IT'S MONDAY THE 26th OF MAY. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. THE BREAKFAST BELIEVER BOARD IS BASICALLY A MOOD BOARD THAT WE HAVE BEEN MANIFESTING BIG WINS ON. WE SAID THAT AUCKLAND FC WOULD BE THE WINNERS, AND THEY NOT GOING TO BE WINNERS. VERY UNFORTUNATE. SOME CONTROVERSY AROUND IT WHICH WILL GET INTO LATER ON. I TOOK MY GIRL TO THE GAME. SHE WAS VERY VOCAL AND HER FEELINGS ABOUT THESE THINGS. I DID NOT EXPECT HER TO HAVE SO MANY HOT TAKES. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH MY MICROPHONE, SO I WILL SORT IT OUT. I WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` THE IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL STANDING UP TO DONALD TRUMP. HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S DEFYING DEMANDS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO CRACK DOWN ON STUDENT PROTESTS, WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HOLDING BACK HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FUNDING. IT'S PUT SOME INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, INCLUDING NZ STUDENTS, IN LIMBO AND IS HAVING A MASSIVE IMPACT ON VITAL RESEARCH PROJECTS. ALSO AHEAD ` ISRAELI STRIKES ON GAZA CONTINUE AS AID STRUGGLES TO GET INTO THE BESIEGED TERRITORY. AOTEAROA'S ONE OF 23 COUNTRIES ALONG WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION CALLING FOR THE FULL RESUMPTION OF AID ACCESS. JUST HOW BIG IS THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS? PLUS ` DO YOU HAVE A WILL? 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... It's all your favourites, with specially chosen ingredients for just the right amount of juicy, melty, cheesy, crispy, tangy, smoky, saucy, all-round cravey awesomeness. That's great Andy. Now just finish with saying "It's your shortcut to Tasty Town my friends." Is that coming from you or from subway? That's from all of us mate! 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. 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. YOU ARE BACK WITH BREAKFAST. I THINK WE HAVE IRONED OUT ALL THE GREMLINS. RUSSIA HAS RAMPED UP ITS AERIAL ATTACKS ON UKRAINE, KILLING AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE AND INJURING DOZENS MORE. A VILLAGE OUTSIDE KYIV ONE OF THE AREAS REDUCED TO RUBBLE. THE ASSAULT CAME AS A THREE-DAY PRISONER SWAP WAS UNDERWAY. OVER THE WEEKEND, BOTH SIDES HAD AROUND 1000 PRISONERS RETURNED IN THE LARGEST EXCHANGE TO DATE. THE FATHER OF THE NINE CHILDREN KILLED IN AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE IN SOUTHERN GAZA REMAINS IN HOSPITAL IN INTENSIVE CARE. HE'S BEING TREATED ALONGSIDE HIS ONE SURVIVING CHILD AT NASSER HOSPITAL IN KHAN YOUNIS, WHERE HE AND HIS WIFE WORK AS DOCTORS. THE STRIKE HIT THE FAMILY'S HOME OVER THE WEEKEND. THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAYS IT'S REVIEWING REPORTS THAT THE AIRSTRIKE KILLED THE NINE CHILDREN, AND THAT IT EVACUATED THE AREA BEFORE OPERATIONS BEGAN. ACT LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR SAYS BENEFIT CHANGES COMING IN TODAY WILL MAKE IT A LOT HARDER TO EXPLOIT THE SYSTEM. THE SANCTIONS INCLUDE ELECTRONIC MONEY MANAGEMENT PLACING HALF OF A NON-COMPLIANT BENEFICIARY'S PAYMENT ONTO A CARD THAT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR ESSENTIALS LIKE GROCERIES AND HEALTHCARE. SEYMOUR SAYS TAXPAYER SUPPORT SHOULDN'T BE SPENT ON ALCOHOL OR ENTERTAINMENT, AND THAT THE JOBSEEKER BENEFIT IS A SHORT-TERM SAFETY NET. TO SPORT, AND THE DROUGHT HAS ENDED FOR KIWI F1 DRIVER LIAM LAWSON, WHO HAS SECURED HIS FIRST POINTS OF THE SEASON AT THE MONACO GRAND PRIX. THE RACING BULLS DRIVER DROVE A SELFLESS RACE, DROPPING HIS PACE TO ALLOW TEAMMATE ISACK HADJAR TO COMPLETE HIS TWO MANDATORY PIT STOPS WITHOUT LOSING VALUABLE TRACK POSITION. HADJAR FINISHING SIXTH TO DELIVER THE JUNIOR RED BULL TEAM ITS BEST FINISH SINCE 2021. IT'S GREAT. FOR THE TEAM, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT THAT OFTEN YOU HAVE A PLAN, ESPECIALLY IN A RACE LIKE THIS WHERE YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETELY CONTROL THE RACE. MCLAREN'S LANDO NORRIS WON FROM POLE, WITH CHARLES LECLERC AND OSCAR PIASTRI ROUNDING OUT THE PODIUM. AND THE WARRIORS HAVE BEEN LEFT WONDERING WHAT WENT WRONG AFTER THEIR FIVE MATCH WINNING STREAK WAS ENDED BY THE RAIDERS. THE HOME SIDE THROWING EVERYTHING AT A 12-MAN CANBERRA IN THE DYING MINUTES BUT CANBERRA MANAGING TO DEFEND THEIR EIGHT-POINT LEAD. IT'S ALL DONE TO THIS; THEY GOT 90m TO GO. THE RAIDERS HAVE DONE IT. THEY KILLED US TONIGHT DEFENSIVELY. WE COULD NOT HOLD THEM OR PUT ANY PRESSURE ON THE DEFENCE. WE HAD SO MANY GOOD CHANCES WHERE WE WERE CLOSE TO SCORING. THAT WAS FRUSTRATING. THEY'LL HEAD BACK OVER THE DITCH TO TAKE ON THE RABBITOHS NEXT WEEKEND. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS ` (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` CLOUDY DAY AHEAD FOR MOST OF THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SHOWERS TO BE EXPECTED IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. 20 YOUR HIGH IN GISBORNE. 17 IN WELLINGTON. SOME SHOWERS AND WIND EXPECTED IN NELSON THIS MORNING. ELSEWHERE, PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF YOU AND CLEAR, BLUE SKIES IN QUEENSTOWN. 19 YOUR HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. 15 IN INVERCARGILL. THERE'S AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING TODAY FOR THE BULLER DISTRICT UNTIL 9am THIS MORNING. THANKS, MELISSA. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING WITH OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SERIOUS CRASHES IN THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND OVER THE WEEKEND. HARRY BARTLE JOINS US IN THE CAPITAL. HARRY, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? MORENA, CHRIS. ONE PERSON HAS PASSED AWAY FOLLOWING A SERIOUS CRASH IN WHANGANUI YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE SAY A DIRT BIKE RIDER COLLIDED WITH A PARKED VEHICLE IS AROUND 4:30 PM ON SEAFRONT ROAD. THE DIRT BIKE RIDER PASSED AWAY FROM THE INJURIES AT THE SCENE. THE ROAD WAS CLOSED FOR A TIME, BUT HAS SINCE REOPENED. THIS INCIDENT TOOK AWAY A FEW HOURS AFTER ANOTHER SERIOUS INCIDENT INTO DANNEVIRKE. POLICE A PEDESTRIAN WAS STRUCK BY A MOVING VEHICLE AROUND 9:30 AM. THEY SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WERE TAKEN TO A NEARBY MEDICAL FACILITY. THE THING ABOUT THIS CRASH IS THAT EARLY INDICATIONS SHOWED THAT IT WAS LIKELY INTENTIONAL, POLICE SAY, THAT POLICE DRIVING THE MOVING VEHICLE HIT THE PEDESTRIAN. THEY ARE MAKING THE CALL OUT TO ANYBODY WHO WITNESSED THIS INCIDENT IN DANNEVIRKE YESTERDAY TO CALL 105 TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU SAW SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT. THANKS FOR THE UPDATE, HARRY. STATE HIGHWAY 1 NORTH OF AUCKLAND IS GETTING A SPEED INCREASE TODAY. LUCY BENDELL JOINS US NOW WITH THE DETAILS. WHAT ARE THE DETAILS? IT IS GOING TO BE INCREASED FROM ORWEA TWO THE JOHNSTON TUNNEL. CARRIES 11,000 VEHICLES DAILY. THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE THE CHANGE TO HELP MOVE PEOPLE AND FREIGHT QUICKER AND SAFER. THE MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT SAYS IT WILL IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. THIS CHANGE WAS TAKEN TO CONSULTATION LAST YEAR, WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAD THEIR SAY AND MADE SUBMISSIONS. 93% OF PEOPLE SUPPORTED GOING FROM 100 TO 110. THE ROAD IS HIGH QUALITY, AND IT HAS BEEN ASSESSED FOR SAFETY REASONS AND IT CAN GO TO 110, THEREFORE IT WILL BE. THANKS, LUCY. FROM OUR AUCKLAND NEWSROOM. AND A SECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 1 WAS CLOSED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A STOCK TRUCK CRASHED, LEAVING CATTLE TO ROAM THE MAIN HIGHWAY. OUR REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER JOINS US NOW. WHAT'S THE LATEST? KIA ORA, CHRIS. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 1 PM, INVOLVING A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH INVOLVING A STOCK TRUCK NEAR TIMARU ON STATE HIGHWAY ONE. FIRE AND EMERGENCY AND ANIMAL CONTROL WERE ALSO PRESENT TO TRY AND CONTAIN THE ROAMING CATTLE ON STATE HIGHWAY ONE, BUT ALSO TO HELP THE VEHICLES TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE. ST JOHN SAID THAT ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL IN MODERATE CONDITION. LUCKILY NOBODY ELSE WAS INVOLVED. THAT SECTION OF STATE HOWEVER ONE WAS CLOSE FOR A TIME. THAT HAS NOW REOPENED. SPEAKING TO FOREIGN, THEY LEFT THE SCENE AT 530 AND MOTORISTS ARE BEING ASKED TO DRIVE SLOWLY THAT WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THE AREA. THANKS, CHARLOTTE. HARVARD UNIVERSITY SAYS IT WILL PUT AROUND $420m INTO FUNDING 'CRITICAL RESEARCH' AFTER THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED BUDGET CUTS FOR IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS. SO FAR, FIVE OUT OF THE EIGHT IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS HAVE HAD FEDERAL FUNDING PULLED. TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THESE CUTS COULD MEAN, WE'RE JOINED BY THE CO-PRESIDENT OF THE NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF SCIENTISTS, PROFESSOR TROY BAISDEN. MORENA. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. MORENA. TELL ME, WHAT ARE THE LIKELY IMPACTS OF THIS? I THINK TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS, WE HAVE THE FIRST UNDERSTAND WHAT IVY LEAGUE IS. IT IS NOT JUST HARVARD WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT. I DID MY 1ST TO CREATE AN IVY LEAGUE INSTITUTION. IT IS A SMALLER ONE AND NOT ON THE LIST. THESE ARE INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE TOP OF AMERICAN ACADEMIA. BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT AMERICAN ACADEMIA 4% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION, AND 40% OF THE TOP RESEARCH PAPERS AND 55% OF NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS. WHEN I ARRIVED THERE, I REALISED IT WAS NOT JUST AMERICANS, IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL PLACE. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VERY FEW KIWIS TO TAKE PART IN THAT. I USED TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WITH IVY LEAGUE DEGREES. IT IS A LIFT ABOVE WHAT WE CAN OFFER WITH THE NEW ZEALAND. THE SECOND PART IS THAT IT IS NOT JUST THE DEGREE ` IT AS BEING A NETWORK OF FABRIC OF SCHOLARSHIP PAST PRESIDENTS AND CABINET SECRETARIES WILL BE A LONG NIGHT. THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT. OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE A SMALL, ISOLATED COUNTRY AND ARE AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE AND EARTHQUAKES, WHICH ARE VERY SCIENCE FOCUSED. WHAT DO WE LOSE IF WE CANNOT BE INVOLVED IN THOSE PROGRAMS? THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. OUR RESEARCH SYSTEMS ARE SUCH A SMALL PART OF THE TOTAL. BEING PART OF THAT FABRIC'S RETREAT WE CAN DO AT HOME SO THE MORE THESE DISTRACTIONS BECOME A BIG ISSUE FOR THE AMERICANS SYSTEM PULLING IN TOP PEOPLE, THAT UNDERMINES OUR ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE. THE ISSUE I SUSPECT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY HAD THEIR VISAS CUT IF THEY ARE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. WHAT WILL BE THE IMPLICATION FOR KIWIS? THAT YET REMAINS UNKNOWN, BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING THESE CUTS FOR NOW ARE RIGHT HOWEVER, THIS WILL BE AN ATTACK ON THE TOP INSTITUTIONS AND THE GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY IN THE US ` NASA, OCEANIC ADMINISTRATION. THEY WORK WITH OUR RESEARCHERS. THE USGS AS THE FABRIC OF UNDERSTANDING EARTHQUAKES AND SOON TSUMANIS GLOBALLY. WHAT I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE TOP JOURNALISTS AND TOP OP-EDS AND WHAT THE PEOPLE IN PROJECT 2025 HAVE BEEN SAYING. THEY SAY THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOCKDOWNS, AND IT IS AN ATTACK ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION MEASURES, THE SAME MEASURES THAT ARE WORKING WITH BUSINESS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE LOCALLY. THESE UNIVERSITIES HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO PUT THEM IN PLACE. THE TOP PEOPLE INVOLVED IN CREATING TRUMPS ATTACKS ON DIVERSITY WITHIN THESE UNIVERSITIES ARE SAYING THAT WHAT HE IS DOING NOW IS WORSE THAN WHAT IT WAS BEFORE. THEY ARE SAYING THAT WHAT HE IS DOING NOW INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY IS TRYING TO ENFORCE IDEOLOGY. IF YOU SHOW UP WITH MESSAGES ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA OR CELL PHONE AT THE BORDER AS A STUDENT OR FELLOW OR COLLABORATOR, YOU MIGHT BE DEPORTED IF YOU DO NOT HAVE US CITIZENSHIP. IS THIS ANOTHER SIGN OF AMERICA RETREATING INSIDE OF ITSELF? I THINK IT IS VERY MUCH SO. THIS IS HAPPENED HISTORICALLY. AMERICA RETREATED FROM THE WORLD PRIOR TO WORLD WAR II. THAT IS WHAT HELPS FASCISM DEVELOP. THERE ARE MANY PARALLELS BETWEEN THE FASCISM WE SAW IN EUROPE AND THE PERIOD LEADING UP TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND SOME OF THE MEASURES THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING. ADVICE FOR NEW ZEALAND STUDENTS? YOU WOULD KNOW THAT LIVING HERE IT IS A BIG DEAL TO MAKE IT TO AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL. IT OFTEN MAKES THE PAPERS AND NEWS. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY YOUR ADVICE AS? IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH TOP SCHOLARS IN AN UNINTERRUPTED WAY WHERE PEOPLE ARE 24/7 DEDICATED TO THE SCHOLARSHIP. NOW MY UNIVERSITY SPENDING MOST OF ITS TIME FIGURING OUT HOW TO REACT TO THESE MEASURES. UNINTERRUPTED SCHOLARSHIP IS UNDERMINED. THE SECOND THING IS TO BE PREPARED FOR THINGS TO CHANGE AND TO POTENTIALLY BE DELAYED IN GETTING THERE AT THE BORDER FOR REASONS THAT DO NOT MAKE SENSE. THE LAST THING IS TO BEWARE OF ACTIVISM. A PARTICULAR NEW ZEALANDER IS A STUDENT WHO WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN ACTIVISM, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO DO IT. THAT IS PROBABLY VERY GOOD ADVICE. IT HAS BEEN A FASCINATING CONVERSATION. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. THANKS HAVE BEEN WITH US THIS MORNING. KIA ORA. E WHAI AKE NEI ` IT'S SOMETHING ONLY AROUND HALF OF NEW ZEALAND ADULTS HAVE. NEXT, HOW A WILL CAN HELP AVOID MESSY SITUATIONS FOR YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 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. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` ACT LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR SAYS THE LATEST CHANGES TO BENEFIT SANCTIONS COMING INTO FORCE TODAY WILL MAKE IT MUCH HARDER TO EXPLOIT THE SYSTEM. OVERSEAS, THE FATHER OF THE NINE CHILDREN KILLED IN AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE IN SOUTHERN GAZA REMAINS IN HOSPITAL IN INTENSIVE CARE. AND IN SPORT, LIAM LAWSON HAS FINISHED 8th AND SECURED HIS FIRST POINTS OF THE SEASON AT THE MONACO GRAND PRIX. LIFE CAN GET COMPLICATED AND SO CAN WILLS. ACCORDING TO STATISTICS FROM THE PUBLIC TRUST, AROUND 50% OF NEW ZEALAND ADULTS DON'T HAVE A WILL. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MILLIONAIRE TO NEED ONE. TO DISCUSS MORE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A WILL, WE ARE JOINED BY FINANCIAL JOURNALIST FRANCES COOK. GOOD MORNING. ARE YOU SURPRISED BY HOW MANY PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE A WILL? THE JOURNALIST AND MEANS A LITTLE SURPRISED, THE HUMAN IN ME IS NOT. I WORK IN THIS AREA AND I PUT AN OFFER YEARS. I ONLY GOT AROUND TO IT WHEN I HAD KIDS BECAUSE I KNEW HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS FOR THEM. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MESSY SITUATIONS THAT PROVE THE NECESSITY OF HAVING A WELL? WHAT PEOPLE DO NOT REALISE IS HOW LITTLE YOU NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER TO HAVE MAKE A WELL WORTHWHILE. IF YOU HAVE A KIWI SAVER THAT IS WORTH MORE THAN $15,000, YOU ABSOLUTELY SHOULD HAVE A WILL. IF YOU HAVE KIDS, YOU SHOULD HAVE A WILL. THAT GOES INTO PROBATE. THAT CAN BE A REALLY TRICKY SITUATION IF THERE IS NO WILL. ONE THING I THINK PEOPLE DO NOT REALISE IS THAT WE HAVE A STRICT ORDER IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A WILL FOR HOW PEOPLE INHERIT YOUR THINGS. FIRSTLY, EVERYTHING WILL GO TO YOUR PARTNER. IF YOU HAVE A BLENDED FAMILY AND YOUR KIDS ARE ADULTS, IF YOU ARE DYING WITHOUT A WILL, ALL OF YOUR STUFF GOES TO YOUR PARTNER. THERE ARE A LOT OF SENTIMENTAL THINGS. MAY BE ONE OF YOUR KIDS WANTS A NECKLACE THAT WAS PASSED DOWN THROUGH YOUR FAMILY. THAT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY GO TO YOUR PARTNER. IT IS HARD TO PREDICT HOW PEOPLE ARE WHEN YOU ARE GRIEVING AND NOT FEELING THEMSELVES. THIS CAN GET SO MESSY SO FAST, AND I DO NOT THINK YOU WANT TO LEAVE THAT SITUATION FOR YOUR LOVED ONES. WHAT SORT OF ASSETS SHOULD PEOPLE BE LOOKING AT IF THEY DRAWING UP THE WILL AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO LEAVE THE PEOPLE? THINK ABOUT YOUR KIWI SAVER, IF YOU HAVE A HOME, ANY SENTIMENTAL ITEMS. THESE ARE THE KEY ONES. THE STATE OF THE HOUSING MARKET IN NEW ZEALAND, A LOT OF PEOPLE SIGN UP TO CO-OWN A HOUSE. THE WAY THOSE COOWNERSHIP AGREEMENTS GO, PEOPLE ARE PAYING A HOUSE WITH A FRIEND RATHER THAN A PARTNER OR A SIBLING, AND OFTEN PEOPLE WILL PUT BOTH NAMES ON THE TITLE, NOT ALWAYS. OF ONE PERSON PASSES AWAY AND THE ISSUE OF OWNERSHIP IS NOT TOTALLY CLEAR, THE OTHER PERSON CAN TOTALLY LOSE THAT HOUSE. I THINK WE HAVE THESE TRICKY, MURKY SITUATIONS HAPPENING ALL THE TIME, AND IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE DOWN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN A WILL. CHECK TO A LAWYER AND GET IT DONE. PEOPLE MIGHT SAY, I DON'T HAVE THOUSANDS. IT IS NOT THOUSANDS, IT IS A COUPLE HUNDRED. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO KEEP IT UP-TO-DATE? AFTER YOU HAVE HAD THE SECOND OR THIRD CHILD, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT YOU KEEP UPDATING IT? HAVING KIDS, THAT IS A CLASSIC ONE. MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE CHECKING. IF YOU WENT TO SEE A LAWYER, IT IS USUALLY A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS, WHICH MIGHT FEEL LIKE A LOT, BUT IT WILL SAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND A LOT OF HEADACHE FOR THE PEOPLE YOU LEAVE BEHIND. IF YOU HAVE A KID, UPDATE THE WILL. IF YOU HAVE MOVED HOUSE, IF YOU HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO YOUR KIWI SAVER, MAYBE YOU ARE EARNING MORE, THESE ARE ALL TIMES AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO THAT LITTLE CHECK. YOU CAN GET DIY WILL KITS WHICH COST YOU ZERO DOLLARS. IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SETTING UP A WILL, THAT IS OFTEN THE CHEAPER PART AFTER CONTRIBUTING BITS WHEN YOU ARE DEAD. GO AND SEE WHAT THE LAWYER WANTS, TO SPEND A COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS THERE, AND THEN UPDATE IT WITH THE KIT FOR ZERO DOLLARS. DO NOT MAKE THE COST OF THE WILL HOLD YOU BACK. BELIEVE ME, THAT IS BY FAR THE CHEAPEST PART. HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, IF YOU DO WRITE A WILL, IT IS NOT IRONCLAD. THERE IS STILL THE ABILITY TO CONTEST IT. THAT IS WHY I SAY TO START WITH A LAWYER. EVEN IF THEY GIVE YOU A TEMPLATE AND YOU UPDATE IT LATER, START WITH A LAWYER, BECAUSE OUR PROVISIONS PEOPLE TO CONTEST IT IF THEY FEEL YOU HAVE NOT ADEQUATELY PROVIDED FOR THEM, SUCH AS A SPOUSE OR CLOSE RELATIVE OR A CHILD OR EVEN YOUR OWN PARENTS. THESE SITUATIONS, IF YOU HAVE LEFT THESE PEOPLE OUT, FOR GOOD REASON SOMETIMES, THEY CAN SAY, THEY DID NOT ADEQUATELY PROVIDE FOR ME AND THEY CAN CONTEST IT. A LAWYER MIGHT RECOMMEND LEAVING A VERY SMALL AMOUNT TO SAY, I DID THINK OF THEM AND HERE IS ALL I WANT TO GIVE THEM, OR A LETTER OF EXPLANATION AS TO WHY YOU HAVE NOT LEFT ANYTHING. A LAWYER CAN SEE THOSE TRICKY SITUATIONS COMING AND GIVE YOU A VERY SIMPLE SOLUTION. IF POSSIBLE, START WITH A LAWYER. YOU CAN ALWAYS UPDATE IT YOURSELF. SOME VERY SOUND ADVICE. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON. WE HAVE A RUNNING GAG IN OUR HOUSE, BECAUSE IT MY MUM'S HOUSE, THERE WERE SIX SISTERS. IF YOU WANT IT, IS WRITE YOUR NAME ON IT. ALL THE ORNAMENTS AT THE GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE. I LOVE THAT. AS FRANCES WAS ALLUDING TO, THINGS CAN GET QUITE DRAMATIC. VERY GNARLY. IF YOUR INTENTIONS ARE NOT SPECIFIC, EVEN THEN, IF SOMEONE DIES, ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE BECAUSE PEOPLE SAY, WHAT ABOUT ME? DEATH DOES VERY FUNNY THINGS THE PEOPLE IN THE MOMENT. 100%. IF YOU HAD A WILL THAT DID NOT GO THE WAY YOU WANTED IT SO OR IT WAS CONTESTED, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR STORIES BECAUSE IT IS ALL WELL AND GOOD SAYING THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE A WILL, BUT SOMETIMES IT IS NOT THE WAY. YOU HEAR ABOUT ALL THE TIME. THIS WEEK, WE'VE TEAMED UP WITH VISIT VICTORIA TO SHOWCASE EVERYTHING THIS VIBRANT STATE HAS TO OFFER. FROM TOMORROW MORNING, MATT GIBB WILL BE LIVE FROM MELBOURNE, GIVING YOU A TASTE OF THE BEST THINGS TO SEE AND DO. BUT WE'RE KICKING THINGS OFF TODAY WITH AN INCREDIBLE COMPETITION. YOU COULD WIN A TRIP FOR TWO TO MELBOURNE, INCLUDING FLIGHTS, ACCOMMODATION, TOP DINING EXPERIENCES AND TICKETS TO SOME OF THE CITY'S BIGGEST EVENTS, INCLUDING THE NGV FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM EXHIBITION, BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL, THE LEGO STAR WARS EXHIBITION LIGHTSCAPE 2025 AND A DINING EXPERIENCE AT MARMELO RESTAURANT. IT'S ALL VALUED AT OVER $5000. TO ENTER, HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz. ENTRIES CLOSE THIS THURSDAY AT 4pm AND WE'LL ANNOUNCE THE LUCKY WINNER LIVE ON THE SHOW THIS FRIDAY. TIME FOR THE NEWS. A LOCAL SCIENTIST SAYS UNCERTAINTY OVER FEDERAL FUNDING FOR U.S. IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS COULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE RESEARCH DONE BY KIWI ACADEMICS. HARVARD UNIVERSITY SAYS IT WILL PUT AROUND $420m INTO FUNDING CRITICAL RESEARCH AFTER THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED BUDGET CUTS FOR IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS. SO FAR, FIVE OUT OF THE EIGHT IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS HAVE HAD FEDERAL FUNDING PULLED. CO-PRESIDENT OF THE NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF SCIENTISTS PROFESSOR TROY BAISDEN SAYS NEW ZEALANDERS TAKE PART IN MANY OF THESE INSTITUTIONS' PROGRAMMES AND COULD LOSE ACCESS TO TOP LEVEL RESEARCH. RSO SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IS THAT A SMALL PART OF THE TOTAL. BEING A PART OF THAT FABRIC REALLY STRENGTHENS WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO AT HOME. HE SAYS HE EXPECTS TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE ATTACKING TOP RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING THOSE THAT HELP US UNDERSTAND EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS. AN AMBULANCE MANAGER'S VEHICLE HAS CRASHED ON MANUKAU STATION ROAD JUST AFTER 4am THIS MORNING. POLICE CONFIRM THE DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL IN MODERATE CONDITION. FROM TODAY, THE SPEED LIMIT ON PART OF AUCKLAND'S NORTHERN GATEWAY TOLL ROAD WILL INCREASE TO 110km/h. THE CHANGE APPLYING TO A 5.5km SECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 1 AND THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THERE WAS 93% SUPPORT FOR THE INCREASE. AROUND 30,000 AUSTRALIANS REMAIN CUT OFF IN NEW SOUTH WALES.. AROUND 30,000 AUSTRALIANS REMAIN CUT OFF IN NEW SOUTH WALES AS FLOOD WATERS RECEDE. NEW ZEALAND IS SENDING SPECIALIST FIRE AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TO HELP WITH THE ONGOING FLOOD RESPONSE. CONDITIONS HAVE EASED THROUGHOUT THE STATE BUT AUTHORITIES SAY THE EMERGENCY ISN'T OVER. TO SPORT, AND CHRIS WOOD'S NOTTINGHAM FOREST HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO SECURE A SPOT IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AFTER LOSING 1-0 TO CHELSEA IN THE FINAL DAY OF PREMIER LEAGUE ACTION. THE BLUES GOING HOME WITH ALL THREE POINTS, LEAVING FOREST TO SETTLE FOR THE CONFERENCE LEAGUE. CHELSEA! CHELSEA ARE ON COURSE FOR A CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RETURN. ELSEWHERE, A LIVERPOOL DRAW AGAINST CRYSTAL PALACE HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH TO DULL THEIR CELEBRATIONS, LIFTING THE PREMIER LEAGUE TROPHY AT ANFIELD. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` CLOUDY DAY AHEAD FOR MOST OF THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SHOWERS TO BE EXPECTED IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. 20 YOUR HIGH IN GISBORNE. 17 IN WELLINGTON. SOME SHOWERS AND WIND EXPECTED IN NELSON THIS MORNING. ELSEWHERE, PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF YOU AND CLEAR BLUE SKIES IN QUEENSTOWN. 19 YOUR HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. 15 IN INVERCARGILL. THERE'S AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING TODAY FOR THE BULLER DISTRICT UNTIL 9am THIS MORNING. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS ` (GROOVY MUSIC) STAYING WITH BUSINESS, AND U.S. RETAILERS ARE WARNING MORE ITEMS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE IN PRICE, DUE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS. THE THREAT COMES AS THE PRESIDENT REIGNITES THE TRADE WAR WITH EUROPE WHICH COULD SEND PRICES EVEN HIGHER. HERE'S THE ABC'S JOHNY FERNANDEZ. AS MEMORIAL DAY SHOPPERS LOOK FOR RETAIL SALES, CONSUMERS ARE ALREADY SEEING HIGHER PRICES ON SOME ITEMS AMID PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS. A REPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR SAYS PRICES FOR FURNITURE AND BEDDING ROSE MORE THAN SEVEN TIMES FASTER THAN OVERALL PRICES IN APRIL. SOME MAJOR RETAILERS ALSO AFFECTED. WALMART ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT IT WILL RAISE PRICES DUE TO HIGHER COST CAUSED BY THE TARIFFS, AS IT PREPARES TO LAY OFF 1500 EMPLOYEES. NIKE ALSO SAYING IT'S PLANNING ON PRICE INCREASES. TARGET SAYS IT'S HOPING IT WON'T HAVE TO RAISE PRICES, BUT HAS ALREADY SLASHED ITS ANNUAL OUTLOOK DUE TO THE UNEXPECTED IMPACT OF TARIFFS AND HEIGHTENED UNCERTAINTY. AT THE SAME TIME, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS REIGNITED HIS TRADE WAR WITH EUROPE, ANNOUNCING A 50% TARIFF ON EUROPEAN UNION PRODUCTS BEGINNING NEXT WEEK. IT'S TIME THAT WE PLAY THE GAME THE WAY I KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE GAME. THE EU'S TRADE COMMISSIONER SAYS THE BLOC STANDS READY TO DEFEND ITS INTERESTS. THE PRESIDENT ALSO TARGETING APPLE, AN AMERICAN COMPANY, FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE TECH GIANT FACES A 25% TARIFF BY THE END OF JUNE IF IT DOESN'T MOVE ALL OF ITS IPHONE PRODUCTION TO THE U.S. WHEN THEY BUILD THEIR PLANT HERE, THERE'S NO TARIFF. BUT EXPERTS SAY MOVING PRODUCTION OF THE IPHONE ENTIRELY TO THE U.S. WOULD COST TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IT'S STILL MUCH MORE ECONOMICAL, IT'S FASTER FOR THEM TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE PRODUCT JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE ALREADY, AND WE DO NOT. THE PRESIDENT SAID TARIFFS ON OTHER TECH COMPANIES LIKE SAMSUNG COULD SOON FOLLOW. ME U TONU MAI ` NEW ZEALAND JOINS THE CALL TO ALLOW FULL AID ACCESS IN TO GAZA. NEXT, HOW MUCH HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT IS REACHING THE TERRITORY? (GROOVY MUSIC) (POP MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` A LOCAL SCIENTIST SAYS UNCERTAINTY OVER FEDERAL FUNDING FOR U.S. IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS COULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE RESEARCH DONE BY KIWI ACADEMICS. OVERSEAS, AROUND 30,000 AUSTRALIANS REMAIN CUT OFF IN NEW SOUTH WALES AS FLOOD WATERS RECEDE. AND IN SPORT, CHRIS WOOD'S NOTTINGHAM FOREST HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO SECURE A SPOT IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AFTER LOSING 1-0 TO CHELSEA IN THE FINAL DAY OF PREMIER LEAGUE ACTION. AID IS MAKING ITS WAY IN TO GAZA AFTER ISRAEL EASED AN 11-WEEK-LONG BLOCKADE OF THE TERRITORY. BUT THE HEAD OF THE UNITED NATIONS HAS WARNED IT'S ONLY A TRICKLE COMPARED TO WHAT'S NEEDED, AND THE RISK OF FAMINE REMAINS VERY REAL. JOINING US NOW IS MIKE SEAWRIGHT, FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RELIEF AID. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. YOU TELL US WHAT YOUR PEOPLE ON THE GROUND ARE TELLING YOU ABOUT THE GROUND SITUATION IN GAZA? IT IS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE, EVEN BY THE STANDARDS WITHIN TODAY. THE SITUATION IS DIRE, FAMILIES ARE UNABLE TO FEED THEMSELVES, WATER IS HARD IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO SOURCE, AND OF COURSE THE SECURITY SITUATION COMBINED WITH THE BLOCKADE IS CAUSING QUITE LITERALLY HELL, AS OUR TEAM TELLS US ON THE GROUND EVERY DAY. SO WHAT CAN RELIEF AGENCIES LIKE YOU DO? IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, AND IT'S A QUESTION THAT HUMAN. ORGANISATIONS ARE STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW ` TO BRING AID ACROSS THE BORDER FROM EGYPT, DIFFICULT WITH THE BLOCKADE. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN AID BECAUSE OF SAVOURING THE WATER BEING SOURCED AND DISTRIBUTED. MOST OF GAZA IS RELIANT ON FOOD COMING ACROSS THE BORDER, AND IT IS A DIRE SITUATION FOR THE FAMILIES. AFTER 11 WEEKS OF A COMPLETE BLOCKADE FROM ISRAEL, TRUCKS WERE ALLOWED IN, BUT HOW CLOSE YOU THINK THE PEOPLE OF GAZA ARE TO FAMINE? THE AGE THAT IS CROSSING THE BORDER, EVEN IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, AN ABSOLUTE TRICKLE. WE WOULD CALL IT A FIGLEAF OF SUPPORT. IN MANY CASES, IT IS CONSIDERED A POLITICAL ACT RATHER THAN A HUMANITARIAN ONE, DEMONSTRATING THAT AID CAN REACH GAZA BUT IN FACT, BEFORE THE WAR, WHEN 500 TRUCKS A DAY CROSSED INTO GAZA, 93 TRUCKS CROSSING OVER A FOUR DAY PERIOD IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. IT WILL DO LITTLE. TO STAVE OFF THE UNITARIAN HUNGER CRISIS. AND THE TRUCKS ARE READY, AREN'T THEY? THAT THOUSANDS OF TRUCKS SITTING ON THE EGYPTIAN BOARDER READY TO CROSS. THIS IS A LACK OF POLITICAL WILL BY ISRAEL WHICH IS STOPPING MUCH-NEEDED LIFE-SAVING HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT FROM REACHING FAMILIES THAT THEY DESPERATELY NEED IT, IN THE WORLD ARE SIMPLY TALKING AND NOT TAKING ACTION, AND RELIEF AID IS CALLING THAT A ZEALAND GOVERNMENT TO ACTUALLY TAKE ACTION RATHER THAN JUST PLACATE ISRAEL WITH WORDS. YOU URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE STRONG ACTION, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ON YOUR END? TWO THINGS NEED TO HAPPEN FROM THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD ` STRONGER POLITICAL ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN, WAS NOT ENOUGH. FAMILIES IN GAZA CANNOT FEED THEIR FAMILIES WITH WORDS ALONE. THE SECOND ACTION MADE IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN IS ECONOMIC PRESSURE ` IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SIMPLY HAVE DIPLOMATS AT THE UN OR BILATERALLY, TALKING TO AS WELL AND ASKING THEM TO RELIEVE THE BLOCKADE. IT IS NOT WORKING. WHEN IT ACTION TO BE TAKEN, NOT WORDS. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETENYAHU SAYS THE WALL CONTINUE UNTIL THE STRIPPERS UNDER THE CONTROL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN THE GAZA? THE HOSTAGES NEEDED TO BE RELEASED, IN REGARDS TO THE ISRAEL HOSTAGES. AT THE SAME TIME, ISRAEL NEEDS TO STOP ITS OFFENSIVE BLOCKADE. (AUDIO GLITCHES) WE NEED TO CREATE A SECURITY ENVIRONMENT THAT PROTECTS THE FAMILIES OF GAZA AND THE HUMANITARIAN ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS AID ORGANISATIONS TO PROVIDE WATER AND FOOD TO CROSS THE BORDER FROM THE LIKES IMMEDIATE. MIKE, I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON IT BEFORE WE GO BECAUSE I KNOW YOU RECENTLY` FOR MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM DIED IN NORTH GAZA. I HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING OKAY AT IT MUST BE VERY HARD FOR YOUR. WE STARTED THE WAR THE TEAM IN THE NORTH, A TEAM OF NINE, ALL OF THEM EITHER DEAD OR INJURED. EVERYDAY I WAKE UP WONDERING AS WELL AS IN MORE STAFF MEMBERS. IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE THAT AID WORKERS ARE KILLED, AND I AM WONDERING WHEN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH `� WHEN ENOUGH FAMILIES AND AID WORKERS ARE KILLED FOR PEACE TO COME TO GAZA. WILL YOU BE ABLE TO CARRY ON OPERATIONS? MY TEAM AS INCREDIBLE. EVERYDAY I ASK THEM IF IT IS SAFE FOR THEM TO CONTINUE, THE ANSWER IS VERY SIMPLE ` WE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR PEOPLE, PROVIDE WATER WHERE IT IS NEEDED MOST, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR WORK IN GAZA. RELIEFAID AND OUR TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SAFE TRIGGER WATER TO GAZA AND WE CAN ONLY HOPE WE WILL NOT SUFFER FURTHER LOSSES. MIKE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. RELIEFAID FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. E HAERE AKE NEI ` FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS JOINS US RIGHT AFTER THE 7 O'CLOCK NEWS. PLUS, AUCKLAND FC'S SEASON COMES TO A CRUSHING END. WE'LL WRAP UP THAT AND THE REST OF THE WEEKEND'S SPORT NEXT. # IF I COULD, THEN I WOULD. # I GO WHERE EVER YOU WILL GO. Ahhh... (TREE BRANCH SNAPS) (UPBEAT MUSIC) Ahhh! (UPBEAT MUSIC) Ahhh... 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. MOUNT SMART STADIUM HAS GONE FROM FORTRESS TO GRAVEYARD. FIRST, AUCKLAND FC'S REMARKABLE A-LEAGUE SEASON CAME TO A CRUSHING END, BEATEN BY MELBOURNE VICTORY 2-0 IN THE SECOND LEG OF THEIR SEMI-FINAL, THEN CANBERRA ENDED THE WARRIORS UNBEATEN RUN. EARLIER, I SPOKE TO SPORTS COMMENTATOR SCOTTY STEVENSON, AND BEGAN WITH THE BLACK KNIGHTS MISSING OUT ON THE GRAND FINAL. NO, THEY ARE NOT AND THAT. THAT IS A BIG STICKING POINT FOR AUCKLAND FC. LOOK, I'M AMAZED THAT NOT MORE HAS BEEN MADE OF THIS. THIS IS A TRANS-TASMAN CONSPIRACY. THE BALL WAS NOT OUT. MELBOURNE CITY AGAINST MELBOURNE VICTORY IN THE FINAL. COME ON, THAT WAS AUCKLAND FC'S PLACE. THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXTRA TIME/ AUCKLAND FC WOULD HAVE GOT THE JOB DONE AND BE IN THE GRAND FINAL. WE WERE ROBBED. CORICA CERTAINLY THOUGHT SO. HOW DID WE NOT GET A DECISION WHEN WE HAVE VAR AND WE CANNOT FIND THE DECISION, SOME WOULD SAY THE RIGHT DECISION, TO ALLOW THE GOAL? I THOUGHT STEVE WAS QUITE MEASURED IN HIS RESPONSE. I WOULD HAVE BEEN FUMING IF I WAS HOME. DEEP DOWN INSIDE, I THOUGHT IT WANTED TO SAY MORE. HE WAS FURIOUS WITH THE OFFICIALS. I THINK A LOT OF THE PLAYERS THINK THE SAME WAY. VAR SAID NOTHING WAS CONCLUSIVE SO THEY HAD TO STICK WITH THE ON FIELD RULING. I THINK AUCKLAND FC GOT OVERRULED BY THE OCCASION. IT IS THEIR FIRST SEASON, THEIR FIRST SEMI-FINAL. I THINK MOST FOOTBALL FANS WOULD AGREE THAT MELBOURNE WITH A BETTER SIDE ON THE DAY. IT IS A SHAME BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE IT ALL EVAPORATED. EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD A GOAL CLEARED OFF THE LINE, IT JUST WAS NOT ENOUGH. IF YOU REFLECT ON THEIR FIRST SEASON, HOW BIG OF A STATEMENT AS IT BEEN TO PERFORM THIS WELL, TO GET THE PREMIERS PLATE AND BE SO CLOSE TO A GRAND FINAL? IT HAS BEEN A HUGE SEASON FOOTBALL IN THE COUNTRY. YOU HAVE THE BIGGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT BEHIND FOOTBALL. THEY HAVE HAD THE BIGGEST CROWD SIZES IN THE A LEAGUE. I WAS OUT AND ABOUT ON SATURDAY. EVERYWHERE AROUND AUCKLAND CITY, YOU SAW THE BLUE AND BLACK TOPS, MURCH, HATS. THIS IS A CITY THAT IS HERE TO STAY. THEY PERFORMED INCREDIBLY WELL IN THE FIRST SEASON. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM IS PUT THE PLATE AND A CABINET. NEXT YEAR, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR FANS FULLY ENGAGED. THEY HAD THE GOALPOSTS PUT AWAY PRETTY QUICKLY. NEXT THING YOU KNOW, IT IS A WARRIORS GAME AND THAT STREAKERS COME TO AN END AS WELL. I THOUGHT THE CONDITIONS WERE TOUGH THERE AS WELL. I THOUGHT THEY WERE FILTHY. THAT WAS THE GAMEPLAN. THEY WERE GETTING IN THE MIX EVERY TACKLE. I THINK THE WARRIORS ALLOWED THEMSELVES TO BE DOMINATED STILL LITTLE BIT BY THE SIDE. THERE TO STARTING PROPS ARE OUT OF ACTION. EVEN SO, WHEN THEY LOOK BACK AT THIS GAME, THAT TO SAY TO THEMSELVES, WHEN TEAMS COME HERE AND TRY TO INTIMIDATE US, AS THE RAIDERSDID, WE HAVE TO STAND UP. THEY HAD TO GET A LITTLE MORE PREDICTABLE THAN THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED, AND WHEN THEY TRIED TO PULL THE TRIGGER AND CAME UP WITH ERRORS, THAT WAS ONE THAT GOT AWAY FROM THE WARRIORS. THE LESSONS THEY WOULD HAVE LEARNED FROM THAT GAME WOULD SEND THEM IN GOOD STEAD. WE DON'T WANT ANY KNEE-JERK REACTIONS, BUT THEY DONE SO WELL TO WIN SO MANY TIGHT GAMES. THE FACT THEY HAVE LOST THIS TIGHT GAME, HOW DOES THE STAND THEN FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON WHEN THEY HAVE INJURIES DOWN THE ROAD? I THINK THE LESSONS THEY WOULD HAVE LEARNED FROM SUNDAY I GOING TO STAY WITH THEM. ONE OF THOSE LESSONS AS TO NOT LET OTHER TEAMS INTIMIDATE THEM. THE RAIDERS HAD A PLAN FOR THAT AND THE EXECUTED BRILLIANTLY. YOU WILL SEE AFTER THE MATCH A FEW OF THE RAIDERS GIVING IT TO THE CROWD. I DO NOT THINK IT IS TIME FOR WARRIORS FANS TO BE SULKING, IT IS ONE OF THOSE SCHEMES WERE IT COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY. WE HOPE YOU HAD ENOUGH IN THE TANK TO GET THE JOB DONE, AND I THINK THEY'LL BE BETTER FOR IT. LET'S HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS. IS THERE ANY TODAY? I THOUGHT THIS IMMENSELY DIFFICULT GAME, BUT THE BLACK FERNS WERE ROASTING USA. THEY PUT 79 POINTS ON THEM. CANADA DEFEATED AUSTRALIA AS WELL. THE BLACK FERNS OF THE TOP TEAM. TOP TRY SCORER. HERE TO BE GREEDY TO SCORE 7 TRIES IN A GAME. SHE WAS MAGNIFICENT, GEORGIA MILLER WAS FANTASTIC, THEY BROUGHT BACK THE CAVALRY FROM THE SEVENS PROGRAM. WAS THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE SEASON SO FAR. THEY WERE ON ANOTHER PLANET. THEY ALL FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SHOW AT NORTH HARBOUR STADIUM. IT WAS GOOD FOOTY. INSTAGRAM IS NOT MUCH HELP WHEN YOU'RE ON THE FIELD AGAINST THE BLACK FERNS, ESPECIALLY WHEN PORTIA IS ON THAT KIND OF FORM. IT'LL BE A REAL CONFIDENCE BOOSTER TO THEM. THEY ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF MATCHES LEFT BEFORE THEY HIT THE WORLD CUP IN AUGUST. CREW CAN LOOK BACK AND SAY, WE HAVE SHOWN SOME IMPROVEMENT. AND EVEN BIGGER SCORE ` 85-7, THE CHIEFS THUMPING MOANA PASIFIKA. I THOUGHT THE CHIEFS WOULD BE GOOD, BUT NOT THAT GOOD. THEY HAVE A HUGE GAME THIS WEEKEND AGAINST THE HURRICANE'S, BUT THE CHIEFS WERE MAGNIFICENT, HEADING TO THE TOP OF THE TABLE AGAIN. POOR OLD MOANA. AUCKLAND FC, THE WARRIORS, MOANA PUT BACK IN THEIR BOX. AND INTRIGUING WEEKEND IN SPORT. I DON'T WANT TO BLAME BREAKFAST, BUT WE WERE PUMPING ALL OF THOSE TEAMS. IT IS YOUR FAULT. LOVELY TO CHAT WITH YOU, AND HERE'S HOPING FOR A LITTLE MORE LIGHT ON THE HORIZON FOR SOME OF THESE TEAMS. THANKS, BUDDY. I THINK WE GAVE THEM THE KISS OF DEATH. IT IS JUST A BUMMER, ISN'T IT? AUCKLAND FC IN PARTICULAR HAS LIVENED UP THE SPORTING SCENE. IF THEY WON, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GRAND FINAL THAT WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SATURDAY AT HOME. INSTEAD... NEVERMIND. LIAM LAWSON. WERE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN 45 MINUTES. MONACO IS NOTORIOUSLY HARD/ I THINK I READ THAT HE HELD UP THE REST OF THE FIELD SO HIS TEAMMATE COULD DO THE PITSTOPS. BECAUSE THEY HAD THE TWO MANDATORY PITSTOPS THIS TIME, IT SO DIFFICULT TO OVERTAKE. IT IS RARE TO IMPROVE YOUR POSITION. GOOD ON HIM. THANK GOODNESS WE HAVE OUR F1 EXPERT ON THE SHOW. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS HOUR ` FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS IS STANDING BY. WHAT EFFECT WILL HER CHANGES TO KIWISAVER REALLY HAVE ON WAGES? ALSO AHEAD ` A POLICE DRONE WAS USED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE CROWD AT THE ELECTRIC AVENUE MUSIC FESTIVAL IN CHRISTCHURCH, BUT DID IT BREAK THE LAW? PLUS ` FIRST THERE WERE TWO SHANES, NOW WE'VE GOT DOUBLE LIAMS. HOW AN IN-DEPTH STORY ON SHARING THE SAME NAME UNCOVERED A PLETHORA OF PLURALS. THIS FASCINATING. LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE AFTER EIGHT. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. A KIWI RELIEF WORKER HELPING TO CO-ORDINATE DELIVERING AID INTO WAR ZONES LIKE GAZA SAYS THE AMOUNT OF SUPPLIES MAKING IT INTO GAZA IS A POLITICAL ACT RATHER THAN A HUMANITARIAN ONE. AID IS BEGINNING TO MAKE ITS WAY INTO GAZA AFTER ISRAEL 'EASED' AN 11-WEEK-LONG BLOCKADE OF THE TERRITORY. BUT THE HEAD OF THE UNITED NATIONS HAS WARNED IT'S ONLY A TRICKLE COMPARED TO WHAT'S NEEDED, AND THE RISK OF FAMINE REMAINS VERY REAL. MIKE SEAWRIGHT, FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RELIEF AID, SAYS IT'S NOT ENOUGH. BEFORE THE WAR, 500 TRUCKS A DAY CROSSED INTO GAZA. NOW, 90 TRUCKS ACROSS FOUR DAYS IS NOTHING. IT WILL DO NEXT TO NOTHING TO STAVE OFF THE HUNGER CRISIS THAT IS GOING ON AND GAZA RIGHT NOW. HE'S ALSO CALLING ON THE NZ GOVERNMENT TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION, INCLUDING ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PRESSURE ON ISRAEL. EX-LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR SAYS BENEFIT CHANGES COMING IN TODAY WILL MAKE IT HARDER TO EXPLOIT THE SYSTEM. PLACING HALF OF A NON-COMPLIANT BENEFICIARY'S PAYMENT ONTO A CARD THAT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR ITS ESSENTIALS LIKE HEALTHCARE OR GROCERIES. HE SAYS TAXPAYER SUPPORT SHOULD NOT BE USED IN ALCOHOL OR ENTERTAINMENT AND THE JOBSEEKER BENEFIT IS A SHORT-TERM SAFETY NET. KIWI F1 DRIVER LIAM LAWSON SAYS HIS TEAM HAD A PERFECT WEEKEND AFTER BOTH RACING BULLS CARS FINISHED IN THE POINTS AT THE MONACO GRAND PRIX. THE 23-YEAR-OLD DROVE SELFLESSLY, HOLDING UP TRAFFIC BEHIND HIM TO ALLOW TEAMMATE ISACK HADJAR TO COMPLETE HIS TWO MANDATORY PIT STOPS AND FINISH SIXTH. HADJAR FINISHING SIXTH, IS BEST FINISH SINCE 2021. THAT HAS BEEN PERFECT THANKS TO LIAM. GREAT FOR THE TEAM. IT IS NOT OFTEN YOU HAVE A PLAN, ESPECIALLY IN A PLACE LIKE THIS WHEN YOU VIEW PATERNITY TO CONTROL THE RACE. MCLAREN'S LANDO NORRIS WON FROM POLE WITH CHARLES LECLERC AND OSCAR PIASTRI ROUNDING OUT THE PODIUM. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` CLOUDY DAY AHEAD FOR MOST OF THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SHOWERS TO BE EXPECTED IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. 20 YOUR HIGH IN GISBORNE. 17 IN WELLINGTON. SOME SHOWERS AND WIND EXPECTED IN NELSON THIS MORNING. ELSEWHERE, PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF YOU AND CLEAR BLUE SKIES IN QUEENSTOWN. 19 YOUR HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. 15 IN INVERCARGILL. THERE'S AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING TODAY FOR THE BULLER DISTRICT UNTIL 9am THIS MORNING. FINANCE MINISTER WILLIS WILL JOIN US SHORTLY. BEFORE WE GET TO WILLIS, WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WILLS. WE HAD SOME FEEDBACK. ABOUT 50% OF ADULTS DO NOT HAVE A WILL. I HAVE A WELL, BUT IT IS NOT UP-TO-DATE. WARREN WROTE THAT IF I HAVE NO FAMILY AND FRIENDS, DO I STILL NEED A WELL? YES YOU DO, BECAUSE YOU COULD NOMINATE A CHARITY. UNLESS YOU JUST WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE IT, YOU'RE BETTER TO GIVE IT TO SOMEONE OF YOUR CHOICE. OF COURSE, THESE THINGS CAN MAKE FOR SOME FAMILY DRAMAS. WE'RE GETTING THEM THIS MORNING. TRYING TO FAIRLY DISTRIBUTE THE TWO YEARS ONE SIBLING THOUGHT THAT HE SHOULD HAVE EVERYTHING. 18 GREEDY NEPHEWS, TWO COURT CASES IS JUST SAD. SOMEONE DIES AND YOU'RE LEFT WITH BIG FIGHTS. THERE IS THIS ONE ` ANONYMOUS, OTHER GIFTED THE ENGAGEMENT RING TO THE FIRSTBORN BUT THE OTHER SISTER WANTED IT AND IT NEEDS REPAIRS. ARE JUST SOUNDS LIKE IT IS BECOMING VERY DRAMATIC. IT GETS A LITTLE BIT MESSY. IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A WELL, IT PRESUMES THAT YOUR PARTNER WILL HAVE THE ASSETS, AND AFTER THAT, IT IS YOUR CHILDREN. AS FRANCES WERE SAYING TO US, IS IMPORTANT WHO YOU WANT TO STUFF TO GO TO. REMEMBER THAT A LIFE, LIKE ANYTHING, CAN CHANGE IN AN INSTANT, AND THAT WOULD SAVE YOU A LOT OF HASSLE. KEEP THE FEEDBACK COMING. STAY WITH US. THE FINANCE MINISTER WILL JOIN US SHORTLY. (SONG): 'COLD AS ICE' BY FOREIGNER BEN: Hello? From the bank? Really? VOICEOVER: Know it's really ASB with Caller Check. (PHONE RINGING) # You're as cold as ice # We can verify it's us through the ASB Mobile Banking app. BEN: Oh, it is you ASB! WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. NEW SANCTIONS COME INTO PLACE, FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS JOINS US NOW AS THE PM IS SICK. WELCOME, MINISTER. HATS YOU EXPECT THESE SANCTIONS WILL BENEFIT BENEFICIARIES? IT IS PRETTY SIMPLE. IF YOU'RE ON THE JOBSEEKER BENEFIT, YOUR JOB IS TO TRY AND FIND A JOB. THESE SANCTIONS ARE NOT ABOUT PUNISHING PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE A JOB. IT IS ABOUT PUNISHING PEOPLE WHO DO NOT FULFIL OUR EXPECTATIONS ... EVERY DOLLAR THAT GOES INTO THE BENEFITS THAT WE PAY PEOPLE AS BEING PAID FOR BY ANOTHER HARD-WORKING NEW ZEALANDER WHO GOES TO WORK EACH DAY. IT IS ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY AND ENSURING THOSE ON WELFARE ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY. WHAT DOES THE EVIDENCE TELL YOU ABOUT HOW EFFECTIVE SANCTIONS ARE> WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN WORK, THEY HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF MOTIVATION. THEY ARE ABOUT SAYING TO PEOPLE, WE ARE NOT KIDDING AROUND WHEN WE SAY TRYING GET A JOB INTERVIEW, WE ARE NOT KIDDING AROUND AND WE SAY TO GIVE IT A GOOD GO. DO YOU HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THOSE SANCTIONS WILL WORK TO HELP PEOPLE FIND JOBS? THE LAST GOVERNMENT DID NOT USE A LOT OF SANCTIONS? THERE IS NOT A RECENT BODY OF EVIDENCE THAT WE CAN DRAW ON. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THIS WILL BE THE NUDGE THEY NEED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. MOST PEOPLE WILL GO INTO MONEY MANAGEMENT AND REALISE A PREFER THE FLEXIBILITY OF BEING ON ITS, AND THAT WILL BE ENOUGH TO GET THEM A JOB INTERVIEW IT IS BEEN SET UP FOR THEM, OR ANOTHER CASES, DOING THE COMMUNITY WORK A FEW HOURS A WEEK MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO MAKE THEM REALISE THAT PUTTING IN A BIT OF EFFORT WITH YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS AND HAVING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY IS QUITE MOTIVATING AND A GOOD THING TO DO. WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THIS NEW ATTEMPTS WILL HELP PEOPLE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BE TRYING TO GET A JOB. REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ON THE BENEFIT BY 50,000 TO 140,000 BY 2030 WAS A TARGET. UNEMPLOYMENT ARE SET TO GO DOWN, SO THAT WILL MAKE THE TARGET MUCH MORE ACHIEVABLE BECAUSE IT WILL BE MORE JOBS OUT THERE. WE ARE FOCUSED ON THAT TARGET. IT REQUIRES MORE JOBS IN THAT ECONOMY. THERE ARE FORECAST TO BE 240,000 JOBS IN THE ECONOMY AND IT REQUIRES THOSE WHO ARE ON A JOBSEEKER BENEFIT TO LIVE UP TO THE OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITY TO TRY AND FIND WORK. IT SENDS THOSE SIGNALS VERY CLEARLY. WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT NELSON HOSPITAL. CAN YOU GUARANTEE BETTER FACILITIES AT THE HOSPITAL WILL IMPROVE PATIENT CARE AND ALLEVIATE PRESSURE ON STAFF? YES, THEY WILL, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE ARE WORKING AND SUBSTANDARD FACILITIES, IT AFFECTS THE FLOW OF WORK AND AFFECTS THEIR ABILITY TO WORK EFFICIENTLY. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING DOWN TO NELSON TODAY TO LOOK AT PLANS FOR REDEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BE DELIVERING TWO YEARS EARLIER THAN FORECAST. THAT INVOLVES A NEW INPATIENT BUILDING WITH ADDITIONAL BEDS FOR PATIENTS AND REMEDIATING EXISTING BUILDINGS. I THINK IT WILL BE WELCOMED BY DOCTORS, NURSES AND PATIENTS IN THAT REGION, AND IS A POSITIVE INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE MADE IN THIS BUDGET. WHAT OTHER SPECIFICS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE? WE HAVE TAKEN THE COSTINGS FROM HEALTH NEW ZEALAND AS TO HOW MUCH THEY THINK IT WILL COST TO DO THIS DEVELOPMENT. THEY HAVE OBVIOUSLY WORKED THAT THROUGH WITH ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS AND THE LIKE, AND THAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE PORTIONED IN THE BUDGET. WE WILL DO NOT DISCLOSE THAT NUMBER, BECAUSE IF WE WERE TO DO SO, THAT WE TREAT A TARGET FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE ASKED TO TENDER FOR THE CONTRACT AND KNOW HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN THE POT. WE HAVE BEEN COMMERCIAL ABOUT THIS, WE'RE BEING SENSIBLE ABOUT THIS. IT IS TAXPAYER MONEY AFTER ALL AND WE WILL GET MAXIMUM BANG FOR BUCK. THE AMOUNT YOU GOT ALLOCATED, WILL ASSIST NELSON'S AGEING POPULATION? YES, IT WILL, BECAUSE IT WILL ALLOW THE MORE BEDS IN THE HOSPITAL ` MORE THAN 40 ADDITIONAL BEDS, WHICH CATERS TO THE FACT THAT IT IS AN AGEING POPULATION. THERE ARE GROWING HEALTH NEEDS, SO THEY NEED AN EXPENSIVE FACILITY. THIS FUNDING WILL ENSURE THE HABIT. I KNOW THAT NELSON'S MP SAYS THE FUNDING ANNOUNCED IN THE BUDGET DOES NOT HELP. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO HER I SAY THERE IS A LOT MORE CERTAINTY THAN LABOUR EVER GAVE THE PEOPLE OF NELSON, WITH A CONSISTENTLY PROMISED A NEW HOSPITAL BUT NEVER FRONTED. WE WILL BE DELIVERING THIS NEW FACILITY TWO YEARS EARLIER THAN HAD BEEN PLANNED. IT IS REAL MONEY FROM A REAL BUDGET AND THERE WILL BE SPADES ON THE GROUND. I KNOW YOU SPOKE A LOT ABOUT KIWI SAVER. HOW YOU EXPECT BUSINESSES TO COUGH UP THE EXTRA MONEY? INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYERS WILL WORK THAT THROUGH WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES DEPENDING ON THE CONTRACT THEY HAVE IN PLACE AND THE ARRANGEMENTS THEY HAVE IN PLACE. THAT IS WHY WE PUT ON A THREE-YEAR PHASEIN PERIOD. THE FIRST PUMP WILL HAPPEN APRIL NEXT YEAR SO THERE IS TIME FOR IT TO BE WORKED THROUGH. IT WILL NOT GO TO 4% UNTIL 2028. THAT GIVES EVERYONE TIME. OF THE NEXT WHILE, THE ECONOMY WILL BE RECOVERING. WE ARE FORECASTING WAGES GROWING FASTER THAN INFLATION AND BETTER ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN WHICH EMPLOYERS WILL BE ABLE TO MEET THESE CHANGES. CONTRACTORS AT THE MOMENT, OF COURSE, IN THE SAME SITUATION AS THEY WILL BE AT THIS CHANGES. OFTEN THEY EMPLOY THEMSELVES, THEY ARE SELF-EMPLOYED. DOES NOT FOLLOW THE SAME WAY DOES FOR AN EMPLOYEE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT GET THAT DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR MATCHING WITH THEIR EMPLOYER. SOME CONTRACTORS STILL CHOOSE TO BE PART OF KIWI SAVER. THEY APPRECIATE THE AUTO DEDUCTION AND WE THINK IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE. IS NOT INTRODUCED MEANS TESTING FOR SUPERANNUATION. WHY DID YOU NOT GO THERE? WE DO NOT HAVE AN ELECTORAL MANDATE TO DO THAT. WE RECOGNISE IT AS AN ENTITLEMENT THAT PEOPLE RELY ON. IF THERE WERE TO EVER BE CHANGES TO NEW ZEALAND SUPERANNUATION, YOU WOULD EXPECT TIME FOR NEW ZEALANDERS TO PREPARE AND YOU WOULD EXPECT A BLOOD SICKLE PARTY TO GO TO THE ELECTORATE AND BE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING. WE DO NOT HAVE A MANDATE FOR THAT. YOU SPOKE A LOT ON FOCUSING RESOURCES TO THOSE THAT NEED IT MOST. MANY OF THOSE SUPERANNUANTS HAVE PAID TAX OR THEIR LIFE AND LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING THE ENTITLEMENT WHEN THEY RETIRE. IT IS OF NO GREAT MYSTERY THAT THE LAST ELECTION, THE NATIONAL PARTY CAMPAIGNED ON RAISING THE AGE OF ELIGIBILITY, RECOGNISING THAT PEOPLE ARE WORKING AND LIVING LONGER. WE DO NOT HAVE A COMMITMENT TO THAT AND OUR COALITION AGREEMENT SO THERE IS NOTHING CHANGING WITH THE SUPER. WE ARE APPROACHING THE HALF-TIME STAGE FOR THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. WINSTON PETERS WILL VACATE THE JOB. HOW DO YOU ASSESS HOW HE IS DONE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE TERM? I THINK HE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB. IN PARTICULAR, HE HAS REPRESENTED NEW ZEALAND VERY WELL ON THE WORLD STAGE AT A TIME WHEN THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF CHALLENGES ON THE TRADE FRONT, THE SECURITY FRONT AND IN THE PACIFIC WITH OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN THIS REGION. HE HAS REPRESENTED US WELL, SUPPORTED FREE TRADING TREATMENT AND ENSURED WE HAVE BEEN SEEN BY TRADE PARTNERS, WITH THE LETTERS ON DEFENCE COMMITMENT OR OTHER AREAS. I THINK HE HAS BEEN A STATESMAN IN THAT REGARD. SAID BEFORE THE ROLE WAS ALLOCATED THAT HE WOULD DO A GREAT JOB. NOW YOU'RE SAYING HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB. I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB. WHAT ABOUT THE INCOMING DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER? WHAT WILL HE BRING TO THE ROLE, DO YOU THINK? HE WILL MAKE IT HIS OWN, I AM SURE. OBVIOUSLY, HE IS A DIFFERENT PERSONALITY, DIFFERENT CHARACTER. HE WILL DO THE JOB IN HIS OWN WAY. I THINK MOST NEW ZEALANDERS, NOT MUCH WILL CHANGE IN THE SENSE THAT HIS MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES WILL REMAIN THE SAME. THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTERSHIP, NICOLA WILLIS, FINANCE MINISTER. I THINK THE SEVEN Q&A THAT YOU ARE DOING YOUR BAZILLION INTERVIEW, THANK YOU FOR STEPPING IN FOR THE PRIME MINISTER. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` A KIWI RELIEF WORKER HELPING TO CO-ORDINATE DELIVERING AID INTO THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. GAZA IS CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO RAMP UP ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PRESSURE ON ISRAEL. FROM TODAY, THE SPEED LIMIT ON PART OF AUCKLAND'S NORTHERN GATEWAY TOLL ROAD WILL INCREASE TO 110km/h. AND IN SPORT, KIWI F1 DRIVER LIAM LAWSON SAYS HIS TEAM HAD A PERFECT WEEKEND AFTER BOTH RACING BULLS CARS FINISHED IN THE POINTS AT THE MONACO GRAND PRIX. MORE CASES OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY HAVE COME TO LIGHT SINCE TVNZ AIRED A STORY ABOUT HOW SHARING A NAME CAN LEAD TO YEARS OF FALSE ACCUSATIONS. IN-DEPTH REPORTER GILL HIGGNS HAS SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL OF THEM AND ALSO TO A LAWYER WHO SAYS IT'S TIME SYSTEMS WERE CHANGED AND VICTIMS GOT COMPENSATION. GILL JOINS US NOW. MORNING. THAT HAS BEEN A LONG-RUNNING STARTER FOR MANY PEOPLE, CAN YOU REMIND US OF THE FIRST CASE? THAT WAS SHANE WILLIAM PRICHARD, CHASE WAS THAT HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH AND THAT WAS OVER A PERIOD OF 30 YEARS, OR BECAUSE THERE WAS ANOTHER SHANE WILLIAM PRICHARD BOARD IN THE SAME MONTH AS HE WAS. PEOPLE'S IT IS CASES IS QUITE AMUSING BECAUSE OF THE COINCIDENCES, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE INVOLVED, THEY ARE A COMPLETE NIGHTMARE. IT SOUNDS REALLY GRUELLING. AND OTHERS HAVE COME FORWARD? YOUR LOVELY MAKE-UP ARTIST, HER HUSBAND WAS A VICTIM OF THIS. THEY HAD TO FIGHT FOR WEEKS; IT'S MORE COMMON THAN WE THINK. WE DID HEAR FROM PEOPLE AFTER THAT STORY AND THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS A JUSTICE OF THE PIECE WHO HAD TO STAND DOWN BECAUSE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY. THIS WE FOCUS ONLY ON LIAM WARD HERE ` THIS HAPPENED TO HIM WHEN HE WAS 17 YEARS OLD BECAUSE HE WAS TOLD HE COULDN'T SET HIS DRIVERS TEST BECAUSE OF HIS SUPPOSE SUPPOSED CRIMINAL RECORD. SO I PHONED THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A COURT CASE AGAINST MY NAME. 'IT SAYS HERE THAT YOU'VE BEEN TAMPERING WITH CARS 'AND DRINK DRIVING,' AND THERE WAS JUST MULTIPLE CONVICTIONS THAT I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO KNOWLEDGE OF. AND IT WOULD BE TERRIBLE! HE WAS ORDERED TO DO 60 HOURS COMMUNITY SERVICE OR HE WOULD FACE IMPRISONMENT, HE COULDN'T GET A CREDIT CARD, CAN GET A FLAT, NEW JOB, SO IT JUST WENT ON AND ON. SO HE WENT TO FAIR GO? IN 2015, SO HE WAS ONLY 10 OR 18 AT THE TIME BUT HE HAD ALREADY HAD ENOUGH AND FELT THE POLICE WERE NOT TAKING IT SERIOUSLY. WE GOT THAT BIT OF ITS WATER BECAUSE THE POLICE APOLOGISED, THEY PUT A NOTE ON HIS FILE TO SAY 'MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT LIAM WARD HERE', BUT IT DOESN'T FIX THE CREDIT SIDE OF THINGS. THE CREDIT AGENCIES AS THEY GET ABOUT 180,000 CHECKS A YEAR ON PERSONAL DATA, AND 273, I THINK IT WAS, WITHOUT TO BE MISMATCHED ERRORS. WOW. THEY SAID THAT NUMBER IS VERY LOW, BUT I'M NOT SO SURE. IN MY VIEW, THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN. THESE AGENCIES ARE NOT TAKING REASONABLE STEPS TO CHECK FOR ACCURACY BEFORE THEY USE LIAM'S PERSONAL INFORMATION. IN MY VIEW, THIS IS A BREACH OF PRINCIPLE EIGHT OF THE PRIVACY ACT. THEY KNOW THE PROBLEM; THEY SHOULD FIX IT. SO IS THERE ANYTHING LIAM CAN DO? SHE THINKS THERE IS SOMETHING HE CAN POSSIBLY DO. HE CAN GO TO THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER AND ARGUE THAT BECAUSE HE IS A PRETTY DILIGENT GUY,, HE HAS REALLY, REALLY TRIES TO FIX THIS. HE WENT TO THE CREDIT AGENCIES AND SAID WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? THEY SAID THEY WILL FLAKE THEIR FILE AND IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN BUT IT DID. BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE'S A CHANCE THAT HE COULD GO TO THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER AND SAY, THERE IS A PROBLEM, THEY SAID THEY FIX IT AND THEY HADN'T AND IT IS CONTINUING AND IT IS CAUSING ME A LOT OF PERSONAL HARM, BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN VERY ANXIOUS DEPRESSED BECAUSE OF THIS. AND GOING TO ALL THAT EFFORT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NO FAULT OF HIS OWN. TIME AND AGAIN, DOESN'T GET FIXED LIKE THAT. YOU CAN RING UP AND SAY IT'S NOT ME BUT THEY WON'T BELIEVE YOU. YOU HAVE TO MAKE THEM LEAVE YOU AND THAT CAN TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME AND IS VERY STRESSFUL WHEN YOU THINK THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE YOU, TO BE GONE TO A LOT MORE HIS STORY ON TVNZ+ AND HE HAS A BIG EVENT COMING UP IN HIS LIFE THAT COULD BE RECTIFIED AS CORRECTION: WRECKED AS THIS PROBLEM. YOURS THINK IT'S NICE TO MEET SOMEONE WITH THE SAME NAME AS YOU, BUT MAYBE NOT! HAVE YOU MET ANOTHER CHRIS CHANG? THERE CAN BE NO OTHER CHRIS CHANG. THERE WAS A FORMATIVELY PRESENT ON THE RADIO NOW IN THE MORNINGS AND HE HAD A BRITISH NAMESAKE, AND HE WAS GETTING ABUSE ONLINE. SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS A GOOD THING. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, MATT GIBB'S WORKING HARD THIS MORNING. # DANCING AT THE MOVIES. # FEEL SO MYSTICAL, MAGICAL. # OH, BABY... WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. A MOODY LOOKING DAY IN AUCKLAND. A FEW SHOWERS FROM THE AFTERNOON. NORTHERLIES. 20 IS YOUR HIGH. NOT SO GOOD FOR YOU WELLINGTON. THAT SHOULD EASE LATER ON THIS EVENING. GUSTING, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE CAMERA SHAKING ABOUT. THAT SHOULD EASE OFF BY THIS AFTERNOON. MAINLY FINE IN CHRISTCHURCH. YOU HAVE PATCHES OF RAIN EARLY IN THE MORNING AND THEN NORTHERLIES EASING BY LATER ON THIS MORNING. AND A HIGH OF 19. # I FEEL IT COMING. THIS WEEK WE'VE TEAMED UP WITH VISIT VICTORIA TO SHOWCASE EVERYTHING THIS VIBRANT STATE HAS TO OFFER. FROM TOMORROW, MORNING MATT GIBB WILL BE LIVE FROM MELBOURNE, GIVING YOU A TASTE OF THE BEST THINGS TO SEE AND DO. BUT WE'RE KICKING THINGS OFF TODAY WITH AN INCREDIBLE COMPETITION YOU COULD WIN A TRIP FOR TWO TO MELBOURNE. INCLUDING FLIGHTS, ACCOMMODATION, TOP DINING EXPERIENCES, AND TICKETS TO SOME OF THE CITY'S BIGGEST EVENTS. INCLUDING THE NGV FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM EXHIBITION, BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL, THE LEGO STAR WARS EXHIBITION, LIGHTSCAPE 2025, AND A DINING EXPERIENCE AT MARMELO RESTAURANT. IT'S ALL VALUED AT OVER $5000 DOLLARS TO ENTER. HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz ENTRIES CLOSE THIS THURSDAY AT 4pm, AND WE'LL ANNOUNCE THE LUCKY WINNER LIVE ON THE SHOW THIS FRIDAY! IT'S 7.30. HERE'S THE NEWS. FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE NOT ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR WORK WHILE ON THE JOBSEEKER BENEFIT. TWO NEW SANCTIONS COME INTO FORCE TODAY, AFFECTING THOSE WHO DO NOT MEET THEIR BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS. THEY INCLUDE COMMUNITY WORK EXPERIENCE AND MONEY MANAGEMENT WHICH COULD MEAN HALF OF A NON-COMPLIANT BENEFICIARY'S PAYMENT IS PLACED ONTO A CARD THAT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR ESSENTIALS. WILLIS SAYS THE NEW SANCTIONS ARE INTENDED TO PUNISH THOSE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SYSTEM. EVERY DOLLAR THAT GOES INTO THE BENEFITS WE PAY PEOPLE AS BEING PAID FOR BY ANOTHER HARD-WORKING NEW ZEALANDER WHO GOES TO WORK EACH DAY. THIS IS ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY AND ENSURING THOSE ON THE WELFARE EXCEPT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. SHE BELIVES THE NEW SANCTIONS WILL NUDGE KIWIS ON THE BENEFIT 'IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION'. FROM TODAY, THE SPEED LIMIT ON PART OF AUCKLAND'S NORTHERN GATEWAY TOLL ROAD WILL INCREASE TO 110km/h. THE CHANGE APPLYING TO A 5� km SECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 1 FROM NORTH OF OREWA TO SOUTH OF THE TUNNELS AT JOHNSTONES HILL. PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE CHANGE WAS CARRIED OUT LAST YEAR, AND THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THERE WAS 93% SUPPORT FOR THE INCREASE. 90% OF PEOPLE WHO DID MAKE A SUBMISSION SUPPORTED GOING FROM 100 TO 110. THE ROAD IS A HIGH QUALITY ONE; IT'S A VERY SAFE ROAD, AND IT'S BEEN ASSESSED FOR SAFETY REASONS, AND IT CAN GO TO 110, AND THEREFORE, IT WILL BE. THE MINISTER ADDING HE HOPES TO HAVE MORE TO SAY SOON ABOUT INCREASING THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE NEXT SECTION OF THE ROAD BETWEEN PUHOI AND WARKWORTH. FRENCH AUTHORITIES SAY SABOTAGE WAS BEHIND A SUBSTATION FIRE CAUSING A SECOND POWER OUTAGE IN TWO DAYS, HITTING 45,000 HOMES IN NICE. IT COMES AFTER A MASSIVE BLACKOUT IN CANNES INTERRUPTED THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND CUT OFF 160 THOUSAND HOMES BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ARSON AT A SUBSTATION. POLICE SAY NO LINK HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE TWO INCIDENTS AT THIS STAGE. THE WARRIORS HAVE HAD THEIR FIVE MATCH WINNING STREAK SNAPPED BY THE RAIDERS IN A CLOSE FINISH AT GO MEDIA STADIUM. THE HOME SIDE UNABLE TO CAPITALISE ON A LATE SIN BINNING, WITH THE VISITORS HANGING ON TO THEIR 6 POINT LEAD. IT'S ALL DOWN TO THIS. WATENE-ZELEZNIAK AND THE RAIDERS HAVE DONE IT. WE HAD OUR CHANCES. IT WAS FRUSTRATING. THEY'LL HEAD BACK OVER THE DITCH TO TAKE ON THE RABBITOHS NEXT WEEKEND. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` CLOUDY DAY AHEAD FOR MOST OF THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY, HOWEVER THERE ARE SHOWERS TO BE EXPECTED IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. 20 IS YOUR HIGH IN GISBORNE. 17 IN WELLINGTON. SOME SHOWERS AND WIND EXPECTED IN NELSON THIS MORNING. ELSEWHERE, PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF YOU AND CLEAR BLUE SKIES IN QUEENSTOWN. 19 IS YOUR HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. 15 IN INVERCARGILL. THERE'S AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING TODAY FOR THE BULLER DISTRICT UNTIL 9am THIS MORNING. ACCORDING TO STATISTICS FROM THE PUBLIC TRUST, AROUND 50% OF NEW ZEALAND ADULTS DON'T HAVE A WILL. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MILLIONAIRE TO NEED ONE. EARLIER, WE SPOKE WITH FINANCIAL JOURNALIST FRANCES COOK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING ONE. I WORK IN THIS AREA, AND I MANAGED TO PUT IT OFF FOR YEARS. ONLY FINALLY GOT AROUND TO IT WHEN I HAD KIDS. BECAUSE I KNEW HOW POSITIVE IT WAS FOR THEM. STILL, IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO CONVINCE ME, THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF IT. IT SHOULD CONVINCE YOU ENTER EARLIER THAN YOU THINK IT SHOULD. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MESSY SITUATIONS WHICH PROVE THE NECESSITY OF HAVING A WELL? HOW LITTLE YOU NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER TO MAKE A WELL REALLY WORTHWHILE. IF YOU HAVE A KIWISAVER THAT IS WORTH MORE THAN $15,000, YOU SHOULD HAVE A WELL. IF YOU HAVE KIDS, GETTING WELL. IT IS THEIR $15,000 LIMIT THAT CAN MEAN ANYTHING AWFUL HAPPENS AND IT GOES INTO PROBATES, AND THEY CAN BE A TRICKY SITUATION IF THERE IS NO WELL. WE HAVE BLENDED FAMILIES, DEPENDENT KIDS, ONE THING I THINK PEOPLE DON'T REALISE IS THAT WE'VE GOT A VERY STRICT ORDER. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A WELL, OF HOW PEOPLE WOULD INHERIT YOUR THINGS. EVERYTHING WOULD GO TO YOUR PARTNER. EVEN IF YOUR KIDS ARE ADULTS AND YOU HAVE A BLENDED FAMILY, IF YOU DIE WITHOUT A WELL, ALL OF YOUR STUFF GOES TO YOUR PARTNER. THERE MAY BE SENTIMENTAL THINGS THERE, MAYBE ONE OF YOUR KIDS REALLY WAS THIS NECKLACE, THAT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY GO TO YOUR PARTNER, AND IT IS HARD TO PREDICT HOW PEOPLE WILL ACT WHEN THEY ARE GRIEVING, AND IT CAN GET SO MESSY SO FAST, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THAT SITUATION FEEL LOVED ONES TO DEAL WITH. WHAT SORT OF ASSETS SHOULD WE LOOK AT IF WE ARE DRAWING UP THE WELL ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO LEAD TO PEOPLE? IF YOU HAVE A KIWISAVER, IF YOU HAVE A HOME, ANY SENTIMENTAL ITEMS ARE REALLY KEY ONCE TO THINK ABOUT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE IT QUITE TRICKY AS WELL IS THE STATE OF THE HOUSING MARKET HERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE SIGN UP TO CO-OWNER HOUSE. THE WAY THE COOWNERSHIP AGREEMENTS GO, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL SIGN UP, THEY'VE BOUGHT IT WITH A FRIEND RATHER THAN A PARTNER, OR A SIBLING, AND OFTEN PEOPLE PUT BOTH NAMES ON THE TITLE BUT NOT ALWAYS. SO IF ONE PERSON PASSES AWAY, AND THE ISSUE OF OWNERSHIP ISN'T TOTALLY CLEAR, THE OTHER PERSON CAN LOSE THE HOUSE. WE HAVE TRICKY MONEY SITUATIONS HAPPENING ALL THE TIME, AND IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO JUST NOTES DOWN WHAT'S GOING ON IN A WELL, AND IT IS SO MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE THAN PEOPLE THINK. CHECK TO A LAWYER, GET IT DONE, AND YOU DON'T HAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, IT IS ONLY A COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO KEEP IT UP-TO-DATE? AFTER YOU'VE HAD THE SECOND OR THIRD CHILD, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO KEEP UPDATING IT? IS IMPORTANT. IT'S USUALLY COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS WHICH CAN FEEL LIKE A LOT, BUT IT'S WORTH IT. YOU'VE HAD A KID, YEAH, SUPER IMPORTANT TO UPDATE THE WELL. IF YOU'VE MOVED HOUSE, IF YOU'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN YOUR KIWISAVER, SO THOSE ARE ALL TIMES WHERE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO THAT LITTLE CHECK-IN. HONESTLY, YOU CAN GET DIY WELL KITS THAT COST YOU ZERO DOLLARS. IF YOU ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT SPENDING THE MONEY ON SETTING IT UP, SETTING UP THE WELL IS OFTEN THE CHEAPER PART. IT'S REALLY WORTH DOING THINGS RIGHT THERE, MAYBE SEE THE LAWYER ONCE. AS YOU UPDATED WITH THE DIY WELL KITS FOR ZERO DOLLARS. DON'T LET THE COST OF THE WILL BE THE THING THAT STOPS YOU. LOVELY TO HEAR FROM MELANIE WHO IS TAKING THE NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE` HER HUSBAND AND HER ASSUMES EVERYTHING WENT TO WHICH OTHER, BUT IT'S THEIR SECOND MARRIAGE, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE THINGS UNCLEAR. THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE THE STEP AND CREATE A WILL. IF YOU HAVE OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED AND PEOPLE THAT MIGHT WANT TO CONTEST, AND IT IS JUST A CLEAN WAY OF LETTING PEOPLE KNOW. IT CAN GET VERY COMPLICATED WITH ALL THE MODERN FAMILIES THAT EXIST IN OUR WORLD NOW. SOMEONE DIES, AND YOU'RE JUST WORRIED ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO GET DIVVIED UP. I GET THAT, MAYBE YOU HAVE SIBLINGS WHO ARE NOT CLOSE TO MANY MORE AND YOU THINK WHY SHOULD THEY GET MORE OF THE SHARE. SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS BECOME QUITE FARCICAL, IT'S A VERY RAW TIME AND SUMMER MIGHT BE ON THE DECLINE IN GETTING VERY OLD AND YOU KNOW IT IS COMING, AND I KNOW OF INSTANCES WHERE THE VULTURES ARE CIRCLING. PEOPLE START TO THINK ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND THEY MIGHT HAVE LEFT IT ALL TO THE CATS. AT LEAST IT'S NOT VICTORIAN TIMES WHERE IT GOES ALL TO THE MAN. I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR THAT, JUST TO BE CLEAR. MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN IN A STICKY SITUATION WHERE THE LACK OF A WELL HAS MADE THINGS COMPLICATED FOR YOU. LET US KNOW. ME U TONU MAI ` SOME MIXED RESULTS FOR NEW ZEALAND DRIVERS AT SOME OF MOTORSPORT'S BIGGEST RACES. WE'RE TALKING SPORT NEXT. # I WANT TO BE CLOSE TO YOU HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` NEW BENEFIT SANCTIONS COME INTO FORCE TODAY, INCLUDING ELECTRONIC MONEY MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY WORK HOURS. OVERSEAS, FRENCH AUTHORITIES SAY SABOTAGE WAS BEHIND A SUBSTATION FIRE CAUSING A SECOND POWER OUTAGE IN TWO DAYS. AND IN SPORT, THE WARRIORS HAVE HAD THEIR FIVE-MATCH WINNING STREAK SNAPPED BY THE RAIDERS IN A CLOSE FINISH AT GO MEDIA STADIUM. TIME FOR OUR DAILY SPORT CHAT, AND JENNY SUO JOINS US THIS MORNING. AND THERE WAS A LOT ON THIS WEEKEND AND OVERNIGHT. LIAM LAWSON. AMAZING NEWS FOR LIAM LAWSON. VERY HAPPY CHAPPY. QUITE A LOT OF TEAMWORK INVOLVED. LIAM LAWSON DROPPING HIS SPEEDS TO HELP HIS TEAMMATE. REALLY REALLY GOOD DAY FOR THE RACING BOWLS. LIAM LAWSON HAD HIS BEST QUALIFYING RESULT THIS WEEKEND AS WELL COME AGAIN NINTH ON THE GRID. YOU HAVE TO ARGUE THAT MONACO IS THE ONE WHERE THE GRID IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THE TRACK IS KNOWN TO BE NOT GREAT FOR OVERTAKING. YOU CAN SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE RESULTS. THIS YEAR, THEY TRY TO BRING IN SOME EXTRA STUFF TO SPICE THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT. NOT SURE IF THAT QUITE WORKED. ITS DEAD WORK FOR TEAM RACING BULLS. LIAM LAWSON GOT HIS FOUR CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS. HE GOT ONE SPOT UP. GOOD TO GET THE MONKEY OFF THE BACK. HOPEFULLY HE CAN PUSH ON. HE NEEDS THAT MENTAL RESET. THE BOSS OF RACING BULLS SAID HE WAS BELIEVES IN HIM. SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN, HAD THAT TERRIBLE CRASH? HE HAD THAT AWFUL CRASH AND WENT AIRBORNE IN PRACTICE. UNFORTUNATELY, HE SAID ANOTHER CRASH AND WARMUP. MCLAUGHLIN WARMING HIS TYRES. OH NO! WARMING HIS TYRES, SWERVING, JUST TO PUT SOME TEMPERATURE INTO THE RUBBER. AND LOSES IT. THE TRACK IS COLD. THE TYRES ARE COLD. THESE CARS ARE SET UP TO TURN LEFT. THEY DON'T DO STRAIGHT VERY WELL. PRETTY DISTRAUGHT FOR SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN. HE WAS LUCKY TO HAVE WALKED OUT ALIVE. IT WAS PRETTY HORRIFIC. HE WAS PRETTY SHAKEN. HE SAID LOOK, IT'S GOING TO BE FINE, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD A NEW CAR, BUT IT IS OVER BEFORE IT IS EVEN STARTED WHICH IS A SHAME. BUT THERE WAS SO MUCH KIWI DRAMA GOING ON, BECAUSE IT WENT TO SCOTT DIXON'S CAR THERE WAS SMOKE COMING OUT OF IT THANKFULLY THERE WASN'T TOO MUCH OF AN ISSUE. BUT HERE, SO SCOTT DIXON AND SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HAVING SOME DRAMA. HE WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE START LINE THOUGH. THAT SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN LOOKING VERY GUTTED. THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF RAIN IN THE RAIN WAS DELAYED IN THE WEST TRACK PROBABLY DIDN'T HELP WITH ANYTHING. HE SAID THAT WAS THE WORST MOMENT OF HIS LIFE. AND THE FRENCH OPEN STARTED OVERNIGHT. STARTED OVERNIGHT. LULU SUN TAKING TO THE COURT BUT BEATEN BY CANADIAN STAR.. SHE HASN'T HAD THE SMOOTHEST RUN AS OF LATE. HAD QUITE A FEW INJURIES, BUT HAVING SAID THAT, SHE WAS FEELING VERY GOOD AHEAD OF ROLAND GARROS. BUT SOMEBODY ELSE WHO WAS HOPING FOR SOME GOOD RESULTS WAS ERIN ROUTLIFFE SHE'S HAD SOME DRAMA AS WELL. SHE DOES HAVE A PRETTY GOOD BACKUP, NONE OTHER THAN FORMER WORLD NUMBER ONE VICTORIA AZARENKA. WE SPOKE TO ERIN ROUTLIFFE. I HAD SOMETHING CRAZY LIKE 48 HOURS TO FIND SOMEONE NEW TO RE-PAIR WITH. SO I JUST` BASICALLY, AT THAT POINT, I HAD TO GO THROUGH THE SINGLES LIST, COS IF SOMEONE'S ON A DOUBLES LIST ALREADY, OBVIOUSLY I CAN'T PLAY WITH THEM. SO THEN I JUST WENT DOWN MY LIST AND STARTED ASKING PEOPLE. AND YEAH, LUCKILY VICA WANTED TO PLAY. SO I'M EXCITED. APPARENTLY IT'S REALLY CASUAL, THEY ALL HAVE EACH OTHER'S NUMBERS AND THEY WERE JUST TEXTING. UP TO? AWAKE? CAN YOU PLAY DOUBLES? THERE WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY GO, BECAUSE THEY'VE NEVER PLAYED TOGETHER. ERIN SAYS THEY'VE SEEN EACH OTHER AND SAID HI, BUT THEY'VE NEVER PLAYED AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THEY ARE BOTTOM UP ON WEDNESDAY* AND THEY ARE UP AGAINST THE SECOND SEEDS WHO ARE VERY COHESIVE PAIR. I KNOW YOU'LL BE EXCITED ABOUT THE FRENCH OPEN. NO RAFA, NO FED. I DON'T KNOW. I'M TRYING, BUT I DON'T KNOW. THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT HE GOT IT GOT ENOUGH RETIREMENT PARTY, SO THEY CAN TO ANOTHER ONE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WHILE THOUSANDS PARTIED AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL IN CHRISTCHURCH OVER SUMMER, A POLICE DRONE HOVERED OVERHEAD. NEXT ` IS THAT EVEN LEGAL, OR ETHICAL? 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: WOULD YOU EXPECT A POLICE DRONE TO BE FILMING YOU WHEN YOU'RE AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL? THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED THIS SUMMER AT THE ELECTRIC AVENUE MUSIC FESTIVAL IN CHRISTCHURCH, ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 70,000 PEOPLE. JOINING US NOW IS CITIZEN'S RIGHTS COMMENTATOR THOMAS BEAGLE. KIA ORA, THOMAS. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. GOOD MORNING. I WOULDN'T EXPECT IT, WOULD YOU? I THINK EXPECTATION IS A KEYWORD. PEOPLE WOULD EXPECT CAMERAS TO BE THERE AND SOME GENERAL SORT OF SURVEILLANCE. WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT IS AN EYE ON THE SKY SITTING OVER THERE WITH AN INCREDIBLY POWERFUL ZOOM LENS. THERE IS A LEVEL OF ANONYMITY IN A CROWD. BUT THEN THEY ARE NOT JUST WATCHING THE CROWD; THEY ARE WATCHING YOU. CAN YOU REMIND OUR VIEWERS OF THE GUIDELINES FOR POLICE CARRYING OUT THAT KIND OF SURVEILLANCE? THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH POLICE TAKING PHOTOS OF PEOPLE NOT INVOLVED IN CRIMES. THEY HAVE SAID THEY WILL PUT A CAMERA OFF TO THE SIDE AND WILL USE IT AS A LIVE CAMERA, AND SOMEBODY WILL BE MONITORING THAT, AND THEY ARE ONLY GOING TO RECORD ` ONLY SWITCH ON THE RECORD LOW ` WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENING ` A FIGHT BREAKING OUT OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT. SO WHAT YOU SAW IN THAT, DO YOU THINK THAT WAS REASONABLE, OTHER CURRENT RULES REASONABLE? AND GENERAL I THINK IT IS REASONABLE. BUT IT IS THOSE EXPECTATIONS AGAIN. ONE INTERESTING EXAMPLE AT A FESTIVAL. WE KNOW THIS WILL HAVE A BIT OF USE OF PARTY DRUGS. WHEN I WAS YOUNG, IF YOU GOT A BAD PARTY DRUG, IT JUST DIDN'T WORK. THESE DAYS, IF YOU GET A BAD ONE, YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS AND UP DEAD. SO THESE FESTIVALS HAVE A TENT WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR DRUGS TESTED FIRST. IT IS BEST TO REDUCE THE HARM THAT NO ONE WANTS THEM TAKING DRUGS MAY BE, BUT WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE DYING. NOW IF THERE ARE POLICE CAMERAS THERE, WOULD IT MAKE THEM MORE RELUCTANT TO USE THOSE TENTS ` WOULD LEAD TO MORE HARM? AS IT ALSO A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE INTO WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE NOW BUT AS THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY MOVES INTO TOMORROW? I THINK WE'RE KIND OF USE TO CAMERAS BEING AROUND ` IF WE GO TO A PUB, A LIBRARY, THERE ARE CAMERAS THERE. WE ARE USED TO IT. I THINK THE REAL ISSUE WE WILL COME UP WITH IS THAT AS THE CAMERAS GET SMARTER AND START TRACKING PEOPLE AND RECOGNISING PEOPLE, USING FACIAL RECOGNITION, SUDDENLY YOU ARE NOT JUST TAKING FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE STANDING AROUND ` YOU ARE ACTUALLY IDENTIFYING THEM IN BEING ABLE TO SAY WHO THEY ARE. IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CAMERAS, YOU CAN SUCK TRACKING PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS AND WHERE THEY ARE GOING ON WITHOUT TALKING TO. IF WE ARE HEADING IN THAT DIRECTION, WE ARE NOT THERE YET. AND POLICE CANNOT KEEP THAT FOOTAGE, CAN THEY? THAT IS CORRECT. THEY CAN ONLY KEEP IT, FOR THE STUFF TAKEN AT THE FESTIVAL, ONLY STUFF THAT SHOWS CRIMES OR INCIDENTS HAPPENING. ALLEGED OR POSSIBLE OFFENCES. DO YOU THINK THAT IT WHICH AIMED PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOUR IF THEY KNEW THAT THERE WERE THOSE SPIES UP IN THE SKIES? I THINK IT MIGHT. IT IS ALSO PART OF LIVING IN SOCIETY THAT WE DON'T WANT TO FEEL THAT WE ARE BEING WATCHED AND TRACKED AND SURVEILLED AT ALL TIMES. WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOURS. THEY WILL STAND UP STRAIGHTER, FOR A START, OR DO OTHER THINGS. OR MAKE SURE WHAT THEY ARE DOING DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE A PROBLEM AND SO ON. AND I DON'T THINK IT IS A VERY HEALTHY WAY OF LIVING IN SOCIETY. WITH THIS IDEA THAT WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING COULD BE USED AGAINST YOU. WE LOOK AT SOCIETIES OVERSEAS, WATCHING THE UNITED STATES SLIDE INTO TOTALITARIANISM AT A RAPID RATE, AND YOU THINK ALL OF THE SYSTEMS THERE ARE NOW BEING USED TO TRACK PEOPLE IN WAYS THEY DIDN'T THINK OF. THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHETHER THEY ARE GOING FOR AN ABORTION, WHETHER THEY HAD A MISCARRIAGE MAYBE. WE ARE BUILDING UP THESE SYSTEMS, AND THEY CAN VERY QUICKLY CHANGE AS THE GOVERNMENT CHANGES. BUT FOR NOW, THOMAS, YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH OUR THEY ARE BEING USED HERE IN NEW ZEALAND? I THINK THAT EXAMPLE OF THE CAMERA DRONE AT THE FESTIVAL, I THINK IT IS OK. PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A HIGH EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY THERE. THE POLICE HAVE PUT SOME REASONABLE GUIDELINES AND THEY ARE NOT KEEPING THE FOOTAGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. CHEERS. THANK YOU. STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` WE ALL KNOW ABOUT FAKE NEWS, BUT HOW WELL CAN WE SPOT IT? THE CALL TO TAKE MEDIA LITERACY AS SERIOUSLY AS MATHS OR READING AND WRITING. ALSO AHEAD, FORGET THE QUEEN CITY, OR QUEENSTOWN ` WHAT MAKES GISBORNE THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLACE IN THE COUNTRY TO RENT. PLUS, THE NEW ZEALAND GROUNDSWOMAN MAKING HISTORY AT THE HOME OF CRICKET AND PREPARING IT FOR THE TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. IT'S TIME FOR THE NEWS. A KIWI RELIEF WORKER IS CALLING ON THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT TO PUT ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PRESSURE ON ISRAEL TO LIFT THE AID BLOCKADES IN GAZA. ISRAEL EASED AN 11-WEEK-LONG BLOCKADE OF THE TERRITORY LAST WEEK BUT ONLY AROUND 100 TRUCKS HAVE ENTERED GAZA. THE HEAD OF THE UNITED NATIONS HAS WARNED IT'S ONLY A TRICKLE COMPARED TO WHAT'S NEEDED, AND THE RISK OF FAMINE REMAINS VERY REAL. MIKE SEAWRIGHT IS THE FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RELIEF AID, WHICH CO-ORDINATES THE DISTRIBUTION OF AID INTO WAR ZONES LIKE GAZA. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SIMPLY HAVE DIPLOMATS AT THE UN OR BILATERALLY TALKING TO ISRAEL AND ASKING THEM TO RELIEVE THE BLOCKADE, TO LIFT THE BLOCKADE ` IT IS NOT WORKING. IF WE WANT TO KEEP THE FAMILIES OF GAZA ALIVE, ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN, NOT WORDS. HE SAYS THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS MAKING IT ACROSS THE BORDER ARE NO WHERE NEAR ENOUGH AND WILL CHANGE LITTLE. UKRAINE'S VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY HAS HIT OUT AT THE U.S., ACCUSING IT OF SILENCE IN THE WAKE OF ESCALATING RUSSIAN ATTACKS. AERIAL ATTACKS ON UKRAINE OVER THE WEEKEND HAVE KILLED AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE, AND INJURED DOZENS MORE, A VILLAGE OUTSIDE KYIV REDUCED TO RUBBLE. THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT SAYS SILENCE FROM AMERICA, AND OTHERS ONLY ENCOURAGES HIS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART, VLADIMIR PUTIN. THE LATEST ASSAULT CAME AS A RECORD NUMBER OF PRISONERS WERE EXCHANGED. FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS SAYS SHE BELIVES THE NEW SANCTIONS WILL NUDGE KIWIS ON THE BENEFIT 'IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.' TWO NEW SANCTIONS COME INTO FORCE TODAY AFFECTING THOSE WHO DO NOT MEET THEIR BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS. THEY INCLUDE COMMUNITY WORK EXPERIENCE AND MONEY MANAGEMENT, WHICH COULD MEAN HALF OF A NON-COMPLIANT BENEFICIARY'S PAYMENT IS PLACED ONTO A CARD THAT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR ESSENTIALS. WILLIS SAYS THE NEW SANCTIONS ARE INTENDED TO PUNISH THOSE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SYSTEM. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT FOR SOME PEOPLE THIS WILL BE THE NUDGE THEY NEED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. FOR MOST PEOPLE, THEY WILL GO INTO MONEY MANAGEMENT AND REALISE THEY PREFER THE FLEXIBILITY OF NOT BEING ON IT, AND I THINK THAT WILL BE ENOUGH TO GET THEM OUT THE DOOR TO THE CHILD INTERVIEW THAT HAS BEEN SET UP FOR THEM. SHE SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE NOT ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR WORK WHILE ON THE JOBSEEKER BENEFIT. KIWI F1 DRIVER LIAM LAWSON SAYS HIS TEAM HAD A PERFECT WEEKEND AFTER BOTH RACING BULLS CARS FINISHED IN THE POINTS AT THE MONACO GRAND PRIX. THE 23-YEAR-OLD DROVE SELFLESSLY, HOLDING UP TRAFFIC BEHIND HIM TO ALLOW TEAMMATE ISACK HADJAR TO COMPLETE HIS TWO MANDATORY PIT STOPS AND FINISH SIXTH. LAWSON'S P8 ENOUGH TO SECURE HIS FIRST POINTS OF THE SEASON. I FELT LIKE THERE WAS MORE THIS WEEKEND, BUT TO HAVE POINTS COME AWAY, IT HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD STUFF THIS YEAR. OBVIOUSLY FOR US NOW IT IS ABOUT USING THIS GOING FORWARD. MCLAREN'S LANDO NORRIS WON FROM POLE TO CLOSE THE DRIVERS STANDINGS GAP ON TEAMMATE OSCAR PIASTRI TO THREE POINTS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. CLOUDY DAY AHEAD FOR MOST OF THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY, HOWEVER THERE ARE SHOWERS TO BE EXPECTED IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. 20 IS YOUR HIGH IN GISBORNE. 17 IN WELLINGTON. SOME SHOWERS AND WIND EXPECTED IN NELSON THIS MORNING. ELSEWHERE, PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF YOU AND CLEAR BLUE SKIES IN QUEENSTOWN. 19 IS YOUR HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. 15 IN INVERCARGILL. JUST TO LOOK OUT FOR ` THERE'S AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING TODAY FOR THE BULLER DISTRICT UNTIL 9am THIS MORNING. THANKS, MELISSA. THIS WEEK IS MEDIA LITERACY WEEK IN HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT THE REALITY IS WE COULD PROBABLY ALL DO WITH A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, WHETHER IT'S THE OLDER GENERATION GETTING THEIR NEWS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, OR EVEN YOUNGER 'DIGITAL NATIVES' THAT HAVE HAD DEVICES FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIVES. TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND IT, AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA LECTURER PATRICK USMAR JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING. KIA ORA. WHAT IS MEDIA LITERACY AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT IT? IT IS ALL ABOUT THE MEANING WE MAKE FROM THE MEDIA THAT SURROUNDS US. SO IF YOU IMAGINE EVERYTHING YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND FIRST HAND, THAT WE EXPERIENCE, IF IT IS LEARNT FROM THE MEDIA, WE NEED A SET OF SKILLS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THE MOVEMENT, PARTICULARLY AT THE LAST FEW YEARS AND MEDIA LITERACY, HAS BEEN ABOUT MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN REAL-LIFE AND MEDIA. THE MEDIA DOES NOT JUST EXIST OVER HERE. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT TO ENGLISH, SAY? WHEN YOU HAVE COMPREHENSION OF A TEXT, WHY IS MEDIA ANY DIFFERENT? LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE THAT YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE TRAVIS SCOTT CONCERT A FEW MONTHS AGO IN EDEN PARK ` MASSIVE, MASSIVE DEAL. THIS TIME HE WAS IN THIS COUNTRY AND IT GOT CANCELLED. THERE WAS REPORTING FROM DIFFERENT MEDIA. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD, FOR EXAMPLE, NOT PICKING ON ANYONE, BIG FRONT PAGE/ABOUT THE FIGHT CLUB ` TRAVIS SCOTT DESCENDS INTO A FIGHT CLUB. ANOTHER SOURCE, IS IT THE LOUDEST IT HAS EVER BEEN? THEN IF YOU GO ON TIKTOK, IT IS THE LOUDEST CONCERT THAT HAS EVER EXISTED. AND THEN THERE IS AN EXAMPLE ON REDDIT THAT SAID TRAVIS SCOTT LEFT STRAIGHT AWAY AFTER THE GIG AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THESE TERRIBLE AUCKLANDERS. IF YOU COMPARE THIS TO READING AND WRITING LITERACY, IMAGINE YOU ARE A PERSON THAT DID NOT GO TO THE GIG, DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TRAVIS SCOTT, AND YOU ONLY READ ONE OF THOSE MEDIA ` WHAT IS YOUR IDEA GOING TO BE ABOUT THAT EVENT? THAT MIGHT SOUND LIKE A SORT OF, THAT IS JUST A GIG, BUT WHAT IF IT WAS MORE SERIOUS? WHAT IF YOU WERE BUYING A HOUSE NEAR EDEN PARK ` HOW THE SOUND LEVELS COULD AFFECT YOU. BUT THEN THERE IS ALSO HOW IT AFFECTS DEMOCRACY. FRANKLY WE ARE NOT TEACHING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEAL WITH THESE IMPORTANT THINGS. HOW WOULD YOU DEAL WITH IT AND GIVE IT THE LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE THAT YOU OBVIOUSLY SEEM TO THINK IT SHOULD HAVE? WELL, WHY ARE WE NOT TEACHING MEDIA LITERACY FROM THE MOMENT WE HANDLED THE YOUNG PERSON A DEVICE. IT IS NOT A NEW THING THAT WE HAD THESE DEVICES OVER AND EXPECT THE YOUNG PERSON TO DEAL WITH IT. SEEMS CRAZY. WHAT WITH THE COMPONENTS OF THAT BE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF IT, HAVING THE DEVICE, BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE COMPREHENSION AND THE CRITICAL THINKING SIDE OF IT. OFTEN MEDIA LITERACY IS BROKEN DOWN INTO WHAT WE CALL DIGITAL LITERACY, SO WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE TECHNICAL, THE PRESSING BUTTONS. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MEDIA LITERACY, THE OFFICIAL DEFINITIONS, WE TOOK ABOUT ACCESSING. THE CHOICES THAT YOU MAKE ABOUT THE MEDIA THAT YOU USE. WE TALK ABOUT ANALYSING. REALLY I USE THE WHOA-WHOA-WHOA PRINCIPAL DASH, LET'S SLOW DOWN AND THINK ABOUT WHAT IS BEING SAID. AND IS THERE A PROFIT MOTIVE? THEY HAVE NOT CHANGED OVER THE YEARS, BUT IT HAS CHANGED IN NATURE AND INTENSITY IN TERMS OF THE MEDIA WE ARE INVOLVED WITH. IS IT CHANGING, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THEY DON'T GET THEIR NEWS FROM TRADITIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND SOCIAL MEDIA IS MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR THEM AND THEY PREFER IT. IT IS KIND OF LIKE SAYING HOW DOES A WATCH WORK? THERE IS A LOT GOING ON. MY COLLEAGUES AT AUT RELEASE THEY TRUSTED MEDIA SURVEY NOT THAT LONG AGO. PEOPLE TRUSTING OR NOT TRUSTING THE MEDIA DOES NOT MAKE THAT MEDIA LESS TRUSTWORTHY. THIS IS AN OPINION. ONE EXAMPLE IS WHEN THEY INCREASED POLICE NUMBERS IN AUCKLAND CBD BECAUSE BUSINESSES WERE REPORTING LOTS OF CRIME. THEY THEN DID A SURVEY WHICH THEY RELEASED WOULD SAY, PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THERE IS LESS CRIME. GREAT, PROBLEM SOLVED. DOES THAT MEAN THERE IS LESS CRIME? IT IS REALLY ABOUT ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS AND SLOWING THINGS DOWN. SO WHO WOULD THIS FALL ON? WOULD IT BE A GOVERNMENT ISSUE, A MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ISSUE, OR IS IT A PARENT ISSUE? OR MAKING IT SOMETHING THAT KIDS NEED TO LEARN ABOUT? OF COURSE THE EASIER SOLUTION WOULD BE TO SUPPORT AT THE LEVEL OF EDUCATION. SO IT IS A REAL SHAME, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, LAST YEAR ONLY 6% OF YEAR 13 STUDENTS AT HIGH SCHOOL TOOK MEDIA STUDIES. IT IS NOT SUPPORTED BY SENIOR LEADERSHIP, I'M SORRY TO SUPPORTERS OUT THERE. IT IS TREATED AS A SOFT, FUN SUBJECT. PEOPLE ARE RELYING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AS YOU SAY, FOR NEWS. BUT IF YOU TREAT FACEBOOK AS A HUGE DIGITAL BILLBOARD THAT PEOPLE ARE THROWING THINGS AT. SOMETIMES THERE IS GOOD THINGS ON THERE, AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL READ GOOD THINGS ON THERE FROM RNZ, TVNZ. BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE JEFF DOWN THE ROAD WHO STARTED A BLOG AND DOES NOT KNOW THAT THING. SO IT'S ABOUT EQUIPPING PEOPLE ` EDUCATION SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE. MEDIA STUDIES SHOULD BE COMPULSORY AND NOT THIS OPTIONAL SOFT THING. THERE ARE SOME MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT WHAT MEDIA STUDIES IS LIKE, BUT MY CONVERSATIONS WITH MEDIA EDUCATORS AS IT IS JUST NOT SUPPORTED. PEOPLE WILL HAVE THEIR VIEWS ON THAT, WHETHER THE SUBJECT SHOULD BE COMPULSORY. WHAT ABOUT OLDER PEOPLE ` A REFRESHER COURSE? SOME OLDER PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE TWEEN FACEBOOK AND OTHERS. PEOPLE SAY IT IS A SOFT SUBJECT AND WHY STUDY IT? I SAY GO WITHOUT NETFLIX OR YOUR FAVOURITE DRIVETIME RADIO PROGRAM AND TELL ME IT IS NOT INFLUENTIAL. MEDIA IS WORTH AROUND $4 BILLION OF OUR GDP, DEPENDING WHO YOU ASK, BUT IT IS NOT TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS. THERE IS A THRIVING INDUSTRY ` OBVIOUSLY IT IS GOING THROUGH CHANGES AND THERE HAVE BEEN CUTS, BUT THERE ARE JOBS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO GO TO. FOR PARENTS WHO ARE DISCOURAGING THEIR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DOING MEDIA STUDIES, NEXT TIME THE CREDITS ROLL ON YOUR MOVIE OR TV SHOW THAT YOU ARE WATCHING WITH YOUR MUM, DAD, TEACHER, AND SAY, LOOK AT THE LOVELY JOB YOU COULD BE DOING. YOU HAVE MISSED OUT ON THE BUDGET ALLOCATION IN THIS ROUND FOR EDUCATION. HERE WE GO. WE AREN'T GOING TO GET INTO THAT, BUT HOW QUICKLY COULD THAT THING BE IMPLEMENTED IF YOU NEEDED TO? THERE ARE RESORTS IS ONLINE CREATED BY A GREAT TEAM EVERY DAY THIS WEEK, AND YOU DON'T NEED TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA STUDIES TEACHER. GO AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO. WE ARE GOING TO TURN THIS SHIT AROUND REALLY SLOWLY. ME U TONU MAI ` IT'S THE CROWN NOBODY WANTS. WHY RENTALS HAVE BECOME SO HARD TO COME BY IN GISBORNE. # I COULD BE A TYPE. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. A KIWI RELIEF WORKER IS CALLING ON THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT TO PUT ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PRESSURE ON ISRAEL TO ALLOW MORE AID INTO GAZA. UKRAINE'S VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY HAS HIT OUT AT THE U.S., ACCUSING IT OF SILENCE IN THE WAKE OF ESCALATING RUSSIAN ATTACKS. IN SPORT ` A CHAOTIC START TO THE INDY500. SEVEN CARS SO FAR FAILING TO FINISH, INCLUDING KIWI DRIVER SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN WHO COLLIDED WITH THE WALL DURING WARM UP. WHAT A BUMMER. GISBORNE HAS OVERTAKEN AUCKLAND AND QUEENSTOWN TO BECOME THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLACE TO RENT IN NEW ZEALAND. ONCE SEEN AS AN AFFORDABLE COASTAL TOWN. IT NOW TOPS THE NATIONAL MEDIAN RENT CHART AT 680 DOLLARS A WEEK, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST TRADEME DATA. JOINING US IS PROPERTY INVESTMENT SPECIALIST HAMISH HARRISON FROM RAY WHITE GISBORNE. KIA ORA, HAMISH. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. DID YOU EXPECT THIS? GOOD MORNING, MELISSA. NO, IT WASN'T SOMETHING WE EXPECTED, BUT IT IS WORTH MENTIONING THE $680 PER WEEK AS THE MEDIAN ADVERTISED RENT, SO IT DOESN'T MEAN ALL RENTS IN OUR REGION ARE AT THAT LEVEL. IT IS STILL PRETTY HIGH. WHAT IS BEHIND IT? THE KEY DRIVER IS THE LONG-STANDING SHORTAGE OF PROPERTIES WE HAVE HAD IN OUR REGION, EVEN BEFORE COVID. WHAT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE MOVING WE HAD A CRUNCH. DURING COVID, WE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE MOVING. COMBINED WITH MIGRATION TO OUR REGION FOR THE PRIMARY INDUSTRIES, PUSHED A REAL DEMAND BEYOND WHAT OUR EXISTING HOUSING STOCK AND SUPPORT. OF COURSE WE HAD THE CYCLONE THAT HAS COME AND REDUCED SUPPLY FURTHER, AND ALL WHILE THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING, OUR MORTGAGE RATES AND INSURANCE COSTS AND OTHER EXPENSES HAVE INCREASED. THAT FILTERS THROUGH TO THE RENTAL MARKET. YOU'VE CERTAINLY HAD ALL THROWN AT YOU, HAVEN'T YOU? ABSOLUTELY. DO YOU THINK MORE PEOPLE ARE MOVING TO GISBORNE? WE HAVE HAD A STEADY FLOW OF PEOPLE TO THE REGION. WE HAVE HAD SKILLED WORKERS, PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE RECOVERY PROJECT. OBVIOUSLY THEY NEED A PLACE TO STAY, SO THEY HAVE SPENT TIME HERE THIS WEALTH. AS WELL* ARE LONG-TERM RENTERS BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE MARKET? IT IS TOUGH ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WE ARE SEEING TENDENCIES LASTING LONGER THAN WHAT THEY USED TO. LANDLORDS ARE TRYING TO KEEP THEIR TENANTS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH A SAFE, WARM, DRY HOME. IT IS HARD WITH THESE EXTERNAL PRESSURES FORCED ONTO GISBORNE, BUT I THINK EVERYONE IS DOING THE BEST THEY CAN. DO YOU THINK THIS IS CHANGING OR IS IT A TEMPORARY MEASURE? WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE MOVING TO GISBORNE. THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE MOVING TO THE REGION FOR THOSE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE HAD DIFFERENT PEOPLE LEAVE FOR THE REGION, LOOKING FOR OVERSEAS. AS PEOPLE LEAVE, THOSE OWNER OCCUPIED PROPERTIES ARE UP FOR RENT, WHICH IS NICE TO SEE A FEW MORE OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING OUT AND ABOUT ` IS IT A BIT OF A BUNFIGHT AT VIEWINGS TO GET A PLACE NOW? WE HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN A DROP-OFF AND ENQUIRIES MUCH LIKE THE REST OF NEW ZEALAND HAS. WE HAVE HAD A BIT OF NEW STOCK THAT HAS BEEN LISTED FOR RENT AS WELL. THERE ARE A FEW NEW DEVELOPMENTS HAPPENING HERE IN GISBORNE, ALONG WITH THE SOCIAL HOUSING ASPECT, SO WE HAVE SUPPLY ON THE WAY, BUT IT HAS BEEN HARD WITH SO MUCH DEMAND. AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, PEOPLE LIKE THE IDEA OF MOVING TO A SMALL TOWN LIKE GISBORNE, DON'T THEY, SO THEY COME AND GIVE IT A GO FOR A YEAR OR SO, I WOULD GUESS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. # BOULEVARD. THE INDY 500'S CURRENTLY UNDERWAY ` THOUGH IT HASN'T BEEN A GOOD DAY FOR THE THREE NEW ZEALAND DRIVERS IN THE RACE. SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN CRASHED OUT ON THE WARM UP, MARCUS ARMSTRONG IS DOWN THE FIELD AND SCOTT DIXON HAD CAR ISSUES. DIXON, NICKNAMED 'THE ICE MAN' FOR BEING COOL, CALM AND COLLECTED IS THE ONLY KIWI TO HAVE WON AT THE FAMOUS TRACK KNOWN AS THE BRICKYARD, BACK IN 2008. SO FOR TODAY'S TRIP INTO THE TVNZ ARCHIVE, WE THOUGHT WE'D REVISIT THAT MOMENT. AND AFTER SIX LONG YEARS IN THE HUNT, THE KIWI DRIVER THEY CALL THE ICEMAN THAWED OUT JUST A LITTLE AFTER WINNING THE INDIANAPOLIS 500. NO LONGER CAN WE CALL YOU THE ICEMAN, MY FRIEND. IT'S TIME TO CALL YOU THE MILKMAN. THE WINNING MARGIN OF JUST UNDER TWO SECONDS IN THE LEGENDARY 800km RACE MADE FOR A VICTORY SO SWEET, EVEN DIXON COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. WHAT A DAY, MAN. I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. IT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS GOING TO GO WRONG. COME HERE. COME HERE. SO PROUD OF YOU. I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE FOR SURE. SHE'S DEFINITELY HELPED ME A LOT THIS MONTH AND PUT UP WITH MY MOODS. A MOOD THAT WAS 100% JUBILANT POST-RACE RIGHT ACROSS THE DIXON CAMP. WHEN SCOTT WENT PAST AND THERE WAS LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A LAP TO GO, IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. JUST UNBELIEVABLE. WE WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND HE'S LIKE, 'I JUST KNOW IT. 'THIS IS MY DAY NOW.' I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM THAT CONFIDENT. I'M JUST` OH IT'S AMAZING. I'M SO HAPPY FOR HIM. SO WERE THE KIWIS WHO JOURNEYED TO INDY IN THE HOPES OF SEEING HISTORY MADE, AND WHO MADE SURE THE CROWD KNEW WHO THEY WERE THERE FOR. SO MANY KIWIS ACTUALLY HERE TODAY, I'VE SEEN NEW ZEALAND FLAGS FLYING EVERYWHERE. THERE'S A COUPLE BACK HERE AND IT'S` I JUST LOVE IT, MAN. IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY OVER. CELEBRITIES LIKE ROCK GUITARIST SLASH AND OLYMPIC SKATING GOLD MEDALLIST KRISTI YAMAGUCHI ALSO WELL REPRESENTED IN THE 300,000-STRONG CROWD. BUT FOR DIXON, THE DAY WAS ALL ABOUT HIS CLOSEST FANS. OH, AMAZING. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. OH MY GOD, IT'S AWESOME. AND A WIFE WHO COULDN'T GET TO THE VICTORY LANE FAST ENOUGH. HE LOOKS LIKE THE CALMEST GUY IN VICTORY LANE. PERHAPS NOT ON THE INSIDE. ON A DAY WHEN SCOTT DIXON MADE MANY OF US, RACING FANS OR NOT, FEEL LIKE PART OF THE FAMILY. DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SEE THE SHOTS OF HIM DOWNING THE MILK. HOW DO THESE WHERE THINGS START? WEIRD* HE'S NOT HAVING SUCH A GREAT DAY TODAY, BUT HE IS AN ABSOLUTE LEGEND. THE SUCCESSES HAD IN THAT SPORT UNPARALLELED. TO HAVE A CAREER AND STILL GOING STRONG. WITH ME TALKING ABOUT WELLS THIS MORNING. 50% OF ADULT NEW ZEALANDERS DON'T HAVE A WILL. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A WILL, BUT THE LAW WILL PRESUME THAT YOUR PARTNER WILL GET IT IF YOU HAVE A PARTNER. AND IF NOT, THERE IS A CHAIN OF SUCCESSION. WE'VE ALSO BEEN TALKING ABOUT IDENTITIES. WHEN THE PERSON WITH THE SAME NAME AS YOU HAS DONE SOMETHING AND IT'S BEEN PASSED ON TO YOU. WE'VE ALSO HAD PETER JACKSON EMAIL. OH, THE GREAT MAN HIMSELF! I'VE NEVER MET ANOTHER CHRIS CHANG, BUT THEY ARE OUT THERE. CHANG IS A VERY POPULAR NAME. IF THERE IS A CHRIS CHANG, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. THIS WEEK, WE'VE TEAMED UP WITH VISIT VICTORIA TO SHOWCASE EVERYTHING THIS VIBRANT STATE HAS TO OFFER. FROM TOMORROW MORNING MATT GIBB WILL BE LIVE FROM MELBOURNE, GIVING YOU A TASTE OF THE BEST THINGS TO SEE AND DO. BUT WE'RE KICKING THINGS OFF TODAY WITH AN INCREDIBLE COMPETITION ` YOU COULD WIN A TRIP FOR TWO TO MELBOURNE, INCLUDING FLIGHTS, ACCOMMODATION, TOP DINING EXPERIENCES, AND TICKETS TO SOME OF THE CITY'S BIGGEST EVENTS. INCLUDING THE NGV FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM EXHIBITION, BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL, THE LEGO STAR WARS EXHIBITION, LIGHTSCAPE 2025 AND A DINING EXPERIENCE AT MARMELO RESTAURANT. IT'S ALL VALUED AT OVER $5000. TO ENTER, HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz. ENTRIES CLOSE THIS THURSDAY AT 4pm, AND WE'LL ANNOUNCE THE LUCKY WINNER LIVE ON THE SHOW THIS FRIDAY. A CITIZEN'S RIGHTS COMMENTATOR SAYS THE POLICE DID NOT CROSS ANY ETHICAL BOUNDARIES WHEN USING A DRONE AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL, BUT IS WARY OF ESCALATING SURVEILLANCE. POLICE SURVEYED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDING THE ELECTRIC AVE MUSIC FESTIVAL IN CHRISTCHURCH EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH A DRONE. THOMAS BEAGLE SAYS ALTHOUGH THE POLICE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG IN THIS INSTANCE, IT COULD BE AN EARLY STEP TOWARDS A SURVEILLANCE SOCIETY. I THINK THE REAL ISSUE IT'S GONNA COME UP WITH IS AS THE CAMERAS GET SMARTER, IF THEY START TRACKING PEOPLE, IF THEY START RECOGNISING PEOPLE BY USING FACIAL RECOGNITION, AND SUDDENLY, YOU'RE NOT JUST TAKING FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE JUST SORT OF STANDING AROUND, YOU'RE ACTUALLY IDENTIFYING THEM. POLICE SAY THEY DIDN'T FILM IN A SECRETIVE WAY AND ONLY KEEP THE VIDEO IF IT'S SUSPECTED AN OFFENCE MAY HAVE BEEN COMMITTED. NEW BENEFIT SANCTIONS COME INTO EFFECT TODAY, INCLUDING COMMUNITY WORK EXPERIENCE AND ELECTRONIC MONEY MANAGEMENT. HALF OF A NON-COMPLIANT BENEFICIARY'S PAYMENT COULD BE PLACED ONTO A CARD THAT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR ESSENTIALS LIKE GROCERIES AND HEALTHCARE. ACT PARTY LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR SAYS TAXPAYER SUPPORT SHOULDN'T BE SPENT ON ALCOHOL OR ENTERTAINMENT, WHILE FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE NOT ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR WORK WHILE ON THE JOBSEEKER BENEFIT. FRENCH AUTHORITIES SAY SABOTAGE WAS BEHIND A SUBSTATION FIRE CAUSING A SECOND POWER OUTAGE IN TWO DAYS AND HITTING 45,000 HOMES IN NICE. IT COMES AFTER A MASSIVE BLACKOUT IN CANNES INTERRUPTED THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND CUT OFF 160,000 HOMES. THAT OUTAGE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ARSON AT A SUBSTATION. POLICE SAY NO LINK HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE TWO INCIDENTS AT THIS STAGE. IT'S BEEN A CHAOTIC INDY 500, WITH ALEX POLAU CLAIMING THE CHEQUERED FLAG BUT WITH 11 CARS FAILING TO FINISH INCLUDING KIWI DRIVER SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN. THE 31-YEAR-OLD ATTEMPTING TO WARM UP HIS TYRES BEFORE THE RACE BUT COLLIDING WITH THE WALL. MACLACHLAN WARMING HIS TIRES. ONO. I PUT SO MUCH INTO THIS RACE. DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SEE THE FINAL. ONE OF SEVERAL BIZARRE INCIDENTS IN THE RACE, INCLUDING SEVERAL COLLISIONS, A FIRE AND A HAIRY MOMENT FOR POLE SITTER ROBERT SHWARTZMAN'S PIT CREW. ERIN ROUTLIFFE WILL PARTNER UP WITH FORMER WORLD NUMBER ONE VICTORIA AZARENKA WHEN HER FRENCH OPEN CAMPAIGN BEGINS ON WEDNESDAY. ROUTLIFFE AND HER PARTNER GABBY DABROWSKI WITHDREW FROM THE SEMI-FINALS OF LAST WEEK'S STRASBOURG TOURNAMENT DABROWSKI ALSO UNABLE TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE AT ROLAND GARROS. THE KIWI TENNIS PLAYER SAYS SHE FACED A STRESSFUL COUPLE OF DAYS FINDING A REPLACEMENT. I HAD SOMETHING CRAZY LIKE 48 HOURS TO FIND SOMEONE NEW TO RE-PAIR WITH. SO I JUST` BASICALLY, AT THAT POINT, I HAD TO GO THROUGH THE SINGLES LIST, COS IF SOMEONE'S ON A DOUBLES LIST ALREADY, OBVIOUSLY I CAN'T PLAY WITH THEM. SO THEN I JUST WENT DOWN MY LIST AND STARTED ASKING PEOPLE. AND YEAH, LUCKILY VICA WANTED TO PLAY. SO I'M EXCITED. APPARENTLY, ALL IT TOOK WAS A TEXT MESSAGE. THE PAIR HAVE NEVER PLAYED WITH EACHOTHER, AND WILL TAKE TO THE COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME ON WEDNESDAY AGAINST THE ITALIAN SECOND SEEDS JASMINE PAOLINI AND SARA ERRANI. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. CLOUDY DAY AHEAD FOR MOST OF THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY, HOWEVER THERE ARE SHOWERS TO BE EXPECTED IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. 20 IS YOUR HIGH IN GISBORNE. 17 IN WELLINGTON. SOME SHOWERS AND WIND EXPECTED IN NELSON THIS MORNING. ELSEWHERE, PARTLY CLOUDY FOR MOST OF YOU AND CLEAR BLUE SKIES IN QUEENSTOWN. 19 IS YOUR HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. 15 IN INVERCARGILL. THERE'S AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING TODAY FOR THE BULLER DISTRICT UNTIL 9am THIS MORNING. ARTEFACTS STRETCHING BACK 6000 YEARS, INCLUDING ITEMS FROM ANCIENT GREECE AND MOA BONES, ARE ABOUT TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER AT AUCTION. LUCY BENDELL IS AT WEBB'S AUCTION HOUSE THIS MORNING AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. THAT'S RIGHT, THIS ROOM IS FILLED WITH 135 PIECES OF HISTORY, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THE BONES THAT ARE GOING FROM AROUND 5 TO $600. UP HERE, WE HAVE A FEATHER GOING FOR UP TO $15,000. THERE IS A SWEEPING RANGE OFFERING A VIEW OF HUMAN HISTORY. WE ARE JOINED BY LEAH MORRIS THIS MORNING. GIVE US A SCOPE OF WHAT IS IN THIS ROOM. THIS IS OUR MATERIAL CULTURE AUCTION. CULTURE IN ITS PHYSICAL FORM, SO I BELIEVE EVERY OBJECT AND ITS SALE HAS A STORY. I'VE HAD A LOOK THROUGH, AND WE FEED TALKING ABOUT THE OBJECTS IN THIS ROOM. TELL SA GET YOUR HANDS ON SOME OF THESE PIECES. WE FACILITATE THE TRADE OF OBJECTS FROM ONE HAND TO ANOTHER AND ONE THING WE ARE PARTICULARLY PROUD OF IS THAT WE OPERATE UNDER THE OBJECTS ACT 1975. ONE OF THE PIECES YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE SUCTION> AUCTION? IT'S THE HEAD OF A GODDESS. THIS IS DATED FROM ABOUT THE FOURTH SET THE THIRD CENTURY A.D., IT IS MADE FROM MARBLE AND WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT IT IS THAT IT'S RETAINED ITS COLOUR, SO WHEN WE THINK OF SCULPTURES, WE THINK OF BEIGE AND MUTED COLOURS, AND BACK OF THE DAY, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN GARISHLY COLOURED. HOW MUCH? 10 TO $15,000. HOW DO YOU PRICE THE OBJECTS? THE BASIS OF MOST OF OUR PRICING AS WE LOOK AT HOW THINGS ARE SOLD IN THE PAST, AND SO WE SCOPE THINGS FROM THE LOWEST AMOUNT TO THE HIGHEST. THAT IS WHAT WE CALL AN ESTIMATE FOR AUCTION. IS THERE A PIECE THAT YOU THINK WILL DRAW IN PEOPLE? JUST TO MY SIDE IS SOMETHING FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, WITH PRICES CONSERVATIVELY FOR THE NEW ZEALAND MARKET FROM 15 TO 18,000, BUT IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET, CAN GO UP TO $100,000. THIS IS USED TO STORE SACRED OBJECTS. WHAT SORT OF PEOPLE WILL WALK THROUGH THE DOOR TONIGHT? WHO IS WANTING TO GET HOLD OF THE THINGS> WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT HISTORY IN THE WORLD, AND THEY USE THE AUCTION IS LEARNING EXPERIENCES. HOW IT'S AT 630 TONIGHT, YOU CAN BED IN THE ROOM OR WE CAN PHONE A BIT OR YOU CAN WATCH ONLINE. ALL RANGING FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PRICES AND MEANINGS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LUCY. FANCY ANY OF THOSE? I WOULD BE SO SCARED TO GO TO AN AUCTION. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WE LOVE OUR LAWNS HERE ON BREAKFAST, BUT WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO PREPARE ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PATCHES OF GRASS IN THE WORLD? NEXT, WE CATCH UP WITH THE TRAILBLAZING KIWI AT THE HOME OF CRICKET. 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. 20 AND AUCKLAND. HAMILTON, MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY. SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS. TO THE CAPITAL, SHAKING AROUND A BIT THERE. A FEW SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN THIS MORNING, POSSIBLY COULD GET HEAVY. NORTHERLY IS RISING TO GALE GUSTING 100 KM IN EXPOSED PLACES. TAKE CARE OUT THERE, AND IT SHOULD EASE THIS AFTERNOON. CHRISTCHURCH, MAINLY FINE. PATCHY RAIN. NORTHERLY SEIZING. 19 AS YOUR HIGH. YOU CAN TAKE THIS ONE. WHEN I SAW IT WAS GOING TO BE A LIVE SHOT, I WAS HOPING WE WERE GOING TO MY PREFERRED VOLCANO, BUT THEY ARE ALL GOOD AND THEY ALL HAVE GREAT NAMES. THE LAST ERUPTION HERE WAS IN APRIL. GREAT STUFF THERE IN ICELAND. I WOULD LOVE TO GO THERE. # MY HEART STOPS WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME. # JUST ONE TOUCH, NOW BABY I BELIEVE. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` *VIZ HEADLINE A CITIZEN'S RIGHTS COMMENTATOR SAYS THE POLICE DID NOT CROSS ANY ETHICAL BOUNDARIES WHEN USING A DRONE AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL BUT IS WARY OF ESCALATING SURVELLIENCE. NEW BENEFIT SANCTIONS COME INTO EFFECT TODAY, INCLUDING COMMUNITY WORK EXPERIENCE AND ELECTRONIC MONEY MANAGEMENT. IN SPORT ` ALEX PALOU CLAIMS THE INDY 500 TITLE AFTER A DAY OF CHAOS. 11 CARS FAILED TO FINISH, INCLUDING KIWI DRIVER SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN WHO COLLIDED WITH THE WALL DURING WARM UP. THE BLACKCAPS MAY HAVE MISSED OUT THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL, BUT THERE'S STILL ONE NEW ZEALANDER WHO WILL BE IN THE THICK OF THE ACTION AT LORD'S. CANTERBURY WOMAN MEG LAY, WHO WAS THE FIRST FEMALE GROUNDSKEEPER AT THE HOME OF CRICKET, IS GETTING STUCK IN WITH PREPARATIONS AHEAD OF NEXT MONTH'S PINNACLE EVENT, AND SHE JOINS US NOW. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. IS THIS STILL YOUR DREAM JOB? YES. ABSOLUTELY. IT IS NOT LOST ON ME THAT I AM WORKING AT THE HOME OF CRICKET. I DON'T THINK TOO MANY PEOPLE CAN SAY THAT THEY LOVE EVERY DAY AT WORK. JUST REMIND US, HOW DID YOU END UP IN THIS JOB? IT WAS QUITE BIZARRE. I WAS A FARMER IN CANTERBURY, AS A LOVES CRICKET MY WHOLE LIFE, AND I ENDED UP TO THE UK ON A ONE-WAY TICKET, AND IT HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND BUT I AM VERY LUCKY. WHAT IS THE CHALLENGE THAT YOU FACE WHEN YOU PREPARE FOR THE TESTS THAT ARE UPCOMING? THE WEATHER IN THE UK IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST, SO DO YOU HAVE TO PLAN THINGS OUT REALLY CAREFULLY? WE WATCH THE WEATHER PRETTY CLOSELY AT THE MOMENT, IT IS SUCH A MASSIVE GAME AND BEING IN THE UK, THE WEATHER IS THE BIGGEST VARIABLE. WE ARE GETTING INTO THE PREP OF THE ACTUAL PITCH ITSELF SO THERE IS QUITE EXCITING. TALK US THROUGH WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS? I LOVE GETTING DIRTY ABOUT IT. WE ARE REALLY FOCUS ON GROWING THEIR GRASS, KEEPING IN PRISTINE CONDITION AND PUTTING A LOT OF WATER DOWN, AND THEN IN THE NEXT WEEK ALSO, WE WILL START ROLLING AND CUTTING. GETTING STUCK INTO THE PREP OF THE PITCH AND TRYING TO COMPACT THE SURFACE. IT IS FULL ON. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE ON THE TEAM, AND ARE YOU TENDING TO IT ALL DAY EVERY DAY? YES. THERE ARE 10 OF US THERE WORKING. IT IS VERY INTENSIVE BECAUSE WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT PITCH AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER GAMES AS WELL SO WE HAVE TO KEEP ON TOP OF THEM. ARE USED TO LOVE THE PITCH INSPECTIONS BEFORE THE GAME. WHEN YOU HAVE THE COMMENTATORS AND THEY ARE DOING THE PITCH INSPECTION AND THEY ARE DISCUSSING YOUR WORK, WHAT IS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD? THERE ARE NERVES, BUT WE WAIT FOR THE BALL. PEOPLE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PITCHER IS GOING TO DO. WE WAIT FOR THE FIRST BALL AND THEN TO HELP SETTLE THE NERVES A BIT. THE PITCHER THE MOMENT, HOW IS IT LOOKING? THAT'S IT, WE WANT A BALANCED MATCH, WE HAVE GOT A SOUTH AFRICAN, AN AUSTRALIAN ON THE TEAM, AND IT WILL BE A BALANCED PITCH. WHEN YOU HAVE TEAMS THAT MIGHT FAVOUR THE PITCH GOING A CERTAIN WAY, DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT WILL BE THE MOST ENTERTAINING FOR THE PUNTERS AND BY THAT I MEAN, DO YOU WANT SOMETHING A BIT MORE FAVOURABLE FOR SCORING RUNS? PREPARING A PURCHASE ABOUT THE SPECTATORS. IT'S ABOUT PUTTING ON A SHOW, AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT AS AN EVEN CONTEST AS POSSIBLE. I JUST WANT TO SEE NEW ZEALAND DO WELL AT LORD'S. IT'S ABOUT CHANGE AND MAKE IT AS EVEN AS POSSIBLE. IF THERE WAS A THERE WAS A BIT OF A NEW ZEALAND TAKEOVER, AND OF TENS OF YOU PAVING THE WAY AS A FEMALE GROUNDSKEEPER, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO OTHER WOMEN OUT THERE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET ON BOARD AND FOLLOW YOUR FOOTSTEPS? IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE ADVICE. JUST DO IT. IT'S THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD. I'M OUTSIDE WITH MY BEST MATES EVERY DAY. THE GUYS IN THE TEAM ARE AMAZING AND THEY GET PAID TO WATCH CRICKET. IT DOESN'T GET BETTER. HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY START DOING THAT JOB? IS IT AS SIMPLE AS BEING A BACKYARD BANDIT? THERE ARE SO MANY SPORTS GROUNDS IN THE UK. THERE ARE JUST SO MANY JOBS OVER HERE. IN NEW ZEALAND, THEY HAVE THE SPORTS TURF COLLEGES AND THAT IS ONE WAY, BUT JUST GO VOLUNTEER. THEY WILL NOT TURN YOU DOWN. AS SUCH AN IMPORTANT JOB. GO AND PUT YOUR HANDS UP. GET STUCK IN? ONCE YOU GET INTO THAT ENVIRONMENT, HOW DO YOU WORK YOUR WAY UP THE RANKS? I CERTAINLY SENT A FEW EMAILS. I STARTED WORKING AT BRISTOL, BECAUSE THERE WERE CRICKET PLAYERS THERE AND THERE WERE DESPERATE. THE LORD'S JOB CAME UP AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEVER COMES UP BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A FANTASTIC PLACE TO WORK, AND I TRIED TO GET ON WITH THE HEADS GROUNDSMAN, ASKING IF I COULD HAVE A LOOK AROUND, AND I WAS VERY LUCKY. PESTER THEM UNTIL THEY CAN'T SAY NO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US IN ALL THE BEST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. IMAGINE THAT. GOING TO TURF SCHOOL. I'VE TRIED MY BEST AT HOME, BUT IT IS HARD. EVEN TRYING TO SORT YOUR OWN BACKYARD OUT. WE HAVE A SMALL CRICKET PITCH AND A ROLLER, THE KIDS ROLL IT OUT. THE ROLLERS TAKING UP VALUABLE SPACE. WOMEN GROUNDSKEEPER, SHOULD BE IN YOUR PURVIEW. HACKLEY OVAL ONE DAY? E WHAI AKE NEI ` CHARLOTTE MULDER'S GETTING EDUCATED THIS MORNING. MORENA. WE ARE HERE THE AIR FORCE MUSEUM. I AM TRYING TO GET MY WINGS, BUT THE PLANE JUST ISN'T MOVING. I FEEL LIKE I BELONG AT THE TOP GUN MAVERICK A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU WILL BE FINDING OUT WHY WE'RE HERE COMING UP AFTER (ROCK MUSIC) OUR SOUNDMAN, ROB. THE AIR FORCE MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN NAMED THE MOST VISITED LEARNING DESTINATION IN AUSTRALASIA. BASED IN WIGRAM, THE MUSEUM HAS BECOME A FAVOURITE FOR YOUNG AND OLD, THANKS TO ITS FUN AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. IT'S PART OF A PROGRAMME THAT ENCOURAGES KIDS TO EXPLORE NEW PLACES AND LEARN OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. SO OF COURSE WE SENT OUR REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER DOWN TO TAKE A LOOK. KIA ORA, CHARLOTTE. KIA ORA, TEAM. WE ARE HERE AT THE AIR FORCE MUSEUM. YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH FUN I WAS HAVING. WE WILL BE FINDING OUT EXACTLY WHY IT IS THE FAVOURITE PLACE IN AUSTRALASIA FOR CHILDREN TO COME TO. I HAVE THE EDUCATION OFFICER CHRIS HERE WITH ME. I WANT TO START OFF WITH TALKING ABOUT HOW EXCITING THIS IS. WE ARE SUPER EXCITED. WE HAVE BOYS BEEN A PLACE OF COMMEMORATION, AND THE MUSEUM IS A PLACE OF LEARNING AS WELL. AND THIS IS A PERFECT PATHWAY TO LEARNING FOR CHILDREN, FOR LIFELONG LEARNING. IT IS BRILLIANT. SO WHAT CAN CHILDREN DO HERE ` GIVE ME A RUNDOWN. SCHOOLS COME HERE ANYWAY FOR FREE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, BUT THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THAT. THEY CAN COME HERE, HAVE SOME FOCUSED LEARNING, HAVE SOME FUN WHILE THEY ARE DOING AS WELL, AND THEY CAN RUN THINGS, RATHER THAN JUST FRETTING AROUND THE MUSEUM, SEEING THEIR FAVOURITE AEROPLANE AND MOVING ON, THEY ARE LEARNING SOMETHING IN CONTEXT. THEY CAN INTERACT WITH THE EQUIPMENT. JUST BEFORE I WAS INSIDE ONE OF THE PLANES AS WELL. THERE ARE ALSO PASSPORT THINGS. WHAT IS THAT ABOUT? WHEN THEY ROCK UP TO THE FRONT DESK, THEY PRESENT THE PASSPORT. THEY ARE HERE WITH THEIR PARENTS, AND THE HUNT THEY WILL DO INCORPORATES THE PARENTS AS WELL, SO THEY HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK, AND THEY CAN GO AROUND THE MUSEUM. THEY HAVE FOCUSED WORK TO DO. THEY MIGHT HAVE TO GET A CERTAIN SCORE ON AN INTERACTIVE. BUT IT SETS UP THAT PATHWAY FOR LIFELONG LEARNING, AS I SAID. I HAVE GOT THE DEPUTY VICE CHANCELLOR CATHERINE HERE WITH ME ALSO. CATHERINE, UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY IS PART OF THIS PROGRAM. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE CHILDREN'S UNIVERSITY IS ABOUT, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IT IS CALLED, ISN'T IT? LINCOLN UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY PARTNERED IN 2019 TO BRING CHILDREN'S UNIVERSITY TO AUSTRALASIA, AND TO NEW ZEALAND, BUT ESPECIALLY TO CANTERBURY. SO IT IS A REALLY FANTASTIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, THE LEARNING DESTINATIONS, THE COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOLS AND THE CHILDREN. AND WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE, AND HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT FOR A CHILDREN'S EARLY DEVELOPMENT? IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. LEARNING IS FUN, AND IT LETS CHILDREN KNOW THAT LEARNING CAN BE A LOTS OF FUN. IT ALSO OPENS THE GATE TO DIFFERENT CAREERS. HE HAD THE AIR FORCE MUSEUM THEY MIGHT BECOME AEROSPACE ENGINEERS OR COMMUNICATIONS PEOPLE. SO IT IS REALLY FANTASTIC. DEFINITELY. SPEAKING OF CHILDREN, WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE SOME COME IN THIS MORNING. AND I WAS JUST ASKING YOU GUYS BEFORE ` CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOUR FAVOURITE THING ABOUT THE AIR FORCE MUSEUM IS? I DISCOVER UNDER CIRCLE. I LIKE THE HOLIDAY PROGRAMS. I LIKE THAT THE AEROPLANES GIVE US INFORMATION ABOUT THEM. I LIKE THAT THE MUSEUM TELLS YOU ALL ABOUT THE STORIES AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE AEROPLANES. I LIKE THE HERCULES BECAUSE ALL OF THE CALL TECHNOLOGY. I WOULD SAY THE HERCULES IS ALSO A FAN FAVOURITE. YOU GUYS CAN TELL, IT IS ONE OF THE BEST LEARNING SPACES FOR CHILDREN, SO IF YOU ARE IN CHRISTCHURCH AND HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE MUSEUM, YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO NOW. IT LOOKS AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHARLOTTE, AND ALL THE KIDS WHO JOINED YOU. AND THANK YOU, MELISSA. SEE YOU SOON. CAPTIONS BY DREW WELSH, KITTY WASASALA, MAIA CARR HEKE AND COURTNEY SOLE.