IT'S TUESDAY THE 9TH OF JUNE. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. LOVELY TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING. HOW ARE YOU? BEAUTIFUL CUP OF COFFEE, WATER... YOU CAN BE SATISFIED THAT MY OFFCUTS ARE NOT ALL TATTY. WERE TAKEN MY GIRLS YOUR HOUSE BEFORE AND, MY GOODNESS, MY GIRLS WERE NOT ONLY IN LOVE WITH YOUR GIRLS BUT ALL THEIR TOYS. I AM THRILLED THOSE TOYS ARE GOING TO GET A SECOND LIFE. THE BABY IS NOT GOING TO NOTICE. COMING UP ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ` WELLINGTON WAITS FOR DAYBREAK AS A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND EVACUATION ORDERS ARE DECLARED ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION. WE'LL ASK LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS HOW A TOP COP MADE SUCH A MESS OF DECLARING HIS INTENTION TO RUN ON THE PARTY'S LIST THIS ELECTION. AND TOO SCARED TO OPEN THE POWER BILL OR TURN ON THE HEATER? CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND LAUNCHES A PETITION TO CAP COSTS. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK ` HERE'S YOUR NEWS. THANKS, TOVA. A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED FOR PARTS OF WELLINGTON WITH HEAVY SWELLS EXPECTED TO HIT THE CITY. METSERVICE IS FORECASTING SWELLS UP TO 9m, WITH RESIDENTS IN WATERFRONT PROPERTIES TOLD TO EVACUATE BY 9am THIS MORNING. FERRY SERVICES BLUEBRIDGE AND INTERISLANDER HAVE CANCELLED ALL SAILINGS UNTIL WEDNESDAY. POLICE CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR MISSING VALERIE HARGRAVE (81), WITH CONCERNS FOR HER WELFARE GROWING AS THE OPERATION INTENSIFIES. CHARLOTTE MULDER JOINS US NOW. WHEN WAS SHE LAST SEEN? MORENA, SHE WAS LAST SEEN ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND POLICE BELIEVE SHE HASN'T GONE FAR. IN THESE PHOTOS ARE SUPPLIED TO THE PUBLIC, VALERIE IS DESCRIBED TO BE OF AVERAGE HEIGHT, WEARING A PINK CARDIGAN OR JERSEY AND ALSO WALKING WITH A SHUFFLE. LEVEL ARE BEING ASKED TO SEARCH THE PROPERTIES OR SURROUNDING AREAS. PLEASE CONTACT POLICE VIA 105. PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN ON THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PROTECTIONS BILL, WITH EXPERTS INSISTING IT COULD SAVE LIVES. EVERY WEEK NEARLY THREE NEW ZEALANDERS DIE FROM ACCIDENTAL DRUG OVERDOSE, WITH EXPERTS IN THE NEW PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNICATION CENTRE BRIEFING WARNING IT'S PREVENTABLE. GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE LAWS PROVIDE LEGAL PROTECTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO SEEK EMERGENCY HELP DURING A DRUG OVERDOSE, REMOVING A KEY BARRIER TO CALLING FOR ASSISTANCE. THE BILL IS CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED BY THE HEALTH SELECT COMMITTEE, WITH PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS OPEN UNTIL THE 16 OF JUNE. OTAGO POLYTECHNIC PLANS TO REOPEN ITS CAMPUSES TODAY AFTER EVACUATING MORE THAN A THOUSAND STAFF AND STUDENTS FOLLOWING A BOMB THREAT. THE POLYTECHNIC RECEIVED AN EMAIL THREAT YESTERDAY, PROMPTING THE CLOSURE OF ITS DUNEDIN, CROMWELL AND WANAKA CAMPUSES FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. POLICE SAY THE THREAT IS BELIEVED TO BE LINKED TO AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO A SERIES OF THREATENING EMAILS SENT TO ORGANISATIONS AND HAVE ASSESSED THE RISK TO THE PUBLIC AS LOW. IRAN ANNOUNCED THE END OF ITS MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST ISRAEL, BUT WARNS OF FURTHER ATTACKS IF ISRAEL CONTINUES ITS STRIKES ON LEBANON. A STATEMENT CARRIED BY IRANIAN MEDIA SAID THE ARMED FORCES HAD ACTED IN SUPPORT OF THE LEBANESE PEOPLE FOLLOWING ISRAELI STRIKES ON SOUTHERN LEBANON AND BEIRUT. ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BEJANMIN NETENYAHU ALSO RELEASING A STATEMENT SAYING ISRAEL WILL HOLD OFF ON FURTHER STRIKES ON IRAN 'FOR NOW' BUT WILL CONTINUE ITS OPERATIONS AGAINST THE LEBANESE MILITANT GROUP HEZBOLLAH. THE LATEST COMMENTS COME AFTER THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES SAYS IT DETECTED THE LAUNCH OF BALLISTIC MISSILES TOWARD ISRAELI TERRITORY. UK PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER IS CALLING FOR BIG TECH FIRMS IN BRITAIN TO ENFORCE FURTHER SAFETY MEASURES ON CHILDREN'S PHONES. THESE ARE THE SUM OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES IN THE WORLD, AND I BELIEVE THEY CAN SOLVE IT. THE MEASURES WOULD ENFORCE FIRMS LIKE APPLE AND GOOGLE TO ACTIVATE TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS ON DEVICES TO DETECT AND BLOCK NUDE IMAGES FOR CHILDREN. STARMER SAYING ANY KIND OF CONTENT INVOLVING NUDITY WOULD HAVE TO BE ACCESSED VIA AN AGE VERIFICATION PROCESS. STARMER ALSO ENFORCING THAT IF COMPANIES DID NOT COMPLY WITHIN THREE MONTHS, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BRING A LEGISLATION FORWARD TO FORCE THEM TO ACTIVATE THE TECHNOLOGY. WARRIORS CO-CAPTAIN MITCH BARNETT HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE BLUES SQUAD FOR THE SECOND ORIGIN MATCH IN MELBOURNE. IF BARNETT TAKES THE FIELD, HE'LL LINE UP AGAINST WARRIORS TEAMMATE KURT CAPEWELL WHO'S BEEN NAMED FOR THE MAROONS. KIWIS INTERNATIONAL CASEY MCLEAN HAS ALSO BEEN INCLUDED IN THE NEW SOUTH WALES SQUAD DESPITE SUFFERING AN ANKLE INJURY IN PENRITH'S 68-0 DEMOLITION OF THE TIGERS. BLUES COACH LAURIE DALEY IS SET TO CONFIRM HIS EXACT LINE-UP LATER THIS MORNING. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (CHILL MUSIC) WE ARE TALKING TO CONSUMER NZ, THEY HAVE GOT SOME NEW DATA AND THE PETITION THEY ARE GOING TO BE GIVING TO THE GOVERNMENT TO TRY AND GET POWER PRICES DOWN. THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE STAGES. OUR LAST POWER BILL, YEAH. ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY? TO BE HONEST, NO, BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE THREE KIDS... NOT REALLY, AND YOU WANT TO BE WARM AS WELL. 'WARM' FOR US IS WHAT IS SHOOTING PRICES UP. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING TO CONSUMER NZ SHORTLY, BUT REALLY KEEN TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS ABOUT WHAT YOUR POWERBALL ARE LOOKING LIKE AT THE MOMENT, CORRECTION: POWER BILLS THERE WAS A GREAT ARTICLE ABOUT WINTER ENERGY PAYMENTS. INVASION, HOWEVER, WE ALL KNOW THAT STORY, SO IT IS NOT KEEPING UP WITH POWER PRICES. IS THIS SOMETHING YOU VOTE ON? POWER PRICES, COST OF LIVING, OBVIOUSLY TOP OF THE LIST. LET US KNOW IF YOU VOTE ON POLICIES RELATED TO THIS. WE WONDERED IF WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT SOLAR PANELS? BUT THAT IS A BIG INVESTMENT. IS IT WORTH IT FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS OR BEYOND, RIGHT, IF YOU HAVE THAT BIG OUTLAY AND ILLNESS HAS MEANT ON WHETHER IT IS WORTH IT BUT POWER BILLS ARE A STRUGGLE AT THE MOMENT, JUST TO KEEP HEATERS ON AND IT IS NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE. TELL US YOUR VIEW ` EMAIL US AT breakfast@tvnz.co.nz OR YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM @breakfaston1. AND NOW TO THE WEATHER ` MOSTLY FINE IN THE NORTH. OCCASIONAL MORNING SHOWERS CLEARING TO FINE FOR KAITAIA THROUGH TO WHITIANGA. MORNING CLOUD FOR HAMILTON DOWN TO TAUPO. SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON GUSTS IN GISBORNE. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLIES WITH POSSIBLE RAIN FOR NAPIER THROUGH TO MASTERTON; MORNING CLOUD IN TAUMARUNUI. MOSTLY FINE IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND PALMERSTON NORTH ` SCATTERED SHOWERS AND GALE FORCE WINDS IN THE CAPITAL. 17 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN AUCKLAND; 10 IN DANNEVIRKE. MORE OF THE SAME IN THE SOUTH ` MORNING FROST FOR BLENHEIM AND AREAS OF GALE IN KAIKOURA. MAINLY FINE FOR WESTPORT DOWN TO HOKITIKA. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND 100KM GUSTS IN CHRISTCHURCH. FINE FOR ASHBURTON DOWN TO OAMARU. FROST FOR ALEXANDRA THROUGH TO QUEENSTOWN. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND 100KM/H GUSTS IN DUNEDIN, POSSIBLE RAIN FOR GORE AND INVERCARGILL. 15 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN TIMARU; 11 IN WANAKA. THE PRICE OF ELECTRICITY HAS SURGED 20% OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AND HAS SEEN MANY NEW ZEALANDERS FALL INTO FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. CONSUMER NZ HAS LAUNCHED A FOUR-POINT PLAN AND PETITION TO HELP LOWER THE BURDEN FOR STRUGGLING KIWIS. A RECENT SURVEY FOUND OVER A MILLION HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST OF THEIR ENERGY, WITH ONE IN FOUR HOUSEHOLDS STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR POWER BILLS IN THE LAST YEAR. ONE IN 10 HAVE HAD TO TAKE OUT A LOAN TO PAY THEIR POWER BILL, AND TWICE AS MANY ARE BORROWING MONEY FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO AFFORD THEIR COSTS. LAST WINTER, ONE IN FIVE HOUSEHOLDS CUT BACK ON FOOD OR OTHER ESSENTIALS TO AFFORD THEIR POWER AND 19% OF PEOPLE WENT TO BED EARLY TO STAY WARM. FOR MORE ON THIS AND THEIR PLAN, WE'RE JOINED BY CONSUMER NZ'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE JON DUFFY. MORENA. LOTS OF NUMBERS IN THERE, BUT THEY TELL A STORY ABOUT A GRIM REALITY FOR PEOPLE, DON'T THEY? THEY REALLY DO, THE STATISTICS ARE REALLY CONFRONTING AND WE LIKE TO THINK OF OURSELVES AS A DEVELOPED WESTERN ECONOMY AND WE HAVE 25% OF PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR POWER BILL. IT IS REALLY NOT ACCEPTABLE. AND SOME PEOPLE NOT ABLE TO INTERVENE THIS CONNECTED, WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR THOSE HOUSEHOLDS? IT'S HORRIFIC. IF YOU'RE HAVING TO MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE OR HEATING A HOME, HAVING LIGHTS ON, SO YOU CAN HAVE A FUNCTIONING FAMILY LIFE AFTER IT BECOMES DARK, THAT IS A PRETTY STARK CHOICE TO BE MAKING. AND THAT 20% SURGE IN PRICES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WHAT YOU PUT THAT DOWN TO? THE MARKETS THAT WE HAVE ALL CREATED, IT IS GOOD TO REMEMBER THE ALEX CITY MARKET ISN'T LIKE OTHER MARKETS WE GENERALLY INTERACT WITH IN OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES ` THIS IS A MARKET THAT WE CREATED 25 YEARS AGO DUE TO A WHOLE LOT OF GOVERNMENT REFORMS. WE'VE GIVEN IT A REALLY, REALLY GOOD GO WHEN THOSE REFORMS CAME IN, WE ARE PROMISED CHEAPER POWER PRICES... THOSE THINGS HAVE NOT MATERIALISED AND WE THINK AND PART OF THE PLAN THAT WE ARE PUTTING FORWARD REALLY IS BECAUSE ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, WE HAVE GIVEN IS A REALLY GOOD CRACK AND IT IS CLEAR IT IS NOT WORKING. MORE ON YOUR PLAN AND A TICK BUT WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO SAY COMPARABLY, NEW ZEALAND IS DOING REALLY WELL COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES? THERE IS A LOT OF SMOKE AND MIRRORS OUT THERE. THE ALEX CITY SYSTEM IS REALLY COMPLICATED AND WHEN YOU COMPARE NEW ZEALAND TO A JURISDICTION LIKE THE UK, YOU'RE NOT REALLY COMPARING APPLES WITH APPLES. THIS IS EXTREMELY CHEAP WHEN YOU THINK OF THE INPUT COSTS OF THE FUEL, SO IT IS NOT LIKE YOU'RE GENERATING HEAPS AND HEAPS LIKE THEY ARE IN THE UK. WE HAVE GROWING AMOUNT OF SOLAR AND THE WIND IS FREE, THE SUN IS FREE, THE WATER THAT FILLS UP THE LAKE IS FREE, AND TO COMPARE AS WITH THE UK IS APPLES AND ORANGES. WHAT IS THE ANSWER FOR US, FOR THE APPLES? WELL, WE GOT FOUR THINGS WE THINK NEED TO HAPPEN THAT'S THE MOMENT, 90% OF OUR MARKET IS DONATED BY FOUR BIG COMPANIES. CONTACT, MERIDIAN, MERCURY AND GENESIS. WHAT IS TO BE DONE TO SEPARATE THE GENERATIONAL PART. AT THE MOMENT, THOSE GENERATORS CAN CROSS SUBSIDISE WHAT THEIR RETAIL ARMS ARE DOING AND IT MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT FOR SMALL AND INDEPENDENT RETAILERS TO COMPETE. WITH HER THAT STORY BEFORE, RIGHT, AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BREAKING UP THIS FOR EONS, IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHAT DIFFERENCE WILL IT MAKE? WHY SHOULD CONSUMERS BE PUSHING FOR THIS? IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE FULL SEPARATION INTO SPARK AND CHORUS BUT IT NEEDS TO BE GENERAL SEPARATION. WHAT IS TO BE PROPOSED IS VERY REACTIVE, IT RELIES ON THE ELIGIBILITY AUTHORITY TO BIND TO THINGS, SEEING, PERHAPS, IF ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT A GENDER RETAILER IS SUBSIDISING ITS RETAIL ARM AND WE DON'T THINK THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON PRICES... THERE IS A? AROUND WHETHER THAT WILL HAPPEN, SO WE THINK MORE BITTER GENERAL SEPARATION IS THE RIGHT OPTION. WHAT FORMAT THAT TAKES, WE OPEN. HIT US WITH THOSE OTHER THREE POINTS IF YOU CAN IN QUICK SUCCESSION. RAIN FROM THE SKY, SUN, WIND ARE ALL FREE. OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUT IT IS A LOT CHEAPER THAN COAL AND GAS, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, THE WAY THAT OUR ELECTRICITY IS PRICED, ISN'T AT THE COAL AND GAS PRICE. THIRDLY, WE NEED TO BE MORE RESILIENT AS A COUNTRY. KNEE-JERK REACTIONS LIKE BUILDING AN LED PLANT THAT TIES US TO VOLATILE OFFSHORE ENERGY MARKETS DON'T SEMITE A SENSIBLE STRATEGY AND THAT LEADS US TO POINT FOUR ` WHERE IS THE STRATEGY? THIS IS AN ENORMOUS PROBLEM OF OUR SOCIETY AND SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS HAVE FAILED TO PROVIDE AN OVERARCHING BIPARTISAN... ALL PLAYERS IN THE SYSTEM KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND KNOW WHAT WE'RE AIMING FOR IS A COUNTRY, AND LEADING UP TO THE ELECTION, NO DOUBT WE'RE GOING TO SEE LOTS OF KNEE-JERK POLICIES. ONE WAY THAT NEW ZEALANDERS OUT THERE CAN SHOW THE GOVERNMENT THAT THEY ARE AREAS ABOUT THIS IS TO JOIN WITH US AND SIGN OUR PETITION TO THE GOVERNMENT CAN'T IGNORE THE NEED FOR CHANGE HERE. AND WE CERTAINLY SEE WHEN THERE IS A PUBLIC BACKLASH TO THINGS LIKE THIS, IT CAN AFFECT CHANGE. YOU ARE AN INDEPENDENT BODY AND YOU WILL BE LOBBYING POLITICIANS OF ALL STRIPES, I'M SURE. HAS ANYONE BEEN RECEPTIVE TO YOUR POINTS? CERTAINLY THERE ARE ELEMENTS HERE THAT UNDERLINE SOME OF THE POLICY THAT WE HAVE SEEN COMING UP FROM SOME OF THE OPPOSITION PARTIES AND SOME OF THE COALITION, PARTICULARLY NEW ZEALAND FIRST HAS BEEN QUITE PUBLIC ABOUT ADVOCATING FOR THIS. WE'RE STILL WAITING TO SEE WHAT LABOUR'S POLICY. WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT FROM NATIONAL ON THIS OTHER THAN THAT THEY WILL BUILD ON ALAN G PLANTS AND THAT WILL POTENTIALLY MAKE THE WORLD BUT AGAIN BUT WE ARE SCEPTICAL ABOUT THAT. DOES NUCLEAR POWER MAKE THINGS CHEAPER FOR US? POTENTIALLY, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS UP FOR THE DEBATE ON NUCLEAR POWER AT THE MOMENT. IT CAN MAKE THINGS CHEAPER BUT ORDERLY UNSAFE. NICE. THANK YOU, JOHN DUFFY. KIA ORA. ME U TONU MAI ` IT'S THE BIGGEST GET-TOGETHER ON THE FARMING CALENDAR WITH FIELDAYS UNDERWAY IN HAMILTON THIS WEEK. WE TAKE THE PULSE OF OUR FARMING SECTOR, UP NEXT. # WHEN DAYS ARE GREY... 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. Just like new. Yeah, tell them what happened to the car. That was a mystery. Who is this reversing prodigy from Ranui? Some say a generational talent. generational talent. Where did that come from? A total mystery. Oh no, who put that there? He's such a mystery. Such a mystery. But I had already made the big switch to Tower, car's good as new. VOICEOVER: Why switch? WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED FOR PARTS OF WELLINGTON WITH HEAVY SWELLS EXPECTED TO HIT THE CITY IN THE COMING HOURS. THE DEATH TOLL IN THE PHILIPPINES HAS RISEN TO AT LEAST 35 OVERNIGHT FOLLOWING MONDAY'S 7.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE. AND IN SPORT, WARRIORS CO-CAPTAIN MITCH BARNETT HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE BLUES SQUAD FOR THE SECOND ORIGIN MATCH IN MELBOURNE NEXT WEDNESDAY. FIELDAYS IS UNDERWAY IN HAMILTON THIS WEEK ` A CHANCE FOR THE AG SECTOR TO COME TOGETHER AND TAKE STOCK. BUT BEYOND THE CROWDS AND THE DEALS, WHAT'S THE REAL STORY OUT ON THE FARMS RIGHT NOW? JEN CORKRAN IS A SENIOR ANALYST FOR ANIMAL PROTEIN AT RABOBANK. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING. WE TAKE AN THE PULSE OF THE SECTOR, HOW WE LOOKING AT THE MOMENT? IT'S REALLY POSITIVE OUT THERE, I THINK, AND WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM FARMERS IS THAT THEY ARE REALLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS STRONG PRIZES. CORRECTION: PRICES YOU DON'T OFTEN GET PROFITABILITY LINING UP WITH OTHER FACTORS, SO WE ARE REALLY HEARING THAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING OPTIMISTIC, POSITIVE FOR THE YEAR AHEAD AND WHAT IS DRIVING IT IS GREAT COMMAND. WHAT YOU THINK WILL BE THE TALKING POINT THIS YEAR? IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD WEEK TO GET A FINGER ON THE PULSE WILL HOWL FARMERS ARE FEELING AND WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS ARE, AND I THINK A LOT MORE WILL BE DISCUSSED THIS WEEK AND A LOT OF THINGS FARMERS WILL BE INTERESTED IN ` INVESTING IN THE RIGHT AREAS. THEY ARE PROFITABLE SO MAYBE THERE IS AN INTENTION TO INVEST THEIR BUT ALSO BUILDING THEIR RESILIENCE BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE COMING IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. THERE ARE STILL CAUTION AROUND THE IRAN WAR. BUT ALSO, INVESTING IN THE RIGHT PLACE TO BUILD FUTURE RESILIENCE, SOME OF THE WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ARE SEEING AND ANIMALS AND ALSO ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP WITH EFFICIENCIES AROUND LABOUR. THAT KIND OF INNOVATION SPACE... THAT WILL HELP FUTURE PROOF THE RESILIENCE OF OUR EXPORT IN THE NATION. DO FARMERS FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET AHEAD OVER THE LAST YEAR? IT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT TO MAKE, ULTIMATELY, WHAT WE HAVE SET NOW AS WE HAVE SEEN BROUGHT FARM GATE PRICES ACROSS DAIRY, RED MEAT IN PARTICULAR AND RED MEAT HAS BEEN ONE THAT HAS BEEN VOLATILE OVER THE YEARS. WE HAVE VERY STRONG DEMAND FOR OUR RED MEAT PROTEIN. WE HAVE SEEN 18 MONTHS OF PRICES CREEPING UP. WE KNOW THIS, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE AND DEMAND, THAT'S IF WE'VE GOT A RUNWAY OF STRONG PRICES... I REALLY THINK IT IS QUITE POSITIVE AND WE THANK PRICES ARE GOING TO BE QUITE STRONG. SOME OF THE COSTS WILL BE ELEVATED TO MAKE SURE THEY STILL HAVE A DECENT MARGIN. HOW EXPOSED TO DO YOU THINK FARMERS FEEL WHEN IT COMES TO THESE BIG SHOCKS THAT WE SEE, IN TERMS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING OVERSEAS? IN OUR MOST RECENT SURVEY, WHICH WE DO EVERY QUARTER, WE HEARD JUST OVER 1/3 WERE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THE FARMER SIDE OF THINGS, AND SO, WE KNOW THAT IS REAL AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT WITH COMMODITY PRICES AS THEY ARE, WE ARE IN A REASONABLY GOOD PLACE TO WEATHER THAT STORM. NOTHING IS EVER GOING PERFECTLY ALL THE TIME, THERE ARE SO MUCH TO DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS... I THINK THERE IS CAUTION THAT ALSO CORRECTION: BUT ALSO A WILLINGNESS TO SEE HOW THINGS GO BUT ALSO BUILDING RESILIENCE. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR FARMERS TO COME TOGETHER AND TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE A GOOD YEAR? WHEN YOU GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT THOSE SHARED GOALS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THERE WILL BE LOTS OF FARMERS IN ATTENDANCE, THEY WILL BE ATTENDING INDUSTRY EVENTS, CATCHING UP WITH PROFESSIONALS THAT HELP SUPPORT THEM AND FOR THE BROADER ECONOMY, WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS SECTOR IS. IT IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR THEM TO TALK, CATCH UP AND IT IS ALWAYS A GREAT WEEK IN THE WAIKATO. IS THERE A STALL IN PARTICULAR YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO, JEN? I USUALLY BUY SOCKS, GOOD WOOLLEN SOCKS, CHATTING TO SOME FARMERS. GOOD AS GOLD, THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING. GOT TO SEND MEI TO THE SOCK STALL/ A LITTLE TRAVEL PRESENT. OH, LITTLE BABIES SWANDRI! E HAERE AKE NEI ` EVACUATION ORDERS AND A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR PARTS OF WELLINGTON AS 10M SWELLS THREATEN THE COASTLINE. THAT'S UP NEXT. THERE'S BEEN SOME FORCE EVACUATIONS. # I'VE BEEN CATCHING FEELINGS # I HOPE YOU CATCH THEM TOO. VOICEOVER: Yay! Insurance! If only people thought that before they had to use it. That's why at State, we're making insurance simpler to get and simple to claim. More yeps. Less nahs. How do you like insurance now? State. STILL TO COME ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ` WARNINGS OF 9m SWELLS HAVE PUT PARTS OF WELLINGTON INTO A STATE OF EMERGENCY ` THE LATEST ON THAT UP SOON. ALSO AHEAD, WE ASK LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS ABOUT THE LIST CANDIDATE BOTCH-UP AND WHETHER HE'S GUILTY OF AN ACCOMMODATION DOUBLE STANDARD. ALSO AHEAD, EUROPE CORRESPONDENT KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS JOINS US FROM LONDON, WHERE UKRAINE PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY IS MEETING OTHER KEY LEADERS ON PLANS FOR PEACE. AND WE LOOK AT THE DISTURBING LENGTHS SOME YOUNG MEN ARE GOING TO IN PURSUIT OF PERFECTLY CHISELLED CHEEKBONES. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. THANKS, CHRIS. MORENA. COOK STRAIT FERRY CROSSINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED UNTIL WEDNESDAY WITH HEAVY SWELLS FORECAST TO HIT WELLINGTON THIS MORNING. OUR REPORTER DAVINA ZIMMER JOINS US LIVE NOW. MORENA, DAVINA, WHAT'S THE ADVICE FROM CIVIL DEFENCE? THE ROADS BEHIND ME HAVE BEEN CLOSED. ACCESS IS FOR RESIDENTS ONLY. THIS COMES AS MET SERVICE HAS WHAT IS IN PLACE UNTIL 9 AM TOMORROW. LOCALS LIVING IN WATERFRONT AREAS HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO EVACUATE BY 9 AM THIS MORNING. THE HEIGHT OF THESE SWELLS AT PEAK TIMES POSES A REAL SAFETY RISK AND PROPERTIES COULD BE INUNDATED BY WATER. TAKE THESE WARNINGS EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. THANK VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORTING. A RUSSIAN DRONE STRIKE HAS HIT A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN UKRAINE, BURYING THREE PEOPLE UNDER THE RUBBLE. SEARCH OPERATIONS ARE UNDERWAY TO RESCUE THE CIVILIANS, INCLUDING A CHILD. RUSSIA LAUNCHED 155 DRONES OVERNIGHT TARGETING MULTIPLE AREAS ACROSS UKRAINE WITH UKRAINE'S AIR FORCE SAYING 124 OF THOSE WERE SUCCESSFULLY INTERCEPTED. THE LATEST ASSAULT FOLLOWS A CLAIM FROM RUSSIA'S DEFENCE MINISTRY WHICH SAYS IT SHOT DOWN MORE THAN 300 UKRAINIAN DRONES. THE PHILIPPINES IS REELING AFTER A 7.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT ON MONDAY ` ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL TO HIT THE COUNTRY IN DECADES. THE DEATH TOLL HAS RISEN TO AT LEAST 35, WITH MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE INJURED AND THOUSANDS DISPLACED. THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES URGING PEOPLE IN AFFECTED AREAS TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. THE POWERFUL QUAKE TRIGGERED TSUNAMI WARNINGS ACROSS THE REGION AS FAR AWAY AS JAPAN BUT THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN LIFTED. SEARCH EFFORTS ARE STILL UNDERWAY FOR MISSING PASSENGERS AFTER A BOAT CARRYING DOZENS OF MIGRANTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA CAPSIZED. THE BOAT DEPARTED FROM LIBYA OVER THE WEEKEND CARRYING AROUND 60 PASSENGERS. A FISHING VESSEL IN THE AREA RECOVERED 48 PEOPLE AFTER THE BOAT TIPPED, ITALY'S COAST GUARD LATER RECOVERING 10 BODIES. A SEA RESCUE GROUP HAVE SAID IT'S UNCLEAR HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING. SECURITY HAS BEEN RAMPED UP AROUND NEW YORK'S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN AHEAD OF DONALD TRUMP'S EXPECTED ATTENDANCE AT GAME THREE OF THE NBA FINALS. A WATCH PARTY OUTSIDE THE FAMOUS VENUE HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS OFFICIALS ESTABLISH A SECURE PERIMETER NEARBY. THE NYPD, IN COORDINATION WITH THE SECRET SERVICE, MADE THE DECISION FOR GAME THREE, WHERE WE HAVE A PRESIDENTIAL VISIT, THAT WE COULD NOT SUPPORT WATCH PARTIES RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE GARDEN. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING BACK WATCH PARTIES FOR GAME FOUR. THE NEW YORK KNICKS ARE CURRENTLY 2-0 UP IN THE BEST OF SEVEN SERIES AGAINST THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS AS THEY CHASE THEIR FIRST TITLE SINCE 1973. THE BULLDOGS HAVE GROUND OUT A 14-12 WIN OVER THE EELS AFTER A SCORELESS FIRST HALF. BOTH SIDES HEADING INTO THE SHEDS WITH NO POINTS ON THE BOARD, THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE 2021. THE HOSTS STRIKING TWICE IN THE SECOND HALF BEFORE PARRAMATTA HIT BACK TO DRAW LEVEL. HE IS ON HIS WAY. SKIPPER STEPHEN CRICHTON SEALING THE WIN WITH A PENALTY GOAL, BUT HE'S SET TO MISS ORIGIN GAME TWO AS HE DEALS WITH A SHOULDER INJURY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. AXOLOTLS. THEY HAVE BECOME THE UNOFFICIAL MASCOT AS THE CITY PREPARES TO HOST FIVE WORLD CUP MATCHES. AW. LOOK AT THAT GUY. THERE IS YOUR PRECIOUS TROPHY. THE CAMPAIGN HAS SPARKED A SURGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA MEMES, LIKE THAT GODZILLA AXOLOTL OF RAGING THROUGH MEXICO CITY. THE POINT STANDS. TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURE AGAIN. THAT IS MY NEPHEW YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. A LITTLE BIT JUDGE-Y. I AM JUDGING. WE HAD PET AXOLOTLS AT SCHOOL. MY SISTER AND MY NIECE WERE GOING TO SEE IF AXY COULD PREDICT THE GAME. WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE WORLD CUP MASCOTS ARE. I THINK THERE IS A AN EAGLE FROM AMERICA AND A MOOSE FROM CANADA. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND NOW TO THE WEATHER ` MOSTLY FINE IN THE NORTH. OCCASIONAL MORNING SHOWERS CLEARING TO FINE FOR KAITAIA THROUGH TO WHITIANGA. MORNING CLOUD FOR HAMILTON DOWN TO TAUPO. SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON GUSTS IN GISBORNE. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLIES WITH POSSIBLE RAIN FOR NAPIER THROUGH TO MASTERTON; MORNING CLOUD IN TAUMARUNUI. MOSTLY FINE IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND PALMERSTON NORTH ` SCATTERED SHOWERS AND GALE FORCE WINDS IN THE CAPITAL. WE HAVE INTERRUPTED YOU. YOU WERE JUST TRYING TO HAVE YOUR COFFEE. SOON WE WILL HAVE DAVINA TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER WARNINGS IN WELLINGTON. MORE OF THE SAME IN THE SOUTH ` MORNING FROST FOR BLENHEIM AND AREAS OF GALE IN KAIKOURA. MAINLY FINE FOR WESTPORT DOWN TO HOKITIKA. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND 100KM GUSTS IN CHRISTCHURCH. FINE FOR ASHBURTON DOWN TO OAMARU. FROST FOR ALEXANDRA THROUGH TO QUEENSTOWN. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND 100KM GUSTS IN DUNEDIN, POSSIBLE RAIN FOR GORE AND INVERCARGILL. 15 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN TIMARU; 11 IN WANAKA. A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED IN PARTS OF WELLINGTON AND COOK STRAIT FERRY SAILINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED AS SWELLS OF UP TO 10m ARE FORECAST TO HIT THE COAST. CIVIL DEFENCE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GROUP CONTROLLER, SAM BISHOP JOINS ME. CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHERE WE HAVE THOSE WARNINGS FOR? THOSE WARNINGS ARE PRIMARILY FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF WELLINGTON AND WAIRARAPA. HOW HIGH WILL THOSE SWELLS GET? BETWEEN 9 M AND 10 M WAVES. FOR THE COAST, THEY ARE FORECASTING BETWEEN 7 1/2 M AND 10 M WAVES. DO YOU KNOW HOW ANY PEOPLE HAD TO EVACUATE OVERNIGHT? AT THE MOMENT, WE ARE NOT BEING TOLD THAT ANYBODY EVACUATED OVERNIGHT. WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL OPENED UP AN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE CENTRE AND ISLAND BAY, BUT NONE OF THE RESIDENTS DECIDED TO SELF EVACUATE. WE DID DO A COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOOR KNOCKS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF WHAT IS COMING. FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT EVACUATED, ARE THERE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL ABOUT WHETHER THEY DO OR NOT? YOU ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE SWELLS,' OR IS IT A WIND FACTOR? A BIT OF BOTH. THE WIND IS GENERATED FROM THE SWELLS. WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE FOR WELLINGTONIAN IS TO KEEP AN EYE ON DEVELOPMENTS THIS MORNING? THE REGIONAL COUNCIL SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AS ANY PUBLIC NOTIFICATIONS. MOST PEOPLE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN EMERGENCY MOBILE ALERT LAST NIGHT. WHAT TIME ARE WE EXPECTING THINGS TO KICK OFF, AND HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT WILL STICK AROUND FOR? WE HAD HELP I MET SERVICE THAT IT WILL KICK OFF AROUND 10 O'CLOCK, 11 O'CLOCK TODAY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE SERIOUS PART FOR AROUND FOUR OR FIVE HOURS. THEY HAVE TOLD US TO EXPECT SWELLS URGES FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS. IT WILL BE AN ENDURING EVENT. WHAT IS THE ONE MESSAGE THAT WELLINGTONIAN'S NEED TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS INTERVIEW? STAIRWAY FROM THE COAST, AVOID WAVE WATCHING, AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SAM. HEAPS OF FEEDBACK COMING IN ON ELECTRICITY PRICES. WE TALK TO CONSUMER NZ THIS MORNING ABOUT THE PLAN THEY ARE PUTTING FORTH TO THE GOVERNMENT. THIS COMMENTOR SAID, 'HAS ANYONE GIVEN A THOUGHT TO STREET LIGHTING?' THE STREETLIGHTS LIGHT UP MY HOUSE AT NIGHT SO MUCH THAT I CAN READ THE NEWSPAPER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. WHEN I WAS AT PARLIAMENT RECENTLY, THEY HAVE STOPPED TURNING THE TRAVEL TRAVELATORS ON. YOU HAVE TO WALK, DO YOU? YEAH. LET US KNOW THE THINGS YOU HAVE BEEN DOING TO CUT DOWN POWER COSTS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WE TALK TO LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS ON HOW THEY GOT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A LIST CANDIDATE SO WRONG, AND WHETHER THERE'S A DOUBLE STANDARD GOING ON CLOSE TO HOME. 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. VOICEOVER: Get a $100 digital Visa card with AMI. Buy a new Comprehensive Car policy online before the end of September. Visit ami.co.nz Ts and Cs apply. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` CONSUMER NZ IS CALLING FOR PRICING REFORM AND GREATER INVESTMENT IN HOME-GROWN ENERGY TO COMBAT RISING ELECTRICITY PRICES. SEARCH OPERATIONS ARE UNDERWAY AFTER A RUSSIAN DRONE STRIKE IN UKRAINE HIT A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, BURYING THREE PEOPLE. AND IN SPORT, SECURITY HAS BEEN RAMPED UP AROUND NEW YORK'S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN AHEAD OF DONALD TRUMP'S EXPECTED ATTENDANCE AT GAME THREE OF THE NBA FINALS. A SENIOR COP HAS BEEN GIVEN THE HEAVE-HO ` FORCED TO TAKE LEAVE ` AFTER ANNOUNCING HE'S RUNNING FOR THE LABOUR PARTY. SUPERINTENDENT RAKESH NAIDOO WAS CONFIRMED AS A CANDIDATE FOR LABOUR YESTERDAY MORNING, BUT THE POLICE COMMISSIONER SAYS NAIDOO DIDN'T CONTACT HIM DIRECTLY. HE WAS ONLY INFORMED ON THURSDAY THAT A TILT WAS BEING CONSIDERED AND DIDN'T LEARN THAT NAIDOO HAD ACCEPTED UNTIL SUNDAY, THE NIGHT BEFORE LABOUR'S ANNOUNCEMENT. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS IS WITH US. MORENA. HAVE YOU LOST A MAN HIS JOB WITH FIVE MONTHS TO GO TO THE ELECTION? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US. KNOW, I THINK THE WAY THE POLICE HAVE RESPONDED TO THIS IS RATHER UNFORTUNATE. SUPERINTENDENT RAKESH NAIDOO HAS ACTED WITH UTMOST INTEGRITY TO WRITE THIS PROCESS. HE DID MAKE HIS FINAL DECISION TO CONFIRM THAT HE WANTED TO PROCEED WITH A CANDIDACY LAST WEEK; HE TOLD THE POLICE AT THAT TIME HE WAS PLANNING TO DO THAT, WE AGREED WITH HIM WHEN WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM, THAT THE CANDIDATE SELECTION PROCESS WOULD BE QUICKER IN RECOGNITION OF THE FACT THAT HE WOULD NEED TO PROTECT THE POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE OF THE POLICE FORCE. WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY THAT YOU THINK THE POLICE HAVE GONE A BIT HEAVY-HANDED HERE, DO YOU THINK THAT IS A POLITICAL THING BECAUSE HE IS COMING TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS? AS WE SAID YESTERDAY WHEN WE ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY, WE ACKNOWLEDGED HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK HE HAD BEEN DOING BECAUSE OF THE PERCEPTIONS AROUND THAT, HIS POLITICAL CANDIDACY AND HE WOULD NEED TO WORK WITH THE COMMISSIONER. HE HAS TO CEASE BEING A PUBLIC SERVANT FROM NOMINATION DAY, THAT IS THE SAME FOR ANYONE ELSE AND A PUBLIC SERVICE ROLE BETWEEN NOW AND NOMINATION DAY. THERE ARE STILL PERCEPTIONS TO BE MANAGED AND ISSUES TO WORK THERE AND I SAID YESTERDAY WHEN WE ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY, THAT I TRUSTED THAT THAT WOULD BE WORKED THROUGH. THERE IS A PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT MATTERS FOR HIM AND HE HAS ACTED WITH UTMOST INTEGRITY THROUGHOUT AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE DESERVES THE CRITICISM THAT HE HAS BEEN GETTING FROM BOTH THE MINISTER AND THE POLICE COMMISSIONER. WE WILL GET TO MORE OF THE PROCESS IN A MINUTE, BUT DO YOU THINK THE POLICE COMMISSIONER HAS ACTED POLITICALLY HERE BY FORCING HIM OUT OF HIS JOB, EFFECTIVELY, FORCING HIM TO TAKE LEAVE BEFORE THE RULES STIPULATE? THE LANGUAGE HE HAS USED IS UNFORTUNATE. RAKESH NAIDOO AND I BOTH ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO PRESERVE THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE POLICE AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE? HE HAS BEEN VERY CONSIDERATE OF THIS AND HAS ACTED WITH INTEGITY. DO YOU THINK THE POLICE COMMISSIONER HAS ACTED POLITICALLY, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE QUITE A BIG CLAIM? AS I HAVE SAID, I THINK SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT HAS BEEN USED HERE IS UNFAIR ON RAKESH NAIDOO WHO HAS ACTED WITH ABSOLUTE INTEGRITY. DO YOU THINK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, WHAT, WHAT YOU THINK THE MOTIVES ARE THERE? I THINK MARK MITCHELL'S COMPLAINT IS COMPLETELY UNREASONABLE ` I HAVE BEEN MINISTER OF POLICE. I WOULD EXPECT THE POLICE ORGANISATION TO KNOW ABOUT THIS, AFTER THE DECISION HAD BEEN MADE, TO THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY IS IN THE POLICE DOES NOT MEAN THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT RAKESH DISCLOSED THAT TO THE POLICE LAST WEEK. THEY DIDN'T DISCLOSE THAT TO THE MINISTER UNTIL IT HAD BEEN CONFIRMED. IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND AND I HAD BEEN MINISTER OF POLICE, AND I HAVE BEEN MINISTER OF POLICE... ARE YOU SAYING THE MINISTER OVERSTEPPED? WHAT I'M SAYING IS SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT HAVE BEEN USED IS VERY UNFORTUNATE. RAKESH AND MYSELF ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HIS ROLE HAS TO CHANGE. WHEN DID YOU FIRST OR LABOUR FIRST HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH RAKESH AND WHEN DID HE INFORM POLICE? IT WAS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER HE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN CONSIDERING IT; HE SAID HE WOULD THINK ABOUT THAT. WE AGREED, AND SAID IF YOU DO DECIDE TO GO AHEAD, RECOGNISING THAT YOU ARE WITH THE POLICE, WE WILL HAVE A SHORTER PROCESS FOR YOU THAN OTHER CANDIDATES. YOU NOT HAVE TO DO THE LESS SELECTION MEETINGS AROUND THE COUNTRY ` WILL HAVE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE QUITE SHORT AND WILL HAPPEN AT THE END WHERE YOU WILL APPEAR DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE MODERATING COMMITTEE PUTS THE LIST TOGETHER AND A DECISION WILL BE MADE IMMEDIATELY, I THINK THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE WAY OF PRESERVING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE POLICE FORCE. THE PROCESS DID NEED TO BE DIFFERENT FOR HIM HERE BECAUSE ONCE HE BASICALLY MADE THE DECISION TO GO AHEAD AS A CANDIDATE, WE NEEDED TO MAKE A DECISION QUICKLY AND LEFT THE POLICE KNOW ABOUT THAT. THE POLICE MINISTER SAYS HE WAS HANGING OUT WITH RAKESH NAIDOO AS EARLY AS SUNDAY AFTERNOON, AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE. IS THAT REALLY THE BEHAVIOUR OF AN UPFRONT AND OUTSTANDING BLOKE? RAKESH NAIDOO INFORMED HIS SUPERVISOR LAST WEEK. WHAT THE POLICE DID WITH THAT INFORMATION IS UP TO THEM. PRESUMABLY, HE IS GETTING PAID ON THIS FORCED LEAVE, RIGHT? THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE POLICE, HOW THEY HANDLE PEOPLE WHO PUT THEIR HANDS UP TO STAND FOR ELECTED OFFICE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT UNCOMMON IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE. THE EMPLOYERS DO NEED TO MANAGE A PROCESS THAT PROTECTS THE POLITICAL NEUTRALITY ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS AND IT IS NOT JUST POLICE ` IT IS EVERY OTHER AGENCY. THERE WILL BE CANDIDATES AND OTHER PARTIES WHO HAVE COME FROM OTHER SECTOR JOBS. IF HE HAS BEEN STOOD DOWN NOW AND FORCED ONTO LEAVE, HE IS STILL MONTHS AWAY BUT GETTING THOUSANDS TO WAIT TO BE A CANDIDATE IS A FAIR? CORRECTION: IS THAT FAIR? THAT IS A QUESTION FOR THE EMPLOYER. THERE ARE WAYS... THIS WILL PUT THAT ONTO DUTIES THAT ARE NOT FRONT-FACING. HOW EMPLOYERS MANAGE THAT IS A QUESTION FOR THOSE EMPLOYERS ` THEY HAVE OPTIONS, THEY MAKE CHOICES AND THOSE OF THEIR DECISIONS. WILL PUT THIS TO THE POLICE AS WELL ` WELL, WE HAVE TRIED. SO OVERTAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK OVER YOU WHEN THAT OTHER WOMAN WAS TALKING OVER YOU AT THE SAME TIME! THIS IS FROM LAST WEEK. TAKE A LISTEN... MAYBE. WOULD YOU CHANGE IT SO THAT MPs CANNOT PUT THAT INTO ASSETS THAT THEY CAN MAKE MONEY OFF? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. THE OUT-OF-TOWN ALLOWANCES ARE SO THAT MPs DO THEIR JOBS, WHY IS WHAT SHE IS DOING BAD BUT USING YOUR TAXPAYER TOPPED UP SUPERANNUATION IS OKAY TO BUY A BACH? LET ME BE VERY CLEAR, I DON'T LIKE THE INSINUATION YOU HAVE JUST MADE THERE. I HAVE NOT CLAIMED ANY HOUSING ALLOWANCES FOR THE FAMILY BATCH THAT I HAVE AN INTEREST IN AND ANY SUGGESTIONS TO THE CONTRARY ARE WRONG ` THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED. MY SUPERANNUATION, THOSE WHO HAVE A SUPERANNUATION SCHEME MAKE CHOICES ABOUT HOW TO INVEST. AND I INVESTED IN A FAMILY BATCH THAT HAS BEEN IN MY FAMILY FOR 40 YEARS. THAT HAS MONEY THAT IS INTENDED FOR MY RETIREMENT, THAT IS MONEY THAT COMES TO ME AS PART OF MY SALARY. THAT IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. IS AN MP'S SALARY TOPPED UP BY THE TAXPAYER? YES, YOUR SUPERANNUATION AS PART OF YOUR SALARY DETERMINATION. SO AS AN MP, YOU GET MORE MONEY FROM THE TAXPAYER FOR YOUR SUPERANNUATION? SO YOU PUT ON ONE DOLLAR, WE PUT IN TWO DOLLARS 50. TO USING THAT MONEY TO BUY YOUR FAMILY BATCH OFF YOUR FOLKS? IT IS A TRUST, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT TRUST HAS MADE AS AN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, A FAMILY BATCH THAT MY FAMILY OWNED FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS. I PUT TEARS AND FEEDBACK, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING THIS MORNING ABOUT CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND'S FOUR POINT PETITION TO THE GOVERNMENT TO REDUCE ENERGY PRICES. THIS VIEWER SAYS I AM A VERY LOW USER, I GO TO THE LIBRARY TO KEEP WARM IN THE MORNINGS, I GO TO BED EARLY, I SWIM AND USE THE POOLS FOR SHOWERING. AND A SENIOR PERSON AND I CAN'T REDUCE MY POWER ANY FURTHER. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO HELP THAT PERSON? WE GOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SHORTLY AROUND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH POWER BILLS. ABSENTLY HEAR THAT FEEDBACK A LOT WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN POWER BILL THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS. I AM DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE OFFERING ABSENTLY DIFFERENT AS WE HEAD INTO THIS YEAR'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN. HAVE YOU GOOGLED YOURSELF RECENTLY? NO, IT'S NOT SOMETHING I DO ALL THAT OFTEN, TOVA. IF YOU GOOGLED CHRIS HIPKINS, THERE IS A PICTURE OF YOU THAT COMES UP FROM A SPOOF PAPER, AND IT IS MADE YOU'RE HERE VERY VIBRANT ` YOU KIND OF LOOK LIKE THE ARCHIE CHARACTER. HAVE YOU SEEN THAT IMAGE? I-I HAVEN'T, BUT THE MIND BOGGLES. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. GIVE YOURSELF A GOOGLE WHEN YOU GET OFFICER. MAY BE AN ELECTION UPDO. A SECOND LABOUR LEADER JOINING US FROM WELLINGTON AIRPORT. BATTLED THROUGH ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THERE. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. (SONG): 'FRIENDS' BY SURF TRASH # Woah oh oh oh Hey! Who took all the UP & GOs? VOICEOVER: UP & GO Liquid Breakfast, filled with protein, fibre and vitamins to get UP & GO. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IN THE CAPITAL RESIDENTS IN WATERFRONT PROPERTIES ARE BEING TOLD TO EVACUATE, WITH LARGE SWELLS EXPECTED TO HIT IN THE COMING HOURS. OUR REPORTER DAVINA ZIMMER JOINS US LIVE NOW. MORENA, DAVINA, HOW MANY DOOR KNOCKS WERE MADE OVERNIGHT? MORENA, CHRIS. CIVIL DEFENCE WENT ALONG TO 200 PROPERTIES LAST NIGHT, DOORKNOCKING AND ADVISING THEM TO EVACUATE. AS OF THIS MORNING, NO PROPERTIES HAVE EVACUATED, HOWEVER, WITH SWELLS OF UP TO 9 M HIGH EXPECTED, CIVIL DEFENCE IS WANTING PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THOSE WATERFRONT PROPERTIES. EVEN YOU SEE THE WIND HERE HAS PICKED UP. THE CLOSED ROAD SIGN BEHIND ME HAS MOVED ITSELF ALL THE WAY ALONG. SIDE THE WEATHER IS DEFINITELY RAMPING UP HERE IN THE CAPITAL. WE HAD CIVIL DEFENCE ON THE PROGRAM EARLIER. STAY AWAY FROM THE COAST, AVOID WAVE WATCHING, AND RESPECT ALL ROAD CLOSURES THAT MIGHT BE AROUND. THIS IS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES. JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE SORTS OF EVENTS. NOW FERRY SERVICES HAVE ALSO BEEN CANCELLED. LOCAL FERRY SERVICES ACROSS THE CITY UNTIL 2 PM TODAY. ENTER ISLAND AND BLUE BRIDGE HAVE ALSO CANCELLED THEIR SAILINGS UNTIL WEDNESDAY. LOOK AFTER YOURSELF THERE. CONSUMER NZ IS BLAMING SOARING POWER PRICES ON SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS, SAYING THEY HAVE ALL 'FAILED TO PRODUCE AN OVERARCHING ENERGY STRATEGY'. IT COMES AS NEW RESEARCH SHOWS POWER PRICES HAVE RISEN ABOUT 20% IN TWO YEARS,, WITH ONE IN FOUR HOUSEHOLDS STRUGGLING TO PAY BILLS AND MORE THAN HALF OF NEW ZEALANDERS WORRIED ABOUT ENERGY COSTS. NOW THEY'RE CALLING FOR URGENT ACTION, WITH A NEW FOUR-POINT PETITION PUSHING FOR AN END TO THE DOMINANCE OF MAJOR POWER COMPANIES. THIS IS AN ENORMOUS PROBLEM FOR OUR SOCIETY, AND SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS HAVE FAILED TO PRODUCE AN OVERARCHING BIPARTISAN ENERGY STRATEGY, SO THAT ALL PLAYERS IN THE SYSTEM KNOW WHAT ARE DOING AND KNOW WHAT WE ARE AIMING FOR AS A COUNTRY. HE SAYS THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF POLICIES AHEAD OF THE ELECTION, BUT THEY NEED TO SIT UNDER A CLEAR, COHESIVE PLAN ` THE ONLY WAY TO DRIVE REAL CHANGE. FARMERS ARE FEELING OPTIMISTIC HEADING INTO FIELDAYS THIS WEEK, WITH PRICES AND DEMAND STRONG. CONDITIONS ACROSS DAIRY, BEEF AND SHEEP ARE FAVOURABLE, HELPING BOOST FARM REVENUE. FARMERS SAY THE OVERALL OUTLOOK IS POSITIVE, BUT THERE IS UNCERTAINTY WITH PRICES EXPECTED TO BE ELEVATED THIS YEAR AMID GLOBAL VOLATILITY. SENIOR ANALYST FOR ANIMAL PROTEIN AT RABOBANK JEN CORKRAN SAYS IT'S A GOOD WEEK FOR INDUSTRY PEOPLE TO SET INTENTIONS FOR THE FUTURE. INVESTING IN THE RIGHT PLACE TO BUILD FUTURE RESILIENCE, AND SOME OF THAT COMES DOWN TO TECHNOLOGY, SOME OF THE WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY WE ARE SEEING IN ANIMALS. SO ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP WITH EFFICIENCIES AROUND LABOUR, AND I THINK THOSE ARE GOING TO BE SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE SEE, THAT KIND OF INNOVATION SPACE. SHE SAYS INVESTMENT IN THE RIGHT AREAS WILL FUTURE-PROOF THE RESILIENCE OF OUR EXPORTING NATION. TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A PRIVATE JET BURST INTO FLAMES ATTEMPTING AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. NO PASSENGERS WERE REPORTED ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, WITH THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT BOTH DYING IN THE INCIDENT. INITIALLY BOUND FOR TEXAS, THE AIRCRAFT HAD REPORTED TECHNICAL PROBLEMS SOON AFTER TAKEOFF. BEN STOKES IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE ENGLAND AND WALES CRICKET BOARD OVER AN ALLEGED INCIDENT IN A NIGHTCLUB. THE ENGLAND CAPTAIN, ALONGSIDE PACE BOWLER GUS ATKINSON, WERE INVOLVED IN A 'BREACH OF TEAM PROTOCOLS' EARLY IN THE MORNING AFTER THEIR VICTORY OVER THE BLACKCAPS. THE TEAM'S DRINKING CULTURE HAS ATTRACTED CONTROVERSY IN THE LAST YEAR, WITH HARRY BROOK PUNCHED BY A WELLINGTON NIGHTCLUB BOUNCER BEFORE AN ODI AGAINST NEW ZEALAND. THE SQUAD WAS ALSO CRITICISED FOR TAKING A MID-ASHES HOLIDAY IN QUEENSLAND TOURISM HOTSPOT NOOSA. CONSTRUCTION IS STILL UNDERWAY OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE AS TRUMP PLANS TO CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY BY HOSTING A UFC FIGHT DIRECTLY OUTSIDE HIS DOORS. THE UFC CAGE WILL BE PAINTED RED, WHITE AND BLUE, WITH A TOWERING ARCH FEATURING STARS AND STRIPE PATTERNS. THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL REFLECTING POOL IS ALSO BEING FILLED UP BY WATER AND WILL BE SURROUNDED BY THOUSANDS OF TEMPORARY SEATS INCLUDING RINGSIDE SPACE FOR A FULL MARCHING BAND. THE UFC FIGHT IS SET TO TAKE PLACE JUNE 14th, ON DONALD TRUMP'S 80TH BIRTHDAY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) CHECKING OUT WHAT THE WEATHER IS DOING AT YOUR PLACE TODAY. OCCASIONAL MORNING SHOWERS CLEARING TO FINE FOR KAITAIA THROUGH TO WHITIANGA. MORNING CLOUD FOR HAMILTON DOWN TO TAUPO. SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON GUSTS IN GISBORNE. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLIES WITH POSSIBLE RAIN FOR NAPIER THROUGH TO MASTERTON; MORNING CLOUD IN TAUMARUNUI. MOSTLY FINE IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND PALMERSTON NORTH ` SCATTERED SHOWERS AND GALE FORCE WINDS IN THE CAPITAL. TAKE CARE OUT THERE TODAY. 17 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN AUCKLAND; 10 IN DANNEVIRKE. MORE OF THE SAME IN THE SOUTH ` MORNING FROST FOR BLENHEIM AND AREAS OF GALE IN KAIKOURA. MAINLY FINE FOR WESTPORT DOWN TO HOKITIKA. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND 100KM GUSTS IN CHRISTCHURCH. FINE FOR ASHBURTON DOWN TO OAMARU. FROST FOR ALEXANDRA THROUGH TO QUEENSTOWN. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND 100KM GUSTS IN DUNEDIN, POSSIBLE RAIN FOR GORE AND INVERCARGILL. 15 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN TIMARU; 11 IN WANAKA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHRIS. BNZ BUSINESS BREAKFAST HOST MEI HERON IS BACK WITH US. MEI, WHAT'S THIS ABOUT TAURANGA WANTING TO BE A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL HUB? DREAM BIG, TAURANGA. DREAM BIG. I HAD TO GO AND LOOK AT A MAP FOR THIS. (LAUGHS) I NEEDED TO CHECK WHAT SHIPPING ROUTES IT WAS CONNECTING ITSELF TOO. THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. SINCE THE WAR HAS KICKED OFF, THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATION ABOUT THE RESILIENCE OF SHIPPING ROUTES. SOUTH AMERICA HAS TO GO THROUGH CALIFORNIA TO GET TO CHINA. THE PROPOSAL HERE IS THAT MAYBE SOUTH AMERICA CAN COME TO NEW ZEALAND TO GET TO CHINA. THAT IS THE PROPOSAL. LET'S TAKE A LISTEN TO TAURANGA'S BUSINESS CHAMBER. A CENTURY AGO, SINGAPORE WAS JUST A LITTLE FISHING VILLAGE, ESSENTIALLY, AND A CENTURY LATER, YOU CAN SEE THE ECONOMIC INFLUENCE THAT IT HAS, NOT ONLY IN SHIPPING, BUT IN FINANCIAL AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AS WELL. IT IS QUITE A CRITICAL LINK. AND OF COURSE, WITH SO MUCH DISRUPTION HAPPENING ACROSS GEOPOLITICAL POLITICS AND OF COURSE, WITH IMPORTS AND CANALS THEMSELVES, NEW ZEALAND PROVIDES QUITE AN EFFICIENT TRADE ROUTE WHERE IT SAVES UP TO 20 DAYS SHIPPING GOING THROUGH NEW ZEALAND AS OPPOSED TO CALIFORNIA FROM SOUTH AMERICA THROUGH TO ASIA. SO 20 DAYS, HE RECKONS, THAT IT COULD SAY. WHICH WOULD BE A PRETTY BIG DEAL. THE THING I RAISED WITH HIM IS THAT LOTS OF BUSINESSES HAVE SAID THE ISSUE IS GETTING THINGS TO OUR PORT. CAN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL WITH THAT ` OUR RAILS, OUR ROADS, CAN THAT COPE WITH AN INFLUX? HE SAYS IT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO KEEP INVESTING IN TO PROVE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD THAT TAURANGA AND NEW ZEALAND AS A VIABLE HARD TO PUSH THINGS THROUGH. A GOOD IDEA BUT MAY BE A BIG DREAM FOR NOW. GOT TO START SOMEWHERE. ME U TONU MAI ` EUROPE CORRESPONDENT KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS JOINS US FROM LONDON, WHERE THE GOVERNMENT IS URGING TECH COMPANIES (ENGINE REVS) Oh. OK, turn off the car. (PHONE RINGS) GIRL: Dad! Hey, man. Long time no talk. Yeah, just... I'm teaching Samara how to drive. (BRIGHT MUSIC) Hi! Could you do something for me? SONG: # Oh, baby, you... # Thanks. # You've got what I need # You got everything I need 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. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THE UK GOVERNMENT IS ASKING MAJOR TECH COMPANIES TO BLOCK ACCESS TO NAKED IMAGES ON SMARTPHONES AND OTHER DEVICES FOR UNDER 18S. IT COMES AS APPLE RECENTLY BEGAN ASKING IPHONE USERS TO VERIFY THEIR AGE IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE UNDERAGE USERS WEREN'T ACCESSING ADULT SITES. FOR THIS AND MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY EUROPE CORRESPONDENT KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS. MORENA, KATE. WHAT DOES THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UK? MORENA, TOVA. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MEANS THAT THE UK GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING TO BE THE FIRST COUNTRY TO BAN YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 18 AND UNDER FROM BEING ABLE TO SEND AND RECEIVE NAKED IMAGES ON THEIR SMART PHONES OR OTHER DEVICES. THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS PREVENTING PREDATORS FROM USING THE IMAGES OF YOUNG PEOPLE FOR ONLINE SEXUAL ABUSE, AND THERE HAS BEEN A LARGE AMOUNT OF REACTION TO THIS OVER HERE. THE UK GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT IN 2024, 91% OF IMAGES OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT BECAME ONLINE SEXUAL CHILD ABUSE REPORTS WERE ACTUALLY GENERATED BY THE CHILD THEMSELVES. SO THEY COULD BE A NUDE IMAGE BEING TAKEN BY A YOUNG PERSON AND SENT TO SOMEONE, AND THEN THEM BEING EXPLOITED THROUGH THAT. THEY ALSO SAID THIS. YOUNG PEOPLE VIEWING PORNOGRAPHY, BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT THE AVERAGE CHILD VIEWS PORN IN THE UK BY AGE 13. IT HAS BEEN DIVISIVE, AND AS MANY SOCIAL MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN. IN AUSTRALIA, ONE REACTION FROM ONE WOMAN SAID THAT SHE BURST INTO TEARS AND IT COULDN'T COME SOON ENOUGH, BECAUSE WHEN SHE WAS AGE 13, SHE WAS COERCED INTO SENDING IMAGES TO A BOY IN HIGH SCHOOL. ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, THERE HAVE BEEN CIVIL LIBERTY GROUPS RAISING CONCERN FOR SITE WE HEARD FROM BIG BROTHER WATCH SAYING THIS MAKES THE UK ONE OF THE MOST AUTHORITARIAN INTERNET REGIMES ON THE WEB. LET'S HEAR FROM THE UK PRIME MINISTER. IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO, THEN WE WILL ACT, AND WE WILL CHANGE THE LAW. BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN, STANDING BY IS NOT AN OPTION. SO THERE IS A THREE MONTH DEADLINE FOR TECH COMPANIES TO MAKE THIS WORK. THERE ARE ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW IT WILL WORK. SOME GROUPS SAY IT IS POSSIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO BANNING PHOTOS BEING TAKEN BY THE USER, THAT IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT. IT ALSO POSES SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO OVER HERE IN THE UK, LIKE IN NEW ZEALAND, IT IS LEGAL TO HAVE SEX FROM AGE 16. PARTS OF THE UK SUCH AS NORTHERN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND, YOU CAN GET MARRIED, IN SOME CASES WITH PARENTAL PERMISSION, FROM 16. YOU CAN'T SEND ANY NUDE IMAGES IF THIS GOES AHEAD. THERE HAS BEEN CRITICISM FROM OTHER POLITICAL PARTY SAYING THE UK PAYMENTS THAT IS ONLY DOING THIS NOW BECAUSE OF THIS LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE TO HIM AS PRIME MINISTER. IT IS SUCH AN INTERESTING DEBATE, ONE WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE IN NEW ZEALAND AS WELL. I WANT TO KNOW IF TECH COMPANIES CAN DO THAT KIND OF THING, WHY THEY CAN'T BLOCK ANY FORM OF CHILD EXPLOITATION IMAGES. POPE LEO HAS MADE A RARE PAPAL ADDRESS TO SPAIN'S PARLIAMENT. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? YES, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT A POPE HAS ADDRESSED A SPANISH PARLIAMENT. IT WAS A REALLY STRONG MESSAGE FROM POPE LEO THAT THE WORLD IS IN PERIL. THE EXACT QUOTE WAS, THAT BECAUSE OF ESCALATING CONFLICT, POLARISATION AND WIDESPREAD DISREGARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION'S HAS PUSHED THE WORLD INTO A PROFOUND CRISIS. NOW, WE KNOW THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR HE HAS COMMENTED THAT THERE SHOULD BE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WITH THE WAR GOING ON THERE. THEY RECEIVE CRITICISM FROM THE USA PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WHO HAS SAID PREVIOUSLY THAT THE POPE IS WEAK ON CRIME AND TERRIBLE FOR FOREIGN POLICY. WITH THIS SPEECH THAT CAME IN THE SPANISH PARLIAMENT, IT WAS REALLY ONE OF HIS STRONGEST MESSAGES FOR THE STATE OF THE WORLD YET. IT RECEIVED A STANDING OVATION FROM SPANISH PARLIAMENTARIANS, AND HE ALSO PUSHED FOR DIPLOMACY OVER THE MILITARY. I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO STOP SEEING THIS MESSAGE IS FROM THE POPE, BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE WORLD AT THE MOMENT WHEN IT COMES TO CONFLICT, AND HE IS PUSHING FOR PEACE. AND REIGNING T20 CRICKET CHAMPIONS THE WHITE FERNS ARE ABOUT TO KICK OFF THEIR WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN IN THE UK. HOW ARE THEY PREPARING? THEY ARE PREPARING FOR ANOTHER WARMUP MATCH WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA. TODAY THEY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN DOING THOSE MEDIA DUTIES, GETTING THE PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL DONE. AND THE PERSON ON THE TEAM THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPERIENCED PLAYERS, SOPHIE DIVINE, IS KNOWN FOR BRINGING THE LAUGHS OFF THE PITCH. (KNOCKING) IT'S ME, AND IT IS NEW ZEALAND MEDIA DAY. (BOTH LAUGH) OW! HOW DOES MY... I'M BAAACK. (LAUGHTER) THERE'S GOTTA BE A BETTER WAY. SO GOOD. (LAUGHS WHEEZILY) SHE LED NEW ZEALAND TO THE FIRST-EVER T20 WORLD CUP VICTORY BACK IN 2024. THAT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT FOR NEW ZEALAND. WHY DID SHE WANT TO COME BACK. PROBABLY COULD HAVE BEEN AN EASIER OPTION TO PULL THE PIN, I GUESS, AFTER THAT LAST WORLD CUP WIN, BUT I DID, I GUESS, I STILL HAD THAT FIRE IN THE BELLY AND STILL FELT LIKE I HAD SOMETHING TO GIVE TO THIS WHITE FERNS TEAM. SO IT WAS A CASE OF, AS LONG AS I AM STILL PERFORMING AND CONTRIBUTING, I WANT TO BE HERE. THE FIRST TEAM THAT THEY WILL FACE AS THE WEST INDIES, WITH THE WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN FOR THEM KICKING OFF WITH THE GROUP MATCH ON SUNDAY, 14 JUNE AT 5:30 AM. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KATE. BEAUTIFUL LONDON. LOOK HOW GORGEOUS IT IS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY'S GOING THROUGH TOUGH TIMES AT THE MOMENT, NON-RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY'S DOWN 13% NATIONALLY, BUT THERE ARE POCKETS OF GROWTH. WE'LL HAVE THAT NEXT. # OUR HOUSE, IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR STREET. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. RECENT DATA FROM INFOMETRICS SHOWS NON-RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION HAS FALLEN SHARPLY ` DOWN 13% YEAR ON YEAR, WITH THE STEEPEST DROPS SEEN IN SOCIAL HOUSING AND RETAIL PROJECTS. A CLEAR REGIONAL DIVIDE IS EMERGING, WITH THE SOUTH ISLAND, EXCLUDING CANTERBURY, UP ALMOST 9%, WHILE AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON ARE BOTH IN DECLINE. RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ACTIVITY IS ALSO EASING NATIONWIDE. JOINING US NOW IS SPARKY GIRL ELECTRICIAN BROOKE THOMPSON. KIA ORA, BROOKE. SO, WHAT'S DRIVING THIS SLOWER CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY WE'RE SEEING? I THINK IT IS UNDENIABLE THAT THE COUNTRY IS GOING THROUGH A TOUGH TIME ECONOMICALLY. I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF HOPE AND VIBRANCY DOWN IN THE SOUTH. IT IS A SECTOR FOR GROWTH. WE HAVE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS COMING UNDERWAY THIS YEAR. I THINK WE ARE BUCKING THIS TREND WITH HOW MUCH ACTIVITY WE HAVE DOWN HERE AT THE MOMENT. WHAT IS DRIVING THE POSITIVE FEELING AMONG THOSE IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, WHY ARE YOU HAVING SO MUCH WORK? I THINK IT IS A COMBINATION OF GOOD HOUSING MARKET DOWN HERE, BUT ALSO WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY OR IN THE PIPELINE, SO WE HAVE WIND FARMS, CIVIL PROJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO WE HAVE A LOT OF TRANSMISSION AND LINE UPGRADES AND THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPENING DOWN HERE, SO IT IS A REALLY GREAT HABIT ACTIVITY DOWN HERE. I AM A PROUD SOUTH LENDER. SO I LOVE LIVING HERE. I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE TO BE IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR DOWN HERE. IF YOU LIKE THERE IS A CALL FROM AUSTRALIA FOR SPARKY'S TO HEAD OVER THERE. NO CHANCE OF YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES GOING OVER? FOR ME, ABSOLUTELY NOT. I'M SO PROUD TO BE A KIWI. I LOVE NEW ZEALAND, BUT I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A GREAT COMPETITIVENESS BETWEEN US AND WAGES WITH AUSTRALIA. WE REALLY NEED TO ADVANCE OUR WAGE PAYDOWN HERE, KEEP COMPETITIVE, BUT ALSO KEEP PEOPLE IN APPRENTICESHIPS AND KEEP PEOPLE IN TRAINING TO INCENTIVIZE THEM TO STICK AROUND. WITH THE DECLINE IN THE NORTH ISLAND, ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT ANYONE WHO IS HAVING TO MAKE THE MOVE DOWN SOUTH TO ACTUALLY FIND MORE WORK? ABSOLUTELY. I THINK I'VE SEEN A LOT OF BACH LENDERS COME WAY DOWN SOUTH TO INVERCARGILL, FROM ONE END OF THE COUNTRY TO THE OTHER. HOUSING IS AFFORDABLE DOWN HERE. WE HAVE SOME GREAT CAREER OPTIONS. WE HAVE A LOT OF BIG INDUSTRY, AND IT IS JUST A FANTASTIC PLACE TO LIVE. I HAVE GONE SKI TOURING BEFORE I HAVE HEADED OUT FOR WORK FOR THE DAY. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT POWER PRICES AND SOLAR BECOMING MORE OF AN OPTION FOR PEOPLE. WITH IT BECOMING A LITTLE MORE POPULAR, POSSIBLY CHEAPER TOO, ARE YOU SEEING THAT THERE IS MORE DEMAND FOR THAT SORT OF WORK? ABSOLUTELY. SOLAR IS THE CHEAPEST IT HAS EVER BEEN. IT IS 40% DOWN IN PRICE SINCE 2020 ALONE, SO IT IS A REALLY COST-EFFECTIVE POWER SOLUTION AT THE MOMENT. THE OTHER THING IS, IN THIS COUNTRY WE SPEND $1 BILLION A MONTH, A DAY ON FUEL. SOLAR IS FREE, THE SUN IS FREE. HOW DO WE ACCESS THAT, HOW DO WE BETTER UTILIZE WHAT WE HAVE? I THINK THE BIGGEST THING HERE WILL BE FOR US HAVING ENOUGH ELECTRICIANS AND WITH THE MEANS PARALLEL ENDORSEMENT TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY INSTALL THAT. HOW TRICKY IS IT TO BE UP TO SPEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT SORT OF WORK? DEFINITELY REQUIRES A GOOD AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE, AND THAT IS THE THING THAT WE WILL BATTLE WITH IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, IS THESE TRENDS AND THIS NEW EMERGING TECHNOLOGY COMES OUT, BUT WE NEED TO KEEP UP WITH OUR TRAINING AND HAVING THE AVAILABLE PEOPLE TO INSTALL THAT STUFF. YOU HAVE BEEN FANTASTICAL STOP THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. THANKS GUYS. STILL TO COME ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ` WE TALK TO WELLINGTON MAYOR ANDREW LITTLE FOR THE LATEST ON THE EVACUATION ORDERS AND STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THE REGION. ALSO AHEAD ` WE'LL TAKE YOU INSIDE THE KIWI MUSEUM THAT'S MADE A WORLD TOP-FIVE LIST. AND THE DISTURBING LENGTHS SOME YOUNG MEN ARE GOING TO IN SEARCH OF THE PERFECT PROFILE PICTURE. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. WELLINGTON RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG THE COAST HAVE BEEN TOLD TO EVACUATE WITH HEAVY SWELLS FORECAST TO HIT IN THE COMING HOURS. OUR REPORTER DAVINA ZIMMER JOINS US LIVE NOW. MORENA, DAVINA. WHAT AREAS ARE MOST AT RISK? ISLAND BAY WHERE WE ARE NOW IS ONE OF THE AREAS MOST AT RISK. ALSO AT RISK IS OWHIRO BAY, HAUGHTON BAY, AND BREAKER BAY. CIVIL DEFENSE DOOR KNOCKED ON ABOUT 200 HOUSES AND ADVISED THEM TO EVACUATE BY 9 AM THIS MORNING. MET SERVICES FORECASTING HEAVY SWELLS UP TO 9 M HIGH, WITH WARNINGS IN PLACE UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING. CIVIL DEFENSE SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE THESE MORNING SERIOUSLY, AND THESE WAVES COULD POSE A SERIOUS RISK TO PEOPLE SAFETY AND COULD MEAN THAT WATERFRONT PROPERTIES BECOME INUNDATED WITH WATER. THE HIGH TIDE TIMES ARE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS PERIODS, AT 11:20 THIS MORNING, AND 11:40 TONIGHT. FOR EITHER SIDE OF THOSE, PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO AVOID THE WATERFRONT. ALL FAIRY SAILINGS HAVE ALSO BEEN CANCELED, INTERISLAND OR AND BLUE BRIDGE, AND CITY FAIRY SAILINGS UNTIL 2 PM TODAY. IT IS LOOKING PRETTY STORMY ALREADY. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS IS DEFENDING A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER FORCED ON TO LEAVE AFTER DECLARING HIS CANDIDACY FOR LABOUR. SUPERINTENDENT RAKESH NAIDOO WAS CONFIRMED AS A CANDIDATE FOR LABOUR YESTERDAY MORNING, BUT THE POLICE COMMISSIONER SAYS NAIDOO DIDN'T CONTACT HIM DIRECTLY. HE WAS ONLY INFORMED ON THURSDAY THAT A TILT WAS BEING CONSIDERED AND DIDN'T LEARN THAT NAIDOO HAD ACCEPTED UNTIL SUNDAY, THE NIGHT BEFORE LABOUR'S ANNOUNCEMENT. I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT RAKESH DISCLOSED THAT TO THE POLICE LAST WEEK. THEY DIDN'T DISCLOSE THAT TO THE MINISTER UNTIL HE HAD BEEN CONFIRMED AS A CANDIDATE. IF IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND, AND I WAS THE MINISTER OF POLICE ` AND I HAVE BEEN THE MINISTER OF POLICE ` I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. HIPKINS SAYS THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT NAIDOO MOVING TO THE LABOUR PARTY BEGAN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE LAW COULD SAVE LIVES, EXPERTS WARN, WITH THE SELECT COMMITTEE URGED TO SUPPORT THIS HARM REDUCTION MEASURE. 1300 PEOPLE DIED FROM ACCIDENTAL DRUG OVERDOSE BETWEEN 2016 AND 2024, AVERAGING NEARLY THREE PEOPLE EACH WEEK. EXPERTS FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNICATION CENTRE BRIEFING ARE WARNING IT'S PREVENTABLE WITH THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE LAWS, PROVIDING LEGAL PROTECTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO SEEK EMERGENCY HELP DURING A DRUG OVERDOSE. THE BILL IS CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED BY THE HEALTH SELECT COMMITTEE, WITH PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS OPEN UNTIL JUNE 16. THE PHILIPPINES IS REELING AFTER A 7.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT ON MONDAY, ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL TO HIT THE COUNTRY IN DECADES. THE DEATH TOLL HAS RISEN TO AT LEAST 35, WITH MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE INJURED AND THOUSANDS DISPLACED. THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES URGING PEOPLE IN AFFECTED AREAS TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. THE POWERFUL QUAKE TRIGGERED TSUNAMI WARNINGS ACROSS THE REGION AS FAR AWAY AS JAPAN, BUT THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN LIFTED. CHINA'S PRESIDENT XI JINPING HAS ARRIVED IN NORTH KOREA FOR HIGH-LEVEL TALKS WITH LEADER KIM JONG UN. DURING THE TWO-DAY VISIT, THE PAIR WILL DISCUSS WAYS TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION ACROSS SEVERAL AREAS, INCLUDING DIPLOMACY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND MILITARY COORDINATION. CHINA ALSO EXPRESSING ITS WILLINGNESS TO EXPAND COOPERATIONS IN TRADE, AGRICULTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY. XI'S STATE VISIT MARKS HIS FIRST TRIP TO PYONGYANG IN SEVEN YEARS. FORMER WARRIORS PROP KANE EVANS HAS COME OUT AS GAY, JUST THE SECOND PROFESSIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER TO DO SO PUBLICLY. (CLICKS TONGUE) I KNOW I'M GAY, BUT... (SIGHS) I WENT DOWN EVERY OTHER AVENUE TO SORT OF BUILD UP THESE WALLS TO... TO BE... SOMEONE TO ESCAPE WHO I AM. EVANS OPENING UP TO CHANNEL NINE'S JAMES BRACEY, AS HE CAME TO TERMS WITH HIS SEXUALITY. SAYING HE HAD WRESTLED WITH ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ADDICTION HE SAYS HE HAD BEEN BLACKMAILED, WITH PEOPLE THREATENING TO OUT HIM BEFORE HE WENT TO REHAB. LAST MONTH, THE 34-YEAR-OLD POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING HE HAD BEEN SOBER FOR FOUR MONTHS. DANISH FOOTBALLER CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN SAYS HE IS DOING WELL IN HIS FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS SINCE COLLAPSING ON FIELD DURING AN INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY AGAINST UKRAINE. IN AN INSTAGRAM POST, ERIKSEN SAID HE HAS RETURNED HOME WITH HIS FAMILY AND IS INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO HIS MEDICAL TEAM. THE 34-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN FITTED WITH AN IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR SINCE HE SUFFERED A CARDIAC ARREST DURING THE EUROS IN 2021 AND HAD TO BE REVIVED ON THE PITCH. ERIKSEN SAYS RECEIVING A SHOCK FROM THE DEVICE HAS HAD A MAJOR IMPACT BUT IT WAS A DIFFERENT SITUATION TO WHAT HAPPENED IN 2021. AND FINALLY, IT APPEARS THE ELVIS CRAZE WILL NEVER DIE. A NEW GENERATION OF ELVIS PRESLEY TRIBUTE ARTISTS COMPETED IN THE KING'S HOMETOWN, WEARING JEWELED JUMPSUITS, WIGS AND ALL. THE GROUP AGED 7 TO 17 FOUND CAMARADERIE AMONG FELLOW ELVIS FANS WITH ONE BOY (9) SAYING WHILE HIS FRIENDS ARE INTO TAYLOR SWIFT. FOR HIM, IT'S ELVIS. MY BOYFRIEND FAMOUSLY DID THAT WHEN HE WAS A KID. MY BOYFRIEND FAMOUSLY DID THAT WHEN HE WAS A KID. MY MOTHER IN LAW HAD TO HELP HIM LEARN HOW TO SWIVEL HIS HIPS. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THE PICTURES. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) IS YOUR WEATHER THIS TUESDAY MORNING. OCCASIONABLE ` THAT'S NOT A WORD. OCCASIONAL MORNING SHOWERS CLEARING TO FINE FOR KAITAIA THROUGH TO WHITIANGA. MORNING CLOUD FOR HAMILTON DOWN TO TAUPO. SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON GUSTS IN GISBORNE. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLIES WITH POSSIBLE RAIN FOR NAPIER THROUGH TO MASTERTON; MORNING CLOUD IN TAUMARUNUI. MOSTLY FINE IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND PALMERSTON NORTH ` SCATTERED SHOWERS AND GALE FORCE WINDS IN THE CAPITAL. 17 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN AUCKLAND; 10 IN DANNEVIRKE. MORE OF THE SAME IN THE SOUTH ` MORNING FROST FOR BLENHEIM AND AREAS OF GALE IN KAIKOURA. MAINLY FINE FOR WESTPORT DOWN TO HOKITIKA. OCCASIONABLE IS A NEW WORD. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND 100KM GUSTS IN CHRISTCHURCH. FINE FOR ASHBURTON DOWN TO OAMARU. FROST FOR ALEXANDRA THROUGH TO QUEENSTOWN. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND 100KM GUSTS IN DUNEDIN, POSSIBLE RAIN FOR GORE AND INVERCARGILL. 15 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN TIMARU; 11 IN WANAKA. THANKS, TOVA. LOOKSMAXXING IS AN ONLINE TREND WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ` PARTICULARLY BOYS AND YOUNG MEN ` TRY TO IMPROVE THEIR APPEARANCE. AT THE MILD END, THAT CAN MEAN SKINCARE, GROOMING AND GOING TO THE GYM. BUT AT THE EXTREME END, IT CAN MEAN STRICT DIETING, RISKY SUBSTANCES, AND TRYING TO PHYSICALLY CHANGE YOUR FACE OR BODY. OFTEN IN A DANGEROUS WAY. A 1 NEWS INVESTIGATION HAS SPOKEN TO A WELLINGTON TEENAGER WHO SAYS THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE HE ENDED UP. THERE IS ALSO SOME MORE WHAT PEOPLE WOULD CALL EXTREME MEASURES OF LOOKSMAXXING. EXPERTS SAY SOME YOUNG MEN ARE BEING PUSHED TOWARDS THIS CONTENT BY SOCIAL MEDIA ALGORITHMS. REGISTERED PSYCHOLOGIST SARA CHATWIN FROM MINDWORKS JOINS US NOW. SARA, LOVELY TO HAVE YOU IN THE STUDIO. WHEN WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS AND HOW DISTURBED HAVE YOU BEEN BY IT? IT IS PRETTY DISTURBING. I DID KNOW ABOUT IT PROBABLY BACK IN 2010. IT WAS PART OF GROUP CHATS AND ONLINE CHATS WHERE MEN WERE DISCUSSING APPEARANCE AND DATING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT IT CERTAINLY HAS GOT TRACTION SINCE 2020. INFLUENCERS HAVE TAKEN OVER IN TERMS OF SETTING THE GUIDELINES OF WHAT THATPERFECT LOOK IS. WHAT ABOUT THIS IDEA THAT YOU CAN USE A HAMMER TO ESSENTIALLY BREAK THE BONES IN YOUR FACE TO CHANGE THE CONTOUR OF YOUR CHEEKBONES? THIS IS AT LEAST A CURIOUS TREND AND AT MOST A VERY ALARMING AND DAMAGING TRENDS ARE SET WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE SO LOW IN SELF-ESTEEM AND FEELING SO BAD ABOUT THEMSELVES THAT THEY WANT TO GO INTO THIS KIND OF STUFF. AND IF PEOPLE ARE FEELING LIKE THAT, I URGE PEOPLE TO STEP AWAY FROM THE DEVICE AND QUESTION WHAT KIND OF CONTENT THEY ARE WATCHING. IT GETS OUT TO YOUTH, AND PARTICULARLY YOUNG MEN ` THEY SEEM TO BE A VULNERABLE GROUP FOR THIS KIND OF MESSAGING THAT YOU WILL ONLY BE SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR AND RICH IF YOU LOOK A CERTAIN WAY. SAYING IT LOOKS DANGEROUS AND WHY WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING WHEN YOU'VE MOVED BEYOND THE ADOLESCENT STAGE, BUT IF YOU ARE A YOUNG BOY GROWING UP, THEY ARE GOING TO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEARING FROM THESE INFLUENCERS. THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF PILLS AND POTIONS THAT INFLUENCERS ARE PUTTING OUT THERE. IT IS MONETISED, SO THEY HAVE A NEED TO SELL PRODUCTS. THESE KIDS ARE NOT ONLY GOING THROUGH UNITY, WE ARE TALKING AGED 11 TO, SAY, 18 ` THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE PEAKS AND TROUGHS OF MATURATION. SOMETIMES SELF-ESTEEM TAKES A BIT OF A LULL, GOES INTO A BIT OF A TROUGH, AND IF THEY ARE SEEING THAT MESSAGING IN THAT TIME, THEY COULD THINK, HEY, HERE IS MY ANSWER TO BE A BETTER PERSON, TO LOOKING GOOD, TO BEING POPULAR. THOSE ARE VERY SEDUCTIVE MESSAGES THAT KIDS ARE GETTING. SO IT IS REALLY TERRIFYING. IT IS DISTURBING, AND AT THE EXTREME END OF THE CONTINUUM, PEOPLE ARE NOT WILLING GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE REALLY LOW SELF-ESTEEM, CONFIDENCE IS DOWN, AND THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR TEENS. FIGHTING THE ALGORITHMS MAY BE A STRETCH TOO FAR IF THEY ARE JUST LIVING ONLINE. WHAT OPTIONS DO PARENTS HAVE IN TALKING TO THEIR BOYS, AND THEIR GIRLS AS WELL, IN TERMS OF EXPECTATIONS? IT IS TEENS IN GENERAL, ISN'T IT? THEY ARE A VULNERABLE GROUP. A LOT IS GOING ON. I THINK I WOULD BE RIGHT IN SAYING THAT NOT A LOT OF PARENTS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT CONTENT THERE TEEN IS VIEWING. AND WHILE WE DO NOT WANT TO BE TOO INVASIVE, THERE IS A LEVEL OF PROTECTION THAT AS PARENTS WE HAVE TO GIVE OUR KIDS. SO I WOULD SAY HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR CHILDREN IF YOU NOTICE THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THEIR LOOK. AS A PARENT, YOU WILL NOTICE THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE MAKE UP, OR A LOT. APPS THEY DON'T WANT TO GO OUT AND CONNECT BECAUSE THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT HOW THEY LOOK. THERE WILL BE SOME INDICATORS THAT PERHAPS THEIR CHILD IS VIEWING THIS CONTENT AND WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED FOR OUR BOYS. YOU TALK ABOUT VULNERABLE YOUNG MEN BEING PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE. IS THIS WHAT WE ARE SEEING WITH VULNERABLE YOUNG GIRLS FOREVER, THOUGH? THERE IS A HEIGHTENED FOCUS ON LOOKSMAXXING, BUT YOUNG GIRLS SELF HARMING AND DOING ANOREXIA, BULIMIA. YOUNG WOMEN, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD THOSE MESSAGES AND IMAGES RELENTLESSLY PLAYED OUT FOR US, WE HAVE FOUND A VOICE PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT SOONER THAN MEN HAVE. PERHAPS IT IS RELATED TO HOW GENDERS DISPLAY AND ADVOCATE THEIR CHOICES, AND MEN ARE FINALLY FINDING A VOICE. ALSO THESE INFLUENCERS ARE SPECIFICALLY TARGETING YOUNG MEN, AND THEIR CONTENT REALLY RESONATES WITH THESE GROUPS. SO I THINK IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT MEN ` WOMEN, BOYS, GIRLS, IT IS ABOUT EVERYONE. PARTICULARLY PARENTS STEPPING IN, LEANING IN, AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT CONTENT. WHEN YOU WORK IN A JOB LIKE MINE, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT B416 MOVEMENT. WE DON'T WANT OUR KIDS FEELING LIKE THIS. WE DON'T WANT OUR KIDS KILLING THEMSELVES. WE WANT OUR KIDS FEELING GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION, WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS. IT IS NOT GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON. ABOUT HOW YOU DEAL WITH THOSE SORTS OF PRESSURES. IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR PERHAPS ADVICE FOR OTHER PARENTS, GET IN TOUCH WITH US. WE'RE JUST TAKING A SHOT HERE OF ENERGY MINISTER SIMEON BROWN WHO'S JUST RELEASED AN INITIATIVE TO BETTER PROTECT HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES FROM WINTER POWER SHORTAGES AND PRICE SPIKES. A FEW KEY POINTS ` A CLEAR OBLIGATION TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON ` A NEW WINTER ENERGY RELIABILITY OBLIGATION REQUIRING MAJOR POWER COMPANIES AND LARGE ELECTRICITY USERS TO SECURE ENOUGH BACK-UP ENERGY AHEAD OF A DRY YEAR; THEY ARE PUTTING BIGGER PENALTIES ON COMPANIES IF THEY DO NOT DO THAT. FROM $2 MILLION UP TO $10 MILLION. SO THERE ARE REAL CONSEQUENCES. CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO BRING DOWN PRICE HIKES WITH POWER. WE WILL GET JON DUFFY BACK ON THE SHOW SHORTLY, SHALL WE? ME U TONU MAI ` THE NEXT GENERATION OF KIWI JOURNALISTS TACKLE THE PROPOSAL GRANTING CITIZENS THE POWER OF ARREST. # THIS IS MY LAST HURRAH. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS IS DEFENDING SENIOR POLICE OFFICER RAKESH NAIDOO, WHO HAS BEEN FORCED TO TAKE LEAVE AFTER DECLARING HIS CANDIDACY FOR LABOUR. WELLINGTON RESIDENTS IN WATERFRONT PROPERTIES ARE BEING TOLD TO EVACUATE, WITH FORECAST LARGE SWELLS EXPECTED TO HIT IN THE COMING HOURS. AND IN SPORT ` BEN STOKES IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE ENGLAND AND IN SPORT ` BEN STOKES IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE ENGLAND AND WALES CRICKET BOARD OVER AN ALLEGED INCIDENT IN A NIGHTCLUB. A RARE ALLIANCE IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST PLANS TO EXPAND CITIZENS' ARREST POWERS. RETAILERS, THE POLICE UNION AND THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER SAY PROPOSED LAW CHANGES COULD PUT MORE PEOPLE AT RISK BY ALLOWING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO DETAIN SUSPECTED SHOPLIFTERS. SOME AUCKLAND RETAILERS SAY THEY'RE UNEASY ABOUT THE REFORMS, WARNING THEY COULD ENCOURAGE DANGEROUS CONFRONTATIONS. AUT STUDENT GABY LILLEY REPORTS. ON AUCKLAND'S KARANGAHAPE RD, SOME RETAILERS ARE STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNMENT'S REASONING BEHIND PROPOSED CHANGES TO CITIZEN'S ARREST. I-I TRULY CAN'T MAKE SENSE OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S THERE'S NOT A WORLD WHERE THAT'S A SOLUTION FOR US AND OUR TEAM. I MEAN, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO, ZIP TIE A GUY AND JUST LEAVE HIM SITTING THERE? THE JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS THE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE MUCH-NEEDED TO HELP COMBAT RETAIL CRIME RATES, WHICH SAW A SPIKE AFTER COVID. AND WE HAD A BIG INCREASE IN THAT UNDER THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT, AND WE'RE DETERMINED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. BUT THERE'S GROWING CONCERN THAT RETAIL STAFF AREN'T PROPERLY TRAINED TO DE-ESCALATE. AND IF THEY DID, IT WOULD PUT THEM IN DANGER OF HURTING THEMSELVES AND OTHERS. THIS ACT, UNFORTUNATELY, IS VAGUE IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. YET HERE WE ARE EXPECTING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO GET IT RIGHT EVERY TIME. THEY COULD BE HARMED, AND THEREFORE YOUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ACT WOULD NOT BE MET BECAUSE YOU HAVE PUT YOUR STAFF MEMBER AT RISK OF GETTING HURT. AND THERE'S NO AGE RESTRICTIONS AROUND WHO CAN BE HELD BY THE PUBLIC. WELL, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A CHILD, THAT INCLUDES 17-YEAR-OLDS AND 16-YEAR-OLDS AND 15-YEAR-OLDS, AND YES, THEY ARE UNFORTUNATELY INVOLVED IN THAT. SO YOU THINK IT'S SUITABLE FOR POTENTIALLY A CHILD TO BE TIED UP? IN CIRCUMSTANCES. WELL, TYING UP IS AN EXTREME END OF THE SPECTRUM. BUT UNDER THESE PROPOSED CHANGES, SOMEONE COULD LEGALLY BE ABLE TO DO THAT? YEAH, BUT THEY'VE GOT TO RING THE POLICE STRAIGHT AWAY AND FOLLOW THE POLICE'S INSTRUCTION. BUT THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER TOLD THE JUSTICE SELECT COMMITTEE THIS WAS UNSUITABLE. CITIZEN'S ARREST IS NEVER APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN. EVEN IF A CHILD OR ADULT IS HELD, THE POLICE ASSOCIATION SAYS IT WILL STRETCH POLICE RESOURCES. THE REALITY IS IS IT WILL BE DEMAND-DRIVEN AND PRIORITY-DRIVEN, AND A NUMBER OF THESE RISKS WON'T HIT THAT PRIORITY FOR POLICING, AND THEREFORE THEY WON'T BE IN A POSITION TO TURN UP. I THINK IT'S A STUPID EXCUSE FOR A LARGER PROBLEM. NOT EVERYONE IS CONVINCED IT'S THE RIGHT SOLUTION AGAINST RETAIL CRIME. THE SELECT COMMITTEE IS DUE TO REPORT BACK TODAY BEFORE THE BILL'S SECOND READING. AUT JOURNALISM STUDENTS EVA PERESE-WOOD AND GABY LILLEY JOIN US NOW. MORENA KORUA. YOU'VE SPOKEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS ` WHAT DID THEY THINK ABOUT THIS? THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, WE WERE TALKING TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, BUT WE SPENT AN AFTERNOON WALKING AROUND QUEEN STREET JUST TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE PUBLIC THINGS OF THESE CHANGES. TO OUR SURPRISE, NO ONE HAD EVEN HEARD OF THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? THE BILL PROPOSES CHANGES FROM THE CRIMES ACT IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. IT DEALS WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ASSAULTS AGAINST FIRST RESPONDERS, COWARD PUNCHES, QUITE BIG ISSUES. SO MAYBE THEY HAVE GOTTEN MORE ATTENTION AND OVERSHADOWED THE CITIZENS ARREST ASPECT A LITTLE BIT. SO THERE WAS A WHOLE LAW IN THERE AND THAT WAS ONE ELEMENT. YOU ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH ALL THE SUBMISSIONS TO SELECT COMMITTEE ` WHAT DID YOU FIND? 50 SPECIFIC AREAS THAT MENTIONED THE CITIZENS ARREST ASPECT OF IT. A LOT OF THE SUBMISSIONS THAT WERE FOR THE CHANGES COME FROM INDIVIDUALS, SMALL BUSINESSES, THE DAIRY OWNERS GROUP AS WELL. MOST OF THE SUBMISSIONS AGAINST THE CHANGES COME FROM MUCH LARGER ORGANISATIONS, CORPORATIONS, WOOLWORTH'S, FOODSTUFFS, AND EVEN MITER 10. AS YOU SAID IN THE INTRO, AN UNEXPECTED ALLIANCE OR RARE LIENS. CORRECTION: RARE ALLIANCE THOSE WHO OPPOSED IT ` WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS PEOPLE ARE WORRIED MOST ABOUT? PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE LANGUAGE BEING QUITE VAGUE. REASONABLE FORCE IS POLICE TERMINOLOGY AND AN ORDINARY CITIZEN MAY NOT KNOW HOW FAR THEY CAN GO. IF THE ACCIDENT LEAVES UNREASONABLE FORCE, THEY MIGHT BE CHARGED. ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR RACIAL BIAS TO COME INTO THE DECISION-MAKING TO CITIZENS ARREST SOMEONE. THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER HAD CONCERNS ABOUT IMPACTS DISPROPORTIONATELY AGAINST MAORI AND PACIFIC YOUNG PEOPLE. WHEN ALL OF THE PROCESS STUFF HAPPENS, WHEN WE EXPECTED TO BECOME LAW? THE JUSTICE PAUL GOLDSMITH SAID HE WANTS THESE CHANGES IN PLACE BEFORE NOVEMBER'S ELECTION. THE PANEL BIDDING PROCESS FOR THE REASONABLE FORCE THING IS SUCH AN INTERESTING POINT, WHEN YOU'RE JUST LETTING PEOPLE OUT THERE INTO THE VIGILANTE JUSTICE WORLD AND WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO GET THEMSELVES IN TROUBLE. I HAVE BEEN GRINNING ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE STORY BECAUSE I HAVE A COMPLETE BIAS. YOU ARE AMAZING, THIS IS THE NEXT GENERATION COMING THROUGH, AND EVA HAS BEEN INTERNING WITH US, AND YOU SHOULD BE VERY VERY PROUD. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA. YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. # I WANT LOVE YOU. # I WANT A LOVE AND TREAT YOU RIGHT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED FOR PARTS OF WELLINGTON, WITH OCEANS SWELLS UP TO 9m HIGH EXPECTED TO HIT THE CITY'S COAST. OUR REPORTER DAVINA ZIMMER JOINS US LIVE NOW. MORENA, DAVINA, WHAT HAPPENS FROM HERE? MORENA, CHRIS. FROM HERE IT SEEMS THE WAVES ARE ONLY GOING TO GET BIGGER. THE WORST, THE METSERVICE HAS BEEN REPORTING, IS THAT TO HAPPEN AT HIGH TIDE WHICH IS AROUND 11:20 AM TODAY. AND THEN AGAIN AT 11:40 PM TONIGHT. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO STAY AWAY FROM THE WATERFRONT, BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO SEE THOSE BIG, HEAVY, FORK US UP TO 9 M SWELLS EXPECTED TO HIT. AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, IT IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE QUITE QUICKLY NOW, SO AFTER THIS LIVE CROSS, WE ARE GOING TO HEAD AWAY FROM THE WATERFRONT. PEOPLE ARE BEING ADVISED TO EVACUATE BY 9 AM THIS MORNING FROM THE WATERFRONT. BERRY SERVICES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. INTERISLAND AND BLUE BRIDGE HAS CANCELLED VERY SAILINGS UNTIL WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A REAL RISK TO SAFETY, SO PEOPLE ARE BEING ADVISED TO TAKE THESE WARNINGS SERIOUSLY. HOMES COULD BE INUNDATED BY SEAWATER, SO STAY ALERT, KEEP UP-TO-DATE WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION, AND STAY SAFE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DIVINA. YOU GO INSIDE AND STAY SAFE. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS HIS FIRST CONVERSATION WITH A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER ABOUT JOINING THE LABOUR PARTY TOOK PLACE MONTHS AGO, DESPITE THE POLICE COMMISSIONER ONLY BEING INFORMED THE DAY BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT. SUPERINTENDENT RAKESH NAIDOO WAS CONFIRMED AS A CANDIDATE FOR LABOUR YESTERDAY MORNING, BUT THE POLICE COMMISSIONER SAYS NAIDOO DIDN'T CONTACT HIM DIRECTLY. HE SAYS HE WAS ONLY INFORMED ON THURSDAY THAT A TILT WAS BEING CONSIDERED. HIPKINS CONFIRMING LABOUR HAVE BEEN IN TALKS NOW FOR SOME TIME. IT WAS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER HE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN CONSIDERING IT. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD THINK ABOUT THAT. RAKESH NAIDOO HAS BEEN FORCED TO TAKE LEAVE. CONSUMER NZ ARE URGING POLITICIANS TO COMBAT RISING POWER PRICES AND ARE CALLING ON KIWIS FOR HELP. IT COMES AS NEW RESEARCH SHOWS POWER PRICES HAVE RISEN ABOUT 20% IN TWO YEARS, WITH � HOUSEHOLDS STRUGGLING TO PAY BILLS AND MORE THAN HALF OF NEW ZEALANDERS WORRIED ABOUT ENERGY COSTS. NOW THEY'RE AIMING TO GET 100,000 SIGNATURES ON THEIR NEW PLAN, WHICH CONSISTS OF FOUR MAIN POINTS INTENDED TO HELP TACKLE SOARING POWER PRICES. IF YOU ARE HAVING TO MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE AND HEATING THE HOME OR HAVING LIGHTS ON SO YOU CAN HAVE A FUNCTIONING FAMILY LIFE AFTER IT BECOMES DARK, THAT IS A PRETTY STARK CHOICE TO BE MAKING. THE PETITION OFFICIALLY STARTS TOMORROW AND IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL MID-AUGUST. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS CALLING FOR AN END TO ISRAELI AND IRANIAN ATTACKS. ISRAEL AND IRAN TRADED STRIKES ON MONDAY, MARKING THE MOST SERIOUS CONFRONTATION SINCE THE CEASEFIRE BEGAN IN APRIL. BOTH IRAN AND ISRAEL HAVE ANNOUNCED THERE ARE NO FURTHER PLANS TO STRIKE BUT WARN THAT ANY RENEWED ATTACKS WILL BE MET WITH A STRONG RESPONSE. WARRIORS CO-CAPTAIN MITCH BARNETT HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE BLUES SQUAD FOR THE SECOND ORIGIN MATCH IN MELBOURNE. IF BARNETT TAKES THE FIELD, HE'LL LINE UP AGAINST WARRIORS TEAMMATE KURT CAPEWELL, WHO'S BEEN NAMED FOR THE MAROONS. KIWIS INTERNATIONAL CASEY MCLEAN HAS ALSO BEEN INCLUDED IN THE NEW SOUTH WALES SQUAD, DESPITE SUFFERING AN ANKLE INJURY IN PENRITH'S 68-0 DEMOLITION OF THE TIGERS. THE BLUES LEAD THE SERIES 1-0. BEN STOKES IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE ENGLAND AND WALES CRICKET BOARD OVER AN ALLEGED INCIDENT IN A NIGHTCLUB. THE ENGLAND CAPTAIN, ALONGSIDE PACE BOWLER GUS ATKINSON, WERE INVOLVED IN A, QUOTE, 'BREACH OF TEAM PROTOCOLS' EARLY IN THE MORNING AFTER THEIR VICTORY OVER THE BLACKCAPS. THE TEAM'S DRINKING CULTURE HAS ATTRACTED CONTROVERSY IN THE LAST YEAR, WITH HARRY BROOK PUNCHED BY A WELLINGTON NIGHTCLUB BOUNCER BEFORE AN ODI AGAINST NEW ZEALAND. THE SQUAD WAS ALSO CRITICISED FOR TAKING A MID ASHES HOLIDAY IN QUEENSLAND TOURISM HOTSPOT NOOSA. ANIMALS AT THE BROOKFIELD ZOO IN CHICAGO ARE GETTING THEIR CLAWS INTO THIS YEARS FIFA WORLD CUP. FROM ZOO KEEPERS TO GOAL KEEPERS, WART HOGS TO BALL, THE TEAM IS READY FOR A ROAR-SOME START. BUT CAN LION-EL MESSI REIGN SUPREME, OR WILL TIM MANE HUNT DOWN THE TROPHY? VERY GOOD. A BIT OF AI-GENERATED CONTENT THERE. A BIT OF AI SLOP. NO MANE, NO GAIN. MOSTLY FINE IN THE NORTH. OCCASIONAL MORNING SHOWERS CLEARING TO FINE FOR KAITAIA THROUGH TO WHITIANGA. MORNING CLOUD FOR HAMILTON DOWN TO TAUPO. SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON GUSTS IN GISBORNE. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLIES WITH POSSIBLE RAIN FOR NAPIER THROUGH TO MASTERTON; MORNING CLOUD IN TAUMARUNUI. MOSTLY FINE IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND PALMERSTON NORTH ` SCATTERED SHOWERS AND GALE FORCE WINDS IN THE CAPITAL. 17 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN AUCKLAND; 10 IN DANNEVIRKE. MORE OF THE SAME IN THE SOUTH ` MORNING FROST FOR BLENHEIM AND AREAS OF GALE IN KAIKOURA. MAINLY FINE FOR WESTPORT DOWN TO HOKITIKA. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND 100KM/H GUSTS IN CHRISTCHURCH. FINE FOR ASHBURTON DOWN TO OAMARU. FROST FOR ALEXANDRA THROUGH TO QUEENSTOWN. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND 100KM/H GUSTS IN DUNEDIN, POSSIBLE RAIN FOR GORE AND INVERCARGILL. 15 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN TIMARU. IN RESPONSE TO ENERGY MINISTER SIMEON BROWN'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE GOVERNMENT'S INITIATIVE TO BETTER PROTECT HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES FROM WINTER POWER SHORTAGES AND PRICE SPIKES, WE'VE BROUGHT BACK CONSUMER NZ'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE, JON DUFFY. MORENA, JON. THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK. PRESENTING ON BREAKFAST ABOUT THE FOUR POINT PLAN TO THE GOVERNMENT. JON, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS? I THINK THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES THAT CONSUMER HAS EVER HAD. WITHIN TWO HOURS OF US GOING LIVE WITH SOME INITIATIVES ON AFFORDABILITY. BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, WE ARE STILL DIGESTIVE WHAT THE MINISTER HAS PUT OUT HERE. IT IS REALLY GOOD TO SEE THE NATIONAL PARTY ACKNOWLEDGING AFFORDABILITY AS AN ISSUE FOR CONSUMERS. SO WE CONGRATULATE THE MINISTER ON THAT. UNFORTUNATELY FROM WHAT WE CAN SEE IN WHAT HAS BEEN PUT OUT, THERE IS NOTHING THAT WILL ACTUALLY ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY. IT LOOKS TO BE PUSHING DRY YEAR RISK ONTO GENTAILERS. BUT THAT COULD PUSH THE COST ON TO CONSUMERS AND SEE PRICES RISE. THE PENALTIES HAVE GONE FROM $2 MILLION UP TO $10 MILLION. BUT YOU DON'T THINK THAT WILL HURT THOSE GENTAILERS; IT WILL HURT CONSUMERS MORE. WHAT IS YOUR EVIDENCE? IT IS A BIT OF A RED HERRING. INCREASING PENALTIES IS REALLY TINKERING WITH A SYSTEM THAT IS ALREADY FAILING CONSUMERS. IT IS NOT ACTUALLY CHANGING THAT SYSTEM. SO THE ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY ALREADY MONITORS THE BEHAVIOUR OF GENTAILERS. IT IS VERY RARE FOR THE ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY TO TAKE ACTION. SO IT IS NOT LIKE THE AUTHORITIES SCREAMING OUT THING, WE NEED MORE POWERS TO SMASH BAD BEHAVIOUR, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT TAKING ACTION ON THAT BAD BEHAVIOUR. SO WE THINK IT IS A BIT OF A RED HERRING. THE OTHER THING THAT THE MINISTER TALKS ABOUT IN THE PRESS RELEASE IS THAT THE WINTER ENERGY RELIABILITY OBLIGATION WILL BE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT SECURING AFFORDABLE ENERGY ALONGSIDE THE BACKUP SUPPLY SUCH AS THE LNG IMPORT FACILITY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE PUSHING AHEAD WITH THAT. WILL THAT HELP US? THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT HERE, AND IT IS IMPORTANT NOT TO CONFLATE THEM. IF WE LOOK AT THE ENERGY RELIABILITY REQUIREMENT IN THERE, AND THE MEDIA RELEASE, IT SEEMS THERE WILL BE AN OBLIGATION ON ELECTRICITY BUYERS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH DRY YEAR RISK COVER. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ELECTRICITY BUYERS, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BIG DUST REELS LIKE TIWAI POINT AND OTHERS. SO WHAT WE HAVE ARE THOSE BEGIN DUST REELS THAT HAVE REALLY STRONG POWER TO NEGOTIATE DEALS FROM THE GENTAILERS. THAT MEANS THAT IF THEY MEET THIS OBLIGATION THERE WILL BE LESS SUPPLY FOR DOMESTIC CONSUMERS WHICH WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE PRICE WE PAY AS HOUSEHOLDS. ON THE LNG ISSUE WHICH IS A SEPARATE ONE, A CONSUMER NZ, WE HAVE MADE OUR VIEWS REALLY CLEARLY KNOWN ON LNG ` WE DO NOT THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA. IN THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT AS THERE ARE MANY OTHER OPTIONS DOMESTICALLY FOR THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT IT WILL COST THE NEW ZEALAND TAXPAYER TO IMPLEMENT THIS MEASURE. SO WE THINK THOSE OPTIONS NEED TO BE EXPLORED IN MORE DEPTH BEFORE WE COMMIT TO THIS PROCESS. SO YOU HAVE JUST COME OUT THIS MORNING AND SAID, HERE IS A GOOD PLAN. HERE IS HOW TO BRING DOWN THE PRICE OF POWERFUL VOTERS, TAXPAYERS, MEMBERS OF THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC TO AND THIS BIG ANNOUNCEMENT, YOU ARE SAYING, DOES NONE OF THAT. WE DON'T HAVE A STRATEGY. IT SHOWS WE HAVE KNEE-JERK REACTIONS TO POLITICAL STRATEGY AROUND DRY YEAR RISK. WE ARE NOT COMING UP WITH A SOLUTION AT THE SYSTEMS LEVEL THAT IMPROVES HOW THE OVERALL SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING FOR BOTH CONSUMERS AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS AND GENERATORS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING BACK IN. PULLED A U-EY. RESPONDING TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL. WE PUT THE FEEDBACK FROM YOU OUR AUDIENCE TO CHRIS HIPKINS, AND HE SAYS LABOUR HAS AN ENERGY PRICE POLICY COMING RIGHT UP. WHOA. POLICY PEOPLE. WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM LABOUR IN A WHILE. MAYBE WE WILL GET JON TO TALK ABOUT HIS VERSION. HE CAN SET UP CAMP IN THE STUDIO. E HAERE AKE NEI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH WELLINGTON MAYOR ANDREW LITTLE HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THE DEATH TOLL IN THE PHILIPPINES HAS RISEN TO AT LEAST 35 OVERNIGHT FOLLOWING MONDAY'S 7.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE. UK PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER IS DEMANDING MAJOR TECH FIRMS INSTALL SOFTWARE THAT BLOCKS SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES CHILDREN'S MOBILE PHONES. AND IN SPORT ` CONSTRUCTION IS STILL UNDERWAY OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE AS U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PLANS TO CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY BY HOSTING A UFC FIGHT ON THE SOUTH LAWN. I DID NOT REALISE IT WAS FOR HIS BIRTHDAY. AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, HUGE WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO HIT AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, HUGE WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO HIT WELLINGTON'S COAST LATER THIS MORNING. WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL HAS PLACED MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS FOR WATERFRONT PROPERTIES IN MULTIPLE AREAS OF THE SOUTH COAST. AND BOTH MAJOR COOK STRAIT FERRY OPERATORS HAVE CANCELLED SAILINGS. WELLINGTON MAYOR ANDREW LITTLE JOINS ME. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING AT THE MOMENT? THE REPORTS I'VE HAD RECENTLY ARE THAT WE ARE NOW SEEING WATER WASHING UP ON THE ROADS. THE ROADS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CLOSED. THE SEA STATE IS BUILDING AS PREDICTED. HOW IS THE CITY REPAIRED ENOUGH? CORRECTION: PREPARED WE GOT THE WARNINGS OUT YESTERDAY AND THIS IS ABOUT KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE. WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH EXPERIENCES BEFORE WITH ELEVATED SEA STATES. WE HAVE SEEN WHAT DAMAGE IT CAN DO. THE LAST BIG SURGERY HAD WAS IN 2020. IT GOT UP TO A SWELL OF ABOUT FIVE AND HALF METERS. THIS WELL TODAY IS ADDICTED TO BE BETWEEN EIGHT AND 9 M. THIS WILL BE A BIG DEAL FOR IT IS ABOUT KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE. TO GET PEOPLE AWAY FROM THOSE DANGER ZONES, AND IF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO THEY CAN GO TO THE BAPTIST CHURCH, 284 THE PARADE. WE HAVE TO LET NATURE TAKE IT'S COURSE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. HOW MANY ROAD CLOSURES DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS MORNING? IS THAT SOUTHERN ROAD, SO FROM OWHIRO BAY TWO ISLAND BAY AND THEN TO HAUGHTON BAY. AROUND FROM POINT TO BREAKER BAY, THOSE ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CLOSE. YOU KNOW HOW MAY HOUSEHOLDS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN THE EVACUATION ORDERS? THE ADVICE I HAVE HAD IS THERE ABOUT 350 HOUSES THAT ARE AT RISK OR POTENTIALLY AT RISK. THAT IS A NUMBER OF PLACES THAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT KEEPING AN EYE ON. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS ONE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` TUHURA OTAGO MUSEUM IS COLLECTING SOME PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS. LET'S GO TO DUNEDIN REPORTER SAM OLLEY. IT IS LOOKING AMAZING. WE WILL TELL YOU MORE MINUTE. Doesn't Sarah have um... HIV... So? Dude, it's the 80s, they want that thinking back. Hello? Oh, hugging, kissing and sharing foods all good! And with today's treatment, people with HIV can stay well and can't pass it on to partners. Huh! No need to freak out then. VOICEOVER: Out of date on HIV? Get the facts. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. FINE MORNING FOR AUCKLAND. THERE IS A CHANCE OF A SHOWER BEFORE MIDDAY. GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY IS EASING BY THE AFTERNOON. WARMING UP TO A HIGH OF 17 DEGREES. IN THE CAPITAL NOW. WE ARE EXPECTING SOME OF THOSE SWELLS TO REACH 9 M, AND RESIDENTS AROUND THE COASTLINE THERE IN WELLINGTON` LOOK AT THAT. WE SENT IT CAMERA OPERATOR AT THE TOP OF THE MASTER FURIOUSLY SHAKE IT. A HIGH OF 11 DEGREES. CLOUDY PERIODS WHEN SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATER THIS MORNING. LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY IN PLACE. THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN ISLAND BAY IS THE ONE THAT ANDREW LITTLE WAS SAYING YOU COULD GO TO IF YOU NEEDED TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE TODAY. BEAUTIFUL SHOT HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH. YOU ARE GOING TO BE FINE TODAY. A FEW MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS ABOUT BANKS PENINSULA. SOUTHWESTERLY GALES GUSTING HUNDRED KILOMETERS AN HOUR, DYING OUT BY THE EVENING. STARTING OUT FROSTY TODAY. A LOW OF ZERO OVERNIGHT. YOU WILL GET 13 DEGREES. DUNEDIN ` I HAVE 13 DEGREES TODAY. FIND TO START AND THEN COMING CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY'S. LOOKING LIKE A BEAUTIFUL DAY THERE. OTAGO MUSEUM HAS JUST OPENED AN EXHIBITION IT SAYS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PASIFIKA COLLECTIONS IN THE WORLD. THERE WAS A 16-MONTH CLOSURE TO TRANSFORM PART OF THE BUILDING FOR 'TANGATA MOANA', MEANING PEOPLE OF THE OCEAN. THE OPENING ALSO COMES AFTER THE MUSEUM WAS NAMED ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP FIVE MUSEUMS FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT LAST MONTH. REPORTER SAM OLLEY IS THERE THIS MORNING. HOW'S THE COLLECTION LOOKING, SAM? BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL THIS MORNING. IT IS LOOKING BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL HERE. WE ARE AT TANGATA MOANA. WE HAVE 12 PACIFIC NATIONS ALL ON DISPLAY, COMMUNITY CURATED, TRYING TO CELEBRATE ALL OF THE CULTURES, THE UNIQUENESS ACROSS ALL OF THE CULTURES, AS WELL AS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM. WE HAVE ALL SORTS FROM PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, NECKLACES, COMBS THROUGH TO WEAPONRY. WE HAVE FANS, WAKA, YOU NAME IT, IT IS ON DISPLAY. HOW DID THEY ALL GET HERE? LOTS OF OUR OBJECTS HAVE HAD INTERESTING JOURNEYS. SOME WERE DONATED, SOME WERE COLLECTED HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOMETIMES THE JOURNEY THAT THE OBJECTS GOT HERE OR HOW THEY CAME HERE WASN'T ALWAYS PERFECT, BUT WE HAVE HAD A REALLY AWESOME OPPORTUNITY WITH THIS GALLERY TO RECONNECT THESE ITEMS AND TAONGA TO THESE PEOPLE AND RECONTEXTUALIZE THEM, AND FOR ME THAT HAS BEEN A HIGHLIGHT OF BEING ABLE TO REVAMP THIS GALLERY. YOU HAD A SPECIAL OPENING ON THIS WEEKEND. WHAT DID THAT INVOLVE? WE STARTED WITH THE CLEARING OF THE WAY TO LIFT THE TAPU. THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY A MIHI WHAKATAU WHERE WE WELCOMED EVERYONE IN, AND THEN WE HAD A PROCESS BY OUR SOMEONE GROUP, AND CELEBRATED ALL OF THOSE WHO HELPED CURATE THE GALLERY. WE FINISHED IT WITH SOME FOOD AND BEAUTIFUL CULTURAL PERFORMANCES. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO THE DESCENDENTS OF THESE COUNTRIES TO HAVE THIS HERE, WHAT HAVE THEY TOLD YOU? IT IS A WAY TO SELL BY THE CULTURES TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TELLING STORIES AUTHENTICALLY, OPEN THE DOORS TO INVITE PEOPLE IN. TYPICALLY, I THINK IT IS REALLY AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO BE A SPACE WHERE WE CAN HAVE DEDICATED CULTURAL AREAS WHERE WE CAN CELEBRATE EACH OTHER, UPLIFT THE COMMUNITY, AND HOPEFULLY IT BECOMES A HOME AND A HUB FOR EVENTS IN THE FUTURE. YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER THAT THE CARPET, WE MIGHT HAVE A LOOK AT THAT IN THE SECOND, IS A SPECIAL PART OF THIS ROOM. TALK ME THROUGH THAT. A LOCAL SAMOAN ARTIST ANA TIOWHIRO COLLECTED MOTIFS ACROSS LOTS AND LOTS OF NATIONS AND COMBINED THEM IN AN ABSOLUTE GORGEOUS WAY. IT WAS DIGITIZED IN-HOUSE, AND IS A CELEBRATION OF THE UNIQUENESS BUT ALSO THE MOANA THAT CONNECTS US ALL. IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL CENTERPIECE AND IT IS COOL TO HAVE IT AT THE HEART OF THIS GALLERY ADDING THAT VIBRANCY. THIS AREA WAS CLOSED FOR 16 MONTHS TO MAKE WAY FOR THIS EXHIBITION. WHAT WORK WENT ON THEN? WE USED TO HAVE A LARGE CENTERPIECE AND REOPENED IT RIGHT UP. IT IS MUCH MORE INVITING AND ALLOWS US TO HAVE SPACES FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. WE CAN PUT TEMPORARY CASES INTO CELEBRATE LANG WHICH WEEKS. WE HAVE A DROP DOWN PROJECTOR NOW. IT HAS ENHANCED THE UTILITY OF THE SPACE, SO THAT WAS A MASSIVE PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE REVAMP. LOTS OF PAINTING, LAYING THE NEW CARPET, AND THEN A MASSIVE EFFORT FROM OUR COLLECTIONS AND DESIGN TEAM TO INSTALL THE OBJECTS SAFELY AND TO A GOOD MUSEUM STANDARD. I CAN TELL YOU ARE STOKED THAT YOU ARE AT THIS POINT. THERE IS A GROUP OF SCHOOL KIDS HOPING TO COME IN SHORTLY SO I BETTER WRAP UP. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. WE HAD A CLIP THAT HAS CAUGHT NOT JUST OUR EYES, BUT POLITICIANS EYES. # BORN TO BE WILD. THAT IS FROM CHRIS BISHOP'S INSTAGRAM FEED. THAT IS FROM CHRIS BISHOP'S INSTAGRAM FEED. THAT IS MARAMA DAVIDSON HOONING ALONG. HOHANA LYNDON FILMED IT. SOME OBSERVER FROZE THE SPEEDO AND SAW THAT SHE WAS GOING 121 KM/H. CHRIS BISHOP MAKES A REALLY GOOD POINT HERE THAT THE GREENS HAVE RAILED AGAINST THOSE ROADS, RAILED AGAINST INCREASING SPEED LIMITS ON OTHER ROADS, AND MARAMA DAVIDSON HAS APOLOGISED. 121KPH DOWN THE KAPITI EXPRESSWAY. THAT IS AN OWN GOAL, ISN'T IT? IS A MAGNIFICENT OWN GOAL. SHE HAS APOLOGISED TO HER FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM SAYING SHE WAS SNAPPED GOING TOO FAST. A TEACHABLE MOMENT. I DON'T WANT TO DRAW A CORRELATION, BUT WE HAVE JUST HAD A REALLY TERRIBLE LONG WEEKEND. I THINK POLITICIANS NEED TO TAKE WAY BETTER RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. SHE HAS OBVIOUSLY APOLOGISED FOR IT, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO BETTER. YOU HAVE TO BE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE H WORD MIGHT CREEP IN WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN RAILING AGAINST THOSE THINGS. WE HAVE HAD ANNOUNCEMENTS AGAINST POWER PRICES. WE HAVE BEEN COVERING IT FROM THE CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND PERSPECTIVE, WHO HAVE PUT FORWARD REPORTS TO TWO POLITICAL PARTIES TO HOPE THAT THEY WILL DO MORE TO PREVENT SURGEON POWER PRICES. MARINE SAYS I AM GETTING SOLAR TO SAVE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN. IT IS A NO-BRAINER. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE INTEREST FREE LOANS. THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE SHOW TODAY. CAPTIONS BY CHLOE FARMER, KITTY WASASALA, COURTNEY SOLE, AND RUBY SAGARIN.