GOOD MORNING. IT'S TUESDAY THE 7TH OF MARCH. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING ` PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS. ON THE PAY RATES FOR MIDWIVES, TRANSPORT AND ALSO UKRAINE. OUT WE'LL ALSO BE ASKING THE PRIME MINISTER ABOUT MIDWIVES ` WHY THEY'RE FURIOUS OVER ONGOING PAY EQUITY PROBLEMS AND ARE CONSIDERING ACTION. MAKING HEADLINES THIS MORNING ` IT'S CENSUS DAY, AND EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO BE COUNTED, INCLUDING HARRY STYLES. I KNOW YOU ARE WATCHING. YES, THAT'S RIGHT. THE POP MEGASTAR IS IN THE COUNTRY. # WE HAVE BEEN DOING ALL OF THIS ALL NIGHT LATE NIGHT TALKING. WE'RE GOING TO BE HEADING TO AUCKLAND'S MOUNT SMART TO HOPEFULLY MEET SOME OF THE 40,000 EAGER FANS THAT'LL PACK THE STADIUM TONIGHT. PLUS ` WE MEET THE KIWI WHO'LL OPEN FOR THE GRAMMY WINNER. I SAW A MASSIVE LINE YESTERDAY. PEOPLE WERE LINING ALREADY TO GET MERCH. AT THE STADIUM? WE HAD A QUICK CHAT ABOUT THIS MORNING AND I WAS LIKE, SURELY THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYONE OUT THERE. I HAVE NEVER BEEN THAT COMMITTED TO ANYONE. IT IS HARRY STYLES. WE ARE HARRY STYLES CRAZY THIS MORNING. NOW CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. TRIBUTES CONTINUE TO FLOW FOR GEORGINA BEYER ` FORMER PRIME MINISTER HELEN CLARK SAYS SHE WAS "LEGENDARY" AND THAT SHE'S "DEEPLY SADDENED" BY THE NEWS OF HER DEATH. BEYER, THE WORLD'S FIRST OPENLY TRANSGENDER MP, DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A LONG ILLNESS AT THE AGE OF 65. SHE ALSO SERVED AS THE MAYOR OF CATERTON IN 1995 AND WAS MADE A MEMBER OF THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT FOR SERVICES TO THE RAINBOW COMMUNITY. BEYERS HAS BEEN REMEMBERED AS A CHAMPION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER IDENTITY. IF YOU HAVEN'T COMPLETED YOUR CENSUS FORM YET ` TODAY'S THE DAY. MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY FILLED THEM OUT, THOUGH STATISTICS NEW ZEALAND SAYS THAT NUMBER'S DOWN ON WHAT IT HOPED IT WOULD BE. IT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED HOW CENSUS INFORMATION WILL BE COLLECTED FROM REGIONS AFFECTED BY CYCLONE GABRIELLE, WITH AN EXTRA EIGHT WEEKS FOR RESPONSES TO BE GATHERED. INADEQUATE CLIMATE ACTION COULD COST NEW ZEALAND'S ECONOMY $4.4B ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT BY DELOITTE. THE 'TURNING POINT' REPORT LOOKED AT THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IF THE PLANET WARMED 1.5 DEGREES BY 2050, COMPARED TO IF IT WARMS THREE DEGREES. DELOITTE'S REPORT FOUND THAT DECISIVE CLIMATE ACTION COULD ADD $64B TO THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY. IT COMES AS THE GOVERNMENT FACES CRITICISM FOR REMOVING EMISSION REDUCTION AS ITS TOP TRANSPORT PRIORITY FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYING "A LOT HAD CHANGED" IN THE WAKE OF CYCLONE GABRIELLE. THE GENDER GAP IN HOME OWNERSHIP IN AOTEAROA IS CLOSING BUT THE LEVEL OF FEMALE ONLY OWNERSHIP IS GETTING SMALLER. CORELOGIC'S "WOMEN AND PROPERTY" REPORT SHOWS THE GAP BETWEEN MALE ONLY AND FEMALE ONLY OWNERSHIP IS JUST 0.5%, WITH FEMALE ONLY AT 22%. THAT'S FALLEN FROM 23.5% FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR. JOINT OWNERSHIP HAS INCREASED, NOW SITTING AT 55.5%, CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN IN AUSTRALIA WHICH IS AT 43.4%. A HEATWAVE IS SWEEPING THROUGH NEW SOUTH WALES SYDNEY, SWELTERING IN ITS HOTTEST DAY IN TWO YEARS. WHILE IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE HIGH 30S OR EARLY 40S IN GREATER SYDNEY, IT'S A RARE OCCURRENCE IN THE CITY. CHANNEL NINE'S KATE CREEDON HAS MORE. AT FIRST LIGHT, A GOLDEN GLOW AS THE CITY WOKE TO A HOT AND STEAMY MONDAY. BY 9.30, IT WAS ALREADY 26 DEGREES IN THE CITY. NORTH WESTERLY WINDS MAKING IT FEEL EVEN WARMER. EVEN ON THE WATER, THE AIR CON WAS TURNED UP. THERE'S A HEAT WAVE OUTSIDE. WE WANNA KEEP THE CABINS COOL. AT BARANGAROO, THE CONDITIONS WERE PERFECT FOR A MID-MORNING DIP. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY. WE'VE GOT SUMMER AT LAST. WE'VE HAD SUCH HUMIDITY AND WET WEATHER AND FINALLY... NICE, SUNNY WEATHER AND NICE AND WARM. IT'S GREAT. WHILE THOSE WORKING FROM HOME SNUCK OFF TO THE BEACHES ON THEIR LUNCH BREAK. IT WAS A SCORCHER ACROSS OUR SUBURBS TOO. NAM MGUYEN FROM LIDCOMBE DRY CLEANERS WORKING THROUGH THE HEAT. NO AIR CONDITION, JUST A FAN ONLY. IT'S HOT AND I'M TRYING TO FINISH THE WORK EARLIER. THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN RIVERSTONE IS THE LOCAL POOL. RIVERSTONE POOL. BUT DON'T TELL ANYONE. I WAS DRIVING PAST HOPING TO GET SOME CHEAP PETROL. AND THEN I SAW THE POOL AND IT WAS EMPTY. AND I JUST THOUGHT, 'I GOTTA 'JUMP IN.' THE NEARBY RIVERSTONE NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A COOL CENTRE. THE AIRCON TURNED UP FOR RESIDENTS WANTING A REPRIEVE FROM THE HEAT. WE GET A LOT OF YOUNGER FAMILIES AND THEN WE GET A MIDDLE AGED COHORT ` PEOPLE LIVING ALONE. BUT ALSO SOME OLDER PEOPLE. BACK IN THE CITY AS THE TEMPERATURE PEAKED, PICNICKERS SET UP UNDER THE CANOPY OF TREES IN HYDE PARK. WHILE SYDNEY REMAINED FIRE FREE, THE HEAT BROUGHT OTHER DANGERS ` AN OVERLOADED TRANSFORMER AT EXPLODING, CAUSING BLACKOUTS ACROSS TWO SUBURBS. NINE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN KILLED AND AT LEAST 13 OTHERS INJURED IN A SUICIDE ATTACK IN SOUTH-WESTERN PAKISTAN. A BOMB WAS DETONATED IN BALOCHISTAN PROVINCE AS A GROUP OF SECURITY OFFICERS RETURNED FROM POLICING A LOCAL FESTIVAL. A NEW MILITANT GROUP FORMED JUST TWO WEEKS AGO IS CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BLAST, MARKING THEIR FIRST MAJOR ATTACK. AN INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDERWAY. RUSSIA'S CONTINUING ITS ASSAULT ON UKRAINE'S EASTERN CITY OF BAKHMUT DESPITE LOSSES BELIEVED TO BE IN THE THOUSANDS. MOSCOW'S MISSION TO CAPTURE THE CITY HAS BECOME ONE OF THE LONGEST AND BLOODIEST BATTLES OF THE CONFLICT SO FAR, BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN EIGHT MONTHS, RUSSIA IS ON THE CUSP OF TAKING THE TERRITORY. ITS TROOPS ARE CALLING FOR MORE MILITARY SUPPORT FROM THE KREMLIN WITH AN OLIGARCH WARNING THE ENTIRE FRONTLINE COULD STILL FALL IF HIS MEN WERE FORCED TO WITHDRAW. TO SPORT AND THE NEW LOOK TACTIX HAVE MADE A WINNING START TO THE DOMESTIC NETBALL SEASON. THEY'VE BEATEN LAST YEAR'S RUNNERS UP, THE NORTHERN STARS, 55-49 IN AUCKLAND. THE STARS MADE A LATE PUSH IN THE FINAL QUARTER, BRIDGING THE GAP TO JUST FOUR GOALS. BUT IT WAS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE ` THE TACTIX HOLDING OUT FOR THE ROUND ONE WIN. JOELLE KING HAS FALLEN SHORT IN HER SEMI-FINAL AT THE BLACKBALL OPEN IN EGYPT. KING STARTED SLOWLY, LOSING THE FIRST GAME 11 - 5. SHE FOUGHT BACK TO LEVEL THE MATCH IN THE SECOND, BUT COULDN'T KEEP UP THE MOMENTUM ` GOING DOWN TO TOP SEED NOURAN GOHAR 3 GAMES TO 1. HERE'S YOUR BUSINESS MARKET UPDATE FOR THE MORNING. (UPBEAT MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` SHOWERS FOR SOME OF YOU TODAY. KAITAIA, YOU'LL START YOUR DAY WITH SOME SUN, TURNING TO SHOWERS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. YOUR HIGH IS 23. FURTHER SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR EVERYONE THROUGH HERE. 24 IS THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON AND TAURANGA. SUNSHINE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. TO THE EAST COAST ` A FINE DAY THROUGH HERE TOO. GISBORNE, YOU MIGHT GET SOME SHOWERS DURING YOUR MORNING, TURNING TO CLOUD FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU GUYS HAVE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER OVER HERE TOO. 23 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARUNUI. 21 FOR PALMERSTON NORTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A LITTLE MORE MIXED OVER HERE. A FINE DAY IN NELSON THROUGH TO KAIKOURA, BUT ON THE WEST COAST, EXPECT TO SEE SOME SHOWERS. 23 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO SUNSHINE THIS MORNING, CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY FOR CHRISTCHURCH. THE REST OF YOU WILL SEE SOME CLOUD DEVELOPING. 25 THE HIGH FOR ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` A LITTLE GLOOMY HERE. EXPECT CLOUD THROUGH HERE. MILFORD SOUND, YOU'LL SEE RAIN THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. 22 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN AND GORE. THANK YOU, CHRIS. MORE MONEY'S ON THE WAY FOR CYCLONE-HIT FARMERS AND GROWERS AS THE MASSIVE CYCLONE CLEAN-UP JOB ENTERS ITS FOURTH WEEK. THE GOVERNMENT'S INITIAL FUNDING DROP WAS ALMOST DRAINED DRY IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS, SO ANOTHER $26m HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE POT. DAIRY FARMER AND VICE PRESIDENT OF FEDERATED FARMERS WAYNE LANGFORD JOINS US NOW. MORNING. HOW IS THE CLEAN UP GOING ON THE EAST COAST? IN A LOT OF AREAS, WE ARE STILL IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY. WE WANT TO SEE THAT LIFTED A MOVE INTO THE RECOVERY PHASE, OR CERTAINLY BE GETTING INTO THE CLEANUP, BUT HOPEFULLY GETTING SOME OF THESE FARMERS BACK ON THEIR FEET. DOES HELP YOU, OR HINDER, BEING IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY? IS GOING TO BE A LONG PROCESS, WHEN WE ARE HAGGLING OVER A DAY OR TWO. IT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR TO GET ALL THESE FARMS OUT. IT IS NOT TOO BIG A DEAL, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT AGAIN THE NEXT WEEK. WHAT IS A MEAN FOR YOU PRACTICALLY NEXT WEEK? WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN PERSONNEL, PEOPLE DONATING THEIR TIME. AS AN EXAMPLE, THE FREIGHTER DO FARMERS THE FEDERATED FARMERS HAVE SET UP VOLUNTEERS. THESE ARE SKILLED OPERATORS, TRACTORS, FENCING GUYS. THERE IS A LOT OF AREA TO COVER. YOU CAN'T DO MUCH IF YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY TO BUY ANYTHING WITH IT. YOU'VE HAD 20 MILLION SO FAR AND ANOTHER 26 MILLION. IS IT ENOUGH? THAT IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO KEEP IT ON THE GROUND AND TO KEEP IT COMING AND FOR SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES. IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE HORTICULTURE GUYS, THEY GOT DECIMATED, AND ABOUT 100,000 OR $1 MILLION WORTH OF FRUIT IS GONE. IT WOULD KEEP THEIR STAFF AND TEAMS AROUND, THEY WILL BE A LARGE PART OF THE RECOVERY AS WE LOOK TO BUILD UP SOME OF THOSE COMMITTEES ALONG THE EAST COAST. SOME OF THAT MONEY MUST'VE BEEN USED FOR EXISTING STAFF TO GET BILLS PAID. THAT INITIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY IS GONE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IT HAS BEEN USED FOR? ALSO FOR THE GENERAL CLEANUP AND WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON THERE. LIKE I SAY, AT THIS STAGE, THIS IS THE INITIAL CLEANUP. AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE COMING WEEKS, IT WILL BE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AND WE WILL BE CLEARING AND RE-FENCING AND A SORT OF THING. THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF FENCING TO GO ON. IF I COULD PUT A NUMBER ON THAT, AT ABOUT $21 PER METRE. WE HAVE GOT A SIGNIFICANT BUILD IS COMING IN TO GET IT ALL.. I TAKE IT YOU DON'T GET A BULK BUY DISCOUNT. I SEE THAT YOU ARE IN GOLD AND BASIC YOU WILL NOT HAVE SEEN ESK VALIANT PERSON, BUT THE CLEANUP JOB LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT TAKE YEARS. YOU HAVE GOT TO DECIDE THE LAND STAYS AT THE NEW HEIGHT OR YOU HAVE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF REALLY LARGE-SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MACHINERY TO COME IN AND START CLEARING IT AWAY. DO YOU KNOW IF SOME FARMERS HAVE MADE PLANS YET TO WALK AWAY OR REMEDIATE THE LAND IN A DIFFERENT WAY? WE ARE WORKING WITH FARMERS RAN OUT TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH CONTRACTORS TO ENSURE THAT WHEN THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE, WE CAN GET MOVING QUICKLY. IF WE CAN GET MORE MACHINERY AND MORE HELP, THAT WE CAN GET IT TIDIED UP QUICKLY. THAT VALLEY WAS COMPLETELY DECIMATED AND I AM REALLY FEELING FOR THOSE FAMILIES AND THE DECISIONS THEY HAVE TO MAKE. THERE IS A PROMISE OF MORE MONEY ON THE WAY, BUT YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT NEEDING MORE PHYSICAL HELP IN THERE. WHAT IS THE MOST URGENT NEED THAT YOU ARE HEADING FROM FEDERATED FARMERS AT THE MOMENT? WE CAN'T GET AWAY FROM FARMERS AND THE HUMAN SIDE OF IT, AND GETTING THEIR LIVES BACK ON TRACK. WE ARE LOOKING TO REBUILD THE FARMS. IT IS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO MOVE STOCK AROUND AND FENCE STOCK IN, MAKING SURE THEY DON'T EAT ALL THE GRASS AT ONCE. THEN THE ABILITY TO GET STOCK OFF THE FARM AND OUT OF SOME OF THESE AREAS, BECAUSE THAT IS TYPICALLY WHAT THESE FARMS WOULD DO IN THE WINTER. NOW IS THE TIME THAT THEY MOVE A LOT OF STOCK AROUND. WE ARE WORKING WITH A LOT OF COUNCILS AND FARMERS TO ENSURE THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN. THERE'S ABOUT 4000 HA OF GRAZING DONATED ALREADY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ANIMALS HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO WHEN THE ROADS OPEN. THERE IS A FAIR BIT GOING ON BEHIND-THE-SCENES, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, BUT IT IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE ESK VALLEY. I SAW IN THE NOTES THAT YOU CAN'T APPLY FOR THIS A LOT OF MONEY TWICE. IS THAT FAIR? IT IS TOUGH, BUT I DO NOT THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LAST OF IT. WE AS WE MOVE INTO RECOVERY, WE WILL KNOW MORE AND WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR SOME MORE TARGETED, SPECIFIC FUNDING. WAYNE LANGFORD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. ALL THE BEST WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE EAST COAST. CHEERS. COMING UP ` THE BATTLE FOR BAKHMUT. THE HIGH PRICE BEING PAID TO DEFEND THE UKRAINIAN CITY. WE'RE LIVE TO THE CAPITAL NEXT. # YOU CAN COUNT ON ME LIKE ONE, TWO, THREE. # I WILL BE THERE. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WE GO TO THE LATEST IN UKRAINE NOW, AND THE INTENSE FIGHT FOR THE EASTERN CITY OF BAKHMUT. IT'S BECOME ONE OF THE BLOODIEST BATTLES, AND RUSSIA IS DESPERATE FOR VICTORY, DESPITE UKRAINE BEING IN CONTROL. WE'RE LIVE TO KYIV IN A MOMENT FOR MORE, BUT FIRST, BBC'S JAMES LANSDALE REPORTS. AFTER MORE THAN SIX MONTHS OF FIGHTING, MUCH OF BAKHMUT NOW LIES IN RUINS. AND YET THE FIGHTING REMAINS HARD. STREET BY STREET, HOUSE BY HOUSE. FOR THOSE FEW CIVILIANS WHO REMAIN IN THE CITY AND IN VILLAGES NEARBY, CONDITIONS ARE TERRIBLE, WITH LITTLE ACCESS TO WATER, HEAT OR POWER. TRANSLATOR: I WANT PEACE, SILENCE, CALMNESS, AND JUST TO BE AT HOME ON OUR OWN LAND. THE UKRAINIAN ARMY STILL HOLDS THE CENTRE OF BAKHMUT. THEY CAN GET IN AND OUT FROM THE WEST, BUT... (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) THIS UKRAINIAN SOLDIER SAYS THE SITUATION IS TENSE. TANKS ARE SHELLING THE ROAD AND BRIDGES ARE BROKEN. DEFENDING THIS CITY IS COMING AT A HIGH PRICE IN UKRAINIAN LIVES. RUSSIAN FORCES CONTINUE TO BOMBARD THE CITY AND THEIR TROOPS CONTINUE TO MAKE SMALL ADVANCES FROM THE NORTH AND SOUTH, BUT AT GREAT COST. BRITISH MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY SOME RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ARE EVEN BEING FORCED TO ATTACK WITH LITTLE MORE THAN THEIR SPADES. RUSSIAN MERCENARIES AT THE HEART OF THE FIGHTING COMPLAIN THEY'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH AMMUNITION. TRANSLATOR: WHAT IF THEY WANT TO SET US UP, CALLING US SCOUNDRELS, AND THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T GIVE US AMMUNITION? IF WE RETREAT FROM BAKHMUT NOW, THE WHOLE FRONT WILL COLLAPSE. THERE IS NOT MUCH LEFT TO WIN OR LOSE IN THIS CITY, BUT UKRAINIAN FORCES ARE DEFENDING THESE STREETS HARD. MANY RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ARE DYING TRYING TO TAKE THEM. WE'RE JOINED NOW BY UKRAINIAN MP, KIRA RUDIK. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AS ALWAYS, FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. UKRAINE SEEMS TO BE IN CONTROL, BUT THERE ARE REPORTS OF UKRAINIAN TROOPS WHO WERE STARTING TO WITHDRAW FROM BAKHMUT. CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE SITUATION? HELLO. INDEED, THIS IS OUR TERRITORY, THIS IS OUR LAND, AND WE WILL BE FIGHTING FOR IT AND WE WILL NOT BE WITHDRAWING FROM IT. THIS IS THE GOLD THAT WAS ANNOUNCED FROM OUR MILITARY COMMANDERS. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS, THEY TRIED TO MARCH FORWARD FOR WHAT EVER THAT COMMANDERS ARE SAYING. FOR US, IT IS OUR LAND, OUR PEOPLE. HOW CAN WE GIVE IT ALL UP? RIGHT NOW, ONCE WE GET MORE AND MORE OF THEIR WEAPONS FROM OUR ALLIES, WE WANT TO CONCENTRATE OUR WORK FORCES INTO REGAINING OUR TERRITORIES. INDEED, FROM THE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE TAKEN BACK 50% OF WHAT RUSSIA HAS OCCUPIED SINCE FEBRUARY 24TH. WE ARE KEEN TO FREE AND LIBERATE OUR PEOPLE AND FREE OUR TERRITORIES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE STRIPPED OF THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, AND WE HAVE SEEN EVIDENCE OF THE TORTURE AND ATROCITIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO THEM. WE ARE NOT FIGHTING FOR THE LAND, BUT FOR OUR PEOPLE. YOU SAY THAT YOUR TROOPS WILL NOT RETREAT, BUT WITH THE SITUATION INTENSIFYING, I WONDER WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE LIKE THEREFORE YOUR TROOPS. THE CONDITIONS ARE INDEED VERY HARD. THEY ARE UNDER CONSTANT SHELLING BY RUSSIAN ARTILLERY. THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR EVERY INCH OF UKRAINIAN LAND. WE NEED TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WE ARE FIGHTING AGAINST AN ENEMY THAT IS 10 TIMES LARGER, WITH AN ABILITY TO GET AMMUNITION, WEAPONS, EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED, AND WE CANNOT USE THE SAME STRATEGY AS THEY ARE USING, ESPECIALLY AS USING PEOPLE. WE NEED TO BE SMARTER, MORE MODERN, AND NO MATTER WHAT CONDITIONS ARE THERE, WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR. THE STRENGTH IS THEIR MOTIVATION, GIVEN THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE INTENSIFIED ATTACK ON BAKHMUT, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK YOUR TROOPS CAN HOLD OUT? I AM NOT A MILITARY ADVISER. I CAN ONLY SAY THAT WE KNOW THAT UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS, BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN, WILL DO WHAT COMMANDMENTS ARE SAYING. RIGHT NOW, IT IS ONE OF THE CRITICAL POINTS OF THIS SPRING BATTLE FOR UKRAINE, MAKING SURE THAT THE STRATEGIC POINT OF BAKHMUT REMAINS UNDER OUR CONTROL. IF RUSSIA DOES TAKE OCCUPATION OF BAKHMUT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR UKRAINE? AGAIN, IT IS NOT A MATTER OF TERRITORY, IT IS A MATTER OF STRATEGIC POINT FROM WHERE RUSSIA WOULD BE ABLE TO START ACTING ON OTHER CITIES IN THIS REGION. IT WILL MAKE IT MUCH HARDER TO DEFEND OTHER CITIES. THIS IS WHY IT IS CRITICAL, NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT IS OUR LAND, BUT FROM A MILITARY STANDPOINT, IT IS AN IMPORTANT MATTER. WE ARE ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU, AND GLORY TO UKRAINE. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. STAY WITH US. # I WANT TO BE WITH YOU EVERYWHERE. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WE HAVE YOUR 630 NEWS COMING UP SHORTLY BUT TODAY IS CENSUS DAY. I THINK THERE IS AROUND ABOUT A MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE READY FILLED OUT THERE CENSUS FORM. IT'S DIFFERENT NOW. A STICKLER FOR THE RULES, ANNA BURNS-FRANCIS. ARE YOU DOING YOURS BY PAPER? ONLINE. I SAID, YOU ARE RUINING THE FUND. TONIGHT IS CENSUS NIGHT. THAT IS SAD. THAT IS VERY, VERY SAD. YOU NEED THE CODE. I HAVE TWO WITH THE CODES. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S LEGAL. YOU NEED THE CODE TO EVEN DO IT ONLINE? I AM SCREWED. ARE YOU GETTING TOGETHER WITH PEOPLE TO DO YOUR CENSUS? LET US KNOW. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? PROBABLY FEEDING CHILDREN AND TRYING TO FILL THE FORM OUT AT THE SAME TIME. YOU SHOULD LET THEM DO IT THEMSELVES. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE? IT WAS ONLY A FEW QUESTIONS. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE QUITE FUN. IS THAT WHAT COUNTS IS FUN THESE DAYS? WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PARTY... VERY SIMILAR TO YOU. AROUND THE DINNER TABLE AND WE WILL START FILLING IN THE FORMS. ONE EYE ON THE TV AND ONE I ON THE FORM WHILE TRYING TO EAT FOOD AND TYPING. JUST GET IT DONE. I CAN DO ALL OF THAT. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. WE ARE TALKING TRUCKING THIS MORNING WITH ALL OF THESE MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES. HOW ARE TRUCKS GETTING AROUND THE COUNTRY? WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MIDWIVES AND PAY PARITY. THERE ARE SOME ACTION THAT THE MIDWIVES ARE GOING TO TAKE. AND WE ARE TALKING TO CHRIS HIPKINS. NOW CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. FORMER PRIME MINISTER HELEN CLARK IS AMONG THOSE PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE LATE GEORGINA BEYER, THE WORLD'S FIRST OPENLY TRANSGENDER MP. BEYER DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A LONG ILLNESS AT THE AGE OF 65. SHE SERVED ALONGSIDE HELEN CLARK IN PARLIAMENT WHO REMEMBERED HER AS A "PIONEER" FOR THE RAINBOW COMMUNITY. BEYERS ALSO SERVED AS CARTERON MAYOR AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, TODAY'S THE DAY TO COMPLETE YOUR CENSUS. MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DONE THEIRS, THOUGH STATISTICS NEW ZEALAND SAYS THAT NUMBER'S SLIGHTLY DOWN ON WHAT IT HAD HOPED FOR. IT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED HOW CENSUS INFORMATION WILL BE COLLECTED FROM REGIONS AFFECTED BY CYCLONE GABRIELLE, WITH AN EXTRA EIGHT WEEKS FOR RESPONSES TO BE GATHERED. ONE EAST COAST DAIRY FARMER HOPES THE GOVERNMENT'S LATEST SUPPORT PACKAGE BOOST WON'T BE THE LAST. AN ADDITIONAL $26M HAS BEEN GRANTED TO HELP FARMERS AND GROWERS RECOVER FROM CYCLONE GABRIELLE FOLLOWING A HUGE NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS FOR THE FIRST WAVE OF SUPPORT. OF THE FIRST $25M MADE AVAILABLE JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, $17M HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID OUT. I DON'T THINK THIS IS GONNA BE THE LAST OF IT, TO BE FAIR. AND WE'LL MOVE INTO` AS WE MOVE INTO RECOVERY AND THINGS GET ASSESSED A BIT MORE AND THEY KNOW A BIT MORE WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE GROUND, THEN NO DOUBT WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR SOME MORE. AND SOME MORE TARGETED, SPECIFIC FUNDING, WHICH THEY'VE SEEMED TO BE PRETTY REASONABLE ABOUT SO FAR. THE LATEST BOOST BRINGS THE OVERALL SUPPORT FOR THE PRIMARY SECTOR TO $55M. THE GREEN PARTY AND NATIONAL ARE CRITICISING THE GOVERNMENT FOR U-TURNING ON PRIORITISING EMISSION REDUCTIONS IN ITS LONG-TERM TRANSPORT PLAN. TRANSPORT MINISTER MICHAEL WOOD SAYS DAMAGE FROM CYCLONE GABRIELLE HAS NOW BECOME THE MAIN FOCUS. THE GOVERNMENT HAD INITIALLY PLANNED TO REALLOCATE FUNDS USED ON ROAD MAINTENANCE FOR PROJECTS SUCH AS CYCLEWAYS AND BUS LANES. IT COMES AS A NEW REPORT FROM DELOITTE REVEALS INADEQUATE CLIMATE ACTION COULD COST NEW ZEALAND'S ECONOMY $4.4B. SYDNEY HAS RECORDED ITS HOTTEST DAY IN TWO YEARS AS A HEATWAVE SWEEPS THROUGH NEW SOUTH WALES. TEMPERATURES IN THE CITY REACHED A HIGH OF 37.9 DEGREES, WITH NEARLY 40 BUSHFIRES SPARKED BY THE HEAT ACROSS THE STATE. WHILE IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE HIGH 30S OR EARLY 40S IN GREATER SYDNEY, IT'S A RARE OCCURRENCE IN THE CITY. FORECASTERS EXPECT THE HEATWAVE TO CONTINUE UNTIL TOMORROW. NINE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN KILLED AND AT LEAST 13 OTHERS INJURED IN A SUICIDE ATTACK IN SOUTH-WESTERN PAKISTAN. A BOMB WAS DETONATED IN BALOCHISTAN PROVINCE AS A GROUP OF SECURITY OFFICERS RETURNED FROM POLICING A LOCAL FESTIVAL. A NEW MILITANT GROUP FORMED JUST TWO WEEKS AGO IS CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BLAST, MARKING THEIR FIRST MAJOR ATTACK. AN INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDERWAY. TENNIS STAR NOVAK DJOKOVIC HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE INDIAN WELLS TOURNAMENT AFTER BEING DENIED ENTRY INTO AMERICA. THE 22 TIME GRAND SLAM WINNER'S VACCINATION STATUS IS STILL NOT UP TO STANDARD ` THE U.S REQUIRING INTERNATIONAL VISITORS TO BE VACCINATED TO ENTER THE COUNTRY. DJOKOVIC HAS APPLIED FOR SPECIAL PERMISSION AFTER MISSING OUT ON THE U.S OPEN LAST YEAR. AND THE NEW LOOK TACTIX HAVE MADE A WINNING START TO THE DOMESTIC NETBALL SEASON. THEY'VE BEATEN LAST YEAR'S RUNNERS UP, THE NORTHERN STARS, 55-49 IN AUCKLAND. THE STARS MADE A LATE PUSH IN THE FINAL QUARTER, BRIDGING THE GAP TO JUST FOUR GOALS. BUT IT WAS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE ` THE TACTIX HOLDING OUT FOR THE ROUND ONE WIN. HERE'S YOUR BUSINESS MARKET UPDATE FOR THE MORNING. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` SHOWERS FOR SOME OF YOU TODAY. KAITAIA, YOU'LL START YOUR DAY WITH SOME SUN, TURNING TO SHOWERS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. YOUR HIGH IS 23. FURTHER SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR EVERYONE THROUGH HERE. 24 IS THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON AND TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` A FINE DAY THROUGH HERE TOO. GISBORNE, YOU MIGHT GET SOME SHOWERS DURING YOUR MORNING, TURNING TO CLOUD FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 20 THE HIGH FOR DANNEVIRKE. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU GUYS HAVE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER OVER HERE TOO. 23 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARUNUI. SUNSHINE ALL THE WAY THROUGH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A LITTLE MORE MIXED OVER HERE. A FINE DAY IN NELSON THROUGH TO KAIKOURA, BUT ON THE WEST COAST, EXPECT TO SEE SOME SHOWERS. 23 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO SUNSHINE THIS MORNING, CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY FOR CHRISTCHURCH. THE REST OF YOU WILL SEE SOME CLOUD DEVELOPING. 25 THE HIGH FOR ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` A LITTLE GLOOMY HERE. EXPECT CLOUD THROUGH HERE. MILFORD SOUND, YOU'LL SEE RAIN THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. 22 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN AND GORE. THANKS CHRIS. TWO PEOPLE HAVE EMAILED IN TO SAY DON'T WORRY YOU CAN GET A NEW CODE ONLINE TO DO YOUR CENSUS FORM IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CODE IN THE MAIL. IT TAKES ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES TO DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE GOING TO SUSS THE SALE. WHAT WORLD WE'RE LIVING IN? DO THE CENSUS ON AIR. WE CAN DO A LIVE CENSUS EXPERIENCE. WE WILL LEAVE YOU TO THAT. IT WAS A BIG DEAL WHEN I WAS A KID. WE ALL GOT TO FILL IN OUR OWN PIECES OF PAPER. AND HAS BEEN RUINED FOR YOU. COMING UP ` GETTING AOTEAROA MOVING AGAIN. MOST OF OUR GOODS ARE SHIFTED BY ROAD, AND WITH SO MANY IN THE NORTH BADLY DAMAGED, HOW ARE TRUCK DRIVERS GETTING FROM A TO B? IT'S LITERALLY BECOME A VERY, VERY LONG HAUL FOR MANY TRUCK DRIVERS IN THE WAKE OF CYCLONE GABRIELLE. BRIDGES WASHED AWAY AND MAIN HIGHWAYS KNOCKED OUT OF ACTION HAVE MEANT TRUCKERS CLOCKING UP SOME CRAZY MILEAGE. THE RED MARKINGS ON THIS WAKA KOTAHI MAP HIGHLIGHT KEY STRETCHES OF ROAD THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN THE UPPER AND MIDDLE NORTH ISLAND. AN ESTIMATED 400KMS OF ROADING OUT OF ACTION. FOR EXAMPLE, TRIPS IN THE WORST HIT AREAS OF THE EAST COAST, BETWEEN NAPIER AND GISBORNE, CAN TAKE UP TO 12 HOURS. JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE FRUSTRATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED IS TRANSPORTING NEW ZEALAND BOSS NICK LEGGETT. MORNING. IT IS SO NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US. IT PAINTS A PRETTY GRIM PICTURE ON THAT MAP. HOW BAD IS THIS FOR A TRUCK IS AT THE MOMENT? UNDOUBTABLY PRETTY STRESSFUL BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN A WOMAN WHO PERHAPS HAVE TAKEN HALF A DAY TO DO A TRIP AND NOW HAVING TO DOUBLE THAT OFTEN MEANS GOING TO PLACES THEY PREVIOUSLY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO. IT ADDS STRESS BUT ALSO COST TO THE MOVEMENT OF FREIGHT. IT CARRIES 93% OF NEW ZEALAND'S FREIGHT. WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN, YOU MAKE IT MUCH HARDER AND MUCH MORE COSTLY TO ACTUALLY KEEP THE ECONOMY GOING. IT FEELS LIKE EVERY TIME OFFICIALS TRY AND FIX INFRASTRUCTURE AND ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED, THE GOALPOST KEEPS MOVING. WE HEARD JUST THIS WEEK ABOUT MORE ROAD CLOSURES IN THE COROMANDEL. THIS MUST MAKE THINGS REALLY TOUGH. IT DOES. THIS LATEST WEATHER EVENT HAS SHOWN US THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT RESILIENT AND IT IS PRETTY EXPOSED TO A BATTERING. BUT TRUCK DRIVERS HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR MANY YEARS NOW THAT ROADS ARE IN VERY POOR CONDITIONS AND THE THING I HAVE HEARD FROM THE PEOPLE ON THE ROADS IS SAYING IT IS THE WORST THEY HAVE EVER SEEN. AND THAT IS BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN 15 YEARS OF UNDERINVESTMENT. WE HAVE OF THE BUILDING THOSE MORE AND SAFER ROADS AND OF COURSE WE FEEL WE ARE AT A TIME NOW WHEN WE FEEL WE HAVE COMMUNITIES IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITIES WHO ARE EXPOSED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AS WELL-CONNECTED AS THEY SHOULD BE. WHAT WE ARE SEEING AND FEELING OUT THERE IS THAT EXPOSURE TO WEATHER, IS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE BUT WE CAN ADAPT BY BUILDING BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE AND FUTURE PROOFING AND WEATHERPROOFING IN WAYS THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN TODAY. THAT ONLY COMES INTO EFFECT SOMETIMES. I AM THINKING OF SOME OF THOSE ROADS THEY HAVE JUST BEEN DESTROYED BECAUSE A MASSIVE SLIP HAS COME DOWN THE HILL. BUILDING BETTER ROADS IS NOT GOING TO STOP THE SLIPS FROM COMING DOWN AND WIPING A MASSIVE SECTION OF THE ROAD. BUT THE THING IS THAT BUILDING A ROAD IS NOT JUST THE SURFACE OF THE ROAD, IT IS ALL OF THAT SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND AND THAT IS WHERE IF WE DO INVEST IN THE WHOLE DEAL, WE WILL GET THOSE BETTER OUTCOMES WHEN WE GET THESE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.. ROADS ARE STILL THE BEST WAY OF CONNECTING NEW ZEALAND, THEY ARE NOT JUST WHAT FREIGHT TRAVELS ON, THEY ARE WHAT PEOPLE TRAVEL ON. WHEN A RAIL IS KNOCKED OUT FOUR MONTHS, A ROAD GIVES YOU MULTIPLE WAYS OF GETTING TO A COMMUNITY GETTING FREIGHT TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO. AND I THINK THAT WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF IMPROVING THE COLLECTIVITY TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF NEW ZEALAND JUST BY INVESTING AND BEING MORE MINDFUL ABOUT WHY WE ARE BUILDING ON WHAT WE ARE BUILDING TO A BETTER STANDARD. AND THAT WILL ULTIMATELY PROTECT THE FREIGHT THAT MOVES AND THE PEOPLE THAT MOVE ALONG THOSE ROADS. SOME OF THAT CONNECTIVITY IS SHOT TO PIECES AT THE MOMENT. 12 HOURS AS WE MENTIONED SOME JOURNEYS ARE TAKING FOR THESE TRUCKERS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND GETTING GOODS TO THE PLACES THAT NEED THEM? WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT FOOD AND OTHER PERISHABLE GOODS, IT IS CRITICAL OFTEN THAT IT MOVES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 700 KM NOW FROM AUCKLAND TO HAWKE'S BAY, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH PALMERSTON NORTH. THAT WILL TAKE A WHOLE DAY FOR A TRUCK DRIVER. AS YOU MENTIONED, NAPIER TO GISBORNE NOW TAKES 12 HOURS. THAT IS OVERNIGHT. THAT TRUCK IS NOT OFTEN THERE AND BACK IN A DAY. IT WILL STAY OVERNIGHT. YOU HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER DRIVER. IT PUTS PRESSURE ON THOSE DRIVERS OFTEN HAVING TO STAY OVERNIGHT AND ADDS COSTS AND THOSE COSTS ARE FELT BY PEOPLE AT THE SUPERMARKET AND BY CONSUMERS ACROSS THE ECONOMY. WE ARE ADDING COST TO GOODS AT A TIME WHEN THE COUNTRY CAN LEAST AFFORD IT. WE HAVE MASSIVE COST OF LIVING PRESSURES AND INFLATION. THE COST OF TRANSPORT IS A BIG CHUNK OF WHAT WE PAY WE BUY THE GOODS THAT WE NEED. TRUCKS CARRY 93% OF FREIGHT. THEY ARE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN THE CLEANUP THAT ARE TRUCKS ABLE TO MOVE FREELY AND REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE A LOT MORE ISOLATED AT THE MOMENT AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE NEEDING DIFFERENT SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY AND DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES START CRANKING UP AGAIN AFTER BEING HIT WITH THE CYCLONE. CONSUMERS CAN EXPECT A SLOW DOWN SUPPLY CHAIN AND AN INCREASE IN COST, BASICALLY? THAT WOULD BE MY PRODUCTION. I THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT IN THE PRESENT TENSE BECAUSE I AM JUST 10 WELLINGTON TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO SOURCE FOOD TO RUN CAFE IS OVER THE WEEKEND. THERE IS A SLOWDOWN IN A LOT OF THOSE BASIC ITEMS THAT WE ALL ENJOYED WHEN WE GO OUT AND THAT IS HERE IN WELLINGTON AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN HAWKE'S BAY. THIS IS IN REAL-TIME, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO EXPECT FOR THE MONTHS AHEAD OF US AS WELL BECAUSE THESE ARE BIG FOOD PRODUCING PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, THEY ARE PRIMARY PRODUCTS, NOT JUST FOR THE DOMESTIC MARKET BUT ALSO FOR THE EXPORT MARKET. AND EVERYTHING IS UNDER PRESSURE AND THIS IS ON TOP OF THOSE COVID-19 PRESSURES THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN OUR SUPPLY CHAIN AND YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE SITUATION WITH THE COOK STRAIT FERRIES AND THE DIFFICULTIES WE'VE SEEN IN THOSE OPERATING EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. THIS IS HURTING EVERY PART OF NEW ZEALAND. IT IS PART OF A MUCH LARGER SUPPLY CHAIN ACROSS THE WORLD THAT WE HAVE A READY HAD THE CYCLONE AND THIS WEATHER, THEY UNFORTUNATELY HAVE THOSE COMPOUNDING IMPACTS ON THE ECONOMY AND THE ABILITY TO MOVE FREIGHT. JUST REALLY QUICKLY, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR IN TERMS OF BETTER ROAD AND, THAT IS NOT SHORT-TERM PROJECT, IT IS NOT EVEN A MEDIUM-TERM PROJECT. IT IS A LONG-TERM PROJECT. WE DO WE GO FROM HERE AND HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE CAN GET OUR TRUCKERS BACK ON THE ROADS AND OUR SUPPLY CHAIN BACK UP AND RUNNING? I THINK THERE IS THE IMMEDIATE... THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING. WE HAVE SEEN ALL OF THOSE CONTRACTING COMPANIES AND WAKA KOTAHI FOCUSING ON FIXING THE ROADS AND GETTING THEM TO A POINT WHERE VEHICLES CAN MOVE. WRITING MAINTENANCE IN THE SHORT TO MEDIUM TERM, THE GOVERNMENT NEED TO KEEP THAT UP IN REAL TERMS BECAUSE WE ARE GOING BACKWARDS IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH WE ARE SPENDING ON MAINTAINING OUR ROADS. WE HAVE TO DO KEEP BUILDING THE WORKER CAPACITY TO MAINTAIN ROADS. AND WE HAVE TO REALLY UP SPEC ON HOW WE BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE. NOT JUST TO THE NEW ZEALAND THING WHERE WE BUILD FOR TOMORROW BUT THINK ABOUT THE DAY AFTER. AND NOT ON THE CHEAPEST TENDER PRICE BUT THE PRICE THAT BUILDS A SAFE AND RESILIENT NETWORK. THIS IS NOT JUST RATING, IT IS ALL FORMS OF TRANSPORT BUT OF COURSE, ROADS WILL CONNECT MOST OF OUR COUNTRY TO EACH OTHER. PEOPLE AND FAMILIES TO EACH OTHER AND OUR ECONOMY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. THAT IS TRANSPORTING NEW ZEALAND BOSS NICK LEGGETT. THANK YOU. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU AS WELL. ARE YOU EXPERIENCING THOSE DELAYS THAT NICK WAS TALKING ABOUT? LET US KNOW. E HAERE AKE NEI, STILL TO COME ` CAN HURRICANES STAR ARDIE SAVEA ESCAPE A BAN FOR THIS GESTURE? WHAT THE SANZAAR FOUL PLAY COMMITTEE'S WEIGHING UP. # GREEN, GREEN GRASS. MORENA, WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND, MAINLY FINE. ISOLATED SHOWERS CLEARING BY EVENING. LIGHT WINDS. 23 YOUR HIGH. IF YOU'RE IN THE CITY TODAY, YOU NEED TO FILL OUT YOUR CENSUS. AND HAMILTON KIRIKIRIROA, ALL 175,000 OF YOU NEED TO FILL OUT YOUR CENSUS. TE WHANAGANUI A TARA WELLINGTON, FINE, THEN CLOUD INCREASING THIS EVENING. NORTHERLIES. CENSUS ` FILL IT OUT. COME ON. YOU CAN DO IT. YOU ARE LOOKING BEAUTIFUL, IF THAT IS THE BOOST YOU NEED. DUNEDIN, THERE IS HIGH-PRESSURE BUILDING FEW TO FILL OUT YOUR CENSUS. WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO, DO IT. ACTUALLY, SPEAKING OF HIGH-PRESSURE ALL BLACKS STAR ARDIE SAVEA, ARGUABLY THEIR BEST FORWARD IF NOT PLAYER OVER THE PAST TWO SEASONS, FACED THE SANZAR RUGBY JUDICIARY LAST NIGHT AFTER LOSING HIS COOL, TWICE, IN A MATCH AGAINST THE REBELS IN MELBOURNE ON FRIDAY NIGHT. THE HURRICANES CAPTAIN WAS SINBINNED AND WAS LATER ISSUED WITH A RED CARD FOR POOR SPORTSMANSHIP. THERE'S BEEN NO WORD YET ON WHAT THE JUDICIARY DECIDED. FORMER 1NEWS RUGBY REPORTER STEPHEN STUART JOINS NOW. AND ALL HIS GLORY. DID NOT DISAPPOINT WITH YOUR SHIRT. AND IT IS FROM WELLINGTON. WHY HAVE WE NOT HEARD ANYTHING YET? I AM UP ALL NIGHT. I AM WAITING FOR THE RESULT. IS IT UNUSUAL TO NOT HAVE A RESULT THE NEXT MORNING? I THINK THE PUBLIC INTEREST IS THERE, ISN'T IT? BECAUSE THE HURRICANE'S PLAY THE BLUES. HE IS THE CAPTAIN, THEIR TALISMAN. HE IS FRONTING UP TO TALK ABOUT IT, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE FEARING THE WORST. LET'S ROLL THE TAPE. THEY ARE PLAYING THE REBELS, THERE IS BIT OF MELEE, SAVEA GRABS THE FIRST FIVE, GETS A SIN BEND. AS IT GOES OFF, THE SOUTH AFRICAN HALFBACK... THAT IS THE OLD THROAT SLIT. IF YOU CAN LOOK WEIRD, I WON'T SAY IT, BUT I WOULD BE SCARED IF I HEARD IT. THIS IS WHAT THEY USED TO DO IN THE HAKA. IT IS NOT PC TO BRING THAT OUT THESE DAYS. SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT HE IS JUST PASSION, BUT OTHERS ARE SAYING THAT IT IS JUST A BAD LOOK. I DO NOT WANT A HUGE AMOUNT OF RUGBY, ARE WHAT I KNOW ABOUT SAVEA IS THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE OUT OF CHARACTER. HE HAS BEEN VERY CONTRITE POST MATCH, HE HAS APOLOGISED. THIS IS A WORLD CUP HERE. THEY'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE THE GAME, NOT THAT ANYONE OTHER TO TURN UP BECAUSE NO ONE CARES ABOUT RUGBY IN MELBOURNE, BUT IT WAS 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, IT WAS QUITE LATE, AND THAT OVERSHADOWED THE MATCH WHICH THEY ALMOST LOST. I WONDER IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS, AND I KNOW YOU DO NOT CARE. I CARE! I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER THINGS GOING ON, BECAUSE THAT IS VERY OUT OF CHARACTER. I WONDER WHAT THE HALFBACK SAID TO HIM. THEY ARE NOTORIOUSLY LIPPY. THE WORST IN THE WORLD IS THE CURRENT SOUTH AFRICAN HALFBACK. HE HAS BEEN BEND ON THE FIELD FOR WINDUPS. THAT IS THE WAY THEY OPERATE, YOU GET INSIDE SOMEONE'S HEAD. WHAT IF WORLD CUP TEAMS ARE WATCHING AND THINK THAT IS A WAY TO GET INSIDE THE ALL BLACKS HAD. I DON'T KNOW. THAT WAS OUT OF CHARACTER. IF WE GO BACK TO THE JUDICIARY HEARING WHICH WAS LAST NIGHT, WHAT ARE THEY TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION? I KNOW YOU USE THE DIFFERENCES OF THE KAPO PANGO, BUT IT WASN'T THAT EXAGGERATED. I AM NOT PLAYING IT DOWN, BUT WHAT ARE THEY CONSIDERING? THEY'RE LOOKING AT IF IT IS POOR SPORTSMANSHIP OR NOT. THE SIN BIN WAS FAIR ENOUGH. HE SHOULD HAVE JUST TO THE HALFBACK, LOOK AT THE SCOREBOARD. WE ARE ALL OVER YOU GUYS, AND THEN IT SHOULD HAVE WALKED OFF. ON ONE END, HE COULD GET FOUR WEEKS, FOUR-GAME BAN AT THE LOWEST. I THINK HE WILL BE BANNED. THEY NEED TO BE SEEN TO BE DOING SOMETHING, BECAUSE THEY ARE A PC BODY THESE DAYS. AS YOU SAY, THEY ARE PLAYING THE BLUES. COMING OFF A LOSS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?' IT MEANS THAT THEY MIGHT WIN. HE IS THE BEST PLAYER, AND HE IS THE LEADER. IF HE IS NOT THERE, THE BLUES WILL BE THINKING, WE CAN BOUNCE BACK. IS A BIG DAY. THE CHIEFS AND THE HIGHLANDERS AS WELL. THE LOW LANDERS. THE TEAM WAS ALMOST UNRECOGNISABLE. THEY HAVE GOT SOME SERIOUS ISSUES AND THE CHIEFS ARE GOING REALLY WELL. TOP OF THE TABLE. YOUR CHIEFS. THEY USED TO BE MINE. YOU HAVE HAD A RUN IN WITH A FEW PEOPLE. WE NEED TO FIND OUT, IF WE GET ANY WORD, CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE US AN UPDATE? I AM BETTING THREE WEEKS. CAN I ASK, HAS A JUDICIARY MATTER RULED ON THAT SHIRT YET? I AM OFF TO THE SIN BIN NOW, ACTUALLY. ALWAYS A PLEASURE. HERE IS CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. TRIBUTES CONTINUE TO FLOW FOR GEORGINA BEYER. FORMER PRIME MINISTER HELEN CLARK SAYS SHE WAS "LEGENDARY" AND THAT SHE'S "DEEPLY SADDENED" BY THE NEWS OF HER DEATH. BEYER, THE WORLD'S FIRST OPENLY TRANSGENDER MP, DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A LONG ILLNESS AT THE AGE OF 65. SHE ALSO SERVED AS THE MAYOR OF CARTERTON IN 1995 AND WAS MADE A MEMBER OF THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT FOR SERVICES TO THE RAINBOW COMMUNITY. BEYER HAS BEEN REMEMBERED AS A CHAMPION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER IDENTITY. ONE EAST COAST DAIRY FARMER SAYS THE GOVERNMENT'S LATEST SUPPORT PACKAGE BOOST ENSURES FARMERS CAN STAY EMPLOYED. AN ADDITIONAL $26M HAS BEEN GRANTED TO HELP FARMERS AND GROWERS RECOVER FROM CYCLONE GABRIELLE, FOLLOWING A HUGE NUMBER OF SUBMISSION FOR THE FIRST WAVE OF SUPPORT. GROWERS CAN RECEIVE $2000 PER HECTARE UP TO $40,000, WHILE PASTORAL AND ARABLE FARMERS CAN RECEIVE UP TO $10,000. ONE FARMER DESCRIBED IT TO ME AS JUST ONE BIG PADDOCK FROM NAPIER UP, WHICH MEANS THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF FENCING TO GO ON. IF I COULD PUT A NUMBER ON THAT SHEEP, BEEF FENCE AND 8 WIRE FENCE IS ABOUT $21 PER METRE. WE'VE GOT A SIGNIFICANT BILL COMING IN. $17M HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID OUT. $55M OF SUPPORT IS NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PRIMARY SECTOR. WITH BRIDGES WASHED AWAY AND MAIN HIGHWAYS KNOCKED OUT OF ACTION, SOME TRUCK DRIVERS ARE FACING 12 HOUR ROAD TRIPS IN THE WAKE OF RECENT WEATHER EVENTS. AN ESTIMATED 400KM OF ROADING OUT OF ACTION. TRANSPORTING NEW ZEALAND BOSS NICK LEGGETT SAYS THE SITUATION IS ADDING MASSIVE STRESS TO TRUCKERS, AND COST TO THE MOVEMENT OF FREIGHT. TRUCKING MIRRORS THE ECONOMY AND IT CARRIES 93% OF NEW ZEALAND'S FREIGHT SO WHEN YOU SLOW EVERYTHING DOWN, YOU MAKE IT MUCH HARDER AND MUCH MORE COSTLY TO ACTUALLY KEEP THE ECONOMY RUNNING. NICK LEGGETT SAYS EXPOSURE TO WEATHER EVENTS WILL ONLY GET WORSE AND WE NEED TO ADAPT WITH BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE. THE GREEN PARTY AND NATIONAL ARE BOTH CRITICISING THE GOVERNMENT FOR PRIORITISING POST CYCLONE RECOVERY IN IT'S LONG-TERM TRANSPORT PLAN. THAT'S A U-TURN ON THE PREVIOUS PLAN THAT FOCUSED ON EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS INITIALLY PLANNED TO REALLOCATE FUNDS USED ON ROAD MAINTENANCE FOR PROJECTS SUCH AS CYCLE WAYS AND BUS LANES. IT COMES AS A NEW REPORT FROM DELOITTE REVEALS INADEQUATE CLIMATE ACTION COULD COST NEW ZEALAND'S ECONOMY $4.4B. RUSSIA IS ON THE CUSP OF CAPTURING UKRAINE'S EASTERN CITY OF BAKHMUT. MOSCOW'S MISSION TO CAPTURE THE CITY HAS BECOME ONE OF THE LONGEST AND BLOODIEST BATTLES OF THE CONFLICT SO FAR, WITH RUSSIA'S LOSSES BELIEVED TO BE IN THE THOUSANDS. DESPITE RUSSIA'S PROGRESS, UKRAINE IS NOT BACKING DOWN. THIS IS OUR TERRITORY. THIS IS OUR LAND. AND WE WILL BE FIGHTING FOR IT AND WE WILL NOT BE WITHDRAWING FROM IT. THIS IS THE GOAL AND IT WAS ANNOUNCED BY OUR MILITARY COMMANDERS. YOU KNOW, FOR RUSSIAN SOLDIERS, THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO MARCH FORWARD FOR WHATEVER THEIR COMMANDERS ARE SAYING. FOR US, IT IS OUR LAND, OUR PEOPLE. HOW CAN WE GIVE IT ALL UP? WITH BOTH SIDES FACING MASSIVE AMMUNITION SHORTAGES, RUSSIA'S ADVANCE COULD BE IN PERIL IF TROOPS ARE FORCED TO WITHDRAW. TO SPORT, AND THE NEW LOOK TACTIX HAVE MADE A STATEMENT IN THEIR OPENING MATCH OF THE DOMESTIC NETBALL SEASON. THEY'VE BEATEN THE NORTHERN STARS 55-49 IN AUCKLAND. THE STARS MADE A LATE PUSH IN THE FINAL QUARTER, CLOSING TO WITHIN FOUR GOALS, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH. LOOK, I'M NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT OUR LOSS TONIGHT. I THINK WE DIDN'T PERFORM THE WAY WE WANTED TO CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE GAME. I THINK WE GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, WE LOOK AT WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY, AND WE TAKE THEM ON. SO BRING IT ON, TACTIX. THE STARS ARE BACK IN ACTION AGAINST THE MAGIC ON SATURDAY. HERE'S YOUR BUSINESS MARKET UPDATE FOR THE MORNING. (FUNKY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` SHOWERS FOR SOME OF YOU TODAY. KAITAIA, YOU'LL START YOUR DAY WITH SOME SUN, TURNING TO SHOWERS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. YOUR HIGH IS 23. FURTHER SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR EVERYONE THROUGH HERE. 24 IS THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON AND TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` A FINE DAY THROUGH HERE TOO. GISBORNE, YOU MIGHT GET SOME SHOWERS DURING YOUR MORNING, TURNING TO CLOUD FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU GUYS HAVE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER OVER HERE TOO. 23 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARUNUI. LOOK AT ALL OF THAT SUNSHINE. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A LITTLE MORE MIXED OVER HERE. A FINE DAY IN NELSON THROUGH TO KAIKOURA, BUT ON THE WEST COAST, EXPECT TO SEE SOME SHOWERS. 23 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO SUNSHINE THIS MORNING, CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY FOR CHRISTCHURCH. THE REST OF YOU WILL SEE SOME CLOUD DEVELOPING. 25 THE HIGH FOR ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` A LITTLE GLOOMY HERE. EXPECT CLOUD THROUGH HERE. MILFORD SOUND, YOU'LL SEE RAIN THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. 22 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN AND GORE. HIGH-PRESSURE OVER THE COUNTRY OVER GETTING THAT SENSE IS DONE. GOOD ON YOU FOR DOING IT IF YOU HAVE DONE IT ALREADY. WE NEED MORE, THOUGH. MIDWIVES ARE FRUSTRATED. I THINK THAT IS PUTTING IT MILDLY. IT'S BAD ENOUGH THEIR NUMBERS ARE DOWN BUT THEY FEEL UNDER-VALUED AND SHORT CHANGED BY THE CONTROLLING HEALTH BODY TE WHATU ORA. THE MIDWIVES WANT PAY PARITY WITH NURSES WHO ARE PAID AT LEAST $11,000 MORE PER YEAR. LEGISLATION PREVENTS THE MIDWIVES FROM STRIKING, BUT THEY ARE THREATENING TO TAKE "ACTION". THEIR UNION'S CO-LEADER JILL OVENS IS WITH US IN THE STUDIO. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. FRUSTRATED. I THINK THAT IS BEEN MILD. IT IS. TELL ME ABOUT OUR MIDWIVES, WORKING IN HOSPITALS, HOW ARE THEY FEELING? THEY HAVE A SEPARATE PAY EQUITY THING THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR FIVE YEARS. THEY ARE GIVING THIS BASED ON AGREEMENT MADE IN 2021, AND THEY HAD ANNOYED THE MIDWIVES, INCLUDING LAST FRIDAY WHEN WE THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE AN OFFER. THEY SAID OH, WE WILL EXPLORE IT WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY, BUT NO TIMEFRAME WAS PUT ON IT. THEY ARE OUTRAGED. FIVE YEARS THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON. THE EXPECTATION WAS WHAT ON FRIDAY? THAT THERE WOULD BE AN OFFER FOR AN INTERIM PAY ADJUSTMENT, WHILE LEGAL PROCESSES THAT ARE UNDERWAY, CHALLENGING IT. THAT IS THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO. HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHY THIS HAS BEEN TAKING SO LONG? WE SEEM TO BE ALWAYS PUT ON THE BACK BURNER, WAITING FOR MUCH GREATER SIZED WORKFORCE, WHICH IS NURSES. MIDWIVES ARE A SMALL GROUP OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN NEW ZEALAND, BUT VITALLY IMPORTANT. NO ONE ELSE CAN DO THEIR JOB. CAN WE TALK ABOUT MIDWIVES IN THE COUNTRY. I HAVE HAD MANY FAMILY, FRIENDS, WHO HAVE BECOME PREGNANT AND FOUND IT INCREDIBLY TOUGH TO FIND A MIDWIFE AT THE MOMENT. WHAT IS THE SITUATION WITH A NUMBER OF MIDWIVES THAT WE HAVE GOT ANOTHER COUNTRY AT THE MOMENT? I WAS LOOKING AT THE SURVEY FIGURES FROM LAST NIGHT, AND IT WAS A DROP OF 200 MIDWIVES LAST YEAR. WE CANNOT AFFORD THAT. WE ARE ALREADY IN CRISIS. IT IS NOW EVEN WORSE. IN FACT, WE WENT OVERSEAS TO BRITAIN TO GET SOME BRITISH MIDWIVES, BECAUSE IT WASN'T FOR THEM, WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD BE. WE DO NOT TRAIN ENOUGH OF OUR OWN. THERE WAS A HUGE BACKLASH IN BRITAIN BECAUSE THEY ARE DESPERATELY SHORT AS WELL. TOMORROW WE ARE GOING TO DO A INTERNATIONAL ACTION ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY WITH THE UK MIDWIVES, AND THEY ARE GOING TO RECORD WHAT IT WAS LIKE ON THEIR SHIFT THAT DAY. HOW MANY MIDWIVES SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON DUTY AND HOW MANY WERE ACTUALLY THERE. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ONES IN THE UK OR HERE? BOTH. ALL ACROSS THE UK AND IN NEW ZEALAND, AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO A HOOK UP NEXT WEEK WITH THE UK MIDWIVES ABOUT OUR RESPECTIVE PAY CAMPAIGNS. WE KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT STRIKE. NOT YET. IN TERMS OF THE ACTION THAT YOU ARE TAKING, HOW UNPRECEDENTED IS THIS, AND AS YOU HAVE ALLUDED TO, THERE WAS MORE TO COME. ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE IN A PROCESS TO GET THE COST OF LIVING INCREASED AND I WERE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS. YOU CAN TAKE STRIKE ACTION DURING COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS. IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO LEGALLY, OUR ONLY COURSE IS TO GO TO THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY, WHICH WE HAVE DONE. WE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING OUR CAMPAIGN TOMORROW WITH THIS ACTION, BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROTESTS. WE ARE CALLING ON LMC MIDWIVES, WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD BABIES, TO JOIN IN. A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MATTY'S SISTER-IN-LAW WHO IS A MIDWIFE, BECAUSE WE NEED TO IMPRESS ON THE GOVERNMENT. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS AS BEING SUCH A SMALL WORKFORCE IN RELATION TO THE WHOLE HEALTH WORKFORCE. WE ARE INVISIBLE. YOU ARE NOT INVISIBLE TO THE MOTHERS AND THE FAMILIES THAT MIDWIVES SERVICE. ABSOLUTELY NOT. THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION, BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD TO FILL THE GAPS WITH NURSES ON THE WARDS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND, PARTICULARLY IN THE POST NATAL AREA, BECAUSE OF THE MIDWIFERY SHORTAGE. OF PEOPLE DON'T REALISE THAT THERE ARE THINGS MIDWIVES CAN DO THAT NURSES CAN'T. YET THE NURSES, BECAUSE OF THE INTERIM PAY ADJUSTMENT THAT THEY HAVE GOT, I GETTING $11,000 ON THEIR BASE RATE BECAUSE OF THAT, MORE THAN THE MIDWIVES WHO DIRECT THEM ON THE WARDS. RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING I ASKED YOU HOW MIDWIVES ARE FEELING. I SAID FRUSTRATED, YOU SAID ANGRY. HOW ARE THEY FEELING ABOUT THE WORKLOAD THEY CURRENTLY HAVE? THEY FEEL UNDERVALUED AND ANGRY. THEY FEEL DISEMPOWERED BY TE WHATU ORA. THE FACT THAT WHEN WE TURNED UP AND THERE WAS NO OFFER ON THE TABLE AND NO TIMELINE AROUND IT, THEY ARE ROPEABLE. I GOT AN EMAIL THIS MORNING OF A COPY OF A LETTER THAT WAS SENT UNDER AYESHA VERRAL, AND THIS WAS A MIDWIFE WHO WAS NOW HEADING TO AUSTRALIA. SHE IS PACKING HER BAGS. THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL, HAVING MIDWIVES SHIFTING TO AUSTRALIA. LAST WEEK, TWO MORE OF OUR DELEGATES WERE OFF TO AUSTRALIA. YOU HAVE A PLATFORM HERE, AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE HEALTH MINISTER AND TE WHATU ORA ABOUT WHAT MIDWIVES WANT. WE WANT AN INTERIM PAY SETTLEMENT, AND WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT SINCE THE MINUTES THEY ANNOUNCED ON THE NEWS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE NURSES AN INTERIM PAY EQUITY SETTLEMENT. WE WANT THEM TO COME TO THE PARTY IN TERMS OF OUR LEGAL ACTION. WE HAVE HAD TO FIGHT ALL OF THE WAY. WE HAVE TRIED TO GET MEDIATION, WE HAVE GONE TO THE AUTHORITY, THEY HAVE RESISTED HAVING URGENCY IN THE CASE. THEY CAN COME TO THE PARTY, THEY CAN SORT THIS OUT NOW, THEY CAN SORTED OUT FOR THE MIDWIVES. THEY HAVE GOT A BROKEN SYSTEM. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS QUITE FUNNY THAT RYAN CAMPBELL, ON THE VERY DAY THAT WE WERE TURNING UP, HE SAID THAT ALL THE DELAYS IN THE OVER COMPLICATIONS MEAN THAT NOTHING HAPPENS IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM, AND HE IS SO DEAD RIGHT. HE CALLED IT A CONSTIPATED SYSTEM. IF YOU DON'T GET WHAT YOU WANT AND DESERVE, WHAT DO YOU WANT? WE WANT TO MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE, AND THAT IS HOW WE CAN MOVE THIS CONSTIPATION. JILL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. WE APPRECIATE THE TIME AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU AND MIDWIVES DO. THANK YOU. GO WELL. DON'T GO ANYWHERE ` PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS JOINS US NEXT. HE WILL RESPOND AFTER THE BREAK. # I WOKE UP WITH A HEADACHE AND MY MEMORY IS GONE # WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. CAN YOU PASS ME MY PLATFORM? I FEEL VERY, VERY SHORT STANDING NEXT TO YOU. THAT IS WAY BETTER. BREAKING NEWS, ANNA BURNS-FRANCIS JUST GOT DE-PLATFORMED. WE ARE WAITING FOR THE PRIME MINISTER. MIDWIVES ARE VERY FRUSTRATED. STILL NO MOVEMENT. THEY CANNOT STRIKE, BUT THEY ARE THREATENING TO PROTEST IF THERE IS NO ACTION TAKEN. WE WILL CERTAINLY BE TALKING TO THE PRIME MINISTER ABOUT THAT. THEY HAD SOME REALLY STRONG LANGUAGE. THEY WERE OUTRAGED. FIVE YEARS? AND THE FACT THAT WE ALREADY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MIDWIVES IN THIS COUNTRY AND MANY OF THEM ARE GOING, I AM OUT. I AM GOING TO AUSTRALIA. WE DO HAVE THE PRIME MINISTER. PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS HAS HAD SOME TIME IN THE CHAIR AS THE HEALTH MINISTER, SO WHO BETTER TO ASK THEY CANNOT STRIKE - AND YET, THEY CANNOT GET THE MINISTRY TO COME BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE WITH EVEN AN INTERIM OFFER AFTER FIVE YEARS. HE JOINS US NOW FROM WELLINGTON ` MORENA, PRIME MINISTER. PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS HAS HAD SOME TIME IN THE CHAIR AS THE HEALTH MINISTER, SO WHO BETTER TO ASK ABOUT WHY THIS DISPUTE STILL HASN'T BEEN SORTED? OTHER MIDWIVES BEING UNREASONABLE? I AM GOING TO HAVE TO RESORT TO THE ANSWER THAT I KNOW FRUSTRATES YOU BUT, I CAN'T REALLY GET INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN TE WHATU ORA AND THE MIDWIVES. DO YOU BACK CHANNEL ANY INFORMATION PERHAPS TO TE WHATU ORA TO GET THIS RESOLVED AFTER FIVE YEARS? OF COURSE WE WANT TO SEE ISSUES LIKE THIS RESOLVED BUT ULTIMATELY, IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE NEGOTIATED UNDER THE LAW. IT CAN BE NEGOTIATED PUBLICLY. I JUST ENCOURAGE BOTH OF THE PARTIES TO GATHER AROUND THE TABLE AS THE PROCESS REQUIRES THEM TO DO. WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS IF IT` IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A STALEMATE. PEOPLE ARE WORRIED THAT IF MIDWIVES GONE PROTEST THAT THEY WON'T GET THE CARE THEY NEED. ULTIMATELY, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE MIDWIVES NEED TO TAKE UP WITH THEIR EMPLOYER OR FUNDER IN THIS CASE. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN REALLY GET INVOLVED IN. AS YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND, WE ARE NOT THE ONES WHO ARE IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS. THAT IS TE WHATU ORA WHO LEAVE THAT. IT IS A TECHNICALITY THOUGH BECAUSE IT IS A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYER. THE GOVERNMENT IS THE FUNDER. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE HAVE PUT INTO THE HEALTH SYSTEM IT IS A RECOGNITION THAT SOME OF THESE WORKFORCES LIKE NURSES, DOCTORS ARE MIDWIVES HAVE BEEN UNDERPAID AND YOU HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN PAY ALREADY IN ALL OF THOSE AREAS DURING THE TIME I HAVE BEEN IN GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN MORE MONEY TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SPENDING MONEY ON ROADS THEN. MINISTER MICHAEL WOODS GOVERNMENT POLICY STATEMENT ON WHETHER MONEY IS GOING ON ROUTING INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU ARE GETTING HEAT FROM BOTH SIDES FROM GREEN AND NATIONAL PARTY THAT IS GOING TO CYCLEWAYS AND NOT GOING TO CYCLEWAY'S. CAN YOU CLARIFY FOR OUR VIEWERS THIS MORNING WITH THE FUNDING IS GOING? FIRST OF ALL, THE GOVERNMENT HASN'T SIGNED THE FINAL GOVERNMENT POLICY STATEMENT YET AND IS GOING TO CHANGE AS A RESULT OF RECENT EVENTS. WE KNOW THAT THE RESILIENCE OF OUR TRANSPORT INDUSTRY NEEDS TO BECOME ONE OF THE DISPARITIES IN THE NEXT WHILE WHILE WE REBUILD. WE NEED TO DO BETTER SO WE DON'T HAVE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS CUTTING OFF WHOLE COMMUNITIES IN THE WAY THAT IT HAS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. CLEARLY, THAT IS GOING TO BE A REAL AREA OF FOCUS FOR US. THIS IDEA THAT IT IS A TRADE-OFF BETWEEN BUILDING EITHER CYCLEWAYS OR FIXING POTHOLES, YOU CAN DO BOTH. YOU CAN DO BOTH QUITE SUCCESSFULLY. OF COURSE I AM IN FAVOUR OF MORE CYCLEWAYS BUT I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO MAINTAIN ROADS ALSO. CAN YOU DO BOTH WITHOUT A PETROL TAX? MY RECORD AS PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN TO LOWER PETROL TAX. WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE INCREASING PETROL TAXES WHEN THE PRICE OF PETROL IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN IT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY. WE ARE DOING THE OPPOSITE AND WE ARE REDUCING IT. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING INTO OUR TRANSPORT SYSTEM AS WE HAVE BEEN. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEW ZEALAND... THERE ARE SOME BIG GRADING PROJECTS BEING FUNDED. THEY ARE COMING FROM OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING FROM THE GOVERNMENT. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT CONTRACTORS WHO COME IN... AS THE GOVERNMENT SPENDING TOO MUCH ON CONTRACTORS? FOR A LONG TIME YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN ME SAYING THAT I THINK THE PUBLIC SECTOR NEEDS TO BE DOING MORE OF THIS WORK IN-HOUSE WITH NEW ZEALAND CONTRACTORS AND CONSULTANTS. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK BEHIND SOME OF THESE NUMBERS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE BIG AREAS OF GROWTH THERE, IT IS THINGS LIKE CONSTRUCTION. WHICH TEND TO BE CONSULTED AND CONTRACTED LEAD PROFESSIONS. THAT'S THE WAY PEOPLE WORK IN THOSE PROFESSIONS TEND TO OPERATE. SOME OF THE EXPENDITURE IS GOING TO CONTINUE REGARDLESS OF WANTING TO REDUCE THE RELIANCE ON CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS. I THINK DEPARTMENTS CAN DO MORE. HOW MUCH WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IT GO DOWN BY THEN? IT DEPENDS ON THE NATURE OF THE WORK YOU ARE DOING. IF YOU SAY TO ME, WE ARE GOING TO` IF I SAID TO THE MINISTRY I WANT TO BUILD THE NEW SCHOOL AND THEY COME BACK TO ME AND SAY WE WANT TO CONTRACT PEOPLE, I AM GOING TO TELL THEM NOT TO BUILD THE NEW SCHOOL JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO REDUCE THE CONSULTANT SPEND. ON THE OTHER HAND IN SOME AREAS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE BUSINESSES IN HOUSE. DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE OR AN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT REDUCED BY? WE HAVE THE HISTORY OF HOW WE GOT HERE. OUR IT AREA FOR EXAMPLE IS DRIVEN BY A HIGH CONSULTANT SPEND. IF YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE NOVA, BEFORE A BIG PROJECT LIKE THAT WENT LIVE THEY WOULD GET AN EXTERNAL VIEWER TO RUN A RULER OVER AND SAY DOES THIS NEED TO GO AHEAD OR NOT? THAT IS ACTUALLY ADDING ANOTHER LAYER OF QUALITY ASSURANCE THAT CAN BE HELPFUL AND IT IS INDEPENDENT AND IS FREE. YOU ARE KNOWING WHETHER YOU ARE GETTING WHAT YOU ARE PAYING FOR. I WANT TO SAY TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO STOP DOING THAT BECAUSE IT IS ADDING VALUE... I AM SURE YOU HAVE THEM BRIEFED ABOUT THIS, THIS IS ABOUT A REQUEST FROM THE UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT FROM THE AGRICULTURE MINISTER ABOUT SOME... IN THE REQUEST THE HERALD IS REPORTING WAS BLOCKED BY THE FOREIGN MINISTER BECAUSE WE DON'T PROVIDE THAT SORT OF ASSISTANCE. WHY CAN WE NOT GIVE UKRAINE SOME GRAIN STACKERS? I DON'T THINK THAT IS CORRECT. I HAVE LOOKED INTO THIS BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST READ THIS I WAS ALSO CONCERNED. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT A VERY ENTREPRENEURIAL NEW ZEALAND COMPANY WROTE TO UKRAINE AND SAID THEY WOULD LIKE TO SUPPLY... THE UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT WROTE BACK AND SAID THEY WOULD LIKE IT AND THEN THEY ASKED THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR IT. THAT ISN'T THE WAY THAT WE DO THESE THINGS. ULTIMATELY IF THE UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT WANTED GRAIN STACKERS THEY COULD ASK US AND WE WOULD RUN... IT IS ENTREPRENEURIAL. GOOD ON THEM. BUT IF EVERY NEW ZEALAND COMPANY STARTS RIGHT INTO THE UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT SAYING, WE CAN DO THIS AND WE WILL GET THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR IT, AND THEY WILL SAY YES, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE JUST WRITING CHECKS. WE HAVE TO FOLLOW A PROCESS IN THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE FOLLOWED IS THAT THE UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT ASK FOR ASSISTANCE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE BEST FOR THEM. AND THE REQUEST FROM THEM HAVE PRIMARILY BEEN MILITARY AND HUMANITARIAN. I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION. HEAVY FULL THAT YOUR CENSUS FORM YET? NO I HAVEN'T. BUT I WILL BE DOING THAT TODAY. I HAVE IT IN MY DIARY TO FILL IN TODAY. IT DOESN'T TAKE TOO LONG BUT WATCH OUT, THERE IS A FINE IF YOU DON'T. BACK IN A MOMENT WITH YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. AND SOME CENSUS STATISTICS PROBABLY. WELCOME BACK. NEW ZEALAND MIDWIVES WILL TAKE ACTION TOMORROW ALONGSIDE MIDWIVES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. SPEAKING TO BREAKFAST, MIDWIVES UNION CO-LEADER JILL OVENS SAYS WORKERS ARE OUTRAGED AND WANT TO ILLUMINATE THE MIDWIFERY SHORTAGE, POOR PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS. MIDWIVES ARE CALLING FOR AN INTERIM PAY SETTLEMENT, SAYING THAT THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR AN OFFER, BUT HEALTH BODY TE WHATU ORA HAS WALKED AWAY FROM THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. THERE ARE THINGS THAT MIDWIVES CAN DO THAT NURSES CAN'T DO, YET THE NURSES, BECAUSE OF THE INTERIM PAY ADJUSTMENT THAT THEY'VE GOT ARE GETTING $11,000 ON THEIR BASE RATE, MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE OF THE PENAL RATES, MORE THAN THE MIDWIVES WHO DIRECT AND SUPERVISE THEM ON THE WARDS. LEGISLATION PREVENTS THE MIDWIVES FROM STRIKING, BUT THEY ARE THREATENING TO PROTEST. PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS IT'S NOT HIS PLACE TO GET INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATIONS. OF COURSE WE WANT TO SEE ISSUES LIKE THIS RESOLVED, BUT ULTIMATELY, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE NEGOTIATED UNDER THE LAW. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE NEGOTIATED PUBLICLY IN THIS KIND OF A WAY, SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE BOTH OF THE PARTIES TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE AROUND THE TABLE AND NEGOTIATING AS THE PROCESS REQUIRES THEM TO DO. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, TODAY'S THE DAY TO COMPLETE YOUR CENSUS. THE LATEST UPDATE FROM STATISTICS NEW ZEALAND SAYS 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THEIR FORMS. IT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED HOW CENSUS INFORMATION WILL BE COLLECTED FROM REGIONS AFFECTED BY CYCLONE GABRIELLE, WITH AN EXTRA EIGHT WEEKS FOR RESPONSES TO BE GATHERED. FORMER PRIME MINISTER HELEN CLARK IS AMONG THOSE PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE LATE GEORGINA BEYER, THE WORLD'S FIRST OPENLY TRANSGENDER MP. BEYER DIED YESTERDAY AFTER A LONG ILLNESS AT THE AGE OF 65. SHE SERVED ALONGSIDE HELEN CLARK IN PARLIAMENT WHO REMEMBERED HER AS A 'PIONEER' FOR THE RAINBOW COMMUNITY. BEYERS ALSO SERVED AS CARTERTON MAYOR AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT. NINE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN KILLED AND AT LEAST 13 OTHERS INJURED IN A SUICIDE ATTACK IN SOUTH-WESTERN PAKISTAN. A BOMB WAS DETONATED IN BALOCHISTAN PROVINCE AS A GROUP OF SECURITY OFFICERS RETURNED FROM POLICING A LOCAL FESTIVAL. A NEW MILITANT GROUP FORMED JUST TWO WEEKS AGO IS CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BLAST, MARKING THEIR FIRST MAJOR ATTACK. AN INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDERWAY. SYDNEY HAS RECORDED ITS HOTTEST DAY IN TWO YEARS AS A HEATWAVE SWEEPS THROUGH NEW SOUTH WALES. TEMPERATURES IN THE CITY REACHED A HIGH OF 37.9 DEGREES WITH NEARLY 40 BUSHFIRES SPARKED BY THE HEAT ACROSS THE STATE. WHILE IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE HIGH 30S OR EARLY 40S IN GREATER SYDNEY, IT'S A RARE OCCURRENCE IN THE CITY. FORECASTERS EXPECT THE HEATWAVE TO CONTINUE UNTIL TOMORROW. IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER SAYS WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUSPECTED POISONINGS OF SCHOOLGIRLS SHOULD BE EXECUTED, LABELLING THE CRIME 'UNFORGIVABLE'. MORE THAN A THOUSAND CHILDREN FROM SCHOOLS ACROSS IRAN HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY UNEXPLAINED ILLNESS SINCE NOVEMBER. SAMPLES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO DETERMINE WHAT CHEMICALS HAVE BEEN USED, AND OFFICIALS SAY TEST RESULTS WILL SOON BE PUBLISHED. IT'S BELIEVED THE GIRLS' SCHOOLS WERE TARGETED BY ENEMIES OF THE REPUBLIC OPPOSED TO THE STUDENTS' EDUCATION. TO SPORT, AND KIWI SNOWBOARDER ZOI SYDOWSKI-SYNNOTT IS BACK ON THE SLOPES, THIS TIME IN THE BACKCOUNTRY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST IS COMPETING ON THE NATURAL SELECTION TOUR, WHERE RIDERS GO HEAD TO HEAD, CHOOSING THEIR OWN LINES. SADOWSKI-SYNNOTT TOOK THE LEAD IN HER FIRST HEAT, SCORING 80. IT'S BEEN REVEALED TENNIS STAR NOVAK DJOKOVIC'S LATE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE INDIAN WELLS TOURNAMENT IS DOWN TO HIS COVID VACCINE STATUS. THE 22-TIME GRAND SLAM WINNER HAS BEEN DENIED ENTRY INTO THE U.S. FOR THE TOURNAMENT BECAUSE INTERNATIONAL VISITORS MUST BE VACCINATED TO ENTER THE COUNTRY. DJOKOVIC HAD APPLIED FOR A WAIVER TO THE REQUIREMENT AFTER MISSING OUT ON THE U.S. OPEN LAST YEAR. JOELLE KING HAS FALLEN SHORT IN HER SEMI-FINAL AT THE BLACKBALL OPEN IN EGYPT. KING STARTED SLOWLY, LOSING THE FIRST GAME 11-5. SHE FOUGHT BACK TO LEVEL THE MATCH IN THE SECOND BUT COULDN'T KEEP UP THE MOMENTUM, GOING DOWN TO TOP SEED NOURAN GOHAR THREE GAMES TO ONE. HERE'S YOUR BUSINESS MARKET UPDATE FOR THE MORNING. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` SHOWERS FOR SOME OF YOU TODAY. KAITAIA, YOU'LL START YOUR DAY WITH SOME SUN, TURNING TO SHOWERS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. YOUR HIGH IS 23. FURTHER SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR EVERYONE THROUGH HERE. 24 IS THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON AND TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` A FINE DAY THROUGH HERE TOO. GISBORNE, YOU MIGHT GET SOME SHOWERS DURING YOUR MORNING, TURNING TO CLOUD FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 20 THE HIGH FOR DANNEVIRKE. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU GUYS HAVE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER OVER HERE TOO. 23 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARUNUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A LITTLE MORE MIXED OVER HERE. A FINE DAY IN NELSON THROUGH TO KAIKOURA, BUT ON THE WEST COAST, EXPECT TO SEE SOME SHOWERS. 23 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO SUNSHINE THIS MORNING, CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY FOR CHRISTCHURCH. THE REST OF YOU WILL SEE SOME CLOUD DEVELOPING. 25 THE HIGH FOR ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` A LITTLE GLOOMY HERE. EXPECT CLOUD THROUGH HERE. MILFORD SOUND, YOU'LL SEE RAIN THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. 22 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN AND GORE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK AROUND MIDWIVES. THEY ARE NOT PAID THE SAME AS OUR DHB COLLEAGUES ` SAME QUALIFICATIONS. WITHOUT PRIMARY CARE, COVID-19 WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK AND YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR MIDWIVES. IT IS 7.37. E WHAI AKE NEI ` COMING UP ` REMEMBERING GEORGINA BEYER ` HER FRIEND AND FORMER LABOUR MP LOUISA WALL DISCUSSES HER LIFE AND LEGACY NEXT. VOICE-OVER: One minute you're having a garage door issue. The next, it's a window issue. Luckily, you can insure your house and contents with Tower, New Zealand's general insurer of the year and save $100 online. Tower. Got a minute? Get a quote. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. GEORGINA BEYER, A TRAILBLAZING ACTIVIST WHO MADE HISTORY AS THE WORLD'S FIRST OPENLY TRANSGENDER MP, HAS DIED AGED 65. SHE STARED DOWN HER OPPOSERS, STOOD STRONG IN HER MANA. SHE WAS FIERCE, FEARLESS AND FABULOUSLY UNAPOLOGETIC. GEORGINA UNDOUBTEDLY LEFT HER MARK ON AOTEAROA'S POLITICAL LANDSCAPE. FRIEND AND FORMER LABOUR MP LOUISA WALL IS WITH US THIS MORNING TO REFLECT ON GEORGINA'S LIFE AND LEGACY. MORENA. MORENA. I HATE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO BE TALKING ABOUT YOUR BEAUTIFUL FRIEND IN THIS WAY THIS MORNING, BUT I GET TO SEE YOU, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. I LOVE YOU, MY FRIEND. WHAT HAVE WE LOST? WE LOST SOMEONE WHO WAS AN ANCHOR FOR THE RAINBOW COMMUNITY. THEY BROUGHT THE ABSTRACT TO THE CONCRETE, AND MADE US I UNDERSTAND WHAT TRANSGENDER IDENTITIES WERE, FROM A TAKATAPUI PERSPECTIVE, SHE WAS CLEAR THAT HER IDENTITY WAS A GIFT FROM OUR TUPUNA. BASED ON OUR WHAKAPAPA, SHE HAD THE RIGHT TO STAND AS SHE WAS, AND TO LIVE A VERY OPEN AND HONEST LIFE, AND A LIFE WHERE SHE COULD BE FREE FROM ABUSE, VIOLENCE... WHICH MEANT WE WERE ALL FREE FROM ABUSE AND VIOLENCE. AN INCREDIBLE SPECIAL PERSON. I THINK SHE WAS A MIRACLE, WHEN YOU READ HER LIFE STORY. THE EXPERIENCES SHE HAD, AND THE FORTITUDE, AND THE FACT THAT SHE COULD STAND TO BE MAYOR, TO BE A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, AND TO USE HER VOICE ALWAYS TO ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VULNERABLE AND DISADVANTAGED. WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. GIVEN THE LIFE THAT SHE HAD... I DO NOT THINK WE NEED TO GO TOO FAR INTO THAT, BUT IT WAS A HARD LIFE. IT WAS A TRAUMATIC LIFE. IT WAS A LIFE WHERE SHE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF REJECTION, A LIFE THAT SHE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE. BUT ONE WHERE SHE PREVAILED, BECAUSE SHE WAS ALWAYS REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHO SHE WAS, AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY SO. SHE BECAME HERSELF, AND SHE WAS TRANSSEXUAL, AND SHE WAS PROUD OF THAT IDENTITY. THE MOST NOMINAL PART OF HER WAS THAT SHE USED ALL OF THAT AND WAS VERY CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT THOSE EXPENSES. SHE NEVER HID THE FACT THAT SHE HAD BEEN A PROSTITUTE, FOR EXAMPLE. SOMEONE WHO LIVED SO AUTHENTICALLY DESERVES OUR RESPECT. SHE GOT IT AS A MAYOR AND AS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND IS A GLOBAL ICON, WHO HAS BEEN IN SPACE AND FOR MANY. I WANT TO GO THERE. YOU TALK ABOUT THIS ICON, BUT WHO WAS SHE TO YOU? TO ME, SHE WAS A MENTOR. SHE WAS A FRIEND, SHE WAS SOMEONE WHO IS ALWAYS WITH ME. WE SHARED MANY EXPERIENCES. SOMEONE WE COULD DEBRIEF TO ABOUT THE OPPOSITION. WHAT COMES FROM STANDING UP AND USING YOUR VOICE, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ABUSE. IT WAS SO WONDERFUL WITH HER, BECAUSE IT WAS ALMOST LIKE ` TO HELL WITH THEM. AND IT MADE YOU STRONGER, IT MADE YOUR CONVICTION TO SEE TO AN END ENDING THE CRIMINALISATION OF PROSTITUTION, EQUAL MARRIAGE, AND ALL OF US TO LIVE A LIFE OF DIGNITY AND RIGHTS. SHE WAS VERY SPECIAL TO ME, SHE ANCHORED ME. BECAUSE OF HER EXPERIENCES, YOU KIND OF JUST CONTINUE, YOU ARE PREPARED TO FIGHT THE FIGHT TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY. CAN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE EXPERIENCES, BECAUSE SHE WAS A TRAILBLAZER. GOING INTO PARLIAMENT, SHE PAVED THE WAY. DURING THAT TIME, IT WAS A HARD ROAD. WHAT SHE ENCOUNTERED DURING THAT TIME. HER WORK BEFOREHAND, WHAT DID THAT MEAN FOR YOU? SHE MADE IT EASIER. SHE MADE IT EASIER FOR A LOT OF US, AND SOMETIMES SHE SCORCHED THE EARTH SO WE HAD A PATHWAY AND A PASSAGE WHERE OUR ADVOCACY ADDED TO HER LEGACY. I AM REALLY PROUD OF A MAORI WOMAN WHO HAS DONE THAT ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US FOR NEW ZEALAND. NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW SHE HAS A WAI CLAIM. IT WILL BE PART OF THE KAUPAPA HEARINGS. SHE WANTS TO CHALLENGE THE GOVERNMENT ABOUT HOW TAKATAPUI IDENTITY WAS AFFECTED BY COLONISATION. THE CROWN NEEDS TO WORK WITH TAKATAPUI TO DELIVER OUR OWN HEALTH SERVICES. THAT IS AN ACTIVE LEGACY THAT SOME OF US NOW WILL HAVE TO TAKE OVER AND DRIVE FORWARD. SHE NEVER STOPPED WORKING AND ADVOCATING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. NEVER. I THINK THE MESSAGES, IT IS ALMOST A STRUGGLE WITHOUT END. IT IS AN END WHERE THERE ARE THOSE THAT WE STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS, AND SHE IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. WE OWE HER A HUGE DEBT OF GRATITUDE. FOR DEDICATING HER LIFE TO SERVICE. THE WAI CLAIM THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, IS THAT THE ONE THAT YOU BOTH WERE WORKING ON? I WAS TRYING TO WORK WITH HER. IT WAS ABOUT THE RELEVANCE OF COLONIALISM TO INDIGENOUS TAKATAPUI OR LGBTQ IDENTITY IS GLOBALLY. WE WERE CRIMINALISED. RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS HAVE SAID THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO EXIST. I THINK THAT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF RECENT APOLOGIES, AND I LOOK TO THE POPE'S APOLOGY IN CANADA ABOUT RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS AND THE DAMAGE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY, WHAT ABOUT TAKATAPUI AS AN INDIGENOUS IDENTITY? THE FACT THAT SHE LIVES THAT IS A LEGACY FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE STILL IN THE GAME, AND THE GAME OF BEING PROUD OF WHO WE ARE, AND REALISING THAT THE PRIVILEGE WE HAVE MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO USE OUR VOICES TO MAKE THE LIVES OF OUR MOKOPUNA BETTER, BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT PEOPLE TO GO THROUGH WHAT SHE WENT THROUGH, AND THE ABUSE AND VIOLENCE, THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND INTOLERABLE. JUST TO WRAP THINGS UP ` HOW WILL YOU REMEMBER HER? JUST AS THIS MOST FLAMBOYANT, ARTICULATE... SHE WAS A SCENE STEALER. I MEAN THAT QUITE LOVINGLY. SHE WAS A PERFORMER, BUT A PERFORMER THAT ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT SHE WAS OUR REPRESENTATIVE. SHE WAS GRACIOUS, AND SHE HAD SO MUCH POISE, BUT IF YOU GOT ON HER WRONG SIDE, SHE WOULD NEVER BACK AWAY. THAT IS WHAT I WILL REMEMBER THE MOST. WE WILL KEEP PROGRESSING FORWARD. NEVER STOP. AKE, AKE. AE. YOU HELD IT TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE. LOVELY TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU, E HOA. GO TO YOUR ANCESTORS AND REST EASY. COMING UP ` FACING THE FACTS ` HOW EASILY CAN SOMEONE GET INTO YOUR PHONE? WE FIND OUT WHAT IT TAKES WITH LOGAN CHURCH AND HIS 3D-PRINTED HEAD NEXT. MORENA. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. USING YOUR THUMB TO ACTIVATE YOUR DEVICES MAKES LIFE SO EASY, AND YOU'D THINK IT IS PRETTY SECURE. YOUR FINGERPRINT SHOULD BE UNIQUE TO YOU AFTER ALL, MUCH LIKE YOUR FACE, IF YOU USE FACE ID. NO ONE ELSE CAN HAVE YOUR FACE, RIGHT? WELL, DON'T BE SO SURE. 1 NEWS REPORTER LOGAN CHURCH IS HERE TO EXPLAIN ` OR AT LEAST HIS HEAD HIS. THE REST OF HIM JOINS US NOW. MORENA. MORENA. I HEARD THAT THE CREATIVE DESIGN LAB... WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT TO 3D BUST OF YOURSELF? EVERY TIME I WALK PAST IT ON YOUR DESK I GO, WHY? I HEARD THEY COULD CREATE A 3D PRINT THAT WAS SO ACCURATE THEY COULD BREAK INTO SOME PHONES, AND I THOUGHT WE HAVE GOT TO TRY THAT. WE TESTED IT YESTERDAY WITH SOME LOWER END PHONES, AND IT WORKED. I THINK WE HAVE SOME FOOTAGE OF THAT. IT IS A BIT OF A PROCESS TO DO. THERE IS A SCAN THAT YOU HAVE TO DO OF THE FACE. THERE IS 3D PRINTING AS WELL. IT IS QUITE REMARKABLE. THAT IS FACIAL RECOGNITION CRACKED RIGHT AWAY. THAT IS CRAZY. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING OR IS IT SOMETHING THEY ARE CONCERNED COULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE? THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO. YOU NEED A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS. MOST CRIMINALS DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THE STUFF THEY NEED. I THINK IF YOU WALK AROUND CARRYING A BUST OF SOMEONE'S HEAD, THAT WOULD BE SUSPICIOUS. IT DOES SHOW THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS AVAILABLE TO DO SOME INCREDIBLE THINGS. WE KNOW THAT IDENTITY THEFT IS A BIG THING FACING A NEW ZEALANDERS. THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS THINK THAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY MORE THAN $200 MILLION A YEAR IS IN THAT BUSINESS. AND YOU ARE RIGHT; PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO WALK AROUND WITH 3D PRINTS OF PEOPLES HEADS. BUT WE KNOW AS TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES, SO DOES THE CAPABILITY OF PEOPLE. GIVE MORE AND MORE SOPHISTICATED. ABSOLUTELY. WHERE WE ARE AT NOW WITH IDENTITY THEFT IS QUITE RUDIMENTARY. IT IS IMPERSONATING PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THE FAKE ACCOUNTS CONVINCING OTHER PEOPLE OR THOSE ACCOUNTS THEMSELVES GIVING CRIMINALS ACCESS TO OTHER THINGS LIKE YOUR BANK AND YOUR MONEY. I HAVE HAD THAT HAPPENED TO MYSELF. MANY PEOPLE HAVE, AND IT IS SCARY. BUT ALL OF THE EXPERTS I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO HABITS DESCRIBING THIS IS RUDIMENTARY. WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT AI IN RECENT MONTHS IN DEVELOPMENT WITH THAT TECHNOLOGY. THAT OPENS UP A LOT FOR NOT ONLY REALLY COOL STUFF IT ALSO CRIMINALS AS WELL. ARE THERE THINGS WE SHOULD BE DOING WITH THIS IN MIND TO PROTECT OURSELVES ONLINE? GOOD NEWS. AS TECHNOLOGY GETS BETTER, SO YOU CAN CREATE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL THINGS LIKE THIS, THE SECURITY IS EVEN BETTER. IT IS GETTING BETTER FASTER THAN EVER. WITH YOUR MOBILE PHONE, WHICH HAS SO MUCH OF YOUR LIFE ON IT, VERY SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO ` HAVING STRONG PENS, HEAVY MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION WHERE POSSIBLE. EVEN KEEPING YOUR PHONE UP TO DATE. TIPS LIKE THAT CAN KEEP YOURSELF SAFE. IT IS NOT JUST BASE ID THAT CAN BE SPLIT. I KNOW THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO PASSCODES AS WELL. IT IS A REALLY INTERESTING INVESTIGATION THEY HAVE DONE. THEY HAVE OTHER CRIMINALS HAVE BEEN REMEMBERING PEOPLES PINS. WHEN YOU TAKE OUT YOUR IPHONE AND PUT ANNUAL FOR SIX DIGIT NUMBER, THEY HAVE BEEN REMEMBERING THAT AND BEING ABLE TO GET INTO YOUR FINANCIAL INFORMATION. QUITE OFTEN THIS IS DONE IN SOCIAL SETTINGS, THEY FOUND. AT A BAR, A STRANGER COMES UP TO YOU AND HAS A CHAT. WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY POTENTIALLY DOING IS HAVING A LOOK AT YOUR PHONE. THEY MIGHT ASK YOU TO TAKE A SELFIE. THEY MIGHT OPEN UP ONE OF YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA APPS. WHAT THEY ARE REALLY TRYING TO DO IS HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT YOUR CODERS, AND LATER IN THE NIGHT THEY TAKE THE PHONE AND YOU ARE IN TROUBLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT REALISE THIS IS HAPPENING UNTIL THEY LOOK AT THEIR BANK ACCOUNT SEVERAL DAYS LATER. YOU CANNOT TRUST ANYONE. LOGAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. IS THERE A NAME FOR LOGAN JR? THE PROBLEM I HAVE GOT IS NOW THAT I HAD GOT THIS, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH THIS. I WAS THINKING OF AUCTIONING IT. WE WILL COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. REMEMBERING THE ONLY LOGAN, NOT LOGAN JR IS ELIGIBLE TO FILL UP THE CENSUS FORM. IT'S CENSUS DAY. WE'RE ALREADY CELEBRATING THE FACT WE'VE GOT AT LEAST ONE INTERNATIONAL CELEBRITY IN THE MIX, BUT YOUR INFORMATION IS JUST AS IMPORTANT. JESSICA SWAN JOINS US NOW FOR MORE. JESS, HAVE YOU FILLED YOURS IN YET? GOOD MORNING. I ACTUALLY DID, BUT I DIDN'T REALISE THERE WAS A WAY TO DO IT ONLINE. MY ENTIRE FLAT AND I FILTERED OUT BY HAND. I ENJOY IT. I GOT OUT THE PEN AND PAPER AND WE HAD A CHAT DID THE CENSUS FORMS. THIS YEAR IT IS A BIT DIFFERENT. NOT ONLY HOW IT IS BEING RUN BUT ALSO WHAT IS IN IT. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT MORE INVESTMENT BY GOVERNMENT. WHAT IS DIFFERENT IS THAT A BIG PART OF WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE IS MORE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND MORE PAPER FORMS. 44% OF SURVEYED PARTICIPANTS ARE GOING TO GET THOSE PAPER FORMS. MAYBE NOT FOR YOU, MATTY, RATHER THAN 3% LAST TIME. WHAT IS IN THE CENSUS IS DIFFERENT. THERE ARE ALSO QUESTIONS AROUND GENDER AND SEXUAL IDENTITY. THERE ARE ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LIMITATION OF DAILY ACTIVITIES, SO ASKING PEOPLE HOW A CONDITIONAL DISABILITY MAY IMPACT HOW THEY CARRY OUT ACTIVITIES. THIS WILL INFORM THE 2023 DISABILITY CENSUS, WHICH IS THE FIRST ONE THEY HAVE DONE IN 10 YEARS. AS YOU SAY, TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY. WE SPOKE TO SOME PEOPLE YESTERDAY TO SEE IF THEY HAVE DONE IT AND WHAT THEY THINK. COMPLETELY FORGOT THE CENSUS WAS ON, AND ALL I'VE SEEN IS THAT HARRY STYLES HAD TO FILL IT OUT, SO I'M YET TO COMPLETE IT, BUT IF HE CAN DO IT, I'M SURE I CAN DO IT TOO. NO, NOT YET. IT'S SITTING ON MY TABLE AT HOME. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVEN SEEN THEM, SO I GUESS I SHOULD PROBABLY FIND OUT IF WE EVEN HAVE THEM. I'LL TALK TO MY WIFE. YUP, I'VE DONE THE CENSUS FORM. YEP, REALLY COMPREHENSIVE. FOUND THEM QUITE EASY TO FILL OUT AS WELL. SO, YEAH, QUITE AN EASY THING TO DO. I MEAN, TO BE HONEST, IT'S THE FIRST CENSUS I'VE ACTUALLY EVER FILLED OUT I MEAN, IT COVERED, OBVIOUSLY, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, TALKED ABOUT HOMES, WHICH WAS INTERESTING, LIKE, OUR DWELLINGS, WHERE WE LIVE. I THINK IT'S JUST GOOD TO GET REPRESENTATION AROUND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT NEW ZEALANDERS, SO... JUST GOOD TO HAVE THOSE STATS AND SEE WHAT WE COULD CHANGE FOR THE FUTURE. I THINK PEOPLE ARE A BIT WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT CONTROL AND PEOPLE LOOKING INTO THEIR PRIVATE AFFAIRS, AND THEY REALLY GOT CARRIED AWAY WITH IT ALL. COS YOU CAN'T STOP IT. IF THEY WANNA KNOW ABOUT YOU, THEY SOON WILL. YES, I FILLED IT IN THE OTHER DAY BEFORE WE CAME ON HOLIDAY. OH, IT CAN REALLY HELP WITH FUNDING, JUST TO REALISE WHETHER THEY NEED WHEELCHAIR RAMPS IN PLACES OR EXTRA SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS FOR PEOPLE. FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THEN, MAYBE THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS WHAT EXACTLY THE STRUCTURE IS, LIKE, IN THE COMMUNITY, OTHERWISE IT COULD BE, LIKE` THINK ABOUT IT ` YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE AND YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL A PRODUCT. OH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED THE` WE NEED THE INFORMATION AND THAT TO HELP THE COUNTRY GO FORWARD IN THE FUTURE AND MAKE A FEW GOOD DECISIONS, SO IT'S A SMART THING TO DO. THAT IS RIGHT. IT IS A SMART THING TO DO. A REMINDER THAT IN CYCLONE AFFECTED AREAS, YOU HAVE A BIT MORE TIME ` UNTIL JUNE. BUT FOR THE REST OF US, TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT. THANK YOU, JESS. THE LATE GEORGINA BEYER, THE WORLD'S FIRST OPENLY TRANSGENDER MP IS BEING REMEMBERED FOR HER ADVOCACY WORK THAT NEVER STOPPED. BEYER DIED YESTERDAY AFTER A LONG ILLNESS AT THE AGE OF 65. SHE SERVED ALONGSIDE HELEN CLARK IN PARLIAMENT WHO REMEMBERED HER AS A 'PIONEER' FOR THE RAINBOW COMMUNITY. FORMER LABOUR MP AND FRIEND LOUISA WALL SAYS SHE'LL REMEMBER HER AS A FLAMBOYANT, ARTICULATE PERSON WHO UNDERSTOOD WHAT SHE STOOD FOR. IT WAS A TRAUMATIC LIFE. IT WAS A LIFE WHERE SHE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF REJECTION. A LIFE THAT SHE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE, BUT ONE WHERE SHE PREVAILED, BECAUSE SHE WAS ALWAYS REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHO SHE WAS, AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY SO. SHE WAS A TRANSSEXUAL, AND SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF THAT IDENTITY. BEYER ALSO SERVED AS THE MAYOR OF CARTERTON AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT. 'COMPLETELY OUTRAGED' ` THAT'S HOW NEW ZEALAND MIDWIVES ARE FEELING AFTER A BREAKDOWN IN TALKS WITH HEALTH BODY TE WHATU ORA. MIDWIVES UNION CO-LEADER JILL OVENS TOLD BREAKFAST HER COLLEAGUES FEEL THEY'RE ALWAYS PUT ON THE BACK BURNER. LEGISLATION PREVENTS THEM FROM STRIKING, BUT THEY'RE TAKING ACTION ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY TOMORROW. WHAT WE WANT IS FOR AN INTERIM PAY SETTLEMENT, AND WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT ` THERE'S NO NEED FOR EXTRA CLARITY, WE'VE BEEN SAYING IT SINCE THE MINUTE THEY ANNOUNCED ON THE TV NEWS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE NURSES AN INTERIM PAY EQUITY SETTLEMENT. WE ALSO WANT THEM TO COME TO THE PARTY IN TERMS OF OUR LEGAL ACTION. OVENS SAYS 200 NEW ZEALAND MIDWIVES LEFT THE PROFESSION IN THE LAST YEAR. ONE EAST COAST DIARY FARMER SAYS IT'S CRITICAL TO KEEP SUPPORT ON THE GROUND AND MONEY COMING IN FOR AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES. AN ADDITIONAL $26 MILLION HAS BEEN GRANTED TO HELP FARMERS AND GROWERS RECOVER FROM CYCLONE GABRIELLE, FOLLOWING A HUGE NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS FOR THE FIRST WAVE OF SUPPORT. WAYNE LANGFORD SAYS HORTICULTURE FARMERS HAVE BEEN DECIMATED. IF WE CAN KEEP THEIR STAFF AND THEIR TEAMS AROUND AND WHAT NOT, THEY'LL BE A LARGE PART OF THE RECOVERY AND PART OF THE COMMUNITY AS WE LOOK TO BUILD UP A LOT OF THOSE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE EAST COAST. $17 MILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID OUT. $55 MILLION DOLLARS OF SUPPORT IS NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PRIMARY SECTOR. NEW ZEALAND'S ECONOMY COULD BENEFIT BY $64 BILLION IN JUST OVER 24 YEARS IF DECISIVE CLIMATE ACTION IS TAKEN. THE 'TURNING POINT' REPORT FROM DELOITTE LOOKED AT THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IF THE PLANET WARMED 1.5 DEGREES BY 2050 COMPARED TO IF IT WARMS 3 DEGREES. THE REPORT SAYS AOTEAROA'S TURNING POINT IS 2032, WHERE THE COST OF NOT TAKING ACTION WOULD OUTWEIGH THE BENEFITS. A NEW MILITANT GROUP IN PAKISTAN IS CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR A SUICIDE ATTACK THAT HAS KILLED NINE POLICE OFFICERS. THE BLAST IN PAKISTAN'S SOUTH-WESTERN BALOCHISTAN PROVINCE WAS THE GROUP'S FIRST MAJOR ATTACK AFTER FORMING JUST TWO WEEKS AGO. AT LEAST 13 OTHERS WERE ALSO INJURED WHEN THE BOMB WAS DETONATED. AN INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDERWAY. RUSSIA IS CONTINUING ITS ASSAULT ON UKRAINE'S EASTERN CITY OF BAKHMUT, DESPITE LOSSES BELIEVED TO BE IN THE THOUSANDS. MOSCOW'S MISSION TO CAPTURE THE CITY HAS BECOME ONE OF THE LONGEST AND BLOODIEST BATTLES OF THE CONFLICT SO FAR. BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN EIGHT MONTHS, RUSSIA IS ON THE CUSP OF TAKING THE TERRITORY. ITS TROOPS ARE CALLING FOR MORE MILITARY SUPPORT FROM THE KREMLIN, WITH AN OLIGARCH WARNING THE ENTIRE FRONT LINE COULD STILL FALL IF HIS MEN WERE FORCED TO WITHDRAW. TO SPORT, AND THE NEW-LOOK TACTIX HAVE MADE A STATEMENT IN THEIR OPENING MATCH OF THE DOMESTIC SEASON. THEY'VE BEATEN THE NORTHERN STARS 55-49 IN AUCKLAND. THE STARS MADE A LATE PUSH IN THE FINAL QUARTER, CLOSING TO WITHIN FOUR GOALS, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH. NEW ZEALAND'S OVER-50S CRICKET SIDE, THE GREYCAPS, HAVE SMASHED ZIMBABWE IN THEIR OPENING MATCH OF THE OVER-50'S WORLD CUP. THE KIWIS MADE LIGHT WORK OF THEIR OPPONENTS, BEATING THEM BY 225 RUNS. ANDREW HORE CLUBBING A 114 TO HELP SEAL THE VICTORY. THE GREYCAPS WILL PLAY SRI LANKA IN THEIR SECOND MATCH. HERE'S YOUR BUSINESS MARKET UPDATE FOR THE MORNING. (UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC) LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` SHOWERS FOR SOME OF YOU TODAY. KAITAIA, YOU'LL START YOUR DAY WITH SOME SUN, TURNING TO SHOWERS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. YOUR HIGH IS 23. FURTHER SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR EVERYONE THROUGH HERE. 24 IS THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON AND TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` A FINE DAY THROUGH HERE TOO. GISBORNE, YOU MIGHT GET SOME SHOWERS DURING YOUR MORNING, TURNING TO CLOUD FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 20 THE HIGH FOR DANNEVIRKE. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU GUYS HAVE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER OVER HERE TOO. 23 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARUNUI. 21 DEGREES FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND PALMERSTON NORTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A LITTLE MORE MIXED OVER HERE. A FINE DAY IN NELSON THROUGH TO KAIKOURA, BUT ON THE WEST COAST, EXPECT TO SEE SOME SHOWERS. 23 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO SUNSHINE THIS MORNING, CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY FOR CHRISTCHURCH. THE REST OF YOU WILL SEE SOME CLOUD DEVELOPING. 25 THE HIGH FOR ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` A LITTLE GLOOMY HERE. EXPECT CLOUD THROUGH HERE. MILFORD SOUND, YOU'LL SEE RAIN THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. 22 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN AND GORE. THANKS, CHRIS. US AUCKLANDERS COP A LOT OF SLACK FROM OTHER KIWIS, AND SOMETIMES, I'LL AGREE, WE TOTALLY DESERVE IT. YOU ARE NOT A REAL JAFA. I HAVE ONLY LIVED HERE FOR A FEW YEARS. I DO REALLY MAKE A POINT OF SAYING I WAS NOT BORN HERE. YOU HAVE ADAPTED REALLY WELL, THOUGH. THANK YOU, ANNA (!) NOW THE MOCKING HAS GONE ACROSS THE DITCH, AND WE'VE BECOME THE TARGET OF AUSTRALIAN COMEDIAN JIMMY REES. TAKE A LOOK. (LAUGHS) IT IS SO TRUE. HE HAS REALLY GOT IT RIGHT. WOULD YOU PASS THE AUCKLAND TEST? JIMMY REES IS WITH US NOW. THANK YOU, MATE. YOU HAVE GOTTEN UP VERY EARLY TO BE WITH US THIS MORNING. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YOU ARE AN AUSTRALIAN, SO HOW HAVE YOU NAILED US SO BRILLIANTLY? LOOK, DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME GETTING UP EARLY, BY THE WAY. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. MY KIDS ARE ALREADY MAKING AN ABSOLUTE RACKET OVER HERE. IT IS ALL GOOD. I DON'T KNOW. I THINK I DO EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND I TALKED TO MY FRIENDS WHO ARE IN NEW ZEALAND. THEN I DON'T KNOW, I JUST TRY AND GUESS. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY IT IS BECAUSE YOU'RE FROM MELBOURNE AND THERE ARE SOME SIMILARITIES. AUCKLAND IS THE DIET COKE VERSION OF SYDNEY. THAT IS SO TRUE. EVERYONE FROM AUCKLAND GOES TO SYDNEY, THEN THEY CAN ALL GO TO LOS ANGELES. IS THAT WHAT WE THOUGHT ` THE DIET COKE VERSION OF SYDNEY? IT IS CALLED SKINNY COKE. ALL COKE ZERO. WHATEVER IT IS THESE DAYS. I THINK THERE ARE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN SYDNEY AND AUCKLAND. I HAVE BEEN TO AUCKLAND. IT IS THE ONLY PLACE I HAVE BEEN TO. I CAME OVER TO FILM THE AUSTRALIAN VERSION OF TASKMASTER, WHICH WAS FUN. THE HARBOUR BRIDGE IS THE SMALLER VERSION OF THE SYDNEY BRIDGE. THERE ARE TRAFFIC CONES EVERYWHERE. THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL HARBOUR. AS SHE HAS A LOT OF SIMILARITIES WITH THE SYDNEY. WHAT KIND OF A GRILLING DID YOU GET IT CUSTOMS? I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT HAVE SET SHADE INTO SOME INTERPRETATION. WHEN YOU TALK TO THE PERSON WHO IS` AND YOU PUT DOWN WHAT YOU DO, AND I AM LIKE WELL, I AM HERE TO BE OUR TASKMASTER. IT IS KIND OF CONFUSING. I AM GOING TO RUN AROUND FOR A WEEK BEING A COMPLETE 88. * IDIOT IS THIS YOUR LOVELY SO TO AUCKLAND, OR IS THIS YOU TAKING THE PISS OUT OF SYDNEY AND NOT WANTING TO DO IT TO THEIR FACES? EVERY SINGLE STATE IN AUSTRALIA HAS COCKED IT ALREADY. I HAVE A LOT OF FANS ARE IN NEW ZEALAND, THEY LIKE, DO US NEXT. IT IS YOUR OWN FAULT. THAT IS WHAT I SAY. IF I DO WELLINGTON AND CHRISTCHURCH, IF THEY ARE ON THE LIST NEXT, THEN I PROBABLY WILL NEED A HAND. RIPE FOR THE PICKING. WE WILL OUTSOURCE TO OUR VIEWERS, BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY CLEVER. WE'LL GET SOME SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DO A VERSION OF THIS FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND WELLINGTON. SOUNDS BRILLIANT. WHAT IS YOUR HOMETOWN? I AM IN MELBOURNE. I AM JUST SOUTH-EAST OF MELBOURNE. I ALWAYS START WITH MELBOURNE, BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF EASY. ARE YOU FROM MELBOURNE ORIGINALLY? ARE YOU DOING THIS TO YOUR OWN HOMETOWN? OR IS THERE SOMEWHERE ROWS OUT IN THE STICKS THAT WILL GET THEIR OWN VIDEO? I AM FROM MORNINGTON PENINSULA, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT FOR THE PICKING. I AM TRYING TO THINK. IT IS NOT QUITE THE SHORE UP THERE. IT IS SIMILAR VIBES. JIMMY, YOUR VIDEOS ARE VERY FUNNY. THIS ONE OF AUCKLAND HAS ABSOLUTELY NAILED IT. MY HUSBAND IS A REAL ESTATE AGENT, ANNUAL REAL ESTATE AGENTS VIDEO WAS... SORRY. NO, IT WAS PERFECT. EVERYONE IN HIS OFFICE SAID HE HAS GOT US DOWN PAT. YOU NAILED IT. I KNOW A FAIR FEW REAL ESTATE AGENTS UP HERE, AND I THOUGHT IF I SEE THEM OUT I WILL HAVE TO DO THIS. AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER, I HAD TO SELL MY HOUSE. DID YOU SEE THE VIDEO? NO? NO, THEN WE CAN USE YOU. WELL DONE, JIMMY. IT IS VERY FUNNY. I HAVE SEEN SOME CLIPS OF YOU WANT TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA. YOU ARE DOING BRILLIANTLY. IT HAS BEEN HEAPS OF FUN. IT WAS GREAT TO SPEND SOME TIME OVER AND AUCKLAND. WE USE THE SAME HOUSE AS THE NEW ZEALAND VERSION, AND IT WAS GREAT TO GET TO KNOW ALL OF THE CREW AND EVERYONE. YOU KNOW WHAT ` I THINK EVERY AUSTRALIAN SCISSORS, IT IS BEAUTIFUL IN NEW ZEALAND. COME ON OVER. DO A TOY. YOU CAN GET SOME MORE CONTENT OUT OF IT. YOU CAN CLAIM IT ON YOUR GST. THEY CAN BE A BUSINESS EXPENSE. A BUSINESS EXPENSE. I WILL BE THERE NEXT WEEK. THAT IS JIMMY JOINING US LIVE FROM MELBOURNE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS, GUYS. HAVE A GOOD ONE. COMING UP ` DON'T SASHAY AWAY. CHECK THIS OUT FOR SOME MORNING MOVES. OUCH. THE MAN BEHIND THIS TV MAGIC JOINS US ON THE COUCH NEXT. - Ka pai, New Zealand. You've helped Z share $1 million with local groups across Aotearoa. Good in the Hood ` the little token that has a big impact. # SHINE A LIGHT THROUGH AN OPEN DOOR. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. TV SHOW RU PAUL'S DRAG RACE IS A CULTURAL JUGGERNAUT, USHERING QUEER CULTURE INTO MAINSTREAM MEDIA. THE MAN BEHIND THE SHOW, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FENTON BAILEY, HAS DETAILED THAT JOURNEY IN HIS NEW BOOK 'SCREEN AGE ` HOW TV SHAPED OUR REALITY'. I WILL HOLD IT UP FOR YOU. FENTON JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. DID YOU LIKE WHAT I DID THERE? IT WAS VERY GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? VERY WELL. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH YOUR HAND MOVEMENT. THE LITTLE BRUSH. WELCOME BACK. THIS IS YOUR THIRD TIME. YES. WE PRODUCE DRAG RACE DOWN HERE AND AUCKLAND. TWO PRETTY AMAZING SEASON SO FAR. THE TIME IS THE CHARM. AN AMAZING CAST. THEY ALWAYS ARE. IT IS KIND OF LIKE A RUGBY TEAM, THE DYNAMICS ARE DIFFERENT ACCORDING TO WHO IS IN THE MIX. ALWAYS A LOT OF SURPRISES. I LOVE THAT YOU BROUGHT IN A RUGBY ANALOGY TO EXPLAIN A DRAG RACE. AT SCHOOL, I WAS A HOOKER. I HAVE TO CLARIFY THAT. I WOULD NOT SAY THAT IN AMERICA. A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT MEANING. TELL ME ABOUT THE BEGINNINGS OF THE SHOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN WITH RU PAUL FROM THE GET GO. DRAG RACE ALWAYS GOES BACK TO LAST CENTURY. WE HAVE BEEN ON THE NL FOR 13 YEARS. WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO START SEASON 16 AND THE UNITED STATES. INTERNATIONALLY, WE ARE IN 17 COUNTRIES WITH I THINK 24 DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE SHOW. WE NEED A DRAG RACE IN EVERY COUNTRY. BELIEVE ME, RUSSIA NEEDS A DRAG RACE. THERE IS A MARKET. TELL ME ABOUT HOW IT HAS CHANGED OVER THAT TIME AS WELL. IT REALLY HAS BECOME A CULTURAL JUGGERNAUT. IT HAD REASONABLY HUMBLE BEGINNINGS. RANDY, RU AND I ALL USED TO GO TO THE PYRAMID. IT IS A TINY CLUB IN THE EAST VILLAGE IN NEW YORK. RU WOULD PERFORM, AND WE THOUGHT HE WAS AMAZING AND A STAR, AND WE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE ARTISTRY OF DRAG IS SO INVENTIVE. IT WAS SO PUNK AND RESOURCEFUL. MAKING SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING. AND THAT REALLY DESERVED TO BE SEEN ON A WIDER STAGE OR A LARGER PLATFORM. TELEVISION AND DRAGON ARE PERFECT. SMALL SCREEN BUT BIG IMPACT. THEY GO TOGETHER LIKE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY. IT HAS BECOME SOMETHING PRETTY SPECTACULAR. I WAS REFLECTING ON IT, BECAUSE I AM A BIG FAN OF THE SHOW MYSELF. IT IS FUN, FRIVOLOUS, EXCITING ENTERTAINMENT. BUT THERE IS A MUCH DEEPER MEANING THERE AS WELL. THAT IS THE THING THAT HAS ALWAYS STRUCK ME AS WHAT IT HAS DONE AS I MENTIONED IN THE INTRODUCTION FOR QUEER CULTURE AND NOT JUST FOR AN OUTSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE ON QUEER CULTURE. IT ALSO FOR AN INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE. THE TRUTH IS THAT DRAG IS FOR EVERYONE. RU SAYS, YOU ARE BORN NAKED, AND THE REST IS DRAG. I HOPE YOU NEVER STOP SAYING THAT. IT IS A FANTASY OF WHO WE WANT TO BE. THAT IS NOT A GENDER-BASED THING; IT IS FOR ANYONE. I THINK THAT DRAG IS SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS YOU TO EXPRESS YOURSELF AND JUST BE WHOEVER YOU WANT TO BE. IT IS A VERY EMPOWERING THING. IT IS NOT JUST FOR GAY PEOPLE AT ALL. MAYBE DRAG STARTED THERE, BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY, ANYBODY CAN RELATE TO IT. I THINK ABOUT IT AS WELL. IT IS NOT JUST POWERING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO PERFORM, WHO ARE DRAG ARTISTS, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT HAS REALLY POWERED ME AS A GAY MAN MYSELF. IT HAS REALLY GIVEN ME THIS CONFIDENCE TO BE WHO I WANT TO BE, WHETHER IT IS A DRAG REFORMER OR NOT A GREAT PERFORMER. EXACTLY. THAT IS RIGHT. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE CLOSET, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO COME OUT OF THE CLOSET, WHICH IT IS, BUT I THINK THE IDEA IS THAT METAPHORICALLY, THE CLOSET ACTUALLY CONFIDES EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY LIVES UNDER SOME EXPECTATION OF WHO THEY ARE, HOW THEY SHOULD BEHAVE, WHAT THEY SHOULD NOT DO OR SAY, AND I THINK IT IS A UNIVERSAL THING. THAT IS WHY WROTE THE BOOK. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT IS THAT QUEER CULTURE IS POP CULTURE. THEY ARE ONE AND THE SAME. I KNOW SOME REPUBLICANS IN AMERICA ARE A LITTLE ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS AND FEEL THAT WE ARE COMING FOR THE KIDS. NO, WE ARE NOT. WE'RE JUST HERE TO ENJOY OUR LIVES, BE WHO WE ARE. WE BELIEVE IN FREEDOM AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. TELL ME ABOUT THE BOOK. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT DRAG RACE. IT IS ABOUT TV, CULTURE, REALITY TV CULTURE. IT IS A LOT ABOUT REALITY TV. THERE IS A BANGLE PUBLIC ACCESS, AND I THINK THAT IS HOW WE'LL GOT STARTED. IN AMERICA, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A TV SHOW, YOU CAN HAVE ONE, YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE IT AND DELIVER IT TO THE CABLE STATION. THE VERY FIRST SHOW WE MADE WAS ON PUBLIC ACCESS. I THINK TV HAS ENABLED THOSE ON THE MARGINS, THOSE EXCLUDED, GAY PEOPLE ESPECIALLY, TO BE SEEN, BECAUSE TV JUST WANTS MORE THINGS TO SHOW. AND THINGS THAT ARE SORT OF COLOURFUL AND BRIGHT ON THE SMALL SCREEN HAVE A BIG IMPACT. I WANTED TO WRITE THIS BOOK TO KIND OF DEFENCE TV AND EXPLAIN WHY IT IS THAT REALITY TV AND INFOMERCIALS, AND WHY ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE LAUGHED AT BY CULTURAL CRITICS, BUT ACTUALLY, CULTURALLY THEY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. I LOVE IT. I AM VERY EXCITED TO READ THE BOOK. IT IS OUT NOW. IT IS, YES. I AM VERY EXCITED TO SEE DRAG RACISM VERY. TUNE IN. I EXPECT TO SEE YOU ON IT. WHAT ARE YOU DOING AFTER THE SHOW? ANY TIME. WE JUST TOLD YOU YOU HAVE TO FILL IN YOUR CENSUS TONIGHT. AM I GOING TO GET DEPORTED OR SOMETHING? NO, YOU WILL BE FINE. WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET A LINK SO YOU CAN FILL IT OUT. WE'RE SO DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. BACK IN A MOMENT WITH YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. BUT BEFORE THAT, HARRY STYLES FEVER HAS HIT AUCKLAND. CHECK OUT THIS HUGE LINE OF FANS AT MT SMART STADIUM HOURS BEFORE TONIGHT'S CONCERT. WE'RE LIVE THERE NEXT. VOICEOVER: One minute the remote's not working. The next, it is. (METAL CLANG) (MACHINE BOOTING UP) Rodney! Luckily there's Tower, winner of Canstar's car insurer of the year and outstanding value car insurance for two years running. (LAUGHS) We will laugh about this later. So switch to Tower online today. (BEEP) (CLUNK) Tower. Got a minute? Get a quote. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. 44,000 SCREAMING FANS ` THAT'S WHAT AUCKLAND CAN EXPECT LATER TODAY WHEN INTERNATIONAL POPSTAR HARRY STYLES TAKES THE STAGE. TESSA PARKER IS OUTSIDE MT SMART STADIUM NOW. THEY HAVE STARTED GATHERING ALREADY. YOU MENTIONED 40,000 FANS, BUT IN FACT, SOME VERY EAGER ONES HAVE ALREADY TURNED UP THIS MORNING. THE GATES TO GO INTO MOUNT SMART STADIUM ONLY OPENED AT 8 AM, I SPOKE TO AN EVENT ORGANISER JUST BEFORE, AND HE SAID AROUND 2000 GIRLS WERE ALREADY LINED UP OUTSIDE THE GATES. SO MANY IN FACT THAT THEY HAVE STARTED MOVING INSIDE, JUST THAT THEY CAN KEEP AN EYE ON THEM AND MAKE SO THEY ARE LOOKED AFTER, NOT TOO HOT, AND THEY HAVE ACCESS TO BATHROOMS. IN TERMS OF ATMOSPHERE ` LOTS OF THE NERVOUS GIGGLES, LOTS OF EXCITEMENT, LOTS OF PINK COWBOY HATS, SEQUINS, GLITTER, THE WHOLE LOT. REALLY EXCITING TIMES AT MOUNT SMART STADIUM. I DO RELATE TO THESE GIRLS, I SAW HARRY STYLES WHEN HE WAS HERE WITH ONE DIRECTION AND I LINED UP FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS. SOME PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE MIDNIGHT, SOMEONE A.M., SOME 3 AM, SOME COMING AT AROUND 7 AM. A FEW TO MY LEFT ARE ABOUT TO ARRIVE NOW. A BUSY DAY FOR EVENT ORGANISERS. IN THEY GO. I LOVE THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN THEM ACCESS EARLY TO GO TO THE BATHROOM, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AT THE FRONT OF THE STAGE. A BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT HERE, IT IS GOING TO BE HOT. A HOT DAY TO WEAR A BIG PINK HAT AND COWBOY BOOTS AND FOR THE BOAS. APPARENTLY, YOU CANNOT GET THEM IN AUCKLAND ANYWHERE. THEY ARE SOLD OUT. LOOKSHARP HAS RESTOCKED. I KNOW, BECAUSE I WANTED TO GET MY HANDS ON ONE. THEY HAVE RESTOCKED. IF YOU ARE COMING TONIGHT AND YOU NEED A FEATHER BOA, GO TO LOOK SHARP. I JUST SAW SOMEONE WITH A SLEEPING BAG WALKING PAST HER. BRILLIANT. NOW CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. THE PRIME MINISTER AGREES WITH CRITICISM FROM NATIONAL THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY ON CONTRACTORS. THE OPPOSITION SAYS THE $400 MILLION BILL IS A WASTE OF MONEY FOR SERVICES THAT AREN'T NEEDED OR THAT ALREADY-EMPLOYED PUBLIC SERVANTS SHOULD BE DOING. PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS AGREES, SAYING THERE IS ROOM FOR SAVINGS, BUT HE CAN'T SAY HOW MUCH, OR EVEN WHEN HE'LL ASK FOR A REVIEW OF COSTS. FOR A LONG TIME, YOU WILL HAVE SEEN ME SAYING THAT I THINK THE PUBLIC SECTOR NEEDS TO BE DOING MORE OF THIS WORK AND HOUSE, AND USING CONTRACTORS AND CONSULTANTS LESS. WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT BEHIND SOME OF THESE NUMBERS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MINISTRY I AM FAMILIAR WITH, AND YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE BIG AREAS OF GROWTH, THAT HAS BEEN THINGS LIKE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION AND IT, WHICH TEND TO BE CONSULTANT AND CONTRACTOR LED. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS CONTRACTOR COSTS ARE PARTLY THE RESULT OF THE PREVIOUS NATIONAL GOVERNMENT UNDERINVESTING IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE. 400KM OF ROADING REMAINS OUT OF ACTION DUE TO RECENT WEATHER EVENTS LEAVING TRUCKERS WITH LONGER ROAD TRIPS AND CONSUMERS FACING PRICE HIKES. TRUCKING CARRIES 93% OF NEW ZEALAND'S FREIGHT AND HAS BEEN SLOWED SIGNIFICANTLY DUE TO INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE. TRANSPORTING NEW ZEALAND BOSS NICK LEGGETT SAYS DRIVERS ARE TELLING HIM THE CONDITION OF ROADS ARE THE WORST THEY'VE SEEN. NICK LEGGETT SAYS TRUCKING MIRRORS THE ECONOMY, AND WHEN IT SLOWS, IT'S HARDER TO KEEP THE ECONOMY RUNNING. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, TODAY'S THE DAY TO COMPLETE YOUR CENSUS. THE LATEST UPDATE FROM STATISTICS NEW ZEALAND SAYS 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THEIR FORMS. IT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED HOW CENSUS INFORMATION WILL BE COLLECTED FROM REGIONS AFFECTED BY CYCLONE GABRIELLE, WITH AN EXTRA EIGHT WEEKS FOR RESPONSES TO BE GATHERED. THE GENDER GAP IN HOME OWNERSHIP IN AOTEAROA IS CLOSING, BUT THE LEVEL OF FEMALE-ONLY OWNERSHIP IS GETTING SMALLER. CORELOGIC'S 'WOMEN AND PROPERTY' REPORT SHOWS THE GAP BETWEEN MALE-ONLY AND FEMALE-ONLY OWNERSHIP IS JUST HALF A PERCENT, WITH FEMALE ONLY AT 22%. THAT'S FALLEN FROM 23.5% FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR. JOINT OWNERSHIP HAS INCREASED, NOW SITTING AT 55.5% ` CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN IN AUSTRALIA WHICH IS AT 43.4%. SYDNEY HAS RECORDED ITS HOTTEST DAY IN TWO YEARS AS A HEATWAVE SWEEPS THROUGH NEW SOUTH WALES. TEMPERATURES IN THE CITY REACHED A HIGH OF 37.9 DEGREES WITH NEARLY 40 BUSHFIRES SPARKED BY THE HEAT ACROSS THE STATE. WHILE IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE HIGH 30S OR EARLY 40S IN GREATER SYDNEY, IT'S A RARE OCCURRENCE IN THE CITY. FORECASTERS EXPECT THE HEATWAVE TO CONTINUE UNTIL TOMORROW. RUSSIA IS ON THE CUSP OF CAPTURING UKRAINE'S EASTERN CITY OF BAKHMUT. MOSCOW'S MISSION TO CAPTURE THE CITY HAS BECOME ONE OF THE LONGEST AND BLOODIEST BATTLES OF THE CONFLICT SO FAR, WITH RUSSIA'S LOSSES BELIEVED TO BE IN THE THOUSANDS. DESPITE RUSSIA'S PROGRESS, UKRAINE'S NOT BACKING DOWN. THIS IS OUR TERRITORY, THIS IS OUR LAND, AND WE WILL BE FIGHTING FOR IT, AND WE WILL NOT BE WITHDRAWING FROM IT. THIS IS THE GOAL, AND IT WAS ANNOUNCED BY OUR MILITARY COMMANDERS FOR RUSSIAN SOLDIERS, THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO MARCH FORWARD FOR WHATEVER THEIR COMMANDERS ARE SAYING. FOR US, IT IS OUR LAND, OUR PEOPLE. HOW CAN WE GIVE IT ALL UP? WITH BOTH SIDES FACING MASSIVE AMMUNITION SHORTAGES, RUSSIA'S ADVANCE COULD BE IN PERIL IF TROOPS ARE FORCED TO WITHDRAW. TO SPORT, AND ZOI SADOWSKI-SYNNETT HAS WON HER SEMI-FINAL OF THE NATURAL SELECTION EVENT IN CANADA. THE 21-YEAR OLD PRODUCED TWO STELLAR RUNS SCORING AN 80.0 AND A 72.6, BEATING AMERICAN HAILEY LANGLAND IN THE PROCESS. THE BACKCOUNTRY EVENT SEES SNOWBOARDING'S BEST RIDERS GO HEAD-TO-HEAD, CHOOSING THEIR OWN LINES. IT'S BEEN REVEALED TENNIS STAR NOVAK DJOKOVIC'S LATE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE INDIAN WELLS TOURNAMENT IS DOWN TO HIS COVID VACCINE STATUS. THE 22-TIME GRAND SLAM WINNER'S BEEN DENIED ENTRY INTO THE U.S. FOR THE TOURNAMENT, BECAUSE INTERNATIONAL VISITORS MUST BE VACCINATED TO ENTER THE COUNTRY. DJOKOVIC HAD APPLIED FOR A WAIVER TO THE REQUIREMENT AFTER MISSING OUT ON THE U.S. OPEN LAST YEAR. HERE'S YOUR BUSINESS MARKET UPDATE FOR THE MORNING. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` SHOWERS FOR SOME OF YOU TODAY. KAITAIA, YOU'LL START YOUR DAY WITH SOME SUN, IF YOU ARE AMONG THE FANS AT HARRY STYLES TODAY, YOU MAY GET SOME SHOWERS. YOUR HIGH IS 23. FURTHER SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR EVERYONE THROUGH HERE. 24 IS THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON AND TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` A FINE DAY THROUGH HERE TOO. GISBORNE ` YOU MIGHT SOME SHOWERS DURING YOUR MORNING, TURNING TO CLOUD FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 20 THE HIGH FOR DANNEVIRKE. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU GUYS HAVE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER OVER HERE TOO. 23 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARUNUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A LITTLE MORE MIXED OVER HERE. A FINE DAY IN NELSON THROUGH TO KAIKOURA, BUT ON THE WEST COAST, EXPECT TO SEE SOME SHOWERS. 23 THE HIGH FOR BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO SUNSHINE THIS MORNING, CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY FOR CHRISTCHURCH. THE REST OF YOU WILL SEE SOME CLOUD DEVELOPING. 25 THE HIGH FOR ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` A LITTLE GLOOMY HERE. EXPECT CLOUD THROUGH HERE. MILFORD SOUND, YOU'LL SEE RAIN THROUGH YOUR DAY. 22 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN AND GORE. NICE. THANK YOU, CHRIS. WE HAVE SOME FEEDBACK, THEY ARE HAVING A HUGE CENSUS NIGHT. I TOLD YOU THAT PEOPLE HAVE CENSUS PARTIES. HAERE ATU. OFF YOU GO, CENSUS NIGHT AT THE MARAE. I HAVE DONE MINE. JUST DID IT. YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND REQUEST A CODE. THEY JUST GOT TEXT TO MY PHONE AND FIVE MINUTES ` DONE. ANY CURLY QUESTIONS? THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD TO THINK ABOUT. LIKE WHAT? I HAD TO ADD UP THE HOURS THAT I DO, AND WHO I GET PAID BY. HOW MANY REALITY SHOWS YOU ARE ON... HOW MANY I HAVE WON. NOT THAT HARD TO COUNT. WELL PLAYED. HE WON CELEBRITY TREASURE ISLAND. OH, YEAH. E HAERE AKE NEI, COMING UP ` THE FAMILIAR FACES BEHIND A NEW PODCAST OFFERING FRIENDSHIP MIXED WITH THERAPY. # I CAN BY MYSELF FLOWERS # WRITE MY NAME IN THE SAND KNOWN FOR HER ROLES IN WEST SIDE OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE, PORK PIE AND NOW SHORTLAND STREET, ACTRESS ANTONIA PREBBLE HAS A NEW STARRING LEAD ALONGSIDE CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST JACQUI MAGUIRE. THE PAIR ARE TACKLING BIG TOPICS IN A NEW PODCAST OUT TOMORROW. IT IS OUT TODAY! HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT IT? I THINK WE FEEL GOOD. REALLY EXCITED. AND HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS, GETTING TO THIS POINT FROM THE INCEPTION OF THE IDEA TO EXECUTING IT TO RELEASING IT, SO I AM REALLY PLEASED THAT IS OUT THERE. YOU ARE ALREADY FRIENDS, HAD OF THE CONCEPT OF HAVING AN OVER A CUP OF COFFEE CONVERSATION TURN INTO A PODCAST. WE MET AT A MOTHERS GROUP, WE HAVE CHILDREN AT THE SAME AGE AND WE GOT ON REALLY WELL. WE BOTH WENT ON OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL POD CASTS AND PODCAST JOURNEY, AND WE HAVE THE SAME PRODUCER, SO IT WAS OUR PRODUCER WHO KNEW BOTH OF OUR WORK INDIVIDUALLY, AND THEY HUSTLED US BOTH. HOW DO YOU DECIDE ON WHAT TOPICS YOU WILL TALK ABOUT? IT IS A MUTUAL DECISION BETWEEN THE TWO OF US AND OUR PRODUCER. WE DID A BIT OF SURVEYING. THIS PODCAST IS FOR MILLENNIALS. IS THAT US? I DO NOT KNOW HOW OLD YOU ARE, BUT I AM VERY OLD MILLENNIAL. WE DID SOME SURVEYING OF OUR NETWORKS, AND THOUGHT, WHAT ARE THE TOPICS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE BIG THINKING IDEAS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE REALLY GOOD DISCUSSIONS WITH YOUR FRIENDS, THE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU THINK. WE WANTED THIS PODCAST TO NOT BE A MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL ILLNESS PODCAST THEY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT OTHER PEOPLE DO THAT. WHAT OUR LIFE ISSUES, LIFE THINGS, THAT GET US THINKING? WHAT IS THE FIRST ONE? TODAY IT IS ALL ABOUT THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, AND WHY THAT IS A BIT OF A FOLLY, AND THERE ARE FAR BETTER THINGS TO BE PURSUING. AND OTHER EPISODES ARE ABOUT HOW TO HAVE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS AS AN ADULT... IT IS THINGS THAT WE ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN, AND THE TYPES OF TOPICS THAT WE FEEL ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, AND WE REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER. IF WE CAN DEMYSTIFY THESE TOPICS, AND JACQUI CAN OFFER SOME PRACTICAL TOOLS FROM HER EXPERTISE AS A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE NAVIGATE THEIR LIVES IN A SMOOTHER, MORE FULFILLING WAY. I KNOW THAT I HAVE A FRIEND WHO IS A PSYCHOLOGIST, AND A SOMETIMES FELLOW, I DO NOT WANT TO FEEL LIKE I AM APPROACHING HER WITH A PROBLEM ALL THE TIME, IF I AM JUST ASKING FOR FRIEND ADVICE. HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE THAT, WHEN YOU ARE FRIENDS, BUT ALSO TALKING ABOUT DIFFICULT TOPICS? I NEVER FEEL LIKE JACQUI IS JUDGING ME OR PSYCHOLOGISING ME. ONE OF THE REASONS I WAS EXCITED TO WORK WITH ERRORS BECAUSE SHE HAS AN AMAZING ABILITY TO DEMYSTIFY AND DISTILL SEEMINGLY COMPLEX ISSUES AND COMMUNICATE THEM IN A WAY THAT LAYPEOPLE LIKE ME CAN UNDERSTAND. SHE IS VERY RELATE ARAPOHUE. CORRECTION: RELATABLE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE HAVING A CHAT, BUT I GET ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE BENEFIT OF RESEARCH-BASED INFORMATION. I THINK I AM HUMAN. I AM HUMAN FIRST, MUM SECOND, PSYCHOLOGIST THIRD. FOR ME, I AM NORMALLY IN A VERY PROFESSIONAL ROLE, AND I AM JACQUI THE PSYCHOLOGIST, THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT WILL HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT MYSELF, WHICH IS A BIT OF A LEAP OF FAITH. THESE TOPICS AFFECT ALL OF US, AND IF WE ARE GOING TO CONNECT TO PEOPLE, HAVE TO SHOW UP AS A HUMAN BEFORE A PSYCHOLOGIST. IT IS A BIT OF A LEAP OF FAITH AND THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE A BIT OF US IN THIS, WHICH MAKES IT REAL. WE HAVE TO BE VULNERABLE AS WELL. GIVE US THE NAME AND WHERE WE CAN FIND IT. IT IS CALLED WHAT MATTERS MOST. YOU CAN FIND IT ON APPLE POD CASTS, SPOTIFY, OR ANYWHERE WHERE YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR PODCAST. THANK YOU SO MUCH. STAY WITH US, BECAUSE SOME DIE-HARD HARRY STYLES FANS HAVE A LONG WAIT BEFORE TONIGHT'S AUCKLAND CONCERT. THAT IS RIGHT. HARRY STYLES FANS ARE PUTTING IT ALL ON SHOW FOR TONIGHT. WE ARE TALKING TO THEM AFTER THE BREAK. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. COWBOY HATS, FEATHER BOAS, SEQUINS AND SCREAMING FANS ` WHO ELSE COULD BRING ALL OF THESE TOGETHER BUT INTERNATIONAL POPSTAR HARRY STYLES. MATTY COULD. THE 'WATERMELON SUGAR' SINGER IS PERFORMING IN AUCKLAND TONIGHT. TESSA PARKER IS OUTSIDE MT SMART STADIUM. THE FANS HAVE ALREADY STARTED ARRIVING. KIA ORA. THAT IS RIGHT. 40,000 FANS WILL COME TO MOUNT SMART STADIUM TO SEE HARRY STYLES, BUT DESPITE IT BEING NEARLY 9 IN THE MORNING, PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY STARTED LINING UP. EVENT ORGANISERS ESTIMATE THAT AROUND 2000 FANS, AND I WILL SAY MAINLY YOUNG GIRLS, HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED. SOME OF BEEN HERE SINCE MIDNIGHT. THEY ARE ALL JUST BESIDE ME IN THOSE GATES THERE BECAUSE IT IS SO BUSY. ORGANISERS WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE INSIDE AND BE LOOKED AFTER. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT TOO HOT, HAVING SOME WATER, AND ARE ABLE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM. HERE'S WHAT SOME HAD TO SAY. WE WERE HEARING ABOUT 530. WE HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE MAYBE 20 TO 8. I GOT UP AT ABOUT FIVE. WHAT IS NOT TO LOVE? HE IS LOVING AND OPEN. THE CROWD IS AWAY IS A GREAT ENVIRONMENT. HOW EXCITED ARE YOU? OVER THE MOON. WALKING AND I WAS JUST HOLDING BACK. YOU CAN HEAR THE EXCITEMENT. SOME GIRLS WERE GETTING MISTY EYES JUST TALKING ABOUT THE LOVE FOR HARRY STYLES, WHICH I APPRECIATE, BECAUSE I WAS INTO ONE DIRECTION BACK IN THE DAY. I FULLY GET IT. FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HERE ALREADY, THE TRANSPORT AGENCY IS WARNING THERE COULD BE SOME DELAYS WERE GETTING HERE. PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS FREE WITH PEOPLE'S TICKETS TO THE CONCERT, AND THERE ARE ALSO FREE EVENT BUSES THEY CAN CATCH. CERTAINLY A LOT OF EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR TONIGHT. LOVE IT. VERY EXCITING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AMONG THOSE HEADING TO MT SMART STADIUM IS KIWI SINGER-SONGWRITER NY-OH. SHE'S BEEN SHARING THE STAGE WITH HARRY THROUGHOUT HIS TOUR AND WILL ALSO BE OPENING THE SHOW TONIGHT. I CAUGHT UP WITH HER TO FIND OUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE BACK HOME IN AOTEAROA. IT FEELS SO NICE. UM... YEAH, WHEN WE` WHEN WE LANDED ON THE PLANE, OH, IT JUST` IT JUST FEELS SO GOOD. SO GOOD TO BE HOME. AND SO NICE TO BE HERE WITH, UM... WITH THE TOUR, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING I'VE DREAMT OF` A GIG THAT I'VE DREAMT OF PLAYING WITH THEM FOR MANY YEARS, SO... IT'S EXCITING IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING. AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A BIT DELAYED. THIS HAS BEEN A PRETTY STOP-START TOUR SO FAR. IT WAS, YEAH. I MEAN, WE WERE MEANT TO` WE WERE MEANT TO DO THIS TOUR IN, GOSH, LIKE, 2021 OR SOMETHING? SO, YEAH. (LAUGHS) SO HOW'S IT BEEN GOING? I MEAN, IT'S GOOD. IT'S BEEN A LONG ONE, BUT IT'S BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL. YEAH, I'VE ENJOYED IT. AND THIS IS THE BEAUTIFUL THING ` PLAYING FOR HARRY TONIGHT IS KIND OF LIKE THE PART-TIME GIG, BECAUSE YOU'RE ACTUALLY OPENING FOR HIM YOURSELF. YES. THIS TIME. I KNOW. IT'S SO EXCITING, AND I FEEL SO` JUST HONOURED THAT HE THOUGHT OF ME TO ASK FOR THIS GIG, AND YEAH, I'M REALLY EXCITED. HOW DID THAT CONVERSATION GO? (LAUGHS) UM, HE JUST` HE JUST CAME IN` CAME IN THE ROOM AND SAID, 'OH, CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING?' AND I WAS LIKE, 'YEAH, OF COURSE.' AND THEN HE ASKED ME AND I WENT, 'OH, DON'T MAKE ME CRY.' LIKE, PLEASE DON'T DO THAT. AND I'M LIKE, OK. AND SO WHAT WILL THAT BE LIKE TONIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD PERFORMING AT HUGE STADIUMS, ARENAS, FOR MASSIVE CROWDS, BUT WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE PERFORMING FOR YOUR HOME CROWD? WELL, A FEW OF THE BAND MEMBERS HAVE BETS ON WHEN I'M GOING TO CRY. I'M A BIG CRYER. AM I GOING TO CRY BEFORE, AM I GOING TO CRY DURING OR IS IT GOING TO BE WHEN WE'RE PLAYING HARRY'S SET? WHO KNOWS? STAY TUNED. I DON'T THINK IT WILL REALLY SINK IN UNTIL I'M UP THERE, BUT ALL I CAN SAY RIGHT NOW IS HOW JUST BLESSED I FEEL TO WORK FOR SOMEONE THAT, LIKE, HONOURS PEOPLE'S INDIVIDUALITY, AND, LIKE, WANTS TO SEE THE PEOPLE THAT THEY EMPLOY DO REALLY WELL IN WHAT MAKES THEM REALLY HAPPY AS WELL, AND` AND HE KNOWS HOW MUCH AOTEAROA MEANS TO ME. AND SO FOR ME TO GET TO SHARE MY MUSIC ON THIS LEVEL IS JUST, YEAH, IT'S ALL I COULD HOPE FOR. I MEAN, WE ALL FEEL LIKE WE KNOW HIM, BUT YOU ACTUALLY DO KNOW THIS GUY. WHAT IS HE LIKE? YEAH, YEAH. HE'S A` HE'S AN AMAZING` AMAZINGLY SPECIAL PERSON, WHO JUST WANTS TO DO GOOD IN THE WORLD AND FOR THE WORLD WITH ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT HE'S BEEN GIVEN IN THIS LIFE. AND, YEAH, AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE OF HOW TO DO IT, REALLY. AMAZING. ALTHOUGH, ENOUGH ABOUT HARRY ` I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT SOME PRETTY INCREDIBLE MUSIC OUT AT THE MOMENT. YEAH. MY LATEST SINGLE, 'YOU ARE' CAME OUT SORT OF ALL AT ONCE AS A` AS A BIT OF A MANTRA TO MYSELF. AND, YEAH, I'M JUST HAPPY TO` HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH PEOPLE. AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE SHARING MORE MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY, YEAH. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? UM, I GUESS FOLKY. I'M QUITE A` QUITE A BIG FOLKY SONGWRITER HEAD. I LOVE` I LOVE CREATING SOUNDSCAPES. UM, I FEEL LIKE GROWING UP IN AOTEAROA, WE'RE SO BLESSED WHEN WE'RE` WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF THE CITY, THE SOUND OF THE BEACH AND THE SOUND OF THE BIRDS, AND WE HAVE THIS LIKE, NATURE SOUNDTRACK AROUND US ALL THE TIME, AND I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO PULL THAT INTO MY OWN MUSIC AND CREATE` RATHER THAN JUST A SONG, CREATE A LIKE A SPACE, AN ACTUAL SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL WHATEVER THEY NEED TO FEEL WITHIN IT. HOW LONG ARE YOU HOME FOR? WE LEAVE THE DAY AFTER THE GIG. I KNOW. I LANDED, AND I WAS LIKE, 'I JUST WANT TO GET OFF HERE.' DO YOU GET ANY TIME TO CATCH UP WITH ANYONE, OR IS IT LITERALLY FLY IN, FLY OUT? I'VE GOT TIME FOR A QUICK BREAKFAST WITH MY GRANDPARENTS, UM, AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. BUT ALL MY WHANAU ARE COMING UP FOR THE GIG, SO I'M SURE I'LL HEAR THEM SCREAMING THEIR HEADS OFF DOWN THERE SOMEWHERE. THEY MUST BE SO PROUD OF YOU. THEY ARE. AND IT'S SO NICE TO GET TO BRING THIS SHOW TO THEM AND GET TO SHOW THEM, LIKE, WHAT I DO, BECAUSE I LEFT AOTEAROA WHEN I WAS 17, AND IT'S BEEN 11 YEARS NOW OF THEM WONDERING WHAT I'M OUT IN THE WORLD DOING AND IF IT'S, LIKE, GOING WELL FOR ME OR NOT. SO IT'S GONNA FEEL LIKE A REALLY BEAUTIFUL FULL-CIRCLE MOMENT. WELL, I KNOW HOW PROUD THEY ARE OF YOU, BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY YOUR AUNTIE DOT WHO EMAILED THE BREAKFAST SHOW TO SAY, 'YOU HAVE TO GET MY NIECE ON YOUR SHOW.' OH! THE AUNTIES. THE AUNTIES. GOD BLESS THE AUNTIES. THEY'RE OUT IN FORCE. THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM. OH GOSH. THAT'S GREAT. THANKS, AUNTIE DOT. I'VE DONE IT. CHEERS. (CHUCKLES) ALL RIGHT. SO FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN BETS, HOW LONG IS IT GONNA TO TAKE YOU TO CRY TONIGHT? (LAUGHS) WELL, COS I'M A FULL PSYCHO, I'VE OBVIOUSLY PLANNED IT. UM... I THINK PROBABLY, KNOWING MYSELF, AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE MOMENT. HEY, SO YOU SHOULD, AS AN OUTWARD, WEAR YOUR HEART ON YOUR SLEEVE KIND OF GUY MYSELF, GO FOR IT, I SAY. THANK YOU. I HOPE EVERYONE WILL JOIN ME IN A GOOD NIGHT CRY, AS THE BAND LIKE TO CALL IT. (CHUCKLES) HEY, WELL, ALL THE BEST. I HOPE THE SHOW TONIGHT GOES FANTASTIC, AND GOOD LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. I KNOW YOU'VE GOT SOME EXCITING NEW MUSIC COMING OUT. THANK YOU. SHE IS AMAZING. DID SHE CALL IT A GOOD NIGHT CRY? OR A GOOD MY-OH CRY? WHAT AN AMAZING JOB SHE HAS. ENJOY IT IF YOU ARE GOING TO THE CONCERT. BUT BEFORE YOU GO, MAKE SURE YOU FILL YOUR CENSUS FORM. WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY EMMA BARTOSZEWICZ POOLE, STACEY SPARY, PHOEBE UPTON AND JULIE TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.