IT'S MONDAY THE 17th OF MARCH. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. IS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY. HUGE ISSUES IN THE OFFICE AT THE MOMENT. SPOON GATE. WE DIDN'T INTERVIEW LAST YEAR BAR HARBOR OFFICE CUTLERY ALWAYS GOES MISSING. USUALLY SPOONS AND TEASPOONS. I'M ASSUMING THAT PEOPLE COME IN AND HAVE THEIR CEREAL OR LUNCH OR WHATEVER AND MAYBE TAKE IT HOME WITH THEM. EITHER TAKE IT HOME OR LEAVE IT AT THEIR DESK OR PUT IT IN A DRAWER. IT IS ALWAYS THE SPOONS, AND THEN YOU ARE SORT OF FORCE TO LOOK INTO THE DISHWASHER AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIND SOME DIRTY SPOONS, AND EVEN THOSE ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY. I AM NOT ABOVE WATCHING IT MYSELF, BUT I AM JUST THINKING, AS THE WATER HOT ENOUGH THAT IT IS GOING TO DISINFECT WHICH COLLEAGUE HAS SLOBBERED ALL OVER THE SPOON. LAST YEAR AFTER WE DID THE INTERVIEW, WE HAD SOME SPOONS DELIVERED. BUT THEY ARE ALL GONE NOW. OUR OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THIS ISSUE? DO YOU ALSO HAVE ISSUES WITH HAND WASHING YOUR OWN SPOON? WE HAVE NAMED MUGS. LAST YEAR, I SAW SOMEONE WALKING AROUND UPSTAIRS WITH A CHRIS MAG. I WALKED PAST HIM, AND HE SAID, THIS IS YOUR MOTHER, ISN'T IT? I SAID, YES, TAKE IT BACK TO MY DESK. COMING UP ON BREAKFAST THIS HOUR ` AS THE GLOBAL TRADE WAR RAGES ON, CAN NEW ZEALAND STAY OUT OF THE CROSS FIRE? TRADE MINISTER TODD MCLAY HAS MET WITH HIS AMERICAN COUNTERPART ` WHAT IMPACT COULD TARIFFS HAVE FOR TRADE WITH AOTEAROA'S THIRD BIGGEST PARTNER? ALSO AHEAD ` WHEN GOODWILL GOES AWRY ` AN AUCKLAND WOMAN FACES A $400 FINE FOR AFTER SHE WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA LEAVING A BOX OF DONATIONS OUTSIDE A CHARITY STORE, UNAWARE THAT LEAVING ITEMS OUTSIDE OF OPENING HOURS IS CONSIDERED ILLEGAL ` TOO HARSH OR, TO CHANNEL DANIEL FAITAUA, RULES ARE RULES. PLUS, A RED BULL DEBUT TO FORGET FOR LIAM LAWSON AS THE KIWI DRIVER CRASHES OUT OF A WET AND WILD AUSTRALIA GRAND PRIX IN MELBOURNE. WE'LL WRAP UP THAT AND MORE WITH SCOTTY STEVENSON JUST BEFORE 7. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER GOOD RESULTS FOR NEW ZEALAND SPORTS OVER THE WEEKEND. UP THE WAHS. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S YOUR NEWS. CHRISTOPHER LUXON TOUCHED DOWN IN DELHI OVERNIGHT, WHERE THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED TALKS TOWARDS A FREE TRADE DEAL WITH INDIA. THE FOUR-DAY VISIT COMES AS THE PRIME MINISTER HAS LESS THAN TWO YEARS TO MEET HIS OWN DEADLINE OF SECURING THE DEAL. POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN IS TRAVELLING WITH THE DELEGATION AND FILED THIS REPORT. TWO-WAY TRADE WITH INDIA IS VALUED AT $3.1 BILLION. ALMOST HALF OF THAT IS MADE UP OF KIWI EXPORTS. NOW, CHRISTOPHER LUXON WANTS TO KICK THIS RELATIONSHIP INTO OVERDRIVE. HE PROMISED A FREE TRADE DEAL THIS TERM, BUT IT WON'T BE EASY. HE KNOWS THAT INDIA PREFERS A BROADER, DEEPER RELATIONSHIP. SO TO SHOWCASE NEW ZEALAND'S COMMITMENT TO THAT, HE'S BROUGHT WITH HIM ON THIS TRIP A HUGE DELEGATION, INCLUDING LEADERS FROM THE BUSINESS, EDUCATION, THE KIWI INDIA COMMUNITY BACK HOME, AND TO KAPA HAKA O TE WHANAU A APANUI AS THE CHARM OFFENSIVE GETS UNDERWAY. AT LEAST 59 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN A NIGHTCLUB FIRE IN NORTH MACEDONIA, WITH THE DEATH TOLL EXPECTED TO CLIMB. MORE THAN 155 PEOPLE HAVE ALSO BEEN INJURED. THE BLAZE, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY PYROTECHNICS, BROKE OUT AT PULSE CLUB AROUND 2.30am, WHERE 1500 PEOPLE HAD BEEN ATTENDING A HIP HOP CONCERT. ARREST WARRANTS FOR FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ISSUED. IT'S BEEN A TOUGH RED BULL DEBUT FOR LIAM LAWSON, WHO FAILED TO FINISH IN THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX AFTER A LATE CRASH. THE NEW ZEALAND DRIVER LOOKED TO HAVE ESCAPED FROM THE EARLIER CHAOS IN WILD CONDITIONS IN MELBOURNE, BEFORE HE SPUN INTO THE WALL ON LAP 47. OH, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO HADJAR, ISN'T IT, BEFORE THE START? YEAH, WE WERE REALLY STRUGGLING, TO BE HONEST. SO, I HAD A LOT OF TYRE ISSUES WITH THE FRONT EARLY ON IN THE RACE, SO, YEAH, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S JUST BEEN A TOUGH WEEKEND. HIS TEAMMATE MAX VERSTAPPEN FINISHING IN SECOND, JUST BEHIND MCLAREN'S LANDO NORRIS. LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. STARTING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS ` THERE IS AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE WESTLAND DISTRICT AND THE FIORDLAND AREA. IT'S LOOKING LIKE A GREY DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND ` PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH SCATTERED RAIN FOR MOST AND ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE NORTH AND CENTRAL PLATEAU. HOWEVER, MAINLY FINE ON THE EAST COAST. 30 THE HIGH IN NAPIER. 26 IN HAMILTON. A BIT OF A MIXED BAG IN THE SOUTH, SO PACK YOUR BROLLY AS RAINY PERIODS ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF YOU ALONG THE WEST COAST AND THE FIORDLAND AREA BEFORE SWEEPING TOWARDS OTAGO. FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST, A MAINLY FINE DAY. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE SAW SOME RAIN WARNINGS. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING, WITH OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND TWO OTHERS HAVE BEEN CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER A DRIVER FLED FROM POLICE IN AUCKLAND YESTERDAY. LUCY BENDELL JOINS US. WHERE DID IT HAPPEN, LUCY, AND IS THE ROAD BACK OPEN? GOOD MORNING. THE CRASH INVOLVING THREE VEHICLES HAPPENED IN PENROSE ON GREAT SOUTH ROAD. IT IS NOW BACK OPEN THIS MORNING AFTER IT WAS CLOSED FOR THE MAJORITY OF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SERIOUS CRASH UNIT TO EXAMINE THE SCENE. A CRITICAL INCIDENT INVESTIGATION HAS NOW BEEN LAUNCHED TO UNDERSTAND THE FULL CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE CRASH. POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED AT 2 PM YESTERDAY WHEN THEY NOTICED A VEHICLE TRAVELLING AT HIGH SPEED. THEY SIGNALLED FOR IT TO STOP, AND IT IGNORED THE SIGNALS, FLED AND CRASHED INTO TWO OTHER VEHICLES. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FOOTAGE HERE OUR CAMERA OPERATOR ARRIVED AT THE SCENE SHORTLY AFTER, SHOWING THE DEVASTATION, WITH HEAVILY DAMAGED CARS, BENT LAMPPOSTS, AND THE SCENE WAS SURROUNDED BY EMERGENCY SERVICES. THE DRIVER THAT FAILED TO STOP WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. ONE PERSON FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE DIED AT THE SCENE, AND ANOTHER IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION, AND A FOUR PERSON IS WITH MODERATE INJURIES. POLICE SAY THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE FAMILIES INVOLVED IN THAT CRASH, AND ALSO THE STUFF THAT WERE AT THE SCENE. THE STRESS HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY. NOW IT'S TIME TO CHECK IN WITH OUR WELLINGTON REPORTER, JAMES FLEURY. JAMES, WELLINGTON OPERA IS FACING THE CANCELLATION OF ITS 2025 SEASON. THE CAPITAL'S ART SCENE HAS REALLY CONTINUED TO STRUGGLE, WITH THE WELLINGTON OPERA NOW UNSURE IF IT WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH ITS 2025 SEASON. FUNDRAISING EFFORTS BEGAN LAST YEAR TO HOPEFULLY SAVE ITS TWO SHOWS, WHICH ARE SET TO KICK OFF LATER THIS YEAR. BUT THEN THEY WERE LEFT WITH A $20,000 FUNDING HOLE THAT THEY NEED TO FILL, AFTER CREATIVE NEW ZEALAND DECIDED TO DECLINE THEIR FUNDING, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT MEET THIS YEAR'S FUNDING REQUIREMENTS. WELLINGTON OPERA HAS UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO BE ABLE TO RAISE THIS $20,000, AND IT IS HOPING THAT THE WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE WILL FRONT UP AND GIVE THEM THIS MONEY, BUT THIS IS AFTER THEY HAVE ALREADY HANDED THEM $12,000, SO IT IS JUST UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHETHER THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO FOR THESE TWO SHOWS TO SURVIVE THIS YEAR. TICKETS ARE STILL GOING ON SALE FOR ONE OF THE PRODUCTIONS FROM TODAY, SO PEOPLE ARE STILL ABLE TO PURCHASE THOSE TICKETS, AND IT IS FUNDRAISING, WHICH DID START LAST YEAR, BUT IT IS STILL GOING AHEAD RIGHT UNTIL NEXT WEEK, AND YOU CAN ACCESS THAT FROM THE WELLINGTON OPERA WEBSITE. SO IF YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO TRY AND SAVE THE WELLINGTON OPERA, YOU CAN. HE DO THEIR WEBSITE, BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL TAKING DONATIONS, AND WE WILL FIND OUT NEXT WEEK WITH THE WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL WILL GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM THIS MONEY. LOCAL CONSERVATIONISTS ARE CALLING ON THE KAIKOURA DISTRICT COUNCIL TO HELP PROTECT UNDER-THREAT NATIVE BIRDS. CHARLOTTE MULDER JOINS US NOW TO EXPLAIN MORE. MORENA, CHARLOTTE. MORENA. I KAIKOURA COUPLE HAS APPEALED TO THE COUNCIL TO START PUTTING MORE PROTECTION IN PLACE FOR THE DOCTORAL. I HUNDRED AND 50 EGGS WERE LAID LAST SEASON, BUT ONLY ONE CHECK ACTUALLY SURVIVED, AND THIS WAS DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF PREDATORS ON THE GROUND, INCLUDING CATS, DOGS, HEDGEHOGS, MOTORBIKES, AND ALSO PEOPLE PARTYING ON THE BEACH. THE COUPLE SAYS THAT THE BIRDS ARE ACTUALLY QUITE INTELLIGENT, BUT THEIR NATURAL SURVIVING INSTANCE ACTUALLY KICKED IN BEFORE HUMANS EVEN EXISTED, SO THEIR ONLY THREAT WAS BIRDS FROM THE SKY, AND THEY COULD JUST NATURALLY CAMOUFLAGE INTO THEIR BACKGROUNDS. THE COUPLE IS ASKING COUNCIL TO PUT ACCESS RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT NESTING SEASON, WHICH ACTUALLY GOES FROM SEPTEMBER UNTIL DECEMBER. RIGHT NOW, THE COUNCIL WILL BE PREPARING A REPORT ON DIFFERENT WAYS TO PROTECT THE BIRDS. SHE MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT AN AUCKLAND WOMAN COULD FACE A HEFTY FINE AFTER REPEATEDLY LEAVING DONATIONS OUTSIDE OF AN OP SHOP. THE BOXES OF UNWANTED ITEMS WERE LEFT AFTER HOURS, WHICH AUCKLAND COUNCIL SAYS COUNTS AS ILLEGAL DUMPING. HERE TO EXPLAIN WHY IT'S SUCH A PROBLEM IS THE COUNCIL'S GENERAL MANAGER OF WASTE SOLUTIONS, JUSTINE HAVES. WHAT IS THE ISSUE HERE WITH PEOPLE LEAVING WHATEVER THEY LEAVE OUTSIDE OF THESE SHOPS? THE CHALLENGES THAT WAS SOME PEOPLE CONSIDER USEFUL IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING. SO THE CHALLENGE FOR THESE PLACES WHEN THEY ARE LEFT WITH THINGS OUTSIDE OF OURS IS THAT OTHERS COME IN AND SORT THROUGH THOSE ITEMS AND CAN CREATE QUITE A MESS, OFTEN TAKE THE VALUABLE THINGS AWAY, AND THEN WHEN THE SHOPPERS ARRIVING IN THE MORNING TO DEAL WITH THOSE THINGS, WHAT THEY ARE LEFT WITH IS NOT THINK THEY CAN MAKE USE OF. IN TERMS OF THE RULES, YOU CANNOT LEAVE ANYTHING FOR THOSE SHOPS OR OTHER PLACES OUTSIDE OF THEIR OPEN HOURS. IS THAT RIGHT? CUSTOMERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE CONTACT AND DROP THEM OFF WHEN THE SHOP IS OPEN. THEY CAN TAKE THE MEN WHEN IT IS OPEN, AND THEN THEY CAN DECIDE WHAT THEY WILL TAKE. WHAT HAPPENS WITH ITEMS THAT ARE LEFT OUTSIDE OF OURS OR ITEMS THAT THEY DO NOT WANT OR NEED? IF THEY DO NOT WANT THEM AND CANNOT MAKE USE OF THEM, THEN THE CUSTOMERS ASKED TO DEAL WITH THEM IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AND YOU CAN GO ON TO THE COUNCIL WEBSITE AND LOOK WHERE IT GOES, AND THAT TELLS CUSTOMERS HOW TO DEAL WITH UNWANTED ITEMS. UNFORTUNATELY, IF THEY ARE LEFT AFTER HOURS, THEN THE SHOP NEEDS TO DEAL WITH THEM, AND THEY HAVE TO PAY TO DISPOSE OF THEM, SO WHILE IT IS A KIND GESTURE TO DONATE THE ITEMS IN THE FIRST PLACE, THE SHOPPERS LEFT WITH THE COST OF GETTING RID OF THEM, WHICH IS THE UNFORTUNATE PART. HOW MUCH OF AN ISSUE IS THIS? ILLEGAL DUMPING HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT ISSUE IN AUCKLAND FOR A LONG TIME AND CONTINUES TO BE A GROWING ISSUE. WE GET REPORTS OF ABOUT 50 INSTANCES A DAY OF ILLEGAL DUMPING ACROSS THE CITY, SO THESE ARE KIND OF SUBSET ISSUES OF THAT. IT APPEARS THAT THE WOMAN FROM THE INTRODUCTION WAS SOMEONE WHO GAVE ON A REGULAR BASIS, DID NOT REALISE THAT TAKING THEM OUTSIDE OF OPENING HOURS WAS A FINDABLE OFFENCE. IS THERE ANY DISCRETION ABOUT THAT? I CANNOT COMMENT ON THE SPECIFICS OF THAT PARTICULAR CASE, BUT THIS IS PRIMARILY FOR US A COMMUNICATION AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT ISSUE AND THE CONSEQUENCES. THE FINES ARE A DETERRENT TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE COSTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN CLEANING UP AND DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE THAT DOES HAPPEN ON A REGULAR OCCASION. HOW DO WE REALLY EDUCATE PEOPLE? WE DO HAVE A LOT OF MARKETING CAMPAIGNS AROUND ILLEGAL DUMPING, AND WE REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REPORT IT WHEN THEY SEE IT HAPPENING. AGAIN, THAT IS HOW WE CAN HELP PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS AN ISSUE IN THE CITY. AND ANOTHER KEY TIP IS TO NOT USE UNLICENSED OPERATORS. THERE ARE UNFORTUNATELY SOME PEOPLE WHO OFFER TO GET RID OF ITEMS THAT ARE LOWER COST, AND THEN WE UNDERSTAND THEY ARE DUMPING THOSE ITEMS RATHER THAN DISPOSING OF THEM PROPERLY. USING A LICENSED OPERATOR IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA. IS THIS A BIG ISSUE AUCKLAND WIDE? YES, ALTHOUGH WE DO SEE SOME PATTERNS IN PARTICULAR AREAS. PARTICULARLY WHERE THERE IS EXTENSIVE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, FOR EXAMPLE. AND BECAUSE THERE IS NOT THE SAME LEVEL OF PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE THAT THERE IS IN DEVELOPED AREAS, SO THAT IS A BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE AS WELL. FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT IS THE COST OF ACTUALLY ` I AM NOT SAYING THIS IS OKAY `, BUT FOR SOME PEOPLE IT IS THE COST OF HAVING TO PAY FOR THESE TO BE DUMPED. SO THEY ARE GOING PLACES AND JUST DUMPING THEM. THIS IS SEPARATE TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULD CLOSE OUTSIDE OF A SHOCK. THE COOL THING IS THAT WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE ITEMS CAN BE REUSED. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY HOW WE ACHIEVE OUR WASTE MINIMISATION RULES. AND THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS AND PLACES THAT YOU CAN TAKE THINGS. THE KEY THING IS ABOUT MAKING THAT CONTACT AND TAKING IT TO A PLACE WHERE IT CAN BE WELL USED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. E WHAI AKE NEI ` HAVE YOU EVER STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN AN IDENTITY OUTSIDE OF YOUR JOB? WELL, YOU'RE NOT ALONE. NEXT, HOW YOU FOSTER LIFE BEYOND THE WORKPLACE. # LIFE IS A HIGHWAY. VOICEOVER: Pizza Hut's Cheesy Bites, 22 cheese filled bites around a pizza with more cheeeese. (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) (INDISTINCT CHATTER) Whoa! Oh hi Mr. Stevenson. You're having a cheese dream, bro. We're inside your brain right now. Yeah, it's pretty weird aye. This is quite high up! VOICEOVER: # I HALLUCINATE WHEN YOU CALL MY NAME. # GOT STARS IN MY EYES. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` AT LEAST 59 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND MORE THAN 150 HAVE BEEN INJURED IN A NIGHTCLUB FIRE IN NORTH MACEDONIA. POPE FRANCIS HAS SAID HE'S FACED A 'PERIOD OF TRIALS' AS HE ENTERS HIS FIFTH WEEK OF TREATMENT FOR DOUBLE PNEUMONIA. IT'S BEEN A TOUGH RED BULL DEBUT FOR LIAM LAWSON, WHO FAILED TO FINISH IN THE AUSTRLIAN GRAND PRIX AFTER A LATE CRASH. FINDING MEANING, CONNECTION, AND IDENTITY IN THE WORKPLACE CAN BE INCREDIBLY FULFILLING. BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, TOO MANY OF US MAY HAVE TAKEN THIS TO AN EXTREME. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST AND AUTHOR JESS STUART IS WITH US TO DISCUSS. AND, JESS, WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE OF HAVING A 'WORK IDENTITY CRISIS'? THE MORNING. MY EXPERIENCE WITH I SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE CLIMBING THE CAREER LADDER, AND I DID NOT REALISE IT HAD BECOME CENTRAL TO WHAT I WAS, SO WHEN I STEPPED AWAY FROM MY CAREER, THERE WAS A BIG QUESTION ABOUT WHO AM I NOW, AND DO I STILL MATTER IF I HAVE NOT GOT THIS TITLE AND EVERYTHING THAT WENT WITH MY JOB? IT IS ONLY NATURAL THAT YOU CAN GET INTERTWINED AND THERE. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE ASKED PEOPLE WHEN YOU JUST MEET SOMEONE IS WHAT DO YOU DO? WHERE DID YOU KIND OF FIND THAT YOU WERE MAYBE ON THIS PATH THAT YOU DID NOT WANT TO BE ON? FOR ME, IT WAS THOSE QUESTIONS THAT DINNER PARTIES, BUT IT IS ALSO WHAT WE ASK OUR KIDS. AND FOR ME, IT WAS ALL ABOUT HOW DO I MAKE MY PARENTS PROUD AND HOW DO I MATTER TO THE WORLD? AND I FOUND THAT THE FURTHER UP I GOT IN THE CAREER LADDER, THE MORE THAT THAT SENSE OF IDENTITY CAME WRAPPED AROUND MY JOB TITLE RATHER THAN WHO I WAS AS A PERSON. WHEN I STEPPED AWAY FROM MY JOB, THAT REALLY RESONATED WITH ME, BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS LOST WITHOUT THE STATUS, THE TITLE, AND THAT WAS WHEN I REALISED THAT HAD BECOME WHO I WAS. IS IT MORE OF A PROBLEM FOR CERTAIN GENERATIONS? OTHER YOUNGER GENERATIONS A BIT BETTER AT SEPARATING THINGS? WE ARE STARTING TO SEE A SHIFT. IT MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE GROWN UP IN THIS GIG ECONOMY. THEY DO NOT HAVE A JOB FOR LIFE, LIKE OUR PARENTS MIGHT HAVE. WE WERE TAUGHT THAT YOU GET A GOOD JOB AND CLIMB THE CAREER LADDER, AND WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME AT WORK THESE DAYS, SO IT MAKES A A LOT OF SENSE THAT IT IS A LOT OF WHO WE ARE. HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN SOME DISTANCE? IS IT FINDING HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF WORK? WE ALL WANT TO WORK HARD, AND SOMETIMES WE THROW OURSELVES INTO THE JOB. IT CAN HAVE ITS ADVANTAGES, ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE THINGS GOING ON IN OUR LIVES THAT WE WANT TO DISTRACT OURSELVES FROM. BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE AN OUTLET OUTSIDE OF WORK. WE NEED TO KNOW WHO WE ARE. ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WORK DOES NOT COMPROMISE OUR WELL-BEING, SO WE'RE KIND OF KEEPING SOME IN THE TANK FOR THINGS OUTSIDE OF WORK. WORK IS PART OF LIFE, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE OUR WHOLE LIFE. FOR SOME PEOPLE, IF YOU ARE A DOCTOR, AND YOU LOVE THAT, AND THAT IS ALL THAT YOU ARE ABOUT, IS IT NOT A GOOD THING TO KIND OF HABIT INTERTWINED? I THINK IF YOU LOVE YOUR JOB, THAT IS A GREAT THING. THAT IS WHAT WE ALL WANT. AND WE CAN STILL HAVE A SEPARATE IDENTITY FROM OUR WORK. A DOCTOR, WORK FOR A CHARITY SAVING LIVES, DO GOOD WORK AND ENJOY YOUR JOB, AND IT SHOULD NOT STILL NEED TO DEFINE US. BECAUSE THAT JOB MY END. EVEN IN THIS CLIMATE, WE KNOW THAT JOBS END. WE STILL NEED TO BE THE PERSON THAT WE ARE WITH OR WITHOUT THAT JOB. A LOT OF COMPANIES HAVE RESTRUCTURED AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MADE REDUNDANT IN THE WORKFORCE. WHAT ABOUT RETIREMENT? SUDDENLY YOU ARE STEPPING OFF THE EDGE AND THINKING, THIS IS NO LONGER WHO I AM GOING TO BE. RETIREMENT, REDUNDANCY, RESIGNATION, THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY WE LEAVE OUR ROLE. EVENTUALLY IT WILL LEAVE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO RETIRE AT SOME POINT, AND THAT IS A MASSIVE ONE. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT LOSING A ROLE. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SOMETHING ELSE EITHER. THERE IS A BIG QUESTION OF HOW DO I STILL CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY? WHAT DO I GET UP FOR IN THE MORNING? YOU FOUND YOURSELF AT THAT POINT WHEN YOU FELT LIKE YOUR PERSONALITY WAS SO TIED TO YOUR WORK. HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO GET AWAY FROM THAT? FOR ME, STEPPING BACK GAVE ME THIS BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY TO REDEFINE WHO AM I WITHOUT THIS JOB. THAT IS THE ME I AM REGARDLESS OF WHAT JOB I DO, AND THAT IS CENTRAL TO OUR IDENTITIES AS PEOPLE. SO YOU CAN STILL HAVE A JOB THAT YOU LOVE, AND A JOB THAT SOCIETY PERCEIVES AS SUCCESSFUL, AND YOU STILL KNOW WHO YOU ARE. SO WHEN YOU HAVE BACKGROUNDED CONFIDENCE IN WHO YOU ARE AND YOU IDENTITY, THE JOB IS PART OF THAT, BUT NOT ALL OF THAT. SO THAT IF IT LEAVES, WHICH SOMETIMES IT LEAVES, DOES NOT THREATEN WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON. IT IS A FASCINATING ONE. EVERYONE LIKES TO THINK THEIR WORK IS IMPORTANT, AND THEN YOU SORT OF BUILD INTO THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS IS WHO I AM AND WHAT I DO, BUT IT IS QUITE HARD TO SEPARATE IT. I THINK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT TAKES FOR THEM EITHER TO BE MADE REDUNDANT OR LOSE THEIR JOB BEFORE WE ACTUALLY START TO GO, ACTUALLY, I FEEL SO CONNECTED TO MY JOB, AND NOW WHO AM I? AND I KNOW YOU WENT THROUGH YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES, BUT IF SOMEONE IS SITTING AT HOME GOING OKAY, MAYBE THAT IS ME, WHAT IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU WOULD SAY TO THEM? I THINK GO BACK TO THE THINGS YOU ENJOYED WHEN YOU WERE A KID. THE THINGS YOU WOULD DO EVEN BEFORE YOU WOULD THINK ABOUT WORK. ALWAYS HAVE A PLAN B, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CURRENT CLIMATE. HAVE YOUR TIME AND ENERGY INVESTED IN OTHER THINGS, NOT JUST YOUR WORK. FOR MANY OF US, WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY LEFT OUTSIDE OF OUR WORK, BUT PUTTING ENERGY INTO OTHER THINGS AND HAVING A PLAN B IS REALLY IMPORTANT SO THAT IF THAT JOB DOES DISAPPEAR, IT DOES NOT THREATEN WHO WE ARE. THERE IS A GOOD POINT ABOUT NOT HAVING THE ENERGY OR CAPACITY. THAT IS WHEN YOU NEED TO STEP BACK AND GO, WHY DO I NOT HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY? AM I PUTTING TOO MUCH ENERGY INTO WHATEVER IT IS, AND MAYBE I NEED TO REASSESS THAT. I THINK ABOUT THAT IN PARENTING WHEN YOUR KIDS LEAVE. IF YOU ARE A PARENT, AND YOUR KIDS LEAVE... YOUR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE, IT IS PART OF THE ROUTINE FOR US. WE WAKE UP, AND THE FIRST THING WE DO IS PRETTY MUCH IN THE CAR AND OFF TO WORK. IT IS PART OF THE ROUTINE. YOU ARE THEREFORE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. EVERYTHING IS STRUCTURED. YOU NEEDED TO BE THAT WAY. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING AROUND AFTER THE KIDS AS WELL. IF THAT IS TAKEN AWAY, THE WHOLE ROUTINE IS SUDDENLY GONE. I FIND THIS REALLY FASCINATING. IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT OR THIS INTERVIEW HAS MADE YOU KIND OF STOP FOR A MOMENT AND THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE, HOW MUCH ENERGY YOU ARE PUTTING TOWARDS WHAT IT IS THAT YOU DO. I HAVE BEEN THERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WORKED MY WAY THROUGH IT. I FEEL LIKE I AM AT THE OTHER SIDE, BUT PROBABLY STILL A LITTLE BIT CAPTURED. I ALWAYS SAY TO MY NIECES AND NEPHEWS, IT IS WHAT I DO, IT IS NOT WHO I AM. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE. EMAIL US. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JESS. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, CAN NEW ZEALAND ESCAPE DONALD TRUMP'S TRADE TARIFF FRENZY? (UPBEAT MUSIC) SONG: # You're as cold as ice... # What's your address? Not telling. What's your bank account number? 123... Nah! Would you be interested in... Nope. How about a deal... Nah! Pay here! (*Pfffft SOUND*) Negative. Not. Telling. (PHONE RINGS) # Cold # As # Ice... # Hello? My card number? It's, um... Ooh, yeah! # You're as cold as ice... # GOOD MORNING, AUCKLAND. IS USUALLY A BIT LIGHTER THIS TIME IN THE MORNING? HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 25 THIS MORNING. ISOLATED CLOUDS. NORTHERNERS DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING. I DO LOVE THAT PICTURE RIGHT THERE. CONCRETE JUNGLE, BUT IT IS OUR CONCRETE JUNGLE. LET'S GO TO WELLINGTON. IT IS DARK, ISN'T IT? DRIZZLED CLEARING BEFORE DAWN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY, ISOLATED SHOWERS FROM THE AFTERNOON, STRONG NORTHERLY IS. YOUR HIGH IS 21. # LOVELY DAY, LOVELY DAY, LOVELY DAY. CHRISTOPHER LUXON TOUCHED DOWN IN NEW DELHI OVERNIGHT, WHERE THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED TALKS TOWARDS A FREE TRADE DEAL WITH INDIA. THE FOUR-DAY VISIT COMES AS THE PRIME MINISTER HAS LESS THAN TWO YEARS TO MEET HIS OWN DEADLINE OF SECURING THE DEAL. TWO-WAY TRADE WITH INDIA IS VALUED AT AROUND $3.1 BILLION ` HALF OF THAT IS NEW ZEALAND EXPORTS. CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS DUE TO MEET WITH HIS INDIAN COUNTERPART LATER TODAY, AND NEGOTIATIONS WILL START NEXT MONTH. AT LEAST 59 PEOPLE HAVE DIED. IN A NIGHTCLUB FIRE IN NORTH MACEDONIA WITH THE DEATH TOLL EXPECTED TO CLIMB. MORE THAN 155 PEOPLE HAVE ALSO BEEN INJURED. THE BLAZE, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY PYROTECHNICS, BROKE OUT AT PULSE CLUB AROUND 2.30am, WHERE 1500 PEOPLE HAD BEEN ATTENDING A HIP-HOP CONCERT. ARREST WARRANTS FOR FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ISSUED. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS INVOKED AN 18th-CENTURY LAW TO DEPORT HUNDREDS OF VENEZUELAN GANG MEMBERS, DESPITE A FEDERAL JUDGE RULING IT WAS UNLAWFUL. EL SALVADOR'S GOVERNMENT HAS RELEASED FOOTAGE OF THE MEN BEING ESCORTED TO A HIGH SECURITY PRISON BY OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR. OFFICIALS SAY THE JUDGE'S RULING DID NOT APPLY TO THIS CASE AS THE FLIGHT WAS ALREADY IN THE AIR AT THE TIME. A PAIR OF NASA ASTRONAUTS MAY SOON BY FLYING HOME TO EARTH AFTER BEING STRANDED IN SPACE FOR MORE THAN NINE MONTHS. BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI WILLIAMS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LEAVE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AFTER PROBLEM'S WITH BOEING'S STARLINE CAPSULE. OVER THE WEEKEND, THE FIRST STEP IN A CREW SWAP MISSION SAW A REPLACEMENT CREW DOCK. HEY, CREW-10 HAS HAD A GREAT JOURNEY UP HERE, ABOUT 28 HOURS TO GET BACK UP TO THE SPACE STATION, AND I CANNOT TELL YOU THE IMMENSE JOY ON THE PART OF OUR CREW WHEN WE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND WE SAW THE SPACE STATION FOR THE FIRST TIME. DURING THEIR EXTENDED STAY, WILMORE AND WILLIAMS HAVE BEEN KEEPING BUSY WITH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AT THE SPACE STATION. ARSENAL HAVE DEFEATED CHELSEA IN THIS MORNING'S PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH THEIR FIRST LEAGUE WIN IN OVER A MONTH. THE GUNNERS TAKING THE LEAD IN THE 20TH MINUTE THROUGH MIKEL MERINO OFF A CORNER. ODEGAARD DELIVERS THE` AND SWINGER FROM MERINO, AND IT LOOPS IN. ODEGAARD DELIVERS THE` IN-SWINGER FROM MERINO, AND IT LOOPS IN. ARSENAL AHEAD, THANKS TO MIKEL MERINO. AND FULHAM HAVE CLAIMED A LATE 2-0 WIN OVER TOTTENHAM AFTER THE SIDES REMAINED DEADLOCKED FOR NEARLY 80 MINUTES. THAT IS ENOUGH OF THAT SHOT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. STARTING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS ` THERE IS AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE WESTLAND DISTRICT AND THE FIORDLAND AREA. IT'S LOOKING LIKE A GREY DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND ` PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH SCATTERED RAIN FOR MOST AND ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE NORTH AND CENTRAL PLATEAU. HOWEVER, MAINLY FINE ON THE EAST COAST. 30 THE HIGH IN NAPIER. 26 IN HAMILTON. A BIT OF A MIXED BAG IN THE SOUTH, SO PACK YOUR BROLLY AS RAINY PERIODS ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF YOU ALONG THE WEST COAST AND THE FIORDLAND AREA BEFORE SWEEPING TOWARDS OTAGO. FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST, A MAINLY FINE DAY. LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (STONE ROSES' 'FOOLS GOLD') STAYING WITH BUSINESS, AND AN INCREASING NUMBER OF AMERICANS ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE GOLD AS UNCERTAINTY GROWS AROUND THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC FUTURE. IT COMES AS PRICES OF THE PRECIOUS METAL SURGE IT COMES AS PRICES OF THE PRECIOUS METAL SURGE, TOPPING $3000 PER OUNCE. ABC'S ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS REPORTS. THIS MORNING, AMERICANS ARE STAGING A MODERN-DAY GOLD RUSH. # 24-KARAT MAGIC IN THE AIR. GOLD RALLYING TO A RECORD HIGH LAST WEEK, TOPPING $3000 PER TROY OUNCE ` THAT'S THE WAY GOLD IS MEASURED. THAT'S UP MORE THAN $830 FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR, AND MORE THAN 10 TIMES WHAT IT WAS WORTH BACK IN 2000. IN UNCERTAIN TIMES LIKE THESE, PEOPLE ARE SPURRED TOWARDS THE STABILITY AND SECURITY OF OWNING PHYSICAL GOLD. A TURBULENT STOCK MARKET FUELLED BY UNCERTAINTY OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS IS DRIVING PEOPLE TO THE SAFETY OF GOLD. ONLY ONE ASSET HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME, PHYSICAL GOLD. SINCE THE START OF THE YEAR, GOLD IS UP NEARLY 14%, OUTPERFORMING THE S&P 500, WHICH IS DOWN ABOUT 5%. PEOPLE INVEST IN GOLD DURING UNCERTAIN TIMES BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY CURRENCY THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF YEARS. THERE'S A REASON WHY WE HAVE THE GOLD STANDARD. THAT IS THE ONE CURRENCY THAT EVERYONE CAN USE EVERYWHERE, NO MATTER WHAT. THAT'S TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OUNCES GONE WITHIN HOURS OF BEING LISTED ONLINE. COSTCO'S GOLD BARS REMAIN A HOT COMMODITY. THE PRECIOUS METAL IS AMONG THE BIG-BOX RETAILER'S TOP-SELLING ITEMS SINCE COSTCO STARTED OFFERING ONE OUNCE GOLD BARS IN 2023, SINCE COSTCO STARTED OFFERING ONE OUNCE GOLD BARS IN 2023. BUT EXPERTS CAUTION THERE'S NO GUARANTEE GOLD PRICES WILL CONTINUE TO SHINE. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO GO UP FROM HERE. IT MIGHT GO DOWN, AND YOU HAVE TO BE MENTALLY PREPARED FOR THAT. WE WERE CHATTING THIS MORNING AROUND YOUR IDENTITY BEING RIPPED IN YOUR WORK. WE HAVE ASKED FOR FEEDBACK, AND ACTUALLY, RICHARD, THIS IS QUITE INTERESTING, I AGREE WITH YOU SAYING THAT YOU NEED HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF YOUR WORK. THIS IS ONE WAY OF BEING ABLE TO STEP BACK AND REASSESS WHERE THINGS ARE IN YOUR LIFE, IF YOU'RE IDENTITY, EVERYTHING YOU FEEL ABOUT WHO YOU ARE IS WRAPPED UP IN YOUR WORK. ONCE YOU MAKE THAT CONNECTION, THAT REALISATION, YOU UNDERSTAND YOU NEED THINGS OUTSIDE OF WORK. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE THINK, WHEN DO I HAVE TIME TO DO THAT OUTSIDE OF WORK? I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT IT IS ABOUT WHERE ARE YOU DIRECTING YOUR ENERGY? HOW MUCH ENERGY DO YOU WANT TO PUT INTO WHATEVER IT IS? WHERE IS THAT ENERGY GOING? IS THAT ENERGY GOING INTO THE RIGHT PLACES? TALKING ABOUT HOBBIES, I KNOW THAT DURING THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD, I STARTED TO THINK ABOUT THAT, AFTER READING A BOOK, I WENT BACK OVER THINKING WHAT IS IT THAT I LIKE? WHAT DO I ENJOY WHERE THE FLOW HAPPENS AND I DON'T THINK ABOUT TIME? TO TALK BACK TO WHEN I WAS A YOUNG TEENAGER PLAYING THE GUITAR. I CAN'T READ MUSIC. I WAS SELF-TAUGHT, PLAY BY EAR. I WOULD WATCH PEOPLE PLAYING THE GUITAR AND FIGURE OUT THE CHORDS AND THEN COME UP WITH WHATEVER SONG I LIKED AT THE TIME, I WILL TRY AND DO IT. THE GUITAR'S TUNED, AND IT IS SITTING THERE, AND IT IS THE THING I'M GOING TO GET INTO NEXT. I FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU GET INTO A CERTAIN STAGE OF LIFE, MAYBE IT IS THE 30S ONWARDS, THAT THE HOBBIES AND THE THINGS TO BECOME YOUR PERSONALITY, FOR INSTANCE, VAST GENERALISATION, LET'S SAY THE 30+ FIRS PERSONALITY, FOR INSTANCE, VAST GENERALISATION, LET'S SAY THE 34 MALES ARE BARBECUE, LAWN GROWING, THAT SORT OF THING. CONVERSATIONS ARE RIVETING (!) AND CRUSH, AS THE DIRECTORS JUST SAID. AND CRAFT BEER AS THE DIRECTORS JUST SAID. HANG ON, THAT IS ME. I'M PUTTING MY EGGS IN DIFFERENT BASKETS. I REALISE THAT WHY I HAVEN'T STARTED DOING THE GUITAR. THAT IS BECAUSE I STARVE MYSELF IN HAND. THAT IS BECAUSE I STABBED MYSELF IN HAND. IT IS HEALING. THE ONLY TYPES OF THINGS YOU CAN DO IN THE HOUSE HAS BEEN HARD, AFTER 65. FOR THE OLDER GENERATION THAT MIGHT HAVE DONE FEWER JOBS. IN THESE DAYS, PEOPLE FLIP CAREERS ALL THE TIME, BUT BACK THEN, NOT A COMMENT TO HAVE ONE OR TWO JOBS FOR LIFE AND TRYING TO BREAK OUT OF THAT AND FIND NEW HOBBIES AND NEW INTERESTS AND MEET NEW PEOPLE IN A DIFFERENT WAY, IT IS QUITE DIFFICULT. JESS WAS TALKING ABOUT WANTING TO GIVE BACK. HOW CAN I BE OF USE IN COMMUNITIES? I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR RETIREES ARE GRAPPLING WITH. WOMEN LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. WE WPOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. ME U TONU MAI ` MORE COMMUNITIES PUSH BACK AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT'S SPEED LIMIT ROLL BACKS, BUT FIRST, WHAT DO TRUMP'S RENEWED TARIFFS MEAN FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES? HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` AN AUCKLAND WOMEN FACES A HEFTY FINE AFTER LEAVING A DONATION OUTSIDE AN OP SHOP OUT OF HOURS. SHE SAYS SHE WAS UNAWARE IT WAS ILLEGAL DUMPING. AT LEAST 59 PEOPLE HAVE DIED, AND MORE THAN 150 HAVE BEEN INJURED IN A NIGHTCLUB FIRE IN NORTH MACEDONIA. A PAIR OF NASA ASTRONAUTS ARE ONE STEP CLSOER TO RETURNING TO EARTH AFTER BEING STRANDED IN SPACE FOR MORE THAN NINE MONTHS. NEW ZEALAND'S TRADE MINISTER, TODD McCLAY, HAS MET WITH HIS NEWLY APPOINTED U.S. COUNTERPART TO DISCUSS TRADE RELATIONS. WHILE THESE TALKS ARE KEY TO NAVIGATING TRADE TENSIONS, CONCERNS OVER THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF TARIFFS ON NEW ZEALAND'S INDUSTRIES, SUCH AS DAIRY AND MEAT, PERSIST. OLIVER HARTWICH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW ZEALAND INITIATIVE, JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING, OLIVER. HAS SIGNIFICANT AND IMPORTANT ARE THESE TALKS? THEY ARE EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT, BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN THAT AMERICA TAKE EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE STANCE ON TARIFFS. WE HAVE SEEN WHAT THEY DO TO COUNTRIES LIKE CANADA. THEY HAVE DONE A SIMILAR THING TO THE EU, WHERE THEY NOW HAVE TO PAY A 200% TARIFF ON IMPORTS AND ALCOHOL. DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCED IN HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS THAT FROM 2 APRIL HE WOULD INTRODUCE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TARIFFS. I THINK THE TALKS THAT ARE HAPPENING NOW ARE TO PRE-EMPT WHAT THE USA MIGHT WANT TO RELY TO THE FUTURE. WHAT WILL TODD MCCLAY BE TRYING TO CONVINCE THEM ABOUT? HE HAS A VERY CLEAR MESSAGE. ON THE ONE HAND, NEW ZEALAND HAS NOT MANY TARIFFS, AND IT IS A VERY EASY MARKET TO OPERATE. THE OTHER THING HE WOULD HAVE POINTED OUT IS THAT FOR MANY OF NEW ZEALAND'S EXPORTS, AMERICA WOULD NOT BE EASILY SOURCE THESE PRODUCTS ELSEWHERE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT $2.6 BILLION WORTH OF MEAT EXPORTS TO THE USA. THAT GOES INTO AMERICAN FAST FOOD PRODUCTION. THE AMERICAN WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SOURCE ALL OF THAT BEEF IF THEY MADE NEW ZEALAND BEEF UNCOMPETITIVE. I THINK THAT IS WHAT TODD MCCLAY WOULD HAVE TOLD HIS AMERICAN COUNTERPART. WHETHER IT WORKS IS A DIFFERENT MATTER. ARE THERE ANY INDUSTRIES IN NEW ZEALAND THAT HAVE CAUSE FOR CONCERN BUT ALSO MIGHT SEND SOME OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE NEW REGIME? I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS. I DON'T THINK THERE ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TARIFFS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU INTRODUCE TARIFFS, EVERYBODY LOSES. AMERICA HAS A LOT OF PHARMACEUTICAL EXPORTS. THAT IS STUFF THAT WE DON'T USUALLY PRODUCE AIR, SO WE ARE DEPENDENT ON THAT. WE ARE GETTING A VERY GOOD PRICE FOR IMPORTS FROM PHARMAC, BECAUSE WE ARE IN MONOPOLISTIC BUYER. SO I THINK THEY NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE PRICES WE PAY FOR AMERICAN IMPORTS. SO POTENTIALLY WHAT IS THE UPSIDE OF THAT ` MEDICATION WILL BE MORE EXPENSIVE FOR NEW ZEALANDERS? IF THE AMERICAN STATE ISSUE WITH THAT SCHEME, WE'LL HAVE TO PAY A LOT MORE FOR OUR PHARMACEUTICALS. THE YOU THINK THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A FORMAL TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE USA AND NEW ZEALAND? ABSOLUTELY NOT. THIS CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IS PROTECTIONIST. IN TERMS OF TODD MCCLAY BEING OVER THERE, HOW MUCH USE IS IT GOING TO DO? I THINK IT IS USEFUL TO TALK, AND I THINK HE WASN'T ACTUALLY OVER THERE. WINSTON PETERS IS OVER THE. THIS TALK THAT TODD MCCLAY HAD WAS A VIDEO CALL, BUT IT IS GOOD TO START TALKING RATHER THAN JUST WAITING FOR WHAT THE AMERICANS MIGHT DO OTHERWISE. HOW DO YOU SEE THE NEXT FEW YEARS PLAYING OUT? I THINK THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WE CAN RECEIVE, IT IS THE STARTING OF A GLOBAL TRADE WAR. I HAVE SEEN THAT IF IT COMES TO A FULL GLOBAL TRADE WAR, THAT GDP IN NEW ZEALAND WOULD BE HIT BY UP TO 1%, SO IT WOULD BE A MASSIVE HIT TO OUR PROSPERITY. THERE IS VERY LITTLE THAT NEW ZEALAND CAN DO, BECAUSE WE ARE A SMALL PLAY ON THE GLOBAL STAGE. IF AMERICA PULLS THROUGH WITH THIS TARIFF AGENDA, IT WILL BE BAD NEWS FOR EVERYBODY, INCLUDING AMERICAN CONSUMERS. E HAERE AKE NEI ` WHY STUDENT LOAN DEBT IS GOING TO GET MORE EXPENSIVE. BUT FIRST, LIAM LAWSON HAS A FORMULA 1 WEEKEND TO FORGET IN MELBOURNE. # SHAKE IT OFF, SHAKE IT OFF. # SHAKE IT OFF, SHAKE IT OFF. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. ANOTHER BUSY WEEKEND OF SPORT, HIGHLIGHTED BY LIAM LAWSON'S FIRST RACE FOR RED BULL'S SENIOR TEAM AT THE MELBOURNE GRAND PRIX. EARLIER, I SPOKE TO SPORTS COMMENTATOR SCOTTY STEVENSON AND STARTED WITH THE KIWI'S LESS THAN IDEAL DEBUT. PROBABLY QUITE A CALAMITY, TO BE HONEST. I THINK HE HAS BEEN PRETTY OUTSPOKEN BARTLETT. HE HAD POWER ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, AND THE PRACTICE SESSIONS DID NOT GO TO PLAN. HE SPUN OUT, AND WHILE THE TEAM WAS DESPERATE FOR HIM TO DO SOMETHING IN THE RACE, IT WAS NOT A GREAT WEEKEND FOR HIM. CERTAINLY NOT A WEEK AND HE WOULD HAVE WANTED FOR HIMSELF AND CERTAINLY NOT THE WEEKEND THAT KIWI FANS WERE WANTING. HE IS GOING TO BATTLE BEHIND MAX. THEY HEAD DOWN TO CHINA WHERE THEY HAVE A SPRINT ROUND. THAT IS LESS TIME IN THE CAR FOR LIAM LAWSON. I THINK THE TEAM PRINCIPLE OF RED BULL SAID HE IS A GOOD DRIVER. HE WILL GET THERE. MAYBE THEY HAD LOWER EXPECTATIONS THAN A LOT OF KIWI FANS. EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE LIAM SUCCEED IN THIS COUNTRY. BUT THAT IS GOING TO TAKE TIME. IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. WE HAD A COUPLE OF ROOKIES IN FORMULA ONE. ONE CRASHED OUT EARLIER BEFORE THE RACE HAD EVEN BEGUN, AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER YOUNG BOY WHO CRASHED OUT AS WELL IN THE WARMUP LAP BY THE NAME OF ISAAC HADJAR. WHAT BLEW ME AWAY WAS LEWIS HAMILTON'S DAD, AND THIS KID WAS ABSOLUTELY BESIDE HIMSELF. HE WAS 20 YEARS OLD, AND THIS IS EVERYTHING HE DREAMT IT WOULD BE, AND IT WAS OVER BEFORE THE RACE HAD EVEN BEGUN. BUT HOW CLASSY IS THAT OF LEWIS HAMILTON'S DAD TO RAPPERS OTHER RUNNERS BOY AND GO, IT IS OKAY, MATE. IT IS A TOUCHING MOMENT. THERE IS STILL ROOM FOR A BIT OF HUMILITY AND GRACE WHEN IT COMES TO FORMULA ONE. WE QUITE OFTEN GET INVOLVED IN THE ARGUMENTS AND WE SEE THE GRUDGES AND WE SEE ALL OF THE BAD SIDE OF THE EGOS INVOLVED IN THIS BOOK, BUT IT WAS A REALLY NICE MOMENT. LEWIS HAMILTON WILL KNOW. HE HAS BEEN THROUGH HIS UPS AND DOWNS. THE FACT THAT HE IS STILL DRIVING IS SOMEWHAT OF A MIRACLE CONSIDERING HIS AGE AND EXPERIENCE. THAT IS A FATHER WHO UNDERSTOOD WHERE THAT KID WAS AND WAS NEARBY AT THE TIME, AND THAT IS PROBABLY WHAT THE BOY NEEDED. THERE IS A LOT GOING ON, WHEN YOU THINK YOU ARE ON THE WORLD STAGE, AND YOU HAVE DISAPPOINTED YOURSELF. THESE TIERS WOULD NOT HAVE COME EASILY, AND HE WOULD HAVE TRIED TO HIDE THEM. IT WAS SOMETHING QUITE SPECIAL FOR HIM, AND PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT HE WILL NOT FORGET. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THE BLACK CAPS HAD A WIN OVER THE WEEKEND, AND SO DID THE WHITE FERNS. THEY HAVE EVENED UP THE SERIES AGAINST SRI LANKA. THEY WERE DISAPPOINTING ON FRIDAY NIGHT, SO THEY HAD TO BOUNCE BACK. THE SRI LANKAN CAPTAIN, SHE IS THE SUPERSTAR THAT SIDE. THIS TIME, A NEW ZEALAND BOWL FIRST. WE CHASED IT DOWN COMPARATIVELY. THE CAPTAIN AND VICE CAPTAIN LED THE CHARGE. THE BLACK CAMPS TOOK ON PAKISTAN, THE FIRST OF FIVE T-20 IS BETWEEN THEM. IT GOES FOR EVER. CRICKET GOES FOREVER. THEY DID NOT EVEN PUT ON A SWEAT. THEY HAD THEY WRAPPED UP WITHIN 11 OVERS. IT WAS SOMETHING QUITE EXTRAORDINARY TO WATCH THEM TAKE PAKISTAN APART. THEY ARRIVED IN NEW ZEALAND AND ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THE BOUNCE ON OUR PITCHES. THEY LOOK PRETTY SCARED, TO BE HONEST. THERE WERE SOME CAREER-BEST FIGURES. IT WAS A GREAT JOB FROM THE BLACK CAPS AND WHITE FERNS. A RECORD CROWD IN CHRISTCHURCH FOR THE WHITE FERNS AS WELL. WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT. THIS CRUSADERS BLANKET IS NOT MINE. I AM IN ISRAEL DAGG'S ROOM. HE HAS SET ME UP WITH ALL OF HIS MERCHANDISE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR. TALK ABOUT IT! JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR. ACTUALLY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THE CRUSADERS WENT ON THE WEEKEND. THE HURRICANE HAD AGAIN. THEY WERE REALLY GOOD. THEY WON. HOW GOOD? DO WE NEED TO SAY ANYMORE? I DO NOT THINK SO. THAT IS YOUR CRUSADERS ROUNDUP WITH ISRAEL DAGG. AFTER WAHS. WE WERE A LITTLE BIT ANXIOUS GOING INTO THAT GAME ON FRIDAY. WE WERE TALKING ON THE RADIO OVER THE WEEK, AND EVERYONE WAS WRITING THEM OFF BECAUSE THEY HAD A LOSS IN ROUND ONE. I SAID YOU CANNOT JUDGE EVERY TEAM ON ONE GAME. THEY GOT TO MOUNT SMART STADIUM, AND THERE WAS A SMELL IN THE AIR FROM THE INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIES. THE AUSTRALIANS DO NOT LIKE THAT. IT WAS A GREAT PERFORMANCE FROM THE WARRIORS. MANLEY LOST A FEW PLAYERS. TAKE NOTHING AWAY FROM THE WARRIORS. YOU SEE THEM PLAY LIKE THAT, AND THEY WERE ENTERTAINING AND WELL WORTH EVERY POINT. IT WAS A ROUND IN THE NRL WHETHER TABLES WERE TURNED FROM ROUND ONE. WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT IN A COMPETITION? THE SAME AND SUPER RUGBY. IT WAS A LOTTERY. UP THE WAHS. THAT IS HOW WE WILL IN THIS, SCOTTY. I WILL REDECORATE THIS. I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT. THANKS TO HIM AS WELL FOR MAKING A SPECIAL APPEARANCE FOR US. DO NOT ENCOURAGE IT. HE NEEDS A WARRIORS FLAG. IT WAS QUITE NICE HAVING A NICE LITTLE SURPRISE AND THERE. I KNOW WE WILL TALK TO MICHELLE WHO IS IN MELBOURNE. IT WAS A GOOD POINT THAT SCOTTY BROUGHT UP. EVERYONE IN FORMULA ONE KNOWS HOW HARD FORMULA ONE IS. I THINK WE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS ON ANYONE WHO MAKES IT FROM HERE ON THE WORLD STAGE. I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE ON MANY OF US WOULD LIAM LAWSON. HE IS THE MERIT. HE MANAGED TO GET IT UP ONTO 15. THE PROBLEM IS WITH FORMULA ONE, YOU DO NOT GET A FEW GOES TO ESTABLISH YOURSELF. PARTICULARLY RED BULL. THEY HAVE RUN THROUGH QUITE A FEW PARTNERS WITH MAX VERSTAPPEN OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. HE IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE, THOUGH. IT IS HARD, BUT IF LIAM DOES NOT PERFORM, THEY WILL NOT HAVE ANY QUALMS ABOUT BRINGING IN THE NEXT GUY. SPEAKING OF... WILL GET TO MELBOURNE A BIT LATER IN THE SHOW. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` COMMUNITIES ARE VOICING THEIR FRUSTRATION OVER PROPOSED SPEED LIMIT INCREASES THAT COULD UNDO YEARS OF HARD-FOUGHT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. WE'LL HEAR FROM SOME OF THOSE AFFECTED COMMUNITIES. ALSO AHEAD ` THE STUDENT LOAN SYSTEM IS UNDER SCRUTINY WITH PROPOSED CHANGES THAT COULD MAKE STUDENT DEBT MORE EXPENSIVE. PLUS, HOW FAR AWAY ARE YOU SITTING FROM YOUR TV? WHY IT COULD BE SMARTER TO SIT CLOSER. COME CLOSER. COME CLOSER. REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY ` DO NOT SIT TOO CLOSE OR YOUR EYES WILL GO SQUARE. APPARENTLY IT IS THE OPPOSITE NOW. THAT WAS STACEY MORRISON. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCING FREE TRADE TALKS WITH INDIA HAVE OFFICIALLY BEEN LAUNCHED, FOLLOWING THE PRIME MINISTER'S ARRIVAL IN NEW DELHI OVERNIGHT. CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S DUE TO MEET WITH INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER, NARENDRA MODI, LATER TODAY. 1 NEWS POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN IS WITH HIM AND SENT THIS UPDATE. CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER MODI WILL BE CRITICAL. WITH INDIA'S POPULATION OF 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE, THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE HUGE HERE. TWO-WAY TRADE IS CURRENTLY VALUED AT $3.1 BILLION. NOW, A FREE TRADE DEAL HAS BEEN PROMISED BY CHRISTOPHER LUXON. HE'S ADAMANT HE'LL STILL GET IT THIS TERM, BUT IT IS A LONG GAME. IN THE INTERIM, WE ARE EXPECTING A FEW DIFFERENT ANNOUNCEMENTS TO COME OUT OF THIS TRIP THIS WEEK, INCLUDING PERHAPS A DIRECT FLIGHT FROM NEW ZEALAND TO INDIA. AIR NEW ZEALAND'S TOP BRASS ARE HERE, AND THEY'VE SIGNALLED THAT INDIA IS CERTAINLY A FUTURE DESTINATION FOR THE AIRLINE. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS INVOKED AN 18th-CENTURY LAW TO DEPORT HUNDREDS OF VENEZUELAN GANG MEMBERS, DESPITE A FEDERAL JUDGE BARRING HIM FROM DOING SO. EL SALVADOR'S GOVERNMENT HAS RELEASED FOOTAGE OF THE MEN BEING ESCORTED TO A HIGH SECURITY PRISON BY OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR. THE PLANE LANDED DESPITE THE JUDGE'S NOTE THAT ALL FLIGHTS IN THE AIR AT THE TIME OF THE RULING SHOULD BE TURNED AROUND. THE HALT ON DEPORTATIONS WILL BE IN PLACE FOR 14 DAYS. KIWI CYCLIST ALLY WOLLASTON CONTINUES TO IMPRESS, WINNING THE WOMEN'S OMNIUM AT THE TRACK NATIONS WORLD CUP IN TURKEY. THE 24-YEAR-OLD IN THE RAINBOW JERSEY SCORING 10 POINTS ON THE LAST SPRINT TO TAKE GOLD. I STARTED THE DAY IN 13th AND JUST CLAWED MY WAY BACK THROUGH THE RACES, SO, YEAH, IT WAS DEFINITELY A BIG CHALLENGE TO TURN IT AROUND AFTER THE SCRATCH RACE, BUT I KNEW I HAD GOOD LEGS TODAY, JUST HAD TO USE THEM IN THE RIGHT WAY, AND, YEAH, I'M GLAD I COULD GET ALL OF THE EFFORT OUT IN THE POINTS RACE. WOLLASTON PLEASED WITH THE RESULT ` HER FIRST EVENT ON THE TRACK SINCE THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (ROCK MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. STARTING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS ` THERE IS AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE WESTLAND DISTRICT AND THE FIORDLAND AREA. IT'S LOOKING LIKE A GREY DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH SCATTERED RAIN FOR MOST AND ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE NORTH AND CENTRAL PLATEAU. HOWEVER, MAINLY FINE ON THE EAST COAST. 30 THE HIGH IN NAPIER. 26 IN HAMILTON. A BIT OF A MIX BAG IN THE SOUTH, SO PACK YOUR BROLLY, AS RAINY PERIODS ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF YOU ALONG THE WEST COAST AND THE FIORDLAND AREA BEFORE SWEEPING TOWARDS OTAGO. FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST, A MAINLY FINE DAY. THANKS, JENNY-MAY. SMALL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP SPEED REDUCTIONS IN PLACE AS THE GOVERNMENT LOOKS TO UNDO CHANGES MADE UNDER LABOUR. CONSULTATION HAS JUST ENDED ON WHETHER TO INCREASE THE SPEEDS ACROSS 49 STRETCHES OF ROAD. 38 MORE AREAS HAVE BEEN EARMARKED FOR A SPEED INCREASE WITHOUT ANY CONSULTATION. BUT SOME OF THOSE AREAS HAVE PUSHED BACK, INCLUDING A NELSON SCHOOL COMMUNITY WHICH WILL NOW BE ABLE TO HAVE A SAY BEFORE A DECISION IS MADE. WE'LL HEAR FROM FEMKE MEINDERTS FROM PARENTS FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORT SHORTLY, YOU HAVE GOT THE CONSULTATION IN PLACE, BUT IT MUST BE FRUSTRATING THAT YOU HAVE HAD TO PUSH BACK TO GET THAT OPPORTUNITY. WE WORKED REALLY HARD IN THIS COMMUNITY TO GET THE GOVERNMENT TO REDUCE THE SPEED LIMITS, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF TECHNICAL REPORTS DONE. THE EXPERT HELPED US ALONG, AND THE KIDS WERE REALLY INVOLVED IN LOTS OF ACTIVE TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES WITH THE SCHOOL. SO WHEN WE HEARD THAT THEY WERE GOING TO AUTOMATICALLY INCREASE IT AGAIN, WE WERE REALLY EXASPERATED THAT ALL OF THIS HARD WORK SEEM TO HAVE GONE DOWN THE GURGLER. WE HAD TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. WE DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS LISTENING TO US, AND THE TRANSPORT AGENCY HAS BEEN HELPFUL. AND WE HOPE THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY AS WELL CAN SEE THAT IT IS WORTH PUSHING BACK ON THESE INCREASES. WHAT IS THE STORY AT YOUR PLACE? TELL US ABOUT THE AREA AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU THAT YOU KEEP THE SPEED LIMIT IS LOWER. WE HAVE A REALLY ACTIVE COMMUNITY AROUND HERE. BUT THERE IS A SMALL SECTION OF HIGHWAY THAT THE KIDS NEED TO NAVIGATE. ABOUT 30% OF OUR SCHOOLKIDS NEED TO NAVIGATE IT IN ORDER TO GET TO CLIFTON TERRACE PRIMARY SCHOOL. AND THERE IS A MOUNTAIN BIKE TRACK AT THE SCHOOL, SO THE KIDS LOVE TO BRING THEIR BIKES TO SCHOOL AND DO THAT AT LUNCHTIMES. SO WE JUST STRUGGLE WITH THIS LITTLE` IT IS ABOUT 200 M ALONG THE STATE HIGHWAY THAT THE KIDS NEED TO NAVIGATE, AND IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. AND MY FRIENDS AND I, SOME OF THE MUMS AND DADS, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY SCOOPED KIDS UP OFF THE HIGHWAY AT TIMES OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC, EVEN AT 60, WE TAKE OUR HEARTS AND OUR HANDS EVERY DAY, BUT WE ENCOURAGE THE KIDS, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT IS REALLY GOOD FOR THE KIDS TO BIKE AND WALK. WE WANT TO KEEP THE ROAD AT 60. IT IS ONLY 1.8 KM IN TOTAL. WE WANT TO KEEP ENCOURAGING THE KIDS TO BITE, AND WE WANT TO HELP THE PARENTS TO FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEY CAN SEND THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL INDEPENDENTLY, ALSO SAVING THEM A LOT OF TIME AND HAVING TO DRIVE THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL. JUST ENCOURAGING THE KIDS TO BE ACTIVE AND SOCIAL WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO SCHOOL. WITH THE CHANGE, IT WOULD INCREASE IT FROM 60 KM TO... 80 KM. IT WAS 80, THEN IT WENT TO 60, AND OTHER WANT TO PUT IT BACK UP TO 80. IT WAS ONLY CHANGED TO 60 IN 2020, SO WE HAVE HAD A FEW YEARS GRACE, AND WE HAVE REALLY NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE AND THE CONFIDENCE OF THE KIDS. THERE ARE STILL SUBMISSIONS ALONG THERE. IT IS NOT COMPLETELY SAFE, AND IT PROBABLY NEVER WILL BE, BUT AT LEAST IT IS DOABLE NOW FOR MOST KIDS. HOW FRUSTRATING IS IT FOR YOU THAT YOU HAD TO FIGHT TO GET A SAY ON THIS, AFTER WORKING SO HARD TO GET A REDUCED AND THE FIRST PLACE? I DO THINK THAT SOMETIMES GOVERNMENT PEOPLE WHO ARE ON DECENT SALARIES SORT OF NEGLECT TO CONSIDER THAT PEOPLE LIKE US ARE DOING THIS VOLUNTARILY. AND WE ARE WRITING LETTERS AND DOING A LOT OF HARD YAKKA TO GET THESE CHANGES IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE HAVE A REALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY HERE, VOTERS FROM ALL SORTS OF BACKGROUNDS, SO WE ARE NOT LEFTIES OR RIGHTIES. WE ARE ALL OVER THE SHOW. WE REALLY FEEL THAT WE HAVE A GOOD CONSENSUS AROUND HERE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY TO HAVE IT AT 60. SO TO DO ALL OF THAT WORK AND TO GET THAT CONSENSUSBUILDING IN OUR SPARE TIME, WITH NO PAY, AND THEN TO HAVE THAT THROWN OUT THE DOOR JUST LIKE THAT, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US, BUT WE HAVE A GOOD COMMUNITY HERE, AND WITHOUT REALLY STRONGLY. WE GOT OVER 200 PEOPLE TO COME ALONG TO A COMMUNITY MEETING, AND IT WAS A REALLY STRONG SENSE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS WAS` THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE COULD TO PREVENT THIS INCREASE FROM HAPPENING. YOU ARE BEING PRETTY GRACIOUS TOWARDS THOSE AUTHORITIES, I MUST SAY, IN TERMS OF THEM GIVING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SAY ON IT. BUT YOU ARE STILL TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY TO PUSH FORWARD FOR THIS. OTHER COMMUNITIES MIGHT NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES OR KNOW ABOUT THE POTENTIAL TO PUSH BACK. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO OTHER COMMUNITIES OUT THERE THAT MIGHT WANT TO HAVE A CRACK AT PUSHING BACK? FROM THE START, WE HAVE SORT OF SAID THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE WE KNEW IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE HAD A GROUP OF US WHO WERE VERY MOTIVATED, AND WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT IT IS POSSIBLE AND ALSO TO SHOW THE GOVERNMENT THAT IN THESE PLACES WHERE THE HIGHWAY IS GOING THROUGH BUILT-UP AREAS OR IT IS PARTICULARLY WHERE IT IS WITHIN 3 KM OF PRIMARY SCHOOL, THAT THE GOVERNMENT REALLY SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE LOOKED AT THIS POLICY A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY BEFORE IMPLEMENTING IT WITHOUT CONSULTATION AND SOME OF THESE AREAS. WE DO NOT FEEL THAT IT WAS A WELL WRITTEN POLICY. BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS, AND NOW WE WANT TO SHOW OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT YOU CAN PUSH BACK AND HOPEFULLY IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, MR BESTER AND THE TRANSPORT AGENCY WILL ALSO LISTEN TO SOME OF THESE AREAS WHERE THERE MAY NOT BE THE NUMBERS TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE LIKE WE DID. ULTIMATELY, IT IS A FEW KILOMETRES POTENTIALLY THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE A BIT FASTER OVER, BUT FOR A COMMUNITY LIKE YOURS, GIVES YOU A BIT MORE PEACE OF MIND TO HAVE A ROAD WHICH IS GOING TO BE A BIT LOWER IN SPEECH, RIGHT? IT IS JUST PARTICULARLY, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO AROUND THE COUNTRY BE REALLY AWARE OF THE 3 KM RADIUS AROUND PRIMARY SCHOOLS, WE HAVE KIDS LIVE WITHIN 2 KM OF THE SCHOOL, THEY REALLY SHOULD BE ABLE TO WALK OR BIKE TO SCHOOL, AND IT IS REALLY GOOD FOR THEM. WE CAN LOWER SPEED LIMITS JUST IN FRONT OF SCHOOL, BUT THAT DOES NOT ACTUALLY HELP KIDS WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMUTE TO SCHOOL. AND THERE ARE SO MANY BENEFITS TO THAT, AND WE SEE IT EVERY DAY IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. E HAERE AKE NEI ` WHY STUDENT LOAN DEBT COULD BE ABOUT TO GET MORE EXPENSIVE FOR SOME. (UPBEAT MUSIC) # I FEEL IT COMING. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS INVOKED AN 18th-CENTURY LAW TO DEPORT HUNDREDS OF VENEZUELAN GANG MEMBERS, DESPITE A FEDERAL JUDGE ISSUING A TEMPORARY PAUSE. CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS TOUCHED DOWN IN NEW DELHI OVERNIGHT, WHERE THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED TALKS TOWARDS A FREE TRADE DEAL WITH INDIA. AND AN AUCKLAND WOMAN IS FACING A HEFTY FINE FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING AFTER LEAVING A DONATION OUTSIDE AN OPSHOP OUT OF HOURS. NEW ZEALAND'S STUDENT LOAN SYSTEM IS UNDER SCRUTINY, WITH CHANGES PROPOSED THAT COULD MAKE STUDENT DEBT MORE EXPENSIVE. STARTING APRIL FIRST, AN EXTRA 1% WILL BE ADDED TO STUDENT LOAN INTEREST RATES. OF COURSE, INTEREST IS ONLY CHARGED WHEN PEOPLE MOVE OVERSEAS. TO BREAK IT DOWN, WE'RE JOINED BY CRAIG RENNEY, POLICY DIRECTOR AND ECONOMIST AT THE COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING AT? REALLY INTERESTING, BECAUSE CONFUSION OF BOUNDS IS WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. THE DOCUMENT SAID INTEREST RATES WILL BE GOING UP BY 1% THIS YEAR, BUT THE STUDENT LOAN ANNUAL REPORT SAYS THAT IT WILL BE GOING UP 1% EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THE REAL CHALLENGE SERIES MAKING IT IT MORE DIFFICULT TO ACCESS EDUCATION, WE ARE MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO COME HOME FROM OVERSEAS IF YOU HAVE NOT MADE REPAYMENTS, WE WILL REALLY BE DISCOURAGING PEOPLE FROM COMING BACK FROM OVERSEAS. STUDENT TUITION FEES ARE GOING UP 6% THIS YEAR AND INTEREST RATES GOING UP FROM 2.9%, WE ARE MAKING THE ACCESS TO EDUCATION THAT MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE. STUDENT LOAN DEBT OVERDUE WAS WORTH $3.2 BILLION OF WHICH 92% WAS OWNED BY OVERSEAS, PEOPLE HAVE MOVED OVERSEAS. HOW DO YOU GET THAT BALANCE RIGHT? WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET INTO EDUCATION AND BALANCE THE BOOKS, IT IS A FINE LYING TO BALANCE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE SHOULD BE DOING IS LOADING DOWN STUDENTS GENERALLY WITH THAT AT THE START OF THEIR LIVES AND WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO STAY IN NEW ZEALAND BY HAVING A REALLY GREAT LABOUR MARKET. UNFORTUNATELY, UNEMPLOYMENT FOR 20 -, UNEMPLOYMENT FOR 2024-YEAR-OLDS IS VERY HIGH. GRADUATES COMING IN THE LABOUR MARKET NOW WILL FIND A RISING UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND JOBS DIFFICULT TO FIND, THAT WILL PUSH THEM OVERSEAS, BECAUSE JOBS ARE AVAILABLE IN AUSTRALIA OR IN EUROPE. WE ARE MAKING IT THAT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO COME BACK INTO THE COUNTRY IF THEY ARE THEN FACED WITH HIGH INTEREST RATES AND IF THEY DIDN'T LEAVE. THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED A 1% INCREASE, AND YET WHAT WAS THE OTHER DOCUMENT THAT YOU SAW THAT SAID THAT THIS WAS A 1% INCREASE YEAR ON YEAR? THE STUDENT LOANS ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2024 SAYS THAT THE BACK OF IT, THAT THE INTEREST RATES WILL GULP 1% EVERY YEAR, THERE IS BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 1% INCREASE AND A 1% INCREASE EVERY YEAR, BECAUSE YOU WILL BE TAKING THE STANDARD BASE RATE UP TO 9%. THE CURRENT COST OF GOVERNMENT BORROWING IS 4.9%, SO YOU CAN SEE VERY DIFFERENT THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS VERY LARGE, AND THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE MAKING MONEY ON THAT BASIS. AS I SAID EARLIER, THEY ARE TRYING TO GET BACK THAT $2.57 BILLION, SO IF IT WAS TO GO UP BY 1% AND NOT 1% EACH YEAR, IS THAT ACTUALLY GENERATING MONEY FOR THE GOVERNMENT? CERTAINLY DOES. IF YOU'RE A $30,000 LOAN AND YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR .9% YOU ARE GOING TO PAY $38,000 OVER FIVE YEARS IF YOU WERE TO REPAY THAT BACK. THAT IS $8000 OF INTEREST. THE INTEREST ON THE PENALTY RATE ESSENTIALLY DOUBLES, SO IT GOES UP TO 16,000. IT QUICKLY MAKES A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE GOVERNMENT. MOST INTEREST IS WRITTEN OFF AT THE POINT OF ISSUANCE FOR THE DEBT, SO THE REAL VALUE OF THAT AT HALVES FOR THE GOVERNMENT. HOW WILL THIS IMPACT SCHOOL WORKERS WHO HAVEN'T MOVED OVERSEAS IN TERMS OF THEM RETURNING ? FOR ANYONE WHO IS NOT PAID THEIR DEBTS OFF OR HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE IRD OR THE STUDENT LOANS COMPANY, IT IS GOING TO REALLY AFFECT THEM BECAUSE THE COMPOUND INTEREST WILL REALLY START TO ADD UP QUITE QUICKLY, AND IT WILL BECOME A REAL DISINSENSITIVE TO COME BACK INTO THE COUNTRY. LAST YEAR WE STARTED TO SEE PEOPLE BEING ARRESTED AT THE BORDER FOR NON-PAYMENT OF STUDENT LOANS. ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM COMING BACK INTO THE COUNTRY, MANY PEOPLE WITH SKILLS, WHO WE WANT TO SEE IN NEW ZEALAND. IS THAT THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT THE CTU HAS ON THIS CHANGE? NOW, THE BIGGEST CONCERN WE HAVE IS THAT WE ARE CHARGING STUDENTS AND LOADING THEM DOWN WITH DEBT AT THE START OF THEIR CAREERS, AT THE START OF THEIR LIVES. WE WANT TO SEE ALL OF THE VARIOUS MOVED TO ACCESSING EDUCATION, BOTH FOR STUDENTS AND FOR WORKFORCES. WE MASSIVELY UNDERINVESTED IN WORKFORCES IN NEW ZEALAND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO MUCH BETTER IS ENCOURAGING SKILLS ACQUISITIONS, BOTH AT THE START OF YOUR CAREER AND ALL OF THE WEIGHT THROUGH YOUR CAREER, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LABOUR MARKET PRODUCTIVITY PROBLEM IN NEW ZEALAND. AS WE ARE DOING WITH THE FIRST YEAR FREE AND MOVING IT TO LAST YEAR FREE, AND BY INCREASING YEA TUITION FEES BY 6%. FREE, AND BY INCREASING THIS YEAR TUITION FEES BY 6%. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. MORENA KI A KOUTOU KATOA. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WELLINGTON, A BIT OF DRIZZLE CLEARING THIS MORNING. THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL SHOT, THOUGH. THE CAMERA IS A BIT DODGY. CALM AS ANYTHING, CHRISTCHURCH. OTAUTAHI. NORTH-WESTERLY IS, THEY WILL ALTERNATE WESTERLIES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK AT THAT, STUNNING. THE LONG, HOT SUMMER CONTINUES. WHICH IS GOOD, OKAY THE MOST, BUT THE OLD LAND IS A BIT DRY AT THE MOMENT, ISN'T IT? AND IF YOU'VE GOT TANKS... TRUE STORY. REALLY INTERESTING, THE FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IDENTITY BEING WRAPPED UP IN YOUR WORK AND HOW IT IMPACTS PEOPLE, WE KNOW WHAT THE JOB MARKET IS LIKE AT THE EVEN IN RETIREMENT. LIFE IS ROUGH WHEN IT IS JUST ME AND MY HUSBAND, THIS PERSON SAYS. HOW YOU SEPARATE THOSE TWO OUT AS BY FINDING YOURSELF A HOBBY OR A COUPLE OF HOBBIES OUTSIDE WHAT YOU DO. AND I CAN HEAR YOU SAYING, WHEN DO I HAVE TIME AND ENERGY FOR THAT AMONGST EVERYTHING ELSE, WORK, FAMILY? BUT I THINK, ACTUALLY, THIS IS ACTUALLY A POINT WE NEED TO RE-EVALUATE, HOW MUCH ENERGY WE ARE PUTTING INTO THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR LIVES. DUNCAN HAS HAD A HECK OF A TIME. HIS JOB HAS DOMINATED HIS LIFE, DRIVING THOUSANDS OF MILES AROUND THE COUNTRY, THEN HE HAD A BREAKDOWN DUE TO BURNOUT, DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AT AGE 32 AND STARTED DOING LONG-DISTANCE WALKS FOR CHARITY AND NOW IN HIS 80TH YEAR, HE FINISHED A LARGE TRACK IN THE NORTH. FEELS JUST AS GOOD. THAT IS THE HARD THING, TRYING TO MAKE THE NEXT STEP AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY TO GIVE YOURSELF A FILM AND. *YOURSELF FULFILLMENT SOME PEOPLE WATCHING MIGHT BE TRYING TO HOLD DOWN TWO OR THREE JOBS AT THE MOMENT, SO WE SEE YOU, WE HEAR YOU/ IT WAS JUST A CONVERSATION ABOUT GETTING TOO WRAPPED UP IN YOUR WORK. AND FINDING WAYS TO RECOGNISE IT AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO SEPARATE IT FOR THAT TIME THAT WE ARE NO LONGER WORKING OR YOU LOSE YOUR JOB. JUST BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, A SPACE X CAPSULE WITH A NEW CREW HAS DOCKED AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PAVING THE WAY TO BRING ASTRONAUTS BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI WILLIAMS BACK TO EARTH. THE PAIR HAVE BEEN STRANDED ON THE STATION FOR MONTHS AFTER TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THE EXPERIMENTAL SPACE CRAFT THEY TRAVELLED ON. HERE'S THE BBC'S REBECCA MORELLE. THE SPACE X CAPITAL CARRYING THE LATEST CREW. DOCKING IS A PAINSTAKINGLY PRECISE MANOEUVRE. BUT IT IS TIME FOR THE ASTRONAUTS TO MAKE AN ENTRANCE. IT IS A WARM WELCOME FOR THE TEAM ALREADY ON BOARD, BUT THIS MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR THIS MISSION. NOW THE REPLACEMENT CREW I HEAR, IT MEANS THE CREW CAN FINALLY COME HOME. TOOK ABOUT 28 HOURS TO COME BACK UP TO THE STATION AND WE CAN TELL YOU THE IMMENSE JOY ON OUR CREW WHEN WE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SAW THE SPACE STATION FOR THE FIRST TIME. A WONDERFUL DAY, GREAT TO SEE A FRIEND ARRIVED, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. (APPLAUSE) BUTCH AND SONNY WERE ONLY SUPPOSED TO SPEND EIGHT DAYS IN THE STATION BUT THEIR STATE AND INTO A NINE MONTHS AFTER THE STALINIST SPACECRAFT THEY ARRIVED ON THE UPPER TECHNICAL PROBLEMS. THEY WENT PHASE, THOUGH, BY THE CHANGE OF PLAN. *THEY WEREN'T PHASED BUTCH AND SONNY KNEW THAT THIS, THE ORIGINAL MISSION WAS A TEST MISSION AND TEST MISSIONS ARE FULL OF UNCERTAINTY, AND THEY WILL HAVE PREPARED AND CONSIDERED FOR THIS EXACT SITUATION. BUTCH AND SONNY HAVE MADE THE MOST OF THEIR LONG UNEXPECTED STAY AT THE STATION, GETTING USED TO LIVE IN MICROGRAVITY, CARRYING OUT SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS AND EVEN HEADING OUT ON A SPACEWALK, BUT THEIR TIMING IS NEARLY DONE. THEY WILL HAVE A LAST LOOK AT THE BREATHTAKING VIEWS AND BEGIN THE JOURNEY BACK TO EARTH. IT'S JUST GONE 7.30.THE CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS TOUCHED DOWN IN NEW DELHI OVERNIGHT WHERE THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED TALKS TOWARDS A FREE TRADE DEAL WITH INDIA. THE PRIME MINISTER IS EMBARKING ON THE FOUR-DAY VISIT WITH LESS THAN TWO YEARS UNTIL HIS OWN DEADLINE FOR SECURING THE DEAL. TWO-WAY TRADE WITH INDIA IS VALUED AT AROUND $3.1. HALF OF THAT IS IN NEW ZEALAND EXPORTS. LUXON IS DUE TO MEET WITH HIS INDIAN COUNTERPART LATER TODAY AND NEGOTIATIONS WILL START NEXT MONTH. AT LEAST 59 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN A NIGHTCLUB FIRE IN NORTH MACEDONIA WITH THE DEATH TOLL EXPECTED TO CLIMB. MORE THAN 155 PEOPLE HAVE ALSO BEEN INJURED. THE BLAZE, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY PYROTECHNICS, BROKE OUT AT PULSE CLUB AROUND 2.30am WHERE 1500 PEOPLE HAD BEEN ATTENDING A HIP-HOP CONCERT. ARREST WARRANTS FOR FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ISSUED. THE VATICAN'S RELEASED THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF THE POPE IN MORE THAN A MONTH. HE CAN BE SEEN SITTING IN THE CHAPEL OF GEMELLI HOSPITAL, WHERE HE IS BEING TREATED FOR DOUBLE PNEUMONIA. IN HIS LATEST MESSAGE POPE FRANCIS SAID HE IS FACING 'A PERIOD OF TRIAL' AND THANKED WELL-WISHERS FOR THEIR PRAYERS. THE VATICAN SAYS HIS CONDITION IS STABLE, AND HE'S SHOWING GRADUAL IMPROVEMENTS, WITH DOCTORS WORKING ON REDUCING THE POPE'S RELIANCE ON OVERNIGHT VENTILATION. TO SPORT, AND THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX HAVE ENDED THEIR FOUR-MATCH LOSING STREAK CLAIMING A DRAW AGAINST SYDNEY FC IN A PHYSICAL ENCOUNTER. THE SKY BLUES TOOK THE LEAD IN THE SEVENTH MINUTE BEFORE KOSTA BARBAROUSES LEVELLED THINGS UP BEFORE HALF-TIME. NICE TURN. LOVELY BALL THROUGH. BARBAROUSES AROUND THE KEEPER... SCORES! ALMOST INEVITABLE, WASN'T IT? TENSIONS FLARED IN THE FINAL 10 MINUTES, BUT THE NIX MANAGED TO HANG ON TO EARN A POINT. AND AUCKLAND FC HAVE DRAWN WITH THE CENTRAL COAST MARINERS AFTER BEING ON THE WRONG END OF A LAST GASP EQUALISER. THEY REMAIN FOUR POINTS CLEAR AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE HEADING INTO THE INTERNATIONAL BREAK. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` STARTING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS, THERE IS AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE WESTLAND DISTRICT AND THE FIORDLAND AREA. IT'S LOOKING LIKE A GREY DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND. PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF YOU WITH SCATTERED RAIN FOR MOST AND ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE NORTH AND CENTRAL PLATEAU. MAINLY FINE ON THE EAST COAST. 30 THE HIGH IN NAPIER. 26 IN HAMILTON. A BIT OF A MIXED BAG IN THE SOUTH, SO PACK YOUR BROLLY. AS RAINY PERIODS ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF YOU ALONG THE WEST COAST AND THE FIORDLAND AREA BEFORE SWEEPING TOWARDS OTAGO. FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST, A MAINLY FINE DAY. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY WORLD TRAVELLERS. WORLD TRAVELLERS SPECIALISE IN BREATHTAKING ADVENTURES AND RELAXING GETAWAYS, CREATING A UNIQUE HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE SPECIALLY CRAFTED FOR YOU. HERE TO TELL US ALL ABOUT SOME OF THESE OFFERINGS IS WARREN GRISSELLE FROM WORLD TRAVELLERS. MORENA. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY ON SAINT PATRICK'S DAY TODAY TO TALK ABOUT IRELAND. THEY SHARE SO MUCH WITH US KIWIS IN TERMS OF OUR CULTURES. THEY ARE ALL ABOUT THEIR FESTIVALS, ST PATRICK BEING ONE OF THEM, THEY JUST LIKE TO CELEBRATE THE DANCE, THE MUSIC, AND SO EASY FOR US TO GET THERE WITH ONE-STOP FLIGHTS TO IRELAND VIA DOHA AND QATAR. AND ADJUST THE IRISH HOSPITALITY, IT'S NEVER A STRANGER BUT A FRIEND YOU ARE YET TO MEET. I CERTAINLY HAVE NOT BEEN THERE, NOT YET, ANYWAY. EITHER PLACES THERE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD VISIT OR PLACES TO BE IN IRELAND OR IS IT... IRELAND IS JUST SLOW-PACED. PRETTY MUCH LIKE US. WE RECOMMEND A TWO-WEEK STAY. AND CASTLE SAYS, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE OFFER CASTLE STAYS. I HAVE EVER HEARD OF THE TRAIN... IN AUSTRALIA, TO TELL ME ABOUT THAT. THROUGH THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK, WHAT BETTER WAY TO EXPERIENCE THE RED CENTRE THEN SITTING IN... THERE ABOUT 900 M LONG AND ACCOMMODATE 200 GUESTS. EVERYTHING ABOARD THE TRAIN IS INCLUDED ` MEALS, DRINKS, OF TRAIN EXPERIENCES. YOUR VISITS TO ALICE SPRINGS. AND NOT TO MENTION, THOSE ITINERARIES. A PERFECT WAY TO TRAVEL. BE A PART OF THE 6500 BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE THEY GO THROUGH. WHY NOT! ARE WE TALKING GREAT BARRIER REEF? WE ARE GOING INTO SEASON NOW, SO APRIL THROUGH SEPTEMBER, AND NEW ZEALAND STARTS OFFERING FLIGHTS. CRYSTAL CLEAR WATERS, ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL MARINE LIFE, PERFECT FOR SNORKELLING AND WHEN YOU VISIT THE REEF, YOU ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO CONSERVATION, TO KEEP THE REEF MAINTAINED. AND NOT TO MENTION CAIRNS, WE JUST WANT TO GET OUR VISITORS TO GREAT BARRIER REEF TO GO VISIT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD. IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR, DOESN'T IT? AND HERE WE ARE, SITTING IN STUDIO. HEY, WARREN, IT'S LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM IS ALWAYS. HOW IS THE LEG HEALING? IT IS A SLOW PROCESS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. ME U TONU MAI ` HOW FAST CAN YOU SOLVE A RUBIK'S CUBE? OR CAN YOU EVEN SOLVE ONE? NEXT, THE KIWI BREAKING RECORDS FOR SPEED CUBING. # I WILL WAIT, # I WILL WAIT FOR YOU. # WHATEVER IS WHATEVER YOU LIKE. NOT SURE ABOUT THAT, ANYWAY. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` A PROPOSAL ON NEW ZEALAND'S STUDENT LOANS MAY SEE A 1% INCREASE ON INTEREST RATES FOR ALUMNI LIVING OVERSEAS. THIS WILL BE ENFORCED FROM APRIL. SMALL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP SPEED REDUCTIONS IN PLACE WITH LIMITS ARE SET TO INCREASE BY JULY. AND LIAM LAWSON'S HAD A RED BULL DEBUT TO FORGET AFTER A LATE CRASH IN THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX SAW HIM FAIL TO FINISH. OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S BEEN A BUSY SPORTING WEEKEND, BUT THIS MORNING WE'RE LOOKING INTO A 'MIND SPORT' ` SPEED CUBING, SOLVING COMBINATION PUZZLES, LIKE THE RUBIX CUBE. AND WE HAVE A STAR ON THE RISE IN NEW ZEALAND. KATE WELLS IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT LACHIE GIBSON (11) WHO IS A WHIZZ WITH THE CLOCK. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? LACHIE GIBSON, HE IS 11 YEARS OLD FROM THE SHORE. IS UTTERED BY USING A RUBIK'S CUBE THEN GOT INTO A CLOCK. I WILL HAVE A LOOK INTO MY NOTES BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW EVERYTHING. I WILL HAVE A LOOK AND A SECOND BUT LACHIE BROKE THE WORLD RECORD IN JANUARY, THE SECOND PERSON TO SOLVE IT UNDER TWO SECONDS, AND HE IS OFF TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN JULY. I WENT ALONG YESTERDAY TO WATCH HIM COMPETE. HEY! (CHEERS, APPLAUSE) HOW DID YOU GET INTO CUBING, AND SPECIFICALLY THE CLOCK? IN YEAR FOUR, I SAW MY FRIEND JASON AND MY OTHER FRIEND MARCUS IN CLASS SOLVING RUBIK'S CUBES. AND THEN MY GRANDMA GOT ME A RUBIK'S CUBE. THEN I LEARNED HOW TO SOLVE IT. THE WAY THAT I GOT INTO CLOCK WAS BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE ANOTHER FUN EVENT, AND I WAS` AND I WANTED TO GET IT FOR CHRISTMAS. AND THEN I JUST STARTED PRACTISING FROM THERE. YOU WENT FROM PRACTISING CLOCK TO A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT DAY AND HOW IT ALL PLAYED OUT? THAT DAY WAS AMAZING. UM, IN THE MORNING I HAD A COUPLE OTHER RUNS OF CLOCK. THEY DIDN'T GO THE GREATEST, BUT I WAS STILL HAPPY WITH THEM. AND THEN CAME THE FINAL. I WASN'T REALLY EXPECTING MUCH. THEN ON THE THIRD SOLVE, I GOT THE WORLD RECORD AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY. WORLD CHAMPS HAPPEN ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS. UH, THIS YEAR IT'S IN SEATTLE IN THE STATES IN THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND. SO THERE'S ABOUT 2000 COMPETITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD GOING IN. I THINK THERE'S ABOUT 17 NEW ZEALANDERS ENTERED. AND LACHIE WILL GO IN, I THINK NUMBER TWO SEED BASED ON THE AVERAGE FOR CLOCK. SO HE'S GOT A LOT OF HARD WORK TO DO IN THE NEXT LITTLE WHILE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK HE'S MORE EXCITED TO MEET ALL OF HIS IDOLS THAN COMPETING, EVEN THOUGH HE IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD. WEOW. IT'S AMAZING, RIGHT? LACHIE SAID YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS WANT TO PICK IT UP TO HAVE A LOOK AT IT, YOU LOOK AT BOTH SIDES, BECAUSE IT IS SUICIDED, AND YOU NEED TO LOOK` MAKE THE EQUATIONS IN YOUR HEAD ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, 15 SECONDS, I HAVE TO DO TIMETABLES ON MY CALCULATOR SO I WOULD BE TERRIBLE IT IS, BUT PUT IT DOWN AND THEY SAY GO AND YOU DO IT. BUT IT ALSO SAW A PERSON YESTERDAY, WHICH IS VERY IMPRESSIVE, SOLVING A RUBIK'S CUBE WITH ONE HAND, SO THAT IS A SPORT. IT IS QUITE PHYSICALLY HARD TO DO. SO WHEN HE GOT HIS RECORD FOR THE CLOCK, WAS THAT AN AGE GROUPING OR JUST ANYONE? THERE ARE NO AGE GROUPS, JUST ANYONE. SO 1.86 SECONDS. ONCE HE DOES IT, IS IT JUST PURE SPEED, IS THAT WHAT HE IS LOOKING FOR? PURE SPEED, HE SAID HE PRACTICES TWO HOURS A DAY, SO VERY IMPRESSIVE, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SEATTLE IN JULY. LACHIE GIBSON MIGHT BE TOP. REMEMBER THE NAME. ARE YOU INTO RUBIK'S CUBES? YOU CAN BREAK IT? YOU CAN. PEOPLE WHO CAN DO RUBIK'S CUBE, ONCE YOU'VE GOT IT, YOU GOT IT, RIGHT? NO, IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE. YOU CAN GET SOME INCREDIBLE ONES THAT YOU CAN TURN A SIDE AND THEY ARE DIFFERENT SHAPES. I KNOW IT STARTED AS A HOBBY, BUT IS THERE A FUTURE IN THIS FOR HIM? HOPEFULLY, THE WORLD CHAMP WILL BE THE NEXT STEP AND HE MIGHT BE THE UNDISPUTED GOAT. HOW GOOD WOULD THAT BE? WE WELCOME ALL TYPES OF SPORTS WITH OUR SPORTS CHAT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU CAN ACTUALLY PUT IT BACK TOGETHER, TRUST ME, YOU CAN. THAT'S HOW... EVERYONE IS JUST YELLING AT ME. E WHAI AKE NEI ` HOW CLOSE IS TOO CLOSE WHEN IT COMES TO SITTING IN FRONT OF THE TV? OUR CONSUMER GURU OFFERS HIS EXPERT ADVICE. # CLOSE TO YOU, CLOSE TO YOU. SPOON GATE HAS HIT AGAIN. SPOONS, SOMETIMES TEASPOONS JUST GO MISSING FROM WORK PLACE SITUATIONS. THERE IS A CERTAIN TYPE OF YEAR WHEN SPOONS GO MISSING. 1/2 LIFE OF 81 DAYS. SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN THAT SPOONS GO MISSING. ONLY A FEW IN THE DISHWASHER, HAD TO DO ONE BY HAND. A BIT GROSS. ONLY BECAUSE IT'S THE COLLEAGUE, NOT YOUR FAMILY. THERE IS ALREADY CEREAL BITS ALREADY BAKED ONTO IT. WHERE HAVE ALL THE SPOONS GONE? WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? I SAW SOMEONE WANDERING AROUND WITH MY MUG. SOME KEYS UPSTAIRS WAS WALKING AROUND WITH MY MARK AND HE BUMPED INTO ME AND WENT, I AM DRINKING FROM YOUR MUG. YES, PUT IT BACK. DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS AT YOUR OFFICE? LAST WEEK IT WAS COFFEE, THIS WEEK OF THE SPOONS. TOUGH TIMES. WE MUST BE THANKFUL FOR THE THINGS WE HAVE. LIKE AN INTERVIEW COMING UP RIGHT NOW. WE'VE ALL HEARD THE WARNING 'DON'T SIT TOO CLOSE TO THE TV OR YOU'LL GET SQUARE EYES.' BUT IF YOU WANT BANG FOR YOUR BUCK, YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE SITTING CLOSER TO YOUR SCREEN. TO EXPLAIN, FRIEND OF THE SHOW CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND'S JAMES LE PAGE JOINS US NOW. MORENA, JAMES. NOW IT'S OKAY TO SIT CLOSE TO THE SCREEN? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET SQUARE EYES. WE MAY NEED TO CANCEL THE NEWS COMING UP AND EVERYONE WILL NEED TO READJUST THEIR LOUNGES. WHY DO WE WANT TO SIT CLOSER TO OUR TV? THIS SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO 4K TVS, ULTRA DEFINITION STUFF. THIS IS SO YOUR EYES CAN TAKE IN THE EXPLOSION OF PIXELS IN FRONT OF YOU. THE TV NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE UP A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DEGREES OF YOUR FIELD OF VIEW BETWEEN 30 AND 40. YO THE TV NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE UP A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DEGREES OF YOUR FIELD OF VIEW BETWEEN 30 AND 44 THAT TO HAPPEN, YOU NEED TO BE SITTING QUITE CLOSE TO THE TV. IF YOU HAVE A TAPE MEASURE, YOU SHOULD GET ONE AND TRY IT IN YOUR HOUSE AFTER THIS. I WORKED IT OUT FOR YOU. FOR A 55 INCH TV, THE MOST POPULAR TV THEY GET SOLD IN THIS COUNTRY, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SIT BETWEEN TWO AND THREE TIMES THE HEIGHT OF THE TV. 1.4 M TO 2.1 M AWAY FROM YOUR TV. THAT IS CLOSE. FOR THE FULL 4K EXPERIENCE. I TRIED IT AND I WAS SITTING ON OUR COUCH BUT ON THE FRONT OF THE COFFEE TABLE, AND IT FELT REALLY CLOSE. BUT GOODNESS ME, IT WAS IMMERSIVE. TALK ME THROUGH THE DIFFERENCE. WHAT DID YOU SEE THAT YOU DIDN'T PREVIOUSLY SEE? TO BE HONEST, IT DOESN'T MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE. BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN PROGRAMMED SO MUCH BY OUR PARENTS FOR SO LONG, IT FELT LIKE I WAS DOING SOMETHING WRONG. I THOUGHT THAT I WAS COMMITTING SOME SORT OF SIN. I THOUGHT I WAS DAMAGING MY EYES. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD INVEST IN A BIGGER TV TO GET THE EXPERIENCE. IF YOU WANT TO BE TRULY IMMERSED IN THE EXPERIENCE OF YOUR NEW TELEVISION, JUST MAKE SURE IT TAKES UP QUITE A BIT OF SPACE IN THE LOUNGE. PRECISELY. I'M GOING TO GO DOWNSTAIRS RIGHT NOW AND SAY WE NEED A 75 INCH TV BECAUSE JENNY MAY SAID SO. CHROME CAST, TALK TO ME ABOUT IT. THEY ARE A REALLY NEAT PIECE OF KIT, BUT THERE ARE THE ONES YOU CAN USED, OTHER DONGLE'S YOU CAN PLUG INTO YOUR TV. THERE IS APPLE TV, A SMART VIEW ONE, AND THEY ARE A WAY TO GET LIFE OUT OF YOUR TV. THE FIRST PING POINT OF OWNING A SMART TV SET THE APPS START NOT WORKING SO WELL AFTER I WILL FEW YEARS. I NEED THE CHROME CAST. IT JUST PLUGS INTO THE TV, YOU NEED A POWER SUPPLY, AND YOU CAN CAST FROM YOUR PHONE. IT WORKS VERY WELL. IT'S A VERY STABLE THING, ALTHOUGH, THERE'S BEEN A BIT OF BAD PRESS ABOUT SOME OF THE OLDER CHROME CAST IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. APPARENTLY THEY ARE GOING TO FIX IT THOUGH. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT SOUND BARS THIS MORNING? SOUND BARS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. WHAT ARE THEY? ALL MODERN TVS HAVE RUBBISH SOUNDS BECAUSE WE DEMANDED THAT TVS NEEDED TO BE THIN AS A PIECE OF PAPER. THE PROBLEM THEN IS THAT YOU CAN ONLY FIT PAPERTHIN SPEAKERS ON THEM AND THEY GIVE REALLY RUBBISH TO ANY SOUND. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SOUND BAR IN YOUR HOME, YOU ARE PROBABLY FINDING THAT YOU ARE TURNING THE VOLUME UP TO 80 OR 90 AND YOU ARE STILL NOT GETTING ANYTHING FROM IT. SO YOU COMPLETELY CHANGE YOUR EXPERIENCE BY JUST PLUGGING IN A SOUND BAR. WE HAD TEST RESULTS FOR SOUND BARS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU CAN HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON. IT'S AMAZING. IF YOU'RE WATCHING A MOVIE, YOU MIGHT HEAR MORE OF THE FOOTSTEPS OF THINGS LIKE THAT. IT MAKES IT SO MUCH MORE IMMERSIVE. I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT. MOVIE NIGHT AT YOUR HOUSE MUST BE AMAZING. A MASSIVE SCREEN AND A SOUND BAR. POPCORN GETTING ON THE SCREEN. ALWAYS A PLEASURE MY FRIEND. APPRECIATE YOU AND THE DONGLE APPEARING ON THE SHOW. GET BACK, GET BACK FROM THE TV. MY SONS. TURN IT DOWN. TVS USED TO BE THOSE BIG, HEAVY THINGS. BUT GREAT SOUND. I HAD ONE OF THOSE DROPPED ON MY HEAD ONCE. WHEN WE WERE MAKING THE FORT. THAT GOT PULLED DOWN BY THE BLANKET. THE TV WAS JUST A BIG BLOCK. AND THE SPEAKER DOWN THE BOTTOM, AND THE REMOTE WOULD GO IN THE TV AND YOU COULD PUSH IT AND IT COULD POP BACK IN AGAIN. IT WAS A FEW HAIRCUTS AGO, CHRIS. THAT'S WHEN TVS WERE STURDY. STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL HAS VOTED TO DELAY DEVELOPING A LOCAL ALCOHOL POLICY. WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR HOSPITALITY BUSINESSES IN THE CAPITAL. A DISAPPOINTING FORMULA 1 SEASON OPENER FOR LIAM LAWSON SPINNING OUT IN MELBOURNE. WE'LL GET REACTION FROM HIS FIRST HIT OUT WITH RED BULL. PLUS, THE KITCHEN STAYING OPEN FOR AS MANY AS 20 HOURS A DAY TO CATER FOR THE HUNDREDS COMING THROUGH FOR RAMADAN. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S KICKED OFF HIS TRIP TO INDIA WITH AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT NEGOTIATIONS TOWARDS A FREE TRADE DEAL ARE FORMALLY UNDERWAY. HE'S DUE TO MEET WITH INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI LATER TODAY. 1 NEWS POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN IS WITH HIM AND FILED THIS REPORT. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CHRISTOPHER LUXON. HE PROMISED A FREE TRADE DEAL AT THE LAST ELECTION. HE SAID IT WOULD HAPPEN THIS TERM, AND HE STOOD BY THAT. THE NEWS FROM THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT THAT OFFICIAL NEGOTIATIONS ARE WELL AND TRULY NOW UNDERWAY, SIMPLY CONFIRMS THAT THIS GOVERNMENT IS ON THE RIGHT PATH TO ACHIEVING IT. NOW, THAT ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE BY TODD MCCLAY AND ONE OF HIS MINISTERIAL COUNTERPARTS FROM THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT, AND THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS USED WAS A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FREE TRADE AGREEMENT. THE BIG QUESTION, THOUGH, IS WHAT AREAS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT AGREEMENT, AND WHAT AREAS WILL BE EXCLUDED? THE BIG QUESTION MARK, OF COURSE, AROUND THAT PROBLEMATIC AREA OF DAIRY, WHICH HAS PLAGUED NEGOTIATIONS IN THE PAST. BUT FOR NOW, CHRISTOPHER LUXON AND THE COALITION HAVE STARTED OFF THEIR TRIP IN INDIA ON A VERY STRONG NOTE. BACK HERE, A NELSON SCHOOL COMMUNITY ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP SPEED REDUCTIONS IN PLACE AS THE GOVERNMENT LOOKS TO UNDO CHANGES MADE UNDER LABOUR. CONSULTATION HAS JUST ENDED ON WHETHER TO INCREASE THE SPEEDS ACROSS 49 STRETCHES OF ROAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHILE 38 MORE AREAS HAVE BEEN EARMARKED FOR A SPEED INCREASE WITHOUT ANY CONSULTATION. A GROUP OF CONCERNED PARENTS HAVE VOICED THEIR FRUSTRATION WITH A 60km/h LIMIT BEING AUTOMATICALLY RAISED BACK TO 80. AND IT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AND MY FRIENDS AND I` SOME OF THE MUMS AND DADS HAVE ACTUALLY SCOOPED KIDS UP OFF THE HIGHWAY AT TIMES, OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. EVEN AT 60, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF IT` WE TAKE OUTR HEARTS IN OUR HANDS EVERY DAY. AFTER PUSHING TO HAVE THEIR SAY, THE COMMUNITY WILL NOW BE CONSULTED ON THE CHANGES. KIWIS STAR DYLAN BROWN HAS BEEN BOOED BY PARRAMATTA FANS DURING HIS FIRST MATCH FOR THE EELS SINCE SIGNING THE RICHEST CONTRACT IN NRL HISTORY. THE PLAYMAKER INEFFECTIVE IN HIS SIDE'S BRUISING LOSS TO THE TIGERS; THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT DEFEAT. RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. HE'S GONNA TACKLE... NOW, DYLAN BROWN, DENIED. AND THE BULLDOGS HAVE EARNED A BIG 16-POINT WIN OVER THE TITANS, SEALING IT IN THE FINAL THREE MINUTES. WARRIORS DID HAVE A WIN ON FRIDAY NIGHT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` STARTING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS, THERE IS AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE WESTLAND DISTRICT AND THE FIORDLAND AREA. IT'S LOOKING LIKE A GREY DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND. PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF YOU WITH SCATTERED RAIN FOR MOST AND ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE NORTH AND CENTRAL PLATEAU. HOWEVER, MAINLY FINE ON THE EAST COAST. 30 THE HIGH IN AHURIRI NAPIER. 26 IN KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON. A BIT OF A MIXED BAG IN THE SOUTH, SO PACK YOUR UMBRELLA AS RAINY PERIODS ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF YOU ALONG THE WEST COAST AND THE FIORDLAND AREA BEFORE SWEEPING TOWARDS OTAGO. FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST, A MAINLY FINE DAY. JUST MONTHS AFTER AUCKLAND'S LONG-FOUGHT LOCAL ALCOHOL POLICY WAS ADOPTED, THE CAPITAL IS LOOKING TO INTRODUCE SOMETHING SIMILAR. AN LAP OUTLINES THE LOCATION, NUMBER AND TRADING HOURS FOR ALCOHOL BUSINESSES IN DIFFERENT AREAS. WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL HAS NOT YET OUTLINED WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE FOR THE CAPITAL, BUT RECENTLY VOTED TO PUSH BACK DEVELOPING ONE UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR. IN A MOMENT, WE'LL BE SPEAKING TO ALOCHOL HEATLHWATCH, BUT FIRST WE'RE JOINED BY BAR OWNER GREIG WILSON. GOOD MORNING, GREG. TELL US ABOUT THE LAP FOR WELLINGTON. IS A GOOD IT'S BEEN PUSHED BACK? YES. WE DON'T THINK WE NEED AN LAP IN WELLINGTON. WE ARE ALREADY EXISTING UNDER THE NATIONAL DEFAULT LAWS, REGULATING. AS A ONE-WAY DOOR POLICY. THAT IS ALREADY BAKED IN. IT'S ALREADY A HEAVILY REGULATED INDUSTRY. WE DON'T NEED MORE REGULATION AND OVERREGULATION. IT IS UNNECESSARY AND ACTUALLY, WE DON'T NEED IT. I THINK THAT MY CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNSELLORS, I JUST DON'T THINK THERE'S A MASSIVE APPETITE FOR IT IN WELLINGTON. AUCKLAND'S LAP COST OVER $1 MILLION, AND WELLINGTON DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY. WE HAD AN 18% RATE INCREASE LAST YEAR, AND THE RATEPAYERS ARE GOING TO BE QUESTIONING WHETHER WE SHOULD SPEND ALL THIS MONEY ON THIS WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE THE RULES IN PLACE TO CONTROL LICENSES RIGHT NOW. WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND WELLINGTON, WHAT'S GOING TO TURN THE CITY CENTRE AROUND IS ACTUALLY, WE NEED TO HAVE INVESTMENT INTO BUSINESSES INTO HEAVY TENANCIES TO CREATE A VIBRANT AND WELCOMING CITY. WELLINGTON DESERVES A WORLD-CLASS HOSPITALITY PRECINCT AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. HOW TOUGH IS IT FOR WELLINGTON BARS? LAST YEAR, I CALLED THE WINTER OF DOOM. THE SALES DROP DOWN 25% AND STAY DOWN THE WHOLE YEAR. BUSINESSES CLOSE DOWN AS A RESULT. IT'S NOT A GOOD TIME TO COME ALONG WITH THE BIG BLUNT HAMMER. SAYING IT'S ALL JUST GOT TOO HARD, WHEN ACTUALLY WE PREFER A MUCH MORE TARGETED APPROACH, BECAUSE THE ISSUES ARE AROUND SOME OF THE SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE CITY CENTRE. THERE'S BEEN A PROBLEM WITH SOCIAL HOUSING AND A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE ALCOHOL AND DRUG ISSUES. TO COME ALONG WITH A BIG HAMMER AND GO RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE ALL THE HOURS IN THE TRADING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES, A TARGETED APPROACH WOULD BE A SMARTER WAY TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES. RATHER THAN UNFAIRLY DISADVANTAGED IN EVERY LICENSED. DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE OVER ESTIMATING HOW TOUGH IT MAY BE FOR YOU. AUCKLAND DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE TOO MUCH OF AN ISSUE. AUCKLAND'S LAP IS A PRETTY SENSIBLE APPROACH. IF WE DID HAVE ONE, IF IT LOOKS LIKE AUCKLAND IS ONE, WE WOULDN'T BE TOO WORRIED ABOUT THAT. BUT WE ARE CONCERNED. WHEN WE HEARD THAT THE LAP AND WHAT IT WOULD MEAN FOR US WOULD BE MORE RESTRICTIONS ON MORE CONTROLS. WE ACTUALLY DON'T THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT LAW AND HOW IT ALREADY HAS IT BAKED IN. YOU HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN AS A BAR OWNER. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE COUNCIL? THAT THEIR JOB IS TO CREATE THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT BUSINESSES, AND TO INCREASE THE VIBRANCY OF THE CITY, NOT JUST ON ALBERT FOR THE FUTURE. AN BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOOKING TO INVEST IN WELLINGTON, IF THE FRAMEWORK IS RIGHT AND THE TRADING OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE, THEN THEY WILL INVEST IN THE CITY CENTRE, AND RIGHT NOW WELLINGTON NEEDS MORE INVESTMENT TO BE A VIBRANT, WORLD-CLASS HOSPITALITY DESTINATION. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. AND NOW WE'RE JOINED BY ALCOHOL HEALTHWATCH'S ANDREW GALLOWAY. WHAT DO YOU RECKON, DO YOU THINK HE HAS SOME FAIR CONCERNS? I WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE HARD ECONOMIC CLIMATE FOR HOSPITALITY, BUT I THINK AS WE'VE SEEN, AND AUCKLAND, THE LAP HAS BROADENED REALLY POSITIVE CHANGES, MOST OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES FOR THE POLICY WAS AROUND LICENSING. SO BRINGING BACK OFF LICENSE SALES HAS INCONVENIENCED A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE, BUT IT HAS MEANT LESS HARM. THAT IS WHAT THE LAP CAN DO. IT HAS IMPORTED MASSIVE CHANGES TO THE HOSPITALITY PRECINCT. IT MIGHT MEAN PEOPLE COME OUT EARLIER, BECAUSE THE BUS CLOSE EARLIER, AND IF THAT'S ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT WELLINGTON MOVED TO. BY LAW, THE POLICY HAS TO HAVE CONSULTATION, INCLUDING BUSINESSES, SO I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO BE TOO CONCERNED ABOUT. WE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE IT. WHEN IT COMES TIME TO DO THAT FOR WELLINGTON, WE WILL SUPPORT THEM. WE CAN GIVE SOME OF THE EXPERIENCE WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN AUCKLAND AND I THINK IT COULD BE A REALLY POSITIVE THING. I THINK THE BIG CONCERN FOR GREG AS A SLEDGEHAMMER TO CRACK A NUT, AND YOU NEED TO BE SUPER TARGETED OTHERWISE YOU DO MORE DAMAGE TO THE INDUSTRY. IT WON'T COST THAT MUCH. IT IS TARGETED. THESE THINGS DO HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH THAT GO INTO THEM BY COUNCIL. THE AGENCIES THAT HAVE A DATA, THE POLICE. I THINK WE CAN REDUCE THE IMPACT ON EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS, REDUCE INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, FAMILY VIOLENCE, POLICE TIME SPENT ON THIS, THERE ARE SO MANY BENEFITS. CAN YOU QUANTIFY AT THIS EARLY STAGE HEALTH AND HAS BENEFITED? AND THERE IS NO EVALUATIONS YET FROM AUCKLAND, BUT WE ARE CAPTURING THE VOICES OF AUCKLAND, AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD, SOME HAVE BEEN MILDLY INCONVENIENCED, BUT MANY HAVEN'T NOTICED A DIFFERENCE. SOME OF TALKED ABOUT NOTICING QUIET EVENINGS AND LESS NOISE AND DISRUPTION, INCREASING PERCEPTIONS AND SAFETY, POSITIVE COMMENTS SUCH AS THE IMPACT THIS IS HAVING ON PEOPLE DRINKING LESS AND BEING ABLE TO AFFORD FOOD FOR THEIR CHILDREN. THINGS LIKE THAT A REALLY GOOD BENEFITS. ONE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NURSE TALKS ABOUT HOW SINCE THE CHANGES, SHE NOTICED A QUIETER TIME IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OVER CHRISTMAS AS A RESULT. THAT REALLY LINES UP WITH THE EVIDENCE THAT WE PRESENTED AND OTHERS PRESENTED. IT'S A REALLY GOOD SIGN/ THERE'S LOTS OF EVALUATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TO THE BOTH OF YOU FOR COMING ON. ME U TONU MAI ` THE FORMULA 1 SEASON IS OFF TO A CHATIC START NEXT, ALL THE ACTION FROM MELBOURNE, HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` A PROPOSAL ON NEW ZEALAND'S STUDENT LOANS MAY SEE AN INCREASE ON INTEREST RATES FOR THOSE LIVING OVERSEAS WHICH WILL BE ENFORCED FROM APRIL. AT LEAST 59 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN A NIGHTCLUB FIRE IN NORTH MACEDONIA WITH FEARS THE DEATH TOLL COULD RISE. THE VATICAN'S RELEASED THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF THE POPE IN MORE THAN A MONTH. IT SHOWS THE POPE SITTING IN THE CHAPEL OF GEMELLI HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS BEING TREATED. IT'S TIME FOR OUR REGULAR DEEP DIVE INTO THE TVNZ ARCHIVE AND TODAY, WE'RE REVISITING A CONTROVERSIAL MOMENT IN NZ GAME SHOW HISTORY. THE YEAR WAS 1994. THE PRIZE ` A MITSUBISHI MAGNA. THE CONTROVERSY ` A WINNING 'WHEEL OF FORTUNE' ANSWER OVERTURNED ON ACCOUNT OF AN ALLEGED AUSTRALIAN ACCENT. IT MAY HAVE BEEN 31 YEARS AGO, BUT IT'S NEVER TOO LATE WEIGH IN. HERE'S HOW IT WENT DOWN. ...WE HAVE A CHAMPION, RON MEIJER. COULD WIN THIS MITSUBISHI MAGNA! IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RON MEIJER'S NIGHT. ON TUESDAY'S WHEEL OF FORTUNE, THE WHEEL WAS SPINNING HIS WAY, STOPPING ON THE CAR. HE CHOSE FOUR CONSONANTS AND A VOWEL. ALL BUT THE 'E' CAME UP. WHAT WOULD IT BE? THERE'S A LOT RIDING ON THIS, SO IS IT GOING TO BE... CROSBY, STEELS AND NASH? # IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT... # DID HE MEAN THE THREE-MAN AMERICAN BAND THAT SOLD MILLIONS OF RECORDS, HAS BEEN TOGETHER BEFORE WOODSTOCK AND STILL AROUND TODAY? IT SEEMS NEARLY EVERYONE THOUGHT SO, APART FROM WHEEL OF FORTUNE. (KLAXON BUZZES) RON, I'M SORRY, THAT IS INCORRECT. THE ANSWER? CROSBY, STEELS AND NASH. WE WANTED CROSBY, 'STILLS'. STILLS AND NASH. EVEN THOUGH RON KNEW THERE WAS NO 'E' IN ANY OF THE WORDS, HE SAID 'STEELS', ACCORDING TO WHEEL OF FORTUNE. THEY CHECKED THE TAPE A DOZEN TIMES. THEIR VERDICT, THAT HE SAID THE WORD INCORRECTLY. WHO WANTS TO PLAY WHEEL OF FORTUNE? AND A QUICK SURVEY IN CENTRAL WELLINGTON SHOWED RON HAD A SPECIAL GIFT FOR GUESSING THE BAND'S NAME. WOMAN: UM... (GIGGLES) NO 'E'. NO, I'M UNDER PRESSURE HERE! (GIGGLES) YOU COULDN'T GUESS IT? THEY'RE UNDER PRESSURE AS WELL. UM, UM, UM, UM, UM, NO. (LAUGHS) YOU COULDN'T GUESS IT? IF I SAID CROSBY, STEELS AND NASH, WOULD IT BE WRONG OR RIGHT? DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WHAT I USUALLY HEAR. STILLS. WOULD I WIN THE CAR OR NOT? ABSOLUTELY. WHY? BECAUSE IT LOOKS GOOD ENOUGH. CAR'S A MAJOR PRIZE, AND I WOULD THINK YOU` THOUGHT THAT YOU'D HAVE TO GET IT EXACTLY RIGHT. SO YOU'D DENY THIS GUY'S CAR? I THINK SO. A MAN HAS BEEN DENIED A CAR ON A NEW ZEALAND GAME SHOW BECAUSE HE HAS AN AUSTRALIAN ACCENT. RON'S PLIGHT HAS EVEN GONE INTERNATIONAL. BECAUSE RON SPENT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS IN AUSTRALIA, ACROSS THE TASMAN THEY'RE SAYING, RON SAID IT JUST THE WAY THEY WOULD. WHEEL OF FORTUNE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PAUL WATERHOUSE SAYS IT WAS A HARD DECISION TO MAKE, BUT HE HAS NO REGRETS. WHEEL OF FORTUNE IS IN FACT PRODUCED BY AUSTRALIANS, BUT THAT DIDN'T CHANGE THE VERDICT. DID YOU SAY CROSBY, STEELS AND NASH OR CROSBY STILLS AND NASH? UH, STILL A BONE OF CONTENTION. UH, I SAID CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH. I MEAN, IS THAT WHAT YOU MEANT? THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I MEANT. I WAS ROLLING IT 'ROUND WHILE PHIL WAS TALKING TO ME. I KNEW THE ANSWER, LISTENED TO THE MUSIC, UH, OF OUR ERA, AND, UH, I WAS GIVEN THE CAR. UM, JUST SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU BEFORE I FORGET. YEAH? WHAT'S THAT? IT'S EVEN ON MY PRIZE LIST THAT I WON A CAR, AND QUARTER OF AN HOUR LATER, THEY SCRUBBED IT OFF. THAT'S ON THE PRIZE LIST THEY GAVE YOU. ON THE PRIZE LIST THEY GAVE ME. THEY GAVE YOU THE CAR. THEY GAVE ME THE CAR. EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY THAT I'D WON THE CAR. UM, WE... THEY CONTINUED TAPING EVERYTHING` WENT AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. AND LO AND BEHOLD, UH, AFTER THE FINAL TAKE, AFTER ALL THE CREDITS AND THAT, UM, PHIL LEISHMAN TURNS AROUND AND SAYS TO ME, 'RON,' HE SAYS, 'I DON'T WANT TO THROW A SPANNER IN THE WORKS,' BUT THE PRODUCERS ARE LOOKING INTO MY PRONUNCIATION, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I COULDN'T EXPLAIN HOW I FELT. I WAS ABSOLUTELY ELATED THAT I WON A CAR. UM, CERTAINLY BEAT DRIVING AROUND THE WAIRARAPA IN A MINI, I CAN ASSURE YOU OF THAT. AND, UH, I'VE JUST NEVER FELT THIS WAY BEFORE. AND I FELT THAT I WAS` A GRAVE 'MISINJUSTICE' HAD BEEN DONE. THE ELEMENT THAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER IS THAT THE PRODUCTION DECISION WAS THAT TECHNICALLY, RON WAS INCORRECT ON THE NIGHT. THE PUBLIC REACTION TODAY HAS BEEN QUITE PHENOMENAL. AND IN LIGHT OF THAT REACTION, AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE PRONUNCIATION COULD HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY INFLUENCED BY YOUR ACCENT, RON, WE ARE REALLY PLEASED TO TELL YOU THAT HERE ALONGSIDE ME IS A RATHER NICE MITSUBISHI MAGNA. I'VE GOT THE KEYS AND FROM TELEVISION NEW ZEALAND AND WHEEL OF FORTUNE, WE'RE SENDING THIS TO YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. I HOPE IT MAKES UP FOR THE SAD TIME YOU'VE HAD OVER THE PAST MONTH. OH, THANKS, PHIL. THAT'S` THAT'S BRILLIANT. THAT'S` YOU'RE A GENTLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR, SIR, AND IF I WAS THERE, I'D WANT TO SHAKE YOUR HAND. WELL, IT'S ALL YOURS, RON. THANK YOU, PHIL. EXCELLENT. PHIL LEISHMAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED. CONGRATULATIONS, RON. SEE, IT ALL COMES RIGHT ON THE END, DOESN'T IT? OH, IT DOES. THANKS, PHIL. THAT'S BRILLIANT. I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT THERE IS A GOD IN HEAVEN AND, UH, AND MAYBE AN AUSTRALIAN ONE AT THAT. WHAT ARE SAGA. BEATS DRIVING AROUND IN A MINI. OF THE REAL INJUSTICE IS THAT THEY CONTINUED FILMING AND HE THOUGHT HE HAD OWON. I LOVE THOSE STORIES FROM BACK IN THE DAY. MUST'VE BEEN HUGE, HE MADE IT ONTO HOLMES. THE FORMULA 1 SEASON IS UNDERWAY. UNFORTUNATELY FOR KIWI MOTORSPORT FANS, LIAM LAWSON'S BIG RED BULL DEBUT TURNED INTO A WEEKEND TO FORGET IN MELBOURNE. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE IS IN MELBOURNE AND WATCHED IT ALL UNFOLD. MICHELLE, GOOD MORNING. DIDN'T GO ALL TO PLAN FOR LIAM LAWSON. HE MUST BE DISAPPOINTED. GOOD MORNING. JUST FELT LIKE THIS WHOLE WEEKEND, LIAM LAWSON WAS UP AGAINST IT FROM PRACTICE, WE HAVE POWER ISSUES, TIRE ISSUES, HE BARELY HAD ANY RUNNING TIME AND WAS ONE OF THE 1ST TO BE ELIMINATED. IT CAME TO THE RACE WHERE DRIVERS WERE ALREADY UP AGAINST IT WITH THE WEATHER, IT WAS BUCKETING DOWN, AND EARLY ON, WE DID SEE SOME CRASHES AND DRIVERS FINISHING THEIR RACE PRETTY EARLY. FOR LAWSON, DIDN'T COME UNTIL THE 47TH LAP ON TURN TO, HE WAS ON SLICK TIRES AND THEIR HOPE WAS THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD ON TO THE TRACK TO DRY OUT AND THEN HE WOULD EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO CARRY ON THE RACE, BUT HE CRASHED OUT ON LAP 47, ENDING HIS RACE, WHICH IS REALLY DISAPPOINTING, BUT HE WASN'T THE ONLY DRIVER TO CRASH A TOTAL OF 6 DNFS. FOR LANDO NORRIS, HE WAS THE LEADER. IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU DONE THIS IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. POSITIVE FOR MCLAREN, BUT A LOT OF WORK ON IS FOR LIAM LAWSON. WE TOOK A CHANCE, TO BE HONEST, UM, HOPING IT AT LEAST HALF THE TRACK WOULD STAY DRY. WE KNEW THAT SECTOR THREE WAS BAD, BUT, UM, WE THOUGHT THAT SECTOR ONE WOULD STAY A LITTLE BIT DRIER, SO WE CARRIED ON, AND, UM` YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS BUCKETING DOWN WITH RAIN. SO, UM, YEAH, AT THAT POINT, TO BE HONEST, I'D BACKED OUT OF SORT OF PUSHING AT THAT POINT BECAUSE IT WAS SO WET. I WAS JUST TRYING TO STAY ON TRACK. BUT, UM, YEAH, OBVIOUSLY NOT IDEAL. THROUGHOUT THE RACE, EARLIER BEFORE THAT LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE STRUGGLING FOR PACE AS WELL. I KNOW WHEN YOU'RE BOXING THE FIELD, IT'S DIFFICULT ANYWAY, BUT WE YOU SURPRISED THAT YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE A BIT MORE PROGRESS? YEAH, WE WERE REALLY STRUGGLING, TO BE HONEST. UM, SO I HAD A LOT OF TYRE ISSUES WITH THE FRONTS, UM, EARLY ON IN THE RACE. SO, UM, YEAH, OBVIOUSLY IT'S JUST BEEN A TOUGH WEEKEND. WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING THERE IS YES, HE TALKS ABOUT HOW HE WAS STRUGGLING FOR PACE, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAP TIMES, HE ACTUALLY CLOCKED THE SECOND FASTEST LAP TIME IN THAT RACE. IT WAS NORRIS WITH THE FASTEST, LAWSON SECOND AND NEXT TO VERSTAPPEN THIRD. IT WAS A RACE WHERE EVERYONE WAS A LITTLE BIT TOO SCARED TO PUSH THE CAR TO ITS FULL MAXIMUM WITH KNOWING THAT IT COULD CRASH OUT. DRIVERS TO DESCRIBE THAT RACE AS BEING ON A KNIFE EDGE AND IT COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY. THAT IF ONE MOVES TO CHINA, AND WHAT IS THE F1 EXPERIENCE BEEN LIKE? THE F1 EXPERIENCE IS AMAZING, SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE AND JUST LOVE THE SPORT. PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD COMING OVER HERE. WE HAD SO MANY KIWIS AS WELL WANTING TO SUPPORT LAWSON, I CAUGHT UP WITH SOME OF HIS INVESTORS, WE WANT TO CALL HIM THE PEOPLE FROM DAY ONE, THEY WERE THERE WHEN IT WAS UNKNOWN WHAT HE COULD ACHIEVE. WE ALSO CAUGHT UP WITH INVESTORS WHO HAVE SIGNED ON RECENTLY, AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT OVER TO MELBOURNE SOMETHING THAT COULD LIFT THE SPIRITS A LITTLE BIT. THERE WAS NO MERCHANDISE BEING SOLD OVER HERE, SO THE KIWI COMPANY ZURU, MADE A TOY, NOT SELLING IT, BUT ARE SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT. A LITTLE LIAM LAWSON. MICHELLE, THAT'S HORRENDOUS. I KNOW. SO IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT REACTION BECAUSE WE DID SHOW THIS TO LIAM'S PARENTS AND THEY WERE HORRIFIED. RIGHTLY SO. IT'S CALLED A FUGLER, FUNNY BUT UGLY. LOTS OF MEDIA CAME OVER HERE AND IT WAS SUCH AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE JUST TO SEE F1 AND ACTION, IT ALMOST FELT LIKE A HOME GROWN FOR LAWSON. THANKS SO MUCH MICHELLE. SORRY WE ARE STILL TAKEN ABACK. I WILL COME HOME WITH LIAM LAWSON. I WILL BRING HIM BACK HOME. AS IF MICHELLE'S WEEKEND WASN'T BAD ENOUGH. IMAGINE THAT. A LITTLE CHUCKY. THAT'S TERRIFYING. IF YOU'RE STILL GOING TO STICK WITH US AFTER THE BREAK, A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. WELCOME BACK. IT'S JUST GONE 8.30. ENQUIRIES INTO AN AGGRAVATED ROBBERY IN AUCKLAND CENTRAL LAST NIGHT ARE UNDERWAY. JUST BEFORE 10pm POLICE WERE TOLD A PERSON HAD BEEN ROBBED AND ASSAULTED BY THREE PEOPLE AT PRINCES WHARF. THE VICTIM SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. POLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD. FREE TRADE TALKS WITH INDIA HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED AFTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON TOUCHED DOWN IN NEW DELHI OVERNIGHT. THE PRIME MINISTER IS EMBARKING ON THE FOUR-DAY VISIT WITH LESS THAN TWO YEARS UNTIL HIS OWN DEADLINE FOR SECURING THE DEAL. TWO-WAY TRADE WITH INDIA IS VALUED AT AROUND $3.1bn ` HALF OF THAT IS IN NEW ZEALAND EXPORTS. LUXON IS DUE TO MEET WITH HIS INDIAN COUNTERPART LATER TODAY AND NEGOTIATIONS WILL START NEXT MONTH. AT LEAST 59 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN A NIGHTCLUB FIRE IN NORTH MACEDONIA WITH THE DEATH TOLL EXPECTED TO CLIMB. MORE THAN 155 PEOPLE HAVE ALSO BEEN INJURED. THE BLAZE, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY PYROTECHNICS, BROKE OUT AT PULSE CLUB AROUND 2.30am WHERE 1500 PEOPLE HAD BEEN ATTENDING A HIP-HOP CONCERT. ARREST WARRANTS FOR FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ISSUED. A PAIR OF NASA ASTRONAUTS ARE ONE STEP CLOSER TO RETURNING HOME TO EARTH AFTER BEING STRANDED IN SPACE FOR MORE THAN NINE MONTHS. BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI WILLIAMS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LEAVE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AFTER PROBLEM'S WITH BOEING'S STARLINE CAPSULE. OVER THE WEEKEND, A CREW SWAP MISSION SAW A REPLACEMENT CREW SUCCESSFULLY DOCK. HEY, HAD A GREAT JOURNEY UP HERE. ABOUT 28 HOURS TO GET BACK UP TO THE SPACE STATION, AND I CANNOT TELL YOU THE IMMENSE JOY ON, UH, OF OUR CREW WHEN WE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND WE SAW THE SPACE STATION FOR THE FIRST TIME. PENDING ANY FURTHER DELAYS, WILMORE AND WILLIAMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEPART THE SPACE STATION LATER THIS WEEK. NEWCASTLE HAVE SHOCKED LIVERPOOL IN THE FINAL OF THE CARABAO CUP TO WIN THEIR FIRST DOMESTIC TROPHY IN 70 YEARS. THE MAGPIES WENT INTO THE GAME LOOKING TO END THEIR TITLE DROUGHT AND WERE THE BETTER SIDE, SCORING TWO GOALS EITHER SIDE OF HALF-TIME. LIVERPOOL CLAWED ONE BACK IN EXTRA TIME TO MAKE IT 2-1, BUT THE DAMAGE WAS DONE; NEWCASTLE FANS IN RAPTURES AT THE FINAL WHISTLE. OH, THAT'S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO WIN A TROPHY. THERE IS AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE WESTLAND DISTRICT AND THE FIORDLAND AREA. IT'S LOOKING LIKE A GREY DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND. PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF YOU WITH SCATTERED RAIN FOR MOST AND ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE NORTH AND CENTRAL PLATEAU. HOWEVER, MAINLY FINE ON THE EAST COAST. 30 THE HIGH IN NAPIER, 26 IN HAMILTON. A BIT OF A MIXED BAG IN THE SOUTH, SO PACK YOUR BROLLY AS RAINY PERIODS ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF YOU ALONG THE WEST COAST AND THE FIORDLAND AREA BEFORE SWEEPING TOWARDS OTAGO. FOR THOSE ON THE EAST COAST, A MAINLY FINE DAY. IN JUST A FEW DAYS, THE ALL WHITES WILL RETURN TO THE SCENE OF ONE OF THEIR MOST FAMOUS NIGHTS ` THE CAKE TIN HOSTING THE TEAM IN THEIR WORLD CUP QUALIFYING SEMI-FINAL AGAINST FIJI AT THE SAME VENUE RORY FALLON SENT THEM TO THEIR LAST WORLD CUP APPEARANCE IN 2009. TVNZ WAS GRANTED EXCLUSIVE ACCESS IN THE BUILD-UP TO THAT MATCH AGAINST BAHRAIN. I TOOK A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH SIMON MERCEP, THE REPORTER WHO WAS PITCH-SIDE FOR THE HISTORIC OCCASION. TALK ME THROUGH WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN THE BUILD-UP TO THAT GAME, HAVING THE SORT OF ACCESS THAT YOU HAD TO THE TEAM THAT WE JUST WOULDN'T GET THESE DAYS. THE ACCESS WAS AMAZING, CHRIS. UH, REALLY GRATEFUL TO NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL AND TO THE ALL WHITES AND MANAGEMENT TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT, TO ACTUALLY GET ALONGSIDE THE PLAYERS AND THE MANAGEMENT IN THEIR HOTEL ROOMS, IN THEIR MEETING ROOMS, THE LUNCH ROOMS, MEETING THEIR PARTNERS, JUST GETTING A SENSE OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR THEM AS SPORTSPEOPLE BUILDING UP TO THIS MASSIVE GAME. 'THE PLAYERS ARE IN A MEDIA LOCKDOWN HERE; 'NO TV CAMERAS, 'BUT SUNDAY'S BEEN GRANTED EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO GET ALONGSIDE THE PLAYERS 'AS THEY READY THEMSELVES FOR THE GAME OF THEIR LIVES.' TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SENSE OF ANTICIPATION, UH, REFLECTED IN THE REPORTING WAS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY AS A REPORTER FOR SUCH A MAJOR SPORTING EVENT. AND ALSO, IT REALLY ALLOWED US TO... TELL OUR AUDIENCE HOW SIGNIFICANT THIS WAS TO THOSE KEY BLOKES, RICKY HERBERT PARTICULARLY, AND, UM, BRIAN TURNER, WHO'D BEEN THERE, DONE THAT IN '82 IN SPAIN AND WERE BACK TRYING TO DO IT FOR ANOTHER GENERATION, IT MEANT THE WORLD TO THEM, AND WE SAW THAT IN THE BUILD-UP. AND BOY, DID WE SEE IT ON THE NIGHT. YEAH. WELL, WHAT WAS THE MOOD LIKE IN THE BUILD-UP? BECAUSE THE PLAYERS SEEMED PRETTY RELAXED. BUT IT WAS A HUGE MOMENT FOR NEW ZEALAND SPORTING HISTORY BECAUSE WE HADN'T BEEN TO A WORLD CUP SINCE '82. YEAH, A LONG TIME, LONG TIME. AND WELL, I THINK` I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. THE PLAYERS, I THINK, WERE MORE RELAXED THAN, UM, RICKY HERBERT AND BRIAN TURNER. (CHUCKLES) THEY WERE REALLY FIZZING. UH, THEY KNEW WHAT WAS RIDING ON IT. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE ONLY NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALLERS EVER TO GET TO A WORLD CUP FINALS. THEY WANTED ANOTHER GENERATION TO BE THERE. THEY WERE SO PASSIONATE AND DETERMINED TO HELP THIS LOT GET THERE. (CROWD CHEERS) THEY BILLED IT AS THE 'ONE SHOT FOR GLORY.' YES. I REMEMBER BEING THERE IN THE STADIUM WITH MY BROTHER AND SOME FRIENDS WAY UP IN THE BLEACHERS, BUT YOU WERE THERE PITCHSIDE AND MIGHT I JUST SAY, YOU LOOK YOUNGER NOW THAN WHAT YOU DID... (CHUCKLES) ...BACK THEN EVEN. THANKS, CHRIS. UNBELIEVABLE, AGELESS WONDER. RORY FALLON'S JUST SCORED. THE CROWD'S GONE OFF. RORY'S THE SON OF KEVIN. WHAT WAS IT LIKE PITCHSIDE? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WERE FOCUSING ON THOSE OLD BOYS FROM '82, THE COACH, RICKY HERBERT AND BRIAN TURNER AS WELL. WELL, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE OCCASIONS, WHETHER IT'S SPORT OR NEWS OR ANY EVENT I'VE EVER COVERED. I WAS WITH MY CAMERA COLLEAGUE CLINT BRUCE, AND I REMEMBER SAYING TO CLINT, 'CLINT, WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL 'THE MATCH COVERAGE WE WANT FROM THE ACTUAL OB, THE OUTSIDE BROADCAST. 'LET'S JUST FOCUS ON HOW... 'PARTICULARLY RICKY HERBERT 'AND BRIAN TURNER ARE REACTING ON THE SIDELINE.' THEIR REACTION TO THE GOAL TO THE SAVE, THEY WERE JUST JUMPING OUT OF THEIR SKIN, ALL THE INCREDIBLE SHOTS. SO I'M REALLY SO GRATEFUL TO CLINT FOR GETTING THOSE SHOTS FOR US. BUT THE ATMOSPHERE WAS AMAZING, VERY HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS. I KNOW WE SAY WORDS LIKE ELECTRIC AND SO FORTH, BUT, UM, THE CROWD WAS, UM, ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEAT. THE NOISE WAS AMAZING. THERE WAS CHANTING, SINGING, THE SORT OF SINGING WE MAYBE DON'T HEAR SO MUCH AMONGST NEW ZEALAND SPORTING CROWDS. UH, IT` EVEN IF THE GAME ITSELF MAYBE WASN'T SUCH A GREAT SPORTING SPECTACLE, IT DIDN'T MATTER. OH, IT WAS TERRIBLE. TERRIBLE. ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE GAME. I CAN ONLY REALLY REMEMBER TWO THINGS FROM THAT GAME ` RORY FALLON'S GOAL. YES. AND THE PASTON SAVE FROM THE PENALTY. YEAH. BUT THE GAME ITSELF WAS TOTALLY FORGETTABLE. YEAH, YEAH. BUT BEING PITCHSIDE MEANT THAT AS SOON AS THAT FINAL WHISTLE WENT, WE JUST WENT ONTO THE FIELD, GRABBED IMPROMPTU COMMENTS FROM ALL THE PLAYERS AND FROM THE COACHES... I DREAMED OF THIS. I REALLY DID DREAM OF IT. ...AND IT LED TO THIS WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE WENT BACK, UH, BACK INSIDE, WE WERE WITH BRIAN TURNER, HE WAS JUST SO, SO HAPPY. AND HE SAID, 'OH, COME WITH ME.' AND HE LETS US INTO THE DRESSING ROOM TO GET THESE, UM, EXTREMELY RARE, UH, PICTURES TO SHOW THE TEAM CELEBRATING, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE` I'M NOT SURE WE'VE EVER SEEN THAT BEFORE, BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE THE EMOTION OF WHAT THAT WAS ALL ABOUT. INCLUDING A VERY YOUNG CHRIS WOOD. HE WENT ON TO DO PRETTY GOOD THINGS. (CHUCKLES) HE DID PRETTY GOOD, YES. RYAN NELSON, THOUGH, HE PROMISED YOU BEFORE THE GAME THAT IF THEY WON, HE'D CELEBRATE WITH A BACKFLIP. I DON'T RECALL SEEING IT, CHRIS. NO, YOU HIT HIM UP AFTER THE GAME. I DID, THAT'S RIGHT. YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD JOURNALIST, YOU KNOW. YOU PRESSED HIM ON THAT. YOU SAID IF YOU WIN, 'I'LL DO A BACKFLIP.' (LAUGHS) I'M WAITING TO SEE IT. I THINK I'D BREAK MY NECK... (LAUGHTER) I MEAN, THE OTHER THING JUST QUICKLY TO MENTION ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE IS THAT THE LIKES OF HERBERT AND TURNER WERE PART OF THAT TEAM WHO WON IT AT A TIME IN NEW ZEALAND WHEN SPORT WAS IN A MASSIVE TURMOIL. YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UM, THE CAMPAIGN THAT THE '82 TEAM THAT` I THINK THEY TRAVELLED MORE KILOMETRES AROUND THE WORLD THAN ANY OTHER TEAM TO QUALIFY FOR SPAIN. IT WAS A MOMENTOUS CAMPAIGN. IT CAPTURED THE COUNTRY AT THAT TIME, AND IT CAME AS THE COUNTRY WAS, ON THE OTHER HAND, GOING THROUGH THIS TURMOIL OF THE '81 SPRINGBOK TOUR. IT WAS A` IT WAS A MEMORABLE TIME FOR SPORT IN THE COUNTRY GENERALLY, AND I THINK PEOPLE THOUGHT THERE WERE REPORTS AT THE TIME, 'IS THIS WHEN FOOTBALL'S REALLY GOING TO GRAB 'A REALLY SIGNIFICANT HOLD AND MAYBE RUGBY WILL FALL AWAY?' AS IT TURNED OUT, THAT DIDN'T QUITE HAPPEN. BUT FOOTBALL IS NOW ONE OF... ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR PARTICIPATION SPORTS IN THE COUNTRY. YOUNGSTERS ARE PLAYING IT ALL THE TIME AND WHEN AN EVENT CAME ALONG LIKE '82 AND THEN BAHRAIN, AND HOPEFULLY THIS TIME IT'LL JUST ENGENDER MORE ENTHUSIASM FOR FOOTBALL. SIMON MERCER THERE. THANK YOU FOR THE WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT, AND REMINDING US OF JUST HOW WONDERFUL THAT TIME WAS, YOU CONNECTING WITH SIMON TO DO THAT... I DIDN'T INCLUDE PHOTOS OF MYSELF FROM THAT TIME, I WAS 21-22, SO I WAS DOING MOVEMBER AT THE TIME TOO./ NICE, THAT WAS EXCELLENT. PLEASURE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` LUCY BENDELL IS BEHIND THE SCENES FOR RAMADAN. MORENA, LUCY. MORENA, TEAM. YES, I AM INSIDE THE MANGERE REFUGE CENTRE WHERE THEY ARE OPEN 20 HOURS A DAY. WE FIND OUT WHAT THEY ARE EATING BEFORE AND AFTER SUNRISE AFTER THE BREAK. # WE'VE BEEN DOING ALL THIS LATE NIGHT TALKING # OF ANYTHING YOU WANT UNTIL THE MORNING. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` SMALL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP SPEED REDUCTIONS IN PLACE WITH MANY LIMITS SET TO AUTOMATICALLY INCREASE BY JULY. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS INVOKED AN 18TH CENTURY LAW TO DEPORT HUNDREDS OF VENEZUELAN GANG MEMBERS DESPITE A FEDERAL JUDGE ISSUING A TEMPORARY PAUSE. THE VATICAN'S RELEASED THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF THE POPE IN MORE THAN A MONTH. IT SHOWS THE POPE SITTING IN THE CHAPEL OF GEMELLI HOSPITAL. WHERE HE'S ENTERED HIS FIFTH WEEK OF TREATMENT FOR DOUBLE PNEUMONIA. RAMADAN IS BEING MARKED BY MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD WITH A MONTH OF FASTING, PRAYER, REFLECTION, AND TIME SPENT WITH COMMUNITY. AT THE MANGERE REFUGEE CENTRE IN AUCKLAND, ITS KITCHEN IS OPENING UP FOR 20 HOURS A DAY TO CATER FOR THE HUNDREDS COMING THROUGH FOR RAMADAN. REPORTER LUCY BENDELL HAS GONE TO SEE HOW A MORNING THERE PLAYS OUT. MORNING, THAT'S RIGHT. THEY ARE PREPARING FOR LATER. WE HAVE 20 KGS PASTA, CHICKEN. WE ARE JOINED BY THE MANAGER. I WANT YOU TO TELL ME WHY YOU OPENING TO 20 HOURS A DAY. AS YOU ARE AWARE, IT IS IN ISLAM HOLIDAY. WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE RESETTLED AS REFUGEES AND MANY OBSERVE THE MONTH OF RAMADAN. THEY START FASTING BEFORE DAWN AND THEY FINISH FASTING AT SUNSET, SO VERY EARLY START IN THE KITCHEN AROUND 1 AM UNTIL 8 PM. WE HEARD THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN QUEUEING UP SINCE 3:45 IN THE MORNING. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING THROUGH EVERYDAY? THE FASTING TIME IS LED BY THE POSITION OF THE MOON, THE PEOPLE WHO FAST QUEUE UP IN THE MORNING BEFORE WELL BEFORE 5 O'CLOCK. RIGHT NOW, THEY DO IT AROUND 4.40. OTHERS, SIX, 7 O'CLOCK AND HAVE THEIR REGULAR BREAKFAST. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS WHO COME TO NEW ZEALAND, THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO RESERVE THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, CULTURAL NEEDS AND THEY COME FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT WE CATER FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. IS ON THE POST OUTSIDE, TONIGHT'S DINNER WILL BE SERVED AT 7.41. TELL US WHAT SORT OF THINGS ARE ON THE MENU. WE CATER THE 250 PEOPLE ALL DAY, EVERYDAY. PEOPLE COME FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD WITH DIFFERENT NUTRITIONAL VALUES. FOR US, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT NUTRITIONAL VALUES ARE MET, BUT ALSO CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS NEEDS. SO AS AN EXAMPLE, 100 MUFFINS, 90KG CHICKEN. THE RESIDENTS HAVE THE CHOICE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THREE DIFFERENT MEALS AND THERE ARE LOTS OF EX DOWN HERE, HOW MANY ARE BEING CUT ON A DAILY BASIS? *EGGS DOWN HERE AROUND 200-300. SO, A BIG, MASSIVE EXERCISE. WHAT GETS EATEN FIRST? WHAT WAS THE MOST POPULAR DISH? SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD, PEOPLE PREFER BREAD, RICE. WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA. MOSTLY PEOPLE THEY PREFER... THE FOOD THAT IS PREFERRED BY MOST, BUTTER CHICKEN AND RICE. SUCH AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF EFFORT FROM THE TEAM HERE. LIKE YOU SAID, THEY START AT 130, OTHERS STARTED 3AM, AND MEMBERS OF THE TEAM ARE ALSO FASTING IS A SUCH A HUGE EFFORT FROM YOUR TEAM./ THANKS SO MUCH, LUCY. SUCH AN AMAZING THING THEY ARE DOING. E WHAI AKE NEI ` IRISH EYES ARE SMILING AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR ST PATRICKS DAY TODAY, CHARLOTTE O'MULDER IS CHECKING OUT FESTIVITIES IN CHRISTCHURCH TOP O' THE MORNING TO YA, CHARLOTTE. TOP O' THE MORNING TO YA, CHRIS. YES, WE ARE HERE AT THE RICHMOND CLUB IN CHRISTCHURCH. WE HAVE SOME PRETTY COOL STUFF COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HEAR THE MUSIC AND GET AN IDEA OF WHAT IS COMING UP TO MAKE SAINT PATRICK'S DAY IS BEING CELEBRATED ACROSS THE GLOBE BY BOTH OLD AND YOUNG. THAT INCLUDES IN CHRISTCHURCH, WHERE CHARLOTTE MULDER IS INVESTIGATING. MORENA, CHARLOTTE. WHERE ARE YOU? I AM HERE AT RICHMOND CLUB, WITH JIMMY. YOU LOOK GREAT. YOU ARE IN THE GREEN, AND YOU ARE GETTING INTO THE FESTIVITIES. HOW IS RICHMOND CLUB CELEBRATING? WELCOME TO SAINT PATRICK'S DAY IN CHRISTCHURCH AT RICHMOND CLUB. WE HAVE THE DANCE GIRLS TODAY, LIVE MUSICS, IRISH POT PIE. WE LOVE WHAT WE DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR MEMBERS. THE IRISH POT PIE SOUNDS GREAT. IS IT A TRADITIONAL DISH? THE KITCHEN HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED NOT TO RUN OUT THIS YEAR. WE HAVE BOOKINGS FOR LUNCH AND DINNER. WE STILL HAVE TABLES LEFT, IT IS A GREAT DISH AND IT HELPS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT. HOW MANY BOOKINGS HAVE YOU GOT? TOO MANY. THERE ARE THE LUNCH IS FULL BUT THE DINNER HAS A FEW TABLES. IS IT TO GET INTO THE IRISH SPIRIT? WE CONNECT WITH OUR MEMBERSHIP, WE HAVE 10,000 MEMBERS, AND WE WANT TO PUT ON A FANTASTIC EVENT. WE LOVE SUPPORTING THIS, WE DO IT EVERY YEAR, WE HAVE ANZAC DAY COMING UP, AND WE LOVE TO DO THIS AND IT IS WHAT OUR CLUB ETHOS IS ABOUT. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE` I KNOW YOU INTRODUCE THE DANCE GROUP, AND I HAVE THEM HERE TODAY. THAT'S QUITE SPECIAL THEY'RE COMING IN. THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S TO COME. IF IT'S GOING TO GO! THE MUSIC IS COMING. HERE WE GO. THE MUSIC IS YET TO COME. CHRISTCHURCH POPS OFFICE SAINT PATRICK'S DAY, HAVE YOU GOT ANY SPECIAL THINGS PLANNED? HERE WE GO! (UPBEAT IRISH MUSIC) A LOT OF PREPARATION HAS GONE INTO THIS. THEY LOOK ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, DON'T THEY? BY ALL MEANS, JOIN IN, CHARLOTTE. SHE DOESN'T WANT TO STEAL THEIR THUNDER. I CAN'T STEAL THEIR THUNDER. THERE'S A REASON WHY MY PARENTS NEVER PUT ME INTO DANCING. MY GRANDFATHER CALLED ME HIS LITTLE SCOTTISH ELEPHANT. I WAS VERY HEAVY ON MY FEET. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU DOING THE DANCE THIS MORNING. FANTASTIC FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND ST PATRICK'S. I WAS VERY HEAVY ON MY FEET WHEN IT CAME TO TAP DANCING, HIGHLANDS DANCING, YOU COULD JUST HEAR ME. 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