IT'S THURSDAY THE 20TH OF JULY. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. IT IS SO NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE. THE MASS ACTION RE-RUN THAT'S PILING MORE PRESSURE ON OUR CREAKING HEALTH SYSTEM. WHY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NURSES HAVE VOTED TO STRIKE NEXT MONTH AND HOW IT COULD AFFECT YOU. HEAR FROM THE NURSES UNION AND TE WHATU ORA AFTER SEVEN. AND MAKING HEADLINES THIS MORNING ` THE MAN WHO LED THE FAILED MUTINY IN RUSSIA YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN HAS BEEN SEEN IN PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE PAST MONTH IN BELARUS. AND THE WOMEN'S FIFA WORLD CUP IS KICKING OFF. NEW ZEALAND TAKING ON NORWAY. WE CAN BE JOINING YOU THROUGHOUT THE MORNING RIGHT HERE FROM THE FESTIVAL. GOOD ARE VARIANTS YOU GUYS, DON'T BE TOO JEALOUS. THIS IS THE STUDIO FOR THE MORNING, WE GOT PART OF THE GIVEAWAY. I'M BACK IN THE SOUTH CHRIS CHANG. PLENTY GOING ON IN AUCKLAND. THE FOOTBALL FERNS WILL LOOK TO MAKE USE OF HOME ADVANTAGE WHEN THEY FACE NORWAY IN THE TOURNAMENT'S OPENING GAME AT EDEN PARK. NORWAY GO INTO THE GAME AS FAVOURITES, BUT THEIR COACH SAYS THEY KNOW THE STAKES ARE HIGH. WE KNOW IN THE OPENING GAME THERE WILL BE... A LOT OF PRESSURE. BOTH ON THE HOME TEAM, BUT ALSO ON US FOR THE OPENING GAME. BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE KNOW... WHAT TO EXPECT. BUT AGAIN, IN AN OPENING GAME, EVERYTHING CAN HAPPEN. NORWAY WON THE TOURNAMENT IN 1995 AND WERE QUARTER FINALISTS FOUR YEARS AGO. NEW ZEALAND ARE YET TO WIN A WORLD CUP GAME IN SIX APPEARANCES. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR QUEENSTOWN AND CENTRAL OTAGO MAY DISRUPT TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGIONS AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. THERE'S CURRENTLY FOUR ROAD SNOWFALL WARNINGS IN PLACE WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIFTED AT 8 AM. CANTERBURY HIGH COUNTRY, SOUTH OF LAKE TEKAPO, HAS A HEAVY SNOW WATCH IN PLACE UNTIL 9AM. NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST DAIRY PRODUCER, AND ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST CARBON EMITTERS, IS SET TO REDUCE ITS EMISSIONS FASTER WITH HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT. FONTERRA WILL CUT COAL USE ACROSS SIX OF ITS FACTORIES, THE RESULTING REDUCTIONS EQUIVALENT TO TAKING 120,000 CARS OFF THE ROAD. PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS THE DEAL WILL FAST-TRACK DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS REDUCTION OBLIGATIONS BY 2030. FONTERRA PRODUCED ALMOST A FIFTH OF NEW ZEALAND'S TOTAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS LAST YEAR. MOST OF ITALY'S MAJOR CITIES ARE NOW UNDER EXTREME HEAT ALERTS AS A HEATWAVE INTENSIFIES IN EUROPE. THE WARNINGS MEAN THE HEAT POSES A HEALTH THREAT TO EVERYONE ` NOT JUST THE VULNERABLE. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK TODAY AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF HIGHS ABOVE 40 DEGREES. THE SCORCHING HEAT HAS ALSO FUELLED WILDFIRES ACROSS THE CONTINENT INCLUDING IN GREECE AND THE SWISS ALPS. FOOTAGE HAS EMERGED OF THE MAN WHO LED THE SHORT-LIVED MUTINY AGAINST RUSSIA'S MILITARY LEADERS, YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE LEADER OF THE RUSSIAN WAGNER MERCENARY GROUP HAS BEEN SEEN SINCE THE UPRISING. IT'S BELIEVED HE IS IN NEIGHBOURING BELARUS. IN THE VIDEO, PRIGOZHIN WELCOMES HIS TROOPS TO BELARUS WHERE THEY WERE TOLD TO MOVE AS PART OF A DEAL BROKERED WITH THE KREMLIN AFTER LAST MONTH'S REBELLION. HE CAN BE HEARD HINTING THAT WAGNER MIGHT REJOIN THE WAR IN UKRAINE IN THE FUTURE. A NEW SOUTH WALES COURT HAS HEARD THE CONFRONTING DETAILS OF THE ALTERCATION THAT LED TO A POLICE OFFICER ALLEGEDLY TASERING A 95-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER. KRISTIAN WHITE IS ACCUSED OF SAYING 'NAH, BUGGER IT' BEFORE DEPLOYING THE TASER, WHICH PROSECUTORS LABELLED AS 'GROSSLY DISPROPORTIONATE' AND 'EXCESSIVE' ACTION. A PRELIMINARY POLICE REPORT SAYS THE SITUATION DID NOT MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR THE OFFICER TO DISCHARGE A TASER. CLARE NOWLAND LATER DIED IN HOSPITAL. WHITE IS CHARGED WITH RECKLESSLY CAUSING GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM AND TWO FORMS OF ASSAULT. THE MYSTERY OF A GIANT CYLINDER THAT WASHED UP ON AN AUSTRALIAN BEACH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SOLVED. INDIA'S SPACE CHIEF HAS CONFIRMED THE OBJECT WAS DEFINITELY PART OF A ROCKET, BUT STOPPED SHORT OF SAYING WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS ONE OF THEIRS. SPECULATION ABOUT THE CYLINDER HAS BEEN RIFE SINCE IT WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT 250KM NORTH OF PERTH AT THE WEEKEND. SOME SUGGESTED IT MAY HAVE BEEN FROM INDIA'S LATEST MOON MISSION LAUNCH. OTHERS THOUGHT THE WRECKAGE MIGHT BE PART OF THE MISSING MH370 PLANE. BOTH THOSE THEORIES HAVE BEEN RULED OUT. THE FOOTBALL FERNS AREN'T THE ONLY NATIONAL TEAM INVOLVED IN A WORLD CUP. THE SILVER FERNS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO NETBALL'S BIGGEST TOURNAMENT. HALF THE SQUAD FLEW OUT TO SOUTH AFRICA THIS MORNING WITH THE REST TO FOLLOW TOMORROW. WHILE THE DEFENDING CHAMPS HAVE BEEN HONING THEIR GAME ON COURT, THERE ARE ALSO SOME OFF COURT CONCERNS. SECURITY IS A BIG ONE FOR US. THEY HAVE A LOT OF POWER CUTS, AND WHEN OBVIOUSLY WHEN THE POWER DOES GO OFF, GENERATORS START TO GO. BUT ALSO, THERE'S THINGS THAT HAPPEN OVER THERE WHEN THERE IS NO POWER. WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE WE'VE GOT A GREAT SECURITY TEAM OVER THERE AND REALLY RELIABLE ALSO WITH NETBALL IS AN ASPECT THAT THEY GOT TO MAKE SURE ALL THE RISK ANALYSIS IS SORTED. THE FERNS OPEN THEIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO NEXT FRIDAY. WE DOING THINGS ALL DIFFERENTLY THIS MORNING. GUESS WHO'S BACK ON YOUR WEATHER JOURNEYS THIS MORNING. TO START US OFF ` THERE'S A HEAVY RAIN WARNING FOR THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA, AND FOR THE REST OF YOU UP HERE, SHOWERS THROUGH OUT YOUR MORNING. TURNING HEAVY FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 15 THE HIGH FOR RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` GRAB YOUR BROLLYS BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT. SHOWERS FOR YOU ALL HERE. 13 THE HIGH IN ROTORUA. TO THE EAST COAST ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO SUNSHINE THIS MORNING, STICKING AROUND FOR YOUR DAY, WITH SOME CLOUD INCREASING. 14 THE HIGH OF DANNEVIRKE. OVER TO THE WEST ` HIGH CLOUD AND SOME EARLY MORNING SHOWERS. TURNING FINE FOR MOST OF YOUR AFTERNOONS. WELLINGTON, YOU'LL SEE SOME SHOWERS WITH A HIGH OF 14. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A GREY DAY HERE. CLOUD WITH SHOWERS ABOUT FOR ALL OF YOU. 14 THE HIGH FOR KAIKOURA. 15 PROMOTE OTHER PLACES. HEADING SOUTH ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO RAIN THIS MORNING, EASING TO SHOWERS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 7 THE HIGH FOR ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SHOWERS FOR MOST OF YOU DOWN HERE, WITH SNOW FOR QUEENSTOWN AND DUNEDIN. AND THERE'S SNOWFALL WARNINGS FOR THE HIGHER PASSES. DRIVE SAFE. AND GORE, YOU'LL SEE A HIGH OF 14. IT'S FINALLY HERE ` THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENT WE'VE EVER CO-HOSTED AND IT KICKS OFF TODAY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FIFA WOMEN'S FOOTBALL WORLD CUP, OF COURSE, AND EXCITEMENT'S AT FEVER PITCH. 32 NATIONS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE HAVE FLOWN TEAMS TO AOTEAROA AND AUSTRALIA ` A RECORD NUMBER FOR THE BIGGEST TOURNAMENT IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW. THE WORLD IS WATCHING. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA MORE THAN A BILLION PEOPLE TUNED INTO THE LAST WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. SOME RECKON IT'LL TOP TWO BILLION THIS YEAR. 29 MATCHES WILL BE PLAYED DURING THE MONTH-LONG CONTEST HERE IN FOUR STADIUMS ACROSS BOTH ISLANDS, FROM DUNEDIN TO WELLINGTON, TO WAIKATO AND AUCKLAND. 2,000 VOLUNTEERS TASKED WITH MAKING IT ALL RUN SMOOTHLY. OUR 26TH RANKED FOOTBALL FERNS TAKE ON 12TH RANKED NORWAY AT EDEN PARK AT SEVEN TONIGHT AFTER WE LAUNCH THE WHOLE SHEBANG WITH A OPENING CEREMONY. OFFICIALS EXPECTING A SELL-OUT 40,000 CROWD. A NEW FOOTBALLING RECORD FOR THE VENUE. MANY OTHERS WILL BE WATCHING AND GETTING THEIR FOOTBALLING GROOVE ON AT THE CLOUD ON AUCKLAND'S WATERFRONT. JENNY-MAY IS THERE THIS MORNING. MORENA. LOOK AT YOU TO GO, BACK IN THE STUDIO. THIS OPENS AT MIDDAY TODAY, AND IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT PLACE TO BRING THE KIDS AND BRING THE FAMILY. RICHARD GOOD TO SEE YOU. THIS IS A TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING RIGHT? HOW PREPARED ARE WE, WE READY TO GO? TWO YEARS SINCE WE WON THE LEAD ARE THIS GOES RIGHT BACK TO AROUND 2007 WHEN HOSTING THE FIRST LEAF AGE-GROUP TOURNAMENT, THIS WAS THE ASPIRATION TO HOST THE FIFA FOREMAN'S WORLD CUP. IN TERMS OF BEING READY THERE ARE CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS THAT FIFA HAS ON HOST CITIES, I WONDER WHAT IS EXPERT ASIANS WERE FROM THEM. OUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER FAN FESTIVAL, DELIVERING THIS THROUGH THE TOURNAMENT. WE UPGRADED NINE CLUBS TRAINING VENUES ACROSS THE REGION PLUS WAITAKI STADIUM AND NORTH HARBOUR STADIUM, THERE'S BEEN AROUND 18 MILLION IN INVESTMENTS UPGRADING ICE FACILITIES, WHILE THAT'S FANTASTIC FOR THE TEAMS CAN BE BASED HERE, THAT'S THE LEGACY BENEFIT FOR THE CITY AND COMMUNITY. HAVE GOT SOME KIDS HEAR HER AT MICHAEL'S APP YESTERDAY. WE GET TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN ENJOY IS A LEGACY FROM THIS TOURNAMENT. THIS MANY HUGE INVESTMENT INTO THIS TOURNAMENT, WHAT HAS THIS INVESTMENT BEEN FROM AUCKLAND COUNCIL? FROM AUCKLAND COUNCIL, ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF THE TOURNAMENT. HOW DO WE USE OUR MONEY BETTER TO GET THESE GREAT OUTCOMES? AROUND 8 MILLION HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS FUNDING, SO IT IS SIGNIFICANT FUNDING. THE TOURNAMENT WILL ATTRACT 30,000 INTERNATIONAL VISITORS, AROUND 60 MILLION GROWTH IN GDP FOR THE REGION. WERE STARTING TO SEE REAL TRACTION AND NUMBERS ALREADY. WE GETTING OVERSEAS VISITOR STARTING TO ARRIVE NOW. TICKET SALES HAVE BEEN SLOW, BUT THIS IS TYPICAL OF US IS IN A? TICKET SALES HAVEN'T BEEN SLOW. NORMALLY YOU SELL 30% YOUR TICKET SIX MONTHS OUT, 40% OFF AND SOLOMON. THOSE NUMBERS WILL GROW WHEN WE HAVE THE KNOCKOUT STAGES. IT SHOULD BE A FULL HOUSE, THE SAME PER SATURDAY. I WON'T BE THERE TONIGHT, BUT I WILL BE THERE FOR THE USA GAME ON SATURDAY. APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US. I HOPE PEOPLE FROM AUCKLAND GET HERE OVER THE TOURNAMENT. WILL BE HERE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. LET US NOW TO GETTING AMONGST THE WORLD CUP THIS YEAR E WHAI AKE NEI, COMING UP ` THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL LUNCHES, MEANT FOR THE HUNGRIEST OF KIDS, ARE ENDING UP IN THE BIN. HOW THIS CAME ABOUT IN A GOVERNMENT RUN PROGRAMME AND WHAT'S BEING DONE TO TACKLE IT, AFTER THE BREAK. KA ORA, KA AKO, THE FREE SCHOOL-LUNCH PROGRAMME FOR KIDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IS SUPPOSED TO HELP TAMARIKI LEARN BETTER, WITH A FULL BELLY. BUT A TREASURY REPORT'S FOUND AS MANY AS TEN THOUSAND LUNCHES A DAY GO TO WASTE ON THE GOVERNMENT'S KA ORA KA AKO PROGRAMME, WITH LITTLE PROOF THE LUNCHES ARE ACTUALLY HAVING ANY IMPACT. WE'RE JOINED BY EDUCATION MINISTER JAN TINETTI. AND, THANKS FOR COMING ON THE PROGRAM. 10,000 LUNCHES IS A LOT GOING ON THE BIN. OVER 80% OF THEM ARE GOING BACK TO THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE HOME. WE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THEY'RE BEING WELL UTILISED, AND EDUCATORS ARE MAKING CERTAIN THERE BEING WELL USED. WE DO KNOW THAT FROM WHAT EDUCATORS TELL US, THEY WILL FEED FAMILIES AT HOME AS WELL I'VE SPOKEN DIRECTLY TO FAMILIES AS OF LAST WEEK WHO HAVE TOLD ME IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO THE FOOD SECURITY OVERALL. I'M CONFIDENT THOSE FAMILIES, HAVING BEEN IN THOSE SITUATIONS ARE NOT ONLY MAKING THAT FOOD GO TO WASTE. BUT THAT'S ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE. THE PROGRAM ASSESSMENTS HAVE SHOWN THERE IS NO IMPACT ON ATTENDANCE NO BENEFIT FOUND TO BE PAYING ATTENTION, AND THERE IS A QUESTION FROM TREASURY OVER WHETHER THIS IS VALUE FOR MONEY. HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY WHEN THERE IS EXCESS FOOD? YOU ARE OVER SUPPLYING LUNCHES WITHOUT ANY PROOF IT'S BENEFICIAL. WE TALK TO EDUCATORS THAT'S INVOLVED, AND THEY TELL US A DIFFERENT STORY. A EDUCATORS IN SOME CASES, IPAD PRINCIPLES TELL US THE SINGLE BIGGEST INTERVENTION THAT IS MAKING THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY'RE WORRIED THAT THIS EVIDENCE WE HAVE HAD MY PUT THIS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW FROM TALKING TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT THIS IS MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE MEASURE THAT SHOWS WHAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO ATTENDANCE, BUT WE KNOW ATTENDANCE IS IMPROVING OVERALL. WE KNOW THIS IS PART OF THE PACKAGE IS HELPING WITH THIS IMPROVEMENT. I DON'T THINK ANYONE SAYING THERE SHOULDN'T BE SCHOOL FREE LUNCHES. THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WASTAGE, DUE HOW MUCH EACH ONTO COSTS? WE'VE GOT THE FIGURE JUST AROUND THE FIVE DOLLAR MARK THAT GOES OUT TO THE SUPPLIES FOR THE LUNCHES. HAVING TO SIT WHAT YOU'VE SAID, NEW ASSESSMENTS ARE SHOWING SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. WE'VE HAD FOLLOW-UP ASSESSMENTS THAT SHOW WHEN SUPPLIES WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, IT'S MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE'S ENGAGEMENT. NOT ONLY IN THE PROGRAM AND THE FOLLOW-UP WORK AS WELL. WITH THE BETTER NUTRITION THAT KIDS ARE SAYING, THEY ARE BETTER ENGAGED IN THE CLASSROOM, PARTICULARLY IN THOSE AFTERNOON TIMES. WHICH IS BEEN A REAL LAG TIME FOR KIDS WITH THEIR LEARNING. THAT ALONE SAYS IS MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE RIGHT YOUNG PEOPLE. I HEAR YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOU THIS CASE TO BE MADE, BUT THAT'S 1/4 OF $1 MILLION GOING TO WASTE EVERY WEEK. IT'S NOT WASTAGE. I'VE SPOKEN LAST WEEK TO THE MANAGER OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE HER WHEN THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL IS GETTING SOME SURPLUS LUNCHES, THEY GO TO THE COMMUNITY CENTRE AND IT'S MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE. AS IS PROGRAM EVOLVES, WE ARE WORKING ON HOW WE CAN CUT DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF LUNCHES SO WE NOT GETTING THIS OVERALL WASTAGE. SOME OF IT IS ABOUT SUPPLIES WORKING DIRECTLY WITH SCHOOLS. WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING DIRECT TO ATTENDANCE PILOT, WHICH IS BASED ON THE ATTENDANCE OF THAT PARTICULAR DAY, NOT THE ROLES OF THE SCHOOL. THIS IS STARTING TO BE ROLLED OUT AMONGST OTHER SCHOOLS AS WELL. WE HAVE TO GO SO I HAVE TO BE CLEAR ON THIS YOU SIT THERE IS NO WASTAGE IN A GOES HOME AND YOU'RE NOW WORKING ON WASTAGE. DO YOU ACCEPT AS ANY WASTAGE IN THE SYSTEM? I SAID THAT 80% OF THE LUNCHES ARE BEING USED, WE NOTICE A SMALL AMOUNT WE NEED TO BE DEALING WITH, AND IS A PROGRAM THAT WE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. TEN THOUSAND LUNCHES A DAY IS A LOT OF FOOD GOING TO WASTE. THE GOVERNMENT MIGHT NOT HAVE A PLAN FOR IT YET, BUT ONE MAN WITH SOME IDEAS IS NEW ZEALAND FOOD NETWORK CHIEF EXECUTIVE GAVIN FINDLAY JOINS US NOW. IT IS A BIT SIGNIFICANT. IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET A DOWN RIGHTS OF THE LAST MEAL. EVERYONE ACCEPTS THE KIDS AGO, WITH EXTRA LUNCH. NOT EVERY SCHOOL AS A MECHANISM TO ACTUALLY MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THROUGH OUR NETWORK, 1/3 OF OUR FRONTLINE ORGANISATIONS ARE WORKING WITH SCHOOLS. THIS A LOT NOT GOING HOME, BUT WE CAN GET THE FOOD INTO THE COMMUNITY WHO DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY IT AS A LUNCH, AND IT'S QUITE OFTEN REASONABLY WELL-PREPARED, IT'S NOT A CAN OF SPAGHETTI TENNIS AT AN OPEN SIX MONTHS. YOU CAN SHORT LIFESPAN ON THE DON'T YOU? MAINLY ON THE DAY, OUR ORGANISATIONS OR GOING WORK WITH THE SKILLS TO GET THEM OUT. AT THE VERY LATEST THE NEXT DAY. IF THE PROGRAM WAS TO REASSESS AND WORK OUT HOW THEY CAN CUT DOWN, SET A PROBLEM FOR YOU, OR IS THAT SOLVING A PROBLEM IN THE SYSTEM? I'M ALL FOR REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF SURPLUS THERE IS. WE TALK ABOUT SURPLUS RATHER THAN WASTE, BECAUSE WE CAN USE THAT SURPLUS AND WE CAN REDUCE THAT THE BENEFIT EVERYONE. ME U TONU MAI. FIFA WORLD CUP OPENER, AND IT AIN'T WHO YOU MAY THINK. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST AND TO THE CLOUD AT THE FIFA FESTIVAL. YOU HAVE ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY PRESSURISED JOBS FOR TONIGHT BECAUSE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT YOUR WORK. THAT IS PROBABLY FAIR, BUT WE HAVE TWO YEARS TO PREPARE FOR THIS. TONIGHT IS A SHOWCASE. WE ARE PRETTY WELL PREPARED. PEOPLE THINK, TURF CHAT, NOT THAT INTO IT. BUT IT IS HIGHLY SCIENTIFIC. IT IS INTERESTING AND YOU HAVE A LOT TO CONSIDER. SCIENCE AND ART AND WHILE PEOPLE MIGHT NOT BE THAT INTERESTED, I AM PRETTY INTERESTED IN IT. WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN TERMS OF THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR FIFA? THEY ARE VERY SPECIFIC. WE HAVE SURFACE AND INFILTRATION RATES, ., CUTTING HEIGHTS, ALL TO FIT IN WITH FIFA SPECS. ALL OF THE TEAMS HAVE DISCONTINUITY OF PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT THE FIELDS THEY PLAY ON. WE HAVE SEEN COMMUNITIES TRANSFORM WITH PUTTING MONEY INTO THE LOCAL CLUBS TO GET THEIR PICTURES UP TO SCRATCH. FOR YOU, HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU GEAR? HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU... THEY SURE HAVE. WE ARE DOING A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS THEN WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE FOR PREPARATION FOR A SPORTS FIELD. WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN USING RIGHT ON MACHINERY AND WE ARE NOW USING PEDESTRIAN MOWERS. I THINK IT IS 50,000 STEPS. WE OURSELVES ARE LEARNING NEW TECHNIQUES. IT HAS SHOWN SOME PRETTY NICE PAYOFFS. THE FIELD IS LOOKING SHARP. THERE ARE MANY COMMENTS AROUND... I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 20 YEARS AND PEOPLE SAY THEY DON'T THINK THEY'VE SEEN IT BETTER. IN YOUR TIME AT EDEN PARK, IS THIS THE MOST PARTICULAR EVERYTHING HAS HAD TO BE? WE HAVE PRETTY HIGH STANDARDS ANYWAY. BUT JUST LIFTING THOSE EXTRA ONE OR TWO PERCENTAGES IS JUST A BIT OF GROWTH SPACE FOR EVERYONE. WHAT WE HAVE LEARNT IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS WILL PROBABLY TRANSITION INTO THE FUTURE PERHAPS. YOU ALWAYS DO A BEAUTIFUL JOB AND I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT IN ALL ITS GLORY TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST GAME. GOOD LUCK FOR TONIGHT. HERE IS ANNA WITH YOUR NEWS. DESPITE CONCERNS OF SLOW TICKET SALES, TONIGHT'S WOMEN'S FOOTBALL WORLD CUP OPENER IS SET TO BE A FULL HOUSE. THE FOOTBALL FERNS KICK OFF THE TOURNAMENT AGAINST NORWAY AT EDEN PARK. LOCAL ORGANISERS SAY TICKET SALES HAVE TRACKED AS THEY EXPECTED AND ARE LOOKING GOOD. OVER 320,000 TICKETS SOLD IN AOTEAROA, OVER HALF OF THOSE IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU. AND THOSE NUMBERS WILL GROW WHEN WE HIT THE KNOCKOUT STAGES. I KNOW FIFA'S VERY HAPPY WITH THE TICKET SALES LEVELS. NEW ZEALAND WILL HOST THE WORLD CUP GAMES IN AUCKLAND, HAMILTON, WELLINGTON AND DUNEDIN. THE EDUCATION MINISTER HAS DEFENDED IT'S LUNCHES IN SCHOOL PROGRAM DESPITE A SURPLUS OF AROUND 10,000 MEALS A DAY. IT FOLLOWS THE RELEASE OF A PRE-BUDGET TREASURY REPORT WHICH WAS CRITICAL OF HOW MUCH FOOD IS WASTED. JAN TINETTI SAYS MOST OF THE EXCESS IS REPURPOSED. THE MAJORITY OF CASES ARE GOING TO FEED FAMILIES AT HOME AS WELL THAT I HAVE ACTUALLY SPOKEN DIRECTLY WITH FAMILIES JUST OF LAST WEEK OF TOMMY THAT IT IS MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE TO THEIR FOOD SECURITY OVERALL. I AM PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THOSE FAMILIES, HAVING BEEN IN THOSE SITUATIONS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, ARE NOT GOING TO BE MAKING THOSE FOOD GO TO WASTE. THEY WILL BE WELL UTILISING THEM. KA ORA KA AKO PROVIDES OVER 200,000 LUNCHES TO SCHOOLS DAILY, AND HAS FUNDING TO RUN UNTIL NEXT YEAR. FEWER PEOPLE ARE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING QUITTING THEIR JOBS, BUT A NEW STUDY WARNS EMPLOYERS AREN'T OUT OF THE WOODS YET. THE MASSEY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUND 55% OF NEW ZEALAND EMPLOYEES HAVE MODERATE TO HIGH LEVELS OF THOUGHTS OF GIVING UP THEIR JOBS. PEOPLE WITH DEGREES HAD A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF WANTING TO QUIT THEN THOSE WITHOUT. ONE RESEARCHER SAYS THE 'GREAT RESIGNATION' APPEARS TO BE OVER, BUT FINANCIAL STRESS AND THE LURE OF AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP WILL MAKE FOR A 'CURIOUS' REST OF THE YEAR. MOST OF ITALY'S MAJOR CITIES ARE NOW UNDER EXTREME HEAT ALERTS AS A HEATWAVE INTENSIFIES IN EUROPE. THE WARNINGS MEAN THE HEAT POSES A HEALTH THREAT TO EVERYONE, NOT JUST THE VULNERABLE. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK TODAY, AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF HIGHS ABOVE 40 DEGREES. THE SCORCHING HEAT HAS ALSO FUELLED WILDFIRES ACROSS THE CONTINENT, INCLUDING IN GREECE AND THE SWISS ALPS. THE HEAD OF BRITAIN'S FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE HAS MADE AN OPEN PLEA TO RUSSIANS TO SPY FOR THE UK. SPEAKING IN PRAGUE, THE M16 CHIEF APPEALED TO RUSSIANS WHO ARE 'WRESTLING WITH THEIR CONSCIENCE' TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST PRESIDENT PUTIN'S REGIME. HE PROMISED THEIR SECRETS WILL BE SAFE, REVEALING A NUMBER OF RUSSIANS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECRUITED. MOSCOW HAS RESPONDED TO THE MI6 APPEAL, WARNING CITIZENS TEMPTED TO SPY FOR WESTERN INTELLIGENCE TO THINK AGAIN. TO SPORT ` OVER 20,000 FANS ARE SET TO PACK OUT MT SMART TOMORROW NIGHT WHEN THE IN-FORM WARRIORS TAKE ON THE RAIDERS. THEY HAVEN'T SEEN TICKET SALES LIKE THAT SINCE THEIR FIRST SEASON BACK IN 1995. BUT DESPITE A SUCCESSFUL YEAR SO FAR, SHAUN JOHNSON SAYS THEY'RE NOT RESTING ON THEIR LAURELS. DEALING WITH THE PRESSURE... LEARNING NOT TO GET TOO CARRIED AWAY WITH THE WINS AND NOT, I GUESS, PUT YOURSELF IN TOO DEEP A HOLE IN THE LOSSES. STAYING, YOU KNOW, PRETTY LEVEL WITH IT ALL HAS BEEN PRETTY KEY. THE WARRIORS AND RAIDERS WILL BE BATTLING FOR FOURTH SPOT ON THE LADDER. LET'S GIVE THIS ANOTHER GO. I THINK WE HAVE IT SORTED. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO START US OFF ` THERE'S A HEAVY RAIN WARNING FOR THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA. AND FOR THE REST OF YOU UP HERE, SHOWERS THROUGHOUT YOUR MORNING, TURNING HEAVY FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 15 THE HIGH FOR RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` GRAB YOUR BROLLYS BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT. SHOWERS FOR YOU ALL HERE. A BIT OF A WET DAY AND STORE. 13 THE HIGH IN ROTORUA. TO THE EAST COAST ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO SUNSHINE THIS MORNING, STICKING AROUND FOR YOUR DAY, WITH SOME CLOUD INCREASING. 14 THE HIGH OF DANNEVIRKE. OVER TO THE WEST ` HIGH CLOUD AND SOME EARLY MORNING SHOWERS. TURNING FINE FOR MOST OF YOUR AFTERNOONS. WELLINGTON, YOU'LL SEE SOME SHOWERS WITH A HIGH OF 14. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AROUND. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A GREY DAY HERE. CLOUD WITH SHOWERS ABOUT FOR ALL OF YOU. 14 THE HIGH FOR KAIKOURA. HEADING SOUTH ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO RAIN THIS MORNING, EASING TO SHOWERS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 7 THE HIGH FOR ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SHOWERS FOR MOST OF YOU DOWN HERE, WITH SNOW FOR QUEENSTOWN AND DUNEDIN. AND THERE'S SNOWFALL WARNINGS FOR THE HIGHER PASSES. DRIVE SAFE. AND GORE, YOU'LL SEE A HIGH OF 14. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED. OVER A BILLION PEOPLE WILL TUNE IN TO THIS YEARS EVENT ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, FAR SURPASSING WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE RUGBY WORLD CUP LATER THIS YEAR. STANDING BY WITH CHRIS FOR MORE ON WHAT WE CAN EXPECT IS LOCKEROOM FOUNDER SUZANNE MCFADDEN. GOOD MORNING. HI. SUZANNE IS HERE WITH ME NOW. NOT ONLY THE FOUNDING EDITOR BUT ALL AROUND GREAT NEW ZEALANDER. SUZANNE, HOW BIG IS THIS TOURNAMENT AND WHY SHOULD PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP? THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE OWNED IT. HONESTLY, THIS IS THE LARGEST SPORTING EVENT THAT HAS EVER BEEN PLAYED ON NEW ZEALAND FIELDS. I THINK THAT NEW ZEALANDERS ARE STRUGGLING TO GET THEIR HEADS AROUND HOW BIG THIS REALLY IS. EVEN I AM. I THINK ONCE IT STARTS TONIGHT... I WILL BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND JUST HOW MASSIVE AN EVENT THIS IS. AN KIWI SHOULD REALLY CARE, BECAUSE FOR ONE, OUR FOOTBALL FERNS ARE AN AMAZING TEAM. THE PLAYERS HAVE INCREDIBLE STORIES. BUT ALSO, WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THE BEST FOOTBALL WE WILL EVER SEE HERE NEW ZEALAND. THE TEAMS THAT ARE COMING HERE, THE WOMAN WHO ARE GOING TO BE PLAYING IN THIS TOURNAMENT, ARE INCREDIBLY SKILLED, FAST, CLEVER FOOTBALLERS. I THINK WE NEED TO FORGET THAT THIS IS A WOMAN'S TOURNAMENT. THIS IS JUST PURE SPORT AT ITS VERY BEST. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND JUST HOW PRIVILEGED NEW ZEALANDERS TO BE HOSTING. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT KIWI KIDS CAN SEE THEIR OWN PLAYERS AND START FORMING THOSE EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS? BECAUSE WHEN YOU WATCH THE ALL BLACKS ALL THE BLACK FERNS, YOU KNOW SOME OF THOSE NAMES, BUT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THE OTHERS. I THINK THIS IS A HUGE PART OF WHY THIS TOURNAMENT IS SO IMPORTANT. OUR YOUNG GIRLS, AND EVEN YOUNG BOYS, NEED TO SEE ROLE MODELS WITHIN OUR OWN FOOTBALL FERNS. THERE ARE SOME AMAZING ROLE MODELS IN THEIR. LIKE YOU SAY, ONE OF THE PLAYERS HAS COME BACK FROM WHAT HAVE BEEN USUALLY A CAREER ENDING INJURY, SAME WITH ANOTHER PLAYER. THE UP-AND-COMING PLAYERS LIKE MILLIE KLEGGS, WHO IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A FUTURE STAR OF THIS NEW ZEALAND TEAM. AMONG THE TEAM, PEOPLE CAN GET THOSE CONNECTIONS. AND I HOPE THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS, BECAUSE OUR KIDS NEED TO SEE OR HAVE ITEMS HERE AT HOME THAT THEY CAN ASPIRE TO BE. AND THERE IS A HUGE LEGACY FROM THIS TOURNAMENT. IT WILL BE GETTING MORE YOUNG GIRLS INTERESTED IN PLAYING SPORT, AND PLAYING FOOTBALL. JUST BEING INVOLVED AND GETTING ACTIVE AND THAT IS WHAT NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL REALLY WANTS TO COME OUT OF THIS. THERE ARE SOME KIDS BEHIND US FROM ELLERSLIE FOOTBALL CLUB. THEY ARE MEETING THE TEAM FROM ARGENTINA. IT IS MIND BLOWING, THAT THESE KIDS ARE HANGING OUT AND WATCHING THE BEST IN THE WORLD THAT WE HAVE HERE. YOU WILL SEE CROWDS AND CROWDS OF PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE U.S TEAM. I CAN'T EVEN GET MY HEAD AROUND IT, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THESE KIDS TO SEE THAT. IT IS GOING TO BE FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TOWARDS MORE STORIES. LOCKEROOM FOUNDER SUZANNE MCFADDEN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I KNOW IT IS ALL ABOUT THE FOOTBALL TODAY BUT WE HAVE READY HAD QUITE A BIT OF FEEDBACK ON THE SCHOOL LUNCHES. THE LUNCH PROGRAM RUN 200,000 LUNCHES ACROSS THE COUNTRY A DAY. IT IS FIVE DOLLARS A LUNCH. I HAD HEARD NUMBERS ABOUT FOUR DOLLARS THINKING, IT CAN'T BE THAT EXPENSIVE. BUT THEY GET PITA PIT. AT THE MOMENT, AROUND 10,000 LUNCHES EVERY DAY, $50,000 A DAY ARE GOING TO WASTE. THAT IS $250,000 EVERY WEEK. ONE OF OUR VIEWERS HAS EMAILED AND SAID AS A TEACHER AND A PARENT, IT IS 100% A WASTE OF MONEY. NOT ONLY DO THEY OVERSUPPLY, BUT THE AMOUNT OF KIDS WHO DON'T EAT THE FOOD ALL OF THE FOOD PROVIDED DAILY AND THE LACK OF PROCESS AROUND THE RUBBISH AND FOOD WASTE CREATES. THIS IS ABOUT THE DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE IT AT ALL ALTHOUGH THAT SEEMS TO BE THE BASIS OF THE TREASURY REPORT WE GOT THOSE NUMBERS FROM. BUT THERE IS NO ASSESSMENT ABOUT HOW TO REDUCE THAT WASTED. PRINCIPLE SAY... THERE IS NO ACTUAL MEASUREMENT. THE MINISTER SAID SHE HAD TALKED TO PARENTS AND PRINCIPALS, BUT THERE IS NO MEASUREMENT FOR A SCHEME WITH THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SOMEONE SAYS THESE LUNCHES ARE FEEDING CHILDREN, THE LUNCHES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN CONSUMED, A LOT MORE DAIRIES WOULD BE DONE OVER IF THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE THIS. YOU DO SEE THE BENEFIT IN SOME AREAS. IT IS JUST ABOUT MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE THIS UNNECESSARY WASTAGE IN A PROGRAM THAT NEEDS TO BE HELPING OUR KIDS OUT. 1/4 OF $1 MILLION A WEEK IS A LOT OF MONEY. KEEP YOUR FEEDBACK COMING IN. OR HEAD OVER TO OUR SOCIAL PAGES WHERE YOU CAN ALSO VOTE ON A POLE ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO WIN THE OPENING GAME TONIGHT, NEW ZEALAND OR NORWAY. DON'T DIVIDE AND CONQUER. ME U TONU MAI, STAY WITH US ` SHE'S SWAPPING THE SNOWBOARD FOR A FOOTBALL. WE CATCH UP WITH OLYMPIAN SNOWBOARDER ZOI SADOWSKI-SYNOTT AS SHE GETS IN ON THE FIFA EXCITEMENT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. FIFA HAVE NAMED A NUMBER OF WHAT THEY ARE CALLING BEYOND GREATNESS CHAMPIONS FOR THIS YEARS WORLD CUP. ONE OF THOSE INSPIRATIONAL TRAILBLAZERS IS STANDING BY WITH JENNY MAY THIS MORNING. MORENA! MORENA. WE ARE JOINING YOU FROM THE FIFA FESTIVAL WHICH OPENS AT MIDDAY TODAY. THIS IS A VERY COOL PLACE TO BE. IF YOU CAN'T GET TO THE GAMES OR YOU JUST WANT TO HANG OUT HERE DURING THE DAY, COME ON DOWN. THERE ARE SO MUCH GOING ON. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TRAILBLAZERS AND JOINING ME AS ZOI SADOWSKI-SYNOTT, WHO IS OUR OLYMPIC SNOWBOARDER. HOW ARE YOU? I AM GOOD, THANKS. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT FOOTBALL WAS YOUR THING WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP. TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT AND WHETHER PASSION CAME FROM FOR SNOWBOARDING. FOOTBALL WAS MY FIRST LOVE. I PICKED IT UP WHEN I WAS SUPER YOUNG, LIKE FOUR. I KEPT DOING IT UNTIL I DISCOVERED SNOWBOARDING AND REALISED I COULDN'T DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. UNTIL I WAS 12, I JUST FOLLOWED IT AS FAR AS I COULD. IT IS STILL ONE OF MY LOVES. I TRAVEL WITH A FOOTBALL WHEN A SNOWBOARD OVERSEAS. I AM REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS WORLD CUP. WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT YOU TAKING A FOOTBALL. YOU BRING A PUMP AND WHEREVER YOU GO, YOU PUMP UP THE BALL. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE FUN ASPECT. THERE IS A BIT MORE TO IT THAN THAT. I JUST THINK, BECAUSE I AM TRAVELLING IN WINTER, IT IS A NICE WAY TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING INSIDE AND IT KEEPS MY BRAIN AND FOOT AND EYE COORDINATION ON POINT. IT IS REALLY FUN. I LOVE THAT. YOUR MUM IS AMERICAN, RIGHT? WHO IS SHE BACKING AT THIS WORLD CUP? I THINK SHE WILL BE BACKING TEAM USA. AND SO AM I. OF COURSE, I AM BACKING THE FOOTBALL FERNS 100%. DOWN TO MY NUMBER ONE. BUT I AM ALSO BACKING THE USA. I KNOW YOU ARE REALLY PUMPED FOR THIS TOURNAMENT, BUT YOU HAVE BEEN QUITE BUSY. THERE WERE THE WORLD CHAMPS EARLIER WHICH YOU WON SILVER AT. HOW HAS TRAINING THAN? IT HAS BEEN AWESOME. I HAD A REALLY GOOD WINTER SEASON. IT WAS SUPER BUSY, TRAVELLING A LOT. NOW I AM BACK INTO TRAINING MODE. REALLY BUSY, AND IT WILL BE A GOOD WINTER DOWN SOUTH. WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR SNOW. THE GOOD THING IS THAT WE ARE CLOSE... TO A FEW GAMES AND ENCOURAGING KIWIS TO DO THE SAME. GET DOWN THERE. THE TOURNAMENT RUNS FOR ONE MONTH. WHAT ELSE IS COMING UP FOR YOU? WHAT ELSE IS COMING UP HERE IN TERMS OF COMPETITIONS? THIS WINTER I HAVE A COMPETITION OVER IN AUSTRALIA, BUT ALSO THE INVITATIONAL DOWN SOUTH. I WON'T BE COMPETING IN IT, BUT THE JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPS IS DOWN THERE AS WELL AND THE OBSIDIAN FOR WINTER GAMES. I AM EXCITED TO BE INVOLVED WATCHING THOSE AND SUPPORTING. IT IS GOING TO BE A FUN WINTER. WHAT I AM EXCITED ABOUT, WE HAD A LITTLE CHAT BEFORE, AND YOU ARE SUCH A GOOD SPORT AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS, WE HAVE TO WRAP THINGS UP, BUT YOU TAKE THE BULL WITH YOU WHERE EVER YOU GO, APPARENTLY YOU HAVE SOME MAD SKILLS. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD SHOW US. I AM WEARING DOC MARTENS, SO DON'T JUDGE ME. IF YOU COME ON THE SIDE. THERE YOU GO. THAT IS HOW IT IS DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. IF I WAS DOING IT, I PROPERLY WOULD HAVE HIT YOU BY NOW. ZOI SADOWSKI-SYNOTT, THANK YOU. ENJOY THE REST OF THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP. I WANT TO SEE YOU GUYS IN THE STUDIO DO THAT. DO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN BALL AND THEIR? THERE IS A REASON THEY SENT YOU AND CHANGY TO DO THIS INSTEAD OF ME AND ANNA. THE HIGH HEELS.REALLY WORK. WE WILL BE HERE ALL MORNING. WE WILL JOIN YOU AGAIN JUST AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS SO CALLED TO SAY. IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT A TICKET, THAT IS THE PLACE TO BE. E HAERE AKE NEI, UP NEXT ` A NEW POLICY IS OUT TO TACKLE YOUTH CRIME. BUT IS IT GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO DETER YOUNG OFFENDERS? AND THE FOOTBALL FERNS KICK OFF THEIR WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN TONIGHT. WE'RE WITH SOME OF THE FORMER STARS, WHO REVEAL WHAT IT TAKES TO PREPARE FOR THE BIGGEST OF EVENTS. STAY WITH US. THE PRIME MINISTER'S ANTI-CRIME POLICY BLITZ CONTINUES. HE'S CREATING A NEW RAM-RAIDING CRIMINAL OFFENCE WITH A MAXIMUM TEN YEAR JAIL TERM. AND TO CRACK DOWN ON REPEAT CHILD OFFENDERS, 12 AND 13-YEAR-OLD RAM RAIDERS CAN ALSO NOW BE CHARGED IN YOUTH COURT. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT WORKER AARON HENDRY JOINS US NOW. MORNING AJAY, THANKS MUCH BEEN WITH US. THIS WHOLE AFFAIR MAKES ME REALLY SAD. HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT WE WERE SIMPLY FAILING OUR KIDS? WHEN WE SEE YOUNG PEOPLE CAUSING HARM IN THE COMMUNITY, AS A YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING HARMED THEMSELVES. IT'S POVERTY, HOUSING AND SECURITY. WE SEE THIS THE WORLD OVER WHEN YOU SEE PERSISTENT REOFFENDING, YOU SEE KIDS WHO WERE HURT AND HURTING. THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY THESE ARE KIDS THAT HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME, AN INVESTOR CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS AND THERE ARE THOSE THAT SAY THESE ARE OUR MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE THAT NEED CARE, CAN YOU BE A GOVERNMENT THAT IS AFOOT IN BOTH OF THOSE CAMPS? THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT WHEN WE RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN, WE PROVIDE THEM WITH THE CARE AND SUPPORT THEY NEED, THEN WE REDUCE OFFENDING. YES CHILDREN IN ACCOUNTABILITY, WE NEED TO PROVIDE AGE-APPROPRIATE WAYS FOR CHILDREN AT ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE BUT PUNITIVE POLICIES MAKE US MORE AT RISK BECAUSE WHAT WE DO WAS FAIL TO RESPOND TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THOSE CHILDREN'S LIVES, WE FAIL TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITIES. BUT PERPETUATE THE CYCLE THE CAUSES HARM. DO THEY COME OUT THE END OF THAT BETTER CITIZENS? WHEN WE INCARCERATE CHILDREN, THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO CONTINUE ON A PATHWAY TO OFFENDING. THOSE NEEDS THAT ARE NOT MET STILL THERE. THE ISSUE WAS REALLY IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY'RE TELLING US THAT SOMETHING IS NOT WORKING IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE NEED TO RESPOND ADEQUATELY TO THAT. AND WE GET THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES SO WE CAN ACTUALLY RESPOND ADEQUATELY TO WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR KIDS? THERE IS EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE THEORY THAT KIDS COMMITTING THESE CRIMES DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS CONSEQUENCES FOR THEIR ACTIONS. HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE KIDS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BUT IN A WAY THAT IS PROGRESSIVE FOR THEM AS WELL? ACCOUNTABILITY IS IMPORTANT. AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS CAUSE HARM. THIS LIST LOOK DIFFERENT FOR CHILDREN. RESTORATIVE JUSTICE APPROACHES ARE HELPFUL. IT ALSO HELPS WORK AROUND HOW WE BRING HEALING AND RECONCILIATION IN OUR COMMUNITY. IN AMONGST ALL THESE POLICY ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT LABOUR IS PUT OUT, THEY SAY THE CRACKDOWN WOULD HELP BREAK THE CYCLE. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PROGRAM IS REALLY IMPORTANT, TO MAKE SURE THEY GET IN QUICK RESPONSES TO YOUNG PEOPLE. I GOT SOME MORE DETAIL TO COME HOPEFULLY, THE CAN BE ABLE TO GET INVOLVED IN THOSE COMMUNITIES IN YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES AND DO SOME EARLY INTERVENTION WORK. THE CONCERN IS WHEN WE START TO CRIMINALISE CHILDREN. I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY, WHEN THEY SAID WE NEED TO USE YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEM. IF WERE SAYING THAT THEN WE FAILED. WE NEED TO INTERVENE FAR EARLIER AND ENJOY SUPPORTING HIS CHILDREN. LABOUR IS ATTACKED BY THE OPPOSITION FOR BEING SOFT ON CRIME. THE SOFT ON CRIME TOUGH ON CRIME CONVERSATION IS THE WRONG ONE TO BE HAD. HOW DO WE RESPOND TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES? TOUGH ON CRIME RHETORIC IS CAUSING HARM IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND IS MAKING US ALL LESS SAFE. WHEN WE TOUGH ON CRIME WERE NOT FOLLOWING EVIDENCE, AND WITH PERPETUATING EVIDENCE THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES LESS SAFE. CAN WE MAKE IT SAFER OUR KIDS? WE'VE DONE SO MANY REVIEWS AND REPORTS AROUND HOW WE CAN REFORM OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM. WE NEED TO HONOUR THOSE WHO HAVE CAUSED HARM IN THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT THEM TO MAKE CHANGE. WE NEED TO ACTUALLY COMMIT TO REFORMING OUR SYSTEM, NOT JUST PAPERING AROUND THE CRACKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH OF BEING WITH US AND YOUR INSIGHT THIS MORNING. EDUCATION MINISTER JAN TINETTI'S DEFENDING WASTAGE IN THE GOVERNMENT'S FREE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMME, WITH NEARLY 10,000 MEALS NOT NEEDED EVERY DAY. JAN TINETTI CLAIMS THE SURPLUS MEALS ARE UTILISED BY THE COMMUNITY, AND SAYS LABOUR WILL NOT BE CUTTING THE PROGRAM. I HAVE HAD PRINCIPALS TELL ME THAT THIS IS SINGULARLY THE BIGGEST INTERVENTION THAT IS MAKING THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY'RE REALLY WORRIED THIS EVIDENCE THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGH TREASURY MIGHT PUT THIS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK, OR MIGHT BE SEEN BY SOME AS AN EXCUSE TO GET RID OF THE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM RECEIVED AN EXTRA $323m IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO KEEP IT RUNNING. HOUSE PRICES MAY HAVE BOTTOMED OUT, WITH NEW DATA INDICATING BUYERS ARE RETURNING TO THE MARKET. CORELOGIC'S MONTHLY FIGURES SHOW A 17% INCREASE IN SALES IN THE 12 MONTHS TO JUNE. IT FOLLOWS AN 8% ANNUAL BUMP RECORDED IN MAY. EXPERTS ARE PREDICTING THIS WILL PUT PRESSURE ON PROPERTY PRICES IN THE COMING MONTHS. WATCH OUT IF YOU'RE IN THE DEEP SOUTH - A HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR QUEENSTOWN AND CENTRAL OTAGO MAY DISRUPT TRAVEL AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. THERE ARE CURRENTLY FOUR ROAD SNOWFALL WARNINGS IN PLACE. THEY'RE EXPECTED TO BE LIFTED AT 8AM. CANTERBURY HIGH COUNTRY, SOUTH OF LAKE TEKAPO, HAS A HEAVY SNOW WATCH IN PLACE UNTIL 9AM. NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST DAIRY PRODUCER AND ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST CARBON EMITTERS IS SET TO REDUCE ITS EMISSIONS FASTER WITH HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT. FONTERRA WILL CUT COAL USE ACROSS 6 OF ITS FACTORIES, THE RESULTING REDUCTIONS EQUIVALENT TO TAKING 120,000 CARS OFF THE ROAD. PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS THE DEAL WILL FAST-TRACK DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS REDUCTION OBLIGATIONS BY 2030. FONTERRA PRODUCED ALMOST A FIFTH OF NEW ZEALAND'S TOTAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS LAST YEAR. THE HEAD OF BRITAIN'S FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE IS PROMISING RUSSIANS THEIR SECRETS ARE SAFE, URGING THOSE APPALLED BY THE WAR IN UKRAINE TO SPY FOR THE UK. SPEAKING IN PRAGUE, THE MI6 CHIEF APPEALED TO RUSSIANS WHO ARE 'WRESTLING WITH THEIR CONSCIENCE' TO SWITCH SIDES AND TAKE A STAND AGAINST PRESIDENT PUTIN'S REGIME. HE SAID THE DOOR WAS ALWAYS OPEN TO ANY RUSSIANS WANTING TO JOIN THE UK SPY AGENCY, REVEALING A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAD ALREADY BEEN RECRUITED OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS. WE WILL HANDLE THEIR OFFERS OF HELP WITH THE DISCRETION AND PROFESSIONALISM TOWARDS MY SERVICE THIS SECRETS WILL ALWAYS BE SAFE WITH US. AND TOGETHER, WE WILL WORK TO BRING BLOODSHED TO AN END. MOSCOW HAS RESPONDED TO THE MI6 APPEAL, WARNING CITIZENS TEMPTED TO SPY FOR WESTERN INTELLIGENCE TO THINK AGAIN. TO SPORT AND TONIGHT THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENT NEW ZEALAND HAS EVER HOSTED GETS UNDERWAY WITH THE FOOTBALL FERNS OPENING THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP AGAINST NORWAY AT EDEN PARK. NEW ZEALAND CO-CAPTAIN ALI RILEY SAYS SHE KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT IT WILL BE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO SEE THE WOMEN TAKE CENTRE STAGE. WELL, I WAS AT THE 1999 WORLD CUP FINAL IN LOS ANGELES AND I KNOW WHAT THAT DID FOR ME AS A YOUNG GIRL. AND SO, TO HAVE PEOPLE HERE AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING` THE NOISE, THAT WILL GIVE US ENERGY, BUT ALSO I KNOW WHAT THAT CAN DO FOR ANY LITTLE GIRL SEEING THESE PLAYERS ` THESE AWESOME, CONFIDENT, EMPOWERED WOMEN AND ATHLETES JUST LIVING THEIR DREAMS. THE FERNS WILL HOPE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PLAYING AT HOME AS THEY SEARCH FOR THEIR FIRST EVER WIN AT A WORLD CUP. THE PIVOTAL FOURTH ASHES TEST IS EVENLY BALANCED AFTER THE FIRST DAY. SENT IN TO BAT, AUSTRALIA WERE 299 FOR EIGHT AT STUMPS. CHRIS WOAKES' FOUR WICKETS HELPING KEEPING ENGLAND IN THE GAME. NOW, HAS HE JUST LIFTED OFF THE INSIDE EDGE! JUST WHAT ENGLAND NEEDED. HE FALLS TO THE NEW BALL. IT'S THAT MAN, WOAKES, AGAIN. ENGLAND NEED TO WIN THE TEST TO KEEP THE SERIES ALIVE. ANNA YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. I AM BACK ON THE TOOLS DOING THE WEATHER. TO START US OFF ` THERE'S A HEAVY RAIN WARNING FOR THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA, AND FOR THE REST OF YOU UP HERE, SHOWERS THROUGH OUT YOUR WATCH OFFERS NO FOREWARNINGS IN THE DEEP SOUTH. TURNING HEAVY FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 15 THE HIGH FOR RUSSELL. FURTHER SOUTH ` GRAB YOUR BROLLYS BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT. SHOWERS FOR YOU ALL HERE. TO THE EAST COAST ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO SUNSHINE THIS MORNING, STICKING AROUND FOR YOUR DAY, WITH SOME CLOUD INCREASING. OVER TO THE WEST ` HIGH CLOUD AND SOME EARLY MORNING SHOWERS. TURNING FINE FOR MOST OF YOUR AFTERNOONS. WELLINGTON, YOU'LL SEE SOME SHOWERS WITH A HIGH OF 14. 16 FOR PALMERSTON NORTH AND NEW PLYMOUTH. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A GREY DAY HERE. CLOUD WITH SHOWERS ABOUT FOR ALL OF YOU. 15 DEGREES IN NELSON GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. HEADING SOUTH ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO RAIN THIS MORNING, EASING TO SHOWERS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 11 DEGREES IN CHRISTCHURCH TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SHOWERS FOR MOST OF YOU DOWN HERE, WITH SNOW FOR QUEENSTOWN AND DUNEDIN. AND THERE'S SNOWFALL WARNINGS FOR THE HIGHER PASSES. DRIVE SAFE. AND GORE, YOU'LL SEE A HIGH OF 14. SO IS QUEENSTOWN. WAS NOT LOOKING TOO BAD. THIS IS NOT LOOKING TO BE GOOD IN YOUR PATCH WATCH THE PEOPLE WILL COME TONIGHT. TODAY, NEW ZEALAND KICKS OFF THE BIGGEST TOURNAMENT IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW. IN FACT, THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENT WE'VE EVER CO-HOSTED. THE FOOTBALL FERNS ARE GOING INTO TONIGHT'S OPENER ON HOME SOIL AT EDEN PARK AGAINST NORWAY VERY MUCH AS THE UNDERDOGS. BUT WITH A NEARLY SOLD OUT CROWD BACKING THEM, CAN THEY PRODUCE AN INCREDIBLE UPSET? CHRIS HAS FOUND HIS WAY INTO THE STANDS AT THE CLOUD WITH A FEW FORMER FERNS LEGENDS. MORENA! THEY CAN PRODUCE AN UPSET MATTIE ROSIE WHITE MY JACQUELINE, YOU'VE GOT TO MILK A PEDIGREE OF YOUR OWN. FOR BETWEEN US. WHAT YOU THINK THE FOOTBALL FERNS CHANCES ARE? WHAT IF THINK TAKE TO GET INTO THE WORLD CUP? I THINK RESTARTING UP WITH THE TOUGHEST OPPONENTS IN THE GROUP BUT IT'S SUCH AN EXCITING EVENT TO BE HAPPENING ON HOME SOIL I THINK IT BE SO MUCH OMENTUM FROM THE GIRLS AND SO MUCH EXCITEMENT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TONIGHT AND HOPING WE GET A GOOD RESULT. VERY EXCITING. ARE YOU LITTLE BIT MBS ALMOST THAT THESE LADIES GET A CHANCE TO PLAY IN FRONT OF THE HOME CROWD? I WAS DEFTLY BORN TOO SOON. I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW IT WOULD FEEL WITH BENSON WORLD CUP BEFORE, BUT TO WALK IN FRONT OF THE HOME CROWD KNOWING THAT YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND PEOPLE THAT SUPPORTED YOU CAN BE IN THE CROWD AND LOOK AND KNOW THEY'RE UP THERE THERE WILL BE AMAZING. HOW BIG WOULD IT BE FOR ONE OF THOSE PLACES THAT TONIGHT? WE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THAT FIRST ONE WHEN THE WORLD CUP GOING UP AGAINST NORWAY, THAT GOT SOME WORLD-CLASS ATTACKING PLAYERS IT PROPERLY IS A PLAY WE WANT TO TRY EXPLOIT. YOU ARE RECENTLY FORMER FERN, SINGLE AUTOMATES AND THE TEAM. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT. BEEN A TOUGH COUPLE YEARS FOR THE FERNS. I THINK IT'S BEEN A BIT OF A CONFUSING TIME, BUT THINK THIS SO MUCH EXCITEMENT, THE GROUPS REALLY COHESIVE AT THE MOMENT. THIS MIDSUMMER TO BUILD UP TO THIS WORLD CUP AND THE READY TO GET OUT THERE AND PLAY. WATCH A MESSAGE TO NEW ZEALANDERS HAVEN'T GOT A TICKET TO THE WORLD CUP? WHY NOT? THIS IS THE BIGGEST WOMAN SPORTING EVENT IN THE WORLD. YOU NEED TO GO AND EXPERIENCE AND EXPERIENCE HISTORY. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A TICKET THERE STILL OUT THERE. YOU CAN'T DRIVE THERE, YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE SOME TRANSPORT. IF YOU CAN'T GET DOWN HERE, WROTE THE FAN FESTIVAL RIGHT NOW. GO SEE IT LIVE, BECAUSE IT WILL BE EPIC. IT'S A MUST TO SELL OUT, SO THE ATMOSPHERE IS GOING TO BE CRAZY. GO GET YOUR TICKETS, AND JUST EXPERIENCE A PIECE OF HISTORY. YOU PLAYED IN THE STATES A LOT, WHAT IS A MEANS TO HAVE THOSE BIG STARS HERE AND HOW EXCITED ARE YOU? ON THE BACK OF WHAT MEYER WAS SAYING, I JUST CAME FROM THE STATES. THIS SUMMIT IMMENSE BUILDING AROUND THE WORLD, AND COMING FROM THE STATES, THOSE PLACES SUPERSTARS SO I THINK TO HAVE THEM ON HOME SOIL FOR US IN NEW ZEALAND, WE DON'T WANT TO UNDERVALUE HOW BOARDED-UP BIG BETTERS. THEIR ICONS, THE CELEBRITIES, THERE PAINTED IN A SUPERHERO PICTURE FOR ALL YOUNG WOMAN IN THE STATES. TO HAVE THEM HERE PLAYING A GAME THAT THEIR WORLD LEADERS IN IS SUPER EXCITING FOR US. WE ARE TO MAXIMISE THE OPPORTUNITY AND WATCH A PIECE OF HISTORY. ENJOY THE TOURNAMENT, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING TV SCREENS. JENNY MAKE MORE I BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT SOME STUFF LOOKING TO GIVE AWAY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE FIFA WORLD CUP IS BEING HELD DOWN HERE. THE FIRST TIME IN 17 COHOSTED BY TWO COUNTRIES. THE FIRST TIME IN 32 NATIONS HAVE COMPETED FOR THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP TROPHY. AS PART OF THAT, WE GOT A BEANIE PLUS A DRINK BOTTLE. BUT WE WANT FROM YOU IS A PHOTO OF YOU SUPPORTING OUR WOMEN AS THEY HEAD INTO THIS WORLD CUP. SIN THAT'S A BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ AND WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS AT THE END OF THE SHOW. WE'LL BE BACK FROM DOWN HERE AT THE FAN ZONE ON AUCKLAND'S WATERFRONT AS WE CELEBRATE AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT OPENING GAMES AND NIGHT. BACK TO GET IN THE STUDIO. E HAERE AKE NEI. UP NEXT ` OUR FRONTLINE HEALTH WARRIORS PLAN MORE MASS STRIKE ACTION. WE FIND OUT WHY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NURSES ARE THREATENING TO WALK OFF THE JOB. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. FED UP WITH LONG NEGOTIATIONS, NURSES EMPLOYED BY TE WHATU ORA ARE GOING ON A 24 HOUR STRIKE IN AUGUST. NEW ZEALAND NURSES ORGANISATION'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE PAUL GOULTER JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. IS THIS A LAST RESORT KIND OF ACTION? IT REALLY IS. WE HAVE BEEN IN A BARGAINING PROCESS FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS. AND IN THE NURSE'S OPINION, THAT HASN'T GONE ANYWHERE. IT IS DEFINITELY A LAST RESORT. WHICH SAYS WHAT ABOUT THE CURRENT SITUATION THAT YOU HAVE DECIDED TO STRIKE? I THINK IT IS WELL DOCUMENTED THE SITUATION OUR NURSES HAVE FACED FOR YEARS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE HOSPITALS. WE HAVE LACK OF STAFFING, THE HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES, THE LEVEL OF CARE THAT PATIENTS NEED. AND FINALLY, TO ARRIVE AT BARGAINING... IF THERE HAD BEEN ADDRESSED A LOT EARLIER, WE WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT IT. TE WHATU ORA DOES HAVE AN OFF ON THE TABLE THOUGH. IT IS A WEE BIT COMPLICATED. BASICALLY IN THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST, THERE WILL BE A RAMIFICATION PROCESS ON THAT OFFER WHICH CAME THROUGH ON TUESDAY. AND IF THE VOTE FOR THAT IS SUPPORTED THEN THE STRIKE WON'T GO AHEAD. IF THE VOTERS TO OPPOSE IT, THE STRIKE WILL GO AHEAD. DOES THE SPEECH TO THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T THINK THE OFFER WILL BE ACCEPTED? I DON'T REALLY HAVE A VIEW AND I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE LAST FEW DAYS. IT IS REALLY UP TO THEM TO MAKE A DECISION. OUR ROLE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING IN FRONT OF THEM TO MAKE A DECISION UPON. THAT IS UP TO THEM TO DECIDE. DO YOU THINK IT IS OR DO YOU THINK THAT THIS WILL RESOLVE THINGS? IT IS REALLY IMMATERIAL WHAT I THINK. I THINK OUR MEMBERS REALLY WILL BE LOOKING AT IT ON THE WHOLE. EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THEY HAVE HAD TO FACE ON THE FRONT LINE, WHETHER THEY THINK IT IS ENOUGH TO RECOGNISE THE COST OF LIVING INCREASES. I KNOW THEY TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT PAY. YOUR ORGANISATION SAYS TE WHATU ORA HASN'T ADDRESSED THE CONCERNS OF NURSES. WHAT KIND OF CONCERNS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? THERE IS THE ISSUE OF PAY AND WHETHER PAY IS KEEPING UP WITH THE COST OF LIVING. EVERYONE IS FACING THAT SAME ISSUE. WE ARE ALSO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WE CALL HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE RATIO. THE RATIO OF NURSES TO PATIENTS. WE WANT TO SEE RATIOS WHERE THERE IS ENOUGH NURSES ON THE WARD TO DEAL WITH THE AMOUNT OF PATIENTS. IT HAS BEEN STRONGLY OPPOSED. TE WHATU ORA SAYS IT IS BOOSTING THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES. THEY SAID THEY HAVE 3 1/2 THOUSAND MORE WORKING IN HOSPITALS THAN THERE WERE FIVE YEARS AGO. BUT WE ARE NOT AT A POINT NOW WHERE THAT IS HELPING WITH OUR CURRENT NURSES? KNOW, IT IS NOT. I THINK OVER THE PAST WEEK OR SO... HOSPITALS HAPPEN SERIOUSLY UNDERSTAFFED. I SAW A LOT OF EVIDENCE OF THAT. NURSES WERE TELLING ME HOW THEY WERE WORKING AN HOUR AND OVER THEIR EXPECTED PERIOD OF TIME. WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS JUST, WE NEED TO GET THE STAFFING FIXED. THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO RECRUIT NURSES AND RETAIN THEM. THAT IS THE QUESTION. DON'T THESE THINGS TAKE TIME? THESE ARE LONG, SYSTEMIC ISSUES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE AND THEY AREN'T ABLE TO FIX THEM OVERNIGHT. IT IS FUNNY. IT IS WITH THE NURSES WHO HAVE TO WAIT WHAT ABOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES? WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS AND YEARS. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE ABOUT IT? THEY HAVE THE QUESTION IN PLACE AND THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE THE CHECKS. THE PEOPLE AT THE FRONTLINE HAVE TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF ONGOING FAILURES OF WORKFORCE PLANNING AND NOW THEY ARE BEING TOLD JUST TO WAIT ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS AND IT WILL ALL COME RIGHT. THE NURSES I SPOKE TO YESTERDAY, THEY SAID THEY HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THAT. WHAT WOULD RESOLVE THIS? TRULY AND FAIRLY, WHAT WOULD TE WHATU ORA HAVE TO DO TO MAKE NURSES FEEL SUPPORTED AND RESPECTED AND BE ABLE TO DO THE JOB THAT THEY WANT TO DO AND LOVE TO DO? WHAT WOULD RESOLVE THAT? IN OUR VIEW, IT IS VERY SIMPLE. WE HAVE TO GET MORE NURSES AND TRAINING. WE HAVE TO RETAIN THEM IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEMS AND WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM GOOD JOBS AT THE OTHER END OF THAT. THE GOVERNMENT IS FAILING. OUR NURSES TELL US THAT CONSISTENTLY. AT THE POINT OF WHICH, THEY CAN BELIEVE WHATEVER TE WHATU ORA ALL THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO SAY. NEW ZEALAND NURSES ORGANISATION'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE PAUL GOULTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. RYMAN NEED YOUR HELP TO NAME THEIR BRAND-NEW VILLAGE IN CAMBRIDGE. OUR PARTNER RYMAN HEALTHCARE, PIONEERS IN RETIREMENT LIVING, ARE LOOKING FOR A NAME THAT EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF COURAGEOUS KIWIS WHO'VE MADE THEIR MARK. THINK PEOPLE LIKE SIR EDMUND HILARY, ERNEST RUTHERFORD, RITA ANGUS. EVERYONE WHO ENTERS GOES IN THE DRAW TO WIN A NEW ZEALAND GETAWAY, INCLUDING FLIGHTS, ACCOMMODATION, A RENTAL CAR AND MORE. TO ENTER, HEAD TO winwithbreakfast.co.nz AND LET US KNOW WHO YOU THINK RYMAN SHOULD NAME THEIR NEXT VILLAGE AFTER. STAY TUNED FOR THE LIVE UNVEILING OF THE VILLAGE NAME IN A FEW WEEKS TIME. I WONDER IF THEY WILL DO A MAGNIFICENT REVEAL WITH THE BIG... YOU CAN'T JUST CUT A RIBBON. OR, MOVE THAT BUS! THAT IS WHAT THEY SHOULD DO. IT IS A GOOD COMPETITION. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA, AFTER THE BREAK ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. AND WE'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE TO CELEBRATE THE BEGINNING OF THE WOMEN'S FIFA WORLD CUP. YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IT, COMING UP NEXT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THOUSANDS OF NURSES EMPLOYED BY TE WHATU ORA ARE GOING ON A 24 HOUR STRIKE IN AUGUST. WE JUST SPOKE WITH WE'RE JOINED NOW BY TE WHATU ORA CHIEF EXECUTIVE MARGIE APA. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING. IT IS SERIOUS. I FEEL THAT YOU HAVE LOST THE NURSES AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET THEM BACK. WE DON'T WANT THE STRIKE. I THINK THE WAY THAT THE BARGAINING PROCESS HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS WRONG. WE HAVE... AND HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS. BUT WE DO HAVE AN OFFER ON THE TABLE AND THAT IS THE IMPORTANT THING. IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STRIKE, WE FEEL PRETTY DISAPPOINTED AND CONCERNED THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE FAIRLY REPRESENTED. SO THAT THEY CAN CONSIDER THE IMPACT FOR THEMSELVES AND THEN MAKE A DECISION BASED ON FACTS. EXPLAIN THIS TO ME. THIS IS BEING PRESENTED TO NURSES. THEY WILL HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT THIS OFFER AND DECIDE WHETHER TO RATIFY IT BEFORE THE PROPOSED STRIKE ACTION. THERE ARE TWO DECISIONS. IN THE FIRST IS ABOUT PAY. 5% PAY INCREASE. I AM SO SORRY, I AM GOING TO HAVE TO STOP YOU THERE. WE ARE HAVING MAJOR AUDIO ISSUES AND I CAN'T HEAR YOUR ANSWERS. AND I NEED TO HEAR YOUR ANSWERS TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT YOU PROPERLY. COULD WE MAYBE GET YOU A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE COMPUTER POSSIBLY? IS THAT BETTER? THAT IS MUCH BETTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO MAKE THIS CLEAR. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US AS WELL THAT WE WANT MEMBERS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE TWO IMPORTANT DECISIONS IN FRONT OF THEM. THE FIRST IS THE PAY SETTLEMENT M4 AND 1/2% FOR OTHER MEMBERS. AND THE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT OFFER ON TOP OF THAT. IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT DECISION AND WE WANT MEMBERS TO KNOW TO FAIRLY REPRESENT THEIR OFFER TO MEMBERS, SO THEY CAN CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF THAT FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT. THEY WILL BE CONSIDERING IT, BUT CLEARLY THEY THINK THAT THIS OFFER MIGHT NOT BE RATIFIED, GIVEN THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED STRIKE ACTION AFTER YOU HAVE PUT THIS OFF ON THE TABLE. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT PAY. IT IS ABOUT CONDITIONS AND STAFFING ISSUES. WE KNOW HOW STRESSED OUR NURSING STAFF ARE AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT MORE NURSES IN THE HOSPITALSM BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH. WE ARE HEARING FROM NURSES, IT IS NOT ENOUGH. THEY ARE STILL OVERWORKED AND BURNT OUT. AND WE ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT WE NEED TO DO WORK ON GROWING OUR WORKFORCE. IN TE WHATU ORA'S 'S FIRST YEAR, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID WAS PUT MORE MONEY INTO NURSES. BRINGING MORE INTO THE COUNTRY, BRINGING MORE THROUGH THE PIPELINE WITH TRAINING, AND SUBSIDISING... I AM SO SORRY, WE HAVE LOST YOUR AUDIO. I AM SO SORRY. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON THIS MORNING AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS. I WOULD LOVE TO GET YOU BACK ON WHEN WE CAN HAVE A PROPER CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH TIME IN THE AUDIO ISSUES HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATING. THE EDUCATION MINISTER HAS DEFENDED ITS LUNCHES IN SCHOOL PROGRAMME, DESPITE A SURPLUS OF AS MANY AS 10,000 MEALS A DAY. IT FOLLOWS THE RELEASE OF A PRE-BUDGET TREASURY REPORT WHICH WAS CRITICAL OF HOW MUCH FOOD IS WASTED. JAN TINETTI SAYS MOST OF THE EXCESS IS REPURPOSED. IN THE MAJORITY OF CASES, THOSE ARE GOING TO FEED FAMILIES AT HOME AS WELL. I'VE ACTUALLY SPOKEN DIRECTLY TO FAMILIES JUST AS OF LAST WEEK WHO HAVE TOLD ME IT'S MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE TO THEIR FOOD SECURITY OVERALL. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M CONFIDENT THOSE FAMILIES, HAVING BEEN IN THOSE SITUATIONS OF THOSE COMMUNITIES, ARE NOT GOING TO BE MAKING THOSE FOODS GO TO WASTE, THEY WILL BE WELL UTILISING THEM. 'KA ORA KA AKO' PROVIDES OVER 200,000 LUNCHES TO SCHOOLS DAILY AND HAS FUNDING TO RUN UNTIL NEXT YEAR. THE GOVERNMENT'S LATEST ATTEMPT TO CRACK DOWN ON RAM-RAIDERS IS BEING DESCRIBED AS AN ADMITTANCE OF FAILURE FROM THOSE WORKING THE FRONT LINE. THE GOVERNMENT IS SET TO INTRODUCE A NEW OFFENCE SPECIFICALLY TARGETING RAM-RAIDING. AS WELL AS CARRYING A MAXIMUM 10-YEAR JAIL TERM, OTHER CHANGES WOULD SEE 12- AND 13-YEAR-OLDS CHARGED IN THE YOUTH COURT. AARON HENDRY DOESN'T THINK THE POLICY WOULD WORK. WHEN WE RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN, WE PROVIDE THEM WITH THE CARE, THE SUPPORT THEY NEED, THEN WE REDUCE OFFENDING, AND THAT MAKES ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER. YES, CHILDREN NEED ACCOUNTABILITY. YES, WE NEED TO PROVIDE AGE-APPROPRIATE WAYS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND BE EMPOWERED TO MAKE CHANGE IN THEIR LIVES. AARON HENDRY DOES WELCOME THE NEW INTENSIVE PROGRAMME WHICH WAS ALSO ANNOUNCED, AIMED AT BREAKING THE CYCLE OF UP TO 60 YOUTH RE-OFFENDERS. TEMPERATURES IN SOUTHERN EUROPE ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK TODAY AS A HEATWAVE SCORCHING THE CONTINENT INTENSIFIES. MOST OF ITALY'S MAJOR CITIES ARE NOW UNDER EXTREME HEAT ALERTS AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF HIGHS ABOVE 40 DEGREES. THE WARNINGS MEAN THE HEAT POSES A HEALTH THREAT TO EVERYONE, NOT JUST THE VULNERABLE. THE HIGH TEMPERATURES HAVE ALSO FUELLED WILDFIRES ACROSS THE EUROPE, INCLUDING IN GREECE AND THE SWISS ALPS. THE MYSTERY OF A GIANT CYLINDER THAT WASHED UP ON AN AUSTRALIAN BEACH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SOLVED. INDIA'S SPACE CHIEF HAS CONFIRMED THE OBJECT WAS DEFINITELY PART OF A ROCKET, BUT STOPPED SHORT OF SAYING WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS ONE OF THEIRS. SPECULATION ABOUT THE CYLINDER HAS BEEN RIFE SINCE IT WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT 250km NORTH OF PERTH AT THE WEEKEND. SOME SUGGESTED IT MAY HAVE BEEN FROM INDIA'S LATEST MOON MISSION LAUNCH. OTHERS THOUGHT THE WRECKAGE MIGHT BE PART OF THE MISSING MH370 PLANE. BOTH THOSE THEORIES HAVE BEEN RULED OUT. DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE INJURED AFTER A GAS EXPLOSION IN SOUTH AFRICA. EMERGENECY SERVICES ARE RESPONDING TO THE EXPLOSION AT AN INTERSECTION EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE RESPONDING TO THE EXPLOSION AT AN INTERSECTION IN THE CENTRE OF JOHANNESBURG. CARS ALONG THE CITY'S STREETS WERE FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN BY THE BLAST, AND LARGE PARTS OF THE ROAD WERE DESTROYED. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE AN UNDERGROUND GAS LINE IS TO BLAME FOR THE EXPLOSION, THOUGH THE EXACT CAUSE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE FOOTBALL FERNS AREN'T THE ONLY NATIONAL TEAM INVOLVED IN A WORLD CUP; THE SILVER FERNS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO NETBALL'S BIGGEST TOURNAMENT. HALF THE SQUAD FLEW OUT THIS MORNING WITH THE REST TO FOLLOW TOMORROW. THE DEFENDING CHAMPS EAGER TO GET THE TOURNAMENT UNDERWAY AFTER A LONG AND BRUISING TRAINING CAMP. LOTS OF US WERE HOPING THAT THE BODIES WERE GOING TO PULL THROUGH UNSCATHED. IT IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT EVERYONE HAS DONE, WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY PROMISING SIGN. WHEN YOU MAKE IT THROUGH A TOUGH TIME, YOU FEEL THAT EXCITEMENT START TO BUILD. I THINK NOW WE CAN START TO LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING OVER THERE AND REALLY STARTING TO PLAY. IT IS A COOL FEELING. THE FERNS TAKE ON TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO UGANDA AND SINGAPORE IN POOL PLAY. THE FOOTBALL FERNS HAVE A SHOT AT HISTORY TONIGHT AS THEY OPEN THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP AGAINST NORWAY AT EDEN PARK. IN SIX APPEARANCES NEW ZEALAND'S NEVER WON A MATCH AT THE TOURNAMENT. UPSETTING 12TH-RANKED NORWAY WOULD BE A MASSIVE UPSET FOR THE TEAM. IT WOULD BE HUGE. WE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THAT FIRST ONE AT A WORLD CUP. I THINK GOING OUT AGAINST NORWAY, THEY HAVE SOME REALLY WORLD-CLASS ATTACKING PLAYERS, BUT DEFENSIVELY, THAT PROBABLY IS AN AREA WE WANT TO EXPLOIT. FOR OUR FORWARDS, THEY WILL BE HUNGRY AND GOING FOR GOLD. GOOD ON THEM. A FULL HOUSE OF JUST OVER 40,000 IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WHICH WOULD BE THE BIGGEST CROWD FOR ANY FOOTBALL MATCH NEW ZEALAND'S EVER SEEN. PLUS, THE FAN ZONE WHERE JENNY-MAY AND CHRIS HAVE BEEN ALL MORNING IS FREE TO ATTEND, SO IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TICKETS TO THE GAME BUT YOU ARE IN AUCKLAND, YOU SHOULD GET YOURSELF DOWN TO THE FAN ZONE. THIS IS HUGE. IT LOOKS AMAZING. WHAT IS THE WEATHER LIKE? I HAVE NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION. THERE MIGHT BE A BIT OF RAIN AROUND. THE FAN ZONE HAS A ROOF. I MIGHT JUST GO THERE. YOU'LL BE FINE. JUST WRAP UP. TO START US OFF ` THERE'S A HEAVY RAIN WARNING FOR THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA, AND FOR THE REST OF YOU UP HERE, SHOWERS THROUGH OUT YOUR MORNING. WATCH OUT FOR THIS NO FOREWARNINGS ON THE SOUTH AS WELL. WE WILL GET THERE SHORTLY. 15 THE HIGH FOR RUSSELL. IT DOES NOT LOOK TOO HEAVY IN AUCKLAND FOR TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD BE OKAY, ANNA. 16 DEGREES IN AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` GRAB YOUR BROLLYS BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT. SHOWERS FOR YOU ALL HERE. NOTHING TOO HEAVY, THOUGH. 13 THE HIGH IN ROTORUA. 12 FOR THOSE OF YOU IN TAUPO. TO THE EAST COAST ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO SUNSHINE THIS MORNING, STICKING AROUND FOR YOUR DAY, WITH SOME CLOUD INCREASING. 14 THE HIGH OF DANNEVIRKE. 17 FURTHER NORTH IN GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` HIGH CLOUD AND SOME EARLY MORNING SHOWERS. TURNING FINE FOR MOST OF YOUR AFTERNOONS. WELLINGTON, YOU'LL SEE SOME SHOWERS WITH A HIGH OF 14. 16 FOR PALMERSTON NORTH AND NEW PLYMOUTH. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A GREY DAY HERE. CLOUD WITH SHOWERS ABOUT FOR ALL OF YOU. THERE WE GO. 15 DEGREES IN NELSON AND BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO RAIN THIS MORNING, EASING TO SHOWERS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 11 THE HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. SEVEN, PRETTY CHILLY, FURTHER SOUTH IN ALEXANDRIA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` SHOWERS FOR MOST OF YOU DOWN HERE, WITH SNOW FOR QUEENSTOWN AND DUNEDIN. AND THERE'S SNOWFALL WARNINGS FOR THE HIGHER PASSES. DRIVE SAFE. 8 DEGREES IN GORE. ALL RIGHT. WHILE OUR WOMEN ATHLETES ARE DUE FOR CELEBRATION OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY WAHINE WORTH RECOGNISING. THIS WAIATA FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP WAS WRITTEN BY ONE LOCAL TEENAGER, MAKAYLA PURCELL-MAININI. # LADIES GET READY. IT'S YOUR TIME. (SINGS IN TE REO) # WE'LL UNITE SO WE CAN RISE. (SINGS IN TE REO) JESSICA SWAN IS WITH THE TALENTED ARTIST IN WELLINGTON THIS MORNING, MORENA, JESS. MORENA, TEAM. THAT IS SUCH A BOP. I WAS JUST GROOVING OVER HERE. IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SONG. THE RAIN HAS ALSO CLEARED. IT IS NOT AS EXCITING AS YOUR FEVER FAN ZONE, BUT I HAVE AN EXCITING GUEST. TELL ME ABOUT THE SONG. IT IS ALL ABOUT WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND THE SYMBOLISM OF POI. WE INCORPORATE IT IN THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. THE AUDIENCE WILL BE GIVEN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF THEM, AND YOU WILL SEE THEM SWINGING AROUND IN THE AUDIENCE. THE SONG IS TO ENCOURAGE OUR WAHINE TO HAVE A GO, KARAWHIUA, AND ESPECIALLY FOR OUR BABIES TO GROW INTO THE BEST PERSON THAT THEY CAN BE. I WOULD HAVE FELT SO MUCH PRESSURE WRITING A SONG FOR THIS. TELL ME WHAT THAT PROCESS WAS LIGHT. I WAS QUITE NERVOUS. I WAS ASKED TO WRITE THIS WAIATA FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP, AND I SAT IN A ROOM WITH SOME PEOPLE, A PRODUCER AND MY MENTAL, HE IS FROM SIX60. AND WE WROTE IT. THERE WERE SOME MAORI CONCEPTS TO ADD TO IT. THE PROCESS HAS BEEN AMAZING. I FEEL LIKE OUR LOVE AND VIBES REALLY POURED INTO THE SONG. I THINK PEOPLE CAN FEEL WET. * I THINK PEOPLE CAN FEEL THAT. IT IS ABOUT HOW OUR WOMEN CAN BE WARRIORS. WHAT ARE YOU HOPING WHEN PEOPLE LISTEN TO THE SONG THAT THEY TAKE FROM IT? I HOPE THAT PEOPLE LEARN SOME OF OUR REO. I THINK IT IS A FUN WAY TO LEARN A FEW NEW WORDS AND MAORI, AND IT IS A GOOD WAY FOR PEOPLE TO REALLY GET INTO THE GAMES WITH SOMETHING FUN. AND THIS IS YOUR FIRST SONG. MY VERY FIRST ON. HOW EXCITING WAS THAT? TO DO IT FOR AN EVENT OF THIS SIZE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I FEEL SO GRATEFUL AND HONOURED. IT IS PRETTY COOL. I AM STILL PROCESSING EVERYTHING. I AM SHARING MY WAY OUT WITH THE WHANAU. IT IS CRAZY. WE YOU BE PERFORMING AT ANY OF THE GAMES? POSSIBLY IN AUGUST ON THE 20TH. THAT IS A PLAN. NOT SURE JUST YET. I WILL BE PERFORMING TONIGHT. TELL US ABOUT THAT. THE STAGES BEHIND US. THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL LIGHT SHOW. IT IS A FREE FAMILY EVENT. IT IS FROM 4 PM TO 6 PM. AWESOME. BUT THE BEAUTIFUL SONG WITH A BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE. YOU SHOULD ALL GIVE IT A LISTEN. THAT IS AMAZING. SHE IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. THANK YOU FOR US AS WELL. ME U TONU MAI. STAY WITH US. OUR POLITICAL PANEL IS NEXT. WE WILL SEE YOU SHORTLY. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. BEFORE WE RETURN TO NORMAL PROGRAMMING, WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS. POLICE ARE RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF A SERIOUS INCIDENT ON QUAY ST IN AUCKLAND'S CBD THIS MORNING. A NUMBER OF ARMED POLICE ARE CURRENTLY RESPONDING TO THE INCIDENT AND THE PUBLIC IS ASKED TO PLEASE STAY INDOORS AND AVOID THE AREA. AMBULANCE CREWS ARE ALSO ON THE WAY. WE HAVE SOME TEAMS THAT CAN PROVIDE SOME COVERAGE. WE WILL HAVE THE LATEST ON THAT AS WE CAN GET TO IT. WE UNDERSTAND THERE IS A POLICE HELICOPTER FLYING OVERHEAD. IT IS AN ACTIVE SCENE, AND IF YOU CAN STAY AT HOME OR STAY AWAY FROM THE AREA, YOU ARE BEING TOLD TO DO SO BY POLICE. WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE LATEST DETAILS ON THAT VERY SHORTLY. IN THE MEANTIME, THOUSANDS OF FREE SCHOOL LUNCHES, MEANT TO FEED THE HUNGRIEST MOUTHS, ARE GOING TO WASTE. THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW TREASURY REPORT INTO THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME. EARLIER ON BREAKFAST THE EDUCATION MINISTER CONTESTED THE FINDINGS AND SAID LABOUR WILL NOT BE CUTTING THE PROGRAMME. FOR THEIR THOUGHTS, WE'RE JOINED BY OUR POLITICAL PANEL ` LABOUR MP TANGI UTIKERE AND NATIONAL MP CHRIS PENK. 10,000 MEALS EVERY DAY. IT IS A LOT OF MONEY AT FIVE DOLLARS A LUNCH. IT IS A LOT OF MONEY. IT ALSO REPRESENTS A WASTED OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CHILDREN FEED AND WELL LOOKED AFTER AS THEY TURN UP TO THE SCHOOL DAY AND NEED TO DO THE BEST. BUT WE HAVE RELATED ISSUES SUCH AS KIDS NOT TURNING UP IN THE FIRST PLACE. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW THIS WASTAGE IS BEING ACCOUNTED FOR? THE MINISTER SAID SHE HAD ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE, BUT IT SEEMS THERE IS A HOLE HERE. 1/4 OF $1 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY. THERE IS SOME WASTAGE. MORENA, ANNA. THIS IS A PROGRAM I AM REALLY PROUD OF. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN A TEACHER, WE HEAR FROM PRINCIPALS AND WHANAU AND ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE THIS PROGRAM IS MAKING. IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN KEEN ON FOR A WHILE, AND WE HAVE COMMITTED FUNDING IN THE RECENT BUDGET TO CONTINUE TO ROLL THAT OUT. THERE ARE MANY BARRIERS TO GETTING KIDS TO SCHOOL. HAVING A FULL TUMMY IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO ABOUT. WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? TREASURY SAYS IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ATTENDANCE. WE HAVE JUST THIS MORNING HEARD FROM A SOLO PARENT TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE THAT MAKES FOR HER AND HER HOUSEHOLD. WHERE HOUSEHOLDS ARE FACING COST OF LIVING PRESSURES AT THE MOMENT, THIS IS ANOTHER WAY WE CAN SUPPORT FAMILIES AT THE MOMENT. AS A TEACHER, I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A YOUNG PERSON WHO IS IN FRONT OF YOU THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO EAT FOR LUNCH, THAT ABSOLUTELY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. ON THAT NOTE, IF YOU FULLY SUPPORT IT, THE FUNDING ONLY GOES FOR ANOTHER YEAR. IF YOU GET INTO GOVERNMENT, WILL NATIONAL KEY FUNDING IT? WE HAVE SAID WE WILL. WE CAN SEE THE LOGIC. WE DO NOT WANT THAT TO BE A BARRIER TO EDUCATION. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES INCLUDING THE THINGS THAT KIDS ARE LEARNING WHEN THEY WALK THROUGH THE DOORS AND ARE BEING FED FOR BREAKFAST AND ALL LUNCH. YOU THINK IT IS FINE AS IT IS. YOU DO NOT MIND THE AMOUNT OF MEALS THAT ARE SURPLUS TO REQUIREMENTS. FOOD WASTE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WHEREVER IT OCCURS. THERE ARE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT MAKE THAT A REAL TRAGEDY. IF WE LOOK AT FOOD PRICE INFLATION, 12 1/2% IN THE LAST YEAR, VEGETABLES ALONE 22%, IT IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE ALL AROUND. IT REPRESENTS A WASTED OPPORTUNITY. OUR INFLATION FIGURES ARE NOT TERRIBLE COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE AUSTRALIA. IT IS TWICE OUTSIDE THE BAND OF WHAT IT SHOULD BE ACCORDING TO THE STATUTE THAT SETS UP THESE BANKS TARGETS IN THE AREA. WHILE IT IS COMPARABLE TO AUSTRALIA, WE HAVE RISEN AND STAYED HIGHER FOR LONGER. WHAT WOULD YOU ANSWER TO THAT? I WOULD SAY THAT THOSE FIGURES ARE REALLY PROMISING. WE ARE SEEING A DOWNWARD TREND. THINGS ARE HEADING SOUTH WHICH IS FANTASTIC. WHEN WE STEP BACK AND HAVE A LOOK AT THE OTHER FACTORS AT PLAY, WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN TOURISM HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. WE HAVE A FANTASTIC WORKFORCE IN TERMS OF LOW UNEMPLOYMENT. WE HAVE MIGRATION THAT IS RETURNING. ALL OF THESE PAINT A VERY PRETTY PICTURE. INFLATION STILL NEEDS TO COME DOWN, BUT THE DECISION OF THE GOVERNMENT HAD MADE TO SUPPORT PRESSURES THAT HOUSEHOLDS OUR FACING AT THE MOMENT, MEAN IT WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THERE IS STILL A NURSES STRIKE GOING AHEAD EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A DEAL ON THE TABLE. WHY DO YOU THINK THE NURSES HAVE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD WITH THE STRIKE? THEY HAVE NOT EVEN VOTED ON THE OFFER YET. THAT IS A MATTER FOR THE NURSES. I WILL SAY THAT THERE IS AN OFFER, AND THE DECISION TO STRIKE WAS MADE FOR THE RECENT OFFER WAS PUT BEFORE THEM. I AM PROUD OF LABOURS TRACK RECORD IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT AND HOW. LAST YEAR'S BUDGET SAW THE LARGEST INVESTMENT IN HEALTH AND MANY, MANY YEARS. SO I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE NURSES WILL LOOK AT THE OFFER AND WILL HAVE AN OUTCOME FAIRLY SOON. WHAT YOU THINK THE OUTCOME WILL BE? I DO NOT WANT TO PLAY THE GUESSING GAME OF THE ACTUAL NEGOTIATIONS. THAT IS SOMETHING I SHOULD NOT STEP INTO. OTHER POLITICIANS SHOULD NOT EITHER. HAVING SAID THAT, A LOT OF MONEY HAS GONE THROUGH THE HEALTH SYSTEM THAT IS NOT DOING ANYTHING TO IMPROVE THE PAY OR CONDITIONS. IF WE LOOK AT THE STRESS THAT THE SYSTEM IS UNDER, NO WONDER THAT OTHER PROFESSIONALS AND NURSES ARE FINDING IT TOO MUCH AND THEY ARE EXPRESSING THEIR DISSATISFACTION AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR THOUGHTS THIS MORNING. STAY WITH US. AFTER THE BREAK, WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU ON THIS ACTIVE SCENE HERE IN AUCKLAND. WE KNOW POLICE ARE RESPONDING AND THERE IS A HELICOPTER FLYING OVERHEAD. # SLEEPING WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. TO BREAKING NEWS NOW ` POLICE ARE RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF A SERIOUS INCIDENT ON QUAY ST IN AUCKLAND'S CBD THIS MORNING. IF YOU ARE THERE OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN THE AREA, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ. POLICE HAVE SAID TO STAY AWAY FROM THE AREA. IF YOU ARE AT WORK, YOU ARE BEING TOLD TO STAY INDOORS FOR NOW. OUR REPORTER BARBARA DREAVER IS AT THE SCENE. MORENA, BARBARA. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? THERE HAVE BEEN DOZENS OF ARMED POLICE ENTERING A BUILDING THAT IS JUST BEHIND ME HERE, VIRTUALLY ON THE CORNER OF QUEEN STREET AND QUAY STREET. IT IS A CONSTRUCTION SITE SO IT HAS BEEN EMPTY. I CONTAINED THAT A LOT OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FROM THAT SITE HAVE BEEN EVACUATED AND ARE STANDING ALONGSIDE QUAY STREET POLICE HAVE BEEN MOVING PEOPLE ALONG TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT BUILDING THERE ARE DOZENS OF POLICE CARS, AMBULANCES ALL DOWN HERE, CLEARLY RESPONDING TO A VERY SERIOUS INCIDENT. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME UNCONFIRMED REPORTS THAT THERE IS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER, HOWEVER WE STILL HAVE TWO HEAR FROM POLICE ON THAT. BARBER, WE SAW JUST BEHIND YOUR CAMERA PERSON TRYING ARMED POLICE. WE CAN HEAR THE HELICOPTER FLYING OVERHEAD AS WELL. YES, THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. THERE IS AN EAGLE HELICOPTER ABOVE. BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT THIS AREA IS ALREADY ON HIGH ALERT BECAUSE OF COURSE THE FIFA WORLD CUP IS HAPPENING, KICKING OFF THE NIGHT. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIPLOMATS IN TOWN, THERE ARE A LOT OF THE TEAMS AND OF COURSE JUST ALONG THE ROAD HERE IS THE AMERICAN EMBASSY. SO THIS IS COMMERCIAL BAY, IT IS PRETTY TENSE. ALSO INTERESTING IS THAT JUST ALONG FROM US THERE ARE AMBULANCES PARKED UP ON SOME OF THE SIDE STREETS. SO IT IS NOT JUST HERE DOWNTOWN, BUT ALSO ALONG THE ROAD. POLICE ARE WARNING PEOPLE THERE ARE A LOT OF OFFICES AROUND HERE STAY INDOORS, DO NOT COME OUT. THERE IS A BACKLOG OF TRAFFIC AROUND KEY STREET SO STAY AWAY FROM THIS AREA AS WELL. WE ARE ALMOST AT 8 O'CLOCK, BARBARA, SO THIS IS PETE TIME FOR PEOPLE TO BE HEADING TO BRITAIN MUCH. DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND. RIGHT BEHIND YOU IS THAT MAIN STREET WHERE BUSES COME THROUGH SO I ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE JUST SAID EVERYTHING IS BEING STOPPED FURTHER BACK AND YOU ARE NOT SEEING, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO STOP EVERYONE COMING INTO THE AREA FOR NOW? THAT IS RIGHT. PROBABLY ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AGO WE WERE RUNNING DOWN HOBSON STREET IN NELSON STREET AND YOU COULD SEE JUST SO MANY POLICE CARS AND AMBULANCES WAS IN PAST US AND THERE WERE ALREADY STARTING TO SHUT OFF ROADS EVEN THEN. WE HAVE SEEN ARMED POLICE IN THE LAST 15 MINUTES HAVE BEEN ENTERING THIS BUILDING BEHIND US. AND ALSO CLEARING THE PATHWAYS. THERE ARE POLICE STANDING AT EACH OF THE ROADS, STOPPING CARS. THERE ARE POLICE CARS, THERE ARE AMBULANCES. IT REALLY IS ALL GOING OFF HERE AT QUAY. I CAN SEE PRETTY MUCH JUST ON THE ROAD OF COURSE. THAT WOULD HAVE AFFECTED COMMUTERS. THIS IS CLEARLY MASSIVE INCIDENT AND POLICE BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING IS GOING ON. THE FACT THAT THERE IS AMBULANCES HERE AS WELL. EVEN HERE, YOU CAN HEAR SIRENS OF MORE AMBULANCES COMING TO THIS AREA AND THEY ARE WARNING PLEASE STAY INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM THIS AREA. THERE ARE A LOT OF WORKERS ON THE SIDES OF THE ROAD AND I AM WATCHING THEM, THEY ARE BEING FERRIED OFF. POLICE ARE SAYING PLEASE GO AWAY. THIS IS THE TIME OF IPHONES AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING A VIDEO OF THIS. POLICE ARE JUST MOVING THEM ALONG, THEY'RE SAYING THIS IS NO TIME TO DO THIS, PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION WE WILL CROSS BACK TO YOU THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MORNING. WE ALSO OBVIOUSLY THIS MORNING STARTED OUR SHOW WITH THE COVERAGE FROM THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP FAN BASE FOR THE OPENING NIGHT OF THE MATCH TONIGHT THAT AUCKLAND IS HOSTING. IN THAT FAN BASE AT THE CLOUD IS NOT FAR FROM WHERE THIS INCIDENT IS UNFOLDING THIS MORNING. WE DO HAVE A TEAM DOWN THERE OF SEVERAL CREW THAT ARE ALL SAFE AND WE ARE NOW GOING TO CROSS TO JENNY MAY AND CHRIS CHANG FROM THE CLOUD. GOOD MORNING. YES, EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE AT THE CLOUD IS SAFE THIS MORNING. I'M SORRY IF YOU CAN BARELY HEAR US BUT WE DO HAVE POLICE CHOPPER EAGLE FLYING ABOVE US. WE ARE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED METRES AWAY FROM WHERE THE INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED. WE WERE NOTIFIED ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AGO. RIGHT NEXT TO US AS WELL AS THE FERRY TERMINAL. WE SAW PASSENGERS COMING OFF AND THEY WERE TOLD TO DISBURSE PRETTY MUCH IMMEDIATELY. BUT YES, I WANT TO REITERATE THAT PEOPLE IN THE CLUB THIS MORNING AS WE WERE CELEBRATING ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WOMAN SPOKE UP TONIGHT, EVERYONE IN THIS BUILDING IS SAFE. IF YOU WERE WATCHING EARLIER, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED WE HAD KIDS HERE FROM ELLERSLIE FOOTBALL CLUB AND THE STAFF AS WELL. THE PEOPLE ORGANISING HE HAD MOVED EVERYONE TO THE BACK AND IT IS A SAFE SPACE NOW. EVERYONE HERE AT THE CLOUD ASSAY. ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AGO, THE HUM OF THE CHOPPER HAS BEEN OVERHEAD EVER SINCE. THE POLICE OUT THE FRONT ON QUAY. I BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY SAW POLICE CARS STREAMING PAST THEM. THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION IS CERTAINLY NOT LOST ON ANYONE HERE BUT WE WILL BRING YOU UPDATES AS THEY COME TO HAND. WHEN WE FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE INCIDENT, THERE WAS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY. PEOPLE LOOKING AROUND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. BUT AS SOON AS POLICE NOTIFIED US THAT A SERIOUS INCIDENT HAD HAPPENED, WE MANAGED TO MOVE EVERYONE TO THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. AS CHRIS SAID, EVERYONE IS SAFE AND WE WILL UPDATE WITH FURTHER INFORMATION. THAT IS RELEVANT BECAUSE THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE IN AUCKLAND TODAY. WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT A BILLION PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THIS WORKUP. FIFA PRESIDENT HAS ARRIVED IN AUCKLAND AND DIGNITARIES ARE HERE. THIS WILL NOT GO UNNOTICED. LET'S HOPE THAT THIS WRAPS UP SOON AND EVERYBODY IS SAFE. BUT AS WE SAID, ONCE WE KNOW MORE AND HAVE MORE INFORMATION THEN OBVIOUSLY WE WILL DO THAT. STAY SAFE, GUYS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS TO YOU. THE RECRUITER LOVE OF COURSE ON THE SCENE FOR US IN BRITAIN MUCH. THIS IS A SERIOUS UNFOLDING SITUATION WITH ARMED POLICE AND ATTENDANCE AND THE EAGLE HELICOPTER IS OVERHEAD. WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE REPORT WE ARE TRYING TO REACH PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE WITNESSED WHAT HAPPENED. THE FIFA WORKUP IS CONTINUING AT THIS AGE WITH NO PLANS TO STOP. THIS IS AN UNFOLDING SITUATION AND THE INFORMATION MAY CHANGE SO WE WILL KEEP YOU UP-TO-DATE. THE BUILDING IS AT THE BASE OF WHERE THIS IS OCCURRING RIGHT NOW. BUSES AND THE LIKE HAVE BEEN STOPPED OUTSIDE THIS AREA. YOU'RE SEEING FOOTAGE AT THE MOMENT OF ARMED POLICE GOING INTO ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS. THE BUILDING THEY ARE GOING INTO AS AT THE BASE OF THE BRITA MART AREA, RECENTLY DEVELOPED INTO A BIG SHOPPING MALL AND COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE. SO WE ARE GETTING FOOTAGE AND SLOWLY NOW AND WE WILL BRING YOU THAT AS WE CAN. IN THE MEANTIME, THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY TAKEN AT THE BEGINNING, YOU CAN SET NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE BACKGROUND. THIS FOOTAGES FROM ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO AND WE WILL BRING YOU MORE AS WE CAN. POLICE ARE RESPONDING TO THAT SERIOUS INCIDENT IN AUCKLAND CBD. DION HOSKING JOINS US NOW. MORNING DION, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. WHAT CAN YOU SEE DOWN THERE? I AM DOWN ON QUEENS WHARF JUST DOWN ON THE BASE. AND I WAS TOLD TO GET BEHIND SOMETHING HARD AND SOLID BY POLICE. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OUT ON QUEENS WHARF OR PRETTY MUCH BEING PUSHED BACK TOWARDS THE CLOUD THERE AREN'T POLICE EVERYWHERE I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. THERE ARE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF POLICE OFFICERS RUNNING INTO THE BUILDING THAT I HEARD TALKING ABOUT... THEY SEEMED REASONABLY RELAXED THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY RUNNING OR PANIC AT THE MOMENT. POLICE SEEM TO BE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF KEEPING EVERYBODY AWAY FROM THAT BUILDING. I AM NOT SURE IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, THERE IS ALSO A HELICOPTER HOVERING ABOVE US. SO THEY'RE KEEPING A WATCH ON THAT AS WELL. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN NEIGHBOURING OFFICE BLOCKS AT THE WINDOWS AND THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD TO GET AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND SUFFERS UP WE WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT, DION, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE FINE BUT WE KNOW THERE IS A POLICE HELICOPTER IN THE AREA. WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME LIVE PICTURES. TALK TO US, IF YOU LOOK UP, DO THESE BUILDINGS LOOK LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THEM? THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED AT WORK TODAY? PEOPLE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING TO WORK. I CAN SEE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN THE PWC BUILDING BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE BEING TOLD TO GET AWAY FROM WINDOWS RIGHT NOW MOST PEOPLE ARE ABOUT 1 TO 2 BLOCKS AWAY AND STILL TRYING TO GET THERE. IT SEEMS QUITE ORDERED AT THE MOMENT, THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY PANIC. BUT AGAIN, NO ONE KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING. DION, STAY SAFE AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. WE WILL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MORNING. WE ARE GOING TO HEAD BACK TO BARBARA WHO WAS IN THE CBD. DO WE HAVE A BIT OF AN UPDATE ON WHAT IS GOING ON? YES, DISTURBINGLY WE ARE SEEING THAT THERE ARE SOME CONSTRUCTION WORKERS STILL IN THE BUILDING. WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THEM AND THEY HAVE BEEN HIDING BEHIND SOME PILLARS. IT IS ALL VERY CALM, THEY ARE JUST ON LOCKDOWN AT THE MOMENT. WE HAVE SPOKEN TO SOMEONE WHO HAS FOUR WORKERS UP THERE AND HE SAID THAT HE RACED DOWN AS SOON AS HE HEARD ABOUT THIS INCIDENT. HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO CONTACT THEM AND HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO SO HE IS QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE DOZENS OF ARMED POLICE WHO HAVE GONE INTO THAT BUILDING AND THEY ARE JUST COMBING IT AND GOING RIGHT THROUGH IT. OF COURSE, VERY TENSE DOWN HERE. I CAN TAKE YOU THAT THE FULLERS THEORY IS STILL OPERATING THERE ARE NO PLANS TO CANCEL THEM AT THIS STAGE BUT THEY ARE AWAY AWAY FROM WHERE THIS INCIDENT IS HAPPENING. WE CAN HEAR FIRING, WE CAN HEAR GUNSHOTS COMING FROM THE BUILDING. THAT IS THE ARMED POLICE. THEY ARE ALREADY IN THE BUILDING. WE JUST HAD A SERIES OF SHOTS. WE ARE LOOKING UP AT SOME OF THE WORKERS, THEY ARE VERY CALM. THEY'RE STAYING BEHIND PILLARS. WE ARE WATCHING POLICE AS THEY RACED DOWN THE ROAD. MORE POLICE AS BACKUP RACING DOWN THE ROAD TO GET MORE SUPPORT TO THE MANY WHO ARE ALREADY INSIDE THIS BUILDING. BARBARA, ARE YOU STILL HEARING GUNSHOTS? HOW MANY DID YOU HEAR? WE HEARD A SERIES OF AROUND SIX GUNSHOTS IN QUICK SUCCESSION BONBON BONBON, LIKE THAT. AS THEY WERE BEING FIRED, MORE POLICE STARTED RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD TO GIVE MORE SUPPORT TO THE GUYS. I WATCHING SEVERAL PEOPLE INSIDE THE BUILDING, THEY ARE STANDING UP BUT STILL HUDDLING BEHIND PILLARS. THEY ARE INCOMPLETE LOCKDOWN IN THIS BUILDING. VERY SERIOUS SITUATION BUT WE ARE WATCHING PEOPLE, THEY ARE STAYING AWAY FROM THIS AREA. THE CROWD IS JUST WAY DOWN THE ROAD. THIS ENTIRE STREET IS COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. BARBARA, WE JUST SAW SOME FOOTAGE BEFORE OF POLICE MAKING SURE THAT SOME OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO HAD GOTTEN OUT OF THE BUILDING WERE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT AREA. THEY WERE MOVING THEM AWAY. BUT AS WE KNOW, SOME WORKERS HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF THE BUILDING BUT WE CONCEDE THAT SOME ARE STILL INSIDE. YES, THAT IS RIGHT. AND THE FACT THAT WE HEARD GUNSHOTS, I WOULD SAY THAT POLICE HAVE A FIRM HANDLE ON THE SITUATION. HOWEVER... NO, DAVE WORKERS HAVE MOVED AWAY. THE WORKERS HAD MOVED AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS THAT WE CAN SEE A COUPLE UP THERE BUT SOME OF THEM HAD MOVED AWAY. THEY'RE STILL BEHIND PILLARS. TERRIBLE SITUATION FOR THEM AS I JUST SAID, WE TALKED TO AN EMPLOYER WHO SAID HE CAN'T EVEN CONTACT SOME OF THOSE INSIDE THAT BUILDING. IT IS JUST SCENES NEVER BEFORE SEEN HERE DOWN ON QUAY STREETS. EVEN NOW I CAN HEAR MORE SIRENS AND POLICE CARS COMING DOWN. THE HELICOPTER HAS MOVED AWAY FROM NEAR THE QUAY STREET IT IS NOW MORE OVER THE HARBOUR. BARBARA, WE ARE HEARING REPORTS THAT THE POLICE ARE ABLE TO MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF THE AREA. WE CEDE TO CYCLIST THERE WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY BEING TOLD TO MOVE ON. THEY HAVE JUST BEEN TOLD HERE. THAT HAVE BEEN MOVED TO SHED 10 SO THEY CAN GET OUT OF THE AREA SAFELY. THAT BUILDING THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO, IS THAT THE REALLY TALL GLASS ONE BEHIND YOU? YES. THAT IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. YES. A LOT OF THE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN` THERE ACTUALLY COMPLETED BUT WHEN YOU LOOK TO THE GLASS YOU CAN STILL SEE THERE IS PLASTIC LINING SOME OF THE PILLARS. THE UPPER LEVELS IS WHERE WE ARE SEEING SOME OF THE WORKERS. THE WORKERS ON THE LOWER LEVELS WERE EASILY ABLE TO GET EVACUATED BUT THE ONES ON THE TOP LEVELS WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT. THERE IS A BIG CRANE ON THE TOP OF THIS BUILDING. IT IS CLEARLY A CONSTRUCTION SITE. THIS AREA DOWN HERE IS QUITE A BIG AREA IN TERMS OF OFFICE SPACE. THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IS THREE BUILDINGS DOWN FROM HERE. OF COURSE YOU ALSO HAVE BRITA MART, ALL THE FAIRIES ARE STILL COMING IN AND OUT. SO IT THEIRS IS A VERY BUSY AREA. AND FOR THIS TIME OF THE MORNING, BETWEEN SEVEN AND 730 FOR THIS TO HAPPEN REALLY IS PEAK TIME IN TERMS OF COMMUTERS COMING IN AND OUT OF THE CITY. AND WITHIN THAT BUILDING ITSELF, WE ALL KNOW HOW EARLY CONSTRUCTION WORKER START. SO THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE JOB WHEN THIS INCIDENT UNFOLDED. WE WILL CROSS TO CHRIS AND JENNY MAY WHO ARE AT THE CLOUD NEARBY VERY SHORTLY. CAN YOU GIVE US A QUICK WRAPUP FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST`� SORRY BARB, WHAT IS HAPPENING? WE ARE JUST HEARING POLICE SHOUTING. ACROSS THE ROAD ARE SEVERAL POLICE. WE WILL BRING YOU THOSE PICTURES. AND AMBULANCE IS ACTUALLY ON ITS WAY THROUGH THE CORDEN. BARB, WE'RE JUST GOING TO STAY WITH YOU. WE CAN SEE POLICE OFFICERS ARE ON THE MOVE TOWARDS THAT BUILDING. I CAN SEE ONE, 23456, AT LEAST SIX, SEVEN AMBULANCES ALL LINED UP ON KEY STREET POLICE ASKING WAITING FOR THEM, THEN POINTING AND SHOWING THEM THE WAY TO GO. WE WILL FOLLOW THEM FOR YOU SO STAY WITH US. WE UNDERSTAND POLICE HAVE NOW SENT ALL AVAILABLE UNITS DOWN TO THE SCENE. THIS MAN HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE POLICE CAR. HE HAS BEEN APPREHENDED. HE MIGHT BE TAKEN INTO BY POLICE INTO AN AMBULANCE. BARB, I KNOW THIS IS UNFOLDING SO YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION, BUT DID IT LOOK LIKE THAT WAS A PERSON THAT HAD BEEN APPREHENDED BY POLICE OR DO WE POLICE THAT THIS WAS A VICTIM? WE DON'T KNOW. HE WAS SURROUNDED BY POLICE. I CAN TAKE THAT THEY ARE CHECKING, THEY HAD HIM VERY FIRMLY IN THEIR GRASP. IT IS HARD TO KNOW WHETHER IN FACT THAT WAS A VICTIM OR NOT. BUT IT ACTUALLY COULD BE A VICTIM. THE AMBULANCE HAS SHUT THE DOOR NOW AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE MOVING OUT SOON. THERE ARE STILL MORE POLICE CARS COMING DOWN TO THIS AREA. SOME OF THE AMBULANCES ARE MOVING UP NOW, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THE WORKERS, EVACUATED WORKERS COMING OUT OF THE BUILDING. THERE ARE DOZENS OF THEM. THEY ARE ALL BEING MOVED OUT REALLY QUICKLY. AMBULANCES ARE NOW BEING ALLOWED TO GO AND SO IT MUST BE SAFE FOR THEM TO DO SO. SO ARMED POLICE THOUGH THOSE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS THE PERSON IN THE AMBULANCE THAT WE SORE WE BELIEVE COULD BE A POLICE OFFICER WITH AN INJURY. WHAT WE SEE NOW IS EVEN MORE ARMED POLICE. THEY ARE COMING DOWN TO KEY STREET THEY HAVE BLOCKED OFF THIS AREA EVEN MORE SO WE ARE SEEING DOZENS OF THEM. AMBULANCES HAVE ALL GONE THROUGH AND WE ARE BEING TOLD TO MOVE ON A LITTLE BIT. BARB, WHY YOU MOVED BACK A BIT WE WILL JUST RECAP THIS FOR OUR VIEWERS WHO ARE JOINING US THIS MORNING. ABOUT AN HOUR AGO NOW WE WERE NOTIFIED OF AN UNFOLDING INCIDENT DOWN AT BRITA MART THIS IS ONE OF THE CENTRAL TRANSPORT HUBS IN THE AUCKLAND CBD FOR DAILY COMMUTERS. A NUMBER OF OFFICE BLOCKS WILL HAVE ALREADY HAD STAFF AND THERE THIS MORNING. POLICE UNITS WERE CALLED TO THIS UNFOLDING INCIDENTS IN A FEW MOMENTS AGO WHILE WE WERE TALKING TO BARBARA, SHE HEARD AROUND SIX GUNSHOTS. WE THEN SURE A LOT OF ARMED POLICE GOING INTO THE BUILDING AND WE HAVE SINCE SEEN ONE MAN LOOKING RATHER BLOODIED COME OUT OF THE BUILDING AND BEING TAKEN INTO AN AMBULANCE. WE DO NOT KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS AND HOW THEY RELATE TO THIS INCIDENT. POLICE HAVE ALSO MANAGED TO GET OUT WHAT BARBARA DESCRIBED AS DOZENS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AS THIS WAS A BUILDING WITH ONGOING` SOME COMPLETED OFFICE SPACE BUT A LOT OF IT WAS UNFINISHED AND STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE'RE SHOWING YOU LIVE PICTURES FROM THE SCENE. MORE AMBULANCES HAVE ARRIVED AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE IN THIS MORNING. THEY WERE BEING HELD OUTSIDE THE CORDONS. ONE OF OUR VIEWERS HAS SENT US A PHOTO WHICH WE WILL TRY TO GET FOR YOU AND WHAT WE CAN SEE IS THE ROOF OF THIS CONSTRUCTION SITE AND WE CAN SEE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS LAYING DOWN ON THE ROOF. I CAN SEE ARMED POLICE ON THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING WILL GET THIS PHOTO FOR YOU AND GET AS MUCH IN FORMATION FOR YOU. GOOD MORNING. WHERE ARE YOU? I AM ON THE TOP OF THE PWC TOWER. I AM LOOKING DOWN ON THE BUILDING. WE CAN SEE SOME POOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HIDING BEHIND VARIOUS PIECES OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. THEY ARE STILL ON THE ROOF THERE. YES, THEY ARE. ARE THERE POLICE WITH THEM AS WELL? YES, THERE ARE SOME POLICE THERE. HOW LONG AGO DID YOU REALISE SOMETHING WAS WRONG? DID YOU GET A NOTIFICATION THAT YOU HAD TO STAY INSIDE? I WAS WALKING TO WORK, AND THE POLICE CARS WENT PAST. I GOT INTO THE BUILDING AT ABOUT 5 TO 8. FROM THAT POINT ON, DID YOU STILL REALISE THAT THOSE POLICE CARS WERE STOPPING OUTSIDE ON THE GROUND? BY THE TIME I GOT UP HERE, THE WHOLE OF THE STREET WAS TURNED INTO POLICE CARS. I CAN SEE AMBULANCES AND PEOPLE BEHIND AMBULANCES. WE CAN SEE FAIRIES WAITING TO COME IN. PEOPLE ARE STUCK OUT ON THE WATER WAITING. DO YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE STATE OF THE BUILDING? WE HAVE SEEN LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BEING TAKEN OUT THIS MORNING. WE COULD SEE SOME OF THEM STANDING UP AGAINST THE GLASS. TUNE OFF IT WAS ALL STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION? I CANNOT TELL. IT LOOKS LIKE JUST THE ROOFTOP FROM HERE. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS AN UNFOLDING SITUATION. DO YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE THIS MORNING FROM WHAT YOU CAN SEE? SOME OF THE OTHERS DID HEAR GUNSHOTS, BUT THAT IS ALL WE KNOW. I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU WILL HAVE BEEN GIVEN ANY INDICATION AS TO WHETHER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LEAVE THE BUILDING OR IF THEY WANT YOU TO STAY IN PLACE. I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO STAY IN PLACE UNTIL WE GET CLEARED. HOW IS EVERYONE FEELING? THIS IS SUCH A UNIQUE SITUATION FOR US. WE DO NOT OFTEN GET THINGS LIKE THIS. IT IS A SAD FATE WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN. WE ARE ALL FEELING RELATIVELY SAFE. IT IS JUST A REALLY SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS. WE THINK IT IS A POLICE OFFICER WAS BEING TAKEN INTO ENABLING. WE HAVE HIS INJURIES ARE NOT SERIOUS. THERE IS AN ONGOING INCIDENT. WE ARE DOING SOME LIVE PICTURES NOW OF MORE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BEING CORRALLED AND GETTING OUT AND AWAY FROM THE SAME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US AS WELL. WE ALSO SAW THAT FOOTAGE OF SOMEONE BEING LED INTO THE AMBULANCE. AS BARBARA MENTIONED, AND AS WE POSSIBLY SAW THERE, DID LOOK LIKE HE HAD A PATCH ON HIS ARM WHICH MIGHT INDICATE THAT WAS A MEMBER OF THE POLICE FORCE BEING LED INTO THAT AMBULANCE. WE WILL ASK POLICE FOR CLARIFICATION OF WHO THAT WAS AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THAT MAN. THIS MORNING, WE WERE BRINGING THE SHOW FROM QUITE NEARBY. JUST A FEW HUNDRED METRES AWAY. WE WILL GO NOW TO CHRIS CHANG AND JENNY-MAY, WHO ARE AT THE CLUB. GOOD MORNING, GUYS. GOOD MORNING. JUST TO TRIANGULATE, THE BUILDING THAT WOULD JUST BEING TALKED ABOUT, THEY ARE RIGHT BEHIND US. THIS IS A MAJOR TRANSPORT HUB DOWN HERE. WE HAVE TRAINS COMING IN, BUSES, FERRIES. THEY CAME IN BEFORE, AND FOR A WHILE THEY WERE JUST FOR COLLATING OUT IN THE HARBOUR. THEY ARE BEING TOLD TO STAY PUT FOR NOW. NOBODY IS GETTING OFF. AS CHRIS SAID, THEY HAVE BEEN CIRCULATING, NOW THEY ARE SENT OFF TO DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS. DION, WHO WAS NEAR WHERE THE INCIDENT HAPPENED EARLIER ON, TELL US AGAIN WHAT IT WAS THAT YOU HEARD AND WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE. NOT EVEN FIVE OR 10 MINUTES AGO, WE HAD FIVE OR SIX SHOTS IN QUICK SUCCESSION. IT WAS BANG, BANG, BANG. I WAS DONE AT THE END OF QUEENS WHARF. PEOPLE STARTED YELLING. THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF WORKERS THERE. WE WERE GETTING INSIDE SHED 10. PEOPLE STARTED RUNNING. MOST PEOPLE WERE PRETTY CALM. WHEN THE SHOT WENT OFF, PEOPLE REALLY STARTED TO PANIC. GEMS OF THE POLICE PRESENCE, THE AMBULANCE, WHAT DID THAT LOOK LIKE? IS THERE WAS COMING DOWN ONTO THE WATER, THEY HAD SHUT OFF THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN AREA. I COULD NOT SEE ANY AMBULANCES. HERE ON THE WHARF, THERE WERE NO POLICE. THERE WERE SOME AT THE ENTRANCE, BUT THERE WERE HEALTH AND SAFETY PEOPLE PUSHING EVERYONE AWAY. THE POLICE WERE ALL PREOCCUPIED. WE SAW SOME GROUPS OF POLICE OFFICERS WITH GUNS OUT AND RUNNING INTO THE BUILDING. IT WAS QUITE SURREAL. HOW ARE PEOPLE AROUND YOU RESPONDING TO WHAT WAS GOING ON? FOR US, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF CONFUSION AS TO WHAT EXACTLY WAS HAPPENING. A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. PEOPLE WERE JUST STANDING AROUND AND TAKING VIDEOS AND PICTURES AS YOU DO. AS SOON AS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PEOPLE STARTED TELLING EVERYONE TO MOVE, THAT IS WHEN PEOPLE GOT A BIT WORRIED. IT WAS NOT LONG AFTER WE WERE TOLD TO MOVE THAT WE HAD THE GUNSHOTS. WE SAW PEOPLE RUNNING. MOST PEOPLE WERE FILING INTO THE SHED. YOU MENTION PEOPLE TELLING YOU TO GET BEHIND SOMETHING HARD. WHAT WAS GOING ON? AS I WAS COMING DOWN ONTO THE WALL, I SAW A POLICE ALPHAS ARE WITH HIS GUN OUT. HE SAID GET BEHIND SOMETHING HARD AND SOLID RIGHT NOW. I RAN BEHIND A CONTAINER. ARE YOU FEELING ALL RIGHT? A BIT HOT AND SWEATY. EVERYONE HERE IS SAFE AND WELL. WE HAVE BEEN HERE THIS MORNING. WE ARE CELEBRATING THE FIFA WORLD CUP KICKING OFF THIS MORNING. WE HAVE GOT KIDS BACK OUT. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY DOWN TO THE BACK. EVERYONE IS SAFE HERE. THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE ON AUCKLAND TODAY. WE WILL STAY DOWN HERE AND BRING YOU EVERYTHING WE CAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU TOO. STAY SAFE, AND WE WILL CROSS BACK TO YOU LATER ON. FORMER POLICE NEGOTIATOR LANCE BURDETT IS WITH US NOW. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD, THANK YOU. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SCENARIOS YOU NEVER IMAGINE ACTUALLY UNFOLDING IN YOUR BACKYARD. TALK US THROUGH WHAT THE POLICE WILL BE DOING TO TRY AND GET THINGS UNDER CONTROL. THE FIRST RESPONSE IS ALWAYS TO TRY AND IDENTIFY WHERE THE ACTUAL SCENE IS. THE SECOND RESPONSE IS TO SURROUND THAT AS BEST THEY CAN WITH THE INITIAL RESPONSE FROM POLICE. THAT IS UNIFORM POLICE. THEY PUT A CORDON AROUND. BECAUSE IT IS A SERIOUS INCIDENT AND THEY HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF SHOTS, NOT JUST ONE, THE ARMED OFFENDERS WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PAGED IMMEDIATELY, AND THE CRISIS NEGOTIATORS. IT TAKES ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF AN HOUR FOR THEM TO ARRIVE. YOU WILL SEE THEM ARRIVE IN BLACK, AND THEY WILL THEN TAKE THE POSITION OF THE UNIFORM POLICE IN THE IMMEDIATE CORDON. THE UNIFORM POLICE WILL THEN DROP BACK, AND THERE WILL BE A VOICE APPEAL OF SOME SORT TO THE PERSON OR PERSONS. WE HEARD FROM ONE OF OUR VIEWERS WHO IS ON THE PWC BUILDING. THEY HAVE A BIRDSEYE VIEW OF THE ROOF. THEY SAID THEY CAN STILL SEE SOME CONSTRUCTION WORKERS LYING ON THE GROUND OF THAT ROW. BUT THEY CAN ALSO SEE SOME ARMED POLICE. THEY HAVE MANAGED TO MAKE IT UP THERE. THAT SPEAKS TO THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION. IT DOES. CAN I SAY, IF IT IS REALLY SERIOUS, THE POLICE PROBABLY WOULD NOT GO IN THERE. BUT THEY HAVE GONE IN THERE FOR A PARTICULAR REASON. IF IT IS SERIOUS, LIKE IT IS, AND THEY HAVE DONE THAT TO HELP THE WORKERS, THEN THEY ARE VERY BRAVE PEOPLE. TO HAVE THE PEOPLE THERE, THE POLICE THERE, READY TO KEEP YOURSELF SAFE FIRST, AND THEN HELP OTHERS. IF THEY HAD GONE OUT THERE, GOOD ON THEM. WHAT THEY DO IN THIS SCENARIO? WILL THEY TRY AND GET THOSE PEOPLE OUT? OR DO THEY JUST A WITH THEM UNTIL THIS IS OVER? THE SAYING IS RUN, HIDE, TELL. IF YOU CANNOT GET AWAY, YOU HIDE AND YOU PROTECT YOURSELF AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND THEN WAIT. AND THEN YOU TELL YOUR STORY AFTERWARDS. THAT IS ALL THEY WILL BE DOING. IF THERE IS POLICE WITH THEM, THEY WILL BE ARMED AND PROTECTING THOSE PEOPLE. THEY WILL JUST BE WAITING NOW FOR THE ARMED OFFENDERS WANT TO MOVE THROUGH. WHEN DO THEY MAKE THE CALL TO GO THROUGH? DO THEY GET NEGOTIATORS UNDERWAY AND HOLD BACK THOSE OFFICERS? THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS. ONE IS TO TRY AND MAKE A PHONE CALL WITH THE POLICE NEGOTIATORS. IF IT DOES NOT WORK, THE ARMED OFFENDERS SLOW, THEY HAVE A LOUDSPEAKER, THEY CALL IT A KARAOKE, AND THEY THROW IT. IT IS A SPEAKER BOX. THEY WILL MORE OR LESS MAKE A DEMAND. IT IS NOT A NEGOTIATION. THEY WILL SAY YOU ARE SAFE, AND WE REQUIRE YOU TO COME OUT. IT IS PRETTY MUCH LIKE YOU SEE ON TV. WE SAW THEM MANAGE TO GET DOZENS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OUT OF THE BUILDING. THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY MANAGED TO EVACUATE MANY OF THE WORKERS ALREADY. THAT IS A GREAT THING. WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS MAKE SURE THOSE PEOPLE ARE TAKEN TO THE AMBULANCE. THEY WILL THEN BE FERRIED UP TO THE POLICE STATION, AND THEY WILL BE HAVING WHAT IS CALLED A HOT DEBRIEF. THEY WILL RUN THEM THROUGH WHAT HAS GONE ON AND GET AS MUCH OF FORMATION FROM THEM AS POSSIBLE ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN ASSESSED BY MEDICAL TEAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. DO NOT GO TOO FAR. WE'LL PROBABLY NEED TO COME BACK TO YOU LATER THIS MORNING. THIS IS A DEVELOPING SITUATION. JUST AN UPDATE ` THIS IS ALL UNFOLDING IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND WHERE WE KNOW THE FERRIES ON THE BUSES AND TRAINS. PASSENGERS ARE BEING TOLD TO LEAVE THROUGH THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. THE TRAINS ARE STILL COMING INTO CENTRAL AUCKLAND. THAT IS ABOUT A FULL CITY BLOCK AWAY. THAT IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING SHUFFLED UP TO. WE JUST HEARD BEFORE FROM JENNY-MAY AND CHRIS, AND BARBARA EVEN MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE BOATS OUT ON THE WATER. WE WERE TOLD EARLIER THERE WAS NO PLANS TO CHANGE THE FERRY SCHEDULE, BUT WE NOW HAVE SEEN THAT THOSE VARIES BETWEEN PLACES LIKE DEVONPORT ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE AND WAIHEKE ISLAND, LOTS OF COMMUTERS COMING IN EVERY DAY ON THOSE BOATS, THEY ARE WAITING OUT AT SEA WHILE POLICE TRY TO GET THIS UNDER CONTROL. THEY SAY THAT THE SITUATION IS CURRENTLY CONTAINED TO A BUILDING. THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE STILL ASKED TO AVOID LOWER QUEEN STREET. FOR THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE BUILDING, THEY ASKED TO REMAIN INSIDE. BUCKET BACK TO BREAKFAST TO STOP IT IS 832. WE ARE NOT RUNNING A NEWS BULLETINS THIS MORNING BECAUSE THEY'RE IN AN UNFOLDING INCIDENT IN AUCKLAND CBD. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE POSSIBLY AS SOME KIND OF SHOOTER WHO WAS INSIDE A BUILDING IN AUCKLAND'S DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT IN ONE OF THE BUILDING THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. EVERYONE IN THE AREA HAS BEEN TOLD TO STAY AWAY AND WORKERS WHO ARE ALREADY AT WORK THIS MORNING HAVE BEEN TOLD TO KEEP AWAY FROM THE WINDOW. THERE IS EVERY AVAILABLE POLICE UNIT THAT HAS BEEN CALLED TO THE SCENE AND WE HAVE SOME FOOTAGE THAT WE HAVE BEEN SHUNNED AS MORNING OF WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING DOWNTOWN. WE HAVE CREWS DOWNTOWN. WE ARE GOING TO CROSS TO AUCKLAND MAYOR WAYNE BROWN WHO IS THERE THIS MORNING. CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US WHAT YOU ARE TOLD? THERE WAS A SUDDEN NOISE POLICE WERE ALONG KAY ROAD A WHILE AGO AND THEN NOT LONG AFTER THAT THE MEDIA STARTED BRINGING ME AND MY SENIOR STAFF ALSO THE EDGES, AUCKLAND TRANSPORT WERE THROWN INTO A FLURRY OF ALERTING BUSES, TRAINS AND FERRIES AWAY FROM THIS DREADFUL SITUATION DOWNTOWN. IT COULDN'T HAVE COME AT A WORSE TIME. BECAUSE OF THE FIFA SOCCER THING. WE HAVE NEVER HAD ONE OF THESE BEFORE AND SO THE WARNING IS TO KEEP PEOPLE AWAY FROM TOWN. AUCKLAND TRANSPORT ARE VERY BUSY ORGANISING AND HANDLING THE DISRUPTION THAT THIS HAS CAUSED. THERE IS A CORD AROUND IT AND WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. THE SHOOTER IS ACTUALLY DEAD SO IT WILL STAY LOCKED DOWN FOR A BIT LONGER. HAVE YOU HAD THAT FROM POLICE? HAVE THEY SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT THAT OR IS THIS JUST UNCONFIRMED REPORTS? I'M NOT FOLLOWING THE POLICE JUST AT THE MOMENT. I KNOW ONE OFFICER REALLY WELL BUT I AM NOT BOTHERING THEM AT THE MOMENT I HAVE ARRANGED TO SEE THE MINISTER OF POLICE IDENTITY HAVE A MEETING ORGANISED WITH HER COMING UP TO DISCUSS THE CRIME SITUATION BUT OF COURSE WE DIDN'T REALISE IT WAS GOING TO ESCALATE TO THIS. MAYOR BROWN, WE WANT TO CHECK THAT WE HEARD YOU CORRECTLY. IS IT YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT SHOOTER, THE PERSON AT THE CENTRE OF THIS INCIDENT IS DEAD? THAT IS WHAT I THINK. THAT IS WHAT I HAVE HEARD BUT NO ONE IS ACTUALLY SURE ABOUT THAT. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE MESSAGE HAS BEEN TO AUCKLAND COUNCIL STUFF? I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE COUNCIL OFFICERS WITHIN THE VICINITY OF WHERE THIS IS UNFOLDING. EVERYBODY IS JUST KEEP AWAY IF YOU CAN. AND IF YOU DO HAPPEN TO BE THERE, STAY WHERE YOU ARE AND STAY CLOSE. BE VERY CAREFUL. WE ARE NOT PREPARED FOR THIS IN NEW ZEALAND UNFORTUNATELY. I SUPPOSE WE AREN'T REALLY VERY SCARY THE CIRCUMSTANCES. POLICE ARE UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE AND SEEM TO BE HANDLING VERY WELL. AUCKLAND TRANSPORT HAVE BEEN GIVEN A BRIEFING AND IS QUITE A SHOCK TO THEM. IT IS A BUSIEST TIME OF THE DAY HAVING TO DIVERT BUSES AND TRAINS THAT DID ARRIVE IN BRITAIN AT THEY HAVE MANAGED TO EXIT THE PEOPLE. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR YOU BECAUSE IT IS A TRANSPORT HUB AND THE FAIRIES ARE OUT ON THE WATER AND BUSES HAVE HAD TO STOP OUTSIDE THE COURT AND BUT EVERYONE WHO IS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS OUTSIDE THE COURT IN AND ABLE TO STAY SAFE? THAT IS WHAT WE BELIEVE THE OPERATING CENTRES WORKING VERY HARD TO CHECK THE TRAINS THAT TERMINATE EMBRITTLEMENT AND THEY HAVE THOSE PEOPLE THROUGH THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATION. VERY SCARY, OR BAD. WE JUST HAVE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE POLICE AND OTHER PEOPLE WORKING TO KEEP US ALL SAY. MAYOR BROWN JOINING US LIVE FROM AUCKLAND. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT AS AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT THAT A MAN HAS DIED. WE WILL OF COURSE ASK POLICE FOR CLARIFICATION OF THAT INCIDENT. IT IS STILL UNFOLDING. POLICE ARE STILL ALL OVER THAT SCENE IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND, AS OTHER AMBULANCE AND IS STILL A VERY BIG COULDN'T BE KEPT IN PLACE A STOP WE ARE BRINGING YOU PROGRAMMING FROM NOT FAR WEIRD THIS IS ALL UNFOLDING. AT THE CLOUDED IN AUCKLAND'S WATERFRONT WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FRIEND ZONE OF THE OPENING DAY OF THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORKUP. WE ARE CROSSING NOW TO JENNY MAY. CAN YOU HEAR US? IT IS CERTAINLY BEEN UNSETTLING DOWN HERE. I AM JUST OUTSIDE THE WHARF WHERE THE FAIRIES HAVE BEEN COMING IN EARLIER WHEN THEY WERE ABLE TO AND PASSENGERS WERE OFFLOADED FROM THOSE THEORIES EARLIER. STUFF HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAVE ALLOWED THE PUBLIC, THOSE WHO WERE ON THOSE FERRIES TO ACTUALLY GO NOW. THE ONLY PEOPLE THEY ARE KEEPING BACK HERE AT THIS STAGE ARE WITNESSES TO THE INCIDENT. I HAVE BEEN HAVING A CHAT TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE AROUND HERE, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, SOME OF THEM WHO DIDN'T QUITE GET TO THE BUILDING HAD HEARD THERE WAS AN INCIDENT AND WAS STOPPED BEFORE THEY COULD ENTER. ALL OF THIS IS OBVIOUSLY SPECULATION BUT ANOTHER COUPLE OF THE WORKERS SAY THAT IT WAS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER INSIDE THAT THE POLICE WERE DEALING WITH. SO EVERYONE HERE IS QUITE UNSETTLED AS YOU COULD IMAGINE. WE'RE JUST CONFIRMING THAT AGAIN ALL THOSE PASSENGERS THAT CAME OFF THE EARLIER FAIRIES HAVE NOW BEEN ALLOWED TO GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS. THERE IS A CORD AND THAT IS STILL IN PLACE BUT THE PUBLIC THAT WERE HOW ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE ON WITH THEIR DAY. IF WE HAVE ANYMORE DOWN HERE WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE LATEST STOP THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MORNING. JENNY MAY AND CHRIS AT THE CLOUD FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP. ALWAYS IN THE WORLD UP WITH US RIGHT NOW. WE JUST HAD AN UPDATE FROM AUCKLAND TRANSPORT, THIS MIGHT APPLY TO YOU IF YOU ARE AT HOME WONDERING WHAT YOU SHOULD DO. THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY ARE EXPECTING MAJOR DELAYS RIGHT ACROSS THE NETWORK BECAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND. BUSES HAVE BEEN DETOURED, THE FERRY TERMINAL THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN CLOSE. JENNY MAY WAS JUST SAYING THAT THE PASSENGERS HAD BEEN LET OFF ON WHARF THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE FERRY BUILDING. TRAINS ARE RUNNING AS NORMAL BUT PEOPLE ARE BEING ASKED TO EXIT THROUGH THE BACK OF THE BUILDING INTO THE OUTSIDE OF THE COURT IN. BARBARA DREVER HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE FOR US ALL MORNING OF THE LAST HOUR. DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US? ONE OF OUR REPORTERS SAID THAT ONE OF THE SIDE STREETS NEAR THE BRITAIN MARKET AREA THERE WAS SOMEONE LYING ON THE GROUND AND BEING TENDED TO BY AN AMBULANCE OFFICER. AND A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE STANDING AROUND AS WELL. ONE OF THE AUCKLAND TRANSPORT OFFICIALS WAS TELLING COMMUTERS THAT THERE IS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. HIS WORDS, NOT OURS. I SPOKE TO SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO HAD BEEN EVACUATED THERE ABSOLUTELY ASH IN THE FACE I ASKED THEM IF THEY WERE OKAY AND THEY SAID YES BUT WERE VERY SHAKY. YOU COULD SEE HANDS MOVING LIKE THIS. ALSO A LOT OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE FOREIGN WORKERS AND HAVE BEEN ON THE SITE SINCE EARLY HOURS THIS MORNING. I SPOKE TO A WITNESS WHO WAS JOGGING DOWN QUEENS STREET AROUND 7 AM AND HE WAS SAYING THAT HE WOULD SAW A WHOLE LOT OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS RUNNING OUT AND THEY WERE DEEPLY SHOCKED. THAT WAS AROUND 7 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING BEFORE THE POLICE ARRIVED. SO CLEARLY THIS HAS BEEN UNFOLDING FROM THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING. POLICE HAVE MOVED THE CORD AND BACK WE ARE NOW JUST A FEW BUILDINGS DOWN FROM THE BUILDING IN QUESTION. OF COURSE WE SAW THAT WHAT WE UNDERSTAND AS A POLICE OFFICER WHO HAD BEEN INJURED, BEING PUT INTO THE AMBULANCE AND TAKEN AWAY. THERE ARE OTHER AMBULANCES CLOSER TO THE SCENE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES AS WELL. STUFF IS REPORTING THAT A WORKER WHO WAS IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUILDING SAID TWO MEN CAME IN WITH SHOT GUNS AROUND 720 THIS MORNING. MEDIA WERE FIRST ALERTED BY THE PRESENCE OF POLICE ON-SITE AROUND 10 MINUTES LATER AND WE HAVE SPOKEN THIS MORNING TO WITNESSES AND THE SURROUNDING OFFICE BUILDING SO SAFE WHEN WE LAST SPOKE TO THEM AT LEAST THAT THEY COULD SEE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON THE ROOF WITH THOSE ARMED AOS OFFICERS KEEPING THEM SAFE. WE KNOW A NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED THIS MORNING AND POLICE HAVE TOLD US THAT THE INCIDENT IS NOW CONTAINED TO ONE AREA OF THAT BUILDING. CHRIS CHANG HAD BEEN NEARBY THIS MORNING BRINGING US LIVE COVERAGE OF THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. CHRIS, YOU ARE AT THE CLOUD. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? LIKE WE SAID EARLIER, IT FEELS GOOD TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP AND A TIME LIKE THIS BUT IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE ON US. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING THAT GAME TONIGHT AT EDEN PARK. WE HAVE BEEN AT THE CLOUD ALL MORNING IN PREPARATION FOR THAT EVENT. WE HAVE REQUESTED A STATEMENT FROM FIFA SO WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. THE PRESIDENT IS IN TOWN AND HE ARRIVED YESTERDAY. IN TERMS OF DIGNITARIES, WE KNOW THE US PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION AS HERE AT WHICH INCLUDES COUPLER HARASSES HUSBAND. THAT IS THE DELEGATION FROM THE UNITED STATES THE FIFA PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY GENERAL. FIFA ARE GOING TO BE KEENLY AWARE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE WATCH. THE PEOPLE WHO CAME OFF THE FERRY FROM EARLIER HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO GO FROM HERE. I WAS SPEAKING TO 1 OF THE COMMUNITY WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED THAT THEY WERE ALLOWED. SHE SAID THEY SET OFF FROM HALF-MOON BAY AT 7:30 WHICH IS AROUND THE TIME WE SAW THE EAGLE HELICOPTER HERE. SO SHE WAS SURPRISED THAT THEY ACTUALLY GOT DISEMBARKED HERE DOWNTOWN CONSIDERING THE FERRY TERMINAL RIGHT HERE, PRETTY MUCH IN THE MIDDLE OF WHERE THIS IS ALL BEEN HAPPENING WITH DELOITTE AND THE PWC BUILDING BEHIND US WHICH WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN SHOWN SOME LIVE PICTURES OF THE CLOUDS CROWDS THAT HAVE APPEARED JUST OUTSIDE THE COURT IN. THE AREA YOU ARE IN IS EMPTY AT THE MOMENT BUT IS NORMALLY A HUGE TRANSPORT HUB AND THERE ARE WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY STUCK AND DON'T KNOW THE NEWS AND DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET TO THE PEOPLE THEY WANT TO INSIDE THE COURT IN AS THIS UNFOLD. EXACTLY, THIS IS THE TRANSPORT HUB FROM AUCKLAND. ALL THE FERRY'S FINAL AND TO HEAR FROM THE FERRY BUILDING THE TRAINS AND BUSES COME INTO PRETTY MUCH THERE WILL BE PEOPLE COMING IN FOR RUSH OF THIS MORNING. FROM 730, 8 O'CLOCK AND JUST BEING HELD UP FROM THIS. WE SPOKE TO ONE MAN EARLIER WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY ALL CAME OUT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN POLICE CARS WERE COMING BY, ARMED POLICE OFFICERS WERE COMING BY TELLING THEM TO GET BACK AND GET BEHIND HARD OBJECTS. THIS IS THE CENTRE CITY FOR AUCKLAND. THIS IS WHERE ALL THE TRANSPORT COMES IN SO IT WAS FOUND TO BE BUSY AT THIS TIME. THAT UPTAKE FROM AUCKLAND TRANSPORT SAYS EXPECT MAJOR DELAYS ACROSS THE NETWORK. BUSES ARE GOING THROUGH THE CITY BUT HAVE BEEN DETOURED. DOWNTOWN FERRY TERMINAL IS CURRENTLY CLOSE AT THE MOMENT BUT WE KNOW PEOPLE ON THOSE THEORIES AND ARE BASICALLY JUST WAITING FOR AN UPDATE. ON THE WATER. TRAINS ARE STILL RUNNING BUT ANY TRAINS THE AREA WHERE YOU ARE IS QUITE REGULARLY USED AS A BIG FAN ZONE AND MEETING POINT FOR EVENTS LIKE THIS. THIS WAS TO BE AUCKLAND'S OPENING DAY OF THIS TOURNAMENT. HAVE FIFA OFFICIALS WHO ARE DOWN ON SITE BEEN GIVEN ANY INDICATION THAT THEY CAN SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN LATER ON TODAY SHOULD THIS ALL BE RESOLVED WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME? THEY ARE SCREAMING AS MUCH AS ANYONE ELSE'S AT THE MOMENT. THE CLOUD HERE, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIFA FAN FESTIVAL. THIS IS WHERE FANS CAN GATHER. THE MESSAGING WAS ABOUT THE GAME TONIGHT ` MAKE SURE YOU GET THERE EARLY FOR THE GAME. USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT. IN SOME INSTANCES, SOME OF THE TRANSPORT WAS FREE. THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF HOW REGULARLY THEY CAN GO AND WHEN THEY CAN START FROM. BY THEN, IT IS STILL 11 HOURS AWAY UNTIL KICK-OFF. THE OPENING CEREMONY IS AT 6:30 PM. IT MIGHT BE BUSINESS AS USUAL BY THEM. YOU CAN BET THAT DOWN HERE AT THE FAN FESTIVAL, THEY'LL BE KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS AS WELL. FIFA IS A BEAST. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEM IN TERMS OF THE WORLD OF SPORT, THEY ARGUABLY HAVE THE POWERS THAT ONLY GOVERNMENTS CAN HAVE. YOU SEE THE PRESIDENT SITTING AT GAMES REGULARLY WITH HEADS OF STATE. I CAN VIVIDLY REMEMBER HIM SITTING NEXT TO VLADIMIR PUTIN DURING THE RUSSIAN WORLD CUP. THIS IS A GUY WHO IS USED TO MIXING WITH BIG HEADS OF STATE AND IMPORTANT PEOPLE. FIFA HAS MONEY. IT IS A POWERFUL ORGANISATION. IT WILL NOT WANT ANYTHING RAINING ON ITS PARADE. THAT IS CHRIS JOINING US LIVE FROM THE CLOUD. WE'LL CROSS BACK TO YOU FOR MORE UPDATES. LET'S GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE KNOW AT THE MOMENT. THE FIRST SOUND OF SIRENS AND POLICE HELICOPTERS WERE HERDED ABOUT 7:30 AM. ARMED POLICE ARE RESPONDING TO A VERY SERIOUS INCIDENT IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND. THIS IS THE TRANSPORT HUB OF AUCKLAND. ALSO A VERY BUSY COMMUTER PART OF TOWN FOR AUCKLANDERS AS WELL. WE KNOW THAT ALL POLICE UNITS AVAILABLE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AS WELL AS AMBULANCES. WE SAW IMMEDIATELY THAT AMBULANCES WERE KEEPING OUTSIDE OF THE COURT ON. POLICE WERE BEING TOLD TO CLEAR THE AREA. THEY WERE ASKING PEOPLE TO STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS. IT WAS AN INCIDENT RESPONDING TO A SHOOTING. THERE ARE SOME UNCONFIRMED ` AND WE NEED TO EMPHASISE UNCONFIRMED REPORTS ` IN OTHER MEDIA ABOUT THE NUMBER OF SHOOTERS AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED ON SITE. THEY ARE REPORTING THAT THEY BELIEVE THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE WAS AN EX-WORKER WHO HAS BROUGHT A GUN TO THE SITE AND THAT ARMED OFFICERS ARE CURRENTLY PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK WITH HIM. THIS IS UNCONFIRMED INFORMATION. WE ARE HEARING THE STORE NUMBER OF SOURCES TO GET TO US. WE CANNOT CONFIRM THAT INFORMATION. THAT MAY BE WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE HEARD GUNSHOTS. A REPORT ON THE SCENE HEARD ABOUT SIX GUNSHOTS CLOSE TO 40 MINUTES AGO NOW. SINCE THEN, THE HELICOPTER HAS MOVED AWAY FROM THE SITE. WE HAVE SEEN SOME CONSTRUCTION WORKERS REMOVED FROM THE SITE. THEY HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. POLICE SAY THEY NOW HAD THE INCIDENT CONFINED TO AN AREA OF THE BUILDING. WE HAVE CREWS ON THE SCENE FOR US. WE WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS TO THEM MORENA. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU LIVE INFORMATION AND AN UPDATE ON THE SERIOUS INCIDENT THAT POLICE HAVE BEEN RESPONDING TO AN AUCKLAND CBD. I WANT TO SHOW YOU A PHOTO. THIS IS FROM ONE OF OUR VIEWERS WHO IS IN THE PWC BUILDING. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE ROOF OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. THAT IS WHERE THE INCIDENT HAS BEEN CONTAINED TWO. YOU CAN SEE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS LYING ON THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING. TO THE LEFT OF FRAME, THE TOP LEFT CORNER, YOU CAN SEE AN ARMED POLICE OFFICER. AS A FORMER POLICE NEGOTIATOR TOLD US, IF POLICE HAVE MADE IT TO THE ROOF OF THE SERIOUS INCIDENT, THAT IS AN INCREDIBLY BRAVE MOVE FOR THEM TO DO. BUT ALSO ONE THAT THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN CARRY OUT IN ORDER TO TRY AND GET THESE PEOPLE TO SAFETY. WE UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE STILL ON THE ROOF WITH THE WORKERS. WE HAVE A PHOTO THAT SHOWS A LOT OF WORKERS UP ON THE ROOF. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE UNCONFIRMED REPORTS FROM SOME OF THOSE WORKERS WHO ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT THE ARMED OFFENDERS ARE STILL TRYING TO CONTAIN THE SHOOTER OR SHOOTERS. WE DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY SUSPECTS OR OFFENDERS THERE ARE INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT. POLICE HAVE TOLD US THAT IT IS CONTAINED TO ONE AREA OF THE BUILDING. LET SAID TO BARBARA, WHO IS LIVE ON THE SAME FOR US. MORENA. MORENA. WE HAVE JUST SEEN THERE ARE STILL SOME PEOPLE ON THE TOP OF THE ROOF. THERE COULD BE SOME POLICE HERE WITH THEM. WE WERE JUST WATCHING A WHOLE GROUP OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO HAD BEEN EVACUATED. THEY WERE STANDING AT THE BOTTOM OF QUEEN STREET AND KEY. THEY WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM THE AREA. A POLICE VAN HAS JUST GONE PAST AS WELL. IT IS STILL VERY MUCH AN ACTIVE SCENE IS WELL DOWN HERE. THE ENTIRE STREET IS JUST CORDONED OFF. IT IS GOING TO CAUSE HUGE DISRUPTION TO THIS AREA. WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR AN UPDATE FROM POLICE AS TO EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. AS YOU SAW WHEN I WAS LIVE ON HERE, WE HEARD GUNSHOTS. THERE WAS A SERIES OF ABOUT SIX GUNSHOTS, AND SOON AFTER THAT, IN QUICK SUCCESSION, AND THEN A WORKER WAS TAKEN` NOT A WORKER, A POLICE OFFICER, IT LOOKED LIKE, THEY WERE TAKEN BY THE POLICE AND PUT INTO THE AMBULANCE TO GO. WE HAVE ALSO HAD ONE OF OUR REPORTERS WHO SAW SOMEONE LYING ON THE GROUND BEING ATTENDED TO BY AMBULANCES. THERE WAS A POLICE CAR THERE. HE WAS ALSO SURROUNDED BY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. THESE ARE ALL ADJUST WITNESS ACCOUNTS. I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR. WE UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF THE WORKERS WHO ARE HERE BELONG TO BIG COMPANIES. I TALKED TO SOME OF THE BOSSES AND THEY SAID THEY CANNOT TALK RIGHT NOW. THEIR PRIORITY IS TO GET THEIR WORK IS SAFE, THEY'LL BE MAKING A RELEASE ON THAT. MOST OF THE WORKERS WE HAVE SEEN OUR MIGRANT WORKERS. THERE ARE A LOT OF FOREIGN WORKERS. THEY ARE VERY SHAKEN INDEED. THIS KICKED OFF JUST AFTER SEVEN THIS MORNING. WE TALKED TO A JOGGER. HE SAID HE WAS COMING DOWN QUEEN STREET WHEN HE SAW A WHOLE LOT OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OUTSIDE THE BUILDING, LOOKING EXTREMELY SHOCKED. AND HE SAID HE KNEW THEN THAT SOMETHING VERY SERIOUS HAD HAPPENED. THE EAGLE HELICOPTER SEEMS TO HAVE GONE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT SOME OF THE` A LOT OF THE PEOPLE HERE IN THIS AREA, THE WORKERS, THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, THE OFFERS WORKERS, THEY WERE IN LOCKDOWN. THEY ARE NOT COMING OUT OF THEIR OFFICES. MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WORKING BEFORE HAD BEEN BURIED AWAY AND TOLD TO MOVE AWAY BY POLICE. WE ARE OUTSIDE IN A SOCIAL, WHICH IS ONE OF THE HOTELS WHERE ONE OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP TEAMS IS STAYING. ALL OF THE TIMES FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, THERE ARE A LOT OF MAJOR DIPLOMATS IN THIS AREA. THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IS JUST A FEW DOORS DOWN FROM WHERE THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED. CLEARLY, THIS IS A MAJOR TIME FOR AUCKLAND. IT HAS BEEN DECADES SINCE THERE HAS BEEN AN INCIDENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF QUEEN STREET. IT SURE IS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COVERAGE THIS MORNING. WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU. INCIDENT IS STILL UNFOLDING. POLICE WERE FIRST CALLED TO THE SCENE AROUND 7:20 AM. THAT IS WHEN WE STARTED HEARING THAT ALL AVAILABLE UNITS HAD BEEN CALLED TO THE SAME. SINCE THEN, BARBARA WAS ON SCENE WHEN THEY HEARD ABOUT SIX GUNSHOTS. WE HAVE SEEN WORKERS EVACUATED, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT POLICE NOW BELIEVE THEY HAVE THE SITUATION SOMEWHAT UNDER CONTROL. THE POLICE ON THE ROOF WITH THE WORKERS, WE HAVE SEEN THEM STANDING UP AGAIN. WE DID HAVE EARLIER PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEM BEING TOLD TO LIE DOWN. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE NOW ABLE TO STAND UP AGAIN, AND WE HAVE SEEN THE COURT ON SHIFT AROUND, BECAUSE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE OPENING DAY OF THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. THIS WAS ALREADY AN AREA WITH A LOT OF SECURITY IN PLACE. THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HUSBAND, DOUG, KAMALA HARRIS'S HUSBAND, HE IS IN TOWN FOR THIS EVENT. WE WILL NOW GO TO THE CLOUD WHERE WE HAVE CHRIS CHANG AND JENNY-MAY COVERING OFF THAT EVENT FOR US. WE ARE ON THE MOVE. WE HAVE UNTIL THAT EVERYONE IS MOVING ALONG. IF YOU SWING AROUND, PEOPLE ARE BEING TOLD TO MOVE OUT. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, A BIT FURTHER OVER THERE, YOU CAN FEEL THE BUILDING IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE BECOMING OFF THE BOATS THIS MORNING. THE BUILDING IN QUESTION IS JUST BEHIND US. IT IS TIME TO GET MOVING. EARLIER ON, NUMBER OF PASSENGERS THAT CAME OFF THE FAIRIES ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO WERE RELEASED, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GO ABOUT THEIR DAY OUTSIDE OF THE COURT ON. WE HAVE SEEN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN TOLD TO STAY BEHIND. THEY WILL BE INTERVIEWED BY POLICE AS WITNESSES. THERE IS JUST A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE MILLING AROUND AT THIS POINT IN TIME. AS CHRIS SAID EARLIER, THE POLICE ARE NOW MOVING EVERYBODY A BIT FURTHER OUT FROM THAT INITIAL CORDONED, WHICH IS JUST BEHIND US. NOW WE HAVE GOT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE JUST HANGING ABOUT AND WAITING TO SEE WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING AT THIS POINT IN TIME. IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST HOUR OR SO IN TERMS OF THE COURT UNMOVING. THE SUN HAS DROPPED, SO THE CAMERON WILL NOT MIND ME ASKING HIM TO SWING AROUND. YOU CAN SEE THE HARDCOURT ARE NOW WITH A POLICE CAR IS. TRAFFIC IS BACKING UP DOWN THE STREET. WORKERS ARE MILLING ABOUT HERE. THIS MORNING, IT IS RUSH-HOUR. THIS IS THE TIME WHEN EVERYONE IS COMING INTO THE CENTRAL HUB OF THE TRANSPORT STATION. THIS WAS NOT THE MORNING THAT WE HAD CERTAINLY BEEN PLANNING. IN TERMS OF TONIGHT, THE OPENING GAME OF THE WOMEN'S FOOTBALL WORLD CUP. WE WERE HERE AT THE CLOUD CELEBRATING AT 7:30 AM. AND WE STARTED HE REPORTS OF A SERIOUS INCIDENT THAT WAS UNFOLDING. THAT IS THE LATEST. OBVIOUSLY, WE WILL HAVE MORE UPDATES AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW. WE CAN SEE SOME CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BEHIND YOU. WE MIGHT LEAVE YOU TO GO AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO TELL US AT THE MOMENT. MATTY, SORRY, BEFORE YOU GO, WE DID TRY TO TALK TO SOME OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, BUT THEY HAVE SUPERVISORS THAT HAVE SAID LOOK, TURN AWAY FROM US. THEY DO NOT WANT THEIR WORKERS SPEAKING AT THIS TIME. A FEW PATS ON THE BACK LINE WILL COME BACK TO WHEN WE HAVE THE LATEST. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT IS JENNY-MAY AND CHRIS LOVE FOR US THIS MORNING. AT THE TIME IS UNFOLDED, COMMUTERS INTO AUCKLAND CITY HAS STARTED ARRIVING AT WORK FOR THE DAY. ONE OF OUR PRODUCERS HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH SOMEONE WHO SAID HE GOT OFF THE TRAIN JUST BEFORE 8 AM, BUT HE WAS TOLD TO STAY INSIDE THE TRANSLATION. HE CAN SEE THROUGH THE GLASS LOOKING UP INTO THE BUILDING THAT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE RUNNING AROUND, AND ONE HAD A BLOODIED CLOTH UP TO HIS FACE. HE WAS NOT SURE HOW THE INJURY OCCURRED. IT WAS A FEW MOMENTS LET'S HAVE NOW TO LOGAN CHURCH IS ON THE SCENE FOR US. IT IS COMMUTER CHAOS DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF QUEEN STREET. THAT IS JUST IN FRONT OF COMMERCIAL BAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME BUT A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO POLICE BROUGHT OUR EMERGENCY CORD AND TAPE. MAKING ACCORDION AROUND THE AREA WHERE THE SERIOUS INCIDENT HAS TAKEN PLACE A THERE ARE RESIDENTS AND WORKERS IN THE CBD. THE CAESAREAN. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING? I NORMALLY COME ACROSS THIS STREET HERE IN FRONT OF H&M AND WERE HELICOPTERS FLYING AROUND. I WAS GOING WHAT'S GOING ON? TAKING A BIT OF FOOTAGE. THERE WERE A MASSIVE CROWD OF PEOPLE AND HELICOPTERS. IN FRONT OF COMMERCIAL BAY THERE WERE TWO GUYS WITH ARMED RIFLES AND IT WAS QUITE A SCENE WHICH YOU DON'T SEE IN AUCKLAND AND I THOUGHT OKAY SOMETHING SERIOUS IS GOING ON AS I WALKED DOWN WAITING FOR THE LIGHTS, ALL WE HAD WAS BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG AND EVERYONE STARTED RUNNING. I JUST RAN HERE, THERE WAS THIS LITTLE HOLE IN THE WALL HERE THERE WAS THIS LITTLE HOLE IN THE WALL HERE AND I HAD BEHIND THE WALL 1ST TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT. AND I WORK FURTHER DOWN ON O'CONNELL STREET SO I HIGHTAILED IT OUT IMMEDIATELY AND CALLED THE PEOPLE I KNOW TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON THAT I MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT RATTLED TODAY AND JUST PROCESS, I GUESS. THERE ARE A LOT OF POLICE HERE NOW HOUSE AND WITH THE POLICE ARRIVING? WHEN I WAS COMING ALONG, THEY HAD ALREADY SHUT OFF THE INTERSECTION. IT WAS ALREADY UNFOLDING AND I CAME THROUGH ABOUT 8 AM. THIS INTERSECTION WAS SHUT OFF AS WELL. THEN, WHEN THE SHOTS WENT OFF, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MUCH OVER THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS HER MOTHER POLICE BUT IT SEEMED TO BE GOING ON FOR A GOOD COUPLE OF MINUTES BEFORE I ARRIVED. IT'S NOT OFTEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THE SERIES AT THE BOTTOM QUEEN STREET. I WOULD SAY NO BUT I DEFINITELY THINK THE CITY IS GETTING WORSE AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES THERE AND WORKED THERE. THERE WAS A GUY WITH AN AXE WAS RUNNING AROUND A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. THERE HAVE BEEN AN INCREASE OF INCIDENTS IN THE CITY. THIS ONE IS DEFINITELY RIGHT UP THERE BUT I HOPE THE SITE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT TO BE HONEST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. FOR OTHER COMMUTERS, IT IS GOING TO BE A SLOW MORNING. BUSES ARE COMING DOWN HERE AND MORE POLICE TAPE IS BEEN ROLLED OUT AS WE SPEAK. THE POLICE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE HERE FOR SOME TIME. THOSE WANTING TO COME DOWN TO THIS PART OF QUEEN STREET PLEASE STAY AWAY. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, LOGAN AND WE WILL CROSS BACK TO YOU. THIS IS STILL AN UNFOLDING AND DEVELOPING INCIDENT. WE JUST HAD AN UPDATE FROM ST JOHN. THEY SAID SO FAR THEY CAN TELL US THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THREE PEOPLE HAVE MODERATE INJURIES. WE DO KNOW THAT AT LEAST EIGHT AMBULANCE VEHICLES WERE WAITING AT THAT CORD AND IN SOME TIME AGO WERE ALLOWED TO GO IN. WE'VE HAD SOME WITNESSES ON THE SCENE SEND US REPORTS OF THE INCIDENT AND FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE BEING TAKEN FROM THE BUILDING AND SOME OF THEM LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE ENTRY SO WE WILL GIVE WELCOME BACK TO THIS SPECIAL BREAKING NEWS. YOU WEAR WITH BREAKFAST. IT IS 9 AM BUT WE ARE STAYING ON AIR, BECAUSE THERE IS AN UNFOLDING INCIDENT IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND. POLICE ARE RESPONDING TO A SERIOUS INCIDENT ON QUAY STREET. THE PUBLIC IS ASKED TO PLEASE STAY INDOORS AND AVOID THE AREA. WE HAVE CREWS THAT WERE IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND, TO COVER THE OPENING DAY OF THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. WE ARE GOING TO GO TO A PERSON WHO IS IN THE AREA. NIKKI, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. TELL US WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE WAS THIS MORNING. I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK, AND I SAW A BLACK CHOPPER HOVERING AROUND COMMERCIAL BAY, AND I HEARD SIRENS, AND THE TRAFFIC WAS REALLY BAD. I WENT INTO THE BUILDING, AND USUALLY THE DOOR WOULD OPEN, BUT THIS TIME I HAD TO SWIPE IN. THEN I ACTUALLY SAW THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME COMMOTION AT COMMERCIAL BAY FROM THE WINDOW. MY COLLEAGUES TOLD ME GUNMEN WERE ON THE LOOSE. I AND THEN WE LOOKED ONTO THE NEWS, AND WE GOT THE MESSAGE TO STAY INDOORS. AFTER THAT, I HEARD FIVE GUNSHOTS. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN INSIDE YOUR OFFICE BUILDING NOW? SINCE 8 AM. HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES GETTING INFORMATION? IS ANYONE ABLE TO TALK TO POLICE AND GET UPDATES ON WHAT IS UNFOLDING? WE HAVE MESSAGES COMING FROM EMAIL, FROM OUR PHONES, AS WELL AS WE ARE IN FRONT OF THE COMPUTERS, SO WE LOOK AT THE HERALD AND STUFF. WHAT CAN YOU SEE OUT THE WINDOW? YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE NOT CLOSE TO A WINDOW. HAVE YOU LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW RECENTLY? WHAT CAN YOU SEE? I SEE PEOPLE GOING TO WORK, NOT REALLY AWARE OF THE SITUATION. BUT THE TRAFFIC IS AT A STANDSTILL. SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ACTUALLY TURNED BACK, TO GO BACK HOME, BECAUSE THE FERRY STOPPED AND TURNED AROUND, AND THEY COULDN'T COME IN. TRAFFIC IS AT A STANDSTILL. THEY HEARD SIRENS EVERYWHERE, EVEN AT SANDRINGHAM. WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEARD THE GUNSHOTS? I WAS SCARED. I EVEN CALLED AND TOLD MY FRIENDS TO STAY INDOORS AND STAY SAFE. HOW ARE YOU FEELING NOW? WELL, I HOPE THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE. I AM JUST STAYING INDOORS, AND WE ARETALKING TO EACH OTHER, MAKING SURE OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY A SAFE. NIKKI TAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TALKING TO US THIS MORNING. THIS IS AN UNFOLDING SITUATION. WE HAVE HEARD FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES THREE PEOPLE ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED, THREE MODERATE. WE'LL CROSS LIVE NOW TO BARBARA DREAVER. BARB, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? IT IS BY NO MEANS OVER. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS I HAVE SPOKEN TO HAVE BEEN MOVED AWAY FROM THE AREA. THEY ARE VERY SHAKEN. A LOT OF FOREIGN WORKERS, EXTREMELY SHAKEN. I ASKED IF THEY WERE OK, AND YOU COULD SEE THE PALLOR, THEIR HANDS WERE SHAKING, AND THEIR BOSSES SAID THEY WERE TRYING TO KEEP THEM SAFE, AND THAT'S ALL THEY CARED ABOUT. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK TO MEDIA, THEY WERE TOO BUSY TRYING TO GET IN CONTACT WITH SOME OF THEIR WORKERS. WE SPOKE TO AN EMPLOYER WHO HAD FOUR WORKERS IN THE BUILDING, AND HE WAS EXTREMELY WORRIED ABOUT THEM, BECAUSE HE HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT THEM. THERE ARE STILL SOME WORKERS ON THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING. YOU CAN SEE THEM SITTING THERE, WITH THEIR BACKS TO THE SIDE, TO THE BLUE TAPE THERE, THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR A HOTEL BEING BUILT THERE. MANY WORKERS WERE THERE THIS MORNING EARLY, WHEN WE CAME RUNNING DOWN HOBSON STREET AND NELSON STREET, WE COULD SEE POLICE CARS RACING PAST. THAT WAS JUST AFTER 7 AM. WE KNOW A JOGGER COMING DOWN QUEEN STREET AROUND SEVEN SAW CONSTRUCTION WORKERS RUNNING OUT OF THE BUILDING. WE WILL LIVE ON AIR WHEN WE HEARD GUNSHOTS, A SERIES OF GUNSHOTS IN QUICK SUCCESSION. SOON AFTER THAT, A POLICE OFFICER WAS TAKEN SURROUNDED BY FELLOW OFFICERS, BUNDLED INTO AN AMBULANCE AND TAKEN AWAY. WE BROUGHT YOU THOSE PICTURES. TERRIBLE TIMES DOWN HERE AT QUAY STREET. THE LAST INCIDENT LIKE THIS WAS IN THE EARLY 80S, WHEN A MAN AND A GUN SHOP DISCHARGED GUN., A LOT OF OFFICE BUILDINGS ARE IN COMPLETE LOCKDOWN. MSOCIAL, ONE OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP TEAMS ARE STAYING HERE. PEOPLE ARE NOT ALLOWED OUT OF THE BUILDING AT THIS TIME. THE POLICE CORDONS ARE EVERYWHERE. HUGE DISRUPTION TO TRAFFIC. WE CAN HEAR THE FULLERS FERRIES, WE SAW ONE COMING IN EARLIER, SO STILL IN OPERATION. POLICE DO HAVE THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL, BUT STILL AN UNFOLDING SITUATION. DIFFERENT WITH THE WORKERS ON THE ROOF THAN WHAT WE SAW EARLIER. WE HAD PHOTOS EARLIER OF SOME OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS LYING ON THE ROOF. NOW THEY ARE UPRIGHT, STANDING OR SITTING, WHICH PERHAPS SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT POLICE HAVE THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL, BARB. IT LOOKS THAT WAY. IT IS CERTAINLY CALMER THAN EARLIER, WHEN POLICE WERE RUNNING EVERYWHERE, THE ARMED OFFENDERS SQUAD, IT WAS CHAOS DOWN HERE. ORGANISED CHAOS I MUST SAY. THE CORDONS ARE UP, AND IT SEEMS TO BE CALMER. THE WORKERS WHO HAD BEEN EVACUATED FROM THAT BUILDING WERE TAKEN AWAY, AND HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE AREA. THOSE WORKERS ARE STILL UP THERE IN THAT BUILDING. NO DOUBT THEIR FAMILIES ARE ANXIOUS. SOME OF THE EMPLOYERS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT THEIR GUYS UP THERE. A LOT OF THEM ARE MIGRANT WORKERS. IT IS A GRIM SITUATION FOR THEM. AS YOU HEARD, THREE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND THREE MODERATELY INJURED. YOU SAW FROM THOSE PICTURES, THE POLICE OFFICER INJURED, TAKEN INTO AN AMBULANCE. ANOTHER ONE DOWN BY BRITOMART, ONE OF THE SIDE STREETS, SOMEONE WAS LYING ON THE GROUND, HE WAS BEING ATTENDED TO BY ST JOHN'S, AND THERE WERE POLICE CARS AROUND HIM. STILL AN UNFOLDING SITUATION, BUT SEEMS TO BE A LOT CALMER NOW THAN IT WAS EARLIER TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. WE WILL CROSS BACK TO YOU THROUGHOUT THE MORNING WITH ANY MORE UPDATES. . THE BUILDING WORKERS ARE STUCK THERE NOW. WE'RE WITH A WITNESS NOW. MIC WAS IN THE BUILDING WHEN HE SAW THE ACTIVE SHOOTER. TELL US WHAT YOU SAW, MIC. WE WERE ON LEVEL THREE, AND IT SOUNDED LIKE HE CAME UP THROUGH THE MAIN ENTRANCE ONTO LEVEL THREE, AND HE STARTED TO SHOOT. WE HAD GOT INTO WORK ABOUT FIVE MINUTES EARLIER AND WE WERE PLANNING OUR DAY. WE HEARD A MASSIVE GUNSHOT. ONE OF THE GUYS WALKED OUTSIDE THE OFFICE AND CAME BACK IN AND SAID THERE WAS SOMEONE WITH A GUN OUTSIDE. YOU WERE IN THE BUILDING ON LEVEL THREE THAT THIS INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED IN? YES. WE WERE SITTING THERE, WE HEARD A GUNSHOT. TWO OF OUR GUYS CAME RUNNING BACK AND SAYING THEY HAD A GUN. WE PROCEEDED TO HEAR GUNSHOTS A FEW METRES AWAY FROM US. WE BARRICADED THE DOOR TO THE OFFICE WE WERE SITTING IN. WE STARTED HIDING UNDER DESKS WAITING. THAT SOUNDS TERRIFYING. HOW MANY OF THEM WERE YOU IN THE ROOM? WHAT DID YOU BARRICADE THE DOOR WITH? THERE WERE EIGHT OF US IN THE ROOM. WE STARTED THROWING ANYTHING WE COULD AT THE DOOR. THERE WAS A DOOR THAT OPENED INWARDS. SOMEONE RIPPED IT OFF, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TOO HARD. WE WAITED. WHEN YOU ARE YOUNG, YOU DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND MORTALITY. SITTING UNDER A DESK HEARING GUNSHOTS. YOU WORK ON THAT SITE. HOW MANY GUYS OR WORKERS WERE THERE ON SITE AT THAT TIME? IT WAS FULL, SO THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF HUNDRED GUYS. ON THE FLOOR THAT IS ON LEVEL THREE, WHAT SORT OF WORK IS BEING DONE THERE AT THE MOMENT? IT IS THE STAGING AREA, WHERE ALL MATERIALS ARE KEPT. IT IS WHERE A LOT OF THE COMPANIES ARE WORKING ON THE BUILDING HAVE THEIR SITE OFFICES. THERE ARE QUITE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE STARTING THE DAY WHEN HE CAME UP AND STARTED SHOOTING. WE DON'T WANT TO SPECULATE, BUT DO ANY OF YOU OR YOUR COLLEAGUES KNOW WHO THIS PERSON WAS OR HOW THEY RELATE TO THE SITE? I HAVE NO IDEA. I DID SEE HIM. WHEN WE TRIED TO RUN OUT OF THE OFFICE, AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTE, IT WAS SILENT AND WE TRIED TO RUN. HE WAS STANDING IN THE STAIRCASE HOLDING WHAT LOOKS LIKE A SHOT GUN. DESCRIBE FOR US, THAT WAS A BRAVE CALL TO DECIDE YOU HAD TO GET OUT AT THAT POINT. HOW DID YOU GET OUT IN RELATION TO THE STAIRCASE? WE SAW HIM, AND THEN EVERYONE SCATTERED. WE DECIDED TO HIDE. WE RAN TO THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, WHERE I SAW SOMEONE'S HARDHAT HAD BLOOD SPLATTERS ALL OVER IT. THAT WAS THE HAT THAT WAS LEFT ON THE GROUND AT THAT POINT? THAT WAS LEFT ON THE GROUND. WE RAN IN BEHIND ONE OF THE WALLS, AND WE FOUND EIGHT OF THE PEOPLE HIDING THERE AS WELL. WE COULD SEE THE GUY WALKING AROUND WITH HIS GUN. THERE WERE NO POLICE ON-SITE AT THIS POINT? THEY HADN'T MADE IT THERE? THEY WERE PROBABLY FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE SHOOTING. AFTER SEEING THAT, WE RAN BACK INTO THE OFFICE AND BARRICADED THE DOOR AND WAITED. WE KNOW YOU GOT OUT OF THE BUILDING, AND WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS POURING OUT OF THAT BUILDING OVER THE COURSE OF THE MORNING, BUT WE KNOW SOME OF THOSE WORKERS ARE STILL ON THE ROOF. DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE MEN ON THE ROOF? I WOULDN'T HAVE A CLUE. WE WAITED IN THE OFFICE UNTIL A TEAM OF POLICE CAME THROUGH AND ASK IF THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE ON THE FLOOR. THEY OPENED THE DOOR TO US AND ESCORTED US OUT. THAT AS A CONFRONTING THING, TO SEE THE MAN WITH THE GUN, TO SEE A HARD HAT WITH BLOOD SPLATTERS ON IT. HOW ARE YOU AND THE GUYS FEELING NOW? EVERYONE IS HAPPY TO BE OUT. NO ONE FROM OUR TEAM GOT HURT. WE FEEL SORRY FOR WHOEVER THE HARDHAT BELONGS TO. MY CONDOLENCES. THIS IS A TERRIFYING EVENT FOR ALL OF YOU TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH. I AM SORRY. THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO US THIS MORNING. I HOPE YOUR OTHER COLLEAGUES ARE ALSO MANAGING TO MAKE IT OUT SAFELY. THAT WAS A WITNESS WHO WAS INSIDE THE BUILDING WHEN THE GUNMEN CAME IN. WE UNDERSTAND FROM OTHER MEDIA REPORTS, HE IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN A 24-YEAR-OLD MAN WORKING AT THAT COMMERCIAL BAY BUILDING SITE AND TOOK A SHOT GUN IN THEIR ABOUT 730 THIS MORNING. WE HAVE BEEN ON AIR WITH THE STORY ALL MORNING. WELCOME BACK ON BREAKFAST. WE ARE MONITORING AN UNFOLDING SITUATION. THE SITUATION IS UNDER CONTROL, BUT WE HAVE HAD A REPORT FROM A SOURCE THAT HAS TOLD ONE NEWS THAT THE SHOOTER HAS DIED. THEY ARE DEALING WITH TWO OTHER FATALITIES AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE KNOW AROUND 730 THIS MORNING, POLICE WERE CALLED TO A REPORTS OF A SHOOTING IN A BUILDING AT COMMERCIAL BAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. FOR WITNESSES, HE ENTERED LEVEL THREE, WHICH IS A MAIN STAGING AREA, WHERE SUPPLIES ARE KEPT AN OPEN FIRE. WITNESSES HEARD THE GUNSHOTS, THEY BARRICADED THEMSELVES INSIDE. TO FATALITIES AND THE SHOOTER HAVE DIED. WE'LL CROSS LIVE NOW TO LOGAN CHURCH HWE'LL CROSS LIVE NOW TO LOGAN CHURCH WHO HAS BEEN AT THE SCENE ALL MORNING. LOGAN, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? THIS INCIDENT HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR SOME TIME NOW. THERE IS A LOT LESS PEOPLE HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF QUEEN STREET, BUT STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE MILLING ABOUT, NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT TO DO. THE SERIOUSNESS OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED HAS RATTLED MANY HERE IN THE CENTRE OF AUCKLAND. WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO ONE MAN WHO WAS TAKING HIS 2 1/2 YEAR SON TO A KINDERGARTEN JUST NEXT DOOR TO WHERE THIS INCIDENT HAS TAKEN PLACE. HE TOLD US THAT HE WAS USHERED INSIDE, AND ALL THE KIDS AND PARENTS WERE PUT IN A ROOM AND KEPT SAFE BY STAFF AND POLICE AND ONLY RECENTLY THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO LEAVE. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL WHO HAPPEN STANDING ON THE STREET WHERE WE ARE AND WAVING TO COLLEAGUES ANNA BUILDING ADJACENT TO WHETHER SHOOTING WAS, RATTLED AND WONDERING WHAT IS GOING ON. POLICE SAY THE SITUATION IS UNDER CONTROL. BEHIND ME THERE AS ACCORDING AND A LONG LINE OF POLICE CARS THAT NOT ONLY GO DOWN THE BOTTOM OF QUEEN STREET HERE, BUT THEY ALSO WRAP AROUND THE CORNER AS WELL, RIGHT AROUND POLICE. ARE MAKING SURE EVERYONE STAYS AWAY FROM WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE CONCERNED HERE THIS MORNING. IT WILL BE SOMETIME BEFORE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE FROM WHERE YOU ARE HOW FAR BACK THE CORD AND GOES DOWN THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT STREET, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT GIVEN THIS WAS A CENTRAL TRANSPORT HUB, . AUCKLAND TRANSPORT ARE GOING TO TALK TO SHORTLY ABOUT THIS THERE MUST BE MASSIVE DISRUPTIONS IN PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE UNAWARE OR DIDN'T REALISE THE SCALE OF OR GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION UNFOLDING IN PEAK RUSH-HOUR. ONE THING THAT STRUCK US STRAIGHT AWAY WHEN WE GOT HERE WAS THE SHEER NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS STUCK HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF QUEEN STREET. SOME OF THEM TOLD US THEY TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORT INTO AUCKLAND, THEN TAKE ANOTHER CONNECTION ONTO SCHOOLS. WHEN I GOT HERE, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN 100 OR MORE STUDENTS WHO HAVE MADE THE TRIP INTO AUCKLAND WHEN THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. THEY WERE RUSHED OUT OF THE BUILDING BY POLICE, AND MANY OF THEM WERE MILLING AROUND ON QUEEN STREET, HOPING TO FIND OUT HOW THEY CAN GET TO SCHOOL. AS YOU SAID, WE WILL HEAR FROM AUCKLAND TRANSPORT SOON. THE MESSAGE FROM AUTHORITIES THIS MORNING REMAINS THE SAME NOW - IF YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE AT THE BOTTOM OF QUEEN STREET IN THE BOTTOM OF AUCKLAND CBD, DON'T COME; STAY AWAY WHILE THIS INCIDENT CONTINUES. AND 1 NEWS REPORTERS ARE IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND AND HAVE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF COMMUTERS STUCK IN THE CITY. WHAT HAS THE MORNING BEEN LIKE FOR YOU? HECTIC. I WAS ON THE BUS GOING IN, AND GOT MESSAGES FROM MY FRIENDS SAYING, 'ARE YOU GOING IN TO THE OFFICE?' AND I'M NORMALLY NOT GOING INTO THE OFFICE, BECAUSE I'M WORKING FROM HOME. WHERE DO YOU NEED TO GO? WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? I WAS GOING INTO THE COMMERCIAL BAY, BUT IT'S ALL CLOSED OFF BECAUSE OF THE SHOOTING. SO YOU NEED TO GET HOME AT THE MOMENT? YEAH. HOW'S THIS MORNING BEEN FOR YOU? WELL, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, WE WERE AT THE BUS STOP OVER THERE, AND THEN WE WENT OVER HERE, BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE... POLICE CARS EVERYWHERE. AND IT'S ALL BLOCKED, SO I DON'T KNOW. WE ALSO DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT IT'S PACKED WITH POLICE CARS OVER THERE. THIS IS AN UNFOLDING SITUATION, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HEADING INTO DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UNAWARE BY THE SITUATION THIS MORNING. POLICE ARE AT THE SCENE. THIS IS STILL CONSIDERED AN INSACTIVE INCIDENT. THE CORDONS IN PLACE KEEP LARGE PARTS OF CITY BLOCKS LOCKDOWN. WORKERS ARE INSIDE THE OFFICE BUILDING, BEING TOLD TO STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS, THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED OUT ANY TIME SOON. WE SPOKE WITH A CONSTRUCTION WORKER NAMED MICK WHO WAS ON LEVEL THREE OF THAT BUILDING, DESCRIBING THE TERRIFYING INCIDENT AS IT UNFOLDED. HE WAS ON THE SAME FLOOR AS THE SHOOTER ENTERED THE BUILDING AND OPEN FIRE. ANOTHER PERSON WAS BARBARA DREVER. REPORTER BARBARA DREAVER HAS BEEN IN THE CBD FOR US FROM EARLY THIS MORNING. BARB, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? THOSE WORKERS ARE STILL ON TOP OF THE ROOF, WE CAN SEE THEM WITH THEIR BACKS TO THE BLUE NETTING. THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION SITE. THEY ARE BUILDING A HOTEL HERE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME FATALITIES, THAT WE ARE WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION FROM POLICE. WE WILL LIVE ON AIR WE HAD A SERIES OF GUN SHOTS IN QUICK SUCCESSION, AND WE SAW A POLICE OFFICER, WE HAVE PICTURES OF THE POLICE OFFICER BEING TAKEN AWAY IN AN AMBULANCE. STILL AN UNFOLDING SITUATION HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE POLICE CARS, A LINE OF THEM GOING DOWN THE STREET, ALSO SEVERAL AMBULANCES OUTSIDE THAT BUILDING, WHERE THE POLICE AND ALSO, WE UNDERSTAND, SOME AMBULANCE WORKERS HAVE GONE INSIDE. IT IS VERY MUCH AN UNFOLDING SITUATION. EVERYONE HAS BEEN TOLD TO STAY AWAY FROM THIS AREA. THIS WHOLE STREET HAS BEEN CUT OFF. THERE ARE DIPLOMATS IN TOWN FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP. WE ARE OUTSIDE A HOTEL WHERE A COUPLE OF TEAMS ARE STAYING. IT IS A LOCKDOWN SITUATION AT THE MOMENT. WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY BY THEIR BOSSES TO ANOTHER LOCATION, ALL VERY SHAKEN. ONE OF THEM SAID HE COULDN'T BELIEVE SOMETHING THAT THIS COULD EVER HAPPEN IN AUCKLAND. IT IS A SCARY SITUATION, BARB. YOU HAVE BEEN THERE ALL MORNING. CORDONS ARE STILL IN PLACE, SO PEOPLE WHO WOULD NORMALLY BE PASSING THROUGH THAT AREA CAN'T DO SO. EARLIER THIS MORNING, WHEN A BUS CAME THROUGH, PEOPLE COMING OFF A BRITOMART, ONE OF THE ORGAN TRANSPORT GUYS RAN UP AND SAID THERE IS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER, PLEASE STAY INDOORS, STAY INSIDE, DON'T GO INTO THE STREET. ONE OF OUR REPORTERS SAW AN INJURED PERSON BEING TENDED TO BY THE AMBULANCE, LYING ON THE GROUND IN A SIDE STREET AROUND THE BRITOMART AREA, SURROUNDED BY OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. OBVIOUSLY HIS COLLEAGUES. THEY WERE ALSO RUNNING, ALONG WITH POLICE. AND HAS BEEN QUITE THE MORNING. WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ABSOLUTE CHAOS THIS MORNING, IT WAS ORGANISED CHAOS. POLICE AND AMBULANCE SHUT OFF THE STREET SMARTLY. WE WERE RIGHT OUTSIDE THAT BUILDING WHEN IT UNFOLDED. IT WAS A STRONG RESPONSE FROM POLICE IMMEDIATELY. WE SPOKE TO A JOGGER WHO CAME DOWN QUEEN STREET, AROUND 7 O'CLOCK, AND HE HAD SEEN WORKERS COME RUNNING OUT, AND THEY WERE QUITE DISTRESSED. HE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. HE WAS SHAKEN HIMSELF. STILL AN UNFOLDING SITUATION. WE ARE AWAITING A RESPONSE FROM POLICE AND AMBULANCE TO ANYMORE FURTHER UPDATES ON THE SITUATION. BARBARA DREAVER, LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND. A LOT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES STILL AT THE SCENE, AND THAT WAS THE FIRST MENTION OF AMBULANCE WORKERS BEING ALLOWED TO GO INSIDE THE BUILDING. THEY HAVE TOLD US THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE SERIOUSLY INJURED, THREE WITH MODERATE INJURIES. WE UNDERSTAND FROM POLICE THE SHOOTER IS DEAD. WE'LL CROSS LIVE NOW TO CHRIS CHANG, WHO IS IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND. MORENA, TO YOU BOTH. WE HAVE A VEHICLE COMING THROUGH. LISTENING TO WHAT BARB HAD TO SAY, WE ARE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF WHERE BARB WAS, TO SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENTS, THAT EVERYBODY HERE IS IN DISBELIEF. WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO COMMUTERS, COMING OFF THE FERRIES, AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE BUILDING, AND THEY SEEM SHAKEN. ANY TIME WE GO TO SPEAK TO THEM, A SUPERVISOR SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN. EVERYBODY HERE IS STANDING AROUND IN DISBELIEF AS TO WHAT HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED HERE THIS MORNING. IT IS GRIDLOCKED. PEOPLE HAVE COME OUT OF THEIR CARS. IF WE LOOK FURTHER DOWN, IT IS GRIDLOCKED. PEOPLE ARE WAITING. THE COURT AND HAS BEEN SHIFTING. THE CORDON HAS BEEN SHIFTING. THE FAN FESTIVAL IS FRONT OF MIND AT THE MOMENT, WITH THE FIRST GAME THIS EVENING AT 7 O'CLOCK. THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE ON NEW ZEALAND AT THE MOMENT, WITH THIS WORLD CUP GETTING UNDERWAY TONIGHT. EVERYBODY DOWN HERE IN SOME KIND OF SHOCK, AND DISBELIEF AS TO WHAT IT HAS HAPPENED. WE WILL MOVE AROUND THIS WAY, BECAUSE THIS IS THE SCENE OF WHERE THINGS UNFOLDED THIS MORNING. BARB IS ON THE OTHER SIDE. THIS IS REALLY THE CENTRAL HUB FOR ALL TRANSPORTATION COMING INTO AUCKLAND CITY ON A DAILY BASIS. FERRIES, BUSES TRAINS. THE EAGLE HELICOPTER IS STILL GOING. AT THE MOMENT, TRAFFIC IS AT A STANDSTILL. OUTSIDE THE CORDON, PEOPLE ARE GETTING ON WITH THEIR DAILY LIVES. WE WILL BRING ANY MORE UPDATES TO YOU FROM DOWNTOWN HERE IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU. CHRIS AND JENNY MAY IN BRITOMART. TALK ABOUT THE DISRUPTIONS TO TRAFFIC. IF THIS IMPACTS YOU, AUCKLAND TRANSPORT IS RUNNING TRAINS INTO BRITOMART, BUT PEOPLE ARE BEING TAKEN OUT A BACK EXIT, AND THE TRANSPORT IS FREE, TO TRY TO CLEAR THE BACKLOG OF PEOPLE. QUEUES FOR CARS WILL TAKE SOME TIME, SO IF YOU CAN STAY OUT OF THE AREA, DO SO. STAY HOME OR STAY AWAY FROM THE AREA. THREE PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND THREE MODERATELY INJURED. A POLICE SOURCE HAS INDEPENDENTLY TOLD ONE NEWS THAT THE SHOOTER HAS DIED, AND THERE MAY HAVE BEEN TO OTHER FATALITIES. WE ARE WAITING FOR CLARIFICATION FROM POLICE. WE ARE HOPING FOR A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING. WE WILL BE LIVE UNTIL AT LEAST 11 O'CLOCK. A QUICK BREAK NOW. WE ARE STAYING ON AIR LONGER THIS MORNING, BECAUSE OF THIS SITUATION. FOR THOSE OF US JUST JOINING US, HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT. POLICE ARE RESPONDING TO A SERIOUS INCIDENT IN AUCKLAND'S CBD. ST JOHN HAVE SAID THREE PEOPLE ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED, THREE ARE MODERATE. IT IS CONTAINED TO ONE DOWNTOWN BUILDING. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN THE BUILDING HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. ARMED POLICE ARE RESPONDING AND MULTIPLE AMBULANCES ARE ON SITE. THE POLICE ARE URGING THE PUBLIC TO AVOID LOWER QUEEN STREET. ANYONE IN THE AREA IS BEING ASKED TO REMAIN INSIDE. LET'S LOOK AT THE MAP OF AUCKLAND'S CBD. THIS SHOWS THE ROAD CLOSURES WE KNOW OF. IF YOU KNOW AUCKLAND, TO THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, THE MAIN ROAD IS QUAY STREET THAT RUNS ALONGSIDE THE FERRY BUILDING. SOME OF THE ROADS TO THE TRAIN STATION BLOCKED OFF AND CLOSED. THE BUILDING WHERE THE PULSATING CIRCLES THAT IS THE BUILDING IN THE CENTRE OF THIS, WHERE THOSE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE, AND WHERE THE ACTIVE SHOOTER ENTERED THE BUILDING. WE HEARD FROM MIC EARLIER ON THE PHONE, AND HE WAS ON LEVEL 3 OF THAT BUILDING. ONE OF HIS COLLEAGUES WENT OUTSIDE TO THE HALLWAY AND SAW THE ACTIVE SHOOTER. THEY BARRICADED THE DOORS AND HID UNDER TABLES. IT WAS TERRIFYING FOR THOSE ON THE GROUND. SOME OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, ALTHOUGH A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN EVACUATED, SOME OF THEM REMAIN ON THE ROOF OF THAT CONSTRUCTION SITE. IT IS A MULTI-STORY BUILDING. THIS AREA HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR A LONG TIME. PORTIONS OF IT HAVE ONLY RECENTLY OPENED AFTER LOCKDOWNS. THIS WAS ONE BUILDING STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THIS INCIDENT UNFOLDED ON THE THIRD FLOOR. THAT WAS THE MAIN STAGING AREA, WHERE A LOT OF MATERIALS USED IN CONSTRUCTION ARE ON THE SITE. IT IS WHERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES HAVE OFFICES. THAT IS ONE OF THE ISSUES, WITH GETTING THE SCENE SAFE IN ACCOUNTING FOR EVERYBODY ` THERE ARE DOZENS OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION, AND HUNDREDS OF STAFF ALREADY AT WORK WHEN THIS INCIDENT UNFOLDED. WE'LL CROSS LIVE NOW TO LOGAN CHURCH. AT THE BOTTOM OF QUEEN STREET AND CUSTOMS STREET, WHERE THIS HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE. POLICE HAVE SET UP A HARD CORDON. THAT IS COMMERCIAL BAY BEHIND US. THE BUILDING IS JUST BEHIND THAT. THE CORDON RUNS ALONG THE BOTTOM OF QUEEN STREET NEAR THE FERRY TERMINAL OVER HERE, POLICE HAVE ALSO CORDONED THE ROAD OUT THERE. THIS AREA WOULD TYPICALLY BE TEEMING WITH COMMUTERS COMING UP TO 10 O'CLOCK. A LOT LESS PEOPLE HERE NOW THAN THERE WERE EARLIER. THAT IS PARTLY BECAUSE POLICE ARE TELLING EVERYBODY TO STAY AWAY. THERE IS ANOTHER CORDON JUST UP THE ROAD, STOPPING VEHICLES AND BUSES. WE HAVE HEARD THE FERRY TERMINAL AT THE END OF QUEEN STREET HAS REOPENED, AND THERE ARE SOME PUBLIC TRANSPORT HAPPENING AROUND THE LOWER CITY. NOTHING AROUND HERE. COMMUTERS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO EXPECT DISRUPTIONS THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MORNING. THOSE CBD ROADS WILL BE CLOSED. LOWER HOBSON STREET, QUAY ST, LOWER ALBERT. A LOT OF DISRUPTION EARLY ON, AS YOU TALK TO A WITNESS EARLIER. TELL US HER SCENARIO. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SIMPLY CAUGHT OUT. THIS HAPPENED GOING INTO RUSH-HOUR. ONE WOMAN SAID SHE WAS HEADING TO WORK, AND HEARD LOUD GUNSHOTS. SHE RAN UP WHERE WE ARE AND HID BEHIND DOORS. MANY ARE STILL ON LOCKDOWN. THE BUILDINGS BEHIND ME. WE SPOKE TO A MAN A SHORT TIME AGO, A CONSTRUCTION WORKER ON-SITE WHERE THE INCIDENT WAS. PEOPLE RAN AWAY FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SITE SAYING THERE WAS A MAN THERE WITH A GUN. THE POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE SHOOTER HAS DIED. IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT THIS IS AN INCIDENT THAT HAS RATTLED MANY HERE IN AUCKLAND THIS MORNING. MANY HAVE TOLD US THERE SEEMS TO BE AN UPTICK IN VIOLENCE AND OTHER ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE RECENT MONTHS AND YEARS, BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS. IT IS NOT OFTEN THAT THIS HAPPENS IN A BIGGER CITY. WE WILL CROSS BACK TO YOU AS THIS INCIDENT CONTINUES. THERE HAS BEEN A SHOOTING AT CONSTRUCTION SITE IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND. WE UNDERSTAND FROM POLICE SOURCES THAT THE SHOOTER IS DEAD. WE HAVE CONFLICTING REPORTS OF HOW THAT UNFOLDED, BUT SHORTLY AFTER THE POLICE WENT TO THE SCENE GUNSHOTS WENT OFF AND POLICE AND HELICOPTERS OVERHEAD MOVED AWAY FROM THE SCENE. THERE ARE LOTS OF CORD AND STILL IN PLACE. WE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE MULTIPLE INSTRUCTION WORKERS STILL ON TOP OF THE BUILDING, WHERE THIS ALL UNFOLDED. IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO GET THE DETAILS OF THIS CASE. WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM POLICE. WE HAVE HAD BITS OF INFORMATION FROM THEM THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. WE EXPECT THEY WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE AT SOME POINT. AS WITH THE SHOOTINGS THAT WE SEE OVERSEAS IN THE UNITED STATES, TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET ALL THE DETAILS OF WHAT HAS UNFOLDED, . BECAUSE THEY ARE CONTINUING SITUATIONS THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THE BUILDING SITE AND WORK AS A SAFE. WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM POLICE. POLICE HAVE CONTAINED AN INCIDENT IN A CONSTRUCTION SITE AT AUCKLAND CBD THIS MORNING. MULTIPLE INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. WE CAN CONFIRM TO PEOPLE HAVE DIED. THE MALE OFFENDER IS DECEASED. THREE DEAD PEOPLE AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. AT UNFOLDED AFTER A PERSON IS CHARGED A PERSON INSIDE THE SITE ON LOWER QUEEN STREET AROUND 722 THIS MORNING. POLICE RESPONDED IN THE AREA IS CORDONED OFF. THE POLICE EAGLE HELICOPTER WAS DEPLOYED OVERSIGHT. THE OFFENDER HAS MOVED THROUGH THE BUILDING SITE DISCHARGING HIS FIREARM. UPON REACHING UPPER LEVELS, THE MAIL WAS IN THE ELEVATOR SHAFT. STAFF ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE WITH THEM. SHOTS WERE FIRED FROM THE MAIL AND HE WAS DECEASED A SHORT TIME LATER. DETAILS OF WHAT EXACTLY OCCURRED ARE EMERGING. THEY WILL PROVIDE UPDATES AS THEY CAN. THEY WANT TO REASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT THIS INCIDENT IS NOW CONTAINED AND WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. TODAY WAS, OR IS, THE OPENING DAY OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP. WHERE THIS BUILDING AS IS LOCATED A COUPLE OF HUNDRED METRES FROM THAT FAN BASE AT CLOUD'S WATERFRONT. A TERRIFYING SITUATION FOR THOSE AROUND THE BUILDING, BUT MORE SO FOR THOSE INSIDE THE BUILDING AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. WE HEARD FROM MICK. HE WAS IN LEVEL 3 OF THE BUILDING WHEN HE SAW THE ACTIVE SHOOTER. HERE'S WHAT HE SAW. HE CAME UP THROUGH THE MAIN ENTRANCE ONTO LEVEL THREE. HE STARTED TO SHOOT. WE GOT INTO WORK FIVE MINUTES EARLIER AND WERE PLANNING OUR DAY. WE HEARD A MASSIVE GUNSHOT. ONE OF THE GUYS WALKED OUT OF THE OFFICE AND CAME BACK IN SAYING THERE WAS SOMEONE WITH A GUN OUTSIDE. WE HEARD GUNSHOTS A FEW METRES AWAY. THE BARRICADED THE DOOR TO THE OFFICE WE WERE SITTING IN. WE STARTED HIDING UNDER DESKS AND WAITED. EIGHT OF US WERE IN THE ROOM. WE STARTED THROWING ANYTHING WE COULD AT THE DOOR. IT WAS DAUNTING BECAUSE THE DOOR WAS SLIM. IT OPENED INWARDS. IF SOMEONE HAD RIPPED IT OFF, IT WOULDN'T BE TOO HARD. WE WAITED. BEING YOUNG, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND MORTALITY. SITTING UNDERNEATH THE DESK HEARING GUNSHOTS DROVE IT IN. A TERRIFYING SITUATION FOR THOSE INSIDE THE BUILDING AT THE TIME. A NUMBER OF THOSE WORKERS MANAGED TO GET OUT, BUT SOME ARE STILL ON THE ROOF. THIS IS THE LATEST UPDATE FROM POLICE. MULTIPLE INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. AT THIS STAGE, POLICE CAN CONFIRM TO VICTIMS HAVE DIED. THE MALE OFFENDER AT THE SCENE HAS ALSO DIED. WE'LL CROSS LIVE NOW TO BARBARA DREAVER. BARB, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US. JUST MOMENTS AGO, WE SAW AN AMBULANCE BACKING INTO THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. WE HAVE RECONFIRMED DEAD, SO THAT AMBULANCE AND POLICE WERE MORE RELAXED, BUT THEY HAVE HAD TO CORD IN THE BUILDING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL IS SAFE. THOSE WORKERS ARE STILL ON THE TOP FLOOR, STILL WAITING TO BE EVACUATED. ALL THOSE OTHER WORKERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE BUILDING AND MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION. VERY SHAKEN, THEIR HANDS ARE SHAKING, THEY WERE PALE, AND THEY SAID TO ME WHILE THEY WERE SAFE, THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE THIS IT HAPPENED. THERE IS STILL A LONG LINE OF POLICE CARS DOWN THE STREET, BUT THE POLICE HAVE THEIR ARMS MORE RELAXED. IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, YOU DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE IT IN DOWNTOWN, ESPECIALLY AT THE FIFA WORLD CUP OPENING. THERE IS A LOT OF DIPLOMATS IN TOWN. PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO COME OUT OF THE HOTEL'S. I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE WALKING AROUND THE VIADUCT. IT IS STARTING TO EASE. WE ARE WAITING FOR DETAILS FROM THE POLICE. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. THE COURT AND WILL BE IN PLACE FOR SOME TIME. TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE SHOOTER. WE WILL CROSS TO STACEY. THE EXECUTIVE GENERAL MANAGER OF SAFETY. THIS IS AN UNFOLDING SITUATION, BUT WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE SITUATION IN TERMS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT CANCELLATIONS? THIS MORNING HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY DISRUPTIVE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT. WHAT WE KNOW NOW IS THAT SERVICES ARE RESUMING BACK THROUGH THAT AREA. GIVEN THE CORD AND IS STILL IN PLACE, THAT IS GOING TO MEAN A LEVEL OF DISRUPTION FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. FERRIES ARE ALLOWED BACK IN. BRITOMART IS OPEN. THE WESTERN END WAS CLOSED EARLIER. A LEVEL OF DISRUPTION AS SERVICES RESUME AS THE COURT AND IS IN PLACE. WILL BE UPDATING OUR CUSTOMERS ON 18 MOBILE. CHECK AND TO THE WEBSITE. WE HEARD FROM SOMEONE WHO MENTIONED THAT YOU WILL BE PROVIDING FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORT AS RESULT OF THE INCIDENT. CAN I GET CLARIFICATION ON THE? THERE IS NO FEE FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORT. WHAT WE HAVE STARTING LATER IN THE DAY AS FIFA. THAT IS DIFFERENT. WITH THAT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS INCLUDED WITH THE. IN TERMS OF THAT, IT IS DISRUPTIVE THIS MORNING, BUT WE WOULD KINDLY ASK OUR CUSTOMERS TO TAKE ON AND OFF AS USUAL. HAVE YOU GOT A LOT OF SCHEDULE ISSUES, HAVING STAFF THAT ROSTERS ARE BEING IMPACTED BY DELAYS AND DISRUPTIONS? WILL IT CAUSE PROBLEMS LATER IN THE DAY WITH LARGE PEOPLE MOVING AROUND THE CITY? WE ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS FURTHER IN TERMS OF THAT. PARTICULARLY WITH BUS SERVICES, WE HAVE A LOT OF BUS SERVICES THAT PASS THROUGH THAT LOWER ALBERT AREA AND THROUGH CUSTOMS STREET. ESTABLISHING DIRECTION FOR OUR BUS DRIVERS AND THE LIKE SO THEY KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING. WHAT WE CAN SEE AT THE MOMENT IS THERE IS CONGESTION IN TERMS OF THE BUSES TRYING TO GET THROUGH TURNING IN BACK AROUND. IT WILL BE DISRUPTIVE. YOU PROGRESS WITH THAT. THEY ARE RESUMING ACROSS THE NETWORK. A LOT OF PEOPLE NEEDING TO GET TO EDEN PARK FOR THE START OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP THIS EVENING. IS THERE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME OF THE SERVICES MIGHT BE DISRUPTED AS A RESULT OF THE FLOW ON EFFECT OF THIS MORNING'S INTERRUPTIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO THINK WE ARE IN A POSITION THIS AFTERNOON. I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL BE BACK ON TRACK ON TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. STACEY, THE EXECUTIVE OF SAFETY FOR AUCKLAND TRANSPORT. NOW WE KNOW THE SITUATION IS UNDER CONTROL AND HAS BEEN RESOLVED, POLICE ARE REASSURING THE PUBLIC THAT IT IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND THERE ARE NO NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS. THAT IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE, BECAUSE TODAY IS THE OPENING DAY OF THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. THERE ARE DIPLOMATS AND OFFICIALS IN INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAMS IN TOWN SECURITY HAS BEEN RAMPED UP ACROSS A NUMBER OF CITIES IN NEW ZEALAND. WE WILL CROSS NOW TO CHRIS CHANG IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND. THERE ARE DIPLOMATS, THE FIFA PRESIDENT, THE US PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION INCLUDING HARRIS'S HUSBAND FOR THE OPENING GAME TONIGHT, 7 O'CLOCK. WE HAVE BEEN AT THE CLUB THIS MORNING, WHERE THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SHOW ABOUT THE FIFA FAN FESTIVAL, THE BUILDUP AND COLOUR, THE EXCITEMENT OF THE WORLD CUP. THE FOOTBALL FERNS, THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM PLAYING TONIGHT, HAVE RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THEY ARE SHOCKED BY THE INCIDENT IN THE AUCKLAND CBD THIS MORNING. ALL THE FOOTBALL FERNS TEAM A SAFE. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COMMENT FURTHER ON DETAILS STILL EMERGING. US NATIONALS HAVE RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THEY ARE ALL SAFE AND WELL AND PROCEEDING AS NORMAL. NOTHING YET FROM THE FIFA AND TERMS OF DISRUPTION TO FOOTBALL FERNS. THE CLOUD WILL OPEN AT MIDDAY. FOOTBALL FERNS HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN WITH WORLD CUP MERCHANDISE, TRYING TO GET TOWARDS THE CLOUD. NO WORD FROM FIFA ON HOW THAT WILL PLAY OUT. THE SECURITY CONCERNS AS WELL. IT IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, SO IT MAY BE SEPARATE TO THE FIFA WORLD CUP, BUT THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE ON US. THEY ARE ON AUCKLAND, BECAUSE THIS IS THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENT TO BE HELD IN NEW ZEALAND'S HISTORY. WHILST THE TWO INCIDENTS US SEPARATE, THE PROXIMITY MEANS IT IS GOING TO BE LINKED NO MATTER WHAT. SECURITY WILL BE A CONCERN. GOOD TO HEAR THOSE TEAMS ARE SAFE AND WELL. THAT IS CHRIS LIE FOR US. LET'S RECAP WHAT POLICE HAS TOLD US. THIS INCIDENT UNFOLDED AROUND 722 THIS MORNING. TO HAPPEN MULTIPLE INJURIES REPORTED. POLICE CAN CONFIRM THAT TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED AS WELL AS THE MALE OFFENDER, WHO HAS ALSO DIED. HE ENTERED THE BUILDING JUST AFTER 722 THIS MORNING. MOVED THROUGH THE BUILDING SITE AND CONTINUE TO DISCHARGE HIS FIREARM. UPON REACHING THE UPPER LEVELS, HE CONTAINED HIMSELF IN THE ELEVATOR SHAFT, WHERE FURTHER SHOTS WERE FIRED. POLICE ARE REASSURING US THIS IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THEY HAVE THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL. WE HAVE REPORTERS LIVE AT THE SCENE. FOR THOSE OF YOU JUST JOINING US, HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW. POLICE HAVE CONTAINED A SERIOUS INCIDENT THAT UNFOLDED AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN AUCKLAND'S CBD AROUND 7.20 THIS MORNING. MULTIPLE INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. POLICE CAN CONFIRM TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED. THE MALE OFFENDER IS ALSO DECEASED. WORKERS ARE STILL ON THE TOP FLOOR OF THE BUILDING, WAITING TO BE EVACUATED. THE PUBLIC ARE STILL BEING ASKED TO AVOID THE AREA. NAVEEN KUMAR IS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER AND WAS PRESENT DURING THE SHOOTINGS EARLIER THIS MORNING. HE TOLD 1 NEWS THE SHOOTER WAS A COLLEAGUE. THEY SAY HE WENT STRAIGHT TO THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE BUILDING, WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY'S OFFICE WAS. SO WE PRETTY MUCH KNEWSITE SIDE POCKET SIDE POCKET ONE THAT HE'S GOING TO BE A CO-WORKER OR SOMETHING. YOU HEARD THAT HE WAS A CO-WORKER? YEAH. HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? YOU MUST BE GUTTED. YEAH, LIKE, WE WERE JUST REALLY SCARED FOR OUR LIFE, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THEY SAID THE PERSON HAS A SHOTGUN IN HIS HAND. THE FIRST THING I DID WAS JUST GRAB MY HELMET. I KNOW IT'S GONNA SOUND SILLY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING. THAT'S NOT A BULLET-PROOF HELMET. BUT, YEAH, THAT'S THE FIRST THING I DID. WE WERE LIKE, REALLY, REALLY SCARED. COS YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BULLET'S GONNA TO COME FROM AND WHERE IT'S GONNA GO. IT WAS HIS COLLEAGUE WHO WAS THE SHOOTER. WE HEARD FROM A WITNESS WHO SAID HE WAS ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE BUILDING, WHERE HIS OFFICE AND THE MAIN STAGING AREA FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS ARE WHEN THEY HEARD THE GUNMAN COME IN. THEY HAD TO WAIT BEFORE THEY COULD GET OUT OF THE BUILDING. THEY REPORTED HEARING AROUND FIVE OR SIX GUNSHOTS. THEN THE GUNMAN HEADED TO THE STAIRCASE. THE GUNMAN THEN MOVE THROUGH THE BUILDING, AND AFTER AN INCIDENT INVOLVING POLICE, THE GUNMAN HAS DIED. JACOB JOHNSON IS STANDING BY ON COMMERCE STREET WITH AN UPDATE. I AM AT THE CORNER OF COMMERCE AND QUAY STREET, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE AT THE CORDON, PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF WHETHER THEY SHOULD COME TO WORK OR GET HOME, AND A NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, SOME AT THE DOCK AND SOME AT THE SITE. MANY DON'T WANT TO TALK, BUT THERE IS A SENSE OF TRYING TO WORK OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. IT WAS 2 1/2 HOURS AGO THIS INCIDENT UNFOLDED. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A LARGE POLICE PRESENCE IN AUCKLAND. THE OFFENDER HAS NOW DIED. TO OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED, AND A NUMBER INJURED. NO UPDATE ON WHEN THE CORDON WILL BE DOWN, BUT WE EXPECT POLICE TO FRONT A BIT LATER TODAY. WE UNDERSTAND THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BE HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE AT ABOUT 10.15. THERE WERE OBVIOUSLY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AT WORK IN THIS BUILDING SITE. A MULTI-STORY BUILDING. GETTING A HEAD COUNT IS OBVIOUSLY OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO THE FIRMS INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT. IT IS A BIG DAY FOR AUCKLAND, WITH THE OPENING DAY OF THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. WE CROSSED TO CHRIS CHANG, WHO WAS AT THE CLOUD. IT STARTED ON A MORNING WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT CELEBRATING WHAT WAS GOING TO BE AN EPIC OPENING FOOTBALL MATCH TONIGHT FOR THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP WITH THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM KICKING THINGS OFF. EVERYTHING TOOK A DIFFERENT TURN AROUND 7.20 THIS MORNING. BEHIND ME IS THE SCENE. WE HAVE SEEN A TRICKLING OF PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE FERRY TERMINALS BEHIND US AS WELL, AND A NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO WERE NOT INSIDE THE BUILDING AT THE TIME, BUT THAT WERE TAKEN OFF TO THE SIDE, SO THAT POLICE COULD DO WITNESS STATEMENTS. WE HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SLOWLY, AS THIS MORNING HAS UNFOLDED, COME DOWN TOWARDS THE CORDON. A NUMBER OF PEOPLE STANDING AROUND, UNCERTAIN AS TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED. WHAT WAS A DYNAMIC SITUATION FOR AN HOUR AND �, WE HEARD THE EAGLE CHOPPER FOR QUITE SOME TIME. IT WAS QUITE DYNAMIC FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME, AND FOR THE LAST WHILE IT HAS BEEN MORE CALM. PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR THE CORDON CHANGE. POLICE PRESENCE HAS BEEN THE SAME FOR THE LAST WHILE. A FEW AMBULANCE VEHICLES COMING AND GOING, BUT THE TRAFFIC IS BACKLOGGED. THIS IS THE MAJOR TRANSPORT HUB FOR AUCKLAND. WE HAVE HAD FERRIES, BUSES, TRAINS. ARE DISRUPTIVE MORNING, BUT THAT IS NOT THE IMPORTANT THING IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS, WHEN LIVES ARE AT STAKE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE IN DISBELIEF. EARLIER, WHEN THE CORDONS WERE OPENED UP, AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE ALLOWED TO COME HERE, MANY WERE EMOTIONAL. YOU COULD SEE THAT THERE WAS SOME DISTRESS, BUT NOT WILLING TO SHARE OR TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY SAW OR HEARD ALL THE EXPERIENCES THEY HAVE HAD THIS MORNING. AS WE STAND HERE, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE STANDING AROUND, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED. A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ALSO GETTING ON WITH THINGS. THERE IS A BACKUP OF TRAFFIC HERE, AS WE CAN SEE, THE CORDON IS STILL IN PLACE. IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOOTBALL, THERE IS NO LINK THERE, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE ON AUCKLAND TODAY. THE VIEWERSHIP NUMBERS FOR THAT GAME AT EDEN PARK AT 7 O'CLOCK BETWEEN THE FOOTBALL FERNS AND NORWAY, IS ENORMOUS. IT IS A SOLD-OUT CROWD. WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR HERE FROM FIFA ABOUT HOW THAT AFFECTS THEIR PLANS. SOMETIME BEFORE THEN. THE FOOTBALL FERNS ARE SAFE AND WELL. THEY WILL PROCEED AS USUAL. THANKS CHRIS AND JENNY MAY. BE SEE THE CONCERNS AROUND FIFA WILL BE OF CONCERN TO NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO WERE HOPING TO ATTEND, BUT FOR THE TEAMS IN BOLD. NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL ARE SHOCKED BY THE INCIDENT. THEY CAN CONFIRM THAT ALL OF THE NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL TEAM AND STAFF ARE SAFE, BUT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO COMMENT FURTHER WHILE DETAILS ARE STILL EMERGING. THE US TEAM HAS ISSUED A STATEMENT, SAYING ITS TEAM ARE SAFE, AND SECURITY ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES, AND THEY ARE GOING AHEAD WITH THEIR DAILY SCHEDULE. WE HAVE HAD AN UPDATE FROM OTHER MEDIA, REPORTING ON NORWAY'S TEAM, STAYING A FEW HUNDRED METRES AWAY FROM WHERE THIS UNFOLDED. PLAYERS WOKE UP TO THE SOUND OF THE HELICOPTER OVERHEAD, AND THEY KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING FROM UPDATES ON LOCAL MEDIA, BUT THEY SAY FIFA HAS GOOD SECURITY AT THE HOTEL AND A SECURITY OFFICER WAS WITH THE SQUAD THE ENTIRE TIME. EVERYONE IS PREPARING AS NORMAL FOR THE GAME TONIGHT. THE INCIDENT IS IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND, A MAJOR TRANSPORT HUB FOR FERRIES, ARSES, TRAINS. AND FERRIES ARE ALLOWED BACK IN. TRAINS ARE STILL OPERATING AS USUAL, ALTHOUGH OF COURSE WITH SOME EXPECTED DISRUPTIONS. THIS IS A MAP OF WHERE THE INCIDENT UNFOLDED. THAT BUILDING THERE IS WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION SITE IS. THE BUILDING OPPOSITE IS THE FERRY TERMINAL. THIS IS A MAJOR HUB FOR A LOT OF COMMUTERS, A LOT OF PEOPLE HEADING INTO THE CENTRAL CITY. LOCAL RESIDENT KENT HARRISON HAPPENED TO BE FILMING FROM HIS APARTMENT WHEN THE GUNSHOTS WERE FIRED AROUND 8AM, THE SOUND ECHOING ACROSS THE SQUARE. (GUNSHOTS ECHO) SOMETHING'S GOING DOWN. IT'S PRETTY MAJOR. THERE'S GUNSHOTS. (GUNSHOTS ECHO) SOMETHING'S GOING DOWN. IT'S PRETTY MAJOR. THERE'S GUNSHOTS. WE PAY THAT CLICK TWICE BECAUSE IT IS VERY COMPELLING. POLICE CONFIRMED TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED, AS WELL AS THE MALE OFFENDER. A HUGE DISRUPTION THIS MORNING TO THE DAILY COMMUTE FOR MANY AUCKLANDERS, BUT A WORRYING TIME FOR WORKERS AND BUILDINGS NEARBY. WE CAN TALK NOW TO SIMON BRIDGES, CEO OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS CHAMBER. AROUND EIGHT MY WIFE CALLED ME, AS I WAS WALKING TO THE CBD. OBVIOUSLY IT IS AWFUL. CLEARLY, THE LOSS OF LIFE, THOSE WHO PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY TO KEEP US SAFE BUT ALSO A BIGGER PICTURE, WHICH IS NOT AS BIG A DEAL AS THOUGH SAFETY ISSUES, AROUND A LOT OF WORKERS IN THE CBD WILL BE ANXIOUS STAYING IN THEIR OFFICES. I AM IN THE UPPER CBD, AND IT IS QUITE SURREAL, BECAUSE WE HEAR BUSES GOING, PEOPLE WALKING AROUND, BUT A KILOMETRE OR TWO AWAY, WE KNOW WHAT HAS UNFOLDED. SIMON, THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED. WE HEAR ABOUT THIS OVERSEAS. WE REPORT ON THESE INCIDENTS FROM OVERSEAS A LOT, BUT NOT THE KIND OF THING WE EVER SEE HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. IT IS SHOCKING. WE ARE TAKING IT IN. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, IT IS NOT THE SORT OF THING WE THINK HAPPENS AROUND US, AND YET IT HAS. OBVIOUSLY, SAFETY AND PEOPLE SAFETY IS THE CONCERN, AS IT UNFOLDS. IT IS GOOD TO HAVE A SENSE THAT WE ARE SAFE, AND THAT HAS BEEN DEALT WITH, FUNDAMENTALLY. WHAT IS ALSO TRUE AS WE WILL SEE OTHER RAMIFICATIONS. IN THIS AWFUL TRAGEDY, IT IS NOT AT THE SAME LEVEL, BUT IT IS TRAGEDY THAT WE HAVE, EVERY SO OFTEN, THE GLARE OF THE WORLD ON US. THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THEY WILL SEE IN RELATION TO NEW ZEALAND, IT IS NOT OUR AUCKLAND, OUR NEW ZEALAND AS WE KNOW IT. THIS IS A BUSY AREA. THAT SITE HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR YEARS AND WILL HAVE HAD HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON IT. PAINT A PICTURE FOR VIEWERS OUTSIDE AUCKLAND ABOUT HOW BUSY THIS AREA IS AT THAT TIME OF DAY. IT IS PEAK TIME, AROUND EIGHTISH. I WAS GETTING TEXT MESSAGES AND EMAILS FROM PEOPLE WANTING TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT IS GOING ON. THE CBD HOLLOWED OUT WITH COVID 19, BUT THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE EVERY MONTH, FROM ABOUT MARCH. THERE WILL BE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AROUND. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE, I KNOW WHERE IT IS AND WHAT IS GOING ON, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF WORKERS ON THAT SITE. THEY WILL ALL BE SITTING THERE NOW SAYING TO THEMSELVES, THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, SIMON BRIDGES. WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH WORKERS AND COMMUTERS AROUND BRITOMART THIS MORNING. CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SAW OR HEARD? ALL OF US BRACED FOR IMPACT. JUST UNREAL. WE WERE IN THAT CONSTRUCTION SITE. ALL THE COP CARS AND AMBULANCES. ARMED OFFENDERS. WE HEARD A FEW GUNSHOTS. ACTUALLY QUITE NERVOUS. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE LIKE HERE AND THERE FOR SOME SHOOTING GOING ON. EVERYBODY IS PANICKED. HECTIC. I WAS ON THE BUS GOING IN, AND GOT MESSAGES FROM MY FRIENDS SAYING, 'ARE YOU GOING IN TO THE OFFICE?' BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE... POLICE CARS EVERYWHERE. AND IT'S ALL BLOCKED, SO I DON'T KNOW. WE ALSO DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, IS PACKED WITH POLICE CARS. AS UNFOLDED, A LOT OF CONFUSION AND CONCERN FROM PEOPLE IN THE AREA. WE ARE EXPECTING MORE UPDATES AS THIS INCIDENT HAS NOW RESOLVED. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN IS STANDING BY AT PARLIAMENT AHEAD OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S BRIEFING. LET'S GO TO HER NOW. MAIKI. WE ARE AWAITING THE PRIME MINISTERS UPDATE. WE CAN TELL YOU IT HAS BEEN DELAYED BY AROUND FIVE MINUTES. IT WAS SET TO START AT AROUND 1015. WE ARE STANDING BY OUTSIDE THE BEEHIVE THEATRE AT PARLIAMENT. CHRIS HIPKINS WAS TRAVELLING TO HAMILTON THIS MORNING WITH MINISTER MEGAN WOODS. THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY THERE TO MAKE AN ENERGY ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY. WHEN THE NEWS OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER BEGAN BREAKING THIS MORNING, THE PRIME MINISTER IMMEDIATELY TURNED AROUND AND MADE HIS WAY BACK HERE TO PARLIAMENT. HE RECEIVED A BRIEFING FROM OFFICIALS AND AN UPDATE FROM POLICE. WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR THE VERY LATEST FROM THE PRIME MINISTER ON THAT NOW. I UNDERSTAND GRANT ROBERTSON MAY BE THERE TO UPDATE US ON ANY FIFA DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL. THAT IS RIGHT. THE SPORTING MINISTER, HE WILL BE IN THE THEATRE IT. IT IS UNSURE YET AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE WILL TAKE THE STAGE. IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC WESTERNS FOR HIM HE WILL DO SO. THE PRIME MINISTER WAS SET TO ATTEND THE OPENING GAME OF THE WOMEN'S FIFA WORLD CUP IN AUCKLAND THIS EVENING. THERE IS STILL NO DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE WILL GO TO THAT GAME. HOPEFULLY HE WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THAT AS WELL. CERTAINLY, A LOT OF MOVEMENT HERE AT PARLIAMENT, WITH THE MEDIA SETTING UP, AWAITING THE LATEST DETAILS. THE NATION IS TUNING IN TO HEAR FROM THE PRIME MINISTER, EXACTLY WHAT HAS UNFOLDED THIS MORNING IN AUCKLAND. JUST COMING IN ON THE TAXI THIS MORNING, I WAS WATCHING THE EVENTS UNFOLD MYSELF. THE TAXI DRIVER WAS. ALARMED TO HEAR WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN AUCKLAND EVERYBODY HAS EYES ON AUCKLAND AND ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY. THANKS. THANKS. WE WILL BE BACK WITH YOU SHORTLY. THE STATEMENT HAS BEEN DELAYED FOR A FEW MINUTES. THE PRIME MINISTER WILL UPDATE LIVE ON OUR PROGRAM THE INCIDENT THAT HAS UNFOLDED IN THE AUCKLAND CBD THIS MORNING. WE ARE EXPECTING AN UPDATE FROM GRANT ROBERTSON THE SPORTS MINISTER BECAUSE THIS HAS DEFERRED ON THE OPENING DAY OF THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. FIFA HAS ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THERE WERE NO EXECUTIVES IN THE AREA AT THE TIME THIS UNFOLDED. THE US EMBASSY HAS ITS HEADQUARTERS JUST ALONG, A COUPLE OF BLOCKS ALONG FROM WHERE THE SHOOTER ENTERED THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE OFFICE IS STILL IN LOCKDOWN. THE US VP'S HUSBAND IS IN THE COUNTRY. HE IS SAFE. WE ARE AWAITING THE PRESS CONFERENCE. WE'LL CROSS LIVE NOW TO BARBARA DREAVER. BARB, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? WE HAVE SEEN A SECOND AMBULANCE GO INTO THAT CONSTRUCTION SITE. THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE BUILDING A HOTEL. ON TOP OF THE ROOF, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WORKERS WAITING TO BE EVACUATED. MOST OF THE WORKERS HAPPEN ALREADY GONE. POLICE ARE ON THE SCENE. RIGHT OUTSIDE THAT BUILDING EARLY THIS MORNING, POLICE RUSHED INSIDE ARMED. WE SAW AND HEARD GUNSHOTS ON BREAKFAST AND ONE NEWS. A SERIES OF GUNSHOTS. SOON AFTER THAT, A POLICEMAN ESCORTED TO AN AMBULANCE SURROUNDED BY COLLEAGUES. REPORTER SAW ANOTHER MAN BEING TREATED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE BRIT oMART CENTRE SURROUNDED BY COLLEAGUES. POLICE WITH THEIR. THREE DEAD, INCLUDING THE GUNMEN. WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR MORE INFORMATION, AS IT IS STILL VERY MUCH AN UNFOLDING SITUATION DOWN HERE. THESE ROADS ARE GOING TO BE CLOSED OFF FOR MOST OF THE DAY. POLICE ARE ARMED. IT IS VERY MUCH A MORE RELAXED ATMOSPHERE DOWN HERE. WE ARE SEEING AMBULANCES LINED UP ON THE ROAD BEHIND US. TO HAVE GONE INTO THE SITE. WE ARE WAITING AND SEEING. THOSE WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH A HORRIFYING ORDEAL. WE HEARD FROM SOME WHO SAW THE SHOOTER AND HAD TO HIDE. WE WERE WATCHING THEM AS THEY WERE HIDING BEHIND PILLARS, UP IN THE BUILDING ON THE 15TH FLOOR. WE COULD SEE THEM CROUCHING DOWN. SOME OF THEM WERE UP HIGH. WHEN THE GUNFIRE WENT OFF IN A QUICK SUCCESSION, WE SAW THOSE PEOPLE. THEY WERE RIGHT THERE ON THE SCENE. VERY MUCH AN UNFOLDING SITUATION. I CAN SEE THE POLICE BEHIND US. THEY ARE STILL ARMED. WE WILL WAIT TO GET ANY UPDATES FROM THEM. THANK YOU. BARBARA HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE OR MORNING. AS THIS HAS GONE ON FOR SEVERAL HOURS NOW, AUTHORITIES HAVE TRIED TO OPEN UP PART OF THAT CBD AREA TO TRY AND GET THE AREA OPEN AGAIN WITH ALL THE MORNING COMMUTERS. FERRIES ARE RUNNING. BUSES ARE RE-ROUTED. TRAIN SERVICES ARE RUNNING. PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO AVOID THE AREA. IT IS A CRIME SCENE. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PRIME MINISTER. THIS MORNING AT 7:23 AM, POLICE REPORTED A A MAN SHOOTING ON CENTRAL AUCKLAND AND LOWER QUEEN STREET. 7:34 AM, POLICE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. THE ARMED OFFENDERS SQUAD ARRIVED FOUR MINUTES LATER. IT IS WITH DEEP SORROW THAT I CAN CONFIRM THAT TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED. AT THIS STAGE, VI OTHERS HAVE BEEN INJURED, INCLUDING POLICE. THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO AUCKLAND HOSPITAL. POLICE HAVE ALSO CONFIRMED THE SHOOTER IS ALSO DEAD. THE ASSESSMENT FROM OFFICIALS AS THERE IS NO INITIAL SECURITY RISK. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT LEVEL. THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE SO FAR. THE OFFENDER WAS ARMED WITH A PUMP ACTION SHOTGUN. HE MOVED TO THE BUILDING SITE DISCHARGING THE FIREARM AS HE WENT. UPON REACHING THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE BUILDING, THE MAN WAS IN AN ELEVATOR. SHOTS WERE FIRED, AND HE WAS LOCATED A SHORT TIME LATER. I WANT TO THANK THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE NEW ZEALAND POLICE, WHO RAN INTO THE GUNFIRE, STRAIGHT IN THE HARMS WAY, IN ORDER TO SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS. THESE KIND OF SITUATIONS MOVE FAST. THE ACTIONS OF THOSE WHO RISK THEIR LIVES TO SAVE OTHERS ARE NOTHING SHORT OF HEROIC. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE AMBULANCE FIRST RESPONDERS, WHO WERE THERE QUICKLY ON THE SCENE THIS MORNING. THIS IS STILL AN ONGOING POLICE OPERATION. I HAVE LIMITED FURTHER INFORMATION TO PROVIDE AT THIS TIME. POLICE WILL BE PROVIDING FURTHER UPDATES DURING THE DAY. SHORTLY I WILL BE LEAVING TO TRAVEL TO AUCKLAND TO JOIN THE POLICE COMMISSIONER, WHO IS ALSO ON HIS WAY TO THE SCENE. CLEARLY WITH THE FIFA WORLD CUP KICKING OFF THIS EVENING, THERE ARE A LOT OF EYES ON AUCKLAND. THE GOVERNMENT HAS SPOKEN TO FIFA ORGANISERS IS THIS MORNING. THE TOURNAMENT WILL RECEDE AS PLANNED. I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THERE IS NO WIDER NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE ACTIONS OF ONE INDIVIDUAL. AUCKLAND AND THOSE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD CAN BE ASSURED THAT POLICE HAVE NEUTRALISE THE THREAT AND THEY ARE NO SEEKING ANYBODY ELSE IN RELATION TO THE INCIDENT. NEW ZEALANDERS SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF THOSE OF THE VISITORS IS OUR FIRST PRIORITY. WHILE THERE IS LIMITED INFORMATION THAT I CAN SHARE, I WILL TAKE QUESTIONS. THE POLICE NEUTRALISE THE THREAT BY KILLING THE OFFENDER? I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION. WAS THE OFFENDER WEARING AN ANKLE BRACELET? HOW ARE THEY ABLE TO GET INTO THAT BUILDING WITH A SHOTGUN? I AM NOT ABLE TO SHARE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR IDENTITY ALL THE DETAILS OF THE INDIVIDUAL SHOOTER. POLICE ARE WORKING TO CONFIRM INFORMATION. AS SOON AS THEY ARE IN THE POSITION TO SHARE IT THEY WILL. TO OTHER PEOPLE KILLED. WITH A CIVILIANS OR POLICE OFFICERS? MY UNDERSTANDING IS CIVILIANS AT THIS POINT. NATIONAL SECURITY RISK. WAS IT AN ACT OF TERROR? MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE ADVICE SO FAR IS THERE IS NO IDENTIFYING POLITICAL OR IDEOLOGICAL MOTIVATION FOR THE SHOOTING, THEREFORE NO NATIONAL SECURITY RISK. I AM NOT IN A POSITION AT THE MOMENT TO COMMENT ON GUN LICENSING; IT IS UP TO AN INDIVIDUAL. I WILL CONFIRM DETAILS ABOUT WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL HAD A LICENSE OR NOT. I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. THE RESULT OF A CONTRACTUAL DISPUTE? I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE MOTIVATION WAS, OTHER THAN POLICE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED IDEOLOGICAL OR POLITICAL MOTIVATIONS FOR THIS. AS SOON AS THEY ARE IN THE POSITION TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION THEY WILL DO SO. ON THE CBD ITSELF, ADVICE WE HAVE HAD FROM POLICE AS THEY WILL BE LOOKING INTO NARROWING THE COURT AND AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN TO GET THE CBD UP AND RUNNING. THE THREAT HAS BEEN REMOVED. FIFA WORLD CUP EVENTS ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD? THEY ARE. THE MINISTERS HERE THIS MORNING IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS. WE HAVE BEEN IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH FIFA. THEY ARE PROCEEDING AS PLANNED. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED LEASE PRESENCE AROUND AUCKLAND TO PROVIDE ASSURANCE. THE POLICE HAVE INDICATED THEY DON'T THINK THERE IS AN ONGOING SAFETY RISK. TO YOU HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH ANY WORLD LEADERS ABOUT TEAMS HERE, CONCERNS THAT TEAMS OR PLAYERS MAY NOT WANT TO STAY? I MIGHT ASK THE MINISTER OF SPORT TO COMMENT ON CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FIFA ORGANISERS. AT THIS POINT, I HAVE NOT HAD COMMUNICATIONS FROM OTHERS. THINK YOU. I HAVE SPOKEN THIS MORNING TO THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY-GENERAL OF FIFA. THEY HAVE PASSED ON THEIR CONDOLENCES TO ALL THOSE IMPACTED BY THE INCIDENT THIS MORNING AND TO ALL NEW ZEALANDERS. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS ORALLY SAID THE TOURNAMENT WILL GO ON. TONIGHT'S GAME WILL BE PLAYED. THE FIFA ORGANISERS AND POLICE ARE ALREADY EMBEDDED WITHIN THE FIFA ORGANISATION STRUCTURE AS PART OF THE NORMAL ORGANISATION OF THE TOURNAMENT. THERE IS VERY CLOSE COOPERATION THERE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TEAMS WHO WERE STAYING IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. THEY ARE ALL SAFE AND SOUND. AS THE COURT AND MOVES IN, THEY WILL GO ABOUT THEIR NORMAL BUSINESS OF TODAY FOR THEM. FOR SOME OF THEM, THAT INVOLVES PLAYING THIS EVENING. FOR OTHERS, THAT INVOLVES MOVING TO OTHER LOCATIONS IN NEW ZEALAND TO PLAY THEIR GAMES. THEY WILL, IN THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW HOURS, DO WHAT THEY WERE ALWAYS GOING TO DO, GO TO TRAINING, GO TO PLAY. HOW MANY TEAMS WERE IN THE COURT AND IMPACTED? ONE TEAM WAS IN A HOTEL IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE BUILDING. IT IS DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND; PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE HOTELS HAVE PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TOURNAMENT. WHICH? I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THAT. THE GENERAL AREA THAT HAS BEEN EVACUATED. OPEN A SCHEDULED? THAT IS UP TO THE POLICE AS THEY REDUCE THE COURT IN. SOME OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE ORGANISATION FOR THE TOURNAMENT. ONCE THE POLICE MOVED TO REDUCE THE GORDON, THEY WILL RETURN. DO YOU HAVE ANY DETAIL ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE INJURED? I DO NOT HAVE FURTHER DETAIL OTHER THAN WHAT THE AMBULANCE TEAMS ARE PROVIDED SO FAR TOPICALLY. IMAGES OF ONE POLICE OFFICER WITH INJURIES TO THE FACE. DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE DETAILS ABOUT HOW MANY OF THOSE SIX ARE INJURED POLICE OFFICERS? NOT THAT I HAVE CONFIRMED. THE POLICE COMMISSIONER, AS I HAVE INDICATED, WAS RELOCATING TO AUCKLAND. WE WILL BE DOING AN UPDATE LATER IN THE MORNING. WE NEED TO PROVIDE MORE DETAIL. INJURED OR MODERATELY INJURED? THAT IS WHAT I HAVE SEEN FROM THE STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE AMBULANCE STAFF. I HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE STATEMENT THAT THEY HAVE MADE. WILL YOU BE ATTENDING TODAY'S GAME? I WILL KEEP IT UNDER REVIEW, DEPENDING ON HOW THE SITUATION UNFOLDS. GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW SO FAR, IS THERE ANY WAY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PRINTED? WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT AT THIS POINT. DID YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT TO DECEASED WERE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OR PEOPLE GOING TO WORK IN THE CBD? I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT AT THIS POINT. WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU HAVE ABOUT THE SHOOTER? DO YOU KNOW WHETHER THIS INCIDENT HAS ANY CONNECTION TO THE COMPANY? THERE IS NO NATIONAL SECURITY FACTOR THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED HERE. I AM NOT IN A POSITION TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHOOTER. POLICE WILL CONFIRM INFORMATION LATER THIS MORNING, BUT IT IS A MATTER FOR POLICE, BECAUSE IT IS AN ACTIVE POLICE INVESTIGATION. HAVE THE LOVED ONES AND FAMILY OF THE DECEASED BEEN INFORMED? WAS THERE ANY DELAY IN POLICE GETTING THERE? THE EAGLE HELICOPTER WAS IMMEDIATELY DISPATCHED, EN ROUTE WITHIN THREE MINUTES OF THE CALL. THE POLICE ARRIVED ON THE GROUND WITHIN 11 MINUTES, THE ARMED OFFENDERS SQUAD FOUR MINUTES LATER. ON ARRIVING, THE POLICE FIRST ON THE SEEN HEARD GUNSHOTS AS THEY ARRIVED. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BRAVERY OF THE NEW ZEALAND POLICE WHO WALKED DIRECTLY INTO THAT. HAVE YOU MADE ANY PHONE CALLS THIS MORNING, OR HAVE YOU LEFT THAT TO THE HIGH COMMISSIONER LEVEL, TO LIAISE AND REASSURE OTHER COUNTRIES WITH TEAMS HERE? THE WHOLE NEW ZEALAND DIPLOMATIC APPARATUS WILL SHARE INFORMATION AS WE CAN CONFIRM IT, INCLUDING WITH OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD, THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED A POLITICAL OR IDEOLOGICAL MOTIVATION HERE. THERE HAS BEEN DEBATE ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THE SPECIALIST SERVICE. GIVEN IT WAS IN THE CBD, AND ABLE TO GET THERE QUICKER, DOES THIS MAKE YOU AND THE POLICE MINISTER RETHINK ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES? IT IS TOO EARLY TO EVEN SPECULATE ON THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. THIS IS A HORRIFIC INCIDENT TODAY, A WORLD STAGE DAY FOR US. CAN YOU GIVE US A RUNTHROUGH OF YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS? I WAS AT THE AIRPORT, HEADING TO HAMILTON TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, WHICH MY COLLEAGUES ARE NOW DOING. THE FIRST REPORTS ARRIVED NOT LONG AFTER I ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT. TRIED TO CONFIRM AS MUCH INFORMATION AS I COULD, MADE THE DECISION TO COME BACK HERE TO THE BEEHIVE, SO I COULD GET A DETAILED BRIEFING FROM POLICE. OBVIOUSLY MY FIRST INITIAL REACTION WAS CONCERN FOR ANYBODY WHO WAS AT RISK. I KNOW FROM MY WORK WITH THEM AS MINISTER OF POLICE, THAT WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPEN, THE ENTIRE BLUE WHANAU FEEL THIS. ANY INCIDENT LIKE THIS, WHERE POLICE ARE IN HARMS WAY, WHERE POLICE MAY HAVE BEEN INJURED, OBVIOUSLY THAT IS A HUGE CONCERN, AND SOMETHING I THINK ALL NEW ZEALANDERS WILL FEEL. WE RELY ON OUR POLICE, FRONTLINE POLICE, TO PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY. AND WHEN AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS HAPPENS, WE WILL ALL FEEL THAT, AND WE WILL ALL SEND OUR LOVE AND SUPPORT TO THE NEW ZEALAND POLICE, WHO ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB. PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS, TALKING ABOUT THAT UNFOLDING INCIDENT WITH A SHOOT AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND. A PRESS RELEASE BY THE CONSTRUCTION FIRM. OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS, AND WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR TEAMS WORKING ON THE SITE. THE SITUATION IS WITH POLICE, AND WE ARE ASSISTING EMERGENCY SERVICES AS REQUIRED. - ALL: Hooray! - Hip hip! - Hooray! - Happy birthday, mate. - It's your bowel screening test. I've done mine. - WOMEN: Me too! - Uso, you've got this! # Pull the stick from the test. # Put it in the poo. Just follow the pictures... - Koro. You can 'poo' it! - # Put it in the pottle. Put on the date. # Don't delay or procrastinate. (ALL CHEER) # Early detection can save the day. # WELCOME BACK TO THIS 1 NEWS SPECIAL. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS JUST SPOKEN. HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW. A WITNESS CALLED POLICE TO REPORT A MAN SHOOTING A GUN AT 7.23 THIS MORNING. POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE AT 7.34. TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED. POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED THE SHOOTER IS ALSO DECEASED. SIX OTHERS ARE INJURED, INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS. NOBODY ELSE IS BEING SOUGHT IN RELATION TO THE INCIDENT, AND THERE IS NO WIDER NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS NOW THAT THE THREAT HAS BEEN REMOVED. POLICE ARE LOOKING TO REMOVE CORDONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE ALSO HEARD THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS SHOOTER WAS NOT POLITICALLY OR IDEOLOGICAL OR MOTIVATED. HENCE THE THREAT LEVEL SAYING THE SAME. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THAT. SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, GIVEN THAT TODAY IS THE OPENING DAY OF THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. OUR CREWS HAVE BEEN IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND. WE SPOKE TO SOMEONE WHO WAS IN THE BUILDING AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING. HE SAID THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON SITE AT THE TIME. MIC WAS IN FLOOR 3. THIS WAS HIS EXPERIENCE. SO, WE WERE SITTING THERE. WE HEARD A GUNSHOT. TWO OF OUR GUYS CAME RUNNING BACK IN SAYING THEY HAD A GUN. THEN WE PROCEEDED TO HEAR ANOTHER FOUR GUNSHOTS JUST A FEW METRES AWAY FROM US. AND THEN WE BASICALLY BARRICADED THE DOOR TO THE OFFICE WE WERE SITTING IN AND JUST STARTED HIDING UNDER DESKS, WHERE A LOT OF THE COMPANIES THAT ARE WORKING ON THE BUILDING HAVE THEIR SITE OFFICES, SO THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THERE JUST SORT OF PLANNING THEIR DAY, WHEN HE CAME UP AND JUST STARTED SHOOTING. I DID SEE HIM. ,SO WHEN WE TRY TO RUN OUT OF THE OFFICE AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES, IT WENT SILENT, AND WE TRY TO RUN OUT. AND HE WAS STILL JUST STANDING IN THE STAIRCASE HOLDING WHAT LOOKED LIKE TO BE A SHOTGUN. WE SAW HIM, AND THEN EVERYONE JUST BASICALLY SCATTERED, TE ANIWA IS STANDING BY IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND WITH AN UPDATE. KIA ORA. I AM HERE ON QUAY ST, WHERE TRAFFIC IS STILL AT A STANDSTILL. I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT IS GOING ON. THESE BUSES HAVE BEEN BACK-TO-BACK SINCE 8 O'CLOCK. MORE THAN TWO HOURS. THERE ARE COMMUTERS ALONG HERE WAITING TO GET HOME, TO WORK. WE SPOKE TO A WOMAN WHO WAS IN ONE OF THESE FRONT CARS HERE WHEN THE GUNSHOTS WENT OFF. POLICE CAME RUNNING OVER TO CARS AND BUSES, TOLD THEM TO STOP, TO GET OUT OF THEIR CARS AND FIND SHELTER. NEXT TO THESE BUILDINGS HERE TO MY RIGHT. IT WAS A CHAOTIC STRESSFUL SITUATION FOR COMMUTERS. THERE ARE STILL STREETS IN THE CBD CLOSED, AND BUSES ARE BEING DETOURED. WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM AUCKLAND TRANSPORT. TRAIN SERVICES ARE OPERATING TO BRITOMART, BUT PASSENGERS WILL NEED TO ENTER AND EXIT THE STATION THROUGH THE EAST EXIT. FERRY SERVICES HAVE RESUMED. THAT WILL BE A HUGE RELIEF TO MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO GET HOME TO WAIHEKE ISLAND. ONE WOMAN WAS WAITING FOR OVER TWO HOURS. SHE WAS WAITING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN YOU GET HOME. A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE INADVERTENTLY FOUND THEMSELVES CAUGHT UP. WE HAVE JUST HAD NEWS FROM OTHER CREWS ON THE SCENE. UNCONFIRMED INFORMATION. WE UNDERSTAND FOUR PEOPLE DIED IN THE INCIDENT. WERE NOT SURE IF THAT INCLUDES THE SHOOTER. WE UNDERSTAND THREE PEOPLE HAVE DIED INCLUDING THE SHOOTER. THE UPDATED NUMBER IS FOUR PEOPLE HAVE DIED, AND SIX PATIENTS, INCLUDING SOMEONE WITH A SERIOUS INJURY TO THEIR JAW. PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS SPOKE JUST MOMENTS AGO FROM PARLIAMENT. HERE'S WHAT HE TOLD US. JA THIS MORNING AT 7:23 AM, A WITNESS CALLED POLICE TO REPORT A MAN SHOOTING AT A BUILDING ON LOWER QUEEN STREET. AT 7:34 AM POLICE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, AND THE ARMED OFFENDERS SQUAD ARRIVED THERE FOUR MINUTES LATER. IT IS WITH DEEP SORROW THAT I CAN CONFIRM THAT TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED. AT THIS STAGE, I AM AWARE THAT SIX OTHERS HAVE BEEN INJURED, INCLUDING POLICE. THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO AUCKLAND HOSPITAL. POLICE HAVE ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THE SHOOTER IS ALSO DEAD. THE ASSESSMENT FROM OFFICIALS AS THERE IS NO NATIONAL SECURITY RISK. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT LEVEL. THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE SO FAR. THE OFFENDER WAS ARMED WITH A PUMP ACTION SHOTGUN. HE MOVED THROUGH THE BUILDING SITE, DISCHARGING A FIREARM AS HE WENT. UPON REACHING THE UPPER LEVELS, THE MAN CONTAINED HIMSELF IN AN ELEVATOR. SHOTS WERE FIRED, AND HE WAS LOCATED A SHORT TIME LATER. CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS HIS THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES OF THOSE KILLED AND INJURED AND ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY. HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE BRAVERY OF POLICE AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT ON THE FRONT LINE. WE MUST DO WHAT KIWIS DO BEST ` COME TOGETHER AND SUPPORT PEOPLE AFFECTED IN THIS TERRIBLE INCIDENT. CHRIS CHANG AND JENNY MAY CLARKSON WERE AT THE CLOUD, AS THIS UNFOLDED. WHAT IS THE SITUATION WHERE YOU TWO ARE NOW? MORENA, AS WE HAVE SEEN AMBULANCES ARE HEADING DOWN TO THE SCENE. THIS IS THE SCENE BEHIND US HERE, ON THE CORNER OF COMMERCE AND QUAY ST, ON THE WATERFRONT. A COUPLE OF MINUTES EARLIER, WE SAW CONSTRUCTION WORKERS GET INTO THE BACK OF A POLICE VEHICLE AND DRIVEN OFF. THERE HAS BEEN A FAIR BIT OF MOVEMENT HERE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC HAVE LEFT. TRAFFIC IS OBVIOUSLY STILL GRIDLOCKED. WITH THE CORDON AROUND MOST OF DOWNTOWN. AND THE LAST REMNANTS, WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE VIETNAM FOOTBALL TEAM THE FOOTBALLERS FRONT OF MIND. EDEN PARK HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT ABOUT THE OPENING CEREMONY AND THE OPENING GAME AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EDEN PARK HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ALL RELEVANT AGENCIES REGARDING THIS MORNING'S INCIDENT. AND THE IMPACT ON SERVICES AND STAFFING. GATES WILL STILL OPEN FROM 4:30 PM. WE ENCOURAGE TICKETHOLDERS TO ARRIVE EARLY AND ENJOY THE OPENING CEREMONY. FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS INCLUDED WITH TICKETS. BUS AND TRAIN LINES WILL BE OPERATIONAL. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED SECURITY PRESENCE WITHIN THE PRECINCT AND ACROSS THE VENUE. ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES ARE IN PLACE. THINGS ARE GOING AHEAD AS NORMAL. THERE IS A BIT OF MOVEMENT. WE SAW TWO AMBULANCES WENT DOWN TO THE SCENE. POLICE HAVE SET UP DOWN THERE. WE SAW THE AMBULANCE BACK IN. WHEN NOT 100% SURE WHAT IS GOING ON DOWN HERE, BUT WHAT WE KNOW AS EVERYONE ELSE AROUND HERE, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, THEY WERE BEWILDERED, NOT SURE WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO, WHAT WAS HAPPENING NEXT. WE SOUGHT TO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS GETTING BACK OF A POLICE VEHICLE AND DRIVEN AWAY. AT THIS STAGE, EVERYTHING IS LOCKED OFF DOWN HERE IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND, AS WE CONTINUE TO GET THOSE UPDATES ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FROM DOWN ON AUCKLAND QUAY STREET, AT THE COURT IN, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUSHED BACK TO AS EVENTS HAVE UNFOLDED OVER THE COURSE OF THIS MORNING. THOSE UPDATES COMING THROUGH FROM FOOTBALL TEAMS, FIFA, EDEN PARK. THE GAME IS GOING AHEAD. IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN EXPECT INCREASED SECURITY AND POLICE PRESENCE AT THE GAME TONIGHT. THEY WERE EXPECTING 40,000 ATTENDING THE GAME BETWEEN NORWAY AND NEW ZEALAND. BOTH TEAMS HAVE SAID THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS AND ARE HAPPY FOR THE GAME TO PROCEED NORWAY'S TEAM STAYING 100 M DOWN THE ROAD. THEY WERE ALERTED BY POLICE HELICOPTER, BUT WERE REASSURED BY THE SECURITY TEAM WHO STAYED WITH THEM. THE ARRANGEMENT THAT FIFA HAS IN PLACE. AUCKLAND HAS DETAIL AROUND TOWN AND PROCESSES IN PLACE WITH THE EVENT WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW COVERAGE OF THIS BREAKING STORY IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND TODAY. HERE IS A MAP OF WHERE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. QUAY STREET, A BUSY PART OF AUCKLAND FOR COMMUTING TO THE CENTRAL CITY TODAY. LOWER ALBERT STREET, QUEEN STREET, COMMERCE STREET ALL BLOCKED OFF AT THE MOMENT. POLICE CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO THIS INCIDENT, EVEN THOUGH IT IS CONTAINED IN CONTROLLED FOR NOW. IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, IT IS OVER, EXCEPT IT IS A CRIME SCENE, BECAUSE AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE ARE OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED DEAD. . THE SHOOTER IS ALSO DEAD BARBARA DREAVER HAS BEEN NEAR THE SCENE IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND FROM EARLY THIS MORNING. BARB, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? YOU ARE RIGHT; POLICE ARE DESCRIBING IT AS A CRIME SCENE. THEY ARE STILL ARMED AND KEEPING EVERYONE FROM ENTERING THIS AREA. THE ROADS ARE BLOCKED OFF. ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO, SOME OF THE MEN THAT WERE ON TOP OF THE BUILDING, WHO HAD BEEN EVACUATED OFF. THEY HAD BEEN UP THERE FOR A FEW HOURS. THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY POLICE IN A CAR. I ASKED IF THEY WERE OK, AND THEY SAID THEY WERE, BUT THEY WERE COLD, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. THREE CARS OF DETECTIVES HAVE GONE INTO THE ORDONC THEY WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE CRIME SCENE. THEY HAVE THREE DEAD THERE ARE UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF FOURTH PERSON HAD DIED. SIX INJURED, INCLUDING A POLICE OFFICER. ONE PERSON HAS BEEN SHOT IN THE JAW IN THE RIBS. STILL WAITING TO HEAR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS, BUT AS THE DAY GOES ON. JUST TO CONFIRM, BECAUSE WE HAVE SHOWN SOME FOOTAGE OF WHAT YOUR CAMERAMAN FILMED OF THE WORKERS WHO WERE ON THE ROOFTOP, WE COULD SEE THOSE WORKERS UP THERE FOR HOURS, JUST LOOKING BEHIND YOU, IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE RAINED, IT HAS BEEN QUITE COLD. THIS MUST HAVE BEEN A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE FOR THEM, AS THIS UNFOLDED. THE POLICE ALSO CONFIRMED IT OCCURRED OVER MULTIPLE FLOORS, AS THE GUNMEN MOVED THROUGH THE BUILDING. THAT IS RIGHT. WE COULD SEE PEOPLE INSIDE THE BUILDING. WE WERE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING, DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF IT IS THAT ALL UNFOLDED. WE COULD SEE PEOPLE SHELTERING INSIDE AROUND THE 15TH FLOOR, HIDING WORKERS BEHIND PILLARS, TRYING TO SAVE. SOME OF THEM HAD THEIR ARMS AROUND EACH OTHER, HUDDLING. ONE CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW TERRIFYING IT WAS. WE HEARD THE GUNSHOTS. IT WAS ALL GOING OFF. IT WAS QUITE SUDDEN. EVERYONE RACED. WE SAW POLICE RACING INTO THE BUILDING. AND AROUND IT. WE SAW THAT POLICE OFFICER BEING ESCORTED OUT, INJURED AND INTO THE AMBULANCE. ANOTHER OF OUR REPORTERS SAW ANOTHER PERSON BEING TREATED ON THE GROUND, NEAR THE CENTRE, SURROUNDED BY COLLEAGUES. HE HAS BEEN TREATED BY AMBULANCE. THERE WERE POLICE THERE AS WELL. THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR EVENT. THE DETAILS OF WHICH WILL BE COMING OUT IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE FOOTAGE NOW OF THE POLICE OFFICER BEING TAKEN TO THE AMBULANCE. IT IS AMAZING IN HINDSIGHT THAT YOU REALISE THE INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN STILL UNFOLDING AT THAT POINT. WE SEE THE OFFICERS USING THEIR GUNS AND THEIR SITES TO AIM BACK UP AT THE BUILDING. THEY ARE USING THEMSELVES AS A SHIELD. WE WILL DISCUSS IN THE COMING DAYS THE BRAVERY OF THOSE POLICE. I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT YOU. WE CAN SEE PEOPLE, WORKERS BEING ESCORTED DOWN THE STREET. YOU CAN SEE HOW COLD SOME OF THEM ARE. WE ARE SEEING THEM WALKING DOWN. THEY ARE IN THE NO-GO ZONE, SO THEY ARE BEING ESCORTED OUT. THIS IS SEVERAL HOURS ON NOW. WE ARE STILL SEEING PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE BUILDING. THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. WE RAN DOWN NELSON STREET, JUST AFTER SEVEN. POLICE CARS AND AMBULANCES WERE GOING PAST US. WE WERE IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING WHEN IT ALL ERUPTED. WE HAVE ALREADY SENT PEOPLE BEING STOP FROM COMING INTO THE GORDON. PEOPLE FROM FIFA HAVE BEEN STOPPED FROM COMING INSIDE. THEY ARE DESCRIBING IT AS A CRIME SCENE. JUST TO GO BACK TO A POINT EARLIER, WE SAW THE POLICE TAKING THE OFFICER OUT. THEY WERE STILL SWARMING ALL OVER THE BUILDING TO GO AND AS THIS INCIDENT WAS UNFOLDING TO PROTECT THOSE WORKERS AND THE OTHER PEOPLE ON-SITE. CAN YOU STILL SEE POLICE INSIDE THE BUILDING NOW? THERE ARE POLICE INSIDE THE BUILDING. THERE ARE ALSO PARAMEDICS INSIDE THE BUILDING. I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE STILL HERE. THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE IN THEIR. MOST OF THE WORKERS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. BARBARA DREVER OUTSIDE THE BUILDING WHERE AN ARMED GUNMEN WENT IN THIS MORNING AT AROUND 7:30 AM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LATEST UPDATE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS FOR THE LATEST. RESIDENT KENT HARRISON HAPPENED TO BE FILMING FROM HIS APARTMENT WHEN THE GUN SHOTS WERE FIRED AROUND 8am, THE SOUND ECHOING ACROSS THE SQUARE. (GUNSHOTS ECHO) SOMETHING'S GOING DOWN. IT'S PRETTY MAJOR. THERE'S GUNSHOTS. (GUNSHOTS ECHO) SOMETHING'S GOING DOWN. IT'S PRETTY MAJOR. THERE'S GUNSHOTS. A TERRIFYING SITUATION FOR THOSE AROUND THE BUILDING, BUT EVEN MORE FOR THOSE INSIDE. WE SPOKE TO MICK ON THE THIRD FLOOR. THEY SAW THE SHOOTER, HARDHATS WITH BLOOD ON THEM. THIS WAS A TERRIFYING SITUATION FOR THOSE INVOLVED. WE HAVE HAD AN UPDATE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER. HE HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS TRAVELLING TO AUCKLAND TODAY FOLLOWING THIS INCIDENT. HERE'S WHAT HE TOLD REPORTERS FROM THE BEEHIVE THEATRETTE JUST BEFORE 10.30. THIS MORNING AT 7.23am A WITNESS CALLED POLICE TO REPORT A MAN WITH A GUN SHOOTING IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND AT A BUILDING ON LOWER QUEEN STREET. AT 7.34am POLICE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, AND THE ARMED OFFENDERS SQUAD ARRIVED THERE FOUR MINUTES LATER. IT'S WITH DEEP SORROW THAT I CAN CONFIRM THAT TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED. AT THIS STAGE, I'M AWARE THAT SIX OTHERS HAVE BEEN INJURED, INCLUDING POLICE. THEY'VE BEEN TAKEN TO AUCKLAND HOSPITAL. POLICE HAVE ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THE SHOOTER IS ALSO DEAD. THE ASSESSMENT FROM OFFICIALS IS THAT THERE IS NO NATIONAL SECURITY RISK. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT LEVEL. THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE SO FAR ` THE OFFENDER WAS ARMED WITH A PUMP-ACTION SHOTGUN. HE MOVED THROUGH THE BUILDING SITE, DISCHARGING THE FIREARM AS HE WENT. UPON REACHING THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE BUILDING, THE MAN CONTAINED HIMSELF IN AN ELEVATOR. SHOTS WERE FIRED, AND HE WAS LOCATED A SHORT TIME LATER. I WANT TO THANK THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE NEW ZEALAND POLICE WHO RAN INTO THE GUNFIRE, STRAIGHT INTO HARM'S WAY, IN ORDER TO SAVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS. THESE KIND OF SITUATIONS MOVE FAST, AND THE ACTIONS OF THOSE WHO RISK THEIR LIVES TO SAVE OTHERS ARE NOTHING SHORT OF HEROIC. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE AMBULANCE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO WERE THERE QUICKLY ON THE SCENE THIS MORNING. THIS IS STILL AN ONGOING POLICE OPERATION, AND I'VE GOT LIMITED FURTHER INFORMATION THAT I CAN PROVIDE AT THIS TIME. POLICE WILL BE PROVIDING FURTHER UPDATES DURING THE DAY. SHORTLY I'LL BE LEAVING TO TRAVEL TO AUCKLAND TO JOIN POLICE COMMISSIONER ANDREW COSTER, WHO IS ALSO ON HIS WAY TO THE SCENE. CLEARLY, WITH THE FIFA WORLD CUP KICKING OFF THIS EVENING, THERE ARE A LOT OF EYES ON AUCKLAND. THE GOVERNMENT HAS SPOKEN TO FIFA ORGANISERS THIS MORNING, AND THE TOURNAMENT WILL PROCEED AS PLANNED. I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THERE IS NO WIDER NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE ACTIONS OF ONE INDIVIDUAL. AUCKLANDERS AND THOSE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD CAN BE ASSURED THAT THE POLICE HAVE NEUTRALISED THE THREAT, AND THAT THEY ARE NOT SEEKING ANYBODY ELSE IN RELATION TO THE INCIDENT. NEW ZEALANDERS' SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OUR VISITORS IS OUR FIRST PRIORITIES. HE IS TRAVELLING TO AUCKLAND BECAUSE TODAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, OR STILL IS, THE OPENING DAY OF THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM EDEN PARK. THE FAN ZONE AND THE GATES ARE ALL STILL OPEN FOR 4:30 PM. GATES AT EDEN PARK WILL BE OPEN. FREE TRANSPORT IS STILL INCLUDED, WITH TICKETS. BUT EXPECT TO SEE AN INCREASED SECURITY PRESENCE, GUARDS AND POLICE ON-SITE. PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HAD CONSIDERED NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT LEVEL HAS NOT CHANGED THIS MORNING AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THE SHOOTER HAD POLITICAL OR IDEOLOGICAL MOTIVE. WELCOME BACK. WE ARE ON HERE THIS MORNING BECAUSE THEY HAS BEEN A SHOOTING IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND. TO GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE THIS MORNING'S INCIDENT UNFOLDED, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THIS MAP. KNOWN AS 'ONE QUEEN STREET', IT SITS RIGHT ON AUCKLAND'S WATERFRONT NEAR THE FERRY TERMINAL WHICH IS THE OLDER-STYLE TAN COLOURED BUILDING SEEN HERE. IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE ENTRANCE TO BRITOMART TRAIN STATION TOO. ONE QUEEN STREET HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR A WHILE AND 1 NEWS HAS APPROACHED THE OWNERS FOR COMMENT. JACOB JOHNSON IS STANDING BY ON COMMERCE STREET WITH AN UPDATE. JACOB, WHAT IS THE LATEST WITH THE AUCKLAND TRANSPORT DELAYS? THIS IS A MAJOR TRANSPORTATION HUB FOR THE CITY. HUGE DELAYS. HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW. SOME BUS SERVICES ARE CONTINUING TO OPERATE IN THE CITY CENTRE, BUT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DIVERSIONS IN PLACE RIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. THE TRAIN SERVICES ARE OPERATING TO BRITOMART. PASSENGERS WILL NEED TO ENTER AND EXIT THE STATION AT THE EASTERN END OF THE STATION. FERRY SERVICES HAVE ALSO RESUMED OPERATING TO THE DOWNTOWN FERRY TERMINAL, WHICH HAS JUST RECENTLY OPENED. PASSENGERS ARE BEING ASKED TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE POLICE EMERGENCY SERVICES TO NAVIGATE THE CORDON. YOU CAN SEE THE CONSTRUCTION SITE BESIDE ME. WE HAVE WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FIFA FAN ZONE. IT IS BEING USED BY POLICE TO INTERVIEW WITNESSES. THERE HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS GOING INTO THE SITE. POLICE ARE USING THAT TO GET A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING. IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP, WHICH IS DUE TO START TONIGHT, ADAM PARKER SAID IT WILL STILL GO AHEAD. THE GATES WILL BE OPEN FROM 4:30 PM. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE. IT IS WHAT A BIT OF A DAMPENER ON WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A REALLY SPECIAL EVENT FOR NEW ZEALAND. THE BIGGEST WOMEN SPORTING EVENT IN THE WORLD, AND THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENTS THAT NEW ZEALAND HAS EVER HOSTED. WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED. MEDIA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GOING INTO THE CLUB FOR A WELCOME EVENT AT MIDDAY. AT THIS STAGE, WE HAVE NOT GOT ANY UPDATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE INJURIES CONFIRMED. TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED AS WELL AS THE MALE OFFENDER. THIS HAPPENED AT ABOUT 7:22 AM. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, POLICE AND AMBULANCE. PARAMEDICS ARE STILL IN THE BUILDING. IT IS BEING TREATED AS A CRIME SCENE. WE HAVE HEARD REPORTS THAT THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS WHO HAD DIED, ALTHOUGH PEOPLE WHO DIED INCLUDING THE SHOOTER IS AT FOUR. THAT IS FREE VICTIMS AND THE SHOOTER. SIX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED. THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON-SITE AT THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE WHEN IT WAS OPENED THIS MORNING. NAVEEN KUMAR IS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER, ON SITE DURING THE SHOOTINGS EARLIER THIS MORNING. HERE'S WHAT HE TOLD 1 NEWS. I SAW 20 PEOPLE RUSHING OUT OF THE BUILDING. I WAS LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED? THEY SAID THEY SAW A GUY WITH A SHOTGUN IN HIS HAND AND HE WAS AIMING FOR PEOPLE. I DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE MEANT. THEY SAY HE WENT TO THE THIRD-FLOOR OF THE BUILDING WHETHER CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES OFFICE WAS. WE WERE REALLY SCARED FOR OUR LIVES. WE DID NOT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. WHEN I SAW PEOPLE RUSHING OUT, SAYING THE PERSON HAS A SHOTGUN, THE FIRST THING I DID WAS GET MY HELMET. IT WILL SOUND SILLY, BECAUSE IT WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. IT IS NOT A BULLET-PROOF HELMET. WE WERE REALLY REALLY SCARED. MY VEHICLE IS STILL AT THE SITE, AND EVERYTHING IS IN IT. UNTIL WE GET IT, WE CANNOT GO ON. WE JUST NEED TO WAIT. A TERRIFYING SITUATION FOR THOSE INVOLVED. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM THOSE WHO ARE PRIVY TO WHAT UNFOLDED THIS WELCOME BACK. WELCOME BACK AS WE COVER THE EVENTS IN AUCKLAND'S CBD, LET'S GO THROUGH WHAT WE KNOW. A WITNESS CALLED POLICE TO REPORT A MAN SHOOTING A GUN AT 7.23 THIS MORNING. POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE AT 7.34 WITH AOS SQUADS FOLLOWING NOT LONG AFTER. TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED. POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED THE SHOOTER IS ALSO DECEASED. SIX OTHERS ARE INJURED, INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS. NOBODY ELSE IS BEING SOUGHT IN RELATION TO THE INCIDENT, AND THERE IS NO WIDER SECURITY RISK, AND NO CHANGES TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT LEVEL. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS IT IS STILL AN ONGOING POLICE OPERATION. THE PREMISES SAID THERE WERE NO KNOWN IDEOLOGICAL MOTIVATIONS. BUT NOW THAT THE THREAT HAS BEEN REMOVED, POLICE ARE LOOKING TO REMOVE CORDONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE SPOKE TO SOMEONE WHO WAS IN THE BUILDING AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING. HE SAID THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON SITE AT THE TIME. MIC WAS IN FLOOR 3. THIS WAS HIS EXPERIENCE. SO, WE WERE SITTING THERE. WE HEARD A GUNSHOT. TWO OF OUR GUYS CAME RUNNING BACK IN SAYING THEY HAD A GUN. THEN WE PROCEEDED TO HEAR ANOTHER FOUR GUNSHOTS JUST A FEW METRES AWAY FROM US. AND THEN WE BASICALLY BARRICADED THE DOOR TO THE OFFICE WE WERE SITTING IN AND JUST STARTED HIDING UNDER DESKS, WHERE A LOT OF THE COMPANIES THAT ARE WORKING ON THE BUILDING HAVE THEIR SITE OFFICES, SO THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THERE JUST SORT OF PLANNING THEIR DAY, WHEN HE CAME UP AND JUST STARTED SHOOTING. I DID SEE HIM. SO WHEN WE TRY TO RUN OUT OF THE IT WENT SILENT, AND WE TRY TO RUN OUT. AND HE WAS STILL JUST STANDING IN THE STAIRCASE HOLDING WHAT LOOKED LIKE TO BE A SHOTGUN. WE SAW HIM, AND THEN EVERYONE JUST BASICALLY SCATTERED, AND WE JUST STARTED TRYING TO FIND PLACES TO HIDE. A PRETTY HORRIBLE SITUATION FOR THOSE INVOLVED. AN EYE WITNESS TO THIS MORNING'S CHAOS HAS DESCRIBED THE UNFOLDING EVENTS AS HARROWING. HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO DROP HIS CHILD TO DAY CARE. YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY HARROWING WALKING DOWN, LIKE, JUST THINKING IT'S ANY OTHER DAY TO KINDY CARE, MY KID'S NURSERY, AND THEN EVERYTHING WAS JUST SHUT DOWN. THERE WERE POLICE EVERYWHERE. DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND THEN WHEN WE GOT INSIDE, WE WERE TOLD IT WAS A LOCKDOWN, SO WE HAD TO STAY INSIDE, AND THEY MOVED US UP ONTO A LEVEL AND MADE SURE THE AREA WAS SECURED AND TURNED OFF ALL THE LIGHTS. THEY WALKED US IN. THEY USHERED US UP IN TO A LIFT, AND THEY TOOK US UP TO ONE FLOOR, AND THAT FLOOR IS WHERE THE OLDER KIDS USUALLY STAY. AND WE JUST HAD TO STAY IN THERE. AND WE HAD TO SIT DOWN, AND ALL THE KIDS WERE QUITE... IT'S QUITE TENSE, QUITE SCARY. I'VE NEVER BEEN IN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU WANNA EXPERIENCE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. SO, YEAH, YEAH. SO WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW? THEY LET EVERYBODY OUT? OR WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING? FROM WHAT I KNOW IS THEY'VE GOT SOME FOOD FOR THE KIDS, AND THEY'VE OPENED UP TWO ROOMS, AND ALL THE TEACHERS AND THE PARENTS HAVE MOVED INTO THAT ROOM. AND ANY OTHER PARENTS WERE TOLD EITHER TO GO HOME OR IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY JUST TO MAKE YOUR WAY BACK HOME. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN UNFOLDING CRIME SCENE, AS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE EVENTS THAT UNFOLDED THIS MORNING. THE FANS OWN ACROSS THE ROAD ON QUAY STREET IS BEING USED TO INTERVIEW HUNDREDS OF WORKERS WHO WITNESSED WHAT HAPPENED. THE PRIME MINISTER IS TRAVELLING TO AUCKLAND AT MIDDAY TODAY. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE POLICE MINISTER AND SPORTS MINISTER. WE CAN EXPECT ANOTHER UPDATE FROM THE PREMISES OFFICE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WE GO LIVE TO JOHN CAMPBELL NOW WHO IS IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND. YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, I AM HERE WITH HAYLEY THE CAMERA PERSON WHO HAS BEEN HE HASN'T EARLY THIS MORNING. WE ARE ON QUAY STREET AND COMMERCE STREET WHICH IS AS CLOSE TO THE BUILDING AS WE CAN GET. YOU CAN SEE THE CRIME SCENE BEHIND US. WE WON'T SAY ANYTHING WE DON'T KNOW. WE CAN ONLY CONFIRM WHAT THE PRIME MINISTER HAS CONFIRMED. THREE ARE DEAD INCLUDING THE GUNMEN HIMSELF. THERE IS STILL A REASONABLE AMOUNT EVOKED OF ANY. BUT WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED THIS MORNING, IT WAS NEUTRALISED. THERE IS A REAL SENSE THAT IT IS OVER, AS AN ONGOING SCENE, BUT THE BUILDING IS BEING SEARCHED. I SPOKE TO WITNESSES WHO ARE COMING OUT THIS MORNING. THEY DESCRIBED A REALLY TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE. ONE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING, TWO, HEARING SHOTS, THREE, NOT KNOWING WHERE TO GO, FOR, NEEDING TO GET OUT. THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH THIS HAPPENING IN OUR LARGEST CITY, FERRY PASSENGERS TRYING TO GET TO WAIHEKE ISLAND. THEY ARE NOT BEING ALLOWED THROUGH. OUR POLICE IS DOING COURTING CONTROL, *CORDON CONTROL. THE FIREARMS ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED, BUT THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HE IS AND IS THIS ALL BEGAN. PEOPLE ARE BEING VERY REASONABLE AND CIVILISED, AND WAITING FOR THE CORDONS TO BE LIFTED. THERE IS NO SIGN YET AS TO WHEN THAT WILL BE. IT LOOKS LIKE AS POLICE ARE STILL AT THE SCENE, WORKING OUT JUST WHAT HAPPENS, AND WHERE TO GO FROM HERE, IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME. AND IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON A BUSY COMMUTER ROUTE. HOW FAR BACK TO THAT LINE OF TRAFFIC GO? IT WAS LONG AT ONE POINT, HAVE THEY CLEARED IT? I DON'T WANT THE CAMERA PERSON TO TRIP. WE WILL COME OUT, AND IF YOU CAN LOOK DOWN THERE, BACK ALONG QUAY STREET. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW AUCKLAND, THAT IS THE WAY TO PARNELL, AND THEN AROUND THE WATERFRONT TO MISSION BAY. THAT TRAFFIC HITS TOWN AND CAN'T GO ANYWHERE. THE AREA THAT IS ACTUALLY BLOCKED OFF IS ONLY NOW TWO LARGE BLOCKS. QUEEN STREET IS OVER THERE, AND THESE ARE TWO BLOCKS BETWEEN US AND QUEEN STREET, AND BEYOND THAT IS BLOCKED OFF. QUEEN STREET IS NOT BLOCKED OFF AT ALL ABOVE THAT, AND I WAS TALKING TO SOME CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BEFORE, AND IF YOU GO TO QUEEN STREET, 200 M UP, IT IS ALMOST NORMAL COMMERCE. THOSE AREAS ARE NOT CORDONED OFF, SO IT IS A SMALL AREA OF THE CENTRAL CITY CORDONED OFF. BUT IT INCLUDES BRITOMART, IT INCLUDES THE FERRY TERMINAL, AND INCLUDES A LOT OF THE STOPS WHERE PEOPLE GET OFF THE BUS, HAVING COME INTO THE CITY. SO THE TRAFFIC IS BACKED UP, BUT ON THE ROADS THAT FEED INTO THE CITY, IT IS QUIET. PEOPLE AREN'T COMING INTO TOWN, WHICH IS GOOD AND SENSIBLE. JOHN CAMPBELL AT THE SCENE WHERE THIS UNFOLDED THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. WE WILL JUST GIVE YOU AN UPDATE FROM ST JOHN. THEY HAVE SAID THAT MOST OF THE PATIENTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL. ONE HAS BEEN TRANSPORTED TO MIDDLE MOORE HOSPITAL. THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER UPDATE FOR THE TIME BEING FROM ST JOHN, BUT WE ARE EXPECTING UPDATES AS AFTERNOON. WELCOME BACK. POLICE WERE FIRST CALLED TO THE SCENE IN AUCKLAND'S CBD AT ABOUT 7.30 AFTER REPORTS OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. HERE'S ISOBEL PRASAD WITH A RECAP OF THIS MORNING'S INCIDENT. THE HEART OF AUCKLAND CBD NOW AT THE CENTRE OF A SHOOTING. POLICE WERE FIRST CALLED TO A CONSTRUCTION SITE ON KEY STREET AROUND 7:30 AM. A MAN ENTERED THE BUILDING AND BEGAN FIRING. (GUNSHOTS) POLICE, ARMED OFFENDERS SQUAD AND AMBULANCES RUSHED TO THE SITE. THE EAGLE HELICOPTER CIRCLED ABOVE IS NEARBY STREETS WERE CORDONED OFF. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS INSIDE AND ON THE ROOF WERE TAKING COVER AS WELL. SURELY AFTER EIGHT, MORE GUNSHOTS WERE FIRED. A SERIES OF AROUND SIX GUNSHOTS FIRED IN QUICK SUCCESSION. AN OFFICER WHO APPEARED TO BE INJURED, AND SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE SORTED OUT OF THE BUILDING. POLICE CONFIRMED TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE MALE OFFENDER WAS ALSO FOUND DEAD AFTER TAKING COVER AND AN ELEVATOR SHAFT. THIS WITNESSES HE WAS INSIDE THE BUILDING AT THIS TIME. I WAS ON LEVEL 50. CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOU HEARD? JUST SHOT GOING OFF. ALL OF US JUST BRACED FOR IMPACT. UNREAL. SURREAL. OTHERS NEARBY ALSO WITNESSED THE DRAMA. WE WERE RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE. I SAW 20 PEOPLE RUSHING OUT OF THE BUILDING. THEY WERE TELLING PEOPLE TO MOVE. THEY SAID WE SAW A GUY WITH A SHOTGUN IN HIS HAND, AND HE WAS AIMING FOR PEOPLE. WE WERE IN THAT CONSTRUCTION SITE, BUT WE CAME OVER. WE SAW ALL OF THE COP CARS AND THE FIREARMS SQUAD. FROM WHERE WE WERE, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW GUNSHOTS. QUITE NERVOUS. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE HERE AND THERE. THERE WAS SOME SHOOTING GOING ON. EVERYBODY WAS PANICKING. THIS ALL TAKING PLACE AT PEAK COMMUTER TIME. EVERYTHING WAS SHUT DOWN. THERE WERE POLICE EVERYWHERE. DID NOT REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. WE WERE TOLD IT WAS A LOCKDOWN, SO WE HAD TO STAY INSIDE. I WAS ON THE BUS GOING ON, AND GOT MESSAGES FROM MY FRIEND, SAYING ARE YOU GOING INTO THE OFFICE? POLICE ALIENS AND IS NOW UNDER CONTROL, WERE CAUGHT ON THE REMAINING AT THE SCENE AS POLICE CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION. WE HAVE CREWS ON THE SCENE. TE ANIWA IS STANDING BY IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND. MORENA. WHAT'S THE SITUATION THERE NOW? SOME GOOD NEWS. THE THEORIES ARE NOW OPERATING. THIS WENT TO MY RIGHT HAS JUST COME IN. THERE IS A BIT MORE MOVEMENT THAN WE SAW AN HOUR AGO. IT WILL BE A HUGE RELIEF FOR COMMUTERS. WE SPOKE TO A WOMAN ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO WHO WAS WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING FOR THE FAIRIES TO OPERATE AGAIN. SHE LIVES IN WAIHEKE ISLAND AND SHE STAYED IN THE CBD LAST NIGHT. SHE WAS DESPERATE TO GET HOME AFTER THIS VERY TERRIFYING, VERY CHAOTIC SITUATION THIS MORNING. AS FOR THE REST OF THE CITY, THERE ARE STILL BUSES BEING DETOURED. THEY ARE OPERATED BY GOING ON DIFFERENT ROUTES. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TREES ALSO CLOSED IN THE CBD. IT IS A PRETTY STRANGE AUCKLAND TO BE IN AT THE MOMENT. I HAVE NOT SEEN SEEMS LIKE THE SIMS LOCKDOWN. APART FROM POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AND SOME WORKERS HERE AND THERE, IT IS PRETTY MUCH DEAD. THERE ARE EMPTY STREETS. IT IS VERY STRANGE. WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH THE LATEST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SHE IS RUNNING THROUGH THE INTERRUPTIONS THAT HAVE CAUSED GREAT DELAYS THIS MORNING. THINGS ARE GETTING BACK ON TRACK IN TERMS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT, BUT WELCOME BACK TO THIS 1 NEWS ESPECIAL AS WE CONTINUE TO COVER THE BREAKING NEWS SITUATION IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND. PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS SPOKE FROM PARLIAMENT EARLIER THIS MORNING. HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. THIS MORNING AT 7:23 AM, A WITNESS CALLED POLICE TO REPORT A GUNMEN IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND AT LOWER QUEEN STREET. AT 7:34 AM, POLICE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, AND THE ARMED DEFENDERS SQUAD ARRIVED FOUR MINUTES LATER. IT IS WITH DEEP SORROW THAT I CAN CONFIRM TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED. AT THIS STAGE, I AM AWARE THAT SIX OTHERS HAVE BEEN INJURED INCLUDING POLICE. THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO AUCKLAND HOSPITAL. POLICE HAVE ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THE SHOOTER IS ALSO DEAD. THE ASSESSMENT FROM OFFICIALS IS THAT THERE IS NO NATIONAL SECURITY RISK. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT LEVEL. THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE IS OVER. THE DEFENDANT WAS ARMED WITH A PUMP ACTION SHOTGUN. HE MOVED THROUGH THE BUILDING SITE DISCHARGING THE FIREARM AS HE WENT. UPON REACHING THE UPPER LEVELS, HE CONTAINED HIMSELF IN AN ELEVATOR, SHOTS WERE FIRED AND HE WAS LOCATED A SHORT TIME LATER. THAT WAS AN UPDATE FROM CHRIS HIPKINS WHO WAS TRAVELLING TO AUCKLAND THIS AFTERNOON TO MEET WITH POLICE. HE IS TRAVELLING WITH SPORTS MINISTER GRANT ROBERTSON, BECAUSE THIS IS THE OPENING DAY OF THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. AZIZ AL SAAFIN IS IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND CLOSE TO THE SCENE. AZIZ, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US. WE GOT HERE A FEW MOMENTS AGO AT AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL. AS YOU CAN SEE, THINGS SEEM FAIRLY CALM. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF POLICE HERE, CONSIDERING WHAT HAS GONE ON THIS MORNING. BUT I HAVE JUST SPOKEN TO ST JOHN, AND THEY ARE CONFIRMED MOST PATIENTS HAD BEEN TAKEN HERE. AT LEAST ONE OTHER WAS TAKEN TO MIDDLE MORE. WE KNOW THAT THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD, TO CIVILIANS AND THE SHOOTER. AT LEASE X OTHERS ARE INJURED, THREE OF WHOM ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION. AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION, WE WILL ACTUAL WE BRING IT TO YOU. WE ALSO KNOW THAT ONE OF THOSE INJURED WAS IN FACT A POLICE OFFICER, WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE CONDITION OF THE VICTIMS AS WE HEAR MORE FROM OFFICIALS. WE HEARD FROM A WITNESS, MIC, EARLIER ON. HE WAS IN LEVEL 3 OF THE BUILDING WHEN HE SAW THE ACTIVE SHOOTER. HERE'S WHAT HE SAW. HE CAME UP THROUGH THE MAIN ENTRANCE ON TO LEVEL 3, AND HE STARTED TO SHOOT. SO WE WERE... WE'D GOTTEN TO WORK ABOUT FIVE MINUTES EARLIER, AND WE WERE JUST PLANNING OUR DAY, SITTIN IN THE OFFICE, AND WE JUST HEARD A MASSIVE GUNSHOT. AND THEN ONE OF THE GUYS WALKED OUTSIDE THE OFFICE, AND HE CAME RUNNING BACK IN AND HE SAID SOMEONE'S GOT A GUN OUTSIDE. THEN WE PROCEEDED TO HEAR ANOTHER FOUR GUNSHOTS JUST A FEW METRES AWAY FROM US. AND THEN WE BASICALLY BARRICADED THE DOOR TO THE OFFICE WE WERE SITTING IN AND JUST STARTED HIDING UNDER DESKS AND JUST WAITING. THERE'S ABOUT EIGHT OF US IN THE ROOM, AND WE BASICALLY JUST STARTED THROWING ANYTHING WE COULD AT THE DOOR. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DAUNTING BECAUSE THE DOOR WAS QUITE FLIMSY, AND IT DID OPEN INWARDS. I THINK IF SOMEONE HAD JUST RIPPED IT OFF, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TOO HARD. BUT WE SORT OF JUST WAITED, REALLY. IT WAS PRETTY... BEING SORTA YOUNG, YOU DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, MORALITY SO MUCH. BUT SITTING UNDERNEATH OUR DESK HEARING GUNSHOTS, REALLY SORT OF DROVE IT IN. THIS IS A SERIOUS INCIDENT THAT UNFOLDED THIS MORNING, WHEN POLICE SAY A GOVERNMENT ENTERED THIS CONSTRUCTION SITE ON A LOWER PART OF QUEEN STREET, OPEN FIRED, BARRICADED HIMSELF IN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT. WE KNOW THAT TWO PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED DEAD, AS WELL AS THE SHOOTER WHO HAS ALSO DIED. WE ARE FOLLOWING UP UNCONFIRMED REPORTS THERE MAY BE MORE FATALITIES. WE KNOW A NUMBER WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH SOME SERIOUS INJURIES AS WELL. THIS WAS A BIG CONSTRUCTION SITE, WITH A LOT OF WORKERS ON SITE. THE AREA THAT WORKER WAS IN WAS A STAGING SITE, FOR A NUMBER OF COMPANIES ON THE SITE. SO HUNDREDS OF WORKERS WERE IN THE BUILDING AT THE TIME. THERE ARE ABOUT 15 FLOORS, AND WE SAW MANY HIDING ON THE ROOF WITH OFFICERS AS THE EVENT UNFOLDED. MANY HAVE NOW BEEN EVACUATED TO ACROSS THE ROAD, TO THE FIFA WORLD FAN STAGE, AND POLICE ARE CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS WITH THEM. THAT AREA IS NOW A CRIME SCENE. SPEAKING OF THE WORLD CUP, THE OPENING GAME IS STILL TAKING PLACE AT THE STAGE THIS EVENING. THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE HONEST TODAY, BUT AS WE HEARD FROM THE PRIME MINISTER AND POLICE, IT WAS NOT A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY. THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT HAVE POLITICAL OR IDEOLOGICAL MOTIVATIONS. MORE INFORMATION WILL BECOME AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND COMING DAYS OF WHAT THE MOTIVATION MAY HAVE BEEN. WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE COMPANY WHO HAS TEAMS WORKING ON SITE, WHO SAID A MAJOR AND THAT IT OCCURRED, THEIR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIMS, AND THEY ARE WELCOME BACK. THIS IS SPECIAL PROGRAMMING FOR THE INCIDENT THAT UNFOLDED WITH A SHOOTING IN AUCKLAND'S DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT TODAY. A WITNESS FROM AN NEARBY OFFICE BUILDING JOINED US EARLIER THIS MORNING. HERE'S WHAT ANA SAW FROM THE TOP OF THE PWC BUILDING JUST AFTER 8am. SO I'M LOOKING DOWN ON THE DELOITTE BUILDING, AND, YES, WE CAN SEE SOME POOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HIDING BEHIND VARIOUS PIECES OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, SHELTERING. I LITERALLY` I WAS WALKING TO WORK, AND THE POLICE CARS WENT PAST, AND I JUST GOT INTO THE BUILDING AT ABOUT FIVE TO 8. BY THE TIME I GOT UP HERE, THERE WAS` THE WHOLE OF QUAY ST WAS JUST TURNED INTO POLICE CARS. WE CAN SEE AMBULANCES. WE CAN SEE PEOPLE BEHIND AMBULANCES. WE CAN SEE FERRIES WAITING TO COME IN. PEOPLE ARE JUST STUCK OUT ON THE WATER WAITING. SOME OF THE OTHERS IN THE OFFICE DID HEAR SOME GUNSHOTS, BUT THAT'S ALL WE CAN TELL. I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO STAY IN PLACE UNTIL WE GET CLEARED. FEELING A LITTLE BIT SAD FOR THE STATE OF NEW ZEALAND WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN, BUT WE'RE ALL FEELING RELATIVELY SAFE, AND IT'S JUST REALLY SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS, ISN'T IT? IN AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION, WE HAVE NOT REALLY SEEN IT BEFORE IN THIS COUNTRY, AND AUCKLAND CERTAINLY TO THIS LEVEL. WE'LL CROSS LIVE NOW TO LOGAN CHURCH. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? THERE IS CERTAINLY A SOMBRE MOOD HERE IN THE CENTRE OF AUCKLAND. THIS IS LUNCHTIME, AND IT WILL USUALLY BEHAVING WITH PEOPLE. EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AROUND, THERE IS NOT NEARLY AS MANY AS THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN. I WILL MOVE OUT OF THE WAY SO YOU CAN SEE THE EXTENT OF THE POLICE CORDON HERE. IT GOES AROUND THE CITY BLOCK AT THE BOTTOM OF QUEEN STREET, UP THE OTHER SIDE. WHAT YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO SEE AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SQUARE HERE AT THE END OF QUEEN STREET IS A LINE OF AMBULANCES. THE POLICE HAVE ALSO SET UP ONE OF THE CRIME SCENE EXAMINATION TENTS, AND THAT IS WHERE FORENSIC TEAMS WILL BE BASED OVER THE COMING HOURS AND PERHAPS DAYS TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE. JUST AN UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SITUATION ` TRAINS ARE COMING INTO BRITOMART, BUT AUCKLAND TRANSPORT IS THAT PEOPLE COMING AND WILL HAVE TO GO OUT THE BACK EXIT AWAY FROM THE CENTRE OF THE CITY, LOWER QUEEN STREET, AND THE FAIRIES ARE ALSO RUNNING, AND THERE ARE STILL BUSES IS, BUT ALL OF THEM ARE BEING DETOURED AROUND FROM THIS AREA AT THE BOTTOM OF QUEEN STREET. HOW LONG THE POLICE WILL STAY HERE, WELL, IT WILL BE SOME TIME, CERTAINLY SOME HOURS AS THEY TRY TO PIECE TOGETHER EXACTLY WHAT LED TO THIS INCREDIBLY TRAGIC INCIDENT HAPPENING HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF QUEEN STREET IN AUCKLAND. THAT IS LOGAN CHURCH IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE THIS MORNING. LOCAL RESIDENT KENT HARRISON HAPPENED TO BE FILMING FROM HIS APARTMENT WHEN THE GUN SHOTS WERE FIRED AROUND 8am, THE SOUND ECHOING ACROSS THE SQUARE. (GUNSHOTS ECHO) SOMETHING IS GOING DOWN. IT IS PRETTY MAJOR, WITH GUNSHOTS. (GUNSHOTS ECHO) SOMETHING IS GOING DOWN. IT IS PRETTY MAJOR, WITH GUNSHOTS. THIS IS A DEVELOPING SITUATION THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW. WE WILL HAVE UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR YOU. (CHATTER, LAUGHTER) - ALL: Hooray! - Hip hip! - Hooray! - Hip hip! - Hooray! - Happy birthday, mate. - It's your bowel screening test. I've done mine. - WOMEN: Me too! - And it's free! Uso, you've got this! - # There's a screening here tonight. # Pull the stick from the test. Put it in the poo. # Just follow the pictures. It's easy to do. - Koro! You can 'poo' it! - # Don't delay or procrastinate. # Put it in the post. Send it away. # Early detection can save the day. (ALL CHEER) # There's a screening # here tonight. # - ALL: Oh yeah! WELCOME BACK TO THIS ONE NEW SPECIAL, CONTINUING TO COVER THE BREAKING SITUATION IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND WITH AN ACTIVE SHOOTER WHO WAS KILLED AT THIS STAGE 3 PEOPLE ARE DEAD INCLUDING THE SHOOTER. POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY JOINS US NOW AT PARLIAMENT. HOW HAVE THIS MORNING'S EVENTS AFFECTED THE PRIME MINISTER'S MOVEMENTS TODAY? WE KNOW HE WAS DUE IN AUCKLAND FOR THE WORLD CUP TONIGHT. HE WAS DUE TO SPEND THE DAY IN HAMILTON AND WAS AT THE AIRPORT WHEN THE STORY STARTED UNFOLDING. HE THEN QUICKLY CAME BACK TO THE BEEHIVE TO GET AN UPDATE. HE GAVE A BRIEFING HERE A SHORT TIME AGO, AND HE SAID THAT THIS IS NOT TERRIBLY RELATED, *TERROR RELATED. IT HASN'T AFFECTED OUR NATIONAL SECURITY RISK, OR MADE A CHANGE TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY LEVEL. THOSE ARE THE BIG QUESTION IS WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT AN ACTIVE SHOOTER, BUT THE PRIME MINISTER HAS RULED THOSE OUT A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER THE EVENT UNFOLDED. THERE IS ALSO A DIPLOMATIC LEVEL TO THIS, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY INTERNATIONAL TEAMS VISITING FOR THE WORLD CUP, IT HAS MEANT OUR EMBASSIES AND MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE STAFF HAVE HAD TO GO INTO OVERDRIVE TO LIAISE WITH THOSE COUNTRIES, AND GET IT UNDER CONTROL, BECAUSE THE TEAMS WERE TIED UP IN THAT. MOST DAYS WHEN WE SPEAK TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE PRESS GALLERY, HE WAS QUITE TEARY WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE POLICE COMMITMENT, AND HE WAS THE FORMER POLICE MINISTER, AND AS THE PRIME MINISTER, HE HAS DAILY INTERACTIONS WITH POLICE AND THE FORMS OF DIPLOMATIC PROTECTION. THE PRIME MINISTER WAS A BIT EMOTIONAL TALKING ABOUT THAT. HE SAID IT IS RIGHT FOR POLITICAL LEADERS TO BE UPSET WHEN INNOCENT PEOPLE GET HURT BY THIS. IT IS A TERRIBLE SITUATION, AND WE WILL FOLLOW IT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THANK YOU JESSICA. CHRIS CHANG AND JENNY-MAY CLARKSON WERE AT THE CLOUD ON AUCKLAND'S WATERFRONT AS THIS ALL UNFOLDED. THEY WERE COVERING THE FIRST DAY OF THE WORLD CUP, AND WERE CAUGHT UP IN THE COURT AN AREA. THEY WERE COVERING THE FIRST DAY OF THE WORLD CUP, WHAT'S THE SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE NOW? TOOK A TURN THIS MORNING FOR THE FIFA FAN FESTIVAL, AND FOR THE BIG GAME TONIGHT, BUT AT 730 WE HEARD THE POLICE CHOPPER, AND THINGS CHANGED DRASTICALLY. WE ARE ON THE CORNER OF QUAY STREET AND COMMERCE STREET. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STILL HANGING AROUND, MOST JUST TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. MOST WHO WERE HERE THIS MORNING HAVE LEFT THE CENTRAL CITY. YOU TALK ABOUT, CHRIS, THE FACT THAT WE CAME TO CELEBRATE THEIR WOMEN'S FOOTBALL WORLD CUP WHICH BEGINS TONIGHT, AND IT UNFOLDED AND AWAY WE DID NOT SEE COMING. YOU THINK ABOUT THAT FOR PEOPLE GOING TO WORK THIS MORNING, YOU THINK ABOUT THE POLICE AND AMBULANCE WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS THROUGHOUT THIS MORNING. OUR THOUGHTS ARE CERTAINLY WITH THEM AS WELL. AND THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE SITUATION. WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THIS ON BREAKFAST TOMORROW MORNING FROM 6 AM. PLENTY MORE TO COME TO OTHER DAY. THANK YOU TO CHRIS CHANG AND JENNY-MAY CLARKSON. THAT IS IT FROM YOUR BREAKFAST TEAM WHO HAVE BEEN COVERING SINCE THIS STORY BROKE THIS MORNING AFTER 7 AM. WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE TOMORROW MORNING. STAY WITH US, BECAUSE WE HAVE A 1 NEWS MIDDAY SPECIAL WITH JACK TAME. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING, WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY WHEN IT COMES TO HAND.