IT'S MONDAY, THE 19th OF MAY. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. SO GOOD TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY THIS MORNING. WHAT DID YOU GET UP TO THIS WEEKEND? A BIT OF PILATES? I SUSPECT THAT I WOULD LIKE IT. YOU ARE INTO SQUASH. I LIKE MY RACQUET SPORTS, SO I SUSPECT I WOULD LIKE IT. I WOULD FEEL BOUGIE. AT THE MOMENT, I'M FOCUSING ON THE KIDS ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEKEND, BUT I DID A BIT OF PILATES YESTERDAY. NICE. GOOD ON YOU, MATE. WENT TO A TOURNAMENT WITH THE BOYS. THEY PLAY RUGBY LEAGUE, BUT PLEADED TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME. FORMAL BIKES, SOME BLUES PLAYERS, MOANA PASIFIKA PLAYERS, IT WAS A COOL DAY FOR THE KIDS. A LOT OF KIDS THAT HAVE NOT PLAYED BEFORE. ON A GLORIOUS SATURDAY. NO, THIS WAS YESTERDAY. IT RAINED AFTER THAT, AND EVERYTHING WAS GOOD. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` IT'S BUDGET WEEK. THE GOVERNMENT WILL REVEAL HOW MUCH IT'LL SPEND, AND ON WHAT, LATER THIS WEEK. NICOLA WILLIS HAS ALREADY WARNED IT WON'T BE A LOLLY SCRAMBLE, BUT WHAT STATE ARE THE GOVERNMENT'S BOOKS IN HEADING IN TO THURSDAY? ALSO AHEAD ` ONE BIG SPEND HAS ALREADY BEEN ANNOUNCED. $164m WILL GO IN TO HELPING AFTER-HOURS MEDICAL CARE AROUND THE COUNTRY. BUT WITH MANY SERVICES CLOSING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND THE NECESSARY STAFF, HOW WILL THE NEW PLAN WORK? WE'LL PUT THAT TO THE PRIME MINISTER JUST AFTER 7 AND GET A RESPONSE FROM DOCTORS. PLUS, THE COMPANY TOWN THAT'S SO BIG IT'S REACHED CITY STATUS. WHAT? 'STAR BASE' IN SOUTH TEXAS IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF SPACE X AND HAS BEEN INCORPORATED BY VOTERS, MOSTLY SPACE X EMPLOYEES. BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS IT WILL GRANT THE COMPANY, OWNED BY ELON MUSK, THE ABILITY TO CLOSE A POPULAR BEACH AND STATE PARK FOR ROCKET LAUNCHES. WE'LL SPEAK TO ONE OF THE GROUPS OPPOSING THE MOVE. AND AROUND ABOUT 40 MINUTES. I DID NOT EVEN KNOW THIS WAS HAPPENING. IT IS ALL HAPPENING ON BREAKFAST! RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S YOUR NEWS. THANKS, JENNY MAY. ISRAEL SAYS IT'S LAUNCHED AN EXTENSIVE GROUND OPERATION IN GAZA FOLLOWING A SERIES OF STRIKES KILLING AT LEAST 130 PALESTINIANS ACROSS THE STRIP. IT COMES AMID CONTINUING ATTEMPTS TO SECURE A CEASEFIRE. PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS SAY HAMAS HAS OFFERED TO RELEASE NINE HOSTAGES IN EXCHANGE FOR A 60-DAY TRUCE. BBC'S LUCY WILLIAMSON HAS THE LATEST FROM JERUSALEM. ISRAEL SAYS THIS IS AN EXTENSIVE GROUND OPERATION THROUGHOUT GAZA, THE NEXT PHASE IN A WAR THAT IT SAYS WILL ONLY END WITH THE MILITARY AND POLITICAL DESTRUCTION OF HAMAS. THE PRESSURE ON GAZA HAS REALLY NOT BEEN THIS GREAT SINCE THE FIRST WEEKS OF THE WAR MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, BUT NEGOTIATORS ARE STILL IN QATAR. AND THE QUESTION IS WHAT IMPACT THIS MILITARY PRESSURE WILL HAVE ON THOSE TALKS AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT THEIR PROGRESS. AND THERE HAVE BEEN MORE DRONE ATTACKS IN UKRAINE, OFFICIALS THERE SAYING RUSSIA LAUNCHED 273 OF THEM, OFFICIALS THERE SAYING RUSSIA LAUNCHED 273 OF THEM, KILLING ONE WOMAN AND INJURING THREE OTHERS IN KYIV. IT'S THE LARGEST ATTACK SINCE THE WAR BEGAN IN 2022. IT FOLLOWS THE FIRST DIRECT TALKS ON FRIDAY FAILING TO SECURE A TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE'LL SPEAK WITH THE LEADERS OF BOTH COUNTRIES TOMORROW. THE POPE HAS TAKEN HIS FIRST POPE-MOBILE RIDE THROUGH SAINT PETER'S SQUARE, WAVING TO A CROWD OF THOUSANDS ON HIS WAY TO HIS INAUGURATION MASS. THE FORMAL CEREMONY MEANS HE'S NOW OFFICIALLY THE NEW LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. HE USED THE MASS TO ONCE AGAIN CALL FOR PEACE, WITH MANY WORLD LEADERS IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDING UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENKSY AND U.S. VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE. BACK HERE, A COMMERCIAL BUILDING FIRE IN WELLINGTON HAS BEEN PUT OUT BY FIRE AND EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT. AUTHORITIES WERE ALERTED TO THE BLAZE ON GLOVER STREET IN NGAURANGA AT AROUND 3am THIS MORNING, WITH SEVEN FIRE APPLIANCES INCLUDING A LADDER TRUCK RESPONDING. NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE INSIDE WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT. A TRUCK HAS REMAINED ON-SITE TO MONITOR HOTSPOTS. TO SPORT, AND IN FORMULA 1, RED BULL'S MAX VERSTAPPEN HAS STORMED TO A STATEMENT WIN AT THE IMOLA GRAND PRIX. STARTING FROM SECOND WITH MCLAREN'S OSCAR PIASTRI ON POLE, THE FOUR-TIME WORLD CHAMPION MADE HIS MOVE IN THE FIRST LAP. VERSTAPPEN SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH PIASTRI, THROUGH TO TOMORROW, AND GETS THE JOB DONE! YOU GOTTA BE BRAVE AROUND THERE. LIAM LAWSON ONLY MANAGING TO MAKE UP ONE PLACE FROM QUALIFYING, FINISHING 14th. HE'S STILL WAITING TO EARN HIS FIRST POINTS OF THE SEASON, WITH PRESSURE MOUNTING AFTER RB TEAMMATE ISACK HADJAR FINISHED 9th. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) IT TAKE POINTS FROM THE COMMENTARY. I NEED TO UP THE ENERGY. A BIT OF FORMULA ONE ENERGY. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND AND TAUPO WITH SHOWERS TO BE EXPECTED IN THE EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON. 20 YOUR HIGH IN TAURANGA, 15 IN PALMERSTON NORTH. SOME SHOWERS EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE UPPER SOUTH ISLAND AND CANTERBURY. HOWEVER, FINE IN OTAGO, SOUTHLAND AND FIORDLAND. 14 IS YOUR HIGH IN NELSON; 9 IS YOUR HIGH IN WANAKA. THERE ARE ORANGE SNOWFALL WARNINGS FOR ARTHUR'S PASS AND PORTERS PAST UNTIL 7am THIS MORNING, SO DO TAKE CARE. THANKS, CHRIS. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING WITH OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. POLICE HAVE ARRESTED AND CHARGED A MAN IN RELATION TO A SET OF SEVEN FIRES IN MASTERTON EARLIER THIS YEAR. LUCY BENDELL JOINS US NOW WITH MORE DETAILS. WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING TODAY, LUCY? GOOD MORNING, JENNY MAY. A 44 YEAR OLDER MAN WILL APPEAR IN THE COURT TODAY FOR SEVEN COUNTS OF ARSON. THE POLICE ARRESTED THE MAN FOR A SPREE OF FIRES EARLIER THIS YEAR IN THE TOWN SQUARE ON 22 FEBRUARY. SIX OF THOSE FIRES WERE AT CHURCHES, AND ONE WAS TARGETED AT A BUSINESS. THEY ALL HAPPEN IN THE TOWN CENTRE AND A 10 MINUTE WINDOW. THREE OTHER BUILDINGS WERE ALSO TARGETED, BUT THEY DID NOT CATCH FIRE. THE SEVENTH BLAZE HAPPENED AT 10 AM, SO MULTIPLE HOURS LATER. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FOOTAGE, MANY BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED FROM MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT AS A LOT OF THOSE CHURCHES WERE OLD BUILDINGS. PUBLIC INFORMATION PLAYED A VITAL ROLE FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND THAT IT WAS AN UNSETTLING TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY, SO HOPEFULLY THIS NEWS WILL BRING A LITTLE BIT OF COMFORT. THANKS FOR THAT, LUCY. FROM AUCKLAND NEWSROOM. LET'S GO TO HARRY BARTLE IN WELLINGTON, AND THERE'S BEEN A RESCUE IN WAIRARAPA? THAT IS RIGHT, JENNY MAY. TWO TEENAGERS HAD BEEN RESCUED FROM THE FOREST PARK OVERNIGHT WHEN THEY WERE COMING BACK FROM AN OVERNIGHT STAY IN A HUT FROM RISING LEVELS, THE TEENAGERS WERE SWEPT DOWN THE RIVER. THESE WERE TO 15-YEAR-OLDS, BUT DESPITE HIS AGE, THE SECOND TEAM MADE A GREAT DECISION. HE LOCATED HIS EMERGENCY BEACON ... THE FIRST 10 MINUTES TO GET OUT OF THE RIVER BEFORE THEY ARRIVED. HE GOT OFF ON A RIVERBANK. BECAUSE OF THE BEACON, EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVED ON SCENE AND THEY RESCUED THE FIRST TEEN, IN THE SECOND SCENE. THERE WERE BOTH UNINJURED, APART FROM BEING COLD AND WET. IF WE CAN TAKE ANYTHING FROM THE SNEER MUST IS THAT HIKERS AND CHAMBERS MUST HAVE EMERGENCY LOCATOR BEACON IS ON THEM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WEATHER GETTING WORSE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF RIVERS RISING AND FLASH FLOODS. GOOD POINT, HARRY. WELL DONE, THAT IS YOUR FIRST CROSS. THANK YOU. HARRY JOINING THE BREAKFAST TEAM OUT OF WELLINGTON. STAYING WITH RESCUES ` WANAKA SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS ARE RESPONDING TO MORE AVOIDABLE ACCIDENTS AS UNPREPARED PEOPLE VENTURE DEEPER INTO THE BACK COUNTRY. OUR REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER JOINS US NOW. WHAT ARE VOLUNTEERS SAYING? VOLUNTEERS WERE WITNESSING A LOT OF LOST AND OUT OF DEPTH PEOPLE GOING INTO THESE TERRAINS WITHOUT TAKING THE PROPER PREPARATIONS. THAT COMES AFTER THERE WERE 22 SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS BETWEEN OCTOBER TO MARCH ` OPERATION BETWEEN OCTOBER TO MARCH 9 OF THOSE WERE ALPINE CLIFF RESCUES. THE TEAM LEADER DOWN SOUTH WAS SAYING THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ENTICED BY SOCIAL MEDIA, BEING LOWERED BY THE IMAGES AND NOT REALISING THE TERRAIN IT TAKES TO GET THERE, HENCE SOME PEOPLE RISKING THEIR LIVES, REQUIRING HELICOPTERS TO LAND IN THE DARK. THEY SAY THESE PEOPLE CANNOT READ MAPS OR COMPASSES OR THEY HAVE NOT BOUGHT THE REQUIRED EQUIPMENT WHICH IS QUITE DANGEROUS, NOT ONLY FOR THEMSELVES, BUT FOR PEOPLE AROUND THEM AS WELL. THE TEAM LEADERS ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO START EASING, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, AND GET MORE INFORMATION. YOU CAN GO ON TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WEBSITE TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT NOT ONLY THE SPECIFIC HIKES, BUT ALSO SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT AND OF WEATHER WARNINGS IN PLACE. THANKS FOR THAT, CHARLOTTE. JOINING US FROM OUR CHRISTCHURCH NEWSROOM. THE FINANCE MINISTER HAS BEEN WARNING NEW ZEALANDERS NOT TO EXPECT A LOT OF BIG SPENDING IN THIS WEEK'S BUDGET, SAYING THERE IS A LOT OF NEED AND NOT MUCH MONEY. BUT HOW GOOD OR BAD ARE THE GOVERNMENT FINANCES REALLY LOOKING? TO HELP US ASSESS THE STATE OF THE BOOKS, INDEPENDENT ECONOMIST CAMERON BAGRIE JOINS US FROM OUR WELLINGTON STUDIO. KIA ORA. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. HOW DOES IT LOOK TO YOU AT THIS STAGE? IT IS NOT GREAT, BUT IT IS FAR FROM A DISASTER. YOU CAN TELL A COUPLE OF BIG STORIES FROM THE NUMBERS. IF WE LOOK AT THE NEGATIVE SIDE, THE GOVERNMENT DEBT HAS GONE FROM 57 290 BILLION CORRECTION: 190b. THEY ARE GOING TO BE OPERATING A DEFICIT OF 17 BILLION.� THAT IS ABOUT 10% OF GOVERNMENT REVENUE. THERE IS 10% MORE ON THE EXPENSE LINE GOING OUT THE DOOR AND WHAT IS COMING. THERE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME BIG STRUCTURAL CHANGES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER INDICATORS, AND DEBT LEVELS HAVE BEEN MOVING UP, IT IS AROUND 43% OF GDP. THAT IS STILL IN A GOOD POSITION COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING IN OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE GLOBE. NET GOVERNMENT WORTH, THEY HAVE STRONGLY ABOUT 200b. THERE ARE POSITIVES DESPITE CRACKS IN THE NUMBERS. WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO FIND SAVINGS? THAT IS THE BILLION DOLLAR QUESTION. THE WAY A LOOK AT THIS BUDGET ` BY THE TIME YOU STRIP OUT HEALTH COMMITMENTS, IT IS EFFECTIVELY ZERO BUDGET. WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT THERE IS AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN COMMITTED. THE GOVERNMENT DOES COME OUT AND SAID THEY WILL SPEND AN ADDITIONAL 12 BILLION ON DEFENCE OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. I THINK THEY NEED 30 BILLION OVER THE NEXT 10 TO GET IT UP TOWARDS 2% OF GDP. WE KNOW THAT WITH AN AGEING POPULATION AND SUPERANNUATION, THESE THINGS ARE ALL EXPENSIVE. THE PAY EQUITY DEFERRAL IS TO SAVE THEM A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THE GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE TO DO HAVE SOME BIG ISSUES ON THE TABLE SUCH AS SUPERANNUATION. I WONDER WHETHER KIWI SAVER CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE MEANS TESTED BECAUSE THEY WERE LEFT TO FIND MONEY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATION. THE QUESTION IS WHERE IT IS GOING TO COME FROM. LET'S GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT DEEPER. IN ITS CURRENT FORM, SUPERANNUATION IS EXPENSIVE, ISN'T IT? IT IS NOT JUST OF THE SUPER, LETTERS HEALTHCARE EXPENSES AS WELL. FOR LOOK AT HEALTHCARE IN NEW ZEALAND, THAT IS INCREASINGLY TAKING A RISING SHARE OF THE ECONOMIC PIE. THEIR INCREASING SHARE OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT. IF WE ARE TO FUND THAT AT THE CURRENT RUN RATE FOR AN AGEING POPULATION, THE ISSUE WAS, WHO PAYS? WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM? YOU INCREASE TAXES OR DEBT OR CRASH OTHER AREAS OF EXPENDITURE. THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH. THEY GOING TO COME OUT WITH A STATEMENT ON THE LONG-TERM FISCAL AND THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, WHICH WE ALREADY KNOW. THE CURRENT RATE OF ENTITLEMENT FOR SUPERANNUATION AND HEALTH EXPENDITURE IS NOT SUSTAINABLE AND IF YOU MAKE SOME BIG CHANGES ON OTHER LEVELS OF EXPENDITURE ` WE TAKE ON A LOT OF DEBT OR INCREASE TAXES. THOSE OTHER CHOICES. TAX CUTS LAST YEAR. IS THE CHICKEN COMING HOME TO ROOST? THE GOVERNMENT, AND THIS FISCAL YEAR, IS PUMPING MORE MONEY INTO THE ECONOMY THAN WHAT THEY ARE TAKING OUT. THE OPERATING DEFICIT IN 2025 IS GOING TO BE BIGGER, MORE NEGATIVE, THEN WE SAW IN 2024. THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO PUT THE FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR AND PUMP A BIT OF MONEY ON THE ECONOMY. THE 2025 BUDGET, WHICH IS AUSTERITY, IF WE'RE SERIOUS YOU ARE GETTING THE ACCOUNTS GOING FROM RED, THERE ARE NO FREE LUNCHES. BUT INVOLVES PRETTY COMPLICATED TRADE-OFFS. IF YOU GO PRETTY HARD ON GETTING THE ACCOUNTS BACK INTO THE BLACK, AND THERE IS GOOD REASON FOR THAT, YOU HAVE TO SACRIFICE SOME STUFF ON THE OTHER SIDE. THE BIG WIN THAT WORRIES ME IS WHAT WE COULD BE SACRIFICING REGARDING DEFERRED INVESTMENT OR INFRASTRUCTURE. IF WE ACCEPT HIGHER DEBT LEVELS, WE NEED COMFORT THAT THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT WELL AND DONE SO IN A WAY THAT IS ACCEPTABLE FOR US. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DISCIPLINE SPENDING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE? NEW ZEALAND HAS A PRETTY GOOD FISCAL FRAMEWORK. WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS THAT WHEN WE ARE IN THE RED, WE HAVE MADE THE HARD DECISIONS, AND THAT GIVES US TREMENDOUS KUDOS. WE KNUCKLE DOWN WHEN REQUIRED. I AM WORRY ABOUT THE DEFERRED INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PARTICULARLY, WHICH IMPACT PRODUCTIVITY. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS A TAGLINE ` LET'S NOT BE AFRAID TO INVEST, BUT LET'S BORROW AND INVEST WITH A LOT MORE DISCIPLINE AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERY DOLLAR SPENT IS BEING EXECUTED AND DELIVERING TANGIBLE RESULTS ON THE OTHER SIDE. I THINK WE ARE THERE TO BE CREATING A FEW MORE FOR SCHOOL INDICATORS ... YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING INTO THE FRONT LINE VERSUS THE OUTPUT EXPENSES. WHAT WE SAW OVER 2018 VERSUS 2024 WAS A TREMENDOUS UPTAKE AND OUTPUT EXPENSES. THAT BACKOFF EXPENSE AS OPPOSED TO FRONT LINE. FROM THAT TIME THAT YOU MENTIONED ENCAPSULATES THE C WORD. NOT THE WORD THAT WE MENTIONED LAST WEEK, BUT COVID. WHEN CAN WE MOVE PAST THAT AND WHEN CAN GOVERNMENTS LOSE THAT EXCUSE? COVID IS NO EXCUSE AT THE MOMENT. WE CANNOT BLAME IT FOR THE DETERIORATION OF THE FISCAL BOX OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS. THE DETERIORATION OF THE BOOKS IS BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WENT THROUGH A TAX CUTS. COVID AS YESTERDAY'S STORY. IT WAS USED AS AN EXCUSE TO PROPER WHOLE LOT OF MONEY INTO THE ECONOMY UNDER THE GUISE OF COVID, BUT IT WAS NOT REALLY RELATED EXPENDITURE. WAS A LITTLE BIT OF LEGACY ABOUT THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO PUT THAT STUFF TO BED AND MOVE ON. IF WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK FROM ACCOUNTS IN THE RED THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME HARD DECISIONS, AND THEY INVOLVE SOME REALLY COMPLICATED TRADE-OFFS. YOU DO NOT TAKE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE UP ALONG THE RUN RATE THAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS. I WORRY THAT ONCE AGAIN ABOUT THE IMPACT OF AUSTERITY BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN BEFORE; THE EASY LINE TO ATTACK AS CAPITAL INVESTMENT. CAMERON BROUGHT UP SUPERANNUATION ABOUT WHETHER IT NEEDS TO BE MEANS TESTED. WE KNOW THERE ARE CHANGES COMING TO KIWI SAVER, THE FINANCE MINISTER INDICATED THAT LAST WEEK. AS THEY GOING TO BE MEANS TESTED AS WELL? WE WILL ASK THE PRIME MINISTER AFTER SEVEN. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. E WHAI AKE NEI ` HOW TO GET MORE DONE IN LESS TIME AND STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO. STAY WITH US. COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` ISRAEL SAYS IT'S LAUNCHED AN EXTENSIVE GROUND OPERATION IN GAZA FOLLOWING A SERIES OF STRIKES KILLING AT LEAST 130 PALESTINIANS ACROSS THE STRIP. THE POPE HAS TAKEN HIS FIRST POPE-MOBILE RIDE THROUGH SAINT PETER'S SQUARE, WAVING TO A CROWD OF THOUSANDS ON HIS WAY TO HIS INAUGURATION MASS. AND TO SPORT, AND IN FORMULA 1, RED BULL'S MAX VERSTAPPEN HAS STORMED TO A STATEMENT WIN AT THE IMOLA GRAND PRIX. WHEN LIFE IS BUSY, IT CAN OFTEN FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ONLY JUST KEEPING UP. LIKE YOU CAN'T STOP, TAKE A BREAK OR SLOW DOWN. BEING BUSY HAS BECOME A MAJOR PART OF OUR MODERN DAY LIFESTYLE AND AS A RESULT, WE'RE STRUGGLING. SO HOW CAN WE GET MORE DONE IN LESS TIME AND STAY FOCUSSED ON WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED TO DO? AUTHOR JESS STUART IS HERE WITH SOME ANSWERS. JESS, GOOD MORNING. WE HAD THIS THING AND I HEADED THAT THE BUSIER WE ARE, THE MORE SUCCESSFUL WE ARE. WE DID THAT COME FROM? IT IS SILLY. FOR A PRODUCTIVITY STANDPOINT, WE THINK THE MORE HOURS WE PUT IN, THE BETTER WE ARE. THAT IS GETTING US CLOSER TO BURNOUT, NOT GREATER PRODUCTIVITY. THE SECRET AN ANTIDOTE TO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS COUNTERINTUITIVE BECAUSE IT IS THE OPPOSITE ` WHEN WE SLOW DOWN, WE GET MORE DONE. WE CAN FOCUS ON WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US RATHER THAN SPREAD OURSELVES THIN. WE BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE. YOU BRING UP DEEP WORK WITHIN YOUR COLUMN. I WONDER IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO US WHAT DEEP WORK IS. IT IS THE FOCUS, ISN'T IT? IT IS THE ABILITY TO FOCUS ON A COGNITIVELY DEMANDING TASK AND AVOID ALL DISTRACTIONS, WHICH IS HARD ON OUR CURRENT CLIMATE. I WILL SIT AND DO SOME WORK AND FOCUS ON ONE INTERVIEW AND THEN I WILL PICK MY PHONE UP AND LOOK UP THE TV AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AND THEN GET BACK INTO IT AGAIN. I AM NOT ENTIRELY USING THAT FOCUS ON THE ONE THING THAT I'M DOING, BECAUSE AS YOU SAY, IT IS CHALLENGING. HOW DO WE STAY FOCUSED THEN? THIS IS THE TRICKY THING. THERE ARE SO MANY DISTRACTIONS AROUND. THERE IS SO MUCH VYING FOR OUR ATTENTION, PARTICULAR WITH OUR PHONES. THERE ARE COLLEAGUES AROUND, MEETINGS, PHONE CALLS. EVERY TIME WE GET DISTRACTED, TAKES LONGER TO COMPLETE THE TASK. IF IT IS NOT GETTING OUR FULL FOCUS AND ATTENTION, POTENTIALLY WE ARE NOT DOING AS GOOD JOB AT IT BECAUSE OUR BRAIN IS BEING PULLED IN MANY DIRECTIONS. WE NEED TO HAVE THE DOOR CLOSED TO KEEP OUT THE KIDS AND CATS AND WE ARE AT HOME. AND MIGHT JUST BE AS SIMPLE AS HAVING THE LAPTOP PLUGGED IN SO IT WON'T RUN OUT OF BATTERY OR A WATER ON THE DESK OR OUR FAVOURITE SODA SO WE'RE NOT WANDERING OFF. I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY THE NOTIFICATIONS ON OUR PHONE, HAVING PHONES ON SILENT, THAT HAS BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR ME AND MY FOCUS. THAT IS A GOOD ONE, I MIGHT TRY THAT. I WANT TO GET BACK TO WHAT WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER IN TERMS OF DOING MORE. FROM A PRODUCTIVITY SIDE, WE ARE GETTING MORE DONE WHEN THE REALITY IS WE ARE NOT. I WONDER HOW MUCH SOCIAL MEDIA HAS HAD AN INFLUENCE ON THIS, BECAUSE YOU'RE WATCHING PEOPLE AND SEEING THE MULTIPLE THINGS THEY ARE DOING AND GOING, THEY ARE SO BUSY. WHERE I MET, AND THE NEW LOOK AT WHERE THE OTHER PEOPLE ARE AT. THAT IS DANGEROUS, ISN'T IT? WE ARE NOT ALWAYS COMPARING APPLES AND APPLES. WE LOOKING AT SOMEONE'S PERFECT LIFE AND SEEING HOW OURS DOES NOT COMPARE. I GOT STUCK IN THE COMPARISON TRAP AND THOUGHT THAT EXTRA HOURS WOULD BE THE SOLUTION. I RIVER BEING IN THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND BEING TOLD, YOU HAVE TO STOP WORK AND I SAID, I DO NOT HAVE TIME. SOMETIME OUR BODY DOES NOT GIVE US THE CHOICE. YOU ARE RIGHT, WE ARE CONDITIONED TO BELIEVE THAT MORE IS ALWAYS BETTER. I THINK WITH PRODUCTIVITY, SOMETIMES MORE IS BETTER. THERE IS SO MUCH ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE TO TELL US THAT, RIGHT? PEOPLE WHO ARE IN HIGH-PRESSURE JOBS BUT ARE NOT SPREADING THEMSELVES OVER TO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, OR EVEN IF THEY DO HAVE LOTS OF THINGS, THEY FOCUS ON ONE AT A TIME. YES. THAT IS THE TRACK. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE COUCH. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. DON'T SPREAD YOURSELF TOO THIN. THAT IS THE THING. YOU REACH THE POINT OF EITHER BURNOUT OR YOU GET SICK AND APATHETIC COUPLE OF DAYS OFF. YOU SIT THERE NOT BEING ABLE TO DO ANYTHING AND THINK, THE WORLD IS ABLE TO CONTINUE MOVING. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, WHY ELTON JOHN IS CALLING THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT LOSES. WHAT? # DON'T GIVE IT UP. # OH, A MAN IS SET TO APPEAR IN THE MASTERTON COURT TODAYI'M FACING SEVEN COUNTS OF ARSON FOLLOWING A SPREE OF FIRES IN THE TOWN CENTRE EARLIER THIS YEAR. SIX CHURCHES AND ONE BUSINESS WERE TARGETED, THE MAJORITY WITHIN A 10-MINUTE WINDOW AT 4.30 IN THE MORNING ON THE 22nd OF FEBRUARY. THE WAIRARAPA POLICE ARRESTED THE 44-YEAR-OLD YESTERDAY, AND SAY PUBLIC INFORMATION PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN THE INVESTIGATION.MORNING ON THE TWO 15-YEAR-OLDS HAVE BEEN RESCUED FROM A HIKE IN TARARUA FOREST PARK IN WAIRARAPA. ONE OF THE TEENS WAS SWEPT DOWN THE NGATIAWA RIVER WHILE THE PAIR ATTEMPTED TO CROSS, WITH THE SECOND QUICKLY ACTIVATING HIS EMERGENCY LOCATOR BEACON. A SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM WERE ABLE TO ASSIST, AND NEITHER TEEN WAS INJURED. TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED WITH ANOTHER TWO REMAINING IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER A MEXICAN NAVY SAILBOAT CRASHED IN TO NEW YORK'S BROOKLYN BRIDGE YESTERDAY. THE MEXICAN NAVY SAYS 22 PEOPLE WERE INJURED. THE SHIP'S MASTS WERE TOO TALL TO CLEAR THE BRIDGE AT THE POINT WHERE IT PASSED UNDER, AND SNAPPED. IT'S BELIEVED MECHANICAL ISSUES MAY HAVE LED TO THE CRASH. THE SHIP IS NOW DOCKED AT A NEW YORK PIER AS AN INVESTIGATION GETS UNDERWAY. TO SPORT, AND CHRIS WOOD'S NOTTINGHAM FOREST HAVE KEPT THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HOPES ALIVE WITH A 2-1 WIN OVER WEST HAM. FOREST WITH SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES EARLY, BEFORE POUNCING ON A GOALKEEPING DISASTER TO OPEN THE SCORING. IT'S BEEN GIVEN AWAY BY AREOLA. OH, A PUT AWAY BY GIBBS-WHITE! WHAT A MISTAKE. WHAT A GIFT FOR NOTTINGHAM FOREST. OH, YEAH. THE HAMMERS PULLING ONE BACK LATE IN THE MATCH, BUT FOREST HUNG ON THROUGH 16 MINUTES OF INJURY TIME AND NOW SIT JUST ONE POINT OUTSIDE THE TOP FIVE. MEANWHILE, EVERTON HAVE WON THEIR FINAL HOME MATCH AT GOODISON PARK, BEATING SOUTHAMPTON 2-0. WARRIORS CO-CAPTAIN MITCHELL BARNETT HAS BEEN NAMED TO START FOR THE NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES FOR THE STATE OF ORIGIN SERIES OPENER. THE 31-YEAR-OLD PROP HELPED THE BLUES TO A WIN OVER THE MAROONS IN LAST YEAR'S SERIES DECIDER ON ORIGIN DEBUT. THE FIRST MATCH GETS UNDERWAY ON MAY 28th IN BRISBANE. UP THE WAHS! *UP THE BLUES AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND AND TAUPO WITH SHOWERS TO BE EXPECTED IN THE EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON. 20 YOUR HIGH IN TAURANGA, 15 IN PALMERSTON NORTH. KI TE WAIPOUNAMU, TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` SOME SHOWERS EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE UPPER SOUTH ISLAND AND CANTERBURY. HOWEVER, FINE IN OTAGO, SOUTHLAND AND FIORDLAND. 14 IS YOUR HIGH IN NELSON; 9 IS YOUR HIGH IN WANAKA. THERE ARE ORANGE SNOWFALL WARNINGS FOR ARTHUR'S PASS AND PORTERS PASS UNTIL 7am THIS MORNING, SO DO TAKE CARE. KIA TUPATO. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) SIR ELTON JOHN HAS HAD A CRACK AT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, BRANDING THEM 'LOSERS' OVER PLANS TO LOOSEN COPYRIGHT LAWS. IT WOULD STRIP ARTISTS OF SOME RIGHTS AND ALLOW TECH COMPANIES TO DEVELOP ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOL OFF THEIR WORK WITHOUT COMPENSATION. HERE'S THE BBC NOOR NANJI. (UPBEAT MUSIC) HE'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST MUSIC STARS ON THE PLANET, SO WHEN SIR ELTON JOHN SPEAKS UP, PEOPLE TEND TO LISTEN. TODAY, HE'S TAKING AIM AT THE GOVERNMENT, SAYING HE'S ANGRY WITH THE POSSIBILITY THAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FIRMS WILL BE ALLOWED TO USE ARTISTS' CONTENT WITHOUT PAYING THE USUAL COPYRIGHT FEES. WHEN THEY'RE CREATIVE, AND IT COMES FROM THE HUMAN SOUL AND NOT A MACHINE, BECAUSE A MACHINE ISN'T CAPABLE OF WRITING ANYTHING WITH ANY SOUL IN IT. IF YOU'RE GONNA GET RID OF THAT, AND YOU'RE GONNA ROB YOUNG PEOPLE OF THEIR LEGACY AND THEIR INCOME, IT'S A CRIMINAL OFFENCE, I THINK. I THINK THE GOVERNMENT ARE JUST BEING ABSOLUTE LOSERS, AND I'M VERY ANGRY ABOUT IT. (UPBEAT MUSIC) IT'S NOT JUST SIR ELTON. MORE THAN 400 MUSICIANS, WRITERS AND ARTISTS, INCLUDING DUA LIPA, RECENTLY SIGNED A LETTER CALLING ON THE PRIME MINISTER TO UPDATE COPYRIGHT LAWS IN A WAY THAT PROTECTS THEM FROM AI. BUT SIR ELTON SAID THE BIGGEST DANGER IS FOR YOUNGER ARTISTS LIKE VISHY BHATTACHARYA, WHO HAVEN'T GOT THE RESOURCES TO FIGHT BIG TECH. HOW RIGHT DO YOU THINK HE IS? IS HE ON TO SOMETHING HERE? ABSOLUTELY. MANY UP-AND-COMING YOUNG AND CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS ARE FUTURE-FACING. WE ARE POSITIVE ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, WE LOVE AI, WE'RE IN TO CREATIVE AND IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGIES; WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING THAT WE ARE COMPENSATED FAIRLY IF OUR MATERIAL IS USED TO TRAIN DATA SETS. WE ARE ASKING FOR FAIRNESS AND WE ARE ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY. FOR THE GOVERNMENT, IT'S A FINE LINE TO TREAD. THE REASON THE PROCESS HAS BEEN RUNNING THE WAY THAT IT HAS, THAT WE GATHER THIS EVIDENCE, WE GATHER FEELING, IS PRECISELY TO ALLOW THOSE VIEWS TO BE EXPRESSED SO THE GOVERNMENT CAN OBVIOUSLY NOW LISTEN TO, IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD` WE HAVE TO HAVE BOTH A THRIVING CULTURAL SECTOR, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAINTAIN OUR WORLD-LEADING POSITION IN AI TOO. THE HOUSE OF LORDS WILL VOTE AGAIN ON THE ISSUE TOMORROW, WITH SIR ELTON SAYING HE'S PREPARED TO FIGHT MINISTERS ALL THE WAY. WHY NOT USE AI AND THE TECH SECTOR IN ANOTHER WAY? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO USE ARTIST'S MUSIC AS PART OF WIDER SECTOR SHOULD GROW OR HOW? I THINK IT IS SILLY. YES, ELTON WILL HAVE PLENTY OF ALLIES WHEN IT COMES TO THAT ONE, I IMAGINE. WE WILL TALK LATER ON IN THE SHOW ABOUT A POST THAT OUR FORMER PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN MADE, REGARDING MILO. OH? SHE NOTICED RETURN OF MILO HAD 6 TEASPOONS RECOMMENDED, ASKING IF THIS IS AN EXTREME AMOUNT. THAT IS A LOT. I'M GOING TO CALL THAT IS A CROCK, BECAUSE YOU PUT 6 TEASPOONS IN, YOU'LL RUN OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY AND HAVE TO GET MORE. THIS COMES FROM THE GUY WHO ACTUALLY DOESN'T LIKE MILO. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WITH MILK, BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH... IT IS TOO RUNNY AND YOU NEED A THICKNESS OF THE HEATED MILK, AS ANYONE WITH ME OUT THERE? DO YOU EVEN HAVE ANY MATES? I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH SUGAR AS IN 1 TEASPOON OF MILO. 2.2 GRAMS. NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT. WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT NESTLE HEAD OF MARKETING TO COME IN AND TELL US WHAT THE IDEAL RATIO IS. MY BOYS WENT THROUGH A PHASE OF MILO, AND THEN GOT OVER IT FAIRLY QUICKLY WHEN THE FIRST SCAN WAS FINISHED. AND I DIDN'T REPLACE IT. HOW WILL YOU BECOME AN ELITE ATHLETE WITHOUT MILO? IS THAT WHAT THE AD SAYS? YOU ARE PROBABLY ON THE AD. NO, I WASN'T. WHAT IS THE IDEAL, MAYBE YOU ARE A CONNOISSEUR OF THE MILO RATIO. MAYBE IT DOESN'T TASTE GOOD BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN PUTTING ENOUGH MILO AND IT. I PUT CREAM ON IT ME U TONU MAI ` ELON MUSK NOW HAS HIS OWN CITY AFTER A VOTE TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN WHICH SPACE-X CALLS HOME. NEXT, WHY ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ARE WORRIED THAT COULD MEAN MORE LAUNCHES. (DISCO POP MUSIC) (POP MUSIC KI TE REO MAORI) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` A MAN IS SET TO APPEAR IN THE MASTERTON DISTRICT COURT TODAY, FACING SEVEN COUNTS OF ARSON FOLLOWING A SPREE OF FIRES IN THE TOWN CENTRE EARLIER THIS YEAR. TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED WITH ANOTHER TWO REMAINING IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER A MEXICAN NAVY SAILBOAT CRASHED IN TO NEW YORK'S BROOKLYN BRIDGE YESTERDAY. AND IN SPORT, WARRIORS CO-CAPTAIN MITCHELL BARNETT HAS BEEN NAMED TO START FOR THE NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES FOR THE STATE OF ORIGIN SERIES OPENER. THE MAN. ELON MUSK'S COMPANY, SPACEX, IS NOW AN OFFICIAL CITY IN SOUTH TEXAS WITH AN EQUALLY GALACTIC NAME. A VOTE TO FORMALISE 'STARBASE' AS A CITY WAS APPROVED BY THE SMALL GROUP OF VOTERS WHO LIVE THERE, WHO ARE MOSTLY SPACEX EMPLOYEES. BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS IT WILL GRANT MUSK THE ABILITY TO CLOSE A POPULAR BEACH AND STATE PARK FOR ROCKET LAUNCHES. THE SOUTH TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NETWORK HAS BEEN ORGANISING PROTESTS AGAINST IT AND CO-FOUNDER DR CHRISTOPHER BALSALDU JOINS US NOW. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW, WHY HAVE THEY MADE THE DECISION TO CREATE THIS TOWN? KIA ORA, AOTEAROA. KIA ORA, IWI MAORI. WELL, I THINK WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS COLONISATION. TEXTBOOK COLONISATION. THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. WE HAVE NEVER BEEN CONSULTED AND GIVEN FREE PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT. THEY HAVE LIED ABOUT THIS. IT IS A VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE WHO MOVED THERE I JOIN THE LABOUR OF CONSTRUCTION AND MUSK STILL OWES ABOUT 5.5 MILLION TO THE POOR BROWN FOLK. SPACEX IS TREATING OUR LAND AND OUR DELICATE ENVIRONMENT AS A SACRIFICE, AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE PROBABLY FEELING THAT THEY WILL GAIN SOMEHOW MOMENTARILY... ALL OF THE VOTERS BEING SPACEX EMPLOYEES THINK THAT THEY CAN GRANT THEMSELVES THE POWER OF BEING A CITY AND ITS MUNICIPALITY, AND THEY WILL GET LOWER INTEREST ON DEVELOPMENT LOANS. THEY ARE SIGNING OFF OF GOVERNMENTAL WELFARE, WHILE OTHERS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES LIKE HOUSING, LIKE LACK FOOD AND HEALTHCARE. THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING THAT NASA HASN'T ALREADY COMPLETED UNDER SPACE PROGRAMS. THIS IS UNETHICAL AND DESTROYING INDIGENOUS SITES AS WELL, AND THEY ARE DOING IT WITHOUT CONSENT AND THESE ARE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND INDIGENOUS RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. HOW WAS THIS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN? LIKE A LOT OF COLONIAL GOVERNMENTS, THE LEGAL SYSTEMS ARE SET UP IN ORDER TO STEAL INDIGENOUS LAND, AND SO IT IS COMPLETELY LEGAL. WE COULDN'T FIND SETTLER LAWYERS WHO COULD FIND A LEGAL WAY TO STOP IT. THE COUNTY JUDGE SET THE DATE FOR THE ELECTION ON TUESDAY, TWO DAYS AWAY. I AM CALLING ON THE COUNTY JUDGE TO NOT CERTIFY THE ELECTION. IT IS AN ABUSE OF DEMOCRACY. 220 PEOPLE MADE THE DECISION TO MAKE A CITY AND THERE IS ONLY ONE BOAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC BEACH AND THE SACRED AREA OF THESE LANDS, ANCESTRAL LANDS OF OUR PEOPLE. THERE IS ONLY ONE ROAD OUT THERE. SPACEX ALREADY SHUTS DOWN THIS ROAD WHEN THEY HAVE TESTS; MUSK EVEN TO A PARTY OUT THERE A FEW YEARS AGO WHICH SHUTS DOWN THE ROAD, AND IT BLOCKS THE ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC BEACH THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE GENERATIONS. WE WERE FIRST YOU AND BEING SOLID OUT THERE AND TO BE IN THIS AREA, INTO THE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THIS IS OUR BEACH NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER WHICH IS A SACRED SITE, AND NOW A NAZI BILLIONAIRE CAN COME ON IN THE SPACE OF A COUPLE OF YEARS AND STEAL THE LAND. BILLIONAIRES SHOULD NOT EXIST. WE SHOULD POINT OUT, OBVIOUSLY, THAT WHILE IT IS A VERY EMOTIONAL TOPIC, AND NO DOUBT HARD TO WATCH IF YOU ARE AFFECTED BY IT, OBVIOUSLY, THOSE OPINIONS THAT CHRISTOPHER HAS OF ELON MUSK I JUST THAT FOR HIMSELF ` OPINIONS. E HAERE AKE NEI ` AUCKLAND FC PUT ONE FOOT IN THE A-LEAGUE FINAL, PLUS ANOTHER IMPORTANT WIN FOR THE WAHS. WARRIORS FANS WILL HAVE A HOP IN THEIR STEP THIS WEEK. THEIR TEAM HUNG ON TO DEFEAT THE DOLPHINS 16-12, EXTENDING THEIR WINNING STREAK TO FIVE MATCHES. FOR MORE ON THE WEEKEND IN SPORT, I SPOKE WITH COMMENTATOR SCOTTY STEVENSON, AND WE BEGAN WITH THAT WARRIORS WIN IN BRISBANE. YES, 16-12 OVER THE DOLPHINS. STILL SECOND PLACE, THE WARRIORS. THEY DO A TOUGH, THEY EITHER GRIND OUT KINKS. THEY BOTH HAVE POINTS, POSITIVE POINT DIFFERENTIALS, OVER 100. THE WARRIORS ARE SITTING AT +5. THAT SHOWS HOW TOUGH THESE GAMES HAVE BEEN. THEIR OFFENCE CALLING FOR THE BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE WHERE THEY PUT AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF POINTS ON THE OPPOSITION. THEIR FALLBACK IS GOING GREAT. METCALF HAS GROWN INTO THE ROLE. ROGER WAS GOOD ON THE WEEKEND AS WELL. THEY HAVE A TEAM THAT SEEMS TO FUNCTION AND DO NOT MIND ROLLING UP THE SLEEVES AND GETTING THEIR ARMS DIRTY. THERE IS SO MUCH COMING UP THIS WEEKEND, AT GO MEDIA STADIUM. THERE IS SOME FOOTAGE FLOATING AROUND. THE TEAM BUS WAS LEAVING. THERE IS A LITTLE BOY THAT STANDING OUTSIDE WITH A SIGN. A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WITH THEM, SOME OF THE BOYS GET OUT AND GO TO THE LITTLE WEE MAN AND HAVE A CHAT. THINGS LIKE THAT WHICH ARE VERY SPECIAL TO THE FANS. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. THAT IS THE FOCUS OF MY COLUMN TODAY, THESE TEAMS ARE TO BE ABLE TO FIND CONNECTION WITH FANS. ONE OF THE CENTRAL POINTS IS THAT WITH SPORTS MARKETING, ON FIELD SUCCESSES NOT ENTIRELY THE STRATEGY. THE WARRIORS OF THE FIRST NRL TEAM TO SELL OUT EVERY GAME. AUCKLAND FC, WHICH WE WILL GET TO, THEY HAVE A FAN ZONES AND BRITOMART. THIS SHOWS HOW MUCH THEY HAVE CONNECTED. MOANA PASIFIKA ARE DOING THE SAME. WHAT THESE CLUBS HAVE DISCOVERED IS THAT THERE IS A WAY TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY ON A DEEPER LEVEL THAN THE GAME. THE WARRIORS AVOIDS BEING GOOD AT THAT. CORRECTION: ARE VERY GOOD. THERE IS ANOTHER WORD THAT IS CRUCIAL ` IT IS ABOUT FINDING AUTHENTICITY. MAKING PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTING A CLUB THAT HAS MORE THAN MERCH OR A TICKET STUB. LET'S TALK ABOUT ARDIE SAVEA. HOW HUGE HAS HE BEEN FOR THE CLUB THIS YEAR? THEY BEAT THE BLUES. ON A LARGE PART DUE TO THAT GUY. THEY BEAT THE HURRICANE'S, CRUSADERS, BLUES. THEY'VE HAD THE SEASON OF THEIR LIFE. ARDIE SAVEA'S PERFORMANCE WAS A JOY TO BEHOLD. HE IS THRIVING IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. I'LL GET BACK TO THAT POINT OF AUTHENTICITY. HIS DECISION TO GO TO MOANA PASIFIKA WAS TO FIND HIS PURPOSE. A LOT OF PLAYERS HAD THE BEST GAME OF THE SEASON. 27-21 OVER THE BLUES IN A STADIUM THAT USED TO BE THEIRS. PASIFIKA MADE NORTH HARBOUR THEIR HOME. MOST PEOPLE WOULD THINK, WHY HAVE YOU GONE THERE? DOES NOT RELY ON POSTCODE; THEY ATTRACTED FANS BASED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE. WE HAVE TWO MORE THINGS TO QUICKLY CHAT ABOUT ` THE BLACK FERNS UP AGAINST CANADA. THAT WAS A DRAW FOR ME AS A SPECTATOR. SPECTACULAR TO WATCH. WHAT YOU MAKE OF THEIR PERFORMANCE WHEN WHERE ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS OUT OF THE WORLD CUP? CANADIANS ARE DOWN A COUPLE OF KEY PLAYERS. I THINK THEY WILL BE THRILLED BY THE DRAW, THEY COULD HAVE WON THE GAME WITH A SIDELINE CONVERSION. UNFORTUNATELY, JUST WENT WIDE. THE STILL OF A LOT OF GRAF TO DO. THAT TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR BEST OPTIONS ARE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SEVENS PLAYS TO COME BACK FROM THE SIDE. BY THE TIME THEY HAD THE UK FOR THE WORLD CUP, THEY WILL BE A POWERFUL FORCE. THAT RUN TO FIGURE OUT WHO THEY WANT TO PLAY. TIME WILL TELL. THEY HAVE ONE MORE GAME, AND I'M SURE THEY WILL GET THROUGH IT WITH EASE. AUCKLAND FC, ONE GAME AWAY FROM THE FINAL. IT'LL BE A SELL-OUT AT THE STADIUM. AUCKLAND FC FANS ARE IN THE MONEY, AREN'T THEY? 1-0. THEY GOOD AT HOME, AUCKLAND FC. THEY WILL BE LOOKING TO ATTACK WITH A BIT MORE FLAIR� THAN THEY DID IN THE AWAY GAME. THEY NEED ALL THE FANS THEY CAN GET TO MAKE SURE THE BOOK THIS BOTANY GRAND FINAL, AND IF THEY DO, IT WILL BE RIGHT HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. TOO GOOD. THE SQUARE WAS FULL OVER THE WEEKEND. A BUNCH OF AUCKLAND FANS WERE DOWNTOWN WATCHING. THEY HAD A SCREEN THERE? HEAPS OF FANS. IT IS GOING TO BE MASSIVE THIS WEEKEND IF THEY GET TO THE GRAND FINAL. THE FIRST LEG, THEY ARE ONE UP. IF THEY LOSE THAT, ONE EACH? THEY HAVE TO HAVE A RESULTS FROM THE NEXT ONE. IF THEY CAN DRAW OR WIN, THEY WILL BE THROUGH, OTHERWISE WE HAVE TO GO TO EXTRA TIME AND PENALTIES. THEY SHOULD HAVE WRAPPED IT UP, BUT THEY HAD BOTH POSTS AT THE END OF THE GAME. IS NOT ABOUT A WIN OR LOSS, IT IS ABOUT THE GOALS. IT IS THE AGGREGATE RESULT. THEY ARE AHEAD. I WOULD NOT SAY 1 FOOT IN THE FINAL, BUT THEY HAVE AN ADVANTAGE. STILL TO COME ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ` WILL $164m BE ENOUGH TO FIX AFTER-HOURS HEALTHCARE OR IS THE GOVERNMENT PUTTING A BAND AID OVER A CRISIS? WE'LL PUT THAT TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND HEAR FROM GP'S. ALSO AHEAD ` THE BRAND NEW CAFE IN WHANGAREI SERVING UP MORE THAN MEALS FOR THE CITY'S ROUGH SLEEPERS. AND LATER, WHITE FERNS STAR MELIE KERR OPENS UP ABOUT THE TOUGH TIMES SHE'S FACED WITH MENTAL HEALTH. INCREDIBLE STORY, THIS. HAD HER OWN STRUGGLES AND WANTS TO HELP PEOPLE. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. THANKS, JENNY MAY. POLICE HAVE CHARGED A MAN WITH SEVEN COUNTS OF ARSON FOLLOWING A STRINGS OF FIRES IN MASTERTON EARLIER THIS YEAR. SIX CHURCHES AND ONE BUSINESS WERE TARGETED, THE MAJORITY WITHIN A 10-MINUTE WINDOW EARLY ON THE MORNING OF THE 22nd OF FEBRUARY. WAIRARAPA POLICE ARRESTED THE 44-YEAR-OLD YESTERDAY AND HE WILL APPEAR IN THE MASTERTON DISTRICT COURT TODAY. ISRAEL SAYS IT'S LAUNCHED AN EXTENSIVE GROUND OPERATION IN GAZA FOLLOWING A SERIES OF STRIKES KILLING AT LEAST 130 PALESTINIANS ACROSS THE STRIP. IT COMES AMID INDIRECT TALKS TO SECURE A CEASEFIRE. THE POPE HAS TAKEN HIS FIRST POPE-MOBILE RIDE THROUGH ST PETER'S SQUARE, WAVING TO A CROWD OF THOUSANDS ON HIS WAY TO HIS INAUGURATION MASS. THE FORMAL CEREMONY MEANS HE'S NOW OFFICIALLY THE NEW LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. HE USED THE MASS TO ONCE AGAIN CALL FOR PEACE, WITH MANY WORLD LEADERS IN ATTENDANCE, INCLUDING UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY AND U.S. VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE. MOANA PASIFIKA CAPTAIN ARDIE SAVEA HAS BEEN NAMED THE SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC PLAYER OF THE YEAR. THE ALL BLACKS LOOSE FORWARD CLAIMING THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE POINTS IN HIS SIDE'S WIN OVER THE BLUES, PUTTING HIM BEYOND REACH OF HIS NEAREST RIVALS. SAVEA HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MOANA'S SEASON WHICH HAS SEEN THE CLUB NOTCH UP MAIDEN VICTORIES OVER THE BLUES, CRUSADERS AND HIGHLANDERS. THEY CURRENTLY SIT SIXTH ON THE TABLE, WITH MATCHES AGAINST THE CHIEFS AND HURRICANES TO CLOSE OUT THEIR REGULAR SEASON. AND ARSENAL HAVE SECURED CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFICATION WITH A 1-0 WIN OVER NEWCASTLE, DECLAN RICE CURLING IN A SECOND HALF STUNNER TO BREAK THE DEADLOCK. RICE! BRILLIANT! WHAT A STRIKE FROM DECLAN RICE. WHAT A DIFFERENCE THAT GOAL MIGHT MAKE. NOTTINGHAM FOREST HAVE MANAGED TO STAY IN THE HUNT FOR QUALIFICATION OF THEIR OWN, WITH A WIN OVER WEST HAM, AND SIT JUST ONE POINT OUTSIDE THE TOP FIVE. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND AND TAUPO WITH SHOWERS TO BE EXPECTED IN THE EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON. 20 YOUR HIGH IN TAURANGA, 15 IN PALMERSTON NORTH. SOME SHOWERS EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE UPPER SOUTH ISLAND AND CANTERBURY. HOWEVER, FINE IN OTAGO, SOUTHLAND AND FIORDLAND. 14 IS YOUR HIGH IN NELSON; 9 IS YOUR HIGH IN WANAKA. THANKS, CHRIS. 'AUSTERE, NO LOLLY SCRAMBLE, TIGHT.' HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DESCRIBE THE BUDGET, WE'LL FIND OUT ALL THE DETAILS ON THURSDAY. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT INHERITED A MESS AND IS HALVING THE AMOUNT OF NEW MONEY IT HAS TO SPEND. DESPITE THAT CUT, IT HAS CALLED IT A 'GROWTH BUDGET'. YESTERDAY THE GOVERNMENT PLEDGED $164m OVER FOUR YEARS, TO IMPROVE AFTER-HOURS HEALTH CARE INCLUDING NEW 24-HOUR CLINICS. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON JOINS US NOW. HOW GOOD WAS IT YESTERDAY TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THAT? LAST YEAR, WE ANNOUNCED ALMOST 17 BILLION OF NEW MONEY ON TERMS OF WHAT WE SPENT ON HEALTHCARE. IS ABOUT MAKING SURE WE CONTINUE TO GROW THE WORKFORCE. AT THE MOMENT, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CANNOT GET ACCESS TO A GP OR URGENT CARE AND THEY END UP IN OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS. 1/3 OF THE CASES THROUGH THE HOSPITAL ARE LIKE THAT. THEY ARE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT NEED TO GO TO HOSPITAL BUT COULD BE TREATED SOMEWHERE ELSE, WHICH IS I WANT TO EXPAND URGENT CARE AND AFTER-HOURS SERVICES SO THEY CAN BE TREATED CLOSER TO HOME. LOOK TO OPEN FIVE 24-HOUR URGENT CARE CLINICS AROUND DIFFERENT PLACES. WHO IS GOING TO STAFF THOSE? ARE JUST BACK UP, WE ARE DOING THREE THINGS ` OF COURSE, THERE IS NEED EVERYWHERE. WE WANT TO EXPAND THE CURRENT URGENT CARE SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN MANY TOWNS AND CITIES. IF YOU ARE IN RURAL OR PROMOTES PLACES, IT IS TOUGH IF YOU ARE A GP BECAUSE YOU ARE ON CALL 24 SEVEN. WE NEED TO FIND A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO THAT SO WE WANT 24 SEVEN ACCESS TO A PROFESSIONAL. SINCE WE HAVE COME TO OFFICE, WE HAVE HIRED 200 EXTRA DOCTORS. WE HAVE ALMOST 1700 EXTRA NURSES IN OUR SYSTEM. THERE IS MORE WORK FOR US TO DO, AND THAT IS WHY YOU WHEN I SPOKE A FEW WEEKS BACK ABOUT HOW WE OPENED UP TO DOCTORS OVERSEAS AND GET THE QUALIFICATIONS RECOGNISED. WE OPENING UP MORE SPACES IN OUR MEDICAL SCHOOLS. IT IS HOMEGROWN, RIGHT? WE HAVE ALSO SENT OUT INCENTIVES FOR GPS TO HIRE MORE NURSES INTO THEIR PRACTICES. THERE IS A $15,000 INCENTIVE PER YEAR. INTO THE GP PRACTICES. THERE IS A HEAP OF WORK GOING ON TO TRY GET MORE DOCTORS AND NURSES INTO THE SYSTEM, AND ALSO OPENING UP 24 SEVEN DIGITAL SERVICES. THAT IS TELESERVICES? AT THE MOMENT, I THINK WE ARE BEING TO SILO LOOKING AT PRIMARY CARE FROM HOSPITAL CARE; THAT HAS TO BE JOINT UP ON A CONTINUUM. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE DOING THE WORK TO ATTRACT GPS OR KEEP THEM IN THE JOB OR BRING THEM IN FROM OVERSEAS, WE KNOW THAT IN 2020, THE FORECAST WAS JUST SHORT OF 300 GPS. THIS HAS ONLY WORSENED BY THEN WITH POPULATION GROWTH. WE ALSO KNOW OUR POPULATION IS GETTING OLDER. THE REALITY IS THAT IT IS STILL HARD TO ATTRACT DOCTORS, ISN'T IT? WHILST IT SOUNDS GOOD THAT YOU OPENING UP FIVE CLINICS IN AREAS WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED, YOU STILL HAVE TO STAFF THEM. WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE, RIGHT? WE HAVE A LONG-STANDING PROBLEM AROUND WORKFORCE AND THE DEGRADATION OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. WE HAVE TO TRY AND FIX IT, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PUTTING MORE MONEY THAN EVER INTO THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. THIS BUDGET WILL HAVE MORE GOING INTO THE HEALTH SYSTEM ON TOP OF THAT. WE HAVE BEEN MAKING PROGRESS ON RECRUITING GPS AND NURSES. OF COURSE, THEY END UP IN THE WRONG PARTS OF THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF NOT RURAL OR PROVINCIAL NEW ZEALAND AND OFTEN NOT OUR MENTAL HEALTH AREAS OR KEY PROFESSIONS WE NEED THEM. THERE IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM WITH ATTRACTING A WORKFORCE, BUT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. IF YOU ARE A DOCTOR WHO HAS BEEN DRIVING AN UBER BECAUSE YOU ARE FROM GERMANY AND YOUR QUALIFICATION IS NOT RECOGNISED, A NURSE PRACTITIONER CAN DO A LOT OF WORK. I GET IT. IT IS FRUSTRATING. WE HAVE A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT HAS AMAZING PEOPLE AND IT, BUT THE SYSTEM HAS LET THEM DOWN. PEOPLE TO SHOW UP AND PAY THE $80 TO SEE A DOCTOR. THERE IS TWO THINGS THEY ARE ` MAKING SURE THE CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THOSE WITH COMMITTEE SERVICE CARDS HAVE TARGETED SUPPORT. I THINK THERE IS BEEN A LARGE AMOUNTS OF VARIABILITY AS TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING WHEN THEY USE AFTER HOURS OR URGENT CARE SERVICES. MY UNDERSTANDING IS A COST TO HUNDRED AND $50 A PATIENT WHEN SOMEONE GOES INTO URGENT CARE. THERE IS THAT GAP, AND THERE ARE LOTS OF PLACES THAT HAVE CLOSED DOWN AS A RESULT. HOW WILL YOU MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE? WE ARE TRYING TO STRENGTHEN AND STABILISE EXISTING SERVICES THAT WE HAVE. THE COST IS, AS YOU SAY, HUNDRED AND $50 FOR A CONSULT WITH URGENT CARE. EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS $800, A THOUSAND WITH AN AMBULANCE. THESE ARE THE COSTS THE GOVERNMENT ENDS UP INCURRING. THE FEES ARE PATIENT ENDS UP PAYING IS ALSO VARIABLE. WE WANT TO SEE GREATER CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IS THERE ANY WORK GOING ON TO BRING THOSE FEES DOWN? PART OF THE REASON THE PEOPLE END UP IN HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS IS BECAUSE OF THE FEE. THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO A 24-HOUR URGENT CARE BECAUSE A COST $80. THEY'VE HAD DECLINING RESOURCES OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS START THE FIGHT BACK BY PUTTING MORE RESOURCES INTO THEM. THERE ARE GENUINELY CASES WE HAVE A KID WITH A FEVER AND YOU NEED TO SEE SOMEONE, THAT IS VERY HELPFUL. YOUR POINT IS A FAIR ONE ` THAT IS ABOUT THE CONSISTENCY OF WHAT THOSE FEES ARE. I WANT TO MOVE ONTO THE REGULATORY STANDARDS BILL. IT IS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF MAKING REGULATION. THAT IS PRETTY COMPLEX AND HARD WORK. WE HAD A PRE-CONSULTATION FOR TWO MONTHS ON IT. IT WILL COME THROUGH CABINET AT SOME POINT AND GO THROUGH THE HOUSE FOR ITS FIRST READING. IN ITS CURRENT FORM, DO YOU SUPPORT IT? YES WE DO, BUT IT HAS TO GO THROUGH A ROBUST PROCESS TO MAKE THE BILL EVEN BETTER. THEY GET THREE READINGS IN PARLIAMENT UNTIL IT BECOMES LAW. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE VIEWS ON IT. THERE ARE CALLS FOR PROPER CONSULTATION WITH MAORI. WHERE DO YOU STAND ON THAT? WE HAVE HAD PRE-CONSULTATION BEFORE IT WAS INTRODUCED AND WAS TALKED ABOUT FOR TWO MONTHS. WE ALSO HAVE THE SELECT COMMUNITY PROCESS. ANYBODY CAN SUBMIT AT THAT TIME WITH THE INTENTION OF MAKING THE BILL BETTER. IN TERMS OF THESE BILLS, IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR GOVERNMENT IS BACKING POLICIES THAT COULD WEAKEN HOW THE TREATY IS BEING UPHELD IN LAW. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE DIRECTION? I DISAGREE COMPLETELY. YOU HAVE TO ARGUE THE MERITS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. ON THE PRINCIPLES CAUSES THAT EXIST, THEY ARE OFTEN VERY GENERIC. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT IT CAUSES HUGE UNCERTAINTY, IT CAUSES MAJOR PROBLEMS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS. ALL WE'RE SAYING IS THAT WE WANT SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR THE TREATY SO THE APPLICATION OF THE TREATY TO THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS RELEVANCE. WE HAVING HIS OPEN-ENDED CLAUSES THAT ARE OPEN FOR INTERPRETATION. THEY NEED TO BE SPECIFIC TO THE LEGISLATION WE HAVE BEFORE US. I THINK IT IS UNFAIR WHEN PEOPLE SAY THAT BECAUSE IT IS THE PROBLEM WE TRYING TO SOLVE. ON THE REGULARTORY STANDARDS BILL, THIS IS ABOUT IMPROVING OUR LAWMAKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT GET DUMB LAWS. ARE THERE ANY REFERENCES TO THE TREATY IN THIS BILL? AGAIN, IT WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT IS RELEVANT TO THE BILL THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US, WHICH IS ABOUT MAKING BETTER LAWS AND REGULATION. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SPECIFIC CLAUSES IN OUR LEGISLATION SO THAT WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT REGULATORY STANDARDS AND AN INCREASE TO MINIMUM WAGE, WHATEVER THE ACTUAL ISSUE GOING THROUGH AS, IT'S A SPECIFIC TO THE SPECIFIC APPLICATION OF THE BILL IN RESPECT TO TREATY OBLIGATIONS. THE TRIBUNAL HAS AN ISSUE WITH THIS. THEY CALLED FOR AN IMMEDIATE HALT. WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT? HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE REASONS WHY THEY ASKED FOR THAT? THEY WILL BE CONSIDERED, BUT AGAIN, THE TRIBUNAL HAS A RANGE OF VIEWS ON A RANGE OF THINGS, WHICH THEY ARE ENTITLED SO. YOU ARE NOT LOOKING ANY CHANGES? WINSTON PETERS SAID HE WANTS CHANGES TO THE BILL. WHAT IS THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS BILL IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LAWMAKING AND LEGISLATION. THAT IS A PROCESS WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE THEIR SAY. IT IS A COMPLEX PIECE. WE TAKE ALL THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE BILL, SO THEREFORE IT BECOMES LAW. PRIME MINISTER, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. I KNOW YOU FAMOUSLY DON'T RENT COFFEE SO WANT YOUR TAKE ON THIS ` ... YOU CAN NEVER GET TOO MUCH MILO. IT IS THE COMBINATION WITH THE SUGAR THAT MAKES IT SPECIAL. I AM QUITE A RICH MIX OF HOT CHOCOLATE AND MILO. DO YOU USE NORMAL WATER? MILK, NEVER WATER. E HAERE AKE NEI ` WE'VE HEARD THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN FOR MORE URGENT CARE. NEXT, A GP WORKING IN THE SECTOR GIVES US THEIR TAKE ON WHETHER IT WILL WORK. # SOMETHING SO TRUE IS WHAT I GET FROM YOU. # AND I HOPE THAT YOU SEE, YOU GET THE BEST OF ME. HOKI MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` POLICE HAVE CHARGED A MAN WITH SEVEN COUNTS OF ARSON FOLLOWING A STRING OF FIRES IN MASTERTON EARLIER THIS YEAR. OVERSEAS, THE POPE HAS TAKEN HIS FIRST POPE-MOBILE RIDE THROUGH SAINT PETER'S SQUARE, WAVING TO A CROWD OF THOUSANDS ON HIS WAY TO HIS INAUGURATION MASS. AND IN SPORT, MOANA PASIFIKA CAPTAIN ARDIE SAVEA HAS BEEN NAMED THE SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC PLAYER OF THE YEAR. WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW PLANS FOR URGENT CARE. AROUND 5000 NEW ZEALANDERS VISIT THESE CLINICS EVERY DAY, BUT ACCESS TO AFTER-HOURS CARE IS PATCHY AND OFTEN DIFFICULT TO GET TO OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN CENTRES. THE NEWLY ANNOUNCED $164m PACKAGE OVER FOUR YEARS WILL AIM TO IMPROVE THIS. THE ULTIMATE AIM IS FOR EXPANDED AFTER-HOURS SERVICES, WITH A TARGET OF 98% OF NEW ZEALANDERS TO BE ABLE TO GET IN-PERSON URGENT CARE WITHIN ONE HOUR'S DRIVE OF THEIR HOME. DR LUKE BRADFORD IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GPs AND JOINS US NOW. MORENA, DR. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE LISTENING INTO THE PRIME MINISTER, BUT WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT? MORENA, CHRIS. THANK YOU. I WOULD BROADLY WELCOME AN INVESTMENT INTO CARE. THE SECTOR HAS STRUGGLED IN ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IS BECAUSE OF LACK OF STAFFING AND CLINIC AVAILABILITY. IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS IS IMPLEMENTED. WILL THIS ADDRESS THOSE STAFFING ISSUES, THOUGH? IT WILL GO SOME WAY, BUT WE HAVE TO SEE HOW MANY WILL BE SPREAD AT PRESENT. THERE IS BIG PAY DISPARITY BETWEEN NURSES AN URGENT CARE AND HOSPITALS OF ABOUT 20%. AND A SHORTAGE OF GPs AN URGENT CARE DOCTORS. SO OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS GOES SOME WAY. THE PRIME MINISTER MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING INCENTIVES FOR GPS TO BRING IN BUSINESSES, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT REALISTICALLY COULD WORK? IT CERTAINLY HELPS THE GP PRACTICES TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO TRAIN THEM, BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF NURSES THAT EXIST, SO WE ARGUE THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE ON AN EQUAL FOOTING. I SUPPOSE THAT IT DOESN'T ADDRESS THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF THEM AS WELL, IS THAT A PROBLEM? FOR THE DOCTOR CERTAINLY, THAT IS TRUE. WE HAVE SENT AN INCREASING NUMBER OF NURSES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL? WHAT IS THE KEY HERE? IT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IF YOU INVEST IN PRIMARY CARE, IT GETS THAT CAN ENTER HOME, * IT GETS THAT CARE NEAR TO HOME. IT IS A HUGE BURDEN ON THE DOCTORS WORKING THERE CURRENTLY IT'LL HELP TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT CONSTANT PRESSURE. ONE OF THE THINGS AS WELL THAT WE HAVE HEARD ON OUR SHOW OVER THE PAST WE WHILE IS THAT IT'S NOT ONLY AVAILABILITY BUT THE COST OF GOING TO A GP. DO YOU THINK THAT THIS WILL ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT BURDEN AS WELL? THIS IS PURELY FOR AFTER-HOURS. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT IT IS AN FINANCIALLY VIABLE. CORRECTION: ISN'T FINANCIALLY VIABLE WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS AFFORDABLE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS. SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF, YOU ARE BASED IN TAURANGA WHICH IS IN LINE FOR A NEW 24 SEVEN URGENT CARE CENTRE FROM NEXT YEAR. HOW EASILY WILL YOU BE ABLE TO FIND PEOPLE TO RUN IT? WE HAD ONE THAT STARTED LAST DEBIT SHUTDOWN BECAUSE IT WASN'T VIABLE WITH STAFFING. THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE REASONABLY WELL SUBSIDISE FOR IT TO WORK. I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE NURSES AND PARAMEDICS WITH TELEHEALTH SUPPORT. ANYTHING ABOUT A PACKAGE THAT WASN'T THERE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN TO MAKE THIS MORE VIABLE? NEEDS TO CLEARLY STATE THAT THIS WILL CLEARLY RESULT IN THE STAFF IN THESE CLINICS BEING PAID A REASONABLE RATE. IT DOES NEED TO MENTION THAT. ONE OF THE GOVERNMENTS HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLES AS A PERSON AND CENTRAL OTAGO WITH STOMACH PAIN, UNABLE TO GET AN ULTRASOUND. IS THIS REALISTIC? BEING ABLE TO DO THOSE TESTS REALISTICALLY IN CLINICS IS POSSIBLE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. IT IS GREAT NEWS, $164 MILLION OVER FOUR YEARS INTO HEALTHCARE BUT AGAIN, HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED? EXTENDED SERVICES ETC, AND GREAT THAT THERE IS SOMETHING IN THERE IN TERMS OF OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES, BUT AGAIN, THE REALITY IS STAFF ` HOW WE GOING TO IMPLEMENT ALL THESE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE? HELD IS JUST ONE OF THE SECTORS THIS WEEK THAT WILL BE MAKING A LOT OF NOISE ABOUT WHAT IS TO COME, BECAUSE OF COURSE, THURSDAY IS BUDGET TODAY. WE WILL SEE HOW THE CHIPS FALL ALL WEEK. AND REALISTICALLY, WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE GET WHAT THEY NEED OUT OF THIS BUDGET. TIMES ARE TOUGH. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. (ELECTRO POP MUSIC)� (ELECTRO POP MUSIC) IT'S 7.30. HERE'S THE NEWS. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S DOING 'EVERYTHING IT CAN' TO SUPPORT NEW ZEALAND'S STRUGGLING HEALTH SYSTEM, INCLUDING INVESTING IN NEW 24-HOUR CLINICS. ON THURSDAY, IT WILL UNVEIL ITS SO-CALLED 'GROWTH BUDGET', WITH HALF THE AMOUNT OF NEW MONEY COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. BUT AHEAD OF THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, IT'S ALREADY PLEDGED $164m TO BOOST AFTER-HOURS HEALTHCARE, INCLUDING NEW ROUND-THE-CLOCK CLINICS, WHICH PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS ARE A TOP PRIORITY. YOU KNOW, WHAT WERE DOING IS WERE PUTTING MORE MONEY THAN HAS EVER BEEN PUT INTO HEALTHCARE BEFORE IN NEW ZEALAND. THIS BUDGET WILL SEE MORE MONEY GOING INTO HEALTHCARE ON TOP OF THAT. RECRUITING GPS, AND RECRUITING NURSES. THEY'RE OFTEN NOT IN BOROUGH PROVINCIAL NEW ZEALAND, OR MENTAL HEALTH SPACES. HE SAYS THE GOVERNMENT AIMS TO STRENGTHEN EXISTING HEALTH SERVICES WHILE ALSO CREATING MORE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS CARE. PUBLIC CONSULTATION OPENS TODAY ON THREE PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE OF AUCKLAND'S WESTERN SPRINGS STADIUM. ONE IS A PRIVATELY FUNDED VENUE FOCUSED ON FOOTBALL, BACKED BY RICH LISTER ANNA MOWBRAY AND HER HUSBAND, FORMER ALL BLACK ALI WILLIAMS. THE OTHER PLAN, SUPPORTED BY CURRENT LEASEHOLDER THE PONSONBY RUGBY CLUB, INCLUDES A PERMANENT CONCERT STAGE WITH FUNDING FROM RATEPAYERS. CLUB SPOKESPERSON SIR BRYAN WILLIAMS SAYS PRIVATISING THE GROUNDS WOULD MEAN RESTRICTED ACCESS, HIGH HIREAGE FEES, AND LIMITED AVAILABILITY. THERE'S ALSO A THIRD OPTION FOR AUCKLAND COUNCIL TO DO NOTHING OR EXPLORE OTHER IDEAS. IN THE U.S., TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED, WITH ANOTHER TWO REMAINING IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER A MEXICAN NAVY SAILBOAT CRASHED INTO NEW YORK'S BROOKLYN BRIDGE YESTERDAY. 22 PEOPLE WERE INJURED, WITH 277 ON BOARD THE SHIP AT THE TIME. IT'S BELIEVED MECHANICAL ISSUES MAY HAVE LED TO THE CRASH, WITH THE SHIP PASSING UNDER THE BRIDGE AT A POINT TOO LOW FOR THE MASTS TO CLEAR. THE SHIP IS NOW DOCKED AT A NEW YORK PIER AS AN INVESTIGATION GETS UNDERWAY. TO SPORT, AND IN FORMULA 1 ` RED BULL'S MAX VERSTAPPEN HAS STORMED TO A STATEMENT WIN AT THE IMOLA GRAND PRIX. STARTING FROM SECOND WITH MCLAREN'S OSCAR PIASTRI ON POLE, THE FOUR TIME WORLD CHAMPION MADE HIS MOVE IN THE FIRST LAP. VERSTAPPEN SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH PIASTRI, THROUGH TO TOMORROW, AND GETS THE JOB DONE! YOU GOTTA BE BRAVE AROUND THERE. LIAM LAWSON ONLY MANAGING TO MAKE UP ONE PLACE FROM QUALIFYING, FINISHING 14TH. HE'S STILL WAITING TO EARN HIS FIRST POINTS OF THE SEASON WITH PRESSURE MOUNTING AFTER RB TEAMMATE ISACK JADJAR FINISHED NINTH. LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND AND TAUPO, WITH SHOWERS TO BE EXPECTED IN THE EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON. 20 IS YOUR HIGH IN TAURANGA. 15 IN PALMERSTON NORTH. SOME SHOWERS EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE UPPER SOUTH ISLAND AND CANTERBURY. HOWEVER, FINE IN OTAGO, SOUTHLAND AND FIORDLAND. 14 IS YOUR HIGH IN NELSON. 9 IS YOUR HIGH IN WANAKA. IT'S BUDGET WEEK, WITH NICOLA WILLIS SET TO LAY OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S SPENDING PRIORITIES. IT'S ALREADY FLAGGED IT WON'T BE A LOLLY SCRAMBLE, SO IN THE LEAD UP TO THURSDAY, WE'LL BE COVERING SOME OF THE KEY AREAS. TO SET US UP, WE SPOKE WITH INDEPENDENT ECONOMIST CAMERON BAGRIE AND ASKED HIM WHERE THE GOVERNMENT WILL FIND THE NEEDED SAVINGS. WELL, THAT'S THE MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION. THE WAY I LOOK AT THIS BUDGET, BY THE TIME YOU'VE STRUCK OUT HEALTH COMMITMENTS, IT'S US EFFECTIVELY A ZERO BUDGET. THERE'S BEEN SOME MONEY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN COMMITTED. THE GOVERNMENT HAS COME OUT AND SAID THEY WOULD SPEND AN ADDITIONAL 12 BILLION TOWARDS DEFENSE OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. I THINK THEY NEED ABOUT 30 BILLION TO GET IT UP TO 10% OF GDP. THESE THINGS ARE ALL EXPENSE. AT SOME STAGE THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO PUT SOME PRETTY BIG ISSUES ON THE TABLE. I WONDER WHETHER KIWI SAVER CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE GOVERNMENT ARE GOING TO BE. THE OTHER QUESTION IS WHERE IS THAT GONNA COME FROM? YOU MENTIONED SUPERANNUATION LET'S GO A BIT DEEPER. IT'S EXPENSIVE, ISN'T IT? IT'S HEALTHCARE EXPENSES AS WELL. IF YOU LOOK AT HEALTHCARE AND SUPERANNUATION EXPENSES ARE INCREASINGLY TAKING UP THE RISING SHARE OF THE ECONOMIC SHARE OF ECONOMIC PRODUCT AND AGING POPULATION, THE ISSUE IS WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM? YOU INCREASE TAXES, YOU INCREASE DEBT, OR YOU'VE GOT TO CRUNCH OTHER AREAS OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE. THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO COME OUT ON A STATEMENT ON THE FISCAL EXPENDITURE IN THE LATER HALF OF THIS YEAR. IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE UNLESS WE MAKE SOME VERY BIG CHANGES ON OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE, WE TAKE A LOT OF DEBT, OR BE INCREASE TAXES. THOSE ARE THE CHOICES. YOU'VE WRITTEN RECENTLY THAT IF WE ACCEPT HIGHER DEBT LEVELS WERE GOING TO HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT MORE MONEY IS BEING SPENT. IN A WAY THAT IS ACCEPTABLE FOR US. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE OUT OF THIS BUDGET? NEW ZEALAND GOT A PRETTY GOOD FISCAL FRAMEWORK. WE GOT A TRACK RECORD OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS, WHEN WERE IN THE RED, WE'VE MADE THE HARD DECISIONS, AND THAT GIVES US TREMENDOUS CUTE NOSE WITH THE AGENCY. THE PROBLEM IS, ONCE AGAIN, THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH. INFRASTRUCTURE, PARTICULARLY, WHICH IMPACTS PRODUCTIVITY. WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS, I GUESS, A BIT OF A TAGLINE I'M GONNA THROW OUT THERE LET'S NOT BE AFRAID TO INVEST AND BORROW, BUT LET'S BORROW WITH MORE DISCIPLINE. MAKE SURE EVERY DOLLAR EXECUTED WITH TANGIBLE RESULTS ON THE OTHER SIDE. I THINK WE NEED TO BE CREATING A FEW MORE FISCAL UNDERCOAT CENTERED AROUND OFFICE SPENDING. YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON THE FRONT LINE COMPARED TO OFFICE EXPENSES. 2023, 2024, A TREMENDOUS UPTAKE IN BACK OFFICE EXPENSES. AHEAD OF THE BUDGET ON THURSDAY. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST FOR ACCOUNT OF MILO THESE DAYS QUESTION MARK? 1749. THAT'S FOR A BIG 10. HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT? WELL JUSTIN R DERN, SHE POSTED IN THE WEEKEND MILO RECOMMENDED SIX SERVINGS IN A MUG. SOME WOULD SAY THAT YOU NEED ENOUGH FOR A LAYER OF CHOCOLATE ON TOP. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE CAKED ON THE BOTTOM. YOU CAN ADD YOUR 6 TEASPOONS AND OUT ANOTHER ONE ON THE TOP. THIS IS NOT POLITICALLY BIASED WE'VE ASKED THE OTHER SIDE AS WELL, AND THE PRIME MINISTER SAID THE MORE THE MERRIER. IT'S VERY NATIONAL TO BE SUPPORTING THE DAIRY INDUSTRY. I COULDN'T GO FOR WATER, IT'S TOO THIN. FOR GRANDKIDS, WE HAD A POP MILO, AND ANAND MILO. POP MILO HAD SUGAR, N TEASPOON BUT NO SUGAR SCHOOL CAMP SORT OF VIBES. JUST COLD. HOW DO YOU GET IT TO DISSOLVE? JUST CHUNKS. THAT FEEDBACK COMING SOME PEOPLE BEEN HAVING MILO FOR YEARS. ONE PERSON SAID THEIR 80 THIS YEAR AND IT'S A GO TO BEFORE BED. MILO IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE 10 YEARS AGO. IT'S STILL NOT GOOD. OH, DARRELL. WE'VE GOT NESTLE COMING IN. WERE NOT JUST TAKING POT SHOTS. MAXIMUM PLEASURE WITH THE MILO. ME U TONU MAI. # SO SCARED OF LOVE. Breaking news, Skinny Mobile has found a new way to keep prices low. They've digitally cloned their happiest customer, to make really cost-effective ads. I'm a real Skinny Mobile customer who loves them so much that I let them digitally clone me using A.I. Join me on Skinny today! Wow, what a heartwarming story about a telco that will do anything to keep prices low and customers happy. Wow, we are so happy. Get the Skinny! # OH. # TO WHANAU... # HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S DOING 'EVERYTHING IT CAN' TO SUPPORT NEW ZEALAND'S STRUGGLING HEALTH SYSTEM, INCLUDING INVESTING IN NEW 24-HOUR CLINICS. OVERSEAS, TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED WITH ANOTHER TWO REMAINING IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER A MEXICAN NAVY SAILBOAT CRASHED INTO NEW YORK'S BROOKLYN BRIDGE YESTERDAY. AND IN FORMULA 1, RED BULL'S MAX VERSTAPPEN HAS STORMED TO A STATEMENT WIN AT THE IMOLA GRAND PRIX. 7:45. TIME TO TALK SPORT NOW, AND JOINING US OUT OF THE CAPITAL IS LUKE ROBINSON. MORENA, LUKE ` AND A TOUGH 24 HOURS FOR KIWI INDYCAR DRIVERS AHEAD OF THEIR BIG RACE IN THE U.S. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. THEY BOTH CRASHED IN THE LEAD UP TO THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 THE GOOD NEWS IS HE IS OK, AFTER WHAT WAS A PRETTY GNARLY CRASH. THE BAD NEWS, IS HE MISSES THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY AND QUALIFY. OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE SEEING PICTURES OF THE CRASH NOW. PRETTY GNARLY, BUT HE IS OK, HE DID WALK AWAY FROM IT. THE FRUSTRATING THING FOR HIM, THE SAD THING FOR HIM, IS, IN HIS OWN WORDS, THAT HE WASN'T ABLE TO TELL HIS WIFE AND FAMILY THAT HE WAS OKAY. I'M MORE SAD THAT I SAW MY WIFE CRYING IN THERE AND NERVOUS ABOUT ME, AND THAT BRINGS IT ALL TO REAL LIFE. I WANTED TO GET OUT OF THE CAR STRAIGHT AWAY JUST SO THAT SHE KNEW I WAS OK. BABY GIRL HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON, SHE'S PROBABLY SLEEPING IN THE BUS RIGHT NOW. KNEW THAT I WAS ALL RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH, SCOTTY SUCH A GOOD GUY. AND THE FINAL ROUND OF THE SECOND GOLF MAJOR OF THE YEAR IS UNDERWAY. CAN ANYBODY CATCH SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER, LUKE? THAT'S THE MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION. IF HE WERE TO WIN THE $7.5 MILLION QUESTION. THE HOTTEST GOLFER FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE LAST SEVEN TIMES HE'S HELD THE LEAD GOING INTO THE FINAL ROUND, HE WINS BASICALLY EVERY SECOND OR THIRD WEEK. WHICH IS WHAT HAS BEEN THE CASE OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS. BUT GOLF IS A PRETTY FUNNY GAME WHERE ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE 18 HOLES. WE SEEN THAT EARLY ON, SCOTTY BOGEY IN THE FIRST HOLE, TERRIBLE DRIVE ON THE SECOND. HERE'S HOW THE FIRST COUPLE OF HOLES PLAYED OUT THIS MORNING. GREAT EXTENSION, HIGH HAND. MATCHES THE WIDTH. THAT'S FROM 86 YARDS, CHANCE TO TURN THE TIDES. IN THE HALL. HOLE* SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER WITH A BIRDIE ON THE SECOND HOLE, MAKING THE MOST OF A PRETTY GOOD BREAK. GOING TO BE PRETTY SMOOTH SAILING FOR HIM. JUST AN UPDATE ON FOX A TRICKY LAST ROUND FOR HIM. ANOTHER GOOD SHOWING AT A MAJOR FOR FOXY. LUKE, I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU A BIT ABOUT SOME BIG TRANSFER NEWS COMING THROUGH THIS WEEK YOUR SIGNING IN THE WELLINGTON NEWSROOM WITH HARRY BOTTLE, STEPPING IN FOR JAMES FLORY, WHO HAS FLOWN THE NEST. HAVE YOU GOT SOME INITIATION THINGS PLANNED FOR YOUNG HARRY? HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE SITTING NEXT TO ME THIS MORNING, IN TERMS OF THE DESK BODY. BUT HE WAS HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THAT OR IF HE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO SIT NEXT TO ME. HOPEFULLY WE GET THEM TOMORROW. CHEERS GUYS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` A FORMER POLICE STATION TURNED SAFE HAVEN. HOW A BRAND NEW CAFE IS HELPING ROUGH SLEEPERS IN WHANGAREI. # HE LOVED ME NOT HE LOVES ME. (SONG): 'COLD AS ICE' BY FOREIGNER BEN: Hello? From the bank? Really? VOICEOVER: Know it's really ASB with Caller Check. (PHONE RINGING) # You're as cold as ice # We can verify it's us through the ASB Mobile Banking app. BEN: Oh, it is you ASB! # CAN'T GET ENOUGH, I CAN'T GET ENOUGH. A FEW SHOWERS CLEARING THIS MORNING. COME ON DOWN TO WELLINGTON, SHOWERS TURN TO RAIN. THEN CLEARING. HEADING TOWARDS A HIGH OF 14. WHAT IS THIS MIX? GRACE CHURCH, 10. CHRISTCHURCH* SOUTH-WESTERLY IS TURNING NORTHERLY THIS AFTERNOON. WHAT IS THIS MIX? THIS IS A SUPER GROOVE. ARE YOU GOING TO READ THE WEATHER? I WAS WAITING. (LAUGHS) I AM NOT THE GUY IN THE CLUB THAT DROPS BEFORE THE DROP. THOUGH, DUNEDIN. 12 IS A HIGH TODAY. BEAUTIFUL THIS MORNING. JUST KIDDING, I DON'T GO TO THE CLUB. NEW YORK, BROOKLYN BRIDGE. 24 HERE. BUT OF CLOUD ABOUT, AND OVERNIGHT RAIN. I DO LOVE NEW YORK. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE PLACE. MC HAMMER. IT'S A FRESH START FOR WHANGAREI'S ROUGH SLEEPERS. A NEW COMMUNITY CAFE HAS OPENED, PROVIDING FREE MEALS, SUPPORT SERVICES, AND A PLACE TO BELONG. LOCAL CHARITY WHARE AWHINA IS BEHIND THE SPACE. ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE LIZA CASSIDY CANNING JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW SPACE. OUR PEOPLE REACTING? THEY LOVE IT. THE WHANAU HAVE COME` WITHOUT A SIMILAR SPACE IN THE PAST, SO THE MODEL WAS MORE OF A DAY WE REDID IT WITH ADVICE. WE CAME UP WITH THE CAFE MODEL, AND OUR WORK IS ABOUT CARE AND CONNECTION AND THE PLACE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIP. WE ARE EXCITED. TO TELL ME ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY IT OFFERS AND TALK ME THROUGH HOW YOU DESIGNED IT. IN TERMS OF THE DESIGN, YOU DRAW ON THE WISDOM OF YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO ON THE WISDOM OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES, SO WE VISITED CITY MISSIONS, ESPECIALLY WELLINGTON CITY MISSION CAFE MODEL, AND ITS ULTIMATE PURPOSE. SO WE KNOW IF WE CAN BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR COMMUNITY, THAT IS THE STARTING PLACE IN MAKING THE NEXT STEP IN TERMS OF THEIR JOURNEY TO HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. ESSENTIALLY, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR YEARS, WE USED TO HAVE A HOUSE, AND WE WOULD DO CUP OF TEA, AND ESSENTIALLY THAT IS WHAT THE CAFE IS ABOUT. COME HAVE THIRD, MONDAY TO SATURDAY, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MUFFINS IN THE MORNING, FRESHLY COOKED, AND WE HAVE NUTRITIOUS FOOD FOR LUNCH. ON THE MONDAY ON AVERAGE, WE ARE SERVING ABOUT 90 MEALS, AND ON AVERAGE, THE REST OF THE WEEK, 50 MEALS. WE HAD A WHANAU MEMBER SAY THAT THEY'VE NEVER HAD SO MANY VEGETABLES AS SUCH HEALTHY FOOD. AND I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO TEST IT OUT, BUT I LOVE IT. HOW DIFFERENT IS IT TO THE PREVIOUS SPACE? THE PREVIOUS SPACE WE HAD WAS A STARTING PLACE. WE MAY BE RUNNING INTO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. WE WILL GIVE IT A COUPLE OF SECONDS. WE CAN COME BACK INTO IT IF IT DOES. THAT AS TECHNOLOGY SOMETIMES. THAT WAS LIZ TALKING TO US. A PITIFUL LOOKING SPACE. IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THAT POINT TO COME TOGETHER AND TO HAVE SOME INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TO HOW THEY WANTED THAT TO BE DESIGNED AND BUILT. OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS A NEED FOR IT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND THIS IS THE COMMUNITY'S WAY OF NOT TRYING TO SOLVE THE ISSUE, BUT COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF SOLUTION AT LEAST, ANYWAY. I THINK IT IS BEAUTIFUL. LIZ, ARE YOU ON THE LINE. I AM STILL HERE. MAYBE IT WAS AT OUR END. TECHNOLOGY. YOU JUST CUT OFF BEFORE, BUT WE CAN PICK UP. YOU WERE TALKING TO ME ABOUT HOW IT DIFFERED FROM THE PAST AND HOW IT WAS A STARTER PLACE FOR YOU, AND NOW THIS IS A PERMANENT HOME. IT IS. IT IS, SADLY ` WE'VE BEEN GOING FOR 30 YEARS, OUR BONES ARE IN COMMUNITY SUPPORT, THE DRIVER OF WHAT WE DO IS COMMUNITY. THEY TELL US WHAT THEY NEED. AND DESPITE ANY GOVERNMENT FUNDING, WE JUST GET ON AND DO IT. WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR 30 YEARS, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AND WE MAKE A MAJOR IMPACT, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY. BUT ULTIMATELY THEY SOLUTIONS LIE WITH THE INDIVIDUALS. SO WITH THE CAFE, WE HAVE A PLACE TO SIT, HAVE A CUP OF TEA AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS SO THAT'S TOGETHER OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE SPACE AS WELL, THEY CAN START WORKING ON THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED AND START ASPIRING TO THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT IN THEIR LIVES. HOW BAD IS THE NEED AT THE MOMENT IN YOUR AREA AND IN YOUR COMMUNITY? I HAVE ALREADY, IN TERMS OF DATA, IN TERMS OF OUR SERVICE, WHAT WE SEE, THE 90 MEALS A DAY ON THE MONDAY, THE 50 SOCIAL SUPERMARKET SHOPS PER WEEK, THE 14.7 TONS OF FOOD RESCUED AND PASSED ON TO COMMUNITY PROVIDERS. WE HAVE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND YOUTH HOUSING, 50% OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR HOUSING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. IT IS HUGE. THANK YOU FOR PERSISTING THROUGH OUR TECHNICAL ISSUES AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW SPACE. GO WELL AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU, SEE YOU. STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` SHE'S BLITZED EVERYONE ON THE CRICKET FIELD, BUT MELIE KERR'S HAD SOME DIFFICULT TIMES MENTALLY. THE WHITE FERNS STAR IS WITH US SHORTLY. ALSO AHEAD, AOTEAROA MIGHT NOT BE INVITED TO EUROVISION, BUT THERE WAS SOME NEW ZEALAND INVOLVEMENT AT THE WEEKEND'S BIG SONG CONTEST. A KIWI WAS AMONG THE DANCERS. WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE A PART OF THE EVENT WATCHED BY MILLIONS? PLUS ` HOW MUCH MILO IS TOO MUCH MILO? IT'S BEEN QUESTIONED BY A FORMER PM AND FIRED UP SOCIAL MEDIA. WE'LL ASK THE CLASSIC BEVERAGE'S MAKERS ` WHAT IS THE PERFECT RATIO? IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LEADING GENERAL PRACTITIONERS IS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW PLANS FOR URGENT CARE. IT'S PLEDGED $164m OVER FOUR YEARS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO AFTER-HOURS CARE, OFTEN DIFFICULT TO GET OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN CENTRES. ROYAL COLLEGE OF GP'S PRESIDENT DR LUKE BRADFORD SAYS WHILE IT WILL HELP RURAL AREAS HE STILL NEEDS TO SEE WHERE THE MONEY GOES. THERE'S A BIG PAY DISPARITY BETWEEN NURSES IN URGENT CARE AND GENERAL PRACTITIONERS IN THE HOSPITALS OF ABOUT 20%. WHEN THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF GPS AND URGENT CARE DOCTORS, AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT THEM INTO THE PROFESSION WITH REASONABLE CONDITIONS. AND SO, OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS GOES SOME WAY. THE AIM IS FOR 98% OF NEW ZEALANDERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO IN-PERSON URGENT CARE WITHIN A ONE HOUR'S DRIVE OF THEIR HOME. WATER QUALITY SAMPLING IS UNDERWAY IN THE CAPITAL AFTER WASTEWATER DISCHARGED IN SEVERAL AREAS ALONG THE COAST. IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AT THREE TREATMENT PLANTS IN THE REGION ` PORIRUA, MOA POINT AND SEAVIEW. WELLINGTON WATER SAYS THE HEAVY RAIN CAUSED A SLUDGE CARRYOVER, AND RECOMMENDS THE PUBLIC AVOIDS SWIMMING IN THESE AREAS. PUBLIC CONSULTATION OPENS TODAY ON THREE PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE OF AUCKLAND'S WESTERN SPRINGS STADIUM, RNZ NEWS REPORTS. ONE IS A PRIVATELY FUNDED VENUE FOCUSED ON FOOTBALL, BACKED BY RICH LISTER ANNA MOWBRAY AND HER HUSBAND, FORMER ALL BLACK ALI WILLIAMS. THE OTHER PLAN, SUPPORTED BY CURRENT LEASEHOLDER THE PONSONBY RUGBY CLUB, INCLUDES A PERMANENT CONCERT STAGE WITH FUNDING FROM RATEPAYERS. CLUB SPOKESPERSON SIR BRYAN WILLIAMS SAYS PRIVATISING THE GROUNDS WOULD MEAN RESTRICTED ACCESS, HIGH HIREAGE FEES, AND LIMITED AVAILABILITY. THERE'S ALSO A THIRD OPTION FOR AUCKLAND COUNCIL TO DO NOTHING OR EXPLORE OTHER IDEAS. THE SUSPECT IN A BOMBING OUTSIDE A CALIFORNIA FERTILITY CLINIC HAS BEEN NAMED AS GUY EDWARD BARTKUS (25) ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND AT LEAST FOUR OTHERS WERE INJURED FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION EITHER IN OR NEAR A CAR OUTSIDE THE CLINIC. THE FBI SAYS HE HELD 'NIHILISTIC IDEATIONS' AND HAS DESCRIBED THE ATTACK AS AN INTENTIONAL ACT OF TERRORISM. IT'S BELIEVED BARTKUS DIED IN THE BLAST, WHICH HE HAD BEEN ATTEMPTING TO LIVE-STREAM. AND THERE HAVE BEEN MORE DRONE ATTACKS IN UKRAINE, OFFICIALS THERE SAYING RUSSIA LAUNCHED 273 OF THEM, KILLING ONE WOMAN AND INJURING THREE OTHERS IN KYIV. IT'S THE LARGEST ATTACK SINCE THE WAR BEGAN IN 2022, AND FOLLOWS THE FIRST DIRECT TALKS ON FRIDAY, FAILING TO SECURE A TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE'LL SPEAK WITH THE LEADERS OF BOTH COUNTRIES TOMORROW. THE POPE HAS TAKEN HIS FIRST POPE-MOBILE RIDE THROUGH ST PETER'S SQUARE, WAVING TO A CROWD OF THOUSANDS ON HIS WAY TO HIS INAUGURATION MASS. THE FORMAL CEREMONY MEANS HE'S NOW OFFICIALLY THE NEW LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. HE USED THE MASS TO ONCE AGAIN CALL FOR PEACE, WITH MANY WORLD LEADERS IN ATTENDANCE, INCLUDING UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY AND U.S. VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE. MOANA PASIFIKA CAPTAIN ARDIE SAVEA HAS BEEN NAMED THE SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC PLAYER OF THE YEAR. THE ALL BLACKS LOOSE FORWARD CLAIMING THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE POINTS IN HIS SIDE'S WIN OVER THE BLUES, PUTTING HIM BEYOND REACH OF HIS NEAREST RIVALS. SAVEA HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MOANA'S SEASON, WHICH HAS SEEN THE CLUB NOTCH UP MAIDEN VICTORIES OVER THE BLUES, CRUSADERS AND HIGHLANDERS. THEY CURRENTLY SIT SIXTH ON THE TABLE, WITH MATCHES AGAINST THE CHIEFS AND HURRICANES TO CLOSE OUT THEIR REGULAR SEASON. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND AND TAUPO, WITH SHOWERS TO BE EXPECTED IN THE EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON. 20 IS YOUR HIGH IN TAURANGA. 15 IN PALMERSTON NORTH. SOME SHOWERS EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE UPPER SOUTH ISLAND AND CANTERBURY. HOWEVER, FINE IN OTAGO, SOUTHLAND AND FIORDLAND. 14 IS YOUR HIGH IN NELSON. 9 IS YOUR HIGH IN WANAKA. CRICKETER MELIE KERR IS WELL-KNOWN TO SPORTS FANS. THE WHITE FERNS STAR CAME TO PROMINENCE EARLY, DEBUTING FOR NEW ZEALAND AT JUST 16 YEARS OF AGE. AT 24, SHE HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST SCORE IN A WOMEN'S ONE-DAY MATCH, WAS PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT AT LAST YEAR'S T20 WORLD CUP, AND WON THE HIGHEST INTERNATIONAL ACCOLADE THERE IS ` ICC WOMEN'S CRICKETER OF THE YEAR. BUT PERHAPS LESS WELL-KNOWN ` HER PASSIONATE ADVOCACY FOR MENTAL HEALTH AFTER EXPERIENCING HER OWN STRUGGLES. MELIE'S IS IN OUR WELLINGTON STUDIO THIS MORNING. MORENA, MELIE. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. YOU HAVE GOT A BIG CAMPAIGN. YOU WANT TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. AND I WONDER WHETHER YOU CAN TALK US THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES? THANKS FOR HAVING ME. ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, I CREATED A SERIES CALLED TREADING WATER AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF I AM HOPING TO MARKETING, AND I HAD THIS VISION THAT WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH MY STRUGGLES WITH MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE FEELING OF SOME ALONE, AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR HEAD AND YOU ARE IN A DARK PLACE, AND I THOUGHT THAT IF I'M FEELING THAT, THERE ARE SO MANY OTHERS THAT ARE FEELING THIS, AND I GREW UP KNOWING OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND MY FAMILY STRUGGLING, AND ALL OF THAT, SO TO INTERVIEW A RANGE OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S STORY IS INDIVIDUAL, AND FROM HIGH PROFILE KEY WEST TO LOW PROFILE KIWIS, AND HOPEFULLY, I ALWAYS SAID THAT IF ONE VIDEO SAYS ONE PERSON'S LIFE THAT I AM DOING MY JOB. YOU ARE 16 WHEN YOU DEBUTED FOR NEW ZEALAND, AND THINGS STARTED TO UNWIND FOR YOU WHEN YOU ARE 21, SO WHAT DO YOU THINK KIND OF HAPPENED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO? WHY YOU ENDED UP IN THE SPACE YOU WERE IN? I FOUND IT REALLY HARD BECAUSE DURING THAT TIME, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE CRICKET, LOVE WHAT I DO, AND I ALWAYS KNEW AS A YOUNG KID I WANTED TO BE A WHITE FERN, AND I HAVE AN AMAZING FAMILY, SO I WAS THINKING, WHY AM I FEELING THIS WAY? I LOVE MY FAMILY, AND I DO THE JOB THAT I LOVE. GROWING UP AS A KID, I WAS ALWAYS QUITE SENSITIVE AND OBSERVE THE WORLD AND SAW OTHER PEOPLE'S PAIN, AND I THINK THAT THERE WAS THAT AS WELL AS A BUILDUP OF EXPERIENCES FROM A YOUNG AGE, AND I GUESS NOT COPING WITH IT, BUILDING UP A WALL AND THINKING I HAVE TO BE STRONG, I CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT, THAT BEING VULNERABLE IS A WEAKNESS, WHEN IT IT FACT IT IS A STRENGTH. AND THEN I WAS AWAY DURING COVID-19 TIMES, AND I GUESS DURING MY TOUGHEST PERIOD, WHEN I WAS REALLY STRUGGLING WITH MY MENTAL HEALTH, I THEN BROKE MY SPINNING FINGER AT FIELDING TRAINING AND THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD I FELT SAFE WAS WHEN I WAS TRAINING. IT WAS KIND OF MY` IT WAS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD MY BRAIN STOPPED FOR A FEW HOURS AND THEN THAT GOT TAKEN AWAY AND EVERYTHING GOT HEIGHTENED, AND I JUST PUSHED EVERYTHING TO THE SIDE, AND NEVER SPOKE ABOUT WHAT I WAS FEELING, AND IT CAME TO A CRISIS POINT EVENTUALLY. IT CAME TO THE CRISIS POINT AND IN STEP TO MUM AND DAD. I KNOW YOU GOT SENT HOME FROM ONE OF YOUR NEW ZEALAND CAMPS, BUT IN STEP MUM AND DAD, AND ON YOUR WEBSITE, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THEIR OWN STRUGGLES, INCLUDING ISRAEL DAGG, BUT YOUR DAD IS ON THERE AS WELL, RIGHT? HE TALKS ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR HIM AS A PARENT WATCHING YOU GO THROUGH YOUR STRUGGLES, WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU, TO SEE HIM TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO AS PARENTS? AND THE HELPLESSNESS THAT THEY FELT? YEAH, I WOULD SAY MY FAMILY SAVED MY LIFE, BUT I THOUGHT AS SOMEONE WHO WAS STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH, EVENTUALLY, WHEN I DEAD OPEN UP TO MY PARENTS, YOU SEE THE IMPACT IT HAS ON THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE ALSO. I THINK OF` MY MUM HAD CANCER, AND YOU GO VISIT HER AND YOU KNOW WHAT TO SAY, YOU CAN SEE SHE IS ILL, AND YOU EMPATHISE AND YOU SYMPATHISE WITH HER, BUT WITH MENTAL HEALTH, I THINK MY PARENTS WERE SO SCARED OF SAYING THE WRONG THING, AND FOR SO LONG, IT WASN'T VISIBLE. AND TO LEARN HOW TO SEE THE SIGNS AND TO KNOW IT TO SAY, TO KNOW THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO SAY ANYTHING, JUST BEING THERE IS ENOUGH, I THOUGHT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PARENTS OUT THERE, THERE ARE LOVED ONES OUT THERE THAT HAVE PEOPLE IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD OR THEIR FRIENDS GROUPS OR WORKPLACES, THAT STRUGGLE, PEOPLE ARE SO SCARED BECAUSE WE ARE NOT TRAINED OR TAUGHT WHAT TO DO. SO I THOUGHT FROM MY DAD'S PERSPECTIVE, WHAT IT WAS LIKE, HOW IT AFFECTED HIM, WHAT HELPED HIM AND WHAT HELPED ME COULD HELP SO MANY PARENTS. AND SINCE THEN, HE SAID PEOPLE REACH OUT TO HIM AND ASK FOR ADVICE, NOT THAT HE'S A PROFESSIONAL, BUT IT IS LIVED EXPERIENCE. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE, RIGHT? WITH YOUR WEBSITE. I YOU COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT STUFF NOW? PEOPLE SAY IT IS BRAVE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR OWN STORY, AND WHEN YOU TELL YOUR OWN STORY YOU GIVE PERMISSION FOR OTHERS TO TELL THEIRS. SO ARE YOU COMFORTABLE IN THAT SPACE NOW? I AM COMFORTABLE. IT'S BEEN ABOUT FOR FIVE YEARS NOW SINCE I WAS AT MY DARKEST TIMES AND EVERY TIME I STARTED SPEAKING ABOUT IT, I WOULD I GET NERVOUS AND I WOULD GET NERVOUS ABOUT THINKING WHETHER I SHOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS ALWAYS FROM A YOUNG AGE, SOMETHING I'VE BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT FROM SEEING FAMILY MEMBERS STRUGGLE, AND I THOUGHT, IF I'M GOING TO BE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS I CAN'T SIT IN SILENCE. SO FOR ME, EVEN WHEN IT WAS HARD TO SPEAK UP ABOUT IT, OR EVEN THE IDEA OF CREATING TREADING WATER, WE SO OFTEN HAVE IDEAS AND DON'T GO THROUGH WITH THEM, I THOUGHT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME AND WILL HOPEFULLY HELP OTHERS AND REMEMBERING MY WHU ` IT'S BIGGER THAN MYSELF AND I AM HAPPY TO SPEAK ABOUT IT. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE TO YOUR WEBSITE TO TELL THEIR OWN STORY. YOU ARE SO RIGHT, THERE ARE OFTEN TIMES THAT WE HAVE THESE IDEAS BUT WE NEVER FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THEM. YOU ARE INCREDIBLE, AND JUST BEFORE YOU GO, YOU HAVE THE CRICKET WORLD CUP COMING UP A LITTLE LATER ON IN THE YEAR, YOU ARE HEADING BACK TO THE UK, SO HOW ARE YOU FEELING WITH SO MUCH ON THE CALENDAR? AND THE IMPORTANT WORLD CUP AT THE END OF THE YEAR, HOW ARE YOU FEELING? HOW ARE YOU GOING? I'M GOING GOOD. I THINK THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING SINCE MY STUFF WITH MENTAL HEALTH IS THAT I APPRECIATE LIFE SO MUCH MORE, AND DON'T WANT TO TAKE PEOPLE OR MOMENTS FOR GRANTED, BUT CRICKET IS A SPORT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE STILL, AND I AM SO DRIVEN TO TRY AND BE THE BEST. I WANT TO BE THE BEST. WE HAVE THE WORLD CUP COMING UP THIS YEAR, SO IT COMES AROUND A LOT, IS EXCITING. IT'S IN INDIA, PLACE I LOVE TO PLAY. IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRICKET IN NEW ZEALAND AND WOMEN'S SPORTS, IT IS A GENUINE CAREER PATH AS WELL, SO IT IS EXCITING TIMES AND THERE IS I SOMETHING ON THE HORIZON. IT'S CHRIS, I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU, WITH YOUR TEAMMATES SOPHIE DEVINE. WHEN THEY TAKE MENTAL HEALTH BRAKES, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR OTHER YOUNG NOT JUST ATHLETES, BUT FOR OTHER YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS TO SEE TOP-LEVEL ATHLETES BEING OPEN ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY TREAT MENTAL HEALTH AS SOMETHING AS SERIOUS AS A PHYSICAL INJURY AS WELL AS BEING UPFRONT ABOUT SAYING I ASH YOU NEED TO STEP AWAY FROM THE GAME FOR A BIT TO GET RIGHT? IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND I THINK ONE IS THAT AS ATHLETES, WE GET INJURED AND WE SEE THE PHYSIO AND WE MIGHT BE OUT WITH CERTAIN INJURIES DURING OUR CAREER, SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE WHEN SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT IN OUR BRAIN, AND IT ISN'T IN THE BEST PLACE POSSIBLE, AND WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE SPEAKING ABOUT IT AND SPEAK ABOUT IT IN SPORT, AND I THINK THAT, HOPEFULLY, IT ALLOWS YOUNG KIDS TO SEE THEIR ROLE MODELS BE VULNERABLE AND KNOW THAT IT IS OKAY TO TAKE TIME AWAY AND EVENTUALLY, IT DOES MAKE YOU WHO YOU ARE, MAKES YOU STRONGER IN A SENSE, AND I THINK IT MAKES YOU A BETTER LEADER AS WELL BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN EMPATHISE AND UNDERSTAND YOUR TEAMMATES AND PEOPLE AROUND YOU, AND WHAT SOPHIE DID IS EXTREMELY BRAVE ALSO, AND I KNOW THAT WHEN I TOOK MY TIME OFF, SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO REACH OUT. YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE PEOPLE GOING THROUGH IT, BUT IT IS NICE TO SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING UP ABOUT IT. SO MUCH WISDOM FOR A 24 YEAR OLD. IT HAS BEEN LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND WHAT I DO LOVE ABOUT YOUR WEBSITE IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT SPORTS PEOPLE BUT EVERYDAY PEOPLE WHO HAVE TOLD THEIR STORY ON THIS WEBSITE AS WELL. ALL THE VERY BEST. ME U TONU MAI ` IT'S A CLASSIC KIWI STAPLE. BUT THE BIG QUESTION ` WHAT IS THE PERFECT NUMBER OF SPOONFULS OF MILO PER SERVING? WE'LL GET THE ANSWER NEXT. RIGHT FROM THE TOP. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. IN BREAKING NEWS, FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AGGRESSIVE PROSTATE CANCER, HIS OFFICE HAS JUST CONFIRMED. IT SAYS HE'S CURRENTLY REVIEWING TREATMENT OPTIONS. THE SUSPECT IN A BOMBING OUTSIDE A CALIFORNIA FERTILITY CLINIC HAS BEEN NAMED AS GUY EDWARD BARTKUS (25). AND ARDIE SAVEA HAS BEEN NAMED SUPER RUGBY'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR AFTER AN INSPIRATIONAL MOANA PASIFIKA CAMPAIGN. LOOK IN MOST NEW ZEALAND PANTRIES OR BREAKROOMS, AND CHANCES ARE YOU'LL FIND A TIN OF MILO. BUT A RECENT POST FROM FORMER PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN HAS STIRRED THE POT ` OR IN THIS CASE, THE MUG ` QUESTIONING WHETHER NESTLE'S RECOMMENDED SIX TEASPOONS IS TOO MUCH. TO HELP ANSWER THAT, WE'RE JOINED BY FERN CASTELLANOS, HEAD OF MARKETING AT NESTLE. THANK GOODNESS WE CAN PUT THIS TO BED. THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MILO. I WOULD SAY, IT IS PROBABLY THE RECOMMENDED DOSE. I CAN CONFIRM THAT IT IS NOT NEW ZEALAND MILO, AND IT IS NOT NEW ZEALAND MILO'S RECOMMENDATION. FOR NEW ZEALAND, IT IS THREE HEAPED TEASPOONS. SO NOT A LEVEL TEASPOON. IS THAT TO SAY THAT THE OTHER MILO'S AROUND THE WORLD ARE NOT AS STRONG? MILO, BEING A GLOBAL BRAND, EVEN THOUGH WE THINK IT IS OUR OWN, OR IS IT JUST ME? BEING A GLOBAL BRAND THAT CATERS FOR THE LOCAL TASTE. IF YOU PICKED ONE UP IN AUSTRALIA, THEY WOULD BE DIFFERENT TO NEW ZEALAND. OR IN THIS CASE, SINGAPOREAN MILO. WHAT ARE YOU PUTTING INTO NEW ZEALAND MILO? IT IS A FORMULATION THAT'S REALLY NOT BEEN TOUCHED. YOU WOULD HAVE TO ASK KIWIS. IT'S MORE TO DO WITH THE CRUNCH. THE NEW ZEALAND PALACE. WE REALLY LOVE CRUNCHY WARM, SMOOTH, MILKY THINGS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SINGAPORE, BUT 6 TEASPOONS MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT FORMULATION. WE LIKE IT CRUNCHY, SO HOW IS THE VARIATION ACROSS COUNTRIES? WE'VE BEEN AROUND NEW ZEALAND FOR 80 YEARS, AND WE PROBABLY ARE IN MOST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. OUR PRIME MINISTER DOES NOT DRINK COFFEE, BUT HE DOES DRINK MILO. HERE IS HIS TAKE. IT'S THE COMBINATION OF THE MILO WITH THE SUGAR THAT MAKES A REALLY SPECIAL. I RUN WITH QUITE A RICH MIX. BUT DO YOU MILK OR WATER? MILK. NEVER WATER. WHAT IS IN YOUR VIEW, THAT PEOPLE SHOULD USE FOR MAXIMUM MILO EXPERIENCE? MILK OR WATER? I WISH I HAD A DEFINITE ANSWER. THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT IN THE HEAD OF MARKETING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE INSTRUCTIONS, 200 MILLS OF MILK, THREE HEAPED TEASPOONS OF MILO, AND YOU HAVE THE PERFECT MILO. HOWEVER, AS IT IS WITH EVERY OTHER THING, YOU CAN PERSONALISE IT. YOU LOOK AT THE COMMENTS, THERE WERE A THOUSAND COMMENTS THIS MORNING WHEN I LOOKED. THE PRIME MINISTER IS PUTTING EXTRA SUGAR. DO YOU NEED TO DO THAT? 30% OF NEW ZEALANDERS PUT A TEASPOON OF SUGAR ON TOP OF THE MILO. MOST NEW ZEALANDERS LIKE IT HOT, 70% LIKE IT HOT. AND JENNY MAY LIKES IT COLD. I DO. YOU ARE PART OF THE 30%. DO YOU WANT TO DISSOLVE THE MILO IN THE WARM MILK FIRST AND THEN CALL IT OR DO YOU WANT THE FRAGMENTS? MOST KIWIS WOULD ADD A LITTLE BIT OF BOILING WATER TO THE CUT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TEASPOONS LAYOUT, BUT YOU BLEND IT, MAKE SURE YOU GET A SMOOTH PASTE, AND THEN YOU ADD EITHER MILK OR WATER. OKAY. A PASTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. I MIGHT TRY THAT TECHNIQUE. IS JUST A LITTLE BIT CRUNCHY. BUT YOU WOULD ADD SOME PROTEIN POWDER? THESE DAYS, YES, BUT AS A KID, NO. DIPPING THE ICE CREAM INTO THE MILO? MILO PANCAKES, MILO TOAST. THERE ARE A LOT OF RECIPES OF MILO YOU CAN FOLLOW. BUT WE ALSO LISTEN TO CONSUMERS. WE'VE ALREADY RELEASED MILO MARKER WHICH IS MILO WITH COFFEE. I PERSONALLY ENJOY MY MILO WITH SOME COFFEE, AND THEN I HAVE MY OWN LITTLE MOCHA GOING IN THE MORNING. NOT EVERY MORNING. WE HAVE MILO RESTORE EVERY NIGHT, WHICH IS MY CHILDREN, I HAVE TWO VERY ACTIVE BOYS, AND THEY LOVE OF MILO AT NIGHT. IT IS BEEN IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, IS IT THE BEST TIME TO CONSUME MILO? BUT I LOVE THAT WE LISTEN TO CONSUMERS, WE ADDED MAGNESIUM AND IRON, AND IT GIVES THEM THE ENERGY THEY NEED FOR THE NEXT DAY. PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU COMING IN, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH OF A DEFINITIVE ANSWER. SORRY FOR THE. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA. YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS ` REPORTER HARRY BARTLE'S IN THE NAVY THIS MORNING. MORENA, HARRY. AS MUCH AS MY MOTHER WOULD LOVE IT, I AM NOT ABOUT TO BE SHIPPED OUT. I AM STANDING ON THE USS BLUE RIDGE. THE BIGGEST US NAVY SHIP TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND IN A DECADE. THEY CAN EVEN FIT A HELICOPTER ON IT. AFTER THE BREAK, I WILL BE SPEAKING TO THE MAN THAT BROUGHT THE SHIP HERE. # IN THE NAVY. VOICEOVER: Get your free Consumers's Guide to Hearing Aids. New Zealand's only independent guide to all the latest models. Choose the right hearing aid for your lifestyle and budget. Call 0800 45 45 42 for your free copy. TO HIRING MEDICAL STUDENTS. SINCE WE'VE COME TO OFFICE, WE'VE HIRED ABOUT 200 EXTRA DOCTORS, WE'VE GOT ALMOST 1700 EXTRA NURSES IN OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, BUT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY MORE WORK FOR US TO DO. AND THAT'S WHY YOU AND I SPOKE ABOUT A FEW WEEKS BACK ABOUT HOW DO WE OPEN UP TO THE DOCTORS THAT ARE ALREADY OVERSEAS, GET THEIR QUALIFICATIONS RECOGNISED? HE SAYS THE GOVERNMENT IS AIMING TO STRENGTHEN EXISTING HEALTH SERVICES WHILE ALSO CREATING MORE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS CARE. THE PUBLIC ARE BEING URGED TO AVOID SWIMMING IN SOME AREAS IN THE CAPITAL, AFTER HEAVY RAIN CAUSED A 'SLUDGE CARRYOVER.' WASTEWATER DISCHARGE IS KNOWN TO HAVE HAPPENED AT THREE TREATMENT PLANTS ` PORIRUA, MOA POINT, AND SEAVIEW. WELLINGTON WATER SAYS CREWS ARE TAKING SAMPLES AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS TO MONITOR THE QUALITY. LIAM LAWSON HAS LAMENTED ANOTHER TOUGH RACE WEEKEND AT THE IMOLA GRAND PRIX. THE KIWI F-1 DRIVER FINISHED 14TH AFTER RED FLAGS MARRED HIS QUALIFYING SESSION AND SAW HIM STARTING 15TH ON THE GRID. I MEAN I... I DON'T KNOW. I TRY NOT TO BELIEVE IN LUCK, HONESTLY, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN` IT'S BEEN PRETTY DIFFICULT RECENTLY, SO, UM, I... AS I SAID YESTERDAY, I'LL KEEP WORKING HARD AND HOPE THAT IT TURNS AROUND. IT WILL HAVE TO, WITH PRESSURE MOUNTING ON THE 23-YEAR-OLD TO SCORE POINTS WITH RB TEAMMATE ISACK HADJAR FINISHING NINTH. THE ACTION RESUMES IN MONACO THIS WEEKEND. AND NEW ZEALAND INDYCAR DRIVER SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HAS WALKED AWAY FROM A CRASH AHEAD OF THE INDY 500. THE 31-YEAR-OLD WENT AIRBORNE DURING A PRACTICE SESSION, CRASHING INTO THE WALL AND DESTROYING THE CAR BUT MANAGING TO ESCAPE INJURY. HE WON'T TAKE PART IN QUALIFYING, AND WILL START NEXT WEEK'S RACE IN 12TH. A FRESH DEBATE IS BREWING OVER HOW MUCH MILO IS JUST RIGHT, IN A SITUATION SOME ARE CALLING THE 'GOLDILOCKS DILEMMA' OF HOT DRINKS. A SOCIAL MEDIA POST BY FORMER PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN HAS STIRRED THE POT ` OR THE MUG ` AFTER QUESTIONING WHETHER NESTLE'S RECOMMENDED SIX TEASPOONS IS TOO MUCH. NESTLE'S HEAD OF MARKETING, FERN CASTELLANOS, CONFIRMS NEW ZEALAND'S MILO IS MUCH STRONGER, AND ONLY THREE TEASPOONS IS RECCOMENDED. MILO, BEING A GLOBAL BRAND, EVEN THOUGH WE ALL THINK IT'S OUR OWN BRAND, UH, OR IS THAT JUST ME? BEING A GLOBAL BRAND, CATERS FOR THE LOCAL TASTE. SO, IF YOU PICKED UP A CAN IN AUSTRALIA, IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT TO A CAN OF MILO IN NEW ZEALAND, OR, IN THIS CASE, SINGAPOREAN MILO. SHE SAYS IT'S PERSONAL PREFERENCE, BUT WHEN MAKING A HOT MILO, PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO USE EXTRA POWDER THAN THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT. DO YOU THINK WE COVERED THAT EFFICIENTLY? I THINK WE'VE DONE IT. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND AND TAUPO, WITH SHOWERS TO BE EXPECTED IN THE EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON. 20 YOUR HIGH IN TAURANGA, 15 IN PALMERSTON NORTH. SOME SHOWERS EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE UPPER SOUTH ISLAND AND CANTERBURY. HOWEVER, FINE IN OTAGO, SOUTHLAND AND FIORDLAND. 14 IS YOUR HIGH IN NELSON, 9 IS YOUR HIGH IN WANAKA. WELLINGTON HARBOUR HAS A BIG VISITOR, AND IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A CRUISE SHIP. THE USS BLUE RIDGE IS THE FLAGSHIP OF THE U.S. NAVY'S SEVENTH FLEET. THE COMMAND POINT FOR AMERICAN NAYY VESSEL'S IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC AND INDIAN OCEANS CONTRIBUTING TO GLOBAL SECURITY, DISASTER RESPONSES, AND PEACEKEEPING. OUR REPORTER IN THE CAPITAL, HARRY BARTLE, IS ON BOARD THIS MORNING TO TAKE A LOOK. MORENA, HARRY. YES, AS YOU CAN SEE I AM STANDING ON THE USS BLUE RIDGE, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST NAVY SHIP TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND IN THE PAST DECADE. IT HAS ABOUT 600 WORKING STAFF ON IT, AND IT VISITS MANY LOCATIONS, AS YOU SAID THEY ARE INVOLVED IN DISASTER RESPONSE, PEACEKEEPING, BUT I AM JOINED RIGHT NOW BY VERY SPECIAL GUEST, THE MEN WHO BROUGHT THE SHIP HERE. NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE, CAPT. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE IN WELLINGTON? THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE OF WELLINGTON FOR HOSTING THE USS BLUE RIDGE. WE ARE HERE REALLY JUST TO TAKE CONTINUE TO FOSTER THIS GREAT FRIENDSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND. THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL VISIT FOR US. THE BIGGEST U.S. NAVY SHIP HERE IN A DECADE ` DOES THIS SHOW HOW MUCH THE UNITED STATES APPRECIATES NEW ZEALAND AS AN ALLY? CERTAINLY, WE HAVE MANY COMMON CALLS WITH THE PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND. AND WE CONSIDER THEM AN EQUAL PARTNER. THIS A SPECIAL VISIT FOR THE ENTIRE CREW TODAY. IT'S A BIT COLD IN WELLINGTON TODAY BUT HOW HAVE YOU FOUND YOUR VISIT? IT'S THE SHIPS FIRST TIME, MY FULL-TIME, AS WELL AS MANY OF THE SAILORS AND OFFICERS ON BOARD. SO, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY. A BIT CHILLY TODAY, BUT THIS IS A WONDERFUL VISIT FOR US. WE'VE HEARD YOU HAVE SOME KIWI SAILORS ON BOARD WITH YOU AT THE MOMENT. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHY THEY ARE SAILING WITH YOU? OVER THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS, WE HAVE HAD ONE OFFICER AND SAILORS WITH US, TO FORM A COOPERATIVE PARTNERSHIP ON THE SHIP. THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TEAMMATES, SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH US. I GAVE ONE OF THE JUNIOR SAILORS THE SAILOR OF THE WEEK AWARD. I USUALLY CHOOSE ONE SAILOR A WEEK FOR THIS AWARD. HE WAS DOING TREMENDOUS WORK WITH OUR DECK DEPARTMENT., SO I GAVE HIM THIS AWARD. I LOVE THAT WERE DOING WELL FOR YOU GUYS. WHAT'S LIFE LIKE ON BOARD? OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS MUST BE SC A LOT, HOW MUCH DO YOU VISIT OTHER LOCATIONS? IT'S LIKE A SMALL CITY. AS YOU MENTIONED, AROUND 600 OF MY CREW ARE EMBARKED. STAFF IS AN ADDITIONAL 350 ROUGHLY 1000 PEOPLE TO OPERATE THIS WORSHIP. WE PULL INTO PORT PERIODICALLY, AND STAY FOR A FEW DAYS. BUT MY JOB IS VERY BUSY. WE HEARD THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A RIVALRY GOING ON BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND NEW ZEALAND BASKETBALL LATER. RUGBY IS THE NATIONAL SPORT HERE, SO WE FIGURED WE WOULD PLAY A GAME OF BASKETBALL THIS AFTERNOON. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. HOPEFULLY WE GIVE YOU A RUN FOR YOUR MONEY. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO PUBLIC TOURS ON THIS BOAT, BUT IT IS SITTING AT WELLINGTON HARBOR, YOU CAN COME GET A LOOK AT IT FROM THE HARBOR. HARRY CAN YOU JUST ASK THE CAPT. WHAT'S THE PRIZE FOR SAILOR OF THE WEEK? SAILOR OF THE WEEK THEY GET A VERY SPECIAL CERTIFICATE, AND THE KEYWORDS ON THAT CERTIFICATE IS GOOD FOR A LONG 72 HOUR WEEKEND. A DAY OFF. NO DAYS OFF FOR YOU THOUGH, HARRY. WELCOME, FIRSTLY, TO THE TEAM. WHAT A HUMAN LOOKING FORWARD TO COVERING IN YOUR TIME IS A BREAKFAST REPORTER? THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE. JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT EVERY DAY. IT'S A THREE HOUR SHOW, SO WE GET TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS AND GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES. LOVE THE SENIOR BREAKFAST, I MET ALL OF YOU GUYS, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. WHILE JUST MAKE SURE THAT ANY ALLERGIES AND FEARS ARE CONSIDERED WHEN WE SEND YOU OUT ON YOUR MISSIONS. NICE WORK HARRY, SO GOOD. GOOD WORK, mate. DEBATE'S RECENTLY BEEN RE-IGNITED OVER WHAT WORDS ARE APPROPRIATE TO SAY IN PARLIAMENT, WITH THE C-BOMB USED IN A POLITICAL COLUMN AND THEN QUOTED BY A MINISTER DURING QUESTION TIME. SO, FOR TODAY'S VISIT TO THE TVNZ ARCHIVE, WE HAVE THIS STORY FROM 2003, WHEN THE WORD CAUSING A RUCKUS IN THE HOUSE WAS 'BUGGER'. IT WAS QUICKLY BANNED BY THE THEN-SPEAKER JONATHAN HUNT, WHO DEEMED IT UN-PARLIAMENTARY LANGUAGE. HERE'S THE REACTION. SOMETIMES ONE WORD SUMS THINGS UP. ARCHIVE: CANTERBURY IS IN SHOCK. SOME BUGGER HAS STOLEN OUR MASCOT. WHAT I COULD HAVE SAID WAS BUGGER THE POLLSTERS. BUT WITHIN THESE HALLOWED HALLS, IT'S A WASH-YOUR-MOUTH-OUT OFFENCE. EVEN IF YOU ARE QUOTING THE COMMISSIONER FOR CHILDREN. QUOTE, 'MY LETTER HAS DONE SWEET BUGGER ALL.' THAT PHRASE IS NOT PERMITTED IN THIS HOUSE. I KNOW THAT IT WAS MADE ` THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT IN THIS HOUSE. WE'VE GOT A WONDERFUL LANGUAGE, AND WE'VE GOT AN ABILITY TO EXPRESS OURSELVES WITHOUT HAVING TO DESCEND INTO COMMON VULGARITY. DEBATE OVER THE SO-CALLED DIRTY WORD WON'T GO AWAY. BUGGER. BUGGER. THE ADVERTISING STANDARDS BOARD DISMISSED COMPLAINTS, SAYING THIS IS DISTINCTLY NEW ZEALAND. I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THE PHRASE BUGGER OFF MUST BE NOW WITHIN COMMON PARLANCE. AH, BUGGER! IT'S MILD LANGUAGE FOR THESE KIWI BLOKES WHO SAY THE SPEAKER'S GOING TOO FAR. TIMES HAVE CHANGED. I MEAN, IF YOU ASK ME, IT'S STILL LIVING IN THE PAST. EVERYONE USES IT, SO YOU MAY AS WELL. IT'S BETTER THAN SWEARING. BUT FROM ONE MAN FOND OF THE WORD ` HE WAS A RUDE BUGGER. A BIT OF A BUGGER. A NASTY BUGGER. ...THE SPEAKER HAS SUPPORT. THERE ARE CERTAIN PLACES WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE A HIGHER STANDARD OF DECORUM. THE SPEAKER HIMSELF ADMITS THE WORD CAME TO MIND WITH THIS SITE AS PARLIAMENT PREACHED POWER SAVING. I DON'T DO IT IN PUBLIC, CERTAINLY NOT IN FRONT OF WOMEN, AND CERTAINLY NOT IN THE HOUSE. KATHERINE RICH REPHRASED THE OFFENDING WORD. THAT MY LETTER HAS DONE 'NOT MUCH'. SARAH STEWART, 1 NEWS. WELL PLAYED. SO THAT WAS BACK IN 2003. THIS WOMAN CAME UP TO ME LAST YEAR, AND SHE SAID I LOVE THE SHOW, I LOVE YOU GUYS, BUT CAN YOU PLEASE NOT SEE THE B WORD. YEAH, THAT WORD. DO WE SAY IT VERY OFTEN? NOT OFTEN. BUT I DO DROP IT NOW AND THEN. THE B WORD, I THINK IS NOT A WORD THEY WOULD OFTEN USE. THERE ARE SOME WORDS THAT I WOULD NOT USE JUST IN CASE. BIT MORE STING. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THERE WAS A SMALL BUT SIGNIFICANT KIWI CONNECTION TO THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST OVER THE WEEKEND. THE ONLY NEW ZEALANDER ON STAGE JOINS US NEXT. # I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE THIS. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AGGRESSIVE PROSTATE CANCER, HIS OFFICE HAS CONFIRMED. ISRAEL SAYS IT WILL ALLOW A LIMITED AMOUNT OF HUMANITARIAN AID INTO GAZA TO PREVENT A HUNGER CRISIS, AFTER NEARLY 3 MONTHS OF BLOCKING ACCESS. AND IN SPORT ` LIAM LAWSON HAS LAMENTED ANOTHER TOUGH RACE WEEKEND AFTER FINISHING 14TH AT THE IMOLA GRAND PRIX. THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST HAS JUST WRAPPED UP IN BASEL, SWITZERLAND, WHERE ALMOST 40 COUNTRIES TOOK TO THE MIC IN THE BATTLE FOR THE CROWN. AUSTRIA SINGER JJ PERFORMING A COMBO OF MULTI-OCTAVE VOCALS WITH A TECHNO TWIST, WINNING THE 69TH EDITION THEMED 'WELCOME HOME.' AND THERE WAS A SLICE OF HOME FOR US ON THE STAGE TOO, ONE OF THE 10 FEMALE RESIDENT DANCERS FROM AOTEAROA. # EVERY BROTHER, MOTHER, CHILD. # NOW WE FOUND EACH OTHER, # DON'T LET ME DOWN. # ALL MY LOVE # ALL OF MY LOVE. # ALL THE LOVE I FEEL FOR YOU. # GRACE STEVENS HAS JUST ARRIVED BACK IN LONDON AND JOINS US THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING, GRACE. HOW DOES A NEW ZEALANDER END UP IN EUROVISION? IT WAS QUITE A PROCESS. I SAW THE AUDITION AT INFORMATION ADVERTISED ONLINE. I WAS RESISTANT BECAUSE I HAD TO PAY FOR THE FLIGHTS, TRAVEL THERE, EARLY IN THE MORNING. BUT WHEN I MOVED OVER THE HERE, I WANTED TO TAKE ALL THE SHOTS I COULD. THE AUDITION NARROWED IT DOWN, AND AS OF JANUARY I FOUND I HAD THE JOB. WHEN YOU GO TO EUROVISION, WHO ARE YOU DANCING FOR? I WAS PART OF THE RESIDENT CAST. WE DON'T PERFORM FOR ANY COUNTRIES. WE DO THE OPENING CEREMONY, ALL THE INTERVAL ACTS, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO ANY OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE, A LOT OF THEM WERE HUSH HUSH SECRET. THEY WOULD TELL US THIS MORNING, OKAY WERE DOING THIS ACT, AND WE HAD WOULD DO IT. CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW MASSIVE THIS COMPETITION IS FOR PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND? I FEEL LIKE YOU CAN EVEN DESCRIBE IT. LIKE, OVER THERE IT'S SO INFECTIOUS. EVERYONE WATCHES IT. I REMEMBER FINDING OUT THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE PERFORMING TO LIKE 2 MILLION PEOPLE. 200* MY MIND CAN'T EVEN COMPREHEND HOW BIG THAT IS. EVERYONE KNOWS THE SONGS. WHAT ABOUT YOUR OWN DANCING AMBITIONS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THEM? BACK TO THE HOSTEL. HUSTLE* MY BIGGEST GOAL FOR MYSELF WOULD BE TO BOOK A WORLD TOUR AND HAVE MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WATCH ME BACK HOME. THAT'S WHAT REALLY DRIVES ME. DID YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME FOR EUROVISION? YEAH, I GOT SOME GOOD SHOTS. I'M HAPPY WITH THAT. WERE YOU THE ONLY NEW ZEALANDER, OR MIGHT THERE HAVE BEEN ANOTHER NEW ZEALANDER THAT YOU WEREN'T AWARE OF? THE CREW AND THE CAST IS MASSIVE. WE I DID HAVE MY EARS PEELED FOR A QB ACCENT AND I DIDN'T HEAR ONE THE WHOLE TIME. SO I DON'T KNOW. THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE BEST INDICATOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING PART OF THIS HUGE COMPETITION. E HAERE AKE NEI. THE UNUSUAL HUNTING COMPANION ENCOURAGING MORE WOMEN, AND MAYBE EVEN GOATS, TO START HUNTING. # YOU GOT TO KNOW TO UNDERSTAND. A WEST COAST WOMAN HAS FOUND AN UNLIKELY COMPANION TO JOIN HER WHEN SHE GOES OUT HUNTING. GAVIN THE GOAT IS NO STRANGER TO THE BACK COUNTRY BLOCKS OF HOKITIKA, ALWAYS AT ALESHA TOMASI'S SIDE. ALESHA HAS ALSO JUST LAUNCHED A SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE CALLED 'DAUGHTERS OF THE WILD,' AIMED AT EMPOWERING WOMEN IN THE OUTDOORS. SHE JOINS US NOW. MORENA, ALESHA. THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON IN THAT INTRODUCTION. CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR MATE? AISEN THE GUYS IN THE STATES ONLINE PACKING INTO THE BACK COUNTRY WITH 30 GOATS, AND I THOUGHT THIS IS A BLOODY GOOD IDEA, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE GO INTO THE MOUNTAINS, SO I THOUGHT IF WE HAVE SOMETHING WE CAN CARRY FOOD IN AND OUT, IT MAKES OUR LIFE SO MUCH EASIER, AND THE GUYS IN THE STATES, THEIR GOATS ARE CARRYING ABOUT 30 KG. HE MUST BE FUN TO HAVE ALONGSIDE YOU. HE IS A CHARACTER. HE LOVES IT. HE LOVES TO BE OUTDOORS AND EXPLORING. VERY COOL. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHY GAVIN IS ACCOMPANYING YOU GUYS, YOU CAME UP WITH A WEBSITE TO ENCOURAGE MORE WOMEN TO GET INTO OUTDOORS, BUT THERE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A SURGE IN WOMEN IN HUNTING? THIS BEEN A HUGE SURGE WITH A LOT MORE WOMEN GETTING THEIR FIREARMS LICENSES AND IT'S REALLY AWESOME TO SEE, SO ME AND MY FRIEND WERE LIKE, HOW CAN WE CONNECT PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ALWAYS GET MESSAGES FROM GIRLS WHO WANT TO GO HUNTING AND DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO GO WITH, OR JUST GO WITH THEIR PARTNERS OR THEIR PARENTS OR THEIR DAD'S, BUT WANTING TO DO IT WITH THE GIRLS. SO WE CAME UP WITH DAUGHTERS OF THE WILD TO CONNECT PEOPLE TOGETHER. HAS IT BEEN GOING SO FAR? AMAZING. THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN AMAZING. IT IS BEEN REALLY COOL TO SEE THE ABSOLUTELY EPIC WOMEN ALL AROUND NEW ZEALAND ABSOLUTELY KILLING IT AND JUST OUT THERE DOING IT. IT HAS BEEN REALLY CALL CELEBRATING THEM. THERE MIGHT BE SOME WOMAN WATCHING US WHO HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT BUT NEVER REALLY FELL A THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM? WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THEM DO COURSES, THERE IS THINGS FROM SHARPENING YOUR KNIFE RIGHT THROUGH TO HUNTING AND BUTCHERING, SO THAT IS A VERY COOL AND FREE ONLINE COURSE. IT'S NOT REALLY MY THING, I JUST LIKE IT TURNING UP ON THE TABLE. WHAT IS THE THING YOU ENJOY ABOUT IT THE MOST? I THINK IT IS THE REWARD. IF YOU HAVE GARDENS OR HAD THAT EXPERIENCE WITH GROWING YOUR OWN FOOD, IT IS VERY SIMILAR. IT IS A SATISFYING REWARD OF KNOWING WHERE THE FOOD CAME FROM AND SHARING THAT WITH PEOPLE. WE'VE GOT MORE PICTURES OF YOUR GOAT GAVIN JUST HANGING OUT WITH YOU GUYS. HE'S A DUDE, ISN'T HE? HE IS A DUDE. IT'S SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM, ALL THE BEST, THE THINGS BEHIND YOU ARE FREAKING ME OUT A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. GOOD TO SEE SOMEONE BUCKING THE TREND! CAPTIONS BY DREW WELSH, KITTY WASASALA, RUBY WEBB-SAGARIN AND MAIA CARR HEKE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025