IT'S FRIDAY, THE 23rd OF MAY. THIS GLORIOUS FRIDAY! JUST ONE DAY SINCE HOTSPUR WIN A TROPHY. DEAL WITH ME. COME ON, SPURS! I AM A VERY HAPPY MAN TODAY. I DO NOT KNOW WHO THEY ARE WHAT THEY DO. IT IS FRIYAY! I WILL SAY THAT ONE TIME. I GOT THE SWEETEST TEXT FROM CHRIS. HE SAID, I HAVE NEVER CRIED AFTER A FOOTBALL MATCH. IT IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER CRIED AFTER WATCHING A FOOTBALL MATCH. I LOVE IT, THIS IS WHAT SPORT IS ABOUT. I WAS TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT WAS ` THE RELIEF OF FINALLY UNBURDENING MYSELF OF 17 YEARS OF PAIN AND SHAME AND RIDICULE OR WHETHER IT WAS THE NETWORK OF CONNECTIONS THAT YOU BUILD UP OVER THE COURSE OF YOUR LIFE WITH PEOPLE THAT MIGHT KNOW YOU FOR THAT PHONE AND GETTING TEXTS FROM SCHOOLMATES AND UNI MATES AND FAMILY FRIENDS AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE YOU ENCOUNTERED OVER YOUR LIFE WHO TEXT YOU AND SAY, GO, TOTTENHAM! NOT THAT I KNEW ANYTHING APART FROM INVESTING EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL ENERGY INTO THIS TEAM, HAVING A LITTLE NETWORK ENJOY IT WITH YOU, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU HAVING THAT DAY WITH THE WARRIORS. THANK YOU, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT. SERIOUSLY, SO GOOD. IF YOU ARE A SPURS FAN, GO YOU GOOD THING. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` THE BUDGET IS IN, SO WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING? NOT TO PAY EQUITY. THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTROVERSIAL CHANGES SAVING $12.8b OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS. AND NOT TO YOUR KIWISAVER, WITH THE GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION HALVED AND CUT COMPLETELY FOR SOME. WE'LL DRILL DOWN ON THOSE TWO HEADLINERS, PLUS WE'LL HEAR FROM THE FINANCE MINISTER. ALSO AHEAD ` NEW SOUTH WALES REELING FROM WHAT'S BEEN CALLED THE WORST FLOODING IN 500 YEARS. THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND NEARLY 50,000 HAVE BEEN CUT OFF BY THE FLOOD WATERS. WE'LL GET THE LATEST. WHEN WILL WATER LEVELS RECEDE? PLUS ` ONE-ON-ONE WITH ARDIE SAVEA. MOANA PASIFIKA'S INSPIRATIONAL CAPTAIN AND SUPER RUGBY'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR SITS DOWN TO TALK LEADERSHIP, STRENGTH AND WHANAU. SUCH AN AWESOME, REVEALING CHAT THAT I HAD WITH ARDIE SAVEA. IT WAS JUST BEFORE THEY WENT OUT THE TRAINING. HE IS HAVING THE YEAR OF HIS LIFE PLAYING FOR MOANA PASIFIKA. MANY SAID, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO DO THIS? THERE WERE A LOT OF DOUBTERS. YET LOOK AT THE FORM HE IS IN. WE NEED SOME RELIEF AFTER THE BUDGET CHAT. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S YOUR NEWS. THANKS, JENNY MAY. THE RETIREMENT COMMISSIONER IS WELCOMING THE GOVERNMENT'S KIWISAVER CHANGES, SAYING FUNDS COULD LAST 30% LONGER, BUT NOT EVERYONE WINS. IN THE 2025 BUDGET, THE DEFAULT CONTRIBUTION FOR KIWISAVER IS RISING FROM 3% TO 4% ` THAT'S FOR BOTH EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYERS. GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS WILL EXTEND TO 16 AND 17-YEAR-OLDS, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS BEING SLASHED IN HALF, DOWN TO $260. IT'LL BE REMOVED ENTIRELY FOR THOSE EARNING OVER $180,OOO FROM JULY 1ST. THE COMMISSIONER ADMITS NOT EVERYONE BENEFITS FROM THE CHANGES. THE GOVERNMENT REDUCTION WILL HIT LOW-INCOME EARNERS, MAORI, WOMEN, AND THE SELF-EMPLOYED THE HARDEST. A FOURTH PERSON HAS BEEN CHARGED IN RELATION TO THE GULF HARBOUR HOMICIDE LAST YEAR. THE BODY OF CHINESE WOMAN SHULAI WANG (70) WAS FOUND IN A BLACK RUBBISH BAG IN THE WATER IN NORTH OF AUCKLAND. WE WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THE ARREST AFTER YOUR WEATHER. THREE PEOPLE ARE NOW DEAD AND ANOTHER MISSING AFTER RECORD FLOODS HIT NEW SOUTH WALES. LOCAL POLICE SAY THEY'VE RECOVERED THE BODY OF A WOMAN (60), WHO WAS INITIALLY DRIVING TOWARDS COFFS HARBOUR IN CONVOY WITH A POLICE OFFICER. BUT WHEN HE STOPPED AT ANKLE HEIGHT WATER AND ADVISED HER TO DO THE SAME, SHE CONTINUED. SHE TRAVELLED 17km BEFORE CALLING THE OFFICER TO SAY SHE WAS IN TROUBLE, BUT POLICE WERE UNABLE TO FIND HER WHEN THEY ARRIVED. AN UNDERGROUND STREET FIGHTING COMPETITION SET TO BE HELD IN AUCKLAND THIS WEEKEND IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY POLICE, RNZ NEWS REPORTS. THE EVENT IS BEING RUN BY NEW ZEALAND UFC FIGHTER DAN HOOKER AND IS ADVERTISED AS 32 MEN WITH NO WEIGHT LIMITS TAKING PART IN ONE MINUTE 'SCRAPS' WEARING MMA GLOVES. POLICE SAY THEY ARE ASSESSING THE EVENT AGAINST CURRENT LEGISLATION AND WILL BE SPEAKING WITH MR HOOKER DIRECTLY. KIWI F1 DRIVER LIAM LAWSON IS OPTIMISTIC IS LUCK WILL TURN AROUND FOR THE MONACO GRAND PRIX. THE 23-YEAR-OLD IS YET TO SCORE A POINT THIS SEASON, BUT WITH A NEW RULE INTRODUCING TWO MANDATORY PIT STOPS FOR THIS WEEKEND'S RACE, ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN. BECAUSE IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO OVERTAKE, I THINK IT ALLOWS OPPORTUNITY. NONE OF US KNOW WHAT IT WILL ALLOW US TO DO. WILL PLAN OUT THE BEST THAT WE CAN, BUT TRUTHFULLY, IT IS AN UNKNOWN. VETERAN ITSELF WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY. THE GRAND PRIX GETS UNDERWAY ON MONDAY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE IN THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, THE EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON CAN EXPECT CLEAR BLUE SKIES. 19 YOUR HIGH IN TAURANGA. TAUPO, YOUR HIGH IS 14. IT'S A NICE, SUNNY DAY FOR MOST REGIONS IN THE SOUTH TODAY. ALTHOUGH GREYMOUTH AND INVERCARGILL CAN EXPECT SOME CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS. BLENHEIM, YOUR HIGH IS 17. 13 IN WANAKA. THANKS, CHRIS. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING WITH OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND LUCY BENDELL HAS MORE ON THE GULF HARBOUR HOMICIDE. WHAT ARE THE FRESH DEVELOPMENTS, LUCY? GOOD MORNING, JENNY MAY. THESE DEVELOPMENTS COME 14 MONTHS INTO A DRAW LING INVESTIGATION. THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY HAVE CHARGED 1/4 PERSON AFTER THE BODY WASHED UP ON THE BODY LAST YEAR. A FISHERMAN REELED UP HER REMAINS ON 12 MARCH 2024. SHE WRITES FROM CHINA THE YEAR BEFORE IN AUGUST 2023 BY HERSELF. SHE WAS NOT REPORTED AS A MISSING PERSON, SO IT TOOK A NUMBER OF DAYS TO BE IDENTIFIED. THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER AND KIDNAPPING, BUT THAT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS YESTERDAY, POLICE CHARGED A 64 YEAR OLD MAN AT AN OREWA PROPERTY. HE WILL APPEAR AT THE NORTH SHORE DISTRICT COURT TODAY. THE COURT DOCUMENTS SAY THAT THE THREE ALREADY CAUSED HER DEATH BETWEEN THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH OF MARCH, DAYS BEFORE HER REMAINS WASHED UP ON THE GULF HARBOUR. THREE ARRESTED AND CHARGED ARE A 36-YEAR-OLD MAN, E37 FEMALE AND 61-YEAR-OLDS FEMALE. LUCY BENDEL JOINING US FROM OUR AUCKLAND NEWSROOM. IN A MARATHON SESSION YESTERDAY, WELLINGTON CITY COUNCILLORS MADE SEVERAL KEY SPENDING DECISIONS THAT WILL AFFECT THE CITY'S FUTURE. HARRY BARTLE JOINS US FROM THE CAPITAL. TELL US MORE. MORENA, JENNY MAY. MARATHON IS THE RIGHT WORD TO USE FOR YESTERDAY. IT RAN ALL THE WAY INTO THE EVENING. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE COUNCIL HAS DECIDED TO SAVE TO BELOVED COMMUNITY ASSETS ` THE COMMUNITY POOL AND THE HOUSE WHICH SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOTANICAL GARDEN. BOTH OF THESE FACILITIES WILL GET THE QUIET UPGRADES THEY NEED, THE HOUSE COSTING AROUND 10 MILLION WHILE THE POOL WILL COST ABOUT 7.5 MILLION TO SAVE. IT WAS NOT JUST SPENDING THAT THE COUNCIL DID YESTERDAY ` THEY ALSO SLASH THE CYCLEWAY BUDGET AND HALF FROM 115 MILLION TO 65 MILLION, SO A BIG SAVING THERE. PERHAPS THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL DECISION YESTERDAY WAS TO BEGIN CHARGING MOTORCYCLISTS AND SCOOTER RIDERS FOR PARKING IN THE CBD. THEY WILL BE CHARGED ONE DOLLAR AN HOUR, CAPPED AT SIX DOLLARS. THERE ARE ABOUT 68 MOTORCYCLE PARKING BAYS IN THE CBD, SO THE COUNCIL WILL MAKE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY FROM THIS DECISION. HOWEVER, IT WILL COME AT THE COST OF WELLINGTON RESIDENTS WHO USE A SCOOTER OR MOTORCYCLE TO RIDE INTO THE CITY EVERY DAY. ONE DOLLAR DOES NOT SEEM TO BE TOO BAD A DAY THOUGH, DOES IT? HARRY BARTLE JOINING US FROM THE CAPITAL. AND CANTERBURY RESIDENTS ARE GETTING FRUSTRATED OVER THE ONGOING CLOSURE OF ASHBURTON'S LAKE HOOD, WHICH CLOSED NEARLY TWO MONTHS AGO DUE TO AN ALGAE BLOOM. CHARLOTTE MULDER JOINS US NOW. WHAT'S THE LATEST? KIA ORA, JENNY MAY. AS YOU SAID, RESIDENTS ARE NOT HAPPY, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE COUNCIL MET ON WEDNESDAY, THEY FOUND OUT THERE IS NO SPEEDY SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. COMES AFTER LAKE HOOD WAS CLOSED AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL, SO NEARLY 2 MONTHS AGO. PEOPLE WERE POISONED AFTER TOXIC ALGAE AND THE LAKE. COUNCIL HAD BEEN PUTTING THE RESOURCES AND MONEY INTO TRYING TO TO FIND A SOLUTION. THEY FOUND THE WATER QUALITY WAS JUST AS LOW AS BEFORE. THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND A DIFFERENT MODELLING TO TRY AND GET THAT WATER TO GO AROUND THE LAKE AND FLUSH OUT THE ALGAE. BUT WITH NO CURRENT UPDATES, THE LAKE STILL REMAINS CLOSED. THE WATER LEVELS WILL BE GETTING LOWERED THIS WEEK FOR THE WINTER FLUSHING AND MAINTENANCE. WE WILL PROVIDE MORE UPDATES AROUND THIS ISSUE TO COME IN THE FUTURE. CHARLOTTE MULDER, THANK YOU. FROM OUR CHRISTCHURCH NEWSROOM. NICOLA WILLIS LABELLED IT THE 'NO BS'. WHAT THOSE LETTERS STAND FOR IS UP FOR DEBATE DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASK, BUT THE FINANCE MINISTER HAS MADE SOME BIG SAVINGS. FIRST UP ` A WHOPPING $12.8b IS HOW MUCH MONEY WILL BE 'SAVED' FROM CHANGES TO PAY EQUITY CLAIMS FOR WOMEN. THE DEFAULT CONTRIBUTION FOR KIWISAVER IS RISING FROM 3% TO 4% ` THAT'S FOR BOTH EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYERS. GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE EXTENDED TO 16- AND 17-YEAR-OLDS, BUT THE ANNUAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION IS SLASHED IN HALF, DOWN TO A MAXIMUM OF $260. TARGETED COST OF LIVING SUPPORT INCLUDES PRESCRIPTIONS BEING EXTENDED FROM THREE MONTHS TO TWELVE, THE COST ` $91m OVER FOUR YEARS.IN AND YOUNG PEOPLE HUNTING FOR A JOB ARE SET TO DO IT HARD. JOBSEEKER SUPPORT AND EMERGENCY BENEFITS FOR 18- AND 19-YEAR-OLDS WILL BE SUBJECT TO MEANS TESTS AGAINST THEIR PARENTS' INCOMES. THEY WON'T GET IT IF IT'S DEEMED THEIR PARENTS CAN SUPPORT THEM. LET'S BRING IN 1 NEWS POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN FOR HER ANALYSIS. MORENA, MAIKI. WHAT ARE THE KEY WINS THE GOVERNMENT IS POINTING TO? GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE TO ALL THOSE WATCHING. WE LIVE FROM PARLIAMENT. IT IS PRETTY QUIET THIS MORNING. AND SENT TO THOSE BIG WINS FROM THE GOVERNMENT, THE ONE THEY WILL POINT TO IS THE INVESTMENT POST. THAT ALLOWS BUSINESSES TO CRAWL BACK 20% OF THEIR TAX BILL WHEN THEY ARE BUYING NEW ASSETS. WE HEARD THE PRIMACY YESTERDAY TALKING IN THE HOUSE DELIVERING A SPEECH SAYING THAT THIS WILL MAKE TRACTORS CHEAPER, IT WILL MAKE ASSETS ON THE FARM CHEAPER. WE INTERVIEWED A FARMER YESTERDAY AND HAWKE'S BAY. HE SAID HE WAS CHUFFED. FARMERS HAVE BEEN DOING IT TOUGH, AND IT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUYING A NEW TRACTOR AND INVESTING IN THE NEW EQUIPMENT. THE GOVERNMENT CALLED THIS THE NO BS BUDGET, AND ALSO THE GROWTH BUDGET. THEY SEE GROWTH HAPPENING IN THAT BUSINESS AREA. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BIG WINS. SOMETHING THAT WAS MORE CONTROVERSIAL RP EQUITY CHANGES ` $13 BILLION. HOW IS THAT BEEN RECEIVED? I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE WAS FURY AND ANGER AT THE PROTEST OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY. YOU COULD HEAR IT FROM WERE SITTING IN THE BUDGET WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS. NICOLA WILLIS WAS ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM THE MEDIA AND ECONOMISTS AND YOU COULD HEAR THE PROTEST HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND. I'M NOT SURE IF THE VIEWERS, THEY SURELY WATCHED 1 NEWS LAST NIGHT, YOU HAD THE FANTASTIC SHOT OF THE FINANCE MINISTER WALKING OUT OF THE BUDGET LOCK-UP HEADING INTO THE HOUSE TO TABLE THE BUDGET. WAS A BRILLIANT SHOT THAT OUR CAMERAMAN GOT ` HIS ZOOMS INTO THE PROTEST OUTSIDE. IT WAS A VERY STARK CONTRAST. IT IS BECOMING SOMEWHAT OF A TREND FOR THIS GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE LAST YEAR, WHEN THEY DELIVERED THEIR BUDGET, THERE WAS A TREATY BUDGET HAPPENING OUTSIDE ON THAT DAY. THERE WAS FURY, ANGER, FRUSTRATION OUT ON THE PARLIAMENT FLOOR COURT YESTERDAY. HOW THE OPPOSITION PARTIES REACTED? THE OPPOSITION PARTIES, CHRIS HIPKINS, WHEN HE WAS IN THE HOUSE GIVING HIS SPEECH SAID THAT IT WAS A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS THAT NEW ZEALAND IS A COUNTRY THAT GAVE WOMEN THE FIRST WRITES ABOUT AND HAD NOTHING TO MUCH FOR WOMAN IN THIS BUDGET, THAT IT WAS ESSENTIALLY BUILT ON THE BACKS OF LOW-PAYING, WORKING WOMAN WITH 13 BILLION CRAWL BACK FROM THE PAY EQUITY CLAIMS. THERE WAS A LOT OF CRITICISM. CHLOE SWARBRICK ALSO CRITICISED THE BEST START PAYMENT NOW BEING MEANS TESTED FOR THOSE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS, SAYING IT WAS ESSENTIALLY TAKING MONEY AND FOOD OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABIES. HAS A LOT OF STRONG OPPOSITION. TE PATI MAORI, WHEN THE BUDGET WAS BEING HANDED OUT, WAS NOT IN THE HOUSE, PERHAPS A SHOW OF DEFIANCE. THEY LATER PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE SAYING THAT THE PRESS RELEASE WAS ABOUT POWER, NOT PEOPLE. CLEARLY, THERE IS A LOT OF OPPOSITION. THERE IS SOME SUPPORT OUT THERE, THOUGH. THERE WAS A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT IN TERMS OF LEARNING SUPPORT AND THE EDUCATION PORTFOLIO FROM ERICA STANFORD ` ABOUT $600 MILLION GOING TO CLASSROOMS. PARENTS AND TEACHERS HAVE BEEN CALLING OUT FOR THAT AND I KNOW THERE WERE QUITE HAPPY WITH HOW THAT LANDED WITH THAT MONEY FOR THEM. YOU MENTION THE KIWI SAVER CONTRIBUTIONS. WILL GET INTO THAT MORE WITH OUR NEXT GUEST. I'M CURIOUS AS TO HEARING FROM PEOPLE ABOUT HALVING THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS AND HIGHER EARNERS CUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. WE SPOKE TO A FIRST-TIME BUYER LOOKING TO BUY THEIR FIRST HOME. THEY WELCOMED THE IDEA THAT THEIR EMPLOYER COULD BE UPPING THAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE 4% DEFAULT RATE. THEY WELCOMED THAT. IT DOES PUT EXTRA PRESSURE ON EMPLOYEES IF THEY STRUGGLING, BUT OF COURSE, THERE IS THE OPTION TO STAY AT 3% IF THEY WANT SO. THIS IS MOVING A LOT OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE GOVERNMENT IN TERMS OF HALVING THE CONTRIBUTIONS. IT IS PUTTING THE ONUS BACK ON THE EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE. OF THE BIG ISSUES TO CONSIDER IS THAT NICOLA WILLIS SAID YESTERDAY THE ADVICE SHE RECEIVED WAS THAT THIS COULD SUPPRESS WAGE GROWTH BECAUSE OF BUSINESSES ARE HAVING TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO KIWI SAVER CONTRIBUTIONS, THEY MAY NOT BE SO QUICK TO ESSENTIALLY PROVIDE THAT PAY RISE FOR THEIR WORKERS. THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED FURTHER. IN TERMS OF THE JOBSEEKER ELIGIBILITY, I KNOW YOU BE GETTING VISIONS OF 18 AND 19-YEAR-OLDS PLAYING PLAYSTATION. WHY CHANGE THIS? THAT ONE CAME OUT OF THE BLUE. WOMEN WERE SITTING IN THE BUDGET LOCK-UP AND WE SAW THAT, WE WERE SURPRISED. THERE WAS NO PREVIEW OR HENCE THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE THINKING OF THE GOVERNMENT. WE HEARD A LOT FROM SHANE JONES ABOUT GETTING THEM OFF THE COUCH, BUT THE BIG QUESTION THAT NICOLA WILLIS HAS NOT PROVIDED ` THE INCOME FOR PARENTS. IF YOU ARE 18 OR 19, YOU'RE NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE BENEFIT IF YOUR PARENTS EARN A CERTAIN AMOUNT, BUT THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT STIPULATED WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS. YET TO THINK THAT IF YOU GOT YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE COUCH PLAYING PLAYSTATION, PERHAPS THE PARENTS ARE NOT ON A POSITION TO SUPPORT THEM. PERHAPS THEY DO NEED A BIT OF MOTIVATION. SOME PEOPLE COULD SEE THIS IS A GOOD MOVE. NICOLA WILLIS SAID THAT SHE SPOKE TO PARENTS WHO SAY THEY NEED THIS AS A MOTIVATOR TO GET THEM OUT OF THEIR. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. WILL BE CHECKING IN WITH YOU LATER ON. I KNOW THERE WAS NO LOLLY SCRAMBLE YESTERDAY. JUST BEFORE YOU GO, OUT AT THE LOLLIES GO THAT YOU PROVIDED? I NEED TO REDEEM MYSELF, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT THE LOLLIES GOT CHOPPED UP. THIS IS A NO BS BUDGET, AS NICOLA WILLIS SAID. WE WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE MILK BOTTLES, NO WERTHERS. NO SUGARCOATING. A FEW PEOPLE SQUIRMING IN THEIR SEATS WHEN THEY SAW THE NUMBERS COME THROUGH. WE WILL CHECK IN WITH YOU SHORTLY. WE WERE HAVING A GO, BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE PACKET. I LOVE IT. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE BUDGET AS IT WAS ANNOUNCED. THERE IS A LOT GOING ON. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE DESCRIBED THE BUDGET AS HAVING BITS HERE TAKING TO THAT BIT. STILL A LOT MORE TO COME OUT. AS MAIKI ALLUDED TO, A LOT OF DETAILS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED YET. BUT OVERALL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET, IS ANYTHING YOU LIKE AND AT? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WAS IN IT FOR YOU? LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. E WHAI AKE NEI ` BIG CHANGES ARE ON THE WAY FOR KIWISAVER, LIKE WE SAY, BUT WILL THEY LEAVE NEW ZEALANDERS BETTER OFF OR WORSE? Where are you off to? To get the flu jab. You coming? Nah. I won't get the flu. Touch wood. Kia ora! You here for the flu jab? Yeah. VOICEOVER: 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. Introducing the new Subway Signature Menu. It's all... Oh, hey Andy, whatcha doing? Bit busy Hame, just the new Subway ad. Oh right. No, go for it. Yeah, OK... 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IN AUSTRALIA, THREE PEOPLE ARE NOW DEAD AND ANOTHER MISSING, AFTER RECORD FLOODS HIT NEW SOUTH WALES. AND IN SPORT ` KIWI F-1 DRIVER LIAM LAWSON IS OPTIMISTIC HIS LUCK WILL TURN AROUND FOR THE MONACO GRAND PRIX, WITH A NEW RULE INTRODUCING TWO MANDATORY PIT STOPS FOR THIS WEEKEND'S RACE. BIG CHANGES ARE COMING TO KIWISAVER AS PART OF BUDGET 2025. FROM APRIL NEXT YEAR, THE DEFAULT CONTRIBUTION WILL RISE INCREMENTALLY FROM 3% TO 4% BY 2028, BUT WORKERS WILL BE ABLE TO OPT OUT. THE SCHEME WILL BE EXTENDED TO 16 AND 17-YEAR-OLDS. BUT THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE HALVING ITS ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION FROM $520 TO $260. AND THOSE EARNING $180,000 OR MORE WON'T GET ANYTHING, SAVING THE GOVERNMENT $2.5b OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. HERE'S RETIREMENT COMMISSIONER JANE WRIGHTSON'S TAKE ON THE CHANGES. AROUND 8-% OF KIWISAVERS WILL BE BETTER OFF BY RETIREWMENT, SIMPLY BY RAISING THE CONTRIBUTION RATES TO FOUR PLUS FOUR ` 4% EMPLOYER, 4% EMPLOYEE. THERE'S AROUND 20% WHO WILL NOT BE BETTER OFF, WHO WILL BE WORSE OFF, AND THEY'RE PRIMARILY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING AT THE MOMENT ` AND THEREFORE, THE GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION BECOMES LOWER ` OR WHO ARE SELF-EMPLOYED OR GIG WORKERS, WHO ARE ALREADY NOT ESPECIALLY FAVOURED BY THE KIWISAVER SCHEME, AND WILL BE LOOKING AT WHAT ENCOURAGEMENT WE CAN SUGGEST TO THE GOVERNMENT MIGHT NEED TO BE OFFERED. FOR MORE ON WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR RETIREMENT FUND, WE'RE JOINED BY INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL JOURNALIST FRANCES COOK. MORNING, FRANCES. THE START WITH WHAT YOU LIKED ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT. I GOT TO SAY THAT I LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE ARE INCREASING THE CONTRIBUTION, THE IDEA THAT WE'RE OPENING IT UP TO 16 AND 17-YEAR-OLDS. IT ALWAYS STRUCK ME AS QUITE UNFAIR THAT THE MAIN PERKS OF KIWI SAVER ARE BETWEEN 18 AND 65. A LOT OF PEOPLE START IN THE WORKING WORLD YOUNGER THAN THAT, SO THAT IS GOOD. VERY CONCERNED, THOUGH, BY REDUCING THE GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION FOR SELF-EMPLOYED PEOPLE. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE TRYING TO INNOVATE AND DO SOMETHING INTERESTING, AND ONCE AGAIN, THEY MISS OUT. YES, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA YESTERDAY IN TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SELF-EMPLOYED AND WHAT THIS WILL MEAN IN TERMS OF REAL DOLLARS ACROSS-THE-BOARD, SOMEBODY WHO WAS ON AN AVERAGE WAGE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING TO GET INTO THE SCHEME. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TO SIGN UP TO KIWI SAVER? I WORRY POTENTIALLY NOT. ON THE FACE OF IT, IT LOOKS GOOD, AND I LOVE THAT WE HAVE INCREASED THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO A 4% DEFAULT. PEOPLE DO TEND TO DO THAT WHAT IS JUST THE DEFAULT. BECAUSE YOU ASSUME THAT WHATEVER IS THE DEFAULT, PEOPLE HAVE DECIDED THAT IT IS GOOD FOR OUR FUTURES. UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS NOT AT ALL ENOUGH CURRENTLY FOR A COMFY RETIREMENT. PEOPLE MIGHT BE LOWER THAN WITH A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY. THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL. TREASURY'S OWN FIGURES SHOW THEY DO THINK A LOT OF THE INCREASED CONTRIBUTION RATE FOR EMPLOYERS, THE GOVERNMENT SAID THEY DO NOT WANT TO PUT AS MUCH MONEY, BUT FIGURES SHOW THAT MAY COME FROM LOWER PAY RISES. I DO THINK THAT IT WILL BE GOOD IN TERMS OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT IT AND SAYING, I WILL SIGN UP NOW AND GET THE PERKS, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT IT WILL STILL NOT BE ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO BE ARRIVING AT RETIREMENT WITH HOPEFULLY A REALLY NICE STRETCH OF GOLDEN YEARS AHEAD OF THEM. THAT IS WHAT I THINK EVERYONE WANTS. I THINK WE DO HAVE TO BE MORE IN PRECIOUS AT SOME POINT. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HEADING TO AUSTRALIA FOR GOOD JOBS, GOOD MONEY AND THE HOUSING MARKET THAT IS SLIGHTLY LESS INSANE THAN OURS; NOT BY MUCH, BUT A LITTLE BIT. WHEN THEY ADD UP ALL THOSE THINGS, I DO NOT THINK ANYONE MOVES COUNTRIES FOR THE RETIREMENT SCHEME. I AM NOT THAT SILLY. I THINK IT IS ONE MORE FACTOR. WHEN YOU LOOK AT AUSTRALIANS SUPER, THAT IS GOLDPLATED. THEY GOING TO START CONTRIBUTING AT 12%. THERE ARE AMAZING TAX BENEFITS THAT ENCOURAGE YOU TO PUT YOUR MONEY AND THERE AND KEEP MORE MONEY FOR YOURSELF. THEY'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON AMPING THAT UP. PEOPLE GET TO RETIREMENT WITH THEIR OWN MONEY INSTEAD OF RELYING ON THE GOVERNMENT. I DO THINK THAT IS ONE MORE FACTOR IN TERMS OF PEOPLE HEADING OVER THE DITCH, AND THAT REALLY WORRIES ME. ONE MORE QUESTION ` THAT PEOPLE WHO JUST AS ANNOUNCEMENT AND SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO IN TERMS OF OPTING IN TO KIWI SAVER, WHAT WOULD YOUR ADVICE BE? I THINK WHAT YOU CAN DO IS TO CONTROL WHAT YOU CAN. THIS IS CHANGED, IT IS HAPPENING, IT IS DONE. I AM SAD TO SEE THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTRIBUTIONS ARE SLASHED AND I AM WORRIED ABOUT PAY RISES, BUT THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON YOUR KIWI SAVER WILL BE WHAT FUND THE DESIGN. FEWER IN KIWI SAVER WHEN YOU SHOULD BE IN GROWTH, THAT WILL BE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. COULD BE A BIGGER IMPACT ON YOUR FUTURE THAN ALL THE CHANGES WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. BRILLIANT, SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. FINANCIAL JOURNALIST JOINING US THIS MORNING. THANKS, FRANCES. THANKS. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. TEANA: So, how's life going with the new addition? BEN AND AMY: Ummmmmm... (SONG): 'LOVE IS STRANGE' BY Mickey & Sylvia AMY: Wooah! # Love is strange. # A lot of people. AMY: Oh oh, Sunny! # Take it for a game. # 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. # Slow. # Release. # Energy. # Energy. # # E-N-E-R-G-Y. # VOICEOVER: Flow through your day with new V Riise. ONE FINANCIAL JOURNALIST IS LABELLING THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW KIWISAVER CHANGES 'VERY CONCERNING', SAYING IT WON'T BE ENOUGH FOR A COMFORTABLE RETIREMENT. IN THE 2025 BUDGET, THE DEFAULT CONTRIBUTION FOR KIWISAVER IS RISING FROM 3% TO 4% FOR BOTH EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYERS. GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS WILL EXTEND TO 16- AND 17-YEAR-OLDS, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS BEING SLASHED IN HALF DOWN TO $260. IT'LL BE REMOVED ENTIRELY FOR THOSE EARNING OVER $180,000 FROM JULY 1st. INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL JOURNALIST FRANCES COOK SAYS THE DEFAULT AMOUNT GOING UP IS GOOD, BUT SLASHING THE GOVERNMENTS CONTRIBUTION WILL HIT SELF-EMPLOYED PEOPLE THE MOST. VERY CONCERNED, THOUGH. BY REDUCING THE GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE IN AN EVEN WORSE DEAL FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE SELF-EMPLOYED, TRYING TO INNOVATE AND DO SOMETHING INTERESTING, AND ONCE AGAIN THEY MISS OUT. WE'LL HAVE THE FINANCE MINISTER ON THE SHOW AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR. ASHBURTON RESIDENTS ARE GROWING FRUSTRATED AS THE COUNCIL ADMITS THERE'S NO QUICK FIX FOR LAKE HOOD'S ONGOING ISSUES. THE POPULAR SPOT WAS CLOSED IN EARLY APRIL AFTER A TOXIC ALGAE BLOOM MADE TWO PEOPLE SERIOUSLY ILL, AND A NEW REPORT CONFIRMS THE WATER QUALITY IS STILL POOR. WHILE EXTRA FUNDING HAS BEEN PROMISED, THERE'S STILL NO CLEAR TIMELINE FOR WHEN THE LAKE WILL REOPEN. SECURITY AT ISRAELI EMBASSIES AROUND THE WORLD HAS BEEN RAMPED UP, FOLLOWING THE FATAL SHOOTING OF TWO STAFFERS IN WASHINGTON DC YESTERDAY. POLICE SAY THE COUPLE WAS SHOT AT CLOSE RANGE OUTSIDE A JEWISH MUSEUM. THEY ALSO SAY THE SOLE SUSPECT, A MAN FROM CHICAGO (30) THEN WENT INSIDE WHERE HE WAS DETAINED BY SECURITY GUARDS BEFORE CHANTING 'FREE PALESTINE'. HE'S NOW IN CUSTODY. AMERICAN MAGIC HAVE ACCUSED TEAM NEW ZEALAND OF NOT BEING TRANSPARENT AFTER THE ITALIAN CITY OF NAPLES WAS ANNOUNCED AS THE HOST CITY FOR THE 2027 AMERICA'S CUP. THE TEAM, WHICH REPRESENTS THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB, SAYS IT MAY NOT RACE IN THE 38th EDITION OF THE REGATTA, WHICH WOULD SEE THE AMERICA'S CUP HELD WITHOUT AN AMERICAN BOAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY. IN A STATEMENT, AMERICAN MAGIC SAID TEAM NEW ZEALAND HAD FAILED TO COMMIT TO TRANSPARENCY DURING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHERE THE EVENT WOULD BE HELD. IT FOLLOWS BRITISH TEAM ATHENA RACING MAKING A SIMILAR COMPLAINT OVER THE LACK OF INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOUT THE DEAL. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) I'M SURE THEY ALL KNOW THIS, BUT WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY IT'S A BIG ISSUE. THEY KNOW NOW, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE IN THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, THE EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON CAN EXPECT CLEAR BLUE SKIES. 19 YOUR HIGH IN TAURANGA. TAUPO, YOUR HIGH IS 14. IT'S A NICE, SUNNY DAY FOR MOST REGIONS IN THE SOUTH TODAY. ALTHOUGH GREYMOUTH AND INVERCARGILL CAN EXPECT SOME CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS. BLENHEIM, YOUR HIGH IS 17. 13 IN WANAKA. HEATHER KEATS FROM METSERVICE IS HERE NOW FOR A LOOK AT HOW THE WEEKEND'S SHAPING UP. MORENA, HEATHER, HOW'S IT LOOKING? YET, NOT BAD, NOT BAD AT ALL. MOST OF IT, ANYWAY. THE WHOLE DISCLAIMER THING. TODAY WE'VE GOT MORE HIGH-PRESSURE, SO IT'S A BIT OF A RINSE AND REPEAT FROM WHAT WE'VE HAD THIS WEEK. SOME STRONG WESTERLIES IN THE DEEP SOUTH TODAY. ANOTHER COLD START, LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. IT'S JUST SUNDAY SUNDAY WE HAVE THE NEXT SORT OF WEATHER MOVING THROUGH. THERE WILL BE SOME HEAVY RAIN SOUTHWEST. SW. MAINLY DR. FROM SORT OF CHRIST CHURCH UP TO MARLBOROUGH IN THE EAST. THE TEMPERATURE DROP HAS BEEN NOTICEABLE I'VE NOW MOVED TO THE OCCASIONAL THERMAL SOCKS. WELL, WITH WINTER STARTING NEXT SATURDAY, YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT NO, WE DO HAVE A WARM SPELL COMING UP. A MOIST NORTHERLY FLOW, AND WITH THAT IS GONNA BE AN UPTICK IN TEMPERATURES. IT'S GONNA BE REALLY NOTICEABLE FOR THOSE OVERNIGHT LOWS WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. MOST WON'T HAVE ANY FROST AT ALL. IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY WARM. THOSE IN THE NORTH PROBABLY KICKING OFF THE WINTER DUVET FOR NEXT WEEK AS WELL. WHAT ABOUT NEXT WEEK ` ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ON THE HORIZON? SO, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SYSTEMS WERE KEEPING AN EYE ON. ON SUNDAY, THE FRONT THAT MOVES AND IS GOING TO TRIGGER THE NEXT ROUND OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS. HEAVY RAINS TO THE WEST COAST, HEAVY FALLS LATER IN THE EVENING, WE'VE GOT MORE WESTER WINDS AND COULD EVEN SPEAK BE SOME GALES FOR WELLINGTON, TOO. IT'S GONNA BE A WINDY DAY FOR MARLBOROUGH AND WELLINGTON. THEN ON TUESDAY, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOME OTHER NASTY STUFF COMING THROUGH OVER THE TASMAN SEA. DEFINITELY, NEXT WEEK A LOT MORE UNSETTLED THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD THIS WEEK. FINAL QUESTION ` AUCKLAND FC PLAYING MELBOURNE VICTORY TOMORROW. WHAT'S THE WEATHER GOING TO BE LIKE? KICKOFF IS AROUND 6 PM. IT'S LOOKING ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. FIND SKIES ALL DAY FOR AUCKLAND, NO RAIN AT ALL IN THE FORECAST, LOW OF 13 DEGREES, SO AS NOT TO BE TOO COLD. IT'S JUST GONNA BE PERFECT FOOTBALL SUPPORTING WEATHER. PERFECT CELEBRATION WHETHER TO. IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT WARMER NEXT WEEK. I GOT MY TICKETS. COURSE YOU HAVE. IS IT SOLD OUT? IT IS CLOSE THERE WERE FEWER THAN A THOUSAND TICKETS LEFT EARLIER THIS WEEK. TO CELEBRATE AUCKLAND FC MAKING IT TO THE A-LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS, WE'RE GIVING AWAY A DOUBLE PASS TO TOMORROW'S SECOND LEG MATCH AT MT SMART, AND FOUR LIMITED-EDITION ANZ BLUE VINYL RECORDS. ONLY 150 OF THESE HAVE BEEN MADE TO MARK THE CLUB'S RECORD-BREAKING DEBUT SEASON. TO BE IN TO WIN, HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz BEFORE 8.20 THIS MORNING, AND WE'LL ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS LATER THIS MORNING, ALL THANKS TO AUCKLAND FC. JUST A NOTE ` IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE OF AUCKLAND AND WIN THE TICKETS, YOU WILL NEED TO ARRANGE YOUR OWN TRAVEL TO AUCKLAND. YEAH, IT'S JUST THE TICKETS, PEEPS. THAT CAN BE A FUN PILGRIMAGE AS WELL. WERE GOING TO GO TYLER STREET LATER ON IN THE SHOW WITH OUR REPORTER LUCY. GOT SOME FANS HANGING OUT. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FOOTBALL AT THE MOMENT. ME U TONU MAI ` AS FLOODING CONTINUES TO HIT NEW SOUTH WALES, WHY YOUNG MEN AND CHILDREN ARE MOST AT RISK. # I GOT A WONDERING EYE. # COME ON, TAKE ME HOME. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. ASHBURTON RESIDENTS ARE GROWING FRUSTRATED AS THE COUNCIL ADMITS THERE'S NO QUICK FIX FOR LAKE HOOD'S ONGOING ISSUES. SECURITY AT ISRAELI EMBASSIES AROUND THE WORLD HAS BEEN RAMPED UP FOLLOWING THE FATAL SHOOTING OF TWO STAFFERS IN WASHINGTON DC YESTERDAY. AND IN SPORT, AMERICAN MAGIC HAVE THREATENED TO PULL OUT OF THE AMERICA'S CUP, ACCUSING TEAM NEW ZEALAND OF LACKING TRANSPARENCY. FLOODING DESCRIBED AS THE WORST IN 500 YEARS HAS BEEN BATTERING NEW SOUTH WALES SINCE MONDAY, AND IT'S NOT OVER YET. THREE PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED DEAD, ANOTHER IS MISSING, AND NEARLY 50,000 HAVE BEEN ISOLATED BY THE FLOOD WATERS. JOINING US NOW IS THE HEAD OF NATURAL HAZARDS RESEARCH AUSTRALIA, ANDREW GISSING. ANDREW, GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US SO EARLY. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WERE NO STRANGERS HERE IN NEW ZEALAND TO FLOODWATERS, BUT JUST HOW BAD ARE THINGS IN NEW SOUTH WALES? YES, THE FLOODS HERE IN AUSTRALIA, SOUTH OF BRISBANE TO AREAS SOUTH OF SYDNEY, AREAS OF SYDNEY BEING FLOODED AS WELL, THE EPICENTER OF THE EVENT HAS BEEN FOCUSED, WHERE HUNDREDS OF HOMES AND MANY BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. THE RESEARCH TELLS US THAT YOUNG MEN AND CHILDREN ARE THE MOST IN DANGER WHY IS THAT? YES, TRAGICALLY, THERE WERE THREE FATALITIES NOW. WE KNOW FROM OUR RESEARCH THAT PEOPLE ENTER FLOODWATER AND IT'S AN ENTRENCHED BEHAVIOR. BUT IT'S THE MOST DANGEROUS THING THAT PEOPLE CAN DO. WE DO KNOW THAT YOUNG MEN, TO GLIBLY DRIVING FORD VEHICLES, ARE THE ONES MOST LIKELY TO ENTER FLOODWATERS. IT'S SUCH A DANGEROUS THING FLOODWATERS CAN CHANGE RAPIDLY, CAN BE DEEPER THAN PEOPLE THINK, CAN BE FASTER, CAN HAVE DEBRIS, AND A SIMPLE ERROR OF JUDGMENT CAN HAVE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES. YOU'VE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT THE PREPAREDNESS GAP, WHERE COMMUNITIES KNOW ABOUT THE RISK BUT DON'T ACT, HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE TO RESPOND IN TIME? WE'VE SEEN EMERGENCY SERVICES ONE COMMUNITIES, BUT COMMUNITIES ALSO NEED TO FOLLOW THOSE WARNINGS. THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY THEY HAVE BARRIERS IN TERMS OF EVACUATING AND RESPONDING, SOME WANT TO KEEP CARE OF THEIR PETS, OR NOT APPRECIATE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PREPARED AS POSSIBLE. THE ALERTS DIDN'T COME IN UNTIL THE VERY WORST OF THOSE STORMS, NOT BEFOREHAND, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S USED IN NEW SOUTH WALES, AND HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC. THE STATE OF EMERGENCY SERVICE ARE ISSUING PLENTY OF ALERTS DURING THESE EVENTS, ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF MEDIA. WE GOT THE APPLICATIONS, WE'VE GOT THE EMERGENCY ALERT TEXT, SO PLENTY OF PEOPLE GOT EARLY WARNING, AN EARLY WARNING IS SO VITAL TO MAKE SURE WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, AND PEOPLE CAN TAKE EARLY ACTION. WHAT ABOUT PREPAREDNESS? THESE COMMUNITIES WERE WELL PREPARED, THEY HAD FLOOD PLANS, THEY EXPERIENCED REGULAR FLOODING. THE ISSUE IN AUSTRALIA IS WE'VE HAD A WHOLE. OF INTENSE WEATHER ` IN 2022 WE HAD RECORD FLOODING. ANOTHER RECORD-BREAKING FLOOD, THIS BROKE THE RECORD OF 1929. ONCE EVERY 500 YEARS, NO EVENT WE CAN ATTRIBUTE PARTICULARLY TO CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT WHAT WERE SEEING AND WHAT WE KNOW, IS THAT A WARMER WORLD AND ATMOSPHERE CAN HOLD MORE WATER, AND SO THERE'S A GREATER CHANCE OF HAVING MORE EXTREME RAINFALL EVENTS. SO, HOW DO YOU BUILD RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITIES? IT'S REALLY MULTIFACETED ASPECT. THE FIRST ONE IS REALLY UNDERSTANDING ABOUT DESIGNING VARIOUS OF MITIGATION AROUND THIS ` BUILDING STOCK BANKS, DAMS, FLOOD BANKS. THE NEED TO BUY BACK HOMES, THERE'S EXTENSIVE BUYBACK PROGRAMS, FOLLOWING FROM THE 2022 FLOODS, AND PARTICULARLY WHERE HOMES ARE AT SEVERE RISK, AND PEOPLE'S LIVES COULD BE PUT AT RISK, THOSE PROGRAMS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR THOUGHTS, TO OUR WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED IN NEW SOUTH WALES. BEHIND ALL THE NUMBERS, AND WHAT'S CHANGING, HOW IS ACTUALLY GOING TO AFFECT YOU AT HOME? PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MEANS TESTING FOR 18 AND E19 GETTING THE BENEFIT, YOUR ALLOWANCE WILL BE BASED ON YOUR PARENTS INCOME. AND MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO APPLY THE SAME THINGS TO THOSE SEEKING JOBS. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE THINGS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE, AND YOU'RE LIVING IN ONE OF THE SMALLER CENTERS, REGIONS, WHERE THE COST OF RENTS, WHATEVER, IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER, IT'S GOTTA BE JUST ONE MEANS TESTING, A BLANKET RULE FOR EVERYONE. SO ON ONE HAND, I GET IT. IF YOU DON'T NEED A COME OF YOUR PARENTS CAN AFFORD TO SUPPORT YOU, THEN THEY SHOULD, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT APPLIES TO EVERYONE, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE EARNING. IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT QUITE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THAT RELATIONSHIP TO TRY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN BE BASING YOUR DECISIONS ON HOW WEALTHIER PARENTS ARE I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN BUSINESSES, THE 4% RISE IN KIWI SAVER, THAT DOESN'T COME INTO FULL FORCE UNTIL 2028, BUT ALSO THAT BOOST ON ASSETS, IS NOT GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR YOUR BUSINESS? E HAERE AKE NEI. FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS EXPLAINS THE DECISIONS BEHIND THE BUDGET, ONE OF THOSE DECISIONS BEING SAVINGS FROM PAY EQUITY. NEXT ` WHAT DO WOMEN MAKE OF THE AMOUNT? # HEY YA. Alright, let's get straight to the numbers. VOICEOVER: Things are easier to share when they're not very good. But not this. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. ABOUT HALF OF THE SAVINGS FOUND IN YESTERDAY'S BUDGET HAVE COME FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTROVERSIAL PAY EQUITY OVERHAUL. TIGHTENING THE PAY EQUITY REGIME WILL SAVE $11b OVER FOUR YEARS, BUT AT WHAT COST TO WOMEN? A WELLINGTON LIBRARIAN SAYS THE COMMENT MADE BY BROOKE VAN VELDEN YESTERDAY ABOUT LIBRARY WORKERS AND TRANSPORT ENGINEERS WAS AN UNFAIR COMPARISON. I MEAN, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT SHE JUST DOESN'T UNDERSTAND HOW PAY EQUITY WORKS, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S THE SYSTEM. WE TAKE A JOB THAT IS MALE-DOMINATED AND HAS BEEN TREATED WELL AND BEEN VALUED APPROPRIATELY, AND WE COMPARE THAT TO A JOB THAT HASN'T BEEN. EMPLOYMENT BARRISTER STEPH DYHRBERG JOINS US NOW. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, STEPH. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO WHAT WAS UNVEILED? THE NUMBER IS QUITE SHOCKING, BECAUSE THAT IS TOUTED AS A BIG SAVING TO THE ECONOMY, TO THE GOVERNMENTS BOOKS, BUT THAT IS AT THE EXPENSE OF MOSTLY LOW-PAID WOMAN AND THEIR MALE COLLEAGUES IN FEMALE DOMINATED WORK THAT WERE FINALLY GOING TO GET A LEVELLING UP TO A FAIR PAY RATE. THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM THEM. NICOLA WILLIS SAID THAT TRADE-OFFS NEED TO HAPPEN TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. WILL THIS BE WORTH IT, DO YOU THINK? ABSOLUTELY NOT. NOT ONLY IS IT A DIRECT COST TO THE HOUSEHOLDS OF THOSE WOMEN THAT SAY IF YOU HAVE A 70% WORKFORCE, THEN YOU HAVE A 30% MALE WORKFORCE. IT IS NOT JUST A WOMAN'S ISSUE ` WE HAVE TOO MANY CHILDREN IN NEW ZEALAND LIVING IN POVERTY. THE MOST DIRECT PREDICTOR OF GOOD OUTCOMES AND LIFE IS NOT LIVING IN POVERTY, SITE HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES. IT ALSO HAS COSTS TO THE REST OF SOCIETY. THERE ARE MODELLING ON THE COST OF SOCIETAL BENEFITS ` BENEFITS AND HEALTH, EDUCATION, JUSTICE, OUTCOMES. IT HAS A COMPOUNDING EFFECT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES. THE OTHER THING IS THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SLASHING $12.8 BILLION IN COST, YOU ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FLIPSIDE OF THAT, WHICH IS, WHAT ARE WE MISSING OUT ON? I AM NO ECONOMIST, BUT WHEN I LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY, I CAN GOOGLE AND CHECK GPT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. THE MODELLING IS CLEAR, DOES BEEN DONE FOR THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND DONE BY GLOBAL STUDIES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE ECONOMY, WHICH IS WHAT SOUND FISCAL PLANNING SHOULD DO, IF YOU MODEL IT OVER FOUR YEARS, ACROSS THE WHOLE ECONOMY, PAY EQUITY, $12.8 BILLION INVESTMENT, WHICH IS HOW I THINK WE SHOULD BE SEEING IT, IT PAYS FOR ITSELF IN FOUR YEARS AND ACTUALLY RETURNS 1/3 OF A PERCENT OF GDP INCREASE. LET ME JUST SAY THAT AGAIN ` IT ACTUALLY PAYS FOR ITSELF AND MAKES MONEY, AND THAT IS THE CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE. ONCE THE DUST HAS SETTLED ON THIS` IT WILL NOT SETTLE QUICKLY, CHRIS. I THINK WE CAN TELL FROM THE OPPOSITION OUTSIDE THE BEEHIVE, WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE PAY EQUITY CLAIMS IN THE FUTURE? THEY ARE GOING TO BE DELIBERATELY, BY DESIGN, MUCH HARDER TO TAKE. THEY ARE GOING TO COVER A MUCH SMALLER SECTOR OF THE UNDERPAID WOMEN, THE FEMALE DOMINATED WORKFORCE. IT IS DELIBERATELY DESIGNED TO MAKE IT MUCH HARDER TO START OVER AGAIN WITH ALL THE DELAYS THAT ARE INVOLVED. YOU HAVE TO GO BACK INTO THE PROCESS OF RAISING A CLAIM, NEGOTIATING WITH YOUR EMPLOYER, AND PERHAPS ENDING UP IN COURT AS WELL. IT IS GOING TO PUT IT SO FAR OUT OF REACH. ITS COMPOUNDS ` THE IMPACTS OF THESE THINGS, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, COMPOUND. YOU SAY THAT THE DUST IS NOT GOING TO SETTLE ON THIS. WHEN YOU THINK THIS LEADS THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS STANDING AMONG WOMEN GOING FORWARD? A LOT OF WOMEN UNDERSTAND THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THEM. I HAVE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE. WHAT I REALLY WANT IS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS ISSUE WAS ALL ABOUT, THAT IT IS ABOUT FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS, IT IS ABOUT THE SORT OF SOCIETY THAT WE WANT IN THIS SORT OF SOCIETY THAT WE WANT FOR OUR CHILDREN. I HAVE HAD MEN SAY SOME PRETTY IGNORING THINGS TO ME OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. I HAVE SAID TO THEM, I AM NOT ANGRY AT YOU, I WANTED TO GO AWAY AND EDUCATE YOURSELVES, I WANTED TO DO SOME READING AND LISTEN TO THE RESEARCH. GO AND READ A BOOK AND TALK TO SOME WOMAN AND FIND OUT HOW THEY FEEL. IT DOES NOT JUST WOMEN THAT ARE ANGRY. IT IS THE UNDERPAID WOMAN, IT IS THEIR FAMILY, IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THIS ISSUE, IT IS EVERYONE WHO IS STRUGGLING IN NEW ZEALAND THAT WILL SEE THIS AS LOW HANGING FRUIT. WHO ONLY LOADING FRUIT IN THIS BUDGET? IT IS WOMAN, IT IS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, IN SOME WAYS, IT IS YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT THEY GET SOMETHING, OTIS PEOPLE IN KIWI SAVER. I HAD THE RETIREMENT COMMISSIONER SAY THAT HE WAS EVER CHANGES WILL IMPACTS, GUESS WHO? ALL OF THESE THINGS COMPOUND, SO THE CHANGES TO ENTITLEMENTS AS WELL. IT WILL STRIP A LOT OF MONEY OUT OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS SO IT WILL FURTHER ENTRENCH POVERTY. THE DUST WILL NOT SETTLE BECAUSE KIWIS WANT TO SEE PEOPLE HAVE A FAIR GO AND DO NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF PEOPLE HAVING ALL THIS MONEY TAKEN OUT OF THEIR HOUSEHOLDS TO BENEFIT OTHER PARTS OF THE ECONOMY. I APOLOGISE FOR INSTRUCTING YOU THERE, STEPH. I PULLED THE FACT WE NEED TO GET TO THE NEWS, BUT ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US. ON WHAT IS AN ISSUE THAT LEXUS IS WILL NOT GO AWAY JUST BECAUSE THE BUDGET HAS BEEN DELIVERED. STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` 'NO BS.' THAT'S HOW NICOLA WILLIS DESCRIBED THE BUDGET, BUT DOES IT LIVE UP TO THE BILLING? THE FINANCE MINISTER IS WITH US SHORTLY. ALSO AHEAD ` ARDIE SAVEA OPENS UP ABOUT LEADERSHIP, STRENGTH AND WHANAU. IN WHAT HAS BEEN THE SEASON OF HIS LIFE. INDEED. PLUS ` WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION IN THE GARDEN BEFORE WINTER HITS. IS IT NEXT WEEK? NEXT WEEK. WOW. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. ONE FINANCIAL JOURNALIST IS LABELLING THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW KIWISAVER CHANGES 'VERY CONCERNING', WITH FEARS IT WON'T BE ENOUGH FOR A COMFORTABLE RETIREMENT. IN THE 2025 BUDGET, THE DEFAULT CONTRIBUTION FOR KIWISAVER IS RISING FROM 3% TO 4% FOR BOTH EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYERS. GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS WILL EXTEND TO 16 AND 17-YEAR-OLDS, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS BEING SLASHED IN HALF, DOWN TO $260. IT'LL BE REMOVED ENTIRELY FOR THOSE EARNING OVER $180,000 FROM JULY 1st. INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL JOURNALIST FRANCES COOK SAYS THE DEFAULT AMOUNT GOING UP IS GOOD, BUT SLASHING THE GOVERNMENTS CONTRIBUTION WILL HIT SELF-EMPLOYED PEOPLE THE MOST. POLICE HAVE CHARGED A FOURTH PERSON IN RELATION TO THE GULF HARBOUR HOMICIDE LAST YEAR. THE BODY OF CHINESE WOMAN SHULAI WANG (70) WAS FOUND IN A BLACK RUBBISH BAG IN THE WATER IN THE NORTH OF AUCKLAND. A 64-YEAR-OLD WILL APPEAR IN COURT THIS MORNING CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER AND KIDNAPPING AFTER BEING ARRESTED AT AN OREWA PROPERTY YESTERDAY MORNING. THE UN SAYS 90 TRUCKS OF AID HAVE NOW ARRIVED IN GAZA AFTER A THREE-DAY DELAY. THE AID INCLUDES FLOUR, BABY FOOD AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. SEVERAL BAKERIES ARE NOW PRODUCING BREAD, BUT THE UN SAYS THE SUPPLIES ARE NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE 2.1 MILLION PALESTINIANS LIVING IN THE STRIP. THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY SAYS 29 CHILDREN HAVE DIED OF STARVATION-RELATED CAUSES IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. TO SPORT ` NEW ZEALAND WILL HOST TWO LEGS OF THE SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP FROM NEXT YEAR, WITH CHRISTCHURCH CONFIRMED TO HOLD A RACE WEEKEND, JOINING TAUPO. LUKE ROBINSON JOIN US NOW LIVE FOR MORE ON THIS, AND, LUKE, GOOD NEWS FOR MOTORSPORT FANS DOWN SOUTH. YES, IT CERTAINLY IS. START YOUR ENGINES, A LEG IN CHRISTCHURCH WILL BE JOINING TAUPO. AN INCREDIBLE BOOST FOR THE TOURISM SECTOR IN CHRISTCHURCH, I THINK THEY GET UP TO 70,000 PEOPLE PER WEEKEND IN TAUPO SINCE THE RETURN OF SUPERCARS, WHICH WAS A SOLD-OUT EVENT IN 2024 AND 2025. THERE WILL BE LOOKING TO REPLICATE THAT EVENT WHEN THE EVENT COMES TO CHRISTCHURCH. IT IS CONFIRMS FOR CHRISTCHURCH FOR 2026 UNTIL 2028. AT THAT SAME TIME PERIOD, TAUPO HAS BEEN EXTENDED. WE WILL SEE TWO LEGS OF SUPERCARS A NEW ZEALAND FROM 2026 TO 2028. GREAT NEWS OF PETROL HEADS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THANKS FOR THAT, LUKE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE IN THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, THE EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON CAN EXPECT CLEAR BLUE SKIES. 19 YOUR HIGH IN TAURANGA. TAUPO, YOUR HIGH IS 14. IT'S A NICE, SUNNY DAY FOR MOST REGIONS IN THE SOUTH TODAY. ALTHOUGH GREYMOUTH AND INVERCARGILL CAN EXPECT SOME CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS. BLENHEIM, YOUR HIGH IS 17. 13 IN WANAKA. COMING UP VERY SHORTLY, THE FINANCE MR WILL JOIN US TO TALK ALL THINGS BUDGET. THAT IS COMING UP NEXT. ALSO, SUPER RUGBY'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR ARDIE SAVEA SITS DOWN FOR A ONE-ON-ONE CHAT. WE WILL DO THAT AFTER THE BREAK AS WELL. # I WILL BE THERE BY YOUR SIDE # Slow. # Release. # Energy. # Energy. # # E-N-E-R-G-Y. # VOICEOVER: Flow through your day with new V Riise. # SOMETHING SO TRUE IS WHAT I GET FROM YOU. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. AS THE FINANCE MINISTER WAS DELIVERING THE GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET IN THE BEEHIVE YESTERDAY, CROWDS WERE OUTSIDE FIGHTING FOR PAY EQUITY. THE PROTESTERS PUSHING BACK AGAINST RECENT REFORMS, WHICH HAS PUT ALL CURRENT CLAIMS BACK TO SQUARE ONE. THE OPPOSITION CALLING THE CHANGES AN ATTACK ON WOMEN. NOW WE HAVE LEARNED EXACTLY HOW MUCH THE GOVERNMENT SAVED THROUGH THE CONTROVERSIAL MOVE ` $12.7b. 1 NEWS POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN IS STANDING BY WITH FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS. YES, I AM HERE WITH THE FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS. TELL US WHY WERE HERE. THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF BUSINESS THAT IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM OUR INVESTMENT BOOST POLICY THAT CAME IN THE BUDGET YESTERDAY. THIS MEANS THAT WHEN BUSINESSES INVEST IN NEW MACHINERY, NEW EQUIPMENT THEY CAN GET A 20% TAX BACK. IT WILL MEAN THEY CAN PAY THE WORKERS HERE MORE. WHAT WILL THAT LEAD TO? IT WILL CREATE MORE JOBS, MORE INCOMES FOR PEOPLE AND MORE REVENUE FOR THE GOVERNMENT SO THEY CAN INVEST IN PUBLIC SERVICES. THERE WAS A LOT OF ANGER OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY, CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION? YEAH, AND WHAT I'D SAY TO THOSE PEOPLE IS THAT THEY ARE STILL ELIGIBLE TO MAKE A CLAIM WITH MERIT THAT THEY ARE THE VICTIM OF SEX-BASED DISCRIMINATION. WE'VE PUT MONEY ASIDE FOR THAT, BUT JUST TIGHTEN THE REGIME SO THAT IT'S BASED ON SEX-BASED DISCRIMINATION, AND NOT OTHER ISSUES. IT STARTED WITH TREASURY FORECASTING IN 2020, THAT THE COST WOULD BE AROUND 3.7 BILLION, AND IT JUST WENT VERY MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THAT, AND BECAME UNWORKABLE, SO WE MADE A GREAT REFORM. IT DOESN'T MEAN THE ISSUE OF PAY EQUITY IS OVER WHAT YOU SAY TO THAT? I ADVISED THEM TO MAKE PAY EQUITY CLAIMS, AND THERE'S A REGIME IN PLACE THAT. AND THAT'S GOOD. NOT FAIR. IF THEY HAVE BEEN DISCRIMINATIVE AGAINST, WE DO THINK THEY SHOULD BE COMPENSATED. IN TERMS OF KIWI SAVER CHANGES, YOU RECEIVED ADVICE THAT IT COULD SUPPRESS WAGES. ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THAT? IT BALANCES OUT. BECAUSE WE'VE GOT INVESTMENT BOOST, AND OTHER PROGROWTH POLICIES, I KNOW THOSE WILL BE ADDING TO WAGE GROWTH, AND IT WILL BALANCE OUT. AND THERE'S AN OPTION FOR WORKERS HERE. DO I WANT MY EMPLOYER MATCHING THE DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR AT A HIGHER RATE, OR DO I WANT TO STAY AT THE CURRENT RATE? WE ARE BORROWING BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AS A COUNTRY, LITERALLY BY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY FORTNIGHT. WE CAN AFFORD TO KEEP DOING THAT FOREVER. IF WE TRY TO KEEP DOING THAT FOREVER, WILL INDENT OUR KIDS, AND WILL ADDED TO OUR INTEREST RATES, AND WILL MAKE AN UNSTABLE ECONOMY. SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WAYS TO GET OUR SPENDING BACK IN ORDER IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH WERE SPENDING. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BEST START PAYMENTS FOR NEW PARENTS WITH NEWBORN BABIES. YOU'VE MEANS TESTED TO ANYONE EARNING OVER $90,000 PER HOUSEHOLD WON'T GET IT, A MINIMUM WAGE HOUSEHOLD, WON'T GET IT. THEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR IT? THIS IS THE SAME INCOME BASED TESTING THAT THE LAST GOVERNMENT INTRODUCED FOR YOUR TWO AND THREE, SO WE ARE JUST KEEPING IT SIMPLE AND DOING THE SAME THING AND KEEPING IT MUCH LOWER FOR FAMILIES. THOSE HOUSEHOLDS WILL IN MANY INSTANCES BE ELIGIBLE FOR OTHER SUPPORT, FOR PAID PARENTAL LEAVE, FOR CHILD CARE SUBSIDIES, FOR OUR FAMILY BOOST CHILD CARE CREDIT, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF SUPPORTS AND ENTITLEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THOSE PEOPLE. THIS IS ABOUT THE FACT WE USE THE MONEY WE SAVED SO THAT IT PROVIDES MORE SUPPORT FOR OUR LOW INCOME FAMILIES. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE A SINGLE PARENT, SINGLE WORKER> IT COULD JUST BE A FAMILY THAT IS ONE PERSON WORKING. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE GREEN PARTY THAT SAYS YOU'RE TAKING FOOD OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABIES? THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WANT TO TAX NURSES. IT WILL MAKE IT VERY HARD FOR BUSINESSES, VERY HARD FOR PEOPLE TO GET AHEAD. IN TERMS OF THE JOB SEEKER TIGHTENING UP THE RULES FOR THE 18 AND 19-YEAR-OLDS, WHAT'S THE THINKING BEHIND THAT? THE THINKING IS ACTUALLY ABOUT HELPING PARENTS. I HAVE ACTUALLY TALKED MYSELF TO PARENTS WHO ARE SAYING I DON'T WANT MY TEENAGER ON THE SOFA PLAYING PLAYSTATION, I WANT THEM GETTING INTO WORK, GETTING APPRENTICESHIP, AND IT'S PRETTY HARD TO DO WHEN THEY'RE GETTING SENT A CHECK EVERY WEEK. THEY SHOULD BE IN WORKER TRAINING, AND WILL EXPECT PARENTS TO SUPPORT THAT TO HAPPEN. DID YOU RECEIVE ANY ADVICE THAT IT COULD PUT PEOPLE INTO DANGER OF FALLING INTO POVERTY'S IF THEIR PARENTS DON'T CHOOSE TO SUPPORT THEM? THAT'S WHY WE BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT THERE WILL BE EXCEPTIONS AND WILL NEED MORE RULES ABOUT HOW WE WILL APPLY THOSE. THERE WILL BE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE KIDS CAN'T RELY ON THEIR PARENTS. WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? THE MESSAGE IS THAT WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK, WERE GROWING THE ECONOMY, WHERE INVESTING IN PUBLIC SERVICES THAT NEW ZEALAND RELY ON, BIG BOOST FOR HEALTH, EDUCATION, POLICE, DEFENSE FORCE. BEING VERY SMART ABOUT HELPING BUSINESSES LIKE THIS GROW, HELPING YOU BE SMART ABOUT KIWI SAVER, MAKING SURE THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT IS BEING MANAGED WELL, BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO INTO DEBT FOREVER. WE WILL PAY THE COST FOR THAT. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK FOR THE NAME FOR YOUR BUDGET THE NO BS BUDGET. NO SPENDING ON THINGS WE CAN AFFORD, NOTHING THAT'S PUTTING ON THE CREDIT CARD FOR YOUR KIDS AND MY KIDS, DOING THE SENSIBLE THING THAT NEW ZEALANDERS WOULD DO IF THEY WERE PRIORITIZING THEIR OWN MONEY AND MAKING SURE THAT THEIR PRIORITIZING THEIR FUTURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING, BACK TO YOU GUYS IN THE STUDIO. YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED HER TO CLARIFY WHAT THE BS STANDS FOR. ALSO, JUST AFTER 8 O'CLOCK WERE GOING TO HAVE LABORS FINANCE PERSON SPEAKING WITH US FOR HER REACTION AS WELL. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` POLICE HAVE CHARGED A FOURTH PERSON IN RELATION TO THE GULF HARBOUR HOMICIDE LAST YEAR. OVERSEAS, THE UN SAYS 90 TRUCKS OF AID HAVE NOW ARRIVED IN GAZA AFTER A THREE-DAY DELAY. THE AID INCLUDES FLOUR, BABY FOOD AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. AND IN SPORT, NEW ZEALAND WILL HOST TWO LEGS OF THE SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP FROM NEXT YEAR, WITH CHRISTCHURCH CONFIRMED TO HOLD A RACE WEEKEND, JOINING TAUPO. LOVE IT. HE IS THE MAN OF THE MOMENT. MOANA PASIFIKA'S INSPIRATIONAL CAPTAIN AND SUPER RUGBY'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR, WITH TWO ROUNDS STILL TO PLAY, I SHOULD ADD, ARDIE SAVEA IS IN THE FORM OF HIS LIFE. 31-YEAR-OLD FATHER OF THREE MADE WHAT MANY DESCRIBED AT THE TIME AS A SHOCK MOVE FROM THE CAPITAL'S HURRICANE'S TO THE NORTH SHORE-BASED MOANA PASIFIKA. ANY DOUBTS ABOUT HIS FORM DROPPING, HAVE WELL AND TRULY BEEN PUT TO BED. I WAS GRATEFUL TO SHARE SOME TIME WITH ARDIE BEFORE THE TEAM'S TRAINING YESTERDAY TO TALK ABOUT WHANAU, LEADERSHIP AND WHY HE FEELS AT HOME WITH HIS PACIFIC BROTHERS. CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH, BROTHER, FOR SITTING DOWN WITH ME FOR A CHAT. ALL GOOD. YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING ABOUT YOUR FORM OF LATE, AND I WONDER ABOUT WHEN YOU FIRST SAID THAT YOU WERE COMING IN TO PLAY FOR MOANA PASIFIKA, DID YOU THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE WHERE YOU WOULD BE AT? UM, I THINK FOR ME, I... I PRAYED ABOUT IT, LIKE, I WISHED FOR IT TO HAPPEN, WHETHER OR NOT LIKE, I... IT WAS LIKE THE IMPOSSIBLE-IMPOSSIBLE. UM, BUT ALL MY MINDSET WAS JUST TO COME IN HERE, DO MY BEST, AND IF IT HAPPENS, IT HAPPENS. BUT I WAS AT PEACE WITH JUST CHOOSING SOMETHING THAT WAS FOR ME. AND IF THE RESULTS CAME, IT CAME. AND IF IT DIDN'T, I WAS STILL AT PEACE. BUT YEAH, YEAH. SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING SO FAR, IT'S BEEN AWESOME. WHY DO YOU THINK YOU'RE PLAYING SO WELL AT THE MOMENT? YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, IS IT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT THAT'S HERE? IS IT THE FREEDOM TO EXPRESS YOURSELF, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH YOUR LEADERSHIP OR PLAYING ON THE FIELD? WHAT DO YOU RECKON IT IS? I THINK IT'S A MIXTURE OF A LOT OF THINGS. UM, IT` IT IS THE ENVIRONMENT HERE. UM, LIKE, UM, EVERYTHING'S CENTRED AROUND OUR FAITH, CENTRED AROUND OUR PEOPLE, CENTRED AROUND OUR COMMUNITIES. AND THEN, IN THAT, WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR HIGH PERFORMANCE. SO IT'S THE OTHER WAY COMPARED TO OTHER SPORTS, OR OTHER TEAMS I'VE BEEN A PART OF. AND I THINK, ALSO IT'S A MIXTURE OF, YEAH, LIKE BEING THE UNDERDOG, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PROVE TO OURSELVES THAT WE CAN DO GREAT THINGS. AND I THINK WHEN YOU'RE COLLECTIVE, WHEN YOU COLLECTIVELY BELIEVE IN THAT, LIKE, YEAH, YOU... IT'S JUST 1% AS 2% AS YOU TRY A BIT HARDER FOR EACH OTHER. YEAH. YEAH. I LOVE THAT. YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE GOING AWESOME FOR YOU PERSONALLY. UH, GOING AWESOME FOR THE TEAM. BUT ALSO KNOW THAT YOUR FAMILY, YOUR LITTLE ONES, YOUR BABIES ARE STILL DOWN IN WELLINGTON, RIGHT? AND WITH YOUR WIFE, AND SO HOW HARD IS THAT FOR YOU? YEAH, AND THAT'S THE THING, LIKE, I, YOU KNOW, I HAD A CALL LAST NIGHT WITH, LIKE, A GREAT, UH, LIKE A GREAT FRIEND, WHO I KIND OF TALKED TO.. I'M SUPPOSED TO TALK TO, LIKE, EVERY FORTNIGHT, BUT, LIKE, I JUST CALLED HIM LAST NIGHT AROUND. HE GIVES ME JUST WISDOM AND JUST ABLE TO TALK, AND... I JUST FELT LIKE I'M BEING THIS GREAT LEADER FOR THE PEOPLE, AND I KIND OF FEEL GUILTY BECAUSE I'M NOT WITH MY FAMILY. AND THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THE CHALLENGE, LIKE, AND WE TALK ABOUT THINGS COME AT A COST, YOU KNOW, COURAGEOUS DECISIONS COME AT A COST, AND THE COST IS ACTUALLY FAMILY TIME FOR ME. MY FAMILY LIVE IN WELLINGTON, AND MY KIDS ARE ALL UNDER THE AGE OF 7, AND, UM, ALL MY TIME IS HERE. BUT, YEAH, SO THE KIDS KIND OF MISS THAT TIME WITH THEIR DAD. AND MY WIFE TOO, SO... JUST TALKING TO, UM, MY BROTHER LAST NIGHT WAS JUST AROUND ACTUALLY PLANNING SOME QUALITY TIME, EVEN IF IT'S THROUGH THE SCREEN, AND WHEN THEY ARE HERE BEING REALLY INTENTIONAL. YEAH, IT'S` IT'S` IT'S CHALLENGING. ALL THE LIGHT YOU PEOPLE SEE ON THE FIELD AND THAT... YEAH, LIKE, THERE'S STILL STUFF THAT YOU DON'T SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES ATHLETES STRUGGLE WITH. MM. I ALWAYS REFLECT ON MY CAREER NOW THAT I'VE GOT MY BOYS WHO ARE BOTH NINE. YES. AND I, YOU KNOW I WISH THAT THEY'D ACTUALLY SEEN ME PLAY. I WISH THAT DURING MY INTERNATIONAL CAREER OR JUST WHEN I WAS IN THE THICK OF IT, THAT THEY WERE THERE AND THEY COULD SEE THEIR MAMA, COS NOW THEY JUST DON'T REALLY CARE AND THEY DON'T BELIEVE IT WHEN I TALK TO THEM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE. IS THAT, I MEAN, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? YES, THEY'RE UNDER SEVEN, BUT THEY CAN` THEY'RE WATCHING YOU, THEY'RE SEEING YOU OUT THERE DOING YOUR THING. YEAH, IT'S AMAZING. LIKE, MY BOYS, THEY, LIKE, LIVE, BREATHE, WATCH RUGBY, LIKE THEY STAY THERE. EVERY RUBBISH BIN THEY SEE, THEY'RE SMACKING IT, COS THEY'RE JUST WATCHING MOANA. UM, MY GIRL HAS NO OUNCE OF SPORT AND HER BODY ` DOESN'T LIKE IT. SHE'S A DANCER. SHE LOVES DANCING. BUT JUST, YEAH, JUST SEEING THEM COME ONTO THE FIELD AFTER THE GAME, THEY LOVE IT. YEAH, AND THAT'S PROBABLY A SIDE THAT I DON'T ACTUALLY SIT DOWN AND REFLECT ON ` MY KIDS BEING ABLE TO WATCH THEIR DAD BE THE ATHLETE THAT HE IS. SO, NOW YOU JUST MENTIONED IT, IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY... LIKE. I'M REALLY BLESSED AND GRATEFUL THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN. YEAH. YEAH, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING. 31. YEAH. (CHUCKLES) HOW LONG YOU RECKON YOU CAN KEEP GOING? I'M NOT ASKING YOU WHETHER YOU'RE GONNA RETIRE ANY TIME SOON, BUT, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG YOU RECKON YOU GOT IN YOU? I RECKON STILL A COUPLE MORE YEARS. I'M THAT TYPE OF` LIKE, IF MY BODY AND MY PERFORMANCES ARE NOT DOING JUSTICE TO THE TEAM, THEN I'LL BE AT PEACE WITH THAT. I KNOW THAT EVERY GREAT THING THAT GOES TO THE TOP HAS TO COME DOWN AT SOME STAGE. SO FOR ME, MY MINDSET'S WHILE I'VE STILL GOT TIME, AND I'M BLESSED EVERY DAY WITH THIS GIFT, I'M GONNA GIVE IT MY ALL AND BE PREPARED WHEN THE TIME COMES, WHEN THE TIME HAS TO COME, TRY AND PLAN THINGS OUTSIDE OF THAT, AND SO THE TRANSITION IS EASIER. BUT, YEAH, A COUPLE MORE YEARS. GIVE IT MY ALL. YEAH. DON'T BE LIKE ME AND RETIRE LIKE THREE TIMES, BRO. JUST WALK AWAY. (LAUGHS) YEAH, YEAH. HEY, I KNOW YOU'RE BUSY AND YOU'VE GOT STUFF TO DO, SO I SO APPRECIATE YOU SITTING DOWN AND CHATTING WITH ME. ALL THE BEST AGAINST THE CHIEFS THIS WEEKEND. THANK YOU. I THOUGHT THEY'D TAKEN THAT OUT OF THERE. THE THING I LOVE ABOUT TALKING WITH ARTIE IS LESS ABOUT THE RUGBY SIDE OF THINGS, AND MORE ABOUT SEEING HIS FACE LIGHT UP WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT HIS BABIES. WE FORGET ABOUT THE SACRIFICES. THAT WAS A BIT OF A REVEAL FOR ME THAT THEY ARE IN AUCKLAND. THAT THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO COPE WITH. THEY'VE COME IN IS ONE OF THE NEWER TEAMS, AND I WONDER WHETHER SOME OF THE OTHER TEAMS ARE NOW SORT OF THINKING HEY, YOU GUYS ARE FREAKING SERIOUS ABOUT THIS. THEY'VE GOT SOME SURPRISING WINS OVER TRADITIONALLY VERY BIG TEAMS, AND NOW THEY'RE MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM BEING THE NEWCOMERS TO ACTUALLY BEING A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH. ARTIE WILL BE THE FIRST TO SAY, IT'S NOT JUST ME, IT'S ABOUT THE TEAM. ARDIE* YOU CANNOT UNDERESTIMATE HAVING THAT LEADERSHIP. HE PLAYS FOR THE ALL BLACKS, AND HE HAS CHOSEN TO PLAY FOR MOANA PACIFIKA. HE'S NOT ACTUALLY THAT COMFORTABLE WITH IT, BUT NOW THAT HE IS, HE STARTING TO GROW INTO THAT. AND HOPEFULLY OTHER NOT JUST PACIFICA PLAYERS, BUT CAN FOLLOW HIS LEAD AND GO TO THOSE TEAMS WITH A BIT MORE FAITH NOW. WERE GETTING QUITE DEEP INTO THE HISTORY OF RUGBY. NEW ZEALAND HAS TAKEN A LOT FROM THE PACIFIC IN TERMS OF ITS RUGBY STARS, AND FOR THAT NARRATIVE TO CHANGE, AND TO CONTINUE TO CHANGE, THAT WOULD BE A POWERFUL THING. LOVE IT. SPEAKING OF THE FOOTBALL ` TO CELEBRATE AUCKLAND FC MAKING IT TO THE A-LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS, WE'RE GIVING AWAY A DOUBLE PASS TO TOMORROW'S SECOND LEG MATCH AT MT SMART AND FOUR LIMITED-EDITION ANZ BLUE VINYL RECORDS. ONLY 150 OF THESE HAVE BEEN MADE TO MARK THE CLUB'S RECORD-BREAKING DEBUT SEASON. TO BE IN TO WIN, HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz BEFORE 8.20 THIS MORNING. AND WE'LL ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS LATER THIS MORNING. ALL THANKS TO AUCKLAND FC. JUST A NOTE ` IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE OF AUCKLAND AND WIN THE TICKETS, YOU WILL NEED TO ARRANGE YOUR OWN TRAVEL TO AUCKLAND. THEY ARE PROBABLY THE ONLY COUPLE OF TICKETS LEFT. I WOULD IMAGINE SO. PAY EQUITY CAMPAIGNERS ARE STILL REELING AT THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO CHANGE THE SCHEME, AFTER THE SAVINGS WERE ANNOUNCED IN YESTURDAY'S BUDGET. TIGHTENING THE PAY EQUITY REGIME WILL SAVE NEARLY $13b OVER FOUR YEARS. HOWEVER, EMPLOYMENT BARRISTER AND PAY EQUITY CAMPAIGNER STEPH DYHRBERG SAYS THE DECISION IS SHORT SIGHTED AND NOT A FAIR TRADE-OFF. SHE SAYS THE SAVINGS MADE FROM CHANGING THE SCHEME HAVE BEEN QUITE SHOCKING. BEEN QUITE SHOCKING THAT IS TOUTED AS A BIG SAVING TO THE ECONOMY AND THE GOVERNMENT'S BOX. BUT THAT IS AT THE EXPENSE OF MOSTLY LOW-PAID WOMAN AND THEIR MALE COLLEAGUES, IN THE FEMALE DOMINATED WORK, WHO WERE FINALLY GOING TO GET A LEVELLING UP TO A FAIR PAY RATE. ABOUT HALF OF THE SAVINGS FOUND IN YESTERDAY'S BUDGET HAVE COME FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S PAY EQUITY OVERHAUL. THE WAIKATO EXPRESSWAY NEAR HUNTLY IS BACK OPEN FOLLOWING A CRASH IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING. EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONDED TO AN ACCIDENT JUST BEFORE 4.30 AFTER A TRUCK ROLLED OFF THE BANK WITH THE DRIVER TRAPPED INSIDE. THE PERSON WAS LIFTED OUT AND SUSTAINED NO SERIOUS INJURIES. FLOODING IN NEW SOUTH WALES IS BEING DESCRIBED AS THE WORST IN 500 YEARS. THREE PEOPLE HAVE DIED, AND MORE THAN 48,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVACUATED, WITH EMERGENCY WARNINGS ISSUED ACROSS A DOZEN TOWNS SINCE MONDAY. SOME PEOPLE ARE RUNNING OUT OF FOOD AND MEDICINE, WHICH HEAD OF NATURAL HAZARDS RESEARCH AUSTRALIA ANDREW GISSING SAYS SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING PREPARED. SO A PARTICULARLY RARE EVENT. BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING ` NO EVENT WE CAN ATTRIBUTE ` PARTICULARLY THIS ONE AT AN EARLY STAGE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING, AND WE KNOW IN A WARMER WORLD THAT OUR ATMOSPHERE CAN HOLD MORE WATER. AND THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S A GREATER CHANCE OF HAVING MORE EXTREME RAINFALL EVENTS LIKE WE'VE SEEN. HE SAYS SEVERE RAINFALL COULD CONTINUE UNTIL FRIDAY, SO IT'S VITAL TO STAY OUT OF FLOODWATERS AS A SMALL ERROR OF JUDGEMENT COULD HAVE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES. TO SPORT, AND BLACK CAPS PACER WILL O'ROURKE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS WIN OVER THE GUJARAT TITANS IN THE IPL. O'ROURKE ENDING WITH 3/27 IN AN IMPRESSIVE SHOWING WITH THE BALL. FLICKED AWAY LEG SIDE. CHANCE TAKEN! THE SUPER GIANTS WINNING BY 33 RUNS. 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 MOST OF YOU HERE IN THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, THE EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON CAN EXPECT CLEAR BLUE SKIES. 19 YOUR HIGH IN TAURANGA. TAUPO, YOUR HIGH IS 14. IT'S A NICE, SUNNY DAY FOR MOST REGIONS IN THE SOUTH TODAY. ALTHOUGH GREYMOUTH AND INVERCARGILL CAN EXPECT SOME CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS. BLENHEIM, YOUR HIGH IS 17. 13 IN WANAKA. TO CELEBRATE ITS FIBRE BOOST ROLLOUT ` CHORUS IS BRINGING THE INTERNET CAFE 'OF NOW' ` A FREE POP-UP TO NEWMARKET HERE IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU FROM TODAY UNTIL SUNDAY. FROM LIVE PODCASTS AND INFLUENCER MASTERCLASSES, TO GAMING WITH THE ALL BLACKS AND CUSTOM EMOJI TOTE BAGS, IT'S ALL HAPPENING. WE SENT MATT GIBB ALONG TO CHECK IT OUT. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY CHORUS. THE CHORUS INTERNET CAFE 'OF NOW' OPENS TODAY FROM 10am, RUNS THROUGH TILL 6pm SUNDAY, RIGHT HERE IN NEWMARKET, TAMAKI MAKAURAU. I'VE BEEN INVITED FOR A SNEAK PEEK, SO LET'S CHECK IT OUT. (AMBIENT MUSIC) KURT, IT'S A BIT OF A TIME WARP WALKING INTO THIS PLACE. TELL ME, WHAT DO PEOPLE EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY FIRST WALK IN HERE TO THE INTERNET CAFE 'OF NOW'? WE'VE TRIED TO CREATE WHAT IT'S BEEN LIKE OVER THE INTERNET IN THE LAST SORT OF THREE OR FOUR DECADES. SO, WE START AT THE FRONT IN THE 90s, AND WE MOVE THROUGH THE NAUGHTIES, INTO THE TEENS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING THERE INTO THE CONTENT LOUNGE OF THE FUTURE. IT'S PART MUSEUM, BUT IT'S ALSO PART TECH SHOW AS WELL. SO WHAT'S THIS CHORUS BIG FIBRE BOOST ALL ABOUT, KURT? WITH FIBRE, THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE LAST 30 YEARS, AND THAT AMOUNT OF CHANGE IS GOING TO KEEP GOING FORWARD. SO IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, IT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING TOMORROW. AND REALLY, THIS BIG FIBRE BOOST IS PART OF ENABLING EVEN FASTER SPEEDS FOR MORE PEOPLE. SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO GET IT. JUST SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE FASTER SPEEDS. THIS IS OPEN FOR THREE DAYS, AND PEOPLE CAN JUST WALK IN OFF THE STREET AND EXPERIENCE ALL THERE IS TO OFFER? YEAH, YEAH, FRIDAY TO SUNDAY THIS WEEK. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COUPLE OF E-BLACKS HERE ` JONATHAN AND JOSHUA, SO YOU CAN PLAY SOME GAMES AGAINST THEM. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME LIVE PODCASTING AND SOME OTHER FUN THINGS DOWN THERE IN THE CONTENT LOUNGE. AND YOU'VE GOT KIDS, HAVEN'T YOU? WHAT WOULD THEY THINK OF THIS PLACE? WELL, THEY WON'T BELIEVE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT TODAY, WAY BACK THEN. MY DAUGHTER'S GOING TO LOVE THE PHOTO BOOTH BACK THERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TODAY DOING A SELFIE IS INSTANT. WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT BACK THEN, RIGHT? IT SORT OF TOOK TIME. MY KIDS ARE GOING TO LOVE THE EMOJI BAGS. I THINK THAT'S GONNA BRING IT TO LIFE. AND I ALSO SAW AN E-BLACK, SO I THINK I'LL GET MY SON IN TO SEE IF HE CAN DO WELL AT PLAYING FIFA WITH HIM. (TECHNO GAMING MUSIC) JONATHAN, YOU'RE THE HEAD ` THE CEO OF NEW ZEALAND E-SPORTS. NOW, THIS GAME WE'RE PLAYING RIGHT NOW, IT'S A BIT RETRO COMPARED TO WHAT YOU GUYS GET UP TO THESE DAYS, BUT I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF SPEEDS ARE YOU REQUIRING FOR YOUR INTERNET CONNECTIONS THESE DAYS, DO YOU RECKON? I MEAN, THE WORLD'S CHANGED. WE'RE A LOT ONLINE, SO WHEN YOU'RE VERSING SOMEONE IN AUSTRALIA, AND YOU MIGHT NEED TO REACT IN HALF A SECOND, IF YOU LOSE 100 MILLISECONDS TO YOUR PING` YEAH. YOU'RE NOT EVEN COMPETITIVE ANYMORE. SO THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE. YEAH, IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. ARE GAMERS PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW CHORUS BIG FIBRE BOOST, DO YOU RECKON, JONATHAN? I THINK PROBABLY THE BIGGEST POINT OF TENSION IN THE HOUSEHOLD IS WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING A GAME AND THEN YOUR MUM LOADS UP NETFLIX, AND YOU START LAGGING. AND SO I'M PRETTY SURE EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT NO MORE OF THOSE FIGHTS OR WORRYING ABOUT WHO'S USING THE INTERNET. (LAUGHS) (AMBIENT TECHNO MUSIC) YES! I LOVE IT. THANK YOU. DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE DOWNLOADING A PHOTO BACK IN THE DAY, SEEING IT KIND OF JUST COME TO LIFE? I STILL REMEMBER THE SOUND OF DIAL UP MODEMS. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT BEEPING? (DIAL UP BEEPING) THINGS HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH IN THE LAST THREE DECADES, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW AT THIS INTERNET CAFE. BRING YOUR FAMILY AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT JOURNEY FROM THE PAST. REMINISCE. THE SOUND OF THE DIAL-UP. WHAT A BLAST FROM THE PAST. YOU WOULD JUST SIT BACK AND WAIT. IT WAS NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL. THESE DAYS, YOU KIDS, YOU HAVE NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAD TO PUT UP WITH. E WHAI AKE NEI ` MOE TROUBLED WATERS FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP? PLUS, CAN THE BLACK FERNS WRAP UP THE PACIFIC FOUR SERIES THIS WEEKEND? WE'RE TALKING SPORT NEXT. # I THINK ABOUT YOU. # SITTING INSIDE MY HEAD, LAUGHING AT WHAT I SAID AUCKLAND ` LOOKING A BIT GREY THIS MORNING. SHOWERS, BUT MIGHT CLEAR THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH OF 18. ALSO PRETTY CLOUDY IN HAMILTON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LIGHT ONES, AND A HIGH OF 17. THERE IS NOBODY ON THE STREET. THERE IS ONE CAR. THE HAMILTON GRAND PRIX. NOT MUCH GOING ON IN HAMILTON THIS MORNING. RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC. LOVE IT. BEAUTIFUL, WELLINGTON. FINE, LIGHT winds. 16. GLORIOUS. LET'S JUST SOAK IT UP. CHILLY, MORNING FROST IN CHRISTCHURCH. A HIGH OF 15. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO CHANGE THE PAY EQUITY SCHEME HAS BEEN SLAMMED BY UNIONS. FLOODING IN NEW SOUTH WALES IS BEING DESCRIBED AS THE WORST IN 500 YEARS, WITH THREE PEOPLE DEAD AND MORE THAN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EVACUATED. AND IN SPORT, AND BLACK CAPS PACER WILL O'ROURKE HAS TAKEN A CRUCIAL THREE WICKETS IN THE INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE. THE BLACK FERNS ARE SET TO TAKE ON THE UNITED STATES ON SATURDAY, WITH TWO FORMER SEVENS STARS READY TO MAKE THEIR DEBUTS. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A NEW WOMEN'S RUGBY WORLD CUP TROPHY UNVEILED, WHICH A FORMER BLACK FERN HAD A HAND IN DESIGNING. FOR MORE ON THIS THIS AND OTHER SPORTING UPDATES, WE'RE JOINED BY LOCKER ROOM FOUNDING EDITOR AND FRIEND OF THE SHOW SUZANNE MCFADDEN. AS ALWAYS, LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. WHAT DO WE HAVE? THESE TWO MAKING THEIR DEBUT FOR THE BLACK FANS THIS WEEKEND. I AM SO EXCITED. I WILL BE THERE. LOOK, THERE ARE FOUR OF OUR BLACK FANS SEVENTH CHAMPIONS GOING TO BE PLAYING IN THE GAME AGAINST THE UNITED STATES TOMORROW. YES, TWO OF THEM WILL BE MAKING THEIR DEBUT. MILLER, WHO IS THE REIGNING WORLD SEVENS PLAYER OF THE YEAR, AND LANE, WHO WILL BE PLAYING AT HALF BACK. JORJA WE'LL BE OPEN SIDE FLANKER. IT WILL BE MORE EXCITING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A PAC-4 DECIDER. THE BLACK FANS AND CANADA ARE ON EQUAL POINTS RIGHT NOW. CANADA PLAY AUSTRALIA TONIGHT, SO THEN THE BLACK FANS WILL KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH THEY HAVE TO BEAT THE AMERICAN SPY TO WIN. AMERICA HAVE NOT HAD A WIN IN THIS TOURNAMENT YET. BUT THEY ARE STILL A REALLY STRONG SIDE. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONTEST. THERE IS A NEW WORLD CUP TROPHY. ALSO, ONE OF OUR VERY OWN AT TV NZ, MEL ROBINSON, HAS HAD A HAND IN DESIGNING THIS. SHE HAS INDEED. FIVE BLACK FANS WERE PART OF THE COMMITTEE TO DECIDE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. IT IS 24 KARAT GOLD. IT IS IN THE SHAPE OF AN OVAL BALL, BUT IT ALSO HAS NANCY'S HANDLES. NANCY IS THE OLD WORLD CUP TROPHY. THE DECISION AS TO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OLD TROPHY IS UP IN THE AIR STILL, BUT THERE IS A STRONG CHANCE IT WILL BE GIFTED TO NEW ZEALAND RUGBY, BECAUSE THE BLACK FANS HAVE WON IT SIX TIMES. THERE IS SO MUCH DETAIL ON IT. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. THERE IS A GLOBE THERE, AND THE COUNTRIES WHO ARE INVOLVED ARE MARKED ON THERE. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE. IT'S NOT SILVERWARE, BECAUSE IT IS GOLD. SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING. I'VE TAKEN A REAL INTEREST AND TROPHIES THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. SUZANNE, YOU TALKED ABOUT COUNTRIES AND WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT TROPHY, AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE AMERICA'S CUP AND THE FACT THAT THE AMERICA'S CUP MIGHT NOT HAVE AN AMERICAN TEAM BE THERE IN THE NEXT AMERICA'S CUP. WHAT IS GOING ON? TWO OF THE BIG PLAYERS IN THE AMERICA'S CUP HAVE STIRRED UP A HORNETS NEST OVERNIGHT. THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB AND THE OTHER TEAM HAVE PUT OUT STATEMENTS OVERNIGHT SAYING THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND INTEGRITY OVER THE NEXT VENUE BEING NAMED AS NAPLES. USUALLY, THE PROTOCOL AGREEMENT THAT TEAM NEW ZEALAND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IS AGREED BEFORE THE HOST CITY IS NAMED. IT HAS BEEN DONE THE REVERSE AT THIS TIME. YOU HAVE THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB SAYING, WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS HERE. IF TEAM NEW ZEALAND DO NOT SHOW MORE INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN GETTING THIS PROTOCOL SETTLED, WE MAY NOT RATE. IF THAT IS THE CASE, IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICA'S CUP THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN AMERICAN BOAT AT THE START LINE. IS THIS A BIG DEAL? WHAT THEY SEEM TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT WAS AGREED UPON WITH TEAM NEW ZEALAND AND THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT. THEY ARE PUTTING E100 MILLION TOWARDS THE EVENT APPARENTLY. IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THINGS LIKE THE CHALLENGERS COMMERCIAL AGREEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE WITH SPONSORS, AND WHAT HAS BEEN SET DOWN WITH THE HOST NATION. IT IS WAY ABOVE MY HEAD, AND WAY ABOVE MY PAY GRADE. ONCE AGAIN, WE ALWAYS GET A LITTLE BIT OF THIS. IT IS A BIT OF STIRRING UP SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT IN THE PROTOCOL FRAMEWORK OF THIS EVENT. IF YOU DO NOT GIVE IT TO US, WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME. BUT IN THE END, EVERYBODY IS HAPPY. ONE TEAM HAD ALREADY PULLED OUT. AT THE MOMENT, THERE ARE NO ENTRIES. WHO KNOWS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT, WHICH IS WHAT THEY WANT. WE TALKED ABOUT A PARA CLIMBER LAST WEEK. HOW DID SHE GO? SHE FINISHED THIRD AT THE WORLD CUP. SHE WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED WITH HER QUALIFYING ROUND. SHE MADE A COSTLY ERROR. SHE WAS SITTING IN SEVENTH AND THOUGHT THERE WAS NO WAY SHE WOULD MAKE THE FINAL. BUT SHE SAID, THIS LITTLE KIWI GIRL DOES NOT GIVE UP AND SHE WON THE BRONZE. LOOKING AHEAD TO THE PARALYMPICS IN 2028. LOVE IT. SO APPRECIATE YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE 8 O'CLOCK NEWS IS COMING UP. PLUS ` OUR GARDENING GURU GEARS US UP FOR THE CHANGE OF SEASON. # AND THE THOUGHT BECOMES THE MEMORY. # ALL OF YOUR SORROWS, # MAYBE TOMORROW, 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! # WHEN I'M WALKING, I STRUT MY STUFF. I WENT TO 1 OF THEIR CONCERTS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF UNI. IT'S BEEN A BOUNTIFUL SEASON FOR SUMMER FRUIT. BUT NOW THAT'S WELL AND TRUELY BEHIND US, IT'S TIME TO PREPARE THE TREES FOR NEXT SEASON. TO GIVE US ALL THE TIPS AND TRICKS WE NEED TO KNOW, WE'RE JOINED BY FRIEND OF THE SHOW AND OUR GIZZY GARDENER FROM 'ONE MINUTE GARDENING', ADRIAN SUTHERLAND. MORENA, ADRIAN. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON AGAIN. I CAN'T BELIEVE WE ARE ONLY ONE WEEK AWAY UNTIL OFFICIALLY BEING INTO WINTER. IS IT TIME TO DO SOME HARD YARDS AND PREP FOR THE SEASON TO COME? YES. ESPECIALLY LIKE YOU SAID IF THE GARDEN HAS BEEN PUMPING OUT SOME GOOD PRODUCE. ESPECIALLY THE FRUIT TREES ` THEY NEED A BIT OF TLC TO BE SET UP WELL FOR NEXT SEASON. PRUNING IS THE GOLD. TREES LOVE A GOOD PRUNE. SO YOU CAN TAKE OUT ANY BROKEN BRANCHES THAT MIGHT HAVE SNAPPED DURING THE SEASON ` TOO HEAVY, TOO MUCH FRUIT. ANY DEAD BRANCHES OR BRANCHES THAT MAY BE RUBBING ON EACH OTHER. IT IS GOOD TO KIND OF GIVE A BIT OF SPACE. IT IS SAID THAT IF A BIRD CAN FLY THROUGH THE CENTRE OF A TREE, IT IS PRUNED QUITE WELL. DON'T WORRY ` THERE IS NEVER A BAD CUT. I TAKE IT BACK, THEY CAN BE A BAD CUT, BUT TREES LIKE A GOOD PRUNE. SO JUST GET IN THERE, PRUNE A BRANCH OUT, SEE HOW IT LOOKS. ESPECIALLY SOME BRANCHES AT THE TREES GETTING A BIT TOO HIGH. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE CLIMBING TREES ` I DON'T WANT TO BE CLIMBING TREES. SO IT IS GOOD TO TRY AND BRING THE TREE DOWN A BIT AND KEEP IT MANAGEABLE. MAYBE WE CAN PLAY THAT IMAGE FROM BEFORE. WERE THOSE YOUR AVOCADOS? YES. I HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR THE LAST PREVIOUS TO GROW AVOCADO TREES, AND IT IS MISSION IMPOSSIBLE. YOUR ONCE LOOKED GLORIOUS. CAN YOU GO TOO HARD WITH THE PRUNING ` IS THERE A RISK THAT YOU WILL TRAUMATISE THE PLANT IF YOU GO TOO NUTS WITH IT? UH, YOU HAVE TO GO REALLY NUTS. YOU CAN SAFELY PRUNE 30% OF A TREES BRANCHES. AND LIKE I SAID, SOME OF THAT MIGHT BE TAKEN UP WITH OLD BRANCHES. BECAUSE THEY JUST USE UP NUTRIENTS. YOU MAY NOTICE DURING THE SEASON THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF WOOD BUT A FEW PIECES OF FRUIT ON IT, AND THOSE ARE THE KIND YOU WANT TO TAKE OUT. AROUND THE BASE OF THE TREE, A GOOD FEED OF SOME SULPHATE OF POT ASH ` ESPECIALLY NOW IN THE WINTERTIME, IT CAN HELP TO GET DOWN INTO THE SOIL AND PROMOTE FLOWER GROWTH AND FRUIT PRODUCTION. IT IS A GOOD TIME TO BE FEEDING THE SOIL. SO YOU CAN GO PRETTY HARD WITH THE PRUNING. IS IT OK TO CUT SOME OF THE NEWER STUFF, OR DO YOU ONLY WANT TO GO FOR THE OLDER BRANCHES? PREFERABLY THE OLDER BRANCHES. BECAUSE THINGS LIKE APPLES, NECTARINES, PEACHERS THRIVE ON MORE RECENT WORD. AT SOME BRANCHES ARE GETTING REALLY THICK, THEY ARE PROBABLY BETTER OFF AS FIREWOOD. THE TREE CAN USE ITS ENERGY TO GO MORE INTO THE FRUIT PRODUCTION THEN JUST GROWING BIG, THICK LIMBS. TREES DON'T NEED BIG, THICK LIMBS. 30% AND YOU ARE IN THE SAFE ZONE PROBABLY. HOW CAN WE MEASURE PATIENTS ON A PERCENTAGE LEVEL, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN VERY PATIENT WITH SOME OF MY FRUIT TREES AND SEND THE GREEN SHOOTS OF PROGRESS AND OCCASIONALLY SOME FRUIT APPEARING ON THE PLUM TREE, CGI TREE ` HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THESE THINGS TO REALLY BEAR FRUIT? PROBABLY YEAR FOUR, YEAR FIVE. IF YOU JUST BROUGHT ONE IN LAST YEAR. I TAKE SOME OFF IN THE FIRST YEAR ANYWAY, BECAUSE THAT HELPS LITERARY ESTABLISHMENT FRUIT SYSTEM. IF YOU HAVE A SMALL LEMON TREE AND IT GROWS ONE LITTLE LEMON, THAT IS GOING TO TURN INTO A FULL-SIZE LEMON AND SNAP THE BRANCH. SO THE FIRST TWO OR THREE YEARS, IF YOU CAN FOR YEARS, REMOVE THE FLOWERS. IT IS A LONG GAME, ADRIAN. A LONG GAME. THOSE BRANCHES CAN GET THICK AND STRONG AND HOLD THE FRUIT A LOT BETTER. SOME LIFE LESSONS IN THERE TOO, AREN'T THERE? ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO CHAT, MY FRIEND. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON HOW I GET ON WITH THE FRUIT TREES AT HOME. JUST A REMINDER ` YOU'VE STILL GOT TIME TO ENTER OUR GIVEAWAY THIS MORNING TO CELEBRATE AUCKLAND FC MAKING IT TO THE A-LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS WE'RE GIVING AWAY A DOUBLE PASS TO TOMORROW'S SECOND-LEG MATCH AT MT SMART AND FOUR LIMITED-EDITION ANZ BLUE VINYL RECORDS ` ONLY 150 OF THESE HAVE BEEN MADE TO MARK THE CLUB'S RECORD-BREAKING DEBUT SEASON. AH, I GET IT NOW ` RECORD-BREAKING. YOU CAN PUT IT UP ON THE WALL. BUT THIS THING IS ALMOST SOLD OUT, THIS GAME. TO BE IN TO WIN ` HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz BEFORE 8.20 THIS MORNING, AND WE'LL ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS BEFORE WE BUGGER OFF, OBVIOUSLY. ALL THANKS TO AUCKLAND FC. JUST A NOTE ` IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE OF AUCKLAND AND WIN THE TICKETS YOU WILL NEED TO ARRANGE YOUR OWN TRAVEL TO AUCKLAND. JUST TO FOLLOW THE NOISE OF THE PORT. STILL TO COME ` WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS. LABOUR'S BARBARA EDMONDS GIVES US HER TAKE ON THE BUDGET. ALSO AHEAD ` SHOULD NEW ZEALAND FOLLOW AUSTRALIA'S LEAD AND BAN UNDER 16S FROM SOCIAL MEDIA? WE'LL SPEAK WITH ONE OF THE EXPERTS WHO HELPED SHAPED THE NEW LAW ACROSS THE TASMAN. PLUS, WE CATCH UP WITH THE FANS AHEAD OF AUCKLAND FC'S BIG A-LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL. HOW ARE THE NERVES HEADING INTO THE SECOND LEG? I MEAN, YOU ARE GOING INTO THE SECOND LEG. YOU HAVE TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. THE FINANCE MINISTER SAYS THE GOVERNMENT CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO KIWISAVER WHERE THEY ARE, AFTER IT WAS REVEALED THEY'D BE HALVED IN THE 2025 BUDGET. THE DEFAULT EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION FOR KIWISAVER IS RISING FROM 3% TO 4%. BUT WHILE GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS WILL EXTEND TO 16- AND 17-YEAR-OLDS, THE MAXIMUM IS BEING CUT IN HALF, DOWN TO $260. IT'LL BE REMOVED ENTIRELY FOR THOSE EARNING OVER $180,000 FROM JULY 1. WE ARE BORROWING BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AS A COUNTRY. LITERALLY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY FORTNIGHT, AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP DOING THAT FOREVER. IF WE TRY TO KEEP DOING THAT FOREVER, WE INDEBT OUR KIDS, AND WE'LL ADD TO OUR INTEREST RATES, AND WE'LL MAKE THIS AN UNSTABLE ECONOMY. INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL JOURNALIST FRANCES COOK SAYS INCREASING THE DEFAULT AMOUNT FOR EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES IS GOOD, BUT SLASHING THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTRIBUTION WILL HURT SELF-EMPLOYED PEOPLE THE MOST. A MAN (64) WILL APPEAR IN THE NORTH SHORE COURT THIS MORNING, CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER AND KIDNAPPING, AFTER A BODY WASHED UP IN AUCKLAND'S GULF HARBOUR LAST YEAR. THIS IS THE FOURTH PERSON POLICE HAVE CHARGED IN RELATION TO THE HOMICIDE. THE BODY OF CHINESE WOMAN SHULAI WANG (70) WAS FOUND IN A BLACK RUBBISH BAG IN THE WATER, IN MARCH LAST YEAR. IN THE U.S. AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED, AFTER A SMALL PLANE CRASHED INTO A RESIDENTIAL SUBURB OF SAN DIEGO. EIGHT OTHER PEOPLE RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, AND MULTIPLE HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. AUTHORITIES SAY THE DEATHS APPEAR TO BE FROM THE PLANE ITSELF, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD. SUPERCARS HAS CONFIRMED CHRISTCHURCH WILL HOST A SECOND EVENT ALONGSIDE TAUPO, STARTING FROM NEXT YEAR. IT COMES A MONTH AFTER 1 NEWS REVEALED RUAPUNA MOTORSPORT PARK WOULD BE THE HOME OF A SOUTH ISLAND SUPERCARS EVENT. TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY MINISTER LOUISE UPSTON SAYS THE GOVERNMENT WILL INVEST $5.9m TO SUPPORT BOTH THE TAUPO AND CHRISTCHURCH RACE WEEKENDS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT THE WEATHER IS DOING AT YOUR PLACE TODAY. IT'S A CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE IN THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, THE EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON CAN EXPECT CLEAR BLUE SKIES. 19 YOUR HIGH IN TAURANGA. TAUPO, YOUR HIGH IS 14. IT'S A NICE, SUNNY DAY FOR MOST REGIONS IN THE SOUTH TODAY. ALTHOUGH GREYMOUTH AND INVERCARGILL CAN EXPECT SOME CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS. BLENHEIM, YOUR HIGH IS 17. 13 FOR WANAKA. THANKS, CHRIS. THE DUST IS SETTLING ON BUDGET 2025, AND WHILE THE GOVERNMENT'S CALLING IT A RESPONSIBLE RESET, THE OPPOSITION SAYS IT'S ANYTHING BUT. THE KEY ANNOUNCEMENTS ` A BIG SHAKE-UP FOR KIWISAVER. DEFAULT CONTRIBUTIONS WILL INCREASE TO 4% FROM APRIL 2028, THAT FIGURE MATCHED BY EMPLOYERS. THE GOVERNMENT IS HALVING ITS YEARLY CONTRIBUTION TO $260,APRIL 2028 $260, AND THERE WILL NOW BE MEANS-TESTING, SO PEOPLE EARNING MORE THAN $180,000 WON'T GET IT, WHILE 16- AND 17-YEAR-OLDS WILL BECOME ELIGIBLE. MEANS TESTING TOO FOR PARENTS OF UNEMPLOYED 18- AND 19-YEAR-OLDS, WITH A NEW 'ASSISTANCE TEST' FROM 2027, TO WORK OUT IF THEIR CHILDREN QUALIFY FOR THE DOLE. AND THE GOVERNMENT REVEALING TODAY IT'S CLAWED BACK CLOSE TO $13 BILLION OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, BECAUSE OF CHANGES TO THE PAY EQUITY SCHEME. JOINING US NOW FROM WELLINGTON IS LABOUR'S FINANCE SPOKESPERSON BARBARA EDMONDS. MORENA AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. LABOUR'S CALLED THIS BUDGET 'A MASTERCLASS IN MAKING 'THE WRONG DECISIONS'. NOT A FAN THEN? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? TALOFA LAVA, JENNY. THIS BUDGET IS THE 'WOMEN ARE WORTH LESS' BUDGET. IT IS CLEAR THEY WERE WILLING TO CUT THEIR FUTURE PAY PACKETS TO PAY FOR MULTINATIONAL TAX CUTS FOR TECH GIANTS, LANDLORDS, TOBACCO COMPANIES. IT IS ALL ABOUT CHOICES, AND THOSE ARE NOT THE CHOICES WE WOULD HAVE MADE. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PAY EQUITY SAVINGS WHICH TOTALLED NEARLY $13 BILLION. WHAT ELSE ABOUT THE BUDGET THAT WAS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY DID LABOUR NOT LIKE? WE DO HAVE MAJOR CONCERNS WITH THE 61,000 FAMILIES WHO, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE BEST START CHANGES HAVE HAPPENED AND THE WORKING FOR FAMILIES FOR ABATEMENT THRESHOLD CHANGES, 61,000 FAMILIES ARE GOING TO GET ON AVERAGE $43 LESS. THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES RIGHT NOW WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. CAN WE TALK ABOUT KIWISAVER AS WELL ` HIGHER CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THOSE WHO HAVE KIWISAVER AND THEIR EMPLOYERS AS WELL, BUT THE GOVERNMENT IS HALVING THEIR CONTRIBUTION. IS THAT A FAIR TRADE, DO YOU THINK? WE ALWAYS WANT KIWIS TO SAY FOR THEIR RETIREMENT, AND PART OF THAT IS INCENTIVISING THEM TO SAY. SO WE CALCULATED YESTERDAY THAT BY REMOVING THE GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION, AN 18-YEAR-OLD, WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR RETIREMENT, THERE KIWISAVER BALANCE WILL BE $66,000 LESS. THE OTHER ASPECT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IN HALVING THAT CONTRIBUTION FROM THE GOVERNMENT, SELF-EMPLOYED PEOPLE AND SOLE TRADERS WHO DON'T HAVE A HIGH UPTAKE ALREADY, ABOUT 65%, AND NOT INCENTIVISED TO SAY FOR THEIR RETIREMENT. NICHOLAS WILLIS HAS SAID THE GOVERNMENT SIMPLY COULD NOT AFFORD TO CONTINUE WITH THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS, THAT WOULD MEAN THEY WOULD HAVE TO BORROW MORE WHICH MEANS MORE DEBT FOR OUR KIDS TO PAY OFF IN THE FUTURE. DO YOU BUY THAT IS SHE RIGHT? THE GOVERNMENT BORROWED $12 MILLION LAST YEAR. AND THEY MADE A PROMISE DURING THE ELECTION THAT YOU WILL GET A $250 TAX CUT. THEY CANNOT SAY HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY GOT THAT TAX CUT. THAT AGAIN COMES DOWN TO CHOICES. THE GOVERNMENT GAVE A $500,000 TAX CUT TO TECH GIANTS. THEY HAVE PROVIDED INTERESTED I COULD ABILITY TO LANDLORDS AND GIVEN TOBACCO COMPANIES TAX CUTS. AND YESTERDAY SAID THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE TAX SUBSIDIES OF UP TO 200 MILLION. IT IS ABOUT WHO YOU WANT TO SUPPORT AND WANT TO THRIVE IN NEW ZEALAND, AND YESTERDAY WE SAW WOMEN ARE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR THIS WITH A TAX CUT. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WILL RETURN TO SURPLUS AFTER ABOUT THREE YEARS. COULD LABOUR HAVE DONE THIS AS WELL? IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT LABOUR TOOK TO THE ELECTION IN 2023, AS WELL AS WHAT THE BUDGET, ECONOMIC FISCAL UPDATE WAS THAT WE RELEASED LAST YEAR, WE WERE COMING INTO SURPLUS A YEAR EARLIER. WHAT THIS GOVERNMENT HAS DONE BY TAKING OVER THE BOOKS AND THE ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT OVER THE LAST YEAR, THEY HAVE MADE THE ECONOMY SLOWED DOWN CONSIDERABLY. 13,000 LESS CONSTRUCTION SECTOR JOBS. THOSE ARE OUR WORKERS AND THOSE WE NEED TO BUILD OUR SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS. THAT IS WHY WE ARE SEEING THAT NET MIGRATION THAT PEOPLE GOING OVER TO AUSTRALIA PARTICULARLY, BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY CAN GET AHEAD. IF THIS WAS YOUR BUDGET, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY QUESTION UP IF THIS WAS YOUR BUDGET, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY? THERE IS A WHOLE LOT I WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY. LOOKING UNDERNEATH THE HOOD ` AND LIKE EVERY PARTY, WE WOULD COME UP WITH A PHYSICAL PLAN ` WITH A FISCAL PLAN ` ONE THAT IS CAREFUL, CONSIDERED AND WILL BRING US INTO GOVERNMENT NEXT ELECTION. ARE THERE THINGS THAT YOU SUPPORT? THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE GOOD AND BAD LIKE IN ANY BUDGET. ADDITIONAL LEARNING SUPPORT IS A GOOD MOVE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN SCHOOLS, BUT IT COMES AT A COST OF SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. WE ARE STILL GIVING MULTINATIONAL TECH GIANTS, TOBACCO COMPANIES AND LANDLORDS TAX CUTS. DID YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT FROM A PART OF THE SYSTEM ACTUALLY NEEDS THE SUPPORT? SO WHILE THE SUPPORT MEASURES ARE GOOD AND NEEDED, IT IS NOW LIVING ANOTHER HOLE IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR FOR SUPPORT FOR OTHER PEOPLE. LABOUR FINANCE SPOKESPERSON BARBARA EDMONDS. TENA KOE. FA'AFETAI LAVA. ME U TONU MAI ` AS THE DEBATE HEATS UP ON A POTENTIAL SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR UNDER 16s, # I KEEP THINKING # RIGHT BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED # WHEN I FELL IN LOVE. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` A MAN (64) WILL APPEAR IN THE NORTH SHORE DISTRICT COURT THIS MORNING, CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER AND KIDNAPPING AFTER A BODY WASHED UP ON AUCKLAND'S GULF HARBOUR LAST YEAR. OVERSEAS ` AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AFTER A SMALL PLANE CRASHED INTO A RESIDENTIAL SUBURB OF SAN DIEGO. AND IN SPORT ` SUPERCARS HAS CONFIRMED CHRISTCHURCH WILL HOST A SECOND EVENT ALONGSIDE TAUPO, STARTING FROM NEXT YEAR. AN AUSTRALIAN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST SAYS AGE LIMITS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA ARE ESSENTIAL, BUT THEY'RE ONLY PART OF THE SOLUTION. DR DANIELLE EINSTEIN WAS INVOLVED IN AUSTRALIA'S BAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR UNDER-16s THAT'S SET TO COME INTO FORCE IN DECEMBER. SHE'S IN THE COUNTRY TO GIVE A PUBLIC LECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND, AND JOINS ME NOW. GOOD MORNING, DANIELLE. WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS ON PORT AND TO SET THAT AGE LIMIT? IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE PLATFORMS THEMSELVES TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT CHILDREN UNDER 16 ARE NOT USING THEM, AND THAT ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY DOES NOT FALL ON PARENTS AND STUDENTS THEMSELVES. PLATFORMS NEED TO STEP UP. HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO DO THAT? IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF HOW DIFFICULT IT IS, OK? PLATFORMS ARE AMAZING AT PLAYING WITH OUR EMOTIONS AND HOLDING US AND UNDERMINING WHAT WE NEED FOR GOOD MENTAL HEALTH, OK, AND THEY KNOW HOW TO USE TECHNOLOGY AND ALL SORTS OF TRICKS TO GET US AND HOLD OUR ATTENTION, AND AT THE SAME TIME UNFORTUNATELY UNDERMINED SELF ESTEEM. SO THE QUESTION IS NOT ABOUT HOW HARD IS IT; THE QUESTION IS ABOUT WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD IT BE. IN TERMS OF THE ETHICS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON YOUNG PEOPLE, I THINK WE ALL HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT IT IS PROBABLY DOING TO THEM. WHAT IS THE RESEARCH TELLING US ` WHAT IS THE DATA TELLING US? YOU KNOW IT IS REALLY INTERESTING, CHRIS, WITH MINORITY GROUPS, IF YOU HAVE BEEN VICTIMISED, IT IS COMPLETELY NATURAL TO WANT TO SHARE THAT STORY ONLINE AND GET THAT SUPPORT IN YOUR GROUP, BUT WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING IS THAT IF YOU DO THAT, THAT HARM, IT COMES OUT IN TERMS OF AN INCREASED RISK OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND SUBSTANCE USE, AND THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT ` WHEN SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS TO YOU, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS TALK ABOUT IT THOROUGHLY WITH ONE PERSON. THEY WILL LISTEN TO YOU, HELP YOU UNPACK IT, YOU WILL WORK OUT WHERE YOUR MIND IS GOING WRONG. AND THEN LATER AND PACKET WITH ANOTHER PERSON ` AGAIN, THE SAME THING HAPPENS. AND YOU MIGHT GO BACK TO THE FIRST PERSON. EACH TIME, YOU START TO SORT OF RESOLVE AND FEEL BETTER ABOUT IT. BUT WHEN YOU DO IT ONLINE IN AN ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA TYPE GROUP, WHAT HAPPENS AS EVERYONE STARTS TO FEEL VICTIMISED, AND IT PROLONGS YOUR PAIN, AND YOU ARE NOT DOING THAT HEALTHY TYPE OF UNPACKING THAT WE NEED TO DO FOR MENTAL HEALTH. SO BASICALLY IT IS NOT THE RIGHT PLATFORM TO BE EXPRESSING THOSE THINGS, IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? IT IS NOT THE RIGHT PLATFORM TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH. IS THAT ONE OF THE ARGUMENT THAT HAS BEEN USED AGAINST IN AUSTRALIA, THAT ACTUALLY IT IS COMMUNITIES AND HAVING THOSE ONLINE THAT IS BENEFICIAL? THAT IS THE MAIN ARGUMENT BEING USED, AND THERE ARE INTERPRETATIONS OF DATA IN GOVERNMENT SITTING THERE. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE INTERPRETATIONS I HAD TO FIND WHEN I WAS ON THE ROUNDTABLE, AND THEN GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT TO PARENTS, EDUCATORS AND GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT STORY IS WRONG. WE ARE NOT SEEING THAT ` IT IS FALSE, THAT INTERPRETATION OF DATA. IT IS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT AND IS ACTUALLY WRONG. PEOPLE ARE NOT MORE LIKELY TO DIE IF THEY ARE ON MY LIST. IS THERE MUCH PUSHBACK IN AUSTRALIA TO THIS MOVE? KNOW, ONCE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS GOING ON IN TERMS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THAT IT IS NOT THERE FOR MENTAL HEALTH, DOES NOT GET THOSE MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO THINK IT GIVES, THEN EVERYONE JUST CAME ON BOARD. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AGAINST THAT GENERALLY ARE INFLUENCES THEMSELVES OR HAVE SOME KIND OF INVESTMENT IN SOME KIND OF WAY, NOT ALL THE SAME IDENTICAL WAY, LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS. THE REST OF US ARE FOR IT. IT IS GREAT FOR US TO HAVE AUSTRALIA AS THE CANARY IN THE COALMINE. WHAT DO YOU TELL PARENTS AND OTHERS ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED OVER IN AUSTRALIA? AS PARENTS, WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS A GROUP, BOTH WITH PARENTS AND SCHOOLS, WITH DOCTORS, EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AND HOW DEVICE USE IS ACTUALLY UNDERMINING MENTAL HEALTH WHEN WE'RE OVER DEPENDENT ON IT. BECAUSE TOGETHER, AND EVEN WITH STUDENTS THEMSELVES, WHEN WE HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION ABOUT THE ADDICTIVE PULL OF THE PHONE, THE COMPUTER, THAT TAKES THE ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE PERSON WHO I AM TALKING TO AND MAKES ME RELIANT ON A SAFE, ONLINE COMMUNITY, SAFE SUPPORT WHERE I KNOW SOMEONE IS GOING TO LIKE ME AND I WILL FEEL WARM AND SAFE, THEY ARE NOT TAKING THE RISK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE MYSELF, TO LEARN, ACTUALLY, YOU GAVE ME A BIT OF A SMILE, YOU MADE ME FEEL QUITE GOOD. IT IS HARDER FOR ME, BUT I FEEL BETTER, AND I BECOME MORE RESILIENT, SO AS A YOUNG PERSON, THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO BUILD. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE THAT ARGUE THAT THE HORSE IS BOLTED ` YOU CANNOT PUT THE GENIE BACK IN THE BOTTLE. FOR THOSE GROUPS THAT ARE ALREADY PROLIFICALLY USING THIS AND YOU SAY, YOU CAN'T USE ANY MORE? WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT ` THAT IS NOT WHAT IS BEING SAID. IT IS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME AND HAVE A FINE IF THEY DON'T HAVE MEASURES IN PLACE TO STOP AND 1/16 HAVING AN ACCOUNT. UNDER-16s* THE REST OF US HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW ADDICTIVE IT IS AND STAMPING OUT ANXIETY. ONCE WE UNDERSTAND THE FACTORS, TOGETHER ` STUDENTS, DOCTORS, PARENTS, THE GOVERNMENT CAN COME TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH THE RIGHT ANSWERS. WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE ANSWERS, BUT WE HAVE DOING KNOWLEDGE THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING., A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. THIS WEEK, IN 1992, THE VERY FIRST SHORTLAND STREET EPISODE WENT TO AIR. SO FOR OUR REGULAR TVNZ ARCHIVE FEATURE, WE'VE DUG OUT SOME OF THE NEWS COVERAGE ON THE SMASH LOCAL SOAP IN THOSE EARLY YEARS. FROM REACTION TO THE PILOT, TO MARKING THE 500 EPISODE MILESTONE TWO YEARS LATER. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE BABY FACED LOCAL STARS, INCLUDING TEMUERA MORRISON, MARTIN HENDERSON, AND OF COURSE, MICHAEL GALVIN WHO STILL PLAYS DR CHRIS WARNER TO THIS DAY. ('SHORTLAND ST' THEME) AT 7pm, TELLY WATCHERS ALL OVER THE LAND WERE GLUED TO THE SOAP, WHICH IS BEING TOUTED AS GUTSY, FAST-MOVING AND A RATINGS WINNER. BUT WHAT DID THE REAL NURSES THINK? I DO THINK IT WAS QUITE EXAGGERATED. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ALL THOSE GOING-ONS THAT HAPPEN. THE DOCTORS` IF THE DOCTOR WAS OUT WITH AN AEROBICS INSTRUCTOR, YOU CERTAINLY WOULDN'T LAST VERY LONG. IN REGARD TO THE STAFFING, THERE WAS QUITE A LOT OF, WHAT I FELT, INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR. WELL, I'D BETTER BE GETTING BACK, JUST IN CASE. LIKE ANY SOAP WORTH ITS SUDS, IT'LL RUN THE GAMUT OF HEARTACHE, TRAUMA, INFIDELITY AND LUST. I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT THERE WAS THE AEROBICS TEACHER ACROSS THE ROAD LIKE JUDY AIKEN. BUT ACTUALLY, THERE ISN'T. I KNOW MY GRANDDAUGHTER WILL... SHE WON'T MISS AN EPISODE OF IT. I THINK IT'LL BE VERY WELL RECEIVED. LET'S JUST CUT THE CRAP, DR MCKENNA. FUTURE EPISODES WILL TAKE ON SOME TOUGH TOPICS, LIKE DISCRIMINATION FOR BEING HIV POSITIVE. OF COURSE, THERE'S VIOLENCE AND MOTHER-AND-CHILD ANGST... DON'T YOU WALK OUT (SOFTLY) WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU. ...AND ANAESTHETIC THAT DOESN'T WORK. I WAS AWAKE ON THAT TABLE. THE SERIES HAS BEEN SOLD TO AUSTRALIA. ONE SHOW IN, AND THE STARS ARE ALREADY DOING THE CHAT SHOW CIRCUIT. THE THOUGHT OF ME GETTING OFF A PLANE IN SYDNEY AND PEOPLE GOING, (GASPS) 'THAT'S ALISON RAYNOR!' SCARES ME A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. BUT THE BIG QUESTION FOR TELLY VIEWERS ` WHAT WILL BE DR WARNER'S FATE AFTER HIS TRYST WITH THE CARDIO-FUNK EXPERT? TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT. ARE YOU PROUD OF THE PROGRAM? YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. I'M MOST PROUD OF HOW POPULAR IT IS. AND SURPRISED TOO. I DIDN'T` WHEN IT STARTED, I CERTAINLY DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE AS POPULAR AS IT IS, YOU KNOW, COS WE GOT A LOT OF FLAK. BUT I'M JUST SO PROUD THAT PEOPLE ENJOY IT SO MUCH, YOU KNOW? I THINK THE AUDIENCE RELATES AS WELL` WELL AS THE ACTORS, YOU KNOW. THEY'RE MORE ACCEPTING OF HEARING NEW ZEALANDERS ON SCREEN. AND... THEY GET TO... THE CHARACTERS. YEAH, THEY GET TO KNOW THE CHARACTERS AND... ACCEPT US. IT'S GOOD. WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S BEEN THE SUCCESS, ANGELA? UM, YEAH. JUST COS EVERYONE CAN RELATE TO US. I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS IN THE SHOW. ONE` ANY PERSON CAN AT LEAST RELATE TO ONE OF THOSE CHARACTERS, IF NOT ALL OF THEM. AND BECAUSE WE DEAL WITH NEW ZEALAND ISSUES. I RELATE TO MARGE. I RELATE TO MARGE. MARGE IS JUST SO MOTHERLY. IS THAT WHY? NO, NO. MATERNAL. MARGE WAS SUCH A LEMONY PERSON TO START OFF WITH, AND I THOUGHT PEOPLE WOULD REALLY HATE HER. AND THEN I REALISED THAT ACTUALLY MOST FAMILIES HAVE A MARGE SOMEWHERE. (LAUGHTER) DO YOU FEEL YOU` WELL, DO YOU GET RESPONSE FROM THE MEDICAL WORLD AT ALL? I GOT A LETTER THE OTHER DAY FROM THIS DOCTOR WHO'D JUST MOVED TO DUNEDIN, AND HE SAID, 'THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING MY LIFE HELL. 'NOBODY TAKES ME SERIOUSLY.' HIS NAME IS DOCTOR CHRIS WARNER, THE POOR GUY, AND TO MAKE IT WORSE, HE'S A DOCTOR OF PSYCHIATRY, YOU KNOW. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW CONFUSED SOME OF HIS PATIENTS GET WHEN HE INTRODUCES HIMSELF ` 'I'M DR CHRIS WARNER' 'OF COURSE YOU ARE (!)' YEAH. HOW LONG ARE GONNA STICK WITH IT? I MEAN, WHAT ABOUT YOU, TEM? I MEAN, WELL, I DON'T KNOW. I COULD TURN OUT TO BE SHORTLAND STREET IN 30 YEARS. AS LONG AS` I THINK AS LONG AS YOU KEEP POSITIVE AND HAVE A BREAK EVERY NOW AND THEN, YOU CAN SUSTAIN IT. WHAT ABOUT YOU, ANGELA? I MEAN, WILL YOU STICK WITH THIS FOREVER, DO YOU THINK? WILL YOU GROW OLD WITH THE PROGRAM, DO YOU THINK? I THINK I'LL HANG AROUND FOR A WHILE. I MEAN, I LOVE THE SHOW. BUT I WANNA MOVE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAMERA, SO I'M GONNA TRY AND HEAD THAT WAY. WELL, I'M GONNA HAVE TO WRAP THIS UP, BECAUSE YOU'VE TAKEN LONG AND WE'VE TAKEN LONG ENOUGH. WE DO GO ON. (LAUGHTER) UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE A CUTE FINAL QUESTION. CAN YOU THINK OF ONE? I CAN'T` WELL, NOT A QUESTION, BUT PERHAPS WE SHOULD THANK OUR AUDIENCE. THANK EVERYONE FOR WATCHING. THANKS FOR WATCHING. YEAH, LET'S THANK THEM. THANKS A LOT. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT. LOOK AT THEM. SO FRESHFACED AND STILL DOING GREAT THINGS. I JUST THINK IT IS ASTONISHING THAT IT HAS BEEN GOING FOR THIS LONG, AND WE NEED TO FIND THE REAL DR CHRIS WARNER THAT MICHAEL WAS TALKING ABOUT. A PSYCHIATRIST IN DUNEDIN. IF HE IS STILL AROUND. GOOD POINT. LOVELY TO SEE THEM BACK IN THE GLORY DAYS. FRESHFACED. PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNISABLE THEME SONGS IN THE COUNTRY. THE LABOUR PARTY SAYS IT'S CONCERNED FOR LOWER INCOME FAMILIES FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT CHANGES TO MEANS TEST THE BEST START TAX CREDIT. CURRENTLY THE CREDIT IS AVAILABLE TO ANY HOUSEHOLD WITH A BABY IN THEIR FIRST YEAR. OFFICIAL ADVICE SAYS THIS WILL AFFECT AROUND 61,000 FAMILIES. LABOUR'S FINANCE SPOKESPERSON BARBARA EDMONDS SAYS SHE'S WORRIED FOR THOSE FAMILIES. THREE PEOPLE ARE NOW DEAD, AND ANOTHER MISSING, AFTER RECORD FLOODS HIT NEW SOUTH WALES. LOCAL POLICE SAY THEY'VE RECOVERED THE BODY OF A WOMAN (60) WHO WAS INITIALLY DRIVING TOWARDS COFFS HARBOUR IN CONVOY WITH A POLICE OFFICER, BUT WHEN HE STOPPED AT ANKLE-HEIGHT WATER AND ADVISED HER TO DO THE SAME, SHE CONTINUED. SHE TRAVELLED 17km BEFORE CALLING THE OFFICER TO SAY SHE WAS IN TROUBLE, BUT POLICE WERE UNABLE TO FIND HER WHEN THEY ARRIVED. SECURITY AT ISRAELI EMBASSIES AROUND THE WORLD HAS BEEN RAMPED UP, FOLLOWING THE FATAL SHOOTING OF TWO STAFFERS IN WASHINGTON DC YESTERDAY. POLICE SAY THE COUPLE WAS SHOT AT CLOSE RANGE OUTSIDE A JEWISH MUSEUM. THEY ALSO SAY THE SOLE SUSPECT ` A MAN (30) FROM CHICAGO ` THEN WENT INSIDE WHERE HE WAS DETAINED BY SECURITY GUARDS.. THEN WENT INSIDE WHERE HE WAS DETAINED BY SECURITY GUARDS, BEFORE CHANTING 'FREE PALESTINE'. HE'S NOW IN CUSTODY. THE UN SAYS 90 TRUCKS OF AID HAVE NOW ARRIVED IN GAZA. AFTER A THREE-DAY DELAY. THE AID INCLUDES FLOUR, BABY FOOD AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. SEVERAL BAKERIES ARE NOW PRODUCING BREAD, BUT THE UN SAYS THE SUPPLIES ARE NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE 2.1 MILLION PALESTINIANS LIVING IN THE STRIP. THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY SAYS 29 CHILDREN HAVE DIED OF STARVATION-RELATED CAUSES IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. KIWI F1 DRIVER LIAM LAWSON IS OPTIMISTIC HIS LUCK WILL TURN AROUND FOR THE MONACO GRAND PRIX. THE 23-YEAR-OLD IS YET TO SCORE A POINT THIS SEASON, BUT WITH A NEW RULE INTRODUCING TWO MANDATORY PIT STOPS FOR THIS WEEKEND'S RACE, ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN. BECAUSE IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO OVERTAKE, AND ONE-STOP IS GOING TO BE VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. SO I THINK IT ALLOWS OPPORTUNITY. HONESTLY NONE OF US KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA DO. GONNA OBVIOUSLY PLAN OUT THE BEST WE CAN. BUT TRUTHFULLY, IT'S AN UNKNOWN. AND I GUESS IN THAT ITSELF ` IT'S GOING TO BE SOME OPPORTUNITY. THE MONACO GRAND PRIX GETS UNDERWAY EARLY ON MONDAY MORNING. AND FINALLY, UEFA HAS APOLOGISED TO TOTTENHAM AFTER SEVERAL SPURS PLAYERS, INCLUDING CAPTAIN SON HEUNG MIN, WERE LEFT WITHOUT A EUROPA LEAGUE MEDAL. THE GOVERNING BODY'S PRESIDENT CAUGHT IN AN AWKWARD MOMENT AFTER RUNNING OUT OF MEDALS DURING THE TROPHY CEREMONY. IT COMES AFTER THE NORTH LONDON CLUB DEFEATED MANCHESTER UNITED IN THE FINAL TO WIN THEIR FIRST TROPHY IN 17 YEARS. IT WAS A CAUSE TO CELEBRATE AFTER A DISMAL DOMESTIC SEASON SAW THEM NARROWLY AVOID RELEGATION FROM THE PREMIER LEAGUE. OH NO! THEY WERE WELL SAFE FROM RELEGATION MONTHS AGO. THAT IS WHY THEY WERE FOCUSING ON THIS. I SUSPECT THAT UEFA WAS SO STUNNED BY THE FACT THAT WE WON A TROPHY, THAT THEY FORGOT THE MEDALS. THAT IS TERRIBLE. I THINK THAT IS A DISGRACE. A FEW OF THEM DID NOT HAVE MEDALS. COULD THEY NOT AFFORD THEM? IT WAS A HUGE DAY FOR ALL INVOLVED. THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A BIG PARADE TOMORROW MORNING OUR TIME. MAYBE WILL DO THE HIGHLIGHTS PACKAGE OF THAT. APPRECIATE YOU COMING TODAY. COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY. I AM HERE AND HAPPY. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT THE WEATHER IS DOING AT YOUR PLACE TODAY. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU HERE IN THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, THE EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON CAN EXPECT CLEAR BLUE SKIES. 19 YOUR HIGH IN TAURANGA. TAUPO, YOUR HIGH IS 14. IT'S A NICE, SUNNY DAY FOR MOST REGIONS IN THE SOUTH TODAY. ALTHOUGH GREYMOUTH AND INVERCARGILL CAN EXPECT SOME CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS. BLENHEIM, YOUR HIGH IS 17. 13 FOR WANAKA. I GOT THESE FLAGS FROM MELBOURNE, WHEN TOTTENHAM PLAYED AGAIN IN MELBOURNE. IT IS FATE. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE MOOD BOARDS TO MANIFEST THIS SORT OF STUFF. WE HAVE THE BREAKFAST BELIEVER'S BOARD. I THOUGHT ABOUT, AFTER THE WIN, PUTTING TOTTENHAM ON THEIR WHAT THE LITTLE TROPHY, AND THEN I THOUGHT, NO, I DON'T WANT TO JINX IT. YOU CANNOT DO IT AFTERWARDS. I THOUGHT I WOULD NOT BELIEVE IN THE BELIEVER'S BOARD ANYMORE, BUT IF ANYTHING IT HAS GIVEN ME A NEW SENSE OF FATE AND DESTINY. THE BELIEVER'S BOARD, I AM A FAN. BUDDING ROSES WILL GATHER IN CHRISTCHURCH THIS WEEKEND, ALL HOPING TO BE NAMED NEW ZEALAND'S NEXT 'ROSE OF TRALEE'. THE FESTIVAL IS PART OF A GLOBAL CULTURAL SHOWCASE FOR YOUNG WOMEN OF IRISH DESCENT. AND LAST YEAR, NEW ZEALAND'S OWN KEELY O'GRADY TOOK OUT THE WORLD TITLE. REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER IS WITH KEELY THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. I HAVE COORDINATED MY OUTFITS TO GO WITH THE IRISH THEME. WE ARE AT THE COMMODORE HOTEL IN CHRISTCHURCH, AND I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE INTERVIEWING THE INTERNATIONAL WINNER KEELEY. YOU HAVE BEEN TRAVELLING SO MUCH FOR THE LAST YEAR. WE LAST INTERVIEWED YOU WHEN YOU WON LAST YEAR. IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE WELL WIN. I HAVE BEEN ACROSS THE WHOLE WORLD. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT WITH SO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE AND CELEBRATE IRISH CULTURE. IT HAS BEEN THE MOST LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. TO THINK THAT I WAS HERE A YEAR AGO IN THIS HOTEL BEING CELEBRATED AS THE CHRISTCHURCH WINNER. WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE BEING BACK IN THEIR SPOT? WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE BEING BACK IN THIS SPOT? IT IS REALLY HUMBLING. I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE BACK WHERE IT STARTED. SEEING ALL THE GIRLS HAD TODAY, THAT ARE ENTERING AGAIN, IS REALLY BITTERSWEET. IT TAKES ME BACK TO WHERE I WAS A YEAR AGO. IT IS SUCH A BRAVE THING TO DO, TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY AS A YOUNG WOMAN I AM REALLY PROUD OF THEM. IT IS BITTERSWEET. YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE YOURSELF AND THEM A LITTLE BIT. WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO BE IN THEIR SHOES QUESTION MARK WAS AT A NERVE WRACKING? OH MY GOSH. I WAS SO NERVOUS. MY KNEES WERE ABSOLUTELY BUCKLING UNDER MY DRESS. I THOUGHT I CANNOT BELIEVE I'M DOING THIS. I WOULD NOT CHANGE IT FOR THE WORLD. IT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY LIFE CHANGING. I'M SO GRATEFUL I GET TO DO ALL THESE THINGS. I GET UP TO MOVE OVER TO IRELAND FOR A YEAR. IT IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. WHAT IS THE HIGHLIGHT? WHAT IS AN EXPERIENCE THAT YOU LOOK BACK AND THINK, WOW? THERE ARE SO MANY HIGHLIGHTS TO COME. ONE OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS WAS MY AMERICA TRIP. I JUST HAD SAINT PATRICK'S DAY IN AMERICA. WE WENT TO NEW YORK, CHICAGO, AND NASHVILLE. I HAD NEVER BEEN TO AMERICA BEFORE THEN. JESSE NEW YORK CITY, IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE. I HAVE ACTUALLY GOT ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE HELPING OUT THIS WEEKEND. KELSEY, COME HERE. IT IS STARTING TODAY, AND AT ONCE TO TOMORROW. WHAT WILL THE GIRLS BE DOING? THE BIG THING IS TO PUT THE GIRLS OUT THERE INTO THE COMMUNITY. DO ACTIVITIES. SEE WHAT THEIR PERSONALITIES ARE LIKE. THEY ARE INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER, AND WHAT THEY ADVOCATE. IT IS A COMFORTABLE EXPERIENCE. IT IS NERVE RACKING BUT NOW THE GIRLS HAVE MET EACH OTHER AND THEY ARE A GREAT BUNCH AND WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THEY DO THIS WEEKEND. I MET THEM JUST BEFORE AND THEY LOOK ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO SEE WHO WINS THE NEW ZEALAND COMPETITION THIS YEAR, CHECK THEM OUT ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA. IT WILL BE ANNOUNCED I'M PRETTY SURE, TOMORROW NIGHT. IT WILL BE CONFIRMED ON SUNDAY MORNING. KEEP AN EYE OUT. NICE, CHARLOTTE. WE HAD HER ON THE SHOW LAST YEAR WHEN SHE WON. GOOD TO SEE HER STILL GOING STRONG. E WHAI AKE NEI ` CAN AUCKLAND FC EMULATE THE AMAZING SUCCESS OF TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR? LUCY BENDELL'S HANGING OUT WITH SOME OF THE FANS THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING, LUCY. GOOD MORNING. THESE AUCKLAND FC FANS THINK, YES. IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENTS AND THE CITY OF SAILS IN RECENT YEARS. AUCKLAND FC AND THEIR DEBUT SEASON, ARE ONE WHEN OR DRAW AWAY FROM MAKING THE MEN'S FINAL. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THREE PEOPLE ARE NOW DEAD, AND ANOTHER MISSING, AFTER RECORD FLOODS HIT NEW SOUTH WALES. SECURITY HAS BEEN RAMPED UP AT ISRAELI EMBASSIES AROUND THE WORLD FOLLOWING THE FATAL SHOOTING OF TWO STAFFERS IN WASHINGTON DC YESYERDAY. AND UEFA HAS APOLOGISED TO TOTTENHAM AFTER SEVERAL SPURS PLAYERS WERE LEFT WITHOUT A EUROPA LEAGUE MEDAL AT THE TROPHY CEREMONY. I THINK THAT IS ATROCIOUS. AUCKLAND FC ARE BACK HOME THIS WEEKEND AS THEY LOOK TO SECURE THEIR SPOT IN THE GRAND FINAL. PLENTY OF HYPE AROUND THE CITY, INCLUDING AT THE CLUB'S SUPPORTERS' BAR TYLER ST SPORT. WE SENT LUCY BENDELL DOWN TO MEET SOME OF THOSE DEDICATED FANS. MORNING, LUCE! GOOD MORNING. HOW XRT'S ARE WE? WE ARE ONE DAY OUT FROM REVERSING MELBOURNE VICTORY AT 6 PM TOMORROW NIGHT. WE BEAT THEM IN THE FIRST LEG. ARE WE GOING TO BEAT THEM AGAIN QUESTION MARK WE ARE JOINED BY ALEX AND AND ALE. THE COMMUNITY HAIR AROUND AUCKLAND FC IS JUST AMAZING. TELL US A BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AND HOW EXCITING THIS GAME IS GOING TO BE. IT HAS BEEN AMAZING. AUCKLAND FC HAS BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THEIR DESIRE TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WITH MINORITIES. THE REFUGEE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN HELPED VERY MUCH. THEY HAVE HELPED YOUNGER AUCKLAND FANS, HELPING THEM WITH THEM BE ABLE TO SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL GAME. YOU HAVE BEEN A SUPPORTER SINCE DAY ONE, AND TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW EXCITING IT IS THAT THEY ARE ALMOST THROUGH TO THE GRAND FINAL. THIS IS VERY INSPIRING, BECAUSE AN AFGHAN ` I HAVE BEEN WITH AFGHANISTAN COMMUNITY ` WE HAVE NOT SEEN MUCH ENGAGEMENT WITH THE A LEAGUE, BUT THEY HAVE NOW CONNECTED WITH US. WE FEEL CONNECTED TO THIS GAME AND TO THE LEAGUE, AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED. IT IS AMAZING HOW CONNECTED YOU GUYS FEEL AS A COMMUNITY. DO YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO WIN TOMORROW'S GAME? DEFINITELY. I KNOW THEY CAN WIN. I FEEL THEY CAN WIN. EVERYBODY IS EXCITED FOR THEM TO ONE. I AM GOING TO CHAT TO YOU NOW, ALEX. ARE YOU A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS? I AM A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS. IT WILL BE A NICE GAME. WE ARE EXPECTING TO WIN TOMORROW. BUT WE ARE VERY NERVOUS. YOU HAVE BEEN A SUPPORTER FROM DAY ONE. WHY DO YOU SUPPORT AUCKLAND FC SO MUCH? IT BRINGS ME BACK MEMORIES FROM MY OWN COUNTRY. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM SOUTH AMERICA. IT IS VERY AMAZING AND WE ARE BRINGING THE PASSION HERE. IT IS VERY NICE. I'M GOING TO MOVE AND A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION. HOW EXCITED ARE YOU ABOUT THE GAME? VERY EXCITED. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MATCH AND THE GRAND FINAL. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BEEN LIKE? TOMORROW NIGHT WILL BE AMAZING. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MASSIVE CROWD, AND ALSO WE ARE GOING TO BEAT THE AUSTRALIANS. THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DO BEAT THEM AND THEY GET INTO THAT FINAL WHICH WILL BE HERE IN AUCKLAND? IT WILL BE AMAZING. IT WILL BE GREAT FOR NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL. WHO WOULD THINK THAT MOUNT SMART WOULD SELL A THINK THAT MOUNT SMART WOULD SELL OUT WEEK ON WEEK? HOW HAVE YOU FELT AS A PART OF THE COMMUNITY? IT IS GREAT TO SEE HOW THE TEAM HAS EMBRACED DIFFERENT CULTURES AND NATIONALITIES. IT IS GREAT TO SEE THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES REPRESENTED. I'M QUICKLY GOING TO POP UP HERE AND ASK ALI WHAT HE HAS PLANNED FOR TOMORROW? WE ARE GETTING SUITED UP IN OUR AUCKLAND FC KIT AND THEN HAVE A PHOTO SHOOT AND THEN HEAD TO THE GAME AFTERWARDS. WE ARE ONE DAY AWAY FROM THE GAME. THERE ARE ONLY 500 SEATS LEFT. IT IS GOING TO BE SUCH A GOOD GAME. THANK YOU, LUCY. AND WE HAVE A WINNER FOR OUR GIVEAWAY, THANKS TO AUCKLAND FC. WE HAVE A DOUBLE PASS TO TOMORROW'S SECOND LEG MATCH AT MT SMART, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO JOEL IN WAIKATO ` YOU ARE GOING TO TOMORROW'S GAME AT MT SMART. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRIS, MICHELLE, LEE AND ALEXANDRA ` YOU HAVE ALL WON A LIMITED-EDITION ANZ BLUE VINYL RECORD. ONLY 150 OF THESE HAVE BEEN MADE TO MARK THE CLUB'S RECORD-BREAKING DEBUT SEASON. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. DINNER WHO HAS ONE AND A LEAGUE GRAND FINAL BEFORE? ANGE POSTECOGLU. E HAERE AKE NEI ` AWARD-WINNING SINGER-SONGWRITER GEORGIA LINES JOINS US TO PERFORM HER BRAND NEW SINGLE. 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. # I TRY TO SPEAK WHILE YOU'RE SLEEPING. HEAR ME OUT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. KIWI SINGER-SONGWRITER GEORGIA LINES HAS JUST RELEASED HER NEW SINGLE 'WONDERFUL LIFE' IT'S A '60s-INSPIRED DRUM AND ACOUSTIC, AND IT'S INTENTIONALLY KEPT IN IMPERFECTIONS. SHE JOINS US IN STUDIO TO CHAT MORE ABOUT IT AND EVEN PERFORM IT LIVE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. MORENA, GEORGIA. MORENA. CONGRATULATIONS. IT IS OUT TODAY? IT IS FINALLY HERE, WHICH IS A GOOD FEELING. WE ARE EXCITED TO HEAR IT. HOW DOES IT FEEL? I WASN'T SURE WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY NEXT ` ALL THE PRESSURE OF WHAT IS THIS NEXT THING, BUT IT IS KIND OF A MONTH TRY THAT I'VE CLIMBED TO OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT I WRITE THINGS OUT AND PUT THEM ON POST-IT NOTES AND PUT THEM ON THE FRIDGE. I HAD ONE THAT WOULD CIRCULATE AND SAY, IT IS A WONDERFUL LIFE, SO I DECIDED TO WRITE A SONG ABOUT IT. THIS IS A WONDERFUL LIFE. I WAS SAYING TO JENNY MAY BEFORE THAT I SAW YOU PERFORM WITH THE AUCKLAND PHILHARMONIC AND BROOKE FRASER LAST YEAR. ARE YOU GOING TO DO SOME MORE STUFF WITH THEM? I HAVE ONE COMING UP ON JUNE 15 AT THE CIVIC. IT IS AMAZING. I'M HONOURED THAT I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PLAY A SHOW AT THE CIVIC. DROP SOME NAMES, BECAUSE THEY ARE SOME BIG NAMES. THEY ARE. HOLLY SMITH, NIKO GRACE. IT IS GOING TO BE SUCH A FANTASTIC NIGHT. IT IS PART OF THE CABARET FESTIVAL. SO EXCITED FOR THAT. AND WITH THE APO, SOME OF THEIR MEMBERS ARE JOINING US. TICKETS ON TICKETEK. AND YOU HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR AWARDS. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? I CRIED WHEN I GOT THE EMAIL. I POURED MY SOUL INTO THIS ALBUM, AND IT IS SUCH A FUNNY THING ` FUNNY IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD ` BUT RECOGNISED FOR POURING YOUR LIFE INTO A BODY OF WORK. BUT REALLY LOVELY, REALLY HONOURED, AND IT IS PRETTY SPECIAL TO CELEBRATE WITH ALL OF MY TEAM AND MY FAMILY. IT WILL BE AWESOME. AS A KIND OF A NICE MOMENT WHEN YOU GET ALL THOSE CREATIVE MINDS TOGETHER IN THE ROOM? IT IS AMAZING. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF PEOPLE IN OUR INDUSTRY THAT MAKE AMAZING ART. THERE ARE SO MANY AMAZING ARTISTS THAT DID INCREDIBLE THINGS IN THE AS WELL. VERY LUCKY. WE WILL LET YOU GO AND SET UP. IT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY ` PUMPS TO BE IN STUDIO. I AM SURPRISED YOU TURNED UP. GEORGIA SAID SHE FEELS LUCKY TO BE RECOGNISED FOR POURING HER HEART AND SOUL INTO IT. IT IS NOT LIKE, GIRLFRIEND. YOU HAVE TALENT. TAKE IT AWAY. # CALIFORNIA # WAS WHAT FEELS LIKE A DAYDREAM. # AND THE SAME WHEN I'M WALKING ALONE. # AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, # YOU ARE STILL AT THE BEACH. # SO I TURNED THE WHEEL AND DRIVE AWAY FROM THE SEA. # SO SLOW # AT LETTING YOU GO. # BUT IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. # BABY, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. # EVEN AS WE ARE WAVING GOODBYE. # DON'T LOOK BACK. # YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE IT JUST FINE. # AND IT'S A WONDERFUL DAY. # BABY, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY. # EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE WALKING AWAY. # DON'T LOOK BACK. # YOU KNOW I'M DOING OK. # AND IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. # IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. # OOH. # OOH. # I WAS LEAVING FROM TERMINAL B. # I WAS WAITING. # AND HE ASKED, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD FEEL LIKE # FALLING IN LOVE? # NOW IT'S 10 YEARS ON, # AND THE DAYDREAM IS GONE. # AND I GUESS YOU STILL DON'T KNOW, # BUT IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. # BABY, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. # EVEN AS I AM WAVING GOODBYE. # DON'T LOOK BACK. YOU KNOW I'M DOING JUST FINE. # AND IT'S A WONDERFUL DAY. # BABY, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY. # EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE WALKING AWAY, # DON'T LOOK BACK. YOU KNOW I'M DOING OK. # AND IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. # BABY, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. # EVEN AS I'M WAVING GOODBYE, # DON'T LOOK BACK. YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT JUST FINE. # AND IT'S A WONDERFUL DAY. # BABY, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY. # EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE WALKING AWAY, # DON'T LOOK BACK. YOU KNOW I'M DOING OK. # AND IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. # IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. # OOH. # GO ON, DARLING. # JUST KEEP ON DRIVING. # SO SLOW # AT LETTING YOU GO.