IT'S A TREAT TO HAVE YOU AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. YOU'RE OVER THERE, YOU'RE OVER THERE, YOU'RE OVER THERE. HAVEN'T YOU GONE LIKE ELITE ATHLETE? IT'S ALL ABOUT TRYING NEW THINGS. WHEN I ASKED WENDY ABOUT THIS SWIMMING, IT WAS JUST IN THE POOL. THE ACTUAL COMPETITION IS IN FIJI. THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THE SHOW THIS IS MORNING, I PROMISE WE'LL HAVE SOME FUN. COMING UP ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` MORE STRIKE ACTION IN THE HEALTH SECTOR. SENIOR DOCTORS AT GISBORNE HOSPITAL ARE RETURNING TO THE PICKET LINE TODAY, WARNING STAFFING SHORTAGES ARE PUSHING THEM INTO A CRISIS. DOCTORS SAY MORE THAN A THIRD OF SENIOR ROLES REMAIN VACANT WHAT RESPONSE HAVE THEY HAD FROM THE GOVERNMENT? ALSO AHEAD ` THE OCR'S TIPPED FOR ANOTHER CUT LATER TODAY. ONE OF THE MAJOR BANKS HAS ALREADY LOWERED SOME OF ITS HOME LOAN RATES IN ANTICIPATION OF THE RESERVE BANK'S ANNOUNCEMENT. HOW MUCH LOWER COULD IT GO, AND WHAT'S THE SMART MOVE FOR MORTGAGE HOLDERS? PLUS ` THE OLYMPICS ON STEROIDS. THE CONTROVERSIAL EVENT, DUBBED THE 'ENHANCED GAMES' WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT YEAR WITH COMPETITORS ENCOURAGED TO BOOST THEIR PERFORMANCES WITH OTHERWISE BANNED SUBSTANCES. WORLD RECORDS ARE ALREADY FALLING, BUT IS THIS SANCTIONED CHEATING OR THE PROGRESSION OF SPORTS SCIENCE? RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S YOUR NEWS. TEENS ARE BEING WARNED NOT TO PARTAKE IN FULL-CONTACT TACKLE GAMES BASED ON A POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA TREND. FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A 19-YEAR-OLD YESTERDAY. RYAN SATTERTHWAITE SUFFERED A HEAD INJURY AFTER BEING TACKLED IN A PRIVATE IMPROMPTU GAME IN PALMERSTON NORTH ON SUNDAY. EXPERTS AND OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN WARNING ABOUT THE DANGERS OF COLLISION GAMES, LIKE THE RUN IT STRAIGHT EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN AUCKLAND LAST WEEK. THE PRINCIPAL OF THE TEENAGER'S FORMER HIGH SCHOOL TELLING STUDENTS 'DON'T DO IT'. WE'LL BE SPEAKING TO A BRAIN INJURY EXPERT LATER IN THE SHOW. 11 PEOPLE REMAIN IN HOSPITAL AFTER A CAR DROVE INTO A CROWD AT A LIVERPOOL VICTORY PARADE. A WHITE BRITISH (53) MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS. THE INCIDENT ISN'T BEING TREATED AS TERRORISM, AND LOCAL POLICE ARE STILL PIECING TOGETHER THE EVENTS OF THE DAY. IT IS BELIEVED THE DRIVER OF THE FORD GALAXY CAR INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT WAS ABLE TO FOLLOW AN AMBULANCE ON TO WATER STREET AFTER THE ROAD BLOCK WAS TEMPORARILY LIFTED SO THE AMBULANCE CREW COULD ATTEND TO A MEMEBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WAS HAVING A SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK. THE MAN REMAINS IN CUSTODY WHILE BEING INTERVIEWED BY POLICE. AID IS BEGINNING TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO PALESTINIANS IN RAFAH BY THE U.S. AND ISRAELI-BACKED GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION AFTER A NEARLY THREE MONTH BLOCKADE WAS LIFTED. THE ORGANISATION SAYS 8000 FOOD BOXES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED ` THE EQUIVALENT OF 462,000 MEALS. THE UN AND OTHER AGENCIES HAVE BOYCOTTED THE FOUNDATION, SAYING AID SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED INDEPENDENTLY OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE CONFLICT. TO SPORT, AND AMERICAN TENNIS STAR COCO GAUFF HAS CRUISED THROUGH TO THE SECOND ROUND OF THE FRENCH OPEN, BUT NOT WITHOUT A MISHAP BEFORE THE MATCH. THE 21-YEAR-OLD WINNING COMFORTABLY IN STRAIGHT SETS, BUT REVEALING SHE INITIALLY WALKED ON COURT WITHOUT HER RACQUETS. YEAH, WELL THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO HAVE THE RACKET. SO I WAS GETTING THROUGH THE FIRST STEP. I REMEMBER MY RACKETS FOR NEXT TIME. MEANWHILE, NEW ZEALAND-BORN BRIT CAMERON NORRIE UPSET 11th SEED DANIIL MEDVEDEV IN A FIVE SET THRILLER TO BOOK HIS SPOT IN THE SECOND ROUND. AND NOVAK DJOKOVIC HAS COMFORTABLY WON HIS OPENING MATCH AS HE EYES A FOURTH FRENCH OPEN TITLE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. FOR THE REST OF YOU, THERE ARE ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EAST COAST AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHLAND DOWN TO TARANAKI. 20 ` YOUR HIGH IN NAPIER. NEW PLYMOUTH, YOUR HIGH IS 17. IT'S ALSO A CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH CAN EXPECT SOME RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 10 IS YOUR HIGH IN QUEENSTOWN. CHRISTCHURCH, YOUR HIGH IS 13. THERE'S ARE ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN THE RANGES OF THE TASMAN NORTHWEST OF MOTUEKA. 6:04. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING WITH OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. POLICE HAVE OFFICALLY NAMED AND RELEASED A PHOTO OF A HOMICIDE VICTIM IN HOREKE, AND ARE CALLING THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD WITH ANY DETAILS TO HELP THEIR INQUIRIES. LUCY BENDELL JOINS US. WHAT EXACT DETAILS ARE THE POLICE AFTER FOR THEIR INVESTIGATION? THE NORTHLAND POLICE ARE AFTER QUITE SPECIFIC DETAILS REGARDING THIS HOMICIDE. THEY'RE ASKING ANYONE IN KAIKOHE TO REPORT OF FIXING THIS VEHICLE HERE. THEY'RE CALLING FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD IF THEY SPOTTED THIS MAN HERE. HE IS 77-YEAR-OLD DANIEL HEHEPE. HE WAS AT THE GROCERY STORE AT 10 AM THE DAY BEFORE. MAY 21. IF ANYONE HAS SEEN HIM OR THAT VEHICLE PLEASE CONTACT CRIMESTOPPERS OR 105. POLICE ARE NOW PULLING AND OFFICERS FROM SURROUNDING AREAS AND ALSO THERE'S A PUBLIC APPEAL FOR INFORMATION TO HOPEFULLY OFFER A MISSING PIECE IN THE PUZZLE. LUCY BENDEL IN OUR AUCKLAND NEWSROOM. HARRY, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT THERE'S A PROPOSAL TO CLOSE ONE OF THE CAMPUSES HERE IN THE CAPITAL. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST PREMIER FACILITIES HERE IN THE CAPITAL. PRODUCTION STUDIO. THE REASON FOR THIS POSSIBLY CLOSING IS DUE TO ONGOING DECLINE OF STUDENT NUMBERS. THE FACILITY HAS NEVER REACHED ITS GOAL OF 1000 STUDENTS, AND IS RUNNING AT A $12 MILLION DEFICIT. THE DIRECTOR OF LEARNING HAS STATED SHE DOES NOT EXPECT TO BE DELIVERING TEACHING THERE IN 2026. THERE WILL BE SOME CONSULTATION ON THIS, AN OFFICIAL DECISION WILL BE MADE IN JULY. BUT THIS WOULD BE A DEVASTATING LOSS FOR THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY. ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING IT ONLY STARTED IN 2018. AREAS SAID TO REOPEN ON THE WEST COAST TODAY AFTER HEAVY RAINS IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. WEST COAST RESIDENTS WILL BE HAPPY THIS MORNING, AS STATE HIGHWAY SIX THROUGH THE LOWER GORGE WILL BE OPENING THIS AFTERNOON AT 3 PM. THE ROADS BEEN CLOSED FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS DUE TO HEAVY RAIN CAUSING SLIP SOME FLOODING WITHIN THE AREA, BUT CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO GET THIS ROAD REOPENED, AS IT'S ONE OF THE MAIN ROADS FOR RESIDENTS ON THE WEST COAST. BEAR IN MIND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SHOWERS AND RAIN SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, AND THIS MAY POTENTIALLY AFFECT THE OPENING. STATE HIGHWAY 63 REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO A LARGE ROCK FALL. PEOPLE CAN FIND MORE UPDATES THROUGH THE NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY WEBSITE. IT'S WIDELY EXPECTED THE RESERVE BANK WILL CUT THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE TODAY BUT EXACTLY HOW MUCH FURTHER IT WILL FALL AFTER THAT, AND HOW FAST, REMAINS UNCLEAR. A 25 BASIS POINT CUT IS ANTICIPATED, TAKING THE OCR TO 3.25%. BNZ HAS ALREADY LOWERED FIXED TERM AND VARIABLE HOME LOAN RATES AHEAD OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT 2pm. TO DISCUSS WHAT THAT MEANS WE'RE JOINED BY FINANCIAL ADVISOR ANTHONY SAGE. THANKS FOR JOINING US ON BREAKFAST. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. THERE'S A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY EVERYONE EXPECTS THIS 25 BASIS POINT CUT. YES, THERE WILL BE MORE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR. BUT TODAY IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT WILL BE HAPPENING. WHY DO YOU THINK THERE WILL BE THIS CUT? THE ECONOMY IS STILL QUITE BAD. THE RESERVE BANK IS TRYING TO EASE THE PRESSURE ON HOUSEHOLDS AND GET THE MARKET MOVING A BIT. WE ARE SEEING THE DOWNWARD CYCLE OF THE INTEREST RATES RIGHT NOW. SEE HOW WE GO. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL THAT BANKS WOULD MOVE AHEAD OF THE OCR ANNOUNCEMENT? NOT NECESSARILY. WE HAVE A TEAM OF ECONOMISTS WHO ARE FIGURING OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON. THEY DO EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN. IT'S A MOVE FROM B AND Z TO SAY THAT WERE HERE TO SEA WHAT BUSINESS WE CAN GET OUT OF THAT. INVESTORS, MORTGAGE HOLDERS, ARE ALL WAITING FOR THIS DROP. HOW MUCH LOWER CAN IT GO? THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY. IT REALLY DOES DEPEND. THERE'S BEEN CUT SINCE LAST AUGUST. IT DOES TAKE 3 TO 6 MONTHS TO SEE WHAT ECONOMIC DATA COMES OUT IN TERMS OF WHAT IMPACT THE CUTS HAVE ON THE MARKET. SO WE WILL WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE A BREAK AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT I WOULDN'T EXPECT CUTS IN THE NEXT 3 TO 6 MONTHS. IS THIS A GOOD TIME TO BUY OR SELL? WHAT SHOULD WE DO IN THE SITUATION? IT'S A BUYERS MARKET. INTEREST RATES HAVE COME DOWN QUITE FAST, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT CRAZY INCREASE. WE CAN BORROW BIT MORE, BUT SO CAN EVERYONE ELSE. THAT SIMILE TARGET. THERE'S A BIT OF RELIEF THERE. GIVE IT 6 TO 12 MONTHS AND YOU WILL SEE THE INVIGORATION COME BACK TO THE MARKET, AND THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE THOSE CRAZY CAPITAL GAINS COMING. I WOULDN'T EXPECT TO SEE IT DURING COVID. THOSE CUTS WERE UNPRECEDENTED. LONG-TERM PROSPERITY IS EXPECTED. GOOD TIME FOR BUYERS, FIRST HOMEBUYERS. SHOULD I FIX FIRST SIX MONTHS, TWO YEARS? IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION. IT DEPENDS HOW MUCH YOU VALUE CERTAINTY, AND HOW MUCH SURPLUS INCOME YOU HAVE. THE SIX-MONTH RATE HAS QUITE A PREMIUM ON IT. IT'S HALF A PERCENT HIGHER THAN THOSE OTHER RATES. THE SWEET SPOT IS IN THAT 12 TO 24 MONTH RATE. GET ADVICE, SEEK OUT PEOPLE WHO DO THIS EVERY DAY, JUST TO SEE IF YOUR STRATEGY IS THE BEST THING FOR YOU, AND TAYLOR SITUATION BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN FIXING AND THEN MISSING ANOTHER DROP. SPLITTING UP IS NOT A BAD IDEA EITHER. YEAH, DEFINITELY. YOU CAN ALSO DO THINGS LIKE REVOLVING CREDITS OR FLOATING FACILITIES TO HAVE A BIT OF A BUFFER. THOSE THINGS ARE CONTROLLED BY THE RESERVE BANK. WE MAY NOT SEE THE FULL EFFECTS PASSED ON, BUT IT IS GOOD THAT WE SEEN BE MZ TRYING TO FIX RATES. BNZ* DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING TO AT THE MOMENT? YES, WE DO, DEFINITELY. IT CREATES QUITE A BUZZ AMONGST HOMEOWNERS AND PEOPLE LOOKING TO BUY. THERE'S AN EXCITEMENT THAT IT BECOMES MORE REALISTIC TO BORROW MORE. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR A BIT OF RELIEF. WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPROACH US QUITE EARLY. JUST WAIT AS LONG AS YOU CAN ` IF YOU HAVE A NEW LOAN COMING OUT, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN LEAVE IT ON FLOATING TO LAST MINUTE. ANTHONY SAGE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` MORE CASES OF DENGUE FEVER ARE DETECTED IN THE COOK ISLANDS. AND NEXT IT'S THE OLYMPICS ON STEROIDS LITERALLY. BUT HOW SAFE WILL NEXT YEAR'S 'ENHANCED GAMES' REALLY BE? # I FEEL IT COMING. You're speaking with Pippa. How can I help? Mm-hmm... VOICEOVER: Run your business like a well-oiled machine, on NZ's most reliable mobile network. With plans from $43.48 a month, excluding GST. One New Zealand. Let's get connected. 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. # CLOSE TO YOU. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. TEENS ARE BEING WARNED NOT TO PARTAKE IN FULL-CONTACT TACKLE GAMES AFTER THE DEATH OF A 19-YEAR-OLD ON MONDAY. OVERSEAS, 11 PEOPLE REMAIN IN HOSPITAL AFTER A CAR DROVE INTO A CROWD AT A LIVERPOOL VICTORY PARADE. AND IN SPORT ` AMERICAN TENNIS STAR COCO GAUFF HAS CRUISED THROUGH TO THE SECOND ROUND OF THE FRENCH OPEN, ALONG WITH NOVAK DJOKOVIC. 6:18. IT'S CONFIRMED A CONTROVERSIAL EVENT DUBBED 'THE ENHANCED GAMES' IS SET TO GO AHEAD IN LAS VEGAS NEXT YEAR. COMPETITORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO 'JUICE TO THE GILLS' IN AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK WORLD RECORDS AND PUSH THE LIMITS OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE. ORGANISERS INSIST THE EVENT IS SAFE, WITH PARTICIPANTS TAKING NORMALLY BANNED SUBSTANCES UNDER MEDICAL SUPERVISION, BUT EXPERTS ARE DUBIOUS. MARTIN CHANDLER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM STUDIES THE EFFECTS OF PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS AND JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING, MARTIN. FIRST OFF, WHAT SORT OF DRUGS ARE WE TALKING HERE? THEY HAVEN'T RELEASED MUCH IN THE WAY OF DETAIL AROUND THAT PROTOCOL. THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THEY WILL STICK WITH ANTIBIOTICS. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO USE DRUGS THAT ARE NOT APPROVED BY REGULATION BODIES SUCH AS THE FDA. HOWEVER, AN ATHLETE HAS ALREADY ADMITTED IN AN INTERVIEW THAT HE IS TAKING A RANGE OF MEDICATIONS THAT ARE NOT AUTHORISED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. TELL US, WHAT DO THESE DRUGS ACTUALLY DO? HOW DO THEY ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE FOR ATHLETE? IF WE LOOK AT ANABOLIC STEROIDS SPECIFICALLY, THEY INCREASE SYNTHESIS, THEY INCREASE THE RATE AT WHICH THE HUMAN BODY RESPONDS TO EXERCISE AND NUTRITION. SO, YOU WILL GET SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER MUSCLE IN A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME. IT KIND OF ACTS AS A SUPERCHARGE ON NATURAL SYSTEMS THAT WERE LOOKING TO LEVERAGE WHEN REDOING EXERCISES. SO, WHEN WE'VE HAD ATHLETES WHO HAVE COMPETED IN THE OLYMPICS AND BEEN DONE FOR DOPING, OFTEN THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE GOTTEN GOLD MEDALS AND PERFORMED THE EXTREME. IS IT A BIT OF A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL, BECAUSE HOW LONG CAN YOU DO IT BEFORE IT'S UNSAFE? THE PROBLEM IS, WE CAN'T ANSWER THAT PROPERLY. THE PAPER WE PUBLISHED RECENTLY WAS LOOKING AT HARM REDUCTION. ONE OF THE KEY POINTS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE WAS THAT MOST OF THE KEY EVIDENCE IS ALL OBSERVATIONAL. WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPECIFIC SUBSTANCES AND PARTICULAR EFFECTS, BETWEEN TICKLER DOSES AND SUBSEQUENT EFFECTS. WE KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL HAVE MULTIPLE EXAMPLES OF USE, AND SEEM TO BE FINE YEARS LATER. AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE USED THEM ONCE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEY'RE STILL SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS A YEAR LATER. THERE'S A LOT WE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS, WHICH IS WHY WERE DUBIOUS ABOUT THEIR PROTOCOL, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A ROBUST EVIDENCE BASE TO BUILD ON. WHAT IS THE RISK OF WHAT COULD GO WRONG? AGAIN, IF WE FOCUS ON ANABOLIC STEROIDS, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MOST LIKELY DRUGS TO BE USING. THERE IS A VARIETY OF SYMPTOMS THEY COULD EXPERIENCE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM WILL GO AWAY AFTER THEY STOPPED USING THEM. THEY GO IN 12 WEEK CYCLES, WHICH IS A RELATIVELY MODERATE PERIOD. CARDIOVASCULAR AND REPRODUCTIVE AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS. WE KNOW THAT THE TESTOSTERONE CAN CAUSE ONE OF THE CHAMBERS OF THE HEART TO ENLARGE, THE HEART WALLS TO STIFFEN, THICKEN, AND THE RED BLOOD CELLS TO INCREASE, IT INCREASES THE RISK OF HEART ATTACK. REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION WILL SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY DURING THE CYCLE, AND FOR SOME PEOPLE IT DOESN'T RECOVER. WE ARE SEEING PREMATURE AGING OF THE BRAIN, PROBLEM-SOLVING ISSUES. THAT IS VERY NASCENT RESEARCH. AGAIN, THE IDEA OF THE LOTTERY. FOR SOME PEOPLE, THEY MAY DO IT FOR SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEY WILL BE SUFFERING THE EFFECTS INTO THE FUTURE. THERE ARE STUDIES LOOKING INTO THE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK, WHICH SHOWS THAT A YEAR AFTER USE, SOME PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY FINE, SOME PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING ISSUES. THOSE OF THE BIG ONES AT THE MOMENT, BECAUSE THE SYMPTOMS DON'T SHOW UP UNTIL HER SOMETHING QUITE WRONG. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF THIS, THAT'S YOUR FIELD OF EXPERTISE. WHAT ABOUT THE ETHICAL SIDE OF ALL OF THIS? YOU HAVE A VIEW ON WHETHER THIS IS RIGHT OR WRONG? IT'S GOT SOME BIG-MONEY BACKERS. THERE'S TWO DEBATES HERE. IN TERMS OF` THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TRADITIONAL SPORT WHO ARE MORALLY OPPOSED TO THE IDEA, I COMPLETELY GET THAT. I'M SEPARATED FROM THAT, I'M NOT GETTING INVOLVED IN THAT. MY CONCERN IS HARM REDUCTION ` CAN WE KEEP PEOPLE SAFE DOING THIS. THE REASON THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE EVIDENCE THAT WE NEED IS BECAUSE IT'S UNETHICAL TO GIVE PEOPLE DRUGS WHOSE LONG-TERM EFFECTS ARE UNKNOWN. THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO DO A FOLLOW-UP WITH THEIR ATHLETES, WHICH IS WHAT WE SAY IN OUR PAPER THAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING. BUT THEN, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR ETHICAL APPROVAL FOR THE STUDY SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE. THAT'S NOT HOW YOU GO ABOUT STUDIES LIKE THIS. THERE ARE CLEARLY ISSUES AROUND GIVING PEOPLE DRUGS, AND THEN TRYING TO GET ETHICAL APPROVAL FOR THIS SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE. ETHICALLY, THEY NEED TO PROVIDE VERY LONG-TERM HEALTHCARE SUPPORT. BECAUSE IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT HAPPENS IF ANY ATHLETE EXPERIENCES ADVERSE EFFECTS. THEY HAVEN'T SAID THAT WE WILL PROVIDE HEALTHCARE FOR THEM. PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUG EXPERT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. WENDY, I KNOW YOU'RE BIG ON YOUR SPORTS. BIG ON YOUR SWIMMING THESE DAYS. YOU SAW THE OZZIE FORMER OLYMPIC SWIMMER, AUSSIE* WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE AFTER IT. IT SEEMS CRAZY, IT SEEMS LIKE ABSOLUTELY THE WRONG THING TO BE DOING. I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING WHEN THEY WANT TO PUSH IT TO THE LIMITS AND SEE WHAT THE HUMAN BODY IS CAPABLE OF. BUT AT WHAT COST TO THE ATHLETES? IT PROBABLY WILL HELP FOR THOSE FRACTIONS SECOND, BUT WHAT'S THE POINT ULTIMATELY? YOUR RECOGNISED AS THE FASTEST PERSON EVER ON DRUGS. WHAT A GREAT ACCOLADE THAT IS (!) IT'S GONNA HAVE A LOT OF CONTROVERSY. IT'S THAT WHOLE WEIRD FASCINATION, WHAT ARE THEY GONNA LOOK LIKE? COULD SOMEONE RUN 100 M IF THEY WERE TO HAVE A PERFECT CONDITION? IT'S CRAZY. IT'S GONNA BE IN LAS VEGAS, IT'S GOING TO BE A GLITZY SHOW. WENDY IS SMASHING IT IN THE WATERS OF FIJI. ME U TONU MAI. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS ` MATT GIBB'S ON LOCATION IN MELBOURNE THIS MORNING. MORENA, MATT. I AM LIVING IT UP. MELBOURNE DOES EVENT SO WELL, WHETHER IT'S SPORTS, MUSIC. THE LEGO STAR WARS EXHIBITION AT MELBOURNE MUSEUM ` YOU CAN WIN TICKETS HERE, FLIGHTS, ACCOMMODATION, AT THE LINK BELOW. I'LL JUST FOLLOW THIS GUY, I GUESS. WERE LIVE FROM HERE ALL MORNING LONG. THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE IS WIDELY EXPECTED TO DROP THIS AFTERNOON, BUT BY HOW MUCH REMAINS UNCERTAIN. A 25 BASIS POINT CUT IS ANTICIPATED, TAKING THE OCR TO 3.25%. BNZ HAS ALREADY LOWERED FIXED TERM AND VARIABLE HOME LOAN RATES AHEAD OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT 2pm. FINANCIAL ADVISOR ANTHONY SAGE SAY IT SHOULD COME DOWN AS ECONOMIC PRESSURES BUILD. I THINK THE RESERVE BANK IS SORT OF TRYING TO EASE OFF THE PRESSURES OF HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES, AND TRYING TO GET THE MARKET MOVING A LITTLE BIT. AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY THE EBBS AND FLOWS. WE DID SEE INTEREST RATES KIND OF GO UP THERE, FOR A WHILE AND WE'RE SEEING THE DOWNWARD CYCLE NOW. HE SAYS WE WON'T FEEL THE AFFECTS OF THE CUT UNTIL THREE TO SIX MONTHS TIME. SOME ROADS ARE SET TO REOPEN TODAY AFTER HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSED CLOSURES ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. STATE HIGHWAY 6 BETWEEN INANGAHUA AND THE LOWER BULLER GORGE IS EXPECTED TO REOPEN AT 3PM, AFTER CREWS CLEARED SLIPS TRIGGERED BY THE DOWNPOUR. HOWEVER, STATE HIGHWAY 63 AT HOWARD NARROWS REMAINS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO A LARGE ROCKFALL. AUCKLAND FC'S HEAD COACH STEVE CORICA HAS BEEN NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR AT THE A-LEAGUE AWARDS EVENING. IT COMES AFTER A REMARKABLE DEBUT SEASON WHICH SAW THE BLACK KNIGHTS WIN THE MINOR PREMIERSHIP. THE AWARD IS VOTED ON BY FELLOW COACHES, TECHNICAL FOOTBALL EXPERTS, AND MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES. CORICA SAYS THE AWARD MEANS A LOT TO HIM, AND HE'S PROUD OF THE CLUB'S INAUGURAL CAMPAIGN. AND FINALLY, THE THREE LEADS OF A NEW HARRY POTTER TV SERIES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AFTER AN OPEN CASTING CALL INVOLVING 30,000 BRITISH CHILDREN. DOMINIC MCLAUGHLIN WILL STAR AS HARRY POTTER, WITH ARABELLA STANTON AS HERMIONE GRANGER, AND RON WEASLEY PORTRAYED BY ALASTAIR STOUT. THE 2001 FILM FRANCHISE WAS CAST IN A SIMILAR WAY, MAKING STARS OF DANIEL RADCLIFFE, EMMA WATSON, AND RUPERT GRINT. THE SERIES, WHICH PROMISES TO BE FAITHFUL TO THE BOOK SERIES, IS EXPECTED TO DEBUT IN 2026, NEARLY 30 YEARS AFTER THE FIRST BOOK WAS PUBLISHED. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (CRANBERRIES' 'DREAMS) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. FOR THE REST OF YOU, THERE ARE ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EAST COAST AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHLAND DOWN TO TARANAKI. 20 ` YOUR HIGH IN NAPIER. NEW PLYMOUTH, YOUR HIGH IS 17. IT'S ALSO A CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH CAN EXPECT SOME RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 10 IS YOUR HIGH IN QUEENSTOWN. CHRISTCHURCH, YOUR HIGH IS 13. THERE ARE ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN THE RANGES OF THE TASMAN NORTHWEST OF MOTUEKA. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MELBOURNE, EVERY BIT DIFFERENT. THIS WEEK, WE'VE TEAMED UP 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. THIS MORNING HE'S CHECKING OUT THE LEGO STAR WARS EXHIBITION. GOOD MORNING MATT. I LOVE LEGO EXHIBITIONS. LOOK AT THAT. I AM IN LEGO HEAVEN THIS MORNING, YOU TOO. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE. YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS. RYAN BRAKEMAN MCNAUGHT. THE ONLY CERTIFIED LEGO PROFESSIONAL IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. DID YOU EVER THINK YOU WOULD BE A PROFESSIONAL LEO BUILDER? I WANTED TO OPEN THE BATTING FOR AUSTRALIA AND CRICKETS, AND I WAS BAD AT CRICKET, SO I DID THIS. IT'S ABOUT DOING THINGS THAT NOBODY EXPECTS OUT OF LEGO. THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT. TAKING LEGO TO THE EXTREME. THIS ONLY OPENED THREE WEEKS AGO, BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING? I HAVE THE CALLUSES TO PROVE IT. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS. YOU WERE LYING THERE AND WHAT DID YOU THINK? GIGANTIC STAR WARS. WENT TO MY FIRST STAR WARS MOVIE IN THE DRIVE-IN, WHICH SHOWS HOW OLD I AM. BUT I THOUGHT IMAGINE THOSE THINGS MADE OUT OF LEGO. I WANTED TO SHOW YOU ONE THING. WE CAN'T SHOW YOU EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW, BUT THOSE KINDS OF BUILDS, LIFE-SIZE, ACTUAL CHARACTERS FROM THE MOVIES AND TV SHOWS, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK. STAR WARS ARE SUCH A RICH STORYTELLING SCENARIO, THERE IS SO MUCH TO PLAY WITH. IT'S ACTUALLY PICKING WHAT TO BUILD. THERE'S TOO MUCH. WE HAD TO BE SELECTIVE AND COME UP WITH CALL STUFF. THERE IS A GALAXY'S WORTH OF CHARACTERS AND THINGS TO DO. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW MANY BRICKS ARE INVOLVED. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF BRICKS, BUT HOW MANY EXACTLY? ABOUT 8 MILLION BRICKS IN THIS LEGO EXHIBITION. I SAY THAT APPROXIMATELY BECAUSE I DIDN'T SIT THERE AND COUNT THEM ALL, BUT YEAH, A LOT OF LEGO. ABOUT 25,000 HOURS OF LEGO. THERE IS A TEAM INVOLVED. 38 OF US. WE ARE SUPER PROUD OF IT. IT'S NOT JUST KIDS GOING TO BE WANDERING THROUGH. THE STAR WARS FANS KNOW THE UNIVERSE AND NOTICED I WAS REALLY WELL, SO WE HAVE TO DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY KNOW. ADULTS ARE GOING TO TELL US IF WE'RE WRONG. IT OPENED ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE RUNNING FOR HOW LONG? WE GOING TO FOLLOW ROUND, WE HAVE PEOPLE SCRAMBLING IN THE BACKGROUND TO GET OUT OF SHOT. IT'S HERE UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY. THERE IS A GOOD COUPLE OF MILLION BRICKS FOR PEOPLE TO BUILD THEIR OWN THINGS AS WELL. I AM KEEN TO SEE YOUR LEGO SKILLS TO. TO BECOME A JEDI YOU HAVE TO BUILD YOUR OWN LIGHTSABER, SO I'M KEEN TO SEE. I AM KEEN TO DO THAT. WE HAVE A HUGE MORNING LINED UP, IT WILL BE FANTASTIC, AND YOU COULD BE AS WELL. SO HEAD TO THE WEBSITE AND ENTER. WE HAVE THREE NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION, YOU WILL ALSO BE VISITING` WE MIGHT HAVE LOST THE CONNECTION THERE. WE WILL CHECK IN WITH MATT AGAIN SHORTLY, AND HE IS LIVING HIS BEST LIFE AS HE ALWAYS IS ON LOCATION. SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY INTO LEGO, THEY COLLECTED IT AND IT IS JUST BOXES. I ACTUALLY DO HAVE LEGO FROM MY KIDS. IT IS NOW TIME TO FIND A LOVELY NEW HOME FOR HIS OLD LEGO. ALL THE LEGO WE PLAYED WITH THOSE KIDS THAT WENT TO MY MUM'S PLACE HAS NOW COME BACK OUT AND IS IN MY PLACE AND MY KIDS PLAY WITH IT. IT IS TIMELESS. MY MUM ACTUALLY HAS ALL THE THINGS MY BROTHER PLAYED WITH. IF YOU HAVE OLD LEGO SETS, HAD LOTS OF PIECES AND IT WOULD BE GREAT IF I COULD BUILD IT, THE WEBSITES HAVE ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONS. THAT'S GOOD. YOU TAKE IT APART AND THEN... IN OUR INSTRUCTIONS GET TORN UP AND SO IT'S GOT THEY ARE ONLINE. E WHAI AKE NEI. WHY NEW DATA ON HIV IN AOTEAROA PAINTS A MIXED PICTURE. BUT FIRST ` AN OUTBREAK OF DENGUE FEVER HAS BEEN DECLEARED IN RAROTONGA, WITH 7 CASES CONFIRMED. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE IS WIDELY EXPECTED TO DROP THIS AFTERNOON, WITH ONE BANK ALREADY LOWERING ITS HOME LOAN RATES. OVERSEAS, AID IS BEGINNING TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO PALESTINIANS IN RAFAH AFTER AN ELEVEN-WEEK BLOCKADE WAS LIFTED. AND AUCKLAND FC'S HEAD COACH STEVE CORICA HAS BEEN NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR, AFTER A REMARKABLE INAUGURAL SEASON. THE COOK ISLANDS GOVERNMENT HAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED A DENGUE FEVER OUTBREAK IN RAROTONGA, AFTER CONFIRMING TWO NEW CASES THIS WEEK, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO SEVEN. HEALTH AUTHORITIES IN THE COOK ISLANDS HAVE LAUNCHED 'OPERATION NAMU25' IN RESPONSE, AIMING TO ERADICATE MOSQUITO BREEDING GROUNDS. TO TALK MORE ON THIS, WE'RE JOINED BY UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SPECIALISING IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES, MARK THOMAS. MORNING, MARK. HOW SERIOUS IS DENGUE FEVER? IT'S A FAIRLY COMMON ILLNESS AND IT CAUSES OUTBREAKS, AND IT DOES OCCASIONALLY KILL PEOPLE. IN 2018, THERE WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF CASES IN SAMOA AND THERE WERE FIVE DEATHS DURING THAT OUTBREAK. IT IS A DISEASE THAT KILLS PEOPLE OCCASIONALLY. WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS AND HOW DOES IT SPREAD? INSERT IS EASILY YOU HAVE A PERIOD OF 5 TO 7 DAYS WITHOUT ANY SYMPTOMS AT ALL, AND THEN THE VIRUS CAUSES ILLNESS AND YOU USUALLY HAVE MUSCLE ACHES, HEADACHES, SORE EYES, AND SOMETIMES A SORE THROAT. AND THEN THE ILLNESS LASTS FOR ABOUT 7 TO 10 DAYS AND THEN RESOLVES AN ALMOST EVERYBODY WITHOUT ANY SUBSEQUENT PROBLEMS. AND IT SPREAD BY MOSQUITOES. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE MOSQUITOES IN NEW ZEALAND, THE MOSQUITOES OVER THERE ARE THE ONES THAT TRANSMIT THE VIRUS THAT CAUSES DENGUE FEVER. ANYBODY WHO HAS NOT BEEN INFECTED WITH THE STRAIN OF VIRUS THAT THE MOSQUITOES ARE TRANSMITTING ARE AT MOST RISK. EITHER TIME PEOPLE ADULTS IN THOSE AREAS, THEY HAVE USUALLY BEEN INFECTED BY SOME OF THE STRAINS. IS EXTREMELY UNUSUAL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VISITING THE ISLANDS AS TOURISTS. SAFETY TO TRAVEL ` HOW SAFE IS IT TO TRAVEL? SEVERE DISEASE IS EXTREMELY UNLIKELY IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING. PEOPLE WHO HAVE IT RETURNED TO NEW ZEALAND AND ARE UNCOMFORTABLE AND MISERABLE FOR SOME DAYS, BUT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A DEATH FROM DENGUE IN NEW ZEALAND. THE WAY TO PREVENT DISEASE IS TO PREVENT THE MOSQUITO BITES. INSECT REPELLENT, AND YOU SHOULD USE THOSE DURING THE DAYTIME. THIS IS A DAYTIME BITING MOSQUITO, THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING AND LATE AFTERNOON. YOU SHOULD TRY AND KEEP MOSQUITOES OUT BY USING THE MOSQUITO NETS THAT MIGHT BE ON WINDOWS AND DOORS, AND TRY TO COVER UP USING CLOTHES THAT WILL COVER AS MUCH IS YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. E HAERE AKE NEI. WHY SENIOR DOCTORS AT GISBORNE HOSPITAL ARE HEADING BACK TO THE PICKET LINE. BUT FIRST ` NEW HIV CASES ARE DOWN, BUT AIDS DIAGNOSES ARE UP. WHAT NEW DATA TELLS US ABOUT HIV IN NEW ZEALAND. NEW FIGURES REVEAL A MIXED PICTURE OF NEW ZEALAND'S FIGHT AGAINST HIV. WHILE NEW INFECTIONS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ARE CONTINUING TO FALL, MORE PEOPLE ARE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH AIDS, A CLEAR SIGN SOME ARE STILL FINDING OUT FAR TOO LATE. THE LATEST DATA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO'S AIDS EPIDEMIOLOGY GROUP HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED, AND DR PETER SAXTON, A SENIOR RESEARCHER AT THE BURNETT FOUNDATION AOTEAROA, IS WITH US NOW. THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING. SO, OVERALL, THIS IS GOOD, POSITIVE NEWS. OVERALL, REALLY ENCOURAGING. IT SHOWS THE VALUE OF INVESTING IN PREVENTION. PREVENTION WORKS. BIPARTISAN GOVERNMENT ACTION PLAN WHICH AIMS TO ELIMINATE TRANSMISSION BY 2030. WE ALSO KNOW WHY IT'S GOING DOWN OUR OWN STUDY SHOWS THAT LEVELS OF TESTING ARE AS HIGHEST AS THEY'VE EVER BEEN. MORE PEOPLE ARE USING RAPID TESTS, HOME-BASED TESTING, WE'VE LEARNED RECENTLY THAT YOU CAN BUY OVER-THE-COUNTER TESTS. MORE TAKATAPUI MEN ARE USING PREVENTATIVE MEASURES, LIKE PREP, CONDOMS. THE DECLINE IN DIAGNOSES REPRESENTS A DECLINE IN TRANSMISSION. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE KEY TAKEAWAYS. THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE NEED TO WORK ON, OBVIOUSLY. WE'RE NOT THERE YET. WE NEED TO RAISE TESTING PREVENTION, TO THE POINT WHERE HIV IS NO LONGER TRANSMITTED IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE SEEM GREAT PROGRESS IN DECLINE IN DIAGNOSES AMONG EUROPEAN MEN, BUT THE NUMBERS IN MAORI AND PACIFIC MEN, ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, WE HAVEN'T SEEN A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION. TESTING NEEDS TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE WHO NEEDS THEM THE MOST. WHY ARE WE NOT GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT TO MAORI AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MEN? IT'S A GENERAL ISSUE AROUND STIGMA. WE TALKED ABOUT BIOMEDICAL PREVENTION TOOLS, BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THE SOCIAL DIMENSION IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF PREVENTION. MANY OF OUR PARTICIPANTS HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY'RE NOT OUT TO THEIR GP, OR THEY'VE EXPERIENCED NEGATIVITY, BEING BELITTLED OR JUDGED BY ASKING FOR PREP. GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN DON'T RECEIVE RESPECTFUL RELEVANT HEALTHCARE ALL THE TIME. WHAT WERE TRYING TO DO IS PREVENT AIDS, BUT WHEN PEOPLE FIND OUT THEY HAVE IT, IT'S TOO LATE? AIDS IS LATE STAGE IT MEANS THEY'VE BEEN LIVING WITH UNDIAGNOSED, UNTREATED HIV FOR MANY YEARS. THEY'VE MISSED MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE THE HIV DIAGNOSED AS THEY GO THROUGH PATHWAYS OF CARE. IT'S AN IMPORTANT REMINDER THAT IF SOMEONE FEELS THEY BEEN EXPOSED TO HIV, AN EARLY TEST, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT IS BEST FOR YOUR HEALTH AND WILL STOP TRANSMISSION. WE THINK BACK TO THE 1980S, 90S, THOSE IMAGES OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV, IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WORLD NOW. SOMEONE DIAGNOSED EARLY CAN EXPECT A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE. WE ARE AIMING FOR A 90% REDUCTION BY 2030. IS THAT POSSIBLE? IT'S SOMEWHAT OF AN ARBITRARY TARGET FROM 2010, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY POSSIBLE. THE HIV SECTOR IS ENERGIZED, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT TESTING, BUT THOSE SERVICES HAVE TO BE ACCEPTABLE AND ACCESSIBLE. YOU GOT SOME MONEY IN THE BUDGET. THE ACTION PLAN HAD AN EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR ANOTHER YEAR, WHICH GIVES OUR COMMUNITIES CONFIDENCE TO KEEP ON DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THERE IS MULTI-PARTY SUPPORT. VIEWER SHOULD REMEMBER, NEW ZEALAND IS A LEADER IN PREVENTION. WE COULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES TO ELIMINATE TRANSMISSION. WHY IS THAT? WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD TO PUBLICLY FUND PROGRAMS, WE THINK ABOUT DECRIMINALIZING SEX WORK, HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS, AND I THINK IN GENERAL, NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE APPROACHED HIV FROM AN EVIDENCE BASE, AND NOT A MORALISTIC BASE. WHERE ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES TO DO THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING. YOU MENTIONED THAT PEOPLE ARE PERHAPS NOT OPEN TO THEIR GP. HOW MUCH OF A BARRIER IS THAT STILL COME ON HOW YOU BREAK THAT DOWN? OUR PARTICIPANTS REPORT THAT ABOUT 1/3 OF THEM ARE NOT OUT TO THEIR GP. INCREASINGLY, IT'S NOT JUST CONDOMS THAT PREVENT HIV NOW ` YOU HAVE TO ENGAGE WITH HEALTH SERVICES, AND HEALTH SERVICES HAS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. MANY OF OUR GPS ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB LOOKING AFTER THEIR PATIENTS, BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO END THE EPIDEMIC IF PEOPLE STILL EXPERIENCE STIGMA. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO DISCLOSE THINGS ABOUT THEIR SEXUALITY THAT THEY THINK WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE REACTION. IS IT ON THE HEALTH SYSTEM TO BE MORE FORTHCOMING ABOUT THAT, OR IS THAT ON THE INDIVIDUAL? THERE ARE MANY SIDES TO THIS. I THINK TRAINING FOR GPS AND DOCTORS AS IMPORTANT. I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ABOUT THE VALUE OF DISCLOSING THEIR SEXUALITY, BECAUSE IT OPENS THE GATE TO A VARIETY OF TESTS, PREVENTION. WE HAVE AN M-POX EPIDEMIC. SO BEING OPEN AS A GATEWAY TO RECEIVING ADVICE. COMING UP ON BREAKFAST THIS HOUR ` AS DOCTORS AT GISBORNE HOSPITAL TAKE MORE STRIKE ACTION, WHAT A DOCTOR WHO EMIGRATED FROM THE U.S. MAKES OF NEW ZEALAND'S PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM. ALSO AHEAD ` BRAIN INJURY PROFESSIONALS REITERATE THEIR WARNINGS, AS A 19-YEAR-OLD IS KILLED AFTER TAKING PART IN A 'RUN-IT-STRAIGHT' STYLE GAME. PLUS ` THE KIWI PARA-CLIMBER SCALING NEW HEIGHTS PLUS ` THE KIWI PARA-CLIMBER SCALING NEW HEIGHTS ON THE WORLD STAGE AND GUNNING FOR L.A. 2028. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. TEENS ARE BEING WARNED NOT TO PARTAKE IN FULL-CONTACT TACKLE GAMES BASED ON A POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA TREND FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A 19-YEAR-OLD. RYAN SATTERTHWAITE SUFFERED A HEAD INJURY AFTER BEING TACKLED IN A PRIVATE IMPROMPTU GAME IN PALMERSTON NORTH ON SUNDAY. EXPERTS AND OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN WARNING ABOUT THE DANGERS OF COLLISION GAMES, LIKE THE RUN IT STRAIGHT EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN AUCKLAND LAST WEEK. THE PRINCIPAL OF THE TEENAGER'S HIGH SCHOOL TELLING STUDENTS 'DON'T DO IT.' WE'LL BE SPEAKING TO A BRAIN INJURY EXPERT LATER THIS HOUR. NORTHLAND POLICE ARE APPEALING FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION ON THIS VEHICLE, PART OF ENQUIRIES INTO A HOREKE HOMICIDE. DANIEL HEPEHI (77), ALSO KNOWN AS DANNY WHISTON, WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE EARLY HOURS OF LAST THURSDAY MORNING IN THE FAR NORTH TOWN OF KAIKOHE. POLICE ARE CALLING FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD WITH ANY DETAILS OF SIGHTINGS OF THE GREEN AND GOLD 4-WHEEL DRIVE, OR THE VICTIM, TO CALL 105. 11 PEOPLE REMAIN IN HOSPITAL AFTER A CAR DROVE INTO A CROWD AT A LIVERPOOL VICTORY PARADE. A WHITE BRITISH MAN (53) WAS ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS. THE INCIDENT ISN'T BEING TREATED AS TERRORISM, AND LOCAL POLICE ARE STILL PIECING TOGETHER THE EVENTS OF THE DAY. AID IS BEGINNING TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO PALESTINIANS IN RAFAH BY THE U.S. AND ISRAELI-BACKED GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION AFTER A NEARLY THREE MONTH BLOCKADE WAS LIFTED. THE ORGANISATION SAYS 8000 FOOD BOXES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED ` THE EQUIVALENT OF 462,000 MEALS. THE UN AND OTHER AGENCIES HAVE BOYCOTTED THE FOUNDATION, SAYING AID SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED INDEPENDENTLY OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE CONFLICT. NEW ZEALAND BORN BRIT CAMERON NORRIE HAS PREVAILED IN A MARATHON FIVE SET MATCH AT THE FRENCH OPEN TO MOVE THROUGH TO THE SECOND ROUND. THE LEFT HANDER UPSET 11TH SEED DANIIL MEDVEDEV IN A GRUELLING ENCOUNTER LASTING NEARLY 4 HOURS. HE'S DONE IT, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? IT WAS MUCH EASIER WORK FOR FORMER WORLD NUMBER ONE NOVAK DJOKOVIC, WHO BOOKED HIS SECOND ROUND SPOT IN STRAIGHT SETS. LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (CHILL MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. FOR THE REST OF YOU, THERE ARE ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EAST COAST AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHLAND DOWN TO TARANAKI. 20 ` YOUR HIGH IN NAPIER. NEW PLYMOUTH, YOUR HIGH IS 17. IT'S ALSO A CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH CAN EXPECT SOME RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 10 IS YOUR HIGH IN QUEENSTOWN. CHRISTCHURCH, YOUR HIGH IS 13. THERE ARE ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN THE RANGES OF THE TASMAN NORTHWEST OF MOTUEKA. 7:04. SENIOR DOCTORS AT GISBORNE HOSPITAL ARE RETURNING TO THE PICKET LINE TODAY, WARNING STAFFING SHORTAGES ARE PUSHING THEM INTO A CRISIS. IT'S THE SECOND STRIKE THIS MONTH WITH DOCTORS SAYING MORE THAN A THIRD OF SENIOR ROLES REMAIN VACANT. CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN ALEX RAINES IS WITH US FROM GISBORNE. GOOD MORNING, ALEX. I KNOW DOCTORS DON'T STRIKE LIGHTLY, SO WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE AT THE MOMENT THAT WE HAVE A SECOND STRIKE? THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. NONE OF US WANT TO BE ON STRIKE TODAY, WE WANT TO BE AT WORK, TAKING CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE MINISTER, AND THE LEADER OF HEALTH NEW ZEALAND, MULTIPLE TIMES NOW, WROTE A LETTER RECENTLY, THINGS ARE STILL ARE IN A CRISIS STATE. WE ARE LYING ON LOCUM DOCTORS TO KEEP THINGS UP AND RUNNING. WHAT SORT OF DIALOGUE HAVE YOU HAD, HAS THERE BEEN ANY MOVEMENT? THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF DIALOGUE AND NOT MUCH MOVEMENT, UNFORTUNATELY. WE HAVE LOWER STAFFING LEVELS THAN WE DID WHEN WE WROTE THAT LETTER LAST YEAR. WHICH IS WHY WE WROTE AGAIN THIS YEAR, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN A SUBSTANTIAL, MEANINGFUL CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO IMPROVE STAFFING HERE. THAT SEEMS AT ODDS WITH WHAT SIMEON BROWN AND HEALTH NEW ZEALAND HAVE SAID, THAT THERE IS AN INFLUX OF NEW DOCTORS. THE MINISTER DOESN'T SEE WHAT WERE DEALING WITH ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. HE'S BASING THAT ON NUMBERS THAT HE WAS PROBABLY PASSED FROM SOMEBODY. WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW PERMANENT HIRES SINCE THAT LETTER WENT OUT LAST YEAR, AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE LOST SOME FOLKS IN THE MEANTIME WHO HAVE RETIRED, OR MOVED AWAY, MOVED OVERSEAS. WHAT SORT OF JOBS DO NEED FILLING RIGHT NOW? THEY ARE UNFORTUNATELY IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. IN MY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, WE HAVE LESS THAN HALF THE STAFF THAT WE NEED TO RUN OUR INPATIENT CLINICS. WE ARE SHORT ON RADIOLOGISTS AND ANESTHETISTS. THERE ARE LOTS OF DELAYS WITH THAT. IT RUNS ALL ACROSS THE HOSPITAL, UNFORTUNATELY. HOW ARE DOCTORS FEELING AT THE MOMENT? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF FRUSTRATION. I THINK THERE'S` IT'S DISCOURAGING TO HAVE TO RESORT TO GOING ON STRIKE TO TRY TO GET SOME ACTION. I THINK WE'RE STILL GRATEFUL FOR THE JOB THAT WE GET TO DO ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, AND GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS COMMUNITY, AS WELL. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO YOU ARE THEY SYMPATHETIC ABOUT THE SITUATION? MOST OF WHAT I'VE HEARD HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE FROM OUR COMMUNITY. PEOPLE ARE SAYING, ABSOLUTELY, WE NEED MORE SERVICES. IF OUR COMMUNITY WAS IN AUCKLAND OR WELLINGTON, THEY WOULD BE GETTING BETTER SERVICES BECOME BETTER CARE, MORE TIMELY ACCESS. EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE. THEY WANT TO HAVE EQUITABLE CARE HERE AS WELL. WHAT DREW YOU TO NEW ZEALAND? ARE YOU SURPRISED BY WHAT YOU FOUND? IT'S BEEN A FASCINATING EXPERIENCE. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU'VE GOT THIS MORNING. COULD PROBABLY WRITE A WHOLE BOOK ABOUT IT. I CAME HERE BECAUSE I WAS FED UP WITH THE SYSTEM IN THE U.S. WHERE IT IS A PATCHWORK SYSTEM OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, MAKING IT THE MOST EXPENSIVE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN THE WORLD, AND YOU SPEND MOST YOUR DAY NOT DEALING WITH PATIENTS, BUT DEALING WITH PAPERWORK, AND SAID THINGS THAT DON'T ADVANCE PATIENT CARE. I WAS CURIOUS WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO PRACTICE IN A SYSTEM WITH UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE. IN MANY WAYS, IT'S BEEN WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, AND THE MEDICINE WE GET TO PRACTICE HERE IS THE WAY THAT MEDICINE SHOULD BE, THE WAY IT USED TO BE, AND THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING. BUT I WAS ALSO SURPRISED AT THE DEEP INEQUITIES AND DISPARITIES THAT PERSIST IN THE SYSTEM, DESPITE HAVING WHAT SHOULD BE A UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. IN ISOLATED, REMOTE PLACES LIKE GISBORNE, WE STRUGGLED TO GET THE SAME ACCESS TO CARE THAT PEOPLE DO IN BIGGER CITIES. WE KNOW THE HEALTH DISPARITY OUTCOMES, THE LOWER LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR MAORI, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GISBORNE AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IS, BUT I'M SURE IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, WE BEEN HERE FOR THREE YEARS NOW AND NOT PLANNING TO GO ANYWHERE, BECAUSE I REALLY ENJOY LIVING AND WORKING HERE. BUT IT'S ALSO SHOCKING JUST THE HEALTH DISPARITIES THAT ARE PERSISTENT DESPITE THEORETICALLY HAVING A UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. SO, COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE AND NOW HAVING THAT PERSPECTIVE COMING IN, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CAUTIONARY WARNING ABOUT HOW URGENT THE NEED IS NOW? IT IS PRETTY STRIKING. I THINK FOR ALL OF US ON THE GROUND HERE AND IN OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTRY, THE STRUGGLES THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO ACCESS PRIMARY CARE, SECONDARY CARE, THE DELAYS IN ACCESS AND TERTIARY CARE, WE SEE PEOPLE COMING IN WITH ADVANCED DISEASES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT EARLIER, WE SEE PEOPLE DYING FROM STROKES IN THEIR 30S AND 40S, STUFF WE SHOULD BE SEEING, SHOULDN'T* IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WATCHES A HEALTHCARE WORKER. TO SEE PREVENTABLE DISEASE, PEOPLE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS THE CARE THAT THEY NEED AND SUFFER AS A RESULT, IS VERY DIFFICULT. WE HAD THE BUDGET COME OUT THE OTHER DAY. WHAT IS THE SINGLE FIRST STEP THAT THE GOVERNMENT COULD DO TO HELP THINGS FOR YOU? THERE'S SO MANY. FOR US, AS FAR AS SENIOR DOCTORS AT THE HOSPITAL, THE TOP THING WE NEED IS MORE COLLEAGUES. WE NEED INCENTIVES TO ATTRACT PEOPLE HERE AND KEEP PEOPLE HERE. WE APPRECIATE COMING ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING, WE LOVE HAVING YOU NEW ZEALAND. CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN ALEX RAINES. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE WORST FEARS ARE REALISED AFTER A 19-YEAR-OLD DIES AFTER A FULL-CONTACT TACKLE GAME WITH FRIENDS. NEXT ` WE SPEAK WITH A BRAIN INJURY EXPERT. 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. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. NORTHLAND POLICE ARE APPEALING FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION ON THIS VEHICLE AS THEY INVESTIGATE A HOMICIDE IN THE FAR NORTH TOWN OF HOREKE. OVERSEAS ` 11 PEOPLE REMAIN IN HOSPITAL AFTER A CAR DROVE INTO A CROWD AT A LIVERPOOL VICTORY PARADE. AND IN SPORT, NEW ZEALAND BORN BRIT CAMERON NORRIE HAS PREVAILED IN A MARATHON FIVE SET MATCH AT THE FRENCH OPEN TO MOVE THROUGH TO THE SECOND ROUND. A 19-YEAR-OLD HAS DIED AFTER A PLAYING A COLLISION TACKLE GAME WITH FRIENDS IN PALMERSTON NORTH. POLICE SAY IT WAS SIMILAR TO A VIRAL COLLISION TREND KNOWN AS 'RUN IT STRAIGHT,' WHERE PARTICIPANTS COMPETE IN FULL-CONTACT COLLISIONS AT HIGH SPEED WITHOUT PROTECTIVE GEAR. HERE'S POLICE MANAWATU AREA COMMANDER INSPECTOR ROSS GRANTHAM. I'D SUGGEST TO ALL PEOPLE WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN SUCH AN EVENT NOT TO DO SO. THE RISKS ARE JUST TOO GREAT. IF IT'S NOT A FATAL INJURY LIKE IN THIS OCCASION, IT'LL BE SOME OTHER SORT OF INJURY ` PERHAPS A LIFE-CHANGING INJURY. SO, YOUNG MEN, JUST THINK A LITTLE CARTEFULLY ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN SOME OF THESE EVENTS. FOR MORE, STACEY MOWBRAY, CEO OF BRAIN INJURY GROUP HEADWAY, JOINS US NOW. YOU'VE BEEN SO WORRIED ABOUT THIS EVENT TAKING PLACE AND IN OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA YOU'VE SEEN, WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THE DEATH? I WANT TO PASS ON OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THIS YOUNG MAN'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS, IT IS A COMPLETE TRAGEDY, HEARING THIS, SADLY, WE WERE NOT SURPRISED. WHEN WE FIRST SAW THIS EVENT, IT HIGHLIGHTED STRAIGHTAWAY, THAT THERE IS RISK OF BRAIN INJURY AND DEATH HERE. HOW DANGEROUS IS IT. PEOPLE RUNNING AT FULL SPEED TOWARDS EACH OTHER. IT IS DANGEROUS BY DESIGN. THERE IS NO WAY TO DO THIS SAFELY. I KNOW THE ORGANISERS ARE SAYING THAT THEY ARE DOING IT UNDER CONTROLS, BUT WHEN YOU ASKING TWO PEOPLE TO INTENTIONALLY CLASH, THERE IS NO WAY TO DO IT SAFELY. HEADWEAR HIGHLIGHTED A FEW ISSUES WHEN WE FIRST SAW IT. IT WAS THE RISK OF IMMEDIATE BRAIN INJURY OR DEATH OF PARTICIPANTS IN THIS RECKLESS EVENT, BUT SECONDLY, IT WAS ALSO CONCUSSION. AS A CONCUSSION ORGANISATION IT IS IMPORTANT WE GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO BE KNOCKED OUT TO BE CONCUSSED. ON THE NIGHT, WE SAW KNOCKOUTS, WE SAW WOBBLY LEGS, BUT YOU CAN HAVE DELAYED SYMPTOMS OF UP TO DAYS TO WEEKS. WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT IS NOT THE ONLY RISK. THIS IS NOT A SPORT. NO. IT IS GLAMORISED, GLORIFIED, INTENTIONAL VIOLENCE. AND SO AWFUL FOR THIS FAMILY AS YOU SAY, AND IT IS GOING VIRAL, THE VIRAL NATURE ABOUT IT, TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WATCHING THIS, SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THAT THIS ISN'T OK? IT'S A HARD ONE BUT A GOOD QUESTION, SOCIAL MEDIA IS POWERFUL. WE WOULD CALL ON ALL OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS AND SPORTSPEOPLE. THEY HAVE POWERFUL VOICES AND I THINK IT IS TIME FOR US TO STEP UP, TIME FOR US TO SAY ENOUGH. DO NOT ENGAGE IN THIS. THERE IS NO WAY TO DO THIS SAFELY. WE HAVE SEEN SOME BIG STARS IN THIS COUNTRY SUPPORTING THIS. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO DO? STAND UP AND SAY ACTUALLY, THIS IS NOT COOL. WE NEED PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE BIG STARS WHO ARE SUPPORTING IT. WITH HAD REALLY LEADING EXPERTS HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS A RISK. WE APPRECIATE THAT. HEADWAY HAVE BEEN LOUD ABOUT IT. WHAT WE NEED, EXACTLY, THESE SPORTSPEOPLE AND STARS, THEIR VOICES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE LISTENING TO. RUGBY PLAYERS? ABSOLUTELY. ALL OF THEM. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO WILL BE LISTENED TO BY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. IT UPSETS US THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN COMPARED TO RUGBY OR LEGAL OR ANY OF OUR SPORTS. IT IS NOT THE SAME. LET'S BE REALLY CLEAR. THEY ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. OF COURSE, THERE ARE RISKS AND CONTACTS PORT. BUT THESE ORGANISATIONS AND COACHES HAVE DONE A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK RESPONDING TO THE RESEARCH OVER MANY YEARS TO REDUCE THE RISK. ALL OF THOSE CHANGES THAT WERE SEEN IN RUGBY AND RUGBYLEAGUE AROUND TACKLE HEIGHT, YOU CAN'T SHOULDER CHARGE, YOU HAVE TO WRAP ARMS, REALLY CAREFUL CONCUSSION PROTOCOLS, THIS IS BECAUSE THE RESEARCH TOLD US THAT THAT IS INCREASING THE RISK OF BRAIN INJURY AND DEATH. THIS THING BRINGS ALL OF THOSE THINGS BACK. WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON CONCUSSION PROBLEMS TO MITIGATE IT AND MAKE IT A MORE SKILLED GAMING AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT. WITH HAD TWO TRIALS AND WHAT THEY CAN USE IS THAT TRUSTS ARENA WILL NOT BE HOLDING THE FINAL BIG EVENT? TELL US ABOUT THAT. WE'RE REALLY HAPPY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TRUST ARENA AND LOTS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WITH A GREAT SUPPORT. OUR COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN LOUD, THEY DON'T WANT THIS EVENT HELD IN NEW ZEALAND AND THEY DON'T WANT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TOLD THIS IS A BIT OF FUN. SO WE ARE SO PLEASED THAT TRUST ARENA HAVE LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAYING THEY WERE TOLD THIS DANGEROUS, CYNICAL EVENT. WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THOUGH, BECAUSE I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE MONEYMAKING VENTURE WILL BE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER ARENA. I JUST CALL ON EVERY VENUE OPERATOR TO SAY NO, NOT IN OUR HOME. WHAT MORE CAN WE DO? A MESSAGE TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR PARENTS? I THINK THAT HEADWAY IS OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY TALKING ABOUT CONCUSSION AND BRAIN INJURY, AND IT IS REALLY CLEAR TO US THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS AROUND BRAIN INJURY RISK AND CONCUSSION. I THINK COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION IS SO IMPORTANT, SO HEADWAY WILL BE OUT THERE DOING OUR MIHI IN THE COMMUNITY MAHI* AND NEEDS TO BE A COLLECTIVE EFFORT, THOUGH. WE ASK PARENTS TO SIT DOWN WITH THEIR KIDS AND TALK ABOUT THE DANGERS, WE ONLY HAVE ONE BRAIN. CHALLENGE MATES TO LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER. IT HAS TO BE A COLLECTIVE EFFORT. THE DREAM FOR US WOULD BE TO SEE CONCUSSION AND BRAIN INJURY EDUCATION AND SKILLS. CONCUSSION COSTS OUR COUNTRY MILLIONS. IT IS OFTEN SEEN AS SOMETHING YOU CAN RECOVER QUICKLY FROM BUT IT DERAILS LIVES. YOU SEE IT EVERY DAY. RAIN INJURY IS ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF LONG-TERM DISABILITY. IMAGINE IF WE COULD EDUCATE OUR KIDS EARLY ON ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LOOKING AFTER THEIR BRAIN. THIS TRAGEDY WAS NOT PART OF A SANCTIONED EVENT, RUN IT'S RESPONSE TO THIS WAS THAT THEY DON'T ENCOURAGE ANY COPYING OF THE SPORT, AS IT SHOULD ONLY BE DONE IN SANCTIONED EVENTS, THEY HAVE MEDICAL SUPPORT THERE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THAT. I PROBABLY CAN'T USE A WORD ON CAMERA THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THEM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SHAME ON YOU, THERE IS NO WAY TO DO THIS SAFELY AND THIS DEATH IS ON THEM. IT IS SHOCKING. THE IDEA THAT THEY HAVE ANY PROTOCOLS THAT CAN PROTECT PEOPLE FROM THIS TYPE OF IMPACT IS NOT TRUE, WHETHER IT IS DONE IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS OR IN THE BACKYARD, IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. THERE IS NO SAFE WAY TO DO THIS. THESE ORGANISERS SHOULD BE HANGING THEIR HEADS IN SHAME. DO YOU THINK THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE BIG-NAME BACKERS OVERSEAS AND HAVE SUCH A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, IS IT STUPID TO THINK FANS MIGHT COPY IT? WE ALL KNEW IT WOULD BE COPIED AND THIS WAS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS. NOT JUST THE RISK TO THE PARTICIPANTS, BUT THE RISK TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE GOING TO COPY SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE SHOVED DOWN THEIR THROATS OF SOCIAL MEDIA. THE DENIABILITY IS JUST NOT THERE. THEY KNEW PEOPLE WOULD COPY, AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT MAKES A SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS GO VIRAL, WHICH IS WHAT THEY WANTED. POLICE HAVE BEEN SCATHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE, AND TRYING TO REMEMBER AT THE HEART OF ALL OF THIS, THE SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF, ALL THE OUTRAGE, AT THE CENTRE OF THIS THERE HAS BEEN A YOUNG PERSON, A 19-YEAR-OLD MAN THAT HAS DIED. AND HE HAS A FAMILY THAT STILL HAS THE EFFECTS OF THAT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT IS ACTUALLY MY FIRST TIME THIS YEAR BACK. ARE YOU FINDING THE LAYOUT OK? I'M DEFINITELY GETTING MY STEPS UP MORE THAN USUAL BECAUSE RUNNING FROM THE NEWSDESK TO BACK. THERE ARE A FEW OBSTACLES. WENDY HAS ALMOST TRIPPED A FEW TIMES. YOU DON'T HAVE THE RUNNING SHOES ON. NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK, WENDY. A GOOD TIME, NOT A LONG TIME. IT IS JUST GONE 730. SENIOR DOCTORS AT GISBORNE HOSPITAL SAY THEY'RE RELUCTANTLY RETURNING TO THE PICKET LINE TODAY AS STAFFING SHORTAGES PUSH THEM INTO A CRISIS. IT'S THE SECOND STRIKE THIS MONTH, WITH DOCTORS SAYING MORE THAN A THIRD OF SENIOR ROLES REMAIN VACANT. CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN ALEX RAINES SAYS HIS COLLEAGUES WOULD MUCH RATHER BE WITH THEIR PATIENTS BUT SEE NO OTHER OPTION AT THIS POINT BUT TO STRIKE. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE MINISTER AND TO THE LEADERSHIP OF HEALTH NEW ZEALAND MULTIPLE TIMES WE HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER. UNFORTUNATELY, THINGS ARE STILL IN A CRISIS STATE. WE ARE STILL DEPENDENT ON SHORT-TERM LOCUM DOCTORS TO FILL IN GAPS JUST TO KEEP OUR SERVICES RUNNING. HE SAYS THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF DIALOGUE BUT NOT ENOUGH MOVEMENT. WHANGANUI POLICE INVESTIGATING A FATAL MOTORCYCLE CRASH SAY THEY'RE DISAPPOINTED AFTER A GROUP OF PEOPLE TOOK THE CRASH VICTIM'S BIKE FROM THE SCENE. A MAN (25) DIED AFTER CRASHING INTO A PARKED CAR ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN CASTLECLIFF. POLICE SAY A GROUP OF PEOPLE ON MOTORCYCLES TOOK THE MAN'S BIKE BEFORE EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVED. CASTLECLIFF RESIDENTS WITH ROAD-FACING CCTV OR DASHCAMS ARE BEING URGED TO CHECK THEIR FOOTAGE. KING CHARLES HAS DECLARED CANADA 'STRONG AND FREE' AS THE FIRST MONARCH TO DELIVER THE SPEECH FROM THE THRONE IN NEARLY 70 YEARS. THE SPEECH FORMALLY OPENED THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT AND WAS A SYMBOLIC SHOW OF SUPPORT DURING A TIME OF TENSION WITH THE COUNTRY'S SOUTHERN NEIGHBOUR. U.S. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY THREATENED TO ANNEX THE COMMONWEALTH NATION. AFTER A TWO-DAY TRIP, THE ROYALS HAVE NOW DEPARTED. FORMER WELLINGTON PHOENIX CENTRE BACK SCOTT WOOTTON IS SET TO JOIN TEAMMATE SAM SUTTON AT PERTH GLORY WITH CONFIRMATION HE'S SIGNED A TWO-YEAR DEAL. THE TWO DEFENDERS DEPARTED THE CLUB AFTER LENGTHY STINTS IN YELLOW AND BLACK, WITH BOTH CONFIRMED TO PLAY MULTIPLE SEASONS WITH THIS SEASON'S WOODEN SPOONERS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS ` (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. FOR THE REST OF YOU, THERE ARE ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EAST COAST AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHLAND DOWN TO TARANAKI. 20 ` YOUR HIGH IN NAPIER. NEW PLYMOUTH, YOUR HIGH IS 17. IT'S ALSO A CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH CAN EXPECT SOME RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 10 IS YOUR HIGH IN QUEENSTOWN. CHRISTCHURCH, YOUR HIGH IS 13. THERE ARE ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN THE RANGES OF THE TASMAN NORTHWEST OF MOTUEKA. UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MELBOURNE, EVERY BIT DIFFERENT. THIS WEEK, WE'VE TEAMED UP 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. THIS MORNING, HE'S CHECKING OUT THE LEGO STAR WARS EXHIBITION. GOOD MORNING, MATT! MORENA, WENDY! YOU WOULD LOVE THIS PLACE. EVERYONE WOULD LOVE THIS PLACE. EVERYBODY HAS A LEGO BUILDER INSIDE OF THEM. AT THE MOMENT, I AM AT THE LEGO STAR WARS EXHIBITION. YOU HAVE TO COME ALONG AND SEE THIS. YOU CAN IF YOU WIN A COMPETITION, WHICH I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT LATER. ONE PLACE YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN TO IS THE OPEN RANGE ZOO. IT IS AN AMAZING PLACE. I GOT TO CHECK IT OUT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. HAVE A LOOK ` I'VE TAKEN A 30-MINUTE DRIVE WEST OF MELBOURNE'S CBD AND FOUND MYSELF HERE ` WERRIBEE OPEN RANGE ZOO. APPARENTLY, THIS PLACE IS AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN GET TO AN AFRICAN SAFARI WITHOUT EVEN LEAVING DOWN UNDER. (UPBEAT MUSIC) GIDDAY. YOU MUST BE JAMES. HOW ARE YOU DOING, MATT? YOU READY FOR A DELUXE SAFARI ADVENTURE? CAN'T WAIT. LET'S DO THIS. LET'S GO. COME ON THROUGH. THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT. THANK YOU, MATE. WHERE AM I LOOKING? (UPBEAT MUSIC) OSTRICH, THERE'S AN OSTRICH! JAMES, I'VE ONLY JUST STARTED THIS EXPERIENCE. IT'S ALREADY AMAZING. THIS PLACE IS HUGE. HOW BIG IS THE ZOO? THE WHOLE PROPERTY IS ABOUT 225ha. THIS AREA THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW SITS AT ABOUT 41ha. ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES IN AUSTRALASIA THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE ON A VEHICLE IN THE SAME SPACE AS A GIRAFFE, LIKE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS JELANI. HE'S ACTUALLY FROM NEW ZEALAND. THAT'S A KIWI GIRAFFE? HE'S A KIWI GIRAFFE. IT DOES EXPLAIN THE FUNNY ACCENT. BUT OF COURSE, HE DOES ACTUALLY HOLD A VERY SPECIAL RECORD HERE AT WERRIBEE ZOO ` THE LONGEST EVER DELAY TO A SAFARI BUS. DELAY TO A SAFARI BUS? WHAT DID HE DO? STOOD IN FRONT OF IT, WOULDN'T MOVE FOR TWO HOURS AND 18 MINUTES. (UPBEAT MUSIC) JASMINE. THIS PLACE, IT'S AMAZING. THE ELEPHANT TRAIL HERE AT THE ZOO. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS PLACE. IT'S QUITE NEW, ISN'T IT? IT'S VERY NEW. WE ONLY OPENED IN MARCH. IT'S 21ha, SO IT'S TEN TIMES THE SIZE OF WHAT THEY HAD AT MELBOURNE ZOO, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE ALL THIS SPACE FOR THEM. YOU REALLY DO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE RIGHT IN THERE WITH THEM WHEN YOU'RE ON THIS TRAIL, DON'T YOU? AS A VISITOR, I MEAN, IT'S A LONG LOOP THAT YOU CAN WALK AROUND. IT IS. IT'S 850m AND YOU'RE FULLY IMMERSED. YOU'VE GOT 360 DEGREE VIEWS OF THE ELEPHANT HABITATS. LOOK, IT'S AN AMAZING FACILITY. IT'S ONLY BEEN OPEN A FEW MONTHS, AND I CAN ALREADY SEE THIS IS GONNA BE SO POPULAR WITH VISITORS. YEAH, IT'S A GREAT TIME TO COME, BUT ANY TIME, COME AND SEE THE ELEPHANTS. AN EXPERIENCE YOU WOULD NEVER FORGET. MUCH LIKE ELEPHANTS, WHO FAMOUSLY.. DON'T FORGET. (BOTH CHUCKLE) (UPBEAT MUSIC) SO MUCH TO SEE AND DO IN VICTORIA. YOU CAN BE DOING SOME OF THAT IF YOU WIN THIS COMPETITION. THAT IS THE WEBSITE TO HEAD TO. FLIGHTS FOR TWO THANKS TO A NEW ZEALAND STAYING THREE NIGHTS AT A BEAUTIFUL HOTEL AND HEADING TO SOME AMAZING EVENTS, INCLUDING TICKETS TO THE LEGO STAR WARS EXHIBITION, WE ARE RIGHT NOW AT THE MUSEUM. RYAN WITH ME. THE FAMOUS BRICK MAN. YOU CAN GET INSIDE YOURSELF, CAN'T YOU? TO BECOME A JEDI, LAW IS YOU HAVE TO CREATE A LIGHTSABER. YOU ARE GOING TO BE ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE. SPEAKING OF THE OTHER EXHIBITS YOU CAN SEE, PEOPLE MUST SPEND HOURS ON HERE. FOR SURE, ABSOLUTELY. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF LEGO BRICKS TO USE. WHEN YOU HAVE THAT MANY BRICKS, YOU CAN MAKE SOMETHING AWESOME. I HAVE JUST BEEN WANDERING AROUND. EVERYTHING THROUGHOUT THE MUSEUM, INCLUDING OLD STAR WARS FROM THE ORIGINALS, DOWN TO THE NEW SERIES, THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. BUT I WANT TO SHOW MY AGE, BUT I LIKE THE OLD STUFF. THIS IS THE OLD AND THE NEW. THIS IS SO COOL! USING AUGMENTED REALITY. YOU'RE OFFICIALLY A JEDI. THIS IS AMAZING, WE CAN NOW SEE IT COME TO LIFE. SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ARE COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THIS PLACE IS GOING TO BE OVERRUN. YOU READY FOR THE HORDES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING FROM NEW ZEALAND? HOPE THE FORCE WILL BE WITH ME. WE ARE NOT DONE YET. WE HAVE MORE COMING UP FROM MELBOURNE MUSEUM AND THE LEGO STAR WARS EXHIBIT THROUGHOUT THE SHOW. WE HAVE TO GET KIWIS VISITING THIS EXHIBIT. THANKS MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. PLEASURE. THE FORCE IS STRONG WITH THIS ONE. IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE GOOD FUN. YOUR LIGHTSABER IS... IF THAT IS NOT A METAPHOR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. THANKS, MATT. ME U TONU MAI ` THE SUPER RUGBY PLAYOFF PICTURE IS GETTING CLEARER. WE'RE TALKING SPORT AFTER THE BREAK. # YOU MAKE ME WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. AUCKLAND, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. NORMALLY STRONG FOR A TIME THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH OF 19 DEGREES. ARE YOU OKAY THERE, WENDY? SHUFFLING SOME PAPERS TO FIND HAMILTON. 18 DEGREES IS YOUR HIGH. NORTHERLIES BECOMING FRESH IN THE AFTERNOON. IN WELLINGTON, MOSTLY CLOUDY. OCCASIONAL RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. A HIGH OF 17 DEGREES. THAT SPRING AND CHRISTCHURCH. 13 DEGREES IS YOUR HIGH. NORTH-EASTERLY IS BECOME STRONG FOR A TIME THIS AFTERNOON. LET'S GO TO LONDON, AND IT IS OF THE ROAD CROSSING, ISN'T IT? THEY ARE STOPPING FOR A PHOTO. IT IS ABBEY ROAD. OBVIOUSLY MADE FAMOUS BY THE BEATLES COVER. LOOK AT HIM. IT MUST BE SO ANNOYING FOR DRIVERS. THERE IS SOMEONE CROSSING THE ROAD, THEY NOT GOING TO TAKE A PHOTO. TALK ABOUT NOT WAITING UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY CROSS BEFORE YOU CARRY ON. GOODNESS ME. THAT IS ABBEY ROAD, VERY FAMOUS, BUT ORDINARY AT THE SAME TIME. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` SENIOR DOCTORS AT GISBORNE HOSPITAL SAY THEY'RE RELUCTANTLY RETURNING TO THE PICKET LINE TODAY AS STAFFING SHORTAGES PUSH THEM INTO A CRISIS. OVERSEAS, KING CHARLES HAS SAID CANADA IS 'STRONG AND FRE' AS THE FIRST MONARCH TO DELIVER THE SPEECH FROM THE THRONE IN NEARLY 70 YEARS. AND IN SPORT, AMERICAN TENNIS STAR COCO GAUFF HAS CRUISED THROUGH TO THE SECOND ROUND OF THE FRENCH OPEN, ALONG WITH NOVAK DJOKOVIC. LET'S TALK SPORT, AND JENNY SUO JOINS US NOW. AND THE BATTLE IS ON FOR THE LAST SPOT IN THE SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC PLAYOFFS? WHO ARE WE LOOKING AT IT THIS WEEKEND? IT IS THE LAST ROUND SCRAMBLE FOR SURE. THE BLUES FACE A MUST WIN AGAINST THE WARATAH'S FOR ANY CHANCE TO MAKE IT TO THE PLAY-OFFS. IF THEY WIN, THAT IS NOT A GUARANTEED SPOT. THEY WILL HAVE A LITTLE WATCH PARTY AFTERWARDS AND WATCH THE MOANA HURRICANES GAME, WHICH IS ON RIGHT AFTER. MOANA ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO GET TO THE PLAY-OFFS, BUT THEY SIT SIXTH. THEY ARE PLAYING THE HURRICANE'S? THEY BEAT THEM IN MARCH. MOANA CAME OFF A PRETTY BAD LOSS OVER THE WEEKEND, I THINK THEY LOST BY ABOUT 78 POINTS TO THE CHIEFS. YOU CANNOT COUNT THEM OUT. AS YOU SAY, THEY HAD SOME IMPRESSIVE WINS LATELY. WE DID ASK THEM WHAT THEY THOUGHT. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY CAME AGAINST THEM. THEY HAVE WON BEFORE. YEAH, I THINK HUSTLE. I THINK ALL THE GOOD RESULTS OVER THIS SEASON AND HOW WE'VE BEEN IN OUR PROCESS AND OUR PREP THIS YEAR HAS SET US UP FOR THOSE GAMES, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON AND TAKING INTO THE WEEKEND. CONTROL WHAT I CAN CONTROL. THAT'S ME NAILING MY DETAIL AND THE OTHER LADS MAKING SURE THEY'RE ON TOP OF THEIRS AND WE'LL GO OUT AND PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD ON SATURDAY. THE WEEKEND WAS AN ANOMALY FOR US. WE'VE BEEN PLAYING REALLY WELL. SO, WE DIDN'T BECOME A BAD RUGBY TEAM OVERNIGHT. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE HAD TO LOOK AT AROUND OUR MINDSET. THAT IS JACKSON SPEAKING ABOUT THE GAME ON SATURDAY. BLUES PROBABLY IN THE SAME CAMP AS WELL. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF NOT MAKING IT. WE SPOKE TO CALEB CLARKE, AND THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE GAME ` I JUST NEED TO GO BACK TO SIMPLER TIMES. I'VE HAD IT FROM VERNE. I PRACTICALLY JUST HAD TO STOP THINKING AND JUST PLAY AND HAVE FUN BECAUSE THIS IS A SPORT I PLAYED AS A KID AND I FEEL IN LOVE WITH IT BECAUSE IT WAS JUST FUN, HAVING FUN WITH MY MATES. I THINK THE LAST TIME WE WERE OUT OF FINALS AS A BLUES TEAM WAS 2019 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO IT'LL BE PRETTY DISAPPOINTING IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. WOULDN'T YOU BE GUTTED? THEY WILL BE ALL RIGHT AGAINST THE WARATAH'S, WON'T THEY? YOU WOULD THINK SO. COME ON, MOANA. IT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THEY BEAT EVERY KIWI FRANCHISE EXCEPT THE CHIEFS. THEY HAVE DONE IT BEFORE, THEY CAN DO IT AGAIN. IT'S GO TO AUSTRALIA. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. SOME OF THE BEST SURFERS IN THE WORLD ARE THERE AT THE MOMENT. IT IS ONE OF 11 EVENTS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, THEY HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH INCREDIBLE WEATHER AND BIG WAVES. WENDY, I FEEL LIKE YOU PROBABLY SERVE OR USE THE SURF. YOU GIVE ME THAT VIBE. NO. I CAN SEE YOU DOING STAND-UP PADDLE BOARDING. THANKS, CHRIS (!) VERY GRACEFUL AND STRONG. THIS IS TOO GNARLY. I CAN IMAGINE YOU, WENDY. MAYBE THAT WILL BE MY NEXT CHALLENGE, LEARN TO SURF. NEW CHALLENGE. I GAVE MY NEW SURFBOARD TO MELISSA'S KIDS THIS SUMMER. I SAID, THAT IS IT. I TRIED, I FAILED. I HURT MY CHIN REALLY BADLY ONE TIME. MASSIVE WORKOUT. FIGHTING THE WAVES TO GET OUT THERE. THAT IS THE HARDEST BUIT. THEY MAKE IT LOOK SO EASY GETTING UP, BUT IT IS THE CORE. MOVING ONTO ACTUAL SPORT. WHAT ARE THE PROS DOING? GRIFFIN, AMERICAN GUY, SCORED A PERFECT 10. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ` LOOKING AGAIN. LEO SHATTERED HIM WITH PRIORITY, BUT HE'S GONNA LET GRIFFIN GO ON THIS ONE. JUST SET UP WORK, LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BIG. SPRING LOADED, FULL ROTATION AND A PERFECT LANDING FOR GRIFF! HE CHECKS THIS TURN AND GOES, 'YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GONNA GO BIG.' WIDENS THAT STANCE. BIG SECTION. WOW! LANDS A FULL AIR GRAB. THE 10 WAS ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE MOMENTS IN MY LIFE. WHEN I LANDED IT, I, LIKE, LANDED, AND THEN IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO REALISE THAT THIS WAS, LIKE, REAL LIFE. I WAS LIKE, 'IS THIS REAL? I'M STILL` I'M ON MY BOARD?' OK. (CHUCKLES) THAT WAS JUST TRIPPING. YEAH. I LOVE IT. PEOPLE IN THE CONTROL ROOM ARE GOING, WHOA! IT IS LIKE WATCHING SPORT YOU DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE OLYMPICS. A PERFECT 10 MEANS THAT YOU CANNOT DO BETTER THAN THAT. CLEARLY! HOW DO YOU JUDGE THOSE? HE DID NOT FALL OFF, THAT IS A GOOD START. COULD HE HAVE GONE HIGHER. GIVE A 9.5. THE NEED TO GIVE STEPS OF ASPIRATION. BEFORE YOU GO, WE HAVE YOUR MATE BYRON SMITH, THE WINNER OF THE CHEESE ROLLING RACE ON THE SHOW LATER ON. I TRIED TO FIND HIM ON FACEBOOK EARLIER, BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY BYRON SMITH'S THERE ARE? HE IS GOING TO DEFEND HIS TITLE. HE ROLLED DOWN THE HILL, DIDN'T SEE? HAVE YOU SEEN THIS RACE? I HAVE NOT. PEOPLE TRY AND CHASE A WHEEL OF CHEESE DOWN THE HILL. 200 M AT A 60 DEGREE INCLINE. YOU COULD SURF DOWN IT, WENDY! SHE COULD DO IT. WENDY TRIES NEW SPORT. LOVE IT. START BRAINSTORMING NOW. THANK YOU, JENNY, FOR COMING ON. ALL THE GOOD STUFF. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE 8 O'CLOCK NEWS IS COMING UP. PLUS, FROM THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PODIUM TO THE BREAKFAST COUCH. RACHEL MAIA JOINS US TO CHAT HER BRONZE MEDAL WIN AT THE PARA-CLIMBING WORLD CHAMPS. Ahhh... (TREE BRANCH SNAPS) (UPBEAT MUSIC) Ahhh! (UPBEAT MUSIC) Ahhh... # SHE'S GOT EVERYTHING THAT I DON'T HAVE. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT'S A STORY OF BRAVERY AND PASSION. AFTER SUFFERING FROM AN INJURY FOR TWO DECADES, RACHEL MAIA CHOSE TO HAVE HER LEG AMPUTATED. SINCE THEN, SHE'S ACCOMPLISHED MANY THINGS, AND HAS JUST RETURNED HOME AFTER CLAIMING BRONZE AT THE 2025 PARA-CLIMBING WORLD CUP. SHE JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING AND CONGRATULATIONS. TELL ME ABOUT THE BRONZE MEDAL THIS ONE IS SUPER EXCITING FOR ME, HAVING TAKEN A YEAR OF LAST YEAR FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND BEING IN A SMALL FEDERATION WHERE THERE IS NOT A LOT OF RESOURCES ` THERE IS ALWAYS THE ANXIETY YOU CAN'T KEEP UP WITH REALLY STRONG WOMEN WHO ARE TRAINING ALL THE TIME. IN 20 2301 BRONZE AND THEN STEPPED RIGHT BACK. THEN YOU DECIDED JUST TO STOP? 2023* I THOUGHT WHAT CAN I DO TO PUT MY HEALTH FIRST AND BE IN IT FOR THE LONG GAME. SO TO GET A BRONZE AND HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE I CAN KEEP UP, AND REALLY AFFIRM FOR MYSELF THAT OUR BIGGEST COMPETITION IS OUR OWN HEADSPACE. 100%. DID I HEAR YOU WERE TRAINING IN THE GARAGE? I TRAIN AND MAIZE SHED. I LIVE IN A CITY THAT HAS NO ROCKCLIMBING. WHERE IS THAT? WHANGANUI. I AM A SINGLE MONTH, SO I AM MANAGING COPARENTING. I HAVE A LITTLE CIRCLE THAT I CLIMB AROUND. IT IS ONE OF THOSE FUNNY SPORTS THAT IS A BIT COMPLEX, BUT WE ARE IN ESSENCE GIVEN TO QUALIFYING BRUTES, AND EVERY ONE IS NEW. WE HAVE NEVER TOUCHED THE HOLES OR BEEN ON THAT PATCH OF ALL. WE ARE GENERALLY CLAIMING BACKWARDS OR UPSIDE DOWN. YOU HAVE ONE CHANCE TO MAKE THE MOVES AND GET AS HIGH AS YOU CAN SET UP OUR TOP FOUR SCORES GO THROUGH FOR A CHANCE TO MAKE THE FINAL THE NEXT DAY. AND YOU ARE LOCKED IN A ROOM OUT THE BACK WHILE THEY PUT THE ROUTE UP FOR UP TO 4 HOURS, AND YOU COME OUT AND SEE THE CLAIMANT GIVE IT A CRACK. AS YOU SAY, IT IS A REAL MENTAL GAME. HUGE MENTAL GAME. MY FINAL CLIMB THIS ROUND WAS NOT MY BEST CLAIM FOR THAT REASON. BUT I AM EXCITED TO SHAKE THAT OFF BEFORE WORLD CHAMPS IN SEPTEMBER. REALLY IT IS A MENTAL GAME. IT IS NOT A PERFECTLY EVEN RACE. WE HAVE DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR LEG LEFT OR REMOVED. SOME USE PROSTHETICS. SOME DON'T. I HAVE DONE BOTH AND MADE FIVE INTERNATIONAL CIRCUITS WITH AND WITHOUT A PROSTHETIC. YOU ARE THERE TO STAND YOURSELF AGAINST THE WALL, AND YOU GET TO THAT, IT IS BETWEEN ME AND THE WALL. YOU ARE PROBLEM-SOLVING THERE AND ADAPTING IN YOUR OWN WAY. IT IS A BIT OF A METAPHOR FOR LIFE. AND YOU HAD ONE LEG AMPUTATED OR TWO LEGS? JUST ONE, BUT TWICE. TELL ME ABOUT THAT. I GOT MY BUTT KICKED BY COVID, ACTUALLY, SO I ENDED UP NEEDING A SECOND APPLICATION ON MY LEG, AND I HAVE A CHRONIC PAIN CONDITION IN THAT LEG AS WELL, SO I HAVE BEEN IN AN EXCRUCIATING AMOUNT OF PAIN, AND CLIMBING HAS BEEN MY WAY OF ` I DON'T WANT TO EXIST IN LIFE AND PAIN. I WANT TO FIND MY WAY THROUGH IN LIFE, AND CLIMBING IS THAT FOR ME. ROCKCLIMBING HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE 2028 PARALYMPICS. IT HAS. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT FORMAT ALL THE CATEGORIES FOR THAT, SO WE ARE A BIT ON EDGE, BUT WE KNOW THE SEASON IS IMPORTANT FOR SETTING OURSELVES UP TO HOPEFULLY FIND SOME SUPPORT LEADING INTO THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. TO HAVE THE WORLD CHAMPS IN SEPTEMBER, AND YOU'VE JUST COME BACK FROM SALT LAKE CITY. THEN YOU WILL JUST BE TRAINING? I WILL JUST BE IN MY SHED. (LAUGHS) THAT IS CRAZY. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU TRAIN IN YOUR SHED. IT IS LITERALLY OFF MY KITCHEN, SO I CAN DO A LAP IN THE SHED, PUT SOME DISHES AWAY, DO A LAP IN THE SHED, DO SOME WASHING. WHEN YOU ARE TRAINING AND YOU HAVE YOUR SHED, SO MUCH OF IT IS ACTUALLY TRYING TO FIND AN APPROACH OR A TACTIC FOR A DIFFERENT COURSE, SO HOW DO YOU DO THAT? THAT IS WHAT I REALLY NOTICED IN THIS COMPETITION, IS THE LACK OF EXPERIENCE AND BIG VOLUMES. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE OLYMPICS AND THE BOULDERING AND THE LEAD SPORT IS THE DYNAMIC CONDITIONS AND REALLY INTERESTING HOLDS. YOU ARE LOOKING AT A WHOLE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEY HAVE SANDED OFF ALL THE FRICTION. I LOVE THIS SPORT. IT HAS BECOME QUITE BIG IN THE LAST FEW YEARS YOU HAVE SPEED CLIMBING AND BOULDERING. WHEN YOU'RE STANDING DOWN THERE, WHAT IS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD? ARE YOU THINKING, IF I PUT MY LEFT HAND HERE, I CAN MANOEUVRE THIS WAY ` HOW IS THE PROCESS? I THINK FOR ME THE MOST, MISSING A LEG, I AM TRYING TO PUT MY BODY ON THE DIAGONAL. USING THE LEFT HAND AND A RIGHT LEG GIVES ME BODY TENSION. IF THEY HAVE GIVEN US SOMETHING ` EVERY TIME YOU MOVE YOUR ARMS, YOU ARE TAKING YOUR FEET OFF THE WALL. AND THAT SLAMS ME BACK INTO OUR BARN DOOR. YOU CAN PIVOT BACK OFF BECAUSE THIS LEG IS SO CRAPPY. SO EACH FOOTHOLD, YOU ARE TRYING TO THINK ABOUT YOUR BODY POSITION AND RECREATE THAT TENSION. WE DO SOME WEIRD TWISTY THINGS. YOU HAVE TO BE RIDICULOUSLY STRONG. DO YOU DO EXERCISES ALL THE TIME? I HAVE A FINGERBOARD OVER THE DOORWAY AND EXERCISE MY FINGERTIPS. I'M ACTUALLY REALLY BAD. IT'S EMBARRASSING. MY SON CAN OPEN HIS OWN PICKLES. I BAD OPENING JARS. I LOVE THE SPORT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU GOING WELL AND GETTING TO THE PARALYMPICS. YOU ARE AMAZING. THANK YOU. STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` TOUGH ON CRIME, DEPENDING ON THE VALUE. POLICE BACKTRACK ON A MEMO ABOUT NOT INVESTIGATING RETAIL CRIME BELOW CERTAIN THRESHOLDS. WHAT DO RETAILERS MAKE OF THE MOVE? ALSO AHEAD ` THE 'ENCHANTING, WHIMSICAL AND WEIRD' FESTIVAL LIGHTING UP QUEENSTOWN THIS WEEK. PLUS, HOW GOUDA. THE KIWI WHO SLICED UP THE OPPOSITION WITH A GRATE PERFORMANCE, TO BE CROWNED BIG CHEESE I THINK YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOVE, WENDY, FOR THE NEWS. IN BRITAIN'S ANNUAL CHEESE-ROLLING RACE. RACHEL, YOU WANTED PUNS. THERE ARE ABOUT FOUR OF THEM THERE. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU WITH US. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF A BRAIN INJURY CHARITY HAS SLAMMED THE ORGANISERS OF RUNIT, A CONTROVERSIAL COLLISION SPORTING EVENT, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A 19-YEAR-OLD IN A PRIVATE AND IMPROMPTU TACKLE GAME. RYAN SATTERTHWAITE SUFFERED A HEAD INJURY AFTER BEING TACKLED IN PALMERSTON NORTH ON SUNDAY. EXPERTS AND OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN WARNING ABOUT THE DANGERS OF COLLISION GAMES, LIKE THE RUNIT STRAIGHT EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN AUCKLAND LAST WEEK. STACEY MOWBRAY, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF BRAIN INJURY CHARITY HEDWAY SAYS ALTHOUGH RUNIT WAS NOT INVOLVED WITH THE GAME WHERE RYAN DIED, THEY SHOULD BE 'ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES.' THE IDEA THAT THEY HAVE ANY PROTOCOLS THAN CAN PROTECT PEOPLE FROM THIS TYPE OF IMPACT IS NOT TRUE. WHETHER IT'S DONE IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS OR IN THE BACKYARD, IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. IN A STATEMENT PROVIDED TO TVNZ, RUNIT ORGANISERS SAY THEY, 'DO NOT ENCOURAGE ANY COPYING OF THE SPORT', AS IT SHOULD ONLY BE HELD UNDER HIGHLY-CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL SUPERVISION. THEY SAY RUNIT EVENTS HAVE STRICT GUIDELINES AROUND HOW AND WHERE TO TACKLE, AND SCREEN PARTICIPANTS FOR SUITABILITY. A LEADING HEALTH EXPERT SAYS NEW ZEALAND IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF HIV PREVENTION AND COULD BECOME ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES TO ELIMINATE TRANSMISSION. IT FOLLOWS NEW DATA SHOWING A MIXED PICTURE. WHILE NEW HIV INFECTIONS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ARE DECLINING, MORE PEOPLE ARE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH AIDS ` A SIGN THAT SOME ARE STILL FINDING OUT THEY HAVE THE VIRUS FAR TOO LATE. DOCTOR PETER SAXTON SAYS CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN PREVENTION IS ESSENTIAL, AND SO FAR, IT'S PROVING EFFECTIVE. NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE APPROACHED HIV FROM AN EVIDENCE BASE AND NOT A MORALISTIC BASE. I THINK WE GIVE PEOPLE A FAIR GO. SO I THINK IT REFLECTS DECADES OF INVESTMENT IN PREVENTION. AND I CERTAINLY THINK WE CAN BE ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES TO DO THAT. HE SAYS FUNDING ENSURES PREVENTATIVE MEASURES ARE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE ACROSS NEW ZEALAND. 11 PEOPLE REMAIN IN HOSPITAL AFTER A CAR DROVE INTO A CROWD AT A LIVERPOOL VICTORY PARADE. A WHITE BRITISH MAN (53) WAS ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS. THE INCIDENT ISN'T BEING TREATED AS TERRORISM. LOCAL POLICE SAY THE DRIVER APPEARED TO HAVE FOLLOWED AN AMBULANCE ON TO A BLOCKED-OFF STREET, AFTER THE BARRIER WAS TEMPORARILY LIFTED TO ALLOW MEDICAL CREW THROUGH TO TREAT A SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK. THE WARRIORS WILL BE WELCOMING BACK THEIR CO-CAPTAINS FOR THIS WEEKEND'S CLASH AGAINST THE RABBITOHS AS THEY LOOK TO PUT THEIR DEFEAT TO THE RAIDERS BEHIND THEM. JAMES FISHER HARRIS RETURNS AFTER SERVING HIS ONE-MATCH BAN, WHILE MITCH BARNETT IS ALSO AVAILABLE AFTER STATE OF ORIGIN DUTIES. HE'LL BE IN ACTION TONIGHT FOR ORIGIN ONE, STARTING AT PROP FOR THE BLUES BEFORE RETURNING TO WARRIORS CAMP. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. FOR THE REST OF YOU, THERE ARE ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EAST COAST AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHLAND DOWN TO TARANAKI. 20 YOUR HIGH IN NAPIER. NEW PLYMOUTH, YOUR HIGH IS 17. IT'S ALSO A CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH CAN EXPECT SOME RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 10 IS YOUR HIGH IN QUEENSTOWN. CHRISTCHURCH, YOUR HIGH IS 13. THERE IS AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN THE RANGES OF THE TASMAN NORTHWEST OF MOTUEKA UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. POLICE HAVE WALKED BACK A MEMO SENT TO STAFF THAT DIRECTED THEM NOT TO INVESTIGATE PETROL STATION DRIVE-OFFS UNDER THE VALUE OF $150. IT ALSO TOLD OFFICERS NOT TO LOOK IN TO SHOPLIFTING INCIDENTS BELOW $500 OR ONLINE SCAMS UNDER $1000. THE DIRECTIVE SPARKED BACKLASH FROM BUSINESS OWNERS, LEADING TO THIS RESPONSE FROM POLICE COMMISSIONER RICHARD CHAMBERS. WE WON'T ALWAYS BE ABLE TO BE THERE, BUT WE WILL DO OUR ABSOLUTE BEST FOR THE RETAIL COMMUNITY TO HOLD OFFENDERS TO ACCOUNT. I WANT TO REASSURE THE RETAIL COMMUNITY THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED. SINCE MY FIRST DAY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, I MADE VERY CLEAR WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES WERE. JOINING US HOW IS THE HEAD OF THE NEWMARKET BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, MARK KNOFF-THOMAS, AND THE MOTOR TRADE ASSOCIATION'S JAMES MCDOWALL. MARK, I WILL COME TO YOU FIRST. HOW REASSURING ARE YOU BY THE COMMISSION I THINK PROBABLY ON REFLECTION, IT IS A LOOSE DIRECTIVE. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON THOSE LOW-LEVEL CRIMES, TO STOP THE GATEWAY TO THOSE MORE SERIOUS THINGS. BUT OUR EXPERIENCE IN NEWMARKET WITH OUR POLICE LOCALLY, THEY WILL GO TO ANYTHING IF THEY CAN. OBVIOUSLY WE NEED MORE POLICE, DOCTORS, TEACHERS, WE NEED MORE OF EVERYTHING. BUT THEY ARE ALWAYS REPRIORITISING WHAT THEY WILL FOCUS ON. SO IF THEY HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR US, THEY ALWAYS ATTEND. IT IS AMAZING. ARE YOU STILL SEEING A LOT OF CRIME? WE ARE A RETAIL TOWN CENTRE, SO WE HAVE OUR FAIR SHARE OF RETAIL THEFT, AND OUR SECURITY TEAM WE SET UP TWO YEARS AGO ARE RETRIEVING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF STOLEN PROPERTY EVERY MONTH, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE POLICE. I CAN'T FAULT THE RESPONSE WE GET. IT IS OUTSTANDING. JAMES, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THEFT FROM PETROL STATIONS? GOOD MORNING. IT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT. IN TERMS OF POLICE'S OWN DATA, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT 30,000 INCIDENTS PER YEAR. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE FUEL HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY DIFFICULT TO GET INCIDENTS INVESTIGATED, THERE WILL BE A FAIR BIT OF UNDERREPORTING. SO YOU CAN SAFELY SAY AROUND THE COUNTRY IT IS ABOUT 100 DRIVE OFF AND INCIDENCE OF SHOPLIFTING AT SERVICE STATIONS EVERYDAY. FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK AT SERVICE STATIONS, HELD CONCERNING AS THIS? IT HAS BEEN CALLED CLUMSY FROM POLICE, BUT PEOPLE WHO WORK AT SERVICE STATIONS WHO WILL FEEL UNSAFE WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING, HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS FOR THEM? WHEN THE MEMO CAME OUT, IT WAS QUITE DISHEARTENING AND INCREDIBLY UNHELPFUL. I THINK YOU'RE STEPPING BACK, IT FRANKLY UNDERMINED EVERYTHING THE GOVERNMENT WAS SAYING ON BEING TOUGH ON CRIME. WE SUPPORT THAT GOAL. BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THIS FRUSTRATING MEMO WAS LESS ABOUT BEING TOUGH ON CRIME AND MORE ABOUT ALMOST BEING AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR CRIMINALS AS TO WHAT THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH, WHAT WON'T BE INVESTIGATED. SO JUST ON THE WHOLE, SERVICE STATIONS KNOW THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET POLICE TO INVESTIGATE DRIVE OFF AND SHOPLIFTING. THE LAST THING THEY NEED IS FOR IT TO BE MADE POLICY THAT IT WOULD NOT BE LOOKED AT. DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN DOING ENOUGH TO COMBAT THIS? HAVE THEY BEEN TOUGH ON THE SORT OF CRIME? THEY HAVE CERTAINLY MADE A LOT OF POSITIVE NOISES ABOUT ADDRESSING RETAIL CRIME. I THINK THE POLICE COMMISSIONER'S UPDATE ON THIS TOPIC WHEN IT WAS RAISED BY MEDIA HAS BEEN POSITIVE. AND I THINK THEY HOPEFULLY SENSE THE DIRECTION. WE GET GREAT FEEDBACK FROM MEMBERS THAT EVERYTHING IS INVESTIGATED, THAT EVERYTHING THAT SUPPLY ` CCTV ` IS FOLLOWED UP ON. WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT YET. BUT THAT BEING SAID, I HOPE THIS IS A GOOD TIMELY REMINDER FOR THE POLICE AND FOR THE GOVERNMENT JUST HOW IMPORTANT RETAIL CRIME IS IN COMBATING IT. MIGHT, DO YOU THINK IT IS DISHEARTENING FOR PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THESE STORES? IT WILL BE. WHAT IS GOOD TO SEE, THOUGH, IS THE COMMISSIONER HAS WALKED IT BACK, AND THE COMMISSION AND THE MINISTER ARE WORKING ON THE SAME PAGE WHICH IS REALLY POSITIVE. I THINK THE REALITY IS WE HAVE HAD A CRIME SPIKE IN THIS COUNTRY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. IT IS LIKE THE POST-COVERT CRIME WAVE. BUT THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER. IT IS STILL CHALLENGING, BUT RETAIL CRIME HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY NIPPED IN THE BUD. IT IS DOWN COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS. BUT IF YOU ARE A RETAILER RUNNING A SMALL BUSINESS, YOU DON'T WANT TO THINK THE POLICE ARE NOT GOING TO COMPASS NOT WHAT I WOULD SAY TO ANY SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN THE COUNTRY IS MAKE SURE YOU ARE REPORTING EVERYTHING OR THING THAT HAPPENS WITH 105. BECAUSE OF THE POLICE DON'T KNOW, THEY DON'T KNOW. SO MANY CRIMES GO UNREPORTED STILL, SO WE ARE DOING SUCH A CONCERTED EFFORT TO MAKE SURE SMALL BUSINESS RETAILERS ARE REPORTING CRIME EVERY TIME. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN TO THE BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. ME U TONU MAI ` WE CATCH UP WITH THE CHEESE ROLLING CHAMPION, WHO HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF OUR OWN. # IF I COULD, THEN I WOULD. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF A BRAIN INJURY CHARITY HAS SLAMMED THE ORGANISERS OF RUNIT, A CONTROVERSIAL COLLISION SPORTING EVENT, SAYING EVEN IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT, THE SPORT IS STILL UNSAFE. IT FOLLOWS THE DEATH OF A 19-YEAR-OLD IN A PRIVATE AND IMPROMPTU TACKLE GAME. OVERSEAS, 11 PEOPLE REMAIN IN HOSPITAL AFTER A CAR DROVE INTO A CROWD AT A LIVERPOOL VICTORY PARADE. AND IN SPORT, THE WARRIORS WILL BE WELCOMING BACK THEIR CO-CAPTAINS FOR THIS WEEKEND'S CLASH AGAINST THE RABBITOHS AS THEY LOOK TO PUT THEIR DEFEAT TO THE RAIDERS BEHIND THEM. ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST BIZARRE COMPETITIONS HAS WRAPPED UP FOR ANOTHER YEAR ` THE ANNUAL CHEESE ROLL COMPETITION. FOR ANY SOUTHLANDERS WATCHING, NO, NOT THOSE CHEESE ROLLS, BUT A TRADITIONAL RACE HELD IN GLOUCESTER EVERY SPRING. PARTICIPANTS HURL THEMSELVES DOWN A HILL IN PURSUIT OF A 4kg WHEEL OF CHEESE, AND THIS YEAR, KIWI BYRON SMITH WAS ONE OF THE BIG WINNERS. HE JOINS US NOW. AND ENJOY CONGRATULATIONS, BYRON. WHERE ARE YOU SPEAKING TO US FROM? HEY, GUYS. I AM IN LONDON IN HOSPITAL AT THE MOMENT. OH NO, WHAT HAS HAPPENED? I AM OK. MENTALLY I AM VERY GOOD, BUT PHYSICALLY I TOOK A BIT OF A TUMBLE. THESE ARE THE RISKS. IS IT ANYTHING SERIOUS ` WHAT ARE YOU DEALING WITH? NOTHING TOO SERIOUS. I HAVE A BROKEN RIB, COLLAPSED LUNG AND A BIT OF INTERNAL BLEEDING. BUT I AM ON THE MEND, SO IT IS ALL GOOD. NOTHING TOO SERIOUS? ARE YOU GOING TO BE OUT OF THERE SOON ENOUGH, OR WHAT HAVE THE DOCTOR SAID TO YOU? THEY ARE HOPEFULLY GOING TO LET ME OUT TOMORROW. GLAD YOU ARE IN GOOD SPIRITS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, EVEN FROM THE HOSPITAL. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS ` IT LOOKS LIKE A LAUGH FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING, BUT WHAT WAS THE MOTIVATION FOR YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS? HONESTLY THE MOTIVATION FOR ME WAS ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO I SAW MIKE ALISTAIR X ALL-BLACK DOING IT, AND HE WON IT, AND I THOUGHT I COULD FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS. YOU DID THIS LAST YEAR? LAST YEAR I GOT SECOND PLACE, SO I THOUGHT I HAD TO COME BACK AND DO ONE BETTER. DO YOU LIVE IN THE UK, OR DID YOU FLY OVER SPECIALLY FOR THIS? NO, I FLEW OVER. SO YOU MADE THE TRIP TO GLOUCESTER. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY PROUD A NEW ZEALANDER HAS WON THE TITLE. IS THERE AN APPROACH, OR DO YOU JUST RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN AND HOPE YOU DON'T TRIP TOO BAD? THAT'S BASICALLY IT. YOU BASICALLY RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN, AND IF YOU TRIP, HOPE YOU GET UP FASTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE. WERE YOU IN PAIN, WAS THE ADRENALINE FROM THE RACE PUSHING YOU THROUGH? DEFINITELY THE ADRENALINE. WHEN I GOT TO THE BOTTOM AND DID SOME INTERVIEWS, IT WAS A COUPLE OF MINUTES BEFORE I COULD EVEN TALK. AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE END, WHAT DO YOU GET? DO YOU JUST GET THE WHEEL OF CHEESE, OR IS THERE ANOTHER PRIZE ` APART FROM THE PRESTIGE OF COURSE. I GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS FROM SOME PEOPLE. I GOT A LITTLE CHEESE FIGURINE. HOW BIG IS THE WHEEL? THAT CHEESE WHEEL IS 4 KG. DO YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE HELPING YOU TO SHARE IT? EXACTLY. I HAVE SOME PEOPLE COMING OVER ASKING TO HAVE SOME. HOW MANY MESSAGES FROM NEW ZEALAND HAVE YOU RECEIVED AFTER FINISHING THIS RACE YESTERDAY? IT'S BEEN GOOD. I THINK I'VE PROBABLY DONE ABOUT 10 OR 11 INTERVIEWS, AND MY DMs HAVE BEEN BLOWING UP BY PEOPLE ONLINE. PEOPLE FROM BACK HOME, LONDON, OTHER COUNTRIES I'VE MADE FRIENDS WITH HIT ME UP. SO THE BIG QUESTION IS, NOW THAT IS GONE THROUGH THIS, YOU GOT THE TITLE AND THE CHEESE, ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING IT AGAIN ` ARE YOU GOING TO GO BACK AND DEFEND YOUR TITLE NEXT YEAR? THIS YEAR, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO, BUT WHEN I REALISED I DONE SOMETHING PRETTY BAD TO MY RIBS, I PROMISED MY WIFE I WOULDN'T DO IT. I'M WONDERING IF IT IS A KIND OF LIKE CHILDBIRTH, WHERE A TIME IS PAST AND YOU FORGET THE PAIN. OR IS YOUR WIFE SAYING IT IS DEFINITELY NOT HAPPENING? MY WIFE SAYS IT IS DEFINITELY NOT HAPPENING. SHE IS A NURSE. SHE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF YOU. I'M SORRY THAT YOU HAD SOME INJURIES, BUT IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU ARE IN GOOD SPIRITS. GOOD LUCK AND CONGRATULATIONS ON WINNING THAT MASSIVE WHEEL OF CHEESE. YOU HAVE DONE NEW ZEALAND PROUD. CAN WE SEE THE PICTURES AGAIN? THE GOOD THING ABOUT BYRON AS HE WAS WEARING A RED T-SHIRT, SO HE WAS QUITE EASY TO SPOT. BUT AS THE COMPETITORS RUN OUT, SOME OF THEM SEEM TO GET QUITE FAR DOWN YOU CAN SEE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES. ONE OF THEM IS BUM SHUFFLING THERE, BUT THAT WON'T GET YOU ANYWHERE VERY FAST. LOOK ` YOU ARE ENTERING AT YOUR OWN RISK. CAN WE GET A SHOT OF HIM? HE WAS UNABLE RED T-SHIRT. SUPERMAN IS THERE. THE CHALLENGE IS GETTING YOUR FOOTING AGAIN. CONGRATULATIONS ON WINNING THE CHEESE. IS THAT ALL YOU WIN? OBVIOUSLY YOU GET THE HAT, AND THE PRESTIGE. HE GOT TO COME ON BREAKFAST AND SPEAK TO US. HE IS A SUPERSTAR. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, MATT GIBB'S ENJOYING THE SIGHTS OF MELBOURNE FOR US THIS WEEK. GIDDAY, MATT. MORNING. HELL YEAH. I'VE GOT A PRIZE A LOT BETTER THAN A 4 KG WHEEL OF CHEESE, THAT'S FOR SURE. IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, YOU AND A FRIEND COULD BE FLYING OVER TO MELBOURNE. YOU COULD BE SITTING ON THE THRONE AT THE LEGO STAR WARS EXHIBITION. WE WILL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT AFTER THE BREAK. IT'S TIME FOR OUR REGULAR VISIT TO THE TVNZ ARCHIVE. THIS WEEK, IN 1978, NGATI WHATUA ORAKEI WAS FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM BASTION POINT AFTER 506 DAYS OF PROTEST OVER ITS LAND BEING SOLD BY THE CROWN FOR A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. POLICE AND ARMY PERSONNEL ARRESTED MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE. MUCH OF THE CONFISCATED LAND WAS LATER RETURNED TO THE IWI THROUGH THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL IN THE '80S. HERE'S HOW THE DAY THE POLICE DESCENDED ON PROTESTERS WAS COVERED BY THIS NETWORK. (JAUNTY MUSIC) THE TELEVISION ONE NETWORK NEWS WITH DOUGAL STEPHENSON. AND DOMINATING TODAY'S NEWS, THE EVICTION OF THE PROTESTERS FROM AUCKLAND'S BASTION POINT. IT WAS CARRIED OUT BY POLICE WITH MILITARY-LIKE PRECISION. TODAY'S OPERATION WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THE NEW ZEALAND POLICE HAVE UNDERTAKEN IN RECENT YEARS. 500 POLICEMEN POURED ONTO BASTION POINT THIS MORNING AND ARRESTED 230 PEOPLE WHO HAD REFUSED TO LEAVE THE CAMP. HERE'S AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED AT BASTION POINT TODAY FROM TELEVISION ONE REPORTER ROB HARDY. WHILE BASTION POINT WAS SLEEPING THIS MORNING, THE POLICE WERE ON THE MOVE. THEY CAME IN ARMY TRUCKS FROM THE AIR FORCE AND NAVY BARRACKS THEY'D OCCUPIED OVERNIGHT, A MASSIVE SERIES OF CONVOYS THAT LOOKED MORE LIKE A SCENE FROM A WWII MOVIE THAN A POLICE ACTION AGAINST MAORI PROTESTERS. AS SOON AS THE CONVOYS WERE SIGHTED, FLARES WERE SET OFF ON BASTION POINT AND THE 300 PEOPLE ON THE LAND HEADED FOR THEIR MEETING HOUSE. THEN THE POLICE ARRIVED AND STARTED MARCHING ONTO THE LAND. A TOTAL FORCE OF MORE THAN 500. OVER MEGAPHONE: SUPPORTERS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US. HAERE MAI. HAERE MAI. COME TO THE MARAE HERE. WITHIN MINUTES OF THEIR ARRIVAL, THEY HAD THE PERIMETER OF THE LAND ALMOST COMPLETELY SURROUNDED. THEN CAME THE JEEP CARRYING AUCKLAND'S COMMISSIONER OF CROWN LANDS, GEORGE MCMILLAN, AND THE HEAD OF THE AUCKLAND POLICE DISTRICT, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER BILL OVERTON. THIS PLACE IS CROWN LAND. I HAVE THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY AND DUTY TO PREVENT UNLAWFUL TRESPASSING OR INTRUSION UPON OR OCCUPATION OF THIS PLACE AND TO CAUSE TO BE REMOVED OR EXPELLED ALL TRESPASSERS, INTRUDERS AND PERSONS UNLAWFULLY OCCUPYING THIS PLACE. THEY CHOSE INSTEAD TO SING. ALL: # KEI TE KAPAKAPA MAI TE HAKI, TE HAKI, # O INGARANGI I RUNGA TIAMANA E. # THEN THE ARRESTS STARTED. SOME PUT UP A TOKEN RESISTANCE. OTHERS WERE AGREEING TO LEAVE WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PERSUASION. YOU'VE BEEN ASKED TO LEAVE. JUST LEAVE. ALL RIGHT. MANY REPORTERS WERE ANGRY. THEY'D BEEN TOLD THEY'D BE ALLOWED TO STAY. POLICE LATER SAID THEY NEEDED THE REPORTERS OUT OF THE WAY SO THEY COULD WORK EFFICIENTLY. ALL: KA MATE! KA MATE! KA ORA! KA ORA! WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU WERE ARRESTED? JUST TAKEN IN. FINGERPRINTED. PHOTOGRAPHED AND SET OUT ON BAIL. WHAT HAVE THEY CHARGED YOU WITH? WILFUL TRESPASS. WHEN YOU WERE ARRESTED, DID THEY TREAT YOU GENTLY? YEAH. THEY'RE GOOD. DEMOLITION WORKERS NEEDED LITTLE ENERGY TO KNOCK DOWN THE FLIMSY BUILDINGS THAT HAD GONE UP DURING THE 17-MONTH OCCUPATION OF BASTION POINT. JOE HAWK, THE PROTEST LEADER, HADN'T BEEN THERE TO WITNESS THE ARRIVAL OF THE POLICE. HE GOT BACK FROM WELLINGTON ABOUT NOON TO SEE THE DEMOLITION TEAMS HARD AT WORK ON THE PLACE THAT WAS HIS HOME FOR A YEAR AND A QUARTER. HE WAS ALSO ON TIME TO SEE THE LAST OF THE PROTESTERS ESCORTED FROM THE LAND. AMONG THE LAST TO GO WERE WOMEN, WHO'D HELD OUT IN THE MEETING HOUSE UNTIL THEY WERE PHYSICALLY REMOVED. (WAILS) LATE THIS AFTERNOON, THE DEMOLITION WAS STILL GOING ON. ARMY BULLDOZERS, AT 3 O'CLOCK, DEMOLISHED THE PROTESTERS' MEETING HOUSE. THE FINAL TOUCH TO THE 500 DAYS OF BASTION POINT. IT IS 8.30. HERE IS CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. THANKS, WENDY. PETROL STATION OWNERS SAY THE POLICE COULD HAVE HELPED CRIMINALS AFTER THEY WALKED BACK A MEMO DIRECTING STAFF NOT TO INVESTIGATE DRIVE-OFFS UNDER $150. IT ALSO TOLD OFFICERS NOT TO LOOK INTO SHOPLIFTING BELOW $500 OR ONLINE SCAMS UNDER $1000, SPARKING BACKLASH FROM BUSINESS OWNERS. THE MOTOR TRADE ASSOCIATION'S JAMES MCDOWALL SAY THAT THE MEMO WENT AGAINST EVERYTHING THE GOVERNMENT HAS SAID ABOUT BEING TOUGH ON CRIME AND COULD BE SEEN AS AN 'INSTRUCTION MANUAL' FOR THIEVES. IT IS FRUSTRATING. THERE WAS LESS ABOUT BEING TOUGH ON CRIME AND ALMOST BEING AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR CRIMINALS AND WHAT THEY WILL GET AWAY WITH WITHOUT BEING INVESTIGATED. LAST YEAR, THERE WAS ALMOST 30,000 INSTANCES OF THEFT FROM SERVICE STATIONS, ACCORDING TO NZ POLICE'S OWN DATA. SKIERS EAGER TO HIT THE SLOPES THIS SATURDAY WILL HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER, WITH MOUNT HUTT DELAYING ITS OPENING DAY BY A WEEK. THE SKI FIELD HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO OPEN THIS WEEKEND, BUT IN A VIDEO UPDATE SAID RECENT WEATHER HAS WIPED OUT MUCH OF THE FRESH SNOW. THEY'RE NOW AIMING TO OPEN ON JUNE 7th INSTEAD. AID IS BEGINNING TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO PALESTINIANS IN RAFAH BY THE U.S. AND ISRAELI-BACKED GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION AFTER A NEARLY THREE-MONTH BLOCKADE WAS LIFTED. THE ORGANISATION SAYS 8000 FOOD BOXES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED, THE EQUIVALENT OF 462,000 MEALS. THE UN AND OTHER AGENCIES HAVE BOYCOTTED THE FOUNDATION, SAYING AID SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED INDEPENDENTLY OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE CONFLICT. WHICH CONTINUES FOR AN ESCAPED PRISONER WHO WAS ONCE AN ARKANSAS POLICE CHIEF. GRANT WAS CONVICTED OF RAPE AND MURDER IN METRES JAILBREAK ON MONDAY. HE ESCAPED WEARING AN OUTFIT DESIGNED TO MIMIC LAW ENFORCEMENT. HE HAS BEEN SERVING TIME SINCE 2017. TO SPORT, AND AMERICAN TENNIS STAR COCO GAUFF HAS CRUISED THROUGH TO THE SECOND ROUND OF THE FRENCH OPEN, BUT NOT WITHOUT A MISHAP BEFORE THE MATCH. THE 21-YEAR-OLD WINNING COMFORTABLY IN STRAIGHT SETS, BUT REVEALING SHE INITIALLY WALKED ON COURT WITHOUT HER RACQUETS. YEAH. (CHUCKLES) WELL, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO PLAY WITH A RACQUET. SO, I WAS GETTING THROUGH THE FIRST STEP. I WAS HAPPY TO GET THROUGH TODAY. I'LL REMEMBER MY RACQUETS FOR NEXT TIME. MEANWHILE, NEW ZEALAND-BORN BRIT CAMERON NORRIE UPSET ELEVENTH SEED DANIIL MEDVEDEV IN A FIVE-SET THRILLER TO BOOK HIS SPOT IN THE SECOND ROUND. AND NOVAK DJOKOVIC HAS COMFORTABLY WON HIS OPENING MATCH AS HE EYES A FOURTH FRENCH OPEN TITLE. AND FINALLY, THE NEW ZEALAND WINNER OF A BIZARRE BRITISH RACE SAYS HE'S PLEASED AT HIS VICTORY, BUT HE PROBABLY WON'T BE BACK TO DEFEND HIS CROWN. BYRON SMITH (33) WAS AMONG THE WINNERS AT THE ANNUAL GLOUCESTER CHEESE ROLLING COMPETITION WHERE PARTICIPANTS CHASE A WHEEL OF CHEESE DOWN A HILL. SMITH CLAIMING A WIN IN RACE THREE, BUT HE DIDN'T EMERGE UNSCATHED. NOTHING TOO SERIOUS. I GOT A BROKEN RIB, A COLLAPSED LUNG AND A LITTLE BIT OF INTERNAL BLEEDING, BUT I AM ON THE MEND, SO IT IS ALL GOOD. ORGANISERS SAY PARTICIPANTS TAKE PART AT THEIR OWN RISK AND DON'T TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR POTENTIAL INJURIES. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. FOR THE REST OF YOU, THERE ARE ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EAST COAST AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHLAND DOWN TO TARANAKI. 20 YOUR HIGH IN NAPIER. NEW PLYMOUTH, YOUR HIGH IS 17. IT'S ALSO A CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH CAN EXPECT SOME RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 10 IS YOUR HIGH IN QUEENSTOWN. CHRISTCHURCH, YOUR HIGH IS 13. THERE IS AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING UNTIL 8pm THIS EVENING. IN THE RANGES OF THE TASMAN NORTHWEST OF MOTUEKA. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MELBOURNE, EVERY BIT DIFFERENT. THIS WEEK, WE'VE TEAMED UP 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. THIS MORNING, HE'S CHECKING OUT THE MELBOURNE MUSEUM. GOOD MORNING, MATT! MORENA, WENDY. IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING MORNING AT THE MUSEUM. I'M JOINED BY ONE OF THE AUSSIE DIAMONDS. NETBALL EXTRAORDINAIRE. YOU PUT UP FOR US EARLY. YOU BEEN PRETTY EXCITED TO BE HERE. WE ARE AT THE LEGO STAR WARS EXHIBITION AT THE MELBOURNE USING. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF LEGO? I LOVE IT. GREW UP PLAYING LEGO WITH MY BROTHER AND WATCHING STAR WARS, SO IT IS A DREAM COME TRUE. YOU COULD SPEND HOURS HERE. WE ARE NOT TALKING LEGO WITH YOU. WE ARE TALKING NETBALL. CONSTELLATION CUP, COMING UP LATER IN THE YEAR. THE CONSTELLATION CUP, I DON'T WANT TO RUB IT INTO MUCH, BUT CURRENTLY, THE SILVER FERNS OF THE CHAMPIONS, HAVING WON 3-1 LAST YEAR. WE ARE READY FOR REDEMPTION. I HEARD IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE YOU WON IN MELBOURNE. IT IS NOT BEEN SINCE 2015, SO WE DO NEED SOME SUPPORT. THE FIRST OF THE GAMES KICKS OFF IN MELBOURNE. ON 17 OCTOBER AT JOHN CANE ARENA. YOU DON'T WANT A LOT OF KIWIS THERE, DO YOU? KNOW, NOT REALLY. THAT IS WHY WE NEED KIWIS IN THE GAME. AND ASSIST UNDER A FOUR HOUR FLIGHT. COME HERE AND WATCH THE KIWI FERNS TAKE ON THE DIAMONDS. IT IS A CONTENTIOUS GAME. I THINK IT IS THE DIAMONDS. I HAVE A GOOD FEELING ABOUT IT. NETBALL ASIDE, SPORTS IN MELBOURNE AND VICTORIA IS MASSIVE. WHAT OTHER SPORTS ARE YOU INTO WHEN YOU ARE NOT PLAYING NETBALL? I LIKE FOOTIE AND AUSTRALIAN OPEN. I CANNOT RECOMMEND COMING OVER TO WATCH A LIVE GAME. THAT IS IN YOUR DNA, RIGHT? WE HAD TAYLOR SWIFT LAST YEAR, WE HAVE IT ALL. HAVE YOU BEEN TO NEW ZEALAND MUCH? MEMO PARTNER HAVE BEEN THERE A FEW TIMES. I LOVE QUEENSTOWN. I WILL HELP YOU OUT. PLAY SOME FOOTBALL. COME ON, HAVE A KICK. HE IS BANNED. HOWEVER CONTROLS IS BANNED. YOU SHOULD GET YOUR KIWI MATES TO ENTER THIS. YOU CAN WIN FLIGHTS FOR TWO, YOU'LL BE STAYING THREE NIGHTS IN A BEAUTIFUL HOTEL GETTING SOME DINING EXPERIENCE. THE LEGO STAR WARS EXHIBITION AT THE MELBOURNE MUSEUM AND BETELGEUSE THE MUSICAL. ARE YOUR MUSICAL FAN? WILL BE INTERVIEWING THE STARS RIGHT AFTER THIS. JOIN US LIVE TOMORROW MORNING. I'LL BE LIVE FOR YOU ONE LAST TIME IN MELBOURNE. YOU HAVEN'T SAW 4 PM. ARE YOU A DOCTOR? I THINK IT MIGHT BE BLEEDING FROM THE DROID INJURY. I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH THIS ONE. WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING. GOOD LUCK FOR THE SERIES, BUT NOT TOO MUCH LUCK. GET OUT OF HERE, YOU! WE ARE ON LIVE TV! DON'T EMBARRASS ME LIKE THIS. UNBELIEVABLE. OKAY, MATT. A CONSERVATION PARK IN QUEENSTOWN IS TRANSFORMING THIS WEEK IN TO AN EVENT DESCRIBED AS 'ENCHANTING, WHIMSICAL AND WEIRD.' LIGHTS SHOW 'LUMA ENCHANTED' HAS RISEN FROM THE DUST OF 'LUMA', A LONG-RUNNING COMMUNITY EVENT WHICH WAS CANNED LAST YEAR. THE REIMAGINED FESTIVAL IS TAKING PLACE AT KIWI PARK, WITH PROVISIONS IN PLACE TO KEEP THE NOCTURNAL BIRDS SAFE FROM THE ACTION. LUMA ENCHANTED CEO PHILLY DE LACEY AND KIWI PARK CEO RICHARD WILSON JOIN US NOW. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, YOU TWO. GOOD MORNING. AND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREST. TELL US LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE. WE FILMED LAST YEAR A PART OF OUR SERIES, REMARKABLE PLACE TO DIE, IN LUMA. LOOKED AT THE TEAM HAD BEEN DOING AND QUEENSTOWN GARDENS AND I THOUGHT THE WORK THEY WERE DOING WAS AMAZING. WAS PRETTY EXCITED AS A TELEVISION PRODUCER TO GET MY HANDS ON IT AND SEE WHAT WE COULD DO DIFFERENTLY. I APPROACHED THE TEAM, AND THEY WERE KEEN TO EXPLORE IT BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, THE SHOW WAS BECOMING A CHALLENGE TO PRODUCE AS A COMMUNITY EVENT. WE APPROACHED RICHARD, AND HE TOOK A LEAP OF FAITH WITH US, AND HERE WE ARE NOW. YOU CAN SEE THE BEAUTIFUL MOA. WE WANTED TO TAKE THE IDEA OF LUMA, WHICH WAS A COLLECTION OF ARTIST EXHIBITS, AND TRANSFORM THEM INTO A CURATED STORIES. FOR US, WE WANTED TO LEAN INTO WHIMSY AND ENCHANTMENT. HE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS BESPOKE KIWI. WE CREATED A STORY OR A NARRATIVE AROUND NEW ZEALAND NATIVE ANIMALS AND MYSTERIES AND MAYHEM AND TURNED IT ON ITS HEAD AND HAVE GONE DOWN A RABBIT HOLE. WE HAVE ENDED UP WITH A BEAUTIFUL PARK WITH AN INCREDIBLE SOUNDTRACK WITH A STORY THAT ONCE YOU ENTER THE PARK, YOU ENTER A SENSE OF WONDER. IT IS DESIGNED FOR ALL AGES. THE KIDS SHOULD FEEL LIKE THEY ARE IN WONDERLAND AND ADULTS SHOULD FEEL BLOWN AWAY BY THE ARTISTRY THAT HAS COME TOGETHER FROM A GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM ALL SORTS OF DISCIPLINES ACROSS THE ARTS. IT IS PRETTY SPECIAL, I THINK. THAT SOUNDS FANTASTIC. RICHARD, WHAT WAS YOUR PART AND THIS? OBVIOUSLY, GETTING APPROACHED BY THE TEAM, WHICH IS PRETTY EXCITING TO COLLABORATE WITH DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AROUND THE COMMUNITY. IT WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE BRANCHED OUT THIS WIDE. THEY HAVE DONE AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING JOB LOOKING AFTER OUR WILDLIFE WITH SPECIAL LIGHT PLACEMENTS. THEY HAVE BEEN KEEPING US VERY BUSY BUILDING LOTS OF NEW PATHWAYS, KEEPING RIGHT OF WAY FROM SPECIAL ENCLOSURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. DO I HEAR THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY A KIWI, AND ACTUAL KIWI, ABOUT TO LAY AN EGG THERE? THERE HAS CERTAINLY BEEN TALK OF NEST BUILDING GOING ON IN THE BREEDING PAIR. IT IS NOT QUITE LAID YET, BUT IT IS LOOKING PROMISING. EVERYBODY IS CROSSING THEIR FINGERS. LET'S HOPE FOR A SPECIAL KIWI ON THE ARRIVAL. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONVINCE RICHARD TO CALL IT LUMA. SURELY IT IS GOING TO BE CALLED LUMA. WHAT A GREAT COLLABORATION, AND QUITE UNLIKELY. SCREEN TIME, YOU MAKE FILMS, DON'T YOU? HOW DID YOU DECIDE THIS IS A GOOD IDEA? WE WERE JUST REALLY EXCITED BY IT. I MOVED TO QUEENSTOWN A FEW YEARS AGO. I HAVE BEEN TO A NUMBER OF THE LUMA ITERATIONS. WHAT HAS ALSO BECOME APPARENT TO ME AS A PARENT IS THAT OTHER THAN DINING OUT OR A FEW ACTIVITIES AT NIGHT, THERE ARE NOT A MASSIVE NUMBER OF OFFERINGS AT A FAMILY FRIENDLY. SO, WE SAW THIS AS ONE OF THOSE, I HAVE TO DO THIS MOMENTS. I WANTED TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR MY DAUGHTER, AND WE HAVE DONE IT. WE ARE NERVOUS TO SEE THE REACTIONS, BUT WE HAVE HAD A FEW TEST SUBJECTS THROUGH THE PARK AND SO FAR, IT IS BEEN PRETTY AWESOME. IT IS BY THE SKYLINE GONDOLA. IT IS A 45 MINUTES OF ONE OUR EXPERIENCE. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS ONLINE, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT, OPEN THIS FRIDAY. THE TICKETS ARE ON SALE ON OUR LUMA WEBSITE. THANKS MUCH FOR JOINING US. GOOD LUCK FOR THE BIG OPENING. I'M SURE IT'LL BE FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GREAT MORNING. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE NEW FITNESS CRAZE THAT'S PUTTING A BOUNCE IN YOUR STEP. CHARLOTTE MULDER'S LACING UP... WHAT ARE THESE? THEY ARE CALLED KANGOOS. IT IS NOT A SKI BOOT. YOU'LL BE FINDING OUT EXACTLY WHAT THESE ARE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK. # LET'S GO BACK TO MALIBU. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` SENIOR DOCTORS AT GISBORNE HOSPITAL SAY THEY'RE RELUCTANTLY RETURNING TO THE PICKET LINE TODAY AS STAFFING SHORTAGES PUSH THEM INTO A CRISIS. NORTHLAND POLICE ARE APPEALING FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION ON THIS VEHICLE AS THEY INVESTIGATE A HOMICIDE IN THE FAR NORTH TOWN OF HOREKE. AND KIWI BORN BRIT CAM NORRIE HAS WON A MARATHON FIVE-SET OPENING MATCH AT THE FRENCH OPEN, LASTING NEARLY FOUR HOURS. AGAINST DANIiL MEDVEDEV. THERE'S A NEW WAY TO GET MOVING, AND IT'S BOUNCED INTO OTAUTAHI. KANGOO JUMPS FEATURES UNIQUE SPRING LOADED REBOUND SHOES DESIGNED TO MAKE WORKOUTS EASIER ON THE JOINTS. CHRISTCHURCH LOCALS NOW HAVE THE CHANCE TO GIVE THIS FUN, LOW-IMPACT ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL EXERCISE A GO. SO CHARLOTTE MULDER IS STRAPPING IN TO FIND OUT WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. DO TELL. HI, TEAM. YOU GOT A LITTLE GLIMPSE BEFORE. IT LOOKS REALLY FUN, BUT IT IS HARD NOT TO FALL OVER. THIS IS KANGOO. YOUR TELLING ME IT IS THE FIRST IN NEW ZEALAND TO BE OFFERED. IT AS A FULL BODY WORKOUT. IT IS A SPECIALLY DESIGNED SHOES. WE CAN RUN, JUMP AND DANCE. PEOPLE WITH BAD KNEES CAN DO IT? YES, OF COURSE. IT IS UP TO 80% JOINT IMPACT. AMAZING. HOW CAN PEOPLE LOOK FOR FULL INFO? DO YOU HAVE A WEBSITE. WHY SHOULD PEOPLE DO IT? BECAUSE IT IS FUN! IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE JUMPING ON A TRAMPOLINE. I KNOW, TO SO OBVIOUS, ISN'T IT? I HAVE BEEN STANDING ON THEM, AND THEY ARE REALLY HARD TO STAY STILL. I HAVE BEEN TRYING MY BEST. WE WILL GIVE IT A CRACK. YOU WILL PLAY SOME MUSIC INSTRUMENTS AND DANCE MOVE AND YOU GUYS CAN HAVE A LAUGH. OK. FIRST OF ALL, JUMPING. DO NOT LOOK DOWN. ALWAYS LOOKED UP. I PRACTISED BEFORE. WE ARE GOING TO BRING OUR KNEE UP. LET'S GET KNEES UP! HEY! KEEP GOING! GO, CHARLOTTE! GIVE ME TWO. ONE, TWO. YES! I'M A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT THE ANKLE SUPPORT. WOULD NOT WANT TO ROLL ANKLE. SMILE! IT IS EXHAUSTING WATCHING IT. NOW GIVE ME ARMS! KEEP GOING. SMILE! AND I START FROM THE BEGINNING. LET'S GET UP! ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR! ARE YOU READY? GIVE ME TWO. SHE IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS, AS SHE? THIS IS WONDERFUL. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO SOMEONE THROUGHOUT SMILE AND OUT ENERGY CHARLOTTE, BUT IT IS JUST HAPPENED. CHARLOTTE IS HAVING TO BE REMINDED TO SMILE AS SHE DANCES THROUGH THE PAIN OF THIS WORKOUT. DON'T STOP, CHARLOTTE. KEEP GOING. WE'RE GOING TO CARRY ON WITH THE SHOW, BUT KEEP GOING. I AM NOT GOING TO THE GYM TODAY. NO NEED TO GO. IT LOOKS LIKE HARD WORK. ROUND TWO. WELL DONE, CHARLOTTE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` AFTER ALL THAT EXERCISE, IT'S TIME FOR A REWARD. LUCY BENDELL'S SERVING UP SOMETHING TASTY THIS MORNING. MORENA, LUCY. MORENA, TEAM. THIS IS RIGHT. NO EXERCISE FOR ME THIS MORNING. I'M GOING TO START MY MORNING OFF WITH A BURGER. MY APRON IS TIED AND THE MEAT IS SIZZLING. WHAT A PERFECT WAY TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL BURGER DAY. CHECK THAT OUT ` A DESERT BURGER. IT IS PART OF THE PONSONBY BURGER FESTIVAL. WE GOING TO CHECK OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING OVER THERE AND HOW TO PERFECT THE PERFECT BURGER AT HOME. WE GOING TO ANSWER ALL THOSE MEATY QUESTIONS AFTER THE BREAK. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THOUSANDS OF BURGERS ARE ON THE GRILL FOR PONSONBY'S POPULAR 'PONSONBURGER' FESTIVAL. TODAY, SINCE IT'S INTERNATIONAL BURGER DAY, WE THOUGHT IT APPROPRIATE TO SEND LUCY BENDELL DOWN TO TEST HER BURGER-MAKING SKILLS. I AM OUT OF THE KITCHEN. CHECK OUT THESE MOUTHWATERING PATTIES I HAVE JUST COOKED. WE ARE GOING TO BE CREATING A CHICKEN BURGER TODAY. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD LOOK THAT GOOD IF I WAS NOT JOINED BY HEAD CHEF MIKE THIS MORNING. FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE TWO ASK ` ARE YOU A CLASSIC OR GOURMET BURGER GUY? I AM DEFINITELY A CLASSIC. I THINK I'M A BIT MORE GOURMET. I LIKE A BIT OF CHICKEN. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER TODAY. TELL ME HOW TO CONSTRUCT THIS SO IT WILL BE THE BEST BURGER. TELL ME SOME TIPS AND TRICKS AS WE GO. WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING? OBVIOUSLY STARTING WITH THE BUN, WE WANT A NICE SOFT, FRESH BUN. SOMETHING DENSE THAT CAN HOLD FORTH. WE WANTED TO BE NOT SOGGY WHEN PEOPLE EAT IT AND YOU ADD THE PROTEIN. GETTING A NICE BIG SCOOP OF THIS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET RIGHT TO THE EDGE, SO EVERY SINGLE BITE HAS ALL THE FLAVOUR. THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID WHEN YOU WALKED IN, A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST PUT THE SOURCE IN THE MIDDLE AND DON'T SPREAD ALL THE WAY. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT MAKING THE BURGER ` YOU HAD TO SPREAD THE INGREDIENTS ALL THE WAY. THEN THE CHICKEN ON TOP. THIS IS OUR SOUTHERN CHARM BURGER, AND WE HAVE GONE WITH BUFFALO SAUCE. LOAD THAT CHICKEN UP. ABOUT THAT MUCH? A LITTLE BIT MORE. THIS BURGER FESTIVAL RUNS FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS IN PONSONBY. TELL US ABOUT WHAT IS ON OFFER AND WHAT WE CAN TRY OUT. OBVIOUSLY HOSPITALITY AT THE MOMENT, WE ARE STRUGGLING TO GET PEOPLE INTO RESTAURANTS, SO WE HAVE AN EVENT LIKE THIS GOING ON ` AROUND 30 PLACES IN PONSONBY THAT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY DO BURGERS ARE DOING BURGERS. PART OF THE FESTIVAL IS PEOPLE ARE TRYING NEW THINGS, GETTING PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE BURGERS A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO WE HAVE THIS SWEET BURGER CREATION HERE. I HAVE TO ADMIT THEIR EYE TEETH MARKS ON THE SIDE. I TRIED TAKING A BITE AND REALISED I WOULD DESTROY IF THEY DID THAT. I AM MORE OF A SWEET TOOTH MYSELF. I YOU A SWEET TOOTH? NO, I AM A SAVOURY. I AM GOING TO TRY THIS SWEET... OOH. THE BURGER THAT YOU'VE MADE IS ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS. CAN I SEE YOU TRY TO TAKE A BITE OUT OF THE BURGER YOU'VE CREATED? CHRIS, THAT IS MEAN. YOU HAVE TO BE LISTER CAN SEE IF IT IS ACTUALLY POSSIBLE. GO, LUCY. GO, LUCY. YES! YOU DIDN'T HOLD BACK WITH THAT RELISH ON THE BOTTOM. (LAUGHS) YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING FURTHER, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE GOT YOUR HANDS FULL. SHE LIKED IT. THAT IS GOOD. 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