IT'S MONDAY THE 15TH OF JUNE. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. A MASSIVE WEEKEND OF FOOTBALL. FOUR GAMES A DAY ON TVNZ. IS THAT ENOUGH? THERE'S ALL THAT TIME IN BETWEEN THE GAMES THAT YOU HAVE TO FILL. WATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS AGAIN AND AGAIN. IT IS SO NICE HAVING A PAJAMA MORNING ON SUNDAY, JUST STAYING IN BED AND WATCHING THE FOOTBALL. WE ARE GOING TO GO LIVE TO L.A. SHORTLY. COMING UP ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ` THE GLOVES ARE OFF IN THE BATTLE OVER THE BOOKS. NATIONAL CLAIMS LABOUR IS SITTING ON AN $18b HIDDEN BILL, WHILE LABOUR SAYS THE ACCUSATION IS NOTHING MORE THAN ELECTION-YEAR SCAREMONGERING. WITH THE WAR OF WORDS INTENSIFYING AHEAD OF NOVEMBER'S VOTE, WHO'S TELLING THE TRUTH, AND WHOSE ECONOMIC PLAN CAN YOU TRUST? PLUS` SNOW HAS BEEN SLOW TO ARRIVE THIS SEASON, LEAVING SKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS WATCHING AND WAITING. BUT WITH CARDRONA AND TREBLE CONE NOW GEARING UP FOR OPENING DAY, IS WINTER FINALLY ABOUT TO ARRIVE IN FULL FORCE? AND WE HEAD TO THE U.S. WHERE THERE'S A POSSIBLE IRAN DEAL ON THE TABLE, A BIRTHDAY UFC BLOCKBUSTER FOR DONALD TRUMP, AND THE ALL WHITES PREPARE TO FACE IRAN AT THE FIFA WORLD CUP. RIGHT NOW IT'S 06.30. HERE'S YOUR NEWS. THANKS, CHRIS. TO BREAKING NEWS NOW, AND 12 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN A PLANE CRASH IN MISSOURI. LOCAL STATE TROOPERS SAY THE INCIDENT HAPPENED NEAR THE BUTLER MEMORIAL AIRPORT. INITIAL INFORMATION SUGGESTS ALL 12 PEOPLE ON BOARD HAVE DIED. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS THE SIGNING OF A PEACE DEAL WITH IRAN IS STILL EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE IMMINENTLY, DESPITE ISRAEL'S LATEST STRIKES ON BEIRUT. ISRAELI FORCES LAUNCHING FRESH STRIKES ON HEZBOLLAH INFRASTRUCTURE, KILLING AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE AND INJURING DOZENS MORE. TRUMP SAYS THE ATTACKS HAVE CAUSED DELAYS TO THE SIGNING, BUT HE STILL EXPECTS IT TO TAKE PLACE LATER TODAY, WHICH ALSO HAPPENS TO BE HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY. EARLY RESULTS SHOW VOTERS IN SWITZERLAND ARE REJECTING A BID TO CAP THE COUNTRY'S POPULATION AT 10 MILLION. PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS SHOW 54% OF VOTERS OPPOSE THE IDEA, BUT MANY REGIONAL RESULTS ARE STILL PENDING. THE INITIATIVE, LED BY SWITZERLAND'S TOP RIGHT-WING PARTY, STEMS FROM CONCERNS ABOUT AN INFLUX OF EU WORKERS. A YES VOTE WOULD REQUIRE THE SWISS GOVERNMENT TO CAP THE POPULATION BY 2050. AN ADVENTURER KNOWN AS THE 'SPIDER-MAN OF YEMEN' HAS DIED AFTER FALLING INTO A VOLCANIC CRATER WHILE CLIMBING WITHOUT SAFETY EQUIPMENT. THE 30-YEAR-OLD LOST HIS GRIP WHILE SCALING THE STEEP WALLS OF THE HARDAH DAM CRATER, AND FELL AROUND 120m. HIS BODY WAS LATER RECOVERED AFTER A FOUR-HOUR RESCUE OPERATION, WITH AUTHORITIES URGING ADVENTURE SEEKERS TO USE PROPER SAFETY EQUIPMENT TO PREVENT SIMILAR TRAGEDIES. MULTIPLE PEOPLE, INCLUDING YOUTHS, HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN TIRANGI FOLLOWING A SERIES OF VEHICLE THEFTS. TURANGI FOLLOWING A SERIES OF VEHICLE THEFTS. OUR REPORTER DAVINA ZIMMER JOINS US NOW. MORENA, DAVINA, HOW OLD WAS THE YOUNGEST CULPRIT? OF THE FOUR ARRESTED, THE YOUNGEST WAS JUST 13 YEARS OLD. THEY HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO YOUTH AID, WHILE THE YOUNGEST, 15-YEAR-OLD, IS FACING CHARGES, 11 CHARGES OF VEHICLE THEFT IN THE DISTRICT COURT. ALSO ARRESTED WAS A 38-YEAR-OLD AND A 40-YEAR-OLD. THE 40-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM, AND THE 38-YEAR-OLD IS CHARGED WITH CONTRAVENING A PROTECTION ORDER. ALL OF THEM ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEEN IN THE TAUPO DISTRICT COURT. POLICE HAVE SEEN AROUND 35 VEHICLE THEFTS IN THIS AREA OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS. THREE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE KNOWN MONGEL MOB ASSOCIATES AND ONE IS A PATCHED GANG MEMBER. A CORONER HAS RULED THAT THE DEATH OF JOANNE INGHAM, ONE HALF OF THE TWIN DUO WHO STOWED AWAY ON A CONTAINER SHIP AND SWAM TO FREEDOM IN 1997, WAS FROM NATURAL CAUSES. THE FINDING COMES DESPITE BRUISING ON HER BODY AND A DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THE 43-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN A WELLINGTON MOTEL ROOM IN 2022, WITH POLICE INITIALLY TREATING THE DEATH AS UNEXPLAINED, BUT NO CHARGES WERE LAID. A POST-MORTEM FOUND SHE DIED FROM HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK CAUSED BY AN INTERNAL BLEED. LIAM LAWSON HAS MANAGED TO SCRAPE INTO THE POINTS AT THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX, FINISHING NINTH IN BARCELONA. THE KIWI DRIVER WAS SITTING IN 11TH IN THE DYING STAGES OF THE RACE BEFORE CHARLES LECLERC AND CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER KIMI ANTONELLI WERE FORCED TO RETIRE. HE IS SLOWING, STOPS, PROBLEM. HE MOVES TO THE SIDE OF THE RACETRACK AND IS PULLING OVER, AND SLOWING, AND COMING TO A STOP. LEWIS HAMILTON WINNING HIS FIRST RACE IN FERRARI COLOURS, HIS 106TH CAREER VICTORY. AND FINALLY ` CATS TYPICALLY DON'T FEATURE IN ANY RENDITION OF ROMEO AND JULIET, BUT ONE FELINE SEEMS TO HAVE MISSED THAT MEMO. THE ANIMAL SEEN CLAWING AT ROMEO'S HAIR IN THE FINAL ACT OF THIS BALLET PERFORMANCE IN TURKEY, ROMEO DOING A GREAT JOB REMAINING LIFELESS ON THE FLOOR. TESTING WHETHER THAT POISON WORKED OR NOT. THE CAT LATER HOPS UP ON A PROP TO ENJOY THE REST OF THE SHOW, SEEMINGLY UNFAZED BY THE TRAGEDY. I LOVE TURKISH STREET CATS AND NOW I LOVE THEM EVEN MORE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN THE SHOW JUST BEFORE 8 O'CLOCK WE HAVE A LOCAL LEGEND STORY THAT I PROMISE WILL WARM THE COCKLES OF YOUR HEART. DID YOU WATCH WORLD CUP OVER THE WEEKEND? YES, WE WATCHED HEAPS. AUSTRALIA AND TURKIYE, BRAZIL AND MOROCCO, AND THE USA AND PARAGUAY. I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH SOUTH AFRICA, AND I FOUND OUT AT THE LAST WORLD CUP, SIX RED CARDS WERE HANDED OUT THE ENTIRE TIME, AND IN THIS MATCH THREE. AS A FOR BOTH AND, I HAVE ENJOYED THE FOOTBALL, BUT A GREAT CELEB SPOTTING GOING ON AT THE GAMES. KATY PERRY OPENS THE SHOW AND THEN WAS HANGING OUT WITH HER BRO JUSTIN TRUDEAU. THE BOOBS. STOP SAYING THE BOOBS ON TELEVISION. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU MIGHT SEE. WE HAVE A PREDICTION PUPPY COMING ON THE SHOW. WE KNOW THE ORACLES, BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DEFINITIVE ONE FOR THIS TOURNAMENT YET. THE AXOLOTL, I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THOSE. IF I'M GOING TO BAGLEY AXOLOTL, COME WITH SOLUTIONS, AND I THINK I HAVE FOUND THE SOLUTION AT 8.30. TELL US YOUR VIEW. EMAIL US AT breakfast@tvnz.co.nz OR YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM @breakfaston1. DID YOU GET THE EVENT PACKAGE AND HOW GOOD IS IT? AS A NEW FOOTBALL FAN... YOU ARE INTO IT? I AM SUPER INTO IT, BUT I AM ALSO LOVING WHEN YOU DO COMMENTARY AROUND THE GAME BECAUSE EVERYTHING I THOUGHT IS TRUE... MY BOO IS LIKE, THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD JOB. AND NOW TO THE WEATHER. A BIT OF CLOUD AROUND UP NORTH. FINE IN THE MORNING FOR KAITAIA AND WHANGAREI. ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS IN AUCKLAND. CLOUDY WITH POSSIBLE AFTERNOON RAIN IN HAMILTON AND THE BAY OF PLENTY. GUSTY NORTH-WEST WINDS FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND WHANGANUI. FINE FROM GISBORNE TO HAWKE'S BAY. THE ODD SHOWER WITH STRONG NORTHERLIES IN THE CAPITAL. 14 IS THE HIGH IN TAUPO. 20 IN HASTINGS. IT'S A WET ONE DOWN SOUTH. HEAVY RAIN FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. GUSTY AFTERNOON SOUTHERLIES IN WESTPORT. RAIN EASING TO OCCASIONAL SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON IN CHRISTCHURCH, TIMARU, AND DUNEDIN. RAIN CLEARING TO FINE LATER IN THE DAY FOR MILFORD SOUND. 10 IS THE HIGH IN GORE. 16 IN NELSON. THIS WEEK ON BREAKFAST, WE'RE GIVING AWAY MORE THAN $30,000 WORTH OF INCREDIBLE LG PRIZES, WITH THREE MASSIVE PRIZE PACKS UP FOR GRABS! YOU COULD WIN THE ULTIMATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT UPGRADE WITH A BRAND-NEW 77" OLED TV AND HOME CINEMA SOUNDBAR, A KITCHEN GLOW-UP INCLUDING A FRENCH DOOR FRIDGE, DISHWASHER AND OLED TV, OR A COMPLETE LAUNDRY REFRESH WITH A WASHING MACHINE, HEAT PUMP, DRYER, AND 48" OLED TV. THAT IS GOOD FOR THE WORLD CUP, ISN'T IT? HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz NOW TO ENTER, AND WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THE THREE LUCKY WINNERS THIS FRIDAY. I KNEW THAT WAS HAPPENING. I WAS ALL OVER THAT. NEW ZEALAND FACES IRAN TOMORROW IN ITS OPENING FIFA WORLD CUP MATCH, MARKING THE ALL WHITES' RETURN TO FOOTBALL'S BIGGEST STAGE. U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH IS AT THE STADIUM THEY WILL BE PLAYING AT TOMORROW. HAVE YOU MANAGED TO SNEAK IN? YES, I DID. I'M NOT SURE WE ARE ALLOWED TO BE HERE. I AM AT THE SOFI STADIUM. IS THAT NOT A STADIUM? IT IS ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY. 100,000 PEOPLE CAN FIT INTO THE SPACE. THEY ARE SORTING THE GRASS AT THE MOMENT. IT IS LIKE ONE OF THOSE VEGETABLE GROWING KITS AT THE WAREHOUSE BUT ON A MASSIVE SCALE FOR THE PITCH DOWN THERE. THEY ARE JUST PUTTING MY WAY. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING SOUND CHECK SO THEY MIGHT BURST INTO SONG SOON. IT IS ALL GO HERE AHEAD OF THE FIRST MATCH FOR THE ALL WHITES, BACK AT THE WORLD CUP AGAINST IRAN. VERY EXCITED, AND SPORTS REPORTER ZION DAYAL IS HERE. YOU WILL BE TALKING TO HIM SOON. AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE LAST WEE WHILE, THIS IS A CONTROVERSIAL MATCH. I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO IRANIANS HERE AND A LOT OF THEM DON'T WANT THIS MATCH TO BE HAPPENING. THEY HAVE BEEN TELLING ME THAT THE TEAM THAT IRAN HAS SENT HIS REPRESENTATIVE OF AN AUTHORITARIAN, VIOLENT REGIME. THERE ARE PROTESTS HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THE STADIUM, PROTESTS EXPECTED TOMORROW. CERTAINLY A LOT GOING ON. AS FOR THE STADIUM ITSELF, WE HAVE HOSPITALITY TEAM SETTING UP FOOD AND BEVERAGE ALL OVER THE PLACE, JUST LOOK AT IT. IT IS EXTRAORDINARY. NOTHING AGAINST EDEN PARK... WE SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS WORKUP WHEN THE U.S. PLAYED AGAINST PARAGUAY, AND THERE ISN'T A LARGE IRANIAN POPULATION IN LOS ANGELES, SO HOPEFULLY EVEN IF THERE ARE THOSE POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS, THERE WILL BE SOME GOOD SUPPORT THERE. THERE SHOULD BE. THERE WERE 50,000 TICKETS SOLD FOR THIS MATCH AS OF A LITTLE BIT AGO, BUT YOU WILL REMEMBER OF COURSE THAT THE IRANIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL FEDERATION HAD THEIR TICKET ALLOCATION WITHDRAWN, THEY WERE NOT ALLOCATED ANYMORE. WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT THE FINAL TICKET COUNT WILL BE, BUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF IRANIANS THAT CALL AMERICA HOME. IS ONE OF THE LARGEST GROUPS OF THEM IN L.A. THERE WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE A LARGE TURNOUT TOMORROW FOR THE EVENT AND WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE VENUE. YOU GET A SENSE OF PEOPLE THERE ABOUT WHAT THE MOOD IS LIKE WITH ALL THE POLITICAL STUFF GOING ON AROUND AT THE MOMENT AND HOW THAT IS AFFECTING THE FEEL OF IT? BECAUSE THE IRANIANS THEMSELVES ABOUT BASE THEMSELVES IN MEXICO AND THEY ARE JETTING IN AND OUT FOR THIS GAME. IT IS A TOTAL MESS. IT IS A TOTAL MESS. BEFORE THIS WAR GOT WORSE, SO TO SPEAK, AND AMERICA STARTED LOBBING STRIKE SET AROUND, THE TEAM SPACE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN TUCSON, ARIZONA, WHICH IS OF COURSE IN AMERICA. AFTER THIS WAR BROKE OUT, THEY WERE TOLD THEY COULD NOT BE THERE ANYMORE, AND NOW THEY ARE TRAINING IN TIJUANA, MEXICO. THERE ARE STRICT RULES ABOUT WHEN THEY CAN FLY IN AND OUT ORIGINALLY IT WAS JUST GAME DAY, BUT NOW IT IS BEFORE GAME DAY. THEY WERE ONLY GRANTED VISAS LAST MINUTE, AND ACCORDING TO THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT, 15 MEMBERS OF THE TEAM SUPPORT CREW WERE NOT ALLOWED TO GET VISAS. THEY WERE DENIED WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SAYING THEY ARE EFFECTIVELY NOT GOING TO LET THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT SNEAK IN POTENTIAL TERRORISTS. OF COURSE, IRAN'S FOOTBALL FEDERATION AND THEIR GOVERNMENT TOTALLY DENIES THAT, SAYING THE U.S. IS WEAPON EYES AND FOOTBALL. OF COURSE, NEW ZEALAND IS NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS. THERE IS GOING TO BE THE WORLD'S MEDIA WATCHING THIS MATCH TOMORROW, AND THE ALL WHITES WILL BE THERE. FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND WHEN I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THEM, THEIR FOCUS HAS BEEN VERY MUCH, AT LEAST PUBLICLY, SAYING THEIR FOCUS IS JUST A FOOTBALL, BUT IS VERY MUCH IN THE BACK OF THEIR MINDS THAT ALL OF THIS IS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME.. IS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME. SPEAKING OF ANOTHER WEIRD SPORT AND POLITICS COLLIDING AT THE MOMENT, THE UFC ON THE FRONT LAWN DONALD TRUMP'S PLACE. WHAT HAPPENED HERE? FOR HIS BIRTHDAY. TODAY IS DONALD TRUMP'S BIRTHDAY. HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY. THE UFC IS HAPPENING ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE. THIS IS TO CELEBRATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES, BUT OF COURSE THAT IS A BIG SERIES OF CELEBRATIONS THAT IS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THIS YEAR. I GOT A CHANCE, JUST BEFORE I JETTED TO L.A., TO GO TO DC AND HAVE A LOOK AT THIS ARENA. IT IS QUITE SOMETHING. IF YOU GO DOWN TO DOWNTOWN DC AND LOOK AT THE WHITE HOUSE, IT IS AN IMPRESSIVE BUILDING IN ITS OWN RIGHT. NOW THERE IS THIS CIRCULAR CLAW STRUCTURE, THAT IS WHAT IT IS NICKNAMED, THE CLAW, OVER THE TOP OF THE WHITE HOUSE. IT IS 7 M TALLER. IF YOU WALK OUT OF THE RESIDENCE ENTRYWAY, A FEW METERS, YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS GIANT COLISEUM GRANDSTAND STRUCTURE. IT SITS UP TO 4000 PEOPLE. THAT IS WHERE DONALD TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO BE LATER TONIGHT. THE WEATHER MIGHT NOT BE PLAYING NICE, IT IS HOT AND MUGGY IN DC, AND THERE HAS BEEN BRAIN STORM'S ALL WEEK, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT THERE. AS WITH ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION, THERE IS CONTROVERSY AROUND THAT. ONE GROUP TRIED TO STOP IT, ALLEGING THAT THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, WHERE SOME EVENTS ARE TAKING PLACE, CAN'T BE USED FOR THE PERSONAL GAIN OF PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS FOR PROFIT. A JUDGE THROUGHOUT THAT LAWSUIT, BUT IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE CONTROVERSY AROUND IT. THERE IS CERTAINLY A DIVIDE IN THIS COUNTRY BETWEEN THOSE WHO THINK IT IS GREAT THAT THIS EVENT IS HAPPENING AND THEY THINK IT IS A GREAT SHOWCASE FOR SPORT, WHICH TO BE FAIR, HAS BEEN RISING IN POPULARITY NOT JUST IN AMERICA, AND AROUND THE WORLD, BUT I HAVE ALSO BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING THIS IS CORRUPTION AND SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. IN ANY CASE, IT IS ON TODAY. IT IS GOING TO BE QUITE AN EVENT. QUITE LITERALLY, OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE. THERE IS QUITE A LOT GOING ON THE UFC, THE WORLD CUP, THE NBA FINALS FOR ALL. WITH THE NBA FINALS, DO YOU FEEL LIKE FOOTBALL FEVER HAS TAKEN HOLD YET? DO YOU FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE FULLY GOTTEN INTO THE MOOD YET OR DO THEY HAVE TO WAIT TO GET THE BASKETBALL AND OTHER STUFF OUT OF THE WAY? PUT IT THIS WAY, AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS VERY GENEROUSLY FOR AMERICANS ` IF YOU ASK THEM WHAT SOCCER, AND DON'T YOU DARE CONFUSE IT WITH FOOTBALL HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, NO ONE WOULD PROBABLY KNOW. THEY WOULD SAY DOES AROUND VOLUNTARY TEAMS INVOLVED. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF EFFORT TO GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT FOOTBALL, AND THERE ARE TOURNAMENTS HERE. WE HAD THE CLUB CUP LAST YEAR. THERE IS CERTAINLY A GROWING UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE. DEFINITELY FEW FUNDING AUTHORITIES AND THE BIG HOST CITIES HERE IN LOS ANGELES HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN A LOT OF WORK INTO GETTING FAN ZONES, FOR EXAMPLE, SET UP. THERE IS ADVERTISING EVERYWHERE. SOME OF THESE STADIUMS HAVE BEEN RENAMED FOR RIGHTS REASONS, BUT THAT IS ANOTHER THING OF PEOPLE GOING, OH KAY, THIS IS HAPPENING. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPECTED TO COME TO THESE THINGS AND YOU SEE IT. LOOK AT THE SCALE OF THE CONCOURSE AND THE FAN ZONE. IT IS INSANE. THE FOOTBALL FEVER IS STARTING. WE HAD THIS OPENING CEREMONY, AND IT WENT WELL, ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST COAST WHERE THE FINAL IS GOING TO BE AT METLIFE STADIUM IN NEW JERSEY. WE ARE GETTING THERE, YOU ARE FEELING A VIBE. YES, NO, MAYBE, TRUMP SAYS A DEAL IMMINENT WITH IRAN? DONALD TRUMP HAS HIS CONCERN OVER SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY BECAUSE OVERNIGHT ISRAEL HAS ATTACKED THEM WITH STRIKES ON BEIRUT. HE HAS CALLED FOR RESTRAINTS OUT OF WHAT HE EXPECTS TO BE ASSIGNING, POTENTIALLY TODAY. TO TIE EVERYTHING WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT TOGETHER, THE UFC IS ALSO HAPPENING TODAY. WE HAVE PEACE DEALS, FEVER, EVERYTHING IS COLLIDING HERE IN THE U.S. AT THE MOMENT. IT IS REALLY TOO EARLY TO TELL IF WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A SIGNED PIECE OF PAPER BY THE END OF TODAY, BUT THAT IS WHAT DONALD TRUMP SAYS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. A BIG 24 HOURS AHEAD OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. ME U TONU MAI ` SNOW HAS BEEN SLOW TO ARRIVE THIS SEASON, BUT IS WINTER FINALLY ABOUT TO KICK OFF? FIND OUT MORE AFTER THE BREAK. (JAUNTY MUSIC) Perfect Italiano is perfect for that. And Perfect Italiano is perfect for that. Um...not so good for that. (SNAP!) But for mouthwatering pizza every time, Perfect Italiano is perfect for that. VOICEOVER: The new Subway Footlong Peri Peri-Style Chicken Sub. Hot grilled chicken. Freshly cut salad. Tangy and spicy peri peri sauce. Made fresh, just for you. Good food. Good value. That's Subway. VOICEOVER: Streaming all killer TV shows and movies, eh? We'll see... Right... the big dragon. Oh, I know her. ... or did. Oh, them too. Wow... I'm gonna build something bigger, faster, wilder. Ah, I believe ya. Ah, now you're just braggin'. Hi! 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WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE THE PROGRAM IS THAT SNOW QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE REAL DEAL? IT'S PRETTY GOOD, AND MAKES A REALLY GOOD BASE. IT STICKS AROUND A BIT LONGER. OBVIOUSLY WE WANT NATURAL STUFF AS WELL BECAUSE THAT GETS THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN UP AND RUNNING, BUT IT IS PRETTY GOOD QUALITY. WE HAVE SOME AMAZING TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE BEEN INVESTING IN OF THE LAST YEAR. IT IS NOT BAD. THE WEATHER PATTERNS WE HAVE SEEN THIS YEAR, HOW UNUSUAL IS THAT AND HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO PREVIOUS YEARS? SOMETIMES WE GET REALLY GOOD STARTS, SOMETIMES WE GET SEASONS LIKE THIS. WE SET OUR START DATE AT THE END OF THE PREVIOUS SEASON, SO SOMETIMES IT IS JUST A BIT OF LUCK. WE KNOW THAT ONCE WE GET INTO JULY AND SEPTEMBER, WE SHOULD BE UP AND RUNNING. THAT IS WHEN IT IS REALLY CONSISTENT FOR US. FOR ALL OF THOSE WHANAU WHO ARE HOPING TO GET OUT TO THE FIELDS OVER THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS, WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE LIKE? I'M HOPING BY THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS WE WILL BE GOOD TO GO. 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VOICEOVER: The new Subway Korean-style BBQ Steak Sub. Loaded with tender steak. Freshly cut salad. Sweet, spicy BBQ glaze. Good food. Good value. That's Subway. STILL TO COME ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ` WITH THE WAR OF WORDS HEATING UP AHEAD OF NOVEMBER'S VOTE, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DAVID SEYMOUR JOINS US TO DISCUSS POLLS, CLAIMS OF FISCAL HOLES, AND TRANSPORT PLANS. ALSO AHEAD ` THOUSANDS RALLY IN BELFAST AFTER DAYS OF VIOLENT UNREST SPARKED BY A KNIFE ATTACK AND AN ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE. PLUS ` NOT ALL HEROS WEAR CAPES. WE MEET THE WHAKATANE MAN WHO HELPED A STRANGER GET HOME, AND THE FAMILY WHO TRACKED HIM DOWN TO SAY THANK YOU. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS A DEAL TO END THE WAR IS CLOSE. ABC NEWS' ALISON KOSIK HAS MORE. THE UNITED STATES AND IRAN APPEAR CLOSER THAN EVER TO A PRELIMINARY DEAL, BUT THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS OVER WHEN IT WILL ACTUALLY BE SIGNED. PRESIDENT TRUMP ACKNOWLEDGING THE DEAL IS NOT FINAL YET. IT'S A VERY STRONG MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. THAT IS A LITTLE CONCEPTUAL, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO GET DONE. PAKISTAN HAS BEEN ACTING AS AN INTERMEDIARY DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS. PRIME MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF HAS SAID A PRELIMINARY DEAL COULD BE FINALISED SOON, BUT IRAN IS PUSHING BACK ON THAT TIMELINE. IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON HAS CAST DOUBT ON THAT TIMELINE, TELLING IRANIAN STATE MEDIA THE LIKELIHOOD OF FINALISING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IN THE COMING DAYS IS HIGH. PRESIDENT TRUMP INSISTS IRAN HAS NOW PROMISED NOT TO BUILD OR OBTAIN A NUCLEAR WEAPON, CLAIMING THIS IMPENDING DEAL IS A WALL TO NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THE DEAL NEGOTIATED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION A DECADE AGO. ACCORDING TO AN ADMINISTRATION SOURCE, IF IRAN HOLDS UP ITS END OF THE DEAL, IT COULD SEE MAJOR ECONOMIC RELIEF. A CAR HAS BEEN SET ALIGHT, AND A BANK WINDOW SMASHED IN GENEVA AS THOUSANDS PROTEST AGAINST THE UPCOMING G7 SUMMIT. THE VEHICLE ERUPTED IN FLAMES WITH GRAFFITI READING 'EAT THE RICH' AS G7 LEADERS, INCLUDING U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, ARRIVE FOR THE SUMMIT LATER TODAY. 7000 ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND FEMINISTS MARCHED ACROSS THE SWISS CITY WITH POLICE USING TEAR GAS IN RESPONSE TO PROJECTILES BEING THROWN AT THEM BY DEMONSTRATORS. SWISS AND FRENCH AUTHORITIES HAVE DEPLOYED THOUSANDS OF POLICE FOR THE THREE-DAY SUMMIT. ARMED BRITISH FORCES HAVE BOARDED AND DETAINED A SANCTIONED TANKER SUSPECTED OF BEING PART OF RUSSIA'S 'SHADOW FLEET.' THE SHADOW FLEET IS SUSPECTED OF SHIPPING OIL IN VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS OVER MOSCOW. ROYAL MARINE COMMANDOS DESCENDED FROM HELICOPTERS ON TO THE VESSEL IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL WITH THE UK'S DEFENCE MINISTRY CALLING IT, 'THE FIRST UK-LED OPERATION OF ITS KIND.' THE VESSEL WILL BE HELD AND MONITORED OFF THE SOUTH COAST OF ENGLAND FOR INVESTIGATION. IN THE CAPITAL, COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS ARE CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO PROPERLY FUND SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION. IT COMES AS A STUDY RANKS NEW ZEALAND'S RATE OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST TEENS ABOVE THE GLOBAL AVERAGE. MORE THAN 20 GROUPS AND INDIVIDUAL EXPERTS HAVE SIGNED AN OPEN LETTER CALLING ON POLITICIANS TO RECOGNISE SEXUAL HARM PREVENTION AS A ESSENTIAL SERVICE, AND PUT A STOP TO SECTOR CUT BACKS. GERMANY HAVE BOUNCED BACK AFTER CONCEDING A SHOCK GOAL AGAINST CARIBBEAN MINNOWS CURACAO WINNING 6-1. CURACAO FINDING THE BACK OF THE NET IN THE 21ST MINUTE TO MAKE IT 1-1 BEFORE THE FOUR-TIME CHAMPIONS RESTORED ORDER. GOOD BALL. OH, HOW GOOD WAS THAT?! AND IT IS FINISHED OFF BY NATHANIAL BROWN WHO GETS IN ON THAT. JAPAN WILL TAKE ON NETHERLANDS LATER THIS MORNING. THE ALL WHITES ARE PREPARING TO TAKE ON IRAN IN THEIR WORLD CUP OPENER IN LOS ANGELES. ZION DAYAL JOINS US NOW FROM LA. MORENA, ZION. HOW'S THE TEAM SHAPING UP? THE ALL WEIGHTS HAVE THEIR FINAL TRAINING SESSION IN SAN DIEGO TODAY AND WILL COME TO LA TODAY. COACH HAS INFORMED THE PLAYERS WHO WILL BE STARTING ON THAT WILL BE MADE PUBLIC EVERYONE ELSE ABOUT 90 MINUTES BEFORE KICK-OFF. YOU GET THE SENSE BEING AROUND THE 10 THAT THEY ARE READY AND WAITING FOR THIS FIRST GAME OF THE WORLD CUP TO START. LIKE US, THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WATCH THE OTHER GAMES AND SEEN ALL THE HYPE AND FANFARE AROUND THE US, CANADA, AND MEXICO. WE HAVE TURNED UP TO THE STADIUM IN LOS ANGELES AND LAKE LOGAN SAID BEFORE, IT IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND WALKED INTO THE STADIUM AND WE WERE JUST BLOWN AWAY. IT IS NOTHING THAT WE HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE. I AM ACTUALLY QUITE LOST FOR WORDS. TO ALL WEIGHTS GETTING THE CHANCE TO SEE THIS TOMORROW WHEN THEY ARRIVE TO THE GROUND. CHRIS WOODS TODAY HAS MEDIA COMMITMENTS AND WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A LOOK AT WHERE HIS TEAM IS GOING TO BE PLAYING, BUT THE ALL WEIGHTS HAVE WAITED 16 YEARS, 16 LONG YEARS TO BE AT A WORLD CUP. THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR TOMORROW'S GAME AGAINST IRAN. THE UFC FIGHTERS ARE DOING THEIR FINALS WEIGH INS AHEAD OF THE WHITE HOUSE ARENA CHAMPIONSHIP. THE FIRST TO FIGHT ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE IS FEATHERWEIGHT BOUT BETWEEN DIEGO LOPES AND STEVE GARCIA. THE UFC MATCHES COINCIDE WITH CELEBRATING AMERICA'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY AND TRUMP'S 80TH BIRTHDAY. ALL THE ACTION GETS UNDERWAY 8PM LOCAL TIME, WHICH IS MIDDAY NEW ZEALAND TIME. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (CHILL MUSIC) AND NOW TO THE WEATHER. A BIT OF CLOUD AROUND UP NORTH. FINE IN THE MORNING FOR KAITAIA AND WHANGAREI. ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS IN AUCKLAND. CLOUDY WITH POSSIBLE AFTERNOON RAIN IN HAMILTON AND THE BAY OF PLENTY. GUSTY NORTH-WEST WINDS FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND WHANGANUI. FINE FROM GISBORNE TO HAWKE'S BAY. THE ODD SHOWER WITH STRONG NORTHERLIES IN THE CAPITAL. 14 IS THE HIGH IN TAUPO. 20 IN HASTINGS. IT'S A WET ONE DOWN SOUTH. HEAVY RAIN FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. GUSTY AFTERNOON SOUTHERLIES IN WESTPORT. RAIN EASING TO OCCASIONAL SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON IN CHRISTCHURCH, TIMARU, AND DUNEDIN. RAIN CLEARING TO FINE LATER IN THE DAY FOR MILFORD SOUND. 10 IS THE HIGH IN GORE. 16 IN NELSON. IF YOU CAUGHT THE FINANCE MINISTER YESTERDAY, YOU MIGHT BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN WAS IN FULL FLIGHT. NICOLA WILLIS CALLED A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ACCUSE LABOUR OF AN $18 BILLION 'HIDDEN BILL', SAYING THE PARTY'S MAKING WILD PROMISES WITHOUT SAYING WHERE THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM. THAT INCLUDES LABOUR'S PUBLIC TRANSPORT FARE CAP BUT NOW, WE'RE JOINED BY DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DAVID SEYMOUR FOR OUR WEEKLY CHAT WITH THE PRIME MINISTER. MORENA, DID NICOLA WILLIS GIVE YOU A HEADS UP THAT WAS COMING? I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS GOING TO DO THAT, BUT I THINK SHE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB BECAUSE THIS GOVERNMENT HAS GOVERNED THROUGH TIMES THAT HAVE BEEN PRETTY TOUGH, PRETTY TOUGH FOR EVERYBODY. WE HAVE HAD TO ENSURE THAT WE KEEP PROVIDING PUBLIC SERVICES, WE ARE GETTING BETTER RESULTS ON THINGS LIKE CHILDHOOD IMMUNISATION AND KIDS BEING AT SCHOOL THAT REALLY MATTER. CRIME IS DOWN. WE HAVE DONE THAT WHILE REDUCING SPENDING AND GETTING BACK TO A BALANCED BUDGET WITHOUT RAISING NEW TAXES. NONE OF THAT IS EASY. THE LABOUR PARTY DURING THIS WHOLE PERIOD HAVE BEEN LIKE A LITTLE KID HIDING BEHIND THE COUCH HOPING THAT NOBODY NOTICES THEM. OCCASIONALLY, YOU STILL SEE A FOOT STICKING OUT OR SOMETHING WHEN THEY SCREW UP WITH THEIR BUS POLICY OR WHATEVER. I THINK THEY HAVE FAILED AS AN OPPOSITION. WHEN I WAS AN OPPOSITION LEADING ACT, WE WERE BASICALLY SAYING, ' HERE IS WHAT WE WOULD DO.' WE PUT OUT MASSIVE PAPERS ABOUT HERE IS HOW WE WOULD DO IT. WE WANTED TO SHOW THAT THERE WAS AN ALTERNATIVE AND LET PEOPLE POKE HOLES AND BE ACCOUNTABLE. TO LABOUR PARTY HAVE RELEASED ONE PAGE ABOUT THEIR BUS POLICY. I THINK IT IS TIME THAT THEY FRONT UP, AND GOOD ON THE KILLER WILLIS FOR POINTING OUT THAT IN THEIR SILENCE, THEY HAVE LEFT A WHOLE LOT OF BIG QUESTIONS. WHERE IS THE MONEY? WE WILL PUT SOME OF THAT TO BARBARA EDMONDS LETTER ON. A DEAD LOOK A BIT DESPERATE AS LABOUR HAS CALLED IT FIXATING ON WHAT YOUR OPPONENTS ARE DOING RATHER THAN PROMOTING YOUR OWN THINGS. IT IS FIXATING ON WHAT THEY ARE NOT DOING. THE LABOUR PARTY HAVE BEEN SO ABSENT HIDING BEHIND THE COUCH AS AN OPPOSITION THAT NICOLA IS NOW HAVING TO BE THE OPPOSITION TO THE OPPOSITION OTHERWISE THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY POLITICS OR CAMPAIGN. THEY SMALLNESS A SMALL TARGET STRATEGY AND POLITICAL JARGON WHERE THEY THINK THEY JUST SHOW UP, HIDE BEHIND THE COUCH, THAT SOMEHOW WE WILL COME BACK AND VOTE FOR THEM. THEY ARE STILL MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND STILL DRAWING A SALARY. THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. IF THEY DON'T, WE HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW THEY ARE GOING TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. DO YOU HAVE ANY SIMILAR CONCERNS ABOUT THE COSTINGS OF EITHER OF YOUR COALITION PARTNERS ELECTION PROMISES? I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THEIR PROMISES LIKE THAT. ALL THEY WOULD SAY THAT THE ACT PARTY IS CAMPAIGNING TO UNLOCK NEW ZEALAND'S POTENTIAL, AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT WHEN YOU CAN'T BALANCE YOUR CHEQUE-BOOK. WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE ONE AT THE TABLE SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT TAXES ON PEOPLE AND WE DO NEED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, SO WE'RE GOING TO GET BETTER VALUE OUT OF THE MONEY WE'RE SPENDING. THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU NOT RUNNING ALL OVER THE POLICIES ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE GOING INTO GOVERNMENT WITH THEM. THERE WILL BE TIME FOR THAT, BUT OF WE END UP IN GOVERNMENT WITH THESE GUYS, THERE WILL BE A HOLIDAY OF WORK MAKING SURE THAT THEIR LESS AFFORDABLE POLICIES DON'T HAPPEN WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE DONE THIS TERM. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST BUDGET, FINALLY THE CHICKENS HAVE COME HOME TO ROOST. LESS BUREAUCRATIC, LESS NEW TAXES. AND IT IS MAKING US MORE COMPETITIVE WITH AUSTRALIA. WHAT ABOUT NATIONALS LNG PLANS. WOULD YOU CAMPAIGN AGAINST IT? THAT IS ACTUALLY A GOVERNMENT POLICY WAS A BIT IS NOT JUST A NATIONAL ONE. THE COALITION IS LIKE A MARRIAGE FOR THAT YOU NEVER WOULD SAY THAT MARRIAGE IS LED BY ONE PARTNER. IT IS RISKY TERRITORY. THIS IS A COALITION GOVERNMENT WITH A COALITION POLICY. LNG HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING DOWN PRICES AND BE PAID FOR OUT OF THE PROFITS OF BEGINNER G COMPANIES. THAT HAS GOT TO BE THE GOAL. IF WE CAN GET THAT WHEN WHEN FOR HOUSEHOLDS AND FOR THE EFFICIENCY OF THE MARKET, LET'S DO IT. PEOPLE ARE STILL CONCERNED THAT DESPITE THAT, FORCING THE GENITALIA IS TO PAY IT, THEY WILL STILL PASS ON THAT COST AND CONSUMERS WILL BE PAYING. IF THE GENITALIA IS PAY FOR IT AND BRINGING THE GAS INTO THE MARKET, THAN THE CONSUMER WINS. HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO MAKE ANY SENSE OF LABOURS PUBLIC TRANSPORT COSTINGS? I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO SAY, IS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PUT EXTRA MONEY IN AND BY MAKING BUSSING OR TRAINING A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER, PEOPLE MAKE BIG SAVINGS OF THEIR PETROL AND RUNNING THE CAR. THAT IS FINE SO FAR AS IT GOES. HOWEVER, I PUT A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE TO THEM WHICH IS THAT MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORT, THEY WANT FREQUENCY, THEY WANT CLEANLINESS, THEY WANT RELIABILITY, AND MOST OF ALL THEY WANT SECURITY. IF YOU PUT A CAP ON THE FARES AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IF I'M A BUS COMPANY OPERATOR, IT IS A POLITICIAN THAT DISOWNS MY FUNDING NOT A PASSENGER. WHO ARE TRAINED TO SERVE? YOU WILL GET LESS FREQUENT, LESS RELIABLE, LESS CLEAN AND HOPEFULLY NOT, BUT YOU COULD GET LESS SECURITY. FEWER PEOPLE WILL BE TAKING PUBLIC TRANSPORT BECAUSE PRESS MATTERS BUT IT IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORT. THE POLE OUT LAST WEEK, NO TRADITIONAL POST BUDGET BUMP FOR THE GOVERNMENT. THAT IS NOT A GLOWING ENDORSEMENT FOR YOU GUYS. THE ACT PARTY HAS GONE UP. THE COALITION SITTING ABOUT THE SAME. AS I'VE SAID, THESE CHICKENS HAVE COME HOME TO ROOST. THERE IS NO MORE MONEY. IF YOU WANT TO UNLOCK NEW ZEALAND'S POTENTIAL, WE HAVE TO BALANCE THE BOOKS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS TO BECOME MORE PRODUCTIVE. ALL THROUGH THE FIRST TWO BUDGETS, FINALLY PEOPLE HAVE COME ROUND AND WE'RE STARTING TO GET SOME MONEY. ACT UP, NEWS ON FIRST STILL SITTING A LOT HIGHER. THE COALITION STILL BARELY HOLDING ONTO POWERFUL THAT YOU THINK THE NATIONAL BUT IT COULD END UP LOSING THE SELECTION FOR YOU? KNOW, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY AS LONG AS THE THREE PARTIES TOGETHER GET MORE THAN THE OTHER THREE, THEN WE WENT. WHEN PEOPLE SAY THEY HAVE TO VOTE NATIONAL BECAUSE THEY NEED TO HELP THEM TO ME YOU DON'T. YOU JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COALITION IS BIGGER THAN THE OTHER THREE. YOU CAN DO THAT BY VOTING FOR ANY OF THE THREE PARTIES. TO BE SAFE, YOU SHOULD GIVE THE PARTY VOTE TO ACT. WHEN ST PETER'S JUST SIX PERCENTAGE POINTS BELOW CHRISTOPHER LUXON ON PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER STAKES. IS THAT A PROBLEM? AT AN SEAWAY. AT THE AND OF THE DAY, HE IS A CHARMING GO. BOTH NOW YOU MENTION IT. NOT AS CHARMING AS SOME OF US, BUT YOU KNOW. THEY ARE BOTH CHARMING GUYS, BUT WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER ENOUGH VOTES TO KEEP THE OTHER GUYS OUT AND ALSO ENSURE THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T END UP BEING LABOUR LITE. THAT'S WHY I SIT HERE IS THE LEADER OF ACT. IT IS NOT ABOUT WINNING, BUT THE WAR OF IDEAS AND POLICIES ARE. WHETHER WINSTON PETERS HAS THAT HOLD IN THE POLLS AND HE MIGHT NEGOTIATE A PREMISE DISTANT IN THE NEXT COALITION GOVERNMENT. WOULD YOU BE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT RUN BY WESTERN PETERS? I THINK THAT IS PRETTY UNLIKELY. I HAVE WASHED UP CLOSE AND HE IS A CHARMING GUY, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD WORK VERY WELL. YOU DON'T THINK HE IS PREMISE TO MATERIAL? I DON'T THINK SO, NO. DO STILL THINK HE'S THE LEAST TRUSTWORTHY POLITICIAN IN NEW ZEALAND POLITICS? I HAVE MET SOME POLITICIAN SINCE THEN. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THOUSANDS TURNED OUT IN BELFAST OVER THE WEEKEND TO CALL FOR PEACE FOLLOWING DAYS OF VIOLENT ANTI-IMMIGRANT DEMONSTRATIONS. WE HEAD TO NORTHERN IRELAND NEXT. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` THOUSANDS PROTEST AGAINST THE UPCOMING G7 SUMMIT, SETTING CARS ALIGHT. COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS IN WELLINGTON ARE CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO PROPERLY FUND SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION. AND THE ALL WHITES ARE PREPARING TO TAKE ON IRAN IN THEIR WORLD CUP OPENER IN LOS ANGELES. THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED IN THE NORTHERN IRISH CITY OF BELFAST YESTERDAY TO TAKE PART IN AN ANTI-RACISM RALLY TOGETHER AGAINST HATE. IT FOLLOWED DAYS OF VIOLENT ANTI-IMMGRANT DEMONSTRATIONS SPARKED BY A KNIFE ATTACK IN WHICH THE VICTIM LOST AN EYE. A SUDANESE REFUGEE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER. JOINING ME IS NORTH BELFAST NEWS EDITOR ROBIN LIVINGSTONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. HOW MONEY PEOPLE ACTUALLY SHOWED UP AND HOW IS IT COMPARED TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN PREVIOUSLY? I THINK AROUND ABOUT 5000 PEOPLE. THERE WAS ALSO A RALLY IN DERRY THAT WAS WELL ATTENDED AS WELL. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE TO SAY THAT THEY TEND TO BE ONE-SIDED. THE TWO-YEAR DIVIDE IN THE LINE. THE RIOTS THAT WE SAW WHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE LIKE AT THE MOMENT IN TERMS OF HOW HOSTILE THINGS ARE, AND HAS A CALM DOWN SINCE THEN? IT HAS CALMED DOWN VERY MUCH, INDEED. THE FIRST NIGHT WAS PRETTY BAD. THE SECOND NIGHT STILL HAD TROUBLE FIZZLING OVER AND THEN IT GONE. THIS IS EXACTLY A YEAR SINCE MUCH WORSE RIOTS LAST YEAR IN BALLYMENA. BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE WERE PULLED OUT OF THEIR HOUSES. IT IS ALSO A TIME OF YEAR WHEN THE PROTESTANT, UNIONIST AND LOYALIST COMMUNITY CELEBRATING ORANGE ORDER, SAID FEELINGS TEND TO BE RUNNING HIGH. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE OUT IN THE STREET BUILDING BONFIRES. THERE TENDS TO BE A BIT MORE IN THE AIR. ONCE SOMETHING LIKE THIS KICKS OFF, THIS HORRIFIC INCIDENT IN NORTH BELFAST, THE STABBING OF THE GENTLEMAN IN THE STREETS, AND OF COURSE A SUDANESE NATIONAL HAS BEEN CHARGED, BUT WE CANNOT SAY TOO MUCH ABOUT IT ON THIS END. GIVEN THAT HAS HAPPENED, GIVEN THE TIME OF YEAR AND THE WEATHER, PEOPLE ARE GETTING IN TROUBLE ALL ALONG THE WAY. DO YOU THINK IT WAS NO SURPRISE HOW QUICKLY THOSE VIOLENT MOBS MANAGED TO MOBILIZE AFTER THE ATTACK? ABSOLUTELY NO SURPRISE. IT IS EMBARRASSINGLY AND DEPRESSINGLY PREDICABLE. WE HAD THE SAME LAST YEAR, WE HAD THE SAME BEFORE. WE HAVE AWFUL ESCALATION COMING FROM MEMBERS OF THE MORE ROBUST, SHALL WE SAY, UNIONIST PARTIES, PARTICULARLY THE DEP AND THE TUV WHO COME OUT WITH THESE LINES AND THE PARTICULARLY UNHELPFUL LINE, AND THEY KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. WHAT HAPPENED WAS AS USUAL. THEY COME OUT TO BLOCK THE ROAD FROM WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL THE PARTS OF THE INTERNET WHERE THEY ASK PEOPLE TO COME OUT IN BLACK CLOTHING AND MASKS, AND ASK PEOPLE TO GET READY TO FIGHT OR BE ARRESTED. ANYONE WHO ATTENDED THOSE MARCHES WAS BREAKING THE LAW. THE CALL FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT IN THE STREETS WAS ILLEGAL, BECAUSE THEY WERE BEING TOLD TO BLOCK THE STREETS. MARCHES IN THE NORTH HERE ARE VERY, VERY STRICTLY REGULATED FOR REASONS OF SECTARIANISM AND HISTORY AS YOU MAY UNDERSTAND, AND YOU CAN'T REALLY GATHER IN GROUPS OF SEVERAL PEOPLE WITHOUT ASKING FOR PERMISSION, WHICH THE BODY SET UP SPECIFICALLY TO REGULATE THIS. THESE MARCHES WERE CALLED BY PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND BLOCK ROADS, WHICH WAS ILLEGAL, AND THEY ALSO ASKED PEOPLE TO PREPARE TO FIGHT, WHICH IS ILLEGAL AS WELL. WE ARE HEARING A LOT ABOUT UNDERSTANDABLE IMPATIENCE AND PEOPLE HAVE LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS, BUT IN MY OPINION, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT IN THE STREET LAST WEDNESDAY WERE JUST LOOKING FOR TROUBLE. OR ANYONE WHO WASN'T ENGAGED IN THE TROUBLE WAS PREPARED TO SIT AND WATCH IT AND PROBABLY THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA. HOW CONCERNING IS THAT, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE HISTORICAL SECTARIANISM ON THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS HAD, THAT YOU NOW HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE ABILITY TO QUICKLY START FIRES, LITERALLY AND METAPHORICALLY, AND ACTUALLY IT IS SO MUCH EASIER TO RAMP UP THAT LEVEL OF TENSION AND OPPOSITION? IT IS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE. THE POLICE HERE, THE PSNA, IT WAS DONE AWAY WITH AS PART OF THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT. THEY WERE ABLE TO COME ALONG WITH THE NEW PLACEMENT AND ARRANGEMENTS. WITH THE NEW PSNA, THEY ARE STRUGGLING AT THE MINUTE WITH TOTAL LACK OF RESOURCES. THEY ARE VERY SERIOUSLY DOWN THE NUMBERS. THEY ARE JUST NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE WIDESPREAD OUTBREAKS. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS CONTAINMENT, AND WHEN THERE IS JUST CONTAINMENT, THERE IS NO REASON FOR THESE, OVERWHELMINGLY YOUNG PEOPLE, NO DETERRENT. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SHARING YOUR INSIGHTS WITH US. YOU ARE VERY WELCOME. SCARY STUFF, ISN'T IT? A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT, AND WEATHER. PLUS WE TALKED TO LABOUR SPOKESPERSON BARBARA EDMOND. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS REPORTEDLY SHARED HIS FRUSTRATION WITH THE LATEST STRIKES FROM ISRAELI MILITARY ON LEBANON. AXIOS REPORT TRUMP ALLEGEDLY VENTED HIS FURY WITH ISRAEL PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IN A FIERY TELEPHONE CALL. ISRAEL'S LATEST ATTACKS TARGETED HEZBOLLAH INFRASTRUCTURE IN BEIRUT JUST HOURS BEFORE A PROPOSED SIGNING OF A PEACE DEAL BETWEEN IRAN AND THE U.S. 12 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN A PLANE CRASH IN MISSOURI. THE LOCAL STATE HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE INCIDENT HAPPENED NEAR THE BUTLER MEMORIAL AIRPORT SHORTLY AFTER 11.30am. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THE PLANE WAS CARRYING PASSENGERS WHO WERE GOING ON A SKYDIVING TRIP. THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYS LABOUR HAS FAILED IN OPPOSITION. IT COMES AFTER FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS CALLED A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ACCUSE THE PARTY OF AN $18b 'HIDDEN BILL'. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DAVID SEYMOUR SAYS THE FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS LABOUR'S MADE HAVE RESULTED IN MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. WHEN I WAS IN OPPOSITION LEADING ACT, WE WOULD BASICALLY SAY, RIGHT. HERE IS WHAT WE WILL DO. HERE IS OUR BUDGET. WE WOULD ALWAYS PUT OUT ALTERNATIVE POLICIES. WE WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THERE WAS AN ALTERNATIVE. LABOUR'S FINANCE SPOKESPERSON BARBARA EDMONDS JOINS US TO RESPOND TO THESE CLAIMS SHORTLY. AN OVERNIGHT COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING MORE SNOW TO THE SLOPES WITH CARDRONA ALPINE RESORT SET TO OPEN THIS SATURDAY. THERE'S BEEN A DELAY IN SKI FIELDS OPENING THIS YEAR DUE TO MILD TEMPERATURES. SNOW GUNS ARE NORMALLY TURNED ON IN MID-MAY, BUT WERE TURNED ON LAST WEEK DUE TO THE POOR CONDITIONS. CARDRONA AND TREBLE CONE CHIEF MOUNTAINS OFFICER LAURA HEDLEY SAYS THE OPENING WAS DELAYED BY ONE WEEK. WE HAD THOSE WILD TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE LATE HALF OF MAY AND INTO THE START OF JUNE, AND SO WE COULDN'T QUITE MAKE ENOUGH SNOW TO OPEN ON SATURDAY, WHICH IS WHEN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO OPEN ` THE SATURDAY JUST BEEN. SO IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT TRICKY FOR US. HEDLEY SAYS THE SOUTH WESTERLIES FORECASTED WILL BRING COLDER TEMPERATURES, MAKING THE SNOW ON THE SLOPES MORE CONSISTENT. LIAM LAWSON HAS BENEFITTED FROM A POST RACE PENALTY TO ALPINE RIVAL FRANCO COLAPINTO AFTER THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX. THE KIWI DRIVER INITIALLY CROSSED THE LINE IN 9th, THANKS TO A PAIR OF LATE RETIREMENTS FROM THE RACE LEADERS. HE'S NOW BEEN PROMOTED TO 8th AFTER COLAPINTO FAILED TO SLOW FOR A YELLOW FLAG. LAWSON NOT GETTING AHEAD OF HIMSELF DESPITE A RECENT RUN OF GOOD FORM. IT IS A GOOD SIGN THAT WE HAVE A QUICK CAR HERE. HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE A QUICK CAR AT THE RACES AS WELL. DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO REVIEW IN THE RACES. PROBABLY SOMETHING WE WON'T FACE IS HIGH IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE WILL SEE. IT'S RACING BULLS' SECOND CONSECUTIVE DOUBLE POINTS FINISH, WITH TEAMMATE ARVID LINDBLAD PROMOTED TO P9. CELEBRATIONS FOR NEW YORK KNICKS WINNING THE NBA TITLE HAVE TURNED INTO VIOLENT BRAWLS ON THE STREETS OF NEW YORK. MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FOLLOWING WIDESPREAD CHAOS, INCLUDING A FIREARM SHOT AT A PERSON'S FOOT, DAMAGE TO BUSES, FIREWORKS BEING SET OFF AND MULTIPLE STABBINGS. THE UNREST COMES AFTER THE KNICKS' 94-90 WIN OVER THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS, SECURING THEIR FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP WIN IN OVER 50 YEARS. AND FINALLY ` PERUVIAN POLICE HAVE USED A UNIQUE TACTIC TO RAID THE HOME OF A SUSPECTED DRUG TRAFFICKER. FOOTBALL WORLD CUP MASCOTS MAPLE THE MOOSE AND CLUTCH THE BALD EAGLE SEEN BATTERING THE SUSPECT'S DOOR DOWN, MAKING AN ARREST AND FINDING DRUGS AND WEAPONS. THE OFFICER IN CHARGE SAYS THEY DECIDED ON THE APPROACH OFF THE BACK OF SOME INTELLIGENCE WORK. (SPEAKS SPANISH) TRANSLATOR: THANKS TO THE INTELLIGENCE WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE TEAM, WE WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT THE PERSON WE WERE ABOUT TO ARREST WAS A DIEHARD FOOTBALL FAN, LIVING AND BREATHING THE WORLD CUP FEVER, SO WE PROCEEDED TO DISGUISE MY GREEN SQUAD PERSONNEL AS WORLD CUP MASCOTS, IN ORDER TO APPROACH HIM WITHOUT AROUSING SUSPICION, AND MAKE THE ARREST. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME PERU'S POLICE HAVE DRESSED UP FOR A RAID, PREVIOUSLY AVOIDING SUSPICION BY DRESSING UP AS SUPERHEROES AND CAPYBARAS. AND CAPYBARAS. SO THE REASON THEY HAVE DRESSED UP AS TO NOT AROUSE SUSPICION, AND THEY HAVE TURNED UP AS THREE MASCOTS. THEY STILL HAVE MASCOT HANDS-ON. WILDLY INEFFICIENT. THEY ARE STILL ARRESTING HIM WITH THEIR GLOVES ON. THEY DO NOT HAVE FIVE FINGERS THERE. THEY ARE TRYING TO CARRY OUT AN ARREST WITH THEIR LITTLE MASCOT HANDS. CAN WE PLAY IT ONE MORE TIME? I THINK THEY BLUR HIS BUTT CRACK. OFF COMES THE MOOSE HEAD. OF COMES THE EAGLE HEAD. THEY DO TOO. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (CHILL MUSIC) AND NOW TO THE WEATHER. A BIT OF CLOUD AROUND UP NORTH. FINE IN THE MORNING FOR KAITAIA AND WHANGAREI. ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS IN AUCKLAND. CLOUDY WITH POSSIBLE AFTERNOON RAIN IN HAMILTON AND THE BAY OF PLENTY. GUSTY NORTH-WEST WINDS FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND WHANGANUI. FINE FROM GISBORNE TO HAWKE'S BAY. THE ODD SHOWER WITH STRONG NORTHERLIES IN THE CAPITAL. 14 IS THE HIGH IN TAUPO. 20 IN HASTINGS. IT'S A WET ONE DOWN SOUTH. HEAVY RAIN FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. GUSTY AFTERNOON SOUTHERLIES IN WESTPORT. RAIN EASING TO OCCASIONAL SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON IN CHRISTCHURCH, TIMARU, AND DUNEDIN. RAIN CLEARING TO FINE LATER IN THE DAY FOR MILFORD SOUND. 10 IS THE HIGH IN GORE. 16 IN NELSON. THIS WEEK ON BREAKFAST, WE'RE GIVING AWAY MORE THAN $30,000 WORTH OF INCREDIBLE LG PRIZES, WITH THREE MASSIVE PRIZE PACKS UP FOR GRABS! 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THE 36 RICH LISTERS IN THAT CATEGORY HAVE DOUBLED IN VALUE TO NEARLY $32b. WE JUST THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US AS A COUNTRY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT MONEY IS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS, IS JUST REALLY TRACKING WHERE THAT MONEY IS, WHERE IT GOES AND WHO CONTROLS IT AND WHAT INFLUENCE THEY HAVE AS WELL. TECH IS THE BIG ONE THIS YEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ME U TONU MAI ` LABOUR'S BARBARA EDMONDS JOINS US NEXT TO TALK ABOUT SPENDING PLANS AND CLAIMS OF FISCAL HOLES. # I HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME. 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. VOICEOVER: Get your free Consumer's Guide to Hearing Aids. New Zealand's only independent guide to all the latest models. Choose the right hearing aid for your lifestyle and budget. Call 0800 45 45 42 for your free copy. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS REPORTEDLY SHARED HIS FRUSTRATION WITH THE LATEST STRIKES FROM ISRAELI MILITARY ON LEBANON. THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYS LABOUR HAS FAILED IN OPPOSITION, AND THE FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS THEY'VE MADE HAVE RESULTED IN MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. LIAM LAWSON HAS BENEFITTED FROM A POST-RACE PENALTY TO ALPINE RIVAL FRANCO COLAPINTO AFTER THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX. LABOUR HAS CRITICISED THE FINANCE MINISTER, NICOLA WILLIS, FOR 'DESPERATE SCAREMONGERING' AFTER SHE CLAIMED A $18b HOLE IN THE OPPOSITION'S SPENDING PLANS. WILLIS SAYS THERE IS 'YAWNING GAP' BETWEEN LABOUR'S POTENTIAL POLICIES AND HOW IT WOULD PAY FOR THEM. NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE. CASTLES IN THE SKY THAT EVAPORATE WHEN THEY TOUCH THE GROUND. THE SIMPLE REALITY IS THIS ` THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT CAN'T CONTINUALLY BORROW TO COVER ELECTION COSTS. THAT INCLUDES DOWNGRADES, INTEREST RATE HIKES, AND A DOWNWARD DEBT SPIRAL. LABOUR'S FINANCE SPOKESPERSON BARBARA EDMONDS JOINS ME NOW. COULD YOU EXPLAIN YOUR WORKINGS ON YOUR PUBLIC TRANSPORT POLICY? WE USE THE AUCKLAND TRANSPORT MODEL THAT THEY USE FOR THEIR $50 FARE CAP. AUCKLAND TRANSPORT MODELLED A $20 FARE CAP. YOUR LEADER SAID THAT HUNDREDS OF OF THOUSANDS OF NEW ZEALANDERS WILL BENEFIT. IT WILL SOMEHOW COST $65 MILLION IN TOTAL EACH YEAR. NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THE DIVISION OR THE MULTIPLICATION OF THAT WORK. HOW HAVE YOU DONE IT? WE FOLLOW THE SAME AUCKLAND TRANSPORT MODELLING. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THAT MODELLING AS THEY HAD ALSO LOOKED AT REVENUE INCREASE. THAT IS THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MODELLING OF THE NATIONAL PARTY. IF YOU GO THROUGH THE DETAILED MODELLING, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME DEDUCTIONS AS WELL. CAN WE GO THROUGH THE DETAILED WORKINGS? WE HAVE RELEASED THE DETAILED WORKINGS AND I AM HAPPY TO PROVIDE THEM TO TVNZ. WHERE HAVE YOU RELEASE THOSE WORKINGS? HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT TO YOU. YOUR TRANSPORT SPOKESPERSON DID NOT DO A LOT TO CLEAR UP SOME OF THE MUDDYING AROUND THIS. HE COULDN'T EXPLAIN THE POLICY OR JUSTIFY WHY PEOPLE IN ONE OF WELLINGTON'S MOST AFFLUENT SUBURBS WERE GOING TO GET A $90 A WEEK SUBSIDY ON THEIR PUBLIC TRANSPORT. WHY SHOULD PEOPLE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOUR TRANSPORT SPOKESPERSON IF HE CANNOT DO THE BASICS? I HAVE ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE IN TANGI. WE ARE HEARING STRONGLY FROM WORKING FAMILIES AND FAMILIES STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET THAT THEY NEED TO SEE SOME RELIEF. OUR FIRST POLICY POST BUDGET HAS BEEN A PUBLIC TRANSPORT SUBSIDY. IT IS A CONCERN AROUND THE FISCAL HOLE. YOU LOVE FISCAL HOLES, TOVA. THE GOVERNMENT ALSO HAS A MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR HOLE IN THEIR FUNDING. YOU TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR A COST OF LIVING POLICY, BUT THAT DOES NOT EXPLAIN WHY ONE OF WELLINGTON'S MOST AFFLUENT SUBURBS COULD BE GETTING A $90 SUBSIDY. WHY ARE THEY GETTING IT? WHY IS CHRIS BISHOP GETTING A SUBSIDY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT? I WON'T TALK PERSONALLY ON HOW CHRIS BISHOP GETS INTO WORK EVERY DAY. YOU HAVE TO WORK OUT A TRADE-OFF BETWEEN SIMPLICITY OF ROLLING OUT THE POLICY ` ADMINISTRATOR BLEED, IT IS IS HERE IF IT IS UNIVERSAL. YOU ARE ABLE TO WORK WITH TRANSPORT PROVIDERS. IT COMES DOWN TO SIMPLICITY OF IMPLEMENTATION. SOMETIMES YOU DON'T WANT IMPLEMENTATION TO COST MORE THAN THE POLICY ITSELF. THAT IS WHAT YOU SAID WHEN YOU GAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE A COST OF LIVING PAYMENT BUT GAVE IT TO A BUNCH OF DEAD PEOPLE AS WELL. WHILE WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO WHAT NICOLA WILLIS DID. SHE HAS HAD TO BORROW AT LEAST $12 BILLION IN HER FIRST BUDGET. SHE TALKS ABOUT A DEBT SPIRAL, BUT SHE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT HOW PRE- ELECTION DEBT PREDICTIONS HAVE BEEN SURPASSED BY $4 BILLION. IT IS A VERY OLD DRUMBEAT THAT THE NATIONAL PARTY WILL USE, TO SAY THAT THERE ARE FISCAL HOLES IN LABOUR'S PLANS. ULTIMATELY, OUR FOCUS AND PRIORITY IS ABOUT WHAT MATTERS TO NEW ZEALANDERS. THE TIME THEY SPENT PUTTING TOGETHER THIS DOCUMENT COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO SELL HER BUDGET. HAVE FOCUSES ON BLAMING LABOUR AS OPPOSED TO THE COST OF LIVING PRICES WHICH SHE PROMISED SHE WOULD MAKE BETTER, NOT WORSE. SHE HAS A POINT, THOUGH. YOU ARE CRITICISING THESE POLICIES, BUT YOU ARE NOT SAYING WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO REVERSE THEM. IF YOU DO REVERSE THEM, YOU ARE NOT SAYING HOW YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT. AFTER THE BUDGET WE WILL HAVE POLICIES THAT WE KNOW WE CAN DELIVER, THAT WILL BE FULLY COSTED, AND WILL BE SET OUT AS PART OF OUR FISCAL PLAN SO THAT THE WHOLE OF NEW ZEALAND CAN SEE WHAT THE PLAN LOOKS LIKE. IF YOU REVERSED THE CHANGES TO SOCIAL HOUSING AND RENT, IT WOULD BE $32 MILLION THAT YOU HAVE TO FIND. EVERY PARTY HAS TO MAKE CHOICES LEADING UP TO THE ELECTION. THEY ARE NOT EASY CHOICES. WE WANT TO REINSTATE THE PAY EQUITY. WE VALUE THE WORK OF TEACHERS AND NURSES. PAY EQUITY WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM. 38 ACTIVE CLAIMS WERE CLOSED OVERNIGHT. WE HAVE WORK TO DO TO CLAW THAT BACK. WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING WE PAY WORKING WOMEN WHAT THEY ARE WORTH. WOULD YOU BORROW SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS TO FACILITATE A PLAN? JUST BEFORE YOU GO, CAN YOU PROMISE NO NEW TAXES OR TAX HIKES NECTAR JUST BEFORE YOU GO, CAN YOU PROMISE NO NEW TAXES OR TAX HIKES NEXT TERM. OUR ONLY NEW TAX TERM AS A CAPITAL GAINS TAX THAT 90% OF NEW ZEALANDERS WILL NOT PAY. E WHAI AKE NEI, COMING UP ` THE WHAKATANE MAN WHO HELPED A STRANGER GET HOME FROM HOSPITAL AND THE FAMILY WHO TRACKED HIM DOWN TO SAY THANKS. THAT'S NEXT. VOICEOVER: Because sometimes we feel bad, even when it's for their own good. Give more love than humanly possible, when you feed one of Hill's scientifically proven formulas because you're only human, there's Hill's. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. A HOSPITAL CALL IN WHAKATANE WENT TO THE WRONG MAN, BUT HE STILL CAME TO HELP. NORMAN CAMBURN (86) NEEDED A RIDE HOME FROM HOSPITAL AND ASKED STAFF TO CALL HIS SON-IN-LAW RICHARD HAYES. STAY WITH ME HERE. INSTEAD, THEY RANG ANOTHER RICHARD HAYES IN TOWN. HE REALISED THE MIX-UP ` THIS IS THE WRONG RICHARD HAYES ` BUT WENT ANYWAY, AND MADE SURE NORMAN GOT HOME SAFELY. RICHARD, AND NORMAN'S DAUGHTER JOANNE HAYES, JOIN US NOW. THE RICHARD ON THE LINE IS NOT YOUR HUSBAND. HE IS THE ONE THEY WERE TRYING TO GET. DID THEY LOOK FOR THE NUMBER IN THE PHONEBOOK OR A LOOK FOR THE WRONG RICHARD?? YES, THEY JUST FOUND THE WRONG RICHARD. AMAZINGLY, THE RICHARD ACTUALLY CAME TO HIS AID HELPED ANYWAY. SO HOW GRATEFUL WERE YOU THAT HE ACTUALLY DID? SO GRATEFUL. YOU MIGHT BE COVERING THE MIC WITH YOUR HAND WHICH IS MAKING YOUR LITTLE BIT MUFFLED. I WILL GO TO THE WRONG RICHARD. DID YOU THINK IT WAS A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY? I DID INITIALLY. IT WAS A CALL FROM WHAKATANE HOSPITAL. AND IT WAS LIKE, WHAT DO THEY WANT? I AM A BIT OF A FREQUENT FLYER WITH THEM. I DON'T KNOW A NORMAN AT ALL. I USED TO HAVE AN UNCLE NORMAN, BUT THAT IS THE EXTENT OF IT. TWO YOU KNOW RICHARD HAYES? NO. I KNEW THERE WAS ANOTHER HAYES FAMILY IN THE AREA. SO YOU WENT TO PICK HIM UP? I HAD A SPACE IN MY DIARY. SO I WENT TO PICK HIM UP. WE WILL GO BACK TO JOANNA. HAD YOU SPOKEN TO RICHARD BEFORE THIS INTERVIEW, AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING TO HIM NOW? KNOW, I HAVE NEVER SPOKEN TO THE OTHER RICHARD HAYES, AS WE CALL HIM. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THIS SOMETHING YOU NORMALLY DO, RICHARD, ARE YOU QUICK TO HELP OUT STRANGERS NEED? I DON'T FEEL LIKE I AM. BUT YOU GIVE A HAND WHERE YOU CAN. PEOPLE ARE CALLING YOU ONLINE A LOCAL LEGEND. HOW ARE YOU DEALING WITH THE ATTENTION AND ALL THE ADULATION COMING TO YOU FROM YOUR COMMUNITY? I AM DOING ALRIGHT. MY WIFE IS STRUGGLING. I CLAP MY HANDS THAT SHE DOESN'T COME RUNNING. BUT IT IS ALL GOOD. AS YOUR DAD ALRIGHT NOW THAT HE IS BACK HOME? HE IS DOING WELL. HE IS A LOT BETTER. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT PEOPLE, EVEN IF IT IS NOT YOUR FAMILY AND YOU ARE A STRANGER, THAT THEY GET INVOLVED AND HELP THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO? IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. OUR COMMUNITY IS AMAZING. IT IS A LOVELY STORY. JOANNE HAYES AND RICHARD HAYES. THANK YOU THE BOTH OF YOU FOR JOINING US ON BREAKFAST. A LOVELY COMMUNITY STORY. GLAD THAT IT ALL ENDED ALL RIGHT. STILL TO COME ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ` OUR MONDAY SPORT PANEL IS IN TO TALK FIFA WORLD CUP, SUPER RUGBY AND THAT NBA WIN BY THE NEW YORK KNICKS. ALSO AHEAD, UNEXPLODED BOMBS SIT BENEATH HOMES AND SCHOOLS IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. WE MEET THE MAKERS OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY, DETAILING EFFORTS TO DEFUSE THEM. AND HE'S THE FIFA WORLD CUP PUPPY PREDICTOR. OR IS HE? WE MEET BEAR THE GROODLE JUST AFTER 8.30 AND GET HIS TAKE ON THE IRAN-NZ GAME. LABOUR'S PUBLIC TRANSPORT POLICY IS UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT, WITH THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYING IT DOESN'T TARGET THE RIGHT ISSUES. LAST WEEK THE PARTY ANNOUNCED IT WOULD CAP FARES AT $20 A WEEK IN MAIN CENTRES IF IT GOT INTO GOVERNMENT. DEPUTY PRIME MINSTER DAVID SEYMOUR ACKNOWLEDGES IT WILL SAVE PEOPLE MONEY, BUT QUESTIONS AT WHAT COST. MOST PEOPLE, WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORT, THEY WANT FREQUENCY, THEY WANT CLEANLINESS, THEY WANT RELIABILITY, AND MOST OF ALL THEY WANT SECURITY. NOW, IF YOU PUT A CAP ON THE FARES, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, IF I AM A BUS COMPANY OPERATOR, IT IS A POLITICIAN THAT DECIDES MY FUNDING, NOT THE PASSENGER, WHO AM I TRYING TO SERVE? YOU WILL GET LESS SERVICE, YOU'LL GET LESS FREQUENT, YOU WILL GET LESS RELIABLE, YOU'LL GET LESS CLEAN, AND HOPEFULLY NOT, BUT YOU COULD GET LESS SECURITY. SEYMOUR SAYS THE POLICY COULD RESULT IN FEWER PEOPLE USING PUBLIC TRANSPORT. CARDRONA ALPINE RESORT IS GETTING READY TO WELCOME PEOPLE THIS WEEKEND AFTER A DELAY IN OPENING ITS SKI FIELDS DUE TO POOR CONDITIONS. THE SNOW GUNS WERE TURNED ON LAST WEEK ` A MONTH LATER THAN USUAL DUE TO TEMPERATURES BEING TOO HIGH. NOW WITH THE COLDER WEATHER, CARDRONA AND TREBLE CONE CHIEF MOUNTAINS OFFICER LAURA HEDLEY IS HOPING FOR MORE CONSISTENT SNOW. I AM HOPING BY THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS WE ARE GOOD TO GO. I'M HOPING THESE SOUTH-WEST AS WE HAVE BEEN PROMISED START KICKING IN AND WE GET THESE COLD TEMPERATURES AND LOTS OF NATURAL SNOW. BUT WE WILL BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. WE GOT A GREAT TEAM UP HERE. WE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET IT OPEN. SO WE CAN'T WAIT TO WELCOME PEOPLE UP. CARDRONA IS SET TO OPEN THIS SATURDAY. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS REPORTEDLY SHARED HIS FRUSTRATION WITH THE LATEST STRIKES FROM ISRAELI MILITARY ON LEBANON. AXIOS REPORT TRUMP ALLEGEDLY VENTED HIS FURY WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IN A FIERY TELEPHONE CALL. ISRAEL'S LATEST ATTACKS TARGETED HEZBOLLAH INFRASTRUCTURE IN BEIRUT JUST HOURS BEFORE A PROPOSED SIGNING OF A PEACE DEAL BETWEEN IRAN AND THE U.S. ARMED BRITISH FORCES HAVE BOARDED AND DETAINED A SANCTIONED TANKER SUSPECTED OF BEING PART OF RUSSIA'S 'SHADOW FLEET'. THE SHADOW FLEET IS ALLEGEDLY SHIPPING OIL IN VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS OVER MOSCOW. ROYAL MARINE COMMANDOS DESCENDED FROM HELICOPTERS ON TO THE VESSEL IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, WITH THE UK'S DEFENCE MINISTRY CALLING IT 'THE FIRST UK-LED OPERATION OF ITS KIND.' THE VESSEL WILL BE HELD AND MONITORED OFF THE SOUTH COAST OF ENGLAND FOR INVESTIGATION. AN ADVENTURER KNOWN AS THE 'SPIDER-MAN OF YEMEN' HAS DIED AFTER FALLING INTO A VOLCANIC CRATER WHILE CLIMBING WITHOUT SAFETY EQUIPMENT. THE 30-YEAR-OLD LOST HIS GRIP WHILE SCALING THE STEEP WALLS OF THE HARDAH DAM CRATER AND FELL AROUND 120m. HIS BODY WAS LATER RECOVERED AFTER A FOUR-HOUR RESCUE OPERATION, WITH AUTHORITIES URGING ADVENTURE SEEKERS TO USE PROPER SAFETY EQUIPMENT TO PREVENT SIMILAR TRAGEDIES. THE UFC CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE SET TO TAKE PLACE AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY, CELEBRATING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. RED, WHITE AND BLUE FLAGS LINE THE SOUTH LAWN, ALONGSIDE THOUSANDS OF TEMPORARY SEATS. THE FIRST FIGHT WILL BE A FEATHERWEIGHT BOUT BETWEEN ILIA TOPURIA AND JUSTIN GAETHJE, TRANSFORMING THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS INTO AN UNPRECEDENTED FIGHT VENUE. ROWERS BEN TAYLOR AND OLIVER WELCH HAVE COME WITHIN HALF A SECOND OF BREAKING A LONGSTANDING MEN'S PAIR RECORD HELD BY HAMISH BOND AND ERIC MURRAY. THE KIWI CREW DOMINATING THE FINAL AT THE WORLD ROWING CUP REGATTA IN BULGARIA, COMING AGONISINGLY CLOSE TO OVERHAULING THE RECORD SET AT THE 2012 LONDON OLYMPICS. WE JUST REALLY GO FROM THE WORD GO, BASICALLY. AND WE TRY TO, IF ANYONE WANTS TO KEEP UP WITH US, WE WANT TO MAKE THEM HURTING, SO THAT OUR THIRD 500 WE CAN REALLY PUT SOME DAMAGE AND. SO WE COME OUT HOT. NEW ZEALAND WINNING FIVE MEDALS AT THE REGATTA. AND FINALLY, A FEW PLAYERS AT COPENHAGEN'S POKEMON GO FEST HAVE MADE SOME SPECIAL CATCHES. MULTIPLE PEOPLE CHOSE TO POP THE QUESTION AT THE ANNUAL EVENT. RANDOM. ONE HAPPY COUPLE SAYING THE GAME BROUGHT THEM CLOSER TOGETHER. I STARTED PLAYING POGO WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT. AND OF COURSE YOU HAD NO IDEA ABOUT IT BEFORE WE MET. IT WAS NICE BECAUSE SHE NOT ONLY UNDERSTOOD MY HOBBY BUT FELL IN LOVE WITH IT HERSELF. WOW. THE REALLY SPECIAL BIT ABOUT THAT WAS SHE WAS NOT INTO IT AT ALL AND THEN SUDDENLY. THE COPENHAGEN EVENT WAS THE LAST OF THREE FESTIVALS BRINGING THOUSANDS TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE POPULAR GAME. THE COPENHAGEN EVENT WAS THE LAST OF THREE FESTIVALS I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO BRING IN OUR SPORTS PANEL, BUT HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? I WOULDN'T BE INTO IT. I HAVE PIKACHU CHUCHU CHOOSE YOU. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS (CHUCKLES) I AM GIVING MY THUMBS UP TO THE DIRECTOR WHO IS TELLING ME MY CAMERA IS ABOUT TO DISAPPEAR. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A BIT OF CLOUD AROUND UP NORTH. FINE IN THE MORNING FOR KAITAIA AND WHANGAREI. ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS IN AUCKLAND. CLOUDY WITH POSSIBLE AFTERNOON RAIN IN HAMILTON AND THE BAY OF PLENTY. GUSTY NORTH-WEST WINDS FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND WHANGANUI. FINE FROM GISBORNE TO HAWKE'S BAY. THE ODD SHOWER WITH STRONG NORTHERLIES IN THE CAPITAL. 14 IS THE HIGH IN TAUPO. 20 IN HASTINGS. IT'S A WET ONE DOWN SOUTH. HEAVY RAIN FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. GUSTY AFTERNOON SOUTHERLIES IN WESTPORT. RAIN EASING TO OCCASIONAL SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON IN CHRISTCHURCH, TIMARU, AND DUNEDIN. RAIN CLEARING TO FINE LATER IN THE DAY FOR MILFORD SOUND. 10 IS THE HIGH IN GORE. 16 IN NELSON. TWO OF THE GREATEST TEAMS IN INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL HAVE KICKED OFF THEIR FIFA WORLD CUP CAMPAIGNS THIS MORNING, WITH GERMANY PLAYING CURACAO AND THE NETHERLANDS IN ACTION AGAINST JAPAN. WE'RE DOWN TO THE FINAL TWO TEAMS IN SUPER RUGBY SO TODAY'S SPORT PANEL ARE A PRIZE PAIR. MICHELLE BANKS AND MARTY BANKS, HIGHLANDERS LEGEND AND ONE NEWS LEGEND. POWER COUPLE. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE HAD A HUSBAND-AND-WIFE DUO ON A PANEL ON BREAKFAST. IT IS? IT COULD BE THE LAST TIME. WE LIKE DISAGREEMENTS. THIS ONE MAKE THE POINT AND THE OTHER ONE DISAGREES? I THINK ON TV WE WILL MAKE A SHOW OF IT. WHAT ARE YOU LIKING ABOUT THE WORLD CUP? I AM LIKING THE GAME. I LIKED MOROCCO AND BRAZIL. I LIKED THAT MOROCCO WAS THE UNDERDOG AND GAVE BRAZIL A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY. AND I AM LIKING THE REF CAMPS. I AM INTO THAT KIND OF STUFF. I'VE NEVER BEEN ON THE FIELD, BUT IT IS KIND OF COOL SEEING THAT DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW. DO YOU TAKE AN INTEREST IN OTHER SPORTS? YOU HAVE BEEN A RUGBY MAN FOR SO LONG. BETWEEN CHORES OVER THE WEEKEND THAT MICHELLE WROTE UP... HERE WE GO. I SAW THE AUSTRALIAN GAME SUPPORTING OUR NEIGHBOURS IS NOT THE WORST THING TO DO. CAUGHT A BIT OF BRAZIL. MAINLY THE AUSSIE ONE. JUST YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT A THERAPY SESSION. YOU CANNOT VOICE YOUR GRIEVANCES. I DIDN'T DO THEM ALL. GOOD FOR THE AUSSIES TO GET A WIN. SUPER RUGBY. I LIKE A MAN THAT HAS COME PREPARED WITH NOTES. IS THIS WHAT YOU EXPECTED AT THE START OF THE COMP ` HURRICANE IS ENDING UP IN THE FINAL AGAINST THE CHIEFS? NOTES ARE PROBABLY REFRAINING FROM MAKING BAD COMMENTS ON TV. A LOT OF MATES ARE PROBABLY WATCHING HOPING I WILL MISS THIS UP. I HAD MORE FAITH IN THE CRUSADERS LAST WEEK. I THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE PUT UP A BIT MORE OF A FIGHT AGAINST THE CHIEFS. BUT THEY WERE PRETTY QUICK. I GUESS THE TWO BEST TEAMS ARE IN THE FINAL, WHICH IS WHAT KIWIS WANT TO SEE ` A GOOD FINAL. IT IS SHAPING UP TO BE A HUNTING... HUMPING* THE BLUES HAVE HAD A PRETTY UP-AND-DOWN SEASON, BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE HURRICANE'S AND THE CHIEFS AS THEY ARE THE BEST TO ATTACKING TEAMS IN THE COMPETITION AT THE MOMENT. WE KNOW IN THIS FINAL THERE WILL BE A LOT OF POINTS SCORED, BUT I THINK IT WILL BE ABOUT THE DEFENCE AND HOW MUCH EACH TEAM CAN PROPERLY DEFEND. IT IS SHAPING UP TO BE ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING, I THINK MY SUPER RUGBY FINALS WE HAVE SENT. SEEN* I THINK. IT WILL DEPEND WHAT THE CHIEFS CAN DO, ATTACKING PROWESS. AND WHETHER THE HURRICANE'S CAN HOLD THEM OFF. IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS SHAPING UP TO BE ALL RIGHT. THE CHIEFS HAVE BEEN IN THE FINAL FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, HAVEN'T WON A TITLE. FOR THE HURRICANE'S, THIS IS THEIR FIRST FINAL IN 10 YEARS. I DIDN'T REALISE I HAVE BEEN SO LONG. HOW DIFFICULT IS IT FOR BOTH SIDES? THE FACT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME, AND THEN THE CHIEFS, ALMOST A BIT OF A MENTAL BLOCK. CREATES A GREAT EXPLOSION OF TEAMS, NOT KNOWING HOW TO WIN THE FINAL. THE CANES, BACK IN THE DAY, PLAYING THEM IN THE FINAL, THEY WERE MEANT TO WIN AND WE WERE MEANT TO LOSE, AND IT WAS THE PERFECT STORM ` WE WENT UP THERE WITH NO SORT OF THRILLS, HAD A CRACK, AND MANAGED TO PUT ENOUGH PRESSURE OVER LONG PERIODS OF TIME WHERE WE WON THE GAME IN THE END.' HOPEFULLY IT IS A HIGH-SCORING GAME. THAT IS WHAT THE PUBLIC WANT TO SEE. HOPEFULLY THEY WILL COME AFTER AND NOT GO INTO THEIR SHELLS. WHO WAS GOING TO WIN? THEY CANES GAVE ME MY FIRST OPPORTUNITY AT RUGBY LEVEL. CANES AS WELL. TOO MUCH AGREEING ON THE TOPICS. DID YOU WATCH THE NBA FINALS AND WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE SPECTACLE? IT WAS GREAT TO SEE. THE CELEBRITIES THAT FELL. IN NEW YORK THERE IS A CELEBRITY ROW. TAYLOR SWIFT, TIMOTHEE CHARLAMET. SIDNEY SWEENEY WAS THERE. THE KNICKS GOT IT DONE. TJ PIRINARA GOT ME INTO THE NBA, THIS IS HIS TEAM. HE GOT ME INTO BASKETBALL CARDS, WHICH MICHELLE WAS NOT A HUGE FAN OF. JALEN BRUNSON SCORED FOR THE NEXT WHICH WAS COOL. WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS BECAUSE THE FATHER-SON DUO, SO HIS DAD WAS AN ASSISTANT COACH IN THE TEMPLE STOPPED IT AS THE FIRST FATHER-SON DUO TO WIN AN NBA TITLE. LIKE LEBRON AND YOUNG BRONNIE. I HAVE HEARD SOME COMMENTARY THAT THIS WAS THE ONLY TEAM MORE SPURSIE THAN THE OTHER SPURS. EVEN IN THIS FINAL THEY WERE LEADING UP UNTIL THE FINAL QUARTER. SO IT WAS THEIRS FOR THE TAKING. WHAT HAPPENED? I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT KNICKS WERE JUST ABLE TO PLAY THE FULL GAME. THE SPURS JUST LET A LOT OF TURNOVER BALL HAPPEN. AND THEN THAT KNICKS WON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON THE SPORTS PANEL THIS MORNING. ME U TONU MAI ` WE SPEAK WITH THE MAKERS OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY THAT LOOKS AT THE ONGOING DANGER OF UNEXPLODED WWII BOMBS IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS REPORTEDLY SHARED HIS FRUSTRATION WITH THE LATEST STRIKES FROM ISRAELI MILITARY ON LEBANON IN AN EXPLETIVE-LADEN PHONE CALL. LABOUR'S PUBLIC TRANSPORT POLICY IS UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT WITH THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYING IT DOESN'T TARGET THE RIGHT ISSUES. ROWERS BEN TAYLOR AND OLIVER WELCH HAVE COME WITHIN HALF A SECOND OF BREAKING A LONGSTANDING MEN'S PAIR RECORD HELD BY HAMISH BOND AND ERIC MURRAY. MORE THAN 80 YEARS AFTER WORLD WAR II, UNEXPLODED BOMBS STILL SIT UNDER HOMES AND SCHOOLS IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. A NEW DOCUMENTARY, THE WAR BELOW, IS SCREENING AT DOC EDGE FILM FESTIVAL IN THE COMING WEEKS. THE FILM LOOKS AT THE EFFORTS TO DEFUSE THE BOMBS, AND THE IMPACT ON VICTIMS. EVERY BOMB WILL STAY THERE WAITING FOR DISPOSAL. SO THESE ONES ARE STILL ALIVE? STILL ALIVE. MM. NO CHANCE OF THEM BLOWING UP? (CHUCKLES) YEAH. FILMMAKERS AND HUSBAND AND WIFE DUO CLEO FRASER AND TUKI LAUMEA FROM NINE ISLANDS MEDIA JOIN US NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. THIS IS SHOCKING, ALMOST 80 YEARS AFTER A WAR HAS GONE BY THERE ARE STILL BOMBS KILLING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES LIKE THIS. YOU WOULD THINK THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, PEOPLE DON'T CARE AS MUCH. IT IS A SMALLER PLACE. COMPLEXION OF THE SKIN SOMETIMES COMES INTO IT. THESE PEOPLE LIVE WITH THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY. CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL; THE BOMBS SIT RIGHT THERE RIGHT UNDER THE SCHOOL. THE SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN. THAT IS WHY WE MADE THIS FILM. HOPEFULLY THINGS CAN START HAPPENING WHERE IT IS A LITTLE BIT SAFER FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE THERE. EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE SPOKEN TO SAID WE CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING. THEY THINK, WHY DON'T THEY JUST CLEANED THESE UP? I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY WERE LEFT BEHIND. THE CANAL WAS A SIGHT OF A MAJOR BATTLE IN WORLD WAR II BETWEEN THE ALLIES IN JAPAN, INCLUDING SOME NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS WAS THAT WHEN THEY LEFT, THEY LEFT EVERYTHING BEHIND. THERE WERE NO LAWS SAYING THAT THEY HAD TO CLEAN EVERYTHING UP. THEY WERE DIGGING HOLES AND SHOVING THEM ALL IN THERE. THERE ARE POTENTIALLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. THEY ARE HAVING BARBECUES WITH THEIR FAMILY, BUILDING HOUSES, GARDENING, EVERYDAY THINGS WHERE THESE BOMBS ARE EXPLODING. THEY ARE KILLING PEOPLE, INJURING PEOPLE. THINGS ARE REALLY REACHING A HEAD AS WELL, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE BOMBS ARE ERODING. THERE IS EROSION OF THE SOIL AS WELL. AND THEN HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS PUSHING OUT. WHAT IS ON THE HORIZON FOR THESE COMMUNITIES? WELL, NOTHING IS ON THE HORIZON. WE ARE HOPING WITH THIS CONVERSATION, IT GETS PUSHED OUT INTO MORE POLITICAL SPHERES, WHICH IS WHAT SHE HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD IT LATELY. THE IDEA IS THAT SOMETHING WILL EVENTUALLY HAPPEN. SHE DOES A LOT MORE THAN I DO SO CAN PROBABLY TALK TO HER MORE THAN I CAN. WE MADE THIS FILM WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, WITH THE LOCAL MEDIA AGENCY AND A JOURNALIST. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING LOTS ON THIS ISSUE FOR A LONG TIME. OUTSIDE NO ONE HAS REALLY HEARD OF THIS. I THINK SURPRISING AS THE STYLE IS THE BEGINNING. THIS FILM FOLLOWS BOMB-FREE SOLOMON ISLANDS, THE FIRST REGISTERED CHARITY. WHEN YOU SAY IT LIKE THAT ` THIS IS THE FIRST IN TERMS OF HELPFUL SURVIVORS AND GETTING SUPPORT. THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN. WE NEED THEM ALL TO BE ABLE TO COME ON BOARD AND SAY, THIS IS AN ISSUE REGIONALLY THAT WE NEED TO SORT OUT. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO WITH THIS FILM, IS TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, HELP SURVIVORS, ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED THE SOLOMON ISLANDS GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER JOINING UP WITH THE GLOBAL MUNITIONS CLUSTER TREATY. THAT WOULD MAKE AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE AS WELL THE FILM IS SHOT SO BEAUTIFULLY. THERE IS A WOMAN WITH A TANK IN HER GARDEN. WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU WENT OVER THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND SAW THOSE IMAGES? IT IS SURPRISING. AND IT IS SURPRISINGLY BECAUSE IT IS OUR BACKYARD. NEW ZEALAND IS THE LARGEST PACIFIC NATION. SO WE ARE AN EXTENSION OF ALL OF THIS. SO TO SEE THAT AND NOT HAVE KNOWN MUCH ABOUT IT CONSIDERING HOW CLOSE THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AS WAS REALLY SURPRISING. AND THEN YOU START TO LEARN ABOUT HONEY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY KILLED, WHICH IS AT LEAST 20 PER YEAR THAT WE KNOW OF, THAT ARE REPORTED, IT WAS A REAL SHOCK. THAT IS WHY WE WERE LIKE, OK, CALL, THIS IS A GREAT STORY TO TELL. AND THOSE STORIES AND PEOPLE. THAT IS WHAT STAYS WITH YOU ` THE STORIES. WE ARE TRYING TO SUPPORT BOMB-FREE SOLOMON ISLANDS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. LETTERS EVERYWHERE YOU GO. I HAVE TO SAY, IF YOU ARE A TOURIST GOING THERE, IT IS GORGEOUS, AND THERE IS ALMOST NO RISK TO TOURISTS. THERE IS ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT OF TOURISM AROUND THE WORLD WAR II RELICS AND HISTORY. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPACTING LOCAL PEOPLE DOING ORDINARY EVERYDAY THINGS. TOVA, IN TERMS OF THE VICTIMS, WE HAVE A CLIP FROM LAST NIGHT. HI, NEW ZEALAND. HI, CHRIS AND TOVA. I'M MAEVERLYN, FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS ` A SURVIVOR OF THE UXO EXPLOSION IN 2021. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE THIS FILM. A VERY, UM... MOVING FILM THAT I THOUGHT EVERYBODY SHOULD SEE BECAUSE OF THE IMPACTS OF WAR ON US SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS. THAT IS INCREDIBLE. THEY PROBABLY FEEL A BIT FORGOTTEN AS WELL. YOU ARE SAYING LOCAL MEDIA IS COVERING THEIR STORY, BUT NOT THE REST OF THE WORLD. PLEASE COME TO DOCK EDGE JUNE 28 AND JULY 10 IN AUCKLAND. AND JULY 21 IN WELLINGTON. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE AND SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS CAUSE. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING US. YOU FEATURE HALO IN THE FILM. DID A BIT OF WORK WITH THEM AS A JOURNALIST IN PALESTINE ON THE WEST BANK, AND THERE ARE SOME PRETTY HAIRY MOMENTS, BECAUSE THEY GO SO SLOWLY PULLING UP THESE BOMBS. WERE USED GET ANY POINT? CORRECTION: WERE YOU SCARED AT ANY POINT? I SPENT A LONG TIME WORKING FOR AL JAZEERA. WE HAVE SPENT TIME MAKING FILMS OVER THE YEARS IN DANGEROUS AREAS, SO MAYBE I HAVE GOT A BIT DUMBER OR ABOUT USED TO SITUATIONS WHERE MY ACTUAL DECISION-MAKING IS, OH, I AM ALL RIGHT, BUT... NOTHING TO THE CAMERA OPERATOR OF COURSE, BUT THE CAMERA WAS SHAKING IN QUITE A FEW OF THOSE SHOTS, BECAUSE IT WAS FRIGHTENING. WE GO INTO PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS AREAS OF THE PACIFIC WHERE THEY STORE ALL OF THESE BOMBS, AND WHEN THEY FIND THEM, THEY TAKE THEM INTO THIS STORAGE PLACE WITH THE POLICE. YOU GO IN THERE, AND YOUR HEART IS JUST RACING. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FRIGHTENING. AND I GUESS ALSO POINTS TO, IMAGINE LIVING THERE EVERY DAY. KIDS ARE FINDING THEM. THEY TAKE THEM OUT FROM UNDERNEATH SKILLS. SCHOOLS* THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE LIVING WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY ` IMPORTANT TO DRIVE THAT HOME. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. TO SOME BREAKING NEWS NOW ` SIX PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN A TWO-HELICOPTER CRASH, INCLUDING AMERICAN SINGER OLIVER TREE. INCLUDING AMERICAN SINGER OLIVER TREE. # SMILE, SHOW YOUR GOLDEN TEETH. THE HELICOPTERS COLLIDED MID-AIR OVER RIO DE JANEIRO BEFORE CRASHING IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CAR DEALERSHIP AND BURSTING INTO FLAMES. ONE HELICOPTER WAS CARRYING FIVE PEOPLE, WHILE THE SECOND AIRCRAFT CARRIED ONLY THE PILOT. OLIVER TREE WAS IN BRAZIL AS PART OF A WORLD TOUR THAT INCLUDED NEW ZEALAND DATES IN OCTOBER. A PLANE CRASH IN MISSOURI HAS KILLED 12 PEOPLE. A MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL SERGEANT SAYS THE PASSENGERS WERE PLANNING ON GOING SKY DIVING WHEN THE PLANE WAS ENGULFED INTO FLAMES. THE CRASH OCCURRED NEAR THE BUTLER MEMORIAL AIRPORT. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS THE SIGNING OF A PEACE DEAL WITH IRAN IS STILL EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE IMMINENTLY DESPITE ISRAEL'S LATEST ATTACKS ON BEIRUT. ISRAELI FORCES LAUNCHING FRESH STRIKES ON HEZBOLLAH INFRASTRUCTURE, KILLING AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE AND INJURING DOZENS MORE. TRUMP SAYS THE ATTACKS HAVE CAUSED DELAYS TO THE SIGNING, BUT HE STILL EXPECTS IT TO TAKE PLACE LATER TODAY, WHICH ALSO HAPPENS TO BE HIS 80th BIRTHDAY. A PROPOSAL TO LIMIT SWITZERLAND'S POPULATION TO 10 MILLION HAS BEEN VOTED DOWN. RESULTS SHOWING ALMOST 60% OF PARTICIPANTS VOTED AGAINST THE MOTION, FOLLOWING A TURNOUT OF 60% OF THE POPULATION. THE INITIATIVE, LED BY SWITZERLAND'S TOP RIGHT-WING PARTY, STEMS FROM CONCERNS ABOUT AN INFLUX OF EU WORKERS. SINCE 2002, SWITZERLAND'S POPULATION HAS JUMPED FROM 7.3 MILLION TO 9.1 MILLION WITH 27% OF THOSE NOT SWISS CITIZENS. LABOUR SAYS NATIONAL SHOULD STAY IN ITS LANE AND FOCUS ON PROMOTING ITS OWN POLICIES INSTEAD OF ATTACKING OTHERS. THE COMMENTS COME AFTER FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS DESCRIBING A 'YAWNING GAP' BETWEEN LABOUR'S POTENTIAL POLICIES AND HOW THEY WOULD BE FUNDED. WILLIS ESTIMATES A FISCAL SHORTFALL OF AROUND $18b, BUT LABOUR SAYS THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE. HER FOCUS IS ON BLAMING LABOUR. SHE SAYS IT'S CLEAR TO ALL NEW ZEALANDERS THAT THERE IS NO FISCAL GAP. A CORONER HAS RULED THE DEATH OF JOANNE INGHAM ` ONE HALF OF THE TWIN DUO WHO STOWED AWAY ON A CONTAINER SHIP AND SWAM TO FREEDOM IN 1997 ` WAS FROM NATURAL CAUSES. THE FINDING COMES DESPITE BRUISING ON HER BODY AND A DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THE 43-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN A WELLINGTON MOTEL ROOM IN 2022, WITH POLICE INITIALLY TREATING THE DEATH AS UNEXPLAINED, BUT NO CHARGES WERE LAID. A POST-MORTEM FOUND SHE DIED FROM HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK CAUSED BY AN INTERNAL BLEED. IN THE CAPITAL, COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS ARE CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO PROPERLY FUND SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION. IT COMES AS A STUDY RANKS NEW ZEALAND'S RATE OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST TEENS ABOVE THE GLOBAL AVERAGE. MORE THAN 20 GROUPS AND INDIVIDUAL EXPERTS HAVE SIGNED AN OPEN LETTER CALLING ON POLITICIANS TO RECOGNISE SEXUAL HARM PREVENTION AS A ESSENTIAL SERVICE, AND PUT A STOP TO SECTOR CUT BACKS. IRANIAN-AMERICAN PROTESTERS HAVE CALLED ON FIFA TO KICK IRAN OUT OF THE WORLD CUP AS THE TEAM TRAVELS TO LOS ANGELES FOR THEIR MATCH AGAINST THE ALL WHITES. IRAN PLAYERS RECEIVING A WARM SEND OFF FROM THEIR HOTEL IN MEXICO BY LOCAL FANS BUT LIKELY TO FACE A MORE HOSTILE WELCOME IN THE STATES. WE ARE HERE TO TELL THE WORLD THAT DESPITE THE WORLD CUP, THE REGIME CONTINUES TO SUPPRESS IRANIAN PEOPLE. MEANWHILE, THE ALL WHITES WILL TODAY HAVE THEIR FINAL TRAINING SESSION IN SAN DIEGO BEFORE MAKING THE TRIP TO LA. THE MATCH KICKS OFF AT 1pm NEW ZEALAND TIME AND WILL BE STREAMED LIVE AND FREE ON TVNZ. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A BIT OF CLOUD AROUND UP NORTH. FINE IN THE MORNING FOR KAITAIA AND WHANGAREI. ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS IN AUCKLAND. CLOUDY WITH POSSIBLE AFTERNOON RAIN IN HAMILTON AND THE BAY OF PLENTY. GUSTY NORTH-WEST WINDS FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND WHANGANUI. FINE FROM GISBORNE TO HAWKE'S BAY. THE ODD SHOWER WITH STRONG NORTHERLIES IN THE CAPITAL. 14 IS THE HIGH IN TAUPO. 20 IN HASTINGS. IT'S A WET ONE DOWN SOUTH. HEAVY RAIN FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. GUSTY AFTERNOON SOUTHERLIES IN WESTPORT. RAIN EASING TO OCCASIONAL SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON IN CHRISTCHURCH, TIMARU, AND DUNEDIN. RAIN CLEARING TO FINE LATER IN THE DAY FOR MILFORD SOUND. 10 IS THE HIGH IN GORE. 16 IN NELSON. THIS WEEK ON BREAKFAST, WE'RE GIVING AWAY MORE THAN $30,000 WORTH OF INCREDIBLE LG PRIZES, WITH THREE MASSIVE PRIZE PACKS UP FOR GRABS! YOU COULD WIN THE ULTIMATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT UPGRADE WITH A BRAND-NEW 77" OLED TV AND HOME CINEMA SOUNDBAR, A KITCHEN GLOW-UP INCLUDING A FRENCH DOOR FRIDGE, DISHWASHER AND OLED TV, OR A COMPLETE LAUNDRY REFRESH WITH A WASHING MACHINE, HEAT PUMP, DRYER, AND 48" OLED TV. HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz NOW TO ENTER, AND WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THE THREE LUCKY WINNERS THIS FRIDAY. WITH EVERY MAJOR SPORTS COMPETITION COMES THE ANIMAL PREDICTORS. IN 2023, IT WAS PUKA THE KEA CHOOSING THE LOSING TEAMS AT THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. ZOO ANIMALS ABROAD HAVE ALREADY MADE THEIR CALLS THIS YEAR, BUT ONE OF OUR LOCAL FURRY FRIENDS MAY HAVE AN ADVANTAGE OVER THEM BECAUSE OF THE EXPERTISE OF ITS OWNER. JOINING US IN STUDIO IS ALL WHITES GOALKEEPER OLI SAIL AND 12-WEEK-OLD GROODLE, BEAR. GOOD MORNING. 12 WEEKS OLD. HOW IS LIFE GOING AS A PUPPY DAD? I AM EMBRACING THE NEW LIFE AS A PUPPY DAD. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD SOFTEN YOUR IMAGE BY HAVING THE CUTEST PUPPY IN NEW ZEALAND. WHAT HAVE YOU MADE OF THE WORLD CUP SO FAR? WHAT A STAGE. THE STADIUMS, THE GAMES. WE SAW OUR FIRST BIG BLOW UP THIS MORNING. AUSSIE GOT OFF TO A FLYING START AS WELL. THAT IS THE COOL THING ABOUT HAVING THREE HOST NATIONS. WE WILL BE ON OUR TOMORROW FOR THE ALL WHITES. WHAT ARE YOU FEELING NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING CLOSER? THE FIRST FEW DAYS IN THAT WORLD CUP ` I THINK THE NERVES WILL BE STARTING TO KICK IN NOW. DO YOU THINK THERE WILL HANDLE THE PRESSURE OF PREDICTING? I HAVE HEARD NOTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SAID FOR THE LAST FEW MINUTES BECAUSE YOU ARE SO CUTE. HATES ANIMALS. I AM NOT EASILY SUCKED IN BY PETS OR ANIMALS UNLESS THEY ARE GENUINELY CUTE. THIS PUPPY IS GENUINELY, POSSIBLY THE CUTEST DOG I'VE EVER SEEN. ON THE FLOOR, WE HAVE AN IRANIANS FLAG AND A NEW ZEALAND FLAG. THEY BOTH HAVE TREATS ON THEM. BUT BEAR DOWN WITHOUT ANY PRESSURE OR BIAS. WE WILL SEE WHICH WAY HE GOES. WE WON'T KNOW IF YOU GET THE RIGHT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IF YOU GET IT RIGHT, HE COMES BACK THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE A GAME. YOUR TIME TO SHINE. HE MIGHT WANT TO PLAY WITH THE FOOTBALL. THEY NEED TO USE THIS IN THE MARKETING. WE JUST LET HIM ROAM FOR A BIT? COME ON. THIS WENT A LOT MORE SMOOTHLY IN MY HEAD. HAS HE EATEN TODAY? NO. WE TRIED TO HAVE HIM ON A EMPTY STOMACH. POINT HIM TOWARDS NEW ZEALAND. THIS IS GOING SWIMMINGLY, ISN'T IT? I RECKON IF YOU PICK UP AND POP HIM HERE. IS THAT THE LITTLE JUMP? THE LITTLE LEAP? I THINK IT IS TOO HIGH FOR HIM. LOOK AT AND GO. HE IS POOING ON THE FLOOR! OH. HE JUST DID A POO. THIS IS TERRIFIC. THIS IS EXACTLY WHY YOU SHOULD GET LIVE ANIMALS INTO THE STUDIO. I NEVER IN RECKON HE'S HUNGRY. IF HE DOES ANOTHER POO... HE'S GOING FOR NEW ZEALAND! WE CAN PROBABLY DEDUCE THAT THAT IS 1/91, 92ND WINNER. HE HAS TAKEN TIME, HE SETTLED ON NEW ZEALAND, AND HE HAS DONE A POO AS WELL. I THINK THERE IS TROUBLE IN THIS GAME. I'M READING INTO WHAT IS ON THE FLOOR. CAN YOU PICK THAT UP ON THE WIDE SHOT, THERE? E WHAI AKE NEI ` MORE THAN 100 FREE AND BUDGET-FRIENDLY MATARIKI EVENTS ARE SET TO TAKE PLACE ACROSS TAMAKI MAKAURAU. MORE ON THAT NEXT. RIGHT. WHERE IS THE DOGGY BAG. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` SIX PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN A TWO-HELICOPTER CRASH IN BRAZIL, INCLUDING AMERICAN SINGER OLIVER TREE. LABOUR SAYS NATIONAL SHOULD STAY IN ITS LANE AND FOCUS ON PROMOTING ITS OWN POLICIES INSTEAD OF ATTACKING OTHERS. IRANIAN AMERICAN PROTESTERS HAVE CALLED ON FIFA TO KICK IRAN OUT OF THE WORLD CUP AS THE TEAM TRAVELS TO LOS ANGELES FOR THEIR MATCH AGAINST THE ALL WHITES. THE COUNTDOWN TO MATARIKI IS ON, AND THIS YEAR AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S MATARIKI FESTIVAL IS PACKED WITH FUN. FROM COMMUNITY EVENTS TO WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITIONS, THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE WITH BUDGET-FRIENDLY AND FREE OPTIONS. TO TELL US MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S MAORI EVENT DEVELOPMENT ADVISER, MELANIE HUATA-LUCAS. MORENA, MELANIE. WHAT EXACTLY IS THE COUNCILS MATARIKI FESTIVAL? WE HAVE 100 EVENTS ACROSS THE REGION. WE HAVE AN ARRAY OF EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES. IT RUNS FROM 4 JULY TO 19 JULY. WE HAVE A LOT OF EYES ON TAMAKI THIS YEAR. WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. SO THAT IS SPREAD RIGHT ACROSS THE REGION? A LOT OF COMMUNITIES WILL BE ABLE TO GET AMONGST IT. I HAD THE RECOMMEND PEOPLE DRESS WARM. THIS IS A PERFECT TIME FOR US TO GET TOGETHER. TO CUDDLE UP CLOSER TO OUR WHANAU. IT IS ONE OF THOSE EVENTS THAT I CHERISH. A LOT OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON I REALLY ENCOURAGED FROM OUR IWI. WE HAVE THREE EVENTS. THE START, WHICH IS HAUTAPU. THAT RUNS FROM 4 JULY. THE HUI HAPPENS ON 10 JULY. THEN WE FINISH UP WITH A BEAUTIFUL CONCERT HERE IN THE CITY CENTRE. I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ONE ESPECIALLY. EVEN IF KIWIS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT MATARIKI WAS ALL ABOUT BEFORE WE HAD A PUBLIC HOLIDAY, THE COUNTRY HAS MADE A REAL EFFORT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CELEBRATION. THAT IS OUR ASPIRATION. WE WANT PEOPLE TO START TO CREATE THEIR OWN TRADITIONS WITH THEIR OWN WHANAU. STOP FOR A MINUTE, PAUSE, REFLECT. WE CAN GET SO BUSY. FOR US AS A NATION TO CONNECT AND THAT ONE MOMENT, MATARIKI IS A BEAUTIFUL SEASON TO DO THAT. HOW DO YOU DO THAT WITH YOUR WHANAU? I AM DOING THE MAHI AT THE MOMENT. BRINGING AWARENESS. WHEN I LOOK AT IT AS A COLLECTIVE AND AT WHAT OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET CLOSER TO WHANAU, RETURN HOME, TALK ABOUT YOUR WHAKAPAPA. ONCE I HAVE DONE THIS MAHI, I WOULD LOVE TO SIT WITH MY OWN WHANAU, AND CREATE OUR OWN TRADITIONS TOGETHER. WHY NOT START DOING THOSE TRADITIONS NOW? IT IS SUCH A SPECIAL TIME OF THE YEAR. I ALSO LIKE THE SOUND OF BUDGET FRIENDLY AND SOME FREE EVENTS. OUR WEBSITE IS LIVE NOW. YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND CHECK OUT OUR OVER 100 EVENTS. GO ALONG AND CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE ` MATARIKIFESTIVAL.NZ YOU CAN START MAKING PLANS. IS THERE A THEME? YES. WE HAVE BEEN HONOURED TO WORK ALONGSIDE OUR IWI MANAAKI. THIS YEAR OUR THEME IS COSTING ASPIRATIONS AND WISDOM TO THE STARS ABOVE. DOING THAT IN A WAY THAT IS AUTHENTIC TO US ALONGSIDE ELY HAS HELPED US KEEP TO TRADITION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT SO THAT WE CAN ENJOY IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. E WHAI AKE NEI ` HOW ONE VET CLINIC IS TURNING APPOINTMENTS INTO A CALM, RELAXING EXPERIENCE, EASING STRESS FOR PETS AND THEIR OWNERS. # WHATEVER TAKES US... VOICEOVER: You could get $0 hearing aids with Specsavers Audiology. They're fully funded by the government. Thank you! Book an appointment with a Specsavers hearing expert today! Subject to government funding eligibility. If a full hearing assessment is required, a $59 fee applies. # HOLD TIGHT, I AM ON MY WAY. # YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT HAS ALL BEEN GOING ON IN THE STUDIO TODAY. VISITS TO THE VET CAN BE STRESSFUL FOR PETS AND THEIR OWNERS, DON'T WE KNOW WITH OLD BEAR HERE BEFORE. BUT ONE TAURANGA CLINIC IS CHANGING THAT, BECOMING THE FIRST IN NZ TO EAR FEAR-FREE CERTIFICATION. THE CLINIC USES GENTLE HANDLING AND CALMING TECHNIQUES TO CREATE A MORE RELAXED EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE. JOINING US NOW FROM MT MAUNGANUI VETS IS DANA PERRY. GOOD MORNING, DANA. WHAT IS A FAIR-FREE CERTIFIED CLINIC EXACTLY? GOOD MORNING, CHRIS. A FEAR-FREE CLINIC IS LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR PETS EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. INITIALLY YOUR VET IS GOING TO BE LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR PET'S PHYSICAL HEALTH ` SURGERY, MEDICAL ADVICE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY AND THEIR OWNERS ARE HAVING A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE. WHAT DO YOU PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S STRESS LEVELS ARE TONED RIGHT DOWN? I GUESS THERE ARE TWO ASPECTS OF THAT ` THE FIRST PART IS MAKING SURE THAT THE CLINIC ENVIRONMENT IS REALLY STRESS-FREE. AND THERE IS AS LOW SENSORY OVERLOAD AS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE NICE, WELCOMING SPACES THAT WE KEEP OUR CATS AND DOGS SEPARATE FROM THE WAITING ROOM TO THE CONSULT ROOMS, THE HOSPITAL WARDS. WE HAVE PHEROMONE DIFFUSERS GOING. LOW-VOLUME, CHILL MUSIC. MAKING SURE WE ARE KEEPING OURSELVES NICE AND STRESSFREE, AND THEN OUR HANDLING IN THE WAY THAT WE APPROACH IT IS TO MAKE SURE IT IS NICE AND STRESSFREE FOR THE PATIENT. YOU HAVE PETS GOING THROUGH A TOUGH TIME, USUALLY IT IS THE OWNER IS GETTING EVEN MORE STRESSED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEIR PET. I AM ASSUMING THE PETS ARE PROBABLY FEEDING OFF THE ANXIETY AS WELL, AREN'T THEY? I THINK SO. AS A GENERAL THING THESE DAYS, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FEELING A LOT MORE ANXIOUS WITH A LOT MORE GOING ON IN THE WORLD THAT MAKES PEOPLE A BIT MORE STRESSED. AND SO WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE AND ANXIETY IN OUR PETS. AND THEN YOU BRING THEM INTO AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT IS UNFAMILIAR, NEW SMELLS AND NOISES, IT ALL ADDS TO THE PICTURE OF IT ALL BEING POSSIBLY QUITE A NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE. SO WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT. HOW EASY IS IT FOR OTHER VET CLINICS TO TRY AND GET ONE OF THESE FOR THEMSELVES? I THINK, DEFINITELY, WE ARE SEEING A CHANGE IN PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVE. A LOT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WANT THIS KIND OF SERVICE, AND WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF CLINICS ADOPT THE PRACTICES MAY BE FOR THE PROFESSIONALS THEMSELVES. IS DOING THE CLINIC CERTIFICATION IS A BIT OF WORK, AND WE HAD TO FILM SOME VIDEOS, DO AN INTERVIEW, PUT SOME SOPs IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN GET A FULL ACCREDITATION FOR THE CLINIC. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK IT MAKES THINGS A LOT MORE EFFICIENT FOR US PEOPLE HAVE A REALLY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE. SO IF THAT YOU PUT IN ` NO-BRAINER, AGREE WITH YOU, IT IS REALLY COOL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. THAT IS SUCH A GOOD IDEA. SEPARATING CATS AND DOGS. GOING TO THE VET IS PROBABLY AWFUL WHEN YOU HAVE THEM ALL TOGETHER. ESPECIALLY IF YOUR CAT IS 82 AND SENILE AND THERE ARE DOGS BARKING. OUR DIRECTOR POINTED OUT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY HAD HER ON BEFORE, BEAR, THE ANXIOUS PUPPY. HE HAD SOME SUPPORT FROM A COUPLE OF OTHER DOGS WHO WERE KIND ENOUGH TO WRITE IN. THAT THEY WERE, NEO AND TRINITY, CHEERING ON BEAR. UNLIKE BEAR WHO WAS A VERY GOOD BOY. CAPTIONS BY RUBY SAGARIN, BEN REX, CHLOE FARMER AND COURTNEY SOLE. 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