACQUIRING WORK INTO THE COLLECTION MEANS THAT IT IS KIND OF ACCESSIBLE FOR THE FUTURE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO STUDY IT AND ENJOY IT. I WANT TO GO BACK TO WHEN YOU SAW ALL OF HIS WORKS, BECAUSE I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A COUPLE OF HIS BOOKS. I LOVE THAT ONE. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT IS THAT THERE IS A TE AO MAORI YOU WHEN HE IS LOOKING WITH ALL OF HIS` AT LEAST THE MOST RECENT ONES, AND THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL COLLECTIONS. MY SONS LOVE THEM. I JUST WONDER FOR YOU WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING THROUGH THE COLLECTION WHETHER THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT STOOD OUT FOR YOU ABOUT GAVIN'S WORK. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE SO AMAZING ABOUT GAVIN IS THAT HE IS PART OF A GENERATION OF CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATORS THAT KIND OF FUR STARTED TO LOOK TO NEW ZEALAND STORIES AND CHILDREN'S BOOKS. PEOPLE LIKE GAVIN AND LINLEY DODD WITH TERRY MCCLEARY, THAT ARE SUCH A HUGE TRANSITION FROM NEW ZEALAND CHILDREN HAVING BEEN TOLD STORIES FROM OTHER PLACES. AND GAVIN'S BOOKS ARE SO MULTILAYERED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FIND REALLY EXCITING IS THAT EVERY PICTURE TELLS 100 DIFFERENT STORIES. AS A CHILD, WHEN YOU ARE BEING READ THOSE STORIES, THAT ARE SO MAGICAL, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE STORY THAT YOU ARE BEING READ, BUT YOU CAN ALSO FIND LOTS OF OTHER BEAUTIFUL THINGS AND HAS BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS. THERE IS SUCH A DEPTH TO ALL OF HIS WORK, AND THAT MAKES IT REALLY EXCITING FOR ME TO THINK OF ALL OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF SHOWING THAT COLLECTION TO PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE. I LOVE THAT. WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT THIS COLLECTION WILL BE UP AND READY FOR THE PUBLIC? IT WILL TAKE AS A FEW MONTHS TO CATALOGUE EVERYTHING. IT IS A PRETTY BIG COLLECTION. WE ARE REQUIRING JUST OVER 900 ARTWORKS, SO WE HAVE A BIT OF WORK TO DO BEFORE IT BECOMES ACCESSIBLE ONLINE, BUT WE WILL DO IT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. GOOD LUCK WITH ALL OF THAT. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND BRINGING US GAVIN'S BEAUTIFUL WORK. IT IS BEEN WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE EKING OUT THE SUMMER VIBES HERE ON BREAKFAST WITH ANOTHER TRIP IN THE TVNZ TIME MACHINE, BACK TO THE WARM WAITEMATA WATERS OF 1973. AT THE TIME, TRAILBLAZING YACHTSWOMAN PENNY WHITING WAS JUST BEGINNING TO BUILD A LEGACY WITH HER SAILING SCHOOL HERE IN AUCKLAND. ONE OF THE FIRST FEMALE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL NZ YACHT SQUADRON, SHE BECAME ITS FIRST FEMALE LIFE MEMBER IN 2023. BUT HERE SHE WAS THEN, 51 YEARS AGO, SHOWING THE ROPES TO A GROUP OF WOMAN OUT ON THE HARBOUR WHEN SUCH A SIGHT WAS PARTICULARLY RARE. HERE IN AUCKLAND, THERE'S RATHER AN UNUSUAL YACHTING SCHOOL IN PROGRESS. IT'S UNUSUAL BECAUSE IT'S ENTIRELY MADE UP OF WOMEN. THEY'RE HERE LEARNING TO BE YACHTSWOMEN SO THAT THEY COULD TAKE THEIR PLACE WITH CONFIDENCE ON ANY OF THE BIG BOATS ON THE WAITEMATA HARBOUR. LOIS ROBERTSON IS 55 YEARS OF AGE WITH A GROWN-UP FAMILY. THEY HAVE A YACHTING BACKGROUND AND SHE COMES FROM THAMES EVERY DAY TO THE SCHOOL. TRICIA YATES IS 25 YEARS OF AGE AND MARRIED WITH THREE CHILDREN; SHE'S AN EX-AIR HOSTESS. HELEN ANDERSON IS 40 YEARS OF AGE AND HAS FOUR CHILDREN. SHE'S A PART-TIME NURSE. CAROLYN KILLICK IS 33 YEARS OF AGE. SHE'S A HOUSEWIFE AND ALSO A RELIEVING SCHOOLTEACHER. NOW, WHY IS IT THAT THESE WOMEN, WHOSE AGES RANGE AT TIMES FROM PRE-20s TO LATE 50s, HANG UP THEIR APRONS AND LEAVE THE SAFE SANCTUARY OF THEIR HOMES TO FOOT IT IN SUCH A STRENUOUS SPORT ` A SPORT GENERALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR MORE HUSKY COUNTERPARTS? WELL, WE'VE BEEN SAILING FOR SOME TIME, BUT MY ADULT CHILDREN SEEM TO DO MOST OF THE THINGS ON A BOAT. AND NOW THAT THEY'RE AWAY, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE ALONE AND WE LIKE` I FEEL I SHOULD BE MORE CAPABLE. BECAUSE MY HUSBAND AND FAMILY ARE VERY KEEN. HE DOES A LOT OF RACING, WE DO A LOT OF CRUISING AND HE WANTS A MORE EXPERIENCED WIFE. I'M TAKING LESSONS BECAUSE WE HOPE TO OWN A KEELER ONE DAY AND AT THE MOMENT, WE'VE JUST GOT TWO SMALL BOATS, SO I DON'T KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT A LARGER BOAT. I WAS FEELING A BIT NERVOUS ABOUT GOING OUT SAILING WITH THE CHILDREN. I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT, AND I THOUGHT IF I TOOK THIS COURSE, IT MIGHT BOOST MY CONFIDENCE AND MAKE ME FEEL HAPPIER ABOUT TAKING THE CHILDREN OUT. THE SAIL IS OUT HERE. WE WANT TO DRIVE IT, OK? WE LOWER THE TOPPING LIFT. COMPLETING THE ALL-WOMAN SCHOOL IS PENNY WHITING, THE SCHOOL'S INSTRUCTOR. SHE'S HAD WIDE EXPERIENCE IN THE SAILING WORLD AND IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN YACHTSWOMAN IN NEW ZEALAND. PENNY, HOW DID IT ALL START? WELL, MUST HAVE STARTED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST CAME BACK FROM AMERICA. I'D DONE SIMILAR WORK IN AMERICA, BUT ON A MINOR SCALE, WORKING FOR PEOPLE AND YACHT CLUBS. AND I JUST SAID TO MY FATHER, 'I THINK I'D LIKE TO TEACH SAILING. 'WE'VE GOT SUCH A PERFECT HARBOUR.' AND HE SAID, 'WELL, YOU CAN DO IT.' AND IT JUST HAPPENED LIKE THAT. WE MANAGED TO GET IT OFF THE GROUND WITH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY FRIENDS STARTING. AND THEN IT WAS BY WORD OF MOUTH, GOT RATHER LARGE. WHAT SORT OF PROCEDURES DO YOU TAKE TRAINING OF THE GIRLS? OH, WELL, I BELIEVE IN THE PRACTICAL METHOD. THEY ONLY HAVE 15 HOURS TO LEARN AND THAT TAKES THEM THE TWO AND A HALF WEEKS. BUT A PRACTICAL IS A LOT BETTER THAN SITTING IN A CLASSROOM WITH A LOT OF THEORY. THEY COME AWAY WITH A BASICALLY PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE, AND THEY'RE A LOT MORE CONFIDENT BEING ABLE TO LEARN WITH OTHER WOMEN THAN HAVING THE MEN ABOARD. I WOULD THINK THAT I'VE PUT THROUGH ABOUT 500 AT THIS STAGE. WHAT REACTION DO YOU HAVE FROM THE HUSBANDS AFTER THE GIRLS HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE COURSE? WELL, IT'S QUITE AMAZING REALLY. SO SOME OF THE WIVES TELL ME BEFORE THEY COME THAT HER HUSBAND'S NOT VERY KEEN ON THEM COMING, AND THEN NEXT MINUTE THE HUSBAND IS ASKING ALL ABOUT IT. OR EITHER RINGING ME UP OR STANDING HERE WAITING FOR US TO COME IN ON THE DOCK JUST TO SEE WHAT REALLY DOES HAPPEN. SO IT WOULD SEEM GENERALLY THAT A LARGE MAJORITY OF PENNY'S STUDENTS COME TO HER WITH THIS IN MIND ` IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM, JOIN THEM, BUT GET SOMEONE ELSE TO TEACH YOU TO SAVE STRIFE. THEIR FEELINGS COULD BE SUMMED UP IN ONE PHRASE ` LOVE IS A WOMAN WHO KNOWS THE ROPES. WE CAN HAVE A BIT OF A GIGGLE ABOUT IT NOW. TOMORROW WILL BRING YOU THE STORY OF MEN HANGING UP THEIR BRIEFCASES, PUTTING ON AN APRON AND LEARNING HOW TO COOK. HANG UP THEIR APRONS. THAT WAS A MOMENT IN TIME. 1973. THAT IS GREAT. WE HAVE MOVED ON NOW. I LOVE IT. ME U TONU MAI ` SOME NEW MOVIES ARE SET TO HIT THE BIG SCREEN. NEXT, FILM CRITIC KATE RODGER GIVE US HER REVIEWS. (BOTH LAUGH) # LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU. # LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` CANADA HAS HIT BACK AT U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S TARIFFS ON STEEL AND ALUMINIUM, WITH MORE THAN CAD$20 BILLION IN NEW RETALIATORY TAXES. TRUMP'S ALSO SAID HE'S SENT A TEAM TO RUSSIA TO NEGOTIATE A TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE AFTER UKRAINE AGREED TO A U.S-PROPOSED DEAL YESTERDAY. AND SOUNDS DOUBLE-MURDERER SCOTT WATSON HAS APPEARED BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD WHERE IT EMERGED HE WAS INVOLVED IN A MISCONDUCT INCIDENT IN PRISON LAST YEAR. I THINK IT IS ALL THAT TALK OF SCARY MOVIES THAT HAS GOT ME A BIT RATTLED. WHETHER YOU'RE INTO SCARY DOLLS, SPIES OR SHOWGIRLS, THERE'S SOMETHING FOR ALL MOVIE BUFFS, WITH THREE NEW RELEASES HITTING OUR CINEMAS THIS MONTH. HERE TO OFFER HER HOT TAKES IS FILM CRITIC KATE RODGER FROM THE PROJECTOR. MORENA, KATE. I THOUGHT MAYBE GETTING YOUR WORDS OUT THEN, YOU WERE HAVING A SNEAKY PEAK AT A SCARY TRAILER MOMENTS BEFORE GOING TO AIR. I SUSPECT THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED. THE RULE OF JENNY PEN. WE WERE QUITE DISCOMBOBULATED AFTER WATCHING THAT TRAILER. JUST FOR A BIT AWARENESS, THERE IS A REVIEW OF ARGO IN THIS. I CANNOT DID TOO DEEPLY. THERE IS A BIG PREMIER IN WELLINGTON. IT IS A NEW ZEALAND FILMMAKER. JOHN LITHGOW, WHAT AN ABSOLUTE LEGEND. HE HAS BEEN IN SOME OF MY FAVOURITE FILMS OVER THE YEARS, AND HE HAS ALSO BEEN IN FILMS THAT MAKE ME WANT TO HUG HIM. HE IS THE GRAND ADDED INTERSTELLAR, AND HE HAS A LOVELY, WARM VIBE ABOUT HIM. IN THIS MOVIE, HE ABSOLUTELY HAS NO WARMTH AT ALL EXCEPT FOR THE SCARY DOLL HE CARRIES AROUND. IT IS A HORROR SET... ...IN A RETIREMENT VILLAGE. IT IS GENIUS. HE IS PARTICULARLY PSYCHOTIC AND HAS IT IN FOR ONE RESIDENT. WE COME TO SEE HE HAS GOT IT IN FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY. HE IS WANDERING AROUND WITH A DOLL. HE IS THE TYRANT OF THE VILLAGE. I HAVE SEEN A FEW TYRANTS AND MY DAD RETIREMENT VILLAGE, BUT NOTHING LIKE JOHN LITHGOW. FULL RESPECT, DAD, AND ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS. IT IS A REALLY GREAT AND INTERESTING PREMISE FOR A FILM. I THINK IT IS FRESH AND DELICIOUS. I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING ABOUT IT WITH YOU A BIT MORE. IT WILL BE A BIG FUN PREMIER TONIGHT. THE NEW ZEALAND ACCENT WAS QUITE GOOD. I THOUGHT SO TOO. IF THEY DO NOT GET IT RIGHT, IT IS HARD TO LOOK PAST IT. WE ARE PARTICULARLY JUDGEMENTAL WHEN IT COMES TO OUR VOWELS. CATE BLANCHETT FANS, THEY WILL BE THRILLED BECAUSE SHE IS BACK. I FEEL LIKE THIS FILM BLACK BAG WHICH OPENS TODAY, SO YOU CAN QUITE LITERALLY GO AND BOOK YOUR TICKETS AFTER WATCHING THIS AND GO AND SEE IT THIS EVENING, AS I HAVE JUST HEARD NOTHING ABOUT IT. I SAW THE POSTER AND THE TRAILER AND THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A THROWAWAY FILM. BUT WHAT A CAST. ALSO FEATURING SOME GREAT BRITISH ACTORS FROM BRIDGERTON. WAS THAT PIERCE BROSNAN? YES, HE SNEAKS IN THERE. THIS IS A SPY FILM CENTRED AROUND A MARRIED COUPLE, SORT OF A MR AND MRS SMITH SCENARIO, EXCEPT NOTHING LIKE THAT AT ALL. CATE BLANCHETT IS SUDDENLY CONSIDERED TO POTENTIALLY BE A TRAITOR, AND HER HUSBAND HAS TO GO ON THE HUNT FOR HER THE TRAITOR IS WITHIN THIS SMALL GROUP OF SPIES. IT IS ESSENTIALLY A WHODUNNIT. AND THEY ARE ALL SPIES? THERE ARE SEVEN OF THEM, I THINK, AND IT IS MICHAEL FASSBENDER IS VERY, VERY INTENSE CHARACTER WHO HAS TO HUNT THEM DOWN. IT CONSTANTLY TWISTS AND WAVES. AS I SAID, IF YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN A FILM CALLED OUT OF SIGHT, IT IS GEORGE CLOONEY AND JENNIFER LOPEZ, THERE IS A FEEL OF THAT TO IT. IT IS SO STYLISH. IT IS SHORTER NOT THAT YOU DO NOT FEEL LIKE IT IS OVERSTAYING IS WELCOME, AND THE DELIVERY IS EXCELLENT. I DO WANT TO IMMEDIATELY SEE A SEQUEL TO A FILM, NOT BECAUSE A CLIFFHANGER, BUT BECAUSE I LOVED IT SO MUCH THAT I WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH THEM AGAIN. THOSE ARE TWO PRETTY MUCH RAVE REVIEWS. IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE WITH PAMELA ANDERSON'S RENAISSANCE? I'VE HAD GREAT CHATS THIS MORNING, AND YOU HAVE A SITUATION WITH PAMELA ANDERSON WHERE HER ENTIRE CAREER HAS BEEN DEFINED BY HER PHYSICALITY FROM BAYWATCH AND RIGHT THROUGH. IN HER 50S, SHE HAS DECIDED THAT FIRST OF ALL, THAT IS NOT A WAY TO LIVE, AND ALSO IN AN INDUSTRY THAT VALUES USE AND SUPERFICIALITY. THIS FILM, SHE PLAYS A 57-YEAR-OLD SHOWGIRL IN THE LAST RAZZLE-DAZZLE ON THE STRIP. YOU CANNOT BUT LOOK AT THE STORY AND FEEL LIKE THIS ROLE HAS BEEN MADE FOR HER. IF IT'S LIKE A SEQUINED GLOVE. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF DOING WHAT YOU LOVE AND BEING FORCED TO STOP DOING IT DEFINITIVELY BECAUSE OF YOUR AGE. AND IT HAS JUST GOT SO MANY BEAUTIFUL PARTS TO IT. THERE IS ALL OF THAT DESPERATION OF TRYING TO CARVE A CAREER IN VEGAS WHEN YOUR BEST FRIENDS ARE GAMBLING ADDICTS, AND SHE HAS THIS NOURISHING KIND OF MOTHERLY FEEL WITH ALL OF THE WOMEN THAT SHE WORKS WITH, BUT ULTIMATELY SHE IS THIS LESSON AND MAKING BAD DECISIONS WITH GOOD INTENTIONS. IT IS DIRECTED BY GIA COPPOLA OF THE GREAT CLAN. THERE IS DEFINITELY FILM MAKING ROYALTY WITH US. IT IS KIND OF A DREAMSCAPE FEEL TO IT. AND I FELT IT WAS QUITE INTOXICATING. BY NO MEANS IS THAT A PERFECT FILM, BUT IT IS ONE THAT SITS WITH YOU AND YOUR SENSE OF QUITE VISCERALLY BUT ALSO HAS A STRONG MESSAGE TO IT. I LOVE IT WHEN ACTORS HAVE THAT SORT OF COME BACK WITH EVERY IMAGINATION OF THEIR CAREER. I THINK ALSO, WE UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPACT OF SOMEONE IN THE PUBLIC EYE MAKING A REALLY STRONG STATEMENT ABOUT FEMININITY. AND WE KNOW SHE IS ON EVERY RED CARPET AND FASHION SHOW AND SHE REFUSES TO WEAR MAKE UP. SHE IS BEAUTIFUL. GIVE ME THOSE CHEEKBONES. THERE NEED NOT BE THAT NEED FOR ALL OF OUR BATTLE ARMOUR, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE, AS I SAT HERE IN THE FACE OF MAKE UP. I THINK THE MESSAGE SHE IS SENDING TO WOMEN AND EVERYBODY IS SUCH A GREAT ONE. I LOVE TO IN THIS. SHE HAS A TENDERNESS AND VULNERABILITY WHICH I FOUND ABSOLUTELY GLORIOUS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. THREE AMAZING MOVIES TO CONSIDER. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. I LOVE THAT. HOKI MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO CRACKDOWN ON GANGS, WITH THE FIRST DISPERSAL NOTICES ISSUED SINCE NEW LAWS WERE INTRODUCED. A DISPERSAL NOTICE STIPULATES GANG MEMBERS MUST LEAVE AN AREA IN WHICHTO CRACK DOWN THINGS WITH THE THEY ARE GATHERING AND NOT ASSOCIATE WITH EACH OTHER FOR SEVEN DAYS. POLICE SAY SIX PEOPLE WITH GANG LINKS WERE DETAINED AND ISSUED WITH THE NOTICES IN AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE ON FRIDAY AFTER AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A FIREARM IN TORBAY.MUST LEAVE AN AREA IN WHICH THEY ARE MEANWHILE, MORE THAN 400 CHARGES HAVE BEEN LAID FOR INSIGNIA BREACHES SINCE THE NEW LAWS WERE ROLLED OUT THREE MONTHS AGO. SOUNDS DOUBLE-MURDERER SCOTT WATSON HAS AGAIN APPEARED BEFOREWHILE MORE THAN 400 CHARGES HAVE BEEN LAYS FROM SOUNDS DOUBLE-MURDERER SCOTT WATSON HAS AGAIN APPEARED BEFOREWHILE MORE THE PAROLE BOARD, WHERE IT EMERGED HE WAS INVOLVED IN A MISCONDUCT INCIDENT IN PRISON LAST YEAR. THE 53-YEAR-OLD HAS SPENT NEARLY HALF HIS LIFE IN JAIL FOR THE MURDERS OF BEN SMART AND OLIVIA HOPE IN THE MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS IN 1998.WATSON HAS AGAIN APPEAR BEFORE THE FALL EMERGED HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE CONDUCT OF THE YEAR IN JAIL FOR IN THE HEARING, A WITNESS DESCRIBED THE INCIDENT AS AN ASSAULT, BUT WATSON DOWNPLAYED IT AS A 'PLAY FIGHT'. THE BOARD IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A DECISION ON WATSON'S PAROLE BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH. POLICE ARE MAKING ENQUIRES INTO THE DEATH OF A YOUNG GIRL HIT BY A TRAIN OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO AN INTERSECTION AT MATAMATA COLLEGE. DESPITE RECEIVING MEDICAL ATTENTION THE GIRL DIED AT THE SCENE. POLICE ON BEHALF OF THE CORONER ARE ASKING ANYONE WHO WITNESSED THE EVENT TO COME FORWARD. A THIRD NEW ZEALAND WEED HAS DEVELOPED RESISTANCE TO THE COMMON HERBICIDE GLYPHOSATE, THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN PRODUCTS LIKE ROUNDUP. WILD CARROT POPULATIONS IN MARLBOROUGH VINEYARDS HAVE SHOWN SIGNS OF HERBICIDE RESISTANCE, MAKING IT HARD TO CONTROL. WINE GROWERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO USE DIFFERENT HERBICIDES OR REMOVE THE WEED BY HAND TO PREVENT IT FROM ESTABLISHING. THE GLOBAL TRADE WAR IS CONTINUING TO ESCALATE, WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CANADA ANNOUNCING RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON THE U.S. IT FOLLOWS U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THREATENING TO DOUBLE TARIFFS ON CANADIAN ALUMINIUM AND STEEL YESTERDAY. THE EXISTING 25% TARIFF ON ALL ALUMINIUM AND STEEL IMPORTS INTO THE U.S. HAVE NOW COME INTO EFFECT. THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CANADA HAVE RESPONDED WITH TARRIFS ON GOODS WORTH COLLECTIVELY NEARLY US$50 BILLION. MEANWHILE, MEXICO'S PRESIDENT SAYS IT WON'T ANNOUNCE RETALIATORY MEASURES YET. TRUMP'S ALSO SAID HE'S SENT A TEAM TO RUSSIA TO NEGOTIATE A TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE AFTER UKRAINE AGREED TO A U.S-PROPOSED DEAL YESTERDAY. RUSSIA IS YET TO COMMENT, SAYING ITS WAITING TO BE BRIEFED BY U.S. OFFICIALS. MEANWHILE, STRIKES ON UKRAINE CONTINUED OVERNIGHT, WITH RUSSIA SAYING ITS RECLAIMED PARTS OF THE KURSK REGION. A DEPLETED INDIAN PANTHERS SIDE HAS BEEN DEFEATED ON ITS DEBUT IN NEW THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE, GOING DOWN TO THE HAWKES BAY HAWKS 112 TO 78 IN NAPIER. THE PANTHERS TOOK THE FLOOR WITH MOSTLY NEW ZEALAND PLAYERS, BUT SHOWED GLIMPSES OF BRILLIANCE IN THE DEFEAT. THAT COURT AWARENESS. THE FLEDGLING SIDE HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH MULTIPLE ISSUES PRIOR TO THEIR OPENING GAME, WITH EIGHT OF THEIR PLAYERS UNAVAILABLE DUE TO INDIAN NATIONAL TEAM COMMITMENTS. THEY'RE EXPECTED TO HAVE THEIR FULL ROSTER AVAILABLE BY THE END OF THE MONTH. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A MIXED BAG FOR MOST IN THE NORTH. WITH TAMAKI MAKAURAU AND NORTHLAND EXPECTED TO HAVE A CLOUDY START, WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE DAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLATEAU. 22 THE HIGH FOR HASTINGS. 17 FOR TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA WELLINGTON. A FINE DAY FOR MOST IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, ALTHOUGH A BIT OF A CLOUDY START FOR KAIKOURA AND OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH, WITH CONFINED SHOWERS TO BANKS PENINSULA BEFORE BECOMING FINE IN THE AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAHUNA QUEENSTOWN. 20 IN GREYMOUTH. THIS SATURDAY MARKS SIX YEARS SINCE THE CHRISTCHURCH MOSQUE ATTACKS WHICH KILLED 51 PEOPLE. TO HONOUR THEIR LOVED ONES, THE SAKINAH TRUST COMMUNITY ARE HOSTING UNITY WEEK, WHICH IS FILLED WITH DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES TO COMMEMORATE THE LOSS. AS PART OF UNITY WEEK, DOCTOR MAYSOON SALAMA IS LAUNCHING HER BOOK TO HELP CHILDREN DEAL WITH GRIEF. OUR REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER IS WITH HER NOW. MORENA, CHARLOTTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH HAVING US, I AM WITH DOCTOR MAYSOON SALAMA. YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BOOK THAT IS BEING LAUNCHED THIS SUNDAY? MY BOOK, IT'S A STORY WRITTEN IN MEMORY OF THE 51 VICTIMS OF THE MOSQUE AL-NOOR. IT IS A PERSONAL STORY OF MY LOSS WHEN I LOST MY SON, HEAVENLY PAPA GIRAFFE, AND THE MOSQUE. WHAT OTHER THEMES ARE IN THE BOOK? THE BOOK HIGHLIGHTS THE OVER ALARMING SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY AFTER THIS TRAGEDY. THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE CONNECTION THAT STAYS WITH US FOREVER TO THOSE WHO ARE LOVED AND WE LOSE THEM. IT DOES TOUCH ON FAITH AND HOW IT CAN HELP, ESPECIALLY YOUNG HEARTS, TO DEAL WITH THIS... FEELING OF LOSS, BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFICULT FEELING. IT GIVES, ALSO, THE SUPPORT OF FAMILY AND ADULTS AROUND THE YOUNG CHILDREN, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. IT TOUCHES ON KEY MESSAGES LIKE UNITY AND INCLUSION, LIKE CONSEQUENCES AND JUSTICE. OF TERRORIST ACTS, FOR EXAMPLE. IT HELPS IN SO MANY WAYS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN TO UNDERSTAND THE FEELINGS OF LOSS. THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION. IS A DIFFICULT, BECAUSE IT'S QUITE A HEAVY TOPIC, LOSING YOUR LOVED ONE AND WRITING IT IN A CHILDREN'S BOOK. IS THERE A CERTAIN WAY OR THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP CHILDREN UNDERSTAND? FOR ME, THE INSPIRATION FOR THIS BOOK WAS REALLY... MAINLY TO SUPPORT MY GRANDDAUGHTER WHO LOST HER FATHER AND MANY OTHER CHILDREN WHO ALSO LOST THEIR PARENTS IN THIS TERRORIST ACT. SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, BRINGING A STORY IN A METAPHORIC WAY IS THE BEST WAY THAT CHILDREN CAN RELATE TO THAT, AND THEN PUT THOSE MESSAGES OF, WE NEED THEM TO UNDERSTAND THESE FEELINGS OF LOSS, WHICH ARE VERY DIFFICULT, IN A VERY GENTLE WAY FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND, AND EASY LANGUAGE AND FOR IT TO BE RELATED BEFORE THEN WHEN YOU USE A METAPHORIC WAY. SO THE HEAVENLY PAPA GIRAFFE IS MY SON WHO WAS MARTYRED, CHILDREN CAN RELATE TO ANIMALS AND IT IS REALLY A NICE WAY OF LETTING THEM FEEL THAT THEY CAN RELATE... IN A GENTLE WAY. AND THIS ISN'T YOUR FIRST CHILDREN'S BOOK THAT YOU HAVE DONE ` YOU DID AYA AND THE BUTTERFLY. DO YOU THINK THAT THIS HAS KIND OF HEALED OR HELPED TO YOU WITH YOUR JOURNEY AS WELL BY PUTTING THOSE FEELINGS INTO A WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND? IT DEFINITELY DID, BECAUSE I HAD A LOT OF FEELINGS INSIDE AND MIXED FEELINGS. ANGER, FEELING OF LOSS, ALL OF THAT. BUT CHANNELLING THOSE FEELINGS INTO STORIES AND MAKING THESE FEELINGS INTO SOMETHING USEFUL, BECAUSE I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, I FEEL IT LIKE IT IS A CHARITY, THIS KNOWLEDGE THAT I AM GIVING TO THE CHILDREN AND THUS HELP FOR THE COMMUNITY. AS DOES HELP ME, IT GIVES ME A FEELING OF JOY THAT I AM DOING SOMETHING USEFUL IN BRINGING SOMETHING GOOD OUT OF A TRAGEDY. THAT IS REALLY LOVELY, THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY AT AL-NOOR MOSQUE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THE BOOK, YOU SAID IT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH AND ONLINE. IT'S AVAILABLE HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH. AND ONLINE. AN WORLDWIDE. BEAUTIFUL, AMAZING. IT WILL BE GETTING LAUNCHED THIS SUNDAY AS PART OF THE UNITY WEEK, WHICH IS DONE BY THE COMMUNITY TRUST. BEAUTIFUL, DOCTOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING GIFT. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE RARE BIRD SIGHTING THAT'S GOT CONSERVATIONISTS AND PEOPLE ON THE WEST COAST VERY EXCITED. # THREE LITTLE BIRDS # SIT BY MY DOORSTEP. # SINGING SWEET SONGS. (PHONE CHIMES) SONG: # You # You've got what I need... # Thank you, Sam! You're welcome, Wendy. # You're like medicine to me... # VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Find your wonderful. New World. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` AWARD WINNING NEW ZEALAND CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATOR AND AUTHOR GAVIN BISHOP IS ABOUT TO HAVE HIS WORK IMMORTALISED AT TE PAPA. A NEW REPORT, COMMISSIONED BY FIVE HOSPICES, WARNS THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO COVER COSTS AS GROWING DEMANDS ARE HIGHER THAN GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY FUNDS. AND SOME OF YOUR FAVOURITE CHILDHOOD VIDEO GAMES MAY NOW BE HALL OF FAMERS. SHORTLISTED FAVOURITES FOR THIS YEAR RANGE FROM 'ANGRY BIRDS' TO THE TAMAGOTCHI. A WEST COAST CAMPGROUND IS BUZZING WITH EXCITEMENT AFTER A RARE WHITE WEKA WAS SPOTTED ON SITE. THE UNUSUAL BIRD IS A VARIATION OF THE TYPICALLY BROWN-COLOURED SPECIES. WE'LL BE SPEAKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION SHORTLY, BUT FIRST, WE'RE JOINED BY THE OWNER OF GENTLE ANNIE SEASIDE ACCOMMODATION AND CAMPING GROUND IN MOKIHINUI, JESSE PALEY-ATKINS. MORENA, JESSE. OKAY, WHEN WAS THIS THING SPOTTED? GOOD MORNING, JENNY MAY. LAST TUESDAY, DAD WAS MOWING THE LAWNS AND HE CAME ACROSS A REALLY UNUSUAL WHITE BIRD. AND THEN WHAT DID YOU DO FROM THAT POINT? DAD POPPED OUT HIS CAMERA AND... (CHUCKLES) DAD WAS ABLE TO GET A GREAT VIDEO OF IT, FORAGING AROUND ALONG THE CREEK. 'S YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT BUT THAT HAS SEEN IT, HE CAPTURED THIS VIDEO WE HAVE CURRENTLY. YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT SINCE THEN? NO, WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE OUT, AND OUR PLENTY OF CAMERAS ON THE PROPERTY. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SPOT IT. NO DOUBT, HAVE CAMPERS BEEN ABLE TO SEE IT? NOW, BUT THERE IS PLENTY OF LOOKING ON FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, WEKA ARE QUITE TERRITORIAL. I KNOW YOUR HAS BEEN PART OF TREE PLANTING AND CONSERVATION. YES, WE HAVE BEEN TREEPLANTING AND DOING PREDATOR CONTROL AND TRACK BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY, THE PARTICULARLY SPECIAL THAT THAT WEKA WAS SPOTTED NEAR WHERE THE WHENUA ITI GROUP WERE. THE SPRING WAS AMAZING WITH THE BIRDLIFE, TUI, BELLBIRDS FLYING THROUGH THE OPEN AREAS OF THE CAMPGROUND. YOU NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE WHITE WEKA, PEOPLE COME ON IN THEIR DROVES TO STAY IN THE CAMPSITE. YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED AN UPTAKE IN PEOPLE STAYING? THERE HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN A FEW MORE PHONE CALLS. WELL DONE TO YOUR DAD FOR THINKING OF GETTING HIS PHONE OUT. AND DOC'S SENIOR TECHNICAL ADVISOR CASSIE MEALEY IS WITH US NOW. MORENA, CASSIE. HOW RARE IS THIS? KIA ORA. IT'S NOT THAT RARE, IT IS NOT UNCOMMON BUT IT DOES HAPPEN OCCASIONALLY, BUT IT IS QUITE A SIGHT TO SEE. WE KNOW OF A FEW OTHERS ON THE WEST COAST OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, BUT THIS IS QUITE SPECIAL, AND TO GET A VIEW OF IT IS REALLY COOL. IT'S NOT AS RARE AS WHAT WE SEE AS ALBINISM, WHEN YOU GET COMPLETE WHITE ANIMAL WITH PINK EYES AND PINK SKIN. IT IS MISSING PIGMENTATION FROM ITS FEATHERS WHICH IS A GENETIC CONDITION. I'M NOT SURE, IN TERMS OF WHAT PREDATORS THEY ARE OUT THERE WITH WEKA, BUT SURELY, WITHIN BEEN WHITE, IT PUTS THEM AT MORE RISK? YES, IT'S LIKE A BRIGHT WHITE BEACON. WHEN THEY ARE BROWN, THEY BLEND IN WITH THE FOREST FLOOR, AND THAT'S HOW THEY AVOID PREDATORS. PREDATORS AT THE MOMENT ARE BIG DOGS AND CATS AND STOATS, WOULD JUST SEND HUNTERS, SO THE VISUAL ASPECT DOESN'T MATTER TO THEM, BUT WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN IS A PREDATORS WHO HUNT MY SITE, *BY SIGHT, LIKE A FALCON. LET'S PUT IT MORE AT RISK, OR WILL IT BE MORE ATTRACTIVE TO OTHER WEKA? I WAS CERTAIN THAT THIS FOOTAGE IS OF A WHITE WEKA? YES, IT MATCHES THE DESTRUCTION, BODY, CHICKEN FEET, TAIL. ALL OF IT. SO THAT'S GOOD. IF SOMEBODY SEES... SO THAT WAS SEEN ON 14 MARCH AND HAS BEEN SENTENCED, AND HE'LL BE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN SEEING THIS, SO IF YOU DO SEE THEM, WHAT DO YOU TELL PEOPLE? TAKE ON THE SITE, MARVEL AT IT, TAKE A PHOTO IF YOU CAN AND LET US KNOW WHERE IT IS/ CASSIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. KIA ORA. IT LOOKS VERY SPECIAL. INDEED IT DOES. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WHAT DOES A 1960s FERRY HAVE IN COMMON WITH PIZZA? LUCY BENDELL'S ON THE CASE. TELL US MORE, LUCE. PIZZA JUST BECAUSE FOR ONE THING ` A FLOATING PIZZERIA. # THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID... # COMES AT A LATER. (UPBEAT MUSIC) SUCH A BANGER. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. COMING INTO THE HOME STRAIGHT NOW. A FORMER PASSENGER BOAT IN NORTHLAND THAT FERRIED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE 1960s IS BEING GIVEN A NEW LIFE. LUCY BENDELL IS ONBOARD TO FIND OUT MORE. GOOD MORNING, CHRIS. CHECK OUT THE BEAUTY BEHIND ME. POTENTIAL WAS INSTANTLY RECOGNISED TO TRANSFORM THIS OLD VESSEL FERRYING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE BAY OF ISLANDS FOR 50 YEARS AND TRANSFORMING IT INTO A FLOATING PIZZA PLACE. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO KNOW, HOW DID YOU GET YOUR HANDS ON IT. IT WAS A DECEASED ESTATE. IT WAS SOLD TO ME. I SAY SOLD, BUT YOU NEVER BUY A BOAT, YOU ADOPT IT. I WAS TOLD SHE FERRIED 5.9 MILLION PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS. SHE HAS DONE 28 TIMES AROUND THE EQUATOR, WHICH IS ENOUGH MILES TO GO AROUND THE MOON AND BACK AGAIN. SOME INCREDIBLE STATISTICS. RICH IN HISTORY, I AM SURE. THERE ARE A FEW WOMEN AT THE HELM, SO IT IS AWESOME TO SEE IT HAS BEEN PASSED ON TO YOU AS WELL. TELL US ABOUT THE WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR. YOU HAVE SPENT A GOOD FEW MONTHS ON IT. JANE TAYLOR, WHO IS ARGUABLY ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S FAST COMMERCIAL FEMALE SKIPPERS WAS AT THE HELM FOR MANY YEARS, SO I FEEL VERY BLESSED TO BE WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MANY STRONG AND POWERFUL WOMEN WHO HAVE SKIPPERED THE BOAT. MANY HAVE GOTTEN IN TOUCH WITH ME, SO I HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THEM. WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN, SORRY? I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE ON IT SO FAR. WE HAVE SEEN FOOTAGE OF YOU RIPPING UP THE DECK AND THE OUTSIDE. WE PUT OVER 3000 HOURS COLLECTIVELY INTO THIS. WE HAVE PULLED A LOT OF THE PLYWOOD OFF THAT SHE WAS ENCASED WITH, AND THAT WAS TO GIVE HER EXTRA STRUCTURAL SUPPORT AS SHE WAS SMASHING INTO THE WHARVES. BUT SHE WILL NOT BE DOING THAT ANYMORE, SO WE CAN BRING BACK A BEAUTIFUL KAURI FEATURES. WE ARE ALSO TICKING OFF ALL OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO FOR THE SURVEY. THERE ARE MANY THINGS TO MAKE HER PERFECT SO THAT SHE IS COMMERCIALLY VIABLE AND UP TO CURRENT REGULATIONS, SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK UNDER THE WATER LINE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS WHILE WE HAVE BEEN IN THE YARD. TELL US ABOUT THE PIZZA PLACE. ALF NEWTON HAS BEEN RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS WHERE I LIVE FROM HIS LITTLE BEACH HOUSE ON THE ISLAND, AND HE DECIDED TO MOVE ON AND CLOSED THE BUSINESS, SO I HAD THE IDEA THAT I COULD START UP MY OWN WITH HIS SUPPORT, BUT I WANTED TO PUT IT ON A BOAT SO WE COULD MOVE IT AROUND THE HAURAKI GULF. WHERE WILL IT BE BASED? AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, HOPEFULLY NEXT SUMMER, ALTHOUGH, HOW LONG IS A PIECE OF STRING? I THINK WE HAVE REACHED THE HALFWAY MARK. WE'LL BE AROUND A LOT OF PLACES IN THE BAY, AND I HOPE TO TAKE A BACK TO THE BAY OF ISLANDS AND SHARE HER WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPENT MANY YEARS ENGAGING WITH THE HISTORY. I HAVE TO ASK IF IT IS GOING TO BE TURNED INTO A PIZZA PLACE, WILL THERE BE PINEAPPLE ON THE PIZZA? ALF WOULD KILL ME. ABSOLUTELY NOT. I AM A BETTER FAN OF PINEAPPLE AND PIZZA AS WELL. HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE FULL OF PEOPLE AFTER IT HAS GOT A NEW LEASE ON LIFE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HELPED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING DOWN AND PUTTING IN THE WORK, ALL OF THE COMPANIES THEY HAVE GIVEN ME DISCOUNTS ON PRODUCTS AT ALL OF THE PEOPLE THEY HAVE SUPPORTED ME SO FAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT LOOKS AMAZING. I WONDER IF IT IS AVAILABLE FOR RENT. IT COULD BE GOOD FOR A BREAKFAST CHRISTMAS PARTY. I CAN TAKE MY OWN CAN OF PINEAPPLE. WE HAVE HAD QUITE A NAUTICAL THEME FOR THE END OF THE SHOW. WE HAVE LOVED YOUR COMPANY, AND WE WILL DO IT ALL AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY MAIA CARR HEKE, COURTNEY SOLE,