IT'S THURSDAY THE 11TH OF JUNE. MORENA , THIS IS BREAKFAST. LOVELY TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY ON THE SHOW TODAY. WE HAVE A BUSY BREAKFAST COMING UP FOR YOU. A NEW REPORT OUT THIS MORNING IS GREAT NEWS FOR THE PRIMARY SECTOR, AND GREAT NEWS FOR THOSE AT FIELDAYS. WE'LL HAVE THAT NEXT. ONE SLEEP UNTIL THE FIFA WORLD CUP KICKS OFF. WE'RE GETTING THE PARTY STARTED EARLY. THAT'S JUST AFTER 7. INTERESTED IN FREE MONEY? YES. WE WILL GET TO THAT SHORTLY, BUT HERE'S SOMETHING TO GET YOU EXCITED ABOUT THE FIFA WORLD CUP. IF THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU, JOIN US AT AROUND TEN TO 7 TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET IT. AS LABOUR UNVEILS ITS FIRST POLICY OF THE ELECTION. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6.30. HERE'S YOUR NEWS. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS SIGNED A $70b BILL TO FUND STRICTER IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS TERM. THE LEGISLATION WOULD FUND EXPANDED BORDER PATROL OPERATIONS AND STRENGTHEN ICE ENFORCEMENT MEASURES. SPEAKING AT THE OVAL OFFICE, TRUMP ALSO ADDRESSED TENSIONS WITH IRAN, SAYING THE COUNTRY IS TAKING 'TOO LONG TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL' AND WARNING THAT 'NOW THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE'. AND WARNING THAT 'NOW THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE'. IRAN HAS RESPONDED BY SAYING IT WILL RETALIATE AGAINST ANY U.S. THREATS. TENSIONS BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES CAUSING FURTHER PRESSURE AS U.S. INFLATION REACHES A THREE-YEAR HIGH OF 4.2%. ENERGY BILLS, GAS AND ELECTRICITY WERE ALMOST UP A QUARTER IN MAY, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, WITH PETROL PRICES RESPONSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE INCREASE. A MANHUNT IS UNDERWAY IN SOUTH AFRICA AFTER 12 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND SEVERAL OTHERS WERE INJURED IN A MASS SHOOTING. AT LEAST 10 SUSPECTS OPENED FIRE ON THE JUMPERS INFORMAL SETTLEMENT IN JOHANNESBURG, BEFORE FLEEING IN A WHITE VEHICLE. WHILE THE MOTIVE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS STAGE, SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS BELIEVE IT MAY BE LINKED TO A TURF WAR BETWEEN GROUPS OF ILLEGAL MINERS IN THE AREA. SEVEN PEOPLE AND TWO COMPANIES HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN RELATION TO A DEADLY FIRE IN HONG KONG LAST YEAR, WHICH KILLED 168 PEOPLE. THE BLAZE BROKE OUT IN NOVEMBER AT THE WANG FUK APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE TAI PO DISTRICT, ENGULFING SEVEN OF THE EIGHT HIGH RISE BUILDINGS. 25 CHARGES HAVE BEEN LAID, INCLUDING MANSLAUGHTER, MONEY LAUNDERING AND CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD. INVESTIGATORS SAY NEGLIGENT RENOVATION WORK AND FLAMMABLE SCAFFOLDING HELPED THE FIRE SPREAD. A NEW STUDY HAS FOUND THE CAPITAL IS OUTPACING THE GLOBAL AVERAGE FOR SEASIDE FLOODING. OUR REPORTER DAVINA ZIMMER JOINS US WITH MORE. MORENA, DAVINA. WHAT IS THE GLOBAL AVERAGE, AND WHERE IS WELLINGTON SITTING? THE GLOBAL AVERAGE OF THESE SO-CALLED WHAT WERE ONCE ONCE IN A CENTURY STORMS IS NOT ONE EVERY EIGHT YEARS. IN NEW ZEALAND, THEY ARE HAPPENING FAR MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THAT. NOT JUST IN WELLINGTON, BUT ALSO IN CHRISTCHURCH, THE AVERAGE IS ONE OF HER YEAR. IN DUNEDIN, ONE EVERY TWO YEARS, AND AUCKLAND EVERY FOUR YEARS. RESEARCHERS OF THE STUDY PUT IT PARTLY DOWN TO RISING SEA LEVELS. WHILE NEW ZEALAND IS CURRENTLY IN LINE WITH THE GLOBAL AVERAGE ON THIS FRONT, THAT COULD RISE QUICKER IN THE FUTURE. THE REPORT GIVES SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS, PARTICULARLY ONE DIRECTED AT THE FINANCE MINISTER FOR THEIR CALLING ON HER TO ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP WHO CAN ASSESS AND PREPARE FOR THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF RISING SEA LEVELS. OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE A MORE NATIONAL DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE, MEASURING LAND ELEVATION, AND SETTING A TIME HORIZON ` THAT IS, HOW FAR IN ADVANCE ARE WE PLANNING FOR THIS ISSUE AS INCREASES. OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS ALSO RECOMMEND SEPARATING SCIENTIFIC DECISION-MAKING, IMPLEMENT A MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND SETTING COASTLINE STRATEGIES. A REPORT OUT THIS MORNING ON THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE ON KIWIRAIL'S MAIN SOUTH LINE IN 2024 HAS EXPOSED NETWORK-WIDE INFRASTRUCTURE RISKS. SEVERE FLOODING ON KIWIRAIL'S RANGITATA RIVER RAIL BRIDGE IN CANTERBURY WASHED AWAY A SUPPORT PIER, CAUSING A DANGEROUS SAG IN THE TRACKS. NO TRAIN WAS ON THE BRIDGE AT THE TIME, BUT THE LINE REMAINED OPEN UNTIL A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REPORTED THE DAMAGE. THE TRANSPORT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION SAYS KIWIRAIL'S SYSTEMS FOR BRIDGE INSPECTION, ASSET MANAGEMENT AND SEVERE-WEATHER RESPONSE DID NOT ADEQUATELY TRANSLATE KNOWN RISKS INTO OPERATIONAL CONTROLS. ENGLAND CAPTAIN BEN STOKES HAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE SQUAD TO FACE THE BLACKCAPS IN THE SECOND TEST. THE 35-YEAR-OLD, AS WELL AS PACE BOWLER GUS ATKINSON, HAD BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION OVER AN INCIDENT AT A NIGHTCLUB IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING AFTER THEIR TEST WIN OVER NEW ZEALAND. THE PAIR HAD BROKEN THE TEAM'S MIDNIGHT CURFEW, IN PLACE AFTER ACCUSATIONS OF A DRINKING CULTURE WITHIN THE SQUAD. JOE ROOT WILL STEP IN AS SKIPPER, PICKED AHEAD OF VICE CAPTAIN HARRY BROOK, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN CONTROVERSY OF HIS OWN AFTER BEING HIT BY A NIGHTCLUB BOUNCER IN WELLINGTON LAST YEAR. A SOMALI REFEREE HAS RECEIVED A HERO'S WELCOME ON HIS RETURN HOME AFTER BEING DENIED ENTRY TO THE U.S. DESPITE HAVING THE CORRECT PAPERWORK. OMAR ABDULKADIR ARTAN WAS MET BY FANS SINGING, DANCING AND WAVING FLAGS AFTER HE WAS TURNED AWAY AT MIAMI AIRPORT DUE TO 'VETTING ISSUES' AND REMOVED FROM THIS YEAR?S TOURNAMENT REFEREE LIST. HOWEVER, HE TOLD SUPPORTERS HE PLANS TO MAKE THE NEXT WORLD CUP. THE CAST OF 'TOY STORY 5' PREMIERED THE FILM IN LOS ANGELES AHEAD OF ITS RELEASE NEXT WEEK. # LOVE HAS WAYS OF LEAVING THOSE DAYS BEHIND. # SEEING YOU TONIGHT. # POP STAR TAYLOR SWIFT, VOICE OF COWGIRL JESSIE, PERFORMED HER SONG FOR THE FILM 'I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU'. ALONGSIDE HER ON THE RED CARPET WAS TIM ALLEN, VOICE OF BUZZ LIGHTYEAR, AND TOM HANKS WHO VOICES COWBOY WOODY. THE FILM FOLLOWS A GROUP OF TOYS AS THEY FACE OFF AGAINST AN IPAD THREATENING PLAYTIME. VERY GOOD. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) (CHILL MUSIC) # LET'S GO TO WORK. # LET'S GO TO WORK. # HOW MANY DAYS WAS IT THAT BENEDICT COLLINS SAID LAST NIGHT IT HAD BEEN SINCE LABORS LAST POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT, 280 SOMETHING? IT IS HERE NOW. THEY SAID THEY ARE GOING TO WAIT TILL THE BUDGET. THEY HAVE DONE AND IT IS PUBLIC TRANSPORT SUBSIDIES. CAPPING PUBLIC TRANSPORT AT $20. AS THE TRANSPORT MINISTER CONCEDED, CHRIS BISHOP, IT IS GOING TO BE A POPULAR POLICY BECAUSE YOU ARE GIVING PEOPLE FREE STUFF. DO YOU LIKE THIS POLICY BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING FREE STUFF? I THINK IT IS QUITE GOOD BECAUSE YOU ARE ADDRESSING A COUPLE OF THINGS. PARTICULARLY AFTER WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AFTER THE COST OF THINGS, DO YOU THINK THERE'S A MONEY HERE RIGHT NOW IS THIS THE KIND OF THING THAT THE HIP POCKET POLICIES THAT YOU WANT TO SEE FROM YOUR POLITICIANS OR WOULD YOU PREFER THEY ARE TRYING TO SAVE EXTRA COIN? IF YOU ARE TAKING THE BUS TO WORK EVERY DAY DURING WEEK, YOU ARE PROBABLY SPENDING DOUBLE THAT, $40 FOR INSTANCE. IT IS CAPPED AT $20 FOR SOME OF THOSE SECTORS, THAT IS A BIG SAVING EVERY WEEK. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD GET BEHIND? TELL US YOUR VIEW. EMAIL US AT breakfast@tvnz.co.nz CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM @breakfaston1. ALSO, IS THERE ANYONE WHO IS TRYING TO WATCH ALL 104 GAMES OF THE WORLD CUP? THERE MUST BE SOMEONE OUT THERE. I WANT TO DO IT, BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE I WILL BE HERE. HOW ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING IT? WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A CHAT WITH YOU. IF YOU COMMIT TO THIS, WE, BETWEEN US, I AM PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT HERE, WE WILL BUY YOU YOUR $44.95 EVENT PASS. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY, YEAH, I WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT. WE WILL REIMBURSE AT THE END. WE WILL HAVE TO DO QUIZ MAKES ACTUALLY DID WATCH IT. AND NOW TO THE WEATHER ` ANOTHER CLEAR DAY IN THE NORTH. FINE FOR KAITAIA DOWN TO AUCKLAND. MORNING FROST FOR WHITIANGA THROUGH TO TAUPO. CHANCE OF SHOWERS CLEARING TO FINE IN GISBORNE. FROSTY FOR NAPIER DOWN TO DANNEVIRKE. MORNING FOG IN MASTERTON. MOSTLY FINE IN TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH. CHANCE OF SHOWERS DOWN TO PALMERSTON NORTH. MORNING FROST AND DEVELOPING CLOUD FOR LEVIN AND THE CAPITAL. 17 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN WHANGANUI, 13 IN ROTORUA. SIMILAR STORY FOR THE SOUTH ` MOSTLY FINE FOR NELSON DOWN TO KAIKOURA. MORNING CLOUD CLEARING TO FINE FOR WESTPORT. CHANCE OF EVENING SHOWERS FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. MORNING FROST OTHERWISE FINE FOR CHRISTCHURCH DOWN TO QUEENSTOWN. DEVELOPING CLOUD IN DUNEDIN; SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN FOR MILFORD SOUND THROUGH TO OBAN. 14 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN INVERCARGILL, 10 IN ALEXANDRA. SURELY AN INTERVIEW WITH BREAKFAST WOULD BE WAY MORE VALUABLE. COLD AND FROSTY FOR MANY OF US THIS MORNING, BUT WHAT'S IN STORE AS THE SUN RISES? HERE WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFO IS JOHN LAW FROM METSERVICE. HOW'S IT LOOKING THIS MORNING, JOHN? IT IS LOOKING VERY DECENT. CHILLY FIRST THING. COLD AND FROSTY FOR MANY SORTS. ESPECIALLY THOSE CENTRAL AREAS OF THE NORTH ISLAND, PLACES LIKE CENTRAL OTAGO. -4, -5. BUT ONCE THAT SUMMARIZES, NICE, CLEAR BLUE SKIES. A DECENT LOOKING THURSDAY. I BET THERE ARE A FEW COLD FOLK WAKING UP IN WAIKATO THIS MORNING GETTING READY FOR FIELDAYS ON INTO THE WEEKEND. HOW'S IT LOOKING FOR THEM? WILL THEY NEED THE GUMBOOTS? HOPEFULLY NO GUM BOOTS, BUT YOU WILL NEED THOSE EXTRA LAYERS. COLD AND FROSTY IS THE STORY AS WE HAD THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS. NICE, CLEAR, DRY. YOU WILL FIND PERHAPS SOME MYSTERY CREEK FOG AS WE HEAD INTO THE EARLY HOURS OF FRIDAY. DRY AND FINE. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, THAT MORE CLOUD, BUT REALLY LOOKING DECENT. AND WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF US ` HOW ARE WE LOOKING FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS? FRIDAY CONTINUES WITH DRY WEATHER, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NORTH ON. THE FRONT COMES IN THROUGH PLACES LIKE FIORDLAND. ON SATURDAY THERE IS MORE HANGING ON THE COAST, AND SUNDAY IS LOOKING A BIT WETTER. OFF THE COAST, JUST A TOUCH IN PLACES LIKE TARANAKI. AND FINALLY, WE NORMALLY CHAT ON FRIDAY, BUT WE'LL WATCH THE OPENING CEREMONY TOMORROW MORNING. ANY THOUGHTS ON THE FORECAST FOR THE WEATHER IN MEXICO CITY? THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ANY DELAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS OR THINGS LIKE THAT? I THINK THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES RISING TO ABOUT 20 OR 22 C, BUT THE CLASSIC STORY, CLOUD BUILDING AND BUBBLING AWAY AND THE ODD CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM AS WE HEAD TOWARDS LUNCHTIME. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON FOR THE WORLD CUP BECAUSE ESPECIALLY ON THE COAST THERE, YOU DO GET BAD THUNDERSTORMS. THE ALL WHITES AGAINST HAITI WAS DELAYED. AS LONG AS THE PRESENTERS ON THE SHOW ARE READY TO CHAT AND FILL THE TIME WITH LOTS OF FOOTBALL CHAT, WE SHOULD BE ALL RIGHT. DO I NEED TO COME IN JUST IN CASE? A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, MAYBE. SUPPORT YOUR TEAM, SOUTH AFRICA. WITH FOOTBALL, PEOPLE DO CONTINUE PLAYING EVEN WHEN IT...? NOT WITH THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN IS FINE, BUT UNDER STORMS CAN GET DANGEROUS SO THEY'LL PUSH THINGS OUT. A NEW REPORT IS GREAT NEWS FOR THE PRIMARY SECTOR AND FIELD DAYS, WE 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? Oh, oh and he finds the gap. And he throws. VOICEOVER: Earthwise with naturally derived enzymes to deliver uncompromising results. Incoming! Wow. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS SIGNED A $70 BILLION BILL TO FUND STRICTER IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS TERM. A REPORT ON THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE ON KIWIRAIL'S MAIN SOUTH LINE IN 2024 HAS EXPOSED NETWORK-WIDE INFRASTRUCTURE RISKS. ENGLAND CAPTAIN BEN STOKES HAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE SQUAD TO FACE THE BLACKCAPS IN THE SECOND TEST. THE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING THE MOST OF THE FOCUS ON THE RURAL SECTOR AT THE FIELDAYS IN MYSTERY CREEK THIS WEEK, WITH A FLURRY OF FUNDING AND POLICY ANNOUNCEMENTS BEING RELEASED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. THEY INCLUDE GROWING THE WORKFORCE, BOOSTS TO AGRITECH INNOVATION, AND CHANGING HOW THE SECTOR RESPONDS TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND EMISSIONS. HELPING MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL ON THE GROUND IS RURAL COMMENTATOR, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF COUNTRYWIDE, SARAH PERRIAM-LAMPP. MORENA, SARAH. WHICH OF THE POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED SO FAR ARE GETTING PEOPLE TALKING MOST? YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IT IS LIKE A PRESS RELEASE DUMPING GROUND OF POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT FROM RIGHT ACROSS THE HOUSE. AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, FIELD DAYS, I AM SITTING IN THE HQ, AND YESTERDAY, THE BUZZ WAS INSANE. OF COURSE, POLICY ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WERE COMING OUT OF SIGNIFICANCE. AGAIN, IT IS ELECTION-YEAR, SO YOU DO NEED TO READ THROUGH WHERE THEY ARE SUBSTANTIAL. ONE OF THEM WAS THE ACT PARTIES APPROACH TO EMISSIONS REDUCTION. BASICALLY, WHAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WITH A SPLIT GAS APPROACH. THIS IS SOMETHING THE FARMING SECTOR HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME FOR BEEF AND LAMB HAVE RECENTLY RELEASED A REPORT THAT EFFECTIVELY SAYS NEW ZEALAND IS WELL ADVANCED IN REGARDS TO OUR CONVERSATION AROUND EMISSIONS REDUCTION. OF YOU GOTTEN YOUR REPORT CARD? THE BIG ONE IS THE FACT THAT THE LABOUR PARTY ARE MISSING FROM FIELD DAYS AND EVERYBODY ELSE HAS HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE HAVE SHOULD BE ON THE SHOW TODAY TO ASK HIM IF LABOUR HAD BACKED OUT OF THE RURAL SECTOR. THERE IS A REAL PRESENCE OF THAT BEING NOTICED AROUND THAT. IT IS AN INTERESTING ONE. I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT WAS AN INTERESTING POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT WAS BY TODD MCCLAY ON LAND-USE FLEXIBILITY. WHEN THEY ARE DOING IS PUTTING SOME FUNDING INTO ACTUALLY ELEVATING AREAS OF DIFFERENT SECTORS THAT WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANCE. THEY ARE GOING TO PUT SOME FUNDING INTO VIRTUAL FENCING FOR SHEEP AND BEEF FARMERS. FOR THE FARMERS WATCHING, THIS WILL INCREASE PARTIAL UTILIZATION BY 20%, 30%. TO THE WIDER URBAN AUDIENCE THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, BUT TO SHEEP AND BE FARMING AREA THAT STRUGGLES AT TIMES, THAT IS A POSITIVE. NOT JUST DAIRY, KIWI FRUIT, BUT SHEEP AND BEEF. IS CHRIS HIPKINS COMING TO FIELD DAYS TODAY? THEY ARE SHOWING UP, JUST A LITTLE BIT LATE? YES, THEY ARE FULL HE WAS THERE LAST MINUTE THE EVENT. IT IS JUST INTERESTING. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE FIELD DAY FOR THE ACT-NEW ZEALAND FIRST- NATIONAL PARTY. AND THEY ARE OUT IN FORCE FOR SURE. DOES IT FEEL LIKE THEIR SUPPORT IS AS STRONG AS IT HAS EVER BEEN FOR THOSE COALITION PARTIES? THE SUPPORT IS DEFINITELY THERE, BUT IT IS JUST WHERE IT IS GOING TO BE SPLIT BETWEEN THOSE THREE PARTIES. I KNOW THE RURAL NATS ARE MOST FOCUSED ON THAT AND CLAWING BACK WHERE IT HAS SLID TO ACT IN NEW ZEALAND FIRST. THAT IS GOING TO BE SO INTERESTING TO WATCHFUL STOP TELL US ABOUT THE PRIMARY INDUSTRIES REPORT AND THE SITUATION IN OUTLOOK BUT IS LOOKING FOR THE GOOD. VERY POSITIVE. 64.3 BILLION IN OUR EXPORTS FROM THE SITUATION OF OUTLOOK FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES. THAT IS EXPORT REVENUE FROM FOOD AND FIBER. IT IS SET TO HIT $70 BILLION, NEW RECORD, BY 2030. THIS IS SOMETHING NATIONAL HAS CAMPAIGNED ON, TO DOUBLE THE VALUE OF EXPORTS BY 2034. I DID A BIT OF A CALCULATION IF IT WAS JUST COMPOUNDING NATURALLY, WE STILL WOULD NOT HIT THAT TARGET OF 114,000,000,000 X 20 34, SO MORE INVESTMENT DOES NEED TO GO INTO THE SECTOR TO LIFT VALUE, AND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHERE THEY WILL RECOUP VALUE, PARTICULARLY THERE WAS ONE THERE AROUND HIGH-VALUE TIMBER TO BE PROCESSED, WILL LIFT MOG VALUES BY SEVEN. SOME GOOD, FUNCTIONAL POLICY THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. ANYTHING PARTICULARLY COOL YOU HAVE SPOTTED A FIELD DAYS THIS YEAR? IT IS ALWAYS SUCH A HIVE OF INNOVATION. DEFINITELY LAST NIGHTS EVENT THERE WAS 600 PEOPLE AT THE RURAL INDUSTRY LEADERS EVENT LAST NIGHT. THERE WAS A FANTASTIC DEBATE THAT WAS ABOUT WHETHER IT IS GRUB INTO THE CITY OR THE COUNTRY. CORRECTION: GROW UP WE HAD MEDIA PERSONALITIES AND POLITICIANS DEBATING THE FACT, AND I THINK IT WAS A HARD MOOT WITH A RURAL CROWD OF RURAL INDUSTRY LEADERS TOGETHER. A FANTASTIC NIGHT RAISING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR RURAL SUPPORT TRUST. DID KIERAN MCANULTY DO OK? I DID NOT KNOW HE WAS SO FUNNY FOR ROASTING SHANE JONES, VERY FUNNY. HE IS VERY GOOD IN A DEBATE FORMAT. MANY NEW ZEALANDERS ARE POTENTIALLY MISSING OUT ON FREE MONEY IN THEIR KIWISAVER, AND WITH THE JUNE 30TH DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING, NOW'S THE TIME TO ACT. WE'VE GOT GUY SLOAN FROM FISHER FUNDS WITH US THIS MORNING TO HELP YOU MAKE SURE YOU'RE GETTING YOUR FULL KIWISAVER GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION. WELCOME, GUY. GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK. LET'S START OFF WITH THE BASICS. WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION, HOW MUCH CAN PEOPLE ACTUALLY GET? THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST FEATURES FOR YOUR KIWI SAVER ACCOUNT. IT IS PROBABLY THE EASIEST FINANCED WHEN YOU HAVE EVERY YEAR TO LOOK OUT FOR. REALLY SIMPLE TERMS YOU PAY FUNDS INTO YOUR KIWI SAVER THROUGH YOUR EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS, BUT MAYBE AS A VOLUNTARY TOP UP. QUITE SIMPLY, THE GOVERNMENT ADDS A LITTLE ACCOUNT IT IS PROBABLY THE EASIEST FINANCED WHEN YOU HAVE EVERY YEAR TO LOOK OUT FOR. REALLY SIMPLE TERMS YOU PAY FUNDS INTO YOUR KIWI SAVER THROUGH YOUR EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS, BUT MAYBE AS A VOLUNTARY TOP UP. QUITE SIMPLY, THE GOVERNMENT ADDS A LITTLE EXTRA ON TOP. $0.25 FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT GOES IN, UP TO $260 A YEAR. THAT FIRST THOUSAND AND $43 THAT YOU ARE PAYING AND IS GETTING YOUR NICE SIMPLE 25% RETURN RIGHT AWAY. REALLY EASY TO THINK ABOUT AND QUITE GOOD TO LOOK OUT FOR. THERE WAS SOME CHANGES FOR KIWI SAVER LAST JULY, HOW DOES IMPACT GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS? THERE WAS SOME GOOD NEWS THERE. THE REALLY POSITIVE ONE 16 AND 17-YEAR-OLDS NOW QUALIFY FOR GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS. OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, THOSE KIWIS WHO ARE EARNING OVER $180,000 YEAR, ARE NOT ELIGIBLE ANYMORE, BUT THERE WAS AN INCREASE TO THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS COMING IN FROM 3 TO 3 1/2% TO OFFSET THAT. I DID MENTION THE $0.25 CONTRIBUTION FOR EVERY DOLLAR PAID IN. IT USED TO BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT $0.25 ON EVERY DOLLAR YOU ARE PAYING YOU ARE PAYING UP TO THAT $1000 IS STILL REALLY WORTH LOOKING OUT FOR. A LOT OF US TO GET IT THROUGH SIMPLE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS, BUT A LOT OF US ARE SELF-EMPLOYED, CONTRACTORS, EVEN THINGS LIKE MATERNITY LEAVE OR BREAKS IN EMPLOYMENT JUST BREAK THAT CYCLE OF KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR THESE THINGS. IF YOU ARE IN THAT SITUATION, JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE YOU WANT TO KEEP AND I OUT FOR THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE IT EASIER, AUTOMATIC PAYMENTS ARE GOOD FOR SMOOTHING OUT THOSE PAYMENTS IF YOU'RE DOING IT YOURSELF AS WELL FOR JUNE 30 IS FAST APPROACHING. YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS, SO YOU DEFINITELY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THE IMPORTANT THING IS IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE THE FULL AMOUNT. IF YOU MAKE A PARTIAL CONSERVATION, YOU WILL SO THAT THE $0.25. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE SORTING OUT OUR GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS? KEEP IN MIND THE 16 AND 17-YEAR-OLDS, IT IS THE FIRST YEAR THEY HAVE HAD THIS ABILITY TO QUALIFY. THERE WILL BE SOME IMPARTIAL EMPLOYMENT OR IN THE WORKFORCE ALREADY, AND THERE ARE A LOT THAT MIGHT NEED A HAND JUST GETTING THINGS SET UP A TOPIC YOU ARE A PARENT WITH KIDS THAT ARE AT THAT AGE, HAVE A CHAT THEM, SEE IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN HELP OUT WITH. ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU IN. WHERE WERE YOU BEFORE I WENT ON MATERNITY LEAVE? E HAERE AKE NEI ` ONE OF THE GREATEST SHOWS ON EARTH IS ABOUT TO KICKOFF. WE'RE HELPING GET THE PARTY STARTED, NEXT. 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! Do not put your brush in the toilet, ok? Sadly, I've seen children come in with bad tooth decay. Colgate supplied us with your paste, your tooth brushes. And we've just noticed a massive influence that it's had on our children. A lot more confident showing their teeth now. Zena, Zena... Well done, Pakipaki for Zena everybody! This is definitely bigger than just brushing your teeth. # FOR WHEN I'M A BILLIONAIRE. # I WOULD HAVE A SHOW LIKE OPRAH. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. STILL TO COME ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ` DETAINED NEW ZEALANDER EVERLEE WIHONGI HAS WON A MAJOR LEGAL FIGHT IN THE U.S., BUT REMAINS IN ICE CUSTODY. WE TALK TO HER SISTER-IN-LAW ON NEXT STEPS FOR HER RELEASE. ALSO AHEAD ` NATIONAL'S CHRIS BISHOP AND LABOUR'S KIERAN MCANULTY ARE UP SOON, THRASHING OUT NEW TRANSPORT POLICY, THE MINISTER FOR CHILDREN'S AIRPORT PARKING POLICY AND MORE. ALSO AHEAD ` LOCAL SPORTS PERSONALITIES ARE BEING TARGETTED BY VICIOUS AI VIDEOS, INCLUDING FALSE CLAIMS OF FAMILY MEMBERS DYING. ZIDANE! IT'S RONALDO! RESPLENDENT RONALDO! HOW ABOUT THAT? THAT IS SPECIAL. IT IS. THIS GUY NEVER STOPS SURPRISING YOU. BRILLIANT! FOOTBALL TAKING HUMAN BEINGS TO PLACES THEY HADN'T IMAGINED. BRINGS ON THE GAMES, THE GOALS AND THE GREAT. OUR SALUTE TO THE OPENING OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK, HERE'S THE NEWS. THANKS, CHRIS. NEW ZEALAND'S FARMERS AND GROWERS ARE BEING DESCRIBED AS AN 'ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE', WITH EXPORTS FORECAST TO REACH A RECORD $64.3b. THE LATEST PRIMARY INDUSTRIES REPORT SHOWS STRONG PERFORMANCE ACROSS THE SECTOR, WITH DAIRY EXPECTED TO TOP $28b, MEAT AND WOOL MORE THAN $14b, AND HORTICULTURE ABOUT $9.5b. EXPORT EARNINGS ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP RISING, REACHING OVER $70b BY 2030, WITH THE GOVERNMENT SAYING IT WILL CONTINUE BACKING FARMERS AND GROWERS. SMALL BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING TO RECRUIT NEW STAFF, WARNING THAT A BAD HIRE CAN COST THEM THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. NEW RESEARCH FROM SEEK SUGGESTS A BAD HIRE COULD COST A BUSINESS AROUND $20,000 ` ADDING UP TO AN ESTIMATED $911 MILLION ACROSS NEW ZEALAND'S SME SECTOR EACH YEAR. SEEK'S ROB CLARK SAYS WHILE APPLICATION NUMBERS ARE HIGH OVERALL, SOME ROLES REMAIN DIFFICULT TO FILL, MAKING IT CHALLENGING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO GET THE RIGHT FIT THE FIRST TIME. SOME OF THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF LOST PRODUCTIVITY, SO YOU ARE HAVING TO HIRE, ONBOARD, AND TRAIN AGAIN. AND YOU HAVE THE LOST PRODUCTIVITY AND YOU HAVE SOME DIRECT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH POTENTIALLY WASTAGE, ERRORS, ETC. SO COLLECTIVELY, THEY ADD UP TO AROUND $20,000, WHICH IS A LOT OF MONEY. HE SAYS AI USE BY CANDIDATES AND EMPLOYERS IS INCREASING, SPEEDING UP THE PROCESS BUT STILL NEEDING CAREFUL MANAGEMENT. SIX PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE LATEST ISRAELI DRONE STRIKE ON TYRE. ISRAELI MILITARY SAYS IT IS ATTACKING HEZBOLLAH INFRASTRUCTURE IN MULTIPLE STRIKES ON LEBANON OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. TWO OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN A SEPARATE DRONE STRIKE AFTER A CAR WAS HIT BY AN AIRSTRIKE IN A SOUTHERN CITY OF LEBANON. PAKISTAN HAS LAUNCHED NEW AIRSTRIKES ON AFGHANISTAN KILLING AT LEAST 13 PEOPLE INCLUDING 11 CHILDREN, THE AFGHAN TALIBAN GOVERNMENT SAYS. AT LEAST 14 OTHERS HAVE BEEN INJURED IN THE ATTACKS ON CIVILIAN HOMES THAT VIOLATED AFGHANISTAN AIRSPACE. PAKISTAN CONFIRMED THE STRIKES, SAYING IT WAS IN RESPONSE TO RECENT TALIBAN ATTACKS. IT IS THE LATEST INCIDENT IN AN ONGOING FEUD BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES THAT HAS KILLED HUNDREDS. ONE PERSON HAS DIED AFTER A CAR EXPLOSION IN MOSCOW'S EASTERN SUBURBS. RUSSIA'S INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE HAS OPENED A CRIMINAL PROBE TO INVESTIGATE THE BLAST. A KREMLIN SPOKESMAN SAYING THIS IS 'A MATTER FOR OUR SPECIAL SERVICES.' THE ALL WHITES ARE JUST DAYS OUT FROM THEIR OPENING FIFA WORLD CUP GROUP MATCH AGAINST IRAN. WORLD CUP REPORTER ZION DAYAL JOINS US LIVE FROM THE NEW ZEALAND HOME BASE OF SAN DIEGO. MORNING, ZION. WHAT'S IT LIKE IN CALIFORNIA? MORENA, TOVA. IT IS ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR, THE WEATHER IS PUTTING ON AND I HAVE ONLY BEEN HERE LESS THAN 24-HOUS. THEY ARE PLAYING IN 11 ON 11 GAME. WE WALK THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY TO GET HERE AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY NEXT LEVEL, EVERYTHING THAT AMERICAN SPORT IS, WE GOT TO SEE TODAY. THE STANDS BEHIND WE WERE ALL FILLED. THEY HAVE JUST COME OVER. THERE WERE QUEUES OUTSIDE. THE ONLY TRAINING SESSION THAT THEIR FANS HERE GET A GLIMPSE OF, THE ALL WHITES. I SEEN THEM SCORE SOME GOALS AND ALSO THERE ARE SOME FOOD STORES HERE LOOK AT THIS HOTDOG. YOU ARE BECOMING LIKE CHRIS HIPKINGS! YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL, MATE. I WANT TO TALK WITH MY MOUTH FULL BUT I NEVER COME TO A TRAINING SESSION BEFORE WITH HOTDOGS. WHEN YOU COME TO THESE THINGS... THE IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE COMEDY, THE FACE FACILITIES WE ARE GETTING PRETTY PUMPED BACK HERE AT HOME, IT MUST BE PINK NOW OVER THERE. AND MAY NOT LOOK LIKE IT ANYMORE BUT THOSE STANDS WERE FULL, WE WERE DOWNTOWN BY THE BEACH AND THERE IS BUSINESSES GETTING READY FOR THE GAMES STARTING TOMORROW. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND, HOWEVER THERE ARE NOT GAMES OUT HERE. YOU CAN DEFINITELY TELL THE FOOTBALL FEVER HAS ARRIVED WITH ONLY A DAY TO GO AND ESPECIALLY BEING HERE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE COULD REALLY FEEL IT. WE LOVE YOUR WORK, ZION. SERENA WILLIAMS' COMEBACK CAMPAIGN HAS TAKEN A MAJOR HIT, WITH HER DOUBLES PARTNER VICTORIA MBOKO GETTING INJURED IN HER SINGLES MATCH AT THE QUEEN'S CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP. THE CANADIAN TEENAGER WAS FORCED TO RETIRE AFTER FALLING DURING THE SECOND SET OF HER FIRST ROUND MATCH, PICKING UP WHAT APPEARED TO BE A KNEE INJURY. WILLIAMS AND MBOKO HAD PROGRESSED TO TOMORROW'S DOUBLES QUARTER FINALS AFTER BEATING KIWI ERIN ROUTLIFFE, A FIXTURE WHICH IS NOW IN DOUBT. A CHINESE GIANT PANDA HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO THE FOURTH CUB AT A ZOO IN SOUTH KOREA. THE MOTHER PANDA GAVE BIRTH. I AM TRYING TO WATCH AND READ TOO. CHRIS IS LIKE, EW. TWO HOURS AFTER GOING INTO LABOUR, THE CUB WEIGHING IN AT 171 GRAMS. THIS MARKS SOUTH KOREA'S THIRD SUCCESSFUL NATURAL BREEDING OF GIANT PANDAS. N 2016, THE SPECIES OFFICIAL STATUS WAS CHANGED FROM 'ENDANGERED' TO 'VULNERABLE' AFTER A POPULATION REBOUND. SO CUTE. LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) # GET ME A CUP OF COFFEE. # GIVE ME A SLICE OF CAKE. # GIVE ME SOME MILK, SUGAR. AND NOW TO THE WEATHER ` ANOTHER CLEAR DAY IN THE NORTH. FINE FOR KAITAIA DOWN TO AUCKLAND. MORNING FROST FOR WHITIANGA THROUGH TO TAUPO. CHANCE OF SHOWERS CLEARING TO FINE IN GISBORNE. FROSTY FOR NAPIER DOWN TO DANNEVIRKE. MORNING FOG IN MASTERTON. MOSTLY FINE IN TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH. CHANCE OF SHOWERS DOWN TO PALMERSTON NORTH. MORNING FROST AND DEVELOPING CLOUD FOR LEVIN AND THE CAPITAL. 17 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN WHANGANUI, 13 IN ROTORUA. SIMILAR STORY FOR THE SOUTH ` MOSTLY FINE FOR NELSON DOWN TO KAIKOURA. MORNING CLOUD CLEARING TO FINE FOR WESTPORT. CHANCE OF EVENING SHOWERS FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. MORNING FROST OTHERWISE FINE FOR CHRISTCHURCH DOWN TO QUEENSTOWN. DEVELOPING CLOUD IN DUNEDIN; SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN FOR MILFORD SOUND THROUGH TO OBAN. 14 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN INVERCARGILL, 10 IN ALEXANDRA. THANKS, TOVA. IT'S ALMOST HERE ` IN 24 HOURS' TIME, THE FIFA WORLD CUP WILL KICK OFF IN MEXICO. TVNZ IS WHERE YOU CAN CATCH ALL THE ACTION AND EVERYONE HERE AND AROUND THE COUNTRY IS GOING ALL IN. MIDDAY IN RIO. MIDNIGHT IN TOKYO. BREAKFAST IN LA. TOMORROW MORNING BY THE TASMAN SEA. 5 O'CLOCK IN PARIS AND ZAGREB. 6 O'CLOCK IN MOSCOW. AND HERE IS THE PLANET'S ULTIMATE GAME. JOHNSON'S IN THERE! THAT IS DELICIOUS. SO SWEET, SO SWEET. (FANS CHANT, SING) (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THAT IS QUITE SOMETHING! HE SLAMMED IT IN. THE BOYS A STAR! SOMETIMES WHEN THEY'RE HIT, THEY STAY HIT. THERE'S YOUR MOMENT. THERE'S YOUR MAN! ZIDANE! IT'S RONALDO! RESPLENDENT RONALDO! HOW ABOUT THAT? THAT IS SPECIAL. IT IS. THIS GUY NEVER STOPS SURPRISING YOU. BRILLIANT! FOOTBALL TAKING HUMAN BEINGS TO PLACES THEY HADN'T IMAGINED. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THAT'S WHAT THEY CAME FOR! TIM PAYNE! # NO PAIN, NO GAIN. MICHAEL WOUD, THE MAGICMAN! THAT IS MAGNIFICENT! OH, WONDERFUL. OH, MY GOODNESS ME. HE HAS NAILED THAT. BOY, THAT FLEW. AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THE DAMAGE IS. THERE ARE GOING TO BE TEARS. THIS WAS HIS STAGE. HE'S GONE. HIS GAME IS DONE. THAT'S WHAT CHAMPIONS ARE MADE OF. MOMENTS OF POISE AND SELF-CERTAINTY. THE ARSENAL CANNON FIRES AGAIN! (SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY) A WILD CELEBRATION! OH, A BELTER! ABSOLUTE BELTER. NO MORE FOOTBALL. YEAH, WELL ANYONE COULD COOK ALOO GOBI, BUT WHO COULD BEND A BALL LIKE BECKHAM? OH, HE'S GOT HIMSELF INTO A HORRIBLE MESS HERE. (UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES) AND OH, THE HERO LEAPS! AND MICHELLE DOESN'T MISS THESE OPPORTUNITIES. WHO ELSE? STOKES. FRANCIS DE VRIES. IT'S DE VRIES. THE GREATEST PLAYER OF HIS AGE FINALLY HAS THE GREATEST ACCOLADE FOOTBALL CAN AFFORD HIM. O'BRIEN. LET'S GO, NEW ZEALAND. ARE YOU GETTING EXCITED? IF YOU WANT TO GO AND CATCH SO THESE EGGS, YOU CAN WATCH IT ON INSTAGRAM PAGE YOU CAN WATCH IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES LETTING ME KICK BALLS AROUND THE NEWSROOM AND WHATNOT. AND ALSO THANK YOU TO DONNA WRIGHT WHO HAS MADE ME THIS LITTLE TIM PAYNE PAPERWEIGHT. VERY IMPRESSIVE INDEED. GREAT SKILLS. INCREDIBLE STUFF. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING SPORT ADJACENT. ELITE SPORTS CLUBS ARE FIGHTING BACK AGAINST A GROWING TREND OF MISLEADING AND HARMFUL CONTENT ABOUT PLAYERS AND TEAMS ONLINE. FROM WARRIORS COACH ANDREW WEBSTER BEING ON THE COVER OF TIME MAGAZINE, TO FORMER ALL BLACK DAN CARTER FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE IN HOSPITAL, THE FAKE POSTS EVEN INCLUDE REPORTS OF ATHLETES DYING. PROFESSOR OF MARKETING ANALYTICS AT MASSEY UNIVERSITY BODO LANG JOINS ME. MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THIS SEEMS REALLY SINISTER AND BEGS THE QUESTION, WHY WOULD ANYONE DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS? GREAT QUESTION, CHRIS. THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE ` SPORTS STARS AND TEAMS ARE REALLY BIG CURRENCY ON SOCIAL MEDIA,/POTENTIAL MAGNETS AND IF YOU CHANGE AN IMAGE OF A WELL-KNOWN ENTITY, BRAND, PERSON, THAT WILL ATTRACT ATTENTION AND PEOPLE DO THIS FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS ` COMMERCIAL GAIN, HOSTILITY, TROLLING. IT COULD BE A VARIETY OF THINGS BUT BASICALLY, THESE ARE ATTENTION MAGNETS AND PEOPLE RESPOND TO THEM BY CLICKING, LIKING, COMMENTING, FORWARDING. WE SAW THIS IN MICHELLE BANKS' STORY LAST NIGHT. WHAT IS THE GAME, THOUGH, BECAUSE IF YOU DO GET TO CLICK ON IT, IT DOESN'T GENERATE ANYTHING MONETARILY? IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T. BUT IF YOU DO IT OFTEN ENOUGH WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PERSONS OR SPORTS TEAMS, IT ESSENTIALLY COULD BUILD UP A FOLLOWING, SAYING, HEY, THIS PERSON DOES REALLY BORDERLINE THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IT CAN ALSO BE JUST TROLLING. IT COULD BE ENTERTAINMENT, BUT THERE IS ALWAYS A DEEP SEATED MOTIVATION. YOU DISLIKE A CERTAIN PERSON OR CLUB OR YOU HAVE A CHIP ON YOUR SHOULDER OR COMMERCIAL GAIN, WE WERE THINKING THE LOOK BY THE WAY... IT IS A TROJAN HORSE OR SOMETHING ELSE. WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT, THOUGH, SHORT OF REPORTING IT TO FACEBOOK? WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO ABOUT THIS? THE KEY IS NOT TO CHASE EVERY SINGLE MEME THAT IS THERE. FOLLOW THE CHANNELS THAT YOU KNOW, TRUST AND LIKE, SO YOU REDIRECT THEM TO THE PLAYERS OFFICIAL PROFILES, TO THE COPS PROFILES, TVNZ, RNZ. DON'T FOLLOW SOME RANDOM PERSON FOR NEWS. YOU JUST FEEL LIKE YOU ARE HAVING TO EXPLAIN THESE THINGS THAT ARE TOTALLY NOT WITHIN YOUR... IT JUST SEEMS CRAZY. AND THE RESPONSIBILITY IS SHARED. THE KEY IS NOT TO CHASE EVERYTHING. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING GOING ON, SO WE DID A WARNING SYSTEM TURNOVER WHEN SOMETHING IS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL, TOO MANY FOLLOWERS, SO WE DID A WARNING SYSTEM TURNOVER WHEN SOMETHING IS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL, TOO MANY FOLLOWERS, TOO MANY LIKES... I THINK UNIVERSITIES WOULD LIKE TO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BUT THERE IS SO MUCH CONTENT... IT'S A GAME OF WHACK-A-MOLE. I THINK THE ANSWER IS TO HAVE A BOND FOR ALL SOCIAL MEDIA USERS SO THEY CAN SUBSCRIBE TO A PLATFORM WITH SKIN IN THE GAME. YOU CAN LOSE YOUR BOND AND YOUR LICENSE TO OPERATE. WHAT ABOUT FROM A REPUTATIONAL POINT OF VIEW? IF THIS IS BELIEVED ENOUGH, ONE'S MIND GETS THROWN, SOMETIMES IT STICKS. ABSOLUTELY, AND THIS IS WHAT THESE THINGS ARE ALL ABOUT. IF SOMETHING HAS BEEN REPEATED OFTEN ENOUGH,... IF YOU SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SOME PEOPLE THINK IT'S THE TRUTH. HOW CONVERTING IS IT THAT ACTUALLY, IT IS NOT JUST POLITICIANS ` EVEN THAT IS PRETTY SICK AS WELL ` BUT NOW EVERYONE IS A TARGET. WE HAVE A SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY HERE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. HEAPS OF FEEDBACK COMING IN ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT, MARIE SAYS IT WAS WIN-WIN. GET CARS OFF THE ROAD, THEY DO IT IN SYDNEY AND IT IS REALLY CENTRED. STUART SAYS ONLY OF THE BIG CITIES. 'SHOULD EVERYONE ELSE PAY...' I AM SUCH A CITY BOY IT IS NOT FUNNY, SOMEONE YOU SHOULD NOT BE A PART OF THIS DEBATE THAT I STARTED. SOME OF THOSE MPS THAT SHOT UP THE FIELD AS... THEIR BRAND-NEW... I WAS VERY LUCKY AS A CHILD OF SEPARATED PARENTS THAT I GREW UP WITH MY MUM IN THE CITY AND THE BIG SMOKE AND WELLINGTON AND THEN I SPENT MY HOLIDAYS WITH MY DAD AND PORT CHARMERS AND WE DID A LOT OF HUNTING, FISHING, DECKING, CAMPING. WHAT DO YOU RECKON, COUNTRY OR CITY? E WHAI AKE NEI ` A LEGAL BREAKTHROUGH FOR NEW ZEALANDER EVERLEE WIHONGI IN THE STATES ` SO WHY IS SHE STILL IN ICE DETENTION? (CHILL MUSIC) VOICEOVER: Jump into Skinny today, and get $30 joining credit. # He's a real life human man... # Get the Skinny! HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` NEW ZEALAND'S FARMERS AND GROWERS ARE BEING DESCRIBED AS AN 'ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE', WITH EXPORTS FORECAST TO REACH A RECORD $64.3b. SIX PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE LATEST ISRAELI DRONE STRIKE ON TYRE. SERENA WILLIAMS' COMEBACK CAMPAIGN HAS TAKEN A MAJOR HIT, WITH HER DOUBLES PARTNER VICTORIA MBOKO GETTING INJURED IN HER SINGLES MATCH AT THE QUEEN'S CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP. A NEW ZEALAND WOMAN HELD IN ICE DETENTION IN THE U.S. HAS WON A MAJOR LEGAL FIGHT, BUT SHE STILL ISN'T FREE. EVERLEE WIHONGI, A GREEN CARD HOLDER, HAS LIVED IN THE U.S. SINCE CHILDHOOD. SHE HAS BEEN DETAINED SINCE APRIL 10 AFTER BEING STOPPED AT LAX AIRPORT RETURNING FROM NEW ZEALAND. HER CASE CENTRED ON A MARIJUANA CHARGE FROM 2014. YESTERDAY THAT CHARGE WAS THROWN OUT BY A WISCONSIN COURT. BUT EVERLEE REMAINS IN ICE CUSTODY, WITH AN IMMIGRATION HEARING SET DOWN FOR TOMORROW NEW ZEALAND TIME. HER SISTER-IN-LAW COURTNEY WIHONGI JOINS US NOW FROM UTAH. KIA ORA, COURTNEY. HOW'S EVERLEE DOING? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US ON BREAKFAST. SINCE YESTERDAY, SHE IS EXTREMELY HOPEFUL AND ECSTATIC WITH GETTING DISCHARGE VACATED. THIS IS A HUGE THING WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND WE HAVE 3 DIFFERENT CT. DATES TO GET THIS TO HAPPEN. WE ALL FEEL LIKE WE CAN BREATHE FOR A SECOND. THERE HAVE BEEN VERY RARE WINS FOR YOU GUYS SINCE SHE WAS DETAINED AND THIS ONE WAS ALSO REALLY HARD WON. WHAT DID IT TAKE TO GET YOU TO THIS POINT? WE HAD TO FIND A LAWYER THAT WAS AN EXPERT WHEN IT CAME TO IMMIGRATION LAW, THAT WAS A HUGE STEP. EVEN ONCE WE GOT THAT CORRECT LEGAL COUNSEL, ACTUALLY JUST TRYING TO GET THE TRIALS TO OCCUR SO EVERLEE'S CASE COULD BE HEARD AND A JUDGE COULD RULE ON IT, WE HAD DIFFERENT DIFFICULTIES WITH HER APPEARING ON ZOOM FOR THOSE TRIAL DATES BECAUSE OF THE FACILITY NOT COOPERATING. TABET FINALLY BE DONE AND BE FINISHED IS A HUGE WIN FOR US TABET FINALLY BE DONE AND BE FINISHED IS A HUGE WIN FOR US. ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW THAT HISTORIC CONVICTION FACTORED INTO HER DETENTION AND WHAT THE AUTHORITIES ARE SAYING ABOUT IT? I AM NOT AN IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY, BUT I HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY THAT WE HAVE WITH REGARDS TO EVERLEE'S CASE. WITH IMMIGRATION, THERE ARE CERTAIN CHARGES OR PLEA DEALS THAT ARE VERY BLACK-AND-WHITE WITH REGARDS TO IMMIGRATION LAW. UNFORTUNATELY, ANY SORT OF A CHARGE WITH A CONTROLLED POSSESSION, LIKE A MARIJUANA CHARGE, HIS IMMEDIATE DEPORTATION. THERE IS NO GRAY AREA. IT IS PRETTY FIRM WITH REGARDS TO THE LAW ON THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN EVERLEE GOT LEGAL REPRESENTATION BACK IN 2014, NONE OF THEM WERE IMMIGRATION LAWYERS, BUT STILL DECIDED TO TAKE ON THE CASE. NONE OF THEM REVERSED WHEN IT CAME TO IMMIGRATION LAW, AND THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD HELP HER OUT WITH REGARDS TO THIS. COME TO FIND OUT SHE HAD INEFFECTIVE COUNSEL.. COME TO FIND OUT SHE HAD INEFFECTIVE COUNSEL. SHE MADE VERY CLEAR THAT SOME OF HER MAJOR CONCERNS IN 2014 WERE HER IMMIGRATION STATUS. SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT SHE MADE A MISTAKE AND WAS IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW, BUT SHE WANTED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO NOT HAVE IT NEGATIVELY AFFECT HER IMMIGRATION STATUS. SHE TRUSTED THE COUNSEL THAT SHE GOT AT THAT TIME IN 2014, AND UNFORTUNATELY WAS AN EFFECTIVE AND SHE WAS GIVEN THE WRONG COUNSEL. IS A HUGE REASON WHY WE GOT THIS CASE RETURNED AND VACATED. NOW THAT THAT HISTORIC CONVICTION HAS BEEN VACATED, WHY IS SHE STILL IN DETENTION? IT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION THAT WE ARE ALL WONDERING THE SAME THING. TECHNICALLY, WITH REGARDS TO HER CASE, THERE WAS TWO PARTS THERE WAS A HISTORIC CHARGE, AND THEN ALSO JUST DEALING WITH ICE SPECIFICALLY. WITH REGARDS TO HER CASE, SHE HAS NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SEEN BEFORE A JUDGE AS OF YET, SO HENCE WHY WE HAVE THAT JUNE 12 DATE. EVEN WITH THAT DATE, BECAUSE DURING THE PROCESS OF HER BEING DETAINED SHE HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO A DIFFERENT FACILITY, TECHNICALLY THAT DATE THAT WE HAVE ON JUNE 12 IS WITH THE FACILITY IN CALIFORNIA STILL AND NOT AT THE CURRENT FACILITY THAT SHE IS AT. WE ARE WORRIED THAT THE JUDGE WILL NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE CASE BECAUSE IT IS TECHNICALLY NOT IN HIS JURISDICTION, SO OUR LAWYER` JUST WONDERING HOW THE WHANAU HAS FOUND THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT AND THE INTERACTIONS WITH THEM, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER, HOW YOU HAVE FOUND THAT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. WE HAVE BEEN REALLY DISAPPOINTED. OBVIOUSLY I DON'T EXPECT EVERYONE TO KNOW OUR CIRCUMSTANCES RIGHT OFF THE BAT, BUT INSTEAD OF JUST MAKING COMMENTS, AND NOT HAVING ALL THE FACTS, MAYBE WAIT, GET THE FACTS, AND THEN MAKE COMMENTS. NOW THAT EVERLEE'S STORY IS OUT THERE AND IT IS VERY FACTUAL WHAT IS OCCURRING, NOT AMENDING SAID STATEMENTS. THAT IS VERY DISAPPOINTING. I WOULD EXPECT SOME AND IN THAT CAPACITY IN LEADERSHIP ROLE TO BEHAVE THEMSELVES BETTER AND TO BE MORE PROFESSIONAL IN THAT ASPECT. WOULD YOU LIKE AN APOLOGY FROM THE GOVERNMENT HERE? YES, WE WOULD. CAN YOU TELL US HOW EVERLEE IS DOING? WE KNOW SHE HAS BEEN SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR AND HAS BEEN SHIPPED FROM ONE DETENTION CENTRE TO ANOTHER. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER CONDITIONS SHE HAS HAD TO BEAR? DEFINITELY THE FACILITIES ARE CROWDED. THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE FACILITIES. YOU DON'T GET ANY MOMENT BEING ALONE, YOU DON'T GET ANY PERSONAL TIME BECAUSE IS JUST EXTREMELY CROWDED. I KNOW THAT THEY ARE GETTING FED, BUT THE MEALS ARE NOT GOOD BY ANY MEANS. THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT RULES THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW BY, AND SOMETIMES... THEY ARE ALLOWED TO GO OUTSIDE, BUT SOMETIMES THE OPPORTUNITY GETS TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT THINGS OCCURRING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT IS NOT SUMMER CAMP. SHE IS IN A PRISON. SHE DOES NOT HAVE RIGHTS THAT YOU AND ME HAVE CURRENTLY. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME THIS MICHAEL I CAN EVEN IMAGINE HOW STRESSFUL THIS WOULD BE FOR YOU AND YOUR WHANAU AND EVERLEE. WE APPRECIATE YOU SHARING MORE OF HER STORY WITH US. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. # SLOW IT ALL DOWN. (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. THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY IS RESPONDING TO A FLURRY OF FUNDING AND POLICY ANNOUNCEMENTS RELEASED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. THERE'S A FOCUS ON THE RURAL SECTOR AS THE BIGGEST AGRICULTURE EVENT IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, FIELDAYS, IS HAPPENING IN HAMILTON'S MYSTERY CREEK. THE POLICY ANNOUNCEMENTS INCLUDE GROWING THE WORKFORCE, BOOSTS TO AGRITECH INNOVATION, AND CHANGING HOW THE SECTOR RESPONDS TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND EMISSIONS. RURAL COMMENTATOR SARAH PERRIAM-LAMPP SAYS THE ACT PARTY'S APPROACH TO EMISSIONS REDUCTION STOOD OUT. WHAT THAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WITH A SPLIT GAS APPROACH ` THIS IS SOMETHING THE FARMING SECTOR HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. BEEF AND LAMB HAVE RECENTLY RELEASED A REPORT WHICH EFFECTIVELY SAYS NEW ZEALAND IS WELL ADVANCED IN REGARDS TO OUR CONVERSATION ON EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND HOW WE TREAT METHANE. SO THAT WAS A REAL STAND-OUT. SHE SAYS A RECENT REPORT FROM BEEF AND LAMB SAYS NEW ZEALAND IS WELL ADVANCED IN REGARDS TO METHANE REDUCTION. WELLINGTON AND CHRISTCHURCH ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY VULNERABLE TO COASTAL FLOODING. A STUDY LED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT FOUND WHILE CURRENT SEA RISE AROUND NEW ZEALAND IS IN LINE WITH THE GLOBAL AVERAGE, IT MAY GROW IN THE FUTURE. THE RESULT IS AN INCREASE IN WHAT WHERE ONCE CONSIDERED ONCE-A-CENTURY FLOODS. THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS NOW EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN WELLINGTON AND CHRISTCHURCH EVERY YEAR, EVERY SECOND YEAR IN DUNEDIN AND ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS IN AUCKLAND. AN IRANIAN ARMED FORCES SPOKESMAN WARNS U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN MET BY A 'POWERFUL SLAP' AND THE MILITARY WILL 'NEVER BACK DOWN'. HIS COMMENTS COME AFTER THE U.S. MILITARY SAYS IT FIRED AT AN OIL TANKER ON THE GULF OF OMAN, AS IT WAS ATTEMPTING TO TRANSPORT OIL FROM IRAN. IT'S THE SECOND TIME THIS WEEK THAT THE BACK-AND-FORTH STRIKES HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED AFTER AN EXCHANGE OF ATTACKS BETWEEN IRAN AND ISRAEL EARLIER THIS WEEK. AND TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST ARE AFFECTING INFLATION IN THE U.S. AS IT HITS THE HIGHEST RATE IN OVER THREE YEARS. TRUMP SPEAKING AT THE OVAL OFFICE SAYS HE, QUOTE, 'LOVES THE INFLATION,' AND THAT THE, 'NUMBERS WERE GREAT,' PROMISING INFLATION WILL, 'COME DOWN LIKE A ROCK,' WHEN THE WAR WITH IRAN IS OVER. THE FAMILY OF THE BELFAST KNIFE ATTACK VICTIM IS URGING PROTESTERS TO GATHER PEACEFULLY, SAYING DISORDER WITNESSED ACROSS THE CITY IS 'NOT WELCOME'. THE PROTESTS COME AFTER A MAN WAS STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE NORTHERN IRELAND CAPITAL ON MONDAY NIGHT. THE ALLEGED SUSPECT, A SUDANESE MAN (30), APPEARED IN COURT TODAY, FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER AND THREATENING TO KILL. HE'S BEEN REMANDED IN CUSTODY FOR FOUR WEEKS. DEFENDER JAMES MCGARRY HAS RETURNED TO THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX ` HIS THIRD STINT WITH THE CLUB. THE 28-YEAR-OLD SIGNING ON FOR THE NEXT TWO SEASONS AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM HIS BRISBANE ROAR CONTRACT. THE KIWI INTERNATIONAL HAS PREVIOUSLY TASTED A-LEAGUE SUCCESS, WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THE CENTRAL COAST MARINERS IN 2023. IT COMES AFTER THE CLUB FAREWELLED NIGERIAN STRIKER IFEANYI EZE, THEIR TOP SCORER IN THE MOST RECENT SEASON AND JOINT PLAYER OF THE YEAR. POLICE OFFICERS IN CHINA WADED INTO CHEST-DEEP MUD TO RESCUE FOUR STUCK CAMELS. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS CLEARED THE MUD FROM AROUND THE CAMELS AND USED ROPES TO HAUL THEM OUT. AFTER TWO HOURS, THE ANIMALS WERE FREED AND THE OFFICERS WERE COMPLETELY DRENCHED. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IN CHINA OFTEN FIND THEMSELVES BRAVING TREACHEROUS TERRAIN TO PROTECT LIVESTOCK. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) LET'S CHECK OUT WHAT THE WEATHER IS DOING AT YOUR PLACE TODAY. ANOTHER CLEAR DAY IN THE NORTH. FINE FOR KAITAIA DOWN TO AUCKLAND. MORNING FROST FOR WHITIANGA THROUGH TO TAUPO. CHANCE OF SHOWERS CLEARING TO FINE IN GISBORNE. FROSTY FOR NAPIER DOWN TO DANNEVIRKE. MORNING FOG IN MASTERTON. MOSTLY FINE IN TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH. CHANCE OF SHOWERS DOWN TO PALMERSTON NORTH. MORNING FROST AND DEVELOPING CLOUD FOR LEVIN AND THE CAPITAL. 17 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN WHANGANUI, 13 IN ROTORUA. SIMILAR STORY FOR THE SOUTH ` MOSTLY FINE FOR NELSON DOWN TO KAIKOURA. MORNING CLOUD CLEARING TO FINE FOR WESTPORT. CHANCE OF EVENING SHOWERS FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. MORNING FROST OTHERWISE FINE FOR CHRISTCHURCH DOWN TO QUEENSTOWN. DEVELOPING CLOUD IN DUNEDIN; SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN FOR MILFORD SOUND THROUGH TO OBAN. 14 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN INVERCARGILL, 10 IN ALEXANDRA. THANKS, CHRIS. ME U TONU MAI ` MPs CHRIS BISHOP AND KIERAN MCANULTY DEBATE LABOUR'S PUBLIC TRANSPORT POLICY, THE CHILDREN MINISTER'S AIRPORT PARKING SPEND, AND THE TOP COP WHO'S RUNNING FOR POLITICAL OFFICE. # I JUST WANT TO DIVE IN THE WATER WITH YOU. 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. Where did that come from? A total mystery. VOICEOVER: Mystery damage can come out of nowhere... Good thing Tower instantly approves over 87% of online car claims. Get $100 off new comprehensive car insurance today. Ts and Cs apply. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. POLITICIANS ARE OUT IN FORCE TRYING TO WOO THE FARMING VOTE AT FIELDAYS. AMONG THEM CHRIS BISHOP, NATIONAL MINISTER, AND KIERAN MCANULTY FROM LABOUR, WHO JOIN US IN STUDIO THIS MORNING FOR OUR WEEKLY CHAT. WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO GROW UP IN THE COUNTRY OF THE CITY ` WHO WON? THE CITY WON. WE WON THE CROWD OVER AND TOOK HOME THE WIN. YOU WERE NOT INVITED TO PARTICIPATE? NO, SADLY. KIERAN TURNED UP AND THOUGHT HE WAS ON THE OTHER TEAM. I WAS THINKING, I'M GOING TO DO THIS. IS A PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE THAT YOU THINK, I AM GOING TO BE LIKE A SHARK? JUST DIDN'T READ PROPERLY. THERE IS MORE TO BE SAID ABOUT PARLIAMENT. NO, HE DID WELL. IT WAS QUITE EMOTIONAL. THE DEBATE WAS VERY FUNNY, BUT QUITE EMOTIONAL EVENING, BECAUSE THEY DO A GREAT JOB IN THE RURAL COMMUNITY HELPING PEOPLE IN NEED. AND THEY RAISE A LOT OF MONEY. THERE WERE 600 PEOPLE THERE. THERE IS NOT AN ORGANISATION WHO DOESN'T LEAN ON RURAL SUPPORT TRUST. MY MUM USED TO VOLUNTEER FOR THEM. IT LITERALLY SAVES LIVES. THEY GOING TO AFFECTED COMMUNITIES. THERE WAS A SWATHE OF POLITICIANS THERE TO SUPPORT THEM FROM ALL PARTIES. WOULDN'T BE GOOD TO SEE MORE OF THAT ACROSS-THE-BOARD? SOME WOULD SAY. YOU HAD TO BUY A TICKET IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS SAID. HE MADE ANOTHER JOKE THAT DOESN'T BEAR REPEATING ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. FOR AN AFTER-DINNER DEBATE. IT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR BREAKFAST TELEVISION. NATIONAL IS SPLASHING AROUND A BIT OF THE CASH. DO YOU STILL HAVE THAT FARMING SECTOR STITCHED UP? IT IS A CONTEST. AMAZING EVENT. I HAVE NOT ACTUALLY BEEN FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. THERE WAS A CONTEST ON FOR THE FARMER VOTE, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. ALL THREE WINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT WERE THERE. BRAND-NEW SWANDRIS THAT HAD NOT SEEN A FLECK OF MUD IN THEIR LIFE. I AM NOT A FARMER AND DO NOT PRETEND TO BE A FARMER. NICOLA WILLIS WAS WEARING A SWANDRI AND RED BANDS. SHE USED TO WORK FOR FONTERRA AND HAS SPENT MANY HOURS ON FARMS. FINALLY A POLICY FROM LABOUR YESTERDAY, CAPPING PUBLIC TRANSPORT AT $20. CAN YOU SAY THERE IS GOING TO BE NO INCREASE TO LEVIES TO PAY FOR THIS? THIS IS THE NINTH POLICY WE HAVE ANNOUNCED, NOT THE FIRST. WE HAVE MADE IT VERY CLEAR HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE PAID FOR ` THE LAND TRANSPORT FUND. IT EQUATES TO LESS THAN 1% OF THAT FUND. IT IS VERY CLEAR-CUT. THAT IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT. IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF NEW ZEALANDERS. I JUST TAKE A LOCAL EXAMPLE IN WAIRARAPA. PEOPLE WILL BE PAYING $20 A WEEK IF LABOUR GET IN TO GET BETWEEN WORK AND HOME. IT IS A CHANGE FOR THEIR HOUSEHOLD BUDGET. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A GOOD POLICY, THAT PEOPLE WILL LIKE IT. DO YOU WISH YOU CAME UP WITH A FIRST? PEOPLE LIKE FREE MONEY. THAT IS THE PROBLEM ` THAT IS WHAT LABOUR DOES, THEY HAND OUT FREE MONEY WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT WORK COMES FROM. THEY SAID IT WILL COST $65 MILLION. ON AVERAGE PEOPLE WILL SAVE $1200 PER YEAR. UPWARDS OF 1 MILLION PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT. ALL OF THOSE THREE THINGS CANNOT BE TRUE. IF IT IS $65 MILLION, I DON'T THINK THAT IS TRUE. IF IS THE AVERAGE SAVING IS $1200, AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BENEFIT, THE $65 MILLION CANNOT BE TRUE. THOSE THINGS CANNOT BE TRUE AT THE SAME TIME ` EITHER IT COSTS A LOT MORE PEOPLE WILL SAVE A LOT LESS, OR THERE WILL BE FAR FEWER PEOPLE BENEFITING FROM IT THAN THEY SAY. WHICH ONE IS IT? WE HAVE DONE THE NUMBERS. THESE GUYS HAVEN'T. THAT SOUNDS LIKE MULTIPLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS BY $1200 AND IT DOESN'T EQUAL $65 MILLION. IT IS A GOOD ATTEMPT SAY PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE CHEAP PUBLIC TRANSPORT. WE HAVE NOT HEARD AN ALTERNATIVE FROM THE GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE JUST OUTLINED WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM. IT WILL BE LESS THAN 1% OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FUND. IT WILL HAVE TO COME AT THE EXPENSE OF SOMETHING ELSE. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THE FUND ALREADY. IT IS $250 MILLION OVER FOUR YEARS. THAT HAS TO COME AT THE EXPENSE OF SOMETHING. KIERAN HAVING A GO AT THE FACT IT IS ONLY AIMED AT BIG CITIES. WHAT ABOUT RURAL CENTRES? THAT HAS HAD A LOT OF CRITICISM. SAYING THE LAND TRANSPORT FUND IS OVERSUBSCRIBED IS NOT THE CRITICISM THEY THINK IT IS. THERE ARE HOLES IN THE ROADS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE THAT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW THEY ARE GOING TO PAY FOR YET, AND THEY TURN AROUND AND CRITICISE US FOR ALLOCATING 1% OF THE LAND TRANSPORT FUND, WHICH IS IN ORDER FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO DO. WE ARE ASSISTING PEOPLE. IT IS MOSTLY THE BIG CITIES, BUT I DON'T LIVE IN A BIG CITY ` WE BENEFIT FROM THIS. THERE IS A REGULAR BUS SERVICE TO SMALLER PLACES. A COST OF LIVING BENEFIT LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BENEFIT EVERYONE. IF YOU LOOK AT A PACKAGE OF POLICIES LIKE OUR THREE FREE GP VISITS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THIS, AND OTHERS WE KNOW WE HAVE LINED UP AND WILL BE ANNOUNCING SOON, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THAT PACKAGE. THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT LABOUR'S SOLUTION TO THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS IN THE COUNTRY IS TO GET THE MONEY HOSE OUT. SO YOU ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? WE HAVE DONE TARGETED SUPPORT WHICH WE THINK CAN BE DONE RESPONSIBLY. THIS IS WHY WE ARE IN THE MESS WE'RE IN THE COUNTRY TO START WITH. IN 2023 SPENDING ON GOVERNMENT DEBT WAS PUSHED UP. THERE IS A CONTRASTING APPROACH BETWEEN THE PARTIES. RAKESH NAIDOO, DO YOU THINK THE POLICE COMMISSIONER IS USING A SLEDGEHAMMER TO CRACK A WALNUT? THERE HAS BEEN NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER. THE POLICE COMMISSIONER, THE POLICE MINISTER FOR THAT MATTER, HAS NO EVIDENCE TO GO ON TO SUGGEST THAT HE HAS BEEN DOING ANYTHING INAPPROPRIATE. THIS IS A SENIOR POLICEMAN OF THE HIGHEST INTEGRITY THAT IS EXERCISING HIS DEMOCRATIC RIGHT TO HAVE PUT HIS HAND UP FOR ELECTION. IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING, WHICH THEY DON'T AND THEY WON'T, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY SUGGESTION. THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE. IT IS NOT WHETHER OR NOT HE RELEASED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION TO THE LABOUR PARTY. I ACTUALLY KNOW HIM, AND I'M NOT ACCUSING HIM OF THAT. THE ISSUE IS THAT THE POLICE SAYS IF YOU ARE THINKING OF RUNNING, AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY YOU HAVE TO TELL THE POLICE. UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIM ` THE LABOUR PARTY ACTUALLY ACCEPT THIS BASICALLY BECAUSE THEY SET UP A SPECIAL PROCESS FOR HIM ` HE DID NOT DO THAT. HE TOLD THEM ON THE THURSDAY, AND IT WAS ANNOUNCED ON THE SUNDAY. I KNOW HOW POLITICAL PARTY LIST SELECTIONS WORK. IT DOES NOT WORK LIKE THAT. IT IS NOT LIKE YOU JUST WAKE UP RANDOMLY ON A WEDNESDAY, TALK TO CHRIS HIGGINS ON THURSDAY, AND THEN TELL THE POLICE AND THEN ANNOUNCE IT ON A SUNDAY. IT IS NOT WHETHER HE RELEASED INFORMATION. IT IS FOLLOWING THE PROCESS. THE PROCESS IS THERE TO KEEP THE INTEGRITY OF THE POLICE. I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN THIS MORNING. HISTORY COULD BE MADE IN CHRISTCHURCH THIS WEEKEND AS MATATU RUN OUT FOR THEIR FIRST GAME AT THE NEW STADIUM. CHARLOTTE IS ON THE GROUND THIS MORNING. MORENA, CHARLOTTE. MORENA, TEAM. OUR GIRLS WILL BE GETTING READY IN THESE CHANGING ROOMS COME SATURDAY, BECAUSE THE WORLD SUPER RUGBY WILL OFFICIALLY KICK OFF. WE HAVE EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO TE KAHA ONE NEW ZEALAND STADIUM. STAY TUNED TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE. (UPBEAT MUSIC) MATATU IS CALLING ON CHRISTCHURCH RUGBY FANS TO HELP MAKE HISTORY THIS WEEKEND AS THE TEAM PLAYS ITS FIRST MATCH AT ONE NEW ZEALAND STADIUM. THE SEASON OPENER AGAINST CHIEFS MANAWA IS ALSO AIMING TO BREAK THE RECORD FOR A STANDALONE DOMESTIC WOMEN'S RUGBY MATCH ATTENDANCE IN NEW ZEALAND ` CURRENTLY AROUND 4800 SPECTATORS. OUR REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER IS AT THE GROUNDS THIS MORNING. CHARLOTTE! I ACTUALLY FORGOT HOW MAGNIFICENT THE ACTUAL STADIUM IS. IT IS GREAT THIS MORNING. WE HAVE THE BANNERS GOING BEHIND US. CHELSEA IS JOINING ME THIS MORNING. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW EXCITING THIS WEEKEND IS, BUT YOU WILL NOT BE PLAYING BECAUSE YOU HAVE HAD SOME SPECIAL NEWS. CONGRATULATIONS. A VERY EXCITING TIME. I AM EXCITED FOR THE GIRLS TO RUN OUT THIS WEEKEND AND I CAN'T WAIT TO BE A PART OF IT. YOU ARE EXPANDING YOUR FAMILY. YOU HAVE BEEN WITH THE GIRLS. WHAT IS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE? WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE OUR GAME OF RUGBY TO NEW ZEALAND AND CHRISTCHURCH. WE HOPE A HUGE AMOUNT OF FANS WILL COME ALONG. WE HOPE THAT WE CAN GET AN AMAZING CROWD HERE. THE GIRLS ARE SUPER EXCITED TO FINALLY PLAY IN THE STADIUM. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU? FROM THE GET GO, WE KNEW THIS WOULD BE IN THE PIPELINE. KNOWING THAT WE WOULD GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY THIS YEAR IN THE STADIUM ` IT IS AWESOME TO SHOWCASE WHAT WE HAVE GOT ON THIS FIELD. THE TEAM ARE SUPER EXCITED. WE ALSO HAVE THE HALF-TIME PERFORMERS WHO WILL BE HERE AT MIDDAY. HOW EXCITED ARE WE? ALL: SO EXCITED! SO MANY TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE. TAKE IT AWAY. (HIP-HIP MUSIC PLAYS) (TYLER THE CREATOR'S 'SUGAR ON MY TONGUE LOOKS SPECTACULAR. EUPHORIA, WAS IT? STILL TO COME ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ` BUSINESS LEADER TRINA TAMATI AND COMEDIAN TOM SAINSBURY ARE ON OUR PEOPLE PANEL SO GET READY, BECAUSE ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN HERE. LAST SLEEP BEFORE THE FIFA WORLD CUP OPENS. WE'RE HERE WITH SOME FINAL MATCH NOTES BEFORE THE BIG SHOW BEGINS. AND COMING UP AFTER 8.30 ` IMMERSIVE DARTS, MINI GOLF, MINI TENNIS TOO ` AS IN PICKLEBALL ` AND WE GO OUT TO THE SOUNDS OF THE PACIFIC. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. HERE'S THE NEWS. A RELATIVE OF A KIWI WOMAN HELD IN AN ICE DETENTION FACILITY IS DEMANDING AN APOLOGY FROM NEW ZEALAND AUTHORITIES. EVERLEE WIHONGI HAS BEEN DETAINED SINCE EARLY APRIL. HER CASE CENTRES ON A MARIJUANA CHARGE FROM 2014. THAT CONVICTION WAS THROWN OUT YESTERDAY BY A WISCONSIN COURT. HER SISTER IN LAW COURTNEY WIHONGI NOW QUESTIONING WHY EVERLEE REMAINS IN DETENTION. SHE TOLD BREAKFAST THE RESPONSE FROM THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN DISAPPOINTING. I DON'T EXPECT EVERYONE TO KNOW OUR CIRCUMSTANCES RIGHT OFF THE BAT. MAYBE WAIT AND GET THE FACTS AND THEN MAKE COMMENTS. NOT AMENDING SAID STATEMENTS NOW THAT THE FACTS ARE OUT IS DISAPPOINTING. EVERLEE WIHONGI HAS SINCE BEEN MOVED TO ARIZONA AND HAS HER NEXT HEARING TOMORROW. HER SISTER IN LAW IS WORRIED ABOUT THE OUTCOME, GIVEN THE JUDGE IS BASED IN CALIFORNIA AND THEREFORE MAY RULE THE CASE IS OUT OF HIS JURISDICTION. WELLINGTON WATER WARNS TOMORROW'S WORK AT THE MOA POINT TREATMENT PLANT COULD SEE INCREASED ODOUR. WORKERS WILL CONNECT THE EXTRACTION FAN ON THE MAIN OUTFALL PIPE CHANNEL TO A TEMPORARY POWER BOARD FOR LOAD TESTING. IT'S THE NEXT STEP IN THE RECOVERY PLAN FOLLOWING THE PLANT'S CATASTROPHIC FAILURE IN FEBRUARY. WELLINGTON WATER SAYS THIS STEP WILL ALLOW THEM TO CONNECT THE PLANT TO TEMPORARY MAINS POWER ` A RECOVERY MILESTONE. CROWDS OF ANTI-IMMIGRATION PROTESTERS HAVE BEGUN GATHERING IN EAST BELFAST FOR THE SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW. DEMONSTRATORS CAN BE SEEN THROWING PROJECTILES AT POLICE, WITH OFFICERS USING WATER CANNONS TO DISPERSE CROWDS. IT COMES AFTER A NIGHT OF UNREST, WITH PROTESTERS TORCHING VEHICLES AND BUILDINGS ACROSS THE CITY IN RESPONSE TO A KNIFE ATTACK BY A SUDANESE MAN. AUTHORITIES ARE URGING COMMUNITIES TO REMAIN CALM AND PROTEST PEACEFULLY. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS DISMISSED CONCERNS ABOUT A RISE IN INFLATION, TELLING REPORTERS IN THE OVAL OFFICE THAT THE NUMBERS 'WERE GREAT', AND INSTEAD DIRECTED THE CONVERSATION TO THE LATEST THE U.S. MILITARY'S ACTIONS. I LOVE THE INFLATION. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE AS SOON AS THIS WAR IS OVER ` YOU KNOW, I CAN SAY IT NOW ` SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T KNOW. DO YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN TAKING OUT MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF OIL? NOBODY KNOWS IT. YOU KNOW WHO DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT IT? IRAN, UNTIL RIGHT NOW. TRUMP ALSO CLAIMING THAT U.S. FORCES HAVE BEEN REMOVING MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF OIL ON A NIGHTLY BASIS, ADDING THAT INFLATION WOULD FALL SHARPLY ONCE THE CONFLICT ENDED. SEVEN PEOPLE AND TWO COMPANIES HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN RELATION TO A DEADLY FIRE IN HONG KONG LAST YEAR, WHICH KILLED 168 PEOPLE. THE BLAZE BROKE OUT IN NOVEMBER AT THE WANG FUK APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE TAI PO DISTRICT, ENGULFING SEVEN OF THE EIGHT HIGH RISE BUILDINGS. 25 CHARGES HAVE BEEN LAID, INCLUDING MANSLAUGHTER, MONEY LAUNDERING AND CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD. INVESTIGATORS SAY NEGLIGENT RENOVATION WORK AND FLAMMABLE SCAFFOLDING HELPED THE FIRE SPREAD. THE ALL WHITES ARE JUST DAYS OUT FROM THEIR OPENING WORLD CUP FIXTURE AGAINST IRAN. THE KIWIS LOOKING TO SHAKE OFF TWO DEFEATS FROM THEIR TWO WARMUP FIXTURES. WORLD CUP REPORTER ZION DAYAL HAS THIS REPORT. KIA ORA. WELCOME TO SAN DIEGO, WHICH IS WHERE THE ALL WHITES WILL CALL HOME FOR JUST OVER A WEEK. THEY'RE GETTING INTO THEIR BUSINESS AT THE MOMENT, PLAYING AN 11-ON-11 MATCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO. NOW, YOU COULD BE MISTAKEN FOR THINKING THIS WAS AN ACTUAL GAME. HUNDREDS OF FANS HAVE TURNED OUT ` ANYONE WITH AN AFFILIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ALLOWED A TICKET INTO TODAY'S TRAINING SESSION. THERE'S A SIGNING SESSION AFTERWARDS WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE STUCK AROUND FOR. THE ALL LIGHTS WILL SPEND THE NEXT FEW DAYS HERE BEFORE TRAVELLING TO LOS ANGELES AHEAD OF THEIR FIRST GAME AGAINST IRAN. FOR NOW, THOUGH, THEY GET A CHANCE TO BE HERE ` TO BE IN SAN DIEGO, TAKE IN ALL THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS. WE'VE BEEN AROUND DOWNTOWN EARLIER, AND THE WHOLE CITY IS GETTING READY FOR THE WORLD CUP. A NEPALESE ATHLETE WITH A NUMBER OF GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS TO HIS NAME HAS GAINED ANOTHER. THE MAN DESCENDED 100 STAIRS ON HIS HANDS IN JUST 44 SECONDS. THE MAN (31) HAS ALSO BROKEN THE RECORD FOR THE FASTEST TIME TO DRINK 500ml OF LEMON JUICE WHILE DOING A HANDSTAND. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` ANOTHER CLEAR DAY IN THE NORTH. FINE FOR KAITAIA DOWN TO AUCKLAND. MORNING FROST FOR WHITIANGA THROUGH TO TAUPO. CHANCE OF SHOWERS CLEARING TO FINE IN GISBORNE. FROSTY FOR NAPIER DOWN TO DANNEVIRKE. MORNING FOG IN MASTERTON. MOSTLY FINE IN TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH. CHANCE OF SHOWERS DOWN TO PALMERSTON NORTH. MORNING FROST AND DEVELOPING CLOUD FOR LEVIN AND THE CAPITAL. 17 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN WHANGANUI, 13 IN ROTORUA. SIMILAR STORY FOR THE SOUTH ` MOSTLY FINE FOR NELSON DOWN TO KAIKOURA. MORNING CLOUD CLEARING TO FINE FOR WESTPORT. CHANCE OF EVENING SHOWERS FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. MORNING FROST OTHERWISE FINE FOR CHRISTCHURCH DOWN TO QUEENSTOWN. DEVELOPING CLOUD IN DUNEDIN; SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN FOR MILFORD SOUND THROUGH TO OBAN. 14 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN INVERCARGILL, 10 IN ALEXANDRA. AS WE HEARD EARLIER, FAKE AI SPORTS STORIES ARE NOW TARGETING SOME OF NEW ZEALAND'S BIGGEST PLAYERS AND CLUBS. BUT IT'S NOT JUST SPORT; AI IS RAISING QUESTIONS AROUND IMAGES, IDENTITY, COPYRIGHT AND CONSENT. SO, WHERE'S THE LINE BETWEEN CLEVER, FUNNY, FAKE AND HARMFUL? ENTERTAINER TOM SAINSBURY AND SENIOR BUSINESS LEADER TRINA TAMATI JOIN US NOW TO DISCUSS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. MY PLEASURE. WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT LINE IS, TOM? I THINK IT IS TRICKY. IF YOU WERE TO PLAY A POLICE MAN AND A TV SHOW, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE IT BY 10% SO THAT IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE YOU ARE AN ACTUAL POLICE MAN. WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME ARBITRARY ` 25% DIFFERENCE. AS LONG AS THERE IS A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF IT CHANGED, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IS NOT PLAGIARISED. IT AS DISTURBING, AS THE BEST WORD I CAN COME UP WITH. IT WILL ONLY BECOME BIGGER AND BIGGER. PHISHING, SCANNING AND MISINFORMATION HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. THANK TICKETS ARE SOLD TO CONCERTS. PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET IN AND THEIR TICKETS ARE NOT SCANNING. THE MESSAGE I WOULD TRY AND PUT ACROSS TO EVERYBODY IS JUST CHECK. GO TO OFFICIAL PLACES FOR OFFICIAL SOURCES. MAKE SURE IF YOU ARE BUYING ANYTHING, CONSUMING ANYTHING, READING ANYTHING DON'T BELIEVE IT UNLESS IT IS COMING FROM AN OFFICIAL SOURCE. WHETHER THAT IS A TICKET SELLING PLACE, AN EVENT SELLING PLACE, OR A RUGBY CLUB'S WEBSITE, OR THE PERSON THEMSELVES' WEBSITE, GO TO THE SOURCE. CHRIS: WE ALMOST NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. THINK ABOUT SOMEONE WHOSE WIFE HAD DIED. IMPACT IS HUGE. IF YOU COULD PROSECUTE THAT... THIS IS HUMANS CONTROLLING MISINFORMATION AT THE MOMENT. HUMANS ARE USING AI TO CREATE IMAGES. ARE THERE OTHER NEW ZEALANDERS WANTING TO TAKE...? IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AND PROSECUTE AND MAKE IT A CRIMINAL ACT. THE BIGGEST THING WE CAN DO IS TO RAISE THE AWARENESS BAR SO THAT CONSUMERS KNOW NOT TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING THEY READ, SEE. IF THE PRICE IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT IS PROBABLY FAKE. TOVA: THERE IS THE SCAMMING ELEMENT, AND THEN THERE IS THE PARODY SIDE OF THINGS. CHRIS: WAS THAT NOT PAULA BENNETT? I THOUGHT THAT WAS HER. TOVA: HE NAILED IT. THERE IS A BILL PASSING IN PARLIAMENT AROUND PARODY AND SATIRE. COMEDIANS HAVE AN EXTRA BARRIER OF PROTECTION IF THEY GET SUED BY WHOEVER MAKES ` IS IT NEW LINE CINEMA? YOU CAN TAKE AN EXISTING SONG AND PUT YOUR OWN SPELL ON IT TO TAKE THE PISS. DOES AI CHANGE THINGS FOR YOU? IT KIND OF DOES. I AM GETTING A BIT OF PUSHBACK. WHENEVER I USE AI` I DID A BEFORE AND AFTER VIDEO LIKE THE ONES WHERE PEOPLE BECOME REALLY JACKED. I GOT PUSHBACK FROM PEOPLE ABOUT USING AI. I THINK THAT WAS HERE ENOUGH. I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT JUST FOR THE TASTE OF MY AUDIENCE. TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, IF WE CAN CREATE SOFTWARE THAT CAN BRING DOWN THE ENTIRETY OF HUMANITY, SHOULD WE BE ABLE TO CREATE SOMETHING GOOD? WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THE HUFFER MODEL SITUATION? I WOULD SAY AI HAS GONE THROUGH THEIR BACKLOG OF IMAGES THEY HAVE USED IN THE PAST AND CREATED SOME FORM OF LIKENESS. IT IS TRANSPARENCY. THEY SENT LEGAL DOCUMENTS TO THE ACCUSER, WHICH I THINK IS GROSS. THIS WILL HURT THEM. IT HURTS THE BRAND. I THINK IT SHOULD. THEY COULD HAVE EASILY COME OUT AND SAID YES, WE HAVE USED AI, APOLOGISED TO THE MODEL. IT WILL NOW CARRY ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THEM ON THE PROGRAM. HAVE YOU GOT FIFA FEVER? I'VE GOT FEVER FOR THE FIFA FEVER. I AM KIND OF INTO THE WHOLE VIBE OF IT, BUT I'M NOT A HUGE FIFA FAN OR ANYTHING. IT'S KIND OF LIKE IN THE 80S OR 90S WHEN WE COULD ONLY TALK ABOUT ONE THING. THAT IS THE POWER OF SPORT. THE POWER OF MAJOR EVENTS. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT FOOTBALL, BUT I WILL BE THERE. TELL ME WHO TO WATCH. CHRIS: PICK A DARK HORSE. UZBEKISTAN. THERE ARE A FEW NEW TEAMS COMING IN. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT PLACE EXISTED. IF YOU WANT TO BE A CASUAL FAN, YOU CAN FIND SOMETHING TO LATCH ON TO. TIM PAYNE. I'M NOT SURE IF I WOULD WANT TO BE ON A ROCK. TOVA: LOVE YOUR WORK, GUYS. ME U TONU MAI ` JUST ONE MORE SLEEP BEFORE THE FIFA WORLD CUP KICKS OFF. WE'LL TELL YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW AFTER THE BREAK. 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SPORT'S GREATEST SPECTACLE GETS UNDERWAY TOMORROW MORNING WITH A CLASH BETWEEN CO-HOSTS ` MEXICO TAKING ON SOUTH AFRICA LIVE ON TVNZ+. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY ALL WHITES GOALKEEPER OLI SAIL AND COMMENTATOR PAUL IFILL. GOOD MORNING. DOES THIS FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS FOR YOU TOO? I WON'T GET MUCH SLEEP TONIGHT. WHAT WAS THE FIRST WORLD CUP MEMORY THAT YOU HAVE, PAUL? '86 WITH MY DAD. '90 IS PROBABLY THE FIRST ONE I REMEMBER. CAMEROON PLAYED ENGLAND IN THE QUARTER-FINAL. WAS CRYING BECAUSE CAMEROON GOT BEAT. WHAT IS YOUR FIRST WORLD CUP THAT YOU REMEMBER WATCHING? 2006. SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. I REMEMBER WATCHING IT WITH MY FAMILY. THE INFAMOUS HEAD-BUTT IN THE FINAL WAS MY FAVOURITE. YOU WATCHED IN COLOUR TV. THAT IS WONDERFUL. TOVA, WILL THIS BE YOUR FIRST ONE? NO. WHAT ABOUT YOU? 1998. FRANCE. DAVID BECKHAM WAS RED CARDED. A LOT OF COUNTRIES ARE GOING TO HAVE SPECIAL MOMENTS. LIONEL MESSI ` MY FAVOURITE PLAYER OF ALL TIME. TIM PAYNE. THERE ARE FOUR BIG NAMES THAT MIGHT BE HAVING THEIR LAST HURRAH. HAS TIM PAYNE BEEN ABLE TO GET ON THE TEAM BUS. HAS IT HAD BEEN TO BIG? HE IS ABSOLUTELY LOVING IT. HE IS STARTING TO TAKE IT ON BOARD. HIS PARTNER IS ALSO EXCITED TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT. IT COULD NOT HAPPEN TO A BETTER BLOKE. IT'S NOT GOING TO PHASE HIM. WHO YOU PICKING? LIONEL MESSI. IT COULD BE A GOOD A BAD THING. A LOT WILL DEPEND ON IF MESSI CAN STAY FIT THROUGHOUT IT. WHO ARE YOUR FAVOURITES? FRANCE AND PORTUGAL. RINALDO'S LAST HURRAH. FRANCE, THE OBVIOUS FAVOURITES. A TEMPLE OF STARS. CORRECTION: A TEAM FULL OF STARS. THEY ARE A WORLD-RENOWNED FOOTBALL TEAM, BUT THE WAY THEY ARE PERFORMING JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER. WHAT ABOUT YOU, CHRIS? ENGLAND. IT HAS BEEN 60 YEARS SINCE THEY HAD LAST WON A WORLD CUP. HE IS THE BEST STRIKER IN THE WORLD AT THE MOMENT, ISN'T HE? WHAT IS GOING TO BE ON ENGLAND'S WAY FOR NOT WINNING THIS TOURNAMENT? ENGLAND. THERE IS SO MUCH PRESSURE FROM BACK HOME. WHAT IS IT LIKE IN THE UK WHEN THEY PLAY A TOURNAMENT? WHAT IS IT LIKE IN THE UK WHEN THEY PLAY A TOURNAMENT? IT IS QUITE INTENSE. IT IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH THE PRESSURE. WITH THE WORK THAT SOUTHGATE DID IN THE INTERIM, THEY'RE IN A GOOD POSITION IN TERMS OF THEIR MINDSET. THAT'S WHAT HE DOES. HE SCORES THOSE REALLY IMPORTANT, VITAL GOALS. HOW DO YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO GO AS WE LOOK FOR THE FIRST EVER WORLD CUP WIN? IT IS HARD TO WIN GAMES OF FOOTBALL TOURNAMENTS. THESE ARE BIG NATIONS. IT'S A BIG SPORTING EVENT. WE'LL BE RIGHT BEHIND THEM ENTERING THEM ON. I AM BACKING US. REST UP TODAY. EARLY TO BED. WE WILL SEE YOU BRIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. AND TVNZ IS HOME TO THE FIFA WORLD CUP. OUR COVERAGE KICKS OFF TOMORROW MORNING AT 5.30am. E WHAI AKE NEI ` AUCKLAND'S MINI-GOLF SCENE IS GETTING A MAKEOVER. OUR REPORTER LUCY IS THERE NOW TO CHECK IT OUT. MORENA, LUCY. YES. HOLLY MOLLY IS GETTING A REVAMP AND WE ARE SWITCHING OUT THE GOLF CLUBS FOR DARTS. THIS IS A NEW INTERACTIVE DARTS EXPERIENCE. I MIGHT SHOW YOU HOW IT IS DONE AFTER THE BREAK. 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... # # ARE YOU ALL HAVING A GOOD TIME OUT THERE? WE CERTAINLY ARE. A FINE DAY IN AUCKLAND. SOUTH-WESTERLY WINDS AND A HIGH OF 15 DEGREES. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT FOR US, WELLINGTON? OH, BEAUTIFUL. THERE WERE 11 M SWELLS THE OTHER DAY. FINE APART FROM SOME PERIODS OF MORNING CLOUD. SOME FROST. CLOUD INCREASING FROM THE AFTERNOON. A HIGH OF 14 DEGREES IN THE CAPITAL. LET'S LOOK AT CHRISTCHURCH. OH, AS ALWAYS ` BEAUTIFUL. MORNING FROST AS WELL. CLEAR SKY. CLOUD DEVELOPING AROUND BANKS PENINSULA IN THE AFTERNOON, SPREADING ELSEWHERE IN THE EVENING. NORTH-EASTERLY IS DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING. A HIGH OF 12 DEGREES. AND IN DUNEDIN... STUNNING, FINE AND THEN CLOUD DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. SPOTS OF RAIN IN THE EVENING. LIGHT WINDS, NORTHERLIES ABOUT THE COAST. A HIGH OF 14. # DON'T STOP THE PARTY. WATER CANNONS ARE BEING USED TO DISPERSE CROWDS OF ANTI-IMMIGRATION PROTESTERS GATHERING INNORTHERN IRELAND FOR A SECOND NIGHT. AROUND 200 DEMONSTRATORS HAVE GATHERED AT A ROUNDABOUT IN COUNTY ANTRIM, WITH SOME PROTESTERS THROWING ROCKS AT POLICE AND SETTING A CAR ON FIRE. ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS WERE DEPLOYED TO THE AREA AFTER VIOLENCE ERUPTED ON TUESDAY NIGHT, FOLLOWING A KNIFE ATTACK IN BELFAST. AUTHORITIES ARE URGING COMMUNITIES TO REMAIN CALM AND PROTEST PEACEFULLY. A MANHUNT IS UNDERWAY IN SOUTH AFRICA AFTER 12 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, AND SEVERAL OTHERS WERE INJURED IN A MASS SHOOTING. AT LEAST 10 SUSPECTS OPENED FIRE ON THE JUMPERS INFORMAL SETTLEMENT IN JOHANNESBURG, BEFORE FLEEING IN A WHITE VEHICLE. WHILE THE MOTIVE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS STAGE, SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS BELIEVE IT MAY BE LINKED TO A TURF WAR BETWEEN GROUPS OF ILLEGAL MINERS IN THE AREA. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS SIGNED A $70b BILL TO FUND STRICTER IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS TERM. THE LEGISLATION WOULD FUND EXPANDED BORDER PATROL OPERATIONS AND STRENGTHEN I.C.E. ENFORCEMENT MEASURES. SPEAKING AT THE OVAL OFFICE, TRUMP ALSO ADDRESSED TENSIONS WITH IRAN, SAYING THE COUNTRY IS TAKING, 'TOO LONG TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL,' AND WARNING, 'THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE.' MEANWHILE, ISRAEL'S DEFENSE MINISTER HAS SUGGESTED THE WAR WITH IRAN IS 'FAR FROM OVER', ADDING THAT THEY ARE PREPARED TO ATTACK AGAIN 'WITH GREAT FORCE'. THE CONTEST IS ON FOR THE FARMING VOTE AT THIS YEAR'S ELECTION. POLITICIANS ARE OUT IN FULL FORCE AT FIELDAYS. THOSE IN THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTING TO WOO THE RURAL SECTOR WITH INVESTMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS. MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP SAYS NATIONAL WAS OUT IN FULL FORCE. WE'RE PUTTING OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD. THE PRIME MINISTER WAS THERE, I WAS THERE, NICOLA WAS THERE. I MEAN, HALF THE CABINET WAS THERE ` FROM ALL THREE WINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT. LABOUR'S KIERIN MCANAULTY WAS ALSO THERE PARTICIPATING IN A FRIENDLY-FIRE DEBATE TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE RURAL SUPPORT TRUST. HE SAYS IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE ENTITY THAT HELPS THE SECTOR DURING THE WORST OF TIMES. NEW ZEALAND'S FARMERS AND GROWERS ARE BEING DESCRIBED AS AN 'ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE', WITH EXPORTS FORECAST TO REACH A RECORD $64.3B. THE LATEST PRIMARY INDUSTRIES REPORT SHOWS STRONG PERFORMANCE ACROSS THE SECTOR, WITH DAIRY EXPECTED TO TOP $28B, MEAT AND WOOL MORE THAN $14B, AND HORTICULTURE ABOUT $9.5B. EXPORT EARNINGS ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP RISING, REACHING OVER $70 BY 2030, WITH THE GOVERNMENT SAYING IT WILL CONTINUE BACKING FARMERS AND GROWERS. A REPORT ON THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE ON KIWIRAIL'S MAIN SOUTH LINE IN 2024 HAS EXPOSED NETWORK-WIDE INFRASTRUCTURE RISKS. SEVERE FLOODING ON KIWIRAIL'S RANGITATA RIVER RAIL BRIDGE IN CANTERBURY, WASHED AWAY A SUPPORT PIER, CAUSING A DANGEROUS SAG IN THE TRACKS. NO TRAIN WAS ON THE BRIDGE AT THE TIME, BUT THE LINE REMAINED OPEN UNTIL A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REPORTED THE DAMAGE. THE TRANSPORT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION SAYS KIWIRAIL'S SYSTEMS FOR BRIDGE INSPECTION, ASSET MANAGEMENT AND SEVERE-WEATHER RESPONSE DID NOT ADEQUATELY TRANSLATE KNOWN RISKS INTO OPERATIONAL CONTROLS. ENGLAND CAPTAIN BEN STOKES HAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE SQUAD TO FACE THE BLACKCAPS IN THE SECOND TEST. THE 35-YEAR-OLD, AS WELL AS PACE BOWLER GUS ATKINSON, HAD BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION OVER AN INCIDENT AT A NIGHTCLUB IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING AFTER THEIR TEST WIN OVER NEW ZEALAND. THE PAIR HAD BROKEN THE TEAM'S MIDNIGHT CURFEW, IN PLACE AFTER ACCUSATIONS OF A DRINKING CULTURE WITHIN THE SQUAD. JOE ROOT WILL STEP IN AS SKIPPER PICKED AHEAD OF VICE CAPTAIN HARRY BROOK, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN CONTROVERSY OF HIS OWN AFTER BEING HIT BY A NIGHTCLUB BOUNCER IN WELLINGTON LAST YEAR. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` ANOTHER CLEAR DAY IN THE NORTH. FINE FOR KAITAIA DOWN TO AUCKLAND. MORNING FROST FOR WHITIANGA THROUGH TO TAUPO. CHANCE OF SHOWERS CLEARING TO FINE IN GISBORNE. FROSTY FOR NAPIER DOWN TO DANNEVIRKE. MORNING FOG IN MASTERTON. MOSTLY FINE IN TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH. CHANCE OF SHOWERS DOWN TO PALMERSTON NORTH. MORNING FROST AND DEVELOPING CLOUD FOR LEVIN AND THE CAPITAL. 17 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN WHANGANUI, 13 IN ROTORUA. SIMILAR STORY FOR THE SOUTH ` MOSTLY FINE FOR NELSON DOWN TO KAIKOURA. MORNING CLOUD CLEARING TO FINE FOR WESTPORT. CHANCE OF EVENING SHOWERS FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. MORNING FROST OTHERWISE FINE FOR CHRISTCHURCH DOWN TO QUEENSTOWN. DEVELOPING CLOUD IN DUNEDIN; SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN FOR MILFORD SOUND THROUGH TO OBAN. 14 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN INVERCARGILL, 10 IN ALEXANDRA. WE HAVE GOT THE SEAL OF APPROVAL FROM ALL LIGHTS DEFENDER TOMMY SMITH ON OUR FIFA VIDEO. IT'S ON OUR INSTAGRAM. WE JUST NEED TO GET PAIN INVOLVED. WEPLAYEDT AUCKLAND'S MINI-GOLF SCENE IS INVOLVED. WEPLAYEDT AUCKLAND'S MINI-GOLF SCENE ISAT JUST AUCKLAND'S MINI-GOLF SCENE IS JUST GETTING A MAKEOVER, AND THERE'S A BRAND-NEW IMMERSIVE DARTS EXPERIENCE SET TO CHANGE THE GAME. SO WHAT CAN PLAYERS EXPECT? LUCY BENDALL IS PUTTING IT TO THE TEST. I DID NOT EXPECT TO BE DRINKING A MOCKTAIL AND A BAR AT 830 IN THE MORNING. THEY HAVE CHANGED IT UP A BIT. THERE IS NOW LA TI DARTS. TELL US A BIT MORE ABOUT THIS IMMERSIVE DARTS EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO AUCKLAND. IT IS A REAL DARTBOARD AND REAL DARTS. WE HAVE 50 GAME MODES. THESE ARE NOT YOUR GRANDDADDY'S DARTS. THERE IS VORTEX, KILLER, DISCO WALL. ROBIN HOOD SOUNDS FUN. WE WILL GIVE IT A GO AS WE CHAT THROUGH HOW THIS WORKS. WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT IT. TELL US A BIT MORE ABOUT HOW IT WORKS. REAL DARTS HAS A VERY SPECIFIC WAY TO PLAY, BUT HERE, WE CAN GO IS FRIENDLY AS PLEASE HIT THE BOARD. OR AS CHALLENGING AS AIM FOR A VERY SPECIFIC ALIEN OR WIPE OFF A SPACESHIP. YOU GO FIRST. WE HAVE CHICKEN, DUCK OR PEACOCK. EMBARRASSINGLY SOUND. MISS. I AM GOING TO GO WITH CHICKEN. I WILL GO A BIT CLOSER. I'M GOING TO AT LEAST GET ON THE BOARD, UNLIKE YOU. THERE WE GO. THIS HAS BEEN OPEN FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE YOU HAD COME THROUGH AND A PEOPLE LOVING IT? A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH TO THE VIADUCT. A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH ON THE LONG WEEKEND. WHAT KINDS OF PEOPLE ARE YOU EXPECTING TO COME THROUGH HERE? BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TO YOUR USUAL DARTS ENVIRONMENT. WE EXPECT CORPORATE EVENTS, DATE NIGHTS, GROUPS OF FRIENDS. THAT MANY GOLF COURSES STILL THERE. TELL US ABOUT THAT. IT IS STILL DEAR TO OUR HEART, AND IT IS STILL THERE, BUT WE HAVE 18 NEW HOLES. IT HAS BEEN EIGHT YEARS SINCE WE BUILT HERE IN AUCKLAND. DUE FOR A REVAMP WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE HERE. IT IS NOT TOO BAD. YOU ARE UP. YOU HAVE ONE MORE GO. SHOW ME HOW IT'S DONE. REDEMPTION. THIS IS RIGHT NEXT TO HOLEY MOLEY, LA DI DARTS. CHANGING UP A BIT OF THE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE AT THE AUCKLAND VIADUCT. IT IS THE FIRST ONE IN THE COUNTRY. LA DI DAH, INDEED. E WHAI AKE NEI ` PICKLEBALL ` THE SPORTS CRAZE THAT CONTINUES TO GROW IN POPULARITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OUR REPORTER DAVINA ZIMMER IS GIVING IT A GO THIS MORNING. MORENA, DAVINA. I AM STANDING BY WITH BALL IN HAND AT THIS WELLINGTON TOURNAMENT. BEHIND ME OUR PLAYERS ARE WARMING UP. JOIN ME AFTER THE BREAK WHEN I WILL HAVE A GO MYSELF. Don't take your eyes off this one. We could be in for an upset. VOICEOVER: Should've gone to Specsavers. Get 50% off lens options when you get two pairs from $169 or above. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` POLICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND HAVE BEGUN USING WATER CANNONS TO DISPERSE CROWDS OF ANTI-IMMIGRATION PROTESTORS. A REPORT ON THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE ON KIWIRAIL'S MAIN SOUTH LINE IN 2024 HAS EXPOSED NETWORK-WIDE INFRASTRUCTURE RISKS. AND DEFENDER JAMES MCGARRY HAS RETURNED TO THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX IN HIS THIRD STINT WITH THE CLUB. IT'S A CROSS BETWEEN TENNIS, BADMINTON AND PING PONG, AND IT'S ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S FASTEST GROWING SPORTS. PICKLEBALL HAS BEEN GAINING POPULARITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN RECENT YEARS, AND TODAY, THE AUSTRALIAN PICKLEBALL TOUR STOPS IN WELLINGTON. DAVINA IS THERE WITH ONE OF THE PROFESSIONAL PICKLEBALL PLAYERS. TRY SAYING THAT 10 TIMES FAST. MORENA, DAVINA. YES, IT IS A MOUTHFUL. I AM HERE WITH ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS. ARE YOU A PICKLE BALLER? I AM A PICKLE BALLER NOW. THERE WAS A DEBATE YESTERDAY IN THE OFFICE ABOUT WHAT YOU CALL IT. WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT PLAYING IT? IT IS SUPER FUN AND GREAT TO PLAY WITH ALL PLAYERS AND ABILITIES, OUT THERE HAVING A BASH. ONCE YOU KNOW THE RULES, IT IS ALL GO FROM THERE. YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE US A QUICKFIRE TUTORIAL IN A SURF, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO LEARN. GOT TO START OFF STRONG. YOU TAKE IT AWAY. WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO, I WILL DO ONE FIRST, AND THEN I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT. TALK THROUGH IT. IT HAS TO BE UNDERHAND. OUT OF THE AIR, WE CAN DROP THE BALL. ESSENTIALLY JUST UNDER YOUR HAT, LOW TO HIGH. AND YOU ARE GOING TO TRY AND GET IT ACROSS COURT IN THE BACK BOX OVER THEIR PAST THE LINE UP FRONT. WE GOING TO DROP IT... AND THERE IS THE SERVE. AND IT COMES RIGHT BACK. I HOLD IT UP. YOU CAN STAND UP ON THE LINE. JUST DROP IT. DROP AND LET IT BOUNCE? YOU CAN IF THAT IS EASIER, OR YOU CAN HEAD OUT OF THE AIR. SHORT BACKSWING. THAT IS REALLY GOOD! I AM SO STOKED ABOUT THAT. I AM GOING TO HAND YOU THIS. I AM GOING TO RUN OVER TO MY OPPONENT, SAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SOMEHOW I HAVE MANAGED... PERFORMANCE ANXIETY AT ITS BEST. YOU HAVE COME OVER FROM AUSTRALIA TO ORGANISE THIS EVENT. YOU ARE SAYING YESTERDAY YOU'VE GONE FROM HAVING ONE OF THESE EVENTS TO 7 IN NEW ZEALAND. THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR IN NEW ZEALAND, FIRST TIME IN WELLINGTON, WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING. WE HAVE EVENTS GOING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. SEVERAL EVENTS WE RUN THROUGH MINOR-LEAGUE WHICH IS OUR TEAM FORMAT AND PK FORMAT. WE HAVE NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA AND A COUPLE OF OTHER INTERNATIONALS. AWESOME TO SEE PEOPLE PLAYING THIS AWESOME SPORT. IT IS A COMBINATION BETWEEN FEDERAL DIFFERENT RACKET SPORTS. WHAT IS LEADING TO THE INCREASE IN POPULARITY? YOU ARE SO CLOSE TO YOUR PARTNER WHEN YOU PLAY, SO THAT IS FANTASTIC. YOU GET IN THERE, HAVE SOME FUN, GOOD BANTER. AND THEN YOU CAN GO PRO IF YOU WANT. PEOPLE IN WELLINGTON WILL BE ABLE TO COME DOWN HERE, WATCH BOTH THE PROS AND THE AMATEURS PLAYING HERE, AND WHERE ELSE? MOUNT HUTT. FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. COME DOWN AND GET YOUR BUTTS OFF THE COUCH. I MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE A NEW SIDE HUSTLE AFTER I FINISH HERE AND HAVE A GO AT PICKLE BALL. OR MAYBE I AM TOOTING MY OWN HORN TOO MUCH. NO, ADD IT TO YOUR GROWING LIST OF EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. E WHAI AKE NEI ` CHRISTINA HUANG'S WITH US FROM FINLAYSON PARK SCHOOL IN AUCKLAND. MORNING, CHRISTINA. 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. KIRIBATI IS ONE OF THE SMALLER PACIFIC COMMUNITIES HERE IN AOTEAROA. BUT IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, A YOUTH DANCE GROUP IS MAKING SURE ITS LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND STORIES ARE HEARD. MAREWEN KIRIBATI YOUTH GROUP IS PERFORMING AT THIS YEAR'S PACIFIC DANCE FESTIVAL. OUR REPORTER CHRISTINA HUANG IS AT FINLAYSON PARK SCHOOL IN MANUREWA. MORENA, CHRISTINA. YES. YOU CAN HEAR THE SOUND OF THIS BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE BEING SUNG BEHIND ME. I AM JOINED BY THE GROUP'S CHAIRPERSON. GOOD MORNING. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS GROUP AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THE CULTURE HERE. GOOD MORNING. I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR KIDS TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR CULTURE. YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR CULTURE AND BECOME CONFIDENT LEADERS IN THE FUTURE. TELL US ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR SHORTLY. IT IS A SOLD-OUT SHOW. 250 PEOPLE ARE COMING TOMORROW. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THEIR LANGUAGE, CULTURE. THE STORY WE ARE TELLING TOMORROW IS ABOUT THE DISCONNECTION OF OUR PEOPLE FROM THEIR CULTURE, LANGUAGE. IT IS ABOUT COMING BACK TO THE PRESENT LIFE AND CONNECTING OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER TO SUPPORT AND SHOWCASE WHO WE ARE, AND TO STAY CONNECTED WITHIN OUR ROOTS. I AM REALLY GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THE DISCONNECT. MOVING HERE CAN BE A VERY DISCONNECTING EXPERIENCE. THE SPECIAL THING ABOUT THE SCHOOL IS THAT IT IS AOTEAROA'S ONLY SCHOOL TO OFFER A FULLY IMMERSIVE UNIT. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO HAVE THIS AT YOUR SCHOOL? THANK YOU FOR COMING. I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE COME TO VISIT US. THE PURPOSE IS THAT WE WANT OUR LANGUAGE AND CULTURE TO BE MAINTAINED. WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO GROW UP AND KNOW WHO THEY ARE. SINGING, READING, WRITING ` THAT IS WHAT WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO BE REPRESENTING IN THE COUNTRY. STAY TUNED. (UPBEAT TRADITIONAL MUSIC) CHRIS: SO BEAUTIFUL. WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO END THE SHOW. IT WAS GREAT FUN. YOU HAVE PICKED SOUTH AFRICA. I HAVE PICKED MEXICO. THISTHE LAST TIME THEY PLAYED EACH OTHER AT A WORLD CUP WAS THE OPENING GAME OF THE 2010 WORLD CUP. THERE WAS A GOAL GUY CALLED TSHABALALA. A FANTASTIC NAME. A MOMENT THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER THE FOOTBALLING WORLD. MIDDAY IN RIO, MIDNIGHT IN TOKYO, BREAKFAST IN LA, AND TOMORROW MORNING BY THE TASMAN SEA, 5 O'CLOCK IN PARIS AND ZAGREB, 6 O'CLOCK IN MOSCOW, AND HERE IS THE PLANET'S ULTIMATE GAME. JOHNSON'S IN THERE! THAT IS DELICIOUS! SO SWEET. SO SWEET. (CROWD CHANTS) THAT IS QUITE SOMETHING! HE SLAMMED IT IN. SOMETIMES WHEN THEY HAD, THEY STAY HIT. THERE IS YOUR MOMENT. THERE IS YOUR MAN. SPLENDID RINALDO. THAT IS SPECIAL. BRILLIANT! FOOTBALL TAKING HUMAN BEINGS TO PLACES THEY HAVEN'T IMAGINED. THAT IS WHAT THEY CAME FOR! THAT IS MAGNIFICENT! WONDERFUL! GOODNESS ME. HE HAS NAILED THAT. THERE ARE GOING TO BE TEARS. HE IS GONE. HIS GAME IS DONE. MOMENTS OF POISED AND SELF CERTAINTY. THE ARSENAL CANNON FIRES AGAIN. A WILD CELEBRATION. AN ABSOLUTE BELTER. WHO CAN BEND THE BALL LIKE BECKHAM? AND MICHELLE DOESN'T MISS THESE OPPORTUNITIES. THE GREATEST PLAYER OF HIS AGE. FINALLY HAS THE GREATEST ACCOLADE BEFORE HIM.