IT'S THURSDAY THE 24TH OF APRIL. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. LOVELY TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY. SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US THIS MORNING. HALF OF THE COUNTRY WILL BE UP THIS TIME TOMORROW. I'M CONTEMPLATING WHETHER OR NOT... TO COME INTO THE CITY FOR THE DAWN PARADE OR WAIT FOR OUR LOCAL ONE WHICH IS AT 9:30 AM. GO TO THAT ONE! YES, THAT IS WHAT I HAVE DONE THE PAST FEW YEARS. I'VE NEVER DONE ONE AT 6 AM HERE IN AUCKLAND. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT SEEING A SERVICE LIKE THAT IN EARLY MORNING LIGHT. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` THOUSANDS ARE LINING UP TO PAY THEIR FINAL RESPECTS TO POPE FRANCIS WHOSE BODY NOW LIES IN ST PETER'S BASILICA. WE'LL CROSS TO ROME FOR THE VERY LATEST AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND'S FUNERAL. ALSO AHEAD ` DESTINY CHURCH PUT UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. BRIAN TAMAKI'S CONTROVERSIAL CONGREGATION IS THE FOCUS OF A NEW SERIES FROM THE 1 NEWS IN DEPTH TEAM WHO ASK WHAT AND WHO IS DESTINY, AND CAN IT EVEN BE CALLED A CHURCH ANY MORE? CHIEF CORRESPONDENT JOHN CAMPBELL WILL JOIN US LATER. PLUS ` IMAGINE LIVING WITHOUT AN INNER VOICE. THAT'S THE CASE FOR AROUND 1% OF THE POPULATION, WHO HAVE THE PHENOMENON ANAURALIA. IT'S BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A FIRST EVER INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HERE IN AOTEAROA. WE'LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT. YOU HAVE NO INNER VOICE? THAT IS WHAT THAT IS. I THINK THE BEST TEST IS WHETHER OR NOT SONGS GET STUCK IN YOUR HEAD. OH, OK, RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S JENNY MAY WITH YOUR NEWS. THANKS, JACK. MOURNERS IN ROME ARE NOW FILING PAST THE BODY OF POPE FRANCIS AS HE LIES IN STATE IN ST PETER'S BASILICA. THOUSANDS HAVE LINED UP OUTSIDE FOR THEIR CHANCE TO PAY RESPECTS TO THE PONTIFF. THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE DAYS OF PUBLIC MOURNING AHEAD OF HIS FUNERAL ON SATURDAY. AT LEAST 250,000 ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND. AT LEAST 100 OF THEM WILL BE INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES, INCLUDING OUR PRIME MINISTER. A 6.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HAS STRUCK TURKIYE INJURING AT LEAST 150 PEOPLE THOUGH NO DEATHS OR MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE HAVE BEEN REPORTED. RESIDENTS IN ISTANBUL HAVE GATHERED IN THE STREETS AFTER FLEEING THEIR HOMES AND WORKPLACES. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS FLYING INTO THE COUNTRY THIS MORNING TO ATTEND ANZAC DAY COMMEMORATIONS. MOST FLIGHTS ARE STILL LANDING ON SCHEDULE. A RECENT VISIT BY NEW ZEALAND MPs TO TAIWAN HAS DRAWN THE IRE OF THE CHINESE EMBASSY. A DELEGATION MET WITH TAIWAN'S PRESIDENT LAST WEEK AS PART OF THE ALL-PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP ON TAIWAN ESTABLISHED IN 2023. NONE OF THE MPs IN THE DELEGATION WERE GOVERNMENT MINISTERS. THE EMBASSY CLAIMS THE GROUP WAS, 'COLLUDING WITH TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE SEPARATIST FORCES,' DESPITE REPEATED WARNINGS FROM CHINA. NEW ZEALAND DOES NOT OFFICIALLY RECOGNISE TAIWAN AS A COUNTRY. FURTHER ARRESTS HAVE ENDED A SIX-DAY LONG PROTEST AT A WEST COAST COAL MINE. AROUND 70 ACTIVISTS SPENT OVER 60 HOURS CAMPING ON DENNISTON PLATEAU IN HOPES OF STOPPING BATHURST RESOURCES FROM EXTENDING IT'S STOCKTON MINE AND EXTRACTING 20 MILLION TONNES OF COAL FROM THE PLATEAU OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS. THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S PLEASED THOSE INVOLVED ARE SAFE BUT CLIMATE ACTIVISTS WARN THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF THEIR MOVEMENT TO STOP COAL MINING FOR GOOD. TO SPORT, AND NEW ZEALAND CRICKET IS SET TO BE A PART-OWNER OF A NEW FRANCHISE IN THE NORTH AMERICAN T20 MAJOR CRICKET LEAGUE. NZC AGREEING TO THE FIRST OF ITS KIND DEAL, WHICH WILL SEE THE GOVERNING BODY PROVIDE COACHING MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT STAFF FOR THE EXPANSION TEAM. IT WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN A SECOND EXPANSION FRANCHISE TO LAUNCH IN 2031. NZC'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE SAYS THE MOVE WILL HELP WITH PLAYER RETENTION, AS FRANCHISE CRICKET GAINS POPULARITY WORLDWIDE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST IN THE NORTH, HOWEVER PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR NORTHLAND AND THE COROMANDEL. 20 THE HIGH FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND, 16 FOR TAUPO. KI TE WAIPOUNAMU ` CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. ALTHOUGH, IT'S LOOKING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR THOSE AROUND THE WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH AREAS BEFORE CLEARING IN THE EVENING. 16 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM, 14 IN OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH. IT'S INTERESTING. BUT NOT REALLY. BUT A NO-BRAINER FOR HIM TO BE LOOKING AT A BIGGER MARKET/ LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING WITH OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. POLICE HAVE FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN A GROUP OF WEST COAST PROTESTORS WHO SPENT SIX DAYS IN MINE CABLE CARTS TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST THE COMPANY'S PLAN TO EXPAND OPERATIONS. MORENA, CHARLOTTE. HOW DID IT ALL COME TO AN END? THE COMPANY ARE SEEKING TO EXTEND THEIR CONTRACT. CLIMATE ACTIVISTS ARE NOT THRILLED ABOUT THIS. AROUND 70 ACTIVISTS SPENT OVER 60 HOURS IN THERE EARLIER THIS WEEK TO PREVENT ANY COAL MINING FROM HAPPENING IN THE AREA. THE COMPANY SAYS THEY ARE VERY PLEASED THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE AND WELL AFTER IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT EVERYTHING CAME TO AN END LAST NIGHT PLEASE MADE SEVERAL ARRESTS, BUT CLIMATE ACTIVISTS ARE SAYING THIS IS NOT THE END. ADAM CURRY SAYS THE MOVEMENT IS ONLY IT TO CONTINUE FROM HERE ON OUT, AND THEY WANT THE COUNTRY TO JOIN THEIR CAUSE. AHEAD OF ANZAC DAY PARADES ACROSS AUCKLAND TOMORROW, A NUMBER OF ROAD CLOSURES AND BUS ROUTES CHANGES ARE IN PLACE. LUCY BENDELL IS IN AUCKLAND WITH THE DETAILS. WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE KNOW, LUCY? MORENA, JACK. THERE IS A HUGE NUMBER OF SERVICES AND THAT AROUND THE CITY. WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EARLY RISERS, AUCKLAND TRANSPORT HAVE WARNED OF ABOUT SEVEN HOTSPOTS WE WROTE AND BUS STOPS WILL BE CLOSED. SO FIRSTLY IN HOWICK, YOU WILL SEE THE LONGEST CLOSE TIME FROM 8AM TO 5.30 PM IN TAKAPUNA, THE STRAND WILL CLOSE AND BUS STOPS ALONG THE ROAD WILL CLOSE. FOR PAPATOETOE, 9AM TO 12PM. BUS STOPS WILL CLOSE ON THE CENTRE. AT THE SIMILAR STORY FOR TE ATATU, NORTHCOTE. IF YOU WANT THOSE EXACT DETAILS, HEAD TO AUCKLAND TRANSPORT BEFORE YOU SET THE ALARM. THANKS, LUCY. IN THE PAST FEW HOURS, MOURNERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN LINING UP TO PAY THEIR FINAL RESPECTS TO POPE FRANCIS. THIS IS A LIVE SHOT FROM INSIDE ST PETER'S BASILICA WHERE THE LATE PONTIFF'S BODY IS NOW LYING IN STATE AHEAD OF HIS FUNERAL ON SATURDAY. ASSOCIATED PRESS CORRESPONDENT PHILIP CROWTHER IS IN ROME AND JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING OR GOOD EVENING, PHILIP. I WONDER IF YOU CAN GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT THE FEELING IS IN EUROPE. HOW LONG IS IT TAKING PEOPLE TO GET INSIDE BASILICA? AND WHETHER IT WILL BE OPEN OVERNIGHT FOR THOSE MOURNERS TO COME THROUGH? THE SHEER AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY QUEUEING UP IN BASILICA SHOWS YOU THAT SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT, OF COURSE, HAS HAPPENED HERE, IN SOMETHING IMPORTANT WILL HAPPEN HERE WITH THE FUNERAL AND BURIAL SERVICE FOR THE LATE POPE FRANCIS AND THE CONCLAVE THAT WILL ELECT A NEW POPE HERE. THERE ARE ALMOST 20,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY FILED PAST THE COFFIN ACCORDING TO THE VATICAN. THEY ALSO SAY THOSE OPENING TIMES OF THE BASILICA MIGHT STILL BE STRETCHED, SOMEWHAT. IT WILL BE OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THEN UNTIL 7 PM TOMORROW AND THAT IS WHEN THE CASKET WILL BE CLOSED IN PREPARATION FOR THE ACTUAL FUNERAL. LETTER IS A SIGN OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO WANT TO AND ARE READY TO QUEUE UP FOR HOURS TO GET THEIR GLIMPSE OF THE OPEN CASKET AND IT IS WORTH REMEMBERING, THIS IS AN OPEN CASKET, MAY BE A SURPRISE FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE QUEUEING THAT SUCH A THING IS DONE. THERE IS THE BODY OF POP FRANCIS FOR ALL TO SEE AND MANY DECIDE TO GET THEIR FOES OUT OF THEIR POCKETS AND GETS THAT PHOTO OR VIDEO TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE THERE TO MARK THAT MOMENT. PHILIP, I WONDER IF YOU CAN GIVE US A BIT OF A SENSE OF THE ATMOSPHERE. CORRECTLY IF I'M WRONG, YOU WERE THERE WHEN THE POPE WAS UNWELL IN ROME, YOU ARE BACK THERE NOW FOR HIS MORNING, PASSING, FUNERAL. WHAT IS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE THERE? I WAS JUST INSIDE THE BASILICA TO SEE HOWEVER AND FILED PAST THE COFFIN, IT IS IMPRESSIVE HOW QUIET IT IS INSIGHT THAT HUGE BASILICA. A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE QUEUEING UP, THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN TOURISTS. I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS A COLLECTIVE SENSE OF MORNING HERE RIGHT NOW, AT LEAST NOT YET. THAT MIGHT CHANGE WHEN THE FUNERAL COMES ALONG ON SATURDAY, OF COURSE, AND IT'S AN INDICATION OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE QUEUEING THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SAY GOODBYE TO HIM. AS HE SAID, I WAS HERE IN ROME DURING HIS LAST DAYS, AND PEOPLE KNEW HE WAS VERY LIKELY TO DIE. IT WAS A PIECE OF NEWS THAT WAS LARGELY EXPECTED TO HAPPEN, BUT OF COURSE, NO ONE KNEW EXACTLY WHEN SO I THINK THAT EXPLAINS TO A CERTAIN DEGREE WHILE YOU ARE NOT SEEING THAT COLLECTIVE SENSE OF MOURNING YET. THAT MIGHT STILL CHANGE. PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT THE CHANGING OF THE POPE AND THE POLITICS INSIDE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH THAT WE HAVE SAID BEFORE BETWEEN THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE AND MAYBE THE MORE LIBERAL SIDE. WE KNOW THAT THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 8 PM SATURDAY NZT. I WONDER IF YOU ARE ABLE TO GIVE US ANY MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNERAL PROCESSION? HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED HAIR IN ST PETERS WHERE TO ATTEND THAT FUNERAL MASS. THERE ARE TWO ELEMENTS TO THE FUNERAL AN OUTDOOR FUNERAL MASS ATTENDED BY SO MANY HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT BUT THEN POP FRANCIS OF COURSE DECIDED THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE CASE IN HIS WILL. THE POPE HAD HIS OWN POINT OF VIEW, THE PREPARATION IS VERY MUCH UNDERWEIGHT WHAT IS GOING TO BE A MOMENTOUS DAY HERE IN ROME WITH SO MANY HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT BEING HERE, AND OF COURSE, SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MOST LIKELY DECIDING TO GO TO SAID TO BE TO SQUARE TO EXPERIENCE THAT FUNERAL MASS AND PRESENT. PHILIP, DO WE KNOW WHICH WORLD LEADERS WILL BE THERE? YES, WE PRETTY MUCH DO, EVERYBODY ` PUTIN WILL NOT ATTEND, BUT TRUMP WILL BE HERE, MACRON, ZELENSKYY, STARMER. AND SO MANY OTHERS. ROYAL FAMILIES WILL BE REPRESENTED HERE AT THE VATICAN. IT WILL BE ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WERE ALMOST ALL WORLD LEADERS, THOSE RARE OCCASIONS WERE ALMOST ALL WORLD LEADERS WILL BE COMING TOGETHER AND OF COURSE, THAT INCLUDES SOME FORMER WORLD LEADERS LIKE FORMER US PRESIDENTS, FOR EXAMPLE. IT IS GOING TO BE A HUGE OCCASION AND WE ARE ALREADY SEEING HERE IN ROME, SECURITY MEASURES ARE BEING RAMPED UP NOW, SLOWLY BUT SURELY. PHILIP, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN. ASSOCIATED PRESS INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATE JOINING US THIS MORNING FROM ST PETER'S SQUARE. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT TAKING PHOTOS ` DON'T DO THAT. I WAS WATCHING THE LIVE STREAM, I SAW A COUPLE STOP... AND TAKE A SELFIE?! WHY, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THAT PHOTO? HUMAN BEINGS ARE SO WEIRD. IT IS NORMAL FOR POPES TO LIE IN STATE AND FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS, AND HERE IS SOME VISION NOW. LOOK AT ALL THOSE PHONES IN THE AIR THERE! IT IS LIKE A COLDPLAY CONCERT. I FIND ABSOLUTELY BIZARRE THAT THAT IS WHAT... THERE YOU GO. HAVE SOME DIGNITY! IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 13 YEARS AGO, THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST REAL SMART PHONE POPE DEATH. PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TAKING PHOTOS LIKE THAT 13 YEARS AGO AS HE LAY IN STATE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WILL DO WITH THAT. ANYWAY. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WHAT'S IT LIKE TO HAVE NO INNER VOICE? NEXT, A LEADING RESEARCHER IN THIS FIELD EXPLAINS EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS. KIA ORA ANO, WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. A 6.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HAS SHAKEN TURKIYE OVERNIGHT. MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REPORTED INJURED. A RECENT VISIT BY NEW ZEALAND MPs TO TAIWAN HAS DRAWN THE IRE OF THE CHINESE EMBASSY FOLLOWING A DELEGATION MEETING WITH TAIWAN'S PRESIDENT LAST WEEK AS PART OF THE ALL-PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP ON TAIWAN. AND MOURNERS IN ROME ARE NOW FILING PAST THE BODY OF POPE FRANCIS AS HE LIES IN STATE IN ST PETER'S BASILICA. IMAGINE A DOG BARKING, OR AN AMBULANCE SIREN, OR YOUR FAVOURITE SONG. IF YOU CAN HEAR IT IN YOUR MIND, YOU HAVE AN INNER VOICE. BUT FOR 1% OF THE POPULATION, THEY DON'T HAVE ONE AT ALL. IT'S CALLED ANAURALIA, A SILENT MIND, COINED BY UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND RESEARCHERS IN 2021. A WORLD-FIRST CONFERENCE EXPLORING THE PHENOMENON HAS JUST WRAPPED UP IN AUCKLAND. TO DISCUSS THE FINDINGS, UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR TONY LAMBERT JOINS US NOW. KIA ORA, GOOD MORNING. PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE ANAURALIA, YOU CAN ASK THEM ABOUT A DOG AND THEY KNOW THINGS ABOUT DOGS BUT THEY DON'T` THEY NOT ABLE TO IMAGINE THE SOUND OF A DOG BARKING AS I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF AUDITORY PART... THAT COMES WITH, THAT. IS THAT A GOOD TEST ` PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND IMAGINE A DOG BARKING? WE TRIED ASSESSING THIS IN THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS, AND THE QUESTION WE THINK WORKS REALLY WELL, THINK ABOUT A DOG BARKING OR A TURN OR THE VOICE OF SOMEONE YOU KNOW WELL AND HOW WELL CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT SOUND IN YOUR MIND? HOW WELL CAN YOU HEAR IT IN YOUR MIND? AND IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY GOOD QUESTION. SO IF YOU ARE A VENGABOYS FAN WHO GETS THOSE SONGS IN YOUR HEAD, YOU DON'T HAVE IT. WE HAVE LOOKED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLACES, AND WE THOUGHT MAYBE PERSONALITY TRAITS MIGHT COME ALONGSIDE ANAURALIA. WE HAD A HUGE SAMPLE SIZE, WELL OVER 30,000 PEOPLE, AND WE DIDN'T SEE ANY LINKS WITH AUDITORY IMAGERY. BUT THERE ARE SOME IMPLICATIONS AND ONE IMPLICATION IS QUITE AN INTERESTING ONE, AND IT SEEMS TO BE A POSITIVE ONE, THAT PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE ANAURALIA ARE A BIT BETTER AT FOCUSING THEIR ATTENTION, BLOCKING OUT TRACTION, AND THAT DOES FIT IN WITH SOME IDEAS COMING FROM EASTERN TRADITIONS ABOUT MINDFULNESS AND BLOCKING OUT THE CHATTERING IN YOUR MIND, AND SO ON. SO IT SEEMS LIKE HAVING A SOMEWHAT SILENT IN THE WORLD MAY ACTUALLY BE` MORE ACTUALLY HAVE THE BENEFITS IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO CONCENTRATE. THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF MEDITATION, RIGHT, IS TO TAKE AWAY ALL THE DISTRACTIONS, SO PRESUMABLY, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A VOICE GOING # YMCA! # POSSIBLY, YOU GET A HEAD START. IS THIS THE FIRST TIME THE CONFERENCE WAS HELD? YES, AND IT WAS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE. WE APPROACH IT FROM THE SCIENTIFIC ANGLE, BUT OF COURSE, CREATIVE ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, POETS, NOVELISTS ARE ALL VERY INTERESTED IN AND A INNER SOUND, AS PART OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS, SO THE IDEA OF THE CONFERENCE WAS TO BRING THE SCIENTISTS AND THE CREATIVES TOGETHER BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING AND BEGIN A CONVERSATION AND SEE WHAT... WE MIGHT LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. IF THE BENEFITS OF ANAURALIA A THAT YOU ARE MORE MINDFUL, EITHER ONE OF THE POTENTIAL DOWNSIDES ` IT MIGHT BE MORE DIFFICULT? DICKENS SAID HE COULD HEAR THE VOICE OF THE CHARACTERS IN HIS HEAD. PEOPLE WITH RICH INNER VOICES ARE A BIT HIGHER ON SOME OF OUR MEASURES OF CREATIVITY, SO THERE WERE SOME LINKS THERE, BUT THE OTHER THING THAT I HAVE NOTICED IN SOME OF THESE LARGER SCALE STUDIES, THERE ARE ALWAYS EXCEPTIONS. WE MIGHT SEE AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN AN INVOICE WITH SOME PEOPLE WITH RICH INNER VOICES HAVING LOTS OF DIFFERENT CREATIVE PURSUITS, BUT WE ALSO SEE PEOPLE AT THE BOTTOM. IT IS NOT A PERFECT RELATIONSHIP. THERE ARE ALWAYS EXCEPTIONS, AND IT IS PEOPLE WHO BREAK THE TREND WHO OFTEN` WE WANT TO TALK TO THESE PEOPLE. WHAT IS IT LIKE TO COME UP WITH A WORD? I DID COME UP WITH IT, ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, MAY BE MORE. I WENT AROUND WITH A FEW DIFFERENT WORDS AND I CONSULTED COLLEAGUES AND A FEW PEOPLE SAID DON'T USE THAT TERM, AND EVENTUALLY WE SETTLED ON ANAURALIA, AN ` WITHOUT, AURALIA ` HEARING. WITHOUT ANY HEARING. *INNER HEARING DO THEY USE IT IN SCRABBLE YET? CHAT GPT KNOWS. THE BREAKTHROUGH, TONY, IT IS FASCINATING AND REALLY INTERESTING. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT ELSE IS FASCINATING, JACK, IS YOUR CHOICE OF MUSIC. VILLAGE PEOPLE, VENGABOYS. MY OTHER ONE IS THE WIGGLES. NO, THEY ARE BANNED IN MY HOUSE. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS ` HOW'S THE WEATHER LOOKING FOR THE LONG WEEKEND? (POP MUSIC) AS PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY MOURN POPE FRANCIS' DEATH, ONE LOCAL BISHOP IS HUMBLED TO HAVE KNOWN THE POPE HIM PERSONALLY. PEOPLE IN ROME ARE NOW FILING PAST THE BODY OF POPE FRANCIS AS HE LIES IN STATE IN ST PETER'S BASILICA. THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE DAYS OF PUBLIC MOURNING AHEAD OF HIS FUNERAL ON SATURDAY. BISHOP OF CHRISTCHURCH, MICHAEL GEILEN, SAYS HE'S PRIVILEGED TO HAVE BEEN PRESENT IN ST PETER'S SQUARE WHEN POPE FRANCIS WAS FIRST ELECTED IN 2013. IT WAS JUST AMAZING, AS SOMEONE HAS GROWN UP AS A CATHOLIC, AND I FELT SO HUMBLED TO BE THERE AND OBVIOUSLY TO MEET A PERSON LIKE THAT, AND I CAME TO MEET HIM, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO THANK HIM IN PERSON FOR THE IMPACT IT MADE ON US AND ON ME AND ALL OUR WORLD. CHRISTCHURCH CHURCH'S WILL HOLD MASS TOMORROW TO CELEBRATE POPE FRANCIS' LIFE AND LEGACY. AUCKLAND TRANSPORT ARE WARNING OF A NUMBER OF ROAD AND BUS ROUTE CLOSURES AHEAD OF MORE THAN 70 ANZAC DAY SERVICES TOMORROW MORNING. HOWICK WILL SEE THE LONGEST CLOSURES, FOR EIGHT HOURS FROM 5:30AM TO 1:30, WITH SECTIONS OF RIDGE ROAD, MELLONS BAY ROAD, PICTON STREET AND MOORE STREET CLOSED ALONG WITH THE BUS STOPS. IN TAKAPUNA, 9am TO 12pm, SECTIONS OF LAKE ROAD AND THE STRAND WILL CLOSE ALONG WITH OTHER CLOSURES IN TE ATATU, NORTHCOTE, PAPAKURA, HOBSONVILLE AND PAPATOETOE. THE RE-TRIAL OF HARVEY WEINSTEIN HAS BEGUN IN NEW YORK. IN 2020, HE WAS CONVICTED OF RAPE AND SENTENCED TO 23 YEARS IN PRISON BEFORE THE CITY'S HIGHEST COURT OVERTURNED THE DECISION OVER THE INCLUSION OF WITNESSES WHOSE ALLEGATIONS WERE NOT PART OF THE CASE AGAINST HIM. WEINSTEIN IS BEING RE-TRIED ON TWO OF THE ORIGINAL CHARGES. HE'S PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND DENIES ALL ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. HE IS YET TO BEGIN SERVING A SEPARATE 16-YEAR SENTENCE FROM A 2022 TRIAL IN CALIFORNIA. TO SPORT ` AND THE CHIEFS WILL BE WELCOMING BACK STAR WALLACE SITITI, WHO'S MAKING A SURPRISE EARLY RETURN FROM A KNEE INJURY. THE 22-YEAR-OLD BREAKOUT STAR HAS BEEN SIDELINED SINCE THE END OF LAST SEASON'S ALL BLACKS TOUR, AND WILL COME OFF THE BENCH FOR THE MATCH AGAINST THE FORCE. HIS RETURN OFFSET BY THE ABSENCE OF PLAYMAKER DAMIAN MCKENZIE WHO HAS BEEN RULED OUT OF THE MATCH WITH A HAND INJURY. THE MATCH WILL BE PLAYED AT TAURANGA'S BAY OVAL FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND KICKS OFF AT 7.05 ON FRIDAY NIGHT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST IN THE NORTH, HOWEVER PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR NORTHLAND AND THE COROMANDEL. 20 THE HIGH FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND, 16 FOR TAUPO. KI TE WAIPOUNAMU ` CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. ALTHOUGH, IT'S LOOKING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR THOSE AROUND THE WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH AREAS BEFORE CLEARING IN THE EVENING. 16 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM, 14 IN OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH. NEVER BEEN DOWN THE WEST COAST. ARE YOU SERIOUS? YEAH. IS BEAUTIFUL. YOU'LL WANT TO SEE THE BUSH. ONE DAY. MANY OF YOU WILL BE SETTING THE ALARM FOR AN EARLY START TOMORROW TO ATTEND ANZAC DAY DAWN SERVICES. SO, WHAT SORT OF WEATHER CAN YOU EXPECT IN YOUR PART OF THE COUNTRY? HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AND THE REST OF THE LONG WEEKEND IS METSERVICE METEOROLOGIST MMATHAPELO MAKGABUTLANE. GOOD MORNING. SO LOVELY TO HAVE YOU RUN A PROGRAM. WHAT IS THAT LOOKING LIKE? FOR MOST OF US, WE WON'T NEED A NUMBER L ON FRIDAY MORNING, APART FROM A FEW SPOTS. PART OF NORTHLAND, PARTS OF AUCKLAND AND COROMANDEL, BUT FOR THE BULK OF US, WHAT WE MAY BE NEEDING IS TO WRAP UP NICE AND WARM. IT IS LOOKING LIKE A CHILLY START. THE ENTITY OF SINGLEDIGIT TEMPERATURES. MAYBE SOME FROSTY AREAS. OVERALL, IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT'S OKAY? WRAP UP NICE AND WARM. CAN WE LOOK AT THE LONG WEEKENDS AND WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE? YES, ABSOLUTELY SOME SUNSHINE WILL BE NICE. ESPECIALLY AT BEING THE LAST LONG WEEKEND OF THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS, THIS WEEKEND TO CANNED AND IS LOOKING LIKE IT BRINGS SOME SAVOURING OF OUTDOOR WEATHER. THE OUTLOOK DOES LOOK SLIGHTLY BETTER IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. THEY LOOK PRETTY GOOD IN THE EASTERN PLACES, BUT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE WEST COAST A MOMENT AGO, A LITTLE MORE CLOUDY THERE, MAYBE SOME SHOWERS. FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, IT'S A BIT OF A DIFFERENT STORY. FOR THE LOW AND EASTERN NORTH ISLAND, THINGS TEND TO STAY DRIER FOR LONGER, BUT AS YOU HEAD FURTHER NORTH, EVEN BAY OF PLENTY, HAPS HAVING A FEW MORE INDOOR ACTIVITY MIGHT BE GOOD. WE HAVE THE WARRIORS IN CHRISTCHURCH, WE HAVE AUCKLAND FC WHO WILL BE PLAYING HERE IN AUCKLAND, SO WHAT IS THE WEATHER LOOKING LIKE AT THOSE TWO SPOTS? PEOPLE FROM CANTERBURY WILL BE PLEASED TO KNOW THAT AFTER A LONG WEEK OF VERY GREY AND MURKY SKIES, TOMORROW EVENING IS LOOKING A LOT FINER, A LOT BRIGHTER WHICH MEANS THE GAME LOOKS TO STAY NICE AND DRY. FOR AUCKLAND FC ON SUNDAY, A LITTLE LESS STRAIGHTFORWARD, THERE COULD BE SOME WET WEATHER, BUT THEY SHOULD MAKE FOR AN INTERESTING GAME. YOU NAILED IT. YOUR FIRST TELEVISION APPEARANCE FOR NET SERVICE, AND I CANNOT WAIT TO HAVE YOU BACK. THANK YOU. TENA KOE JENNY MAY. STILL CAN'T GET OVER YOU AND THE WEST COAST THOUGH. YOU DON'T PLAY NETBALL. A LOT OF THE TIME I WENT DOWN THE SOUTH ISLAND WAS TO PLAY NETBALL. YOU COULD CATCH THE TRANS-ALPINE. DO A LOOP. ME U TONU MAI ` SUDAN'S IN THE GRIP OF WHAT'S BEEN LABELLED THE WORLD'S WORST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. NEXT ` WHAT LIFE LOOKS LIKE FOR THE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN AFFECTED. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. FURTHER ARRESTS HAVE ENDED A SIX DAY LONG PROTEST AT A WEST COAST COAL MINE AFTER 70 ACTIVISTS SPENT OVER 6O HOURS CAMPING ON DENNISTON PLATEAU IN HOPES OF STOPPING AN EXTENSION OF THE STOCKTON MINE. THE RE-TRIAL OF HARVEY WEINSTEIN HAS BEGUN IN NEW YORK FOLLOWING HIS RAPE CONVICTION IN 2020 WHERE HE WAS SENTENCED TO 23 YEARS IN PRISON, BEFORE THE CITY'S HIGHEST COURT OVERTURNED THE DECISION. AND NEW ZEALAND CRICKET IS SET TO BE A PART OWNER OF A NEW FRANCHISE IN THE NORTH AMERICAN T20 MAJOR CRICKET LEAGUE. TWO YEARS INTO A DEVASTATING CIVIL WAR, THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS SUDAN IS NOW FACING THE WORLD'S LARGEST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. MORE THAN 14 MILLION CHILDREN URGENTLY NEED LIFESAVING SUPPORT ` FOOD, WATER, SHELTER, EDUCATION, AND PROTECTION. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY UNICEF'S REPRESENTATIVE TO SUDAN ` SHELDON YETT. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. JUST GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND ON THIS CONFLICT. A LOT OF PEOPLE WON'T BE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING. THIS IS A WAR THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO YEARS. IT'S A MASSIVE COUNTRY, SUDAN IS AROUND SEVEN TIMES LARGER THAN NEW ZEALAND WHEN IT COMES TO SQUARE KILOMETRES, AND YOU HAVE A WAR THAT'S AFFECTING EVERY CORNER. WE HAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, SOME 15 MILLION CHILDREN ON THE RUN, OR MOVING FROM ONE PART OF THE COUNTRY TO THE NEXT, BEING DISPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES, WE HAVE FAMILIES HERE, WE HAVE MEASLES HERE, WE HAVE EVERY DISEASE YOU CAN THINK OF, WE HAVE 80% OF CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL, WE'VE GOT HOSTELS BEING BOMBED, SCHOOLS BEING BOMBED, SO IT IS A MESS OF CATASTROPHE. BUT WE DON'T READ OR HEAR ABOUT IT. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORLD FOCUSES ON IT. WHY DON'T WE HEAR ABOUT IT? IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I ASKED MYSELF THE SAME THING. WE CARE ABOUT CONFLICTS IN OTHER CORNERS OF THE WORLD, MAYBE PEOPLE ONLY HAVE A LIMITED ATTENTION SPAN, BUT I THINK THAT WILL COME BACK AND BITE US. THE RIPPLES, AND PEOPLE MOVE OVER BORDERS, AND IF WE DON'T PAY ATTENTION NOW, THEN I'M AFRAID THAT IT WILL GET MUCH LARGER AND CONTINUE TO SPREAD. HOW DIRE ARE THE CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN THIS CONFLICT? INCREDIBLY DIRE. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS KIND OF WORK FOR 30 YEARS, AND WAR ZONES ALL AROUND THE WORLD, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN SUDAN. CHILDREN BEING KILLED AND TARGETED ON A DAILY BASIS. I HAD FAMILY MEMBERS OF MY OWN STAFF WHO HAVE JUST BEEN KILLED. ONE STAFF MEMBER HAD JUST LOST 20 FAMILY MEMBERS. WE ARE SEEING CHILDREN DESPERATE TO RESUME NORMALCY. CHILDREN BEING PASSED FROM HOUSEHOLD TO HOUSEHOLD. IT IS A DISASTER. IT JUST SEEMS EXTRAORDINARY THAT IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WITH ALL THE WORLD'S RESOURCES, WE WOULD HAVE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING FAMINE FOR EXAMPLE. SO HOW IS UNICEF TRYING TO HELP AND SUPPORT PEOPLE? WE GET MILLIONS OF TONS OF NUTRITION SUPPLIES, IMMUNISING CHILDREN, MAKING SURE CHILDREN ARE PROTECTED AGAINST MALARIA, WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE CHILDREN HAVE SAFE ACCESS TO WATER. WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE FAMILIES KNOW HOW TO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN SAFE. WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR OBLIGATIONS ARE IN TIMES OF WAR. WE NEED TO KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE. UNICEF HAS CALLED FOR MORE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT. WHAT SPECIFICALLY DO YOU WANT TO SEE? WE WANT TO SEE AN END TO THE CONFLICT. WE WANT TO SEE PEACE. WE WANT TO SEE ENDING OF WEAPON FLOWS. WE WANT TO SEE CHILDREN HAVING A NORMAL LIFE, AND THAT WON'T HAPPEN UNLESS THE LAW STOPS. UNLESS ALL PARTIES OF THE CONFLICT ALLOW CHILDREN TO GO TO SCHOOL OR ALLOW FREE ACCESS TO CHILDREN, ALLOW FREE ACCESS TO HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CENTRES. IN LETTING SUPPLIES GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, AND WE KNOW IT IS DIFFICULT FOR YOU AND THE TEAM, THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. E HAERE AKE NEI ` AN IN DEPTH LOOK AT THE PEOPLE AND POWER BEHIND DESTINY CHURCH. PLUS, CAN AUCKLAND FC WRAP UP THEIR FIRST PIECE OF SILVERWARE THIS WEEKEND? THAT'S COMING UP NEXT. OH! 'YEE-YUH.' LOOKING EAST, AS YOU CAN SEE. BEAUTIFUL. FINE WITH EARLY FROSTS IN SHELTERED PLACES. LIGHT WINDS. OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH, 14. HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE LANDLINES? (LAUGHTER) WHAT A PIVOT. HEY, IT'S OUR FRIDAY. FOR ANY YOUNG PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING... 03 IS CHRISTCHURCH. ANYWAY. TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND. BEAUTIFUL. 09 AND FEELING FINE. RUA TEKAU ` 20. (POP MUSIC) THANK YOU, CHRIS, FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ` JENNY MAY, YOU REALLY NEED A TRIP DOWN TO THE WEST COAST. THE WEST HAS THE MOST STUNNING SCENERY IN NEW ZEALAND. ONE DAY, ONE DAY. NOT TO JINX IT OR ANYTHING, BUT AUCKLAND FC COULD BE PREPARING THE TROPHY CABINET FOR THEIR VERY FIRST PIECE OF SILVERWARE. THE A-LEAGUE LEADERS ARE LOOKING TO SECURE THE PREMIERS PLATE THIS WEEKEND WHEN THEY TAKE ON PERTH GLORY AT GO MEDIA STADIUM. FOR MORE, SUZANNE MCFADDEN FROM LOCKER ROOM JOINS US FOR OUR REGULAR END OF WEEK SPORTS CHAT. MORENA, SUZANNE. LOVELY TO SEE YOU. HOW GOOD, HOW GOOD WOULD THIS BE? THE STADIUM WILL BE GOING OFF, IF THEY DO. THEY ARE VERY CLOSE TO SECURING THE PREMIERS PLATE, AND SLIPPED, THEY HAVE HAD AN INCREDIBLE YEAR, HAVEN'T THEY? *AND LOOK A YEAR OF FIRSTS, IN THEIR INAUGURAL SEASON. IT'S AN IDEAL FIRST YEAR. WHAT YOU THINK IS THEIR KEY TO SUCCESS? I HAVE NO IDEA. I THINK THEY HAVE HAD AN INCREDIBLE LINEUP OF PLAYERS THEY BOUGHT IN FOR THIS, IN ONE OF THEM, OF COURSE WITH A BARRIER OWNED GOALKEEPER ALEX FOLSOM, WHO IS FROM AUCKLAND BUZZED AFTER HIS SEASON WITH PHOENIX, HE WAS SIGNED TO ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE, AND HE IS ONLY ON LOAN FOR THE SEASON, SO HE HAS PRETTY MUCH GOING TO MOVE OFF AND I MEAN, THIS IS GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR THE SIDE. EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT HIS INCREDIBLE ONE-HANDED DIVING SAVE THIS WEEK AGAINST MELBOURNE VICTORY, WHICH PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT, IT MAY BE THE GOAL THAT WINS THEM THE PREMIERSHIP THIS SEASON. HOW AMAZING WOULD THAT BE? SPECULATION IS THAT HE WILL GO TO SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP SIDE AND ALL THREE CLUBS I HAVE JUST TALKED ABOUT ARE OWNED BY AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE BILL FOLEY, HE SAYS IT IS A WAY FOR PLAYERS LIKE FOLSOM TO GET EXPERIENCE OFFSHORE. BUT YES, TOUGH ON THE AKL FC SIDE LOSE A PLAYER. FOR THE FANS, JUST ENJOY THE MOMENTS BEFORE HE GOES OFF. CAN WE TALK ABOUT ERIN ROUTCLIFFE? SHE COULD BE ON THE VERGE OF WINNING HER THIRD STRAIGHT TITLE. HOW BIG WOULD THAT BE? THAT WOULD BE HUGE FOR HER, SHE HAS FOR MY NUMBER ONE DOUBLES WORLD PLAYER, SO WE EXPECT HER TO BE WINNING TOURNAMENTS. SHE WON LAST WEEKEND BACK WITH HER REGULAR PARTNER, CANADIAN GABBY DABROWSKI. THEY WON ON PLAY. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE TWO OF THEM HAVE WON TOGETHER ON CLAY. BUT IT IS ALSO RELEASE SPECIAL BECAUSE LAST SEASON, DABROWSKI DID NOT PLAY A LOT OF GAMES BECAUSE SHE WAS RECOVERING FROM BREAST CANCER TREATMENT, AND ROUTLIFFE SAID AT THE TIME, TENNIS DOES NOT MEAN ANYTHING AT THE MOMENT WHILE HELPING GABBY THROUGH THAT. EXCITING SEE THEM BOTH BACK AT TOP FORM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY ARE PLAYING TOWARDS TOURNAMENTS BY THE END OF MAY. SO TO WIN ON CLAY HERE, AND HOPEFULLY THIS WEEKEND IN MADRID, I THINK THAT WOULD BE ROUTLIFFE'S 11TH. AMAZING. WITH WOMEN'S SPORT ` SIMONE BILES. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR HER TO BE LOOKING AT THE OLYMPICS AND LA, HOW INCREDIBLE WOULD THAT BE? YES, THAT WOULD BE HER 4TH OLYMPICS. SHE IS 28 NOW AND SHE REALISES THAT HER BODY IS GETTING TIRED. 28, GYMNAST... THAT'S PRETTY FULL ON. SO SHE IS SAYING THAT SHE HASN'T RULED OUT NOT COMPETING AT THE LA GAMES. OF COURSE, SHE WILL BE THERE IN ONE SHAPE OR FORM IN 2028. BACK TO THE MOMENT, SHE IS ENJOYING LIVING LIFE, SHE WON SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR, ENJOYING LIVING LIFE WITH HER HUSBAND NFL STAR JONATHAN OWENS. SHE SAID IT WOULD HAVE TO REALLY EXCITES ME TO COME BACK AGAIN, AND WE HAVE SEEN HER COME BACK, ON THE 2020 OLYMPICS WHEN SHE HAD THE TWISTIES AND HAD TO WITHDRAW. WITH THE GREATEST GYMNAST OF ALL TIME... SHE IS AN ABSOLUTE PHENOM. SUZANNE, LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. HAD A GREAT ANZAC WEEKEND. YOU TOO. I'LL BE THERE, SUNDAY OF COURSE, AFC. IF YOU LOOK AT IT MATHEMATICA, I MISS IS A MEMBER OF COURSE, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MATHEMATICAL EQUATION, THEY ARE SIX POINTS AHEAD AND SECOND PLACE COULD THEORETICALLY EQUAL THEM, BUT THEN IT GOES TO GOAL DIFFERENTIAL SO IT IT IS MORE OR LESS A SURE THING. BUT YOU NEVER WANT TO SAY THAT. AND YOU JUST SAID IT. JUST GOING IT OUT THERE INTO THE UNIVERSE. IT'S AN AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT, IT IS. I HAVEN'T BEEN TO A GAME YET. GOD, JENNY MAY! HAVEN'T SEEN THE GODFATHER, HASN'T USED AN ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH. WHAT'S IS JENNY MAY MISSING OUT ON?! UNMASKING THE POWERHOUSE THAT IS DESTINY CHURCH. WHO'S REALLY BEHIND IT? ALSO AHEAD ` ON THE EVE OF ANZAC DAY, THE NEW WAIATA HONOURING THE LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE MAORI BATTALION. PLUS, WINSTON PETERS HAS GIVEN RNZ A SPRAY, APPEARING TO THREATEN THE PUBLIC BROADCASTER'S FUNDING. WE'LL ASK OUR POLITICAL PANEL, DID THE DEPUTY PM CROSS THE LINE? RIGHT NOW, IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. THANKS, JACK. 'HE TAUGHT US HOW TO LOVE IN A NEW WAY.' THAT'S HOW ONE BISHOP IS DESCRIBING POPE FRANCIS IN THE WAKE OF HIS DEATH. PEOPLE IN ROME ARE NOW FILING PAST THE PONTIFF'S BODY FOR THE FIRST OF THREE DAYS OF PUBLIC MOURNING AS HE LIES IN STATE IN ST PETER'S BASILICA. THE BISHOP OF CHRISTCHURCH, MICHAEL GAELIN, MET HIM TWICE ` ONCE AT A BISHOP'S MEETING WHERE HE ADDRESSED THE POPE. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ADDRESSING HIM AND THANKING HIM, TO EXPLAIN TO HIM, SAYING 'OH, I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE SQUARE WHEN 'YOU WERE ELECTED,' AND SAYING 'I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT 'YOU'VE SHOWN, AND THE WAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN OUR WORLD 'A NEW WAY OF SEEING THINGS.' IT WAS A REAL PRIVILEGE. CHRISTCHURCH'S SAINT MARY'S PRO-CATHEDRAL WILL HOLD MASS TOMORROW TO CELEBRATE POPE FRANCIS' LIFE AND LEGACY. A RECENT VISIT BY NEW ZEALAND MPs TO TAIWAN HAS DRAWN THE IRE OF THE CHINESE EMBASSY. A DELEGATION MET WITH TAIWAN'S PRESIDENT LAST WEEK AS PART OF THE ALL-PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP ON TAIWAN ESTABLISHED IN 2023. NONE OF THE MPs IN THE DELEGATION WERE GOVERNMENT MINISTERS. THE EMBASSY CLAIMS THE GROUP WAS 'COLLUDING WITH TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE SEPARATIST FORCES' DESPITE REPEATED WARNINGS FROM CHINA. NEW ZEALAND DOES NOT OFFICIALLY RECOGNISE TAIWAN AS A COUNTRY. INDIA HAS CLOSED THE MAIN BORDER CROSSING WITH PAKISTAN A DAY AFTER GUNMEN KILLED 26 PEOPLE IN INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR. INDIA'S ACCUSED PAKISTAN OF SUPPORTING CROSS-BORDER TERRORISM, HOLDING IT INDIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE. ISLAMABAD DENIES THIS. YESTERDAY'S INCIDENT WAS THE DEADLIEST ATTACK ON CIVILIANS IN RECENT YEARS, FOLLOWING RELATIVE CALM AFTER DECADES OF SEPARATIST INSURGENCY. BACK HERE, AND WANAKA'S CELEBRATING ITS LATEST SNOW-SPORT CHAMPION, CRAIG MURRAY, WHO'S WON THE INAUGURAL NATURAL SELECTION SKI IN ALASKA'S BACKCOUNTRY. THE INVITE ONLY EVENT SAW THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE FREE-RIDE WORLD COMPETE IN THE KNOCK OUT FORMAT. THE AIM OF THE GAME TO CUT CLEAR LINES OFF CLIFF FACES WHILE DELIVERING PROGRESSIVE HIGH RISK TRICKS. IT'S CRAZY. I CAN'T BELIEVE NATURAL SELECTION HAS JUST PULLED IT OFF IN ALASKA, AND I HONESTLY CAN'T BELIEVE I ENDED UP IN THE FINALS AND ENDED UP TAKING IT OUT. IT'S SURREAL. IT'S THE FIRST TIME SKIERS HAVE BEEN INVITED ON THE TOUR SINCE NATURAL SELECTION BEGAN IN 2021. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY JAZZ MUSIC) # BEE BA DOO BA. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST IN THE NORTH, HOWEVER PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR NORTHLAND AND THE COROMANDEL. 20 THE HIGH FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND, 16 FOR TAUPO. KI TE WAIPOUNAMU ` CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. ALTHOUGH, IT'S LOOKING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR THOSE AROUND THE WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH AREAS BEFORE CLEARING IN THE EVENING. 16 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM, 14 IN OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH. WHAT AND WHO IS DESTINY CHURCH? IS IT EVEN A CHURCH ANY MORE? OR SOMETHING ANGRIER AND DARKER THAN OUR NORMAL SENSE OF THAT WORD? AND IS IT CONSISTENT WITH THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF A CHARITY? WITH HIS INCREASINGLY INCENDIARY ATTACKS ON THE RAINBOW COMMUNITY, ON IMMIGRANTS, ON WHAT HE CALLS 'RADICAL MAORI', WHAT IS BRIAN TAMAKI UP TO? ALL OF THIS AND MORE IS ADDRESSED IN A NEW SERIES 'UNDER HIS COMMAND' RELEASED TODAY ON TVNZ+. THE SERIES IS THE WORK OF OUR CHIEF CORRESPONDENT JOHN CAMPBELL AND THE 1 NEWS IN-DEPTH TEAM, AND JOHN IS WITH US NOW. MORENA, JOHN. MORENA, JACK! IT IS LOVELY TO HAVE YOU BACK ON BOARD. DESTINY CHURCH, WHY DO YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON THEM? I FOCUSED ON DESTINY CHURCH QUITE A LOT IN MY CAREER, ON CAMPBELL LIVE, AND I HAVEN'T IN RECENT YEARS, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT ON CHECKPOINT, BUT I GOT THESE TWO WOMEN COMMUNICATING WITH ME. I JUST WANTED TO DO A SHOUT OUT ` YOU GET A LOT OF YOUR MEDICATIONS BUT THIS ONE WAS REALLY PERSUASIVE. THEY GOT UP AT 5 AM AND WATCHED ALL THE EPISODES. I'M QUITE RAW ABOUT IT, AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM. WE KIND OF GO ON INSTINCT IN THIS BUSINESS, RIGHT? SO I KIND OF WENT INTO THE DARKNESS, REALLY, AND I SPOKE TO 22 PEOPLE IN TOTAL AND IT HAS BEEN EXHAUSTING. NOT NEARLY AS EXHAUSTING TO TALK ABOUT AS IT IS TO LIVE IT, BUT HANDLING THEIR HURT, THEIR GRIEF, THEIR STRESS, THEIR FEAR. I'M NOT EXPERIENCE MUCH LIKE IT IN MY LONG CAREER. NOT THAT LONG. THANKS. (CHUCKLES) SO WHAT IS DESTINY CHURCH? I WOULD SAY, SPEAKING PERSONALLY, IT IS AN EXPRESSION OF TAMAKI, A MARKETING EXERCISE. IT BEGAN AND SOME FOOTAGE OF THE 90S WHEN IT WAS IN ROTORUA. IT BEGAN AS A RATHER CHARMING, SWEET MISSIONARY CHURCH. AND YOU LOOK BACK AND THINK, WOW, IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT TO THEM. 2004 ` THE ENOUGH IS ENOUGH MARGIN AGAINST CIVIL UNIONS, HE GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION, AND NOW IT HAS AN ATTENTION SEEKING MODEL, A FUNDAMENTALIST ULTRACONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN CHURCH WHICH IS REALLY STRONG WITH INCENDIARY OPINIONS ABOUT THE RAINBOW COMMUNITY. I REALISE HOW STRONGLY HE IS EXPRESSING THE XENOPHOBIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS. SURE TO BE A CHARITY, IS ONE OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS, BUT WHAT WE HAVE GOT, THIS IS HOW HE SPEAKS OF HIS SERMONS. THIS IS TALKING ABOUT TRANS, LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE, OH, MAN. IF IT GOES ANY FURTHER... I MEAN... WELL, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO` METEORITE. I MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE BURN DOWN PARLIAMENT. (AUDIENCE CHEERS, EXCLAIMS) I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT. BUT IF YOU'RE TARGETING MY CHILDREN, MR LUXON, SEYMOUR AND PETERS, AND YOU DID NOTHING ABOUT IT, WELL, I'LL HAVE TO BURN IT DOWN. (AUDIENCE CHEERS) WELL, I'LL HAVE TO BURN IT DOWN. (AUDIENCE CHEERS) YES, THAT IS PRETTY OUT THERE, ISN'T IT? A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN HIS SERMONS, AND THAT IS JUST A FLAVOUR OF THINGS. IT WAS NOT GOOD FOR MY MENTAL HEALTH. MAYBE SOME PEOPLE FEEL SAFE THERE, BUT YOU GET THAT MIXTURE OF, SHOULD I SAY THIS, SHOULD I NOT BUT NOT RESIGNING FROM IT. HE IS WORKING THE ROOM, YOU CAN HEAR THE COMPLICATION. THIS IS A NICHE CHURCH. WHO DID YOU SPEAK TO? 22 PEOPLE IN TOTAL, AND OH BOY, MY HUSBAND TO FIND OUT I AM TALKING TO YOU, I WILL GET HIDING. YOU DON'T UNHEAR THAT. YOU TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER IF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE ON CAMERA, AND ONE PERSON SAID TO ME, I CAN'T TALK TO YOU BECAUSE THOSE MAN UP GUYS KNOW WHERE I LIVE. SO A SENSE OF REALLY BEING AFRAID BUT I SPOKE TO ONE REMARKABLE WOMAN ON CAMERA. WE GAVE HER FAKE NAME, SHE IS LITERALLY IN HIDING FROM HER FORMER PARTNER. SHE... SHE WAS JUST THIS VIVIDLY EVOCATIVE PERSON. I WOULD ASK YOUR QUESTION, SHE PAUSED FOR 15 TO 20 SECONDS, WHICH IMAGINE IT HAPPEN TO YOUR BREAKFAST GUESTS! DOES DESTINY CHURCH FEEL LIKE A CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO YOU? NO. WHAT'S IT FEEL LIKE? (INHALES DEEPLY) IT FEELS LIKE A PLACE OF LOSTNESS, IF THAT'S EVEN A WORD. JUST FEELS LIKE A PLACE OF LOST SOULS. LOST SOULS THINKING THAT... THIS MAN IS THE WAY OUT. BRIAN TAMAKI. YEAH. SPEAKING OF HIM, DID YOU GET A RESPONSE? NO, I DON'T THINK HE CAN HE HAS EVER GIVEN ME AN INTERVIEW. THIS IS A MAN WHO FEELS UNABLE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND CRASH THE LIBRARY, PRIDE PARADE IN WELLINGTON, PONSONBY, WHATEVER. BUT IT WAS LEGITIMATE TO PUSH AND PRETTY HARD FOR AN INTERVIEW, WE WENT OUT TO TRY AND FIND HIM, HE IS US GOING OUT THERE. HE EMAILED BACK SAYING HE WAS TOO BUSY TO TALK TO ME. I THINK WE CAN DRAW HIS OWN CONCLUSIONS ABOUT HIM BEING BUSY FOR WEEKS, THEN WE SENT HIM EMAIL QUESTIONS, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO HIM TO REPLY, HE CAN SHINE LIGHT ON COMPLEX ISSUES, BUT HE NEVER REPLIED. WE CAN SEE, OBVIOUSLY, THAT YOU ARE IN A CLOSE TO THIS STORY AND YOU HAVE THE TRUST OF PEOPLE WHO SOUND, FROM YOUR REPORTING, EXPERIENCE TERRIBLE THINGS. DO THEY DO ANY GOOD THINGS? YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR MIND OPEN TO THAT POSSIBILITY, MANUP, MAYBE. I SPOKE TO SOMEONE WHO SAID, EVEN IF THEY ARE ADDRESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THEY SEEM TO BE TRANSFERRING THAT ANGER INTO OTHER ARENAS. ATTACKS ON THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY. I KNOW THE MANNER PEOPLE WOULD SAY, YES, WE DO DO GOOD. BUT THE PUBLIC BEHAVIOUR IS INCONSISTENT WITH THAT ARGUMENT ABOUT THEMSELVES, AS I AM CONFUSED ABOUT THE GOOD THEY DO NOW, I GUESS THEY PROVIDE A HOME FOR PEOPLE, BUT IT IS NOT A GOOD OR HEALTHY HOME. HOW DO PEOPLE IN UP THERE? PEOPLE FROM THE ABUSE AND STATE ENQUIRY? THERE WAS A WOMAN IN RECEPTION WHO WAS SO DELIGHTFUL. AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, IT IS A GOOD REMINDER TO SEE HER. SHE WAS JUST A DELIGHT SO THERE ARE PEOPLE IN IT TO GETTING UP AND VOMIT. A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS. WE HAVE SEEN YOU AROUND THE NEWSROOM AT ALL HOURS WORKING AWAY. AND JOHN'S EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION IS STREAMING NOW ON TVNZ+. ON YOUR SMART TV, HEAD TO THE MENU ON THE LEFT AND CLICK ON 'NEWS' ` THERE YOU'LL FIND ALL FIVE EPISODES OF 'UNDER HIS COMMAND'. E HAERE AKE NEI ` A WAY TO REMEMBER AND HONOUR THE 28TH MAORI BATTALION LEGACY THROUGH SONG.JOHN, THANKS A MUCH VOICEOVER: Waitoa free range chicken. Turns the whole family... Dad? ...cozy. What's happening? I'm warm and cozy, but worried. You know what? I actually feel close to you all. Waitoa free range chicken. All the feels for all the meals. # COME ON AND TAKE ME HOME. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` AUCKLAND TRANSPORT ARE WARNING OF A NUMBER OF ROAD AND BUS ROUTE CLOSURES AHEAD OF MORE THAN 70 ANZAC DAY SERVICES TOMORROW MORNING. A 6.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HAS SHAKEN TURKIYE OVERNIGHT, WITH MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE REPORTEDLY INJURED. AND WALLACE SITITI IS MAKING A SURPRISE EARLY RETURN FROM A KNEE INJURY FOR THE CHIEFS' CLASH AGAINST THE FORCE IN TAURANGA TOMORROW NIGHT. A NEW WAIATA HAS BEEN RELEASED TO MARK THE FIRST ANZAC DAY WITHOUT ANY LIVING MEMBERS OF THE 28TH MAORI BATTALION. THE WAIATA, CALLED 'HE AHA TE AHA', HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN MEMORY OF SIR BOM GILLIES, THE LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE BATTALION BEFORE HIS DEATH LAST YEAR. TAKE A LISTEN. THE SONG WEAVES BETWEEN ENGLISH AND TE REO TO RESONATE WITH ALL NEW ZEALANDERS. MATANGA REO JEREMY MACLEOD WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF SIR BOM AND HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE SONG'S RELEASE. HE JOINS US NOW. MORENA, RANGATIRA. THIS IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE INVOLVED? IT WAS QUITE AN HONOUR TO BE ASKED TO GIVE THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE GRANDSON OF THE VETERAN OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR. A NINE HE WAS A GREAT PERSON WHO I HAD A LOT OF RESPECT FOR. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW THIS KAUPAPA CAME TOGETHER? I GOT A CALL, AND YOU ALWAYS SAY YES, I FOUND IT WAS REALLY POIGNANT BECAUSE I RECALLED THAT FAMOUS POEM ABOUT HOW SWEET AND NOBLE IS TO DIE FOR ONE'S COUNTRY. IT WAS BASED AROUND THE WASTE OF WAR. YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT WHERE IT CAME FROM, BUT WHAT DOES IT DO? IT ASKS US TO REMEMBER. BECAUSE THE DAY IT SPEAKS ABOUT, MAKE SURE YOU GET OUT THERE FOR YOUR DAWN PARADES, AND HANG THOSE PICTURES OF YOUR GRANDFATHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS ON THE WAR, AND TELL YOUR KIDS ABOUT THEM. ALL VETERANS. WE OWE IT TO THEM. THE LAST TIME YOU AND I SPOKE WAS WHEN BOM PASSED AWAY, AND YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THEM. CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THOSE MEMORIES AND WHAT YOU DO REMEMBER FROM ALL OF THAT TIME YOU SPENT WITH HIM? I RECALL THAT HE WAS THE FITTEST OUT OF ALL OF US AT 98. SOME OF US ARE 1/3 OF HIS AGE, HOW LONELY IT MUST HAVE BEEN, HOWEVER THAT HIS MEMORY WAS TO BE THE LAST MEMBER TO CARRY ALL OF THEIR SPIRITS. WHEN HE PASSED, IT WAS BITTERSWEET, I WAS SAD FOR US BUT HAPPY FOR HIM AS HE REUNITED. THIS SONG ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE MAORI BATTALION, IT'S ABOUT EVERYONE WHO SERVED. WIRES THAT IMPORTANT FOR THE WAY WAIATA TO ENCOMPASS ALL OF THAT? IS THE SAME WITH ALL THE VETERANS. THEIR FATHERS, THEIR FOREBEARS SAID TO GO, THEY WENT, THEY LOST FRIENDS, COMRADES, WOMEN WERE WIDOWED, MOTHERS LOST SONS. EVERYONE CAN SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENTS REGARDLESS OF YOUR CREED OR RACE. A BIT OF UNIFICATION CAN GO A LONG WAY. WE HAVE FOOTAGE OF THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THE SONG TOGETHER, WHAT WAS THAT PROCESS LIKE? BEING IN THAT ROOM, SEEING IT ALL COME TOGETHER? I DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONTRIBUTION TO THE VOCALS, THANKFULLY! JUST KIDDING. THEM SINGING IN MY EAST COAST DIALECT WAS AN INTERESTING MIX. THAT SHOWED A BIT OF GOOD HYBRID FUSION OF HIS TWO SIDES. IT WAS FANTASTIC. IT WAS A CULMINATION OF DIFFERENT THOUGHTS, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, AND I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE. YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT SONG IS ABOUT, BUT WHAT IS YOUR FINAL MESSAGE? I WANT EVERYBODY TO LISTEN TO THE SONG AND TO TAKE IT INTO THEIR HEARTS, BUT ALSO, NOT ONLY THE MESSAGE BUT AGAIN, THE MESSAGE ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO GOING FORWARD. HE SAID WAS A WASTE. I HOPE WE ALL REFLECT ON THAT, TALKING ABOUT THOSE SOLDIERS, GET EVERYONE TO REMEMBER THE WASTE OF WAR. I DON'T HAVE THE WORDS TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO YOU FOR YOUR INPUT, NOT ONLY INTO THE SONG, BUT ALWAYS ANSWERING OUR CALL HERE ON BREAKFAST. EVERY TIME. SO, THANK YOU. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) ISN'T THAT AMAZING? A MAN'S SECOND DEATH IS WHERE NO ONE SPEAKS AS NAME. SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO TRUE. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE. AGAIN, GOING BACK TO WHAT JEREMY IS SAYING, THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT TA BOM, IT WAS ABOUT THE WORDS HE SPOKE AND WHO HE WAS, BUT ALSO TO REMEMBER ALL OF THOSE WHO SERVED. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. IT IS VERY CALM, ISN'T IT? WHILE YOU WANT TO SEE CARS? I WANT TO SEE IF THE VEHICLES ARE FLOWING. IT GIVES ME A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE ROADS OF AUCKLAND. THAT IS THE VIADUCT. THERE IS THE BRIDGE. WASN'T THAT TEAM NEW ZEALAND'S OLD BASE? ANYWAY... SORRY IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY CARS (!) AUCKLAND ` 20, FINE, BUT SOME CLOUD EARLY MORNING AND LATE AT NIGHT. AUCKLAND ` 20, FINE, BUT SOME CLOUD EARLY MORNING AND LATE AT NIGHT. FRESH EASTERLIES, EASING THIS MORNING. HEADING TOWARDS A HIGH OF 20. BEAUTIFUL SHOT ACROSS THE CITY. HAMILTON ` 18, FINE. EASTERLIES, EASING THIS AFTERNOON. WELLINGTON ` 16, EARLY MORNING CLOUD CLEARING AND BECOMING FINE. LIGHT WINDS. GOING TO BE A NICE DAY, BEAUTY. CAN WE JUST HOLD UNTIL WE SEE A PLAIN? CHRISTCHURCH ` 14, FINE WITH EARLY FROSTS IN SHELTERED PLACES. HANDS DOWN. IT LOOKS SO GOOD. IT COULD ALMOST BE, DARE I SAY, I PUMP THE BRAKES, CHRISTCHURCH. BANKS PENINSULA SPREADS OUT TO THE RIGHT OF THE SHOP THERE. GORGEOUS MORNING, ONE OF THOSE, SORT OF THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN THEY HAVE A GOOD FROST IN CHRISTCHURCH AND THE CANTERBURY PLAINS. SHOULD CLEAR FOR A HIGH OF 14 DEGREES. JACK IS A CHRISTCHURCH BOY, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW. PRETTY GOOD, DUNEDIN. FINE, COLD. WELL, I WOULD CONSIDER IT COLD, EVEN THOUGH I AM FROM THE KING COUNTRY. IT WAS FREEZING THE LAST TIME I WENT DOWN TO DUNEDIN. MAN, I DIDN'T WANT TO GET OUT OF BED. DUNEDIN ` 14, FINE. LIGHT WINDS. IT'S 7.30. HERE'S THE NEWS. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS HE WON'T STEP IN OVER COMMENTS MADE BY WINSTON PETERS ABOUT RNZ FUNDING. PETERS ALLUDED TO CUTTING GOVERNMENT FUNDING TO THE RADIO STATION DURING AN INTERVIEW ON MORNING REPORT, SAYING IT WAS, QUOTE, 'AN ABUSE TO THE TAXPAYER' LUXON'S REFUSED CALLS BY THE LABOUR PARTY TO STEP IN, SAYING IT'S NOT HOW HE WOULD ENGAGE WITH MEDIA, BUT PETERS IS ENTITLED TO PUSH BACK ON JOURNALISTS. THE WAY HE ENGAGES WITH MEDIA HAS BEEN CONSISTENT, I THINK, FOR 40-PLUS YEARS. BUT THE POINT IS, IT IS A CABINET DECISION, AND WE DO THAT EACH AND EVERY YEAR AS PART OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS AS EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS AND KNOWS. LUXON'S JUST WRAPPED UP HIS VISIT TO LONDON AND IS SET TO ARRIVE IN TURKIYE THIS MORNING AHEAD OF ANZAC COMMEMORATIONS IN GALLIPOLI. HIS VISIT COMES AFTER A 6.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK ISTANBUL LATE LAST NIGHT, INJURING AT LEAST 150 PEOPLE. NO DEATHS OR MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE HAVE BEEN REPORTED. RESIDENTS HAVE GATHERED IN THE STREETS AFTER FLEEING THEIR HOMES AND WORKPLACES. THE PRESIDENT OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY HAS CALLED HAMAS 'SONS OF DOGS', CRITICISING THE MILITANT GROUP FOR GIVING ISRAEL AN EXCUSE TO CONTINUE ATTACKING GAZA. IN A SPEECH IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK, MAHMOUD ABBAS URGED HAMAS TO RELEASE THE HOSTAGES IT IS STILL HOLDING AND HAND OVER CONTROL OF GAZA TO THE AUTHORITY. THEY'RE HIS STRONGEST REMARKS AGAINST THE GROUP SINCE THE WAR BEGAN 18 MONTHS AGO. THE GROUP REJECTED AN ISRAELI PROPOSAL FOR A SIX-WEEK CEASEFIRE LAST WEEK WHICH INCLUDED A DEMAND FOR HAMAS TO GIVE UP ITS WEAPONS AND RELEASE 10 OF THE REMAINING HOSTAGES. TO SPORT, AND NEW ZEALAND CRICKET IS SET TO BE A PART OWNER OF A NEW FRANCHISE IN THE NORTH AMERICAN T20 MAJOR CRICKET LEAGUE. NZC AGREEING TO THE FIRST OF ITS KIND DEAL WHICH WILL SEE THE GOVERNING BODY PROVIDE COACHING, MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT STAFF FOR THE EXPANSION TEAM, WHICH LAUNCHES IN 2027. IT WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN A SECOND EXPANSION FRANCHISE TO LAUNCH IN 2031. NZC'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE SAYS THE MOVE WILL HELP WITH PLAYER RETENTION AS FRANCHISE CRICKET GAINS POPULARITY WORLDWIDE. LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (JAZZY PIANO MUSIC) FUNKY LITTLE BEAT TO START YOUR MORNING. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST IN THE NORTH, HOWEVER PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR NORTHLAND AND THE COROMANDEL. 20 THE HIGH FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND, 16 FOR TAUPO. KI TE WAIPOUNAMU ` CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. ALTHOUGH, IT'S LOOKING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR THOSE AROUND THE WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH AREAS BEFORE CLEARING IN THE EVENING. 16 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM, 14 IN OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH. NOT SO LONG AGO, THE ANALOGUE LANDLINE WAS SO POPULAR BUT, BECAUSE OF SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED USAGE, SOON THE SERVICE WILL BE SWITCHED OFF IN THE UK. HOW TERRIBLE IS THAT? IT'S CAUSING CONCERN THAT A FULL DIGITAL SWITCH COULD LEAVE OLDER AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE FEELING MORE ISOLATED. THE BBC'S BEN BOULOS HAS THE DETAILS. GOOD MORNING. THE EXCHANGE HERE. JUST TESTING THE LINE. ONCE AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY, BY THE 1930S, TELEPHONES WERE COMMONPLACE IN MOST FAMILY HOMES. (PHONE RINGS) ARCHIVE: HOW OFTEN HASN'T THIS HAPPENED TO US? THE PHONE ALWAYS SEEMS TO RING WHEN WE'RE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS ` OR IN THE BATH. BUT NEARLY A CENTURY ON, GONE ARE THE DAYS OF WAITING BY THE PHONE FOR A CALL. THE OLD-FASHIONED INFRASTRUCTURE THAT LANDLINES RELY ON IS NOW TOO OLD. DIGITAL IS THE FUTURE. BUT THAT SWITCHOVER IS A WORRY TO SOME, INCLUDING 72-YEAR-OLD CATHY WATSON IN PEMBROKESHIRE, WHOSE INTERNET CONNECTION SO UNRELIABLE WE CAN ONLY REACH HER ON HER LANDLINE. DOES IT WORRY ME THAT MORE AND MORE I'M BEING EXCLUDED BY TECHNOLOGY? YEAH. DO I FEEL MORE ISOLATED? YES. DO I FEEL WORRIED? YES. AND THE OTHER THING I DO IS FEEL VERY, VERY ANNOYED THAT I AM BEING TREATED IN THIS WAY, AND I FEEL POWERLESS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THIS IS A ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION CHANGE TO THE LANDLINE, SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE QUITE FEARFUL OF THIS, BUT WE'RE HERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY FOR ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS, WANTING TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS RIGHT AND WE HOLD THEIR HAND THROUGH THIS. AND FOR VULNERABLE AND ELDERLY CUSTOMERS, THEY WILL GET NOT ONLY THE BACKUP SOLUTION FOR FREE, BUT WE'LL ALSO BE SENDING AN ENGINEER TO THEIR HOME TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE SWITCH FOR THEM, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY OF THIS THEMSELVES. AND HELP IS AT HAND FOR THOSE WITH HEALTH CARE DEVICES, WHICH HAVE TRADITIONALLY RELIED ON LANDLINES TO WORK. QUITE A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE USE SOMETHING CALLED TELECARE, WHICH IS THINGS LIKE A PENDANT ALARM, WHICH IS CONNECTED UP TO THEIR TELEPHONE SERVICE. SO IF THAT'S YOU, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO GET IN TOUCH WITH WHOEVER PROVIDES THAT SERVICE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR EQUIPMENT WILL STILL WORK WITH YOUR NEW TELEPHONE SETUP ONCE YOU'RE SWITCHED OVER. GIVEN THE MOBILE PHONE REVOLUTION OF THE '80s AND '90s, LANDLINES HAVE PROBABLY ALREADY LASTED LONGER THAN EXPECTED, BUT WILL HANG UP FOR GOOD IN 2027. THAT IS PRETTY AMAZING, TO THINK OF A WORLD WITHOUT LANDLINES. I'M SURPRISED THEY ARE COMING OFF THAT EARLY. IT IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS THE LANDLINES, IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO MAINTAIN, SO THEY ARE GOING TO GET RID OF IT. ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU HAVE TWO CELL PHONE TOWERS GO DOWN, AND YOU ARE COMPLETELY INCOMMUNICADO. DO YOU HAVE A LANDLINE? NO, DO YOU? NO, BUT MY MOM DOES. IF I CAN'T GET ON THE LANDLINE... DOES SHE HAVE AN ANSWERING MACHINE? YES, WITH A WEIRD VOICE ON IT. EVEN BEFORE THEN, THE PARTY LINE. IT WAS LONG, OR WHATEVER IT WAS, AND YOU THOUGHT, ' IS THAT US?' YOU WILL JUST FIRE UP THE COLD BURNER A BIT AND GET THAT GOING. ME U TONU MAI ` OUR POLITICAL PANEL IS WITH US NEXT. WINSTON PETERS ISN'T HAPPY WITH THE MEDIA. BUT DID AN APPARENT THREAT TO PULL FUNDING FOR RNZ OVERSTEP THE MARK? (ENGINE REVS) Oh. OK, turn off the car. (PHONE RINGS) GIRL: Dad! Hey, man. Long time no talk. Yeah, just... I'm teaching Samara how to drive. (BRIGHT MUSIC) Hi! Could you do something for me? SONG: # Oh, baby, you... # Thanks. # You've got what I need # You got everything I need VOICEOVER: One minute you're doing a little DIY. The next you've done too much. With Tower, you can save $75 on every new comprehensive car or contents insurance policy. Ts&Cs apply. Got a minute? Get a quote. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` A RECENT VISIT BY NEW ZEALAND MPs TO TAIWAN HAS DRAWN THE IRE OF THE CHINESE EMBASSY, WHICH HAS ACCUSED THE DELEGATION OF COLLUDING WITH PRO-INDEPENDENT FORCES. FURTHER ARRESTS HAVE ENDED A SIX-DAY-LONG PROTEST AT A WEST COAST COAL MINE AFTER 70 ACTIVISTS SPENT OVER 60 HOURS CAMPING ON DENNISTON PLATEAU. AND WANAKA'S CELEBRATING ITS LATEST SNOWSPORT CHAMPION CRAIG MURRAY, AND WANAKA'S CELEBRATING ITS LATEST SNOWSPORT CHAMPION, CRAIG MURRAY, WHO'S WON AN ELITE SKIING COMPETITION IN ALASKA'S BACKCOUNTRY. A MEMBER'S BILL FROM NEW ZEALAND FIRST TO DEFINE GENDERS BIOLOGICALLY WAS ALREADY MAKING WAVES, BUT IT'S NOW BEEN SWEPT ASIDE BY COMMENTS FROM PARTY LEADER WINSTON PETERS ON RNZ FROM PARTY LEADER WINSTON PETERS ON RNZ, WHEN HE APPEARED TO THREATEN THE PUBLIC BROADCASTER'S FUNDING. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS HAS LABELLED THE COMMENTS 'UNACCEPTABLE' AND CALLED ON THE PRIME MINISTER TO INTERVENE. CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS HE WON'T, BUT JOINING US NOW FOR THEIR THOUGHTS, AS THEY DO EVERY THURSDAY ` NATIONAL'S CHRIS BISHOP HERE ON THE COUCH AND LABOUR'S KIERAN MCANULTY IN OUR WELLINGTON STUDIO. GOOD MORNING. GOOD WINSTON PETERS COMMENTS CROSS THE LINE? IT IS NOT THE WAY I WOULD HAVE PUT THINGS. DID NOT CROSS THE LINE? IT IS AN INTERVIEW THAT PARLANCE WAS ROBUST. IT IS NOT THE WAY WOULD HAVE PUT THINGS. I DON'T THINK HE DIRECTLY BROKE THE LAW ANYTHING LIKE THAT. LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH HAS BEEN MADE OF THAT. IN THE INTERVIEW, HE DID SAY THE INTERVIEW SHOULD BE CONDUCTED IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS HIM TO LAYOUT HIS IDEAS WITHOUT THE KIND OF SCRUTINY THAT MIGHT BE APPLIED BY OUR POLITICAL PARTIES. IT SEEMED LIKE THAT TO . ME I THINK HE WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CONDUCT OF THE INTERVIEW, AND I WOULD SAY THAT WOULD BE A DAILY OCCURRENCE FOR MPS. THAT IS AN INTERESTING APPROACH. NOT ONE FOR ME;. I'LL GIVE CIARAN A MOMENT TO COMMENT ON THIS IN A SECOND. ME I'LL GIVE CIARAN A MOMENT TO COMMENT ON THIS IN A 2ND TO READ FROM THE NEW ZEALAND RADIOACTIVE FROM 1995, NUMBER ONE, NO RESPONSIBLE MINISTER OR ANY OTHER MINISTER AND NO PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE MINISTER MAY GIVE A DIRECTION TO THE PUBLIC RADIO COMPANY. DID HE BRIDGE THAT? NO. THAT IS LARGELY A MULDOON THING. THAT IS WHY THAT PROVISION IS THE. THAT IS WHY THAT PROVISION IS THERE. WHILE THREATS AROUND FUNDING, THAT IS CABINET STUFF. I THINK A LITTLE BIT HAS BEEN TOO MUCH MADE OF IT. GOOD WINSTON PETERS CROSS THE LINE? YES., THE FACT THAT CHRIS BISHOP IS HAVING TO RESORT TO THE FACT THAT WINSTON PETERS IS NOT AS BAD AS CHRIS MULDOON SHOWS IT. THIS BLOKE THREATENED RADIO NEW ZEALAND TO PULL THE FUNDING IF THEY DIDN'T PULL INTO LINE, WHICH IS EXACTING WHAT PETERS WANTS THEM TO DO. BISHOP IS LOOKING TO COVER, WHICH IN FAIRNESS, I CAN UNDERSTAND, HE'S NOT THE PRIME MINISTER. THE PRIME MINISTER ISN'T FRONTING UP EITHER. THERE WERE TWO INSTANCES IN THE LAST GOVERNMENT WHERE MINISTERS EXPRESSED OPINIONS ON THE STATE BROADCASTER ANIME TO APOLOGISE. THIS IS WORSE THAN THAT. AT THE VERY LEAST, HE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE SAID IT. NEITHER THE PRIME MINISTER OR WINSTON, WHO IS THE ACTING PRIMER MINISTER, MAKING THOSE COMMENTS IN THE ROLE OF ACTING PRIMER STUCK, THEY ARE REFUSING TO DO SO. IT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THE SUBJECT OF THE INTERVIEW HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT OVERSHADOWED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE BILL? THAT IS ANOTHER DISTRACTION. IT IS PART OF A TACTIC, I THINK, FROM NEW ZEALAND FIRST, BUT TO SOME DEGREE, THE GOVERNMENT, TO GET US HAVING DEBATES ABOUT THE SORTS OF THINGS INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT UNEMPLOYMENT IS GOING UP, THE WAGES AND KEEPING UP WITH THE COST OF BILLS THAT WE HAVE GOT THINGS LIKE HOMELESSNESS GOING ON AT RECORD LEVELS, AND STORIES THAT , TODAY THAT THE NATIONAL PARTY MISLED THE COUNTRY ON THEIR BIG EARLY CHILDHOOD POLICY, BUT NOW WE ARE DOING ABOUT A NEW ZEALAND FIRST BILL. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT. I'M NOT HAVING A CRACK AT YOU, OF COURSE YOU HAVE GOT TO REPORT ON IT, BUT IT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT? A FEW INACCURACIES THERE. WAGES ARE RISING FASTER THAN INFLATION. LEAVING ALL THAT ASIDE, IN RELATION TO THE BILL, I AGREE WITH CIARAN TO AN EXTENT. IT IS A DESTRUCTION. IT IS A DISTRACTION* WE ARE DEEP IN DEBT, WE ARE COMING OUT OF RECESSION, WITH GOT TO GO FOR GROWTH, WE HAVE GOT INFRASTRUCTURE DEFICIT. IS THIS THE BIGGEST THING, PLANET, TALKING ABOUT THE DEFINITION OF A WOMAN? I WOULD ARGUE NO. SO FOR IT TO BE DEBATED, IT HAS TO BE PULLED OUT OF THE BISCUIT TIN IS A MEMBER'S BILL. WOULD YOU SUPPORT IT AT THE FIRST READING? I HAVEN'T READ THE PRECISE LEGAL, YOU KNOW, THE BILL ITSELF. IT IS GOING TO GET PULLED. THIS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL DECISION FOR ME, IT COULD SIT THERE FOR 10 YEARS, OR IT COULD GET PAUL TOMORROW. I'M IN THE SAME POSITION, WE HAVE GOT TO WAIT FOR IT TO GO THROUGH CAUCUS, BUT I WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED IF WE SUPPORTED THIS BILL. THE CHINESE EMBASSY HAS STRONGLY CRITICISED A TRIP OF NEW ZEALAND MPS TO TAIWAN. NEW ZEALAND DOESN'T RECOGNISE TAIWAN AS A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY. IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR A POLITICAL PRESENTED TO GOING THAT MATTER? MPS ARE GOING TO TAIWAN AS PRIVATE CITIZENS FOR MANY YEARS. THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF MPS FROM PARLIAMENT GOING. WE SELL A LOT OF KIWIFRUIT, FOR EXAMPLE, TO TAIWAN. I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE. THAT THE LONG HISTORY OF MPS GOING OF PRIVATE CITIZENS TO TAIWAN. WAS LAST WEEK'S TRIP IN PARTICULAR APPROPRIATE ` THOSE MPS LEADING THE TAIWAN LEADERSHIP? IS NOT FOR ME TO COMMENT. I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE GOING. THERE'S BEEN A LONG HISTORY OF MPS GOING. CIARAN, WAS IT APPROPRIATE? I THINK SO. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK NEW ZEALAND AND CHINA AND RELATIONSHIP IS VERY STRONG. EXAMPLES WHERE WE HAVE SAID THINGS ABOUT CHINA THAT HAVE STOOD UP TO OUR VALUES AND THEY HAVE SAID THINGS THAT HAVE STOOD UP TO THEIR VALUES. I SEE THIS AS CONTINUING THAT. IT WAS A PARLIAMENTARY TRIP. I HAVE DONE IT. I WENT OVER THERE AS ONE OF THESE TRIPS. I MET WITH ONE OF THEIR ASSEMBLY SPEAKER. I DIDN'T MEET WITH ANY POLITICIANS, BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM OUR RESPECT AND OUR RELATIONSHIP FROM CHINA. WE DO TRADE WITH TAIWAN, AND IT IS APPROPRIATE TO HAVE VISITS TO THE. I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE. WHAT THE QUESTION AROUND SHOULD NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENTARIANS, MPS, VISIT TAIWAN, I THINK THAT IS APPROPRIATE. CHRIS, WOULD YOU GO? I HAVE DONE ONE . THE TRADE TRIP IN 2018. WE SAW HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS OF KIWIFRUIT TO TAIWAN. I HAVE BEEN ON ONE JUST LIKE CIARAN. IT'S NORMALLY ONE TRIP., IT IS NORMALLY CROSS-PARTY, NO MINISTERS GO IN DEFERENCE TO THE RELATION WITH CHINA. WE WILL CONSIDER THE COMMENTS OF THE CHINESE EMBASSY. TRANSPORT MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THE ROAD BETWEEN AUCKLAND AND NORTHLAND. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE ROAD? HE WILL BE DELIGHTED THAT YOU ARE CALLING AT THAT. WE DON'T WANT IT KNOWN AS BISHIE'S ROAD. IT DEPENDS HOW THE PROJECT GOES. IF IT BLOWS OUT FROM BUDGET, WE WILL DEFINITELY CALL IT THAT. I WILL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MINISTER DURING GABRIELLE AND SUCCESSIVE WEATHER EVENTS UP NORTH, AND I KNOW HOW FRAGILE THAT ROAD IS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO THAT REGION, AND WORK ON AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR YEARS, SO IT WILL COME AS A MASSIVE RELIEF FOR THE NORTH. THE ONLY THING IS IS IT IS PERILOUS COUNTRY, SLIP RUN, PERILOUS, IT WILL BE A BIG AMOUNT OF WORK, IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT TO TAKE AN IRON IT. BE A BIG AMOUNT OF WORK, IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT TO TAKE AN EYE ON IT. AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE HAS BEEN LONG NEEDED. HAVE A GOOD ANZAC WEEKEND, GUYS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` ANOTHER HIGH-PROFILE FEMALE ATHLETE IS SWITCHING CODES. WE'LL TELL YOU WHO AFTER THE BREAK. # I AM LIKE A BIRD. I'LL ONLY FLY AWAY. WELCOME BACK TO S... BREAKFAST. I WAS GOING TO SAY SPORT. (LAUGHTER) TO OUR MORNING SPORTS SEGMENT NOW WHERE WE'RE JOINED BY CHRISTCHURCH'S JORDAN OPPERT. AND JORDAN, ANOTHER HIGH PROFILE FEMALE FOOTY PLAYER SWITCHING CODES? I LOVE THIS STORY. FIRSTLY, I AM JUST GOING TO SAY WHAT A BANGER OF A SONG COMING OUT OF THE AD BREAK. A FORMER BLACK FERN IS SET TO GO OVER TO AUSTRALIA TO PLAY FOR A TOP CLUB IN THE AFLW THIS CAME UP IN THE AUPIKI SEASON, BUT SHE WAS SO ABSORBED IN HER TEAM AND THAT COMPETITION THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT IT UNTIL SHE WAS FINISHED. WE CAUGHT UP WITH HER, AND BASICALLY SHE WENT TO THEM AND PUT OUT THE FEELERS AND SAID, I WANT TO PLAY AFL. IT IS THE TOP SPORT ` WHAT CAN I DO? THEY SAID, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT? SHE SAID NOTHING. THERE WAS A CLAUSE AND THAT AFL CONTRACT THAT IF SHE GOT A BLACK FERN'S CONTRACT, SHE COULDN'T GO. UNFORTUNATELY SHE MISSED OUT ON A CONTRACT WHICH MEANS SHE CAN BE ANOTHER PLAYER TO MAKE THAT CROSS CODE SWITCH. HERE'S WHAT SHE SAID. NO OFFENSE TO LEAGUE ` I LOVE LEAGUE PLAYERS, BUT I THINK AFL IS JUST A BIT MORE OF A COMPLEX GAME, A BIG CHANGE-UP, AND IT'S GONNA BE A BIT MORE CHALLENGING FOR ME. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GONNA BE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN THE CODE SWITCH? RIGHT NOW, PROBABLY THE FITNESS. (LAUGHS) I'M FIT FOR A RUGBY PLAYER, BUT FOR AN AFL PLAYER, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COVERING 10km PLUS A GAME, WHICH IS A FAIR FEW MORE THAN I'D COVER IN A RUGBY GAME. LIKE I SAID, I'M REALLY NERVOUS ABOUT HEADING OVER THERE. IT'S GONNA BE LIKE THIS WHOLE NEW WORLD. IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE THE BEST THING FOR ME. SO YEAH, SUPER EXCITED. WHAT IS INTERESTING, THOUGH, J MAY, AS THE CROSS CODE MIGHT NOT BE FOR MUCH LONGER, BECAUSE THE COACH FRONTED AFTER PUSH-UP WYCLIFFE CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT. PORTIA WHITCLIFFE* AND SAID PLAYERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TWO MAKE A DECISION. IF YOU READ BETWEEN THE LINES, IT MEANS THERE IS GOING TO BE A SHIFT WITH THAT AUPIKI COMPETITION MEANING IT WILL CLASH WITH OTHER CODES. IT MAKES SENSE, ACTUALLY. AND I AM SURPRISED RUGBY HAS ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN UP UNTIL THIS POINT ANYWAY. CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE WARRIORS COMING TO CHRISTCHURCH FOR ANOTHER WHEN SITTING FOURTH ON THE NRL LATER. LADDER* WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE WARRIORS. THIS GAME IS ALMOST SOLD OUT IF NOT SOLD OUT. PEOPLE LOVE IT. THE NOVELTY HAS NOT WORN OFF. THEY ARE COMING OFF THAT GOLDEN POINT WIN. THERE ARE NERVES AROUND THIS NIGHT FIXTURE, AND ZION DAYAL GOT TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. WELL, MATE, I WEAR TRACKSUIT PANTS WHEN IT'S A HOT DAY LIKE TODAY, SO I'M IN TROUBLE. (LAUGHTER) BUT NAH. (LAUGHS) I'LL TAKE MY BIG COAT, AND WE'LL BE OK. I MEAN, YEAH, I'VE HEARD IT'S COLD ` BIT DIFFERENT TO HERE, BUT WE'RE JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING ALL OUR SUPPORT DOWN THERE AND CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY IN FRONT OF THEM. I THINK THE ATMOSPHERE IS LIKE... COS OF THE STAND, IF ANYONE'S BEEN THERE, THE STAND, THE SEATS AND THE FLOOR OF THE SEATS WHERE YOU PUT YOUR FEET... SCAFFOLDING. SCAFFOLDING, LET'S CALL IT THAT. IT'S JUST SO LOUD. AND YOU GET` THEY STAMP THEIR FEET, AND YOU GET THIS UNBELIEVABLE ATMOSPHERE LIKE IT'S AND EXTRA CLAP. AND YOU KIND OF FEEL THAT EMOTION. LOOK, I'VE NEVER REALLY HEARD TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THAT MUCH OF A GLOWING REFERENCE ABOUT THAT STADIUM, BUT SO BE IT. ONE YEAR UNTIL THE NEW ONE, HOW GOOD. HOW DO WE END THIS INTERVIEW, JORDAN? HOW DO WE END IT? UP THE WAHS? THEME YOU GO. JUST A MOMENT I THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO LEAVE US HANGING. SHE KNEW IT. THANK GOODNESS. I'M ONE OF THE COOL KIDS. OF COURSE YOU ARE. STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` THE NEW PROMISE FROM BANKS THAT COULD SEE YOU GET YOUR MONEY BACK IF THEY DON'T DO ENOUGH TO PROTECT YOU FROM SCAMS. ALSO AHEAD, THE WORLD WAR I SURVIVOR THAT'S STILL GOING STRONG. WE MEET TORTY THE TORTOISE, RESCUED FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS OF EUROPE AND RELOCATED TO AOTEAROA. PLUS, THEY'RE RIDING HIGH IN THE A-LEAGUE. WE'RE AT MT SMART AS AUCKLAND FC OPENS THE DOORS TO THE FANS. HEAD OF SUNDAY'S BIG CLASH. RIGHT NOW, IT IS 8 O'CLOCK. THE CHINESE EMBASSY HAS CONDEMNED LAST WEEK'S MEETING BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND MPs AND THE TAIWANESE PRESIDENT. THE EMBASSY CLAIMS THE GROUP WAS 'COLLUDING WITH TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE SEPARATIST FORCES', DESPITE REPEATED WARNINGS FROM CHINA. LABOUR MP KIERAN MCANULTY SAYS THE TRIP WAS APPROPRIATE AS IT DID NOT INVOLVE ANY GOVERNMENT MINISTERS. IT DOESN'T TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM OUR RESPECT AND OUR RELATIONSHIP FROM CHINA. WE DO TRADE WITH TAIWAN, AND IT IS APPROPRIATE TO HAVE VISITS TO THEIR. SO I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE. WHAT YOU DO ON THOSE TRIPS MAKES THE DIFFERENCE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO ON THAT TRIP, BUT THE QUESTION AROUND, SHOULD NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENTARIANS, MPs, VISIT TAIWAN, I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE. NEW ZEALAND DOES NOT OFFICIALLY RECOGNISE TAIWAN AS A COUNTRY. MOURNERS IN ROME ARE LINING UP TO VIEW THE BODY OF POPE FRANCIS AS HE LIES IN STATE IN ST PETER'S BASILICA. THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE DAYS OF PUBLIC MOURNING AHEAD OF HIS FUNERAL ON SATURDAY. AT LEAST 250,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND ` MORE THAN 100 OF THEM WILL BE INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES, INCLUDING OUR PRIME MINISTER. CHRISTOPHER LIKES AND WILL TRAVEL THERE AFTER MARKING ANZAC DAY IN GALLIPOLI. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS ACCUSED HIS UKRAINIAN COUNTERPART OF HARMING PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA AFTER VOLODYMR ZELENSKY SAID KYIV WOULD NOT RECOGNISE RUSSIAN CONTROL OF CRIMEA. TRUMP SAYS THESE COMMENTS WILL ONLY PROLONG THE CONFLICT. IT COMES AS HIS VICE-PRESIDENT SAID THE U.S. WILL, QUOTE, 'WALK AWAY' FROM FACILITATING A DEAL IF THE TWO SIDE CAN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT. A WILDFIRE IN THE U.S. RIPPING THROUGH NEW JERSEY IS SET TO BE THE STATE'S BIGGEST IN TWO DECADES. AUTHORITIES SAY NEARLY 1500 HOMES WERE THREATENED, BUT IT HAS NOW TRAVELLED INTO UNPOPULATED AREAS, WITH EVACUATION ORDERS LIFTED. AROUND 25,000 HOMES REMAIN WITHOUT POWER. FORMER BLACK CAP TRENT BOULT HAS STARRED FOR THE MUMBAI INDIANS IN THEIR DOMINANT VICTORY OVER SUNRISERS HYPERABAD IN THE INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE THIS MORNING. THE PACE BOWLER PICKED UP FOUR WICKETS, INCLUDING AUSTRALIA CAPTAIN PAT CUMMINS. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) STRAIGHT FOR ANOTHER WICKET. TRENT BOULT IS 4/26. THE INDIANS WRAPPING UP A SEVEN-WICKET WIN, THEIR FOURTH ON THE TROT AFTER A TORRID START TO THE SEASON. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST IN THE NORTH, HOWEVER PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR NORTHLAND AND THE COROMANDEL. 20 THE HIGH FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND. 16 FOR TAUPO. KI TE WAIPOUNAMU ` CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. ALTHOUGH, IT'S LOOKING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR THOSE AROUND THE WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH AREAS BEFORE CLEARING IN THE EVENING. 16 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM, 14 IN OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH. IT IS 8:04. THIS IS BREAKFAST. THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS PEOPLE WILL TRY TO SCAM MONEY OUT OF YOU. IT MIGHT BE ONLINE, THROUGH EMAIL, THE INTERNET, OR SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THE SCAMS ARE GETTING MORE FREQUENT AND MORE SOPHISTICATED. IN RESPONSE, THE BANKING ASSOCIATION IS ROLLING OUT A SUITE OF CHANGES WHICH WILL HELP CUSTOMERS RECOVER MONEY. CUSTOMERS WILL BE COVERED IF CERTAIN CRITERIA ARE MET, INCLUDING IF THE PAYMENT IS MADE TO A NEW ZEALAND BANK ACCOUNT, A THIRD PARTY PAYMENT SERVICE IS NOT USED, THE GOODS OR SERVICES WERE NOT BOUGHT ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR AN EQUIVALENT ONLINE MARKETPLACE, AND THE SCAM IS REPORTED TO THE POLICE AND BANK WITHIN THREE MONTHS. SEAN LYONS FROM NETSAFE JOINS US NOW FOR MORE. KIA ORA, SEAN. TALK TO ME ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE CHANGES. I THINK ANY MOVEMENT BY ANYBODY TO MINIMISE THE IMPACT THAT NEW ZEALANDERS FACE WITH SCAMS IS A GOOD THING. MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BANKS SAYING, WE WILL LOOK AT WHAT WE SEE AS HIGH RISK TRANSACTIONS, CONTACT INDIVIDUALS, ALLOW THEM TO CONTACT US. THAT CERTAINLY MOVES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO MINIMISE THE LOSSES NEW ZEALANDERS EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY. A LOT OF US WILL HAVE ALREADY NOTICED CHANGES, WHETHER IT IS THE EMAILS YOU GET FROM YOUR BANK OR WHEN YOU LOG ON AND YOU HAVE TO VERIFY THE PLACE YOU SEND MONEY. THERE ARE GOOD CHANGES OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS. DO THESE CHANGES GO FAR ENOUGH? PROBABLY ON THEIR OWN, THEY COULDN'T POSSIBLY. DEALING WITH SCAMS IS A MULTIFACETED THING. THIS IS A COMPLICATED THING, THERE ARE A LOTS OF MOVING PARTS. FINDING ADVICE ON FINDING SOMEONE TO TALK TO IS A REALLY KEY PART OF MINING PEOPLE BEFORE THEY GET CAUGHT IN THAT SCAM. PART OF EDUCATION BUT ALSO DIRECTLY HELP AND SUPPORT WHEN YOU ARE AT THAT KEY CRITICAL MOMENT IS A BIG HELP. HOW HARD IS IT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE ARE BEING SCAMMED AND GET DATA ON THE PREVALENCE OF SCAMS IN NEW ZEALAND? THE THING IS THAT SCAMS CHANGE SO MUCH AND PEOPLE YOU SO MANY MECHANISMS. SOMETIMES PEOPLE ASK PEOPLE TO GO OUT TO A RETAIL STORE AND GET GIFT CARDS. NET SAFE SEES ABOUT 15,000 REPORTS EACH YEAR, SO WE CAN SEE WE GET LOST WITH THE PEOPLE WHO TALK TO US, BUT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY PLACE PEOPLE COME TO PUT UP MORE OFTEN THAN NOT PEOPLE JUST DON'T TALK ABOUT WHAT IT IS ` THEY ARE ASHAMED, EMBARRASSED, THEY FEEL THAT WHAKAMA, AND WE REALLY TO GET PAST THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ACCURATE DATA ON SCAMS. THIS IS THE PROBLEM. I HAVE MATES WHO HAVE BEEN SCAMMED BEFORE, AND EVEN TELLING ME THEY WERE SO EMBARRASSED ABOUT IT. IT IS QUITE A SOPHISTICATED OPERATION THEY GOT CAUGHT UP IN. PERHAPS THEY WERE HAVING A BAD DAY OR WHATEVER OR WORD QUITE AS SHARP AS THEY COULD HAVE BEEN, AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO ADDRESS THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM. IT IS NOT OUR AGE, GENDER, WHAT YOU ARE DOING ` IF A SCAMP GETS YOU THE RIGHT TIME, IT CAN HAVE YOU FALL FOR IT. SCAMMERS KEEP MODIFYING WHAT THEY TOO IN ORDER TO NOT HAVE A STEADY ON OUR FEET ABOUT THESE THINGS. AT THE MORE WE SHARE IT WITH EVERYBODY, OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AROUND US, THE BETTER WE ARE LIKELY TO BE AT RECOGNISING THESE SCAMS THAT THAT CRITICAL MOMENT BEFORE WE HIT PAY, BEFORE WE HIT SEND ` THAT IS THE TIME WE NEED TO HELP. IF I GO THROUGH THIS CRITERIA, THOUGH, THEY ARE QUITE SPECIFIC THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE PAYMENT THROUGH 1/3 PARTY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT IS NOT FOR PURCHASES MADE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR EQUIVALENT PLATFORMS. IS THAT NOT LIKELY TO BE WHERE MOST OF THE SCAMS ARE CENTRED? IT IS CERTAINLY A LARGE PART OF WHETHER SCAMS ARE CENTRED, BUT THESE ARE THE BITS THAT INVOLVE OUR NETWORK ` NET SAFE ` AND THAT IS WHERE WE CAN CONTROL. SCAMMERS KNOW THE DEFENCES THAT WE HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO GET AROUND THESE THINGS AND FIND NEW AND NOVEL WAYS TO CATCH US, THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF. BANKS ARE ALSO GOING TO BE SHARING SCAM ACCOUNT INFORMATION BETWEEN THEM SO THEY CAN SAY, HEY, THIS IS AN ACCOUNT THAT WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED AS BEING INVOLVED IN A SCAMP THAT LOOK OUT FOR THEM AND DON'T SEND MONEY TO THEM BASICALLY. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT? IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. IF WE KNOW INFORMATION ABOUT BAD ACTORS ` WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND WHERE THEY ARE, THAT BASELINE THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TRANSACT AGAIN. BUT AGAIN, IT IS A CASE OF ONCE THOSE IDENTITIES ARE KNOWN, SCAMMERS WILL SHIFT AND CHANGE AND MAKE SURE THEY FALL OUTSIDE OF THOSE THINGS. IT IS VERY EASY TO SET UP A NEW SET OF EMAILS AND REPRESENT YOURSELF AS BEING IN ONE COUNTRY BUT ACTUALLY BEING IN ANOTHER. THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO CONSTANTLY BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND WE NEED TO BE CONSTANTLY CHANGING WHAT WE DO TO MAKE THE SCAMMER LANDSCAPE AS DIFFICULT AND DISRUPTIVE AS WE CAN FOR SCAMMERS AND ACCESS HELP FOR NEW ZEALAND CONSUMERS. AND THAT IS ONLY DEFENCE, RIGHT? IT IS ALL WELL AND ARE TRYING TO CRACK DOWN ON SCAMMERS, BUT OFTEN THEY ARE THESE INTERNATIONAL AND SOPHISTICATED OPERATIONS WAS UP BUT OUR BEST DEFENCE IS TO BE AS OFFENSIVE AS POSSIBLE. CRACKING DOWN IS ONE HING,BUT IT IS MAKING SURE THAT WEARE AWARE, IF WE HAVE THIS TINGLING SENSATION THAT IT IS NOT. TALK TO YOUR WHANAU, NET SAFE, WHOEVER IT MAY BE. GETTING THE ADVICE IS THE BEST DEFENCE. THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO US. IT IS SO HARD, THOUGH, BECAUSE THOSE SCAMS THAT IT IS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE DESPERATE, SO ANY SIGN OF HOPE, THAT IS WHEN WE CLING ONTO IT AND THINK, THERE IS SOMETHING NOT RIGHT ABOUT THIS, BUT I NEED THIS. THEY FEAST UPON IT. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT IS A CONNECTION OR WHETHER FINANCIALLY, THAT IS HOW THAT GOES ` THAT VULNERABILITY AS YOU SAY. I FIND WHEN YOU ARE IN A RUSH, AND YOU ARE DISTRACTED BY SOMETHING, THAT IS WHEN YOU ARE VULNERABLE TO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. YOU MAKE A SILLY DECISION IN THE MOMENT. EXACTLY. WE HAVE ALL DONE IT.. ME U TONU MAI ` WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE LATEST FILMS HITTING CINEMAS, INCLUDING OUR REVIEWER'S MOVIE OF THE YEAR SO FAR. WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS. # DON'T GO CHASING WATERFALLS. # ONE, TWO, THREE, OW! WE ARE QUITE CLOSE, AREN'T WE? YEAH, DON'T ACT SURPRISED. WE HAVE BEEN SITTING LIKE THIS FOR THE LAST FIVE MINUTES, AND NOW WE ARE ON TV... CHRIS NORMALLY SETS ALL THE WAY OVER THERE. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` INDIA HAS CLOSED THE MAIN BORDER CROSSING WITH PAKISTAN A DAY AFTER GUNMEN KILLED 26 PEOPLE IN INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR. MOURNERS IN ROME ARE NOW FILING PAST THE BODY OF POPE FRANCIS AS HE LIES IN STATE IN ST PETER'S BASILICA. AND NEW ZEALAND CRICKET IS SET TO BE A PART OWNER OF A NEW FRANCHISE IN THE NORTH AMERICAN T20 MAJOR CRICKET LEAGUE. FOR OUR REGULAR DIVE INTO THE TVNZ ARCHIVE, WE THOUGHT IT ONLY RIGHT TO DIG OUT SOME ANZAC COVERAGE FROM THE PAST. HERE'S A STORY FROM 1993 THAT AIRED ON CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW 'HOLMES'. IT FEATURED A NEW ZEALANDER TAKING CARE OF THE GRAVES OF FALLEN WWI SOLDIERS BURIED IN THE SOMME IN FRANCE. (BIRDS CHIRP) (MAJESTIC CHORAL MUSIC) (BIRDS CHIRP) (MAJESTIC CHORAL MUSIC CONTINUES) IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE CARNAGE THAT TOOK PLACE AND THE TERRIBLE WEAPONS THAT WERE USED IN WAR; AND WHEN YOU START LOOKING INTO THE WAR A BIT MORE DEEPLY, YOU WONDER WHETHER IT WAS ALL WORTH IT. (MAJESTIC CHORAL MUSIC CONTINUES) ON THE WESTERN FRONT, THE WORLD HAD NEVER SEEN THE HELLISH LIKES. IT COST THE LIVES OF A GENERATION, SO MANY OF THEM JUST BOYS ` 17, 18 ` THE BEST OF THE COMMONWEALTH SACRIFICED IN A STALEMATED MIRE. BUT THEY'RE NOT FORGOTTEN, NOT HERE IN THE SOMME ` THE MEMORY OF MEN SO LONG DEAD, SO FAR FROM HOME IS CULTIVATED WITH METICULOUS CARE. PETER WOOLLEY, A NEW ZEALANDER WORKING WITH THE WAR GRAVES COMMISSION, HELPS KEEP IT THAT WAY. THE FIRST THING THAT RAN THROUGH MY MIND WHEN I, UH, YOU KNOW` ESPECIALLY TO DO WITH THE ANZACS, THAT WERE HERE, UM, WAS WHAT WERE THEY DOING HERE, FIGHTING SO FAR AWAY FROM HOME? YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THE CHAP FROM OTAGO ` PROBABLY A FARMER'S SON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ` AND YOU THINK, WHAT THE HELL WAS HE DOING OVER HERE FIGHTING A WAR? THEY PUSHED THROUGH THE VILLAGE OF FLEURS, THE NEW ZEALAND BATTALION, IN SEPTEMBER 1916. KIWI BOOTS AND CATCALLS ECHOING DOWN WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE MAIN STREET. THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO CAMPAIGN THAT WOULD COST THEM DEAR. (SPEAKS FRENCH) FEW HERE ARE OLD ENOUGH NOW TO REMEMBER IT ALL, BUT A CANDLE STILL BURNS FOR THOSE BOYS FROM THE UTTERMOST ENDS OF THE EARTH. THEY TAKE THE REMEMBRANCE DAYS AND ALL THE ASSOCIATED CEREMONIES VERY UM... YOU KNOW, UH` VERY SERIOUSLY, AND THEY INVOLVE THEIR CHILDREN AND, UM... YEAH, I THINK THEY STILL FEEL AS THOUGH THERE WAS A, UM, YOU KNOW` THERE'S A GREAT DEBT TO BE PAID TO THE ALLIES AND THE KIWIS, THE ANZACS THAT, UH` THAT FOUGHT IN FRANCE. BONJOUR, MONSIEUR. BONJOUR, MONSIEUR. THEY REMEMBERED THIS BAR IN POZIERES THIS MAN HAS TURNED HIS BAR INTO A SHRINE ` OUT THE BACK AS A MUSEUM OF ARTEFACTS. A LEE ENFIELD? A LEE ENFIELD. AVEC BAYONET? (SPEAKS FRENCH) THE REALITY OF THE GREAT WAR IS AS REAL FOR HIM AS ANY HERE. HE LOST AN ARM WHILE PLOUGHING OUTSIDE. HIS TRACTOR HIT AN UNEXPLODED SHELL. ALMOST 80 YEARS ON, THESE FIELDS LOOK JUST ABOUT LIKE ANY OTHER IN PROVINCIAL FRANCE ` BENIGN, TRANQUIL, YET THERE REMAINS SOMETHING TERRIBLY UNCANNY ABOUT THEM TOO. 750,000 MILLION MEN DIED HERE, AND OF THEM, 300,000 WERE NEVER FOUND. THEY'RE STILL OUT HERE SOMEWHERE. IT'S IN THE AIR, SOMEHOW, THAT THIS IS A PLACE OF RESTLESS SOULS, EVEN THOUGH WHAT WENT ON HERE ` THE CARNAGE, THE TERROR, THE BRAVERY ` HAS BEEN SMOOTHED OVER BY TRACTORS AND TIME. AMONG THE HEADSTONES HERE, SGT RICHARD TRAVIS OF OPOTIKI, VICTORIA CROSS, DIED IN ACTION JULY 25TH 1918. I CAME ACROSS HIS HEADSTONE AND NOTICED THAT HE WAS VERY HIGHLY DECORATED, AND, UM, THERE WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT STUCK IN MY MIND ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PERSON. IT WAS JUST SOMETHING INTERESTING, AND, UH, SO WHEN I RETURNED BACK TO THE OFFICE, I GOT HIS, UM` GOT THE REGISTER BOOK OUT AND LOOKED INTO HIS HISTORY A LITTLE BIT MORE. TRAVIS HAD EARNED THE NICKNAME 'PRINCE OF SCOUTS'. THAT LATE JULY OF 1918, HE EARNED A VC FOR CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY UNDER FIRE. A DAY LATER, HE WAS DEAD, ANOTHER CASUALTY OF THE FRONT. CATERPILLAR RIDGE ` NEW ZEALANDERS ARE COMMEMORATED HERE TOO. IN THE SEPTEMBER OF 1916, THEY FOUGHT FOR 23 DAYS STRAIGHT. THEY SUFFERED 7000 CASUALTIES. ALMOST 1600 OF THEM WOULD DIE ` THAT TO ADVANCE JUST 4km. AS WITH EERIE HAMMERS, THE GHOSTS OF TERRIBLE SOUND, GUNS; FROM AFAR, THEY ARE KNOCKING ON HUMAN HEARTS EVERYWHERE OVER THE SILENT EVENING COUNTRY. IT'S A LIFETIME AND MORE NOW THAT THE BOYS FROM THE NEW ZEALAND DIVISION HAVE LAIN HERE. BUT THIS ANZAC DAY, THE FACTORY APPRENTICE FROM THE HUTT VALLEY AND THE FARMER'S BOY FROM OTAGO, WHO THE YEARS NEVER CONDEMNED, WILL BE REMEMBERED ONCE MORE. AT THE GOING-DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING, THEY WILL BE REMEMBERED. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) FROM A MASSIVE BOX OFFICE WIN FOR MICHAEL B. JORDAN'S LATEST GOTHIC VAMPIRE FILM TO MARLON WILLIAMS' DOCO DEBUT, FILM CRITIC KATE RODGER FROM THE PROJECTOR HAS ALL THE DETAILS FOR US. MORENA, KATE. WHERE IS MY PAPER? I HAVE WRITTEN IT DOWN HERE. BECAUSE I GET YOUR EMAIL ` LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT WHEN A MOVIE MAKES ME FEEL ALL THE THINGS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SINNERS. AND HAS BEEN OPEN FOR JUST ONE WEEK, AND IT IS A MARKETING MASTERPIECE. THEY HAVE DROPPED IT LIKE A GRENADE. WE SAW IT AS MICHAEL B JORDAN PLAYING TWINS WHICH IS KIND OF COOL. SWEET ` TWILIGHT FOR A DIFFERENT GENERATION. LIKE YOU SAY, I WAS PINNED TO THE BACK OF MY SEAT BY THE END OF THIS FILM, BECAUSE, A, I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO HAVE THIS MUCH OF AN IMPACT ON ME FOR VARIOUS REASONS, ONE OF WHICH IS THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF HOW THE MUSIC FORMS THE BEDROCK OF THIS FILM. AND IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. I WILL TELL YOU AN AMAZING STORY ` RYAN KUGLER AND LUDWICK GORENSEN WENT TO UCLA TOGETHER. AND THEY FORMED A BOND FROM WAY BACK. THEY HAVE CRAFTED THIS STORY. AND IT IS THEY VISCERAL EXPERIENCE IN THIS WAY. I HATE TO USE THE WORD TARANTINO-ESQUE, BUT AS THE SCENE IS BEING SET, YOU HAVE THE TWINS ON THE TRAIN TO MISSISSIPPI, AND THEY WANT TO MAKE THEIR OWN JOINT. WE SPEND A DAY WITH THEM AS THEY ACCUMULATE ALL OF THESE AMAZING CHARACTERS TO OPEN THE DUKE JOINT. HAS BEEN COMPARED TO DUSK TILL DAWN. IT IS FUNNY YOU MAKE THAT COMPARISON, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE. IT IS A STORY OF REDEMPTION. THERE IS RAGE AND THERE, IT IS A LITTLE BIT SEXY ` A WHOLE LOT SEXY ACTUALLY ` NOT APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN. WHEN YOU HAVE AN ABILITY TO EXPERIENCE A FELL IN A KIND OF PHYSICAL WAY, THAT IS HOW THE START. THAT IS MANY STRANDS OF IT. I FELL IN LOVE WITH CHARACTERS SAVING THOUGHT I HATED. I AM NOT DESCRIBING THE STORY VERY WELL BECAUSE I THINK IT SHOULD REVEAL ITSELF. IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, IF I CAN SAY ONE MORE THING, IF YOU ARE IN WELLINGTON AND AUCKLAND AND CAN SEE THIS FILM ON IMAX ` CHRISTOPHER NOLAN RECEIVED INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO USE IMAX CAMERAS. IS IT A FIVE-STAR FILM? YES IT IS. NOT OFTEN YOU GET A LOT OF CHAT, AND IT REALLY IS WORTH. I CAN'T WAIT, AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS ONE ` MARTIN WILLIAMS. NGA AO E RUA. SUCH A TALENTED YOUNG MAN. OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW HIS EXTRAORDINARY VOICE AND TOURING AND HIS MANA, AND WHEN HE POPPED UP, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE RANDOM THINGS, AND I WENT TO THE JUNKER IN NEW YORK AND INTERVIEWED BRADLEY COOPER, AND HE TOLD THIS AMAZING STORY OF HOW HE HEARD MARLON ON THE RADIO AND CAST HIM IN THE FILM. I WAS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT THE RANDOMNESS OF LIFE, AND HIS ECLECTIC CAREER AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. IT IS A REALLY PERSONAL STORY. IT AS HIS STORY WITH TE AO MAORI AND HIM EMBRACING HAS REO SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF HIM DOING WHAT HE JUST. THERE IS ONLY THREE MINUTES OF ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE IN THIS DOCO. SO IT HAS HAVING A BIG PREMIERE IN AUCKLAND NEXT WEEK. IT HAS A BEAUTY TO IT, AND ALSO, DON'T YOU WANT A WINDOW INTO A CAREER EARLY ON BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT HE IS JUST GOING TO DO, AND CONTINUE TO DO, EXTRAORDINARY THINGS? I AM KIND OF A LITTLE BIT IN AWE OF HIM. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT. I'M GOING TO THAT PREMIERE NEXT TUESDAY. DID YOU NOT GET AN INVITE, JACK? SOZ. NO, I DIDN'T. CAN WE TALK ABOUT KING COUNTRY TOO? BECAUSE I LOVED THE FIRST FILM. SUCH A GREAT FILM. AND A NOTION OF THAT HE LIKES TO KILL PEOPLE. WHICH IS SUCH AN INTERESTING PREMISE. HE IS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM, WHICH IS AN INTERESTING WAY TO DIG INTO CHARACTERS AND INTERESTING WAYS. WHO DOESN'T LIKE A BIT OF KILLING PEOPLE WITH GUNS AND GRENADES AND STUFF? I KNOW I DO. IT IS MAKE-BELIEVE, JACK. IT IS MAKE-BELIEVE. I DIDN'T FIND THIS IS GREAT, AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY ` SIMILAR TO THE JOHN WORK IDEA ` SIMILAR STORY, KILLED MY PUPPY, GONNA KILL YOU. IT IS SET UP IN A REALLY SIMPLE WAY WITH ANNA KENDRICK AND REVEALED SIMPLE THINGS, WHEREAS YOU CAN FEEL THIS TIME THE BUTTONS BEING PUSHED ELIZABETH MOORE. TO BE HONEST, IF YOU LIKE THE FIRST ONE, YOU WILL LIKE THIS ONE. IT IS THREE GOOD MOVIES ` SINNERS, THE ACCOUNTANT 2 AND NGA AO E RUA. KATE ROGERS, AS ALWAYS SUCH A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. MARLON WILLIAMS HAS HIS NEW ALBUM, MESSY HOUSE. IT IS SO GOOD. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT, AND WEATHER. PLUS, THE HARD-SHELLED WWI SURVIVOR WHO'S NEVER ATTENDED AN ANZAC DAY SERVICE. # MARIE... THE PRIME MINISTER HAS REFUSED CALLS TO STEP IN OVER COMMENTS MADE BY WINSTON PETERS, SUGGESTING TO RNZ FUNDING WOULD BE CUT. PETERS MADE THE COMMENTS DURING AN INTERVIEW ON THE RADIO STATION, SAYING IT WAS, QUOTE, 'AN ABUSE TO THE TAXPAYER'. CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS IT'S NOT HOW HE WOULD ENGAGE WITH MEDIA, BUT PETERS IS ENTITLED TO PUSH BACK ON JOURNALISTS. HIS CABINET MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP AGREES, SAYING THE COMMENTS DIDN'T BREACH THE RADIO NEW ZEALAND ACT PREVENTING MINISTERS FROM GIVING DIRECTION TO THE COMPANY, A LAW BROUGHT IN FOLLOWING THE MULDOON ERA. MULDOON USED TO RING THE DIRECTOR AND SO YOU WILL NOT HAVE THIS PERSON ON, AND YOU WILL ASK ME X AND Y. THAT IS WHY THAT IS THERE. THAT IS A CABINET DECISION. LABOUR MP KIERAN MCNULTY SAYS PETERS' COMMENTS WERE, QUOTE, 'TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE' ESPECIALLY GIVEN HE IS CURRENTLY ACTING PRIME MINISTER WHILE LUXON IS OVERSEAS. BACK HERE, FURTHER ARRESTS HAVE ENDED A SIX DAY LONG PROTEST AT A WEST COAST COAL MINE. AROUND 70 ACTIVISTS SPENT OVER 60 HOURS CAMPING ON DENNISTON PLATEAU IN THE HOPES OF STOPPING BATHURST RESOURCES FROM EXTENDING ITS STOCKTON MINE AND EXTRACTING 20 MILLION TONS OF COAL OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS. THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S PLEASED THOSE INVOLVED ARE SAFE, BUT CLIMATE ACTIVISTS WARN THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF THEIR MOVEMENT TO STOP COAL MINING FOR GOOD. PROTESTS HAVE BROKEN OUT ACROSS THREE INDIAN CITIES, WITH LOCALS BURNING PAKISTANI FLAGS AND EFFIGIES A DAY AFTER GUNMEN KILLED 26 PEOPLE IN INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR. INDIA HAS CLOSED THE MAIN BORDER CROSSING WITH PAKISTAN AFTER ACCUSING ITS NEIGHBOURS OF SUPPORTING CROSS-BORDER TERRORISM, HOLDING THEM INDIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK. ISLAMABAD DENIES THIS. YESTERDAY'S INCIDENT WAS THE DEADLIEST ATTACK ON CIVILIANS IN RECENT YEARS, FOLLOWING RELATIVE CALM AFTER DECADES OF SEPARATIST INSURGENCY. THE RE-TRIAL OF HARVEY WEINSTEIN HAS BEGUN IN NEW YORK. IN 2020, HE WAS CONVICTED OF RAPE AND SENTENCED TO 23 YEARS IN PRISON BEFORE THE CITY'S HIGHEST COURT OVERTURNED THE DECISION OVER THE INCLUSION OF WITNESSES WHOSE ALLEGATIONS WERE NOT PART OF THE CASE AGAINST HIM. WEINSTEIN IS BEING RE-TRIED ON TWO OF THE ORIGINAL CHARGES. HE'S PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND DENIES ALL ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. HE IS YET TO BEGIN SERVING A SEPARATE 16-YEAR SENTENCE FROM A 20-22 TRIAL IN CALIFORNIA. TO SPORT, AND THE CHIEFS WILL BE WELCOMING BACK STAR WALLACE SITITI, WHO'S MAKING A SURPRISE EARLY RETURN FROM A KNEE INJURY. THE 22-YEAR-OLD BREAKOUT STAR HAS BEEN SIDE-LINED SINCE THE END OF LAST SEASON'S ALL BLACKS TOUR AND WILL COME OFF THE BENCH FOR THE MATCH AGAINST THE FORCE. HIS RETURN OFFSET BY THE ABSENCE OF PLAYMAKER DAMIAN MCKENZIE, WHO HAS BEEN RULED OUT OF THE MATCH WITH A HAND INJURY. THE MATCH WILL BE PLAYED AT TAURANGA'S BAY OVAL FOR THE FIRST TIME AND KICKS OFF AT 7.05 ON FRIDAY NIGHT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` A MAINLY FINE DAY FOR MOST IN THE NORTH, HOWEVER PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR NORTHLAND AND THE COROMANDEL. 20 THE HIGH FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND, 16 FOR TAUPO. KI TE WAIPOUNAMU ` CLEAR SKIES AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. ALTHOUGH, IT'S LOOKING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR THOSE AROUND THE WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH AREAS BEFORE CLEARING IN THE EVENING. 16 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM, 14 IN OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH.THIS 16 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM, 14 IN OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH. NEW ZEALAND'S LAST WWI VETERAN IS STILL GOING STRONG. TORTY THE GREEK ISLAND TORTOISE HAS BEEN PART OF THE 'LITTLE' FAMILY FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS. SHE WAS RESCUED FROM FRANCE AND BROUGHT TO NEW ZEALAND BY STUART LITTLE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. TORTY'S INCREDIBLE JOURNEY HAS EVEN BEEN CHRONICLED TORTY'S INCREDIBLE JOURNEY HAS EVEN BEEN CHRONICLED IN A CHILDREN'S BOOK. BUT HOW IS SHE GOING NOW? WE'RE JOINED BY HER CARER HELEN LITTLE TO FIND OUT. MORENA. THIS IS A BEAUTIFULLY REMARKABLE STORY. HOW IS THE TORTOISE? SLEEPING? YES, WE CALL IT RUMATION. HOW WOULD SHE COME TO NEW ZEALAND? MY HUSBAND'S GRANDFATHER, STUART LITTLE, WAS SERVING AS A MEDIC ON THE HOSPITAL SHIP. HE WAS ON OUR R&R. HE SAW HER RUN OVER BY A GUN WAGON. HE THOUGHT SHE WAS A SQUASHED TURTLE, AND WHEN SHE STARTED TO MOVE, HE REALISED SHE WAS A SURVIVOR AND HE THOUGHT HE HAD TO HAVE HER. HE NURSED HER BACK TO HEALTH AND BROUGHT HER BACK TO NEW ZEALAND AFTER HE CAME BACK AFTER HIS FIRST SERVICE IN 1915. IT IS SUCH A REMARKABLE STORY. SHE IS THE STAR OF THIS BOOK HERE. SHE ALSO DOES SCHOOL VISITS. HOW DO PEOPLE RESPOND, NOT ONLY TO HER, BUT TO THE STORY? THEY JUST LOVE THE STORY, AND IT IS A REAL THRILL TO TAKE HER INTO SCHOOLS, BECAUSE SHE IS SUCH A... LOVABLE LITTLE ANIMAL. SHE IS NOT A COMMON ANIMAL, SO THEY JUST LOVE HER, AND IT IS MY PLEASURE, AND THEY WANT TO TOUCH HER AND WATCH HER MOVE AND WATCH HER EAT. SHE IS JUST A DELIGHT, AND THEY JUST LOVE HER. HAIR IS THE THING... ( AUDIO CUTS) SHE HAS BEEN AT THE CANCER SOCIETY LODGE IN HAMILTON. SHE HAS BEEN HERE BECAUSE I WORK HERE, AND SO THE GUESTS GO AND SPEND TIME WITH HER, WHICH IS REALLY NICE. HERE IS THE THING, TORTY SLEEPS THROUGH ANZAC DAY. HOW LONG DOES SHE SLEEP FOR? SHE SLEEPS FOR FIVE MONTHS. SO SHE GENERALLY GOES INTO HER RUMATION USUALLY IN THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL, THE SECOND WEEK OF APRIL, AND THEN SHE WILL SLEEP FOR FIVE MONTHS. SHE WILL AWAKEN THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. WE TRY TO KEEP HER AWAKE. THE SCHOOLS WANT HER AS CLOSE AS THEY CAN GET HER TO ANZAC DAY, BUT I KEEP SAYING THAT IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHETHER SHE HAS GONE INTO HER RUMATION. IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU HONOUR HER LEGACY EVEN THOUGH SHE SLEEPS THROUGH THIS PERIOD OF TIME? WE JUST LOVE HER. TO US, WE... WE GET EXCITED WHEN SHE WAKES UP AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER, AND THAT IS WHEN I KNOW THAT I HAVE LOOKED AFTER HER THIS YEAR WELL, IS WHEN SHE WILL AWAKE IN SEPTEMBER. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SHE WAKES UP? NO DOUBT THERE WILL BE MORE SCHOOL VISITS WAITING FOR HER. USUALLY, WE DON'T TAKE INTO SCHOOL STRAIGHTAWAY BECAUSE OF COURSE, IN THE FOURTH TERM, SCHOOLS ARE VERY BUSY WINDING UP. IT IS ALSO A TIME AFTER A MONTH WHEN SHE HAS WOKEN UP, SHE STARTS TO LAY EGGS, AND SO SHE GETS VERY AGITATED AROUND THAT TIME. WE JUST ENJOY HER, AND PEOPLE COME AND VISIT IN OUR PLACE. I ACTUALLY SHARE HER WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY. SO WHEN SHE WAKES UP IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, SHE WILL BE IN A DIFFERENT TOWN IN NEW ZEALAND BECAUSE SHE WILL BE WITH ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER. HOW GORGEOUS. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL STORY, HELEN, AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT WITH US. THIS IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL BOOK. HELEN LITTLE JOINING US THIS MORNING. MY PLEASURE. THAT IS AMAZING. IT'S AMAZING TO THINK THAT SHE HAS COME FROM GREECE IN WORLD WAR I. IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK, IT TALKS ABOUT HER JOURNEY BACK TO NEW ZEALAND. I WONDER HOW LONG IT TOOK HER TO` I KNOW WE'LL GET JETLAGGED, BUT I WONDER HOW LONG IT TOOK HER TO CHANGE HER HIBERNATION. BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY, SHE DIDN'T HIBERNATE OVER THE NORTHERN SUMMER. PRESUMABLY WHEN SHE CAME TO NEW ZEALAND, SHE WAS LIKE, ' HANG ON A SECOND, ' I HAVE MOVED FROM THE GREEK ISLANDS TO PALMERSTON NORTH, ' SOMETHING HAS CHANGED.' IT IS A BEAUTIFUL STORY. A GREEK TAUGHT US CAN LIVE TO ABOUT 125 IN CAPTIVITY, BUT I SUPPOSE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW WILL CHEERS. BUT I SUPPOSE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW OLD SHE IS. NO WE DON'T. E WHAI AKE NEI ` CHARLOTTE MULDER'S EMBRACING THE ANZAC SPIRIT FOR US THIS MORNING. MORENA, CHARLOTTE. HELLO, TEAM, ONE HOUR HAS BEEN SPENT ON EACH OF THESE POPPIES, THERE IS ABOUT 2000 ON THIS BLANKET, YOU ARE GOING TO BE FINDING OUT WHY COMING UP AFTER THAT BREAK. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS ACCUSED HIS UKRAINIAN COUNTERPART OF HARMING PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA AFTER VOLODYMR ZELENSKY SAID KYIV WOULD NOT RECOGNISE RUSSIAN CONTROL OF CRIMEA. A WILDFIRE IN THE U.S. RIPPING THROUGH NEW JERSEY IS SET TO BE THE STATE'S BIGGEST IN TWO DECADES. AND WANAKA'S CELEBRATING ITS LATEST SNOWSPORT CHAMPION CRAIG MURRAY WHO'S WON AN ELITE SKIING COMPETITION IN ALASKA'S BACKCOUNTRY. THAT IS INSANE. HOW OUR YOUR KNEES, CRAIG? IT IS EVERYTHING. I TELL YOU WHAT, HOW GOOD OUR GOPROS? A GROUP OF RETIREMENT VILLAGE RESIDENTS HAVE SPENT THE PAST TWO YEARS CRAFTING TOGETHER AN INTRICATELY DESIGNED ANZAC BLANKET TO REMEMBER THOSE LOST IN BATTLE. RESIDENTS AT THE STERLIING RETIREMENT VILLAGE HAVE RESIDENTS AT THE STERLIING RETIREMENT VILLAGE HAVE KNITTED HUNDREDS OF CROCHETED POPPIES TO COMMEMORATE ANZAC DAY. THERE ARE STILL SOME LAST-MINUTE POPPIES BEING MADE, SO WE SENT OUR REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER ALONG TO HELP OUT. HOW YOU GOING, CHARLOTTE? I'M GOING REALLY, REALLY WELL, GUYS. I LEARNT HOW TO REMIT FIVE MINUTES AGO, SO I HAVE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO WITH THIS, BUT I WILL JUST PUT THAT DOWN FOR NOW. I'M JUST GOING TO GRAB THIS. THESE LOVELY LADIES ARE THE ONES WHO HELPED MAKE THIS BEAUTIFUL BLANKET FILLED WITH THOUSANDS OF POPPIES. I HAVE GOT IRENE, MURIEL, AND MARGARET HERE WITH . ME IT HAS TAKEN TWO YEARS. WHY IS IT TAKEN SO LONG? EACH COPY HAS TAKEN APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR TILL IT. MOST OF US ARE PROBABLY KNITTED TO A NIHT. THAT IS QUITE A LENGTHY PROCESS AND WE HAVE HAD TO SOW THEM ON. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT COMMUNITY PROJECT. PEOPLE COME UNDER THE POPPIES AND THEY SIT AND TALK OF MEMORIES OF PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS AND THEIR STORIES, AND IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY EFFORT. THERE IS KNITTED AND CROCHETED, AND THERE IS LOTS AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS ON DISPLAY. I WANT YOU TO TALKING THROUGH WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE. WHEN I BECAME INVOLVED, I INTRODUCED THE ARTISTIC BACTERIA, AND I SUGGESTED THEY NEEDED TO HAVE SOME TEXTURE AND SOME DIFFERENT COLOURED SHADES OF REDS AND USE BUTTONS AND SEQUINS AND FELT FOR THE EYE OF THE POPPY. THEY TOOK THIS ON BOARD AND FILLED THE WHOLE WITH THE POPPIES. THE PURPLE POPPIES ARE THERE IN MEMORIAL OF THE ANIMALS WHO WERE INVOLVED ` THE DOGS AND HORSES ESPECIALLY. EVERYBODY IS QUITE INVOLVED IN THIS. DONOR IF YOU CAN SEE, BUT WE HAVE NOT PURPLE ONES, RED ONES, THERE ARE ALSO LOTS OF DIFFERENT MEMORABILIA SOWN IN. YOU MENTIONED BEFORE THAT YOU PUT YOUR FATHER'S BADGE? HE WAS IN THE MEDICAL CORPS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR. ALSO, WE HAVE GOT THESE DOG TAGS WHICH HAVE GOT THE NAME OF THE PERSON THEY BELONG TO, AND THAT, AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE GOT THESE PURPLE ONES ON, AND ALSO THE PURPLE ONES ARE IN THE MEMORY OF THE HORSES AS WELL FROM THE WARS. WE HAVE GOT SOME FRIENDS OF THE TOP. WHO IS THAT? YOU ARE SEEING THE PIGEON, THE HORSE, BECAUSE A LOT OF SOLDIERS DIED IN THE WAR, A SOLDIER, NO, WHOSE VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THEY DID HELP, AND DOWN THE BOTTOM WE HAVE GOT SOME KANGAROOS AND DOGS, AND A KIWI, OF COURSE, BECAUSE IT IS A ANZAC BLANKET. YOU WERE TALKING BEFORE IT'S BEEN A COMMUNITY PROJECT, LOTS OF SORRY PASSED AROUND, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS I PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT? WHEN I WAS SEWING ON THE POPPIES WITH MY FRIEND WHO COULD COME TODAY, WE SPENT MANY HOURS IN THE LIBRARY, AND PEOPLE WOULD COMMENT AND EVER TOUCH THE BLANKET, AND THEY WOULD SAY THAT THEIR DAD OR THEIR GREAT GREAT UNCLE OR SOME STORIES. SOME OF THE STORIES WERE QUITE SAD, SOME OF THEM DIDN'T COME HOME, AND I HOPE THAT THIS BLANKET REPRESENTS THOSE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T COME . I'M GOING TO CRY, BUT NEVER MIND. LOTS OF STORIES THAT BLANKET. I AM VERY PROUD OF IT. I'M SURE THEY WILL BE VERY PROUD OF YOU TODAY DOING THIS FOR THEM, AND NOW YOU HAVE GOT THIS TO LOOK BACK ON AND REMEMBER, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT IS A COMMUNITY EFFORT. OVERALL REMINDER OF ALL THOSE LOVED ONES AS WELL. THE STERLING RETIREMENT VILLAGE, YOU GUYS WILL BE COMMEMORATING THIS AFTERNOON, CORRECT? THERE IS A SERVICE HERE THIS AFTERNOON. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS ABOUT 60 PEOPLE COMING. THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE DOING THE AFTERNOON TEA, AND IT IS GOING TO BE A KIWI STYLE AFTERNOON TEA, AND MY HUSBAND IS ACTUALLY RUNNING THE SERVICE BECAUSE HE IS CHAIRMAN OF THE RESIDENCE HERE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. I WILL HAVE TO KEEP MY KNITTING SKILLS UP. THAT WAS NOT QUITE LONG ENOUGH. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. THANK YOU, CHARLOTTE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` AUCKLAND FC'S OPENING UP MT SMART TO THE FANS THIS MORNING AHEAD OF WHAT COULD BE A BIG WEEKEND FOR THE CLUB. LUCY BENDELL HAS GONE FOR A KICK AROUND. MORENA, LUCY. I HAVEN'T GONE FOR A KICK AROUND, WE HAVE GOT SOME PLAYERS HERE. AUCKLAND FCR TO THE TOP OF THE TABLE, AND THEY ARE OPENING THE DOOR FOR THE FANS FOR A FUN DAY CHECKING OUT THE STADIUM, MEET SOME PLAYERS. WE WILL FIND OUT WHAT IS ON HOPPER FOR THE OPEN HOUSE TODAY AFTER THE BREAK. WE WILL FIND OUT WHAT IS ON OFFER FOR THE OPEN HOUSE TODAY AFTER THE YOU CAN DO THIS. MORENA. ALTON FC ARE TOP OF THE TABLE... TOP OF THE TABLE. LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN. AUCKLAND FC ARE AT THE TOP OF THE A-LEAGUE TABLE, AND, AHEAD OF THEIR GAME AGAINST PERTH THIS SUNDAY, ARE HAVING AN OPEN HOUSE TODAY AT GO MEDIA STADIUM. LUCY BENDELL IS THERE. MORENA, LUCE. MORENA, TEAM. I MIGHT HAVE THE TOP, BUT I DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE THE SKILLS THAT COME WITH THE TOP. THEY ARE GOING TO BE OPENING THE DOORS HERE TO FANS, MEMBERS OR PERHAPS PEOPLE WANTING TO DO SOMETHING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. WE ARE JOINED BY PLAYER DAN HALL AND CEO NICK BECKER THIS MORNING. WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE OPEN HOUSE TODAY? IT IS A GLORIOUS DAY HERE. EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO COME DOWN AND HAVE A LOOK. IT IS A MEMBERSHIP DRIVE FOR NEXT SEASON. WE HAVE THE BIG SLIDE, BRING THE KIDS DOWN AND HAVE A LOOK. WE WILL SHOW YOU THE SEAT YOU CAN HAVE, THE RETAIL TEAM ARE HERE TO SELL YOU THE HOME JERSEY AHEAD OF OUR LAST HOME GAME WHICH IS THE SUNDAY. IT IS A FUN ACTIVITY FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. THE GAME THIS SUNDAY YOU MENTIONED IS A BIG GAME. HOW IS THE TEAM FEELING KRISHNA FEELING? WE ARE EXCITED. IT IS A HOME GAME. WE ARE PUMPED TO GO OUT IN FRONT OF A HOME CROWD. IT IS GOING TO BE A GROUNDBREAKING AND HISTORY MAKING GAME. WHAT CAN THE CROWD EXPECT THIS WE CAN? THIS WEEKEND* OBVIOUSLY WITH RESULTS GOING OUR WAY, IT IS GOING TO BE AN EXCITING ATMOSPHERE, AND PLAYERS WILL TURN UP ON THE DAY AND PUT ON A GOOD SHOW FOR THE CROWD. IT IS AN EXCITING WEEK FOR AUCKLAND FC THIS ENTIRE WEEK. WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING AN OPEN HOUSE LIKE THIS? IT IS A MASSIVE WEEK. THE PREMIERSHIP ON SUNDAY, WE WILL BE THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND TEAM TO ACHIEVE THAT WE WENT. WE WANT TO COMPETE, WE WANT TO BE THERE, WE MAKE UP NUMBERS ` WE HAVE DONE THAT. WE HAVE SHOWN IT TO THE FANS THAT BEING A MEMBER IS THE BEST WAY TO SUPPORT THE CLUB ` YOU GET EXCLUSIVE PERKS AND MEETING THE PLAYERS. AND YOU GET TO SAY YOU ARE AN AFC MEMBER. WHAT COULD BE BETTER? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU EXPECTING TODAY AND ON SUNDAY? HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE IN THE HUNDREDS TODAY, BUT THAT WILL BE DWARFED BY THE FACT IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE A SELLOUT THIS SUNDAY. THE SUPPORT WE HAVE HAD FROM AUCKLAND HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. THE CROWD WE HAVE HAD HAS BEEN THE BEST IN A LEAGUE WITHOUT A DOUBT. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU. YOU HAVE THE BALL THERE. COULD YOU SHOW ME SOME SKILLS? WHAT IS YOURS TOP SKILL? I DO KNOW THAT MANY SKILLS, BUT I COULD TEACH YOU A STEP OVER. YOU STEPPED OVER THE VAULT. BALL* (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THANK YOU SO MUCH, TEAM. HE IS LYING. LUCY IS A KEEN AFC FAN. DON'T BE AFRAID IF YOU WANT TO CLOSE OUT THE SHOW WITH A SLY TACKLE THERE. (LAUGHTER) CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS WEEKEND. FANTASTIC TO SEE ALL OF YOU HEADING TO GO MEDIA STADIUM TODAY. AND IF YOU CAN HEAD OUT TO THOSE SERVICES TOMORROW FOR ANZAC DAY. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. CAPTIONS BY KITTY WASASALA, MAIA CARR HEKE, TOM CLARKE AND COURTNEY SOLE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025