(SPEAKS TE REO) IT'S FRIDAY, THE 21st OF MARCH. IT IS LOVELY TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU IN THE STUDIO. THANKS, JENNY MAY. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS HOUR ` HOW THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS IS AFFECTING OUR ELDERLY. OLDER KIWIS ARE BEING FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN EATING OR PAYING THEIR BILLS ACCORDING TO AGE CONCERN. WHY THEY'RE FEARING THE SITUATION WILL ONLY GET WORSE. THAT STORY JUST AFTER NEWS, SPORTS AND WEATHER. VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY HAS JUST SPOKEN TO EUROPEAN LEADERS, URGING THEM TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON RUSSIA. IT COMES AS MILITARY OFFICIALS ARE SET TO MEET TO FLESH OUT PLANS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL PEACE-KEEPING FORCE FOR UKRAINE. HOW THE GROUP IS PLANNING TO PROTECT UKRAINE IF AN AGREEMENT FOR A CEASEFIRE CAN BE REACHED. PLUS, IS THE INTERNET MAKING IT HARDER FOR US TO COMMUNICATE FACE-TO-FACE? BEING ABLE TO READ THE ODD EYEBROW LIFT OR OTHER NON-VERBAL CUES ARE EVERYDAY THINGS WE SHOULD KNOW, SO HOW DO WE TRANSLATE THIS IN A DIGITAL WORLD OF ZOOM MEETINGS AND TEXTS? YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION COMING UP IN 20 MINUTES. WE HAVE A WHOLE GENERATION THAT ARE ON PHONES AND SEND TEXTS. HOW MANY OF YOUR TEENAGERS OR YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO PICK THE PHONE UP AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE? WE HAVE THAT, BUT LET'S ALSO NOT FORGET, I KNOW WE DO NOT WANT TO GO BACK TO THIS, BUT COVID. WEARING MASKS AND THE IMPACT THAT HAD. THE OTHER THING THE DIRECTOR RECENTLY IS HOW THERE IS A REAL SENSIBLE GENERATION GROWING ` THEY ARE NOT DRINKING AS MUCH OR DOING OTHER THINGS, BUT IS IT ALSO BECAUSE THEY ARE RISK AVERSE? THAT IS A GOOD POINT. BUT AS A WHOLE OTHER CONVERSATION. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S YOUR NEWS. VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYS HIS OFFICIALS WILL MEET THEIR U.S. COUNTERPARTS IN SAUDI ARABIA NEXT WEEK AFTER THE KREMLIN CONFIRMED PLANNED TALKS THERE TOO. THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT SPOKE TO A SUMMIT OF EU LEADERS AHEAD OF TODAY'S MEETING OF MILITARY BOSSES IN LONDON. THE SUMMIT INCLUDES A NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATIVE AS THE GROUP OF COUNTRIES NICKNAMED 'THE COALITION OF THE WILLING' EXPLORES POTENTIAL PEACEKEEPING OPTIONS IF A DEAL IS PUT IN PLACE. IN UKRAINE, FIGHTING CONTINUED OVERNIGHT WITH RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES KILLING TWO WHILE UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACKS INJURED AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE. THE EU HAS DELAYED ITS FIRST ROUND OF RETALIATORY TARIFFS AGAINST THE U.S. UNTIL MID-APRIL. TAXES ON U.S. GOODS WERE SET TO COME INTO FORCE AT THE START THE MONTH IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S METALS TARIFFS. THE EUROPEAN TRADE COMMISSIONER SAYS THE DELAY WILL ALLOW THE EU TO RE-EVALUATE WHICH GOODS WILL BE TARGETED AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR NEGOTIATIONS. 37 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN TURKIYE AS UPROAR GROWS OVER THE ARREST OF THE MAYOR OF ISTANBUL JUST DAYS BEFORE HE WAS DUE TO BE SELECTED AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. THE ARRESTS ARE MOSTLY LINKED TO SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, BUT THOUSANDS ALSO PROTESTED IN THE STREETS, DESPITE AN OFFICIAL BAN ON ACTIVISM. EKREM IMAMOGLU, A PROMINENT LOCAL POLITICIAN, IS SEEN AS ONE OF PRESIDENT ERDOGAN'S STRONGEST POLITICAL RIVALS. THREE WORKERS AT AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OVER THE ALLEGED IMPORTATION OF METHAMPHETAMINE. CUSTOMS SEIZED 58kg OF METH, WITH A POTENTIAL STREET VALUE OF NEARLY $22 MILLION. OFFICERS IDENTIFIED SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY AT THE AIRPORT WHEN THREE WORKERS MOVED A CONTAINER OFF A FLIGHT FROM MALAYSIA LAST WEEK. THE THREE MEN FACE MULTIPLE CHARGES AND ARE REMANDED IN CUSTODY. CRUSADERS WINGER SEVU REECE IS ON THE CUSP OF BECOMING SUPER RUGBY'S ALL-TIME TRY SCORER. THE 28-YEAR-OLD IS JUST TWO TRIES AWAY FROM SURPASSING FORMER ALL BLACKS TEAMMATE TJ PERENARA, WHO SCORED 65 FOR THE HURRICANES. IT IS A TOUGH ONE FOR ME, BECAUSE I GO OUT THERE AND TRY AND PLAY MY GAME AND BE FREE AND THE WAY YOU SEE ME, I START FROM ONE END OF THE FIELD AND END UP AT THE OTHER. THE CRUSADERS TAKE ON THEIR OLD FOES, THE BLUES, AT EDEN PARK TOMORROW NIGHT. UP THE WAHS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, A CLOUDY AND WET DAY FOR THE EAST COAST WITH PERIODS OF RAIN FOR GISBORNE AND NORTHERN HAWKE'S BAY AREA BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 26 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. 24 FOR WHANGAREI. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST OF THE SOUTH. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A CLOUDY START FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE WEST COAST BEFORE BECOMING FINE LATER IN THE DAY. 21 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 23 IN DUNEDIN. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING WITH OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. A SERIOUS CRASH HAPPENED IN WAIKATO'S TIHIROA OVERNIGHT. LUCY BENDELL JOINS US. WHAT'S THE LATEST, LUCY? GOOD MORNING, MELISSA. THERE WAS A FOUR VEHICLE CRASH INCLUDING A TRUCK THAT HAPPENED ON STATE HIGHWAY 39 AT 10 PM LAST NIGHT. THE ROAD REMAINS CLOSED THIS MORNING, WITH A SERIOUS CRASH UNIT AND THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ON SITE. ONE PERSON WAS AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL IN A CRITICAL CONDITION, ST JOHN CONFIRMS THIS MORNING THEY ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL AND A SECOND PERSON WAS WITH MODERATE INJURIES. THAT PARTICULAR CRASH BLOCKED THE MAIN PART OF THE ROAD. ARE CONNECTED AUCKLAND AND NEW PLYMOUTH. IT IS JUST BEFORE TE KUITI. PLEASE SAY THIS COULD BE CLOSED FOR A TIME TODAY, AND URGING MOTORISTS TO TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE OR EXPECT DELAYS. NOW IT'S TIME TO CHECK IN WITH OUR WELLINGTON REPORTER, JAMES FLEURY. JAMES, TAUMARUNUI POLICE HAVE LOCATED A BODY? MORENA, MELISSA. FORMAL IDENTIFICATION IS STILL YET TO BE COMPLETED, BUT POLICE ARE COMPETENT THAT THIS IS THE BODY OF GEOFFREY KELLY, THE 79 YEAR OLD WHO WENT MISSING. EXTENSIVE SEARCHES TOOK PLACE FOR OVER A MONTH. THIS INCLUDED LAND, SEARCH AND RESCUE, LOCAL VOLUNTEERS AND FARMERS AND SOMEONE FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WHO LOANED THE HELICOPTER TO HELP WITH THIS. HIS BODY WAS LOCATED YESTERDAY AFTER A SPECIALIST TRAINED DOG WHO WAS ABLE TO SNIFF OUT HUMAN REMAINS AND A SPECIALIST POLICE TEAM WERE ABLE TO LOCATE AS BODY. WHEN HE FIRST WENT MISSING, POLICE DISCOVERED EXACTLY ONE MONTH AGO HIS CAR ON A RURAL ROAD, AND THEY DECIDED TO UNDERTAKE EXTENSIVE SEARCHES. THEY THOUGHT POTENTIALLY HE MAY BE GOT DISORIENTED, WENT TO GO SEEK SHELTER OR POTENTIALLY GOT A RIDE WITH SOMEONE, BUT THAT ARE STILL TRYING TO BE PIECED TOGETHER. THE DEATH HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE CORONER AND IS FAMILY ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM POLICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JAMES. AN ORAL KETAMINE TRIAL FOR SEVERE DEPRESSION IS SEEKING MORE PATIENTS, CHARLOTTE. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? MORENA. RESEARCHERS ARE ASKING THOSE WITH TREATMENT RESISTANCE DEPRESSION TO JOIN THIS TRIAL, WHICH IS MIXING KETAMINE AND PSYCHOTHERAPY., THE INITIAL EIGHT WEEKS ON THE MEDICATION FOLLOWED BY A 12 WEEK FOLLOW-UP. 28 PEOPLE HAVE PARTICIPATED SO FAR, BUT THEY ARE ASKING FOR 60 MORE. RESEARCHERS ARE CALLING THIS A REALLY EXCITING TIME AS KETAMINE HAS NOT BEEN WIDELY EXPLORED BEFORE THE DEPRESSION. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SIDE EFFECTS SUCH AS RELAPSE. RESEARCHERS ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO BEAR IN MIND THAT PARTICIPANTS ALSO MIGHT HAVE SIDE EFFECTS WITH THIS TRIAL, AND THAT THEY CANNOT CONTINUE TO SUPPLY KETAMINE ONCE IT FINISHES. EVIDENCE HAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT KETAMINE IS GOOD FOR THE SHORT TERM, BUT NOT LONG-TERM, WITH DEPRESSION BEING A LONG-TERM HEALTH PROBLEM. THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW LONG TO GIVE IT AND HOW MUCH EXACTLY TO GIVE. RESEARCHERS ARE SAYING THAT IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED TO PLEASE GO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WEBSITE AND YOU WILL FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TRIAL THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHARLOTTE. MANY ELDERLY ARE LIVING OFF TOAST OR SKIPPING MEALS ENTIRELY AS THE COST OF LIVING REACHES WHAT ADVOCATES DESCRIBE AS A TIPPING POINT. AGE CONCERN SAYS IT IS HEARING MORE STORIES OF PEOPLE FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN EATING OR PAYING THEIR BILLS. DIETITIAN AND AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY LECTURER SUE MACDONELL IS IN STUDIO, AND AGE CONCERN CHIEF EXECUTIVE KAREN BILLINGS-JENSEN IS ALSO WITH US. GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. BEFORE WE START THIS CONVERSATION, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR ELDERLY, WHAT AGE GROUP ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? AGE CONCERN NEW ZEALAND TALKS ABOUT 65 AND OVER. THIS CONVERSATION STARTED AT LOOKING AT PEOPLE WITH FIXED INCOME, THOSE WHO HAVE NEW ZEALAND SUPER IS THEIR ONLY INCOME. WE KNOW THAT IT'S ABOUT 40% OF OLDER PEOPLE. IT IS THE ONLY INCOME, AND THEY HAVE LITTLE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THAT. NEW HAVE DESCRIBED THIS AS A TIPPING POINT. TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE HEARING. THIS STARTED FROM A CONCERN AROUND NUTRITION AND WHAT CHOICES PEOPLE ARE MAKING. AS WE SEE INCREASING FIXED COSTS, WHICH COULD BE YOUR RENT OR RATES, ELECTRICITY AND INSURANCE, THAT ACTUALLY YOUR FOOD BUDGET IS THE ONLY BIT OF MOVABLE MONEY THAT YOU HAVE. WHAT WE ARE HEARING IS INCREASING STORIES OF PEOPLE MAKING REALLY HARD CHOICES ABOUT HOW OFTEN THEY WILL EAT AND WHAT TYPE OF FOOD THEY WILL EAT. FROM A NUTRITION POINT OF VIEW, WHAT TYPE OF FOOD THEY ARE EATING AND HOW THAT MIGHT HAVE FLOW ON EFFECTS FOR THEIR HEALTH. I SUSPECT THAT THERE WILL BE SOME ELDERLY WHO ARE LOOKING AFTER THEIR GRANDCHILDREN, SO CHOOSING TO FEED THEM FIRST BEFORE THEY FEED THEMSELVES. IN TERMS OF THE STORIES THAT YOU ARE HEARING, WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS THAT THIS IS HAVING ON OUR ELDERLY? GUESTS FOR OUR OLDER PEOPLE, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW NO ONE REALLY IMAGINED THAT IN THEIR LATER YEARS THEY WILL BE WORRIED ABOUT FOOD SECURITY AND THE TYPE OF FOOD THEY PROVIDE. WHEN WE SEE THE PRICE OF STAPLES INCREASING FOR A WHOLE RANGE OF REASONS, IT MAKES IT REALLY HARD. WE JUST WANT TO OLDER PEOPLE TO RECOGNISE THESE ARE OFTEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS SHAME IN ASKING FOR HELP THEY MAY FEEL, BUT EVEN CHECKING IN ON THE OLDER PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE, MAKE SURE HOW THEY ARE EATING. WE HAVE HEARD STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE REHEATING A MICROWAVEABLE MEAL TWO OR THREE TIMES, WHICH IS NOT GREAT, AND PROVIDES OTHER POTENTIAL RISKS AROUND FOOD SAFETY. WE WILL TALK AGAIN SHORTLY ABOUT SOME PLACES ARE THAT OUR ELDERLY WHO ARE WATCHING THIS MAY BE ABLE TO GO, BUT I WILL BRING YOU IN HERE. WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT JUMP OUT FOR YOU WHEN IT COMES TO NUTRITION? AS WE GET OLDER, DECIDED TO MEET NEEDS BECAUSE OUR HUNGER SIGNALS ARE NOT QUITE AS STRONG. IF WE STRUGGLING TO BUY FOOD AND APPETITES ARE NOT GREAT, THEN WE CANNOT MEET THOSE NEEDS. MEAT, FISH, CHICKEN EGGS, BEANS, THEY ARE GOING UP AND UP IN PRICE. IF WE NOT EATING THOSE FOODS, WE START TO LOSE MUSCLE MASS. NOT JUST FROM THE LEGS AND ARMS, BUT OUR HEARTS, AND LUNGS. THINGS DO NOT FUNCTION AS WELL. NO DOUBT THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE QUALITY-OF-LIFE. ABSOLUTELY. PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE ENERGY TO SHOP AND COOK, WHICH STARTS THAT SPIRAL OF MALNUTRITION. WE TEND TO THINK THAT LOSING WEIGHT AND ALL THE RAGE IS A NATURAL PART OF AGEING, BUT IT IS NOT. BEING OVER THE AGE OF 65, HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA WEIGHT IS LITERALLY A QUESTION THAT GIVES US RESERVES WHEN WE ARE NOT WELL. IT IS A GOOD THING TO HAVE SOME EXTRA WEIGHT. THIS MALNUTRITION HAPPENS AT ANY BODY WEIGHT. WHICH IN THE THINK OF LITTLE FRAIL PEOPLE THAT ARE MALNOURISHED, BUT IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY BODY SIZE. LISTENING TO OUR OLDER PEOPLE AND ASKING IF THEY HAVE LOST WEIGHT OR IF THEIR JEWELRY IS A BIT LOOSER, THEIR CLOTHES ARE NOT FITTING AS WELL, THOSE ARE SIGNS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT HAVING ENOUGH TO EAT. YOU HEARD ABOUT FAMILY TAPPING IN AND SEEING IF EVERYONE IS OK. HOW MUCH RESPONSIBILITY DO WE AS FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE? SOME ELDERLY DO NOT HAVE FAMILY. THEY HAVE DAUGHTERS LIKE ME WHO DO NOT RING EVERY WEEK, SO THEY ARE OFTEN ISOLATED. WE ARE TOUCHING AND CHECKING HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING. ARE THEY SKIPPING MEALS, THAT IS A CLEAR SIGN. LOOKING FOR THOSE VISIBLE SIGNS. IF SOMEONE IS LOOKING GAUNTER OR THINGS ARE NOT LOOKING AS WELL, THAT IS A DANGER SIGN. HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PICK UP SIGNS LIKE THAT. WE NOT MANAGING AT AN ADHESIVE WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ACROSS THE JOURNEY OF CARE THAT PATIENTS HAVE. EVERYONE HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK FOR THE SIGNS, BECAUSE THEY ARE REVERSIBLE. MAKING SURE THEY HAVE MEALS AND SNACKS IS IMPORTANT. IF WE HAVE ELDERLY WHO ARE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM THIS MORNING OR SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE CONCERNED ABOUT AN ELDERLY PERSON WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WHERE CAN THEY CONNECT? WE CAN THEY GET SOME KIND OF HELP? THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS ` ONE IS MAKING SURE THERE IS NO INCOME THAT IS BEING MISSED OUT ON, SUCH AS A RATES DEFERMENT. BEING ABLE TO TALK TO SOMEONE THAT SAYS, ARE THERE ANY LEVERS ON THE INCOME SIDE? THERE ARE MANY GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY. AGE CONCERN IS ONLY ONE OF THEM AROUND THE COUNTRY. THERE ARE MANY PLACES THAT PROVIDE A COMMUNITY MEAL. TO GAIN THAT SOCIAL CONNECTION IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH IN REVERSING LONELINESS. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS SUPPORT THROUGH WORK AND INCOME NEW ZEALAND. WE KNOW THERE IS FOOD GOING INTO THE COMMUNITY PART OF IT IS KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR THOSE WE KNOW AND CARE ABOUT, BUT ALSO SUPPORTING THOSE THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE PROVIDING COMMUNITY MEALS AND FOOD PARCELS; JUST THE SIMPLE THINGS THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHEN SOMEONE IS FEELING PRESSURED BECAUSE OF TRYING TO BALANCE EVERYTHING. THANK YOU BOTH FOR HAVING THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION THIS MORNING. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU BOTH. THANKS, JENNY MAY. E WHAI AKE NEI ` ARE WE LOSING THE ABILITY TO READ SOCIAL CUES BECAUSE WE SPEND MORE TIME ONLINE? HOW TO READ BODY LANGUAGE IN THE DIGITAL ERA. 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: (PHONE CHIMES) SONG: # You # You've got what I need... # Thank you, Sam! You're welcome, Wendy. # You're like medicine to me... # VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Find your wonderful. New World. # I WILL NEVER THINK TWICE # AND MAYBE THAT IS WHY I DREAMT WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` UKRAINE'S VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYS HIS OFFICIALS WILL MEET THEIR U.S. COUNTERPARTS IN SAUDI ARABIA NEXT WEEK. THIS COMES AHEAD OF THE MEETING OF A GROUP OF MILITARY LEADERS IN LONDON TODAY. 37 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN TURKIYE AS UPROAR GROWS OVER THE ARREST OF THE MAYOR OF ISTANBUL DAYS BEFORE HE WAS DUE TO BE SELECTED AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. AND THREE WORKERS AT AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OVER THEIR ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN THE IMPORTATION OF METHAMPHETAMINE. WHEN SOMEONE IS SPEAKING TO YOU AND THEY LIFT THEIR EYEBROW, DOES IT MEAN THEY'RE ANNOYED AT WHAT YOU SAID? OR REALLY INTERESTED? IT CAN BE TOUGH TO KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN A DIGITAL AGE, BUT THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN USE NON-VERBAL CUES AND BODY LANGUAGE TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION, EVEN OVER A GRAINY ZOOM CALL. ELIZABETH PLESTER FROM 'PEOPLE TOOLBOX' IS A BODY LANGUAGE MENTOR. SHE IS WITH US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. WE LEARN BODY LANGUAGE FROM BIRTH, DON'T WE? BODY LANGUAGE AS PART OF NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION. IT IS INNATE, THAT IS PART OF OUR DNA. IT IS A SKILL THAT YOU CAN LEARN TO DO WELL. WITH A LOT OF TIMES, PEOPLE WANT TO BE GOOD AT READING OTHER PEOPLE'S BODY LANGUAGE, ESPECIALLY ONE THING THAT MAKES ME THINK YOU ARE LYING TO ME, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THAT. WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF HOW WE COME ACROSS TO OTHER PEOPLE. IN THIS AREA THAT WE ARE IN WHEN SO MUCH IS BEING DONE ONLINE, HAVE YOU SEEN BODY LANGUAGE CHANGE OR IS IT THAT WE FIND IT HARD TO GET A READ ON IT? WHEN WE ARE ONLINE, ESPECIALLY DURING THE LOCKDOWN, WE WERE ON ZOOM, IT WAS A WHOLE NEW THING FOR US. WHEN YOU'RE ON ZOOM, IT IS MORE TAXING ON YOUR BRAIN. IT IS NOT THAT WE LEARNED, THAT IS THAT WE MISS A LOT OF CUES. YOU CANNOT DO THE WHOLE EYE CONTACT REALLY WELL. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE LOOKING DOWN AT SOMEONE INSTEAD OF MAKING EYE CONTACT WHEN YOU LOSE THAT OXYTOCIN. ARE VERY GOOD TIP, WHEN YOU'RE ON THE PHONE WITH SOMEONE, PULL UP THEIR PROFILE PHOTO, BECAUSE THERE IS MORE WARMTH IN YOUR VOICE. FEEL TO YOU YOU ARE MAKING EYE CONTACT WITH THE PHOTOGRAPH, SO YOUR BRAIN DOES NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. HELPS WITH THE FEELING OF CONNECTION. TO SIMPLE THINGS TOO, ISN'T IT? HAVING YOU IN PERSON, YOU CAN TELL WHEN I'M ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING OR THERE IS NO AWKWARDNESS LIKE HONOUR ZOOM CALL. WHAT ARE THE TOP TIPS? FOR ZOOM, I WOULD SAY TO BE PREPARED FOR ANY SITUATION. FEE PREPARED, BE INTENTIONAL. I WOULD DRESS UP AS IF I WAS TO MEET IN PERSON. IF YOU DRESS WELL, YOU FEEL GOOD AND BETTER DO NOT SIT TOO CLOSE TO YOUR DEVICE. MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT THE CAMERA OCCASIONALLY SO IT GIVES THAT SENSE OF LOOKING SOMEONE IN THE EYE. EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING, AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE SURE YOU'RE DOING OPEN BODY LANGUAGE. YOU CAN USE HAND GESTURES ON ZOOM EVEN. IF YOU ARE CLOSER, YOU LOOK SO MUCH BIGGER. YOU SAID AT THE START THAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER OUR BODY LANGUAGE. DO YOU THINK WE'RE GETTING WORSE AT THAT BECAUSE WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME, PEOPLE MAY BE HAVE GONE INWARD LOOKING? WE DO NOT GO UP TO A MEETING OR A SITUATION AND SAY, HOW DO I WANT TO COME ACROSS? LAST NIGHT, I KNEW WHAT I WAS GOING TO WEAR THIS MORNING, SO YOU'RE INTENTIONAL AND PREPARE WELL AND YOU SHOW UP WITH A GREATER CONFIDENCE. THERE IS THIS ACCEPTANCE NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ONLINE FOR SO LONG AND DO NOT HAVE TO SHOW UP PROPERLY AND WELL THAT WE CAN JUST DO ZOOM IN BED AND HAVE CUSHIONS BEHIND YOU. IT IS A RESPECTFUL THING AND INTEGRITY THING. THERE IS THIS IDEA OF, WE ACCEPT YOU FOR HOW YOU ARE, BUT I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO SHOW UP WELL FOR OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ARE USING THEIR TIME. AS THE FIRST IMPRESSION STILL ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS? IT IS, BECAUSE IT IS LASTING, AND EVERYTHING BEYOND THAT IS COMPARED TO THE FIRST IMPRESSION. YOU HAVE LESS THAN SEVEN SECONDS. ONLINE, GOES DOWN. 2/10 OF A SECOND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. THE PEOPLE'S TOOLBOX. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO MANY THOUGHTS. SIT UP STRAIGHT! MANY OF YOU AT HOME WOULD SAY THE SAME THING. THIS MIGHT BE OUTSIDE OF YOUR EXPERTISE, BUT I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE, MAINLY YOUNGER, WHO COME INTO A SITUATION BECAUSE THEY CANNOT READ THE BODY LANGUAGE OR THE ENERGY THAT IS IN THE ROOM AND MISS ALL OF THE CUES. WE DO NOT GET TAUGHT THESE THINGS. THERE IS SOME RESEARCH THAT SHOWS, IN 2012, THAT WHEN SOMEONE IS FEELING HAPPY AND YOU MISSED THAT CUE BECAUSE YOU HAD A LATE NIGHT, YOU MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE WITH THEM AND TO CONNECT, OR IF YOU ARE IN A SITUATION WHEN SOMEONE FROWNS AND YOU MISS THAT, YOU MIGHT PUT YOUR FOOT IN, WHICH COULD ESCALATE THE CONFLICT. WE NEED TO BE TAUGHT THESE THINGS FROM LITTLE. I DID A PRESENTATION AT A PRESCHOOL YEARS AGO. THERE WERE KIDS FROM 2 TO 5. THE FOUR-YEAR-OLDS WERE BETTER AT DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN THE MICRO EXPRESSIONS. I THINK IT IS GOT TO DO WITH WHEN WE BECOME MORE VERBAL. PEOPLE WHO GROW UP IN ABUSIVE HOMES CANNOT DISTINGUISH BETWEEN NEUTRAL EXPRESSIONS AND ANGER, THEY READ IT AS ANGER ALL THE TIME. THEY MISS THE HAPPINESS CUES. WE NEED TO GET BACK INTO THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AT THE SMALL RESEARCH THAN YOU DID, THAT IT WAS FASCINATING. THANK YOU. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. SIT UP. DON'T GO AND CROSS YOUR LEGS. IT'S JUST GONE 6.30. AT LEAST 85 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE LATEST ROUND OF ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN GAZA. THE LOCAL HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS THE DEATH TOLL HAS NOW SURPASSED 700, WITH 900 OTHERS INJURED SINCE ISRAEL RESUMED ITS MILITARY OPERATION IN THE TERRITORY THIS WEEK. ISRAEL SAYS IT'S INTERCEPTED THREE ROCKETS LAUNCHED BY HAMAS TOWARDS TEL AVIV IN RETALIATION FOR THE STRIKES. THE IDF ALSO SAYS A GROUND OPERATION HAS BEGUN IN NORTHERN GAZA. BACK HERE AND A SERIOUS CRASH HAS CLOSED STATE HIGHWAY 39 ON ORMSBY ROAD IN WAIKATO OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN ROAD CONNECTING AUCKLAND AND NEW PLYMOUTH WAS BLOCKED JUST BEFORE 10.00 LAST NIGHT FOLLOWING A FOUR-VEHICLE CRASH INCLUDING A TRUCK. ONE PERSON WAS AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL WITH CRITICAL INJURIES. THE BODY OF A MAN WHO WENT MISSING IN THE KING COUNTRY HAS BEEN FOUND NEAR HIKUMUTU. POLICE BEGAN THEIR SEARCH FOR GEOFFREY KELLY (79) ONE MONTH AGO AFTER HIS VEHICLE WAS DISCOVERED ON A RURAL ROAD. EXTENSIVE SEARCHES WERE CARRIED OUT WITH LOCAL FARMERS AND VOLUNTEERS HELPING. OFFICERS SAY WHILE FORMAL IDENTIFICATION IS YET TO BE COMPLETED, THEY ARE CONFIDENT THE BODY IS GEOFFREY. RESEARCHERS ARE CALLING FOR MORE PEOPLE LIVING WITH SEVERE DEPRESSION TO JOIN A ORAL KETAMINE TRIAL. RUN BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO, THE TRIAL AIMS TO HELP PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH BY COMBINING ORAL DOSES OF KETAMINE WITH PSYCHOTHERAPY. STUDY LEAD BEN BEAGLEHOLE SAYS WHILST 28 PARTICIPANTS HAVE TAKEN PART, THEY NEED 60 MORE TO HELP THE TRIAL REACH 'DEFINITIVE CONCLUSIONS'. TO SPORT, AND BOXING WILL BE ON THE SCHEDULE FOR THE 2028 LA OLYMPICS AFTER THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED ITS INCLUSION. BOXING WAS INITIALLY LEFT OFF THE PROGRAMME OVER CONCERNS ABOUT THE FORMER GOVERNING BODY, THE RUSSIAN-LED IBA. THE IOC HAS GRANTED PROVISIONAL RECOGNITION FOR WORLD BOXING AS THE SPORT'S NEW GLOBAL BODY PAVING THE WAY FOR ITS INCLUSION. MEANWHILE, ZIMBABWE'S KIRSTY COVENTRY HAS BEEN ELECTED AS THE COMMITTEE'S NEW PRESIDENT ` THE FIRST WOMAN TO LAND THE ROLE. AND FINALLY, FINLAND'S HELD ONTO ITS TITLE AS THE WORLD'S HAPPIEST COUNTRY FOR THE EIGHTH YEAR IN A ROLE. NEW ZEALAND CAME IN 12th IN THE RANKINGS, WHICH ARE BASED ON WORK FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY. AMERICANS THOUGH ARE NOT FEELING THE JOY ` THE COUNTRY DROPPED TO 24th PLACE, ITS LOWEST POSITION SINCE THE RANKINGS BEGAN. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE JOY? I WILL LOOK UP THE METRICS, JENNY MAY. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, A CLOUDY AND WET DAY FOR THE EAST COAST WITH PERIODS OF RAIN FOR GISBORNE AND NORTHERN HAWKE'S BAY AREA BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 26 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. 24 FOR WHANGAREI. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST OF THE SOUTH. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A CLOUDY START FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE WEST COAST BEFORE BECOMING FINE LATER IN THE DAY. 21 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 23 IN DUNEDIN. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) HAVE YOU BEEN ENJOYING SUNSHINE DURING THE DAY AND COOLER NIGHTS WHERE YOU ARE? IF SO, IT'S PROBABLY AN INDICATOR AUTUMN IS WELL AND TRULY BEDDING IN. BUT THE PERSON WHO CAN TELL US MORE IS HEATHER KEATS FROM METSERVICE. MORENA, HEATHER. ASTRONOMICAL AUTUMN KICKED OFF TODAY. I THOUGHT AUTUMN ACTUALLY STARTED THREE WEEKS AGO? (CHUCKLES) YES, SCIENTISTS DON'T LIKE MAKING THINGS IS IT, DO THEY? THIS IS BECAUSE THOSE SEASONS FOLLOW A CALENDAR YEAR, SO THE FIRST OF EVERY THIRD MONTH, SUPER EASY FOR RECORD-KEEPING. THEN YOU HAVE THE ASTRONOMICAL SEASONS ` PERSONALLY MY FAVOURITE. EARTH IS ON A SLIGHT TILT THAT GIVES US OUR VARIATION IN SUNLIGHT, THEREFORE OUR SEASONS, AND LAST NIGHT WAS THE AUTUMN EQUINOX. EVERY DAY WE WILL IS A LITTLE BIT MORE SUNLIGHT, THE NIGHTS GET LONGER AND WE ARE GEARING UP FOR THE SHORTEST DAY WHICH IS JUNE 21, THEN, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE MOTHER NATURE SEASONS, THAT'S WHEN SHE DECIDES IT IS AUTUMN. AFTER THIS WEEK'S WEATHER, AUTUMN HAS DEFINITELY ARRIVED. WHAT IS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND? AUTUMN IS CLASSIFIED BY COLD NIGHTS, STILL SOME HEAT LEFT IN THE DAY, AND IT IS WHAT WE WILL SEE. PARTS OF CENTRAL OTAGO WORKUP AND FROST, TODAY, 8 ALEXANDRA BUT THEY WILL GET TO 29, BUT TOMORROW IS LOOKING REALLY MILD FOR THE COUNTRY ` EVERY MAJOR TOWN AND CITY WILL HAVE AT LEAST 20 BUT IT IS THOSE NIGHTS, ENCROACHING ON THAT WINTER DUVET SEASON. MY SONS HAVE STILL GOT THOSE FANS. THE NOISE! RAIN, THERE ARE SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT DESPERATELY NEED IT, SO WILL WE GET ANY IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS? WE HAVE HAD THE FEET OF RAIN DRIVING ON TO WAIROA AND GISBORNE. TODAY, THERE WILL BE HEAVY SHOWERS BUT THEY WILL MAINLY BE FOR THE RANGES. THERE IS A NEW FRONT THAT IS APPROACHING THE SOUTH-WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THAT WILL SHIMMY UP THE WEST COAST. MOST OF THE WEEKEND OF THE KING SETTLED, CALM AND DRY, BUT THAT IS GOOD IF YOU WANT TO CELEBRATE WORLD GLACIER DAY TODAY. WHO KNEW! YOU ARE ALL OVER IT. A LOT OF SPORT HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND AS WELL ` ENJOY THE WEEKEND. YOU TOO. MY SON IS TURNING NINE TOMORROW. OH, DEAR. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WESTERN MILITARY LEADERS ARE SET TO MEET IN LONDON AMID UKRAINE-RUSSIA CEASEFIRE TALKS. WE'RE LIVE IN LONDON AFTER THE BREAK. (POP MUSIC) HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING `I WOULD NEVER FADE AWAY AT LEAST 85 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE LATEST ROUND OF ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN GAZA. THIS FOLLOWS ISRAEL'S RESUMED MILITARY OPERATION IN THE TERRITORY THIS WEEK. ADVOCATES ARE RAISING THE ALARM ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF THE LIVING COST CRISIS ON ELDERLY PEOPLE. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT 40% HAVE NO OTHER INCOME BESIDES THEIR SUPERANNUATION. THE BODY OF A MAN WHO WENT MISSING IN THE KING COUNTRY HAS BEEN FOUND NEAR TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK. THIS FOLLOWS A MONTH-LONG SEARCH FOR GEOFFREY KELLY (79). DOZENS OF MILITARY CHIEFS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, EXCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, ARE SET TO MEET IN THE UK TO DISCUSS THE 'OPERATIONAL PHASE' OF PROTECTING UKRAINE AS PART OF A PEACEKEEPING FORCE. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY 1 NEWS EUROPE CORRESPONDENT, MEI HERON, FROM LONDON. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS MEETING TODAY? TENA KOE, MEI. GOOD MORNING, WE ARE YET TO HAVE ANY OFFICIAL STATEMENT ABOUT THESE WE ARE HEARING BITS AND PIECES COMING THOUGH ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, AND I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS IS THAT THEY ARE KEEN TO CALL THE COALITION OF THE WILLING NOT PEACEKEEPING TROOPS BUT MORE OF A REASSURANCE, AND WHILE THOSE WORDINGS MAY SEEM LIKE SEMANTICS TO US, THEY ARE IMPORTANT FOR A REASON. THIS REASSURANCE FORCE WILL BE FAMILY ON UKRAINE'S SIDE AND MEDIA TO SUPPORT UKRAINE. SECONDLY, WHETHER REMEMBERING THAT RUSSIA HAS LET UP REJECTED THE IDEA OF PEACEKEEPING TROOPS IN UKRAINE, TO THE UK AND EUROPE WILL NOT WANT TO BE ANTAGONISING RUSSIA ANY IT ALSO APPEARS THAT THESE TRIPS MAY NOT EVEN LINE THE BORDER. *TROOPS AND IN FACT, MIGHT JUST LOOKED AFTER CITIES AND KEY INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAD EARLY INVOLVEMENT; WHAT DO YOU THINK NEW ZEALAND'S ROLE COULD BE IN ALL OF THIS? SO FAR, WE HAVE HEARD LUXON SAY HE WAS KEEN ON SENDING TROOPS UKRAINE. IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER NEW ZEALAND WILL NOW SEND TROOPS AS PART OF THE COLLISION OF THE WILLING, THOUGH, WE ARE GETTING A SENSE OF A NUMBER OF TRIPS THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED FOR THIS REASSURANCE FORCE. WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, BUT NOW IT'S A MORE SUPPORTIVE ROLE, IT MIGHT BE AROUND 20,000. UKRAINE HAS ABOUT 1 MILLION TROOPS AT THEIR DISPOSAL, FOR AN EXAMPLE. WE HAVE HAD A REALLY KEY ROLE AT TRAINING UKRAINIAN TROOPS ` WE HAVE SOLDIERS HERE IN THE UK TRAINING UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS, SO NEW ZEALAND OFFERING SUPPORT WOULDN'T VISIT RISING. *BE SURPRISING IT COMES ALSO AS UKRAINE PRESIDENT VOLODYMR ZELENSKY THERE ARE A LOT OF TALKS GOING ON AT THE MOMENT, IT CAN BE HARD TO KEEP UP. ZELENSKYY HAS TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WHILE THE TALKS OCCUR, THERE IS STILL A WAR BEING FOUGHT IN UKRAINE. HE HAS ASKED LEADERS FOR MORE SUPPORT, MORE ARTILLERY SHELLS. AS EXTRA IMPORTANT GIVEN HOW EASILY WE HAVE SEEN THE US TURN ON AND OFF THAT MILITARY SUPPLY, AND HE HAS ALSO USED THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REINFORCE SOME OF THE KEY IDEAS THAT HE HAS HAD ABOUT RUSSIA, THAT'S VLADIMIR PUTIN IS NOT INTERESTED IN PEACE AND HE IS DISAPPOINTED ABOUT HOW FREQUENTLY VLADIMIR PUTIN MAKES UNNECESSARY DEMANDS. ARE WE ANY CLOSER TO ACHIEVING PEACE? I THINK WE ONLY NEEDED TO LOOK AT THE FRONT LINE TO KIND OF GET A SENSE OF THAT. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN SOME SORT OF A PARTIAL CEASEFIRE, BUT ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CONTINUES TO BE HIT, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED, DESPITE US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TOUTING EVERY PHONE CALL WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN AND ZIELINSKI AS HUGE SUCCESSES. BOTH SIDES, BOTH RUSSIA AND UKRAINE, HAVE NOT SAID THEY WILL COMPROMISE ON ANY OF THE NEGOTIABLES, AND UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE VERY FAR FROM PEACE. OFFICIALS WILL BE MEETING NEXT WEEK IN SAUDI ARABIA. I GET THE SENSE THOUGH THAT THERE WILL BE WELL THEY, WON'T THEY. THANKS, MEI, LOOKING LIKE A BEAUTIFUL SPRING EVENING THERE IN LONDON. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE BLACK FOILS ARE SET TO RACE AT THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAGONS SAIL GRAND PRIX. WE'RE CHATTING WEEKEND SPORTS NEXT. FOR THE EIGHTH YEAR IN A ROW, FINLAND HAS BEEN NAMED THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH. NEW ZEALAND RANKED 12th ON THE LIST, SANDWICHED BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND SWITZERLAND. THE RANKINGS ARE BASED ON HOW PEOPLE RATED THEIR OWN LIVES, WHILE THE REPORT'S AUTHORS SAID KINDNESS TO OTHERS IS ALSO A BIG INDICATOR OF HAPPINESS. THE BBC'S MARK EASTON TRAVELLED TO NORTHERN IRELAND, THE HAPPIEST PLACE IN THE UK, FOR A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT. (QUIRKY MUSIC) FOR YEARS, RESEARCHERS INTO HAPPINESS HAVE BEEN LOSING WALLETS ` ON PURPOSE. AND TODAY, HERE IN NORTHERN IRELAND, I'M GOING TO LOSE SOME TOO. TODAY IS WORLD HAPPINESS DAY, AND ALSO SEES THE PUBLICATION OF THE WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT, WHICH THIS YEAR SAYS THAT PLACES WHERE PEOPLE THINK STRANGERS ARE GENERALLY KIND, THE SORT OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD RETURN A LOST WALLET, WELL, THOSE PLACES TEND TO BE HAPPIER THAN PLACES WHERE THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS. SO I'M DELIBERATELY MISLAYING TEN WALLETS ACROSS BELFAST, EACH WITH A NOTE ASKING TO CALL MY NUMBER IF FOUND. (JAUNTY MUSIC) SO YOU DROP WALLETS, SEE HOW MANY ARE RETURNED, THEN YOU COMPARE IT TO WHAT PEOPLE THINK IS THE CASE. AND IT TURNS OUT, WELL, IT'S A RETURN TWICE AS OFTEN AS PEOPLE THINK, OR MORE. AND IF WE COULD MAKE THEM BELIEVE THAT IT REALLY WAS ALL THE TIME, THEY'D BE MUCH HAPPIER. WHERE DID YOU FIND IT? WALLET FINDERS ACROSS BELFAST HAVE STARTED CALLING ME. YOU'RE VERY KIND. AND WHY DID YOU RETURN IT? YOU COULD HAVE JUST TAKEN THE MONEY. BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO DO. I'M JUST AN HONEST PERSON. IT'S NICE TO BE NICE. IT SHOULD INSPIRE US ALL TO BELIEVE IN THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS. VERY KIND OF YOU. ONE FINDER, AL, INSISTED ON DELIVERING THE WALLET BACK TO ME IN PERSON. I'M ONLY GLAD YOU'RE HERE TO RECEIVE YOUR WALLET BACK AGAIN. SO, I DROPPED TEN WALLETS ON THE STREETS OF BELFAST. SO HOW MANY DO YOU THINK WERE OFFERED BACK TO ME BY KIND STRANGERS? WELL, THE ANSWER IS... ALL TEN. WHILE OUR WALLET EXPERIMENT IS NOT SCIENTIFIC, IT DOES BACK UP THE EVIDENCE ` STRANGERS. A KINDER THAN WE THINK. (UPBEAT MUSIC) I LIKE THAT. EVERYONE IN THE STUDIO WENT, WOW. I'D DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE ALL 10. FAMILY AND SOCIAL CONNECTIONS, STRONG HAPPY TIES AND SHARING MEALS ARE LINKED TO HAPPINESS. LARGER HOUSEHOLDS LINKED TO GREATER HAPPINESS. IT IS THAT WHOLE TOGETHERNESS, SHARING MEALS, SITTING DOWN, HAVING CONVERSATIONS. I LOVE THAT ONE ` IF WE THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE KINDER, WILL FEEL HAPPIER ABOUT WHERE WE LIVE. TRUE STORY. THAT IS GOOD. GOOD FOR A FRIDAY. COMING UP 6:55. NEW ZEALAND'S BLACK FOILS, THE NZ SAIL GP TEAM, ARE SET TO RACE THIS WEEKEND IN SAN FRANCISCO AFTER THEY PLACED SECOND IN LAST WEEKEND'S REGATTA. TO TELL US ALL ABOUT IT IS LOCKER ROOM'S FOUNDING EDITOR, SUZANNE MCFADDEN. ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. THEY CAME SECOND LAST WEEKEND, THEY RACED AGAIN THIS WEEKEND. HOW DO WE THINK THEY ARE GOING TO DO? AND I JUST SAY THAT COLOUR IS SO GOOD ON YOU. THANK YOU, I TRY. YES. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN THE FIVE SEASON HISTORY OF THE SALE GP THAT THERE ARE BACK-TO-BACK RACING. LAST WEEKEND WAS IN LOS ANGELES WITH THE BLACK FOIL IS FINISHED SECOND WHEN THEY REALLY SHOULD HAVE HAD TO THAT ONE. THEY HAD A PERFECT START RIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THAT WAS JUST IN THAT PERFECT RACE WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO 3 BOATS. THEY WERE LEADING AT THE FIRST MARK, AND THEY HAD BOAT HANDLING ERRORS AND FINISHED BEHIND CANADA. I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO LIV, WHO IS THE STRATEGIST ON BOARD. THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO RACING THIS WEEKEND, THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE ROAD DURING THE WEEK DRIVING FROM LOS ANGELES TO SAN FRANCISCO FOR THESE BACK-TO-BACK RACING EVENTS. SHE SAID THE CONDITIONS ARE REALLY DIFFERENT. IN LOS ANGELES, IT WAS CALM AND A SMALLER RACECOURSE. IN SAN FRANCISCO, WHEN NEW ZEALAND LOBSTER RACING, IT WILL BE QUITE WINDY. IT IS A TRADITIONAL AND LONGER RACECOURSE. IT MIGHT ALSO SUIT THEM. IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY GO THIS WEEK AFTER LAST WEEKEND ALMOST HAVING IT. WHAT IS THE GAP THAT THEY WOULD NORMALLY HAVE, AND WHY IS IT GOING BACK-TO-BACK? IT CAN BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN TWO WEEKS AND A MONTH, REALLY. A LOT OF IT CAN BE ABOUT TRANSPORTING THE BOAT TO THE NEXT PORT BECAUSE IT IS ALL AROUND THE WORLD. PART OF IT IS THE APPEAL. IN THIS CASE, IT WAS A SHORT DRIVE UP THE COAST. I THINK IT WAS, I USED THIS WORD LAST WEEK, A NOVELTY HAVING EIGHT CITIES IN CALIFORNIA BY POSTING A RACE. IT WAS A COOL IDEA. NEW ZEALAND ARE IN THIRD PLACE OVERALL AT THE MOMENT. THEY HAVE NEVER WON THIS EVENT, BUT I KNOW EVERY TIME THEY GO ON THE WATER, THEY FEEL LIKE IT IS THEIR TIME. I LOVE THIS RACE BECAUSE IT IS BRINGING SAILING BACK INTO PEOPLE'S LOUNGES. SAILING IS ONLY REALLY BEEN THREE EVENTS ` THE OLYMPICS, AMERICA'S CUP AND THE OCEAN RACE. WHICH IS COMING BACK TO AUCKLAND IN 2027. THE SPRING SAILING FRONT AND CENTRE AGAIN. IT IS GREAT FOR THE SPORT. I WANT TO STAY WITH WATER SPORTS, BUT BRING IT BACK HOME. WE HAD THE NEW ZEALAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS COMPETITION. YES. IT IS THE LARGEST SECONDARY SCHOOL SPORTING EVENT IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. IT IS MASSIVE. THE TEAMS HAVE ALREADY STARTED ARRIVING, AND RACING STARTS ON MONDAY. YOU HAVE 2250 ATHLETES FROM 116 SCHOOLS. YOU THINK OF ALL OF THE SUPPORTERS THAT COME THROUGH WITH THAT, IT IS A HUGE, VERY INCLUSIVE FAMILY ATMOSPHERE. SCHOOLS COME DOWN OR COME UP, WHEREVER THEY ARE COMING FROM, AND SUPPORT THEIR TEAMS. IT IS SUCH AN AMAZING EVENT. IT ALSO BRINGS A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO THE AREA. IN 2021, AND THE DISTRICT, ARE BENEFITED BY $13 MILLION OVER THAT WEEK. THAT IS MASSIVE. THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME INTERESTING MATCH UPS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BIG EVENTS. I DO HAVE TO GO, BUT DO YOU HAVE A PICK? WESTLAKE BOYS IN THE MARTY CUP. I KNOW THAT ARE STICKING TO TRADITION, BUT WAIKATO, MAYBE I WILL GO FOR THEM BEFORE THE LEVIN JUBILEE CUP. GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM IS ALWAYS. HAVE A LOVELY WEEKEND. YOU TOO. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS HOUR ` HUNDREDS OF MORE JOBS ARE BEING PROPOSED TO BE CUT FROM THE NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE. THE PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION IS CALLING THE MOVE DANGEROUS AND SAYS ITS PUTTING OUR COUNTRY AT RISK WE SPEAK TO A UNION REPRESENTATIVE AFTER NEWS, SPORTS AND WEATHER. AND AUCKLAND'S WESTERN SPRINGS' HOSTING ITS LAST SPEEDWAY TOMORROW AFTER NEARLY A CENTURY OF THRILLING MOTORSPORTS ACTION. WHY THE FIGHT TO CONTINUE ITS LEGACY MAY NOT BE OVER. PLUS, HOW A NEW ART INSTALLATION IS GIVING CANTABRIANS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER THE CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL FOR ONE DAY ONLY. AMONGST YOURSELVES. ONE SECOND. IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE YOU? NO, IT'S ME. RIGHT. THERE IS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WHO IS TO DELIVER THE NEWS. HERE IS JENNY MAY WITH THE NEWS. IT IS FRIDAY, MELISSA. THAT IS ALL GOOD. VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY HAS TOLD EU LEADERS THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN NEEDS TO STOP MAKING 'UNNECESSARY DEMANDS' IF PEACE TALKS ARE GOING TO SUCCEED. HIS COMMENTS CAME AHEAD OF TODAY'S MEETING OF MILITARY BOSSES IN LONDON, WHICH INVOLVES MORE THAN 20 COUNTRIES BUT NOT THE UNITED STATES. THE GROUP, WHICH IS BEING CALLED 'THE COALITION OF THE WILLING', IS EXPLORING POTENTIAL PEACEKEEPING OPTIONS IF A DEAL IS PUT IN PLACE. IN UKRAINE, FIGHTING CONTINUED OVERNIGHT WITH RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES KILLING TWO WHILE UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACKS INJURED AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE. ONE PERSON WAS AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL LAST NIGHT AFTER A SERIOUS CRASH IN WAIKATO'S TIHIROA. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVING TO THE SCENE ON STATE HIGHWAY 39 ON ORMSBY ROAD WHERE ONE PERSON SUSTAINED CRITICAL INJURIES AND ANOTHER MODERATELY HURT. THE ROAD IS STILL CLOSED THIS MORNING, WITH POLICE WARNING IT WILL REMAIN THAT WAY FOR SOME TIME. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS WRAPPING UP HIS TRIP TO INDIA TODAY AFTER STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC TIES WITH THE SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRY. NEW ZEALAND'S LAUNCHED NEGOTIATIONS ON A COMPREHENSIVE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, AND A DEFENCE COOPERATION DEAL'S ALSO BEEN ANNOUNCED. A DIRECT FLIGHT BETWEEN BOTH COUNTRIES IS NOW IN THE WORKS, BUT IT'S SUBJECT TO NEW AIRCRAFT AND WON'T HAPPEN FOR THREE YEARS. RESEARCHERS ARE CALLING FOR MORE PEOPLE LIVING WITH SEVERE DEPRESSION TO JOIN A KETAMINE TRIAL. RUN BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO, THE TRIAL AIMS TO HELP PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH BY COMBINING ORAL DOSES OF KETAMINE WITH PSYCHOTHERAPY. THE LEAD RESEARCHER SAYS 28 PARTICIPANTS HAVE TAKEN PART, BUT THEY NEED 60 MORE TO HELP THE TRIAL REACH 'DEFINITIVE CONCLUSIONS'. TO SPORT, THE SYDNEY ROOSTERS ARE AWARE THEY'VE HAD AN EERILY SIMILAR START TO THE SEASON AS THE WARRIORS WITH BOTH SIDES SET TO BATTLE TONIGHT AT MOUNT SMART. THE ROOSTERS PUMMELLED BY THE BRONCOS IN ROUND ONE, ONLY TO BOUNCE BACK LAST WEEK WITH A BIG UPSET AGAINST THE PANTHERS. EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO FIND THEIR GROOVE, FIND THEIR SYSTEM AT THE START OF THE SEASON. AND WE BOTH DID THAT LEADING INTO ROUND TWO. AND THEN, YEAH, IT'LL BE A BATTLE OF WHO CAN DO IT BEST. TONIGHT'S GAME KICKS OFF AT 8PM. UP THE WAHS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, A CLOUDY AND WET DAY FOR THE EAST COAST, WITH PERIODS OF RAIN FOR GISBORNE AND NORTHERN HAWKE'S BAY AREA BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 26 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. 24 FOR WHANGAREI. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST OF THE SOUTH. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A CLOUDY START FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE WEST COAST BEFORE BECOMING FINE LATER IN THE DAY. 21 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 23 IN DUNEDIN. THE PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST DEFENCE FORCE CUTS WHICH IT SAYS WOULD LEAVE NEW ZEALAND VULNERABLE. A RESTRUCTURE WOULD SEE 374 JOBS CUT, ON TOP OF ANOTHER 145 STAFF WHO TOOK REDUNDANCY LAST YEAR. THE PSA HAS LABELLED THE GOVERNMENT HYPOCRITICAL AFTER PROMISING TO STRENGTHEN OUR DEFENCE FORCE. FLEUR FITZSIMONS FROM THE PSA IS WITH US NOW. KIA ORA, FLEUR. THANKS MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT JOBS ARE LIKELY TO GO? YES, WE ARE SEEING MANY JOBS GO. THERE ARE JOBS IN PLACES LIKE LOGISTICS AND OUR DEFENCE FORCE COLLEGE, AIRCRAFT A RECORD TRAINING. A WHOLE RANGE OF CIVILIAN JOBS THAT ARE GOING TO GO ON TOP OF THE 144 THAT ARE TAKEN VOLUNTARY REDUNDANCY. PEOPLE WHO ARE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO SUPPORTING THE MILITARY TO MAKING SURE IT IS COMBAT READY AND FUNCTIONS WELL. THAT IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK NEXT ` NOT SOLDIERS, BUT HOW TO HELP THOSE ON THE FRONT LINE CARRY OUT THE OPERATION? THEY ARE CRITICAL TO OUR FRONTLINE MILITARY. THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE DEFENCE FORCE. YOU WILL NOT FIND CRATER CHAMPIONS FOR THE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL IN THE MILITARY. THEY KNOW THEY ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL, AND PARTICULARLY IN HIS GLOBALLY UNCERTAIN TIMES. IN YOUR VIEW, WOULD IT MAKE THE COUNTRY LESS SAFE TO LOSE THESE ROLES? ABSOLUTELY. THE GOVERNMENT IS PUTTING SAVING MONEY TO FUND ITS TAX CUTS AHEAD OF THE SECURITY OF NEW ZEALAND. IT IS ALL ABOUT FACE. WE KNOW THEY HAVE A DEFENCE CAPABILITY PLAN WHICH THEY WERE ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE. WE UNDERSTAND IT WILL INCLUDE DEFENCE EQUIPMENT. WE WANT TO SEE INVESTMENT IN THIS ABILITY AND PERSONNEL BECAUSE THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. OUR ALLIES MUST BE WONDERING WHAT IS GOING ON, WHY WE ARE MAKING THIS SENSELESS CUTS THAT WILL IMPACT ON OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ON DEFENCE RECENTLY. WE SAW THE CHINESE WARSHIPS AND THE TASMAN. THAT TO CONTINUE PRIORITISING OUTPUTS. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE? WE SEE THIS FROM THIS GOVERNMENT TIME AND AGAIN. WE SAW IT IN SCIENCE AND WE LOST SCIENTISTS AND TECHNICIANS BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED ITS PLAN, AND HERE WE ARE SEEING IT AGAIN. THEY SAY A PLAN IS COMING, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE LOSING EXPERIENCED CIVILIAN PERSONNEL AND WE NEED THEM TO BE THERE. THIS THING IS ALWAYS SO HARD TO FIND A BALANCE, AREN'T THEY? NO, THERE IS ACTUALLY A CLEAR COMMITMENT. THE FOREIGN MINISTER IS OVERSEAS HEARING FROM OUR ALLIES. THIS GOVERNMENT IS MAKING A CHOICE TO PUT TAX CUTS FOR LANDLORDS AHEAD OF THE SECURITY OF NEW ZEALAND. IT IS IN THEIR CONTROL TO CHANGE. DO YOU AGREE ON ANY PART OF THE DEFENCE FORCE SAYING THEY NEED TO FIND THE SAVINGS REQUIRED TO STAY WITHIN ITS BUDGET APPROPRIATION AND IF THEY ARE ALSO PROPOSING 290 NEW ROLES? THE CUTS TO CIVILIAN PERSONNEL LIES WITH THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT FUNDING OUR DEFENCE FORCE TO LOOK AFTER THE SECURITY INTERESTS OF NEW ZEALAND. THE BLAME LIES FIRMLY WITH THE PRIME MINISTER IN THIS INSTANCE. HE PROMISED JUST A MONTH AGO INCREASE DEFENCE FOR SPENDING AND NOW WE'RE SEEING DECREASES. IS THERE A COMPROMISE? DO YOU THINK EVERY JOB NEEDS TO STAY? A LOT OF THESE JOBS ARE UNFILLED, BUT WE KNOW THE DEFENCE FORCE CAPABILITY PLAN WILL REQUIRE CIVILIAN SUPPORT. THEY DO IMPORTANT WORK. WHAT WE NEED TO SEE IS A DIRECTION FROM GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE DEFENCE FORCE TO HALT THESE CUTS AND WAIT FOR THE DEFENCE FORCE CAPABILITY TO COME OUT SO WE CAN SEE THE INVESTMENT GOER NEEDS TO GO, WHICH INCLUDES THE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL. THAT IS SOON, ISN'T IT? THE PRIME MINISTER PROMISED THAT A MONTH AGO. HE SAID THERE WOULD BE INCREASED FUNDING. THAT IS WHY WE ARE CALLING HIM A HYPOCRITE. WE ARE SEEING JOB LOSSES BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT FUNDING IT PROPERLY. WE NEED TO SEE A COMMITMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO INVEST IN ALL AREAS OF DEFENCE SO THAT IT CAN FUNCTION AND PROTECT THE SECURITY OF NEW ZEALAND. YOU WILL BE HEADING INTO THE FEEDBACK PROCESS. WHAT WILL YOU BE TELLING MEMBERS OF THE HEAD INTO THIS? WILL BE TAKING A FIRM STAND AGAINST THESE PROPOSED JOB LOSSES. WE KNOW OUR DEFENCE FORCE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE ANY MORE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL. WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING WITH MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR VIEW AND THE IMPACT OF THESE LOSSES, BECAUSE THEY WILL KNOW WHAT THESE PEOPLE DO AND THE REPORT AS TO THE MILITARY. WILL BE MORE TO COME ON THIS AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. E WHAI AKE NEI ` AFTER NEARLY A CENTURY, SPEEDWAY IS LEAVING ITS SPIRITUAL HOME AT WESTERN SPRINGS. WHY THE FIGHT CONTINUES TO KEEP THE SPORT AT THE STADIUM. (UPBEAT MUSIC) HOKI MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THE EU HAS DELAYED ITS FIRST ROUND OF RETALIATORY TARIFFS AGAINST THE U.S. UNTIL MID-APRIL, IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TARIFFS ON METALS. FINLAND'S HELD ONTO ITS TITLE AS THE WORLD'S HAPPIEST COUNTRY FOR THE EIGHTH YEAR IN A ROLE; NEW ZEALAND HAS PLACED 12th. AND BOXING WILL RETURN TO THE OLYMPIC SCHEDULE FOR THE 2028 LA GAMES, NOW THAT A NEW GLOBAL BODY IS IN PLACE FOR THE SPORT. FOR NEARLY A CENTURY, WESTERN SPRINGS HAS BEEN THE HOME OF SPEEDWAY RACING IN AOTEAROA. THE VENUE ATTRACTING DRIVERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S THE END OF THE ROAD AFTER AUCKLAND COUNCIL VOTED LAST OCTOBER TO RE-LOCATE ALL RACING TO AN UPGRADED WAIKARAKA PARK IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB ONEHUNGA. SINCE 1929, GENERATIONS OF NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT TO THE ACTION AT WESTERN SPRINGS. (ENGINES REV) SATURDAY NIGHT SPEEDWAY BECOMING A TRADITION SPANNING DECADES, THE VENUE NOW CONSIDERED A CORNERSTONE OF MOTORSPORT CULTURE. BUT THE MAHINDRA SAFETY TRACK IS OFF THE RACETRACK AND WE ARE SET, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. BUT THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF MANY, TOMORROW IS SET TO BE THE LAST TIME FANS GET TO SEE CARS LIKE THESE HITTING THE TRACK. AND IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THE FATE OF THE SPORT HAS BEEN UP IN THE AIR. IN 1989, AUCKLAND RUGBY LEAGUE ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OVER WESTERN SPRINGS AS ITS NEW HEADQUARTERS BEFORE THE DEAL COLLAPSED THEN IN 2005, A STOUSH BETWEEN PROMOTERS AND THE LOCAL RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION OVER NOISE LEVELS WENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT COURT, WHERE A COMPROMISE WAS EVENTUALLY REACHED. IN NOVEMBER, THE NEW SEASON WILL GET UNDERWAY WAIKARAKA PARK INSTEAD, BUT AS FAR AS THE FANS ARE CONCERNED, IT WON'T BE THE SAME AND THEY AREN'T GIVING UP THE FIGHT TO SAVE THEIR SPEEDWAY EITHER, WITH HOPES TOMORROW'S EVENT WON'T BE THE FINAL LAP. IT WON'T BE THE SAME. FOR MORE ON THIS BATTLE, WE'RE JOINED BY AUCKLAND COUNCILLOR JOHN WATSON. MORENA, JOHN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. SPEEDWAY AT WESTERN SPRINGS HAS BEEN AN INSTITUTION FOR ALMOST 100 YEARS ` HOW MUCH DOES THIS MEAN TO FANS AND ALSO LOCAL COMMUNITIES AS WELL? YES, THANKS, JENNY-MAY. SPEEDWAY AT WESTERN SPRINGS HAS BEEN AN ICONIC SPORTING INSTITUTION IN AUCKLAND NOW FOR THE BEST PART OF THE CENTURY, AS YOU HAVE SAID. GENERATIONS OF AUCKLAND AS HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP GOING TO THE SPRINGS ON A SATURDAY NIGHT. IT IS AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED VENUE WHERE PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO RACE, SO IT IS JUST THE PERFECT VENUE FOR SPEEDWAY AND I THINK THE SPEEDWAY COMMUNITY AREN'T READY TO GIVE IT UP WITHOUT A FIGHT. CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S THE AUCKLAND COUNCIL VOTED TO MOVE TO WAIKARAKA PARK, WHAT HAS BEEN CONTENTIOUS, SO CAN YOU JUST WALK US THROUGH WHAT YOU CAN IN THE SPAN OF TWO MINUTES ` WHAT HAS HAPPENED? YES, ITALY WAS CONTROVERSIAL, JENNY MAY, *IT CERTAINLY WAS WE HAD BIAS, PREDETERMINATION ACCUSATIONS OF FRAUDULENT BEHAVIOUR, BUT IT WAS AN AGENT OF THE VIEWS OF THE NATIONAL BODY, AND *MISREPRESENTATION OF THE VIEWS THE FANS ARE COMPLETELY LEFT OUT OF THE PROCESS, THEY WERE CONSULTED IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM AND WHEN THEY TURNED UP AT ACCOUNT OR MEETING, THE MAYOR DENIED THEM SPEAKING RIGHTS, SO AUCKLAND COUNCIL IS OBLIGED TO FOLLOW THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ` IT IS NOT THE WILD WEST HERE, YOU DO HAVE A PROCESS TO FOLLOW ` THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT TO THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN AN INTEREST THAT THERE WILL BE A LEGAL CHALLENGE AND IT WILL BE JUDICIALLY REVIEWED. WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MEANTIME? MY WHANAU, WE ARE ALL GOING TO SPRINGS, WHERE YOU ARE, FOR WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE LAST TIME THAT THE SPEEDWAY WILL BE AT WESTERN SPRINGS, SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THAT LEGAL ACTION? WELL, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AND NEWLYFORMED ASSOCIATION THAT INCORPORATES ALL THE RACING CLASSES AND A HUGE NUMBER OF THE SUPPORTERS, HAS BEEN FORMED. THEY HAVE BEEN GATHERING EVIDENCE, REVIEWED ALL THE FOOTAGE OF THE ACTUAL COUNCIL MEETING, BECAUSE THIS WAS REALLY SPRUNG ON PEOPLE AT THE LAST MINUTE. PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. THERE ARE ALL MANNERS OF ABUSES. THAT WILL COME BEFORE THE COURTS AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. JOHN, WHAT IS YOUR HOPE HERE, BECAUSE I KNOW RIGHT OR BIDS HAVE COME IN TO TAKE OVER WESTERN SPRINGS? SO GIVEN THAT, GIVEN THE PRIME REAL ESTATE THAT IT IS, HOW MUCH HOPE YOU HAVE AT WESTERN SPRINGS WILL REMAIN` SPEEDWAY WILL REMAIN AT WESTERN SPRINGS? GOOD QUESTION, IT'S A LITTLE IRONIC THAT THE COUNCIL HAS BENT MUCH OF THE LAST DECADE TELLING EVERYONE THAT AUCKLAND HAS ONE STADIUM TO MANY, THAT WE HAVE TO LOSE STADIUM YET. THEY ARE NOW SUPPORTING THE BUILDING OF TWO NEW STADIUMS, I AM NOT QUITE SURE HOW THAT WORKS, BUT IN THIS RESPECT, THE MOVE TO WAIKARAKA, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, IT IS DILAPIDATED AND RUNDOWN. IF THE SPEEDWAY IS FORCED TO MOVE THERE, THE GENERAL CONSENSUS AMONGST PEOPLE IS THAT IT WILL BE PRETTY SEVERE REPERCUSSIONS. IT WILL THREATEN THE FUTURE VIABILITY OF THE SPORT. THEY ARE INVOLVED IN A FIGHT FOR THEIR SURVIVAL HERE, THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND 96 YEARS AND THEY ARE A WONDERFUL PART OF AUCKLAND'S HISTORY, ONE OF THE MOST LOYAL AND ENDURING FANBASES, AND THEY DESERVE TO STAY HERE AND BE TREATED FAIRLY, AND THAT HASN'T HAPPENED IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM TO DATE. IS THERE ANY ARGUMENT, THOUGH, THAT JOHN, IF IT WAS MOVED TO WAIKARAKA PARK, AND THAT STADIUM WAS UPGRADED, DOES THAT GIVE THE SPEEDWAY LONG-TERM SECURITY? THAT'S THE KIND OF PRETEXT THAT HAS BEEN PUT UP BUT THE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN GOING INTO THE NEW PARK, THERE IS ALREADY ANOTHER BIG RACING CLUB THAT THEY HAVE RAISED FROM THEIR FACILITIES AND THEIR ACTUAL FOOTPRINT IS WAY SMALLER THAN WESTERN SPRINGS, SO EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS IN INFERIOR. THERE IS A REAL CONCERN THAT IT IS JUST A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. WESTERN SPRINGS, AS YOU SAID, IS INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED. JOHN WATSON, AUCKLAND COUNCIL MEMBER JOINING US FROM WESTERN SPRINGS THIS MORNING. THANK YOU, JOHN. THANK YOU./ AS I WAS SAYING, IT WAS NEVER MY THING, SPEEDWAY, DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THAT SORT OF STUFF GOING UP, BUT MY HUSBAND'S WHANAU AND GENERATIONS OF FAMILY HAVE OFFICIATED THERE... IT IS GOOD FUN, GETTING MUD SPLATTERED ON YOU. DEFINITELY WILL BE THERE TOMORROW. I HOPE THIS ISN'T THE LAST RACE AT WESTERN SPRINGS BECAUSE IT HAS BROUGHT SO MUCH JOY TO MY FAMILY AND THE GENERATIONS BEFORE ME AS WELL, SO I HOPE THERE IS SOME KIND OF COMPROMISE THAT CAN BE MADE, I DON'T KNOW IF I AM AS HOPEFUL AS JOHN ABOUT THE FUTURE OF IT, BUT THERE IS WAS HOPE A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, WE ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL NEW ZEALAND HOT CROSS BUN COMPETITION. THAT IS A GLORIOUS PICTURE. I LOVE IT. I LOVE THAT VIEW. WORRIED ABOUT THE BUILDING THAT IS NOT BEING BUILT. AUCKLAND, 22. AND THIS IS YOU, HAMILTON. 26, MAINLY FINE. SOUTH-EASTERLY IS EASING. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE HOT AIR BALLOONS. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RUNNING SINCE 1999. IF YOU'VE LIVED IN THIS REGION AND HAMILTON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU WILL KNOW THIS SITE WELL. IT IS GLORIOUS. I HAVE NO INTENTION OF GOING UP IN A BALLOON, BUT I LOVE THE SIGHT OF IT. PARTICULARLY FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, SEEING THEM RISING. I WENT UP AND ONE IN CHRISTCHURCH, AND IT IS NOT AS PEACEFUL AS IT LOOKS. IT'S IS A PRETTY RAPID DESCENT. YOU WOULD NOT RECOMMEND IT? I WOULD GO AGAIN. IT'S ALL PRETTY SPECTACULAR, BUT YOU ARE IN A BASKET UNDER A BALLOON. CHRISTCHURCH. YOU LOOK OKAY. 19, FINE, AREAS OF EVENING AND MORNING CLOUD. THEY SHOULD EASE IN THE EVENING. OVER THE PORT HILLS, AND IT'S BRIGHTER DOWN THERE. COME IN, DUNEDIN. GOOD MORNING. 23. FINE, APART FROM SOME MORNING FOG. A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT WIND. A BIT OF TRAFFIC BUILDING. THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE GOOD IN AUCKLAND. YOU HAVE GOT THE TWINS BIRTHDAY. YES, TOMORROW. NINE YEARS FEELS LIKE A VERY LONG TIME AND A SHORT TIME. THE SPORTS NEWS WITH YOU AND YOUR JANDALS. THE DAY I AM WEARING THOSE AS THE DAY I HAVE TO GO. AT LEAST 85 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE LATEST ROUND OF ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN GAZA. THE LOCAL HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS THE DEATH TOLL HAS NOW SURPASSED 700, WITH 900 OTHERS INJURED, SINCE ISRAEL RESUMED ITS MILITARY OPERATION IN THE TERRITORY THIS WEEK. ISRAEL SAYS IT'S INTERCEPTED THREE ROCKETS LAUNCHED BY HAMAS TOWARDS TEL AVIV IN RETALIATION FOR THE STRIKES. THE IDF ALSO SAYS A GROUND OPERATION HAS BEGUN IN NORTHERN GAZA. POLICE BELIEVE THEY'VE FOUND THE BODY OF A KING COUNTRY MAN WHO HAS BEEN MISSING FOR A MONTH. OFFICERS BEGAN THEIR SEARCH FOR GEOFFREY KELLY (79) IN LATE FEBRUARY, AFTER HIS VEHICLE WAS DISCOVERED IN HIKUMUTU. POLICE SAY WHILE FORMAL IDENTIFICATION IS YET TO BE COMPLETED, THEY ARE FAIRLY CERTAIN THE BODY IS GEOFFREY. HIS DEATH HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE CORONER AND HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. KIWI ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE BEEN CELEBRATED AT A GALA EVENING IN AUCKLAND LAST NIGHT. NEW ZEALANDERS' PROWESS IN SPORT, SUSTAINABILITY, HEALTH, ARTS, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL ADVOCACY ALL BEING RECOGNISED. THE BIG AWARD OF THE NIGHT ` THE KIWIBANK NEW ZEALANDER OF THE YEAR AWARD WENT TO PROFESSOR BEV LAWTON WHO HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A PIONEERING FORCE IN WOMEN'S HEALTH. RECENTLY, SHE'S HELPED SHIFT NEW ZEALAND TO HPV SELF-TESTING AS THE PRIMARY METHOD FOR CERVICAL SCREENING. THE PROFESSOR WAS NOT AT THE EVENT, AS SHE'S ATTENDING A HEALTH CONFERENCE IN PORTUGAL. BUT WILL JOIN BREAKFAST VIA ZOOM JUST AFTER 8. THE STORM HAVE NARROWLY DEFEATED THE PANTHERS 30-24 IN A RE-MATCH OF LAST YEAR'S GRAND FINAL. PENRITH LOST STAR PLAYMAKER NATHAN CLEARY JUST EIGHT MINUTES INTO THE MATCH AFTER COLLIDING WITH HIS OPPOSITE HALFBACK. THERE'S BEEN A COLLISION WITH HUGHES. CLEARY'S DOWN. IT COULD BE HIA'S FOR TWO HERE. HE'LL MISS NEXT WEEK'S MATCH DUE TO CONCUSSION PROTOCOLS. THE PANTHERS LAUNCHING A LATE ATTACK TO NARROW THE GAP, BUT MELBOURNE MANAGED TO HANG ON TO TAKE THE WIN. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE NORTH ISLAND, HOWEVER, A CLOUDY AND WET DAY FOR THE EAST COAST WITH PERIODS OF RAIN FOR GISBORNE AND NORTHERN HAWKE'S BAY AREA BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 26 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. 24 FOR WHANGAREI. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST OF THE SOUTH, HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A CLOUDY START FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE WEST COAST BEFORE BECOMING FINE LATER IN THE DAY. 21 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 23 IN DUNEDIN. WITH EASTER FAST APPROACHING, IT MEANS WE'RE ENTERING HOT CROSS BUN SEASON. AND TO CELEBRATE, THE WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL GREAT NEW ZEALAND HOT CROSS BUN COMPETITION HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED. IN THIRD PLACE, MICHAELS PATISSERIE IN CHRISTCHURCH. COMING IN SECOND, VOLARE IN HAMILTON, AND IN FIRST PLACE, NADA BAKERY IN WELLINGTON. IN EVEN BETTER NEWS, ON MONDAY WE'LL HAVE THE WINNER ON THE SHOW TO SHARE THEIR SECRETS TO MAKING THE BEST HOT CROSS BUNS IN THE COUNTRY. DO YOU BAKE HOT CROSS BUNS? ME? NO. TWO WOMEN WHO JUST DON'T DO BAKING. THIS IS GOING GREAT. AND THE THING ON TOP , I JUST LEARNT, IS JUST MADE OF WATER INTO FLOUR. WE COULD PROBABLY DO THAT. I DON'T LIKE MAKING AS MUCH BECAUSE IT SCIENCE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING ACCURATE. I MOREOVER FEEL. CHUCK THAT IN. PUT THAT IN. NOBODY COMPLAINTS, THOUGH. WE'RE MORE CONNECTED THAN EVER, AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE IS CHANGING. BUT EVEN OVER VIDEO ON A DEVICE OR A ZOOM CALL, THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN USE 'NON-VERBAL' CUES AND BODY LANGUAGE TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION AND GET A READ ON WHO WE'RE TALKING TO. EARLIER, WE SPOKE WITH BODY LANGUAGE MENTOR ELIZABETH PLESTER. BODY LANGUAGE, OR NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION AS I PREFER ` BECAUSE BODY LANGUAGE IS PART OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION ` IT'S INNATE; IT'S PART OF OUR DNA. AS WITH ANY SKILL, IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN LEARN TO DO. AND I THINK WITH A LOT OF TIMES BODY LANGUAGE, PEOPLE WANT TO BE VERY GOOD AT READING OTHER PEOPLE'S BODY LANGUAGE. ESPECIALLY, WHAT'S THAT ONE THING THAT I CAN SEE THAT MAKES ME THINK YOU'RE LYING TO ME? OR, YOU KNOW... AND THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THAT. BUT WE NEED TO BE ALSO VERY AWARE OF HOW WE COME ACROSS TO OTHER PEOPLE. SO, IN THIS ERA THAT WE ARE, WHEN SO MUCH IS BEEN DONE ONLINE, HAVE YOU SEEN BODY LANGUAGE CHANGE, OR IS IT MORE THAT WE FIND IT HARDER TO GET A READ ON IT? I THINK PEOPLE THINK THEY KNOW HOW TO READ IT A LOT BETTER THAN THEY ACTUALLY DO. AND WHEN WE ARE ONLINE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE` I MEAN, DURING COVID, AND THE LOCKDOWNS, AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WE, INITIALLY WE WERE ON ZOOM AND GO, IT'S THIS WHOLE NEW THING FOR US. AND WHEN YOU'RE ON ZOOM, IT ACTUALLY IS MORE TAXING ON YOUR BRAIN. SO IT'S NOT THAT WE UNLEARN IT. IT'S JUST WE MISS A LOT OF CUES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT ENERGY WHEN IT'S IN-PERSON. AND ON-CALL OR ONLINE, YOU CAN YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY DO THE WHOLE EYE CONTACT REALLY WELL. SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN AT SOMEBODY INSTEAD OF MAKING EYE CONTACT. WHEN YOU LOSE THAT OXYTOCIN THAT GETS SECRETED WHEN YOU DO PHYSICAL TOUCH OR MAKING EYE CONTACT` SO, YOU GET AN OXYTOCIN BOOST? YOU CAN. YES, YES. SO EVEN IF... A VERY GOOD TIP IS LIKE` A PRO TIP IS WHEN YOU ARE ON THE TELEPHONE WITH SOMEBODY, PULL UP THEIR PROFILE PHOTO WHEN YOU SPEAK TO THEM BECAUSE THERE'S MORE WARMTH IN YOUR VOICE, BECAUSE IT FEELS TO YOU THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY MAKING EYE CONTACT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PHOTOGRAPH. AND THEN SO YOUR BRAIN DOESN'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE, SO IT SECRETES OXYTOCIN, WHICH IS A BONDING OR CUDDLING HORMONE THAT THAT HELPS WITH CONNECTION OR THAT FEELING OF CONNECTION. AND IT'S SIMPLE THINGS TO, ISN'T IT? BECAUSE HAVING YOU HERE IN PERSON RATHER THAN ON ZOOM, YOU CAN TELL WHEN I'M ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING OR THERE'S NO KIND OF AWKWARDNESS THAT YOU CAN OFTEN GET ON A ZOOM CALL, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT ARE THE TOP TIPS? FOR ZOOM? YEAH. FOR ZOOM, I WOULD SAY BE PREPARED FOR ANY SITUATION. BE WELL PREPARED, BE INTENTIONAL. AND FOR ZOOM, I ALWAYS DRESS UP AS IF I'M GOING TO SHOW UP IN PERSON. BECAUSE WHEN YOU DRESS UP REALLY WELL, YOU FEEL GOOD, YOU FEEL BETTER, AND YOU SHOW THAT CONFIDENCE WHEN YOU'RE WITH SOMEBODY. DON'T SIT TOO CLOSE TO YOUR DEVICE AND ALSO, EVERY NOW AND AGAIN MAKE SURE THAT YOU LOOK AT THE CAMERA. SO IT GIVES THAT THAT SENSE OF LOOKING AT SOMEBODY IN THE EYE ` OF EYE CONTACT. AND THEN EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, SO THEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN, YOU LOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING, AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO OPEN BODY LANGUAGE. YOU USE YOUR HAND GESTURES ON ZOOM EVEN, BUT IF YOU'RE TOO CLOSE THEN YOU LOOK SO MUCH BIGGER. AND TRY TO HAVE YOUR CAMERA` WE'VE SEEN THEM ALL. YOU SAID AT THE START THAT WE HAVE TO BE... REMEMBER OUR BODY LANGUAGE, ALMOST. DO YOU THINK THAT WE ARE GETTING WORSE AT THAT BECAUSE WE DO SPEND SO MUCH TIME, PEOPLE MAYBE HAVE GONE A BIT INWARD LOOKING IN LIFE? I THINK PEOPLE FORGET JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT INTENTIONAL. WE'RE NOT BEING... WE DON'T GO UP TO TO A MEETING OR ASSOCIATION, AND GO, 'HOW IS IT THAT I WANT TO COME ACROSS?' I MEAN, LAST NIGHT I KNEW WHAT I WAS GOING TO WEAR THIS MORNING, ALL OF THAT KIND OF THING. SO YOU BE INTENTIONAL, YOU PLAN, YOU PREPARE WELL, AND THEN YOU SHOW UP WITH GREATER CONFIDENCE. BUT THERE'S THERE'S THIS ACCEPTANCE NOW BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ONLINE SO LONG AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE TO SHOW UP PROPERLY OR, YOU KNOW, WELL. WE CAN JUST DO ZOOM IN BED OR THE CUSHIONS BEHIND YOU. I THINK IT'S A RESPECT THING AND AN INTEGRITY THING, BUT ALSO THERE'S THIS IDEA OF, 'OH, WE JUST ACCEPT YOU FOR HOW 'YOU ARE', BUT I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO SHOW UP WELL FOR OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE WE'RE USING THEIR TIME. YEAH, YEAH. VERY QUICKLY, IS THE FIRST IMPRESSION STILL ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS? IT IS BECAUSE IT'S LASTING. AND EVERYTHING BEYOND THAT IS COMPARED TO THE FIRST IMPRESSIONS. AND YOU HAVE LESS THAN SEVEN SECONDS. ONLINE, IT GOES DOWN TO 2/10 OF A SECOND. WOW. 2/10 OF A SECOND? FOR WEBSITES AND PROFILES, YEAH. WOW. THE THING SHE SAID TO US, IT'S ONLY 7% OF WHAT YOU SAY WHEN YOU FIRST MEET SOMEONE HAS AN IMPRESSION, AND SHE SAID NO ACTUALLY, WHAT YOU SAY HAS A HUGE IMPACT. ME U TONU MAI ` UP THE WAHS. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WARRIORS CLASH WITH THE ROOSTERS LATER TONIGHT. HERE' WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THE NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE IS PROPOSING TO CUT 374 CIVILIAN ROLES, ACCORDING TO THE PSA UNION. ADVOCATES ARE RAISING THE ALARM ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS ON ELDERLY PEOPLE. 40% HAVE NO OTHER INCOME BESIDES THEIR SUPERANNUATION. AND, PROFESSOR BEV LAWTON ` A PIONEERING FORCE IN WOMEN'S HEALTH ` HAS BEEN NAMED THE NEW ZEALANDER OF THE YEAR. TIME NOW FOR SOME SPORTS CHAT, AND COMING OFF THE BENCH WITH SOME NRL AND COLLEGE BASKETBALL INSIGHTS THIS MORNING IS 1NEWS SPORTS REPORTER BRODYN KNUCKEY. GREAT TO BE BACK. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WARRIORS UP AGAINST THE ROOSTERS. YOU'VE COME ON A GOOD DAY. PLAYING TONIGHT, WE'VE BEEN OUT AND SAW THE TEAM EARLIER THIS WEEK, IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE COMING BACK FROM LAS VEGAS, THEY WERE VERY SERIOUS AND INTO THEIR WORK, THEY HAD A TOUGH LOSS TO COME OFF, BUT THIS WEEK, THEY ARE SKIPPING OUT ONTO THE FIELD, ALL THAT ENERGY, AND YOU DON'T REALISE HOW MUCH A BIG WIN CAN DO FOR THIS TEAM. ROOSTERS, THOUGH. ROOSTERS ALSO HAD A BIG WIN. JUST A CASUAL ONE! TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING. THERE IS A LOT OF TALK FROM THESE AUSSIE TEAMS ABOUT COMING ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO MOUNT SMART AND WHAT THAT DOES, HAVING TO GO UP AGAINST NOT ONLY THE WARRIORS, BUT ALSO A CROWD THAT GETS BEHIND THEM. TALKING TO THE ROOSTERS COACH IS TODAY, HE SAID WHILE THEY TALK ABOUT HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGES, THERE IS ALSO SOME ADVANTAGES FOR DOING IT FOR HIS PLAYERS. FULL RESPECT TO THE WARRIORS AND MOUNT SMART, BUT WE LOVE COMING HERE AND PLAYING, COS THE HISTORY OF THE ROOSTERS HAS BEEN MADE UP BY A LOT OF KIWIS AS WELL. WE'VE SORT OF BEEN SYDNEY BOYS MADE UP OF A SPRINKLE OF QUEENSLANDERS AND KIWIS. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN, SO, WHEN WE COME OVER HERE, USUALLY THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIES AS WELL, AND, YEAH, IT'S A PROUD MOMENT FOR US TO COME OUT HERE AND PLAY. IT'S NOT BAD. THEY WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE, ANDREW WEBSTERS THIS WEEKEND HAS NAMED THE SAME 17 S THE BIG RESULTS LAST WEEKEND, AND HE SAID HE WANTS TO STAY WITH THAT CONSISTENCY AND REWARD THE GUYS WHO CAME OUT LAST WEEK. I WAS GOING TO KEEP CARRYING ON TALKING ABOUT THE WARRIORS, BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TIME. COLLEGE BASKETBALL. IT'S THE BIG TOURNAMENT, MARCH MADNESS, AND IT LIVES UP TO THE HYPE. THE 64 BEST UNIVERSITIES FROM ACROSS THE US, SINGLE ELIMINATION KNOCKOUT, THERE ARE SOLD-OUT ARENAS OF 20,000 PEOPLE, IT'S HECTIC. ALL TO FIND THE BEST FEMALE AND MALE TEAM. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF KIWIS OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE GOT EIGHT THIS YEAR. HE'S PLAYING FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO. I CAUGHT UP WITH HIM EARLIER THIS WEEK AHEAD OF THEM PLAYING MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. MASSIVE FOR HIM. HE'S HAD A MASSIVE SEASON AND WAS NAMED MVP OF HIS CONFERENCE. THIS TALK OF HIM BEING THE BEST PLAYER ON THIS TEAM. IT IS THIS FINAL YEAR AS A COLLEGE PLAYER. I WAS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT WINNING THEIR CONFERENCE FINAL TO GO TO MARCH MADNESS. I TALKED TO HIM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS MOMENT. IT WAS CRAZY, COS I GRABBED IT, COS OBVIOUSLY MY FAMILY IS HERE FROM NEW ZEALAND, I GOT MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, AND I SAW THEM IN THE CROWD, AND I JUST GRABBED THE SIGN, AND I WAS LIKE, 'YEAH!' RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM. AMAZING TO HAVE MY FAMILY IN THE CROWD, AND THEN TO HAVE SUCH A, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT MOMENT LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, YEAH, I WAS JUST LOST FOR WORDS. SO I JUST TOOK THE SIGN AND I ROLLED WITH IT. THIS TOURNAMENT, IS THAT KIND OF ANY INDICATOR FOR NBA? A LOT OF THE TOP GUYS ARE PLAYING IN THIS TOURNAMENT. REALLY, IT'S ONE OF THEIR LAST CHANCES FOR THOSE GUYS, LIKE ANIWANIWA TO SAY HEY, IF YOU WEREN'T LOOKING AT ME NOW, YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT ME NOW. THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE, BUT A LOT OF THESE GUYS DO STEP UP. WE LIVED THROUGH THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF FORMULA ONE TOGETHER LAST WEEK. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO LIAM THIS WEEK? WE ARE HEARING THAT THEY ARE HAVING A BIT OF ISSUES GETTING THE CAR TRANSPORTED TO CHINA, SO HE MIGHT MISS SOME PRACTICE AGAIN. SO, YEAH. SUCH A GREAT START TO THE SEASON (!) WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? MY HUSBAND WAS WATCHING AND SAYING I WISH EVERYONE WOULD BE QUIET ABOUT LIAM LAWSON. THERE'S SO MUCH EXPECTATION ON HIM. IT'S THEIR HARD BEING A SUPPORTER, IT'S SO ANXIETY INDUCING. CLEARLY. AS ALWAYS, IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US. YOU'VE GOT SOMEONE ELSE NEXT WEEK AND THEN I AM THE FOLLOWING WEEK. SOMEONE ELSE! I WASN'T LOOKING AT THE ROSTER, I'M SORRY. HAPPY FRIDAY. FORMULA ONE. THIS IS YOUR THING. NOT REALLY, BUT I'M THE TARGET MARKET. MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN WHO SUDDENLY WATCH THE NETFLIX SERIES OF FEW YEARS AGO AND NOW I THINK I KNOW EVERYTHING. YOU'VE GOT OTHER THINGS GOING ON. E WHAI AKE NEI ` CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL IS OPENING ITS DOORS ONCE AGAIN FOR ONE DAY. CHRISTCHURCH REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER IS THERE. HOWS IT LOOKING, CHARLOTTE? IS LOOKING SPECTACULAR. THIS WAS CALLED WIZARD'S ARCADE AND IT WAS LOST DURING THE EARTHQUAKE, BUT HAS BEEN MADE. # OUR LOVE IS ALIVE, SO WE BEGIN... A NEW ART EXHIBITION OPENING TODAY IS BEING CALLED A 'LOVE LETTER TO THE CITY'. CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL IS OPENING IT'S DOORS ONCE AGAIN TO CANTABRIANS TO HOST AN EXHIBITION CALLED 'GHOSTS ON EVERY CORNER'. IT FEATURES A RECREATION OF BUILDINGS LOST IN THE 2011 QUAKE, SO LOCALS CAN LOOK BACK AND REMINISCE. WE SENT OUR CHRISTCHURCH REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER DOWN TO TAKE A LOOK. HOW IS IT LOOKING? GOOD MORNING, TEAM. IT IS LOOKING ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. IT IS SO NICE TO HAVE IT IN THE CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL. YOU CAN HEAR THE CELLO IN THE BACK. IT IS CALLED A LOVE LETTER TO THE CITY. I HAVE THE ARTIST HERE WITH ME. YOU ARE THE ONE WHO MADE THESE MODELS. TELL ME ABOUT THE EXHIBITION. THIS HAS BEEN A FOUR-YEAR PROJECT NOW. THE IDEA SPARKED FROM AN EXHIBITION I HAD WHERE I BUILT A VOLCANO. AND CREATED THESE MEMORIES AND THAT'S SENT ME OFF. WE LOST SO MANY PLACES IN THE EARTHQUAKE. IT HAS BEEN ALONG FOR WE LOST SO MANY PLACES IN THE EARTHQUAKE. IT HAS BEEN ALONG FOUR YEARS. LOOK AT THE DETAIL ON THIS. IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN YOU SO LONG PER MODEL. THERE ARE 10 MODELS ON EXHIBIT TODAY. TELL ME ABOUT THE PROCESS. THE BOOK HAS BEEN LINED WITH STORIES AS WELL. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE CONNECTED TO THESE BUILDINGS. WHETHER IT BE BUILDING OWNERS, PEOPLE WHO HAD STORIES FROM GROWING UP THERE. YOU DON'T GET MUCH REFERENCE ONLINE. IN THE 1980S AND 1990S PEOPLE WHEN TAKING PHOTOS. WE ARE RELYING ON PEOPLES INFORMATION THAT WITH THEIR, AND GAVE ME A DESCRIPTION. WE BUILT THE BUILDINGS BASED ON THAT. IT HAS GIVEN ME A DEEPER KNOWLEDGE OF THE CITY, WHICH IS GREAT. YOU HAVE COMPILED IT INTO A BOOK. YOU HAVE INTERVIEWED PEOPLE. WHAT HAS THAT BEEN LIKE? THE BOOK IS CALLED GHOSTS ON EVERY CORNER, AND THAT CONSISTS OF 12 BUILDINGS WITH 12 STORIES. EACH WITH THEIR OWN VOICE. THEY ARE ALL VERY DIFFERENT ESTABLISHMENTS, BASED ON PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES GROWING UP IN CHRISTCHURCH. IT HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT WAY FOR ME TO CONNECT TO THE CITY. I AM GOING TO BRING YOU GUYS OVER HERE. WE HAVE GOT BEN, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL. HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING? I AM VERY WELL, THANK YOU. YOU HAVE 400 PEOPLE COMING THROUGH HERE TODAY. TELL ME ABOUT THAT. THEY ARE ALL BOOKED OUT UNFORTUNATELY, BUT IT IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THESE BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF ART, IN A BEAUTIFUL SPACE. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE IT IN THE CATHEDRAL? THAT IS PART OF WHAT THE CATHEDRAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN. A PLACE TOGETHER, TO CELEBRATE THE ARTS, A PLACE TO CELEBRATE AND GRIEVE. FINAL QUESTION, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO PEOPLE TO COME THROUGH AND TO SEE THIS TODAY? IT SHOWS PEOPLE THAT THE CATHEDRAL IS STILL ALIVE, AND TO SEE SOME OF THE HERITAGE OF CHRISTCHURCH AND THE ICON OF CHRISTCHURCH. STUNNING. WE DO HAVE THE BOOK HERE TODAY WITH US. THE BOOK IS QUICKLY BEING COLLECTED, JUST WHILE WE SPEAK. AS YOU PASS THAT HERE, MAYBE IF YOU HOLD THAT, I WILL GIVE YOU GUYS A PREVIEW. IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY NICE. IT HAS ALL THE PICTURES OF THE BUILDINGS, AND THE STORIES AS WELL. DEFINITELY CHECK IT OUT. EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE WILL BE DISAPPOINTED THEY CANNOT COME THROUGH HERE TODAY, YOU WILL STILL BE ABLE TO PRE-BUY THAT BOOK. THANK YOU, CHARLOTTE. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US THE STORY. COMING UP IN THE LAST HOUR ` THE 2025 NEW ZEALANDER OF THE YEAR HAS BEEN CROWNED. WE'RE SPEAKING TO PROFESSOR BEV LAWTON, WHO'S TOOK HOME THE TOP PRIZE FOR TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE FOR WAHINE MAORI AND OTHER WOMEN NATIONWIDE. AND THE FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFIER SEMI-FINALS ARE HERE, SO OUR FRIEND CHRIS CHANG IS DOWN IN WELLY! HE'LL BE CATCHING UP WITH A FORMER ALL WHITES STRIKER AHEAD OF THE GAME TONIGHT. PLUS ` IT'S TIME TO MAKE A SPLASH WITH YOUR FURRY FRIENDS. HOW YOU CAN TAKE YOUR DOG FOR A POOL PARTY IN THE CAPITAL. I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS. DO YOU HAVE TO DRESS UP DOGS IN POOLS? IT'S 8 O'CLOCK ` HERE'S THE NEWS. MILITARY OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS FROM MORE THAN 20 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND, ARE MEETING IN LONDON TODAY TO DISCUSS UKRAINE. THE 'COALITION OF THE WILLING' IS BEING HOSTED BY BRITISH PRIME MINSTER KEIR STARMER ALONG WITH FRANCE, BUT WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THE GROUP IS EXPLORING POTENTIAL PEACEKEEPING OPTIONS IF A DEAL IS PUT IN PLACE BUT IS BEING CAREFUL WITH ITS LANGUAGE, AS 1 NEWS EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON EXPLAINS. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WHICH IS INTERESTING IS THAT OFFICIALS ARE KEEN TO CALL THIS 'COALITION OF THE WILLING' NOT PEACEKEEPING TROOPS, BUT MORE OF A REASSURANCE FORCE THERE TO SUPPORT UKRAINIAN TROOPS. IN UKRAINE, FIGHTING CONTINUED OVERNIGHT WITH RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES KILLING TWO, WHILE UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACKS INJURED AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE IN RUSSIA. PRINCE WILLIAM IS ON AN OFFICIAL TWO-DAY VISIT TO ESTONIA ` A KEY ALLY IN THE UKRAINE CONFLICT, WITH UK TROOPS THERE GUARDING THE BORDER WITH RUSSIA. AFTER PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS, HE'LL MEET SOME OF THE 900 UK TROOPS DEPLOYED TO THE BALTIC STATE, INCLUDING SOLDIERS FROM THE REGIMENT HE IS THE COLONEL-IN CHIEF OF. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS HEADING BACK HOME, CALLING HIS TRIP TO INDIA A GREAT SUCCESS. NEW ZEALAND'S RESUMED FREE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH INDIA ` THE WORLD'S FIFTH LARGEST ECONOMY, AND A DEFENCE COOPERATION DEAL HAS ALSO BEEN ANNOUNCED. THE PRIME MINISTER'S DUE BACK IN NEW ZEALAND EARLY TOMORROW, AFTER SPENDING FOUR DAYS IN THE SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRY. A MAIN ROAD IN WAIKATO IS BACK OPEN AFTER A SERIOUS CRASH ON STATE HIGHWAY 39 ORMSBY ROAD OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN ROAD CONNECTING AUCKLAND AND NEW PLYMOUTH WAS BLOCKED FOR 8 HOURS FOLLOWING A FOUR VEHICLE CRASH INCLUDING A TRUCK. AND AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND'S CHINA GRAND PRIX, THE F1 WORLD IS IN MOURNING FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF FORMER TEAM OWNER AND COMMENTATOR EDDIE JORDAN. THE IRISHMAN ` WHO HAD PROSTATE CANCER ` FAMOUSLY GAVE MICHAEL SCHUMACHER HIS DEBUT IN 1991, BEFORE EVENTUALLY SELLING HIS TEAM IN 2005 AND JOINING THE BBC'S COVERAGE YEARS LATER. HE WAS 76. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE NORTH ISLAND, HOWEVER, A CLOUDY AND WET DAY FOR THE EAST COAST WITH PERIODS OF RAIN FOR GISBORNE AND NORTHERN HAWKE'S BAY AREA BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 26 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. 24 FOR WHANGAREI. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST OF THE SOUTH, HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A CLOUDY START FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE WEST COAST BEFORE BECOMING FINE LATER IN THE DAY. 21 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 23 IN DUNEDIN. KIWI ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE BEEN CELEBRATED AT A GALA EVENING AT THE VIADUCT EVENT CENTRE IN AUCKLAND LAST NIGHT. NEW ZEALANDERS PROWESS IN SUSTAINABILITY, HEALTH, ARTS, NEW ZEALANDERS' PROWESS IN SUSTAINABILITY, HEALTH, ARTS, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL ADVOCACY ALL BEING RECOGNISED. WINNERS WERE ANNOUNCED IN SEVEN CATEGORIES. IN THE YOUNG NEW ZEALANDER OF THE YEAR CATEGORY, NAMULAU'ULU NU'UALI'I ETEROA LAFAELE ` A SAMOAN LEADER AND SOFTWARE ENGINEER FROM PORIRUA WHO'S BEEN CREDITED FOR HIS WORK BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE FOR PACIFIC COMMUNITIES IN AOTEAROA. SENIOR NEW ZEALANDER OF THE YEAR HAS BEEN NAMED AS ARTIST ELIZABETH ELLIS, WHO AT ALMOST 80 YEARS OF AGE HAS BEEN CREDITED FOR HER REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTION TO MAORI ARTS. INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR IS EMMA LEWISHAM, A SKINCARE COMPANY FOUNDER FOR HER WORK CREATING LUXURY BEAUTY PRODUCTS WHILE KEEPING SUSTAINABILITY FRONT OF MIND. THE LOCAL HERO IS SUBASH CHANDAR K, KNOWN ONLINE AS INFINITYPLUSONE, HIS SUCCESS DUE TO THE WORK HE'S DONE CREATING A POPULAR YOUTUBE CHANNEL THAT GIVES FREE MATHS TUTORIALS. SUSTAINABILITY LEADER IS DEBORAH MANNING, A LAWYER TURNED SOCIAL ENTREPENEUR WHO'S BEEN WORKING ON TRANSFORMING THE FOOD RESCUE LANDSCAPE IN THE COUNTRY. AND THE LAKE ALICE SURVIVORS AND CITIZENS COMMISSION HAVE ALSO BEEN CELEBRATED AS THE NEW ZEALAND COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR FOR THE LENGTHY BATTLE FOR JUSTICE THEY'VE FOUGHT FOR DECADES. IN THE LEGACY CATEGORY, SIR MARK DUNAJSCHIK AND DOROTHY SPOTSWOOD ` PHILANTHROPISTS WHO'VE HELPED TRANSFORM HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY WELL-BEING IN WELLINGTON AND BEYOND. AND THE GRAND WINNER THE KIWIBANK NEW ZEALANDER OF THE YEAR GOES TO PROFESSOR BEV LAWTON, A TRANSFORMATIVE LEADER IN WOMEN'S HEALTH WHO'S BEEN CREDITED FOR TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE POLICIES AND IMPROVING THE LIVES OF WAHINE MAORI AND OTHER WOMEN NATIONWIDE. IT'S HER ADVOCACY THAT'S LED TO THE RECENT SHIFT TO SELF-TESTING FOR THE HPV, MAKING NEW ZEALAND THE FIRST HIGH-INCOME COUNTRY TO ADOPT THIS APPROACH. SHE JOINS US NOW FROM PORTUGAL. GOOD MORNING, PROFESSOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. CONGRATULATIONS. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE NAMED NEW ZEALANDER OF THE YEAR? IT IS LOVELY. I TAKE THE CREDIT FOR MYSELF, THE TEAM, AND ALL THE WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN OUR RESEARCH. IT IS A PRIVILEGE. THIS DOES NOT END. ARE YOU AT A HEALTH CONFERENCE IN PORTUGAL? YES, I HAVE BEEN. IT HAS JUST FINISHED. IT IS A VERY GOOD CONFERENCE. IT IS VERY PERTINENT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH HPV SELF TESTING, AND I HOPE ALL YOUR VIEWERS ARE DOING THEIR TESTING. I EVEN BROUGHT ONE ALONG. I HAVE BEEN WAVING THIS FOR YEARS. THIS IS YOU. THIS IS YOUR WORK. YOUR ADVOCACY WORK. THIS IS YOUR LEGACY SO FAR. WHILE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, TALK TO US ABOUT HPV AND SELF TESTING. I WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE TWO PLATFORMS WE HAVE HERE. THIS IS SELF TESTING, WHERE WOMEN CAN DO IT THEMSELVES. IT IS A SCREENING TO PREVENT CERVICAL CANCER. IT IS EASY AND 90% WILL BE NEGATIVE, AND 10% WILL NEED OTHER THINGS DONE. THE SUCCESS OF THIS IS THAT AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, 81% OF WOMEN IN NEW ZEALAND WHO DO THEIR SCREENING ` HAVE CHOSEN THE SELF TEST. PEOPLE WHO NEVER SCREENED BEFORE ARE NOW SCREENING. IT IS REALLY EASY. I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET THEIR KIDS VACCINATED AGAINST THE DISEASE. HPV CALLED THE CERVICAL CANCER. VAGINAL CANCER. YOU CAN VACCINATE YOUR KIDS. WE CAN GET RID OF THIS IN A LIFETIME. WE SHOULD BE CALLING OUT THAT WE NEED TO ELIMINATE THE BURDEN FROM HPV DISEASE, AND WE CAN ELIMINATE CERVICAL CANCER. THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ELIMINATION STRATEGY. IT WON'T TAKE MUCH MONEY. WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO ELIMINATE CERVICAL CANCER BY 2035? WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CELEBRATING YOU BUT BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT IT UP, YOU TALK ABOUT A STRATEGY. WHAT COULD THAT LOOK LIKE? IT LOOKS HOW AUSTRALIA LOOKS LIKE ` WE NEED TO SCREEN AND WE NEED TO TEST. WE NEED TO GET VACCINATION RATES UP, AND WE NEED TO ELIMINATE THE MAJORITY OF CERVICAL CANCER IN NEW ZEALAND AND WE CAN DO IT. NOW THAT WE HAVE THE SELF-TEST. A BIG TEAM OF PEOPLE MADE THIS HAPPEN. IT IS VERY EXCITING. THAT IS A BIG PART OF OUR WORK. I KNOW THIS WILL COME ACROSS AS A DUMB QUESTION, BUT I REALLY AM INTERESTED IN YOUR ADVOCACY WORK FOR WOMAN. IT IS A PASSION OF YOURS. WHERE DOES THAT PASSION COME FROM? NOT THAT I AM A WOMAN OR ANYTHING. WHAT I HAVE SEEN AS A GP AND A DOCTOR AND WORKING IN THE HOSPITAL, BECAUSE WE REALLY ARE UNDERSERVED. WE HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS TO MEN. WE NEED SOME INVESTMENT. WE NEED MORE RESEARCH, THE FUNDERS TO STEP UP, THE DONORS TO STEP UP. THERE ARE THINGS THAT REALLY NEED TO BE DONE. PREGNANCY CARE IS A DISGRACE. WE CAN DO MORE FOR UTERINE CANCER. THE MODEL WE HAVE USED AS EVERYBODY SAT AROUND THE TABLE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. WE NEED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. WE NEED TO REALLY ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS FOR WOMAN. PROBLEMS FOR WOMEN. THERE IS A SCIENTIFIC ANSWER. WE HAVE THE SIGNS TO PREVENT THIS. I LIKE THAT. I WAS THINKING ABOUT ` OUT OF ALL YOUR WORK, IS THERE ANYTHING ` I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS ` THAT YOU ARE MOST PROUD OF? I'M PROUD OF THE TEAM, WHAT WE DO. I'M PROUD OF THE FACT THAT I AM ABLE TO LEAD OUR COMMUNITY. I AM PROUD OF THE WAY WE DO OUR WORK BY LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY. THAT WAY OF WORKING HAS BEEN REALLY SATISFYING. I THINK THERE ARE A FEW THINGS ` THE WAY WE HAVE DONE IT, . ALONGSIDE RESEARCHERS AND WITH COMMUNITY BOYS, AND HAS GONE DIRECTLY INTO POLICY AS WE DID IT, THAT IS REALLY AMAZING AS A RESEARCHER. I WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN MORE. THERE WILL BE A YOUNG WOMAN SITTING THERE WATCHING US WHO WANTS TO GET INTO WOMEN'S HEALTH, WHO MAY BE INSPIRED BY YOUR PREVIOUS WORK, LISTENING TO YOU THIS MORNING, WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE THEM? A DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. DO THEY WANT TO DO MEDICINE, RESEARCH. MEDICINE IS A VERY GOOD CAREER. NURSING. TALK TO US. PEOPLE THAT ARE KEEN ` THAT GET UP IN THE MORNING BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SPEAKING OF ENERGY. MAN, YOU HAVE ALL OF IT THIS MORNING. IT HAS BEEN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CONVERSATION WITH YOU. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US FROM PORTUGAL THIS MORNING. ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING NAMED NEW ZEALANDER OF THE YEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PROFESSOR. GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON OUR SIDE. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS. BUT WE MUST MOVE ON, MELISSA. ME U TONU MAI ` FROM STREET PARTIES TO GOTHIC PROMS. WE'VE GOT ALL THE EVENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD NEXT. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. RESEARCHERS FROM OTAGO UNIVERSITY ARE CALLING FOR MORE PEOPLE LIVING WITH SEVERE DEPRESSION TO JOIN A KETAMINE TRIAL. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS WRAPPING UP HIS TRIP TO INDIA TODAY, CALLING IT A SUCCESS AFTER RESUMING TALKS ON A FREE TRADE DEAL. THE BODY OF A MAN WHO WENT MISSING IN THE KING COUNTRY HAS BEEN FOUND NEAR TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK, THIS FOLLOWS A MONTH LONG SEARCH FOR GEOFFREY KELLY (79). FOR OUR REGULAR JAUNT INTO THE TVNZ ARCHIVE TODAY, WE'RE REVISITING ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL MOMENT IN TIME. NOW, IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WAIMATE IN SOUTH CANTERBURY, YOU'LL KNOW ITS FAMED FOR ITS WALLABIES. AND IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WALLABIES, YOU'LL KNOW THEY'RE A PEST INTRODUCED FROM AUSTRALIA. STILL, THE WALLABY HAS LONG BEEN A SYMBOL CLAIMED BY THE TOWN, AND BACK IN 2002, THEN MAYOR OF WAIMATE DISTRICT COUNCIL DAVID OWENS WANTED TO TAKE THAT TO NEW HEIGHTS. SPECIFICALLY 20M. BY CONSTRUCTING A GIANT FIBREGLASS WALLABY STATUE FOR THE MAIN STREET. HERE'S HOW THAT WENT DOWN. A WELCOMING SIGN, GIVING UNWANTED ATTENTION, SOME SAY, TO THIS AUSTRALIAN IMPORT. USING THE WALLABY AS AN ICON DOESN'T SEND A VERY GOOD MESSAGE TO PEOPLE THAT IT'S A PEST SPECIES. A PEST THAT'S BEEN WAIMATE'S LOGO FOR THE PAST DECADE. IT'S A LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP. THEY'RE NICE AND CUTE AND CUDDLY. I LOVE SHOOTING THEM. OTHERS SIMPLY WANT TO CUDDLE THEM. TOURISTS VISIT THE TOWN TO GET CLOSE TO THE KANGAROO-LIKE CREATURES. THE FIRST THING THEY SAY IS 'OH, WAIMATE. WALLABIES. 'THAT'S WHERE THE WALLABIES LIVE.' SO WHY NOT TURN AN ASSET THAT WE'VE GOT IN THE TOWN INTO PROFIT? WE KNOW THERE ARE OTHER WALLABIES AROUND, BUT MY FRIEND HERE, OF COURSE, IS, UM, RATHER UNIQUE TO US. AND IF THE MAYOR HAS HIS WAY, THE WALLABY WILL BE EVEN MORE VISIBLE, WITH A 20 METRE FIBREGLASS REPLICA IN THE TOWN. AND PERHAPS A MORE, UH, FLIPPANT MOOD WOULD BE TO SAY THAT YOU COULD WALK UP INSIDE THE WALLABY, UH, GO UP TO A VIEWING BALCONY WITHIN THE WALLABY'S JOEY. AND THEN THERE'S A WAY TO COME DOWN, FOR THE MORE ADVENTUROUS, YOU COULD SLIDE DOWN ITS TAIL OUT, OUT FROM THE REAR END, SO TO SPEAK. HOW'S THAT? THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. IT'S PART OF WAIMATE. IT'S PART OF WHO WE ARE. IT'S TIME WE GOT TOGETHER AND EMBRACED THE THE AUSSIE ICON. IT'S A STUPID IDEA. THEY'RE A PEST. AND WHO WANTS A 20 FOOT WALLABY IN THEIR MAIN STREET? IT WOULD BE LIKE THE WEST COAST HAVING POSSUM AS AN ICON OR THE MCKENZIE USING THE RABBIT. BUT IT'S ENTIRELY INAPPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT'S A PEST. AND AN IDEA LIKE THE WALLABY ENVIRONMENTALISTS WANT TO SEE ERADICATED. LAUREN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. THIS IS BRILLIANT. I WOULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT BEHIND A SLIDE DOWN THE BACK OF ITS TAIL. LOCALS YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR TOWN, YOUR LOCAL SYMBOL, BUT IT IS QUITE RIDICULOUS. IT IS AN AUSSIE ANIMAL. AND A PEST. I LOVED THE WOMAN. ITS TIME TO BOOGIE ON CHRISTCHURCH'S NEW REGENT STREET THE FAMOUS STREET HOME TO COLOURFUL PASTEL BOUTIQUE SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS, IS TURNING INTO A PARTY TONIGHT. BAND YURT PARTY IS PUTTING ON A SHOW. JOINING US NOW IS MEMBER LORENZ WESTON-SALZER. MORENA! WHAT IS THIS? HI. I AM FROM THE BAND. TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO BE PERFORMING OUTSIDE GINGIN. IT IS A BIT OF A PARTY, SO WHAT VIBE CAN PEOPLE EXPECT? WE PLAY MOSTLY ORIGINAL MUSIC, WITH INFLUENCES FROM EASTERN EUROPE, THE BALKANS, LATIN, DUB AND WHATEVER ELSE WE WANT TO THROW IN THERE. THE KEY FACTOR IS THAT IT IS DANCEABLE, AND THAT IT HAS A FESTIVAL VIBE. HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO PLAY ON THE DAY? IT IS DEFINITELY A THING WHERE EACH GIG WE END UP SITTING TOGETHER AND WRITING AT ALL, EVEN IF IT IS OUT OF THE SAME LIST OF 20 TUNES. WE WRITE A FRESH SET EVERY GIG. ARE YOU READY FOR THAT CROWD OF 300 THAT CLICKED GOING? YES, DEFINITELY. IT WILL BE REALLY FUN. LOTS OF PEOPLE DANCING. OFTEN AT A SHOWS, SPONTANEOUS CONGA LINES FORM. IT IS A FAIRLY COMMON THING AND I EXPECT TO SEE THEM TONIGHT TOO. HOW DO PEOPLE COME ALONG? WHAT TIME DOES IT START? AT 9.30, WE HAVE SOME WEST AFRICAN DRUMMERS STARTING. WE ALSO HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE FINAL TRAM TO COME THROUGH. YOU CAN SEE TRAM TRACKS BEHIND ME HERE MAYBE. THEY WILL START ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET WHERE THE TRAM IS NOT. PEOPLE CAN START ARRIVING AT 9.30. WAS THE LAST TRAM COMES THROUGH AT 10 O'CLOCK WE WILL KICK OFF. ALL THE BEST. HAVE A GOOD PARTY. I WILL BE IN BED BY 930. IF YOU LOVE TO GET DOWN, DANCE AND GET ALL DOLLED UP, WE HAVE A FUN NIGHT FOR YOU. TONIGHT, THE GOTHIC PROM NIGHT COMES TO HAWKE'S BAY WITH TWO LIVE BANDS AND A BELLYDANCER TAKING TO THE STAGE. HERE TO TELL US MORE IS SINGER AND ORGANISER TYLEY BURKIN. MORENA! THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. WHAT DOES A GOTHIC PROM LOOK LIKE? DARK AND SPOOKY, I GUESS. WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT THIS EVENING? HOW DID IT COME ABOUT? IT CAME ABOUT AS A BIT OF A TROJAN HORSE TO GET PEOPLE WHO DO NOT MAYBE USUALLY GET TO SEE LOCAL, ORIGINAL BANDS PLAYING, OUT OF THE HOUSE, AND DOWN TO SEE IF THEY MIGHT FIND SOMETHING THEY MAY ENJOY. WE TEND TO OFFER A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST THE GENERAL KIND OF SET OF A COUPLE OF LIVE BANDS AND THAT IS IT. THERE ARE TWO LIVE BANDS PLAYING. ALSO THE BAND I PLAY IN. THEN THERE WILL BE A PERFORMANCE FROM A NEO-FUSION BELLY DANCER. FOLLOWING THAT, WE MOVE INTO A GOTHIC DISCO. IT IS A GREAT PLAYLIST OF 80S, 90S, POSTPUNK, GOTH MUSIC THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS AND LOVES ALREADY. THAT IS THE ASPECTS TO BRING THEM OUT. DID IT GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE HOUSE THE LAST TIME YOU DID IT? IT DID. PEOPLE REALLY ENJOYED THE DRESS UP ASPECT OF IT. WHETHER THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOTH THEMSELVES, OR JUST ENJOY A DRESS UP. QUICKLY, TELL US HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED AND GET ALONG TO IT? TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FROM UNDER THE RADAR'S WEBSITE UNTIL 5 PM. NOT TO BE SELF-DEPRECATING, BUT I IMAGINE THERE WILL ALSO BE DOOR SALES AVAILABLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. I HOPE THE NIGHT GOES REALLY WELL. WHAT'S HAPPENING NEAR YOU NEXT WEEKEND? LET US KNOW. MARKETS, EVENTS, FESTIVALS. HEAD TO whatsonbreakfast.co.nz. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, ONE POOL, DOZENS OF DOGS, AND PURE CHAOS. WELLINGTON REPORTER JAMES FLEURY IS AT KHANDALLAH POOL TO FIND OUT MORE. MORENA JAMES. GOOD MORNING, TEAM. JUST AS THE CAMERA WENT ON US, ALL THE DOGS HAVE DECIDED TO RUN AWAY FROM ME. IT WILL BE A FUN EVENT FOR EVERYBODY HERE IN WELLINGTON. THEY ARE SO EXCITED. MAKE SURE TO TUNE AND AFTER THE BREAK TO FIND OUT MORE. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS HEADING HOME AFTER A FOUR-DAY TRIP IN INDIA WHICH FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC AND DEFENCE TIES WITH THE SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRY. HERE'S 1NEWS POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN FILED THIS UPDATE. CHRISTOPHER LUXON WRAPPED UP HIS TRIP IN INDIA BY HAVING A QUICK STOP OFF TO THE NAVY MUMBAI PORT HERE, THIS IS WHERE THE HMSNZ TE KAHA IS STATIONED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IT'S SYMBOLIC OF THE WORK THE TWO COUNTRIES WILL DO TOGETHER IN SECURITY AND DEFENCE. ALL IN ALL, THIS HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL TRIP AND FOR THE PRIME MINISTER. IT STARTED OFF WITH THE SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT OFFICIAL NEGOTIATIONS WOULD GET UNDERWAY FOR A FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES. CHRISTOPHER LUXON PROMISED TO GET THAT DEAL ACROSS THE LINE AT THE LAST ELECTION THIS TERM OF GOVERNMENT AND HE IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO DOING THAT. ALSO THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF SIGNINGS, DEALS, AGREEMENTS DONE WITH THE BUSINESS DELEGATIONS THAT HE BROUGHT ALONG WITH HIM TO INDIA, SO THIS RELATIONSHIP HAS REALLY GONE INTO OVERDRIVE. KIWI ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE BEEN CELEBRATED AT A GALA EVENING IN AUCKLAND LAST NIGHT, WITH THE BIG AWARD ` THE NEW ZEALANDER OF THE YEAR.. GOING TO PROFESSOR BEV LAWTON WHO HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A PIONEERING FORCE IN WOMEN'S HEALTH. RECENTLY, SHE'S HELPED SHIFT NEW ZEALAND TO HPV SELF-TESTING AS THE PRIMARY METHOD FOR CERVICAL SCREENING, THOUGH SHE'S QUICK TO SHARE THE CREDIT WITH HER WIDER TEAM. I'M PART OF A TEAM. I'M PART OF WHAT WE DO. SHE HOPES ONE DAY TO SEE CERVICAL CANCER ELIMINATED COMPLETELY. STATE HIGHWAY 39, THE MAIN ROUTE BETWEEN AUCKLAND AND NEW PLYMOUTH IS BACK OPEN THIS MORNING AFTER A SERIOUS CRASH OVERNIGHT. ONE PERSON WAS AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL WITH CRITICAL INJURIES AND ANOTHER RECEIVED MODERATE INJURIES. THE SERIOUS CRASH UNIT AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CLOSED THE ROAD FOR NEARLY 8 HOURS. EXCITEMENT IS BUILDING IN THE CAPITAL AHEAD OF THE ALL WHITES' OCEANIA QUALIFIERS SEMI FINAL TONIGHT AGAINST FIJI. METLINK IS PROVIDING EXTRA CAPACITY FOR TRAIN AND BUS SERVICES, WITH COMMUTERS ADVISED TO PLAN AHEAD AND TRAVEL EARLY. NEW ZEALAND ARE THE OVERWHELMING FAVOURITES TO PROGRESS TO MONDAY'S FINAL IN AUCKLAND, BUT THE TEAM AREN'T GETTING COMPLACENT. YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG GAME FOR THEM AS WELL. AND WE NEED TO RESPECT THAT. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA BE ORGANISED AND COMPETITIVE, AND GIVE IT A REAL GO. SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE READY FOR THOSE CHALLENGES. THE OTHER SEMI FINAL BETWEEN NEW CALEDONIA AND TAHITI GETS UNDERWAY AT 3 BEFORE THE ALL WHITES' MATCH KICKS OFF AT 7. BOXING WILL BE ON THE SCHEDULE FOR THE 2028 LA OLYMPICS AFTER THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED ITS INCLUSION. BOXING WAS INITIALLY LEFT OFF THE PROGRAMME OVER CONCERNS ABOUT THE FORMER GOVERNING BODY, THE RUSSIAN-LED IBA. THE IOC HAS GRANTED PROVISIONAL RECOGNITION FOR WORLD BOXING AS THE SPORT'S NEW GLOBAL BODY, PAVING THE WAY FOR ITS INCLUSION. MEANWHILE, ZIMBABWE'S KIRSTY COVENTRY HAS BEEN ELECTED AS THE COMMITTEE'S NEW PRESIDENT ` THE FIRST WOMAN TO LAND THE ROLE. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE NORTH ISLAND, HOWEVER. A CLOUDY AND WET DAY FOR THE EAST COAST WITH PERIODS OF RAIN FOR GISBORNE AND NORTHERN HAWKE'S BAY AREA BEFORE CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. 26 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. 24 FOR WHANGAREI. A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST OF THE SOUTH, HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A CLOUDY START FOR THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE WEST COAST BEFORE BECOMING FINE LATER IN THE DAY 21 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 23 IN DUNEDIN. DOGS IN THE CAPITAL ARE BEING GIVEN THE CHANCE TO SWAP THE PARK FOR THE DEEP END AT KHANDALLAH POOL. WELLINGTON REPORTER JAMES FLEURY IS THERE AHEAD OF THE DOGS N TOGS EVENT. TO FIND OUT MORE ` MORENA, JAMES. LOOKING PRETTY CHAOTIC THERE. IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT CHAOS. BUT IT IS ALL WORKING. WE HAVE MAC DOING SOME LAPS. IT'S ACTUALLY NOT OPEN TO HUMANS ANYMORE. THERE'S GOING TO BE LOTS OF ZOOMING, SPLASHING, IS GOING TO BE FUN, BARKING, AND I AM JOINED BY AIMEE. YOU ARE THE WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL MANAGER OF THE POOL HERE. TELL US ABOUT DOGS AND TOGS. IT'S A BIT LIKE THIS, BUT ON STEROIDS. WE HAVE ABOUT 300 DOGS GO THROUGH AND ONE DAY, 30 DOGS, 30 MINUTES, BUT IT'S GREAT FUN, LOTS OF DOGS IN THE WATER, GOING OFF THE DIVE BOARD. HOW MANY DOGS DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE HERE TOMORROW? WE RUN 10, 12 SESSIONS. IT IS 360 ODD DOGS. WE DO SELL OUT PRETTY CLOSE, IT'S A MASSIVE DAY. WE ALL A BIT SHATTERED AT THE END, BUT IT'S GREAT FUN. 360 DOGS. TELL US ABOUT THIS DIFFERENT SESSIONS. DOGS THAT AREN'T SO BRAVE, SMALL DOGS, BIG DOGS, AND THEN IT'S A FREE FOR ALL AND WE WATCH THE FUN UNFOLD. WHAT DO THE DOGS AND HUMANS NEED TO BRING? THEY JUST NEED TO BE PRETTY BRAVE TO SWIM, WE DO HAVE THE TODDLER POOL FOR THE NOT SO BRAVE DOGS, BUT AS LONG AS THEY ARE KEEN TO SWIM, AND WILL COME OUT WHEN YOU CALL THEM THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. WE HAVE DOGS AND LIFEJACKETS, DOGS AND COSTUMES. MAKE SURE THEY'RE HAPPY AROUND OTHER DOGS. I BASICALLY GUARD THE DOOR BECAUSE DOGS ARE SMART AND THEY WANT TO GET OUT, AND I AM THE DOOR GATE GUARD DOG. I GET TO CHECK OUT EVERY DOG AS THEY COME, SO I GET TO PICK SOME FAVOURITES. GOOD BOY. HE'S JUST DECIDING TO SHAKE ON US RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE SO HEAD ONLINE. ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, WELLINGTON COMMUNITY POOLS. WHERE DID ALL THE DOGS COME FROM THIS MORNING? ARE THESE JUST NEWSROOM DOGS? ACROSS WELLINGTON, THEY'VE DECIDED TO COME AND SAY HELLO. I THOUGHT DOGS JUST COULD SWIM. MAYBE SOME OF THE LITTLE ONES. THAT WAS SO GOOD, JAMES. LOOK AT THAT. 300 OF THEM. BUT 30 AT A TIME, JENNY MAY. OWE, I MISSED THAT. MY DOG WON'T SWIM. SHE CAN, BUT... YOU SCARED HER? GET HER LIFE JACKET. NO, SHE CAN SWIM, SHE JUST WON'T. WE MIGHT HAVE TRAUMATISED HER AS A PUPPY. COME ON, GET IN, IT WILL BE GOOD FOR YOU. E WHAI AKE NEI ` OUR VERY OWN CHRIS CHANG IS DOWN IN WELLY AHEAD OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP OCEANIA QUALIFIERS SEMI-FINALS. MORENA, CHANGY! OH, LOOK AT HIM. IF YOU CAN'T GET A TICKET TO DOGS AND TOGS, THAT MATCHES COMING UP, AND I WILL BE TALKING TO THE MAN WHO WAS BIG, BAD, AND BETTER THAN HIS DAD. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THE EU HAS DELAYED ITS FIRST ROUND OF RETALIATORY TARIFFS AGAINST THE U.S. UNTIL MID APRIL, IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S TARIFFS ON METALS. FINLAND'S HELD ONTO ITS TITLE AS THE WORLD'S HAPPIEST COUNTRY FOR THE EIGHTH YEAR IN A ROLE. NEW ZEALAND HAS PLACED 12th. AND, PROFESSOR BEV LAWTON ` A PIONEERING FORCE IN WOMEN'S HEALTH ` HAS BEEN NAMED THE NEW ZEALANDER OF THE YEAR. THE COUNTDOWN'S ON TO THIS AFTERNOON'S CRUCIAL FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING SEMI-FINALS, AND THE ALL WHITES ARE RETURNING TO THE SCENE OF ONE OF THEIR MOST FAMOUS NIGHTS. CHRIS IS IN HIS HAPPY PLACE THIS MORNING AND JOINS US LIVE FROM THE CAPITAL. LOVING YOUR WORK. A CRACKER DAY HERE IN WELLINGTON, AND BACK HERE AT THE SCENE OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS NIGHTS IN NEW ZEALAND SPORTING HISTORY. I HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST HERE TODAY. HE SPOKE, HE IS BAD, HE'S BETTER THAN HIS DAD, RORY FALLON. HE WASN'T HAPPY WITH THAT CHANCE? NO, LITTLE KIDS WROTE THAT CHANT. HE WASN'T HAPPY WITH IT. YOU SCORED THE GOAL THAT TOOK US TO THE 2010 WORLD CUP HERE IN WELLINGTON. WAS THAT THE GOAL? YES, I PUT THE BALL AND FROM THERE. I WAS UP SOMEWHERE THERE SCREAMING MY HEAD OFF. TALK ME THROUGH THAT MOMENT ON WHAT IT WAS LIKE. A EUPHORIC MOMENT. THAT BALL FELT LIKE IT WAS COMING ONTO MY HEAD, AND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS MEANT TO BE. MENTALLY I HAD BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR A LONG TIME, JUST WORKING ON THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AND I AM JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT IT HAPPENED, AND THE HISTORY, EVEN THE PEOPLE TODAY LIKE WHEN YOU SPOKE TO IT, THEY HAVE THAT KIND OF VIVID MEMORY OF THAT NIGHT, AND FOR ME, THAT IS WORTH EVERYTHING. IT IS JUST THOSE MOMENTS PEOPLE CHERISH. DO YOU LIKE TALKING ABOUT IT? THERE'S NEVER A DAY WHERE SOMEONE ISN'T LIKE I WAS THERE AT THAT GAME, AND SOMEONE ASKED ME IF I TALK ABOUT IT, AND I AM LIKE I DON'T NEED TO BECAUSE PEOPLE BRING IT UP. I HAD THE BEST NIGHT. YOU HAVE THOSE MOMENTS WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THE TICKETS, AND WHEN PEOPLE SPEAK ABOUT THAT, I JUST LOVE LISTENING TO THOSE MOMENTS BECAUSE IT IS LIKE, I DIDN'T GET TO SEE THOSE MOMENTS BECAUSE I WAS ON. I NEVER DID THE PARTY AS WELL, I WAS SO EXHAUSTED FROM THE EVENT, I WAS JUST LIKE I NEED TO GO TO BED. YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE EVER HAD THAT SAME RECOGNITION FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR MARK'S SAY. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU THAT THE MOMENTS CONTRIBUTED TO THOSE MOMENTS? GREAT. I'M HOPEFULLY SEEING HIM AT THE GAME AND ASK IF HE IS COMING TO THE GAME, AND HE WILL PROBABLY BE LIKE, NAH. WE'RE BACK IN HOPEFULLY THE FINAL ON MONDAY, SHARES ARE SELLING OUT ALREADY, AND TICKETS ARE SELLING OUT. HOW BIG IS THIS WHAT NEW ZEALAND? IS MASSIVE TO GO TO OUR WORLD CUP. IT IS THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENT ON EARTH. ESPECIALLY WITH THIS WORLD CUP WITH THREE COUNTRIES HOSTING IT, IT WILL BE MEGA. THE MORE TEAMS IN THE WORLD CUP, IT WILL BE THE BIGGEST GROSSING WORLD CUP EVER. YOU SPOKE TO THE LADS THIS TODAY, WHAT IS IT YOU TALK ABOUT/ I DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT THE WORLD CUP, I JUST TALKED ABOUT TAKING THOSE MOMENTS. HAD IT BEEN LUNCH WITH THEM HAVING LUNCH WITH THEM, THOSE OF THE MOMENTS I LIKE THE MOST. THOSE OF THE MOMENTS HE HAD TO CHERISH. AND WHEN WE HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE, TO GAMES AWAY FROM A WORLD CUP, YOU CAN'T LET THAT SLIP THROUGH YOUR HAND. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO TAKE THE MOMENT AND SEIZE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. MY PLEASURE. THE GAME WILL BE LIVE AT 7 O'CLOCK. BIG AFTERNOON FOR WELLINGTON. YOU WILL BE ON THE TELEVISION, CHRIS. I AM GOING TO BE THERE. ALL THE BIG GUNS IN. IT'S GOING TO BE A BRILLIANT AFTERNOON FOOTBALL, AND HOPEFULLY IT IS A PRECURSOR TO WHAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE A BIGGER NIGHT IN THE FINAL. LOTS OF YOUNG FOOTBALLERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND ENJOY THE MOMENTS AND WE WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU AGAIN ON MONDAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO RORY AS WELL. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE WORLD OF CULTURE FESTIVAL IS ON IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU REPORTER LUCY BENDELL IS THERE. THAT'S RIGHT. IT IS AN EVENT THAT CELEBRATES MORE THAN 60 CULTURES. TODAY WE ARE GOING TO DIVE INTO A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, DANCE. ('COLD AS ICE' BY FOREIGNER) (READS) "Additional tax refunds. Click the link to..." # You're as cold as ice... # Not clicking the link. (CLEARS THROAT) VOICEOVER: If something seems suss, we're here to help 24/7 on 0800 ASB FRAUD. THE VIBRANT 'WORLD OF CULTURES' FESTIVAL IS BACK IN TAMAKI MAKARAU, CELEBRATING THE DIFFERENT CULTURES, WITH OVER 100 CAPTIVATING STALLS CELEBRATING OUR DIVERSITY THROUGH MUSIC, FOOD AND ARTS. REPORTER LUCY BENDELL IS DOWN THERE. WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND FOR US, LUCY? GOOD MORNING, TEAM. IT HAS DANCE, OF COURSE. I HAVE FOUND SOME DANCERS TO CELEBRATE THE FESTIVAL WHICH IS GOING ON FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS IN AUCKLAND. THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF DANCE, EVERYBODY FEELS CONNECTED TO PEOPLE, OR A STORY, OR HERITAGE. THAT IS WHAT WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT TODAY. WE HAVE SOME COLOMBIAN DANCERS AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME BELLY DANCERS AS WELL. WE WILL JOIN FIRST HERE. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR BEAUTIFUL DANCE THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND. THAT IS FANDANGO. IT IS SUPER COLOURFUL, AND THE RHYTHM KEEPS YOU DANCING AND YOU FEEL IT. YOU HAVE A FEW WORKSHOPS COMING UP IN AUCKLAND? ON MONDAY AT 7 PM, WE HAVE A WORKSHOP. WE HAVE THAT FREE WORKSHOP CLASS. WE ARE SHOWING THAT, AND IT IS A FREE CLASS. PEOPLE CAN COME ON DOWN AND LEARN A FEW MOVES BEFORE WE GO TO THE FESTIVAL. SHALL WE LEARN SOME TODAY? AS SHAKIRA SAID, THE HIPS DON'T LIE. ONE, AND TWO. AND ONE. AND TWO. AND ONE. AND SPIN. AND BACK. THERE WE GO. AMAZING, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HOPE YOU GUYS IN THE STUDIO WERE LEARNING THAT AS WELL. WE WILL SEE A PERFORMANCE FROM THE TEAM SOON AS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME THIS MORNING. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR DANCE AND HOW SPECIAL IT IS THAT YOU GET TO SHARE IT. EVERYBODY KNOWS IT HERE AS BELLY DANCE. I HAVE A LITTLE GIFT FOR YOU. YOU CANNOT DANCE WITHOUT SHOWING OFF THE HIPS. WE DO IT EVERYWHERE. WE WILL PRACTICE A FEW MOVES TODAY, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM VERY GRATEFUL AS A MEMBER OF PHOENIX BELLY DANCE TO BE HOSTED BY THE WORLD OF CULTURES, FOR THE CULTURE FESTIVAL WHICH IS APRIL 6, AND UP UNTIL APRIL 6 WE HAVE TWO WEEKS OF EVENTS. WE WILL BE EVERYWHERE, WE WILL BE HERE DOING A FREE CLASS ON SUNDAY. WE WILL BE EVERYWHERE. BEFORE WE GET INTO THE MOVES. I WANT YOU TO TELL ME ABOUT THIS FESTIVAL. HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU GET TO SHOW THIS TO PEOPLE? I LOVE SEEING EVERYBODY ELSE DANCING. I LOVE DANCING HER WITH THE COLOMBIAN GROUP. I LOVE SEEING ALL THE DIFFERENT CULTURES. WHERE ELSE DO YOU GET TO SEE ALL THESE CULTURES IN ONE PLACE? YOU HAVE BEEN TO A FEW OF THESE FESTIVALS IN AUCKLAND. WHAT SORT OF REACTIONS DO YOU SEE? DO YOU SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE NERVOUS TO TRY SOME OF THE MOVES? THIS IS WHAT I LOVE, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT. YOU SEE PEOPLE NERVOUS, BUT THEN YOU SEE EVERYBODY GET IN ON IT. I'M SURE LOTS OF PLACES LIGHT UP. LET'S LEARN SOME MOVES. WE GOING TO DROP THE HIP FORWARD, AND BACK. FORWARD, AND BACK. AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO BRING IT UP TO THE UPPER BODY AND SHAKE A LITTLE JOY. YES, YES, YES! FORWARD, AND BACK. FORWARD, BACK. SHOULDERS, YES. NOW A LITTLE BIT FASTER. FIVE, SIX. FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT. FORWARD, BACK FORWARD, BACK. SO MUCH FUN. THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH. YOU CAN LEARN THOSE BEFORE THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL KICKS OFF OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GET A PERFORMANCE IN JUST A MOMENT BY THE NEXT PHOENIX GROUP. LOVE IT. YOU ARE SO GOOD, LUCY. I COULD NOT GET MY HIP BACK. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE ON BREAKFAST. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMPANY. 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