IT'S WEDNESDAY THE 21st OF MAY. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. SO LOVELY TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY THIS MORNING. ACTUALLY WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW STUBBORN OUR CHILDREN ARE. OR MAYBE HOW STUBBORN WE ARE AS WELL. SO THAT COMES BACK TO, YOU KNOW, BITE YOU IN THE PROVERBIAL. I AM OF THE MIND THAT ONCE YOU GO DEEP INTO THE STAND-OFF, YOU CAN'T SHOW ANY WEAKNESS. WHEN DO YOU ACTUALLY BACK DOWN? THE PARENTING MANUAL IS PROBABLY NOT ADVISABLE WHERE YOU HAVE THAT APPROACH ` TO ESCALATE THE CONFLICT LIKE THAT. WE ARE COMPETITIVE PEOPLE, AREN'T WE? MY SON DECIDED THE OTHER DAY THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO APOLOGISE FOR SOMETHING I THOUGHT HE SHOULD APOLOGISE FOR. THIS LASTED ABOUT AN HOUR AND 1/2. AND HIS BROTHER SAID, WHY ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? OH, I HAVE TO APOLOGISE TO MUM. I DON'T WANT TO APOLOGISE. AND HE FED, JUST APOLOGISE SO YOU CAN GET OUT OF THE ROOM. IT IS THE PRINCIPAL. JUST APOLOGISE IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO APOLOGISE FOR. IT IS NOT ABOUT THE BATTLE, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY ABOUT THE BATTLE. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` TE PATI MAORI MPs AVOID SUSPENSION ` FOR NOW. THE GOVERNMENT SPRINGS A SURPRISE DELAY AS PARLIAMENT DEBATED ACTION AGAINST THE THREE MPs. CHRIS BISHOP SAYS IT WAS TO AVOID THE ISSUE OVERSHADOWING THIS WEEK'S BUDGET, BUT HAS THE HORSE ALREADY BOLTED? ALSO AHEAD ` THE NEW SCAM CATCHING OUT SHOPPERS. THESE IDYLLIC LOOKING LOCAL BOUTIQUES HAVE BEEN FLOODING SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS. ONLY PROBLEM IS... THEY'RE FAKE. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CAUGHT OUT. WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR. PLUS, THE NEW NAME BRINGING RELIEF AT THE PETROL PUMP. THE NEW SELF-SERVICE OFFSHOOT OF 'Z' IS LOWERING THE PRICE OF FUEL UP TO 15 CENTS A LITRE CHEAPER THAN THE PARENT BRAND. COULD IT PULL DOWN PRICES ACROSS THE SECTOR? HEY, THIS HAS GOT TO BE GOOD NEWS, RIGHT? WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AT ABOUT 6:20. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S CHRIS WITH YOUR NEWS. THANKS, J-MAY. THE EU HAS ORDERED A REVIEW OF A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH ISRAEL FOLLOWING ITS BLOCKING OF AID INTO GAZA. IT COMES AS THE UK HAS SUSPENDED TRADE TALKS WITH ISRAEL OVER A 'INTOLERABLE' OFFENSIVE ON THE STRIP. EARLIER THIS WEEK, ISRAEL ALLOWED FIVE TRUCKS CARRYING AID TO ENTER AFTER AN 11-WEEK BLOCKADE. THE UN SAYS GAZA NEEDS 500 AID TRUCKS PER DAY AND IS ON THE VERGE OF FAMINE. UK PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER SAYS HE IS HORRIFIED AT ISRAEL'S RECENT MILITARY ESCALATION, AND DEMANDED IT MASSIVELY SCALE UP ACCESS TO AID. THE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ISRAEL WILL ALLOW A BASIC QUANTITY OF FOOD INTO GAZA, A BASIC QUANTITY, IS TOTALLY AND UTTERLY INADEQUATE. CHAMBER: HERE, HERE. MEANWHILE, ISRAEL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS IT WILL NOT GIVE IN TO EXTERNAL PRESSURE. IN NEW ORLEANS, A MAINTENANCE WORKER HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO A JAIL BREAK BY 10 INMATES OVER THE WEEKEND. THE INMATES, SOME CHARGED WITH MURDER, ESCAPED BY RIPPING A TOILET AND SINK FROM THE WALL OF A CELL. AUTHORITIES SAY STERLING WILLIAMS (33) ADMITTED ONE THE ESCAPEES HAD ASKED HIM TO TURN THE WATER OFF WHICH HE DID WITHOUT REPORTING THEM. FOUR INMATES HAVE NOW BEEN CAPTURED WITH SIX STILL ON THE RUN. THE MAN WHO HECKLED DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER WINSTON PETERS AT A POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY IS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION BY HIS EMPLOYER, TONKIN AND TAYLOR. WINSTON PETERS SQUARED OFF WITH THE MAN IN FRONT OF DOZENS OF COMMUTERS AT HIS GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT AT WELLINGTON TRAIN STATION. IN A STATEMENT, TONKIN AND TAYLOR SAID THEY DO NOT CONDONE EMPLOYEE BEHAVIOUR THAT FALLS SHORT OF THEIR CODE OF CONDUCT AND APOLOGISED FOR THE DISRUPTION CAUSED. AUCKLAND FC BELIEVE THEIR BENCH WILL PLAY A BIG ROLE THIS WEEKEND AS THEY LOOK TO SEAL A PLACE IN THE A-LEAGUE FINAL. THE BLACK KNIGHTS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AFTER A 1-0 WIN OVER THE MELBOURNE VICTORY IN THE FIRST LEG OF THEIR SEMI-FINAL. THE ENTIRE SQUAD NOW READY TO FINISH THE JOB ON SATURDAY AT HOME. YOU LOOK AT OUR SQUAD, WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP, BUT A LOT OF QUALITY, NOT JUST IN THE STARTING XI BUT LIKE YOU SAID, ON THE BENCH AND, YOU KNOW, FINALS FOOTBALL CAN COME DOWN TO THAT MOMENT. THOSE ARE THE MOMENTS THAT WE'RE READY FOR, IF WE'RE CALLED UPON. THE GAME EXPECTED TO BE A SELL-OUT, WITH FEWER THAN 1000 TICKETS AVAILABLE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) CHECKING OUT WHAT THE WEATHER IS DOING AT YOUR PLACE TODAY. IT'S A CLOUDY DAY FOR THE UPPER PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND, EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON. FOR THE REST OF YOU, A FINE, SUNNY DAY AHEAD. 18 IS YOUR HIGH IN WHANGAREI. TAUPO YOUR HIGH IS 13. CLEAR BLUE SKIES FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY. HOWEVER, EXPECT THE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND CLOUDS IN THE CHATHAM ISLANDS. 17 IS YOUR HIGH IN DUNEDIN. 15 IN NELSON. THANKS, CHRIS. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING WITH OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE'RE GOING TO AUCKLAND FIRST. AUCKLAND COUNCIL SAYS IT HAS ACHIEVED ITS ANNUAL SAVINGS GOAL AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. LUCY BENDELL JOINS US FOR THE DETAILS. HOW MUCH DID THEY SAVE, LUCY, AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR RATEPAYERS? GOOD MORNING, JENNY MAY. IT IS REALLY GOOD NEWS FOR RATEPAYERS. AUCKLAND COUNCIL HAVE SECURED THEIR $66 MILLION TARGET REMOUNTS EARLY. THEY WERE EXPECTING TO HIT THAT TARGET BY THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR SO JUNE 30, HOWEVER THEY HAD IT LAST MONTH IN MARCH. NOT SETTING IT, THEY EXCEEDED THAT BY $600,000. IT KEEPS THE RATE INCREASES DOWN AND LOW, WHICH IS THE COUNCIL'S MAIN FOCUS ` TO REDUCE THE BURDEN ON AUCKLANDERS DURING THIS DOWNTURN. WAYNE BROWN SAYS HE IS HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS ACHIEVED BY SHAVING A NUMBER OF COSTS ` WASTE COLLECTION, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND CAREFULLY CURATING STAFF AS WELL. THAT BRINGS THEIR THREE-YEAR SAVINGS GOAL TO $403 MILLION, EXCEEDING THEIR $374 MILLION. THE 2024-2025 RATE INCREASE COULD HAVE BEEN 6% HIGHER. IT KEEPS THE INCREASE OF 5.8%. HARRY BARTLE JOINS US FROM THE CAPITAL NOW, AND HARRY, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION WORKERS ARE WALKING OFF THE JOB TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS? THAT'S RIGHT, JENNY MAY. MORE THAN 1500 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION STAFF WILL WALK OFF THE JOB TODAY IN PROTEST OF A PAY FREEZE AND ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE THEIR TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT. THEY WILL NOT WORK FROM 3:30 PM UNTIL 4:30 PM TODAY, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THE MINISTRY IS NOT RECOGNISING THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS AND THIS PAY FREEZE IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THEY ACTUALLY WANT A PAY INCREASE. MOST OF THEIR STAFF ARE VERY IMPORTANT ` THEY HELP ADMINISTER THE LEARNING SUPPORT SYSTEM, CREATE THE CURRICULUM THAT OUR SCHOOLS USE. THEY ALSO HELP MAINTAIN SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND KEEP CHILDREN SAFE WHILE THEY ARE IN CLASS. SO SOME VERY IMPORTANT WORKERS WALKING OFF THE JOB TODAY, LIKE YOU SAID, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS, AND THEY HAVE ALSO SAID THAT IF TODAY'S ACTION DOES NOT HELP THEM GET WHAT THEY WANT, THEY MAY CONSIDER EVEN FURTHER ACTION, FURTHER STRIKES. THEY ARE SET TO MEET WITH THE MINISTRY ON 30 MAY. SO WE WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF TODAY'S ACTION GIVE THEM SOME LEVERAGE AND IS ABLE TO HELP THEM GET WHAT THEY WANT. AND EFFORTS TO PROTECT KAIKOURA'S HUTTON'S SHEARWATERS FROM BRIGHT LIGHTS HAS BEEN RECOGNISED WITH A TOP ASTRONOMY AWARD. REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER JOINS US NOW. WHAT AWARD IS IT, CHARLOTTE? GOOD MORNING, JENNY MAY. KAIKOURA'S DARK SKY TRUST LEADER RECEIVE THE AWARD FROM THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND. IT COMES AFTER HER TEAM CARRIED OUT THE KAIKOURA DISTRICT PLAN TO HELP BENEFIT THE HUTTON'S SHEARWATERS. IT CAME AFTER THE SPEECH ARE LIKE BIRD GETS LOST SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE TOWN, SO THE NEW RULES WILL HELP BENEFIT THEIR SURVIVAL. KAIKOURA IS ALSO THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH TO HAVE THEIR NATIVE BIRD. I WOULD SAY IT IS EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THESE PLANS CHANGED. NIKKI, THE LEADER, IS ALSO THE DARK SKIES MEMBER. SO I'M SURE THIS WILL NOT BE THE ONLY ACHIEVEMENT WE HEAR FROM HER AND HER TEAM. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ADS FROM LOCAL BOUTIQUES FLOODING YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS LATELY ` SHOPS IN IDYLLIC NEW ZEALAND SPOTS. RUN BY CHARMING LOCALS. THERE'S ONE PROBLEM ` THEY DON'T EXIST. 120 COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE COMMERCE COMMISSION THIS YEAR ALONE FROM DISGRUNTLED CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE ORDERED FROM THESE BOUTIQUES AND RECEIVED A SHODDY ITEM FROM OVERSEAS, OR NOTHING AT ALL. VICKI KENNY IS A BUSINESS OWNER WHO GOT CAUGHT OUT BY ONE OF THESE FAKE STORES AND SHE'S WITH US NOW. VICKI, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH ONE OF THESE STORES? I WAS BUSY GETTING READY TO GO ON HOLIDAY AND I SAW A DRESS I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE TO AFRICA BECAUSE IT WAS A LEOPARD PRINT ONE. I THOUGHT IT WAS CHEAP ENOUGH AND I WILL BUY IT. THAT WAS THREE WEEKS BEFORE I LEFT. TWO WEEKS ON, AND HADN'T ARRIVED. I THOUGHT THEY DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT IS COMING FROM NEW ZEALAND. I SAW THAT THE STORE SAID IT WAS RUN BY ZOE AND SARAH FROM TAURANGA, AND THEY ENJOY THE COASTLINE. THAT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. I SAW LATER IT WAS COMING FROM ASIA AND DROP SHIPPED. IT WAS MADE OF PLASTIC WE ARE ON THE WEBSITE LOOKED ALL FLOWING. IT LOOKED AUTHENTIC ON THE WEBSITE, BUT WHAT I GOT WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. IT WAS HORRIBLY MADE AND HAD A SEAM DOWN HERE WHICH YOU NEVER DO ON ANY CLOTHING. SO THEN I ASKED FOR A REFUND, AND THEY SAID I HAD TO PAY US$80, TO SHIP IT BACK, PLUS CUSTOMS, PLUS DUTY, SO THAT WAS THEIR WAY OF NOT GETTING YOU TO SEND IT BACK. AND GIVE A REFUND. HOW AUTHENTIC DID IT LOOK ONLINE? THEY DIDN'T HAVE A TEMPLATE. IT HAS A SHOPPER FIVE TEMPLATE AND ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT US ` BACK STORY, SOB STORY. WHEN YOU WENT ABOUT GETTING A REFUND, WHAT DID YOU SEE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCE AND POTENTIALLY BAD REVIEWS? I POSTED A VIDEO OF MY DRESS WITH THE PICTURE ON THE SITE NEXT TO ME WEARING IT, AND I HAD SO MANY PEOPLE MESSAGING ME SAYING THEY HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE. THEY GAVE ME ALL THE NAMES OF THE SHOPS, AND I STARTED A LIST. THERE ARE OVER 50 STORES ACTIVE IN NEW ZEALAND AT THE MOMENT, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE ADVERTISING ON META, SO THEY ARE EVERYWHERE. AND THEY DO SEEM LINKED. ONCE YOU ARE TRYING TO SHOP FOR THOSE SORT OF THINGS THAT YOU ARE AND ALGORITHM, SUDDENLY YOU GET MORE COMING AT YOU. HOW ` I DON'T WANT TO SAY DISAPPOINTED ` BUT HOW DOES THAT FEEL WHEN YOU HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE? DOES IT NOT YOUR CONFIDENCE USING THESE THINGS ONLINE? DIDN'T FOR ME, BECAUSE I HAVE RESEARCHED AND FIND OUT HOW TO FIND THEM. SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SELL ANYTHING ONLINE NOW. I FEEL FOR THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE TRYING TO SELL THEIR OWN CLOTHING AND THEIR OWN DESIGNS. NEW ZEALAND DESIGNED PRODUCE PRODUCTS COMPETING AGAINST THESE STORES WHO ARE PAYING FOR ADS, BECAUSE NOW THESE BUSINESSES HERE ARE HAVING TO PAY MORE TO GET IN FRONT OF US, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE FAKE ONES ARE PAYING FOR ADS AND PUSHING THE COST UP FOR OUR BUSINESSES. PLUS THEY ARE NOT PAYING TAX, GST, NOT PROVIDING ANY HELP TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, HEALTH, EDUCATION ` NOTHING. I'M SORRY YOU HAD THAT EXPERIENCE, VICKI. AND HERE WITH SOME HELPFUL ADVICE TO AVOID GETTING CAUGHT OUT IS SAHAR LONE FROM CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND. SHE JOINS US NOW. SAHAR, I AM SURE YOU HAVE HAD MANY STORIES LIKE VICKI'S HERE. WHAT ADVICE YOU HAVE FOR AVOIDING SCAMS? IS AS BUYER BEWARE. BEING CAUTIOUS BEFORE YOU CLICK A LINK. METTER DOES SEEM TO BE A WILD WEST. SOME OF THEIR PLATFORMS CAN BE TAKING YOU TO PLACES THAT ARE NOT QUITE LEGITIMATE. THE PROBLEM IS THEY DO LOOK LEGITIMATE AND ARE OFTEN PROFESSIONALLY DONE. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR TO SPOT ONES THAT ARE NOT QUITE WHAT THEY SAY THEY ARE? YOU CAN SEARCH THE NAME ON THE COMPANY REGISTER. SEARCH THE NAME COUPLED WITH SCAM OR FRAUD TO SEE IF IT THROWS ANYTHING UP. IF YOU DO HAPPEN TO GET CAUGHT OUT, WHICH HAPPENS TO ALL OF US, IT IS JUST ABOUT ACTING QUICKLY, AND THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS PAY BY DEBIT CARD OR CREDIT CARD, AND THAT WAY YOU CAN REQUEST A CHARGE BACK WITHIN 120 DAYS IF THINGS GO WRONG. IS IT AS SIMPLE AS THAT IF YOU ARE RECEIVING A PRODUCT THAT TURNS OUT TO NOT BE THE PRODUCT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE? YOU HAVE TO DOCUMENT WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DO, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN EARNEST TO END UP LOSING MORE MONEY. AS DESCRIBED, THEY DON'T MAKE IT EASY. THE PROCESS CAN BE UNWIELDY TO TRY AND RETURN ITEMS, AND THAT IS WHEN YOU END UP LOSING MORE AND BECOMES MORE OF A FRUSTRATING PROCESS. PROBABLY IN MORE CASES, PEOPLE JUST GIVE UP. HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO THOUGHT THE FACT FROM FICTION WHEN IT COMES TO BUYER FEEDBACK? OFTEN YOU WILL GO AND LOOK AT THE REVIEWS AND SEE A BUNCH OF GOOD REVIEWS ON THE SITE AND GET A BAD ONE, AND YOU ARE NOT SURE IF THE GOOD REVIEWS ARE GENERATED BY SOMEONE WHO WAS AN ACTUAL PERSON. THAT'S RIGHT. I THINK IT CAN BE BETTER TO GO TO ACTUAL TRUSTED WEBSITES AND SEARCH FOR THE WEBSITE YOURSELF AND HAVE A LOOK INTO WHAT YOU ARE BUYING FIRST. WAS ABOUT FOR THOSE SMALLER BUSINESSES, THE ONE THAT VICKI WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO MAKE IT THROUGH IN THIS WORLD AND HAVE SET UP THEIR WEBSITE ` IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN DO TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE AUTHENTICATED OR ARE THE REAL DEAL? I THINK WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS PEOPLE SIGNING OUR PETITION. WE HAVE ONE FOR IMPROVING WHAT THE RESPONSE COULD BE TO SCAMS AT THE MOMENT. SO THAT WOULD SEE A BETTER ANTI-SCAM FRAMEWORK SET UP IN NEW ZEALAND, AND ANTI-SCAM CENTRE AND BANKS BEING CALLED UPON TO REIMBURSE PEOPLE WHEN THINGS GO WRONG. SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO SIGN THAT, THEY CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE ` consumer.org.nz WHAT DO THESE WEBSITES DO FOR CONSUMER TRUST? I'D SAY THEY DIMINISH TRUST PRETTY BADLY AND HURT LOCAL BUSINESSES WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE CREATING THEIR FRAUDULENT VERSIONS OF THE WEBSITE. THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US. IT IS SUCH A TRICKY ONE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I HAVE ALMOST BEEN SUCKED INTO THIS, VICKI, BECAUSE YOU FLICK THROUGH AND I HAVE GOT ONTO SOME, NOT CLOTHING, WEBSITES, CLICKED ON SOMETHING ON FACEBOOK, PUT IT IN THE CART. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY FOR PEOPLE LIKE... (LAUGHS) ME, THINKING, IT IS LEGIT? THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN LOOK FOR ` GO DOWN TO THE FOOTER AND SEE IF THERE'S A PHONE NUMBER OR THE CONTACT PAGE, AND RING THEM. BUT THEY NEVER HAVE A PHONE NUMBER. THERE ARE SOME LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ONLINE ONLY, THEY DON'T HAVE AN OFFICE OR IT MAY JUST BE ONE PERSON WHO IS DOING THAT. A LOT OF THEM HAVE CONTACTED ME AND ASKED HOW THEY STAND OUT AS A BUSINESS, AND I SAID TAKE A VIDEO AND THEY WILL HEAR YOUR ACCENT. AND WE WILL RECOGNISE A LOCAL PHONE NUMBER, AND I DON'T THINK THE FAKERS WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT UP. A LOT OF IT SEEMS TO BE COMING THROUGH METTER ` YOU GO TO FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM AND IT REDIRECTS YOU. WE REACHED OUT TO METTER AND PROVIDED SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF FAKE STORE PAGES. THOSE OF ALL BEEN TAKEN DOWN. OTHERS HAVE POPPED UP, AND A SPOKESPERSON SAID THEY DON'T WANT SCAMS ON THEIR PLATFORM, AND THEY WILL BE WORKING TO PROTECT NEW ZEALANDERS. IT IS LIKE WACK A MOLE. IF YOU ARE IN A HURRY, DON'T BUY IT IN THE MOMENT. TAKE A BREATH, AND BUY IT LATER. E WHAI AKE NEI ` SICK OF PAYING TOO MUCH AT THE PETROL PUMP? NEXT, THE NEW SELF-SERVICE BRAND THAT COULD SHAKE UP THE SECTOR. TEANA: How's life going with the new addition? BEN AND AMY: Ummmmmm... AMY: Wooah! AMY: I think we might need a bit more room. VOICEOVER: Make your move with Canstar's bank of the year for Home Loans. Search ASB Home Loans today. VOICEOVER: Cheesy Bites are back. For a limited tiiiime. Oh hi Mr Stephenson. You're having a cheese dream, bro. VOICEOVER: # AND I SAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A SINGLE THING. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THE MAN WHO HECKLED DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER WINSTON PETERS AT A POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY IS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION BY HIS EMPLOYER, TONKIN AND TAYLOR. OVERSEAS, THE EU HAS ORDERED A REVIEW OF A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH ISRAEL, FOLLOWING ITS BLOCKING OF AID INTO GAZA. AND IN SPORT, AUCKLAND FC BELIEVE THEIR BENCH WILL PLAY A BIG ROLE THIS WEEKEND AS THEY LOOK TO SEAL A PLACE IN THE A-LEAGUE FINAL. AS WELL OUR BREAKFAST BELIEF BOARD ` MANIFESTING GLORY. PETROL PRICES HAVE LONG BEEN A REAL STRAIN ON HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS. BUT NOW, THERE'S A NEW PLAYER SHAKING UP THE MARKET. Z ENERGY HAS LAUNCHED U-GO ` A SELF-SERVICE BUDGET FUEL BRAND WITH PRICES UP TO 15c CHEAPER PER LITRE THAN THE PREMIUM Z STATIONS. SO WILL IT HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT ACROSS THE SECTOR? FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY MIKE NEWTON FROM GASPY. MIKE, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR A NEW PLAYER TO COME INTO THE MARKET AND OFFER PETROL AT UP TO $0.15 CHEAPER PER LITRE? (LAUGHS) IT IS QUITE REMARKABLE AND GRATEFUL CONSUMERS. BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW HOW LONG-LIVED IT WILL BE. WE HAVE OBSERVED WITH SOME OF THE OTHER DISCOUNT RETAILERS AS THEY HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE COUNTRY, PARTICULARLY MPD WHEN THEY STARTED OPENING UP STATIONS IN THE NORTH ISLAND, THEY TEND TO START WITH INTRODUCTORY PRICING WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER, GET THE CUSTOMER HOOKED, AND THEN AFTER A FEW MONTHS, THEY RETURN TO SOME LEVEL OF NORMALITY. THAT ANY LEVEL OF COMPETITION IS GREAT FOR THE NEW ZEALAND CONSUMER. SO LONG TERM DO YOU THINK IT WILL HAVE ANY IMPACT? I WONDER IF NOT ON THE BIGGER CENTRES LONG-TERM WHETHER THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL IMPACT TO RURAL COMMUNITIES? IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE THEY DECIDE TO EXPAND. YOU SEE A LOT OF THE DISCOUNT RETAILERS ARE REALLY GOING FOR VOLUME, AND SO THEY TEND TO SHY AWAY FROM THE RURAL AREAS, OR IF THEY ARE ACTIVE IN THE RURAL AREAS, THEY ARE NOT A WHOLE LOT CHEAPER. SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE THEY GO WITH IT. AT THE MOMENT THEY ARE ONLY LOOKING AT AUCKLAND ON THEIR WEBSITE IT SAYS IT IS ALL AUCKLAND-BASED. THEY MAY MOVE FURTHER AFIELD FROM THERE. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT SETS THEM APART FROM OTHER CHEAPER BRANDS? NO, I DON'T THINK SO. ALL THE DISCOUNT RETAILERS ARE LOOKING AT THIS PRICE AND MAKING SURE THEIR OVERHEADS ARE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. HERE IS A QUESTION ` BECAUSE I HEAR THIS ALL THE TIME ` SOME PEOPLE WON'T GO TO THOSE CHEAPER PLACES BECAUSE THEY THINK, NO, NO, NO, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE PETROL, IT IS LESS QUALITY, ET CETERA. SO THEN I WILL KEEP GOING TO THE BIGGER BRANDS BECAUSE THERE PETROL IS BETTER QUALITY. IS THAT TRUE? THE UNDERLYING PRODUCT IS EXACTLY THE SAME. THEY ARE ALL IMPORTING IT FROM THE SAME PLACE AND TO THE SAME PLACE. THEY ARE SHARING TANK STORAGE AT THE PORT. IN THE PAST, SOME OF THEM HAD ADDITIVES. I DON'T KNOW IF 10 YEARS AGO YOU REMEMBER THEY WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THEIR ADDITIVES TO MAKE YOUR ENGINE CLEANUP. IF THEY ARE STILL DOING THAT, I'M NOT SURE. THEY DON'T SEEM TO MARKET THAT WAY ANYMORE. SO THAT IS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT YOU MIGHT SEE IS IN THESE ADDITIVES. MIKE, HERE IS THE THING ` CONSUMERS ARE AFTER CHEAP PETROL, YES, BUT ALSO GRABBING A SNACK OR A DRINK WHEN THEY ARRIVED TO THE PETROL STATION. SO WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO CONSUMERS ` BEING ABLE TO GRAB A DRINK AS WELL AS YOUR PETROL? I THINK IT IS THAT CHOICE. THAT IS WHY Z IT'S PUTTING A FOOT IN BOTH CAMPS IF YOU LIKE. THEY STILL HAVE RETAIL STORES ATTACHED TO SERVICE STATIONS, AND THEY HAVE THIS NEW SELF-SERVICE DISCOUNT OPTIONS. SO IF YOU ARE ON A ROAD TRIP AND THE KIDS NEED A TOILET BREAK, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO A GULL SELF-SERVICE. YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO A BP THAT HAS THE COFFEE AND A TOILET. AND BEFORE YOU GO, GASPY ` WHAT IS IT? OUR GOAL IS TO FIND THE CHEAPEST PETROL NEAR YOU. YOU CAN SEARCH BY AREA. ALL OUR PRICES ARE CONFIRMED BY OUR USERS. WHY DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS? (LAUGHTER) COME ON, JENNY MAY. TOMORROW IS NOT ONLY BUDGET DAY, BUT THURSDAY IS NORMALLY THE DAY I GO AND FILL UP ` DISCOUNT DAY. DO YOU PICK A CERTAIN DATE? NO. USUALLY I CAN PUSH MY VEHICLE THROUGH TO ABOUT FRIDAY. AND THEN YOU ARE REDLINING RIGHT ON END? YES. GIVES ME A BIT OF ANXIETY. YOU HEAR THE ADVICE OF IF SOMETHING EVER HAPPENS, MAKE SURE PETROL IS IN THE CAR AND YOU ARE GOOD TO GO. I AM NOT THAT GUY ` DON'T GO FOR MY CAR. I'VE HEARD IF YOU HAVE A LOW FUEL TANK, IT IS NOT GOOD FOR THE CAR EITHER. LET'S ASK HIM. WE WILL GET HIM BACK. SOME PEOPLE WILL DRIVE FURTHER ` COUNTERINTUITIVELY ` TO FIND CHEAPER PETROL. SOME PEOPLE IN OUR HOUSE WILL DRIVE TO PAPAKURA. CHEAPER DEAL BUT FURTHER AWAY. TO FILL UP. I JUST GO TO THE NEXT PLACE. SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WRITING AND WHO WERE WATCHING THE SHOW EARLY TODAY ABOUT THESE SCAMS, SAYING THEY HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP BY THESE THEY CLOTHING SCAMS ON FACEBOOK AS WELL ` ITEMS TO SMALL, DIFFERENT MATERIAL. RAYLENE SAID SHE MANAGED TO GO TO THE BANK AND GET HER MONEY BACK, AND TRIED TO SOUND THE ALARM. THAT IS THE THING, AS THE PAGES GET TAKEN DOWN, ANOTHER ONE POPS UP SOMEWHERE ELSE. YES. BUT IT IS GOOD FEEDBACK, BECAUSE I TELL YOU, I HAVE ALMOST BEEN THAT GUY THAT HAS PUSHED BUY NOW. YOU SEE SOME STUFF ONLINE AND THINK, THAT LOOKS GOOD. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. YES, OH, THAT IS GOOD. KIA ORA ANO, WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THE UN SAYS NO AID HAS YET BEEN DISTRIBUTED IN GAZA DESPITE ISRAEL NOW ALLOWING AID TRUCKS TO ENTER THE STRIP AFTER AN 11-WEEK BLOCKADE. A UN SPOKESPERSON SAYS FOUR TRUCKS OF BABY FOOD ARRIVED ON THE PALESTINIAN SIDE OF THE BORDER, FOLLOWED BY A FEW DOZEN TRUCKS CARRYING FLOUR, MEDICINE AND OTHER BASIC SUPPLIES. WHILE MORE SUPPLIES HAVE COME INTO THE GAZA STRIP, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SECURE THE ARRIVAL OF THOSE SUPPLIES INTO OUR WAREHOUSES AND DELIVERY POINTS. MEANWHILE, ISRAEL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS IT WILL NOT GIVE IN AUCKLAND COUNCIL HAS HIT ITS ANNUAL SAVINGS GOAL THREE MONTHS EARLY, KEEPING RATE INCREASES TO A MINIMUM. $66m WAS SAVED BY SHAVING A NUMBER OF COSTS IN OUTSOURCED WASTE COLLECTION, REDUCED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND CAREFUL MANAGEMENT OF STAFF. THE COUNCIL'S FOCUS WAS TO REDUCE THE BURDEN ON AUCKLANDERS, KEEPING THE RATES INCREASE TO 5.8%. CONTACT ENERGY SAYS IT'S WORKING OUT HOW A WIDESPREAD OUTAGE TO ITS BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICES OCCURRED, RNZ NEWS REPORTS. PEOPLE IN AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON AND CHRISTCHURCH REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH INTERNET ACCESS BETWEEN 7 O'CLOCK AND 8.30 LAST NIGHT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. CONTACT'S CHIEF RETAIL OFFICER MICHAEL ROBERTSON SAYS ITS BROADBAND SERVICE IS NOW BACK UP AND RUNNING FOLLOWING A BRIEF AND UNEXPECTED OUTAGE. A MESSAGE ON THE COMPANY'S WEBSITE SAYS IF PEOPLE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS TO TURN THEIR MODEM OFF AND BACK ON. (CHUCKLES) MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE ARE CONTACT BROADBAND CUSTOMERS. JUST TURN IT OFF AND ON AGAIN! THANKS, IT. THE USA'S WOMEN'S RUGBY TEAM HAVE LOST MIDFIELDER ALEV KELTER FOR THEIR MATCH AGAINST THE BLACK FERNS AFTER SHE WAS GIVEN A THREE-GAME BAN. IT FOLLOWS AN INCIDENT IN THE WOMEN'S EAGLES MATCH AGAINST AUSTRALIA, WHERE KELTER COULD BE SEEN APPEARING TO REPEATEDLY STOMP ON AN AUSTRALIAN PLAYER'S HEAD. THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE FOUND THE RED CARD WAS APPROPRIATE BUT HALVED THE MINIMUM SIX-MATCH BAN AS IT DETERMINED THE CONTACT MADE WAS ONLY GLANCING AND NOT DELIBERATELY TARGETED. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. IT'S A CLOUDY DAY FOR THE UPPER PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND, EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON. FOR THE REST OF YOU, A FINE, SUNNY DAY AHEAD. 18 IS YOUR HIGH IN WHANGAREI. TAUPO YOUR HIGH IS 13. KI TE WAIPOUNAMU, CLEAR BLUE SKIES FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY. HOWEVER, EXPECT THE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND CLOUDS IN THE CHATHAM ISLANDS. 17 IS YOUR HIGH IN DUNEDIN. 15 IN NELSON. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) DONALD TRUMP'S PUTTING PRESSURE ON REPUBLICANS TO FALL IN LINE AND SUPPORT HIS, QUOTE, 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.' THE BILL, WHICH WOULD CUT SERVICES TO FUND TAX CUTS, HAS STALLED IN CONGRESS. THE ABC'S PERRY RUSSOM REPORTS. PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY ON CAPITOL HILL, RALLYING HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO SUPPORT HIS ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL ` THE SPENDING BILL FUNDING HIS AGENDA. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT WANT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT MAYBE I DON'T LIKE OR THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET. THE BILL WOULD PAY FOR MAJOR TAX BREAKS BY CUTTING HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO MEDICAID, WHICH TRUMP PROMISED NOT TO CUT. THE PROPOSED CUTS DIVIDING REPUBLICANS, SOME WANTING THE CUTS TO COME FASTER AND BE STEEPER. THE BILL PASSING THROUGH THE HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE YESTERDAY AFTER FOUR REPUBLICANS BLOCKED IT FRIDAY OVER CONCERNS IT ADDS TO THE FEDERAL DEFICIT. WE ARE WRITING CHECKS WE CANNOT CASH, AND OUR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO PAY THE PRICE. SO I AM A 'NO' ON THIS BILL UNLESS SERIOUS REFORMS ARE MADE. CONGRESSMAN CHIP ROY, ONE OF THE FOUR REPUBLICANS VOTING NO ON FRIDAY, LATER CHANGING THEIR VOTES TO PRESIDENT YESTERDAY, MEANING THEY DID NOT VOTE IN FAVOUR OR AGAINST, ALLOWING THE BILL TO PASS THROUGH COMMITTEE, NOW ON ITS WAY TO THE HOUSE FLOOR FOR A VOTE. WE'RE NOT TOUCHING ANYTHING. ALL I WANT IS ONE THING; THREE WORDS. WE DON'T WANT ANY WASTE, FRAUD OR ABUSE. TRUMP NOT PROVIDING ANY EVIDENCE OF WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE. THIS IS A BIG WEEK FOR HIS AGENDA, FOR ALL OF US. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON RECONCILIATION FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THESE FINAL DETAILS. HOUSE DEMOCRATS RESPONDING TODAY. REPUBLICANS ARE HELL -BENT ON DRIVING UP COSTS FOR HEALTH INSURANCE AND ENDING BASIC NEED PROGRAMS. TRUMP SAYS ONE OR TWO REPUBLICANS ARE GRANDSTANDING AND WARNS THEY COULD BE PRIMARIED OUT OF OFFICE IF THEY VOTE AGAINST HIS BILL. DON'T FORGET TOMORROW IS, OF COURSE, BUDGET DAY AND WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED ALL DAY LONG. WE'LL BE SETTING THINGS UP HERE ON BREAKFAST, THEN A 1 NEWS Q&A SPECIAL WITH JACK TAME WILL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE FROM 2.00 UNTIL 4.00. TE KARERE WILL CONTINUE THE COVERAGE, FOLLOWED BY THE 1 NEWS AT 6.00 TEAM, AND MORE REACTION ON SEVEN SHARP. SPEAKING OF BIG AND BEAUTIFUL, THE MOODBOARD HAS COME INTO EXISTENCE. IT WAS WITH FRANCIS COOKE, AROUND MANIFESTING ` IT WAS ABOUT HAVING... PUTTING GOALS UP, EH? KIND OF A MOOD BOARD, PUTTING UP WHAT YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE. SO I THOUGHT, OKAY, WARRIORS. THEY GOT DEFACED. THE SELFIE. MICHAELA WROTE DOWN THE BOTTOM THERE, BECAUSE SHE IS NOW PLAYING FOR THE WARRIORS WAHINE. AND OF COURSE, WE GOT THIS LITTLE SUPERSTAR COMING ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING, JORJA MILLER. I PRINTED OUT THE WORLD CUP TROPHY AND PUT IT OVER THE OTHER ONE SHE WAS HOLDING BUT I THINK THEY HAVE A NEW TROPHY THIS TIME AROUND. THIS IS QUITE OLD SCHOOL, SOME PEOPLE USE PHOTOSHOP OR AI ` WE DO ARTS AND CRAFTS. THE GRAPHICS DEPARTMENT DOESN'T GET UP AS EARLY. WE JUST USE THE OLD SCISSORS... WE FOUND THIS OLD... HAD A FEW STAINS ON IT. I RECKON WE TICK THEM OFF AS WE GO ALONG. 10 OFF AND PUT THEM ON THE 2026 MOOD BOARD. CORRECTION: TEAR THEM OFF ME U TONU MAI ` THE MUSHROOM MEAL MURDER TRIAL CONTINUES. WE'LL GET THE LATEST FROM ACROSS THE TASMAN, NEXT. # WE'VE GOT 99 PROBLEMS # AND I KNOW I'M ONE OF THEM. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` AUCKLAND COUNCIL HAS HIT ITS ANNUAL SAVINGS GOAL THREE MONTHS EARLY, KEEPING RATE INCREASES TO A MINIMUM. OVERSEAS, THE UN SAYS NO AID HAS YET BEEN DISTRIBUTED IN GAZA, DESPITE ISRAEL NOW ALLOWING AID TRUCKS TO ENTER THE STRIP AFTER AN 11-WEEK BLOCKADE. AND IN SPORT, THE USA'S WOMEN'S RUGBY TEAM HAVE LOST MIDFIELDER ALEV KELTER FOR THEIR MATCH AGAINST THE BLACK FERNS AFTER SHE WAS GIVEN A THREE-GAME BAN. THE SIX-WEEK MUSHROOM MURDER TRIAL IS CONTINUING IN AUSTRALIA. FOR AN UPDATE, LET'S HEAD TO SYDNEY AND OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT AZIZ AL SA'AFIN. MORENA, AZIZ! CAN YOU GET US UP TO SPEED ON THE LATEST? MORENA. WE ARE IN THE FOURTH WEEK OF THIS TRIPLE MURDER TRIAL, AND THIS WEEK, REALLY IT IS FOCUSED ON THE PHONE RECORDS, AT A PARTICULAR NUMBER THAT IS LINKED TO ERIN PATTERSON. THE PROSECUTION CALLED THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXPERT TO THE STAND AND HE WAS ASKED TO ANALYSE AROUND FOUR YEARS OF DATA LINKED TO THIS NUMBER, IN PARTICULAR, PARTICULAR POTENTIAL MOVEMENTS AROUND THIS NUMBER AND WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT THIS PHONE NUMBER, AND THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AND YEARS LEADING UP TO THIS LUNCH, IT HAD CONNECTED TO 2 CELL TOWERS. THE REASON WHY MANY OF OUR VIEWERS WILL REMEMBER THOSE AREAS IS BECAUSE IN RECENT WEEKS, THEY HAVE BEEN MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES, PARTICULARLY BY TWO FUNGI EXPERTS THE PROSECUTION REALLY HAMMERED DOWN ON ONE PARTICULAR DATE, MAY 22, WHICH IS WHEN IT APPEARED THAT THIS PHONE NUMBER WAS STATIONARY FOR AROUND 25 MINUTES ON ONE OF THOSE AREAS, AND ONLY A DAY AGO, A FUNGI EXPERT HAD POSTED ABOUT DEATH MUSHROOMS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. SO WHAT HAS THE DEFENCE SAID ABOUT THAT? SO THE DEFENCE SPENT MOST OF THE DAY YESTERDAY CASTING DOUBT ON THE RELIABILITY OF PHONE RECORDS, AND PARTICULARLY THAT THEY COULDN'T SPECIFICALLY TELL YOU WHEN A PERSON MOVE, JUST SUGGESTED THE POTENTIAL AREA. WHAT THE DEFENCE WAS SAYING WAS THAT YOU COULD MOVE AROUND YOUR OWN HOUSE AND YOUR PHONE COULD CONNECT TO THOSE CELL TOWERS, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE ON THE PROPERTY, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE DOCTOR HAD TO CONCEDE, SAYING THERE WERE LIMITATIONS. THE DEFENCE FINISHING UP BY SAYING ERIN PATTERSON WAS SPECIFICALLY IN THOSE AREAS, IT COULD BE ENTIRELY SPECULATION. ANOTHER THING THAT HAPPENS LATE LAST NIGHT WAS THAT THE JURY WAS SHOWN CCTV FOOTAGE OF THE LUNCH ITSELF, AND WHAT IT SHOWED WAS ERIN GETTING OUT OF A RED SUV AT A PETROL STOP, WHICH HE SPENT ALMOST 9 SECONDS ON THE TOILET BEFORE LEAVING. WE EXPECT MORE OF THAT EVIDENCE TO BE UNPACKED TODAY. AND IN THE COMING FEW DAYS AS WELL. AZIZ, LET'S CHANGE PACE. YOU'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH AUSTRALIAN ROYALTY. DELIGHTFUL, I THINK, IS THE WORD. YOU ARE CAREFUL ABOUT OMITTING YOUR HEROES AT IDLE, RIGHT, BUT NICOLE KIDMAN WAS EVERYTHING YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE AND MORE. SHE HAS BEEN AT CANNES, ACKNOWLEDGED FOR HER WORK HELPING FEMALE DIRECTORS. SHE PLEDGED TO WORK WITH A FEMALE DIRECTOR EVERY 18 MONTHS, AND SHE HAS EXCEEDED THAT PLEDGE BY WORKING WITH 27. AND SHE MADE SOME TIME TO SPEAK TO ME DURING A VERY BUSY WEEK, PROMOTING THE NEW SEASON OF NINE PERFECT STRANGERS. SHE PLAYS A CHARACTER, MARCIA, WHO ESSENTIALLY IS THIS WELLNESS GROUP THAT BRINGS NINE STRANGERS FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD THAT THAT ARE DEALING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF TRAUMA AND DOESN'T USE CONVENTIONAL METHODS TO HELP THEM. ANYWAY, I TOLD HER HOW MUCH I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH HER, AND HERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF OUR CHAT. NICOLE, I FIRST GOT MY JOB AS THE AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, AND THEY ASKED ME, WHO IS YOUR DREAM INTERVIEW? AND HONESTLY, I SAID, YOU. SEE, YOU GET WHAT YOU WISH FOR. I HOPE I'M WORTH IT. (CHUCKLES) OF COURSE YOU ARE. WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GET BACK INTO THAT WORLD OF MARCIA? WE WERE CONCOCTING A SECOND SEASON. WE WENT, LET'S GO INTO THE MOUNTAINS, INTO THE AUSTRIAN ALPS, BECAUSE THAT FEELS LIKE IT'S GOT A CLAUSTROPHOBIA TO IT, BUT IT'S ALSO EPIC, AND THEN WHO ARE THE GREATEST ACTORS IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW? AND WHO DO WE WANT TO WORK WITH AND WILL THEY DO THIS SHOW? AND WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE ONE OF THEM. AND HERE HE IS. SHE IS TALKING ABOUT MURRAY BARTLETT, WHO IS ARGUABLY THE NEXT BEST AUSSIE EXPORT. HE PLAYS A KIDS TV PRESENTER WHO HAS HAD A PSYCHOTIC BREAK ` I HAD TO TELL HIM, I USED TO WORK IN KIDS TV AND WHY ENJOY HIS CHARACTER, IT WAS VERY TRIGGERING. I'M ACTUALLY QUITE JEALOUS. HOW LONG HAVE YOU GOT AS AUSSIE CORROSPONDENT? DO YOU HAVE ANYONE ELSE TO TICK OFF? I HAVE A FEW. THE WAHS I GETTING UP THERE. WHOA, WHOA. YOU HAVE A FEW MONTHS LEFT AND THE ONES YOU WANT TO MEET ARE THE WAHS?! PUT IT ON THE BREAKFAST MOODBOARD. MANIFEST IT! CAN I GET BACK TO YOU ON IT? AS LONG AS YOU DON'T COME BACK WITHIN THE WAHS. I WILL PUT THAT BACK ON THERE FOR YOU, AZIZ. LOVING YOUR WORK, THANK YOU. YOU CAN IMAGINE, 'AZIZ, WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN AUSTRALIA?' NICOLE KIDMAN AND THE WAHS. WHAT ABOUT RUSSELL CROWE? THEN YOU GET ACROSS TASMAN DIVIDE. KYLIE MINOGUE, SHE WOULD BE VERY GOOD. YES, ACTUALLY. MARGOT ROBBIE... IF YOU CAN GET KYLIE SAYING UP THE WAHS, THAT'S THE GOLDEN TICKET THERE. THAT IS A GOOD IDEA. E HAERE AKE NEI ` WHAT'S THE MOTIVATION BEHIND THE GOVERNMENT DELAYING THE POSSIBLE SUSPENSION OF THREE TE PATI MAORI MPs? BUT FIRST, WINTER ILLNESSES ARE ALREADY STARTING TO KNOCK PEOPLE OVER. AFTER THE BREAK, HOW TO STAY HEALTHY. WE NEED TO GET A PICTURE OF KYLIE MINOGUE. (ENGINE REVS) Oh. OK, turn off the car. (PHONE RINGS) GIRL: Dad! Hey, man. Long time no talk. Yeah, just... I'm teaching Samara how to drive. (BRIGHT MUSIC) Hi! Could you do something for me? SONG: # Oh, baby, you... # Thanks. # You've got what I need # You got everything I need # I NEED A BREAK. 6:55. IT'S NOT QUITE JUNE YET, BUT THE WINTER CHILL IS ALREADY STARTING TO BITE. SO WITH ILLNESSES FLOATING AROUND THE COMMUNITY, WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO TO KEEP THEMSELVES HEALTHY WHEN THE BUGS COME CRAWLING? JOINING US NOW WITH SOME HELPFUL TIPS IS DOCTOR PRABANI WOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, PRABANI. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BUGS AND ILLNESSES WE ARE SEEING FLOATING AROUND AT THE MOMENT? OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE FLU AND I GETTING SOME CASES AROUND THE COUNTRY. BUT REMEMBER COVID HAS NOT GONE AWAY ` IT IS STILL AROUND. AND THERE HAS RECENTLY BEEN ANOTHER MEASLES OUTBREAK, SO MEASLES ARE AROUND AGAIN AS WELL. WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL ADVICE AROUND KEEPING YOURSELF SAFE? THERE ARE FEW THINGS YOU CAN DO. PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES BY GETTING VACCINATED. FLU JAB ` MAKE SURE YOUR KIDS ARE UP-TO-DATE WITH YOUR VACCINATIONS, THINK ABOUT YOUR COVID BOOSTER AND ALSO THE SHINGLES BOOST AS WEALTH IS NOT HAVE A PLAN. IF YOU HAVE A CHRONIC DISEASE OR ILLNESS LIKE ASTHMA OR DIABETES, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR MEDICATIONS AND HAVE A PLAN AS TO WHAT TO DO IF YOU WERE TO GET SICK. BUT ALSO REMEMBER, MOST OF US WHEN WE GET SICK OVER WINTER, IT IS JUST A CASE OF STAYING HOME, RESTING UP, WATCHING NETFLIX, TAKING PLENTY OF PANADOL AND FLUIDS. BUT ALSO KNOWING WHEN TO SEEK HELP ` IF YOU HAVE A FEVER THAT IS NOT GETTING BETTER, YOU ARE FEELING SHORT OF BREATH, KNOW YOU CAN REACH OUT TO HEALTHLINE WHICH IS FREE, YOUR LOCAL GP OR YOUR PHARMACIST. IF IT IS AN EMERGENCY, DIAL 111. OF COURSE WASH YOUR HANDS, WHERE YOUR MASK AND CHECK ON YOUR NEIGHBOURS. THOSE GOOD HABITS THAT HAVE MAYBE FALLEN OFF THE WAGON IN RECENT TIMES. YOU MENTIONED MEASLES. ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT IS OF MOST CONCERN AT THE MOMENT? THINGS LIKE RSV? RSV GOES AROUND EVERYWHERE, AND THERE ARE AXA NATIONS FOR IT, PARTICULARLY FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN. THOSE OF THE KIND OF THINGS WE TEST FOR WHEN PEOPLE COME IN TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT THEY ARE SICK WITH. HOW BAD OF A SEASON A YEAR EXPECTING IT TO BE WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE WINTER ILLNESSES? WE FOLLOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. SO UNFORTUNATELY I THINK IT HAS BEEN A BAD FLU SEASON. SO BE PREPARED, LIKE I SAID. WITH THE STATE OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM, DO YOU THINK IT IS MORE STRESS COMING INTO THIS WINTER SEASON COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS? YES. IT HAS BEEN IN THE MEDIA QUITE A LOT ABOUT THE STATE OF OUR HEALTH SYSTEM, SO I THINK THAT IS LIFE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EACH OF US TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP OURSELVES AS WELL. WHEN YOU HAVE LITTLE ONES, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR WHEN IT COMES TO KNOWING WHEN TO GO TO THE GP OR TAKE THINGS A BIT FURTHER THAN PERHAPS JUST GIVING THEM A BIT OF PAMOL AND KEEPING ON GOING. IF YOU HAVE A PERSISTENT FEVER THAT WON'T SETTLE AFTER A FEW DAYS. WITH OUR OFF FOOD BUT PARTICULARLY OFF THEIR FLUIDS. KIDS CAN GET DEHYDRATED VERY EASILY, SO IF YOU NOTICE THEY ARE NOT DRINKING AND NOT PEEING AS MUCH, THOSE OTHER KINDS OF THINGS YOU SHOULD GO AND SEEK HELP FOR. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. EARLIER ON IN THE PROGRAM, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SCAMS. PARTICULARLY ONLINE BOUTIQUE STORES. ON FACEBOOK AND OTHER SITES AS WELL. WE HAD VICKI COME AND IT HAD HAPPENED TO HER. TRACY SAID SHE HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE LAST YEAR. IT ARRIVED FOUR WEEKS LATER, AND WHEN SHE GOT IT THE MATERIAL IS AWFUL. BUT THIS IS THE SCARY PART OF THE SCAM ` FOUR WEEKS LATER, I NOTICED FOR PAYMENTS GO OUT OF MY ACCOUNT. SMALL AMOUNTS, FIVE DOLLARS EACH, BUT IT KEPT INCREASING. SHE WENT TO THE BANK, AND SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON THERE. THE BANK SAID IT IS GOOD YOU DID THAT BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE GET SCAMMED OUT OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. DAVE SAYS, WE RUN OUR OWN BUSINESS AND HAVE OUR OWN ADVICE TO AVOID BEING SCAMMED. PICKUPS AVAILABLE OR AFTER PAY, WHICH IS VERY THOROUGH. NOT FAILSAFE, BUT SOMETHING FOR BUYERS TO BE AWARE OF. AND IF IT LOOKS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS. STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` TE PATI MAORI'S THREE MPs WILL NOW HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT MONTH TO FIND OUT IF THEY'LL BE SUSPENDED FROM PARLIAMENT. WAS IT THE RIGHT MOVE BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PULL THE SURPRISE DELAY? ALSO AHEAD ` SHE'S THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD IN THE SEVEN A-SIDE GAME, NOW JORJA MILLER IS IN THE MIX FOR THE BLACK FERNS' RUGBY WORLD CUP DEFENCE. SHE JOINS US ON THE COUCH AHEAD OF A LIKELY DEBUT THIS WEEKEND. PLUS, WHO CAN PUT A PRICE ON ART? THE NEW SCULPTURE IN TAUPO THAT'S GOT LOCALS TALKING. I AM INTO IT. TOTALLY INTO BOOM BOOM, AND WE ARE GOING TO GET AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY A DINOSAUR IS LEANING ON A ROCK. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK, HERE'S CHRIS WITH YOUR NEWS. THE EU HAS ORDERED A REVIEW OF A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH ISRAEL FOLLOWING ITS AID BLOCKAGE INTO GAZA. THE UK HAS ALREADY SUSPENDED TRADE TALKS WITH ISRAEL OVER AN 'INTOLERABLE' OFFENSIVE ON THE STRIP. EARLIER THIS WEEK, ISRAEL ALLOWED FIVE TRUCKS CARRYING AID TO ENTER AFTER AN 11-WEEK BLOCKADE. THE UN SAYS GAZA NEEDS 500 AID TRUCKS PER DAY AND IS ON THE VERGE OF FAMINE. THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE IS HORRIFIED AT ISRAEL'S RECENT MILITARY ESCALATION AND HAS DEMANDED IT MASSIVELY SCALE UP ACCESS TO AID. BUT HIS ISRAELI COUNTERPART SAYS HE REFUSES TO BOW TO EXTERNAL PRESSURE. JURORS IN THE SEAN 'DIDDY' COMBS SEX TRAFFICKING TRIAL HAVE HEARD THAT THE HIP-HOP MOGUL ONCE TOOK AN ECSTASY PILL SHAPED LIKE FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. A FORMER PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO COMBS HAS BEEN TESTIFYING IN COURT TODAY, SAYING HE FREQUENTLY SAW HIM TAKING DRUGS, INCLUDING OPIATES. ANOTHER EXPECTED WITNESS IS THE MOTHER OF CASSIE VENTURA, COMBS' FORMER GIRLFRIEND. COMBS HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO ALL CHARGES. BACK HERE, THE MAN WHO HECKLED DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER WINSTON PETERS AT A POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT YESTURDAY IS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION BY HIS EMPLOYER TONKIN AND TAYLOR. WINSTON PETERS SQUARED OFF WITH THE MAN IN FRONT OF DOZENS OF COMMUTERS AT HIS GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT AT WELLINGTON TRAIN STATION. IN A STATEMENT, TONKIN AND TAYLOR SAID THEY DO NOT CONDONE EMPLOYEE BEHAVIOUR THAT FALLS SHORT OF THEIR CODE OF CONDUCT AND APOLOGISED FOR THE DISRUPTION CAUSED. KURT CAPEWELL IS SET TO CAPTAIN THE WARRIORS AS THEY PREPARE TO TAKE ON THE RAIDERS THIS WEEKEND. MITCHELL BARNETT IS UNAVAILABLE DUE TO STATE OF ORIGIN COMMITMENTS AND JAMES FISHER HARRIS WILL RIDE OUT HIS ONE-MATCH SUSPENSION AFTER ENTERING AN EARLY GUILTY PLEA FOR A HIGH TACKLE. JACKSON FORD STARTS AT PROP IN HIS RETURN FROM HIS CONCUSSION STAND-DOWN PERIOD, AND BUNTY AFOA IS ALSO BACK FROM A MINOR KNEE INJURY. IT'S SET TO BE A BLOCKBUSTER, WITH THE WARRIORS LOOKING TO REMAIN SECOND ON THE TABLE AGAINST THE THIRD-PLACED RAIDERS. WHISPERS: UP THE WAHS. AND FINALLY, TOTTENHAM FANS ARE DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO WILL THEIR TEAM TOWARDS THEIR FIRST MAJOR TROPHY IN 17 YEARS. SPURS TAKE ON MANCHESTER UNITED IN THE FINAL OF THE EUROPA LEAGUE TOMORROW MORNING, WITH BOTH CLUBS AIMING TO END A DREARY SEASON ON A HIGH. SOME SUPPORTERS MAKING THE TRIP TO BILBAO ALL THE WAY FROM AUSTRALIA AND BRINGING ALONG SOME LOCAL TRADITIONS. OH, STOP! (PEOPLE CHANT INDISTINCTLY) GOOD LUCK, 100%. THAT'S WHAT HE HAS TO FIND ON WEDNESDAY. DO WE HAVE TO SEE IT AGAIN? HORRIBLE. THAT'S THURSDAY MORNING OUR TIME WITH KICK OFF AT 7am. GOOD OLD SHOEY. COME ON, YOU SPURRS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) DOES HE THINK THAT IS GOING TO HELP THEM WIN? CAN YOU IMAGINE THE EXPRESSION ON THE SPANISH LOCAL SPACES WHEN THEY SEE HIM DRINKING OUT OF A SHOE? JUST DISGUSTING. LOCALS FACES* IT'S A CLOUDY DAY FOR THE UPPER PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND, EAST COAST AND TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA WELLINGTON. FOR THE REST OF YOU, A FINE, SUNNY DAY AHEAD. 18 IS YOUR HIGH IN WHANGAREI. TAUPO YOUR HIGH IS 13. KI TE WAIPOUNAMU, TO THE SOUTH ISLAND, CLEAR BLUE SKIES FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY. HOWEVER, EXPECT THE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND CLOUDS IN THE CHATHAM ISLANDS. 17 IS YOUR HIGH IN OTEPOTI DUNEDIN. 15 IN WHAKATU NELSON. THANKS, CHRIS. THE DEBATE OVER THE PROPOSED SUSPENSION OF THREE TE PATI MAORI MPs HAS BEEN PUSHED TO EARLY JUNE, WITH THE GOVERNMENT SAYING IT WANTS TO PRIORITISE THE BUDGET. THE PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE FOUND THEIR HAKA PROTEST IN PARLIAMENT LAST YEAR DURING THE DEBATE OVER THE TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL INTIMIDATING. IT RECOMMENDED A 21-DAY SUSPENSION FOR LEADERS DEBBIE NGAREWA PACKER AND RAWIRI WAITITI AND SEVEN DAYS FOR THEIR JUNIOR COLLEAGUE HANA-RAWHITI MAIPI-CLARKE. MOST PARTIES AGREE SOME PUNISHMENT WAS NEEDED, BUT THE SEVERITY OF THE SUSPENSIONS HAS DRAWN HEAVY CRITICISM. HUNDREDS OF PROTESTORS GATHERED OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED PUNISHMENT. IT'S A DISGRACE FOR US TO HAVE TO STAND HERE TODAY. I COME FROM WEST AUCKLAND. WE FLEW HERE. WE CAME HERE TO SUPPORT OUR PEOPLE. IN THAT SITUATION ` REALLY, WAS HE IN ANY DANGER? (LAUGHS) LIKE, REALLY? NO. THEY'RE ATTACKING THE REO. THEY'RE ATTACKING A WHOLE LOT OF MAORI RIGHTS, TREATY RIGHTS. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY POLITICAL COMMENTATOR BEN THOMAS AND FORMER GREEN MP GARETH HUGHES. GOOD MORNING TO THE BOTH OF YOU. GARETH, CAN I START WITH YOU? WAS AT PROTECTING OR POLITICAL POSTURING? IT WAS POSTURING. ONCE AGAIN, THE GOVERNMENT HAS VOTED BY A SMALL MAJORITY TO DEFER THIS BUDGET. IF WE HAD HAD THIS SUSPENSION ON 5 JUNE, THEY WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE THE BUDGET. THE GOVERNMENT'S AGENDA LAST YEAR WAS TOTALLY DERAILED BY THE TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL. ONCE AGAIN IT IS BEING DERAILED BY THE TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL AFTER EFFECTS. SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT TE PATI MAORI MIGHT NOT EVEN BE THERE TO VOTE ON THE BUDGET? WHY NOT? IT'S QUITE A LONG DEBATE AND CAN TAKE WEEKS. I DON'T WANT TO BORE THE LISTENERS AND VIEWERS WITH POINTS OF ORDER, BUT IN PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY WE SAW AN INTERESTING DEBATE. ULTIMATELY THIS IS A POLITICAL DECISION ABOUT TRYING TO MANAGE THE PUBLIC RELATIONS IN THE LEAD UP. GOOD FAITH OR CONVENIENT DELAY? I THINK CONVENIENT DELAY THAT CERTAINLY HAS ALL THE HALLMARKS OF A GOOD-FAITH MOVE ` ONE OF THE CHIEF CONCERNS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL PUNISHMENT WAS THAT TE PATI MAORI WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE BUDGET DEBATE. I DON'T THINK THEY CONTRIBUTED LAST YEAR, BUT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO. THIS IS AN ELOQUENT WAY OF SQUARING THE CIRCLE. DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE UNDER THE INTENSE KIND OF SCRUTINY AFTER THE DECISION MADE BY THE PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE? I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY JUST VERY INCONVENIENT TIMING. IT IS INCREDIBLE THIS HAS TAKEN SIX MONTHS TO DEAL WITH. BUT THIS HAS BEEN THEATRE FROM THE BEGINNING. TE PATI MAORI HAVE ESSENTIALLY SAID IN THEIR PUBLIC STATEMENTS THAT THEY WERE INTENDING TO DISRUPT THE HOUSE, AS AN ACT OF PROTEST, AND THEY WERE INTENDING TO CREATE DISORDER. REALISTICALLY, TE PATI MAORI DOESN'T REALLY PARTICIPATE IN PARLIAMENT IN THE SAME WAY THAT TRADITIONAL PARTIES TEND TO. USE AS THE HOUSE, REALLY, AS A SOUNDSTAGE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA. AND OF COURSE THAT WAS GOING TO CONTINUE. TE PATI MAORI I'M MAKING HUGE HEADWAY WITH THIS ISSUE WITH THEIR FOLLOWERS. MOST OF THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT, AT LEAST EVERY SECOND POST, IS ABOUT THEIR CO-LEADERS AND THEIR PUNISHMENT AND THE ISSUES, NOT ABOUT POLICIES. BUT THEIR SUPPORTERS LOVE IT, AND WE SAW THAT IN THE TURNOUT YESTERDAY. I DON'T THINK THE GOVERNMENT WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD. GARETH, YESTERDAY CHRIS ATKINS CHALLENGED THE LACK OF CLARITY AROUND HOW THE PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE DECIDED ON THE PENALTY. I WANT TO QUOTE HIM ` HE SAID, IF THEY ARE GOING TO IMPOSE THE HARSHEST SENTENCE EVER RECOMMENDED BY THE PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE, THEY SHOULD BE VERY CLEAR ON WHAT THE CRITERIA WERE THAT THEY WEIGHED THAT AGAINST, AND THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT. WAS THERE A LACK OF CLARITY? I THINK IT COULD HAVE BEEN SORTED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS LAST YEAR. AND THIS HAS DRAGGED OUT MORE THAN SIX MONTHS. IN IS RIGHT. IF I WAS A TE PATI MAORI STRATEGIST, I WOULD BE CHUFFED ` AT A TIME WHERE THEY ARE TREATY AND TE REO WAS UNDER ATTACK, THE DAY BEFORE THE BUDGET, EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST DIVISIVE BILLS IN OUR HISTORY. JUDITH COLLINS, NOT SOMEONE KNOWN FOR HER TACT, IS PUTTING FORTH THIS UNPRECEDENTED PUNISHMENT. SHE COULDN'T GET CONSENSUS ON THE COMMITTEE. SHE CLEARLY DOES NOT HAVE THAT IN PARLIAMENT. CLEARLY THIS PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE ` WHICH IS PARLIAMENT'S MOST POWERFUL SEMI-JUDICIAL COMMITTEE ` VOTES VERY CLOSE TO CONSENSUS, MAYBE HOLD A SINGLE MEMBER. THEY DIDN'T COME TO A DECISION. THAT IS WHY THE PRIME MINISTER NEEDS TO STEP UP AND SHOW A BIT OF LEADERSHIP. POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH YESTERDAY. THE FACT THAT IT HAS CONTINUED TO HANG AROUND, YOU THINK THAT IS BECOMING EVEN MORE OF A DISTRACTION? NO, I DON'T THINK SO, NOT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE BUDGET. THE GOVERNMENT REALLY WANTS A CLEAR EAR FOR THIS WEEK. NOW THEY WON'T HAVE CLEAR AIR, AS EVIDENCED BY THIS DISCUSSION, BUT THAT IS MUCH BETTER THAN A DEBATE THAT IS EITHER DRAGGING INTO TODAY OR ANALYSING AND GOING PIECE BY PIECE FOR EVERY ARGUMENT THAT WAS MADE YESTERDAY, AND THEN SUDDENLY IMMEDIATELY CRASHING INTO THE BUDGET. I THINK THEY WILL BE REASONABLY HAPPY WITH HOW THINGS HAVE PLAYED OUT TO THIS POINT. WE NOW KNOW THAT AN ACT MP THOUGHTS OPTIONS FOR IMPRISONMENT. THEY WERE NOT CONDONING IMPRISONMENT, BUT SO THEY WERE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION. SHE IS A SCIENTIST. LET'S SAY SHE WAS LOOKING FOR DATA POINTS TO CONSIDER. IF IT HAD BEEN RAISED IN THE COMMITTEE, MAYBE IT WOULD BE SILENTLY MOVED ONTO THE NEXT SPEAKER. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER DAVID SEYMOUR IS OUT THERE ARGUING FOR EVEN GREATER PUNISHMENTS TO THIS UNPRECEDENTED PUNISHMENT. IT WOULD BE LAUGHABLE IF NOT FOR WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE STATES WITH AUTHORITARIANISM. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT TIKANGA IN THE HOUSE AND MAORI EXPRESSION. DO YOU THINK THAT CAN EXIST ALONGSIDE RULES OF THE HOUSE? I AM OBVIOUSLY NO EXPERT, BUT THE HOUSE HAS ITS OWN CONVENTIONS, PRACTICE, CUSTOMS, THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED OVER TIME, OVER MANY HUNDREDS OF YEARS IN THE WESTMINSTER TRADITION. THERE IS A PROCESS FOR CHANGING IT. CERTAINLY ELEMENTS OF TE AO MAORI, THE HAKA, OUR NOW PART OF PARLIAMENT. CRACKING DOWN ON IS NOT TRUE. RAWIRI WAITITI OUTLINES THE NUMBER OF TIMES HE HAS PERFORMED A HAKA IN THE HOUSE. THIS GETS TO THE HEART OF IT ` WHAT IS TE PATI MAORI ACTUALLY ASKING FOR? WHAT IS THE TIKANGA THEY WANT TO SEE INCORPORATED? AND THEY WANT TO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO DISRUPT THE VOTE ON ANY ISSUE THEY PERSONALLY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT. I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU MAKE THAT A GENERALISABLE RULE FOR THE REST OF PARLIAMENT. GARETH, DO YOU THINK IT CAN BE DONE? ABSOLUTELY. WHEN I USED TO SIT IN PARLIAMENT, I WAS BAFFLED. IT'S LIKE A PIECE OF LONDON LANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF WELLINGTON. WE NEED TIKANGA IN THE HOUSE. THEN IT'S RIGHT THAT IT DID DISRUPT THE VOTE, BUT IF THEY ALERTED THE SPEAKER, EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE. OTIS IS A PART OF OUR HISTORY BECAUSE THEY WERE PROTESTING A BILL THAT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST BILLS IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY. THEY SHOULD HAVE A PUNISHMENT, BUT IT IS SO DISPROPORTIONATE AND BADLY MANAGED. A LOT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND POLITICS OF THE LAST WEEK OR SO. YESTERDAY, WE HAVE BUDGET DAY TOMORROW ` DO YOU THINK ANY OF THIS DRAMA WILL HANG OVER THE PRIME MINISTER AND NICOLA WILLIS TOMORROW DURING THEIR BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENT? JUST LOOK WHO YOU HAVE ON TODAY AND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ` WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMY OR THE FUTURE ` WE ARE TALKING ABOUT POLITICIANS ONCE AGAIN. WE HAVE HAD C-WORDS DROPPED, FISTFIGHTS. I AM NOT SURE WINSTON PETERS IS THE ONE TO BE CLEANING UP PARLIAMENT DESPITE BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR CONDUCT. WE HAVE THE BIG ISSUES IN THIS COUNTRY, AND I THINK VOTERS WOULD PREFER THE POLITICIANS WERE TALKING ABOUT THEM RATHER THAN THEMSELVES. BEN, A LAST WORD? I THINK THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE DISCUSSION OF MPS HAS BEEN THEIR OWN FEELINGS ` HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT CURSE WORDS, THE PUNISHMENT THEY WERE GIVEN FOR DISRUPTING THE HOUSE. THEY ARE ENTIRELY FOCUSED ON THEMSELVES IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. AND I THINK THE COUNTRY DOES DESERVE BETTER FROM EVERYONE. REALLY APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU BEING WITH US ON THE PROGRAM. TENA KORUA. E HAERE AKE NEI ` SHE'S THE BEST IN THE WORLD AT RUGBY SEVENS. NOW JORJA MILLER IS MAKING THE MOVE TO 15s. (PUORO KI TE REO MAORI) HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THE MAN WHO HECKLED DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER WINSTON PETERS AT A POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY IS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION BY HIS EMPLOYER, TONKIN AND TAYLOR. AUCKLAND COUNCIL SAYS IT'S MET ITS SAVINGS TARGET EARLY AND A RATES INCREASE WILL BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM. AND IN SPORT, THE WARRIORS WILL BE MISSING BOTH OF THEIR CO-CAPTAINS FOR THEIR TOP THREE CLASH AGAINST THE RAIDERS THIS WEEKEND. UP THE WAHS. MITCH BARNETT ON ORIGIN DUTIES. VERY EXCITING. SHE'S WORLD RUGBY'S WOMEN'S SEVENS PLAYER OF THE YEAR, AN ABSOLUTE FORCE ON THE FIELD WHO'S ABOUT TO BE UNLEASHED IN THE XV A-SIDE GAME. JORJA MILLER LIT UP THE OLYMPICS LAST YEAR AND THAT FORM HAS CONTINUED, HELPING THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS TO THE SEVENS WORLD TITLE. THIS LITTLE SEARCHER SEARCHING FORAY. A TYPICALLY SEARCHING FORAY. HERE'S THE TWO GOING AT IT TEAGAN AND JORJA. AND JORJA'S GOING TO WIN THIS ONE. SHE'S HERE WITH US THIS MORNING. MORENA, JORJA! GOOD MORNING! WELCOME TO THE STUDIO, LOOKING BACK ON THAT CAMPAIGN, HOW SATISFYING WAS IT TO WIN? WE LOVE BEATING AUSTRALIA, IT WAS THE CHERRY ON TOP. TO FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND COUPLE OF YEARS? TOTALLY, TIME FLIES AND YOU'RE HAVING FUN. I THINK I FOR ONE THING TO THE NEXT BUT I HAVE BEEN LOVING IT SO NO COMPLAINTS. WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN VOTED AS THE BEST SEVENS PLAYER IN THE WORLD, WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS BROUGHT YOU TO THAT LEVEL? IT'S CRAZY TO THINK, THAT IS SUCH A PINNACLE AWARD IN OUR SPORT. BUT I GUESS PROBABLY I LIKE TO STRIVE HARD WORK SO THAT IS PROBABLY ONE THING I DON'T FEEL SETTLED, I WAS WANT TO GET BETTER AND BETTER. THEY HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM AROUND ME, IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER. I MEMBER SPEAKING AFTER THE GOLD MEDAL WINNING PERFORMANCE IN PARIS, HE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW YOU FELT YOU WERE THE BABY OF THE GROUP, YOU HAD ALL THESE VETERANS THERE WITH YOU. EVEN NOW, IN THE SPACE OF A YEAR, HAS THAT CHANGED? TOTALLY, I FEEL LIKE AN OLD GIRL. I'M 21 BUT THERE IS SO MUCH TALENT AND YOUNG GIRLS COMING THROUGH WHICH IS SO EXCITING, AND I SIT IN THAT MORE EXPERIENCED SIDE NOW. I CAN SHOW THE GIRLS THAT IT IS POSSIBLE. TRADITIONALLY NOW TO THE 15 ASIDE GAME, WHAT IS IT LIKE GOING INTO THIS DIFFERENT VERSION OF THE GAME? A LOT MORE PHYSICAL, I HAVE MADE MORE TACKLES IN THE LAST FEW DAYS AND I HAVE ANY AS OF SEVENS, BUT I LOVE THAT SIDE OF THINGS. IS A DIFFERENT GAME, WHICH IS EXCITING AND I LOVE THE CHALLENGE OF TRYING TO LEARN AND KEEP UP WITH THE GIRLS AND KEEP UP WITH THE TEAM. YOU'RE COMING UP AGAINST BIGGER PLAYERS, YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE HAD TO HAVE DEALT WITH THAT BEFORE. THE SHORE, IT IS TRYING TO NAVIGATE THAT AND GETTING MY STRENGTHS OUT. YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE 15 ASIDE GAMES THINKING, I WANT TO GET MORE OF THE BALL HERE. YES, WHEN THE BALL GO TO THE OTHER SIDE, I'M LIKE, OH, IT'S OVER THERE. SOMETIMES I RUN OVER THERE AND BACK TO KEEP BUSY. THE COACH TELLS THE SEVEN GIRLS TO COME DOWN, WE NEED IF IT IS NEXT PHASE, TO SOME RUNNING. CORRECTION: STOP RUNNING THEY WANTED TO EMBRACE OUR STRENGTHS AND WHAT WE BRING FROM SEVENS. WE HAD MICHAELA BREAK ON THE OTHER DAY, WHO WAS OBVIOUSLY OFF TO PLAY FOR THE WARRIORS THIS SEASON. FOR YOU AND OTHER SEVENS PLAYERS, DOES IT FEEL LIKE YOU WAY MORE OPTIONS NOW IN TERMS OF WHERE YOU MIGHT TAKE YOUR CAREER? TOTALLY, AND I THINK IT IS SO EXCITING. CREDITED TO THE OLDER GIRLS THAT HAVE ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN AND REALLY GROWING THE GAME, BUT THERE IS SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN NEW ZEALAND AND THE WORLD, AND ASSIST WHEREVER YOU WANT TO GO NOW. STILL EARLY DAYS, BUT IS ANYTHING UP TO HAVE YOUR EYE ON? JUST THE WORLD CUP FOR THIS YEAR, BUT STAYING WITH NEW ZEALAND RUGBY FOR A WHILE. I WANT TO WIN A FEW MORE GOLD MEDALS. JORJA, YOU ARE AN OLYMPIC WINNER... WHY ARE YOU SO GOOD? YOU ARE 21 AND THERE ARE SO MUCH MORE FOR YOU TO ACHIEVE AND WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. SOMETHING ABOUT GROWING UP IN TIMARU, YOUR FAMILY, WHAT IS IT? CLICHE BUT I AM GOING TO SAY THE GIRLS FIRST, IT IS A TEAM SPORT. CREDIT TO MY HIGHLAND DANCING. YES! OH NO! ...WHICH I THINK HAS HAD A MASSIVE IMPACT ON MY RUGBY CAREER AND A LOT OF SKILLS HAVE TRANSFERRED OVER. HIGHLAND DANCING! MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT IS. JENNY MAY WILL OFTEN BRING OUT HER HIGHLAND DANCING. YOU NEVER FORGET IT, DO YOU? NEVER. GOTTA PREPARE FOR A DUO PERFORMANCE. YOU WILL HAVE TO SIGN THIS MOOD BOARD. JUST WRITE WORLD CUP WINNERS, 25. NEVER GOT THE NEW TROPHY THAT WILL HOPEFULLY` WE WILL GET. WHAT A ROCKSTAR YOU ARE. ALL THE VERY BEST FOR SATURDAY AGAINST THE USA. IT WILL BE A GOOD GAME TO GET DOWN TO, A BIG BATTLE. SATURDAY AFTERNOON? YEP, 3.35. THERE SEVENS GAME HAS UPPED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, HASN'T IT? YES BUT I THINK WE CAN PUT ON A CLINICAL PERFORMANCE. EFESO A TRY, CAN YOU DO A LITTLE HIGHLAND DANCER CELEBRATION? I HAVE BEEN TOLD TO DO THIS A FEW TIMES... IF YOU COULD DO THAT, WE WOULD BE MOST THRILLED HERE ON BREAKFAST. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. WE ACTUALLY NEED YOU TO SIGN THIS. IT'S 7.30. HERE'S THE NEWS. POLITICAL COMMENTATORS SAY IT'S TOO LATE TO STOP THE DEBATE OVER TE PATI MAORI'S HAKA PUNISHMENT FROM BEING A DISTRACTION TO TOMORROW'S BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENT. THE HAKA DISRUPTED THE FIRST READING OF THE TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR. LAST NIGHT THE HOUSE WAS DUE TO VOTE ON A PROPOSED AND UNPRECEDENTED THREE-WEEK SUSPENSION FOR THE CO-LEADERS, ALONG WITH A WEEK-LONG SUSPENSION FOR MP HANA MAIPI-CLARKE. BUT PART-WAY THROUGH THE DEBATE, THE VOTE WAS SUSPENDED UNTIL AFTER THE BUDGET. FORMER GREEN MP GARETH HUGHES SAYS IT'S BEEN A TERRIBLY-MANAGED PROCESS, AND COULD'VE BEEN SORTED OUT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS LAST YEAR. THE DAY BEFORE THE BUDGET, EVERY ONE WAS TALKING ABOUT THEIR STANCE ON THE MOST DIVISIVE BILL IN OUR MODERN HISTORY. SHE'S CRASHING THROUGH WITH THESE DISPROPORTIONATE, UNPRECEDENTED PUNISHMENTS. POLITICAL COMMENTATOR BEN THOMAS AGREES, SAYING IT'S INCREDIBLE THE PROCESS HAS TAKEN SIX MONTHS. A WAIKATO GP IS URGING PEOPLE TO BE AS PREPARED AS POSSIBLE, AS THE HEALTH SYSTEM CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE PRESSURE. IT COMES AS WINTER ILLNESSES, LIKE RSV AND THE FLU CONTINUE TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, WITH MANY ALREADY OFF WORK SICK. AND WITH THE COLDER MONTHS STILL AHEAD, THINGS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO GET WORSE. HAVE A PLAN, SO IF YOU'VE GOT A CHRONIC DIESEASE OR ILLNESS LIKE ASTHMA OR DIABETES, MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT ACCESS TO YOUR MEDICATIONS AND HAVE A PLAN AS TO WHAT TO DO IF YOU WERE TO GET SICK. BUT ALSO REMEMBER, MOST OF US, WHEN WE GET SICK OVER WINTER, ITS JUST CASE OF STAYING HOME, RESTING UP, WATCHING NETFLIX... SHE SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF ... AND STAYING UP TO DATE WITH VACCINATIONS IS A KEY PART OF THAT. IN THE U.S., A NEW ORLEANS MAINTENANCE WORKER HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO A JAIL BREAK BY 10 INMATES OVER THE WEEKEND. THE INMATES, SOME CHARGED WITH MURDER, ESCAPED BY RIPPING A TOILET AND SINK FROM THE WALL OF A CELL. AUTHORITIES SAY STERLING WILLIAMS (33) ADMITTED ONE OF THE ESCAPEES HAD ASKED HIM TO TURN THE WATER OFF, WHICH HE DID, WITHOUT REPORTING THEM. FOUR INMATES HAVE NOW BEEN CAPTURED, WITH SIX STILL ON THE RUN. THE USA'S WOMEN'S RUGBY TEAM HAVE LOST MIDFIELDER ALEV KELTER FOR THEIR MATCH AGAINST THE BLACK FERNS, AFTER SHE WAS GIVEN A THREE-GAME BAN. IT FOLLOWS AN INCIDENT IN THE WOMEN'S EAGLES MATCH AGAINST AUSTRALIA, WHERE KELTER COULD BE SEEN APPEARING TO REPEATEDLY STOMP ON AN AUSTRALIAN PLAYER'S HEAD. THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE FOUND THE RED CARD WAS APPROPRIATE, BUT HALVED THE MINIMUM SIX-MATCH BAN AS IT DETERMINED THE CONTACT MADE WAS ONLY GLANCING AND NOT DELIBERATELY TARGETED. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A CLOUDY DAY FOR THE UPPER PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND, EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON. FOR THE REST OF YOU, A FINE SUNNY DAY AHEAD. 18 IS YOUR HIGH IN WHANGAREI. TAUPO, YOUR HIGH IS 13. CLEAR BLUE SKIES FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY. HOWEVER, EXPECT THE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND CLOUDS IN THE CHATHAM ISLANDS. 17 IS YOUR HIGH IN DUNEDIN. 15 IN NELSON. FAKE STORES ARE CATCHING OUT SHOPPERS. THE ADS SHOWING LOCAL BOUTIQUES HAVE BEEN FLOODING SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS CLAIMING TO BE IN IDYLLIC NEW ZEALAND SPOTS RUN BY CHARMING LOCALS. THERE'S ONE PROBLEM ` THEY DON'T EXIST. 120 COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE COMMERCE COMMISSION THIS YEAR ALONE FROM DISGRUNTLED CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE ORDERED FROM THESE BOUTIQUES AND RECEIVED A SHODDY ITEM FROM OVERSEAS, OR NOTHING AT ALL. EARLIER WE SPOKE WITH VICKI KENNY, A BUSINESS OWNER WHO GOT CAUGHT OUT BY ONE OF THESE FAKE STORES. IT WAS SORT OF BUSY GETTING READY FOR HOLIDAY. I SAW ADDRESS. IT DIDN'T ARRIVE. I THOUGHT OKAY, THIS IS NOT COMING IN FROM NEW ZEALAND. IT SAID IT WAS BEING RUN BY LOCALS WHO ENJOY THE COASTLINE, LOOKED INTO IT A BIT MORE, REALISED IT WAS COMING IN FROM ASIA AND BEING DROPSHIPPED. FINALLY GOT IT, AND IT WAS LIKE PLASTIC. ON THE WEBSITE, IT SAID IT WAS COTTON. IT LOOKED ALL FLOWY. THEN I ASKED FOR A REFUND, AND THEY SAID I HAD TO PAY US$80 TO SHIP IT BACK PLUS DUTY. EVEN THOUGH ALL OVER THE SITE IT SAID YOU COULD GET A REFUND IF YOU WANTED TO. HOW REAL DID IT LOOK ONLINE? VERY REAL. IT'S LIKE A SHOP OF FIVE TEMPLATE, IT HAS THE ABOUT US BACK STORY, SOB STORY. BUT IT'S JUST SOMEWHERE ELSE, OVERSEAS. WHAT ELSE DID YOU SEE IN TERMS OF OTHER PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES AND POTENTIALLY BAD REVIEWS? YEAH, SO I POSTED A PICTURE OF MY DRESS COMPARED TO HOW IT LOOKED ON THE SITE, AND I GOT SO MANY MESSAGES FROM PEOPLE WHO HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE. SO FAR, I'VE GOT ABOUT 50 STORES THAT ARE ACTUALLY ACTIVE IN NEW ZEALAND, AND MANY ARE CURRENTLY ADVERTISING ON META. YOU GET MORE AND MORE COMING AT YOU ALL OF A SUDDEN. YEAH, QUITE HEAVY. HOW GUTTING IS IT FOR YOU WHEN YOU HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE DOES IT KNOCK YOUR CONFIDENCE? IT DIDN'T FOR ME, BECAUSE NOW I FIGURED OUT HOW TO RESEARCH AND FIND THEM, BUT I'VE GOTTEN MANY PEOPLE MESSAGING ME SAYING THAT I CAN'T TRUST ANYTHING ONLINE NOW. NEW ZEALAND DESIGN AND PRODUCE OUR PRODUCTS, WHEN THEY'RE COMPETING AGAINST THESE STORES, WHICH ARE PAYING FOR ADS, BECAUSE NOW THESE BUSINESSES THAT HERE ARE HAVING TO PAY MORE TO GET IN FRONT OF US, BECAUSE THESE FAKE ONES ARE PAYING TO GET IN FRONT OF US. PLUS THEY'RE NOT PAYING TAX, GST, THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING ANY HELP FOR THE HEALTH, EDUCATION, NOTHING. ME U TONU MAI ` SONNY BILL WILLIAMS IS STEPPING BACK IN THE RING. WE'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS AFTER THE BREAK. # HEY, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU. Ahhh... (TREE BRANCH SNAPS) (UPBEAT MUSIC) Ahhh! (UPBEAT MUSIC) Ahhh... WOW, LOOK AT THAT. AUCKLAND LOOKING BEAUTIFUL. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, EASING BY THE AFTERNOON. HIGH OF 18 DEGREES. WELLINGTON, MORENA. 15 DEGREES TODAY, PARTLY CLOUDY. GOING TO OTAUTAHI, COLDER STILL, 13 DEGREES. NORTHEASTERLY IS THIS AFTERNOON. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` A WAIKATO GP IS URGING PEOPLE TO BE AS PREPARED AS POSSIBLE FOR WINTER ILLNESSES THIS SEASON GIVEN THE CURRENT PRESSURES ON THE HEALTH SYSTEM. SHE'S REMINDING PEOPLE TO KEEP MEDICATIONS HANDY AND STAY UPDATED WITH VACCINATIONS. IN THE U.S., A NEW ORLEANS MAINTENANCE WORKER HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO A JAIL BREAK BY 10 INMATES OVER THE WEEKEND. THEY ESCAPED BY RIPPING A TOILET AND SINK OUT OF A CELL. THE WORKER TOLD AUTHORITIES HE'D TURNED THE WATER OFF WHEN THEY ASKED. AND IN SPORT, THE USA'S WOMEN'S RUGBY TEAM HAVE LOST MIDFIELDER ALEV KELTER FOR THEIR MATCH AGAINST THE BLACK FERNS AFTER SHE WAS GIVEN A THREE-GAME BAN FOR APPEARING TO STOMP ON ANOTHER PLAYER'S HEAD. TO SPORT, AND SONNY BILL WILLIAMS IS GETTING BACK IN THE RING WITH A LONG-AWAITED FIGHT CONFIRMED WITH NRL RIVAL PAUL GALLEN. HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT AND MORE IS SPORTS REPORTER MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE. MICHELLE, WHAT'S THE GO WITH THESE TWO? DO THEY JUST REALLY HATE EACH OTHER? GOOD MORNING J MAY. THIS IS A RIVALRY THAT'S BEEN LASTING OVER A DECADE, THEY'VE BEEN IN THE BOXING WORLD. THERE'S BEEN FIVE NEGOTIATIONS, THAT HAS FALLEN THROUGH, BUT NOW FINALLY, THEY BOTH WILL SETTLE THIS FEUD IN THE RING. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN JULY 16 IN SYDNEY. THE BIG REVEAL HAPPENED YESTERDAY. THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE WHERE SONNY BILL WILLIAMS WAS THERE. HE DID A SOCIAL MEDIA SPRAY, HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. FOR ME VERSUS SONNY BILL WILLIAMS. THE WHOLE NEGOTIATION PROCESS HAS BEEN ABOUT SUNDAY, SO I THOUGHT I'D LEAVE IT THAT WAY. IT DIDN'T SUIT HIM. I WANT TO FIGHT OVER 10 THREE-MINUTE ROUNDS, HE WANTED EIGHT. NOW WERE DOING TWO MINUTE ROUNDS. IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT SONNY WANTS. THIS WAS PLAYED DURING THE PRESS CONFERENCE, SO SONNY BILL WILLIAMS WAS SITTING THERE HAVING TO LISTEN TO THIS. THIS IS WHAT HIS RESPONSE WAS SOON AFTER. I THINK YOU MISSED WORD THAT THE DRUG TESTERS WERE GOING TO BE HERE TODAY. NOW THAT'S A JOB AT GALLON, BECAUSE BACK IN THE DAY, GALLON WAS ACTUALLY CAUGHT UP IN A DRUG SCANDAL WHEN HE WAS PLAYING FOR THE SHARKS. SO ALREADY, THE GLOVES ARE OFF, THE VERBAL JOBS ARE OUT. LIKE I SAID, THIS IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING IN JULY. THEY EXPECT A POCKET ABOUT $1 MILLION, WHICH IS A NICE PAYDAY. THEY BOTH HAVEN'T FOUGHT SINCE 2022. SO THIS IS ENOUGH TO LURE THEM OUT OF RETIREMENT. GOOD ON THEM. ONE OF THE TOUGHEST MOTORSPORTS IS KICKING OFF. WE GOT A QB COMPETING, RIGHT MICHELLE? YES, HE IS SET TO SIGN UP. HE IS A BIKES CHAMPION. THIS HAS BEEN ON HIS BUCKET LIST OF THINGS TO DO. THIS IS KNOWN TO BE ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE, TOUGH, SCARY MOTORSPORT RACES IN THE WORLD. THERE'S BEEN HUNDREDS OF DEATHS IN THIS RACE. THESE RIDERS ARE CLOCKING OVER 200 K'S AND ARE TRYING TO GO THE FASTEST OVER THE 60 KM CIRCUIT. THEY'RE GOING THROUGH TOWNS, THE ROADS ARE LITTLE BIT DODGY, AND THAT HAS RESULTED IN SOME DEATHS OVER THE YEARS. HE HAS BASED HIMSELF ON THE ISLAND, HE CAN'T ACTUALLY DRIVE THE COURSE UNTIL NEXT WEEK'S PRACTICE SESSION, BUT HE'S BEEN IN A RENTAL CAR DRIVING THE CIRCUIT ON THE ISLAND, AND HE'S ALSO BEEN STAYING WITH LAST YEAR'S WINNER, DAVEY TODD. BUT IN TERMS OF PREPARATION HOW ON EARTH CAN HE PREPARE FOR THIS RACE WHILE THE ANSWER, IS VIDEO GAMES. HE IS PLAYING A RACING VIDEO GAME. IT HELPS RIDERS LEARN THE TRACK, LEARN THE CIRCUIT. THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT HIS PREPARATION. SO, YOU KNOW, HE BASICALLY WENT, 'YES, THIS IS WHAT THE BUMPS FEEL LIKE.' HE BASICALLY WAS ADVISING THEM WHILE PLAYING THE GAME THAT THEY HAD IT VERY ACCURATE. AND TO BE HONEST, AFTER WATCHING SO MUCH ON-BOARD FOOTAGE AND DRIVING AROUND AND ALL THAT, YOU CRASH IN PLACES YOU'RE LIKE, 'WHY DID I CRASH THERE?' AND THEN YOU GO, 'OH, ACTUALLY, THERE IS A REALLY BIG BUMP THERE IN REAL LIFE.' NOW, IT'S PRETTY COOL BEING ABLE TO PLAY PLAYSTATION GAMES TO PREPARE, I DON'T MIND THAT. THE RACING DOES KICK OFF NEXT WEEK, PAST PRACTICE SESSIONS HAPPEN ON MONDAY. THEN HE'LL BE RIGHT INTO IT. ALL THE VERY BEST TO HIM, LIKE ACTUALLY. THANKS, MICHELLE. YOU MIGHT KNOW THE MET GALA, THE ANNUAL BIG CELEBRITY FASHION EVENT IN NEW YORK. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PET GALA? IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME THING, BUT WITH DOGS. HERE'S THE ABC'S DANNY NEW. AT THE 2025 MET GALA, DIANA ROSS (81) DAZZLED AS SHE ENGULFED THE BLUE CARPET WITH HER 18ft FEATHER TRAIN. AND AT THE 2025 PET GALA, JUST DOWN THE STREET, A POMERANIAN NAMED LALA SAID, 'OH, LET ME GIVE THAT A TRY.' WE'RE MIMICKING WHAT DIANA ROSS DID. SHE SHOWED` SHE SHOWED UP AT THE MET GALA AND STOLE THE SHOW. ONCE AGAIN, PET COUTURIER ANTHONY RUBIO CREATED DOGGY OUTFITS TO HONOUR AND EMULATE HIS FAVOURITES FROM THE MET GALA JUST TWO WEEKS LATER AT HIS OWN FASHION EVENT. ANTHONY'S BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2013, BUT STILL. I'M ON THREE DAYS WITH MAYBE THREE HOURS OF SLEEP. IT'S BEEN A LABOUR OF LOVE. I SPOKE WITH ANTHONY BEHIND THE SCENES WHILE HIS OWN CHIHUAHUA, BOUGIE, PROUDLY DONNED AN OUTFIT LIKE JANELLE MONAE'S. POSE, POSE. LET'S MEET MORE OF THE STARS. THIS IS LIV, A YORKIE-MALTESE MIX WHO CAME IN FROM CHICAGO TO DRESS LIKE DOJA CAT. BUT CAN DOJA CAT DO THIS? MEANWHILE, SINCE WHOOPI GOLDBERG ROCKED THE TOP HAT, WHAT DID HERSHEY THE MALTIE-POO HAVE TO DO? HE MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT HE LOOKS GOOD IN HIS TOP HAT. SEBASTIAN THE TERRIER SPORTED SHADES LIKE BAD BUNNY, HONEY BUNCHES THE POMERANIAN WENT FULL PINK PONY CLUB LIKE CHAPPELL ROAN, AND I WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO DUSTY HERE, WHOSE OWNER TOLD ME HER HAIR TOOK TWO HOURS TO GET JUST RIGHT. AFTER A LONG DAY OF LOOKING LIKE A CERTAIN MET GALA ICON, SHE WAS READY FOR A WELL-EARNED NAP. WE'RE JUST CHILLING ON THE GROUND NOW. ME AND DUSTY. SORRY, COLEMAN DOMINGO. PROCEEDS FROM THAT EVENT GO DIRECTLY TO THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB MUSEUM OF THE DOG RIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK. ALTHOUGH, I MUST ADMIT, WHILE I WAS THERE, I DID RUN IN TO A GOAT. NO IDEA WHO SHE'S DRESSED AS. MAYBE AS A SECOND BA-AD BUNNY! E WHAI AKE NEI ` AN ATTRACTION OR AN 'EYESAUR'? TAUPO'S NEW SCULPTURE IS CAUSING QUITE THE STIR. THE LOCAL MAYOR TELLS US WHERE HE STANDS ON BOOM BOOM THE DINOSAUR. GIRL: I'm a Weet-bix kid. BOY: He's one. KID: Me too. MAN: And me. RUGBY PLAYER: I'm a Weet-bix kid, are you? 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! (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! # HOW BIZARRE. # HOW BIZARRE, HOW BIZARRE. WE ALL KNOW JURASSIC PARK, BUT WHAT ABOUT JURASSIC ART? A NEWLY-UNVEILED DINOSAUR SCULPTURE IN TAUPO HAS CREATED QUITE THE COMMOTION. STANDING 10m HIGH AND PARTLY FUNDED BY COUNCIL TO THE TUNE OF $100m, SOME LOCALS SAY 'BOOM BOOM' IS 'A WASTE OF RATEPAYER MONEY'. OTHERS ARE LOVING IT, THOUGH, AND TAUPO'S MAYOR DAVID TREWAVAS JOINS US NOW FROM THE SCULPTURE'S NEW HOME IN RIVERSIDE PARK. CORRECTION: $100,000. MORENA, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING. WE WILL GET THROUGH THE PROS AND CONS OF WHAT PEOPLE SEE IN THE ART, BUT HERE IS THE PAYING ` PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED THAT THERE IS A RATES HIKE. SOMEONE WROTE IN AND SAID THAT THE TIMING IS DISGRACEFUL, THAT IT IS SALT IN THE WOUND. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY TO THEM? I AM SAYING THAT WE ARE HONOURING A DEAL FOR FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID A DEAL WITH THIS SCULPTURE TRUST TO SAY, IF YOU GO IN THE COMMUNITY, FIND SOME MONEY AND PUT A BIT OF ARTWORK UP, WE WILL CONTRIBUTE. WHY NOT? WHAT A WONDERFUL THING FOR A COMMUNITY GROUP TO GO OUT AND DO THAT. WE MADE THE DECISION FIVE YEARS AGO, AND OF COURSE, WE GOT HIT BY COVID. DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE MIGHT FEEL THAT WAY? WE COULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENT DECISION NOW, BUT WE DID A DEAL THEN, AND WE SAID, GO OUT AND RAISE SOME MONEY AND WE WILL CONTRIBUTE SO IT IS A RELATION OF THAT DEAL TODAY. IT IS HERE NOW, AND IT IS HERE AND ALL ITS GLORY. IT HAS WORLDWIDE ATTENTION. BBC HAS AN ARTICLE ON IT. WHETHER YOU STAND ON BOOM BOOM? ARE YOU A FAN, OR IS THIS NOT TO YOUR TASTE? IT IS ACTUALLY GROWING ON ME. WHEN I FIRST THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I HAD MIXED VIEWS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, THE COMMENTARY AROUND THE COUNTRY, AROUND THE WORLD, PEOPLE ARE COMING TO SEE US SO WHY NOT HAVE AN ATTRACTION OF THE TOWN? YOU HAVE TO KEEP DOING THINGS TO THESE COMMUNITIES TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND I'M SURE THAT PEOPLE WILL GROW TO LOVE IT IN TIME. THE ARTIST SAYS THAT THERE IS SOME CONNECTION WITH THE DINOSAUR THEME, ABOUT THE ERUPTION ON THE LAKE AND DINOSAUR FOSSILS FOUND NEARBY. HOW DO YOU THINK RESIDENTS WILL SEE THIS FITTING INTO THE LANDSCAPE? WELL, AS I SAY, THE ART IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER. THAT IS THE BEAUTY ABOUT ART THAT IT CREATES CONVERSATION, GETS PEOPLE INVOLVED, AND GET PEOPLE TO HAVE A LOOK AT IT. WHY NOT COME DOWN TO THE CBD OVER THE WEEKEND OR ON YOUR DAY OFF AND COME AND HAVE A LOOK AND HAVE A PICNIC ALONGSIDE IT. JUST ENJOY IT, THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. THE ACTUAL SCULPTURE ITSELF, AS IT MEANT TO LOOK LIKE AN INFLATABLE DINOSAUR? YES, EXACTLY. IT CONNECTS WITH THE LAKE. IN OUR SUMMERTIME, WE HAVE ACTIVITIES ON THE LAKE ` INFLATABLES AND THE LIKE. THE TOP PART IS DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE THAT, IN THE BOTTOM PART IS VOLCANIC ROCK, WHICH WE ARE FAMOUS FOR. WE ARE PRODUCING 25% OF NEW ZEALAND'S POWER FROM THE DISTRICT. IT MEANS A LOT TO THE LOCAL PEOPLE. HOW HAS THE SUMMER BEN? ARE YOU FINDING THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK IN GOOD NUMBERS FOR TOURISM? WE HAVE HAD A FABULOUS RETURN. POST-COVID, WE HAVE BEEN SO LUCKY. RETAIL HAS BEEN STRONG. SUPERCARS, IRONMAN, ALL OF THE SPORTING EVENTS. WHY NOT LET THE ARTS COMMUNITY HAVE A GO? THEY HAVE BEEN LEFT ALONE FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND NOW THEY'RE GETTING TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING TO THE TOWN. I THINK IT IS WONDERFUL. MIND YOU, THEY HAVE DONE ABOUT 10 SCULPTURES, AND IT IS ADDED A BIT OF COLOUR AND VIBRANCY. HAVE A BIT OF MIXTURE. OF ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT ARE STILL DOUBTING THE VALIDITY OF THIS DINOSAUR, IF ANYBODY IS THINKING, NO, THIS IS NOT FOR ME, THIS IS YOUR LAST ONES TO SELL IT TO THEM TO COME DOWN IN HAVELOCK. CORRECTION: HAVE A LOOK. COME DOWN AND HAVE A LOOK. AT IS EASY TO PARK, EASY TO HAVE A PICNIC. TRY ONE OF OUR FANTASTIC CAFE IS. IF YOU WANT TO CATCH A FAMOUS RAINBOW TROUT, COME AND DO A BUNGEE JUMP, DO A SKYDIVE, OR GO TO THE LODGE FOR LUNCH. TAKE A SELFIE WITH BOOM BOOM AND SEND IT TO BREAKFAST. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, AND BOOM BOOM IN THE BACKGROUND. THANKS. I KIND OF LIKE IT. I LIKE IT. IT IS NOT MY RATEPAYER MONEY THAT WENT SO IT. HE MADE A POINT THAT IT WAS A DEAL MADE YEARS AGO. $100,000 MADE FROM THE COUNCIL AND $100,000 THAT WAS RAISED BY THE ARTS TRUST. I'M SURE HE'LL BE LOVING THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT. TAKE THOSE SELFIES AND SEND THEM TO US. IF YOU HAVE A SELFIE WITH BOOM BOOM, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVELOCK. STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` THE FATE OF A 100-YEAR-OLD COMMUNITY POOL IN WELLINGTON IS IN THE BALANCE. WHY SUPPORTERS SAY IT'S WORTH SAVING. PLUS, THE WAIKATO MAN ATTEMPTING TO BREAK A LAND SPEED RECORD OF MORE THAN 420 km/h. WE'LL CHAT BEFORE HE HEADS OFF TO THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS. AND GOING ONCE... GOING TWICE... THE KIWI AUCTIONEER WHO TOOK ON THE AUSSIES AND WON. ACTUALLY, HE IS JOINING US ON THE PROGRAM. WE GOING TO GET TO DO AN OPTION. A MOCK AUCTION. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. THANKS, JENNY MAY. THE EU HAS ORDERED A REVIEW OF A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH ISRAEL FOLLOWING ITS AID BLOCKAGE INTO GAZA. THE UK HAS ALREADY SUSPENDED TRADE TALKS WITH ISRAEL OVER A 'INTOLERABLE' OFFENSIVE ON THE STRIP. EARLIER THIS WEEK ISRAEL ALLOWED FIVE TRUCKS CARRYING AID TO ENTER AFTER AN 11-WEEK BLOCKADE. THE UN SAYS GAZA NEEDS 500 AID TRUCKS PER DAY, AND IS ON THE VERGE OF FAMINE. THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE IS HORRIFIED AT ISRAEL'S RECENT MILITARY ESCALATION, AND HAS DEMANDED IT MASSIVELY SCALE UP ACCESS TO AID, BUT HIS ISRAELI COUNTERPART SAYS HE REFUSES TO BOW TO EXTERNAL PRESSURE. BACK HERE, THE MAN WHO HECKLED DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER WINSTON PETERS AT A POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT YESTURDAY IS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION BY HIS EMPLOYER, TONKIN AND TAYLOR. WINSTON PETERS SQUARED OFF WITH THE MAN IN FRONT OF DOZENS OF COMMUTERS AT HIS GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT AT WELLINGTON TRAIN STATION. IN A STATEMENT, TONKIN AND TAYLOR SAID THEY DO NOT CONDONE EMPLOYEE BEHAVIOUR THAT FALLS SHORT OF THEIR CODE OF CONDUCT, AND APOLOGISED FOR THE DISRUPTION CAUSED. AUCKLAND COUNCIL SAYS IT'S HIT ITS ANNUAL SAVINGS GOAL THREE MONTHS EARLY, KEEPING RATE INCREASES TO A MINIMUM. $66m WAS SAVED BY SHAVING A NUMBER OF COSTS IN OUTSOURCED WASTE COLLECTION, REDUCED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, AND CAREFUL MANAGEMENT OF STAFF. THE COUNCIL'S FOCUS WAS TO REDUCE THE BURDEN ON AUCKLANDERS, KEEPING THE RATES INCREASE TO 5.8%. KURT CAPEWELL IS SET TO CAPTAIN THE WARRIORS AS THEY PREPARE TO TAKE ON THE RAIDERS THIS WEEKEND. MITCHELL BARNETT IS UNAVAILABLE DUE TO STATE OF ORIGIN COMMITMENTS, AND JAMES FISHER-HARRIS WILL RIDE OUT HIS ONE-MATCH SUSPENSION AFTER ENTERING AN EARLY GUILTY PLEA FOR A HIGH TACKLE. JACKSON FORD STARTS AT PROP IN HIS RETURN FROM HIS CONCUSSION STAND-DOWN PERIOD, AND BUNTY AFOA IS ALSO BACK FROM A MINOR KNEE INJURY. IT'S SET TO BE A BLOCKBUSTER, WITH THE WARRIORS LOOKING TO REMAIN SECOND ON THE TABLE AGAINST THE THIRD-PLACED RAIDERS. UP THE WAHS. BLACK FERN JORJA MILLER SAYS HER FLEET FOOTEDNESS ON THE PITCH IS THANKS TO HER BACKGROUND IN HIGHLAND DANCING. THE TIMARU-RAISED SEVENS STAR IS IN THE SELECTION MIX FOR THE BLACK FERNS 15s AS THEY PREPARE TO TAKE ON THE USA THIS WEEKEND. IT COMES AFTER A STAND-OUT SEASON, WITH THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS ENDING IN A WORLD TITLE IN LOS ANGELES. BUT SHE HASN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT HER DANCING ROOTS. IT IS AT A MASSIVE IMPACT ON MY RUGBY CAREER. A LOT OF SKILLS ARE TRANSFERRED OVER TO ALLOW A UNIQUE STYLE OF RUGBY. THE TEAM WILL BE NAMED ON THURSDAY MORNING. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. IT'S A CLOUDY DAY FOR THE UPPER PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND, EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON. FOR THE REST OF YOU, A FINE, SUNNY DAY AHEAD. 18 IS YOUR HIGH IN WHANGAREI. TAUPO, YOUR HIGH IS 13. CLEAR BLUE SKIES FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY. HOWEVER, EXPECT THE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND CLOUDS IN THE CHATHAM ISLANDS. 17 IS YOUR HIGH IN DUNEDIN. 15 IN NELSON. SEVERAL OF WELLINGTON'S MOST PRESSING ISSUES ARE SET TO BE THRASHED OUT BY COUNCIL THIS WEEK, WITH THE FUTURE OF KHANDALLAH POOL AMONG A NUMBER OF PROJECTS TO BE VOTED ON. DESPITE RECENTLY CELEBRATING ITS 100th BIRTHDAY, COUNCIL WANTS TO CLOSE THE FACILITY, EVEN THOUGH A REPORT FROM ITS OWN ADVISORS SAYS THE REQUIRED UPGRADES COULD BE FINISHED WITHIN ITS $7.5m BUDGET. WELLINGTON COUNCILLOR DIANE CALVERT HELPED HEAD THAT GROUP AND BELIEVES THE POOL SHOULD BE SAVED. SHE JOINS US NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE PROCESS? WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT? WE HAD A BIT OF A SPEED WOBBLE. THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER AND WORKED WITH THE COUNCIL, OFFICERS AND ENGINEERS AND CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION AND BUDGET THAT WE CAME UP WITH THREE YEARS AGO. WE GOT IT DEVISED LAST FRIDAY SAYING THAT WE STILL WANT TO CLOSE THE POOL. SINCE THEN, THE COMMUNITY RALLIED AROUND ONCE AGAIN, INCLUDING THE MAYOR AND MAJORITY OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO SAID, WE WANT TO KEEP THE POOL. WE HAVE GONE FROM THE COUNCIL WANTING TO VOTE ON THIS, WHICH OBVIOUSLY STILL WILL. YES. AS A RESULT OF THE CONVERSATIONS AND COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER, SOME COUNSELLORS MAY VOTE IN FAVOUR OF KEEPING IT OPEN? I HAVE HAD A MAJORITY SUPPORT FROM MY COLLEAGUES AROUND THE TABLE RIGHT ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM. THEY HAVE SAID TO ME, YES I WILL VOTE TO SAVE THE POOL AND REFURBISH IT. THANK YOU TO THE MEDIA BECAUSE YOU HAVE PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON THIS FOR US. I IMAGINE COUNCILS WERE FEELING THE PRESSURE, BECAUSE WE KNOW WELLINGTON IS BATTLING A FEW ISSUES SUCH AS WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. DO YOU THINK THAT'S THE COUNCIL WAS FEELING THE HEAT OF THAT TO SPEND 7.5 MILLION ON A POOL AND SAY, CAN WE AFFORD TO DO THAT? THIS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 100 YEARS AND IT IS OUR ONLY POOL SET IN THE BUSH. IT HAS FOND MEMORIES, AND THAT HELPS CHILDREN LEARN TO SWIM. THEIR SWIMMING AND COLD WATER, THEY NOT SWIMMING AND HOT WATER. FAMILIES GET TOGETHER. THIS IS PART OF WHAT COUNCILS DO AND NEED TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS BUDGET WAS SET THREE YEARS AGO. I'M PLEASED WITH THE SUPPORT. DO YOU THINK THAT THE COUNCIL DID NOT CONSULT WITH THE COMMUNITY? WE MAY NOT EVEN BEEN AT THIS STAGE WE ARE HAVING TO TALK TO YOU IF THE COUNCIL HAD GONE TO THE COMMUNITY AND SPOKEN TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THE POOL MEANS TO THEM. THIS IS A JOURNEY THAT MYSELF AND THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN ON FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. WE FINALLY COME TO THE FINAL DECISION. WE HAVE A SOLUTION WITHIN BUDGET AND WE ARE GOING TO BE VOTING ON THAT TOMORROW. I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THE SUPPORT WILL GO WITH REFURBISHING IT. THE COMMUNITY PUT IN THEIR OWN PEOPLE FREE OF CHARGE ` TECHNICAL ENGINEERS TO FIND A SOLUTION. WE HAVE TO GET ON AND DO IT. DOES THAT TELL US HOW PORT AND IT IS? THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL TO FIND A SOLUTION. THAT HAS NOT BEEN UPGRADED FOR 60 YEARS. WHILST 7 1/2 MILLION MIGHT SEEM LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, OVER THE LAST 60 YEARS, TO GIVE IT A LESSON OF THE 30 YEARS BEFORE WE HAVE TO RETHINK ABOUT IT, IT IS GREAT VALUE FOR MONEY. WHICH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST FOR THE BOAT TOMORROW, AND APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US. I DO LOVE THAT, THE FACT THAT WHEN A COMMUNITY RALLIES, THERE IS SUPPORT FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT. BECAUSE OF THE UPKEEP, RIGHT? IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT FIXING WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT IS ALSO ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE OVER THE YEARS. THE ONES THEY GET RESTORED AND KEPT, FOR COMMUNITIES, THEY CAN BE EXCITING AND SOMETHING THEY CAN ENJOY THE YEARS TO COME. WITH THE WAIT AND SEE IF IT REMAINS OPEN AFTER TOMORROW'S VOTE. ME U TONU MAI ` THE WAIKATO MAN (72) AIMING TO GO MORE THAN 420km/h IN HIS HOME-MADE CAR. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` AUCKLAND COUNCIL SAYS IT'S HIT ITS ANNUAL SAVINGS GOAL THREE MONTHS EARLY, KEEPING RATE INCREASES TO A MINIMUM. OVERSEAS, THE EU HAS ORDERED A REVIEW OF A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH ISRAEL, FOLLOWING ITS AID BLOCKAGE INTO GAZA. AND IN SPORT ` KURT CAPEWELL IS SET TO CAPTAIN THE WARRIORS AS THEY PREPARE TO TAKE ON THE RAIDERS THIS WEEKEND. A WAIKATO MAN IS SPEEDING OFF TO THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS IN THE U.S. NEXT MONTH, WHERE HE'LL ATTEMPT TO BREAK A LAND SPEED RECORD OF MORE THAN 420km. DAVE ALEXANDER (72) HAS SPENT THE PAST NINE YEARS BUILDING THE LAKESTER, A TURBOCHARGED CAR WHICH HE HOPES WILL BRING HIM GLORY. REPORTER ISOBEL PRASAD HAS GONE ALONG TO FIND OUT MORE. MORENA, IZZY. MORENA, TEAM. THAT IS RIGHT, THERE IS BEEN A LOT OF BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS SHED IN THIS GARAGE. HAD TO TELL US ABOUT THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS BEAUTY IS THE MASTERMIND BEHIND IT, DAVE. GOOD MORNING, DAVE. THANKS SO MUCH OF HAVING US THIS MORNING. FIRSTLY, TELL US ABOUT YOUR CREATION. IT HAS TAKEN NINE YEARS. MM. I DON'T KNOW QUITE WHAT TO SAY. IT IS HANDBUILT, IT IS ALL IN MY HEAD. WE HAVE CREATED IT OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS. IT IS NOT A COPY OF ANYTHING ELSE, YES, IT IS MY CREATION. WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND CREATING THIS TURBOCHARGED CAR? I HAVE DONE IT BEFORE. WE WENT IN 2008 THAT WAS A RECREATION OF A FAMOUS AMERICAN CAR. I FOLLOWED THE SAME PROCESS. WE BROKE THE RECORD THREE TIMES IN A WEEK WHICH WAS UNHEARD OF. IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE, I THOUGHT, THAT WAS REALLY GOOD, I ENJOYED THAT, LET'S THERE WAS AGAIN, BUT DO IT AT A MORE SERIOUS SPEED. WE LOOKED THROUGH THE RECORD BOX UNTIL WE FOUND A RECORD THAT WAS PROBABLY MORE ACHIEVABLE WITH A SIX CYLINDER THAT HAD BEEN STANDING SINCE 1996. ROBBIE IN ROTORUA IS THE GURU. HE IS BUILDING ENGINES AND SENDING THEM AROUND THE WORLD. I WENT DOWN TO SEE HIM. HE WAS FAIRLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING ON BOARD. I DID A DEAL WITH HIM, AND HE MENTORED ME THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE PROCESS. THERE WAS ANOTHER CAR THAT WAS MORE OR LESS THIS SHAPE, BUT IT WAS RUNNING ON A SMALLER CLASS AND HAD A SNOWMOBILE MOTOR IN IT. WHEN WE WERE THERE, IT CAUSED A BIT OF A STIR. PEOPLE THAT WERE WAY MORE EXPERIENCED THAN ME SAID, THAT IS A PERFECT SHAPE. THERE IS NO FRONTAL IMPACT, IT IS AERODYNAMICALLY PERFECT. AERODYNAMICS ARE IMPORTANT PART AT TOP SPEEDS. I CUT THE SHAPE AND EXTENDED IT ` WE ADDED A METRE TO IT TO GET THE MOTOR IN THERE. THAT IS AMAZING. YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL NAME PACKED UP IN THE CAR. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT AND THE INSPIRATION BEHIND IT? I AM A MUNRO FAN. I MET SOME OF HIS RELATIONS. ALL OF MY UNCLES JUST THINK THAT IS THE BEST MOVIE THEY HAD EVER SEEN. WE CALLED IT THE SPIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND AND USED THE SAME FONT THAT USED IN THE MOVIE. THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN, RIGHT? THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN, YES. IT WENT MORE FROM THEIR. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A QUESTION THAT IS ON THE MINDS OF MANY KIWIS ` YOU HAVE GOT A SPEED RECORD THAT YOU ARE WANTING TO BREAK AT 430 KM AN HOUR. WHY ON EARTH YOU WANT TO DO THAT? IT IS PRETTY HARD TO EXPLAIN. IT IS A BIT DIFFICULT. IT IS THE ONLY PLACE ON LAND THAT YOU CAN SEE THE CURVATURE OF THE EARTH ON THE HORIZON. THERE IS NOTHING OUT THERE ` THERE ARE NO BIRDS, NOTARIES, NOTHING. YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING REALLY FAST, BUT THERE ARE NO TREES OR FENCES OR SHEEP. YOU ARE JUST PUMPING 100% ADRENALINE. YOU CAN FEEL EVERYTHING THE CAR IS DOING, YOU CAN FEEL EVERY HAIR ON YOUR BODY, AND IT JUST LASTS. IT IS THE BEST DRUG. NOT THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF THEM. IT IS AN AMAZING, AMAZING FEELING. THAT YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH WORK AND YOU HAVE SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED THAT WHEN YOU BREAK A RECORD, IT IS JUBILATION. EVERYBODY GOES NUTS. WE GO BACK TO THE CASINO AND EVERYONE CELEBRATES. A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AROUND YOU THAT YOU SPEND YOUR LIFE WITH AND HAVE HELPED YOU OUT. IT IS AWESOME. LOVELY, AND YOU FIT ALL RIGHT AND THERE? YOU WOULD FIT BETTER AND THEN I WOULD. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M BRAVE ENOUGH TO DO THAT. THANKS MUST BE A TIME THIS MORNING, DAVE. LOOKING FORWARD TO FOLLOWING YOUR JOURNEY, WHICH IS IN AUGUST, RIGHT? THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, DAVE. I DON'T THINK I'LL BE HOPPING IN THERE, GUYS. GO ON, IZZY. IS IT HARD TO GET INTO? THE YOU HAVE TO SQUEEZE INTO IT? DAVE, HOW DO YOU GET INTO IT? YOU HAVE TO BAIL OUT OF IT, SO IT'S GOT TO BE REASONABLY EASY TO GET IN THERE. YOU HAVE TO BE FULLY SUITED UP. YOU HAVE ARM RESTRAINTS ON, THERE IS A PROCEDURE. USED TO DO ALL THAT YOURSELF. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC TIME, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO IT IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. YOU HAVE A FIVE LAYERED SUIT ON. A DOES NOT LOOK VERY EASY. GOODNESS ME. I RECKON GO WITH HIM AND TAKE A SPIN AFTERWARDS. I THINK SO. I MIGHT BREAK A RECORD MYSELF. WILL SEE. YOU CAN GET IN IT. IS IT EASY TO GET IN? CAN WE TRY NOW? LET'S DO IT, GUYS. LOOK AT IT GO. GIVE DAVE THE MICROPHONE AND HE CAN TALK US THROUGH IT. I NEED TO TAKE THIS WELL I GET IN. GOOD ON YOU, IZZY. GO, YOU GOOD THING. DON'T BREAK ANYTHING. IS IT A SNUG? PERFECT FIT! THAT SUITS YOU! I LIKE IT. CAN DAVE SHUT THE LID TO GIVE YOU THE FULL EXPERIENCE? IS PROBABLY NOT CALLED A LID, IS IT? OH! THERE YOU GO. THAT IS GREAT! HOW DO YOU FEEL? THAT YOU FEEL CLAUSTROPHOBIC? IT IS PRETTY TIGHT IN HERE. DAVE SAID NOT TO TOUCH ANY BUTTONS, SO I AM TRYING NOT TO. THE BIG RED BUTTON, GIVE THAT A PUSH. I THINK I SUIT IT. YOU DEFINITELY DO. LISTENING TO DAVE AND THE PASSION THAT HE HAS. HE IS JUST SO EXCITED. IT IS A GOOD MOVIE TOO. IT IS. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA. YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. 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. BROADCAST TELEVISION IS ONE OF THE OLDER MORE UBIQUITOUS MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES NOW. THIS SHOW, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES. BUT WAY BACK IN THE DAY, HAVING A TELLY IN YOUR HOUSE WAS RARE. EVEN RARER FOR THE CHATHAM ISLANDS, WHERE FOR MANY YEARS, IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE. WE'VE DIPPED INTO THE TVNZ ARCHIVE TO BRING YOU THIS STORY FROM 1991 ABOUT THE EXCITING DAY WHEN THE SATELLITES FINALLY ARRIVED. (UPBEAT MUSIC) BEST HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING TO THE CHATHAM ISLANDS SINCE TELEVISION WAS FIRST LOOKED INTO AND 1969. THE ANSWER FROM THE MAINLAND HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME ` TOO FAR AWAY, TOO EXPENSIVE. AS TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED, THE COSTS HAVE DECREASED, AND AT LAST, THEY ARE GETTING WITH THE REST OF US HAVE HAD FOR YEARS. A HISTORICAL OPENING. THE OPENING OF THE CHATHAM ISLANDS TV SERVICE. THERE WAS NO TROUBLE GETTING HOLD OF A FEW SETS FOR LAST NIGHT'S GRAND OPENING. (UPBEAT MUSIC) LOCALS HAVE SPENT A WEEKEND AFTER WEEKEND ON THE WORKING BEES, LAYING CABLES, PUTTING UP TRANSLATORS AND TURNING A DONATED GARAGE INTO THE TV STATION. IT HAS BEEN REALLY ENJOYABLE. I COUPLE OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE SUGGESTED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ON THE WEEKENDS? SURPRISINGLY, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST SATELLITE SET UP. A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE IN THE TINY FISHING VILLAGE GOT FED UP WITH WAITING AND SPENT $22,000 ON THEIR OWN SYSTEM. THEY CAN PICK UP AMERICAN TV, FRENCH TV, EVEN JAMAICAN TV. THAT IS PRETTY HAPHAZARD, THE PICTURE IS NOT GREAT, AND IT IS NOT THE SAME AS HAVING KIWI TELEVISION. ROSS MORRISON HAS DONATED $100 TO THE STATION, BUT THE BULK OF THE FUNDING HAS COME FROM THE MAINLAND. WHEN THERE IS TELEVISION, THERE ARE STARS. THE CHATHAM ISLANDS SERVICE IS OFFICIALLY OPEN. THE LOCALS WERE NOT INTERESTED IN SPEECHES. THEY WERE THERE FOR ONE THING ` THE CHATHAM ISLANDS WILL ONLY GET ONE CHANNEL, BUT THE LOCALS RECKON IT WILL BE THE BEST. THERE IS A SELECTION OF PROGRAMS FROM TELEVISION NEW ZEALAND'S TWO CHANNELS. TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT A GOOD TURNOUT, THEY BROADCAST IN THE HALL. FOR ONE WOMAN, THIS WAS A SAD NIGHT. SHE CAME TO TEACH AT THE CHATHAM'S TO GET AWAY FROM TELEVISION. THE CHILDREN IN NEW ZEALAND TALKED OUT WHATEVER THE CURRENT AFFAIR WAS. THAT WE COME TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING, DID YOU SEE SUCH AND SUCH LAST NIGHT? THEY WOULD COME TO SCHOOL TIRED. BY LUNCH TIME, THEY COULD NOT WORK. THE VIEW WAS NOT SHARED HERE. AFTER THE PEOPLE OF THE BUSY THINKING WHAT PROGRAMS TO WATCH, THE OTHER HALF ARE FIGURING OUT THE TECHNOLOGY. IT IS NOT OVER YET THEY HAVE TO WORK THE STATION SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THERE WILL BE A FEW STUFF UP AT THE START. EVEN AFTER YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, IT STILL HAPPENS. PERHAPS THE MOST APPEALING THING ABOUT CHATHAM ISLANDS TELEVISION THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY APPETISER MONTHS, NONE AT ALL. PEOPLE WANT A PROPER TELEVISION. IT HAS BEEN A FAST MOVING HERE FOR THE CHATHAM ISLANDS, WITH DIRECT DIAL TELEPHONES, MAINLINE POWER AND NOW THIS. HOW GOOD? PROFESSIONALS. NOW US WITH NO STUFF UPS. THE ACT PARTY IS DEFENDING ONE OF ITS MPs AFTER SHE SOUGHT ADVICE ON IMPRISONMENT AS A POSSIBLE PUNISHMENT FOR TE PATI MAORI MPs WHO PERFORMED A HAKA IN THE HOUSE. THE HAKA DISRUPTED THE FIRST READING OF THE TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR. A THREE-WEEK SUSPENSION HAS BEEN PROPOSED FOR THE PARTY CO-LEADERS, ALONG WITH A WEEK-LONG SUSPENSION FOR MP HANA RAWHITI MAIPI-CLARKE. ACT MP PARMJEET PARMAR, WHO IS ON THE PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE, ASKED FOR ADVICE ON THE FULL RANGE OF POSSIBLE PUNISHMENTS, BUT THE PARTY SAYS THEY WERE ONLY KEEPING THEIR OPTIONS OPEN. A POLITICAL COMMENTATOR DOUBTS IT WAS EVER SERIOUSLY ON THE TABLE. DR PARMJEET PARMAR IS A SCIENTIST AND RESEARCHER. LET'S TAKE HER WORD THAT SHE WAS JUST SEARCHING FOR THE WIDEST RANGE OF DATA POINTS TO CONSIDER. BUT FORMER GREEN MP GARETH HUGHES SAYS HE'S PRETTY CONCERNED THE ACT PARTY'S EVEN ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT IMPRISONMENT AS A PUNISHMENT. WELLINGTON COUNCILLOR DIANE CALVERT SAYS SHE BELIEVES COUNCIL WILL DO 'THE RIGHT THING' WHEN IT COMES TO THE FATE OF A 100-YEAR-OLD LOCAL POOL. WELLINGTON COUNCIL IS SET TO VOTE WHETHER TO SAVE KHANDALLAH POOL TOMMOROW, A PROJECT THAT WOULD COST AN ESTIMATED $7.5m. DESPITE COUNCIL OFFICERS RECENTLY RECOMMENDING TO STILL CLOSE THE FACILITY, CALVERT IS HOPEFUL THE COMMUNITY PUSH TO SAVE THE FACILTY WILL BE ENOUGH TO SWAY THE VOTE. WE HAVE FINALLY COME TO THE FINAL DECISION. WE HAVE A SOLUTION IN BUDGET. WE ARE GOING TO BE VOTING ON THAT TOMORROW. I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE SUPPORT WILL GO TO REFURBISHING THE POOL. SEVERAL OF WELLINGTON'S OTHER HIGH-PROFILE ISSUES WILL ALSO BE VOTED ON DURING THE MEETING. A NEW ART SCULPTURE IS STIRRING UP DEBATE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ALL OVER ITS PRICE TAG. STANDING 10m TALL, AND WITH $100m CONTRIBUTED FROM THE COUNCIL, SOME ARE CALLING TAUPO'S NEWLY-UNVEILED DINOSAUR SCULPTURE A 'WASTE OF RATEPAYER MONEY.' BUT OTHERS ARE EMBRACING IT, AND TAUPO'S MAYOR DAVID TREWAVAS SAYS ART IS MEANT TO SPARK CONVERSATION. YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST THOUGHT AHBOUT IT, I HAD MIXED VIEWS LIKE EVERYONE, BUT ILL TELL YOU WHAT ` THE COMMENTARY FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND INDEED, AROUND THE WORLD ` THE BBC ARE RIGHT ON THE CASE NOW. THEY'RE COMING TO SEE US, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, WHY NOT HAVE AN ATTRACTION TO THE TOWN. AND IN DEVELOPING NEWS, U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS JUST ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO BUILD A MISSILE DEFENCE SHIELD FOR THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES USING SATELLITES. HE'S CALLING IT THE GOLDEN DOME, A REFERENCE TO THE IRON DOME DEFENCE SYSTEM USED BY ISRAEL. IT'S ESTIMATED IT WOULD COST AROUND $300b NZD, WITH ELON MUSK'S SPACE X COMPANY A FRONT RUNNER TO BUILD IT. TO THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE, WHERE MANCHESTER CITY ARE KEEPING THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HOPES ALIVE. THE SKY BLUES DOMINANT IN THEIR MATCH UP AGAINST BOURNEMOUTH THIS MORNING, GOING UP 2-0. ELSEWHERE, FRESH FROM THEIR FA CUP WIN, CRYSTAL PALACE IS UP 3-2 OVER WOLVES. AND FINALLY ` TOTTENHAM MANAGER ANGE POSTECOGLOU WON'T BE THE ONLY AUSSIE IN BILBAO AHEAD OF THE EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL AGAINST MANCHESTER UNITED, WITH BOTH CLUBS AIMING TO END A DREARY SEASON ON A HIGH. SOME SPURS SUPPORTERS PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS TO WILL THEIR TEAM TOWARDS THEIR FIRST MAJOR TROPHY IN 17 YEARS. (CHANTING, CHEERING) GOOD LUCK, A HUNDRED PERCENT. THAT'S WINNING US THE FINAL ON WEDNESDAY. THAT'S THURSDAY MORNING OUR TIME WITH KICK OFF AT 7am. VERY IMPORTANT. I WILL BE IN A VERY GOOD MOOD ON FRIDAY. IF THEY WIN, I WILL DO AUDIENCE ABUSE ON FRIDAY. CORRECTION: ALL THE INTERVIEWS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. IT'S A CLOUDY DAY FOR THE UPPER PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND, EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON. FOR THE REST OF YOU, A FINE, SUNNY DAY AHEAD. 18 IS YOUR HIGH IN WHANGAREI. TAUPO, YOUR HIGH IS 13. CLEAR BLUE SKIES FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY. HOWEVER, EXPECT THE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND CLOUDS IN THE CHATHAM ISLANDS. 17 IS YOUR HIGH IN DUNEDIN. 15 IN NELSON. GOING... GOING... GONE! A KIWI HAS CLINCHED THE TITLE OF TOP AUCTIONEER AT THE PRESTIGIOUS AUSTRALASIAN AUCTIONEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE WINNER HIMSELF, MARK MCGOLDRICK FROM HARCOURTS MONARCH REAL ESTATE, JOINS US NOW. MARK, CONGRATULATIONS. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO TAKE OUT THIS REWARD? GOOD MORNING CHRIS, HOW ARE YOU? IT WAS A BIG ONE. 10 YEARS IN THE GAME. FOR THE TIME TRYING. IT WAS A SWEET MOMENT. DOES IT SAY A LOT ABOUT THE STATE OF THE HOUSING MARKET THAT YOU HAVE HAD SUCH GOOD PRACTICE? YES, IT HAS BEEN A RATHER TOUGH FEW YEARS IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET, SO I'VE HAD LOTS OF TIME TO PREPARE FOR COMPETITIONS. IT IS GOOD. THE KIWIS ARE ALWAYS UP FOR IT. WAS GOOD TO GET ONE BACK FOR THE GOOD OLD EAST STATE OF AUSTRALIA. HOW DO THE COMPETITIONS HELP WITH YOUR DAY JOB OF ACTUALLY AUCTIONING HOUSES AND VICE VERSA? DEFINITELY A WARRANT OF FITNESS. IT IS SOMETHING THAT KEEPS YOU SHARP AND ON YOUR TOES. YOU LEARN ABOUT THIRTY DAD JOKES EVERY TIME YOU GO IN. IT IS A GREAT BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ALWAYS INVOLVED. 21 OF US WENT OVER. YOU FORM A FAMILY UNIT. AUCTIONS CAN BE THE MOST STRESSFUL PART OF SOMEONE'S JOURNEY TO BUYING A HOUSE. WHAT IS YOUR ROLE AS AN AUCTIONEER AND WHAT IS YOUR APPROACH? STRESSFUL? NO, IT IS CRUISY. THERE ARE ONLY A FEW SCENARIOS. WE SAY, IF WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE, IT'LL BE GOOD, BUT YOU WILL BE IN CHARGE. WE WILL DO WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO AND WE WILL DO THE BEST FOR YOU TO GET THE BEST RESULTS WE CAN. WHEN IT GOES WELL, IT IS A GREAT DAY. WE LOVE WHEN THERE ARE MULTIPLE BIDDERS AND PEOPLE BIDDING WITH THEIR HEARTS AND CHECKBOOKS. IT IS COOL. SOMETIMES THERE IS ONE BETTER AND GETTING IT TO A LEVEL WHERE IT MIGHT SELL. SOME BACKROOM NEGOTIATIONS, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE PAST TWO YEARS WHERE IT HAS BEEN TOUGHER, AND SOMETIMES YOU DO NOT GET ANY BIDS. THAT IS THE HARDEST OPTION FOR AN AUCTIONEER, WHEN NO ONE IS PARTICIPATING. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME OF YOUR SKILLS. I HAVE HERE A ONE-OF-A-KIND LIMITED-EDITION PICTURE THAT JENNY MAY AND I HAVE COLLABORATED ON. IT AS BOOM BOOM THE DINOSAUR, JENNY MAY HAS DONE THE BOTTOM HALF. WOULD YOU DO US THE HONOUR OF OPTIONING THIS OFF? JENNY MAY AND I WILL BID. THIS IS A LIMITED-EDITION ARTWORK. WHAT IS THE RESERVE PRICE WE ARE WORKING TO? I DON'T KNOW. A DOLLAR 50? IF WE CAN GET UP TO $40 FOR THIS, I RECKON THAT WOULD BE GREAT GOING. YOU HAVE TO PUSH THESE AUCTIONEERS, JENNY MAY. 40 BUCKS, WORK WITH THAT. LIST GET UNDERWAY FOR THIS PRICELESS ARTWORK. AS A $10 BID TO START? SURELY NOW, I CAN GET 10 FROM YOU BOTH. ONE OF YOU, YES. AND I WANT TO SEE 15, OH, YES IT COMES 15. SURELY, 20? BOTH HANDS ON THAT, ONE GOES UP A $20, THAT IS NOT TOO BAD. SURELY, 35. THAT IS WITHIN YOUR CAPABILITIES. ONCE, TWICE, AND THE CALL ` AT $20 ONLY TO JENNY MAY. OH, YES, HE IS BACK IN. $25 AN HOUR. DO I HAVE $30? ONCE I AM HEARING IT, TWICE I'M CALLING, THIRD AND FINAL CALL. $30, SHE IS BACK IN FRONT. WHAT IF I SCRATCH MY HEAD? OH, THERE IS 40! HE IS GONE STRAIGHT TO 40. NICE BIDDING STRATEGY. GIVE ME ONE DOLLAR MORE, JENNY MAKE MY WILL SELL IT TO YOU. TWICE AND THIRD. GOING, GOING, AND SOLD. $40. I THINK I MIGHT HAVE ONE-UPPED MYSELF. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR REWARD. A VICTORY FOR THE KIWIS! $40, THAT IS A GOOD PRICE FOR A LIMITED-EDITION. LITTLE FRAME, WHY NOT? WE COULD ACTUALLY PUT ON THE BACK TO WHOEVER WINS THE AUCTION. DID THE RATEPAYERS TO PAY FOR IT. THEY WOULD LOVE THAT. COME OUT OF THE BUDGET! E WHAI AKE NEI ` LUCY BENDELL'S TRYING TO GET HER HANDS ON SOME ART THIS MORNING. LUCY, DO YOU WANT TO BUY THIS? $41! I THINK I HAVE SOMETHING A LITTLE PRICIER. THIS ARTWORK IS WORTH US$10,000, ALMOST NZ$17,000. YOU CAN GET IT FOR FREE THIS FRIDAY AT AN EXHIBITION. THE ARTIST BEHIND THIS IS HANDING OUT $1 MILLION OF ART TO THE FIRST HUNDRED THROUGH THE DOOR. FIND OUT AFTER THE BREAK. # NGA IWI E. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. THE ACT PARTY IS DEFENDING ONE OF ITS MPs AFTER SHE SOUGHT ADVICE ON IMPRISONMENT AS A POSSIBLE PUNISHMENT FOR TE PATI MAORI MPs WHO PERFORMED A HAKA IN THE HOUSE. OVERSEAS, U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO BUILD A MISSILE DEFENCE SHIELD FOR THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES USING SATELLITES, DUBBED THE GOLDEN DOME. AND IN SPORT, FANS ARE FLOODING INTO BILBAO FOR THE EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL BETWEEN TOTTENHAM AND MANCHESTER UNITED WITH BOTH CLUBS AIMING TO END A DIRE SEASON ON A HIGH. CHRIS CHANG WILL BE THERE TO WITNESS IT. IN SPIRIT. HOW DOES $1m WORTH OF FREE ART SOUND? PRETTY GOOD. AND THIS WEEK YOU CAN BE IN TO WIN JUST THAT. AUCKLAND ARTIST JACK CARDEN IS GIVING AWAY A $10,000 PIECE TO THE FIRST 100 PEOPLE THROUGH THE DOOR OF HIS NEW EXHIBITION. TO FIND OUT ALL THE DETAILS OF WHERE AND WHY, WE SENT REPORTER LUCY BENDELL. MORENA. LOOK, I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WERE GOING TO BE THIS FRIDAY. THERE IS A THREE HOUR WINDOW TO GET IN. WE ARE IN THE HOME STUDIO OF THE ARTIST, GIVING AWAY $1 MILLION WORTH OF ART. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. FIRST OF ALL, THIS SEEMS LIKE A CRAZY IDEA WHY DID YOU WANT TO DO THIS? THE ULTRA-WEALTHY OFTEN TAKE ART AND INSERT INTO IT A GENERATIVE VALUE. SO USING THOSE TACTICS TO GIVE BACK. THAT'S THE REAL IDEA. THIS PIECE OF PAPER IS WORTH 10,000 AS WELL, IF YOU WANT TO PICK THAT UP. TALK US THROUGH WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE THE FIRST 100 PEOPLE THROUGH THE DOOR. WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS THE CONTRACT YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP ON OBTAINING ONE OF THESE WORKS THIS CANNOT BE RESOLD FOR ANY LESS THAN $10,000. IF IT IS, IT IS IMMEDIATELY INAUTHENTIC, ESSENTIALLY DESTROYED. WHILST IT'S CONCEPTUAL, YOU CAN ARGUE AGAINST IT. DO YOU THINK SOMEONE WOULD ACTUALLY BUY IT FOR $10,000? WELL, I DO THINK THAT IN TIME MY CAREER WILL BE ON THE RISE, BUT THE FUNDAMENTAL NATURE OF IT IS THAT IT CAN'T BE SOLD FOR ANY LESS. AND IF IT DOES, IT DOESN'T EXIST, ESSENTIALLY. WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO DO THIS? IT'S QUITE A CREATIVE IDEA. I SEE THE OUR WORLD QUITE SATIRICALLY, AND QUITE CYNICALLY. I SEE THE WEALTHY ABLE TO CREATE VALUE, AND A LOT OF ART IS ABOUT THE EPHEMERAL REALITY OF VALUE. IT WAS SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO. IT'S NOT JUST THE ARTWORK YOU'RE GIVING AWAY THERE IS AN EXHIBITION AS WELL. FOR THREE HOURS ON FRIDAY, WILL ASK WHERE IN JUST A MOMENT. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR ART STYLE AND WHEN YOU STARTED. YEAH, SO I'VE BEEN MAKING ART MY ENTIRE LIFE. A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST THE PAST FEW YEARS POST UNIVERSITY. A LOT OF MY ART IS SATIRICAL AND CYNICAL ABOUT ART IN GENERAL. THE IDEA OF TAKING PRE-EXISTING WORK IN DESTROYING IT, ANTI-ART ACT, AND GIVING A NEW LIFE AND NEW NARRATIVE. HAVE YOU DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS? I'VE DONE A FEW BEFORE, L.A., PARIS, NEW YORK EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND GIVING AWAY SUBSTANTIAL WORKS. HOW DO YOU THINK THEY FEEL WHEN THEY'RE QUEUING UP, TO GET THEIR HANDS ON A $10,000 PIECE OF ART? I THINK FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT AND CAN GET BEHIND IT, I THINK IT'S QUITE EXCITING. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT HASN'T HAPPENED IN NEW ZEALAND BEFORE. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE CUES ARE GONNA BE LIKE ON FRIDAY? IT'S REALLY HARD TO TELL, I HOPE THERE'S SOME Q, BUT I HOPE THAT EVERYONE WHO WANTS ONE CAN GET ONE. SO GET IN QUICK. IT'S AT 74 K ROAD. THERE IS ANOTHER RAVE AFTERWARDS. IF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR HANDS ON ONE OF THESE PIECES OF ART, COULD BE WORTH, WHILE IT IS WORTH $10,000. IF THAT'S WORTH $10,000, I THINK I'VE SOLD MYSELF SHORT WITH THE $40 OF BOOM BOOM. BUT I THINK IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY EYES. THAT IS THE ARTWORK THAT WE'VE... YOU'VE GOT A FRAME IT. YET IT'S BESPOKE. LIMITED EDITION. GET THE GIRLS TO COLOUR IT. DON'T WANT TO RUIN IT, AS NICE AS IT IS. E HAERE AKE NEI ` IF YOU'VE EVER DREAMED OF OWNING THE CAR FROM THE 'BACK TO THE FUTURE' MOVIES MINUS THE TIME TRAVELLING, HAVE WE GOT THE DEAL FOR YOU ` THE GULL-WINGED DELOREAN CURRENTLY FOR SALE ON TRADEME. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IF YOU'VE EVER DREAMED OF OWNING THE CAR FROM THE 'BACK TO THE FUTURE' MOVIES, NOW YOU CAN. IT MAY NOT FLY OR TRAVEL THROUGH TIME WHEN IT HITS 88 MILES AN HOUR, BUT THE DELOREAN IS SURE TO TURN HEADS. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY THE CAR'S CURRENT OWNER, JARED DACOMBE. MORENA, JARED. JUST TO DOUBLE CHECK ` THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY LEAD BACK TO THE FUTURE CAR, AS IT? CORRECT. IT IS INDEED JUST A DELOREAN, NOT THE BACK TO THE FUTURE CAR. STILL, IT IS A DELOREAN. HOW DID YOU END UP IN POSSESSION OF THIS VEHICLE? IT IS BEEN A LONG STORY. GOES BACK ABOUT EIGHT YEARS WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THE CAR IN A DECREPIT, RUNDOWN STATE. I ALWAYS DREAM FROM THE AGE OF 12 OF OWNING A DELOREAN. I THOUGHT THAT THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT WAS TO FIND ONE THAT WAS A PROJECT. SURE ENOUGH, THE STARS ALIGNED AND I MANAGED TO FIND ONE. IT WAS BAD. YOU HAVE DONE IT UP AND ARE LOOKING TO SELL IT. WHY ARE YOU SELLING IT? WHY YOU PARTING WAYS WITH IT AFTER ALL THAT WORK? IT IS REALLY HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE IT IS MY BABY. I LOVE IT TO BITS. I HAVE HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH IT, BUT ULTIMATELY, THE END GOAL IS TO PURCHASE THE WORKSHOP BUILDING THAT I RUN MY BUSINESS FROM. MY GRANDDAD STARTED THE BUSINESS, AND THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO ME TO KEEP THE STAFF ON, KEEP EVERYTHING TICKING OVER, AND SACRIFICING THE CAR IS THE BEST DECISION. WOW. BEAUTIFUL STORY THAT YOU WANT TO DO THIS IN ORDER TO KEEP YOUR STAFF ON, IN THE BEAUTIFUL STORY ABOUT YOUR GRANDFATHER. IN TERMS OF OPTIONING OFF THE VEHICLE, ARE YOU STARTING AT 100,000? THAT IS RIGHT. WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS ONE SOLD LAST YEAR THAT SOLD FOR 100. THE PRICES OF VARYING ALL OVER THE BOARD IN AUSTRALIA AND THE US. IT IS A GOOD BENCHMARK TO START AT. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO COME OF IT. WHEN IS THE AUCTION? HAVE YOU HAD ANY SERIOUS BIDDING SO FAR? YES, SO THE AUCTION ENDS, I BELIEVE, IN SEVEN DAYS TIME. IN THAT TIME, I DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT IS GOING TO END UP. I HAD A BID ON IT THAT WAS A PHONY. TRADE ME REMOVED IT. I HAVE HAD SOME INTEREST, SO TO SAY. YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE VEHICLES ARE AVAILABLE? EITHER ANY OTHERS IN NEW ZEALAND? BELIEVE IT OR NOT, US KIWIS LOVE DELOREANS. THERE A 30 NEW ZEALAND, WHICH IS POTENTIALLY THE HIGHEST NUMBER PER CAPITA IN THE WORLD, SO TO SAY. MAYBE 15 OF THEM ARE IN ACTION. FLUX 88. THE FLUX CAPACITOR. IS THAT THE REGISTRATION? THAT IS RIGHT. BIT OF A FUNNY STORY WOULD FLUX BEING THE FLUX CAPACITOR AND 88 BECAUSE YOU NEED 88 MILES TO GO BACK IN TIME. WE WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST, PARTICULAR WITH THE REASON BEHIND YOU ARE LOOKING TO SELL IT. TO CHARITY JOINING US THIS MORNING. YOU CAN JUMP ON TRADE ME IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BUYING THE DELOREAN. THANKS, JARROD. ALL THE BEST. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. BIG DAY TOMORROW. BUDGET DAY. CAPTIONS BY KITTY WASASALA, COURTNEY SOLE, RUBY WEBB-SAGARIN AND DREW WELSH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025