IT'S TUESDAY THE 27th OF MAY. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DIFFERENT EVENTS TODAY IN OUR OUTFITS. WE MIGHT NEED TO ADD YOU TO THE GROUP CHAT. I AM OFTEN TRYING TO GET OFF THEM. BUT IT IS AWKWARD BECAUSE THEY TELL PEOPLE YOU HAVE LEFT. THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY WHATSAPP GROUPS. BUT THERE ARE ALSO CERTAIN CHARACTERS WITHIN THE GROUP. THERE IS THAT PERSON WHO NEVER CONTRIBUTES. THAT SINCE ME. BUT YOU READ ALL THE MESSAGES, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF I REALLY WANT TO PUT MY HEAD UP AND ALL THOSE GROUPS. AND THAT IS JUST THE FAMILY CHAT. IT IS HARD. I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF FAMILY CHATS, AND EVEN THEN, I THINK WE NEED TO CULL SOME OF THE MEMBERS. THEY STILL TEXT ME IN CAPITAL LETTERS. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` HAVE BUDGET CUTS PUT AOTEAROA'S ECOSYSTEMS AT RISK? THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION'S CUT FUNDING TO THE NATURE HERITAGE FUND AND IS CLOSING THE ENTITY RUNNING PROJECTS FOR THE COUNTRY'S PREDATOR FREE 2050 GOAL. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR CLEAN, GREEN IMAGE? ALSO AHEAD, WE GO DEEP INTO THE WOOHOO. THE WELLNESS INDUSTRY HAS PLENTY OF ADVICE ON HOW TO LIVE A CLEAN HEALTHY LIFE, BUT IS ANY OF IT BASED IN REALITY? LIKE HOW MANY STEPS DO WE NEED EVERY DAY AND HOW MANY GLASSES OF WATER DO WE NEED TO STAY HYDRATED? WE'LL FIND OUT IF THEY'RE MARKETING GIMMICKS OR SCIENCE BASED FACT. PLUS, SEAL SEASON IN UPON US. IT'S THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN YOUNG FUR SEALS START TURNING UP IN SOME VERY UNEXPECTED PLACES. WHERE YOU CAN EXPECT TO FIND THEM AND WHAT TO DO. WE FAMOUSLY HAD ONE AT A KFC IN AUCKLAND A FEW YEARS AGO. AND THERE IS THAT GREAT ONE THAT LIVES IN AUSTRALIA AND KIND OF WOBBLES AROUND. IT IS GREAT. RUSSIA HAS LAUNCHED IT'S BIGGEST AERIAL ATTACK ON UKRAINE SINCE THE WAR BEGAN, JUST HOURS AFTER U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CALLED ITS LEADER 'CRAZY' FOR EARLIER ESCALATIONS. TRUMP'S ALSO SAID HES CONSIDERING FURTHER SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA. MOSCOW OFFICIALS HAVE RESPONDED, BLAMING TRUMP'S COMMENTS ON 'EMOTIONAL OVERLOAD.' BBC'S UKRAINE CORRESPONDENT JAMES WATERHOUSE FILED THIS REPORT ON WHAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS COULD MEAN. IN THE WORDS OF ONE WOMAN WE MET TODAY, SHE'S GIVEN UP TRYING TO WORK OUT WHAT THE US PRESIDENT IS THINKING. HE HAS THREATENED FURTHER SANCTIONS BEFORE, BUT INSTEAD CHOSEN TO ALLOW RUSSIA TO BREAK THE ULTIMATUMS SET BY THE WEST. AND SO I THINK IT'S A FAINT HOPE THAT FURTHER PENALTIES COULD BE IMPOSED ON MOSCOW. THERE ARE PLANS CIRCULATING AROUND THE U.S. CONGRESS, WHICH INCLUDES SIZEABLE TARIFFS ON RUSSIAN GAS EXPORTS. EUROPE IS ALSO TRYING TO STEP UP IN ITS OWN WAY AS WELL. YOU'VE GOT THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR, FRIEDRICH MERTZ, TALKING ABOUT THERE BEING NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE LONG RANGE MISSILES PROVIDED BY GERMANY, FRANCE, THE UK AND THE US. IN THE PAST, THAT'S RELIED ON WASHINGTON GIVING THE GREEN LIGHT FOR SUCH A CALL TO BE MADE. SO IT'S NOT CLEAR UNTIL WE SEE MORE WESTERN MISSILES TARGETING SITES INSIDE RUSSIA, WHICH HAS MADE THE WEST NERVOUS IN THE PAST. THAT WOULD AMOUNT TO A SIZEABLE CHANGE IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, BUT UNTIL NOW, UKRAINE CAN ONLY HOPE, WHILST CONTINUING TO TRY AND DEFEND ITSELF FROM THESE AERIAL BOMBARDMENTS THAT ARE ONLY INTENSIFYING. AN AUSTRALIAN MAN COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY IN BALI OVER ALLEGEDLY SMUGGLING 1.7kg OF COCAINE INTO THE INDONESIAN PROVINCE. LOCAL AUTHORITIES PARADING BUSINESSMAN LAMAR AHCHEE (43) IN FRONT OF THE MEDIA, ACCUSING HIM OF BEING PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL DRUG RING. IN 2015. BALI EXECUTED TWO OF THE BALI NINE ACCUSED OF SMUGGLING 8kg OF HEROIN. THE REMAINING MEMBERS ARRIVED HOME TO AUSTRALIA LAST YEAR. AHCHEE IS YET TO BE FORMALLY CHARGED. THE NORTHERN MYSTICS HAVE COME OUT ON TOP IN A THRILLING ONE GOAL WIN OVER THE SOUTHERN STEEL. THE MYSTICS WERE FORCED TO GET CREATIVE, WITH SHOOTER DONNELL WALLAM FORCED OFF WITH AN INJURY IN THE FINAL QUARTER AND MIDCOURTER PETA TOEAVA STEPPING INTO GOAL ATTACK FOR THE FINAL NINE MINUTES. A TWO-POINT SUPER SHOT AND TURNOVER IN THE DYING MINUTES SAW THE VISITORS SNEAK HOME. THE PRESSURE BACK ON THE HOME SIDE. PETA TOEAVA! THE WIN SEES THE MYSTICS MAINTAIN THEIR UNBEATEN START TO THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP AFTER THREE ROUNDS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) CHECKING OUT WHAT THE WEATHER IS DOING AT YOUR PLACE TODAY. IT'S A WET DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. PERIODS OF RAIN WITH HEAVY FALLS FOR NORTHLAND DOWN TO TARANAKI COROMANDEL AND TAUPO. SOME CLOUD WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON. KAITAIA, YOUR HIGH IS 20. 16 FOR ROTORUA. IT'S A NICE SUNNY DAY FOR THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY. HOWEVER, THE CHATHAM ISLANDS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF RAIN THIS MORNING. FOR THE REST OF YOU, IT'S A CLOUDY DAY. GREYMOUTH, YOUR HIGH IS 16. 14 FOR DUNEDIN. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING WITH OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND HAS FORCED THE CLOSURE OF MULTIPLE ROADS, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION. CHARLOTTE MULDER JOINS US NOW. WHICH AREAS HAVE BEEN HIT THE HARDEST, CHARLOTTE? KIA ORA, MELISSA. THE AREAS ARE BOTH THE WEST COAST AND NELSON TASMAN DISTRICT. THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE MOST RAIN IN THE LAST 48 HOURS. STATE HIGHWAY SIX GOING THROUGH THE LOWER BULLER DISTRICT HAS BEEN CLOSED OVERNIGHT DUE TO HEAVY SLIPS AND FLOODING. THAT IS THE MAIN ROUTE FOR PEOPLE ON THE WEST COAST. STATE HIGHWAY 63 HAS ALSO BEEN CLOSED DUE TO A LARGE ROCK FALL. BOTH OF THOSE ROADS WILL BE REASSESSED AT 10 AM THIS MORNING. GOING UP TO THE NELSON-TASMAN DISTRICT, THEY HAVE RECEIVED NEARLY HALF A MONTH WORTH OF RAIN IN JUST A FEW HOURS YESTERDAY MORNING. PEOPLE WILL BE DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH AND THE DAMAGE THIS MORNING WHEN GOING ON THE ROADS. THAT WILL MOSTLY CONSIST OF HOUSES BEING FLOODED, VEHICLES BEING STUCK, SOME MOTORISTS AS USUAL ARE BEING ASKED TO TAKE CARE WHEN GOING TO WORK THIS MORNING ` YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS IN SOME OF THOSE WATERS. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND OVERNIGHT, BUT THEY HAVE JUST LIFTED EARLY THIS MORNING. LUCY BENDELL JOINS US FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE EVENTS OVERNIGHT AND WHAT'S TO COME. MORENA, MELISSA. THAT WEATHER WARNING LIFTED JUST MINUTES AGO AT 6 PM. WE ARE EXPECTED TO SEE THE RAIN HERE EASE SLIGHTLY TODAY, EXPECTED TO SEE A BIT OF A BREATHER AS THE WEATHER FRONT SLOWLY MOVES EAST THIS MORNING AND HIT BAY OF PLENTY AROUND MIDDAY TODAY. AS FOR OVERNIGHT, THOUGH, DOWNPOURS WERE FELT OVER MUCH OF THE NORTH ISLAND. THERE WAS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING LAST NIGHT FOR A TIME BEFORE MOVING TO A HEAVY RAIN WARNING, AND AUCKLAND, WAIKATO AND TARANAKI WERE ON A HEAVY RAIN WATCH FOR A TIME AS WELL. AUCKLAND OVERNIGHT, FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND CREW DEALT WITH A COUPLE OF TREES THAT CAME DOWN, AND THERE WAS ONE IN WAIKATO AS WELL. TARANAKI WILL NOT HAVE A BREATHER YET. THERE ARE SOME DOWNPOURS TO COME AROUND THE MOUNTAIN. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT WHAT COULD BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING. OF COURSE WHAT IS TO COME IS FLOODING. METSERVICE ARE WANTING PEOPLE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING TO WATCH OUT FOR THOSE AREAS AND DRIVE TO THE CONDITIONS. TOMORROW IT IS EXPECTED TO COME BACK A BIT STRONGER WITH SOME THAN TO STORM WARNINGS AS FAR. AS WELL* TO WELLINGTON NOW WHERE HARRY BARTLE IS STANDING BY, AND HARRY, TRAIN COMMUTERS IN THE CAPITAL WILL NEED TO FIND ANOTHER WAY AROUND THIS WEEKEND? MORENA, MELISSA. THAT'S RIGHT ` THERE WILL BE NO TRAINS GOING IN AND OUT OF THE CAPITAL THIS KINGS BIRTHDAY WEEKEND, INCLUDING THAT MONDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY. THE REASON FOR THIS IS KIWIRAIL WILL BE CARRYING OUT SOME PLANT INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES ACROSS ALL OF THEIR RAIL LINES, THINGS SUCH AS BRIDGE REPAIRS, RAIL REPLACEMENTS AND SAFETY UPGRADES. KIWIRAIL HAVE SAID THEY WILL BE USING BUSES INSTEAD OF TRAINS THIS WEEKEND SO THAT COMMUTERS HAVE A WAY IN AND OUT OF THE CITY. HOWEVER, THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IN THE CAPITAL OVER THE WEEKEND, INCLUDING THAT CLASH BETWEEN MOANA PACIFICA. SO COMMUTERS SHOULD TAKE THEIR TIME AND BE AWARE THERE ARE DELAYS, BECAUSE BUSES CANNOT CARRY AS MANY AS TRAINS. AND THERE MAY BE MORE TRAFFIC CONGESTION BECAUSE OF THIS. IF YOU ARE COMING INTO THE CAPITAL THIS WEEKEND, PLEASE BE AWARE THERE COULD BE FURTHER DELAYS THIS WEEKEND. THERE ARE CONCERNS IN CONSERVATION CIRCLES ABOUT CUTS MADE BY DOC AHEAD OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. THE AGENCY, LIKE OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, WAS INSTRUCTED TO MAKE SAVINGS. TO ACHIEVE THAT, IT'S CLOSING THE NATURE HERITAGE FUND, AND DISESTABLISHING THE ENTITY RUNNING PREDATOR FREE 2050 PROJECTS RIGHT AROUND THE COUNTRY. DOC WILL TAKE THAT OPERATION IN HOUSE, SAYING IT'S LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CHANCE TO STEP UP, BUT OTHERS AREN'T SO SURE. FOREST AND BIRD'S RICHARD CAPIE JOINS US NOW FROM WELLINGTON. GOOD MORNING, RICHARD. TELL US, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE NATURE HERITAGE FUND WILL STOP WE ARE GOING TO BE SAVING, WHAT, $5 MILLION IN TOTAL BY DISESTABLISHING IT. WHAT IS IT? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME ON TODAY. I WOULD LOVE TO BE TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS BUDGET IS INVESTING IN CLIMATE ACTION OR DOING WHATEVER TO PROTECT OUR AMAZING NATIVE WILDLIFE. BUT THIS GOVERNMENT THINKS USING FAST TRACK TO DIG A COAL MINE INSTEAD. THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE PROTECTED THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF HECTARES OF NEW ZEALAND, AND I THINK WHAT IS EVEN MORE ASTOUNDING AS IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY ECONOMIC SENSE. YOU TALK ABOUT THE NATURE HERITAGE FUND. IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND IS A WONDERFUL THING. HAS PROTECTED AROUND 350,000 HA OF CONSERVATION LAND. THAT IS ABOUT 1.3% OF ALL OF NEW ZEALAND'S LAND AREA. IT HAS DONE SO FOR ABOUT $500 PER HECTARE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE AMAZING BOOST THAT WE GOT TOGETHER TO TRY AND SAVE DOWN IN ABEL TASMAN. THAT COST US $375,000 PER HECTARE BY CONTRAST. THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING DEAL FOR THE TAXPAYER AND FOR NATURE, A QUIET ACHIEVER, AND IT HAS BEEN DITCHED. IT WILL BE ABSORBED INTO THE PREDATOR FREE RESPONSIBILITY, STREAMLINING THAT INTO DOC. IS IT FAIR TO SAY THE GOVERNMENT IS JUST DOING AWAY WITH THIS PROJECT? THERE ARE DEFINITELY CUTS TO PREDATOR FREE WHICH WILL WEAKEN IT, AND PREDATOR FREE IS THIS INCREDIBLE SOCIAL MOVEMENT. IT HAS MOBILISED A HUGE NUMBER OF NEW ZEALANDERS. THIS WEEKEND I WILL BE GRABBING MY TONGS, PEANUT BUTTER, THE KIDS, HEADING TO THE LOCAL TRAILS TO DO MY BIT. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF NEW ZEALANDERS OUT THERE THAT DO THE SAME THING. YOU ARE CUTTING A BIT OF MONEY TO SAVE A BIT OF ADMIN, BUT WHAT PRICE THEY ARE GOING TO PUT ON THE IMPACT OF ALL THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF VOLUNTEER MAHI. AND IT IS NOT LIKE DOCK HAS SUDDENLY GOT A BUDGET UPLIFT FOR THE REST OF ITS BASELINE. IT IS SEEING ITS OVERALL BUDGET PARED TO THE BONE. DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT AND DOC ARE MORE FOCUSED ON THE GREAT WALKS AND BIG PICTURE THINK THEY CAN POINT TO A NOT SO MUCH THE FOREST AND FAUNA? OUR ECONOMY, OUR SOCIETY IS BUILT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR GREAT WALKS, BUT THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS ACTUALLY OUR BIODIVERSITY IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES. IT IS THE FRESH WATER WE DRINK, THE FISHERIES WE RELY ON FOR OUR FOOD, AND THE REASON TOURISTS COME HERE. IF WE LET THESE INCREDIBLE SPECIES AND PLACES DISAPPEAR, THEY ARE GONE FOREVER. IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY ECONOMIC SENSE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $11 BILLION OF ECONOMIC VALUE FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND WE ARE SLASHING ITS BUDGET. THAT IS SIMPLY NOT GOOD ENOUGH. EVERYONE HAS TO CUT THEIR CLOTH, THOUGH, RIGHT, SO HOW DO YOU EXIST IN THAT SPACE AND MAKE THE SAVINGS AS WELL? THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE HAVE A MASSIVE FUNDING GAP, BUT YOU DON'T FEEL THAT BY INVESTING $200 MILLION OF FUNDING TO SUPPORT FOSSIL FUELS AND MINING. SO WE ARE MAKING CHOICES. BUT INSTEAD OF INVESTING IN NATURE, THE GOVERNMENT IS INVESTING IN ITS DESTRUCTION. I WAS UP ON THE DENNISTON PLATEAU THIS WEEKEND WITH AN INCREDIBLE BUNCH OF SCIENTISTS. THIS PLACE IS A SPECIAL AS MOUNT TARANAKI, MILFORD SOUND. IT IS ON THE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL. THAT FIXATION OF RIPPING COAL OUT OF THE GROUND AND LET AN AUSTRALIAN COMPANY EXPORTED OVERSEAS, THOSE I CHOICES WE CAN MAKE WITHOUT NECESSARILY HAVING TO BRIDGE THAT FUNDING GAP. THERE ARE POLICY CHOICES THAT MAKING WHICH ARE DISGRACEFUL. THE PREDATOR FREE 2050 PROJECT WAS MUCH LAUDED BY THEN PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY. HOW THICK DID YOU THINK IT IS BY THE LATEST CUTS? THIS IS WHAT IS BATTLING. THE NATIONAL PARTY IN PARTICULAR HAS DONE A LOT FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT OVER MANY YEARS. IT HAS THIS INCREDIBLE LEGACY. PREDATOR FREE WAS SOMETHING THEY CHAMPION. THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT CHRISTOPHER LIKE THIN AND THINK, WHERE ARE YOU IN ALL OF THIS? WHERE IS THE HISTORY AND THE LEGACY OF THE BLUE-GREEN MOVEMENT. IF YOU LOOK AT PREDATOR FREE, WHY ARE WE PULLING THE RUG OUT FROM IT? IT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AFTER. IT IS ALSO THIS POLICY CHOICES THAT CHRISTOPHER BISHOP IS MAKING ABOUT HOW WE GOING TO LOOK AFTER OUR ENVIRONMENT THROUGH RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. THE FAST TRACK IS TAKING AWAY YOUR RIGHT TO HAVE A SAY IN YOUR COMMUNITY. THAT IS NOT RIGHT THAT IT IS NOT WHO WE RS NEW ZEALANDERS. DO YOU THINK WE ARE ON TRACK TO MEET THAT TARGET OF PREDATOR FREE 2050, AND HOW COULD IT DERAIL THAT? IT IS CERTAINLY GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT. IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE WITH PREDATOR FREE. ONE IS THE IMPACT. I LIVE IN WELLINGTON, AND I HAVE KIWI COMING DOWN THE BACK OF THE PEAK WHERE I LOVE TO GO MOUNTAIN BIKING. WRITING THERE AT DUSK, I HAVE HAD A KIWI SCUTTLE OUT IN FRONT OF ME. THAT IS JUST BREATHTAKING. THE REASON THAT HAPPENED IS CAPITAL KIWI AND ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT HAVE GOT BEHIND PREDATOR FREE. AND THAT HAS HAPPENED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THERE IS THIS WONDERFUL THING WE'RE PUTTING AT RISK. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AT ALL. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE LATEST FROM THE DEVESTATING FLOODING IN NEW SOUTH WALES. PLUS, SOCIAL MEDIA PUMMELS US WITH HEALTH ADVICE, SO WHAT SHOULD WE HEED AND WHAT DO WE IGNORE? # ABRACADABRA. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED MAJOR SLIPS AND FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. OVERSEAS, AN AUSTRALIAN MAN COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY IN BALI OVER ALLEGEDLY SMUGGLING 1.7kg OF COCAINE DISGUISED AS CHOCOLATE. AND IN SPORT, THE NORTHERN MYSTICS HAVE BEATEN THE SOUTHERN STEEL BY JUST ONE GOAL IN THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP. FAT IS BAD, SUGAR IS WORSE AND WE ALL NEED TO WALK 10,000 STEPS A DAY. AT LEAST, THAT'S WHAT THE WELLNESS INDUSTRY TELLS US, BUT IS IT ACTUALLY TRUE? NUTRITIONIST CLAIRE TURNBULL IS HERE TO SORT FACT FICTION FROM FICTION. GOOD MORNING, CLAIRE. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. IT IS JUST A BARRAGE OF STUFF THROWN AT US ALL THE TIME, ISN'T IT? IT ABSOLUTELY IS, AND IT IS DIFFERENT EVERY DAY. YOU READ ONE THING SOMEWHERE AND SOMETHING ELSE SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND PEOPLE FEEL COMPLETELY PARALYSED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO. AND IT IS HARD ENOUGH TO LOOK AFTER YOURSELF IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN WITHOUT ALL OF THOSE CONFUSING MESSAGES WAS NOT MESSAGES* WE ARE GOING TOTRY AND MYTH BUST SOME OF THEM THIS MORNING. DO WE NEED 10,000 STEPS? THAT WAS A MARKETING CLAIM BY JAPANESE COMPANY TRYING TO SELL PEDOMETER. THE GUIDELINE IN NEW ZEALAND IS AT LEAST FIVE HOURS OF MODERATE EXERCISES OR 2.5 HOURS OF VIGOUROUS EXERCISE AND AT LEAST TWO DAYS OF RESISTANCE TRAINING PER WEEK. BUT IF IT HELPS YOU GET OFF THE COUCH AND MOVE, IT IS STILL A GOOD THING. SO THE MARKETING IS STILL WORKING FOR THE 10,000 STEPS, BECAUSE EVERYONE I KNOW WANTS TO HIT THAT. BUT MAKE SURE YOU ARE DOING RESISTANCE TRAINING AS WELL. DOES PROCESSED FOOD DESERVE ITS BAD REPUTATION? WHEN PEOPLE EAT A LOT OF ULTRA PROCESSED FOOD, RESEARCH SHOWS YOU CAN EAT AROUND 500 EXTRA CALORIES A DAY. FEAR MONGERING SAYING YOU CAN NEVER EAT ANY PROCESSED FOOD IS NOT TRUE. YES WE WANT A DIET THAT IS MOSTLY WHOLE FOODS, BUT THE DEMONISING AND FEAR THAT GOES INTO IS NOT HELPFUL. AND JUST UNREALISTIC. YES, COMPLETELY UNREALISTIC. PROTEINS SEEMS TO BE THE BIG ONE FOR PEOPLE MY AGE AT THE MINUTE. EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT PROTEINS OR STOP HOW MUCH DO WE ACTUALLY NEED? A GOOD GUIDELINE FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME, ABOUT 20-25 G FOR YOUR MEAL. THAT IS ACHIEVABLE FOR EATING NORMAL EVERYDAY FOODS. IF PEOPLE GET FIXATED ON ONE THING, THEY FORGET OTHER THINGS. I KNOW LOTS OF PEOPLE OUR AGE WHO EAT HEAPS OF PROTEIN AND AREN'T GETTING ENOUGH FIBRE. AND THEY'RE STILL DRINKING LOTS OF ALCOHOL AND VARIOUS OTHER BITS AND PIECES. AND SO NO ONE PIECE OF INFORMATION CAN BE CONSIDERED IN ISOLATION. WHAT DOES 20 G LOOK LIKE ON THE PLATE? THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. ON MY WEBSITE YOU CAN FIND A FREE GUIDE, BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF FOOD IT IS. A PALM SIZED PIECE OF MEAT. ONE EGG IS ABOUT 7 G, SO THREE EGGS. A LARGE GLASS OF MILK AND A BIT OF YOGA. IF YOU GO TO MY WEBSITE YOU CAN SEE THAT GUIDE. BUT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ` THIS IS PART OF THE PROBLEM. WE ARE TALKING GRAMS AND BITS AND PIECES, BUT ACTUALLY BREAKING IT DOWN TO WHAT IT MEANS FOR PEOPLE AND WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS WHAT NEEDS TO GO. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITES, BECAUSE I SEE EVERYONE CARRYING THEIR HUGE DRINK BOTTLES AROUND A CASE THEY DIE OF DEHYDRATION FROM WALKING FROM THE CAR TO THE OFFICE. HOW MUCH WATER DO WE ACTUALLY NEED? THE GENERAL GUIDE OF 8 CUPS PER DAY, IT IS NOT BAD. THE OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATION FOR FEMALES IS 2.8 L, AND FOR MEN IS 3.4 L. THAT DOES INCLUDE THE WATER THAT IS IN FOOD, SO IF YOU EAT LOTS OF SALADS AND VEGETABLES, THAT IS IN THERE. BUT IT DEPENDS ON PERSON-TO-PERSON. YOU GUYS WORK IN A STUDIO WITH AIR-CONDITIONING. OTHER PEOPLE WORK OUTSIDE. PEOPLE WITH LARGE BODIES OR WHO SWEAT A LOT MORE NEED MORE. YOUR PEE IS YOUR BEST GUIDE. I USED TO DRINK IN PROFESSIONAL SPORT, THESE BOYS ARE DRINKING A LOT AND NEED ABOUT 4 L. SOCIAL MEDIA IS SUCH A STRANGE THING, BECAUSE IT IS GREAT FOR SOME STUFF, BUT THE TRENDS THAT COME OUT, DO THEY KIND OF DO YOUR HIDDENAS A NUTRITIONIST? I HAVE DONE THIS FOR MANY YEARS, AND YOU SEE THESE THINGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I GOT A MESSAGE THE OTHER DAY SAYING, I CAN'T EAT OATS NOW BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN IT. IF YOU ARE NOT EATING OATS FOR BREAKFAST, I YOU GOING TO EAT SOME HIGHLY PROCESSED PRODUCT THAT IS SO FAR FROM NATURE? IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO STEP BACK, CONTEXT, BIGGER PICTURE. AND REMEMBER HEALTH IS MORE THAN BEING FOR NICOTINE ABOUT GRAMS OF THIS AND THAT, IT IS HOW YOU SLEEP, YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER PEOPLE. IT IS MUCH BROADER, AND THE ANXIETY THAT EXIST CAUSES A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN THE SPACE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE MYTH BUSTING TODAY. WE CAN ALL RELAX, THAT IS WHAT I'M TAKING FROM. PEOPLE MAKE AD TIKTOK AND MAKE IT EXCITING ABOUT THE THINGS YOU KNOW. PEOPLE SEEM TO FORGET THAT DRINK BOTTLE IS A CONTAINED VESSEL SO YOU CAN REFILL IT. YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE THE GIANT BOTTLE. PEOPLE LIKE THEM AROUND. IT IS MASSIVE. YOU CAN REFILL IT ` CHILL OUT. YOU CAN GO TO THE TAP AND GET MORE. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE WALKING THE HUNDRED METRES FROM THE CUTTER THE OFFICE. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE SOME SCUBA TANKS OUT IN THE NEWSROOM. IT IS SORT OF A STATUS THING, ISN'T IT? THOSE HUGE WATER TANKS. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, MATT GIBB IS LIVING IT UP IN VICTORIA THIS WEEK. AND HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE HIS LAST HOLIDAY. MORENA, MATT. MORENA. SORRY, I AND JUST HYDRATING MYSELF. I AM ON THE MORNINGTON PENINSULA. I WILL SHOW YOU THIS PLACE AS I INDULGE IN A BATHROBES LIVE ON TV. FIND OUT HOW TO WIN ON THE WEBSITE. I'M GOING TO RUN A BUBBLE BATH. 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. ISRAELI STRIKES ACROSS GAZA HAVE KILLED AT LEAST 45 PEOPLE, WITH LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES SAYING DOZENS OF BODIES WERE RECOVERED FROM A DESTROYED GAZA CITY SCHOOL. IT COMES AS CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE. BBC MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENT LUCY WILLIAMSON IS IN JERUSALEM AND FILED THIS REPORT ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. THOSE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE FAILED AGAIN AND AGAIN. BUT THERE IS A NEW PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE, ONE THAT HAMAS HAS ALREADY ACCEPTED. IT ENVISAGES 70 DAYS OF CEASE FIRE, WITH FIVE HOSTAGES RELEASED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS AND ANOTHER FIVE HOSTAGES RELEASED BEFORE THE END. THE FACT THAT HAMAS HAS ACCEPTED THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT IN ITS POSITION. UNTIL NOW, IT WAS INSISTING ON A PERMANENT END TO THE WAR, A WITHDRAWAL OF ISRAELI TROOPS AS A PRECONDITION FOR ANY DEAL FOR ANY MORE HOSTAGE RELEASES. BUT THE FACT THAT IT HAS SHIFTED ON THIS, I THINK, SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE LEVEL OF PRESSURE IT'S UNDER ` BOTH MILITARY PRESSURE ON THE GROUND, BUT ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY INTERNAL PRESSURE FROM GAZA'S POPULATION. WE'VE SEEN REPEATED PROTESTS, WE'VE SEEN ANGER RISING ON THE STREETS. THE BALL IS NOW VERY MUCH IN ISRAEL'S COURT. IT'S THIS SORT OF PROPOSAL IS ALONG THE LINES OF PROPOSALS THEY'VE AGREED TO IN THE PAST. BUT THERE HAS HAS YET BEEN NO WORD FROM ISRAEL. BACK HERE, HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED MAJOR SLIPS AND FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. STATE HIGHWAY 6 IS CLOSED BETWEEN INANGAHUA AND THE LOWER BULLER GORGE, WHILE STATE HIGHWAY 63 NEAR HOWARD NARROWS IS ALSO SHUT DUE TO A LARGE ROCKFALL. AN UPDATE ON BOTH ROADS IS EXPECTED AROUND 10am. ALL WHITES DEFENDER SAM SUTTON HAS SIGNED WITH PERTH GLORY ON A THREE YEAR CONTRACT. THE 23-YEAR-OLD LEFT THE PHOENIX EARLIER THIS MONTH AFTER NEARLY 10 YEARS AND 98 APPEARANCES FOR THE WELLINGTON CLUB. HE'LL REUNITE WITH FORMER NIX TEAMMATE, GOALKEEPER OLI SAIL, AT GLORY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. IT'S A WET DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. PERIODS OF RAIN WITH HEAVY FALLS FOR NORTHLAND DOWN TO TARANAKI COROMANDEL AND TAUPO. SOME CLOUD WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON. KAITAIA, YOUR HIGH IS 20. 16 FOR ROTORUA. IT'S A NICE SUNNY DAY FOR THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY. HOWEVER, THE CHATHAM ISLANDS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF RAIN THIS MORNING. FOR THE REST OF YOU IT'S A CLOUDY DAY. GREYMOUTH, YOUR HIGH IS 16. 14 FOR DUNEDIN. OWING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SUPERANNUATION LATER AND WHETHER ANY POLITICAL PARTY WILL HAVE THE CAHONES TO MAKE A MOVE. WHETHER WE SHOULD DO IT. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT AT SOME POINT IF WE DON'T WANT TO RUN INTO TROUBLE. WE ARE WORKING FOR LONGER, LIVING LONGER. LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR CHIEF ECONOMIST WHO WAS GOING TO COME IN THIS MORNING. THAT'S COMING UP JUST AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. THEN WE GOING TO GO LIVE FOR SYDNEY FOR THE DEVASTATING FLOODS ACROSS NEW SOUTH WALES. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` ISRAELI STRIKES ACROSS GAZA HAVE KILLED AT LEAST 45 PEOPLE, WITH LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES SAYING DOZENS OF BODIES WERE RECOVERED FROM A DESTROYED GAZA CITY SCHOOL. BACK HERE, HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED MAJOR SLIPS AND FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND IN SPORT, ALL WHITES DEFENDER SAM SUTTON HAS SIGNED WITH PERTH GLORY AFTER NEARLY A DECADE WITH THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX. A HUGE CLEAN UP EFFORT IS UNDERWAY IN NEW SOUTH WALES, FOLLOWING RECORD BREAKING FLOODS. FIVE PEOPLE DIED, AND AN ESTIMATED 12,000 ARE STILL ISOLATED BY THE FLOOD WATERS, WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES ONLY NOW GETTING TO THE HARDER TO REACH PLACES. OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT AZIZ AL SA'AFIN JOINS US NOW FROM SYDNEY. MORENA, AZIZ. WHAT'S THE LATEST WITH THE SITUATION IN THE AFFECTED AREAS? I'VE JUST CHECKED WITH AUTHORITIES THIS MORNING, AND THOSE 12,000 PEOPLE ARE STILL REMAINING CUT OFF DESPITE THE FACT THAT WATERS ARE RECEDING. IT IS AN INTERESTING SITUATION, THEY ARE QUITE DEVASTATING AND EXTRAORDINARY PICTURES COMING OUT NOW OF THE SITUATION, NOT TOO DISSIMILAR FROM THOSE PICTURES THAT WE SAW DURING CYCLONE GABRIELLE FOR OUR VIEWERS WHO MIGHT REMEMBER THAT. THESE TOWNS HAVE REALLY GONE THROUGH IT IN THE PAST WEEK, AND WE HAVE SEEN AREAS THERE THAT HAVE BEEN FLOODED THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN FLOODED IN THEIR HISTORY. WHAT WE WILL SEE TODAY IS AROUND 70 OR 80 ADF DEFENCE PERSONNEL WILL BE DEPLOYED IN THOSE AREAS, AND THEY WILL JOIN AROUND 2200 VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING IN THE AREA, AND BY THE END OF THE WEEK, WE WILL SEE OUR OWN IF NZ JOIN THE TROOPS AS THEY TRY AND HELP THESE PEOPLE. THE EMERGENCY FUND HAS ALREADY BEEN OPENED UP AND THAT WILL PROVIDE AROUND 13 WEEKS OF INCOME FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED, AND WE HAVE JUST BEEN TOLD THAT THEY HAVE STARTED MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE HOUSES. THEY'VE LOOKED AT AROUND 3000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND DEEMED AROUND 500 OF THEM UNLIVABLE. ALBANESE WAS SPEAKING YESTERDAY AND WAS BASICALLY SAYING THAT ESSENTIALLY, IT IS QUITE WORRYING THAT WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THIS HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE, AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE GETTING TOO GOOD AT DEALING WITH THESE KINDS OF SITUATIONS WHICH ISN'T THE THING YOU WANT TO HEAR. WHAT'S IN THE FORECAST NOW? THOSE PICTURES AND THE CLEANUP LOOK PRETTY GOOD AT THE MINUTE. THOSE WATERS ARE RECEDING, HOWEVER WE HAVE JUST BEEN TOLD THAT THERE IS YET ANOTHER SEVERE WARNING. ALSO PARTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES ALSO SAID TO BE HIT BY THIS REALLY POWERFUL COLD FRONT AND WE ARE EXPECTING GUSTS AROUND HUNDRED AND 25 KM AN HOUR. SO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THOSE AREAS HAVE JUST BEEN TOLD TO WATCH OUT FOR FALLING TREES. SWITCHING TOPICS` THE MUSHROOM DETAIL TRIAL CONTINUES TO ATTRACT ATTENTION. IS THERE ANY SIGN OF IT WRAPPING UP? WELL, PUT IT THIS WAY. WE ARE IN WEEK FIVE OF WHAT WAS PUT DOWN FOR A SIX WEEKS TRAIL. SO, I GUESS WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINTY END OF THE TRIAL, YOU COULD SAY. WE MIGHT SEE IT START TO WRAP UP TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK, PERHAPS THE START OF NEXT WEEK, AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR AT LEAST IN THE LATEST TESTIMONY, AS THIS COMPUTER AND THIS PHONE THAT WERE SEIZED FROM ERIN PATTERSON'S HOUSE. WE SAW FORENSICS SCIENTISTS CROSS EXAMINED BY THE DEFENCE. HE WAS REALLY TRYING TO LOOK INTO THIS FORENSIC SCIENTIST'S CREDENTIALS. ESSENTIALLY, WHAT IS BEING ALLEGED IS THAT THESE COMPUTERS WERE USED TO SEARCH FOR THE INATURALIST WEBSITE. PEOPLE HAD SAID THEY HAD POSTED ABOUT DEATH CAP MUSHROOMS ON THAT WEBSITE AND APPARENTLY THAT WEBSITE WAS ACCESSED. YESTERDAY, SALLYANNE ATKINSON FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WAS TASKED WITH INVESTIGATING IN THE DAYS AFTER THE LUNCH, AND ABOUT WHAT WHETHER THESE DEATH MUSHROOMS COME FROM AND WHERE THEY WERE BOUGHT FROM. SHE WAS TASKED WITH TALKING TO ERIN PATTERSON AND WHAT SHE OUTLINED IN HER TESTIMONY WAS THAT ERIN WAS REALLY HARD TO GET A HOLD OF, THAT SHE WASN'T REALLY GETTING MUCH INFORMATION FROM HER, AFTER THE LUNCH, AND THAT THE STORY CHANGED ABOUT WHERE THE MUSHROOMS CAME FROM. WHETHER THEY CAME FROM A GROCER OR WHETHER THEY WERE A MIX FROM THE ASIAN GROCER AND THE WOOLWORTHS. SHE DID SAY THAT SHE HAD ASKED EIREANN IF SHE HAD FORAGED FOR THESE MUSHROOMS, AND SHE SAID THAT IT WAS DENIED. WE ARE HEARING MORE FROM SALLYANNE ATKINSON TODAY, AND WE ARE EXPECTING HER TO BE CROSS EXAMINED BY THE DEFENCE. AND AUSTRALIA HAD A BIG NAME IN U.S. POLITICS VISIT. WHAT WAS KAMALA HARRIS THERE TO DO? MAKING HER FIRST VISIT HERE IN AUSTRALIA, SEEMINGLY TO TALK ABOUT REAL ESTATE. SHE WAS HERE AT THE AUSTRALIAN REAL ESTATE CONFERENCE ON THE GOLD COAST, SHE WAS INVITED AS A GUEST, AND SHE SPOKE ABOUT A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT THINGS, HER CAREER, HER LIFE, SHE USED ANECDOTES FROM HER 2019 BOOK, SHE CRITICISED MUSK WITHOUT ACTUALLY NAMING HIM, AND SHE REALLY COMPARED WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN AMERICA AT THE MOMENT TO THE 1930S. TALKING ABOUT HOW WHEN COUNTRIES START TO DIVIDE, AND WHEN THEY START TO EXCLUDE THEMSELVES AND CITING THE TARIFFS THAT WE ARE SEEING, THAT'S WHEN WE SEE THE WORST OF SOCIETY. SHE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, SHE WAS INTRODUCED AS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WOMAN IN HISTORY, AND SHE QUICKLY TOLD THE INTERVIEWER THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED AT THE MOMENT. AND IN TRUE HARRIS STYLE, SHE WALKED OFF TO BEYONCE'S HALO WITH A STANDING OVATION. FEEDBACK COMING IN, FIRST OF ALL ON THE MASS OF WATER BOTTLE. PEPPER ACTUALLY INFUSES BERRIES AND LEMONS AND THEN PUTS IT IN A BIG DRINK BOTTLE, HENCE WHY SOME OF US CARRY IT AROUND. SUPERANNUATION, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS AFTER 7 O'CLOCK, AND ALSO TALKING TO CHRIS HIPKINS. WARREN SAYS SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT CAPABLE OF WORKING PAST 60. SOME OF IT MIGHT BE REALLY HARD LABOUR AND YOU CAN'T WORK THAT LONG. I THINK IT HURTS IF WE CHANGE THE AGE, MAORI, WOMAN, PACIFIC ISLANDS. WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE AGED POPULATION. FRANCE HAVE JUST DONE IT TOO, FROM 60 TO 64. LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE SUPERANNUATION. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST RAISING THE AGE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SUPERANNUATION. BUT FIRST ` THEY'RE CUTE, CURIOUS AND TURNING UP IN THE UNLIKELIEST PLACES. WHY YOUNG FUR SEALS ARE WANDERING SO FAR FROM THE SEA. # YOU KNOW YOU'RE MY SAVING GRACE. I THINK IT IS KIND OF ARTy. RAIN EASING TO ISOLATED SHOWERS THIS MORNING. WINDS TURNING SOUTH-EASTERLY. YOU'VE GOTTA FIND THEY INSTALL. NORTH-EASTERLY IS DEVELOPING BY THE AFTERNOON AND A HIGH OF 14 DEGREES. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MELBOURNE ` EVERY BIT DIFFERENT. THIS WEEK, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH VISIT VICTORIA TO BRING YOU THE VERY BEST OF THIS VIBRANT, MUST-VISIT STATE. MATT GIBB HAS JETTED ACROSS THE TASMAN AND IS CHECKING OUT THE SIGHTS, FLAVOURS AND EXPERIENCES VICTORIA HAS TO OFFER. AND THIS MORNING, HE'S KICKING THINGS OFF IN THE STUNNING MORNINGTON PENINSULA. FROM BREATHTAKING COASTLINES TO WORLD-CLASS WINERIES, TO LUXURIOUS SPAS. LOOK, I WAS MADE AWARE THIS IS A FAMILY SHOW. I HAVE MY NIPPLE FLUFFERS. I AM RELAXING HERE WITH THE BUBBLES. THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO HERE IN MELBOURNE. IT IS NOT EVERYWHERE YOU FIND A FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX AND A TENNIS TOURNAMENT AS WELL. WE KNOW IT AS KIWIS FOR ITS BARS, ENTERTAINMENT, NIGHTLIFE, BUT WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT MELBOURNE IS JUST ONE HOURS DRIVE DOWN SOUTH IS THIS INCREDIBLE SPOT ` THE MORNINGTON PENINSULA WHICH IS WHERE I FIND MYSELF TODAY. GOLF COURSES, WINERIES, GUIDANCE TO TOUR, ALL THOUGHTS OF THINGS TO DO AND RELAXING PLACES TO VISIT AS WELL, LIKE WHERE I AM THIS MORNING. THIS IS ALBA THERMAL SPRINGS AND SPA. IT IS INDULGENCE PERSONIFIED THE SITE YOU HAVE THE HOT POOLS AND SPRINGS OUTSIDE. THIS MORNING I WANT TO SHOW YOU AROUND AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE SHOW, AND THEN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK I AM COMING LIVE FROM MELBOURNE TO GIVE YOU A TASTE OF WHAT YOU WOULD EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU TO BE THE LUCKY TWO WINNERS OF THIS INCREDIBLE COMPETITION. GO TO WINWITHBREAKFAST.CO.NZ YOU WILL BE HEADING OVER THE TASMAN, JUST FOUR HOURS AND YOU WILL BE IN MELBOURNE. INCREDIBLE ACCOMMODATION, DINING EXPERIENCES FOR AN END, TICKETS TO BETELGEUSE THE MUSICAL, AND IMPRESSIONIST EXHIBITION. LEGO STAR WARS THAT IS HAPPENING AT MELBOURNE MUSEUM. IT IS A PRETTY AMAZING PRICE BACK PRIZE PACK* VALUED AT $5500. WE ANNOUNCE OUR WINNER ON FRIDAY MORNING. OPEN UNTIL 4 PM ON THURSDAY. TELL YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR GRANDMA, YOUR DOG THAT GET TO THE WEBSITE AND ENTER. THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MORNING, I WILL BE OUT OF THE BATH AND I WILL PUT MY CLOTHES ON, I PROMISE, AND I WILL TALK TO THE HEAD CHEF HERE AT THE BEAUTIFUL THYME. THE BEAUTIFUL THYME RESTAURANT. AND I MIGHT JUST SHOW YOU SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES. IF YOU LEAVE ME ALONE FOR A LITTLE WHILE TO INDULGE, ENJOY AND JUST SOAK IT UP. THANK YOU, MATT. LIFE FOR US IN MELBOURNE. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN WHEN YOUNG FUR SEALS START TURNING UP IN SOME VERY UNEXPECTED PLACES. FROM FOOTPATHS TO HIGHWAYS, THEIR CURIOUS WANDERINGS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS CAN RAISE BOTH EYEBROWS AND SAFETY CONCERNS. AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION IS CALLING FOR THE PUBLIC TO REPORT SIGHTINGS TO HELP IDENTIFY DANGER ZONES AND FUTURE ROAD SAFETY MEASURES. MARINE EXPERT JODY WEIR HAS EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH THE SO-CALLED 'SEAL SILLY SEASON' AND JOINS US FROM KAIKOURA. GOOD MORNING, JODY. WHY DO WE HAVE THIS SEAL SILLY SEASON? GOOD MORNING. IT IS AN INTERESTING TIME OF YEAR. IT IS GENERALLY WHEN THE YOUNGSTERS ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO VENTURE A BIT FURTHER FROM MUM. SO THEY MAY END UP ON ROADS AND IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS AND THEY ARE FEELING A LITTLE BIT MORE ADVENTUROUS. ARE THERE ANY PLACES IN PARTICULAR THAT THEY ARE DRAWN TO WHERE WE MIGHT SEE THEM? THIS IS PART OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO LEARN ABOUT. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEM GETTING ONTO ROADS OR NEAR ROADS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, ACTUALLY STOP WE ARE REALLY KEEN TO KNOW WHERE THAT IS HAPPENING IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS. SO WE ARE REALLY KEEN TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE SHOWING UP, AND THIS STUDY WILL HOPEFULLY TELL US THAT ` WHERE THEY'RE COMING UP. I DISTINCTLY RECALL ONE SEAL BEING AT A KFC IN AUCKLAND A FEW YEARS AGO. WHERE ARE SOME OF THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL PLACES YOU HAVE FOUND SOME OF THESE CREATURES? THEY HAVE ENDED UP THROUGH CAT DOORS, ON PEOPLE'S SOFAS. I THINK ONE STOPPED TRAFFIC UP IN TAURANGA LAST YEAR. AND IF YOU SEE A SEAL IN YOUR BACKYARD OR CLOSE BY, WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ON HOW WE DEAL WITH THESE CREATURES? FIRST OF ALL CONSIDER YOURSELF REALLY LUCKY. IT IS ONE OF THE LAST PLACES IN THE WORLD WHERE IT WILL HAPPEN. AND REMEMBER THEY ARE WILD ANIMALS. I HAIL FROM CANADA, SO VERY USED TO THAT. IT HAS GOT THOSE BIG TEETH. YOU DON'T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE NEAR IT. WE DO WANT TO TRY AND GET AN IDEA OF WHERE THEY ARE, SO FROM A SAFE DISTANCE, PLEASE MAYBE TAKE A PHOTO IF IT IS SAFE TO DO SO, AND WE ARE REALLY KEEN TO KNOW WHERE THAT SIGHTING IS, BUT ALSO HOW MANY ANIMALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WE ARE ALSO VERY KEEN TO KNOW HISTORIC SIGHTINGS. SO IT DOES NOT HAVE TO JUST BE ONES THAT YOU ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW. IT MAY BE AN AREA WHERE YOU HAVE FREQUENTLY SEEN THEM ` WE ARE KEEN TO KNOW THAT AS WELL. THE SMALL ONES LOOK QUITE CUTE. IS THERE ANY ADVICE ON WHAT NOT TO DO, WHETHER IT IS PITTING OR FEEDING THEM? PETTING* NEITHER OF THOSE. REMEMBER THEY ARE CARNIVORES WITH BIG CARNIVORE TEETH. AS YOU WOULD NOT FEED A WOLF CUB OR GRIZZLY BEAR BABY, THINK ABOUT THE SAME WAY. SO YOU WANT TO GIVE IT PLENTY OF SPACE AND LET IT DO ITS THING. WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO CALL THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION, BUT ONLY IF IT IS A REAL EMERGENCY STATE. WHEN IT COMES TO ROADS ALSO, IT IS A POLICE MATTER, SO LARGE ANIMALS CAN CAUSE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS ON THE ROAD, AND THIS IS PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO LEARN ABOUT, SO THAT WE CAN BETTER PLAN SMARTER. GENERALLY GIVE THEM LOTS OF ROOM. KEEP SMALL CHILDREN AND DOGS OBVIOUSLY WELL FAR AWAY, AND JUST ENJOY IT DOING ITS THING. THEY WERE HERE FIRST, ACTUALLY. HOUSE I CAN ACTUALLY TRAVEL FROM THEIR NATURAL HABITATS? I GET ASKED A LOT. WE HAD A SEA LION EARLIER LAST YEAR THAT ACTUALLY HAD HER BABY REALLY FAR UP THE RIVER. SO A COUPLE OF KILOMETRES EASY. KAIKOURA INTRODUCED SOME NEW SAFETY MEASURES FOR SEAL. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT AROUND THE COUNTRY? YES, IT WOULD BE REALLY NEAT. IT WAS EXCITING FOR ME, BECAUSE FOR YEARS AND YEARS, WE HAVE KNOWN, FOR SEALS, PARTICULARLY THE LITTLE PUPS, ARE GETTING SQUASHED ON THE ROAD AROUND KAIKOURA PARTICULARLY. IT WOULD HAPPEN NOW AND AGAIN, AND PEOPLE WOULD REPORT TIMES THEY HAD SEEN A DOZEN OR SOMETHING. BUT WE HAD TO DO THE SCIENCE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT OTHER VARIABLES CONTRIBUTING TO THAT. AND WE FOUND OUT THAT IT IS THIS TIME OF YEAR ACTUALLY, WHEN ACTUALLY THE YOUNG FUR SEALS ARE STARTING TO VENTURE A BIT FURTHER. IT IS ALSO WHEN WE GET THE BIGGER STORMS AND TIDES HAPPENING, AND WE HAPPEN TO HAVE A LOT OF HOLIDAY WEEKENDS. SO THERE IS MORE TRAFFIC ON THE ROADS. SO LOOKING AT THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE NOTICE IS IN AREAS WHERE YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE LOTS OF SQUASHED FUR SEALS, BUT WE DIDN'T, THEY HAD SOMETHING CALLED MOTORCYCLE PROTECTION RAIL, WHICH IS THAT RAIL, ANYONE WHO RIDES A MOTORCYCLE WOULD KNOW WHAT THAT IS, AND THAT IS A WAY TO KEEP SEALS ACROSS THE ROAD, BUT IT ALSO KEEPS MOTORISTS SAFE AS WELL. BECAUSE A BIG PART OF THIS IS WHETHER IT IS AN ACTUAL COLLISION OR THUMB ONE BEARING TO AVOID SOMETHING OR TAKE A PICTURE, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE WANT TO AVOID. SO WORKING WITH WAKA KOTAHI, THEY ACTUALLY MANAGED TO FIND A WAY TO PUT THAT GUARDRAIL IN AREAS WHERE WE RECOMMENDED, AND IT HAS ALREADY MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. SO WE ARE ALREADY SEEING LESS SQUISHED PUPPIES ON THE ROAD, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT. THAT IS GREAT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, AND GOOD LUCK FOR THE SEAL SILLY SEASON. THANK YOU. BYE. IF YOU ARE ON INSTAGRAM, NEIL THE SEAL IN TASMANIA. GO CHECK HIM OUT. HE IS A BIG BOY. STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S STILL OPEN TO LIFTING THE SUPERANNUATION AGE. SO WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR? ALSO AHEAD ` THE SEWAGE PROBLEM THAT'S FORCED OYSTER FARMS NORTH OF AUCKLAND TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE, WITH FEARS THEY COULD FOLD BEFORE THE ISSUE IS SOLVED. AND LATER ` HOW COST-CUTTING MEASURES FOR A PROPOSED FOUR-LANE EXPRESSWAY COULD SPLIT A HOROWHENUA TOWN IN TWO. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN LIVERPOOL AFTER A CAR DROVE INTO A CROWD OF PEDESTRIANS. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE GATHERED IN THE STREETS AS THEY CELEBRATED THE REDS' PREMIER LEAGUE VICTORY. IT'S UNCLEAR IF ANYONE HAS BEEN INJURED. PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER HAS DESCRIBED THE SCENE AS 'APPALLING.' RUSSIA HAS LAUNCHED IT'S BIGGEST AERIAL ATTACK ON UKRAINE SINCE THE WAR BEGAN, JUST HOURS AFTER U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CALLED ITS LEADER 'CRAZY' FOR RECENT ESCALATIONS. TRUMP'S ALSO SAID HES CONSIDERING FURTHER SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA. MOSCOW OFFICIALS HAVE RESPONDED, BLAMING TRUMP'S COMMENTS ON 'EMOTIONAL OVERLOAD.' KING CHARLES AND QUEEN CAMILLA HAVE TOUCHED DOWN IN CANADA. THE VISIT COMES AMID ONGOING TENSIONS BETWEEN CANADA AND IT'S SOUTHERN NEIGHBOUR, WITH U.S. PRESIDENT TRUMP REPEATEDLY THREATENING TO ANNEX THE COMMONWEALTH NATION. CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY SAYS THE MONARCH'S VISIT UNDERSCORES HIS COUNTRY'S SOVEREIGNTY. CARNEY HAS INVITED THE KING TO DELIVER A FORMAL SPEECH OPENING CANADA'S PARLIAMENT, THE FIRST MONARCH TO DO SO IN 50 YEARS. AND BACK HERE, AHEAD OF THE KING'S BIRTHDAY, THERE WILL BE NO TRAINS IN WELLINGTON OVER THE LONG WEEKEND. IT COMES AS KIWIRAIL CARRY OUT PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES AND RAIL IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS ALL RAIL LINES. THAT INCLUDES BRIDGE REPAIRS, TRACK REPLACEMENTS, AND LEVEL CROSSING SAFETY UPGRADES. BUSES WILL REPLACE ALL TRAINS OVER THE WEEKEND, WITH RAIL SERVICES RESUMING ON TUESDAY MORNING. THREE RAIDERS PLAYERS HAVE BEEN CHARGED AFTER SUNDAY NIGHT'S PHYSICAL ENCOUNTER WITH THE WARRIORS. HOOKER TOM STARLING FACES A MINIMUM ONE MATCH BAN AFTER BEING SIN BINNED FOR A LATE TACKLE ON CHANEL HARRIS TAVITA IN THE FINAL FEW MINUTES OF THE GAME. RAIDERS SKIPPER JOSEPH TAPINE FACES A $3000 FINE FOR A SHOULDER CHARGE, WHILE FELLOW PROP COREY HORSBURGH WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH DANGEROUS CONTACT. WARRIORS PROP JACOB LABAN HAS BEEN FINED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AFTER ENTERING AN EARLY GUILTY PLEA TO A CHARGE OF DANGEROUS CONTACT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) CHECKING OUT WHAT THE WEATHER IS DOING AT YOUR PLACE TODAY. IT'S A WET DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. PERIODS OF RAIN WITH HEAVY FALLS FOR NORTHLAND DOWN TO TARANAKI, COROMANDEL AND TAUPO. SOME CLOUD WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON. KAITAIA, YOUR HIGH IS 20. 16 FOR ROTORUA. IT'S A NICE SUNNY DAY FOR THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY. HOWEVER, THE CHATHAM ISLANDS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF RAIN THIS MORNING. FOR THE REST OF YOU, IT'S A CLOUDY DAY. GREYMOUTH, YOUR HIGH IS 16. 14 FOR DUNEDIN. EVERY YEAR, WE SPEND MORE ON PAYING SUPERANNUATION TO THOSE OVER 65 THAN WE DO ON EDUCATING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, DESPITE SUPER COSTING THE COUNTRY NEARLY $25 BILLION OVER THE NEXT YEAR. THE GOVERNMENT DIDN'T TINKER WITH THE SCHEME IN LAST WEEK'S BUDGET. FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS SAYS RAISING THE AGE OF ELIGIBILITY IS STILL ON HER RADAR, BUT SHE'S NOT MAKING ANY SUDDEN MOVES. IF THERE WERE TO EVER BE CHANGES TO NEW ZEALAND SUPER YOU WOULD EXPECT A GOOD LEAD IN TIME TO GIVE NEW ZEALANDERS TIME TO PREPARE AND YOU WOULD EXPECT A POLITICAL PARTY TO GO TO THE ELECTORATE AND TO BE VERY EXPLICIT ABOUT WHAT IT WAS PLANNING TO CHANGE. WE DON'T HAVE THE MANDATE FOR THAT WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO UNIVERSAL SUPERANNUATION. LIFTING THE AGE IS SUPPORTED BY THE RETIREMENT COMMISSION AND TREASURY. JOINING US IS CHIEF ECONOMIST AT SIMPLICITY, SHAMUBEEL EAQUB. SHAMUBEEL, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. IT HAS TO HAPPEN AT SOME POINT, DOESN'T IT? WE HAVE TRIED IN THE PAST AND SAID, IT WILL HAPPEN IN FUTURE, AND WE HAVE WANDERED BACK. BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WANT THEIR ENTITLEMENTS TO BE TAKEN AWAY. I CAN TAKE YOU THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH FEEDBACK THIS MORNING. I HAVE WORKED IN TRADES ALL MY LIFE. MY BODY IS BUGGED. I HAVE WORKED FOR 50 YEARS, I STILL PAY MY TAX, I'M STILL BEING TAXED ` A LOT OF THAT FEEDBACK. I'VE WORKED SO HARD FOR THIS AND I DESERVE IT. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THIS IS THE MISCONCEPTION THAT HAS HAPPENED AROUND NEW ZEALAND SUPER FOR A LONG TIME. THAT SOMEHOW WE ARE PAYING THROUGH OUR TAXES FOR THE FUTURE. THAT IS NOT TRUE. WE ARE PAYING FOR THE PEOPLE ON SUPER TODAY. BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY MORE OLDER PEOPLE, THE NUMBER OF SUPERANNUATION'S YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IS INCREASING ALL THE TIME. FOR OUR GRANDCHILDREN, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY SOMETHING LIKE 50% MORE FOR TAXES TO PAY FOR SUPER. SO THERE IS THIS WEIRD VIEW THAT SOMEHOW ` THIS NARCISSISTIC VIEW THAT I DESERVE IT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO ROB OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF IT. THE STATUS QUO, IS IT SUSTAINABLE? IT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. SUPERANNUATION PAYMENTS HAVE INCREASED BY $1.5 BILLION LAST DEFICIT WE HAVE CUT EVERYTHING ELSE ` HOSPITALS, EDUCATION, PAYING OUR TEACHERS. THESE OTHER TRADE-OFFS. IF YOU THINK WE CANNOT POSSIBLY CHANGE NEW ZEALAND SUPER OR ITS ENTITLEMENT, YOU ARE SAYING WE ARE GOING TO CHOOSE TO HAVE LESS ROADS, SCHOOLS, NURSES, LOWER QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICES. THESE THINGS ARE NOT UNLIMITED; WE HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES THAT UP. AND SUPER IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IS REALLY PRECIOUS AND HELPFUL, BECAUSE WE WANT TO LOOK AFTER PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MEANS AN OLD AGE, BUT WE CANNOT LOOK AT EVERYONE. SO WHAT OTHER OPTIONS? THE OPTIONS ARE ABSOLUTELY OBVIOUS IS THAT WE HAVE KNOWN THIS FOR EVER ` THE WAY TO DO IT IS GRADUALLY OVER TIME. INCREASED ALLAH BILLET ELIGIBILITY AGE* WE NEED TO MEANS TESTED. WE SHOULD NOT GIVE SUPER TO RICH PEOPLE ` WE CANNOT AFFORD IT. IT IS BETTER IF WE GAVE IT TO A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THEY ARE BETTER OFF. THAT IS WHAT THEY DO IN AUSTRALIA, AND IT WORKS A HELL OF A LOT BETTER. IF YOU PUSH IT OUT EVERY SIX MONTHS, PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW 60, 61, 62 THIS WILL NOT AFFECT. WE SHOULD NOT START TODAY FOR THAT WE SHOULD SAY WE ARE STARTING IN 10, 15 YEARS TIME TO STOP IT IS NOT FAIR FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UNPREPARED TO CARRY THIS BURDEN. WE SHOULD GIVE PEOPLE TIME TO PREPARE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SAVINGS IF THEY WANT. WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL IN THE WAY WE MANAGE IT. WE HAVE TIME ON OUR HANDS BUT WE ARE RUNNING OUT. WE KEEP REFUSING TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS TODAY, SO OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN HAD TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS. IT IS EXTREMELY UNFAIR TO SAY WE ARE TOO COWARDLY TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION TODAY TO THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS MAKE HARDER DECISIONS. BUT IS THAT GOING TO BE KICKED DOWN THE LINE? AT SOME POINT IN TIME IT HAS TO CHANGE, BECAUSE WE ARE PAYING SO MUCH OF OUR TAXES ON JUST THIS ONE THING. I THINK THE POLITICS WOULD BREAK. WE CANNOT FOREVER BE THAT OLD PEOPLE DOMINATE POLITICS. AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE HAD TO HAVE MORE FAIRNESS IN OUR POLITICS IS NOT AT THE MOMENT YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T VOTE ENOUGH AND YOU WILL SEE IN THE BUDGET THAT IT MUCH MORE FAVOURS PEOPLE WHO ARE BETTER OFF AND PEOPLE WHO ARE OLDER, RATHER THAN PEOPLE WHO ARE YOUNGER AND POORER. BUT SOMETHING HAS TO BREAK. AT THE MOMENT WE SPENT SOMETHING LIKE 20% OF TAXES ON SUPER. I THINK THAT IS GOING TO KEEP INCREASING BECAUSE OF THE LAWS OF AGEING. AND AT ONE POINT IN TIME, PEOPLE SAY, I DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN. I WANT MY CHILDREN TO GO TO SCHOOL, I WANT GOOD TEACHERS, GOOD ROADS, HOSPITALS. WHEN YOU START TO SACRIFICE THAT, I THINK THE BACKLASH IS GOING TO BE STRONG. PEOPLE STILL DON'T THINK ABOUT IT ENOUGH, DO THEY ` RETIREMENT. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IN A NON-NARCISSISTIC WAY. PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY DESERVE IT, WHY DO YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN DESERVE TO BE THE COST OF YOU NOT BEING PREPARED FOR WHAT YOU KNEW IS ALWAYS COMING. WE ALWAYS KNOW AGEING IS COMING FOR SOME YOU DON'T NEED AN ECONOMIST TO FIGURE SUFFERS UP WE HAVE BEEN LIVING LONGER FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THIS IS ENTIRELY PREDICTABLE, AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN PREPARED FOR IT. WHO DO WE HURT IF WE DO CHANGE THE AGE ` I'M THINKING WOMEN, MAORI, PACIFIC. AND PEOPLE WHO DO HARD PHYSICAL JOBS. WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS TAKE THE DISABILITY BENEFIT TO MAKE THEM THERE FOR SOME AT THE MOMENT THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY ATROCIOUS IN NEW ZEALAND COMPARED TO SUPER. IT IS A BIG STEP UP FOR SUPER. WE NEED TO EXTEND THE WELFARE SYSTEM SO THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU CANNOT WORK BECAUSE YOU ARE OLDER BECAUSE YOUR BODY DOESN'T WORK. SO THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY A NEW ZEALAND SUPER PROBLEM. YOU HAVE KIND OF ANSWER THIS, BUT DO YOU SEE THIS HAPPENING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS? I DO NOT. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE LEADERSHIP IN THIS COUNTRY TO MAKE THOSE DIFFICULT DECISIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. KIA ORA. E HAERE AKE NEI ` CHRIS HIPKINS JOINS US NEXT. WHERE DOES LABOUR STAND ON THE AGE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SUPER? (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! HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` OVER KING'S BIRTHDAY WEEKEND THERE WILL BE NO TRAINS IN WELLINGTON WHILE KIWIRAIL CARRIES OUT PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES AND RAIL IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS ALL RAIL LINES. OVERSEAS, KING CHARLES AND QUEEN CAMILLA HAVE TOUCHED DOWN IN CANADA AMID ONGOING TENSIONS BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. AND IN SPORT, THREE RAIDERS PLAYERS HAVE BEEN CHARGED BY THE NRL JUDICIARY AFTER SUNDAY NIGHT'S BRUISING ENCOUNTER WITH THE WARRIORS. AS WE JUST HEARD, CALLS TO RAISE THE ELIGIBILITY AGE AND START MEANS-TESTING ARE GETTING LOUDER. BUT SO FAR, THE POLITICAL PARTIES ARE RELATIVELY QUIET ON THE SUBJECT. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS JOINS US NOW. GREAT TO HAVE YOU IN THE STUDIO. HE SAID HE CAN'T SEE SUPRA CHANGING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE STRONG ENOUGH LEADERSHIP POLITICALLY. DO WE? I DON'T AGREE WITH EVERYTHING HE SAID, WE CAN SUSTAIN NEW ZEALAND SUPERANNUATION IF WE MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES. I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP THE AGE OF ELIGIBILITY UNIVERSAL AT 65, AND THERE ARE GOOD REASONS FOR THAT. UNIVERSAL SUPERANNUATION IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE DON'T HAVE OLDER NEW ZEALANDERS LIVING IN POVERTY IN THE WAY THAT YOU DO IN MANY OTHER COUNTRIES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE HOLD FAST TO THAT, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE GOOD CHOICES IF WE CAN PAY FOR THAT IN THE LONG TERM, AND I THINK TOO MANY GOVERNMENTS HAVE JUST CONTINUED TO KICK THAT INTO THE TOO HARD BASKET. NICOLA WILLIS FOR EXAMPLE SAYING THAT WE WILL GET GOVERNMENT SPENDING BACK DOWN TO 30% OF GDP, YOU CAN'T DO THAT IF YOU WILL PRESERVE UNIVERSAL ELIGIBILITY. BECAUSE AS THE POPULATION INCREASES, GOVERNMENT SPENDING WILL HAVE TO INCREASE. IS IN IT FAR TOO EXPENSIVE, AND WHY NOT MAKE IT MEANS TESTED BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT ARE RICH AND WELL OFF DON'T NEED IT. THEN THAT WOULD BECOME THAT DEBATE AROUND WELFARE. YOU WOULD SEE SECTIONS. YOU OPEN UP TOO MUCH RISK. IS IT NOT A FORM OF WELFARE? IT WOULD BECOME ANOTHER POLITICAL FOOTBALL. ONE OF THE REASONS WE DON'T SEE PEOPLE STIGMATISING OLDER NEW ZEALANDERS WHO RELY ON SUPERANNUATION IS BECAUSE IT'S UNIVERSAL. I WOULD BE CONCERNED IF IT WENT DOWN A PATH OF MEANS TESTING FESTIVAL BECAUSE YOU'VE PAID TAXES ALL YOUR LIFE, AND YOU'RE CONTRIBUTING, AND SO YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ENJOY RETIREMENT, AND SECOND OF ALL BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT BECOME SICK BUT TIES IN THE WAY WELFARE HAS BECOME, WHICH IS A PROBLEM BY THE WAY AS WELL. THE STIGMATISATION OF PEOPLE WHO CAN'T FIND WORK IS DISGRACEFUL. IT IS STILL PUTTING IT ONTO THE YOUNGER GENERATION TO PAY FOR SUPERANNUATION. THE CURRENT GENERATION PAID FOR THE RETIREMENT OF PEOPLE WHO CAME BEFORE, IT'S PART OF IT. WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO BASIC NOTIONS OF THE COMMON GOOD. WE OWE IT TO FUTURE GENERATIONS AND TO PAST GENERATIONS TO DO THE RIGHT THING. NEW ZEALAND HAS ALWAYS OPERATED ON THAT BASIS. WHEN YOU AND WORK, YOU ARE HELPING YOUNGER GENERATIONS AND OLDER GENERATION. THAT'S PART OF LIVING IN A COMMUNITY. I THINK THIS TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON JUST DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR YOURSELF. I THINK SOCIETY SHOULD BE MUCH MORE ABOUT COMMUNITY AND HOW WE ARE SUPPORTING OTHERS. WOULD HAVE BE POSSIBLE TO DO IT GRADUALLY, SAY STARTING IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND HAVE IT GRADUALLY PHASED? I THINK THE ARGUMENT ABOUT RAISING THE AGE OF RETIREMENT IS UNFAIR ON THE LARGE PROPORTION OF OUR POPULATION WHO REALLY NEED TO RETIRE AT 65. IT'S FINE IF YOU ARE WORKING IN AN OFFICE, AND YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOU WILL WORK TILL 70, IF YOU ARE DOING MANUAL WORK, THEN BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THE AGE OF 65 YOUR BODY IS WORN OUT AND YOU DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETIRE WITH DIGNITY. WE KNOW THAT LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE MANUAL WORK FOR MAORI AND PASIFIKA IS LOWER THAN FOR OTHERS. I DON'T THINK THAT IS RIGHT. YOU REFUSED TO COMMIT TO REVERSING THE PAY EQUITY CHANGES, NO, WITH BOTH SAID THE SAME THING. WE WILL ABSOLUTELY REVERSE THE PAY EQUITY CHANGES AND WE WILL SET OUT HOW WE WILL PAY FOR THAT WHEN WE RELEASE A FISCAL PLAN. PEOPLE SAYING IMMEDIATELY HOW WE WILL PAY FOR IT, WE WILL SET IT OUT PRIOR TO THE NEXT ELECTION. IF YOU'RE NOT GIVING US AN IDEA ABOUT HOW` THERE IS A LOT OF WATER TO FLOW UNDER THE BRIDGE. THE GOVERNMENT STILL HAVE ANOTHER BUDGET TO DELIVER YET. WE ARE BEING ASKED TO WRITE A BUDGET BEFORE WE EVEN KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT IS DOING. THE GREEN SAID THAT THERE WAS A $700 MILLION HOLD WHICH NICOLA WILLIS IS DISPUTING IS LUDICROUS. DO YOU SURE THOSE THOUGHTS? THEY HAVE A POINT THERE. THE GOVERNMENT HAVE INCREASED KIWISAVER CONTRIBUTIONS BUT HAVEN'T MADE ANY ALLOWANCE TO PAY FOR THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS WILL TEACHERS, DOCTORS, POLICE, OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE PUBLIC PAYROLL. THEY HAVEN'T SAID HOW THEY WILL PAY. SCHOOL LUNCHES, PEOPLE PUT THE BOOT AND A LOT ABOUT SCHOOL LUNCHES. A ROGUE CATERPILLAR OR WHATEVER IT WAS, I THINK THEY SAID THE TARGET WOULD BE TERM TO IT WOULD BE IRONED OUT. ON THE WHOLE, DO YOU THINK THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB ON CLEANING UP THEIR ACT? IF DAVID SEYMOUR THINKS HE CAN INCREASE PROTEIN BY ADDING MAGGOTS, HE CAN THINK AGAIN. THIS IS A CUT-PRICE, CHEAP LUNCH, CHEATING KIDS OF LUNCH THEY DESERVE, AND FRANKLY, I THINK WE SHOULD GO BACK TO THE OLD SYSTEM WHICH WAS WORKING. I DON'T THINK HE SAID THEY WOULD INCREASE PROTEIN BY ADDING MAGGOTS, I THINK IT WAS ONE CATERPILLAR, AS IT SOMETHING THAT'S GONE A BIT ROGUE? THE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM HAS BEEN A DISASTER. THEY WERE TOLD IF THEY CUT IT, THEY COULD NOT DELIVER, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING. YOU CAN'T DO IT FOR THE CHEAPNESS THAT THEY ARE INSISTING ON. HE WILL BE THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, AND I ASKED NICOLA WILLIS THIS YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW SHE ASSESSED WINSTON PETERS'S TERM, HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS IT? CHAOS, BASICALLY. SINCE THE ELECTION, WHERE SEEN CHAOS FROM THIS GOVERNMENT. THREE PARTIES THAT DON'T SEEM TO TALK TO EACH OTHER, WINSTON PETERS CONSTANTLY UNDERMINING THE PRIME MINISTER, THE POSITION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HE HAS MOMENTS OF BRILLIANCE, WINSTON PETERS AS THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER, BUT THEN HE DOES REALLY STRANGE THINGS AS WELL. CHRISTOPHER LUXON SEEMS TO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE'S GOING TO SAY ABOUT NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION FROM MONDAY TO THE NEXT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S TENABLE WHERE YOU HAVE THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE BLACKS ON OUT THERE IN THE WORLD SAYING VERY DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION. CHRISTOPHER LUXON* HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY RESPECT FOR BASIC DEMOCRATIC NORMS. HE DOESN'T THEY PASS IT THROUGH AND HOPE NO ONE NOTICES. PUSH IT THROUGH HOPE NO ONE NOTICES. DAVID SEYMOUR IS RIGHT AT THE HEART OF THAT. HIS REGULATORY RULES APPLY TO EVERYBODY ELSE EXCEPT FOR HIM. EVERYTHING HE DOES SEEMS TO BE EXEMPT FROM HIS PRINCIPLES THAT HE PUSHES ON OTHER PEOPLE. FROM WHAT YOU'VE SAID FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW, IT SHOULD BE GOOD NEWS FOR LABOUR IN TERMS OF CAMPAIGNING? WE ARE BETTER WHEN IT. IF YOU WANT TO STOP DAVID SEYMOUR AND WINSTON PETERS HOLDING THE COUNTRY TO RANSOM, GIVE YOUR VOTE TO LABOUR BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET A STABLE RESPONSIBLE MATURE GOVERNMENT BACK IN NEW ZEALAND. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN THE STUDIO TODAY. ME U TONU MAI, STAY WITH US ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, MATT GIBB'S WORKING HARD ON THE MORNINGTON PENINSULA THIS MORNING. MORENA, MATT. I'VE DRESSED FOR THIS ONE AS WELL. PUT SOME CLOTHES ON BECAUSE IT IS TIME FOR BREAKFAST AT TIME RESTAURANT. COME TO THE KITCHEN, I WILL MOVE YOU IN HERE BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE SHARE. HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING, MARIO? THIS IS OUR HOUSE OCEAN TROUT ON BAGEL. WE WILL SHOW YOU MORE OF THIS AMAZING FEAST AFTER THE BREAK. HAMILTON, LOOKING A BIT GREY TODAY. LIGHT WINDS. AND IN THE CAPITAL, LOOKING A BIT CLOUDY, FINES WAS AN AFTERNOON. 17 DEGREES. CHRIST CHURCH, LOOKING FINE NORTHEASTERLY IS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. HERE IS A VOLCANO IN HAWAII. FOUNTAIN OF LAVA. IT IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ACTIVE VOLCANOES. AN ICELANDIC VOLCANO THAT WE HAD TO PRONOUNCE THIS MORNING. # I NEED YOU TO SEE. WE'VE HAD AN EXPERT ON SAYING WE NEED TO CHANGE SUPERANNUATION, OR AT LEAST HAVE A STAGGERED. CHRIS HOPKINS IS NOT GOING TO TOUCH THAT WITH A BARGE POLE. IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR ANY POLITICAL PARTY TO GO THERE. SHE THINGS IS APPROPRIATE FOR ANY GOVERNMENT TO RAISE THE RETIREMENT AGE, LIVING LONGER AND HEALTHIER LIVES. I JUST WANT TO PLAN IF I'M GOING TO WORK LONGER. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING UH-UH, I WORK HARD AND I DESERVE IT. YOU CAN SEE WHY IT'S BECOME SUCH A POLITICALLY SAID NOBODY WANTS TO TOUCH. THE LANGUAGE THAT POLITICIANS USE, SAYING YES, YOU WORK HARD, YOU SHOULD GET THAT, IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT THE CURRENT GENERATION LOOKING AFTER THE OLDER ONES IN SOCIETY. IT'S A WHOLE TOPIC. KEEP THAT FEEDBACK ROLLING IN. IT'S 7.30. HERE'S THE NEWS. ONE ECONOMIST SAYS THE CURRENT SUPERANNUATION AGE IS 'NOT SUSTAINABLE', AND OUR EDUCATION AND HEALTH SECTORS ARE BEARING THE COST. SUPERANNUATION WILL COST THE COUNTRY NEARLY $25b OVER THE NEXT YEAR. THE GOVERNMENT LEFT THE SCHEME UNTOUCHED IN LAST WEEK'S BUDGET, BUT THE FINANCE MINISTER HAS CONFIRMED NATIONAL IS STILL CONSIDERING RAISING THE AGE. CHIEF ECONOMIST AT SIMPLICITY, SHAMUBEEL EAQUB, SAYS WE NEED TO MAKE A CHOICE. WE HAVE CUT EVERYTHING ELSE. WHETHER IT'S BUILDING HOSPITALS, PAYING FOR EDUCATION, OUR TEACHERS OR NURSES, IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE CAN'T POSSIBLY CHANGE SUPERANNUATION, YOU'RE ALSO SAYING THAT WERE GOING TO HAVE LESS ROADS, LESS NURSES, LESS PUBLIC SERVICES. HE RECOMMENDS LIFTING THE ELIGIBILITY AGE GRADUALLY, AN INCREASE OF SIX MONTHS EVERY YEAR. A MAN (53) HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN LIVERPOOL AFTER A CAR DROVE INTO A CROWD OF PEDESTRIANS. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE GATHERED IN THE STREETS AS THEY CELEBRATED THE REDS' PREMIER LEAGUE VICTORY. IT'S UNCLEAR IF ANYONE HAS BEEN INJURED. PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER HAS DESCRIBED THE SCENE AS 'APPALLING'. VIOLENCE HAS BROKEN OUT IN JERUSALEM'S WALLED OLD CITY DURING ULTRA-NATIONALIST CELEBRATIONS OF ISRAELI FORCES OCCUPYING THE PALESTINIAN MAJORITY AREA IN 1967. POLICE DETAINING SOME FAR-RIGHT ISRAELI MARCHERS AFTER REPORTS OF ASSAULT ON PALESTINIANS, JOURNALISTS AND LEFT-WING ISRAELI ACTIVISTS. ISRAEL'S OPPOSITION LEADER SAYS THE ANNUAL PARADE HAS BECOME A FESTIVAL OF HATRED AND RACISM AND AN INSULT TO JUDAISM. VENEZUELA'S RULING SOCIALIST PARTY HAS REMAINED IN POWER AFTER WINNING 83% OF THE VOTE IN REGIONAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, WHICH WERE BOYCOTTED BY MOST OPPOSITION PARTIES. IT COMES AFTER PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO WAS RE-ELECTED LAST JULY, BUT THE ELECTORAL COUNCIL REFUSED TO PUBLISH ANY VOTING TALLIES VERIFYING HIS WIN. THE ELECTORAL COUNCIL, WHICH IS DOMINATED BY GOVERNMENT LOYALISTS, CLAIMS TURNOUT WAS 42.6%. AN OPPOSITION LEADER DESCRIBED THE ELECTIONS AS A FARCE, AND VOTER TURNOUT WAS ACTUALLY BELOW 15%. TO SPORT, ALL WHITES DEFENDER SAM SUTTON HAS SIGNED WITH PERTH GLORY ON A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT. THE 23-YEAR-OLD LEFT THE PHOENIX EARLIER THIS MONTH AFTER NEARLY 10 YEARS AND 98 APPEARANCES FOR THE WELLINGTON CLUB. HE'LL REUNITE WITH FORMER NIX TEAMMATE GOALKEEPER OLI SAIL AT GLORY. LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. IT'S A WET DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. PERIODS OF RAIN WITH HEAVY FALLS FOR NORTHLAND DOWN TO TARANAKI COROMANDEL AND TAUPO. SOME CLOUD WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON. KAITAIA, YOUR HIGH IS 20. 16 FOR ROTORUA. IT'S A NICE SUNNY DAY FOR THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY. HOWEVER, THE CHATHAM ISLANDS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF RAIN THIS MORNING. FOR THE REST OF YOU IT'S A CLOUDY DAY. GREYMOUTH, YOUR HIGH IS 16. 14 FOR DUNEDIN. THIS SEGMENT IS BOUGHT TO YOU BY MELBOURNE ` EVERY BIT DIFFERENT. THIS WEEK, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH VISIT VICTORIA TO BRING YOU THE VERY BEST OF THIS VIBRANT MUST-VISIT STATE. MATT GIBB HAS JETTED ACROSS THE TASMAN AND IS CHECKING OUT THE SIGHTS, FLAVOURS AND EXPERIENCES VICTORIA HAS TO OFFER. AND THIS MORNING, HE'S KICKING THINGS OFF IN THE STUNNING MORNINGTON PENINSULA. FROM BREATHTAKING COASTLINES TO WORLD-CLASS WINERIES TO LUXURIOUS SPAS. GOOD MORNING, MATT. MORENA, GOOD MORNING. SOMEWHERE I HAVE NEVER VISITED BEFORE, I DON'T KNOW WHY. THIS IS HEAD CHEF, MARIO. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU. I'VE JUST COME FROM THE SPA, I WAS STARVING AFTERWARDS, SO HAD TO COME STRAIGHT HERE. TELL ME WHAT YOU WHIPPED UP HERE. SO, THIS IS OUR HOUSE MADE BAGEL. WHIPPED CREAM TREES, CHEESE* BIT OF ONION, HARD-BOILED EGG, CAPERS. CAN'T WAIT TO TUCK IN. WHY DON'T WE GET OURSELVES PREPARED, BUILD THESE BAGELS, AND IN THE MEANTIME WE CAN SHOW YOU AROUND. THE MORNINGTON PENINSULA IS KNOWN FOR ITS AMAZING WINERIES, FANTASTIC GOLF COURSES AND GREAT RESTAURANTS. BUT IN BETWEEN ALL THAT, YOU NEED SOMEWHERE TO RELAX. AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE AT ELBA THERMAL SPRINGS AND SPA. (LAID-BACK MUSIC) CRAIG, KIWIS LOVE GETTING OVER TO MELBOURNE, BUT FOR ANYONE THAT HASN'T BEEN DOWN TO THE MORNINGTON PENINSULA, WHY SHOULD KIWIS COME AND VISIT YOU HERE AT ELBA? YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT KIWIS LOVE AND KNOW ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GEOTHERMAL BATHING AND WINE. SOME OF THE BEST WINE IN THE WORLD THROUGH KIWIS. AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT HERE ON THE PENINSULA. IT'S AN EASY DRIVE, QUITE A PICTURESQUE DRIVE ` A TRUE WELLNESS DESTINATION. SO TALK ME THROUGH A STANDARD GUEST EXPERIENCE. WHEN YOU COME AND VISIT YOU HERE AT ELBA. WHAT IS ON OFFER? SO WELLNESS, I THINK, IS DIFFERENT FOR EVERYBODY. SO WE HAVE OVER 30, UH, GEOTHERMAL POOLS WHERE YOU CAN BATHE IN. WE HAVE PRIVATE POOLS, SALT BATHS, THAT AGAIN, YOU CAN FLOAT. BOTH HAVE, YOU KNOW, AMAZING RELAXATION BENEFITS AND MEDICINAL AS WELL. WE HAVE A RESTAURANT WHERE WE COLLABORATE WITH KAREN MARTINI, WHO IS AN AWARD-WINNING CHEF OUT OF MELBOURNE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE SPA THAT OFFERS AN EXQUISITE RANGE OF EXPERIENCES, FROM HALF-DAY RITUALS TO FULL-DAY RITUALS WITH MASSAGE FACIAL. WE HAVE VICHY SHOWERS. WE HAVE A STEAM ROOM WHERE WE` OUR SIGNATURE TREATMENT IS OUR TURKISH HAMMAM FLOAT. SO LOTS OF DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES. WOW. AND PRETTY SOON YOU'RE OPENING A PRETTY AMAZING-LOOKING ACCOMMODATION EXPERIENCE AS WELL ` SANCTUARY. WE ARE. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. VERY EXCITED TO, I GUESS, EXTEND THAT WELLNESS EXPERIENCE FROM AN INDULGENT ASPECT, SO GUESTS CAN STAY OVERNIGHT IN OUR BEAUTIFUL VILLAS THAT WE HAVE AND THEN ENJOY BATHING, DINING, SPA. YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT. YOU'VE GOT TO COME. IT'S A SHORT TRIP DOWN FROM MELBOURNE, JUST OVER AN HOUR, AND THERE'S SO MUCH ON OFFER HERE. THERE IS MY MICROPHONE, HELLO. THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE, THAT SALMON IS AMAZING. WHEN WITH BREAKFAST, THAT IS WHERE YOU NEED TO HEAD TO. FLYING AIR NEW ZEALAND TO MELBOURNE, YOU'LL HAVE THREE NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION. BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL, LEGO STAR WARS EXHIBITION, AMAZING DINING EXPERIENCE, AS WELL. THAT'S WHY GOT A BIT FLUSTERED THERE AS WELL. BUT, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU MARIO ABOUT THE MENU HERE, WHAT'S THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MENU HERE, WOULD YOU SAY? WE FOCUS ON JAPANESE INSPIRED INGREDIENTS AND DISHES, BUT WE USE A LOT OF LOCAL PRODUCE, FROM MUSHROOMS TO HERBS, SOME BEAUTIFUL LOCAL EGGS AS WELL. THE MENU IS DESIGNED BY KAREN MARTINI, WHO IS A MELBOURNE BASED CHEF. PEOPLE CAN BASICALLY HEAD STRAIGHT OUT FROM THE SPRINGS, COME HERE, HAVE SOME AMAZING FOOD, BACK OUT INTO THE SPRING. YOU'RE LUCKY TO HAVE ONE OF OUR SIGNATURES. THAT'S BEEN HERE SINCE DAY ONE, FOR TWO YEARS, THAT'S CONSISTENT DISH ON THE MENU. YOU HAVEN'T GONE WRONG. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. SUCH A DELICIOUS WAY TO START THE DAY. GONNA HANG OUT, AND HAVE A CHAT TO MARIO FOR A BIT LONGER. DO JOIN US, WILL BE BACK TO YOU IN AN HOUR OR MORE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS. DO GET YOURSELF IN THE DRAW. I'M GONNA KEEP EATING. ALL OF THESE HOLIDAYS THAT YOU'VE TAKEN MATT YOUR PROFESSIONALISM IS SLIPPING. YOUR MOUTH IS FULL, YOUR ROBE SLIPPING, YOU'RE GETTING SLOPPY. HOLIDAYS IS A DIRTY WORD, IT'S A WORK TRIP. I'M HERE ON BUSINESS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ENJOY THOUGH, THAT LOOKS VERY DELICIOUS. WE'VE GOT OUR OWN DELICIOUS TREAT THAT I'VE ORGANISED FOR YOU, MELISSA. YOUR FEEDBACK IS COMING IN ON THE SUPERANNUATION. JUDY SAYS REMEMBER THAT NEW ZEALAND INCREASED THE AGE NOT LONG AGO, WHEN IT WAS INCREASED FROM 60 TO 65, IT WAS DONE GRADUALLY IN THE SKY DID NOT FALL. MEANS TESTING IS DIFFICULT WITH MANY RICH PEOPLE USING METHODS TO AVOID REDUCTION. SIMON SAYS IF I HAVE TO RETIRE AT 65, I THINK ALL GOVERNMENT WORKERS, INCLUDING POLITICIANS, SHOULD RETIRE 65. THE REALITY IS, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING A BIT LONGER IF YOU'RE WORKING A JOB THAT ISN'T SUPER LABOR-INTENSIVE. YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS THAT HE DID DEBATE THERE. ME U TONU MAI ` THE KIWI THAT'S BEEN CROWNED THE BIG CHEESE AT A UNIQUE EVENT IN THE UK. WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT NEXT. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` ONE ECONOMIST SAYS THE CURRENT SUPERANNUATION AGE IS 'NOT SUSTAINABLE' AND OUR EDUCATION AND HEALTH SECTORS ARE BEARING THE COST. OVERSEAS, VENEZUELA'S RULING SOCIALIST PARTY HAS REMAINED IN POWER AFTER WINNING 83% OF THE VOTE IN REGIONAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. AND IN SPORT, ALL WHITES DEFENDER SAM SUTTON HAS SIGNED WITH PERTH GLORY ON A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT. JENNY'S HERE NOW WITH OUR DAILY SPORTS CHAT, AND WHAT A GAME LAST NIGHT BETWEEN THE MYSTICS AND THE STEEL! YEAH, I KNOW. TALK ABOUT CHAOTIC. 55-54 AND DUNEDIN. THINGS GOT A BIT HAIRY. PRETTY NASTY INJURY TO THE WRIST, SHE FELL, AND I THINK SHE TRIED TO BREAK HER FALL WITH HER HAND THERE. UNFORTUNATELY, SHE CAME BACK ON AND HAD TO KIND OF SIT AND WATCH AS THE GAME GOT TIGHT. WITH SIX MINUTES LEFT, THE SHORTEST PLAYER IN THE COMPETITION SWITCHED TO GOAL ATTACK, AND ABSOLUTELY PROVED HER WORTH ON THE COURT. JUST FIVE MINUTES LEFT, I THINK IT WAS 52-ALL. JUST AN INCREDIBLE GAME. MYSTICS NABBED IT. WE HAVE AN INTERVIEW HERE FROM THE MYSTICS CAPTAIN. SHE SAID THEY ACTUALLY TRIALED HER IN THAT POSITION BEFORE, IN CASE INJURIES HAPPEN. WELL, WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LOSE OUR, YOU KNOW, ANCHOR SHOOTER, COS WE'VE HAD THAT IN THE PAST, SO WE'VE BEEN TRAINING THOSE COMBOS. SO FOR US IT'S NOTHING NEW. WE KNOW THAT WE'VE JUST PROBABLY GOTTA WORK THE BALL A BIT MORE, AND WE CAN'T JUST LOB IT IN. SO YEAH, MYSTICS REMAIN UNBEATEN. WE DON'T KNOW YET JUST HOW BAD THE WRIST INJURY IS. HEY, THIS IS REAL AND TRUE BREAKFAST FEAR. TALK ABOUT INJURIES. NOT FOR THE FAINTHEARTED OR THE LACTOSE INTOLERANT. THE CHEESE ROLLING COMPETITION HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE UK. 200 M SPRINT DOWN A VERY DEEP HILL, CHASING A ROLL OF CHEESE. THERE IS ONLY ONE WHEEL OF CHEESE. MADE BY 86-YEAR-OLD LADY, DROPS LIKE 60 DEGREES. BY THE END, IT'S SHEER VERTICAL. THIS YEAR, THIS IS A KEY WAY. KIWI* BYRON SMITH WON THE RACE. OH, IT FEELS GREAT. I DID THIS LAST YEAR AND I CAME SECOND. TOM BEAT ME. HE'S A REALLY QUICK GUY. I DIDN'T WANT TO RACE HIM AGAIN. SO I WENT IN THE THIRD RACE AND I'M HAPPY I DID BECAUSE I MANAGED TO WIN. DID YOU SEE, BEHIND THE INTERVIEW, THE CURTAINS ARE UP. BROKEN ANKLES, I THINK, IS THE MAIN THING. DIFFERENT TACTICS, SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY DO THE BOMB. I THINK THAT WOULD BE ME. BUM* I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BETTER TO JUST RUN AND THEN ROLL YOUR WAY TO THE END. IT'S NOT A SMOOTH SURFACE, IS IT? THERE HE IS. HE COULD HAVE QUITE EASILY NOT ONE THAT. REDSHIRT. IT WAS KIND OF A RACE OF LUCK. BUT, THERE IS A GUY WHO IS 123 TIMES IN A ROW. SO, THERE MUST BE A TECHNIQUE TO IT THEN. YEAH, HE SAID YOU KIND OF HAVE TO HAVE NO FEAR AND JUST GO FOR IT. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT OUR GUIDE BYRON DID. COUPLE OF KIWIS HAVE WANTED IN THE PAST, ACTUALLY. PROFESSIONAL RUNNERS GO AND DO IT, AND THEY INJURE THEMSELVES REALLY BADLY, AND THEY CAN'T COMPETE. MAYBE IT'S FOR RETIRED RUNNERS WHO CAN NO LONGER DO STRAIGHT TRACK RUNNING. I SUSPECT THIS WILL HAVE VERY HIGH PLACEMENT IN THE 6 PM SPORTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE'LL SEE YOU SOON. E WHAI AKE NEI. OYSTER FARMS NORTH OF AUCKLAND FEAR THEY WILL FOLD UNLESS A SOLUTION IS FOUND FOR THE SEWAGE PROBLEM AROUND MATAKANA. NEXT ` IS THERE ANY HOPE ON THE HORIZON? # SO I CAN TALK TO YOU. CLEARING TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN THE MORNING. THEN WE HAVE CHRISTCHURCH, LOOKING OVER THE FOOTHILLS INTO SUMNER. THEN IT SHOULD FINE UP. (LAID-BACK MUSIC) (LAID-BACK MUSIC) OYSTER FARMERS NORTH OF AUCKLAND WANT COMPENSATION AFTER RAW SEWAGE WAS ALLOWED TO FLOW INTO MAHURANGI HARBOUR, LEAVING THE SHELLFISH CONTAMINATED AND WORTHLESS. POLLUTION IN THE RIVER RUNNING ALONGSIDE WARKWORTH OVERFLOWS EVERY TIME IT RAINS AND MOVES DOWN TO THE MAHURANGI AREA, WHERE THE OYSTERS GROW. A GROUP OF 10 FARMERS MET WITH WATERCARE AND AUCKLAND COUNCIL YESTERDAY, CALLING FOR MORE SUPPORT, WITH A PERMANENT FIX STILL YEARS AWAY. MATAKANA OYSTERS OWNER TOM WALTERS IS WITH US NOW. GOOD MORNING, TOM, HOW BAD IS THE SITUATION? AS BAD AS IT HAS BEEN IN THAT AREA, WE ARE FACING OUR DARKEST MOMENTS. WHEN DID IT START TO AFFECT THE OYSTERS THERE? 2 TO 3 YEARS AGO WAS WHEN IT REALLY RAMPED UP, IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, IT HAS JUST GOT TO MAMMOTH AMOUNT OF OVERFLOWS ` WE HAVE HAD 10 TIMES AS MUCH AS WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR IN THE LAST MONTH, ALMOST, SO IT'S JUST, THE VOLUMES ARE ACCEPTABLE AND HAVE COMPLETELY THE SHUT DOWN OUR BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRY. SORRY, YOU CARRY ON. IT'S JUST, THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA HAS COST US EVERYTHING ` OUR FARMS, OUR LIVES, WE CAN'T AFFORD. KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. SOME OF US ARE LOOKING AT LOSING EVERYTHING TO SOMETHING THAT WE ONLY JUST GOT OUR LEASES RENEWED BY THE COUNCIL THEMSELVES. ACCOUNTABILITY ISN'T REALLY THERE. THEY HAVE LISTENED AND TRYING TO DO THE BEST THEY CAN. BY SEPTEMBER, IT WILL BE TOO LATE FOR US, WE WON'T BE HERE. CAN YOU PUT A DOLLAR FIGURE ON HOW MUCH THIS HAS COST YOU? IT HARD TO PUT AN AMOUNT ON IT BUT IT WOULD BE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE OF THE CLOSURES, OF THE TURNOVER, GETTING BEHIND IN EVERYDAY PAYMENTS FOR THINGS. I WOULD SAY SOME OF US WOULD EVEN HAVE MORE THAN THAT, IT DEPENDS IF YOU ARE A SMALL FARMER OR IS LIKELY THAT A FARMER. I, MYSELF, HAVE PROBABLY LOST A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND, EASILY. SORRY, TOM, THERE IS A SLIGHT DELAY THAT IS CAUSING US TO HAVE A FEW ISSUES WITH THE CONNECTION. WE ARE DOING WELL. THE TECHNOLOGY SOMETIMES CAN GIVE YOU THAT LITTLE BIT OF DELAY. WHAT HAS THE COUNCIL AND WATER CARE SAID TO YOU? THEY SAID THEY DON'T COMPENSATE WITHOUT GOING TO LOOK INTO TRYING TO FIND SOME AVENUE FOR FUNDING. WE WANT TO KNOW IF THAT EVENTUATES FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT'S THAT DESPERATE FOR US THAT WE DON'T WANT TO "WE ARE AT THAT STAGE, AND WE NEED TO TRY AND SHOW THEM THAT IT'S NOT JUST US AS WELL, IT IS THE PUBLIC, THE COMMUNITY, THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE, BREAD AND LIVE THE RIVER AND THE HARBOUR, AND EXLEY, WE WANT TO BE PART OF OUR COUNCIL AND OUR WATER UTILITY SERVICE PROVIDER. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO COME AND SWIM AND PLAY INSTEAD OF ALWAYS SAYING, OH, 'THEY DON'T DO A GOOD ENOUGH JOB' ` LET THIS BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHOW THEM THAT WE DO HAVE A HEART. AND THAT IS WHAT WE REALLY WANT. WANT EVERYONE TO BENEFIT FROM THIS AND WE WANT TO BE PROUD OF THESE GUYS AS WELL. WHAT IS THE FIX HERE AND IF IT HAPPENS EARLY ENOUGH, HOW QUICKLY WILL IT TURN AROUND? WE DON'T REALLY KNOW. SHOULD HELP LESSEN THE IMPACTS BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO STOP THE OVERFLOWS, HOPEFULLY. AND REALLY, THE FIXED PERMANENTLY IS 2028 (PHONE RINGS) WHEN THIS NEW INFRASTRUCTURE FINALLY GETS DONE. SO WE WANT TO MAKE IT UNTIL SEPTEMBER. IT IS AS EASY AND BLUNT AS THAT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN, ACCOUNTABILITY, TO REALISE THAT THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO FIX IT RIGHT NOW. TOM FROM MATAKANA OYSTERS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, ALL THE BEST. IN A STATEMENT, AUCKLAND COUNCIL TOLD US... (READS) STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` HOROWHENUA LOCALS AREN'T HAPPY AT COST-CUTTING MEASURES FOR A NEW EXPRESSWAY THAT WILL NOW SPLIT A TOWN IN HALF. ALSO AHEAD ` THE WELLINGTON STUDENT WHOSE CLAIMED TOP PRIZE AT AN INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR, THANKS TO HIS ROAD SAFETY APP. GOOD SCHOOL, THAT. AND LOOKING FOR SOME HEARTY MEALS TO WARM YOU UP THIS WINTER? WE SAMPLE SOME OF THE OFFERINGS IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF DISH MAGAZINE. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. 'TIME IS RUNNING OUT,' ONE ECONOMIST SAYS, WITH NEW ZEALAND UNABLE TO AFFORD SUPERANNUATION FOR THE RICH AND THE YOUNGER RETIREES. THE PENSION SCHEME IS COSTING AOTEAROA NEARLY $25b A YEAR, BUT DESPITE CAMPAIGNING TO LIFT THE QUALIFYING AGE, THE NATIONAL-LED GOVERNMENT HASN'T DONE SO. FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS HAS CONFIRMED NATIONAL IS STILL CONSIDERING THE CHANGE, THOUGH IT'S UNLIKELY HAPPEN BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION. CHIEF ECONOMIST SHAMUBEEL EAQUB SAYS THE CURRENT SETTING ISN'T SUSTAINABLE. THE EASIEST WAY TO DO IT IS DO IT GRADUALLY, OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. INCREASE THE ELGIBILITY AGE BY SIX MONTHS A YEAR OVER A PERIOD OF LONG TIME. BUT ALSO, LIKE WE'RE DOING WITH ALMOST EVERY OTHER FORM OF WELFARE ` BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT NEW ZEALAND SUPER IS, IT'S WELFARE ` WE NEED TO MEANS TEST IT. WE SHOULD NOT GIVE SUPER TO RICH PEOPLE. THEY DO NOT NEED IT. WE CANNOT AFFFORD IT. HE SAYS HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND PUBLIC SERVICE SECTORS ARE BEARING THE COST. AND LABOUR PARTY LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS HE HAS NO PLAN TO INCREASE THE SUPERANNUATION AGE FROM 65. HE SAYS WE CAN SUSTAIN THE CURRENT AGE IF WE MAKE 'THE RIGHT DECISIONS'. OUR UNIVERSAL SUPERANNUATION IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE DON'T HAVE OLDER NEW ZEALANDERS LIVING IN POVERTY, AND THE WAY THAT YOU DO IN MANY OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HOLD FAST TO THAT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE GOOD CHOICES IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THAT IN THE LONGER TERM. LIFTING THE AGE IS SUPPORTED BY THE RETIREMENT COMMISSION TREASURY AND MOST OECD NATIONS. THREE RAIDERS PLAYERS HAVE BEEN CHARGED AFTER SUNDAY NIGHT'S PHYSICAL ENCOUNTER WITH THE WARRIORS. HOOKER TOM STARLING FACES A MINIMUM ONE-MATCH BAN AFTER BEING SIN-BINNED FOR A LATE TACKLE ON CHANEL HARRIS TAVITA IN THE FINAL FEW MINUTES OF THE GAME. RAIDERS SKIPPER JOSEPH TAPINE FACES A $3000 FINE FOR A SHOULDER CHARGE, WHILE FELLOW PROP COREY HORSBURGH WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH DANGEROUS CONTACT. WARRIORS PROP JACOB LABAN HAS BEEN FINED $1000 AFTER ENTERING AN EARLY GUILTY PLEA TO A CHARGE OF DANGEROUS CONTACT. AND FINALLY ` HOME SECURITY FOOTAGE HAS CAPTURED THE MOMENT A TRUCK EXPLODED ON A PEACEFUL SUBURBAN STREET IN THE U.S. STATE OF ILLINOIS. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR INJURIES, BUT SEVERAL HOMES WERE DAMAGED. IT'S BELIEVED A PROPANE LEAK WAS BEHIND THE EXPLOSION. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. IT'S A WET DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. PERIODS OF RAIN WITH HEAVY FALLS FOR NORTHLAND DOWN TO TARANAKI COROMANDEL AND TAUPO. SOME CLOUD WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON. KAITAIA, YOUR HIGH IS 20. 16 FOR ROTORUA. IT'S A NICE SUNNY DAY FOR THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY. HOWEVER, THE CHATHAM ISLANDS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF RAIN THIS MORNING. FOR THE REST OF YOU IT'S A CLOUDY DAY. GREYMOUTH, YOUR HIGH IS 16. 14 FOR DUNEDIN. THE PLANNED OTAKI TO NORTH OF LEVIN EXPRESSWAY, KNOWN AS THE O2NL PROJECT, HAS HAD A UNEXPECTED RE-DESIGN, AND MANY LOCALS ARE NOT PLEASED. THE PLANNED EXPRESSWAY WILL SPLIT OFF FROM STATE HIGHWAY ONE, JUST NORTH OF OTAKI, JOINING UP AGAIN NEAR LEVIN. NZTA SAYS THE PROJECT WILL IMPROVE SAFETY, RELIABILITY AND EFFICIENCY. CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN JUST FOUR MONTHS' TIME AND THE PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY 2029. NZTA HAS MADE CHANGES TO 20% OF THE PROJECT TO REDUCE COSTS, AND SAYS THIS PROJECT'S NOT UNIQUE IN HAVING TO FIND SAVINGS. ONE OF THOSE CHANGES AFFECTS THE SMALL VILLAGE OF MANUKAU. IT STRETCHES ACROSS BOTH SIDES OF THE PLANNED EXPRESSWAY, AND THE AGREED DESIGN HAD A VEHICLE OVERBRIDGE TO CONNECT THE TWO SIDES. NOW THAT'S BEEN SCRAPPED, MEANING THE TOWN'S EFFECTIVELY GOING TO BE CUT IN HALF. JUDY WEBBY'S BEEN INVOLVED FROM THE BEGINNING; SHE'S ON THE MANAKAU DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION PLUS THE O2NL SUBCOMMITTEE, AND JOINS US NOW FROM MANAKAU. MORENA. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. I HEAR YOU ARE VERY, VERY FRUSTRATED. YES, AND IT'S JUDY, JUST A MINOR POINT THERE. WE ARE DISAPPOINTED, WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS SINCE 2017. AND WE FELT THAT EVERYTHING HAD BEEN DEFINED, WE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, AND NOW FOUR MONTHS OUT, IT HAS CHANGED AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE IS NO CONSULTATION. IT IS GOING TO BE A BLOW FOR THE COMMUNITY, LOSING HOURS SECONDARY EMERGENCY ACCESS. EXPLAINED TO ME WHAT IT DOES TO THE COMMUNITY. WITH A SPLIT IN HALF, BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN REALITY? THE VILLAGE IS PRIMARILY VERY CLOSE TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE RAILWAY LINE, AND THEN THERE IS A SMALL HILL AND A BEAUTIFUL VALLEY WITH THE EXPRESSWAY IS GOING THROUGH, TO THE SOUTH. THAT WAS DIVIDED BY LOCAL FRANK HAMBLIN MANY YEARS AGO, HE ACTUALLY DONATED LAND TO CONNECT THE TWO PARTS OF THE VILLAGE TO ALLOW ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY HALL, THE CHURCH AND THE SCHOOL, THAT IS THE PART THAT IS BEING TAKEN AWAY. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE THAT WANT TO GET TO THE OTHER PART? IT MEANS THEY NOW HAVE TO TRAVEL BACK TO SOUTH MANAKAU ROAD, OVER STATE HIGHWAY ONE BACK INTO THE VILLAGE ITSELF. AT THE MOMENT, IT IS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE TRYING TO TURN OUT ONTO THAT WORLD. CORRECTION: THAT ROAD ONE OF THE REASONS FOR DOING THIS WHOLE PLAN WAS FOR SAFETY, DO YOU THINK THE NEW CHANGES ARE GIVEN YOU THAT? NOT ALL, THEY ARE TAKING IT ALL AWAY. THEY HAVE REMOVED THE ABILITY OF OUR CHILDREN TO BIKE AND WALK TO SCHOOL, WHICH IS A STRONG FEATURE OF OUR COMMUNITY. THERE IS APPARENTLY GOING TO BE A SHARED PATHWAY, BUT THAT IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER 2 KM OF DETOUR SOUTH. TO ACCESS MANAKAU, LARGE VEHICLES CANNOT USE THIS AREA, AND HAVE A RAILWAY LINE WITH DOUBLE TRACKS WHICH OFTEN GETS CLOSED BY CHAINS PARKED ON THAT. IS IF WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, HEALTH OR FIRE SITUATION, THAT MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE A CONSIDERABLE D2 OF THOSE VEHICLES TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK OVER STATE HIGHWAY ONE INTO SOUTH MANAKAU, AN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, SECONDS COUNT. SO THIS HAS JUST COME OUT OF THE BLUE WITH NO CONSULTATION? IT DID! WE THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS SETTLED AND IT WAS ONLY ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I PICKED UP MY FILE AND PUT IT IN THE RUBBISH BIN BECAUSE I THOUGHT, WHAT A DONE DEAL! I NEVER HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS AGAIN! THEN LAST SUNDAY, THEY SAY EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED AND THE RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN THE EXPRESSWAY AS CLOSE AS THEY WOULD. NOW WE WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH OTAKI, WHERE ANOTHER SET OF LIGHTS WERE PUT IN, AND WE FEEL BETRAYED. WE WERE FAIR AND HONEST, WE PUT HEART AND SOUL INTO IT AND IT HAS BEEN SNATCHED AWAY, AND DON'T EVEN START ME ON THE EXCHANGE! WE WON'T GO THERE, JUDY, BUT TELL US ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS YOU CAN TAKE HERE. WE ARE SEEKING EVERY LEGAL AVENUE THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN TO TRY AND FORCE NZTA TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WHICH WAS CONSENTED, APPROVED AND AGREED WITH. IT SEEMS TO BE GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES AT THE MOMENT. NZTA SAYS WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THE BUDGET WE ARE GIVEN, THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THERE IS NO MORE MONEY TO GIVE, AND WE ARE SITTING IN BETWEEN. I'M GUESSING YOU NEVER WANT TO HEAR THE WORD CONSULTATION EVER AGAIN. NO. (CHUCKLES) IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT MEANS WHAT IT'S MEANT TO MAN. JUDY WEBBY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING, KIA ORA. ME U TONU MAI ` WINTER IS ON ITS WAY, AND SO IS A NEW ISSUE OF DISH MAGAZINE. NEXT ` SOME DELICIOUS RECIPES TO WARM YOU UP. (POP MUSIC) HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` LABOUR PARTY LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS HE HAS NO PLAN TO INCREASE THE SUPERANNUATION AGE FROM 65. HE SAYS WE CAN SUSTAIN THE CURRENT AGE IF WE MAKE 'THE RIGHT DECISIONS'. OVERSEAS, A MAN (53) HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN LIVERPOOL AFTER A CAR DROVE INTO A CROWD OF PEDESTRIANS. IT'S STILL UNCLEAR IF THERE HAVE BEEN INJURIES OR DEATHS. AND IN SPORT, THREE RAIDERS PLAYERS HAVE BEEN CHARGED AFTER SUNDAY NIGHT'S PHYSICAL ENCOUNTER WITH THE WARRIORS. HONESTLY, IF YOU COULD SMELL IT, IT IS INSANE. WINTER IS ON THE HORIZON WHICH MEANS IT'S TIME TO START COOKING UP SOME COMFORT FOOD FOR THE COLDER WEATHER. LUCKY FOR US, A NEW WINTER EDITION OF DISH MAGAZINE IS SET TO HIT THE STANDS, AND HERE TO HELP US WITH SOME FRESH NEW RECIPES IS CEO AND EDITOR OF DISH, SARAH TUCK. GOOD MORNING, SARAH. WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE? YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN. I WAS QUESTIONING MY SAN THIS MORNING WHEN I BOUGHT IN THREE HOT THINGS. LET'S GET SOME SHOTS OF THESE, WHAT IS THIS? THIS IS A COCONUT CHICKEN CURRY. AND IT IS DONE IN THE SLOW COOKER, YOU CAN PUT IT IN THERE AND FORGET ABOUT IT, IT TAKES FOUR HOURS AND IS MADE WITH CHICKEN THIGHS WHICH CAN TAKE THAT LENGTH OF CLICKING, AND THE OTHER THING ABOUT THAT ONE IS THAT IT HAS DESICCATED COCONUT IN IT, WAS YOU WOULD THINK IS GRITTY, BUT SINCE IT IS COOKING GENTLY, IT BECOMES PLUMP AND LUSCIOUS AND GIVES IT EXPONENT. I HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THE SLOW COOKER. THE NEXT ONE IS THE ONE I HAVE HAD MY EYES ON. WHAT ARE THESE LITTLE DUMPLINGS? THIS IS OUR RED CURRY DUMPLING SOUP. GOD BLESS YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE YOUR OWN DUMPLINGS, YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN, AND WE HAVE LOTS OF DUMPLING RECIPES ON THE WEBSITE, BUT THESE ARE STORE BOUGHT. THE SOUP THEY GO INTO IS AMAZING, YOU COOK ONION AND GRATED CARROT, WHICH SEEMS A BIT WEIRD WITH GINGER. BUT IT MELTS DOWN INTO THE SOUP WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL AND IT HAS GOT RED CURRY PASTE AND TOMATO PASTE AND COCONUT CREAM AND STOCK, AND IT IS LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR. IS IT CHEATING IF YOU BOUGHT DUMPLINGS? NOOOO! YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN ASK, IT IS NOT CHEATING. IT IS LABOUR-INTENSIVE. IF YOU WANT THE MORE QUICK WHEN YOU WALK IN THE DOOR, HONESTLY, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN DUMPLINGS AND PUT THEM IN THE FREEZER AND BRING THEM OUT. I AM TAKING ALL SHORTCUTS. ABSOLUTELY. AND PRESUMABLY YOU CAN HAVE IT ON NOODLES OR RICE? ABSOLUTELY. AND FINALLY, A BEAUTIFUL HEART ON TOP OF THIS, WHAT IS THIS PIE? THERE IS NO BASE, THERE IS NOTHING TO GRIP ONTO IT AT THE BOTTOM, BUT THIS IS GORGEOUS AND I HAVE USED BEEF. IT GETS COOKED WITH AROMATICS ` BUT YOU CAN EASILY USE CASSEROLE MEATS AND TO BE QUITE HAPPY TOO. AND YOU COOK THE MUSHROOM SEPARATELY BEFORE YOU PUT THEM INTO THE PIE SO WAS IT JULIA CHILD, I THINK, I REMEMBER SAYING ONCE, SAYING, YOU MUST COOKER MUSHROOM SEPARATELY AS THEY BECOME PLUMP AND IT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. FOR WINTER, WHAT IS ABOUT THE SPICY FOOD THAT GIVES US THAT NICE WARMTH? I THINK IT IS JUST HEARTENING. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE DAY LIKE TODAY, ABSOLUTELY MISERABLE OUTSIDE, JUST LOOK AT IT AND SMELL IT AND THE FRAGRANCE AND THE COLOURS JUST SEEMS A MUCH MORE INVITING AND VIBRANT. I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU NEED TO ASK THE NEXT QUESTION BUT I WANT TO GET THE CHICKEN. SLOW COOKERS INTEREST ME, BUT DO THESE RECIPES CALL TO BRAISE THINGS FIRST? WE ACTUALLY FOUND THAT IT WASN'T NECESSARY. YOU CAN DO IT ON THE STOVETOP AS WELL. I THAT SHE ASKED CHRIS ABOUT THIS A LOT OF THE TIMES, FOR SPORT AND THINGS, I'M COMING HOME AT 7 PM, SO WHAT ARE THE MEALS I CAN DO... OUR NEXT ISSUE IS THE ONE FOR YOU! WE HAVE JUST ABOUT FINISHED OUR NEXT ONE AND WE GOT A BIG SECTION ON... SO WATCH OUT FOR THE ONE THAT COMES OUT IN TWO MONTHS, BUT IT IS FULL OF FREEZER-FRIENDLY THINGS, SO YOU CAN DOUBLE BATCH... IS IT SPICY? NO. IT'S GONE QUIET, CARRY ON. THE CHICKEN CURRY WILL FREEZE FINE, THE DUMPLINGS STAY IN A FREEZER, THE PIE FREEZES WELL AS WELL, SO I THINK IT IS MAKING BIG BATCHES AND THERE ARE SOMETHING THAT DON'T FREEZE AS WELL LIKE MILKY KIND OF YOGHURT THINGS, BUT A LOT OF THINGS DO FREEZE REALLY WELL. THAT IS THE NICE THING, THOSE BIG HEARTY DISHES THAT YOU HAVE IN WINTER. YOU OFTEN TEXT ME AND SAY, CAN YOU YOU SENT ME THAT DISH RECIPE? THANK YOU SO MUCH, ABSOLUTELY GLORIOUS. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, MATT GIBB IS REALLY TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM THIS WEEK IN VICTORIA. MORENA, MATT. COURSE HE IS. DOING IT FOR YOU, MELISSA. I'M HERE AT ALBA THERE WERE SPRINGS AND SPAS MORNING. WINWITHBREAKFAST.CO.NZ VISIT TO GET IN THE DRAW! (POP MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THESE ARE SOME LIVE PICTURES COMING IN FROM LIVERPOOL. ABOUT THREE HOURS AGO, AT 6 O'CLOCK, POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE CITY CENTRE AFTER A CALL OF A CAR DRIVING INTO PEDESTRIANS. THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LINING THE STREETS TO CELEBRATE LIVERPOOL'S PREMIER LEAGUE WIN. KIER STARMER HAS DESCRIBED THIS SCENES AS APPALLING. A 53-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED. WE WILL PROVIDE FURTHER UPDATES FOR THE REST OF THE SHOW AND ON OUR WEBSITE. WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH OUR TENSIONS NOW TO A DELVE INTO THE ARCHIVES. A FAMOUS MODEL FIRST ROSE TO FAME IN THE 80S. TIPTOP ICE CREAM, VOGUE, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. IN 2003, THIS BANGER. # STACY'S MOM HAS GOT IT GOING ON. YES, THAT'S 'STACY'S MOM' BY FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, WITH RACHEL HUNTER PLAYING THE TITULAR CHARACTER. BUT ON THIS DAY BACK IN 1986, HER STAR WAS ONLY JUST ON THE ASCENDANT. FOR OUR DAILY TASTE OF NOSTALGIA, HERE'S THIS STORY ON HER EARLY SUCCESS FROM THE TVNZ ARCHIVE. THE COVERGIRL ON THE LATEST AMERICAN VOGUE MAGAZINE IS ONLY 14 YEARS OLD, AND AT 16, RACHEL HUNTER IS ABOUT TO PEEK AT HER MODELLING CAREER. SHE'S ALREADY TURNED DOWN LUCRATIVE MODELLING OFFERS FROM NEW YORK AND MILAN, UNWILLING TO LEAVE HOME. BUT WHEN A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE TOP EUROPEAN MODELLING AGENCY FLEW OUT TO NEW ZEALAND TO MEET HER, SHE DECIDED TO TAKE THE PLUNGE. SHE LEAVES FOR PARIS NEXT WEEK. BRITISH FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER DAVID HAMILTON HELPED LAUNCH HER CAREER WITH PICTURES HE TOOK HERE IN AUCKLAND WHEN RACHEL WAS MODELLING FITCH FURS. I WAS SHOWING THEM TO SOME FRIENDS IN SAINT-TROPEZ. WE WERE ALL HAVING LUNCH. THERE WAS REGINE, THE FAMOUS NIGHTCLUB OWNER, AMONGST OTHERS, AND, UH, THEY LOOKED AT THESE PHOTOGRAPHS AND EVERYONE WAS ABSOLUTELY STUNNED BY RACHEL. WHO IS SHE? WHERE DOES SHE COME FROM? AND I SAID, 'WELL, OF COURSE SHE'S A NEW ZEALAND GIRL. 'SHE'S ONE OF OUR BEAUTIES FROM NEW ZEALAND.' THE EUROPEAN AGENTS ARE UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE OFFERED A USD$100,000 FOR A YEAR'S CONTRACT. WELL, IT'S JUST A JOB, THAT I'VE HAD THE OFFER TO GO OVER THERE. AND I'LL TAKE, UM, THIS ONE IS FOR SIX WEEKS TO SEE WHETHER I WANT TO DO MODELLING OVERSEAS. UM, IT PROBABLY ALL DEPENDS ON... WHAT IT'S LIKE` I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE OVER THERE, I SUPPOSE. (CHUCKLES) I MEAN, IT'S THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME, IS IT NOT, SURELY? MM. ARE YOU A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS ABOUT GOING? OH, YEAH. YEAH, I AM. (CHUCKLES) ARE YOU TAKING YOUR MUM ALONG WITH YOU? YEAH, SHE'S GETTING PAID FOR AS WELL TO GO OVER THERE. ISN'T 100,000 U.S. A REALLY GOOD CONTRACT? IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER I'D BE HAPPY OR NOT, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO GO THERE. I DON'T WANT TO REALLY GO THERE AND BE UPSET MOST OF THE TIME AND... SURE. YEAH, IT'S JUST THAT 100,000 U.S. IS PROBABLY MORE THAN WHAT THE NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER MAKES A YEAR. WELL, I MEAN, MONEY'S NOT AS IMPORTANT AS WHETHER I'M HAPPY ENOUGH TO GO THERE OR NOT. (CHUCKLES) THE LOCAL LADS SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION IN THE USUAL WAY. (MEN CATCALL) THAT HASN'T AGED WELL, HAS IT? THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT PUTTING THE MIRROR UP TO OURSELVES AND LOOKING AT THE ARCHIVES. RACHEL, MAN, SHE WAS SO SHY. I KNOW, WHO COULD IMAGINE THE SORT OF STAR POWER SHE WOULD GO ON TO HAVE. AND STILL BEAUTIFUL, AND PRESENT` AND JUST THE MOST LOVELY PERSON AS WELL. I REMEMBER HER COMING IN YEARS AGO AND SHE WAS JUST SO DOWN-TO-EARTH AND LOVELY. SUCH A SUPERSTAR IN HER OWN RIGHT. AND, OF COURSE, THAT WAS BEFORE THE TIPTOP. SOMETIMES YOU MEET PEOPLE AND YOU'RE JUST LIKE WOW, AND SHE WAS ONE OF THEM, I THINK. COMING UP TO 830. BIG NEWS OUT OF LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL FC HAS OFFERED ITS THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AFTER A CAR PLOUGHED INTO A CROWD OF PEDESTRIANS AT ITS PREMIER LEAGUE VICTORY PARADE. A MAN (53) HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THE WAKE OF THE INCIDENT. MERSEYSIDE POLICE ARE YET TO CONFIRM THE EXTENT OF ANY INJURIES OR IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY FATALITIES. PRIME MINISTER SIR KEIR STARMER HAS DESCRIBED THE SCENE AS 'APPALLING'. KING CHARLES AND QUEEN CAMILLA HAVE TOUCHED DOWN IN CANADA. THE VISIT COMES AMID ONGOING TENSIONS BETWEEN CANADA AND ITS SOUTHERN NEIGHBOUR, WITH U.S. PRESIDENT TRUMP REPEATEDLY THREATENING TO ANNEX THE COMMONWEALTH NATION. CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY SAYS THE MONARCH'S VISIT UNDERSCORES HIS COUNTRY'S SOVEREIGNTY. CARNEY HAS INVITED THE KING TO DELIVER A FORMAL SPEECH TO OPEN CANADA'S PARLIAMENT, THE FIRST MONARCH TO DO SO IN 50 YEARS. AND BACK HERE ` FOR THE KING'S BIRTHDAY, THERE WILL BE NO TRAINS IN WELLINGTON OVER THE LONG WEEKEND. IT COMES AS KIWIRAIL CARRY OUT PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES AND RAIL IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS ALL RAIL LINES. THAT INCLUDES BRIDGE REPAIRS, TRACK REPLACEMENTS, AND LEVEL CROSSING SAFETY UPGRADES. BUSES WILL REPLACE ALL TRAINS OVER THE WEEKEND, WITH RAIL SERVICES RESUMING ON TUESDAY MORNING. LOCALS WHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY A NEW OTAKI TO NORTH OF LEVIN EXPRESSWAY SAY THEY FEEL BLINDSIDED BY THE UPDATED PLANS FOR THE ROAD. KNOWN AS THE O2NL PROJECT, THE EXPRESSWAY ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO INCLUDE A VEHICLE OVERBRIDGE TO CONNECT THE TWO SIDES OF MANAKAU, BUT THAT HAS NOW BEEN SCRAPPED, MEANING THE VILLAGE IS EFFECTIVELY CUT IN HALF. JUDY WEBBY, WHO IS PART OF THE DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, SAYS THE CHANGE WILL BE A MAJOR BLOW FOR THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS WHO WILL BE UNABLE TO ACCESS THE SCHOOL ON FOOT. WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS SINCE 2017, AND WE FELT THAT EVERYTHING HAD BEEN DEFINED, WE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND NOW, FOUR MONTHS OUT, IT HAS CHANGED AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE IS NO CONSULTATION. SO IT IS GOING TO BE A BLOW FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT'S EXPECTED CONSTRUCTION ON THE EXPRESSWAY WILL BE COMPLETED BY 2029. THE NORTHERN MYSTICS HAVE COME OUT ON TOP IN A THRILLING ONE-GOAL WIN OVER THE SOUTHERN STEEL. THE MYSTICS WERE FORCED TO GET CREATIVE, WITH SHOOTER DONNELL WALLAM FORCED OFF WITH AN INJURY IN THE FINAL QUARTER, AND MIDCOURTER PETA TOEAVA STEPPING INTO GOAL ATTACK FOR THE FINAL NINE MINUTES. A TWO-POINT SUPER SHOT AND TURNOVER IN THE DYING MINUTES SAW THE VISITORS SNEAK HOME. THE PRESSURE BACK ON THE HOME SIDE. OH! PETA TOEAVA! MYSTICS! THE WIN SEES THE MYSTICS MAINTAIN THEIR UNBEATEN START TO THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP AFTER THREE ROUNDS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. IT'S A WET DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. PERIODS OF RAIN WITH HEAVY FALLS FOR NORTHLAND DOWN TO TARANAKI COROMANDEL AND TAUPO. SOME CLOUD WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EAST COAST AND WELLINGTON. KAITAIA, YOUR HIGH IS 20. 16 FOR ROTORUA. IT'S A NICE SUNNY DAY FOR THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY. HOWEVER, THE CHATHAM ISLANDS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF RAIN THIS MORNING. FOR THE REST OF YOU IT'S A CLOUDY DAY. GREYMOUTH, YOUR HIGH IS 16. 14 FOR DUNEDIN. THANKS, MELISSA. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MELBOURNE ` EVERY BIT DIFFERENT. THIS WEEK WE'VE PARTNERED WITH VISIT VICTORIA TO BRING YOU THE VERY BEST OF THIS VIBRANT MUST-VISIT STATE. MATT GIBB HAS JETTED ACROSS THE TASMAN AND IS CHECKING OUT THE SIGHTS, FLAVOURS AND EXPERIENCES VICTORIA HAS TO OFFER. AND THIS MORNING, HE'S KICKING THINGS OFF IN THE STUNNING MORNINGTON PENINSULA. FROM BREATHTAKING COASTLINES TO WORLD-CLASS WINERIES, TO LUXURIOUS SPAS... GOOD MORNING, MATT. KIA ORA, WHAT AN AMAZING MORNING IT HAS BEEN. YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS BREATHTAKING. SO MUCH TO SEE AND DO. I'M TAKING MY JOB VERY SERIOUSLY TO MAKE SURE I'VE GONE AROUND AS MANY THINGS TO DO AND SEE AS I POSSIBLY CAN. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. THE MORNINGTON PENINSULA IS JUST AN HOUR'S DRIVE OUT OF MELBOURNE. AND ONCE YOU'RE HERE, I'VE BEEN TOLD YOU HAVE TO VISIT MAIN RIDGE DAIRY, THE FIRST AND ONLY GOAT DAIRY FARM ON THE PENINSULA. SO, LET'S SAY CHEESE. (UPBEAT MUSIC) MAIN RIDGE DAIRY ` IT'S A BIT OF AN ICONIC SPOT HERE ON THE PENINSULA, ISN'T IT? IT IS. I THINK IT IS THE ICONIC SPOT ON THE MORNINGTON PENINSULA. (LAUGHTER) GREAT FOOD, GREAT WINE. EVERYTHING WE DO IS GOAT'S CHEESE. AND YOU DO IT PRETTY WELL BY THE SOUNDS OF THINGS. AWARD WINNING GOAT'S CHEESE? WELL, WE HAVE WE WE LAUNCHED A NEW HARD CHEESE LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS A PARMESAN ROMANO STYLE. AND WE ENTERED THAT IN THE SYDNEY SHOW, AND THAT GOT A GOLD MEDAL. FOR THOSE OF US WHO AREN'T MASSIVE CHEESE PEOPLE ` THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, GOATS CHEESE AND OTHER CHEESE, DAIRY CHEESE? ANY CHEESE PRODUCT YOU CAN MAKE OUT OF COW MILK, YOU CAN MAKE OUT OF THE GOAT. HAVE A CHUNK OF THAT. YOU RECKON? YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE I'D GO FOR. ALL RIGHT, LET'S TRY IT. YEP. WHAT'S THE VERDICT? FAMOUS CHEESE. SONIA? MM? THAT IS UNREAL. SO WHEN PEOPLE COME AND VISIT YOU HERE, EAT SOME CHEESE, DRINK SOME WINE. FEED THE GOATS AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY. (JOLLY MUSIC) IF YOU'RE LUCKY, ONE OF OUR CHEESEMAKERS WILL WANDER OUT. TALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS? TALK AROUND THE PROCESS OR ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE EATING. THAT'S REALLY NICE ` TO SEE THEIR PASSION COME THROUGH, FROM A BUCKET OF MILK TO A PIECE OF CHEESE ON THE TABLE ` IS IS UNREAL. WHAT A PERFECT SPOT IT IS TO SOAK IN THE ATMOSPHERE WITH A GLASS OF WINE AND SOME CHEESE. SHOULD WE DO IT? PERFECT, LET'S DO IT. CHEERS. CHEERS. CHEESE. AND FROM GOATS TO GOLF. NATHAN, MORNINGTON PENINSULA ` IT'S FAMOUS FOR YOUR GOLF COURSES. AND THIS ONE ` IT'S ONE OF THE BEST, ISN'T IT? SURE IS. SO WE'VE GOT TWO DIFFERENT STYLE COURSES. WE'VE GOT THE RESORT STYLE COURSE, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE OPEN COURSE, WHICH IS THE CHAMPIONSHIP. HOW DIFFICULT ARE WE TALKING FOR, YOU KNOW, AN AVERAGE GOLFER LIKE ME? IT'S A GOOD CHALLENGE. (LAUGHS) IT'S A GOOD CHALLENGE? IT IS. OK. YOU GET ME THE KIWIS PLAYING THIS COURSE? YEAH, WE DO. YEAH? YEAH. DEFINITELY CAN HAVE MORE. LETS SEE HOW I GO, EH? (UPBEAT MUSIC) OH! (LAUGHS) THAT LITERALLY WENT ABOUT 200m. IT DID. STRAIGHT UP. TAKE TWO ` YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT, ALL RIGHT? OH, THERE IT IS. OK! LET'S GO. I THINK IT COULD BE A LONG DAY ON THE COURSE, NATHAN. YEAH, MATT, I THINK IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER FROM HERE. (LAUGHS) OH-HO-HO. YES. WHAT A SPOT FOR IT, TOO. WHAT A SPOT. TO THE CLUBHOUSE, TO THE 19TH, EH? LET'S DO IT. (CHUCKLES) YEAH, AND A HUGE THANKS TO SONIA AND THE WHOLE TEAM AT MAINE RIDGE DAIRY. I PROMISE, MY GOLF GOT BETTER AS THE DAY WENT ON. HEAD TO THE LINK IF YOU WANT TO WIN AN AMAZING PRICE. YOU'LL GET THREE NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION, AND OF COURSE, TWO PEOPLE FLYING OVER WITH AIR NEW ZEALAND. PLENTY OF TICKETS TO EVENTS, INCLUDING BETELGEUSE, THE MUSICAL. WHEN WITH BREAKFAST.CO.NZ. WIN* THIS IS SAM, FOUNDER OF HERBS AND EVENTS. SO, WHAT WERE DOING HERE, IT'S PARTY POLO. YES, ABSOLUTELY. WERE TRYING TO CREATE AN EXCLUSIVE, ACCESSIBLE EVENT. THIS IS HAPPENING FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR? KIWIS MIGHT BE COMING ACROSS, SOME COMPETING? YES, IT'S PART OF OUR SERIES THAT WE RUN ACROSS SINGAPORE. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, HANG OUT WITH SAM. I HOPE THE EVENT GOES WELL FOR YOU. I HAD TO GO TO MELBOURNE. ONLY AN HOURS DRIVE UP THE COAST. THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE CITIES, MELBOURNE. AFTER ALL THAT GOLF, YOU'RE PROBABLY WANTING A MASSAGE, RIGHT? IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN, WHEN THRILL-SEEKERS STEP OUTSIDE THEIR COMFORT ZONE AND TAKE THE PLUNGE INTO ICY WINTER WATERS. IN CHRISTCHURCH, HABITAT CHIROPRACTIC IS ONE OF THE GROUPS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO START THEIR DAY WITH AN OCEAN DIP ` AN ENERGISING ALTERNATIVE TO YOUR MORNING COFFEE. OH, CHARLOTTE, I FEEL A BIT BAD FOR YOU. YOU'VE HAD TO ZIP UP YOUR WETSUIT. JUST A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO MY FLATMATE FOR LENDING ME YOUR WETSUIT, BECAUSE OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO IN TALKS. TOGS* I GOT ONE OF THE ORGANISERS. WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? WERE GOING TO JUMP INTO THE SEA TODAY, BASICALLY TO HELP US BUILD MENTAL AND NEUROLOGICAL RESILIENCY. WHY DO WE DO IT? WE GET A BIG DOPAMINE HAVE TO REDO IT, BUT ALSO TO SHOW OURSELVES WE CAN DO HARD THINGS. WHEN YOU CONSCIOUSLY DO THAT, WE KNOW THAT THE PAIN AND DISCOMFORT IS TEMPORARY. WE GET THAT REAL SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT. WOULD YOU SAY IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN ALTERNATIVE TO COFFEE? PERSONALLY, IT IS A REALLY GOOD START TO THE DAY. HAVE WE GOT SOME EXCITED PEOPLE HERE? LOOKS LIKE IT. WHERE GOING TO GO IN, AND BECAUSE I LOVE TO PARTICIPATE, I'M GONNA JOIN THEM. YOU GUYS HEAD OFF. WHEN IS THIS HAPPENING? 730, PINES BEACH. RUN BACK AFTERWARDS, TELL US HOW IT FEELS. THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE IN CHRISTCHURCH IS 3.7 DEGREES. IT FEELS LIKE THREE. THEY RECKON THE WATER TEMPERATURE IS ABOUT 10 DEGREES. THERE SHE GOES, SHE'S GOT THE WETSUIT ON. THE REST, NO WETSUIT. JUST GOING STRAIGHT IN. I PRESUME YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR HEAD UNDER, AS WELL, THEN. OH, SHE'S IN. YEAH, SHE'S NOT LIKING OUT. I'M PUTTING IT DOWN TO MY CHINESE GENES. I DON'T LIKE THE COLD WATER. SHE'S GOT AN ICE CREAM HEADACHE, SHE KEEPS CLUTCHING HER HEAD. WELL DONE CHARLOTTE, AND THE REST OF THEM. I THINK I'LL STICK TO THE COFFEE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` A MYSTERIOUS CONTAINER IS SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF AUCKLAND'S CBD. LUCY BENDELL HAS GONE TO INVESTIGATE. WHAT COULD IT BE, LUCY? MORENA, TEAM. YES, I'VE LOCATED THE MYSTERIOUS PURPLE CONTAINER. I THINK I CAN HEAR A BIT OF MUSIC. THERE IS A STAR-STUDDED LIST OF KIWI ARTISTS. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` IN THE UK, MERSEYSIDE POLICE SAY THEY HAVE ARRESTED A WHITE BRITISH MAN (53) AFTER A CAR PLOUGHED INTO A CROWD A WHITE BRITISH MAN (53) AFTER A CAR PLOUGHED INTO A CROWD AT A PARADE CELEBRATING LIVERPOOL'S PREMIER LEAGUE WIN. POLICE ARE DUE TO GIVE AN UPDATE IN ABOUT AN HOUR. LOCALS WHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY A NEW OTAKI TO NORTH OF LEVIN EXPRESSWAY SAY THEY FEEL BLINDSIDED NOW PLANS FOR A VEHICLE OVERBRIDGE HAVE BEEN SCRAPPED. AND IN SPORT, THE NORTHERN MYSTICS HAVE BEATEN THE SOUTHERN STEEL BY JUST ONE GOAL IN THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP. THE RED CARPET IS BEING ROLLED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND. A NEW POP-UP MUSIC VENUE OPENS TODAY BUT ONLY FOR THIS WEEK. THERE'S ONLY ONE WOMAN FOR THE JOB, AND THAT IS LUCY. YES, I'M IN THE HEART OF THE SQUARE THIS MORNING, PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP TO CHECK IT OUT. WHERE HERE WITH THE CREATOR, JAMIE, THIS MORNING. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING INSIDE OF HERE. WHAT THIS IS BUILT AROUND, IS A 10 FOOT SHIPPING CONTAINER. WE HAVE MADE IT LOOK LIKE AN OLD CINEMA. INSIDE, WE'VE DRAPED RED VELVET CURTAINS, WE GOT A STANDING LAMP, AND THE IDEAS THAT IT HOSTS PERFORMANCES UP TO ABOUT SIX PEOPLE AT A TIME. SO, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO COME ALONG, LISTEN TO ONE SONG FOR AN ARTIST, LEAVE, AND IN THE NEXT SIX PEOPLE COME IN. AN AUDIENCE OF JUST SIX PEOPLE IS SUCH AN UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING PEOPLE TO FEEL WHEN THEY ENTER YOUR POP-UP? IT IS A NICE AND COZY ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE TRIED TO CREATE. IT'S ABOUT FLIPPING THE TABLES. USUALLY YOU SEE ARTISTS AT QUITE A DISTANCE ON THE STAGE, AND THIS BRINGS THEM RIGHT UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL. WERE EXPECTING TO BE QUITE INTIMATE, AND QUITE SPECIAL. TO BE HONEST, THIS IS THE FIRST DAY, SO I GOT NO IDEA. THIS IS PART OF THE NEW ZEALAND MUSIC MONTH. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT WE CELEBRATE OUR KIWI ARTISTS? WERE DOING WONDERFULLY WELL WITH NEW ZEALAND MUSIC. WE'VE GOT PARK ROAD PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND, AN AMAZING UP-AND-COMING BAND. WE PROGRAMMED IT TO INCLUDE QUITE WELL ESTABLISHED ARTISTS AS WELL AS UP-AND-COMING ARTISTS. WE GOT THE LIKES OF TINY ROOMS, JULIA DEAN'S, AND SOME AMAZING UP-AND-COMING ARTISTS LIKE PARK ROAD, DEAN'S AND SOME AMAZING UP-AND-COMING ARTISTS LIKE PARK RD., SO YEAH. IT'S AMAZING FOR THE MUSICIANS WHO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY FOR PEOPLE. IT'S A VERY COZY FEEL. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT YOU GET TO DO SOME LIKE THIS, ARE YOU EXCITED? YEAH, I RECKON IT'LL BE REAL FUN TO HAVE THE INTIMATES, KIND OF THING WITH THE CROWD. JUST A COOL OPPORTUNITY. THANKS FOR HAVING US MUSICIANS PLAY. IT IS A LUCKY DIP WITH ALL OF OUR ARTISTS, BUT CAN WE FIND OUT WHEN YOU GUYS WILL BE PLAYING? SHHH.. 3 PM SUNDAY. WE DIDN'T HEAR THAT. THIS IS PARK ROAD. # I'VE GOT ALL DAY # TO TRY AND SLEEP YOU OFF. # I'LL BE OK. # YOU'RE PROBABLY SOMEONE HAVE TO LOSE. # E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE ROAD SAFETY APP THAT SCORED A WELLINGTON STUDENT A TOP INTERNATIONAL AWARD. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. KNOWN AS THE OLYMPICS OF SCIENCE FAIRS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THE 75th EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR WAS HELD IN COLUMBUS, OHIO EARLIER THIS MONTH. WELLINGTON COLLEGE STUDENT JESSE RUMBALL-SMITH NOT ONLY ATTENDED THE FAIR BUT PLACED FIRST IN THE BEHAVIOURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES CATEGORY FOR HIS ROAD SAFETY APP, WINNING MORE THAN $11,000. JESSE JOINS US FROM OUR WELLINGTON STUDIO. CONGRATULATIONS, JESSE. THANK YOU. WHAT WAS THE FAIR LIKE? I FELT A LITTLE BIT LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER ` IT WAS A REAL PRIVILEGE TO BE THERE. WE WERE THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND TEAM IN HISTORY SO IT WINNING IT WAS THE ICING ON THE CAKE AND WE DIDN'T EXPECT IT AT ALL. I CAN TELL BY ALL THE BADGES YOU ARE VERY` YOU MUST BE VERY IMPRESSIVE. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LIKE YOUR CLASSIC SCIENCE FAIR, I HAD MY DISPLAY BOARD, MY APP, THERE ARE ABOUT EIGHT HOURS OF JUDGING, JUDGES AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD COMING UP AND QUESTIONING YOU ABOUT IT, AND THEN, YES, IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU GO COULD WELL. NOT QUITE WELL. WHAT IS THE APP ABOUT? ME AND MY MATES AT SCHOOL, GETTING OUR RESTRICTED DRIVERS LICENSES, SEARCHING ON FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE FOR THE CHEAPEST CAR, CONSEQUENTIALLY, THE NEW SAFEST CAR, SO HOW CAN EVERYBODY ON THE ROAD TO BE SAFE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU AND A TESLA O WILLR A TOYOTA COROLLA. IT LOOKS OUT OF THE CAMERA, ARE YOU YAWNING, YOU TIRED? AND IT WAKES YOU UP, WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL MESSAGING. WHAT STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT ARE YOU IN? THERE DEFINITELY A LOT OF WORK TO TAKE A SCIENCE FAIR PROTOTYPE TO AN APP THAT EVERYBODY CAN USE, BUT THAT'S AN EXCITING NEXT STEP. LAST YEAR, WE HAD 30 OR SO DRIVERS GET 500 KM OF DATA USING IT, SO DEFINITELY SOME RECEIPTS TO PROVE THAT IT WORKS, BUT IN A STUDY NEXT STEP IS GETTING IT IN THE HANDS OF EVERYONE. WHAT IS IT MEAN FOR YOU TO HAVE STEPPED AWAY WITH THAT PRIZE? I MEAN, IT'S A REAL, REAL PRIVILEGE AND HONOUR. NOT JUST TO BE THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND TEAM OVER THERE, BUT TO GET A KIWI AMONG THE TOP 30 OR SO YOUNG SCIENTIST IN THE WORLD, IT'S UNREAL AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE INCREDIBLE PORT OF MY SCHOOL, THE AUSTRALIAN FAIR, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HELPED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, SO READY, REALLY GRATEFUL. WHAT YEAR ARE YOU? YEAR 13. SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? I DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP WORKING ON THIS, LIKE I SAID. IT'S TIME TO TAKE IT FROM THE RESEARCH AND GET IT ONTO THE ROAD, SAVING LIVES. NEXT STEPS FOR ME, I AM AIMING TO GO TO UNIVERSITY NEXT YEAR. I'LL CHUCK AN APPLICATION DECEIVING OVERSEAS, BUT OTHERWISE WE HAVE EXCELLENT UNIVERSITIES HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST, THE FUTURE IS CERTAINLY BRIGHT WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU WITH THEIR HANDS ON THE TILLER. CONGRATULATIONS. NO SURPRISES, HIGH ACHIEVERS COME FROM WELLINGTON COLLEGE. THANKS ARE JOINING US. DO CHECK ON A WEBSITE FOR FURTHER DEVELOP IT ON THE LIVEABLE STORY. CAPTIONS BY COURTNEY SOLE, MAIA CARR HEKE, RUBY WEBB-SAGARIN AND KITTY WASASALA. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.