IT'S FRIDAY THE 19TH OF JUNE. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY THIS MORNING, WE HAVE A MASSIVE SHOW. COMING UP ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ` KAIPARA RESIDENTS BELIEVE PLANS TO TURN DARGAVILLE HOSPITAL INTO A HEALTH HUB IS A STEP TO PRIVATISING HEALTHCARE. LOCKERROOM FOUNDING EDITOR SUZANNE MCFADDEN'S HERE SOON WITH A BOLD CLAIM ABOUT THE SPORTING WEEKEND AHEAD. THE LIFE OF DAME JOOLS TOPP IS BEING CELEBRATED IN AUCKLAND THIS AFTERNOON. HELEN CLARK WILL BE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS, AND SHE JOINS US NEXT. AND SHE JOINS US NEXT. YOU BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN ONE WEEK SINCE THE START OF THE WORLD CUP. DON'T WORRY, WE STILL HAVE FOUR WEEKS TO GO. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6.30. HERE'S YOUR NEWS. U.S. VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE HAS ISSUED A WARNING AGAINST ISRAELI MILITARY ATTACKS COMPROMISING THE LATEST PEACE DEAL BETWEEN THE U.S. AND IRAN. IF I WAS IN THE CABINET OF THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT, I MIGHT NOT BE ATTACKING THE ONLY POWERFUL ALLY THAT I HAVE ANYWHERE LEFT IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. VANCE GOES ON TO SAY THAT TWO THIRDS OF THE DEFENCE WEAPONS PROTECTING ISRAEL HAVE BEEN BUILT BY AMERICAN HANDS, AND ANYONE WHO THINKS THE U.S. IS THEIR BIGGEST PROBLEM SHOULD 'WAKE UP AND SMELL THE REALITY.' HIS COMMENTS FOLLOW ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYING THE ISRAELI MILITARY WILL MAINTAIN ITS SECURITY ZONE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON. ADDING IT WILL NOT LEAVE WHEN ITS 'SECURITY NEEDS ARE STILL REQUIRED.' MOSCOW'S OIL REFINERY HAS BEEN SET ALIGHT BY THE LARGEST ATTACK FROM UKRAINE SINCE THE START OF THE WAR. THE BBC'S STEVE ROSENBERG HAS THIS REPORT. SO MUSCOVITES WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO THE NEWS THAT THEIR CITY WAS UNDER ATTACK. NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME ` UKRAINIAN DRONES HAD TARGETED THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL BEFORE, BUT THIS WAS ON A PRETTY BIG SCALE JUDGING BY THE THE NUMBERS, THE FIGURES THAT OFFICIALS PRODUCED THIS MORNING. SO RUSSIAN OFFICIALS SAY THAT AROUND 200 UKRAINIAN DRONES WERE SHOT DOWN BY RUSSIAN AIR DEFENCES EN ROUTE TO MOSCOW. THE MOSCOW MAYOR, SERGEY SOBYANIN, SAYS THAT A MOSCOW OIL REFINERY WAS HIT AND THE REPORTS OF CLOUDS OF THICK BLACK SMOKE RISING ABOVE THAT PART OF THE CITY ` THAT'S THE SOUTHEAST OF MOSCOW. THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME THIS WEEK THAT THAT OIL REFINERY HAS BEEN STRUCK. FLIGHTS AT MOSCOW AIRPORTS WERE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED, BUT THE AIRPORTS ARE NOW OPENING UP AGAIN. AND THE GOVERNOR OF MOSCOW REGION SAYS 16 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THESE DRONE ATTACKS. NOW THE QUESTION IS, WILL THIS ATTACK AND SIMILAR UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACKS PUT PRESSURE ON VLADIMIR PUTIN TO CHANGE HIS APPROACH TO THE WAR AND COME TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE? THERE'S NO SIGN OF THAT. SO FAR, THE KREMLIN HAS SAID, YES, THESE KIND OF ATTACKS ARE CAUSING PROBLEMS, BUT VLADIMIR PUTIN SEEMS TO BELIEVE THAT RUSSIA WILL WIN THIS WAR. AND ONE OF THE PRO-KREMLIN NEWSPAPERS THIS MORNING WROTE THAT, YES, THESE KIND OF LONG RANGE STRIKES ARE CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR RUSSIA, BUT GOING ON TO SAY CLAIMING THAT RUSSIA IS CAUSING BIGGER PROBLEMS FOR THE UKRAINIAN ARMY ON THE BATTLEFIELD. ESSENTIAL SAFEGUARDS ARE MISSING FROM MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AFTER AN INQUIRY REVEALED A GIRL (11) WAS MISTAKEN FOR AN ADULT MENTAL HEALTH PATIENT. THE PATIENT WAS TWICE RESTRAINED AND INJECTED WITHOUT CONSENT. THE DIRECTOR OF MENTAL HEALTH WHO COMMISSIONED THIS REPORT EXTENDS HIS SYMPATHIES TO BOTH THE CHILD AND HER WHANAU. THE INQUIRY RECOMMENDS CLEARER PROCESSES FOR CONFIRMING WHO PATIENTS ARE, BETTER TRAINING FOR FRONTLINE STAFF, AND STRONGER COMMUNICATION AND RECORD-KEEPING TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. NEW ZEALAND HAVE TAKEN THE EDGE ON DAY 2 OF THEIR TEST AGAINST ENGLAND. KYLE JAMIESON AND GLENN PHILLIPS ADDING CRUCIAL RUNS TO START THE DAY PHILLIPS RECORDING HIS MAIDEN TEST CENTURY FROM JUST 133 DELIVERIES. A LITTLE NUDGE INTO THE OFFSIDE BRINGS JOY AND A LIFETIME MEMORY TO GLENN PHILLIPS. ENGLAND LOOKING THREATENING WITH THE BAT, BEFORE MATT HENRY STRUCK TWICE TO WRESTLE BACK MOMENTUM. NOW TAKES GUARD... (PLAYERS YELLING) OOH... GIVEN. GIVEN. (PLAYERS YELLING) OOH, THAT'S GOTTA BE OUT. LOOKED OUT. AND IF AN LBW CAN SOUND OUT, THAT SOUNDED OUT. THAT THUDDED INTO THE PAD. THAT THUDDED INTO THE PAD. IT WASN'T THE THUDDING I WAS LISTENING TO, WHAT WAS THAT SQUAWKING? ENGLAND 222 FOR 6 AT STUMPS, TRAILING BY 169 RUNS. AND FINALLY ` EVEN NORWAY'S POLITICIANS ARE BEING GRIPPED BY WORLD CUP FEVER ` PERFORMING THE ICONIC VIKING ROW IN PARLIAMENT. (ALL VOCALISING) (ALL VOCALISING) SLIGHTLY LESS COOL WHEN THEY ARE IN SUITS AND PARLIAMENT. THIS COMES AFTER NORWEGIAN FANS WERE SEEN ROWING THEIR HEARTS OUT BEFORE AND DURING WEDNESDAY'S 4-1 WIN OVER IRAQ. SPEAKING OF POLITICIANS GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE WORLD CUP, I WILL SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF CLIPS WHEN WE CATCH UP WITH ZION. IS WHEN YOU GET ON THE BANDWAGON... AND MAKE YOU LOOK REALLY UNCOOL. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (CHILL MUSIC) THE SQUAWK AND THE CRICKET WAS AN APPEAL BY THE WICKET-KEEPER, A HOWZAT! DO YOU WEAR YOUR SHOES IN THE HOUSE? I REMEMBER THIS ABOUT YOU AND I WISH I'D WORN SOCKS THAT DIDN'T HAVE HOLES IN THEM THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU. I'D BARELY MET YOU BEFORE. SET US UP TO FAIL. THE BBC HAS DONE A STORY, THEY TOOK SOME SHOES INTO A MICROBIOLOGY LAB, DID SOME SWABBING TO FIND HOW UNHYGIENIC IT IS. THERE ARE CULTURAL REASONS, BUT ALSO HYGIENE REASONS. THIS MIGHT CHANGE YOUR MIND. SO WE FOUND STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AND THAT CAN BE VERY NASTY. EVEN IN HEALTHY PEOPLE, IF YOU SCRATCH YOURSELF, YOU GET STAPH AUREUS IN THERE, YOU CAN GET A BIG, BIG BOIL SORT OF INFECTED PUS, BUT ALSO IT CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT INFECTIONS LIKE PNEUMONIA AND ALSO A BLOODSTREAM INFECTION IN PEOPLE WHO ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED. THOSE BACTERIA THAT WE FOUND COULD STAY ALIVE AND ABLE TO INFECT OTHER PEOPLE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, MAYBE EVEN A FEW DAYS, PARTICULARLY IN A NICE, SAFE, WARMING ENVIRONMENT LIKE A CARPET. ALL AROUND THE WORLD THERE MIGHT BE DIFFERENT BACTERIA. THEY'LL ALSO BE FUNGUS AND ALSO PARASITES. BACTERIA, FUNGUSES AND PARASITES. TO BE FAIR, WITH CHILDREN AT HOME, IF YOU SWAB MY CARPET, I'M SURE IT'S NOT GOING TO COME UP SMELLING OF ROSES. DO YOU WEAR SHOES INSIDE? I DO, BUT I WILL TAKE THEM OFF IF I AM GOING INTO THE BABY'S ROOM OR IF IN THE LOUNGE BUT IT ISN'T A HARD AND FAST RULE. TELL US YOUR VIEW. EMAIL US AT BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ OR YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM @BREAKFASTON1. IT IS A HARD KNOW FROM ME, EVEN IF I GO TO SOMEONE'S HOUSE... IS A FORCE OF HABIT. WHEN HE TAKES HIS SHOES FOR MY HOUSE AND I'M LIKE, HEY... REMEMBER TO TUNE IN AROUND 8.35 TODAY, WHEN WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE THREE LUCKY LG WINNERS. AND NOW TO THE WEATHER ` STARTING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS. A HEAVY RAIN WARNING WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THE WESTLAND RANGES FROM 7pm TONIGHT TO 7pm SATURDAY, FIORDLAND UNTIL 2pm SATURDAY, THE HEADWATERS OF CANTERBURY LAKES AND RIVERS UNTIL 7pm SATURDAY, AND OTAGO LAKES AND RIVERS FROM 9pm TONIGHT TO 3pm SATURDAY, SO DO TAKE CARE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. TO THE NORTH ISLAND NOW AND IT'S ANOTHER CLOUDY ONE. OCCASIONAL MORNING SHOWERS IN RUSSEL AND WHANGAREI. MORNING FOG IN AUCKLAND. MORNING CLOUD CLEARING TO FINE IN TAURANGA AND TOKOROA. A FEW SHOWERS IN GISBORNE. MOSTLY FINE IN NEW PLYMOUTH, LEVIN AND THE CAPITAL. 13 IS THE HIGH IN DANNEVIRKE; 17 IN KAITAIA. IT'S A TOUCH SUNNIER DOWN SOUTH. FINE IN NELSON AND KAIKOURA; OCCASIONAL RAIN IN HOKITIKA. FINE WITH MORNING FROSTS IN CHRISTCHURCH AND TIMARU. GUSTY NORTH-WEST WINDS IN ALEXANDRA. OCCASIONAL EVENING RAIN IN QUEENSTOWN AND INVERCARGILL, BECOMING HEAVY IN MILFORD SOUND. 12 IS THE HIGH IN WANAKA; 18 IN ASHBURTON. THIS WEEKEND MARKS THE SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR. HERE TO TALK US THROUGH WHAT WE CAN EXPECT ON THE WEATHER FRONT IS METSERVICE'S HEATHER KEATS. HOW'S IT LOOKING? THAT HAS CREPT UP ON US. SHORTEST DAY, LONGEST NIGHT, WINTER SOLSTICE, START OF WINTER. IT IS GOING TO GET BLUSTERY AND WET, IT IS JUST WHAT HAPPENED. TODAY ISN'T TOO BAD, BUT THINGS ARE TAKING A SHIFT. WE HAVE SOME SEVERE WEATHER ON THE WAY AS TOVA VERY KINDLY READ OUT FOR ME SO I DON'T HAVE TO. IT IS A VERY STRONG, MOIST NORWEST. IS GOING TO MOVE UP THE SOUTH ISLAND, IT WILL HIT TONIGHT AND IT WILL TAKE UP THE SOUTH ISLAND TOMORROW AND INTO SUNDAY AND THEN SHIMMY OVER PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND BEFORE PETERING OUT. HEAVY RAIN IN THE WESTERN AREAS, GALES AND EXPOSED SPOTS. NORTH ISLAND IS OK? NOT TOO BAD AT ALL, ACTUALLY. SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE WEST BUT NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. MAINLY FINE ELSEWHERE BUT ON SUNDAY, THAT RANDALL SPREAD NORTH SO WE CAN EXPECT SOME SHOWERS OF AUCKLAND. LOOKING REALLY GOOD IF YOU WANT TO GO TO HAWKE'S BAY, LOOKS LOVELY THERE. NEXT WEEK, WE HAVE GOT ANOTHER LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM BREWING OVER THE TASMAN SEA, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT RAINMAKER FOR THE NORTH ISLAND. I DON'T THINK FARMERS WILL BE TOO MAD ABOUT IT, IT HAS BEEN PRETTY DRY FOR PARTS ARE PLACES LIKE CANTERBURY SO HOPEFULLY THERE ARE SOME SPILLOVER THIS WEEKEND. NEXT WEEK AND IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING WITH THAT LOW MOVING OF THE NORTH ISLAND AND A SOUTHERLY SHIFT LATER IN THE WEEK SO IT COULD BE GOOD NEWS FOR THE SKI FIELDS. IS GOING TO BE A BIT WARMER? VERY, VERY WARM. ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEKEND. PLACES LIKE CHRISTCHURCH TOMORROW WILL HIT 21 DEGREES. WOW. PLACES LIKE TWIZEL, WHICH IS PERMANENTLY COLD IN WINTER IS GOING TO BE 15 DEGREES AND OVERNIGHT LOWS OF EIGHT DEGREES. EVEN HASTINGS WILL HIT 20 DEGREES TO. A DOZEN CLASS, THOUGH, THAT SHIFT BACK TO A SOUTHERLY NEXT WEEK WILL BE BACK TO SOUTHERLIES FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND. FINALLY, BIG RUGBY MATCH ON THIS WEEKEND? WILL WELLINGTON'S WEATHER BEHAVE FOR THE FINAL? YOU KNOW ABOUT THE RUGBY WITH ALL THE FOOTBALL GOING ON? THERE IS OTHER SPORT HAPPENING? IT IS WELLINGTON AND THE CHIEFS. IT IS A SELLOUT IN WELLINGTON, IT IS GOING TO BE GREAT. BUT THE WEATHER IS NOT GOING TO BEHAVE. TYPICAL WELLINGTON STYLE, TAKE A RAIN JACKET NOT MY BROTHER BECAUSE THERE ARE STRONG NOR WESTERLIES AS WELL. THERE WILL BE SHOWERS MOST OF THE MATCH, NOT TOO COLD, 15 DEGREES DURING THE MATCH. ALL PART OF THE SPECTACLE. HEATHER KEATS FROM METSERVICE. BEFORE YOU GO, SHE WAS OFF OR ON INSIDE? IN MY HOUSE, DEFINITELY ON, I HAVE TWO CATS AND A DOG. FAMILY, FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, AND FANS ARE GATHERING TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF THE LATE DAME JOOLS TOPP. BOTH: # DEEP DOWN, WE'RE COUNTRY GIRLS. # WE'RE UNTOUCHABLE, UNTOUCHABLE, UNTOUCHABLE GIRLS. # WE'RE UNTOUCHABLE, UNTOUCHABLE GIRLS. # ONE HALF OF BELOVED ENTERTAINMENT DUO THE TOPP TWINS, JOOLS, PASSED AWAY LAST MONTH AFTER FIVE DECADES OF PERFORMING AND 22 YEARS OF LIVING WITH BREAST CANCER. SOME OF AOTEAROA'S BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC, CULTURE, AND POLITICS WILL BE AT THE CELEBRATION, GIVING SPEECHES AND PERFORMANCES IN HER HONOUR. JOINING US NOW IS ONE OF THOSE SPEAKERS, FORMER PRIME MINISTER HELEN CLARK. MORENA, HELEN. WHAT WAS YOUR CONNECTION WITH THE TOPP TWINS? IT IS GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLY EMOTIONAL AFTERNOON, ISN'T IT? I THINK VERY, VERY EMOTIONAL. JOOLS TOPP AND LINDA ARE SOME OF THE MOST BELOVED CITIZENS OF NEW ZEALAND AND IT IS HEARTBREAKING TO SEE JOOLS GO. WE KNOW SHE HAS BATTLED WITH CANCER FOR MANY YEARS, AS HAS LINDA FOR MANY YEARS. THERE WILL BE AN OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FOR LINDA AND HER MUM AND BROTHER WHO I UNDERSTAND WILL ALL BE THERE, AND THE MUSIC COMMUNITY HAS JUST RALLIED SO INCREDIBLY TO MAKE THIS A CELEBRATION OF LIFE AS IT SHOULD BE. IT IS THE BEST OF US WHEN THIS HAPPENS, WHEN THE AOTEAROA WIDE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER TO RECOGNISE AND WHO HAS MEANT SO MUCH TO US. WHAT WAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TOPP TWINS? I WAS A FAN. THE TOPP TWINS CAME FROM A FARM IN THE NORTH WAIKATO, I CAME FROM A FARM IN THE WEST WAIKATO. I ALWAYS IDENTIFIED WITH THEIR MUSIC. WHEN THEY SANG ABOUT THE CALF CLUB DAY, WE USED TO DO THAT. THEIR EXPERIENCES WHICH THEY PUT INTO SONG, THEY SANG ABOUT MY COMMUNITY. AND WHAT I FOUND OVER THE YEARS IS THAT THE TOPPS HAD APPEAL ACROSS NEW ZEALAND ` REGIONAL, URBAN, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR POLITICS WERE, PEOPLE LOVED HIM. THEY WERE SO FUNNY. THE LAST CONCERT I SAW THEM THERE WAS AT EMPIRE THEATRE IN HACKNEY. THEY HAD US ALL IN STITCHES AS THEY DO THE CAIRNS ACT, THE BOWLING CLUB. WE REMEMBER THESE VERY, VERY HAPPY TIMES WHEN THEY TOLD OUR STORIES AND SANG A SONG IS. IT FEELS EVEN MORE, I SUPPOSE AFTER THE YEARS OF WHAT FELT LIKE A LOT OF DIVISION IN THE COUNTRY AS WELL, THESE GREAT UNIFIES LIKE THE TOPP TWINS ACROSS MUSIC, BUT POLITICS AS WELL, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE ACTIVISTS, DOESN'T MEAN THERE WERE ONLY LIKED BY THE LEFT. THEY HAD POSITIONS ON ISSUES, AND YOU WILL SEE THEM OUT THERE IN THE FILM FOOTAGE FROM THE BASTIAN POINT DAYS ON, THROUGH THE ANTI-APARTHEID MOVEMENT, NUCLEAR WAR SHIPS COMING TO NEW ZEALAND ` THEY PUT A STAKE IN THE GROUND. BUT THEY WERE GOING TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT RESONATED VERY, VERY WIDELY. AS YOU SAY, TODAY, POLITICAL DEBATE CAN BE VERY POLARISING. PEOPLE CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, THIS NEVER APPLIED WITH THEM. THEY COULD LIGHTEN EVERYTHING WITH A BIT OF HUMOUR, BUT MAKE A PRETTY CLEAR POINT. THAT IS EXACTLY IT THE HUMOUR WAS THE THING THAT BUILT THAT BRIDGE BETWEEN THE SIDES. HOW DOES IT FEEL FOR YOU TO BE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS TODAY AT THE MEMORIAL? I HOPE I CAN KEEP IT TOGETHER. BECAUSE IT IS VERY EMOTIONAL. THEY ARE IN MY GENERATION, THEY ARE A YEAR OLDER THAN ME. THEY WERE PART OF MY JOURNEY. I SEEN A PHOTO THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PUT UP OF ME WITH THE TWINS AND IT MUST'VE BEEN IN THE 1970S, IT IS A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE. IT WILL BE GREAT TO LISTEN TO THE TRIBUTES AND THE SUPPORT OF THE FAMILY. WHAT YOU THINK A CELEBRATION WILL BE LIKE? BECAUSE IT IS FOR THE FANS, AS WELL, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME TOGETHER AS WELL AS THE MUSIC COMMUNITY WHO WE SAW RALLYING AROUND LINDA AT THE MUSIC AWARDS. WHAT YOU THINK A BROADER VIBE OF THE MEMORIAL WILL BE? I THINK PEOPLE WILL COME FROM ACROSS NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY. I WAS TALKING TO AN OLD FRIEND OF MY DAD'S YESTERDAY WHOSE AROUND MY AGE, MID-70S, SHE SAID I'VE GOT ALL THEIR ALBUMS. THIS IS A LADY WHO HAS BEEN A DAIRY FARMER OUT OF REGIONAL NEW ZEALAND. URBAN NEW ZEALAND WILL BE THERE AS WELL THROUGH THE MUSIC COMMUNITY. I THINK WE NEED THINGS IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES THAT BRING US TOGETHER. THE TOPP TWINS ALWAYS BROUGHT US TOGETHER, AND I THINK A FAREWELL WILL BE ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE OCCASIONS THAT WE WILL LOOK BACK ON AND SAY THAT THIS WAS THE BEST OF US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING ONTO THE SHOW, HELEN AND SHARING YOUR MEMORY OF JOOLS. GO WELL TODAY, HELEN CLARK. YOU DON'T BUY TICKETS FOR THIS, BUT I THINK YOU JUST REGISTER ONLINE IF YOU ARE IN AUCKLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND WANT TO HIT ALONG. ME U TONU MAI ` IT'S A BIG WEEKEND IN SPORT, FROM CRICKET TO HOCKEY TO RUGBY, AND YES FOOTBALL!! LOCKERROOM FOUNDER SUZANNE MCFADDEN WILL BREAK IT ALL DOWN SO YOU DON'T MISS A THING. # FOOTBALL IS COMING HOME # IT'S COMING HOME, IT'S COMING HOME WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` U.S. VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE IS WARNING AGAINST ISRAELI MILITARY ATTACKS COMPROMISING THE LATEST PEACE DEAL BETWEEN U.S. AND IRAN. ESSENTIAL SAFEGUARDS ARE MISSING FROM MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AFTER AN INQUIRY REVEALED A GIRL (11) WAS MISTAKEN FOR AN ADULT MENTAL HEALTH PATIENT. NEW ZEALAND HAVE TAKEN THE EDGE ON DAY TWO OF THEIR TEST AGAINST ENGLAND. THE HOSTS 222/6 AT STUMPS TRAILING BY 169 RUNS. THE BLACK STICKS MEN HAVE FINISHED POOL PLAY AT THE FIH NATIONS CUP UNBEATEN, WITH DEFENDER KANE RUSSELL SCORING HIS 100TH GOAL IN LITTLE TIME. HERE TO DISCUSS THIS AND MORE IS LOCKERROOM FOUNDING EDITOR AND FRIEND OF THE SHOW SUZANNE MCFADDEN, YOU'RE CALLING IT THE BUSIEST WEEKEND IN SPORT FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR! BIG CLAIM SUZANNE ` WHAT'S MADE YOU THINK THIS? AM GOING TO SAY, IT IS THE BIGGEST, SO FAR THIS YEAR, JUST IN CASE NEXT WEEKEND IS BIGGER. YOU'VE GOT SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC FINAL, SUPER RUGBY AUPIKI IS UNDERWAY, YOU'VE GOT BOTH BLACK STICKS MEN AND WOMEN IN THE FINALS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE NATIONS. YOU HAVE THE BLACKCAPS PLAYING ENGLAND, AND THE WHITE FERNS IN THEIR T20 WORKUP RIGHT NOW. YOU HAVE ANZ PREMIERSHIP NETBALL FINAL. WARRIORS VERSUS COWBOYS, BLACK FOILS RETURNING MY SAILGP, AND APPARENTLY THERE ARE SOME THOUGHT WERE GOING ON SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD AT THE MOMENT. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOUR, YOU HAVE MADE YOUR POINT. HOCKEY, 100 INTERNATIONAL GOAL FOR KANE RUSSELL, RIDICULOUS. HE'S DONE JUST OVER 200 GAMES FOR NEW ZEALAND. BUT YES, BOTH THE BLACK STICKS MEN AND WOMEN ARE THROUGH TO THE SEMIFINALS. THE MEN IN SOUTH AFRICA WILL PLAY SOUTH AFRICA OVERNIGHT IN THE SEMI-FINAL THERE. HERE IN AUCKLAND, THE BLACK STICKS WOMEN WILL PLAY THE UNITED STATES IN THEIR SEMI-FINAL TOMORROW NIGHT.. THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD 2-1 WIN OVER FRANCE TOMORROW NIGHT, PAIGE BLAKE SCORING THE WINNING GOAL THERE TO GO UNBEATEN. BOTH OF THESE TEAMS WERE UNBEATEN AND LOOKING REALLY STRONG TO WIN THE NATIONS CUPS. THAT IS WHAT WE LIKE TO HEAR. WHAT ABOUT WITH THE CRICKET? BRING US UP TO SPEED WITH THE BLACKCAPS. NEW ZEALAND HAVE SWUNG THE MOMENTUM THEIR WAY OVERNIGHT. GLENN PHILLIPS WOULD BE THE HERO SO FAR. HE SCORED A MAGNIFICENT FIRST TEST CENTURY, AND KYLE JAMIESON STUCK WITH HIM AT THE CREASE. NEW ZEALAND ADDED ANOTHER 100 RUNS TO THEIR FIRST DAY TOTAL. THEN WERE VERY DISCIPLINED IN THE FIELD AND HAVE TAKEN A STEADY STREAM OF WICKETS. ENGLAND ARE DOWN SIX WICKETS AND TRAILING BY 169 RUNS. THE WHITE FERNS HAVE ALSO BEEN AN ACTION. BOTH OUR MEN'S AND WOMEN'S IN ALL THE DIFFERENT SPORTS ARE PLAYING IN THE SAME WEEKEND. EXACTLY. THE WHITE FERNS ARE NOT SUCH GOOD NEWS. TO LOSSES FROM TWO GAMES AT THE T20 WORKUP, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WIN THE NEXT THREE GAMES TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF GOING THROUGH TO THE SEMIFINALS AND RELY ON SOME OTHER TEAMS TO HELP THEM THROUGH, REALLY. THEY WILL PLAY IRELAND TONIGHT, THEN SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY WOEFUL IN THE FIELD. LOTS OF DROPPED CATCHES. THEY HAVE BEEN SETTING GOOD TOTALS WITH THE BAT, SO JUST IN THE FIELD, THEY'VE GOT TO CLEAN UP THE ACT IF THEY WANT TO DEFEND THEIR TITLE. CATCHES WIN MATCHES AS THE OLD SAYING GOES. WHAT ABOUT SUPER RUGBY? WHO ARE YOU BACKING FOR THIS ONE, HURRICANE SEVEN FAVOURITES FOR A LONG TIME, CAN THE CHIEFS BREAK THE DUCK?> BOTH TEAMS, OBVIOUSLY, HAVEN'T WON THE TITLE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. THE CHIEFS HAVE BEEN IN FOUR CONSECUTIVE FINALS, THIS IS THE BIG CHANCE FOR THE HURRICANE IS. I'M GOING TO GO THE WAY OF THE CANES. THEY HAVE WONDERFUL ATTACKING PLAY THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE SCORED 104 TRIES. I HAVE TO GO WITH THE HOME SIDE, AND THEY WILL HAVE A PACKED CAKE TIN BEHIND THEM. I CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THOSE TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT IN 15 MINUTES. I KNOW, IT GOES TO SHOW, THE ENTERTAINING RUGBY THAT HAD ON DISPLAY THIS WEEKEND, SUZANNE MCFADDEN JUST BEFORE YOU GO, CONTRIBUTE TO OUR DEBATES TODAY. SHE WAS OFF OR ON IN-HOUSE? I SAY SHOES OFF, BUT I DON'T DO IT. AFTER LISTENING TO WHAT COMES IN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SHOES, THAT IS GOING TO BE THE NEW ROLE IN THIS HOUSE. SO THANK YOU. SUZANNE MCFADDEN, ENJOY THE WEEKEND OF SPORT. YOU TOO CHRIS, GO THE ALL WHITES! ARE LITTLE BACTERIA AND PARASITES HASN'T HEARD ANYONE. SOME FEEDBACK HAS COME IN ` I ALWAYS ASK THE HOST IF THEY WANT THEM OFF. MOST HOSTS SAY DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, BUT IN MY OWN HOUSE, I DO IT. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU BRING IN FROM THE STREETS OF RAGLAN. E HAERE AKE NEI ` KAIPARA RESIDENTS ARE UPSET OVER PLANS TO CLOSE DARGAVILLE HOSPITAL FOR A HEALTH HUB AND CHARGE PATIENTS UP TO $100 VISIT. (FUNKY MUSIC) Doesn't Sarah have um... HIV... So? Dude, it's the 80s, they want that thinking back. Hello? Oh, hugging, kissing and sharing foods all good! And with today's treatment, people with HIV can stay well and can't pass it on to partners. Huh! No need to freak out then. VOICEOVER: Out of date on HIV? Get the facts. 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? VOICEOVER: There's a world of chairs to choose from. But your body knows where it wants to be. Give your body what it wants, with Premium Economy. STILL TO COME ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ` KAIPARA RESIDENTS ARE UNHAPPY ABOUT PLANS TO TURN DARGAVILLE HOSPITAL INTO A MEDICAL HUB THAT WILL COST 100 BUCKS A VISIT. THAT'S NEXT ALSO AHEAD ` TWO REPORTS ARE OUT TODAY ON THE MEDICAL TREATMENT OF AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL WITH AUTISM MISIDENTIFIED AS AN ADULT, AND THE TRAUMATIC CONSEQUENCES THAT FOLLOWED. ALSO AHEAD ` OUR FIFA WORLD CUP REPORTER ZION DAYAL LOOKS BACK OVER HIS HIGHLIGHTS OF THE OPENING WEEK. WERE MAKING IT SOUND LIKE IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS. BUT IT'S ONLY BEEN ONE WEEK. AND ` THE FIRE AND ICE FESTIVAL LIFTS OFF IN METHVEN. ALL THE SCENES AND SCENERY A BIT LATER. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK, HERE'S THE NEWS. THE U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND SAYS THEY ARE ALLOWING SHIPS TO PASS FREELY THROUGH THE GULF OF OMAN AS THE 60-DAY PEACE DEAL WITH IRAN BEGINS. MARITIME TRAFFIC BLOCKADES HAVE ALSO BEEN LIFTED FOR IRANIAN PORTS AND ITS COASTAL AREA. AMERICAN FORCES ADDING THAT THEIR NAVAL SHIPS WILL REMAIN IN THE GENERAL AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL ASPECTS OF THE AGREEMENT ARE ADHERED TO. UKRAINE IS RAMPING UP THE PRESSURE ON RUSSIA TO END THEIR CONFLICT AND AGREE TO A PEACE DEAL. DRONE ATTACKS ON MOSCOW CAUSING A LARGE FIRE AT A MAJOR OIL REFINERY FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS WEEK. THE RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY SAYING IT SHOT DOWN 555 UKRAINIAN DRONES WITH ALMOST 200 INTERCEPTED. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY CALLING FOR MORE HELP TO STOP RUSSIA. PUTIN IS NOT STOPPING THIS WAR. HE INSISTS ON CONTINUING IT, SO THAT PRESSURE MUST GROW. EVERY PROJECT SUPPORTING UKRAINIAN DRONES, AND OUR WEAPONS PRODUCTION IN UKRAINE, AND TOGETHER, OF COURSE, WITH YOU, WITH PARTNERS, AND EVERY SANCTIONS MEASURE AGAINST RUSSIA FOR THIS WAR ` ALL OF IT MUST GROW. ZELENSKYY SAYING UKRAINE'S LATEST ATTACK ON RUSSIA WAS RETALIATION FOR STRIKES ON AN HISTORIC KYIV MONASTERY. A STRAIN OF BIRD FLU HAS KILLED THOUSANDS OF BABY SEALS ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. ROUGHLY 13,000 ELEPHANT SEAL PUPS HAVE DIED FROM THE DISEASE ON HEARD ISLAND LOCATED ROUGHLY 4000KM SOUTHWEST OF AUSTRALIA. THE ILLNESS WAS FIRST DETECTED ON THE ISLAND LATE LAST YEAR, AND RESEARCHERS SAY IT COULD HAVE DEVASTATING IMPACTS ON WILDLIFE AS IT SPREADS. A FIRE BROKE OUT AT ONE OF AUCKLAND'S MAIN CITY RAIL LINK TRAIN STATIONS OVERNIGHT. FIRE AND EMERGENCY CREWS WERE CALLED TO WAITEMATA JUST AFTER 11PM TO REPORTS OF A SMALL FIRE ON A PLATFORM. THE FIRE WAS ALREADY EXTINGUISHED UPON THEIR ARRIVAL. ASSISTANT COMMANDER BARRY THOMAS CONFIRMED YOUNG PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THE FIRE, AND POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. FAMILY, FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES AND FANS ARE GATHERING TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF THE LATE DAME JOOLS TOPP. ONE HALF OF BELOVED ENTERTAINMENT DUO THE TOPP TWINS, JOOLS PASSED AWAY LAST MONTH AFTER FIVE DECADES OF PERFORMING AND 22 YEARS OF LIVING WITH BREAST CANCER. SOME OF AOTEAROA'S BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC, CULTURE, AND POLITICS WILL BE AT THE CELEBRATION, GIVING SPEECHES AND PERFORMANCES IN HER HONOUR. FORMER PRIME MINISTER HELEN CLARK SAYS THEY BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER. THEIR EXPERIENCES WHICH THEY PUT INTO SONG, THEY SANG ABOUT MY COMMUNITY. AND WHAT I FOUND OVER THE YEARS IS THAT THE TOPPS HAD AN APPEAL ACROSS NEW ZEALAND, IT WAS REGIONAL, IT WAS URBAN, DIDN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR POLITICS WERE, PEOPLE LOVED THEM. THEY WERE SO FUNNY. 1600 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THE BLACK FOILS HAVE TAKEN TO THE WATER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HALIFAX AS THEY PREPARE FOR THEIR RETURN TO SAIL GP. IT COMES 4 MONTHS AFTER A HORROR CRASH IN AUCKLAND, WHICH SAW GRINDER LOUIS SINCLAIR SUFFER A COMPOUND LEG FRACTURE AND THE BOAT COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE NEW BOAT NAMED MANAWATITI, MEANING 'HEART OF THE TITI'. IMPORTANTLY, THE TITI BIRD, PEOPLE IN AOTEAROA MAY KNOW IT AS THE MUTTONBIRD, IT BREEDS IN AOTEAROA AND THEN GOES TO THE WORLD. SO THAT IS LIKE US AS A TEAM, FROM AOTEAROA, VERY PROUD TO BE FROM HOME, GET TO RACE THESE INCREDIBLE BOATS ALL OF THE WORLD, BUT IMPORTANTLY, WE ALWAYS GO HOME, WE ARE ALWAYS CONNECTED TO HOME. THE CANADA SAIL GRAND PRIX GETS UNDERWAY SUNDAY MORNING. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (CHILL MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. STARTING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS. A HEAVY RAIN WARNING WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THE WESTLAND RANGES FROM 7PM TONIGHT TO 7PM SATURDAY, FIORDLAND UNTIL 2PM SATURDAY, THE HEADWATERS OF CANTERBURY LAKES AND RIVERS UNTIL 7PM SATURDAY, AND OTAGO LAKES AND RIVERS FROM 9PM TONIGHT TO 3PM SATURDAY. SO DO TAKE CARE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. TO THE NORTH ISLAND NOW, AND IT'S ANOTHER CLOUDY ONE. OCCASIONAL MORNING SHOWERS IN RUSSEL AND WHANGAREI. MORNING FOG IN AUCKLAND. MORNING CLOUD CLEARING TO FINE IN TAURANGA AND TOKOROA. A FEW SHOWERS IN GISBORNE. MOSTLY FINE IN NEW PLYMOUTH, LEVIN, AND THE CAPITAL. 13 IS THE HIGH IN DANNEVIRKE. 17 IN KAITAIA. IT'S A TOUCH SUNNIER DOWN SOUTH. FINE IN NELSON AND KAIKOURA. OCCASIONAL RAIN IN HOKITIKA. FINE WITH MORNING FROSTS IN CHRISTCHURCH AND TIMARU. GUSTY NORTH-WEST WINDS IN ALEXANDRA. OCCASIONAL EVENING RAIN IN QUEENSTOWN AND INVERCARGILL, BECOMING HEAVY IN MILFORD SOUND. 12 IS THE HIGH IN WANAKA. 18 IN ASHBURTON. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT ` THE FIRST WEEK OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP HAS WRAPPED UP. PLENTY OF DRAMA, ACTION, AND OF COURSE EVERYONE WANTS A PIECE OF IT. GERMANY'S CHANCELLOR DID HIS BEST TO GET TRUMP ONBOARD DIE MANNSCHAFT, PRESENTING HIM WITH THIS JERSEY AT THE G7. WHILE OUR OWN PRIME MINISTER GOT ONBOARD THE BANDWAGON: QUICK MESSAGE FOR THE ALL WHITES. THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS BEHIND YOU, LADS. YOU'RE AT A WORLD CUP, AND WE COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF ALL OF YOU. GET OUT THERE, HAVE A CRACK AND ENJOY EVERY SECOND OF IT. WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING YOU ALL BACK HERE AT HOME. GOOD LUCK. GO THE ALL WHITES! ONE MAN WHO IS OUT THERE HAVING A CRACK IS OUR OWN ZION. MORENA, ZION. YOU'VE GOT YOUR MEXICAN TOP ON. YES I DO. A FEW DAYS AGO I WENT TO THE BORDER FROM SAN DIEGO AND MEXICO. I HAD TO GET ONE. YOU COULDN'T GET ANY USA GET DOWN THERE BUT THEY HAD PLENTY OF MEXICAN TOPS. THAT WAS THE FIRST GAME OF THE WORKUP AND WE WERE GETTING INTO THE SPIRIT WAS UP THERE WERE LOTS OF MEXICANS AROUND. DO YOU LIKE IT? ALLOCATE YOU'VE PUT YOURSELF UP ON SOME SWANKY ACCOMMODATION BY THE LOOKS OF THINGS. ON POLITICIANS GETTING ON BOARD WITH THESE BANDWAGONS, THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT. THE FIRST GAME WITH THE ALL WEIGHTS AGAINST IRAN. IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY FASCINATING, CHRIS, BECAUSE A DAY BEFORE THE GAME WE GOT TO INTERVIEW THE IRANIAN TEAM, THEIR COACH AND THEIR CAPTAIN. WE WERE THERE AND THEY HAD ARRIVED. THEY HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF THE PLANE AND THEY WERE EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE IT IS 1/2 HOUR, 45 MINUTE FLIGHT AND IT TOOK THEM FIVE HOURS. EVERYTHING THEY HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH IS REALLY TOUGH. THEY HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE AND THE PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM WAS FULL. ALL THE QUESTIONS WERE JUST ABOUT THE POLITICAL TENSION THAT IS GOING ON BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND IRAN. THEY WERE JUST SICK OF ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS. THEY CAME INTO THIS ROOM THAT WE WERE IN TO DO THIS ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS. IT WAS JUST FASCINATING TO BE IN THE ROOM. THE MOST TALKED ABOUT HIM AT THIS WORLD CUP AND BEING BEHIND-THE-SCENES AND SEEING THE FRUSTRATIONS. SOME OF THEIR OWN STUFF COULDN'T EVEN GET IN WHEN THEY WERE PROMISED TO GET IN. SEEING AND HEARING THE FRUSTRATIONS. WE SPOKE TO THE COACHES THOUGHT IT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH. THEY ONLY GOT THERE PROBABLY LESS THAN 24-HOUR IS BEFORE THE GAME. AFTER THE GAME, BEING IN THAT PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM AND THE PLAYERS WERE SAYING IT WAS A DISASTER. THEIR WHOLE PREPARATION AND HOLE BUILD UP. THE IMPORTANT THING TO DO WAS THEY WANTED TO PLAY FOOTBALL. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO NOT PLAY IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY WANTED TO STILL BE THERE AND MAKE A POINT, AND I THINK THEY DID. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE TO BE IN THEIR. THE NOISE ANY TIME THE PLAYERS TOUCHED THE BALL SCORED A GOAL WAS INCREDIBLE. HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST ROUND OF GAMES ARE ALL FINISHED NOW. WHAT WOULD BE A HIGHLIGHTS OUT OF ALL THE GAMES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING SO FAR? ME AND MY CAMERAMAN WHO IS DOING IN EXCELLENT JOB. WE WERE BEHIND THE GOAL WHEN ELI JUST SCORED THE GOAL. WE JUST JUMPED UP AND DOWN SCREAMING AND HUGGED EACH OTHER. THAT HAD TO BE THE MOMENT OF THE TOURNAMENT SO FAR. IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. WE WERE ON THE FIELD THINKING, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? WHAT IS GOING ON? AND TO WITNESS THE GOAL IN FRONT OF US, THAT IS SOMETHING I WILL NEVER, EVER FORGET. SEEING ELI'S FACE AND CHRIS WOOD, THE WHOLE TEAM AND EVERYONE WHO HAS WORKED SO HARD TO BE HERE. I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT. THAT HAS TO BE MY MOMENTS OF. WHAT ABOUT WORD ON LIONEL MESSI. HE COMES AND SCORES A HAT-TRICK IN HIS FIRST GAME AGAINST ALGERIA. HE IS THE LEADING GOALSCORER CLOSELY FOLLOWED BEHIND ELI JUST I THINK (!) EVERYONE HAS PLAYED A GAME IN THIS TOURNAMENT NOW AND AFTER THE FIRST ROUND, HE IS SECOND. WE WATCHED THE FEED. UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T WATCH THE FEED BACK HOME SO WE WATCHED THE FOX SPORTS FEED HERE. THE ANALYSIS OF SOCCER THAT THE COLLECTOR IS QUITE ENTERTAINING. EVERYONE HAS A LOT OF RESPECT FOR MESSI AND WHAT HE HAS DONE. BUT THEY HAVE COME DOWN SO HARD ON RONALDO, LABELLING HIS PERFORMANCE AS EMBARRASSING AND HE SHOULD GIVE IT UP. RESIGN. YOU HAVE TO RESPECT THE HISTORY. IT WASN'T HIS PERFECT GAME, BUT THEY ARE VERY QUICK TO TARNISH PEOPLE AND BRING PEOPLE DOWN IN THIS COUNTRY. SOCCER ISN'T HUGE HERE. BASKETBALL, NFL AND ALL THOSE AMERICAN SPOTS HAVE A STRONGHOLD HERE. IT IS BEEN INTERESTING TO WATCH THE ANALYSIS AND REACTION FROM AN AMERICAN POINT OF VIEW AS OPPOSED TO YOU. THIS WEEKEND, WHAT ARE YOUR TRAVEL PLANS? A HEADING UP TO CANADA? I AM ASHLEY NOT AT A HOTEL FOR THAT WE ARE AT THE TRAINING GROUND OF WHETHER ALL-WHITE STRAIN. IT IS THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO. IT IS INCREDIBLE. WE ARE IN SAN DIEGO FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE ALL WEIGHTS ARE GOING TO SEE SHANE IN HIS RACE. AND THEN WE ARE OFF TO CANADA TOMORROW. I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO VANCOUVER SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. WE ARE BASICALLY THERE TILL THE LAST GAME AGAINST BELGIUM, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN EXTEND OUR TRIP AND THE ALL WEIGHTS GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. I'M NOT TOO SURE WHETHER THEY WILL END UP YET, BUT I AM ALONG FOR THE RIGHT. I'M SURE YOU ARE. JUST CHANGE YOUR FLIGHTS OF THAT HAPPENS. YOU WANT BE COMPLAINING. WE WILL CATCH UP AGAIN WITH YOU ON MONDAY. ARE WORLD CUP REPORTER LIFE FROM SAN DIEGO. THIS ALL THAT'S GOING OFF ON A SHANE JOURNEY. THEY SHOULD BE TRAINING. THEY SHOULD BE TRAINING EVERY HOUR OF THE GOD-GIVEN DAY. IN THE ZONE. I LIKE THAT YOU WANT RINALDO TO JUST GIVE IT UP. DID YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED? DID YOU SEE WHAT MESSI DID? LOTS OF FEEDBACK COMING IN ABOUT WHETHER YOU SHOULD WEAR YOUR SHOES INSIDE. I PREFER TO REMOVE MY SHOES AND HOUSE, HOWEVER IF I'M A VISITOR AND OTHER PEOPLE'S HOMES, I DON'T GENERALLY REMOVE MY SHOES UNLESS THEIR HOME LOOKS AND SMELLS CLEAN. IF THEY HAVE A DOG, THERE'S NO WAY I'M GOING TO REMOVE MY SHOES. YOU GO IN HEAD AND MAKE THE DECISION FOR THEM, DO YOU? BASED ON WHETHER THE HOUSE IS CLEAN OR NOT. I QUITE LIKE THAT. WOULD YOU ASK? I JUST TAKE THEM OFF. YOU TAKE THEM OFF REGARDLESS. MM. NO. GIVE THAT FEEDBACK COMING IN. WE'RE AIMING TO GET TO OUR KAIPARA RESIDENTS WHO ARE UNHAPPY ABOUT PLANS TO TURN DARGAVILLE HOSPITAL INTO A MEDICAL HUB THAT WILL COST 100 BUCKS A VISIT. THAT'S NEXT VOICEOVER: Sometimes damage can be a bit of a mystery... Oh no, who put that there? Make sure you're covered with Tower, Canstar's insurer of the year for home and contents, 3 years running, and get $200 off new house insurance today. Ts and Cs apply. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND SAYS IT IS ALLOWING SHIPS TO PASS FREELY THROUGH THE GULF OF OMAN AS THE 60-DAY PEACE DEAL WITH IRAN BEGINS. A FIRE BROKE OUT AT ONE OF AUCKLAND'S MAIN CITY RAIL LINK TRAIN STATIONS OVERNIGHT. THE BLACK FOILS HAVE TAKEN TO THE WATER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HALIFAX AS THEY PREPARE FOR THEIR RETURN TO SAIL GP. IN NEWS JUST IN, STEVE CORICA, HEAD COACH OF AUCKLAND FC IS LEAVING THE CLUB. HE IS OFF TO JAPAN, ANGE PSOTECOGLU, FORMER AUSTRALIAN MANAGER USED TO COACH THERE. ANIMAL BREAK, ONE OF THE JOINT OWNERS AT AUCKLAND FC SAID THAT STEVE DELIVER THE PREMIERSHIP AND A LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP IN JUST TWO SEASONS. STEVE, YOU HAVE LEFT BIG BOOTS, THE GAME IS BETTER FOR YOU BEING IN IT. WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD HAVE DONE THAT? TIME FOR A CHANGE. HE HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB AT AUCKLAND FC IN HIS FIRST TWO SEASONS. I RECKON HE IS AND IT, YOKOHAMA IS A FANTASTIC CLUB IN JAPAN. MAY BE A BETTER MOVE FURTHER AFIELD. HIS FAMILY IS STILL IN SYDNEY. THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSION SAYS 'SERIOUS MISTAKES WERE MADE' IN THE CASE OF A GIRL (11) WITH AUTISM WHO WAS MISIDENTIFIED AS AN ADULT. THE REPORT FINDS THE CHILD'S RIGHTS WERE SEVERELY COMPROMISED AFTER POLICE HANDCUFFUED HER AND TOOK HER TO A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY AT WAIKATO HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS INJECTED WITH A SEDATIVE AND ANTI-PSYCHOTIC. HEALTH NZ'S DOCTOR RICHARD SULLIVAN SAYS IT WAS A TRAUMATIC EVENT. APOLOGIES ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND HELP NEW ZEALAND ON THIS YOUNG PERSON AND THEIR FAMILY. I WAS INVOLVED IN THE ORIGINAL REVIEW AND THAT WAS A PRETTY TOUGH THING TO GO THROUGH WAS A PRETTY CHALLENGING TIME TO REALISE WHAT WE HAD DONE AND WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND I GUESS BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE TAKEN THIS INCREDIBLY SERIOUSLY. THE FAMILY'S LAWYER TANIA WINSLADE SAYS THE INCIDENT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. WE HAVE ABOUT 100,000 CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN THIS COUNTRY, IT SHOULDN'T BE UNUSUAL TO THINK THAT THOSE KIDS OTHER KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING THROUGH THE DOORS OF OUR POLICE, OF OUR HEALTH AGENCIES AND PARTICULARLY MENTAL HEALTH, GIVEN WE KNOW THAT CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE UNDIAGNOSED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AS WELL. DEPUTY HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ROSE WALL JOINS ME, MORENA ROSE, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN, HOW DID THINGS GO SO WRONG? AS YOU EXPLAINED, THIS CASE INVOLVES AN 11-YEAR-OLD AUTISTIC CHILD WHO WAS MISIDENTIFIED AS AN ADULT WOMAN AND ADMITTED INTO A MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, ADMINISTERED PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION INTRAMUSCULARLY WITH RESTRAINT APPLY TWICE. THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER INVESTIGATED THIS CASE AND WE FOCUSED ON THE STANDARD OF CARE THAT THIS CHILD RECEIVED AND WHETHER HER RIGHTS WERE BREACHED. IN TERMS OF OUR FINDING, THERE WERE THREE KEY AREAS OF CONCERN ` FIRSTLY, THE STAFF DID NOT FOLLOW THE CORRECT PATIENT IDENTIFICATION POLICY. SECONDLY, WHEN THE CHILD WAS ADMITTED INTO THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL OR PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT UNDERTAKEN PRIOR TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF TREATMENT. HAD THIS OCCURRED, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF CLINICIANS RECOGNISING THAT SHE WAS AN AUTISTIC CHILD. AND LASTLY, THE LEGAL AND CLINICAL THRESHOLD IN THE HOSPITAL POLICY RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF RESTRAINT, IN RELATION TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF INTRAMUSCULAR MEDICATION WAS NOT FOLLOWED. THESE WERE SERIOUS BREACHES OF THE CHILD'S RIGHTS AND HARM WAS CAUSED AS A RESULT. THIS REPORT MAKES FOR A HARROWING READ. THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT WAS THAT SHE WAS A CHILD, SHE MAY HAVE BEEN AUTISTIC, SHE WAS EXHIBITING CHILDLIKE BEHAVIOUR. SHE WAS CURLING UP INTO A BALL, COVERING HER HEIRS AND YET POLICE TOLD THE HOSPITAL THAT SHE WAS A 20 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO WAS UNDER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE CARE. AND YET SHE WAS RESTRAINT, SHE WAS GIVEN THIS ANTIPSYCHOTIC, RESTRAINT TEAM RESTRAINED HER AND THE REASON GIVEN WAS AN INABILITY TO ADMINISTER THE TREATMENT THAT SHE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN GETTING IN THE FIRST PLACE. NINE HOURS LATER THE POLICE CALL AND SAY, WE GOT IT WRONG, IT IS ACTUALLY AN 11 YEAR AGO. WHAT AN IMMENSELY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE. HOW IS THAT WE GIRL DOING NOW? I AM NOT IN A POSITION TO COMMENT ON THE CHILD NOW BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT SERIOUS HARM HAS BEEN CAUSED. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORT FOR BOTH THIS CHILD AND HER FAMILY TO RESTORE THE CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM. AS I POINT OUT IN MY REPORT, HAD SHE NOT BEEN DISABLED AND NON-VERBAL, THERE WAS A LIKELIHOOD THAT THE SITUATION WOULD NOT HAVE EVENTUATED, AND IT SERVES TO FURTHER DEMONSTRATE THE FINDINGS FROM A REPORT THAT THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER RELEASED LAST WEEK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF DISABLED PEOPLE WHO USE THE HEALTH SERVICE, AND A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT DISABILITY, AND THIS INCLUDES NEURO DIVERSITY. AND A LACK OF CULTURAL AWARENESS AS WELL? YES. THE WIDER REPORT CERTAINLY HIGHLIGHTED THE LACK OF CULTURAL AWARENESS BOTH IN RELATION TO MAORI AND THE DEAF COMMUNITY, AND FURTHER WORK NEEDS TO BE INVESTED IN THAT AREA. CERTAINLY, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE PROVISION OF CARE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND IT WILL MOST LIKELY IDENTIFY FURTHER ISSUES. THIS 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS ADMINISTERED DRUGS INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTIONS OF AN ANTIPSYCHOTIC AND A SEDATIVE, PRESUMABLY IN DOSES MEANT FOR A 20 YEAR OLD WOMAN. COULD THIS HAVE GONE A LOT WORSE, AND THIS IS NOT MINIMISING WHAT DID HAPPEN, BUT COULD THIS HAVE BEEN EVEN WORSE GIVEN THE MEDICATIONS THAT WERE ADMINISTERED? I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO COMMENT ON THAT, WHAT I WOULD WANT TO FURTHER EMPHASISE IS HOW SERIOUS THIS EVENT HAS BEEN FOR THIS CHILD AND HER FAMILY, AND THOSE THREE FAILINGS THAT I IDENTIFIED EARLIER A VERY PROFOUND. ALSO, CONCERNING ME, THE EXPERT THAT I SOUGHT ADVICE FROM WHO WAS FAMILIAR WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND DISCUSSION WITH HIS PEERS, THE REMARKS IN THE REPORT THAT OTHER DISTRICTS WERE VULNERABLE OF A SIMILAR ERROR, THIS REALLY DOES REQUIRE HELP NEW ZEALAND TO SHOW STRONG LEADERSHIP, TO SHOW THAT THE SYSTEMIC FAILINGS IN THIS CASE ARE NOT REPEATED IN OTHER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE REALLY DO NEED TO SEE THIS REMEDIED. YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. ARE HER FAMILY SATISFIED THAT THIS REPORT HAS COME OUT? THEY WERE KIND OF GAS LET'S RIGHT THE WAY THROUGH, AS WELL, AN EARLIER STAGE BY POLICE AND HEALTH NEW ZEALAND. AGAIN, I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO COMMENT ON THAT, BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR INVESTIGATION, WE BREACHED HEALTH NEW ZEALAND FOR FAILING TO PROVIDE THIS CHILD WITH FAILING TO PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATE STANDARD OF CARE ARE NOT TREATING HER WITH DIGNITY. IN LIGHT OF THE SERIOUS NATURE OF THESE BREACHES, THE CASE HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE DIR OF PROCEEDINGS TO DETERMINE WHETHER FURTHER LEGAL PROCEEDINGS SHOULD BE TAKEN. ROSE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. 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. U.S. VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE SAYS THE 60-DAY NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND IRAN WILL START TODAY. WILL THAT ULTIMATELY LEAD TO A CHANGE IN BEHAVIOUR? I DON'T KNOW. I'VE SEEN SCEPTICS OF THE DEAL. PEOPLE SAY THE IRANIANS WILL NEVER CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOUR. WELL, MAYBE THAT'S TRUE, AND IF SO, THEY DON'T GET ANY OF THE BENEFITS OF THE BARGAIN. BUT ISN'T IT WORTH TRYING? U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNING HIS PART OF THE DEAL AT A DINNER HOSTED BY THE FRENCH PRESIDENT. THE AGREEMENT BEGINS A 60-DAY DEADLINE AIMING TO REACH A FINAL DEAL ON THE FUTURE OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, RE-OPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND ULTIMATELY END HOSTILITIES. AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST AIRLINE IS OFFERING A DIRECT FLIGHT FROM SYDNEY TO LONDON FROM OCTOBER NEXT YEAR. CHANNEL 9'S ABBEY GERIN HAS MORE. QANTAS CEO VANESSA HUDSON ADDRESSING INVESTORS AND MEDIA AT THE FRENCH FACTORY FOR AVIATION POWERHOUSE AIRBUS, WHICH IS DELIVERING 12 QANTAS A350 1000 ULTRA-LONG-RANGE AIRCRAFT CAPABLE OF FLYING UP TO 22 HOURS. THE INITIATIVE ` CODENAMED PROJECT SUNRISE, BECAUSE PASSENGERS WILL SEE TWO SUNRISES WHILE AIRBORNE ` WILL SHAVE FOUR HOURS FROM THE CURRENT TRAVEL TIME. YOU WERE TOSSING UP SYDNEY TO LONDON OR SYDNEY TO NEW YORK FIRST. WHY DID LONDON COME OUT ON TOP? SYDNEY, LONDON IS HISTORICAL FOR US. THE KANGAROO ROUTE. BUT DON'T WORRY. NEW YORK WILL NOT` IT'LL BE A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEHIND. SEATS GO ON SALE IN FEBRUARY, WITH DEPARTURES FROM OCTOBER NEXT YEAR, AND TRAVELLERS CAN EXPECT TO PAY UP TO 20% MORE FOR THE NON-STOP SERVICE AUCKLAND FC COACH STEVE CORICA HAS SAID 'SAYONARA' TO THE CLUB, LEAVING FOR JAPANESE SIDE YOKAHAMA. CORICA LED AUCKLAND TO PREMIER'S PLATE GLORY IN THE BLACK KNIGHTS' INAUGURAL SEASON AND BACKED IT UP WITH A CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE MOST RECENT SEASON. IT MAKES HIM THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COACH IN A-LEAGUE HISTORY, WITH THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS. ALL 48 TEAMS AT THE FIFA WORLD CUP HAVE COMPLETED THEIR OPENING GAMES, INCLUDING THE ALL WHITES, WHO WILL TAKE HEART FROM THEIR THRILLING DRAW WITH IRAN. WORLD CUP REPORTER ZION DAYAL IS WITH THE TEAM AND FILED THIS REPORT FROM SAN DIEGO. THE ALL WHITES BACK TRAINING IN SAN DIEGO TODAY, THEIR FIRST PROPER SESSION AFTER THAT 2-2 DRAW WITH IRAN IN LA. THEY HAVE TWO MORE TRAINING SESSIONS HERE BEFORE HEADING TO CANADA WHERE THEY WILL PLAY EGYPT IN VANCOUVER, THEIR SECOND GAME OF THE WORLD CUP. THE LAST TIME THEY PLAYED EGYPT WAS IN CAIRO. THAT ONE THEY LOST 1-0. BUT THEIR STAR PLAYER MO SALAH WASN'T PLAYING. NOW, ALL 48 TEAMS HAVE PLAYED A GAME AT THE WORLD CUP, SO ESSENTIALLY THE FIRST ROUND OF GAMES ARE OVER, AND THE ALL WHITES' OWN ELIJAH JUST AS SECOND ON THE GOALSCORERS LIST, WITH THE LIKES OF KYLIAN MBAPPE, HARRY KANE, ERLING HAALAND. STEER ME PLAYER ABOVE HIM ` LIONEL MESSI. NO DOUBT ELI JUST AND ALL WHITES WILL WANT TO CONTINUE THAT GOAL-SCORING FORM WHEN THEY GET TO CANADA AND TAKE ON EGYPT ON MONDAY. AND FINALLY ` IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SPORTS CAR, YOU COULD TRY BUILDING IT WITH LEGO. THIS ULTRA-RARE SADAIR'S SPEAR CAR MADE FROM MORE THAN 300,000 PIECES OF LEGO, AS WELL AS REAL COMPONENTS. AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR SHOW, THE CAR REACHING 111km/h A HILL CLIMB CIRCUIT. IT WILL GO ON SALE IN JULY, ALTHOUGH ITS SAFETY RATING HAS NOT BEEN SPECIFIED. ALTHOUGH ITS SAFETY RATING HAS NOT BEEN SPECIFIED. I THINK I WOULD STILL RATHER HAVE THE REAL DEAL. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. STARTING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS. A HEAVY RAIN WARNING WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THE WESTLAND RANGES FROM 7PM TONIGHT TO 7PM SATURDAY, FIORDLAND UNTIL 2PM SATURDAY, THE HEADWATERS OF CANTERBURY LAKES AND RIVERS UNTIL 7PM SATURDAY, AND OTAGO LAKES AND RIVERS FROM 9PM TONIGHT TO 3PM SATURDAY. SO DO TAKE CARE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. TO THE NORTH ISLAND NOW, AND IT'S ANOTHER CLOUDY ONE. OCCASIONAL MORNING SHOWERS IN RUSSEL AND WHANGAREI. MORNING FOG IN AUCKLAND. MORNING CLOUD CLEARING TO FINE IN TAURANGA AND TOKOROA. A FEW SHOWERS IN GISBORNE. MOSTLY FINE IN NEW PLYMOUTH, LEVIN, AND THE CAPITAL. 13 IS THE HIGH IN DANNEVIRKE. 17 IN KAITAIA. IT'S A TOUCH SUNNIER DOWN SOUTH. FINE IN NELSON AND KAIKOURA. OCCASIONAL RAIN IN HOKITIKA. FINE WITH MORNING FROSTS IN CHRISTCHURCH AND TIMARU. GUSTY NORTH-WEST WINDS IN ALEXANDRA. OCCASIONAL EVENING RAIN IN QUEENSTOWN AND INVERCARGILL, BECOMING HEAVY IN MILFORD SOUND. 12 IS THE HIGH IN WANAKA. 18 IN ASHBURTON. BNZ BUSINESS BREAKFAST HOST MEI HERON IS HERE FOR A BUSINESS UPDATE. BIG WEEK FOR SPACEX. TALK US THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED. IT IS WORTH TAKING STOCK ON SPACEX. THERE ARE MORE ROCKET PUNS TO COME. IT CAME IN AT 135. SWORD MASSIVELY. AT ONE POINT, IT REACHED $225 PER SHARE. WE HAVE NOW SEEN THAT DROP AWAY. TODAY HAS A LOT OF HUNDRED AND $72. THE ROCKET CRASHING BACK DOWN TO EARTH SORT OF PUNS. IT HAS RE-CORRECTED THERE. IT IS NOT AN INDICATION OF THE TREND WHERE IT IS GOING. IT DOES POINT TO VOLATILITY. WHY DO WE CARE SO MUCH? THE NASDAQ HAS CHANGED ITS RULES. WE COULD SEE SPACE ACTS LISTED ON THEIR SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, POTENTIALLY WITHIN THE NEXT FORTNIGHT OR SO. THIS FORTNIGHT OR SO. MANY OF US HAVE OUR KIWISAVER IS ATTACHED TO NASDAQ OR EXPOSED TO NASDAQ. EXPOSURE IS QUITE LIMITED. IT IS JUST KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT VOLATILITY. IT IS AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AI. WE STILL HAVE ANTHROPIC AND OPEN AI. SHOES OFF OR ON? I AM ASIAN. YOU'RE READY KNOW THE ANSWER. SHE WAS ALWAYS. I FIND IT WEIRD. I AM ALSO MARRIED TO A PHYSIO WHO DOESN'T BELIEVE IT IS GOOD FOR YOUR FEET. FULL ON BAREFOOT BANDIT. WOULD JUST LOVE TO RUN UP AND DOWN THE HILLS AND NO SHOES. AND THEN WOULD YOU WEAR THE SAME FAULTY FIT INSIDE? HAVE A SHOWER. THERE IS A THING CALLED WASHING. KAIPARA RESIDENTS ARE OUTRAGED ABOUT CHANGES TO DARGAVILLE HOSPITAL, WHICH THEY DESCRIBE AS EXPENSIVE, PRIVATISED HEALTHCARE. THE HOSPITAL WILL BE REBRANDED AS 'DARGAVILLE HEALTH HUB' AND, INSTEAD OF BEING OPEN ALL HOURS, IT WILL SHUT ITS DOORS AT 8.30PM. THE COST WILL BE UP TO $100 FOR ADULTS AND FREE FOR UNDER 16S. DARGAVILLE RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION INTERIM CHAIR GORDON WALKER DARGAVILLE RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION INTERIM CHAIR GORDON WALKER JOINS ME, MORENA, SO THIS MEANS NO MORE AFTER-HOURS CARE ` WHAT WILL THAT MEAN FOR THE COMMUNITY? IT IS GOING TO MAKE A BIG HOLD IN OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES. MORENA TO YOU. BACK IN THE '90s, WE WERE GOING TO LOSE THE HOSPITAL. WE HAD 70 PUBLIC MEETINGS. THE PRESIDENTS OF DARGAVILLE ON 46% OF THE HOSPITAL. THEY HAVE NOT TOLD US THAT THEY WILL BE CLOSING THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. IT WILL BE VERY EXPENSIVE. THERE WILL BE NO ONE AT THE HOSPITAL AFTER 8:30 PM. IN THE PAST, WE HAVE HAD VICTIMS OF STABBINGS, BEATINGS` WE DON'T HAVE MANY, DARGAVILLE ISN'T THAT BAD. THEY HAVE LOST IT OVER. THEY HAVE PROVIDED US WITH` WHICH WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR` A CHEMO SERVICE. THEY HAVE NOT TOLD US THAT THEY ARE CLOSING THE EMERGENCY SERVICE. IT IS A HUGE AREA. WE HAVE ONE AMBULANCE WHICH IS OPERATIONAL FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. IF YOU CUT YOURSELF BADLY IN THE AREA 66 KM FROM DARGAVILLE, YOU HAVE A LONG JOURNEY TO THE HOSPITAL. ALL YOU CAN GET A TELE-CALL WITH ADVICE FROM A DOCTOR. IN THE PAST, PEOPLE WITH A SERIOUS PROBLEM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RING A BELL AND BE ADMITTED INTO THE HOSPITAL. THE PROBLEM NOW IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PENSIONERS IN THIS AREA WHO DON'T HAVE BIG AND COMES. WE ALSO HAVE A LOWER SOCIO-ECONOMIC POPULATION. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING. THE LAST THING WE NEED` AND IT COULD COST UP TO $190. I THOUGHT IT WAS UP $100. THAT IS ONLY THE START. THE GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN US SOMETHING IN ONE HAND AND TAKEN AWAY IN THE OTHER. IT LIES WITH THE TRUST BOARD` SORRY, AM I TOO LOUD? NO. YOU ARE GOOD. PLEASE KEEP GOING. SORRY. I AM USING MY PHONE BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET MY COMPUTER TO WORK. YOU ARE DOING BRILLIANTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE REALITY IS THAT THE COUNCIL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING FOR ALL MEMBERS ON THE HEALTH BOARD. I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE COUNCIL IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT ADVISED US AS RATEPAYERS THAT WE ARE LOSING OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES. WE THINK IT HAS BEEN A COVER-UP. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING IN THAT DEPARTMENT HAVE ALL HAD TO TAKE PAY DROPS. THEY HAVE HAD THEIR HOURS CUT. THEY HAVE HAD TO SIGN A CONTRACT TO SAY THEY WILL NOT DIVULGE ANY INFORMATION. NDAs. THAT IS INTERESTING. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND HAS SAID IN A STATEMENT TO BREAKFAST THAT PROVIDING EXTENDED URGENT CARE SERVICES INCLUDING EXTENDED HOURS MEANS THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS HEALTHCARE LOCALLY AT A TIME THAT BENEFITS THEIR DAILY LIVES, REDUCING THE NEED TO TRAVEL TO WHANGAREI. THEY SAY THEY ARE BETTER ADAPTING THE SERVICES TO YOUR COMMUNITY. NO, THEY ARE NOT. WE HAVE A VERY GOOD MEDICAL CENTRE THAT OCCUPIES THE HOSPITAL. THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR MANY YEARS. THE PROBLEM IS, BY CANCELLING OVERNIGHT, EMERGENCY SERVICES, THEY ARE ACTUALLY TAKING AWAY AN EMERGENCY SERVICE. IT HAS NOW BECOME A HEALTH HUB. PRESUMABLY, YOU WILL BE HOLDING AS MANY MEETINGS AS YOU DO BACK IN THE '90s. ANYWAY, YES, WE ARE. WE HAVE A VERY GOOD COMMUNITY HERE. THAT WAS WAY IN THE 1990S THE CITIZENS FOUGHT TO SAVE A HOSPITAL. WE HAVE BEEN RELIANT ON THE CURRENT COMMUNITY TO PROTECT OUR INTERESTS. THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY` THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS. THE COUNCIL KNOWS ABOUT IT. WE ARE, THE CITIZENS, OTHER LAST TO KNOW. LET US KNOW HOW THAT NEXT MEETING GOES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AS A TOWN. ALEX PIMM, GROUP DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR TE TAI TOKERAU AT HEALTH NEW ZEALAND, TOLD BREAKFAST IN A STATEMENT THAT, ME U TONU MAI ` WE SPEAK TO THE LAWYER FOR EVERLEE WIHONGI, STILL IN ICE CUSTODY BUT WITH FRESH HOPE OF A RELEASE. # Inside out, gotta figure it out # I'm feeling good # Doing in my own way # Every single day and it feels... # VOICEOVER: Start your day with Sunsweet Amaz!n Prunes and Prune Juice, and feel good. MAN, LOOK AT THAT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. AND A FESTIVAL IS GETTING UNDERWAY IN METHVEN AT THE A&P SHOWGROUNDS. YOU CAN SEE HERE SOME HOT AIR BALLOONS READY TO GO AS PART OF THE FIRE AND ICE FESTIVAL. WE'LL BE HEADING BACK THERE TO TALK TO OUR REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER JUST BEFORE 8. A BIT OF MORNING FROST THERE FOR YOU. HAVE YOU BEEN IN A HOT AIR BALLOON BEFORE? NO. I'M TERRIFIED. A FEAR OF HEIGHTS. HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ` U.S. VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE SAYS THE 60-DAY NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND IRAN WILL START TODAY. AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST AIRLINE IS OFFERING A DIRECT FLIGHT FROM SYDNEY TO LONDON FROM OCTOBER NEXT YEAR. AUCKLAND FC COACH STEVE CORICA HAS SAID 'SAYONARA' TO THE CLUB, LEAVING FOR JAPANESE SIDE YOKAHAMA. THE LAWYER OF A NEW ZEALAND WOMAN HELD IN ICE DETENTION IN THE U.S. IS HOPEFUL SHE'LL BE RELEASED SOON. EVERLEE WIHONGI, A NEW ZEALAND CITIZEN AND U.S. GREEN CARD HOLDER, HAS LIVED IN THE STATES SINCE CHILDHOOD. SHE'S BEEN DETAINED SINCE APRIL 10th AFTER BEING STOPPED AT LAX AFTER RETURNING FROM NEW ZEALAND. WE SPOKE TO EVERLEE'S SISTER-IN-LAW RECENTLY. BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT'S NOT... IT'S NOT SUMMER CAMP. IT IS... SHE IS IN A PRISON. SHE DOES NOT HAVE RIGHTS THAT YOU AND ME HAVE CURRENTLY. LAST WEEK EVERLEE WON A MAJOR LEGAL BATTLE WHEN A WISCONSIN COURT THREW OUT A 2014 CHARGE WHICH THE IMMIGRATION CASE HAD CENTRED AROUND. HER LAWYER MARC CHRISTOPHER JOINS US NOW FROM SAN DIEGO. KIA ORA, MARC. WHAT'S THE LATEST? WE HAVE VERY GOOD NEWS. AS OF YESTERDAY, WE RECEIVED A FILING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INDICATING THAT THEY WILL DROP HER CASE. SHE WILL HOPEFULLY BE RELEASED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS. WE ARE WAITING FOR THE JUDGES SIGNATURE. FAR OUT. HAVE YOU TOLD HER YET? I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK WITH HER PERSONALLY. I GOT THE MOTION FROM THE GOVERNMENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT ABOUT 5 O'CLOCK. I HAVE HEARD THAT HER FAMILY HAS BEEN INTO MEDICATION WITH HER AND SHE IS OVER THE MOON. I CAN IMAGINE. IT HAS BEEN SO STRESSFUL. WHAT FEEDBACK HAVE YOU HAD FROM HER FAMILY? IT IS SO DIFFICULT, BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE IS PUT IN IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS, IT IS NOT SIMPLY BEING HELD AT A LOCAL JAIL. SHE WAS INITIALLY DETAINED IN CALIFORNIA WHILE SHE WAS TRYING TO COME BACK INTO THE UNITED STATES. THE FAMILY DID NOT KNOW WHY IT WAS TAKING SO LONG. SHE WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO TEXAS, THEN ARIZONA. THAT IS AROUND 2000 MILES FURTHER AWAY FROM HER FAMILY AND ATTORNEY. IT IS VERY STRESSFUL FOR A FAMILY. NOT TO MENTION WHAT SHE HAS TO GO THROUGH IN THE FACILITIES SHE IS LOCATED IN. THIS MUST BE A LIKE VINDICATION FOR EVERLEE. IT IS. IN ONE SENSE, WE ARE VERY HAPPY THAT SHE IS BEING RELEASED. AS YOU KNOW, SHE WAS CONVICTED OF A POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA. THE ATTORNEY DID NOT TELL HER ANYTHING ABOUT THE IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES. THE ATTORNEY HAS LOST HIS LICENSE. IT IS FRUSTRATING THAT IT HAD TO TAKE THIS LONG. SHE HAS SAT IN CUSTODY FOR THE LAST 70 DAYS. OVERALL, WE ARE VERY HAPPY SHE HAS BEEN RELEASED. WHY DID IT TAKE 70 DAYS TO GET FROM THE POINT OF CONTENTION TO WHERE WE ARE NOW? THERE HAS BEEN A MASSIVE INCREASE IN ENFORCEMENT. WHILE THEY ARE DETAINING PEOPLE AT RECORD, UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS, THEY DON'T HAVE THE MECHANISM IN PLACE TO RUN THEM THROUGH THE SYSTEM. THEY DON'T HAVE PLACES TO PUT THE PEOPLE. SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO 3 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND TRAVELLED OVER A THOUSAND MILES BETWEEN THEM. THERE AREN'T ENOUGH GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS. PEOPLE GET LOST IN THE MIX. IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING. WE ARE SEEING THIS NATIONWIDE. WE HAVE TALKED TO EVERLEE'S FAMILY ABOUT THIS AS WELL. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE INTERACTION WITH NEW ZEALAND? I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE CONSULATE IN NEW ZEALAND, ONE UP OFFICER IN PARTICULAR, WHO HAS BEEN HELPFUL IN FACILITATING COMMUNICATIONS WITH ICE. THEY HAVE BEEN CHECKING IN WITH EVERLEE ON A WEEKLY BASIS. AGAIN, THEY CAN'T HELP WITH THE LEGAL PROCESS ITSELF, BUT SOMETIMES USING SOME DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS TO GET MESSAGES OR RESPONSES HAS BEEN HELPFUL. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW? YOU THINK SHE MIGHT BE RELEASED IN A COUPLE DAYS. HOW WILL THIS LOOK? THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE UNITED STATES WHEN PEOPLE ARE DETAINED BY ICE. SHE WILL HOPEFULLY BE RELEASED WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ONCE SHE IS RELEASED, THEY JUST OPENED THE DOORS TO THE FACILITIES IN ARIZONA, AND SAY BASICALLY YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN. SHE WILL HAVE TO TRAVEL BACK TO HER HOME IN WISCONSIN, WHICH IS MORE THAN 2000 MILES AWAY. SHE WILL NOT BE PROVIDED WITH ANY RESOURCES TO TRAVEL HOME. WE ARE WORKING WITH HER FAMILY NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT IS IN PLACE. I MIGHT BE GETTING A HEAD OF MYSELF, BUT DO YOU BELIEVE EVERLEE AND HER FAMILY WILL HAVE ANY RECOURSE FOR LEGAL ACTION OR IS THIS HOW THE UNITED STATES IS JUST OPERATING NOW? I HAVE BEEN IN MY LINE OF WORK FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I THINK THIS IS HOW IT IS GOING TO BE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. WE HAVE NOT TREATED PEOPLE LIKE THIS, AT LEAST IN MY EXPERIENCE OF PRACTISING LAW. I HOPE IT CHANGES. I REALLY DO. WELL. THAT IS REALLY SOBERING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. PLEASE EXTEND OUR THOUGHTS TO EVERLEE AND HER FAMILY. AMAZING DEVELOPMENT. THE NEXT DAY OR SO. SHE IS OVER THE MOON, BUT THAT FRUSTRATION ARE STILL THERE. THIS IS PHENOMENAL. AS YOU HEARD FROM HER LAWYER, THIS IS A YOUNG KIWI WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN SHIFTED AROUND THE STATES. HER FAMILY HAS BEEN TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF HER. SLEEPING ON THE GROUND, THE CONDITIONS AREN'T IDEAL. IT IS A REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT THAT SHE WILL LIKELY, FINGERS CROSSED, BE OUT IN THE NEXT DAY ALSO. E WHAI AKE NEI ` HOT AIR BALLOONS, LASER LIGHTS AND PLENTY OF WINTER MAGIC. THE FIRE & ICE FESTIVAL IS BACK IN METHVEN THIS WEEKEND. MAKE SURE YOU TUNE AND AFTER THE BREAK BECAUSE YOU WILL HEAR ALL ABOUT THIS AMAZING FESTIVAL. # Inside out, gotta figure it out # I'm feeling good # Doing in my own way # Every single day and it feels... # VOICEOVER: Start your day with Sunsweet Amaz!n Prunes and Prune Juice, and feel good. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. A KIWI WOMAN DETAINED BY IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS IN THE U.S. HAS HAD HER CASE DROPPED AND IS SET TO BE RELEASED IN THE COMING DAYS. EVERLEE WIHONGI, WHO HAS LIVED IN THE U.S. SINCE CHILDHOOD, WAS STOPPED AT LA AIRPORT ON RETURN FROM NEW ZEALAND. THE GREEN CARD HOLDER (37), WAS ARRESTED DUE A TO DRUG POSSESSION CHARGE IN 2014. THE CHARGE HAS SINCE BEEN OVERTURNED, HER LAWYER MARC CHRISTOPHER SAYS. TODAY MARKS 10 WEEKS SINCE SHE WAS DETAINED. IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER IS ENDORSING DIRECT DISCUSSIONS WITH THE U.S. FOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF A 60-DAY PEACE DEAL. IN HIS FIRST REACTION TO THE DEAL, HE SIGNIFIES THAT THE FACE-TO-FACE MEETING DOES NOT SIGNIFY ACCEPTANCE OF THE ENEMY'S VIEWS. ADDING THAT U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNED THE DEAL 'OUT OF DESPERATION'. THE SUPREME LEADER HAS NOT BEEN SEEN IN PUBLIC SINCE HE WAS WOUNDED BY A STRIKE AT THE START OF THE WAR. A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THE UK AFTER A BOY (3) ENDED UP IN A CROCODILE ENCLOSURE AT A ZOO, LEAVING HIM WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. THE BBC'S MOUSUMI BAKSHI HAS THIS REPORT. YES, IT'S A DEVASTATING TURN OF EVENTS THAT HAS, AS YOU SAID, LEFT A BOY (3) IN A CRITICAL CONDITION AND A MAN (30) FROM NORFOLK ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. IT HAPPENED AT A ZOO NEAR HUNTINGTON CALLED OLD HURST JOHNSON'S OF OLD HURST, AND THEY HAVE IN THE PAST HOUR JUST RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THEIR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE FAMILY AND THAT THEY HAVE CLOSED THE TROPICAL HOUSE WHERE THIS LITTLE BOY WAS FOUND, INDEFINITELY. WE KNOW THAT EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED JUST AFTER 1 O'CLOCK TO REPORTS OF A BOY INJURED AND FOUND IN THE ZOO'S CROCODILE ENCLOSURE. NOW, WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW AT THIS STAGE IS THE NATURE OF THE BOY'S INJURIES. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE CROCODILE THAT MADE THOSE INJURIES, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT HE IS IN A VERY SERIOUS CONDITION. HE'S BEEN BROUGHT TO ADDENBROOKE'S HOSPITAL IN CAMBRIDGE. THIS IS THE REGION'S TRAUMA CENTRE, AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THOSE INJURIES THAT HE HAS BEEN BROUGHT HERE. THE INCIDENT ITSELF HAPPENED IN HUNTINGTON, AROUND ABOUT 30 MILES AWAY. AS YOU SAID, A MAN (30) HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON ATTEMPTED MURDER ` SUSPICION OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. AND AT THIS STAGE, RITA, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE TWO PEOPLE, THE BOY (3) AND THE MAN ARRESTED, DO NOT KNOW ONE ANOTHER. A BREEDER OF BEAGLES USED FOR LABORATORY RESEARCH IS BEING SHUT DOWN IN THE U.S. THE FACILITY HAS BEEN BREEDING DOGS FOR NEARLY 60 YEARS BUT CAME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH A HUMANE ECONOMIST WHO ARGUED ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY ARE REDUCING THE NEED FOR ANIMAL TESTING. MORE THAN 400 BEAGLES USED FOR RESEARCH WILL BE REHOMED THROUGH A RESCUE OPERATION. ONE PERSON HAS DIED IN A SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH IN GISBORNE. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO HARRIS ST JUST BEFORE 9.40pm WHERE A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A FENCE. DESPITE MEDICAL ATTENTION, THE INDIVIDUAL DIED AT THE SCENE. THE SERIOUS CRASH UNIT IS NOW MAKING ENQUIRIES. FAMILY, FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES AND FANS ARE GATHERING TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF THE LATE DAME JOOLS TOPP. ONE HALF OF BELOVED ENTERTAINMENT DUO THE TOPP TWINS, JOOLS PASSED AWAY LAST MONTH AFTER FIVE DECADES OF PERFORMING AND 22 YEARS OF LIVING WITH BREAST CANCER. SOME OF AOTEAROA'S BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC, CULTURE AND POLITICS WILL BE AT THE CELEBRATION, GIVING SPEECHES AND PERFORMANCES IN HER HONOUR. FORMER PRIME MINISTER HELEN CLARK SAYS THEY BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER. THEY WERE ABLE TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT RESONATED VERY, VERY WIDELY. AND AS YOU SAY, TODAY POLITICAL DEBATE CAN BE VERY POLARISING. PEOPLE DON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. THAT NEVER APPLIED WITH THE TOPP TWINS. THEY COULD LIGHTEN EVERYTHING WITH A BIT OF HUMOUR BUT STILL MAKE A VERY CLEAR POINT. SOME OF AOTEAROA'S BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC, CULTURE AND POLITICS WILL BE AT THE CELEBRATION, GIVING SPEECHES AND PERFORMANCES IN HER HONOUR. KNICKS FANS HAVE FLOODED THE STREETS OF NEW YORK AS THE TEAM CELEBRATES THEIR NBA CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A PARADE. FANS CAPPING OFF A DREAM SEASON IN WHAT MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI SAID COULD BE LARGEST PARADE IN THE CITY'S HISTORY. THE KNICKS ENDED A 53-YEAR TITLE DROUGHT WITH A FINALS WIN OVER THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (FUNKY MUSIC) LET'S CHECK OUT WHAT THE WEATHER IS DOING AT YOUR PLACE TODAY. STARTING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS. A HEAVY RAIN WARNING WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THE WESTLAND RANGES FROM 7PM TONIGHT TO 7PM SATURDAY, FIORDLAND UNTIL 2PM SATURDAY, THE HEADWATERS OF CANTERBURY LAKES AND RIVERS UNTIL 7PM SATURDAY, AND OTAGO LAKES AND RIVERS FROM 9PM TONIGHT TO 3PM SATURDAY. SO DO TAKE CARE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. TO THE NORTH ISLAND NOW, AND IT'S ANOTHER CLOUDY ONE. OCCASIONAL MORNING SHOWERS IN RUSSEL AND WHANGAREI. MORNING FOG IN AUCKLAND. MORNING FOG IN HAMILTON. MORNING CLOUD CLEARING TO FINE IN TAURANGA AND TOKOROA. A FEW SHOWERS IN GISBORNE. MOSTLY FINE IN NEW PLYMOUTH, LEVIN, AND THE CAPITAL. 13 IS THE HIGH IN DANNEVIRKE. 17 IN KAITAIA. IT'S A TOUCH SUNNIER DOWN SOUTH. FINE IN NELSON AND KAIKOURA. OCCASIONAL RAIN IN HOKITIKA. FINE WITH MORNING FROSTS IN CHRISTCHURCH AND TIMARU. GUSTY NORTH-WEST WINDS IN ALEXANDRA. OCCASIONAL EVENING RAIN IN QUEENSTOWN AND INVERCARGILL, BECOMING HEAVY IN MILFORD SOUND. 12 IS THE HIGH IN WANAKA. 18 IN ASHBURTON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHRIS. A POPULAR MID-WINTER EVENT IS SET TO LIGHT UP THE SKIES OVER MID CANTERBURY THIS WEEKEND. THE FIRE & ICE FESTIVAL RETURNS TO METHVEN ON SUNDAY, BRINGING GLOWING HOT AIR BALLOONS, LASER DISPLAYS AND PLENTY OF FAMILY-FRIENDLY ENTERTAINMENT TO THE TOWN. OUR REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER IS FINDING OUT WHAT ELSE IS ON THE CARDS. CHARLOTTE, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU KNEW WHAT YOU ARE DOING IN THE HOT AIR BALLOON THERE BEFORE. (LAUGHS) CHRIS, I HAD NO CLUE WHAT I WAS DOING. I THINK I JUST JUMPED IN AND ASKED WHICH BUTTON ` NO, IT IS NOT A BUTTON ` WHICH LEVER TO PUSH. WE ARE AT THE A&P SHOW GROUND THIS MORNING. IT IS CHILLY, BUT THAT BURNER IS KEEPING EVERYONE WARM. WE HAVE EVERYONE HERE WITH US THIS MORNING TO STOP GRAHAM CHURCH IS THE OWNER OF ADVENTURE BALLOONS. GRAHAM, COME ON HERE. WHAT IS HAPPENING ON SUNDAY? WE HAVE THE FESTIVAL HERE. WE HAVE THE FIRE AND ICE FESTIVAL. THE BALLOONS WILL BE GLOWING IN THIS ARENA. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. LIVE MUSIC. HOW POPULAR IS IT? THE BALLOONING? IT IS VERY POPULAR. THERE WERE 12,500 PEOPLE HERE LAST TIME. AMAZING FEEDBACK? EVERYONE LOVES TO OBVIOUSLY SEE THE DISPLAY? LAST TIME WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOOD UNFORTUNATELY. BUT WE HAVE SOLVED THAT THIS YEAR. WE HAVE LOTS THIS YEAR. YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE BALLOONING INDUSTRY ` GRAHAM HAS BEEN IN THE BALLOON INDUSTRY FOR OVER 40 YEARS. WE WERE JUST TALKING BEFORE. 1989 YOU STARTED. TELL ME SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES OR HOW HAVE THINGS KIND OF EVOLVED OVER TIME WITH HOT AIR BALLOONS? THE BALLOONS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, BUT THE BURNERS ARE A LOT BETTER AND QUIETER SO THEY DON'T FRIGHTEN THE ANIMALS LOW DOWN. THAT IS THE THING THAT IS ALWAYS ON PEOPLE'S MIND. TELL ME LASTLY, WHY DO YOU LOVE IT? WHY DO YOU LOVE WAKING UP EVERY DAY TO COME AND DO THIS AND SHOW PEOPLE WHAT IS IS LIKE? IT IS ALWAYS DIFFERENT. NO TWO FLIGHTS ARE LIKE. AND THE SCENERY AROUND HERE IS FANTASTIC. WE GET TO AROUND 9000 FEET SO WE CAN SEE MOUNT COOK. IT IS BRILLIANT. ABSOLUTELY STUNNING DOWN HERE IN CANTERBURY, ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. IS EVERYONE EXCITED? (CHEERING) THEY ARE GOING TO START TAKING OFF, TEAM. BUT ENJOY. THANKS SO MUCH, CHARLOTTE. LOOKS LIKE A GLORIOUS MORNING THERE. A BIT FROSTY TOO. THEY HAVE THE PROS DOING IT. SO NO NEED FOR CHARLOTTE'S INTERVENTION. I WOULD GO UP IN ONE. LESS INTERESTED. A BIT NERVY. BUT IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. MAYBE WE COULD ASK A PANEL ABOUT WHETHER THEY WOULD BE KEEN. BUT... THEN SHE GOES. CARRY ON, CHARLOTTE. I WAS JUST GOING TO QUICKLY SAY, THERE IS A GUY STRAPPED TO A CHAIR. LET'S GO AND SEE. IT IS SO FUNNY. I HOPE THIS DELIVERS, CHARLOTTE. HOLD ON. WHEREVER YOU GOING? HE IS GOING UP. HE IS LITERALLY STRAPPED TO A SINGULAR CHAIR. IT IS JUST A CHAIR AND A BALLOON? A CHAIR AND A BALLOON. AND WE'RE GOING TO WATCH HIM GO UP. I MEAN, WHY BOTHER WITH THE BASKET. THIS IS JUST MY TOY. BROUGHT IT UP FROM AUSTRALIA. (LAUGHS) I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. I THINK THIS IS GREAT. ALL RIGHT, YOU KEEP GOING UP. WE'RE JUST GOING TO WATCH IT. SLIGHTLY MODIFIED BALLOON THERE. STRAIGHT RAWDOGGING OF THE HOT AIR BALLOON. I THINK THAT IS A DIFFERENT THING. WE'VE BEEN TALKING A BIT ABOUT MP PERKS LATELY. POCKETING ACCOMMODATION ALLOWANCES, BUYING BACHES, AND NOW SHANE JONES' GOLD-GILDED TRIP TO A MINING CONFERENCE IN CANADA, EARNING HIM A REBUKE FROM THE FINANCE MINISTER. REVEALED BY STUFF'S POLITICAL EDITOR, JENNA LYNCH, THE TRIP BLEW THE BANK BY ALMOST DOUBLE WITH A PRIVATE LIMO ON STANDBY AND PREMIUM ECONOMY FLIGHTS BUMPED UP TO BUSINESS CLASS. TO DISCUSS THIS AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER RANDOM STUFF, OUR PANEL OF THE PEOPLE ` THIS WEEK, FOOD EDUCATOR GANESH RAJ AND MAGAZINE EDITOR SARAH HENRY. KIA ORA. WHAT DO WE THINK OF SHANE JONES' TRIP? SARAH ENOUGH, RIGHT ` $60,000 TO GO TO A MINING CONFERENCE. THE KEY IS IN MINING CONFERENCE. THAT ALONE, CERTAINLY IN THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN, THE WORD MINING IS NOT AS SEXY AS IT USED TO BE. AND HE SEEMS TO BE PART OF MINING WHEN. LAND* IT IS CLEARLY OUT OF MY WHEELHOUSE. I THINK PERKS IN THE 70S CLEARLY GO HAND-IN-HAND. I CAN SEE IT BOTH WAYS. BUSINESS TRAVEL IS NOT GLAMOROUS. YOU ARE NOT THERE ON A JUNKET MOST OF THE TIME. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I CAN SEE IT AS A TAXPAYER, AND YOU THINK, WOULD YOU PAY FOR THAT YOURSELF IF YOU WERE WRITING OUT THE CHECK ` HOW WOULD YOU JUSTIFY THAT? I THINK THAT IS WHERE THE UNCOMFORTABLENESS COMES FOR PEOPLE. THE BUDGET BLEW OUT TO ABOUT $63,000. WE ALL SPEND MORE OVERSEAS THAN WE MEAN TO. BUT TRAVELLING BUSINESS CLASS, WINSTON PETERS ARGUES THESE ARE HARD-WORKING MPs, AND THEY NEED A BIT OF MOE BEFORE THEY GET TO IT. POLITICAL TRAVEL AND BUSINESS CLASS IS LIFE. RED HERRING, RIGHT? WHY SHOULD THEY... THAT IS WHAT BLEW THE BANK. IT BLEW THE BANK BECAUSE SOMEONE MADE A DECISION INITIALLY, AND IT WAS A BAD DECISION, AND THEN TO COVER UP THE BAD DECISION WITH A BETTER DECISION THAT COST MORE MONEY. SO I AM LIKE, WOULD IT HAVE BEEN A COMPANY, YES, HEADS WOULD ROLL AT THAT POINT. BUT POLITICS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CIRCUS. (LAUGHS) IT IS A BUDGET. SO WHAT IS THE POINT OF HAVING A BUDGET IF YOU ARE GOING TO BLOW IT ALL THE TIME? THAT IS NOT THE POINT OF IT. SO THE ACCOUNTABILITY NEEDS TO BE THERE. YES. AND DOESN'T LOOK OUT OF TOUCH FOR PEOPLE GOING TO VOTE FOR NEW ZEALAND FIRST? AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE STICKING TO A BUDGET. THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE THE ALLOWANCE. THE ACCOMMODATION SEEMED TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE AS WELL. THE LIMO THAT SAT THERE AND WAITED FOR HIM SEEMED QUITE PRICEY AS WELL. APPARENTLY IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS SNOWING. AND APPARENTLY BECAUSE IT WAS SNOWING AND SOMEONE HAD PARKED THE VEHICLE. BUT ALL OF THAT TO ME JUST SOUNDS UNNECESSARY. DO YOU NEED A LIMO? THERE IS QUITE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LIMO AND A SEDAN. IT SHOULD BE A SEDAN. I FEEL LIKE MUM IS JUST TELLING ME FOR BOOKING A LARGE HOLIDAY. I AM BAFFLED THAT YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE A LIMO ON STANDBY. YOU ARE GREAT AT CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, TOVA. BBC HAS DONE THE STORY THAT HAS GONE SEMI-VIRAL ONLINE, BECAUSE THEY TOOK THESE SHOES TO A LAB. THERE IS ALLSORTS OF DISGUSTING THINGS ON. I WAS THINKING, ALL OF ASIA TAKE OUR SHOES OFF BEFORE WE GO INSIDE. THAT'S THE SECOND TIME SOMEONE HAS SAID THAT ON OUR SHOW. ALMOST 85% OF THE PLANET DOES THAT. NOW, IN NEW ZEALAND, MULTICULTURAL ` IF YOU LET ME WEAR SHOES, I WEAR THEM. DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WEARING SHOES IN THE HOUSE? I FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE HOST. YOU LOOK AT THE ENTRYWAY. YOU CAN SEE IF THEY HAVE STACKS OF SHOES BY THE DOOR, THAT IS PROBABLY SHOES OFF. AND DO YOU NORMALLY ASK? CLOCK WHAT THE HOST HAS GOT ON THEIR FEET, AND SORT OF SEE WHAT IS AROUND AND OFFER. I WOULD ALWAYS OFFER WHEN I GO INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S HOUSE. I WEAR MY LITTLE FOOT HUGS INSIDE. TRANSITIONAL SHOES IS A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. THAT IS ANOTHER DAY. IT IS WHEN YOU TAKE OFF THE OUTSIDE SHOE, THE INSIDE AND THE HOLDING AREA. AND THEN YOU TRANSITION. A SOFTER SOLE THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR OUTDOORS. BUT NOT A SLIPPER? A SLIPPER IS NOT AS BAREBONES. TO USE THAT WORD AGAIN, YOU ARE RAWDOGGING. FEET ARE NOW CALLED DOGS. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE VIEWING THE SHOE AND THE FOOT ` WHO KNOWS? ME U TONU MAI ` THE CEO OF AUCKLAND FC NICK BECKER IS UP NEXT TO TALK ABOUT THE RESIGNATION OF COACH. AND THE METHVEN BALLOONS ARE ALL IN THE AIR NOW. TAKE A LOOK. STUNNING. LET'S LET THAT SEE US OUT TO THE BREAK. WELCOME BACK. A NEW ZEALAND DRAGON BOATING TEAM IS ABOUT TO MAKE BIG WAVES IN CHINA. NGA HAU E WHA AOTEAROA IS COMPETING TOMORROW IN THE DIEJIAO DRAGON BOAT DRIFT RACE ` THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TEAM TO TAKE PART IN ITS 500-YEAR HISTORY.TEAM HISTORY. UNLIKE TYPICAL EVENTS THAT FOLLOW A STRAIGHT COURSE ON OPEN WATER.'S THE RACE TAKES PLACE ON THE NARROW TWISTING CANALS OF DIEJIAO VILLAGE, UNLIKE TYPICAL EVENTS THAT FOLLOW A STRAIGHT COURSE ON OPEN WATER. NGA HAU E WHA AOTEAROA PADDLERS MATT KENSINGTON AND MITCH ZANDSTRA ARE WITH US. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN FOR BEING WITH US. MATT, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TEAM? YOU ARE IN QUITE ESTEEMED COMPANY. IT IS A HUGE HONOUR. I THINK THE IMPORTANCE OR RELEVANCE OF IT WAS SHOWN TO US LAST NIGHT, BECAUSE WE DID OUR TRAINING RUN FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THE FULL NEW ZEALAND CREW AND THERE WAS CELEBRATION FROM THE LOCALS ABOUT THAT HAPPENING. SO IT WAS VERY COOL. IT SOUNDS FANTASTIC. BEG YOUR PARDON, AS IT MATT OR MITCH, MATT, OR MITCH? MITCH. MITCH. HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO YOUR NORMAL DRAGON BOAT RACING? IT IS A MASSIVE DIFFERENCE. ALSO THE CANOES ARE DOUBLED THE SIZE, SO YOU HAVE DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE. WE ARE GOING AROUND CORNERS, SOMETIMES WE HAD TO GO ON OUR KNEES AS WELL. SO IT IS WAY DIFFERENT. CRAZY ATMOSPHERE. IT IS TIGHT CORNERS. SO YOU HAVE TO CONTROL THIS 25 M CANOE GOING AROUND THESE CANALS WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CHEERING. THE ONLY SIMILARITY REALLY IS THAT YOU ARE IN WATER AND YOU HAVE THE SAME PADDLE. WE ARE SEEING SOME PICTURES OF IT NOW. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS AT NIGHTTIME AND ALL LIT UP ` IS THIS WHEN THEY NORMALLY DO IT, AT NIGHT, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THAT? ALL OF OUR TRAININGS HAVE BEEN 8 O'CLOCK TO 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. PEOPLE COME AFTER WORK TO WATCH OUR TRAININGS. THEY ARE FASCINATED TO SEE NON-CHINESE AND KIWI PEOPLE THERE. EVEN FOR US TO STEER OURSELVES AS A MASSIVE THING. SOME PEOPLE GET LOCAL STEERERS BUT WE DO IT OURSELVES. YOU MUST BE GETTING CELEBRITY TREATMENT BEING THE ONLY NON-CHINESE TEAM. APPARENTLY WE HAVE GONE VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA OVER HERE. THEY ARE QUITE TAKEN WITH OUR DRUMMER WHO IS APPARENTLY THE FIRST FEMALE DRUMMER. THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO LEAVE HER BEHIND WHEN WE GO BACK. WE ARE SEEING SOME FOOTAGE OF YOU PERFORMING A HAKA AND YOU HAVE THE LION DANCING NEXT TO YOU. THEY MUST HAVE LOVED THAT. HOW LONG ARE YOU THERE FOR? SOME OF US ARE HERE FOR 10 DAYS AND SOME OF US FOR 14 DAYS. WE ARE A MAORI DRAGON BOAT TEAM. THEY REALLY LOVE OUR CULTURE. A LOT OF HAKA AND WAIATA IS DONE EVERY DAY TO SHOWCASE AND THANK THE LOCALS HERE FOR SPONSORING US AND GETTING US OVER. BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITY. LOOKS FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MATT AND MITCH FOR JOINING US ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING. AWESOME. CHEERS, MATE. APPRECIATE IT. STEVE CORICA HAS SAID 'SAYONARA' TO THE CLUB AS HE'S LEAVING FOR JAPANESE SIDE YOKAHAMA. CORICA LED AUCKLAND TO PREMIER'S PLATE GLORY IN THE BLACK KNIGHTS' INAUGURAL SEASON AND BACKED IT UP WITH A CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE MOST RECENT SEASON. FOR MORE ON THIS, WE'RE JOINED BY AUCKLAND FC CHIEF EXECUTIVE NICK BECKER. GOOD MORNING, NECK. LOVELY TO SEE YOU. MORNING, CHRIS. STEVE HAD A 3.5 DEAL WITH YOU GUYS. HAS HE BEEN POACHED OR DECIDED IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE? IT IS MORE THE LATTER. HE CAME OUT HERE TO WIN TROPHIES AND WANTED TO GO AND EXPLORE OVERSEAS. HE IS A COACH WHO HAS ONLY COACHED IN THE A-LEAGUE. HE WANTED AS A CHALLENGE, AND THEN HE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE HIM HERE NEXT SEASON. BUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOOTBALL DON'T COME AROUND THAT OFTEN, SO YOU NEED TO TAKE THEM WHEN THEY DO. HE HAS HAD WELL-WISHES, AND WE WILL CERTAINLY BE SUPPORTING FROM AFAR. MORE ON HIM AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THOSE FIRST TWO SEASONS AND HOW PIVOTAL HE WAS TO GETTING THE CLUB GOING? ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT FROM THE START, BILL FOLEY SAID LET'S FIND A COACH WHO KNOWS HOW TO WIN THE DAY LEAGUE. AS AN ASSISTANT COACH AND A COACH AT SYDNEY FC. HE WAS A NATURAL CHOICE. STEVE SAID AS SOON AS IT CAME IN, I WANT TO WIN THE A LEAGUE. AND HE DID IT. YOU CANNOT FAULT THE GUY. HE IS A GREAT HUMAN. HE IS AN AMAZING COACH. THE PLAYERS LOVE HIM. HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED. THE FANS. HE GOES, AND I AM SURE HE WILL BE SUPER SUCCESSFUL. DO YOU KNOW WHO WAS COMING IN TO FILL THE ROLE YET? NO. THE SEARCH STARTS NOW BASICALLY. WE HAVE GONE A SHORT LIST OF WHO WE ARE TARGETING. THE GOOD NEWS IS ` I WAS ON A CALL WITH OUR OWNERS YESTERDAY, AND EVERYONE SAID, WE MOVE ON NOW AND FIND A COACH THAT CONTINUES WHAT WE HAVE SET UP AND WANTS TO WIN. WE HAVE A SHORT LIST. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME. PRE-SEASON STARTS AROUND 10 JULY. SO WE WILL START THAT SEARCH TODAY. WILL THE ASSISTANT COACH DANNY HAY BE ON THAT SHORTLIST? WE HAVE LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS, CHRIS, AND I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT SORT OF THING. WE WILL DIFFERENTLY TALK TO EVERYONE AND TALK TO THE BEST CANDIDATES. I AM SURE WE WILL GET THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE ROLE. BEFORE YOU GO, HOW PROUD ARE YOU TO HAVE 1/6 AUCKLAND FC PLAYER AT THE WORLD CUP? IT IS AMAZING. APPARENTLY HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS QUITE UPSET, BUT HOW MANY WOODCUTS DO YOU GET TO GO TO? IT IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. THE FIRST GAME AGAINST IRAN WAS AMAZING. I HAVE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF GUYS IN THE SQUAD AT THE MOMENT OVER THERE. THE FEELING IN THE SQUAD IS SUPER POSITIVE, AND I AM SURE THEY WILL GO WELL AGAINST EGYPT. WHO KNOWS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU ON WITH THE NEW COACH. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. 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... # 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. VOICEOVER: Maori ma. Every day, we make choices. Big or small, we breathe mana into each choice when we understand its impact. Choosing your roll to vote on is the same. The Maori roll or the general roll? It's not about right or wrong, just what's right for you. Two rolls, one choice. Shape the horizon ahead. Start by checking you're enrolled, and choosing your roll for this year's election, at vote.nz WE WILL BE CROSSING TO METH VENDOR SHORTLY. CORRECTION: METHVEN. A KIWI WOMAN DETAINED BY IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS IN THE U.S. IS SET TO BE RELEASED IN THE COMING DAYS AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DROP HER CASE. EVERLEE WIHONGI, WHO HAS LIVED IN THE U.S. SINCE CHILDHOOD, WAS STOPPED AT LAX AIRPORT ON RETURN FROM NEW ZEALAND. THE 37-YEAR-OLD GREEN CARD HOLDER WAS ARRESTED DUE A TO DRUG POSSESSION CHARGE IN 2014. THE CHARGE HAS SINCE BEEN OVERTURNED. HER LAWYER MARC CHRISTOPHER SAYS ALL GOING WELL, SHE'LL BE OUT IN TWO DAYS. THE FILING HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE IMMIGRATION CORPS. WE ARE SIMPLY WAITING FOR THE JUDGE'S SIGNATURE, AND SHE WILL BE RELEASED. TODAY MARKS 10 WEEKS SINCE EVERLEE WAS DETAINED. WHAT HAS HAPPENED THERE? SHORTLY AFTER THOSE HOT AIR BLOOMS TOOK OFF BEFORE, ONE OF THEM CAME DOWN, CRASHING THROUGH THOSE TREES BEHIND US. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BROKEN BRANCHES ON THE GROUND. THERE ARE MULTIPLE EMERGENCY VEHICLES HERE THIS MORNING. FROM WHAT I CAN SEE, THERE ARE TOO FAR IN EMERGENCY TRUCKS. WE WILL BE GETTING A STATEMENT VERY SHORTLY. WE WILL COME BACK SOON. JUST TRY TO FIND OUT IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY INJURIES IN THAT CRASH. THE 60-DAY PEACE DEAL BETWEEN IRAN AND THE U.S. BEGINS TODAY, OFFERING A GLIMPSE AT WHAT COULD BE A COMPLETE END TO ALL HOSTILITIES. ABC'S OLIVIA RUBIN HAS THIS REPORT. TODAY THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING A NEW DEAL WITH IRAN IS NOW IN EFFECT AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED THE AGREEMENT AT VERSAILLES, MAKING CLEAR HE WAS TRYING TO AVOID ECONOMIC DISASTER. I DIDN'T WANT TO SEE ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE. IRANIAN STATE MEDIA WITH THIS PHOTO OF IRAN'S PRESIDENT ALSO SIGNING. UNDER THE DEAL, WHICH LASTS FOR 60 DAYS, IRAN AND OMAN WILL REOPEN AND ADMINISTER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, THOUGH BEFORE THE WAR, IT WAS ENTIRELY OPEN. IN RETURN, IRAN REAPING SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL BENEFITS. THE U.S. SAYS IT WILL NEGOTIATE TO LIFT ALL SANCTIONS, UNFREEZE BILLIONS IN IRANIAN ASSETS AND COMMIT WITH PARTNERS A $300b FUND TO REBUILD IRANIAN INFRASTRUCTURE. ON THE OTHER END OF THE DEAL, IRAN REAFFIRMS THEY WOULD NOT DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS ` THE SAME PROMISE THEY MADE YEARS AGO TO PRESIDENT OBAMA SEVERAL SERIOUS RIGHTS BREACHES WERE UNCOVERED AFTER AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL WITH AUTISM WAS MISIDENTIFIED AS AN ADULT. POLICE HANDCUFFED HER AND TOOK HER TO A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY AT WAIKATO HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE WAS INJECTED WITH A SEDATIVE AND ANTI-PSYCHOTIC. HEALTH NZ DOCTOR RICHARD SULLIVAN SAYS IT WAS A TRAUMATIC EVENT. DEPUTY HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ROSE WALL SAYS 'SERIOUS MISTAKES WERE MADE'. THE CHILD WAS ADMITTED INTO THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL OR PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT UNDERTAKEN PRIOR TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF TREATMENT. AND HAD THIS OCCURRED, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF CLINICIANS RECOGNISING THAT SHE WAS AN AUTISTIC CHILD. THE FAMILY'S LAWYER TANIA WINSLADE SAYS THE INCIDENT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. A FIRE BROKE OUT AT ONE OF AUCKLAND'S MAIN CITY RAIL LINK TRAIN STATIONS OVERNIGHT. FIRE AND EMERGENCY CREWS WERE CALLED TO WAITEMATA JUST AFTER 11pm TO REPORTS OF A SMALL FIRE ON A PLATFORM. THE FIRE WAS ALREADY EXTINGUISHED UPON THEIR ARRIVAL. ASSISTANT COMMANDER BARRY THOMAS CONFIRMED YOUTHS WERE INVOLVED IN THE FIRE AND POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. HE WANTED A NEW CHALLENGE. HE WENT AHEAD AND DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT. OPPORTUNITIES IN FOOTBALL DON'T COME AROUND THAT OFTEN. WHEN YOU DO, YOU TAKE THEM. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. STARTING OFF WITH SOME WARNINGS. A HEAVY RAIN WARNING WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THE WESTLAND RANGES FROM 7PM TONIGHT TO 7PM SATURDAY, FIORDLAND UNTIL 2PM SATURDAY, THE HEADWATERS OF CANTERBURY LAKES AND RIVERS UNTIL 7PM SATURDAY, AND OTAGO LAKES AND RIVERS FROM 9PM TONIGHT TO 3PM SATURDAY. SO DO TAKE CARE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. TO THE NORTH ISLAND NOW, AND IT'S ANOTHER CLOUDY ONE. OCCASIONAL MORNING SHOWERS IN RUSSEL AND WHANGAREI. MORNING FOG IN AUCKLAND. MORNING CLOUD CLEARING TO FINE IN TAURANGA AND TOKOROA. A FEW SHOWERS IN GISBORNE. MOSTLY FINE IN NEW PLYMOUTH, LEVIN, AND THE CAPITAL. 13 IS THE HIGH IN DANNEVIRKE. 17 IN KAITAIA. IT'S A TOUCH SUNNIER DOWN SOUTH. FINE IN NELSON AND KAIKOURA. OCCASIONAL RAIN IN HOKITIKA. FINE WITH MORNING FROSTS IN CHRISTCHURCH AND TIMARU. GUSTY NORTH-WEST WINDS IN ALEXANDRA. OCCASIONAL EVENING RAIN IN QUEENSTOWN AND INVERCARGILL, BECOMING HEAVY IN MILFORD SOUND. 12 IS THE HIGH IN WANAKA. 18 IN ASHBURTON. THIS WEEK, WE'VE BEEN GIVING BREAKFAST VIEWERS THE CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF THREE INCREDIBLE LG PRIZE PACKAGES, AND NOW IT'S TIME TO REVEAL OUR LUCKY WINNERS! DRUMROLL, PLEASE. CONGRATULATIONS TO NICK F. FROM AUCKLAND! YOU'VE WON THE ULTIMATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT UPGRADE, FEATURING A BRAND-NEW 77-INCH O-LED TV AND HOME CINEMA SOUNDBAR. CONGRATULATIONS TO JAY H. FROM CANTERBURY! YOU'RE TAKING HOME THE KITCHEN GLOW UP, INCLUDING A FRENCH-DOOR FRIDGE, DISHWASHER, AND O-LED TV. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO JACLYN W. FROM WELLINGTON! YOU'RE THE WINNER OF THE LAUNDRY REFRESH, WITH A NEW WASHING MACHINE, HEAT PUMP DRYER, AND 48-INCH O-LED TV. A MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR WINNERS AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED. AND OF COURSE, A HUGE THANK YOU TO LG FOR MAKING THESE INCREDIBLE PRIZES POSSIBLE. THE SUPER RUGBY FINAL IS JUST ONE DAY AWAY, AND WELLINGTON IS PREPARING TO HOST ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED FINALS IN RECENT TIMES. THE HIGH-FLYING HURRICANES SET TO HOST THE CHIEFS TOMORROW NIGHT. JOINING US LIVE FROM THE CAPITAL IS 1NEWS SPORTS REPORTER LUKE ROBINSON, WHO IS IN CHIEFS CAMP. BEHIND ENEMY LINES, LUKE. MASSIVE GAME TONIGHT. HOW IS THE VIBE IN THE HOTEL BEHIND US? ALL THE WORK THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SEASON HAS LEAD UP TO THIS. AS HE HAD INTO THE FOURTH FINAL IN A ROW, IS THAT EXTRA MOTIVATION FOR YOU THIS WEEK? NOT REALLY. IT HAS BEEN A SIMILAR TEAM FOR THE PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS FOR US. WE DO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT. IS THAT THE BLUEPRINT YOU ARE LOOKING AT? I THINK WE JUST NEED TO FOCUS ON CHIEFS RUGBY. HOPEFULLY PEOPLE BRING THEM IN AND SHAKE IT WELL. THANK YOU, MATE. ALL THE BEST. A MASSIVE GAME TOMORROW NIGHT. SOLD OUT. EXPECTING 33,000. THANKS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE DUNEDIN TEEN WHO IS HOPING TO COMPLETE A REMARKABLE OCEAN SWIMMING FEAT THIS WEEKEND. AND TO BREAKING NEWS NOW, A HOT AIR BALLOON HAS JUST CRASHED IN METHVEN THIS MORNING, WHERE REPORTER CHARLOTTE MULDER IS. WHAT'S THE LATEST, CHARLOTTE? WHAT'S THE LATEST, CHARLOTTE? WE ARE STANDING JUST OUTSIDE THE METHVEN RUGBY AND CRICKET CLUB. FIRE AND EMERGENCY ARE CLEARING AWAY ALL THE DEBRIS. PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED MODERATE INJURIES. THEY ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO PLEASE AVOID THE AREA OF POSSIBLE. CARS ALSO GETTING DIVERTED. A PALPABLE SENSE OF RELIEF, KNOWING THAT THE TWO PEOPLE INVOLVED ONLY HAD MODERATE INJURIES. A DUNEDIN TEEN WHO LEARNED HER SWIMMING TECHNIQUE FROM YOUTUBE IS CHASING A PLACE IN THE RECORD BOOKS. THIS WEEKEND, JEMIMAH MCILROY TAKES ON HER EASIEST CHALLENGE YET ` A SWIM TO BIRD ISLAND THAT COULD MAKE HER THE FIRST PERSON TO COMPLETE OPEN-WATER SWIMS TO EIGHT ISLANDS AROUND OTEPOTI. SAM OLLEY HAS MORE. JEMIMA MCILROY FUELS HER SWIMS WITH LOLLIES AND COUNTS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES TO THE TIME OF HER STROKES. HER LATEST CHILLY CHALLENGE STARTED LAST MONTH IN 11 DEGREE WATERS. A 3.9km SWIM TO QUARANTINE ISLAND ` THE LIST GREW FROM THERE. WHITE ISLAND, GREEN ISLAND, PUDDING ISLAND, GOAT ISLAND, RIVER ISLAND AND TAIERI ISLAND. LEAVING THE EASIEST TILL LAST THIS WEEKEND ` BIRD ISLAND. SO I'VE JUST GOT TO SWIM OUT THROUGH THESE LIKE WEIRD, BUMPY LITTLE WAVES, GO AROUND ALL THE ROCKS AND BACK IN. SO IT SHOULD BE ONLY ABOUT 1km. THE HARDEST SWIM SO FAR, WHITE ISLAND NEAR SAINT CLEAR BEACH. SHE SWAM TOO WIDE AND ADDED AN EXTRA KILOMETRE, MAKING IT A 6km SWIM ` NOT TO MENTION THE WILDLIFE. SO I SAW A SEA LION OUT AT WHITE ISLAND AND ACTUALLY CAME AND TOUCHED ME, WHICH WAS A BIT SCARY. I KIND OF LIKE FREAKED OUT AND HOPPED IN THE RV. I'VE ALSO SEEN ALBATROSS UP AT WHITE ISLAND. AND IN THE BAY, I REGULARLY SEE OCTOPUS AND STINGRAYS AND LOTS OF, LIKE, WEIRD-LOOKING FISH AND SLUGS AND STUFF. THE 19-YEAR-OLD WAS LATE TO LEARN THE BEST SWIMMING TECHNIQUE. SO I FIRST PROPERLY LEARNED HOW TO SWIM WHEN I WAS, LIKE, 15, BECAUSE I WANTED TO DO A TRIATHLON. SO I JUST, LIKE, TAUGHT MYSELF OFF YOUTUBE IN THE LITTLE POOL OUT AT CHERRY FARM. THEN WHEN I FIRST GOT INTO LIKE PROPER OPEN-WATER SWIMMING, I WAS 17. I ONLY JOINED SQUAD THIS YEAR. THIS WINTER, REALLY THROWING HERSELF IN THE DEEP END. WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO SWIM TO ALL OF THOSE ISLANDS? SO I'M TRAINING FOR A COOK STRAIT ATTEMPT. THAT'LL BE HAPPENING NEXT SUMMER. PUTTING IN THE K'S IN THE COLD, FOR NOW. E WHAI AKE NEI ` DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE IN A HACKATHON? WELL, MANY YOUNG NEW ZEALANDERS DO. WE'LL HAVE MORE NEXT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THESE ARE PICTURES FROM METHVEN WHERE WE HAVE BEEN LIVE THIS MORNING. THIS IS A SHOT OF A BALLOON THAT CRASHED THROUGH THE TREES. LIKELY ONLY A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAVE MODERATE INJURIES. ANY FURTHER UPDATES WE WILL HAVE FOR YOU ON OUR WEBSITE. EMERGENCY CREWS ARE JUST ASKING PEOPLE TO STAY AWAY FROM THE AREA AT THE MOMENT. SOME PEOPLE IN THAT BALLOON ONLY RECEIVED MODERATE INJURIES. A YOUNG KIWI CODER IS SHAKING UP THE TECH SCENE, LAUNCHING THE COUNTRY'S FIRST HIGH SCHOOL HACKATHON CLUB BUILT BY STUDENTS, FOR STUDENTS. FOR MORE ON THIS, WE'RE JOINED BY KIWIHACKS FOUNDER NIKO PURDIE. MORENA, NIKO. HOW ARE YOU GOING? AND GOING REALLY GOOD. TELL PEOPLE WHAT A HACKATHON IS. IT IS NOT HACKING. IT IS A TIME BOXED HACKING EVENT. AT OUR MOST RECENT ONE, IT WAS A 24-HOUR ONE WITH HUNDREDS OF HIGH SCHOOL IS BUILDING APPS, GAMES, HARDWARE PROJECTS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. HOW DID IT COME ABOUT? I HAD INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO BE FLOWN OUT TO AUSTIN, TEXAS FOR A HACK-ATHON WHICH WAS RUN BY HIGH SCHOOLERS FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS. I CAME BACK AND REALISE THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE THIS IN NEW ZEALAND. SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT EXPERIENCE THAT FOR EVERY KIWI HIGH SCHOOLER. IT IS REALLY TAKING OFF. PEOPLE ARE EMBRACING THIS AWFUL GUSTO. IT CORRECTION: WITH FULL GUSTO HIGH SCHOOLERS RUN EVERYTHING. INCLUDING MAKING THESE T-SHIRTS. THIS WAS MADE BY HIGH SCHOOLER. THAT IS SO COOL. NICE ONE. YOU HAVE A BIT OF BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. WE ARE DOING SOMETHING WHICH IS PRETTY INSANE AND HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE IN NEW ZEALAND, WHICH IS WE ARE GOING TO BE RUNNING THREE HACK-ATHONS IN THREE CITIES. SO WE ARE LAUNCHING KIWI HACKS NOVA. A NOVA IS AN EXPLOSION OUTWARDS. AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING ` EXPLODING OUTWARDS NATIONWIDE. THERE WILL BE ONE IN AUCKLAND, ONE IN WELLINGTON AND ONE IN CHRISTCHURCH IN LATE SEPTEMBER AND EARLY OCTOBER OVER THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS, WHICH WILL BE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. YOU HAD 100 AT YOUR LAST ONE. YOU COULD HAVE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS COMING TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME. SO PRETTY MUCH WE'RE GOING TO START OFF IN WELLINGTON ON THE 27TH AND 28TH OF SEPTEMBER. WE WILL MOVE ON TO CHRISTCHURCH IN THE NEXT WEEK, AND THEN END IN AUCKLAND. IT IS GOING TO BE CRAZY. ONE THING ABOUT IT IS IF WE HAVE 300 SIGNUPS FOR ONE OF THE EVENTS, I AM GOING TO SHAVE MY HEAD. IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE, YOU CAN GO AND SCAN THIS. HOLD IT UP. KEEP HOLDING UP FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER. PULL OUT YOUR PHONES, GUYS. OR GO TO nova.kiwihacks.org WHAT IS YOUR PLAN AFTER YOU LEAVE SCHOOL? MY PLAN IS TO GO TO UNIVERSITY AND STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AND PROBABLY DO A BCOM AS WELL. BUT ONE THING I WOULD LOVE TO DO IS BUILD A START-UP AND KEEP WORKING ON THIS IN THE MEANTIME, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE THING. WHAT DO KIDS COME OUT OF THE HACK-ATHON WITH? EVERYONE COMES OUT WITH A PROJECT THAT ANYONE CAN VIEW ON THE INTERNET. SO ACTUALLY IT IS A REQUIREMENT. IF YOU WANT TO GET ONE OF THESE AWESOME SHIRTS FULLY FOR FREE, YOU HAVE TO UPLOAD YOUR PROJECT TO THE INTERNET. SO ANYONE CAN PLAY IT IF IT IS A GAME, OR GO TO THE WEBSITE OR THE APP OR ANYTHING ELSE, WHICH IS SO CRAZY. CRAZ HOW HACK-ATHONS ARE COMPLETELY FREE. IT IS BREAKFAST, LUNCH. WE EVEN HAVE LAPTOPS IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR OWN LAPTOP. YOU CAN JUST GO ALONG AND TRY IT OUT. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERTS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE TOTAL BEGINNERS. THERE IS A GUY, ALEX, WHO JUST WENT TO APPLE PARK LAST WEEK AND WAS TOP 50 WORLDWIDE IN THE APPLE STUDENT SWIFT CHALLENGE. HE IS A KIWI HACKER. VERY IMPRESSIVE. FRIGHTENINGLY IMPRESSIVE. YOU ARE THE KIWI HACKS FOUNDER. THANK YOU TO NICK, ONE OF OUR STUDIO CREW HERE WHO IS HAVING HIS LAST DAY TODAY. HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND. WE WILL SEE NEXT WEEK. CAPTIONS BY BEN REX, EMILIA SULLIVAN, CHLOE FARMER AND COURTNEY SOLE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2026