IT'S MONDAY THE 14TH OF APRIL. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. WELCOME TO A SHORT WEEK. FRIDAY OFF, AND NEXT MONDAY AS WELL FOR EASTER. IF YOU HAVE PLAYED YOUR CARDS RIGHT AND SORTED OUT ANNUAL LEAVE, YOU CAN TAKE THREE DAYS OF ANNUAL LEAVE AND GET A LONG BREAK. THAT IS YOU. THAT IS WHAT I HAVE DONE. ANOTHER ARIES BABY. BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY. 38, FEELING GREAT. IS THAT WHAT THEY SAY? BUT YOU JUST DID. IT WAS REALLY NICE, THANK YOU. MY WIFE GOT ME SOME PRESETS ` ONE OF WHICH WAS THREE 10 KM RUNS. SHE SIGNED ME UP. WHAT IS TRYING TO SAY? I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A BACKHANDED COMPLIMENT. SHE GAVE ME OTHER THINGS AS WELL, BUT SHE SIGNED ME UP FOR SOME RUNS. I GOT TO GET CRACKING NOW, GOT TO GET RUNNING. GOOD WAY TO GET SOMEONE TO COMMIT TO ORGANISED RUNS. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` THE CHARITY FEEDING STRUGGLING FAMILIES FACING CLOSURE. 'KIWI HARVEST' IS AOTEAROA'S LARGEST FOOD RESCUE ORGANISATION, COLLECTING FOOD THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO WASTE. IT'S JUST RESCUED $100 MILLION WORTH OF FOOD WHICH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO FAMILIES IN NEED. BUT THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON GOVERNMENT FUNDING. CAN IT CONTINUE WITHOUT THAT SUPPORT? ALSO AHEAD, FORGET 'UP THE WA' ` IT'S JUST 'WAH WAH' FOR THE WARRIORS. A SEVEN-TRY SHELLACKING FROM THE STORM, THEIR 17th STRAIGHT LOSS TO THE MELBOURNE TEAM, ENDING A BRIEF THREE-GAME WINING STREAK. ADD IN A COUPLE OF KEY INJURIES ` HOW'S THE SEASON LOOKING NOW FOR THE WARRIORS? SECOND-HALF WINNERS. UP THE WAHS. PLUS ` HERE'S A SHOCKER ` WOMEN AREN'T SMALL MEN. BUT THAT'S HOW THEY'VE BEEN VIEWED FOR A LONG TIME BY MEDICAL SCIENCE. WE'LL HEAR FROM AN EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIST AND NUTRITION SCIENTIST MAKING WAVES AND SHATTERING THE FITNESS RULES FOR WOMEN. DR STACEY SIMS WILL BE JOINING US IN 20 MINUTES TIME. IF YOU HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE NEAR HER POD CAST, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT SHE HAS BEEN ON THOSE RECENTLY. VERY INTERESTING, AND A CONVERSATION YOU WILL WANT TO HEAR, LIKE I SAY, IN 20 MINUTES TIME. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S CHRIS WITH YOUR NEWS. THANKS, JENNY MAY. AT LEAST 34 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKE ON THE UKRAINIAN CITY OF SUMY. TWO BALLISTIC MISSILES HIT THE CITY CENTRE AT AROUND 10am LOCAL TIME WHILE PEOPLE WERE GATHERED TO CELEBRATE PALM SUNDAY. UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS SAY IT'S THE DEADLIEST STRIKE THIS YEAR. A PEDESTRIAN IS IN A SERIOUS CONDITION FOLLOWING A CRASH IN WELLINGTON'S LOWER HUTT. EMERGENCY SERVICES RUSHED TO THE SCENE ON DOWSE DRIVE SHORTLY AFTER 7pm. POLICE SAY THE ROAD HAS NOW REOPENED. THREE MEN HAVE BEEN RESCUED AFTER THEIR BOAT CAPSIZED AMID 20-KNOT WINDS AND STRONG SWELLS IN CHRISTCHURCH'S BANKS PENINSULA. POLICE RECEIVED A CALL FROM ONE OF THE THREE MEN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON SAYING THE BOAT'S ENGINE HAD FAILED ONCE THEY'D REACHED LITTLE AKALOA HEADS, PUSHING THEM INTO THE ROCKS. THE VESSEL WAS ABANDONED AND THE MEN WERE LATER PICKED UP BY COASTGUARD VOLUNTEERS AND A RESCUE HELICOPTER. A FESTIVAL IN DUNEDIN HAS CLAIMED THE NATIONAL RECORD FOR MASS YOGA, WITH OVER 600 PEOPLE FLOCKING IN FROM AROUND THE SOUTH ISLAND. THE ONE-HOUR LONG SESSION AT FORSYTH BARR STADIUM WAS PART OF THE WEEK-LONG WILD DUNEDIN FESTIVAL OF NATURE, LAUNCHING THE OFFICIAL NATUREDOME CELEBRATION. ORGANISERS SAY THE TURNOUT MORE THAN DOUBLED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 300 SET AT AUCKLAND'S DOMAIN. MCLAREN DRIVER OSCAR PIASTRI HAS PUT ON A CLINIC AT THE BAHRAIN GP STORMING HOME FROM POLE POSITION IN A DOMINANT DRIVE. THE AUSTRALIAN FINISHED MORE THAN 15 SECONDS AHEAD OF GEORGE RUSSELL'S MERCEDES, WITH MCLAREN TEAMMATE LANDO NORRIS ROUNDING OUT THE PODIUM. THE CHEQUERED FLAG AS HIS. OSCAR WINS THE GRAND PRIX! AND NEW ZEALAND DRIVER LIAM LAWSON'S STRUGGLES HAVE CONTINUED UNABLE TO MAKE UP ANY GROUND AFTER STARTING AT 17th ON THE GRID. AND IT'S DEJA VU FOR THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX WOMEN AFTER MISSING OUT ON FINALS FOOTBALL FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT SEASON. THE NIX GOING DOWN 1-0 TO CANBERRA UNITED, LEAVING THEM SEVEN POINTS OUTSIDE THE TOP SIX. DELIVERY IN. AND IT IS IN. CANBERRA UNITED, WHAT AN OPENER. WE GAVE IT EVERYTHING TONIGHT. AGAIN, HAD CAUGHT US A LITTLE BIT OF A LACK IN QUALITY. THEY'LL END THEIR SEASON AT HOME AGAINST WESTERN UNITED ON SUNDAY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS ` (UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` PARTLY CLOUDY WITH POSSIBLE SHOWERS FOR NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND, COROMANDEL, BAY OF PLENTY AND GISBORNE. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH. 23 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. 26 FOR HAWKE'S BAY. NICE AND WARM. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. PARTLY CLOUDY FURTHER DOWN WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLE FOR SOME. INVERCARGILL, YOU CAN EXPECT A RAINY START, BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. 24 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 21 IN CHRISTCHURCH. PRETTY MILD THROUGH THERE, ISN'T IT? LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING WITH OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. LET'S START IN WELLINGTON WITH JAMES FLEURY, AND YOUTHS AS YOUNG AS 11 HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOLLOWING TWO AGGRAVATED ROBBERIES IN PALMERSTON NORTH OVER THE WEEKEND. MORENA, JENNY MAY. THAT IS RIGHT. SIX YOUTHS AND A 24 YEAR OLD MAN DUE TO APPEAR IN THE PALMERSTON NORTH DISTRICT COUNCIL FOLLOWING TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS. THE FIRST HAPPENED ON SATURDAY NIGHT AROUND 8:15 PM. POLICE WERE CALLED TO AN AGGRAVATED BURGLARY IN THE SQUARE. THE OFFENDERS, FOUR OF THEM, THE YOUNGEST 11, MANAGED TO FLEE THE SCENE ON FOOT. THEY MANAGED TO TAKE THE STOLEN ITEM WITH THEM, BUT FORTUNATELY, POLICE SAID A POLICE DOG TEAM WHICH TRACKED THEM DOWN 500 M AWAY. THE ITEMS WERE RECOVERED AND THE FOUR YOUTHS WERE ARRESTED. THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS UNRELATED, IT HAPPENED IN FOXTON, WHICH THE SHORT DRIVE AWAY, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. FOR USE IN A 25-YEAR-OLDS MAN ATTEMPTED TO RAMROD A COMMERCIAL PREMISES AROUND 1:30 PM YESTERDAY. THEY MEANT TO TAKE SOME ITEMS INSIDE AND FLEE WITH ONE OF THE VEHICLES. POLICE PUT SOME SPIKES DOWN ON THE PIONEER HIGHWAY SO THEY WERE ABLE TO ARREST TWO OF THESE YOUTHS AGED 14 AND 15 AND THE 24 YEAR OLD MAN. ALL OF THE SIX YOUTHS IN THE 24 YEAR OLD DUE TO APPEAR IN PALMERSTON NORTH DISTRICT COURT TOMORROW FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES. THANKS, JAMES. JOINING US FROM THE WELLINGTON NEWSROOM. PARKING PRICES ARE INCREASING IN OUR BIGGEST CITY TODAY. LUCY BENDELL JOINS US FROM OUR AUCKLAND NEWSROOM. HOW MUCH ARE THEY GOING UP, LUCY? MORENA, JENNY MAY. THE PRICE TO PARK YOUR CAR IS BEING BUMPED $0.50 PER HOUR ACROSS THE CITY. WHY? IT IS THE RISING COSTS. AWKWARD TRANSPORT STATUS COSTING MORE TO SERVICE AND MAINTAIN THE NETWORK. HOW MUCH WILL IT COST TO PARK YOUR CAR IN AUCKLAND? IT VARIES. PLACES LIKE QUEEN STREET AND CUSTOM STREET, ON A WEEKDAY BETWEEN 8 AM AND 6 PM WILL SET YOU BACK $6.50 PER HOUR, AND $11.50 PER HOUR ONCE IT HITS THE TWO HOUR MARK. OFF PEAK TIMES AND ON THE WEEKEND, IT WILL COST YOU FOUR DOLLARS AN HOUR. IN THE WIDER ZONES, PONSONBY AND PARNELL, THAT'LL COST YOU FIVE DOLLARS AN HOUR. ONCE IT IS THAT TO OUR THRESHOLD WILL MOVE TO 8 DOLLARS AN HOUR. WE HAVE NOT HAD PARKING PRICE SHIFTS IN A YEAR AND � SINCE AUGUST 2023 WHEN IT'S A WAS RAISED A DOLLAR, BUT THERE ARE PLACES LIKE EDEN TERRACE, FREEMANS BAY AND DEVONPORT WHICH WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TODAY'S PRICE HIKE. I WAS GOING TO SAY THANKS, BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. AND AS WE HEARD IN NEWS, A WILD DUNEDIN FESTIVAL HAS BROKEN A NATIONAL RECORD OVER THE WEEKEND. HERE'S CHRISTCHURCH REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER WITH MORE. THAT IS NATIONAL RECORD WAS FOR A ONE HOUR YOGA CLASS AT DUNEDIN STADIUM AS PART OF THE 10 DAY FESTIVAL OF NATURE. STARTING LAST THURSDAY, THE FESTIVAL SEES OVER 150 EVENTS DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, INCLUDING THE YOGA CLASS, WHICH WAS OPENING THE NATURE CELEBRATIONS. IT HAS ACTUALLY BEATEN AUCKLAND'S RECORD OF 300 PEOPLE BY ACTUALLY DOUBLING IT TO 623 PEOPLE COMING TO THE CLASS. EVENT ORGANISERS WERE SAYING HOW SUCCESSFUL THE DAY WAS AND HOW EXCITED THEY ARE TO CONTINUE THE CELEBRATIONS THROUGH TO THE END OF THE FESTIVAL, WHICH WILL BE CLOSING ON 22 APRIL. THEY ASK PEOPLE TO PLEASE COME ALONG. IT IS A REAL FUN TIME AND THERE ARE MANY MORE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS TO ENJOY. EVERY YEAR IN NEW ZEALAND, THOUSANDS OF TONNES OF GOOD FOOD GOES TO WASTE AS MORE FAMILIES STRUGGLE TO PUT MEALS ON THE TABLE. THE CHARITY 'KIWI HARVEST' IS LAUNCHING A NEW CAMPAIGN ` 'FEED A FAMILY FOR $5', BUT WITH GOVERNMENT FUNDING DUE TO RUN OUT IN WEEKS, ITS FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN. KIWI HARVEST CEO ANGELA CALVER JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING, ANGELA. WITH THE FUNDING RUNNING OUT SOON, HOW SHORT OF POCKET ARE YOU GOING TO BE? WE ARE UNSURE AT THIS STAGE. THE SIGNALS THAT WE WILL NOT GET ANY MORE FUNDING BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE OK. I GUESS THE REASON THAT WE ARE LAUNCHING THIS APPEAL IS TO BRING AWARENESS AND TO ASK THE PUBLIC FOR SOME HELP BECAUSE WE HAVE A PRETTY NEAT SUPERPOWER, BEING ABLE TO FEED A FAMILY OF FOUR THREE MEALS FOR FIVE DOLLARS. I CANNOT EVEN BUY A COPY FOR THAT, TO BE HONEST. WE WANTED TO SHARE OUR APPEAL TO EVERYONE. WE HAD OUR BIGGEST YEAR EVER. WE GREW 32% IN THE PREVIOUS FINANCIAL YEAR. THIS YEAR, WE HAVE GROWN 15%. WE GOT TO THE POINT WE SAID WE CANNOT TAKE ANY MORE DONATIONS, WE NEED A NEW TRUCK. CHECK CAME TO THE PARTY WITH A NEW TRUCK, BUT THAT IS ONLY LETTING US USE IT FOR A YEAR. I KNOW THAT EVERYONE IS DOING IT HARD AT THE MOMENT, THAT THE PEOPLE TO GIVE US A FIVE DOLLARS DONATION THAT LETS US FEED A FAMILY FOR A DAY. REALLY, KIWI HARVEST IS A SMART SOLUTION TO THE ISSUES WE HAVE. A HUGE AMOUNT OF FOOD WASTE AND INCREASING CHILD POVERTY, CHILDREN LIVING IN HOUSEHOLDS WITH FOOD RUNS OUT. WE ARE OUT THERE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO ALLEVIATE THOSE TWO ISSUES. YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOU HAVE EXPANDED WHICH IS GOOD IN A SENSE, BUT ON THE FLIPSIDE, THE NEED FOR THAT AND THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE HAD TO EXPAND CANNOT BE A GOOD THING, CAN IT? WELL, I GUESS THESE TO THE STICKS TELL US THERE ARE 50 MILLION KG OF FOOD GOING TO LANDFILLS EVERY YEAR THAT IS EDIBLE, AND YET WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH CHILDREN LIVING IN HOUSES WITH FOOD RUNS OUT. WE HAVE A LIST OF QUALIFIED ORGANISATIONS THAT WE SUPPLY TO THAT ARE NOT HANDING OUT FOOD FOR THE SAKE OF HANDING OUT FOOD; THEY HAVE OTHER WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT WAS AROUND THESE FAMILIES. I GUESS THAT THIS FOOD IS BEING USED FOR GOOD TO HELP PEOPLE OUT OF THE SITUATION THAT THEY ARE. THE TALK ABOUT THE SERVICES. WE DOES THE FOOD ACTUALLY COME FROM? WE HAVE 270 REGULAR FOOD DONORS. WE HAVE 13 VEHICLES ON THE ROAD, WE VISIT 83 SUPERMARKETS EVERY DAY AND SO THE FOOD COMES FROM SUPERMARKETS AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN. THE CASES YOU SEE BEHIND ME ARE FROM DISTRIBUTION CENTRES. THOSE ARE CARTON DAMAGED PRODUCTS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO LANDFILLS. WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS TO SORT THEM OUT AND GOES TO THE DRIVERS AND RECIPIENTS FOR BACKUP. WHAT SORTS OF FOOD ARE WE TALKING? IS IT EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE? YES. ALTHOUGH, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE EVERY DAY THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE EVERYTHING. WE JUST HAD A WONDERFUL BREAD SUPPLIER COME ON BOARD SO WE CAN PROVIDE BREAD AS PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE TRY AND OFFER A FULL NUTRITIONAL PLATES WITH ABOUT 40% OF WHAT WE DO BEING FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. IS SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR THAT IS MOST NEEDED OUT OF THEIR? PROTEIN IS ALWAYS A HARD ONE TO GET A HOLD OF, BUT WE HAVE GOOD STORIES GOING ON AROUND US. WE ARE WORKING WITH MPI. THERE ARE BEEN SOME NEW LEGISLATIONS AROUND VENISON BEING MADE AVAILABLE. THE FIRST LOT OF THAT HAS BEEN IN OUR QUEENSTOWN BRANCH. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE GROWTH INSOMUCH MORE THAT WE CAN DO, BUT WE ARE LIMITED BY FUNDS BECAUSE EVERYTHING COSTS MONEY. THAT IS WHY WE ARE LAUNCHING OUR CAMPAIGN. WE HAVE HAD SOME WONDERFUL SUPPORT FROM THE MEDIA AND YOURSELF. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. JUST TO BUILD AWARENESS, BUT ALSO TO SAY THAT FOR A FIVE DOLLARS DONATION THAT YOU CAN FEED A FAMILY OF FOUR THREE MEALS. WHAT DOES THAT FIVE DOLLARS ALLOW YOU TO GIVE PEOPLE? THAT ALLOWS US TO GIVE ABOUT 4 1/2 KG OF FOOD, WHICH IS MADE UP OF BREAKFAST STUFF, LUNCH STUFF AND DINNER STUFF. THREE SOLID MEALS FOR THE DAY. IF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THIS AND I THINK, I CAN DO THAT, I CAN GIVE FIVE DOLLARS, HOW DO THEY GET INVOLVED? IF THEY GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND HAVE A LOOK AT THE DONATION PAGE. WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS AS WELL. WE ARE VERY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT. PEOPLE ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME AND VISIT US TO VOLUNTEER. BACK UP THE PHONE AND ASK US SOME QUESTIONS. ANGELA FROM KIWI HARVEST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. E WHAI AKE NEI ` ONE OF THE LEADING VOICES ON WOMEN'S EXERCISE AND NUTRITION BREAKS DOWN SOME OF THE BIG FITNESS STEREOTYPES. THAT IS NEXT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` AT LEAST 34 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKE ON UKRAINE'S NORTHEAST CITY OF SUMY. IT FOLLOWS THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ACCUSING HIS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART OF IGNORING THE U.S. CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL. BACK HERE, THE GOVERNMENT IS PROPOSING A MASSIVE SHAKE-UP TO THE DRIVER'S LICENCE SYSTEM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A DECADE, INCLUDING DROPPING ONE OF THE TWO PRACTICAL FULL-LICENCE INCLUDING DROPPING ONE OF THE TWO PRACTICAL FULL-LICENCE TESTS. AND MCLAREN DRIVER OSCAR PIASTRI HAS PUT ON A CLINIC AT THE BAHRAIN GP, STORMING HOME FROM POLE POSITION IN A DOMINANT DRIVE AS THE STRUGGLES CONTINUE FOR NEW ZEALAND'S LIAM LAWSON. NOT ENTIRELY HIS FAULT, THOUGH. 'WOMEN ARE NOT SMALL MEN' ` THAT'S THE WORD FROM AN EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIST AND NUTRITION SCIENTIST MAKING WAVES AROUND THE WORLD AS ONE OF THE LEADING VOICES ON WOMEN'S EXERCISE AND NUTRITION. IF YOU'VE EVER FELT LIKE YOUR DIET AND WORKOUT PLAN ISN'T WORKING, STACEY SIMS IS HERE TO TELL YOU WHY, SHATTERING THE FITNESS RULES WOMEN HAVE FOLLOWED FOR DECADES. MORENA! IT IS SO LOVELY TO HAVE YOU BACK ON THE PROGRAM WITH US. HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING? THAT AUDIO WAS TERRIBLE. HOPEFULLY WE CAN SORT THAT OUT. I'M GOING TO START OUR INTERVIEW THIS MORNING. YOU HAVE SPENT YEARS RESEARCHING HOW WOMEN'S BODIES RESPOND TO EXERCISE, HOW WOMEN'S BODIES RESPOND TO NUTRITION AS WELL. WHY HAVE YOU MADE IT YOUR MISSION TO SHATTER THE ONE SIZE FITS ALL? THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN MUSCLE MORPHOLOGY, THE WAY THAT WOMAN RESPOND TO EXERCISE, AND THEN WE HAVE THINGS LIKE THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND POSTMENOPAUSE. WOMEN'S BODIES ARE INHERENTLY DIFFERENT TO MEN'S, YET WE TEND TO BE GENERALISED FROM THE RESEARCH. WHEN WE START DIGGING INTO THE RESEARCH AND SEE DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS THAT WORKED FOR WOMEN THAT DO NOT WORK FOR MEN THAT MAKE WOMAN TIRED AND FATIGUED AND DO NOT MAKE CHANGES TO THE BODY COMPOSITION THAT WE ARE WANTING. YOU HAVE BEEN ON A NUMBER OF POD CASTS OVER THE PAST SIX OR SO MONTHS AND I WONDERED WHAT THE RESPONSE YOU HAVE HAD FROM WOMAN IS WHO WOULD BETTER LISTEN TO THE POD CASTS AND THINK, I HAVE BEEN DOING WAS WRONG THE WHOLE TIME. I TRY TO TELL WOMAN THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY WERE DOING WRONG, IT IS JUST THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN INFORMED. WE HAVE SEEN A POSITIVE CHANGE WHEN GIVING THAT EMPOWERMENT TO WOMAN TO UNDERSTAND THEIR BODIES. AS I HAVE GONE THROUGH MY CAREER AND SING THIS UPSURGE OF WOMAN REALLY WANTING TO UNDERSTAND THEIR BODIES AND UNDERSTAND THINGS LIKE EATING BEFORE EXERCISE AND NOT EATING AFTER DINNER AND HAVING BETTER CONTROL OF ENERGY THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THEY FINALLY GETTING THE RESULTS THAT THEY WANT, NOT ONLY THROUGH BODY COMPOSITION AND EXERCISE, BUT BETTER ENERGY AND SLEEP, MOOD, AND THEY SAY, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO FEEL HEALTHY. I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE SPECIFIC PRACTICES THAT YOU CHALLENGE. DO YOU RECOMMEND FASTING, WHICH IS GOING WITHOUT FOOD FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, FOR WOMAN? I LIKE TO DEFINE IT WE LOOK AT INTERMITTENT FASTING VERSUS TIME RESTRICTED EATING. IF WE FEEL THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH PROTEINS OR CARBS AND WE HAVE DINNER AND WE STOP EATING AFTER DINNER, AND WE HAVE A 12 OR 13 HOUR OVERNIGHT FAST. THAT IS GREAT, BUT WHEN WE START GETTING TO HOLDING THE FOOD UNTIL 11 OR 12, WE SEE A LOT FROM RESEARCH THAT SAYER DOES NOT DO ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO POSITIVE CHANGES. OF COURSE, IF WE'RE NOT EATING WE FIRST GET UP, AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE ENERGY TO BE STRESSED RESILIENT AND THAT INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF STRESS THAT WE HAVE FROM A HORMONAL PERSPECTIVE WHICH FEEDS FORWARD TO THE TIRED BUT WIRED ESTATE. IF WE EAT WITHIN A HALF-HOUR WHEN WE GET UP, THAT IS ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT DOES HELP. I KNOW THAT YOU FIND IT DIFFICULT TO EAT WHEN YOU GET UP, TO TRY AND GET SOMETHING IN WITHIN THAT FIRST HALF HOUR OF WAKING. YOU DO SOMETHING FOR THE PROTEIN COFFEE, WHICH IS YOUR PROTEIN, COFFEE AND A LITTLE BIT OF MILK. HOW MUCH IS THE CAFFEINE IN THAT DRINK ACTUALLY HELPING US, OR DOES IT? CAFFEINE IS DEPENDENT ON WHO THE PERSON IS AND HOW THEY METABOLISE IT. WE LOOKING AT DAMPENING SOME OF THE CAFFEINE EFFECTS WITH PROTEIN AND A LITTLE BIT OF CARBOHYDRATES, WHICH IS WHAT THE MILK AND THE PROTEIN DOES. IT HELP TO LIFT YOU AND WAKE YOU UP, BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS THAT PEOPLE ASSOCIATE WITH BLACK COFFEE. IF YOU DO NOT DRINK COFFEE, THE SOMETHING YOU CAN REPLACE IT WITH? FOR THE BENEFITS FROM CAFFEINE. CAN LOOK AT GREEN TEA, WE CAN LOOK AT HOT COCOA. PEOPLE WHO OWN PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT DRINKING COFFEE ARE SENSITIVE TO CAFFEINE. UNDER THE INTERVIEW WAS GOING QUICKLY, THERE ARE SOME THINGS I WANT TO TAKE OFF BEFORE WE ENTER THIS. PROTEIN, YOU RECKON WOMEN HAVE MORE PROTEIN IN THE DIET. WHY IS THAT? THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE EVERY DAY IS NOT ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY BUILD, GROW AND CHANGE BODY COMPOSITION. THE RECOMMENDED DAILY ALLOWANCE IS BASED ON THE MINIMAL AMOUNT TO PREVENT MALNUTRITION. IF WE LOOK AT RESEARCH THAT IS DONE ON WOMAN, IT IS LOOKING AT 1.6 G PER KILO OF BODY WEIGHT DAILY TO KEEP NEUROTRANSMITTERS GOING, HELP WITH BONE GROWTH, HELP ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE A REALLY LONG, MUSCLE CENTRIC LIFE GOING AHEAD. WERE LOOKING AT PROTEIN THAT HAS NOT BEEN IN THE CONVERSATION, NOW WE ARE STARTING TO HAVE PROTEIN IN THE CONVERSATION AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE HOW MUCH OF A BENEFIT HAVING PROTEIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY HELPS WITH METABOLIC HEALTH, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO AGE WELL. I AM SO HAPPY THAT WE ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. I KNOW ONCE I HIT 50 I WAS STARTING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT PART OF MY LIFE WOULD LOOK LIKE. I SAT DOWN WITH MY HUSBAND AND SAID, I WANT TO LIVE A STRONG, HEALTHY, GOOD LIFE, HOWEVER LONG THAT IS. I KNOW PART OF THAT IS THE EXERCISE THAT WE DO. I KNOW WE HAVE LESS THAN A MINUTE LEFT, BUT I KNOW FOR WOMAN, YOU TALK ABOUT LIFTING WEIGHTS, BUT ALSO DOING SHORT, SHARP AND CIVIL SESSIONS. I KNOW PEOPLE BE SAYING THIS IS INTIMIDATING. HOW DO YOU RECOMMEND TO START? WE START EASY AND IMPLEMENT SING SMALL THINGS THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE INTO OUR LIFE BECAUSE WE SHOULD NOT LOOK AT IT AS A TRAINING BLOCK, WE WANT TO LOOK AT IT AS SAYING WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW THAT CAN HELP US AND FIVE, 10, 20 YEARS TO HELP US AGE WELL? WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT STRENGTH TRAINING, THAT IS THE BEDROCK OF EVERYTHING. YOU WANT TO BUILD MUSCLE. WE WANT TO AGE WELL, WE DO NOT WANT TO GET OLD. WE THROW IN SOME SPRINT INTERVALS BECAUSE IT IS A LONG STRESS THAT WE SEE IS VERY BENEFICIAL TO CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH. THAT IS OUR HEART HEALTH. IT IS VERY BENEFICIAL FOR IMPROVING OUR METABOLIC HEALTH. IF WE HAVE LIMITED TIME AND NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE WANT STRENGTH TRAINING TO BE THE BEDROCK AND PEPPER AND SOME HIGH-INTENSITY WORK. IT IS RELATIVELY DOABLE IN SHORT TIME. WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN IMPLEMENT SMALL THINGS AS WE GO AND WE CAN IMPLEMENT IT OVER THE COURSE OF MONTHS, YEARS, WHATEVER IT TAKES FOR US TO GET TO THAT END RESULT. ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR YOU SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM AND YOUR EXPERTISE. IT IS LOVELY TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANKS SO MUCH, GREAT TO SEE YOU AS WELL. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. AT LEAST 34 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKE ON THE NORTHERN UKRAINIAN CITY OF SUMY. TWO BALLISTIC MISSILES HIT THE CITY CENTRE AT AROUND 10 IN THE MORNING LOCAL TIME, WHILE PEOPLE WERE GATHERED TO CELEBRATE PALM SUNDAY. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY HAS DEMANDED A TOUGH RESPONSE FROM INTERNATIONAL ALLIES, CALLING FOR MORE PRESSURE ON MOSCOW TO STOP THE ATTACKS. A STILL-RECOVERING POPE HAS GREETED THE CROWDS AT ST PETER'S SQUARE FOR PALM SUNDAY. BROUGHT OUT IN A WHEELCHAIR, IT'S HIS SECOND APPEARANCE THERE SINCE BEING DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL THREE WEEKS AGO. THE VATICAN IS YET TO CONFIRM HOW ELSE THE 88 YEAR-OLD WILL PARTICIPATE IN UPCOMING EASTER CELEBRATIONS AS HE HAS ANOTHER MONTH OF RECOVERY AHEAD OF HIM AFTER BATTLING LIFE-THREATENING PNEUMONIA. A SERIOUS CRASH HAPPENED IN WAIKATO'S WAIHI OVERNIGHT. EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONDED TO THE SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROSEMONT ROAD AND CONSOLS STREET AT 8.20pm. THE ROAD WAS CLOSED FOR A TIME LAST NIGHT AND HAS NOW RE-OPENED.YOU SIX YOUTHS ARE SET TO APPEAR IN PALMERSTON NORTH YOUTH COURT FOLLOWING TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND. POLICE FIRST RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF AN AGGRAVATED ROBBERY IN THE SQUARE ON SATURDAY NIGHT, WITH POLICE DOGS TRACKING DOWN THE OFFENDERS, AGED BETWEEN 11 AND 15. MEANWHILE, TWO YOUTHS AND MAN (24) FACE CHARGES AFTER ATTEMPTING TO RAM-RAID A COMMERCIAL PREMISES IN FOXTON YESTERDAY. THE WARRIORS HAVE CONCEDED THEY JUST WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH IN THEIR 42-14 DRUBBING AGAINST THE MELBOURNE STORM. THE NEW ZEALAND CLUB UNABLE TO BREAK A DECADE-LONG DROUGHT AGAINST THEIR MELBOURNE TORMENTORS, THE LOSS THEIR 17th ON THE TROT. WE JUST DIDN'T STOP THAT MOMENTUM. AS A RESULT, WE DIDN'T TACKLE LIKE WE NORMALLY DO AND LIKE WE WANT TO. WE DIDN'T GET TO PLAY OUR GAME AS A RESULT OF POOR DEFENCE TODAY. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, CO-CAPTAIN JAMES FISHER-HARRIS WAS FORCED OFF THE FIELD WITH A PECTORAL INJURY, AND CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD FAILED AN HIA IN THE SECOND HALF. THE WARRIORS ARE CURRENTLY SIXTH ON THE LADDER, WITH THREE WINS FROM FIVE MATCHES. AND THEN BACK HOME THIS SATURDAY AGAINST THE BRONCOS. WE DON'T NEED TO SEE THE TRY. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH POSSIBLE SHOWERS FOR NORTHLAND, TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND, COROMANDEL, BAY OF PLENTY AND GISBORNE. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH. 23 THE HIGH FOR KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON, 26 FOR HAWKE'S BAY. KI TE WAI POUNAMU, CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. PARTLY CLOUDY FURTHER DOWN WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLE FOR SOME. INVERCARGILL, YOU CAN EXPECT A RAINY START, BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. 24 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 21 IN OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AUSTRALIA'S MAIN POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE LAUNCHED THEIR ELECTION CAMPAIGNS, WITH THE COST OF LIVING DOMINATING THEIR POLICY PROMISES. LEADERS ANTHONY ALBANESE AND PETER DUTTON BOTH HOPING HOME OWNERSHIP WILL SWAY VOTERS. 9 NEWS' CHARLES CROUCHER HAS MORE. TWO DIFFERENT STAGES, TWO DIFFERENT COASTS, TWO PROSPECTIVE PRIME MINISTERS PROMISING MONEY TO YOU... TODAY I ANNOUNCE A SIGNIFICANT TAX CUT TO HELP AUSTRALIANS. UNDER LABOUR, YOU EARN MORE, KEEP MORE OF WHAT YOU EARN. AROUND 85% OF ALL AUSTRALIAN TAXPAYERS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AND WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS REDUCTION IN TAX. ...GETTING THE NOD OF APPROVAL FROM PARTY ELDERS AND COALITION PARTNERS. IN THIS COST OF LIVING ELECTION, BOTH PARTIES USING THEIR BIG MOMENT TO ANNOUNCE BIG CHANGES TO THE COST OF HOUSING. LABOUR WANT TO REMOVE THE NEED FOR THE BANK OF MUM AND DAD WHEN SAVING FOR A HOME DEPOSIT. SO INSTEAD OF TRYING TO SAVE, WHILE YOUR RENT PAYS SOMEONE ELSE'S LOAN, YOU'RE PAYING OFF YOUR OWN MORTGAGE IN THE SECURITY OF YOUR OWN HOME. ALL FIRST HOME BUYERS CAN PURCHASE WITH JUST A 5% DEPOSIT UNDER LABOUR'S PLAN, WITH THE GOVERNMENT ACTING AS GUARANTOR. PLUS, $10 BILLION WILL BE SPENT TO HELP BUILD 100,000 HOMES TO BE SOLD EXCLUSIVELY TO FIRST HOME BUYERS. NO COMPETITION FROM PROPERTY INVESTORS, JUST A FAIR CRACK FOR YOUNG AUSTRALIANS. THE 5% DEPOSIT MOVE TONIGHT ALREADY MATCHED BY THE COALITION, MEANING IT WILL BE LAW. PETER DUTTON ANNOUNCING INTEREST PAYMENTS OF FIRST HOME BUYERS WOULD BE TAX DEDUCTIBLE FOR FIVE YEARS, MEANS TESTED AND FOR LOANS OF $650,000 OR LESS. I WILL BE A PRIME MINISTER WHO RESTORES THE DREAM OF HOME OWNERSHIP. WHILE DUTTON WANTS TO MAKE HOUSE PRICES SKYROCKET WITH HIS DANGEROUS DEBT TRAP PLAN, LABOUR JUST WANTS TO TINKER AROUND THE EDGES. THE LEADERS LAUDED BY PARTY FAITHFUL TODAY, BUT IT'S THE VOTERS VERDICT THAT WILL COUNT IN THREE WEEKS' TIME. AND AUSTRALIANS WILL CAST THEIR VOTES ON MAY 3rd. DRIVER'S LICENSES. PUBLIC CONSULTATION STARTS TODAY, SO A COUPLE OF CHANGES ` NO FULL LICENSE TEST, SO WHEN YOU GO FROM YOUR RESTRICTED ` NOT THAT I CAN REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENS DURING THAT, BUT YOUR RESTRICTED TO YOUR FULL LICENSE, THERE IS NO... PRACTICAL TEST. AS LONG AS YOU ARE NOT NAUGHTY, YOU WILL GET YOUR FULL. BACK IN THE DAY, IT WAS THE THEORY TEST FOR LEARNERS AND PRACTICALS FOR THE REST. YOU CANNOT TAKE YOUR FRIENDS IN THE BACK. YOU CAN GO STRAIGHT ONTO YOUR FULL LICENSE, AND THIS IS UNDER THE PROPOSED CHANGES, IF YOU 18 MONTHS AND HAVE A CLEAN RECORD OR 12 MONTHS AND YOU HAVE DONE AN ADVANCED DRIVING COURSE. WORRYING IF YOU ARE STARTING TO RACK UP DEMERITS AT THAT STAGE OF HER DRIVING CAREER, ISN'T IT? MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, OH, WE DON'T NEED MORE BAD DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. BUT THEY SEEM TO THINK IS GOING TO TAKE AWAY OF PROHIBITIVE COST. AGAIN, YOU WANT PEOPLE TO BE GOING FOR THEIR DRIVERS LICENSE, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE KNOW WHO ARE STUBBORNLY RESTRICTIVE LICENSES? DEMERIT POINTS WILL BE HARDER, TO RATHER THAN 100, IT GOES DOWN TO 50, WHY ARE WE OBSESSED WITH MAKING IT EASIER TO GET A FULL LICENSE? IT'S ABOUT COST. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING'S ACCUMULATING SPEED DEMERIT POINTS ` 20 POINTS IF YOU USE A HAND-HELD PHONE... WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? CONSULTATION IS OPEN FROM TODAY BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. THE AA IS NOT PARTICULARLY THRILLED ABOUT IT. AND I KINDA TEND TO ERR ON THEIR SIDE. ME U TONU MAI ` THE ANCIENT SITE CONSTRUCTED BY A MYSTERIOUS CIVILISATION THAT'S OPENED UP TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A CENTURY. (GROOVY MUSIC) # YOU GOT ME STARTED # AND NOTHING ON EARTH CAN STOP IT. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THE POPE HAS MADE AN APPEARANCE FOR PALM SUNDAY, DESPITE DOCTORS WARNINGS TO AVOID CROWDS. HE HAS NOT SPOKEN MORE THAN A FEW WORDS AT APPEARANCES SINCE FACING HIS RESPIRATORY CRISIS. ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST FOOD RESCUE COMPANIES KIWIHARVEST HAS LAUNCHED A NEW CAMPAIGN TO FEED A FAMILY FOR $5, FOLLOWING DE-FUNDING BY THE GOVERNMENT. AND THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX WOMEN'S PLAYOFFS HOPES HAVE BEEN CRUSHED AFTER LOSING TO CANBERRA UNITED IN AUSTRALIA OVER THE WEEKEND. BUILT ENTIRELY FROM EARTH, CARRIED BY HUMAN HANDS AND LAID INTENTIONALLY ONE BASKETFUL AT A TIME, NEWARK EARTHWORKS IN WHAT IS NOW THE U.S. STATE OF OHIO WAS CONSTRUCTED BY A LITTLE-KNOWN CIVILISATION AROUND 2000 YEARS AGO. THE SITE IS SIGNIFICANT FOR NATIVE AMERICANS AND WAS OCCUPIED BY A PRIVATE COUNTRY CLUB AND GOLF COURSE FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY. BUT NOW IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION'S NEIL THOMPSON JOINS US NOW TO TELL US MORE. GOOD MORNING, NEIL. CAN YOU VISIBLE EXPLAINED TO US WHAT ARE THE OXYGEN EARTHWORKS. THEY ARE A LOCATION IN A NETWORK OF A 2000 YEAR OLD ARCHITECTURE BUILT BY NATIVE AMERICANS. AS OF SEPTEMBER 2023, IT IS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE. THE OCTAGON IS BASICALLY AN OBSERVATORY, IT WAS A GATHERING SPACE BUILT IN THE SHAPE OF AN OCTAGON, AND IT STILL EXISTS TODAY. THOSE OUTSIDE OF OHIO AND THE STATE, HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS? HUGE, AS YOU SAID A GOLF COURSE HAS BEEN ON THE PROPERTY SINCE 1910. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO SEE IT AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM AND THROUGH BUYING THE LEASE ON THE PROPERTY AND IT HAS NOW BEEN OPEN SINCE JANUARY 1 SO PEOPLE CAN GATHER TO SEE AT ANY POINT, THE SIGNIFICANCE... THIS IS A 2000 YEAR OLD LAND LOT THAT TELLS US A LOT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE TIME AND STAND AS A TESTAMENT TO THE INGENUITY OF THOSE WHO BUILT IT. HAS IT MANAGED TO BE MAINTAINED PRETTY WELL? YES, IT HAS BEEN PRESERVED OVER THE YEARS BY THE VARIETY OF SUPPORTERS, AND THAT INCLUDES THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY IN WHICH IT IS LOCATED AND EVEN SOMEWHAT BY THE GOLF COURSE. MANY OF THE EARTHWORKS THAT WERE ONCE IN THE CITY WERE PLOUGHED OVER AND DESTROYED OVER THE YEARS AS EUROPEAN SETTLERS MOVED IN, SO THERE ARE THINGS ABOUT IT THAT... IT HAS SATRAPS, GREENS, TEA BOXES... THE WORKS THEMSELVES ARE MOSTLY ATTACKED AND PRESERVED/ NOW THAT YOU HAVE PRESERVED THE SITE, WILL THERE BE INVESTIGATIONS ON IT? WE HAVE DONE THAT OVER THE YEARS AND LIMITED WAY THAT I AM NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT PLANS WE WILL HAVE FOR IT, BUT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH AS WE LOOK INTO THESE SITES AND... WE HAVE DOZENS OF SITES ALL OVER THE STATE OF OHIO AND EVEN IN THE OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THIS TIME PERIOD, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO A LOT MORE CLOSE OBSERVATION MORE SO THAN WE WERE BEFORE. SINCE HE OPENED IT UP TO THE PUBLIC IN JANUARY, WHAT HAS INTEREST BEEN LIKE? IT HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING. IN THE STATE OF A HIGHER, AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, IT IS COLD, WINDY, RAINY, SOMETIMES ON THE SAME DAY, AND WE OPENED IT UP ON JANUARY 1 AND WE HAD 800 PEOPLE WALK IN THE JOINT WITHIN TWO HOURS. AND MORE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T COME INTO THE VISITOR CENTRE. WE HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE EVERY DAY. HAVE A VISITOR CENTRE WITH GUIDED TOURS EVERY DAY, AVAILABLE ON A LIMITED BASIS, AS WE APPROACH THE WEATHER. WE EXPECT TO HAVE VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE, COUNTRY AND WORLD. MAYBE YOU WILL HAVE VISITORS FROM NEW ZEALAND AFTER THIS, THANK YOU SO PLENTY OF FEEDBACK ABOUT THE PROPOSED CHANGES. YES, THEY SHOULD MAKE THE DEFENCE DRIVING COURSE NECESSARY. WE HABE PEOPLE NOT GOING FOR THERE FULLS. AND THERE ARE ALCOHOL TO ANYONE WHO HOLDS THOSE LICENSES ` PREVIOUSLY, IT WAS UNDER 20S, SO THOSE OTHER DIFFERENT CHANGES THEY ARE BRINGING AND TO ADDRESS THOSE TWO THINGS SPECIFICALLY, IS SUPPORTING THOSE TO GO FROM RESTRICTED TO FULL AND ROAD SAFETY AS WELL. LET US KNOW. WE HAVE MORE ON PEOPLE THAT CAN DRIVE CARS. E HAERE AKE NEI ` MORE FORMULA 1 WOES FOR LIAM LAWSON. SCOTTY STEVENSON'S WITH US NEXT. # LIFE AS A HIGHWAY. IT'S BEEN A BIG WEEKEND IN SPORT ` A CLOSE FINISH IN THE SUPER RUGBY AUPIKI FINAL, AND A WARRIORS GAME WHICH IS BEST NOT TO DWELL ON. I SPOKE WITH SPORTS COMMENTATOR SCOTTY STEVENSON EARLIER AND STARTED BY ASKING HIM ABOUT HOW GOOD THE WOMEN'S SUPER RUGBY FINAL WAS. YEAH, EDEN PARK ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, IT WAS A PERFECT VENUE, WASN'T IT? AND THE PERFECT TIME ZONE FOR TWO GREAT TEAMS TO TWO. MATATU GETTING OFF TO A FLYER, GETTING OUT TO A 12-0 LEAD OVER THE BLUES WHO QUALIFIED FIRST, AND THEREFORE WON HOME ADVANTAGE FOR THAT FINAL, J-MAY, AND THEN THEY JUST CLIMBED BACK INTO THEM. PORTIA WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE, THERE WERE MANY OTHERS AS WELL. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL DENOUEMENT TO THE TOURNAMENT. THESE TEAMS ARE PLAYING GREAT FOOTBALL RIGHT NOW. I JUST DON'T THINK THEY'RE GETTING ENOUGH CHANCE TO PLAY FOOTBALL, CONSIDERING SIX GAMES AND THEN A FINAL, SO THAT'S SEVEN FOR THE BEST TWO TEAMS. NOW WE'VE GOT A CROSSOVER AGAINST THE WARATAHS FOR THE BLUES ON THURSDAY, AND THAT'S GONNA SORT OUT WHO'S THE REAL TRANS-TASMAN CHAMPION. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT MATCH, ACTUALLY. BUT IT DOES BRING INTO STARK RELIEF THE FACT THAT OUR WOMEN DON'T GET TO PLAY I DON'T THINK ENOUGH TOP-LEVEL FOOTBALL. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE ENGLISH WHO'LL BE FAVOURITES FOR THE WORLD CUP LATER THIS YEAR, THE FIFTEENS WOMEN'S WORLD CUP, YOU KNOW THEY'RE IN ROUND 17 OF THEIR PREMIERSHIP ALREADY THIS SEASON, PLUS THEY'VE GOT SIX NATIONS BATTLES UNDERWAY, SO THE VOLUME OF FOOTY THAT THEY'RE EXPOSED TO IS CERTAINLY FAR OUTWEIGHS WHAT OUR WOMEN ARE EXPOSED TO HERE. BUT TAKE NOTHING AWAY FROM THAT SPECTACLE ON SATURDAY NIGHT ` IT WAS A WONDERFUL WIN FOR THE BLUES. FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD A BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPION IN SUPER RUGBY AUPIKI, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM, AND PLEASE, CAN THEN NOT BE THE LAST TIME WE SEE PORTIA WOODMAN-WICKLIFEE? YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT PORTIA BECAUSE ACTUALLY I AM GUTTED THAT SHE'S NOT GOING ACROSS TO THE WNRL. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HER PLAY RUGBY LEAGUE, BUT SAYING THAT, I JUST WANT TO SEE HER PLAYING, RIGHT? YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT WAS AN INTERESTING STORY, ISN'T IT, ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS WANTED PORTIA WOODMAN WICKLIFFE TO JOIN UP WITH THEM, BUT SHE HAS AN AMBASSADORIAL ROLE WITH RUGBY WORLD CUP, WHICH WOULD HAVE MEANT SHE WAS OUT THERE PROMOTING RUGBY UNION WHILE STILL TRYING TO PLAY RUGBY LEAGUE. AND THE POWERS THAT BE SAID, 'WE DON'T THINK THAT'S A GREAT LOOK.' IT IS A SHAME BECAUSE PORTIA WOODMAN WICKLIFFE HAS BEEN A SUPERSTAR OF RUGBY, SHE HAS THE POWER TO BE A SUPERSTAR OF RUGBY LEAGUE. I REALISE WHAT THE BOSSES ARE SAYING IN TERMS OF HER INVOLVEMENT WITH THE RUGBY WORLD CUP AND THE NRLW. BUT AGAIN, WHAT A REAL SHAME WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE HER PLAYING THE 13 WOMAN CODE. YEAH. CAN WE MOVE ON TO OUR DRIVERS, OUR KIWI DRIVERS? COS MIXED RESULTS ` WE'VE GOT LIAM LAWSON AT ONE END WITH THE F1 IN BAHRAIN, AND THEN WE HAD MATT PAYNE TAKING OUT THE V8 SUPERCARS IN TAUPO THIS WEEKEND, SCOTTY. YEAH, WELL, TAUPO'S GREAT, ISN'T IT? NO MORE PUKEKOHE NOW FOR SUPERCARS HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. BUT, LOOK, THE CHANCE NOW TO GO TO THE SOUTH ISLAND AS WELL AND ADD TWO LEGS TO SUPERCARS HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, WHICH I THINK COULD GET THE PETROLHEADS GOING. IT'S A WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT, ISN'T IT? I LOVE HAVING A SUPERCARS EVENT HERE. I'M NOT A DYED-IN-THE-WOOL MOTORSPORT FAN, AS YOU KNOW, J-MAY, BUT I THINK THE MORE EVENTS WE CAN HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY, CONSIDERING OUR PEDIGREE IN MOTORSPORT AROUND THE WORLD, WHETHER IT'S NASCAR, INDYCAR, FORMULA ONE, REGARDLESS. LOOK, NEW ZEALAND DRIVERS ARE SOUGHT AFTER AROUND THE WORLD. AND LIAM LAWSON, AGAIN, QUALIFYING ISSUES WITH HIS DRS MALFUNCTIONING IN QUALIFYING. HE'LL HAVE TO START BACK ON THE GRID AGAIN. BUT I GUESS THE ONE THING FOR LIAM LAWSON WAS HE MANAGED TO MAKE SOME PASSING MOVES. HE GOT UP THE TOP, HE GOT INTO THE POINTS AT ONE STAGE IN THAT RACE; HIS PIT STRATEGY WAS FAR BETTER THAN IT HAD BEEN IN JAPAN, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE, MAKING THOSE LATE OVERTAKES AND THEN PENALTIES COSTING HIM AT THE END, FORCING HIM TO THE BACK OF THE GRID ONCE MORE. SO LIAM LAWSON WELL, HE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY LUCK AT ALL IF HE DIDN'T HAVE BAD LUCK, BUT I THINK THEY SAW SIGNS OF LIFE FROM LIAM LAWSON AS A RACE CAR DRIVER. FORGET ALL THE OTHER ISSUES, FORGET THE TEAM INSTRUCTIONS, FORGET THE PIT STRATEGIES, FORGET THE MALFUNCTIONS ON THE CARS, THEY SAW LIAM LAWSON BE A RACE CAR DRIVER AND I THINK THAT IS GOING TO GIVE THEM PLENTY OF HOPE. CAN WE PUT ASIDE THE FIRST HALF THEN ISSUES FOR THE WARRIORS AND GO, 'THEY WON THE SECOND HALF, MATE, 14-6, UP THE WAHS!' NO. NO. I MEAN MELBOURNE... THEY ARE JUST SO CLASSY. YEAH. WROTE ABOUT THIS TODAY ON 1NEWS.CO.NZ, J-MAY, YOU CAN CHECK THAT COLUMN OUT. LOOK, THAT WAS A SAVAGING. THEY WERE STORM-TOSSED AND LOST, AND REALLY` HONESTLY` LOOK, THEY LOST JACKSON FORD TO CONCUSSION. THEY LOST JAMES FISHER HARRIS TO INJURY. THEY LOST CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD TO CONCUSSION. YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE IN A SET OF CAR KEYS OR A HOTEL SWIPE CARD, THAT'S FOR SURE, BECAUSE THOSE WOULD HAVE GONE MISSING AS WELL. IT WAS BACK TO THE DARK AGES FOR ME, THAT WAS OUR FIRST HALF. AND, LOOK, MAKE NO MISTAKE, GIVE THE STORM THE PREMIERSHIP NOW. NO TEAM TOUCHES WHAT THEY CAN DO IN THIS COMPETITION. IT WAS A BLITZ. 36-0 AT HALF TIME. 42-14 THE FINAL SCORE. BUT, REMEMBER, THAT 14 POINTS CAME WITH JEROME HUGHES, THEIR PLAYMAKER, THE STORM'S PLAYMAKER, SITTING ON THE BENCH, HAVING 40 MINUTES OFF, ESSENTIALLY. THAT'S HOW DOMINANT THEY WERE IN THAT FIXTURE. SO THERE'S PLENTY OF WORK TO DO FOR ANDREW WEBSTER ` THEY GOT THE BRONCOS ON SATURDAY NIGHT. THE ONE THING, AND HE MENTIONED THIS IN THE POST MATCH, THEY'VE JUST GOT TO GET THEIR TRANSITION RIGHT. IT'S ONE THING TO MAKE AN ERROR, ALL TEAMS DO SO, BUT YOU CAN'T THEN FALL ASLEEP AND LET OPPOSITIONS LIKE THE STORM TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR MISTAKE, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID OVER AND OVER AND OVER IN THAT FIRST HALF. YEAH, AND IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE MELBOURNE STORM, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO INCREDIBLY WELL IS THAT TRANSITION PIECE. YEP. ANYWAY, THEY WON` IN MY OPINION THEY WON THE SECOND HALF SO THEY WON THE GAME. SCOTTY, UP THE WAHS. PLEASURE AS ALWAYS, MY FRIEND. YOU KEEP DREAMING, J-MAY. YOU BRING ME HOPE ON MONDAY. (CHUCKLES) KEEP THE FAITH, SCOTTY. KEEP THE FAITH. I LOVE IT. STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON JOINS US. IS THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW DEFENCE PLAN MISSING A KEY ROLE ` PEOPLE? ALSO AHEAD ` THE THEFT OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM A SOUTHLAND ANIMAL SHELTER HAS FORCED IT TO CLOSE ITS DOORS. WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE ANIMALS. PLUS, IT'S NEARLY EASTER AND THAT MEANS IT'S HOT CROSS BUN SEASON. BUT WHICH TO CHOOSE? YOU CHOOSE THE BUTTER, THAT IS WHAT YOU CHOOSE. CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND'S DONE THE HARD YARDS, AND THEY'LL SHARE THEIR PICKS JUST BEFORE 8.00. GOT TO HAVE REAL BUTTER. NICE, WARM, TOASTED HOT CROSS BUNS. RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S CHRIS WITH YOUR NEWS. THANKS, JENNY MAY. AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE HAS HIT AND PARTLY DESTROYED THE LAST FULLY FUNCTIONAL HOSPITAL IN GAZA CITY. MEDICS SAY THE PRE-DAWN STRIKES HIT THE EMERGENCY AND INTENSIVE CARE DEPARTMENTS. ISRAEL'S DEFENCE FORCE CLAIMS IT WAS TARGETING A HAMAS COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTRE. MEDICAL STAFF EVACUATED THE BUILDING AFTER RECEIVING A WARNING AND NO CASUALTIES FROM THE BLAST HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THE HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS ONE PATIENT DIED DURING EVACUATION, WITH MEDICAL STAFF UNABLE TO PROVIDE CARE. AT LEAST 34 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKE ON THE UKRAINIAN CITY OF SUMY. TWO BALLISTIC MISSILES HIT THE CITY CENTRE AT AROUND 10am WHILE PEOPLE WERE GATHERED TO CELEBRATE PALM SUNDAY. LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY IT'S THE DEADLIEST STRIKE IN UKRAINE THIS YEAR. IT'S GOING TO COST MORE TO PARK YOUR CAR IN AUCKLAND WITH A BUMP OF 50 CENTS PER HOUR COMING INTO EFFECT TODAY. FOR THE INNER ZONE, LIKE QUEEN STREET AND CUSTOMS STREET, DURING PEAK HOURS ON WEEKDAYS IT WILL NOW COST YOU $6.50 AN HOUR, BUT PAST THAT TWO-HOUR MARK, IT WILL SET YOU BACK $11.50 PER ADDITIONAL HOUR. AUCKLAND TRANSPORT MAKING THE MOVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE HIGHER COSTS TO MAINTAIN THE NETWORK AND OPERATIONAL COSTS. IT'S BEEN ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING OUTING FOR LIAM LAWSON WHO FINISHED 17th AT THE BAHRAIN GRAND WHO FINISHED 17th AT THE BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX. THE NEW ZEALAND DRIVER CROSSED THE LINE 13th, BUT WAS HIT WITH TWO TIME PENALTIES FOR CAUSING COLLISIONS, DROPPING HIM DOWN FOUR PLACES. MCLAREN DRIVER OSCAR PIASTRI STORMED HOME FROM POLE POSITION TO WIN BY MORE THAN 15 SECONDS, WITH GEORGE RUSSELL AND LANDO NORRIS ROUNDING OUT THE PODIUM. THE 20th ADDITION OF THE ROUTEBURN CLASSIC WAS RUN OVER THE WEEKEND, WITH A CAPACITY FIELD TACKLING THE 32km EVENT. THE RACE WAS TAKEN OUT BY JACK HARRIS, WHO FINISHED IN 2h 44m. 30 KM. OF THE BEST TRAILS IN THE WORLD. YOU HAVE EVERYTHING, THERE IS NO DUD SECTION. YOU HAVE FOREST, ALPINE, TECHNICAL FAST, IT IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS. WICKED WEATHER TODAY. AND THE WOMENS RACE WAS WON BY DUNEDIN'S FRANCES REDMOND. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS ` (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` PARTLY CLOUDY WITH POSSIBLE SHOWERS FOR NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND, COROMANDEL, BAY OF PLENTY AND GISBORNE. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH. 23 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. 26 FOR HAWKE'S BAY. NICE AND WARM. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. PARTLY CLOUDY FURTHER DOWN WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLE FOR SOME. INVERCARGILL, YOU CAN EXPECT A RAINY START, BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. 24 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 21 IN CHRISTCHURCH. THANKS, CHRIS. THE DEFENCE FORCE WAS A BIG WINNER LAST WEEK FOLLOWING A MASSIVE FUNDING BOOST. YET THE $12bn PLANS RELY ON A CRUCIAL POINT ` STAFF, AND THE MILITARY DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH. A LACK OF ADEQUATE TRAINING IS ALSO AN ISSUE; THE COURT OF INQUIRY REPORT INTO THE NAVY'S MANAWANUI SINKING REVEALING A HIGH NUMBER OF 'PERSONNEL DEFICIENCIES.' PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON JOINS US NOW. MORENA. GOOD MORNING. I LOVE THE IDEA OF A SECOND-HALF WIN. YOU ARE A TRUE BELIEVER, I LOVE IT. KEEPING THE FAITH! WILL COME BACK TO WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE NAVY. WHAT IS THE PLAN TO FIX STAFFING? WE NOW IS THE DEFENCE CAPABILITY PLAN. IT IS A PLAN FOR 15 YEARS TO WORK OUT WHAT RESOURCES WE NEED, WHAT SORT OF KIT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A MODERN COMBAT READY DEFENCE FORCE. A LOT OF OUR DEFENCE FORCE HAS BEEN USED IN MIQ FOR SECURITY DURING THE COVID PERIOD. AS A RESULT, MANY LEFT THE DEFENCE FORCE DURING THAT TIME. THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE HALF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LEAVING, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. THEY ARE STAYING IN THE NAVY AND ARMY AND AIR FORCE. WE NEED TO HIRE ANOTHER 2 1/2 THOUSAND EXTRA STAFF. IT IS AMAZING, I WENT TO INDIA RECENTLY. AMAZING PEOPLE. AMAZING YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY JOIN THE FORCES WANTING TO SEE THE WORLD. THESE ARE INCREDIBLE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PROTECT AND SERVE NEW ZEALAND. OUR INITIAL INDICATIONS THAT WE HAVE GOOD RECRUITMENT BUILDING, BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, WE NEED TO GET THE PEOPLE IN PLACE AS WELL AS PUT ON THE PLANS TO BUY THE NEW SHIPS, PLANES AND KITS WE NEED AT THE SAME TIME. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THOSE NEW STAFF? WE HAVE GOT ACTIVE RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE KICKING OFF RIGHT NOW. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SECURE THAT STUFF AND STUFF THAT WE HAVE GOT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED AND DEVELOPED. PARTICULARLY WE LOST SOME CAPABILITY WAS IN THAT 7 TO 8 YEAR EXPERIENCE WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT HAS BUILT UP A TRAIT IN ENGINEERING OR CARPENTRY. WE HAVE LOST SOME OF THAT CAPABILITY. SPEAKING OF CAPABILITY, I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE REPORT WHICH SHOWS MAJOR TRAINING GAPS. WHY SHOULD DEFENCE STAFF FEEL SAFE WHEN THEY GO TO WORK BASED ON THAT? THE VESSEL WAS AN INCREDIBLY TRAGIC EVENT. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE TRAGIC IF WE'D LOST ANY OF THE LIVES ON BOARD. I MET READILY GRATEFUL ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE DYNAMICS. THERE ARE NINE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH. IT UNDERSCORES THE NEED THAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN THE PEOPLE IN THE DEFENCE FORCES. THIS GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO DOING THAT. WE HAVE A GREAT MINISTER WHO WAS ADVOCATING FOR THE STAFF. WERE GOING TO CONTINUE. I'LL COME BACK TO THE QUESTION, BECAUSE THE REPORT SAYS THAT THERE ARE TRAINING GAPS. THERE ARE 20 STAFF THAT WERE SHORT ON THAT PARTICULAR SHIP. ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT THOSE SAME RISKS DO NOT EXIST ON OTHER VESSELS? I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE NAVY WILL LEARN LESSONS FROM IT, A LOT, AND THEY ARE INTERNALISING IT INCREDIBLY WELL. WE HAVE BRAND-NEW HEADS OF NAVY AND THE AIR FORCE, AND YOU CHEAPER DEFENCE, NEW MINISTER, NEW SECRETARY. A LOT OF THE TOP JOBS ARE NEW LEADERS. WHEN I BRIEFED THEM TOGETHER I TOLD THEM WE EXPECT TO BUILD AN AWESOME DEFENCE FORCE, WE EXPECT TO MAKE IT A GREAT PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO BUILD THEIR CAREERS. FOR A YOUNG PERSON SITTING OUT TODAY, SETTING OUT* TYPICALLY IF YOU OUTSIDE OF DEFENCE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO LOTS OF COMPANIES TO GET EXPERIENCE. IS A PRETTY EXCITING PLACE. YES, THERE IS WORK FOR US TO DO AND THERE IS WORK FOR THE NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM, BUT THEY ARE WORKING READILY WELL TOGETHER. YOU'VE SEEN A NEW GROUP COMING TOGETHER WITH A GOOD STRATEGY. THEY WANT TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN THEIR STAFF AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER. THEY CALL CHINA'S MILITARY A CONCERN. HOW EXACTLY DOES NEW ZEALAND RESPOND OR COUNTS OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST NAVY? WE HAVE TO PLAY OUR ROLE, RIGHT? WHERE PART OF THE WORLD THAT HAS RISING TENSIONS. WE HAVE A STRONG SET OF VALUES AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE FOLLOW THROUGH ON THOSE VALUES. AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND WORK TOGETHER WITHOUT LEADERSHIP FROM THE US AND WE MANAGE CONFLICT REALLY WELL. THE WORK THAT WAS DONE THERE WAS PRETTY PHENOMENAL. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BUILD OUR IN CAPABILITY, WHICH MEANS MAKING SURE WE ARE ALIGNED WITH AUSTRALIA SO WE CAN BE AN ANZAC FORCE. THERE IS A LOT OF DRONES FOR EXAMPLE IN AIRSPACE, LIKEWISE ON OCEANS WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR US. SOME THINGS YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT RECENTLY IS THE RISE OF METHAMPHETAMINE IN NEW ZEALAND THAT IS COMING IN FROM MEXICAN DRUG FAMILIES AND FROM PLACES THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST COMING TO NEW ZEALAND. THAT IS WHY THE PACIFIC NEED TO THINK ABOUT CUSTOMS CONTROL AND SURVEILLANCE OF THOSE WATERS SO WE CAN CRACKDOWN ON TRANSNATIONAL CRIME. I WANT TO MOVE TO US TARIFFS. WINSTON PETERS HAS RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT MILITARY LANGUAGE, SUCH AS TRADE WAR AND FIGHT. THOSE ARE WORDS THAT YOU USED YESTERDAY TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAYING THAT FREE TRADE IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR AND WE ARE UP FOR THE FIGHT. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE KIND OF WORDS? WE DO NOT WANT TARIFFS, WE DO NOT WANT TRADE WARS. WE HAVE BEEN REALLY COOL AND CALM AND OUR RESPONSE. MY CONVERSATIONS WITH LEADERS, THAT IS THE FIRST THING ABOUT ENCOURAGING THEM TO ALSO BE CALL AND CALM ABOUT IT. ALL THUS ARE ALIGNED, WE DO NOT WANT TARIFFS, WE DO NOT WANT TRADE WARS, IT IS NOT GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY AND THAT IS ULTIMATELY NOT GOOD FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. WINSTON PETERS SAYS THIS LANGUAGES IS THERE A CALL AND RISKS ESCALATING TENSIONS. I AGREE WITH HIM. WE'RE BOTH SAYING THE SAME THING. YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF INTERNATIONAL MEDIA LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS REALLY HOPING EVERYONE UP. HYPING* WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE RETALLICK THE REACTION. THEY WORKING STRICTLY TO WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH IT. THAT WE WANT TO SEE EVERY COUNTRY DO. DO YOU AGREE WITH HIM THAT'S THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE IS HYSTERICAL? WE DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT PEOPLE GETTING INTO TRADE WARS AND WE DO NOT WANT TO BE PUTTING TIT FOR TAT TARIFFS. WE WANT TO STAY REALLY COOL AND CALM. I THINK YOUR COMMENTATORS WOULD SAY THAT NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION OVER THE LAST WEEK HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD. WETHER THAT IS WINSTON, NICOLA, MYSELF, JUDITH OR TODD. WE HAVE TO STAY CALM AND CONSTRUCTED AND POSITIVE WITH THE AMERICAN RELATIONSHIP, WHICH WE ARE. AT THE SAME TIME, ALSO DEEPEN OUR BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS. YOU SPOKE SPEAKING WITH WORLD LEADERS. WINSTON PETERS SAID YOU SHOULD HAVE CALLED HIM BEFORE ENGAGING WITH THEM. SHOULD YOU HAVE CONSULTED HIM? ALSO ADDING ONTO THAT, GIVEN THAT HE IS THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER AND HAS DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN A PARTICULAR ROLE. OUR CABINET HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION AROUND TARIFFS AND WE ARE ALL ALIGNED ON WHAT OUR POSITION AS. I EMPOWER MY MINISTERS TO MAKE THEIR OWN POSITIONS AND SPEECHES. WE ARE VERY CLEAR AND FOCUSED ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AND THAT IS TO GUIDE NEW ZEALAND'S REALLY WELL THROUGHOUT THIS DIFFICULT PERIOD. WE DOING A GREAT JOB AT THIS POINT OF TIME. WE HAVE MORE TO DO, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT WE CARRY ON. THIS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR AUDIENCE MORE THAN ANYTHING, THERE IS A FREE TRADE BETWEEN 12 COUNTRIES. YOU PROPOSED WORKING CLOSER WITH THOSE COUNTRIES AND ALSO EUROPE. WINSTON PETERS IS CALLED THAT PREMATURE. IS THAT A FAIR COMMENT? THE MEDIA TRYING TO BEAT THIS INTO SOMETHING IT IS NOT. WE ARE VERY ALIGNED WITH OUR GOVERNMENT ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE THIS SITUATION. EQUALLY, AND MY CONVERSATIONS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'M TALKING TO EACH OF THE LEADERS AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY ARE DEALING WITH THE THREATS OF TARIFFS. MANY HAD INITIALLY MUCH LARGER RECIPROCAL TARIFFS. THE SECOND THING WE ARE SAYING IS UP WE CAN DO BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES TO ADVANCE TRADE, IN THE THIRD PIECE IS ENSURING THAT THE TRADING BLOCS, YOU HAVE THE COUNTRIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, YOU HAVE THE 27 EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES, MAKE SURE THEY DO NOT GENERATE INTO TIT FOR TAT TARIFFS AND THAT THEY AFFIRM THE RULES THAT WE ARE WORKING TO TODAY AND THEY DO NOT END UP HAVING DISPUTES WHEN THEY HAVE THEM THROUGH THE ROYAL SYSTEM. I MAKE SURE EVERYONE STAYS PRETTY COOL AND CALM, JUST AS WE ARE DOING AND WE EXPECT OTHERS TO DO AND MAKE SURE THE BLOCKS DO NOT GO TO WAR WITH EACH OTHER. YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH WINSTON PETERS ABOUT THAT? I'M TALKING WITH THEM SHORTLY, I'M SURE TODAY. IT IS QUITE OK. WITH MY MODEL AND HOW I RUN GOVERNMENT, I EXPECT MINISTERS TO OWN THEIR AGENDAS AND PORTFOLIOS. WINSTON HAS A ROLE TO PLAY, BUT SO DOES TODD, SODAS JUDITH COLLINS, SO DOES NICOLA WILLIS, SO DO I. WILL BE CATCHING UP WITH CARE STARMER, AND KING CHARLES? I GOT TO KNOW THE KING A LITTLE BIT IN SAMOA. ORDER TO HAVE A GOOD CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER AND GOOD ONE-ON-ONE TIME. I WANT TO CHECK ON HOW IS HEALTH IS. HE IS DOING A GREAT JOB. ON UKRAINE, WE WORK VERY HARD WITH THE BRITISH TROOPS TO TRAIN UKRAINIAN TROOPS. I WANT TO SEE HOW THAT IS GOING AS WELL. SAFE TRAVELS. BEFORE YOU GO, PRIME MINISTER, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT YOUR GOVERNMENTS MOVE IN REGARDS TO DRIVER LICENSES. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT? WHAT WAS THE THIRD CAR YOU LEARN TO DRIVE IN? WAS A MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC? IT WAS A MANUAL 1962 RILEY ALF, WHICH WAS A MINI FROM THE 1960S WITH A BOOT. BETWEEN MUMS HONDA CIVIC, I VERY QUICKLY GOT MYSELF A 1960S MONEY. THAT WAS ABOUT 20 OR 30 YEARS OLD WHEN I GOT IT. THAT IS HOW I LEARNED. I LEARNT STICK SHIFT. YOU TEACH YOUR KIDS TO LEARN IT AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA. YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR GRANDAD EXPLAINING, BACK IN MY DAY, I HAD A MANUAL CAR AND NEVER BOUGHT AN AUTOMATIC. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR, JENNY MAY? I LEARNED TO DRIVE IN A DATSUN 180. THEY ARE A GREAT CAR. I BOUGHT A HONDA WHEN I GRADUATED FROM POLICE COLLEGE. THE WAY SHE DRIFTS INTO THE TVNZ CAR PARK... E HAERE AKE NEI ` WHAT NEXT FOR AN INVERCARGILL ANIMAL SHELTER AFTER IT WAS DEFRAUDED BY A FORMER VOLUNTEER? THAT IS COMING UP NEXT. (FUNKY MUSIC) VOICEOVER: Deals so good they're out of this wooooorld. Get stellar savings on any satellite ready phone when you buy interest-free on an eligible Pay Monthly plan. TXT in the middle of nowhere. Only with One New Zealand. # HOW YOU TALK SO SWEET WHILE YOU'RE DOING BAD THINGS. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` AT LEAST 34 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKE ON UKRAINE'S NORTHEAST CITY OF SUMY. A 2000-YEAR-OLD CONSTRUCTION MADE BY NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES HAS NOW BEEN OPEN TO PUBLIC VIEWING. AND THE WARRIORS HAVE CONCEDED THEY JUST WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH IN THEIR 42-14 DRUBBING AGAINST THE MELBOURNE STORM. SECOND-HALF WINNERS, THOUGH. JUST STAYING. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. AN INVERCARGILL ANIMAL SHELTER HAS HAD TO CLOSE ITS DOORS AFTER A FORMER VOLUNTEER TOOK TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. NICOLA BLANCH, WHO VOLUNTEERED AT FUREVER HOMES, HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SEVEN MONTHS' HOME DETENTION AFTER REDIRECTING $22,000 DOLLARS OF ADOPTION FEES AND DONATIONS INTO HER OWN BANK ACCOUNT. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN ORDERED TO REPAY THE MONEY IN WEEKLY INSTALLMENTS OVER THE NEXT TWO DECADES. BUT FOR NOW, THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT IS UNDER BIG FINANCIAL STRESS. FUREVER HOMES MANAGER LOANNA MESMAN JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING. THESE WEEKLY INSTALMENTS, I TAKE IT WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO GET MONEY BACK TO THE ORGANISATION. NO, IT'S NOT, SADLY, HOW MUCH OF A SLAP IN THE FACE IS IT IS I WANT TO BE PAYING TO THE MINIMAL AMOUNT EACH WEEK? HUGE, AND IT DOESN'T IMPACT US PERSONALLY AS HUMANS BUT IT'S THE ANIMALS THAT SUFFER. THEY COME INTO WINTER, LIVE IN THE COLD CONDITIONS. TAKE US BACK TO HOW THIS ALL UNFOLDED, HOW DID IT COME TO LIGHT? NICOLA HAD VOLUNTEERED FOR US AS A FOSTER, WE DON'T HAVE A PREMISES. WE USE FOSTER HOME SO WE HAVE NO OVERHEADS. WE NEEDED A NEW COORDINATOR AND SHE OFFERED TO DO MORE, SO ENTRUSTING HER, WE DID. AND SHE WAS DOING A GREAT JOB AT THE START, SHE WAS AMAZING WITH THE CATS AND KITTENS AND MAKING BIT APPOINTMENTS, GETTING THEM DESEXED. OUR FOUNDER, DONNA, WAS WITH HER DYING SISTER AT HER BEDSIDE, AND ANOTHER VOLUNTEER, WAS WITH HER MOTHER SUFFERING CANCER AND PALLIATIVE CARE, AND I'D BROKEN MY BACK, AND SO SHE DECIDED TO TAKE INTO HER OWN HANDS TO FUNNEL MONEY INTO HER ACCOUNT, PEOPLE WOULD SAY, WE HAVE ADOPTED THIS KITTEN, IT'S AMAZING. THE ODD ADOPTION WAS STILL COMING TO OUR OWN REGISTERED BANK ACCOUNT, BECAUSE WE ARE A REGISTERED TERRITORY. *CHARITY WE CAN'T TOUCH THE BANK ACCOUNT. WE CAN SEE WHAT IN THE ACCOUNT BUT WE CAN'T TOUCH IT. WE HAVE BEEN SO, SO LUCKY ` WE HAVE HAD HUGE SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC, IT HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING AND UNBELIEVABLE. WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD A GIVE A LITTLE PAGE AND PEOPLE HAVE PUT IT OUT THERE AND SOME OF THE PATIENT HAD BEEN TOTALLY AMAZING AND IT IS JUST HUMBLING, AND IT IS HELPING US GET BACK ON OUR FEET BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO CLOSE THE DOORS, WE ARE ABOUT ANIMALS. LUCKILY, WE HAD SOMEONE COME ON BOARD AND SHE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. SHE HAS TAKEN OVER; I HAD TO STEP BACK FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND BRODY JUMPED ON BOARD AND DID IT PERFECTLY, AND LIKE I SAID, VERY TOUGH TIMES FOR US PERSONALLY ` WE ALSO ALL WORK FULL-TIME, WE ARE ONLY VOLUNTEERS AND OF US GET A WAGE. SO IT IS OUR OWN TIME THAT WE DO THIS IN. VOLUNTEERING RELIES ON THE KINDNESS AND GOODNESS OF OTHERS. WHAT DOES IT DO TO THE TEAM? WE WERE DEVASTATED, I FOUND OUT AND WAS IN A BALL ON THE FLOOR CRYING. IT WAS SOMEONE I TRUSTED, I HAD IT IS GOOD AND I WOULD DROP IT OFF TO HER BECAUSE SHE HAD CHILDREN TO FEED. AND FUEL VOUCHERS, THINGS LIKE THAT, SO SHE COULD GET OUT AND ABOUT AROUND THE LOSS. *AROUND THE ANIMALS IT WAS A HUGE EYE-OPENER. AND IT IS VERY, VERY HARD. IT TEACHES YOU A HUGE LESSON TO LOOK SIDEWAYS EVERYONE, AND IT SAID. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. (POP MUSIC) # I'M A LUCKY GIRL. # I'M A LUCKY GIRL. # THUNDER ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IT'S RAINING. KIA ORA ANO. THREE MEN HAVE BEEN RESCUED AFTER THEIR BOAT CAPSIZED AMID 20-KNOT WINDS AND STRONG SWELLS IN CHRISTCHURCH'S BANKS PENINSULA. POLICE RECEIVED A CALL FROM ONE OF THE THREE MEN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, SAYING THE BOAT'S ENGINE HAD FAILED ONCE THEY'D REACHED LITTLE AKALOA HEADS, PUSHING THEM INTO THE ROCKS. THE VESSEL WAS ABANDONED, AND THE MEN WERE LATER PICKED UP BY COASTGUARD VOLUNTEERS AND A RESCUE HELICOPTER. A PEDESTRIAN IS IN A SERIOUS CONDITION FOLLOWING A CRASH IN WELLINGTON'S LOWER HUTT. EMERGENCY SERVICES RUSHED TO THE SCENE ON DOWSE DRIVE SHORTLY AFTER 7pm. POLICE SAY THE ROAD HAS NOW REOPENED. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPER LUXON HAS LAUGHED OFF SUGGESTIONS FROM WINSTON PETERS THAT HE SHOULD HAVE CALLED HIM BEFORE DISCUSSING THE U.S. TRADE WAR WITH OTHER WORLD LEADERS. ON FRIDAY, THE FOREIGN MINISTER DESCRIBED LUXON'S ROUND OF PHONE CALLS TO OTHER LEADERS AS PREMATURE. ASKED IF HE SHOULD HAVE CONSULTED PETERS FIRST, LUXON DISMISSED THE IDEA. OUR CABINET HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION AROUND TARIFFS, AND WE ARE ALL ALIGNED ON WHAT OUR APPROACH ACTUALLY IS. NO DISRESPECT, BUT I EMPOWER MY MINISTERS TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS AND SPEECHES. I DON'T EXPECT THEM TO SHARE THEIRS, AND I DON'T EXPECT AS A PRIME MINISTER TO SHOUT MY SPEECHES EITHER. SHARE* THE TRADE DISCUSSIONS FOLLOW A TIT-FOR-TAT ESCALATION OF TARIFFS BETWEEN CHINA AND THE U.S. RORY MCILROY HAS MAINTAINED A SLIM LEAD IN THE FINAL ROUND OF THE MASTERS AS HE AIMS TO COMPLETE A CAREER GRAND SLAM. DISASTER STRUCK FOR THE NORTHERN IRISHMAN ON THE VERY FIRST HOLE, WITH A DOUBLE BOGEY HANDING THE LEAD TO BRYSON DECHAMBEAU. THAT IS A SIX. A BIRDIE ON THE THIRD HOLE SAW MCILROY NOSE BACK IN FRONT. HE WAS LEADING BY ONE SHOT A SHORT TIME AGO. THIS IS GOING TO GO DOWN TO THE WIRE, ISN'T IT? LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` PARTLY CLOUDY WITH POSSIBLE SHOWERS FOR NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND, COROMANDEL, BAY OF PLENTY AND GISBORNE. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH. 23 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. 26 FOR HAWKE'S BAY. NICE! CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. PARTLY CLOUDY FURTHER DOWN WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLE FOR SOME. INVERCARGILL, YOU CAN EXPECT A RAINY START, BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. 24 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 21 IN CHRISTCHURCH. 'WOMEN ARE NOT SMALL MEN.' THAT'S THE WORD FROM AN EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIST AND NUTRITION SCIENTIST MAKING WAVES AROUND THE WORLD AS ONE OF THE LEADING VOICES ON WOMEN'S EXERCISE AND NUTRITION. STACEY SIMS JOINED US EARLIER TO TELL US WHY OUR DIETS AND WORKOUT PLANS MAY NOT BE WORKING. WE SEE A LOT OF THE DIET TRENDS AND STUFF THAT WORKS SO WELL FOR MEN REALLY MAKE WOMEN TIRED, FATIGUED, AND DON'T DO THE POSITIVE CHANGES IN BODY COMPOSITION THAT WE ARE WANTING. AS I SAID EARLIER, YOU HAVE BEEN ON A NUMBER OF PODCASTS OVER THE PAST PROBABLY SIX OR SO MONTHS, AND I JUST WONDER WHAT THE RESPONSE THAT YOU HAVE HAD FROM WOMEN WHO HAVE WATCH, WHO HAVE LISTENED TO THOSE PODCASTS AND THINKING, I HAVE BEEN DOING IT WRONG THE WHOLE TIME. IT IS NOT THAT THEY ARE DOING IT WRONG; THEY HAVEN'T BEEN INFORMED. WE ARE SEEING POSITIVE CHANGE WHEN WE GET THAT EMPOWERMENT TO WOMEN TO UNDERSTAND THEIR BODIES. AND AS I HAVE GONE THROUGH MY CAREER AND SENT THIS UPSURGE OF WOMEN REALLY WANTING TO UNDERSTAND THEIR BODIES AND APPLY THINGS LIKE EATING BEFORE EXERCISE AND NOT EATING AFTER DINNER. THEY HAVE BETTER ENERGY, BETTER SLEEP, BETTER IMMUNITY. THEY THINK, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE THAT THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE HEALTHY AND BE GOOD. I WANT TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC PRACTICES THAT YOU CHALLENGE. DO YOU RECOMMEND FASTING ` SO THAT IS GOING WITHOUT FOOD FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME ` FOR WOMEN? I LIKE TO DEFINE IT, WHERE WE LOOK AT INTERMITTENT FASTING VERSUS TIME RESTRICTED EATING. SO IF WE LOOK AT HAVING SOMETHING TO EAT RIGHT WHEN WE GET UP, LIKE WITHIN HALF AN HOUR, AND WE FEEL THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH REALLY GOOD PROTEIN AND CARBS, AND WE STOPPED EATING AFTER DINNER ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE HAVE A 12 OR 13 HOUR FAST OVERNIGHT. THAT IS GOOD. BUT THEN WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HOLDING THE FOOD UNTIL 11 OR 12, IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING IN REGARD TO POSITIVE CHANGES. WE SEE THAT DEEP VISCERAL FAT, THAT BELLY FAT. WE DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY TO BE STRESS RESILIENT, AND IT INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF STRESS WE HAVE FROM A HORMONAL PERSPECTIVE, AND IT LEADS TO THE SYMPATHETIC TIRED BUT WIRED STATE. WHEN WE FEEL THROUGHOUT THE DAY, IT REALLY DOES BUDGE THAT NEEDLE. FOR WOMEN, YOU TALK ABOUT LIFTING WEIGHTS BUT ALSO DOING SHORT, SHARP INTERVAL TYPE OF SESSIONS. PEOPLE MAY BE LISTENING TO THIS AND THINKING, THIS IS INTIMIDATING. HOW DO YOU IMPLEMENT THOSE THINGS AND HOW DO WE START? I WILL START WITH THE START. WE START EASY. WE START WITH THINGS WE CAN ACTUALLY ACCOMMODATE INTO OUR LIVES. BECAUSE WE DON'T LOOK AT IT AS A TRAINING BLOCK. WE THINK WHAT CAN HELP US IN FIVE, 10, 20 YEARS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STRENGTH TRAINING, THAT IS THE BEDROCK OF EVERYTHING. WE WANT TO BUILD BONE AND MUSCLE SO WE ARE INDEPENDENTLY LIVING AS WE AGE, AND WE WANT TO AGE WELL ` WE DON'T WANT TO GET OLD. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR WISDOM. IT IS SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANKS SO MUCH. GREAT TO SEE YOU AS WELL. SERIOUSLY SO GOOD. HERE'S MY PROTEIN COFFEE THIS MORNING. DELICIOUS. IT ACTUALLY IS, CHANGY. DEFENSIVENESS IS ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS, ISN'T IT? (LAUGHS) OF WHAT? OF THAT STAGE OF LIFE. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE CHANGE OF DRIVERS LICENSE REQUIREMENTS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SET BOTH THE RESTRICTED AND FULL LICENCE TEST. SAVING MONEY IS UP AS WELL* PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT BEING MORE THOROUGH. THERE ARE SOME BAD DRIVERS OUT THERE. YOU GO, OK, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO SOLVE? ACCORDING TO THE MINISTER, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SITTING ON THEIR RESTRICTED LICENSES WHO NEVER GO FOR THEIR FULL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE REASONS ARE ` ONE IS POTENTIALLY COST. IT COSTS ABOUT HUNDRED DOLLARS EXTRA TO SET YOUR TEST. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY DEMERITS AFTER 18 MONTHS, YOU GO THROUGH TO SET YOUR FULL LICENCE. OR AFTER 12 MONTHS IF YOU HAVE NO DEMERITS AND SET YOUR DRIVING TEST, YOU GO THROUGH AND GET YOUR FULL LICENCE. THE AMENDMENT OF THE EXISTING PROCEDURE IS THE GOVERNMENT'S SOLUTION TO LACK OF RESOURCES AND LONG DELAYS. IF A DRIVER HAS NOT HAD ANY DETECTED ISSUES ` THAT IS THE WORD, DETECTED ` IT IS NONSENSE. WITH ONLY ONE POLICE OFFICER ON DUTY PER 350 KM, THE CHANCES OF THINGS BEING DETECTED ARE VERY LOW. NOT A FAN OBVIOUSLY OF WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO DO. DONNA ALSO, ACTUALLY, IS ALL FOR IT ` I APPLAUD THE CHANGES TO DRIVING LICENCES, BUT WHY NOT REMOVE THE RESTRICTED LICENSE ALTOGETHER? I KIND OF AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS FEEDBACK. THERE IS THE RULE THAT YOU CAN'T TAKE PASSENGERS AND THAT SORT OF THING ON YOUR RESTRICTED. HOW MANY TIMES AT SCHOOL DID YOU HAVE PEOPLE SAY, CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME A RIDE OVER HERE? AND YOU HAVE TO WITHSTAND THE PRESSURE. DONNA TALKING ABOUT MAKING IT MANDATORY FOR LEARNERS TO HAVE LESSONS WITH A QUALIFIED INSTRUCTOR, WITH THE TEST TO GET THE FULL LICENCE. THAT IS COST, THOUGH, ISN'T IT, DONNA? CATHERINE ` I DON'T ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHY THEY NEED TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM. DROPPING TO MERITS WILL ONLY BE A DETERRENT TO SO MANY DRIVERS. A DRIVER LIKE THAT WILL ALWAYS IGNORE RULES. KEEP THAT FEEDBACK COMING IN. EMAIL US ` ANTHONY, I DON'T KNOW. ME U TONU MAI ` HE IS PRETTY GOOD WITH A DRIVER. CAN RORY MCILROY COMPLETE A CAREER GRAND SLAM AT THE MASTERS? IT'S TIME FOR OUR DAILY SPORTS CHAT AFTER THE BREAK. # YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN VOICEOVER: Get your free Consumers's Guide to Hearing Aids. New Zealand's only independent guide to all the latest models. Choose the right hearing aid for your lifestyle and budget. Call 0800 45 45 42 for your free copy. # IT'S WHATEVER, IT'S WHATEVER, IT'S WHATEVER YOU LIKE. # TURN THIS APT INTO A CLUB. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THE GOVERNMENT IS PROPOSING A MASSIVE SHAKE-UP TO THE DRIVER'S LICENCE SYSTEM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A DECADE, INCLUDING DROPPING ONE OF THE TWO PRACTICAL FULL LICENCE TESTS. IT'S GOING TO COST MORE TO PARK YOUR CAR IN AUCKLAND, WITH A BUMP OF 50 CENTS PER HOUR COMING INTO EFFECT TODAY. AND MCLAREN DRIVER OSCAR PIASTRI HAS DOMINATED AT THE BAHRAIN GP, STORMING HOME FROM POLE POSITION IN A DOMINANT DRIVE AS THE STRUGGLES CONTINUE FOR NEW ZEALAND'S LIAM LAWSON. YES, AND WE ARE GOING TO STAY WITH ESPORT THIS MONDAY MORNING. AND JOINING US OUT OF THE CAPITAL IS LUKE ROBINSON. MORENA, LUKE, AND ONE OUR MOST ICONIC ADVENTURE RACES CELEBRATED A MILESTONE OVER THE WEEKEND. GOOD MORNING, JENNY MAY. THE RIPON CLASSIC CELEBRATED ITS 20TH EDITION OVER THE WEEKEND. THE ROUTEBURN TRACK AS THE LOCATION OF THIS RACE. THE RECORD WAS ALMOST BROKEN THIS YEAR BY JACK HARRIS WHO WON THE RACE IN TWO HOURS AND 44 MINUTES. FRANCIS WINNING THE WOMEN'S RACE IN JUST UNDER 3.5 HOURS. KIND OF GOT TO THE TOP FEELING ALL RIGHT, DIDN'T REALLY WANNA LEAD, KIND OF ON THE TRAVERSE TO THE SADDLE IN FRONT. AND IT'S KIND OF A BIT OF A GAMBLE. LIKE, WHEN YOU START COMING DOWN, THE LEGS ARE EITHER GOOD OR THEY'RE NOT, AND THE LEGS WERE GOOD. SO I KIND OF KNEW THAT` I DIDN'T THINK ANYONE WOULD BE ABLE TO CATCH ME, SO MANAGED TO HOLD ON AND GET IT DONE. I DECIDED I NEEDED TO GO OUT A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVELY THAN I HAD IN PREVIOUS RACES, AND I JUST WANTED TO SEE HOW LONG I COULD HOLD THAT FOR, REALLY ` JUST REALLY TEST IT. BUT YEAH, PRETTY KNACKERED UP THE TOP AFTER THE CLIMBS, AND THEN ONCE YOU GET INTO YOUR GROOVE ON THE DOWNHILL, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I REALLY FELT LIKE I COULD GIVE IT A GOOD PUSH. AND YEAH, JUST ENDED UP HAVING A SWEET RACE OUT THERE. I WAS SUPER STOKED. HOW ABOUT THE SHOEY THERE FROM FRANCIS, THE WOMEN'S WINNER. I DID A SHORT WALK UP THE COAST, AND MY LEGS ARE PRETTY COOKED. I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A SHIMMY. JUST A 10K WALK. AND, LUKE, IT'S EVERY GOLFER'S DREAM THIS MORNING ` THE FINAL ROUND OF THE U.S. MASTERS AND TWO OF THE BIGGEST NAMES AT THE TOP OF THE LEADER BOARD. GIVE US AN UPDATE, MATE. THIS IS WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF IN THE GOLFING WORLD. RORY MAKAROVA GOING FOR A GRAND SLAM. HE IS UP AGAINST ONE OF THE FACES OF THE LIV TOUR. AND HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE THIS MORNING. BRYSON STARTED TWO SHOTS AHEAD. HERE'S HOW THE DOWN FOLDED. THAT IS A SIX. BRYSON IS UP TO THE OCCASION. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) IT IS A NEW LEADER. AND THERE IS THE SLING. SO BRYSON TAKING THE LEAD AFTER STARTING TWO SHOTS BEHIND. IT WAS THROUGH THE FIRST THREE HOLES. A COUPLE OF BOGEYS FROM HIM ` RORY MCLLROY LEADING NOW BY THREE. SO NOW THIS MATCH IS CONTINUING WHICH WILL BE INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. E WHAI AKE NEI ` OUR FRIENDS AT CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND HAVE DONE THE HARD WORK OF RANKING SUPERMARKET HOT CROSS BUNS. NEXT, WHICH EASTER FAVOURITES TOPPED THEIR LIST. (UPBEAT MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. EASTER IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, AND YOU MIGHT BE FEELING OVERWHELMED WITH THE SELECTION OF HOT CROSS BUNS ON OFFER. TO SAVE YOU THE HASSLE, CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND HAVE DONE A BLIND TASTE TEST AND HAVE COME UP WITH A RANKED LIST OF THE BEST, AND WORST, SUPERMARKET HOT CROSS BUNS. JOINING US NOW WITH HIS HONESTLY HELD OPINION IS FRIEND OF THE SHOW JAMES LE PAGE FROM CONSUMER NZ. GOOD MORNING. LOVELY TO SEE YOU. THE HOT CROSS BUNS AT THE SUPERMARKET A PRETTY GOOD. WHAT FOR YOU MAKES A GOOD HOT CROSS BUN? LOVELY QUESTION. I LOVE HOT CROSS BUNS. TRADITIONAL ONES ONLY, THOUGH. IT NEEDS TO HAVE A GOOD LEVEL OF SPICE, NICE, JUICY FRUIT, A BIT OF A CRUST ON THE OUTSIDE AND A BIT OF MOISTURE INSIDE. PERFECT. YOU HAVE REVEALED YOUR BIAS. IT WAS NOT YOU DO IN THE TASTE TESTING, WAS IT? IT WAS ME. WE DID FIRE TRADITIONAL ONES, THEN I HAD FIVE PAINFUL TASTE TESTS WHERE I HAD TO EAT FOR CHOCOLATE ONES, AND THERE WAS A WILDCARD ONE AS WELL. IN MY OPINION, THAT WAS A WASTE OF INGREDIENTS. SOME PEOPLE DO LIKE THE CHOCOLATE ONES. WITH THE CRITERIA FOR THE TEST, WHAT WERE THEY? WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING FOR? STARTING OUT WAS THE APPEARANCE. YOU EAT AND YOU TASTE WITH YOUR EYES FIRST. THEY NEED TO LOOK APPETISING AS SOON AS IT IS ON THE PLATE. WE ALSO RANTED ON TEXTURE, AND TASTE AS WELL. OVERALL, THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS YOU GET AT THE END OF IT, HAVE A BIT OF NUANCE TO IT, IT IS LIKE A WELL SPICED NUANCE BUN. THERE WAS A BIT OF FUN INVOLVED IN IT, ALTHOUGH IT WAS VERY SERIOUS, CHRIS. HOW DID IT STACK UP? HOW DO THEY STACK UP AGAINST THE MUCH HERALDED BAKERY BUNS YOU GET OUT OF THE BAKERIES? WE DID NOT TEST THEM THEMSELVES. I CAN TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT THE BAKERY ONES ARE GENUINELY MUCH BETTER. BUT THEY ARE ALSO PROBABLY OVER DOUBLE THE PRICE. I WAS LOOKING AT A LOCAL BAKERY AROUND MY HOUSE AT THE WEEKEND. IT WAS $15 FOR A PACK OF SIX. THEY LOOK GOOD, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO PAY $15. THAT IS RIDICULOUS. TWO OTHER WINNERS? NEW WORLD WAS THE WINNER. BOTH WITH THE TRADITIONAL AND THE CHOCOLATE. THEY ARE MORE EXPENSIVE, THOUGH. I HAVE NOTES, ACTUALLY. THERE WERE $8.99 FOR A SIXPACK. THAT IS GETTING UP THERE. BUT THEY WERE BOTH REALLY GOOD. MOSTLY SPICE, JUST A GOOD FLAVOUR AND TEXTURE. COMING IN SECOND WAS WOOLWORTHS. THAT WAS WITH BOTH OF THE CHOCOLATE AND TRADITIONAL AS WELL. IF YOU ARE A FAN OF THE WOOLWORTH ONES, YOU CAN PICK THEM FROM A MILE AWAY, EVEN IN A BLIND TASTE TEST. I RATE MY PALATE, AND I PICKED THEM FROM A MILE AWAY. THEY MAKE A GOOD ONE AS WELL, BUT THE NEXT LEVEL ABOVE WAS NEW WORLD. THEIR BAKERS IN STORE, THEY CAN VARY FROM STORE TO STORE. SO THEY HAVE GOT BASE INGREDIENTS, BUT THEY CAN JAZZ IT UP A LITTLE BIT. THEY CAN MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER, A BIT MORE, I DO NOT WANT TO SAY BOUGIE. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. YOU WANT TO ENJOY YOURSELF WHEN YOU ARE HAVING A HOT CROSS BUN. THAT IS WHY I HAVE SO MANY ON THE TABLE, AND THEY ARE PROPS, STRICTLY. WHAT WERE THE WORST ONES? PACK AND SAVE DID NOT DO A VERY GOOD JOB. THAT IS BECAUSE MAYBE THE BAKER WAS OFF THAT DAY, AND SOMEONE ELSE HAD TO COME IN. THE OTHER ONES THAT DID NOT DO SO WELL, YARROWA. I HAVE SEEN THEM AT NEW WORLD ON THE WEEKEND. THEY WERE FLAVOURLESS AND A BIT DRY. THEY WERE LACKING FRUIT. THAT SORT OF THING. IF YOU ARE DOING THAT, YOU MIGHT AS WELL NOT BOTHER. YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAVE A PIECE OF TOAST. IN TERMS OF BANG FOR YOUR BUCK, WAS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GET BEST VALUE OUT OF? I GUESS THAT PROBABLY COMES DOWN TO WHEN YOU READ UP YOURSELF ON THE ACTUAL ARTICLE ITSELF WHEN YOU GO TO CONSUMER.ORG.NZ. BUT FOR ME, WOOLWORTHS IS A GOOD DEAL. IT DID WELL, BUT YOU ARE NOT PAYING NINE DOLLARS. YOU'RE PAYING $6.80 FOR THAT. YOU ARE STARTING TO GET TO THAT POINT WE ARE GOING, OKAY, THIS IS BETTER VALUE FOR THE WAY I OPERATE. YOU ARE A CONNOISSEUR. THERE HAS BEEN TALK OF JAM DOUGHNUT BUNS. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MORE OUT THERE BUNS AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET AT THE MOMENT? THE JAM DOUGHNUT ONE WAS REALLY GROSS. IT LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE OUT BAILING SOMEONE'S INFECTION AND YOU HAD TO EAT IT. I HAVE TRIED ONES WITH PEANUT BUTTER IN THEM AND ALL SORTS. THERE WAS ONE WITH COOKIES AND AT ONCE, I THINK. DON'T BOTHER. I AM A TRADITIONALIST. IF YOU ENJOY IT, GO FOR IT. THEY ARE MAKING THEM FOR A REASON. WE FOUND THAT HOT COST BUNS ARE ACTUALLY QUITE POLARISING. YOU TEND TO LOVE THEM OR HATE THEM. WE FOUND THAT IN THE OFFICE. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET A PANEL TOGETHER TO TASTE THEM, BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE SAID, I DO NOT WANT THEM. I HAVE GOT A FEW IN FRONT OF ME HERE. THE MIDDLE ONES HAVE NOT BEEN REVEALED AS TO WHAT THEY ARE. SHOULD I TRY ONE OF THESE ONES, AND YOU CAN CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION WITH JAMES, JENNY-MAY? I WAS DOING MY DRIVERS LICENSE TEST... I HOPE YOU ARE PASSING. JUST RANDOM QUESTIONS. JAMES, DO YOU RECKON IT'LL PASS YOUR DRIVERS LICENSE THESE DAYS, THE WRITTEN TEST? THE WRITTEN TEST? PROBABLY IF I STUDIED. I DON'T KNOW, YOU DO IT BY FEEL NOW, DON'T YOU? THAT IS A JAM ONE. DID YOU TRY ONE OF THESE, JAMES? I DO NOT ENVY YOU. THAT LOOKS LIKE A JAM SANDWICH. ARE YOU NOT GOING TO PUT BUTTER ON ANY OF THAT? TALK US THROUGH IT, CHRIS. IT IS BAD. ARE YOUR TASTEBUDS A BIT CONFUSED? IT IS NOT AWFUL. OH, HERE WE GO. STRICTLY BUTTER, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT. I FEEL LIKE IF THE BUN CAN HOLD ITS OWN WITHOUT NEEDING THE ADDITIONAL... IT IS A DOUGHNUT. IT SHOULD STAY AS A DOUGHNUT. IT FEELS A BIT DOUGHY TO HAVE THE JAM IN IT. IT IS JUST WRONG. IT IS AN ABOMINATION. EAT A DOUGHNUT. SAY WHAT YOU THINK, JAMES. IT IS EASTER. WE DO NOT WANT ANY BLASPHEMY WHEN IT COMES TO THESE HOT CROSS BUNS. HOPEFULLY THIS EASTER WEEKEND, YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF A LOVELY BUN. THANK YOU. CHEERS. STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` ONE MAN'S BATTLE OVER HIS BROKEN LAWNMOWER AND THE PUSH FOR A GUARANTEED RIGHT TO REPAIR THE STUFF WE OWN INSTEAD OF BEING FORCED TO REPLACE IT. ALSO AHEAD ` HE LED THE COUNTRY'S HEALTH RESPONSE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC. SIR ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD TELLS US ABOUT HIS NEXT CHALLENGE. PLUS ` WE GET DOWN WITH SOME OF THE TEAMS PREPARING FOR THE WORLD DANCE CREW CHAMPIONSHIPS IN AUCKLAND. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. ONE PERSON HAS DIED IN A FATAL CRASH THAT HAPPENED IN WAIKATO'S WAIHI OVERNIGHT. EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONDED TO THE SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROSEMONT RD AND CONSOLS ST AT 8.20pm. THE ROAD WAS CLOSED LAST NIGHT AND HAS NOW REOPENED. POLICE INVESTIGATING A HOMICIDE IN KAWAKAWA HAVE URGED ANY POTENTIAL WITNESSES TO COME FORWARD. A MAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN A CAR IN THE FAR NORTH TOWN YESTERDAY MORNING AFTER WHAT POLICE ARE DESCRIBING AS A VIOLENT ASSAULT. A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER AND WILL APPEAR IN THE KAIKOHE DISTRICT COURT TODAY. ANYONE WHO SAW THIS BLACK FORD FALCON OR SPOKE WITH ITS OCCUPANTS HAS BEEN ASKED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH POLICE. CHINESE OFFICIALS ARE URGING U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO 'COMPLETELY CANCEL' HIS TIT-FOR-TAT TARIFFS AS GLOBAL TRADE UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES. IT FOLLOWS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCING THERE'D BE A TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FOR SOME TECH PRODUCTS, MANY OF WHICH ARE MADE IN CHINA. LAST WEEK, TRUMP HIKED TARIFFS ON CHINA TO 145% WHILE PAUSING HIKES ON OTHER COUNTRIES FOR 90 DAYS. AT LEAST 34 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKE ON THE UKRANIAN CITY OF SUMY. TWO BALLISTIC MISSILES HIT THE CITY CENTRE AT AROUND 10 IN THE MORNING LOCAL TIME WHILE PEOPLE WERE GATHERED TO CELEBRATE PALM SUNDAY. UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS SAY IT'S THE DEADLIEST STRIKE THIS YEAR. A STILL-RECOVERING POPE HAS GREETED THE CROWDS AT SAINT PETER'S SQUARE FOR PALM SUNDAY. BROUGHT OUT IN A WHEELCHAIR, IT'S HIS SECOND APPEARANCE THERE SINCE BEING DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL THREE WEEKS AGO. THE VATICAN IS YET TO CONFIRM HOW ELSE THE 88-YEAR-OLD WILL PARTICIPATE IN UPCOMING EASTER CELEBRATIONS AS HE HAS ANOTHER MONTH OF RECOVERY AHEAD OF HIM AFTER BATTLING LIFE-THREATENING PNEUMONIA. AUSTRALIAN TEEN SPRINT SENSATION GOUT GOUT HAS SMASHED ANOTHER BARRIER RUNNING A SUB-20-SECOND 200m TO CLAIM THE NATIONAL TITLE. 19.84 SECONDS WAS THE FASTEST TIME HE'S EVER CLOCKED, BUT AN ILLEGAL WIND READING DENIED THE 17-YEAR-OLD AN OFFICIAL PERSONAL BEST. IT COMES AFTER HE TWICE BROKE THE 10-SECOND BARRIER IN THE MEN'S 100m BUT BOTH RUNS WERE ALSO AIDED BY AN ILLEGAL TAIL WIND. UNBELIEVABLE. THAT IS ROUGH. HE IS A SIN STATION. *SENSATION AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH POSSIBLE SHOWERS FOR NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND, COROMANDEL, BAY OF PLENTY AND GISBORNE. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH. 23 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. 26 FOR HAWKE'S BAY. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. PARTLY CLOUDY FURTHER DOWN, WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLE FOR SOME. INVERCARGILL, YOU CAN EXPECT A RAINY START, BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. 24 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 21 IN CHRISTCHURCH. A MAN IN WELLINGTON HAS BEEN FIGHTING THE WAREHOUSE TO KEEP HIS LAWNMOWER OUT OF LANDFILL. ALL HE NEEDED TO FIX IT WAS ONE TINY MISSING PART. IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS ON A HIDING TO NOWHERE UNTIL FAIR GO GOT INVOLVED. TO EXPLAIN, WE'RE JOINED NOW BY GILL HIGGINS. OKAY, SO WHAT HAPPENED? I THINK THIS IS A SITUATION MOST OF US HAVE FOUND A SOUTHERN FROM TIME TO TIME WE HAVE AN APPLIANCE OR A BIT OF MACHINERY AND SOMETHING BREAKS, ANYTHING, OH NO. SO YOU FIND IS JUST A LITTLE PART THAT NEEDS REPLACING. BUT TRYING TO GET THAT SPARE PARTS CAN BE AN UPHILL BATTLE. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH ALAN. HE HAD A LAWNMOWER. THERE WAS A LITTLE FUEL PIPE THAT HAD DETERIORATED AND HAD A CRACK IN IT. HE IS A HANDYMAN, SO YOU THOUGHT HE WOULD GET IT REPLACED. WENT TO THE LOCAL REPAIR GUY WHO SAID IT WAS VERY SPECIFIC TO THIS TYPE OF LAWNMOWER, SO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER. SO HE DID THAT, AND THEY SAID, CONTACT THE SUPPLIER, THE WAREHOUSE. SO HE CALLED THEM, AND THEY SAID WE DO NOT HAVE THOSE, BUT WE WILL GIVE YOU A $50 VOUCHER TO SPEND IN STORE. WHAT SHE WAS NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT AS HE EXPLAINS. WELL, YEAH, I'VE NOW GOT A MACHINE THAT DOESN'T WORK AND IS LANDFILL. AND THAT SEEMS SUCH A SHAME ` A MACHINE THAT ITSELF WORKS FINE BAR THIS LITTLE PART. HOW LONG WAS THIS BACK-AND-FORTH GOING? THIS WENT ON FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. IT SEEMS LIKE AS I SAY, THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE ALL COME ACROSS, AND THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT SOMETHING BREAKS AND THEY CANNOT BE BOTHERED TO FIX IT. THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT REALLY WANT TO, LIKE THE SKY, BUT THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THEY CANNOT GET THE SPARE PART. A VERY SMALL PART. WHICH MEANS WE ARE THROWING A LOT OF THINGS AWAY. EXACTLY. HE DID KEEP GOING WITH THE WAREHOUSE FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS BACK AND FORTH, AND THEY WERE JUST LAYING, SORRY, NO CAN DO, AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED, WHICH WE WILL LET HIM EXPLAIN. AND IT WASN'T UNTIL I TURNED TO FAIR GO, AND LO AND BNEHOLD, AND IT WASN'T UNTIL I TURNED TO FAIR GO, AND LO AND BEHOLD, THEY FOUND THE PART ` HIDDEN UNDER A COUCH MAYBE; I DON'T KNOW. IT JUST TURNED UP. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GOOD ENOUGH THAT I SHOULD HAVE HAD TO GO TO THE LENGTHS I WENT TO, TO GET THE RESULT I DID. OH DEAR. FUNNY THAT. WHAT DID THE WAREHOUSE HAD TO SAY? FINALLY ENOUGH, THEY DID NOT SAY THEY FOUND IT UNDER ACCOUNT. BUT THEY DID SAY THAT THEY WORK WITH REPAIRERS THAT HAVE THE SPARE PARTS, AND THEY APOLOGISED TO ALAN, SAYING HE HAD GOT THE WRONG INFORMATION. BUT THIS HAD TAKEN THREE MONTHS. ANYWAY, THEY GAVE HIM THE SPARE PART, AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD HELP AND FIX IT IF HE NEEDED THE HELP. AND THEY OFFERED HIM AN $80 VOUCHER, WHICH WAS VERY KIND OF THEM. OKAY. SO HE WAS ABLE TO REPAIR IT, PLUS HE GOT SOMETHING ON TOP OF THAT. YES, WHICH IS GOOD, AND THEY ALSO SAID THEY WERE GOING TO TRAIN THEIR STAFF BETTER IN REPAIRS, WHICH IS ALL VERY TIMELY, BECAUSE NOW THERE IS THIS RIGHT TO REPAIR BILL THAT IS GOING THROUGH PARLIAMENT, WHICH IS GREAT. SUBMISSIONS HAVE CLOSED ON THAT, AND I THINK THEY WILL PUT BACK IN AUGUST SOMETIME, BUT WHAT THAT AIMS TO DO IS TO PUT MORE PRESSURE ON BOTH MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS. THE IDEA AS IT WILL PUT PRESSURE ON MANUFACTURERS TO ACTUALLY SUPPLY THESE TIMES AND MANUALS AND TOOLS IF YOU NEED TOOLS TO FIX IT, AND THEN ON STORES THAT YOU GO TO, PUT PRESSURE ON THEM THAT IF YOU NEED TO EITHER REPAIR OR REPLACE, IF THE CUSTOMER WANTS IT REPAIRED, THEN THEY SHOULD TRY TO REPAIR IT RATHER THAN REPLACE IT, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA. ABSOLUTELY. AS ALWAYS, LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE CUT WITH US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND YOU CAN SEE GILL'S FULL STORY TONIGHT ON SEVEN SHARP. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. I HAVE JUST FINISHED MY MOUTH FULL OF HOT CROSS BUNS. DOING SOME FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS, OF COURSE. IT'S THE ANNUAL ROYAL EASTER SHOW IN AUCKLAND THIS WEEKEND ` A FAMILY-FUN EVENT THAT'S BEEN RUNNING IN SOME FORM SINCE, WELL, BASICALLY THE SIGNING OF THE TREATY. REALLY? SO FOR TODAY'S TVNZ ARCHIVE SEGMENT, WHERE WE DIVE INTO THE PAST, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT A BIT OF MINOR CONTROVERSY. IN 1987, THEN-ORGANISER THE A&P ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT WANTED TO RUN 300 SHEEP DOWN QUEEN STREET TO OPEN THE EVENT. ANIMAL WELFARE ADVOCATES WEREN'T SO KEEN. HERE'S HOW THINGS WORKED OUT. CORNWALL PARK IS THE CLOSEST MOST SHEEP EVER GET TO AUCKLAND CITY. HERE, THEY'RE ARE ONLY A FEW MILES FROM QUEEN STREET, BUT IN THIS RELATIVELY RURAL SETTING, THE SHEEP ARE OBLIVIOUS TO THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF BIG CITY LIFE AS THEY GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS. BUT THE QUIET LIFE COULD BE SHATTERED FOR 300 OF THEIR COUNTRY COUSINS IF PLANS GO AHEAD TO STAGE A SHEEP PARADE UP QUEEN STREET TO OPEN THE EASTER SHOW. THE POSSIBILITY, THOUGH, HAS DRAWN FIRE FROM THOSE WITH ANIMAL WELFARE AT HEART. THE SPCA'S DIRECTOR SAYS SHEEP TRAMPLING UP QUEEN STREET COULD HAVE DEVASTATING EFFECTS. THE ANIMALS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE UNCOMFORTABLE AND FRIGHTENED AND SCARED. THEY COULD LOSE THEIR FOOTING QUITE EASILY. THEN I THINK THE WORST THING THAT PROBABLY COULD HAPPEN WOULD BE THAT YOU MIGHT GET A BREAKAWAY ANIMAL, AND THEN WITH SHEEP, YOU OFTEN GET THIS, WHO WILL ACTUALLY RUN IN A DIRECTION ` A FEW WILL FOLLOW. THEY'RE NOT USED TO RUNNING TOWARDS GLASS. THEY COULD RUN STRAIGHT THROUGH PLATE GLASS, INJURE THEMSELVES, CERTAINLY DAMAGE THE GLASS. THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF THINGS. IT'S UNKNOWN, AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM. SO I DON'T AGREE WITH IT FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW. THE A&P ASSOCIATION SAYS THEY'LL HAVE DROVERS AND TRAINED SHEEPDOGS ON HAND TO KEEP CONTROL. DO YOU THINK THAT'LL BE ENOUGH? I DOUBT IT. AGAIN, IT'S UNKNOWN, BUT I WOULD VERY MUCH DOUBT IT BECAUSE NEITHER THE SHEEP NOR THE DOGS ARE USED TO DRIVING A HERD OF SHEEP UP A BUSY STREET. MADCAP AND MIRROR-GLASSES QUEEN STREET, ACCORDING TO THE SPCA, IS A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT EVEN TO MANY HUMANS, SO THEY BELIEVE IT WOULD BE EVEN MORE SCARY FOR SHEEP. SOME SHOPKEEPERS HERE AGREE, WHILE OTHERS HAVE TAKEN A MORE BUSINESSLIKE APPROACH. I THINK IT'D MAKE A GOOD PUBLICITY STUNT, WHETHER YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT SORT OF DOGS TO CONTROL THEM IS ANOTHER QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE ANY VIEW ON IT, REALLY. SO AS LONG AS THEY CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES, I'M NOT CONCERNED AT ALL. YOU'RE NOT WORRIED THEY MIGHT RUN AMUCK? NOT REALLY, NO. THEY MIGHT GO AND BUY SOMETHING. I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY UNKIND TO THE SHEEP. I'M SURE THE STREET SWEEPERS THAT WOULDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT EITHER. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A HELL OF A MESS. AND JUST` I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC BEHIND IT AT ALL. NEXT FRIDAY, THE SCENE HERE WILL BE QUITE DIFFERENT IF THE SHEEP SHOW PROCEEDS. MEETINGS TOMORROW BETWEEN AUCKLAND CITY COUNCILLORS AND A&P SHOW ORGANISERS SHOULD DECIDE THE MATTER. WELL, I WONDER IF THAT BIG BEAST KNOWS WHERE HE'S GOING. THE CHAP WITH HIM IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE A&P ASSOCIATION, JOHN TURNER. HE'S THE ONE WHO WANTED TO RUN 300 SHEEP UP QUEEN STREET TO OPEN THE EASTER SHOW. BUT AFTER COMPLAINTS FROM ANIMAL WELFARE GROUPS, HE SETTLED FOR A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP INSTEAD. AND THE BULL IS CALLED JAKE, NOT FERDINAND. HE'S A 12-YEAR-OLD ANGUS WHO'S REASONABLY TAME BECAUSE HE'S SPENT ALL HIS LIFE BEING GROOMED, WELL, NOT QUITE FOR STARDOM, BUT AT LEAST FOR THE RING. AND HE'S BEING SO WELL-BEHAVED THAT MAYBE THE OLD SAYING ABOUT BULLS IN CHINA SHOPS ISN'T FAIR. IT'S A VERY OLD, WELL-KNOWN SAYING. AND I THINK IT'S... THE REASON IS THAT PEOPLE THINK THAT ALL BULLS ARE WILD, AND, YOU KNOW, THE CONCEPT OF HAVING A BULL IN THE MIDDLE OF A CHINA SHOP IN THE CITY IS... I THINK IT'S GREAT. BUT IT PAYS TO REMEMBER JAKE IS A BULL. THERE'S ONE TON OF HIM, AND ONE WRONG MOVE COULD SPELL DISASTER. THAT OTHER OLD SAYING ABOUT LEADING A HORSE TO WATER COULD BE JUST AS TRUE FOR BULLS. THE VERDICT WAS THAT HE DIDN'T MIND THE CHINA CUP; IT WAS JUST OUR CITY WATER HE TURNED HIS NOSE UP AT. BUT EVEN IF A BULL WON'T DRINK, HE'LL STILL DO THE OTHER. FIND THE CHINA POTTY FOR YOU, OLD BOY. YEAH, THAT'S A BIG ONE TOO. AND JAKE HAD ONE FINAL PARTY TRICK. WITH A BIT OF COAXING, HE SHOWED JUST HOW MUCH HAVOC A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP CAN CAUSE. (PLATE CLATTER) ACTION REPLAY. I LOVE THAT SEGMENT. SO WE WENT FROM SHEET RUNNING DOWN THE MAIN STREET TO A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP. THAT IS THE EASTER SHOW. A LOT OF FUN AND FRIVOLITY, AND PRESUMABLY, IT IS ON AGAIN THIS WEEKEND. ME U TONU MAI ` SIR ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD REVEALS HIS NEXT ADVENTURE ALL IN THE AID OF CHILDREN ACROSS THE COUNTRY. (UPBEAT MUSIC) (RELAXED MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE HAS HIT AND PARTLY DESTROYED THE LAST FULLY FUNCTIONAL HOSPITAL IN GAZA CITY. THE HAMAS-RUN HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS ONE PATIENT DIED DURING EVACUATION WITH MEDICAL STAFF UNABLE TO PROVIDE CARE. MEANWHILE, AT LEAST 34 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKE ON UKRAINE'S NORTHEAST CITY OF SUMY. AND THE WARRIORS HAVE CONCEDED THEY JUST WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH IN THEIR 42-14 DRUBBING AGAINST THE MELBOURNE STORM. FROM LEADING OUR COUNTRY'S HEALTH RESPONSE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC TO OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR, SIR ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD IS A FAMILIAR FACE TO MANY. AND NOW HE'S BECOMING AN AMBASSADOR FOR BARNARDOS AOTEAROA, ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LEADING CHILDREN'S CHARITIES. ONE OF HIS FIRST DUTIES ` A 10-DAY TREK ALONG THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA. HE JOINS US NOW TO EXPLAIN. MORENA. LOVELY TO SEE YOU. HOW ARE YOU? WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? THE MORNING. THE COVID PANDEMIC SEEMS A LONG WAY AWAY NOW, AND I AM ENJOYING LIFE POST-COVID. I AM SURE MOST PEOPLE ARE AS WELL. JUST EMBARKING ON THIS NEW VENTURE, BECOMING AN AMBASSADOR FOR BARNARDOS, WHICH I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT. HOWEVER YOU BECOME THE AMBASSADOR FOR THEM NOW? THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND I WORKED TOGETHER WHEN I WAS CHIEF EXECUTIVE AT HUTT VALLEY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD. HE PUT IT OUT TO ME AND SAID IT MIGHT BE A GOOD MATCH FOR ME TO BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR THEM AND ALSO TALK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WALK ALONG THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA, AND I THOUGHT THAT SOUNDED LIKE A NICE OPPORTUNITY. SO WE DECIDED TO GO FOR IT. HAVE YOU DONE IT BEFORE? WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING? I ENJOY MY WALKING. I HAVE NOT BEEN TO CHINA BEFORE. THIS IS A 10 DAY TREK ALONG THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA. IT IS OPEN FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. IT IS A FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE FOR BARNARDOS FOR THEIR HELPLINE FOR KIDS AND TEENAGERS, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT WALK ALONG THERE. WE HAVE GOT SOMEBODY'S EVENTS ALREADY SIGNED UP. WE ARE WELCOMING OTHERS JOINING US. EVERYONE WHO JOINS THE WALK IS COMMITTED TO RAISING AT LEAST $3500 FOR THE HELPLINE. AND I WILL BE DOING MY PART TO RAISE THAT FOR MY PARTICIPATION AS WELL. WHAT DOES THE ROLE ENTAIL? ARE YOU TRYING TO GIVE THEM A BIT OF A BOOST? THAT IS RIGHT. BEING AN AMBASSADOR, I WILL BE PROMOTING THE WORK OF BARNARDOS AND HELPING THEM OUT AT FUNDRAISING EVENTS, SUPPORTING THE ADVOCACY FOR THE WORK THEY DO FOR OUR CHILDREN AND WHANAU ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND GENERALLY JUST BEING PART OF THE BARNARDOS WHANAU. IF YOU BEEN INVOLVED WITH THEM IN THE PAST? I HAVE BEEN A DONOR FOR SOME YEARS NOW, AND I WAS SAYING WHEN I WAS TALKING WITH MATT, I CANNOT REMEMBER A TIME IN MY LIFE WHEN BARNARDOS WAS NOT THERE, AND THAT PROBABLY IS BECAUSE IT IS JUST OVER 55 YEARS OLD. SLIGHTLY YOUNGER THAN I AM, BUT IT IS A REAL PART OF NEW ZEALAND'S LANDSCAPE. IT IS OUR LARGEST DOMESTIC CHILDREN'S CHARITY AND DOES GREAT WORK ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES WITH WHANAU AND CHILDREN WHO ARE IN NEED, AND I REALLY SUPPORT THAT WORK AND AM LOOKING FORWARD TO JOINING THEM. FOR ANYONE WHO DOES WANT TO JOIN THE WALK, IF THEY GO TO THE BERNARDO WEBSITE, BARNARDOS.ORG.NZ, THEY CAN FIND INFORMATION ABOUT SIGNING UP. I AM HOPING TO SEE PLENTY OF OTHER KIWIS JOINING THAT WALK IN OCTOBER. IT IS A DECENT TRACK ` 10 DAYS. I THINK NEW ZEALANDERS KNOW ABOUT YOUR SPORTING PROWESS PRIMARILY FROM THAT RUGBY GAME POST-COVID. HOW WILL YOU GO ON THE 10 DAY TREK? THE RUGBY GAME WITH A ONE OFF. THE WALKING IS MORE A PART OF MY LIFE, AND MY FAMILY AND I WALKED HALFWAY ACROSS WITSEL AND A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. I ENJOY THE LONG DISTANCE WALKING, SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT TRIP, AND WE ARE WALKING FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE, STAYING IN THE VILLAGES. I THINK IT WILL BE FASCINATING AND A GREAT EXPERIENCE. I HOPE OTHER KIWIS SIGN UP NOT JUST TO JOIN THE WALK BACK TO RAISE MONEY FOR BARNARDOS. I KNOW YOU HAVE PROBABLY DONE HUNDREDS OF INTERVIEW SINCE THE COVID TIMES WHEN YOU WERE IN THE THICK OF IT AND TALKING ABOUT THE RESPONSE, AND IF I ASK YOU FOR YOUR REFLECTIONS ON THE STATE OF THE WORLD AT THE MOMENT, I KNOW US AID HAS BEEN A HUGE THING IN TERMS OF PULLING THEM FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, AND WHO KNOWS FURTHER DOWN THE LINE, AFFECTING OUR PREPAREDNESS FOR ANOTHER PANDEMIC. HOW DO YOU SEE THINGS AT THE MOMENT WHETHER WE WOULD BE READY FOR THE NEXT ONE? IT IS A BIG ISSUE. THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING, AND IT IS ALL HAPPENING VERY QUICKLY AROUND THE GLOBE. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO IS FOCUS ON WHAT WE HAVE GOT CONTROL OVER. WE HAVE GOT A LOT THAT WE LEARN FROM OUR PANDEMIC RESPONSE, AND WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF INITIATIVES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE THAT WE DID NOT HAVE FIVE YEARS AGO. ON THE OTHER THING IS THAT WHEN THERE IS UNCERTAINTY GLOBALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN CONTROL IS WHAT WE DO HERE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY, AND LOOKING AFTER OUR CHILDREN, GIVING THEM ALL A GOOD, FAIR START IN LIFE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DIRECTLY CONTROL. AND WE SHOWED THE COVID THAT IF WE TURN OUR COLLECTIVE ENERGY AND MINDS TO IT, WE CAN ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS, AND I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN DO THE SAME FOR OUR CHILDREN HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, DESPITE THE CHALLENGES AND THE UNCERTAINTY GLOBALLY. YOU MENTION SETTING THINGS UP CLOSER TO HOME. WE HAVE THE GLOBAL UNCERTAINTIES, BUT IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE, YOU LOOK AT THE STATE OF SOME OF OUR HOSPITALS, NELSON FOR EXAMPLE, DOES IT WORRY YOU THAT WE ARE IN THE SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE SO MANY HOSPITALS POTENTIALLY ON THE BRINK? THOSE CHALLENGES IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM ARE NOT NEW. THEY ARE NOT UNIQUE TO NEW ZEALAND. THE COVID PANDEMIC HIGHLIGHTED AND AMPLIFIED SOME OF THEM. I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME WORK JUST TALKING WITH A WHOLE RANGE OF PEOPLE ABOUT TAKING A LONGER TERM, A 10 YEAR VIEW OF OUR HEALTH SYSTEM SO THAT WE REALLY CAN TURN OUR MINDS TO ADDRESSING THOSE CHALLENGES RATHER THAN JUST FOCUSING ON THE PROBLEMS. I HAVE WORKED MY CAREER IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM, AND THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD PEOPLE IN THERE THAT IF WE CAN TURN OUR MINDS TO THE SOLUTIONS, WE CAN ACTUALLY TURN AROUND THOSE CHALLENGES AND BE A BIT OF A BEACON FOR OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE SOLUTIONS, DO YOU THINK? I KNOW THAT IS A BIG QUESTION. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN TAKE IMMEDIATELY START TO PUT IN PLACE TO HELP? THE APPROACH OF PROMOTING IS ACTUALLY TAKING THAT 10 YEAR VIEW. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WOULD HELP ENORMOUSLY IN THE SHORT TERM IS REALLY TO ENGAGE WITH AND LISTEN TO THE STAFF. THEY ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THEIR WORK. THEY ARE HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL. THEY ARE WELL-TRAINED. THEY ARE ASPIRATIONAL FOR THE HEALTH SYSTEM. IN ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD BE DOING WOULD BE GETTING OUT AND ENGAGING WITH THEM AND LISTENING TO THEM. THEY ARE FULL OF IDEAS. THEY KNOW THERE IS NO MONEY FOR EVERYTHING. THAT IS A REALITY IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM. THERE NEVER HAS BEEN ENOUGH MONEY EVER SINCE I STARTED WORKING AND HEALTH IN THE EARLY 1990S. THE POINT HERE IS THAT WE CAN DELIVER REALLY GOOD CHEER, AND FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO TOUCH THE SYSTEM HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, THEY GET FANTASTIC CARE. SO I THINK THAT REALLY ENGAGING THE STAFF AND THE SOLUTIONS IS A KEY FIRST STEP. LOVELY TO CHECK IN WITH YOU AGAIN. MOST TO SEE YOUR FACE ON THE TELLY, AND GOOD LUCK WITH THE TREK IN CHINA AS YOUR NEW ROLE WITH BARNARDOS. KIA ORA. THANK YOU. WE ARE STILL GETTING FEEDBACK AROUND THE PROPOSED DRIVERS LICENSE CHANGES, WHICH YOU CAN GIVE FEEDBACK ON AS OF TODAY. I HAVE JUST BEEN DOING THE TEST. THERE ARE 35 QUESTIONS. HOW MANY ARE YOU ALLOWED TO GET WRONG? I DON'T KNOW. IT IS NOT THE 35. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YOU DO WHEN YOU TAKE THE TEST, THAT THIS IS JUST A WHOLE BUNCH OF QUESTIONS THAT I AM GOING THROUGH. I AM OKAY. I AM OKAY. ANYWAY... YOU PASS THE TEST. I HAVE NOT FINISHED YET. I AM STILL WORKING MY WAY THROUGH IT. JESS IS THAT SHE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THOSE ON FOUR LICENSES THAT A PRACTICAL TEST EVERY 5 TO 10 YEARS OR SO. I IMAGINE THAT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE LONGUS HAVE LIGHTLY PICKED UP THE WORST HABITS. EXACTLY. TERRIBLE BAD HABITS. 5 TO 10 YEARS, THAT IS NOT VERY PRACTICAL. WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN KNOWING AS WITH OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE WOULD ADMIT, AND THEY CAN DO THIS ANONYMOUSLY, HOW LONG THEY HAVE HAD A LEARNERS LICENSE FOR OR A RESTRICTED. THERE WILL BE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE BEEN ON THEIR LEARNERS LICENSE FOR YEARS AND YEARS, INTO THEIR 20S MAYBE EVEN INTO THEIR 30S, THEY WILL NOT SIT THE RESTRICTED LICENSE. IF YOU ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO COME FORWARD AND LET US KNOW WHY, YOU CAN DO IT ANONYMOUSLY. WE WILL NOT NAME AND SHAME YOU. BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT WILL GO OUT TO BUY WINE AT THE SUPERMARKET, GET ASKED FOR ID, THEY WILL PULL OUT THE BLUE TICKET. THE BLUE LEARNER LICENSE. EVERYONE WILL GRASP AND SAY, WHAT THE... WHAT ARE YOU DOING? GET ONTO THE RESTRICTED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU JUST CANNOT BE BOTHERED OR HAVE HAD HAS BEEN SO LONG THAT YOU ARE FREE TO GO AND DO IT. EMAIL US. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, SOME AQUATIC OBSTACLES HAVE HIT ASHBURTON. CHARLOTTE MULDER, TELL US MORE. GOOD MORNING, TEAM. THE LIFEJACKET IS COMING ON, SO YOU KNOW STUFF IS ABOUT TO GET REALLY SERIOUS. WE'RE GOING TO BE FEATURING A SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY THAT IS CURRENTLY IN ASHBURTON. KIA ORA ANO. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES ACROSS GAZA HAVE KILLED AT LEAST 21 PEOPLE AND PARTLY DESTROYED THE LAST FULLY FUNCTIONAL HOSPITAL IN GAZA CITY. MEDICS SAY THE PRE-DAWN STRIKES HAVE TAKEN THE HOSPITAL OUT OF OPERATION. ISRAEL'S DEFENCE FORCE SAYS IT WAS TARGETING A HAMAS COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTRE. MEDICAL STAFF EVACUATED THE BUILDING AFTER RECEIVING A WARNING, AND NO CASUALTIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THE HAMAS-RUN HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS ONE PATIENT DIED DURING EVACUATION, WITH MEDICAL STAFF UNABLE TO PROVIDE CARE. AT LEAST ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A SMALL PLANE CRASHED INTO A MUDDY FIELD IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. SIX PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, BUT IT WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY CLEAR IF THERE WERE OTHER FATALITIES OR INJURIES. AUTHORITIES SAY SNOW IS HAMPERING RESCUE EFFORTS, AND THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. A PEDESTRIAN IS IN A SERIOUS CONDITION FOLLOWING A CRASH IN WELLINGTON'S LOWER HUTT. EMERGENCY SERVICES RUSHED TO THE SCENE ON DOWSE DR SHORTLY AFTER 7pm. POLICE SAY THE ROAD HAS NOW REOPENED. THREE MEN HAVE BEEN RESCUED AFTER THEIR BOAT CAPSIZED AMID 20-KNOT WINDS AND STRONG SWELLS IN CHRISTCHURCH'S BANKS PENINSULA. POLICE RECEIVED A CALL FROM ONE OF THE THREE MEN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, SAYING THE BOAT'S ENGINE HAD FAILED ONCE THEY'D REACHED LITTLE AKALOA HEADS, PUSHING THEM INTO THE ROCKS. THE VESSEL WAS ABANDONED AND THE MEN WERE LATER PICKED UP BY COASTGUARD VOLUNTEERS AND A RESCUE HELICOPTER. MURDER CHARGES HAVE BEEN LAID AFTER A MAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN A CAR IN KAWAKAWA YESTERDAY MORNING. POLICE BELIEVE THE VICTIM WAS SUBJECTED TO A VIOLENT ASSAULT. A 49-YEAR-OLD WILL APPEAR IN THE KAIKOHE DISTRICT COURT TODAY. RORY MCILROY'S CONTINUING HIS MARCH TOWARDS A CAREER GRAND SLAM, WITH A THREE-SHOT LEAD IN THE FINAL ROUND OF THE MASTERS. THE NORTHERN IRISHMAN SHOOK OFF A DOUBLE BOGEY ON THE FIRST HOLE, SINKING BACK-TO-BACK BIRDIES. BIRDIE FOR MCILROY. A COUPLE OF BOGEYS FOR BRYSON DECHAMBEAU SAW HIM RELINQUISH THE LEAD. HE WAS THREE SHOTS OFF MCILROY A SHORT TIME AGO. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` PARTLY CLOUDY WITH POSSIBLE SHOWERS FOR NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND, COROMANDEL, BAY OF PLENTY AND GISBORNE. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE MAINLY FINE FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH. 23 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON. 26 FOR HAWKE'S BAY. CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. PARTLY CLOUDY FURTHER DOWN WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLE FOR SOME. INVERCARGILL, YOU CAN EXPECT A RAINY START, BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. 24 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. 21 IN CHRISTCHURCH. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAVE BEEN ON THEIR LEARNERS LICENSES FOR DECADES AND STILL HAVEN'T GOT THEM. WE WILL GET TO THAT SOON. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, AQUALAND IS BRINGING THEIR WORLD-CLASS INFLATABLE WATERPARK INDOORS. AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND` OH, AQUALAND NEW ZEALAND NOT AUCKLAND BEGAN FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN A TEAM PASSIONATE ABOUT WATER SPORTS GOT TOGETHER AND WANTED TO GIVE MORE TO THE COMMUNITY THAN JUST A NORMAL WATER PARK. AND NOW THEIR BRINGING THEIR COURSE INDOORS, WHICH CONSISTS OF A VARIETY OF OBSTACLES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. OUR CHRISTCHURCH REPORTER HAS VENTURED DOWN TO ASHBURTON TO SEE HOW DIFFICULT THIS COURSE IS LOOKING. MORENA, CHARLOTTE. GOOD MORNING, TEAM. YES, WE ARE NOT ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT AUCKLAND DOWN HERE IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, BUT IT IS LIKE A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND. IT IS LOOKING REALLY, REALLY AWESOME. I HAVE THE AQUALAND DIRECTOR WITH ME YOU ARE DOING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME. WHAT MADE YOU THINK OF THIS/. OTHERWISE IT IS SITTING IN A SHED AND WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO COME AROUND. HOW SUCCESSFUL IS IT? HAVE YOU HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE COME ALONG? WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY. IT HAS BEEN AMAZING. TODAY IS OUR LAST DAY IN ASHBURTON, SO WE FINISH AROUND 5 O'CLOCK. WE ARE AROUND KAIKOURA FOR EASTER WEEKEND AND THEN BACK IN CHRISTCHURCH FOR ANZAC WEEKEND. WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT FROM EVERYONE ELSE? OURS IS A REALLY GOOD MIX OF THE TV SHOW NINJA WARRIOR MEETS WIPE OUT. EVERYONE THINKS THEY CAN GIVE IT A GO. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF AGES THAT CAN DO IT? AGES SIX AND UP. THEY MUST WEAR A LIFEJACKET, BECAUSE IT IS A BIT TIRING. BUT IT IS A LOT OF FUN. LOTS OF FUN. YOU KNOW HOW I LOVE TO GET INVOLVED IN MY LIFE CROSSES, SO YOU GUYS WILL BE COMING WITH ME, AND I HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO WILL BE VERSING ME. HOW YOU GUYS FEELING? GOOD. I AM GOING TO TAKE OUT MY COMMS, SO I WON'T SEE YOU, AND I AM GOING TO PUT MY MIC DOWN. AND LOOKS LIKE QUITE A LONG COURSE, WHICH IS GREAT. NOT A VERY NARROW PASS ` IT IS WHY ` SO SHE SHOULD BE OK. PRESUMABLY SHE IS GOING TO DO THIS AT SPEED. THIS IS THE START POINT. GO ON, CHARLOTTE. OH! (LAUGHS) LOOK AT THAT. COME ON, GIRL. SHE HAS DONE A COUPLE OF OBSTACLE COURSES FOR US ALREADY. SO SHE HAS HAD PRACTICE? NO, NOT THIS COURSE. THAT WAS A BIRDIE! SHE WAS STRUGGLING, TO BE FAIR, NOT MAKING HEADWAY. WELL DONE, CHARLOTTE. GOOD ON YOU, GIRL. SHE FLOPPED LIKE A RAG DOLL. GET OUT OF THE WAY. NOW TO THIS FEEDBACK, I NEVER EXPECTED SO MANY OF YOU TO STILL HAVE YOUR LEARNERS. I GOT MY LICENSE WHEN I WAS 18, TURNED 40 NEXT MONTH. SOMEONE HAS BEEN DRIVING AROUND ON A LEARNERS FOR DECADES. PROBLEM AS SHE TRIES TO NOW GET HER FULL LICENCE, AND SHE KEEPS FAILING. IT WOULD BE QUITE HARD TO PASS IT IF YOU HAVE SOME BAD HABITS. I DID THE TEST ONLINE, AND IT WAS 35 QUESTIONS, AND THE QUESTIONS I WAS GETTING WRONG WERE LIKE THIS ONE ` FOR HOW LONG OR HOW THIGH CAN YOU DRIVE ON A BUS LANE? SO I WAS LOOKING FOR ZERO. THERE WAS NO ZERO. I WAS LATE, OK, 25 M, 50 M, 100. I THOUGHT 25 M BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BE IN THERE THAT LONG. IT WAS 50 M. YET, OF COURSE. YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT. SO MANY LEADING QUESTIONS. BECAUSE IT IS MULTICHOICE, SOME OF THEM ARE JUST RIDICULOUS. ONE I VIVIDLY REMEMBER DOING THE TEST YEARS AGO, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, THERE IS SOMEONE RIDING A HORSE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. DO YOU A, SLOW IT DOWN AND GIVE THEM PLENTY OF SPACE OR B, SPEED UP AND HONK YOUR HORN. THERE ARE QUESTIONS LIKE THAT. THAT IS THE RIGHT ANSWER WE SHOULD NOTE ` SPEED UP AND HONK YOUR HORN AS LOUD AS YOU CAN (!) WE ARE KIDDING, SPCA. I AM 50 AND I RIDE AROUND A LEARNERS. IF YOU ARE TAKING PASSENGERS, YOU ARE BREAKING THE LAW. AND WHAT ABOUT INSURANCE. THIS DISCUSSION DUE TO THE GOVERNMENT CHANGING THE DRIVER LICENSING LAWS. YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR SAY ON THIS. GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON. GIVE SOME PEOPLE SOME HOPE. WILL NOT BE GETTING ANY LICENSES AFTER THAT PERFORMANCE. WHAT HAPPENED? THEY WERE NOT HOLDING BACK. I WAS ACTUALLY FEELING REALLY CONFIDENT, AND THEN I STARTED RUNNING. (LAUGHS) AND IT JUST WENT SO SIDEWAYS. (LAUGHS) SO I AM NOT REALLY THE BEST AT THAT ONE. (LAUGHS) I LOVE IT, CHARLOTTE. IT LOOKS LIKE SO MUCH FUN, THOUGH. GIVE THEM A REMATCH. YEAH. IT IS SO MUCH FUN, AND YOU DEFINITELY GET A LOT OF EXERCISE. I THINK IT IS IN QUEENSTOWN THIS COMING WEEKEND. ASHBURTON TODAY, QUEENSTOWN THIS WEEKEND. YOU HAVE A LOT OF SWIMMING PRACTICE. ONCE WE ARE OFF AIR, GIVE THEM A REMATCH, AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A CLEAR PATH. E WHAI AKE NEI ` HOW PRESERVING ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING LOWLAND SWAMP FORESTS IN AOTEAROA COULD AID NATIVE WILDLIFE LIKE THE KIWI AND KAKA. WELLINGTON REPORTER JAMES FLEURY IS STANDING BY. MORENA, JAMES. (LAUGHS) MORENA, TEAM. I AM HERE WITH A LITTLE` AT NGA MANU RESORT. WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF BIRDS IN THE WONDERFUL AVERY. STAY TUNED TO HEAR ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THEY DO HERE. VOICEOVER: Get your free Consumers's Guide to Hearing Aids. New Zealand's only independent guide to all the latest models. Choose the right hearing aid for your lifestyle and budget. Call 0800 45 45 42 for your free copy. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. AUCKLAND ` 24, PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH THE ODD SHOWER NORTH OF THE HARBOUR BRIDGE. EASTERLIES. YOU JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE RAINY FOR THE START OF THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. DON'T WANT THE KIDS STUCK INSIDE. I THOUGHT I HAD ANOTHER WEEK TO ORGANISE... NO. IT IS A BIT OF A SHAMBLES IN THE CLARKSON WHARE. THERE YOU GO. WELLINGTON ` CLOUDY PERIODS. FRESH NORTHERLIES, EASING AT NIGHT. NICE IN CHRISTCHURCH. MAINLY FINE WITH HIGH CLOUD. RAIN DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AS NORTHWESTERLIES CHANGE STRONG SOUTHERLY. YOUR HIGH TODAY WILL BE 21 DEGREES. IF I WOKE UP TO THAT EVERY MORNING, IT WOULDN'T MATTER IF IT WAS RAINING OR NOT. DUNEDIN ` 22, MAINLY FINE WITH HIGH CLOUD, THEN RAIN DEVELOPING AROUND MIDDAY, BRIEFLY HEAVY AS NORTHERLIES CHANGE. FRESH SOUTHWESTERLY, EASING THIS EVENING. (UPBEAT MUSIC) HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. THREE MEN HAVE BEEN RESCUED AFTER THEIR BOAT CAPSIZED AMID 20-KNOT WINDS AND STRONG SWELLS IN CHRISTCHURCH'S BANKS PENINSULA. ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST FOOD RESCUE COMPANIES, KIWIHARVEST, HAS LAUNCHED A NEW CAMPAIGN TO RAISE MONEY SO THEY CAN FEED A FAMILY FOR $5. NOW THEY'RE SET TO LOSE GOVERNMENT FUNDING. AND RORY McILROY HAS TAKEN A FOUR-SHOT LEAD IN THE FINAL ROUND OF THE MASTERS AS HE EYES A CAREER GRAND SLAM. JUST TWO DECADES AGO, WELLINGTON'S KAKA POPULATION WAS THOUGHT TO BE EXTINCT. THE SPECIES OF PARROT, NATIVE TO AOTEAROA, WAS CONSIDERED TO BE ENDANGERED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT AFTER BEING REINTRODUCED TO ECO SANCTUARIES IN THE CAPITAL IN THE EARLY 2000s, THERE HAS BEEN A POPULATION BOOM. WELLINGTON REPORTER JAMES FLEURY IS AT NGA MANU RESERVE IN WAIKANAE TO FIND OUT MORE. USUALLY HE IS CARRYING THE HOPES OF THE WELLINGTON NEWSROOM ON HIS BACK. TODAY, A LOVELY, STYLISH BACKPACK, JAMES. WHERE IS THE BACKPACK? I TOOK IT OFF JUST BEFORE. MY LITTLE EXPLORERS HERE ALL HAVE THEIR PACKS ON RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE FANTASTIC BIRDS THAT CALL THIS A VERY HOME. I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ANNA WHO IS THE GENERAL MANAGER HERE. KIA ORA. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. I JUST HAD A KAKA LAND ON MY HEAD. IF YOU HAD COME TO US ONE MINUTE EARLIER, YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN IT YOURSELVES. WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT WHEN THEY COME HERE? SOMETIMES THEY CAN EXPECT TO HAVE A KAKA LAND ON THEIR HEAD OR THEIR SHOULDERS. SYLVESTER HERE IS VERY FRIENDLY AND SOCIAL. THERE ARE PLENTY OF THINGS TO DO HERE. WE ARE OPEN MOST OF THE YEAR. WHEN YOU COME HERE, YOU CAN DO LOTS OF THINGS. WE ARE FOCUSED ON NATIVE SPECIES ` NATIVE BIRDS AND REPTILES. WE ALSO HAVE TUNA OR EELS. YOU CAN SPEND A LOVELY COUPLE OF HOURS HERE WITH YOUR WHANAU, BRING THE GRANDKIDS, WANDER AROUND, CONNECTING WITH NATURE, AND THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT. IT IS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH NATURE AND LOADS OF BIRDS. WE KNOW THAT THE KAKA POPULATION HAS HAD A BOOM ` ABOUT A 200% INCREASE IN WELLINGTON IN THE LAST TWO DECADES. WE HAVE TWO OF THEM HERE IN THE AVERY ` SYLVESTER AND HIS PARTNER ` THEY ARE 27 AND 28 YEARS OLD. THEY CAN LIVE UP TO 40 YEARS OLD, SO THEY ARE INTO RETIREMENT NOW. THESE TO BE PART OF THE BREEDING POPULATION, AND ARE THEY ARE RETIRED FROM THAT. THEY'RE HERE FOR ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION PURPOSES. THEY ARE THE FIRST AVERY THAT YOU COME INTO THE NEW DO YOUR SELF GUIDED TOUR AROUND HERE. THEY ARE FRIENDS WITH SOME KAKARIKI AS WELL. WE LOVE COMING IN HERE AND INTERACTING WITH THEM, AND THEY GET A BIT OF A BUZZ OUT OF IT AS WELL. WE WANT TO TAKE YOU A BIT CLOSER TO THE KERERU AND KAKA, BUT WITH OUR LOVELY CELL RECEPTION HERE IN RURAL NEW ZEALAND, WE CAN'T. WE HAVE ONE ABOUT NATIVE PARAKEETS HERE IN THE AVERY, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THEM. WE ALSO HAVE A YELLOW CROWN KAKARIKI ON THE BACK WHICH IS PART OF OUR BREEDING PROGRAM. WE BREED ABOUT 50 EACH YEAR, AND THEY GET RELEASED OVER INTO THE WAIRARAPA, AND IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE THEM THRIVING OVER THERE. WE HAVE OUR LITTLE EXPLORERS THERE WITH THE BACKPACKS ON. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. WHAT IS ON THIS SCHOOL HOLIDAYS? GREAT QUESTION. IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO COME WITH THE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS OR ANY DAY OF THE YEAR. YOU CAN DO A SELF GUIDED TOUR. THAT MEANS YOU CAN GO THROUGH ALL THE AVERY'S, YOU CAN SEE THE KAKA. WE HAVE KEA AS WELL. THEO THE BLUE DUCK. WE HAVE LOADS AND LOADS OF DUCKS AND WILDLIFE ON THE RESERVE AS WELL. THERE IS DAILY EEL FEEDINGS, SO COME AND FEED THE EELS. IT IS A REAL HIGHLIGHT, AND HAS BEEN FOR DECADES HERE. WE DO THAT AT 12 O'CLOCK AND 2 O'CLOCK EVERY DAY. YOU CAN DO THE LITTLE EXPLORERS TRAIL. ALL OF THESE KIDS ARE WEARING THE BACKPACKS, AND WITH THE BACKPACKS YOU GET A TRAIL TO DO WHICH IS FOCUSED ON AGES BETWEEN FIVE AND 10 YEARS OLD. THERE ARE ARCHAEOLOGICAL TOOLS AND THEY ARE, SO YOU CAN TAKE IN A MOA PIT AND FIND MOA BONES. THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO HERE. MAKE SURE YOU COME IN THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS OR EVEN AFTER THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. TEAM, I SO APPRECIATE YOU BEING MY LITTLE EXPLORERS TODAY. IT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. SO GOOD. VERY, VERY COOL. LOVE THE BINOCULARS, JAMES. E WHAI AKE NEI ` LUCY BENDELL IS BUSTING A MOVE AHEAD OF THE WORLD DANCE CREW WORLD CHAMPS. MORENA, LUCY. MORENA, TEAM. I THOUGHT I WOULD LEAVE IT TO THE EXPERTS TODAY, BECAUSE CREW AROUND AOTEAROA I GETTING READY TO POP IT AND LOCK IT FOR THE WORLD DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS. WE ARE GOING TO HEAR HOW MUCH BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS AS POINTED INTO A COMPETITION THIS BIG WITH THE ROYAL FAMILY. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. AUCKLAND IS BECOMING THE EPICENTRE OF GLOBAL DANCE, HOSTING ONE OF THE LARGEST DANCE EVENTS TO HIT OUR SHORES, THE WORLD DANCE CREW CHAMPIONSHIP. THE COMPETITION, A CONCEPT OF WORLD RENOWN CHOREOGRAPHER PARRIS GOEBEL, RUNS ALL WEEK WITH $100,000 IN PRIZES TO BE WON. OUR REPORTER LUCY BENDELL IS IN THE HOME DANCE STUDIOS OF PARRIS, PALACE DANCE STUDIOS. MORENA, LUCY. I AM VERY EXCITED, AND RIGHT NOW, THE COMPETITION IS ABOUT TO START, AND TEAMS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE ARE COMING HERE FROM JAPAN, THE PHILIPPINES, UNITED STATES AND AUSTRALIA. THE CREWS AT HOME ARE GETTING IN THEIR LAST TRAINING. THIS IS THE ROYAL FAMILY DUCHESSES GETTING IN THEIR LAST PRACTICE BEFORE THE COMPETITION TODAY. TELL IS A BIT ABOUT THIS COMPETITION AND JUST HOW BIG IT IS. IT BRINGS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT COUNTRIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO COMPETE FOR A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. IT IS QUITE AN HONOUR FOR US TO REPRESENT NEW ZEALAND IN THIS COMPETITION. IT LASTS FOR ABOUT A WEEK WITH THREE ROUNDS, AND OUR STARTING POINT IS TODAY. TELL US ` WHAT DOES THE TRAINING REGIME LOOK LIKE FOR SOMETHING THIS BIG? THE TRAINING HAS BEEN GOING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WE DO ABOUT 4 TO 12 HOURS A DAY. THOSE ARE SOME BIG HOURS. HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU HAVE A BIG COMPETITION LIKE THIS ON HOME SOIL? IT IS DEFINITELY A BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REPRESENT OUR COUNTRY IN NEW ZEALAND. IT BRINGS A LOT OF GOOD IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD. IT IS A GOOD OUTLET MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY. IT IS A VERY BIG OPPORTUNITY AND IMPORTANT FOR US TO REPRESENT OUR HOME SOIL WELL. THE NATIONALS IN AUSTRALIA. WE WENT OVER THERE AND COMPETED. WHAT IS IT LIKE NOW THAT YOU ARE BACK HOME IN NEW ZEALAND? IT HONESTLY FEELS REALLY GOOD BEING BACK IN NEW ZEALAND. WE FEEL VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SHOW OUR TALENT TO OUR FAMILIES AND BRING IT AROUND THE COUNTRY TO OUR HOME SOIL. WHAT SORT OF OPPORTUNITY DOES IT GIVE GIRLS WITH ALL OF THESE TEAMS? WE HAVE A CHANCE TO PROVE OURSELVES ON A BACKSTAGE. WE ARE EXCITED TO SHOW THE WORLD WHAT WE HAVE GOT. EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO PROVE THEMSELVES TO GET CLOSER WITH OTHER DANCERS AND TO JUST CONNECT WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY. WHAT IS IT LIKE ` SOME PEOPLE AT HOME MIGHT BE WATCHING THIS AND HAVE NOT BEEN ON A STAGE BEFORE. WHAT IS IT LIKE BEING UP ON THE STAGE AND OUTING WITH YOUR TEAM? IT FEELS SO GOOD, BECAUSE WE CAN SHOW WHAT WE LOVE MOST, WHICH IS DANCING, OF COURSE. WE GET TO SHOW THAT TO EVERYONE AND THE WORLD AND OUR FAMILIES AND SHOW WHAT WE LOVE TO DO. I WANT THE GIRLS TO COME AROUND AND QUICKLY SAY HELLO. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TRAINING SO, SO HARD FOR THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR HOURS AND HOURS ON END. A HUGE GOOD LUCK TO YOU GUYS. AND ALSO MY BABY SISTER IS HERE. SHE IS GOING TO BE COMPETING AS WELL THIS WEEK. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF THE CRUISE AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMPETING AGAINST THE WORLD-CLASS DANCERS. YOU CAN GO AND WATCH THIS WEEK AS WELL. NICE. ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW AS A FEW MOVES? ARE YOU TALENTED LIKE YOUR BABY SISTER? NOT IN FRONT OF THESE GUYS. I WILL LEAVE THE DANCING TO THEM. THANK YOU, LUCY. AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF THE TEAMS COMPETING THIS WEEK. NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK ON THE COUCH. IT IS A SHORT WEEK. WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY DREW WELSH, KITTY WASASALA,