THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THAT'S US FROM FIELDAYS AT MYSTERY CREEK I'M BACK IN THE WARM STUDIO TOMORROW. BUT RIGHT NOW, IT IS BREAKFAST TIME. IT'S WEDNESDAY THE 10TH OF JUNE. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? TO MORE SLEEPS. TWO MORE SLEEPS UNTIL FOOTBALL CHRISTMAS. THERE IS NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE BREAKFAST ON FRIDAY. I HAVE A SPECIAL TREAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON TO CELEBRATE THE WORLD CUP. SPOILER ALERT ` IT IS THE COOLEST THING YOU HAVE SEEN IN YOUR ENTIRE LIVES. COMING UP ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ` THE POLICE HAVE ORDERED A REVIEW INTO SUPERINTENDENT RAKESH NAIDOO'S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LABOUR PARTY. POLICE MINISTER MARK MITCHELL IS UP JUST BEFORE 7. THE GATES ARE ABOUT TO OPEN AT THE ANNUAL FIELDAYS EVENT. WE'LL BE CROSSING LIVE TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE'S BIGGEST AGRICULTURAL SHOW THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. AND IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, WE'LL TALK TO THE MAN WHO'S HAD TO EVACUATE HIS HOME ON THE SOUTH COAST OF WELLINGTON THREE TIMES IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. WILD. RIGHT NOW, IT IS 6 O'CLOCK. 6.30, EVEN. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE UNITED STATES 'MUST RESPOND' TO THE ATTACK THAT SHOT DOWN A HELICOPTER OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. TRUMP ANNOUNCING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT IRAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK ON THE U.S. ARMY HELICOPTER. THE TWO PEOPLE ONBOARD WERE RESCUED BY A DRONE BOAT. TRUMP SAYS THE TWO PILOTS INVOLVED ARE SAFE AND UNINJURED. ISRAEL ISSUED EVACUATION WARNINGS IN LEBANON BEFORE STRIKING TYRE AND KILLING AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE. THE LATEST STRIKES COME AFTER IRAN SAID THEY WOULD RESUME THEIR ATTACKS ON ISRAEL IF THEY CONTINUED TO ATTACK THEIR LEBANESE ALLY HEZBOLLAH. ISRAEL IGNORED THIS, LAUNCHING FATAL AIRSTRIKES ON A PUBLIC HOUSING AREA, INJURING DOZENS. ONE PERSON HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER A KNIFE ATTACK IN NORTHERN IRELAND. A UK SECRETARY OF STATE HAS PRAISED THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO INTERVENED IN THE ATTACK. TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS ` YOU SHOWED THE BEST OF HUMANITY. AND YOU HAVE THE PROFOUND GRATITUDE OF THIS ENTIRE HOUSE. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS WOUNDS TO HIS FACE, NECK AND BACK, AFTER BEING STABBED HIM WITH A KITCHEN KNIFE. HEAVY SWELLS WARNINGS REMAIN IN PLACE FOR WELLINGTON THIS MORNING, WITH RESIDENTS BEING ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT. EVACUATED LOCALS WERE ABLE TO RETURN HOME JUST AFTER 5PM YESTERDAY AFTER MAYOR ANDREW LITTLE LIFTED THE LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY. BUT VIGILANCE IS ENCOURAGED WITH WARNINGS FROM METSERVICE STILL IN PLACE UNTIL 8am TODAY. THE SWELLS ALSO INCREASE THE RISK OF UNTREATED WASTE WATER FROM THE LONG OUTFALL PIPE BEING PUSHED CLOSER TO SHORE. ADVICE FROM LAWA IS TO AVOID THE SOUTH COAST BEACHES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. WHAT IS IT? LAND ATMOSPHERE WATER AOTEAROA. TWO CHICKEN PRODUCTS SOLD AT A CHRISTCHURCH PAK'N'SAVE HAVE BEEN RECALLED OVER CONCERNS THEY MAY CONTAIN UNDERCOOKED CHICKEN. CHARLOTTE MULDER HAS THE LATEST. WHAT ARE THE PRODUCTS? KIA ORA, TOVA. THE FIRST ONE IS CALLED A DEATH BY CHICKEN BURGER. THIS WAS RELEASED AND PHOTOS TO THE PUBLIC. THE SECOND ONE IS A CHICKEN KATSU GARDEN SALAD. BOTH PACKED ON 8 JUNE AND SOLD IN THE PACK AND SAVE IN RANGIORA IN CHRISTCHURCH. THESE PRODUCTS SHOULD NOT BE EATEN, AND IF YOU RETURN THEM, YOU MAY RECEIVE A REFUND. NO ILLNESSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. OFFICIALS ARE WARNING THAT IF YOU EAT THEM, THEY MAY GIVE YOU FOOD POISONING. SO I THINK THEY WILL BE RETHINKING NAMING PRODUCTS IN THE FUTURE ` DEATH BY CHICKEN IS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST. IF YOU HAVE EATEN IT, IT IS BEST TO SEE A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL. SERENA WILLIAMS' RETURN TO PROFESSIONAL TENNIS AFTER FOUR YEARS AWAY HAS BEGUN IN EMPHATIC FASHION, DEFEATING KIWI ERIN ROUTLIFFE IN THE DOUBLES AT THE QUEEN'S TOURNAMENT. THE 23-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPION ROLLING BACK THE YEARS TO TAKE THE WIN ALONGSIDE CANADIAN TEENAGER VICTORIA MBOKO. WHAT A PICKUP THAT WAS FROM SERENA WILLIAMS ON THE HALF-VOLLEY THERE. MADE IT LOOK RIDICULOUSLY SIMPLE. ABSOLUTE FOUNDATION OF HER SUCCESS, THAT FIRST SERVE. AND A BIG ONE. THE PAIR PREVAILING IN STRAIGHT SETS 7-6, 6-2. THE WHITE FERNS HAVE SECURED A FIVE-WICKET WIN OVER SOUTH AFRICA IN THEIR T20 WORLD CUP WARM-UP MATCH. SET A CHALLENGING 184 FOR VICTORY, NEW ZEALAND CAPTAIN MELIE KERR LED THE CHASE WITH A KNOCK OF 61. GEORGIA PLIMMER AND SOPHIE DEVINE ADDING VALUABLE RUNS. BUNTED. STAND AND DELIVER. STRAIGHT BACK. ALMOST TOOK THE HEAD OFF HER. BUT THAT IS AN EMPHATIC FINISH. MADDY GREEN SAYS ENOUGH OF THIS. I WILL FINISH IT WITH A BOUNDARY. IT'S THEIR FINAL HIT OUT BEFORE THE WORLD CUP GETS UNDERWAY, THE WHITE FERNS AIMING TO DEFEND THEIR TITLE. A HANDBAG WORTH UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS HAS TAKEN 'VINTAGE' TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. THE EXPERIMENTAL GARMENT BRAND ENFIN LEVE DESIGNED THE BAG USING COLLAGEN DERIVED FROM TYRANNOSAURUS REX FOSSILS. SCIENTISTS SAY THE DINOSAUR REMAINS WERE FOUND IN MONTANA AND HAVE BEEN USED TO TURN COLLAGEN INTO LEATHER. THE BAG WILL BE AUCTIONED IN PARIS THIS WEEK. THIS IS REAL JURASSIC PARK STUFF. IT'S GOING TO COME TO LIFE ` WATCH OUT. YOU BE CAREFUL AT THAT AUCTION. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) IF SERENA WILLIAMS DOES COME BACK AND PLAY AT WIMBLEDON, IT WILL BE GREAT FOR HER AND TENNIS FANS, BUT I WATCHED HER LAST GAME AT WIMBLEDON WHEN SHE LOST. YOU WERE THERE FOR HISTORY. I WAS THERE FOR THAT MOMENT IN HISTORY. SUPER CHEAP RESALE TICKETS �15. IT IS LIKE THE FINAL TOUR OF BLACK SABBATH, AND THEN YOU THINK, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ARE DOING IT AGAIN? THE MOST REPUTABLE BRAND IN NEW ZEALAND, THE TOP 20 LIST HAS COME OUT. I AM VERY INTERESTED IN THE SECOND MOST TRUSTWORTHY BRAND IN NEW ZEALAND. PAKNSAVE WHICH WAS MENTIONED IN OUR NEWS JUST BEFORE. DEATH BY CHICKEN. ANZ NUMBER THREE. TVNZ NUMBER FOUR! TELL US WHAT YOU THINK IT IS. I THINK RELIABLE IS THE WORD I ASSOCIATE MOST WITH THE STRENGTH. CORRECTION: THIS BRAND WONDERFUL MOMENT IN THE SPORTING TELEVISION WORLD OVER THE WEEKEND. THE CHIEFS POSTED VIDEO OVER THE WEEKEND. OH! BRODYN! OH, THEN HE GOES. SELECTIVE EDITING FROM THE CHIEFS. THEY WOULDN'T MAKE IT ONTO YOUR LITTLE LIST. BRODYN LEFT HIM HANGING FOR A LITTLE BIT. THAT IS THE WORST, ISN'T IT? EH! THAT IS THE WORST, WHEN YOU GO FOR A HIGH-FIVE. I FIND WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH SOMEONE AND YOU HAVE BEEN HAVING A CHAT WITH THEM AND YOU SAY, OK, BYE. AND YOU" INTO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TOGETHER. DO YOU KEEP TALKING? DO YOU DROP BACK OR POWER ON AND GOT A NATURALLY FAST TO GET AWAY FROM THEM. I'VE DONE THAT ON THE BIKE BEFORE. YOU PULL UP NEXT TO SOMEONE TO HAVE A CHAT. YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US. TELL US WHAT YOU THINK THE MOST REPUTABLE BRAND IN NEW ZEALANDER IS. CLEAR SKIES FOR MOST OF THE NORTH. FINE FOR KAITAIA DOWN TO AUCKLAND. MORNING FROSTS FOR WHITIANGA AND HAMILTON. SUNNY IN TAURANGA. FINE WITH FROST FOR WHAKATANE DOWN TO TAUPO. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWER FOR GISBORNE THROUGH TO MASTERTON. FROSTY IN TAUMARUNUI. MORNING CLOUD CLEARING TO FINE FOR WHANGANUI DOWN TO LEVIN. POSSIBLE SHOWERS IN THE CAPITAL. 16 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN NAPIER. 13 IN TOKOROA. CLEAR DAY FOR THE SOUTH AS WELL. FINE FOR NELSON DOWN TO HOKITIKA. PASSING CLOUD IN KAIKOURA. FROSTY START FOR CHRISTCHURCH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO QUEENSTOWN. SUNNY IN OAMARU. FINE WITH MORNING WESTERLIES IN DUNEDIN. CHANCE OF SHOWER IN MILFORD SOUND. MOSTLY FINE WITH CLOUDY PERIODS FOR GORE DOWN TO STEWART ISLAND. 15 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN WESTPORT. 9 IN ALEXANDRA. WELLINGTON MAYOR ANDREW LITTLE LAST NIGHT LIFTED THE LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY IN PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AFTER WAVES OF UP TO 11m SMASHED THE SOUTH COAST. THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WERE DRIVEN BY A DEEP LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY. OWHIRO BAY RESIDENT THOMAS TARURONGO WYNNE MOVED TO THE SOUTH COAST SIX MONTHS AGO AND HAS HAD TO EVACUATE HIS HOME THREE TIMES. THOMAS, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. PRETTY EVENTFUL TIME FOR YOU IN WELLINGTON OF THE LAST WEE WHILE, THEN. WE HAVE ONLY HAD TO EVACUATE ONCE, BUT WE HAVE HAD THREE WEATHER EVENTS IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT GOING ON. DID YOU HAVE TO EVACUATE YESTERDAY? YES, WE HAD TO EVACUATE YESTERDAY BY 9 AM. AND MY WIFE LEFT EARLIER. IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST EVENTFUL BIRTHDAY I'VE EVER HAD. OH, GO ON, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THEN. I HOPE THEY MANAGED TO GIVE YOU A GOOD CELEBRATION BY THE END OF THE DAY. YOU HAVE COME FROM THE COOK ISLANDS, IS THAT RIGHT? MOVED TO ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. WE ARE USED TO LIVING NEXT TO THE WATER AND COMPLAINING ABOUT THE WATER AND THE WIND AND THE STORM. LIVING IN WELLINGTON, DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE THERE, SO WE ARE HAPPY. HAVE YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH THESE EVENTS BEFORE, PARTICULARLY WITH STORM SURGES AND LARGE SWELLS? YES, WE HAVE CYCLING SEASON AT THE END OF THE YEAR. WE ARE QUITE USED TO THAT. WORKING AT THE MAIN HIGH SCHOOL THERE. I REMEMBER WHEN THE SIRENS WENT OFF AND WE HAD TO GO HOME, I WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THAT WAS. THE KID SAID, SIR, WE HAVE TO GO HOME. IT IS A CYCLONE WARNING. IT IS EERIE GOING HOME AND SEEING THE SHOPS BOARDED UP AND WHATNOT. BUT QUITE USED TO WEATHER EVENTS BEING PRETTY GNARLY. WELLINGTON COUNCIL'S PERFORMANCE WHEN IT COMES TO THE EVENT ` HOW DO YOU THINK THEY HAVE DONE? THEY WERE EXCELLENT. PLENTY OF WARNING AND ADVICE ONLINE. THEY CAME OVER WITH GRANT, THE LOTTO GUY. I ASKED THEM, IS IT MY LUCKY NIGHT, AND HE SAID, I'M NOT SURE. I NEVER FELT LIKE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE INFORMATION. ONE OF THE KEY PARTS WAS, WE HAVE OUR OWN CHAT. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE COMMUNITY REALLY DOES SHOW STRENGTH. AND WE WERE VERY ENCOURAGED BY THAT. DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE GETTING BETTER AT THAT NOW ` HAVING THOSE NETWORKS, AND WHEN THINGS HAPPEN, THEY ARE ABLE TO MOBILISE QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY? YES, ABSOLUTELY. WHEN WE HAD THE WEATHER EVENT PRIOR TO THIS, THE BOTTOM OF OUR HOUSE GOT LIGHTLY FLOODED, BUT FLOODED. BY THE TIME WE GOT HOME, THERE WAS A POT OF SOUP AND BREAD WAITING FOR US AT THE DOOR. WHEN WE NEED TO CLEAN OUT THE BOTTOM, PEOPLE DONATED WET VAC, AND PEOPLE MESSAGED US THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW OFFERING THEIR DEHUMIDIFIERS. WE PICKED THEM UP, THEY WON'T EVEN HOME. I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE LIVE IN A COMMUNITY, AND THE STRENGTH OF COMMUNITY IN TIMES LIKE THIS. HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY. QUITE A WAY TO HAVE TO CELEBRATE ` GETTING OUT OF YOUR HOUSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING. WHAT AN AMAZING GUY. AND WHAT INCREDIBLE NEIGHBOURS. THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE'S BIGGEST AGRICULTURAL EVENT GETS UNDERWAY IN HAMILTON TODAY. MORE THAN 1100 EXHIBITORS ARE DESCENDING ON MYSTERY CREEK FOR FIELDAYS, SHOWCASING THE LATEST INNOVATIONS, TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES SHAPING THE FUTURE OF FARMING OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS. SHAPING THE FUTURE OF FARMING OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS. OUR REPORTER LUCY BENDELL IS THERE. HOW IS IT GOING, LUCY? ARE GOOD TO SEE YOU RUGGED UP WITH GLOVES ON. THE GATES FOR FIELDAYS OPENS AT 8 AM. WE ARE HERE NICE AND EARLY BEFORE DAWN BREAKS. IT HAS THIS VERY CALM BUT EXCITING FEELING. IT IS ALL SET TO COME TO LIFE AS THE SUN RISES. AS YOU'VE SAID, I'VE GOT GLOVES ON AND DOUBLE SOCKS. IT IS A HUGE LAUNCH PLATFORM FOR CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, AND SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ALL ABOUT THAT AND AGRICULTURE HERE IN AOTEAROA AS SIR DAVID FAGAN. THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME ON THIS COLD MORNING. I AM SURE YOU ARE USED TO IT, THOUGH. HOW EXCITING AND IMPORTANT AS A DAY LIKE TODAY? IT IS IMPORTANT FOR NEW ZEALAND FARMERS. IT IS WHERE WE COME TOGETHER ONCE A YEAR ` THE BIGGEST EVENT IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. NEW TECHNOLOGY, AND IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE. IT IS JUST BUZZING HERE, AND IT HAS NOT EVEN STARTED. SPEAKING OF CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY, YOUR TEAM ARE ABOUT TO LAUNCH SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE SOUTH ASIA-PACIFIC. WE ARE HERE WITH CAN AM. WE HAVE THE TRADITIONAL PRODUCTS WITH THE ATVs. THERE IS SOMETHING UNDER WRAPS UNTIL 11 AM. IT IS THE NEW ELECTRIC QUAD BIKE. AND IT IS SIMPLY AMAZING. I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WRITING IT. AND AS A FARMER, YOU THINK, ILLITERATE, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. BUT AS SOON AS YOU WRITE IT, YOU WANT MORE OF IT. IT IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. THE FEELING OF WRITING IT, BEING SO QUIET ` IT IS WITH THE QUIET ` YOU CAN HEAR EVERYTHING AROUND YOU. IT IS GOING TO REALLY TURN SOME HEADS AT 11 AM THIS MORNING. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT IS BEING ANNOUNCED, HERE ON BREAKFAST. PEOPLE CAN CHECK IT OUT AT 11 AM. HOW BIG OF A SHIFT IS THAT IN NEW ZEALAND FARMING, BRINGING AN ELECTRIC ATV? IT IS PRETTY NEW. THERE HAVE VOICE BEEN A FEW COMPANIES DOING IT WITH TWO WHEELERS, BUT WITH THE QUAD BIKE, IT IS A STAPLE PART OF NEW ZEALAND FARMING. IT WILL NOT SUIT EVERYONE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE BIG FARMS, I GUESS, BUT IT WILL BE RELEASE APPRISING HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL LIKE IT AND THE APPLICATIONS THAT WILL HAVE. IT WILL BE AMAZING. SOME QUICKFIRE QUESTIONS ` HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO CHARGE TO 100%? YOU CAN CHARGE IT UP WHILE YOU ARE HAVING LUNCH. NO PROBLEM. AND HOW MUCH WILL IT SET YOU BACK? I THINK IT IS ABOUT $25,000, BUT DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT ` I AM JUST THE MESSENGER HERE. BUT IT WILL HAVE A PLACE IN NEW ZEALAND FARMING. BUT THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT AS IT IS THE FIRST ONE. IMAGINE WHERE I WILL COME IN THE NEXT YEARS. HOW MUCH OF A STEP OF THE FOUR FARMERS? IT IS JUST ANOTHER PIECE IN THE JIGSAW. IT WILL BE INTERESTING WHERE IT GOES. I CAN'T WAIT TILL 11 AM WHEN THEY OPEN IT UP AND EVERYONE CAN SEE IT. YOU HAVE TESTED IT YOURSELF. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE SCEPTICAL ABOUT HAVING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE ON THE FARM. DO YOU THINK IT CAN TAKE ON THOSE NEW ZEALAND FARMING CONDITIONS? FOR A START, I THINK IT WILL HAVE A NICHE MARKET. YOU WILL HAVE FAMILY FARMS, LIFESTYLE BLOCKS, REGIONAL COUNCIL GOLF COURSES ` IT WILL BE ENDLESS, REALLY. ONCE FARMERS START WRITING THESE THINGS AND REALISE HOW GOOD THEY ARE, IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE IT GOES. VERY EXCITING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. WE ARE GOING TO BE HEADING INSIDE FIELDAYS. WE ARE BACK AT 7:40 A AND BACK AT 8:25. I WILL BE GETTING ON THAT DIGGER LATER. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LUCY. ME U TONU MAI ` POLICE MINISTER MARK MITCHELL IS UP NEXT, AS A REVIEW IS ORDERED INTO SUPERINTENDENT RAKESH NAIDOO'S CANDIDACY FOR THE LABOUR PARTY. # THIS IS THE PART OF ME THAT YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO EVER TAKE AWAY (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 WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS THE UNITED STATES 'MUST RESPOND' TO AN ATTACK THAT SHOT DOWN A HELICOPTER OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. ONE PERSON HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER A KNIFE ATTACK IN NORTHERN IRELAND. AND IN SPORT ` SERENA WILLIAMS' RETURN TO PROFESSIONAL TENNIS HAS GOT OFF TO A GOOD START, DEFEATING KIWI ERIN ROUTLIFFE IN THE DOUBLES AT THE QUEEN'S TOURNAMENT. THE POLICE COMMISSIONER'S ORDERED A REVIEW INTO A TOP COP AFTER HE WAS ANNOUNCED AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE LABOUR PARTY. SUPERINTENDENT RAKESH NAIDOO HAS BEEN STOOD DOWN BY POLICE AND IS NOW EFFECTIVELY BEING INVESTIGATED TO SEE WHAT SENSITIVE INFORMATION HE WAS PRIVY TO DURING THE TIME HE WAS IN TALKS WITH LABOUR. CHRIS HIPKINS TOLD BREAKFAST THOSE TALKS STARTED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND THAT POLICE AND THE MINISTER ARE BEING UNFAIR. I THINK MARK MITCHELL'S COMPLAINT IS COMPLETELY UNREASONABLE. I HAVE BEEN MINISTER OF POLICE. AS A MEMBER OF POLICE DECIDED TO PUT THEIR NAME FORWARD FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL PARTY, I WOULD EXPECT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT AFTER THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE. JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS IN THE POLICE DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T BE PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. POLICE MINISTER MARK MITCHELL. WHAT'S THE GOAL OF THIS REVIEW BY POLICE? I AGREE WITH CHRIS ATKINS LAST STATEMENT THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR DEMOCRACY. PEOPLE GO TO PARLIAMENT FOR FUNDAMENTALLY THE SAME REASON ` TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. BOTH MR HIPKINS AND MR NAIDOO HAVE SHOWN VERY POOR JUDGEMENT AND SHOWN LITTLE RESPECT FOR THE POLICE COMMISSIONER AND POLICE. THEY HAVE DECIDED TO AN EDGE THE POLICE NEUTRALITY ISSUES THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE IGNORED THE VERY CLEAR POLICE GUIDELINES ON THIS. THEY HAVE PUT THE POLICE COMMISSIONER IN A DIFFICULT POSITION. HE HAS ALREADY HAD TO DEAL WITH INTEGRITY ISSUES IN THE POLICE THAT WE HAVE INHERITED OR PICKED UP. HIPKINS MADE THE POINT THAT HE IS EX-POLICE MINISTER. THAT IS RIGHT. HE SHOULD KNOW BETTER. THEY SHOULD HAVE TALKED MONTHS AGO. THAT WAS THE RIGHT TIME TO MAKE THE DISCLOSURE TO THE COMMISSIONER SO THAT HE COULD MANAGE THE NEUTRALITY ISSUES FOR THE SERVICE HIMSELF. MR HIPKINS AND MR NAIDOO ARE NOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO DECIDE TO MANAGE THAT FOR POLICE. IS THERE AND I COMMEND THAT IF YOU ARE WEIGHING THINGS UP, HAVING TALKS, BUT THEY ARE KIND OF TENTATIVE, YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL GO THERE, AND IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO AND ARE NOT ACCEPTED AS A CANDIDATE, YOU ARE FOREVER TARRED WITH THIS POLITICAL BRUSH, EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T GO AHEAD WITH IT. IS THERE NOT AN ARGUMENT TO KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY UNTIL YOU KNOW FOR SURE? KNOW. IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING A POLITICAL CAREER AND BECOMING A POLITICAL LEADER WITH THE OPPOSITION PARTY, THAT IS THE TIME TO DISCLOSE THIS ON THE POLICE GUIDELINES ARE VERY CLEAR ` AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY THEY MUST BE INFORMED, AND THAT WILL ALLOW THE POLICE TO PUT A PLAN IN PLACE. IF THEY CHOSE NOT TO BECOME A CANDIDATE AND BECOME A POLITICIAN, IT WOULD NOT HAVE MATTERED FOR STOCKS THAT PLAN WOULD HAVE BEEN RESCINDED. THEY WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO PUT A PLAN IN PLACE. THEY WERE NOT. THEY WERE INFORMED 72 HOURS OUT FROM HIM BEING ANNOUNCED IS A LIST CANDIDATE FOR THE LABOUR PARTY. THEY WERE TOLD 72 HOURS BEFORE HE WAS ANNOUNCED. DO YOU THINK THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD SOONER?? BECAUSE YOU ARE ONLY TOLD THE NIGHT BEFORE, RIGHT? IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A NICE COURTESY TO HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE POLICE THAT THEY WERE MANAGING THAT. BUT IT IS UP TO THEM TO DO IT. BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE COMMISSIONER AND THE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED, AND THEY WERE NOT, WHICH MEANT THEY COULD NOT PUT OUR PLAN IN PLACE, WHICH MEANT THEY COULD NOT MAKE SURE MR NAIDOO WAS PROTECTED AND LOOKED AFTER. AND ALSO THE POLICE'S VERY IMPORTANT PUBLIC PERCEPTION AROUND NEUTRALITY WAS ALSO LOOKED AFTER. MR HIPKINS AND MR NAIDOO, THEY DECIDED THEY WOULD MANAGE THAT. AND THE ARROGANCE AND LACK OF RESPECT, FROM MY VIEW, IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. WE WILL COME TO THE REVIEW IN A MINUTE. I YOU SAYING THAT THAT YOU THINK THE POLICE COMMISSIONER SHOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU A HEADS UP UNDER NO SURPRISES? HAVE YOU HAD A BIT OF A WORD TO HIM ABOUT THAT? NOT AT ALL. I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN THE POLICE COMMISSIONER. AND I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT HAD HE BEEN NOTIFIED, HAD THE POLICE BEEN INFORMED TWO MONTHS AGO OR WHENEVER MR HIPKINS ENGAGED WITH MR NAIDOO AND THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT HIM BEING A LABOUR PARTY CANDIDATE OR POLITICIAN, THEY WOULD HAVE PUT A PLAN IN PLACE WITHOUT A DOUBT. THEY WOULD HAVE AVOIDED THIS SITUATION THAT THE POLICE COMMISSIONER IS A. IN NOW* DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT THAT THE POLICE COMMISSIONER IS LOOKING AT, ANY SENSITIVE INFORMATION SHARED OVER THAT TIME? I THINK HE IS IN A POSITION NOW WHERE HE HAS TO DO THAT, BECAUSE HE WAS NOT GIVEN A HEADS UP, HE WAS NOT GIVEN DUE WARNING. HE IS HAVING TO GO BACK AND I HAVE A LOOK AT THAT. THAT IS WHAT I AM SAYING THAT IT IS VERY UNFAIR. WE HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH SERIOUS INTEGRITY ISSUES WITHIN THE POLICE. A NEW MINISTER COMING INTO GOVERNMENT, IT IS A NEW COMMISSIONER. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO KEEP DEALING WITH INTEGRITY ISSUES. AS THE TAXPAYER PAYING NAIDOO WHILE HE IS ON LEAVE? THAT AS A MATTER FOR POLICE. YOU WOULD KNOW, THOUGH, RIGHT? FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND PUBLICLY IS THAT HE IS TAKING LEAVE. ANY POLICE OFFICER ON LEAVE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PAID. IS THAT FAIR THAT THE TAXPAYER IS PAYING HIM WHILE HE IS ON LEAVE WAITING TO BE A LABOUR PARTY MP? HE HAS HIS LEAVE. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE HAS DONE` I ADMIRE ANY POLICE OFFICER, AND I ADMIRE THE PUBLIC SERVICE. IF HE HAS LEAVE, HE IS QUITE ENTITLED TO USE IT. WHAT I DO NOT LIKE AND DO NOT AGREE WITH IS THE FACT THAT THEY CHOSE NOT TO INFORM THE COMMISSIONER. BEING VERY KIND, IT WAS VERY POOR JUDGEMENT. BUT IN MY VIEW, IT WAS COMPLETE LACK OF RESPECT FOR THE COMMISSIONER. AND IT JUST LOOKS DODGY. WHEN YOU ARE ON A VERY SHORT PROCESS, THEY GAVE THE POLICE 72 HOURS. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS DONE TO AVOID ANY FORM OF SCRUTINY OR PLAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THAT IS POLICE MINISTER MARK MITCHELL PULLED OVER SAFELY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. E HAERE AKE NEI ` A NEW REPORT REVEALS SERIOUS CONCERNS OVER HOW WE ARE PREPARING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE DISASTERS. IT CALLS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO STEP UP. VOICEOVER: We all know the rules. (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) The pantry piece is just the piece you eat while you decide whether or not you're going to eat a piece. (INTRIGUING MUSIC) Hello Chocolate Lovers! (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. STILL TO COME ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ` CLIMATE CHANGE DISASTER IS COMING TOWARDS US FASTER THAN WE AS A NATION ARE KEEPING UP. A NEW REPORT SHOWS THE SCALE OF THE RISK. ALSO AHEAD ` AS THE UK LOOKS TO BLOCK UNDER 18S FROM ADULT CONTENT ON DEVICES, WE ASK COULD, AND SHOULD, NEW ZEALAND CONSIDER IT TOO. ALSO AHEAD ` MOST OF AUCKLAND CITY WILL AVOID SWEEPING HOUSING CHANGES AFTER COUNCILLORS VOTED ON INTENSIFICATION PLANS LAST NIGHT. AND WE'LL BE BACK AT FIELDAYS, THE ICONIC EVENT WHERE THE COUNTRY COMES TO TOWN. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. WELLINGTON RESIDENTS ARE COMMENDING THE COUNCIL'S PROMPT AND PREPARED RESPONSE TO YESTERDAY'S HEAVY SWELL WARNING. WELLINGTON MAYOR ANDREW LITTLE LIFTED THE LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY LAST NIGHT AFTER WAVES OF UP TO 11m SMASHED THE SOUTH COAST.I HATE WHEN CHRIS READS THE HEADLINES LIKE THAT LIKE FIELD DAYS THE ICONIC OF LIKE WASTING LIKE GENERALLY 30 OWHIRO BAY RESIDENT THOMAS TARURONGO WYNNE SAYS THE RESPONSE TO METSERVICE'S WARNINGS WAS TOP NOTCH. ONE OF THE KEY PARTS, CHRIS, WAS... OWHI ONE OF THE KEY PARTS, CHRIS, WAS... OWHI WITH WARNINGS IN PLACE UNTIL 8am TODAY, RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS THREATENED IRAN WITH A RETALIATORY ATTACK AFTER HE CLAIMS THEY SHOT DOWN AN ARMY HELICOPTER OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THE APACHE HELICOPTER WAS PATROLLING OVER THE STRAIT WHEN IT WAS HIT. THE TWO PILOTS ONBOARD WERE RESCUED BY AN UNMANNED DRONE BOAT AND DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. MEANWHILE, ISRAELI MILITARY HAS LAUNCHED FRESH STRIKES IN LEBANON, DESPITE WARNINGS OF FURTHER ATTACKS FROM IRAN IF THEY WERE TO TARGET HEZBOLLAH. AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE DIED IN THE RECENT AIRSTRIKES ON TYRE. THE LATEST HOSTILITIES WERE TRIGGERED BY IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK ON NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ISRAEL LAST WEEK. THE DEATH TOLL FROM MONDAY'S 7.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN THE PHILIPPINES HAS RISEN TO AT LEAST 37, WITH OFFICIALS FEARING IT MAY CONTINUE TO RISE. NEARLY 500 PEOPLE ARE INJURED AND MORE THAN 30,000 HAVE BEEN DISPLACED, SOME SEEN BEGINNING TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE. HUNDREDS OF AFTERSHOCKS HAVE CONTINUED TO ROCK THE COUNTRY, ADDING TO THE DIFFICULTY OF RELIEF EFFORTS. A BLACK BEAR THAT HAS BEEN GENERATING PANIC IN A JAPANESE CITY NEAR TOKYO HAS FINALLY BEEN CAPTURED. THE CITY'S SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN CLOSED SINCE THE BEAR WAS FIRST SPOTTED AT THE WEEKEND, WITH DOZENS OF SIGHTINGS REPORTED. AUTHORITIES EVENTUALLY TRACKED DOWN AND TRANQUILISED THE ANIMAL. NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THE FOOTBALL FERNS HAVE BEEN HELD TO A NIL ALL DRAW BY MOROCCO IN THEIR INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY. THE FOOTBALL FERNS HAVE BEEN HELD TO A NIL ALL DRAW BY MOROCCO IN THEIR INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY. BOTH SIDES WITH CHANCES TO GO AHEAD, BUT DENIED BY SOME SHARP GOALKEEPING AS WELL AS THE CROSSBAR. IT COMES AFTER A 2-1 DEFEAT TO HAITI LAST WEEK. THE ALL WHITES MAY NOTICE REDUCED IRANIAN SUPPORT AT THEIR FIRST FOOTBALL WORLD CUP GAME NEXT TUESDAY. IRAN'S FOOTBALL FEDERATION SAYS ITS 8% TICKET ALLOCATION IT WAS DISTRIBUTING TO FANS HAS BEEN PULLED. SUPPORTERS WHO HAD REPORTEDLY ALREADY MADE TRAVEL PLANS ARE NOW UNABLE TO GO TO THEIR TEAM'S MATCHES. FIFA HAS NOT YET CHOSEN TO COMMENT. AND PRADA HAS UNVEILED A NEW SPACE GET-UP SET TO BE WORN BY NASA ASTRONAUTS HEADING TO THE MOON. THE INNER-LAYER GARMENT FEATURES VENTILATION TUBES AND IS EXPECTED TO BE USED FOR NASA'S ARTEMIS FOUR MOON LANDING IN 2028. THE MOVE IS INDICATIVE OF PRADA'S PUSH TO BE THE FIRST LUXURY BRAND TO DESIGN SPACE WEAR. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) WHEN YOU ARE UP IN SPACE AND YOU ARE DESPERATE FOR OXYGEN, I DON'T NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT THE BREAD YOU ARE WEIRD. CORRECTION: BRAND YOU ARE WEARING TOYOTA IS THE MOST RAPID WILL BRAND IN THE TOP 20 LIST. THAT IS A VERY FINE POINT. SHORTLY AT 720, WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING TO THE CHILD SAFETY ADVOCATE ABOUT THE UK'S PLANS TO BLOCK ACCESS TATTLE IMAGES FOR UNDER 18'S. THE UK IS LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO DO STUFF IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA SPACE, AND HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY DRAGGING THE CHAIN ACCORDING TO ADVOCATES. IN JUNE WE ARE LOOKING AT FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF AUSTRALIA. IF THE SOFTWARE EXISTS TO STOP DOING THIS STUFF, IT FEELS LIKE A NO-BRAINER. THERE'S A SOFTWARE COMPANY THAT HAS CREATED STUFF, SAFETONET, THEY HAVE CREATED A PIECE OF SOFTWARE THAT SITS ACROSS DEVICES AND PREVENTS KIDS FROM ACCESSING THIS CONTENT IS NOT THAT SHOULD BE ON EVERY PHONE. HAVE YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH SITUATIONS OF KIDS AT HOME FINDING STUFF THAT THEY HAVEN'T SEEK OUT AND IS JUST MANAGED TO APPEAR? 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 ` CLEAR SKIES FOR MOST OF THE NORTH. FINE FOR KAITAIA DOWN TO AUCKLAND. MORNING FROSTS FOR WHITIANGA AND HAMILTON. SUNNY IN TAURANGA. FINE WITH FROST FOR WHAKATANE DOWN TO TAUPO. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWER FOR GISBORNE THROUGH TO MASTERTON. FROSTY IN TAUMARUNUI. MORNING CLOUD CLEARING TO FINE FOR WHANGANUI DOWN TO LEVIN. POSSIBLE SHOWERS IN THE CAPITAL. 16 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN NAPIER. 13 IN TOKOROA. CLEAR DAY FOR THE SOUTH AS WELL. FINE FOR NELSON DOWN TO HOKITIKA. PASSING CLOUD IN KAIKOURA. FROSTY START FOR CHRISTCHURCH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO QUEENSTOWN. SUNNY IN OAMARU. FINE WITH MORNING WESTERLIES IN DUNEDIN. CHANCE OF SHOWER IN MILFORD SOUND. MOSTLY FINE WITH CLOUDY PERIODS FOR GORE DOWN TO STEWART ISLAND. 15 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN WESTPORT. 9 IN ALEXANDRA. AS WELLINGTON RECOVERS FROM YET ANOTHER WEATHER EVENT, THE INSURANCE GROUP IAG IS CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE A ROADMAP FOR DEALING WITH NATURAL HAZARD RISKS. IN A NEW REPORT RELEASED THIS MORNING, IT SAYS THE CURRENT APPROACH TO DEALING WITH NATURAL DISASTERS IS FRAGMENTED AND POORLY CO-ORDINATED. AND IT SAYS COUNCILS ARE EXPECTED TO CARRY THE LOAD WITHOUT ENOUGH TOOLS, FUNDING OR GUIDANCE. JOINING ME IS IAG CLIMATE CHANGE SPOKESPERSON, BRYCE DAVIES. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON BREAKFAST. WHERE ARE THE GAPS HERE? EVERYWHERE. THAT IS THE CHALLENGE. THE SYSTEM IS NOT BROKEN. WE MANAGE THE RISK, AND THAT IS RECOGNISED INTERNATIONALLY, BUT WHEN WE LOOK FORWARD, WE LOOK AT THE CHALLENGES WE FACE FROM NOT JUST OUR CLIMATE FOR EARTHQUAKES, WE CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE ABOUT QUITE GOOD ENOUGH. IT IS LOTS OF LITTLE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. IN THE REPORT WE HAVE 42 GAPS. ARE THERE GAPS THAT ARE MORE GLARING AND MORE EASILY FIXABLE? THERE ARE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN FLIGHT THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. IN THE REPORT, WE SPEAK ABOUT SOME MORE IMMEDIATE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN. SOME OF THOSE ARE LIKE OWNERSHIP. CLEAR, POLITICAL OWNERSHIP, SENIOR-LEVEL, THINKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. SOMEONE IN THE KITCHEN CABINET NEEDS TO GET THEIR ARMS AROUND US AND DRIVE IT FORWARD. THAT IS A QUICK THING WE CAN SORT OUT. GETTING A STRATEGY IN PLACE. WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IS A COUNTRY? WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES WE WANT? WHAT IS THE PLAN TO DO IT, WHERE'S THE OVERSIGHT? THAT IS IMPORTANT, AND WE CAN DO THAT PRETTY EASILY. THEN THERE ARE SOME REALLY PRACTICAL THINGS. WE HAVE NEW PLANNING WAS COMING IN. THE RMA IS BEING REPLACED. THERE IS NATIONAL GUIDANCE BEING WORKED ON. IT NEEDS TO IMPROVE. IT IS NOT EVEN COUNCILS ENOUGH STRONG, CLEAR GUIDANCE ABOUT WHAT IS AN ACCEPTABLE RISK AND WHAT IS NOT, AND THEREFORE WHERE WE SHOULDN'T SHOULD NOT DEVELOP. A NUMBER OF THOSE REALLY PRACTICAL THINGS WE CAN DO RIGHT AWAY AS WE BUILD OUT OVER THE COMING 10, 15 YEARS TO TRY TO GET A MORE COHERENT, COMPLETE, EFFECTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. WHEN IT COMES TO HOW WE DO THESE THINGS AT THE MOMENT, IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT WE ARE MORE FOCUSED AT THE MOMENT OR TRADITIONALLY HAVE BEEN ON RESPONSE AS OPPOSED TO PREPAREDNESS? YES, WE HAVE TYPICALLY HAD AN ATTITUDE ABOUT THINGS HAPPENING, AND THEN WE RESPOND WE ARE GOOD AT THAT AS A COUNTRY. WE HAVE THAT DOWN PAT. IF WE ARE NOT GOOD AT IT, THAT IS A PROBLEM. IT IS ABOUT TRANSITIONING THAT INTO SOMETHING MORE PROACTIVE IN REDUCING RISK AND BUILDING RESILIENCE. ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING THINGS, BECAUSE SINCE THE EARTHQUAKE WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN TERMS OF TRYING TO BUILD IN THE RIGHT AREAS, THAT SORT OF THING, BUT THEN WE HAVE FLOODING TO DEAL WITH AS WELL. THERE ARE OTHER ACTS ABROAD THAT HAPPEN THAT WE HAVE NO IDEA WILL HAPPEN. IS THAT TALKING ABOUT AND LIKE MANAGE RETREAT AND THINGS LIKE THAT? THERE'S SOME THINGS WE NEED TO WORK OUT IN OUR PLANNING SYSTEM. THAT IS GOOD, BUT IT IS MAKING IT MORE AGILE SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT HOW WE ADAPT AS THE HAZARDS GROW. THERE IS MORE TO DO THERE. THERE IS MORE ABOUT HOW WE BUILD AND WHAT WE BUILD TO MAKE SURE OUR BUILDINGS ARE MORE RESILIENT TO THE IMPACT, AND THAT IS ACROSS THE EARTHQUAKE AND WHETHER. THERE IS GAPS IN OUR KNOWLEDGE. WE TALK ABOUT NEEDING MORE DATA. WE NEED TO BE MUCH CLEARER ABOUT THE DECISIONS WE NEED TO MAKE AND THEREFORE THE DATA WE NEED, SO THERE IS WORK TO DO THERE ACROSS THE SCIENCE SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FUNDING THE RIGHT WORK. FUNDING, THE QUESTION OF WHO PAYS ALWAYS COMES UP. THERE IS NOT NECESSARILY THE TOOLS TO GET MONEY TO WHERE IT IS NEEDED. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT, AND THEN MAKING SURE THE INCENTIVE IS THERE, WHETHER THAT IS INFORMATION FOR HOMEOWNERS TO MAKE GOOD CHOICES OR WHETHER IT IS WITH CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO. QUITE A LOT TOGETHER. WITHOUT RAISING THE ALARM, OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTRIES ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THINGS WHERE THE PLANNING IS NOT DONE PROPERLY? I AM THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE WELLINGTON AND EARTHQUAKE RESILIENCE. IN NEW ZEALAND, WE HAVE HAZARDS EVERY WEEK. THAT IS THE PROBLEM. IT IS A WHOLE COUNTRY PROBLEM. THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS THAT SOME COMMUNITIES FACE REPEATED EVENTS. LOOK AT THE EAST COAST, WESTPORT, SO CLEARLY THOSE COMMUNITIES` AND THEY TEND TO BE SMALLER COMMUNITIES, RURAL, NOT AS AFFLUENT, SO THEY NEED MORE SUPPORT AND HELP TO REDUCE THE RISKS. YOU ARE RIGHT THAT THERE ARE PLACES LIKE WELLINGTON. WE HAVE SEEN STORMS TODAY, THEY HAVE EARTHQUAKES, TSUNAMIS, THEY HAVE FLOODING. SOME COMMUNITIES REALLY NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THIS IN A HOLISTIC WAY ACROSS ALL THE HAZARDS, AND THEREFORE IN A COORDINATED WAY TO REDUCE RISK. I SUPPOSE EARTHQUAKES COME INTO IT. THEY ARE OUR BIGGEST HAZARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US IN THE STUDIO. LOTS OF STUFF COMING IN ON THE INTERVIEW WITH THE POLICE MINISTER JUST BEFORE. BELINDA SAYS WHAT RULES HAS HE BROKEN? SERIOUS INTEGRITY ISSUES, THERE ARE FAR MORE SERIOUS BREACHES THAN THIS. THE POLICE MINISTER IS SAYING HE HAS BREACHED THE POLICE MANUAL. CHRIS IT BEGINS SAYS HE HAS NOT BREACHED ANYTHING. I WAS NOT SUGGESTING HE SHOULD LOSE HIS PAID LEAVE, BUT IF HE IS PUT ON GARDENING LEAVE, IS IT FAIR THAT THE TAXPAYERS PAYING FOR THAT? E WHAI AKE NEI ` A CHILD SAFETY ADVOCATE ON THE UK'S PLANS TO BLOCK ACCESS TO ADULT IMAGES FOR UNDER 18S, AND WHY IT'S AN IMPORTANT TOPIC HERE TOO. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THE ISRAELI MILITARY HAS LAUNCHED FRESH STRIKES IN LEBANON DESPITE WARNINGS OF RETALIATORY ATTACKS FROM IRAN IF HEZBOLLAH IS TARGETED. HEAVY SWELL WARNINGS REMAIN IN PLACE FOR WELLINGTON THIS MORNING, WITH RESIDENTS BEING ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT. AND IN SPORT ` THE WHITE FERNS HAVE SECURED A FIVE-WICKET WIN OVER SOUTH AFRICA IN THEIR T20 WORLD CUP WARM UP MATCH. THE UK IS MOVING TO CRACK DOWN ON EXPLICIT IMAGES BEING SHARED BY KIDS ON SMARTPHONES, PUTTING PRESSURE ON TECH GIANTS TO STEP IN. PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER HAS GIVEN COMPANIES LIKE APPLE AND GOOGLE THREE MONTHS TO ACTIVATE SAFEGUARDS OR UPDATE THEIR SOFTWARE TO BLOCK THOSE IMAGES FOR UNDER-18S. IT'S AN ISSUE NEW ZEALAND'S ALSO GRAPPLING WITH. CHILD SAFETY ADVOCATE HOLLY BROOKER IS WITH US. WHAT IS THE UK GETTING RIGHT THAT NEW ZEALAND IS STILL MISSING? SO THE UK ARE DOING A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEW ZEALAND IS NOT DOING. SO I GUESS IF WE THINK FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE, THE UK HAS AN ONLINE SAFETY ACT THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF ENFORCING. THEY CAN ENFORCE THE CODES EXPECT PLATFORMS TO FOLLOW. WE DO NOT HAVE THAT. WE HAVE A NATIONAL STRATEGY TO THEY* HAVE A NATIONAL STRATEGY TO REDUCE ONLINE SEXUAL HARM TO CHILDREN. AND ANNUAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT WAS JUST RELEASED, AND IT WAS CONCERNING TO SEE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A 29% INCREASE IN EXPLOITATION OR REPORTS OF EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN. I WAS HOPING LASTLY, I WAS KIND OF WAITING EAGERLY, HOPING THAT A MINISTER MIGHT STAND UP AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS REALLY CONCERNING. WE, AGAIN, HAVE INCREASING RATES OF EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN. WE HAVE HEARD CRICKETS, WE HAVE HEARD NOTHING. WHAT THE UK IS DOING RIGHT IS HAVING STRONG LEADERSHIP, NOT JUST TALKING BUT PUTTING STEPS INTO PLACE. IT KIND OF DEFIES BELIEF, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE IS SOFTWARE OUT THERE THAT CAN PREVENT THESE CHILD EXPLOITATION IMAGES BEING ON DEVICES. THAT CAN HELP CURTAIL THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. SO WHY ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH WOULD THEY NOT BE ON EVERY DEVICE ON THE PLANET? IT IS REALLY HARD TO` IT IS A NO BRAIN OUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT LIKE THAT. WE HAVE THIS TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE ON APPLE, ON GOOGLE. I HAD A POP UP ON MY PHONE TO SAY IT IS ROLLING OUT ON MY APPLE IPHONE. I TESTED IT OUT. IT IS GREAT. THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS THAT ESSENTIALLY IF A NUDE IMAGE IS NOTICED THROUGH THE APP, THEN IT WILL GIVE YOU A WARNING ` 'DO YOU WANT TO SEE THIS?' AND YOU CAN OVERRIDE THAT. IT IS A POP-UP? IT IS A POP-UP AT THIS POINT. THEY UK GOVERNMENT IS SAYING, JUST BLOCK IT. WE DON'T WANT UP POP-UP. WHY ARE WE ENTERTAINING THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD ALLOW CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL TO BE SENT OR RECEIVED ON DEVICES. WE KNOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CONSIDERING THE SOCIAL MEDIA BAND FOR UNDER 16. A THEY LOOKING ANYTHING IN THE SPACE AS FAR AS YOU KNOW? I DON'T KNOW YET. WE ARE HOPING FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT. WE ARE HOPING THEY WILL DO SOMETHING. THERE IS PREVENTING DEEP FAKE TECHNOLOGY FROM OCCURRING BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A CLEAR STRATEGY WITH INVESTMENT, AND INVESTMENT AND EDUCATION. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION MATERIAL, THERE IS ALSO YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIMENTING. BACK IN THE OLD DAYS THIS MIGHT NOT BE A THING. PEOPLE CAN TAKE AN IMAGE, PLASTERED ON THE INTERNET, AND IT IS THEREFORE LIFE. HAVE YOU HEARD LIFE STORIES LIKE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. IN PARENTING EDUCATION, I HEAR MANY STORIES ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESSURED TO SEND NUDES OF THEMSELVES. IT GETS DISTRIBUTED WIDELY OR GETS ALTERED AND SHARED. IT IS UNFORTUNATE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, WHERE THERE IS UNFORTUNATELY A CULTURE WHERE THIS BECOMES NORMALISED. IT IS DIFFICULT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT IT WITH THEIR PARENTS BECAUSE OF THE GENERATIONAL DIVIDE THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY. I WOULD ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING. ONE OUT OF THREE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE SEXUALLY HARMED ONLINE, HAVE A SEXUAL INTERACTION. SO THE STATS ARE HIGH, THEY ARE REALLY COMPELLING FOR THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITHIN OUR WHANAU, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE REGULATORY AND LEGISLATIVE MECHANISMS TO STOP THIS FROM OCCURRING. TALK TO ME ABOUT THE PARENTING ASPECT. BECAUSE A LOT OF THE STUFF, THAT EXPLOITATION MATERIAL OR SOCIAL MEDIA BANDS, SAYING, DON'T DO THAT, GIVE THE PARENTS THE POWER TO SAY AND BE BETTER. WHY DOES THAT POWER NOT FLY INTO YOUR MIND? I THINK PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ONLINE DEPENDS ON HOW DIGITALLY LITERATE YOU ARE A PARENT. I HAVE WORKED IN SCHOOLS AS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND THEN THE DIVERSITY OF LITERACY AND ENGAGEMENT. CHILD PROTECTION SHOULD NOT BE BASED ON HOW LITERATE WE ARE AS PARENTS AND ALSO NOT BE BASED ON HOW YOU AS A CHILD ARE EDUCATED IN THE DIGITAL LITERACY SPACE. IT IS NOT UP TO YOUNG PEOPLE. WE HAVE EDUCATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND PARENTS, BUT WE NEED THE SYSTEMIC APPROACH ` WE NEED THE POLICY, THE REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS. WE NEED TO COME AT IT FROM ALL ANGLES. KIDS ALL TEST BOUNDARIES. IT IS PART OF BEING A KID, SO YOU MIGHT PUSH YOURSELF INTO A PLACE THAT IS NOT SAFE FOR YOU. IT IS IMPORTANT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS. THE MORE WE TALK ABOUT IT, THE MORE GETS DONE. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. # HEY, MR DJ. (SCOTTISH BAGPIPE MUSIC) (INDECIPHERABLE YELLING) Oooh! Wow. There's one... the Mahoenui giant weta. VOICEOVER: One New Zealand, National Conservation Partner of DOC. 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. BEAUTIFUL DAY IN AUCKLAND. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. FINE WOOD SOUTHERLIES TODAY, THE HIGH AS 15 DEGREES. AND ON WELLINGTON, A HECK OF A LOT CALMER THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY. CLEARING TO FIND IN THE AFTERNOON, YOU DO GET SOME SOUTHERLY WINDS AND A HIGH OF 13 DEGREES. IN OTAUTAHI, CHRISTCHURCH. BEAUTIFUL. YES, IT HAS BEEN FULL. FINE WITH MORNING FROSTS, IT DOES LOOK A BIT CHILLY, DOESN'T IT? 15 DEGREES IS THE HIGH. IF WE GO TO DUNEDIN AS WELL, OTEPOTI. A BIT FUZZY ON THE LENS THIS MORNING, A HIGH OF 14 DEGREES, PRETTY GOOD IF YOU ASK ME FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IN DUNNERS. IT IS 730. POLICE MINISTER MARK MITCHELL SAYS IT IS 'UNACCEPTABLE' AND A 'HUGE LACK OF RESPECT' AFTER A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER SUPERINTENDENT RAKESH NAIDOO WAS CONFIRMED AS A LABOUR LIST-ONLY CANDIDATE, RANKED 13TH AND ALMOST CERTAIN TO ENTER PARLIAMENT. HE HAS SINCE BEEN STOOD DOWN AND CRITICISED FOR A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY WITH THE COMMISSIONER, WHILE POLICE INVESTIGATE WHAT SENSITIVE INFORMATION HE MAY HAVE HAD ACCESS TO DURING DISCUSSIONS WITH LABOUR. WHEN YOU ENTER INTO` START TALKING ABOUT A POLITICAL CAREER AND BECOMING A POLITICAL CANDIDATE WITH THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY, THAT IS THE TIME TO DISCLOSE, ACCORDING TO POLICE'S OWN INTERNAL GUIDELINES AND RULES, THEY'RE VERY CLEAR, THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY, THEY MUST BE INFORMED, AND THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THE POLICE TO PUT A PLAN IN PLACE. THE REVIEW WILL EXAMINE MEETINGS NAIDOO ATTENDED AS A SENIOR POLICE LEADER, AND WHETHER ANY SENSITIVE INFORMATION WAS INAPPROPRIATELY SHARED. A NEW REPORT HAS EXPOSED BIG GAPS IN HOW NEW ZEALAND MANAGES NATURAL HAZARD RISK. INSURANCE GROUP IAG SAYS THE CURRENT APPROACH TO DEALING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS IS FRAGMENTED AND POORLY CO-ORDINATED. BRYCE DAVIES SAYS THERE ARE CLEAR SHORTFALLS WHEN IT COMES TO FUTURE RISK REDUCTION, TELLING BREAKFAST IMPROVEMENT STARTS WITH ACCOUNTABILITY. CLEAR POLITICAL OWNERSHIP, SENIOR LEVEL THINKING ABOUT ALL HAZARDS, THINKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. SOMEONE IN THE KITCHEN CABINET NEEDS TO GET THEIR ARMS AROUND THIS AND DRIVE IT FORWARD. THAT IS A QUICK THING WE CAN SORT OUT. GETTING THE STRATEGY IN PLACE, WHAT WE APTLY TRYING TO ACHIEVE AS A COUNTRY HERE? WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES WE WANT? WHERE IS THE PLAN TO DO IT? WHERE IS THE OVERSIGHT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP ON TRACK? IT COMES AS WELLINGTON EMERGES FROM ANOTHER LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY, WITH HEAVY SWELLS BATTERING THE CITY'S SOUTH COAST. A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER FOLLOWING A KNIFE ATTACK IN NORTHER IRELAND. THE VICTIM IS IN HOSPITAL IN A SERIOUS CONDITION. THE BBC'S CHRIS PAGE HAS THIS REPORT FROM BELFAST. WITH A HURLING STICK IN HAND, ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC JOINS OTHERS TO CONFRONT THE ALLEGED ATTACKER. BEFOREHAND, A MAN IS SEEN KNEELING ON TOP OF THE VICTIM, STABBING AT HIS HEAD AND NECK WITH A KNIFE. POLICE SAY THE PEOPLE WHO INTERVENED TO STOP THE ATTACK SHOWED INCREDIBLE BRAVERY. LOCAL RESIDENTS RECOUNTED HOW PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHILDREN, HAD BEGUN TO GATHER IN THE STREET. THEY SPOKE TO US ON CONDITION THEIR IDENTITY WAS PROTECTED. MY PARTNER HAD SHOUTED OUT, 'WHAT'S WRONG?' I SAYS, 'HE'S BEATING 'EM.' AND THEN THE NEXT THING I HEARD, THE METAL HITTING THE FLOOR AND I KNEW INSTANTLY IT WAS A KNIFE. I SHOUTED DOWN, 'RING THE POLICE, HE STABBING 'EM. 'HE'S STABBING HIM.' SEEING THAT THEN KNOWING THAT IT'S HAPPENED WHERE THERE'S KIDS PLAYING EVERY OTHER DAY, THAT'S THE BIT THAT THAT SCARES ME. POLICE HAVE RECOVERED A KITCHEN KNIFE FROM THE SCENE HERE. THEY SAY THE VICTIMS SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT EYE INJURIES AND SLASH WOUNDS TO HIS BACK AND FACE. AND HE'S IN A SERIOUS CONDITION IN HOSPITAL. DETECTIVES ARE QUESTIONING THE MAN IN CUSTODY ON SUSPICION OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. HE'S IN HIS 30s AND IS SUDANESE. THE HOME OFFICE HAS SAID HE HAS LEAVE TO REMAIN IN THE UK UNTIL 2028, AFTER BEING GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS IN 2023. POLICE BELIEVE HE TRAVELLED FROM SUDAN TO PARIS AND THEN DUBLIN. NASA HAS NAMED THE FOUR ASTRONAUTS THAT ARE SET FOR THE NEXT ARTEMIS MISSION. THREE U.S. ASTRONAUTS AND ONE ITALIAN ASTRONAUT WILL BE A PART OF THE ARTEMIS 3 CREW, WHICH IS DUE TO LAUNCH LATE NEXT YEAR. THE CREW WERE EMBRACED BY THE ARTEMIS 2 CREW, WHO HAD THEIR OWN TRIP EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE TWO-WEEK MISSION WILL BE IN A LOW-EARTH ORBIT USING MULTIPLE SPACE AIRCRAFTS. ANOTHER WORLD CUP WINNER HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE BREAKERS' COACHING LINE-UP. GERMAN SEBASTIAN GLEIM HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS LEAD ASSISTANT COACH FOR THE KIWI CLUB. HE'LL REUNITE WITH HEAD COACH GORDON HERBERT ` THE PAIR GUIDING GERMANY TO GOLD AT THE 2023 FIBA WORLD CUP. GLEIM SAYS HE'S RELISHING THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THE BREAKERS TO A CHAMPIONSHIP, AFTER THE CLUB FINISHED SEVENTH IN THE MOST RECENT NBL SEASON. A GERMAN SHEPHERD FOUND FLOATING ON A KAYAK IN THE NORTH SEA HAS MADE A LUCKY ESCAPE. (CACKLES) HELLO, BUDDY. HEY, BUDDY. HOW ARE YOU? BRUCE THE DOG WAS PREPARING FOR A PADDLE WITH HIS OWNER WHEN HIS KAYAK CAME LOOSE AND BLEW AWAY. THE COASTGUARD LAUNCHED A MULTI-VESSEL SEARCH FOR BRUCE WHO WAS EVENTUALLY RESCUED BY THE CREW OF A LOCAL BOAT TOUR COMPANY. THE SKIPPER SAID BRUCE WAS HYPOTHERMIC BUT MANAGED TO WARM UP BEFORE BEING RETURNED TO HIS OWNER. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND NOW TO THE WEATHER ` CLEAR SKIES FOR MOST OF THE NORTH. FINE FOR KAITAIA DOWN TO AUCKLAND. MORNING FROSTS FOR WHITIANGA AND HAMILTON. SUNNY IN TAURANGA. FINE WITH FROST FOR WHAKATANE DOWN TO TAUPO. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWER FOR GISBORNE THROUGH TO MASTERTON. FROSTY IN TAUMARUNUI. MORNING CLOUD CLEARING TO FINE FOR WHANGANUI DOWN TO LEVIN. POSSIBLE SHOWERS IN THE CAPITAL. 16 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN NAPIER. 13 IN TOKOROA. CLEAR DAY FOR THE SOUTH AS WELL. FINE FOR NELSON DOWN TO HOKITIKA. PASSING CLOUD IN KAIKOURA. FROSTY START FOR CHRISTCHURCH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO QUEENSTOWN. SUNNY IN OAMARU. FINE WITH MORNING WESTERLIES IN DUNEDIN. CHANCE OF SHOWER IN MILFORD SOUND. MOSTLY FINE WITH CLOUDY PERIODS FOR GORE DOWN TO STEWART ISLAND. 15 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN WESTPORT. 9 IN ALEXANDRA. IT HAS SPARKED ANGER BECAUSE... THE MAN IS AN ASYLUM SEEKER. POLICE SAID THE VICTIM, A MAN IN HIS 40s, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES TO HIS EYES, FACE AND BACK AFTER HE WAS ATTACKED IN THE STREET LATE MONDAY IN NORTH BELFAST IN NORTHERN IRELAND. AWFUL STORY, WASN'T IT? SOUNDS LIKE IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN ATTEMPTED BEHEADING. BACKLASH BEGINNING AND BELFAST AS YOU CAN SEE IN THOSE LIVE PICTURES. WHAT LOOKS LIKE A CAR ON FIRE. EVER WONDERED WHAT IT'S REALLY LIKE TO COVER THE FIFA WORLD CUP? FROM THE EARLY STARTS TO THE PRESSURE OF GOING LIVE, 1NEWS REPORTER ZION DAYAL TAKES YOU BEHIND THE SCENES AND SHOWS WHAT IT TAKES TO REPORT FROM FOOTBALL'S BIGGEST STAGE. HELLO EVERYONE FROM TAMPA, FLORIDA. WE'RE AT THE RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM. NOW, I SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT MT SMART STADIUM AND EDEN PARK AND NOTHING ON THE FACILITIES THERE, BUT WE'RE AT AN NFL STADIUM AND THE FACILITIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE MEDIA BOX, ALL OVER THE STADIUM, IS INCREDIBLE. I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU IN TO HAVE A LOOK. WE COME THROUGH HERE AND IT'S A WHOLE KITCHEN, A WHOLE KITCHEN, TVS EVERYWHERE. THE SPACE IS ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE. I RECKON THERE'S PROBABLY CLOSE TO 100 AND 150 MEDIA SPOTS. WE'LL COME DOWN HERE AND AS SOON AS YOU GET IN HERE, THIS IS PROBABLY THE COOLEST PART. NOW REMEMBER THIS IS AN NFL FACILITY. THERE'S FOOD EVERYWHERE. LOOK AT THIS, FOR US. WE GET TO INDULGE IN SOME HOT DOGS. LOOK AT THAT ` ALL BEEF. LOOK AT OVER THERE. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, IS I MIGHT MAKE ONE. I HAVEN'T HAD ONE YET. I SAVED IT FOR THIS. BUT LOOK AT THIS. IT DOESN'T GET MORE AMERICAN. I'M JUST GONNA PUT THIS DOWN. HELLO, MATE. HOW ARE YOU? UH, WE'VE GOT DORITOS, LAY'S, PRETZELS. I'M JUST GOING TO PUT SOME, UH, MAYBE SOME... SOME TOMATO SAUCE. LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT THAT. NOW, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO GIVE MY EXCELLENT CAMERAMAN, LOGAN CHURCH HERE, MATE, YOU CAN HAVE A BITE. THERE'S PLENTY MORE TO GO AROUND. WE'LL KEEP GOING, KEEP COMING AROUND HERE. AND I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU, AND WE'RE HERE FOR THE ALL WHITES vs ENGLAND MATCH, JUST HOW MUCH MEDIA THERE ARE HERE. AND IF WE GO DOWN HERE AND WE LOOK... WE LOOK DOWN HERE, PRETTY MUCH ALL FULL. AND OUR SMALL NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT OF MYSELF, MICHAEL, ANDREW AND LOGAN WHO'S DOING THE CAMERA WORK. WE'LL COME BACK UP HERE. I THINK WE SHOULD GET ONE MORE HOT DOG. WHAT DO YOU THINK? I'M GONNA HAVE ANOTHER HOT DOG. BUT I MEAN, JUST TO SHOW YOU JUST HOW BIG THE STADIUM IS, THE FACILITIES AND HOW EVERYTHING ROLLS IN AMERICA IS JUST SUCH AN EYE-OPENER. IT IS REALLY COOL. UM, AND IF WE GO DOWNSTAIRS TO THE CONCOURSE AS WELL, THERE'S HEAPS OF PEOPLE, HOT DOGS, DRINKS EVERYWHERE. BUT, UM, FROM SOMEONE FROM NEW ZEALAND WHO SPENDS A LOT OF TIME AT MT SMART AND EDEN PARK, THIS IS SERIOUSLY COOL AND NEXT LEVEL. I DON'T HE'S COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PIES HE GETS AT MOUNT SMART. I THINK USUALLY IN THE MEDIA BOX THEY GIVE THEM SOME PARTY PIES. I'D TAKE A HOTDOG OVER A PAY. AS ION WILL BE REPORTING LIVE FOR US. TO MORE SLEEPS UNTIL THE BIG DAY. WHO ELSE HAS SAUSAGES? LUCY AT FIELDAYS. OH, SHE ACTUALLY DOES! I'M TRYING TO WARM MYSELF UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, THE GATES OPEN AND ABOUT 20 MINUTES TIME, WE ARE ALREADY INSIDE, AND WE'RE TALKING ALL ABOUT THE NEW INNOVATIONS IN CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY TO HELP GROWERS AND FARMERS SUCCEED. BUT YOU HAVE THEM SUCCEED, THEY ALSO NEED SUPPORT, WE WILL BE SPEAKING ALL ABOUT IT AFTER THE BREAK. 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 ` POLICE MINISTER MARK MITCHELL SAYS THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER ANNOUNCING HE WAS STANDING FOR THE LABOUR PARTY ARE 'UNACCEPTABLE.' PROTESTERS HAVE SET FIRE TO VEHICLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND AFTER A MAN SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES FROM A KNIFE ATTACK IN BELFAST. AND IN SPORT, IRAN'S FOOTBALL FEDERATION SAYS THE 8% WORLD CUP TICKET ALLOCATION IT WAS DISTRIBUTING TO FANS HAS BEEN PULLED. THE GATES ARE ABOUT TO OPEN AT FIELDAYS ` THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE'S LARGEST AGRICULTURAL EVENT. THIS ICONIC FOUR-DAY EVENT, NOW IN ITS 58th YEAR, SUPPORTS BOTH THOSE SHOWCASING THEIR INNOVATIONS AND SOLUTIONS, AND THOSE SEEKING SERVICES TO IMPROVE THEIR OPERATIONS. REPORTER LUCY BENDELL IS THERE, TO FIND OUT HOW THE TWO LINK UP. LOOKING VERY WRAPPED UP AND WARM. IT IS VERY COLD DOWN HERE, I'M TRYING NOT TO COMPLAIN TOO MUCH BECAUSE ALL THESE FARMERS ARE VERY USED TO IT. WE'VE COME THROUGH THE GATES JUST BEFORE THEY OPEN, AND AS WE HAVE TRAVEL BREW, THE AMOUNT OF CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS HERE AND ALL THE TOOLS TO HELP FARMERS SUCCEED IS AMAZING. WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR FARMERS TO SUCCEED AS SUPPORT. WE ARE JOINED BY THE FARMLAND CEO, TANYA, AND FARMER, MICHAEL. TELL ME ABOUT THIS NEW SUPPORT PLATFORM THAT IS ABOUT TO BE LAUNCHED? WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE LAUNCHING TODAY A COLLABORATOR BETWEEN THE RURAL SUPPORT TRUST, IGNITE AOTEAROA AND FARMLANDS TO INCREASE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT IN RURAL NEW ZEALAND. WE JUST REALLY NEED TO REALISE WHAT THEY ARE THEREFORE, AND THEY ARE THERE TO SUPPORT YOU. YOU SHOULD BE AFRAID TO CALL THEM. AND GIVES YOU CONFIDENCE TO GO AHEAD AND REALISE THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING IT ALONE. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE NEED FOR THAT? WE SEE THE NEED FOR IT EVERY DAY IN OUR INTERACTIONS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE REAL FACTS DRIVING WAY WANT TO INCREASE ACCESS TO THAT SUPPORT. PARTIALLY, WE KNOW THAT THE WORK THAT WILL SUPPORT TRUST DOES THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT CONTACT THEM NEED FOLLOW-UP SUPPORT AND INTERACTION WITH PROFESSIONALS TO PROVIDE A WHOLE RANGE OF DIFFERENT AREAS OF SUPPORT, WHETHER IT BE MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH. THE NEW PLATFORM WE HAVE LAUNCHED ALLOWS RURAL SUPPORT TO OFFER ANNUALLY, ABOUT DOUBLE THE LEVEL OF SESSIONS THEY COULD RUN PREVIOUSLY. WE HAVE ALSO ENSURED THAT IT IS AN ONLINE ACCESS PORTAL, SO YOU JUMP ONTO THE RURAL SUPPORT TRUST WEBSITE, YOU CAN ACCESS THE INFORMATION RIGHT THERE TO BE ABLE TO BOOK EITHER ONLINE, IN PERSON OR ON THE PHONE. SO FOR OUR FARMING COMMUNITIES AND OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES, THEY CAN DO IT WHENEVER SUITS THEM FROM WHEREVER THEY HAPPEN TO BE. ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES FOR RURAL, IS BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THAT SUPPORT IN A TIMELY WAY. IT IS LIVE NOW AND IT IS RIGHT THERE ON THAT HOMEPAGE. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT GOING TO BE FOR FARMERS AND YOURSELF? I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE GREAT. IT IS THERE. FARMERS TALK TO FARMERS AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE FINE, BUT HAVING IT THERE, WE CAN ACCESS IT STRAIGHT AWAY. WE WERE SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ABOUT HOW FARMERS DON'T REALLY WANT TO CHAT. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT THEY ACTUALLY REACH OUT? WHAT WOULD YOU MESSAGE ME TO FARMERS? DON'T BE SCARED TO TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE, TALK TO RURAL SUPPORT, THEY ARE THERE TO HELP. WE NEED THE BACKBONE, THE SUPPORT BEHIND US TO AT LEAST TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE AND HAVE THAT SUPPORT, LIKE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT, THE NUTRITIONIST. WE ACTUALLY NEED TO EAT PROPERLY, THAT IS A MASSIVE ONE. WE DO SO MUCH WORK OUTSIDE. WE GET TIRED QUICKLY. ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU ACCESS SUPPORT AND HOW MUCH THAT MEANT TO YOU? IT WAS HUGE, EVERYTHING HAPPENS REAL FAST, I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD JUST MAKE A PHONE CALL AND THEY WOULD BE THERE FOR ME NEXT WEEK. BUT THERE WAS A PERSON AT MY DOOR THE FOLLOWING DAY. THAT IS THE SORT OF SUPPORT THAT FARMERS AND GROWERS NEED. AND LIKE I MENTIONED, COMING THROUGH FIELD DAYS TODAY... OH NO. SAD, BECAUSE WE ARE ABOUT TO ASK WHETHER SHE WAS WEARING WELLIES THAT VERY FINE COAT. EVERYONE IS WEARING REALLY FARMER RELATED CLOTHING. CAN YOU SEE THE WALL, SHE IS SORT OF GLITCHING? HER LITTLE HAND IS GOING. THIS IS AN ENTIRELY AI GENERATED SHOW. LUCY HAS HER THICK COAT, LOOKS LIKE HE STEPPED OUT OF FASHION QUARTERLY. I WONDER IF SHE IS WEARING FANCY BOOTS. I THINK SHE IS GOING TO GET INTO SOME FUN TOO. E WHAI AKE NEI ` MOST OF AUCKLAND CITY WILL AVOID SWEEPING HOUSING CHANGES AFTER COUNCILLORS VOTED ON INTENSIFICATION PLANS LAST NIGHT. # THERE IS NO PLACE I'D RATHER BE VOICEOVER: Jump into Skinny today, and get $30 joining credit. # He's a real life human man... # Get the Skinny! 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. $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. # EVERYBODY... WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. COUNCILLORS IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU HAVE KNOCKED BACK THE CITY'S MOST AMBITIOUS INTENSIFICATION PLANS, INSTEAD BACKING A FUTURE BUILT AROUND TRAIN STATIONS, BUS ROUTES AND THE CBD. THE DECISION COULD STILL UNLOCK MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION HOMES IN THE SUPERCITY. JOINING ME IS AUCKLAND COUNCILLOR RICHARD HILLS. MORENA. OPTIONS A, B, C, D ` EXPLAIN WHAT WAS PROPOSED AND WHY YOU HAVE GONE FOR OPTION B. EVERYBODY OPTIONS A, B, C, D ` EXPLAIN WHAT WAS PROPOSED AND WHY YOU HAVE GONE FOR OPTION BD WAS THE PLAN CHANGE 120 WHICH WE PUT UP FOR CONSULTATION AT THE END OF LAST YEAR IT WOULD EFFECTIVELY HAVE UPS ON THE WHOLE CITY IS UP TO 2 MILLION DWELLING CAPACITY. OF SA THE GOVERNMENT CHANGED THEIR MIND. A IS ESSENTIALLY THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, BASICS, THOSE WALKABLE CATCHMENTS AROUND BUS STATIONS, TRANSACTIONS, METROCENTRES. LAW THAT HAS A REZONING, AS WE HAVE RESIGNED THE LOWER DENSITY AREAS WITH IT IS FLOODING AND SLIPS AND THEN B IS ADDING THE FREQUENT BUS NETWORK AND SO THE ONES CLOSEST TO THE CITY HEADING TOWARDS THE CITY AND MAKING SURE THE TRAIN STATIONS HAVE SORT OF... THEY HAD TO BE 15 STORIES ON THE FIRST THREE BUT THEN 10 ON THE NEXT THREE THEN THE OTHER LINES ARE SIX. WE ARE REPLICATING ACROSS ALL THREE LINES, VERY EASY TO EXPLAIN (!) WHAT IS GOING TO CHANGE FOR RESIDENTS IN THE CITY? DESPITE A LOT OF CONCERN FROM THE PEOPLE I MIGHT BE A FACTOR, THIS NEW PLAN WILL NOT ONLY AFFECT 85% OF AUCKLAND UNDER B AND 87%, SO JUST 2% UNDER A. MAKES A BIT MORE SENSE ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING AROUND AND LIVING CLOSER TO THE CITY AND JOBS. BECAUSE IT NEVER COULD IS IT FOR HOW AUCKLAND LIVES AND GOES ABOUT ITS BUSINESS AND IS IT POTENTIALLY A BIT OF A MODEL FOR HOW OTHERS MIGHT DO THIS? DEFINITELY, WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF HOW WE HAVE GROWN, SPREADING, SPREADING, SPREADING, IT IS ACTUALLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE WAY. WE ARE ALL PAYING ALL THOSE NEW HOUSES ` THEY ARE NOT JUST PAID BY THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE SO THIS IS ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF THINGS LIKE A CITY RAIL LINK. HOW DO WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE LIVING AROUND THOSE STATIONS, MORE PEOPLE LIVING AROUND THE BUS ROUTES THAT GO TO THEM, TO THE CITY, BUT ALSO GIVING PEOPLE TOYS ALONG THEIR LIVES SO YOUNG PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO BUY A TERRACE OR APARTMENTS FIRST. WHAT I AM GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK NOWADAYS IS DOWNSIZING, THE PEOPLE, OLDER PEOPLE WHO HAD THE FAMILY HOME, THEY WANT TO SELL. THEY MOVE OUT OF AUCKLAND, SO IT IS TRYING TO HAVE MORE OPTIONS IN THE PLACES WITH AS GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THEIR LIFE. IS THERE AN ARGUMENT THAT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS COULD HAVE BEEN LOST? ALL THE SUBURBS AROUND THE CITY CENTRE AREN'T ON THE BALANCE OF THE BUS LINES, THEY WANT TO BE DOWNTURNED BUT THEY WILL BE LESS SIGNIFICANTLY ABLE TO DEVELOP UNDER THESE NEW PLANTS THAN WE WERE, SAY, IN THE DECEMBER OPTION, SYPHILIS CORRECTION: SO FOR THOSE PEOPLE IT DOES MEAN THAT THERE PROBABLY WILL BE FEWER HOMES BUILT. WE HEAR FROM PEOPLE DON'T LIKE DENSITY. BUT THE NEXT ITERATION IS GOING TO LIVE IN THIS CITY. OVER THE NEXT MONTH, UNDER THE LAW, WE HAVE TO AND SHOULD CONSULT WITH MANA WHENUA. THEY ALSO MIGHT WANT TO BRING PARTS OF C AND D INTO THEIR AREA. SHOULD THE WALKABLE CATCHMENTS AROUND YOUR TOWN CENTRE BE BIGGER, ETC. AUCKLANDERS HAVE BEEN OVER CONSULTED ON THIS FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND IT FINALLY GOES BACK TO AN INDEPENDENT PANEL. IS YOUR BOSS HAPPY? HE FEELS WE ARE NOT BEING AMBITIOUS ENOUGH, BUT HE DOES THINK WE SHOULD BE NOT OPPOSING THINGS AROUND TRANSLATIONS AND BUS ROUTES. WHICH ARE HELD, THANK YOU FOR DOTTING THE EYES AND CROSSING THE T'S. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. STILL TO COME ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ` FORMER NRL PLAYER KANE EVANS HAS COME OUT IN A POWERFUL ACT OF COURAGE WHICH IS CHANGING THE CONVERSATION IN SPORT. ALSO AHEAD ` A NEW THEATRE PRODUCTION BRINGS THE DRAMA AND TRAGEDY OF THE TARAWERA ERUPTION BACK TO LIFE, 140 YEARS ON. AND THE SPCA KITTEN THAT JUST CAN'T CATCH A BREAK. THE SAD TALE OF ACE'S ADOPTION DISAPPOINTMENTS. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 8 O'CLOCK, TIME FOR YOUR NEWS. THANKS, CHRIS. PROTESTERS ARE SETTING FIRE TO VEHICLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND AFTER A MAN SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES FROM A KNIFE ATTACK IN BELFAST.FIND POLICE AND POLITICIANS HAVE VOICED REPEATED CALLS FOR CALM AMONGST LOCALS. THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER. A RAGING BLAZE IS FILLING THE SKY IN RUSSIALOCAL AFTER THREE EXPLOSIONS HAVE HIT A GAS PIPELINE. RUSSIA'S MINISTRY HAS SAID AN INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING INTO THE SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS. IT IS UNCLEAR IF THERE ARE ANY CASUALTIES. THE PIPELINE IS CONSIDERED TO BE PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN THE SOUTHERN REGION'S ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE. TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST ARE RISING AFTER U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PROMISED THREATENED IRAN WITH A RETALIATORY ATTACK AFTER HE CLAIMS THEY SHOT DOWN AN ARMY HELICOPTER OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THE BBC'S JEREMY BOWEN HAS THIS REPORT. HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO CALIBRATE WHAT HE DOES NOW AND WHAT A US MILITARY DOES IN RESPONSE TO ALL OF THIS, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WHAT DOES THIS DO TO THE ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS THROUGH INTERMEDIARIES TO TRY TO GIVE THEM THE BEST UNDERSTANDING? THEN LATER ON, TALKS ABOUT WEAKLINGS LIKE NUCLEAR ISSUES... WHAT THIS IS SHOWING MORE APPARENTLY, MORE CLEARLY THAN EVER IS THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS LOST CONTROL OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS DECISION TO GO TO WAR, THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN COUNTRIES GO TO WAR. IT'S VERY HARD TO PLAN AND IT NEVER GOES AWAY YOU EXPECT. WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS THAT THE TENSE, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS SITUATION IN THE GULF IS GOING TO CONTINUE AND IS GOING TO BE FULL OF THESE MOMENTS OF RISK AND WHILE THEY ARE TRYING TO GET SOME KIND OF A DIPLOMATIC PROCESS GOING, WHEN THERE IS A VERY HEAVY AMERICAN PRESENCE THERE AND IN IRANIAN PRESENCE WHO WAS TO HIT BACK IT HAS HIT BACK... A CHILD SAFETY ADVOCATE IS CALLING FOR STRONGER RULES ON TECH PLATFORMS AND SAYS NEW ZEALAND SHOULD FOLLOW OVERSEAS REFORMS. IN THE UK, PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER IS CRACKING DOWN ON EXPLICIT IMAGES SHARED BY CHILDREN, GIVING COMPANIES LIKE APPLE AND GOOGLE THREE MONTHS TO INTRODUCE SAFEGUARDS OR UPDATE SOFTWARE TO BLOCK SUCH CONTENT FOR UNDER-18S. ADVOCATE HOLLY BROOKER SAYS SHE REGULARLY HEARS STORIES OF YOUNG PEOPLE BEING PRESSURED INTO SENDING NUDE IMAGES. IT'S REALLY UPSETTING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. WE UNFORTUNATELY HAVE A CULTURE WHERE THIS HAS BECOME QUITE NORMALISED, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT IT WITH THEIR PARENTS, BECAUSE OF JUST THE GENERATIONAL DIVIDE THAT WE HAVE IN UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY, SO, YEAH, I REALLY ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO BE AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING. ONE IN THREE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL HAVE A SEXUAL INTERACTION ONLINE, AND SAYS MORE OPEN CONVERSIONS NEED TO HAPPEN. POLICE MINISTER MARK MITCHELL HAS CRITICISED HOW A TOP COP HAS HANDLED HIS LABOUR CANDIDACY ANNOUNCEMENT. SUPERINTENDENT RAKESH NAIDOO WAS CONFIRMED AS A LIST-ONLY CANDIDATE FOR LABOUR ON MONDAY, ALMOST GUARANTEEING HIM A SEAT IN PARLIAMENT, BUT HE ONLY TOLD THE POLICE COMMISSIONER JUST DAYS BEFORE THE LIST BECAME PUBLIC. WELL, HE DIDN'T TELL THE POLICE COMMISSIONER. MITCHELL SAYS BOTH HIPKINS AND NAIDOO HAVE HANDLED THE SITUATION POORLY. THEY HAVE SHOWN VERY LITTLE RESPECT FOR THE POLICE COMMISSIONER OR THE POLICE. THEY HAVE TAKEN IT UPON THEMSELVES, AND THEY HAVE DECIDED TO MANAGE THE POLICE NEUTRALITY ISSUES THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE COMPLETELY IGNORED THE VERY CLEAR POLICE GUIDELINES ON THIS. AT THIS STAGE, NAIDOO IS ON PAID LEAVE WITH THE EXACT RETURN DATE UNKOWN. TO SPORT, SERENA WILLIAMS HAS RETURNED TO PROFESSIONAL TENNIS IN EMPHATIC FASHION, DEFEATING KIWI ERIN ROUTLIFFE IN THE DOUBLES AT THE QUEEN'S CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP IN LONDON. THE 23-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPION ROLLING BACK THE YEARS, BEATING THE THIRD SEEDS ALONGSIDE CANADIAN TEENAGER VICTORIA MBOKO. (CROWD CHEERS) JUST UNBELIEVABLE FROM SERENA WILLIAMS. HOW ON EARTH HAS SHE MADE THAT? WHY NOW, WHY HERE, WHAT IS TO COME? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. I JUST HAD NOTHING BETTER TO DO, I GOT TIRED OF SITTING AT HOME. MY KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL FOR THE SUMMER SO WHY NOT? THE PAIR PREVAILING IN STRAIGHT SETS AND THROUGH TO THE QUARTER FINALS. SILVER FERNS VETERAN JANE WATSON HAS ANNOUNCED SHE'S RETIRING FROM PROFESSIONAL NETBALL. THE 66-CAP NEW ZEALAND DEFENDER HAS CALLED TIME ON HER CAREER AFTER 15 SEASONS OF COMPETING AT THE TOP LEVEL. SHE MADE HER INTERNATIONAL DEBUT IN 2016, AND HAS HELPED THE SILVER FERNS TO WORLD CUP AND CONSTELLATION CUP VICTORIES. WATSON WILL PLAY HER FINAL MATCH FOR THE GIANTS IN AUSTRALIA'S SUPER NETBALL LEAGUE THIS WEEKEND. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (UPBEAT ELCTRONIC MUSIC) (UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC) AND NOW TO THE WEATHER ` CLEAR SKIES FOR MOST OF THE NORTH. FINE FOR KAITAIA DOWN TO AUCKLAND. MORNING FROSTS FOR WHITIANGA AND HAMILTON. SUNNY IN TAURANGA. FINE WITH FROST FOR WHAKATANE DOWN TO TAUPO. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWER FOR GISBORNE THROUGH TO MASTERTON. FROSTY IN TAUMARUNUI. MORNING CLOUD CLEARING TO FINE FOR WHANGANUI DOWN TO LEVIN. POSSIBLE SHOWERS IN THE CAPITAL. 16 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN NAPIER. 13 IN TOKOROA. CLEAR DAY FOR THE SOUTH AS WELL. FINE FOR NELSON DOWN TO HOKITIKA. PASSING CLOUD IN KAIKOURA. FROSTY START FOR CHRISTCHURCH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO QUEENSTOWN. SUNNY IN OAMARU. FINE WITH MORNING WESTERLIES IN DUNEDIN. CHANCE OF SHOWER IN MILFORD SOUND. MOSTLY FINE WITH CLOUDY PERIODS FOR GORE DOWN TO STEWART ISLAND. 15 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN WESTPORT. 9 IN ALEXANDRA. THE GATES ARE ABOUT TO OPEN FOR FIELDAYS. LUCY IS THERE NOW. WHAT'S HAPPENING, LUCY? MORENA, CHRIS. GATES HAVE JUST OPENED AND PEOPLE ARE FLOWING THROUGH, READY FOR THE BIGGEST AGRICULTURAL EVENT IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. WE JUST HAD THE OPENING CEREMONY THROUGH HERE, THE WAIATA AND KAPA HAKA HAS JUST FINISHED UP. YOU CAN SEE MORE THAN 1000 EXHIBITORS READY TO TAKE ON THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SET TO COME THROUGH THE DOORS OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS, IT IS A VERY EXCITING TIME HERE IN THE MIGHTY WAIKATO AT MYSTERY CREEK. LOOKS LIKE A CRACKER DAY. ARE YOU WEARING THE APPROPRIATE... IF THE WEATHER WAS TO TURN... I DID HEAR YOU GUYS SPEAKING ABOUT MY FASHION CHOICE, I THOUGHT I WAS VERY SMART ` MY WOOL COAT HAS AN ATTACHED SCARF. I'VE ACTUALLY GOT MY PYJAMA TOP ON UNDERNEATH. YES, EXACTLY AS IT SHOULD BE. RUGGED UP. WE WILL CHECK IN WITH YOU SHORTLY, LUCY. FORMER WARRIORS PROP KANE EVANS HAS GIVEN A DEEPLY PERSONAL INTERVIEW ` OPENING UP ABOUT COMING OUT, ADDICTION, AND THE TOLL OF HIDING WHO HE WAS FOR DECADES. I KNOW THAT` THAT I'M GAY BUT... I WENT DOWN EVERY OTHER AVENUE TO SORT OF BUILD UP THESE WALLS TO... TO BE... SOMEONE... TO ESCAPE WHO I AM. MORE THAN 30 YEARS ON FROM IAN ROBERTS, EVANS IS JUST THE SECOND MALE NRL PLAYER TO PUBLICLY COME OUT. SO WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THE CULTURE OF THE GAME AND IS IT STARTING TO CHANGE? REMI SAUFFISSEAU IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEW ZEALAND FALCONS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB WHICH DESCRIBES ITSELF AS THE COUNTRY'S ONLY HOME OF A GAY AND INCLUSIVE RUGBY TEAM. HE JOINS US NOW. WHAT DID YOU THINK WATCHING THAT VIDEO OF KANE EVANS? MORENA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US, IT'S A VERY POWERFUL INTERVIEW. FIRSTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE HIM FOR DOING THAT STEP AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR HIMSELF BUT ALSO IT WILL SHINE A LIGHT ON THE COMMUNITY, AGAIN, AND IT SHOWS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE IN RUGBY AND SPORTS IN GENERAL FOR ACCEPTANCE AND HAVING AN ADDITIONAL WALL MODEL WILL HOPEFULLY KEEP... KEEP THAT MOMENTUM AND PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE VISIBILITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND RUGBY. WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS HAPPENING, BECAUSE IT CAN'T ONLY BE TWO... I THINK, WHEN I READ AN ARTICLE, I SAW THAT HE REALISED THAT AT AGE 15, HE REALISED HE WAS GAY AND THAT'S TO ME SPEAKS OUT MORE ABOUT THE YOUNGER AGE, CLUB RUGBY... WILL NEED TO COULD IS A BIT MORE IS THERE IS MORE INCLUSIVITY AT THAT LEVEL IS A PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY CAN STAY IN RUGBY AND IF THEY STAY IN RUGBY, THAT IS WILL SEE MORE HIGH-LEVEL ATHLETES WERE OPEN AGAIN BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT GETS TO 15, 16, FIGURE OUT WHO THEY ARE AND THEN LEAVE THE SPORT BECAUSE THEY DON'T THINK IT WILL BE SAFER FOR THEM. WHY DO THEY FEEL IT'S NOT A SAFE SPACE FOR THEM, DO YOU THINK? I THINK RUGBY HAS THAT, IS KNOWN FOR BEING QUITE NATURAL AND MASCULINE AND YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT CASES OF BULLYING, HARASSMENT AND ESPECIALLY TOWARDS THE LGBT COMMUNITY. SO IT DEFINITELY THE LOT INTO IT. A LOT OF PLAYERS WON'T FEEL DIRECTLY TARGETED OFF THE FIELD. IT'S EASY TO GIVE SOMEONE A HEART ATTACK THIS BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE. IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS? I HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN IN MY` IN THE PAST WHEN I AM FROM SO IT DOES HAPPEN... YEAH, IS A LIMIT WE CAN'T EXACTLY AT THIS STAGE REALLY STOP. TOTALLY, AND WHAT DOES IT DO TO A PERSON WHO CAN'T ` WHEN THEY CAN'T LIVE FOR, AS WHO THEY ARE, AND PART OF THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY ARE EXISTING> IN THE CASE OF RUGBY, IT MEANS THAT THEY JUST LEAVE THE SPORT WHICH IS A SHAME BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SO MANY GAY PEOPLE AND TRANS PEOPLE IN OUR CLUB, WHO LOVE PLAYING AND WATCHING RUGBY AND IT IS SUCH A SHAME THAT WE CAN'T SEE THAT EVERYWHERE JUST YET. I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS DEFINITELY, WE NOW SEE MORE ACCEPTANCE. WE PLAY AGAINST CLUBS AROUND AUCKLAND WHO AREN'T INCLUSIVE TEAMS NECESSARILY BY THEIR NAME... BUT WE ARE ACCEPTED AND BEGETS PLAYED AGAINST FAIRLY SO THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. AND ITS PROGRESS, IT DOESN'T FEE; LINEAR, DOES IT. ESPECIALLY FOR THE TRANS COMMUNITY. SPORTS FOR THE TRANS COMMUNITY, THERE IS ALWAYS CHALLENGES AROUND AT HIGH LEVEL, HOW CAN WE INCLUDE TRANS PLAYERS? WE ARE QUITE LOW-KEY WITH THE FALCONS WE JUST CHOOSE EVERYONE, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND IS, BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE AT THESE CLUB LEVELS AND ALSO AT PROFESSIONAL LEVEL SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE PLANTATION. WE DON'T SEE THIS AS MUCH IN WOMEN'S SPORT, DO WE? THE WAY I SEE WOMEN THE SPORT IS THAT IT HAS GROWN SO MUCH AND ESPECIALLY WITH RUGBY, I WAS WORKING AS THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP THAT THERE WAS IN ENGLAND RECENTLY AND THE STADIUM WAS GETTING FILLED OUT... ERPIC. CORRECTION: EPIC IT'S A VERY LOOSE COMPARISON BUT BECAUSE THERE IS MORE EXPOSURE TO WOMEN IN RUGBY, THERE IS ANOTHER AND TO BE MORE YOUNGER GIRLS WANTING TO GO INTO RUGBY AND STICK TO IT, SO THAT IS THE SAME COMPARISON, EVERY KIND OF MINORITY GROUPS OF THIN SPORTS WILL HAVE THEIR OWN CHALLENGES BUT IF WE GET MORE VISIBILITY, WE HAVE MORE OF A CHANCE TO GET PEOPLE TO STICK TO THAT SPORT AND ACCEDE AT IT. AWESOME, WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THERE IS ONE OTHER INCLUSIVE SPORTS TEAM. ME U TONU MAI ` ALSO AHEAD, A NEW THEATRE PRODUCTION BRINGS THE DRAMA AND TRAGEDY OF THE TARAWERA ERUPTION BACK TO LIFE, 140 YEARS ON. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` A RAGING BLAZE IS FILLING THE SKY IN RUSSIA, WITH THREE EXPLOSIONS HITTING A GAS PIPELINE. TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST ARE RISING AFTER U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THREATENS IRAN, AFTER HE CLAIMS IT SHOT DOWN AN ARMY HELICOPTER OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AND IN SPORT ` SERENA WILLIAMS' RETURN TO PROFESSIONAL TENNIS HAS GOT OFF TO A GOOD START, DEFEATING KIWI ERIN ROUTLIFFE IN THE DOUBLES AT THE QUEEN'S TOURNAMENT. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY 140 YEARS AGO TODAY, MOUNT TARAWERA ERUPTED. AROUND 120 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, MOST OF THEM MAORI. WHOLE VILLAGES WERE DESTROYED OR BURIED NEAR ROTORUA, AND THE PINK AND WHITE TERRACES WERE LOST. IT REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST HAUNTING DISASTERS IN NEW ZEALAND HISTORY. # E TOHU MATE HE I TUA, # E TOHU MATE HE I TUA, # O RUNGA MAI O TARAWERA. NOW THAT STORY IS BEING BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE IN ROTORUA, THROUGH A THEATRE PRODUCTION CALLED 'TERA TE AUAHI' WHICH OPENS TONIGHT. TE WHARE TAPERE O TE ARAWA'S MATIU HAMUERA JOINS US NOW. WHAT IS YOUR ROLE? I AM WORKING WITH A TEAM OF SIX AND WE HAVE A LARGE TEAM OF CREATIVES AROUND US BUT OUR TEAM HAVE PUT TOGETHER THIS PRODUCTION TO HONOUR THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN IN THE DISASTER BUT ALSO TO KEEP TELLING THE STORY, THE STORY OF OUR PEOPLE. WHAT WAS IT LIKE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER TRYING TO BRING THIS TO LIFE? IT'S BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING, WE ACTUALLY STARTED THE SCRIPT AROUND FOUR YEARS AGO AND WITHIN DEVELOPING IT TOGETHER AS A COLLECTIVE ` TODAY LAST YEAR ARE WHAT WE PUT ON A READING AND DEVELOPED A SCRIPT. ONE OF THE CREATORS, SOPHIE WILLIAMS, SHE HAS A PERSONAL CONNECTION TO THAT OF OPTION. AND I IMAGINE THERE WILL BE OTHERS TOO. WHAT IS THAT TO DO TO ADD RESPONSIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO TELLING THE STORY? WITH A STORY LIKE THIS, THE ENTIRE CAST AND CREW, THEIR CREATIVE TEAM, ARE ESSENTIALLY ALL CONNECTED TO OTHER SURVIVORS OR A DESCENDANT OF SURVIVORS. TO THE IMMENSE WEIGHT WE HOLD TO BRING THIS A STORY TO LIFE IS HEAVY ON US BUT WE HOLD THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND WE TAKE IT TO THE STAGE WITH HONOUR AND WITH PRIDE, SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE THE STORY THIS WAY. IT'S BEEN MISSING FROM THE PSYCHE OF THE PEOPLE AROUND HERE FOR A WHILE NOW, WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE MUSEUM. THAT WAS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE YOU COULD GO AND LEARN A LOT ABOUT THE ERUPTION AND THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THERE AND AS WELL AS THE BURIED VILLAGE. THE VILLAGE FEATURES IN OUR PRODUCTION. HOW SATISFYING IS IT TO DO THAT, WHEN YOU'VE GOT SO MUCH CULTURE THERE? THAT ALLOWS US TO CONNECT WITH THE IWI AND THE PEOPLE. IT GIVES THEM A VISCERAL EXPERIENCE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE THE SONG, DANCE, INCREDIBLE ACTING. I LIKEN IT TO THE LIKES OF OUR CARVERS OR ORATORS AND OUR COMPOSERS OF THE DAY, IT IS JUST ANOTHER WAY TO KEEP OUR HISTORY ALIVE AND DOING IT LIKE WE DID IN THE PAST, SO THIS IS OUR WAY OF KEEPING THE STORY IS A LIFE. YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE US A SHOUT OUT FOR HOW PEOPLE CAN GET ALONG. WHERE CAN THEY WATCH IT, HOW? THERE ARE TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR THE FRIDAY NIGHT SHOW, FOR THE SATURDAY MATINEE AND THE SATURDAY NIGHT SHOW. TONIGHT OPENING NIGHT HAS SOLD OUT AS WELL AS OUR MATINEE SHOWS, BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE HERE THIS MORNING THAT IN SUMMER 2027 FROM JANUARY, FEBRUARY, WILL BE BRINGING THE SEASON BACK. TO THE SCHOOLS GET AN EXTRA SPECIAL TREAT FOR BEING ABLE TO WHAT YOU GUYS? IT ABSOLUTELY IS, WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL SEASON OF OUR SHOW WHICH WE PUT ON, AND WE HAVE SOLD OUT SEASONS TO OUR MATINEE SHOWS, AND THOSE ARE ALWAYS THE MOST ENERGISING AUDIENCES WITH THE KURA THAT COME THROUGH TO SEE THE SHOWS. GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL AND FANTASTIC. NGA MIHI NUI, CHRIS. KIA ORA. LOTS OF FEEDBACK COMING IN ON THE INTERVIEW WE DID ON CHILD TECH. WES SAYS, THE UK HAS HAD A WATERSHED. WE DO HAVE TECHNOLOGY AND FACEBOOK ALIKE HAS HAD THIS FOR YEARS BUT IT COSTS THEM MONEY, LOSES THEM MONEY. GETTING KIDS BRAINWASHED EARLY IS BIG BUSINESS. IT WAS ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN TWINS MELISSA AND GEORGIE LAURIE WERE ATTACKED BY A CROCODILE IN MEXICO. MELISSA NEARLY DIED ` BUT WAS SAVED BY GEORGIE, WHO BRAVELY FOUGHT BACK AGAINST THE ANIMAL. THEY'D BEEN IN THE COUNTRY DOING VOLUNTEER WORK, NOW THE SISTERS ARE VOLUNTEERING AGAIN, WORKING IN CROCODILE CONSERVATION. THIS IS HOW YOU GET BACK ON THE HORSE, ISN'T IT? EXTREMELY GRATEFUL THAT I CAME OUT THIS ALIVE AND I HAD GEORGIA FIGHTING MY SIDE FOR ME. IT WAS AN ATTACK THAT ALMOST COST MELISSA HER LIFE, RECOVERING IN HOSPITAL AFTER SURVIVING AND THEIR DEATH EXPERIENCE A CROCODILE ATTACK IN MEXICO. FIVE YEARS AGO, SHE WAS LEFT WITH BITES TO HER LEGS AND STOMACH, LATER DEVELOPING SEPSIS. THAT'S CRAZY. RESCUED BY HER TWIN SISTER GEORGIA WHO IN A MOMENT OF BRAVERY DIVED INTO THE WATER AND HITS THE ANIMAL REPEATEDLY TO FORCE IT OFF. AS IT GRABBED HER ON THE LEG ON HER BEHIND AND TRIED TO DEATH ROLL AND DRAGGED HER AWAY, A BIT ON ITS SNOUT AND IT GRABBED MY WRIST AND ARM SO I HAD TO BEAT IT OFF WITH MY OTHER ARM. THE PAIR HAD BEEN TRAVELLING AND SIGNED UP FOR A RIVERBOAT TOIL WITH THEIR FRIENDS. AGAINST THE ODDS, MELISSA AND GEORGIE SURVIVE THE ORDEAL AND IN 2024, GEORGIA WAS RECOGNISED BY HER BRAVERY BY KING CHARLES. WHEN I WAS BITTEN BY THE ARM AND DRAGGED UNDERWATER, THAT WAS IT FOR ME. I THOUGHT, THAT I'M A GONER. YOU CAN'T REALLY PUT A TIMEFRAME ON THE MENTAL HEALTH SIDE OF THINGS. THAT'S DEFINITELY A JOURNEY THAT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVEN'T LEARNS THE RIGHT COPING MECHANISMS, IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ANYBODY TO MOVE THROUGH TRAUMA. GOODBYE, GEORGIA. THANKS FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE. BOTH HAVE NOW RETURNED TO WORK ON A CROCODILE CONSERVATION PROJECT. CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE ARE HERE NOW, WE'VE COME SO FAR THROUGHOUT HEALING JOURNEY. IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT THING. YOU CAN DO THESE POSITIVE THINGS AFTER TRAUMA. AND FINDING PURPOSE THROUGH THE PAIN WE EXPERIENCED. THIS IS IT ABOUT FORGETTING WHAT HAPPENED, BUT MOVING FORWARD BEYOND THE TRAUMA OF THE PAST. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` WE'RE BACK AT FIELD DAYS WITH OUR REPORTER LUCY. WHAT'S HAPPENING? AND YOU ARE ON A DIGGER. GOOD MORNING, TEAM, YES, FEELS DAYS HAS BEGUN. THERE IS JUST ONE ISSUE ` I'M A LITTLE BIT TOO SHORT FOR THIS DIGGER SO I'M GOING TO BE GIVING IT A GO BUT ON A SLIGHTLY SMALLER DIGGER. STATED AFTER THE BREAK. # TALK TO ME, TALK TO ME. Morning team. Morning boss. Sunrise any moment. Hurry guys! Heads! (SONG): 'OUR HOUSE' BY CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG Morning Steve. Morning. # By the evening # Sunshine through them... 3, 2, 1. New boots? Yeah! What a beautiful morning. It's gorgeous. We're gonna need more flour. On it. Grandma! Darlings... # Our house is a very, very, very fine house. Let's get the band into position. # Cats in the yard. # Life used to be so hard. # Now everything is easy 'cause of you... Table three, ready for mains. # La la la la la la... Wait! Clara doesn't like basil. # La la la la la la la... # VOICEOVER: We all know the rules. (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) The pantry piece is just the piece you eat while you decide whether or not you're going to eat a piece. (INTRIGUING MUSIC) Hello Chocolate Lovers! WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER A KNIFE ATTACK IN NORTHERN IRELAND. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN PRAISED FOR INTERVENING IN THE ATTACK. TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS, YOU SHOWED THE VERY BEST OF HUMANITY, AND YOU HAVE THE PROFOUND GRATITUDE OF THIS ENTIRE HOUSE. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS WOUNDS TO HIS FACE, NECK AND BACK AFTER BEING STABBED WITH A KITCHEN KNIFE. RIOTS HAVE SINCE ERUPTED ON THE STREETS, WITH VEHICLES BEING LIT ON FIRE, INCLUDING ONE BUS. HEAVY SWELL WARNINGS FOR WELLINGTON HAVE NOW LAPSED. PARTS OF THE CITY WERE PUT INTO A LOCAL STATE EMERGENCY ON MONDAY NIGHT, WITH SWELLS AS HIGH AS 11m BATTERING THE COASTLINE. WITH THE IMMEDIATE RISK NOW OVER INSURANCE GROUP IAG IS CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE A ROADMAP FOR DEALING WITH FUTURE NATURAL HAZARD RISKS. BRYCE DAVIES SAYS IT'S ABOUT PLANNING AHEAD. THERE'S MORE WORK TO DO IN AND AROUND WHAT WE BUILD AND HOW WE BUILD, TO MAKE SURE OUR BUILDINGS ARE MUCH MORE RESILIENT TO THE IMPACTS, AND THAT IS BOTH ACROSS EARTHQUAKE AND WEATHER. THERE'S GAPS IN OUR KNOWLEDGE, RIGHT? EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT, 'OH, WE NEED MORE DATA.' WE NEED TO BE MUCH CLEARER ABOUT THE DECISIONS WE NEED TO MAKE, AND THEREFORE, THE DATA WE NEED. DAVIES SAYS THERE ALSO NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSION AROUND WHO FUNDS THIS TYPE OF PROACTIVE PLANNING SHOULD COME FROM AND WHERE IT SHOULD GO. TWO CHICKEN PRODUCTS SOLD AT A CHRISTCHURCH PAK N SAVE HAVE BEEN RECALLED OVER CONCERNS THEY MAY CONTAIN UNDERCOOKED CHICKEN. THE RECALL AFFECTS THE 'DEATH BY CHICKEN BURGER' AND 'CHICKEN KATSU GARDEN SALAD', BOTH PACKED TWO DAYS AGO, AND SOLD IN RANGIORA. NEW ZEALAND FOOD SAFETY SAYS THE PRODUCTS SHOULD NOT BE EATEN AND CAN BE RETURNED FOR A REFUND. A LOUISANA MAN FLEEING LOCAL POLICE AFTER SOME ALLEGED RECKLESS DRIVING HAS ENCOUNTERED AN UNEXPECTED FOE. THE 40-YEAR-OLD REPORTEDLY RAN INTO A SWAMP TRYING TO ESCAPE THE COPS, BEFORE BEING ATTACKED BY AN ALLIGATOR. DESPITE SUSTAINING INJURIES TO BOTH ARMS, THE MAN CONTINUED TO RUN, BUT WAS SOON CAUGHT AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. THE WHITE FERNS HAVE BEATEN SOUTH AFRICA IN A FINAL OVER THRILLER, WINNING THEIR T20 WORLD CUP WARM UP MATCH BY 5 WICKETS. SET A CHALLENGING 184 FOR VICTORY, NEW ZEALAND CAPTAIN MELIE KERR LED THE CHASE WITH A KNOCK OF 61. GEORGIA PLIMMER AND SOPHIE DEVINE ADDING VALUABLE RUNS. SHE JUST NEEDS TO GET OUT OF HER OVER, NOW. PUNTED ` STAND AND DELIVER! STRAIGHT BACK. ALMOST TOOK THE HEAD OFF AYABONGA KHAKA, BUT THAT IS AN EMPHATIC FINISH, AND MADDY GREEN SAYS, 'ENOUGH OF THIS, 'TIME TO FINISH IT WITH A BOUNDARY.' NEW ZEALAND WINNING WITH JUST 2 BALLS TO SPARE. IT'S THEIR FINAL HIT OUT BEFORE THE WORLD CUP GETS UNDERWAY, WHERE THEY'LL BE AIMING TO DEFEND THEIR TITLE. BLUES FORWARD MALACHI WRAMPLING IS SET TO MISS THE REST OF THE CLUB'S SUPER RUGBY CAMPAIGN, AFTER BEING HANDED A THREE-WEEK BAN FOR A DANGEROUS TACKLE. THE FOUL PLAY COMMITTEE FINDING HIM GUILTY AFTER HE RECEIVED A RED CARD FOR THIS INCIDENT DURING THE QUALIFYING FINAL AGAINST THE CRUSADERS. THE INITIAL SIX-WEEK BAN WAS HALVED, WITH THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERING HIS REMORSE AND RECENT DISCIPLINARY RECORD. WRAMPLING WILL MISS THIS WEEKEND'S SEMI FINAL AGAINST THE HURRICANES AND THE GRAND FINAL IF THE BLUES WIN. CHRISTCHURCH'S SOLD OUT SUPER ROUND BROUGHT IN $13.1 MILLION IN REVENUE ` MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT WAS PROJECTED. A NEWLY RELEASED ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT FROM TOURISM DATA FIRM FRESH INFO SHOWS THE EVENT ATTRACTED 73,000 ATTENDEES ACROSS 3 DAYS. OVER 20,000 PEOPLE WERE VISITORS FROM OUT OF TOWN, THE DATA SHOWS. BED NIGHTS FOR THE WEEKEND SURPASSED 49,000, AGAIN EXCEEDING THE FORECAST 34,000. THE REIGNING BAVARIAN WEISSWURST QUEEN IS COOKING UP A SAUSAGE WORTHY OF A WORLD CUP. JULIA BOEBEL HAS INVENTED A FOOTBALLER-SHAPED SAUSAGE CALLED 'TEAM SPIRIT' IN HONOUR OF THIS YEAR'S FIFA WORLD CUP. CALLED 'TEAM SPIRIT' IN HONOUR OF THIS YEAR'S FIFA WORLD CUP. THAT IS MORE MESSY THAN LIONEL. THE NOVELTY IS A MIX OF A BRATWURST AND WEISSWURST SAUSAGE, STEAMED OR BOILED IN A FOOTBALLER-SHAPED MOULD. NO! YUCK, YUCK, YUCK. I AM A VEGETARIAN AGAIN. AND THEY ARE IN WATER. OH NO. AND NOW TO THE WEATHER ` CLEAR SKIES FOR MOST OF THE NORTH. FINE FOR KAITAIA DOWN TO AUCKLAND. MORNING FROSTS FOR WHITIANGA AND HAMILTON. SUNNY IN TAURANGA. FINE WITH FROST FOR WHAKATANE DOWN TO TAUPO. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWER FOR GISBORNE THROUGH TO MASTERTON. FROSTY IN TAUMARUNUI. MORNING CLOUD CLEARING TO FINE FOR WHANGANUI DOWN TO LEVIN. POSSIBLE SHOWERS IN THE CAPITAL. 16 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN NAPIER. 13 IN TOKOROA. CLEAR DAY FOR THE SOUTH AS WELL. FINE FOR NELSON DOWN TO HOKITIKA. PASSING CLOUD IN KAIKOURA. FROSTY START FOR CHRISTCHURCH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO QUEENSTOWN. SUNNY IN OAMARU. FINE WITH MORNING WESTERLIES IN DUNEDIN. CHANCE OF SHOWER IN MILFORD SOUND. MOSTLY FINE WITH CLOUDY PERIODS FOR GORE DOWN TO STEWART ISLAND. 15 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN WESTPORT. 9 IN ALEXANDRA. OVER 100,000 PEOPLE WILL BE FLOODING IN TO HAMILTON'S MYSTERY CREEK THIS WEEK FOR FIELDAYS, THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE'S LARGEST AGRICULTURAL EVENT AND THE ULTIMATE LAUNCH PLATFORM FOR CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION. IT'S AN AWESOME PLACE TO GET OUT IN THE SUN, CHECK OUT ALL THE NEW IDEAS AND PERHAPS LEARN SOMETHING NEW. THAT'S THE PLAN FOR OUR REPORTER LUCY BENDELL. HAVE YOU FOUND A DIGGER THAT IS YOUR SIZE YET? GOOD MORNING TEAM, THIS IS WHAT I WAS ON BEFORE, BUT THE ISSUE WAS I COULDN'T REACH THE PEDALS. THEY FOUND ME SOMETHING SLIGHTLY MORE APPROPRIATE, LUCY SIZED DIGGER. BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THIS, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DIGGING COMPETITION WITH ORGANISER, VICKI. TELL ME ABOUT THIS DIGGING COMPETITION, WHAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING? THE NEXT THREE DAYS AS THE EXCAVATOR OPERATORS FROM WAIKATO AND BAY OF PLENTY, PRETTY MUCH BATTLING IT OUT. THE WINNER OF THAT GOES TO THE NATIONAL COMPETITION IN MARCH NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME TO GIVE ME A QUICK OVERVIEW. I AM GOING TO BE IN VERY SAFE HANDS WITH DOUG THE DIGGER AND HIS PARTNER BARBARA. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO USE THESE DIGGERS FOR? 20 YEARS, AND I HAVEN'T HAD AN INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT IN THAT TIME. AND I'VE EVEN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WITH SOME OF THE YOUNGER FELLAS, BEING COMPETITORS IN THE DIGGER COMPETITION, AND THAT'S REALLY COOL. BUT ANYWAY, LESS HUI MORE DO-EY. YOU DID TELL ME HOW I JUMPED OUT OF THE BIG DIGGER, SOMEWHERE TO LEAVE IT TO YOU, WHAT'S A FIRST STEP? HI-VIS. AND THREE POINTS OF CONTACT, ONE, TWO, THREE. AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE MAGICAL THINGS HERE THAT HAS DISAPPEARED DOWN THE ONLY. MAKE IT CLICK. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, LEFT HAND OVER HERE, THIS IS OUR SAFE LEVER. WE PUSH THIS DOWN, BEAUTIFUL. AND VERY SOFTLY... IT'S A BIT LIKE THOSE ONES AT AUCKLAND ZOO WHETHER KIDS CAN PUT THEIR COINS AND IT. DON'T BE SO PEJORATIVE TO LUCY! LOOK AT HER GO WITH HER LITTLE ORANGE DIGGER. PUSHING FORWARD, OH MY GOD! AND STOP... AND YOU CAN GO TO THE RIGHT. TO THE RIGHT, MY GOSH IT IS OPENING UP. HERE WE GO. I THINK AND GO TO TRAFFIC UP ONE OF THESE THINGS HERE. WHAT WE WANT TO PICK UP? THE STICK OR THE BOTTLE? I WILL JUST GET THE MICROPHONE TO BARBARA FOR JUST A SECOND AND THEN I WILL GIVE YOU A HAND. PICKING UP THE BOTTLE... AND WILL GO DOWN, RIGHT HAND, TURN RIGHT INTO THE LEFT. OH MY GOSH. HERE WE GO. BEAUTIFUL, THAT'S IT. THIS WOULD BE QUITE A GOOD GAME OF PICKUP STICKS. HAVING A DIGGER AND A MASSIVE PILE OF STICKS. IS SHE GOING TO PLACE IT ONTO THE CONE? SOFT, SMOOTH, SKILFUL AND SAFE. WOW� (APPLAUSE) I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE GETTING LUCY BACK. WELL DONE! PUSH THAT BUTTON. (BEEP BEEP!) AND WHEN YOU HOP OFF YOUR MACHINE, YOU GO BACKWARDS. BACKWARDS, TURNING AROUND. THREE POINTS OF CONTACT. COOL, HOW IS THAT? I AM GOING TO GET A COLOURING AND PAGE AS WELL BECAUSE I PASSED MY CERTIFICATE OF BEING ABLE TO OPERATE A SMALL DIGGER. THANK YOU DOUG, THANK YOU BARBARA. I MIGHT BE BACK, THAT WAS LOADS OF FUN. AND A BOOKMARK AS WELL. OH! WELL DONE, LUCE. THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN, THANK YOU, DOUG THE DIGGER AND BARBARA. THE BIG LEAGUES WILL BE TRYING OUT THOSE BIG DIGGERS, AND CHECKING OUT ALL OF THE AMAZING TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION THAT IS HAPPENING HERE. BUT GOSH, THAT WAS FUN. MAKE SURE YOU BRING US BACK SOMETHING FROM THE MURCH STORE, MAYBE SOME WOOLLEN SOCKS. OR FIND US THE WETTEST THING YOU CAN POSSIBLY FIND US, LUCY AND BRING IT BACK FOR CHRIS. THE SPCA SAYS ANIMAL ADOPTION RATES ARE DOWN. LET'S HEAD TO WELLINGTON REPORTER DAVINA ZIMMER. YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SEE HIM BECAUSE HE IS LIGHTNING FAST AROUND THE ROOM, BUT AFTER THE BREAK WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A KITTEN WHO HAS BEEN RETURNED TO MANY TIMES BECAUSE HE IS QUOTE 'TOO KITTENY' NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS, PERHAPS HE CAN SHOW US BETTER THAN WE CAN TELL WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` A CHILD SAFETY ADVOCATE IS CALLING FOR STRONGER RULES RELATING TO EXPLICIT CONTENT ON TECH PLATFORMS AND SAYS NEW ZEALAND SHOULD FOLLOW OVERSEAS REFORMS. WHILE HEAVY SWELL WARNINGS FOR WELLINGTON HAVE NOW LAPSED, AN INSURANCE GROUP IS CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE A ROADMAP FOR DEALING WITH FUTURE NATURAL HAZARD RISKS. AND IN SPORT ` SILVER FERNS VETERAN JANE WATSON HAS ANNOUNCED SHE'S RETIRING FROM PROFESSIONAL NETBALL. SPCA'S ADOPTION RATES ARE DOWN NATIONALLY, BUT WELLINGTON IS BEATING THE CURVE. NEVERTHELESS THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF FURRY FRIENDS IN NEED OF A FOREVER HOME. ONE OF THEM IS ACE, THE KITTEN WHO'S BEEN RETURNED SEVERAL TIMES FOR BEING 'TOO KITTENY'. DAVINA ZIMMER IS AT THE SHELTER THIS MORNING FINDING OUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS. MORENA, DAVINA. COME ON, NOW. WHAT IS TOO KITTENY? HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE HIM. HE WANTS THE MIC. I THINK WE WILL GO TO OUR SECOND TALENT, JOSHUA, YOU SEEM TO BE HIS ADOPTED DAD FOR NOW. TELL US HIS BACK STORY. MR ACE WAS FOUND AS A TINY LITTLE LONESOME KITTEN IN A BUSH WHERE SOMEONE WAS WALKING BY A RIVERBANK, THEY HEARD TINY LITTLE MEOWS AND FOUND A TINY LITTLE KITTEN, BROUGHT INTO THE LOCAL VET CLINIC. HE WAS VULNERABLE, SO HE CAME TO THE SPCA. WE HAVE HAD HIM FOR THE PAST FIVE MONTHS. TELL ME, HE HAS BEEN ADOPTED A FEW TIMES, BUT HE KEEPS GETTING RETURN FOR BEING TOO KITTENY. EXPLAIN IT, HE SEEMS TO BE A TOTAL SWEETHEART. HE IS A SWEETHEART WHEN HE WANTS TO BE. AND HE IS AN ABSOLUTE MENACE WHEN HE WANTS TO BE. HE IS VERY PLAYFUL. KITTENS AND PUPPIES, THEY HAVE HIGH ENERGY, A LOT OF ACTIVITY. HE DIDN'T HAVE SIBLINGS TO TEACH HIM HOW TO PLAY APPROPRIATELY, AND BECAUSE OF THAT HE IS STILL LEARNING SOME MANNERS. HE IS VERY KIND, VERY POLITE, BUT HE DOES HAVE A LOT OF HIGH ENERGY. HE IS AFRAID OF NO ONE, AND HE JUST WANTS TO PLAY. HE PLAYS SO HARD AND SO LONG THAT SOMETIMES IT WEARS THE OTHER ANIMALS OUT. IT IS JUST A BIT MUCH FOR HIM. AND SO, WE HAVE BEEN GIVING HIM A LOT MORE ONE-ON-ONE TIME, AND REALLY WORKING ON HIS SOCIALISATION AND HE HAS COME A HUGE BEAUTIFUL WAY. YES, BUT STILL A NAUGHTY KITTEN. GOT A LOT OF ENERGY, CLASSIC ONLY CHILD SYNDROME. I CAN SAY THAT AS AN ONLY CHILD MYSELF. IS NOT JUST A STATE YOU'VE GOT HERE, YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF OTHER CATS IN THE ROOM NEXT DOOR, YOU GOT DOGS, PUPPIES, WHAT ARE YOU NOTICING WITH THE ADOPTION RATES, HAVE THEY GONE UP, DOWN? WHAT IS HAPPENING? ADOPTION NUMBERS FOR CATS HAVE GONE DOWN SLIGHTLY IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS. A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD THINK, THAT IS ABOUT THAN, ADOPTION NUMBERS, YOU WANT THEM TO BE HIGH. IT MEANS THAT WE ARE DOING A DESEXING CAMPAIGNS. WE AVERAGED ABOUT 30 ADOPTIONS A WEEK, 1000 YEAR AT THE WELLINGTON SPCA. WE HAVE ANOTHER SEVEN ADOPTION APPOINTMENTS TODAY ALONE, AND HOPEFULLY, ACE WILL BE ONE OF THE LUCKY ONE TO GO HOME. LOTS OF PEOPLE STILL WANTING BEAUTIFUL CATS AND KITTENS, AND SOCIALISING THEM ALL AND IT'S A LOT OF FUN. WHAT ABOUT THE PREFERENCE OF ADOPTION AS OPPOSED TO BUYING A NEW KITTEN FROM A LITTER? ARE YOU NOTICING A SHIFT TOWARDS OR AWAY FROM ADOPTION? I WOULD SAY THERE IS A SHIFT MORE TOWARDS ADOPTION. WHEN YOU GET A CAT OUT OF A LETTER OR ONLINE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY ARE NOT SEEN BY A VET, THEY ARE NOT VACCINATED, THEY ARE NOT DESEXED. A LOT OF THOSE ARE QUITE TIMELY AND COSTLY. WE DO THAT FOR YOU AT THE SPCA WHICH MAKES THE PROCESS A LOT SMOOTHER. WHERE IN HERE TO GET AS MANY CATS HELP AS POSSIBLE. HE JUST MAKES IT FUN. ACE IS GETTING THE ZOOMIES AGAIN. OH, HELLO! ACE, I JOKINGLY SAY HIS MUM WAS A CAT'S DAD WAS A SHARK. HE LIKES TO EXPLORE THE WORLD WITH HIS MOUTH. WE ARE LEARNING GOOD BEHAVIOURS, BUT HE IS GETTING THERE. VERY ENERGETIC LITTLE GUY, IF THERE'S ANYONE OUT THERE THIS MORNING WHO HAS A LITTLE HOME FOR THE SKY. CORRECTION: THIS GUY. HE IS VERY LOVABLE. TOVA, CHRIS? KEEN ON IN ADDITION TO THE HOUSEHOLD? I THINK I GOT ENOUGH ON MY PLATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY CAT, WHO IS SENILE AND HUNDRED AND 80, HE DOESN'T PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS. VERY NOISY, TOO, I HAVE HEARD IT ON THE BACK OF THE MEETINGS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` AUCKLAND ZOO'S DINOSAUR TRACK IS BACK. WE'VE SENT CHRISTINA HUANG TO CHECK IT OUT. MORENA. I AM STANDING IN FRONT OF A TYRANNOSAURUS REX, OR A FEW TO HANDBAG, DIPPING ON HOW WELL IT DOES IS AN ANIMAL ORACLE. WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THESE FASCINATING CREATURES AFTER THE (TRACTOR ENGINE SOUND) VOICEOVER: See near and far with a complete pair of progressives from 169. Should have gone to Specsavers. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. AFTER A POPULAR DEBUT LAST WINTER, AUCKLAND ZOO'S DINOSAUR TRACK IS BACK WITH A ROAR. WE'VE SENT CHRISTINA HUANG TO CHECK IT OUT AHEAD OF THE OPENING DAY. MORENA, CHRISTINA. ARE YOU SAFE DOWN THERE? MORENA, TEAM. WELL, AUCKLAND ZOO IS LOOKING MORE LIKE JURASSIC PARK. TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS TRACK AND HOW POPULAR IT WAS LAST WINTER. LAST WINTER, IT WAS VERY POPULAR. WHEN YOU DINOSAURS WOULD BE POPULAR BUT WHAT SURPRISED US WAS JUST HOW MANY GENERATIONS WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE DINOSAURS SO WE KNEW QUITE A FEW CHILDREN WOULD BE EXCITED BY THEM BUT WE ALSO HAD A LOT OF ADULT, GROUPS OF ADULTS COMING IN TO SEE THE DINOSAURS AND WE HAD SOME RECORD-BREAKING DAYS AND WE HAD THE DINOSAURS HERE WE ARE HOPING PEOPLE WILL COME BACK AND SEE THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME NEW ONES TO HAVE A LOOK AT. ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM ` WHY WE DISPLAYING DINOSAURS WHICH ARE FAMOUSLY EXTINCT, AT A ZOO? WE CURRENTLY HAVE THIS EMPTY HABITAT WHICH WILL BECOME A PART OF OUR AFRICA TRACK BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE BRINGING IN SOME SPECIES THAT ALLOW US TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE LIVING SPECIES WE HAVE IT VISIT HERE AS WELL, YOU MIGHT THINK, OH, DINOSAURS, HOW DO THEY CONNECT WITH OTHER ANIMALS IN THE ZOO? BUT ACTUALLY TO HAVE AN AWFUL LOT IN COMMON WE ARE FOCUSING A LOT ON GIANTS THIS YEAR. WE HAVE SOME VERY BIG ANIMALS HERE, LIKE GIRAFFES. THESE ANIMALS WERE EVEN LARGER. WE STILL HAVE THE LARGEST ANIMAL EVER LIVING, THE BLUE WHALE. IT ALLOWS US TO TALK ABOUT OCEANS. AND SOME OF THE DINOSAURS CHARACTERISTICS DC AND OTHER ANIMALS AT THE ZOO. SO THE TRAINERS AS REX HAS VERY SMALL ARMS THEY DON'T SEEM TO DO AND OUR KIWIS HAVE SIMILAR WINGS. IF YOU LOOK BEHIND US, THESE ARE ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS, TELL US ABOUT THE LOGISTICS OF GETTING THEM HERE? WE HAVE THEM SMALLER ONES AS WELL BUT THESE DINOSAURS CAME TO US FROM TEXAS IN THE USA FROM THE DINOSAUR COMPANY. THESE ARE DINOSAURS THAT HAVE BEEN TO OTHERS AS BEFORE, SO THEY ARE RECYCLED DINOSAURS. THEY ARRIVED BY SHIP WHICH IS THE BEST WAY FOR THEM TO COME, AND THEY ARRIVE IN PIECES AND THEN THE EXPERTS AT THE DINOSAUR COMPANY COME WITH THEM AND PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER AGAIN AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME VIDEOS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA THAT CAN SHOW HOW THAT IS DONE, IT IS REALLY FASCINATING. THAT ACTUALLY HAVE TO PUT THE SKIN BACK ONTO HIDE THE SEAMS, AND THEY ARE LITERALLY SEAMLESS. IT IS QUITE A FEAT TO GET THEM HERE AND PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER BUT WITH WORTH IT. I CAN ATTEST TO THAT, THEY LOOK ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. THIS RUNS UNTIL FEBRUARY THEN THEY GO EXTINCT. (LAUGHTER) THANK YOU FOR WATCHING US TODAY AS WE BUILD UP TO FRIDAYS FIRST MATCH OF THE WELT UP/ CAPTIONS BY RUBY SAGARIN, COURTNEY SOLE, EMILIA SULLIVAN & KITTY WASASALA. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.