IT'S MONDAY, THE 28th OF APRIL. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. WELCOME BACK, CHRIS. THANK YOU, BACK TO SCHOOL AS WELL. THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT. HAD A GREAT WEEK OFF, BUT I'M FEELING FRESH. 10 DAYS. EVERYONE GOT LONG WEEKENDS, DIDN'T THEY? THAT IS GOOD. YOU ARE A BIT CHIRPY THAN MOST PEOPLE AROUND HERE. WHY ARE YOU SMILING? PLAY SOME GOOD BOARDGAMES. GOT THE KIDS INTO CLUEDO. THE AIR B&B HAD A GOOD SELECTION OF BOARD GAMES. THEY DO GO FERAL AT SOME POINTS. WAS CONCERNED AT HOW MODERNISED IT HAD BECOME. KERNEL MUSTARD WAS THERE IN SOME FORM, BUT HE WAS MODERNISED. IS NOT A BAD THING, AS IT? IT TAKES ME BACK. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` ANOTHER WARNING ABOUT CUTS TO THE HEATH SYSTEM. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND'S CONSIDERING CLOSING DOWN A SPECIALIST INTENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY IN AUCKLAND. IT SAYS RESOURCES COULD HELP MORE PEOPLE IF REDISTRIBUTED, BUT THE POTENTIAL MOVE'S BEEN LABELLED MISGUIDED AND DANGEROUS. WE'LL HEAR FROM A FORMER EMPLOYEE WHO SAYS LIVES COULD BE PUT AT RISK. ALSO AHEAD, POPE FRANCIS HAS BEEN LAID TO REST. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TURNED OUT FOR THE PONTIFF'S FUNERAL, INCLUDING THE PRIME MINISTER. HE SITS DOWN FOR A CHAT ABOUT PAYING HIS RESPECTS, MINGLING WITH WORLD LEADERS AND THE REST OF HIS EXTENDED TRIP TO EUROPE. PLUS, UP THE WAHS. ANOTHER WIN FOR THE WARRIORS HAS THE TEAM RIDING HIGH ` FOURTH ON THE LADDER AFTER EIGHT ROUNDS. WE'LL WRAP UP THAT PLUS AUCKLAND FC'S HISTORY-MAKING WEEKEND WITH SCOTTY STEVENSON JUST BEFORE SEVEN. DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE, DO WE? GO YOU, CHRISTCHURCH. AMAZING CROWD ON FRIDAY NIGHT. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S YOUR NEWS. THANKS, JENNY MAY. CANADIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE CONFIRMED AT LEAST 11 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A CAR DROVE INTO A FILIPINO STREET FESTIVAL IN VANCOUVER LAST NIGHT. POLICE ARRESTED A LOCAL MAN (30) AT THE SCENE SAYING HE IS KNOWN TO THEM AND THEY'RE CONFIDENT IT WAS NOT AN ACT OF TERRORISM. MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE HAVE ALSO BEEN INJURED. WITNESSES SAY THE MAN WAS CHASED AND HELD BY FESTIVAL GOERS UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED. DOZENS OF CARDINALS HAVE TODAY VISITED THE TOMB OF POPE FRANCIS AT THE BASILICA OF ST MARY MAJOR AS ATTENTION TURNS TO WHO MIGHT SUCCEED HIM. FRANCIS' COFFIN WAS TAKEN THERE FOLLOWING HIS FUNERAL ON SATURDAY IN A BREAK FROM TRADITION. HE'S THE FIRST POPE IN MORE THAN A CENTURY TO BE LAID TO REST OUTSIDE THE VATICAN. THE COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO BAN A COMMONLY USED MATERIAL FOUND TO CAUSE LUNG DISEASE, RNZ NEWS REPORTS. ENGINEERED STONE BENCHTOPS, PANELS, AND SLABS HAVE BEEN BANNED IN AUSTRALIA SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AFTER WORKERS WERE FOUND TO BE DEVELOPING SILICOSIS AND OTHER SERIOUS LUNG DISEASES FROM EXPOSURE TO SILICA DUST. THE CTU PRESIDENT, RICHARD WAGSTAFF, SAYS THEY'VE BEEN ASKING MINISTER BROOKE VAN VELDEN TO BAN ENGINEERED STONE IN NEW ZEALAND SINCE 2023 TO NO AVAIL. THE UNION IS LAUNCHING A PETITION TO IMPLEMENT A FULL BAN ON ENGINEERED STONE. LIVERPOOL HAVE WON THE PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE WRAPPING UP A DOMINANT CAMPAIGN WITH A RESOUNDING WIN OVER TOTTENHAM. THE REDS COULD HAVE SECURED THE TITLE WITH A WIN OR A DRAW IN THE END SEALING IT WITH A 5-1 ROUT. # YOU'LL NEVER # WALK ALONE. # IT'S THEIR 20TH TITLE, THEIR LAST PREMIER LEAGUE WIN COMING IN 2020. AND AUCKLAND FC HAVE THANKED THEIR SUPPORTERS AFTER SEALING THEIR SILVERWARE, WINNING THE A-LEAGUE MINOR PREMIERSHIP IN THEIR DEBUT SEASON. HAVING ALREADY SECURED THE PREMIER'S PLATE BEFORE KICK-OFF, THE BLACK KNIGHTS CEMENTED THEIR SPOT AT THE TOP OF THE LEAGUE WITH A WIN OVER THE PERTH GLORY AT HOME. THEY DESERVE IT, THEY HAVE BEEN RIGHT BEHIND US ALL SEASON. HELPING US IN GAMES AND RESTORED LATE GOALS. WITHOUT THEM, THE CLUB IS NOTHING. THIS ONE IS FOR THE FANS FOR SURE. THE JOB'S NOT DONE YET, THOUGH. AUCKLAND HAVE ONE MORE REGULAR SEASON GAME AGAINST WESTERN UNITED BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS GET UNDERWAY NEXT MONTH. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) WHAT IS THE WEATHER DOING FOR THE BACK OF SCHOOL RUN? PACK YOUR BROLLY; PERIODS OF RAIN FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, A FINE MORNING IN WELLINGTON TURNING CLOUDY WITH THE POSSIBLE SHOWER LATER ON. A HIGH OF 23 IN KAITAIA. 18 IN TAUPO. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND `WILL LOOKING MOSTLY FINE HERE. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY IN NELSON, BLENHEIM AND DUNEDIN. CLEAR SKIES ELSEWHERE. 21 YOUR HIGH IN KAIKOURA. 17 IN QUEENSTOWN. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING WITH OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. THERE'S BEEN A FIRE OVERNIGHT IN AUCKLAND'S SOUTH. LUCY BENDELL IS JOINING US FROM THE NEWSROOM FOR THE LATEST. MORENA, LUCY. WHERE EXACTLY WAS THE BLAZE? DOZEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, ALONG THE POLICE AND ST JOHN. THE FIRE WAS INSIDE A FUNERAL DIRECTORS CHAPEL. A 1 NEWS CAMERA OPERATOR WAS THERE OVERNIGHT AND CAPTURE THE INSIDE OF THE CHAPEL THAT WAS COMPLETELY GUTTED BY THE BLAZE. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING, WITH FIRE CREWS LEAVING AT 1:30 AM. POLICE REMAINED THERE OVERNIGHT KEEPING A POLICING GARDEN PLACE, BUT A FIRE INVESTIGATOR IS SET TO RETURN THIS MORNING AT FIRST LIGHT, WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR, TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE FIRE WAS SUSPICIOUS OR NOT. TODAY MARKS 30 YEARS SINCE THE CAVE CREEK DISASTER ON THE WEST COAST, WHERE 14 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AFTER THE VIEWING PLATFORM THEY WERE ON COLLAPSED INTO A CHASM. CHARLOTTE MULDER JOINS US NOW. HOW WILL PEOPLE BE REMEMBERING THE EVENT? GOOD MORNING, JENNY MAY. FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL BE GATHERING DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY TO MARK 30 YEARS ON SINCE THE CAVE CREEK TRAGEDY. IN 1995, A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM THE GREYMOUTH POLYTECH WERE VISITING THE NATIONAL PARK ON THE WEST COAST TO STUDY THEIR LIMESTONE STRUCTURES AND GEOLOGY. THE PLATFORM THEY WERE STANDING ON COLLAPSED 30 M INTO THE RIVERBED BELOW, KILLING ALL 14 PEOPLE. 13 WERE STUDENTS FROM THE POLYTECH AND ONE WAS A DOC WORKER. THE PLATFORM WAS POORLY MADE. FOR EXAMPLE, NAILS WERE USED INSTEAD OF BOLTS. FAMILY AND FRIENDS WE GET A RING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. SOMEWHERE BE GOING TO THE MEMORIAL GARDEN ON THE GREYMOUTH POLYTECH GROUNDS, OTHERS WILL HAVE TRAVELLED TO THE WEST COAST FOR A PRIVATE CEREMONY FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. OUR REPORTER WILL BE JOINING US LATER IN THE SHOW FOR DETAILS COMING FROM THE WEST COAST. SHE WILL BE WITH US JUST BEFORE 8 O'CLOCK. THANKS, CHARLOTTE. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND PLANS TO CLOSE SEGAR HOUSE, A SPECIALIST, INTENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE IN AUCKLAND. IT SAYS MORE AT-RISK PEOPLE COULD BE HELPED IF STAFF WERE REALLOCATED TO COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH TEAMS. BUT SOME PSYCHOTHERAPISTS SAY SHUTTING SEGAR HOUSE IS DANGEROUS, MISGUIDED, AND COULD COST LIVES. PSYCHOTHERAPIST KYLE MACDONALD IS A FORMER SEGAR HOUSE EMPLOYEE. HE JOINS US NOW. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT EXACTLY IS IT AND WHAT SERVICES DOES IT PROVIDE? GOOD MORNING, IT IS A SPECIALIST INTENSIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICE. WHEN PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED IN THE TREATMENT, THEY ARE THEREFORE TO 5 DAYS A WEEK. THEY OFTEN THERE BECAUSE THE COMMUNE IS EXTENDED AS ONCE A WEEK AND IT HAS NOT BEEN ENOUGH TO HELP THEM. SEGAR HOUSE FILLS AN IMPORTANT GAP WHEN PEOPLE NEED A MORE IN TENTS OBSERVER'S. SEGAR HOUSE HAS BEEN THERE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND SAYS IT WANTS TO HELP MORE PEOPLE BY REALLOCATING STAFF. IS THAT PLAUSIBLE? IT IS PLAUSIBLE IF YOU LOOK AT A SPREADSHEET AND NUMBERS. IT IS NOT PLAUSIBLE IF YOU UNDERSTAND HOW PSYCHOTHERAPY WORKS AND HOW THE CLINICAL TEAM WORKS. THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN REALLOCATE STAFF AND ACHIEVE THE SAME OUTCOME IS A BIT LIKE SAYING LET'S DISBAND THE CARDIAC UNIT AND EVERYONE WILL GET THE SAME. GPS TO SEE MORE PATIENTS, SO WHY DON'T WE HAVE CARDIAC SURGEONS SEE AS MANY? IT IS LUDICROUS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. THE WHOLE POINT OF SEGAR HOUSE WAS TO BE A BACKSTOP FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT RESPOND TO THAT KIND OF TREATMENT. ONE OF THE POINTS HEALTH NEW ZEALAND SAID WAS THAT IT WAS THE VOLUMES OF PEOPLE BEING ADMITTED DID NOT JUSTIFY CONTINUING THE SERVICE. THAT COMMENT REFLECTED THAT THE PEOPLE UNDERTAKING THIS PROPOSAL DID NOT REALLY UNDERSTAND THE TREATMENT UNDERTAKEN. IF YOU LOOK AT THE QUANTITY YOU WERE NOT UNDERSTANDING THE QUALITY AND INTENSITY. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE CHRONICALLY SUICIDAL AND SELF HARM FREQUENTLY. THIS KIND OF INTENSIVE TREATMENT MEANS THEY CAN OFTEN MOVE OUT OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIVES. WHETHER IT IS CLINICALLY OR ECONOMICALLY, IT MAKES NO SENSE WHATSOEVER TO GET RID OF THIS. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF POTENTIALLY CLOSING AT, WHAT ARE YOUR FEARS OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF THAT WAS TO BE THE CASE? MY FEARS ARE FOR THE CURRENT CLIENTS. SOME OF THEM WILL HAVE THE TREATMENT CUT SHORT OF THE PROPOSAL GOES AHEAD. THERE IS A RISK WITH THIS POPULATION THAT IT WILL LEAD TO CLINICAL HARM, AND POTENTIALLY TO PEOPLE BEING PUT AT RISK TO THEIR LIVES. THE OBVIOUS RISK IS THAT THERE IS NOWHERE ELSE FOR THESE CLIENTS OR FUTURE CLIENTS TO GO. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE REPLACED BY SHUFFLING PEOPLE AROUND. I WANT TO READ A STATEMENT FROM A GROUP OF DIRECTORS. HE TOLD US THE PROPOSAL WOULD NOT SEE ANY REDUCTION TO FRONTLINE MENTAL HEALTH STAFF AND WOULD RESULT IN EXPERTISE BEING AVAILABLE TO MORE PEOPLE. HE WENT ON TO ADD IT COMES FROM A NEED TO UTILISE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE OF STAFF TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MORE PEOPLE. CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? ONE CLINICIAN IN THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE MORE PATIENTS, BUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SPECIALISED TREATMENT SEGAR HOUSE PROVIDES. THAT TREATMENT IS REQUIRED BY THIS POPULATION. COMMITTEE TREATMENT HAS NOT WORKED FOR THEM. IT IS LIKE EXPECTING A CARDIAC SURGEON TO WORK AT A GP ` THEY NOT GOING TO ACHIEVE THE SAME OUTCOMES AND WILL PUT PEOPLE'S LIVES AT RISK. HOW WORRIED ARE YOU THE STRESSES ON THE HEALTH SYSTEM OVERALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE GOING TO LEAD TO THESE SPECIALISED UNITS BEING DISBANDED? THE APPROACH TAKEN TO DECISION-MAKING, I AM VERY CONCERNED, BECAUSE NO ONE TALKED TO US BEFORE THIS PROPOSAL WAS WRITTEN. THERE WAS NO TIME TAKEN TO UNDERSTAND THE SERVICE PROVIDED. IT WAS WRITTEN BY SOMEONE WAS LOOKED AT NUMBERS ON A SPREADSHEET AND SAID, WE CAN SEE MORE PEOPLE, BUT WOULD NOT CARE OR CONSIDERATION FOR THE OUTCOMES OR SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE. IF I ASK WHAT YOUR BIGGEST FEARS ARE, IS IT TOO MUCH OF A STRETCH TO SAY THAT ULTIMATELY THERE COULD BE LIVES AT STAKE? ABSOLUTELY, THERE WILL BE LIVES AT STAKE. THIS IS A GROUP THAT ARE CHRONICALLY SUICIDAL THAT REQUIRE INTENSIVE LEVELS OF SUPPORT. IF THE SERVICE DOES NOT EXIST, WE DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY LIVES WILL BE LOST WITHOUT THOSE BEING UNABLE TO ACCESS THIS SERVICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. PLEASURE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` TROUBLE IN THE WORKPLACE? NEXT, SOME ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH BAD COLLEAGUES. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. CANADIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE CONFIRMED AT LEAST 11 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A CAR DROVE INTO A FILIPINO STREET FESTIVAL IN VANCOUVER LAST NIGHT. DOZENS OF CARDINALS HAVE TODAY VISITED THE TOMB OF POPE FRANCIS AT THE BASILICA OF ST MARY MAJOR AS ATTENTION TURNS TO WHO MIGHT SUCCEED HIM. AND BACK HERE, AUCKLAND FC HAVE THANKED THEIR SUPPORTERS AFTER SEALING THE A-LEAGUE MINOR PREMIERSHIP IN THEIR DEBUT SEASON. SO GOOD. WE'VE ALL HAD TO DEAL WITH A RUDE OR ABRUPT COLLEAGUE AT SOME STAGE IN OUR WORKING LIFE. IT MAY BE A SHARP OR DISMISSIVE COMMENT, OR AN ONGOING LACK OF RESPECT THAT CREATES TENSION AND LOWERS MORALE. AND IT SEEMS, SINCE COVID, RUDENESS IS ON THE RISE. SO HOW CAN YOU PROTECT YOUR WELLBEING AND CONTRIBUTE TO A MORE RESPECTFUL AND PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT? WELL, TO HELP ANSWER THAT, AUTHOR JESS STUART JOINS US. JESS, GOOD MORNING. I WAS LOOKING AT THE NOTES FOR THIS AND I SAID, RUDENESS, STRESS ALL ENCOMPASSED? I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED, SINCE WE'VE SEEN THIS INCREASE SINCE COVID. WE HAVE ALSO SEEN STRESS INCREASE AND COLLECTIVE FATIGUE. AS IT IS INCREASED SO HAS OUR LACK OF TOLERANCE FOR OUR FELLOW HUMANS. WHY DOES IT MATTER TO HAVE A CIVIL WORKPLACE? CIVILITY IS THE SOCIAL GLUE THAT MEANS WE CAN TREAT EACH OTHER WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT, THAT HELPS US COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY AND NAVIGATE DIFFERENCE. THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT WITH IN A WORKPLACE. HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE RUDE COMMENT? LET'S BREAK IT INTO TWO PARTS. THERE IS THE ODD PART WITH THEIR IS A RUDE COMMENT AND WHAT FEELS LIKE A CONTINUOUS NEGATIVITY OR RUDENESS OF A WORK COLLEAGUE. WE ARE ALL HUMAN. SOMETIMES WE HAVE BAD DAYS AND IN THE HEAT OF A MOMENT WE MIGHT SAY SOMETHING WE LATER REGRET. IF THAT IS THE ONGOING THING, IT WINDS OUR RESPECT AND DISREGARDING CRITICAL SKILLS LIKE EMPATHY. IN THE WORKPLACE, THAT IS HUGE BECAUSE IT MEANS WE ARE UNDERMINING OUR COLLEAGUES AND DEVELOP A BAD REPUTATION IF WE ARE BEHAVING THAT WAY. WHAT IS IT WE NEED TO DO? I'M LOOKING AT THIS INTO WAYS ` ONE IS THE PERSON THAT MIGHT BE RECEIVING A RUDE COMMENT, BUT ALSO AS THE PERSON WHO WAS CATCHING YOURSELF DOING IT. AND YOU CAN STOP YOURSELF, BUT YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO STOP YOURSELF. HOW DO WE CALM OURSELVES ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT LEDGER? IF WE ARE IN THE FACE OF THIS, RESPONDING IN A WAY THAT IS CALM RATHER THAN REACTING AS THE BEST THING WE CAN DO FOR BOTH PARTIES. THERE IS ALSO INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITIES. WERE KEEPING OURSELVES COME FROM WITHIN AND WE HAVE THIS GROUNDED SENSOR THAT EVEN WHEN THERE IS CHAOS AROUND US OR WE ARE IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, ENABLES US TO BECOME IT CAN COME IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. WHEN DOES THE ODD COMMENT BECOME A POINT WHERE, I AM FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT THIS AND I NEED TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE ABOUT THIS? WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP THAT KARMA WORKPLACE, SO YOU DO NOT WANT TO ESCALATE IT. CALM AS A STRENGTH. IF YOU RESPOND IN THAT WAY, PEOPLE MIGHT WALK OVER YOU, BUT IF YOU RESPOND CALMLY, PEOPLE WILL LISTEN TO YOU MORE AND LISTEN AND REFLECT ON THEIR BEHAVIOUR. AS YOU SAID, IT IS HAVING BOUNDARIES AND MAKING SURE WE DO NOT STAND FOR THIS WHEN IT IS ONGOING. TO BE ABLE TO TALK IN A WAY THAT IS CALM. I'M SPREADING THIS OUT WIDELY ` TELLING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE WHO IS STRESSED AND SOMEONE WHO IS JUST BEING A RIGHT, YOU KNOW... I CAN'T SAY IT, BUT YOU KNOW. HOW DO YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO THINGS? I WOULD SAY THAT IS CONSISTENCY. IT IS LIKELY THAT PERSON IS HAVING A BAD DAY. BUT IS CONSISTENT, COULD BE UNDERLYING OF A CHARACTER FLAW. THIS PERSON IS NOT FEELING PARTICULARLY WELL BUT THAT STRESS. AS ALWAYS, SUCH A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. THERE WERE NO DOUBT BE MANY OF YOU, OR SOME OF YOU AT LEAST, WHO HAD A SITUATION LIKE THIS IN YOUR WORKPLACE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU NAVIGATE IT BECAUSE THERE IS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF TOLERANCE THAT YOU HAVE, AND THERE IS A POINT OF, THIS IS NOT COOL BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE HERE WITH THEM. LOVELY TO HAVE YOUR PROGRAM. THANK YOU. WHAT ABOUT BLUNTNESS? CAN WE CONFLATE BLUNTNESS WITH RUDENESS? SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO GET SOMETHING DONE QUICKLY AND MIGHT BE IN A STRESSFUL SITUATION AND NEED TO DO IT QUICKLY. WHAT IS THE APPROACH THERE? YOU NEED TO BE BLUNT AND STRAIGHT TO THE POINT AND LATER ON MAKE AMENDS AND MAKE THOUGH? I THINK THAT IS THE DUTY OF CONNECTING AS HUMANS AND UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWING EACH OTHER. WE UNDERSTAND COMMUNICATION STYLES AND GO, THAT IS CHRIS, WE KNOW THAT IS THE WAY HE IS, RATHER THAN GO, HE IS BEING RUDE. I THINK THAT IS WHERE IT IS HARD TO KNOW THAT LINE, BECAUSE WHILST YOU MIGHT FEEL ATTACKED IN A CERTAIN WAY, ACTUALLY, THAT IS THEIR COMMUNICATION STYLE. IT IS NOT PERSONAL. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ALWAYS START FEEDBACK WITH, GREAT JOB, JUST WANTED TO SAY, MAYBE JUST BE AWARE.... YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO STEP AROUND THINGS, FOR AS I THINK YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DELIVER FEEDBACK STRAIGHT AND NOT BE PERCEIVED AS RUDE. THAT IS POTENTIALLY UNDERSTANDING WHO YOU WORK WITH AND HOW THEY WILL RECEIVE THAT. WOMEN WERE COACHING, WE HAD THREE P'S ` PERSONAL, PERFORMANCE, PREPARATION. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOU AS A PERSON HERE, I'M TALKING ABOUT YOUR PERFORMANCE. FOR THAT WAS IN A WORKPLACE OR FOR US ON THE COURT. THAT SHOULD BE GIVEN. HERE ARE THE STATS TO PROVE IT. THAT IS RIGHT. BUT YOU ARE A GREAT PERSON. YOU SEPARATE ALL OF THAT AND SAY, WE ARE HAVING A PERFORMANCE CONVERSATION, THIS IS WHAT THE NEXT 15 MINUTES ARE ABOUT. IT IS NOT ABOUT YOU AS A PERSON, IT IS ABOUT YOUR PERFORMANCE. WE FOUND THAT INITIALLY IT WAS HARD FOR THE PLACE TO GET THEIR HEAD AROUND, BUT IT DID SAVE A LOT OF THE ANTS AND ANXIETY AROUND TAKING AWAY FROM THEM AS A PERSON. YOU SHOULD TRY THAT ONE DAY. BEING CIVIL? HAVING A PERFORMANCE CONVERSATION. WE GOING TO HAVE A PERFORMANCE CONVERSATION NOW. THANKS JESS. GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS. THANK YOU. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, CHRISTOPHER LUXON REFLECTS ON ATTENDING POPE FRANCIS' FUNERAL. SO GOOD. IT IS SUCH A GOOD TOPIC. CHRISTCHURCH ` 22 DEGREES. RAIN TURNING TO SHOWERS BEFORE DAWN, BOTH POSSIBLY HEAVY WITH THE RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. DOWNPOURS POSSIBLE BEFORE DAWN. FRESH NORTHEASTERLIES. THAT'S GORGEOUS. DUNEDIN ` 18 DEGREES. FINE TO START, BUT OCCASIONAL RAIN FROM MIDDAY. SOUTHERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING. CAN'T REALLY TELL. IT'S A BIT DARK. CAN'T TELL WHAT KIND OF DAY. AUCKLAND ` 22 DEGREES. RAIN TURNING TO SHOWERS BEFORE DAWN, BOTH POSSIBLY HEAVY WITH THE RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. DOWNPOURS POSSIBLE BEFORE DAWN. FRESH NORTHEASTERLIES. IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD OUT THERE, AS IT? I STILL LOVE IT. IT'S SUCH A MOODY SHOT. TRAFFIC SEEMS TO BE FLOWING` OH. I TAKE IT BACK. WE'VE HAD A RELATIVELY GOOD RUN WITH THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. IF YOU CAN PACK A LITTLE BROLLY INTO THE SCHOOL BAG, DO IT. AUCKLAND FC HAD A SUPERB DEBUT SEASON. I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF GRAND FINALS. WHY CAN'T THEY JUST WHEN THE THING IF THEY'VE BEEN THE MOST CONSISTENT TEAM? STOP, CHRIS CHANG. YES, YOU MAY BE THE MOST CONSISTENT, BUT UNDER PRESSURE, AND A GRAND FINAL, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE THE TEAMS GO THROUGH. BUT THEY'VE BEEN UNDER PRESSURE EVERY WEEK. YOU CAN DROP A GAME HERE AND THERE AND IT DOESN'T HAVE, POTENTIALLY A MASSIVE IMPACT ON THE END RESULT. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE THE MOST CONSISTENT... AT THE WHOLE POINT OF HAVING THE GRAND FINALS FROM A SPECTATOR'S POINT OF VIEW. UNDER PRESSURE, YOU DON'T FEEL THAT SAME INTENSITY IN THAT SAME PRESSURE IN A ROUND ROBIN GAME AND IN A GRAND FINAL. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE ANOTHER TYPE OF COMPETITION. THERE ARE CALLS TO HALT THE CLOSURE OF AN INTENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE IN AUCKLAND UNDER A PROPOSAL FROM HEALTH NEW ZEALAND, WHICH WOULD REDEPLOY STAFF TO COMMUNITY TEAMS INSTEAD. IT SAYS THE MOVE WOULD REACH MORE PEOPLE. FORMER SEGAR HOUSE EMPLOYEE KYLE MACDONALD SAYS THE MOVE IS 'LUDICROUS' AND ONLY PLAUSIBLE IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT A SPREADSHEET. THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN REALLOCATE STAFF AND ACHIEVE THE SAME OUTCOMES IS A BIT LIKE SAYING, 'LET'S DISBAND THE CARDIAC UNIT AT THE AUCKLAND HOSPITAL' AND PUT ALL THE SPECIALISTS IN GP CLINICS AND EVERYONE WILL GET THE SAME TREATMENT. BY THE WAY, GPs SEE MORE PATIENTS, SO WHY DON'T WE HAVE THE CARDIAC SURGEONS SEE JUST AS MANY PEOPLE? IT'S LUDICROUS WHEN YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT. THE WHOLE POINT OF SEGAR HOUSE IS BEING THERE TO BE A BACKSTOP FOR THAT COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T RESPOND TO THAT KIND OF TREATMENT. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND SAYS REDEPLOYING STAFF IS NEEDED TO MEET GROWING DEMAND. A FIRE AT AN AUCKLAND FUNERAL HOME HAS GUTTED THE INSIDE OF ITS CHAPEL. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE BLAZE IN MANGERE JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN FIREFIGHTERS AT THE SCENE ALONG WITH POLICE AND ST JOHN. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AT 1.30 THIS MORNING, BUT POLICE REMAINED OVERNIGHT WITH A SCENE GUARD IN PLACE. A FIRE INVESTIGATOR WILL ARRIVE THIS MORNING. TODAY MARKS 30 YEARS SINCE THE WEST COAST CAVE CREEK DISASTER WHERE 14 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AFTER THE VIEWING PLATFORM THEY WERE ON COLLAPSED INTO A CHASM. AN INQUIRY YEARS LATER FOUND THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PLATFORM WAS POORLY MADE, WITH NAILS USED INSTEAD OF BOLTS. FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF SURVIVORS WILL BE GATHERING THIS MORNING TO REMEMBER. OUR REPORTER ALI PUGH WILL BE JOINING US LATER FOR MORE DETAILS. CHRIS WOOD'S NOTTINGHAM FOREST HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF THE FA CUP LOSING 2-0 TO MANCHESTER CITY IN THE SEMI-FINAL. FOREST ON THE BACKFOOT EARLY IN THE MATCH AFTER CITY BROKE THROUGH IN THE SECOND MINUTE. AN EARLY SHOT. AND A SPECIAL START FOR MANCHESTER CITY. BOTH TEAMS NOW TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO SECURING A SPOT IN THE CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE, WITH CITY FOURTH ON THE PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE AND FOREST IN SIXTH, JUST ONE POINT BEHIND. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` PACK YOUR BROLLY; PERIODS OF RAIN FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, A FINE MORNING IN WELLINGTON TURNING CLOUDY WITH THE POSSIBLE SHOWER LATER ON. A HIGH OF 23 IN KAITAIA. 18 IN TAUPO. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` LOOKING MOSTLY FINE HERE. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY IN NELSON, BLENHEIM AND DUNEDIN. CLEAR SKIES ELSEWHERE. 21 YOUR HIGH IN KAIKOURA. 17 IN QUEENSTOWN. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) SHOUT OUT TO CARINA IN TAURANGA. BREAKFAST IS BIG AND TAURANGA. WE HAVE TO GET OUT ON THE ROAD. I WAS SHOUTING OUT TO MY CHILD, AND SHE POKED HER HEAD OUT AND SAYS CHRIS CHANG. SHE WAS A KEEN FOR YOU TO COME AND VISIT. WE DO NEED TO GET ON THE ROAD. I'M NOT SURE HOW WE WILL WRANGLE THAT. WE HAD JACK TAME ON THE SHOW. GOOD TO SEE HIM FINALLY DOING SOME WORK. I'M GOING TO STICK UP FOR JACK. HE HAD A MASSIVE WEEK LAST WEEK AND, NEW DAD ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE. HE DID LOOK A BIT MORE HAGGARD THAN USUAL, DIDN'T HE? HE WAS TALKING ABOUT YOUR FOOTBALL PROWESS. IS THIS BECAUSE I HAD A BIT OF A LOSS LAST WEEK? HE SAID THAT OUT OF EVERYONE IN THE TEAM IT'S LIKE YOU'RE PLAYING A REP GAME EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU HEAD OUT ONTO THE FIELD. I'M REPPING TV NZ, AREN'T I? AND THEN FULL ON, FULL ON IN THEIR AND THEN LOOKS AT THE REST OF THE TEAM LIKE WHERE IS YOUR COMMITMENT>? I'VE GOT THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, AND I NEED TO MAKE USE OF IT. TIME TO TURN THINGS AROUND THIS WEEK. HE WAS A LITTLE BIT TIRED. I MUST SAY, THE MODULE, IT'S NOT BUILT FOR JACK TAME. HE'S VERY TALL. THERE ARE MORE FOR THE HOBBITS OF THE TV NZ OFFICE. THANKS JACK FOR FILLING IN, LOVE YOUR WORK. ME U TONU MAI ` THE PRIME MINISTER'S HEADING HOME AFTER AN EXTENDED TRIP TO EUROPE, INCLUDING ANZAC DAY IN GALLIPOLI AND THE POPE'S FUNERAL. WE HEAR FROM CHRISTOPHER LUXON NEXT. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. AN AUCKLAND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE IS FACING CLOSURE UNDER A PROPOSAL FROM HEALTH NEW ZEALAND WHICH SUGGESTS REDEPLOYING STAFF TO COMMUNITY TEAMS TO HELP MORE PEOPLE. A FIRE AT A FUNERAL DIRECTORS HAS GUTTED THE INSIDE OF THE CHAPEL IN AUCKLAND'S MANGERE. AND IN SPORT, LIVERPOOL HAVE WON THE PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE, WRAPPING UP A DOMINANT CAMPAIGN WITH A RESOUNDING WIN OVER TOTTENHAM. THE PRIME MINISTER'S WINGING HIS WAY BACK TO AOTEAROA AS WE SPEAK AFTER AN EXTENDED STAY IN EUROPE, INCLUDING MEETINGS WITH THE BRITISH PM AND THE KING, ATTENDING ANZAC DAY COMMEMORATIONS IN GALLIPOLI AND THEN REPRESENTING NEW ZEALAND AT THE POPE'S FUNERAL. IT'S MEANT HE'S SKIPPING HIS REGULAR MONDAY APPEARANCE ON THE SHOW, BUT BEFORE HE LEFT ROME, HE SAT DOWN WITH 1 NEWS EUROPE CORRESPONDENT, BUT BEFORE HE LEFT ROME, HE SAT DOWN WITH 1 NEWS EUROPE CORRESPONDENT, MEI HERON. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. FIRSTLY, WHAT WAS IT LIKE BEING AT THE POPE'S FUNERAL? A TREMENDOUS PRIVILEGE. TO BE REPRESENTING NEW ZEALANDERS AT THAT FUNERAL WAS REALLY VERY SPECIAL. INCREDIBLE INDIVIDUAL, REALLY, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF PROFESSIONAL DETERMINATION FOR THE CHURCH AND FOR THE WORK OF THE CHURCH, BUT PARTICULARLY HIS PASSION AROUND THE VULNERABLE AND THE POOR. AND THEN ACTUALLY OUR LEADER THAT HAD MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF PERSONAL HUMILITY, AND I ALWAYS THINK THAT'S THE BEST SIGN OF A LEADER ` SOMEONE WHO'S REALLY DETERMINED ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT DO SO IN A WAY THAT'S NOT EGO-DRIVEN AND GOT HUMBLENESS ALONG THE WAY, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW TODAY. AND TO SEE ALL THOSE WORLD LEADERS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER TO ACTUALLY RECOGNISE HIS PASSING AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AS WELL, I THINK, IN THAT WAY, I THINK WAS VERY SPECIAL. YEAH, TELL US A BIT MORE ABOUT WHERE YOU WERE SEATED. WHAT COULD YOU SEE FROM WHERE YOU WERE? I HAD GREAT SEATS. I THINK I WAS IN THE SECOND OR THIRD ROW FROM WHERE THE MAIN PROCEEDINGS WERE AND WHERE THE MASS WAS CONDUCTED. REALLY, I MEAN, I GOT TO TALK TO LOTS OF DIFFERENT WORLD LEADERS, MANY WHO I HAD MET BEFORE IN PASSING, BUT REALLY, IT WAS ABOUT THE FOCUS ON POPE FRANCIS. AND REALLY, IT WAS A GREAT CHANCE TO BE THERE, TO REPRESENT NEW ZEALAND AND DO SO AND DO SO WITH GREAT PRIDE. TELL US A BIT MORE WHO WAS SITTING NEXT TO YOU AND WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATIONS WERE YOU HAVING? I HAD SIR KEIR STARMER, WHO I HAD OBVIOUSLY CAUGHT UP WITH EARLIER IN THE WEEK, THE DUTCH PRIME MINISTER, I KNEW WELL. I HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION WITH A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF PHILIPPINES ` BONGBONG MARCOS, AND A FORMER PRESIDENT OF INDONESIA AS WELL. SO, THERE WAS A RANGE OF LEADERS THAT I GOT TO TALK TO AS WELL. BUT IT REALLY, AGAIN, WASN'T ABOUT THAT. IT WAS REALLY ABOUT THE FOCUS BEING ON POPE FRANCIS. AND I JUST THOUGHT, WHAT AMAZED ME WAS WHEN YOU LOOKED OUT TO THE LEFT AND YOU LOOKED AT THE MASSES OF PEOPLE THAT HAD COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO HAD BEEN CAMPING OUT OVERNIGHT, ALL DOWN THE SIDE STREETS AND DOWN THE SIDE ALLEYS AND AT ALL THE DIFFERENT LEVELS AROUND THE SQUARE, IT WAS PRETTY SPECIAL. I KNOW YOU SAY IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT, BUT POPE FRANCIS WAS A POPE THT LIKED TO UNIFY PEOPLE, AND I THINK HE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY LIKED TO SEE ALL THESE WORLD LEADERS WITH DIFFERENT OPINIONS CHATTING. IS IT A GOOD CHANCE TO, I GUESS, GET TO KNOW AND HAVE DIFFERENT CHATS THAT AREN'T IN A BOARDROOM OR IN A CLOSED OFFICE WITH THESE LEADERS? YEAH, LOOK, I THINK` I MEAN, YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES LEADER-TO-LEADER. IT'S AN ODD CLUB REALLY IN SOME WAYS BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL WRESTLING WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT CHALLENGES AS COUNTRY LEADERS, AND IT'S OFTEN A GOOD SUPPORT NETWORK AS WELL. YOU END UP TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU'RE MANAGING YOUR LIFE AS WELL AS YOUR AS YOUR PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND YOUR PERSONAL LIFE, HOW YOU'RE DOING ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND SOME OF THE NATURE OF THE CONVERSATIONS AND THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT YOU BEGIN TO BUILD. I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT TO SEE IMAGES OF, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND ZELENSKY AND PRIME MINISTER STARMER AND EMMANUEL MACRON THERE, THE FOUR OF THEM TALKING, BEING BROUGHT TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT PEACE, I PRESUME, AROUND THE UKRAINE WHILE THEY WERE THERE AT POPE FRANCIS' FUNERAL. I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY SPECIAL. YOU TALKED ABOUT KEIR STARMER. YOU OBVIOUSLY MET HIM EARLIER IN THE WEEK. GIVEN SOME OF THIS GLOBAL TURMOIL THAT YOU'VE JUST MENTIONED, HOW IMPORTANT IS A MEETING LIKE THAT AT THIS TIME FOR NEW ZEALAND? YEAH, LOOK, REALLY IMPORTANT. WE HAD A GREAT THREE DAYS IN THE UK, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE KING MEETING THE KING FIRST, BUT KEIR STARMER WAS INCREDIBLY GENEROUS. I THINK WE PROBABLY SPENT SIX HOURS TOGETHER IN OUR FORMAL BILATERAL. THAT SEEMS QUITE UNUSUAL. SIX HOURS. YEAH, IT WAS A LONG TIME. HE WAS VERY GENEROUS. WE WENT WE WENT DOWN AND ACTUALLY SPENT TIME WITH OUR TROOPS WHO WERE ACTUALLY TRAINING UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS. WE'VE TRAINED 54,000 UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS AND NOW HAVE 14 COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN THAT TRAINING EXERCISE. SO THAT WAS REALLY SPECIAL TO SEE THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S A RELATIONSHIP THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN GOOD HEART. IT'S A STRONG BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP, BUT WE ALSO WANT NEW THINGS TO PROPEL IT GOING FORWARD, NOT JUST RELYING ON OUR PAST AND OUR HISTORY. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AND DEFENCE AND SECURITY, WE THINK ABOUT THE OPTIONS WE HAVE TOGETHER AROUND TRADE AND INVESTMENT. NOW WITH OUR FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, NEW ZEALAND EXPORTS TO THE UK ARE UP 21% IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS AND THAT JUST IS GREAT BECAUSE WHAT THAT MEANS IS THOSE BUSINESSES ARE GROWING BACK AT HOME IN NEW ZEALAND, BUSINESSES THAT EXPORT PAY THEIR WORKERS HIGHER WAGES AND THAT OBVIOUSLY GETS PEOPLE MONEY INTO PEOPLE'S BACK POCKETS, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT. AND THEN I MET WITH A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL INVESTORS INTO NEW ZEALAND, A LOT OF BRITISH INVESTORS INVESTING IN RENEWABLE ENERGY IN NEW ZEALAND AND ALSO TECH INVESTORS AS WELL. THERE'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP THAT'S BEEN 110 YEARS, WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING TOGETHER RIGHT BACK IN GALLIPOLI TO WHERE WE ARE NOW TRAINING UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS AND ALL THE SHARED HISTORY AND THE SHARED OUTLOOK AND THE SHARED VALUES, BUT NOW TO HAVE THINGS THAT ACTUALLY FEED THAT RELATIONSHIP GOING INTo THE FUTURE I THINK IS PRETTY SPECIAL. DID KEIR STARMER TALK TO YOU AT ALL ABOUT CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN THE PACIFIC? OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT JUST US BEING INTERESTED IN WHAT HAPPENS IN EUROPE, IT'S VICE VERSA AS WELL. YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DO IN THESE BILATERAL CONVERSATIONS IS THAT YOU'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND THE UK, AND THEN BY VIRTUE OF WHERE WE ARE BOTH ARE SITUATED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, IN FACT, THE MOST OPPOSITE PARTS OF THE WORLD FROM EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO GET A GOOD CONTEXT AS TO WHAT HE THINK IS HAPPENING IN UKRAINE AND ALSO IN THE MIDDLE EAST. AND FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION AS WELL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE WORLD IS CHANGING IN THE SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, OUR PROSPERITY IS VERY MUCH TIED TO OUR SECURITY. UM, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD AT THAT. YOU'VE ALSO BEEN TO GALLIPOLI, CURRENT WARS, PAST WARS. HAS THERE BEEN A BIT OF A THEME? HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO REFLECT ON WHAT IT FELT BEING LIKE AT GALLIPOLI? OH, THAT WAS INCREDIBLY SPECIAL. IT WAS INCREDIBLY SPECIAL DOING THE DAWN MORNING SERVICE IN PARTICULAR AND JUST REFLECTING AT THAT TIME ON THAT MORNING. YOU KNOW, 110 YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY 16,000 NEW ZEALANDERS CAME TO THAT PENINSULA, AND THE FIGHTING WAS VERY, VERY INTENSE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO THINK ABOUT, AS I SAID TO YOU, I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO THINK ABOUT AS A FATHER WITH KIDS OF SIMILAR AGES OF THE YOUNG MEN THAT DIED ON GALLIPOLI, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PRETTY POIGNANT. BUT THE THING I ALSO REALLY ENJOYED ABOUT THAT WAS ACTUALLY SEEING ANOTHER GENERATION OF KIWIS THAT HAD MADE THE PILGRIMAGE TO GALLIPOLI. I HAD A REAL PRIVILEGE WHEN WE HAD OUR SERVICE UP AT CHUNUK BAIR. THAT'S THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE PENINSULA, AND SOME VERY FIERCE FIGHTING TOOK PLACE THERE. WE LOST A HUGE AMOUNT OF SOLDIERS THERE, BUT IT WAS INCREDIBLE. I GOT TO GO TALK TO KIWIS WHO HAD ACTUALLY TRAVELLED FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, ARRIVED IN GALLIPOLI. SOME WERE RETIRED, SOME WERE ACTUALLY ON SCHOOL TRIPS, SOME WERE ACTUALLY STUDENTS BACKPACKING, SOME HAD CAMPED OVERNIGHT, BUT THEY WERE ALL THERE BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNISE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT SERVICE. I JUST THINK THE FACT THAT THAT ANZAC DAY IS GETTING BIGGER EACH AND EVERY YEAR, AND THAT NEW ZEALANDERS ARE REALLY SHOWING GRATITUDE AND RESPECT FOR THE DEFENCE FORCES IS ACTUALLY REALLY SPECIAL. GALLIPOLI ATTENDANCE THE HIGHEST SINCE 2015. RISING NUMBERS, THOUGH, DO PUT PRESSURES ON RISING COSTS. IS YOUR GOVERNMENT PREPARED TO TO HELP FUND, IF THEY NEED IT, TO MAKE SURE THAT GALLIPOLI IS STILL HONOURED AS YEARS GO BY? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND I SPENT TIME, WORKING WITH THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION AS WELL AND MEETING WITH THE FOLK THERE AS WELL, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WITH FIRES AND SOME OF THE EROSION THAT'S HAPPENED AROUND THE PENINSULA AS WELL, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY ONGOING WORK FOR US TO DO TO MAINTAIN THE CEMETERIES. AND AS YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE KILLED ON ALL SIDES. THE TURKISH SIDE SUFFERED HUGE LOSSES AS WELL AS AUSTRALIANS AND NEW ZEALANDERS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN THERE. SO YES, OF COURSE, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. THAT'S ABOUT NATIONHOOD AND IT'S ABOUT KIWIS AND THE NEXT GENERATION UNDERSTANDING THE SACRIFICE AND THE VALOUR THAT THAT HAPPENED THERE. E HAERE AKE NEI ` ABSOLUTE SCENES AT MT SMART AS AUCKLAND FC LIFT THEIR FIRST TROPHY. OUR SPORTS GURU SCOTTY STEVENSON JOINS US NEXT. UNPRECEDENTED SCENES AT GO MEDIA STADIUM OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE HOME TEAM LIFTED A TROPHY. NOPE, NOT THE WARRIORS ` THOUGH THEY DID SCORE ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE WIN. EARLIER, I SPOKE WITH SPORTS COMMENTATOR SCOTTY STEVENSON AND STARTED BY ASKING IF IT'S TOO SOON TO SAY IT'S OUR YEAR! IT IS NEVER TOO SOON TO SAY IT IS OUR YEAR. THEY ARE TOP OF THE TABLE AT THE MOMENT BEHIND THE RAIDERS. THE USUAL SUSPECTS AT THE TOP. ANOTHER FINE WIN FOR THE WARRIORS IN CHRISTCHURCH. THE OPENING JUST AROUND THE CORNER. ANOTHER GREAT CROWD, THEY LOVE THE WARRIORS ARE DOWN THERE. IMAGINABLE HAD THEIR OWN NRL TEAM. THAT IS NOT WE HAD TO TALK ABOUT. WE HAD TO TALK ABOUT THE WARRIORS. 26-12 AGAINST THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS. THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL KEEP ON THE BACK OF THEIR MINDS THAT MAYBE THEY DID NOT FINISH ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES. ANOTHER GREAT PERFORMANCE FROM SINGLE YOUNGSTERS IN THAT TEAM. JACKSON WAS FANTASTIC. REALLY STUNNING TO SEE THE SEVEN JERSEY. THAT IS A GREAT SIDE FOR THE WARRIORS ASIDE. AS SECOND NRL FRANCHISE, CHRISTCHURCH IS TRYING TO GET ONE UP AND RUNNING. IS IT A GOOD IDEA? DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PLAYERS? IT IS A BIG COMPETITION AND AN OPEN MARKET. SUPER RUGBY MARKET THEMSELVES IN CONTRACT THE PLAYERS AND NRL MAKE IT AN OPEN DOOR TO THE CLUB TO PICK ANY PLAYER. WE SIT AND WAIT IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. IN THE MEANTIME, THE SUPPORT THAT THEY HAVE SHOWN THE WARRIORS EVERY TIME HEAD UNDER CHRISTCHURCH IS FANTASTIC. AT SHOWS THAT THE SPORT IS IN GOOD HEALTH IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. THIS TALK ABOUT SUPER RUGBY, AKA THE CRUSADERS. THEY HAMMERED THE HIGHLANDERS OVER THE WEEKEND. WHAT IS GOING ON THERE WITH THE HIGHLANDERS? THEY WERE OUTCLASSED, WON'T THEY? THE CRUSADERS SIDE LOOKS TO HAVE FOUND THE GROUP. THE PROP WAS POSSESSED. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT HE WAS ON. WHAT A FANTASTIC GAME FROM HOME. THEY FOUND THEIR RHYTHM AGAIN, THE CRUSADERS. DEFENSIVELY, THEY WERE GREAT AGAINST THE HIGHLANDERS. VISIT. BEFORE THE HALF-TIME BREAK WITH THE HIGHLANDERS WERE POUNDING AWAY ON THE LINE AND THERE WAS NO WAY THROUGH. I DO NOT THINK THIS WILL BE THE HIGHLANDERS YEAR. I DO NOT NOT TO HAVE THE STOCK TO GO DEEP INTO THIS COMPETITION. A BIT OF TROUBLE FOR THEM, BUT THEN AGAIN, BUT THE TROUBLE FOR THE BLUES AS WELL. LAST YEAR'S CHAMPIONS, THIS YEAR STRUGGLING TO FIND THEIR OWN WAY FORWARD. AT THE MOMENT, OUTSIDE OF THE PLAY-OFF MIX, IT IS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO UNTIL WE SEE SIGNS OF CHAMPION PEDIGREE WITHIN THAT TEAM. I WANT TO MOVE ONTO FOOTBALL ` AUCKLAND FC WHO WERE THE TALK OF THE TOWN. THEY PLAYED YESTERDAY AND SOGGY CONDITIONS AT GO MEDIA STADIUM. THEY ARE THE MINOR PREMIERE OF THE LEAGUE. HOW GOOD? IT IS SPENT TESTING FOR AUCKLAND FC. THIS IS A TEAM THAT WAS DREAMT UP 18 YEARS AGO, IN LA THE PLATE ONE IS. THE PLAYERS TURNED OUT IN FORCE. IT WAS A MISERABLE DAY IN AUCKLAND AS WELL. LOOK, THEY GOT THE JOB DONE AGAINST PERTH. THAT PERTH TEAM WAS THE LAST ONE TO BEAT AUCKLAND AND IT WAS BACK IN JANUARY. JUST TWO LOSSES IN THE ENTIRE SEASON, EIGHT DRAWERS AND 15 WINS. THEY HAVE ONE MORE GAME AWAY FROM HOME. THEY ARE STRAIGHT THROUGH TO THE FINALS. STILL DON'T KNOW WHO THEIR OPPONENTS ARE. STEVE WILL NOT BE TOO AFRAID WHO THEY PLAY. THEY ARE THREE GAMES AWAY FROM DOING SOMETHING TRULY EXTRAORDINARY AND WINNING THE A LEAGUE. UNBELIEVABLE IN THEIR FIRST YEAR. I WANT TO CALL OUT CHRIS BECAUSE IT RAINED AND HE DID NOT GO. HE CALL THEMSELVES A FAN. YOU CALL YOURSELF A FAN, MATE. THAT IS APPALLING. GOODNESS ME! HE WOULD BE CELEBRATING LIVERPOOL. WITH HIS CELEBRATING WREXHAM? WHO WAS HIS CELEBRATING? WHO ARE YOU CELEBRATING? CAN I SPEAK UP FOR MYSELF? I DO NOT SUPPORT AUCKLAND FC. I AM FIRMLY ON THE FENCE BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO TEAMS. I WAS NOT SUPPORTING LIVERPOOL IN THE LEAGUE BECAUSE THEY THRASHED HOTSPUR. I'M VERY MUCH THE DEBBIE DOWNER THIS MORNING. YOUR SPURS GOT ABSOLUTELY SMASHED BY LIVERPOOL. THAT IS WHY YOU GOT THE SOOKS. YOU EITHER A PHOENIX MAN OR A NONPOINT FC MAN. I COME BACK FROM A LITTLE BREAK AND I'M TAKING HITS. YOU MENTIONED WREXHAM ` BACK TO PROMOTIONS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ENGLISH LEAGUE NOW. FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS TEAM, CAN YOU GIVE US A LOWDOWN? IT IS FROM THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND WALES. THEY HAVE BEEN AT THE BOTTOM OF NOWHERE LEAKS FOREVER. BOUGHT BY RYAN REYNOLDS AND HIS PRODUCER MATE. IT IS BEEN PROMOTION AFTER PROMOTION OF THE PROMOTION INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP. IT IS QUITE THE STORY, AND WHAT THE HOLLYWOOD STORY. THEY WILL MAKE BANK. I WILL CELEBRATE THAT. SPLINTERS, GOT ANY SPLINTERS? GET OUT. SCOTTY, AS ALWAYS, PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. ONLY HAVE SPLINTERS BECAUSE I BEEN SITTING ON THE BENCH THE PAST WEEK. GOODNESS ME. I HAVE BEEN TO A FEW GAMES THIS YEAR. I HAVE TO SAY, THE ATMOSPHERE IS UNREAL. WHETHER IT IS THE PHOENIX OR AUCKLAND FC WINNING THE LEAGUE... CHOOSE ASIDE, MATE. ... I AM HAPPY WITH IT. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS HOUR ` POPE FRANCIS HAS BEEN LAID TO REST, SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? WE'RE LIVE TO ROME AS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH PREPARES TO PICK A NEW PONTIFF. ALSO AHEAD ` HOW DO YOUNG PEOPLE REALLY FEEL ABOUT THEIR DEVICES AS A NEW SURVEY REVEALS HOW PHONES ARE MAKING TEENS ANXIOUS AND OVERWHELMED. TODAY MARKS 30 YEARS SINCE 14 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN THE VIEWING PLATFORM THEY WERE ON COLLAPSED AT CAVE CREEK. WE'RE LIVE ON THE WEST COAST FOR THE COMMEMORATIONS. BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. CANADIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE CONFIRMED AT LEAST 11 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A CAR DROVE INTO A FILIPINO STREET FESTIVAL IN VANCOUVER LAST NIGHT. POLICE ARRESTED A LOCAL MAN (30) AT THE SCENE SAYING HE IS KNOWN TO THEM, AND THEY'RE CONFIDENT IT WAS NOT AN ACT OF TERRORISM. MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE HAVE ALSO BEEN INJURED. WITNESSES SAY THE MAN WAS CHASED AND HELD BY FESTIVAL GOERS UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED. DOZENS OF CARDINALS HAVE TRAVELLED TO THE BASILICA OF SAINT MARY MAJOR TO VISIT THE TOMB OF POPE FRANCIS AS ATTENTION TURNS TO WHO MIGHT SUCCEED HIM. FRANCIS' COFFIN WAS TAKEN THERE FOLLOWING HIS FUNERAL ON SATURDAY IN A BREAK FROM TRADITION. HE'S THE FIRST POPE IN MORE THAN A CENTURY TO BE LAID TO REST OUTSIDE THE VATICAN. BACK HERE, AND A FIRE INVESTIGATOR WILL ARRIVE AT THE SCENE OF A FUNERAL HOME AFTER A BLAZE GUTTED ITS CHAPEL IN AUCKLAND'S MANGERE. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVED TO THE SCENE IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING ` FOUR FIRE CREWS ALONG WITH POLICE AND ST JOHN. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED EARLY THIS MORNING, BUT A POLICE SCENE GUARD REMAINED IN PLACE OVERNIGHT. JUBILANT SCENES HAVE ERUPTED OUTSIDE ANFIELD AFTER LIVERPOOL SECURED THEIR 20TH TITLE WITH A 5-1 WIN OVER SPURS. ARNE SLOT'S MEN ENDING THEIR CAMPAIGN WITH A COMPREHENSIVE VICTORY AT HOME, WITH FOUR ROUNDS TO SPARE. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO JOIN WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. THE FANS IN THE STADIUM. I'M GLAD WE FINALLY GOT A WIN. IT'S THEIR FIRST PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE SINCE 2020. THE WESTS TIGERS HAVE UPSET THE CRONULLA SHARKS IN GOLDEN POINT. THE TIGERS GIVING UP A 12-POINT LEAD TO LET THE SHARKS BACK INTO THE GAME BEFORE SEALING VICTORY IN EXTRA TIME. WHAT A SHOT THIS IS. HE'S CERTAINLY TAKING HIS TIME. WHAT'S IT GONNA BE? IT'S IN. HE HAS DONE IT. THE WIN PUTS THE TIGERS JUST OUTSIDE THE TOP EIGHT IN NINTH. IT IS NOT FOR EVERYONE, AS IT? JUST THE WARRIORS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` BACK TO SCHOOL TODAY. PACK YOUR BROLLY ` PERIODS OF RAIN FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, A FINE MORNING IN WELLINGTON TURNING CLOUDY WITH THE POSSIBLE SHOWER LATER ON. A HIGH OF 23 IN KAITAIA, 18 IN TAUPO. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND, LOOKING MOSTLY FINE HERE. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY IN NELSON, BLENHEIM, AND DUNEDIN. CLEAR SKIES ELSEWHERE. 21 YOUR HIGH IN KAIKOURA. 17 IN QUEENSTOWN. 22 DEGREES ON THE EAST COAST. THANKS, CHRIS. WITH POPE FRANCIS NOW FAREWELLED, ATTENTION TURNS TO THE SELECTION OF HIS SUCCESSOR AS THE HEAD OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE DECISION IS MADE THROUGH A TIME-HONOURED PROCESS KNOWN AS THE CONCLAVE AND IS CONDUCTED IN SECRECY BEHIND THE LOCKED DOORS OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS IS IN ROME AND JOINS US NOW WITH MORE. WHAT'S GOING ON IN VATICAN CITY WITH THE PROCESS TO ELECT THE NEXT POPE? MORENA, JENNY MAY. AND THE MOMENT, WE KNOW THAT TOMORROW, THE CHAPEL WILL HAVE THAT SELECTION PROCESS. THAT WERE CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC TOMORROW FOR PREPARATIONS TO BEGIN. AT THE MOMENT, WE ARE ON THE SECOND OF NINE DAYS OF THE MOURNING PROCESS. THERE WILL ALSO BE DAILY MASSES AT THIS STAGE. THERE IS THAT REAL FOCUS OF STILL MOURNING THE POPE BUT ALSO STILL TALKING TO PEOPLE ON THE STREETS OF ROME, THEIR MINDS ARE GOING TO WHO WILL REPLACE POPE FRANCIS. LOCALS THAT WE HAVE SPOKEN TO AND INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE THAT AIR FOR THIS OCCASION, IT TO HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT IT IS A POPE WHO WILL NOT FILL IN HIS FOOTSTEPS. IT WAS SPOKEN TO SAID HE IS A KIND MAN WHO ADVOCATED FOR WORLD ISSUES. HOW MUCH LOBBYING AND BEHIND THE SCENES POSITIONING IS ALREADY HAPPENING AHEAD OF THE CONCLAVE? AT THE MOMENT, THE CARDINALS THAT ARE IN THAT CONCLAVE PROCESS, THEY ARE TAKING PART IN DAILY MEETINGS. THIS IS COVERING A RANGE OF REASONINGS THEY ARE MEETING RIGHT NOW. ONE OF THE BIG REASONS AS TO ACTUALLY GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. A LOT OF THEM ADMITTED COVER FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE OF THE POPE'S DEATH. THEY HAVE COME OVER AND HAD TO TAKE PART IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT DECISION TO ELECT THE NEXT POPE. THEY DO NOT KNOW EACH OTHER. WE KNOW POPE FRANCIS HAD A LEGACY OF MAKING THE CARDINALS A LOT MORE DIVERSE. LAST YEAR, HE BROUGHT A NEW CARDINALS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, SUCH AS TONGA. WE JUST DO NOT KNOW YET. THEY ARE ALSO HEARING ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT THE CHURCH IS FACING, AND THEY ARE PREPARING TO TAKE PART IN THIS PROCESS. ANY SENSE YET OF WHETHER THE CARDINALS ARE LEANING TOWARD A 'CONTINUITY' POPE, OR SOMEONE WHO WOULD TAKE THE CHURCH IN A NEW DIRECTION? THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. THEY CURRENTLY AT A CROSSROADS. POPE FRANCIS WAS SO POPULAR AND HE WAS SEEN AS A PROGRESSIVE LEADER, BUT THAT PROGRESSION CONCERNED SOME PEOPLE IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. I HAVE THIS DECISION, TO THE CONTINUE SOMEWHAT IN HIS FOOTSTEPS AS A PEOPLE'S POPE OR DID THEY FIND A UNIFYING POPE WHO CONTINUES THE PAPACY OF JOHN PAUL II AND POPE BENEDICT? SOME CONNECTED TO THE CHURCH SAY THEY WILL LOOK FOR THAT MORE CONSERVATIVE FIGURE AT THIS STAGE. THOSE EARLY RECKONINGS, BUT THEY SAY THAT IS BECAUSE THE CHURCH HAS DIVIDED. SOME PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE THE REFORMS MADE BY POPE FRANCIS, AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE THE BJORK RECEIPT WHICH MAKES A VATICAN WORK A LOT MORE UNIFIED. THEY GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT THE CHURCH CURRENTLY FACES, THEREFORE HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS CHOICE, NOT JUST FOR THE CHURCH, BUT FOR GLOBAL POLITICS AND SOCIETY MORE BROADLY? IT IS HUGELY SIGNIFICANT. THE POPE IS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S HIGHEST LEADER. PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW THE LICK FAITH SEE THE POPE AS GOD'S REPRESENTATIVE ON EARTH. 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE ARE CATHOLICS. POPE FRANCIS CALLED FOR CEASEFIRES THE DAY BEFORE HE DIED. HE WAS ALSO A LARGE FIGURE TO CALL FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ` HE HAD A VIEW FOR COUNTRIES THAT CAUSE LARGE EMISSIONS SHOULD BE PAYING OUT SMALLER COUNTRIES, WHICH RUFFLED FEATHERS. HE MADE IT A SPIRITUAL ISSUE. THAT SOME OF THE IMPACT THAT HE HAD. HE ADVOCATED BUT DOES NOT HAVE CONTROL OF OUR COUNTRY IS RUN. SOME PEOPLE WANTED TANGIBLE CHANGE. IS UP TO THE NEXT POPE TO SEE WHICH DIRECTION HE GETS IN. YOU HAVE GIVEN US A GREAT SENSE OF HOW PORTED THIS DECISION IS, SO, WHEN WILL THE CONCLAVE PROCESS START? THE CONCLAVE PROCESS IS EXPECTED TO START NEXT WEEK. THAT IS IN LINE WITH TRADITION. ALL OF THE ELIGIBLE CARDINALS CAN BRING IT IN SOONER. WE ARE WAITING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT STARTING DAY IN THE NEXT COMING DAYS. THERE IS SO MUCH INTRIGUE AROUND THIS PROCESS THAT IS WHERE THE FOCUS IS NOW. I WAS SPEAKING TO THE NEW ZEALAND CARDINAL AND FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT THIS PROCESS MYSELF. HE TOLD ME IT IS NOT A PROCESS WHERE ANYONE CAN GO AND AND PUT THEIR NAME FORWARD LIKE A POLITICAL ELECTION. HE SAID THAT AS A ONE TICKET WEIGHTS ARE NOT BECOMING THE POPE. HE SAID THAT SOMETIMES IT IS THAT UNDERDOGS LIKE POPE FRANCIS. YOU CANNOT SAY YOU WANT TO BECOME POPE, BUT OTHER PEOPLE SAY THAT POPES SHOULD HAVE THESE QUALITIES. THESE CONVERSATIONS THEY WILL BE HAVING AT THE MOMENT. THAT IS LOOKING FORWARD, BUT I WANT TO TAKE IT BACK A STEP. WE KNOW THE POPE'S FUNERAL WAS HELD AT 8 O'CLOCK NEW ZEALAND TIME ON SATURDAY. YOU WERE THERE. WHAT WAS THE FEELING LIKE IN ROME DURING THE POPE'S FUNERAL? THIS EXPERIENCE IS HARD TO DESCRIBE FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT THERE. IT REALLY DID BRING SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE TOGETHER. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PACKING OUTER COUNTRY THAT WAS ALREADY A CITY THAT WAS ALREADY SO BUSY BECAUSE THEY WERE CELEBRATING THE JUBILEE YEAR. THERE WERE PEOPLE DRESSED UP IN THEIR SCOUTS UNIFORM. THERE WERE NUNS, THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WAR SLEEPING BAGS JUST TO GET THE BEST SPOT. SOME OLDER PEOPLE MAY HAVE BEEN SAD ABOUT THE LOSS OF POPE FRANCIS, FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE, AND I CLINGING ONTO HIM BEING A FIGURE OF HOPE. THEY FELT SUCH A CONNECTION TO AN OLDER FIGURE IN THE WORLD. THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE A LEADER LIKE HIM TO INCLUDE EVERYONE. THEY REALLY LIKED THE WORDS THAT HE HAD AROUND THE ENVIRONMENT. THAT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE TO WITNESS TO BE IN SPOTS LIKE THIS. IT IS STILL UNFOLDING. THAT NEXT PROCESS WILL BE VERY INTERESTING. WE KNOW WITH POPE FRANCIS, HE WAS ELECTED AFTER 24-HOUR IS. THINGS ARE HAPPENING HERE, BUT NOT JUST YET. I KNOW IT IS JUST AFTER 9 O'CLOCK THERE IN ROME, BUT WE CAN STILL SEE PEOPLE OUT AND ABOUT. WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE NOW? AT THE MOMENT, PEOPLE ARE STILL COMING TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO POPE FRANCIS TO COME TO THE SPOT WHERE HE LIVED IN THE BUILDING BEHIND ME BACK THERE. WE SAW TODAY MASSES CONTINUING. ST PETER'S SQUARE WAS AT CAPACITY FOR A SECOND DAY IN A ROW BECAUSE OF THE FUNERAL MASS ` 200,000 PEOPLE WERE HERE. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN AT THE RESTING PLACE FOR THE POPE. AS SOON AS WE GOT THERE THIS MORNING, PEOPLE WERE LINED UP DOWN THE BASILICA IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE TO SEE THE NUMBERS THAT CONTINUE TO TURN OUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INSIGHT, KATE. 1 NEWS REPORTED JOINING US FROM ROME. GOOD TO SEE YOU. E HAERE AKE NEI ` NORTHLAND DOG RESCUES ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND AS ROAMING CANINES CONTINUE TO THREAT THE REGION. NEXT, THE RISK THIS COULD BRING TO THE COMMUNITY. Alright, I'm off. Where are you off to? To get the flu jab. You coming? Nah. I won't get the flu. Touch wood. (QUIRKY MUSIC) Touch wood. Kia ora! You here for the flu jab? Yeah. VOICEOVER: HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. AT LEAST 11 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AFTER A CAR DROVE INTO A FILIPINO STREET FESTIVAL IN VANCOUVER IN WHAT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS THE CITY'S DARKEST DAY. FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF VICTIMS OF THE WEST COAST CAVE CREEK DISASTER WILL BE GATHERING THIS MORNING, 30 YEARS ON FROM THE TRAGEDY. AND IN SPORT, THE TIGERS HAVE UPSET THE SHARKS IN GOLDEN POINT, SEALING THE RESULT WITH AN EXTRA TIME PENALTY GOAL. DEMAND IS SURGING FOR A FREE DOG DE-SEXING SERVICE IN NORTHLAND. THE 'BEST DOG TRUST' HAS NEUTERED OR SPAYED HUNDREDS OF DOGS IN WHANGAREI AND KAIPARA IN A BID TO PREVENT UNWANTED LITTERS, YOU BUT AS DEMAND FOR THE PROCEDURES INCREASES, SO DOES THE COST OF COVERING THE OPERATIONS, WITH 41 DOGS ARE CURRENTLY ON THEIR WAITING LIST. FOR MORE WE'RE JOINED BY THE BEST DOG TRUST'S LIZ WOODWARD. WILL THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THE INCREASE? THE INCREASE IS SIGNIFICANT. WE HAVE DESEXED ABOUT 300 DOGS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND FROM ONE FACEBOOK POST IN MARCH, WE HAD 93 APPLICATIONS IN THREE DAYS. WE HAVE USED ALL OUR ALLOCATED FUNDING AND WE ARE NOW WAITLISTED DOGS. HOW CONCERNING IS THAT FOR YOU? THE AMOUNT YOU'RE SEEING AT THE MOMENT? IT'S BOTH WONDERFUL THAT OWNERS WANT TO STEP UP AND DESEXED THEIR DOGS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO THAT THAT IS CONCERNING. IF YOU CAN'T WRAP SERVICES AROUND THE DOG, THEN YOU MAY MISS THAT OPPORTUNITY. PEOPLE MOVE, PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR MINDS, LIFE HATH AND HAPPENS. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST FOR EACH PROCEDURE? THAT'S A VERY BIG QUESTION AND IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHETHER WE ARE DESEXING A MALE OR FEMALE DOG. IT AVERAGES ABOUT $425 A DOG, BUT IT CAN GO UP TO 600, IT DEPENDS ON MULTIPLE THINGS. AND THAT IS PART OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH FUNDERS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT DOGS WERE GOING TO GET IN, WHAT AREAS, AND WITH WHAT VETS. WE WORK ON THE THEORY THAT WE CAN DESEXED WITH WHATEVER FUNDS WE GET. WHAT AVENUES HAVE YOU GONE DOWN TO SECURE EXTRA FUNDING? WE HAVE BEEN VERY LUCKY, WE'VE HAD SUPPORT, THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN SUPPORTING US AS HAVE MAURICE AND MORRIS FUNERALS. WE WERE INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE A PRIVATE DONOR COME IN WITH A VERY GENEROUS DONATION. WE'VE HAD FUNDING APPLICATIONS, BUT IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING FUNDING LANDSCAPE AT THE MOMENT. THERE HAS BEEN HUGE CHANGES FOR A LOT OF ORGANISATIONS BEING FUNDED AND ANIMALS OFTEN COME TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THAT LIST SO WE ARE STRUGGLING. ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS THAT PEOPLE WILL MAKE IS THAT IF PEOPLE HAVE A DOG IT WILL BE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR THAT DOG. DOES THAT MAKE IT HARDER FOR YOU TO GET FUNDING? YES AND NO. WE UNDERSTAND THE ARGUMENTS BUT IT IS BIGGER THAN THAT. PARTICULARLY IN NORTH LAND WHERE YOU CAN GO DOWN THE ROAD TO A FRIEND'S PARTY OR YOUR UNCLES DOG HAS HAD A LITTER OF PUPPIES, IT IS A DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT TO PEOPLE WHO AREN'T IN NORTHLAND, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A SCAPEGOAT BUT DOESN'T. WE ARE POST COVID-19 AND WE HAVEN'T RECOVERED IN THE WAY THAT WE WOULD LIKE AND THE DOG IS STILL BREEDING. BUT RESCUES AND POUNDS ARE DROWNING IN UNWANTED DOGS. WHERE STEPPED UP TO DO THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY THE BEST WE CAN. WHAT IS THE COST FOR POTENTIALLY PEOPLE AND TWO CHILDREN IF YOU CAN'T CONTINUE DOING THIS WORK? IT COSTS PEOPLE IN TAXPAYER MONEY WITH ACC, NORTHLAND HAS MUCH HIGHER DOG BITE AND ATTACK STATISTICS AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, IT COSTS ANIMAL CONTROL, IT COSTS THE RATE PAYER, COST THE COMMUNITY ARE NOT FEELING SAFE TO WALK TO SCHOOL OR EXERCISE AND GO OUT WITH THEIR OWN DOGS, IT COSTS ORGANISATIONS WHO ARE DOING WORK TO PROTECT KIWI, BECAUSE ROAMING AND STUMPS DOGS ARE A RISK TO WILDLIFE. IT IS A MORE COMPLEX ISSUE THAN IF YOU HAVE A DOG THEN YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT. AND THAT IS REALLY THE APPROACH THAT WE TAKE WITH OUR FUNDING. IT IS ABOUT THE BENEFIT OF THE DOG, BUT IT IS MORE THAN THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY DOGS ARE OUT THERE, THAT YOU NEED TO GET ON TOP OF? IF YOU COULD PROVIDE ABLE PARK FIGURE OF HOW MUCH YOU NEED TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL? THERE WERE JUST UNDER 19,000 REGISTERED DOGS AND 22 DETERRENT 2023 IN THIS AREA, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE DOGS THAT WE DEAL WITH, WELL OVER 95% ARE NOT REGISTERED. WE ARE ALL DEALING WITH IT AND STRUGGLING WITH THAT AND BEING OVERWHELMED BY IT, TO PUT A FIGURE, NO. WE CAN'T. GOOD LUCK WITH THE FUNDRAISING. THIS WAS SAYING YES, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD BE THE OWNER, BUT CURRENTLY, THAT MANY DOGS, TO DEAL WITH THEY JUST WANT TO GET ON TOP OF THE PROBLEM INITIALLY. OWNERS ARE NOT REGISTERING THEIR DOGS, SO IF THEY ARE OUT ROAMING, YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY HOLD THE OWNERS TO ACCOUNT. BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW WHETHER DOG HAD COME FROM. DOG REGISTRATION CAN VARY FROM AROUND 5O TO $150 A YEAR FOR A DOG. IT'S A LOSING BATTLE. IF YOU CAN'T BE ON TOP OF THE PROBLEM, HOW MUCH FUNDING ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE BEFORE YOU CAN GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A SAFE SPACE BECAUSE SAY WHAT YOU LIKE ABOUT COST OF LIVING AND NOT REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT PEOPLE WILL PAY FOR DESEXED EGG AND NEUTERING, I JUST THINK THAT DOG ATTACKS ARE SO HORRIFIC'S AND WHEN A CHILD GETS A TAXPAYER DOG, THERE IS NO COMING BACK FROM THAT. THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY TO GET ON TOP OF THAT. CHILD GETS ATTACKED BY A DOG* IT'S AMAZING WORK. I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY IT'S A LOST CAUSE, BUT IT IS A HARD ASK. 19,000 STOCKS IN NORTHLAND BUT ACTUALLY ABOUT 95% OF THE DOGS THAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH A NOT REGISTERED. SOME AGAIN, YOU CAN'T HOLDS THE OWNERS TO ACCOUNT BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER DOG IS TRACKED BACK TO. GREAT WORK TO LIZ AND HER TEAM. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. THERE ARE FEARS THE PLANNED CLOSURE OF AN INTENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE IN AUCKLAND UNDER A PROPOSAL FROM HEALTH NZ WOULD PUT LIVES AT RISK. HEALTH NZ SAYS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ACCESSING SPECIALISED PSYCHOTHERAPY AT SEGAR HOUSE IS LOW AND SHIFTING STAFF TO COMMUNITY TEAMS INSTEAD WILL HELP MORE PEOPLE. BUT FORMER SEGAR HOUSE EMPLOYEE KYLE MACDONALD SAYS THE PLAN WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THOSE WITH COMPLEX MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS. ONE CLINICIAN IN THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE MANY MORE PATIENT, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SPECIALISED CARE THAT THE HOUSE PROVIDE, AND THAT INTENSIVE TREATMENT IS ACTUALLY REQUIRED BY THIS POPULATION GROWTH DUE TO THEIR CLINICAL RISK AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT COMMUNITY TREATMENT HAS NOT WORKED FOR THEM. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND SAYS THE PROPOSAL WOULD MAKE MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTISE AVAILABLE TO MORE PEOPLE. FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF VICTIMS OF THE WEST COAST CAVE CREEK DISASTER WILL BE GATHERING THIS MORNING, THIRTY YEARS ON FROM THE TRAGEDY. 14 PEOPLE DIED AFTER THE VIEWING PLATFORM THEY WERE ON COLLAPSED INTO A CHASM IN 1995. AN INQUIRY LATER FOUND THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PLATFORM WAS POORLY MADE, USING NAILS INSTEAD OF BOLTS. THE DEATH TOLL FROM YESTERDAY'S PORT FIRE IN IRAN HAS RISEN TO 40 AFTER AN EXPLOSION RIPPED THROUGH A CONTAINER HUB. MORE THAN 1200 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE BLAST IS STILL UNKNOWN, BUT CHEMICALS HELD AT THE PORT ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE FUELLED THE BLAZE. RESCUE TEAMS SAY IT'S 90% EXTINGUISHED. FORMER BLACK CAP TRENT BOULT HAS CLAIMED THREE WICKETS TO HELP HIS MUMBAI INDIANS SIDE TO A 54-RUN VICTORY OVER THE LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS. BOULT FINISHING WITH THREE FOR 20 FROM HIS FOUR OVERS. AN OUTSTANDING WAY TO ENTER THE CONTEST. TRENT FAULT AND HIS TEAM HAVE A RECORD-BREAKING VICTORY FOR THE MUMBAI INDIANS. FELLOW PACER JASPRIT BUMRAH ALSO PICKING UP FOUR WICKETS, INCLUDING THREE IN ONE OVER. IT'S THE INDIANS' FIFTH WIN ON THE TROT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. PACK YOUR UMBRELLA ` PERIODS OF RAIN FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, A FINE MORNING IN TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA WELLINGTON TURNING CLOUDY WITH THE POSSIBLE SHOWER LATER ON. A HIGH OF 23 IN KAITAIA, 18 IN TAUPO. KI TE WAIPOUNAMU, TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` LOOKING MOSTLY FINE HERE. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY IN NELSON, BLENHEIM, AND DUNEDIN. CLEAR SKIES ELSEWHERE. 21 YOUR HIGH IN KAIKOURA. 17 IN TAHUNA QUEENSTOWN. WE'VE ALL HAD TO DEAL WITH A RUDE OR ABRUPT COLLEAGUE AT SOME STAGE IN OUR WORKING LIFE. SO HOW CAN YOU PROTECT YOUR WELL-BEING AND CONTRIBUTE TO A MORE RESPECTFUL AND PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT? WE SPOKE TO AUTHOR JESS STUART EARLIER TO HELP US ANSWER THAT. WE ARE ALL HUMAN. SOMETIMES WE HAVE BAD DAYS AND IN THE HEAT OF A MOMENT WE MIGHT SAY SOMETHING WE LATER REGRET. IF THAT IS AN ONGOING THING, IT WINDS OUR RESPECT AND DISREGARDING CRITICAL SKILLS LIKE EMPATHY. IN THE WORKPLACE, THAT IS HUGE BECAUSE IT MEANS WE ARE UNDERMINING OUR COLLEAGUES AND DEVELOP A BAD REPUTATION IF WE ARE BEHAVING THAT WAY. WHAT IS IT WE NEED TO DO? I'M LOOKING AT THIS IN TWO WAYS ` ONE IS THE PERSON THAT MIGHT BE RECEIVING A RUDE COMMENT, BUT ALSO AS THE PERSON WHO WAS CATCHING YOURSELF DOING IT. AND YOU CAN STOP YOURSELF, BUT YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO STOP YOURSELF. HOW DO WE CALM OURSELVES ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT LEDGER? IF WE ARE IN THE FACE OF THIS, RESPONDING IN A WAY THAT IS CALM RATHER THAN REACTING IS THE BEST THING WE CAN DO FOR BOTH PARTIES. THERE IS ALSO INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITIES. WERE KEEPING OURSELVES COME FROM WITHIN WERE KEEPING OURSELVES CALM FROM WITHIN AND WE HAVE THIS GROUNDED SENSOR THAT EVEN WHEN THERE IS CHAOS AROUND US OR WE ARE IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, ENABLES US TO KEEP CALM. WE CAN STILL SEE EACH OTHER AS HUMANS EVEN WHEN WE DIFFER IN OPINION. BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP THAT REALLY CALM WORKPLACE, YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO ESCALATE IT, BUT AT WHAT POINT DO YOU NEED TO EITHER CONFRONT THE PERSON, OR SAY WE ARE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE HERE? COMING FROM THIS PLACE OF CALM, HELPS US DEAL WITH THAT. IF YOU RESPOND IN A WAY THAT IS COME, PEOPLE OFTEN SAY YOU WILL GET WALKED OVER. BUT, IF YOU ARE COME PEOPLE WILL LISTEN TO YOU MORE AND THEY WILL REFLECT ON THEIR BEHAVIOUR. IT IS HAVING BOUNDARIES AND MAKING SURE WE DO NOT STAND FOR THIS STUFF WHEN IT IS ONGOING. BEING ABLE TO TALK TO THE PERSON IN A WAY THAT IS COME, OR TALK TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO MAY BE ABLE TO HELP US RESOLVE THE SITUATION. I AM JUST TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU ACTUALLY TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE WHO IS STRESSED AND SOMEBODY WHO IS JUST BEING A BETWEEN SOMEONE WHO IS STRESSED AND SOMEBODY WHO IS JUST BEING A IT IS CONSISTENT, IT IS LIKELY THAT IT IS REFLECTIVE OF A CHARACTER FLAW, OR THIS PERSON DOES NOT DEAL WELL WITH THAT STRESS. SUCH A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. SUCH A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. WHO HAD A SITUATION LIKE THIS IN YOUR WORKPLACETHERE WILL NO DOUBT BE MANY OF YOU WHO HAVE HAD A SITUATION LIKE THIS IN YOUR WORKPLACE, AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO I NAVIGATE THAT RIGHT. THERE IS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF TOLERANCE THAT YOU HAVE, AND THEN THERE IS A POINT OF ACTUALLY, THIS IS NOT COOL BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE HERE 9 TO 5, AND BE IN THE SAME SPACE AS THIS PERSON. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. ALSO, JUST GOING OF THAT, I READ THIS BOOK BY MEL ROBBINS. YOU WILL KNOW THAT SHE IS HUGE IN TERMS OF PODCASTING, BUT SHE HAS A BOOK THAT IS AROUND THE LET THEM THEORY. IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN TO ITS SIMPLEST FORM, LET THEM ` BE DICKHEAD, OR WHATEVER, AND LET ME FOCUS ON THE WORK I AM DOING. IT ALL CAME OUT OF HER SON GOING TO HAS BALL, WHICH IS A MASSIVE THING OVER THERE, AND HE WAS NOT GOING TO GO, THEN HE DECIDED TO GO AT THE LAST MINUTE. SHE HAD TO ORGANISE EVERYTHING, AND IT WAS STRESSFUL BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING AND EVERYONE WAS COMING TO THE HOUSE, AND THEN SHE SAID I'M GOING TO GO AND GET SOMETHING TO EAT. THEN HER DAUGHTER SAID JUST LET THEM. IT IS NOT YOUR PROM, JUST LET THEM. IT IS A VERY GOOD THEORY. THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS LET ME. YOU CAN LET THEIR BEHAVIOUR GO, BUT YOU HAVE TO LET YOURSELF GET ON THE WORK. WHEN IS YOUR BOOK COMING OUT? WHAT'S IT CALLED? WEDNESDAY IT IS COMING OUT. THANK YOU FOR REMEMBERING. AVAILABLE FROM ALL GOOD BOOKSTORES. WHEN IS THE SIGNED COPY ARRIVING AT MY DESK? OH YEAH, THAT IS RIGHT. IS THAT HAPPENING? AT SOME POINT IN TIME. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE NOT BEEN DEFAMED. ARE YOU GOING TO READ IT BEFORE IT COMES OUT ON WEDNESDAY? DEPENDS WHEN IT IS DELIVERED. IT IS AN EASY READ, CHANGY. IS IT LONG? IS IT SHORT? ME U TONU MAI ` A FEW FOOTBALL TROPHIES HAVE BEEN SECURED AROUND THE WORLD. WE'RE TALKING SPORT, NEXT. # YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE. # HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF AN INTENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE IN AUCKLAND SAYS PLANS TO CLOSE THE SERVICE AND REDEPLOY STAFF TO COMMUNITY SERVICES IS 'LUDICROUS'. THE DEATH TOLL FROM YESTERDAY'S PORT FIRE IN IRAN HAS RISEN TO 40 AFTER AN EXPLOSION RIPPED THROUGH A CONTAINER HUB. AND IN SPORT, JUBILANT SCENES HAVE ERUPTED OUTSIDE ANFIELD AFTER LIVERPOOL SECURED THEIR 20th TITLE WITH A 5-1 WIN OVER SPURS. FOOTBALL HAS DOMINATED THE SPORTS HEADLINES OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS FROM HERE IN NEW ZEALAND TO OVER IN EUROPE. WITH MORE, ZION DAYAL JOINS US. LET'S START WITH AUCKLAND FC, AND AN HISTORIC NIGHT AT MOUNT SMART. ARE YOU FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO LIFT YOUR FOOT FROM UNDER THE TABLE, HE STILL HAS THE TICKER TAPE AND GRASS ON HIS BOOTS FROM MOUNT SMART, WHICH SHOWS THE DEDICATION. HOW WERE THE CELEBRATIONS? GREAT NIGHT, GREAT CELEBRATIONS. LOTS OF FANS TURNED UP DESPITE THE WEATHER. IT WAS A GREAT AFTERNOON AND IT HELPED THAT AUCKLAND ONE AS WELL. I THINK THEY HAD 15 SHOTS ONLY TWO ON TARGET AT HALFTIME. IT COULD CELEBRATION GREAT NIGHT, GREAT CELEBRATIONS. LOTS OF FANS TURNED UP DESPITE THE WEATHER. IT WAS A GREAT AFTERNOON AND IT HELPED THAT AUCKLAND ONE AS WELL. I THINK THEY HAD 15 SHOTS ONLY TWO ON TARGET AT HALFTIME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN 5-0 AT HALFTIME. IT WAS A NIGHT WHERE A LOT OF THE PLAYERS WERE SO HAPPY. THEY HAD WON THE PREVIOUS PLATE BEFORE THE GAME HAD STARTED BUT TO GET A VICTORY IN FRONT OF THE HOME FANS WASN'T CREDIBLE. DID YOU SPEAK TO THE PLAYERS? THERE WAS A LOT OF CHAMPAGNE IT SEEMED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THERE WAS A FEW SORE HEADS THIS MORNING. THEY HAD A BIT OF A PARTY AFTERWARDS. I DID MANAGE TO SPEAK ON THE FIELD, LEGALLY, AND TALK TO SOME OF THE PLAYERS.. OF THE PLAYERS. (ALL CHEER) FIRST SEASON, FIRST TROPHY. HOW DOES THAT ONE FEEL, MATE? OH, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE MAN. ESPECIALLY, LIKE, I'M FROM AUCKLAND, SO TO DO IT IN FRONT OF THE HOME CROWD IS UNBELIEVABLE. YOU'RE A LOCAL BOY. YOU'RE A KIWI BOY, AND YOU LIFT NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL TROPHY. PART OF A TEAM. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU, MATE? IT MEANS A LOT. OBVIOUSLY THIS GROUP OF PLAYERS, YOU KNOW, WE CAME TOGETHER BRAND-NEW. AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE` IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE, WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED. STEVE, AT THE START OF LAST SEASON, YOU LOSE YOUR JOB AFTER LOSING THE FIRST FEW GAMES. YOU COME TO A NEW CITY, YOU START UP A NEW CLUB AND YOU'RE LIFTING YOUR FIRST TROPHY, MATE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? UH, EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. YOU KNOW, WE STRIVE TO BE THE BEST AND WE ARE THE MOST CONSISTENT TEAM OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEASON, SO, UH, TO HOLD UP THE PREMIER'S PLATE, IT MEANS A LOT, NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF ` MY COACHING STAFF AND ALL THE PLAYERS. DOES THIS SEASON GET ANY BETTER FOR YOU, MATE? OH, IT'S BRILLIANT. YOU KNOW, AND WHAT A WAY TO DO IT. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS ALREADY IN THE BAG, BUT TO PUT ANOTHER WIN ON THE BOARD IN FRONT OF THE HOME FANS IN THE LAST REGULAR SEASON GAME IS A GREAT FEELING. FROM DAY ONE, WAS THIS POSSIBLE FOR YOU GUYS? I THINK YEAH, DEFINITELY. THIS IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY. WAS IT REALISTIC? DID WE THINK WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS? I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, BECAUSE I'M NEW TO THE LEAGUE, I THINK SOME OF THE MORE EXPERIENCED PLAYERS KNEW THAT WE COULD DO THIS AND THE COACHING STAFF DEFINITELY DID TOO, SO IT FEELS GREAT TO HAVE ACHIEVED IT. AUCKLAND FC, THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL NEW ZEALAND 14 TO WIN A TROPHY, IN THEIR FIRST SEASON AS WELL. WHAT DOES MAKE IT EXTRA SPECIAL IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THIS TEAM ARE KIWIS. THAT IS WHAT THEY WERE BIG ON AT THE START OF THE SEASON. THEIR FIRST TROPHY, THERE IS STILL THE BIG ONE TO COME. THE WAY THEY HAD BEEN PLAYING AND TRACKING THAT YEAR, THERE IS NO REASON WHY THEY COULD NOT GO ON AND WHEN IT. LEAGUE VERSUS CUP ` DO YOU LIKE THAT THERE IS A GRAND FINAL? OR DO YOU PREFER A LEAGUE FORMAT? I LIKE THE GRAND FINAL. I LOVE THE DRAMA. LIVERPOOL HAD FINISHED TOP OF THE LEG. THERE IS NO GRAND FINAL DAY, BUT IT DOES ADD TO THE DRAMA, AND IT ADDS TO THE SET OF SPORT, AND IT MAKES IT EXTRA SPECIAL IF YOU DO GO ON AND WHEN, AND IT PROVES THAT YOU ARE THE BEST TEAM THROUGHOUT THE SEASON AND ON THE DAY. I WILL TELL YOU ALSO ONE THING ABOUT GOING TO THE AUCKLAND FC GAME, THE CROWD, INCREDIBLE. ONE OF THE THINGS A LOT OF US DO IS GO DOWN FOR A FRITZ WEINER AT HALFTIME. I WENT DOWN BUT THEY WERE ALL SOLD OUT. IT IS A VERY POPULAR STAND. YOU MENTIONED LIVERPOOL. THEY HAVE EQUALLED MANCHESTER UNITED'S TOTAL PREMIER LEAGUE TITLES. THEY ONLY HAD TO BEAT TOTTENHAM. WHO WOULD SUPPORT THEM? IT WAS GREAT. I CAME INTO WORK THIS MORNING AND THE SCENES AFTERWARDS. LAST TIME THEY WON THE TITLE IN 2020, THERE WERE NO CROWDS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. THE CROWD WAS FILLED WITH FLAGS AND POSTERS. TO SEE THE FANS ENJOYING IT TODAY. I HAVE CLIPPED UP A BIT FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE. THESE WERE THE FINAL MOMENTS, OR THE MOMENTS AFTER THE FINAL WHISTLE. THESE ARE PRECIOUS MOMENTS. THESE ARE GLORY DAYS. UNSTOPPABLE, UNBREAKABLE. UNSHAKEABLE. SLOT'S LIVERPOOL HAVE REACHED THE PROMISED LAND. # YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE. # IT IS SPECIAL. IT IS SOMETHING WE DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED. IT IS AMAZING. A LOT OF EMOTIONS. DURING THE WHOLE WEEK. WE GOT THE JOB DONE, AND WE TRULY DESERVE TO BE CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND. OUTSIDE THE STADIUM OF ENFIELD, THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY GOING CRAZY. EVERYBODY CELEBRATING. IT IS COLD. IT IS GOOD TO SEE. THERE ARE STILL FOUR GAMES TO GO. I GUESS, THE PARTY TELLER WILL BE GOING ON FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. OUR TEAMS ARE FOCUSING ON THE EUROPA LEAGUE. A COUPLE OF SEMIFINALS COMING UP. THERE IS STILL HOPE. LOVELY TO SEE YOU. GO CLEAN YOUR BOOTS OFF. I WAS JUST LISTENING TO THE CHAT AROUND AUCKLAND FC. I THINK ABOUT THE BREAKERS WITH THEM ALSO BEING MOSTLY NEW ZEALAND BORN. WHEN THEY WERE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND THAT LEG, A LOT OF THE PLAYERS WERE FROM NEW ZEALAND. THERE IS A LOT TO BE SAID ABOUT THAT WHOLE` EVEN THOUGH IT IS A CLUB COMPETITION, YOU ARE REPRESENTING WHERE YOU COME FROM. AUCKLAND MADE A POINTED EFFORT WHEN THEY STARTED THIS CLUB THAT IT WOULD BE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE COUNTRY AS WELL. A LOT OF THE GUYS YOU WOULD ONLY SEE PLAY FOR THE ALL WHITE, BUT NOW THEY HAVE STOOD UP, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE PLAYING IN THE ALL WHITE AND HAVE A GOOD CHANCE TO GO TO THE WORLD CUP AS WELL. THERE I SAT, NEXT YEAR IS A WORLD CUP YEAR WHICH MEANS THAT BIG PLAYERS WANT TO BE PLAYING AND THEY CAN'T BE SITTING ON THE BENCH. THAT MEANS BIG OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLUBS, THEY COULD TRY AND GET SOME ALL WHITE HAIR, AND THEY COULD ALSO TRY GET SOME BIG STARS IN A YEAR THAT IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OFF-SEASON. GRAND FINALS, ALL ABOUT IT. YOU ARE THE BEST IN THE SEASON, BUT UNDER THE MOST INTENSE PRESSURE, YOU ARE THE BEST. I DON'T LIKE GRAND FINALS. IT IS ABOUT SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEASON. I LIKE THE GRAND FINAL. E WHAI AKE NEI ` 30 YEARS AGO TODAY, TRAGEDY ROCKED AOTEAROA. WE'LL CROSS LIVE TO THE WEST COAST AS FAMILIES GATHER TO REMEMBER THE VICTIMS OF THE CAVE CREEK DISASTER. (REO MAORI WAIATA) TODAY MARKS 30 YEARS SINCE THE CAVE CREEK DISASTER ON THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST COAST. 13 TAI POUTINI POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS AND A DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION FIELD OFFICER WERE KILLED WHEN THE VIEWING PLATFORM THEY WERE ON COLLAPSED INTO THE RIVERBED BELOW. FOUR OTHERS WERE INJURED. 1 NEWS REPORTER ALI PUGH IS IN PUNAKAIKI THIS MORNING AND JOINS US NOW. MORENA, ALI. WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE TODAY? HOW ARE FAMILIES AND SURVIVORS COMMEMORATING? THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO THE WEST COAST TO MARK THIS ANNIVERSARY, IN FACT, THE BIGGEST GROUP WE HAVE SEEN IN YEARS. THERE WILL BE A PRIVATE CEREMONIAL SERVICE FOR SOME OF THE FAMILIES OF THOSE VICTIMS, WITH SOME TRAVELLING FROM OVERSEAS TO MARK THE EVENT, AS WELL AS THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL FROM DOC. THIS MORNING IS ALSO THE OPENING OF A NEW SECTION OF TRACK THAT WILL BE RENAMED AS THE CAVE CREEK MEMORIAL TRACK, WHICH THE FAMILIES HAVE CALLED FOR FOR A LONG TIME. IS A SMALL GROUP TODAY THAT WILL BE WALKING THE TRACK THIS MORNING ` I BELIEVE THEY ALREADY HAVE LEFT. FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T PERHAPS REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED, THIS WAS A HORRIBLE EVENTS THAT REALLY SHOOK THE NATION AT THE TIME APRIL 1995, A GROUP WAS STANDING ON A PLATFORM WHICH COLLAPSED UNDER THEIR WEIGHT AND THEY FELL 30 M TO THE RIVERBED BELOW, RESULTING IN THE DEATHS OF 14 THE CAVE CREEK DISASTER HAD MAJOR REPERCUSSIONS FOR DOC AND GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT ` WHAT WERE SOME OF THE KEY CHANGES THAT CAME OUT OF IT? THE ENQUIRY THAT FOLLOWED ULTIMATELY LEAD TO A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF HOW DOC BILLS AND THE MANAGERS ITS STRUCTURES. THERE ARE ABOUT 13,000KM OF TRACK IN NEW ZEALAND, AND EVERY SINGLE METRE OF THAT TRACK WAS WALKED BY STAFF AT ALL STRUCTURES WERE CATEGORISED, MANY OF THEM WERE IMMEDIATELY CLOSED FOR A PAIR. DOC NOW HAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PROGRAM FOR ITS ASSET MANAGEMENT TO ENSURE IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. IT WAS SHOCKING READING ABOUT A PLATFORM IN THE REPORT, IT HAD A LITANY OF PROBLEMS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. IT WAS BUILT BY SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT AN ENGINEER. INSTEAD OF BOLTS, THEY USED NAILS. STEEL WAS NEVER ATTACHED TO THE STRUCTURE, WHICH WOULD HAVE CONNECTED THE PLATFORM TO THE COUNTERWEIGHT AT THE BACK. THE MORE YOU KNOW, THE WORSE IT GETS. A SIGN HAD BEEN ORDERED WHICH WOULD HAVE SAVED MANY LIVES. HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH ANY SURVIVORS OR FAMILY MEMBERS AHEAD OF TODAY'S SERVICE? YES, I HAVE. I SPOKE TO THEM AS WELL FIVE YEARS AGO, SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO COME BACK THIS YEAR THE VARIOUS REASONS. TALKING TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS, 30 IS DOWN FEELS THAT A LONG TIME BUT IT IS STILL SO RAW AND TOUGHER FOR THESE FAMILY MEMBERS. THE VICTIMS WERE SO, SO YOUNG, THE YOUNGEST BEING 17, SO EVEN 30 IS ON, THEY WOULD ONLY BE IN THEIR LATE 40S, EARLY 50S, IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO COME TO TERMS WITH. IT WAS JUST SO SHOCKING AND NO ONE, NOT ONE INDIVIDUAL, WAS HELD TO ACCOUNT. THE ENQUIRY PUTS THE WHOLE TRAGEDY DOWN TO SYSTEMIC FAILURE. AWFUL FOR THOSE FAMILIES. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, ALI. STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` HOW DO YOUNG PEOPLE REALLY FEEL ABOUT THEIR DEVICES? NEW RESEARCH REVEALS HOW MANY ARE FEELING OVERWHELMED AND ANXIOUS BECAUSE OF THEIR PHONES. ALSO AHEAD ` WHY SOME ALREADY HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO DELIVER ITS NEW EV CHARGING PLAN. PLUS ` AUCKLAND FC HAVE THEIR FIRST PIECE OF SILVERWARE FOR THE TROPHY CABINET, LOCKING UP THE A-LEAGUE'S PREMIERS PLATE. WE'LL HAVE A CHAT WITH THEM JUST AFTER 8.30. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S 8 O'CLOCK ` HERE'S THE NEWS. THANKS, JENNY MAY. AT LEAST 11 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A CAR DROVE INTO A FILIPINO STREET FESTIVAL IN VANCOUVER LAST NIGHT, WITH POLICE WARNING THAT NUMBER COULD RISE WITH MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE ALSO INJURED. OFFICERS ARRESTED A LOCAL MAN (30) AT THE SCENE, SAYING HE IS KNOWN TO THEM AND THEY'RE CONFIDENT IT WAS NOT AN ACT OF TERRORISM. IT COMES A DAY BEFORE CANADA IS SET TO HEAD TO THE POLLS FOR ITS FEDERAL ELECTION. SEVERAL LARGE RALLIES HAVE NOW BEEN CANCELLED.WAS A DOG DESEXING ORGANISATION IN NORTHLAND IS BATTLING TO MEET RISING FINANCIAL DEMANDS IN THE FACE OF WHAT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS 'A CHALLENGING FUNDING LANDSCAPE'. THE BEST DOG TRUST HAS ALREADY NEUTERED HUNDREDS OF DOGS IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT UNWANTED LITTERS. BUT AS DEMAND GROWS, SO DO THE COSTS, AND WITH 41 DOGS NOW ON THEIR WAITLIST, MANAGER LIZ WOODWARD SAYS IT FEELS LIKE 'TRYING TO HOLD BACK A TSUNAMI WITH A TEASPOON.' WE CAN ARGUE ALL WE WANT THAT OWNERS SHOULD BE PAYING FOR IT. THE REALITY IS RESCUES AND POUNDS ARE DROWNING IN UNWANTED DOGS. THEY ARE IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY, OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR WILDLIFE ` WE JUST NEED TO DO SOMETHING, SO WE HAVE STEPPED UP TO DO THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THE BEST WE CAN. SHE SAYS THE COST TO DESEX ONE DOG IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN $300 AND $400. POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED FOUR PEOPLE WERE SEEN RUNNING FROM A FUNERAL HOME THAT WAS DESTROYED BY A FIRE IN AUCKLAND'S MANGERE OVERNIGHT. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT, AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE, BUT A POLICE SCENE GUARD REMAINS IN PLACE WHILE AN EXAMINATION IS COMPLETED. POLICE SAY ENQUIRIES ARE NOW UNDERWAY TO IDENTIFY AND LOCATE THE FOUR, AND ARE CALLING FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD IF THEY HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION. THE PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS UNION HAS TOLD RNZ NEWS THE TRUCK THAT BROKE DOWN, LEAVING CREWS STRANDED WHILE THEY FOUGHT A BLAZE IN AUCKLAND LAST WEEK IS 'OLD', AND SHOULD BE RETIRED. TWO FIREFIGHTERS ISSUED A MAYDAY CALL WHEN THEY FOUND THEY COULDN'T OVERRIDE THE AUTOMATED SETTINGS OF THE TRUCK. NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT MARTIN CAMPBELL SAYS THE TRUCK WILL BE 15 YEARS OLD SOON, AND ISN'T DUE FOR REPLACEMENT IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. HE WANTS FENZ TO CONSIDER 15 YEARS AS THE MAXIMUM LIFESPAN OF A TRUCK, RATHER THAN 20. A CLINICAL LIVERPOOL WIN OVER SPURS THIS MORNING HAS SECURED THEM THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE, IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME SUPPORTERS. ARNE SLOT'S MEN NOTCHING A 5-1 WIN AT ANFIELD, AFTER WHAT'S BEEN A DOMINANT PREMIER LEAGUE CAMPAIGN, WITH FOUR GAMES TO SPARE. IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ENJOY IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY, AND OBVIOUSLY THE FANS IN THE STADIUM, SO IT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS SINCE WE DONE IT IN 2019/20, SO I'M GLAD WE FINALLY GOT OVER THE LINE. IT'S THEIR FIRST PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE SINCE 2020. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. PACK YOUR UMBRELLA ` PERIODS OF RAIN FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, A FINE MORNING IN TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA WELLINGTON TURNING CLOUDY WITH THE POSSIBLE SHOWER LATER ON. A HIGH OF 23 IN KAITAIA, 18 IN TAUPO. KI TE WAIPOUNAMU, TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` LOOKING MOSTLY FINE HERE. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY IN NELSON, BLENHEIM, AND DUNEDIN. CLEAR SKIES ELSEWHERE. 21 YOUR HIGH IN KAIKOURA. 17 IN TAHUNA QUEENSTOWN. THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT TEENS BEING GLUED TO THEIR PHONES, BUT IT'S NOT OFTEN WE HEAR FROM THE TEENS THEMSELVES ABOUT HOW THEY MANAGE THEIR SCREEN TIME. NEW RESEARCH FROM 2 DEGREES HAS FOUND 38% OF GEN Z FEEL OVERWHELMED, PANICKED OR ANXIOUS BY THE NUMBER OF NOTIFICATIONS THEY RECEIVE EACH DAY. SOON, WE WILL HEAR FROM A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND DIGITAL WELLBEING EDUCATOR, BUT FIRST, TEENAGERS ELIZA AND SCARLETT ARE WITH US IN STUDIO THIS MORNING. MORENA TO YOU BOTH. WHAT ARE THE MAIN APPS YOU RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS FOR? INSTAGRAM AND WHATSAPP. SNAPCHAT AND MESSAGES./ DURING THE COURSE OF AN HOUR, HOW MANY NOTIFICATIONS DO YOU RECKON YOU GET? IT DEPENDS ON DAY-TO-DAY... MAYBE... FIVE-ISH. WHAT ABOUT YOU? MAYBE 7 TO 8. THE RESEARCH IS SHOWING THAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING OVERWHELMED BY THOSE NOTIFICATIONS ` DO YOU FEEL THAT ACCURATE AND HOW DO YOU FEEL? I DON'T REALLY FEEL ANXIOUS BECAUSE IF I DO START FEELING ANXIOUS, THEN I'LL JUST TURN IT ON SILENT,. WHAT ABOUT YOU, ELIZA? A NORMALLY HAVE MY PHONE ON DO NOT DISTURB ANYWAYS, SO THAT HELPS ME STAY ON TOP OF MINUTE OF OCCASIONS. DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT RESEARCH FINDING IS RELEVANT? YES, I KNOW A LOT OF MY FRIENDS HAVE THEIR NOTIFICATIONS ON THE WAY WERE MORE APPS THAT I DO. YOU GUYS ARE SWITCHED ON IN TERMS OF KNOWING WHEN TO PUT THINGS ON THE DO NOT DISTURB AND NOT GET DISTRACTED, DO YOU FIND IT FRUSTRATING WITH YOUR FRIENDS WHEN THEY ARE GETTING PINGED THE TIME? USUALLY, THEY ARE ALSO VERY AWARE OF IT. HOW DO YOU MANAGE IT? AS IT'S AS SIMPLE AS PUTTING IT ON DO NOT DISTURB OR IS THERE A NEED TO BE CONNECTED? SOMETIMES, FOR ME, I DO FEEL THE NEED TO BE COMMUNICATED, SEE WHERE MY FRIENDS ARE AT. THAT I'M DOING IT TOO MUCH, I WILL TAKE A BREAK AND FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO LIKE READ A BOOK. FOR THE MOST PART, IT IS JUST PUTTING IT ON SILENT. HOW FAIR DO YOU THINK IT IS, THAT CHARACTERISATION OF TEENAGERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE ALWAYS BEING ON THEIR PHONES? FOR LIKE THERE AS I WAS GOING TO BE A WIDESPREAD OF PEOPLE ` A LOT BEING ON THEIR PHONES INTO LOTS NOT, BUT I THINK A LOT OF TEENS STILL DO GET OUT THERE AND ARE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE. IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK THAT, BECAUSE IT IS BECOMING MORE OF A THING, PEOPLE ARE MAKING MORE OF AN EFFORT TO NOT BE BOMBARDED WITH NOTIFICATIONS? IT DEPENDS, TO BE HONEST. I TRY TO GET MY FRIENDS TO FIX WHATEVER IS HAPPENING ON THEIR PHONE OR WOULD YOU SAY TO ANYONE OUT THERE WHO IS A SIMILAR AGE TO YOU WHO FEELS LIKE IT IS BECOMING OVERWHELMING? I FELT THAT WAY WHEN I FIRST GOT SNAPCHAT, SO THAT I DECIDED TO MUTE THE NOTIFICATIONS OFF OF THAT AND THAT FIXED THE ENTIRE THING, BASICALLY. SO BE AWARE OF WHEN YOU ARE SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON SOMETHING, AND JUST SILENCE IT. IT'S A TIME WHEN YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO GO FOR THE NEW BUTTON. THANKS TO THE BOTH OF YOU. NOW LET'S BRING IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND DIGITAL WELL-BEING EDUCATOR KATHRYN BERKETT. MORENA. GOOD MORNING, CATHERINE. THESE TWO PEOPLE ARE SWITCHED ON, BUT I MEASURED FOR A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THESE DAYS, THE SENSE OF OVERWHELMING NOTIFICATIONS CAN BE A LOT. WHAT CAN I DO TO COMBAT THAT? I THINK YOU JUST GOT THE BEST ADVICE, DIDN'T YOU? THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY CONFIDENT. IF THERE IS LESS OF THAT CONFIDENCE, THAT NEEDS TO BE ACCEPTED AS PART OF IT AND YOU CAN'T SEPARATE YOURSELF, GO OFF AND READ A BOOK, AS THEY SAID IT BECOMES MORE RELIANT AND REALLY, YOU TALK ABOUT BEING SWITCHED ON AND AWARE, IF WE GET THE BEGINNING AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, CONTROL IT AT THE BEGINNING, WE HAVE THESE AMAZING DEVICES WE CAN USE IF WE WANT TO. WHEN YOU HAVE A PHONE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND PARENTS ARE HAVING A CHAT ABOUT LET'S SWITCH OFF NOTIFICATIONS... LET'S BE REALLY AWARE THAT WE CAN CHAT AS MUCH AS WE WANT BUT MODELLING IS MORE POWERFUL FOR THE BRAIN, THE BRAIN LEARNS FROM WHAT IT SEES, FILLS, HEARS, AND MODELLING, SPECIALLY FROM YOUNG AGE, I HAD A STORY ABOUT A GRANDMA AND HER LITTLE ONE CAME AROUND AND THE LITTLE ONE ALL THE PHONE ON THE TABLE AND SHE WENT AND GOT IT AND GIVE IT TO HER GRANDMA IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE HER IMPRESSION IS THAT WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THEM OUR HANDS ANY MORE, SO THERE IS MODELLING THAT WE DON'T REALISE WE'RE DOING. IT'S PROBABLY ALL WELL AND GOOD TO TALK ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE AND TEENAGERS USING PHONES, BUT WE ALL DO IT, RIGHT, THE OLD PEOPLE ARE AS BAD AS THE YOUNG. SOMETIMES I COULD SAY, DAD CAN YOU GET OFF YOUR PHONE? SO HOW CAN WE MODEL THAT BEHAVIOUR? IF MY KIDS CAME INTO THE ROOM AND I WAS ON THE COMPUTER OR PHONE AND THEY STARTED TALKING, I WOULD EXPLICITLY SAY STOP, I HAVE GOT TO SHUT MY COMPUTER, WAIT UNTIL I FINISHED, I'M NOT LISTENING TO YOU PROPERLY. WHEN I'M ON THE PHONE, I'M NOT ENGAGED WITH YOU. I MODEL THOSE THINGS. MY KIDS KNOW THAT THEY CAN'T PICK UP THE PHONE DURING CONVERSATION. DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO ALSO BE A BIT MORE EXPOSIT ABOUT WHAT WE ARE USING THE PHONE FOR? SAYING THAT YOUR MESSAGING SOMEONE YOU NEED TO GET BACK TO, AS OPPOSED TO ALWAYS DOING IT ON THE SLY. MY DAUGHTERS PHONE PANGA YESTERDAY AND SHE SAID, MUM, I HAVE TO ARRANGE THIS, AND THAT DIDN'T WORRY ME, BUT IF SHE PICKED IT UP, THAT WOULD BE REALLY OFFENSIVE TO ME. THAT BECOMES A MANNERS THING, RIGHT? THEY HAVE BECOME SO PERVASIVE AND IT IS AN EASY HABIT TO CONSTANTLY BE LOOKING AT YOUR FOREHEAD AND RESPONDING TO THINGS OR CHECKING THINGS BUT ACTUALLY, YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WITH YOU. WHEN I GROW UP ALL WE HAD WAS FACE-TO-FACE. WE WERE COMPLETELY IN THE SPACE, AND NOW YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE, WE ARE NOT WATCHING EVERYONE'S NUANCES, FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, BODY, SO THERE IS A LOT OF MISCOMMUNICATION COMING THROUGH. ADOLESCENCE IS THE BEST TIME TO LEARN FACIAL RECOGNITION, PATTERN MAKING, AND IF YOU'RE SPENDING ALL YOUR TIME HALF COMMUNICATING, YOU DO NOT GROW THE CAPACITY TO HAVE THESE AMAZING COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS FOR WHEN YOU BECOME AN ADULT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE NOW AGEING INTO THE WORKPLACE THAT ARE FINDING COMMUNICATION AND GROUPS AND WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT. IT IS ONE OF THE REASONS. CATHERINE, THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. ME U TONU MAI ` THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING LANDSCAPE IS IN FOR A SHAKE-UP, BUT WILL THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW PLAN BE ENOUGH TO POWER UP THE COUNTRY'S EV INFRASTRUCTURE? (POP MUSIC) # IT'S MY ANXIETY. # ANXIETY, ANXIETY. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` AT LEAST 11 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A CAR DROVE INTO A FILIPINO STREET FESTIVAL IN VANCOUVER YESTERDAY, WITH POLICE WARNING THAT NUMBER COULD RISE. BACK HERE IN NORTHLAND, A DOG DESEXING ORGANISATION SAYS IT'S STRUGGLING TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF ROAMING DOGS, AS COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE. AND IN SPORT ` AUCKLAND FC HAVE THANKED THEIR SUPPORTERS AFTER SEALING THE A-LEAGUE MINOR PREMIERSHIP IN THEIR DEBUT SEASON. HOW THEY SURVIVED THE NIGHT TO MAKE IT INTO THE BREAKFAST STUDIO? WE WILL SEE. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO FAST TRACK THE ROLL-OUT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS NATIONWIDE. UP TO $68m IN EXISTING FUNDING WILL NOW BE USED FOR INTEREST-FREE LOANS TO PRIVATE COMPANIES, AS A WAY TO SPEED UP INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. THE TARGET IS 10,000 CHARGERS BY 2030, OR ONE CHARGER PER 40 EVs. GOOD MORNING, IS A REAL GAME-CHANGER OR NOT ENOUGH? IT IS A POSITIVE STEP BY THE GOVERNMENT. BUT IN TERMS OF HOW THEY ARE GOING ABOUT IT WITH THESE LOANS, IS IT ENOUGH? WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW MODEL THAT HAS NOT BEEN USED ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD THAT WE ARE AWARE OF, SO TRADITIONALLY, OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING AUSTRALIA HAVE GRANT MODELS, TO THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE SPENT OVER $400 MILLION AND STATE GOVERNMENTS ARE TOPPING IT UP AS WELL, AND THAT GIVES AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF EVERY DOLLAR SPENT IS AT LEAST THREE DOLLARS ECONOMIC RETURN. THE TARGET IS 10,000 NEW CHARGES BY 2030 ` HOW REALISTIC IS THAT, BASED ON WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENTLY? WE ONLY HAVE 1400 ON THE GROUND, SO THAT IS A REALLY BIG ASK. WE HAVE TO LOOK TO BE INSTALLING 120 A MONTH FROM NOW UNTIL 2030, SO IT IS AMBITIOUS. WHAT IS THE BOTTLENECK? OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE 10 COMPANIES, AND WE HAVE 29, 29 DIFFERENT COMPANIES WITH PROCESSES, PRICING AND THE CHARGE POINT OPERATORS DON'T HAVE VISIBILITY ON THE NETWORK CAPACITY AS WELL, AS IT IS REALLY CHALLENGING FOR THE CHARGE POINT OPERATORS. THOSE OPERATORS HAVE INDIVIDUALLY DIFFERENT WAYS OF OPERATING CHARGING, ET CETERA THE HOW MUCH OF AN ISSUE IS THAT FOR CONSUMERS? IT'S NOT THE BIGGEST ISSUE BECAUSE THE CHARGE POINT OPERATORS ARE ALL VERY CUSTOMER FOCUSED AND THEY WANT A GOOD OUTCOME FOR THE CUSTOMER. IT IS REALLY, HOW CAN WE GET THE COMPANIES WORKING IN A REALLY FAST AND EFFECTIVE WAY FOR THE CHARGE POINT OPERATORS? ASIDE FROM CHARGERS, DOES OUR ELECTRICITY NETWORK ACTUALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR THIS? THE BIG THING PEOPLE NEED TO THINK ABOUT, THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT TRANSPORT OR ENERGY, THIS IS ABOUT BATTERIES ON WHEELS AND IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE MODELS COMING IN NOW, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO POWER A HOUSE, SO WE ARE IN THIS TRANSITION TO THINKING NOT JUST ABOUT TRANSPORT BUT ENERGY RESILIENCE AS WELL. YOU MENTIONED AUSTRALIA EARLIER, BUT IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE WORLD, THEIR MODELS AROUND THE WORLD THAT COULD FIT HERE? DEFINITELY, LIKE EVEN IF WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN AUSTRALIA WITH AC CHARGING, SO HAVING RIGHT TO CHARGE, IS AN APARTMENT, YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. IN THE UK, NEW BUILDINGS ARE BEING BUILT WITH CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. SO OVERALL, THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT KMART IS TODAY, HOW WOULD YOU RATE IT? IT IS AN EXCITING STEP, AND WE HOPE IT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL BUT THAT THERE IS MORE TO BE DONE. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU IN THE STUDIO WITH US, THANK YOU. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, AUCKLAND FC JOIN US ON THE COUCH. (POP MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HOPEFULLY YOU ARE NOT LATE FOR SCHOOL. ESMONDE ROAD. THAT IS AN ON-RAMP. CHOP CHOP IF YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY TO SCHOOL. IF YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY TO WORK, YOU HAVE ABOUT HALF AN HOUR. GREAT NORTH ROAD. THAT IS WEST HEADING INTO THE CITY. MUCH OF A MUCHNESS. THE WEATHER IS NOT AS BAD AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. THERE WILL BE SOME BAD WEATHER COMING OUR WAY. # SAVING ALL MY LOVE... WHAT A BANGER THAT WAS. FOR OUR DAILY DIP INTO THE TVNZ ARCHIVE, THIS MORNING WE'RE RE-VISITING A BIT OF POP CULTURE HISTORY. AND IT'S POP MUSIC THIS TIME. AROUND THIS TIME BACK IN 1999, WE'D JUST LEARNED WE HAD A NEW GIRL GROUP, FORMED ON THE REALITY TV SHOW 'POPSTARS'. THEY WERE OF COURSE CALLED 'TRUEBLISS'. (CHEERING) MEET THE FIVE-FACED FUTURE OF KIWI POP MUSIC. THEY'RE CALLED TRUEBLISS, AND WERE TONIGHT UNVEILED AS THEY BEGIN THEIR QUEST TO SCALE THE TOP-A-MOST OF THE POP-A-MOST. THE MEDIA HYPE BROUGHT OUT YOUNG WOMEN IN THEIR HUNDREDS FOR A CHANCE TO BE A POP STAR. THE FIVESOME ` AGED BETWEEN 19 AND 22 ` ARE THE PRODUCT OF THE TV2 SHOW 'POPSTAR', CHOSEN FROM 550 HOPEFULS. THE QUESTION ON MOST PEOPLE'S LIPS WAS 'CAN THEY SING?' THE ANSWER, EVEN THE MOST CYNICAL WOULD HAVE TO ADMIT, WAS YES. # LOOK INTO MY EYES, # I LOVE YOU TILL THE END OF TIME. # I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU. # THE SINGING AND DANCING OVER, THE QUINTET SAT DOWN TO THE BIT THAT COULD BE JUST AS IMPORTANT ` FACING THE MEDIA. WE THINK WE'RE` WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD PRODUCT HERE. WE THINK WE'RE A PRETTY COOL TEAM, AND WE'VE GOT SOME` SOME AMAZING STUFF TO SHOW EVERYBODY, BUT IT'S REALLY HOW THAT GETS RECEIVED. WELCOME, THEN, TO DIPLOMATIC SPICE, AND A BIG HELLO TO SALESWOMAN SPICE. THE GROUP HAVE NO QUALMS EITHER ABOUT BEING CALLED MANUFACTURED. YOU AUDITION FOR A TELEVISION ROLE, YOU AUDITION, IN A WAY, TO GET ANY JOB. THIS JUST HAPPENS TO BE IN THE PERFORMING WORLD, AND WE DO DESERVE TO BE HERE. AS I SAID, WE'VE DONE OUR TIME. NEXT UP IS A NATIONAL PROMO TOUR OF RADIO STATIONS. THEN, IF THE POP GODS SMILE, THE WORLD. GREG BOYD, ONE NETWORK NEWS. GREAT STORY, AND PIONEERING AT THE TIME. THAT CAME BEFORE AMERICAN IDOL. LOVELY TO HEAR GREG'S VOICE AS WELL. REST IN PEACE MY FRIEND. AT LEAST 11 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A CAR DROVE INTO A FILIPINO STREET FESTIVAL IN VANCOUVER YESTERDAY. LOCAL POLICE WARNING THAT NUMBER COULD RISE, WITH MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE ALSO INJURED. OFFICERS ARRESTED A LOCAL MAN (30) AT THE SCENE, SAYING HE IS KNOWN TO THEM AND THEY'RE CONFIDENT IT WAS NOT AN ACT OF TERRORISM. PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY WILL NOW TRAVEL TO VANCOUVER. IT'S AN UNEXPECTED TRIP IN WHAT WAS MEANT TO BE HIS FINAL DAY CAMPAIGNING FOR THE FEDERAL ELECTION. POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED FOUR PEOPLE WERE SEEN RUNNING FROM A FUNERAL HOME THAT WAS DESTROYED FROM A FIRE OVERNIGHT IN AUCKLAND'S MANGERE. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE, BUT A POLICE SCENE GUARD REMAINS IN PLACE WHILE AN EXAMINATION IS COMPLETED TODAY. POLICE SAY ENQUIRIES ARE NOW UNDERWAY TO IDENTIFY AND LOCATE THE FOUR, AND ARE CALLING FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD IF THEY HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION. THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO FAST TRACK THE NATIONWIDE ROLLOUT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS IS BEING DESCRIBED AS A POSITIVE STEP, BUT IT'S 'A BIG ASK.' UP TO $68m IN EXISTING FUNDING WILL BE USED FOR INTEREST-FREE LOANS TO PRIVATE COMPANIES IN THE HOPES OF SPEEDING UP INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. EV LOBBY GROUP 'DRIVE ELECTRIC' SAYS THE GOVERNMENT'S TARGET OF 10,000 IS 'AMBITIOUS'. WE HAVE ONLY GOT 1400 ON THE GROUND. SO WE HAVE A LOT TO GO. THAT IS A REALLY BIG ASK, SO WE HAD TO LOOK TO BE INSTALLING 125 CHARGES A MONTH FROM NOW UNTIL 2030. AND, AT THE MOMENT WE ARE INSTALLING ABOUT 20. THE GOVERNMENT'S TARGET IS 10,000 CHARGERS BY 2030 OR ONE CHARGER FOR EVERY 40 EVs. CHRIS WOOD'S NOTTINGHAM FOREST HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF THE FA CUP, LOSING 2-0 TO MANCHESTER CITY IN THE SEMI-FINAL. FOREST ON THE BACK FOOT EARLY IN THE MATCH, AFTER CITY BROKE THROUGH IN THE SECOND MINUTE. TRYING TO MAKE INROADS, AND LEWIS WITH AN EARLY CHANCE! (CROWD ROARS) AND A SPECIAL START FOR MANCHESTER CITY! BOTH TEAMS NOW TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO SECURING A SPOT IN THE CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE, WITH CITY FOURTH ON THE PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE, AND FOREST IN SIXTH JUST ONE POINT BEHIND. THE WESTS TIGERS HAVE UPSET THE CRONULLA SHARKS IN GOLDEN POINT. THE TIGERS GIVING UP A 12-POINT LEAD TO LET THE SHARKS BACK INTO THE GAME BEFORE SEALING VICTORY IN EXTRA TIME. WHAT A SHOT THIS IS. HE'S CERTAINLY TAKING HIS TIME. WHAT'S IT GONNA BE? IT'S IN FLIGHT. HE... HAS... DONE IT! THE WIN PUTS THE TIGERS JUST OUTSIDE THE TOP EIGHT IN NINTH. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. PACK YOUR UMBRELLA ` PERIODS OF RAIN FOR MOST OF YOU HERE. HOWEVER, A FINE MORNING IN TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA WELLINGTON TURNING CLOUDY WITH POSSIBLE SHOWERS LATER ON. A HIGH OF 23 IN KAITAIA, 18 IN TAUPO. KI TE WAIPOUNAMU, TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` LOOKING MOSTLY FINE HERE. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY IN NELSON, BLENHEIM, AND DUNEDIN. CLEAR SKIES ELSEWHERE. 21 YOUR HIGH IN KAIKOURA. 17 IN TAHUNA QUEENSTOWN. AUCKLAND FC HAVE CAPPED OFF A REMARKABLE DEBUT SEASON BY BECOMING THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL TEAM TO WIN A PIECE OF SILVERWARE IN THE MEN'S A-LEAGUE. THE BLACK KNIGHTS LIFTING THE TROPHY IN FRONT OF MORE THAN 24,000 FANS AT HOME LAST NIGHT AFTER A 1-0 WIN OVER THE PERTH GLORY. FRESH FROM THEIR CELEBRATIONS, WE'RE JOINED BY DEFENDER DAN HALL AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE NICK BECKER. GENTLEMEN, GOOD MORNING. DAN, HOWEVER CELEBRATIONS LAST NIGHT? THEY WERE GOOD. WE ARE STOKED TO BE MINOR PREMISE. WE CELEBRATED ACCORDINGLY. I AM SURPRISED THAT PLATE MADE IT INTACT. I SAW SOME FOOTAGE OF STEVE DRINKING SOME CHAMPAGNE OFF IT. WHAT DID HE SAY TO YOU ABOUT THE ACHIEVEMENT? HE SAID NOT TO UNDERVALUE WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. BEING THE FIRST TEAM FROM NEW ZEALAND TO WIN ANY MAJOR TROPHY IS A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT, SO HE WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY HAPPY WITH IT, AND CELEBRATIONS LAST NIGHT SHOWED THAT HE WAS STOKED. WELL DONE TO YOU MAKING IT IN. ARE YOU SURPRISED YOU HAVE MADE IT THIS FAR? I AM GOING GOOD. I AM A LITTLE BIT HUSKY. 18 MONTHS AGO YOU WERE IN THE STUDIO AND TALKING ABOUT THIS TEAM, AND HOW YOU ARE GOING TO GET IT OFF THE GROUND. YOU COULD NOT HAVE IMAGINED THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN IN YOUR FIRST SEASON? NOT AT ALL. IF YOU HAD OFFERED THIS TO ME THEN I WOULD HAVE BEEN AMAZED. IT HAS BEEN AMAZING, AND THE JOURNEY HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. AUCKLAND HAS GOT AROUND IT. WE HAVE FANTASTIC FANS. THE WHOLE PIECE OF ALL OF AUCKLAND, DIVERSITY, IS INCREDIBLE. TO HAVE 24,000 PEOPLE THERE ON A WET SUNDAY TO SEE US LEFT A PLATE IS FANTASTIC. DAN, HAVE YOU BEEN SURPRISED BY HOW GOOD THE FANS HAVE BEEN? FOR SURE. I THINK WHEN I FIRST CAME TO AUCKLAND, YOU WOULD NOT REALLY SEE ANY AUCKLAND FC CHURCH AROUND, BUT NOW YOU WALK THE STREETS AND SEE THEM EVERYWHERE. IT IS INCREDIBLE, AND THE SUPPORT WE HAVE, WE WANTED TO WIN FOR THEM. DOES IT FEEL LIKE HOME NOW? YES, I WOULD SAY HOME AWAY FROM HOME. THE PEOPLE ARE VERY WELCOMING. WHAT DOES IT DO FOR THE CLUB IN TERMS OF SUPERCHARGING ITS AMBITIONS? IT IS HALFWAY THERE IN THE SEASON. WE LEFT THE FIRST TROPHY, AND WE WANT TO WIN THE SECOND ONE. WE HAVE ONE MORE AWAY GAME IN THE MELBOURNE NEXT WEEK AND THEN WE HAVE A BUY, AND THEN WE HAVE A HOME AND AWAY SEMIFINALS. IF WE MAKE THE GRAND FINAL IT WILL BE HERE IN AUCKLAND, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO LIFT THAT TROPHY IN FRONT OF THEM. FOR US, THE NEXT SEASON WE WILL BE SEEING A LOT MORE GROWTH IN OUR MEMBERSHIP, AND WE WANT TO SEE A CONTINUANCE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AT MOUNT SMART STADIUM. I THINK AUCKLAND IS HAVE REALLY GOT AROUND THIS FOR TWO REASONS. ONE, THEY WANT TO SUPPORT A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL CLUB, BUT THEY WANTED TO SUPPORT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND WE HAVE DELIVERED THAT ON AND OFF THE PITCH. DAN, AS A PLAYER WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT LEAGUE VERSUS KNOCKOUT FORMAT. HOW FAR DOES IT GO FROM A LONG SEASON TO THE FINAL. DO YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR MINDSET? YET, FOR SURE. I THINK, OBVIOUSLY, IT IS DO OR DIE WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINAL SERIES, BUT CREDIT TO THE COACHING STAFF, THEY HAVE INSTILLED THAT MENTALITY THAT EVERY GAME IS A MUST WIN FOR US. WITH THAT ATTITUDE AND MENTALITY, WE ARE IN GOOD STEAD FOR THE FINALS. I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT OFF-SEASON JUST YET, BUT DOES AUCKLAND BECOME EVEN MORE ATTRACTIVE, NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE WON THE PREMIER'S PLATE, BUT BECAUSE NEXT YEAR WILL BE A WORLD CUP YEAR AND PLAYERS WILL WANT TO BE PLAIN, AND THEY WILL BE WANT TO BE IN FRONT OF COACHES? ABSOLUTELY. WE HAD SIX PLAYERS IN THE LAST ALL-WHITE SQUAD. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE. YOU ARE RIGHT. 12 MONTHS AGO, WE WERE SITTING AROUND TALKING TO AGENTS, TALKING TO PLAYERS, SAYING THAT AUCKLAND WILL BE A GREAT PLACE TO BE TO BE COMPETITIVE. WE HAVE SHOWN THAT. SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS WILL BE EASIER. WE WILL NOT HAVE A HUGE MOVEMENT OUT OF THE SQUAD BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE THREE OR FOUR SPOTS WHICH WILL CHANGE. ALEX WILL GO BACK TO BOURNEMOUTH. THEY WILL BRING IN A COUPLE OF KEY PEOPLE TO THE SQUAD. AND WE WILL GO AGAIN. HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO GO FROM STARTING FROM SCRATCH TO CHASING THE PACK AND NOW BE LEADING THE PACK? PERSONALLY I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOLIDAY. IT HAS BEEN A FULL ON YEAR, AND IT HAS BEEN REALLY HARD WORK. WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED MAKES UP FOR ALL THE HARD WORK WE HAVE PUT IN. WE HAVE GIVEN IT EVERYTHING. WE HAVE ONE PIECE OF SILVERWARE, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER PIECE WHERE CHASING. HOW IMPORTANT IS THE LOCAL-BASED ASPECT OF THE TEAM, HAVING A GOOD CORE OF NEW ZEALAND-BASED PLAYERS? IT IS DEFINITELY HUGE. AUCKLAND FC IS A NEW ZEALAND BASED CLUB, SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE LOTS OF NEW ZEALAND PLAYERS. THE KIWI PLAYERS WHO ARE PLAYING HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB, AND THEY ARE VERY TALENTED. THEY ARE AN INSPIRING YOUNGER KIWIS AROUND THE COUNTRY. IT HAS BEEN GREAT TO BE A PART OF IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT INTO THE STUDIO. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE 8-YEAR-OLD MUSICAL TALENT THAT'S TURNING HIS TALENT TOWARDS A GOOD CAUSE. THE FERRY IS OFF. AND SO SHOULD YOU, IF YOU HAVE WORK OR SCHOOL. AUCKLAND HAS SHOWERS TODAY, POSSIBLY HEAVY AND THE RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. FRESH NORTH-EASTERLY ONES, AND YOU WILL GET A HIGH OF 23. HEADING TO THE CAPITAL. LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. MORNING CLOUD, CLEARING TO BECOME FINE. THAT CLOUD WILL RETURN LATER THIS AFTERNOON, THOUGH. SOME SHOWERS LATER TONIGHT AS WELL. NORTHERLIES EASING IN THE EVENING. A HIGH OF 20. CHRISTCHURCH. WOULD YOU LOSE YOUR MIND IF THE WARRIORS BROUGHT THE NRL TROPHY INTO THE STUDIO HERE? FINE MORNING. CLOUD DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON, WITH A SPOT OF RAIN AT NIGHT. SOUTHERLIES DEVELOPING BY THE AFTERNOON. A HIGH OF 22. GOOD MORNING, DUNEDIN. PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY. OCCASIONAL RAIN FROM MID DAY. SOME RAIN DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 18. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY FOLLOWING A FUNERAL HOME FIRE IN AUCKLAND'S MANGERE, WITH POLICE JUST CONFIRMING FOUR PEOPLE WERE SPOTTED RUNNING FROM THE SCENE. AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE LOBBY GROUP SAYS THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO FAST TRACK THE NATIONWIDE ROLLOUT OF CHARGING STATIONS WITH A NEW LOAN SCHEME IS A POSITIVE STEP, BUT A 'BIG ASK'. AND IN SPORT, CHRIS WOOD'S NOTTINGHAM FOREST HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF THE FA CUP, LOSING 2-0 TO MANCHESTER CITY IN THE SEMI-FINAL. RIGHT FROM AN EARLY AGE, TOMTOM'S PARENTS KNEW HE HAD A GIFT JUST LIKE HIS DAD WHO IS A MUSICIAN. THE 8-YEAR-OLD HAS AN INCREDIBLE TALENT FOR THE DRUMS. THEY JOIN US FROM THEIR HOME IN PETONE. MORENA! LOOK AT YOU ALL. HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING? FANTASTIC, THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU, TOM TOM? I AM GOOD. SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. TOM TOM, CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE DRUMS AND WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT PLAYING THEM. IT MAKES ME HAPPY. GOD GIFTED ME THE TALENT. AND WE ARE GOING TO HEAR YOUR TALENT VERY SHORTLY. HOW COOL IS THIS QUESTION MARK AND WHEN DID YOU KNOW, AND BECAUSE TOM-TOM IS EIGHT, WHEN DID YOU KNOW HE HAD A REAL TALENT? WELL, I PLAYED PROFESSIONALLY AND FROM AN EARLY AGE. EVEN WHEN HE WAS IN THE WOMB, MY WIFE WOULD OFTEN SAY I THINK HE IS PLAYING THE DRUMS. THERE IS ALWAYS MUSIC AND HOUSE, BAND PRACTICES. SO, HE WAS ABOUT 10 MONTHS OLD AND WE WERE HAVING A BAD PRACTICE AND I WAS WATCHING HIM ON THE COUCH AND HE WAS PATTING HIS LEGS, AND I THOUGHT, OH, WHAT IS THIS? WE WOULD STOP AND HE WOULD STOP PATTING. I RAN DOWN TO THE ROCK SHOP HERE IN LOWER HUTT AND I GOT HIM SOME STICKS AND CUT THEM DOWN. WE FLIPPED OVER SOME MEAL CANS AND HE IMMEDIATELY STARTED PLAYING. AMAZINGLY, BEFORE HE WAS ONE, HE WAS DOING CROSS OVER. THAT IS ALL I NEEDED TO SEE. MY WIFE AND I JUST FED IT, WE JUST NURTURED THAT. HE WAS QUITE OBSESSIVE. UNTIL HE WAS ABOUT FIVE, IT WAS FIVE, SIX HOURS A DAY. THE ONLY THING THAT SLOWED HIM DOWN WAS SCHOOL. DOESN'T BLOW YOU AWAY HOW TALENTED HE IS COSMIC NO DOUBT HE IS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER. DOES THAT BLOW YOUR MIND AT TIMES BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER. DOES THAT BLOW YOUR MIND AT TIMES? WE ARE SO IMMUNE TO IT. IT IS MOMENTS LIKE THIS, MY WIFE AND I LAST NIGHT WE GOT THE KIDS IN BED, WE DID GIG LAST NIGHT, WE GOT HOME AND WE WERE TALKING, AND WE SAID IT IS THOSE MOMENTS WHEN YOU GO, OH, THIS IS QUITE AMAZING. FOR US, IT IS THE NORM. IT IS JUST WHO HE IS. IT IS A CONSTANT THING IN OUR LIVES. IT IS THESE MOMENTS WHERE WE STEP BACK AND GO, THIS IS NOT NORMAL FOR AN EIGHT YEAR OLD. TOM-TOM, DO YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE SONG THAT YOU LIKE TO PLAY OR PLAY TO? YES, FIRE BY JIMI HENDRIX. TOO GOOD. DO YOU GET NERVOUS AT ALL WHEN YOU ARE PLAYING IN FRONT OF A CROWD OF PEOPLE YOU DO NOT KNOW? NO. I AM JUST USED TO IT. IT IS CHRIS HERE IN THE STUDIO, IT IS VERY BRAVE FOR ANY PARENT TO LET THE CHILD GO FOR THE DRUMS AS A CHOSEN INSTRUMENT. HOW SOUNDPROOFED AS YOUR HOUSE, AND WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP LIKE WITH YOUR NEIGHBOURS? GOOD QUESTION. EVERYTHING IN MY HOUSE THAT IS BREAKABLE HAS BEEN BROKEN AT LEAST ONCE. MY LAPTOP HE GOT BACK TWICE. IMAGINE GIVING DRUMSTICKS TO A TEARDROP. WINDOWS, TVS, EVERYTHING. BUT, LIKE I SAID, WE JUST SUPPORT HIM ON IT. WE ARE USED TO IT. OUR NEIGHBOURS ARE GOOD. I ALWAYS GO OVER, WHEN WE FIRST MOVED IN, AND EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING. WE HAVE A SOUNDPROOFED MUSIC ROOM. KIND OF SOUNDPROOFED. I THINK EVERYBODY HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE. I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW YOU WOULD GET UPSET AT A YOUNG GUY LIKE THIS MAKING A LITTLE BIT OF NOISE. WE KEEP IT BETWEEN NORMAL HOURS. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE HAVING A CHAT WITH YOU BOTH THIS MORNING. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HIT YOU PLAY US OUT. WE APPRECIATE YOU. WHO ELSE IS WITH YOU? THIS IS OUR GOOD FRIEND. HE IS THE MUSICAL TALENT IN THE BAND. HE IS THE BAND LEADER. HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING. WE SO APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. ('FIRE' BY JIMI HENDRIX PLAYS) ('FIRE' BY JIMI HENDRIX PLAYS) # LET ME STAND BETWEEN YOUR FIRE. # LET ME STAND BETWEEN YOUR FIRE. GO ON! THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS YOUNG MAN IN THE FUTURE. ABSOLUTELY SMASHING IT. E WHAI AKE NEI ` LUCY BENDELL HAS FOUND THE PURR-FECT SPOT FOR A COFFEE THIS MORNING. MORENA, LUCY. GOOD MORNING, TINA. IF YOU LIKE COFFEE AND CAPS, THIS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU. A DECADE OF CUDDLES AND CAFFEINE. THEY ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN. WE WILL FIND OUT NEXT HOW YOU CAN KEEP THE AUCKLAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING CAT CAFE 'PURRS AND BEANS' OPENED IN 2015. IT'S BEEN HOSTING CATS AND CAT-LOVERS FOR ALMOST A DECADE BUT WITH RISING PRICES, THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN TOUGH. LUCY BENDELL IS THERE, JOINED BY SOME CATS. HOW'S IT GOING? MORENA AND SAY HELLO TO PURRS AND BEANS, AND I AM JOINED BY FAITH ASHLEY AND SHANE. FOR SOMEONE WHO HASN'T HEARD OF A CAT CAFE, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THIS SPACE? A CAT CAFE IS ESSENTIALLY A CROSS BETWEEN A REGULAR CAFE WHERE YOU CAN COME AND GET YOUR COFFEE AND A CAT SANCTUARY, SO WE ARE HOME TO 22 CATS, SO QUITE A LOT. THERE IS A MIX OF RESIDENT CATS, ONE TO LIVE HERE PERMANENTLY, AND FOSTER CATS. WE FACILITATE THEIR ADOPTIONS AND ESSENTIALLY, PROVIDE A TRANQUIL SPACE WHERE YOU CAN FORGET YOUR STRESSES FOR THE HOUR AND COME GET SOME FELINE THERAPY. WE OPERATE A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE, IS EVERYTHING YOU SPEND GOES BACK INTO KEEPING OUR DOORS OPEN. TO YOU BUT OPEN FOR NEARLY A DECADE, SHANE, I WANT TO KNOW WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO START SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND WHAT DO PEOPLE FEEL WHEN THEY WALK THROUGH THE DOORS? WE TOOK OVER THE BUSINESS TWO YEARS AND WHEN IT USED TO BE IN THE CITY. WE KNEW CATS VERY WELL AND WE WANTED THEM TO BE SAFE. WE WANT TO PROMOTE SAFE CAT GUARDIANSHIP. TELL US ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES YOU HAVE FACED. WE ARE A SMALL BUSINESS, AND WE ARE REALLY FACING THOSE REPERCUSSIONS NOW. LAST YEAR WAS OUR LOWEST ATTENDANCE NUMBERS TO DATE, AND WITH THE ADDED EXPENSE OF VET BILLS, SO OUR HIGHEST OUTGOINGS ARE RENTS, STAFF WAGES AND VET BILLS. BUT AS SHANE WAS JUST SAYING, WE ARE COMMITTED TO STAYING THE COURSE. WE ARE NOT DOING IT FOR THE MONEY, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT MONEY IS NEEDED. YOU ARE MAKING A CAMPAIGN TO REACH $25,000. HOW MUCH ARE YOU AT? WE'RE REALLY CLOSE, AND THAT FULL OF MONEY IS TO STOCKPILE FOR ANY POTENTIAL VET VISITS THAT I NEEDED SO WE CAN KEEP THESE GUYS AS HEALTHY AND HAPPY AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE AS WE ALL GET OLDER, MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN WITH US FROM THE BEGINNING IN 2015, MANY OF THEM OVER 10, AND THOSE VET VISITS BECOME A BIT MORE FREQUENT. THEY ARE VERY HAPPY, YOU GUYS ARE LIKE A CAT WHISPERERS. YOU HAVE TWO DAYS TO RAISE $3000, SO IF ANYONE CAN HIT ONLINE TO THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE AND HELP IF YOU CAN, OR PERHAPS JUST POP IN FOR A COFFEE TO GET THOSE CUSTOMER NUMBERS UP. THANKS, LUCY. THAT'S US VIA MONDAY, LOVELY TO HAVE YOU BACK. CAPTIONS BY DREW WELSH, MAIA CARR HEKE, FRANK GORE AND KITTY WASASALA. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.