I'LL BE BACK WITH AN UPDATE AFTER 8.30. BUT RIGHT NOW, IT IS BREAKFAST TIME. IT'S THURSDAY THE 4th OF JUNE. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. PLEA TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY THIS MORNING. HOW ARE YOU, TOVA? I AM WELL, HOW ARE YOU? NOT GREAT AFTER HOW THE ALL WHITES WENT YESTERDAY. 4-0. THEY ARE NOT THAT HIGHLY RANKED, ARE THEY? ONLY A COUPLE OF PLACES ABOVE US. LIAM PAYNE HAD SOME ACTION ` A LOT OF FANS. THEY HAVE GOT ENGLAND THIS WEEKEND BEFORE THE REAL DEAL IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THAT IS GOING TO HURT, ISN'T IT? WELL, THERE IS ONE WAY WE CAN FIND OUT IF IT WILL HURT OR NOT ` IF WE HAVE AN ORACLE ANIMAL. THEY HAVE THOSE AT WORLD CUPS, DON'T THEY? WE HAVEN'T GOT ONE YET. FIFA WORLD CUP ` HORRIBLE ANIMAL. COMING UP ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING, WE HEAD STRAIGHT TO OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS IN LONDON AS RIOTING BREAKS OUT FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF 18-YEAR-OLD HENRY NOWAK AND HIS TREATMENT BY POLICE. A WARMER, DRIER WINTER APPEARS TO BE ON THE HORIZON. WHAT'S DRIVING THE SEASONAL CHANGE? AND TOUGH TIMES FOR THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, WITH A STAGGERING RISE IN BUSINESS CLOSURES. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6.30. HERE'S YOUR NEWS. THE U.S. AND IRAN HAVE TRADED INTENSE STRIKES OVERNIGHT AS THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST THREATENS TO ESCALATE. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION STILL INSISTS IT IS CLOSE TO A DEAL TO EXTEND THE CEASEFIRE AND REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. ABC'S OLIVIA RUBIN HAS THIS REPORT. TODAY NEW VIDEO SHOWING THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH FROM AN IRANIAN DRONE ATTACK AT THE KUWAIT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WEDNESDAY. THESE VIDEOS CIRCULATING ONLINE SHOWING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE AIRPORT, A LARGE FIRE BURNING, DUST AND DEBRIS ALL AROUND. A MAN HEARD SAYING IN ARABIC, 'THAT IS WHERE THE DRONE FELL.' HERE YOU SEE A LARGE PILE OF RUBBLE, PART OF THE CEILING MISSING, MORE CHARRED RUBBLE AT THE TOP OF THESE ESCALATORS. ONE PERSON KILLED AND MORE THAN 60 INJURED, ACCORDING TO THE HEALTH MINISTRY, INCLUDING FRACTURES, HEAD INJURIES AND AMPUTATIONS. DRAMATIC VIDEO RELEASED BY THE IRANIAN MILITARY CLAIMING TO SHOW PART OF ITS OVERNIGHT BARRAGE, INCLUDING STRIKES ON U.S. MILITARY BASES IN BAHRAIN AND KUWAIT. THE U.S. SAYING IRAN DIDN'T HIT THOSE TARGETS AND THAT THEY HELPED INTERCEPT THOSE MISSILES, WHICH CAME AFTER THE U.S. MILITARY SAID IT STRUCK AN EMPTY OIL TANKER TRYING TO BREACH ITS BLOCKADE. THE U.S. INSISTING THE STRIKES WERE DEFENSIVE AND THE CEASEFIRE HOLDS. BUT WITH NO DEAL AFTER MORE THAN A MONTH OF NEGOTIATION, TRUMP SAYING IN AN INTERVIEW HE HAS TO DECIDE TO EITHER SIGN A DEAL OR DO IT THE OTHER WAY, WHICH HE SAYS WON'T BE NICE. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS IT IS GETTING ON TOP OF THE EBOLA OUTBREAK IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. HOWEVER, THINGS ARE STILL BEHIND WHERE THEY NEED TO BE TO FULLY COMBAT THE VIRUS. AUTHORITIES SAY 344 CASES INCLUDING 60 DEATHS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED, BUT THE NUMBER OF SUSPECTED CASES IS DOWN FROM 906 TO 116. WHO'S RISK ASSESSMENT REMAINS UNCHANGED. REALLY HIGH AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, HIGH AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL AND LOW AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL. THE OUTBREAK HAD A BIG HEAD START, AND WE ARE STILL BEHIND, BUT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE GOVERNMENT, WE ARE CATCHING UP. EXPERTS SAY THE VIRUS SPREAD UNDETECTED FOR WEEKS BEFORE LAB TESTING CONFIRMED IT. THREE ROYAL NAVY CREWMEMBERS HAVE DIED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH IN SOUTHWEST ENGLAND. THE CREW WERE TAKING PART IN A TRAINING EXERCISE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WENT DOWN IN A REMOTE FIELD NEAR DEVON. THIS WILL BE A DEEPLY WORRYING TIME FOR THE FAMILIES. AND MORE INFORMATION WILL BE SET OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AUTHORITIES SAY IT IS NOT IMMEDIATELY CLEAR WHAT CAUSED THE INCIDENT AND INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY. SPAIN HAS RECORDED ITS HIGHEST HEAT-RELATED MORTALITY RATE FOR MAY IN OVER 10 YEARS. 101 DEATHS HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO EXTREME TEMPERATURES IN THE PAST MONTH ` THE HIGHEST FIGURE SINCE 2015. AUTHORITIES SAY WARMER WEATHER ARRIVED EARLIER BREAKING A NUMBER OF TEMPERATURE RECORDS, ALTHOUGH A HEAT WAVE HAS NOT BEEN DECLARED. THE DEATH TOLL IS 3.6 TIMES THE AVERAGE MAY FIGURE. SCIENTISTS WARNING CLIMATE CHANGE IS BRINGING INCREASINGLY HOT SUMMERS. KIWIS LEGEND AND NEWLY CONFIRMED MANLY HEAD COACH KIERAN FORAN SAYS HE BELIEVES HE CAN LEAD HIS CLUB ALL THE WAY TO A PREMIERSHIP. THE 35-YEAR-OLD WAS APPOINTED TO THE TOP JOB PERMANENTLY AFTER DRASTICALLY TURNING AROUND THE SEA EAGLES' FORM, WINNING SEVEN OF HIS FIRST NINE GAMES AS INTERIM COACH. WANT TO WIN PREMIERSHIPS. IF YOU ARE NOT ASPIRING FOR THAT, THEN YOU ARE IN THE WRONG INDUSTRY. I HAVE BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HOW WE HAVE TURNED THE SEASON AROUND AND THE SALE OF FOOTY WHICH WE ARE PLAYING. AFTER OVERCOMING A FEW CHALLENGES. THE SEA EAGLES' HOME, FOUR PINES PARK, TEMPORARILY RENAMED 'FOZ PINES PARK' THIS WEEKEND IN HIS HONOUR. A MALFUNCTIONING DRONE SHOW IN SYDNEY'S DARLING HARBOUR HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A FIREWORKS DISPLAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENT. OH, NO, IT IS THE SAME ONE. DOZENS OF DRONES FALLING FROM THE SKY DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, WITH VIVID FESTIVAL CANCELLING ALL OF ITS REMAINING PERFORMANCES. PUNTERS ENJOYING THE PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY LAST NIGHT, WHILE ORGANISERS TRY TO FISH THE REMAINING DRONES OUT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE HARBOUR. SO PRETTY. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE, HAVEN'T WE? THAT A MALFUNCTIONING DRONE SHOW IS ACTUALLY BETTER THAN THE DRONE SHOW ITSELF. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) ON THE EVE OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP KICKING OFF NEXT FRIDAY. BUT THERE HAS NOT YET BEEN AN ANIMAL ORACLE APPOINTED TO THIS TOURNAMENT. UNBELIEVABLE. BACK IN 2010, PAUL THE OCTOPUS BECAME EXTREMELY FAMOUS. IF YOU FANCY A FLUTTER ON A FOOTBALLING FIXTURE, IT PAYS TO PICK WHAT PAUL PICKS. WHAT THIS OCTOPUS LACKS IN A LAST NAME, HE MAKES UP FOR. IT MIGHT PAY FOR PAUL TO BE MORE PATRIOTIC IN HIS NEXT FEW PICKS. HE HAS HAD DEATH THREATS. WITH SOME LEMON AND FRESHLY GROUND PEPPER... SHOOTING THE MESSENGER CAN TASTE JUST AS SWEET AS VICTORY. SHOCKING. ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING. JACK TAME 16 YEARS AGO. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME NEW ZEALAND PLAYED AT A WORLD CUP. PAUL CORRECTLY PREDICTED ALL OF THE OUTCOMES OF THE WINNER GERMANY. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LAME ATTEMPTS, BUT PAUL IS VERY MUCH THE STANDARDBEARER. I LIKE THE IDEA OF A SLIDE. A ORACLE SLUG. MAYBE OUR VIEWERS CAN COME TO THE PARTY. AS THEY FEEL THAT THEIR PET AT HOME IS SWITCHED ON ENOUGH TO PREDICT FOOTBALL OUTCOMES. MAYBE WE CAN SEE SOME PICTURES OR VIDEOS. DO YOU WRITE HAITI ON ONE PIECE OF PAPER AND NEW ZEALAND ON THE OTHER AND USHER YOUR CAT? YOU CAN PUT FOOD INTO BOWLS AND THEN THEY CHOOSE. SAME FOOD IN EACH BOWL? YES, THIS IS VERY SCIENTIFIC. YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT AS EVEN AS POSSIBLE. IT IS EASY TO PREDICT YESTERDAY'S RESULT, ISN'T IT? I KNOW MY PARTNER HAS HIS HANDS FULL GETTING THE KIDS READY, BUT IF YOU COULD GET THE CAT AND PUT OUT TO BOWLS. NEW ZEALAND IS PLAYING ENGLAND ON SUNDAY MORNING. USHER POLLYPUSS TO THE BOWL. MAYBE AN AXOLOTL. WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE. TELL US YOUR VIEW. EMAIL US AT BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ OR YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM @BREAKFASTON1 EVEN IF THEY ARE JUST CUTE PICTURES OF YOUR PET STANDING BEHIND THE NEW ZEALAND BOWL, THAT IS ALSO FUN. I AM GOING TO GET MY NIECE TO GET HER AXOLOTL ONTO THIS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING, IT'S A MIXED BAG IN THE NORTH. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH THE ODD SHOWER IN KAITAIA AND AUCKLAND. MORNING FOG IN HAMILTON. FINE UNTIL SOME AFTERNOON SHOWERS IN THE BAY OF PLENTY. RAIN, POSSIBLY HEAVY IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND TAUMARUNUI. MOSTLY FINE IN GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY. CLOUDY WITH GUSTY NORTHERLIES IN THE CAPITAL. 20 IS THE HIGH IN WHANGANUI, 14 IN TAUPO. MORE RAIN AROUND DOWN SOUTH. HEAVY AND POSSIBLY THUNDERY. IN WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH SOME LIGHT WINDS IN KAIKOURA. SPOTS OF MORNING RAIN IN TIMARU AND ALEXANDRA, NORTHEAST WINDS IN CHRISTCHURCH. CLOUDY WITH THE OCCASIONAL SHOWER IN QUEENSTOWN, GORE AND INVERCARGILL. 18 IS THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON, 14 IN WANAKA. THANKS VERY MUCH, CHRIS. TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AFTER PROTESTERS CLASHED WITH POLICE IN THE BRITISH CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON FOLLOWING THE FATAL STABBING OF TEENAGER HENRY NOWAK, WHO POLICE HANDCUFFED AS HIS KILLER STOOD NEARBY. IT'S RAISING CONCERNS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER SAYING THERE ARE, 'SERIOUS QUESTIONS FOR THE POLICE.' FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS. MORENA, KATE. WHAT'S THE LATEST? MORENA, TOVA. THIS INCIDENT IS PROMPTING A LOT OF OUTRAGE HERE IN THE UK. ONE OF THE LATEST UPDATES IS THAT THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THAT SOUTHHAMPTON AREA HAS APOLOGISED FOR THE HANDCUFFING AND THE ARREST OF 18 YEAR OLD HENRY NOWAK. IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR, HENRY WAS HEADING HOME ALONE AFTER A NIGHT OUT WITH FRIENDS AND SOUTHHAMPTON WHEN THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT WAS STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES BY HIS KILLER. WITH THIS, VIKRAM DIGWA WAS JAILED FOR LIFE. HENRY TOLD POLICE, I CAN'T BREATHE, I'VE BEEN STABBED SEVERAL TIMES. WHEN POLICE SAID HE WAS UNDER ARREST. WITH THIS INCIDENT, THE KILLER CLAIMED HE WAS RACIALLY ABUSED BY HENRY NOWAK AND ACTED IN SELF DEFENCE. LAST NIGHT WITH THOSE PROTEST, THEY TURNED TO SCENES OF DISORDER WITH SOME OF THE PROTESTERS PELTED POLICE WITH SOME MAKESHIFT WEAPONS, BOTTLES, THERE WAS EVEN AN EASY SCOOTER THAT WAS DROPPED FROM A HEIGHT AND ALMOST HIT A FEMALE OFFICER IN THAT INCIDENT. 11 POLICE OFFICERS AND ONE POLICE DOG WERE INJURED. ABSOLUTELY FRIGHTENING SCENES. WE ARE WATCHING THEM PLAY OUT ON THE SCREEN. SUCH A DISTRESSING VIDEO OF POLICE ATTEMPTING TO ARREST HIM. WE ARE SEEING THIS THIS RULE REACTION. WHAT HAS BEEN THE POLITICAL REACTION? POLITICIANS ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM ARE RESPONDING WITHOUT RAGE OVER HOW POLICE HANDLED THIS INCIDENT. AND THEY HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO THAT. BUT THERE HAS ACTUALLY NOW BEEN A FURTHER OUTRAGE INTO HOW RIGHT WING LEADER NIGEL FARAGE HAS HANDLED THIS INCIDENT. HE HAS BEEN CRITICISED BY THE PRIME MINISTER FOR USING THE SITUATION TO CREATE DIVISION. WE SHOULD BE RESPONDING TO THIS WITH PURE, COLD RAGE. ENOUGH WITH ANTIWHITE PREJUDICE. HIS RESPONSE HAS BEEN TO APPEAL FOR RAGE. RAGE. THAT IS HIS RESPONSE TO A FATHER WHO HAS LOST HIS SON AND ASK FOR THAT NOT TO HAPPEN. EXPLOITING THIS TRAGEDY TO CREATE GRIEVANCE AND DIVISION WOULD BE WRONG AND ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT TO DO IT WHEN THE FAMILY ARE SAYING PLEASE DON'T IS UNFORGIVABLE. IT SHOWS EXACTLY WHO HE IS. THE INCIDENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE INDEPENDENT OFFICE FOR POLICE CONDUCT. THANK YOU, KATE. LOOKS TO ME THAT YOU ARE STANDING THERE AT THE HOME OF CRICKET. AND THE RIVALRY BETWEEN THE BLACK CAPS AND ENGLAND IS SET TO BE RE-IGNITED WITH THE FIRST TEST MATCH KICKING OFF AT THE ICONIC LORD'S CRICKET GROUND AT 10 PM NEW ZEALAND TIME. KATE, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING THERE TODAY? THE WEATHER HAS BEEN PRETTY MIXED HERE TODAY. IT HAS DISRUPTED SOME OF THE TRAINING IN THE PAST FEW DAYS. THERE IS MORE RAIN SCHEDULED FOR THE START OF PLAY AT 10 PM NEW ZEALAND TIME. JUST BEING HIT BY A GUST OF WIND AS WE SPEAK. BUT THERE IS A LOT GOING ON WITH THIS MATCH. IT IS THE 150TH TEST AT THE ICONIC LORDS CRICKET GROUND. IT IS THE FIRST TIME NEW ZEALAND AND ENGLAND HAVE COME UP AGAINST EACH OTHER HERE SINCE 2022. THAT SERIES WAS TAKEN UP BY ENGLAND 3-0. AND THEY LAST PLAYED HERE TO KICK OFF THEIR SERIES, THEY BEAT THE BLACK CAPS BY FIVE WICKETS, SO THIS RIVALRY WILL CONTINUE. THERE IS ALSO A LOT OF PRESSURE ON ENGLAND, ON THAT TEAM IS COACHED BY KIWI BRENDAN MCCALLUM, BECAUSE THEY HAD A NIGHTMARE DOWN UNDER WITH AUSTRALIA WINNING THE ASHES 4-1. THEY WILL BE LOOKING FOR THAT WIN OVER NEW ZEALAND. LET'S HEAR FROM THE BLACK CAPS TEST CAPTAIN TOM LATHAM. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. IT IS ONE OF THOSE SERIES THAT UEM MARKED AND LOOK TO THE FUTURE. SO TO FINALLY BE HERE IS REALLY COOL. MAYBE IF WE FIND OUR ORACLE SLUG TODAY OR OUR FOOTBALL ORACLE ANIMAL, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THEM TO DO OUR SIDE HUSTLE ON THE CRICKET. A WELL-KNOWN NEW ZEALAND CRICKETER IS BEING REMEMBERED. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? JUST ADDING TO THIS SENSE OF OCCASION HERE WAS A REALLY SPECIAL MOMENT EARLIER WHEN WE SAW A PORTRAIT OF THE RENOWNED, HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL LATE CRICKETER MARTIN CROWE BEING AND THEY'LL BY HIS DAUGHTER EMMA. IT IS HANGING IN THAT ICONIC LONG ROOM WHICH IS WHERE INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS LIKE THE BLACK CAPS WALK THROUGH AS THEY HEAD OUT TO THE CRICKET PITCH. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK UP AND SEE THAT PORTRAIT OF MARTIN CROWE LOOKING DOWN ON THEM. WITH THIS ARTWORK, HE IS HANGING THERE AMONG MANY OTHER HIGHLY REGARDED CRICKET PLAYERS. IT WAS ACTUALLY AN IDEA FROM HIS COUSIN, THE ACTOR RUSSELL CROWE, WHO FUNDED THIS. HE IS THE FIRST NEW ZEALANDER TO BE IN THE GALLERY. IT IS ALSO THE FIRST POSTHUMOUS COMMISSION. THIS MOMENT 10 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH FROM CANCER FOR HIM TO BE REMEMBERED AHEAD OF THE GAME HERE STARTING LATER THIS EVENING. THAT IS BEAUTIFUL. AMAZING PORTRAIT AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KATE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WINTER CAN BE A DREARY TIME FOR MANY BUT MAYBE NOT THIS YEAR, WITH WARMER, DRIER WEATHER PREDICTED. Hi! I'm a real Skinny mobile customer and a real life human man. # Real life... you... And Skinny have cloned me... with AI. They pay to use my face so my clients can sell Skinny all year long. It's the ultimate side hustle. # He's a real life human man... # It's just another way Skinny keeps prices low and customers happy. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS IT IS GETTING ON TOP OF THE EBOLA OUTBREAK IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. THREE ROYAL NAVY CREW MEMBERS HAVE DIED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH IN SOUTHWEST ENGLAND. KIWI LEGEND KIERAN FORAN HAS SET HIS SIGHTS ON WINNING AN NRL PREMIERSHIP AFTER BEING CONFIRMED AS THE PERMANENT MANLY SEA EAGLES COACH. THE LATEST SEASONAL FORECASTS SUGGEST NEW ZEALAND COULD BE IN FOR A WARMER AND DRIER WINTER THAN USUAL, WITH FORECASTERS POINTING TO THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF EL NINO CONDITIONS IN THE PACIFIC. WHILE WINTER IS TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH COLD SNAPS, FROSTS AND WET WEATHER, CLIMATE PATTERNS THIS YEAR MAY TILT THE ODDS TOWARDS ABOVE-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND BELOW-AVERAGE RAINFALL IN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. TO TELL US MORE IS EARTH AND SCIENCE NEW ZEALAND'S CHIEF SCIENTIST OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE FORECASTING, CHRIS BRANDOLINO. MORENA, CHRIS. LOVELY TO SEE YOU. WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE? WHAT IS THE FORECASTING ARE SHOWING ABOUT WHAT IS COMING OUR WAY? EL NINO IS MORE CONFIDENT. WE ARE MORE CONFIDENT IT WILL EMERGE, AND THAT WILL BE A BIG FACTOR IN OUR DAY-TO-DAY WEATHER. FOR THE WINTER, WE ARE EXPECTING TEMPERATURES. YOU MENTIONED THERE WILL BE SOME WARMER THAN USUAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE WINTER SEASON. WE THINK THE BEST CHANCES FOR THAT I GOING TO BE THE EASTERN SOUTH ISLAND, PLACES LIKE CANTERBURY, EASTERN OTAGO, THINGS AREAS LIKE THAT. OTHERWISE IT WILL BE NEAR AVERAGE. WE COULD SEE SOME SPIKY TEMPERATURES, SOME UNUSUALLY WARM TEMPERATURES AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE WINTER SEASON, AS EL NINO TENDS TO HAVE MORE INFLUENCE ON OUR WEATHER. IS IT HERE ALREADY OR AS EFFECTIVE ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEEN FURTHER DOWN THE LINE? NOT QUITE HERE YET. IT IS NEARLY THERE. EL NINO IS NOT LIKE A BIG STORM YOU SEE COMING IN THE SKY. IT IS A CLIMATE DRIVER, AND WHAT CLIMATE DRIVERS DO, THEY INCREASE THE ODDS FOR CERTAIN OUTCOMES. AND HISTORY TELLS US THAT WITH EL NINO IN THE WINTER SEASON, WE TEND TO HAVE WAVES COMING MORE FROM THE WEST AND SOUTH-WEST. THE REASON IS AS IMPORTANT AS THINK OF ALL THAT RAIN WE HAD. OVER THE LONG WEEKEND, THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, IT WAS UNUSUALLY WARM, WE HAD SOME RAINFALL AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. OUR AIRFLOW WAS COMING FROM THE NORTH. WITH EL NINO, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A REDUCTION OF THAT. WE WILL NOT SEE THAT AS MUCH. TO PUT THAT IN DIFFERENT WAY, THE WINTER WE EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR, IF WE RECALL THAT, IT WAS A YEAR AGO I KNOW, A LOT OF RAIN ON THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, A LOT OF FLOODING EVENTS, RAIN FOR THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND. THAT LOOKS UNLIKELY. OUR DIRECTION OF TRAVEL WILL BE INCREASED ODDS FOR DRYNESS. CHRISTCHURCH HAS ALREADY HEADED REALLY DRY MONTH. MAY WAS THEIR DRIEST MAY ON RECORD. AND RECORDS GO BACK TO 1963. WINTER, DAYS ARE SHORT, NIGHTS ARE LONG, DRY WEATHER IS PROBABLY GOOD FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT WE NEED THE GROUND TO RECHARGE WITH WATER TO SET US UP FOR THE NEXT GROWING SEASON. IF WE DON'T GET THAT, THEY CAN BE A PROBLEM. FOR THE LIKES OF THOSE EASTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, HOW LONG COULD THIS GO ON FOR, AND TO POTENTIALLY GET TO A SITUATION WHERE YOU COME AROUND TO SPRING AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE RAINFALL YOU REQUIRE? THE EFFECTS OF EL NINO CAN LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. WE'RE JUST GETTING INTO A. JUNE IS LIKELY TO BE A PIVOT MONTH WHERE WE ARE GOING TO GO FROM WHAT WAS, I.E. WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND WITH A HEAVY RAINFALL, YOU'VE SEEN THIS PATTERNS OF BOOM OR BUST. WE WILL BE TRANSITIONING IN JUNE TO WHAT WILL BE FROM WHAT WAS. WHAT WILL BE WELL BE MORE EVIDENT IN JULY AND AUGUST. TO YOUR QUESTION, HOW LONG CAN THAT DRYNESS LAST? SEVERAL MONTHS. IT IS ONE THING TO HAVE A DRY MONTH OR TWO, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CONSECUTIVE DRY MONTHS, THAT IS WHEN YOU CAN GET INTO TROUBLE. WATER RELIANT SECTORS REALLY NEED TO BE ON TOP OF THINGS IN TERMS OF HOW THINGS MAY GO, OUR DIRECTION OF TRAVEL WITH RAINFALL. THE UPPER EASTERN NORTH ISLAND, THEY ARE FAVOURED TO HAVE BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL AND DRIER THAN NORMAL WINTER SEASON. AND THAT EASTERN PART OF THE SOUTH ISLAND AS WELL. AND WE WILL THROW IN THE TOP OF THE NORTH EYELEVEL SO IF IT IS GOING TO BE A WET WINTER, IT WILL PROBABLY BE ON THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. WESTERN OTAGO INTO SOUTH ISLAND IN THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. LOVELY TO SEE YOU. LIKE WISE. SENSATION AT 4.7 MILLION INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS AND COUNTING. BUT WHAT DO THOSE BACK HOME THINK OF ALL THE FUSS? # NO PAYNE, NO GAIN. I HEARD SOME ARGENTINIAN INFLUENCER TALKED ABOUT HIM AND MADE HIM THE GUY TO FOLLOW FOR THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP. WE WILL BACK COWBOY. I THINK IT IS HILARIOUS. I THINK NEW ZEALAND, NO THREAT TO ANYBODY IN THE WORLD CUP, SO HE IS A GREAT CHOICE FOR PEOPLE TO PICK AS THEIR MAN OF THE CUP. IT IS GREAT. I LOVE THE IDEA OF GETTING BIG, BUT THAT IS IT. HE'S REALLY COOL ABOUT IT I'VE HEARD. HE IS LIKE WHATEVS. DID YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM BEFORE? I WOULDN'T KNOW HIM FROM A BAR OF SOAP. HE IS NOT ADVERTISING TOOTHPASTE.. REALLY STAYING ON BRAND THERE ` THE BATHROOM. PEOPLE SAY, HE IS NOT THE BIGGEST CHARACTER. SO WHY HAS IT HAPPENED TO HIM? I THINK THAT MAKES IT BETTER. HE HAS NOT CHANGED HIS POSTING HABITS AND ALL THE SUDDEN BECAME AN INFLUENCER. HE IS POSTING THE SAME TRAINING PICKS, NO REAL INSIGHT INTO HIS LIFE. THAT MIGHT COME YET, THOUGH. THAT IS THE KEY ` DOES HE CAPITALISE? WILL PEOPLE START UNFOLLOWING IF HE DOESN'T? DO PEOPLE AND FOLLOW? WELL, YOU DO FACEBOOK FRIEND CULL. HE NEEDS TO POST OTHERWISE HE WILL BE CULLED. E HAERE AKE NEI. NEW DATA SHOWS A HUGE NUMBER OF BARS, CAFES AND RESTAURANTS ARE SHUTTING THEIR DOORS. SO WHAT'S NEEDED TO TURN THINGS AROUND? (DOOR KNOCKS) Aaah...hi, occupied! Hi. Hello. Hey, um... Is now a good time to talk? Not really. Ah... I recently got back from Scotland. Congratulations. Yup! Found my Scotlandish mother and grandfather, and Pepper had turned into an entirely different woman. Then we showed them the town. Oh! Yeah. Meanwhile, she's been closing in on the identity as to my biological father. The guy from this ad, we find him first. Okay. So... do you remember him? Yeah, of course. That's my mate, EJ. Don't know where he is though. You could ask Claire Chitham of Shorty Street. She went out with him for a bit. (SHORTLAND STREET THEMED MUSIC PLAYS) I heard he's down south. What's that sound? Yeahhh... he had a big massive noggin. Anyway, we've come all this way to ask you one simple question. Oh, he does have quite a big head. So, are you EJ? No. I'm Neil. EJ's gone overseas, I think. Sorry guys. Can I finish up now? Yup. You should've parked the car closer, Granty! STILL TO COME ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ` STARK FIGURES OUT OF THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR AS CLOSURES GO UP BY A STAGGERING PERCENTAGE. ALSO AHEAD, OUR POLITICAL PANEL JOINS US AROUND 7.40 ` LABOUR'S KIERAN MCANULTY AND NATIONAL SUPER-SUB CHRIS PENK ` WITH FONTERRA TOP OF THE AGENDA. ALSO AHEAD, IS TRADE ME IN DANGER OF LOSING ITS KEY BASE, AND WHO IS SWOOPING UP MARKET SHARE? AND, FINDING THE RECYCLING DO'S AND DONT'S A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING? WE'LL HELP GET YOU SORTED SOON. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. THANKS, CHRIS. RUSSIA HAS ACCUSED UKRAINE OF LAUNCHING A FATAL DRONE ATTACK ON A PASSENGER BUS, TRAVELLING IN A RUSSIAN-CONTROLLED PART OF UKRAINE. CCTV FOOTAGE CAPTURED SHOWS THE MOMENT THE BUS WAS STRUCK BY A DRONE, SENDING DEBRIS AND SMOKE INTO THE AIR, KILLING EIGHT CIVILIANS AND INJURING 11. RUSSIAN INVESTIGATORS SAID THE UKRAINIAN DRONE HAD STRUCK THE BUS WHEN IT STOPPED TO PICK UP PASSENGERS ALONG ITS ROUTE FROM MOSCOW TO AN AREA CONTROLLED BY RUSSIA. UK PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER PAID TRIBUTE TO THE BRITISH TEENAGER THAT DIED FROM STAB WOUNDS BUT URGES PEOPLE TO NOT CONDONE FURTHER VIOLENCE IN PROTEST. THE ATTACKS DIRECTED TOWARDS POLICE OFFICERS IN SOUTHHAMPTON LAST NIGHT WERE DISGRACEFUL AND COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. THIS IS A TIME FOR SERIOUS WORK, NOT RAGE. HENRY NOWAK'S DEATH HAS TRIGGERED DEBATES AROUND POLICING AND KNIFE CRIME IN THE UK AFTER HE WAS TREATED AS A SUSPECT BY POLICE BEFORE THEY TENDED TO HIS FATAL INJURIES. YESTERDAY'S PROTEST IN SOUTHAMPTON SAW 11 OFFICERS AND ONE POLICE DOG INJURED BY THE PUBLIC. THERE IS A MAJOR PUSH TO EXPAND THE UNDER-16 SOCIAL MEDIA BAN TO INCLUDE AI CHATBOTS IN AUSTRALIA. CHANNEL NINE'S CONNOR MCGOVERNE HAS THE DETAILS. SHE'S NOW MORE CAUTIOUS WITH HER USE, BUT MORE AND MORE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TURNING TO AI TO REPLACE REAL RELATIONSHIPS. IT TENDS TO AGREE WITH YOU OR ENCOURAGE YOU, AND THE CONVERSATION GETS MORE AND MORE WILD, MORE AND MORE DELUSIONAL. FAMILIES IN THE U.S. WHO HAVE BEEN THE VICTIMS OF MASS SHOOTINGS ARE TAKING OPEN AI TO COURT, CLAIMING CHATGPT WAS AN ACCOMPLICE. YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE KID ISN'T GOING TO GET ADDICTED TO THE TECHNOLOGY, THAT THE CHATBOT ISN'T GOING TO SEND THEM DOWN A REALLY DANGEROUS PATH. DONALD TRUMP SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER OVERNIGHT, ALLOWING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO VET THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL AI SYSTEMS. THE GOVERNMENT HERE IS ASKING THOSE COMPANIES TO GIVE OVER THOSE MODELS FOR REVIEW FOR SAFETY REASONS, IT SAYS. LAST YEAR, AUSTRALIA BANNED KIDS YOUNGER THAN 16 FROM USING SOCIAL MEDIA. TONIGHT, A PUSH TO EXTEND THAT BAN. NOW IS THE CHANCE TO GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON AI AND NOT BE MOPPING UP THE DAMAGE IN 15 YEARS TIME. ALMOST 40kg OF COCAINE WAS SEIZED AT WELLINGTON AIRPORT OVER THE LONG WEEKEND. THE DRUGS, WHICH HAVE A RETAIL VALUE OF $13m WERE DISCOVERED IN THE SUITCASES OF TWO YOUNG WOMEN ARRIVING FROM MALAYSIA ON SATURDAY. THEY HAVE APPEARED IN THE WELLINGTON DISTRICT COURT, CHARGED WITH THE IMPORTATION OF A CLASS A CONTROLLED DRUG. WHATARANGI WINIATA, THE FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF TE WANANGA O RAUKAWA HAS DIED. WINIATA WAS WIDELY RECOGNISED FOR HIS MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO MAORI LANGUAGE REVITALISATION AND EDUCATION AND SERVED AS FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF THE MAORI PARTY FROM 2004 FOR FIVE YEARS. HE WAS ALSO THE SECOND MAORI GRADUATE TO COMPLETE A BACHELOR OF COMMERCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND IN 1957, LATER EARNING AN MBA AND PHD FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. HIS WHANAU SAY FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT HIS TANGIHANGA WILL BE RELEASED TODAY. SNOWBOARDING LEGEND SHAUN WHITE IS BRINGING HIS SNOW LEAGUE WORLD TOUR TO NEW ZEALAND. THE COMPETITION ANNOUNCING ITS SECOND CAMPAIGN WILL KICK OFF WITH A PRE-SEASON EVENT IN CARDRONA IN SEPTEMBER. KIWI LUKE HARROLD WAS CROWNED THE INAUGURAL FREESKI WORLD CHAMPION LAST SEASON. WHITE, WHO HAS WON FIVE OLYMPIC AND THREE X GAMES GOLD MEDALS, LAUNCHED THE SNOW LEAGUE TO PROVIDE HALFPIPE SKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS ANOTHER STRONG, CONSISTENT COMPETITION. A RESCUE DOG ICE HOCKEY BATTLE IS BACK FOR ITS THIRD YEAR. 'THE STANLEY PUP', HELD IN AMERICA, FEATURES 32 ADOPTABLE RESCUE DOGS 'THE STANLEY PUP', HELD IN AMERICA, FEATURES 32 ADOPTABLE RESCUE DOGS EACH REPRESENTING AN NHL TEAM COMPETING IN A MINIATURE HOCKEY RINK TO PROMOTE PET ADOPTION, COMPETING IN A MINIATURE HOCKEY RINK TO PROMOTE PET ADOPTION, I LOVE THAT. I WILL TAKE THEM ALL EVEN INCLUDING A 'KENNELTY BOX' FOR POORLY BEHAVED PUPS. IT'S MY KIND OF EVENT. IT IS MY KIND OF EVENT TOO. LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) I KNOW YOU SAID I WOULDN'T LET IT GO, BUT THE TEMP PAIN STORY GROWS AND GROWS. CORRECTION: TIM PAYNE. HE HAS MET THE MAN WHO MADE HIM A STAR. THERE HE GOES. I WANT TO GIVE HIM A HUG. BLESS. HE DOES SEEM OVERWHELMED BY. ABSOLUTELY. IT HAS BEEN A WILD RIDE FOR BOTH OF THEM AND NOW THEY HAVE FINALLY GOT TO MEET. TIM, WE REALLY WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU AS WELL. HE IS A MAN IN DEMAND. FOOTBALL QUESTION IF YOU HAVE A REAL SHOCKER IN A WARMUP MATCH, IS IT LIKE WHEN A BAND HAS A BAD SOUND CHECK? NOPE. THEY CHANGED THE TEAM WAY MORE THAN THEY WOULD HAVE IN THE SECOND HALF. IT WASN'T A GREAT GAME FROM THE ALL WHITES. THERE MIGHT BE TRYING TO SAVE THEMSELVES AS MUCH AS THEY WANT TO. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING, IT'S A MIXED BAG IN THE NORTH. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH THE ODD SHOWER IN KAITAIA AND AUCKLAND. MORNING FOG IN HAMILTON. FINE UNTIL SOME AFTERNOON SHOWERS IN THE BAY OF PLENTY. RAIN, POSSIBLY HEAVY IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND TAUMARUNUI. MOSTLY FINE IN GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY. CLOUDY WITH GUSTY NORTHERLIES IN THE CAPITAL. 20 IS THE HIGH IN WHANGANUI, 14 IN TAUPO. MORE RAIN AROUND DOWN SOUTH. HEAVY AND POSSIBLY THUNDERY IN WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH. SOME LIGHT WINDS IN KAIKOURA. SPOTS OF MORNING RAIN IN TIMARU AND ALEXANDRA, NORTHEAST WINDS IN CHRISTCHURCH. SPOTS OF MORNING RAIN IN TIMARU AND ALEXANDRA, NORTHEAST WINDS IN CHRISTCHURCH. CLOUDY WITH THE OCCASIONAL SHOWER IN QUEENSTOWN, GORE AND INVERCARGILL. 18 IS THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON, 14 IN WANAKA. THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR IS CONTINUING TO FEEL THE STRAIN OF TOUGH ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, WITH NEW FIGURES SHOWING BUSINESS LIQUIDATIONS ARE UP 49% COMPARED WITH A YEAR AGO. DATA FROM CREDIT REPORTING AGENCY CENTRIX POINTS TO MOUNTING PRESSURE FROM THE COST-OF-LIVING CRUNCH AND RISING OPERATING COSTS, ALTHOUGH INDUSTRY LEADERS SAY THERE ARE STILL SIGNS OF CONFIDENCE, WITH NEW OPERATORS ENTERING THE MARKET. TO DISCUSS WHAT'S DRIVING THE TREND AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE SECTOR, I'M JOINED NOW BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF HOSPITALITY NEW ZEALAND, KRISTY PHILLIPS. WHAT DO YOU PUT ALL OF THESE LIQUIDATIONS AND CLOSURES DOWN TO? WE ARE HEARING THAT IT IS COMPOUNDING FACTORS. IN THE START OF THE YEAR, WE WERE SEEING SIGNS OF POSITIVITY. CAN THIS BE PUT DOWN TO THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST OR IS THAT THE STRAW THAT HAS BROKEN THE CAMEL'S BACK? PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HANGING ON AND WAITING FOR THOSE CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE. WE ARE NOW SEEING UNCERTAINTY. WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST DECISIONS IN THAT SECTOR? UNCERTAINTY IS STOPPING PEOPLE FROM MAKING DECISIONS. WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING FROM HOME TO GO OUT AND MEET AT VENUES. IF YOUR WORK IN THE OFFICE, GO OUT WITH YOUR WORKMATES AND FILL YOUR SOCIAL CUP. FILL YOUR SOCIAL CUP. IS IT A MINDSET SHIFT, OR IS IT THAT PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD IT? IF YOU CAN, MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO. IF YOU WANT YOUR VENUES THAT YOU LOVE TO BE HERE AT THE END OF THE IS COMPLICATIONS, MAKE SURE YOU ARE SUPPORTING THEM NOW. WE SAW AND WELLINGTON THAT A LOT OF CAFE IS IN TOWN WERE SAYING THE PUBLIC SECTOR CUTS WOULD AFFECT THEM THIS. THEY HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC SERVICE WORKERS COMING TO THE CAFE'S. DO YOU THINK WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE MORE PLACES CLOSING? OPERATORS ARE TELLING US THAT THEY ARE JUST TARTING TO CONSIDER DIFFERENT BUSINESS MODELS. THEY ARE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THE CUTS ARE NOT HAPPENING ALL AT ONCE. THEY WOULD BE PHASED. ENCOURAGING PEOPLE AND FOOT TRAFFIC THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY GETTING OUT. WHILE BE THE WORST CASE SCENARIO? FEAR IS A STRONG WORD. THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR IS OPTIMISTIC. OUR OPERATORS ARE LOOKING FOR WHAT IS COMING NEXT IN AREAS OF HOPE AND OPTIMISM AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE ADAPTING THEIR MODELS SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO EITHER PASS ON OR ABSORB THE COSTS COMING THROUGH. DO YOU FEEL THAT THERE ARE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY STRUGGLING MORE THAN OTHERS? THERE ARE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT ARE DOING BETTER THAN OTHERS. IT IS SUCH A MIXED BAG THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE ONES THAT ARE THRIVING THAT I MAKING THEM SUCCESSFUL? IS IT ABOUT THE WAY THEY ARE DOING THINGS IN PARTICULAR? IT COULD BE THAT THEIR BUSINESS MODEL HAS HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. IT COULD BE DUE TO PEOPLE MOVING TO THE AREA. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. KEEP YOUR FEEDBACK COMING IN. YOU CAN SEND IN A PICTURE AND WE CAN JUDGE THE CUTENESS, OR YOU COULD PICK A MATCHING GET YOUR PET TO PICK A WINNER. WE JUST WANT TO SEE IF THEY HAVE THE PREDICTIONS ON THEIR CHOPS FOR THIS. GET INVOLVED. NOMINATE YOUR LITTLE PUSSYCAT OR YOUR DOG, SLUG, AXOLOTL. E WHAI AKE NEI ` IS TRADE ME LOSING TRACTION WITH SECOND-HAND SELLERS TO THE LIKES OF FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE DESPITE THE SECURITY RISKS? YOU COULD MAKE SOME MONEY OFFICE, PEOPLE. # FALLING, FALLING, FALLING. VOICEOVER: Every day Spark stops millions of online threats from reaching their customers. Click my link. Click my link. (WOLF HOWLING) Click my link. Click my link. (SCREAMS) Join the network working hard to keep you safe. Have you seen my boxxcost? What? My boxxcost? What's a boxxcost? Nah. $4.99. La la la la la... VOICEOVER: All this for $4.99. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` UK PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER HAS PAID TRIBUTE TO THE BRITISH TEENAGER THAT DIED FROM STAB WOUNDS LAST YEAR, BUT IS URGING PEOPLE AGAINST FURTHER VIOLENCE IN PROTEST. ALMOST 40KG OF COCAINE WITH A RETAIL VALUE OF $13m WAS SEIZED AT WELLINGTON AIRPORT OVER THE LONG WEEKEND. AND SNOWBOARDING LEGEND SHAUN WHITE IS BRINGING HIS SNOW LEAGUE WORLD TOUR TO NEW ZEALAND. TRADE ME OR FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE ` WHERE WOULD YOU GO IF YOU WERE SELLING YOUR OLD COUCH OR CROWN LYNN TEA SET? INCREASINGLY SECOND-HAND SELLERS ARE TURNING AWAY FROM TRADE ME, WHICH HAS BECOME DOMINATED BY BUSINESSES USING IT AS AN ONLINE STORE FRONT. TRADE ME STILL HAS A STRONG REPUTATION FOR BUYER PROTECTION AND FEWER SCAMS, BUT USERS SAY QUICK, COMMUNITY-BASED TRANSACTIONS ARE DRIVING THE MOVE TO MARKETPLACE. I AM PROBABLY MORE FAMILIAR WITH FACEBOOK AS IS, AND I SORT OF SPEND LESS TIME ON TRADE ME AS IS, AND SO, AS A RESULT, WAS LESS FRICTION FOR ME TO GO AHEAD AND USE MARKETPLACE. BUT OFTEN, TRADE ME, I GET NOTHING OUT OF IT, YOU KNOW. I JUST DON'T GET ANYBODY ANSWERING. MOST OFTEN IT IS FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE. YEAH. FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE FOR SURE. USED TO USE TRADE ME, BUT NOW FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE. FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE IS FREE, AND STUFF SEEMS TO SELL SUPERQUICK ON THERE. WHEREAS TRADE ME SEEMS LIKE ADMIN NOW. MARKETPLACE MORE THAN TRADE ME. FOR ME, I LIKE FAST MOVING PRODUCTS, SO FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE WOULD BE THE PLATFORM FOR ME. CONSUMER NZ CHIEF EXECUTIVE JON DUFFY IS WITH US TO TALK THROUGH THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH. MORENA, JON. WHICH ONE WOULD YOU USE IF YOU WERE GOING TO SELL SOMETHING? THEY KIND OF DEPENDS WHAT I AM SELLING, THE VALUE OF IT. I THINK TRADE ME IS RIGHT ` THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF PROTECTIONS IN PLACE. YOU ROLL THE DICE WHEN YOU USE FACEBOOK. THEY MAKE VERY MINIMAL EFFORT TO VERIFY, A, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USING IT, AND, B, THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE FOR SALE. TRADE ME HAS A SAFETY PROTECTION TO PROTECT PEOPLE. IF I WAS BUYING SOMETHING FOR PROBABLY MORE THAN $100, I WOULD GO TO TRADE ME. IF IT WAS A QUICK SALE OF SOMETHING LESS THAN THAT, I WOULD GO TO FACEBOOK. I HAVE A 100% SCAM RATE ON FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE. I PROBABLY WOULDN'T GO BACK THERE. HOW RIFE IS IT IN THAT SPACE? AS WE SAY, FACEBOOK'S WHOLE MODEL IS... YOU DO YOU. WE DON'T REALLY CARE WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON THE SITE, AS LONG AS YOU ARE ATTRACTING EYEBALLS AND WE CAN ADVERTISE. IF IT IS SCAM LISTINGS, THEY ARE BEING PAID FOR BY THE SCAMMERS. THEY ARE BEING PAID TO RUN THOSE ADS. THERE WAS A REPORT OF THE PERCENTAGE OF PROFIT THAT FACEBOOK, OR META, IS ACTUALLY MAKING FROM SCAM ADS. IT IS NOT IN THEIR INTEREST TO NOT PAY ATTENTION. THERE IS A REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM AND TRADE ME WHICH HAS A NEW ZEALAND TRADING PRESENCE, HAS DEDICATED TRUST AND SAFETY TEAM, IT IS RUNNING ALERTS ACROSS THE SITE FOR FRAUD. BUT ALSO HAS FIRE PROTECTION. IF YOU BUY SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T TURN UP, YOU CAN HAVE A REFUND AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW THE RULES THAT TRADE ME HAS. TRADE ME IS THE LOW-RISK OPTION, BUT IT IS THE HIGH COST OPTION, AND THAT IS WHERE THEY HAVE LOST THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF NEW ZEALANDERS A LITTLE BIT. THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF STRUCTURE CHANGES IN THE 25 YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND, AND THOSE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES CHANGE AND THE PRESSURE TO MAKE MONEY HAS INCREASED. AND NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE PARTED WAYS WITH THE HIGH FEES. THEY HAVE A BIT MORE WORK TO DO TO GET PEOPLE BACK. IT IS FRUSTRATING IF YOU WANT TO BUY SECONDHAND FURNITURE OR SECONDHAND THINGS RATHER THAN BUYING NEW FROM KMART OR WHATEVER, YOU GO ON THERE AND IT IS MOSTLY BUSINESSES AND STUFF GETTING AHEAD OF SECONDHAND SELLERS. THAT IS AS A DEDICATED STRATEGY FROM TRADE ME TO DEDICATE WITH THE LIKES OF AMAZON, TEMU, EVEN MIGHTY EIGHTH DOMESTICALLY. THAT IS OBVIOUSLY WHERE TRADE ME SAW ITS MAIN COMPETITIVE THREAT. FACEBOOK HAS SNUCK IN UNDERNEATH AND WORN DOWN THAT TRADITIONAL SELLER THAT IS LOOKING FOR A QUICK SALE. FACEBOOK HAS REALLY FILL THE NICHE. DO YOU SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING TO CONSUMER NZ AND REPORTING INSTANCES OF SCAMS ON FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE? PARTICULARLY ON FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE. TRADITIONALLY TRADE ME DID FEATURE IN THIS REPORT, BETRAYED ME HAS REALLY TIGHTENED UP IN THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO. FACEBOOK ON THE OTHER HAND HAS NOT, AND IT IS A CONSTANT SOURCE OF SCAMMER REPORTS. DO YOU EVER SEE TRADE ME GOING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY PLATFORM THAT WE KNEW AND LOVED, OR HAS THE HORSE BOLTED? THEY HAVE PRIVATE EQUITY. I HAVE HAD SOME DEALINGS WITH THOSE GUYS. THAT KIND OF DICTATES THE ETHOS OF THE COMPANY. MAYBE A CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP COULD SEE THAT, ALTHOUGH MARKETPLACE IS SPUN OUT AND OWNED DOMESTICALLY AGAIN. I AM PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT THIS MORNING, YOU ARE TALKING AT THE INSURANCE CONFERENCE. WHAT THINGS ARE GOING TO COME UP? INSURANCE AFFORDABILITY AND RESILIENCE ARE THE BIG THING. HOME INSURANCE HAS GONE UP 916% SINCE THE 2000. WOW. IT IS THE SINGLE MOST EXPENSIVE PURCHASING ITEM THAT IS MONITORED BY CPI. SO IF YOU ARE AT HOME AND FEELING THE BURN OF YOUR HOME INSURANCE PREMIUM, THAT IS WHY. AND THIS IS BECAUSE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE PRICING BASED ON RISK, AND THEY APPRECIATE HOW HIGH RISK HAS GOT, AND A LOT OF THAT IS DONE TO CLIMATE CHANGE WAS NOT BUT I AM INTERESTED AT FINDING OUT WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT DOING IN TERMS OF AN OVERALL STRATEGY TO HELP THE COUNTRY DEAL WITH WHAT IS RAPIDLY COMING UNAFFORDABLE HOME INSURANCE? THOSE POLITICAL PARTIES, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THEM SMASH THEIR HEADS TOGETHER AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. IF YOU HAVE SOME STORIES AT HOME AS WELL ABOUT WHETHER FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE OR TRADE ME IS YOUR PREFERRED PLACE TO GO FOR BUYING OR SELLING, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE IS NOT SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET INTO. IT FEELS DODGY. I SHOULDN'T ENGAGE IN IT, AND I SHOULDN'T, AND THEY IN GAUGE WITH THE SCAMMER TOO MUCH. AND THEY SAY, WHY DO YOU THINK I AM A SCAMMER? AND I HAVE TO BLOT, BLOCK, BLOCK, ABORT, ABORT, ABORT. YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO KNOW YOUR DETAILS. MAKE SURE YOU ARE EFFICIENT AND ONTO IT. IF YOU DON'T GET FIVE STARS, IT IS A LITTLE BLOW TO THE EGO. I HAVE PILES AND PILES OF THINGS THAT I HAVE WANTED TO SELL AND CAN'T EVEN BE BOTHERED. HAVE A GARAGE SALE. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. # SHE'S GOT EVERYTHING THAT I DON'T HAVE. VOICEOVER: The new Subway Footlong Peri Peri-Style Chicken Sub. Hot grilled chicken. Freshly cut salad. Tangy and spicy peri peri sauce. Made fresh, just for you. Good food. Good value. That's Subway. # I KNOW YOU WANT MY TOUCH FOR LIFE. FIRE AND EMERGENCY CREWS HAVE SPENT THE MORNING RESPONDING TO A SUSPICIOUS HOUSE FIRE IN TIMARU. OUR REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER JOINS US NOW. WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW? EVERYTHING KICKED OFF AT 3:45 THIS MORNING. THAT IS WHEN FIRE AND EMERGENCY RECEIVED REPORTS OF A PERSON PASSING BY OF A SINGLE-STORY HOUSE FIRE FULLY ABLAZE ON SEAVIEW ROAD IN TIMARU. IT WAS 10 X 20 M AT ITS HEIGHT. THERE WERE FOUR CREWS IN TOTAL, BUT EVERY THING WAS FULLY EXTINGUISHED BY 6 AM WITH NO INJURIES OR BUILDINGS THREATENED. IT IS BEING DEEMED AS SUSPICIOUS. A FIRE INVESTIGATOR WILL BE HEADING BACK FIRST THIS MORNING TO TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE WAS. CHARLOTTE MULDER IN CHRISTCHURCH. A GROUP OF FOUR MPs WHO VISITED TAIWAN LAST MONTH HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM ENTERING CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU FOR A YEAR. MAUREEN PUGH, DUNCAN WEBB, LAURA MCCLURE AND DAVID WILSON WERE VISITING AS PART OF A CROSS-PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP AIMING TO IMPROVE RELATIONS BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND TAIWAN. NEW ZEALAND OFFICIALLY RECOGNISES THE 'ONE CHINA POLICY', WHICH DICTATES TAIWAN IS PART OF CHINA'S TERRITORY, BUT TAIWAN IS SELF-GOVERNING AND SEES ITSELF AS DISTINCT FROM THE MAINLAND. THE CHINESE EMBASSY SAYS IF ANY OF THE MPs INVOLVED APOLOGISE, THE SANCTIONS MAY BE SUSPENDED OR CANCELLED. A LEADING METEOROLOGIST HAS WARNED MORE RAINFALL WILL BE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE NEXT GROWING SEASON, OR IT COULD 'POSE ISSUES'. LATEST SEASONAL FORECASTS SUGGEST NEW ZEALAND COULD BE HEADING INTO A WARMER AND DRIER WINTER THAN USUAL, WITH FORECASTERS POINTING TO THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF EL NINO CONDITIONS IN THE PACIFIC. WHILE WINTER IS TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH COLD SNAPS, FROSTS AND WET WEATHER, THIS YEAR'S CLIMATE PATTERNS MAY LEAN TOWARDS ABOVE-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND BELOW-AVERAGE RAINFALL IN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. NIWA CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS BRANDOLINO SAYS EL NINO EFFECTS CAN PERSIST FOR MONTHS AT A TIME. WE COULD SEE SOME SPIKY TEMPERATURES, SOME UNUSUALLY WARM TEMPERATURES AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY LATER IN THE WINTER SEASON AS EL NINO BEGINS TO HAVE MORE OF AN INFLUENCE ON OUR WEATHER. THE OUTLOOK SAYS EL NINO CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NOTICEABLE THROUGH WINTER, BRINGING MORE WESTERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONAL STRONG GUSTS, AND MORE VARIABLE TEMPERATURES. ISRAELI STRIKES HAVE KILLED AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON, WITH HEZBOLLAH RESPONDING BY FIRING ROCKETS INTO NORTHERN ISRAEL. THE ISRAELI MILITARY HAVE RELEASED A VIDEO IT SAYS SHOWS THE DESTRUCTION OF A HEZBOLLAH WEAPONS DEPOT. THE ATTACKS COME AS U.S.-LED TALKS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND LEBANON CONTINUE IN WASHINGTON, AIMED AT EXTENDING A CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT. THE CHIEF CONSTABLE OF HAMPSHIRE POLICE HAS APOLOGISED FOR THE ARREST OF HENRY NOWAK (18). WHAT WAS FILMED THERE IS A TRAGEDY, AN ABSOLUTE TRAGEDY, AND YOU CAN'T HELP BUT BE AFFECTED BY IT. AND I REALLY FEEL FOR THE FAMILY OF HENRY AT THIS TIME. NOWAK WAS HANDCUFFED AFTER HIS KILLER FALSELY ALLEGED A RACIST ATTACK LATE LAST YEAR. FOOTAGE WAS CAPTURED ON A BODY CAM OF POLICE OFFICERS IGNORING THE PLEAS OF THE DYING MAN, SPARKING OUTRAGE FROM THE PUBLIC. HIS KILLER WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON ON MONDAY. RESIDENTS IN ITALY HAVE BEEN HIT BY ALL KINDS OF SEVERE WEATHE, FROM EXTREME HEAT TO A TORNADO. IN SICILY, TEMPERATURES SOARED UP TO 33 DEGREES, WELL PAST THE SEASONAL AVERAGE, WHILE ROME WAS STRUCK BY A TORNADO IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING. LOCAL REPORTS SAY AROUND 60 TREES HAD FALLEN AND A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS AND CARS HAD BEEN DAMAGED. ONE PERSON HAS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. TENNIS WORLD NUMBER ONE ARYNA SABALENKA HAS BEEN TOPPLED IN THE QUARTER FINALS BY RUSSIA'S DIANA SHNAIDER. THE WORLD NUMBER ONE WAS UP BY A SET AND LEADING 4-1 IN THE SECOND BEFORE SHNAIDER WON 12 OF THE NEXT 13 GAMES CLAIMING THE DECIDING SET 6-LOVE. YEP, SHE CAN VOLLEY TOO. WELL, SHE'S JUST DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB OF RECOGNISING WHEN SHE DOES HAVE A SHORT BALL. I SCREWED UP AND THEN SHE STEPPED AND THEN SHE PLAYED GREAT. I FEEL LIKE MENTALLY, I COULD NOT REALLY RECOVER AFTER THE SECOND SET AND THAT REALLY... SHNAIDER WILL PLAY POLISH QUALIFIER MAJA CHWALINSKA IN THE SEMIFINAL, WHOSE DREAM RUN HAS CONTINUED WITH AN UPSET WIN OVER THE 22ND SEED. AND FINALLY ` DRAMATIC FOOTAGE HAS EMERGED OF A TASMANIAN DEVIL'S DARING ESCAPE FROM HER ENCLOSURE IN AN AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE PARK. STAFF INITIALLY THOUGHT 'MARY' HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED UNTIL THEY REVIEWED SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF HER BOLT FOR FREEDOM. AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN ON THE HUNT FOR THE FURRY FUGITIVE SINCE TUESDAY, DEPLOYING SNIFFER DOGS AND THERMAL IMAGING DRONES. LOOKS LIKE A TINY LITTLE POLICE HELICOPTER TO GO AFTER A TINY LITTLE ANIMAL. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (THE CRANBERRIES' 'DREAMS') AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING, IT'S A MIXED BAG IN THE NORTH. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH THE ODD SHOWER IN KAITAIA AND AUCKLAND. MORNING FOG IN HAMILTON. FINE UNTIL SOME AFTERNOON SHOWERS IN THE BAY OF PLENTY. RAIN, POSSIBLY HEAVY IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND TAUMARUNUI. MOSTLY FINE IN GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY. CLOUDY WITH GUSTY NORTHERLIES IN THE CAPITAL. 20 IS THE HIGH IN WHANGANUI, 14 IN TAUPO. MORE RAIN AROUND DOWN SOUTH. HEAVY AND POSSIBLY THUNDERY IN WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH. SOME LIGHT WINDS IN KAIKOURA. SPOTS OF MORNING RAIN IN TIMARU AND ALEXANDRA, NORTHEAST WINDS IN CHRISTCHURCH. CLOUDY WITH THE OCCASIONAL SHOWER IN QUEENSTOWN, GORE AND INVERCARGILL. 18 IS THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON, 14 IN WANAKA. ME U TONU MAI ` AN INVESTIGATION'S BEEN LAUNCHED INTO HOW A LOBBYING DOCUMENT ENDED UP IN A FORMER GOVERNMENT STAFFER'S PERSONAL EMAIL ACCOUNT. OUR POLITICAL PANEL RESPONDS AFTER THE BREAK. (THE CRANBERRIES' 'DREAMS') POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SUSPICIOUS FIRE AT PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S ELECTORATE OFFICE IN AUCKLAND. CREWS WERE CALLED TO THE BOTANY OFFICE YESTERDAY AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT AT THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. DETAILS ARE STILL EMERGING, BUT ITS HIGHLIGHTED POTENTIAL CONCERNS FOR CANDIDATES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS IN AN ELECTION YEAR. FOR MORE ON THIS AND THE OTHER TOP POLITICAL STORIES OF THE WEEK, WE'RE JOINED BY OUR PANEL. DEFENCE MINISTER CHRIS PENK AND LABOUR MP KIERAN MCANULTY JOIN US NOW. KIA ORA KORUA. WHY ARE YOU GIGGLING ALREADY? WE HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED. I WAS JUST SMILING. SORRY, NOW I FEEL AWFUL. YOU GUYS WOULD BE HAVING A LOT OF CONCERN FOR YOUR STAFF THAT WORK IN THE OFFICE. IT IS YOUR COMMUNITY FACE. THEY ARE ON THE FRONT LINES MORE THAN MOST MPS MOST OF THE TIME I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY ACROSS THE POLITICAL AND WE DON'T WANT ANY OF OUR PEOPLE TARGETED. IN THE ELECTION YEAR WE KNOW THAT THE INTENSITY IS GOING TO BE HIGH OUT THERE, SO REALLY WE DON'T NEED THIS BEHAVIOR IF INDEED IT WAS SUSPICIOUS. I HADN'T REALISED ALL THOSE OTHER TIMES THAT CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S OFFICE HAS BEEN VANDALIZED. ARE YOU PREPARING ARE SEEING MORE OF THIS IN LABOUR AS WELL? IS JUST NOT ON. I REALLY DO FEEL FOR THE STAFF AS WELL. THERE WOULDN'T BE MANY MPS WHO HAVE NOT HAD SOME SORT OF INCIDENT AT THEIR OFFICE, AND IT IS ALWAYS THE STAFF THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED AT THE END OF THE DAY. THEY ARE JUST GOING ABOUT THEIR JOB. WE CAN DO WITHOUT THIS IN OUR DEMOCRACY. WE HAVE AN ELECTION ON THAT IS ABOUT CONTEST OF IDEAS. WE CAN SIT NEXT TO EACH OTHER AND EXPRESS DIFFERENT VIEWS AND THAT IS AS FAR AS IT GOES. WE HAVE SEEN WHERE THINGS CAN GET OUT OF HAND OVERSEAS AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HERE IN THIS COUNTRY. IS ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK, AND WE TALK ABOUT THIS EVERY TIME, THE THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT OUR DEMOCRACY IS THE ACCESS WE HAVE YOU GUYS, THE FACT THAT PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES CAN COME UP AND TALK TO YOU AND ASK ABOUT WHY THEIR FENCES SO CLOSE TO THEIR HOUSE AND ON THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE. IS THIS GOING TO HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT, DO YOU THINK? I HOPE NOT. I THINK IT IS WORTH EMPHASIZING THAT MOST PEOPLE OUT THERE ENGAGE IN RESPECTFUL AND APPROPRIATE WAYS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OPEN DISCUSSION, NOT ONLY IN A TV STUDIO, BUT I THINK MOST PEOPLE MOST OF THE TIME ARE REALLY APPROPRIATE IN THE WAY THAT THEY DO THAT, BUT HE WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE ANY MORE OF THIS KIND OF THING TAKING PLACE. IT FEELS SO MUCH WORSE AFTER COVID. THAT ANXIETY AND DIVISION AND THE FILA PEOPLE HAD. HOW DO WE BRING THE TEMPERATURE BACK DOWN CAN WE OR IS THERE ANY OTHER MODEL? I THINK POLITICIANS CAN PLAY A PART IN THAT. THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE ENGAGING IN QUITE DIVISIVE POLITICS AND THAT IS STIRRING THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT. WE USE TO TAKE IT FOR GRANTED I THINK, A LITTLE BIT NAIVE, AND THINK THAT DIVISION WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED OVERSEAS, PERHAPS IN THE U.S. ARE OTHER EXAMPLES. BUT IT IS A CASE HERE TO VARYING DEGREES. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MPS IN PARLIAMENT WHO HAVE RECEIVED DEATH THREATS OR THEIR FAMILIES HAVE. NO ONE WANTED THOSE, AND THAT IS HORRIFIC TO GO THROUGH. NOT ONLY BECAUSE YOU ARE SO WORRIED ABOUT YOUR FAMILY, BUT THEY HAVEN'T CHOSEN THIS LIFE, WE HAVE. NO MATTER WHAT SIDE PARLIAMENT YOU ARE ON, YOU WANT TO REPRESENT YOUR COMMUNITY. IT IS A BIG ASK AS IT IS WITHOUT THIS. I AM SORRY TO HEAR THAT YOU HAD DEATH THREATS. HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED THINGS LIKE THIS, CHRIS? THERE HAVE BEEN UNSAVORY MESSAGES, FOR SURE, BUT I THINK KAREN HAS EXPRESSED IT WELL. HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT? THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. HOW DO WE KNOW? WHETHER THERE ARE ANY OTHER EMAILS THAT SHOULD BE DISCLOSED UNDER THAT SAME SORT OF HEADING, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS OF THE RELEASE AFTER THAT OIA REQUEST. IS PRETTY DODGY. THE FACT THAT IT WAS SENT TO THE STAFFER, TO A PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS AT THEIR REQUEST, YOU DON'T MAKE THAT REQUEST IF IT IS JUST A GENUINE MISTAKE. IT IS GOOD THESE REVIEWS ARE HAPPENING AND WE WILL WAIT TO SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT. HOPEFULLY SOME PROCEDURES ARE PUT IN PLACE. THE MINUTE YOU START SEEING REPORTS OF A REQUEST TO SEND IT TO A PERSONAL EMAIL, THEREFORE PRESUMABLY TO AVOID THE PROPER OVERSIGHT REVISIONS SO THAT IT CANNOT BE SEEN, THAT IS VERY BAD NEWS. THERE IS AN IMBALANCE THERE AS WELL, RIGHT. A MOM IS NOT ABLE TO JUST EMAIL THE POLICY ADVISOR, ASK FOR LAW CHANGES THAT GO ON TO HAPPEN. AGAIN, THAT POINT ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY IT IS IMPORTANT ALL THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE ABLE TO REACH OUR POLITICIANS. WE DO NEED THE TRANSPARENCY, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE TO KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE PRACTICES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED. HAVE YOU OR OTHER STAFF EVER USED YOUR PERSONAL EMAILS OR MESSAGING PLATFORMS FOR WORK? I HAVE NEVER ASKED SOMEONE TO SEND AN EMAIL TO MY PERSONAL EMAIL AS OPPOSED TO WORK. OCCASIONALLY I HAVE USED FROM WORK TO PERSONAL BECAUSE OF PRINTING OUT, BECAUSE PARLIAMENT IS PRETTY TRICKY TO GET TO WORK, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT. WHAT ABOUT YOU? I WOULD NEED SOMEONE TO SHOW ME HOW TO DO THAT, FOR A START. NO. QUITE OFTEN YOU WILL GET MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU WITH THINGS ON FACEBOOK MESSENGER, BECAUSE THEY SEE YOUR PERSONAL PAGE ON FACEBOOK, AND I JUST SAY TO THEM, WOULD YOU MIND EMAILING AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT PURSUING THAT. I THINK ON THE WHOLE, IT IS PROBABLY NOT PURSUED, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS PURSUED IN THIS INSTANCE, IT CAUGHT PEOPLE'S ATTENTION. LARGE COMPANIES LIKE THIS DO NOT NEED TO GO IN ROUNDABOUT WAYS HAVE UNDUE INFLUENCE THEY HAVE MONEY, ACCESS, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PEOPLE. WE DEAL WITH THEM PROFESSIONALLY ALL THE TIME IN MY PORTFOLIOS HOUSING, INFRASTRUCTURE, I DEAL WITH INFRASTRUCTURE NEW ZEALAND, COMMUNITY HOUSING AOTEAROA. THESE ARE COMMUNITY BODIES WHOSE JOB IT IS TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR SECTOR AS APPROPRIATE. WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS THEM SAYING THAT WE WANT A LOT CHANGE BUT WE DON'T WANT OUR FINGERPRINT ON IT, SO WE WILL SEND IT TO THIS BLOKE THROUGH OUR PRIVATE EMAIL AND PRETEND IT JUST SORT OF HAPPENED ANYWAY. FRANKLY, THE RESPONSES WE HAVE HAD FROM CHRISTOPHER LUXON DON'T WASH UP AND I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BELIEVE IT. YOU JUST A LITTLE SCRUNCHIE FACE. YES, BUT JUST LIKE HIM LAUGHING BEFORE, THAT IS MY NORMAL FACE. SORRY, I'M SUCH A BULLY. THE PRACTICE WAS NOT FOLLOWED AND WE WILL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. DO YOU WANT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF YOUR NUCLEAR FREE STANCE? NOW THIS IS SCRUNCHIE FACE. WE HAVE A NUCLEAR FREE POLICY AND IS YOUNG, AND IN LIGHT OF THAT, THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE FACT THAT OUR ONLY FORM OF DEFENSE ALLY IS GOING FROM NONNUCLEAR SUBMARINES TO NUCLEAR ONES. THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE NEED TO RELITIGATE OUR NUCLEAR FREE POLICY... WHY WOULD WE HAVE A CONVERSATION IF WE WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE A RELITIGATION? THE CONVERSATION WOULD BE ABOUT OUR DEFENSE NEEDS IN TERMS OF OUR OTHER ALLIES, FOR EXAMPLE SINGAPORE. AUSTRALIA IS GETTING NONNUCLEAR SUBMARINES OR AT LEAST SUBMARINE CAPABILITIES. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS ALL DAY. IT IS NOT FAIR TO MISCHARACTERIZE. YOU SAID THERE IS NO OFFICIAL OR UNOFFICIAL CHANGE BUT IT WOULD BE HOPEFUL TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. I THINK THAT EVERYONE IS WONDERING WHY WE WOULD HAVE THE CONVERSATION IF YOU ARE NOT CONSIDERING ANY CHANGE. THE QUESTION WAS HOW DO WE RECONCILE THE FACT THAT OUR DEFENSE NEEDS ARE CURRENTLY BEING MET IN A CURRENT WAY WHEN OUR ONLY DEFENSE ALLY GOES TO SUBMARINES THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE IN OUR WATERS. I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY REASONABLE QUESTION ON QUITE A GOOD ANSWER. DEPARTMENT START DID NOT THINK IT WAS A GOOD ANSWER. I CLARIFIED AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY NOW, WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE POLICY OR BEING NUCLEAR FREE. WE ARE UNDERSTANDING HOW OUR DEFENSE NEEDS GET MET IN LIGHT OF THESE EXTERNAL CHANGES. THE MINISTER SAID IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION, AND I IMAGINE HE DOESN'T THINK IT IS THAT HELPFUL AFTER ALL. THIS IS SOMETHING NEW ZEALANDERS HOLD VERY DEAR. ANY SUGGESTION THAT THERE WOULD BE EVEN JUST A TWEAK CLEARLY HAS LED TO QUITE AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE. THIS WAS A DECISION THAT WAS MADE ROUGHLY 4 YEARS AGO, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF. EVEN ATTEMPTS TO HAVE A REASONABLE CONVERSATION, AND I BELIEVE HIM WHEN HE SAYS THAT IS WHAT HE IS AFTER, EVOKES THIS REACTION. KIWIS DO NOT WANT THIS CHANGE, THEY DO NOT WANTED ADJUSTED AND THEY DON'T WANT TO SPENDING OUR PRINCIPLES WHERE WE HAVE PUT ALIGNED IN THE SAND TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OTHERS. THEY CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF US. THE REASON THAT LABOUR IS NEEDING TO MISCHARACTERIZE OTHER PEOPLE'S POLICIES IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN. THEY ARE TRYING TO FILL A VACUUM AND IT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS. THERE IS A BIT OF A VACUUM THERE. WE ARE CERTAINLY NOT FILLING IT WITH THIS, THESE GUYS ARE FILLING IN THEMSELVES. THERE IS A VACUUM. FOR EMPHASIS. KNOWN IN THE INDUSTRY IS AN AWKWARD SILENCE. I JUST SAW THE STORY ABOUT A GROUP OF MPS WHO HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM CHINA AFTER VISITING TAIWAN. AS THIS INTERFERENCE IN OUR DEMOCRACY? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS I'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH, BUT AS AN INDEPENDENT NATION, WE DON'T TAKE INSTRUCTIONS FROM ANY OTHER NATION, SO I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE NEWS THAT THERE HAD BEEN SANCTIONS APPLIED SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES. TAIWAN IS A REALLY IMPORTANT TRADING PARTNER TO NEW ZEALAND, AND WE HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM ON THAT BASIS. IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF WE COULD NOT CONTINUE DOING THAT. DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD CALL THIS OUT AT WHATEVER LEVEL IT COMES ` MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, OUR OFFICIALS AT M FAT? IT IS AN IMPORTANT MATTER. THERE IS NO SENSE IN WHICH WE WANT TO PROVOKE CHINA UNNECESSARILY. WE TRIED WELL WITH THEM, WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN DECIDE OUR OWN POLICY. IT WAS NATIONAL, NEW ZEALAND FIRST, ASK, LABOUR. I HAVE BEEN ON ONE OF THOSE TRIPS. THE EMPHASIS VERY MUCH IS TRADE AND THERE WAS NO SUCH GESTURE AND OTHER THAN THAT. YOU HAVE A SMART PET. COULD YOUR GREYHOUND BE THE ORACLE DOG FOR THE YOU HAVE A SMART PET. COULD YOUR GREYHOUND BE THE ORACLE DOG FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP? I THINK SO. IF YOU WANTED IT TO CHASE SOMETHING QUICKLY TO DETERMINE WHO WILL WIN A MATCH. DO YOU RECKON IT COULD PICK AN ELECTION WINNER? ALREADY HAS. I WON'T ASK WHICH ONE. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU BOTH IN. AND WE WILL BE SPEAKING WITH ACT MP LAURA MCLURE JUST AFTER THE 8AM NEWS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WELLINGTON REPORTER DAVINA ZIMMER'S UP NEXT TO TAKE ON A CHALLENGE WE ALL FACE. AFTER THE BREAK I WILL BE ATTEMPTING TO RECYCLE AND SORT THIS BAG OF RUBBISH INTO THESE THREE BINS. JOIN ME AFTER THE BREAK TO SEE HOW I DO. # NOTHING I CAN SEE BUT YOU BUT WHEN YOU DANCE. # GLASS IN ONE BIN, PLASTIC IN ANOTHER. WE DO OUR BEST WHEN IT COMES TO RECYCLING, BUT ARE WE GETTING IT RIGHT? DAVINA ZIMMER IS BEING PUT TO THE TEST THIS MORNING TO SEE JUST HOW GOOD SHE IS AT SORTING HER RUBBISH. MORENA. I AM NERVOUS. I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE GETTING AN INSIGHT INTO MY PRIVATE LIFE AND HOW I ACTUALLY DO MY RUBBISH. I HAVE A BAD HERE. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF IT, BUT I WILL GIVE IT A GO BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO GIVE ME A RATING OUT OF 10. STARTING OFF, WE HAVE GOT TWISTY BAG. THAT IS RUBBISH. I WOULDN'T RECYCLE THAT. THIS CARDBOARD, I ALWAYS LIKE TO FLATTEN MY RUBBISH. I FEEL LIKE THAT IS RIGHT. CARDBOARD. RECYCLING. I WOULD RECYCLE THAT. SOFT PLASTIC. THAT GOES IN THE SOFT PLASTIC RECYCLING. YOGHURT CONTAINER. THE CYCLE, BUT WASH IT OUT FIRST. WHAT IS THIS? I WOULD SAY BIN. STYROFOAM, I WOULD ALSO SAY RUBBISH. I HAVE DONE A COUPLE. HOW DID I DO? YOU DID QUITE WELL, BUT THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. WE WILL START WITH THIS. THIS IS RECYCLING. THIS ONE, YOU DID RIGHT, BUT WE NEED TO REMOVE THE LID. THE LID IS NOT RECYCLABLE? YOU NEED TO COLLECT THEM SEPARATELY. YOU NEED TO DROP THEM OFF AT THE SPOTS IN YOUR CITY. THEY ARE USUALLY NEW WORLD AND OTHER PLACES. THAT CAN GUIDE YOUR USUAL BURN. THAT HAS TO GO TO A DESIGNATED RECYCLER. SAME WITH THIS. YOU NEED TO REMOVE THE PAPER. PAPER GOES INTO THE RECYCLING. SOFT PLASTIC, IT IS COLLECTED, AND YOU CAN DROP IT OFF AT SPECIFIC PLACES IN YOUR 30. LOTS OF LOCATIONS. SAME. THIS IS RIGHT. THIS IS WONDERFUL. THIS IS RIGHT. THIS IS RUBBISH. THIS IS RIGHT. THING WITH THIS. SOFT PLASTIC, ANYTHING THAT YOU SCRUNCH, IT A SOFT PLASTIC. YOU NEED TO COLLECT THIS. COLLECT THEM AND LEAVE THEM AT BASES. THERE ARE LOTS OF COLLECTION PLACES. THESE ARE THE MISTAKES I MAKE QUITE EASILY. HOW MUCH RECYCLING THAT COULD BE RECYCLED UNINTENTIONALLY GOES INTO THE RUBBISH? ACCORDING TO REPORTS, WE GENERATE ABOUT 70 MILLION TONS OF WASTE. OUT OF THAT, ABOUT 12 MILLION TIMES GOES TO LANDFILL. OUT OF THAT WASTE, ABOUT 4 MILLION TONS IS RECYCLABLE THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECYCLE, BUT BECAUSE IT IS CONTAMINATED, . WE ARE WASTING THAT RECYCLING IS AN EVENT ON TONIGHT. IT IS TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF. IT IS HAPPENING TODAY AT 450. . WE ARE GOING TO LEARN HOW TO RECYCLE IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR COMMUNITIES TO LEARN THAT. WE ALL LIKE A CLEAN CITY. 4.15 TODAY. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. SORTING THE LOADS IS SO ANNOYING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. THERE ARE REPORTS NEW ZEALAND COULD SOON BE HIT WITH A NEW 12.5% TARIFF FROM THE UNITED STATES. THE PROPOSED INCREASE COMES AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION STEPS UP PRESSURE ON AROUND 60 COUNTRIES, CLAIMING THEY ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO STOP THE IMPORTATION OF GOODS MADE USING FORCED LABOUR. THE PLAN WOULD IMPOSE AN ADDITIONAL 12.5% DUTY ON THIS GROUP, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES AUSTRALIA, UK, INDIA, RUSSIA, CHINA AND SINGAPORE. BREAKFAST HAS APPROACHED THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE FOR COMMENT. 'THERE AREN'T MANY MPS WHO HAVEN'T HAD SIMILAR INSTANCES' ` THOSE COMMENTS IN RELATION TO THE SUSPICIOUS FIRE LIT AT PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S ELECTORATE OFFICE IN AUCKLAND. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER CREWS WERE CALLED TO THE BOTANY OFFICE YESTERDAY, WHERE A FIRE BROKE OUT AT THE REAR OF THE BUILDING. LABOUR MP KIERAN MCANULTY SAYS IT IS OFTEN STAFF WHO ARE MOST AFFECTED WHEN THESE INCIDENTS OCCUR. THERE WOULDN'T BE MANY MPS THAT HAVEN'T HAD SOME SORT OF INCIDENT THERE WOULDN'T BE MANY MPS THAT HAVEN'T HAD SOME SORT OF INCIDENT AT THEIR OFFICE, AND IT'S ALWAYS THE STAFF THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE JUST GOING ABOUT THEIR JOB, RIGHT? AND WE CAN DO WITHOUT THIS IN OUR DEMOCRACY. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT AN ELECTION ON. IT'S ABOUT A CONTEST OF IDEAS. WE CAN SIT HERE NEXT TO EACH OTHER AND EXPRESS DIFFERENT VIEWS, BUT THAT'S THE AS FAR AS IT GOES. HE SAYS NEW ZEALAND POLITICIANS ARE MORE ACCESSIBLE THAN THOSE OVERSEAS, CALLING IT 'ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BEST FEATURES, 'BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY ONE OF ITS DOWNSIDES.' ONE PERSON HAS DIED FOLLOWING A CRASH IN DARGAVILLE EARLY THIS MORNING. EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONDED TO A COLLISION BETWEEN A CAR AND A PEDESTRIAN AT THE INTERSECTION OF MURDOCH ST AND COLVILLE RD JUST AFTER 1.15AM. THE MALE PEDESTRIAN WAS FOUND DECEASED AT THE SCENE. POLICE ALSO RESPONDING TO A SEPARATE INCIDENT INVOLVING A CAR AND A PEDESTRIAN IN EAST TAMAKI, AUCKLAND. OFFICERS WERE ALERTED TO THE CRASH ON CHAPEL RD AT AROUND 6.30am WHERE ONE PERSON SUSTAINED CRITICAL INJURIES. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID BOTH AREAS AND EXPECT DELAYS WHILE EMERGENCY SERVICES REMAIN ON SITE. SECOND-HAND SELLERS ARE MOVING FROM TRADE ME TO FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE, BUT CONSUMER NZ WARNS THE RISK OF SCAMS IS MUCH GREATER. TRADE ME IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DOMINATED BY BUSINESSES USING IT AS AN ONLINE STORE FRONT IN AN ATTEMPT TO COMPETE WITH THE LIKES OF AMAZON, TEMU AND MIGHTY APE. CONSUMER NZ SAYS THIS HAS LEFT A GAP IN THE MARKET FOR CHEAP, LOCAL TRANSACTIONS. FACEBOOK'S KIND OF SNUCK IN UNDERNEATH AND REALLY KIND OF WORN DOWN THAT TRADITIONAL MUM AND DAD SELLER WHO'S JUST LOOKING FOR A QUICK SALE OR TO FIND SOMETHING INTERESTING AND NEW YET UNIQUE MAYBE IN THE AREA. FACEBOOK'S REALLY FILLED THAT NICHE, AND TRADE ME HAS MISSED A TRICK, I THINK. IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT TRADE ME TOLD BREAKFAST THEIR GOAL IS TO BE BOTH A COMMERCIAL STOREFRONT AND A PLATFORM FOR LOCAL KIWI SELLERS. IT SAYS IT CONTINUES TO PROVIDE STRICT SECURITY SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT THEIR MEMBERS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETPLACES SIMPLY DO NOT PROVIDE THIS LEVEL OF SAFETY. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE CALLED ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU 'CRAZY' IN AN EXPLETIVE-FILLED PHONE EXCHANGE OVER FIGHTING IN LEBANON. I WOULDN'T SAY ANGRY. I WOULD SAY PERTURBED. HE IS CONSTANTLY FIGHTING WITH LEBANON. DESPITE THAT, TRUMP SAYS HE AND NETANYAHU GET ALONG VERY WELL. TRUMP'S COMMENTS COME AFTER NETANYAHU SAID HE AND THE U.S. PRESIDENT REMAIN ON THE SAME PAGE OVER THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ALL BLACKS PROP TYREL LOMAX HAS RECOMMITTED WITH NEW ZEALAND RUGBY THROUGH TO THE END OF 2029. THE 30-YEAR-OLD WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR NEXT YEAR'S RUGBY WORLD CUP AND THE 2029 BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND IN 2029. LOMAX, WHO ALSO PLAYS FOR THE HURRICANES AND TASMAN MAKO, HAS EARNED 48 CAPS FOR THE ALL BLACKS SINCE MAKING HIS DEBUT IN 2018. ALL WHITES DEFENDER TURNED INTERNATIONAL SENSATION TIM PAYNE HAS FINALLY MET EL SCARSO, THE MAN BEHIND HIS NEWFOUND FAME. THE PAIR WERE IN GOOD SPIRITS, DESPITE THE ALL WHITES' 4-0 LOSS TO HAITI ` PAYNE STILL COMING TO GRIPS WITH IT ALL. PAYNE CURRENTLY HAS 4.8 MILLION INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS AND COUNTING. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A MIXED BAG IN THE NORTH. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH THE ODD SHOWER IN KAITAIA AND AUCKLAND, MORNING FOG IN HAMILTON. FINE UNTIL SOME AFTERNOON SHOWERS IN THE BAY OF PLENTY; RAIN, POSSIBLY HEAVY IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND TAUMARUNUI. MOSTLY FINE IN GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY; CLOUDY WITH GUSTY NORTHERLIES IN THE CAPITAL. 20 IS THE HIGH IN WHANGANUI, 14 IN TAUPO. MORE RAIN AROUND DOWN SOUTH ` HEAVY AND POSSIBLY THUNDERY IN WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH; SOME LIGHT WINDS IN KAIKOURA. SPOTS OF MORNING RAIN IN TIMARU AND ALEXANDRA; NORTHEAST WINDS IN CHRISTCHURCH. CLOUDY WITH THE OCCASIONAL SHOWER IN QUEENSTOWN, GORE AND INVERCARGILL. 18 IS THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON; 14 IN WANAKA. A GROUP OF MPs ACROSS POLITICAL PARTIES ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM CHINA AFTER VISITING TAIWAN. ACT'S LAURA MCCLURE IS AMONG THEM AND JOINS US NOW. LAURA, WHAT HAPPENED? I WENT TO TRAVEL TO TAIWAN WITH A GROUP OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FROM ACROSS THE HOUSE, AND WE, ON RETURN, WE RECEIVED A NOTE VIA THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OR THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE TO SAY WE HAD BEEN BANNED FROM ENTERING CHINA, HONG KONG, FOR ONE YEAR. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THAT? I WAS REALLY SURPRISED WITH THIS, BECAUSE IT IS A LONG-STANDING TRADITION FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TO TRAVEL TO TAIWAN. THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER SIR JOHN KEY TRAVEL TO TAIWAN BEFORE HE BECAME THE PRIME MINISTER. OTHER MEMBERS OF MY PARTY HAVE ALL BEEN OVER CONSECUTIVE YEARS. I WAS REALLY SURPRISED TO SEE THIS ACTION FROM CHINA. WHAT CONVERSATIONS HAVE YOU HAD ABOUT MFAT ABOUT WHY THIS GROUP IS DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS GROUPS? THERE HAS BEEN NO SPECIFIC REASON EXACTLY WHAT THE DISRESPECT HERE IS. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT IT IS CONSISTENT WITH NEW ZEALAND'S ONE CHINA POLICY THAT MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT THAT ARE ELECTED ARE FREE TO TRAVEL TO ANY COUNTRY THAT WE WISH TO HEAR FROM NEW ZEALAND. THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART ABOUT NEW ZEALAND SOVEREIGNTY. THE FACT THAT CHINA IS BANNING YOU FROM BEING ABLE TO DO THAT OR VISITING CHINA AFTER HAVING DONE THIS, WHAT YOU MAKE OF THAT? IT IS AN IN INTIMIDATION TACTICAL DETERRENT TO TRY AND PUT OFF OTHER OR FUTURE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND TRAVELLING TO TAIWAN, WHICH IS CONCERNING, BECAUSE TAIWAN IS OUR EIGHT BIGGEST EXPORT MARKET WE HAVE CLOSE TRADE AND CULTURAL LINKS TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF TAIWAN TO MAORI. THAT RELATIONSHIP IS VALUABLE TO US. IT HAS BEEN OUR LARGEST TRADE PARTNER. PUTTING PRESSURE ON MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AS REALLY ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT FROM A FRIEND OF OURS. DO YOU SEE THIS AS A DIFFERENCE IN OUR DEMOCRACY OR OVERREACH INTO A DEMOCRACY? I THINK IT IS. IT IS UNSETTLING TO RECEIVE A BAN FROM CHINA OR TRAVELLING TO TAIWAN. IT IS A FORM OF FOREIGN INTERFERENCE. IT IS THERE TO INTIMIDATE AND PUT OFF FUTURE PEOPLE FROM TRAVELLING TO TAIWAN. THAT IS CONCERNING. DID ANYTHING HAPPEN, ANY MEETINGS, CONVERSATIONS TAKE PLACE THAT MIGHT HAVE JEOPARDISED NEW ZEALAND'S RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA? NO. THE TRIP WAS COMPLETELY CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS TRIPS. THE TRIP WAS AROUND MOSTLY BUSINESSES AND THE WAY IN WHICH WE TRADE WITH TAIWAN, TALKING ABOUT KIWIFRUIT, WINE, NEW TECHNOLOGIES. MEETING WITH OTHER MINISTERS AND MINISTRIES AROUND THINGS LIKE THEIR CULTURAL LINKS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF TAIWAN. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT PREVIOUS GROUPS HAVE DONE. I HOPE THEY STILL CONTINUE TO DO, BECAUSE THAT RELATIONSHIP IS IMPORTANT TO BUILD UPON. I DON'T SEE THAT AS A CHANGE IN ANY STANCE FROM NEW ZEALAND OUT OF THE ORDINARY TO WHAT WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE. MPS HAVEN'T BEEN BANNED BY CHINA LIKE THIS BEFORE. WHAT ARE CHINA SAYING AS TO WHY YOU HAVE BANNED? AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY BAN IMPOSED ON ANY OTHER MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. CHINA HAS NOT SAID WHY. THE MESSAGE HAS COME THROUGH THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE OR CLERK OF THE HOUSE THAT WE ARE BANNED. WE CAN APOLOGISE. IT IS NOT CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD BE APOLOGISING FOR. THE PRESUMPTION IS WE HAVE TRAVELLED TO TAIWAN. THAT IN ITSELF IS CONCERNING TO NOT HAVE OPEN AND FREE DIALOGUE WITH EMBERS WHO TRAVELLED THERE. I WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT. THIS IS NOT JUST THE ACT PARTY; THIS IS ALL MPS THAT HAVE BEEN BANNED. DUE EXPECT OUR OFFICIALS OR FOREIGN MINISTER TO RAISE THIS WITH CHINA? ABSOLUTELY. THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE MINISTER HAS BEEN VERY PROACTIVE IN RAISING THIS ISSUE WITH CHINA. THERE WILL BE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS AROUND THAT. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR MYSELF TO STAND UP AND DISCUSS THIS. NEW ZEALANDERS ARE AWARE THAT THIS IS A BREACH OF OUR OWN SOVEREIGNTY AND OUR RIGHT AS ELECTED MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TO BE ABLE TO FREELY TRAVEL TO COUNTRIES THAT WE HAVE STRONG ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL TIES WITH. NEW ZEALANDERS COULD BE FACING LONGER WAITS FOR DENTAL CARE, WITH DENTISTS WARNING THE COUNTRY IS NOT TRAINING ENOUGH NEW PRACTITIONERS TO MEET FUTURE DEMAND. THE NEW ZEALAND DENTAL ASSOCIATION SAYS BUDGET 2026 MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND TRAINING CAPACITY, ARGUING THE NUMBER OF FUNDED DENTAL SCHOOL PLACES HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED FOR FOUR DECADES DESPITE SIGNIFICANT POPULATION GROWTH. THE ASSOCIATION WARNS THE SHORTAGE COULD LEAVE MORE PATIENTS WAITING LONGER FOR TREATMENT AND SPENDING MORE TIME IN PAIN. FOR MORE ON THIS, I'M JOINED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE NEW ZEALAND DENTAL ASSOCIATION, DR MO AMSO. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON STUDIO. HOW DISAPPOINTED WERE YOU BY WHAT THE BUDGET DIDN'T OFFER? THEY DIDN'T GIVE US MUCH TO SMILE ABOUT. THE TRAINING POSITIONS FUNDED BY GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CAPPED AT 60. IT WAS NOT EVEN 60 FOR A TIME. THE POPULATION HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED IN THE MEANTIME. WE HAVE HAD A RELIANCE ON OVERSEAS TRAINED DENTISTS. THEY ARE WONDERFUL MEMBERS OF OUR ASSOCIATION. WE HAVE AN OVERRELIANCE ON OVERSEAS QUALIFIED PRACTITIONERS, ESPECIALLY DENTISTS. POST COVID-19, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ATTRACTING AS MUCH. HISTORICALLY 50% OF THE DEMAND. WHAT YOU NEED THAT NUMBER TO BE OF NOT 60? NUMBER TO BE OF NOT 6090, 90, 50% INCREASE. WHY IS IT NOT HAPPENING? WE DO NOT KNOW. WE HAVE TALKED TO MINISTRIES. NO ONE HAS GIVEN US A CONCRETE ANSWER AS TO WHY IT HAS CHANGED. WE ALL KNOW IT IS INCREASING, IT IS BAFFLING. IT IS NOT REALLY FINGER-POINTING ANY PARTICULAR THING THAT HAS HAPPENED. SOMEONE NEEDS TO SAY IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. DENTAL PLAYS A MASSIVE ROLE WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH. IT DOES. ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE POSTULATED IS BECAUSE THE PREDOMINATE DENTAL CARE IS PRIVATELY FUNDED. GOVERNMENT OFTEN IS PREOCCUPIED WITH GOVERNMENT FUNDED POSITIONS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR. IF YOUR HOSPITAL OR HEALTH SERVICES. WHEN THE BUDGET CAME OUT, ONE OF THE CRITICISMS FROM THE HEALTH SECTOR WAS THAT IS GREAT WE ARE GETTING ALL THIS MONEY, BUT THAT IS ONLY GOING TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. IT IS ONLY GOING TO MAKE UP THE SHORTFALL. WHEN IT COMES TO THE DENTAL ASSOCIATION, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, WHAT YOU NEED IN TERMS OF CATCHING UP AND GOING FURTHER THAN THAT? WE HAVE CALLED ON MORE TRAINING POSITIONS. GOVERNMENT FUNDED TRAINING POSITIONS FROM 60 TO 90. LOCALLY, WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER DENTAL SCHOOL. WE ARE PROACTIVE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO; THEY JUST NEED THE FUNDING. BUDGET HAS PASSED BUT THE ELECTION IS ON ITS WAY. WHAT IS A SWEETENER AS A POLICY? SOMETHING THAT WILL NOT COST US THROUGH THE ROOF. EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF TRAINING POSITIONS, ACCESS TO COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IN THE PIPELINE FOR A LONG TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ME U TONU MAI ` FILM REVIEWER KATE RODGER IS HERE TO DISCUSS ANNE HATHAWAY AS A POP STAR, SIR IAN MCKELLAN AS A GRUMPY ARTIST, AND A NEW ROMCOM FROM THE MAKERS OF 'LOVE ACTUALLY'. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE CALLED ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU 'CRAZY' IN AN EXPLETIVE-FILLED PHONE EXCHANGE OVER FIGHTING IN LEBANON. THERE ARE REPORTS NEW ZEALAND COULD SOON BE HIT WITH A NEW 12.5% TARIFF FROM THE UNITED STATES. TENNIS WORLD NUMBER 1 ARYNA SABALENKA HAS BEEN TOPPLED IN THE QUARTER-FINALS BY RUSSIA'S DIANA SHNAIDER. THE CREATOR OF THE CELEBRATED TV SERIES 'I MAY DESTROY YOU', MICHAELA COEL, IS HAVING A BIG YEAR, APPEARING IN TWO NEW FILMS OUT IN CINEMAS NOW. COEL PLAYS AN ASSISTANT TO SIR IAN MCKELLAN IN 'THE CHRISTOPHERS', A PAIRING DESCRIBED BY THE GUARDIAN AS 'THE DOUBLE ACT OF THE YEAR'. SHE ALSO STARS ALONGSIDE ANNE HATHAWAY IN 'MOTHER MARY'. TO DISCUSS, I'M JOINED BY FILM GURU KATE RODGER. SHE HAS HAD HER COFFEE! MICHAELA IS EPIC. SHE IS. NOT AS MUCH AS YOU. WE SHARE THE EPIC NESS. ON ONE HAND, SHE IS ON-SCREEN WITH ANNE HATHAWAY IN A FILM CALLED MOTHER MARY. IT IS ESSENTIALLY JUST THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER IN A VERY GHOSTLY, ALMOST GOTHIC STORY. IT GETS SCARY IN A GHOSTLY WAY, BUT I WOULDN'T SAY I FOUND IT SCARY. IT IS ESSENTIALLY ANNE HATHAWAY'S CHARACTER IS GAGA. SHE IS HAVING SOME KIND OF EXISTENTIAL CRISIS, AND SHE ENDS UP ON THE DOORSTEP OF HER FORMER COSTUME DESIGNER, PLAYED BY MICHAELA. IT IS A COME TO JESUS MOMENT FOR BOTH OF THEM. THEY HAVE HAD A MASSIVE FALLING OUT. THE POWER BETWEEN THEM IS A CONSTANT BATTLE. THEY END UP LOCKED IN A BARN SORTING IT OUT. WITH INTERPRETIVE DANCE. ACTUALLY EXTRAORDINARY. HATHAWAY HAS DEVIL WEARS PRADA AND A FEW MORE FILMS ABOUT COME OUT. WE SEEM TO BE HAVING A YEAR OF HATHAWAY. THIS ROLE IS INTENSE, BUT PARED BACK FOR HER. SHE IS AWESOME. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH HATHAWAY. OPPOSITE MICHAELA, SHE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE YOUR EYES OFF. SHE HAS A PHENOMENAL SCREEN PRESENCE. GOING BACK TO CHEWING GUM. SOMEONE WILL TELL US IF THERE WAS A SITCOM. THAT IS HILARIOUS. SHE IS BRILLIANT. THEN SHE DESTROYED US WITH I MAY DESTROY YOU, WHICH WAS SO CONFRONTING, SO COMPELLING. THEN SHE WENT QUIET. SHE APPEARED IN ONE OF THE BLACK PANTHER FILMS. OTHERWISE, HOW DO WE HAVE TWO AT THE SAME TIME? YOU FLIP FROM MOTHER MARY, WHICH MOST THERE WAS A GREAT WATCH, BUT STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE IN THE END. IT LOST ME IN THE MIDDLE. I AM HAPPY WITH STYLE. IS WORTH THE TICKET PRICE. YOU FLIP, IN FROM AN HATHAWAY TO SIR IAN MCCALLUM. THIS IS A SODERBERG FIRM. YOU IMAGINED THE DIRECTOR OF THE OCEANS FILMS AND FILM WHICH IS A TWO HANDER ABOUT A CHARACTER PLAYED BY MICHAELA, WHO HAS LOST HER WAY IN THE ART WORLD. SHE HAS BECOME MORE OF A FORGER. IN MCALLEN PLEASE A WORLD-RENOWNED NOW RECLUSIVE QUITE GHASTLY HUMAN BEING, WHO USED TO BE AND STILL IS A MYSTICAL ARTIST. UPSTAIRS IN HIS FLAT IN LONDON, A COUPLE OF UNFINISHED PAINTINGS THAT WOULD BE WORTH MILLIONS. HIS GHASTLY CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM IS JAMES GORDON, THEY WANT TO SEND AN MICHAELA COLES CHARACTER TO FINISH THEM WITHOUT HIM KNOWING, AND THEN SELL THEM FOR SQUILLION IS. THERE IS A BACK-AND-FORTH BETWEEN WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON BETWEEN THE TWO MAIN CHARACTERS. SHE IS CLEARLY HOLDING A GRUDGE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHY. IT FLAPS BACK-AND-FORTH. YOU ARE WATCHING A CAPER. IT HAS HEIST PIPES. IN AN INTERESTING WAY. I SEE CHRIS IS ABOUT TO INTERVENE. I THOUGHT I RECOGNISED HER. WE NEED TO KNOW. THERE IS A NEW LOVE ACTUALLY. IT IS COOLER THAN LOVE ACTUALLY. IT IS NOT CANCELLABLE. IT IS NOT OK. IT IS NOT OKAY ANY MORE. FINDING EMILY IS VERY OK. IT HAS BEEN OUT FOR A FEW WEEKS. RON COMS, I CAN NEVER FIND A GOOD ONE. THIS IS SUCH A DELIGHT. IT IS SET IN MANCHESTER. YOU HAVE THE MAIN CHARACTER OWEN, WHO MEETS A GIRL IN A CLUB. THE ROVERS RETURN. IT HAS THE VIBE THAT MAKES YOU REALISE SOMETIMES TO MAKE A REALLY GREAT ROM COM, YOU NEED THE SUPPORTING CHARACTERS TO BE JUST AS DELICIOUS AND BELIEVABLE. THIS WAS A ROMP SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE MANCUNIAN MUSIC SCENE. THE MAIN CHARACTER IS LOVABLE. YOU CAN SEE IT COMING FROM THE LOBBY; DON'T GET ME WRONG. IT IS NOT A REVELATION. STOP TRYING TO SEEK OUT SUBSTANCE AND FILMS. IT IS MY JOB. I LOVED IT. I WALKED OUT OF THE CINEMA AND WENT UP TO THE TICKET COUNTER AND SAID TO THE MANAGER THAT WAS A DELIGHT. YOU ARE A DELIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN. ALWAYS A PLEASURE SPEAKING WITH YOU. I AM IN THE QUEUE. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. WIRES LOVE ACTUALLY CANCELLED? # GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT I BE WITHOUT YOU. # (DOOR KNOCKS) Aaah...hi, occupied! Hi. Hello. Hey, um... Is now a good time to talk? Not really. Ah... I recently got back from Scotland. Congratulations. Yup! Found my Scotlandish mother and grandfather, and Pepper had turned into an entirely different woman. Then we showed them the town. Oh! Yeah. Meanwhile, she's been closing in on the identity as to my biological father. The guy from this ad, we find him first. Okay. So... do you remember him? Yeah, of course. That's my mate, EJ. Don't know where he is though. You could ask Claire Chitham of Shorty Street. She went out with him for a bit. (SHORTLAND STREET THEMED MUSIC PLAYS) I heard he's down south. What's that sound? Yeahhh... he had a big massive noggin. Anyway, we've come all this way to ask you one simple question. Oh, he does have quite a big head. So, are you EJ? No. I'm Neil. EJ's gone overseas, I think. Sorry guys. Can I finish up now? Yup. You should've parked the car closer, Granty! AN MP WHO'S BEEN BANNED FROM ENTERING CHINA FOR A YEAR AFTER A VISITING TAIWAN LAST MONTH IS CALLING THE SANCTION AN INTIMIDATION TACTIC. LAURA MCCLURE, MAUREEN PUGH, DUNCAN WEBB AND DAVID WILSON WERE VISITING AS PART OF A CROSS-PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP AIMING TO IMPROVE RELATIONS BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND TAIWAN. THE CHINESE EMBASSY SAYS IF ANY OF THE MPs INVOLVED APOLOGISE, THE SANCTIONS MAY BE SUSPENDED OR CANCELLED. MCCLURE SAYS THE MOVE IS SURPRISING, AS VISITS BY NEW ZEALAND DELEGATIONS ARE A LONG-STANDING TRADITION. THAT RELATIONSHIP IS REALLY VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT TO US, JUST AS THE RELATIONSHIP IS IMPORTANT TO US, WITH CHINA, AS BEING OUR LARGEST TRADE PARTNER, SO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS CAN BE HELD AND BE TRUE AT ONE TIME. AND I THINK PUTTING PRESSURE ON MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT IS, IN FACT, REALLY ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT FROM A FRIEND OF OURS. NEW ZEALAND OFFICIALLY RECOGNISES THE 'ONE CHINA POLICY', WHICH DICTATES TAIWAN IS PART OF CHINA'S TERRITORY, BUT TAIWAN IS SELF-GOVERNING AND SEES ITSELF AS DISTINCT FROM THE MAINLAND. NEW ZEALAND COULD SOON BE HIT WITH A NEW 12.5% TARIFF FROM THE UNITED STATES. THE PROPOSED INCREASE COMES AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RAMPS UP PRESSURE ON AROUND 60 COUNTRIES, CLAIMING THEY ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO STOP THE IMPORTATION OF GOODS MADE USING FORCED LABOUR. THE PLAN WOULD IMPOSE AN ADDITIONAL 12.5% DUTY ON THIS GROUP, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES AUSTRALIA, INDIA, AND CHINA. BREAKFAST HAS APPROACHED THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE FOR COMMENT. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE AT THE SCENE OF A HOUSE FIRE IN WAIHAU BAY WHERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE REMAIN UNACCOUNTED FOR. OUR REPORTER DAVINA ZIMMER JOINS US LIVE NOW. MORENA, DAVINA, WHAT DO WE KNOW SO FAR? FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF THIS HOUSE FIRE AT 320 THIS MORNING. CURRENTLY, THERE IS STILL FOUR TRUCKS ON SCENE FROM OPOTIKI, TE ARAROA, AND HICKS BAY. CREW ARE ON THE SCENE CURRENTLY REMOVING PARTS OF THE BUILDING AN ATTEMPT TO GET TO THE HOTSPOTS IN DAMPEN THEM DOWN. PLEASE SAY IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER THERE WAS ANYONE INSIDE THE BUILDING WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING TO LOCATE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE KNOWN TO USUALLY RESIDE AT THE ADDRESS, AND THEY ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO AVOID THE AREA FOR THE TIME BEING. DENTISTS ARE WARNING NEW ZEALANDERS COULD BE FACING LONGER WAITS FOR DENTAL CARE AS FUNDED TRAINING PLACES FALL SHORT OF GROWING DEMAND. THE NEW ZEALAND DENTAL ASSOCIATION SAYS BUDGET 2026 MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND TRAINING CAPACITY, WARNING THE SHORTAGE COULD LEAVE PATIENTS WAITING LONGER AND SPENDING MORE TIME IN PAIN. THE NUMBER OF TRAINING POSITIONS THAT IS FUNDED BY GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CAPPED AT AROUND 60, FOR MAJORITY OF THE LAST FOUR DECADES. IN FACT, FOR A BIT OF TIME IT WAS ACTUALLY 56 ` IT WASN'T EVEN 60. AND AS WE ALL KNOW, THE POPULATION HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED IN THE MEANTIME. NEW ZEALAND DENTAL ASSOCIATION IS CALLING FOR A 50% INCREASE TO 90 GOVERNMENT-FUNDED TRAINING POSITIONS. UKRAINIAN DRONES HAVE STRUCK AN OIL TERMINAL IN SAINT PETERSBURG, SETTING IT ALIGHT. THE STRIKES CAME A DAY AFTER RUSSIAN FORCES LAUNCHED A LARGE WAVE OF DRONE AND MISSILE ATTACKS ON UKRAINIAN CITIES, KILLING AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE AND INJURING DOZENS MORE. THE DRONES FLEW OVER ONE THOUSAND KILOMETRES TO STRIKE THE TERMINAL, SENDING BLACK CLOUDS OF SMOKE OVER THE CITY'S PORT. THE ATTACK CAME HOURS BEFORE THE RUSSIAN CITY HOSTED ITS ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM, PROMOTED BY PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN. KIWIS LEGEND AND NEWLY CONFIRMED MANLY HEAD COACH KIERAN FORAN SAYS HE BELIEVES HE CAN LEAD HIS CLUB ALL THE WAY TO A PREMIERSHIP. THE 35-YEAR-OLD WAS APPOINTED TO THE TOP JOB PERMANENTLY AFTER DRASTICALLY TURNING AROUND THE SEA EAGLES' FORM, WINNING SEVEN OF HIS FIRST NINE GAMES AS INTERIM COACH. I ONE-TO-ONE PARTNERSHIPS. IF YOU ARE NOT ASPIRING TO THAT, THEN YOU ARE IN THE WRONG INDUSTRY. I HAVE BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HOW WE HAVE TURNED THIS SEASON AROUND. WE HAVE HAD TO DO THAT OVERCOMING A FEW CHALLENGES. THE SEA EAGLES' HOME, FOUR PINES PARK TEMPORARILY, RENAMED 'FOZ PINES PARK' THIS WEEKEND IN HIS HONOUR. AN ARTIST WHO PAINTED A MURAL IN DALLAS IS SUING FIFA, CLAIMING HIS WORK WAS ILLEGALLY PAINTED OVER TO PROMOTE THE CITY'S UPCOMING WORLD CUP MATCHES. I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT SOMEBODY WOULD BLATANTLY, YOU KNOW, JUST DISREGARD ALL OF THAT, JUST DESTROY THE MURAL. ROBERT WYLAND IS SEEKING AT LEAST $25m FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WHALE MURAL HE CREATED IN 1999. A FIFA SPOKESPERSON SAID THE FEDERATION 'HAS NO INVOLVEMENT IN THIS WHATSOEVER' AND REFERRED A REPORTER TO THE TOURNAMENT'S LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE. A BUFFALO NICKNAMED DONALD TRUMP, BECAUSE OF HIS SHOCK OF GOLDEN HAIR, HAS BEEN DRAWING CROWDS AT BANGLADESH'S NATIONAL ZOO. THE RARE ALBINO BULL BECAME A SENSATION WHEN A FARMER SUGGESTED HIS BLONDE TUFT OF HAIR RESEMBLED THE U.S. PRESIDENT. THE BUFFALO WAS ORIGINALLY MEANT TO BE SLAUGHTERED, FOR AN ISLAMIC FESTIVAL OF SACRIFICE, BUT HAS SINCE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO A ZOO, WHERE PEOPLE ARE BRAVING THE SWELTERING HEAT TO SEE HIM. THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON THERE THAT I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE CAN UNPACK BEFORE THIS SHOW IS OUT AT 9 AM. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` IT'S A MIXED BAG IN THE NORTH. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH THE ODD SHOWER IN KAITAIA AND AUCKLAND; MORNING FOG IN HAMILTON. FINE UNTIL SOME AFTERNOON SHOWERS IN THE BAY OF PLENTY ` RAIN, POSSIBLY HEAVY IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND TAUMARUNUI. MOSTLY FINE IN GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY; CLOUDY WITH GUSTY NORTHERLIES IN THE CAPITAL. 20 IS THE HIGH IN WHANGANUI; 14 IN TAUPO. MORE RAIN AROUND DOWN SOUTH ` HEAVY AND POSSIBLY THUNDERY IN WESTPORT AND GREYMOUTH, SOME LIGHT WINDS IN KAIKOURA. SPOTS OF MORNING RAIN IN TIMARU AND ALEXANDRA; NORTHEAST WINDS IN CHRISTCHURCH. CLOUDY WITH THE OCCASIONAL SHOWER IN QUEENSTOWN, GORE AND INVERCARGILL. 18 IS THE HIGH IN ASHBURTON; 14 IN WANAKA. BNZ BUSINESS BREAKFAST HOST MEI HERON IS WITH US NOW. BNZ BUSINESS BREAKFAST HOST MEI HERON IS WITH US NOW. MEI, ON THESE NEW US TARIFFS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN NEWS, YOU'VE JUST TALKED TO TRADE MINISTER TODD MCCLAY? I JUST SPOKE WITH HIM. HE HAS IN PARIS AT THE MOMENT FOR AN OECD CONFERENCE. HE DOES SOUND QUITE FRUSTRATED BY THE WHOLE THING. YOU WILL REMEMBER LIBERATION DAY IN THE U.S., DONALD TRUMP WITH THOSE BIG BOARDS TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY TARIFFS EACH COUNTRY WAS GOING TO GET. WE WERE SLAPPED WITH 10% THEN, THAN THE U.S. REEVALUATED AND DECIDED THAT WE WERE GETTING A SURPLUS IN THIS WHOLE TRADING DEAL, MOVED IT TO 15% OF THE COURTS THERE DECIDED IT WAS ILLEGAL AND THEY DROPPED BACK DOWN TO 10%. MCCLAY SAYS THIS IS JUST THE LATEST ITERATION OF TRUMP'S DESIRE TO SLAPPED COUNTRY. THERE IS A UNIFORM VIEW THAT ACTUALLY, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO AT ALL WITH FORCED LABOUR. THERE ISN'T ANY IN NEW ZEALAND. WE DON'T HAVE GOODS COME INTO NEW ZEALAND THAT WE RE-EXPORT TO THE U.S. THIS IS MERELY TRYING TO FIND AN ACTUAL LEGAL BASE TO PUT THAT TARIFF BACK IN PLACE. FOR THE COUNTRIES THAT AREN'T ON THE LIST, THE U.S. IS ODING OTHER INVESTIGATIONS INTO EXCESS SUPPLY, I.E. PEOPLE THAT SUPPLY MORE THAN THEY CAN CONSUME DOMESTICALLY. AND THE TARIFF WAR WILL BE PUT BACK. SO LOOK, THIS IS JUST AN INTERIM FINDING. MY OFFICIALS WILL BE BACK UP THE WASHINGTON TO MAKE THE CASE THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THAT TARIFFS ARE UNWARRANTED, THEY SHOULD NOT BE PUT ON US. BUT THE PRESIDENT OF AMERICA'S GONNA DO WHAT THE PRESIDENT OF AMERICA'S GONNA DO. HE HAS FRUSTRATED. WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THIS TONIGHT AT 6 O'CLOCK AND TOMORROW MORNING ON BUSINESS BREAKFAST. BEFORE I GO, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ELON MUSK. HE HAS BEEN ON THE NEWS ABOUT SPACE X. HE HAS EARNED NZ$6 MILLION AN HOUR OVER HIS CAREER. THAT IS NOT FAR OFF WHAT WE GET. IT IS NOT BAD (!) E WHAI AKE NEI ` WE TALK TO THE AMERICAN WOMAN AT THE CENTRE OF A VIRAL VIDEO, GIVEN A TRAFFIC TICKET FOR HOLDING A PHONE IN A HAND SHE DOESN'T HAVE. # GOOD LUCK, BABE. # YOU HAVE TO STOP THE WORLD JUST TO STOP THE FEELING. VOICEOVER: Get your free Consumer's Guide to Hearing Aids. New Zealand's only independent guide to all the latest models. Choose the right hearing aid for your lifestyle and budget. Call 0800 45 45 42 for your free copy. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. AN MP WHO'S BEEN BANNED FROM ENTERING CHINA FOR A YEAR AFTER VISITING TAIWAN LAST MONTH IS DESCRIBING THE SANCTION AS AN INTIMIDATION TACTIC. THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER INSISTS HE AND DONALD TRUMP REMAIN ON THE SAME PAGE, DESPITE BEING BLASTED AS 'CRAZY', DURING A PHONE CALL BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS. AND FRENCH OPEN TOP SEED ARYNA SABALENKA SAYS HER SHOCK QUARTERFINAL EXIT MADE HER WANT TO QUIT TENNIS. IMAGINE BEING TICKETED FOR HOLDING A CELL PHONE IN A HAND YOU DON'T HAVE. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO FLORIDA DRIVER KATHLEEN THOMAS, WHO WAS PULLED OVER AFTER A POLICE OFFICER CLAIMED HE SAW HER USING HER PHONE BEHIND THE WHEEL. DESPITE SHOWING THE OFFICER THAT HER RIGHT HAND WAS MISSING, SHE WAS STILL ISSUED A CITATION. HEY, GOOD MORNING. DEPUTY RODRIGUEZ FROM THE SHERRIF'S OFFICE, WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE BEING PULLED OVER. IN THE CITY OF LAKE WORTH TODAY WE'RE DOING AN OPERATION FOR DISTRACTED DRIVERS AND YOU DROVE PAST ME HOLDING A PHONE WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND. WHEN YOU PLAYED IN THAT PHONE` I MEAN... I SAW YOU WERE` SO OBVIOUSLY NOT. (LAUGHS) THE CASE HAS NOW BEEN DISMISSED, AND VIDEO OF THE ENCOUNTER HAS BEEN VIEWED MILLIONS OF TIMES AROUND THE WORLD. KATIE THOMAS JOINS US NOW FROM FLORIDA. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN THE OFFICER FIRST SAID HE SAW YOU HOLDING A PHONE IN YOUR RIGHT HAND? THIS IS CRAZY, THERE IS NO WAY. WHERE IT GETS WEIRDER IS THAT HE DIGS IN AND KEEPS INSISTING THAT YOU DONE THIS. IT JUST KEEPS COMPOUNDING THE WEIRD. I MEAN, IT STARTED WITH JUST THAT IT WAS THIS AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T THINK SO. THEN HE VERY CLEARLY WAS NOT HAVING A LAUGH LIKE I WAS AND SO I WAS LIKE, OH, CRAP, THIS GUY IS SERIOUS. THEN THE SWEARING TO GOD IN THE WHOLE NO, THE OTHER HAND... I WAS LIKE, WE ARE REALLY DIGGING THIS HOLE. YOU MUST'VE JUST BEEN INCREDULOUS. I WAS JUST LIKE, THERE IS NO WAY. AND THEN I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO GIVE ME A WARNING, WHATEVER, IT IS FINE. THEN HE CAME BACK WITH THE FULL CITATION AND I WAS LIKE, ARE WE...? I HAD HIM REPEAT IT SEVERAL MORE TIMES, LIKE, YOU SAID RIGHT HAND, AND HE WAS LIKE, YES, LIKE 0K. WHAT DO YOU DO FROM THERE EXCEPT SAY OK? I WILL SEE YOU AT COURT AT FIVE ON THE BACK. WAS THERE ANY FLICKER OF RECOGNITION IN HIS EYES THAT MAYBE HE HAD SCREWED UP BUT HE HAD GONE TOO FAR AND COULD NOT BACKTRACK? IMMEDIATELY WHEN I JUMP SCARE HIM, MORE OR LESS, WHEN I HOLD UP MY RIGHT ARM, IN THE VERY BEGINNING YOU CAN KIND OF HEAR HIM STUTTER AND THEN TRIED TO SWITCH TO WELL, MAYBE, AND I WAS LIKE, NO, NO. WE ARE NOT EXPLORING OTHER AVENUES FOR THIS. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING. IN THAT MOMENT I COULD TELL, BUT LIKE I SAID, I JUST THOUGHT, THERE IS NO WAY I'M GETTING A TICKET. THERE IS JUST` COMMON SENSE WILL WIN. HE WILL COME BACK AND I WILL GET A STERN TALKING TO, AND I WILL GO, NO, THAT IS NOT THE CASE, AND THEN FROM THERE, JUST THE BLASPHEMY. IT IS LIKE GAS LIGHTING IN THE EXTREME. HAVE YOU REFLECTED ON THIS MUCH SINCE IT HAS HAPPENED WITH THAT RELATIONSHIP AND DYNAMIC BETWEEN PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY LIKE POLICE AND PEOPLE GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS? I THINK THAT DEFINITELY PLAYED A PART IN IT. ESPECIALLY HERE IN AMERICA, IT IS A TOUGH SPOT TO BE AND IN GENERAL BEING ON THE POLICE FORCE, SO I DO GIVE HIM A FRACTION OF GRACE AND HUMILITY OF LIKE, 0K, I GET IT, YOU HAVE A JOB TO DO, BUT MY GUY, THIS WAS NOT THE JOB. WE WERE THEN IN THIS CONVERSATION OF GOING BACK AND FORTH AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT IN THE FUTURE WHEN HE ENCOUNTERS SOMEONE ELSE WITH A MISSING LIMB, HE'D LEARNS, OH, YES, HAVE A GREAT DAY I'M NOT DOING THIS AGAIN. WHATEVER YOU HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF, IT IS FINE, JUST PLEASE GET SOMEBODY ELSE. I REALLY VALUABLE LESSON THERE. QUITE A NICHE LESSON THAT HE CAN TAKE AWAY FROM THIS EXPERIENCE. MILLIONS OF VIEWS, KT. HOW HAVE YOU FOUND THE RECEPTION TO THE VIDEO? IT HAS DONE A LOT FURTHER LIMB DIFFERENT COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF VISIBILITY AND BEING PUT ON THE MAP, MORE OR LESS, ALONG WITH ADVOCATES IN THE SECTOR THAT I REALLY FALL INTO NICHE-WISE. IT HAS BEEN NICE TO HAVE PEOPLE SAYING, I AM SO PROUD OF YOU, AND THINGS I WOULD NEVER ADMIT IN A MILLION YEARS THINK THAT THEY ARE TAKEN AWAY FROM THAT VIDEO. ESPECIALLY WATCHING IT BACK, I AM LIKE, IT IS CRINGE WORTHY. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS DO IT BEING ON NATIONAL TELEVISION EVERY DAY. FOR MY FIVE SECONDS OF FAME I WAS LIKE, OOH. I WILL DO IT AGAIN. THAT WAS AMAZING PEOPLE ARE TAKING AWAY BEING PROUD OF THAT ENCOUNTER, THEN I HAVE DONE ALL THAT I CAN DO FOR MY COMMUNITY AND FOR ANYONE THAT SUPPORTS ME. IT HAS JUST BEEN OVERWHELMING KINDNESS WHICH I AM HAPPY TO REPORT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I BELIEVE THAT KINDNESS IS MY NUMBER ONE. THAT COMES ACROSS AS WOELFEL'S AND I THINK THAT COMES ACROSS IN THE VIDEO AND THE WAY THAT YOU DEAL WITH THEM. YOU ARE NOT PUNCHING DOWN OR ANYTHING ON THE FACT THAT HE HAS GOTTEN THIS SO EGREGIOUSLY WRONG. YOU WALK THEM THROUGH IT, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AMAZING TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. WHAT A GUY. I'M A MEMBER SEEING THIS VIDEO A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND YOU ARE JUST WATCHING IT THINKING, NO, HE IS NOT GOING TO DO IT. HE DIGS IN. TRIPLES DOWN ON IT. TO BE FAIR, SHE WOULD BE WITHIN HER RIGHTS TO LOSE HER COOL AND SAY, THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. I THINK I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE. THERE WAS NO CONTRACTOR THERE FROM HER. I AM VERY COMFORTABLE IN MY CRINGE. I LIVE IN THAT SPACE. YOU LOVE IT. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SENDING IN YOUR ORACLE BEST PETS PICTURES. HERE'S SOME OF THEM. WE'VE GOT RAYMOND, FATTY, WEARING SOME CUTE GLASSES. PEANUT WILL DO ANYTHING FOR FOOD. QUINN DOGGO AND MR CLARK BARKERSON AND BELINDA'S VERANDAH PET. WHAT ARE THEY CALLED AGAIN? IT'S NOT A PRAYING MANTIS. IT IS A GRASSHOPPER, NO, A CRICKET. WHAT IS THAT? MY NIECES AXOLOTL. WE WILL GET TO THAT AFTER THE BREAK. E WHAI AKEI NEI ` THE COUNTDOWN IS ON TO A PRESTIGIOUS BARBERSHOP QUARTET CONTEST IN THE UNITED STATES, WITH OVER 50 GROUPS SET TO COMPETE. CHARLOTTE MULDER IS FINDING OUT HOW NEW ZEALAND'S BEST IS PREPARING. CHARLOTTE. I DON'T THINK THAT IS QUITE RIGHT. THIS CANTERBURY FLIGHT IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL ONE, IT IS HOME OF NEW ZEALAND'S TOP BARBERSHOP QUARTET. THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE US A BIT OF A PERFORMANCE AFTER THE BREAK. VOICEOVER: Every day Spark stops millions of online threats from reaching their customers. Click my link. Click my link. (WOLF HOWLING) Click my link. Click my link. (SCREAMS) Join the network working hard to keep you safe. VOICEOVER: The new Subway Korean-style BBQ Steak Sub. Loaded with tender steak. Freshly cut salad. Sweet, spicy BBQ glaze. Good food. Good value. That's Subway. VOICEOVER: Sometimes damage can be a bit of a mystery... Oh no, who put that there? Make sure you're covered with Tower, Canstar's insurer of the year for home and contents, 3 years running, and get $200 off new house insurance today. Ts and Cs apply. $9.99? Is that us then? Is what us? Lunch. I put it in the group chat. No you didn't. Might be the group chat about the group chat. Awkward! VOICEOVER: Lunch sussed for $9.99. NEXT MONTH, SOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST BARBERSHOP QUARTETS WILL TAKE TO THE STAGE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS COMPETITIONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SINGING CALENDAR. MORE THAN 50 GROUPS WILL COMPETE FOR TOP HONOURS, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND'S LEADING QUARTET, THE PROMENADE. CHRISTCHURCH REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER IS WITH THE GROUP AHEAD OF THEIR BIG TRIP. CHARLOTTE. GOODNESS. I WOULD SAY THAT WAS GREAT, BUT I THINK I WOULD BE LYING ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. I WILL NOT BE ENTERING INTO THIS COMPETITION BECAUSE IT IS ONLY FOR THE ELITE, BUT FINALLY ENOUGH, WE ARE JOINING PROMENADE THIS MORNING, A GROUP OF FOUR UNI STUDENTS. SOME UNI STUDENTS. SOME WORKING. A MIXTURE, BUT WE ARE ALL HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH, WHERE THEY GREW UP. WE WILL GO AROUND THE CIRCLE, BUT WE WILL START WITH YOU. IT IS YOUR THIRD TIME GOING BACK TO THE STATES FOR THIS COMPETITION. AS IT FILTERED BE SELECTED TO REPRESENT NEW ZEALAND? IT IS AN HONOUR. TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK FOR 1/3 TIME IS EVERY YEAR WE IMPROVE. TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT OUR COUNTRY AND ORGANISATION AND OUR CITY AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY IS AN HONOUR. SO EXCITED. HARRIS LYNCH. WE HAVE THE SECOND WELL OVER HERE. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU AS WELL? WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME. WE STARTED IN HIGH SCHOOL. SEVEN YEARS. WE HAVE, IN ADDITION TO SINGING TOGETHER, GROWN UP TOGETHER. WE ARE BEST FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITIES WE REPRESENT, IT AS A BLAST TO TRAVEL WITH YOUR BUDDIES AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. HOW DID YOU GET INTO BARBERSHOP QUARTET? IT IS QUITE NICHE. I GOT INTO THE COURT AT THE SAME WAY THAT THESE FINE GENTLEMAN DID AS WELL. WE ALL WENT TO THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL JUST UP THE ROAD. WE ALL STARTED SINGING IN A HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR THAT WAS DOING BARBERSHOP AT THE TIME. EVENTUALLY, THIS FINE MAN HERE, WILLIAM LYNCH, SAID TO ME ONE DAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SING IN A QUARTET? LEARN THESE TWO SONGS; COME AND SING WITH US AT LUNCH. THE REST IS HISTORY. THAT IS IMPRESSIVE. YOU ARE NOT PART OF THIS QUARTET; YOU ARE JUST FILLING IN AT THE MOMENT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHAT IS HAPPENING? USUALLY, THE PERSON THAT THINGS BARITONE IS THE WONDERFUL HARRY WHO IS COMING BACK FROM A CRUISE SHIP. I HAVE BEEN FILLING AND WHILE HE HAS BEEN AWAY. THEY HAVE GOT A PERFORMANCE COMING UP WHICH PEOPLE CAN ATTEND. THEY HAVE A GIVE A LITTLE TO HELP THEM. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A QUICK PERFORMANCE TO LEAD US OUT OF THE SHOW. # YOU COULD HAVE CATARACTS, # YOU COULD HAVE PAUSE, (ALL HARMONISE) # DR DOG WOULD STRIKE A CHORD WITH ME. # MOST EXTRAORDINARY. # THAT WAS FANTASTIC. WHAT A WAY TO END IT! THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO END WITH. THIS IS MY NIECE'S. LATE ENTRANTS FOR THE ORACLE ANIMAL FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2026. LITTLE FACE. I DON'T THINK THAT FACES PREDICTING ANYTHING. HE HAS SPACED OUT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. CAPTIONS BY CHLOE FARMER, COURTNEY SOLE, RUBY SAGARIN AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. 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